Chapter 52
Blossoming Stardom
"And so that's what happened," Yu said, talking with Tom at their home in the basement floor.
"Why didn't you call me? I could've logged in and help you," Tom stated.
"Oh yeah, you could've but you were at that night class," he remembered. "Oh well!"
Tom sighed and said, "Well, at least it is fine now. I just wonder who the Beast is or Darkside. They don't sound like good guys at all."
"Indeed they are not." Rossy spoke up, appearing out of the duel disk. "According to our last encounter, they went into the restrictive area of LINK VRAINS. There is no way to access to it due to high security level setup by SOL Tech"
"I guess we have to wait for them to appear again and I can't wait, too!" Yu smirked with gleam.
"I don't think it's something to look forward to, Morse. They attacked people, so if they do appear again, someone might get hurt," Tom warned.
"Before that happens, we'll just have to monitor the network and wait for them to appear. When they do, I will force The Beast to duel me again. I can't wait!" Morse exclaimed.
'He really just wants to duel The Beast again...' Tom thought as he sweat-dropped.
The next day was a normal school day. The Den High Academy's students were heading their way to the academy. Yu aka Morse and his best friend, Tom were walking down the streets while other students said their greeting to Yu and praising him for saving the day.
"Hey, Morse the man. Way to go beating that monster!" One male student praised him.
"Thanks, man," he replied.
"OMG. You're so awesome, Codebreaker!" One female student, with her friends, cheered.
"Thank you," he responded.
'Well, it looks like to me that after dueling the Beast, Morse just got even more popular than before!' Tom thought.
"According to my calculation, Master Yu's popularity level has increased by 25% percent due to the result of the duel with the Beast," Rossy announced as she was hiding in the duel disk.
At the same time, without being noticed, a young man watched them from behind them. The young man had white hair with some red streak, and wore eyeglasses. He also wore the Den High Academy's male student uniform.
"So that's Codebreaker," the boy said quietly to himself. "He seems to be really chill-looking guy and very sociable in real life."
"It appears to be he's also very popular with other humans," Flame commented. "You really need to work on that, Takeru Homura."
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" He chided.
"Never mind about it for now. We should approach him at a right time. First, let's meet Playmaker." Flame decided.
Morse and Tom arrived at their homeroom, starting the class with the first bell of the day.
"Good morning, students!" The teacher announced with a tone of excitement in his voice. "Today, before we begin, I have an announcement to make. Two new transfer students are joining us, and I would like to make a proper introduction for them."
Everyone mumbled each other, wondering who the new students are.
"Settle down now. I know it is exciting to have two new students joining us, but please welcome our students with respect," the teacher stated. "First, please welcome Mr. Takeru Homura!"
The same man came into the classroom. At this point, Yusaku (aka Playmaker) already knew who he is. They already met before the class began.
"Hello. My name is Takeru Homura. I am looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you," Takeru greeted, earning applauding from the class.
"And our second student is Mr. Satoru Hikari!" The next person who entered the room was a young man.
Like Takeru, his hair also had some red streaks, but his main hair color was blond instead of white. His hair was tied in short ponytail. His skin tone was tan. His eyes were yellow. He was quite a handsome-looking person. All the female students (except for Aoi Zaizen) blushed and looked excited while the rest of the guys, except for our protagonists, looked at the new guy with a scowl.
"My name is Satoru Hikari and I am from USA. Nice to meet ya all," Satoru said in an American accent.
"You both may sit at any opening seat," the teacher said as they did just that.
Satoru Hikari sat next to Yu. Yu smiled and said, "Nice to meet you, Satoru. The name's Yu, Yu Akira, but everyone calls me Morse."
"Morse. Oh, like Morse code! It's nice to meet you, too." Satoru greeted back as they shook hand.
Satoru gave a quick shot look at Yu and then the class officially began.
Later in the day, the school bell rang, starting a break time for students and faculty.
"Well, time to grab some bite," Yu said as he stretched his arms and then got up from his seat.
"Yeah. Let's get something to eat," Tom suggested.
"Hey, may I join in with you two gentlemen?" Satoru asked.
"Sure thing, Satoru!" Yu approved. "The more the merrier."
However, just then, a group of female students surrounded Satoru Hikari.
"So you're really from USA?" One girl asked.
"Are you into sports?" Another one asked.
"What's your number?" Other one questioned.
"It looks like Satoru became occupied, Morse..." Tom remarked as he sweat-dropped.
"Hey, could I join in for a lunch?" Homura approached them. "I know a good place to eat."
"Really? Let's go then!" Yu decided.
That was when someone's duel disk began buzzing. It was Tom's.
And yes. The duel disk is also used for sending SMS and stuff, like a Smartphone.
"Oh!" Tom looked at his device. "Sorry Morse, but something came up and I got to go. I will see you later."
"Okay. Peace, Tom," Yu replied as Tom left.
"Well, I guess that's two of us. Let's get going, Morse," Homura decided.
"Yeah, let's!" Morse agreed as they left the room together.
"Ah! Hey, wait up!" Satoru shouted, but it was too late as he was surrounded by the female students. 'Hmph. It seems to be this is going to be tougher than I thought.'
Takeura Homura took Yu outside the school to a familiar cafe truck.
"Hey, I know this place. This is Kusanagi Cafe," Yu said as he also noticed a familiar person sitting at the table, drinking a cup of coffee. "Hey Yusaku!"
"You two finally arrived," Yusaku said to them.
"Huh? You guys already know each other?" He questioned to Takeru and then grinned. "Sweet. Then we can have a group lunch meeting. Dozen hot dog, please!"
"Actually, it's more than just lunch meeting," Ai spoke up as he revealed himself.
"Hey Ai! Long time no see," Morse greeted.
"This is a meeting for three members with Ignis only." Flame appeared. "And we invited you to join us, Yu Akira or Morse. Also known as Codebreaker."
"Woah! Hold on. Another Ignis?!" Morse gasped.
"It appears to be so, Master Yu." Rossy came out of her duel disk to reveal herself, too. "This can only prove that Mr. Takeru Homura here is another victim of the Lost Incident."
"No way!" He said, surprised.
"Sorry to surprise you like this, but actually, we sort of met yesterday already," Takeru admitted. "I am Soulburner."
"Really?! You're that Soulburner guy from yesterday," Yu said, still surprised.
"And my name is Flame, which means indomitable passion. The burning heart that never goes out," Flame introduced, showing himself off.
"Pzzt. Showoff," Ai mumbled.
"Greeting. My name is Rossy. I am Master Yu's Ignis and his AI servant for all his daily needs," she introduced.
"Hmmm, so you're Rossy that I heard a lot about from Ai," Flame said as he looked at her constantly. "You look like an Ignis, but you are a prototype?"
"Yes, I am," she answered.
"Hmmm…. Well, for a prototype, you seemed to be programmed better than Ai," Flame commented.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean, Flame?! Are you saying that she's better than me?!" Ai angered.
"Even just looking at her, I can tell that she is much smarter than you," Flame said.
"Why you…?!" Ai looked angry at him, ready to attack him.
"Enough," Yusaku stated. "Let's already begin. We don't have all day."
- Codes of Secrets -
At around the same time, Sakura Aoba, also known as Blossom Star in LINK VRAINS, was sitting alone, looking glum.
"Hey Sakura." She looked up to see her two friends, Nami and Robbin.
Seriously. Where have I heard those names before? It sounds so familiar….
"Oh...Nami and Robbin," Sakura said softly.
"Did something happen? You look horrible," Nami said.
"Well...I..." Sakura looked hesitant to tell them something.
"Don't worry, Sakura. If it is something, we will listen to it, when you feel that it is right," Robbin assured.
"Well...OK, but I can't really talk around here. Could we go somewhere more private?" She asked.
"Hmmm… Well, I really don't know anywhere that's private for a talk," Nami thought aloud.
"I happen to know one place," Robbin admitted.
In short while, Robbin took the girls to a sushi bar at a dark, suspicious alley.
Nami didn't look too comfortable and said, "Um, Robbin, are you sure this is the right place?"
"It is. It's little secret I found let's just say," Robbin said with a wink as she opened the door.
Inside the sushi bar, it was a normal, traditional Japanese sushi bar, with counter for customers to sit and regular tatami mat with table. However, nobody was inside, specifically customers.
"It looks like nobody is here," Sakura noticed.
"Well, then let's get out of this spooky, I mean, fine sushi bar and go somewhere else!" Nami decided as she turned around to get out as soon as possible.
However, she was stopped by a man taller than her. He had a shaggy, rough beard in white sushi garment that most sushi chef wears. Also to note that his teeth was very sharp looking, like a shark.
"Kyyyaaaahhh!" Nami screamed.
"Oh!" They then heard a voice from the kitchen. A young woman in apron and big belly came out of the kitchen. "Are you ladies alright?"
Nami was on the floor, fainted by the man's sudden appearance.
"Welcome to the Sharks' Den Sushi Bar!" The man stated excitedly before he turned to Robbin and gasped. "Hey, it's you, Robbin!"
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Same," Robbin greeted.
Little bit later, the girls sat at the tatami table, eating dishes of sushi from the plates.
"I didn't know you know the owner of this sushi bar, Robbin," Nami said, with a bag of ice over her head.
"I am surprised, too," Sakura admitted. "Though, I was more surprised when you scream in front of the owner, Nami."
"That guy just came out of nowhere, OK!" Nami said hesitantly. "But I admit that their sushi really tastes good."
"Thank you for the compliment, young lady!" Mr. Same bubbled. "It is made by the finest sushi chef around! Any friend of Robbin is a friend of mine. Eat as many as you want!"
"Thank you, sir," Robbin replied.
"Let me refill your water," the young lady stated. This was Mrs. Same.
Sakura noticed the big belly she had.
"Umm, excuse Miss, but are you happened to be…?" She questioned.
"Oh! Yes. I'm about in 7 and half months now," she admitted.
"That's very nice to hear, maim and congratulations even though it's little over 7 months now, like you said," Sakura said.
"Thank you," she replied with a smile. "It will get busier here once this little guy comes out, but I am looking forward to it. Especially my husband."
"Did you say something, dear?" Mr. Sharks asked.
"No, dear. Not at all," she responded as she went back to work.
"They seem to be a very happy couple," Sakura remarked.
"They are. Their sushi is really good. It's just that they don't get many customers because of location and other things. Yet, they somehow manage to keep this place open," Robbin explained. "Anyway, what was that you were sad about, Sakura?"
"Oh!" She remembered. "Well…. You see. It's kind of hard to say and you might not believe in me if I say this, but..."
"Spill it out already, girl! What is it?" Nami stressed.
"I am Blossom Star!" Sakura shouted accidentally.
There was an awkward silence. The only thing they could hear was a noise of boiling water in the kitchen.
"….Say what?" Nami said, looking very confused.
"Oh...Um," Sakura said, looking a bit surprised and weird at her friends. "I expected you guys to be more surprised and was waiting for that to happen."
"I see," Robbin said with an expression of understanding.
"Wait?! You are not surprised and actually understand her problem already?!" Nami gasped.
You're more surprised by your friend's calm reaction to Sakura's admittance about that she's Blossom Star?!
"Well, I am little bit shocked, but I want to know the reason," Robbin admitted.
"Well, the reason is this..." Sakura began her tale.
- Flashback -
It was couples of hours before. It was the morning.
"Young Mistress," her butler said. "Your parents would like to have a word with you."
"Alright. I will be down there momentarily," she answered.
Sakura went downstairs to the private room. Her parents were sitting at the sofa, looking very serious. Sakura wondered why they looked serious, but without any questions, she entered and sat at the chair.
"Good morning, Father and Mother," she greeted. "What would you like to discuss with me about?"
"Honey, your father and I want to talk with you about...something," her mother stated.
"Explain to us this." Father said as he pressed on the table, which revealed to be a smart table that connects to and shows holographic TV screen.
The screen popped up, showing footage of Blossom Star.
Sakura gulped, looking a bit nervous now.
"We found that you are happened to be this Charisma Duelist and you kept this a secret from us! How could you, dear?!" He accused her.
"Father, I can explain this!" She retorted.
"Then, explain this, dear." He showed her a piece of paper. "This is printout for a text chat between you and someone named 'Silver Wing'. Who is he?"
"He's my friend, Father and also a fellow duelist," she answered. "There is nothing more than that."
"Then why are you wearing such outlandish outfit when you are dueling?!" Her father scolded.
"It's not very proper, dear," her mother added.
"But Father! Mother! I only just want to..."
"From this day forward, Missy!" Her father interrupted her. "You are not permitted to enter LINK VRAINS and not permitted to duel until further notice!"
"What?!" She gasped. "But Father! Please listen to what I want to say!"
"No, Sakura! You shall not do anything to do with LINK VRAINS until further notice. Even with the Hanoi's gone from the picture, there was that freaky monster called The Beast who appeared yesterday and attacked the place where you were at the time. This is for your own good!"
- Flashback ends -
"So that explains it." Nami understood.
"Yeah. I try to explain to them but they wouldn't listen, and I don't know what else to do," Sakura said sadly.
"I do have one idea," Robbin said.
"You do?" The girls said at the same time.
"It's a bit risky, but there is one person who can help your problem, Sakura and that person is happened to be nearby our school," she explained.
- Codes of Secrets -
The bell rang at Den High Academy, indicating that the school day was over for today.
"Mmwaaahh...Finally, school's over," Yu yawned.
"You need to stay awake, Morse or the teacher will scold you if you get caught...again," Tom said.
"No worries, Tom! At least I am doing homework now," Yu chuckled.
"Well, at least you're improving," Tom admitted.
Suddenly, Morse's duel disk started beeping.
"You got a message, Master Yu!" Rossy announced.
"I wonder who it's from," he said as he opened the message. "Oh cool! It's from Blossom Star, and she wants to meet me in LINK VRAINS for a duel."
"Blossom Star? Weren't you supposed to duel her before that Beast ruined it?" Tom asked.
"It must be to make up for that, and I won't deny this request. I guess finding the next Legendary Code can wait. It's time to duel!" He declared.
Once he got back home, Yu inserted his deck into his duel disk and said, "Deck set! Into the VRAINS!"
A portal opened up in the sky, with Codebreaker jumping out as he entered New LINK VRAINS' central sector.
He landed on one of the floating platforms. Just then, Blossom Star logged in.
"What's up, Blossom Star," he greeted. "How are you doing?"
"Codebreaker, I challenge you to a duel!" She pointed at him.
"Woah! She's already fire up!" He exclaimed. "Alright then. Let's duel then!"
"Hold up a second!" They were then interrupted with two familiar idol duo appeared on their D-Board.
"Please wait for a moment until we have our camera ready," Kitty stated.
"It won't take long...hopefully," Mimi said.
They setup the camera and turned it on, making all other TV monitors in LINK VRAINS and in the real world changed to their channel.
"Hello, everyone! This is Kitty here!" Kitty started.
"And I, Mimi, is also at present," Mimi added.
"We bring you a breaking news!" Kitty exclaimed. "We will now be broadcasting a special duel that we thought we would never see it again! It is a challenge duel between the West Sector's Top Lady Duelist, Blossom Star and the East Sector's dueling hero, Codebreaker!"
"That's right," Mimi agreed.
Everyone was watching the show. Robbin and Nami were watching from Nami's bedroom at her computer desk while the unconscious Sakura was on her bed. She was borrowing Robbin's VR duel disk since Sakura's duel disk was in lock-mode for logging in, but the copy data functionality wasn't lock. At the same time, Mr. and Mrs. Aoba were also watching, and they were not happy.
"What's going on?" Mr. Aoba shouted. "Why is my daughter in LINK VRAINS?! She shouldn't be able to!"
"Honey, calm down!" Mrs. Aoba tried to calm down her furious husband.
Meanwhile, Yasaku, Takeru, their Ignis, and Kusanagi were also watching the duel from the real world.
"What is he doing? This is no time for a duel!" Ai complained. "We're supposed to meet to discuss about how to get into the restrictive area!"
"Calm down. There is no need for us to rush as much as I want to go, too. Besides, I am quite interested in this duel," Flame said.
"So that's Blossom Star," Takeura recognized. "I wish I could duel her someday!"
"That would take awhile since she is one of the four Top Duelists in New LINK VRAINS. You need to earn enough medal points to even get a chance to duel her," Flame pointed out. "As of where you currently stand, you have zero medal."
"Why do you disgrace me?" Takeura asked with a disapproved look.
"Wow! It's Codebreaker and Blossom Star!" Naoki was watching the duel unfolding on his electronic Pad device at a cafe shop.
Codebreaker and Blossom Star jumped on their D-Board as they glide on the data wind.
"SPEED DUEL!"
Codebreaker vs. Blossom Star
Codebreaker (4h): 4000 LP
Blossom Star (4h): 4000 LP
"I will go first!" Blossom Star declared. "First, I Normal Summon Naturia Cliff!"
A blockhead with red moss appeared with 1500 ATK.
"Blossom Star begins her first move with a summon!" Kitty announced.
"Yeah. We can see that, Kitty," Mimi pointed.
"Since I control Naturia monster, I can Special Summon my Level 1 Tuner, Naturia Peach from my hand!" The new Naturia monster was a cute peach with yellow eyes, and tiny vines for arms and legs.
Naturia Peach-Level 1, EARTH, Plant/Tuner, 100 ATK, 100 DEF.
"This monster can be Special Summoned if I control a Naturia monster on the field," she explained and then placed her arm out. "Now I tune my Level 1 Naturia Peach with Level 4 Naturia Cliff!"
'I hope father and mother are watching this,' she thought.
Her two monsters were digitized, turning into six rings with the middle ring being a gold ring. Two numbers appeared, 1 and 4, until both numbers combined into number 5 and then a beam of energy shot through the rings.
"Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 5 Naturia Beast!" Her ace Synchro monster appeared as it roared for battles, presenting its 2200 ATK.
"Amazing Synchro Summon! Blossom Star had summon her ace monster, Naturia Beast!" Kitty exclaimed. "How would Codebreaker react to this behemoth?!"
"I'm pretty sure he will find a way to counter it," Mimi stated.
"I set a card and end my turn!" She finished with a face-down.
Blossom Star (1h): 4000 LP
"Wow! That's a first time I saw a Synchro Monster summoned in a Speed Duel! Pretty cool summoning," Codebreaker complimented. "Now, it's my turn!"
Codebreaker (5h): 4000 LP
"Master Yu." Rossy spoke. "As you may already know, I should warn you that Blossom Star's monster, Naturia Beast, has an effect that negates an activation of Spell Card during either player's turn, and if she does, the Spell Card is destroyed. You should be cautious of that."
"Then, we will just have to play no Spell then!" Codebreaker said excitedly as he then looked over the cards in his hand. "Eureka! It's time to break the code! I summon F# Bitecoin!"
Out of the digital portal, bunches of gold coins appeared, which soon to merged together, becoming into a shark-like creature. It had sharp teeth and its eyes were shape of a coin. Its body shape was bunches of coins stack together.
F# Bitecoin-Level 3, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 1200 ATK, 400 DEF.
"I activate F# Bitecoin's effect!" He declared. "When it is Normal Summoned while it is the only monster I control on the field, I can Special Summon another Cyberse monster from my hand! I bring out my trusty, old friend in shining armor! Go, C# Download Knight"
His staple C# monster appeared for a fight. "Then, I use C# Download Knight's effect to Special Summon another C# monster! Come out, C# Webkumo from my deck!"
"Now, I input the code to the circuit of hope!" A Link Square appeared in front of him. "Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is two Level 4 or lower Cyberse monsters! I set my C# Webkumo, treating itself as two Link Materials thanks to its special ability!"
The spider cyberse turned into two clones before they swallowed into the link arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! C# Bit-Remover!"
The new Link C# monster was a male cybernetic humanoid with a tube attached on his back and gun that looked like a vacuum cleaner. The humanoid also wore a black shade with glowing light greenish-blue lights that ran across its body, and spiky green hair.
C# Bit-Remover-Link 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Link/Effect, 1000 ATK. Link Arrow: Bottom, Right.
"Now, I activate C# Bit-Remover's effect! Once per turn, I can remove one monster in the Extra Monster Zone and move it to the Main Monster Zone!" His monster turned on its weapon, sucking Naturia Beast into the vacuum cleaner's tube.
"Naturia Beast!" Blossom Star cried.
"Don't worry. Your monster is just moving to a new home," Codebreaker assured as his Link Monster burst out Naturia Beast and placed it to one of the Main Monster Zones on her side of the field.
"Now, I re-input the code to the circuit!" The Link Square appeared again. "The summoning condition is two monsters with different names! I set my F# Bitecoin and C# Download Knight in the Link Markers!"
His two monsters turned into purple and blue twisters, absorbing into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! Knightmare Cerberus!" A three-headed orange dog beast appeared as each head howled and roared for fights, showing off its 1600 ATK.
"Ho, he's using a Knightmare monster," Flame said. "If I recall, there was one Cyberse monster from the Cyberse World that belongs to the Knightmare Archetype."
"Yeah. Actually, that would be Knightmare Corruptor Iblee. Rossy and I met her with Linkuriboh when we visited the Cyberse World!" Ai explained as Linkuriboh popped out its face from the duel disk, and watched the duel.
"F# coin's effect activates! When it is used for a Link Summon, I can add one Level 4 or lower F# Magician monster from my deck to my hand. I add my Level 4 F# Magician!" He added the said monster card.
"Knightmare Cerberus' effect! If it is Link Summoned, I can discard 1 card and then target 1 Special Summoned monster in my opponent's Main Monster Zone, and if I do, I can destroy that monster," Codebreaker said. "I discard one card and then I target your Naturia Beast!"
"If Naturia Beast gets destroyed by Knightmare Cerberus' effect, then he can able to use Spell card without any limitation," Takeru commented.
"Go, Cerberus! Use Knightmare Hell Roar!" His three-headed behemoth roared so powerfully that echoed through the data wind.
"Oh no! Sakura's monster will be destroyed!" Nami exclaimed.
Cereberus' roar made Naturia Beast to cover its ears before it shattered into sparkles, being destroyed by the three-headed dog beast's roar.
"With that big cat out of the way, Codebreaker can now make a direct attack!" Kitty announced.
"That would be a total of 2600 points of damage to Blossom Star's Life Points," Mimi admitted.
"Someone! Get her out of there! Quick!" Mr. Aoba ordered.
"Wait, honey!" His wife stopped him. "Look!"
"That's a nice play, Codebreaker, but you won't get to me when I play this card! Trap activate, Naturia Replenish!" She shouted.
The new trap showed a group of Naturia monsters bringing plants to a destroyed garden.
"When a Naturia Synchro Monster is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can bring out monsters I used to summon that destroyed Synchro Monster from my Graveyard. Revive, Naturia Peach and Cliff!" Her two Naturia monsters returned from the graveyard in face-up defense position.
"She revived her two monsters she used for Synchro Summoning!" Ai pointed out.
"Yes, but they won't stay on the field too long," Yusaku said.
"Well, since Knightmare Cerberus is Co-Linked with another Link Monster when I activated its effect, I can draw a card. Then, I set a card." Codebreaker drew a card, replacing the one he discarded and then placed one card face-down. "Now, I attack with my monsters! Go, C# Bit-Remover, attack her Naturia Peach!"
C# Bit-Remover turned on his vacuum machine to an 'attack' level, creating a powerful wind that blew scared Naturia Peach away.
"Then, Cerberus attacks your Naturia Cliff!" Cerberus chewed on Cliff, burning the poor Earth monster into crisps.
"With that, I end my turn!" He completed his turn.
Codebreaker (2h): 4000 LP
"Now, this is an exciting duel!" Takeru exulted. "I don't know who to cheer for."
'Wow. Codebreaker is strong, and I think he's even stronger than ever,' Blossom Star quavered as she thought to herself. '...What am I even thinking? This duel isn't about winning or losing! It's about showing my parents that this is something I want to do and love to do! I got to keep trying!'
"Hey Blossom Star!" Her opponent flew over to be next to her. "Are you alright? You look like you were staring in space, so I got little worried."
She grinned and said, "Don't worry. I am fine."
She flew ahead and started her turn. "My turn! I draw!"
Blossom Star (2h): 4000 LP
"If my opponent controls a monster and I don't, I can Special Summon Naturia Cicada from my hand!" The new Naturia monster was a cute cicada with red eyes that hangs on a tree branch, but in this case, it was flying with its wings out.
Naturia Cicada-Level 3, EARTH, Insect/Effect, 500 ATK, 200 DEF.
"Then, I Normal Summon Link Resonator!" A monster that looks like a Dark Resonator appeared, except this one had a Link Circuit on its back. It laughed like a maniac with a creepy smile on its face.
Link Resonator-Level 2, EARTH, Fiend/Tuner, 500 ATK, 500 DEF.
"I tune my Level 2 Link Resonator with Level 3 Naturia Cicada!" Link Resonator used its tuning fork and mallet, hitting each other to make a sound before it and Naturia Cicada were digitized.
Five rings appeared again, with number 3 and 2 showed before it turned into number 5 and a beam of energy shot through the rings.
"Synchro Summon! Appear again! Level 5! Naturia Beast!" Her second Naturia Beast appeared with a strong roar.
"She summoned another Naturia Beast," Flame said. "Interesting. Just like your Reincarnation Link Summon, this could be called a Reincarnation Synchro Summon."
"I'm not quite sure about that," Takeru said doubtfully.
"Now I activate Link Resonator's effect!" She declared. "When it is sent to the Graveyard for Synchro Summon, that monster is counted as two Link Materials! Come, my circuit of nature!"
A Link Square appeared in front of her.
"She's going to Link Summon!" Codebreaker announced.
"Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is 2 Naturia monsters! I set my Naturia Beast in the Link Markers!" Naturia Beast split itself into two before both turned into green twisters, shooting into the arrows.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 2 Naturia Forest Queen!"
Multiple roots sprouted out, tangling into a shape of body for some kind of animal. Two cherry flowers blossomed on the head with two green glowing eyes appeared. Short branches grew out, representing its horns. Four hooves were made on the tip of four roots, representing the legs and feet. A red leaf grew out of its hind for its tail. It was summoned in the zone pointed by C# Bit-Remover's top arrow.
Naturia Forest Queen-Link 2, EARTH, Beast/Link/Effect, 1500 ATK, Top, Right.
"Naturia Forest Queen's effect! When it is Co-Linked with another Link Monster, that monster's type is changed to Plant-type and then I can Special Summon one Naturia Token with an attack equals to the linked monster's ATK!"
Suddenly, a plant copy version of C# Bit-Remover appeared on her side of the field, with the same attack.
"Look at that. It looks like C# Bit-Remover," Codebreaker commented.
"Indeed it is, Master Yu, but something is not quite right about it," Rossy said.
"I declare to attack! I attack your C# Bit-Remover with my Naturia Token C# Bit-Remover!" Blossom Star declared, which surprised everyone.
"Is she going for self-destruction?!" Kitty gasped.
"She is!" Mimi announced.
Both monsters destroyed each other.
"Why did you do that, Blossom Star?" Codebreaker asked.
"So I can do this!" She answered. "When Naturia Token monster is destroyed by battle, Naturia Forest Queen gains ATK equal to the total attack of the destroyed monsters until the beginning of my next turn!"
Her Link Monster screeched as its attack increased to 3500.
"3500 ATK?!" Codebreaker gasped.
"Battle! Naturia Forest Queen, attack his Knightmare Cerberus with Royal Green Wave!" Her Link Monster released a green aroma, which made Cerberus sneered in response, not liking the smell before it trembled and destroyed.
Codebreaker (2h): 4000 – 2900 = 1100 LP
"I end my turn here," Blossom Star said.
"Nice move, Blossom Star! I never expected that you can turn the table around like that! Your are amazing and strong duelist," Codebreaker said.
"Thank you, Codebreaker. I worked hard to get to where I am because well...it is my dream to become the best Charisma Duelist!"
Her parents watched quietly as they were now glued to the TV screen with interest.
"Cool!" He responded. "But now, it's time for me to fight back!"
"Bring it on! I am ready whatever you will do!" Blossom Star replied determinedly.
"My turn, I draw!" Codebreaker drew his card, creating an arc of light.
Codebreaker (3h): 1100 LP
"I Normal Summon Knightmare Corruptor Iblee!" The female Knightmare appeared on his side of the field. "When Iblee is Normal Summoned, I can target one Link Monster in my Graveyard, and then I can Special Summon it to the field so it points to this card, with its effect negated and zero ATK! Resurrect, C# Bit-Remover!"
His Link 2 C# Link Monster returned from the grave, appearing next to Iblee.
"Next, I play the Spell Card, Monster Reborn to bring back my good, old pal, Knightmare Cerberus!" The three-headed dog beast returned as it roared for comeback.
"Then, I play the Continuous Spell Card, E-Mail Server!" The new Spell showed a giant email server with many Cyberse monsters riding on each email envelope flying in and out of the server.
"By releasing one monster, I can Special Summon one Cyberse monster from my hand with a Level equal to or lower than the released monster's Level," he explained. "I release my Level 2 Knightmare Corruptor Iblee and then Special Summon Level 2 F# Catche!"
Knightmare Corruptor Iblee turned into bits of data before those same bits formed into a new monster. This monster was a purple cat with two huge black eyes, the inner parts of the ears red, and big gold coin. It posed like the lucky cat statue with its right paw up.
F# Catche-Level 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 300 ATK, 100 DEF.
"Now I activate F# Catche's effect! Once per turn, by sending one F# monster from my hand to the Graveyard, F# Catche can copy that monster's effect!" He stated. "I send my F# Magician to copy her effect!"
"Wait...If I remember, F# Magician's effect allows you to perform Fusion Summon!" Blossom Star exclaimed.
"That's right and that's what I am gonna do!" He announced. "I activate F# Catche's copied effect from F# Magician! I can fuse a monster on my side of the field or in my hand to summon a Fusion monster! I fuse my F# Catche with C# Bit-Remover!"
F# Cratche transformed into F# Magician, except it still had its ears, eyes, and whiskers. His two monsters turned into blue and purple sparkles, mixing together into a single twister.
"Two souls become one. The codes are compatible between the two, creating a brand-new miracle! Fusion Summon! Come out! Appear, C# Solid State Dragon!" His ace Fusion monster appeared with a big roar.
"Since F# Catche copied F# Magician's effect, I can add one Polymerization or Fusion Spell card from my deck to my hand." Codebreaker added a Polymerization to his hand from his deck. "Now, C# Solid State Dragon's effect activates! When it is Fusion Summoned, it can destroy one Link Monster on the field! I destroy your Naturia Forest Queen!"
The dragon strangled Forest Queen until it broke into bits and twigs.
"Then, until the end of this turn, Solid State Dragon gains 500 ATK for each Link Rating of that destroyed monster!" He continued on.
"Naturia Forest Queen's Link Rating was two. Therefore, C# Solid State Dragon gains 1000 ATK points," Rossy said.
"Battle! Solid State Dragon, use your Solid State Beam!" His dragon fired a clean, straight white energy beam at Blossom Star.
"Arrrrgh!" She cried.
Blossom Star: 4000 – 3500 = 500 LP
"Now, Knightmare Cerberus will attack you directly!" Cerberus roared before it launched for its attack. It jumped over to Blossom Star's side of the field, and glared at her.
She sweated in fear, but unexpectedly, it gave her a nice, long lick which drained her Life Points to zero and leaving her all wet in dog's drew.
"Ewwww..." Nami disgusted.
Blossom Star: 0 LP
Codebreaker WINS!
"We have our winner! The winner of this duel is Codebreaker!" Kitty announced as random confetti popped out everywhere, reminding me of a certain video game about lawyers and court trials.
Codebreaker and Blossom Star stopped at a nearby resting ground. Luckily, there was a digital fountain where she could wash the saliva away.
"Hey Blossom Star." Codebreaker called out to her. "That was a really fun duel and I like to thank you for it. We can duel whenever you want to."
"Thank you, Codebreaker and actually I must confess to you about the duel," she admitted. "You see, I asked to duel you because my parents found out who I am, and I want to show them that this is something I want to do."
"Oh..." Codebreaker finally realized it. "Well, I think they will understand it now! They must be really excited after watching our duel! Of course, you did lost which was kind of bad, but hey, who cares! You should go and see them now."
She smiled and said, "Thank you, Codebreaker."
"Your welcome! I better get going now. See you later, Blossom Star." He then logged out.
"Oh crap! I forgot to ask him for his autograph! Oh, Nami would be mad on me for this!" Blossom Star realized.
Back in the real world, her parents saw the entire duel.
"Honey, I think our daughter is just a wonderful, strong duelist and she can become even stronger. Perhaps it is best to unlock her duel disk and allows her to duel," Mrs. Aoba suggested.
The father sighed and said, "We'll talk about when she turns home. I need some time to think about something."
Later that day, at Aoba's mansion, Sakura's parents and Sakura discussed at the living room.
"Sakura, your mother and I saw your duel on the web," he said. "You clearly disobeyed our punishment set upon on you, which means you're required with more discipline."
Sakura didn't like the sound of that.
"However…. It was a mistake for us to not count your feeling about it. We didn't recognize how serious you are about dueling and your fondness of it," he admitted, which surprised her a bit. "While I prefer you to pursue other things for your future and life, it is your decision. If you choose dueling, then you have our blessing."
"Father, thank you so much!" She beamed.
"But on one condition!" He spoke up. "You must change your avatar's look before you ever logged-in to LINK VRAINS! It must be appropriate for your age, and we don't want some people to get the wrong idea. If you agree to this condition, then you may continue being a Charisma Duelist."
"Oh, thank you, Father and Mother! Yes, I will promise you both!" She said as she hugged her parents. Even the head butler and the maids was crying in joy.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Naturia Peach-Level 1, EARTH, Plant/Tuner, 100 ATK, 100 DEF. Effect: If you control a Naturia monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
F# Bitecoin-Level 3, DARK, Cyberse/Effect, 1200 ATK, 400 DEF. Effect: If you Normal Summon this card and it is the only monster you control on the field, then Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Cyberse monster from your hand. If this card is used for Link Summon, add 1 Level 4 or lower F# monster from your deck to your hand. If this card is used for Fusion Summon, add Level 4 or lower F# monster, except this card, from your GY to your hand.
C# Bit-Remover-Link 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Link/Effect, 1000 ATK. Link Arrow: Bottom, Right. Effect: 2 Level 4 or lower Cyberse monsters. Once per turn, you can move one Link Monster controlled by your opponent from the Extra Monster Zone to tone of their Main Monster Zones.
Naturia Replenish-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If a Naturia Synchro Monster you control is destroyed by battle or card effect, Special Summon a monster(s) used to summon that destroyed monster.
Naturia Cicada-Level 3, EARTH, Insect/Effect, 500 ATK, 200 DEF. Effect: If your opponent controls a monster and you don't, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Link Resonator-Level 2, EARTH, Fiend/Tuner, 500 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: When this card is sent to the Graveyard for a Synchro Summon, that Synchro Monster is counted as two materials for Link Summon. You can only activate this effect once per turn.
Naturia Forest Queen-Link 2, EARTH, Beast/Link/Effect, 1500 ATK, Top, Right. Effect: 2 Naturia monsters. Once per turn, if this card is Co-Linked with an opponent's Link Monster, Special Summon one Naturia Token with an ATK equals to that linked monster's ATK next to this card's Link. If the Naturia Token is destroyed by battle with the same monster with equal attack, until the beginning of your next turn, this card gains ATK equal to the total ATK of the destroyed monsters.
E-Mail Server-Type: Continuous Spell, Effect: Once per turn, you can Tribute 1 monster to Special Summon one Cyberse monster from your hand with Level equals to the tribute monster's Level.
F# Catche-Level 2, LIGHT, Cyberse/Effect, 300 ATK, 100 DEF. Effect: Once per turn, you can send one F# monster from your hand to copy that monster's effect for this card. If this card is used for Fusion Summon, the summoned monster will be banished if it leaves from the field, but you can add one of its Fusion Materials used from your GY to your hand.
Hello, guys. I enjoyed writing this story the most, so here is another chapter done! The next chapter, Chapter 53 is already written and I will write Chapter 54 soon. This year is going to be Year of Yu-Gi-Oh, if you asks me.
Also, I have both good news and bad news. The bad news is...this may be the last time you hear from me, the great Narrator. But the good news is that I have two lovely slav...I mean, assistants who will help me for awhile. You know them, but I will give them a proper introduction, so please introduce yourselves!
"Hi, everyone! This is Kitty here in the house, yo!" Kitty appeared, jumped in joy.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Mimi, Kitty's BFF and partner," Mimi introduced.
"And welcome to our first episode of Kitty & Mimi's Post-Chapter Show!" They announced.
"Here on this little show of ours, we summarize briefly about what happened in the last chapter and talked about the key card that appeared in the chapter if there was a duel," Kitty explained.
"Key card is basically like a 'star' of the duel," Mimi said. "Speaking of which, today's key card is this card!"
The huge computer monitor behind them showed F# Cratche, and then it showed sequences of scenes from the chapter, showing the monster itself.
"The key card for this chapter is F# Cratche, summoned by the one and only, our hero, Codebreaker!" Kitty announced excitedly. "I really love this monster! It's cute, fluffy, and has quite a punch, too!"
"That's right," Mimi added. "F# Cratche is a Level 2 LIGHT Cyberse Effect monster with 300 Attack and 200 Defense points. This card can copy other F# monster in the owner's hand, but you can only use this once per turn. This cat can basically copy any F# monsters. It's based of two things, which Kitty will explain."
"Huh? Explain about what? I only want to say it's cute, flufy, and has quite a punch," Kitty admitted.
Mimi rolled her eyes and said, "No worry. I will do it instead."
"F# Crache is based of two things, like I said. The first one is the Maneki-neko, which is a common Japanese figurine of a cat that you would normally see at shops or restaurants in Japan. Japanese show owners often believe that Maneki-neko brings good luck to their store. Depending on which paw it holds up, it is believed to bring either more customers or money."
"Wow! I didn't know that!" Kitty exclaimed.
"You're supposed to study for it," Mimi mumbled. "The second thing that this monster is based on is the bakeneko. Bakeneko is a type of Yokai or Japanese supernatural creature. It is a cat that can transform into anything, even a person to trick other people. Just like the myth of bakeneko, F# Cratche turned into F# Magician when it copied her effect."
"Wow! I learned a lot from this," Kitty said. "Thank you so much, Mimi."
"No problem, Kitty, but I am not Mimi." Suddenly, Mimi transformed into smokes and revealed to be F# Cratche.
"Holy tunasandwich! Where's the real Mimi?!" Kitty asked. "While I figure that out, thank you for watching our show and check out the preview for the next chapter right after this. See you later, alligator!"
"Meow!" F# Cratche waved its paw goodbye to the invisible audience.
Preview for Chapter 53
The trio of Playmaker, Soulburner, and Codebreaker enter the restrictive area of LINK VRAINS. However, they are confronted by SOL Tech's bounty hunter group! Codebreaker, separated from his friends, duels against the ferocious bounty hunter, Sharkbite!
Sharkbite: I will bite you into shark bait!
Codebreaker: This guy is crazy, but I won't give up! Let's duel!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Shark Attacks!
Playmaker & Codebreaker: Into the VRAINS!