When One Falls, another Rises, and Mercy Is Brought to Them All

Part One

I am Matthais123. I usually don't write such dark Fan Fiction. Even if they are a little dark, my stories do have a happy ending. The bad guy does loose, and the good guys do win, but there is a huge cost, as you'll soon see. It's not at all hopeless ending. Actually, it's a hopeful ending with a beautiful message that the whole world should hear. Right now, I want to tell you that Leo/Rua and Luna/Ruka are two of the best characters in Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, and are part of my top 10 favorites cartoon/video game/book characters of all time. I have nothing against them, however, this idea just came to me, and I couldn't let it go. I'm gonna use all of the English names. Rated T for obvious reasons, but I don't want to spoil it for you, but you can probably guess what happens from the title. By the way, Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's rules! Here we go!

…Leo's point of view…

I loved my twin sister Luna more than anything else in the world… okay; maybe food is at a close second… just kidding.

Even if that were true, then I know it wouldn't be true now. Together, we had defeated the Dark Signer Devack monkey guy, foiled the plots of Zeeman the Ape King, saved the Duel Spirit World, and helped the other Signers of the Crimson Dragon to save the Earth in one amazing tag-team duel.

However, I was not the Signer at the time, Luna was, but that didn't bother me at all. I was proud of his sister, and cared about her deeply. However, one day, everything was about to dramatically change for me and the rest of his friends.

The day began normally. It was a Saturday, and things began well, or "perfect" in my opinion, because we had gone to a nice restaurant in New Domino City for breakfast, and I had helped myself to the restaurant's offer of all you can eat pancakes.

"Where does it all go?" Luna exclaimed to me as we left the restaurant.

I grinned and patted my stomach and said, "All I'm gonna say is… I've got room for more."

Luna laughed at this. I loved her laugh. It was just so sunny and happy.

"Ugh!" Luna groaned suddenly, clutching her arm. Before I knew it, her mark of the Dragon's Claw was glowing!

…Luna's point of view…

I loved my twin brother Leo more than anything else in the world. More than the Duel Spirit World, Kuribon, Regulus, Ancient Fairy Dragon, anything…

That's why it hurt me so much to see him so worried as I clutched my mark of the Dragon. Suddenly, everything around me vanished, and I was in a realm of light. Kuribon and the majestic lion Regulus appeared before me.

As Kuribon nuzzled my chest, Regulus said, "Luna, an evil has escaped the Duel Spirit World, and it now resides in your world. It plans on destroying you and everyone you care about as revenge for destroying Zeeman the Ape King. Your mark will lead you to it, and then you must destroy it. Have no fear, for I will be with you."

Suddenly, the beautiful Ancient Fairy Dragon appeared, and she said softly to me, "Yes, and I will be with you to, and I will give you the power to defeat this foe. Do not worry, for it is your destiny to meet this foe in battle."

As soon as it came, it was all gone, and I was back in New Domino City.

"Luna, what is it?" Leo said with a concerned voice.

I hesitated for a second. On one hand I wanted to tell him, but on the other I didn't want him to worry.

"The mark… is pulling me… this way…" I said slowly as I began walking in the direction the mark was giving me.

We walked for a few minutes down an alley, and we reached an intersection. I suddenly realized that I had to do this alone.

"I'm not sure which way to go next," I lied, "You go left, I'll go right. Shout if you find anything."

"Luna…" Leo said slowly. He was not so keen on splitting up.

"Leo, trust me," I said. It really hurt to say that when I knew I was lying.

Leo sighed and said, "Okay, but please be careful. I'll be right behind you if I don't find anything."

So he went on his way, and I continued on the right path.

I eventually came to a fenced in construction site. That's when I heard his voice.

"Enter."

The gate slowly swung open. I entered, and it slammed closed behind me.

Standing in front of me, was a Magician Ape, wielding a Minus Staff!

"No way!" I gasped, "I thought you were all destroyed when Zeeman was destroyed and the Minus Curse was broken."

"All the monkeys in the castle were destroyed, little girl!" he said. He had a thick, spiteful, weaselly voice. "When you deceived us into thinking that you were going to allow Zeeman to control Ancient Fairy Dragon, everyone in the Ape Kingdom came to see Zeeman's victory. However, I was smart enough to stay away, so I survived. I am Zimian, and I am going to get avenge my master Zeeman not by sending you to the Netherworld, but by killing you!"

My breath caught in my chest. For a second, I couldn't move. But then, my mark began to glow brightly, and felt courage build up inside of me.

"By the power of the Crimson Dragon, I'm gonna beat you, Zimian!" I said. I readied my Duel Disk and said "Lets' duel!"

Zimian laughed at this. It began as a low chuckle, but then it grew into a loud, nefarious laugh, "Heh, heh, heh, heh. Hah, hah, hah, hah! HAH, HAH, HAH!"

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"Fool! We're not going to duel!" he replied. He raised his staff, plunged it into the ground, and shouted, "Crimson Circle!"

Suddenly, a huge, glowing, circle of fire about 20 feet across formed around us.

"This circle traps both of us in until a winner is declared. We are going to have an all out, magical battle. The winner is the one who lives!"

I was horrified. "B-bu-bu-but I can't do magic!"

"This circle also allows you to tap into the powers of the Crimson Dragon and use them to declare some rather powerful attacks," Zimian said.

"B-bu-bu-but how do I do that?"

"Figure that out for yourself! HAH, HAH, HAH!" Zimian then raised his staff and said, "Minus Thunder!"

Balls of lightning shot out of the Minus Staff and raced towards me. I ran for my life. I wished over and over again that this was just a dream, but that did was make me more afraid as I heard the thunder exploded behind me. I ran, and ran, and ran, until finally, it caught up with me. I screamed in pain as electricity surged through my body, and then, I collapsed. Zimian rolled me over and looked at me in disgust.

"Huh! Signer of the Crimson Dragon! Weakling!"

As he raised his staff, Regulus appeared in my mind. "Luna!" he said, "Concentrate on your mark of the Crimson Dragon! Concentrate on the Dragon's Claw! Concentrate on Ancient Fairy Dragon! Let her power diffuse into you!"

I stared hard at my mark. I knew my life depended on it.

"Minus Thunder!"

As the ball of lightning shot down, I suddenly felt the power Regulus spoke of entering into me. I shot out my hand, and the lightning bounced off of it, and hit Zimian square in the chest.

"Arrrrrrrrgh!" he exclaimed as he was electrocuted.

I stared at my hand, and gasped. My mark of the Dragon's Claw had turned it into what looked like a glowing, red, crystal claw about three times the size of my normal hand.

Zimian grumbled and said, "You were lucky. Now, the battle shall truly begin! All who aggravate Zimian will die!"

…Leo's point of view…

After about five minutes of walking my way, I ran back to where Luna went. I soon came to a fenced in construction site. I was horrified when I saw fire from the inside.

"Luna!" I cried. I ran up to the gate, but something I couldn't see pushed me back. "A force field?" I thought. I suddenly realized that the fire was some sort of weird magic. "Luna must be having a duel," I thought. However, I could to tell that whatever was going on in there wasn't a normal duel, and that Luna was in grave danger.

I whipped out my cell phone and made a quick call. "Yusei!" I said, "Bring Crow, Jack, and Akiza to the construction site on the east side of New Domino City, right away! Luna's in real danger!"

…Luna's point of view…

"Minus Slash!" Zimian shouted, and he swung his staff, which sent a strange, C-shaped energy beam shooting towards me. I jumped to avoid it, but then it came back like a boomerang and hit me in the back.

I cried out as I felt a terrible, stinging burn.

Zimian laughed and said, "It's foolish to come against me!" He then raised his staff and yelled. "Minus Firestorm!" Balls of fire shot out of his staff and raced towards me. With one swipe of my claw, I knocked them all back at him. He blocked them with his staff and said contemptuously, "Is that the best you can do?"

I smiled and said, "No, but how about this?" I closed my eyes; and focused on the Crimson Dragon; and how Ancient Fairy Dragon was a part of the Crimson Dragon; and how my friends, both human and Duel Spirit, gave me confidence; and Leo…

I opened my eyes. Thinking of Leo, who cared about me more than anyone else, gave me more strength to go on than I thought I would ever have. I narrowed my eyes and said, "All right! Let's do this!"

I was filled to the brim with raw power. I was glowing bright red. Zimian was looking a little scared. The power was building up inside of me. I had to let it go. And I did.

"Crimson… BLAST!" I shouted. A red dome of destruction shot out from me. It extended all the way to the boundary created by the Crimson Circle. I fell to my knees and breathed deep breaths. That attack really took it out of. I began to wonder if maybe I shouldn't have tried such an exhausting attack. However, when I saw Zimian, on his knees and breathing heavily as well, but still alive and menacing, I knew that I shouldn't have tried that attack.

"I've underestimated you," Zimian said gravely, "But now it is time for our battle to come to an end."

I nodded.

He charged his Minus Staff with power. I concentrated yet again, and I managed to double the size of my claw and charge it with more energy.

Then, we leapt at each other for our final clash.