-Chapter 15-
Vengence and Honorable Knight
Our story begins at the hospital. It is night time, right after the event from the last chapter. We see Emoti-chan running into the hospital and ask the desk receptionist, and then she run again.
She went upstairs and ran down the hallway. Just as she turned around the corner, she saw Yu sitting on a bench and Yusaku standing.
"Yu!" She shouted as ran over to them. "And Yusaku?"
"Emoti-chan…" Yu looked up, noticing her.
"Emoti," Yusaku said.
"Is Tom alright? Where he is now?" She asked.
Yu and Yusaku didn't answer as they looked at the door at the end of the hallway they were in. It was the operation room, and just as they looked at it, the red light turned off.
"They finish," Yusaku noticed.
The door opened, with the doctor and nurses pushing a bed cart with Tom laid down on it.
"Tom!" Emoti-chan called to him, but he didn't respond. "Are you OK, Tom? Tom!?"
"Easy, Miss…" The nurse stepped forward to stop her. "He will be alright."
"What happened to him?" Emoti-chan asked to Yu, but he looked away as he couldn't answer it.
"Yusaku, do you know?" She changed to him.
"We found Tom injured, and brought him to the hospital as fast as we could," he lied.
"What? But, why?" Her expression couldn't believe it.
"Sorry to interrupt." They looked at the man with a lab coat.
"Doctor, will he be alright?" Emoti-chan asked.
"Your friend will be alright, but unfortunately…" said the doctor.
"Unfortunately what?" Yu spoke.
"Well, nothing is wrong with him. His vital and everything are OK, but he is in a comatose state. We do not know how long it would last," the doctor explained.
This surprised and scared Tom and Yu. Yusaku clutched his hand tightly.
"Are you saying…Tom won't ever wake up!?" Yu shouted. "Can't you do something, Doc?"
"I am sorry, young man, but all we can do is just waiting," the doctor said.
"No. There's got to be other way! You got to help him, doc! You got to!" Yu shouted.
"Yu, stop. Just calm down…calm down." Emoti-chan stopped him.
"Again, I'm very sorry. We will make sure to stay well while in his current state. Again, we just have to wait, for however long it would be," said the doctor before he walks away.
"This is not happening…" Yu stood at the wall with his face facing it. Then, he punched at the wall. "THIS IS NOT HAPPENING!"
Emoti-chan cried a bit before she wiped her tears off with her handkerchief, but kept crying. Yu's eyes became misty as tears dripped down from his eyes. Yusaku quietly closed his eyes and looked down, feeling helpless, but also full of anguish.
Over the next few days, Yu came on-time to school surprisingly, but he wasn't being his old self. His classmates noticed, and some even asked if he is alright, which he either replied slightly, saying stuff like "I'm fine" or just completely ignoring them.
We then see Kogo Chuzaimon, current running class president, discussing with her secretary, Kori about the election run.
"How is our rival's run doing?" Kogo asked.
"According to the latest report, we are far ahead of other candidates. It seems that Yu Akira has stopped being active in the election run. At this point, the win ratio would be up by 75%," her secretary explained.
"Good! Excellent. Finally, something good is happening for me," she said joyfully.
"According to other report, it seems that the cause of Yu Akira's inactivity is that he is depressed all of sudden," Kori mentioned.
"Depressed? What for?" Kogo asked.
"We're not sure. Would you like me to look into it, Miss President?" She questioned.
"No need, Kori. As long as I am back in the lead of this election, then I can care less about the well-being of rival candidate. It is his decision to be inactive, so there is no reason for us to meddle with," she said.
Although, Kori looked kind of worry.
Later that day, Yu was walking home alone this time. He usually go home by using his bike. As he was walking, he looked up for a moment and saw something on the public monitor. Other passerby was also watching, too.
"What is wrong with Blue Angel?" One guy asked.
"I don't know, but she is kind of being…creepy," other guy said.
"I don't like the look of her face right now," commented one lady.
"That face, that aura…it's just like what happened when I dueled Tom!" Yu thought.
"Now, Encode Talker! Finish her with Finale Encode!" Yusaku commanded his monster. Encode Talker jumped into the air, using his shield sword to slash Blue Angel's ace monster in half.
Blue Angel screamed in anguish and defeated as a blinding explosion of light succumbed over her.
"She…lost…Could she be!?" Yu realized something and then ran off to somewhere.
Way later that same day, Yu was at Kusanagi's hot dog stand truck, with the owner and Yusaku at the vicinity.
"Say WHAT!?" Kusanagi gasped. "You want to find the Hanoi!?"
"Yeah! Where can I find them!?" Yu asked in demanding tone.
"Oi, oi, do you even know what you are asking?" AI said. "You're asking something that we're also trying to find out, you know."
"I know that!" Yu shouted, scaring the AI. "I want to get revenge on them! I want to find them, and punish for hurting Tom, and Blue Angel! You guys have fought them many times before than I did, so you guys should know, right? So, help me search them, so that we can end them, once and for all!"
"Yu…" Yusaku spoke up. "There are three problems to your reasoning there."
"What!? What do you mean there are problems?" Yu asked in offensive tone.
"One; Like AI said, you are asking something that we're trying to find out, like every day. As of now, we don't know where their hideout is or even when they will strike next. Two; when we do find out, we will do whatever we can to stop them. And three, this is a job for us to handle. It is too dangerous for you."
"Dangerous? Bullshit, man!" Yu cursed, which surprised Yusaku a little bit, indicated with his eyes widen a bit from his outburst.
"Master Yu, please calm down!" Rossy stated.
Seriously, dude! Think of the kids who are reading this.
"Well…I don't care what you think! I'm going to find the Hanoi, even without you guys' help! I will get my revenge my way!" Yu left out as he slammed the door behind.
"Oi, oi, he just left like that and are you going to leave him as he is now?" AI asked in curios tone.
"I know how he feels and all, but what he says is…understandable," Kusanagi said.
"However, we have work to do, Kusanagi-san. We'll leave Yu alone for now," Yusaku said as he sat down and started working on the computer.
"Yusaku…" Kusanagi said in whispering tone.
"Man, you're really cruel. You don't even care about your friend," AI said.
"Shut up. He will be fine, just fine," Yusaku said. Although in his mind, he had a benefit of doubt. Just then, rain started pouring outside.
"Ho? It sounds like it's raining outside," AI noticed.
Yu ran far and far until his feet got tired and couldn't run anymore. He slowed down until he stopped moving completely, and sat down on his knees with his hands on the concrete street ground. He was all wet from the rain as it poured down really strong.
"Master Yu, allow me." Rossy transformed into an umbrella, hovering above him as she protected him from the rain.
"…I'm going to set this right."
Yu came back to Tom's home and went down to the basement floor, his lab room.
"What are you going to do, Master?" Rossy asked. "Are you really planning to find the Knights of Hanoi?"
"That's the plan," he replied.
"But, Master, just like what Yusaku stated, he doesn't know where they are!" She reminded him.
"That's why I'm going to find him! Now, come on, it's time to log-in!" He ordered.
"…Yes, Master Yu." She complied.
"Into the VRAINS!" A blue sphere absorbed him inside, turning into his VR avatar, Codebreaker.
He jumped into Link VRAINS and surfed onto the data wind, starting his search.
"Master Yu, if were built with emotion, I would feel sorry for you, but this is very unlike of you. You should allow Yusaku and his friend to handle the situation with the Hanoi," Rossy said.
"I don't care, Rossy. I fought Knights of Hanoi before, so I'm already involved with all of this, and I finally understand that these guys…are no joke. We got to find them, and defeat them before they hurt more people!" He declared with both determination and anger burning in his eyes.
"Master Yu…" Rossy whispered. "I'm detecting something, Master."
"What is it?" He asked.
"It's coming from behind us!" She stated.
He looked what was behind him. He didn't see anything until he hears something coming near him.
Suddenly, a D-board came over quickly and jumped over him. It landed in front of him, revealing the rider. It was a tall person in white armor and mask. The armored person or knight had a long, blond hair and due to the physical appearance, it was a woman. Her shoulder plate and pad were purple and the helmet looked almost like the real knight's helmet.
"It's the Hanoi!" Yu realized.
"Codebreaker…" She spoke as she turned around to face him. "I've been looking for you."
"Well, I've been looking for you, too. I'm here to defeat you!" Yu shouted as he got his duel disk ready.
"Already eager to fight, I see," she stated calmly. "I accept your challenge, and…I can already see that you will lose."
He words echoed through Yu's mind, which he replied with a roar of anger.
"You don't scare me, Hanoi! I won't lose, and you will tell me how to save my friends!" Yu shouted angrily.
"Hmph, I will tell you this," she said. "I do have the removal program that would save your friends. It can remove the virus that causes the user to be in their comatose state. However, I won't just fork it over so easily. If you want it, you must earn it."
She activated her duel disk immediately, which had a glowing purple light for the "blade", which was shaped of a sword.
Woooo…Your duel disk reminds me of the Obelisk Force soldiers' duel disk, lady.
"Let's begin, shall we?" She just ignored me.
"DUEL!" They both commenced.
Yu. VS. Knights of Hanoi, Sir Lady
Yu: 4000 LP (4h)
Sir Lady: 4000 LP (4h)
"I'll go first!" Yu declared. "First, I summon my C# Download Knight!"
Her staple monster appeared, looking ready for battles.
"Then, I activate his effect, which allows me to Special Summon another C# monster from my Graveyard or hand. I Special Summon C# Excelibur!"
The sword monster that reminds me of Excel appeared. "Then, I equip it to Download Knight to use its effect! I increase Download Knight's ATK by 200 for each of its Level! So, it gains 800 ATK!"
Download Knight's sword was replaced with Excelibur. Its ATK increased to 2400 ATK.
"I end my turn!" He finished.
Yu: 4000 (2h)
"Starting offensively I see…" KoH Duelist stated. "I will warn. If you play it like that, you will fall very easily."
"What did you say?" He asked in angry tone. "Just make your move."
"Very well," she nodded. "I, Sir Lady, will show you and the world the glorious promise that we, Knights of Hanoi, will accomplish!"
Hello, guys! I am back after a long break!
Thank you for waiting, but I am sorry if this chapter is very short and I ended with a cliffhanger. It seems that Yu is not being his old self and acting very angry about all of this, which is understandable, but let's hope it doesn't go to his head.
So, the anime series has finally revealed something that we wanted to know since it began several months ago. What do you all think of the revelation? To be honest, I think it brought more questions than answers. This also mean more exciting stuff I can plan for this story!
With all that said, I hope you enjoyed reading this short chapter, and I will see you all in the next one! As always, here is a preview for the next chapter (and it will be longer since it will be completely a duel)
Preview for Chapter 16
Sadness...anger...vengeance.
Those words are the only thing running through Codebreaker's mind, but it is also leading him to his own demise.
Codebreaker loses a significant amount of Life Points due to Sir Lady's monsters.
Codebreaker: Damn you! Why can't I beat you!?
Sir Lady: Foolish boy. If vengeance is what drives you, you will only lead to your own destruction. For that, I will stop you with the power of my Noble Knights!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Legends, Noble Cause.
Playmaker/Codebreaker: INTO THE VRAINS!