"Man, I knew I should've asked Wheeler for some more bananas because I am empty like a bottle of ketchup!" yelled Jaden as he brought his hands to his stomach as he continued walking in a pace that was like a hungry man to his bed, which he didn't even know any directions to it.
It was a week after Jaden got his new buddies, Neos and the Neo-Spacians, and he was still lost. His direction skills were as bad as Zoro as he didn't even know where he was going, which concerned some of them as they weren't sure if this kid knew his left and rights, but he somehow did, which was good to hear.
He did come across Wheeler and his family one day when he was having a hallucinating episode as he thought that the monkey looked like his friends, which made sense why Ray would go and eat bugs from another monkey. Neos and the Neo-Spacians did learn that this poor boy had to duel a monkey one day, as then they began to question their life choices.
He did get some bananas, which was great, but clearly he should've had more since his stomach was rumbling more than California. He tried to get some fish, but they just wouldn't sit still.
But now, he was walking around the forest like it was a never ending forest at that, as it doesn't matter where he goes, he is always lost, no matter the situation. The best he could find was a pearl but that is about it.
Then, at the corner of his eye, he saw something on the ground as he quickly ran to it, "FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! FO- aw, dang it! It is just some magazines!... wait a sec, isn't that…" Jaden grabbed the magazine as he saw the cover and he slightly gasped.
It was Zane Truesdale. And the cover had Kite's monsters like Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and his Number 62: Galaxy-Eyes Prime Photon Dragon. Sure it was cool to see, but Zane was the one that interested him the most.
"Hey, that is Kaiser! Which means that these magazines are a few weeks old, when he was a fresh face. Tho, after the defeat of Aster, I don't think he is doing well. I mean I am not dealing well, but for him? That must be rough." said Jaden as he winced thinking about how hurt Zane was.
Neos appeared, "So… this is the Kaiser you are talking about, huh?" Jaden nodded as Neos looked at the image, "He looks strong, someone that can't be easily changed or defeated, but he was defeated by your friend right?"
"Yeah, and I don't blame him if he is doing horribly. I mean, look at me." he said with a sad tone as Neos placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Now don't say that, you are doing well and I have no doubt in my mind that he will try to build himself up, but I do wonder. Why do you call him Kaiser, if it says right here that his name is Zane Truesdale?" asked Neos as the Slifer Slacker shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know, I thought it sounded cool as a nickname." he said as Neos 'ahh'ed. "I do think you are right Neos, I just hope, he is doing well and dealing with his loss better than me." he said as he stared at the sky.
Wondering how his friends are dealing with it.
At a dojo
"BAH! This is hilarious!" yelled a tan skin man. He was a man with a very impressive build, as he wore a brown gi with a black belt. He wore bandages around his arms with a red scarf around his neck, as he had spiky black hair that covered one of his eyes, which were black. "Oi, sensei! Look at the Cyber Style punk and how he is dealing with this!"
An old man with a similar looking gi, but with a white jacket, as the man had his eyes closed most of the time holding a staff as he had a long white beard that went down to his stomach. He looked at the newspaper that his student was holding. "My, oh my, I didn't expect that Samejima's star pupil would fall down in this fashion." said the old man.
The old man was known as Yamato Gakuganji, the master and sensei of the Jinzo Style and the person that was talking to him was his student, Makoto Inotsume. The Jinzo Style was tougher than the Cyber Style and a lot more harsher than that style, but the Cyber Style was more respectful and stronger, which is why most children chose that Style over theirs.
The feud between the two styles have been going on for decades with the two never really going with a calm and rational conversation in their lifespan. Makoto only saw Zane a total of 3 times, and he always thought he was an arrogant prick, so he loved seeing him in despair.
"Hah, honestly, to me this is hilarious! They always were cocky, thinking that they were the superior Style of dueling, where in fact, they are nothing, but a pair of pussies!" laughed Makoto as Yamato looked at his pupil.
"I have to admit, this is humorous to see Samejima's student in despair, and if he is out of style completely, it would only mean that Samejima will be the last one standing, and then…" Yamato's face turned into a twisted one as did Makoto's.
"We would crush that old fart." he said with a sadistic grin as Yamato nodded.
"That's right, Inotsume, and we will remain as the only Style of dueling left, which results in us ruling the dueling landscape of the world!" said Yamato as his eyes remained stoic, "Even better and faster than those lots that are known as the Princeton brothers." he said.
"But sensei, why don't we attack them right now? One is close to losing his cool while the other is just some bum?" asked Makoto as Yamato looked at his star pupil.
"There are several reasons why we aren't attacking them now. One: We don't know the location of Samejima's whereabouts as there were reports of him going around the world for his tournament." began Yamato, "Two: attacking Truesdale right now would get us a target for Samejima and would result in us getting ambushed by him."
Makoto crossed his arms as his sensei went on, "Three: Attacking Truesdale at the state he is now is attacking a dead horse, the job will be done soon enough and we have to only hunt for Samejima." explained Yamato as Makoto looked at his sensei in thought.
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense, but hey, if I get to watch that punk lose his cool again, then I will enjoy it." he said as Yamato nodded with him.
"I would as well, but as of right now, continue with your training. Make sure that your opponent realizes that mercy is not an option. You understand?" asked Yamato as Makoto chuckled.
"Of course! That is my life motto. See ya' sensei, I will make them cry in pain." said Makoto with a twisted smile on his face.
The Jinzo Style will always be at war with the Cyber Style.
At Duel Academy
"Ahh man, Zane, you used to be the best, but now, you are the butt of the joke." to say Syrus' life was getting worse by the second was like saying the ocean is salty. This poor kid had to see his brother and best friend lose on the same day, one of them going missing and the other getting his reputation going down the toilet.
"Poor Private, the enemy has been unleashing a relentless attack on him," said Hassleberry as around him were his fellow Ra Yellows and Sora as he looked at the poor guy. They were at the mini mansion that was owned by Chazz.
"Yeah, 'cause what is up with this lately and why is it affecting him?" asked Ray as he turned to Sora, who was eating some fruit by the foot, "I mean, his brother, then best friend, what is next?! One of us?"
"I think that is improbable, but with the way this year is going, that could be possible." Bastion placed a hand under his chin.
"Yeah, from the stuff you guys say, I think that is possible." said Sora as then the door opened from one of the rooms to reveal a familiar figure.
"What are you losers talking about?" Chazz asked as he had a bowl of leftover curry.
A few days ago, a man that went by the name of Don Simon appeared one day in Slifer Red that wanted to give out the students some curry, but he refused to give the Ra Yellows some curry for some strange reason. Hassleberry was enraged so he requested a duel against Don as it was revealed that the man plays a deck by the name of Spice.
Celina wondered what went through Pegasus' mind when creating that deck which Celina had to stop asking those questions in this school at this point.
It was later revealed that the man was actually Sartyr Kabayama, the headmaster of the Ra Yellow, who was saddened by the fact that all of his students were leaving because he was boring either by graduating or going down to the Slifer Reds, something he could relate to Stein, but he later found out that it wasn't because of him, but rather it was that they just wanted to be with their friends after he lost to Tyranno Infinity.
After that, they all got their bowls of curry that they could munch on for days on end.
"Oh, we are just talking about Syrus and his depression getting worse and worse." said Sora as Chazz looked at Syrus and then back to Sora.
"Oh… eh oh well." said Chazz as they were taken aback at how he reacted. Sure, they knew he hated Syrus' guts more than anything in the world, but this was just out of pocket!
"Dude, you can't be that heartless." Ray wanted to say that, but was beaten to the punch by Celina as she and Skye walked into the mini mansion. Yusuke and Alexis weren't there as they had to study well for their History exam.
"What she said."
"Guys, you know my absolute disdain for that guy, so why are you shocked?" asked Chazz.
"I am not, not all," said Celina. "I am more shocked at how casually you said that." Celina had to admit, it took a lot of guts to say that so casually.
"Yeah, have at least a drop of sympathy," said Skye.
"Unless he is my mom, Kite or Jesse, then no." The balls on this man.
"Unbelievable." said Celina, who was possessed by The Light of Destruction. Celina then looked at the bowl of curry in his hands, "By the way, do you still have more bowls?" Celina asked.
"Seriously?" asked Hassleberry, Bastion, Sora, Ray and Skye.
"Yeah, I still have a full mini fridge of it." said Chazz as he pointed at his mini fridge. Ray and Sora looked at each other as they began slowly walking towards it.
"These people are so scatterbrained." said Bastion as Hassleberry couldn't agree more to his Ra Yellow buddy.
"Couldn't agree more, Private." the dino boy said.
Skye still looked at Celina, "What? They are delicious!" Skye continued to shake her head in disbelief, Celina was heavily annoyed, "Oh come on! Look, how about we cheer him up? That would work."
"Sure, that could work." said Skye.
"I think that is the first logical thing anyone has said in this conversation so far." said Bastion as the four walked down the stairs. Well Chazz did also, but he just decided to sit near the table to eat his curry.
"Heya Private! How is hanging?" asked Hassleberry as Syrus sighed.
"Not good to say the least," said the poor boy.
"Oh cheer up, I am sure that it isn't that bad." assured Bastion as he placed his hand on his shoulder.
"Yeah, sure, he just got a couple of losses in, that ain't so bad." said Celina as swiped her hand left and right a few times.
"That is right and I am sure that it isn't that many losses." said Skye as Celina nodded with her.
"For sure, like how bad can it be? 5 losses? 6?" Celina asked as she began reading the headline and the newspaper slowly, "Because no matter wha- Oh my Ligh- I mean God." Celina corrected herself before anyone could talk about that.
Skye looked at her, "Nice save." she said sarcastically.
"Shut it." Celina breathed, "16 losses in a row?! That is just insane!" Celina couldn't imagine someone beating her in a duel could result in this bad for a lose streak. Sure 3 or 4 is reasonable, but that much? Damn!
"Well I be damned." said Skye.
"Me too."
"Me thirds."
Bastion breathed in and out, "Hassleberry that is not a real word."
"I know, it is just sad to think about." said Syrus.
Celina shook her head, "Oh come on, stop being such a downer and reading those stupid newspapers." Celina ripped the newspaper from Syrus' grip and threw that straight to the trash.
"Hey!"
"Hey nothing! Look! I heard that he is dueling once more in the Pro Leagues, okay?" asked Celina as Syrus nodded along with her as the rest already heard about this so they won't talk about this much, "Alright, and from what I have heard, this guy is a joke, basically the Glass Joe of this game, your brother will be fine." Celina said confidently.
"Yeah! Forget about that, and think about how your brother is going to win, he will be fine." said Skye.
"Not to mention, I have seen his opponent, and let's just say, that you from a previous year could handle him." said Bastion.
"At ease, Private! Your brother is going to make a comeback of the century as he packs some heat!" yelled Hassleberry in his military slang.
"Yeah, you know what, you guys are right. My brother has this!" Syrus yeled with a smile on his face.
…Right?
INTRO!
(A/N: Play Guess Who's Back From Black Clover.)
We're being guided far away.
A bird was seen flying above the dark blue ocean of an island as it was going faster and faster.
Until we shatter the road of light and darkness
The bird flew higher and higher as it went upwards revealing the island to be Duel Academy as Jaden, Celina, Syrus, Chazz, Bastion, Alexis and Yusuke were standing on the cliff staring at the island.
Then a brief montage of their ace monsters appeared on the screen one by one as they were: Elemental HERO Flame Wingman, Lunalight Cat Dancer, Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill, Armed Dragon LV10, Water Dragon, Cyber Angel Amaterasu and Honest.
Yo guess who's back, everybody get down!
As then a brief montage appeared of a white background and black figures. The figures quickly revealed themselves to be: Bastion, Yusuke, Chazz, Alexis, Syrus, Kite, Dennis…
Guess who's back
…Hassleberry, Sora Perse, Ray, Skye…
Hey, step up! step up!
…Zane and Celina, as then we get a close up shot at Jaden whose eyes turned to amber for a slight second as Aster Phoenix briefly shined in his eye.
As then a title card appeared by the name of "Yugioh GX: Rewrite - The Society of Light!" as series of moments appeared from the previous year, like Zane defeating Jaden, Syrus defeating the Tyler Sisters, Celina and Alexis dueling Jaden and Bastion, Chazz standing tall ahead of Jaden, Zane defeating Nightshroud, Celina defeating Camula, Alexis defeating Dennis, Bastion defeating Tania, Kite and Chazz dueling each other, Celina defeating Yuri, Jaden defeating Amneal, Jaden with amber eyes staring at the Sacred Beasts and then the graduation match.
Cursed by the twist of fate, I'm falling down!
As then we see a bright light appearing in motion as Sartorius was on the front with his eyes staring at the audience, which was then carried over to Aster's deck who had a grin on his face.
The song of harmony I played out with you
Then there was a line break in the middle as we see Celina in a white dimension that was that of an ocean as three dragons roared, while Zane was in a similar one, but with a black one with 2 glowing eyes staring at him.
Lies in the far-away past
Then we see the same line break having Jaden and Aster with their back showing to the other person as they raised their heads as their Heroes were shown respectfully, but the last one was a brand new one, with his arms crossed and above the two.
The scent of your strength still lies in my heart
Hassleberry's eyes turned into a dinosaur's one for a brief second as on the opposite end was a duelist from South Academy with a crocodile near the duelist who had a grin on his face.
And I can't shake it off
Sora and Ray were standing near each other with smiles on their faces, but then they were flashed with images that told a different story.
Eh, waiting just isn't enough anymore Yay Yeah!
Jaden was then standing on the cliff with a happy and excited smile as he got out his deck and readied his brand new duel disk as the rest of them did the same, as even Zane did the same time, but at a Pro Duellist circuit.
Hey, guess who is back!?
I hold onto my wish.
Jaden then slammed the card to reveal Elemental HERO Neos who stood tall against Aster Phoenix, which was then turned back for Hassleberry to summon out a Dinowrestler Pankertops against the duelist.
Guess who is back!?
The roulette points to tomorrow
Then both Kite and Chazz were shown with smirks on their faces as Armed Dragon Kagerou Thunder and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragons were both on the field, as the side was then turned to Syrus having a Super Veichroid Jumbo Drill against someone.
Guess who is back!?
Let the light shine
Then Alexis was standing proud as she held her Cyber Angel Amaterasu with Skye having her Trickstar Holly Angel on the field, as Yusuke held his Honest card near him as the monster was standing beside him with a smile with Bastion holding two decks in his hands with a confused look.
Guess who is back!?
Make your escape from the dark maze
Zane was shown standing beside a rising Cyber End Dragon as dark flashes appeared on the dragon with wires all around it, as then Celina was shown with all of her Lunalights monster beside her, with flashes of 3 Dragons on her left and right side and even behind her.
La la la la la la la la la
Now we see Jaden, Celina, Syrus, Alexis, Chazz, Bastion, Yusuke, Skye, Hassleberry, Sora, Ray, Zane and Kite in one corner ready for a duel as their duel disks were ready, as on the other side we have Aster Phoenix with a shit eating grin, a brief, but visible outline of Sartorius with a void face, with Bonaperte and Crowler on Aster's side, but the latter had a conflicted face.
La la la la la la la la la (guess who is back!?)
Aster stood tall with a grin on his face as then two sets of Heroes appeared behind him ready for a fight as the Grand Jupiter stood tall behind them as Jaden's eyes flashed white for a second, but then turned into his regular brown colours.
La la la la la la la la la
As Jaden went closer and closer, brief images of Celina, Syrus, Alexis, Bastion, Chazz, Yusuke, Hassleberry, Ray, Sora, Skye, Kite and Zane flashed as then a hero appeared and charged towards Aster Phoenix.
Until we seize the hope in front of us...
Neos and Grand Jupiter raised their fists and as soon as they clashed, it created a massive explosion which then brief images of the Light of Destruction and Nightshroud could be seen, as then the explosion engulfed them as well as then the crew were then seen standing proud and tall, ready for a new battle.
YUGIOH GX: REWRITE - THE SOCIETY OF LIGHT!
(A/N: End Theme.)
This couldn't have gotten worse, this couldn't be possible, it was just impossible to even think that this was a reality, it just couldn't be possible. Zane lost the duel and like that, almost his fighting spirit was broken.
He was finished. He was done. He was basically nothing. Nothing of worth.
Nothing to care about or nothing to work with.
His dueling career was over and so was his confidence.
Zane lost the duel horribly as even though he didn't have the best opening hand or his opponent having the best deck around, he still lost the duel.
The Kaiser of Duel Academy, was no more than just a joke.
He was currently in a cafe with his manager, Nico Smiley, as they were silent throughout the entire thing as Nico ordered a latte and Zane ordered an espresso. Zane looked at the table while Nico was looking at him with a face that actually didn't have a smile on his face.
The drinks arrived, as Nico was the first one that spoke, "So… Zane, I saw all of your matches that you were in."
"How interesting." Zane already knew that a manager should be looking over his client's duels so they knew what kind of client they had.
"Yeah, at the start you were the cream at the top, the cherry at a sundae, the cherry of a cake, one of the best duelists I have ever seen in my entire life as you are a talented duelist. You could've even surpassed the Sledgehammer, but when you dueled Aster Phoenix, something in you changed, and I feel like I am not the only one that saw it. Am I right?" asked Nico as Zane was silent.
He nodded his head, "You are correct, I don't know what is with me."
"I wish I can answer that question," he took a sip of his latte, "After that duel, you lost every other duel you had, which ruined your repetition and I didn't want that on my client, no matter how they were, as I wanted you to at least win one duel, but sadly." both of them looked at the table they were sitting on.
"I lost them. I lost all of them." he said while gritting his teeth.
Nico sighed, "That is correct, duel after duel, you lost a duel that you could've won. There were even times where if you played your cards right, you could've won." he said as Zane laughed at himself.
Knowing how to play a card and how to use it, huh? Ironic.
"And I am sorry to tell you, but I am afraid that I have to cut my contract with you, I hope you understand." said Nico as Zane looked at him.
"No, no, I understand." he said.
"I just… saw immense potential in you, and you just… kept on losing, duel after duel that it was getting hard to just watch it. I talked to everyone, even Sheppard at how you are acting, but nothing. I am not mad at you or anything, don't believe that I am, I am just massively saddened at how this is all going."
"I see." that is all that Zane could say at that point.
"Say, how about I pay for the drinks? So you don't have to pay for anything? I want our last conversation to end on a decent note at least." Nico suggested as Zane was silent for a few seconds as he then looked at him.
"I would like that." said Zane.
After a few minutes of drinking their coffee, Nico left the table as he payed for the bill as Zane just stood there on the table. He saw the waitress go towards the table to pick up the money and left the table.
He sighed once more as Zane placed his hands on the table and then on his face.
As then, a pair of dark glowing blue eyes were watching him the entire time, the dark being continued to watch in interest ever since the defeat of the Clear Rider and then the Venom Rider. He watched him the entire time as the sheer power one man could possess was astronomical for anyone that young, as he was watching over when he would fall into darkness, into despair, into this very state.
The dark being that looked like the Grim Reaper, the being that looked like a skeleton of a goat, the being known as… Nightshroud.
The being that possessed Titan and Yusuke was looking over the former king of Duel Academy, someone that could become the King Of Games at one point, was now in this state that was depressing to look at.
Nightshroud had an idea, an idea of a rebirth of some kind, to transform Zane at the current moment, into a new beast of nature that even experienced duelists would cower in fear from the sheer power of this one man.
To transform the so-called Kaiser into an emperor.
Nightshroud began to laugh as not a soul could see him. Not today, nor ever again as he saw Zane walking out of the cafe as he flew to the same alleyway that he was going through, but in a quicker pace than usual.
His plan of rebirth will set in stone, as when he reached the end of the alleyway, he went downwards and had an idea to have a human form, something that other people would see.
Nightshroud's entire body morphed into a man. The man had a black tophat, with black, slowly turning into gray hair, and gray eyes. He had a white shirt with a red tie that was covered up by a black coat that covered up his black pants and shoes.
Before Zane could turn to the alleyway, he walked up and leaned on the wall as soon as Zane walked in as he saw the shady man. "Why hello there, Mr. Truesdale. I have been expecting you." said the man.
"Who are you?" asked Zane as he narrowed his eyes at him.
"Me? I am just a man of humble beginnings, that is all. And I heard about your downfall, which is so tragic that had so much talent to begin with." said the man as Zane gripped his hand into a ball.
"And what is your point? Get on with it," said Zane.
"Well, I looked at your duels and history, and you sound like a worthy duelist, someone who just needs a spark in their life to reignite the power of the wheel, even after your crushing defeat against Aster Phoenix." said the man as Zane scowled.
"Look, I am not trusting you in the slightest, I am not in the mood to talk to people like you, not after what I experienced." said Zane as the man smiled at him.
"That is true, but that doesn't matter to me, all I see is a kid with missing potential, someone that just with the right push, could become an unstoppable force that nothing can stop," the man walked from the wall and towards Zane, "And I can help you, Zane. I can help you rekindle what you have. I will give you a rebirth, something that will turn you into an actual emperor."
"I am done with talking to people like you. I am not interested." said Zane as he turned around.
"But oh wait, I can help you, you can become the duelist that even Prime you would be jealous of, someone that could make Kings fall to their knees." said the man as he turned towards him.
"Really?"
"That is right. Sold out arenas, merchandise, both official and off brand, fans all over the world will be cheering for you, you will get everything back," he said as he got slightly closer towards Zane. "But it won't be easy, you will start from the very bottom."
"I am…" the man looked at him with interest in mind, as then he looked at him straight in the eyes, "...interested." said Zane as the man grinned ear to ear. Over his centuries of watching over humanity, Nightshroud knows the perfect place where he could duel and the perfect duelist.
"That's wonderful, now tell me, Zane, have you ever in your life heard of something by the name of underground dueling?" asked the man as Zane raised an eyebrow at that.
"All I know about them is that it is an illegal type of dueling, but that is it." said Zane.
"You are not wrong, that type of dueling is prohibited in any legal way, which is why it is perfect for this situation. If you want to salvage your career, then you will follow me and listen where you have to go." said the man as Zane was silent.
"Now if you excuse me, I have to go organize your duel for tomorrow night, and let me tell you, the results and the duel itself will be shocking to say the least." he said as smirked evilly as he knew what was going to happen to Zane once he starts the duel.
"Hold on just for a moment." the man stopped as he turned towards Zane.
"Yes, what is it?" he asked.
"What is your name? You haven't told me once." Clever.
However, Nightshroud was prepared, "My name is Shroud Saruyama, or Mr. Shroud for short, but you can call me Shroud." said Shroud as he began walking away as Zane looked at the ground.
Was this…
Was this the best thing he could do?
He will just have to look and see.
Next Day At Night
It is currently the next day and Zane was walking beside Shroud as for some strange reason, he felt like he knew his presence, his entire being, like he dueled one just like this before, but he couldn't think of anyone that comes close.
They were in an alleyway that was close to the place where they met, as there were 2 bodyguards with glasses, composed black shirts, black jeans and black shoes. These guys really like their black, he supposed.
After Shroud said the secret password, which Zane could audibly hear it be "avocado" the two bodyguards opened the door as the two walked in the building, as Zane will soon later realize… this would be his greatest mistake.
They walked down the stairs where the place was pretty dirty and dusty which fit the place if Zane voiced out his opinion. As they reached the door, he opened the door to see several people with red masks at several tables, watching over the soon duel with either wine or beer, or just about any type of liquor, and some steak to watch this duel.
Zane was honestly shocked to see how many people wanted to see this type of dueling and how all of them appeared to be extremely rich, but he didn't mind that. Honestly, he didn't expect much better from them and kinda fits them. They love to see others in pain.
He then saw a massive steel cage for no reason other than the fact it might be for the duel, which him and Shroud walked towards.
The announcer then began to speak, "Welcome, welcome, my favourite duel fans. My name is Lucas Swank, and tonight we will have one special duel for everyone to see since it is a first time thing!" the crowd cheered as Zane widened his eyes as he saw his opponent.
"On the left corner, we have the duelist that has grown to be a merciful beast in combat, the killer in the streets, the one that crushes his opponents with no mercy! The undefeated King Of The Underground, Mad Dog Inukai, or for short, MAD DOG!" Zane's opponent, now known as Mad Dog, opened the door with such strength that could've easily destroyed it with just his bare fists.
The beast of nature roared like a wild beast, ready to fetch his new prey. Mad Dog was a man with short green hair with brown eyes, as he wore nothing but brown pants and was walking bare footed. What stood out to him was that he was seriously jacked with scars all over the body!
"What in the world are they feeding him?" asked Zane as Shroud didn't change his expression.
"His opponents." He… he wasn't sure if he was joking or not.
"I… am not going to question that." said Zane as he walked forward.
Lucas then continued to announce things, "On the right corner, we have the former Kaiser of Duel Academy, the guy that went down to the bottom of the Pro League, the first ever Duel Academy graduate to ever grace this underground, give it up for Zane Truesdale!" he yelled as Zane walked in at the same time as several workers in the steel cage.
There weren't that many applause, in fact there were just murmurs.
"Isn't that the kid that lost around 17 duels in a row?"
"Yeah, and he lost horribly against the last dude, you have no idea."
"This kid needs to leave."
"For sure, man. I need to get my money's worth."
"Mad Dog crush this loser!"
"You got this!"
"Now, don't listen to them Zane, I know you can handle them, but I am not sure if you can handle these." he said as Zane watched the workers put massive shock collars around Mad Dog.
"What th- HEY! LET GO OF ME!" yelled Zane as the workers got him as well, as they put shock collars around his biceps and one in his hands. "What are these?"
"Those? Those are just tools to make the door more electrifying. You will see soon enough." Zane couldn't glare at the man more than now. "Don't look at me like that, you should look out for your opponent. He is known to be quite dangerous."
"That's right poopyhead!" A high pitch voice came out of Mad Dog as if Zane was drinking something, he would have taken the biggest spit take known to mankind. "My mommy said I am very strong! You hear me? I take guys like you and eat them for breakfast!"
It took everything that it took for Zane to hold in on that laughter.
"Really? Well let's see how strong you are." Zane readied his duel disk.
"I told you, and you are gonna regret messing with me, you stinky head!" Mad Dog did the same.
"Now… let the duel commence!" yelled Lucas as the two yelled out.
"DUEL!"
Mad Dog: 4000 lp
Zane: 4000 lp
(A/N: Play Exciting Duel.)
Turn 1.
"No take backsies!" yelled Mad Dog as both of them drew their first cards, but Mad Dog drew his 6th card. "My, oh my, you will cry like a baby after I am done with you with this hand, you stinky! I summon my Acid Slime in defense mode!"
As then, on his field appeared a slime being that was blue, with what looked like a metroid inside of it, as it had 4 legs and was extremely gooey. Something about this deck didn't fit with Mad Dog's appearance.
(Acid Slime: Level 3 - Water Aqua - Attack: 800. Defense: 1000.)
"There is more! From my hand, I activate my Spell cawd, Slime Base!" the spell card appeared right next to Mad Dog and Zane had to admit, the voice was getting a bit annoying, "This card allows me to summon a Slime monster from my hand! I will choose my Clone Slime!" he took a card from his hand and slammed it on his duel disk.
Next to Acid Slime, came out a monster with a rather human like figure in an X position. It had the head of a human, for some reason, massive hips and chest, long arms and the entire thing looked like it was made out of green jelly.
(Clone Slime: Level 2 - Water Aqua - Attack: 0. Defense: 0.)
"Now, I will end my turn by setting a card face down. Your move you poopyhead!" said Mad Dog as Zane was shocked at how defensive he was playing, but he didn't mind that.
Turn 2. Zane - 4000 lp - 5 cards
"My turn. I draw!" yelled Zane as he drew the top card of his deck. He looked at his hand and saw the great combo he had in mind and how offensive it was, but something about his deck did not sit right with him.
He shook his head, it was just a coincidence, that is all, "Since you control a monster and I don't, you will face my Cyber Dragon!" the monster that represents the Cyber Style of dueling and his favourite go to monster appeared on the field.
(Cyber Dragon: Level 5 - Light Machine - Attack: 2100. Defense: 1600.)
Zane then took a card from his hand, "I will then play my Fusion Deployment! I reveal a Fusion monster from my Extra Deck," a card popped out of his Extra Deck as he took and showed the card he just added and it was his favourite monster, the Cyber End Dragon.
He then returned the card back into the Extra Deck, "Now I can Special Summon 1 monster from either my hand or deck," a card popped out of his deck, "that specifically was listed on that card, so I think you know which one I will summon," he took that card and placed it on his field.
"Come out, my second Cyber Dragon!" then the same machine dragon-like serpent that looked like it could take out buildings with a single blast came onto the field along side the same monster he summoned a few seconds ago.
(Cyber Dragon: Level 5 - Light Machine - Attack: 2100. Defense: 1600.)
"That is not. I still haven't normal summoned anything," he took a card from his hand, "Appear, my Cyber Valley!"
As then a slimmer monster appeared right next to the two Cyber Dragons, as it was more advanced looking as well as slimmer with a different head shape and there were spikes around the monster with red orbs around the body
(Cyber Valley: Level 1 - Light Machine - Attack: 0. Defense: 0.)
Sure, that monster won't do much in this turn, but the next one? It might prove itself to be a powerful beast to make its enemy.
He looked at his hand and he didn't have any more combos to use, so he opted to do one thing, "Time to battle! Cyber Dragon will attack your Acid Slime! Strident Blaze!" from the mouth of the legendary Light Machine monster, came out a beam that was made of pure tachyon energy.
It was then shot directly towards Acid Slime who was immediately burn to a crisp.
"Haha! You fell right into my trap! When Acid Slime bites the dust, you lose 800 life points!" yelled Mad Dog as then from the shock collars began to shock Zane relentlessly.
"Ahhh-AAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!?" roared in pain Zane as he almost fell down his knees. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" roared Zane as Shroud laughed at his pain as he quickly turned to him.
"Oh that? What do you think the shock collars are for? They do make the duel more shocking for the eye to watch." said Shroud "Everytime you lose life points, you get shocked."
"What?! How the hell… You lied to me Shroud! You didn't tell anything about this!" yelled Zane as Shroud looked at him.
"If I did tell you about the shock collars, you would've not hear me at all, and this… I lied? Truesdale, I am not lying to you. You have your own stadium watching you duel, new fans of yours to become yours." said Shroud.
"Well, I want out! This is not the way I thought this would happen!" he yelled.
"Out? Truesdale, I will tell you, you can't leave here, don't expect everything to be handed to you by a silver platter, you have to work with it. LIfe isn't easy, you should know that," said Shroud as he smiled at him, "Besides, I thought you fought tougher fights and experienced more pain there and not here." he said.
Zane gritted his teeth as he turned around, "Fine, I will continue on the turn! Cyber Dragon attacks your Clone Slime! Strident Blaze!" as the other Cyber Dragon began to charge the same blue coloured laser beam towards the Clone Slime.
"Nuh uh! My Clone Slime allows it to change to change into a different monster when attacked, so it will change into my Acid Slime in my graveyard!" the entire body of Clone Slime began to morph into the Acid Slime.
(Acid Slime: Level 3 - Water Aqua - Attack: 800. Defense: 1000.)
"The battle still goes on! Cyber Dragon destroy that slime!" yelled Zane as then the blue laser was then shot out of the mouth as it evaporates the body of the Acid Slime.
However, Acid Slime's effect still goes on.
"AHHH!" Zane yelled in pain as he closed his fist into a ball as he looked at Mad Dog with slowly growing rage.
Mad Dog: 4000 lp
Zane: 4000 - 3200 - 2400 lp
Zane didn't want to suffer anymore than this, so he decided that here is when he goes full out, "I am extremely sorry for what I am about to do, but… Frontline Fusion allows my monsters to fuse during the Battle only! So I fuse my two Cyber Dragons together!" the two were then turned into red and blue data as they began to swirl around each other until they smacked into each other.
Zane began to chant, "Mechanical Dragon! Fuse together to rain down fire on your enemies with twice the strength! I Fusion Summon! Appear, Cyber Twin Dragon!" as then a body appeared from the two forces as it had a base of operation as from the left and right sides were the heads of the Cyber Dragons, one with a yellow gem and the other with a more smooth head.
(Cyber Twin Dragon: Fusion - Level 8 - Light Machine - Attack: 2800. Defense: 2100.)
"Now that's a big monster!" yelled Mad Dog with a grin, "Too bad you can't attack me!"
"Wanna bet?! Cyber Twin Dragon attacks you directly! Double Strident Blast!" yelled Zane as then from one of the heads began charging up a beam that was a green coloured one as then it shot directly towards Mad Dog.
Mad Dog laughed, "Big mistake! I activate my Trap, Counter Gate!" a gate appeared on Mad Dog's field as the attack went straight towards it, banishing it to a different plain of existence.
"This card negates a direct attack, and I get to draw a cawd, and if it is a monster, I get to summon it, so here goes!" he drew the top card and smiled, "Well, what do you know? I drew a monstew, so I summon Multiple Slime in defense mode!" he yelled as then a new monster appeared on his side of the field.
A rather large beast that was like a mammal appeared on the field, with its eyes green and the body shapable, with the body being yellow coloured.
(Multiple Slime: Level 6 - Water Aqua - Attack: 1500. Defense: 2000.)
"I can't deal damage, but I will still attack! Double Strident Blast!" yelled Zane as then from one of the heads, a purple laser beam was charged in one of the heads as then from the heads was shot towards the slime monster as it was destroyed in an instant.
"Oh oh!" the loud piercing voice from Mad Dog screeched throughout Zane's eardrums as every second listening to this guy is making him angry. "When my Multiple Slime is destroyed by battle, I can summon 3 Slime Tokens!"
From the destroyed monster, there were three gray blobs that were just wiggling around, as then the three blobs stood up as they glared directly towards Zane.
(Slime Token: Level 2 - Water Aqua - Attack: 500. Defense: 500.) x 3
Zane gritted his teeth. "No matter what I did… nothing worked." he grunted as he gripped his hand into a ball as Shroud looked at him with an interested look on his face.
Zane took a deep breath as he took a card, "I will end my turn by setting a card face down." said Zane as then a card was set vertically behind his Cyber Twin Dragon and Cyber Valley.
Turn 3. Mad Dog - 4000 lp - 2 cards
"My turn! My turn!" yelled Mad Dog like a kid ready for a game of football as he drew the top card of his deck as he looked at it and smirked evilly. "With this, this jerky face can kiss his best monsters goodbye to the Shadow Realm!" he thought to himself.
The card he had in his hand would be perfect for him to wipe away his entire strategy, as unknown to Zane Truesdale, but Mad Dog was given illegal tips on how to duel and defeat him in an eas duel. He grinned as he had the perfect hand for that.
"Alright, I will discard my Electric Virus!" Zane raised an eyebrow at that.
"Virus? Electric? That doesn't go with his deck's theme of Slime monsters that are Water and Aqua monsters, so why would he add that card into his deck?" thought to himself at that as for some strange reason his Cyber Twin Dragon began to move its heads in a fast manner that was unlike most of his monsters that he uses which was strange for Zane to even see.
(A/N: End Theme, but play Camula's Theme.)
"If you control a Machine or Dragon monster, I can get control of your monster until the end of my turn!" yelled Mad Dog as Zane's eyes widened when he heard that.
"What?!" he yelled as then his Cyber Twin Dragon flew straight towards Mad Dog as he began to laugh like a bully in a sitcom.
"HAHAH! You just lost control of your monster, what are you going to do now?" asked Mad Dog as Zane gritted his teeth as the set card he had in his place couldn't exactly do much, but he didn't want to use it right away.
"Nothing? Uh shucks, that is so sad to hear! But if you don't have anything, how about you meet yourself in the backroom! Cyber Twin Dragon attacks your Cyber Valley!" yelled Mad Dog as one of the heads began charging, but Zane had a different idea.
"Not so fast, I activate the effect of Cyber Valley! I banish it from my field during the Battle Phase to end it," his monster disappeared, "Then I can draw 1 card from my deck!" he yelled as he drew the top card.
"OH! NO FAIR! NO FAIR! You are cheating!" Mad Dog pointed at Zane as he then crossed his arms and pouted. After a quick few seconds, he returned to his regular stance as he took a card.
"Uh, whatever, I set a card facedown," a card was set vertically behind Cyber Twin Dragon, but Mad Dog wasn't done, not yet, "Then I activate Acid Rain! All Machine monsters are instantly crushed!"
"Wait what?!" yelled Zane as he was at complete shock at this point, why does he have that card as well? How does he know he plays Machine monsters? And how does he know how to counter them, as then a poisonous rain began to move as it was so acidic that it melted the Cyber Twin Dragon.
"Now that ends my turn. You go you diaper face!" yelled Mad Dog as he pointed at Zane.
(A/N: End theme, but play Duel With Anger.)
Turn 4 . Zane - 2400 lp - 2 cards
"Oh I will go, alright! I draw!" he yelled as he drew the top card of his deck and looked at it. He nodded as he placed that card in his hand as he then took a card from his hand. "I summon my Cyber Dragon Core in attack mode!"
A small serpent dragon like monster appeared on the field that was tiny compared to the rest of his monsters, as it had a few wires that were red and a big red core in the middle with whips coming out of it as it looked like the core of a Cyber Dragon.
(Cyber Dragon Core: Level 2 - Light Machine - Attack: 400. Defense: 1500.)
"Two effects go off! First is that I add a Cyber Spell or Trap from my deck to my hand," he said as then a card popped out of his duel disk and he took it, but he then instantly took a new card from his hand, "Then since I summoned a Cyber Dragon monster, I can special summon Cyber Dragon Vier in defense mode!"
A rather large snake like dragon appeared on the field, as it was quite long as well, as each part of the body was like a separate pod with silver orbs in the middle of them as it had silver eyes with purple lining.
(Cyber Dragon Vier: Level 4 - Light Machine - Attack: 1100. Defense: 1600.)
"Then! Every Cyber Dragon monster on my field gains 500 attack and defense points!" he yelled as both his Vier and Core glew red for a bit.
Cyber Dragon Core: 400 - 900 attack points/1500 - 2000 defense points
Cyber Dragon Vier: 1100 - 1600 attack points/1600 - 2100 defense points
"Oh wow! You have such powerful monsters! It is so cool, but it would be a shame if they became nothing, but rust!" Zane looked at Mad Dog like he was insane. "I activate my Trap, Last Machine Virus!" he yelled.
(A/N: End theme, but Play Sad Duel.)
"This card allows me to tribute 1 Water monster on my field…" one of his Slime Tokens disappeared thanks to his Last Machine Virus as Mad Dog laughed like a maniac as the rest of the audience looked on with excitement in their eyes, "So all of your Machine monsters get crushed!"
Zane widened his eyes at that, "WHAT?!"
"Oh, but on the field isn't enough, but also in your hand, as if you draw a Machine Type monster for the next 3 turns, it gets destroyed, as for every Machine Type monster, you lose 500 points!" yelled Mad Dog as then Cyber Eltanin appeared on Zane's field.
All three dragons began to rust as their bodies were that of rusty steel parts that were rough around the edges and were tough for the machine beings. All 3 of them exploded as electric shocks went around Zane's body due to the shock collars.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Zane screamed in pain.
Mad Dog: 4000 lp
Zane: 2400 - 900 lp
"How…. How does he know I play Machine monsters before this duel?!" wondered Zane out loud as Shroud laughed.
"Oh it is because I gave them the details." Zane's head immediately turned to Shroud.
"What?! How the hell could you?!" yelled Zane.
"Because, don't you want to have an unfair advantage? In the dueling world, stuff like this would happen over and over again, so this isn't as unfair as you might think, and it would be more exciting." said Shroud as Zane gritted his teeth.
"Once I am done with him, I am going to make your life a living hell!" Zane placed his hand over his head, "Calm down, Zane, you are better than this. You are better than this." he thought to himself.
"Come on! Hurry! Is my deck too harsh for you? Want me to hold your hand?" asked Mad Dog in his high pitched voice.
"Quiet! I activate the Cyber Dragon Core from my graveyard! I banish it," a card popped out of his graveyard slot as he took it and then a card from his deck, "so I can special summon my Cyber Dragon on my field from my deck!"
As then on his field appeared his ace in the hole.
(Cyber Dragon: Level 5 - Light Machine - Attack: 2100. Defense: 1600)
Mad Dog widened his eyes in surprise. He got over the Last Machine Virus' effect to successfully summon his Cyber Dragon!
"I am going to obliterate that Slime Token! Go, Cyber Dragon! Strident Blast!" from the mouth of Cyber Dragon, appeared a blue light that was like a laser as then it was fired at that Token, vaporizing it.
Zane then took a card from his hand, "I will end my turn after I set this card." a card was set vertically behind his last copy of Cyber Dragon.
(A/N: End Theme.)
Turn 5. Mad Dog - 4000 lp - 0 cards
Mad Dog was silently impressed. Even though he made sure that Zane's deck was almost off limits from drawing a monster card and destroying it, dealing some damage, he managed to overcome it with just one monster!
But still, it was just one monster, it wasn't like he had an entire deck like that. "My turn, I draw!" he yelled as he drew the top card from his deck as he smirked, "I activate Aurora Draw! If I have no other cards in my hand, I can activate this card to draw 2 cards!"
He drew the two cards as then he began to laugh. Laugh like he hadn't laughed before as this laugh reminded it from him. Zane gritted his teeth as he remembered that bastard.
"Oh this is so cruel not to try! I activate Contingency Fee! I gain 1000 life points for every card my opponent draws, as he must draw until he has 6 cards in his hand!" Mad Dog explained as Zane widened his eyes in surprise. He knew what he was doing.
He knew that if he drew a Machine monster, it gets destroyed and he loses 500 life points, but luckily for him, he always is prepared as he knew that he should've left that card on his field before properly playing it.
"Not so fast, I activate my Residual Reflections! For the price of by banishing 2 cards from my graveyard like my Cyber Dragon Vier and Cyber Eltanin," two cards popped out of his graveyard slot as he took them and placed them in his pocket, "I don't take damage for the rest of this turn. Both effect and battle damage!" he yelled.
"Well… you still draw cards!" said Mad Dog as Zane sighed as he drew the top 6 cards from his deck, basically having a new hand.
Mad Dog: 4000 - 10 000 lp
Zane: 900 lp
And now, the life point situation has increased tenfold. Literally.
"Now, thanks to my Last Machine Virus, you have to show me every card you draw and for every Machine monster, it is destroyed, but you don't take damage." said Mad Dog as Zane revealed his hand.
It was: Overload Fusion, Cyber Pharos, Cyber Phoenix, Cyber Dragon Nachster, Cyber Dragon Drei and Limiter Removal.
"BAH! More than half of your hand goes bye-bye!" he yelled as then the 4 Cyber monsters appeared on the field, as they began to rust and then they explode.
"Now, I activate Ancient Leaf! If I have more than 9000 life points, I get to draw 2 more cards!" he yelled as he drew another set of 2 cards from his deck as he looked at them and laughed.
"I don't like the face of your set card, they are giving me mean vibes, so I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the set card!" yelled Mad Dog as then a tornado that was towering over the two duelists appeared as Zane covered himself from the gust of wind as it went to his set card, destroying it.
"Cybernetic Overflow has an effect when it is destroyed by an opponent's card effect, which allows me to add 1 Cyber Spell or Trap card," a card popped out of his deck as he took it and revealed it to be Cybernetic Zone. Zane added that card to his hand.
"I then play my Graceful Charity! I draw 3 cards," that Mad Dog did do, "for the price of 2 cards," he discarded 2 cards from his hand, but then he placed his fingers on his deck once more, "When Draw Slime is sent to the graveyard, I get to draw 1 more card!" he yelled as he drew the top card as he smirked like a maniac.
This card is perfect for this type of duel as the card will put him into absolute despair, but he decided… he will wait for at least 1 more turn before playing it.
He instead took a single card from his hand, "I will end my turn by setting a card, your move meanie." a card was set behind his last Slime Token.
Turn 6. Zane - 900 lp - 3 cards
"I draw!" he drew the top card of his deck as he looked at it and gritted his teeth, "Damn it," he said as he showed the card to Mad Dog and his opponent laughed.
"Oh boy! You lose 500 life points for drawing that Cyber Dragon Zwei!" yelled Mad Dog as then the Cyber Dragon Zwei appeared on his field, only to rust and blow itself up as Zane screamed in pain.
"GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Zane clutched his heart as he went down to one knee.
Mad Dog: 10 000 lp
Zane: 900 - 400 lp
"Just one more card and you are grass. I am going to win! I am going to win!" Mad Dog said like a child when he won a football game.
"I am going to…" he shut himself up. "No, I won't." Zane then stood up, "I will win, even if it doesn't look like it is possible!" he yelled at his opponent as he took a single card from his hand, "I activate my Overload Fusion! I banish from my field and graveyard to Fusion Summon a Machine Type Fusion monster!"
"I banish from my graveyard my two Cyber Dragons and then from my field my last copy of Cyber Dragon to create my ace! The strongest monster of the Cyber Style of dueling!" he yelled as two Cyber Dragons appeared on the field as they began to turn into red, blue and green data as they swirled around each other and smacked each other.
Zane began to chant, "Spread your metallic wings of fate and destruction. Creating devastation with the 3 heads of doom. Watch as the ultimate machine is created for the perfect victory! I Fusion Summon! Descend, Cyber End Dragon!" he roared as then the monster revealed itself.
As then a massive dragon that looked like it was from Godzilla as it was nearly at the top of the steel cage, as the arms were two massive heads of the tri-headed dragon, as the top head was the biggest one as the jaw could penetrate diamonds, as it had a massive tail that went around the blue haired duelist, as its massive wings nearly destroyed the cage by merely spreading its metallic wings.
(Cyber End Dragon: Fusion - Level 10 - Light Machine - Attack: 4000. Defense: 2800.)
Many people looked at the monster with clear indication that they were impressed by the sheer size of the damn monster as it was brimming with nearly cosmic power that was almost unrivaled, as even the strongest monster for Jinzo Style, Jinzo - Lord couldn't compete with half of its strength.
Shroud was even impressed at the power of this one monster as it was the ace of the Cyber Style as Mad Dog looked at the monster with slight fear.
However, Shroud then began to think. "If he is this strong with just Cyber Dragons… how strong will he be with the Cyber Darks?" he thought to himself as he grinned sinisterly at mere thought of it.
Mad Dog then threw his hand out, "That is an impressive monster, but will it survive this?! Slime Ball! When you special summon a monster, this card destroys it and I gain life points equal to its attack points!" he yelled.
Zane took out a card faster than he could admit, "You will do no such thing! I activate Cybernetic Zone! I banish my Cyber End Dragon so your Slime Ball has no target!" yelled Zane as his strongest monster disappeared as it roared in power.
"Aww dang it! I couldn't finish your dragon off!" Mad Dog pouted as he stomped on the ground. "Well, at least your monster is gone for good!"
Zane grinned, "Oh I won't think of that easily. I end my turn," the arena began shaking as Zane stood tall.
"What is happening?!" yelled Mad Dog.
"My Cybernetic Zone's effect! It ends during the End Phase, and returns my Fusion Machine monster… but with its attack points doubled!" roared Zane as then from the ground up appeared the strongest monster of the Cyber Style.
(Cyber End Dragon: Fusion - Level 10 - Light Machine - Attack: 4000. Defense: 2800.)
Cyber End Dragon: 4000 - 8000 attack points
Turn 7. Mad Dog - 10 000 lp - 1 card
"My turn!" Mad Dog drew the top card of his deck and he looked at it. He nodded. "This isn't going to help in this turn, but will be a pain in your tushy next turn, so I will set a card face down." a card was set vertically behind his Slime Token.
"But here is something that will make you cry for your mommy! I activate my Spell, System Down!" Zane gasped at the mere mention of that card.
"No way." he said as he looked over to see his Cyber End Dragon twitching his head all over the place, as the heads were going all over the place as if there was a bug in the system.
"Yes way! This card allows me to pay 1000 life points." blue aura appeared around him as he yelled in pain.
Mad Dog: 10 000 - 9000 lp
Zane: 400 lp
"So all of your Machines are banished. Both from your field and graveyard!" he yelled as then Cyber Pharos, Cyber Phoenix, Cyber Dragon Zwei, Cyber Dragon Drei, Cyber Dragon Nachster and Cyber Twin Dragon appeared on his field as they all fell along side his strongest monster to the ground.
After a few seconds, they were turned into nothing, but scraps as Zane watched in horror as his monsters were turned into scarp metal.
"Hahahaha!" laughed Mad Dog in a mocking tone as Zane gripped his hand into a ball. "I destroyed your monsters, now you have nothing to work with! HAHAH!"
Zane was quiet.
Zane… Zane was filled with pure, unimaginable, terrifying amounts of blood lusted rage, but he didn't know what to do.
He was shaking, from anger.
He wanted nothing more than to beat Mad Dog right now and here, as here he has nothing to keep him sane. Not him. Not his friends. Not Syrus. Not even his own monsters as they were turned into metal in front of him.
Shroud thought it would be the perfect opportunity to give him something, as from his foot went small bits of Darkness so he doesn't recognize it.
"Shroud. I want out! I quit!" yelled Zane as he turned his head towards Shroud who was looking at him, "This is not my duel! It never was! So let me out!"
"Why? Truesdale, once you go in, you never get out, and why should you quit? You are just a man, with nothing left to lose. You lost both your pride and reputation, and if you want them back, then I suggest you continue on this duel." said Shroud.
"I can't. One bad draw and I… I… lose the duel." said Zane.
"You won't lose. You will never lose once I am at your side. You are lost, you lost everything you hold dear." said Shroud as he could tell second by second, Zane was getting full of Darkness, but only a small bit off it, "But I am here, forever and always. With my side, you will always win." he said.
"What about my friends? What about my brother?" asked Zane as he began to think back to all of his friends he made in Duel Academy.
"Them? They left you, Zane. They left you once you lost, they deserted you. Even your own brother did that. They don't want you." said Shroud as Zane was silent.
He looked up and saw a mirage of Syrus looking all happy as he extended his arm towards his older brother.
Zane tried to reach for his hand. The hand of his younger brother, but once he did, he disappeared.
Zane looked down.
"Sy…" he said as he didn't notice more and more Darkness going inside of him, making him more violent. He gritted his teeth.
All this time, during his dueling carrier, he did one thing and that was respecting his opponent, when he should've just have been winning. Nothing worked with him when he was being respectful, he will now, focus on winning.
Letting his sadistic side take over.
"Come on! Hurry up! I gotta go potty." Mad Dog said as Zane looked at him. Mad Dog was never been more afraid of someone before, but this…
This was like looking at an apex predator.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP, ALREADY?! I am going to bury your fucking corpse!" he yelled in an almost demonic sounding voice that could've scared gods.
Mad Dog's heart started racing as he tried to hold in some bravado. "What that mean? You think you are going to win?"
Zane looked at him as then Darkness was going all over him as he looked like he was the Grim Reaper himself, "Not think, I know with all of SOUL!" he roared to the heavens that both heaven and hell could hear his roar. Shroud looked at him with a proud smile.
"I should warn you, the Zane you know is long gone, as I am no longer Zane Truesdale, I am now… THE HELL KAISER!" Zan- no. The Hell Kaiser proclaimed. "Dueling is not about respecting your opponents as that will lead to your downfall, it is about winning and making up your own rules, RIGHT?!"
Mad Dog gulped as he took a step backwards, "I-"
"Shut it! End your turn, and be expected for the end of your life." Hell Kaiser obeyed him.
Mad Dog was never this scared in his life, "I-I end m-my tu-turn."
(A/N: Play Sad Duel.)
Turn 8. Hell Kaiser - 400 lp - 1 card
Hell Kaiser practically ripped the top card of his deck as the smile on his face could make a guillotine seem dull in comparison. "I activate Pot Of Greed, allowing me to draw 2 cards from my deck!" he yelled as he drew the top cards of his deck.
Judging by Hell Kaiser's reaction, Mad Dog knew it would be wise to summon some good defense, "I activate my Back To The Front Trap card! I can special summon a monster from my graveyard and I pick-"
"You won't be picking your Acid Slime as I activate my Called By The Grave!" Hell Kaiser roared as a green hand appeared from the ground as he pointed towards his opponent, "I banish one card in my opponent's graveyard and for the rest of the turn, you can't activate any effects from that monster!" A card went from Mad Dog's duel disk straight to the hand.
"We-Well, I can still summon my Multiple Slime in defense mode!" as then Multiple Slime appeared on his field.
(Multiple Slime: Level 6 - Water Aqua - Attack: 1500. Defense: 2000.)
This was a decent defense as even if he summons a monster with large amount of attack points, he will still be able to have monsters on his field.
Hell Kaiser didn't react.
"You think you are safe creating that puny defense?!" Hell Kaiser's voice roared throught the underground, "You are just pitiful! Even if you have banished my monsters, I will activate my Spell card, Cyberload Fusion!" he yelled.
"Fu-Fusion?! All of your monsters are banished!"
"That's the point, as thanks to this card, I can return monsters form my banished pile to my deck to Fusion Summon!" yelled Hell Kaiser as Shroud was never this impressed by him until now.
"Are you sure about that?!"
"I haven't been this sure in months! I will return all of my banished monsters as normally I have to return just 2, but today… today I am in a destructive mood. I return all of my monsters so I can summon a monster to rip you to shreds!" yelled Hell Kaiser as he took every card from his banished pile and either shuffled them to his deck or Extra Deck.
On his field appeared, 3 copies of Cyber Dragon, Cyber End Dragon, Cyber Twin Dragon, Cyber Valley, Cyber Dragon Drei, Cyber Dragon Zwei, Cyber Phoenix, Cyber Pharos, Cyber Phoenix, Cyber Dragon Nachster, Cyber Eltanin, Cyber Dragon Vier and Cyber Dragon Core as they all turned into different coloured data as they began to swirl around each other until they smacked into each other.
Hell Kaiser began to chant, "15 mechanical dragons of Light. Combine your strengths into one to crush all of your opponents with your line of fire! I Fusion Summon! Chimeratech Overdragon!"
A base appeared that was made out of obsidian black metal as the tail was long enough to circle the steel cage as from it, emerged 15 different heads, all ready to nuke away their opponent.
(Chimeratech Overdragon: Fusion - Level 9 - Dark Machine - Attack: ?. Defense: ?.)
The very monster that appeared when dueling him appeared on the field and this time, Hell Kaiser isn't going to feel any remorse. He is going to relish it.
"This monster will be the last thing you will ever see in your worthless life! As this monster gains attack and defense points become 800 for every monster used for its summon!" yelled Hell Kaiser as the monster roared in power.
Chimeratech Overdragon: ? - 12 000 attack/defense points
"Tha- That is a lot of attack points!" yelled Mad Dog in a worried voice.
"You think that is a lot?! Wait, until you see this! Limiter Removal! All of my monsters' attack points are now doubled!" Hell Kaiser roared as his Chimeratech Overdragon roared alongside him.
Chimeratech Overdragon: 12 000 - 24 000 attack points
Everyone's jaws were practically on the floor with those massive amounts of life points as Mad Dog… he was terrified at what he was looking at.
"I- I will have at least 1 more monster at the end of the turn since you can only attack once!" he yelled in desperation.
"Why do you think I returned 15 monsters?! For the attack points?!" Hell Kaiser yelled at his opponent, "You are a fool if you think that because for every monster used, he gains an additional attack!"
"He CAN?!"
"OH YES HE CAN! CHIMERATECH OVERDRAGON! ERADICATE HIM! EVOLUTION RESULT BURST!" roared to the heavens Hell Kaiser and from the pits of hell, as all 15 heads of the Chimeratech Overdragon began to charge as they all shot straight towards Mad Dog's field.
Mad Dog saw the light fade away from his eyes as soon as all of those attacks landed on him.
When the attacks landed, everything exploded. People were flying out of their seats, Shroud had to use almost all of his strength to keep himself from flying as well, the ground was permanently scarred and the steel cage was demolished, but one thing stood that was unscaved.
Mad Dog: 9000 - 0 lp
Hell Kaiser: 400 lp
HELL KAISER: WINNER!
(A/N: End Theme.)
Hell Kaiser stood there like nothing even happened.
Shroud's smile became that of a cheshire cat, "It's done. Zane Truesdale is now reborn. His rebirth happened."
He began to laugh.
Laugh like a maniac.
Like a man possessed.
The Next Day
The students of Duel Academy were watching a duel on TV as they heard about Zane getting back into the Pro Leagues, which excited Syrus as they watched it immediately as they heard it was between him and the Sledgehammer.
Two of Nico Smiley's greatest duelists.
But something was wrong with him, almost everyone could see that.
Chazz heard that something was off by him when Don Zaloog appeared next to him, the same with Yusuke and Honest as the former felt this energy before, in Hassleberry's DNA, he could tell something was off, Celina and Skye could sense something was almost possessing him, and Sora and Ray were more observant than they look.
Syrus was the most hopeful.
Sledgehammer was a tall and massive man with purple hair and three spikes that was his hair, he had some red face pain around his eyes as they were purple. He was well built, as he wore a sleeveless shirt, gray shoulderpads, green shirt and pants with steel toe shoes.
As Hell Kaiser, he wore a new outfit. He wore a tight black shirt, black pants with black shoes as he had a belt buckle that had HK on it, as he wore something new. A leather black jacket with white lining as they had to admit, this new look of his was really cool to see.
Sledgehammer: 4000 lp
Hand: 0 Cards
Field: Shaman Battleguard, Lava Battleguard and Swamp Battleguard, 1 set card
Hell Kaiser: 4000 lp
Hand: 6 cards
Field: No monsters, no Spells and Traps.
Turn Count: 2.
"Haha, you may have changed Truesdale with that new edgy look and leather jacket, but I am confident that you are getting kicked in the behind!" yelled Sledgehammer in a voice that reminded them of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"Really now? Well, let's see if you can handle this!" Hell Kaiser took a card from his hand, "If I have no cards on my field, I can activate this card from my hand! Infinite Impremanence!" the card appeared on his field.
"This card negates a monster effect of any monster I choose, with the additional effect of making a card in the same column! So your Shaman Battleguard can't activate a single blasted thing!" yelled Hell Kaiser as Sledgehammer widened his eyes.
"No! That means that my Battleguard Howling won't do anything to stop him from attacking my monsters!" thought Sledgehammer as Zane took a card from his hand.
"And now, here it is! Power Bond! Fusing my 3 Cyber Dragons from my hand to wipe away your pathetic monsters!" yelled Zane as then 3 copies of Cyber Dragon appeared on the field as then they were turned into red, green and blue data as they swirled around each other before smacking into each other.
Hell Kaiser began to chant, "Spread your metallic wings of fate and destruction. Creating devastation with the 3 heads of doom. Watch as the ultimate machine is created for the perfect victory! I Fusion Summon! Descend, Cyber End Dragon!"
His Ace monster appeared on the field as Sheppard who was watching this duel at a local cafe saw the difference between him and the Zane he knew back when he was teaching.
(Cyber End Dragon: Fusion - Level 10 - Light Machine - Attack: 4000. Defense: 2800.)
Kite, who was watching this duel from the stands, was in complete shock at the way he was dueling.
"So, this is your ace? Huh, gotta admit, it is much bigger in person." said The Sledgehammer as he never knew how strong it truly was.
"That's right, and it gets even stronger! Power Bond makes it so that his attack points are now doubled when Fusion Summoned!" yelled Hell Kaiser as Sledgehammer took a step backwards.
"Wh- What?!" yelled Sledgehammer in complete shock.
Cyber End Dragon: 4000 - 8000 attack points
With this, he just performed a One Turn Kill, one of the most hardest things to do in the game of Duel Monsters, but the way he spoke and they he talked towards the Sledgehammer was different.
Syrus knew it.
Aster, after finishing another set of duels, walked out of the shower as he was cleaning his hair as he turned on the TV for some background noise, but then his eyes were glued to what he was seeing.
"What the hell? When did he get that jacket and why does he seem so different?" asked Aster to no one as The Grand Jupiter appeared and observed the Hell Kaiser. Something about him winning against these two people felt off.
Some things were different.
Sledgehammer took a step backwards. He never expected this!
"This is the end! Cyber End Dragon attacks and destroys your Shaman Battleguard! Eternal Evolution Burst!" all three of those monster heads began to charge up an attack as they then blasted the beams forming in their mouths together to create one powerful beam of light that went towards Shaman Battleguard.
The Sledgehammer tried to block it as best as he could as he crossed his arms, but he wasn't strong enough as he flew away from the impact of his monster's destruction.
Sledgehammer: 4000 - 0 lp
Hell Kaiser: 4000 lp
HELL KAISER: WINNER!
The Sledgehammer was flown so far off that he landed on his stomach. He tried to get up, but he fell right away.
Nico was in shock at what happened as he shook his head, "There it is! A fast win for Zane Truesdale, or how he wants to call himself, Hell Kaiser! He duels like a man possessed! How did he grow to such heights in a quick manner? Is it his new edgy look? Is it his new killer jacket? But what we do know, is that he is back at the top!"
Hell Kaiser stood there with a grin on his face as Syrus looked at him.
This was not his brother, this was someone else!
But who can it be?
He narrowed his eyes.
Author Notes:
There you have it folks, the chapter where Zane turns into a complete insane dude that is one of my favourite changes in Yugioh as it was a quick 13k words. I really like how I did this!
Alright, about the whole Nightshroud thing. When I rewatched this episode a year ago, I noticed the way Shroud was talking and how everything seemed off, and I know this is a dub thing, but everything just seems like he fell into darkness. Not to mention NightSHROUD and Shroud. I know those are the dub names, but I thought it was interesting to make, as the Shroud in canon is kinda boring and he was only used for 1 episode and that is about it.
Before you guys ask, Makoto is a character from Season 4 of GX that used the Jinzo deck and basically wanted to kill Syrus and Zane, nearly kill Sheppard as I wanted him to make an early appearance. Yamato Gakuganji is a minor OC that is based from Yamamoto from Bleach and Yoshinobu Gakuganji from Jujutsu Kaisen who most likely won't appear again. I have an idea with Makoto and a hint for that is: Remember the Jinzo Spirit from Season 1? Heh.
The filler duels won't be written at all, but here is proof that they still happened with Sartyr and his curry as an example. Removing the filler duels just feels wrong to do if I am being honest.
Poor Mad Dog if I am being honest whose dub voice kills me everytime I listen to him. I think he actually died in canon because there is no way he survived those shocks. The Sledgehammer duel happened so I can do something different, no matter how small, as I want to connect this world a bit more and adding him to the duel just seemed fun. Lucas Swank is actually a character that appeared in the Synchro Arc of Arc V that ran an underground dueling arena.
Next up is the set up for the Aster Round 3 duel, but there is a difference that I think you will enjoy, as it won't be the only duel to happen in the next 2 chapters. There will be some dueling, but not a lot.
Now, when I wrote this chapter, the new Black Clover chapter has dropped and if you don't want to get spoiled.
Get off, now.
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Okay, let's go.
IT WAS SO FUCKING COOL! OH MY GOD! I LOVE THE SHIT OUT OF THIS CHAPTER! It starts of with Lucius saying tha is no fun, so he makes i against Yuno and Asta, as then we get a flashback with Asta and the Black Bulls, including Yami Ichika, telling about the new Anti-Magic. Then we see Luck No Diffing the absolute shit out of the angels with his new Ultimate Black Lightning Magic: Black Lightning Battle Fiend, as he and Magna come to see a Lucius clone with Magna basically saying "GOTCHA BITCH!" towards Lucius as then he makes something completely fucking amazing… Secret Black Flame Magic: Soul Chain Tag Deathmatch, with Luck and Magna throwing hands against the Lucius Clone and an angel as they continue to absolute curb stomp his life, as they finish it off with a Black Flame and Black Lightning Combination Magic: Explosive Cannon as the Lucius clone gets absolutely FUCKED by Magna and Luck.
Absolute Peak.
Now to wait 3 more months.
Now to say this. This is uploaded 3 days before something and I just want to say, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE! And any other December related holiday.
I think that is about it, so see ya'!
