Not So Happy Summer Part 1
A/N: I don't normally make responses to my comment section. Cause peeps should be aware I read them and take them into account (When it's not bad trolling.) Guess it's a good as time to answer a couple of them. Names will not be mentioned as I'm sure you'll know who I'm refering to.
1) The show in the dub and sub stated Chaos Emperor Dragon is outlawed in offcial tournaments. Key words 'Offical Tournaments'. this doesn't and has never applied to Duel Academy duels and never has been. I created an artificial ban list specifically for tournament and future tournaments plays that will be appearing. There is no such thing as a ban list in anime land. Also Red Hat hates using the dragon. He was forced into using it three times.
2) Red Hat's playstyle being Chaos will only be shown in very rare moments. To prevent confusion, card pool will only be until Crossroads of Chaos OCG. I want to be accurate to time period as I can cause many don't seem to do that. Cards that do appear don't match dates, cause it's not supposed to. You'll see why later on in the same chapter.
3) Mistakes are on me, it's was cause I keep overvaluing word count so I artificaly extend the word count. I retroactively fix these chapters a lot as sometimes I don't notice until too late. That's on me, I'll fix them when I catch them.
Now that's all said and done. Time to continue. Hope it meets up to standards. References here and there will be shown.
To say the travel from Duel Academy to Domino City was an utter slog was an understatement. Earlier in the morning of the next day, Red Hat took one of the last ferries that were left at Duel Academy. The few remains of Duel Academy students got on board, including himself, as the ferry would set sail and head to Domino City. The ride to Duel Academy to Domino City took a few hours to get there. By the time he got there, it was well past noon and he was hungry. He put aside his hunger for a while until he got to his home.
Soon the ferry made it to the pier. As Red Hat disembarked from the ferry, he began walking as far away as he could. Not wanting to interact with the few lefter over Academy student's despite a couple of them being Slifer Reds. Red Hat through out the entire journey didn't even bother to change out his Slifer Red jacket, claiming it wasn't necessary.
'I rather not be here... I should hurry up.' He thought as his walking soon turned to running.
After what felt like hours of walking and running. Red Hat finally managed to make it to a certain district of Domino city. That district being known as the Satellite District. This part of Domino city was rather questionable. Despite not looking much different from any other district. This area seem to radiate a negative aura to most people.
Red Hat didn't like this district very much for a multitude of reasons. One of them being, Satellite District was mostly known for having many small gangs, thugs, and smugglers. Most of them hiding in alley ways and poor sections of the district. While Red Hat, through out his earlier years, made sure he avoided confrontation as much as possible. He knew one day he would be next, so he couldn't let his guard down while he lived here. Another reason Red Hat didn't like this district was just because how uninspired the place is. More often then not, he would move to other districts just to catch some duels or hang about. The Satellite District was more of a place to live very cheeply or for those that were relatively poor.
'Glad to know this place hasn't change much.' He thought as he continued walking.
While Red Hat continued to walk around the city. His duel spirit friend showed up next to him. 'So this is where you live?' Aussa asked as she gazed at the sites.
"In this district? I sure do, though I'm not exactly fond of this place." Red Hat said.
'Mind explaining?' Auusa asked
"Maybe later." He replied.
He finally made it to his house, which was located in a neiborhood deep within the district. To say his house looked unimpressive was an understatement. His home looked no different from one of those low rent type of homes. Black curtains covered all possible windows. While Red Hat wasn't too proud of his current home, at the same time he didn't mind it too much, if it was at another district.
'Guess I could say, Home sweeet Home.' He thought as he grabbed the door knob. As he tried to turn it, it wouldn't budge. Signaling, it was locked. 'I see...'
Red Hat looked around to see if there was no one watching. When he knew that he was in the clear. He crouched down to a certain spot and slowly removed a brick in a certain spot of his house. What fell from the empty spot was none other then a key.
'Do people still fall for this? I'm surprised this trick still works.' He thought as he took the key and placed it in his pocket before placing the brick back where it was.
Red Hat then took his key and inserted it into the lock. To no surprised it fits, and he turned it counter clockwise and heard a click. He then entered his home as he put the key into his pocket for safe keeping. As he closed his door, he took a look around the house and noticed, not much change if any change at all was made since he left. The living room had a small couch, a coffee table, and a classic antena TV placed at an out of place small desk, in front of the coffe tale. The kitchen was very small, barely enough room to hold a fridge and a small stove. Red Hat merly sat down at the couch and placed his duel disk on the coffe table.
"Old Man, are you home?" Red Hat called out. When he got no response, he knew the answer. "Of course not, this would be too easy."
Aussa appeared once more, only this time sitting on his couch. 'You don't sound too happy.'
Red Hat turned around to glance at her. "I'm not too fond of my father. I know he means we'll at times and works hard. Just... he's never really home most of the time."
'Feeling lonely?' Aussa said as she adjusted her glasses.
"Technically I'm not, since I have you by my side." He replied.
Aussa smirks at him as she stood up from the couch. 'Oh? Does the big bad Red Hat need a girl like me to take care of you?'
"H-Hey! Don't say such silly things." Red Hat said, slightly flustered by her comment.
Aussa giggled at his reaction. 'For someone who is very serious at times. You're still an emotional teen. You're trying to hard to hide your feelings.'
Red Hat went to the kitchen and opened up a cabinet and took out a cup of instant ramen. "I know I've been acting very emotional the past few months. I've been trying to calm down and understand some people." Red Hat added some water into his cup before placing it into the microwave he has. "Despite how I tend to act incredibly snarky at times. I hate violence and confrontation. Some problems I do bring onto myself though."
'So your answer, is to suppress your emotions when possible.' Aussa said as she looked around the house. 'While not a bad idea in theory. In practice, you'll eventually snap. Sometimes, there's nothing wrong with showing how you feel. Even if it's just annoyance.'
"I'll take that into consideration." Soon he heard the mirowave beep three times, signaling his instant ramen was ready. As he took it out and grabbed some chop sticks, he made his way back to the couch and placed his cup of instant ramen at the coffee table.
'Is that all you eat?' asked Aussa as she sat next to him on his couch.
"It's all I eat. I can't cook for the life of me." Red Hat simply said, while eating his ramen.
'Why don't you learn how to cook? It's not really that difficult. It's not healthy to only eat instant ramen.' Aussa said.
Red Hat just looked at her and remained silent, while eating his instant ramen. This was the same advice Blair gave to him a few months back. Was his standards for food so low, this is what he's accustom to? He refused to admit it, but he couldn't deny it for very much longer. He's had a track record of spending so much DP on sandwiches as he rarely ate at the Slifer Red cafeteria. Other then one time he ate at the Ra Yellow dorm and eaten some food from the spirit festival. He almost never ate 'quality' food. To him, this was all that he needed. Was he really this self-righteous to ignore getting better things? He shook his head in disapproval. The better he didn't interact with so called students who weren't his friends the better. The last thing he wants is confrontation.
'You're awfully quiet... Something on your mind?' Aussa asked, breaking the silence.
"Do I really have a bad attitude?" He asked.
'To put it bluntly, yes. Yes you do.' Aussa answered. 'What brought this up?'
"Back when I kept on dueling Obelisk Blues, I always felt like my distain and hate twards them was justified. I hate the rich spoiled brats with no talent. Espeically when they think they are better, when in reality they are no better then Slifer Reds. Thus, I was justified putting them in their place, like the miserable worms they are." Red Hat explained as he finsihed his instant ramen.
'So that's why.' Aussa adjusted her glasses and then scowled at him. 'With that attitude, you'll just make more enemies. You say you don't care what others think, but that's not how the world works. Your hot tember reminds me of Hiita.'
"You said that before. As in, the fire charmer?" He questioned.
Aussa nodded. 'The one and only. You remind me of her.'
"You also once said that." Red Hat repeated. "Guess I still have a lot to learn."
'Yes you do. For starters, learn some manners and self restraint.' Aussa suggested.
"Easier said then done." Red Hat get's up from his couch and heads to one of the rooms. "I'm going to stay in my room and think about some things. Make yourself a home if you wish." He saidas he closed his door to his room.
Aussa stayed and looked around the place. She then noticed the light bulb flick on and off. She something was up and it was not the electricity. 'Something is wrong here. Looks like I'll have to look around.' Aussa disappears from sight as she returns to the spirit realm.
The Next Day
It was relatively early in the morning as Red Hat began to stir and woke up from his long slumber. Not even bothering to change his clothing when he fell to sleep last night. As he got up and rubbed his eyes, he exited his room to observe a noticed some out of place cups and a plate, all washed and near the the sink. Red Hat came to the conclusion that his father came in late and night and left much earlier as per usual. He didn't really mind though. He often felt that his father cared very little about him since a long time. The only thing he was glad about this predicament, was giving him more free time to himself.
"Aussa? Are you here?" He called out. When he didn't get an answer, he knew she was either ignoring him or had important things to do. She was a duel spirit after all. They weren't always around.
"Must be busy I assume. Oh well." He muttered, as he got another cup of instant ramen started the process all over again. Once again continuing to eat instant ramen because of his inability to cook. 'Aussa said I should learn to cook. Maybe someday. First I'll need a cook book. Unless there's simple foods I can make that I'm not aware off.' He thought as he began eating his breakfast alone and stayed at home, fixing up his deck until it was noon.
Later that Afternoon
Red Hat was walking around the city, outside the Satellite district. Carying his duel disk and two deck boxes. He decided it was time to start dueling again, either at locals, which he abandoned going to for so long or just some random folks who were interested in a duel. He hoped he didn't have to do that. Imagine, just walking down the streets of Domino city and asking some random stranger to duel, who may or mot even duel. He hoped that doesn't happen. He would rather not cause a scene in such a public place.
'I could go to locals again. After all, it's not like there are major tournaments going about at this time of year.' Red Hat thought as he continued walking. Ignoring passing pedestrians along the way. 'Since it's summer vacation, most would spending time with families and friends, going on adventures, continuing their usual days, or just simple travels. I would rather focus on dueling.'
Red Hat's constant aimless walking would soon lead him to a large open park of Domino City outside of the Satellite District. When he got there, he noticed it was a lot more populated then it usually was. Then again, he hasn't been here in so long he could barely remember the times he spent here. As he observed his surroundings, he decided to sit down under one of the many trees in the park.
As he looked around. He saw many kids dueling, playing at the so called playground, various parents spending time with their kids, and just overall teens spending time here for personal reasons. He couldn't care less about their affairs, so he just ignored them all. While observing the kids duel. He couldn't help but remember the last time he duel for simple fun, was back when he was a kid. It didn't go very well, especially when he decided to take dueling more seriously. He could still rememmer those days...
Flashback
A younger Red Hat, back when he didn't wore his red hat approached a few kids inside of a card shop. They were dueling on duel mats, as this was long before the duel disk was allowed for the general public.
"Hey, mind if I duel you kids? Just got some new cards I want to test out." His yonger self asked.
One of the kids nodded. "Why not, just got done finishing a duel, so join in. This should be fun."
He gave the kids a cheeky grin. "Thanks, can't wait to test out my deck."
To say his duel was a bit one sided was an understatement. While the kid was using a general staring deck with some new cards here and there. The younger version of Red Hat was not only destroying his monsters with spell and trap card effects. He would only attack when his opponents board was cleared. Despite the kid's lack of efficent trap cards, Red Hat still played a bit cautiously just in case. He would then steal his opponent's monster and tribute summon his own monster, which at the time was Summon Skull and attack for game.
"Geez, how tough are you?" One of the kids asked.
"How do you have that many powerful cards?" Another one asked.
The younger Red Hat would ignore their questions for a while before answering. "I would often buy cards until I get at least one powerful card. It doesn't always work out. I still don't have the very rare Raigeki, Dark Hole, Mirror Force and Torrential Triute. I'm using weaker cards like Trap Hole and Fissure to destroy monsters. I only have one Change of Heart, which by sheer luck I just pulled a while ago. I still have a ways to go, before making an optimal deck."
"With cards like those, you should go to locals. There's tougher opponents there." One of the kids suggested.
"I still don't feel ready for locals just yet. Until I get all the cards needed to compete." He replied.
"Just how far are you willing to go? You don't need super powerful cards." Another kid said.
The younger Red Hat remained silent for a bit. 'Wouldn't that defeat the purpose? No one likes fighting the same common cards...' He thought for a bit before responding. "I'll think about it. Thanks for the duel." the young Red Hat collected his cards and walked out of the card shop.
As the days went by, as the younger Red Hat kept on dueling and getting more and more new cards to improve his deck, despite the expenses he was spending. The younger Red Hat would soon be ready to participate in local tournaments. While he was very excited to join an offical tournament. The fact majority were mostly older teens at the tournament and only a handful of kids, had him on the edge. Although, at the same time he was excited to face off against stronger opponents. He was hoping to see more decks, new monsters, and new strategies he hasn't seen before yet.
When his first tournament began, he wasn't to satisfied with his first rounds of dueling. A lot of strategies people played were cards he has never seen before, but it didn't take too long for him to figure out the outs to many decks. Mainly cause the ypes of cards people were playing were already considered outdated. Sooner or later he made it to the final round of the tournament. After a few turns after some set up. The younger version of Red Hat was able to pull of a win with a well timed Torrential Triute, he was ale to obtain and win the duel.
'I was able to win a local tournament. That was cool.' He thought as shook hands with the teen he was facing.
While winning local tournaments wasn't as big as regionals. The young Red Hat felt a sense of pride for at least being able to win at locals. Which was at a higher level then just dueling random kids or teens. To him, the more he kept on winning at locals. The more he'll be ready for the regional tournaments. However, it was only a matter of time before this would slowly end badly for him.
Flashback End
Red Hat would soon wake up after taking a long nap at the park. As he rubbed his eyes and blinked a few times, he noticed it was way passed day time. In fact, when he looked up and saw the sky turning shades of orange. He concluded it was going to turn evening soon. How long was he sleeping?
'I should probably leave now. Last thing I need is people thinking I live in the streets or something.' He thought as he got up and decided to walk off back home. As he was about to leave the park...
"Hey, is that you Red Hat?" Someone called out to him.
Red Hat stopped dead in his tracks when he heard his name being called. He turned around and saw the very person he did't think he'd see so soon. That person was none other then Blair. "Blair... is tht really you?"
He took a glance at her. She had grown quite a bit from the last few months he seen her, despite still being relativily short. Her features was not that of a mere child, but now of a young teen. She wore a open collar oranage sleeveless shirt, brown shorts with a brown belt wrapped around it, though the belt was more for appearance then anything as it went diagonally acroos her waist dropping to the left. She also wore a pair of black leggings and black boots. She also wore a watch on her left wrist.
"I didn't expect to see you so soon." Blair replied with a confused look. "What are you doing all the way out here?"
"I can ask you the same question." said Red Hat. "So... you live in Domino City?"
Blair shook her head. "No, if anything I'm here on vacation with my parents. We are living in a vacation home until we have to return."
"I see, so you'll be staying around here then?" He asked.
"Only for a while at least. Until it's time for me to begin the 6th grade in a couple months." Blair replied as she took a look at wrist watch. "Sorry, I have to get home now or my parents will ground me... more then I'm already in." Blair said that last part to herself. "I'll talk to you some other time. Don't be a stranger okay. I hope to see you sometime soon." Blair took off while waving at Red Hat.
Red Hat waved at her with a slight smile. "I'll see you later Blair." He muttered. While he wouldn't admit it. He was happy to be able to see Blair again. Even if he wouldn't be able to see her frequently because of their circumstances. He at least knew she be okay and his friend isn't completely gone. 'Guess this summer won't be so bad... hopefully...' He thought as he walked back to his home. 'I couldn't duel today... Oh well... there's always tomorrow and the next day after that.'
By the time Red Hat returned to his home at the Satellite district. It was already becoming late into the evening. Normally he wouldn't consider this a late hour, far from it, but considering his living conditions it may as well be. While keeping an overwatch view he made it back to his home safely.
"That went better then expected." He said as he entered his home and removed his shoes. "Old man are you here?" He was once again given no response. "Typical... He works a lot, so I can't be mad."
Red Hat took out a cup of instant ramen from his cabenet and began his process all over again. Although as his instant ramen was being heated up in the microwave. The lights began to flicker on and off. Multiple times to the point he had to start up the microwave again and again.
'Strange... is there a power failure? Sure this isn't the best place to live in, but it shouldn't be having a power failure this easily...' He thought. Soon enough his microwave began beeping. He took out his instant ramen and went to the couch where the coffee table was at, to eat his ramen.
'Let's hope I don't have to worry about it...' He thought as he continued eating his ramen. After a he finsihed up and cleaned up his mess. He entered his room and began his usual long slumber.
A Couple Weeks Later
Days turned to weeks as Red Hat had been getting ready for a local tournament. He decided to ignore the whole affair with the lights turning on and off for the time being. For now, he wanted to get back into the dueling scene. Recently he's been hearing some news from the pro leagues that they are now regulating cards that can and can not be used. The ammount of limitations was to prevent degenerate combos and long drawn out duels. Recently they now out lawed all of the chaos monsters. So all of his former decks are now unplayable in offical tournaments, so he now had to make a different deck to replace it. Cyber Stien was banned in offcial tournaments to prevent quick duels. Red Hat chuckled at the fact the pro leagues are trying so hard to regulate so many cards.
'So they are trying to out law many cards. So they want to make a diverse league. Sounds fair enough to me.' He thought as he continued walking. 'So far, the so called forbidden cards are only for offical tournaments.' Red Hat chuckled slightly 'So unless things in Duel Academy says otherwise. I get to use all the cards there. Talk about lack of balance. Not that I'd continue to do that. I don't like using my old ace monster. And I'm just getting bored with playing it.'
After a while walking, he made to one of the various locals. As he took a look, he noticed they were hosting a tournament. 'Interesting... Let's see if they still have open slots.' thought as he approached the registry. "Excuse me... Is this tournament still open for regestry?" He asked.
The man in question looked up at him and took out a clip board with various names written on it. "There's a few spots left for regestry. Would you like to join the local tournament?"
Red Hat nodded. "I'd like to join."
The man handed him the clipboard. "Write your name down and then you'll enter the main hall where you'll meet the duelists inside."
Red Hat nodded and wrote his 'name' down on the regestry paper. 'I haven't used my real name in ages. Last time, was way back when locals started scrutinizing certain strategies.' He finished writing down his name and handed over the clip board.
The man raised an eye brow at the name he written, but thought nothing of it. "Welcome to the local tournament. Enter through these doors to the main hall. The tournament will be begin at noon sharp. When you get to the hall, you'll see a scanner there. Place your deck a the scanner when you're ready to begin. You have less then an hour to do so or it will be immediate disqualification. No side decking is allowed so choose wisely." The man explained.
"Good to know. Thanks for the heads up." Red Hat replied and entered the building, where he would head to the main hall.
Once Red Hat got there, he noticed many of the duelist that were there. To his surprise, majority of those that were participating in the local tournament were women. Most of them being late middle schoolers or high schoolers. He shook his head in disappointment. Where these school girls even up for the challenge? Many girls he did duel back in his younger days despised dueling and more so when he beat them with a strong deck at the time. Ever since then he grew tired of the entitlment many female duelists had and decided to just brush them off. Not being worth his time to interact. This time around he has no choice.
'To think I may have to deal with this again.' He thought in distain. 'Let's just hope I don't become disappointed once again.' When he fully gathered his thoughts, he placed his deck on the scanner to fully register his deck for the tournament. 'Now let's hope for the best.'
Once the time hit 12 in the afternoon. The tournament began as the announcer appeared on the field.
"Greetings everyone and welcome to another local tournament! As per usual, this will be an elimination match up. With each opponent you face you'll be climbing the ranks! The person to win all five rounds will taste sweet victory! Now it's time for you to use all your strength to seize glory!" Soon on the monitor the pictures of the duelist were randomized and brakets were made. After a bit of schuffling, the duelist were placed and orginized in their brakets. "It's just about time for the first round. Everyone ready? Let's duel!"
Red Hat noticed the monitor in the main hall and saw that his turn was going to be last. Which he assumed he'll be the last duelist to duel, until everyone else had their duel. This will take a while depending on how long each duel takes.
'Let's hope it doesn't take too long. Since most of the duelist here are females, I don't expect much.' He thought as he observed some duels.
Not too long after Red Hat was collecting his thoughts. His 'name' was called out to come to the arena and begin his first round of the tournament.
'Let's do this. Time to show them what I can do.' Red Hat lightly chuckled. 'It's silly, I never did took off the slifer red jacket. Doesn't help the fact I'm not even wearing it properly. Kind of like, Jaden.' He thought as he made it to the arena.
When he walked up to the arena he noticed his opponent. She had short brown hair with a tint of orange that barely reached her shoulders. She appeared to be wearing the uniform of Domino High, judging by how she looked. She wore the pink long sleeved shirt with a white shirt underneath it complete with it's blue skirt and blue bow tie. But something didn't add up. Wasn't Domino High School supposed to start in a couple months? Least the second year or so? Or was something going on that he wasn't aware of yet. It didn't matter much to him though. What was important was the duel.
"So you'll be my opponent?" Red Hat questioned.
"What's it look like silly." The girl replied. "My name is Yuma Miyata. You better not hold back on me just because I'm a girl!" She said as she readied her duel disk.
Red Hat does the same. "Heh, if you expect a free win from me, you're wrong. Show me what you got!"
"That's the only way I duel!" Yuma said. "Oh and thanks in advance for the duel."
DUEL
Red Hat: 8000 LP
Yuma: 8000 LP
"Ladies first." Red Hat insisted.
"Thanks, but don't think that means I'm going easy on you. My turn, I draw!" Yuma draws.
Hand 6
"I play the spell card Foolish Burial! With this, I send one monster from my deck to the graveyard." Yuma takes out her deck and sends a card to her grave and placing her deck back in the duel disk slot as it was shuffled. "Next, I play the spell card Reinforecement of the Army! With this I can add a level 4 or lower warrior type monster from my deck to my hand. What better card to choose from is my D.D. Assailant!" Yuma adds said card to her hand as her deck was shuffled. "Now I summon D.D. Assailant in attack mode! (Atk: 1700 Def: 1600)" D.D. Assailant appears on the field as it readies it's huge blade.
'D.D. monsters? Reminds me of Banner. Only her build seems to be much different.' Red Hat observed.
"Last up I set one card facedown and end my turn. Your move." Yuma ends her turn.
Hand 3
"It's go time. My turn, I draw!" Red hat draws.
Hand 6
"I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode! (Atk: 1600 - 1900 Def: 1000)" Breaker appears on the field. "His effect, he gains one spell counter which gives him 300 attack points. Though I'm going to use it, to destroy your facedown card!" Breakers sword glowed blue and launched a blast of blue energy at the facedown.
"Chain trap card, Karma Cut! By discarding one card, I target your Breaker the Magical Warrior and he get's banished!" As Yuma discarded her card. A warmhole appeared behind breaker and was pulled in. Disappearing from the field.
'Tch, cleaver move... I guess...' He thought, although Red Hat noticed something else appear on Yuma's field. The monster in question was a small purple being with silver armor, had multiple orbs on its chest area and one on it's arms. It had long yellow claws and appeared to have brown armor on its legs. (Atk: 500 Def: 500) "Mind explaining?"
"This is a Eva Token! The monster I sent to the graveyard was none other then Zeta Reticulant! Everytime a monster you control is banished, I get to special summon a Eva Token to my field!" Yuma explained.
"So I see..." Red Hat simply replied. 'So it's one of those cards. My guess is, her entire play style is banishing monsters so she can summon tokens for tribute fodder and just board presance.' He lightly smiled. 'Interesting idea, abeit a flawed one.'
"Got anything else to throw at me?" Yuma asked.
"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." Red Hat ends his turn.
Hand 4
'I should conserve resorces. This deck has no banishing recovery.' He thought.
"That's it? Okay, it's my turn. I draw!" Yuma draws.
Hand 3
"It's my standby phase, one of the cards I discarded with Karma Cut's effect was none other then Treeborn Frog! So return my reptile! (Atk: 100 Def: 100)" An unimpressive frog with a halo above it's head emerges from the ground. "Now, I tribute my Treeborn Frog to tribute summon Holy Knight Ishzark! (Atk: 2300 Def: 1800)" A large warrior with heavy white armor appears on the field. He was carrying a large thick blade, similar to that of the D.D. Assailant. The warrior also various symbols, marking his status.
'I see... One of those monsters.' He thought as he observed the monster.
"Battle, Holy Knight attack him directly!" The Holy Knight did as Yuma commanded and leaped forward and raised his sword.
"Not happening. Go trap card, Mirror Force! Your attack posistion monsters are destroyed!" A holy barrier appeared on Red Hat's side of the field. Holy Knight Ishzark slammed his sword on the barrier and soon he and D.D. Assailant were destroyed. Leaving behind the Eva Token alone.
"Oh rats!" Yuma cried out. 'Good thing I left my token in defense.' She thought as she continued. "I'll set a card facedown and end my turn." Yuma ends her turn.
Hand 1
"It's my turn, I draw!" Red Hat draws.
Hand 5
"I play the spell card Soul Exchange! With this I can tribute your token to tribute summon one of my monsters. Downside, I can't conduct my battle phase this turn. I'll tribute your Eva Token and tribute summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch! (Atk: 2400 Def: 1000)" The Eva Token was covered with a white ghost floating around it, before it was consumed completely and in turn, came the firestorm monarch on his side. "His effect, when he's triute summoned he can discard 1 random card in your hand. Since you only have one, it get's discarded immediately! If it's a monster you take burn damage equal to it's level x100!" Thestalos fires a fireball at Yuma's hand.
"Chain trap card! Bottomless Trap Hole! With this your monarch is banished!" Yuma announced as her trap was activated while discarding her last card. Thestalos soon enough fell down to the endless void that opened up beneath him.
"The effect still goes through!" Red Hat said. The card that was discarded was revealed to be Greed Quasar. "Since the monster discarded was a level 7 monster. You take 700 burn damage!" The left over flames collided with Yuma, dealing her damage.
Yuma: 8000 - 7300 LP
"So you got the first strike. Not bad.. in fact that's a good start." Yuma complimented. "However, since your monarch was banished, I get another Eva Token! (Atk: 500 Def: 500)" Another Eva Token rises to the field.
'Wasn't really much, but oh well. I should conserve more resources.' He though as he continued. "Since I got nothing else to do. I set one card facedown and end my turn." Red Hat ends his turn.
Hand 3
"It's my turn, I draw!" Yuma draws.
Hand 1
"Since I control no spells or traps again. Treeborn Frog comes back to the field. (Atk: 100 Def: 100)" The frog appears once more. "I play the spell card Pot of Greed! So I get to draw 2 more cards!" Yuma draws her cards.
'This may turn the duel around depending on what she draws...' He noted.
"I tribue my Treeborn Frog to tribute summon my White-Horned Dragon! (Atk: 2200 Def: 1400)" A red dragon with white talons and a big white horn on it's forehead appeared on the field, letting out a roar. "It's effect now activates. When its summoned to the field, I can banish up to 5 spell cards in your graveyard and he gains 300 attack points per spell banished. Since you only have one spell, Soul Exchange. Well, that card is banished!" The dragon fired a white beam from it's horn and hit Red Hat's graveyard. Forcing him to eject his spell from his graveyard. (Atk: 2200 - 2500 Def: 1400)
'There's more to it then meets the eye.' He thought.
"Time for a little trick. I tribute the Eva Token to special summon Zeta Reticulant from my hand! (Atk: 2400 Def: 2100)" The token soon disappeared and was replaced with a much larger version of said token. Only this time, it's body was much more pronounced and it's orbs glowed a radiant purple.
'So that's her other purpose. It's a good thing you never waste to many resources. It's hard to make a comeback otherwise.' He thought, slightly smiling at the board state.
"Judging by that smile on your face you like what you see! Well then, how about you get closer look! Battle, Zeta attack him directly!" Zata charges in, it's claws glowed purple. It slashed Red Hat with it's claws, causing Red Hat to wince.
Red Hat: 8000 - 5600 LP
"Now White-Horned Dragon attack him directly!" The dragon launched flames from it's maw, striking Red Hat directly.
Red Hat: 5600 - 3100 LP
"Yes! Now I'm in the lead! I end my turn there. Hope you got a plan or this duel is as good as mine!" Yuma said as she ends her turn.
Hand 0
"Oh I got a plan alright. It's my turn, I draw!" Red Hat draws.
Hand 4
'Just what I needed to appear, otherwise this would not have worked.' He thought. "I play the spell card Brain Control! By paying 800 LP I can take control of one of your monsters! I choose to take control of your Zeta Reticulant!" Zeta's eyes glowed red and soon cam over to Red Hat's side.
Red Hat: 3100 - 2300 LP
"Now I tribute summon your monster to tribute summon Zaborg the Thunder Monarh! (Atk: 2400 Def: 1000)" Zeta disappeared and soon what came in it's place was the thunder monarch. "It's effect, since it was tribute summoned I can destroy a monster. In this case your White-Horned Dragon is destroyed!" Zaborg launched powerful lightning at the dragon, destroying it.
"Oh no!" Yuma gasped. "This is bad!"
"And it will get a lot worse." Red Hat commented. "I play Monster Reborn! With this I special summon a monster from your graveyard! I special summon your White-Horned Dragon! (Atk: 2200 Def: 1400)" The card was ejected from Yuma's graveyard as she tossed it to him, which Red Hat placed it on his duel disk. The dragon emerges to his side of the field. "Now his effect, I can now banish spell cards from your graveyard so it can gain 300 attack for each one! I banish your Pot of Greed, Foolish Burial, and your Reinforcements of the Army!" The dragn fired a white beam from it's horn and hit Yuma's graveyard. Forcing her to eject her three spells from her graveyard. (Atk: 2200 - 3100 Def: 1400)
"This... is going to hurt..." Yuma said.
"Battle, Zaborg attack her directly! Voltic Thunder!" Zaborg launches a blast of lightning at Yuma.
Yuma: 7300 - 4900 LP
"Still going on the assault! White-Horned Dragon atack her directly!" The dragon launched flames from it's mouth, striking Yuma directly.
Yuma: 4900 - 1800 LP
"I'll end my turn. Let's see what you can do." Red Hat ends his turn. 'I still have one card. Let's hope it can come in handy.'
Hand 1
"Agh, it's my turn. All I need is a chance. I draw!" Yuma draws.
Hand 1
'Yes! This is what I need!' She thought, baring a smirk on her face. "First Treeborn Frog returns to my field since I control no spells or traps! (Atk: 100 Def: 100)" Her frog emerges back onto the field. "Next up, I play the Equip spell Snatch Steal and equip it to White-Horned Dragon! Now I can take control of it!" The dragon's eyes glowed red, as it went to Yuma's side of the field. "Battle, White-Horned Dragon attack his thunder monarch!" The dragon launched flames from it's mouth, striking the thunder monarch and destroying it.
Red Hat: 2300 - 1500 LP
"Nothing more I can do, so I end my turn." Yuma ends her turn.
Hand 0
"I won't let you push me around. It's my turn, I draw!" Red Hat draws.
Hand 2
"That's to Snatch Steals effect, you regain 1000 LP during your standby phase." Yuma reminded him.
Red Hat: 1500 - 2500 LP
Red Hat took a look at his card. 'Hm? So you want to come out for a little bit of action...? Fine by me.' he thought as he continued. "I summon Familiar Possessed - Aussa in attack mode! (Atk: 1850 Def: 1500)" The older earth charmer woman appeared onto the field, reading her staff.
"Eh? Is that all you got? But why in attack mode? What will destroying my frog accomplish?" Yuma questioned.
"A friend tells me this everyday. A duel ain't over until the last card is played." Red Hat remarked. "Battle, Familiar Possessed - Aussa attack her Treeborn Frog! Staff Baton Bash!" Aussa twirled her staff around before charging forward and slamming the frog with her staff.
"What good will that do? In my next turn, if I draw a monster with at least 1300 attack points. I win the duel." Yuma stated.
Red Hat merely smile as he slowed showed his last card in his hand. "I play the quick play spell Mystical Space Typhoon! So your Snatch Steal equip card is destroyed! So that means White-Horned Dragon comes back to my field!" A blue typhoon emerged from his card and shattered the Snatch Steal equip card. White-Horned Dragon eyes returned to normal as it came back to Red Hat's field.
"Oh no! That means..." Yuma stuttered.
"There is no next turn. White-Horned Dragon attack her directly and end this duel!" The dragon launched flames from it's mouth, striking Yuma directly and depleting her LP.
Yuma: 1800 - 0 LP
"Aww, I lost!" Yuma whined, before calming down. "That was great, thought I had you there."
"Better luck next time, I guess." Red Hat said, rubbing the back of his head. He handed back her card, which she gladly took back.
"I'll see you around then. I'm sticking around though. Three of my friends are also competing in this tournament. I'll be waiting for them." Yuma waves with a smile and leaves the arena.
'That's one down. Five more to go.' Red Hat thought as he left the arena to return to the main hall with the other duelists. 'She said three of her friends... I may meet and duel them. Who knows, she didn't exactly said who those three were.' He thought, but decided to pay no mind to them at the moment. After all, he figure it out eventually right? That, or they will tell him up front. Assuming such a circumstance would occur.
A Couple Hours Later
During the next four duels he had. To say he was underwhelmed was somewhat of an understatement. While Yuma was an interesting challenge. The three duels after her weren't anything special, but didn't comment on them. The most he gave was 'thanks for the duel' or any other typical compliment. Even if he didn't actually mean it, hiding his disappointment.
'So that happened. I don't expect mirror matches, so there's almost no point in the side deck.' He thought while sitting down and looking at the monitor for the second semi final round as it was about to end. 'Makes me wonder... Do girls even take dueling seriously? Or is them just chasing a trend just for popularity points? Quite frankly, I don't know what's worse.' He thought with a sigh.
It wasn't long until both he and his opponent were called out, to head to the arena once again. Once Red Hat got there, his opponent was waiting for him to arrive. His final opponent was yet again, another girl. Although, this girl, while also wearing the Domino High uniform like a couple others. She had dark sort green and wore circular shaped clear glasses over her blue eyes. Her expression however, was much more stern compare to the other girls he faced.
"So you're my opponent. What kind of name is Red Hat? I highly doubt that's your real name." She said to him.
"I don't think that's any of your business." Red Hat retorted. "Besides, enlighten me with your name. You have yet to introduce yourself."
"My name is Reika Hara, or as many call me, Bright. Either one will do. It doesn't really mater what name you prefer to call me." The girl now named Bright introduced herself. "Let's cut to the chase. This is the final match, so let's make this pleasant duel."
"Heh, let's see who will come off on top!" Red Hat said, activating his duel disk.
"We'll see indeed." Bright replied, adjusting her glasses before activating her duel disk.
DUEL
Red Hat: 8000 LP
Bright: 8000 LP
"Ladies first." Red Hat insisted.
"Don't think this means you'll be getting the advantage. My turn, I draw!" Bright draws.
Hand 6
'I've been checking up on him. If he bricks or goes very aggressive. I'll just have to keep up the pace.' She thought as she continued. "I'll set a monster. Next up I set three cards face down and end my turn." Bright ends her turn.
Hand 2
'That's it? Something is up when passing like that.' Red Hat thought. 'Normally you never almost blow your entire hand like that.'
"What's the matter? Analyzing the situation?" Bright asked.
"Guess you can say that." He replied.
"Good to know... I'm quite patient, but do hurry. The audience doesn't have the best patience in the world." Bright pointed out.
"Very well, I draw!" Red Hat draws.
Hand 6
"I play the spell card Foolish Burial! With this I send a monster from my deck to the graveyard. I choose to send my Treeborn Frog to grave." Red Hat took out his deck and looked through it. He took said card and placed it in his graveyard, and shuffled his deck and putting it back in the duel disk slot. "I'll set a monster and end my turn." Red Hat ends his turn.
Hand 4
"Very well. It's my turn, I draw!" Bright draws.
Hand 3
'He's not attacking. He's playing defensively. That will cost him.' She observed. "I'll flip up my monster. Show yourself, Des Koala! (Atk: 1100 Def: 1800)"A koala with brown and white fur appeared in front of her. It had leaves in it's mouth and a belly pouch. "His effect now activates. Since he was flipped summon, you take 400 burn damage for every card in your hand. You have four, so that means you take 1600 burn damage!" Des Koala leaped forward and attacked Red Hat, using it's claws.
Red Hat: 8000 - 6400 LP
'Burn damage. Normally you rarely flip over a Des Koala. Unless... she is confident this won't back fire.' He thought as he pulled himself together.
"Des Koala attack his facedown monster!" Des Koala charged forward and slashed the facedown monster with it's claws. The monster was revealed to be Sangan, before it was destroyed. (Atk: 1000 Def: 600)
"Sangan's effect, I get to add a monster with 1500 or fewer attack points. I'll add D.D. Warrior Lady to my hand!" Red Hat adds said card to his hand, then shuffles his deck.
"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." Bright ends her turn. 'Go aggressive. I'm waiting for you.'
Hand 2
"It's my turn, I draw!" Red Hat draws.
Hand 6
"Since it's my standby phase, Treeborn Frog returns to my field! (Atk: 100 Def: 100)" The frog emerges onto the field. "Now I tribute my Treeborn Frog to tribute summon, Mobius the Frost Monarch! (Atk: 2400 Def: 1000)" The frost monarch appears, breaking through an ice piller. "His effect! Since he was triute summon I can destroy two spell or traps on the field! I'll destroy your far right and left facedowns!" Mobius fired a blast of ice breath to destroy the facedowns.
"Chain trap cards! Go chain link 2 Just Deserts and Chain Link 3 Ojama Trio! This card gives you three Ojama Tokens to your side of the field!" Ojama Yellow, Green, and Black appeared onto Red Hat's field. (Atk: 0 Def: 1000 X3) "Now that you have four monsters on your field, you take 500 burn damage per monster because of Just Deserts. So you take 2000 burn damage!" A white ghostly hand emerges from the trap and grips Red Hat's face. Delivering a painful shock to him as he staggered him.
Red Hat: 6400 - 4400 LP
Red Hat pulled himself together. 'So much burn damage. I need to do something quick.' He thought as Mobius finished destroying the used up trap cards.
"Let's hope you got a plan. Otherwise, you'll be in a tight spot." Bright pointed out.
'Why is she helping me?' He thought, but payed no mind. "I'll play the spell card Metamorphosis! With this, I tribute my level 6 Mobius the Frost Monarch to special summon a fusion monster of the same level from my extra deck. Appear Ryu Senshi! (Atk: 2000 Def: 1200)" The most monarch was soon replaced by a warrior. He wore a purple helmet with a blue vizor, purple armor, which appeared to be dragon scales on his upper torso and shoulders. He held a blue sword which radiated energy.
'I see what you're trying to do. It's too late for you now though.' Bright thought, observing his plays.
"Now I summon D.D. Warrior Lady in attack mode! (Atk: 1500 Def: 1600)" The different dimension female warrior appears onto the field. "Battle, D.D. Warrior Lady attack her Des Koala!" The warrior lady charged in and slammed the Koala, destroying it.
Bright: 8000 - 7600 LP
"Now Ryu Senshi attack her directly!" The warrior began to charge forward.
"Go trap card, Dimension Wall! With this, you'll be taking the damage instead!" Bright announced as a dimensional wall appeared in front her.
"Don't think so! I activate Ryu Senshi effect! By paying 1000 LP I can negate the effect of a normal trap card and destroy it! Break through that barrier!" Ryu Senshi sword glowed blue and launched a blast of blue energy from his sword destroying the trap.
Red Hat: 4400 - 3400 LP
"Go trap card, Secret Barrel! With this trap, you take 200 burn damage per card you control! This includes your tokens!" Bright declared as a barrel appeared to be rolling towards Red Hat.
"I'll pay 1000 LP to negate your trap card!" Ryu Senshi launched another blast of blue energy. This time at the barrel, causing it t explode before reaching Red Hat's location.
Red Hat: 3400 - 2400 LP
'That's what I wanted you to do.' Bright thought, holding back the urge to smirk.
Ryu Senshi attack continued with no interruption this time around. Finally being able to land a hit on Bright as all her traps have been negated. He leaped and swung his sword at her, before landing a direct hit.
Bright: 7600 - 5600 LP
Bright soon let her smirk show after being attacked. 'This won't end well for you.'
Soon a a dark mist slowly emerged in front of Bright's feet. Slowly starting to rise up as a shadow being began to emerge.
"Huh? Just what is going on?" Red Hat asked.
"When you attacked me directly while I controlled no cards on my field. You triggered the summoning conditions of my monster that's in my hand." Bright slowly turned her card around to show him. "I special summon Gorz the Emissary of Darkness! (Atk: 2700 Def: 2500)" From the shadows soon emerges a human-like being. He had somewhat spiky red hair, with a black vizor covering most of his face. He wore black armor with huge spikes oh his arms. He had a red garb around the his lower body from behind and carried a huge thick blade.
"Gorz? Is that a new monster?" Red Hat asked.
Bright merely smiled. "He's a new card that just came out. Apparently he's a promotional card. So not many copies of him have been printed just yet."
"I'm sure he has more effects right?" He questioned.
"He sure does. Since I took battle damage, Gorz other effect summons an Emissary of Darkness token. The token will have equal stats to the amount of damage I took. In this case being 2000. If your wondering. Both of them are level 7. Only Gorz is dark and the token is light. (Atk: 2000 def: 2000)" Gorz strucks his blade beside him. Another shadow appears and soon an alterante version of Gorz appears. Only this time, this one appeared to have purple light radiating from it's body.
"Argh... I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Red Hat ends his turn.
Hand 1
"It's my turn. I draw!" Bright draws.
Hand 2
"I switch Gorz to defense mode!" Gorz kneeled down on one knee as he held his blade. "Battle, Gorz token attack his D.D. Warrior Lady!" The Gorz token charged in and readied it's blade.
'So no matter what I do. Either I take damage or I waste my Mirror Force. Clever move...' Red Hat thought as D.D. Warrior Lady was struck by the Gorz token's blade.
Red Hat: 2400 - 1900 LP
"D.D Warrior Lady effect. Ay monster she attacks or if she's attacked will get banished along with her self. So that Gorz token get's destroyed!" D.D. Warrior Lady fights back and grabs the Gorz Token before they both disappeared.
"That won't matter. I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Bright ends her turn.
Hand 0
"I won't let you push me around. It's my turn, I draw!" Red Hat draws.
Hand 3
"I play the quick play spell Mystical Space Typhoon! With this your left facedown card is destroyed!" A blue typhoon emerged from his card and trailed to Bright's facedown.
"Chain trap card! Ring of Destruction! With this card I target Gorz to destroy him and we take damage equal to it's attack points!" A ring loaded with grenades appeared and attached itself onto Gorz's neck.
"Ryu Senshin effect! I pay 1000 LP to negate your trap card!" The warrior launched a blast of blue energy at the ring
Red Hat: 1900 - 900 LP
"You just dug your own grave." Bright said.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Red Hat questioned.
"That was nothing more then a bluff." Bright adjusted her glasses and faced him. "Reveal quick play spell, Chain Strike!" Bright revealed her card and burning chains came out from the card.
"Huh? What the..." Red Hat soon was chained up by the burning chains. "What is this!"
"Chain Strike effect, I can only activate it as a chain link 2 or higher. You take 400 burn damage per chain link. With this cards activation, that's chain link 4. So that's 1600 burn damage." Bright explained as flames started to spread from the chains
"Argh, that means!?" Red Hat gasped.
"Game over..." Bright replied.
Red Hat: 900 - 0 LP
As the flames began to fizzle out. The holograms disappeared and Red Hat fell to one knee. He actually lost? Just like this? 'To think I'd lose to a burn deck like this...' He slowly got up. "Thanks for the duel." He said before leaving the arena.
Bright however, still had a stern look on her face. 'Your posture says otherwise. Something is up.' She thought.
"And that concludes our local tournament! Give a round of applause to Bright for winning this local tournament!" The announcer, announced as everyone began clapping and cheering for Bright. Especially three particular girls in the audience. Bright in return began waving at the audience. "However, the duelist's true battle is unending! We will continue to host exciting tournaments like this! Who will claim the glory in future victories!? We look forward to seeing you in the next tournament!"
Soon everyone in the audience get's up from their seats and begin leaving the building. Red Hat left the building in silence. Could he have been wrong on his earlier comments? Was he that naïve to believe in such words?
'At this point I don't even know what to think.' He thought as he continued walking away from the building. This wouldn't last as he was stopped by a Bright. Standing in front of a lamppost "Something you want?" He asked.
"Nothing much of the sort. I have some things to ask you." Bright explained.
"If this is an interrogation, I rather just leave." Red Hat glared at her.
"No need to be so on the edge." Bright said, adjusting her glasses. "I was noticing through out our duel. Your posture and expression was that of doubt and genuine lack of interest."
Red Hat averted his gaze away from her, before facing her again. "It's not so much the duel. Rather something else unrelated to the duels."
Bright adjusted her glasses as she glanced at him. "Explain away. I got time to spare."
Red Hat took a deep breath. "I don't take female duelists seriously in the slightest."
Bright wanted to scowl at him, but maintained her stern and calm posture. "Is that all? I know you aren't telling me the whole story."
"Do you know a place known as Duel Academy?" He asked.
Bright fought the urge to scoff at him. Just what was he on about? "Just who do you think you're talking to? Almost every duelist knows about the prestigious Duel Academy. Why are you bringing this up?" She questioned adjusting her glasses.
"Partially is because, the female duelist there are the absolute worse." Red Hat said with a hint of venom. "They claim to be great duelists, yet I seen elementary school kids play better. They have such an egotistical attitude, yet act very entitled when they lose and like to make up excuses."
Bright stood there with a slightly irritated look. "Let me ask you this." She glared at him "Have you actually dueled every girl you can find? If so, then how is it I was not only being able to beat you, but I didn't respond with berating you."
Red Hat stiffen at her words.
"Not only that, one of my friends you dueled back there, Yuma Miyata. She handled her loss pretty well if you ask me." She said.
"Not all duelist are like her, or you for that matter." Red Hat replied.
"Who said I was done." Bright interrupted him. "There has to be another reason am I right? That can't be the only reason you have such distain."
Red Hat looked away, not even bothering to respond.
"Thought you wouldn't respond." Bright said with a scowl. She approached him while keeping her cool. "Here's a piece of friendly advice. Learn more about the type of girls you're dealing with. They may not be as bad as you think, if you actually try to know them. Many girls have their own reasons to duel. Not everything is black and white as you may think. The world doesn't work that way."
Red Hat stood there, utterly stunned at what she just said to him.
Bright smiled, knowing she was able to crack him. "Seems like you have a lot to learn. Don't forget to do your studying and your chores!" Bright walks past him, not before turning to glance at him. "I know you live in the Satellite District. Keep out of trouble. I despise delinquents of any kind. Men or women, doesn't matter, I like to keep order. Remember that." With that Bright walked off on her own trail.
Red Hat remained silent. After being told all of that, he refused to move. He was left with more questions then answers. 'How did she know I live in Satellite District? I made sure no one knows I live there.' He thought and decided to walk on the opposite direction.
'The fact I was beaten by her of all people... I think I need to construct new deck ideas. I can't keep using the same variantes Otherwise, I'll become a one trick pony...' He thought, continuing to walk around the city.
While Red Hat continued to walk around the city, until he reached the Satellite District. He still couldn't feel something stir within him. 'She says not all girls are like that... I know one... Blair. Well, technically two with Blair and Alexis.'
Red hat then remembered something Blair had told him. 'Red Hat You're my hero!'
'Me... her hero?' He certainly didn't act like one most of the time. If anything, everything he's done is the opposite of heroic. He still didn't understand what wrong he was doing. Perhaps it was time for him to self reflect some more.
'I'll have to find her some more and talk with her to get a better perspective. I can't keep going on like this.' He thought and began running back to his home. 'If I can talk to Blair, and maybe try and talk to some of those girls at Duel Academy when I get back, then maybe I won't have such a negative view.'
He continued to run and run, until he finally made back to his home. Making sure no one was watching and entered his home. This was going to be a long summer. And not a very happy one, if Red Hat was being honest with himself.
A/N: For those that haven't gotten the idea just to clarify some things first.
1) In the anime, with the exception of Zane and Alexis. Obelisk Blues are some of the worst people to ever be seen. Even when the Obelisk in much later on are put into a position where they have to be with the others. They still have such a bad attitude. In Tag Force, only a very small fraction of Obelisk Blue's keep that attitude. The rest of them either have indifference or a different personality for what they offer. This chapter was also for some background.
2) Female Obelisk Blues in the anime are notorious for being so comically bad, especially Jasmine and Mindy. It's why in Tag Force they had to add multiple female characters where they are at least competent at dueling and buff Jasmine and Mindy. (I still don't like Jasmine however.) This is also the case with the five Tag Force girls introduced in Tag Force 2. One of them is Bright.
3) The Tag Force original characters will be appearing, including the Tag Force original girls. Some time will be spent dedicated to them, as opposed to wasting time with pointless filler when we begin season 2. They will appear occasionally, depending on how I see fit. Don't expect all of them though. Some might be just for some gags. Side note, they all have different names in Japanese Tag Force, compare to their localized names. Example, Bright is named Reika Hara. Wisteria is named Yukino Fujiwara. I won't list all of them here.
4) As you know, I put a Satellite reference before in an earlier chapter. So for some fun, decided to include said place. In the lore it stated Satellite was once part of Domino city. So in any case was added in. As depending on the lore many go to. This takes place long before 5Ds. Hence why it's just called Satellite district.
That's all for now so see you guys next time.