-Chapter 18-
A Blast from the Past
It was about a week since Yu dueled the Knights of Hanoi's member, Sir Lady (as well as Yusaku/Playmaker's duel with their leader, Revolver). Fortunately, Tom came back from the hospital, and everyone was happy.
"Tom, I am SO glad that you are back alive, dude!" Yu exclaimed.
"I know, Morse and thank you…for nine thousand times," Tom said as he sweat-dropped.
"You really made us worry, you know. Just don't get…. whatever that got you into the hospital," Emoti stated.
"Yes, I understand, Emoti-chan," Tom agreed before he turned to his best friend. "So, Yu, I heard that you've been going to your classes on time during my time of absence."
"Yeah, I was. It was kind of boring and sad without you around, though! I missed you so much!" Yu said excitedly, happier than ever.
"Now that makes exactly nine thousand one times since Master Yu's statement about how he missed Tom since his return. That's over nine thousand!" Rossy stated with an exclamation point for her face.
"Speaking of classes, I wonder what's for today?" Yu asked.
"Oh yeah! You weren't on that day when we had it!" Emoti-chan realized. "We have our history class today!"
"We have a history class?" Yu asked with a bit of curiosity, yet in a confused tone.
Yu and his two buddies arrived on-time in the class. He saw Yusaku sitting at his desk side, and waved a greeting at him, which Yusaku responded with a stoic look and raised his hand in response, which was bit anew.
"Hey! You greeted him in some way! That's new!" AI exclaimed.
"Be quiet. The class will start soon," Yusaku ordered.
"Yeah, yeah. I was just going to praise you for opening a bit. Geez…" AI rolled his "eye".
Yu also noticed Naoki Shima and some of his other classmates from his other classes.
Everyone sat down in their respective seat as soon as the teacher came in.
"Good morning, class. How were everyone's weekends? I see that Mr. Gates has returned from his absence, which I am very glad about," the teacher said. "And, I also see an unfamiliar face."
"Wait? We have a new student today?!" Yu admitted loudly.
His classmates and friends looked at him and laughed. Tom grinned while sweat-dropping while Emoti-chan face-palmed for Yu's dumbness.
"Master Yu. She meant you yourself," Rossy stated.
"Oh," he realized.
"Well, since it's been awhile since I last met you all. My name is Calma Syn and starting from today, I will be your official full-time history professor. Like the first time I was here, let's all get along and do our best together," Calma said confidently.
"Hey, wait a minute…" Yu looked deeply at their new history professor. "Haven't I seen her before?"
"Is there something you want to say, Mr. Akira? Or, should I address as Mr. Codebreaker?" Ms. Syn asked as well as joked.
"Oh, nothing, teach!" Yu replied.
"Very well." She moved on. "Now, I know most of you would think that history is a very boring lesson and not something that most people would find interesting to learn, but learning history is very helpful in your life, especially learning about the past. If you know your past well, your future can be brighter and more positive if you work on it in the present. So today, we will start something…out of ordinary from the usual history lesson you were all taught since elementary."
Everyone got a bit curious as what she meant by that, including Yusaku and Yu.
"Today, we will be learning about the history of…dueling," she revealed.
Everyone showed that "oooh" expression, expressing their interest.
"Now, that's something I know! This class's gonna be a piece of cake!" Yu said excitedly. "I just wonder what happened to our old history professor."
If you weren't lazy enough, then you would know.
Miss Syn bent down behind her desk and got out of something. She presented the class very strange devices. The devices were round with two sharp edges.
"What are those things?" Naoki asked.
"Huh? What kind of doohickey did the new teach bought?" AI said quietly.
"Class, the devices you see that I have are the original duel disks. These classic duel disks are one of the original duel disks used back in the day before Link VRAINS was created," Ms. Syn explained.
"Wow! That's awesome!" Yu commented.
"It looks sort of new as if it is still a new product just opened out of a box, like a new watch or something!" Tom astonished.
"Wow! The original duel disks!" Naoki exclaimed.
"Amazing! I thought those things are like junks by now!" AI stated surprisingly.
"Hey, stay quiet. Someone will hear you," Yusaku ordered.
"I see that all of you are interesting, and now, I want to ask you all this question…who would like to duel with this duel disk?" Ms. Syn asked the class.
"I will!" Yu raised.
"Me, too!" Naoki raised his hand, too.
"How about…Mr. Akira? Please come down here." Ms. Syn chose him, which Yu fist-pumped in the air for his victory. Naoki pouted but shrugged off.
Yu stepped down as he was told, and looked at the original duel disks even closer.
"Wow! So, this is the original duel disk. Kind of bulky looking," Yu commented. "How do you duel with this thing, anyway?"
"Good question and that leads to the second part of my lesson today. Class, let's go outside and demonstrate you all hands-on experience on how to use these disks!" Ms. Syn decided.
In 5 minutes, everyone was outside the school on the backyard side. Yu's classmates and his friends watched from the sideline. Yu stood at one side while Ms. Syn at the other side as if they were going to duel each other, and that was exactly what it was.
"Hee, hee! I had a feeling we would duel, Teach! So, is this part of the lesson?" Yu asked as he grinned cheekily.
"Correct, Mr. Akira. You will be my helpful assistant today in my lesson," Ms. Syn said as she put on the second duel disk.
"Now, class! As you can see, this is how duelists before the advent of Link VRAINS starts the duel. By pressing this button!"
Ms. Syn pressed a button in the middle of the duel disk, activating its function. Suddenly, the sharp edge parts of the duel disk moved and transformed into the duel blade for the field, and the edge of the blade glowed with a neon rainbow light.
"Woah!" Yu gasped. "Let me try that!"
Yu activated the duel disk he was wearing (if you are wondering, Rossy was in her "phone" mode and was attached to the side of Yu's belt). It did the same, like the one Ms. Syn wore.
"That is how duel disks are activated. Once it is activated, you are ready to duel. These original duel disks used to run on Solid Vision technology, a predecessor to the Link VRAINS. It was quite an advanced technology of its time," Ms. Syn explained.
"Now then, let's us begin officially with the second part of the lesson, the hands-on side. Let's DUEL!" She declared as the LCD screen on the duel disk showed each respective duelists' Life Points.
Yu vs. Calma Syn: 4000 LPs
"Now class, this is how the duel back in the day starts. This blade attached to the duel disk is where you place your duel cards. The top part is your monster zone while the bottom side, the skinny rectangle shaped holes are for your Spells and Traps. Since this duel disk is run on a different technology, it uses an actual, physical deck of duel cards to use it for duels and you place your deck into the deck holder here. As your lecturer, I will let the student, your classmate, Mr. Akira to make the first turn."
"Really, Teach?" Yu asked.
"Certainly," she nodded.
"Alright, Teach! You asked for it!" Yu started as he inserted his deck into the duel disk's deck holder. "I will go first! And, I will start this lesson with my one and only C# Download Knight!"
He placed his regular monster member on the duel disk's blade, causing the card to glow a bit. Suddenly, the same monster appeared in real life, projected by an invisible beam shot out of the duel disk's hidden projector lens.
"Woah! A real monster! It actually appeared!" Naoki exclaimed with a surprised expression.
"That is how monsters are summoned in real life. If you remember a moment ago, I stated that this duel disk is run on the Solid Vision technology. To expand on that, this technology is created with a mass. In simple term, it makes monsters to come 'alive' in real life and you can literally touch the monster and feel as if it is real."
"Wow! You're right, Teach! My monster does feel real!" Yu was already poking his monster repeatedly, which C# Download Knight looked at him with an expression of "annoyance" with a bit of sweat-drop.
"Let's move on, shall we?" Ms. Syn stated strictly.
"Oh, right!" Yu remembered. "Next, I activate my C# Download Knight's special ability! When he is summoned, I can Special Summon another C# monster! I Special Summon C# Security Hound!"
The silver-colored Wroughtweiler appeared as it howled for a fight. "Then, I Special Summon C# Webkumo from my hand via its effect!"
C# Webkumo crawled out of the portal as it also made its real-life appearance.
"This is so cool! I never would actually see duel monsters in real life!" Naoki said excitedly. "Man, I bet duels back in the day were really fun!"
"Although, if these monsters are summoned in real-life, and they are solid and real as a living thing, I wonder if dueling back in the days were even safe," Emoti-chan said as she looked worried.
"Ah! Nice thought and understandable, Ms. Emoti." Ms. Syn heard. "That was the biggest criticism about Solid Technology with mass, but luckily, the duel disks like these are programmed to not make duel monsters to attack civilian or destroy any properties. Dueling in open field like the school's backyard is one of the safest places to duel, so duelists back in the day have to be cautious as to where they want to duel."
"I see!" Rossy said as she "wrote" this down in her notes.
"Hmf, hmf. That makes sense," AI nodded.
"Well, I think these good, old duel disks are cool! Now, onto my next move…" Yu prepared for what to comes next. "I set my Link Markers with my three C# monsters! Via C# Webkumo's effect, it can be treated as two materials for Link Summon!"
His three monsters, with C# Webkumo, split into two of itself, transformed into four blue twisters, hitting four link markers on the circuit board that appeared on the ground.
"Circuit combines! Summoning condition is four effect monsters! Link Summon! Appear, Cyber Magician Girl!" His ace monster appeared in its first physical solid vision debut.
"Wow! That old duel disk can do Link Summon!" Naoki exclaimed.
"That's pretty amazing. I guess the old duel disk was able to even support the latest summoning method of our time," Tom said.
"I set one card and end my turn," Yu finished.
"Very good, Mr. Akira. You're very natural with that duel disk. Now, it is the teacher's turn," Ms. Syn said as she drew a card.
"Hee, hee! Thanks, Teach!" Yu responded with a cheeky grin.
"First, I play the Spell Card, Double Summon. This Spell allows me to Normal Summon or Set a monster twice this turn." She presented the card.
"I summon Celtic Guardian in attack mode!" A classic elf-warrior monster appeared with his sword, ready to fight.
"Then, I set a monster and two cards. That would be all," she said as she finished her turn.
"Already? That's it?" Yu asked with an eye that showed a bit of more expectation.
"The new teacher only summoned a Normal Monster with 1400 ATK, one set monsters, and two face-down cards. I wonder what is she's up to," AI thought as he said it in a whisper.
Yusaku watched quietly, but thoughtfully at the duel.
"My turn. I draw!" Yu drew his card. "OK, Teach! Since you are not attacking, I guess I will attack!"
"What?! But, Yu! You know that she has two face-down cards, right? Either one could be a Trap!" Emoti-chan shouted, warning him.
"If it is, then the only way to find out is doing nothing, but doing something!" Yu responded. "But, first, I normal summon C# Wordzard!"
The familiar male wizard child appeared with his magical staff that had the Microsoft Word icon on the top of the staff.
"I activate his effect! I decrease his ATK to zero until the end of this turn to Special Summon 1 C# monster in my Graveyard! I Special Summon C# Download Knight!" The mighty knight of the C# race reappeared. "Via its effect, I also Special Summon C# Security Hound!"
The C# hound monster reappeared, too as it roared for battles.
"Now that my army is set, I declare to attack!" Yu declared. "First, C# Download Knight attack your Celtic Guardian!"
Both sword-wielders clashed with their respective weapon, but C# Download Knight over-powered Celtic Guardian, breaking his sword in half and destroying him.
Calma Syn: 3800 LP
"Next, C# Security Hound will attack your set monster!" Yu dared as his dog howled and jumped in for a bite attack.
"The monster I set is…Mystical Elf!" Their teacher revealed the classic blue-skinned elf appeared in her praying mode. However, a strange energy shield blocked Security Hound's bite attack and deflected it.
"Grrrrrnn!" Yu agonized a little bit for taking a bit of damage from it.
Yu: 3200 LP
"Remember, students. Usually, a monster that an opponent set face-down would have a higher Defense points than the attacking monster's Attack points. Usually, it is not a good idea to attack a set monster head-on without a proper plan," she explained.
"Geez. For a guy who is popular in Link VRAINS, he just went on an attack like that," whispered one student.
"How did he even get popular?" Another student whispered.
"Even I know never to attack a set monster!" A different student whispered.
"Well, you got me, Teach! I will just end my turn here," Yu decided.
"Very well. Let's move on, shall we?" Ms. Syn agreed as she drew a new card.
"I play the Spell Card, Monster Reincarnation!" She showed another classic Spell Card, which looked like Monster Reborn card. "With this card, I have to discard 1 card to target 1 monster in my Graveyard and then add it to my hand. I add Celtic Guardian and then I play a second Double Summon!"
"A second one?" Yu looked a bit surprised.
"As you know what it does and just for a refresher, I can now summon or set a monster twice this turn, like before. I normal summon my returned Celtic Guardian!" The warrior elf resurrected for a second chance.
"Students, before I make my next move, I have a pop question…. what do you think is the strongest monster in the world of dueling?" She asked.
"The strongest monster?" Yu repeated.
"The strongest monster? Hmm, there are a lot of monsters, but one that is the strongest….I am not quite sure," Naoki said.
Everyone didn't have the answer, but Ms. Syn just grinned. "Very well. Here is the answer… and I will summon it right now!"
Yusaku sensed something.
"Ho? I just saw that look of yours. You just sensed something, didn't you?" AI asked.
"Yeah, and I think I know what is the answer to her question," Yusaku said.
"Really? Well, spill it out, man! I want to know!" AI demanded.
"I tribute my Celtic Guardian and Mystical Elf for Advanced Summon!" Both monsters got burned itself in blue flames before the flames engulfed them and flew up into the air.
Suddenly, the sky became dark.
"Woah! And I thought the weathermen said it will be sunny all day today!" Naoki gasped.
"What's going to happen?" Emoti-chan asked.
"I don't know, but I have a strange feeling about this!" Tom said, looking very scared.
"I call upon the mightiest, legendary dragon since the dawn of dueling! Behold! I summon…Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
A single blue lightning struck down in the middle of the field, catching everyone a surprise while Ms. Syn stood calmly.
The lightning strike caused a huge dirt floated around in midair, but something huge was moving in the dirt. Suddenly, winds picked up the mysterious huge being, revealing a huge white wing and glowing blue eyes.
It roared horrifically, causing even some passerby a mile away to hear it.
"Students, this is the answer! Please meet the strongest monster of its time, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" She presented the said monster as it roared strongly with its mighty 3000 ATK.
"Wow! So, that is Blue-Eyes! It's my first time to see it!" Yu commented.
"Where the teacher got that rare monster!?" AI asked.
"Now, it's time to present you why this monster was feared in the days of old and even in this day of age. Blue-Eyes, attack his monster! Use Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Blue-Eyes charged up its attack as a blue electrical energy gathered inside its mouth, creating an orb of pure energy. Then, it shot a ray of energy beam at Yu's monsters and Yu himself.
"Not so fast, Teach! I activate my Trap Card, Negate Attack! I negate your monster's attack and end this battle!" Yu flipped his Trap.
"And, I activate a counter trap for your trap! Seven Tools of Bandit!" She offered 1000 LPs to destroy Yu's Negate Attack before the attack penetrated his only defense, destroying Cyber Magician Girl.
"Waaaaaah!" Yu shouted.
Yu: 1200 LP
"Then, I activate my second face-down card; Blue Inferno Fire Blast!" The new card showed Blue-Eyes White Dragon firing a blue flame. "By targeting one Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my Monster Zone, my opponent takes damage equal to half of its original ATK in exchange that it cannot attack this turn.
Yu looked desperate, already see that he has lost this duel. Blue-Eyes shot one more attack directed at him. There was only a moment of silence when the attack happened.
Yu: 0 LP
Calma Syn WINS.
Yu was lying on the ground with his arms and feet out, but he didn't look sad that he lost. In fact, he was smiling and laughing.
"Woooooh! Now that was fun!" Yu said. His friends ran over to him.
"Are you OK, Morse?" Tom asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Yu responded as he got up by himself.
"So, as you can see, students. You all now understand how dueling was like back in the old days before Link VRAINS. Remember to learn from your past, your mistakes, your failure, to make yourself better for tomorrow. That concludes my lesson today."
Later that day, the school bell rang, ending the school day. Ms. Syn walked over to her car until someone called out to her.
"Hey, Ms. Syn!" She turned around and saw Yu and his two friends walked over to her.
"Hello, Mr. Akira. Is there something you want to say?" She said.
"Yeah! And that's why you're good at dueling! So, let's have a rematch someday!" Yu said excitedly.
Suddenly, Emoti-chan pulled Yu by his ear and shoved him away. "Sorry about that, Professor Syn. Morse or Yu is just…. a very excited person," Emoti-chan said in an apologetic tone.
"No need to apologize. I did enjoy the duel lesson with Yu, and I am looking forward to our rematch someday," she said as she smiled.
She got into the car and drove off, but waved her arms to them before she left.
"She sure is a cool and nice Teach. I think she became my favorite!" Yu beamed.
"Her personality is kind, understandable, and quite knowledgeable," Rossy stated.
"She really is," Tom agreed.
"Well, now that school is over, let's go home," Emoti-chan said.
Meanwhile, Ms. Syn drove her car and made a stop at the streetlight. Then, a motorcycle drove in and stopped next to her car. The rider knocked on her window. She noticed and opened the window.
"Oh, it's you," she said.
"It's been awhile, Calma. How have you been doing?" The woman, whose name is Emma, said.
"What do you want?" She asked sternly.
She giggled. "I saw that little…duel of yours with one of the heroes of Link VRAINS. At the new place, the school you're working at."
"You want to know more about him, do you?" Ms. Syn said.
"That's one, but I want to know why are you working as a teacher or rather working under-cover as a teacher," Emma said.
Ms. Syn stared at her few seconds before she responded. "That's not of your business. Remember the ethical codes of Cyber Treasure Hunter. As long as you don't get in my way, I won't get into yours."
The light turned green and as soon as it did, Ms. Syn drove off very quickly.
"Geez. I still can't read her mind after how long I knew her, but I guess that is what I like about her," Emma giggled before she drove off to a different direction.
Happy New Year's 2018!
Hey, guys and gals! This is NewComer1, with another new update to my Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS fanfiction!
I hope you all had a good Christmas or any other holidays that you celebrated last month or technically, last year.
Now that we are in the new year, 2018 will be a year of many ideas for both old and new alike! I have a big plan for all my current working stories, and there will be even few new ones coming this year. I hope that they will be as successful as my current stories and I also hope that you will give me support, and continue giving me any support like last year.
With all that said, I will leave you guys with the preview for the next chapter, which will come out this month! See ya then!
Preview for Chapter 19
Peace has returned in Link VRAINS (for now), but that doesn't stop particular people, the Cyber Treasure Hunter, to seek out the truth of the world and the future of the world!
Yu Akira/Codebreaker: A Cyber Treasure Hunter!? Now that sounds...like one heck of an awesome title!
Rossy: Master Yu, I don't think this is a good time to praise and say that...
Ghost Girl: Ha, ha! Thanks, but don't expect me to give you a kiss or something.
In order to seek out the answer, Ghost Girl challenges Codebreaker to a Speed Duel!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Legends, Hunter's Goal!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!