Go Forward Ver2.0
Four duelists are shown riding their D-Boards through the clouds. First is Playmaker, then followed by Soulburner, next Codebreaker, and finally Gladia. The clouds clear away, revealing New LINK VRAINS, as all four of them head to the tall tower structure in the middle of the VR world, showing the title "Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets".
In the real world, Yu is shown running down the street to school as he runs past Naoki Shima, who he greeted with a smile as he responds with a large smile on his face. He greets Tom and Sakura as he runs past them. He then runs past Aoi who only responds with a small grin. Then, he sees Yusaku wrapped by Takeru with his arms as he greets to Yu while Yusaku only stares in response nonchalantly. Without being noticed for himself, Miss Sym and Alyson watch him from behind as he continues running down the street. Also, Satoru Hikari, wearing a red jacket, watch Yu running past him as he smirks lightly.
Go is shown with a hoodie, leaving behind his old costume and belt that the orphans made for him. Next scene shows Kusanagi sighing at a fence near the sea, followed by a scene with Ai, Flame, and Rossy together at Cafe Kusanagi. Ai is arguing with Flame while Rossy stands in the middle, looking at them arguing with calm contempt. The following scenes are shown back to back between Yusaku, Takeru, and Yu inserting their deck into their duel disk as they are logging in to LINK VRAINS.
Then, a sequence of scenes is shown. The first scene shows Jin being tortured as his consciousness data is being absorbed, followed by a second scene shows Queen fixing her sunglasses with Akira Zaizen standing on her right, looking serious or annoyed while Wirisu Kigen standing on her left, smirking with a gleam. The third scene shows Alyson with her hair tied in a ponytail and Jackal the White Ignis, followed by Tom thinking deeply alone in his bedroom. The fourth scene shows Go Onizuka in his bounty hunter look with his new ace monster, Dinowrestler King T-Wrexetle behind him. The fifth scene shows most of the former members of Top 10 Charisma Duelists together; Silver Wing, Joker, Count Dracule, Princess Icy, Miss Fortune, and Blossom Star. The sixth and last scene shows Emoti-chan with one half of her real face and another half the mask of Dark Knight.
Codebreaker rides forward on his D-Board with his C# Download Knight, F# Magician Girl, and Knightmare Corruptor Iblee out as they are being pursued by Sharkbite with his Shark monsters. One of his monsters fires multiple missiles at Codebreaker, creating an explosion of fires before Codebreaker gets out of the smokes unharmed, facing against Sharkbite.
The Beast is shown struggling and roaring in pain. Darkside watches her as she trains and sharpens her claws. She roars madly at the top of her lungs, and the next scene shows her back before she turns around and attacks with her claw, ripping the scene in shreds.
The Knights of Hanoi are then shown, with everyone showing their face except for Gemma and Kronos are looking away, not showing their face or only showing it partially, and Revolver in his new VR avatar form with Borreload Savage Dragon towering him and the others.
Bowman and Haru are shown flying on their D-Board while Bowman summons his Hydrive monsters. This is followed by Soulburner using his Burning Draw along with his ace monster out on the field, Blue Angel transforming to her Blue Girl form, Dark Knight with his Phantom Mist Purple Dragon, Ultraviolet Dragon, and one shadowed dragon, Cyber Man riding through LINK VRAINS alongside a new sidekick, Fate Kid with him, and Blossom Star in her new VR form drawing her card while riding on her D-Board as she is dueling against Mech Genius with his ace monster, T.G. Blade Buster out.
Codebreaker is then shown riding on his D-Board, with all of his Cyber Magician Girl monsters with Number 39 – Utopia Data and shadowed dragon racing past them until Null Dragon flies with the Cyber Magician Girls before it unleashed its attack.
Next sequence of scenes is shown. The first one is the photo of Kusanagi and his brother when they were children, except that Jin's face was hidden. The second scene shows Kitty and Mimi performing at a stage with fans cheering for them, and Ai riding on his Linkuriboh.
The final scene shows Playmaker, Souburner, Codebreaker, and Gladia are flying on their D-Board through LINK VRAINS, along with their respective Ignis partners before the logo appears.
Chapter 61
Accel Time
Speed Duel started between Blossom Star and a new opponent, named Mech Genius.
She had no monster cards except for one face-down card while her opponent controlled a powerful Leve-10 Synchro monster, T.G. Blade Buster.
Following from behind them were the pigeon and the frog. They were broadcasting the duel to the public; The fans of Blossom Star looked worried while others cheered for her opponent.
"Why look at that! Blossom Star, one of the Top 4 Duelists and leader of the West Sector, is losing to a challenger in a heartbeat! That challenger's name is Mech Genius!" The MC announced. "We don't know where he came from or his motive for dueling, but we do know that his performance is well beyond our expectation! The man himself has Synchro Summoned not once, but twice during Blossom Star's turn, something that doesn't happen every day in dueling, not to mention in a Speed Dueling of all places!"
"No way! Blossom Star is actually losing!" Naoki Shima gasped. He was in his VR alter ego, Brave Max.
"If she loses here, she will lose her title here," Aoi said as she was watching from the real world.
"This isn't good for her," Yu commented.
"No! My favorite idol, Blossom Star, is going to lose!" Ai panicked.
"Calm down, Ai. It is only just a duel," Flame stated.
"It may be a duel to you, but it ISN'T! This is a duel that will determine the fate of her title!" Ai yelled.
"Calm down!" Yusaku scolded to the Ignis, making him cringe.
"But Ai is right. If Blossom Star loses, she loses her title, right?" Takeru asked.
"That's right," Shoichi nodded. "After LINK VRAINS was upgraded to the new version, the Top Duelist Ranking System was changed, too. Instead of 10 Top Duelists, it decreased to Top 4, each stationed over the four major sectors of New LINK VRAINS. Blossom Star is the Top Duelist in the West Sector, and if Mech Genius beats her in this duel, he will become the West Sector's new Top Duelist."
"If that happens, then all of her hard work getting here would be nothing!" Ai cried.
"If she loses her title, it will definitely affect her badly and she won't be as famous as she is now if she loses," Takeru said. "How can she beat that monster, anyway?"
"Speaking of Devil, I am actually interested more about her opponent's cards than the crisis state of Blossom Star's status," Flame admitted. "In all of my knowledge, I have never seen or heard of Synchro Tuner monster or Accel Synchro Summon."
"Me, too. There wasn't anything like that in Cyberse World!" Ai added.
"Kusanagi-san, you mentioned about the Synchro Tuner monsters. You seemed to know more about this," Yusaku said.
"Well, yeah," he smirked. "I know it since I was a kid. Accel Synchro is an advanced form of Synchro Summon. Not many people can pull it though due to the limited number of Synchro Tuner monsters, nowadays. It's pretty lucky for us to see someone actually does it because, well, Mech Genius is the first duelist I've ever seen to do it."
Back in LINK VRAINS, Blossom Star and Mech Genius were racing in the Speed Duel.
"Do you understand now how I defeated those so-called Top 10 Charisma Duelists? This is the power I wield. The power I use to survive in this crazy world of ours. With it, nothing can stop me, not even you!" Mech Genius announced. "And I only just got started!"
Blossom Star stayed calm and replied with, "I won't give up! As long as I have a Life Point, I still have a chance to win! Trap Activate! Naturia Restoration!"
The said Trap showed a bunch of Gnome tending and caring an injured Naturia Beast in the giant tree hole.
"If Naturia monster is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon that monster and regain 1000 Life Points!" She explained.
"Not so fast! I activate T.G. Blade Buster's additional effect! Once per turn, during my opponent's turn, I can banish this card to negate my opponent's card activation and destroy it!" Her Trap Card shattered into pieces.
"No way! It stopped Blossom Star's, Trap Card!" Frog screamed.
"T.G. Blade Buster is too strong, Senpai!" Pigeon exclaimed.
"Then, I activate Naturia Restoration's second effect! If its effect is negated and destroyed by a card effect, I can banish it and Special Summon one Naturia monster from my Graveyard as long as that monster is non-Synchro Monster. I Special Summon my Naturia Mantis in Defense Position!" A cute mantis hopped onto the field in defensive stance.
"I end my turn," she finished.
"It seems like Miss Blossom Star is holding on a thin line. If my calculation is correct, she has a 90 percent chance of losing this duel," Rossy analyzed.
"Even so, I saw Blossom Star's duels. She always pulls things through!" Yu assured.
"Come on, Blossom Star! I know you can beat this guy!" Silver Wing watched intensively.
"It looks like that you are back to the corner," Mech Genius remarked. "I shall end this here! I draw!"
Mech Genius (4h): 4000 LP
"I activate T.G. Blade Buster's effect!" he declared. "After this card was banished from the field by its effect, then I can Special Summon it to my field!"
His ace monster that resembled T.G. Blade Blaster reappeared on the field, this time in his middle Main Monster Zone. It had its original attack points of 3300.
"Then, I equip it with T.G. Tachyon Blaster." His monster's blade weapon was replaced with a red and blue blaster gun. "By equipping it to T.G. Blade Buster, it gains 500 ATK. I declare it to attack your Naturia Mantis!"
T.G. Blade Buster aimed the weapon at the tiny green insect. The gun charged up energy inside the barrel.
"When my monster is equipped with T.G. Tachyon Blaster, it inflicts piercing battle damage if it destroys a monster in defense position!" he revealed as Blossom Star looked over at his monster with a surprised expression.
Meanwhile, the fans cried over as they could already see that this was the end for their idol, Blossom Star.
"If she gets hit by that attack, she will lose!" Aoi said.
"This may be the last duel for Blossom Star," Flame noted.
"NO! Don't say that, Flame!" Ai cried almost overstating it. "This can't be the end!"
"Oh crap! This…. She's going to lose!" Yu stated.
"Blossom Star!" Silver Wing couldn't help, but just watched at her friend lose to the challenger.
"Goodbye, Blossom Star. It was an honor to duel you, but this is all for my own sake," Mech Genius whispered to himself, though Blossom Star heard what she said.
Before she could have a chance to say something, T.G. Blade Buster shot fire at Mantis, causing a huge explosion of light.
"Ahh! I can't see anything!" Frog exclaimed as he and the pigeon covered their eyes.
The light shimmered down, and the explosion was over. Mech Genius thought that he won, but looked closer and realized it wasn't over.
"What? Impossible!" He gasped as he looked over at Blossom Star who was still on her D-Board.
"Senpai, look! Blossom Star is still in the duel!" Pigeon pointed out.
"Alright! She survived!" Frog cheered.
"Yipee! She's still in the game!" Ai exclaimed.
"But, how did you survive?" Mech Genius asked to her.
"I used the effect of Naturia Mossy Cliff from my hand," she explained. "If I were to be attacked by a monster that would deal more than 2000 damage, I can show this card from my hand to negate that damage and Special Summon it to the field."
Where Mantis was replaced by a monster that looked like Naturia Cliff, except this one had green moss growing on its head and as well as on some sides of its body. The color of the body was also a light green compared to original Cliff's rocky, gray color for its body.
Naturia Mossy Cliff-Level 4, EARTH, Rock/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1500 DEF.
"…. I see. You are the first to survive the attack," he said as he looked to his front. "I end my turn."
Mech Genius (3h): 4000 LP
"Sweet! Blossom Star is still in the game! She still has a chance to win!" Yu stated.
"However, that chance is a very low probability, Master Yu," Rossy noted.
"Her chance of winning this duel is very slim. She only has 1200 Life Points while her opponent has 4000 Life Points. With T.G. Blade Buster out and equipped with T.G. Tachyon Blaster, it will be over for her in the next turn," Flame explained.
"She will need to do something in this turn before Mech Genius's turn comes," Takeru said.
"Mech Genius!" She flew over to his side in order to stand next to him. "What did you mean by this is for your own sake? You mutter something right before that last attack."
"Hmph? That's none of your business!" He denied as he sped forward ahead of her.
'What was that about? I only just ask,' she thought to herself.
Mech Genius went ahead of Blossom Star, thinking to himself about what Blossom Star said to him. His mind began to wander to the past, his past long, long time ago…
- Flashback -
"Gah!" A young boy with black hair was pushed around by a group of bullies.
"What a pathetic, little punk!" One of the bullies laughed.
"Hey, leave him alone!" Shouted a female voice.
The bullies skedaddled away as an older girl ran over to the boy.
"Hey, are you OK?" She asked as she helped him to stand back up on his feet.
"I'm fine, but I could've taken them out if you didn't get in my way!" he said.
"You can't deal with someone who's bigger than you! You are just getting yourself into more troubles than you should!" She stated.
"But I would've!" He complained.
'Everyday, I fight and fight, but always get beaten. No matter how much I fight, I just get hurt and eventually my sister stops preventing me to fight. That was when I needed a way to survive better by myself. Then, eventually, I found the way. Dueling is my way to survive. I practiced every day and started winning. I got stronger and stronger until I became the strongest duelist on the street. That's when I realize. Only the strongest fit can survive in this world, and I had to stay the strongest to survive!'
- Flashback Ends -
'No matter what happens, I will win this duel like any other time before!' Mech Genius thought to himself as he looked determined.
Blossom Star was just behind Mech Genius, thinking to herself.
'I just wonder why this guy duels. It doesn't seem like he's aiming the top to become famous or popular. I don't why, but for now..." She looked over at the screen which showed the current field. 'I need to find a way to beat his monster and deal damage to him! I just have to draw the right card!'
"My turn! I draw!" She drew her card without any hesitation. Everyone watched anxiously to see what happens next.
Blossom Star (1h): 1200 LP
She slowly flipped over the card she drew, revealing it to be a Spell Card as she grinned at it.
"Yes! It works!" She cheered softly. "Foolish Burial Goods!"
"Foolish Burial Goods?" Mech Genius said with a confused look on his face.
"With this card, I can send 1 Spell or Trap Card from my Deck to the Graveyard. I send my Naturia Scared Tree from my deck," she stated as she sent the said card to her GY. "Then, I activate Naturia Sacred Tree's effect! If it is sent to the Graveyard, I can add one Naturia card from my Deck to my hand, except Naturia Sacred Tree. I add Naturia Stag Beetle and summon it!"
Next to Mossy Cliff, a black Stag Beetle with cute, angry looking blue eyes appeared as it buzzed and moved its sharp pincer to make a noise.
Naturia Stag Beetle-Level 3, EARTH, Insect/Effect, 1000 ATK, 500 DEF.
"Then, I activate Naturia Sacred Tree's effect!" She followed up. "Once per turn, I can Tribute 1 EARTH Insect-type monster to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Plant-type monster from my deck."
"No matter! I activate T.G. Blade Buster…. Wait, I can't! You're activating your Trap Card from your Graveyard!" Mech Genius realized it.
"That's right! You can't negate and destroy a card if it is not even on the field!" Blossom Star pointed out.
"Alright! Way to go, Blossom Star!" Silver Wing cheered.
"Yeah! She found that guy's weakness!" Ai exclaimed.
"I Tribute my Naturia Stag Beetle to Special Summon Spore." A cute white spore with blue eyes popped out from a thin air, summoning onto her side in the left Main Monster Zone.
"I tune my Level 4 Naturia Mossy Cliff with Level 1 Spore!" Her two monsters turned into data particles, making two rings, one green and one yellow appeared.
Multiple digital squares circulated around as five rings appeared. The screen showed up, showing two numbers, four and one until it added into five. A tower of light pierced through the rings, forming into a monster's form.
"Synchro Summon! Level 5! Naturia Beast!" Her Synchro ace monster appeared as it roared for fights and summoned to the Extra Monster Zone.
"So, you can Synchro Summon. And here I thought I wouldn't get to see it when I defeat you, but now I know," Mech Genius said, looking over his shoulder to her.
"Since you did, it's time to show you why I'm good at it!" She replied as she continued on. "I activate Spore's effect! If this card is in the Graveyard, I can banish one other Plant-type monster from my Graveyard to Special Summon this card, and increase its Level by the Level of that banished monster. I banish my Level 2 Naturia Snail and then resurrect my Spore!"
Spore returned to the field with two Levels higher than original.
'Is she planning to do it again with her Beast?' Mech Genius asked to himself.
"I tune my now Level 3 Spore with Level 5 Naturia Beast!" She declared as her two monsters turned into data particles, making two rings to appear; one green and another white. The flower patterns on her began to glow in a green light.
"Born from the great Mother Earth herself, rise to defend all things good! Synchro Summon! Level 8! Naturia Gaia Dragon!"
From the ground, a green and brown dragon rose up, spanning its wings. It had a mossy green fur behind its long neck all the way to the tip of its tail. Its wings were huge and bat-like except it shined like gold. Brown horns that looked like tree branches grew out from the top of its head. Its eye looked weary and blind, indicating that this monster lived for a very, very long time. Its claws for hands and feet was gray like a rock that makes the concrete. Its scale was a light green color. Its head was long with sharp razor teeth. It was a big ancient dragon and it was so big that Silver Wing, who was flying just above the two duelists couldn't even see them.
Naturia Gaia Dragon-Level 8, EARTH, Dragon/Synchro/Effect, 2800 ATK, 2000 DEF.
"Daaaamn! It's huge!" He cried.
"I activate my dragon's effect! Once per turn, I can target one monster my opponent controls and then banish one EARTH monster from my Graveyard to decrease the targeted monster's ATK by the ATK of that banished monster!" She announced.
"Not so fast! I activate T.G. Blade Buster's effect! Once per turn, during my opponent's turn, I can negate one card activation and then destroy it!" He countered.
"That's what I was waiting for you to do!" She admitted, surprising him. "I activate Naturia Stag Beetle's effect! If this card is my Graveyard, then when my opponent activates a card that would negate an effect of a card I control on the field, then I equip beetle to that card and negate its effect! Plus a decrease to the ATK by 500 points!"
Naturia Stag Beetle appeared out of a portal and flew over to T.G. Blade Buster. It pinched on the monster as it then tried to get it off by shrugging it, pulling it off, and beating it, but without any use. The beetle appeared on Mech Genius's Spell and Trap Zone that was underneath T.G. Blade Buster's position. Not only that, but T.G. Blade Buster's ATK decreased a little.
"No!" He gasped.
"As long as Naturia Stag Beetle is in your Spell and Trap Zone, then you cannot use T.G. Blade Buster's effect anymore," she explained. "Now, my dragon's effect continues! I banish Naturia Mantis to decrease your monster's ATK by 1700!"
Her dragon spewed a green spore all over T.G. Blade Buster from its wings by flapping them the spores at it. T.G. Blade Buster became weaker as its ATK decreased to 1100.
"Battle! I attack T.G. Blade Buster! Gaia Force Breath!" Her dragon breathes out a green fire at T.G. Blade Buster, burning it and Stag Beetle in the process.
"Aaaaarrr!" He felt the burn as he covered himself with his arms over his face.
Mech Genius (3h): 4000 – 1700 = 2300 LP
"Yes! She finally hit him! Keep it up at this and she will win!" Silver Wing exclaimed as he cheered for her.
The fans from the real world also cheered for her.
"Blossom Star made a great comeback!" Pigeon stated.
"Of course, she did," Frog boasted. "She is in the Top 4! Never underestimate her!"
Blossom Star flew next to Mech Genius and looked at him.
"You're strong, Mech Genius, but I am strong, too, and I always constantly improve. I won't be defeated so easily," she said boldly.
"Yeah! You said it, Blossom Star!" Silver Wing stated.
Mech Genius looked at her with a serious expression and slight smirk over his face that was a bit noticeable.
"I see… Very well. I apologize," he said softly.
Blossom Star looked a bit surprised and confused. "What?" She asked.
"I may have underestimated you and apologize for calling you the weakest of the Top 4. Now I know…. You are indeed strong!" Mech Genius shouted. "So why are you dueling?"
"Why…?" She said, feeling very sudden by the question. "I…. That's because I like dueling. Dueling is what makes me who I am."
"I see. So, you're passionate for dueling and it brings out your unique individuality, making you who you are now," Mech Genius stated. "That's what makes us at a different level of strength."
"What do you mean?" She asked.
Mech Genius looked forward while he began explaining. "My reason for dueling is for survival. By dueling, I become stronger and by becoming stronger, I survive. For another day. I fought and fought for many years. It is why I am still here, living and breathing."
"Mech Genius..." She whispered to herself and then looked straight at him. "I respect that, but dueling isn't about surviving. It can also be about fun and understanding each other."
"Sorry, but I don't accept such sympathy and I believe that just makes anyone soft and weak!" Mech Genius replied seriously. "It's time to continue our duel, Blossom Star! I activate T.G. Armor Scorpion's effect from my hand! If a T.G. monster is destroyed by battle during my opponent's Battle Phase, then I can Special Summon this card from my hand!"
On his side, a dark purple armored bionic scorpion appeared. Its eye glowed in red with some green lights illuminating on some parts of the body, like its legs, claws, and tail. At the tip of the tail where it supposed to be the stinger was a canon gun instead.
T.G. Armor Scorpion-Level 5, DARK, Insect/Effect, 1800 ATK, 1100 DEF.
"Then, if a T.G. monster is Special Summoned during my opponent's turn, I can Special Summon T.G. Harpoon Jaw from my hand!" The next monster that appeared next to Armor Scorpion was a yellow shark with partial armor around its body that carried two harpoon guns on each side of the fin.
T.G. Harpoon Jaw-Level 3. WATER, Fish/Effect, 1400 ATK, 800 DEF.
"That guy summoned two monsters during her turn! What a pesky guy!" Ai commented.
"But neither of them is a Tuner monster. I wonder what's he planning to do," Flame thought aloud.
"I end my turn then," Blossom Star said.
Blossom Star (0h): 1200 LP
"My turn! I draw!" Mech Genius stated as he began his turn.
Mech Genius (2h): 2300 LP
"It is time. It's been so long since I take a duel seriously, but for this once, I will show you!" Mech Genius said to Blossom Star over his shoulders.
'Why am I getting so excited over this? It is just another duel, yet for some reasons, dueling her makes me enjoy this duel….' He thought to himself.
"Appear! The circuit of mechanical evolution!" His hand glowed in blue light as the link circuit portal appeared just above him. "The summoning condition is two T.G. monsters. I set my T.G. Armor Scorpion and T.G. Harpoon Jaw to the link markers."
The two monsters turned into purple and blue twisters. It hit into the arrows, making them red.
"Link Summon! Link-2! T.G. Balance Caster!" The new Link Monster was a slender male magician in white clothes with golden lining. His eyes were dark blue with some bits of bionic machine parts on his face. He also carried a golden balance scale with him, which looked like a familiar ancient relic.
T.G. Balance Caster-Link 2, LIGHT, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, 1600 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right.
"I activate T.G. Balance Caster's effect! Once per turn, by targeting one monster my opponent controls, I get to Special Summon one T.G. monster from my Graveyard with a Level equal to or less than that targeted monster's level. I target your Naturia Gaia Dragon!"
Suddenly, a small statue of Naturia Gaia Dragon appeared on the scale carried by Balance Caster.
"What is it doing?" She asked.
"It will help me to resurrect a monster from my grave!" He answered. "I Special Summon my Level 5 T.G. Miracle Magician!"
The Synchro Tuner monster resurrected from the grave as she fluttered around. She appeared next to T.G. Balance Caster's bottom-left arrow.
"He resurrected that Synchro Tuner monster, Senpai!" Pigeon pointed out.
"Yeah, I can see that but for what reason?" Frog said.
"Then, I play the Spell Card, Acceleration Synchro Beyond Time!" He showed the card from his hand. It showed Formula Synchron in the front and Stardust Dragon behind it passing through the Synchro Rings while wavy clocks appeared in the background.
"This card allows me to Synchro Summon a monster using a monster from my field and another one from my Graveyard! Also, it doesn't matter the Synchro Summoned monster is from Extra Deck or Graveyard, but if the summoned monster is destroyed, then it is banished instead," he explained.
"Wait. Don't tell you're…." Before she could say anything further, Mech Genius began his chant.
"I tune my Level 5 T.G. Miracle Magician with Level 5 T.G. Armor Scorpion!" His two monsters turned into red rings with two numbers of five appeared. The rings stacked up like a tower as the two numbers added into 10.
"Accel Synchro!" He shouted as the lines on his outfit turned bright red. "Resurrect! Level 10! T.G. Blade Buster!" His ace monster returned from the grave, appearing next to T.G. Balance Caster's bottom-left arrow.
"Oh no! It came back!" Ai panicked.
"I activate T.G. Blade Buster's effect! If you remember, if this monster is Synchro Summoned next to T.G. Link Monster's link marker, then I can Tribute it to gain that monster's ATK to its ATK," he reminded. "I release my T.G. Balance Caster to increase T.G. Blade Buster's ATK by 1600!"
T.G. Balance Caster turned into an energy ball, which absorbed into Blade Buster's weapon, powering the welder itself. Its ATK was now at 4900.
"You Synchro Summoned a formidable giant monster, but once my monster attacks and destroys yours, it will deal you 2100 points of damage. More than enough to defeat you," he explained as he pointed to his monster. "Go, T.G Blade Buster! Accel Finisher!"
T.G. Blade Buster moved fast towards to Naturia Gaia Dragon. It moved around its body and then flew up from the sky. Once it reached the highest it can, it sky-dived towards it faster than light speed. It briefly disappeared until it reappeared again, right after it slashed the dragon through. The dragon roared in pain before it exploded.
"Kyyyaaaahh!" Blossom Star screamed.
"Blossom Star!" Silver Wing shouted.
In the midst of the duel, Blossom Star became unconscious from the attack physically, but still awake mentally.
'No…. It can't be…. I…. lost?' She asked to herself in thought as she was falling down deep into the abyss.
Suddenly, a single light glowed in the darkness, making her open her eyes to see why it was bright. She saw the light approaching her before it enveloped her. This made her wake up, realizing that it wasn't over yet.
"Naturia Gaia Dragon's effect activates!" She shouted. "If my dragon would be destroyed by battle, it doesn't get destroyed once this turn and I only take half of the damage!"
"What?!" Mech Genius gasped as she left partially scratched from the attack while her dragon was still alive.
Blossom Star (0h): 1200 – 1050 = 150 LP
"She's still in!" Ai cheered.
The people who were watching also cheered and overjoyed to see Blossom Star was still in the duel.
"Yes! She still has Life Points!" Aoi jumped out of her sofa.
"You're persistent!" Mech Genius stated.
"I am, but that's because like I said, I don't lose easily!" She responded boldly.
"Then, I end my turn," he said. "My Blade Buster keeps the increased attack until the end of my next turn. If you don't do anything in this last turn, you will fall."
He was right. If Blossom Star doesn't do something in this turn, she will lose the duel.
'No matter what happens, I will win this duel. I know I can. I believe in my deck and in myself. All my hard work to get here won't be wasted!' She thought to herself as he was ready.
"I draw!" She drew her last card. She flipped it over and saw what she needed.
"Mech Genius, it's time to show you my own way of 'Accel Synchro'," she said as she sped forward.
Mech Genius watched with a confused, yet curious look.
"I summon Naturia Resonator!" The new monster that summoned looked like Resonator monster, except this one was wearing a green cloak. It also had the same tuning and mallet like the other Resonators, but behind it was a green holly.
Naturia Resonator-Level 2, DARK, Fiend/Tuner, 500 ATK, 100 DEF.
"A Tuner monster?" He said in question as Blossom Star heard the answer.
"That's right! Now, I tune it with my Level 8 Naturia Gaia Dragon!" She declared as her two monsters turned into green data particles.
Two rings appeared one green and another dark purple. Two numbers appeared as multiple rings stacked together. The numbers, 8 and 2 appeared before both added into 10 as a pierce of light went through the tower of rings.
"Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 10! Leo, The Keeper of the Sacred Tree!" The most powerful Naturia related monster appeared as it roared into the duel, moving with its legs in thin air beside its master.
"That's Blossom Star's most powerful monster," Silver Wing said as he smirked. "She's giving everything she got."
"Naturia Resonator's effect! If it is used as a Synchro Material with another Naturia Monster, then the Synchro Summoned cannot be destroyed by card effect until the end of this turn," she explained.
"What?!" Mech Genius gasped.
"Your T.G. Blade Buster's effect is to negate card activation and destroy it during an opponent's turn, but now that is sealed, so it's completely useless for you," she stated.
"Even so, your monster is still not strong enough to defeat mine!" He argued.
"That's fine! I declare my monster to attack!" She said, surprising him and everyone else.
"Nooo! What is she thinking?!" Ai cried.
"Is she going for self-destructing?!" Yu said as he leaned towards the screen.
"Have you gone insane?!" Mech Genius yelled.
"No, just a bit crazy, but I have a reason! Skill activate! Naturia's Call!" Some parts of her outfit glowed in light green color. "When a Naturia monster or Naturia related monster battles an opponent's monster with higher ATK than it, that monster is banished instead, and my opponent takes damage equal to the damage I would've taken."
Leo swiped T.G. Blade Buster with its claw, banishing it as Mech Genius took damage from the impact.
"Grrrr!" He held on his D-Board as it wobbled.
Mech Genius: 2300 – 1800 = 500 LP
"It seems like you miscalculated! I still have 500 Life Points left! I survive this turn, which means it's your loss!" He exclaimed.
"No. This is really the last turn, Mech Genius," she said. "Naturia Gaia Dragon's additional effect! If this is in the Graveyard and I control a monster that didn't destroy an opponent's monster during my Battle Phase, I can banish it from my Graveyard to have my monster attack again, but with its ATK reduced by half!"
Leo roared as its ATK decreased to 1550, but that didn't matter.
"No…. impossible…." Mech Genius said softly to himself as he sweated.
"Go, Leo! Claw Swipe!" Leo raised its right palm and swiped it softly, but created a powerful slash at Mech Genius, causing him to fall off from his D-Board.
"I….lost?" He thought aloud to himself.
Mech Genius: 0 LP
Blossom Star WINS!
Mech Genius, with his quick reaction, he turned over and his D-Board came back to him to catch him just in time. He and Blossom Star stopped at the nearest tree branch of the huge tree to rest. Silver Wing joined them.
"Great job, Blossom Star! That was an amazing duel!" He praised her.
"Um, thank you, Birdie," she said as she blushed a little.
"Blossom Star." They turned to look at Mech Genius. "I take back everything I said about you being the weakest."
"Well, that's OK. I already forgive," she said.
'From this day forward, you and I are rival," he declared.
"What?" She gasped with a surprised look.
"Hey! Don't go around and decide it," Silver Wing argued.
"I am not talking to you," he stated.
"Why you…!" Before Silver Wing was going to punch him or something, Mech Genius jumped onto his D-Board and flew off.
"Let him go, Silver Wing," Blossom Star said.
"Yeah, but…. alright," he cooled. "I'm guessing that this won't be the last time we'll see him."
"I agree, and I think the next time he will be much stronger than now. I better get stronger, too," she said as they watched the sunset.
Meanwhile, in the real world, a lone woman saw the whole duel on the TV at a local bar in an unknown location. She was tall and slender, with long blond hair in a braid ponytail style. Her nose was high and her blue eyes sparkled like a sapphire. For physic, she had a healthy body despite how slender she looked. Rather beautiful, she looked cool and boyish, due to the clothes she wore, which were composed of a dark brown jacket, jeans, and a white T-shirt.
"Congratulations, Blossom Star," she said to herself, with a glass of drink in her hand. "You are indeed getting stronger."
She finished her drink and put her money on the table with it as she left the bar.
"Thank you and come again, maim," said the bar owner.
The mysterious lady went to her left, walking alone in what appeared to be a gloomy place.
"I must find her. No matter what, I will find you…. Elizabeth!"
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Naturia Restoration-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: If Naturia monster is destroyed, Special Summon that monster and gain Life Points equal to that monster's ATK.
T.G. Tachyon Blaster-Type: Equip Spell, Effect: Equip only to T.G. monster. Gains 500 ATK. When the equipped monster destroys a monster in defense position, inflicts piercing battle damage to your opponent's Life Points.
Naturia Mossy Cliff-Level 4, EARTH, Rock/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1500 DEF. Effect: During your opponent's turn, if you would take battle damage that deals more than 2000 points, reveal this card from your hand to negate that damage and then Special Summon this card from your hand.
Naturia Stag Beetle-Level 3, EARTH, Insect/Effect, 1000 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: If this card is in your GY: If your opponent activates a monster's effect that negates any card activation, equip this card to that monster, and if you do, its effect is negated, then place this card face-up in your opponent's Spell & Trap Zone.
Naturia Gaia Dragon-Level 8, EARTH, Dragon/Synchro/Effect, 2800 ATK, 2000 DEF. Effect: 1 Plant Turner monster + 1+ non-Tuner monsters. Once per turn, you can banish one EARTH monster from your Graveyard: Target one card your opponent controls, then decrease that monster's ATK by the ATK of the banished monster. If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, it is not destroyed by that battle once and you only take half the damage from it. If this card is in your GY and you control a monster that didn't destroy your opponent's monster during the Battle Phase, banish this card from the GY to have your monster attack again this turn, with its ATK reduced to halve.
T.G. Armor Scorpion-Level 5, DARK, Insect/Effect, 1800 ATK, 1100 DEF. Effect: If a T.G. monster you control is destroyed by battle during your opponent's Battle Phase, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
T.G. Harpoon Jaw-Level 3. WATER, Fish/Effect, 1400 ATK, 800 DEF. Effect: If a T.G. monster is Special Summoned during your opponent's turn, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
T.G. Balance Caster-Link 2, LIGHT, Spellcaster/Link/Effect, 1600 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right. 2 T.G. monsters. Once per turn: You can target one monster your opponent controls, then Special Summon one T.G. monster from your Graveyard with Level equals to that targeted monster's Level. This card cannot attack after this card activation.
Acceleration Synchro Beyond Time-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Special Summon one Tuner monster from your Graveyard or hand, but it cannot attack this turn and banishes from your field during the End Phase. Then, use the summoned monster and another monster you control on the field to Special Summon one Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck or Graveyard (This summoning is treated as Synchro Summon). The Synchro Summoned monster is banished if it gets destroyed by battle or card effect.
Naturia Resonator-Level 2, DARK, Fiend/Tuner, 500 ATK, 100 DEF. Effect: If this card is used for Synchro Summon with another Naturia Monster as a material, the Synchro Summoned monster cannot be destroyed by card effect until the end of this turn.
Ending "BOY" (Codes of Secrets ver.)
A bunch of cards flew up into the green pillar of light. The next scene shows Yusaku, with his VR avatar, Playmaker displaying as the shadow, looking in the same direction with Ai projected larger than him. Followed up is Takeru, with Soulburner for his shadow while Flame is also displayed bigger than him. After him, Yu standing alone in the center, with Rossy over him as his shadow displayed his VR avatar form, Codebreaker.
The next sequence of scenes show young Yusaku and Takeru being shocked inside the separated room during the time of the lost incident while young Yu sat alone, looking lonely and sad. The duel disk that displayed "Password:" appeared on the screen. Then, stream of green, blue, and purple light flashed before Bohman, Haru, Beast, and Darkside appeared over New LINK VRAINS while Bohman held a globe over his left hand.
The scenary changed again and this time it is showing Playmaker, Soulburner, and Codebreaker watching over New LINK VRAINS with their AI partner respectfully. Then, it showed Blood Shepard and Sharkbite with their monsters flying or swimming over them. Then, Go and his bounty hunter partners appeared with three ace monsters appearing behind them. The next scene showed Aoi as Blue Girl on her D-Board riding in the air with her ace monster, Trickstar Holy Angel, Emma looking up to her, Cyber Man and Fate Kid watching safe from distance on the top of a building, and huge image of Gladia and Jackal watching over them all from the sky full of shooting stars. The scene after that shows Playmaker riding on his D-Board with Cyberse Witch and Cyberse Magician, Soulburner with his ace monster, Salamander Heatleo, and Codebreaker with his F# Solid State Dragon.
The trio high-fived in the air together before turning back to their real self in the real world. They smiled together in front of the sunrise while Kusanagi stood alone at his café truck, watching over the boys.
Hello, guys!
A long awaited update for my VRAINS story is finally here!
First of all, some of you are probably wondering; hey, where is Mimi and Kitty? Aren't there supposed to be a little post-chapter show thing that I always write at the end of the chapter before the preview for the next chapter?
Well, today, I let them take a break and I want to talk with you guys directly, like how I used to do long time ago.
I want to give a shot-out to johannvanguard for coming up the name for one of the new OC cards' names and giving me the idea of creating Naturia version of Resonator monster. He also gave me the idea to update the opening, and do the ending, so here it is, just as I promise.
The next chapter will take a while to make, but I have something special for next month. Let's just say it is for anniversary of this story since I started working on it two years ago. Can't say anmore than that, but here are list of future chapters' names and short summary after Chapter 61;
Chapter 62: The Lone Knight-Jaune Arc returns and she is searching for her sister, Elizabeth, the current Admin member of the Hanoi. She searches her sister's last known location in the underworld of Den City.
Chapter 63: Infiltration-Jaune Arc asks Blossom Star's help to infiltrate the Hanoi's HQ after gathering information. Getting in was easy, but they must face the Hanoi, and finally meet Elizabeth or in Link VRAINS, Sir Lady of the Hanoi and brand new admin!
Chapter 64: Of Friends And Sisters-Jaune Arc and Blossom Star duels the admins in their own Master Duels. While the two sisters bicker and exchange bittersweet, yet troubling reunion, Blossom Star faces against her doom! Could she survive?
Chapter 65: Nature vs. Nurture: Codebreaker takes a breather from searching the Legendary Codes and decide to hang around in Link VRAINS. He runs into Silver Wing and Blossom Star, but the mysterious duelist with Ignis of her own, Gladia, spies on them. Blossom Star notices and decides to duel her to know why she was spying on them.
Chapter 66: Codes of Combat: Blossom Star and Gladia duels, and out of the blue, Gladia reveals her Legendary Code! Codebreaker watches the duel and surprises to see that she really has one of the Legendary Codes he's been searching for. After the duel, Codebreaker asks to duel her and they decide a wager; the loser gives the Legendary Code to the winner!
What do you all think? Let me know your review for this chapter, and all things for Yu-Gi-Oh. Until next time, folks, I will see you again and have a nice day!
INTO THE VRAINS!