Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Masters

The sky always seems darker when you aren’t in the open air. When you can’t see the stars. When you aren’t paying attention to them. A man on a motorcycle drove late at night on a road through the forest, headed toward one of the largest cities in that region of the country.

Aequitas.

It was one of the fastest growing cities in the world. New skyscrapers were starting construction everyday; new people were moving there; millions of tourists were going there, bringing almost every item imaginable there.

And that was exactly what he was counting on.

He was coming on the edge of the forest quickly. Once he passed the last bunch of trees he turned his motorcycle to a halt and turned off the engine. He pulled off his helmet, revealing his short, brown hair and green eyes. He stuck his helmet under his arm as he stared out at the city of Aequitas, bathed in the light of its buildings.

“This city will have what I am looking for,” the man said, “I can feel it.”

The man put his helmet back on and drove off toward the city in hopes of achieving his goal at last.

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He drove off through the town. The streets weren’t very crowded, but there was enough traffic to make him irritated. On his way, he passed by several of the most famous buildings of the town, such as the Continental Duel Academy and the Dueling Police Force Offices.

The DPF had made national news five months ago when they had announced a basic manhunt on Kal Iszarc, wanted for going against the law by being a vigilante. This scared him off and crime rates started to rise dramatically, starting a riot outside the Offices. It ended up being a feud against Kal Iszarc for making the Dueling Police Officers look bad; like they couldn’t control their own city. The rioters eventually got bored, as they weren’t achieving anything, and they slowly went home. Everything went back to normal, except that Kal Iszarc was never found.

Needless to say, this brought attention to Aequitas. It had been large enough to be on the map before, but places such as Neo-Domino City and Succurro had been stealing the limelight. After the incident with Kal Iszarc, Aequitas started to draw in tourists. So, slowly at first, it began to grow. And now it was in the news almost full time.

That was the reason why the man was attracted to Aequitas. It was growing. What he was looking for had a great possibility of being there…

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He drove down to South Aequitas, the downtown area in which Kal Iszarc was thought to have patrolled the streets half a year ago. He turned down an alley. The sound of his engine reverberated off the walls, making him muck louder than he actually was. He drove though the alley and into a courtyard, a joining of alleys that all met behind the buildings of both blocks. It was virtually soundproof of the streets, and it was large enough to have a duel in. It was a perfect hideout.

The man turned the key of his motorcycle. His lights faded and the engine strolled to a stop. He took of his helmet and got off the machine.

“This is perfect,” he remarked at the landscape.

“That’s a pretty sweet bike you got there…”

The man turned around to meet the voice that sounded from behind him. When he turned he could see a man walking down another alley towards him. He wore a tattered, brown coat and stocking cap, with some disheveled jeans.

“…Let’s duel for it,” the man in the alley said.

“And why would I do that?” he replied.

The man in the alley took out a knife, “Because I have the leverage in this situation.”

He sat his helmet down on his seat and pressed part of the dashboard. It was a button of sorts, and it started to make the machine transform. From out of nowhere a duel disk popped up, and raised so as he could attach it to his arm.

“Ah, a D-Wheel? This is a better bargain than I thought…” the man in the alley commented as he walked into the courtyard, “What shall I call you?”

“You can call me Trey.”

“Well, Trey, get ready for the toughest duel of your life!” the man declared.

“For some reason I highly doubt that.” Trey responded.

“Duel!”


Trey: 8000; 5
Commoner: 8000; 5

“I’ll start things off!” the commoner said, “And I summon my Ojama Blue, in attack mode!”

A Duel Monsters card appeared face down to the ground then it flipped up to reveal the Ojama Blue card. It glowed and disappeared, leaving a creature in its place. The creature was blue, with a huge head and a skinny body, and he was wearing a tight Speedo.

Ojama Blue: 0/1000/LV2

“Then I set one card face down and end my turn.”

Trey drew his card.

Trey: 8000 – 6
Commoner: 8000 – 4

“I summon Iengy the Discharge Combatant, in attack mode!” he said.

The card flipped and disappeared to reveal a flaming monster that resembled a zombie.

Iengy: 1800/600/LV4

“Now I activate the special ability of Iengy! This allows me to discard 1 card to increase its attack by 300!”

Trey took one card in his hand and placed it in the Graveyard slot of his duel disk.

Iengy: 1800 ~ 2100

“But wait! The card I discarded was my Irith the Discharge Commander! When it is sent to the Graveyard, like it just was, I can increase the attack of a Discharge Monster I control by 600!”

Iengy: 2100 ~ 2700

“Oh crap...” the commoner said.

“Now, Iengy, attack that measly blue mass!” he said.

The flaming zombie walked forward and sliced its blue blade straight into the stomach of the creature, destroying it instantly.

Trey: 8000 – 4
Commoner: 5300 – 4

“You triggered my Trap! Ojamable!” the commoner said.

The face down card on his field opened up, revealing a trap image.

“When my Ojama Blue is sent to the Graveyard by battle, I get to add two “Ojama” cards from my deck to my hand! So I add Ojama Delta Thunder and Ojama Red to my hand!”

The commoner quickly searched though his deck and found the two cards and he added them to his hand.

“Now for my Trap Card’s effect! When an Ojama Monster is destroyed, I get to add him back to my deck, shuffle, then Draw 2 more! All I have to do is discard a card afterward.”

The commoner took his Ojama Blue from his Graveyard slot of his disk and stuck it back in his deck. He moved the cards about and he drew two more cards.

“Now I discard 1 card. And I choose my Ojamagic Spell Card! This triggers its activation, so when it is sent from my hand to the Graveyard, as it just was, then I can add Ojama Black, Green, and Yellow from my deck to my hand!”

The commoner discarded the card and added three more cards to his hand.

“You don’t stand a chance against me!” the commoner said, “This strategy is fool proof.”

“You will see the power of my Discharge Monsters soon enough.” Trey said angrily, “I set one card face down and end.”

Trey: 8000 – 3
Commoner: 5300 – 8.

“I draw!” the commoner said. (5300 – 9)

“I Summon my Ojama Red, in attack mode!”

The card flipped up and disappeared, leaving only a red creature with a large, misshapen head that wore a Speedo.

“Now, when he is Normal Summoned successfully I can summon up to 4 new Ojamas in my hand to the field! And I happen to have 4! So I Summon my Ojama Green, Black, Yellow, and another Blue that I had in my hand!”

The Red Ojama jumped into the air and pressed a finger to each of its temples. They began to concentrate, and it began to levitate. It started to glow.

Four new cards appeared on the ground. They all flipped up and disappeared, leaving a motley bunch of misshaped creatures with Speedos.

“Now, since I have Ojamas Yellow, Green, and Black on my field, I can activate my Ojama Delta Thunder Spell Card!”

The three Ojamas jumped into the air and formed a triangle. They all started to glow, and then a shockwave of energy burst from in between them and into the two cards that Trey had on the field.

“I send my Ojama Delta Hurricane Spell Card from my deck to the Graveyard to destroy all of the cards you control, and because of the other effect of my Delta Thunder Spell; you lose 500 Life Points for each card you control and in your hand. Together, I count 5! So this means you lose 2500 Life Points!”

Trey: 5500 – 3
Commoner: 5300 – 4

The three Ojamas fell back down to the ground in their appropriate places.

“You are going to pay for that.” Trey glared at his opponent with eyes that burned with years of bottled rage. They even seemed to glow a faint red color as he gazed into what seemed like the commoner’s soul.

“Huh? You think you can win?” the commoner asked rhetorically, “Not after this!”

“All of your monsters have zero attack points.” Trey pointed out, “I’m shaking.”

“Not after my Field Spell, Ojama Country!”

The commoner took yet another devastating spell from his hand and placed it on his disk.

“While this card is in play, as long as I have an Ojama on the field the attack and defense points of all monsters are switched!”

Suddenly all of the Ojamas got a power boost of 1000 points apiece, their defense points coming out for the offense.

“Now my Ojamas, attack Trey directly with your combined might!”

All five of the different colored creatures leapt into the air and thrusted their might upon Trey, digging more Life Points out of him.

Trey: 500 – 3
Commoner: 5300 – 3

The commoner started to laugh, “By next turn, your D-Wheel is mine!”

“That is if you get to next turn.”

The commoner stopped laughing. “What do you mean? There is no way you can come back from this!”

“Ah, but there is. You see, when I saw you were playing Ojamas I knew that you would use a card like your Delta Hurricane. I wasn’t expecting one with more bite, but it got what I expected. You destroyed my face down.”

“Yeah, so?”

“That card was my Discharge Blasting Cell. When it is sent to the Graveyard from the field I can add 1 “Discharge” card from my deck to my hand. So I chose this one – a Tuner.”

“No way! You can’t do a Synchro Summon! You don’t have enough monsters!”

“Oh, but I will. My draw!”

Trey drew his card, and he added the new Tuner Monster to his hand.

Trey: 500 – 5
Commoner: 5300 – 3

“I summon my Alede the Discharge Amalgamate!”

A creature with too many arms appeared, holding a key. 800/1300/LV2

“By my effect, her attack and defense switch! You can do 300 damage to me this turn…” the commoner thought out loud.

“That may be correct, but I will do much more damage than 300.” Trey said, focusing his rage on the enemy.

“H-how…?” the commoner asked.

“You will see soon enough. Now I activate the special ability of my Alede! By sending the top 3 cards of my deck to the Graveyard I can Special Summon another level 3 or lower Discharge Monster from my hand! So I summon my Grivelle the Discharge Kindler, in attack mode!”

Alede raised its many hands and started to concentrate. After a moment another card started to appear, and it flipped up. Then the card disappeared and left behind a normal-looking man with glowing hands. 500/1200/LV2

“Okay, with that switch you can end up doing 500 damage total. You still can’t win!” the commoner said.

“You need to learn to shut up and wait for my move to end before you decide if you win, kid.”

The commoner instantly shut his mouth and stared warily at Trey.

“Good. Now I activate the special ability of my Grivelle. This allows me to send the top 2 cards of my Deck to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 “Discharge” monster from my Graveyard! So I summon my Irith the Discharge Commander that I discarded the first turn.”

The warrior raised its hands into the air and focused his energy. The ground started to crack, and from underneath them a fiery mass of a creature arose. It was a man, but with flames consuming him. There were flames spouting out his mouth and eyes, and even out his fingertips. 2400/1300/LV6

“But there is a cost, for this effect I lose 400 Life Points.”

Trey: 100 – 3
Commoner: 5300 – 3

“With him, and the attack switch, you still can only do 800 damage,” the commoner cautiously pointed out.

“Wrong, this monster cannot attack.” Trey said.

“Huh?” the commoner exclaimed, “Then why Summon it?”

“Remember that Alede is a Tuner?” Trey replied, “I use my Irith and my Grivelle as Synchro Material Monsters in a Synchro Summon with my Alede!”

Alede jumped into the air and broke into two green, glowing rings. They descended to surround the two other monsters. Irith and Grivelle transformed into a group of eight orbs. The set of rings and orbs moved to the center of an invisible force and combined into a flash of white light. In its place a giant being arose.

The commoner took a step back, “W-what is th-that…??”

“This is the beginning to your doom!” Trey said maniacally, “Attack, my Ultimate Beast!!”

The commoner screamed. The large fiery mass of flesh and bone seemed to be real as it spouted its pieces of flame and coal upon the enemy line.

Trey: 100
Commoner: 0

“How??” the commoner exclaimed.

Trey walked over to the commoner just as he fell over. Fire was everywhere, on the buildings, on the ground, everything. Except Trey and his D-Wheel.

The commoner looked up at him, fearing his life.

“You will learn not to mess with me.” Trey said, staring down at his fallen enemy. Scorn enveloped his face.

“Y-you’re evil…” the commoner said.

“Do you ever learn to shut up?” Trey asked. He walked over to his D-Wheel, “My cover has been blown because of you. Be thankful that I was in a good mood tonight, and that I spared your life.”

The commoner stood up and ran out of there, leaving a trail of cards behind him.

Trey grinned. This is what he lived for.

He stuck his duel disk back into the open port on his D-Wheel dashboard. He then placed his helmet back onto his head and rode away. Past all the flames, past the site that would soon make the local news.

Little did Trey know that there was a man standing in one of the far alleys of the courtyard, paying close attention to that duel. The man stood, arms folded, staring at the wreckage of that duel.

“He’s one of them,” the man said. The man wore a long, black jacket. His eyes glowed blue.