On a narrow, crooked, fragile stone walkway surrounded by a dark void, lit only by floating luminescent bubbles,a young boy, no more than the age of 13, balances uneasily, both his arms extended for balance, placing one foot carefully in front of the other.
Fragments of rock crack away under his feet as it fall into the endless glowing abyss below him; above, the sky roils dark purple.
He sways unsteadily as he walks, nervous and afraid to fall down below, as he finally halts to stare at the bright glow before him. It came from a pair of stone reptilian eyes, it was apart of a massive stone face carved to belong to a fearsome monster, with rows and rows of pointed teeth, its face crossed by long cold metal chains. At the center of its upper lip was a circular keyhole.
The monstrous gate seems to glare down at him, until a deep, raspy voice comes from it, echoing in brighter tone. "Whoever can open this door, will gain a great new power..." it spoke as the boy reluctantly takes a step back away from it as unknown voices echoed, whispering. "...Power, open this door..."
"But know, that with such a reward, comes great risk" the deep voice that belong to the door, said as more of the echo whispers follow suit.The glowing yellow eyes glint bright red, as the gold pendant that the boy wears around his neck shines in response to the door
"Have you the courage to unlock this power" the door repeated as the echo whispers once more. "Um, great risk? Lemme think about it. Don't think so-o-o-ohh!!" The boy answer not before the walkway beneath his back foot began to crumbles, as he falls into the glowing blue abyss below, yelling his final word before everything around him become pitch black
"Aaaaaaahhhhh...!!"
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The red and black haired 13 year old fell out of his bed. His name was Yuma Tsukumo.He hits the floor on his head, after fallen out of his hammock that he used as a bed. The morning light is a filtering gold colour as it shone through the window.
It was only just a dream, he thought to himself. His room is like a cluttered treasure trove of mystery and antiquity; inside the room, was an old yellow globe and gold lamp sit over to one side of the hammock, a giant wooden chest inlaid with gleaming brass sits off to the other side. Yuma's duel cards are scattered on a low table under the hammock, beside a picture frame. He untangles one of his foot from the hammock as he sits up on the wooden floor, rubbing his head after the fall
"Ugh... weird dream... ugh, oh well. 'Least I'm up now" He groan as he look at the clock that was on the wall. It reads 8:00. Quickly Yuma spring up onto his feet. "And I'm going to be late!" As he realised that he was going to be late for school yet again
Once again, Yuma hastily gathers up his scattered deck off the floor; visible are Blustering Winds, Secret Barrel, Zubaba Knight, Monster Reborn, Gagaga Magician, Ganbara Knight, Wonder Wand, Just Desserts, and Tornado. "Aww, not again! What am I forgetting, what am I forgetting!" He moan
Yuma swings down from his loft through a circular hole in the floor, dangling wildly from a knotted rope handhold instead of taking the neat decorative modern ladder. His main bedroom, bed neatly made and desk tidy, clearly not lived in, is as curvy and futuristic polymers as the loft is antique and polished wood. Yuma's jeans, socks, and bookbag are laid out on the bed, his shirt hung up near the desk. He catches himself on the floor with one hand when he lands and scrambles across the pastel-swirled rug.
" Oh yeah-- to get dressed!"
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Downstairs:
The living room is tidy and spacious, wallpaper lined with wood and wooden floor covered by an area rug in the center, with several houseplants catching the light shining through the stained-glass-panel windows in front. An women with thick, two-toned red hair in a ponytail, sit at the table as she is surrounded by three blue holographic computer screens, a tinted lens over one of her eye, gripping a gadget shaped like a pen in her teeth. She speaks as though on the phone. She wears a headset along with her tinted eyepiece.
"Sure... sounds like a good scoop...! I'll get right on it, boss!" As soon as the phone beeps off, she quickly flips the stylus gadget out of her teeth as she catches it in her hand triumphantly. "I love a good lead in the morning!" Soon, her younger brother quickly dashes downstairs, running in place, hopping around the room as he stops dashing past to talk to her, struggling to put on his uniform
"What gives, Kari?! Why didn't you wake me up?" He asked her with a panic tone in his voice.
"Because I'm a news reporter, and not your babysitter. You're in middle school now, lil' bro-- act like it?" She sips on the hot liquid unconcernedly from a mug with a bunny on it. While she isn't looking, Yuma stretches his cheeks and makes a face at her with annoyance. They love each other. Sometime.
"Also, Sakura is outside waiting for you" Yuma once again pull his face again at his sister, at the mention of his older friend. Yuma's grandma was already outside, sweeping the front walk with a straw-and-bamboo broom as she was accompy by someone. A girl with aqua blue hair, tied up in a platt, and aqua blue eyes. She was wearing a girl's second year uniform with black knee high socks and her blue school bag. Yuma quickly open the front door as he was struggling to put on his shoe, as she shook her head towards the younger boy antic. He late again, she thought to herself not before she let out a small sigh
"Morning Kura! Bye, grandma!" Yuma said after he got his shoe on as he run past his grandmother
"But, Yuma-- what about a goodbye kiss?" Yuma grandmother asked her grandson
"No time for that" Yuma was about to run as Sakura follow suit, only for Grandma eye to glints. Wrong answer! She spins her broom as expertly as any staff fighter, and uses the end to snag Yuma by the shirt collar and lift him off the ground. Sakura knew what about to happen. It the same thing she experience with her father, only for her mother to hit her father with a paper fan
Yuma yelp out, "Aw, grandma, what're you doing!" Grandma smile sweetly before replied "Either you give grandma a kiss goodbye, or you get.... steely a grand slobberin'!" She narrowly her eyes as Sakura let out a gulp.
As the camera zoom out, Yuma's house is a tidy sort of cottage with a red roof and stained-glass-panel windows, sitting in the middle of a grand city with highways that crisscross the sky above, and buildings in the distance that rise higher than the roads. Only the sounds of kisses can be heard, follow by a giggle.
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On a quiet lane somewhere in the city, a monorail passes overhead as egg-shaped litterbots trundle here and there, picking up litter.
"Trash identified". The litterbot order just before Yuma is seen running, gripping his breakfast in his teeth as Sakura follow suit after him.The litterbot picks up the aluminum can in its metal claw hand as it places it inside its mechanized 'mouth'. "Trash contained."
"Comin' through!" Yuma shouted. Before the litterbot could react, Yuma has vaulted over it as he kept running. The litterbot spin and swivels around, momentarily confused the moment. "Error... error... "
"Thank you for the lift" Yuma shouted out as Sakura shake her head at him. One of these day, Yuma will hurt himself
"Yuma! Sakura!" A large boy jumps overhead on a skateboard as he hits the ground riding ahead of the duo
"Hey Bronk!" Yuma greet his friend, whilst stuffing his face with a rice ball, his breakfast as Sakura wave at the boy. "Morning to you, Bronk" she greet him
"D'you wanna race to class?" He asked them with a challenging glare. This mean war. "Lemme chew on that" to both Sakura and Bronk surprise, the black Red haired boy pops the last of his breakfast into his mouth, never breaking stride. Then, once he's swallowed, he picks up the pace as he ran ahead of Bronk and Sakura. The trio take off, Yuma and Sakura are running whilst Bronk is on his board.
They both race down a set of wide steps. Bronk decide to takes the ramp that was formed by a handrail, leaving the duo consist of Sakura and Yuma to take the steps. "I'm gainin' on ya! Woohoo!" Yuma shouted as Bronk's lead began to gets wider and wider as the trio go down stairs. Out of nowhere, Bronk has a moment of concern, ubtil he hain a hen idea in order to win the race.
There was another litterbot at the bottom of the stairs. As he leaps off the stair rail and keeps riding. " Gain on this!" He then gives the litterbot a great big kick, sending it spinning straight into Yuma's path. The latter crashes headlong into the hapless litterbot, as his cards scatter everywhere due to the crash. Sakura halted her step she turned to look at the scene in front of her. Really, he stoop this low, she thought
"Heheheheheh! See yuh!" Bronk laugh as he rode off. Sakura sight at his behaviour as she decided to go and help Yuma with his scattered deck. Only to see, more litterbots zeroing in on the poor boy scattered cards, mistaking the cards as trash. Poor Yuma.
"Hey, that's not trash! Cut it out!" He said as he quickly jumps on his feet as he grabs some of his cards out of trash-grabbing claws and from the ground. "Not trash?" One of the Litter question as Yuma swipes another handful of cards from another litterbot. After Yuma explain to them about his decks, the army of Litterbots begin to insult the latter decks. "Rrrrgh... listen, you tin twits, they're not trash!!"
Watching out through the monorail window as two-toned green hair girl with orange eyes as her friend pointed out the struggling boy. "Check it out, Tori?" The said girl turn her head to see what her red haired friend was looking at.
"Yuma should really get some new cards." Tori let out a nervous grin at her friend comment before she asked "How come?" Only for her friend to explain to her, "Looks like those litterbots think they're garbage"
"Ha...! Yeah... " Tori agree with her, a little bit. From her tone, Tori's not very surprised to see Yuma in such a situation
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At School:
"Second-period gym will now begin," the voice of the PA sound out through the speaker as it announced that second lesson, before continuing on. "All students, please report to the field house."
"Twenty!" Bronk shout as the number on the side of the bottom-most plastic vault box, and the other nineteen are also about a foot tall apiece, reaching toward the ceiling of the gym. The assembled students are all in P.E. uniforms. Bronk slaps the side, proposing the challenge. Mostly toward Yuma.
"Jump over this many vault boxes and you'll set the new school record!" Both Tori and Sakura watches Yuma with concern in their eyes. They don't want to explain to Kari and grandma about this
"That record's goin' down-- 'cause I'm about to high-five the sky!!!" He shout as he began to runs at the boxes, vaults off a springboard, yelling, until he crashes straight into the tower. The vault boxes fly everywhere in the gym. He pretty much hit the ground on his face, as his head is covered with swelling bumps; his eyes are spirals.
Tori and Sakura rush over to his aid. "Are you okay, Yuma?" Tori asked him in concern as Yuma repulsed back to her. Which lead both girls sighted at his response as the other students around them laugh hearty at his pain. Being the helpful one, Sakura help Yuma onto his feet as she slightly worried about what he is going to do next
Later:
Everyone is standing in their swinwear as they stood by the pool s they watch Yuma dives into the swimming pool as he was holding his breath.
"Go, Yuma!" Tori shouted as she cheer for her friend
"You can do it!" Sakura also cheer along with Tori
"Ha! There's no way he'll do it!" Bronk told the girls, not long after he said that, Yuma begin to floats to the surface, spitting out pool water, since he began to talk underwater as Bronk and the rest of the student laugh at him
In lesson:
The trio consists of Yuma, Tori and Sakura sat down in the back of class as they listen to the teacher rant about sentences
"So, why do you do it, Yuma?" Tori asked as he sits up from leaning his head on his desk. His hair is a mess, and he still has a band-aid on his forehead; he's been through much. Sakura always wonder on why Yuma do these things in the first place, but she was paying attention with Yuto, her Mystical armor Lion spirit
"Those dares? Why not? It's good fun!" Yuma answer the green haired girl question. Tori sigh as Sakura shake her head at his answer. "It's fun to turn green coughing up pool water?"
Yuma frowned at his friend question before he answer her. "No, but that's the price you pay. If you're gonna be great ya gotta take chances-- so I take lots! Because I wanna be the greatest, Tori and Sakura" As Yuma gazing hopefully off into space. The latter doesn't see Tori or Sakura watching him with a misty smile painted on their. They both admire his determination and his heart. He grips the gold pendant that hang around his neck, it glints at his touch. "And with this golden key, one day I will be."
"That's the key your parents gave you, right? That they found on one of their expeditions?" Tori asked Yuma as he enter his flashback of his parents. "Yep, and you know what it unlocks? Potential power.Isn't that cool?"
"Seriously?" Sakura question him
"Really? Think it could work on me or Kura?" Tori asked as she curiously leans over and point in between her and the aqua haired girl, before pointing at the pendant. "Nope." Yuma quickly closes his fist around the key as Tori falls over onto the table as both girls give Yuma a look. "Why?" They both asked simultaneously
"Cause this key's a part of me. With it I'm good to go! Hmhm!" He then stand up from the table in a burst of exuberance and shouts out loud. "WITH IT I FEEL THE FLOW!!!" Due to his nature, his voice caught the attention of his classmate as they turn their attention to face the trio. Without a doubt, their teacher is standing right next to Yuma and Tori desk. She clears her throat pointedly. Yuma quickly notice before he scratch his head in embrasment. " Euh, sorry" Both girls sighed at their friend craziness
"And I feel the flow most..." Yuma runs down the hallway.
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Duel period:
A duelist summons Crusader of Endymion in face-up defense mode to go with Grenosaurus. Yuma, Sakura and Tori run into the dueling area; students of all ages and uniforms are in dueling stances or standing around chatting or watching
"All right. Let's get to it!" Yuma throws an object into the air, and it unfolds; it's a tinted green eyepiece and headset. "Duel gazer, set!" Yuma then puts it on as he laugh with excitement. The gazer glints dramatically in the light. With his duel gazer on, Yuma sees the whole area differently, it lights up with scrolling green numbers and labels, flickering until it fully activates and returns to an image of the surrounding area.
It looks like Yuma's just wearing a tinted lens with green text labels, until a big, red dragon-fish monster with wings appears out of thin air and demolishes the top of a nearby tower, soaring into the arena by crashing straight through an aerial highway. Yuma keeps his head down a moment more, before straightening up. "What're we waiting for? Let's get to it. Let's get dueling!" He shouted excitedly as he hope one day, he would become a professional duelist
"Now, who to duel today?" Yuma wonder as the trio walk pass Duelist who duel each other. The trio have different duel gazer. Yuma gazer was a yellow Duel Gazer with a green lens. Tori duel gazer was red with a amber lens. Whilst Sakura have a Black Duel Visor Tattoo on her left eye. It changes the color of her left eye from aqua blue to jade green colour.
"You mean, who to lose to today" Tori joke as Sakura snicker at it just as Yuma stops short ahead of them. "What's that supposed to mean?" Yuma asked his friend, slightly offended at the comment
"You know, Yuma. Tori do have a point. It just take time" Sakura told him as Tori nodded as she agree with the older female
"I mean, yeah, sure, I've lost twenty straight...so what?!" Yuma told them as frustration built up in him as both of the girls look up the staircase. "Yuma ,look!" Tori pointed at the event,which was a duel as Yuma turned around to see what his childhood friends are looking at.
At the top of a nearby staircase, a duel is in progress. A video screen pops up showing the face of the duelist with his back to the stairs. "It Bronk" Sakura told the pair. As Yuma, Sakura and Tori reach the top of the stairs, Bronk recoils from the duel, breathing heavily. This duel does not look good for him at all. Tori look over as she gasp at the opposite duelist.
"Oh no! And look who he's dueling." The trio turn to look at the second duelist. He was wearing a second year uniform ( the same as Sakura). The only difference was his hair - purple.
"Shark?" Sakura question as she wonder on why Bronk would take on someone like Shark.
"I've got you now, Bronk. See, since I've got two monsters on the field and they both have the same level, I can use them to summon an Xyz monster!" Shark's two monsters, are both level three, are a gigantic shark, and a metal skull with sinister, plated tentacles. "So watch as I overlay my Skull Kraken and Big Jaws to do just that!" The two monsters turn into angular bolts of light, one light blue the other dark blue, and arc into the sky. The center of the field explodes with a burst of red light that spreads in concentric waves. The two bolts race into it.
"Watch as I unleash a terror of both land and sea! Watch as I summon Aero Shark!" From the center of the field where the light was, a new monster bursts from the ground. It was Submersible Carrier Aero Shark "Aaahhh" Bronk yelp out in fear and terror at the sight of the two twin shark
"Now that's a man-eater." Tori stated
"There's no way that Bronk would be able to defeat that." Sakura told her as she scan the monster, looking for a advantage for Bronk
"Wow! You know why an Xyz summon is so cool, Tori? Sakura? Cause the monsters used stick around as overlay units and help activate their new buddy's special powers! It's all about teamwork" Aero Shark's two overlay monsters are represented as little sparkles that rotate around it. Yuma gazes up at it hopefully. "I betcha those litterbots wouldn't call my cards trash... if I had an Xyz monster!"
"Now, Aero Shark, dig in on that chump!" Shark commanded as Aero Shark swoops down on Bronk and slams him to the ground, knocking his duel gazer off. Bronk's lifepoints fall from 800 to 0; Shark's still sit at a perfect 4000. Shark has won the duel. The virtual world created for the duel dissipates in a rain of green numbers, and the crater through the ground created by Aero Shark's arrival evaporates as though it never was.
"Oh man, Bronk!"
Both Yuma and Tori both took off their duel gazer as Sakura duel gazer tattoo vanish as the trio look over at Bronk with sympathy in their eyes. Shark walk over to where Bronk is still trying to get up off the ground. His smile is unsavory. "Thanks for the duel and for this!" Shark picks up a deck of duel cards.
"Bronk's deck! Not so fast!!" Yuma shouted as Shark is unamused at his interruption. Tori and Sakura hurries over to Bronk's side, as Yuma makes a stand between Bronk and Shark
"Who're you?" Shark asked him.
"My name is Yuma. And I'm Bronk's good friend" Yuma defend his fallen friend as some of Shark's buddies have also come to back him up.
"Buzz off! Or don'tcha know who you're messin' with?"
"Sure. I know him. Everyone knows the school bully." As soon as Yuma said that, Shark's dark blue eyes are calculating.
"Hmhmhm. I'm no bully. You see, Bronk and I... we had an arrangement." Bronk has finally managed to get to his feet with the help of Tori and Sakura
"What do you mean about 'arrangement' that you two have" Sakura asked the blue haired male in front of Yuma, her eyes narrow in suspicion as Yuto seem to lowly growl at Big Jaws.
"It went like this; whoever won, got the other's duelist deck" He said
Yuma turn to face Bronk and asked him. "Is that true?"
Bronk has turned his face away from the conversation, ashamed. "It is... But I had to do it! He challenged me! He called me a big chicken!" Bronk told his three closest friends the truth about his duel with Shark as Sakura deadpanned as she let out a sigh as she shook her head. Her uncle, Ryu did the exact same thing as Bronk and Shark. But he lose his deck to her grandmother
Yuma then turn his attention to Shark and his lackeys. What he said next shock everyone. "Fine, then... if you're gonna challenge my friend, then I'm gonna challenge you!"
"Did you hit your head!? Yuma, even though you may have duel, but you don’t stand a chance again him or his xyz monster. At this rate, we have to trade you for a rainbow Kurioboh" Sakura explain as she tried to reason with Yuma before he get humiliated even more
"Sakura right. You're not even close to being in the same league as Shark! Nah, you're not even in the same sport!" One of Shark friend mock Yuma
"So is that a no? I guess that means you're just a big chicken!" Yuma got Shark's attention as the latter became angry really fast
"Chicken?" Shark then takes a step forward as Yuma nearly steps back and asked. "You know what happened to the last person that called me chicken?"
"Something... uh... bad happen?"
"I don't know, because it's never, ever happened before!!" Shark shouted angrily in Yuma face
"Oh... well, then, let this be the first!" Yuma shouted back at him. Shark is condescendingly impressed by this upstart, but nowhere near afraid.
"Big talk" He holds out Bronk's deck toward Yuma. "All right, Yuma, say that we did duel. You want Bronk's deck back, but what's in it for me?" He asked the younger boy
"Mph... good question... hadn't thought of that." Yuma nervously glance down as the glint of Yuma's golden key catches Shark's eye. He grabs the key from around Yuma's neck, snapping the cord. Shark's cronies rush in and restrain Yuma's arms.
"Hey! That's mine!" Yuma struggle against Shark lackey as he tried to get his pendant back
"My. This certainly seems important to you, now doesn't it?" Shark mock in a insulting tone in his voice. At this rate, Sakura moan, she was really fed up with the trouble that Shark and his lackeys cause. She stood up as she make her way over toward the purple haired boy.
"What do you think you are doing?" He asked her
"I'm selling gingerbread men. What do you think? I'm helping out a friend. Now give me Yuma's pendant, Reginald" Sakura ask him as she held out her hand
"And duel Yuma for it-- whoo-oops" He just accidentally dropped the key onto the ground. "I dropped it; hope nothin' bad happens to it down there. Say, like this!" Shark stomps down hard on the Pendant as both Bronk and Tori gasp. The key shatters under Shark's shoe, broken in half. Yuma is distraught. Sakura look like she is going to murder someone. When the cronies let him go, he falls to his knees over the broken key, picking up the piece still attached to the cord
"Why did you do that?!" Yuma shout as his distress turns to fury at Shark. The purple haired boy was still holding Bronk's deck.
"It the same reason I'm doin' this.Guess you're right after all..." Shark reveals the snapped-off end of the key that was still under his shoe, and kicks it off the platform that they're standing on and into the bushes below. " I'm a bully!" As he say that, Yuma turns away from watching the key disappear. Without any second thought, Sakura clench her fist. Yuma face turn from fury to nervous at the sight of his friend
"Erm, Kura. I hope you're not planning on thinking on what you gonna do......?" Tori question toward the older female was cut off by the event in front of them
Thud
Everyone gasp as their eyes wide in shot, Shark got punch in the nose by Sakura. He reached up to touch where he have been hit, until his glaze harden at the aqua haired girl in front of him
"What the hell is wrong with you?" He yelled at her, only to find her to glared at him.
"Teaching you a lesson, Shark boy. But at least Yuma hasn't lost his heart! Not like you! At least there is no blood draw" Sakura told him as she bent down to pick up the broken piece of her friend pendant. She felt some sort of living presence or aura from when she pick it up. Shark turn his attention to Yuma
"And since we can't duel for that anymore, you don't get this" Yuma lunges for Shark, but Bronk grabs him around the waist with both arms holding him back. "All right, if you still wanna duel me, guess we could figure some sort of arrangement out. If you beat me, I'll give back this deck. But if I win, Yuma... I get your deck!" Yuma's rage fades to worry. This was a big wager.
"And for you...?" Shark then turn towards Sakura, who turn to him with a death glare on her face. " I'll get you back for punching me, Takahashi. At least I know who my parents are.This Sunday. At the station courtyard. If you want Bronk's cards back, be there!" Shark turns and strides away with his cronies, calling them from over his shoulder. Bronk lets go of Yuma, and the four of them watch Shark leave silently.
"I'm handsome.I'm such a great duelist.I love me.
How’s that for him. Sorry about that. Here you go, Yuma" Sakura offer him the broken piece of the pendant as Yuma give her a small smile in return
" I fine. Thanks" He took the piece from her as he then away from them and walk away. Bronk, Tori and Sakura look worried about him
"So, Sakura? Is your hand okay from punching Shark?"
"Bronk!"
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Gym, next morning:
A girl vaults over a tower of six vault boxes, as other girls gather to take their turns, the boys wait off to the side. Yuma sits alone and disconsolate on the floor, when Tori runs up to him. "Hey, Yuma... are you gonna try and leap those twenty blocks again?" She ask him.
He holds the snapped-off key in one palm, then closes it and holds it to his chest; without it, his confidence has been ruined. "Not today" Yuma told his green haired friend. "Oh.." Tori is unnerved and saddened at his reaction
At swimming, a unknown boy calls out to Yuma from in the water, while he sits on shore dipping a foot. "Yuma! Wanna try that underwater lap again?" He asked, but Yuma replied "Not really..." Yuma then gets splashed in the face with water. At that moment Tori has shown up again with Sakura, hoping for the older girl to get answer
"Hey. What's wrong with you today?" Tori asked him as she was worried about him
"Tori right?" This isn't you. What going on?" The older aqua blue haired girl asked the boy who she view as an younger brother with concern in her voice
"I dunno, Tori. Kura.I... I guess that I'm just not feeling the flow," Pool water drips from the broken key around his neck. "Ever since Shark broke my key.Things just haven't been the same" He said sadly, hurt laced in his tone.
"Yeah" Tori said as Sakura drop to her knee and pull him into a comforting hug. Unknown to the trio, someone was listening to the conversation
Later:
The trio was walking on the park path near the placid river on their way home from school
"Yuma!" A voice shout behind them as the trio turn around as Bronk shreds to a halt on his board, his manner seem urgent. "What's up?" Yuma asked him
"Yuma....this duel with Shark.Are you doing it?" The latter ask
"Well... uh...?" Yuma didn't know on what to said, until Bronk spoke up. "Don't go. You can't win, Yuma"
"Whadda you mean by that?!" Yuma interrogate him, Bronk was silence before he answer "I mean, Shark made it all the way to the Duel Nationals last year!" He said but not before meeting Yuma gaze. "Look. Thanks for tryin' and all... But I'm over this. Really." It was radio silence for a moment
"But it's not just about you now" Yuma told him
"Huh?" Bronk become confused with Yuma for a moment
"It's about doing what's right. Shark's gotta learn, he can't push people around like this." Yuma explain as he hold his broken pendant."And I'm gonna be the one to teach him. So what if he made it to the Nationals," not before he said "One day I'm gonna make it there, too!!"
Tori smiles as Sakura giggle as she close her eyes. Yuma's back to himself!
"Uh... whatever. Here" Bronk fishes something out of his pocket as he then tosses it to Yuma. It's was the other half of the broken key! Yuma catches it, much to their disbelief
"Huh? Whoa. How did you find this?" Yuma asked
"Duh," Bronk rides away, calling back to them. " I went lookin' for it! Later!" Yuma was shown as he grasps the other half of the key, a new resolve showing in his eyes.
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Next Day:
Yuma was shown sitting at the low table under his hammock, in his pajamas, working on his deck in order to face Shark. He let out a sigh. "Maybe those litterbots were right, and my cards are trash" He then look at the two halves of the broken key, sitting on the table before the photograph of his parents. " No. This was my dad's deck. And I know he gave it to me for a reason!"
In the morning, Grandma is sweeping the front walk again with her broom. "Bye, grandma!" Yuma shouted as he runs past her.
"Wait..." Mrs Tsukumo call out to her grandson.Yuma backs up, running in place, looking anxious. "Oh, right, your kiss" Yuma said, not before grandma tosses him a small paper-wrapped bundle. "What's this?" He asked her
"Duel fuel. Now go take down that bully!" She answer him
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In the middle of the city, a blimp floats by overhead with holographic screens on either side of it. All in all, it's a quiet day in the city. The station is a building with large, teal windows shaped a bit like bubbles. Walkways and what might be escalators protected by red tubes empty into its vast front plaza, which is yellow stone tidily decorated with four panels of grass that form a dotted circle. A monorail enters the station. Out front, among the passersby, two groups are meeting.
" I can't believe it. You actually showed." Shark said. He wore a sharp purple blazer over a darker maroon shirt. "Hope you said your goodbyes, 'cause all your cards are about to be mine"
"Sorry, but the only think you're gonna be getting, is a good old-fashioned butt-kicking!" Yuma yell out at him
"And why's that?" Shark laugh at him
Yuma then answer him. " Cause I'm feelin'... the flow! " With that, Yuma throws into the air a rectangular gadget with a red frame that looks like a screen or table. It unfolds and refolds itself into a differently-shaped screen, then reattaches to the deck holder and folded-up card slots already attached to Yuma's wrist, follow up with his duel gazer. Everyone follow suit with their own gazer.
"Augmented reality vision link established" A computer voice speak. Both duelists have drawn five cards each.
"Let's duel!!" Both Yuma and Shark yell out union as a big screens appear above the two duelists in gazer-vision, showing each's face, and his lifepoint counter
Shark:4000 / Yuma:4000
"Yeah, Yuma! Win this!" Tori shouted
"Yeah, just belive in yourself and your deck!" Sakura yelled at him as Yuma nodded at his friends encouragement as he smile as he draw his first card from his duel disk. "Get set to get decked! Yah! I summon Zubaba Knight!" He yelled as he waves the card through the air and slaps it down on his disk. "You're goin' down, Shark!" His monster appears, triumphantly growling its own name. It's a warrior with flashy serrated knives and gold armor
Zubaba Knight ATK:1600/DEF:900/Level 3
"Course since I went first, I'm not allowed to attack this turn. So go ahead... your move!" Yuma said
"Hmhm! You got that right! And with it, I intend to crown that Knight! It's my draw! Hah! I summon forth Big Jaws!" Shark yell
Big Jaws ATK:1800/DEF:300/Level 3
"Man! Eighteen hundred attack points!" Yuma exclaimed
"That's right. And since Zubaba Knight is just sixteen hundred, you're in deep water! After all, when two monsters fight, the one with the least attack points is destroyed, and its owner takes the difference as damage!" Shark explain to the younger boy
"Aw, great, so that means I'm losing two hundred lifepoints!" Yuma groan
"Next time, play your weak monster in defense mode," Shark said. "Although, it really wouldn't've mattered this time. 'Cause a' this! The spell card, Aqua Jet! Now until the end of this turn, my Big Jaws gains one thousand attack points!" Impressive turbines attach to either of Big Jaws' flanks. Its attack points increase to 2800
Big Jaws ATK:2800/DEF:300/ Level 3
"Now, Big Jaws, it's feeding time! Attack!" He commanded as Big Jaws attack Yuma Zubaba Knight directly, causing Yuma lifepoint from 4000 to 2800
"My lifepoints!" He shouted out
"Next I'll place a facedown card, and end my turn." Shark announce as it was Yuma turn next
Shark: 4000 / Yuma:2800
"Nuts! We just started, and I'm already down in a big way! I gotta even the score." Yuma draw another card from his hand. "I summon out, Gagaga Magician!"
A sorcerer masked, robed, and armored in shades of orange, brown, and black. He wears and wields thick iron chains, and glares across the field over his black facemask
Gagaga Magician ATK:1500/DEF:1000/ Level 4
"You're summoning him in attack mode, with just fifteen hundred attack points?! You just don't listen, do ya!" Shark laugh
"Oh, I sure do!" Yuma said as Shark stops laughing, before Yuma spoke up again. "Hyah! That's why I'm equipping Gagaga with this -Wonder Wand!" A Wand appear in Gagaga Magician hand. "Now my Magician gains five hundred attack points! You said play weak monsters in defense mode-...well, he's no weak monster!"
Gagaga Magician: ATK:2000/ DEF:1000/ Level 4
"Hey, all right! Now Gagaga's stronger than Big Jaws!" Tori explain as her, Sakura and Bronk all have a smile on their faces
"Now go, mighty magician! Reel in that fish!" Yuma commanded as Gagaga Magician was about to attack Big Jaws.
Just then, Shark interrupted Yuma. "How 'bout you try an' get real. I play my facedown!" The facedown trap card Shark set on the field earlier now flips
"Your facedown....?" Yuma asked
"That's right...Zeus' Breath! And I have a feeling it's gonna sting for you because with this trap, I can put a stop to your monster's attack! And there's more! If I have a water monster on my field, you also take eight hundred points of damage! And there is a water monster on my field. So prepare to be soaked, with a serious splash of damage!" He explained as Yuma got soaked
Shark:4000/ Yuma:2000
"Ohh, boy..." suddenly he gets an idea. "Wait! I got it." Yeah! If you can play trap cards, so can I! So that's what I'll do!" Yuma yell out Bronk, Tori and Sakura faceplam. He will never learn
"Yuma! You can play two types of facedowns, spells and traps. Never say which it is!" Bronk told him
"Ohh! Get it together!!" Tori scolded him as he grins sheepishly over his shoulder
"It be great if we could trade Yuma in for lifepoints" Sakura joked, only for her to get a offended look by Yuma. She quickly narrow her eyes at purple haired boy as she turn to her spirit partner. 'What is he up to? Yuto?' She ask him in her mind, only for the spirit Lion only shake his mane
"Trap card, huh? Big deal. It's my draw! And first I summon Skull Kraken!" Shark shouted as he summon a metallic, bony, plated skull with tentacles crashes through the ground and rises to the field, much too close with those tentacles for comfort
Skull Kraken - ATK:600/DEF:1600/ Level 3
"Six hundred attack points. All right, no prob! Gagaga Magician is still the strongest monster on the field" Yuma said as Gagaga has 2000 atk right now, compared to Big Jaws' 1800 and Skull Kraken's 600
"Not for long, he's not. I activate Skull Kraken's special ability! With it, I can destroy one faceup spell or trap card on your field! Such as that Wonder Wand, for example!" Shark said as the Wand sparks, then evaporates in Gagaga's grip, leaving him without its power boost. The Magician's attack points decrease back to 1500
Gagaga Magician - ATK:1500/ DEF:1000/ Level 4
"Oh no!" Yuma shouted
"Oh, yes. Now Gagaga Magician is back at the bottom of the food chain!" Shark smirk as his victory drawn near
"Not good!" Bronk said as both Sakura and Tori looked over at him
"Why?" Tori asked him
"Shark's got two monsters out now. The same ones he had right before he beat me!" He told her
"Oh no" Sakura mutter as Tori look over at her friend and ask her about what Bronk said. "What do you mean, Kura?"
"He going to Xyz summon, since he got two monsters on the same field with the same level for it to work. If Shark manage to pull this off then there's no chance that Yuma will win this" Sakura explain as Tori turn to focus her glaze on Yuma, looking worried at him. It was now or never
Shark yell, "You fool! Did you really think you could beat me, the best a' the best, and win Bronk's deck back?!" Yuma grip the broken key in his hand as Shark continue on. "Face it, Yuma. I stomped your little key to pieces, and now, I'm gonna stomp you! Tthis duel is over!! And when I win your deck, I'm gonna trash it just like I trashed your key! Then maybe you'll learn your lesson - don't pick fights ya can't win!"
Until now, Yuma finally snap at him. "That's where you're wrong, Shark! I'll never learn that lesson! No matter how many times I fall. No matter how many times I get laughed at, I'll keep trying to high-five the sky. Cause when you're feelin' the flow, there's no goin' back! And speaking of feeling the flow, I so-- am!" With that, he snaps the key and its cord off his neck and it starts to shine bright gold light as Sakura cover her eyes from the glow
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Unknown location:
Sakura find herself alone in what to be look like a tomb that her great uncle, Hiro like to read to her when she was 7. Sensing that someone or something was watching her, she look up and find three massive monsters staring down at her.
The first one is large, serpentine red-skinned, black-bellied dragon with spikes running down its body. Its wings are bat-like in form, with two thumb claws. The dragon head has two mouths; the bottom jaw of the smaller top set is part of the top jaw of the larger set. The last tooth at each cheek is larger than the others. It's head is crested with four spikes protruding horizontally, and two larger ones from the back of the head curving vertically
The second one was a massive muscular blue-skinned humanoid. That has simple, triangular wings that are about the same height as itself. It's large shoulder pauldrons have two large spikes protruding vertically, its forearm armor has spikes protruding at the elbows, and its groin and knees are armored with diamond-shaped plates, while a shield-shaped plate covers the posterior. Its hands are more human, with spiked, sheath-like claws covering its fingertips and small diamond-shaped plates covering the knuckles. It head is covered in spikes; twin spikes jut from its cheeks, long spikes sideways from the back of the head, two from the temples, a short spike on the chin, and a tri-spiked crest on the top of its head. The mouth is lipless, with pointed white teeth. It has red eyes
The third one was golden dragon that appears to be composed of or covered in golden metal. It has a saurian posture and bird-like features; its head and neck are sculpted to resemble that of a bird of prey, with feather-like ornaments on each side of its head and at the elbows, and a jagged cone surrounding its neck. Its wings have the appearance of being feathered.
"The chosen one. Our savior. The descendant of him" the golden dragon spoke to her.
"Who are you three? Where am I? What going on l?" She asked the three massive monsters
"Prepare yourself Sakura for the battle that will come your way someday?" The massive blue-skinned humanoid spoke up, as a white light came from the golden dragon mouth, floating it way to her. It was revealed to be a crystal pendant, shape of a dragon. Without further notice as she feel like the pendant is call out to her, she grabbed the pendant as the same light as before surrounded her. Not before the red-skinned dragon spoke
"We will be watching over you"
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Present:
When she open her eyes, Sakura saw Yuma sitting on the yellow pavement, looking confused as she was. She doesn't know what have happened or who was the three massive monsters that talk to her. The thing she focus on was the golden key, that still sit in his hand, looking good as new. What if going on?
She feel a dark, sinister voice inside her head, her heartbeat rapidly as she heard a loud scream coming from Shark. They look over to see him glowing in a ominous red-purple light as his eyes beginning to glow bright fuchsia colour. The dark sinister voice can be heard as Sakura shake her head
Around the duel, the air is turning spooky shades of green. Bronk and Tori look around uneasily. A dazzling multicolored spiral of sparkles appears on the field, like a spiral galaxy, uncontrolled bursts of energy sparking out of it around the duelists.
"I overlay level three Big Jaws and Kraken! Now I can build the Overlay Network! Now-- Number Seventeen, Leviathan Dragon!!" Shark shouted, the number 17 glows in yellow against darkness. "Be born!"
It's big, it's scary, it's glowing purple. It's not very dragon-shaped at first, with one massive head containing one glowing red eye, plus either very thick hairs or very large claws hanging off the sides. Its shingled scales ripple, and it unfolds one clawed, blue-filmed wing, then its draconic head with glowing red eyes and a number 17 along its side. With six wings total. That right. It a dragon
Number 17: Leviathan Dragon Rank 3/ ATK:2000/0
"What is that?!" Yuma shouted
"I've never seen this monster before in my life! " Bronk said as both he and Tori look on in shock at the monster that never been seen before
"It no ordinary monster that I seen before. It a number monster more than an Xyz summon monster." Sakura answer to herself as she look at the dragon in front of her.
That's right.
Sakura eyes widen in shock as she hear the number monster talking to her. Since she was a child, Sakura posses the ability to communicate with spirits, as she remember talking to a Kurioboh when she was 12 about to get rid of her comics books. Due to this, she can see the spirits of the rest of her Deck,she can also speak to the spirits in other Duelists' decks, whether or not that Duelist can see or speak to spirits or not. She never thought her ability would be able to speak to an number monster
With its glistening purple scales, sharp claws, and the light show of its two overlay units, Leviathan Dragon is very impressive. "Now by removing one a' my overlay units like my Skull Kraken, I can power up Leviathan Dragon by five hundred attack points!" Shark explain
"What?" Yuma asked in shock as he watch Shark discards Skull Kraken. The Leviathan Dragon catches and eats one of its overlay units.
Number 17: Leviathan Dragon Rank 3/ ATK:2500/0
"What!" The rest of them who was watching the duel, yell out in union
"Leviathan Dragon, attack with Shock Stream Blast!" Shark commanded as Leviathan Dragon's new attack point total is 2500, and it puts them into a radiant blast of blue and purple fire, crackling against Gagaga Magician and destroying it, before sending Yuma flying head over heels backward, to crash hard into the ground. He has only 1000 lifepoints left.
"Yuma!" Both Tori and Sakura shouted toward their injured friend
Shark:4000 / Yuma:1000
"This duel's just about done! One more attack and you're through!" Shark commented as he was waiting to deliver the final blow to end the duel
Yuma is lying in a crater a couple inches deep that he just smashed in the pavement. "Ugh... that's... some dragon. So much for a comeback." Yuma groan until he hear a voice
"Rise" Yuma rolls over, turning toward the sound of the command. "Huh? Ohh!"
Standing over him is the glowing blue-greenish figure that appeared when he opened the door; he's tall, thin, and humanoid, slightly alien in appearance, with markings across his chest and pendants hanging from his pointed ears. He regards the situation dispassionately, arms folded, through yellow eyes. He doesn't look Yuma's way, but repeats the instruction
"Rise up." He command again as Yuma sits there on the ground in awe at the strange creature before him.
"Ohh...! Who- who're you?" Yuma asked the strange creature as Sakura blinks her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things. Was this the same living presence that she feel in the pendant yesterday. And more important who is this strange person and what it is purpose?