Hello, everyone. IMPORTANT NEWS: I got a new laptop, meaning I can update my story frequently like I want to. So, this is the newest chapter. This may be not good place to mention it, but I just want to give credits to pokemonking0924 for some of the card ideas introduced in this chapter. Sorry, but I am uploading this when the World Cup Final just started. I will add the New Cards Cheat Sheet later. Please leave any reviews because it really helps, and I like reading reviews. Again, I like to say thank you to all of you for supporting this story. Enjoy!
UPDATE(7/7/15): Added New Cards Cheat Sheet
Chapter 22-Path of Steadfast and Victory!-
The sun risen, beginning the new day. Muiko woke up while Hannah was still sleeping, and noticed that Shizune was out of her bed or Futon in Japanese. She got dressed and went downstairs. She smelled something very delicious, leading her to the kitchen. She opened the door very slightly, enough for her eye to see. She saw Shizune and Grandma cooking.
She opened the door completely, making them notice of her. "Oh! You're awake. Good morning." Grandma said.
"Good morning." Muiko replied with a bow. She then sat down on one of the chairs at the table.
Soon afterward, Mike, Hannah, and Ace woke up and came to the kitchen to eat breakfast. At the time they started eating, Shizuen went to wake up Rayden upstairs in his bedroom. Suddenly, a huge boom sound occured on the second floor as something big rolled down the stairways.
"O, ho...ouch." Rayden moaned.
Shizune walked down and joined with everyone else while Rayden dragged himself, moving like a caterpillar until he reached his chair.
"After breakfast is over, I like to ask some of you to do some chores." Grandma said. "Including you, Rayden."
"Me!?" Rayden gasped.
"Yes, you!" Grandma scolded.
"If it's OK, I would like to offer my help to you, Ms. Grandma." Ace said politely.
"Oh, Ace-y kun! You are such a sweetheart!" Grandma blushed.
"I'll like to help, too!" Hannah remarked
"You can help me with the dishes, and shopping later, Hannah." Shizune noted.
"Sure!" Hannah agreed.
"I'm going to take a walk." Muiko said as she got up and went outside with all of her foods finished.
"Hey, wait up!" Mike exclaimed. He gobbled his last bits of rice, and chased after her.
"Hm, hm! That two sure get along very well." Grandma chuckled out loud.
"..." Ace said blankly.
Mike caught up with Muiko in about a minute or two. "Hey, Muiko!"
She turned her head to her shoulder. "What is it?"
"Um, well, it is that, can I walk with you?" He asked.
"Do whatever you want." She replied.
They walked around the two or district of the Miami City. After walking for hours, they stopped by at the town's park.
"Hey Muiko." Mike said as they were strolling along the path.
"What is it?" She questioned.
"I...just want to say...thank you." Mike said shly. "For using one of the cards I gave you. You know, Recycle Bot. It is actually my old card I used when I was a little kid."
"Really? Then, why did you give it to me when it belongs to you?" She asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Well...I guess that I thought maybe you will put it to a good use, and I was right about that when you used in the simulated Turbo Duel yesterday."
"...Alright." She replied.
Suddenly, something caught their attention. In front of them, it was a big statue of the King of Duelist himself, along with his monsters. There were Hip Hippo that he was riding on, three Carnival Hippo Dancers, Timegazer Magician on the right and Stargazer Magician on the left, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon behind him and the rest of his monsters. To make it even more realistic, the dragon's eyes were colored like the real one. All the statues were made of bronze with golden coating, most likely.
"Wow! This is the statue of Yuyu Sakaki, and his monsters!" Mike awed.
"Indeed it is." Muiko nodded as she looked very strongly at the statue of Yuya.
Suddenly, they heard a weird gurgling sound. "Oh!" Mike said, with both his arms tied around his stomach. "Muiko, I am sorry, but...I need to go!"
He dashed away like a marathon runner, heading to the park restroom. Muiko sighed, but giggled a little. After some minutes, Mike came out of the men's restroom, which wasn't too hard to find.
"Phew! I thought I didn't made it." Mike relieved.
Suddenly, he heard a sound of screaming. He turned around and notied three bad-looking mens chasing after a teenage girl, around his age, with long black pony-tail.
"Oh oh! Looks like trouble!" Mike said. "Should I go and get help? Or, should I jump it before it is too late?"
Without thinking too long, he somehow took the latter. He chased after them, leading to a back alley. The three men trapped her in the corner.
"Ok, missy! You are trapped!" One of the male goons stated.
She glared angrilly at them as she stepped back until she hit a wall.
The men grinned maliciously until Mike apporached behind them.
"Um..Hey, you three!" He shouted loudly.
"Huh!?" They said as they turned around to face Mike with annoyed facial expressions.
Mike almost squeaked in fright like a mouse, but he stood up continuously with all his courage.
"Knock it off!"
"Who the heck are you, boy?" One of the men asked.
"I don't know about you guys, but I think this one should get punish, too!"
"Hehehe! You're right! Let's do it!"
Suddenly, when they were about to attack on Mike as he collapsed himself, the girl activated her Duel Disk and summoned a monster.
"Superheavy Samurai Sumo! Tackle these fools!" She commanded as her monster tackled the three men down very easily. One of them dropped a purse.
"Crap! Let's get out of here!"
They all ran away quickly, passing through Mike. The girl confronted him. "Hey. Are you OK?" She asked, giving him a hand.
"Thank you." He said, accepting her hand to help himself to get up. "My name is Mike. I believe this is your purse, correct?"
He picked up the purse and gave it to her. Suddenly, she burst into anger. "Excuse me! Why do you think I own this pretty girly purse!?" She yelled.
Mike jumped when she yelled at him. "I! I! I thought that it belongs to you!" Mike said in a scared voice.
"Why!? Just because I am a girl!?"
There was a moment of silence between them until Mike spoke up. "Well...yes."
Suddenly, her eyes flared up like some kind of demon, making her point out her finger to him.
"That's it!" She exclaimed. "After I give this back to the owner, you will come to my dojo and challenge you in a Duel!"
"Wa..wait! What!?" Mike gasped.
Mike got dragged by the girl. Eventually, he came to her dojo forcefully. Its wooden sign said "Gogenzaka Dojo." Next he knew, he was inside the dojo, with himself at one side of the room while she was standig at the opposite side.
"Why am I drag into this!?" Mike panicked.
"Stop whining and activate your Duel Disk!" She scolded.
"But, why!? Why do you want to Duel me so desperately?" Mike questioned.
"You disrespected my honor and pride just a while ago!" She answered. "Now, you will be punish by beating you in this Duel. Now, koie!"
Mike scratched his head rashly, but decided to do the only option he had. "I'm sorry that I offended you, but if there is the only way to apologize you, then I'll Duel you!" Mike said, gulping nervously as he activated his Duel Disk
"Hmph! Then prepare to feel pain, young man! Action Field On! Field Spell, Barren Battleground, activate!"
Suddenly, the entire room became a dark gray land with scars of battles. There were many samurai armors and swords laying around the ground. The sky was covered by dark clouds.
"Let's cut to the chase, so I can finish you quickly!" She said sternly.
"Gulp! She's very serious!" Mike pondered.
"You make the first turn!"
"Huh? Oh, right." Mike snapped out of his thought. He drew five cards from his Deck. "So, I have two monsters, Spell, and two Trap cards."
"I normal summon my Level 3 Victory Fighter Saber in Attack mode!" Mike said.
It was a man with spiky green hair made of pure electric energy with green shades. He wore white armor with V on his chest plate. He had a green saberbeam pointing out of his right arm. He has 1400 ATK points.
"I set two cards and end my turn." Mike finished.
"I see...Very well then! I draw!" She drew her card so strong that winds blew when she swung it. "I normal summon Superheavy Samurai Chisamurai in Attack mode!"
Out of the summoning portal, a small robot samurai with round, green eyes, yellow armor, and short Katana sword leapt out. It had zero ATK point.
"Turn end." She finished.
"Wait! That is it!? Shouldn't she place a Trap card or something? Maybe, she doesn't have one on her hand right now, but why not pick up an Action Spell?" Mike wondered.
"What's wrong? Are you scared or something?" She asked in a strict tone.
"Um! Nothing!" Mike replied. "My turn. I draw!"
Mike began running to look for Action Spell. His monster followed alongside him as for her, she and her monster chased after him. He soon found one and picked it up. "I activate the Action Spell, Power Sword!"
The spell depicted a sword with yellow aura. "I select one monster on my field, then it gains 500 ATK points! Battle! Victory Fighter Saber, destroy her Chisamurai!"
His monster's saberbeam charged up in yellow aura, just like the Action Spell depicted, increasing its ATK to 1900.
"I activate Chisamurai's effect!" Her monster suddenly changed into its Defense mode, revealing 2200 DEF points. "Once per turn, during the Battle Phase and while I control no Spell and Trap cards in my Spell/Trap zone, I can switch its battle position!"
Saber's attack was blocked, damaging Mike's Life Points. His Life Points were now 3700. "So, that is why she didn't set a card in her Spell/Trap zone! To use her monster's effect!" Mike realized. "Superheavy Samurai...where did I heard that before?"
Meanwhile, Muiko was relaxing on the bench at the park. She was still waiting for Mike. "Strange. I wonder if he got lost."
"Then, I guess I end my turn. With that, the effect of Power Sword is out and my monster's ATK is returned back to normal." Mike ended.
"Not bad, young man, but you seems to have less of a backbone in my opinion." She commented, which made Mike back-dropped himself. "My turn. I draw!"
She looked at the card she drew with a serious look. "Now, you will witness what is like for a duelist like me to actually have backbone to fight! I tribute my Superheavy Samurai Chisamurai to advance summon Level 5 Superheavy Samurai Gatekeeper!"
Her small robot samurai was shallowed into a white portal, and then replaced by a bigger robot samurai. It wore black armor, and weilded a long spear. It spun around its spear, revealing a whooping 2400 DEF.
"Gatekeeper can attack while it is Defense position, and it uses its DEF points instead of its ATK points during the damage calculation! Attack! Destroy his Saber!"
Her monster charged forward with its spear, piercing and destroying Mike's monster.
"Grgh!" He gritted in pain as his Life Points decreased. "Crap! I have almost half of my Life Points left."
"How do you like the power of Steadfast Dueling!?" She asked.
"Steadfast Dueling?" Mike questioned.
"It is a style of dueling where the students here at this dojo, including myself learn and master. Even without using Action Spell, or regular Spell and Trap cards, I use the will, strength, and heart of my monsters to win through defense as offense! This is what my family have taught for over hundred years!" She explained.
"Steadfast..Dueling. Why do I have a feeling I heard that term before?" Mike said to himself, trying to remember.
"You should stop mumbling, and focus on the duel instead!" She said strictly. "I end my turn!"
Mike shrugged off the thought, focusing to the Duel instead. "My turn. I draw!" He drew his card. "I activate one of my Set cards. Trap open! Victory Back!"
The card depicted a big V letter in front of the full moon, shining lights above the Graveyard. "When this card is activated, I select one Victory Fighter monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it to the field, if it was destroyed by battle. I bring back my Victory Fighter Saber!"
The Graveyard portal opened up, releasing his monster. "When Victory Fighter monster is Special Summoned via card effect, I can Special Summon Victory Fighter Cape Boy from my hand!"
A white portal opened up, leapting out was a boy in a mask and red blanket for a cape. It was a Level 2 Warrior-type monster with 500 ATK points. "I then activate Victory Fighter Saber's ability! When another Victory Fighter monster is summoned to the field besides itself, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Victory Fighter monster from my Deck with its ATK halved. I choose Victory Fighter Future Trooper from my Deck and Special Summon him in Defense mode to the field!"
The third warrior appeared out of the portal with its blaster gun. It was basically a blue storm trooper from Star Wars. It had 1600 DEF points. "Next, I tribute Cape Boy to advance summon Level 5 Victory Fighter Viking Ogre!"
The little boy with a blanket for a cape got shallow into the portal, leaping out was another new monster. It looked similar to Shrek, but he wore similar outfits to Hiccups from How to Train your Dragon, and he wielded a large duel bladed axe. It swung its axe few times before it showed off its 2300 ATK points.
"Battle Phase! I declare my Viking Ogre to attack your Gatekeeper!" Mike declared as he ran off.
"Fool! Your monster is not strong enough to destroy my Gatekeeper!" She yelled.
"Perhaps not by himself, but with a help of Action Spell!" Mike said as he snatched one from the ground. "I activate Action Spell, Battle Axe!"
The Spell depicted a shiny golden axe. "With this card, my attacking monster's ATK points are increased by 1000 points!" His monster's ATK boosted to 3300, making it muscle bigger. The axe sliced her monster in half. "Viking Ogre's effect is activated! When it destroys a monster in Defense mode, it deal pierce damage!"
His monster launched for another attack with his axe, but she dodged it quickly. However, her Life Points still went down by 1000 points, leaving her a total of 3100 LPs left. "So, now that you are open, I direct attack you with my Victory Fighter Saber! Go! V Saber!"
His monster swung its saber beam to create a V symbol, which shot toward her, making her collapsing and gritted on the ground as the friction slowed her down until she stopped. "Grgh!" She gritted as she got up, losing 1400 LPs.
"Hey, are you OK?" Mike asked worryingly.
"You...will pay for that!" She burst into rage.
"Oh crap! I think I made her more mad!" Mike thought, sweat dropping a lot. "I end my turn. With that, Viking Ogre's ATK points are returned to normal."
"My turn. I draw!" She shouted.
Meanwhile, not too far away, Muiko was walking down the street until the sign, "Gogenzaka Dojo" caught her attention. "This Dojo!" Muiko exclaimed.
"I normal summon Superheavy Samurai Reaper Gauntlet!" A dark purple gauntlet appeared on her side of the field, with 1000 ATK. "I activate Reaper Gauntlet's ability! When this card is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned and while I have no Spell/Trap cards in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon one Superheavy Samurai monster from my Graveyard! I bring back my Superheavy Samurai Gatekeeper!"
Reaper Gauntlet made itself into a fist, and punched into the ground, causing an earthquake. Her familiar monster came back from the Graveyard as it swung its spear to complete its pose. "Oh man! I just destroyed that." Mike whined.
"However, that is not the end! Reaper Gauntlet is a Level 2 Tuner monster, so I will tune it with my Level 5 Gatekeeper!" She declared as the dark gauntlet blasted into the air like a rocket, transforming into two green rings. Her Gatekeeper jumped into the green rings, fading its body until a beam of light energy burst through the rings. "The female samurai warrior! Show your pride, honor, and will that are stronger than any men! Cut your target with your blade as you storm through any challenges! Synchro Summon! Level 7! Superheavy Samurai Blooming Sakura!"
A pink and white armored samurai appeared out of the beam of light energy. She landed on the ground, causing a short quake. Out of nowhere, sakura flowers' petals were flowing down from the sky as ray of light shined on her monster and herself. Her monster's armor had many sakura petals on it, wielded a green blade for its sword, and black pony tail like her owner. It looked very defiantly, with its 2700 DEF points.
"This monster, my warrior reflects my very own heart! I, Go, the great granddaughter of Gongenzaka, will defeat you in this Duel for both my honor and pride!" She said defensively.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Superheavy Samurai Blooming Sakura-Level: 7 Attribute: WIND Type: Machine/Synchro/Effect ATK/DEF: 1200/2700 Effect: 1 "Superheavy Tuner" + 1 or more non-tuner monsters.
Superheavy Samurai Reaper Gauntlet-Level: 2 Attribute: DARK Type: Machine/Tuner ATK/DEF: 1000/0 Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned and while you have no Spell/Trap cards in your Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Superheavy Samurai monster from your Graveyard.
Superheavy Samurai Chisamurai-Level: 1 Attribute: WIND Type: Machine/Effect ATK/DEF: 0/2200 Effect: Once per turn, during either player's Battle Phase and while you controls no Spell or Trap cards in your Spell/Trap zone, you can switch this card's battle position.
Superheavy Samurai Gatekeeper-Level: 5 Attribute: EARTH Type: Machine/Effect ATK/DEF: 1300/2400 Effect: This card can uses its DEF points instead of its ATK for damage calculation while you have no Spell/Trap cards in your Graveyard.
Victory Fighter Saber-Level: 3 Attribute: LIGHT Type: Warrior/Effect ATK/DEF: 1400/300 Effect: When Victory Fighter monster is summoned besides this card itself, Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Victory Fighter monster with its ATK halved from your Deck.
Victory Fighter Cape Boy-Level: 2 Attribute: LIGHT Type: Warrior/Effect ATK/DEF: 500/200 Effect: When Victory Fighter monster is Special Summoned via card effect, Special Summon this card from your hand. When you do, this card cannot attack until your next Standby Phase.
Victory Fighter Future Trooper-Level: 3 Attribute: LIGHT Type: Warrior/Effect ATK/DEF: 1400/1600 Effect: Unknown
Victory Fighter Viking Ogre-Level: 5 Attribute: DARK Type: Warrior/Effect ATK/DEF: 2300/1400 Effect: When this card destroys a monster in Defense position, it deals pierce damage.
Power Sword-Type: Action Spell Effect: Increases your monster's ATK by 500 points.
Battle Axe-Type: Action Spell Effect: During the Battle Phase, select one attacking monster on your side of the field, it gains 1000 ATK points.
Victory Back-Type: Normal Trap Effect: Special Summon one Victory Fighter monster that was destroyed by battle to your side of the field.