A/N: WARNING! This chapter (and last chapter, Chapter 10) takes place between episode 5 and episode 6 of the anime. If you haven't watch episode 6, SPOILERS for cards appear in this chapter! Please be advised.
Last time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, our hero, Yu Akira aka Morse had a busy schedule. He was interviewed for TV show, attended dinner party, and dealing with army of fan girls. This also led to one of his friends, Emoti-chan to be jealous of him.
"Hey! I wasn't that jealous!" Emoti-chan claimed.
Riight. What kind of adventures and surprises await for our hero and his friends today?
Chapter 11
Clash of Idols
It was another school day at Den Academy, and it was back to its usual quiet, peaceful day…. since Yu was being late as usual before.
Tom looked over to his left, where he seats. "As always," he mumbled.
After all the morning classes ended, lunch time began. Yu hadn't arrived yet, which he should be coming by now. Emoti-chan and Tom walked around the campus to relax and talk.
"How are you feeling, Emoti-chan?" Tom asked.
"I feel fine," she said. "Why you ask?"
"Well, um, you know. It's just that, um, you were…acting strangely when Yu was hanging with…other girls," he admitted.
"Oh! That, well, I am fine with it now. As long as he doesn't go ga-ga with them, then I'm fine with it," she stated.
"Well, that's good to hear. Although, I am not sure about the whole ga-ga thing. He is very chilled guy, so I wouldn't say he would be, like…flirty with girls," Tom remarked.
"Him? Flirting? Yeah right!" Emoti-chan laughed.
"Yeah. That would be funny," Tom chuckled.
"Hey guys!" They turned around and saw the very man running over to them.
"Speaking of the devil." Emoti-chan mumbled. "Where have you been, Mister Slacker?"
"Sorry to be late, guys," he apologized.
Dude, you are always late. They know that.
"You were late than normal, Morse. It's been past five minutes in the lunch period. Did something happen?" Tom asked.
"Well, you see, I was heading to school with Rosey, but…"
"Allow me, Master Yu." Rosey spoke as she shot out a holographic beam out of her "eyes", and showed recorded images of Yu going to school in the morning. They showed him helping an old lady across the street, getting a cat unstuck from the top of the tree for a little girl, and trying to open a jar of pickles for a guy.
"You were late because you were helping these people?" Emoti-chan questioned.
"Yeah. I couldn't just leave them alone you know, and they asked for my help, so I couldn't decline either," he explained.
Emoti-chan looked straight at him and then smiled. "Morse, you are such a good person."
"Hee, hee. Naw. It's normal to help others in need," he said as he blushed little bit.
Yu and Emoti-chan laughed together while Tom grinned and nodded. Then, they heard something growling and rumbling sound.
"Oh, I forgot! I didn't eat anything this morning. Man, I'm starving…" He moaned as he rubbed his stomach.
"Then, let's get something from the cafeteria," Emoti-chan stated.
"I have a better idea," he said. "Rosey, please contact Kusanagi-san."
"Yes, Master Yu," Rosey said as she dialed the number and made some beeping noise, like what a phone does.
"Who's Kusanagi-san?" Tom wondered aloud.
In less than 10 minutes, the "Nagi Café" truck stopped at the street near the school.
"You called a hot dog stand truck!?" Emoti-chan asked, as she was surprised.
"Yup, and what's even better is I can get free hot dog from the owner, too," Yu said as he approached the stand.
"What? Really?" Tom asked.
"Yup." He replied.
Kusanagi opened the window, and saw Yu with a bit disappointed look. "Hello, Yu. You want free hot dogs?"
"Yeah! One of each for me and my friends. Also, a drink and some fries, too," Yu ordered.
"Alright. Three hot dogs, drinks, and fries. Coming right up," the owner complied.
"No way! You actually get free food and drink from him?" Emoti-chan asked, looking suspicious at Yu.
"Yup. It was part of a de…" He stopped talking there as he almost spilled the beans. Kusanagi cringed as he heard what he was about to say.
"Part of what, Morse?" Emoti-chan said as she glared at him.
"Ummm, part of…."
"Benefit!" Kusanagi spoke up.
"Benefit?" Emoti-chan repeated.
"Yeah! It is part of his employee benefit. Your friend here works for me part-time!" Kusanagi claimed.
"I do?" Yu asked in confused tone.
"Master Yu, just say yes…" Rosey whispered to him.
"Oh! Right, yeah, I work part-time as a hot dog standee guy, and for that, I get free foods from my boss, Kusanagi-san here!" Yu followed up.
"Really?" Emoti-chan continued to press on him as her face met with his, making him sweat a lot.
Few seconds later, she stepped back. "Morse, why didn't you say so in the first place? Don't hide thing like this from us, OK?"
"Ha, ha! Right," he laughed nervously as Kusanagi breathed out in relief.
That was close (I said in low whispering tone)
The trio sat together on the outdoor table just outside of their school, eating hot dogs and fries.
"Mmmmf. This hot dog tastes great!" Emoti-chan exclaimed with a mouthful.
"It is very delicious," Tom commented as he munched off his.
"I know right!" Yu remarked as he already gabbled his hot dog.
"I hope I don't run out of business because of this," Kusanagi mumbled.
Little did they know that Yusaku was spying on them. He also brought his Duel Disk or AI with him, too.
"Why are we spying on him?" AI asked.
Yusaku didn't talk back in response to AI, which he saw to be bit odd, but decided to poke on him for it.
"What's wrong, great, knowledgeable and powerful, Yusaku-sama? Are you worrying about your friend?" AI teased.
"Be quiet you. I am not worry about him. I am concerned when the Knights of Hanoi will strike him," he stated.
"Yeah, yeah. I think you just can't admit it that you worry about him, even just a little bit," AI remarked. "However, he defeated the Knights of Hanoi on his own twice, and even helped you in that first duel against them. So, why would you be spying on him?"
"Just shut up. There is no need for me to answer that," he said strictly.
"Fine, fine," AI replied as he grumbled to himself.
Yusaku then noticed someone approaching to Yu and his friends. "Excuse me, but I would like to have one hot dog please," the person asked.
"Yes, maim! Coming right up!" Kusanagi exclaimed as he began cooking.
"Huh? Hey Aoi-chan!" Yu called out as the very person turned and noticed.
Emoti-chan gasped and almost choked herself when he said her name, but she managed to swallow it, very deeply though.
"Hello, Yu," she greeted.
"What's up, Aoi-chan. Getting a hot dog for lunch today?" Yu asked. "This hot dog really tastes great!"
"Mm..Morse, who is this?" She asked in erupting tone as Tom sweated a cold-sweat.
"Oh, this is Aoi-chan. She is somebody I met at the dinner party and learned that she goes to the same school we go to. Her older brother happened to be working at SOL Technologies!" He explained.
"SOL Technologies? You mean the company who makes the latest Duel Disk?" Tom asked.
"Yup! The one and only," Yu nodded. "Oh, Aoi-chan, these are my two best friends. Tom, and Emoti-chan."
"It's pleasure to meet you both," Aoi greeted politely as she bowed to them.
"Oh, um, it's nice to meet you, too!" Tom replied hesitantly as he bowed back.
"Yeah, hi," Emoti-chan replied coldly.
"So, what's up, Aoi-chan?" Yu wondered.
"I just want to give you this," she said as she handed him a present rapped in a nice paper and red ribbon.
"Whhhaaat!?" Emoti-chan gasped as her face became into that famous painting, the one with the screaming person.
"Oh, why thank you," Yu said happily as he accepted the gift.
"Well, see you later." She stated before she walked away quickly.
"Hey! What about your hot dog, Miss? Miss!" Kusanagi yelled at her, but it was too late.
"I wonder what's inside this gift," Yu thought aloud as he opened the present.
"Excuse me, guys, but I need to use the girls' restroom," Emoti-chan stated as she left.
"Wow, cool! She gave me a watch," Yu remarked as he showed off a black watch. "Hey, where is Emoti-chan?"
"Um, she needed to use the bathroom," Tom explained.
"Oh OK, but check this watch! Pretty neat, eh?" he said.
"Yeah. It looks nice," Tom agreed, but in his thought, he was thinking about Emoti-chan. "She gets jealous too much. I hope she will be OK…. hopefully."
Someone should come up a name for Yu and Emoti's shipping name. How about…Lemonade-Orange shipping? Because of their hair color.
"What was that all about?" AI asked.
"It was probably nothing. Come on, let's go," Yusaku decided.
"Hey! Are you gonna stop spying on him?"
-Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets-
Later in the afternoon, all the classes ended. Yu, and his two friends were walking to home together. Yu was looking at his new watch while walking. Emoti-chan didn't look happy about it, though.
"So, I see that you like the watch so much," she said.
"Yeah. It's really neat, and it will be useful from now on," he said.
"Well, I hope you take care of it and not break it!" Emoti-chan huffed and puffed as she walked ahead of the boys.
"Is it something I said?" He asked.
"Where will I even begin?" Tom moaned as he shook his head.
Tom and Yu decided to walk to the long way to home, so that Tom could discuss with Yu about Emoti-chan. They were now at the town's square.
"I see, but why she becomes so mad about that? It's only just a gift," he said.
"Yu, that's not the point. It's the meaning behind the gift. I think Emoti-chan may be misunderstanding things about you and that girl Aoi," Tom said.
"Really? But, we are just friends," he said.
"That part may be what she doesn't understand, Morse. You got to tell her that," Tom proposed, but his thought also say other thing. "Should I also mention that she also likes him? Then again, I think that may hurt his brain, though."
Ha, ha, ha! Even his own best man thinks he is dumb.
"Who?" Morse asked to yours truly.
Nothing.
"Hey, look! It's the Blue Angel!" A random passerby shouted. Most of the people gathered at the front of the TV screen and the outdoor stage.
"What!? Blue Angel?" Yu ran and joined with the crowds.
"Wait Morse!" Tom yelled as he followed after him.
On the screen, it showed Blue Angel surfing on the D-Board before she landed safely on the top of building.
"Hi, everyone! It's me," she greeted cheerfully as she waved to the camera.
"Hi, Blue Angel!" Her fan in the real world, including Yu greeted back.
"Today, I am here to announce a challenge!" She stated. "Who am I challenging today, you ask? Well, I want to challenge the new hero of Link VRAINS and the survivor of the recent school attack by Knights of Hanoi, Yu Akira aka Codebreaker!"
Everyone went wild as they cheered to her idea. "Morse, she's asking you to challenge you," Tom said as he looked to his left and noticed that only the dotted line shaped of him was left.
"Hey! Where did you go off, this time?" Tom asked as he looked around for him.
Meanwhile, in Link VRAINS….
"Come out, Codebreaker! I am challenging you to a…."
"Speed Duel, I presume?" Blue Angel turned around and surprised to see who it was.
"Yamamoto-senpai! Codebreaker, he showed up!" The talking pigeon exclaimed.
"Yeah, I can see that! Quick, aim the camera!" The talking frog ordered.
The camera changed to aim him and zoomed in, showing his face on the screen. The crowds cheered and went wild, with mostly the women screaming in joy and excitement.
"Codebreaker-sama!" They screamed.
Back to Link VRAINS, Codebreaker approached closer to Blue Angel.
"So, you finally showed up, Codebreaker," she stated.
"Well, here I am, Blue Angel," he replied. "I've been waiting for this day, to duel with a famous Charismatic Duelist like you!"
"Well, I feel very honored," she giggled. "Then, how about you show me what you got, big boy? Time to begin!"
Just like on cue, the winds of the Data Storm flew over them. They both jumped onto their respective D-Board, surfing on the winds.
Speed Duel!
Blue Angel vs. Codebreaker
Codebreaker: 4000 LP (4h)
Blue Angel: 4000 LP (4h)
"Love Blue! Angel! Love Blue! Angel!" Her fans cheered.
"OK, everyone! Let's begin!" She declared. "I'll go first! I play the Field Spell, Trickstar Light Stage!"
Blue Angel: 4h – 1 = 3h
The Field Spell showed itself on her side, which showed four Trickstar monsters singing at a light stage show of some kind.
"When this card is activated, I can add 1 Trickstar monster from my Deck to my hand." She drew. "Today is my lucky day! If I drew this card instead of just through normal Draw Phase, I can Special Summon it. Come out, my friend! Trickstar Lilybell!"
A Trickstar monster with pig-tails and giant bell appeared, showing off her weak 800 ATK, but strong 2000 DEF.
"Then, I normal summon Trickstar Cardinia." A fairy in a yellow dress appeared, flying next to Lilybell as they giggled together. "Then, I activate Cardinia's effect! When she is normal summoned, I can add one Trickstar card from my Deck to my hand."
"Another draw? I wonder what she's planning up to," Yu thought as he grinned excitedly.
"Warning! Warning! Master Yu, I sensed that she is up to something no good to you. Be careful!" Rosey warned him.
"Don't worry, Rosey. Let's just watch what she does first," Yu said confidently.
"The card I drew is Trickstar Lycoris and I activate her effect!" She declared as she revealed the card. "By revealing this card, I target one Trickstar monster I control and Special Summon Lycoris to the field, but in exchange, return the targeted Trickstar monster to my hand. I return my Trickstar Cardinia!"
Cardinia turned into sparkles of light before she was replaced with a girl in pink dresses and red, beady eyes, like an insect.
"I set two cards and end my turn!" She wrapped her turn. "Now, come on and entertain me, Codebreaker!"
Blue Angel: 1h (4000 LP)
"Hello, everyone! Today is a special Speed Duel that we all wish to ever happen, but that dream finally came true! Blue Angel versus Codebreaker, a duel of the century, and so far, it is getting very excited!" The MC announced as the crowds cheered.
"Okay! Let me show you what I can do in my own style! I draw!" He drew.
"And this is when my Trickstar Lycoris' other effect activates! When you draw a card, you are inflicted with 200 points of damage!"
Trickstar Lycoris shot a straight yellow energy beam from her stick, stinging Yu right through his chest. He grumbled in pain when he got hit.
Codebreaker: 3800 LP (4h + 1 = 5h)
"The Field Spell, Trickstar Lightstage's other effect also activates! When any of my Trickstar monster inflicts battle or effect damage, you gain additional 200 points of damage!" The Field Spell reappeared and shot a white energy beam from it, stinging Yu again.
"Grgh!" He agonized a little.
Codebreaker's LP: 3600
"Master Yu, are you alright?" Rosey asked.
"No worry, Rosey. I am fine, but the damage does string a little," Yu assured.
"According my calculation and research on her background and dueling data, Blue Angel's Trickstar Archetype focuses on effect damage," Rosey analyzed.
"So, she uses a Burn-Type of Deck," Yu said. "Burn or not, I am not giving in! I will just keep moving forward!"
"I normal summon C# Ghost Driver in attack mode!"
The new monster that initially appeared was a big hard disk drive with two wheels on both sides. Its color was black, but the most interesting part was on the top, there was a man attached on the center of the drive. He wore a black leather jacket with spikes on the shoulder and side of the arms and black gloves. The man had a skeleton skull in blue fire, like Ghost Rider from Marvel Comics.
C# Ghost Driver-Level 4, DARK, Cyverse/Effect, 1700 ATK, 0 DEF.
"Then, I equip C# Ghost Driver with C# Upgrade Blaster!" A laser gun appeared on Ghost Driver's right arm, attaching it to itself. "With this equipped, C# Ghost Driver gains 600 ATK!"
Its ATK rose up to 2300.
"Battle! I declare C# Ghost Driver to attack your Lycoris!" He declared.
"Sorry, but that won't work! I activate the Trap Card, Negate Attack, to end your Battle Phase this turn!" An invisible shield protected her monster as Ghost Driver fired an energy ball, which was dissipated when it hit the shield.
"Oh dang it! You blocked my attack," Yu moaned like a child, but shrugged the thought and smiled. "Oh well. I end my turn."
Codebreaker: 3600 LP (3h)
Meanwhile, certain people noticed as they all began watching the duel. Akira Zaizen watched her sister-in-law speed dueling with Codebreaker.
"Why is she dueling Codebreaker? I didn't tell her to duel him," Akira Zaizen snapped.
"Morse!? Why is he dueling with Blue Angel?" Emoti-chan yelled at her TV screen.
"Ho, this is interesting," Revolver smirked.
I guess even the villain watch speed duel for entertainment, like everyone else.
"Hey, look at that. Yu Akira is dueling Blue Angel!" AI pointed out.
"Why would he be dueling with a Charismatic Duelist?" Yusaku wondered aloud.
"Do I sense an interest there? Or maybe a jealously?" AI spoke his mind out.
"That's not it!" Yusaku replied.
"This is gonna be good," Kusanagi said, interested.
"I draw!" She drew. "I normal summon Trickstar Cardinia! Come back!"
The yellow haired fairy reappeared as she looked happy for that. "And I'm sure you know what happens next. When she is Normal Summoned, I can add a Trickstar card in my Deck to my hand!"
Blue Angel: 2h
"I switch Lilybell to Attack Mode and declare to attack!" She decided as Lilybell got out of her defense position and changed to her attack position mode.
"But, if you do that, your monster will be destroyed by Ghost Driver's higher ATK!" He pointed out.
"Teehee, not really! Thanks to Lilybell's effect, it can direct attack instead!" Lilybell flew past Ghost Driver and used her big bell to hit Yu on the head very comedically.
"Doh!" He exclaimed in pain as several bells spun around his head while his eyes were dizzy.
Codebreaker: 2800
"And don't forget, but you also take extra 200 points of damage due to Trickstar Lightstage's effect!" The field spell shot a second energy beam at Yu, stinging him through the heart area.
"Grgh!" he agonized another pain.
Codebreaker: 2600
"I play the Quick-Play Spell, Quick Link!" She revealed the card from her hand, which showed Decode Talker bursting out through several rings that appeared during the Link Summoning while the circuit board was above its head. "When this card is activated, I can perform Link Summon, even during the Battle Phase! Come out! The circuit to my hopes and dreams!"
She shot a blue lighting into the sky, causing the circuit portal to open up. She surfed into the portal and then floated above the circuit board.
"Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning condition is two 2 Trickstar monsters. I set my Trickstar Lilybell and Cardinia for the Link Markers!"
Her two fairies turned into red energy and scattered as they flew into two arrows; down-left and down-right.
"Appear! Link 2 Trickstar Holly Angel!" Her ace monster appeared, showing off its beautiful appearance in her blue dress and most importantly, 2000 ATK.
"Blue Angel has summoned her ace monster, and this is only just her second turn, third in total! It seems that this duel is heating up now!" MC announced excitedly, making the fans go wild.
"Wow! So that is your ace monster," Yu remarked.
"Isn't she cute?" She asked before she pointed up to her ace.
"She is, but too bad her ATK is not cute at all. She is weak compared to my Ghost Driver," Yu mentioned as Ghost Driver laughed manically as it agreed with him.
"You think so? Don't worry about that!" She winked. "I activate my Trap Card! Trickstar Backup Singer!"
Her set card flipped up, revealing Cardinia and Lycoris singing as backup singers for Holy Angel while she was singing in the front on the stage.
"What does that do?" Yu asked, showing with a cold sweat little bit.
"When this card is activated, I can Special Summon one Trickstar monster in my Graveyard with its effect negated. I bring back Trickstar Lilybell!" The pink pig-tailed idol fairy reappeared as she giggled in joy for being resurrected back from the grave. "Then, I target another Trickstar monster I have on the field and she gains ATK equal to Lilybell's ATK. I target my one and only, Holy Angel!"
Blue aura shined through Holy Angel's body, making her ATK to go up to 2800.
"Holly Angel's effect activates! When a Trickstar monster is Normal or Special Summoned to a zone that she points to, then she inflicts 200 points of damage to your Life Points, including extra 200 from Trickstar Lightstage!" Holy Angel shot the same yellow energy beam at Yu.
Yu embraced the pain as he received it while his Life Points dwindled more.
Codebreaker: 2200 LP
"But, I'm not done yet. Holly Angel's other effect activates!" She followed up. "When Trickstar monster inflicts damage to you, she gains 200 ATK points. In this turn, she gains 400 more!"
Blue aura glowed around her ace again, increasing the ATK to 3200.
"This is still the Battle Phase! I declare Holly Angel to attack your C# Ghost Driver! Holly Blue!" Her ace monster fired a blue energy beam at Yu's monster, obliterating it and extinguishing its flame. He also got hit by the energy.
"Gaaaaah!" He fell off his D-Board.
"Warning! Warning! We're faaaaaallling!" Rosey screamed.
Yu grabbed on the edge of a building. He created a rope, which caught on his D-Board and automatically teleported onto it, surfing back on the winds of the Data Storm.
"Phew! That was close," he relieved.
"Indeed…" Rosey said as her eyes were dizzy.
Codebreaker: 1300 LP
"And that is it for my turn. Holly Angel's ATK is returned to normal," Blue Angel ended as he turned to her shoulder. "Come on, Codebreaker! Show me that flare and excitement that you used to defeat the Knights of Hanoi!"
He smirked. "You're stronger than you look, Blue Angel. Then again, it's no wonder why you are one of the strongest Charismatic Duelists in all of Link VRAINS. I…I really like this Duel, and I hope it just goes on and on, but one thing I know is…I. Will. WIN!"
"Bring it on, then!" Blue Angel exclaimed, but said something else in her mind. "Yu Akira…I'm sorry, but this duel will be victorious for me and only me. I duel to make my brother understand me. I must win, for my big brother!"
"I draw!" He drew. "And, since I drew, your Tricker Lycoris deal 200 points of damage to me, including your Trickstar Stage, which does another 200."
He embraced the damage again as his Life Points dwindled.
Codebreaker: 900 LP (3h + 1 = 4h)
"And due to that I gained damage, your Holly Angel's ATK is increased!" Just like he said, Holly Angel's ATK increased to 2400 . "I normal summon C# Cardulator!"
The card calculator appeared as it made a beep-blop sound, like a machine. "I activate Cardulator's effect! I draw a number of card equals to the number of C# monster in my Graveyard. Since I only have one, I draw one!"
He just did that, but her Trickstar cards inflicted 400 points of damage to him. He held it through as he received it.
Codebreaker: 500 LP
"I set a card and end my turn!" Yu finished.
"I see. Too bad. I thought you would do something flashy." She looked disappointed.
"Oh, don't worry, Blue Angel. This is all just preparation," he smirked.
"Let's see about that! I draw!" She drew.
Codebreaker: 2h
Blue Angel: 1h + 1 = 2h
"I normal summon Trickstar Rosey Marie!" The new Trickstar that appeared was, like all others, a girl wearing an idol dress. This one wore vivid red dress, long black stockings, long black fingerless gloves, and red high-heels. Her hair was long and flowing, and red with one rose used, like a hairpin. Her eyes were crimson red and her skin was fair.
Trickstar Rosey Marie-Level 4, LIGHT, Fairy/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"I activate Rosey Marie's effect!" She declared. "For each Trickstar monster I control, except for herself, I inflict 200 points of damage to your Life Points! Rose Thorn!"
Rosey Marie summoned arrows of rose thorns, and shot them all at Yu. Yu blocked it with his arms crossed in front of his face, protecting himself as he got bombarded by bunch of arrows.
Codebreaker: 100 LP
"Ah oh! Codebreaker's LP is only 100 left! And if he takes damage from her Trickstar's effect one more time, he would lose this duel!" The MC stated.
"It looks like this is the end. Too bad I didn't get to battle your ace monster with mine," Blue Angel shrugged. "OK, then! Here's the finale! Trickstar Light Stage's effect activates! When a Trickstar monster inflicts damage to you, you gain 200 points of damage!"
The Field Spell shot a beam of energy at Yu. Everyone watched as the fan of Codebreaker watched in horror and disappointment that their favorite Duelist is going to lose. Tom gasped while Emoti-chan at home gripped her hand tightly.
"Morse, don't lose!" Emoti-chan yelled at the TV.
"Emoti?" He asked to himself as if he thought he heard her. He quickly grabbed one card in his hand and showed it to his opponent.
"By revealing this card from my hand, I can activate its effect! Go! Kuricipher!" Suddenly, a Kuriboh monster appeared in front of Yu, protecting him from the effect. However, this Kuriboh looked different. Its body was blue and square-shaped. Its eyes were the digital zero, and several cables wrapped together to act as its claw hands and feet. Several lines with green electricity went through across its body.
Kuricipher-Level 1, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 200 ATK, 300 DEF.
"What's this!?" Blue Angel gasped in shock.
"Alright!" Tom cheered the loudest, making the people around a bit surprised from his reaction.
"Morse…" Emoti-chan smiled.
"What is that!?" AI asked.
"He negated the effect damage!" Kusanagi exclaimed.
"Kuricipher's effect negates all effect and battle damage until the end of this turn," Yu revealed.
"End of this!? That means even if I attack…it won't be any use for me," Blue Angel said. "Then…I'll just this for now! I activate Trickstar Light Stage's other effect! Once per turn, I target your set card, you cannot activate it until the end of this turn and during the End Phase, you must activate it or send it to the Graveyard. I end my turn, and now, you have to decide!"
"Since you ended your turn, Kuricipher is sent to the Graveyard from my hand," he said as he inserted the cute block-shaped monster into the Graveyard Zone. "But, now I activate my C# Ghost Driver's effect in the Graveyard! When I sent a Cyverse-type monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Ghost Driver to the field! Ghost Recovery!"
The ghost hard drive monster crackled in laughter as it reappeared on his side of the field.
"You've returned it from the Graveyard? Why would you do that?" She thought before she spoke up again. "Anyway, you have to make your decision now!"
"Oh, I already made my decision, but first, I have to do this!" He exclaimed. "I activate C# Ghost Driver's effect! By releasing this card from the field to the Graveyard, I can add one Cyverse-Type monster to my hand from the Graveyard. I add the one and only Kuricipher back to my hand!"
"So, what was that about?" She asked.
"You'll see!" He stated. "Now, I activate the Trap Card, C# Data Transfer!"
The said card showed C# Download Knight being transferred into a new folder in the cloud on the mobile device used by Gagaga Girl.
"When this card is sent to the Graveyard, I shuffle one C# monster from my field to my Deck, and draw one C# card to my hand!" He did so.
"Due to Trickstar Lycoris' effect, you gain 200 points of damage!" Lycrois fired an energy beam at him, but he just smirked and took one card out of his hand.
"Just like few seconds ago, I activate Kuricipher's effect to negate that damage!"
"Kuri, kuri!" Kuricipher blocked the damage.
"I sent it back to the Graveyard and use Ghost Driver's effect to come back to the field again!" The skeleton monster reappeared again.
"Then, I will send him back to the Graveyard to add Kuricipher back to my hand again!" Ghost Driver turned into sparkles, disappearing from the field as Yu added his Kuri monster back to his hand.
"Wait a second? Could this be…?" Blue Angel realized something.
"That's right, Blue Angel," Yu said. "Thanks to Kuricipher and Ghost Driver's quick effect, no matter how many times you inflict me with damage, these two will be my invincible shield!"
"I see! If she uses her Trickstar cards to inflict damage to him, he will just use Kuricipher's effect to negate it. Then, he will use C# Ghost Driver's effect to bring itself back to the field and then Tribute it to add Kuricipher back to his hand," AI analyzed. "He created an infinite loop that would protect him from any and every damage to his Life Points!"
"Unbelievable! Codebreaker just revealed an invincible defense! With it, Blue Angel's Trickstar cannot do any harm to his Life Points!" The MC stated.
"Wooooooaaaaaahhh!" Everyone gasped and cheered.
"So…I cannot do anything?" She couldn't move a muscle, due to the surprise.
"That's right," he nodded as he smiled.
"I…I end my turn," she finished, turning very sad.
He noticed how unhappy she is.
"Hey, what's wrong with Blue Angel?" AI asked. "Is she really that sad that she couldn't do anything to his invincible shield?"
"It's not just that," Yusaku said. "She is upset because one, she thought she had this duel in her hand, but Codebreaker…or rather, Yu Akira managed to find her Deck's weakness. Two, she may have planned her strategy very thoughtfully beforehand, but now that got ruined. And three, because of his invincible shield, to her, this duel is no longer fun."
"Huh? Fun? What do you mean by fun?" AI couldn't understand.
"It's true. Now, it's just endless loop between her trying damage him and he's blocking every damage. It just won't make the duel interesting anymore," Kusanagi explained.
"Cannot comprehend!" AI confused.
The audiences also realized the false of this duel. They could see now it isn't fun anymore now that it would just last forever if either of them didn't do anything different.
"Hmmm…" Codebreaker thought. "Now, I've done this…I can see that it isn't fun anymore."
"Indeed. With the exchange of your Kuricipher's effect and C# Ghost Driver's effect, it would be endless loop," Rosey stated.
"Then, let's change all that! I draw!" He drew his card with a big smile. "Eureka! Here I go! I play the Spell Card…Monster Reborn! I bring my back my C# Ghost Driver!"
"Huh? What are you think you're doing?" Blue Angel asked.
"I'm going to do something different, Blue Angel. I don't want our duel to go on and be dull by just using the same effects over and over until the end of time! I want it to do something so flashy and fun, that everybody would remember, but most importantly…you!"
"Me?" She said.
"That's right!" He nodded. "Now then! Here I go, ladies and gentlemen! I summon C# Download Knight! And, then activate its effect! I Special Summon C# Webkumo!"
Two of his regular C# monsters appeared as it flew besides Ghost Driver.
"I unlock the code to the magical circuit!"
He shot lighting up at the sky, causing the circuit board portal to open. He flew into it and looked down at the circuit.
"Arrowhead confirmed! The summoning condition is two C# monsters! I mark my Link Markers, using my C# Download and C# Ghost Rider! Appear! Link 2 C# Stream Dragon!"
A long serpentine dragon appeared as they flew out of the circuit portal. It had two claws and two feet. Its body was made up of bunch of binary numbers tangled together. Its eyes and face was a big LCD monitor screen, with mouth attached at the bottom to make up the complete head. It had razor sharp teeth and claws. Its color was light blue.
C# Stream Dragon-Link 2, LIGHT, Cyverse/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Markers: Down-Left, Down.
"Ho ho! Well, this is a turn of event, folks! Yu has performed Link Summon!" The MC pointed out.
"I activate C# Stream Dragon's effect! For each C# monster it points to, Stream Dragon does 400 points of damage to you! Stream Blast!"
The serpentine dragon roared before it fired a blue energy beam. Blue Angel embraced the attack.
Blue Angel: 3600 LP
"Then, I open the circuit again to use C# Stream Dragon and Webkumo for another Link Summon!" He declared as he flew up into the air, going into the circuit board again and looked down at it.
"Arrowheads confirmed! The summoning condition is four Effect Monsters. However, I can use Link Monster's Link Markers for Link Materials. I set the Link Markers with C# Stream Dragon and Webkumo, and thanks to Webkumo's effect, it is treated as two materials for Link Summon!"
"Magician who studies in the arts of cipher, I call upon you to aid me in this battle! Link Summon! Appear! Link 4 Cyber Magician Girl!"
His ace monster finally made an appearance.
"He summoned his ace monster!" AI exclaimed.
"I activate Cyber Magician Girl's effect! Once per turn, I can take control of one Special Summoned monster on your side of the field! I control your Trickstar Holly Angel! CRTL Execute!"
His ace monster whipped and tangled Holly Angel, and then dragged her to Yu's side, taking control of her.
"I set a card and then I declare battle! First up, I declare Holly Angel to attack your Trickstar Lycoris! Holly Blue!"
The controlled Holly Angel blasted a powerful blue energy at her own kind, destroying it completely.
Blue Angel covered herself from the blast as she received the damage.
Blue Angel: 3200
"Next up, I declare Cyber Magician to attack your Rosey Marie! Digital Plasma Beam!" His ace monster attacked next, using her wand to unleash a powerful energy beam at the other Trickstar. She cried as it got obliterated by the attack.
"Krk!" She grunted.
Blue Angel: 2200 LP
"And thanks to Cyber Magician Girl's effect, it can attack again! Second Digital Plasma Beam!" His ace monster attacked straight at Blue Angel, receiving ton of damage as she screamed.
Blue Angel: 200 LP
"Oh my god! Blue Angel has lost ton of her Life Points! At this point, it looks like it is a tie for now, but who would win and who would lose!?" MC asked.
"This is so awesome! I thought this duel would end so boring, but this is gotten even more exciting!"
"I don't know who I want to cheer for!"
"Yeah for Codebreaker and Blue Angel!"
"Blue Angel! Codebreaker! Blue Angel! Codebreaker!"
"Do you hear that, Blue Angel?" Codebreaker asked as Rosey projected a holographic screen of people cheering for them, so that Blue Angel would see it. "Everyone is cheering for us, and wants to make this duel as fun as possible. So, come on. Turn that frown upside down, and let's end this duel well!"
"Codebreaker…No…Yu Akira," Blue Angel whispered before she smiled slightly and gave a bigger smile.
"Okay, everyone! I, Blue Angel, going to make a comeback! I draw!" She drew her card as the crowds cheered in the background.
"Yu Akira…no, Morse….I don't know why, but this duel…is the most fun duel I have. I am really enjoying it! I don't know why, but….I feels happy about it. I wish it can last forever," she thought before she focused back on the duel. "I activate Trickstar Rosey Marie's effect! I can target as many Trickstar cards on the field and return them to my Deck!"
Trickstar Light Stage disappeared as so for Trickstar Holly Angel on Yu's side of the field. "Then, I can add two Trickstar cards from my Deck other than the one I returned!"
She added two cards from her Deck. "I activate Trickstar Link!" She showed a Spell Card, which presented Trickstar Holly Angel in front of the circuit that was shining a bright light just behind her back, creating a glow effect.
"I target one Trickstar Link Monster in my Extra Deck, and Special Summon it to my side of the field. Then, I use it for Link Material to summon a Link Monster in my Extra Deck!" She explained.
"Woah! This is a card effect for that!?" Yu asked.
"It is a specialty card for my Trickstar Deck," she answered with a wink. "I Special Summon Trickstar Holly Angel and use her for Link Summon!"
She flew into her circuit once more and set the markers below her with her monster. "The summoning condition is two or more LIGHT monsters! With Holly Angel, I use her markers for the Link Marker! Come out, superstar! Link Summon! Appear! Trickstar Dancing Lion!"
The new Trickstar that appeared was a tall, mature looking girl who has the same height, like Holly Angel. She wore a mix of orange and yellow colored dress shirt, long white stockings underneath the short skirt, yellow heel boots, and white fingerless gloves. Her eyes were golden yellow, and her hair was also yellow in wild, spiky style that outwards in every direction possible.
Trickstar Dancing Lion-Link 2, LIGHT, Fairy/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Markers: Down-Right, Down-Left.
"A New Link Monster! Impressive," Yu commented.
"When Trickstar Dancing Lion is Link Summoned, her effect activates!" Blue Angel exclaimed. "I can Special Summon two Level 4 Trickstar Tokens with 0 ATK and 2000 DEF to my side!"
Suddenly, two Trickstar girls appeared. It looked like Dancing Lion, except it had lesser wild hairstyle than their master.
"Then, I activate Dancing Lion's other effect! For each Trickstar monster she points to, I can destroy the same number of card of your side of the field, and you will be inflicted with 200 points of damage each!"
Dancing Lion summoned a powerful yellow dusty wind, like the move Fairy Wind from Pokemon games, destroying Cyber Magician Girl and his set card.
"Even so, I activate Kuricipher's effect in my hand to negate the damage!" Kuricipher appeared again and blocked the wind for him, so he can surf more balanced.
"I end my turn," she ended before she looked up to Codebreaker. "So, what are you gonna do? I setup a powerful obstacle for you, but I take it that you will pull through, right?"
"To the Egyptian Gods, hell yeah!" He replied excitedly. "I draw!"
He drew a card in shiny arc of light. "I activate my Skill, Code Access! Once per Duel, I can Special Summon one monster from my hand, Deck, Extra Deck, Graveyard, or Banished Zone despites its summoning condition! I Special Summon Cyber Magician Girl from my Extra Deck!"
His ace returned to the field. "Now, I input the code again to the magical circuit!"
He flew up into the circuit portal, and looked down below. "Summoning condition is 3 or more effect monsters! I use Cyber Magician Girl's Link Markers as Link Materials!"
She split into four of herself before they all dived into the link markers. "The dragon that is born out of nothingness, create this world anew! Link Summon! Appear! Link 4 Null Dragon!"
The ace dragon appeared as it roared strongly for challenges. "All face-up Spell and Trap Cards have their effect negated and no other card effect can be activated in response to Null Dragon summoned to the field."
Yu pointed up to his dragon. "Null Dragon, attack! Omega Null Force!"
His dragon roared before it fired a white energy blast out of its mouth. Blue Angel smiled as she closed her eyes before her monster got obliterated in the attack and her Life Points drained down to zero.
Blue Angel: 0 LP
Codebreaker WINS!
"And that's the end of the duel! The winner is Codebreaker!" The MC announced as everyone cheered and confetti popped out. "Thank you, Codebreaker and Blue Angel! Thank you for showing a spectacular and fun duel!"
Blue Angel jumped off from her D-Board and landed on the top of a building. Codebreaker did the same and approached over to Blue Angel.
"Blue Angel, are you…OK?" He asked.
Blue Angel looked at him and smiled, giving him an OK hand sign. "I'm a-ok!"
Codebreaker smiled. "Oh, ok! And thank you for the duel. That was the most fun duel I've ever had! I thought I was about to lose."
"Codebreaker…no, Morse-kun," she said, making him stop laughing with himself. "I…should say…thank you instead, for giving me the best duel!"
"Oh, shucks. It's nothing at all. I just do my best," he replied with a blush. Then, he realized something. "Hey, wait! How did you know my…"
"Here. You can have this as a gift for giving me a very fun duel!" She handed him her Trickstar Dancing Lion.
"What!? But, this is yours! I can't just take it from you!" He declined.
"No, no. It's fine. This is my way of thanking you, so please…accept it," she insisted.
"I think you have no other choice, Master Yu," Rosey said.
"Well…OK then!" He accepted it. "I will take good care of it, Blue Angel-chan!"
"Blue Angel-chan?" She pondered aloud.
"Yup! That's a nickname I will give as a gift from me! From now on, we are both rival and friend, Blue Angel-chan!" He smiled.
Blue Angel giggled. "Sure! Well, I better get going now."
She jumped onto her D-Board and surfed away. "See ya again, Codebreaker!"
She winked at him as a sign of goodbye. Yu smiled and waved back at her before he looked at the card she gave him.
"Trickstar Dancing Lion…" He said as the card shined a bit.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
C# Ghost Driver-Level 4, DARK, Cyverse/Effect, 1700 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: When you sent a Cyverse-Type monster from your hand to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. You can Tribute this card to add 1 Cyverse-type monster from your Graveyard to your hand (This is Quick Effect).
C# Upgrade Blaster-Type: Equip Spell, Effect: Equip this card only to C# Monster. It gains 600 ATK.
Quick Link-Type: Quick Play Spell, Effect: Target two monsters and use those targeted monsters as materials for Link Summon this turn.
Trickstar Backup Singer-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: Special Summon one Trickstar monster from your Graveyard with its effect negated. Then, target one Trickstar monster you control and it gains ATK equals to the summoned Trickstar monster until the end of this turn.
Trickstar Rosey Marie-Level 4, LIGHT, Fairy/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: Once per turn, inflict 200 damages each for every Trickstar Monster you control, except this one. If this card is in your Graveyard, target as many Trickstar cards on the field. Return them to the owner's Main Deck. Then, add the same number of Trickstar cards equal to the number of returned cards to your hand, except for ones that you returned.
Kuricipher-Level 1, LIGHT, Cyverse/Effect, 200 ATK, 300 DEF. Effect: During either player's turn, you can reveal this card. Negate all damages until the end of this turn. Then, send this card to the Graveyard (These are Quick Effects).
C# Data Transfer-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: Target one C# monster on your side of the field. Sent it to the Deck, reshuffle it, and add one C# monster other than the one you sent to your hand. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, send one C# monster on your side of the field and shuffle it into your Deck. Then, draw one C# card to your hand.
C# Stream Dragon-Link 2, LIGHT, Cyverse/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Markers: Down-Left, Down. Effect: Two C# monsters. Once per turn, for each C# monster it points to, inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent.
Trickstar Link-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Target 1 Trickstar Link Monster in your Extra Deck. Special Summon it and treat it as material to Special Summon one Trickstar Link Monster from the Extra Deck (This Special Summon is treated as Link Summon.)
Trickstar Dancing Lion-Link 2, LIGHT, Fairy/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Markers: Down-Right, Down-Left. Effect: Two LIGHT monsters. When this card is Link Summoned, Special Summon two Trickstar Tokens to your side of the field with the following stats (Level 2, LIGHT, Fairy, 0 ATK, 2000 DEF). Once per turn, for every Trickstar monsters this card points to, inflicts 200 points of damage each to your opponent.
Woohoo! Another new quick update for new chapter, and I made this in two days! Time for some reward with soda later.
Anyway, guys. What did you think of this chapter? Here is a QOTC related with this chapter and the latest episode for VRAINS:
Q. What did you think of the episode 7 for Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS? Also, what did you think of the duel between Codebreaker and Blue Angel? What is your most favorite part of the duel in this chapter?
With all that said, I hope you guys are enjoying your summer break if you are out of school now. If you have congratulated this year, then congratulations to you all and I hope your next chapter in life will be full of joy and new experiences.
One more announcement before I go, this story will be postponed for awhile due to that there will be no new episode for next week, and I want to catch up on my other fanfic stories. For anyone who is following me, I hope you look forward to my updates for my other stories.
Thank you for reading, guys and see you next time. As always, here is a preview for the next chapter!
Preview for Chapter 12
The scene showed a young man in superhero costume with C symbol on his chest. He posed heroically, making a "C" like how cheerleaders would do.
With dangers and threats of cyberbullies run amok in Link VRAINS, a mysterious superhero appears in Link VRAINS to stop all who he thinks are evil-doers!
Yu Akira: Who is this guy!?
The Mysterious Hero: Do not worry, citizens! It is I, Cipher Man, here to saves the day!
AI: Is it just me or this superhero dude look somewhere familiar?
Yusaku: No idea, but whoever he is, there is something suspicious about this guy. Could this sense be...that he is from the Hanoi!?
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Cipher Man! INTO THE VRAINS!