The non-original characters in this fanfiction are copyrighted to Kazuki Takahashi, Studio Gallup and Toei where applicable. All other characters are considered public domain by the author and may be used freely, but he does request that you ask permission as a courtesy.
The card names used are translations of the Official Card Game (OCG) names. For the TCG names, see the "Cards used" at the end of the story. And don't forget to e-mail me your thoughts (vm_postitnotes@yahoo.com). Thank you very much for reading.
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YU-GI-OH! -0
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Turn 11: "Destiny Rewritten! Dark Armed Dragon vs. D-HERO Deck"
The Duel Academia card shop was bustling with students as armored guards arrived with the newest cards to be released by Industrial Illusions. "Is it true?" some whispered to themselves. "Have they finally released the D-HEROs?"
"It's true," one of the guards said. "The Destiny Heroes have been released to public use, but they won't be available until tomorrow. However, you can look forward to an exhibition duel using the structure deck tonight at the Obelisk arena!"
The students went up in cheers and excitement.
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"But who will be the student to use the D.HERO deck?" Ra Yellow professor Abe asked.
"That's an easy question to answer," Tenjouin replied. "Hinata Toragami is the most qualified duelist in our school."
"Toragami-san uses Lightlords, though," Osiris Red professor Matsutani reminded them. "She wouldn't be willing to play with another deck."
"And besides, she is away on family business," Chancellor Kiyotaki said. "We will have to choose another."
At that moment, the door opened and a student in an Obelisk Blue blazer arrived.
"My name's Daisuke Horiuchi," he said. "And I'll be the one to use that deck. My family's influence was responsible for getting the D.HERO deck available in Duel Academia, and they've requested me to be their representative."
"But Horiuchi-kun's grades aren't the best..." Tenjouin began.
"It is true, though, that Horiuchi's family made this possible," Kiyotaki said. "And he is not an incompetent duelist."
"I have one request, though," Horiuchi said. "There is one particular opponent that I want to face. And his name is..."
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Shougo was looking out the window when Chiba burst into the room. "Shougo-kun!" he shouted. "Why aren't you at the card shop? They've released it - the D.HERO Structure!"
"D.HERO?" Shougo asked.
"That's right," Chiba replied. "They've just released a new structure deck, featuring the legendary Destiny Heroes that the pro duelist Edo Phoenix uses. I want to pick one up myself!"
"Are they really that powerful?"
"Well, Edo Phoenix-san's record speaks for itself," Chiba replied. "In his day he was the top duelist in the world - undefeated! I want to see how he did it for myself."
Shougo glanced at his deck. 'I have a bad feeling for some reason,' he thought to himself. 'What is this?'
"Shougo-kun?" Chiba asked. "What is it?"
At that moment, the door opened and Mark Walker went in.
"Shougo! Katsurou! Have you heard?" Mark shouted.
"What?" Chiba asked. "What's going on?"
"Come to the card shop," Mark replied. "And hurry!"
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When Shougo, Chiba and Mark arrived, the students were expecting them. "There he is!" one shouted. "Aoyama Shougo!"
"Wh... what?" Shougo asked, nervous in his heart.
"They're having an exhibition duel tonight at the Obelisk Blue duel arena," one of the students said. "With the new structure deck?"
"The D.HERO Deck?"
"That's right! And the guy using the deck... he wants to duel Aoyama-kun!"
"An Osiris Red student? But why?"
"Haven't you heard... he has a talent for getting rare cards. He's not bad."
"Then why is he in Osiris?"
Shougo choked a bit and stepped back. "Me? Why?"
"Never mind that," a worker at the card shop said. "Are you going to accept the challenge?"
"There's no question of that," Chiba said. "He's going to accept, aren't you, Shougo-kun?"
Shougo's eyes narrowed and he touched his chest, feeling somewhat ill.
"What is it? Are you scared?" a student taunted.
The other students joined in, laughing.
"Enough," Shougo muttered.
Chiba and Mark blinked in surprise.
"That's enough," Shougo said. "Whoever this guy is - I'll duel him. I've had enough of everyone making fun of me!"
"Maybe you don't understand your situation," a Ra Yellow student said. "The duelist is Daisuke Horiuchi. You're not on his level! The fact that you're in Osiris Red is proof enough of that!"
"That's true!" another duelist shouted. "You'll just embarass yourself if you..."
"Didn't I say enough is enough?" Shougo shouted. "Don't act like just because I'm in Osiris Red, you know who I am! You know nothing about me! Tell thaT Horiuchi guy I accept his challenge."
He then turned to walk out of the card shop.
"Where are you going?" Mark said.
"There's something I have to do," Shougo muttered, before turning towards Chiba and Mark. "I'm thankful that at least a few people believe in me."
Chiba smiled and nodded.
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Tenjouin was at the library working on her next class lecture when she saw an interesting sight - Shougo at the library computer desk.
"Aoyama-kun... what are you doing?" she asked. "Research for a paper?"
"Research for my duel, Tenjouin-sensei," Shougo replied, eyes not leaving the screen. "I need to know what I'm up against."
Tenjouin gasped. "You mean you accepted that challenge against Horiuchi-kun?"
"I know you're my teacher, but please don't try to stop me, Tenjouin-sensei," Shougo said. "I want to prove my worth as a duelist, even if I can't win. But I aim to try."
Tenjouin glanced at the computer screen, and it contained information about Edo Phoenix's dueling career.
'You're an interesting person, Aoyama-kun,' Tenjouin thought to herself. 'But I hope you really can handle the pressure of dueling in front of the whole school.'
Shougo continued to read over the computer screen as Tenjouin left. 'Edo Phoenix was such an awesome guy,' he thought. 'And those Destiny Heroes... they have interesting abilities. I wouldn't think someone could win with just those alone, but he did it...'
He glanced at his deck.
'I may not be able to win unless I'm ready.'
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The cheers of the crowd were overwhelming as the time for dueling approached.
Within a sealed chamber that was within the boundaries of the duel arena, the three lead professors and Chancellor Kiyotaki watched the duel.
"Kiyotaki-kouchou, I have to renew my protest," Tenjouin said. "This boy isn't ready for a duel like this one!"
"Tenjouin-san, I understand your feelings, but it's duels like this that a Duel Academia student must be prepared for... whether he's an Osiris or an Obelisk," Kiyotaki replied.
"This has nothing to do with him being an Osiris!" Tenjouin shouted. "I've dueled him before. He's a very borderline personality. He may..."
"May what... Tenjouin-san?" Kiyotaki said, turning towards Tenjouin with a curious look on his face.
Tenjouin was taken aback by his earnest look. "N... nothing," Tenjouin said.
'What was that look?' she thought. 'Why am I suddenly afraid?'
A bell rang announcing that the duel was ready to begin. "Forgive me for keeping you waiting," the announcer shouted. "But the moment has arrived! The D.HERO exhibition duel is about to begin!"
Cheers went up in the audience.
"But first, announcing his opponent... a first year Osiris Red student from Domino City... Shougo Aoyama!"
Confused mumbles turned into quiet catcalls as Shougo entered the stadium.
"GO SHOUGO!" Mark shouted in English, trying to drown out the suspicious whispers. "YOU CAN DO IT!"
"And his opponent, who will be the first duelist other than Edo Phoenix to use D.HERO's, showing off the power of the Destiny Heroes... Obelisk Blue's Daisuke Horiuchi!"
Horiuchi approached the field, and cheers once again erupted.
"Hello, Duel Academia!" he shouted. "You know why I'm here. My family helped bring about the events that allowed you all to use D.HEROs starting tomorrow! I think I'll demonstrate their abilities effectively!"
He then turned to Shougo and scowled.
"But I know what you're all thinking. Why pick a pitiful Osiris Red student as my opponent? I'll tell you why - this boy is nothing more than a bully and a thief! He stole all his powerful cards, and he bullied my friend Kentaro Watanabe into leaving Duel Academia!"
"What?" everyone shouted.
"That's right! Before Watanabe-kun left, he spoke to me - and he said that Aoyama had challenged him to a duel! And that he had destroyed Watanabe-kun so badly, he didn't see a point in going on. Well, we'll see about that! You're not the only one who can win with rare cards. I'm going to take the Phoenix deck and crush you with the newly released D.HEROs."
"So you're going to spread lies about me? That's fine," Shougo said, raising his duel disk. "I've never dueled Watanabe-san, but I'll defeat you here in front of everyone."
"We'll see about that," Horiuchi muttered, turning on his duel disk as well.
"Duel!" they both shouted.
"I'll start things off," Horiuchi said, grinning boldly as he put his hand to his deck. "Draw!"
He stared at his card and then chuckled. "This duel's as good as done, Aoyama. I activate the magic card Reasoning!"
Shougo took a step back. "Reasoning?"
"You declare a level of Monster and I pick up cards from the top of my deck and send them to the cemetery, until I get a monster that can be normal summoned. If its level is the same as the one you say, it goes to my cemetery; otherwise, it gets special summoned. So, hurry and pick a number!"
Shougo closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "I'll pick four," he announced after a brief pause.
"So be it," Horiuchi said as his Duel Disk automatically counted off cards. It discarded five cards before a monster was found. "D.HERO Diabolicguy," Horiuchi said smugly as he held up the card. "So sorry, but that's a level six. I special summon him to the field!"
A creature that looked like a stereotypical devil, with bull legs and a long tail, appeared on the field.
Horiuchi chuckled again disparagingly. "Diabolicguy looks weak, but he's actually just what I need right now. I sacrifice him to activate the magic card Monster Gate. Like Reasoning, I'll pick up cards until I get a card that can be normal summoned, but there's nothing you can do to stop it this time!"
The Duel Disk then spit out three cards until a monster card was reached.
Horiuchi took the card out and grinned again. "I special summon D.HERO Diamondguy!"
The audience gasped, impressed with the legendary Destiny Hero that had been seen by so very few before.
"And now to activate the effect of Diamondguy - I pick up the top card of my deck, and if it's a regular magic card, I send it to the graveyard and activate its effect when I begin my next turn. Otherwise, it goes to the bottom of my deck."
He picked up a card, and with a malicious grin showed it to his opponent. "The card I picked up is 'Destiny Draw', so it goes to my cemetery! And next turn, I get to pick up two extra cards!"
"But wouldn't he have to discard a D.HERO from his hand?" Mark asked Chiba.
"Diamondguy lets him activate a card's effect without having to pay its costs," Chiba said. "Worse yet, there's nothing Shougo-kun can do to stop it."
"Now for my normal summon, I'll bring to the field D.HERO Diskguy," Horiuchi announced as a third Destiny Hero hit the field. "But they won't be staying long... because I'm going to sacrifice all three to summon the strongest D.HERO of them all - D.HERO Dogmaguy in attack mode!"
The audience gasped in wonder as the giant Destiny Hero appeared on the field - with a horned helmet, giant bat wings and a menacing blade on its right arm, it was a sight to behold. And at 3400 attack points, it would be difficult to deal with.
Horiuchi gave a devilish smile as he placed a card into his duel disk. "I'll set one card facedown. Turn end!"
Shougo frowned. "My turn. Draw!"
"Hold on!" Horiuchi shouted. "Dogmaguy! Life Absolute!" A purple aura glowed around both him and Dogmaguy, and he glowered as his life points lowered to 2000.
"What happened?" Mark shouted to Chiba. "Shougo's life points just went in half, and his opponent didn't even attack."
"It's Dogmaguy's special effect," Chiba explained. "When a player summons him, his opponent's life points are halved on their next turn."
"Well... that's not fair at all," Mark mumbled.
"I play the magic card Ancient Rule," Shougo said, showing his opponent the card. "It lets me special summon a level 5 or higher normal monster from my hand... and I choose my Red-Eyes Black Dragon."
The legendary dragon roared as it appeared on the field.
"That's a nice move," Aino remarked. "But I wonder what he thinks he's going to accomplish, since it's 900 points less powerful than Dogmaguy."
"He's just showing off," Katsuki said. "He knows he hasn't got a shot so he might as well show everyone he has rare cards."
"I set one card facedown to end my turn," Shougo said.
"Is that all? This will be a more pathetic display than I thought," Horiuchi said. "Now Destiny Draw's effect activates, and after I draw one card, I can draw two more."
He then looked at his hand and sneered. "This duel is already won," Horiuchi declared. "I'm playing the magic card... 'Fusion'!"
"'Fusion'? D-HEROs have a fusion?" some among the crowd murmured.
Tenjouin's eyes widened and she touched her mouth with her hands. 'Could it be...' she thought to herself. 'Could he be using 'that' card?'
"I'll fuse the Dogmaguy on the field... with the 'D.HERO Bloo-D' in my hand!" Horiuchi shouted. "Now you will all see the ultimate card of destiny that will seal Aoyama's fate!"
A warrior wearing heavily-plated dragon shaped armor entered the field. It wielded an arm blade much like Dogmaguy's and bore a menacing scowl.
"I fusion summon Dragoon D-END to the field!" Horiuchi shouted.
"This is unacceptable!" Tenjouin said. "Kiyotaki-kouchou, this duel has to be stopped now! Dragoon D-END is not supposed to be in the structure deck. This is no longer an exhibition duel - this is a grudge match!"
"Let's wait and see how Aoyama-kun handles this," Kiyotaki replied.
"What?!" Tenjoin threw her hands out in appeal. "You can't be serious, Kiyotaki-kouchou! To allow a boy like Aoyama-kun to suffer this intense situation!"
"The strongest iron must go through the hottest furnace," Kiyotaki responded. "Otherwise its future bonds will be weak. This is something this boy must experience."
'What are you thinking... Kiyotaki-kouchou?' Tenjouin thought.
Horiuchi held his cards aloft as he taunted his opponent. "My monster could battle and defeat your Red-Eyes, but I have a better idea. Let's end the match now! Dragoon D-END's special effect, activate! I'll select a monster on your side of the field and destroy it, and *you* take damage equal to its attack power! The monster I choose, of course, is Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
The chestpiece on Dragoon began to glow as the monster reared back, and then it shot out a blast of energy at Shougo's prized dragon.
"The End of Fate!" Horiuchi declared.
"Shougo only has 2000 life points!" Mark said. "He's going to lose!"
But Shougo gave a mirthful smile. "Are you always this predictable, Horiuchi-kun?"
"What did you say, you little brat?!" Horiuchi snapped.
"Reverse card open... 'Mysterious Wok'!" Shougo shouted. "By sacrificing one monster on my field, I gain life points equal to its attack or defense points! I choose... Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and gain 2400 life points. And your Dragoon, without a target... is powerless."
The Red-Eyes shimmered away from the field, and Dragoon's magical attack hit air. Shougo's life points rose to 4400.
"'Powerless', you say?" Horiuchi snorted. "Hardly! Your field is wide open and I haven't attackd yet."
"But since you used Dragoon D-END's effect, you can't enter your Battle Phase this turn," Shougo replied.
"What? How did a little worm like you find that information out?"
Shougo gave an annoyed look. "It's called reading," he muttered.
Horiuchi muttered and placed another facedown magic/trap card on the field. "Turn end," he spat bitterly.
"My turn," Shougo said. "Draw. I play the magic card Angel's Charity, drawing three cards and discarding two." He placed Meteor Dragon and Blood Vorse into the cemetery. "Next, I play the magic card Foolish Burial, dumping a Newdoria from my deck to the graveyard. Can you guess what happens next?"
Horiuchi chuckled. "Bring it on," he taunted.
"I special summon to the field... Dark Armed Dragon."
"There it is," Katsuki said. "That boy is lucky to have that card in his hand and the means to summon it."
"You're not angry?" Aino asked.
Katsuki crossed her hands. "Honestly, as unlikely as it is... I want Aoyama-kun to beat this guy. This was supposed to be an exhibition duel, but Horiuchi isn't playing fair."
"And that bothers you?"
"I'm not completely heartless, you know, Naomi-chan..."
"Let's get this troublesome creature out of the way," Shougo said. "I remove Newdoria from play to destroy Dragoon D-END."
The dark dragon roared and reared its arms back.
"Dark Genocide!"
Black energy waves were slung at Horiuchi's Dragoon D-END, shaking the duel arena terribly with its explosion. But when the smoke cleared, Dragoon D-END was unharmed.
Horiuchi grasped his face and then reared back and laughed madly. "You say you can read, but you couldn't see that Dragoon cannot be touched by the effects of magic, trap and monster cards?" he shouted. "And he has more attack points than Dark Armed Dragon. So what can you do?"
"This is a problem," Chiba said, adjusting his glasses. "Apparently, Horiuchi has a prototype version of Dragoon D-END. I don't know how a Duel Academia student would be able to acquire such a thing."
"No joke," Mark said. "Immune to magic, trap and monster effects *and* can revive itself? I want Shougo to win but... I'm having a hard time thinking of how he can do it!"
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TODAY'S FEATURED CARD: The Fusion Monster, "Dragoon D-END"
You may only summon this card by fusing "D.HERO - Dogmaguy" and "D.HERO - Bloo-D". Once per turn, you may destroy one monster your opponent controls and inflict damage equal to its attack power. If you do this, skip your battle phase. This card is not affected by magic, trap or monster card effects.
NEXT TIME: "Shougo's Pinch! Dark Angel Zerato Arrives"
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SUPPLEMENTAL SECTION
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CARDS USED BY DAISUKE HORIUCHI:
* REASONING
Normal Magic
Your opponent selects a monster Level. Pick up and send cards to the cemetery until you pick up one that can be Normal Summoned, and if the monster Level does not match the declared number, Special Summon it to the field; otherwise, send it to the cemetery.
* D.HERO DIABOLICGUY (Destiny Hero - Malicious)
Effect Monster (L5 Dark Warrior, 800/800)
By removing this card in your cemetery from play, select 1 "D.HERO Diabolicguy" from your Deck and Special Summon it.
* MONSTER GATE
Normal Magic
Sacrifice 1 Monster you control. Pick up and send cards to the cemetery until you pick up one that can be Normal Summoned, and Special Summon it to the field.
* D.HERO DIAMONDGUY (Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude)
Effect Monster (L4 Dark Warrior, 1400/1600)
Once per turn, you can look at the top card of your deck. If it is a Normal Magic card, send it to the cemetery and you may activate its effect during the Main Phase of your next turn. Otherwise, return it to the bottom of your Deck.
* DESTINY DRAW
Normal Magic
Discard 1 "D.HERO" card from your hand. Draw 2 cards from your deck.
* D.HERO DISKGUY (Destiny Hero - Disk Commander)
Effect Monster (L1 Dark Warrior, 300/300)
If this card if Special Summoned from the cemetery, draw 2 cards.
* D.HERO DOGMAGUY (Destiny Hero - Dogma)
Effect Monster (L8 Dark Warrior, 3400/2400)
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by sacrificing 3 monsters, including at least 1 "D.HERO". If this card is Special Summoned, halve your opponent's Life Points during their next Standby Phase.
* FUSION (Polymerization)
Send Fusion-Material Monsters listed on a Fusion Monster card from your hand or side of the field to the cemetery to Fusion Summon that Monster from your Fusion Deck.
* D.HERO BLOO-D (Destiny Hero - Plasma)
Effect Monster (L8 Dark Warrior, 1900/600)
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by sacrificing 3 monsters. Once per turn, select a monster your opponent controls and place it under your control as an Equip Card equipped to this card. (Only 1 monster can be equipped at a time.) This card gains Attack power equal to half the Attack power of the equipped monster, and any effects the card has.
* DRAGOON D-END (Destiny End Dragoon)
Fusion Monster (L10 Dark Warrior, 3000/3000)
"D.HERO Dogmaguy" + "D.HERO Bloo.D"
A Fusion Summon of this monster can only be conducted with the above Fusion Material Monsters. Once per turn, you may destroy 1 monster your opponent controls and inflict damage equal to that monster's Attack points. If you activate this effect, you cannot enter your Battle Phase this turn. During your Standby Phase, this card exists in your cemetery, you may remove 1 "D.HERO" Monster in your cemetery from play to Special Summon this card.
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CARDS USED BY SHOUGO AOYAMA:
* ANCIENT RULE (Ancient Rules)
Normal Magic
Special Summon a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from your hand.
* RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON (Red-Eyes B. Dragon)
Normal Monster (LV7 Dark Dragon, 2400/2000)
A ferocious dragon with a deadly attack.
* MYSTERIOUS WOK (Mystik Wok)
Instant Magic
Sacrifice 1 monster and gain Life Points equal to either its attack or defense points.
* ANGEL'S CHARITY (Graceful Charity)
Normal Magic
Draw 3 cards from your deck. Then, discard 2 cards from your hand to the Cemetery.
* METEOR DRAGON
Normal Monster (L5 Fire Dragon, 1800/2000)
This dragon appeared from the sky and crashed to the earth.
* BLOOD VORSE (Vorse Raider)
Normal Monster (L4 Dark Beast-Warrior, 1900/1200)
This wicked Beast-Warrior does every horrid thing imaginable and loves it! His axe bears the marks of his countless victims.
* FOOLISH BURIAL
Normal Magic
Select 1 Monster card in your deck and send it to the cemetery.
* NEWDORIA
Effect Monster (L4 Dark Demon, 1200/800)
When this card is destroyed and sent to the cemetery as a result of battle, destroy 1 monster on the field.
* DARK ARMED DRAGON
Effect Monster (LV7 Dark Dragon, 2800/1000)
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned when you have exactly 3 Dark-attribute Monsters in your cemetery. By removing 1 Dark-attribute Monster in your cemetery from play, destroy 1 card on the field.
