Chapter 49
Codebreaker Strikes Back
"Here it is! The coordinate!" Ai exclaimed. "I told you I find it here."
"So this is where you hid Cyberse World," Rossy said, looking at the strage, distorted bump.
"Now it is time. Cyberse Release!" Ai used his program to unlock the entrance to Cyberse World. "Wait for me, everyone."
The two Ignis entered the Cyberse World, but what they saw wasn't what they thought it would be.
"Oh my…" Rossy said as they flew over the desolated world of former Cyberse World.
"What the? What had happened here!?" Ai asked as they landed on the ground safely. "Hey! Everyone! Where are you? It's me. Ai! Oh wait. That's not my name here. Is anyone here?"
There was no presence of any living things, not even any Cyberse monsters.
"I don't sense any other beings or other Ignis around," Rossy said. "Someone or something destroyed this entire world."
"No. No! No! No! NO!" Ai began to cry. "This can't be! My home! Everyone! Are they all…?!"
Suddenly, they heard something, and it was very near.
"Is someone there?" Ai asked.
Just then, Rossy noticed a moving round object looking at them from the side of a destroyed object or building precisely.
"I detect something over there, hiding at the side," she pointed.
The strange moving round object revealed to be a Cyberse monster. This was Linkuriboh.
"Ah! Linkuriboh!" Ai cried with tear of joy. "Linkuriboh!"
"Kuri, kuuuurri!" The creature was also happy to be reunited with its master.
"There, there. I missed you, too," Ai said joyfully. "So what exactly happened here, Linkuriboh?"
Just then, they heard footsteps. They stopped and looked to see something or rather someone else also at present. Linkuriboh ran over to the mysterious person, who was a young girl with purple hair, wearing a black dress.
"Whoa! It's a human! Why is this human doing here?" Ai gasped.
"Actually, I don't think this person is not a human, Ai. It is actually a Cyberse monster, like Linkuriboh," Rossy said.
"Kuri, kuri." Linkuriboh jumped few times, trying to say that's what Rossy said before it picked up by the mysterious female person.
"A Cyberse monster? This young, beautiful girl is a Cyberse Monster," Ai questioned as he looked at her from head to toe, and then even pock her few times on her arm.
"Ai. Please give her some respect," Rossy assured.
"Hey! I am only checking her if she's really a Cyberse monster," Ai said. "So what's your name, anyway? Do you know what happened here?"
The female being didn't say anything at all.
Ai sweat-dropped and said, "OK. I guess you're not much of a talker. Geez."
"Kuri. Kuri. Kuri, kuri, kuri." Linkuriboh tried to say something.
"According to Linkuriboh, this is his friend, Iblee. Her full name is Knightmare Corruptor Iblee." Rossy translated its word.
"Wait. You understand what Linkuriboh says!?" Ai was surprised. For as long as he knew Linkuriboh as his pet, he never understood a word from its mouth.
"Kuri, kuri, kuri," Linkuriboh said.
"According to Linkuriboh, Iblee here is a bit cold to others, but she is really friendly once you get to know her. She's been taking care of me since that terrible day when Cyberse World was destroyed and all the other Ignis left," Rossy translated.
"What!? The other Ignis left and the Cyberse World was destroyed! Who or what did this!?" Ai demanded, shouting at the same time.
- Codes of Secrets –
At the Den City's public square, Yusaku was working at Kusanagi's Café truck, cooking the dogs for any coming customers. He was keeping an eye while Junpei Kusanagi went to visit his brother.
"If you make that kind of face, you'll scare the customer." He noticed Aoi Zaizen at the front.
"Aoi Zaizen," he said. "What are you doing here?"
"I was just taking a breather outside and noticed you here. So you work here part-time or something?" She asked.
"I'm keeping an eye on the café for someone I know," he answered.
"I see. Though, I don't think you'll get that many customers," she remarked as she looked around to see not many people around.
"Hey! Aoi-chan and Yusaku!" The two turned to see Yu, walking nonchalantly. "Hey, Yusaku. Give me a dozen hot dog with radishes for all, please."
"Dozen hot dog?" Yusaku asked. "Why would you need that so much?"
"A boy like me got to eat! It's preparation for all night in search of the Legendary Code," he answered.
"You're going to stay up all night?" Aoi questioned. "Wouldn't you fall asleep if you eat so much of those hot dogs?"
"What? Nah! No, I won't. I might rest my eyes once in a while, but I never fall asleep," he assured.
Right (I rolled my eyes)
"Well, here's your dozen hot dog." Luckily, Kusanagi did make some before he went and just in case if Yusaku didn't make a hot dog of his own too well.
"Thanks!" Yu grabbed the bag full of hot dogs. "Well, see you guys later."
They watched him go as he walked away nonchalantly.
"Hey Yu!" Aoi called out to him, but he was too distracted with the hot dog as he walked away.
"Were you going to say something to him?" Yusaku said.
"Oh, well…yeah. I just wonder if he knew that he has a duel tonight. There is supposed to be a duel event tonight to celebrate the first week opening of New LINK VRAINS," she explained. "I wanted to let him know or at least if he actually remembered."
"There's no point to it. Most likely he's already forgot it," Yusaku remarked.
"Oh boy," Aoi sighed.
Yu arrived back at Tom's mansion. His basement lab room as well as bedroom looked the same from last season, except that he got an upgraded VR duel disk. His new duel disk was a greenish blue color with some white and pink linings. He also had a photograph of himself when he was young with his father, and another one that showed him, Tom, and Emoti-chan at his computer desk.
"OK! I got my food, my snack, my water. Everything is just perfect. Now time to begin my work!" He said determinedly.
One hour later…
Yu was already fell asleep, snoring loudly on his chair, with all the hot dogs finished and his photo chip bags left opened with few chips left.
- Codes of Secrets –
"Mom, don't come into my room, OK!" Naoki warned as he closed the door behind him.
He sat on his bed, looking excitedly as he held his VR Duel Disk wrapped on his wrist.
"OK. Here I go!" Naoki exclaimed. "Into the VRAINS!"
He turned into his avatar, Brave Max and his eyes instantly widened. "Wow! I'm actually here!"
The brand-new, upgraded LINK VRAINS now had a giant tower-like structure with many things on each level, from social areas to shops. Some shops sell new and latest D-Board models, and duel cards. There were even restaurants and dueling dojos.
"Wow! There are just so many things to see and do here!" Brave Max felt impressed and astonished. "I can't believe how this place changed three months ago. It looks so different, but thanks to Playmaker and Codebreaker, the world is now at peace!"
He continued moving on, looking at all the shops and venue he can see and find. He then stopped as two shadows flew over him, making him to look up to see what they were.
"Whoa! Those guys are Speed-Dueling!" He exclaimed. "Right. Speed Dueling is allowed now. I wish I can do it, but I'm still not used to it…."
As he looked around, he went on the elevator leading to the information square. Then, he bumped into someone.
"Oops! Sorry!" Brave Max apologized, but stopped as he looked at who he bumped into. "Ooooh."
"Sorry about that. I didn't notice you," Ghost Girl said.
"No, no, no! Lovely lady like you are not fault. I was the one who bumped into you," Brave Max assured.
"Oh. So who might you be? You look cool," she commented.
"Oh! Well, my name is Brave Max and I am the best friend of Playmaker!" Brave Max introduced confidently.
"Oh, really?" Ghost Girl looked surprised (sarcastically). "But wait, then you would be in danger if you go around and keep saying that."
"Did I hear that right? You're Playmaker's best friend?" They heard a voice and turned to the source.
The voice belonged to a young 16-years old man. His hair was silver and slid back, wearing a black mask that shaped like a bird's beak with only his silver eyes revealing through the two empty holes and mouth. His outfit consisted of long-sleeve black uniform with silver feathers, making it look like his arm as wings, pair of white boots, and light-blue lining that go across over his body.
"Wait…Are you…. Silver Wing?!" Brave Max gasped.
"That's my name, well at least in the VR world," he admitted.
"Whoa! You are Silver Wing! Oh my god! I can't believe I'm meeting one of the former Top 10 Charisma Duelists!" He couldn't contain himself.
"Hey, I'm still Charisma Duelist," Silver Wing stated. "But, former Top 10 is one part you're right about. Anyway, your friend with Playmaker you said?"
"That's right!" Brave Max replied. "Playmaker and I go way back. I even helped in his duel once."
"That's cool, bro!" Silver Wing said. "Though, too bad your friend is on the wanted list."
"Huh?" Brave Max looked confused for a bit, but then he remembered about it. "Oh right. Well…I mean…. ummm…. Anyway, he is still a great guy!"
Smooth save, bro.
"Say, did you check out this place yet? This is where people hangs out and gets information. It's one of the most popular places at this level. Let me show you around," Silver Wing gestured.
He toured Brave Max while Ghost Girl followed after them.
"So this is where people share and exchange information," Brave Max said as he looked around the place.
"Yup. I hang out here most of the time to hear what people says and do. It's a good meeting place," Silver Wing explained. "It's also one of my favorite places to hear the news from the two lovely ladies I know."
"Ladies?" Brave Max asked.
"Don't tell me you don't know, man?" Silver Wing looked disbelief at Brave Max, which make him looked nervous and concerning. "But instead of coming from me, they can introduce themselves now to you."
Just then, the TV changed to a new screen, with title Den-O News appearing and then two lovely announcers appeared. They were both young women. The left one was a young woman in black, skimpy dress with two black cat ears and even a tail attached behind her, and small chest. The right woman wore a white bunny look, with ears and puffy tail at her end, and also high-heel. Also, she had a bigger chest than her partner.
"Me-woah! It's time for your daily update here from Den-O News. I'm Kitty!" Kitty jumped in joy.
"And I'm Mimi," Mimi greeted nonchalantly.
"Let's check what's new and hip right now, Mimi!" Kitty stated as they switched to some news.
"First thing first, for you all newcomers, let's us explain a few things before we get started," Kitty said happily.
"We are the Lovely Den-O Maidens and we bring news updates about the latest hip and trends in New LINK VRAINS daily," Mimi explained casually.
"That's right! New LINK VRAINS has been upgraded ever since that tragic incident three months ago, but thanks to our heroes, Playmaker and Codebreaker…!" Kitty stated joyfully. "They saved the day and defeated that pesky, evil Knights of Hanoi for good!"
"Too bad that Playmaker is on a bounty list, but don't remind Kitty here about it," Mimi whispered to the camera directly.
"The New LINK VRAINS, not only has jammed pack of shops, dojos, and all kinds of things, but it is also separated into four unique sectors. They are North, South, East, and West!" Kitty said happily.
"Each sector is where most Charisma Duelists go to and do dueling to earn medal points. As a duelist gains more medal points, their rank goes up," Mimi explained.
"You said it me, Mimi!" Kitty agreed. "Each sector is also unique from one another, too! Like, the South Sector is a popular area for musician artists and idols gather! It is also a place where we hang out most of the times."
"It's also where bunch of otaku goes to, too," Mimi sighed with a disapproved look. "Each sector also has a Top Duelist that has the highest Rank of them all, and the South Sector is ruled by…."
"The one and ONLY Blue Angel!" Kitty exclaimed. "She's my favorite idol! I LOVE HER so much!"
There was an awkward silence as everyone watched them.
"Like I said, South Sector is where otakus gather." Mimi whispered to the camera.
"North Sector is the most technological place, where new techs are sold like crazy and most super rich users gather at," Mimi explained.
"Yup and the Top Duelist there is Metal Mayhem with his terrifying, yet awesome Cyber Dragons! Rrrraaawww!" Another awkward silence occurred between Kitty and Mimi.
"Moving on," Mimi decided. "The West sector is the much quieter place where you can relax and see the wonderful scenery of nature. Of course, they are all VR form, not an actual real plant, trees, or whatever."
"Yup! And the Top Duelist of the West sector is the lovely Blossom Star, and she's equally popular to Blue Angel!" Kitty admitted. "Though, of course Blue Angel is better."
"Whatever," Mimi said. "And finally we have the East Sector. This is where noobies are."
"Mimi! Don't be so mean!" Her partner scolded. "You know better. We started there, too, you know! Anyway, as what my partner here meant is that the East Sector is where beginners start small and train to become stronger. Not many advanced duelists hang out here, so it is easy for beginners to hang out and do their things. The Top Duelist of this sector is none other than, one of the two heroes who saved LINK VRAINS, is Codebreaker!"
"I just wonder why he was put as the Top Duelist in the East sector," Mimi thought aloud. "He is actually the most advanced duelist there, so why couldn't he be in the other sector?"
"Yeah." Brave Max spoke up. "Now that she's mention it, why isn't he?"
"Who knows. Someone has to fill in the spot, right?" Kitty said. "Well, that was a lot of explaining and I hope you guys took note of it, but if you didn't, don't fret! You will get used to it!"
"For another four weeks, like Kitty here when she first started," Mimi teased to the camera.
"Onto the news finally!" Kitty moved on. "Tonight, we have a special duel event to celebrate the first week opening of New LINK VRAINS! It is a duel between the two strongest duelists from two different sectors! It's Blossom Star from the West versus Codebreaker from the East!"
"That's right. The time of event is at 8 o'clock sharp, so don't be late," Mimi warned.
"And…I think we are done here? That was short!" Kitty commented.
"Yeah, it was," Mimi agreed.
"Well, with all that…" Mimi said.
"See you all later, alligators!" The duo posed and winked before the channel changed to a normal commercial.
"So they are the Den-O Maidens!" Brave Max exclaimed. "I heard about them, but that was a first time I've ever seen them!"
"Yeah and I really like them! Though, they really need to work on their ending quote," Silver Wing remarked.
"Hey, get out of here!" The boys looked over to the table, noticing two penguin avatars making a scene.
"This spot belongs to us. Get off our chair!" A purple penguin ordered.
"Ew, no matter what, there are always those kinds of people," Silver Wing sighed.
"Hey, you! Get out of here, too!" The purple penguin bumped a man with purple cloak and hat, but he didn't move. "Yo, big bro! This guy won't leave!"
"Leave it to me!" The blue penguin stated.
"Here in New LINK VRAINS, users cannot allow to use illegal program," the purple penguin said.
"But that doesn't apply to me." The blue penguin emphasized as he showed an electrical spark coming from his hand or flipper.
"Kick this! Penguin Punch!" He was about to punch the man, but the man stopped him by grabbing the blue penguin guy with his own hand.
"Mmmmf! Get off of me!" The blue penguin struggled as he tried to loosen from the man's grip, but to no avail.
"Funny. I use the same program, too." The man said in calm, yet threatening manner as he shocked the blue penguin user and deleted his avatar.
"Big bro!" The purple penguin screamed. "I…I…You'll pay for this!" Then, he ran away.
"Whoa! That guy just killed him!" One of the avatars stated.
"No, he didn't! He just deleted that punk's avatar. He's a bounty hunter!" Another user exclaimed.
"Yikes!" Brave Max shook in fear. "That guy is a bounty hunter! Ah! Is that mean he's here for me?!"
"Whoa, chill down, dude. Take it easy," Silver Wing said, trying to reason with Brave Max.
"Same as usual, aren't you, Blood Shephard?" Ghost Girl walked up to the hunter.
"Ghost Girl, what do you want?" He asked.
"Nothing much. Just saying hi," she said with a grin.
"If you are going to be in my way, you better not if you know what's good for you," Blood Shephard warned.
"I don't do things for the money all the times, like you, Blood Shephard," Ghost Girl hissed.
"That's what make me a better pro," he stated.
Someone moved around them as strangely a music from the movie, Jaws played in the background. The shadow came closer and closer behind Ghost Girl until….
"Don't even think about it, Sharkbite." Ghost Girl turned around to see a man with a big, wide mouth opened, revealing sharp rows of teeth.
"Tch! Spoil sprout," the man said. "I only wanted to greet."
The man who was going to scare Ghost Girl looked like a great white shark. His skin was white with blue color over his back and top of the head, with dorsal fin on the back. He had gill over his neck with a red scar across his face from above his right eye to the left side of his chin. His eyes were sharp and crimson red, and his teeth was sharp and big, like a shark's teeth. His hand had flippers in-between his fingers as if he could use it to swim in the water.
"Fancy meeting two popular bounty hunters in one place," Sharkbite remarked. "What are you all doing?"
"None of your business, Sharkbite," Blood Shephard hissed. "In matter of fact, what are you doing here? You don't show your face around this part."
"Kirk, kirk, kirk!" Sharkbite chuckled. "Let's just say I'm here for a job, big one from the biggest company around."
"Really? Same thing here," Blood Shephard revealed.
"Oh really? Well, I guess that mean we'll be working together," Sharkbite smirked.
"I hope not, but if we are, just don't get in my way," he said before he left the seat, and walked away until he logged out.
"Cold as usual," Sharkbite sighed. "See you around, Ghost Girl and don't let the shark bite. Kirk, kirk, kirk!" He then logged out as well.
- Codes of Secrets -
It was 7:55 pm at the New LINK VRAINS's Colosseum. People were gathered, and filled up all the seats.
"Whoa!" Brave Max looked over from a VIP seat. "This is so cool! I can see the entire Colosseum arena from here! And thank you for this sweet VIP seat, Mr. Silver Wing!"
"Hey, no problem and just call me Silver Wing, bro," Silver Wing replied. "It's much fun to see my friend's duel with another friend, especially someone who's friend with Playmaker."
"Hee, hee. Well, thanks and you know Blossom Star?" Brave Max asked.
"Yup! I know since her debut when she became a Top Charisma Duelist back in LINK VRAINS 1.0, but now she is one of the main stars in all of New LINK VRAINS. I come to support her wherever she has a duel. It's what friends do, of course," he said.
"Meow! What's up, everyone!" The event began. "It is Kitty here!"
"And Mimi as well!" Mimi said, with a bit more enthusiasm in her tone.
"The event that you all been waiting for is about to begin! Let me hear your voice, people!" Kitty stated.
Everyone responded with a cheer. "Yeah, that's it! Let's introduce our stars of the show! On this corner, she is the Top Duelist of the West Sector, with her mighty powerful Naturia Deck. Give it up for…..BLOSSOM STAR!" Kitty announced as the duelist appeared on the stage.
Everyone cheered when she appeared as she waved to the audiences.
"Wish me luck, everyone!" She yelled at the crowds.
"Yeah! Go, Blossom Star!" Silver Wing cheered.
"Woohoo!" Brave Max cheered, too.
"And on the opposite corner, he is the one who saved LINK VRAINS from the terrible clutches of the Knights of Hanoi three months ago. He also dueled Playmaker and performed the greatest miracle in the history of dueling. Please welcome…. CODEBREAKER!" Mimi announced.
Everyone cheered the loudest for Codebreaker, waiting for his entrance…but he didn't show up.
"….Um, I said. Please welcome…Codebreaker!" Mimi announced, but he didn't appear.
"Hey, is the mic even working?" She asked.
"Mimi, I don't think it's the mic's problem. I think he hasn't show up yet!" Kitty stated.
The crowds started booing at the duo.
"Um, sorry folks! We're having a bit of technical difficulty. We'll get back to you, Y'all as soon as possible," Kitty said.
"I wonder where he is. He didn't forget about this, did he?" Blossom Star thought.
"RRAAAAWW!" Suddenly, the light of the Colosseum flickered several times. The spectators looked around, trying to see where the roaring was coming from.
Just then, behind the Den-O Maidens, a mysterious light blue figure ripped out of the screen. The appearance of the figure looked like had a spiky hair or mane and glowing red eyes. Its hand also had sharp claws and same for the feet.
"Rrrraawwwwww!" It roared.
"Meow! Who is this guy!?" Kitty screamed.
"Is this part of the show? I didn't read this in the script!" Mimi complained.
"Rrrawwwww!" The mysterious being began trashing around and destroying the stage.
"Holy Kuriboh! That thing is a monster!" One of the spectators shouted.
Everyone panicked as they all tried to get out of the Colosseum at the same time, but nobody could get through safely.
Couldn't they all just log-out? Why do they need to get out of the Colosseum by foot?
"This is terrible!" Blossom Star exclaimed until the mysterious thing looked at her.
"Rrrawww!" It roared as it moved toward her.
"Hey! You!" Silver Wing jumped off from the VIP area into the arena, and blocked between it and Blossom Star. "Leave her alone, you freak!"
"Grrrrrrgh!" The figure growled like a mad dog.
"This is bad, Silver Wing! Let's get out of here!" Blossom Star stated.
"Not until someone teaches this guy a lesson!" Silver Wing said. "Plus, I feel a bit of itching for a duel!" He then activated his duel disk.
"Oh god! Silver Wing is going to duel that…that…thing!" Brave Max said, hiding behind some chairs while watching from a safe distance.
The mysterious figure summoned what appeared to be a duel disk from its arm.
"Well, so you can duel huh? Then let's duel, you freak!" Silver Wing decided.
Meanwhile, Yu was still sleeping until an alarm rang.
"What!? Huh?" He looked at the clock and stopped the alarm. "Mmwaaaaahh! What a good nap. I must have sleep like a Snorlax or something."
You really are, but I suggest you to see the things going in LINK VRAINS right now.
"Good idea, Mr. Narrator," Yu agreed as he checked the Den-O News web channel. That was when he saw the event unfolding.
"What the!? What's going on? The entire stage is ruin and is that…Silver Wing and Blossom Star?!" He saw Silver Wing who appeared to be defeated as the mysterious figure held him by his neck collar while Blossom Star stood there in fear and couldn't even move.
"I got to help them!" He stated as he went over to the room. "Deck set! Into the VRAINS!"
Codebreaker logged in to New LINK VRAINS in a while. He jumped onto his upgraded D-Board, flying off as fast as possible to the colosseum.
"Gah! Go…ahead! Do your worse, but don't lay…on….my friend!" Silver Wing couldn't talk clearly as he was being held by his neck collar by the mysterious light-blue figure.
"Grrrrawww!" The figure was about to stave him with its other claw.
"Hey!" They looked over to see a shadow passing by. It was Codebreaker on his D-Board!
"Codebreaker!" Blossom Star shouted.
"Codebreaker! He's finally here!" Brave Max exclaimed.
"Hey, look at that, Mimi! It's Codebreaker! He's here! He's really here!" Kitty pointed.
"Yeah I know! What took him so long?" Mimi groaned.
The mysterious figure let go of Silver Wing as it turned its full attention on Codebreaker.
"Silver Wing!" Blossom Star ran over to Silver Wing. "Are you alright?"
He gave a light smile and said, "I'm alright. I have…gah….tough feathers."
"Blossom Star, take Silver Wing to somewhere safe while I handle this…guy," Codebreaker ordered.
"I will! Be careful, Codebreaker! This thing can duel, and it uses a really strong Deck! Something that I have never seen before!" She warned as she put Silver Wing over her shoulder. "Hey, can you help me here?"
She shouted to Brave Max who was hiding. He ran over to her and helped Silver Wing with his other arm, and together they got him out to safety.
"OK, you! I really don't know what's your deal and all, but I don't like you to hurt my friends, so I will say this once, but leave here or if you want to do it the hard way, then let's duel!" Codebreaker stated.
"Destroy him. He is our enemy," said a voice inside the figure's mind.
"Rrrraww…. Destroy….our enemy!" The figure spoke in words as it jumped onto its D-Board and flew off.
"I guess he wants to learn the hard way then," Codebreaker said. "Well, that's fine for me!"
The Den-O Maidens watched them go away. "Quick, Mimi! We need to chase after them!"
"I'm already on it." Her partner activated a program to summon their D-Board and flying camera with angel wings. One was a pink one with a cat face and other one was a white one with a rabbit face. They flew onto it, chasing after Codebreaker and his new opponent.
Codebreaker and the mysterious figure flew high into the sky of New LINK VRAINS over the many floating structures.
"It's been awhile I dueled, and this will be the first one in the brand-New LINK VRAINS," Codebreaker said. "It's time to break some code!"
"I'm sorry to interrupt out of the blue, Master Yu." He looked over next to him and noticed Rossy in the hand of a flying Iblee.
"Rossy! Hey, you're back!" Codebreaker widened his eyes, with joy and surprise in his eyes. "How was the Cyberse World? And who is your friend?"
"I'll explain it later, but it appears to be you have a problem to solve right now." She looked at the mysterious opponent ahead of them.
"Oh yeah! That guy over there was messing with Silver Wing and trashed the stage for some kind of event or something," he explained.
So you really did forget the duel event. Why am I not surprise?
"I see," Rossy said. "I will assist you, Master Yu, upon my return from the Cyberse World. This female figure is happened to a Cyberse monster I met at the Cyberse World. She is Iblee, part of the Knightmare Archetype and she will be a great assistance to your dueling deck."
"Really? She is a duel monster," he questioned.
"Yes and while at Cyberse World, I also made some new upgrades for your current Deck," she said. "I shall download them to you right now."
Rossy and Iblee absorbed into his duel disk, and then a display pop-up, showing new cards added to his deck.
"Cool! These cards look really good and useful," he commented.
"Thank you for the short comment, Master Yu. Let's begin then," she said.
"DUEL!"
Codebreaker vs. The Mysterious Figure
Codebreaker (4h): 4000 LP
M.F (4h): 4000 LP
As they flew past buildings and other structures, Mimi and Kitty were following just behind as they continued broadcasting them.
"We're live, ladies and gentlemen!" Kitty announced as their show appeared on every TV and web channels in LINK VRAINS. "Mimi and I are on hot-pursuit as we are broadcasting to you a duel that's about to begin between the hero, Codebreaker and the strange weirdo who attacked at the live duel event that was supposed to be tonight due to some…ah, technical difficulties."
"Right," Mimi said as she rolled her eyes. "What you all are witnessing is Codebreaker, returning from a long hiatus for three months, has finally showed up and he's going to duel this strange user or whatever it is to teach some lesson for hurting Silver Wing."
Known people were also watching the unfolding duel.
"Hey look! It's Codebreaker, but who is that light blue guy?" Ai asked. He, Yusaku, and Kusanagi were watching from the real world at the Kusanagi Café in the town's plaza.
"Yusaku, is that figure related with the Bowman guy who stole Jin's consciousness?" Kusanagi asked.
"I'm not quite sure yet, but for some reason, I can sense it. There is something odd about this figure, just like when I felt when I dueled Bowman some hours ago today," Yusaku said as he watched carefully.
"Is your Link Sense tingling, too?" Ai asked.
Somewhere else, at an apartment, a white-haired boy with red streaks and eyeglasses watched the duel on his television. He just got out of shower, and a red Ignis was watching the TV.
"Hey, that's Codebreaker and he's going to duel!" The boy exclaimed.
"He is and his Ignis appeared to have return to him," the red Ignis said. "Shall we pay them a visit?"
"Let's go then!" He put on his duel disk. "Deck set! Into the VRAINS!"
In LINK VRAINS, Ghost Girl, who was in the crowd of people, watched the duel, too. "So Codebreaker is back, too. Things are very interesting today. First Playmaker and now him," she said.
In the real world, Tom, who was just getting back home from his private night lesson, was walking when he saw Codebreaker on public TV.
"What the!? Morse! What is he doing in LINK VRAINS?!" He gasped.
"Morse. He returns to LINK VRAINS," Aoi said from her home as she was watching the duel on her TV with her robot caretaker.
"I will go first!" Codebreaker decided. "I Normal Summon a newest monster from my deck! Come out, F# Ramb!"
A sheep with white puffy fur appeared, with bunches of RAM sticks appearing out of the fur. One was part of its tails, and it also wore a gold ring attached on its ear.
F# Ramb-Level 3, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 500 ATK, 800 DEF.
Everyone that he knows of recognized the new monster.
"Whoa, check it out, Mimi! Codebreaker got a new monster!" Kitty pointed.
"Yeah. I never seen him use that before," Mimi said.
"It must be one of the new cards that Rossy gave to him," Ai said. "She did make some new cards for him and it must be one of them."
"F# Ramb's effect activates!" He declared. "When it is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add 1 F# monster from my Deck to my hand. I add F# Magician to my hand."
"Then, I set a card and end my turn," he said, finishing his turn.
Codebreaker (3h): 4000 LP
"Good use of the new card, Master Yu. You are starting out well, according to my calculation," Rossy stated.
"Rrrrgh…My turn. Draw!" The mysterious figure growled as it drew a card. I Normal Summon Elemental Beast Beryllium Wildebeest!"
The new monster looked like a wildebeest, except it was a grayish color and bit metallic looking. It also had a periodic symbol for the element "Beryllium" imprinted on its side of its abdomen where everyone can see it.
Elemental Beast Beryllium Wildebeest-Level 4, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"Elemental Beast? I never heard that Archetype before. It must be new," Codebreaker remarked.
"I couldn't find any data about it in my records of dueling cards. It's most likely custom-made," Rossy analyzed.
"Elemental Beast Beryllium Wildebeest's effect activates." The mysterious figure continued. "When it is Normal or Special Summon, its ATK is doubled until the end of this turn."
The animal roared as its ATK doubled.
"2000 ATK?" Codebreaker gasped.
"Then, I Special Summon Elemental Beast Hafnium Wolf!" An indigo wolf in radioactive metal form appeared with glowing yellow eyes and periodic symbol for Hafnium on its left paw. It howled when it was summoned.
"If I control an Elemental Beast monster, I can Special Summon this monster from my hand," the mysterious figure said. "I set a card and then declare to attack! Go, Beryllium Wildebeest! Destroy F# Ramb!"
The wildebeest rammed over F# Ramb, stomping it into a pancake before it shattered into sparkles.
"Grgh!" Codebreaker glitched as he took damage.
Codebreaker (3h): 4000 – 1500 = 2500 LP
"Oh man! He lost more than a thousand life point, Mimi!" Kitty cried.
"Relax! He still has some left," Mimi replied.
"I declare my Hafnium Wolf to attack you directly!" The metallic wolf howled as it go after Codebreaker, getting ready to bite on him.
"Not so fast! I play the Trap Card, ESC Code!" The set card revealed itself, showing a shiny escape key on the keyboard with an exclamation point imprinted on the key. "When my opponent's monster declares a direct attack, I can negate that attack and then add a Level 4 or lower Cyberse-Type monster from my Graveyard. I add my F# Ramb back to my hand."
"Grrrr…" The mysterious light-blue figure growled under its mouth. "I end my turn."
M.F (2h): 4000 LP
"It's my turn! I draw!" Codebreaker drew a card.
Codebreaker (5h): 2500 LP
"I summon my old friend, C# Download Knight!" His staple C# monster appeared. "Good to see you, old friend. I activate its effect. When it is summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower C# monster from my Deck or Graveyard and I choose one from my Deck. Here comes C# Webkumo!"
The staple C# spider crawled into action.
"Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope!" He made the Link Square to appear for him. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is at least 2 C# monsters! I set my C# Download Knight and C# Webkumo! At this point, Webkumo's effect activates, which allows it to treat itself as two Link Materials!"
His monsters turned into three blue twisters, absorbing into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear Link 3! C# Megabyte Knight!"
The new Link Monster was a bigger and stronger version of C# Download Knight, except in light-blue color for the armor and few golden plating on some parts of the armor and gauntlets.
C# Megabyte Knight-Link 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom, Bottom-Left.
"Then, I play the Spell Card Monster Reborn to resurrect C# Download Knight from my Graveyard!" His monster returned from the grave. "Then, its effect is activated! Now I can Special Summon another C# monster from my Deck or Graveyard and I choose C# Webkumo!"
The spider crawled out of the Graveyard with its web.
"Now I re-input the code to the circuit of hope!" The Link Square appeared again. "I set my C# Webkumo, using its effect to treat itself as two Link Materials!"
Webkumo split itself into two clones before it absorbed into the arrows. "Link Summon! Appear! Link 2 C# Hack Wizard!" The Link-2 Spellcaster appeared for a long time since it last appeared. It was summoned in the zone pointed by C# Megabyte Knight's bottom-left arrow.
"Following up, I activate C# Hack Wizard's effect!" He declared.
"Yeah! Go, Codebreaker!" Kitty cheered.
"You can do it," Mimi said calmly.
"If this card is Co-Linked with another C# Link Monster, I can either increase that monster's ATK by its original ATK or make Hack Wizard's ATK increased by its own ATK! I choose my C# Megabyte Knight!" His Link-3 roared with power, increasing its ATK to 4400 ATK. "Not only just that, but C# Megabyte Knight's effect allows itself to gain 300 ATK for every C# monsters it points to!"
The Knight monster roared even more as its ATK went up again.
"I set a card and I declare to attack!" He decided. "Go, C# Megabyte Knight, attack Elemental Beast Beryllium Wildebeest! At this point, C# Megabyte Knight's second effect activates! During the damage calculation only, it gains extra 500 ATK!"
"Whoa! Now it has 5200 ATK!" Ai exclaimed.
"If this attack goes through, that duelist will have 0 Life Points!" Kusanagi stated.
"Megabyte End!" Codebreaker shouted.
"Rrraww! Trap activate!" The mysterious figure roared. "Elemental Protection!"
The set card revealed to be a Trap Card, which showed Elemental Beast gas monsters, including but not least, Elemental Beast Fluorine Cheetah and Sulfur Leopard creating a gassy shield.
"By sending one Elemental Beast monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I only take halved the damage from a battle!" The figure sent one card as Megabyte's attack slashed Wildebeest in half.
"Grrrrrgh…." The mysterious figure held on, but the impact was too powerful that it revealed its true form in the progress. "Grrrrrraaww!"
M.F. (1h): 4000 – 2100 = 1900 LP
"I then declare C# Hack Wizard to attack! Hack Execute!" C# Hack Wizard typed something on his laptop and then showed the screen, revealing a red skull as it popped out and shot through like a beam at Hafnium Wolf.
"I quickly activate Hafnium Wolf's effect!" The mysterious figure shouted. "If Elemental Beast monster is destroyed, you take 500 points of damage!"
Both players take damage at the same time
Codebreaker (2h): 2500 – 500 = 2000 LP
M.F. (2h): 1900 – 1300 = 600 LP
"I end my turn," Codebreaker said. "At this point, C# Hack Wizard's effect is over, so C# Megabyte Knight's attack is returned to normal." His Link-3 monster's ATK returned to 2500 due to that its own effect still applied since it points to C# Hack Wizard.
The mysterious figure's true form finally revealed. The light that covered its body was completely gone. Its body was dark green with three white rings around its forearm and forelegs. Its claws were yellow with red tips on each. Its eye looked an eye of a beast in yellow color with black pupil. Its spiky gold mane acted as its "hair". Its face looked a mask that looked like a face of lion. The most important feature was that its body looked slender and feminine even in its beastly form.
"Hey, wait a second. Are you a girl?" Codebreaker asked with a surprised look. "Who are you?"
"I…I…I!" The mysterious figure said. "I. Am. The Beast!"
And we're back, ladies and gentlemen! Season 2 has finally begin!
This month I finally finished season 1 and now I just started season 2. I intended to re-work on this story in next year, but as a friendly and early gift for the holiday, I decided to upload the first chapter and the second chapter that is the second half of the first duel for the season will be uploaded during the weekend. The New Cards Cheat Sheet will be added at the end of the next chapter for all new cards introduced here and also the next chapter.
For you all who has been around with me for a very, very long time, at least about 3 years, the Elemental Beast Archetype is back in action! It is one of the older Archetype I created for my first Yu-Gi-Oh story, Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai. There will be some returning old cards, of course with so many new cards, including new Link Monsters for the archetype itself. It is both new and old Archetype, so I hope you will enjoy seeing them more.
I will also post an opening and ending from the anime for this story, but that won't be in the next chapter due to that it would spoil for characters that I want to show in the story in later future chapters.
What did you all think of this chapter in general? What did you like, dislike, or anything? What do you think of the Elemental Beast's return and few new characters?
Until next time, see you guys later!
Preview for Chapter 50
A man. A beast. An old traditional battle between the two forces never change, even in the world of VR network. Codebreaker faces against a new arch-nemesis, The Beast!
Codebreaker: I admit that she is a good duelist, but I'm going to lose to her! It's time to show something new!
Rossy: The time has come, Master Yu, for you to summon a monster that you have not ever summoned before in the way you usually do before.
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Beast Pride!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!