The Story So far
(Though really, as this is Part 2 of the Order Through Chaos series, you should read part 1 first. But for those who do not have the time for that, here is an abridged summary of everything that happened in Part 1)
One night a falling star crash into a city. Only 2 people see that star: the duelist Azar Helder is one of them, yet he finds nothing at the crash site. Later However he stumbles across Dakar Serin, the other who saw the star. Dakar had been unable to contain the power he found at the crash site, the power known as Chaos. Chaos is an otherworldly entity that hunts the Numbers; beings from the same dimension as Chaos, that possess duelists and take the form of powerful monster cards and can only be killed by other Number cards. Before Dakar slips into a coma, he passes Chaos along to Azar, who now takes over Dakars task of hunting the Numbers in the city.
As Azar undergoes these hunts, he assumes an alternate identity as the masked duelist 'Dusk'. Dusk has encounters with various duelists, like Dakars younger sister, Ariel and other Number owners. As Dusk he enlists the help of his school friend Shin Artega, though he also faces off against Shins older brother and ex-pro duelist; Subito Artega. And he encounters official Number Hunters sent by an unknown organization that operates in the shadows. Shins father research into the Numbers his sons find is shut down by the Agency, and he is framed for corporate embezzlement to keep him from getting too close to them.
One Agent, Ion, forms a temporary alliance with Dusk and also with Subito, to hunt down the person who helped spread out the Numbers in the city. They find the mysterious duelist Prometheus; a catalyst who can hand out Numbers to other duelists. His victims include Azars fellow classmate, Sky Chism, and later Ariel as well. Azar succeeds in overpowering Prometheus' ultimate Number (and freeing his unfortunate host, Xander Carson, at the same time), and discovers the Numbers ultimate goal. Once all Numbers all gathered together, they will destroy the human world and replace it with theirs. At this point the Agency sends their strongest Agent, N the nameless girl, to hunt all Numbers in the city. But in turn Ion betrays the agency after they refuse to clarify whether or not they knew about what would happen to the world once they had all the Numbers, and saves Azar from N.
One of the Agency directors, Morgana Graves, forms her own plan to capture all Numbers. She extends an ongoing tournament and brings it into her city, Neo Avalon. At the same time she makes the presence of Numbers public knowledge and invites all Number owners to come and fight til only one remains. Azar forms a union with Ion but also with Ariel, Sky and Shin to head into Neo Avalon and confront the agents hiding there. However Azar only reveals his identity as Dusk to Ion. There they meet with more Number owners; former arsonist Ruby Irant, Trey Lionetti the gambler and Darcy Lawless the doll collector. They also meet more agents, including the loyal battle enthusiast Korose, the national champion Morbis, and the TV-showhost pair Claud and Rita.
Eventually Morgana draws all remaining duelists inside the final battlefield, the museum Etemenank. Inside her agents are defeated one by one, and eventually only Ariel and Azar are the last duelists with Numbers remaining. Azar ultimately takes down Morbis, the agent who had been given a new Number by Prometheus himself, by evolving his power of Chaos and creating the first Chaosnumber. At the same time Morgana reveals her final plan, to capture all Numbers within Etemenank and use them for her own ends. But Esther, the quartermaster of all agents and direct assistant to the agency, foresaw Morgana's betrayal and helps Ion and Subito stop her plans before she can complete them. Subito then defeats her in a duel, though he fails to destroy the Number that possessed her during the duel. That Number, the sixth, then claims Morgana's body. And leaves with Prometheus. The catalyst reveals that he and all of his kind were once humans, but they have evolved into what they are now by permanently bonding with their Numbers. And they intend to do the same to all humans.
Once they return to the city, Esther and the agency clear the name of Subito's father to thank them for stopping Morgana. At the same time Azar develops his powers with Chaos, but he grows increasingly less stable as time goes on. It becomes harder for him to hide his identity as Dusk with the rise of a new enemy, a cult called 'Tomorrow' that believes that humanity must accept the Numbers or die, and the return of Agent N who enrolls into his school to deal with the cult while looking for the true identity of Dusk at the same time. During this time Ariel learns of Azars secret when Chaos gives her a part of its power as well (she was a suitable host, due to her bond with Dakar).
Eventually N has to be called back by her father Kincaid, who is another director from the Agency. Kincaid reveals how his group was founded after a scientific research facility accidentally created a portal to the world of Numbers. And states that their goal is only to capture them all so they can send them back to their home world and sea the portal for good. In truth however the Agency intends to start mass production of the Numbers to further the development of mankind. They can only do so once all Numbers are gathered.
Azar and his friends, now with the aid of Xander as well, then locate the hideout of the Tomorrow cult. They take down their leader, Theo Jager, and defeat the ultimate Number that another catalyst and Theo's former brother had created. However that catalyst, Kain, then drags the minds of Chaos, Ion and Shin back to the catalyst world, a dimension between the human and number world. Chaos separates from Azar and becomes its own entity. He and the others encounter the remaining catalysts, the first Nine Numbers, on the second moon of the world. And the First defeats Chaos in a duel. Subito meanwhile is taken to the Agency headquarters with the bodies of Ion and Shin. There he finds out their true intentions and meets with Kapha, the true mastermind behind the Agency and one of the scientists who created the portal.
At the same time Ariel discovers a way to cure her brothers coma, with the help of Korose who wanted to aid her. She, Azar and others manage to travell to the catalyst world as well, where the minds of Dakar and others like him are kept. Prometheus and another catalyst, Pandora, engage Korose and Ion in a duel. And though Ion manages to awaken his own Number in this duel, one not even the catalysts knew about, he loses the duel and subsequently dies. Enraged, Azar reconnects with Chaos and evolves his power even further. Chaos, now in full control of Azars body, challenges and defeats the Seventh catalyst and absorbs its powers. With it he frees Dakar, Shin and his other friends from the Catalyst world and then immediately attacks the Agency HQ to claim the Numbers they have captured so far. However he fails to find the Numbers and goes on a blind rampage. He nearly kills the directors themselves before Shin manages to reach Azar and snap him out of it.
A distraught Azar retreats, taking Subito and Shin with him. Back home he tries to ask the Numbers themselves what Chaos truly is. They tell him that Chaos is one of the few beings created by accident when their worlds collided. Before he can get too many answers however, Azar is attacked by Agent N. N, now using her true name of Necara, reveals that she has met a being like Chaos as well, calling it The End. She claims that she should be the true Number Hunter, as she was the only human to go through the portal and come back alive. And after a long struggle, Azars power of Chaos is defeated by The End and all his Numbers and powers are claimed by Necara. Necara unmasks 'Dusk' before the whole school and leaves Azar with only Number 39: Utopia, with his last hope. She leaves and Azar is forced to go on the run as he has become an outlaw. He severs all ties with Shin and his other friends and goes to parts unknown, not knowing what to do next...
And now that Necara has acquired the power of Chaos, Kapha intends to use it to create a new weapon.. so that the remaining Numbers can finally be claimed.
ADDENDUM (current Numbers and their Owners)
Catalysts: Numbers 1-6, 8 & 9
Azar: Number 39 (physically)
Ariel: Numbers 32, 47, 72, 94
Shin: Number 42
Subito: Number 33
Sky: Number 54
Xander: Number 48
Kincaid: Number 73
Agency & the Board of Directors: Number 102 (physically) and several unknown Numbers
Necara: All but 1 of the remaining Numbers and Number 39 (mentally)
Unaccounted for: 1 unknown Number
