Chapter 50
Beast Pride
"Whoa!" Codebreaker gasped. "You're an a…. girl?!"
The mysterious figure's form revealed itself in the middle of the duel. Everyone reacted to it.
"Whoa! So that's the thing's true form! Is it even a human user?" Ai questioned.
"I have to admit, but that is the wildest look for an avatar," Kusanagi said.
"Exactly who is she?" Yusaku asked.
"Who or what is that?" Aoi was surprised with her hand covering her mouth.
"Freaky," Ghost Girl commented.
"Look at that, Mimi! It finally revealed its true color and it's a she!" Kitty exclaimed.
"I can see that, Kitty," Mimi replied. "Though, I am not sure if it's really a human or not."
"So you call yourself the Beast?" Codebreaker said. "That's a cool name, but why did you attack at the Coliseum? That isn't cool, you know."
"Rrraaaawww!" The Beast roared as it began thrashing around. "Rrrrawwwgh!"
"Master Yu, this duelist seems to cannot control her own behavior. As if it acts like an animal," Rossy stated.
"Calm down, Beast!" A voice yelled in the wild duelist's mind.
"The voice! Who are you?" The Beast said, talking to herself.
"I think there's something wrong with her. She needs some help," Codebreaker said.
"Listen carefully. The one who stands in front of you is the enemy. Remember that. Codebreaker is our enemy," the voice said.
"The one who stands in front of me….is my enemy. Codebreaker is our enemy…." She began to calm down. "The enemy….is Codebreaker!"
The Beast sped off ahead of Codebreaker, making him react and chased after her.
"I don't know about this, Rossy, but I think she needs help and we can only do that if we beat her in this duel," He said decisively.
"If that is your wish, Master Yu, then I won't deny against it," Rossy nodded. "Though, you be careful. The Beast's behavior seems to be unstable."
"My turn! I draw!" The Beast drew her card strongly.
The Beast (3h): 600 LP
"I play the card I just draw! Graceful Charity!" The classic Spell Card showed.
"I draw 5 cards, but three cards must be discarded!" She did just that, drawing five and then discarded three as she said. "I Normal Summon Elemental Beast Hydro Hyena!"
This monster appeared as a blue gas with glowing yellow eyes. The shapes of the body looked like a hyena as it laughed like one.
Elemental Beast Hydro Hyena-Level 3, WATER, Beast/Effect, 1400 ATK, 700 DEF.
"When Hydro Hyena is Normal Summoned, I can add one Spell Card from my Deck and then my Deck is shuffled!" The Beast added a Spell Card and then her deck shuffled automatically for her. "Since I summoned Elemental Beast on the field, Elemental Beast Indium Hedgehog's effect activates! It is Special Summoned itself from the Graveyard!"
A silvery hedgehog with toxic, purple needles on its backside appeared as it made a very cute squeak sound. It also had bright blue eyes, making it even look cuter.
Elemental Beast Indium Hedgehog-Level 2, DARK, Beast/Effect, 600 ATK, 200 DEF.
"Aaaawww. It's so cute," Kitty awed.
"Cute? More like deadly to me," Mimi said.
"Now, open the circuit to the beast within the man's heart!" A Link Square appeared in front of the Beast. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is two Elemental Beast monsters, including at least one WATER monster! I set my Elemental Beast Hydro Hyena and Indium Hedgehog in the Link Markers!"
The two beasts turned into blue and purple twisters respectfully, sucking into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Link 2! Elemental Beast Sodium Humpback!" Suddenly, a large humpback whale appeared from below. Its body was consisted of black and white gas, with the top half black and the bottom half white. It swam upward, destroying some floating structures in the process.
Elemental Beast Sodium Humpback-Link 2, WATER, Beast/Link/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom.
"Whoa!" Codebreaker dodged out of the way. "That thing is huge!"
"Meow! What a big fish!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Watch out!" Mimi warned as the girls dodged out of the way, too. "By the way, a humpback whale is a mammal, not a fish."
"Next I activate my Indium Hedgehog's second effect!" She followed up. "When it is used for Link Summon, you take 200 points of damage for the summoned monster's Link Rating! Sodium Humpback's Link Rating is 2, so you take 400 points of damage!"
The same hedgehog popped out of the graveyard portal, and then shot rows of needles at Codebreaker.
"Gaaah!" The poisonous needles infected him, damaging his Life Points.
Codebreaker (1h): 2000 – 400 = 1600 LP
"I activate Sodium Humpback's effect!" The Beast declared. "Once per turn, I can move it to the zone that it points to. I move it to the Main Monster Zone where its bottom arrow points to!" The monster card moved to the bottom Main Monster Zone it pointed to for emphasis.
"Why did she do that?" Codebreaker asked.
In the real world, Yusaku realized what the Beast was planning to do. "She's going to use that card!" he exclaimed.
"That card? Do you mean!" Ai realized it, too. "We got to warn them! I will send Rossy a message right now!"
Just as Ai began working on that, the Beast continued in her turn.
"I then play the Link Spell Card, Judgment Arrows!" She revealed the card and then placed it on the field.
"Say what?!" Codebreaker gasped.
"Link Spell?! I never heard of Link Spell before!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Is that like a new card in the latest booster pack or something?" Mimi questioned.
"I can only control 1 copy of this card in my Spell and Trap Zones, and if it leaves the field while it points to any monsters, it destroys all those monsters," Beast explained. "I declare to attack your monster! Sodium Humpback attacks your C# Hack Wizard and Judgement Arrows' effect now activates! If a Link Monster this card points to battles, its ATK is doubled during this damage calculation only!"
Sodium Humpback roared as its ATK increased to 4400.
"Oh no! If that monster attacks, then Codebreaker will lose!" Aoi stated.
"Destroy his monster!" Sodium Humpback rammed over C# Hack Wizard and then go after Codebreaker next.
"I activate Muncher-Muncher's effect from my hand!" He shouted, revealing the little furry ball monster. "If I were to take 1000 or more damages from a battle, I only take half of it!"
The monster appeared, opening its mouth so wide that it was able to swallow Sodium Humpback.
"Wow! It actually swallowed that thing!" Ai was surprised.
"Whoa!" Kitty gasped. "It actually swallowed that big fish!"
"It's not a fish. It's a mammal," Mimi pointed out, looking a little annoyed.
However, it didn't last long as the poor Muncher-Muncher couldn't able to hold Sodium Humpback inside its stomach. It eventually exploded, releasing Sodium Humpback.
"Aaaaahh!" Codebreaker cried.
Codebreaker (1h): 1600 – (2600 / 2) = 300 LP
"Grrr..." The Beast growled. "Fine! I activate Elemental Beast Sodium Humpback's second effect! When it destroyed my prey's monster, I can destroy a monster and you take 200 points of damage is dealt with your Life Points! Sodium Exhale at C# Megabyte Knight!"
Her monster exhaled a sodium gas at Codebreaker's Link Monster. The gas rusted the poor Megabyte Knight, shattering it and also making Codebreaker and Rossy a cough.
"Ew! That's just gross," he said.
"I agree," Rossy acknowledged.
Codebreaker (1h): 300-200 = 100 LP
"I end my turn! You, my enemy Codebreaker, will be destroyed in the next turn! You'll see!" The Beast groaned at him.
The Beast (2h): 600 LP
"But I had to admit. The Beast is really good at dueling!" Codebreaker complimented. "This is the most fun duel I had in a while. Even pushing me this far."
"But Master Yu, you only have 100 Life Points left!" His Ignis partner warned him.
"I know, but like I always say. If there is a problem, there is always a solution." He said as he placed his finger on the deck. "My turn…. DRAW!"
He slowly turned over the card he drew and then widened his eye when he saw it. "Eureka! It's time to break the code! I Normal Summon my new friend, Knightmare Corruptor Iblee!"
A young woman with long, purple hair in a black dress appeared with a cold look and 0 ATK.
"That monster only has zero attacks. How would Codebreaker beat that giant fish with zero-attack monster!?" Kitty said over-dramatically.
"For the last time, that humpback whale is not a fish! It's a mammal! A MAMMAL!" Mimi yelled at her naive partner.
"Now Iblee's effect activates!" He declared. "For you see, when she is Normal Summoned, I can target one Link Monster in my Graveyard and then Special Summon it to my side of the field, so it points to Iblee! I Special Summon my old friend, C# Megabyte Knight!"
The Link-3 returned from the dead. "However, due to her effect, Megabyte Knight loses its effect," he said."
"It's time, Rossy!" Codebreaker sped forward.
"Of course, Master! Data Storm, activate!" Rossy summoned a Data Storm in the middle of the data wind path.
"Rgh?" The Beast widened its eye before she dodged away from the storm.
"Whoa! A Data Storm?! Where did this thing come from?" Kitty questioned as she and Mimi dodged, too.
"It's Codebreaker's skill! He's going to use the Storm Access in that data storm!" Mimi exclaimed.
Inside the storm, Codebreaker reached out his hand into the wind, starting with gathering the data material to create a new Link Monster card.
"If I have 1000 or lower Life Points, I can add one random Link Monster to my Extra Deck from the Data Storm!" He stated. "Storm Access!"
A bright blue light shined into his right palm, turning into a completed card.
"Eureka!" He shouted as he got out of the storm. "I re-input the code to the circuit of hope!"
A Link Square reappeared on his side.
"The summoning condition is at least two Cyberse Effect Monsters! I set my Knightmare Corruptor Iblee and C# Megabyte Knight in the Link Markers!"
The two monsters turned into light purple and two blue twisters as those twisters shot into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 3 C# Xplorer!"
The new monster was a humanoid being that looked like a superhero, with a red X on its chest, sharp and sleek armored helmets with ear parts that were shaped of letter "e", glowing blue eyes, and white costume suit with green markings over its body.
C# Xplorer-Link 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Link/Effect, 2100 ATK, Link Arrow: Left, Bottom, Right.
"I activate C# Xplorer's effect!" Codebreaker declared. "When it is Link Summoned, I can Special Summon one level 4 or lower Cyberse monster from my hand next to a zone it points to! I Special Summon F# Magician Girl!"
Next to Xplorer's bottom arrow, a female magician appeared. She appeared with long green purple hair that swayed over the left side of her face, revealing only her right blue eye. Her skin was a light color and her outfit consisted of a black dress with a cybernetic look to it as markings over the dress glowed in purple color.
F# Magician Girl-Level 4, DARK, Spellcaster/Effect, 1500 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"Now, F# Magician Girl's effect activates!" He continued on. "She can be used for Fusion Summon with a monster on my side of the field or in my hand!"
"Wait! Did he say Fusion?" Kitty asked aloud.
"That's what he said, Kitty," Mimi answered.
"I fuse my F# Magician Girl with C# Explorer!" The two monsters turned into purple and blue sparkles, forming together into a powerful tornado.
"Two souls become one. The codes are compatible between the two, creating a brand-new miracle! Fusion Summon! Come out! Level 7! C# Solid State Dragon!"
The new Fusion Summoned monster was part of the C# Archetype tribe. This one was a long serpentine-like dragon, looking similar to the Chinese dragon, with its long antennas from its nose, sharp claws and teeth. Two orbs were its shoulders, one was blue and other was red. Its scales were silver-white with its eye glowed in golden colors, like the sun. It twirled and twisted as it moved in the air.
C# Solid State Dragon-Level 7, LIGHT, Cyberse/Fusion/Effect, 2500 ATK, 2000 DEF.
"Oh! That's one cool-looking dragon!" Ai commented.
"Incredible," Aoi whispered.
"F# Magician Girl's second effect activates! When she is used for Fusion Summon, I can add one Polymerization or Fusion Spell Card from my deck to my hand. Now, C# Solid State Dragon's effect!" Codebreaker shouted. "When it is Fusion Summoned, it destroys one monster that you controls on the field. I destroy your Elemental Beast Sodium Humpback!"
"What?" The Beast said as the dragon strangled the whale with its own body until the whale shattered into sparkles.
"And if the destroyed monster was a Link Monster, my dragon gains 500 ATK for every Link Rating of that monster," he added.
"What!?" The Beast gasped.
"Elemental Beast Sodium Humpback's Link Rating is 2, therefore Solid State Dragon gains 1000 ATK!" Rossy admitted as the dragon roared, with its boosted ATK.
"With my dragon now at 3500 ATK and you're wide opened, I declare to attack you directly! Go, Solid State Dragon! Solid Sonic Beam!" His new dragon fired a straight white beam after it charged up.
"Rrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww!" The Beast screamed as it fell over from her D-Board. She landed through some trees and crashed down into the ground.
The Beast: 0 LP
Codebreaker WINS!
"And we have a winner!" Kitty announced excitedly. "The winner of this duel is Codebreaker!"
The people who were watching applauded and cheered for Codebreaker.
Codebreaker flew down to check the Beast's landing. She was unconscious, but still alive of course.
"That must have been a hard landing," he said.
"We should find out about her right now," Rossy stated. "I will scan her data from her immediately."
Before she does anything, a dark portal opened up and a then strange humanoid figure appeared.
"What the!?" He gasped.
The humanoid figure was tall and slender. It was tall as a basketball player, but its body was black and red. Its face looked like a skeleton skull with glowing red eyes in the eye sockets. It arms were also skinny. Everything about it looked very weird and creepy as if it was from a horror movie.
"Sorry, but I won't let you scan or anything from The Beast," the figure spoke. It carried The Beast in bridal style and then flew away.
"Hey! Wait up!" Codebreaker chased after him.
Meanwhile, Yusaku decided to log-in to the LINK VRAINS.
"We're finally going?" Ai asked.
"We cannot let them get away, like how Bowman and his ally did. They must know him and what they did with Jin, too," he said. "Deck set! Into the VRAINS!"
Back to LINK VRAINS, Codebreaker was chasing after the dark humanoid figure and the Beast.
"Come back here! I want to say something to you!" He demanded, but the thing didn't listen.
"You are persistent," the figure said. "Bi and Nary, stall him."
Two portals appeared, and two more humanoid figure appeared out of the portal.
"More just appear!" Codebreaker exclaimed.
"My name is Bi." The first humanoid figure was a female in gray and white color. Her hip area was wide, making it her buttock looked big, but her eyes had no pupils except it was a green shade instead and red star on its forehead. Her head was the shape of an upside-down bowl as if it was a bowl-cut hairstyle. Her feet were slender and flat.
"My name is Nary." The second humanoid figure was also a female. Her hip area wasn't wide, but her other part, specifically her chest was bigger. Her body color was the inverse of the first female figure, and she had the green bang that represented her hair. She had a yellow star in the middle of her chest. Her feet were also slender, but not flat and it was like a high-heel. Her "eyes" were also a shade, except in red color.
"Sorry ladies, but I am in a hurry. So could you like move to the side and let me go?" Codebreaker asked kindly first.
"Request deny," Bi said.
"We are assigned to stop you and eliminate you, Codebreaker," Nary said.
"Prepare for your termination!" Bi and Nary said at the same time.
From a structure, Souburner and his AI, Flame, watched from a distance.
"It looks like he needs our help," Soulburner said. "And he has one of your friends, too."
"It appears so, but from the look of it, that Ignis doesn't look recognizable now that I look at it closely," Flame said.
"Wait, what? Are you sure?" Soulburner asked.
"I, Flame, is never wrong," Flame replied. "Let's go and introduce ourselves."
Before they moved, they saw a shadow passing over them. They stopped and saw somebody else heading to Codebreaker.
"Who was that?" Soulburner asked.
"Need a hand, Codebreaker?" Codebreaker turned to the source of the voice.
The shadow moved fast that it caused Bi and Nary to wobble a bit. The shadow revealed to be a person on a white and yellow D-Board. The rider was a young girl around Yu's age. She had bright silver eyes and long, curly white hair, but her head was mostly covered inside a tiger head mask. Her outfit was a gold armor with one arm covered with forearm armor, and gauntlet, with white lion clothes waving around her hip. Both her legs covered with silver armor plating. She looked like an ancient barbaric warrior. Not to mention that she had a voluptuous body.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Never mind about that, Sweet Cake. You go after that dark looking fellow, and I will handle everything here, OK?" She said with a wink.
"Well, thanks," he replied as he went ahead.
"Stop Codebreaker, Bi!" Nary stated.
"I will!" Bi replied.
"Oh no, you won't!" The mysterious girl stopped them. "You both have to deal with me now. If you want to catch him, then you got to duel me first. Got it?"
"Jackal sensed these two are dangerous." Suddenly, a white Ignis came out of the stranger's duel disk. This one had a head shape of lion's man, with it all spiky. Its eye color was orange, with claw-like body markings in the same color. "Be cautious, Gladia."
"Look, Nary. It's an Ignis!" Bi exclaimed.
"I see that, Nary," Nary said. "Change of plan, Bi. We will handle this user and then go after Codebreaker next."
"I agree, Nary," Bi stated.
The two AI figures combined together into one being and the same thing for their D-Board.
"I am Bi. And I am Nary. Together, we are Binary!" Binary introduced.
"Really? That's very original," Gladia remarked as she rolled her eyes. "Whatever floats your boat."
Just then, Playmaker logged in and appeared in the area nearby. He saw Gladia and Binary.
"Who's that chick?" Ai asked.
"I don't know, but look at her duel disk," Playmaker pointed.
Ai saw it, but couldn't believe it. "Hey, that chick has an Ignis with her!"
"Playmaker!" He turned to see Soulburner flying beside him.
"Soulburner! What are you doing here?" Playmaker questioned him.
"You look well, Ai," Flame said.
"Flame! You're alive!" Ai exclaimed.
"Playmaker, do you know that girl over there?" Soulburner asked.
"No, I don't. But whoever she is, she has an Ignis with her," Playmaker explained.
"Impossible. There can only be six of us, Ignis. That white one and the other one with Codebreaker must be fake," Flame claimed.
"No, no, Flame." Ai wagged his finger at Flame. "The Ignis with Codebreaker is happened to be a prototype Ignis created before we were born."
"Then what about that white Ignis over there?" Flame asked.
"Honestly, no clue." Ai shrugged.
"Whoever she is or whatever that Ignis is, we'll see if they're the good guy or not," Playmaker said as he, Soulburner, and their AI partners watching the new duel unfolds.
"Check it out, Mimi! Another duel is going to start!" Kitty exclaimed. "Let's film it!"
"But what about Codebreaker?" Mimi asked.
"Hey, I smell a new scoop here! Plus I am curious," her partner said.
"Alright, alright," Mimi said nonchalantly.
The mysterious duelist, with a white Ignis, began the duel against Binary.
"DUEL!" They both shouted.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
F# Ramb-Level 3, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 500 ATK, 800 DEF. Effect: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can add 1 F# monster from your deck to your hand. If this card is used as a material for Fusion Summon, add 1 Polymerization or Fusion Spell Card and 1 Fusion Material used for the Fusion Summon this turn from your GY. You can only activate this effect of 1 "F# Ramb" once per turn.
Elemental Beast Beryllium Wildebeest-Level 4, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, double its ATK until the end of this turn. When this monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, add 1 Level 4 or lower "Elemental Beast" monster from your Deck to your hand.
Elemental Beast Hafnium Wolf-Level 4, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 500 ATK, 1500 DEF. Effect: If you control an "Elemental Beast" monster on the field, you can Special Summon this monster from your hand. Once per turn, if an Elemental Beast monster is destroyed, inflict 500 damages to your opponent.
ESC Code-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: When your opponent's monster attack you directly, negate that attack and then add 1 Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster from your GY to your hand.
C# Megabyte Knight-Link 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom, Bottom-Left. Effect: 2+ C# monsters. This card gains 300 ATK for every C# monster it points to. If this card is Link Summoned using C# monster with "Knight" in its name (Quick Effect): During damage calculation only, this card gains 500 ATK.
Elemental Protection-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If you would take damage from a battle involving Elemental Beast monster, discard one Elemental Beast monster, then you take half of the damage from that battle.
Elemental Beast Hydro Hyena-Level 3, WATER, Beast/Effect, 1400 ATK, 700 DEF. Effect: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, add 1 Spell Card from your deck to your hand.
Elemental Beast Indium Hedgehog-Level 2, DARK, Beast/Effect, 600 ATK, 200 DEF. Effect: If you summoned an Elemental Beast monster to your field, you can Special Summon this card from your GY. If this card is used material for Link Summon, inflicts 200x damages for the summoned Link Monster's Link Rating to your opponent's Life Points.
Elemental Beast Sodium Humpback-Link 2, WATER, Beast/Link/Effect, 2200 ATK, Link Arrow: Top, Bottom. Effect: 2 Elemental Beast monsters, including one WATER monster. Once per turn, you can move this card to the zone it points to. If there is a non-Elemental Beast monster linked to this card, destroy that monster, then your opponent takes 400 points of damage.
C# Xplorer-Link 3, LIGHT, Cyberse/Link/Effect, 2100 ATK, Link Arrow: Left, Bottom, Right. Effect: 2+ Cyberse Effect monsters. When this card is Link Summoned, you can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster from your hand to the zone this card points to.
F# Magician Girl-Level 4, DARK, Spellcaster/Effect, 1500 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: Once per turn, you can use monster(s) on your side of the field or from your hand as Fusion Material for Fusion Summon of 1 Cyberse Fusion monster from your Extra Deck. If this card is used for Fusion Summon by this effect, add 1 Polymerization or Fusion Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
C# Solid State Dragon-Level 7, LIGHT, Cyberse/Fusion/Effect, 2500 ATK, 2000 DEF. Effect: 1 F# Monster + 1 C# Link Monster. When this card is Fusion Summoned: You can destroy 1 Link Monster on the field, and if you do, until the end of this turn, this card gains 500x ATK equal to the Link Rating of that destroyed Link Monster. If this card is destroyed and sent to the GY, Special Summon 1 C# Link Monster from your GY.
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
Well, technically not Christmas yet, but the feeling counts!
This is my early Christmas gift to you all. This story will return in the next year around January or February since I might work on other stories that I haven't work on for a very long time.
What did you all think of this chapter, including Codebreaker's first time Fusion Summoning? What other summoning method he will do next? Until next time, everyone, I wish you all happy holidays and see you all in the year 2019.
Preview for Chapter 51
A mysterious female duelist appears with white Ignis! Playmaker and Soulburner watches the duelist in the duel against the combined Binary. What kind of duel she will show to them and who is she?
Gladia: It's time to duel!
White Ignis: Don't you, Gladia, mean, 'It's time to du-du-ddddddd-duel!'
Codebreaker: No, it's goes more like,'IT'S TIME FOR DU...!'
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Heart of A Warrior!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!
Ai: And Happy Holidays!
Rossy: Please have a safe and wonderful holiday, and see you all next year.
Flame: Feliz Navidad!
Soulburner: Whoa, Flame! I didn't know you can speak Spanish. Have a wonderful, warm holiday with your family!
Blue Angel: Merry Christmas!
Go Onizuka: And Happy New Years!