"Kurosaki never showed up, did he?" Yuzu asked Yuto as she crouched down and searched through a bush to try and find a Pendulum Card.
"No...but, Shun is one of the 16 competitors. He will definitely come." Yuto told Yuzu.
"Then let's split up and search!" Yuzu said with a smile as she started running away from Yuto.
"Ah-Yuzu!" Yuto called out to the girl.
Yuzu stopped running and turned around. "What?"
Yuto gave her a smile. "Just be careful."
"Yeah, you too." With that, Yuzu ran off.
"Now then, let's prepare the stage for our competitors. Action Field, on! Field Magic, Wonder Quartet, activate!" The Field Magic activated as the entire city was changed into 4 different terrains. "Volcanoes! Icebergs! Jungle! And Ancient Ruins! With all 4 areas set up, the preparations are complete! Just who will come out on top? Who will hold victory in their hands?"
At the Volcano Area
Yuto picked up a Pendulum Card.
"You've got two now, don't you?" A voice asked. Yuto looked to the direction of the voice two people standing on a rock smirking.
"We of the Ryouzanpaku Dojo will be your opponents!" One of the two declared.
"We'll make sure to completely humiliate you!" The other added.
"Ryouzanpaku…" Yuto thought back to his Duel with Kachidoki. "So, a two on one Duel it seems."
"Oh! Will the first Duel be starting in the Volcano Area?" Nico Smiley asked as the audience was shown Yuto and the two people in the Volcano Area, about to Duel. "It seems like Ryouzanpaku's Takeda and Umesugi versus You Show Duel School's Sakaki Yuya!"
"Yuya-oniichan!" Ayu spoke her friends name out of concern. He already had trouble dealing with just Kachidoki, now he has to deal with two people from the same school.
"His opponents are from the Ryouzanpaku Dojo!" Tatsuya pointed out.
"This is the thrill of a Battle Royale!" Nico shouted.
"In the line with the ante rule, bet a Pendulum Card!" Takeda told Yuto as he held up a Pendulum Card.
"One per person." Umesugi said.
"DUEL!" All 3 Duelists shouted in unison.
At the observatory
"All players have bet a Pendulum Card and begun their Duel!" Nico was heard on screen.
Reiji appeared on the elevator. Nakajima, who was watching, turned around and saw Reiji.
"President."
"How is it going?" Reiji questioned Nakajima.
"Sakaki Yuya's Duel against Ryouzanpaku has just started." Nakajima informed Reiji as the latter walked closer to the screen.
"Entertainment and Martial Arts! Which style will win?!" Nico asked.
Back at the Duel
Both Umesugi and Takeda made a very familiar hand signal to Yuto. Bring it on, is what they were saying. Kachidoki made the same signal during their Duel. Yuto grit his teeth as he thought about Kachidoki, he blinked a couple of times, shrugging the thought off.
I can't lose here now! I entered this tournament in order to protect Yuya's name. I will win! Even if my opponents from Ryouzanpaku! Yuto thought up his resolve.
"If no player controls a Monster, I can Special Summon Entermate Drumming Kong from my Hand." Yuto Special Summoned Drumming Kong as the Monster immediately started playing its drums.
Drumming Kong: Level 5, 1600 Atk, 900 Def
"However, since I Special Summoned it this way, the level is reduced by 1."
Drumming Kong: Level 5-4
"I set 2 Cards and end my turn." Two Cards materialized in front of Yuto.
"Now come…" Takeda started as he kept doing the hand signal at Yuto.
"We'll drag you right into…" Umesugi continued with a smile.
"The darkness of defeat!" Takeda finished.
"Darkness?" Yuto remembered back to Kachidoki's words. He remembered losing it, and defeating him violently.
"You beat Kachidoki to a complete pulp." Umesugi ranted.
"That was your true nature." Takeda taunted Yuto.
"NO! You're wrong! Make your move already." Yuto rushed.
"My turn!" Takeda drew his Card. "You're not the only one who can use Pendulum now! I, using the Scale 5 Pendulum Statue Purple Shield and the Scale 11 Purple Sword, set the Pendulum Scale! With this I am able to simultaneously Summon Monsters whose levels are between 6 and 10. Pendulum Summon! Come forth, Earthly Wind Star, Tsumuji! Heavenly Wind Star, Arashi!"
Tsumuji: Level 6, 2200 Atk, 0 Def
Arashi: Level 7, 2300 Atk, 1000 Def
"I activate Purple Sword's Pendulum effect! Once per turn, I can increase the Attack of all Warrior-Type Monsters on my Field by 200!"
Tsumuji: 2200-2400 Atk
Arashi: 2300-2500 Atk
"Battle! I attack Drumming Kong with Tsumuji!" Tsumuji sent an arrow towards Drumming Kong.
"Trap activate, Entertainment Flash! If I control an Entermate Monster, I can switch all Attack Monsters you control to Defense!" Both Monsters on Takeda's Field took defensive stances.
"I'm not done yet. I activate Fusion from my Hand!" Takeda revealed the Card as he put it onto his Duel Disk.
Yuto narrowed his eyes at the Card and formed a fist with his hand.
"What's this?!" Nico commentated. "A Main Phase 2 Fusion Summon to follow up the Pendulum Summon?!"
"I will fuse Tsumuji and Arashi! Blow, wind! Rage, storm! Surging God of Destruction, reign over this land! Fusion Summon! Come forth, level 10 Great Storm Star, Fujin!" Takeda clapped his hands together as his Monster was Fusion Summoned.
Fujin: Level 10, 3000 Atk, 2200 Def
"I activate Fujin's Monster effect! At the end of each turn, it inflicts 500 damage to you for every Warrior-Type Monster on the Field!"
"What?!" Yuto widened his eyes.
"I end my turn." Takeda concluded as Fujin sent a cyclone towards Yuto.
Yuto turned around and ran. He saw an Action Card across a pool of lava, which had rocks he could jump on. However, when he was at the rocks, Umesugi tripped him, almost making him fall into the lava. Fortunately, Yuto managed to catch himself, however, Umesugi grabbed the Action Card and activated it.
"Action Magic, Flame Ball! I inflict 200 damage to you. Take this!" A fireball appeared in front of Umesugi and was thrown towards Yuto, striking him. Yuto grunted as he took damage. Then, the cyclone engulfed him. Yuto shielded himself, staying in place as he took damage.
Yuto: 4000-3300 LP
"Damn...it's their turn next…" Yuto started to run around, desperately looking for an Action Card.
"I'm counting on you, Takeda!" Umesugi called out to his teammate.
"I've got it covered, Umesugi!" Takeda assured his partner with a grin as he jumped down and slid down towards Yuto. "You won't get away!"
"My turn! Here comes my Pendulum! I also set the Pendulum Scale using the Scale 5 Purple Shield and Scale 11 Purple Sword! With this, I'm able to simultaneously Summon Monsters from levels 6 to 10! Pendulum Summon! Come forth, Earthly Thunder Star, Todoroki! Heavenly Thunder Star, Senkou!"
Todoroki: Level 6, 2100 Atk, 200 Def
Senko: Level 7, 2400 Atk, 1600 Def
"Continuous Trap, Twin Big Shield! When a Monster(s) is Special Summoned to an opponent's side of the Field, I can activate this Card and equip to a Monster I control. I equip it to Drumming Kong." Yuto quickly took his chance to make a move.
"Battle! Go, Senko! Attack Drumming Kong!" Umesugi declared.
"Drumming Kong's effect activates, when a Monster I control battles, I can increase the Attack of a Monster I control by 600 until the end of the Battle Phase!" Drumming Kong started to play his drums, increasing his Attack.
Drumming Kong: 1600-2200 Atk
"It's not enough! The attack continues!"
"The effect of Twin Big Shield activates! Twice per turn, when a Monster I control would be destroyed by Battle or Card effect, I can negate the destruction!" Yuto explained the effect of his Card. He wasn't going to go down without a fight.
"But you still take the damage!" Umesugi shouted the classic Arc-V meme.
Yuto winced in pain as Drumming Kong was struck by Umesugi's Monster.
Yuto: 3300-3100 LP
"One second, Umesugi!" Takeda yelled.
"Go for it!" Umesugi nodded at Takeda.
Yuto noticed that Takeda and an Action Card, something he must have grabbed while Umesugi was doing his turn.
"Action Magic, Illusion Dance! With this, all Attack Position Monsters are switched to Defense!" Takeda activated his Action Card as all Monsters started to dance. "All Monsters affected by this Card return to Attack Position at the end of the turn." The Monsters stopped dancing, and they all took defensive stances.
"It's the Action Card I used against Yuya in our Duel!" Shuzo noted.
"Thanks, Takeda! Quick-Play, Pulse Fusion! I fuse Senkou and Todoroki!" Umesugi's Monsters were sent up into the air as they started to glow.
"Wait! A fusion during the Battle Phase?!" Yuto exclaimed in shock.
"Flash across the heavens! Echo through the earth! Lightning God of Destruction, reign over this land! Fusion Summon! Show yourself, Supreme Lightning Star, Raijin!" Umesugi chanted as his ace Monster appeared.
Raijin: Level 10, 3000 Atk, 2200 Def
"When this Card attacks Defense Position Monsters, it inflicts piercing damage!" Umesugi exclaimed. "Battle! I attack Drumming Kong with Raijin!" Raijin thrusted his sword at Drumming Kong.
"Once again, Twin Big Shield negates the destruction of my Monster!" Yuto reminds Umesugi. Yuto was struck by a bolt of lightning as he widened his eyes and dropped to the ground.
Yuto: 3100-1000 LP
Takeda walked to Umesugi's side and smirked.
"There's nothing else he can do." Takeda said.
"Now we shall drop you into the depths of darkness!" Umesugi spoke similar words to what Kachidoki said.
"No! Not yet...I'm not giving up!" Yuto got back on his feet and ran to look for an Action Card.
"Your struggling is pointless! At the end of this turn, you'll take a total damage of 1000 from Fujin's effect!" Takeda shouted.
"I end my turn!" Umesugi declared. This was it, the end.
Fujin let out a cyclone of wind towards Yuto.
Ayu, Futoshi, Tatsuya, Shuzo, Yoko, and other members of the audience as they saw the cyclone coming towards Yuto. Was it over for him?
Yuto turned around and shielded himself. The cyclone collided with something, but Yuto didn't feel anything. He didn't take damage. Yuto looked up to see a man in orange hair about h8s age holding his hand out to a Monster Card he activated.
"Don't hog all the action!" The man exclaimed, shocking the 3 other Duelists.
"Who is that?!" Shuzo asked the question the others were thinking.
"Let me join in!" The boy smiled.
Meanwhile-At Academia-In the Fusion Dimension
"Hmm...this should do…" The doktor tapped something on a screen. "This will do nicely. Finally, I can show you that I am not just some puppet that you can order around, Professor!"
Before Akaba Leo came, Academia was still a school actually. There used to be a different Professor, except the students didn't call him the Professor, they called in Principal.
The school wasn't used to fight at the time and frankly, the doktor was getting ready to quit. However, he was the Principal's right hand man, and the job had a good pay too.
However, when the Principal retired and Akaba Leo took his place, the doktor was ready to quit. However…
"Damn you...Leo." The doktor got an angry expression on his face, something that rarely happens.
But he has a reason to be mad. You see, when Akaba Leo heard that the doktor was going to quit, he denied it and forced him to work on some experiments.
At first, he really didn't care. He wasn't being bothered at all. But that all changed when…
3 years ago-Academia-Professor's Throne Room
"I quit!" The doktor, when he was still sane exclaimed. At this point in time, the doktor was known as Hiro.
"Hmm...why?" Akaba Leo asked with a stoic expression.
"Because you're making this Duel School train for fighting and you're forcing me to do 'experiments' on that stupid cabbage boy and that stupid persistent girl! And also, you give me long working hours, and very low pay! There are many other jobs with a better pay at this point! In fact, look at my eyes! I work for so long, that I only get 4-6 hours of sleep!" Hiro explained his reason for leaving in anger.
"No! I will not let you leave! I had a feeling you would say something like this at some point. So, I prepared this! Capture him!" At his command, a student in blue appeared behind the doktor and tased him. Hiro yelled in pain as he dropped to the ground unconscious.
"Lock him up! MAKE him work for us! If he doesn't obey, knock him unconscious again and repeat the process until he agrees to work with us! Also, keep him locked up!" Leo commanded the student who tased the doktor.
For the next 3 years, Hiro was tired, beaten, and forced to work. He only got food if he was starving or if he did what they said. And if he refused to eat, he would be force fed. Eventually, it went to the point where Hiro gave in and lost his sanity. He became a sadistic person.
"Are you willing to work for us now, for good now, no breaks? We're getting tired of this cycle, Hiro!" A student shouted at Hiro.
"Yes...I will…" Hiro had his face shadowed in his prison cell.
"Good." The student opened the cell.
"However, I'm not the one known as Hiro anymore…" Hiro walked out of the cell, revealing his sadistic smile. "Call me THE DOKTOR!"
Finished! I really didn't want to write this Duel to be honest, but I made it slightly different so it wouldn't be a complete repeat of what happened in the anime.
So, I decided to give the doktor some backstory. I'm going to be honest, it isn't good, but I didn't want to be cliche and have the old "Person has someone close to him/her killed and his/her life is changed forever for the good/bad."
Also, if you guys are wondering about Yuto and Dennis and how Yuto didn't say anything like "It's Dennis!" or something like that, I'm saving that stuff for next chapter.
Here's the preview
Dennis helps Yuto from defeat and they manage to defeat Takeda and Umesugi. Dennis questions Dennis and has a feeling he has seen him before. After they part ways, Yuto heads to the Ancient Ruins, where he encounters Kurosaki…
I don't know why, but saying Kurosaki sounds more menacing in this preview.
Venomous Blade: You shall see soon. The Obelisk Force is coming soon.
ThePlothand: Thanks for explaining it more. I might PM you in the future, I don't know.
Matrixnis: I really don't know what else to say really. If I had him say, "oh he's somewhere in the city," then Yuzu and Yoko would wonder why Yuya would get in touch with them somehow or just try to get back to his house or school. About the dimensional transporter thing, you'll see what I did soon. Those 2 Magicians will make an appearance at some point down the road. Don't worry, I'm not throwing them in the trash.
I decided to skip the Yuzu and Gongenzaka stuff cause I really saw no point in rewriting that stuff. I'll probably skip the Yuzu and Dennis Duel too, but it will still happen, I just won't show it.
Sorry for the short chapter.
That's all for now. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.
Take care, goodbye!
