"Speaking"
*Noise*
"Thoughts, Calls, Monster's speaking or Summoning chants and etc."
0/0 (Bold means what position the monster has been Summoned into)
Synchro Dimension
Neo Domino City was based on a hierarchy system, seperated into four classes: High Top, Low Tops, Trustworthy and Commons)
High Tops - Made up of extremely wealthy families, as well as High Ranking Government officials, the Jules. Co is within this class, being running by the Jules family. This class made up 1% of the entire populations. The only few people higher than this class were the ones that made up the High Council.
Low Tops - Made up of well-off families that can get by, it also consisted of mostly businesses, important scientists and researchers, and Low Ranking Government officals. This class made up 14% of the population.
Trustworthy - The in between of the Topsiders and Commons, and this was where Sector Security was stationed, it also consisted of administrative personal, and teachers, some of the best public schools could be found here. Made up of 15% of the population.
Commons - This class is split into two sub categories: Basics and Hostiles.
Basic - Basically the main workforce of the city, people who just wanted to live their lives peacefully, in rare occurrences, depending on current wealth, work, behaviour, and whether or not they obey the laws, someone of Basic class can be promoted into the Trustworthy classes. 30% were consider this category.
Hostile - the remaining 40%, the lowest of the low, and there was no redemption from the higher classes or a chance of class promotion, they're forced to work for less than minimal wages, sometimes not even that. And there are rumours about Hostiles being taken away, to spend their working days within the "Facility", but there was a small hope of getting out of what was considered hell. Also the some Hostiles were literally marked as criminals with yellow markings on their face, this was permeant for all to see.
The role of Sector Security was this, maintain law and order within the city... However, this was not entirely true, as Sector Security, also just called Security were the working men of the Topsiders, doing their bidding, and rounding up Commoners that have broken the laws. One law being Commoners being seen with Topsider territory.
Sector Security HQ (12:30 AM)
Operators were hard at work, monitoring surveillance, as requested of their boss.
"How goes the search for the missing boy?" a man asked, playing a game of chess by himself, his white pawn had just taken a black pawn, leaving it open to be taken by the Black Knight.
"No such luck Director..." one of the operators said. the Director made another move, moving the Black Knight to take the pawn, and then proceeded to take the Black Knight with the White Rook. "Bring up the info on the boy." they asked, "Right!" A few moments later, a screen appeared before the Director from the side.
The screen showed an image of a teenage boy, his complexion was fair, his eyes were amber, and his hair was red that was swept to the right, and some orange that swept the other way, there was also a small horn of hair at the front. The image only showed the boy's face.
"Randy Deku, age 17, son of Arthur and Maya Deku, Arthur is the founder of a D-Wheel Servicing Company, about a week ago, Randy went missing, also at the same time, A costume-made D-Wheel that was being serviced at one of their stores was reported stolen.
The Director made another move, before pausing, "So the boy ran away, did he?" they asked themselves. "It would appear so, since then there have been no sightings of the boy or D-Wheel." the operator added.
"Hmm, perhaps you may not be able to find anything on them, but I think I know someone who can." the Director made another move. "It's a shame that I have to ruin their break right about now..." they then typed in a command into one of the arm rests. "Contact Victor for me." he requested.
Central Park (same time)
Due to the heat wave that had appeared this morning, everyone was trying to keep themselves cool, the best course of action for this? Ice Cream! Two such individuals happened to be indulging on such a treat, a man and a woman. They were on a small stroll around the park.
The first, which was the man, was 18 years of age, he stood at 5'8 ft, he was faired skinned, and had a slightly athletic build, and his hair was dark blonde, he was wearing the standard uniform of Sector Security, however the jacket, which he had taken off and was carrying it under his right arm, was black and purple instead of the standard colours for the uniform. Currently his treat was a simple strawberry popsicle. His name, Victor Wolf.
The woman, who was very beautiful and tall, had waist long blonde hair, with some bangs that curled away from her face, as well as emerald green eyes. She too wore the standard Sector Security uniform, but had also taken her jacket off... However this revealed that the vest underneath just barely contained her... assets. She was currently snacking on a double scoop of chocolate ice cream. This was-
"How's the treat, LeBlanc?" asked Victor, taking another lick, at this, she gave him a flat stare, which he shrugged off, "It's fine, and the name is Sherry!" the now named Sherry LeBlanc told her partner, her voice had a French accent to it, "Honestly, why do you insist on calling me by my last name?" she asked annoyed, earning a chuckle from him.
"Because my friend, its fun! If someone else were to call you that, you would've unleashed hell on them, but me? I know you as a friend, so I can get away with it." he explained, "For now..." she mumbled to herself threateningly.
After a while, there was a small pause, until Victor changed the subject, "So, any leads on 'those' people?" he asked, referring to something that shouldn't be discuss, but he was aware that no one was around them, so they were free to talk about it. "Still the same, no more leads, like it was the last time." she squeezed her non ice cream holding hand into a fist, "But I swear that I will find something on them. And first thing to do is get 'him' in charge to this city" she said confidently.
"Ah yes, this place would be so much better with 'him' in charge." he agreed with her, just then his Duel Disk beeped, "Oops, speak his name and he shall hear it." he joked and then answered the call. "Spymaster here!" he said while Sherry rolled her eyes at the name. Such a ridiculous name he gave himself.
"Victor, are you enjoying your break? If so, I'm sorry to cut it short." the voice said over the com system. "It's going nicely Sir, also what do you need of the two of us?" he asked, and the voice began to tell the two what they required. "Affirmative! It shall be done sir!" Victor replied.
"Good, and I expect to hear back from you soon! Understood?" the voice asked, "Roger! Roger!" Victor said, and then ended the call, "I still don't get it..." Sherry began as the two made their way back to their Security commissioned (but slightly augmented) D-Wheel, their helmets resting on top of them. "Why is she so important?" she asked.
"Not even he knows, but she is to 'him' though..." was all Victor said as he put on his helmet, reeved the engine and then took off, followed by Sherry...
Orphanage (13:04 PM)
Most the orphans were taking shelter from the heatwave, trying to cool themselves off, some were literally sitting in front of the electric fan, following its rotation. Rin walked by at this moment, giggling to herself as she watched the kids do this. She had removed her jacket, revealing her pink vest to the world.
She then sighed tiredly, and wiped her forehead of sweat, "Damn its just as hot inside as it is outside..." she said, continuing her way to the kitchen to grab a cool glass of water and proceeded to drink, as she did, she kept glancing around her surrounding, trying to see if anything was out of the ordinary. "Ah! Refreshing!" she then got out multiple glasses and filled them up from the sink, put them on a tray, and took off outside.
Upon getting outside she walked over the kids, who looked up and smiled upon seeing the glasses of water, "Who's thirsty?" she asked, the kids cheered as they got up and ran up to her, "Now, now, in an orderly line please!" she asked sweetly like a mother to her children. Groaning, the kids got into line, and then were each handed a glass from her.
"Cheers!" they shouted as they sipped their drinks, with Rin smiling at this. However she still notice they were still sweaty, "I wish this heat wave would end..." she muttered looking up to the sky, hand protecting her eyes as she glared at the sun annoyed.
"I know!" Thomas yelled out, looking to Rin with an idea, "Why don't you have a duel?" he suggested to her, confusing her, "A Duel? What good will that do us?" she asked.
"If you summon your monsters, and use their effects it will cool us off!" he explained, "They always make the air colder whenever you duel, right guys?" Thomas looked to the others, who nodded.
Rin took a moment to think this over, she knew what they were on about, every time she was in a Duel, she always thought that her monsters were more life like than compared to anyone else. But she couldn't put her finger on why though. "Well if you think it'll work, sure!" the kids then cheered at this. "Be right back! I need to find Yugo!" she then ran off to find her childhood friend...
In Yugo's room, he was lying down on his bed, his jacket was off, and was wearing some shorts to beat the heat, currently he was in a mood as he stared at the ceiling. The reason for this mood? He was thinking back on a Duel, the Duel in question was the one against that topsider girl, Platinum Jules, more Specifically when she summoned that monster.
Flashback
"Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 7! Multi Power Tool Dragon!" Platinum yelled as her mechanical multi limbed dragon appeared, the sight of the beast caused Yugo some nostalgia, but he couldn't place it to a memory at all...
End of the Flashback
"I know I've seen that monster from somewhere, but where?" he asked himself, he racked his brain to find the answers that he wanted...
...
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... Nothing. He couldn't find anything related to that monster, "Oh!" Yugo suddenly sat up on his bed, and turned to his bedtable, he went to open the draw, and the confines of the draw contained bits and bobs from his childhood. "Maybe something in here can jog my noggin." he said to himself, "Let's see what've got here..." he mumbled as he rummaged through the draw.
"My old teddy, my last baby tooth, an odd glowing rock that fell from the sky a couple years ago..." he mumbled picking up said items before tossing them over his head, after going through some other items, he stopped to as he held two items, a Duel card, and a silver charm necklace
Upon staring at them for while, he began to hear a voice, "Here, take these as a thank you for being my first friend..." the voice echoed through his head, as he glanced between the two items. "Oh I remember these, from that girl..." he muttered, thinking back on that moment...
(10 years ago)
A six year old year old Yugo and Rin stood outside the walls of the orphanage, standing before them was a silhouette of a little girl of the same age, "Thanks for helping me get back to my family you two." the girl said, making the two smile at her.
"Don't mention it." Rin said, "Yeah, it was nothing at all." Yugo chimed in, "Besides, we don't want you to end up like us, in this dump- Oww!" Rin suddenly cut him off with a slap to the back of the head. "Bad Yugo! Bad!" she shouted, making the girl giggle at their antics. Just then as Yugo rubbed his head, a car pulled up.
Stepping out of the driver seat was the silhouette of a buff-ish man, "There you are!" the man walked up to them, Yugo and Rin frowned when the man came up and gave them a disgusted look, "Right now that's been sorted, we should be going, your parents will be relieved to know that you're unharmed." hearing this the girl frowned slightly, which no one noticed.
"Okay..." she then began to follow after him, until- "Wait!" Yugo grabbed onto her hand, making her stop to look back, "How dare you-" the man was stopped when the girl was an arm to stop him, "What's wrong Yugo?" she asked, "Will we ever see you again?" he asked.
"I don't know... but..." the girl reached into her pocket and pulled out a Duel card and a necklace, "Here, take this necklace as a sign of our friendship!" she said handing him the necklace, "And this card, it one of my best cards, and after watching you two duel, I know you can use it well!" she said smiling... Making Yugo smile back...
End of flashback
The two never saw that girl ever again, which was a shame, as she was such a nice girl, even for a Topsider, which was revealed later on during their time together, as the time, the two didn't hold any grudges against the Tops until later on, anyway the girl had apparently gotten seperated from her bodyguard during a trip, and had found herself lost getting trying to find her way back to said bodyguard.
At some point she wandered across Yugo and Rin as they were playing, they let her join in, and had a blast of a time, it took a full day until they could get in contact with her family, so she spent the night, having her first sleepover, which was fun for both sides. Then the next day, she was picked up, and that was it.
And sadly to this day, Yugo nor Rin can even remember the girl's name. "Man she was fun to be around..." he smiled as he held up the necklace, which shining in the sunlight, "Maybe I should start wearing this again..." he then undid the necklace and put it around his neck, admiring it in his mirror. "Looking good..." he said grinning at his reflection, doing some poses.
He then turned and looked at the card, this also made him nostalgic, but this nostalgia was recent, "Where have I-" suddenly his door opened, with Rin on the other side of it. "Hey Rin." Yugo said, tucking the necklace under his shirt. "Hey Yugo, listen, the kids want us to have a Duel, so meet me in the yard in five, kay? Later!" was all she said as she shut the door, leaving a confused Yugo standing there.
"Err... okay..." was all he could say to that, he then looked down at the card, and then proceeded to place it in his Deck, grabbed his Duel Disk and made his way to the yard...
Now standing outside in the yard, both Yugo and Rin faced each other. The kids were all gathered around them, cheering for them, one group for Yugo, the other for Rin. "Alright Rin, get ready to lose!" Yugo yelled confidently.
At this Rin giggled and smirked, "Oh please Yugo, between the two of us, I've won most of our Duels" she said, the two then placed their Decks into their Duel Disk, and activated them.
"DUEL!" the two shouted, drawing five cards each.
Yugo's LP: 4000
Rin's LP: 4000
Turn 1
"I'm going first!" Yugo said, looking at his Hand, "I Normal Summon Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke!" A wooden puppet figure dressed in a strange get up like that of a cowboy appeared, held in its hand was a pellet drum called the Den-Den Daiko.
Speedroid Den-Den Daiko Duke: WIND, Level: 3 [Machine/Tuner/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1000
"Since I control a WIND monster, I can Special Summon Speedroid Taketomborg!" a spinning propeller appeared, it began to slow down, it then transformed into a humanoid figure, but its head looked like that of a dragonfly.
Speedroid Taketomborg: WIND, Level: 3 [Machine/Effect] ATK/600 DEF/1200
"Now my Level 3 Den-Den Daiko Duke tunes with the Level 3 Taketomborg!" Daiko Duke soared into the air, turned into 3 green rings, which Taketomborg then flew into, lost its colours and gained three stars.
3* + 3* = 6*
"Magical sword with the form of a cross. Use your power to render all enemies!" he chanted as a light pierced through the rings and stars. "Synchro Summon! Appear, Hi-Speedroid Kendama!" the spiked cup and ball toy Synchro monster appeared on the Field.
Hi-Speedroid Kendama: WIND, Level: 6 [Machine/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2200 DEF/1600
"Now I activate the effect Speedroid CarTurbo from my Hand! Since I control a Speedroid, I can Special Summon it!" A like car, resembling a card appeared next to Kendama, its engine was sticking out.
Speedroid CarTurbo: WIND, Level: 4 [Machine/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/1200
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Hi-Stake Draw!" the card appeared, showing Den-Den Daiko Duke, as well as several other humanoid Speedroid monsters playing a game of poker, which Daiko Duke appeared to be losing. "I draw a card for every Speedroid that I control, plus 1!" since he controlled Kendama and CarTurbo, he drew three cards.
"I activate the Spell, One for One! By send a monster from my Hand to the Graveyard..." he sent Speedroid Terrortop to the Graveyard, "I can Special Summon a Level 1 monster from my Hand or Deck! Appear! Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice!" Red-Eyed Dice's card appeared from his Deck, which he placed on the blade, making the dice monster appeared.
Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice: WIND, Level: 1 [Machine/Tuner/Effect] ATK/100 DEF/100
"Now Level 1 Red-Eyed Dice Tunes Level 4 CarTurbo!" Red-Eyed Dice and CarTurbo then did the same actions as Daiko Duke and Taketomborg, but with one ring, and four stars.
4* + 1* = 5*
"Lively sword of swordplay. Cut through the evil of this world!" a light then pierced the ring and stars. "Synchro Summon! Hi-Speedroid Chanbara!" Chanbara whizzed by Yugo and landed by Kendama.
Hi-Speedroid Chanbara: WIND, Level: 5 [Machine/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2000 DEF/1000
"I now activate Kendama's effect! By banishing a Machine-Type monster, I can deal you 500 points of damage!" he banished CarTurbo, making Kendama charge energy at its point, and release it as a beam, heading right for Rin, who grinned.
"I activate the effect of Windwitch Hail Bell from my Hand!" Rin revealed one of her cards, "Should I take effect damage while this card is in my Hand, I can negate that damage, and Special Summon her!" Kendama's effect came to a halt, it then condense into a small, before bursting a cold powdered snow, revealing a magician girl floating there her chime bell being held like a broom. Her colours were white, lime green, black, and purple, the last colour was the same as her eye colour.
Windwitch Hail Bell: WIND, Level: 6 [Spellcaster/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1800
With the powdered snow that was released when she appeared, all the kids felt a cold wind blow around them, "Hey it's working!" Thomas cheered out, causing the others to cheer as they began to collect the fallen snow on their tongues.
"Err Rin..." Yugo said, looking at the sight before him, "Yeah?" she replied, "What are they doing?" he asked, "Oh, well that's the reason why we're Duelling, apparently when my Windwitch monsters appeared, there is always a cold wind to follow..." she explained to her best ability. "What?" was his reply. "Oh forget it, anyways, the rest of Hail Bell's effect!" she began.
"When Summoned this way, she gains ATK equal to the damage I would've taken!" Sleet Bell's ATK: 1000 + 500 = 1500 "I activate the effect of Daiko Duke from my Graveyard!" Yugo said, "By banishing this card from Graveyard, I can Special Summon a Speedroid Tuner monster from my Hand or Graveyard!" Daiko Duke was banished. "Return, Red-Eyed Dice!" Red-Eyed Dice appeared on the Field again.
"Now I activate Chanbara's effect! I return a banished Speedroid from my banished zone to my Hand!" He added Taketomborg, "I activate Red-Eyed Dice's effect and target Chanbara with it!" Chanbara glowed briefly, "I declare a Level between 1 and 6, and the target's Level becomes that Level!" he said, "I declare Level 6!" Chanbara's Level: 5 = 6
"And now I Tune the Level 1 Red-Eyed Dice to the now Level 6 Chanbara!" once again, the process began, this time it was one ring, and six stars.
6* + 1* = 7*
"Spread those wonderous and beautiful wings, and strike down our enemies at lightspeed!" the light from before, pierced the ring and stars as they aligned. "Synchro Summon! Appear, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" the mighty Synchro Dragon appeared with a roar and then took to the skies and spread its lustrous wings.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon: WIND, Level: 7 [Dragon/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/2000
"He's going full throttle for this Duel, but why? It's only a friendly Duel..." Rin thought as she looked up at the Dragon...
Nearing their destination were Victor and Sherry, going as fast as they could, which with Victor's clearance, they could go as fast as they wanted, as they got closer, they saw something shining in the distantance, "What's that?" Sherry asked Victor over the speaker radio installed into their helmet. "Not sure, but let's pick up the pace, Double Time!" Victor replied, and then pushed his D-Wheel even faster, with Sherry following suit.
"I place two cards face-down and end my turn!" Yugo set two cards on his Field which then faded. "Okay Rin, I'm ready! Show me what you've got!" he said grinning.
Yugo's Hand x 0
Turn 2
"I know its just a friendly Duel, but Yugo is taking this a bit far..." Rin thought as she looked up at Clear Wing, "Well, if he going full out, I might as well too! Plus I haven't brought that monster out in a while..." she then thought on one of her most powerful monsters.
"My turn! Draw!" Rin drew her card. "I Normal Summon Windwitch - Ice Bell!" Ice Bell appeared on the Field next to Sleet Bell.
Windwitch - Ice Bell: WIND, Level: 3 [Spellcaster/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1000
"Her effect! When Summoned, I can deal you 500 damage!" Ice Bell shaked her bell, causing a cold wind, the come from behind and hit Yugo, who braced himself and shivered. Yugo's LP: 4000 - 500 = 3500
"Since I control two or more WIND monsters, I can Special Summon Snow Bell from my Hand!" Snow Bell appeared then rang its bell.
Windwitch - Snow Bell: WIND, Level: 1 [Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect] ATK/100 DEF/100
"Now I tune Level 1 Snow Bell to Level 6 Hail Bell!" Snow Bell turned into one ring, Sleet Bell then flew through it, lost its colours, and gained six stars.
6* + 1* = 7*
"Winds of winter, snow and ice! Become my power to blow everything away!" a light then pierced through the stars and ring, "Synchro Summon! Appear Windwitch - Winter Bell!" her ace monster appeared on the Field, bring forth a chilling wind. The kids sighed at the soothing cold the monster brought with it.
Windwitch - Winter Bell: WIND, Level: 7 [Spellcaster/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/2000
"I activate Hail Bell's effect! When sent to the Graveyard while her ATK is different to her original ATK, you take that difference as damage!" Hail Bell's soul appeared, and then unleashed a freezing wind at Yugo, this time small spots of ice started to cover Yugo. "Achoo!" Yugo suddenly sneezed out. 3500 - 500 = 3000 (Yugo)
"Winter Bell's effect! Since you took damage, I can target a monster you control, and its loses ATK equal to the damage you took! I pick Clear Wing!" she pointed at the Dragon, Yugo frowned, seeing that he could nothing about it, as Snow Bell was used to Synchro Summon, its effect protecting the Synchro Summoned monster. Clear Wing's ATK: 2500 - 500 = 2000
"I activate her other effect! By targeting a Windwitch monster in my Graveyard, I can inflict 200 damage to your times that monster's Level! I pick Snow Bell!" Since Snow Bell was Level 1, Yugo took 200 damage, a gentle wind passed over him. 3000 - 200 = 2800 (Yugo) "Then I can Special Summon the target!" Snow Bell appeared for a second time.
Upon seeing it next to Winter Bell, Yugo gasped, "Wait, are you bring out that one!?" he asked shocked, at which Rin nodded smiling.
"That's right Yugo, if you're going all out, then I should as well!" she then threw her hand out.
"Now my Level 1 Snow Bell Tunes with Level 7 Winter Bell-" before she could go any further, the two Duelist, and the kids all heard the sound of motorcycles in the distantance, and it was getting closer. "Huh?" she looked to the entrance, just in time to see two Sector Security D-Wheel pull up.
"What the!? Why is Security here!?" Yugo said, as he and Rin paused their match and made their way over to the two who then stopped their engines. One of the agents, a man, then took off his helmet, and who was under it made Rin gasped as she knew who that was.
"It... It can't be..." she thought nervously as she watched the man get off his vehicle, "The Chief of Intelligence, Victor Wolf!" she thought as he began to look around the place.
When he sent his sights on her, she stiffened up, a rumoured common reaction, as everyone knew who the man was, and what he was capable of, what he could do or had the potential to frightened most, even the High Tops, who were consider above the system were afraid of this man. "What is he doing-" she stopped herself, remembering two events that related to her.
Her failed kidnappings from those two individuals, both of which used to bizarre Summoning method. "That must be it! They're here to question me about them!" she began to slightly shake, having remember them brought back some bad memories. She then began to calm herself down, "Be cool, be cool... Let's find out what this is about first, for all I know, this could be about something else... But it's unlikely." she told herself as she got closer to the two.
With Victor, after he had taken his helmet off, he looked around the yard of the orphanage, "Seems alright, living standard could be a bit better, that's one of the things he needs to sort out when he-" he stopped when he saw the majestic white dragon floating above the ground, the dragon glanced at him, before growling at him.
"What an amazing dragon! A shame its being wasted down here..." he frowned, the dragon saw this and gave another growl, "Oh, its got a temper!" He then looked to the two people walking up to them. A girl and a boy, he looked at the girl for a moment longer. "Target sighted, now to commence with the operation." he smiled as he met them half way.
"Good afternoon!" he greeted, the two didn't respond at the first, "What does Security want with u-oof!" Rin cut Yugo off with an elbow to the stomach, "Can we help you with anything, Officer?" Rin asked politely.
"Yes, who is in charge of this establishment?" Victor asked, "Oh, the caretaker, Sarah. She's out at the moment..." Yugo added in, catching his breath from Rin's assault.
"Oh, well that's a shame, we're kind of on the clock here..." Victor took a moment to think, "I know, how about we ask you instead!" he suggested, "What do you want to know." Yugo asked politely this time. Meanwhile Rin was getting a bit nervous now. "I think we should discuss this in private, if that's alright?" Victor looked to Sherry who had disembarked a while ago.
"Are there any rooms empty at the moment, so the two of us can talk to you individually?" he asked, "S-Sure! Right this way!" Rin suddenly spoke up, a bit loud, she then steeled herself and showed the two into the orphanage...
The Jules Co. Tower
Sitting in her chair, in her office was Platinum Jules in her work clothing, it consisted of a pure white blouse with a blue ribbon around her collar, a light-green working skirt, mid heeled shoes with puffy white socks. Hanging over in the corner on a rack was a lab coat for when she went into the labs. Currently she was going over a project on her silver laptop.
"Hmm, I should be able to improve the efficiency output, but then I would have to increase the size of the engine by a tenth of what it is now, and even then, there are other problems to overcome..." she mumbled as she typed.
Another service Jules Co. did was they manufactured parts for D-Wheels, currently they were trying to create a new better engine, half the size of what it currently is, but with more power. This would make D-Wheels with this engine lighter and faster.
Still, this concept was still in research, even Platinum, who was a prodigy of mechanical engineering was struggling to figure out a solution.
Suddenly her phone rang, she stopped her progress to pick it up, "Hello? Platinum Jules speaking!" she said, "Platinum, how goes the development of the new engine?" the voice asked over the phone.
"It's a slow progress Sir, but we've made some break through, I've recently thought of an idea that may increase the progress." she answered back, "Good to hear that Platinum, excellent work! I'll hear from you soon after you've tested this solution!" they said, "Thank you Sir, goodbye!" they hung up first, and she then put the phone down.
"... Father..." she mumbled.
Yes, that was in fact her own father on the phone, however, the two can't really be consider family, as her father, and her own mother, see her as an extension of the company, more than their daughter. At first, she didn't like this, as she just wanted them to be a normal family, but as time went on, nothing happened, and she eventually accepted that the ideal family life she wanted wasn't possible.
So to cope, she changed her mind to face this reality she was caught in, it was made even stronger when she was stuck in her home with no friends to interact, she was nearly robotic.
Still, there was only one good thing in her life. She looked down at her bust... Technically she was looking at what was between it, her necklace, "I wish we could meet them again..." she thought, thinking on that time.
Just then, the phone rang again, stopping her, she picked it up again. "Hello?" she answered, "Miss Jules, we've finished the prototype of the engine, and are about to begin testing, would you like to come down to over see it?" a research on the other side asked, "Very well, I'll be down shortly. See you soon!" she answered, and then hung up.
She then got up, walked over to her rack, put her lab coat on, and left her office.
Back with Rin, she was sitting on a chair in the small set-up garage she and Yugo used for the Shining Wing. "Oh god! Oh god!" she was panicking in her head, "They know, they know something about what happened back then, and have come to ask me about it." she was referring to her attempted kidnappings.
"What do I do, not even I know why those two were after me for, or why that Yuri guy looked just like Yugo, should I even mention that?" just thinking back on that was putting her on edge, made even more strong as its Victor Wolf she's about to talk to, that would set anyone off.
She then thought about what Yugo would say, as he was in a different room talking to that woman Victor showed up with, "Knowing him, he'll spill the beans, and blame Security for not doing anything to help... and he'll land himself in the facility for back talking against Security-" Just then the side door opened up, cutting her off.
Stepping inside was Victor, who was holding a tablet under his arm, "Thank you for waiting, while I got ready!" he told her, "Oh, it was nothing really." she said as he sat down.
"Now, let's talk about why we're here." he began, and activated his tablet, which made Rin nervous, "Here it comes..." she clenched her hands at her sides, Victor then showed her an image of a boy on his tablet, "Have you seen this boy lately?" he asked, making her blink in confusion. "Eh?" she muttered.
"This is Randy Deku, a Low Top resident who has gone missing recently." he began, "He went missing about a week ago. His family owns a D-Wheel Servicing store, around the same time, one of their customer's D-Wheel was stolen, we believe Randy is behind this." he explained.
"Really? Why come to us?" she asked confused about all this, she honestly thought they were here for her. "Well, apparently there was a rumoured sighting of the D-Wheel, and we thought to ask about to see if any of you had seen it lately." he explained.
Upon hearing this, she relaxed slightly, "No, officer, neither me nor Yugo, or anyone in this area has seen anything relating to this boy." so all she had to do was be truthful with Victor and tell him that this Randy hasn't been-
"Something the matter?" Victor suddenly asked, cutting her off, making her look up at him, "Because it looks like you've got something to hide." he said, shocking her. "I, well er..." she began, earning a chuckle from him, "I was joking, but after seeing your reaction, I'm not so sure now..." he looked directly into her eyes, and vice versa, and what she saw creeped her out.
His eyes... They were so lifeless and empty, they didn't match his attitude at the moment, making them more creepy. "Ma'am, are you hiding something from me?" he asked, "No! Definitely not!" she replied instantly.
"If that's about Randy, alright, but if its about something else that's been happening in the area lately, I need to know." he said, making her very nervous now, making her look to the ground.
"Oh no, now I've dug my own grave, I can't lie to the Security's Chief of Intelligence about this, who knows what will happened with him involved..." she then came to a conclusion. "Ma'am?" he asked.
"Okay..." she began, "There has been something going on lately... twice in fact..." at this Victor smiled ever so slightly, "Continue..." he requested, "You see... I've nearly been kidnapped, twice."
"For some reason, before that happened, I've had this odd feeling like I was being watched from a distance. After a few days, me and Yugo decided to do something about it, so at night, I was walking about, hoping that if something happened, Yugo would come out and help." Victor continued to listen.
"That's when that 'guy' showed up..." she could practically picture that moment, his eyes looking at her like some predator about to strike at its prey. "I ran for it, he gave chase, eventually I ran into a dead end and he caught up to me."
"I had my Duel Disk on me, and saw he had one, so we Dueled, eventually I lost..." she looked up at him, tears threatening to spill, "I still don't know how I escaped him back then..." she said to herself, still confused about it. "I've tried to block as much as I can of that incident, but one thing always stuck out...".
"Which was..." Victor asked, having been silent the entire time. "That guy, used an unknown Summoning Method, something called 'Fusion', he 'Fusion Summoned' a powerful monster, and that's what defeated me." "Fusion?..." Victor repeated, almost as though he had heard of it before.
"Yeah, and then during the second encounter, against some man called Barrett, he told me about Yuri, from the first encounter, and something about Academia." at this Victor perked up.
"Did you say, Academia!?" he asked serious, "Yeah, Barret said that that's where he was going to take me, but luckily I manage to beat him, and he disappeared somehow. And that's that..." upon finishing, Victor stood up and turned around, deep in thought.
A moment later, he looked back at her, "Thank you for telling me this, in fact, I'm grateful, this should help me a lot!" he said, confusing her, "What do you mean?" she asked.
"I don't think I should you tell you this, but since you were involved, I think its fine..." he began, "You see, for the past few months, there have been other kidnappings, related to yours." Rin listened intently.
"And that this Academia, as you mentioned, is behind it, from what little I've gather on them they're an international criminal organization that for some reason are kidnapping individuals." Rin was shocked to hear this, "Really!?" she asked, "Yes, but for what purpose, I don't have a clue, I don't have much proof as they've covered there own tracks so well.
"And the reason they went for you again is due to the fact that you managed to escape their clutches the first time." he concluded, "They didn't want you to report an attempted kidnapping, which would've alerted us to their involvement in it." he then frowned.
"However there isn't much I can do for you, seeing that as I mentioned before, we don't have much evidence to support this problem. But there is something I can do to ease your worries..." he then reached into his pocket and pulled a somewhat thick silver ring with a red gem on it. "This ring is actually a long-ranged tracking device, just press on the gem like so..." he pressed the gem, making it light up slightly. "This turns on the tracking system, which I can monitor from HQ, if they make another attempt at you, activate this, and we can come find you!"
He then pressed it again, turning it off, and handing it to her, which she slowly took and looked at. "Why do you have something like this on you?" she asked suspiciously. "Well, to tell you the truth, I've been trying to uncover their deeds for a while now, but never got any close to them, again they always covered their tracks."
"But I had a small sliver of hope that something like this could happen, that a would be victim managed to escape them, and look and behold, here is that example!" he smiled, "Miss Rin, by you escaping their clutches, not once, but twice... You've given me hope at catching them, not only would this bring them to justice but also set all those people that they captured free!"
Hearing this, Rin was moved, she looked at the ring again, before putting it on her middle finger, "Thank you..." she said smiling, which he returned, "Your welcome, and as an added bonus..." he then reached into his pocket again, this time pulling out a small wad of money, "I think this should help as well, after all, your living conditions aren't the best." he said giving her the money, she slowly smiled.
"Thank you..." this was the nicest Security had ever been to them, looks like not all of them were bad, even those rumoured to be. "That's alright, now I believe my partner is finished talking to your friend, so let's go meet up with them, kay?" he asked, which she nodded smiling.
After regrouping, Victor and Sherry stood outside the gates of the orphanage, "Well, thank you for your time and co-operation, you two!" Victor turned to his partner, "I'm guessing your questioning went alright?" he asked, "Yes, though he was a bit too loud." Sherry replied back, "Hey, I answered your questions, be lucky you got that, you filthy Sec-" Rin gut punched Yugo, silencing as he collapsed.
"Sorry about him Victor, it just as you know, most Commons don't hold Security in high regards..." she frowned at that, "Yes, sorry about that, but that's something that's out of our hands." Sherry explained.
"Well anyway, good day to you Miss Rin!" Victor said as he waved as turned to his D-Wheel and got on, Sherry doing the same thing, they reeved their engines, about to take off, "Oh, before we go, I heard that there was a small Tournament tonight, sponsored by the Trustworthy Class..." he began, "If you're thinking about entering, good luck!" and with that, the two drove off, leaving dust in their wake.
As they past, Crow and Shinji drove up to them, "Hey Rin, we heard Security was here, what's that about?" Crow asked concerned, "I bet they were abusing there power again." Shinji said frowning, "Oh no, they were here asking about some missing boy from the Low Tops." she told them, "And of course they come down here, suspecting us Commons being involved somehow." Shinji retored.
Crow looked at Rin, and noticed the ring on her hand, "Where did you get that?" he asked, also changing the topic, "Oh, it's a long story, why don't we have a drink to talk about it." she said, "Sure, I could go for a drink, but I can't stay to long, I need to get back to the kids." Crow said getting off his bike, followed by Shinji. "Sounds delightful, anything to beat this heat." the three then walked inside the building...
...
...
... Leaving behind an unconscious Yugo on the floor at the gates.
And standing around the corners of the wall of the gates, was a dark figure, who then walked away, he was wearing a grey two-piece jump suit with orange and red lining, a yellow vest underneath, a black helmet with similar lines, it had no visor, but in its place was a set of black lens goggles covering his eyes, and a red bandana cover his nose and lower face.
"The mission was a complete success Sir!" Victor said to his boss as he and Sherry drove back to Headquarters. "So is she of safe mind?" the other person said on the other side of the call. "Affirmative! And I've uncovered who the first attacker was, it was Yuri." the caller was concerned with that name,
"Yuri! If that's true, how on earth did she escape? Yuri should've captured her..." they asked, "She herself didn't seem to know how she escaped the first time." he explained, "Anything else?" they asked, "I was hoping you would ask that Sir, you will be happy to know that I've given Rin a tracking device, I told her that she can activate it any time she feels scared, but I can also activate it as well discreetly, without her knowing it."
"Excellent news Victor, you always do go above and beyond to impress!" they said, sounding genuinely happy, "Now that that ordeal is settled, report back to base, we have another matter to deal with." "Roger Roger Director Roget!" Victor then hung up and accelerated, Sherry followed suit, and two made their way back to Sector Security HQ.
The person on the call also hanged up and moved a White Rook to take a Black Pawn. "It would appear that Rin is far more important than you let on... Akaba." The Director said.
This man was Jean-Michel Roget. The Director of Sector Security for about 3 years now, he's a man in his late 30s, a tall pale-skinned man with a long nose, green eyes, and has ash-blonde hair that was combed and arranged on top of his head, it flared out into short wings at the back of his head. He wore an expensive closed knee-length purple coat that's held shut by silver clasps over an orange shirt, he also wore grey dress pants and black dress shoes.
"You may think you will hold the finishing hand, but in the end, it shall be me!" he declared to himself, with that thought over, he turned his attention to another matter, "Now if everything has proceeded as so, then he shall be coming out of hiding, this is bound to catch his attention, and we'll be ready for everything he can pull." he smiled as he brought up the info for the missing boy...
(20:20 PM)
Yugo and Rin were on the Shining Wing, making their way to the race tracks for the tournament, "Come on Rin, pick up the pace!" Yugo yelled holding onto Rin around the waist, who was driving, "Don't make me turn this thing around!" she retorted with a threat, causing him to frown.
As they got closer, they spotted six other D-Wheels already there in the garages, they saw Crow's D-Wheel, Damon Lopez, Tony Simmons, and three random commoners. Shinji was also there, but he wasn't competing for what he called 'A show for the Tops'
Damon Lopez was a close friend of Crows, and by that extension, Rin and Yugo's friend, he was a tall lanky African man of 19, his earlobes were slightly stretched with green-blue gems pierced in them. His hair was purple was shaved in some places to make it resemble a lizard. he wore punk style clothing.
Tony Simmons, was another close friend of Crows, he was of median height, slightly pudgy around the stomach, his hair was buzzed cut apart from a tuft at the centre at the top of his head. He wore a pale green short sleeved jacket and brown trousers.
Standing next to crow were three children, Amanda - A fair skinned girl with puffy burgundy hair put into two bunches that framed her face, she was wearing a long white shirt that due to its size, made it appear as a sundress, she had over this a dark pink vest with brown lines, and despite her young age, had studded ears.
Next was Frank, a young boy of same height as Amanda, he had purple blue eyes, fair skin, wore a perse shirt with a red vest over it, his hair was green and spikym the ends were fixed into a small ponytail, and there was a cap on his head.
And the last was Tanner, a small boy was blue hair kept underneath a bucket hat with pink strings on the sides, he wore a light blue shirt under a dark blue pair of overalls. He had a button nose and pudgy cheeks.
These three children were under Crow's care, living with him, Sarah had offered to take them in after Crow showed them to the orphanage, but they wanted to stay with him.
"It's 'bout time you two showed up." Shinji said, as they pulled up into the large garage. "Evening guys!" Rin said disembarking, the kids then running up them, "Hello you three!" she said, "Hey rugrats!" Yugo said grinning.
"We missed you, Rin!" Amanda said hugging her knees, "Yeah, we thought we wouldn't see you again!" Frank added, confusing Rin "Huh? Why did you think-" she stopped, already knowing what they were on about, but how did they- She then turned to Crow and Shinji, who looked away at her glancing, she kept up the stare for a while until they broke.
"Okay, they walked in on us as we were talking about it at my place." Crow explained, "I still think you should get rid of that thing Rin." Shinji said glaring at the ring that Rin was wearing, "Nothing good can come from something of the lapdogs of the Tops!" he declared.
"Hey! Victor was very kind back there, don't you dare talk bad about him" Rin retorted with a small glare back at him, "He's right though, Rin..." Damon added in, "You know the stories behind that guys, even the Tops fear him." he said, at which point Shinji growled lightly, "Well I'm not, If he shows his face again, I'm taking him down!" Shinji declared.
"Hey..." Yugo suddenly added on, looking around at all the D-Wheel that were parked up, noticing there were only seven, and that's including them, "Who's the last guy coming anyways?" he asked.
"Maybe they're on their-" Damon began, but suddenly looked to the right as well as the others, as they could hear a D-Wheel engine in the distant, appearing from around the corner was midnight black D-Wheel, with crimson streaks. When it pulled up into the garage, they saw a person, clearly a man, wearing a grey two-piece jump suit with orange and red lining, a yellow vest underneath, a black helmet with similar lines, it had no visor, but in its place was a set of black lens goggles covering his eyes, and a red bandana cover his nose and lower face.
Upon seeing the driver, Tony froze up, "No way! It-it can't be... It's-" he stopped himself. "Taboo..." Damon whispered for him, "Taboo? Isn't that the word that describes a forbid-" Rin cut Yugo off, "Hey what was he about to say?" Tanner asked, wanting to know, "So who is this Taboo? I've never heard of him." Rin asked, getting the subject back on track.
"Apparently Taboo appeared about a year ago, and is quite the threat." Damon explained, "I've heard that he hasn't lost a Duel in the Underground Riding Duel Tracks." Tony added, "And another thing about him is that he controls a fearsome monster, that destroys everything around it." Damon finished. "And I've seen it, you do not want to be going against that thing." he shuddered at the thought of that beast.
"He doesn't look like much though..." Crow muttered, not feeling any signs of danger from the man, who appeared to be going through his Deck while still on his D-Wheel, "What's he got to hide under all that?" Shinji asked noticing his covered face.
After a while of just standing and watching him, Yugo walked forward, "Yugo, what are you doing?" Rin asked, "Going to say hi to the competition!" he said back.
When he reached Taboo, he didn't even look at him, "Hey!" Yugo greeted, but there was no response, "Hello?" he said, this time a bit louder, again no response, "Yo! Earth to you! Are you in there-" suddenly Taboo looked to Yugo, silencing him.
"I don't have time to talk, I came here to win this thing and then leave..." was what he said, "Win? You don't think you can beat all of them, do you?" Yugo waved to Rin and the others, as Rin was wearing her Riding uniform, which was white one-piece short sleeved jacket miniskirt combo with pink shoulder pads and hot pink markings, white long sleeve gloves with hot pink elbow pads, hot pink pants white knee-length form fitting boots with light pink kneepads. In her hands was her helmet, which was mostly hot pink, with some white here and there.
Taboo then looked at the lot, "That's it? This will be a piece of cake..." Taboo then looked forward again, literally ticking Yugo off, "Alright, that does it! What gives you the right to-" "If you have time to talk, then you have time to Duel!" was all Taboo said, "If you think I can be beaten, then bring it on." he said, and didn't say another thing after that.
"Fine!" Yugo yelled at him, stomping off, "Rin! I'm taking your place!" he told her, "No way! We don't need any more towels. Thank you very much!" Rin argued back, "Please Rin! I just want to rub it in his face after I beat him!" Yugo pleaded, "I'll deal with him first, and then focus on winning the whole thing, what do you say?" he asked.
After a while of nothing happening, Yugo brought out the big guns... which was a sad puppy dog eyes routines..." Pleasseesss..." he whimpered out, making his bottom lip quiver, this eventually broke her. "Fine..." she sighed, handing him the key to the Shining Wing, "But if you so much as win a towel, so help me god-" she began.
"Attention Contenders, would you kindly make your way to your D-Wheels, the first Duel is about to commence!" an announcement said, "Well that's the bell, gotta go!" Yugo then ran off for the Shining Wing, followed by the other four, leaving Rin with the kids, "I swear, if he loses like last time..." she muttered to herself.
Meanwhile unaware to anyone watching, one of the security cameras set its lens on Rin before zooming in...
Watching via the camera was Victor and Roget, Victor then adjusted the camera to set its sights on the D-Wheel that Taboo was on, "Sir, it appears we've found the stolen D-Wheel!" Victor said, "As it was planned, commence with the operation!" Roget demanded, "Roger Roger!" Victor then linked up to Sherry, "Agent LeBlanc, begin capture!" he ordered.
From Sherry's side, she was parked in the large garage of Security, behind her were a dozen other Security Officers, all ready on their D-Wheel. "Roger!" she then cut the link, "Let's move out!" she then reeved her engine, "Yes, Ma'am!" the lot behind her yelled in unison, also reeving their engines.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this small Riding Duel tournament, I'm your host Mellissa Trail, Top Reporter of Neo Domino City, and this evening we have an amazing selection of Duelists!" The woman known as Melissa Trail said, she was a young woman dressed up as a cow-girl, the outfit consisted of a white shirt that shows off her midriff, a yellow bow, red vest and cowboy hat, and yellow shorts, in her hand was a white microphone. Currently she was reporting from a helicopter that hovered over the race track.
"The rules are simple, the eight Duelist will Duel one another until only one is remaining!"
"There are two ways to win in this tournament. One: You eliminate your opponent before the tenth turn. Or Two: Should neither Duelist be eliminated after the tenth turn, then it goes the how much Life Points they have left, the one with the most wins!" she explained to those watching at home.
"First up out of our eight Duelist are Crow Hogan and Damon Lopez!" the mentioned two rode their D-Wheels out onto the track and park in their positions.
"No hard feelings, right Crow!" Damon grinned out, making Crow smile back, "You really shouldn't steal other peoples lines, Damon!" he joked, the two got onto their D-Wheels, put their Duel Disk into place on the vehicle.
"Alright! Without further ado, let's start off this tournament!" she cheered, making the crowd cheer along with her.
"3!" the red light over the track glowed.
"2!" The yellow light then glowed, making the Duelist reeve their engines until the tires screeched.
"1-" Suddenly Melissa stopped, as did the two Duelist as everyone heard the sounds of sirens in the distances. Crow turned around to see- "Security!? What are they doing here, we're here legitally!" he asked getting off his D-Wheel, as did Damon. Meanwhile no one noticed Taboo get back on his one.
Shinji frowned at the sight of them, "Typical Security..." he muttered to himself.
Just then, they heard a D-Wheel rev up, everyone looked to see Taboo's D-Wheel race out of garage and exit the track, just having rushed by the leading Security Officer, which did a sudden U-Turn and followed after. Several other Officers followed her while some made their way to the tracks and stopped anyone from leaving.
Upon noticing that they weren't doing anything else, Crow decided to remain calm, "Okay, what's going on! Why are you here?" he asked calmly, "There's been a sighting of a criminal who has stolen someone else's D-Wheel!" the officer explained. "Wait, did you say a D-Wheel?" Rin asked, remembering what Victor had told her early today.
With Taboo, he had made it onto a highway and was slowly gaining speed to get away, "Pull over right now!" Sherry shouted to him over a speaker, he didn't respond, and simply speed up. "Oh please, I'd rather go down with a fight!" he yelled back, "Well you heard him, give him what he wants!" Victor told her over their com, "Right! Commencing Duel! I'm activating the Field Spell, Speed World Neo!" she yelled grabbing a card from her pocket and placing it into her Duel Disk.
"Duel Mode, On. Auto-Pilot, Engaged. Please stand-by." the in-built computer said, her energy blade then appeared, with it, releasing a burst of light that somewhat darkened the area around her, this light soared Taboo.
"Duel Mode, On. Auto-Pilot, Engaged. Please stand-by." the computer on Taboo's Duel Disk repeated.
Suddenly multiple sirens were going off, and everyone hearing them knew what they meant. "Alright a Duel!" one Common cheered as they and several others around them watched as giant pillars rise from below the ground before coming to a stop level with the highways. "A Duel is commencing. A Duel is commencing." a voice over a loud speaker system said to all to hear.
"All ordinary vehicles on the route, please evacuate at once." the voice said, meanwhile the pillars then lowered panelled roads that then connected to one another, the sides then came up, and finally arches made out of light appeared on these new roads.
As the message was repeated several times, red barriers erupted on all the highways, the drivers of non D-Wheels knew that this meant they had to cross the barrier light.
"I'm going to make you regret breaking the law!" Sherry yelled to Taboo, "That's funny, cause I was going to make you regret ever challenging me!" Taboo retorted back. The two then sped up, making their way to one of the Duel Lanes that was in front of them.
"Riding Duel..." the two had now made it onto the lane.
"Acceleration!" they yelled out, drawing five cards each, as they raced across the lane at high-speeds.
Taboo's LP: 4000
Sherry's LP: 4000
Turn 1
Above flying high in the air via helicopter was Melissa and her crew, "Good, we made it just in time!" she said relieved at not missing anything, "Start rolling again!" she demanded, "R-right!" the camera man got to it and started the live feed. "Sorry 'bout the mishap there folks, but something else has occurred." she said to the audience.
She looked down at the Duel Lanes to see the two D-Wheels were now neck and neck, "But it turns out that one of the Duelist for that tournament we were about to film live was actually a criminal, judging by the way they high-tailed it out of the track. And now they've been caught in a Riding Duel. So Security will be done with them soon, but in the meantime, let's watch a hopefully exciting Duel take place!" she said. "It looks like they're 'bout to decide who goes first." she added.
"The first to make it around that bend goes first!" Sherry told Taboo, pointing forward at the bend that was ahead. "Alright." he replied, "3!" she began, "2!" he continued.
"1! GO!" the two shouted in unison, accelerating together, they did this until Sherry pulled further ahead, "And it looks like Security gets the first turn!" Melissa said, which turned out to be true, as Sherry did in fact make it to the bend first, followed by Taboo a few moments later.
"Since I won, I'm going first!" Sherry said as she deaccelerated to get behind Taboo, and then speed up to catch up. "My turn!" she began, "I Normal Summon Fleur Knight - Daisy!" appearing before her was a fully armoured knight, its armour was pure white with a single yellow gem at the centre of the breastplate, on the plating of its limbs had detailed etching on them that resembles plant vines. On the right breastplate was an etching of a daisy's petals. It was armed with a rapier.
Fleur Knight - Daisy: WIND, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/900 DEF/500
"Daisy's effect! When Summoned while I control no other monsters, I can add a Fleur monster from my Deck to my Hand!" she added her card, "Since I control a Fleur monster, I can Special Summon Fleur Knight - Buttercup!" Appearing next to Daisy was a miniature knight in similar knight, however this one's colour was a bright yellow instead. the marking on its chestplate was the petal formation that made a Buttercup flower.
Fleur Knight - Buttercup: WIND, Level: 2 [Warrior/Tuner/Effect] ATK/200 DEF/400
"Daisy's additional effect! While I control other Fleur monsters, its ATK is doubled!" Daisy's ATK: 900 x2 = 1800
"But it won't be sticking around for long! My Level 2 Fleur Knight - Buttercup tunes my Level 3 Fleur Knight - Daisy!" Buttercup soared into the air and then turned into two green rings, which Daisy then flew through, lost its colours, and gained three stars, which then aligned themselves.
3* + 2* = 5*
"Beautiful floral knight, bloom and come forth!" A beam of light then pierced through the stars and rings. "Synchro Summon! Appear Level 5! Fleur Knight - Orchid" A lilac armour coloured knight, baring a flowing leaf cape that looked to have vines woven into it, like the others, it had the vines etching on its arms and legs. In one hand it held a short broadsword with a floral design, and in the other was a shield of a floral design. On its chestplate was the floral pattern of its name sake.
Fleur Knight - Orchid: WIND, Level: 5 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/1900 DEF/1200
"Orchid's effect! It gains 200 ATK per Fleur Knight monster in my Graveyard with a different name!" she said, Orchid's ATK: 1900 + 200x2 = 400 = 2300 "Then Buttercup's effect! When used as Synchro Material, I draw one card!" she drew a card.
"I activate the Spell, Blooming Fleur!" the card appeared, showing an image of a Fleur Knight monster coming out of the petals of a blooming flower. "I can target a Fleur Knight in my Graveyard and Special Summon it! Return to me, Daisy!" Daisy appeared from a dark portal, its ATK doubled to 1800 again. While Orchid's ATK dropped. 2300 - 200 = 2100 (Orchid) "Then I place two cards face-down and end my turn!" two cards appeared then faded.
"Perfect, she's made her defense, now see how they get past it..." Roget moved a few chess pawns forward on both sides.
Sherry's Hand x 2
Turn 2
"Oh, so she thinks she's safe with that little formation, does she? Well let's see how fast she crumbles..." Taboo thought as they turned a corner, but as the two past it, the barrier rose up, with the two on either side going down and then being connected, the Security Officers that were following them splintered off these two new paths until they eventually were on either side of Taboo and Sherry. Eventually they sped off further down their tracks.
"What are they up too?" Taboo thought glancing at them, "Nevermind that, my turn! Draw!" he drew his card. "I Normal Summon Bornfire Seed!" appearing on his field was a small burnt acorn that was a lit with fire, carved into it were two small eyes and a small mouth, making the monster look like a jack-o-lantern.
Bornfire - Seed: FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/0
"When Seed is Normal Summoned, I can add a Bornfire card from my Deck to my Hand!" his Deck ejected a card, which he added to his Hand, "I add the Continious Spell, Bonfire's Growth! Which I now activate!" the card appeared, depicting the smouldering remains of what appeared to be a forest fire, at the centre of the image was a small sapling that was growing, but also on fire.
"When activated, I can add a Bornfire monster from my Deck to my Hand!" he added another card, "Now I activate the effect of Bornfire -Torch from my Hand! By targeting a Bornfire monster on my Field, I can destroy it, and Special Summon Torch! So I'll destroy Seed!" Seed's flame began to grow, until the whole monster was consumed in it, then taking its place was a wooden torch, which was lit with the flame having eyes and a grin.
Bornfire - Torch: FIRE, Level: 3 [Plant/Tuner/Effect] ATK/500 DEF/100
"Growth's effect! When a Plant-Type monster is destroyed, I can either draw a card or Special Summon a Bornfire Sapling Token! I choose to Summon a Token!" A small on fire sapling appeared, it had one red glowing eyes, the sapling's leaf were on fire.
Bornfire Sapling Token: FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant] ATK/? DEF/?
"This Token's ATK & DEF is equal to the number of Bornfire monsters in my Graveyard!" Sapling Token's ATK & DEF: ?/? + 100/100 = 100/100
"Now Seed's other effect activates!" Taboo threw his hand out, "So its based of self-destruction..." Sherry thought, getting the idea on how Taboo's Deck worked. "When destroyed by a Bornfire monster's effect, I can Special Summon a Bornfire monster from my Deck!" he took another card from his Deck, which shuffled itself.
"I Summon Bornfire - Oak!" Now appearing on the field was a tree monster, called a Treant, it was made out of oak, it looked very humanoid, covering its arms and legs were bright red leaves. On its back was a small fire, and for eyes it was two diagonal cracks that leaked fire out of them.
Bornfire - Oak: FIRE, Level: 3 [Plant/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/800
"While Oak is on the Field, all FIRE monsters gains 400 ATK!" Oak's ATK: 1400 + 400 = 1800, Torch's ATK: 500 + 400 = 900, 100 + 400 = 500 (Sapling Token)
"Then I activate another effect from my Hand!" he revealed a card from his Hand, "When a Bornfire monster is destroyed by a card effect, I can Special Summon this card! Appear, Bornfire - Seedling Fueller!"
Bornfire - Seedling Fueller: FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant/Tuner/Effect] ATK/500 + 400 = 900 DEF/500
"Then I can draw a card!" he drew another card, "But now I must destroy a card on my Field or in my Hand..." he destroyed his drawn card. "I activate Oak's effect! By destroying a Plant-Type monster on my Field or in my Hand..." he destroyed another card from his Hand. "I can target 1 monster you control, and it loses 200 ATK for every Bornfire monster I control!" Oak then gained a fireball in its hand, and threw it at Daisy, setting it ablaze. 1800 - 800 = 1000 (Daisy)
"And now I Tune Level 3 Torch to Level 3 Oak!" Torch's fire grew brighter until the monster turned into three green rings which Oak then flew into, lost its colour and gained three stars, which then aligned.
3* + 3* = 6*
"Blazing fire, consume all in your path and grow even wilder!" A beam of light pierced through the rings and stars. "Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 6! Bornfire - Wildfire!" appearing from the light was a monster similar to Oak but slightly bigger, however the entire monster's bark was charcoal black. Glowing all over its body were glowing cracks formed from the fire within the monster, these cracks looked like some type of runes. It chest of open, revealing the blazing fire pouring out. Its head was on fire, its eyes also leaked fire, as well as its open grinning mouth. It claw like hands was glowing orange, radiating immense heat.
Bornfire - Wildfire: FIRE, Level: 6 [Plant/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2000 DEF/1400
"And now I Tune the Level 1 Seedling Fueller to the Level 1 Bornfire Sapling Token!" the two Level 1 monsters then repeated the same thing as before.
1* + 1* = 2*
"Black wood that's born from the ashes of a fire, time to burn once again!" he chanted as a light pierced the ring and star. "Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 2! Bornfire - Charcoal!" this time the monster was small, about the same size as Seedling Fueller, it was a ball of charcoal with a ring belt around it, at the centre was a single fire crack rune. And on either side was a set of small arms.
Bornfire - Charcoal: FIRE, Level: 2 [Plant/Synchro/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/700
"I now activate Wildfire's effect! By destroying Charcoal," Charcoal was vaporised immediately.
"What is that lunatic doing!? Destroying a monster he just summoned?" Yugo asked confused as he and the others watching from the tracks, "Duh, its a self-destructive strategy Yugo!" Rin told her less intelligent childhood friend.
"Now Wildfire can destroy a card on the Field! I target Orchid! Wildfire began to collect fire in its claws, "At this time, Wildfire's other effect activates! It gains 200 ATK every time a Bornfire monster is destroyed!" Wildfire's ATK: 2000 + 200 =2200
Wildfire then threw the fireball right at Orchid, "Orchid's effect activates!" Sherry yelled out, "When you target a Fleur monster to destroy it, I can banish a Fleur monster from my Graveyard to negate the effect!" Buttercup was banished as the cost. As the fireball grew closer to Orchid, the Fleur Knight slashed at it instantly, putting out the fire. 2100 - 200 = 1900 (Orchid)
"Thanks for making it easier! Now Wildfire, attack that Daisy!" Taboo commanded as he turned back to watch, Wildfire then charged up another fireball, and threw it at the weakened Daisy.
I activate the Trap, AromaFleurapy!" Sherry shouted as one of her face-downs flipped up, revealing an image with a bunch of flowers that seemed to glow in the light, "When you target a Fleur monster for an attack, I can make another Fleur monster the target of the attack instead!" The fireball suddenly changed direction, now heading for Orchid, "Not only that, but the new target gains ATK equal to the current ATK of the first target!" 1900 + 1000 = 2900 (Orchid)
Taboo gritted his teeth behind his cloth hearing this, as Orchid slashed at the fireball, sending it back right at Wildfire, who took the attack full force, being destroyed by its own attack. Taboo's LP: 4000 - 700 = 3300
"And the first strike goes to Sherry, just as planned..." Roget took a black pawn, but then noticed that the piece that took it was now vulnerable.
"Orchid's effect activates! Since it destroyed a monster by battle, I can either add a Fleur monster to my Hand from my Deck, or send it to the GY." Sherry sent her chosen card to the GY, increasing Orchid's ATK. 2900 + 200 = 3100 (Orchid) "With the battle over, Orchid loses the ATK gain from AromaFleurapy." 3100 = 2100 (Orchid)
"And it looks like Security has this match in the bag, they know just how to haggle this criminal!" Melissa commented, as the Tops watching from the comfort of their own homes smiled at the sight, however Taboo was rather calm about this.
"Thanks for that, as now I can do this! I activate the effects of Wildfire and Charcoal from my Graveyard!" Taboo declared, shocking those watching, "First Wildfire's effect, when destroyed by battle, it also destroys the monster that destroyed it!" From the remains of Wildfire came a small fireball, which quickly expanded until it exploded, the shockwave coming for Orchid. "I activate my other face-down! The Continious Trap, Flower Sanctuary!"
This time the image of the card showed a wide open flower field, with multiple Fleur Knight monster standing guard over it. "Now once per turn, I can negate the destruction of a Fleur monster by either battle or card effect!" she explained as a barrier erupted before Orchid saving it from the explosion.
"Either way, Charcoal's effect now activates! When a Bornfire monster is destroyed while its in the Graveyard, I can immediately Special Summon back that monster, as well as Charcoal!" Both Wildfire and Charcoal appeared on the Field, with Wildfire's ATK back to 2000.
"Now Wildfire, attack that Daisy again!" Wildfire, this time charged at Daisy and slashed at it with its red hot claws. Sherry's LP: 4000 - 1000 = 3000 "Oh no! The tides have instantly turned to favour the criminal!" Melissa called out. Meanwhile Roget made the black pawn take a white one.
"I now end my turn with two face-downs!" two cards appeared on Taboo's field, and then faded. "If that's the best you can do, I'm not impressed, at least give me a challenge!" he mocked. "With it ending, AromaFleurapy's effect ends, reducing Orchid's ATK." Sherry said. 3100 = 2100 (Orchid)
Taboo's Hand x 2
Turn 3
"He appears to be more tactical then his deck lets on..." Victor told her, "But this shouldn't be a problem, just remember the plan." he added, "Right! My turn! Draw!" she drew her card.
"I activate the Spell, Pollen Spreader!" the card showed a bunch of flowers about to be pollenated. "I can reveal a Fleur Knight from my Hand, then select 1 from my Deck that has the same Level or lower then the revealed card's Level and Special Summon that one! I'm revealing a second Daisy!" She revealed one card which was in fact a Daisy, which then made her select a card which was then ejected from her Deck. She placed them on her blade. "Appear! Dandelion"
Appearing was a small knight monster, its armour was light green, however the only piece of armour that wasn't this colour was its helmet, which was yellow, and it each hand was a small dagger, on its chestplate was a floral pattern of its namesake.
Fleur Knight - Dandelion: WIND, Level: 1 [Warrior/Tuner/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/0
"Dandelion's effect! When Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 3 or lower Fleur Knight from my GY by negating its effects!" Since Daisy was the only one in the Graveyard, it was Summoned, but an aura of grey washed over it quickly. 2100 = 1900 (Orchid)
"Now my Level 1 Dandelion will Tune Level 3 Daisy!" Dandelion then soared into the air, then turned into a single ring, with Daisy flying through it, losing its colour, and gaining three stars.
3* + 1* = 4*
The light then pierced through it. "Synchro Summon! Level 4! Fleur Knight - Lily!" Lily was a similar monster to the others, but thinner, and its armour was snow white in colour, its cape was split into three piece, and shaped like a lily petal, this cape was only white. In one hand was a thorny spear. Like the others, it had a floral pattern of its namesake on its chestplate.
Fleur Knight - Lily: WIND, Level: 4 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/1500 DEF/1800
"Dandelion's effect! When sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a Fleur Knight from my Graveyard or Banished Zone! Appear, Buttercup!" This time Buttercup appeared, this time in Defence. "Now my Level 2 Buttercup Tunes Level 4 Lily!" this time, Buttercup and Lily repeated to process, but with two rings, and four stars.
4* + 2* = 6*
The light once again pierced through them, "Synchro Summon! Level 6! Fleur Knight - Rose!" this time, the monster was a tall one, wearing ruby coloured armour with the vines across its limbs, on its chestplate was a the floral pattern that made up a rose. It cape was split into two, and its weapon of choice was a thorny whip, the hilt having a rose embedded into it.
Fleur Knight - Rose: WIND, Level: 6 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2300 DEF/1600
"Now Orchid's effect! As you know it gains 200 ATK per Fleur Knight monster in my Graveyard with a different name! There are now four!" 1900 + 200x4 = 800 = 2700 (Orchid) "Then I Normal Summon my second Daisy!" her second copy of Daisy appeared, its effect doubled its ATK. 900 x2 = 1800 (Daisy no. 2)
"I activate Rose's effect! By tributing a Fleur Knight," Daisy was tributed, "I can target cards on the Field, up to the number of Fleur Knights I control, and they cannot activate their effects or be destroyed by battle or card effects!" she explained. "I control two, So I'll target Wildfire and one of your face-downs!" she pointed at one of Taboo's face-downs that was left from the middle.
"Battle! Orchid attack Charcoal!" Orchid charged right for Charcoal, weapon posed to tear a hole right through the burning monster, "Like that's going to work out like you think!" Taboo exclaimed, "I activate the Trap, Bornfire Backlash!" his face-down, the one not targeted for Rose's effect, flipped up, showing a Bornfire monster about to explode.
"When you attack a Bornfire monster, I can destroy both it, and your monster attacking it!" he told her, she went to tap her Duel Disk, "Also you can't activate effects in response, sorry to disappoint you!" he mocked. "By the way, we both take damage equal to half that Bornfire monster's original ATK." he added.
Just as Orchid was with stabbing distantance, Charcoal suddenly exploded, taking Orchid out with it, the explosion also washed over the two Duelist. 3000 - 500 = 2500 (Sherry) 3300 - 500 = 2800 (Taboo) "Since Charcoal was destroyed, Wildfire gains 200 ATK!" 2000 + 200 = 2200 (Wildfire)
"Alright then, Rose attack Wildfire!" this time Rose charged forward at the fiery monster, who went to counter the attack, its fist meet the whip blade in a clash, even though Rose was stronger, Wildfire survived the attack due Rose's protective effect. 2800 - 100 = 2700 (Taboo) "Sorry you couldn't get more damage out of that?" Taboo mocked at the messily 100 damage that came from that attack.
"Oh, there's about to be more!" Sherry began "Rose's effect now activates! When it fails to destroy a monster by battle, you take damage equal to half that monster's current ATK!" she explained shocking Taboo as Rose raised its whip and whipped at Wildfire, which sent sparks flying out at Taboo. 2700 - 1100 - 1600 (Taboo)
"And Security had dealt a serious blow to the criminal, in fact said criminal damaged himself!" Melissa commented as it appeared Sherry had ended her turn, "And with that I end my turn with a face-down!" Sherry said as a card appeared, then faded away.
Sherry's Hand x 0
Turn 4
"Oh, so you think you're real clever, huh?" Taboo began, "Well let's see you prevent what's to come! Draw!" he drew his card, "Due to Growth's effect, I must either destroy a card from my hand, or Growth is destroyed." he didn't destroy a card in his Hand, so Growth was immediately destroyed. "When Growth is destroyed, I can add a Bornfire monster from my Deck to my Hand!" he added his card.
"Now I activate the effect of Bornfire - Amber!" he revealed the card, "When a Bornfire card is destroyed, while this card is in my Hand, I can Special Summon it!" Appearing before him was a small wooden bomb, with a small wick, which was caught alit.
Bornfire - Fuse: FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant/Tuner/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/500
"Now get ready to face your doom!" he then raised his hand into the air, "I now Tune the Level 1 Fuse to the Level 6 Wildfire!" Fuse turned into a single ring, which Wildfire soared through, lost its colours and gained six stars.
6* + 1* = 7*
"Black chilling flames in the dark, bloom and burn all to smithereens!" he chanted as the ring and stars aligned before a light pierced through them all. "Synchro Summon!" he grabbed the card out of his Extra Deck, and slammed it onto his blade, "Come forth, Level 7! Scorching Black Rose Dragon!" Appearing from torrent of burning petals burst forth a terrifying charcoal black dragon. It was plant like, with its fiery rose petal wings, the same petals covered its main body, which were on, it had two short legs with sharp talons, its tail was covered with thorn. And its neck was long and atop of its head was some more petals, its face was narrow with two amber glowing eyes. the dragon gave a screech, causing its flames to burn brighter for a moment.
Scorching Black Rose Dragon: FIRE, Level: 7 [Dragon/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/1800
Everyone watching the Duel was suddenly unnerved by the sight of this dragon, "What kind of monster is that?!" Yugo asked out loud to no one, "That's it!" Damon shouted, "That's the terrifying monster that Taboo controls that destroys everything!" he declared.
Back to the Duel, Taboo continued his turn, "Scorching Black Rose Dragon's effect now activates! When Synchro Summoned, I can destroy all cards on the Field!" he declared, "And there's nothing you can do to prevent it!" he added just as Sherry was about to use Flower Sanctuary's effect. Black Rose Dragon roared before exploding, taking itself and every other card on the Field with it. "When Flower Sanctuary is destroyed, I can add a Fleur monster from my Deck or Graveyard to my Hand!" Sherry added a card from her Graveyard.
"Also that was pointless of you, now you don't have anything to protect when my next turn comes!" Sherry exclaimed, but all Taboo did at her remark was chuckle, "Sorry to tell you this, but there won't be a next turn!" he declared and then threw his had out, "From my Graveyard, I now activate the Trap, Rise from the Ashes!" he yelled as the card appeared on the Field.
"If this card is destroyed, I can Special Summon 1 FIRE monster from my Graveyard!" he explained, "I see, so you destroyed everything to trigger that trap, right?" she asked, "Wow, she can learn." he mocked, "I bringing back the card that made it happen! Come back to me, Scorching Black Rose Dragon!" the destroyed dragon appeared back on the Field in a flurry of flames.
"Oh my god! The criminal appears to have out matched Security with this combo, its sad to say, but it looks like Security has lost this match..." Melissa said, meanwhile Roget continued his game, "Sorry to disappoint you, my dear..." he said to himself, moving one last piece into position. "But this game was already decided..." he grinned softly.
"Now its time for you to say your prayers! Battle! Scorching Black Rose Dragon, attack her directly!" Taboo ordered as his dragon reared its neck back, inhaled, and breathed out of stream of fiery petals at Sherry, who did nothing to prevent this occurring. 2500 - 2400 = 100 (Sherry) "The Officer is down to their last few LP!" Melissa cried out.
"Hmm, not enough! I end my battle phase!" Taboo said, holding a card in his Hand, "I now Normal Summon a second Oak to my Field!" A second copy of Oak appeared. "Why do that now...? You could have Summoned it before the battle, and beaten me." Sherry said to him. At this he chuckled, "Do you take me for a fool!" he laughed out.
"That face-down you put down during your last turn, it clearly does something to prevent battle damage or something while your LP is lower than 1000 while in the Graveyard." he deduced, "So I've thought of a way around it!" he said, "I now activate my Dragon's other effect! By destroying one monster I control...," a thorny vine sprouted from the back of the dragon and whipped Oak to pieces. ",you now take damage equal to that destroyed monster's ATK!" he yelled.
Most were shocked upon hearing this, the only ones calm about this were Roget, Victor and Sherry. "Oak's ATK is 1400! So see ya in hell!" Fire began to gather in the chest of the dragon, which slowly began to travel up the neck and into its mouth, some of it heat was leaking out through its teeth. "End this Black Rose Dragon! Scorching Burn!"
The dragon roared and shot the fireball right at Sherry, who smiled, "You were right about one thing..." she muttered, alerting Taboo to this, "My face-down does prevent damage, either battle or effect!" she yelled, "I activate the Trap, Power Reversal from my Graveyard!" she yelled as the card appeared. "Should I take damage from battle or an effect while I control no monsters, that damage becomes 0!" the fireball immediately dissipated just before it hit her.
"So I was right, either way you can't beat my monster!" Taboo calmly said, he knew something was off from her non-existent reaction about his dragon's other effect.
"I'm not finished yet." she said, "Now I can target one monster in my Graveyard whose ATK is equal or lower than one of your monster's original ATK, and Special Summon it!"
"Since the only monster you control has 2400 ATK, I'm brining back Fleur Knight - Rose!" the mentioned monster appeared back on the Field.
"Damn, she's good..." Taboo looked at his Hand, a monster and a Trap were his choices. "Guess I'll end my turn with a face-down..." he said placing the card in his Duel Disk, making it appear on the Field briefly.
Taboo's Hand x 1
Turn 5
Up above, Melissa was sighing in relief, "Phew, I looks like Security has managed to save themselves from an untimely defeat, now let's see how they get out of this!" she spoke.
"All the pieces are in place, finish him!" Victor told her, "Right! My turn! Draw!" she drew her card, which she flipped to see it was what she needed. "I Normal Summon, Fleur Synchron!" A small flower bud appeared, at the bottom was its face, two somewhat angry eyes, and a cocky grin, it had two thin arms with gloved hands and two green clown shoes.
Fleur Synchron: LIGHT, Level: 2 [Machine/Tuner/Effect] ATK/400 DEF/200
"This is the start to your end!" she declared, "I now Tune Level 2 Fleur Synchron to Level 6 Fleur Knight - Rose!" Fleur Synchron turned into two rings, with Rose flying through them, losing its colours, and gaining 6 stars, which then lined up with the rings.
6* + 2* = 8*
"Body built for speed, it's time for order, now come forth and bring me victory!" A beam pierced through the rings and stars, "Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 8! Croisé de Fleur!" Slashing apart the light, a female knight monster appeared, it was very tall, surpassing Rose's height. It's armour was gold, and covered its legs, upper torso, arms and head. Any exposed parts were covered in a black skin suit. There was a long battle skirt that covered the sides and the back of its legs, this was cyan blue in colour, it had some petal armour covering its forearms, these were also cyan in colour, and resting atop of its helmet was plumage that looked like the petals of a blue rose, a long flowing violet cape was around its neck, and fastened to its hip was a shield, sheathed into that was a long rapier sword.
Croisé de Fleur: WIND, Level: 8 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2700 DEF/2300
"Fleur Synchron's effect! When sent to the Graveyard as Synchro Material, I can Special Summon a Level 2 or lower monster from my Hand! I Summon back to the Field, Dandelion!" Dandelion appeared on the Field again, "When Special Summoned, Dandelion can bring back a Level 3 or lower Fleur Knight from the Graveyard! Return Daisy!" Daisy appeared again, but its effect was negated.
"I now activate Croisé de Fleur's effect! By tributing a monster," Dandelion was the tribute, "Croisé de Fleur can now attack twice this turn!" she explained, "And now onto Dandelion's effect! Since it was sent to the Graveyard from my Hand or Field, I can Special Summon a Fleur Knight monster from my Graveyard! Appear Orchid!"
Orchid appeared on the Field again, 1900 + 200x5 = 1000 = 2900 (Orchid) "Time to end this! Battle! Croisé de Fleur, attack his Scorching Black Rose Dragon!" Croisé unsheathed its rapier, and lunged right for the dragon, who roared in retaliation. "I activate the Trap, Mirror Force!" Taboo shouted as his Trap triggered, "Now all your monsters in Attack are-"
"Croisé de Fleur's effect activates!" Sherry cut him off, "Once per turn, I can negate the activation of a card, and destroy said card!" she said, shocking her opponent, "What?!" he screamed, he looked on as her monster slashed right through his dragon's neck, ripping the two half apart before the dragon burst into particles. 2700 - 300 = 2400 (Taboo)
"Oh wow, Security has turned the tables instantly, now the criminal is defenceless!" Melissa's word could be heard by Taboo, who frowned at this, "My Croisé cannot attack you directly, but when she destroys a monster by battle, she gains 700 ATK!" Croisé de Fleur's ATK: 2700 + 700 = 3400
"Don't think I'm going to sit here and let you win!" Taboo interrupted her before she could continue, "I activate Bornfire - Fuse's effect from the Graveyard!" he yelled, "When a FIRE monster is destroyed while this card is in the Graveyard, I can banish it," Fuse was banished, "Then we both take damage equal to that monster's original ATK!" he said, "You fool! You plan to take yourself out with me!" Sherry asked as Fuse and Black Rose Dragon's spectres appeared on the Field, with Fuse's wick starting to get smaller.
"A win is a win, a loss is a loss, but a draw? That depend on how you view it!" was all Taboo said as the wick ended, resulting in Fuse exploding, absorbing the dragon into the blast, and the blast washed over Sherry's monster, her and Taboo. 100 - 2400 = 0 (Sherry) 2400 - 2400 = 0 (Taboo)
Taboo & Sherry: DRAW
"Its... a draw?" Melissa asked out loud. As soon as the Duel was ended, Sherry's D-Wheel activated it brakes as apart of the D-Wheel's programming, this tended to happen when a loser of a Duel was declared, or even draw... However, Taboo's D-Wheel didn't even stop, "He's hacked the D-Wheel's Dueling Protocol!" Sherry told Victor as soon as she noticed him getting away.
"We suspected as much with his last move, but not to worry, we've also thought this through." Victor told her, "Pick up should be arriving for you soon, hold on for a bit." he told her, and then cut the link. While she waited, she looked forward to where she could just see the back lights of Taboo's D-Wheel. "See you soon, Taboo." she whispered to herself.
"This is unthinkable folks! The duel ended in a draw, that usually results in both D-Wheel are inoperable for a while, but the criminal's D-Wheel didn't even stop, they must have done something to their ride!" Melissa commented as the helicopter continued to follow the escaping D-Wheel.
Taboo meanwhile was frustrated, "That was close, guess I'll be hiding out for a while, now to-" he paused in his thinking as he noticed the path ahead of him, reconfiguring itself, when it was ended, he looked to the left, which was where the path was heading, and saw all the Security Officers that were on either side of him and his opponent during the Duel.
"So that's their plan, huh?" he grinned behind his mask, while their plan was flawless, there was one thing they didn't know... Which was that a highway road was just slightly lower down to the side, but was quite a gap away. "Well, let's see them follow me after this!" with this, he proceeded to accelerate his ride, and his current speed was too fast to turn down the path.
"What's he up to?" Roget thought narrowing his eyes, not wanting to miss a thing, "Sir." Victor called out to him, making him look towards his Chief of Intelligence, "I think he's attempting to jump off the path, and is..." Victor typed on his system and ran a simulation, it showed the road that Taboo was on, and the highway below, the simulated vehicle jumped off the path and began to plummet down to the ground, "He's hoping that he will have enough speed to cross the gap and safely drive away. But my simulation shows that the odd of him achieving this stunt with his current speed is 22%" he summarised.
"Hmm, the odds are stacked against him, even he should know its not likely to work..." Roget began, "So why would he-" he instantly cut himself off, a thought having occurred, "Bring up the info on the stolen D-Wheel now, and go over all its properties!" he requested.
Victor instantly complied with this, bring up the info and then went over the list of what systems it had, until he stopped at one, "Ah, so that's why this one is particular was taken..." he said to himself, Roget glared having been proven right about his thought.
"Oh my! Do they plan to..." Melissa trailed off, not wanting to even say what she was think.
"He's going to crash!" Rin yelled, Yugo instantly covered his eyes, "I can't watch!" he muttered.
"Oh they have no idea why I stole this D-Wheel back then..." Taboo grinned to himself as he quickly put an input, which quickly brought up a tab, which read:
Do you wish to activate Turbo?
Yes/No
"Time to see this baby in action!" he slammed down on the Yes button, causing a chain reaction in a engine, it began to produce more heat and power, the exhaust started to charge up, before releasing blue flames, pushing the machine forward faster, the D-Wheel's Speedometer had risen from 136 mph to 270.
"Almost..." he thought narrowing his eyes as he got closer to the turn, "Almost..." he was coming up quite fast, "Almost..." until he was just 30 yards from hitting the barrier, "Now!" he then pulled himself back, causing the front wheel to lift off the ground, and forcing the thrusters, just as he hit the barrier, he jumped over it. "So long suckers!" he shouted.
Everyone watching held their breath as they waited with baited breath to see what would happen, for what seems like minutes was actually, the now somewhat-flying D-Wheel began to drop, and looked like it would land safely onto the highway below...
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... However, "Wait-" Taboo just realised as he looked ahead and noticed that he had gone just a little... too fast, due to this, he just passed over his intended target. The shock of this revelation made itself known.
"OH SH-" he never finished as he began his decent downwards, the Turbo was still on, making him glide forward.
"Crap! Crap! Crap! Crap!" he screamed in his head, this wasn't how this was suppose to happen, he was suppose to land on that highway and escape, making Security look like fools... Only now he was the fool, a fool about to di- "Huh?" he paused in his panicked thinking, to see something coming near him... or he was coming near it.
"Is that... a ramp?" the object, which was to his left in question was a rickety put together ramp that was un-finished and lead safely down to the ground, "Some guys must have put this together, for whatever reason, I don't know, but I can use this!" he thought, a new plan to safe himself formulated in his mind quickly, he couldn't hesitate for a second.
"I'm going too fast to decelerate or even turn in the air, the Turbo is still active, but its about to stop,..." he thought as he typed into the inboard computer, "If I can cut the power to one exhaust and redirect it to the other, that should allow for some turning, but I need to time it for when I'm just near it..." he was coming near the ramp, about to pass.
"Come on... Come on..." he began to sweat beneath his bandana, the ground was getting closer, "Come on!". he screamed in his head, putting in the last input.
Upon this, the left exhaust cut off, "Yes!" he yelled as the power from the now cut exhaust was funnelled into right exhaust, increasing its output, this boost swerved the D-Wheel to the left, he was now in line with the ramp.
The next moments were a blur to Taboo, first, upon touching down on the ramp, which was unstable, the Turbo ended, and took the right exhaust with it in a puff of smoke, the second was that the D-Wheel was doing a wheelie and Taboo couldn't get both wheels on the ramp, due to the speed he landed on it, the third, which was caused by the landing, the ramp began to break itself apart in Taboo's wake.
And finally, upon hitting the actual ground, the wheelie ended, slamming the D-Wheel's front wheel onto the ground with a thundering crash, which shook the ride, and Taboo, "Ah!" he grunted, holding in the slight pain in his arms. He immediately brought the ride to a halt, and skidded for few metres and turned it to look back at the ramp, just as it collapsed entirely down to the ground.
"Phew... Good thing that ramp was there..." he sighed to himself, thankful that he had survived that ordeal, he then looked up into the sky, to see Melissa's helicopter, its spotlight looking frantically around for something, "They think I crashed... good, let them think that." he thought with a smile.
"Right, let's book it..." he began to turn the engine back on..., but nothing was happening, he tried a few more times, again, nothing happened. "Argh! The shock must have loosened something..." he groaned hopping off his ride, and began push it from the side. "I'll fix it later, right now, I need to get out of the open..." he muttered.
As he pushed and walked, he was unaware of a CCTV camera zooming on him.
The CCTV camera's footage watched Taboo and the D-Wheel, until eventually they were out of its view. "What... just happened?" Roget asked slowly, trying to process what had occurred, "Luck sir, nothing but luck by the skin of his teeth..." Victor said, if that shoddy constructed ramp hadn't been there, its likely we would be peeling him off the floor like a pancake.
"And we lose out on quite a bargain..." Roget added, "Bring up the location of this CCTV camera, seeing that the D-Wheel is inoperable, they won't be getting far." he commanded, an Operator quickly did as commanded and brought up a holo map and the Commons area, a red bleep appeared. "Its in Sector J-12." the operator said.
"I'll get the Officers already out to investigate the area, but knowing our perp, he will likely hide like a rat." Victor then proceeded to call Sherry, meanwhile Roget began to re-watch the Duel, pausing it when it was over the last second of the Duel, when Taboo has forced a draw, "Interesting, he was able to set up the Duel to be controlled by his terms. Whether or not he won, he had a back-up to ensure a draw." he thought, "I'll be keeping an eye on you, you seen to have potential, potential that I can use..." he grinned at the thought...
30 Minutes Later
Multiple Security Officers were combing the surrounding area of the landing site, however they haven't turned up anything yet, they knew the vehicle was slightly damaged and now somewhat slow, so it couldn't have gotten far.
And the search lights scanned over an abandoned garage, which was shut off completely, the light shorn through the window on the second floor.
Hiding just to the side of this window was Taboo, after the light washed over the window and vanished, and carefully pecked over and listened, "No sign of him or the D-Wheel here in Sector J-8, moving on now..." the searching Officer said over the com. When they got there reply, they nodded, got on their D-Wheel and drove off.
After he couldn't hear the engine in the distance, he quietly jumped to the ground floor, walked up to his D-Wheel, covered it with a dusty blanket, walked over to the sofa sitting in the corner and promptly collapsed on it.
He then let out a long tired sigh as he sank onto the sofa. He then removed his helmet, lifted his goggle, and pulled down his bandana mask to reveal that he, was Randy Deku.
"Oh man..." he groaned, his voice echoing slightly, "I just barely survived that fall, I don't want to know what would've happened if that ramp wasn't there..." he thought. "And now I need to lay low for a while, just long enough for the heat to drop for me to walk about." he then looked over the now covered D-Wheel, "And I won't be driving you for a while, not until I fix you up girl."
"I'm not giving up, not by a long shot. I'll show you dad, I'll show that Dueling isn't worthless..." he then brought out Scorching Black Rose Dragon's card, "And I'll make you proud old man, I'll prove to you that you made the right choice in giving me this card, so you can rest happily..." he then looked out the window to his right, where just in the distance was somewhat billboard on a stretch of road, "And I know just how to do both." he smiled as he read the billboard, which read.
The Friendship Cup
Coming Soon...
End of Chapter 27
If you're wondering about the classing system, you can thank TheShadowOfZama for that, they noticed that the whole 1% to 99% was a bit odd, because, as we see in the anime, the Topsider are a somewhat big community for a measly 1%, if that's true, than the remaining 99% is huge! In fact, the wiki says the population is 10,000,000... Yeah... 99% of that, they could easily riot and succeed with ease with their sheer numbers alone, and Security's number are that big either...
So together, the two of us created a new classing system, that should be somewhat more fair.
Anyways, Randy Deku is the creation of Sweet Brisk, while Victor Wolf is from TheShadowOfZama.
OC cards
(Randy Deku) (Sweet Brisk) (my OC cards, since I couldn't find a good deck to go with a certain OC card I made for the character)
Bornfire - Seed
FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/0
When this card is Normal Summoned: Add 1 "Bornfire" card from your Deck to your Hand. If this card is destroyed by the effect of a "Bornfire" monster: Special Summon 1 "Bornfire" monster from your Deck.
Bornfire - Oak
FIRE, Level: 3 [Plant/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/800
While this card is face-up on the Field: All FIRE monsters gain 400 ATK. Once per turn, you can destroy 1 Plant-Type monster you control or in your Hand: Target 1 monster your opponent controls, it loses 200 ATK per "Bornfire" monster on the Field until the end of the turn. If this card is destroyed by the effect of a "Bornfire" monster: 1 monster you control gains 400 ATK.
Bornfire - Torch
FIRE, Level: 3 [Plant/Tuner/Effect] ATK/500 DEF/100
If this card is in your Hand while you control a "Bornfire" monsters, target 1 of them: Destroy it, and if you do, Special Summon this card. If this card is destroyed by the effect of a "Bornfire" monster: Target 1 monster your opponent controls, its ATK becomes half its original ATK.
Bornfire - Seedling Fueller
FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant/Tuner/Effect] ATK/500 DEF/500
When a "Bornfire" monster is destroyed by a card effect: Special Summon this card (from your Hand) then draw 1 card, then destroy 1 card on your Field or in your Hand. If this card is destroyed by a "Bornfire" monster's effect: Special Summon 1 "Bornfire" monster from your GY.
Bornfire - Fuse
FIRE, Level: 1 [Plant/Tuner/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/500
When a "Bornfire" card is destroyed while this card is in your Hand: Special Summon this card. When a FIRE monster is destroyed by battle while this card is in the GY: Banish this card; inflict damage to your both player's equal to the destroyed monster's original ATK. You can only activate 1 effect of "Bornfire - Fuse" once per turn.
Bornfire's Growth
Continious Spell
When this card is activated: Add 1 "Bornfire" monster from your Deck to your Hand. Once per turn, when a Plant-Type monster is destroyed: You can either draw 1 card, or Special Summon 1 "Bornfire Sapling Token (Level:1/Plant-Type/FIRE) with ATK & DEF equal to the number of "Bornfire" monsters in your GY x 100. During your Standby Phase: Destroy 1 card in your Hand, if you don't; destroy this card. If this card is destroyed by a card effect: Add 1 "Bornfire" card from your Deck or GY to your Hand, other than this card.
Bornfire Backlash
Normal Trap
When a "Bornfire" monster is attacked: Destroy both that monster and the monster it battles, then inflict damage to both players equal to half the original ATK of the destroyed "Bornfire" monster. Your opponent cannot activate effects in response to this effect.
Rise from the Ashes
Normal Trap
If this card is destroyed by the effect of a card: You can target 1 FIRE monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can banish this card: Add 1 FIRE monster from your Deck to your Hand. You can only use each effect of "Rise from the Ashes" once per duel.
Bornfire - Charcoal
FIRE, Level: 2 [Plant/Synchro/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/700
1 "Bornfire" Tuner monster + 1 Plant-Type non-Tuner monster
If this card is used to Synchro Summon a FIRE Synchro Monster: That monster gains 1000 ATK until the end of turn, but then that monster is destroyed at the end of the turn. Once per turn, if a "Bornfire" monster is destroyed by battle or card effect while this card is in the GY: (Quick Effect) Special Summon both back that monster and this card.
Bornfire - Wildfire
FIRE, Level: 6 [Plant/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2000 DEF/1400
1 "Bornfire" Tuner monster + 1+ Plant-Type non-Tuner monsters
Each time a "Bornfire" monster is destroyed: This card gains 200 ATK. Once per turn, destroy 1 Plant-Type monster you control: Destroy 1 card your opponent controls. If this card is destroyed by battle: Destroy the monster that destroyed this card by battle.
A. N, If you're wondering about the name, its a pun of Bonfire, and the fact that some plants are re-'born' from the ashes of a forest fire... It's the best that I could make up at the time, so sue me!
Scorching Black Rose Dragon (my other gift to the character)
FIRE, Level: 7 [Dragon/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/1800
1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: Destroy all cards currently on the Field. Once per turn, you can activate each of the following effects: 1) Target 1 monster your opponent controls in Defense Position; switch it to Attack Postion, and if you do; its ATK becomes 0 for the rest of the turn, but only this card can declare an attack this turn if you do. 2) You can target 1 other monster you control: destroy it, and if you do; inflict damage to your opponent equal to its ATK.
(Sherry LeBlanc)
Fleur Knight - Daisy
WIND, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/900 DEF/500
When this card is Summoned while you control no other monsters on your Field: Add 1 "Fleur" monster from your Deck to your Hand. You can only use this effect once per turn. While you control other "Fleur" monsters, this card's original ATK is doubled.
Fleur Knight - Buttercup
WIND, Level: 2 [Warrior/Tuner/Effect] ATK/200 DEF/400
When a "Fleur" monster is Summoned: You can Special Summon this card (from your Hand). If this card is sent to the GY as Synchro Material: Draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Fleur Knight - Buttercup" once per turn.
Fleur Knight - Dandelion
WIND, Level: 1 [Warrior/Tuner/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/0
If this card is Special Summoned: Target 1 Level 3 or lower "Fleur" monster in your GY: Special Summon it, but negate its effects. Once per turn, when this card is sent to the GY from the Field or your Hand: You can target 1 "Fleur Knight" monster in your GY or banished Zone: Special Summon it.
Blooming Fleur
Normal Spell
Target 1 "Fleur Knight" monster in your GY: Special Summon it. When a "Fleur Knight" monster is destroyed by battle: Banish this card from your GY: Special Summon back that monster. You can only use each effect of "Blooming Fleur" once per turn.
Pollen Spreader
Normal Spell
Reveal 1 "Fleur Knight" monster in your Hand, then select 1 "Fleur Knight" in your Deck with the same Level or lower then the revealed monster: Special Summon the one from your Deck. You cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of the turn, except "Fleur Knight" monsters.
AromaFleurapy
Normal Trap
When a "Fleur" monster is targeted for an attack, while you control another "Fleur" monster: Make that monster becomes the target the target of the attack instead, also it gains the current ATK of the first target until the end of that battle.
Flower Sanctuary
Continous Trap
Activate this card when a "Fleur" monster is to be destroyed by a card effect. Once per turn, you can negate the destruction of a "Fleur" monster by battle or card effect. If this card is destroyed: Add 1 "Fleur" monster from your Deck to your Hand.
Power Reversal
Normal Trap
Should you take damage from a direct attack or effect, while you control no monsters; that damage becomes 0, then target 1 monster in your GY whose ATK is equal or lower than the original ATK of 1 of your opponent's monsters: Special Summon it, you take no damage for the rest of the turn. This card can be activated from the GY, but banish it instead. You can only activate 1 "Power Reversal" once per duel.
Fleur Knight - Orchid
WIND, Level: 5 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/1900 DEF/1200
1 "Fleur Knight" Tuner monster + 1+ "Fleur Knight" non-Tuner monsters
This card gains 200 ATK for every "Fleur" monster in your GY with a different name. Once per turn, should this card or a "Fleur" monster you control be destroyed by a card effect that your opponent activated: Banish 1 "Fleur" monster from your Hand or GY, and if you do: negate that activation. Should this card destroy a monster by battle: Select 1 "Fleur" monster in your Deck, either send it to the GY, or add it to your Hand.
Fleur Knight - Lily
WIND, Level: 4 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/1500 DEF/1800
1 "Fleur Knight" Tuner monster + 1+ "Fleur Knight" non-Tuner monsters
This card cannot be destroyed by battle or card effect once per turn. Each time this card battles a monster, after damage calculation: Place 1 Fleur Counter on that monster. Once per turn, remove any number of Fleur Counter on the field; target 1 monster your opponent controls: it loses 400 ATK per counter removed.
Fleur Knight - Rose
WIND, Level: 6 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2300/ DEF/1600
1 "Fleur Knight" Tuner monster + 1+ "Fleur Knight" non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, tribute 1 "Fleur Knight" monster you control; target cards your opponent controls up to the number of "Fleur" monsters you currently control: those cards cannot be activated or destroyed by battle or card effects until the end of the turn. When this card fails to destroy a monster by battle: (Quick Effect), then inflict damage to your opponent equal to half that monster's current ATK.
Croisé de Fleur (French for 'Flower Crusader')
WIND, Level: 8 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2700 DEF/2300
"Fleur Synchron + 1+ non-Tuner monsters
This card cannot attack your opponent directly. Once per turn, during either player's turn, when your opponent activates a card effect: Negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card. Once per turn, you can tribute 1 other monster you control, if you do; this card can declare a second attack this Battle Phase. When this card destroys a monster by battle, this card gains 700 ATK until the end of the turn.
(Yugo)
Hi-Stake Draw
Quick-Play Spell
Draw a card for every "Speedroid" monster that you control +1, then send the same amount of cards that you drew from the top of your Deck to the GY. During the turn two or more WIND Machine-Type monsters leave the Field while this card is the GY: (Quick Effect) Banish this card, and those monsters that left the Field, and if you do; draw 2 cards.
(Rin)
Windwitch - Hail Bell
WIND, Level: 6 [Spellcaster/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1800
Should you take effect damage while this card is in your Hand: (Quick Effect) Reveal this card, negate that damage, and if you do; Special Summon this card from your Hand, if this card is Summoned through this way, it gains ATK equal to the effect damage that was negated. When this card leaved the Field while its ATK was higher than its original ATK: Inflict the difference to your opponent as damage.