Hours passed since I found myself in a different place in a teenager's body. I asked around and... Let's just say I have mixed feelings. It turns out, I am actually in an alternative world. How do I know? Yu-Gi-Oh, or Duel Monsters, is extremely popular in this world. So popular, holograms were made possible, as far as solid visions. Meaning even if the monsters are holograms, they would still feel real. So yes, those would be reasons as to why I am happy yet not so happy.
Grumble...
"I should find something to eat," I muttered to myself. I checked my pockets to see if my wallet ended up with me in this alternate dimension. Only to see that I have nothing in any of my pockets. And to make things worse, now that I'm a teenager, finding a job would be a lot harder than finding one as an adult.
"That's just perfect."
"Leave us alone, will you?!" came a child's cry. I looked to the source and saw three guys picking on three kids.
"We won't come with you!" shouted the chubby kid.
"Yes, you will! For Sawatari-san!" argued a guy with brown hair.
"No way!" a blue-haired kid argued.
"Will you just-?!"
"HEY!" I shouted, interrupting the guy with green hair. "Who do you think you are, trying to pick on kids?!"
"Huh? Who the hell are you?"
"Qing. Qing Jungle," I introduced. "If you know what's good for you, you will let them go!"
"Like you can do anything," said a red-head guy. "We're proud members of LDS! Someone like you can't hold your own against us!"
"All bark and no bite I see."
"What was that?!" the tallest of the three, also known as Bully 1, questioned.
"If you are as strong as you say you are, then prove it!" I challenged, picking out a random deck.
"You're on, girl. And you will regret it."
"I believe the side that will feel regret will be your's." We all activated our Duel Disks.
"Wait! You don't need to help us!" the little girl called.
"She's right! This has nothing to do with you!" the blue-haired boy agreed.
"Don't worry about it. I won't lose to those freaks," I assured.
"That's what you think!" the green-haired guy, Bully 2, doubted.
"But I will. Now let's-"
"DUEL!" we shouted in unison.
Qing: 4000 LP
Bully 1: 4000 LP
Bully 2: 4000 LP
Bully 3: 4000 LP
"Ladies first!" I declared. "From my hand, I activate Stray Lambs! This allows me to summon two Lamb Tokens on my field in Defense Mode!" As said, a white lamb and a pink lamb appeared on my field.
Lamb Tokens: Level 1/EARTH/Beast/0 ATK/0 DEF
"Using this card, I cannot summon a monster, however, I can set a monster! I summon a monster in Defense Position!" A horizontal card appeared face-down with a weird purple monster with spikes. "I set three cards face-down and end my turn."
"Hah! That's all you can do?!" the red-head boy, Bully 3, mocked.
"How about we show you how real duelists duel?" Bully 1 also mocked. Hearing that made me extremely angry, especially considering what people called me back when I still played the game.
"My turn!" Bully 3 drew his next card. "I summon OOPArts Mud Golem - Shakouki!" A monster made of clay with two swords appeared on their field.
OOPArts Mud Golem - Shakouki: Level 4/EARTH/Rock/1700 ATK/1000 DEF
"Battle! I attack one of those Lamb Tokens with Mud Golem!" he declared.
"Trap Card open! Shift!" I countered. "When an opponent's monster declares an attack on one monster I control, I change that target to another monster! Mud Golem! Your target is my face-down monster!" My face-down moved in the way of the attack. The card flipped to reveal a tall rock with arms, legs and eyes. My just-revealed monster was then destroyed by my opponent's monster's attack
Naturu Cliff: Level 4/EARTH/Rock/1500 ATK/1000 DEF
"Mud Golem's monster effect! When this card attacks a Defense Position monster, whose DEF is lower than its ATK, my opponent takes Battle Damage equal to the difference! Jomon Laser!"Bully 3's monster threw one of its sword at me. I moved away from its range to prevent getting cut.
Qing: 3300 LP
Bully 1: 4000 LP
Bully 2: 4000 LP
Bully 3: 4000 LP
"Hey! That was dangerous!" the chubby boy shouted.
"What if this was Action Duel?! She would've died!" the girl followed.
"What's a little cut going to do?" Bully 3 questioned, not caring that, as they said, he would've killed me if this was Solid Vision.
'Even if this isn't Solid Vision, it was still dangerous,' I thought.
"Naturu Cliff's monster effect!" I then shouted. "Because it left the field, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower 'Naturu' monster on my field from my deck in Attack Position. Appear, Naturu Butterfly!" A pink butterfly the size of my head appeared on my field in Cliff's place.
Naturu Butterfly: Level 3/EARTH/Insect/500 ATK/1200 DEF
"I set one card face-down and end my turn!" Bully 3 ended.
"My turn!" Bully 2 drew his next card. "I activate Dual Summon! This card allows me to summon twice this turn! I summon two Prominence Dragons!" Two serpentine monsters in flames appeared on his field.
Prominence Dragon: Level 4/FIRE/Pyro/1500 ATK/1000 DEF
"I will end my turn here."
"Huh? He's not attacking?" the girl asked.
"That's good," the chubby boy sighed.
"No. That's not good!" the blue-haired boy corrected. "Prominence Dragon has two effects. The first is that it can't be targeted for an attack while another Pyro-Type monster is on the same field its on. Since they're both Pyro-Type, they can't be targeted for an attack!"
"And what's the other effect?"
"During the End Phase, the opposing duelist takes 500 points of damage!" The two kids gasped at the info.
"That's right. Now get rid of her! Burning Flames!" Bully 2 ordered, as the two dragon-like monsters breathed out fire at me.
"You really think I'm that stupid? You're the stupid ones," I stated.
"What?!"
"Trap Card, Reflect Nature! This turn, when my opponent activates an effect that inflicts Battle Damage to me, my opponent takes the damage instead!"
"Say what?!" my opponents gasped. The flames the two Pyro-Types shot out redirected to the Three Dumbateers.
Qing: 3300 LP
Bully 1: 3000 LP
Bully 2: 3000 LP
Bully 3: 3000 LP
"All right! She's in the lead!" the bluenette cheered.
"Who'd have thought there was an effect that redirects damage?" the girl asked, in a happy tone.
"It gave me shivers~!" the chubby boy said.
'Shivers?' I thought.
"That was a dirty trick!" Bully 1 complained.
"That wasn't a dirty trick; that was a Trap. And you idiots fell for it," I shot back.
"I'll show you an idiot! My turn! Draw!" He drew his next card. "And now you'll see a real LDS ace monster! I release OOPArts Mud Golem - Shakouki, and the two Prominence Dragons to Advance Summon God Beast King Barbaros!" The three monsters left the field for a monster with the lower body of a full grown feline and upper body of a man in gladiator armor, equipped with a lance and a shield.
God Beast King Barbaros: Level 8/EARTH/Beast-Warrior/3000 ATK/1200 DEF
"But wait, to summon a level 7 or higher monsters, you just need two monsters," the girl said.
"Except there are certain monsters that can be summoned with three monsters," the blue-haired boy explained.
"That's right. And that's not the best part," Bully 3 continued.
"We'll show you why LDS is the best school!" Bully 2 shouted.
"Barbaros' monster effect! When summoned by releasing three monsters, it can destroy all monster my opponent controls!" Bully 1 announced. The kids gasped at that. "Now begone! Grand Slam!" At his order, the monster let out lightning from his spear.
"Predictable," I muttered. "Trap Card open! Memory Loss! When a face-up Attack Position monster activate its effect, that effect is negated!" The lightning slowly faded away, much to my opponent's shock, as the monster held its head as it to try and remember what it was doing.
"WHAT?!"
"No way!" the seemingly smart boy gasped.
"It's like she can read their every move!" the girl exclaimed.
"Shivers~!" the chubby boy once again said.
"And further more, the monster affected by this effect gets switched to Defense Mode," I added. The monster, while still trying to remember what it was doing, was glowing a faint blue aura.
"That can't be!" Bully 1 gasped even further.
"Someone actually managed to- I can't- What?!" Bully 3 stuttered.
"You must be cheating! That's why nothing we're doing is working!" Bully 2 accused.
"This isn't cheating. This is skill," I corrected, having just about enough of those bullies. "Do you end you turn?"
"I set one card face-down. Turn end!" Bully 1 finished.
"Then it's my turn!" I drew my next card. "I think it's time to finish this."
"Huh? You really think you can beat us?" Bully 2 asked, in a mocking tone.
"With those weak monsters?" Bully 1 asked. Bully 3 was just laughing since I declared that.
"I don't think I can. I know I can. I activate the Magic Card, Nature's Blessing! By releasing one Level 4 or lower 'Naturu' monster I control, I draw cards equal to double its level. I release Naturu Butterfly. And since its level is 3, I draw six cards." I refilled my hand.
(Nature's Blessing: Magic Card: Activate only when you have two or less cards in your hand, including this card. Tribute 1 Level 4 or lower 'Naturu' monster you control. Draw cards equal to double its level.)
"No way! She got six cards by using only one!" the girl exclaimed.
'Must be extremely passionate and plain rookies,' I thought.
"That's impossible!" Bully 3 spoke.
"It is actually," I corrected. "And now, I set one card face-down and activate it with Bait Doll!"
"You can't do that!" Bully 2 shouted in disbelief.
"But I can. With Bait Doll's effect, I can activate a face-down Trap card anywhere on the field, even a card I just set. If that card's activation condition is not met, that card is destroyed. If the condition is met, that it can be activated. With this effect, I activate my trap card, Earth Spirit Technique- 'Iron', whcih can be activated by releasing a face-up EARTH monster on my field! In exchange for that monster, I can Special Summon an EARTH monster in my Graveyard except that monster! I release one of my Lamb Tokens to bring Naturu Cliff!" One of my lambs changed shape and my Rock-Type monster came back on the field.
"So you brought back one of your monsters, so what?" Bully 1 mocked.
"Did I say I end my turn? When Bait Doll activate its effect, it returns to the deck instead of going to the Graveyard." They were all shocked at the additional effect of my card, as I placed it on the top of my deck, my iPad-like device shuffling my deck for me. "I normal summon Naturu Pumpkin in Attack Mode!" A green pumpkin-like monster appeared on my field.
Naturu Pumpkin: Level 4/EARTH/Plant/1400 ATK/800 DEF
"Next I activate her monster effect! When she's normal summoned, if opponent controls a monster, I Special Summon a 'Naturu' monster from my hand. I Special Summon the Tuner monster, Naturu Triumph!" A tulip monster appeared.
Naturu Triumph: Level 2/EARTH/Plant/Tuner/600 ATK/1500 DEF
"Did she say Tuner monster?!" the boy asked.
"But wouldn't that mean...?" Bully 3 spoke, stuttering a bit.
"D-Don't be a fool! There's no way a no one like her would know that!" Bully 1 stuttered.
"I take offense to that. How about I show you? I tune my Level 4 Naturu Cliff with my Level 2 Naturu Triumph!" At that cue, the two monsters changed their shape. Cliff into four stars, Triumph into two green rings.
'If this is like the anime...' I began to think, already knowing what my chant would be.
"Become the great roaring nature! One that repels all traps! Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 6, Naturu Parkion!" In place of the two monsters is a brown and white scaled dragon, the brown scales just about the same color as a tree bark.
Naturu Parkion: Level 6/EARTH/Dragon/2500 ATK/1800 DEF
"She Synchro Summoned!" the girl gasped.
"Shivers~!" the chubby boy sang.
My Synchro monster let out a fearsome roar, one that sent a bit of shockwaves on the field.
*ELSEWHERE**GENERAL'S P.O.V*
Inside of LDS headquarters, many workers were working in peace, checking Miami City's state, looking for strong duelists for private reasons, or keeping track of their students' progress with the summon method they chose to master. Everything was practically peaceful, until an alarm went off.
"What's going on?" asked the president of LDS, Akaba Reiji.
"We seem to have detected a summon method at the park!" replied one of the workers.
"Identifying summon method!" followed another.
A bar on the screen was rising until it reached 100%. The moment it hit 100, the method was revealed.
"It's Synchro Summon, sir!" the second worker identified.
"But it's not like any Synchro Summon that we've seen!"
"It's not?" Reiji asked.
"No sir!"
"Interesting... Do we have visual of the duel taking place?"
"Just about, sir!" Seconds later, one of the large screens showed a duel between Qing and the three LDS students.
"Those cards... They don't seem like ones that we've seen. Not even in other countries that our school resides in."
"Then is it possible that...?" began the man next to the president.
"It's highly possible. Now, question is... is she an enemy? Or is she a friend?"
*BACK TO THE DUEL**QING'S P.O.V*
Just by looking at their faces, Synchro Summoning is not at all common in this world. If that's true, then same would be said for Fusion, Xyz and Ritual Summons.
"Who cares if you summoned a monster?!" Bully 1 demanded, still keeping a confident act. "Trap card open! Pitfall of Naraku! When my opponent summons a monster with 1500 or more ATK, that monster is destroyed and banished!"
"Oh no!" the kids cried.
Just then, a hole appeared from the ground, trying to suck Parkion in it.
"I'll say it again; you guys are nothing but fools!" I shouted. "Parkion's monster effect activates! When my opponent activates a Trap Card, by removing two cards in my Graveyard from play, that Trap Card is negated and destroyed! Bark Blast!" As soon as I removed my two Spell Cards in my graveyard, my new monster let out an ear-piercing roar at the hole, covering it up with rubble.
"No way!" my opponents gasped.
"And I hope you didn't forget Cliff's effect. From my deck, I summon my other Tuner monster, Naturu Cherry in Attack Mode!" A pair of cherries with a flower on each their head appeared.
Naturu Cherry: Level 1/EARTH/Plant/Tuner/200 ATK/200 DEF
"Another Tuner?!" Bully 2 gasped.
"Don't tell me..." Bully 3 guessed.
"And now, I tune my Level 4 Naturu Pumpkin with my Level 1 Naturu Cherry!" My cherries-like monster turned into a green ring, while my pumpkin-like monster turned into four stars. "Become the great roaring nature! One that prevents disadvantages! Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 5, Naturu Beast!" A green lion-like monster formed from my two monsters.
Naturu Beast: Level 5/EARTH/Beast/2200 ATK/1700 DEF
"T-Two Synchro monsters?!" Bully 2 stuttered.
"So what if she does have two?! Neither of them have enough points to defeat us!" Bully 1 tried to encourage.
"I switch my remaining Lamb Token to Attack Mode. Next, I activate my Magic Card, Nature's Power! From my Graveyard I remove up to five 'Naturu' monsters from play and target one EARTH monster with 1000 or less ATK on my field. That monster gains 400 ATK points for each monster removed this way and attack a number of times equal to the number of monster removed this way!"
"Say what?!" the three bullies gasped.
"In her Graveyard there are Naturu Cliff, Naturu Butterfly, Naturu Triumph, Naturu Pumpkin and Naturu Cherry!" the chubby boy exclaimed.
"Banishing all five for 400 ATK each is 2000 ATK in total!" the blue-haired boy calculated.
"And attacking for each of them makes five attacks in total!" the girl also calculated.
"You heard them," I agreed with the kids. "I banish all 'Naturu' monsters in my Graveyard and grant their power to my Lamb Token!" My lamb monster got bigger and had a somewhat scary look on its cute little face.
(Nature's Power: Magic Card: Activate only if you have an EARTH monster with 1000 or less ATK. Target that monster and remove up to 5 'Naturia' monsters in your Graveyard. That monster gains 400 ATK and can attack for each monster removed this way.)
Lamb Token: 0 + 400 x 5 = 2000 ATK
"H-H-Hey, wait a second! Maybe we can talk about this!" Bully 1 tried to convince.
"There's nothing to talk about. Especially not when you three were picking on those kids. Naturu Beast! Destroy their defense! Beast Rampage!" Beast charged at the lone monster on their field, destroying it with some claw attacks and a mean bite.
"I activate my Instant Magic, Snooze!" Bully 3 tried to counter.
"Denied. Naturu Beast's monster effect! When a Magic Card is activated, I send the top two cards of my deck to my Graveyard to negate that card and destroy it! Beast Rage!" My low level Synchro Monster swiped its claw at the revealed face-down, destroying it.
The three bullies looked up at the remaining two monsters staring down at them.
"C-C-Can we talk about this?!" Bully 2 squeaked.
"I believe we went over the whole 'talk'. Naturu Parkion! Lamb Token! End this duel! Bark Burst!" My dragon fired a green dragon breath at one of my opponents while the overgrown lamb body slammed them.
Qing: 3300 LP
Bully 1: 0000 LP
Bully 2: 0000 LP
Bully 3: 0000 LP
WINNER: QING!
"She won!" the kids cheered for me. The three guys just tumbled down in shock at the defeat.
"This is... a joke... right?" Bully 3 asked.
"It's no joke." They flinched at the sound of my voice. "Now... How about you do us a favor... AND GET OUT OF HERE!?" They screamed like girls and ran away.
"We won't forget this!" Bully 1 screamed.
I sighed at their... stupidity for lack of better words.
"So cool~! So shivering~!" came the chubby boy's voice. I looked back at the small group and saw them all looking at me with big, sparkling eyes.
'I seem to have gotten myself fans,' I thought.
*BACK IN LDS**GENERAL'S P.O.V*
"President. That girl..." the man right by Reiji spoke.
"Yes... She would be a great asset to the Lancers," Reiji said. "Who is this person?"
"Getting information now!" a worker spoke. A picture of Qing appeared on the screen, however, besides the name, there were no other information about her on it.
"What the-? There's no information on her. Just her name," the man said in slight shock.
"Hmm... Things may have gotten interesting." Reiji smirked.