Vile: So I return once more with Chapter 4! People are pumped about Shark facing off with the Cyberdarks.

Kaito: The Cyberdarks must be pretty popular cards.

Shark: Nah. They just wanna see me kick some tail.

Yuma: *rolls eyes*

Vile: If you say so, Shark. Anyhoo, disclaimer's on the first page, any bolded cards are mine. Enjoy!

Numbershot 63: Shark Bites Back

Chapter 4

Zane quickly turned around, coming face-to-face with a figure half-obscured by shadows. The figure stepped out, showing a 20-year-old man with inky green hair and narrowed gray eyes. He was wearing a black shirt and black pants, the latter having red trim. Over the ensemble was a distinctive sharp-edged black overcoat with white trimmings, the coat flaring out in the back. A belt around his waist had an "F" engraved on the buckle. His face was twisted into an evil smile. "Well… how is it?"

Zane's face looked frightened. "Fujiwan? What are you wearing? Are you crazy?" He cried, scared. It was just like him in his dark past… his days as the "Hell Kaiser".

"Isn't it obvious, Master?" The man, apparently named Fujiwan, mused. "I'm the next installment of you. I'm the Hell Kaiser reborn! All I needed was one final touch… which I now have." He held up four cards and turned them around: The Cyberdarks.

"Fujiwan, I warned you about those cards!" Zane told him. "Those cards are evil! They'll kill you!"

"What do I care? You tossed me aside like trash!" Fujiwan retorted.

"You're lying. You were too violent for me to teach. I had no choice but to expel you!"

"No one deems me unacceptable, you codger! I'm going to show you just how violent I can be! Not to mention I've acquired another power!" A dark aura radiated from him. "No one can stop me now… I will crush anyone that dares stand in my way to the top!"

"Hold it!" Shark's voice yelled out. He and Ariel rushed back inside, standing between Zane and Fujiwan.

"Who the hell are you?" Fujiwan asked nonchalantly.

"Name's Ryoga. Call me Shark." The boy said. "And I'll be honest: I don't friggin' like your attitude!"

Fujiwan raised an eyebrow. "Bug off, kid! This doesn't concern you!"

"He's my Sensei too, pal!" Shark responded. "Not to mention you've got one of the Numbers!"

"'Numbers'?" Zane wondered.

"So he got rid of me for you?" The man growled, his aura flaring. "Okay, then this does concern you. I'll crush you before I crush that coot!" He whipped out his Deck and shuffled in the Cyberdarks. "It's time you realized just what you're in for!"

Shark glared, then pulled out the Sea Emperor Deck. "I've been through worse crap. I don't need evil cards to win. I've got this Deck, which Sensei gave me! And I've got something you don't: People who have my back!" He looked at Ariel and Zane, who smiled and nodded. Shark looked back at the dark-garbed Duelist. "Bring it on, creep!"

"Duel Disk, set! D-Gazer, set!"

"AR VISION, LINK ESTABLISHED." Both players' D-Gazers flashed, as well as those of the spectators. "ESTABLISHING LINK BETWEEN A AND B." The area morphed into the augmented reality.

"DUEL!"

Shark LP:4000

Fujiwan LP:4000

"Ore no turn! Draw!" Shark drew his card. "I place one monster facedown, as well as one other card! Turn end!"

"That's it? Keh! Ore no turn! Draw!" Fujiwan drew his card. "Magic Card, Card Destruction, activate! This makes us ditch our hands and draw new ones!" Both players discarded and drew. "Cyberdark Edge, Shoukan!" His monster emerged as a green metallic monster, seemingly insect-shaped, with two wings with four blades on each, and a tail with pincers on the end.

Cyberdark Edge: Lv.4 DARK Machine ATK:800/DEF:800

"So this is one of the Cyberdarks…" Shark mused.

"I thought they were safely sealed." Zane said.

"Not quite. I wanted those cards, so I found a way to get them. Now I'll show you how to truly use them! Cyberdark Edge no kouka hatsudo! Once per turn, I can equip 1 Level 4 or below Dragon-Type monster from my Graveyard to Edge! I choose the Mirage Dragon I sent by Card Destruction!" A yellow serpentine dragon radiating a pink trace image emerged, but Edge's pincer tail gripped it. Odd tube-like devices attached to the dragon. "And Cyberdark Edge gains every single Attack Point it has!"

Cyberdark Edge ATK:2400

"Now… Cyberdark Edge attacks by its effect, which lets it strike you directly! Counter Bomb!" The four blue gems on Edge's wings glowed, then streams of darkness shot out from it, exploding when they landed near Shark.

"Ngh… Ngh…" Shark groaned as he resisted the shockwave.

Shark LP:2800

"You are lucky that Edge's effect cuts your damage in half. But it won't get you very far." Fujiwan grumbled. "Turn end!"

"Ore no turn! Draw!" Shark drew his card. "Dark Arts Master of the Sea Emperor, Shoukan!" This monster was a green fish-like monster dressed in a purple cloak, holding a staff that had seaweed wrapped around it.

Dark Arts Master of the Sea Emperor: Lv.3 WATER Sea Serpent ATK:1400/DEF:0

"Dark Arts Master no kouka hatsudo! When it is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Sea Serpent-Type monster from my Graveyard! Shooting Soldier of the Sea Emperor, Tokushu Shoukan!" Another fish-like monster emerged, but this one was wearing green-and-gold armor, holding a crossbow loaded with three spikes.

Shooting Soldier of the Sea Emperor (TCG: Atlantean Marksman): Lv.3 WATER Sea Serpent ATK:1400/DEF:0

"Armed Soldier of the Sea Emperor, Ura Shoukan!" His facedown monster flipped face-up to reveal a third fish-like monster, this one with blue-and-purple armor, carrying two bladed shields.

Armed Soldier of the Sea Emperor (TCG: Atlantean Armed Soldier): Lv.2 WATER Sea Serpent ATK:0/DEF:1600

"Magic Card, Downward Current, activate! This card lets me increase or decrease the Level of one of my monsters 1, 2, or 3! I increase Armed Soldier's Level by 1, to Level 3!"

Armed Soldier: Lv.3

"Ore wa Reberu San no Dark Arts Master, Shooting Soldier, Armed Soldier, Obarei!" All three monsters turned fully blue before shooting into the air in a spiral. A red spiral portal opened up, and all three monsters sailed inside. "San tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" A water vortex suddenly shot out from the portal. "Arawareyo, Kaiou no Hiryou Ouhi (Sea Emperor's Wyvern Queen)… Tethydra!" The vortex was dissipated by the creature within, a wyvern with lighter blue color than Poseidra, the skin also being much smoother. It had no legs, with a serpentine tail and a yellow fish-like fin on the end. Patches of silver armor adorned the wyvern's body, yellow fin-like spikes were on its back, and its hand claws were adorned with various rings and jewelry. Its head was also designed similar to a crown, with a necklace around its neck. Its eyes shone green as it roared, three blue Overlay Units circling.

Sea Emperor's Wyvern Queen Tethydra: Rank 3 WATER Sea Serpent/Xyz ATK:2400/DEF:0

Zane smiled. "That's the way, Shark. Use the Sea Emperor cards to their full extent!"

"Tethydra no kouka hatsudo! By using one Overlay Unit, it gains 800 Attack Points until the opponent's next End Phase!" Tehtydra chomped down on one of its Overlay Units.

Tethydra ATK:3200

"Tethydra, attack Cyberdark Edge!" Tethydra's eyes flashed, then it unleashed a wave of blue flames from its mouth.

"Cyberdark Edge no kouka hatsudo! It can't be destroyed by battle due to the Dragon it has, but the Dragon is destroyed in its place!" Edge threw Mirage Dragon in the path of the blast, incinerating it.

Fujiwan LP:3200

"Throwing your own monster into the path of the attack? Dude, that's sick!" Shark groaned.

"Stuff it up your ass, twerp." Fujiwan growled. "They're just cards. Like they give two craps about being destroyed."

Ariel growled, while Zane looked disappointed. "He's too far fallen. Shark, you must destroy those Cyberdarks. Don't let him share my fate!"

"Got it, Zane-sensei." Shark replied. "I place one card facedown! Turn end!"

"Ore no turn… Draw!" Fujiwan drew his card. All of a sudden, he grinned. "Time for some true power. Magic Card… Cyberdark Impact!, activate!"

"No! Not already!" Zane cried.

"Yes, already!" Out of nowhere, two more machines joined Cyberdark Edge: A dark pinkish one with two wings and four horns pointed forward, and a dark blue eel-shaped one.

"The other two Cyberdarks… Cyberdark Horn, and Cyberdark Keel!" Shark breathed.

"Yes… but now Cyberdark Impact! activates! By returning the Cyberdark Horn in my Graveyard, the Cyberdark Edge in my field, and the Cyberdark Keel in my hand to my Deck, I can call forth the true dark master!" The three machines flew into the air, Edge converting into a body structure. "Yuugou Shoukan!" Keel's head clacked into the bottom slot as a long tail, while Horn converted and clacked onto the top slot as a head. "Arawareyo… Cyberdark Dragon!" The new form roared loudly.

Cyberdark Dragon: Lv.8 DARK Machine/Fusion ATK:1000/DEF:1000

"Oh, crap…" Shark groaned.

"You should be nervous. This Dragon has power you can't possibly imagine. Cyberdark Dragon no kouka hatsudo! Upon its Summon, I can equip one Dragon-Type monster from either Graveyard to it, giving it that monster's Attack Points. And I have the perfect one in mind… Koa'ki Meiru Maximus!" From underground, a silver metallic-seeming dragon emerged, but it was gripped by the metal amalgam. Tubes attached to it, draining its power.

Cyberdark Dragon ATK:4000

"And for every card in my Graveyard, Dragon gains 100 Attack Points. I have four at the moment, so that makes 400 bonus points!"

Cyberdark Dragon ATK:4400

"4400 points?" Ariel gasped.

"And they're comin' for ya! Cyberdark Dragon, attack that Xyz Monster! Dark Cyber Stream!" The dragon's head reared back before firing a massive blast of dark energy, which went straight through the wyvern, destroying it.

"Gwaaaaaaahhh!" Shark yelled as he was thrown back.

Shark LP:1600

"Shark-kun!" Ariel cried.

"Ngh… damn. What power." Shark groaned, getting up.

"Oh, but it isn't over. As good as Cyberdark Dragon is… I've got something that makes it look like a pile of trash! Magic Card, Cyberdark Assault!, activate! This lets me split Cyberdark Dragon back into its three components!" The dragon's joints glowed, then all three parts split apart, converting back into the three Cyberdark monsters. Koa'ki Meiru Maximus vanished while this was going on.

Cyberdark Horn: Lv.4 DARK Machine ATK:800/DEF:800

Cyberdark Edge: Lv.4 DARK Machine ATK:800/DEF:800

Cyberdark Keel: Lv.4 DARK Machine ATK:800/DEF:800

"I don't understand it! Why would he split Cyberdark Dragon into its parts?" Zane wondered.

"Just watch and learn, master… as I show you the new power obtained by these cards." Fujiwan grinned evilly. The dark aura flared violently. "Ore was Reberu Yon no Cyberdark monsuta san tai de (three Cyberdark monsters)… OBAREI!"

Author-Made Cards

Dark Arts Master of the Sea Emperor (TCG: Atlantean Sorcerer)
Level 3 WATER Sea Serpent
ATK:1400/DEF:0
When this card is Normal Summoned: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or below Sea Serpent-Type monster from your Graveyard. (OCG/TCG: That monster cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster or an Xyz Material that turn.) When this card is sent to the Graveyard for the activation of a WATER monster's effect: Cards and effects cannot be activated in response to that monster's effect.

Sea Emperor's Wyvern Queen Tethydra (TCG: Atlantean Wyvern Tethydra)
Rank 3 WATER Sea Serpent/Xyz
ATK:2400/DEF:0
3 Level 3 Sea Serpent-Type monsters
Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: All face-up Fish, Aqua, and Sea Serpent-Type monsters gain 800 ATK until your opponent's next End Phase. While this card has Xyz Materials: You can treat it as a Level 3 monster until the End Phase.

Cyberdark Assault!
Normal Spell Card
Return 1 "Cyberdark Dragon" from your side of the field to your Extra Deck. Special Summon 1 "Cyberdark Horn", "Cyberdark Edge", and "Cyberdark Keel" from your Deck.

Vile: Uh-oh. An Xyz Monster is coming. This could be bad.

Shark: *eyes me with annoyance*

Vile: What?

Shark: *shrugs shoulders* Never mind. *walks off*

Vile: *scratches head* Okay... at any rate, if you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me! Ja ne!

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