Chapter 21: Traitor Hunt
AN: Hey guys back with the next chapter though this one is not particularly long and the duel is on the shorter side but it features Gamindustri and will give an idea of how things are there with the enemy against them and the CPUs being gone. Nothing else to say so let's get right into it.
Bold=Author
Italics=Thinking/Card Explanations
Regular=Speaking
Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this fic except my OCs, the story behind it, and custom cards that appear in this fic. Everything else belongs to their respective creators and companies.
"Hey Tamara!" Lisa called out to a beautiful olive-skinned woman with dark black hair and green eyes. She was about 5'7 with a slender and mature build and wore a white lab coat over a black dress with black shoes. She entered a large room where there was a large glowing purple portal and a few monitors and people walking around.
"Lisa. I received word from the Lady. Are you excited?" Tamara asked.
"Absolutely. I've heard it's nice over there." Lisa said.
"It is. Shame you won't be able to enjoy it." Tamara said as she led her over to the portal.
"Yeah but a mission's a mission." Lisa said. "Feel bad for him though since Vernice wants to personally punish him." Tamara shivered at that.
"Well, no one to blame but himself." Tamara said and handed Lisa a wristwatch of sorts but with a small screen with a few buttons. "Once you find him and subdue him you can press the center button and it will teleport you back instantly to this room. It also will serve as a map to get you through the city of Planeptune and give you details on the target. Also, Lady Vernice forgot to mention it but should you activate the dome it will for this duel only make you and your target invisible to completely avoid detection."
"Thanks." Lisa said wrapping it around her wrist. "See ya soon and tell the Lady thank you." Lisa said and walked into the portal and her vision went white and remained so until she found herself in an open forest which was quite beautiful. "Wow this place looks nice."
"Yeah it does." A peppy female voice said in her head.
"We should come out." A second voice said though it was more cutesy.
"Sadly, we don't need to be drawing attention so I can't have you doing that." Lisa said apologetically getting disappointed sounds. "Maybe if we get another chance to come here but till then we need to find this guy." Lisa said and looked at the wristwatch and pressed a button turning it on and clicked on the button again causing a picture to pop up. It was an older man about 30 and he had dark brown hair, green eyes and seemed decently in shape. The data said his name was Oliver Mars. "Alright, does it say anything about where he is?" She muttered and checked it further seeing he was spotted in the outskirts of Planeptune around an apartment complex. "Nice that's out of the way but it's still gonna be a pain to find him." She muttered before following the directions the map gave them to get into the city.
A Few Minutes Later
"Wow...This city is amazing." Lisa said in awe at the futuristic and bright city she was in. There was so many people around her as well and to her surprise, people running along a large tunnel that seemed to form panels underneath them as they ran. "This place is like straight out of a video game." She then shook her head. "Can't afford to get distracted. Let's head to the area he was seen and capture him." She looked at her wristwatch but despite its directions, she couldn't help but feel overwhelmed. "God this city is huge. It'll take me ages to figure out how to get around this city and by then he'll escape." Lisa muttered to herself as she tried to figure out where to go. Unbeknownst to her someone noticed her confusion and became curious before calling out for the girl.
"Hey you!" Lisa heard and turned around to see a short blonde haired girl standing about as tall as Neptune in her full height looking at her with curiosity. She had big, dark blue eyes and her hair was worn in pigtails held by a loose red loop. Her bangs were split in the center to frame her face. She wore an orange dress with two white lines on the torso and a red and white pocket on the left side. Spiked red material stuck out of the bottom, while red material stretches from the chest to the neck with an orange sphere in the center. She had red boots with two white straps on the toe and red bottom, with translucent orange material on the top half lined in white exposing her pale orange socks. Her gloves were also red with loose orange translucent cuffs lined in white with a single button, along with pale orange sleeves that went below her shoulder. On her head was a white and orange cap with a big red button on the side.
"Um yes?" Lisa asked nervously.
"You look really lost. Are you new here or something?" The girl asked.
"Um, yeah. It's my first time here in the city." Lisa said.
"Hmm...What's your name?" The girl asked curiously.
"I'm...Lana." Lisa lied. She knew the odds of somebody knowing her were next to none but she didn't want to take a risk.
"Well, Lana I'm B-Sha. If you need help I can get you there." The girl now identified as B-Sha exclaimed. "Where do you need to go?" B-Sha asked.
"Um...I need to head towards the apartment complex on the outskirts." Lisa said.
"Ah that place. Alright, just keep up with me and I'll get you there." B-Sha said and rushed off with Lisa sprinting after her in surprise.
"W-Wait slow down!" Lisa exclaimed running past a group of people to keep up with her who didn't pay any mind as if they were used to it.
"Can't. The fastest way to get there is a subway that leaves in a few minutes so keep up!" B-Sha said and Lisa hearing that sped up her pace. Lisa was hardly weak. Her time under Lady Vernice helped her get tougher than most but the girl she was trying to keep up with was like a superhuman and had a large lead. She had heard the people in Gamindustri were a lot stronger compared to their world but this was nuts.
"W-Wait...I can't...Keep up!" She called out feeling exhausted and B-Sha noticed and immediately slowed down when Lisa began to pant in exhaustion and stopped.
"Oh, geez. Sorry. Maybe I was going a bit too fast." B-Sha said in apology as she helped the girl to a bench. "We can take the next one that comes by in an hour."
"Yeah, that sounds better." Lisa muttered before B-Sha disappeared and returned with a water bottle that she took gratefully and sipped from. "Thanks."
"No problem. That'll be a thousand credits." B-Sha said and Lisa froze.
"What?" She exclaimed and B-She started laughing.
"I'm just kidding. It's a little joke I do." B-Sha said. "So, where do you come from? You're clearly not from here."
"...Leanbox." Lisa said. Vernice had given them a sort of lecture about Gamindustri when they join. This included the names of the nations, what they do, and the names of the CPUs.
"Ah. Understandable since Leanbox is quite different compared to Planeptune. So are you living here?" B-Sha asked.
"No. Just visiting and meeting with someone over here for today. Private business." Lisa answered.
"Ah got it." B-Sha said and Lisa knowing she had time to kill looked around and while the people looked happy they looked a little down at the same time. "People seem a little down."
"That's thanks to those guys doing those attacks every now and then. It has people nervous and worried that the CPUs can't do their jobs and many are losing faith as a result. Them leaving our world and going to another isn't helping their faith either but I have faith in Neptune and her friends. They pull through against all odds." B-Sha said confidently.
"You know the CPU?" Lisa asked surprised but nervous.
"Yeah, we're good friends! She helped me big time. I used to be terrified of monsters but thanks to her I can fight them all no problemo." B-Sha said with a bright grin. Lisa smiled at that. Neptune seemed like a good person and it made her all the more sad to be against her. "Anyways, what's your history?"
"Nothing much. A pretty simple life for the most part." Lisa said.
"So what's the not most part part?" B-Sha asked and Lisa feel silent and B-Sha caught on and nodded. "Ah. Private got it."
"Sorry...It's not something I like to talk about." Lisa muttered feeling a little down and B-Sha noticing this had an idea.
"Hey let's head over to a pudding shop nearby. I stop there pretty often and it's great." B-Sha asked.
"But I'm not exactly good on cash." Lisa said nervously.
"It's fine. Consider this a loan! You can pay me back if we ever run into each other again and if you have the money." B-Sha said with a smile. "Now, c'mon. We've got time to kill anyways." B-Sha said taking Lisa's hand and dragging her along despite her protests.
Meanwhile
"49, 50." Julio said before collapsing onto the floor of his room after finishing the push-ups. They had gone home after finishing up eating at Kila's and were relaxing in his room with Thump and Dogoo.
"Hey, you've got to do the sit-ups now." Noire said floating over to him. This had started to become a part of his daily routine. Doing push-ups, sit-ups and even squats with more added once it started to get easier for him to do.
"J-Just give me a minute please." Julio muttered.
"Let him rest a minute Noire. He did win a tough duel against Kila today." IF interjected feeling bad for him.
"Fine. Just for a couple of minutes." Noire said sitting on his bed.
"Thanks IF." Julio muttered to the girl who floated down chuckling carrying a small towel she handed Juliowho sat up and wiped his face. "Thanks again."
"No problem." IF said floating back over to Neptune who was on Julio's computer playing around on the Dueling Network. "What are you doing?"
"Playing online against people...Been getting my butt kicked though." Neptune muttered. "My worst loss was against this person using a deck called Dragunity."
"Wait what?" Julio exclaimed. "What did they say?"
"Um that you seemed off and not as good as you usually are." Neptune said a little confused.
"What'd you say?" Julio asked.
"Just that you were trying out different decks." Neptune answered. "They said just 'makes sense and said they looked forward to dueling you when you get your deck in order'. Do you know them?"
"Yes and no. We randomly dueled once online and it ended up being one of the best duels either of us had so sent each other friend requests and we duel every now and then." Julio answered. "We don't really interact outside of that but they said they'll be attending the tournament here and I mentioned I was too so we're both looking forward to dueling each other IRL whether it be in the tournament or outside it."
"Wow you are really looking forward to this." Blanc said.
"Of course I am. The duelists I'll be facing are the best cities have to offer which means it'll be a challenge and I find those fun. Plus being good on my record as a future pro duelist would be great." Julio said. "Which is why I'm praying that they don't actually pull some kinda crap during it."
"Well, let's hope they don't." Vert said. "I am also interested in participating myself. The thrill of the challenge is quite exhilarating."
"Same here. Displaying what we can do would be quite fun." Noire said.
"In other words she wants to show off." Neptune said getting a glare from the tsundere.(Hey!)
"She does have a point though. Show our enemy our might could be used as a bit of intimidation." Blanc said with a small smile.
"That's a good point Blanc." Neptune said and the four began to speak about ways to show off during the tournament.
"They've got some weird ideas." Julio muttered to IF who had floated onto his shoulder.
"Yeah but it distracted them from the exercises." IF whispered getting a nod from the spiky-haired duelist.
"True. Wanna head to the kitchen? I need a drink." Julio asked.
"Sure." IF said and Julio got to his feet and exited the room. Compa noticed and smiled. She was happy IF was opening up more to others than her and the CPUs.
Back In Gamindustri Almost One Hour Later
"Wow that pudding was probably the best I've ever had." Lisa said with a bright smile.
"Yeah, well Neptune comes here pretty regularly so they always try extra hard to make it good for their CPU." B-Sha said as she led Lisa to the subway station. "We're lucky we showed up a little before their daily rush otherwise we'd have had to take the next subway." B-Sha said leading her down into the very futuristic subway with quite a few trains. Once again Lisa was amazed at how different things were compared to her world as she boarded a subway with B-Sha. "Come on." B-Sha said leading her into a specific train that was beginning to fill up. B-Sha led them to some seats toward the center of it and the two sat down. After a few more minutes the doors shut and it took off. There was a silence between the two but it wasn't awkward in fact it was quite comfortable. She then overheard a couple of people nearby speaking.
"Yeah, that group's attack crippled the factory. Repairs are being done but it'll take a while and the people who worked there are on leave so they're without a job and have no pay." A man said.
"Yeah. I heard some tried to go to the Guild but far too many have started applying there and the well-paying jobs are taken over by Guild Members due to them being associated with that group so it's rough for people now." The other man said. "Wish the CPUs could take this roup out already."
"They left to another world to fight them apparently but so far the attacks have only gotten worse." The other man muttered angrily.
"What was the point in them leaving then? They're clearly accomplishing nothing." The second man grumbled. B-Sha noticed as well and sighed.
"Things are this bad huh?" Lisa whispered.
"Not really. The people who think that are a super small minority since a lot of people remember how often the CPUs pull through in the end but the situation is just super frustrating for their citizens." B-Sha said. "It's understandable too. Having these attacks occur and hurt your daily life can leave anybody a little frustrated."
"Makes sense." Lisa muttered. "So, what do you do around Planeptune?"
"Oh, I just help around Planeptune. I occasionally work at a retro gaming store too but mostly to help out the owner." B-Sha said with a smile. "It's a lot of fun helping others." Lisa couldn't help but smile at how optimistic this girl is before they began to chat about other things until the train came to a stop. "Come on." B-Sha said and led Lisa out of the train and into the station. "Just go up the stairs, take a left and walk a couple of blocks down the sidewalk and you'll arrive. I'd see you there but I need to get back."
"I'll be fine. Thanks for everything." Lisa said gratefully.
"No problem. Hope we'll meet again." B-Sha said and rushed to another train and entered it just before it took off.
"Yeah...Hopefully." Lisa muttered before going up the stairs and entering a not very crowded street to her relief and began to walk down the sidewalk and checked the watch which confirmed she was going the right way. "Alright, let's find this guy." Lisa muttered and sped her pace up slightly until she arrived outside a large apartment building. She then checked the picture again before ducking into an alleyway and closed her eyes and concentrated before a flash occured and in front of her stood Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver. "Alright, give me an exact location about where this guy could be."
"Very well." He said and closed his eyes and held out his staff and he glowed brightly until an image popped into her head showing a floor and room number.
"Floor 5 room 6. Thank you." She said gratefully.
"I will be there to assist you when you need it Lisa." He said and disappeared.
"No fair! He gets to appear! He's way more eye-catching than us." The peppy voice complained.
"Yeah! Unfair!" The other voice said.
"I'm sorry but without him I'd be searching forever." Lisa apologized before exiting the alley and entering the building and entering the elevator pressing the number 5 and rode it up. She exited the elevator and looked around at a sign pointing her in the right direction and walked down the hallway and found herself in front of the door and took in a breath before knocking and the sound of footsteps was heard and the door opened revealing the tall man who looked confused at the sight of the girl but was quickly knocked back into the room with a kick to the chest from the girl showing surprising strength and Lisa quickly shut the door but the man recovered and rushed to an open window and jumped onto the fire escape and Lisa quickly gave chase getting onto it herself.
"He thought this through somewhat." Lisa muttered as she followed him until he entered the building from another window into a room that was empty and entered a hallway. Lisa continued to give chase curious about where he was running until she saw they were on the top floor and soon on the roof and Lisa quickly realized what she had to do and a black dome cut off his attempt to exit via the roof. "Geez crazy aren't you?" Lisa said exhausted.
"I refuse to be taken back to them." Oliver said and readied a duel disc. "Come on. I know there's only one way for me to escape this."
"Fine. Guess I have no choice." Lisa said readying her duel disc. "I won't mess around. I'll finish you quickly." She said and they drew their cards from their deck.
"Duel!" The two shouted.
Lisa LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Oliver LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Turn 1
Oliver's Turn
"I'll go first! I activate the spell card Graceful Charity! I'll draw three and discard two!" The man said drawing his cards and selecting two to discard.
Oliver Hand: 5
Graceful Charity
Spell/Normal
"Next I activate Double Summon and set two monsters." Oliver said playing the spell and two facedown cards appeared.
Oliver Hand: 2
Double Summon
Spell/Normal
"I then set two and end my turn." Oliver said, setting his face downs.
Lisa LP: 4000 Hand: 5+1
Oliver LP: 4000 Hand: 0 Set: 2
Turn 2
Lisa's Turn
"I draw." Lisa said drawing her card. "With the scale one Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon and the Scale eight Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon I set the Pendulum Scale." Lisa said placing the two dragons in the zones causing them to float into the air. "Glad this is invisible."
Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon
ATK: 1200 DEF: 2100
Level: 5 Dark
Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Scale: 1
Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon
ATK: 1200 DEF: 600
Level: 3 Dark
Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Scale: 8
Lisa Hand: 4
"I then Pendulum Summon Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Lisa shouted and from it shout down her ace who roared and growled as he stared down the man.
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000
Level: 7 Dark
Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Scale: 4
Lisa Hand: 3
"Odd-Eyes attack his face down to the left." Lisa said and Odd-Eyes fired a steam of fire a the card destroying it and revealing a red and white dragon with a masked face which shattered.
Masked Dragon
ATK: 1400 DEF: 1100
Level: 3 Fire
Dragon/Effect
"Masked Dragon's effect activates! When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard I can Special Summon a Dragon-Type monster with 1500 or less attack from my deck to the field. I summon another Masked Dragon." He said and another one appeared.
"I end my turn with two face downs." Lisa said setting the cards.
Lisa LP: 4000 Hand: 1 Set: 2
Oliver LP: 4000 Hand: 0+1 Set: 2
Turn 3
Oliver's Turn
"I draw." Oliver said. "I activate Card of Demise! With this I draw till I have five cards in my hand but I discard my hand after five turns." He said and drew his cards. "I now activate The Melody of Awakening Dragon!" He said playing a spell which showed a man dressed in dragon armor holding a strange guitar that seemed to be a dragon. "With this I discard a card and add up to two Dragon-Type Monsters from my deck with 3000 or more attack and 2500 or less defense to my hand. I discard a card from my hand and add White Night Dragon and Dark Horus to my hand." He said discarding a card and adding the two named cards to her leaving Lisa confused.
Card of Demise
Spell/Normal
Oliver Hand: 5
The Melody of Awakening Dragon
Spell/Normal
Oliver Hand: 5
"What's the point of this...Wait is he going for?!" Lisa thought to herself in realization.
"Now I activate Polymerization! I fuse my face down Troop Dragon and the Masked Dragon I have on the field with the two dragons I added to my hand and the Luster Dragon I also have in my hand!" The man shouted and the five dragons appeared and went into a large portal as fire, lighting, water, wind, and earth went through the portal. "I Fusion Summon Five-Headed Dragon!" He roared and from it emerged an enormous golden dragon with five heads appeared. It's five heads each had varying appearances with one being completely on fire.
Polymerization
Spell/Normal
Five-Headed Dragon
ATK: 5000 DEF: 5000
Level: 12 Dark
Dragon/Fusion/Effect
Oliver Hand: 1
"Holy crap. He summoned it this soon?" Lisa exclaimed and the man smirked.
"I'm not done yet...I activate Dragon's Mirror!" He said and Lisa's eyes widened again as he played a spell which showed a dragon erupting from a mirror. "With this I banish the five dragons I just sent to the graveyard and summon another Five-Headed Dragon!" He said and a giant mirror appeared and from it another Five-Headed Dragon appeared smashing through it roaring.
Oliver Hand: 0
Dragon's Mirror
Spell/Normal
"Okay this is just a bit much don't you think?" Lisa asked.
"I activate my face down Stamping Destruction." He said revealing a spell which showed a dragon stomping on a wooden object. "Since I control a Dragon-Type monster I can destroy a spell or trap card and deal 500 damage to it's controller. I destroy your face down on the left." he said and one of his dragons roared and slammed it's foot on the ground and a shockwave went into Lisa's face down on the left shattering and revealing it to be Mirror Force and Lisa hissed as the shards sliced her a bit.
Oliver Set: 1
Stamping Destruction
Lisa Set: 1
Lisa LP: 4000-500= 3500
"Guess not...Also why does that specific card keep getting destroyed?!" Lisa complained. "I should just take it out of my deck at this point."
"I attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Five-Headed Dragon!" Oliver shouted and the dragon roared before firing a stream of elements from it's five heads at the dragon.
"I activate my trap card! Half Unbreak!" Lisa shouted and a bubble appeared around the dragon and blocked the stream of elements but the force still sent Lisa stumbling back."This prevents him from being destroyed by battle for this turn and halves any battle damage I take when it involves Odd-Eyes."
Lisa LP: 3500-2500/2= 2250
Lisa Set: 0
Half Unbreak
Trap/Normal
"I'll use my second Five-Haded Dragon to attack Odd-Eyes!" Oliver shouted and the second dragon fired it's own stream of elements at Odd-Eyes which sent Lisa stumbling back even more.
Lisa LP: 2250-1250= 1000
"I end my turn there." Oliver said.
Lisa LP: 1000 Hand: 1+1
Oliver LP: 4000 Hand: 0 Set: 1
Turn 4
Lisa's Turn
"I draw." Lisa said and drew her card. "I activate my own Card of Demise. With this I draw four." Lisa said drawing her cards.
Lisa Hand: 5
Cue Pendulum of Souls
"I summon Performapal Trump Witch!" Lisa said and the small girl appeared.
Performapal Trump Witch
ATK: 100 DEF: 100
Level: 1 Dark
Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect
Scale: 4
Lisa Hand: 4
"Next I tribute her and add Polymerization to my hand." Lisa said and the girl disappeared and the card ejected from her deck and she added it to her hand. "Gotta admit it's pretty fitting I decided to build my deck more for Fusion today."
Lisa Hand: 5
"Next I activate it!" Lisa said playing the card. "I fuse the Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon on my field with the Performapal Dag Daggerman in my hand!" Lisa said and Odd-Eyes floated up and the sharply dressed man appeared before the two went into a portal. "Nimble master of daggers. Dragon with shining dual-colored eyes. Become one, and awaken a new life here!" Lisa chanted before a flash occurred from the light. "I Fusion Summon! Appear! Courageous dragon burning with sublime eyes! Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Lisa shouted and from the portal emerged Odd-Eyes however this time he was clad in golden and gray armor along his body that shot out like blades. Brave-Eyes roared a challenge at the two enormous dragons who let out their own much louder roars.
Lisa Hand: 3
Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500
Level: 8 Dark
Dragon/Fusion/Effect
"So you summoned one dragon with much less attack then my two much more powerful dragons." Oliver said unimpressed.
"In terms of attack power? You're dragons are pretty top tier...But attack power and a hardly good effect doesn't make them better than a weaker monster but with a good effect that cripples them." Lisa said confusing the man. "When Brave-Eyes is Fusion Summoned all monsters you control have their attack lowered to zero and their activated effects negated!" Lisa said and Brave-Eyes fired a massive stream of blue flames that collided with the two dragons who roared in pain as they were brought to their knees by the far smaller dragon. Oliver was shocked to say the least. "It comes at the cost of only Brave-Eyes being able to attack but it won't matter."
Five-Headed Dragon x2
ATK: 5000-5000= 0
"Now I Pendulum Summon!" Lisa shouted. "From my hand Performapal Drummerilla and Performapal Coin Dragon!" The gorilla appeared beating his drums while a new Performapal appeared. This one was a small green dragon that had a golden coin with a blue star on his head and was wearing a blue vest.
Lisa Hand: 1
Performapal Drummerilla
ATK: 1600 DEF: 900
Level: 5 Earth
Beast/Pendulum/Effect
Scale: 2
Performapal Coin Dragon
ATK: 1700 DEF: 1000
Level: 4 Water
Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Scale: 5
"Performapal Coin Dragon's effect grants all other Dragon-Type Monsters on my field 500 ATK and the ability to be immune to card effects that would destroy them." Lisa said and a golden glow appeared around Brave-Eyes.
Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
ATK: 3000+500= 3500
"Brave-Eyes! Attack Five-Headed Dragon! Scorching Mega Flame Burst!" Lisa shouted and Brave-Eyes roared before leaping into the air and fired a massive stream of blue flames at one of the dragons.
"Trap activate! Magic Cylinder! This ends here!" Oliver said and the cylinders appeared ready to redirect the flames.
"Not happening. I activate the effect of Chow Chow Chan! That trap is negated!" Lisa said and the dog appeared and pointed his fan disapprovingly at the cylinders as the flames reached them and smashed clean through them and collided with the dragon.
Oliver Set: 0
Magic Cylinder
Trap/Normal
Lisa Hand: 0
Chow Chow Chan
ATK: 800 DEF: 800
Level: 2 Earth
Beast/Effect
"Now I activate the effect of Drummerilla! During battle I can increase the attack of my monster by 600!" Lisa shouted and the gorilla beat the drums loudly and skillfully causing Brave-Eyes to put even more power into the flames which engulfed the giant dragon who roared in pain as he was incinerated and the flames continued on and engulfed the man who yelled in pain as the flames slammed against the barrier but thankfully was unable to shatter it.
Brave-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
ATK: 3500+600= 4100
Oliver LP: 4000-4100= 0
Lisa Wins
"Nice job guys." Lisa said to her monsters who let out small sounds of happiness before disappearing as did the dome. Lisa walked over to see the man was alive but unconscious with burn marks on his body. "Little crispy but he'll live." Lisa muttered and pressed the button on her watch and the two disappeared in a flash.
Back in the Base
"She's returning." A male staff member said to Tamara who nodded when a flash occurred and the two and when it cleared in the center of the room Lisa and the unconscious Oliver appeared.
"Mission success." Lisa said as a few guards rushed over with a stretcher and placed the unconscious man on it. "Wow you guys were prepared."
"We correctly assumed the man wouldn't come easily and you'd have to subdue him via a duel." Tamara explained and then bowed as did all the other staff and Lisa turned around and saw Vernice had entered.
"Lady Vernice. Mission accomplished. Sorry he's a bit crispy." Lisa said bowing her head.
"It's quite alright my dear. Job well done." Vernice said with a smile. "You should get back to your aunt. She must be wondering where you are at this point plus if I recall you wish to spend tomorrow building your deck for the qualifying duel."
"Right. Till tomorrow Lady Vernice." Lisa said and exited the room leaving the staff, Vernice and the unconscious traitor who she walked over to.
"Running was a mistake...I hate traitors more than anything." She said her tone cold and dark sending shivers down everyone's backs. "Take him to a cell and have the medical team heal him up...I want him to survive my punishments." She said and the man was rolled off. She then turned to the staff her expression warmer and spoke the chilling tone gone."That's enough for today. Switch off the portal. You've done well today." She said and Tamara nodded before turning to the staff and spoke orders to them as Vernice exited the large room.
With Our Heroes
"Bounce." Julio said and the Dogoo responded by bouncing up and down. Julio handed him a small dog treat. "Roll over." Julio said and the blue slime rolled and received another treat. "Speak."
"Goo!" He said and received a treat.
"Good job." Julio said patting the slime on his head.
"He's a smart little guy." IF commented from her spot on his head. The others had gone over to Koneko's room but IF decided to stay with Julio for a bit longer.
"Yeah. Kind of surprising." Julio said.
"So, when do the others take their test?" IF asked.
"A couple of days." Julio answered. "So we got some time to ourselves for until then."
"About that. Since we're free tomorrow I wanted to check out this place that shows off D-Wheels...Maybe you and I can go together?" IF asked.
"Just us?" Julio asked.
"Yeah. The others were saying they were gonna hang out with Koneko and watch some anime that I'm not really into so I was just gonna hang out with you. I then saw that place I mentioned and I wanna head there and since I obviously can't go there I wanted to see if you'd be interested." IF explained.
"Hmm...Sure. I think I know the place you were referring to and checking some things out wouldn't be a bad thing." Julio said. "Alright we can head off tomorrow."
"Great." IF said with a bright smile that Julio thought was pretty cute before realizing something.
"This kinda sounds like a date...Nah. I doubt IF was thinking of it like that." Julio thought to himself but quickly had his attention drawn to his D-Tablet which rung and he checked it seeing it was Dan. "What's he calling about?" Julio muttered and answered. "What's up?"
"I got attacked." Dan said and Julio blinked.
"Huh?" Julio asked.
"I was exiting the school when I was attacked." Dan said.
"What exactly happened?" Julio asked and Dan began to explain.
AN: This took a little longer then I wanted but it's done. I know it's short but I just couldn't find a reason to extend this much longer plus I want to get chapters out for this faster. I hope people liked B-Sha making an appearance and a little surprise of what Lisa's capable of that'll take a bit for Julio to even attempt to do. Also, I changed Brave-Eyes' attack as the smile thing doesn't really work with Lisa.
Let's get to the reviews.
keybladelight: Thanks for the review and I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. I don't plan on Julio acquiring the God Cards. Just one and he won't exactly use it often. Links are for my Different Lives side story. Yep. Plutia is gonna be quite interesting to write. I'll think about the duel disc style. I'll have to wait and see regarding Anna and Julio dueling.
Kamencolin: Thanks for the review. Already answered in a PM but I primarily based her appearance off one of my personal favorite characters Okita from FGO.
ultrawing: Thanks for the review. Hope you enjoyed their long-awaited duel. Thanks for the erratas.
Fireking492: Thanks for the review. You've met him but this actually won't be the last we see of him. Glad you are looking forward to it.
Guest Quest: Thanks for the review. Also hope you noticed that little teaser.
1. Yeah really need to work on that. I'll be sure to look over chapter's closer regarding that. Thanks for the corrections to the math. I'll edit Julio using Emergency provisions sooner.
2. I got something planned for him don't worry.
3. The first one no. Second? You'll Have to wait and see.
4. Thanks for the PSCTs and erratas. I'll definitely use the extra bit on Beth. I felt like she was lacking a bit when I created her. I'll add the level part on Candidate's Potential. I'm fine with leaving it permanent since Kila will only ever use it when she's backed into a corner. Marya's should've had till the end of the Battle Phase. Messed up there.
5. Thanks for the custom cards.
6. Thanks for the errata.
Alright, let's get to what I'm doing next chapter.
The next chapter will feature Dan showing off more of what he can do and just how much more power he has in his deck plus I'll do a little extra thing involving the Makers like I did on the last card guide. Yes Julio and IF will be having a little date chapter after the next chapter. Won't be a long chapter but it'll be on the fluff side of things.
Nothing else to say so let's get to the review thing.
Please leave a review or PM me with your thoughts, ideas, and favorite parts. If you have any deck suggestions that I should use in this story feel free to suggest it. Custom card ideas are also welcome and so are OCs. Any constructive criticism is appreciated but flames are not. Criticism is accepted but flames are not. Also, you guys can follow me on Twitter which is simply named SSJCFF for updates, heads up for the next chapter should be coming out or if there will be a delay. You can also send fanart and whatnot if you want.
Next Chapter Title: Speeding up!