Chapter 36: Rivalries
Dueling is Magic!
Many Futures
Chapter 36
Rivalries
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Rainbow Dash poked a hole in her cloud and peeked through. The streets below were empty and lifeless. She rolled her eyes in disappointment as her Duel Disk disappeared with a flash. She flapped her wings and pushed the cloud back to the alley, slowly so she wouldn’t attract attention. When she made it back, she burst the cloud and landed on the ground in front of her friends.
“You need to be quieter when you land, Rainbow,” said Applejack.
“Whatever,” said Rainbow Dash. “The coast is clear anyway. The nearest Dark Trooper patrol is five blocks away. We should keep moving.”
“I agree with Rainbow Dash,” said Leo. “We need to find food too.”
Applejack’s stomach rumbled in response to the word “food”. “Sounds like a plan,” she said. “But where are we gonna find something to eat when the city’s been abandoned for months?”
“I know this area,” said Leo. “There’s a grocery store about two blocks away from here. Follow me.”
Leo peeked around the corner of the alleyway and then took off running. Luna, Rainbow Dash and Applejack ran after him. It wasn’t long before they reached the grocery store. Leo started to walk toward the door when Luna stopped him.
“Wait a second,” she said. “I just thought of something!”
“What is it?” Leo asked.
“If it’s been a few months since anyone has worked in the store, there’s no telling how much of the food has gone bad,” Luna replied.
“You know they have robots doing a lot of that work now, right?”
“Wait, they do?”
“What’re robots?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“Machines built to do complex tasks,” said Luna. “Leo, how do you know that?”
“We’re in the Daimon Area. I still come here to duel and hang out. Or I did, before the Black King came. But yeah, I used to pop into this store whenever I got hungry. Most of the work shelf work is handled by robots, and you know good food preservation’s gotten in the last three years since Neo Domino City and the Satellite reunited.”
“So, how much of the food will be fresh?” asked Applejack.
“A lot of it, I bet,” Leo said. “Only one way to find out, though.”
“Leo, I still don’t think this is a good idea,” Luna said.
“Come on, Luna!” Leo said as he walked to the door. “What’s the worst that could happen?”
The automatic doors opened and he looked inside. Four Dark Troopers looked up at them.
“Oh,” said Leo. “Crapbaskets.”
* * * * *
Several minutes later
The four companions now found themselves alone in the store. The Dark Troopers were driven off, so they had free reign of the building, but they knew they would have to move soon before more came back.
Applejack sat munching on some fruits and vegetables she had found. Rainbow Dash had opened up a bag of potato chips and was steadily munching on them. Leo and Luna had found a portable stove and some pots, and were using them to make some noodle soup.
“What all are ya puttin’ in that?” asked Applejack.
“Udon noodles, some vegetables, and a few slices of ham,” said Leo.
“What’s ham?” asked Rainbow Dash.
Leo stopped stirring the soup and looked at Luna. “Oh dear,” said Luna. “Um... well....”
“There’s no point in trying to make it sound pretty, Luna,” said Leo with a sigh. “Ham is a kind of meat. It comes from pigs.”
“Wait, WHAT?!” shouted Rainbow Dash.
“Calm yer feathers, Rainbow, it ain’t THAT weird,” said Applejack.
“‘Ain’t that weird’? AJ, don’t you HAVE pigs on your farm?” said Rainbow Dash. “Don’t you talk with them?”
“Pigs talk where you’re from?” asked Leo.
“And a lot of other creatures too,” said Dash. “And you’re telling me you EAT them?”
“They don’t talk here,” said Leo. “They’re just animals. Not that smart. Besides, there have to be some meat-eating animals in your world, right?”
“He’s right, Rainbow,” said Applejack. “I once helped Fluttershy feedin’ her critters. You know what she feeds the otters? Fish. I don’t know how she gets ‘em, and I didn’t ask, but things obviously work different in this world.”
“....I still think it’s freaky,” said Rainbow Dash as she plopped onto her rump and crossed her forelegs in front of her.
“Nopony’s gonna make us eat it,” said Applejack.
“That’s right,” said Luna. “Meat is just something humans need to eat because there are some nutrients that we can’t get from a lot of other places, like proteins. And not all of us eat meat anyway. I’ve met some kids at school who were vegetarian or vegan. They didn’t eat anything that came from animals at all. But not all of us think we should have to give up meat.”
“Whatever,” said Rainbow Dash and she walked off.
“Uh, RD? You forgot yer chips,” Applejack called after her.
“I lost my appetite,” Rainbow Dash replied without looking back.
“Hoo boy,” Applejack said. “She’ll get over it, but she’ll need some time. I’m gonna go see if I can find some bags or somethin’ we can carry more food in.”
“I’ll help,” said Luna. “I should find us some bowls for the soup anyway. Leo, can you handle cooking?”
“‘Course I can,” he said. “Every time you got sick when Mom and Dad were gone, I cooked soup for you, remember?”
“Wait, that was you? I thought you just bought soup at a store and heated it.”
“I’ve got other talents besides dueling, Luna,” said Leo.
Luna smiled and left Leo with the soup.
*****
Leo and Luna sat in fold-out chairs that Luna had found. Applejack was munching on a salad that Leo prepared for her. Rainbow Dash was curled up and ignoring her own salad.
“What’s wrong, Rainbow?” asked Applejack. “Don’t tell me yer still upset about the meat thing.”
Rainbow Dash muttered something.
“Can’t hear ya, Dash,” said Applejack.
“I said, ‘I want to go home,’” Dash said. She sat up and looked at her companions. “I know we were sent here to fix whatever’s wrong so that our world can be safe, but... I didn’t expect this. I mean, I read about the old Equestrian wars, but this is.... I never thought war would be like this.”
“I know,” said Applejack. “I wanna go home too, but we can’t do that yet.”
“It was so peaceful at home,” said Dash. “I miss that. I mean, yeah, there was excitement and I miss that too. I miss my cloud control job. I miss our races. I miss reading about the Wonderbolts in the newspaper. I miss my Daring Do books. I miss all those wild adventures we’d have. There was excitement at home, but there weren’t any wars. And now we’re stuck here. Twilight’s gone. Yusei’s gone. Everypony’s gone. We don’t even know how we’re gonna get home!”
Leo and Luna looked at each other.
“You’ve been thinkin’ about this a lot, haven’t ya, Rainbow?” Applejack asked. Rainbow nodded. “I’m not gonna say you’re over thinkin’- because for you, there’s not enough thinkin’ on your part-”
“Hey!” Dash said indignantly.
“But maybe you’re dwellin’ on it more than you should. Look, I know how you feel. We all do. It’s been a nightmare since we got here, and everything just keeps fallin’ apart no matter how many times we put the pieces together. But we have to keep tryin’, Rainbow. We can’t just give up and go home.”
“Like we can even get home,” Dash muttered. “What does it matter anyway? They’ve got Twilight. Everything’s hopeless now.”
“No it’s not, Rainbow,” Applejack said. “We still got you!”
“So what? I wasn’t there to protect Twilight, and now the Black King has her. We still don’t know anything about this guy either!”
“That guy who took Twilight looked familiar, though,” said Leo. “Wait, I remember now! That was Bruno!”
“Bruno?” asked Applejack.
“He was a friend of ours and part of Team 5D’s,” Luna said. “He helped Yusei figure out how to Accel Synchro Summon, but he was actually working for Z-one. Z-one wanted to destroy Neo Domino City to permanently wipe out Momentum from history.”
“In the end, Bruno dueled with Yusei and lost,” said Leo. “But Yusei said Bruno sacrificed himself to save him.”
“Maybe he’s like Paradox,” said Dash. “A thinking machine. And if he’s as strong as Paradox, then we don’t have any hope left at all. I can’t beat him.”
“Dash, you don’t know that,” said Applejack.
“I couldn’t even save Twilight!” Dash cried. “First I turn my back on her, then I’m not there for her when she needs me the most!”
“Rainbow, none o’ this is yer fault,” said Applejack. “You did what ya could-”
“That’s the point!” Dash yelled. “I did everything I could, they got her anyway!”
“And that ain’t yer fault!” Applejack shouted back. “Look, they got Twilight, but she’ll be gettin’ her strength back soon. And now she’s on the inside! She can tear that place apart!”
“What if they brainwash her or something?” Dash asked.
“Not gonna happen,” said Applejack. “Twilight’s too smart for that to work.”
“But what if it does?” Rainbow Dash asked. She put her head in her hooves. “I wasn’t there and now she’s gone and it’s all my fault!”
“Rainbow...” Rainbow Dash looked up and saw an orange hoof rushing toward her. The next thing she knew, she was on her side.
“Applejack!” shouted Luna. “What did you do that-” Leo held up a hand to stop her.
Rainbow Dash groaned and sat up.
“You snapped out of it yet?” asked Applejack.
“W- what?” Dash said, stunned.
“Look, you’re gettin’ yerself worked up over somethin’ that ain’t your fault. It doesn’t matter if you made a mistake or if there was nothing you could do to stop this Bruno guy from taking Twilight. That’s in the past and it don’t matter none. What matters now is what yer gonna do about it.”
Dash didn’t move. She simply gaped at Applejack. AJ raised another hoof and threw it forward. It struck Rainbow Dash’s cheek just as Rainbow’s hoof struck her own.
Both ponies were thrown backward. Then they stood up and looked at each other.
“You’re right,” said Dash. “It doesn’t matter if I failed. What matters is what I’m gonna do about it. What we’re gonna do about it!”
Applejack grinned. “Atta girl!” she said. “So what’re we gonna do about it?”
“...what ARE we gonna do about it?” Rainbow Dash asked. Applejack put her face in her hoof.
“We’re gonna rescue Twilight, dummy!” said Applejack.
“Oh, right, yeah. I knew that,” said Dash. Leo and Luna looked at each other and laughed. “What?” Dash asked.
“You two remind us of... well, us,” said Luna.
“Yeah, we used to fight all the time when we were younger,” said Leo between laughs. “But we always ended up doing the right thing afterward.”
Rainbow Dash and Applejack smiled. “I guess having a rival as your best friend means you know when to knock some sense into ‘em,” said Rainbow Dash.
“You said it, Rainbow,” Applejack agreed. “Now, let’s pack some food and go rescue Twilight!”
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Next time on Dueling is Magic! Many Futures
Fluttershy and Aki wander the streets aimlessly. The shadows are closing in and Fluttershy fears the worst has happened to Twilight. Aki insists on returning to the base to see if there are any stragglers they can help. But in the darkness, Aki faces her nightmares...
Chapter 37
Thorns of a Rose
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Found the update!
Now we need to get Twi back. But what is Aki gonna face?
Glad to see you back.:D
Good chapter, if a bit short. also, PLEASE make a character who uses Cyber Dragons!
5052763 Believe me, I love Cyber Dragons- I successfully constructed a deck IRL that is quite good at what it does. But, sadly, the only "Cyber" card to appear in the Dueling is Magic! series is Malefic Cyber End Dragon. Well, that and my own creation: Malefic Cyberdark Dragon.
5057482 aww:( couldn't you make a new character who uses them tho? like some mystery guy who saves a group of protags from aporia or something? after all, I believe Cyber Dragons, especially Chimeratech Overdragon, would fair quite well against Meklord Emperors.
RAINBOW DASH! LET'S SEE YOU GRIT THOSE TEETH!
Please tell me this actually was a TTGL reference.
5060458 It was.
5060874
It's a bit short, and the pacing is a bit on the "speedy-wonky" side, and I kinda feel the back and forth between AJ and Dash could've been a bit more heated.(these are dark times after all, and the stress MUST be getting to them all)
Still all things considered, it was a good chapter, welcome back dude.
5052182 everyone has demons in their past...but for some, those demons are very real
5073158 Yeah, it was a bit rushed. I was running out of ideas for dialogue, and with all the IRL craziness, I just wanted to get this done and move on to the next thing.
5076998
1) That sounds like it could be a tagline for Constantine.
2) If Sayer/Divine is back I will flip.
3) 'It's where my demons hide!'
Dang this is long.
5129289 TELL me about it. It's not even close to being finished yet!
5129843 length was not one of the problem I had with the last two, at least your deciated to the story.
Their better be a turbo duel or else.
5133540 At least two thus far. I think you'll be pleased.
5136241 good, that fixs one of my problem, will this sorry fix the other.
Also on a side note, I would love to see some fan created cards for this fanfic like the last, just balence them.
5136317 Balance? What fun would that be?
5138140 I just want the the duels to be as believeble as possible okay.
5138847 Figuring out some ridiculously clever way to win in the face of insurmountable odds isn't believable? Have I got a story for you!
I judge tournaments at a local store. One day, a round went into overtime. There's one match left, and they're on the third Duel. As any tourney goer knows, Tier 1 events get 4 turns to finish a Duel that's in overtime, starting with the current turn. If you have to go to Game 3, then the same rules apply. At the end of Turn 4 and every turn afterward, you check Life Points, and whoever has highest LP wins.
They went past Turn 4 and nobody had lost any LP. They'd Set monsters and backrow cards, put stuff in their Graveyards.... but no loss of life thus far. Then one guy decides to make a push and summons Fire Hand (1600 ATK). He attacks, but runs right into a monster with 1800 DEF, so he takes 200 damage from the battle. If he ends his turn, he loses.
But he doesn't end. Instead, he activates the effect of Tragoedia, which Special Summons itself when you take Battle Damage. He moves on to his Main Phase 2 and uses another of Trag's effects, letting it copy the Level of a monster in his Graveyard. He picks a Level 4 monster and overlays Fire Hand (LV 4) and Tragoedia (LV 4) to summon Number 50: Blackship of Corn. He then detaches an Xyz Material to use its effect, sending the opposing monster to the Graveyard and dealing 1000 damage. He then ends his turn and wins.
5141826 Sounds almost like something out of the anim- wait WHAT?! They put a CAP on the number of turns you have to WIN?! THAT'S BULLSHIT! No wonder nobody builds they're decks to have fun anymore, they're all to busy panicking about the time limit!
Whose bloody idea was that anyway, the moron needs to be shot! Repeatedly! In the head!
40-minute round time is reasonable. It allows plenty of time for a match to be finished. The overtime turn limit is to help get the tournament on to the next round. These things can take quite a long time, you know.
As for not building decks for fun, Billy Brake won YCS Dallas just this month with a 60-card deck. I'm not kidding.
5144610 Was that one of those sealed-play tournaments, or are we talking an actually TCG tournament here?
Also I will admit I wasn't aware that there was 40 minute time limit on each round, does the turn cap only apply if the life points haven't changed by the fourth turn, or does it come into force after the round is meant to be over?(Not sure HOW that could be, dudes are either very trap obsessive, or they REALLY don't like attacking for some reason.)
5157767 To be fair, the story did improve a bit in Zexal 2, not by much mind you, but at that point I would've taken whatever I could get.
5157767 You kidding? ZEXAL II ended up being amazing. An interdimensional war between two worlds on a collision course, with each one trying to gain control of the Numbers, the keys to the source code of reality. And the bad guy? Yeah, he manipulated and killed humans to turn them into his slaves. Sounds awesome to me.
5158853 The turn cap only comes into play after time is called. There are 4 turns for Tier 1 events and single elimination rounds. 6 turns for the Swiss rounds of Tier 2 events. You can find all relevant information here.
5159421 Okay I see how it works now, but I still don't like the whole OTK-win-ASAP mindset going around, I mean, it's just no fun when you don't even get a chance to actually duel in the first place.
And I agree with you on Zexal II, it DID get pretty exciting, though I kinda wish Yuma had used Utopia as a when all else fails type deal rather then a first turn move every time.
Don't get me wrong, Utopia's great, I'm even building a rank up deck around the guy(Can't WAIT for Beyond and No-99), but he got trashed so easily so much, you have to wonder why he even bothers to summon him at all, I mean even though Dark Magician, Neos and Stardust were beaten from time to time, they at least managed to do SOMETHING productive before hand.
But Utopia, 95% of the time, Yuma would summon him turn 1, his effect would get negated as soon/late as the very next turn, goes boom, Yuma comes close to losing, then Deus Ex Machina. Every single time, and that's a shame because in the OCG/TCG Utopia has a ton of support that could make him quite a force to fight against, so... why?
5167086 There are things I'm trying to avoid. While the exact origins of Pendulum Summoning has yet to be explained, it's plain that it didn't exist in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! until Yuya Sakaki's duel with Ishijima Strong. If a character in this story used Pendulum Summoning in front of another character that would remember it and seek its further development, that would cause problems.
I'm trying my hardest to make sure this entire story is as canon as possible in both universes.
5057482 I have finally caught up to your fanfiction, and here are my current opinions. You ready for this.
So far some of my problem with your previous stories have been fixed. I feel like you have done turbo duels the justice they deserves(yes I like turbo duels, moving on). The 5Ds cast is having proper reaction they would have. The character for the most part feel in character. And the plot is so far solid.
Okay so far not much to complain about, but her are some things I didn't like. In a some chapters some character feel out of character, the biggest example would be the duel between Twilight, Leo, Sherry, and Aprio Twilight was so out of character. The new cards are starting to feel broken, you know I like to have fair cards. Leo and Luna, if your going to use the sub names then use all of them(except the cards). And those are my main complaints.
The things I would like to see, some new crystal beast cards for Rainbow Dash, and a evolved form of Twilights main magician. Please I don't care how, but please use dragunity, pleases!!!!! And stop using Zexal things, it's a 5Ds crossover, not a Zexal crossover. And surprise me with the plot, do something no one sees coming.
So far good story.
Well, part of the reaction reasoning this time around was that they are at war and can't really trust anyone- or anything. They were willing to give Twilight and the others a chance, primarily because Twilight drove away the Dark Troopers.
Leo and Luna.... yeah, I'm going to change their names to their Japanese versions when the story is finished. Across all three parts of the trilogy.
The Tag-Royal that you mentioned.... yeah, some of it was out of place. Frankly, I wanted to get it done and over with. I liked how the Skiel Parts came out, but beyond that, I just didn't want to write the duel.
As far as the power of the cards, well... you haven't really seen anything yet. Once I recover my ideas for Granel and the Malefic series, things are really going to kick into high gear. Although, I feel I should point out one thing: The effect of Wisel Attack 5 is not my invention. Wisel Attack 5 made a brief appearance in the anime when Meklord Astro Mekanikle copied its effect.
I don't think I'll be making any new Crystal Beasts myself. I WILL give them another Turbo Duel later on, though. Being able to get around the damage effect of the Speed Fields gives Crystal Beasts a distinct advantage if played correctly.
Ditto for Endymion. Well... actually, I have an idea for something toward the end, but it's a card that already exists.
ZEXAL is technically part of the YGO canon. As an example: The wooden statues carved by Yuma's mentor are all legendary monsters from Dueling history. Dark Magician and Blue-Eyes White Dragon are among them. To add to my case, Arc-V is featuring Xyz Monsters and Synchro Monsters. If that's not enough, the Action Duel system uses a device called Real Solid Vision, an upgrade to the Kaiba Corporation's Solid Vision hologram system.
Besides all of this, the Numeron Code has already been written into the story. Fixing duel errors is one thing, but this is something I cannot change now. I have no choice but to see it through.
And don't worry, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by what I do.
5170952 As a final bid to convince you that the Numeron Code is a good idea, let me remind you that it is essentially the source code of reality, and can be manipulated by the will of the one who possesses it. In essence, the one who possesses it is the one who becomes a god.
5175730 I know that, I have watched some of Zexal(and did not like it). But keep it out of this story, it's dumb. Good story just can you answer my wanted in my previous comment that will make me happy.
5176285 It's also too late to change it. The Numeron Code is a part of it now. There's no going back. You'll simply have to take it for what it is.
While I appreciate your concerns and opinions, I must remind you that it is my story. There are things you've said that I will take into consideration. There are other things that I cannot or will not change. I will leave it at that and ask simply that you keep reading.
5176617 I'am going to keep reading and accept the Zexal stuff(though it will be hard). I really like the story can't wait for more. But I really want to see the things that wrote down happen(at least put dragunity in the story, please). Keep up the good work.
5178393 Alright. I really think you'll like what happens with the Numeron Code, or at least how it ties into this. As for Dragunity, all I can say for now is that if I have the opportunity I'll do what I can. But so far, every dueling character has already had a deck put into place. I don't even know if I have room for more.
5181369 I leave the story in your hands, but I will say this from the start. Now that I have fully caught up to your fanfiction universe I will be posting my opinion on every chapter now.
Again good story and keep up the good work.
5183398 Looking forward to hearing your critiques.
5189066 I do two.
5057482 I would like to thank you for inspiring me to right my own interdimsional fanfiction involving the mane six and another poplar card game show. I hope to rival your story and be good friends with you.
5313799 Really? Can you tell me more about it?
6141872 Well I never thought I would respond to this comment, but yes I'am writing my own fanfiction here on Fimfiction, "Stand Up! Vanguard Is Magic". It is basically a crossover between Cardfight!! Vanguard an My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic season 3.
If you wanna check it out here's the link.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/226627/stand-up-vanguard-is-magic
Not the best, but if you like check it out.