It was midnight in the abandoned warehouse district of the city and atop the largest building in the area, a Duel was taking place.
One of the Duellists was a teen girl, wearing a brown leather pilots jacket over a white T-shirt. She also wore ripped jeans and black combat boots, had light brown skin and white hair that was dyed purple at the tips. Her name was Gilda and she was losing.
Her opponent stood across from here, practically unphased by the Duel that was taking place. "This game has been very amusing," he said, "but I think it's time for it to end." He held up card and placed it on his Duel Disk, causing a brilliant flash of light to take place.
"Oh nut," Gilda said seeing what was coming, before she let out a yell as the light consumed her.
The next day we find Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy traversing the town on the look out for opponents. There were only four days left before the first round would come to a close and opponents were starting to grow short.
"See anything?" Fluttershy asked her, as she looked at her DPM's holographic screen.
"Nothing," Rainbow said, "not one activate DPM in the area."
"I guess we shouldn't be surprised," Fluttershy said, "with the end of the first round drawing closer the number of Duellist left in the tournament can't be that many."
"Your right," Rainbow said, "but I still need to get more points. I'm almost at six thousand."
"We'll just have to look in another part of town," Fluttershy told her."
"Yeah," Rainbow said, "your right." Suddenly her DPM began to beep, signalling it had located a Duellist within the area. "Scratch that," she said, "let's go." They rushed down the street following the signal, until they came across a shady part of the town.
"I don't like the looks of this," Fluttershy said looking around.
"Just stay close," Rainbow told her, "and keep a look out." Continuing to follow the signal they turned into an alleyway, and as they went further in they found no sign of a Duellist despite the DPM saying they were practically on top of them.
"I don't get it," Rainbow said, "where are they?"
"Do you think a Duellist might have dropped their DPM around here?"
"It's possible," Rainbow replied, "but I don't see a-" she stopped when she spotted something in the corner of her eye. Something was sticking out from behind a dumpster, which looked like...a leg. "There," she said as she rushed over and around the metal container, only to gasp at who she saw. "GILDA!" She screamed kneeling down to look the unconscious girl over.
"Oh dear," Fluttershy said, "is she okay?"
"Looks like it," Rainbow said as she gently tapped the teen's face, "Gilda...Gilda wake up."
Slowly, but surely, Gilda began to stir from her sleep and gently opened her eyes. "Dash..."
"it's me," Rainbow replied, "what happened to ya?"
"It was...Guto."
"Who's Guto?" Rainbow asked.
"That doesn't matter right now," Fluttershy told her, "we need to get her out of here and someplace she can rest."
"Your right," Rainbow said. She grabbed Gilda by the arm and placed it around her, before helping lift the girl up and out of the alley.
They managed to get Gilda to a park and sat her on a bench. Since she refused to go to a hospital it was the best they could do.
"So Gilda," Rainbow said, "how did you get into that alley and who's this Guto you mentioned?"
"Guto is the leader of a Duel Gang from my neighbourhood," Gilda replied, "the Black Griffons."
"Sounds scary," Fluttershy said.
"They weren't always," Gilda said, "they used to help people around the town. They used Duelling as a way to connect people and prevent small time situations the cops wouldn't bother with, but all that changed when Guto took over and changed everything. Now the Black Griffons are nothing but a bunch of thugs, tearing up my home and ruining the name of the group I idolised. When they attack an orphanage a friend of mine lived in, I'd decided I'd had enough and went to their hang out to challenge Guto."
"You Duelled him?" Rainbow asked.
"That's how he took over," Gilda said, "he beat the origanal leader of the Black Griffons named Grover. I thought if I could beat him, the gang would lose respect for him and make me the new leader so I could put things back the way they were."
"But you lost," Rainbow guessed.
"He was just to strong," Gilda replied, "after I lost his goons dumped me in that alleyway and then you found me."
"This guy sounds like a major creep," Rainbow said, "we can't let a guy like that keep getting away with this."
"That's why I'm heading back to their hang out to challenge him again," Gilda said as she pulled herself up.
"But your still injured," Fluttershy said.
"It doesn't matter," Gilda said though she held her side as she stood up. "I'm not giving up."
"Then you leave me no choice," Rainbow said.
"What?" Gilda asked, "you gonna make me not go."
"No," Rainbow replied, "I'm going with you."
"This isn't your fight," Gilda warned her.
"It is!" was the teens sharp reply. "Did you forget we're friends? I never let a friend deal with a problem on their own, so like it or not I'm coming with you." She and Gilda shared a hard look, until finally Gilda sighed.
"Alright loser," she said, "just don't come crying to me when this is over."
"Deal," Rainbow said, "now let's go take this guy down.
Gilda lead them to an area of the city where many abandoned warehouses stood. It was there, right between a soap factory and mattress warehouse, that they found the Black Griffon's hideout. It was a the largest building in the area.
"Is this it?" Rainbow asked.
"Yeah," Gilda replied, "Guto is on the top floor. If we want to Duel him we need to beat his flunkies first."
"Well, well, well," a voice caught their attention. They looked around at the main doors, where three teens in leather were waiting. "If it isn't the little weakling the boss beat yesterday. What happened? knew you couldn't take us so you asked a friend to do it for you."
"I'm back to settle the score," Gilda told them.
"We'll see," the guy said before they stepped into the building.
"Fluttershy," Rainbow said, "you stay out here. If we're not back in half an hour then call the police."
"Okay," Fluttershy said shaking.
Rainbow turned to Gilda. "You ready?"
"Let' do this," Gilda said. The two girls placed their Duel Disks onto their arms, before the shot off into the building.
On the top floor of the building, a man sat in an old parker chair with CCTV camera screens surrounding him.
"So the little chick returns to the nest," he said watching the screen, "and with a friend no less. Let's see what you got."
Rainbow and Gilda burst through the doors and found several Duellists standing there waiting for them. Several of them had a monster named Cannon Solider out.
"Let's do this," Rainbow said, only to have to duck when one of the Cannon Soldiers fired at her and blasted the wall behind her. "How did a hologram do that?"
"Their using an ARC System they stole to make the monsters and their attacks real," Gilda said, "be careful."
"Yeah yeah," Rainbow said jumping back up, "but if their cards become solid then so will ours. I activate Blustering Winds," A powerful gust of wind appeared around her. It was so powerful that many of the Duellists were sent flying because of it, leaving a path for the girls to follow. This went on for sometime as the two worked together, breaking through the multitude of Duellists and travelled up floor by floor.
Until finally...
"Do it!" Rainbow ordered as her Rainbow Assault Wing Gold slashed through the doors, allowing them to step through into the highest room of the building.
No one was there. The room was completely empty aside from a parker chair in the centre, surround by TVs.
"Where is he?" Rainbow asked looking around.
Gilda stepped towards the centre of the room and let out, "Guto! Show yourself."
"Very well," a voice spoke as the chair suddenly spun around revealing a man with grey skin and hair, wearing black leather clothing with a yellow scarf around his neck.
"Guto," Gilda growled.
"Back for more punishment I see," Guto said with a chuckle.
"I'm here to take you down," Gilda said, "you beat me before but I won't quit until your gone and I return the Black Griffons to who their suppose to be."
"I see," Guto said, "but let me ask you. What will you do if I refuse your challenge?" He clicked his fingers and several doors opened as more and more Black Griffons stepped in and surrounded the duo.
"You wouldn't refuse in front of your gang," Rainbow told him, "wouldn't that make you look weak if your to scared to Duel a girl."
"A girl I've already beaten," Guto reminded her, "what would I have to prove by facing her again?"
Rainbow wasn't sure how to respond to that.
"However," Guto said, "you quite impressed me on your journey up here. I will accept your challenge."
Rainbow was taken aback by this offer, not expecting him to challenge her.
"I'm the one your Duelling," Gilda said.
Guto glance between the two of them and smiled. "How about the both of you? The two of you Duelling together might be an actual challenge for me."
The two girls shared a glance, but both nodded and looked back at him. "Your on," Rainbow said.
Back outside Fluttershy was waiting nervously but her friends were nowhere to be seen.
"Okay," she said, "stay calm. They'll be fine." Just by chance she looked up and then noticed a bunch of people standing on the top of the building, Rainbow and Gilda amongst them. "Oh no."
The two girls stood off against the man they would need to work together to defeat.
"Since it's two on one," Guto said, "I'll take eight thousand life points while you two will both have four thousand. As for the turns you two will alternate, with Gilda going, then me then Rainbow, then back to me and it starts again with Gilda. Is that agreed."
"It is," Rainbow said, "but here's a rule for you. You can't attack one of us directly if the other already has a monster out."
"Deal," Guto said, "are we ready?" He placed a black Duel Disk on his arm.
The girls nodded and activated their Duel Disks.
"Then let's do this," Guto said activating his.
"DUEL!"
Gilda: 4000
Guto: 8000
Rainbow: 4000
"I'll take the first move then," Gilda said, "and I summon Harpie Lady in ATK mode." Her winged woman appeared brandishing hers sharp claws. (A1300/D1400/L4) "Next I activate the Spell card Elegant Egotist, which will turn my one Harpie into three." The Harpie Lady was suddenly consumed by a tornado, which soon exploded revealing three different Harpie Ladies on the field, wearing golden armour over their chests and arms, "Say hello to the Harpie Lady Sisters." (A1950/D2100/L6) "I end my turn with a face down."
"Then I'll go" Guto said, "and I summon Phantom Griffon in ATK mode." A large blue griffon with yellow wings and head appeared. (A2000/D0/L4) "Next I equip him with the Spell Black Pendant, which will raise my monsters ATK power by five hundred points." A necklace appeared around the monsters neck, with a purple jewel as the centre piece. (A2500/D0/L4) "Now attack those overgrown pigeons," he ordered as his monster flew up and soared towards the three. Using its oversized claws it slashed through all three of them.
Gilda: 3450
Guto: 8000
Rainbow: 4000
"I activate my Trap card," Gilda said as her face down flipped up, "Harpie Regrouping. Since the Harpie Lady Sisters were destroyed, I can summon up to three new Harpies from my deck in DEF mode as long as their DEF points are fifteen hundred or less." Three flashes of light appeared on the field, "I summon two new Harpie Ladies and Harpie Lady Brother." The light died down revealing two new Harpie Ladies and a winged man in red and black clothing, with a massive claw on his right hand. (A1300/D1400/L4)X2, (A1800/D600/L4)
"I place three cards face down and end my turn," Guto said.
"Then it's my turn," Rainbow said, "I draw and summon Rainbow Wing Red Kestrel in ATK mode." The red bird of prey appeared, soaring through the air. (A1500/D1200/L4) "When Red Kestrel is summoned, I can Special Summon Rainbow Wing form my hand to the field so I summon Rainbow Wing Blue Falcon." A blue bird now appeared and took position next to the red one. (A1600/D1400/L4)
"Alright," Gilda said, "with those."
"I now build the Overlay Network," Rainbow said as her monsters flew up and into a black hole that had just formed. "When birds of a feather flock together, an awesome power is unleashed." The black hole exploded in a burst of light. "I XYZ SUMMON!"
The light faded revealing Rainbow's best monster soaring through the sky, before taking a battle stance infront of her. "Rainbow Assault Wing Gold." (A2300/D1700/R4) "Now I activate Assault Wing's ability, allowing me to remove an Overlay Unit and add a Rainbow Wing to my hand." Assault Wing Gold used its katanna to slash through one of the Overlay Units, as Rainbow's deck slotted out a card. "Then I equip Assault Wing with Turbine Wing, which will increase his ATK points by one thousand." Light flashed around Assault Wing's chest, which formed a solid mass taking the form of green chest armour and large metal wings with turbines in each one. (A3300/D1700/R4) "Attack," she said as the turbines on the metal wings began to spin, forming a tornado which blew away Phantom Griffon.
Gilda: 3450
Guto: 7200
Rainbow: 4000
"Good move," Guto said, "but since you destroyed the Black Pendent it's effect activates and deals you both five hundred points of damage." Black electricity suddenly surged around the girls, shocking them.
Gilda: 2950
Guto: 7200
Rainbow: 3500
"Don't get to exited," Rainbow said once the shock passed, "because when a monster equipped with Turbine Wing destroys a monster, it'll deal you damage equal to half that monsters attack. Your Phantom Griffon had two thousand so that's one thousand, coming out of your points"
Gilda: 2950
Guto: 6200
Rainbow: 3500
"I'm setting two cards face down and ending my turn."
"My draw," Guto said drawing "I activate Payment to the Gods. With this I pay between five hundred and two thousand life points and for every five hundred points I give up, I can summon one monster from my graveyard, but its ATK and DEF points are reduced to zero."
Gilda: 2950
Guto: 5700
Rainbow: 3500
A gust picked up and Phantom Griffon appeared one again. (A0/D0/L4)
"Why'd he play a monster that's so weak?" Gilda asked.
"I don't think he plans to keep it around for long," Rainbow said.
"To right you are," Guto said, "as I now tribute Phantom Griffon to summon High King Griffoneon." Guto's monster disappeared in a flash of light and was replace by a new, larger, griffon with many coloured feathers and crown on his head. (A2400/1300/L6) "Now I attack one or your Harpie Ladies," he ordered as his monster took to the skies and then flapped its wings. Doing so sent a barrage of blade like feathers at Gilda's monster, destroying her. "Now Griffoneon's ability activates," Guto said. "When it destroys a monster, I can destroy one face up Spell or Trap card and deal the own three hundred points of damage." Griffoneon fired more bladed feathers which hit Rainbow's Turbine Wing, destroying it.
Gilda: 2950
Guto: 5700
Rainbow: 3200
"I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Gilda said, "I draw and summon Harpie Dancer in ATK mode." A new Harpie Lady appeared, spiralling around as it did so. (A1200/D1000/L4) "And now I use all three monsters to build the Overlay Network," he monsters flew up and into a black hole. "Vicious, unpredictable, deadly. All things to describe the Harpie Ladies, as well as the winds themselves. Now a new more powerful wind will blow." The black hole burst in an explosion of light, "I XYZ SUMMON!"
The light faded revealing, "Harpie Lady Tempest." (A2600/D2100/R4)
"That card again," Guto said, "did you not learn from last time."
Gilda ignored him. "I activate Harpie Lady Tempest's ability," she said, "by removing an Overlay Unit I can increase her ATK points by three hundred for each Winged Beast in my graveyard. Last I checked I had three Harpie Ladies and Harpie Lady Sisters in there, meaning an increase of twelve hundred. (A3800/D2100/R4)
"That's a boat load of points," Rainbow said.
"I attack you Griffoneon with Tempest," she said as the Xyz Monster took to the skies before soaring down with its clawed feet reared and impaling the griffon.
Gilda: 2950
Guto: 4300
Rainbow: 3200
"Got ya," Gilda said with a fist pump, "almost got you level with us."
"You really don't learn do you," Guto said, "did you forget what happened last time you defeated my High King Griffoneon?"
Gilda's eyes went wide, looking down at the three face down that suddenly flipped up revealing three copies of the same Trap. "I activate Royal Idol of Great Wealth. This Trap can only be activated when High King Griffoneon is destroyed, and lets me summon a Royal Idol Token. Since three were activated I can now summon three Tokens." In a flash of light three golden statues appeared, with a claw like foot at the bottom and a wing like design wrapping around a multi colour orb. (A0/D0/L1)X3
Gilda growled seeing them. "I end my turn."
"So what's the deal with those idol things?" Rainbow asked.
"The deal," Guto said, "is that with them I can now summon my monster powerful monster."
"Oh boy," Rainbow didn't like the sound of that. Using three monsters to summon meant something big was coming.
"It's my turn," Guto said, "I draw." He looked at his card and began to chuckle, before breaking out into an insane laugh. "You never should have come back," he said, "I went easy on you last time, but now you won't be so lucky." He held up the card, "I sacrifice my three Royal Idol Tokens." The three statues disappeared in a flash of light, "Now I summon the mightiest monster of them all. Arise Fiend of the Dark Abyss, Arimaspi!"
The light began to take shape and formed a new monster, before fading revealing the creature within. It looked like a giant humanoid goat with shaggy grey fur. It had sharp claws and long curled horns, and in the centre of its forehead was a single giant eye.
"That's the card he used to beat me last time," Gilda said actually sounding scared.
"This could be hard then I first thought," Rainbow said.