"Battle! Go, d'Arc! Attack Raid Raptors-Rise Falcon!" Reiji declared as d'Arc jumped into the air, ready to strike at Rise Falcon.
"Continuous Trap, Overlay Armor, activate! If a Raid Raptors Xyz Monster would be destroyed by battle, I can detach an overlay unit from that Monster instead." Shun detached an overlay unit from Rise Falcon.
"Not so fast, I activate Siegfried's effect, during either player's turn, I can target a face-up Magic or Trap, that target has its effects negated until the next Standby Phase." Reiji explained Siegfried slashed his sword at the trap, causing it to become gray. Rise Falcon was then destroyed, Shun yelled in pain and fell on his back.
Shun: 3100-400 Lp
"Go, Tell, end this Duel!" Reiji declared.
"Trap activate, Necro Raptor! When a direct attack would deal damage to me, I can make the damage 0, then, I can Special Summon a Raid Raptors Monster in my graveyard. Revive, Rise Falcon!" Shun revived Rise Falcon in defense mode.
"Then, attack Rise Falcon, Siegfried!" Reiji pointed at Rise Falcon as Siegfried struck the bird with its sword, destroying it. Shun stayed calm as Rise Falcon was destroyed.
"I set a card and end my turn." Reiji ended his turn.
"On your End Phase, I activate the Quick-Play, Rank-Up-Magic Raptor's Force! I can revive an Xyz Monster that was destroyed by battle this turn, then, I can Xyz Summon a Monster whose Rank is 1 higher than the revived Monster." Shun explained.
"What?!" Nakajima widened his eyes.
Himeka hd a shocked expression on her face. "Rank-Up-Magic?"
"Interesting." Reiji whispered to himself as he looked at Shun in interest.
"I revive Rise Falcon, and then rank him up! Ferocious falcon. Break through this fierce battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes! Rank Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 5! Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon!" Shun raised his fist into the air as his Monster appeared.
Blaze Falcon: Rank 5, 1000 Atk, 2000 Def
"You thought that this would be the end of me? You're wrong! I'm more than what I seem to be, I will beat you, Akaba Reiji! My turn!" Shun shouted as he drew his card.
Meanwhile
"Oi! Yuto!" Shark called out to Yuto.
"Something wrong, Shark?" Yuto asked.
"We're having a bit of a problem. We're running out of food and supplies." Shark told Yuto.
"Already? This is also another reason why I was hesitant to bring you and O'Brien…" Yuto whispered. "Where's O'Brien?"
"I don't know. He's tinkering with that dimensional transport thing on my Duel Disk. Because we were only limited to traveling between Xyz and Standard." Shark explained.
"Well he isn't doing it in the hideout right now." Yuto informed Shark, he hasn't seen O'Brien since Shark came back from that Duel.
In reality, Shark's Duel Disk was already finished, O'Brien was busy looking for Shun, as he hasn't come back in a while. However, he wasn't having any luck finding him.
With O'Brien
"Damn! Where could he be?!" O'Brien exclaimed as he looked in an alleyway, however he saw Yuzu standing there. He gasped and quickly went back to hiding.
"Huh?" Yuzu looked around, she swore she heard someone watching her.
Unknown to O'Brien, he and Yuzu were in the area where Shun Dueled and beat the LDS trio, this is also where Shun met Akaba Reiji. Again, O'Brien and Yuzu were both unaware of this.
Why is Yuzu here? I thought she was at her house. O'Brien thought to himself.
"Maybe Shun was defeated? No, Shun's too persistent to lose to an LDS student. Well, Shun kept Dueling those students...in order to lure out the Professor's son. Maybe, he met up with him? No, I don't think so. There has to be more than what seems to be going on right now." O'Brien told himself.
Back at the Duel
"The effect of Dark Contract with the Witch makes all Fiend-Type Monsters gain 1000 attack." Reiji reminded Shun.
d'Arc: 2800-3800 Atk
Siegfried: 2800-3800 Atk
Tell: 2300-3300 Atk
"No matter. I'm going to wipe that Field off the face of this dimension. Blaze Falcon's effect, by detaching an overlay unit, Blaze Falcon can destroy all Special Summoned Monsters on the Field, then, for each one destroyed, you take 500 points of damage! Go, Blaze Falcon, burn all of his Monsters in the flames of revolution!" Shun shouted as Blaze Falcon let out a bright solar flare, covering everyone in the entire room, Reiji widened his eyes.
"Reiji-san!" Himeka exclaimed in concern as she shielded her eyes.
"Don't worry, Chairwoman. I'm sure the President is fine." Nakajima said as he kept looking on, fortunately for him, he could still he because of his glasses.
The light enveloped all of Reiji's Monsters. However, after the light dissipated, Reiji's Monsters were still standing.
"What?! How?!" Shun exclaimed in shock.
"I activated the Continuous Trap, Dark Contract with the Ruler! Once, during only my opponent's turn, when a DDD Monster(s) I control would be destroyed, I can banish a DD Monster from my graveyard instead, Of course, I take 1000 points of damage on my Standby Phase, but that's not even a price to pay with d'Arc on the Field. I banished DD Berfomet to negate the destruction of all of my Monsters!" Reiji explained why his Monsters survived.
Incredible. He's surpassed me in every way, and had an answer to everything I throw at him. He's at a much higher caliber than the others. Shun thought to himself.
"No! It's not done yet, Blaze Falcon can attack you directly! Go, Blaze Falcon!" Shun declared as Blaze Falcon flew over Reiji's Monsters and slammed into Reiji, causing him to flinch.
Reiji: 6000-5000 Lp
"Blaze Falcon's effect activates, when he deals battle damage to you, he can destroy 1 Monster you control! Disappear, Siegfried!" Shun yelled as Blaze Falcon slammed into Siegfried, destroying it.
Reiji narrowed his eyes. "Interesting, you decided to destroy Siegfried instead of d'Arc. Even though on my Standby Phase, d'Arc would give me 3000 life points, why?"
"Because Siegfried would be able to negate a face-up Magic or Trap Card, plus, I have a plan to get rid of d'Arc! I set a card and end my turn. At this moment, the attack of your Monsters return to normal because of Dark Contract with the Witch!" Shun reminded Reiji
Tell: 3300-2300 Atk
d'Arc: 3800-2800 Atk.
"My turn, draw! At this moment, the effect of my 3 Dark Contracts activate, dealing me 3000 points of damage, however, d'Arc will negate all damage, and give me 3000 life points." Reiji explained.
Reiji: 5000-8000 Lp
"What? Why would he do that?" Himeka questioned Reiji's actions.
"Something wrong, Chairwoman?" Nakajima asked.
"No, it's nothing." Himeka lied. Reiji-san could have ended the Duel right there, by taking the damage from 1 of his Contracts, he could have used the effect of Tell, since he took damage, he could detach an overlay unit, decrease the attack of that guy's Monster by 1000, and then deal 1000 points of damage to him, therefore, ending the Duel. Unless, Reiji-san is testing him?
"Battle! Go, d'Arc, destroy Blaze Falcon, and end this Duel!" Reiji exclaimed.
"Quick-Play, activate! Rank-Up Magic Escape Force! I can negate the attack declared on an Xyz Monster I control, and then, I can Xyz Summon a Monster from my Extra Deck whose Rank is 1 higher than the attacked Monster! Prideful falcon. Spread your wings, dyed in the blood of heroes, and charge through the path of revolution! Rank Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 6! Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon!" Shun yelled as his Monster appeared in Defense Mode.
Revolution Falcon: Rank 6, 2000 Atk, 3000 Def
"Revolution Falcon's effect activates, when he is Special Summoned by Ranking up a Raid Raptors Xyz Monster, I can target a Special Summoned Monster you control, and then destroy, and then you take damage equal to the destroyed Monster's attack!" Revolution Falcon flew above d'Arc and dropped some bombs on the Monster, destroying it.
"Kgh!" Reiji grunted as he shielded his eyes.
Reiji: 8000-5200 Lp
"This could be a problem." Himeka said, however, she still knows that Reiji will pull out with the win.
"I end my turn." Reiji adjusted his glasses. "Give up, there is no way you can win."
"I won't give up! Even if I get thrown down, I will get back up to fight again! That's how we of the Resistance are! My turn!" Shun drew his card. "Rank-Up Magic Skip Force! I can target an Xyz Monster I control, and then I can Xyz Summon a Raid Raptors Xyz Monster from my Extra Deck whose Rank is 2 higher than the targeted Monster. Dauntless falcon. Hoist up the flame of anger, become the flash of light that burns the land to ash! Rank Up Xyz Change! Soar! Rank 8! Raid Raptors - Satellite Cannon Falcon!" Shun chanted as a large falcon appeared, floating above Shun.
Satellite Cannon Falcon: Rank 8, 3000 Atk, 2000 Def
"Satellite Cannon Falcon's effect activates, by detaching an overlay unit, I can decrease the attack of 1 Monster you control by 800 for every Raid Raptors Monster in my graveyard. There are 5 Raid Raptors Monsters in my graveyard! So, Tell will lose 4000 attack points, but I only needed 3 in order to get his attack to 0!" Shun told Reiji.
Tell: 2300-0 Atk
"Battle! Go, Satellite Cannon Falcon, attack Tell! Eternal Avenge!" Shun shouted as Satellite Cannon Falcon let out a loud roar as he shot Tell with a beam of green light, this started to cause the arena crumble and gain cracks.
"I use the effect of Dark Contract with the Ruler, I banish DD Nighthowl to negate the destruction!" Reiji exclaimed.
"But you still take the damage!" Shun reminded Reiji.
"Are you sure about that?" Reiji asked.
"What?!" Shun widened his eyes in shock.
"I activate the Pendulum effect of DD Savant Schrodinger! I can make the Battle Damage 0, and then I can Special Summon this card from the Pendulum Zone!" Reiji explained as Schrodinger was Summoned in defense.
"No way!" Shun exclaimed.
"As expected of Reiji-san." Himeka said as Nakajima smirked.
Schrodinger: Level 6, 600 Atk, 2400 Def
"I-I-end my turn." Shun ended with a displeased look on his face.
"I've kept this match going on for long enough. You didn't show me much of a challenge. But, I know that you are stronger than this. However, you played into my hand. I just want to tell you, I could have ended this Duel on my last turn, but I decided to give you a chance." Reiji revealed.
"What?! You held back?!" Shun exclaimed as his hands fell to his side.
"My turn, draw! On the Standby Phase, I take 3000 points of damage!" Reiji explained. He flinched as he took damage.
Reiji: 5200-2200 Lp
"However, the Duel ends here. I activate the effect of Tell, when I take damage from a Dark Contract's effect, I can detach an overlay unit from this card, decrease the attack of your Monster by 1000, and then inflict 1000 points of damage to you! I detach 2 overlay units, your Monster loses 2000 attack points, and now you take 2000 points of damage!" Reiji explained, this shocked Shun.
"It was over on his last turn...I had no chance to begin with…" Shun stopped talking as Tell struck him with a beam of blue light. Shun accepted the blast, and just stood there.
Shun: 400-0 Lp
All Monsters disappeared as Reiji walked towards Shun. "I won the Duel. That means, according to our deal, you have to participate in the Miami Championship."
Shun stayed silent while he was thinking about how easily Reiji had beat him. Reiji walked away.
"For what it's worth, you did good, even though I could have ended you earlier. Besides, you showed me something very interesting and new to Xyz Summoning. Rank-Up-Magic cards…" Reiji told Shun. "Well. I will see you on the day of the tournament. I recommend you get out of here before people start getting suspicious. And don't worry about Akaba Leo, doing this will get you closer to him. Come see me tomorrow, and I will tell you about some of my plan."
Shun left the LDS building still in shock, however, eventually, he managed to regain his composure. He will accept being part of this Championship, as Reiji said, it will get him closer to Akaba Leo, which, in turn, will get him closer to Ruri.
At the hideout
Shun had returned to the hideout, where he saw Yuto and Shark.
"Where were you?" Shark asked.
Shun decided to actually tell them about how he defeated the LDS trio, Akaba Reiji appeared, then, they went to the LDS building and Dueled, however, he revealed that Akaba Reiji won easily. Shun told Yuto and Shark that since Reiji won, Shun had to participate in the Miami Championship and that he was going to LDS tomorrow so Akaba Reiji can discuss a plan with him.
"You got yourself into another mess!? Seriously, Shun!" Yuto exclaimed. "Never mind. At least this will get you closer to Akaba Leo. So, Akaba Reiji is kind of against Leo then...interesting. This could actually work out in our favor."
"That's what I thought too." Shun said.
"So you're also participating in the Championship. Interesting." Shark said.
"There you are!" O'Brien exclaimed as he entered the hideout. "I was looking for you for a long time. Where were you?"
Shun sighed ad decided to tell O'Brien what he told Yuto and Shark.
Orphanage-Synchro Dimension
"Damn iiiiiit! How could I just let her be taken like that!" Yugo punched his bed in frustration for about the 1000th time. He was still mad that Rin was kidnapped and he couldn't do anything about it.
Yugo looked at an advertisement for the Friendship Cup, a tournament that was created in order to create some mutual ground between the Tops and Commons...kind of. Although the participants were treated with luxury, if they lost, they got sent to the underground facility. Where they keep working, working, and working to no end. However, if someone won, they could become king, a symbol for both the Tops and Commons, like Jack Atlas.
Yugo promised Rin that they would win the Friendship Cup together, but if Rin is gone, how would they be able to do that?
Yugo was feeling very lonely, as Rin was his best friend and really the only person about his age at the orphanage. So, since Rin is gone, Yugo only has the caretaker (the person who runs the orphanage,) and the little tykes. Yes, Yugo liked them, but not as much as Rin. This was to the point where...Yugo secretly had a crush on Rin. Well, it's not secret because Rin basically knows.
But all of that aside, Yugo had not managed to get Clear Wing Synchro Dragon to transport him to the other dimensions. So, he couldn't actually look for Rin, besides, the last time, which was actually the first time he traveled dimensions, Yugo ended up in Heartland, and accidentally confused a guy named Yuto for the bastard who took Rin.
"God damn it! What the hell should I do!" Yugo yelled as he went into the garage to fix up his d-wheel. "Man, hopefully I can get teleported again. Who knows what that guy could be doing to Rin right now! He could be torturing her!" Little did Yugo know, Rin was actually being tortured to death...by boredom. She was locked in a cell, with no way out, wondering when she could see Yugo again.
Card Catalog
Dark Contract with the Ruler Trap, Continuous: During each of your Standby Phases, take 1000 points of damage. Once during your opponent's turn only, when a DD Monster(s) you control (this also includes DDD Monsters) would be destroyed, you can banish a DD(D) Monster from your graveyard, negate the destruction.
Here it is, the final chapter of the year. Oh my god has it been a weird ride.
I thought that it would be best to finish off the year with a finished Duel. Anyways, no chapter preview, just that next chapter, we're going to be heading into the Miami Championship.
I just want to tell you guys that, although I'm not that good at writing stories and such, I had fun writing this story. The ability to make something different happen and see the result is just, I don't know how to describe it. Anyways, I just want to say that I had fun.
That's all for now guys. This going to be the last chapter of the year. Sorry for it being short.
Anyways, about the chapter. I think you guys expected Reiji to win. I wanted him to hold back to show that Shun still had a long way to go. Even thought it was one-sided, I hope you guys liked the Duel.
I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, as I thought it was a good way to end off the year, way better than the last chapter definitely.
Take care, goodbye! Happy early New Years! See you all next year!:)
