Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's - Zero Requiem
~ by Yusei ~
Summary - "AU. Generation One of the Satellite War. Set five years following Zero Reverse; the first wave of the Duel Gangs' war pits four major teams against each other before that of Team Satisfaction in a battle for domination. From the outside; Yusei, Jack and Crow watch on, but is that where their role ends?"
Spoilers for backstories for those who haven't seen early Second Season. Rated for language, possible violence.
Disclaimer - I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's or any of the characters. None of the characters featured belong to me outside of Nayushi and Aaruntai.
A / N - Sorry for not updating for so long, I hope this makes up for the long wait. Please read and review.
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- ZERO REQUIEM -
- Episode 2 -
Enemy Invasion! Shinrabanshou vs. Resurrection
Tansho turned to the new arrival; the final member of their team - Darko Mesozoic. The red-haired man kept his eyes low; disappointment clouded the aura he radiated. Tansho stepped towards him; both Cameron and Kyoko remained silent in the moment Tansho mentally assessed the situation; as one member had lost and that member hadn't been the leader, the area remained under their control. The leader's eyes met Darko's face; the latter didn't return the look.
"Darko" Tansho began. "Was it anyone from the three main rivals?"
Darko shook his head, his pride had taken a massive blow and to speak to Tansho as usual felt like something he was no longer allowed. Tansho sighed, laying his hand onto Darko's shoulder. The red-hair's eyes met with his leader's.
"Take us there; perhaps that same duellist is lurking in the same area, thinking he's strong. I'll take him out if he's there" Tansho added, his voice had dropped gradually in tone. No-one was permitted to mess with his comrades and escape the consequences.
Darko nodded at the command, turning his back on the others and leaving the confides of the makeshift headquarters. He stepped out of the shadows of the command centre for the team and into the daylight that poured through the thick smog high above the mounds of trash that had been constructed over the past five years.
Tansho retrieved the card he had laid on the table and slipped it into the deck holder attached to the tight belt that sustained the top of his jeans against his slim waist. He followed Darko, halting when the two extra crunches from footwear against the gravel beneath were missing. He twisted his waist to face the two remaining in the shadows of their base.
"You two should come with us, we don't know who we could be facing" he instructed. "Or how many there are".
Kyoko leapt forward, gently squealing at Tansho's offer. The sunlight caressing the form that bounced away from the concealing shadow. Cameron coolly followed, feeling somewhat embarrassed by Kyoko's standard behaviour. She was a girl of sixteen, was it considered weird to act so childishly? Was she just making up for the five disorientated years of their lives lost? The possibilities of Kyoko's outlook was something he couldn't fathom, he couldn't afford to waste time pondering it. His heels thudded against the ground as he followed Kyoko's route to rejoin the others a short distance ahead, eyeing the leader curiously.
The first leg of their travel from the nerve centre of the district was filled only by Kyoko's upbeat humming, her legs rising to an angle close to ninety degrees before her black boots hit the ground thunderously. Minutes passed at a gradual rate, the saunter dragging out for what felt close to a rate slow enough for hours to pass. Crossing into the recently dominated Sector N, a district contiguous to both Sectors J and K - the territory of Team Ichigeki.
Until a fortnight before the current diurnal charge, the Sector had belonged to a team known as "Team Hybrid". An assortment of decks with no real theme between them; they had been easy prey. And dominating the area came as a relief when word spread across the border at how Team Ickigeki was planning to infiltrate and seize it from Team Hybrid. They had won the race for the narrow zone. But wins in a war were never permanent, Ickigeki had been plotting to retaliate and snatch the area known as N. That battle had yet to come.
Cameron glanced across at the leader of the force; Tansho's eyes remained fixated on the path ahead. The young male was an inspiration to his team-mates, steering the team towards the glory each of their rivals sought.
"Tansho-sama" he uttered, grasping the leader's attention. His eyes wandered to the other. "What happens if this guy is strong? We haven't heard of anyone duelling by themselves in Satellite for quite a while now".
"I won't lose" Tansho muttered colourlessly. "No-one can step foot into our territory and trounce one of us then expect to get away without punishment".
Darko's pace had slowed, his advance dropped to a steady rate that allowed Tansho and Cameron to walk adjacent with the haunted duellist. The long hairs of his fiery red fringe hung over both eyes rather than the usual fashion of concealing one. The downcast look attracted Tansho's attention whose neck twisted in order for both eyes to rest on the distressed team-mate.
"Darko, was there anything significant about this man?" he catechized.
"All I can tell is his deck is difficult to overcome, he seems set on removing cards from play" Darko answered, following a shake of his head. "He sounded like an astronomer, he spoke frequently about stars".
"Stars?" Cameron echoed, elevating one of his eyebrows inquisitively. "Why on earth would anyone in Satellite give a crap about stars? We're lucky we can even see them in the twilight hours".
"I got the impression that this man isn't native to Satellite. I think he came from the City" Darko murmured. "He didn't even bear a Marker".
"What?" Cameron bellowed in shock. "But there's only one way here from the City; and that's Security".
"Not true" Tansho interjected. "There's the Maintenance Pipeline, but that's feeding trash into Satellite twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The only exception is when it shuts down in order for an examination of its performance".
"Where did you learn that information, Tansho-sama?" Darko asked in astonishment."Around" Tansho answered subtly. "But that monthly shutdown occurs for merely a few minutes, no-one can get through to the other side. I've heard of people hoping to build D-Wheels and race to the City, though I'm such Security would be prepared for the passing".
"So this must have come by a boat; I wonder why he came and who he's working under" Cameron muttered, gripping his chin with his finger and tip thoughtfully.
Ahead of the trio, Kyoko skipped merrily, blindly leading the way that Darko had been instructed to retrace. The girl played no role in the discussion about the Pipeline - the only thing connecting Satellite to Neo-Domino - and the unidentified man. She persisted with her carefree and childlike outlook. The four were approaching a descent, leading into the heart of Sector N when Kyoko dropped her advance suddenly; the abrupt halt caught the attention of her comrades whose eyes remained set on her unmoving approached her when the distance between them was nothing more than a few steps, watching curiously with a suspicion that she would leap forward and squeal in her standard infantile manner. But she didn't move.
"Kyoko, what's the matter?" he asked solemnly.
Kyoko's arm rose, a lone finger pointing out a cloaked man standing in the centre of the district, arms folded as though expecting someone to show. Darko appeared next to Tansho, glaring harshly at the figure, a man which his hood down, a pure white robe over his form, short blonde hair. As though he knew the identity of the being. Tansho's eyes turned to him.
"Darko, is that -?"
"Yeah. That's him" Darko answered with a nod, his eyes refusing to leave the sight of the man.
Tansho proceeded forward, beginning the descent to the unnamed man's level. Behind him, the other three murmured uneasily before quickly following their audacious leader. During their advance towards the robed individual, the target's head turned, cold blue eyes set on the group that descended, approaching him. The prey that had failed to overcome his deck had gathered reinforcements and returned; it was almost enough to make him smirk. He was simply bringing more deck for him to crush. Tansho waited for his team mates to reach the ground when he completed the descent his eyes locked onto the man sharply.
The three gathered behind him, allowing him to proceed forward, observing as the individual turned to face him, their eyes locked in a fierce battle, abhor clashing with irritation.
"Are you the one who defeated my team mate?" Tansho inquired, raising his left arm and breaking the tense silence.
"That red head? I am" the man answered bitterly. "It seems your 'team mate' cannot accept defeat".
"We're here because I chose to face you, not because of any desire to exact vengeance that he may hold" Tansho protested calmly.
"Is that so? You came here just to challenge me to a duel" the man susurrated. "Fine then, I'll accept your challenge".
On his left arm, his Duel Disk activated abruptly, Tansho lifted his left arm allowing the machine to follow suit. Behind him, Darko moaned uneasily, he hadn't mentioned anything about the deck other than the purpose of removing cards from play. Tansho had no idea what more the deck held. Kyoko stretched her arms out.
"You get him, Tansho-sama!" she cheered wholeheartedly.
Cameron and Darko exchanged looks of concern and unease, feeling they shared enough apprehension to cover for Kyoko's enthusiasm behind their superior. Both duellists battled with their eyes as a gust swept the dust from the ground, kicking it into the air.
"Duel!"
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Satellite - Sector "C"
Ojii-chan gazed at what he could see of the sky from the plush bean bag chair that he refused to rise from, observing Sayuri leaning against the right edge of the threshold, also regarding the firmament. Since arriving, the two had fallen silent, time slowly ticking by at a more casual rate than usual.
"Sayuri-chan, are we waiting for the others?" Ojii-chan eventually asked.
The elder leaned forward in the bean bag chair, eager to hear what Sayuri had planned. She was one that planned in private and spoke with those that needed to know of its existence, Ojii-chan hadn't been a part of it this time. The girl shook her head in response to the inquiry, a moment passing before she looked over her shoulder at him.
"The others are out on a mission for us" she stated.
"A mission?" Ojii-chan echoed. "Are you sure it's fine for just the two of them?"
Sayuri nodded, turning her slender body to the man, her pink hair swaying gently from the turn. Ojii-chan watched calmly, not the type of care about flirting with younger women; there were plenty of men in Satellite capable of doing so. He would maintain his dignity, even in a place as unfitting for him as Satellite, there was nothing he could do to leave the area and return to the City that he had lived the vast majority of his life. If Satellite were to bear his grave, then he would treat the breakaway region just as he treated the City, he wasn't like the majority of Satellite residents, he had been grateful to live through Zero Reverse. Just to continue living, even in the past months, he had come to the conclusion that his age gave him an outlook, the preponderance of citizens stranded in Satellite were much younger than him and focused more on trying to open the eyes of the City in order for salvation to come to them. To bring them back to the City that they had been born into. Part of that hope lied in the Satellite war, someone to dominate the area and reveal their duelling potential to the City that had shunned them in the hopes of turning eyes back. His intention were to simply enjoy how many weeks or months or years he had left to walk the planet, to spend time with people two generations behind him. People struggling to accept reality and move forward. His team-mates.
"What mission is this, may I ask?" he continued when the young girl gave no reply to his first questions.
"They're heading across Satellite to a place we're keen to face. Sector Y" Sayuri replied.
"Y? But that's at the other end of Satellite; wouldn't it be easier to claim somewhere closer?" Ojii-chan asked once the initial shock had washed past him.
"Ordinarily, but we're thinking of tackling our main rivals. Those teams that people claim are fighting a separate level to the rest of the teams in Satellite with us" Sayuri answered, eyes drifting to the sky again. "If we can secure a place like Sector Y, then we'll have the other two teams surrounded. This will be our warning to them, that we're coming and we plan to dominate Satellite".
Ojii-chan watched the girl discussing the intentions of such a distant invasion, talking as though no-one else was with her. Drifting into the world within her mind. What pushed her forward seemed to be the same thing that pushed everyone in Satellite; the hope that Neo-Domino City would recognize them again.
After a moment of silence that followed the young woman's verbal musing over their targets, she pushed her body from the frame of he threshold, swinging around to face Ojii-chan. The movement raising an eyebrow on the elder's face.
"I planned to leave here around this time in order to meet with the others" Sayuri declared, smiling at the man. "It'd be easier if when we confront Shinrabanshou if you come with me".
Ojii-chan forced his hands against the unstable seat beneath him, rising gradually to stand opposite the young woman. Beneath the overhanging moustache hiding his mouth, he smiled readily; travelling across Satellite, duelling against other teams, this was a lifestyles he didn't mind experiencing. Sayuri smiled at the silence acceptance and turned away, moving out of the base and into the vast Satellite battlefield.
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Satellite - Sector "K"
In the epicentre of the district labelled K, silence loitered amongst the area surrounding the provisional refuge for the members of Team Ichigeki. Rianu Takahara sat atop the arch hanging over the doorway, legs hanging inert. His black hair hung at a length much longer than a stereotypical young male. The man in his early twenties wore a red t-shirt over his chest accompanied with a black jacket, both without any logo or words printed upon the fabric. Grey jeans covered his strong legs that hung limply. His emerald green eyes observed the view over the mounds of trash that had built in the area, marking paths like those of a maze. There was little to do while waiting for the three additional members of Team Ichigeki to return with testimonies of the sector's borders and any threats; little more than sit and wait.
A movement after a number of minutes after his last analysis of the area in view caught his attention. Against the edge of arch, his fingertips pressed harder against the metal, almost as if threatening to crush the material until its crackles rang throughout the clearing and beyond the tops of mounds. Two heads bobbled over the mounds circling the base, two seemingly familiar to the man who leapt from his assigned crow's nest, his shift as a sentinel had come to a close.
The pair passed through the final aperture between the trash scattered that had been utilized as a series barriers in order to slow intruders; Setsuna leading the grinning Aaruntai.
"What's the condition of the area?" Rianu asked muscularly.
His commanding voice surprised the pair who had been expecting a moment to approach before the captain would emerge and question about their assigned areas to patrol.
"Five duellists attempting to break into the area from the direction of Sector M, sir" Setsuna declared formally. "All defeated and vanquished from the district".
"By yourself?" Rianu inquired, raising an eyebrow inquisitively.
"Yeah. I arrived on the scene as the duels were ending" Aaruntai interjected. "It was pretty amazing".
The brunette folded his arms over his chest and nodded in agreement with the statement, as though the claim had left Setsuna's lips rather than his own.
"They were no trouble, each running a weak deck. I suppose they were a new team attempting to purloin this sector from us" Setsuna continued regardless. "A group severely out of their league, underestimating us".
"I suppose that's what they get" Rianu sighed, shrugging his shoulders. "How about you, Aaruntai?"
"Clear on my end, sir" the brunette answered, giving a salute to the team leader, the corners of his mouth rising into his standard smirk.
"I see. No sign of Amaya?" Rianu responded, eyes drifting from the pair.
"Not yet, but you know her. She's probably looking extra hard for some duellists just to overpower them and then rub it in about how she could" Aaruntai deduced, shrugging his shoulder lightly.
Rianu crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes parted from the sight of the pair as a result of his neck twisting. Determined embers lit his eyes dangerously.
"She better not turn on us simply because of her opposing blood" he scowled. "If she thinks that leaving us for a cousin who sided against her is an acceptable move, then her head needs checking".
"Aww, come on. Amaya's obnoxious, but she's not stupid" Aaruntai chuckled lightly. "She won't betray us… not like her".
"Rianu won't like you bringing that traitor up every time he expresses his concern over Amaya's loyalty" Setsuna mumbled, driving his elbow into the brunette's arm, causing a yelp and the untouched hand to rub against the struck arm.
"I'm trusting Amaya to make the correct decision" Rianu lamented, as though speaking the thoughts that flowed through his mind without being aware of the verbal broadcast to his comrades. "If she can't remember her place, then we'll crush her and whoever she runs to".
Aaruntai's smirk faded at the threat; ordinarily, Rianu would threaten people occasionally, but not his own associates. The brunette watched the leader uneasily; he could only deduce that the leader's distrust originated from the last individual that had departed from the team. Someone that had betrayed them, leaving scars yet to heal.
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Satellite - Sector "Y"
A dark-brown haired young man raced with knowledge regarding Team Resurrection plotting to invade the region darted between the mounds of trash that blocked a direct path to those he sought. His fringe hung over the tops of his left eye, the parting above his right preventing any hairs from whipping the eye beneath. The foe could be drawing near for all he was aware of and there was no sign of those he was seeking. He sharply diverted from the aimless route looking for faces and instead dashed between the heaps of waste with a real target in mind, somewhere he could be sure to find someone; a familiar face, someone he could trust. The street he dashed along grew, low buildings situated to his left; to his right, the same dreary view of waste lying meaninglessly. Towards the end of the street when buildings lessened in numbers, many have fallen over time, one stood amongst the rubble of the final few lined beside it. He rushed into the walls and looked around anxiously, there was no sign of anyone; he had hit a dead-end in a place he had expected to succeed. A sigh escaped his lips.
Minutes passed before the crunching of gravel reached his ears, someone else was approaching. The adolescent male shrank back, readying the Duel Disk that sat atop his arm as his eyebrows fell to the tops of his eye sockets, glaring at the doorway before anyone could enter. The entrance swung open gently, allowing the two girls to enter; one her recognized as Nayushi while the red-head was unidentified, he couldn't recall seeing her before. Nayushi paused when her eyes met the teenage boy's.
"Tamaki!" she called, as though she hadn't expected anyone to have been present.
"Nayushi, I've been looking for you" Tamaki answered, relieved that the enemy hadn't advanced into the sector, that they hadn't located the base of Team Shinrabanshou.
"Is something the matter?" Nayushi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I heard that Team Resurrection is planning to infiltrate the area" Tamaki replied hastily. "Two of their members were strolling around Sector L when they were discussing it. I'm surprised that no-one tried to ambush them".
"That team is too carefree. One day, soon they're going to lose that sector and they'll regret it" Nayushi scoffed, tempted to roll her eyes to accompany the declaration. Yet resisted. Her eyes wandered to Saratu. "We'll meet them at the border between here and Sector S. I suspect they'll travel along the edge of M, that's the biggest area in Satellite's entire war zone, that'll lead them through R into S".
Saratu nodded, regaining Tamaki's eyes, who watched her curiously. He turned to the brunette leader who looked back at him within seconds.
"Nayushi, who's this with you?" he asked.
"Sorry, I guess I forgot to introduce you; Saratu, this is Tamaki Hirato. Tamaki, Saratu Kushiro" Nayushi briefly announced, glancing at each as she spoke to them. "Tamaki, do you know where Ethan is? If we're going to confront Resurrection, we'll need a full team".
"I don't. But he'll be here soon, I'm sure. We'll just leave something to inform him, we can't waste time" Tamaki replied. "Sector C may be across the battlefield, but they've already got two members on their way, the other two may be following close behind".
Nayushi nodded at the account. "I'm glad you could get back here quickly, Tamaki" she articulated. "Once we've faced Resurrection, I'll think of some way to thank you for risking yourself in a foreign district to happen upon something so vital".
Tamaki gave a nod in response to the words of formal gratitude. Following the colloquy, the young man turned his back on the females and began his search for something to alert the final member of the team - the one Nayushi had called 'Ethan' - of their movements to defend the sector that belonged to them.
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Satellite - Sector "N"
Following the declaration of battle, Tansho and the unnamed man drew from their decks, Tansho's eyes remained fixed upon his opponent.
"Before we begin the first turn, tell me your purpose here" Tansho demanded calmly.
"I am here as a representative of an organization known as 'Yliaster'. If you're hunting for my name, you won't get your answer. As an individual, I will remain anonymous" the man replied.
"'Yliaster'?" Cameron muttered.
"Fine, that's enough for me" Tansho called.
DUEL START
TANSHO -- YLIASTER SPY
4000 --LP-- 4000
FIRST TURN - TANSHO
Without giving his opponent to declare the first move as his, Tansho drew from his deck, the total cards in his hand reaching the maximum limit of six. Just as quickly as he placed the card into his hand, removed another.
"I summon Genex Blast [ATK 1600] in attack mode" Tansho called, throwing the monster card atop his Duel Disk.
A small circular machine monster appeared; a body of faint bottle green metal encased blades like those of a fan that rotated. At the top of its curved body, two thin arms forged out of rods appeared, two legs following suit at the bottom, encased in the same coloured steel as that the majority of its body exhibited.
"I'll end my turn there".
SECOND TURN - YLIASTER SPY
"Draw" the unnamed duellist called, removing the top card from his deck. His straight lips curled into a thin smirk, laying the sixth card onto his Duel Disk. "First, I'll begin by Special Summoning Cyber Dragon [ATK 2100]".The metallic serpent-like dragon appeared, its silver form glistening in the light of day, screeching threateningly in Tansho's direction. The sole of his shoe shifted slightly, grating the dry gravel beneath his footwear.
"And then, I'll summon Breaker the Magical Warrior! [ATK 1600]" the grown opponent declared, laying a second monster card onto the machine equipped to his left arm.
By the large dragon, a humanoid creature appeared, blood red armour shielding its body, each plate lined with a golden shade. Behind its back ran a long crimson cape. A thing green sword in one hand while a shield rested upon the other arm, one of a diamond shape, sharing the golden designs along its edge and running through its centre, a sapphire orb resting in the middle that matched the half-dozen in various places of the mage's armour. The upper half of its face remained concealed in the shadows of its helm. The duellist behind smirked formally.
"When Breaker is summoned, it gains a Spell Counter; one that increases his attack power by 300 points" he declared, the magician's default attack stat rising by the aforementioned amount to 1900. "Cyber Dragon, eliminate his Genex Blast".
The serpent bodied dragon allowed its bottom mandible to fall, an orb of energy growing between the metallic jaws. Seconds after its development ceased, the energy erupted as a stream of power racing across the field and slamming through the hollow centre of Genex Blast, eradicating its blades before its form began to implode. The form shattered into pixels to represent its destruction, Tansho raised his right arm to shield his eyes from the gust that began to whip his body.
TANSHO -- YLIASTER SPY
3500 --LP-- 4000
"Breaker, attack him directly!" the man commanded, opening his hand as he centred on Tansho as though he were the one about to strike.
The monster's sword began to glow, swinging it downwards to allow the glow to leave its origin and glide fiercely across the field, slamming into Tansho who gave a groan at the impact. The lifepoints displayed on his Duel Disk began to decrease speedily.
TANSHO -- YLIASTER SPY
1600 --LP-- 4000
"Tansho-sama!" the three team-mates behind the trailing duellist cried desperately in unison.
"You've endured everything I can throw for this turn. I'll bring it to an end here" the grown opponent stated.
THIRD TURN - TANSHO
"Draw!" Tansho called, executing the action he bellowed. "I summon Genex Controller [ATK 1400] in attack mode!"
The undersized machined depicted on the card appeared, its rectangular head rest atop a slim body, several wires dangling above its tiny feet. At each end of its head, amber lights blinked dimly, the two at the top corners remained inactive. Its face was simply two large bolt heads for eyes and an opening beneath for a mouth.
"What was the point in summoning that?" the man asked, impressed. One of his eyebrows rose suspiciously.
"You're about to find out. I activate the Magic Card; Double Summon!" Tansho declared, holding the intended monster. "With Genex Controller on the field, I won't have to make a sacrifice for this monster, so I'll summon Genex Heat! [ATK 2000]"
By Genex Controller, a large furnace-like monster appeared; a body of black metal concealing the blaze within, one that could be seen through the casement that made the majority of its chest in the absence of more steel. Above the large body, a miniature head sat with a single light in the place of eyes.
"So you summoned a Level 5 monster without releasing just as I did with my Cyber Dragon. But I'm afraid your creature lacks the necessary power to overcome mine" the man stated.
"I'm well aware of that, but I have another intention for my monsters" Tansho proclaimed. "Observe as my monsters open the doors for another monster. I'm tuning my Level 5 Genex Heat with my Level 3 Genex Controller!"
The smaller creature leap into the air, vanishing and allowing the particles of its form to lower as a path lined by green rings. Genex Heat floated into the short tunnel, everything inside of its contour transforming into five stars that lined themselves within the path. Throughout the process, Tansho began to chant as though part of a ritual.
"Kibaku no hono, aite no chikara o tokeru! Genereitungu Enerugi! Shinkuro shoukan! Bakuhatsu, Saamaru Jennekksu! [ATK 2400]" [1]
From the blinding light, a massive machine appeared. Its body floated above the ground, a cobalt blue form with several steam ejectors on each end of its wide body. There were no legs, the remainder of body components difficult to decipher amongst the various parts, of various shapes and sizes. In the centre of the large chest, an opening provided another valve for steam to erupt, a tunnel partially exposed where the upper and lower fragments of the defensive layer were unable to join. Atop the largest constituent section, a head appeared, two glaring yellow eyes were all that appeared amongst the steel mask.
"A Synchro Monster" Kyoko gasped in awe. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the latest form of summoning to be incorporated into the game; a rare occasion in Satellite. "How wonderful, Tansho-sama!"
"Thermal Genex gains 200 attack points for each FIRE monster in the Graveyard, meaning it'll receive 200 for Heat's sacrifice" Tansho declared, observing his Synchro monster's offensive power rise. "Thermal Genex, attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
From the large opening in the chest, a roar left the mechanical being. A glow appeared from within the creature, the build-up of its attack. A pressure was building; one that emerged in the form of a surge of steam. The force slammed into the armoured mage, who exploded as a result of its defeat, the adversary standing a short distance behind the detonation raised his arms defensively.
TANSHO -- YLIASTER SPY
1600 --LP-- 3300
"I set two cards and that will bring my turn to an end" Tansho added.
FOURTH TURN - YLIASTER SPY
"Draw" the opposite duellist growled. "I switch Cyber Dragon [DEF 1600] to defence mode. Next I play Dimension Fissure".
The card entered a lower compartment of the Duel Disk, a large version appearing on the field for each member of the Cerberus Clan to regard. The artwork depicted a diamond-shaped tear in the sky, purple bolts of lightning crackling from the void, threatening to swallow the clouds that circled it innocently.
"While this remains on the field, every card that is sent to the Graveyard surpasses the place of death and enters the dimension that holds of destiny in being removed from play" he called with a smirk.
"He speaks as though he detests death" Cameron muttered.
"Who exactly is prepared to embrace their demise?" Darko queried, glancing at the other boy.
"I'm aware of that. It's just… the way he speaks of monsters and cards dying" Cameron murmured, transferring his eyes from Darko to the unnamed adversary. "That's not how a normal person sees the game; they're cards, that's it. Do you think it has anything to do with that organization he claimed to be from?"
"''Lancaster'?" Kyoko guessed, glancing at the boys to her right.
"That's not it" Darko protested. "It was 'Yliaster'!"
"It's a weird name, I wasn't paying attention!" Kyoko protested, folding her arms over her chest and puffing her cheeks in annoyance.
Ignoring the three behind Tansho, the man standing opposite continued his turn, laying another card on the top layer of his Duel Disk.
"I summon Sniper Hunter [DEF 600]" he called.
The undersized fiend emerged on the field; a purple being clothed in black leather like a thief unwilling to be identified; only its eyes, mouth, legs, arms and tail exposed its skin colour. From the top of its head and beneath its shoulder blades, two sets of tiny wings protruded. A large tongue bulged from the jaws.
"I'll discard one card from my hand to activate its effect. The gun in its hand will act as a replacement for a die, I choose a card and if the result is anything but 1 or 6, then that creature is destroyed. I'll target your Thermal Genex!"
The wheel atop the weapon began to turn, spinning at a rapid rate, each section becoming nothing more than a blur of colour until the command to cease. The colour passing by the small red arrow pointing skywards began to slow, landing on the blue 6. The owner of the card scowled at the result, hoping to see the demise of the Synchro Genex monster.
"I'll place a card face-down and end my turn" he mumbled agitatedly.
FIFTH TURN - TANSHO
The younger duellist drew from his deck, placing the card into his hand and removing another.
"I summon Genex Neutron [ATK 1800] in attack mode" he called, placing the card beside his Synchro monster.
Just as quickly as the creature appeared, the face-down card on the opponent's field rose; a Trap card depicting a tidal surge. The three behind Tansho gasped in shock at the counter measure.
"I activate my Trap card; Torrential Tribute" the man called rebelliously. "When you summoned your creature, you triggered a deadly trap that'll destroy every monster on the field!"
Tansho's teeth clenched at the turn of events, the card that would leave his field empty of monsters, there were no other cards on his field while each creature exploded. His eyes narrowed sharply at the empty battle field, taking two cards and laying them into his Duel Disk.
"Turn end" he declared harshly.
SIXTH TURN - YLIASTER SPY
"Seems you were unable to bypass the single Normal Summon rule again" the man chuckled, drawing from his deck. When his eyes fell upon the card he held, his smile widened coldly. "I summon Banisher of the Radiance! [ATK 1600]"
The large white creature emerged, two arms protruding from its massive torso. The centre of its body seemed nothing more than a gap filled with light, surrounded by golden shards. In its huge left hand, an orange orb rested between its bony fingers, a similar colour to the line running along between the rings around each end of both arms and across its torso. A collar of white with four rectangles matching the orange and gold patterns across its form surrounded an amber base for the oval head with a single circle in the place of an optic. From behind, two blood red wings much like capes hung to the base of its form, two orbs matching that in its clutch hovering over the topmost of material limbs.
"Another of his cards that'll direct monsters from play" Darko growled.
"And it's got just enough attack points to wipe out Tansho-sama if it can attack him directly!" Cameron called fearfully.
"Ah! Tansho-sama!" Kyoko whined.
"Banisher of the Radiance, direct attack!" the man commanded, pointing at Tansho, smirking thinly.
The monster raced across the field, the orb in its grasp glowing with the power to wipe out Tansho who glared at the creature. He watched as it passed the halfway point between its original position and him when he punched a control on his Duel Disk.
"Trap card open; Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" he yelled.
The cross-shaped frame split at the bottom in order for legs to prop the structure bearing a battered motorcycle helmet and tattered white scarf that hung to the forked base appeared. Wire and rope held the components to the neglected lean effigy.
"This card activates when you attack, it negates the attack. And instead of discarding it to the Graveyard, its set face-down again" Tansho elucidated.
The opponent grimaced at the tactic; he had postponed defeat and given himself another turn to fight back. Behind him, a chorus of cheers poured into the duellists' ears, the relief that the adolescent had yet to lose the remainder of his lifepoints.
"Turn end" the elder duellist growled.
SEVENTH TURN - TANSHO
Tansho drew from his deck, smirking at the card he had drawn. The other face-down card on his field began to rise, revealing a cemetery with smoke rising sinisterly.
"I activate Call of the Haunted!" he declared, placing the card into his Duel Disk. "This allows me to Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard. I revive my Genex Blast! [ATK 1600]"
The first creature destroyed reappeared from the bottom of Tansho's Graveyard, hovering opposite the enemy Banisher of the Radiance, sharing its attack power. The opponent raised an eyebrow suspiciously while the warring team leader began to transpose the card that had been his hand, moving it over the Duel Disk.
"I release my Genex Blast in order to summon my Solar Genex! [ATK 2500]"
The humanoid creature appeared; a large body of a saffron colour. Equipped to each of its forearms were miniature wings like those of an aircraft. Its arms connected by three black orbs to form the shoulders, elbows and hands. Its torso seemed like two pieces of saffron metal pieced together similar to Thermal Genex's, a large circular fragment linking the two. Its slender body pointed out sharply where two black spheres linked the legs just as the arms, blue shards linking the shins to the fronts of its feet, very similar to the arms. Its circular head possessed a blue line running down the centre, matching the other blue segments. Behind it, a rectangular craft-like section, two gasp similar to those like engines either side of the head. Two wings protruding from each side of the segment with two sapphire blue inclines in line with them.
"How can you summon a Level 7 monster with only a single sacrifice?" the man asked in protest.
"Solar Genex's effect states that only one Genex monster is needed to summon it" Tansho answered before holding up the card he had drawn from his deck, the last in his possession. "Limiter Removal, activate!"
"It can't be" the man opposite gasped. Solar Genex by itself meant trouble, but with such a powerful Magic card, there was no escape from the inevitable.
"Now my monster's offensive power is doubled!" Tansho elucidated. "Solar Genex [ATK 5000], destroy his monster!"
The immense Genex staked across the field, sparks like stars erupting from its back. The group of adolescents observed as the large monster struck the smaller with its foot, the victim imploding in seconds. Solar Genex leapt back to the safety of Tansho's field, avoiding the resulting explosion, dealing 3400 points of damage to the opponent - 100 more than the value he retained. The three behind him cheered simultaneously as the man's lifepoints descended, thrilled at the victory that had chosen their leader.
TANSHO -- YLIASTER SPY
1600 --LP-- 0
DUEL END
The defeated foe dropped to his knees, the gravel beneath staining the robe trapped between the ground and his knees. Tansho allowed the holograms of the cards on his side of the field to evaporate into nothing and his Duel Disk to revert to its Standby position before he began to proceed across what had been a duel field to the fallen duellist. The elder glared coldly up at Tansho as his shadow spilled over his form, the three in the adolescent's company approaching as a unit.
"What are you doing here?" Tansho enquired. "What is Yliaster?"
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Satellite - Sector "Y"
Kiyoshi and Marko observed the sight of Sayuri and Ojii-chan approaching, making their team complete at the border between Sectors S and Y; their assault was about to begin on the enemy territory. That which they aimed to obtain in a team battle. Kiyoshi Haru - the shorter blonde haired male - set his azure eyes optimistically on the approaching pair. By his side, Marko Koriake towered over him, unkempt black hair falling over his almost-grey eyes. The arms hidden beneath the sleeves of his black jacket crossed over his chest, the centre of his torso exposed the white t-shirt beneath the hanging jaws of the jacket's zip. Beneath the ends of the jacket, faded jeans, torn and sullied, covered his lower half, ending as loose threads around the base hanging level with his ankles.
Sayuri smirked at the two contently, Ojii-chan following in her footsteps a handful of seconds later. He turned his attention to the pair, smiling beneath the hairs of his overhanging moustache. Sayuri's attention remained on the area surrounding them; enemy territory they planned to make their own.
"Sayuri-san, are you sure it's wise to challenge somewhere so distant from our current sector?" Kiyoshi inquired.
"I'm confident that we can bridge the gap, Kiyoshi" Sayuri answered confidently. "We have the power to conquer all of Satellite, or else we wouldn't have begun trying".
Kiyoshi smiled brightly at the claim, Sayuri had led them to defend their home territory several times; they were beginning to dominate their corner of Satellite, threatening Sectors A, B and D around them. Behind him, Marko watched uneasily, Ojii-chan oblivious to the restlessness of the younger man whose eyes darted around. Something felt off, they couldn't allow their guard to fall. His eyes fell onto Sayuri and Kiyoshi, the latter speaking hopeful of the area directly opposite their original position in Satellite.
"You've got some nerve" a voice came from the direction of the Sector itself.
The four gazed upon the sight of their opposition; Nayushi, Tamaki and Saratu opposed them as three-quarters of Team Shinrabanshou.
Sayuri's eyebrows lowered at the sight of resistance so early, as though they had been informed of the infiltration. They had arrived and that presented themselves as the inevitable hindrance, those that had to be overcome in order for Resurrection to grasp the Sector as their own and truly begin their rebuild of Satellite. The two female leaders locked eyes, standing directly opposite each other. Their clash had arrived sooner than Sayuri had planned and expected, Team Shinrabanshou and Team Resurrection had confronted each other without any way to turn back. Nayushi's Duel Disk swung from its usual position to its active position on her arm, glaring at the four intruders.
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- ZERO REQUIEM -
NEXT TIME
"The confrontation between Resurrection and Shinrabanshou intensifies while the Cerberus Clan seek out answers regarding Yliaster and their presence here. Ichigeki find themselves potentially under threat".
Episode 3 - "Fierce Confrontation! Shadows Upon Soil".
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[1] "Exploding flames melt away the enemy's strength! Generating Energy! Synchro Summon! Explode, Thermal Genex!"
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KEY CARD
THERMAL GENEX
Synchro, LIGHT, Machine / Effect, Lv7, 2500 / 1500
"This card can be Normal Summoned by tribute 1 "Genex" monster. Each time a face-up "Genex" monster(s) you control is sent to the Graveyard, inflict 500 damage to your opponent".