Hello, everyone. Summer semester for my college is over for me yesterday, so expect frequent update from now on. I am thinking that I will update this story at least twice per week on Monday and Friday, but that could be changed and I might post more than two chapters within a week. Anyway, I hope you all will enjoy this!
UPDATE(6/30/15): Corrected the effect of a Trap card used in this chapter.
Chapter 20-Aquatic Wing User, Rayden Aquas-
The first three days in Japan were great for Muiko and her friends. They enjoyed the wonderful moments in nature, such as hiking, fishing, picnicking, and more hot springs. They packed up their clothes and belongings on the last day at the inn. The taxi driver was waiting for them, and strangely enough, it was the same driver, but the nonetheless, the inn people were waiting for Muiko and other to say goodbye to them.
"Goodbye, humble guests!" They all said as they bowed down.
"Thank you very much." Ace said, bowing down back at them as the rest of the three followed after him.
"And also, please give a thank for us to Ms. Sato, the head mistress of the inn." Mike noted.
"Ms. Sato?" One of the inn attendants asked, who was the owner of the inn.
"Yes, Ms. Sato. She is the head mistress of the inn, right?" Hannah said in a confused tone.
The attendants looked at each other, looking all weird until the owner spoke up.
"Umm, I will be honor to say thank you to Ms. Sato, but I don't think it is necessary to say this when you are about to leave, but..." She said.
"What is it?" Muiko asked.
"You see, Ms. Sato is the founder of this inn, and she is my great grandmother. She...has passed away long time ago, about over 100 years." She explained.
Mike, Hannah, and Ace's face overshadowed by darkness all of a sudden, except for Muiko, who actually chuckled and grinned a little. "Whhaaaaatt!?" Mike gasped.
Muiko and her friends drove away on the taxi cab as the inn attendants waved at them behind.
Hannah's eyes were still twitching from the revelation they just heard a moment ago. Even, Ace was surprised. "So...Ms. Sato...she is..." Hannah mumbled.
"Yeeah. Apparently so." Mike said calmly, yet frighteningly.
"I guess the Mystical Grove Inn is more mysterious than I thought." Ace admitted.
"At least the place was fun. We even encounter a ghost. Didn't that made us feel cooler in the summer?" Muiko stated with a grin.
"Muiko!" Hannah snapped. "Don't joke about that!"
They laughed as they drove back to Tokyo. Meanwhile, the Copy Plant being watched them as they go and momentarily, it transformed into Ms. Sato as she grinned.
When they arrived at Tokyo Station, they took the bullet train since it is the fastest way to get to Miami City. While they were heading there in one of the passenger cars, Hannah was enjoying the Japanese chocolate stick that she brought from the train attendant while on board. Ace was reading a book while Mike was taking a nap. As for Muiko, she was looking through the window, seeing the scenic view of crop fields as the train zoomed on the rail. She wondered about the duel arcade that Ace was talking, in which that is their purpose for heading Miami City, the hometown of the famous King of Duelist himself.
They arrived at the city in about 1 and half hour. Hannah looked around, seeing so many fun and exciting things. Most of the advertisement was about Dueling and Duel Monsters. Mike looked around and amazed as well. Muiko kept her same composure as she glanced around.
"Alright. So, where is this Super Mall Ace?" She asked happily.
"It is not that far. We can get there by walking, which it will takes us about 10 minutes." Ace said, checking the map app on his Duel Disk.
"Then, let's walk there!" Hannah said as she ran off.
"Hannah, wait! We are walking, not running!" Mike yelled as he chased after her.
As they were heading there, walking through the street in Japan felt refreshing and unique in some way or another. It was a feeling of exploring a new world. As they headed there, they stopped from one moment to another, such as looking at the gift shop, taking pictures with cosplayers (one was a man wearing Gagaga Magician and another one was a young woman, wearing Gagaga Girl), and eating small manju (traditional Japanese sweet). They arrived at the mall in 15 minutes.
"Here it is. This is the Miami Super Mall." Ace exclaimed as they looked at the tall building. Its height was about 500 meter.
"It is tall!" Hannah admired. "I wonder how many stores there are." Her eyes sparkled in excitement.
"Let's go inside, shall we." Ace suggested as they headed inside.
Everywhere, from top floors to the bottom floors, there were endless amount of stores. Hannah was so glorified that she feel that she was almost going to faint. Hannah dragged Muiko around each clothes store as the boys followed them. At each store, she and Muiko tried different clothes to see which one they like to wear, even though Muiko didn't really like being dragged by someone, but she let it be this time.
After a two hour of shopping fee, they took a break at a restaurant. Hannah and Muiko were now wearing some of the clothes that they brought. Hannah was now wearing pink floral skirt, white stockings with pink stripes, and mint-blue light sweater with short sleeves. Muiko was wearing black short, yellow boots with black checkerboard pattern on each, light vest with no sleeve and purple shirt underneath it, and pink gloves with Spell Binding Circle symbol on each.
"You two looks...nice." Mike admitted, blushing a little.
"Thanks, Mike. I think we are just lovely in our new clothes." Hannah grinned. "Right, Muiko."
Muiko just nodded in response, hiding her blush.
"I do agree." Ace acknowledged. "After we eat, let's head to the Dueling Arcade. It is on the 53th floor."
When they got there, there were many people with their own Duel Disks and cards. Some were dueling against one another, and there were others who were in tag duels. The place was like heaven for Duelists.
"Wow!" Mike gasped. "There are so many duelists here!"
"This place is built by the LDS Corporation. It was built for all the duelists in the city, and even around the world to come and duel together in peace. It is a good place to get to know each other and enjoy in a duel with one another." Ace explained.
They walked through the arcade. There were multiple small arenas, which most of them are occupied with duels.
"Red Eyes Black Dragon! Attack his monster!" One duelist said.
"Trap, open! Mirror Force!" Another one exclaimed.
While Ace, Mike, and Hannah watched some of the action duels, something caught Muiko's attention. She went near a crowd of people, who most of them were girls. She go through the crowd of women to see what's up, and noticed something different. The duel arena she saw was different. There was a white platform, and on the platform, there were two Duel Runners, and both were attached to the platform. Both were surrounded with soft cushions. The Turbo Duelists that were on the Duel Runners were dueling while wearing a helmet with wires connected to the Duel Runners.
"Hey, what are you watching, Muiko?" Mike asked as he approached her from behind, following with Ace and Hannah.
"Ah! I see you've taken an interest on the M.S.T.D. arena." Ace said.
"M.S.T.D?" Hannah puzzled.
"It stands for Mindful Simulation Turbo Duel. It is a system that allows the Duelists, specifically Turbo Duelist to do Turbo Duels. By wearing the helmet, their minds are transmitted to the simulation world where they can Turbo Duel. Basically, it allows them to Turbo Duel without using an actual Duel Runner." Ace explained.
"I see." Muiko nodded.
"Also, you see that monitor over there." Ace pointed to the monitor just in front of the two duel runners. "That shows what is going currently in the duel, so that everyone else or audiences can watch it."
Suddenly, the words "Game Over" came up on the monitor. "It looks like the Duel just finished." Mike stated.
One of the Turbo Duelists collapsed from the Duel Runner.
"Ooooh mmaaan!" He whined.
"Sweet! Another victory for me!" The other one said. He took off his helmet, revealing his blue hair. Ace gasped and dropped some sweats.
"Ace. Are you OK?" Hannah asked worringly.
"Alright! Who's next!?" The blue haired duelist asked as he looked at the crowds until he noticed Ace.
"Huh!" He goes up to the crowd, closer to where Ace was standing. "Hey! What do you know? You are back."
"Long time no see...Rayden." Ace said with a serious look.
Mike, Hannah, and Muiko looked puzzle when suddenly, a girl approached them. "Rayden!" She shouted.
"Oh, Shizune. Looks who's here!" Rayden remarked.
"Oh! Ace, when did you came back!?" She surprised.
"Nice to meet you again, Shizune." Ace greeted. "I am here on a vacation with my friends. This is Mike, Hannah, and Muiko."
"It is pleasure to meet you two." Mike said, bowing his head down. Hannah and Muiko did the same to them. Rayden scratched his nose before he spoke. "Nice to meet ya all. It seems like you made some new friends, Ace." Rayden smirked.
"As much as I don't wanted to see you again at this time, I guess this is a fate." Ace stated, still looking serious.
"Fate?" Rayden snorted. "...Well, it is kind of inevitable that we will meet again. I bet you're going to be in the Cup of Scorch this year?"
"Yes." Ace answered. "But, unlike the last time we had the duel, I am much stronger since then."
The situation felt intense as tension between Ace and Rayden risen. Hannah was becoming more worry. Even Mike sweat dropped with nervousness. Muiko stayed calm as she listened quietly.
"So, what do you say? Do you want to have a little fun in a turbo duel, like the old time?" Rayden asked, smirking.
"Hmph! As much as I want to, no thank you. My friends and I have some sightseeing to do." Ace replied in a little anger tone.
Rayden lidded his eyes, feeling annoyed. "Hmmm. I see. I guess that's alright...since I can sense you are still afraid to go back on a Duel Runner."
"Rayden!" Shizune yelled.
Ace gripped his hands into fists as his arms were shaking. Before he says anything, Muiko stepped in. "That's enough." She said in a serious tone.
"Muiko." Mike said.
"Ho! And why are you butting in?" Rayden asked, still smirking.
"I don't know much about your relationship with Ace, but if you are that so confident on beating him in a duel, then stop being so arrogant about it." Muiko scolded.
"Woo! Take it easy, girl. You want to duel or something?"
"I think I will, in place for Ace." She decided with determination in her eyes.
"Muiko! You don't have to do that." Ace resisted.
"Don't worry about it. I will be fine." Muiko replied.
"Muiko..." Hannah mumbled.
"Hmph! Alright, then! Let's have a duel, a Turbo Duel!" Rayden said as he went back on the Duel Runner that he used.
Muiko sat on the other one that was used by the previous duelist. They both installed their Duel Disk on the Duel Runner respectively as it got attached to it.
"Duel Mode: Standby! Please wear the helmet to start the simulated Turbo Duel." Both Duel Runner said in a computerized voice.
"Let's rev it up!" Rayden said excitedly.
They put on their helmet. Next thing she knew, Muiko was in a stadium of some kind. She was also on a Turbo Duel, which was yellow. It felt very real. She even turned on the handle, and then engine roared like the real Dual Runner would do.
"Feels very real, doesn't it?" Rayden asked, who was next to her, on his Duel Runner.
"Just like the Solid Vision with mass." Muiko replied.
"Well, this one will make you really feel real!"
They saw the light as it first began with red, then to yellow. Their engine roared as they were going to begin.
"Riding Duel.." Rayden said, saying the oath of the Turbo Duel.
The light turned green, and when they did, they drove off quickly.
"Acceleration!"
The winds blew in front of them as they drove fast. Even though this is her first Turbo Duel, she could somehow do fine on her Duel Runner.
"That girl, Muiko. She is actually doing not bad." Shizune said. "Is this her first time?"
"I think so. I never seen her Turbo Duel before." Mike replied.
"I see." Shinzue nodded, pondering with her right hand on her chin.
"The first one who make the turn go first!" Rayden shouted.
They were approaching the curved point of the road. Muiko put on the acceleration to go faster, but with little experience compared to her opponent, she was out-speed by Rayden when he drove past her.
"Woohooo! I make the first turn!" Rayden cheered.
"Just make your move." Muiko said, caring less about it.
"Well, I guess being in the second is better since you can draw a card, but that doesn't matter for me!" Rayden replied in a little annoyed tone. "I will take the first turn!"
They both begin with 4000 LP. Rayden analyzed his five drawn cards on his card holder, which hold the cards without using his hand as both are on the handles of the Duel Runner.
"Let's rev this up! First, I normal summon Aquatic Wing Dolphiny in Attack mode!" A blue dolphin with yellow star on the forehead and wings like a bird appeared out of the portal. It makes the normal noise of a dolphin with its 1300 Attack points. "Next, I activate its ability! When Dolphiny is Normal Summoned, I add one Level 4 or below Aquatic Wing monster from my Deck. I choose Aquatic Wing Surfin!"
He added the card to his hand as he grinned at it. "Next, I activate the drawn card's effect! When Aquatic Wing Surfin is added to my hand via card effect, I may Special Summon it to my field! Surf up! Aquatic Wing Surfin!"
Suddenly, a blue portal appeared as water gushed out from it. On the water, there was a light blue fish-like humanoid, surfing on the water. Its skin or scale was light blue with gills on either side of his neck. He had a black eyes, sharp and the either end sticking out, looking like if it's wearing sunglasses. It also had a long fin from the top of its head to all the way down its back, and small feathered wings on either side of the head where the ears would be.
"What kind of Archtype he's using?" Mike asked.
"Rayden uses the Aquatic Wing Deck. His Deck specializes in something that I distaste about." Ace explained.
"Distaste? Is it that bad?" Hannah wondered loudly.
"It is not that it's a bad Deck, but it is something...well, you will see." Shizune remarked in unsure tone. Ace watched diligently with a serious facial expression. Hannah wondered why he was looking so serious.
"So, you summoned two monsters to the field." Muiko stated.
"There is a reason for that, and I will show it to you right now!" Rayden said excitedly as he stepped on his pedal, going faster. "I tune my Level 3 Aquatic Wing Dolphiny with my Level 2 Aquatic Wing Surfin."
Everyone watched the duel as Rayden was performing Synchro Summon. "I see! So, he can use Synchro monster!" Mike remarked.
"That's right! Synchro Summoning is very popular in Turbo Duel than any other kinds of duels, even more than Action Duel. For Rayden's case, he is a good, if not the best Synchro Duelist in the whole city." Shizune remarked.
His dolphin monster faded itself until it turned into three green rings. Surfin jumped into the three rings as it turned into two light and beam of energy shot through it and the rings.
"Dolphin with your bird wing that spreads with freedom! Fishman who surfs with pride and chill attitude! Rev it up and surf it up to make the warrior of the sea appear! Synchro Summon! Level 5! Aquatic Wing Urchin Warrior!"
Out of the beam of energy, a bulky warrior with spiky armor made of urchins appeared on the field. Its skin was tan orange and its eyes were matching color of the skin. It swings its weapon as it flexed its muscles with 2100 ATK.
"I set two cards and then end my turn." Rayden finished as the two cards he placed appeared on his side until both faded.
"So, you Synchro Summoned right off the bat." Muiko said calmly. "Very well. My turn. I draw!"
She added the card she drew to her hand and scanned through what she held. "I normal summon E.B. Fluorine Cheetah in Attack mode!" She declared as her familiar, common monster dashed out of the white portal and roared.
Unlike in Action Duel when it is just standing, it was running like a real cheetah in the wild.
"For a girl who speak tough, you sure made a wrong decision!" Rayden remarked, mocking her. "You should've Set it!"
"Don't worry about it!" Muiko replied, sounding little annoyed in her voice. "I set two cards and end my turn."
"Whatever!" He shrugged. "My turn! I draw!"
He grinned at the card he drew. "Hehe! It is time to do some damage! I declare my Urchin Warriror to attack your pussy cat! Go, Urchin Warrior!" He declared as his monster turned around and launched to attack on her monster.
"At this point of the turn, I activate Urchin Warrior's ability! During the Battle Step, he gains 200 ATK for each Aquatic Wing monster in my Graveyard, but his ATK returns back to normal at the End Phase." His monster roared as its ATK increased to 2500.
Muiko grinned right before his monster sworn its prickly sword made of urchin shells lands on her monster. "Trap, open! Mirror Force! Since you declared an attack, your warrior is destroyed!"
Urchin Warrior's attack blocked by an invisible force shield, and then its attack was reflected back, destroying it and causing a big explosion.
"Tch! You think I will let my field be wide open!" Rayden shouted. "Trap open! Aquatic Return!" The trap depicted an Aquatic Wing monster coming back out of the Graveyard portal. "When my Aquatic Wing monster is destroyed during the Battle Phase, it is Special Summoned to the field and it may attack again, but during the End Phase, it loses 1000 ATK!"
His monster returned from a short death, and it strike back, destroying her monster this time. Muiko shielded herself with her right arm, losing 1000 Life Points.
"Oh no! Now, Muiko has no monster her side of the field." Mike noticed.
"Muiko." Ace whispered quietly to himself, gripping his hands tighter into fists.
"I set one card and end my turn. With that, Urchin Warrior's ATK is decreased by 1000 points, thanks to the effect of Aquatic Return, and his effect wear off, too." Rayden ended as green aura surrounded his monster, decreasing its ATK to 1100.
"My turn. I draw!" Muiko drew her card before she picked the card. "I set one monster, and then play the Continuous Spell, Termite Tower!"
When he placed the Spell, a large red termite mount appeared out of the card itself. "I end my turn." She quickly finished.
"Hah! Wow, that was too short!" Rayden snorted. "At least, I will give you credits for Set this time. My turn! I draw!"
"I play the Quick-Play Spell, Aquatic Springshoot from my hand!" It depicted a blue fish monster swimming through a water geyser as the water sprinkled around the dry land. "When this card, I activate one of its two effects! I activate its second effect. I discard one Aquatic Wing monster from my hand, so I inflict damage to your Life Points, equals to the discarded monster's ATK! I send my Aquatic Wing Claw-Slug from my hand!"
A slug with claw pincher like a crab and tiny wings was swallowed into the Graveyard portal as blue watery energy beam shot out at Muiko. "Aaaah!" Muiko screamed as her Duel Runner dragged on the road, making a squeaking noise.
"Oh no! She is going to crash!" Mike yelled.
Suddenly, Muiko took the control back as she brought her Duel Runner straight again. Mike, and others breathed out the air they were holding, feeling relieved. However, Muiko had taken 500 damage, with her Life Points at 2500.
"I place one card face down. Turn end!" Rayden ended as he slowed down to confront Muiko next to her.
"By the way, girl! I want to say something to you!" Rayden said.
"What is it?" Muiko asked calmly.
"I say in less than three turns, you will lose this Duel." He stated as he smirked and revved it up his Dual Runner, being in the front again.
Muiko silently ignored him, but gave a little hint of grin. "Is it just me or did Muiko grinned a little?" Mike asked.
"Really? It must be your imagination, Mike." Hannah claimed.
"My turn. I draw!" Muiko said with determination as Rayden smirked with an almost diabolical facial expression as this Turbo Duel continued.
So, what do you guys and gals think? The first Turbo Duel (although it is just a simulation) is finally here! I would like to give some shout out to some users. First, I would like to say thank you for UsagiAngelRabbit for kind comments/reviews (I am thinking of using Magician Deck user, and just for you, I do have plan for Muiko to use Magician monsters in the future). I also want to give credits to sonofthetrigod for his cool review, too. Yes, my grammar and wording are kind of weird, and I try my best to find any errors I can find, but if you notice any errors, you may say it in your reviews or PM. Either ways are good for me! Finally, I want to say thank you for supporting me and I will see you all again in the next chapter.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Aquatic Wing Dolphiny-Level: 3 Attribute: WATER Type: Fish/Tuner ATK/DEF: 1300/700 Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned, add one Level 4 or lower Aquatic Wing monster from your Deck to your hand.
Aquatic Wing Surfin-Level: 2 Attribute: WATER Type: Fish/Effect ATK/DEF: 500/500 Effect: When this card is added via card effect, Special Summon it from your hand to the field.
Aquatic Wing Urchin Warrior-Level: 5 Attribute: WATER Type: Beast-Warrior/Synchro/Effect ATK/DEF: 2100/1300 Effect: During Battle Step (only your), this card gains 200 ATK for each Aquatic Wing monster in your Graveyard. When this card is destroyed by battle, inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.
Aquatic Springshoot-Type: Quick-Play Spell Effect: Activates one of the following effects:
Gains 500 Life Points.
Discard one Aquatic Wing monster to inflict damage equals to half of its ATK to your opponent's Life Points.
Aquatic Return-Type: Normal Trap Effect: When an Aquatic Wing monster is destroyed during the Battle Phase, it is Special Summoned to your field and it attacks again, but loses 1000 ATK at the End Phase of this turn.
Termite Tower-Type: Continuous Spell Effect: Unknown