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Yu-Gi-Oh! The Four Virtues
Episode 13: “Hero Roll Call”
Fate Takuma stumbled and almost fell, but her downward descent was halted by two strong arms grabbing her waist. Although her waist hurt, she smiled. “Thanks Toshiro.”
Toshiro Henry smiled in return. “No problem. You just need to get used to them, that’s all.”
Fate raised an eyebrow and hefted two crutches. “You say that one more time, then we’ll all watch you get used to these things.”
Fate and Toshiro had dueled in the second round of the tournament they were participating in. Fate had been possessed by a man named Castor, and she had broken her left leg.
Toshiro grinned nervously. “There’s no need for that…”
“Toshiro!”
The two teenagers turned around and saw Mara running towards them. “What is it, Mara?” Toshiro asked.
Mara skidded to a halt in front of him, panting heavily. “Jaya…wants…to see…you…on the roof.”
Toshiro glanced over at Fate, who smiled. “Sure, go on ahead. I’ll just stay here and suffer with my crutches.”
Toshiro grinned as he ran down the corridor. “All it takes is some practice!” he called back.
Fate huffed as she continued painstakingly down the hallway. “Easy for you to say…”
* * *
Toshiro banged the roof door open, raising a hand to shield his eyes from the setting sun. Squinting, he saw Jaya with her back to him, staring out over Domino City’s landscape.
“Jaya…” he called softly.
She didn’t turn around. “Toshiro…congratulations on your duel. Is Fate okay?”
Toshiro remained where he was, staring curiously at Jaya’s tensed back and shoulders. “She’s fine and getting used to her crutches…although I don’t think you called me up here just for a social chat.”
Jaya exhaled sharply. “Toshiro…we’re through”
Toshiro raised an eyebrow. “How can we be through…if we were never ‘we’ to begin with?”
Jaya didn’t react. “Toshiro…you’ve made choices I can’t condone. You’ve changed. You’re not the person you once were. Nothing but enmity can exist between us now.”
Toshiro lowered his head, his bangs obscuring his eyes. “Jaya…”
“And when people have enmity between them, they fight.” Jaya continued. “And when we fight…”
She turned around, holding a duel disk in her right hand, with another attached to her other arm. “We duel.”
Upon completing her sentence, she hurled the disk at Toshiro. He caught it, attached it to his arm, slid his deck into its slot, and activated the disk in a fluid motion.
“DUEL!”
Jaya – 4000 Toshiro – 4000
Just as the two duelists drew their opening hands, Mara and Tokyro burst onto the roof. “What the hell is going on?!” Mara demanded.
“Obviously they’re dueling!” Tokyro replied in exasperation, dragging her over to the side where they could watch.
“I’ll go first!” Jaya announced, drawing a sixth card (Sparkman, Clayman, Hero Counterattack, Lightforce, Pot of Greed, and Hero Barrier). “I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in ATK Mode! (1600 ATK)” In a flash, the yellow and blue armored hero appeared in a blaze of lightning. “Next, I set one card facedown (Hero Counterattack) and end my turn.”
“Why is Sparkman in ATK mode?” Mara wondered. “She never starts in ATK mode”
Tokyro sighed. “Just watch.”
Toshiro drew his sixth card (Dasher, Disk Commander, Polymerization, Call of the Haunted, Angel Lift, and Vengeance Armor). “I activate Polymerization! I fuse my Destiny Heroes Disk Commander and Dasher together to form Destiny Hero Street Commander! (3000 ATK)” The monster that emerged from the vortex had gold body armor, with black armor for his legs and hands. His head was protected by a helmet, and he wore mini-jet engines on his thighs and shoulders.
“Street Commander, attack Sparkman!” Toshiro shouted. “Street Justice Attack!”
The hero leapt into the air and began to bring his clawed hand down…
“Trap Card go!” Jaya cried. “My Hero Counterattack lets you select one card in my hand and if it’s a Hero, then your monster is destroyed and I can summoned the selected monster!”
Toshiro glared critically at the four cards in her hand, then said “Center left”
Jaya slowly smirked. “Why thank you Toshiro; that was Clayman!” In a flash, the brown hero appeared and punched a hole through the incoming Street Commander.
Toshiro scowled. “I set two cards facedown (Call of the Haunted and Angel Lift) and end my turn.”
Jaya drew her next card (Polymerization). “I activate my own Polymerization! I fuse my two monsters together to form Elemental Hero Thunder Giant! (2400 ATK)” The monster that emerged from vortex had gold and blue armor, but its body was more like Clayman’s. A bluish orb was in the middle of its chest.
“Thunder Giant, direct attack!” Jaya commanded. “Lightning Fist!”
“Trap Card go!” Toshiro shouted. “My Angel Lift brings back my Disk Commander in DEF mode!” In a flash, the light-blue clothed hero appeared and took the attack for his master.
“Disk Commander’s effect also lets me draw two cards when he’s brought back from the graveyard.” Toshiro stated (Diamond Dude and Pot of Greed).
“I set one card facedown (Lightforce) and end my turn” Jaya finished.
Toshiro drew his next card. (Mirror Coat) “I activate my facedown card: Call of the Haunted! With this I bring back my Destiny Hero Dasher! (2100 ATK)” In a flash, the silver armored hero appeared. “Next, I summon Destiny Hero Diamond Dude! (1400 ATK)” In a flash, the hero with diamond spikes and a green cape appeared. “Now I activate his ability and discard the top card of my deck, and if it’s a normal spell card I can activate it next turn. Now I activate my Dasher’s ability! I sacrifice my Diamond Dude to increase my Dasher’s ATK by 1000! (2100 à 3100 ATK) Now Dasher, destroy Thunder Giant! Speed Spin Kick!”
Dasher sped towards the opposing Hero, and launched itself into a spin, its right foot connecting with Thunder Giant’s orb center, making it explode.
Jaya – 3300 Toshiro – 4000
“I set one card facedown (Vengeance Armor) and end my turn, therefore switching Dasher to DEF mode. (1000 DEF)”
Jaya drew her next card. (King of the Swamp) “I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards (Warrior Returning Alive and Polymerization). Now I activate The Warrior Returning Alive to return Sparkman to my hand! Next, Polymerization activates! I fuse my Sparkman and King of Swamp, who’s substituting for Flame Wingman, together!”
A vortex opened up behind her and began to crackle with power.
“Amongst the shadows the source of light shall burst through, and enlighten the world!”
Suddenly, a bright light cut across the field.
“Become the sun, Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman! (2500 ATK)”
The new hero had silver armor with yellow lines criss-crossing it. Metal wings protruded from its back.
“My Shining Flare Wingman gains 300 ATK for every hero in my graveyard” Jaya explained. “And when it destroys your monster, you take damage equal to its ATK! (2500 à 3400 ATK) Shining Flare Wingman, attack Destiny Hero Dasher!”
The winged monster leapt into the air and raised its arms.
“SHINING SHOT!”
A burst of gold light erupted from its palms, blowing apart Toshiro’s monster.
Jaya – 3300 Toshiro – 1900
Toshiro drew his next card. (Pot of Greed) “I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards (Destiny Hero Blade Master and Destiny Draw). Next, I activate Destiny Draw! By discarding by Blade Master, I can draw an extra two cards (Megavolver and Destiny Hero Plasma). Now I activate the card sent to the grave by Diamond Dude: Destined Fusion!”
Jaya gasped. “That card?!”
“That’s the card Toshiro used against Fate!” Tokyro exclaimed.
“I remove Blade Master and Dasher from the game to summon a new type of hero!” Toshiro announced as the two monsters disappeared into the vortex behind him.
“The ultimate warrior shall arm himself for battle, and push back the darkness!”
Suddenly, a bright light cut across the field in front of Toshiro.
“Fight on, Destiny Hero – Arms Master! (2500 ATK)” Toshiro cried.
The new monster wore black and silver armor with spikes protruding from the shoulders. Two sickle-like claws protruded from each of his wrists. His head was protected by a black helmet.
“Now I activate the Equip Spell Mirror Coat!” Toshiro shouted. Arms Master was suddenly covered in a glass armor that fitted over his regular armor.
“Arms Master, attack Shining Flare Wingman!” Toshiro commanded.
Arms Master leapt at his counterpart, both arms poised for a cross-slash.
“Shining Flare Wingman, counterattack!” Jaya retaliated.
The Elemental Hero unleashed a blast of energy at Arms Master, who caught it in his hands and fired back at his opponent. Both the Elemental Hero and the glass armor exploded.
“WHAT?!” Jaya cried. “WHAT DID YOU DO, TOSHIRO?!”
Toshiro smirked. “I activated the effect of Mirror Coat: when the equipped monster battles a stronger one, the two ATKs become equal! Also, my Mirror Coat can prevent the destruction of my monster by sacrificing itself!”
Jaya scowled. “You b******…”
“I’m not done yet, Jaya!” Toshiro replied. “Go, Vengeance Armor! This Trap Card equips itself to Arms Master, and increases its ATK equal to the amount of cards that has been sent to the graveyard this turn! (2500 à 3000 ATK)”
Jaya took a slight step back. “Oh crap…”
“Arms Master’s ability gives it an additional attack for each Equip Spell on it! Now my monster, direct attack! Armory Assault!”
Arms Master slashed Jaya twice across the chest, doubling her over in pain.
Jaya – 300 Toshiro – 1900
“That ends my turn” Toshiro stated as his monster returned to him. (3000 à 2500 ATK)
Jaya drew her next card. (Hero’s Wrath) “I set one card facedown and end my turn.”
Toshiro drew his next card. (Destiny Hero Double Dude) “I equip Megavolver to my Arms Master!” In a flash, a large, futuristic rifle appeared in the hero’s hands. “This increases my monster’s ATK by 1000! (2500 à 3500 ATK)”
“If this attack goes through, Jaya loses!” Mara exclaimed.
“Jaya…you wanted this duel…so I will follow through!” Toshiro shouted. “Arms Master, direct attack!”
Arms Master used his new weapon and fired a blast at Jaya...
“Trap Card open!” Jaya shouted. “Hero’s Wrath lets me pay half my LP to bring back my Shining Flare Wingman, no questions asked!” In a flash the hero reappeared. (2500 ATK à 3400 ATK)
“Arms Master is still stronger!” Toshiro replied.
Jaya closed her eyes. It’s all up to you now, Shining Flare Wingman! Opening her eyes, she shouted “Go, Lightforce!”
As the Trap Card lifted, Toshiro cringed. “No! Not that!”
“I remove Thunder Giant from the game!” Jaya cried, and a ghost figure of the hero appeared behind Shining Flare Wingman and flowed into his body. The armored hero crackled with new electric power.
“COUNTERATTACK!” Jaya screamed. “BLAZING ELECTRIC SHOT!!”
Shing Flare Wingman’s attack was a gold stream of energy infused with lightning. It met Arms Master’s attack head on, and a gigantic explosion ripped through the field. The shockwave was so strong, both duelists were blown off their feet.
When Toshiro sat up, he felt a shooting pain in his right arm. At first, he thought he fractured it, so he looked down…and nearly fainted when he saw a glowing sliver circle on his forearm. A star was inscribed in the circle.
“My arm…” Toshiro whispered.
“What the hell is that thing?!” Jaya exclaimed. Toshiro looked up and saw that she had the same symbol on her arm, but it glowed red.
“Dunno” Toshiro replied, and he would’ve said more when he heard Mara scream “Look up!”
Toshiro and Jaya raised their heads and gasped: floating above their heads were four interlocking circles with inscribed stars. Each glowed a different color: silver, red, green, and blue.
The four teens crowded around each other. “What did we just do?” Toshiro wondered.
* * *
“Mistress!” a black-robed henchman called. “A glowing symbol is floating in the sky! Four interlocking glowing circles!”
Electra smiled as she looked out the window at the event. “Finally…they have arrived.”
End of Episode