Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The Ritual Fragment of Ice
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Last time on Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The Ritual Fragment of Ice; The Lancers arrived in the Synchro Dimension successfully, however they had been separated from each other. While looking for their lost comrades Yuya, Yuki, Serena, Sawatari and Reira were ambushed by Sector Security, the supposed peacekeepers of New Domino City. During which the director of Security watched the youths duel for their freedom. After being surrounded by the officers the Lancers was rescued by a group of Commons led by a young man named Crow Hogan. Later that night Yuya, Yuto, and Yuki all appear in the same dream as do their dragons. But what is the meaning of this? And what is the Director of Security after? Find out now.
Chapter 8: Memories of a Hunter
-NONE'S POV-
The three boys looked at their dragons in shock and confusion. However, the dragons all had relaxed looks on their faces, showing no signs of aggression or want to attack. They simple stared at their masters for what seemed like hours. Yuki decided to break the silence.
"So do we start talking or what?" the sapphire eyed boy asked the dragons
"Yeah what is this about Dark Rebellion?" Asked Yuto
"Explanations are in order." Said Dark Rebellion
"Maybe you should start Odd-Eyes. This was your idea." Said Arctic Zero
"Odd-Eyes?" Asked Yuya looking at his dragon "What does he mean?"
"It is in regards to the recent episodes you three have been experiencing." Said Odd-Eyes
"You mean whenever we go berserk, like that time against Kachidoki or Obelisk Force." Said Yuya
"Correct. Whenever this occurs we hear a strange voice in our heads that keeps saying "Let me out!" Over and over again. It is not a voice any of us recognize but at the same time it is familiar." As Odd-Eyes finished the three boys looked in at him with blank looks.
"I think you lost them." Said Arctic Zero
"No, I think that this a lot for them to process." Said Dark Rebellion
"Who do you think it is?" asked Yuto
"We're not sure." Said Odd-Eyes
"So the reason that we have been experiencing all that burning pain is because of some evil spirit or something?" said Yuki
"Well I guess in lame men's terms. But what triggers it seems to be when at least two of us are on the field or when one of you gets angry." Arctic Zero explained
"This first occurred when Dark Rebellion and I were on the field." said Odd-Eyes
"And again when it was me and Clear Wing." said Dark Rebellion
"I had the same experience with Clear Wing at the Battle Royale." Said Arctic Zero
"It also happened the first time Yuya summoned me." Said Dark Rebellion
"Along with several other times during the Battle Royale with Yuya." said Odd-Eyes
"What could all of this mean?" Asked Yuto
"Who knows but perhaps it is best to deal with this as it comes." Said Yuki
"We don't really know enough to do anything anyway." Said Yuya
"All we can really do is be on our guard." Said Odd-Eyes
"I actually have another subject to discuss." Said Yuki
"Is this about how one second you didn't have an XYZ monster in your deck and the next you did?" Said Arctic Zero
"Wait what are you talking about?" Asked Yuto
"Well you see when I was dueling Obelisk Force my pendant lit up I had a vision where I was in this frozen wasteland. Next I heard a voice calling to me next thing I knew I was back in the duel and there was an XYZ card in my extra deck."
"I've actually had a similar experience where my pendant lights up and then there's a card in my extra deck. But instead of an XYZ monster I got my fusion monsters." Said Yuya
"So what we've learned so far is that their is some evil ghost that can influence us through out dragons and Yuya and I have magic pendants?" Asked Yuki
"I think that sums up everything." said Yuto
"Makes you sound weird when you say it all at once." Said Odd-Eyes
"The tiny armed dragon with unmatching eyes thinks I'm weird." Thought Yuki
"Well not point in worrying about it right now. Stopping Academia and saving Ruri should be our main focus right now." said Yuto
"Who?" asked Yuki after a moment of silence
"Oh right you don't know. Ruri is a good friend of mine as well as Shun's younger sister. She was kidnapped by Academia just your friend Shina was." Yuto explained
"How do you know that?" Asked Yuki
"It kind of a long story." said Yuya
"After all that's happened so far there is no possible way for it to get any weirder." said Yuki
Yuto then explained how he and Yuya now share a body as well as the events leading up to him and Shun coming to Standard, the duel with Yugo and anything in between.
"So let me get this straight first Yugo blows you up in a duel, then you gave Yuya Dark Rebellion, and after that you were somehow transported into Yuya's head." Yuki summarized
"Yup." Yuya and Yuto said in unison
"I was wrong it just got weirder." Yuki muttered
"Yuki bare in mind that we are currently fighting in a dimensional war against evil school children and the three of you are all sharing the same dream. It can always get weirder." Said Arctic Zero
"Huh." Said the boys in unison
Just then the boys' bodies started to fade in light.
"WHAT IS GOING ON NOW?!" Said Yuya freaking out as well as Yuto and Yuki
"Relax this means your just waking up." Said Dark Rebellion
"We'll have to continue this discussion later." Said Odd-Eyes
With that everything in the boys' vision faded into white.
-DREAM END-
Yuki and Yuya both woke up simultaneously with widened eyes staring at each other from across the room.
"Did you just have a dream where you, me and some guy named Yuto were talking to our dragons?" asked Yuki
"Yeah." said Yuya
The pair looked around and it seemed that they were the only ones awake. Everyone else was still sound asleep. The two boys then reviewed what had transpired.
"So if the dragons are telling the truth then there is this evil presence inside us that comes out whenever two or more of the dragons are out on the field turning a duel." said Yuki
"It also seems to react to when we get angry." Said Yuya "What do we do now?"
"Not sure, but for now I say we just focus on the task at hand. And that is finding the others and stopping Academia. Hopefully this won't be a problem in the future." Yuki answered
"Nothing we can do but hope." Said Yuya
Just then Yuki turned around to face the front door with slit pupils and a fierce look.
"What is it Yuki?" Asked Yuya
"Someone is coming. I can hear the sound of a duel runner pulling up." The assassin answered
"You can hear that from outside?" Asked Yuya
"Part of my assassination training at Blood Vulture. Every month or so they would send us out into the wilderness for a week or two in order sharpen our senses."
"Man Yuki's dimension sounds like a really intense place to grow up in." Yuya thought
"It might be security again. With the resources and man power they have at their disposal I guess it is likely they would track us down." Said Yuki
"What are we going to do?" Asked Yuya "If Security discovers we're here reinforcements are bound to arrive and then Crow and the kids will be punished as well."
"Don't worry I got this." Yuki said as he jumped to the wall to the ceiling latching on to two beams either side of him. This put Yuki right above whomever would come through the door.
"I've got to get him to show me how to do that. It would really help with my acrobatic performances." Yuya thought
Just as Yuki predicted a person came through the door ."Hey Crow I'm bac-GAAHH!" the person screamed as Yuki jumped down like a hawk going for its pray.
"WHAT IS GOING ON IN HERE!" Crow shouted waking everyone else up. As they all came to the door the saw had Yuki pinned the person to the floor in a grappling hold position. It was a tall fair-skinned young man, with double colored purple hair that has strands of blue in the base of his hair and green eyes. He wore a colored biker suit with strands of blue on his tights and chest with a yellow pattern across his mid chest. The suit seemed to be held together by a belt. His half-open suit reveals a gray shirt worn underneath. He also had brown boots and gloves. After closer inspection Yuki realized that this was not an officer. Yuki's eyes went back to normal as he released him.
"Sorry about that." said Yuki as the person got up rubbing his back.
"Hey Crow since when did you have an attack dog?" The young man said sarcastically
"Attack dog? I can't tell if that is better or worse than wild child." Yuki thought
"Sorry Shinji, Yuki here is a kind of a sensitive trigger." Crow said to the person known as Shinji
"Wait Crow you know who this is." Said Yuki
"Yeah this is Shinji Weber a good friend of mine." Crow explained
"So Crow who are these people?"
"Well this is Yuya, that's Sawatari, the girl's name is Serena, the kid's name is Reira, and you've already met Yuki. They were ambushed by Security and I'm helping them stay off their radar." Crow explained
"Okay that explains why Yuki is on such high alert. But was a the dive bomb really necessary?" Shinji complained
"Well when a person comes through the door this early in the morning without knocking, I tend to automatically assume it's an intruder." Yuki explained
"Good to know." Said Shinji
"You know I think life was easier when we didn't have a wild killer in our ranks." Said Sawatari
"Really again with the slander." Yuki retorted
"Wait what's this about a wild killer?" asked Shinji
"What he means is that I'm a trained assassin."
"Okaay? Am I the only one who thinks it's weird that their are assassins as young as Yuki?" Asked Shinji
"Now that you mention it. Yuki why did you become an assassination duelist? With your talent you could of easily become a pro. I mean why use dueling to cause bloodshed when you could use it to make others happy." Asked Yuya
Just then an image flashed in Yuki's mind as Yuya finished speaking. It was of Yuki on the roof of a building at night facing a many wearing a top hat.
"Hey Yuki everything alright?" Asked Sawatari
"I'm sorry you say something? I think I spaced out." Yuki said back clearly deep in thought
"I'll say you weren't blinking for like five whole minutes." Sawatari responded
"It's nothing I'm fine." Yuki answered
"So why did you become an assassin?" asked Serena but then Crow walked up to her.
"Serena maybe you shouldn't. It is clearly something he doesn't want to talk about." Crow whispered in her ear.
The group than had breakfast with the groceries that Shinji brought and by some miracle not squashed during Yuki's dive bomb attack. As they ate Yuki glanced at Yuya for a split second recalling the image he remembered.
"What Yuya just asked me was the same thing he said that night. Now that I think about it. Back at LDS Tower. When I asked Reiji about why Yuya felt so strongly about the whole "making people smile" thing he did mention that Yuya's father also carried those ideals. And that Yuya's father vanished three years ago. Could it be? Nah, no way. Still though I can't seem to forget what that man said to me that night."
-Flashback-
Yuki was currently in a duel against fifty year old looking man in a black tux and had a golden duel disk. They were in a dimly lit room on the 9th floor of a building. With Arctic Zero Ritual Dragon being the only monster on the field. The man was sitting on the floor with a terrified look on his face.
Yuki: LP 4000
Unknown: LP 100
"Any final words before I sent you to Hell scum." said Yuki with a cold unforgiving look on his face.
"P-Please have mercy. I-I'll give you anything you want! Money, your own estate, just name it."
"Information. What do you know about a bombing in the Hollow district a little under six years ago?" Yuki asked
"What? Why would someone like you care about the gutter trash that lives in that dump?" asked the man
Yuki then rushed him, grabbed him by the neck and held him up against the wall sized glass window behind him. His eyes went from what was once cold and unforgiving to blazing fury. Eyes slit like dragon driven by bloodlust.
"Maybe you miss heard me. Bombing, six years ago, information, now."
"Okay! Okay! There's a red flash drive in my desk's left draw that has what you are looking for and please let me go." the man begged
Yuki released him and opened the draw taking out the red flash drive as the man breathed heavily.
"I'm just going to check to see if this is legit." Yuki said plugging the drive into a computer and looked over the files.
"My my there is some very interesting files in here not only is there links to the bomb tests but a lot of other illegal business records and terrorists fundings. This will be worth bringing back." Said Yuki
"Wait a minute if that got out it could ruin me. You can't take it." the man begged
"Won't matter to a dead man." Yuki snapped his fingers and Arctic Zero fired a blizzard like laser from its mouth.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The man screamed as the laser hit him. Sending him through the giant window and falling to his death.
"My mission never was to take you alive anyway." Yuki said in an emotionless tone looking down from the shattered window.
-Timeskip (1 Hour)-
Yuki is on the roof of the building when he heard a ringing in his pocket. It was revealed to be a small communication device.
"Hello." said Yuki
"Yuki are you alright." Said a voice sounding like a man in his early thirties
"Yeah don't worry sir I'm fine."
"Do you eliminate the target?"
"The target? Blasted him through a window."
"Overkill much?"
"Maybe a little. But the important thing is that he's dead and I downloaded all the files on the computer from his office. On two flash drives for good measure."
"Where did you get the second one?"
"I took one from his desk."
"Okay."
"Yeah, so anyway how did the rest of the team do."
The man on the radio explained everything to Yuki.
"Complete success. As expected we are one of Blood Vulture's top assassination teams."
"Uh Huh. Got it I'll wait here for pick up."
"Seriously, Shina said we should do what to celebrate tonight's mission success."
"You can't be serious. Fine but I'm not paying."
"All right bye." Yuki said as he hung up
"Finally we're getting somewhere." Yuki thought aloud
"You're going about this all wrong." A voice said from behind Yuki
"Whose there!? Show yourself!" Yuki demanded
As requested a man with black hair with inky-green shading and a purple top hat with green goggles on the bottom side. The man was fair skinned, had golden eyes, and a slight mustache along with goatee. He wore a performer's outfit; a red jacket with a purple lining and red pants over an orange waistcoat with a blue collar and lined with yellow. He had a kerchief around his neck. He also carried a red staff topped with a blue orb.
"What do you want old man?" Yuki asked with a hostile expression
"Relax I mean you no harm I just wanted to meet you." the man said
"Why is that?" Said Yuki
"You look a lot like my son so I was curious. I even watched your last duel. And I must say, while you are quite skilled your reasons for dueling are misplaced." the man said in a serious tone
"I don't really care for lectures old man. So get to the point. Hey wait a minute weren't the entertainer for that scumbag's guests?" Yuki asked
"Why yes I was and I saw you in the crowd as well. Honestly, for a second I thought you were my son. A little off topic but I would like to know what happened to that tux of yours?"
"I would rather we stay on topic here. So I'll ask again, what's the point you're trying to make." Yuki said as the man gave another serious expression.
"You're turning dueling into fighting and using it to take people's lives. Dueling is not meant to cause bloodshed."
"You don't know a thing!" Yuki said as his eyes became slit once again
It's true I know little about this world. But when I heard about a place where people are trained to be dueling killers. I was disgusted by that. Dueling is meant to spread happiness to people not to send them to their graves."
"You're naive. The people I kill deserve it. They need to face their punishment." Yuki said in fury.
"I see great pain in your eyes." The man said
"Huh?"
"You're using dueling as a way to take your pain out on others. I'm not saying your victims are innocent. However, giving in to anger and taking lives through dueling makes you no better than an animal and that is reflected in those eyes of yours. Those are not the eyes of a human."
Yuki was about to just fist the man into unconsciousness but the man spoke again.
"However, while those eyes of yours don't appear human I do not get that impression from you. You're not soulless." The man continued
"You sure talk a lot old man." Yuki responded
"Hehe. I suppose I do." He said rubbing the back of his head
"Look I've got a chopper coming to pick me up in about five minutes so I suggest you say whatever you have left to say and leave."
"I do have a question." the man said
"Okay shoot." Yuki said back
"What is your name?"
"My name is of no importance to you. I'm just another assassin."
"Now come on don't be like that to say your name doesn't matter is like saying you don't matter." The man said with a warm smile
"That look on your face is exactly why."
"Huh?"
"You haven't seen what I've seen. You don't know what I've gone through. I'm a tainted soul who can only kill. While you are the complete opposite. Making people smile is something I'm incapable of." Yuki said in a grim tone
"Wow, you are the most negative teenager I've ever met. Of course, you can anyone can if they only try, trust me." the man said
"If I try huh?" Yuki muttered
"Hey old man my name is Yuki if you still wanted to know."
"Alright then Yuki I have another question."
"And that is?"
"Why did you become an assassination duelist? Why do use dueling to cause bloodshed when you could use it to make others happy."
Yuki clutched his pendant and gritted his teeth. "That's personal old man. Not something I share just with anyone."
Before the man could ask Yuki anything else a helicopter could be seen approaching the building.
"Well look my ride's here. Sorry but I can't just let leave now that you know what I look like." However, as Yuki said that there was a flash of blue light. When Yuki opened his eyes after the blinding light at vanished the man was gone.
"THE HELL'D HE GO!?" Yuki exclaimed
-FLASHBACK END-
"The reason I became an assassin. One reason was to be able to put my bloodlust to good use, the other…" Yuki said mentally
"So Crow how long do you think Security will be on the hunt for us?" Serena asked snapping Yuki out of his thoughts
"Hard to say really. A while I'm sure it's not like they have anything better to do." Crow answered.
"Makes you wonder how the others are doing." Said Yuya
"Well I'm sure they can't get into too much trouble. And knowing Reiji he is-OW!" Sawatari yelped as Yuki kicked him from under the table.
"What was that for!?" Sawatari exclaimed
As a response Yuki pointed at Reira sitting in the corner who muttered his brother's name over and over again.
"See why now idiot." Said Yuki before walking over to Reira.
"What is Yuki gonna do?" asked Frank
"I don't know but he's scary." Said Tanner
"For all we know he'll make Reira feel worse." said Sawatari
"Hey come on give him a chance." said Yuya
Yuki crouched down to face Reira who was still facing down. The assassin just stared at the boy for a few seconds. Yuki then remembered the words of the man. "…anyone can if they only try…"
"Reira look at me." Yuki asked in a slightly firm tone, which Reira responded to and looked up at Yuki who then gave a softer expression.
Yuki then put his hand on Reira's head. "We'll find your brother soon, okay Reira. So just tough it out a little longer." Yuki said in a soothing tone that no one else in the room was expecting.
"Also here, you need to eat something." Yuki said handing Reira a piece of bread that he somehow snatched from Sawatari's plate without anyone noticing. Which Reira excepted and began eating. Yuki stood up and walked to the back door. "I'm getting some air. Don't worry I won't go anywhere." Yuki said before heading outside as everyone else was still processing what that just happened.
"Wait a minute? Did Yuki just do something nice!?" Sawatari said in surprise
"I didn't think Yuki was capable of something like that." Said Serena
"Hey Sawatari didn't you have some bread there a few seconds ago?" asked Shinji
Sawatari looked at his plate with a gawking expression. "YYYUUUUUKKKKIIII!" Sawatari screamed
"Yup Sawatari noticed." Said Yuki laying down on the roof of Crow's house.
Sawatari rushed outside. "Where are you sapphire eyed devil!? How dare you still my food!"
"Sawatari calm down! It was just bread." said Crow
"I refuse to be made a fool of by some savage who is way over due for a haircut!"
"Alright Sawatari I'm sorry for taking your bread." Yuki said from the roof
"How did he get up there?" Crow thought
"Oh no, you're not going to smart mouth your way out of this! Get down here we're dueling now!" Sawatari demanded
"Okay your funeral." Yuki said before jumping down
"Hey mind if I get in on this. I would still like to get him back for almost breaking my arm." Said Shinji
"If that's the case than I'll be on Yuki's team." Said Crow
With the teams set the duel began as Yuya, Serena and the kids watched.
DUEL!
Yuki: (LP: 4000) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
Crow: (LP: 4000) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
Sawatari: (LP: 4000) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
Shinji: (LP: 4000) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
"I'll go first. And I summon Frozen Hunter Icicle Shark." A blue tiger shark with green eyes appeared on Yuki's field. It had ice covering its fins, tail and head in an blade like fashion.
Frozen Hunter Icicle Shark: (Level 4/WATER/FISH/ATK 1700/DEF 1200)
"Next I activate the field spell Frozen Territory!" Yuki declared as he did the ground froze over covered the entire field. Then seven pillars of ice rose from the ground around the field.
"So c-cold." Sawatari said shivering
"Next I'll place one card face down and end my turn." Yuki finished
"Hey Yuya what's does that field spell do?" asked Amanda
"Not sure but something tells me that Yuki will show us real soon." Yuya answered back
"Alright my turn. I draw! Prepare yourself Yuki, because your about to fell the power of the inventor of pendulum summoning first hand." Sawatari bragged
"Um, correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Yuya invent pendulum summoning? Or did Reiji get it wrong?" Yuki asked
"Oh shut up. Using the Scale 3 Abyss Actor – Extras and the Scale 9 Abyss Actor – Twinkle Littlestar, I Set the Pendulum Scale!" Sawatari's two monsters rose up in two pillars of light. One was a girl with an eyepatch, wearing a dark magenta magicians hat with a matching outfit. The other was three blue ghosts coming out of pot."
Abyss Actor – Extras (Dark/Fiend/Pendulum/Effect/ATK: 100/DEF: 100/LV: 1/SC: 3)
Abyss Actor – Twinkle Littlestar (Dark/Fiend/Pendulum/Effect/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000/LV: 4/SC: 9)
"Now I can simultaneously summon Monsters with Levels 4 through 8!" Sawatari declared. "Pendulum Summon! Come to the stage, Abyss Actor – Wild Hope ) and Abyss Actor – SuperStar!"
Abyss Actor – Wild Hope (Dark/Fiend/Pendulum/Effect/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200/LV: 4/SC: 2)
Abyss Actor – SuperStar (Dark/Fiend/Pendulum/Effect/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1800/LV: 7/SC: 3)
Two monsters appeared from the portal. The first was a cowboy themed fiend and the other was a man in a dark suit with a big mechanical looking eye and red hair.
"Pendulum summoning right away huh? I thought so." Yuki thought
"I now activate Superstar's effect; when he is normal or special summoned I can add one "Abyss Script" Spell Card from my Deck to my hand and the card I'm adding is Abyss Script - Greed of the Phantom Thief which I'm now activating. Now for the rest of this turn; whenever a monster with Abyss Actor in its name deals damage to the opponent they must send a card in their hand to the graveyard and then I get to draw a card. This way I can limit the number cards in your hand while increasing my own making it harder for you to ritual summon." Sawatari said with an obnoxious grin.
"Did Sawatari actually make a proper strategical move?" Said Serena
"Not so loud it'll only make his ego bigger." Yuya whispered
"I will also Wild Hope's effect Once per turn: I can make this card gain 100 ATK for each "Abyss Actor" monster I currently control with different names, until the end of this turn. So Wild Hope gains 200 ATK!"
Abyss Actor – Wild Hope (ATK: 1600+200=1800)
"Battle! Wild Hope attack Icicle Shark!" On Sawatari's command Wild Hope aimed it's gun at Yuki's monster.
"I activate Icicle Shark's effect; once per turn: When this ATK position monster battles I can switch the opposing monster in DEF mode." Yuki's shark shot out a freezing wind from it's mouth encasing Wild Hope in ice.
"I thought something like that might happen, but let's see you stop this. Superstar attack!" Sawatari's other monster went for Yuki's.
"I activate Frozen Territory's effect: once per turn when a Frozen Hunter attacks or is attacked the opponent's monster is switched to DEF mode." Yuki explained
"WHAT!?" Sawatari exclaimed as the pillars each shot off a bolt of blue lightning into the air meeting above the center of the field and the shooting down on Superstar freezing the attacking monster solid.
"Damn so he had thought that far ahead." Sawatari complained
"Next I activate my facedown Frozen Tragedy! With this trap: when a face-up Attack Position monster(s) my opponent controls is changed to face-up Defense Position, I can destroy all Defense Position monsters on my opponent's field and deal 300 points of damage for each destroyed card." Yuki explained as the the frozen forms of Sawatari's monsters shattered
Sawatari: (LP: 4000-600=3400)
Shinji: (LP: 4000-600=3400)
"Next the second effect of my Frozen Territory activates: when a face up Defense Position monster(s) is destroyed, either by battle or card effect the player that controls that monster(s) takes 300 points of damage for each destroyed card." Yuki once again explained.
"Not again." Said Shinji
Sawatari: (LP: 3400-600=2800)
Shinji: (LP: 3400-600=2800)
"Man Yuki works fast." said Frank
"Still scary." said Tanner
"I place two cards face down and end my turn." Sawatari said in disappointment
Yuki: (LP: 4000) (hand: 2) (field: 2)
Crow: (LP: 4000) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
Sawatari: (LP: 2800) (hand: 0) (field: 4)
Shinji: (LP: 2800) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
"My turn, I draw." said Crow
"I summon Blackwing - Calima the Haze and if I control a Blackwing monster I can special summon Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind." Crow explained as he first summoned crimson bird like mist creature and then a crow like monster with red eyes and green feathers on its head.
Blackwing - Calima the Haze (Dark/WINGED BEAST/Effect/ATK: 600/DEF: 1800/LV:4)
Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind (Dark/WINGED BEAST/TUNER/Effect/ATK: 1300/DEF: 400/LV:3)
"Next I tune lvl 3 Gale the Whirlwind with lvl 4 Calima the Haze!" Gale turned into three green wings and as Calima passed through them it became four stars.
"Spread your jet-black wings, and storm forth in tandem with the roaring thunder! A slash of lightning! Synchro Summon! Cascade, Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower!" From the pillar of green light came a humanoid bird warrior with one black and one white wing holding a katana.
Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower (Dark/WINGED BEAST/SYNCHRO/Effect/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2000/LV:7)
"That's the same monster from before." Thought Yuki
"Next I activate Raikiri's effect; for every Blackwing on my field destroy one card, so I'll destroy one of your face down cards Sawatari." Crow said as Rakiri swung its katana and destroyed one of Sawatari's face downs.
"Thanks for doing me a favor! I activate Abyss Script - Rise of the Abyss King from the graveyard. Since this set card was destroyed and I've got face up abyss actors in my extra deck add to 2 "Abyss Actor" and/or "Abyss Script" Spell Cards with different names from my Deck to my hand. I now add Abyss Actor - Necro Dancer and Abyss Script - Abysstainment." Sawatari explained as he added his cards to his hand.
"Okay I guess bringing Sawatari on this adventure wasn't a complete waste of time." Yuki thought
Abyss Actor – Necro Dancer (Dark/Fiend/Pendulum/Effect/ATK: 700/DEF: 1600/LV: 3/SC: 1)
"Battle! Raikiri attack!" Crow ordered
"I activate Necro Dancer's effect; when I'm attacked directly and have no monsters on the field I can special summon this performer in DEF mode." Sawatari explained as a purple she-devil wearing a white oni mask on the side of her face appeared. She had golden eyes and wore a tradition Japanese kimono decorated with little skulls.
"Then I'll attack your Dancer." Raikiri cut Sawatari's monster in two.
"When Necro Dancer is destroyed I can draw a card and decrease Raikiri's ATK by 500." Sawatari explained
Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower (ATK: 2600-500=2100)
"I place two cards facedown and end my turn."
Yuki: (LP: 4000) (hand: 2) (field: 2)
Crow: (LP: 4000) (hand: 2) (field: 3)
Sawatari: (LP: 2800) (hand: 2) (field: 3)
Shinji: (LP: 2800) (hand: 5) (field: 0)
"My turn draw! First by negating its effect I can special summon Battlewasp - Twinbow the Attacker!" Shinji explained as a large bee with two stingers appeared on his field.
Battlewasp - Twinbow the Attacker (Level 3/Wind/INSECT/ATK 1000/DEF 500)
"Next I normal summon Battlewasp - Needle the Sniper!" Another bee monster appeared only with a metallic silver armor like appearance and red stripes on its tail.
Battlewasp - Needle the Sniper (Level 3/Wind/INSECT/Tuner/ATK 900/DEF 0)
"Next lvl 3 Needle tunes lvl 3 Twinbow. Use your wings to make a storm follow its ways, with your poleaxe open a way to the truth! Synchro Summon! Battlewasp - Halberd the Charge!" Needle turned into three green wings and as Twinbow passed through them it became three stars. From the pillar of green light came a large green bee wielding a red halberd.
Battlewasp - Halberd the Charge (Level 6/Wind/INSECT/Synchro/ATK 2500/DEF 900)
"I activate Needle's effect; when this monster is used to Synchro summon a Battlewasp I can destroy one spell or trap card on the field and deal 500 points of damage to that card's owner. So I choose Frozen Territory!" The field of ice disappeared.
Yuki: (LP: 4000-500=3500)
Crow: (LP: 4000-500=3500)
"Battle! Halberd the Charge attack Raikiri the Rain Shower!" On Shinji's command Halberd attacked.
"I activate the trap Blackwing Stormbreaker! If a Blackwing I control is attacked I can destroy the attacking monster and deal damage equal to half of its ATK." Crow explained
"I activate Battlewasp- Stab the Toxic's effect; by discarding this card from my hand I can negate your trap!" Shinji explained
Battlewasp- Stab the Toxic (Level 1/Wind/INSECT/ATK 300/DEF 300)
"Then I'll use my other trap Chivalry! When you activate a monster effect during the battle phase this trap cancels it out." After Stab's effect was negated Stormbreaker destroyed Halberd.
Sawatari: (LP: 2800-1250=1550)
Shinji: (LP: 2800-1250=1550)
"Fine then I'll use the spell Monster Reborn to revive Halberd." Shinji said as his monster returned.
"Turn end." Said Shinji
"I thought Shinji had Crow that time for sure." said Frank
"Yeah Raikiri was even weakened but Crow still protected it." Said Amanda
"However, Shinji was able to bring his monster back and get rid of Yuki's field spell." Said Serena
"I wonder what will happen next?" said Yuya
Yuki: (LP: 3500) (hand: 2) (field: 1)
Crow: (LP: 3500) (hand: 2) (field: 1)
Sawatari: (LP: 1550) (hand: 2) (field: 3)
Shinji: (LP: 1550) (hand: 2) (field: 1)
"My turn DRAW!" Yuki exclaimed "I summon Frozen Hunter Snowfall Swordsman." A young man wielding two snow white swords appeared. He had white hair and a matching cloak along with a grey armored vest and matching pants.
Frozen Hunter Snowfall Swordsman: (WATER/WARRIOR/LVL 4/ATK 1800/DEF 1000)
"Next I overlay my lvl 4 Icicle Shark and Snowfall Swordsman!"
"Did he say overlay!?" Said Yuya in shock
Yuki's two monsters turned into two blue streams of light and went into a black portal that opened into the ground. "Sleeping carnivore of the frozen tribe. Awaken and bring forth the power of a lost world! XYZ SHOUKAN! ARISE! RANK 4! Frozen Hunter Chieftain Glacial Spino!" A white Spinosaurus emerged from the portal and gave a mighty roar. It had glowing ice blue eyes and the fin on its back was made of ice and was jagged and had sharp ends like spikes. It also had blue armor covering its arms, legs, and most of its body.
Frozen Hunter Chieftain Glacial Spino! (WATER/XYZ/DINOSAUR/RANK 4/ATK 2300/DEF 1900)
"That is big." said Sawatari
"What's an Xyz summon?" Asked Crow and the kids said in unison
"Something I picked up while I was in Yuya's dimension." Yuki explained
"Hey Yuya did you know about this?" Serena whispered
"Yeah Yuki told me earlier today. It didn't seem like he was trying to keep it secret though." Yuya answered back
"So where did it come from?" asked Serena
"I don't even think Yuki is sure." Yuya said
"Doesn't matter what that thing is. My Halberd is still stronger." Said Shinji
"We shall see. Get ready because now I activ-" Yuki was cut off when he saw a net from the corner of his eye. Yuki jumped into the air and dodged the incoming net that surprised everyone. The duel was then stopped.
"This Security we've got you surrounded, escape is not an option."
In the blink of an eye Crow's house was surrounded by officers.
"This is not good." said Shinji
"Damn it my battle claws are still inside the house. How did Security even find us this quickly?" Yuki thought
Just then Yuki noticed Tsukikage appear behind Reira, grabbed the kid and then vanished.
"Well at least Reira won't be going to the facility." Yuki said mentally "Wait a minute was Tsukikage holding my gauntlets too."
Serena and Yuya struggled against the officers cuffing them while Crow yelled at Security no to harm the kids. Sawatari and Shinji were caught in nets.
"Alright kid surrender." An officer said to Yuki
"Grr, no choice." Yuki put his hands up and surrendered "Well it seems being a Lancer is going lovely so far." Yuki thought sarcastically.
-Meanwhile at Security Headquarters-
"Director Roget the criminals from the other day have been captured and are on their way to the Facility as we speak." An officer said from a computer screen
"Excellent." Said the pale-skinned man known as Roget looking at the images of the six prisoners.
"Hmm. I wonder why these two look so alike." he said looking at the pictures of Yuya and Yuki
"And this girl bares a striking resemblance to this other girl." Roget said pulling up an image of Yugo and Yuzu.
"Maybe I should conduct a more personal investigation." He finished
"Get your filthy hands off me! Don't you know who I am!?" Sawatari was shouting as a Security officer pushed him towards the prisoner transport vehicle.
"Shut up Blondie!" The officer ordered the blond youth. "Get in the truck!" Having gotten tired of Sawatari's rants, the officer through him inside the vehicle, and then threw Crow and Shinji on top of him after Sawatari attempted to complain further. Yuki quietly laughed at this.
"You three, get in as well!" The officer said as he and another shoved Yuki, Yuya and Serena inside the back of the vehicle.
"Wait, please!" Yuya frantically pleaded with the officers. "Reira! Where's Reira!?"
"Quit struggling and get inside!" Ignoring Yuya, the officer slammed the vehicle's doors at his face.
Meanwhile, Frank, Amanda and Tanner tried to get closer, but were restrained by Security. "You guys!" Crow shouted out to the children. "Don't worry about me, and look after each other!" Immediately after that, the transport vehicle began moving. Meanwhile, Yuya was busy banging at the walls, trying to get the attention of the guards with little success.
"Yuya relax I saw Tsukikage grab Reira before Security noticed him." said Yuki
"Oh that's good." Yuya said calming down
"Yeah one less thing tho worry about." Said Serena
"Whose Tsukikage?" asked Crow
"One of our comrades." Yuya explained
"If I had to guess Reiji sent him to find Reira." said Serena
"That's well and all. But what are we supposed to do now. We are being taken to who knows where against our will! I want the right to an attorney!" Sawatari screamed at the camera.
"Sawatari sit down!" Yuki said in an annoyed tone
"I hope that the kids to resort to stealing again." said Crow
"Don't worry I'm sure they'll be fine. Remember we've got friends on the outside. They'll take care of them." Said Shinji
"What I would like to know is how Security found us in only two days. I mean it is not like we went anywhere during that time and it's not like they followed Shinji. So how?" Yuki ranted until he noticed Sawatari's guilty look.
"Sawatari what did you do!?" Yuki said clearly angry
"Well you see. IT WAS SERENA'S IDEA I SWEAR!" Sawatari exclaimed
"You selfish coward don't throw me under the bus!" Serena yelled
"I KNEW IT!" Yuki mentally screamed
"Alright one of you blockheads talk." said Yuki
"Well even though you told us not to, Sawatari and I kind of went out looking for Yuzu and the others yesterday. But we did stay out of the non Common areas to avoid drawing attention to ourselves." Serena explained
"Why am I not surprised. Humanities' most stubborn girl and the certified moron of the century would be the ones to doom us all." Yuki thought
"So how did Security track you back to Crow's house then?" Asked Yuya
"We might have challenged a few duelists." Said Serena
"Anything else?" Asked Crow
"I might have shown off my amazing pendulum skills to a few to many opponents." said Sawatari
"Sawatari. Serena." said Yuki
"Yeah?" Sawatari asked fearing the answer
"What?" Said Serena
"I swear to whatever deity is listening right now that when these handcuffs come off, I am going to hurt you so bad that there isn't a doctor alive that will be able to fix what I do to you." Yuki said in a murderous tone of voice.
"Gulp." was all Sawatari said
"Fine, I will except my punishment with dignity. I won't blame you considering that this is my fault." Serena said with a cooled head which took Yuki by surprise.
"I guess I can respect her for owning up to her mistake. Maybe I'll take it easy on them if Sawatari does the same." Yuki thought
"O…K… So since we got an hour or so before we reach the Facility how about we pass the time in a less violent way." Crow suggested
"Like what?" Asked Shinji
"Well anyone got anything they feel like sharing." Said Crow
"Actually I was hoping you could tell us a bit about your past Yuki." said Serena
"Why?" The assassin asked
"I'd like to know more about a person I'm supposed to work with."
"Yeah me too." Said Yuya
Everyone stared at Yuki. "All right I'll tell you about my past if it'll get you all to stop staring at me like that. Be warned my story is not for the faint of heart and for the record I'm not allowing you to blurt this out freely."
"Just start." said Sawatari
"Alright fine, to start I was born an orphan. Abandoned as a baby in a place called the Hollow district whomever had me left me for dead forgotten and freezing." Yuki began
"Heavy." Sawatari commented
"Anyway I was found by a kind woman who looked after orphaned children like me. For the next seven years I lived in that orphanage among the other children whom the woman that would become like a mother to me had taken in. Life was hard back then but it was still a very happy time for me. When I was seven I met a man who offered me a deal; if I entered in an underground dueling arena and win ten duels in a row I could escape the Hollow district. I thought if I could turn professional I could send money to the orphanage." Yuki explained.
"I'm guessing things didn't go as you hoped." Said Crow. Yuki nodded in response
"Unfortunately no, I had managed to get up to nine victories however…"
-FLASHBACK-
The stadium was packed and the duel was reaching its conclusion.
Yuki: LP 900
Unknown: LP 100
"Well folks it's been a tight duel so far but it seems all but over. Yuki's Arctic Zero Ritual Dragon devastating attacks has left its master's opponent without any monsters and only l00 life points what will happen next."
"Just one more turn. Just one more turn and the duel is mine." Said Yuki
Unfortunately, a large silhouette monster appeared behind the opponent, grabbed Yuki's dragon and threw it into the ground causing an explosion.
Yuki: LP 900-0
Unknown: LP 100
Then a piece of debris flew into Yuki's face.
FLASHBACK END
"During the last duel that would have secured my way out of the slums I lost the match and nearly lost my eye as well." Yuki said pointing at his scar.
"Seriously you got that scar in a duel." said Yuya
"Yup, with that one defeat my dreams got crushed along my dragon. I was thrown out of the stadium into the streets. For what seemed like hours I just stared at the moon waiting for something. Later my foster mother found me lying in the street covered in bruises. She was able to get me treatment for my eye but left the scar you see today." Yuki said
"Did you ever try going pro again?" Asked Sawatari
"Nope, once you lose it's hard for a kid that's dirt poor to get another shot at the pro circuit."
"So why did you become an assassination duelist then?" Asked Serena
"Well things get a little dark at that point in time so maybe I shouldn't." Said Yuki
"Come on Yuki I'm sure it's not that bad." said Shinji
"Yeah we're all friends here, you can tell us." said Yuya
Yuki hesitated, "You're not going to stop asking until I do are you?" Yuki asked the group who all shook their heads in response.
"Alright fine. It was about a year and half later that…" Before Yuki could continue the vehicle stopped. Two minutes later the doors opened and people in prison guard uniforms escorted us out.
"We've brought in six new prisoners." Said an officer to a female guard
"Prisoners!?" Sawatari gawked "Don't you know who I-Gah!" Sawatari ranted until Yuki kicked him.
"Just shut up for five minutes." Said Yuki
"You over there." The female guard pointed at Serena. "You're being placed in separate quarters from those five. Come with me." Serena complied and went with the guard.
"I hope Serena will be okay." said Yuya
"Don't worry that girl can take care of herself." said Yuki
"We are confiscating your Duel Disks." A blond-haired guard said. "Unauthorized Dueling is strictly forbidden here. However, you may keep your Decks."
"Oh?" Crow raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you supposed to take away our Decks as well?"
"In here, your Decks are as if not more valuable than your own life." The guard smirked.
"You'd better make sure to treasure it while you can. And with that, I welcome you to this collection of scum and human trash!" The guard swiped his keycard at an identification device, opening the massive gate in front of the five boys and escorted them inside.
AUTHOR CARDS
Frozen Hunter Icicle Shark: (Level 4/WATER/FISH/ATK 1700/DEF 1200)
Effect: Once per turn: When this ATK position card attacks or is attacked switch the opposing monster in DEF mode. (Before damage calculation.)
Abyss Actor – Necro Dancer (Dark/Fiend/Pendulum/Effect/ATK: 700/DEF: 1600/LV: 3/SC: 1)
Pendulum Effect: If you Pendulum Summon 3 or more "Abyss Actor" monsters from the hand: You can draw 2 cards.
Effect: When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack and you have no monsters on your field you can special summon this card from you hand in defense mode. When this card is destroyed in battle: draw 1 card
Battlewasp - Needle the Sniper (Level 3/Wind/INSECT/Tuner/ATK 900/DEF 0)
Effect: When this card is used to Synchro summon a "Battlewasp": Target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to its controller.
Battlewasp- Stab the Toxic (Level 1/Wind/INSECT/ATK 300/DEF 300)
Effect: During the battle phase, when your opponent activates a trap: You can discard this card; negate the Trap activation, and if you do, destroy it.
Frozen Territory: Field Spell
Effect: Once per turn when a "Frozen Hunter" attacks or is attacked the opponent's monster is switched to DEF mode. When a face up Defense Position monster(s) is destroyed, either by battle or card effect the player that controls that monster(s) takes 300 points of damage for each destroyed card.
Abyss Script - Greed of the Phantom Thief: Normal Spell
Effect: Until the end of the turn that this card was activated; whenever an "Abyss Actor" monster deals damage to the opponent they must send a card in their hand to the graveyard if you do this draw a card. When this set card is destroyed: Inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points and increase your Life Points by 500 points.
Blackwing Stormbreaker: Normal Trap
Effect: Only activate when a "Blackwing" you control is attacked: destroy the attacking monster and inflict damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to half of the destroyed monster's ATK.
AUTHOR NOTES
Well a lot happened in this chapter, sorry for the wait. Yuya, Yuto, and Yuki all meet with their dragons and discuss this ominous presence. We another look into Yuki's past. With our heroes now being sent to the facility what fate awaits them there and what is the Director of Security after? Find out next time on Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V: The Ritual Fragment of Ice.
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