Hello, folks. I want to get this chapter up soon because it is relatively short, but introducing new characters. Although, I wouldn't say at least two of the new characters have not introduced because they were already introduced since this arc began, but we get to see more of them. Also, a character created by user named sonofthetrigod also makes his debut. Anyway, please enjoy this chapter (and sorry if it short). New chapter (longer one) will come out ASAP.
Chapter 31-The End of the First Day-
Mike and Hannah meet up with Muiko and Cody Hackin for dinner at the fast food restaurant.
"Yum, yum, yum!" Hannah munched burgers at extraordinary speed.
"Ehhhhhhhhh." Mike watched her, sweat dropping.
"You had a busy day I see." Muiko said before she sipped her soda.
"Agree." Cody nodded.
"You wouldn't believe it. I was freaky chased by a rat!" She cried.
"Hannah, settle down! People are watching us!" Mike whispered to her. "And, also you were chased by a mouse, not a rat."
"It doesn't matter. I just hate rodents." Hannah mumbled.
"So, how was your Duels?" Muiko asked to Mike, changing the topic.
"Well, it was tough to find someone at first.." Mike began telling his tale.
-Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai-
"Director Akaba!" A Security officer walked in. The room he walked in was wide and big, with a lot of people typing on keyboard made of Solid Vision. There were also monitors attached to walls, watching all Dueling activities through street cameras, and air drones.
"What's the status?" She asked.
"Investigation is still ongoing, but so far we did not found the culprit or any duelists who got involved in the abnormity. However, we did found a card." He said.
"A card?" Her eyes brightened with curiosity.
"Yes. It is an Xyz monster card, called 'Skyhawk Storm Eagle.'" Security officer explained.
"I see. Continue with the work, and report back to me with any new updates." She ordered.
"Yes, maim!" He saluted to her and left out the room.
"Excuse me, Director Akaba." Her secretary spoke out to her.
"What is it, Jim." She turned to him.
"This many not be related with the Muikai abnormities we've been detecting, but we also detected some other abnormities with other kind of energy output by other Summoning methods, two to be precisely." Jim admitted.
"What are they?" She asked.
"There are two summoning methods causing the abnormities. One is Ritual Summon, and other is Fusion Summon. We did not know who is causing it exactly, but there are other team of investigations investigating in that right now."
"Ritual and Fusion Summons? That's awfully strange." She thought out loud. "Continue in that investigations as well."
"Yes maim!" Jim saluted.
"Just what is going on in this tournament?" Director Akaba said in her mind.
-Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai-
"And, that is how it went for my day." Muiko said, finishing her tales.
"Wow! You had tougher Duels than I had!" Mike awed.
"Seriously." Hannah nodded.
"If you want, I can show you all the recordings I took." Cody said.
"That's kind of you, Cody, but I think we should take a break. It is getting late." Mike yawned.
"Good point. I need my beauty sleep." Hannah agreed.
They decided to stop chatting and go back home.
-Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai-
"So, Master Lord brought us a new member?" Alice asked.
The villains were gathered in a dark chamber with Ace laying unconsciously on an alter.
"Yes, more than that. He is one of us, or at least he will become one of us once we begin the ritual." Drake stated.
"He's really good looking." Minnie chuckled. "Let's get this ritual started!"
"We shall begin now." Tigre said, smirking.
All four raise up their hand with cards on them. Suddenly, dark foam flow down from their cards, and sucked into Ace's body.
-Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai-
The second day began. Mike and Hannah met up, and began their second day to search for Duelists.
"Another day, another crystal piece hunting." Mike said confidently. He looked at Hannah, who looked sad for some reasons. "What's wrong, Hannah?"
"Oh, well..." She rolled her eyes downward with her head facing in the same direction. "I just wonder if Ace is doing alright." Hannah said.
Mike sighed a bit, finding it to be no surprise. "I'm sure he's doing absolutely OK, Hannah. He is the strongest Duelist at our school, and one of the top Duelists in the city."
Hannah looked up to Mike with a smile. "You're right, Mike. I should not doubt Ace." She regained her happy self. "Let's go find you some Duelists!"
She ran off as usual before Mike. "Hey! Wait up!" Mike yelled at her, running after her.
Mike ran all the way to the park. Suddenly, he got bumped by her back. "Ouch! Hannah! Why did you stop all of a sudden!?" Mike complained, covering his hand to his face where the pain was. He then noticed something was wrong with her. She was staring at something. Mike took a look at what she was staring at, and he found it be horrifying.
He saw one duelist, all in pain, ruffed up, and laying on the pavement floor of the park. He also noticed another Duelist with a white Duel Disk on his left arm, wearing white clothes, and silver gray hair. The guy was also accompanied with a girl in Gothic Lolita clothes with small top hat with red bowtie. They turned around to see Mike and Hannah.
"Why, hello there." The male white Duelist said. When he turned around, his eyes showed to be dark blue. He talked in an accent in what seems to be Russian, but his eyes also looked Asian, indicating that he may be half Russian and half Asian.
"Um, gulp, hello." Mike said right back at him.
"Nice to meet you." He said. "Sorry for you and your girlfriend (Hannah made her eyes squinted when he said 'girlfriend') to see such a mess. I just finished having a fun Duel with this man, but alas, like all other people I faced before, he was no match for me, or anything special."
He walked away as the girl followed behind him, leaving the scene entirely. After they left, Mike and Hannah walked over to the collapsed man. "Sir, are you OK?" Mike asked.
"I'll call 911!" Hannah exclaimed as she took out her Smartphone quickly and dialed the number.
Few minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the park, picked up the collapsed man, and drove off to the hospital. Mike and Hannah on the other hands were sitting on the bench, calming themselves down.
"What is this feeling? Why am I shaking whenever I think about...that guy!?" Mike thought.
"Hey, Mike." Hannah said to him.
"Aaaaahhh!" He shouted, scaring Hannah out of her seat, too.
"Hey, what was that about!?" Hannah yelled.
"Me? You are the one who scared me!" Mike argued back.
"Sorry about that, but I just want to ask if you are OK. You were like shaking for a moment." She said.
"Oh, that. Yeah, I was." Mike admitted.
"Just who was that guy. He looked SO creepy." Hannah said.
"Oh, that is not a nice thing to say for a person you just met." A voice said.
The shivers that Mike and Hannah felt came back. They noticed that he, and his partner or friend came back. "Yoouuuuu! You murderer!" Hannah yelled.
"Hannah!" Mike shouted.
"Murderer? I don't understand what you are saying." He said, chuckling.
"You hurt that guy! I saw you when you did it!" Hannah exclaimed.
"Really? Even if you saw something, that is not enough to prove I have done anything...wrong." He smirked.
"What!?" Hannah gasped.
"Hannah, just calm down!" Mike reasoned to her.
"You there." He eyed on Mike. "Your name is Mike Titan, correct?"
"Um, yes. That is my name." Mike answered back. "But, how did you know my full name?"
"Of course, I know you because I read about your past experience in this tournament from old news articles, and I also read about your father. It was quite interesting, but just by looking at you, I can see why you have lost so many times." He smirked.
"Hey! What's that suppose to be mean!? Mike can whoop your butt anytime!" Hannah yelled.
"Hannah!" Mike tried to calm her down.
"However, I wouldn't know for sure if my argument is valid unless if I have a proper Duel. So, how about it, Mike? Let's Duel..." He grinned, but not the kind of friendly grin you would see. He activated his white Duel Disk.
Mike gulped for a second. "Um, OK, then." Mike followed after him as he activated his Duel Disk.
"Duel Mode Standby! Action Field Selection on!" Both Duel Disks stated. "Action Field selected! Field Spell, Unknown Labyrinth, activate!"
Hannah and the girl watched from the sidelines as the surrounding park areas transformed into the respective Action Field. Suddenly, stone walls risen out of the ground, creating something. Until it all settled down, Mike and his opponent was in some kind of maze from bird's eye vision.
"Duelists locked in battles!" Mike began the oath.
"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monster!" The male duelist said.
"They storm through the air!"
"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! Action..." They both saying the oath.
"DUEL!" The Action cards above them burst like bubble and scattered into the labyrinth. Mike and the unrevealed-name Duelists ran off into the unknown abyss of the labyrinth. "Oh, by the way, my name is Vlad, Vlad Moshchnost (Power in Russian)."
Meanwhile, another person was watching their Duel, right after they finished saying the oath. His appearance was slightly skinny, but muscular in his arms and legs. He looked athletic, but not too buff. He wore black T-shirt with an image of a howling wolf head, gray jeans, and black sneakers. He also was wearing a totem pole pendent on a necklace carved with a wolf head on the top, a beaver head below that, and a falcon head below the beaver head. A close up of his face showed him smiling with interest in the Duel that was about to unfold.
So, what do you think of this chapter? I know it is short, but I think leaving a cliffhanger like this is kind of fun. Not to tease you guys in any mean reasons, but I do want some chapters where it ends like this before an epic Duel, right? We can't have chapters with pure Duel all the time. Anyway, here is the QOTC:
What is your favorite Duel so far in this story? And, why you like that Duel?
New chapter will come out as soon as possible as I will work on it right now, progressively.