Sinking into Ruined Shadows and CorinnetheAnime here for...PART TWO!
Thank you to all those that reviewed, I'll answer all of them at the end because, honestly, who wants to read a thousand sentences about stuff before getting to the actual story?
By the way, I forgot to mention this in the first part. How we wrote this was each person just sent a few sentences, about four or five, through a PM, and the other person continued it in their style.
So yeah!
CorinnetheAnime: I love this. I love this parody so much, especially the Fruitshipping moment. Thank you, Shadows, for doing this with me. Now, IF ONLY WE COULD GET THOSE DUH-RAGONS UNDA CONTROL!
XD LOL. I love it too. Now, here you go, readers!
"Couldn't you use your nature cards and subdue those dragons, Yuzu?" Yuya asked as they headed toward the stampeding Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
Yuzu shook her head as she ran. "We put them in four separate locations all over the dimensions so they didn't get picked up or screwed by other people if we lost them. Ruri's running around trying to find them, but as I said, four dimensions, and they're gonna be pretty far from those locations set into the Fusion disks. So it's gonna be just us for now."
"And Ray allowed that?" Yuto exclaimed, surprised.
"Ray thought of the idea!" Yuzu shot back.
"Odd-Eyes!" Yuya yelled, spotting his dragon. The Pendulum dragon was curled up in a ten-foot trench dug right in the middle of Ruri and Rin's poor flower garden, rolled over like a dog.
Yuya was shocked at his dragon's dog-like behavior. "Oi, come on, Odd-Eyes! You just had a bath this morning!"
The crimson dragon looked up at his master's voice, thumping his tail excitedly against the flower beds, flattening more flowers.
Yuzu gasped at this, rushing over and trying to pin the tail to the ground in order to stop it from moving and damaging more property...with little success.
Then, the dragon decided to roll onto its belly, flipping its body and tail on top of Yuzu, much to her chagrin and Yuya's shock. Odd-Eyes then dug his head straight into one of the holes like an ostrich, making weird and playful gobbles.
Yuto just stood there, holding back barely suppressed laughter as Yuya wrestled Odd-Eyes's head out of the hole it was in and firmly pinned the dragon's neck to the ground.
"You could help, Yuto!" Yuya snarled as he struggled to put the leash he had on his belt around the dragon's neck. Odd-Eyes bucked and swung his head from side-to-side, but since he was pinned on the ground, it just sent up sprays of dirt and torn flowers.
"I'm helping Yuzu!" Yuto called, having moved from his standstill position to helping said girl up off the dirt-ridden ground. "Just put the collar on first!"
"It is on!" Yuya yelled back, slamming the collar's buckle together. "But Yugo stole mine to use on Clear Wing for some reason, even though that thing's neck is way slimmer! So I've got Clear Wing's ridiculously tiny collar!"
For emphasis, Odd-Eyes made gagging and choking sounds, sticking his tongue out dramatically. Yuya loosened his hold a bit on the leash to let his dragon out...which was the opportunity that Odd-Eyes had been waiting for.
The dragon then whipped his head away from the boy, making the leash fly out of the boy's hands. Yuya was stunned for a moment before running over to his pet to try and grab it, but Odd-Eyes stretched his neck as high as he could, leaving the loop dangling a few inches out of Yuya's reach.
"Odd-Eyes, come on...we have to...get you home...now...just cooperate...please!" Yuya panted, jumping for the leash that was still out of his reach.
Odd-Eyes smirked in amusement, having no intentions of ending his fun just yet.
The fiery red dragon began running, feet pounding noisily on the ground as he smashed his way out of the garden and towards the windmill where Clear Wing had fallen. Wheezing breaths still came from the dragon, as the collar was too tight, but he pounded his way towards the red structure without pause.
Yuto, Yuya, and Yuzu all groaned in unison before sprinting after the dragon, Yuzu waving her fan that she just had for plot convenience.
Dark Rebellion was still prancing on top of the windmill, his whiplike tail swaying as he screeched out taunts to Clear Wing below, who had been leashed by Yugo (probably thanks to Rin). The white dragon had crossed his arms in a furious pout, a frown firmly etched onto his face somehow.
Yuto saw Dark Rebellion and face-palmed before tossing the collar to Yuri, who was about to attempt to climb the windmill. "Put this on him!"
Yuri stared at Dark Rebellion and then back at Yuto. "Why do I have to take care of him? He's your dragon, not mine!"
"JUST PUT IT ON HIM!" Yuto screamed as he, Yuzu, and Yuya eventually caught up to Odd-Eyes, who was lamenting on not being able to fly and join up with Dark Rebellion.
Yuri sneered, obviously not happy that he had to take care of the Xyz beast of all things. And unfortunately for him, Dark Rebellion had no plans of ever cooperating with him.
The dark dragon teetered over the edge of the windmill that Yuri was climbing on (with a ladder), wagging his head and teasing him...before slowly spreading his wings, crouching down.
Yuri's and Yuto's eyes widened at the familiar pose. "No..."
The dragon then jumped off the roof and soared in the air with a triumphant screech, staying out of anyone's reach. Clear Wing, seeing his Xyz counterpart flying freely, roared in frustration and leapt up after him, tugging against the leash and scrambling to fly as well.
Odd-Eyes also roared, even more frustrated with the fact that he couldn't fly. At all.
Yuri was also unhappy, but not in terms of flying. "THAT'S IT! THAT IS IT! YUTO, YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR DRAGON! I'M FINDING STARVE VENOM AND THEN GOING HOME!"
Yugo whipped his head at him in exasperation. "Already? DON'T JUST GIVE UP YET, CABBAGE IDIOT!"
Yuri scowled. "Never call me an idiot..."
Yuya sighed. "Great, just what we need, another fight between those two...and how are we gonna get Dark Rebellion now?"
Yuto shook his head in disappointment. "I left his treats at home, so we can't coax him back..."
The two girls present, Rin and Yuzu, were huddled together and desperately trying to contact Ruri to check her progress on acquiring the cards.
Odd-Eyes, having finally been leashed with the appropriate collar, strained and pulled against his restraints, but since the leashes had been made especially for rowdy dragons, his efforts were to no avail.
Yuya scratched his head. "What else does Dark Rebellion like?"
"Assembly Nightingale used to be his girlfriend," Yuto mused. "But Ruri's not here at the moment. And that bird always goes with her on her travels."
Yuri jumped down from the windmill in a purple blur, straightening out his cabbage hair once he hit the ground. An angry snarl was set firmly on his face as he walked away from the windmill.
"I'm going to find Starve Venom, and I'm going to catch that stupid Xyz dragon before he gets any further! Fusion-kun, you could at least chase him with your lump of a dragon!"
Clear Wing let out an indignant howl at the last statement, and Yugo's face turned an ugly shade of green.
"OI, YOU TAKE THAT BACK, EVIL EYEBROWS!" Yugo yelled, with Clear Wing roaring in agreement. "AND DON'T CALL ME FUSION, IDIOT!"
"THEN DON'T CALL ME IDIOT, FUSION-KUN!"
"OH, IT IS ON! YOU'RE DEAD!" Yugo declared, rushing at him (dropping Clear Wing's leash in the process) and proceeded to beat up Yuri again, who merely side-stepped his brother's attack, making him stumble over and fall.
Yuri smirked his evil smile as usual, much to Yugo's vexation. "Now look who's on the ground, idiot."
Face-palming at the pointlessness of the fight, Yuya was still contemplating (and relieved) on one of Yuri's earlier statement. "So...what changed your mind so quickly on retrieving Dark Rebellion?"
The cabbage head casted a half-lidded glare in his direction. "Because no one else will at this rate...plus, I'll never hear the end of it from Yuto and Yugo when they'll blame me for losing Dark Rebellion."
Yuya sighed, knowing that what he said was indeed true. But then, a great shadow was casted before him, making him turn his head to see...Clear Wing, chewing rather noisily on Odd-Eyes' leash.
NO!" Yuto yelled, swatting the Synchro dragon away from the leash. "Yuya, grab the leash!"
Yuya dove down and snatched it up just as Odd-Eyes began to run. "Oh, no, you don't! I've ridden you many times, and you're not that hard to control once someone's gotten used to it! Now, STOP! MOVING!"
Odd-Eyes let out a howl that was dragon tongue for "no, I most definitely won't", and continued to attempt to run away from Yuya. But the dueltainer was used to the dragon running away, and had gotten used to handling its weight. So Yuya could hold his ground easily.
"OH, I'M OUT OF HERE!" The cabbage head announced loudly, breaking into a sprint. "I'm not dealing with two other dragons when I already have two to find!"
Mr. Banana-Blueberry was too busy helping Yuto tie Clear Wing's leash onto the post that Odd-Eyes's leash had previously been wrapped around, the severed piece of ruined chain link still tied around the pole. The Synchro dragon was straining against the leash, but his attempts were as futile as Odd-Eyes's previous ones.
The five teenagers (including the girls) were all too late in hearing Zarc, Ray, and Yuri's warning:
"LOOK OUT! RABID OWARI IS ON THE LOOSE!"
Everyone watched in horror as the infamous black dragon of destruction came barreling down from the house and towards them, barking and roaring rather obnoxiously. However, he stopped upon seeing Dark Rebellion flying above him...and decided to play more "tag" with him.
Dark Rebellion was overjoyed and began to fly at full speed in circles above Owari's head, prompting the black destruction dragon to attempt to swat him away. With a roar that probably meant something like "oh, you're on" at Dark Rebellion, Owari launched himself after the XYZ dragon.
Odd-Eyes, Clear Wing, and Starve Venom (who had been captured by Yuri and Zarc) all let out howls of dismay at seeing their counterpart and incarnation fly freely, while they were still chained up.
Zarc and Yuto (surprisingly) both swore extremely loudly.
Yuya, Yugo, Yuri, Yuzu, Rin and Serena (who had come running the warning) all stared at the two males before looking up to watch the dragons with faces of exasperation.
"Okay, I have seen everything now." Serena declared, Yuya and Yugo nodding simultaneously in agreement. Zarc looked like he was about to blow a fuse...again.
Ray followed up close behind everyone, with patches of dirt covering her clothes and face. No one asked what happened as she swore some more, approaching Zarc with clenched fists and then jabbing a finger in his chest.
"YOU SET HIM FREE ON PURPOSE, DIDN'T YOU?!" She snarled. Zarc looked offended.
"Me? Of course not! If it wasn't for Starve Venom's behavior, who you were supposed to capture, he wouldn't get this riled up! It's your fault we're in this, not me!"
"WHY YOU-!"
"ENOUGH, BOTH OF YOU!" Yuya yelled, grabbing everyone's attention. "If we keep arguing on like this, WE WON'T MAKE ANY PROGRESS! Look, we're worse off than before because we didn't cooperate as a team, so how about you all just man up and just get the rest of the dragons before they do any more damage, OKAY?! IS THAT SO HARD TO ASK?!"
Everyone stayed silent from the tomato-haired duelist's words; even the captive dragons were focused on him, drooping their heads in remorse.
That silence lasted only a minute before Dark Rebellion howled above them, dragging everyone's attention to him. The XYZ dragon was too slow in his game of tag with Owari, and his wings were straining to fly faster.
Then, to Yuto and everyone else's surprise, the blue rays of light that served as wings suddenly became a mosaic of colors, spreading out to fill the rest of the gaps between each of the metallic, bone-like structure of his wings.
"Oh, that did not just happen!" Yuto yelled. "That did not just happen!"
"Did Dark Rebellion just spontaneously Rank-Up into Dark Requiem!?" Yuya exclaimed.
Yugo and Yuri all just stared before jumping onto the backs of their dragons, leashes firmly in hand. Yuto hitched a ride with Yugo, since he rode a Duel Runner all the time and knew how to fly better than Yuri. Zarc went with Yuri to keep an eye on the psychotic boy. Without a single look back, the four took off after the two dragons.
Yuya watched them go before turning to a certain stunned pink-haired girl. "Yuzu, any updates on Ruri's progress?"
"Hold on, I'll check." Yuzu continued, tapping the screen on her duel disk and calling her sister. "Ruri? Ruri, you there?"
"Yeah."
"How's the progress on obtaining the cards?" Yuzu asked.
Ruri sighed. "I'm in the Fusion Dimension at the moment, trying to find the last card. But Leo keeps cornering me and demanding me to put Ray on the line so he can talk to her."
Yuzu sighed, knowing this scenario way too many times in the past. "Tell him that she is unavailable at the moment because of a few...scaley problems."
"He won't listen to anything I say."
"Then duel him or something, anything to distract him or convince him of the problem."
"Assembly Nightingale's holding him off at the moment, but if he catches up to me again, I swear I'll have my birds drop him off a cliff," Ruri replied, a hint of anger evident in her voice.
Yuzu shrugged. She'd had Bloom Prima blow him off the island once, and he'd returned three hours later, still as determined to talk to Ray. Said girl hadn't been speaking to her father ever since he'd played a part in breaking her up with Zarc.
Though it was still partly Zarc's fault.
"You can find a way out of this, I know you can...in the meantime, we'll hold on till you get back." Yuzu concluded with a smile gracing her features, to whichever Ruri returned with a half-grin of her own.
"I just hope our home isn't too damaged by Owari."
"One could only hope," Yuzu ended her call with a sigh, to which Yuya placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.
"Hey, knowing my brothers, we'll be fine," he reassured her, kissing her cheek lovingly.
Before Yuzu could return his affections, Ray, who'd been standing nearby, overheard the conversation and stormed over. "Uh, knowing your elder brother, this place won't be left without property damage!"
Yuya shot her a glare. "Did you not hear what I just said five freaking minutes ago?"
Ray fell silent, still angered.
Above, Clear Wing howled in dismay as he was forced by Yugo to fly even faster to close in on Dark Requiem, Yuto wielding the dragon's leash and collar in his hands on the ready.
Zarc and Yuri had successfully managed to chase Owari away from Dark Requiem, Starve Venom groaning along as they did. Zarc was now half-standing on the dragon's back, prepared to jump onto Owari when they were close enough.
However, the black dragon wasn't about to go easy on them. He quickly turned his head, his red eyes being glazed over from being high on...something, showing mirth. He then grinned, steam expelling from his mouth and nostrils...
Zarc widened his eyes, knowing that face. "EVERYONE, MOVE OUT!"
No one protested against his words, as everyone immediately flew their dragons far away from Owari...just before the black monster opened his mouth and let loose a maelstrom of flames upon the ground.
Cliffhanger..don't blame me okay? It was CTA's idea. (No finger-pointing. I loved the idea.)
Review stuff:
CorinnetheAnime: Same XD. Good job to you too! Especially with this chapter! Thanks for the review (lol)
Apprentice to Fantasy: Who knows what'll happen? And Yugo's the same reckless Yugo we all know and love. He's Yugo that way. Clear Wing...hehe. We're just making fun of that dragon. As for the relationships...I dunno too. Probably not really? Ask CTA on that one. I'm not experienced enough, XD. Thanks for the review!
Donjusticia: Is it bad I actually enjoy writing these parodies? XD. As for CTA's craziness, I like it! Unique and just crazy!
And anyways, "Zarc and Ray's Date That Keeps Getting Interrupted" is my favorite ARC-V story. Don't worry! I like humor just as much. I'm not as stone-cold as Shun. Thanks for the follow, and keep reviewing! XD
HunterHQ: Actually, I have no idea where they live. Windmill just popped into our minds. But a mini-farm? Possibly. Thanks for the review!
RubyTheLazyWhiteCat: Here's the next chapter! And the ARC-V community needs to laugh more! That's Yuya's mission! EGAO! Thanks for the review!
aqua9597: Thank you! I take pride in the fact you like it! Thanks for the review, and hope you enjoyed!
Jay Hayden: Cyborg Lizard? No idea what that is. But here's Dark Requiem. Not sure about the rest of them, since Greedy Venom hasn't officially shown up in the anime yet. Thanks for the review!
Soul of Innocence - Aamuet: That was my first reaction re-reading. XD. Thanks for the review!
CorinnetheAnime's replies:
Apprentice of Fantasy: I died at that part too. XD Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!
Donjusticia: I WILL CONTINUE MAKING PARODIES, AND I WILL RULE THIS FANFICTION UNIVERSE! MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! XD Anyway, Glad you liked it! :)
HunterHQ: Uhh...yeah. Thanks! :D
RubyTheLazyWhiteCat: YES, IT SHALL BE TAKEN OVER BY LAUGHTER! XD
aqua9597: Haha, Glad you liked it. :3 But...um...well, please be careful with the language.
Jay Hayden: Who knows? Maybe they'll make a cameo... ;)
Soul of Innocence - Aamuet: XDNext chapter up...who knows? Erratic updates. But see you next time!
~CorinnetheAnime and Sinking into Ruined Shadows