Hey all, Lee and Ray here with another action packed chapter, with real action this time. Sorry things have been a bit slow with the updates, we've had life and work related troubles, but we haven't given up on this series. Due to our normal beta's busy schedule, we'll be having a new temporary Beta, The Azure Guardian, helping us out.
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Chapter 22
Wounded Soul
Part II
"A... Alexio?" Jessie gasped as his older brother appeared before him on the dueling field.
Now that he took a moment to look around, he realized that this was the same arena as the one that he had just re-seen recently. The arena of the last tournament that Jessie had competed in.
"Prepared to lose to me again, Agóri?" Alexio mocked.
"It won't be like last time," he remarked while powering up his duel-disk.
"And you won't be alone," Excalibur remarked as he appeared next to the Ra student. "However, be warned: If you allow yourself to duel the way you have been, it will result in failure. "
With that, the spirit entered into Jessie's duel-disk, causing it to glow before dying down as the two took their stance.
"Let's duel!"
Jessie - 8000 LP
Alexio - 8000 LP
"I'll go first, Agóri." Alexio said as he drew his hand. "Tch, I play two cards face down and end my turn."
The two holograms materialized before him as he crossed his arms.
Jessie drew his first card before taking a look at what he had.
"I'll also play two cards face down on the field, then I summon Goblindbergh (4/1400/0) in attack mode," Jessie declared.
A red monoplane soared onto the field. It circled above Jessie's side of the field and a green goblin in an aviator's outfit could be seen looking over the side.
"Thanks to this guy, I can special summon a level four monster from my hand, like my Heroic Challenger - Thousand Blades (4/1300/1100)!"
The goblin flew down onto the field, landing easily as another monster leapt out onto the field from the plane. The new monster wore a suit of armor, wielding a glaive and having an array of blades on his back. Even the new monster's armor had extra blades on some of its joints.
"Am I supposed to be impressed?" Alexio remarked with a cocky tone.
"Just wait and see! Now I use both my level four monsters and build the overlay network to Xyz Summon my Heroic Challenger - Gandiva (R4/2100/1800)!"
Both monsters transformed into orbs of light as they entered the galaxy that appeared on the floor before it erupted in a burst of light.
Emerging from the galaxy was an armored being riding a horse that snorted and neighed loudly. The being was shown to be an archer with, the weapon was attached to the left hand gauntlet. The horned helmet gave a slightly demonic look to the armor, assisted by the red-eyed horse as it snorted, pawed the ground and tossed its head.
"Now Gandiva, show him what you got! Attack his life points directly with Power Arrow! "
The monster lifted its left arm, aiming an arrow at Alexio, pulling it back as energy started to merge with it. In a matter of seconds, the arrow was released and flew right at its target, piercing him before it disappeared.
Jessie - 8000 LP
Alexio - (8000 - 5900) LP
Alexio grabbed the spot that the arrow hit, staggering slightly before composing himself.
"Big deal." he spat as he drew a card. "Now, I'm relocating this duel to the Kyoutou Waterfront."
Right as he placed the card in the slot, the entire environment changed into a city street as buildings sprouted upward around them. Soon, a single large tower appeared right behind Alexio with five clearly marked levels, the top looking like a lighthouse and the entire structure resembling the Tokyo Tower.
"This field card..." Jessie groaned as he looked up at the massive tower.
"Then I activate one of my favorites, Twin Twister." Alexio continued as one of his face down cards revealed itself. "I'll toss this useless card from my hand and destroy both your face down cards."
Two twisters emerged on Jessie's field, destroying both of his cards as he held his arms up in defense.
"And lets not forget my field's special effect; Whenever a card is sent to the graveyard, I can place a Kaiju Counter on it. I'm counting two along with my spell, so that's three in total."
As he said that, three of the windows began to shine for a second before being replaced with a portrait of a giant monster on each one.
"Now, with three counters on my field, I can activate my field's effect; allowing me to add a Kaiju monster from my deck." He remarked.
Soon enough, a single beam of light shot from the tower behind him, hitting his duel disk and ejecting a card from his deck. He grabbed it and revealing his Radian, The Multidimensional Kaiju (7/2800/2500) and adding it to his hand.
This isn't gonna be good, Jessie thought to himself as he knew what was about to happen.
"As you know, Kaiju's can be summoned in a special way, by sacrificing one of my opponents monsters. Fortunately, you have one so I'm using your Gandiva to summon my Radian to your side of the field!"
Gandiva began to convulse before exploding into a massive, black bodied monster with giant spikes. Its hands were wickedly clawed and its body appeared to either be armored or naturally segmented. Piercing red eyes glowed as the creature appeared to be glitching slightly on the field.
When the monster was summoned, a fourth window shined and soon had on it the painting of Radian.
"Be thankful, Loser, that's the best card you'll ever have control of." Alexio laughed mockingly. "Or should I say, had, because with a Kaiju on the field, I can special summon another one to my side of the field!"
As he said that, a large portion of the city started sinking into the ground before a large doorway opened with an elevator starting to rise up.
"Say hello to Super Anti-Kaiju War Machine Mecha-Dogoran (8/?/2000)!"
A massive metallic body appeared on the field. Staring up at it, Jessie saw that it had the form of a dinosaur, likely a T-Rex, with pulsing blue energy coursing through its body. The machine had had jet-like wings with massive turbo engines on it, what appeared to be a laser cannon in its mouth and, rather than clawed hands, one looked to be something like a pitchfork and the other looked like the claw of a claw-machine.
"Unknown ATK?" Jessie muttered, looking at the stats displayed for him. "That's not good..."
"Fortunately for you, I didn't bring him to attack, I brought him to activate the spell Advance Draw ! By sacrificing my Level 8 Mecha-Dogoran, I can draw two new cards."
The monster roared out as it crumbled away and allowed its owner drew the two cards. When it disappeared, the final window of the tower was filled with the portrait of Dogoran.
"Now, if you thought Mecha-Dogoran was scary, you'll wet yourself at the sight of this one! I now Special Summon Thunder King, The Lightningstrike Kaiju (9/3300/2100)!"
Three vicious looking dragon heads sprouted from a single winged body covered in grey scales. Four limbs hung from the creature's flying body as its long tail cracked through the air. In its chest, just below where the three necks connect with the rest of the body, a pulsing yellow orb of energy seemed to be the source of the monster's electrical powers. Every few seconds lightning shot from the draconic body and into one of the buildings.
"How?! You already special summoned one, there's no way you should be able to do another!" Jessie demanded as his fists tightened.
"Have you already forgotten that so long as you have a Kaiju, I can special summon my own? Idiot!" Alexio replied. "Now, Thunder King! Destroy that Kaiju with your Lightning Scourge!"
The three-headed beast roared out as all of its heads opened its mouths, releasing a powerful electric breath that hit Radian. It roared out in pain before exploding, making Jessie bring up his arms to brace for the impact once again, but didn't stop him from being knocked down to the ground and parts of his side of the field appeared destroyed and caught fire.
Jessie - (8000 - 7500) LP
Alexio - 5900 LP
"Seems you've already forgotten about my monster's effect. Because I took damage, I'm allowed to special summon back my Thousand Blades from the grave in attack mode!"
A large black hole appeared as the monster leapt out from it, landing on Jessie's side of the field.
"Ha! Like that'll do you any good. I end my turn."
Jessie drew and looked at what he had to fight against his brother's beast.
"I'll start by summoning to the field, Warrior Lady of The Wasteland (4/1100/1200) in attack mode!"
A young woman with strawberry blonde hair stepped out of a distortion in space. Her body was covered in a tattered brown cape, her eyes shaded by a matching wide brimmed hat, and she wore a teal three part outfit consisting of a midriff revealing top, a short skirt and knee high boots. Over her shoulder could be seen the hilt of a large sword.
"What you're about to do isn't a good idea," Excalibur remarked as he appeared next to Jessie. "The card you just drew would be of greater assistance-"
He scoffed before continuing.
"Now I bring together my Lady along with my Thousand Blades in order to Xyz Summon Heroic Challenger - Excalibur! (R4/2000/2000)"
The spirit disappeared as both monsters entered the galaxy to make it explode as Excalibur rose up from it and appeared on the field.
"Ha!" Alexio laughed. "You would've been better off keeping all those weaklings on the field to act as meat shields! This one on his own is worthless!"
Jessie's hand tightened as his knuckles turned white, remembering those were the same words his brother said before he lost.
"I'll show you who's a weakling! Go Excalibur, Atta-"
Before he declared, a sudden realization hits him as Excalibur turned around his head to look at him.
Once again, he was just rushing in without any thought of what to do, letting his feelings take control of his actions. He gave his monster one more look, seeing that he nodded before turning forward to face his opponent.
"What? Finally realized you've got no chance?" Alexio continued laughing. "Call your monsters 'heroes' all you want! You're just a scared little weakling before the might of my Kaiju!"
Jessie took a deep breath and released it while cracking his neck.
"Say whatever you want, it won't matter to me. I won't attack this turn, but I will activate my Excalibur's special ability: By using both of his Overlay Units, I can double his attack points."
Both orbs of light flew upward before landing onto the monster, causing him to glow brightly as he drew his second sword.
(Excalibur 2000 - 4000)
"That ends my turn."
Alexio had a cocky grin as he drew his next card. "I'll start by activating the effect of my Field spell, meaning I once again add another Kaiju.
This time when he grabbed the card from his deck, an evil look appeared on his face.
"You still just as brainless as before, you already forgotten how my monsters work," he remarked mockingly.
Jessie didn't say anything as he glared at him.
"Now then, I'll be sacrificing your Excalibur to summon to your side of the field Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju (8/2200/3000) in attack mode!"
The ground beneath Excalibur briefly became water as Excalibur was suddenly consumed. Taking his place, a massive blue reptilian monster. Its back was covered in a hard, dark blue shell, it stood on thick trunk-like legs, more noticeable compared to its tinier arms. Most striking were the four tentacle-like limbs that sprouted from its sides and lashed the air around it along with its powerful looking tail.
"Now, Thunder King, let's make some Turtle Soup!"
A roar as response and again the three-headed dragon monster charged up its electricity before releasing a tri-branched bolt of lightning that fused together into one concentrated beam of plasma that slammed into the turtle monster and rendered it naught but ash.
Jessie - (7500 - 6400) LP
Alexio - 5900 LP
Jessie got knocked down from the blast, groaning for a bit before he got back on his feet.
"Yes, I remember your worthless monster's effect," Alexio replied with a bored tone as Thousand Blades reappeared on the field.
"Your move, Agóri."
The Ra student drew his next card before looking at his hand. In that moment, he understood what Excalibur mentioned before and knew what to do.
"From my hand, I summon my Bull Blader (4/1600/1200) in attack mode," he declared.
A minotaur-esque creature stepped onto the field clad in orange armor. A pair of massive red horns rested above its bovine head and one of its massive hands clutched a large broadsword.
"Vlacas, you really think that weakling card can do anything against me?" Alexio spat.
"Wanna put that to the test? Go Bull Blader, attack his Thunder King with War Slash! "
The monster bellowed out and ran forward before jumping up high into the air and was about to slash the monster.
"Now I activate Bull's special effect: Since he's attacking, we both don't take any damage, but that means we'll both lose our monsters!"
As Jessie said that, the cocky look on Alexio's face disappeared before he thrusted his hand forward to reveal his facedown card.
"Not going to happen thanks to my trap, Generation Shift! Now by destroying my own monster, I can add a copy of it from my deck to my hand."
The monster began to roar out in pain with all three of its heads as it started to crack before exploding, releasing a powerful gust of wind.
Both brothers held their arms up to brace themselves while Bull Blader was sent back to his master's side of the field. As it died down, Jessie had a smile on his face, making his brother frown back.
"The truth comes out. Illuminating isn't it?" He remarked with the same tone his brother had. "And just what I expected. Go, Thousand Blades!"
The monster nodded before twirling his staff and aiming at his enemy.
He then charged forward, piercing Alexio's body as he yelled out in pain.
Jessie - 6400
Alexio - (5900 - 4600)
The illusion grabbed the place where he had been stabbed, but didn't fall from it as he looked at his opponent.
"Pure...Luck," Alexio spat out.
"Looks like the tide's turning, isn't it Aderfós?"
Translations:
Vlacas - Idiot, Greek.
Aderfós - Brother, Greek.
Et voila! The tables have been turned. Will Jessie keep this momentum or will this Ghost of Duels Past retake the initiative in this duel? Will the Heroic Challengers be able to overcome the mighty Kaijus? If this was an Inzektor Deck we could make all sorts of Super Sentai references here... I digress. Is everyone still enjoying the story? The duels? I certainly am, and so is Raydark, hence why we keep churning out these chapters (as inconsistent as our upload schedule has become). Anyways, please look forward to the conclusion of this Duel and, from the looks of it, some character development and growth on Jessie's part.