Heartland was burning.
Multiple houses and buildings were being left to ashes. Multiple people were either running, laughing, Dueling, or being turned into a Card. Some people were trying to fight back, but to no avail. However, some were winning.
"Go! Heavy Armored Train Sound Breaker! Attack him directly! Charging Sound Break!" Allen yelled as his Monster struck an Academia soldier.
The soldier let out a long painful scream as the force of the shockwaves created from the attack sent him flying back.
"Where's Yuto?" Allen asked Ryoga.
"I don't know, he got separated from us when we were running." The Kamishiro responded with a frustrated expression on his face.
"DAMN IT!" Shun yelled as crouched down and punched the ground. They were losing so many innocent people already, and he doesn't want to lose his best friend too.
"Calm down Shun." Kaito said, although he knew that he was only being a hypocrite, as he himself could feel his composure slowly slipping away due to the current situation.
"I'm sure Yuto is fine." Sayaka assured him.
"Yeah, Yuto doesn't go down easily." Rio added.
"I know, but…" Shun trailed off, knowing that their attempts at trying to reassure him were faked. They too, particularity Kaito, were starting to lose hope.
"Yuto, please be safe." Ruri whispered with a look of concern as tears started to stream down her face.
Yuto managed to slowly get to his house. There were some close calls, but he made it. To his horror, not only could he not see the sun anymore, but his house was not only burning, but its roof was practically torn off.
"Oh no! My Deck!" Yuto yelled. "Mom, Dad, my brothers!"
Yuto quickly and recklessly dashed into the house. However, he saw no one. Relieved at the probability of his family evacuating the house, he continued, coughing loudly as he made his way to the stairs.
He saw the stairs burning, but it was still possible to climb on them with careful maneuvering. Yuto entered his burning room. Black ash flew up into the atmosphere making the holes in the floor. Fortunately, it was still possible to traverse...for now anyways.
He saw the small safe where he kept his Deck and Duel Disk. Yuto ran over to the safe, crouching down and with a shaking arm, began to turn the dial. However, seconds later, a giant shadow covered the house, Yuto looked up and saw a giant mechanical Duel Monster looking down into the broken house and right at Yuto. The giant then started charging it's cannon, aiming the blast right for the Phantom Knights user.
Yuto cursed under his breath, picking up the safe and dashing to an opening he saw in his wall. He jumped out of his house, however, the giant shot it's cannon at the house, causing an explosion that Yuto was partially caught in.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yuto let out a cry while falling to the ground tumbling, his clothes becoming even more tattered. Thankfully, his room wasn't far from the ground so Yuto didn't suffer any major injuries, but he could feel a sharp pain in his body. Also, the safe containing his possessions broke open and his Duel Disk flew out along with the belt that contained his Cards.
Yuto rose to his feet and immediately started to run as fast as he could, stumbling a few times along the way because of some explosions. He picked up the belt and Disk, quickly strapping on the belt while sliding his Durk Disk tightly secured onto his wrist.
He skidded to a halt and turned around to see who's giant it was. He saw a boy with a yellow jacket under the giant. Needless to say, it was a strange outfit to wear. However, Yuto assumed that he was wearing some sort of uniform from an organization and that they were the ones to start this attack. Yuto began to cautiously walk towards him, immediately activating his Duel Disk and holding out his arm as a means to defend himself.
Yuto and the student looked each other in the eye, with silence between them as if there wasn't anything else around them happening. Then, it was Yuto who broke the silence.
"Why? Why are you doing this? Why are you attacking our home?"
"I have no reason to tell you that. But since you're going to be a Card soon, I will tell you a little. This has to be done in order to build a perfect utopia." The student responded with a grueling smirk. From the expression he was giving, it looked like he was enjoying this entire attack on innocent people.
"Nonsense. You can't have a perfect utopia if you are hurting innocent people in the process! And to those who do survive, they'll all be traumatized by the experience!" Yuto yelled back, his anger slowly rising, as if it wasn't high enough already.
"I don't have time for this. I see you have a Duel Disk there. So you have 3 options. 1. Run away 2. Surrender and beg for mercy and 3. Duel me!" The student proposed, not really giving Yuto much of a choice.
When he heard those words, Yuto immediately readied his Duel Disk. "My answer is obvious, I'm not just going to let you destroy my home just like that! I will protect my homeland, and I WILL find a way to stop whatever is happening!" Yuto stated his resolve.
"DUEL!"
Yuto: 4000 LP
Student: 4000 LP
"I'll go first!" The student announced, holding up a Card in his right hand. "From my Hand, I activate the Magic Card Fusion!"
"Fusion! What the hell is that?!"
"From my Hand, I fuse Ancient Gear Golem and Ancient Gear Hunting Hound! Mechanical soldiers bearing the souls of old, form an allegiance and become a new power! Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 8! Mechanical Being of Malevolence! Ancient Gear Devil!" The student yelled as a mechanical Monster appeared on the Field, letting out a robotic howl as it did.
Gear Devil: Level 8, 1000 Atk, 1800 Def
"Now I activate the Equip Magic Ancient Gear Tank. My Monster now gains 600 Attack Points."
Gear Devil: 1000-1600 Atk
"Now I activate Ancient Gear Devil's effect, for each Card equipped to it, I can inflict 1000 points of damage to you!" The student yelled as the Ancient Gear shot Yuto with it's guns. Yuto grunted in pain as he was pushed back across the ground.
Yuto: 4000-3000 LP
"I end my turn. Have you already had enough?" The student questioned with a grin.
"NO! I will never give up, for my friends, family, and everyone else in Heartland. I will defeat you!" Yuto shouted as he felt something burning in his chest.
Unbeknownst to Yuto, his own eyes flashed blue for a second.
Another Location in Heartland
Yuto's Dad Ryon was walking sneaking through destroyed Heartland, making sure he wouldn't be seen by any of the soldiers. He was currently trying to find Yuto. He had been worried about him ever since the invasion started.
Come on Ryon, think! Where would Yuto go! The rest of your family are counting on you! Ryona thought as he remembered what the others said.
Earlier
"Where's Yuto-nii?." One of Yuto's brothers asked Lane, who was looking away with a worried look.
"I don't know." Lane whispered. She hoped Yuto was with his friends and was safe. Meanwhile, the other brother of Yuto was crying.
"Are we ever going back to our house again?" He asked.
"No." Lane answered bluntly. As much as she hafed to see to her children, it was the truth. And now was not the time to lie about something like a house. She then brought her hands up to her face, as she uttered a small prayer, "Yuto, please be safe."
"I'll make sure he's safe." Ryon declared as he started to walk away.
"NO! Stop, Ryon, I'll go looking for him. I don't want to risk your life." Lane yelled.
"And I don't want to risk yours. Goodbye, my children. Goodbye… Lane." Ryon said as he kept walking. However, he stopped. Then, in a blink of an eye, he turned around and went to Lane, pulling her towards him and giving her a passionate kiss on the forehead.
He then ran off in a desperate attempt to find his son...
Now
Ryon shut his eyes, tightly digging his nails into his skin until it started to bleed.
He made this vow with his own blood.
"I won't fail you. I will find you Yuto, if it's the last thing I do. I WILL FIND YOU!"
Back at the Duel
"My turn, draw!" Yuto yelled as he drew, looking at the Card. "I summon Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves!"
Ragged Gloves: Level 3, 1000 Atk, 500 Def
"When I control a Phantom Knights Monster, I can Special Summon this! Come forth, Phantom Knights Silent Boots!"
Silent Boots: Level 3, 200 Atk, 1200 Def
"2 Level 3 Monsters. An Xyz Summon!" The student grinned, he had been waiting for a challenge since he had arrived. His hunger for battle only increased as Yuto spoke his next words.
"Now, using my Level 3 Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots, I overlay! Souls of knights who fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 3, Phantom Knights Break Sword!" Yuto exclaimed as his Monster appeared. "Ragged Gloves effect activates, when it is used as Marerial, the Xyz Monster gains 1000 Attack until the end of the turn."
Break Sword: Rank 3, 2000-3000 Atk, 1000 Def
"Battle! Go Break Sword! Attack Ancient Gear Devil!" Yuto yelled as Break Sword charged, stabbing Devil with it's sword.
"Ancient Gear Tank's effect activates, since the equipped Monster was destroyed, you take 600 points of damage!" The student yelled.
Yuto managed to dodge the small explosion, however, that didn't stop the damage.
Yuto: 3000-2400 LP
"I set two Cards facedown. I end my turn here." Yuto concluded. "At this moment, Ragged Gloves effect ends, and Break Sword's Attack returns to normal."
Break Sword: 3000-2000 Atk
"My turn, draw! Alright! I summon Ancient Gear Hunting Hound, his effect activates, dealing you 600 points of damage." The student yelled as Hunting Hound headbutted Yuto. Yuto groaned in pain.
Yuto: 2400-1800 LP
"Now I activate Overload Fusion! I banish, the Hunting Hound on the Field and the one in the Grave, the Ancient Gear Golem resting in the Grave, and finally the Ancient Gear Devil in the Grave in order to perform a Fusion Summon! Now, come forth! Level 10, Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!" The student yelled as the Monster that tried to shoot Yuto appeared to the Field. Meanwhile, Yuto had a very worried expression on his face. "Battle! Go Ancient Gear Chaos Giant, attack Phantom Knights Break Sword!"
"Go, Continuous Trap Phantom Knights' Sword! I equip it to Break Sword, he gains 800 Attack!" Yuto yelled as Break Sword's sword grew bigger.
Break Sword: 2000-2800 Atk
Yuto, had he wanted to, could have used the extra effect of Phantom Knights' Sword to save Break Sword, but he let the Monster get destroyed. Yuto let out a cry of pain as he was blown backwards.
Yuto: 1800-100 LP
"Break Sword's effect activates, I can Special Summon it's Materials from the Graveyard!"
However, to his shock, Yuto's Monsters never appeared. "What? Why didn't my Monsters appear?" Yuto questioned.
"When Chaos Giant attacks, you can activate effects until the battle ends!" The student said as Yuto grit his teeth out of frustration. "Give up, there is no way you can win."
Maybe he's right...Yuto thought as he looked at his Hand. He had a Phantom Knights Monster and a Phantom Knights Magic Card. It's over, Yuto had failed. he had failed to fight back and protect his homeland and his family...his friends...everyone else... Yuto closed his eyes, ready to accept his fate. However…
"Stop right there!" A voice yelled. Yuto looked to his right and saw a familiar face.
"Dad!" Yuto exclaimed out of relief. If he was alright, then his family should also be fine. They were all together when he had left the house. He directed his attention to Ryon, who was walking in between the two, "Wait! Father, stay back!"
Ryon didn't listen and walked in between Yuto and the Academia student. The student clearly seemed annoyed.
"Out of the way old man. This is for the new generation only!" The student yelled.
Ryon ran towards the student and they had a scuffle, in which Ryon was dominating.
"Yuto! Run! Go! Leave me! I'll be fine! Just go find the rest!" Ryon yelled.
"No! I can't just do that to you dad! Family doesn't just ditch family!" Yuto protested. At that moment, the student took advantage of the situation and threw Ryon to the ground. Ryon let out a yelp of surprise. The student held up his Duel Disk and pointed it at Ryon and was about to click a button.
"Dad!" Yuto yelled as he tried running over to his dad to help, however, not only was he fatigued from running and getting attacked, but he fell because of a nearby explosion. Then, to Yuto's horror, the button was placed, Ryon was covered in a purple light, and his body was no more. Then, a Card fell to the floor, the student picked it up and looked at it. He then showed the Card to Yuto and smiled maliciously.
"FATHER!" Yuto shouted at the top of his lungs, tears as images were flashing in his head as he heard a really loud, angry roar. It was very similar to Dark Rebellion, but Yuto could tell that the dragon wasn't Dark Rebellion. Yuto heard a voice in his head.
Destroy him… take away what he took from us… Card him… kill him… DESTROY HIM… DESTROY EVERYTHING! was what the voice was saying. Yuto started clutching his head and groaning. He closed his eyes as a dark aura formed around him. Yuto opened his eyes, however, his eyes were completely blue, and his pupils could not be seen. The student saw Yuto and got scared, he started backing away.
"Wh-What? What are you?" The student asked.
"Who am I? I am the one who is going to destroy you. Then, we will destroy more people. We will keep winning. We will keep surviving, until we destroy everything!" Yuto shouted in a manner that made it clear that he wasn't himself.
"For what you did… you will pay dearly. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! MY TURN! I DRAW!" Yuto yelled as he drew his Card with so much force, a dark type of energy, shockwave or wind blew the student back.
"What the hell is this guy?" The student mused, his lips parting.
"I activate Pot of Greed! I draw two Cards! Now! I Summon Phantom Knights Rusty Helmet!" Yuto yelled as a new Monster appeared to the Field.
Rusty Helmet: Level 3, 400 Atk, 800 Def
"I activate its effect! I discard Phantom Knights Dusty Robe in order to Special Summon this, Phantom Knights Recruiter!" Yuto yelled.
Recruiter: Level 4, 1400 Atk, 1500 Def
"Recruiter's effect activates, I target a Monster on the Field, then I declare a Level, that Monster's Level becomes the declared Level. I target Rusty Helmet! I also declare Level 4!" Yuto explained as the student started to back away more.
Rusty Helmet: Level 3-4
"Two Level 4 Monsters..." The student murmured under his breath, his feeling of excitement soon turning to fear.
"I, using the Level 4 Phantom Knights Recruiter, and Phantom Knights Rusty Helmet, overlay!" Yuto yelled as his Monsters went into the portal.
"Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now, descend! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Yuto chanted as his ace appeared.
"I now activate Rank-Up-Magic Phantom Knights' Launch! Using this Card, and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, I can Xyz Summon a Monsrer who is 1 Rank higher!" Yuto explained.
"From the depths of purgatory, dedicate to the unsinking souls your song of rebellion! Appear and echo forevermore! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear, Rank 5! Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon!"
Dark Requiem: Rank 5, 3000 Atk, 2500 Def
"Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon's effect activates, by detaching an overlay unit, I can target one Level 5 or higher Monster on your Field, and until the end of the turn, that Monster's Attack becomes 0, and Dark Requiem gains the lost amount! Requiem Salvation!" Yuto yelled as lightning from Dark Requiem's wings struck Chaos Giant, who crouched down as it lost it's power.
Chaos Giant: 4500-0 Atk
Dark Requiem: 3000-7500 Atk
"What! 7-7500 Attack!" The student exclaimed as he took a step back.
"Battle! Go, Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon, attack Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!" Yuto yelled as he pointed his hand at Chaos Giant. Dark Requiem flew up into the air and spread out it's wings. The wings started to be colored with church like stained glass.
"GO TO HELL!" Yuto yelled as he punched the air towards Dark Requiem. "REQUIEM OF DISASTER DISOBEY!"
Dark Requiem's fangs had electricity on them, then, the dragon started diving down with impressive speed, piercing the Chaos Giant, destroying it. The student screamed to the sky as he was blown back far by the attack.
Student: 4000-0 LP
Dark Requiem started to disappear as Yuto was breathing heavily, he clutched his head and closed his eyes. The dark aura started to dissipate. Yuto opened his eyes, and his pupils were noticeable again. However…
"Huh? What happened? Last thing I remember was… Dad getting Carded!" Yuto widened his eyes out of horror. Yuto noticed the student who Carded his dad was lying down unconscious. Yuto ran over to him and grabbed his collar. "HOW DO YOU REVERSE THE CARDING?! TELL ME!"
No response.
Yuto noticed a Card nearby, he walked over to it and picked it up. It was his dad's Card. "Dad…" Yuto said as he started to tear up once again, Yuto looked up at the sky and yelled, "DAAAAAAAAAAAAD!"
Memories of his dad popped into his head. When he took Yuto to the amusement park for the first time. When he gave him his Phantom Knights Deck. The Phantom Knights Deck. That was the thing that he cherished from his dad the most. He would never ditch the Deck, as it would mean disrespecting his father. He would also be disrespecting the Phantom Knights. The Phantom Knights were like a secondary family like Dark Rebellion. Unless you were to count friends as a secondary family.
"I'll find a way. I'll find a way to get you back… and that includes everyone of Heartland!" Yuto yelled. He froze, he saw 6 people walking around. Instantly., he recognized them by their hair. It was Ruri, Sayaka, Allen, Shark, Rio, and Kaito.
"Guys!" Yuto shouted to gain their attention. The six figures turned to look at Yuto. They instantly started running towards him.
"Yuto!" They yelled. However, Ruri was running the fastest, Yuto was also running towards the others. Ruri jumped towards Yuto and knocked to the ground, while giving him a hug and crying.
"You idiot! I thought I lost you! Don't ever do that again!" Ruri cried.
"Ruri…" Yuto whispered. She had worried for him this much.
"Don't worry Ruri. I'll be here for you. I'm never going to leave your side."
Card Catalog
Phantom Knights Rusty Helmet, Dark, Warrior: Once per turn, you can discard one Card, then, Special Summon 1 Phantom Knights Monster from your Hand, Deck, or Graveyard. Once per turn, you can banish this Card from your Grave, add one banished Phantom Knights Card to your Hand.
Phantom Knights' Recruiter, Dark, Warrior: Once per turn, you can target one Monster, declare a Level, that Monster's Level becomes the declared Level. Once per turn, you can banish this Card, Special Summon 1 Phantom Knights monster from your Hand or Deck.
Done! Here it is, the debut of Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon, hope you enjoyed the chapter,
Next chapter, there is a small chance that I'm going to do two Duels. The people Dueling is from Kaito, Allen, or Sayaka.
SSJ Gamer YT: I agree with you about Yuya. He had much more character development. Especially in the Xyz and Fusion arc. Lol, Dark Yuya did kinda help with that actually. So, he lived up to what the author said he would be. As for my Yuya… well, we'll see how it goes. I got 2 plans for Yuya. You're not gonna like the first one. You might like the second one.
Fanime1: lol, I see the reference, if you are making a reference to Avatar that is. Well, Yuto just found his dad Carded in front of his eyes. You're going to have see if I am gonna Card the others. Sorry I haven't been using the Cards you suggested yet. I most likely will next chapter, for whoever Duels. Yep, Yugo is coming. I might change that part of the plot drastically though. Yugo is still going to come, and he and Yuto will most likely still Duel though. Last thing, Sho is "Dead" (as in Carded). As for Kaiser Ryo, he hasn't found out yet. Just gonna let you know, right now he is JUST Kaiser Ryo. He is not HELL Kaiser Ryo...yet
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. By the way, I will include flashbacks of Yuto and his Dad in later chapters to show you guys the relationship they had.
Take care, goodbye!
