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Chapter 4: Return of Old
Ryan's POV
"Come on Rio, do I really have to wear this?" I asked my sister as I was in a dressing room.
"Yes, Ryan. I want you to look nice since we're in Spartan City." She said from the other side of the door. Yes, our quest for the rest of the legendary numbers had led us to Spartan City in Europe. Astral and Lightning detected the next number located in this European city. The city itself was once an ancient city but now the ruins of the ancient city now surrounded the modern buildings of it. With both sides now having one legendary number card, we had to step up our game so we invited Kite along with us to lend us a hand. However, he wasn't the only one as Luna had come along as well. Luna was upset with my brother Shark when he kept our mission a secret especially when he forgot that they were supposed to go on a date. If it wasn't for Rio, who made it up to her by inviting her along, our brother would've been in big trouble with his girlfriend. However, once we arrived Kite had told her to stay on the ship along with Orbital. Not wanting the two to be left alone, Lightning had volunteered to stay behind to keep them company. When we arrived in Spartan City while the boys were looking around for the ruins for the number, the girls took me along to a nearby shopping mall and Rio found me an outfit to wear.
"Okay there we go." I said as I looked in the mirror. I was wearing, I was wearing a pair of cargo shorts, a buttoned up shirt with a navy blue button vest and brown boots. I then stepped outside to where Rio and Tori were. "I don't know Rio, when I see myself in this I'm reminded of Dumon." I said as Rio came over to me.
"I know, maybe it wasn't the best choice for you." She said as I then looked at her.
"No I like this." I said trying to make her feel better as I looked at a bigger mirror outside of the dressing rooms and got a better look. "In fact, I think I look great in this." I said as I looked at Rio who smiled.
"I'm so happy to see that." She said. "See and that's what makes you different from Dumon. You're a gentlemen and very kind and honest to others." I smiled at her words as she then looked at Tori. "Now it's our turn." She said as Tori agreed. A few minutes later, after waiting outside and I was stunned at what they wore especially Rio. Tori was wearing a sleeveless pink shirt, white shorts and sandals with straps that went up past her ankles, and Rio she was wearing a blue stripped sleeveless shirt, a blue skirt and white high-heeled sandals. I never heard my heard my heart beat so loudly when I saw her in this attire.
"Wow Rio, you look beautiful." I said as I saw Rio's face turned pink as she looked away.
"Thank you Ryan." She said as I began to wonder if she had feeling for me.
"Hey what about me Ryan?" Tori said as both me and Rio looked at her as she was in a pose. "Don't I look great too?" She asked.
"Yeah you look great too Tori." I said. After we bought our clothes we went to go meet up with the boys.
"Hey Rio, are you sure Shark won't be upset about all this?" I said sill doubting about the clothes we bought.
"Don't worry, Ryan. I'm sure Shark and the others won't mind." She said flashing a smile at me as I felt warm in my cheeks again. We then met up with the guys and while Yuma had a 'are you serious look' on his face, Kite and Shark didn't seem to care. But then Shark looked over at me and smiled.
"Hey Ryan, nice new duds." He said giving me a thumbs up as I gave him one back.
"Okay, okay everyone had nice new clothes, now can we search for the new number now?" Yuma said impatiently as we all just laughed.
"Okay Yuma don't get all up tight." Tori responded back as we began to walk around the city.
"So how are we going to find a number in this huge city?" Tori said looking at the tall buildings.
"We could ask the locals, or get a guide book." Rio suggested as we then heard Yuma yell.
"Yuma what's wrong?" I asked in concern as we all looked to see him getting freaked out at something.
"You guys aren't going to believe this!" He said pointing to a screen as a promo for a local tournament was airing.
"Figures Yuma, I knew you couldn't resist a duel." Tori said as Rio and I giggled.
"Not the duel!" Yuma said. "The duelist in the mask!" He said pointing up at a masked red haired duelist.
"Hey that looks like Nistro." I said remembering my old friend from the tournament, who was also one of Yuma's rivals. "And if he's here so is Dextra." I said looking at Kite who said nothing as I chuckled. Yuma had told me one time that he had a feeling that Dextra had a crush on Kite, and the look on the photon duelist's face that Yuma was right. So we all got tickets for Nistro's match and watched him win. Afterwards we headed to the locker room area where Nistro was signing autographs for little kids.
"Hey Nistro!" Yuma called out as Nistro and Dextra looked up and smiled at us. When the kids left we got reacquainted with the two in his room. "That's so awesome that you're a pro duelist now Nistro." Yuma said.
"I've got to say, you truly made a name for yourself." I agreed as he chuckled.
"Well thanks you guys." He said. "And now I have shot at a championship."
"So have you become a pro duelist too Dextra?" I asked the butterfly duelist.
"Nope, I'm Nistro's manager." She responded.
"It's a big change, but I'm giving young people hope. And with the new masked hero I'm doing, I can do just that." He said. "Kind of cheesy huh?" He asked. We all shook our heads at his question.
"I think it's kind of cool to give kids a hero Nistro." I said.
"I agree with Ryan." Kite said as we all looked at him. "What you're doing for these kids is great. I remember the same feeling I had when dueling for Hart and Luna." He said as we all smiled.
"Well at least some people around here value their siblings." Rio said as she then put her arm around mine as I looked at her. "Like Ryan here." She then gave me a wink as I felt warmth in my cheeks, as everyone giggled.
"So what else brought you to Spartan City?" Nistro asked as we all looked at him.
"We're here looking for some ancient ruins." Yuma said looking at him as we all got serious.
"Ancient ruins?" Nistro asked as we all nodded.
"Look why don't we talk about this at dinner, our treat." Dextra offered as we all smiled.
"That's great, thank you." We all said.
"I'll call Luna and Lightning to come down with us." Kite said as he called the two girls back on the airship. When they arrived at the restaurant Nistro and Dextra invited us to, Luna was excited to see the two. Much like her older brother, Luna knew the too duelist well. As we all sat down we all ordered while Nistro and Dextra paid for all our meals despite all of us saying we would pitch in to pay for dinner. When we were all done, we got back to talking about the ruins.
"So these ruins you talked about earlier, you think they're connected to your father?" He asked as Yuma nodded.
"Yeah, so have you heard about anything from the locals?" He asked.
"Now that you mention it, I have heard something like that from the locals, about a legend." Nistro said as we all listened in.
"The legend tells about a ruined coliseum, haunted by a warrior." Dextra continued as I felt a bit spooked by this.
"A warrior?" Luna asked as the two nodded.
"So what else did they say?" Kite asked.
"The legend goes that the warrior, didn't use any weapons, only his hands. He then went on to become the greatest warrior ever." Dextra said. "His only rival was the prince of the city. The prince's skills rivaled his own and they came to respect one another. Even though one was royalty and the other was a commoner, they came to respect each other."
"However," Nistro said as we all looked at him. "this didn't settle well with the prince's advisors."
"And let me guess," Lightning said. "They wanted to find a way to get rid of the warrior right?" She asked as the two nodded.
"Correct." Dextra answered. "They accused the warrior of being a traitor and being a treat to the empire." She continued as we all began to look at each other with concerned. "The warrior said he was innocent and the prince believed him. But in the end, the warrior was found guilty and he was banished." She said as I felt a little sad for the abandoned warrior. "And so time past, the city decayed, and legend says that the spirit of the warrior still walks the coliseum." I then began to shake as Shark put a hand on me.
"Hey Ryan, you okay?" He said as I looked at him and smiled.
"Yeah, kind of spooked right now about a spirit haunting the coliseum." I said.
"So his spirit still haunts the coliseum for the false crime he didn't commit?" Kite asked as we looked at him.
"No, you're wrong." Nistro said as we all looked at him. "The reason is because the warrior never finished a fight he was involved in when he was accused by the prince's advisors. Since the outcome was never decided, the warrior cannot rest." Nistro said.
"The spirit is still there in the coliseum which are now underwater?" She said as I looked over to her.
"Underwater? But I thought those ruins where here in the city." I said.
"They are Ryan." She said as she pointed out the window as we all looked to see a giant pond. "The people of Spartan City were afraid of the spirit, so they build a large bank around the ruins and filled it with water."
"How can we reached the number if its underwater?" Yuma asked looking at the bank.
"Well, I can use my mermail powers to get to it Yuma." I offered.
"No you can't go!" I heard Rio shout in a worried voice as I looked back at her. "I mean, it's almost dark soon, so we should deal with this tomorrow." She said as everyone else agreed. I was still wondering on what made my sister snap like that but I had a pretty good feeling why. As night fell over the city, Nistro and Dextra got hotel rooms for each of us. While the girls were in one room, us boys were in the other. I was looking out the window of our hotel which faced the underwater coliseum as it glittered under the moonlighted sky still wondering.
"Rio, are you that worried if I approach any more number ruins?" I wondered to myself as my thoughts were then interrupted by Kite and Yuma's arguing.
"For the last time Yuma, my answer is no!" I heard Kite yell as I looked back. Yuma was on his knees looking up at the photon duelist while Kite had his arms folded and looked away.
"Aw come on please, just one more match." He said as I just shook my head.
"Come on you guys, I think it's about time we all go to sleep." Shark said as he stepped out of the bathroom wearing one of the pajamas that Nistro and Dextra bought for us. While Shark and I slept on one bed, Yuma slept on the other while Kite ordered a roll on to sleep in. I was then woken up by the sound of a motor as I looked down to see Nistro on his motorcycle.
"Nistro?" I said as I then got into my clothes Rio got for me and silently snuck out. I had a feeling where he was going and sure enough after getting some information by some of the locals I found him standing on the edge of the water bank that enveloped the coliseum. "Hey Nistro!" I called out as he looked at me.
"Ryan, shouldn't you be in bed?" He asked as I smirked.
"Well I should tell you the same thing." I responded as he chuckled.
"Point taken." He said as he faced the bank again.
"Nistro, what are you really doing out here?" I asked him as I then walked up to his side.
"I just needed a little inspiration from a long lost spirit for my match tomorrow I guess." He said with a long sigh. "I'm kind of nervous when it comes to how big this duel is for me tomorrow."
"I know how you feel." I said looking up at him. "I always get nervous too before I begin a duel. But I always remember the ones who care and love me and that's what gives me the strength to go on ride a wave to victory in a duel." I said with my hand held up high as Nistro then laughed as I looked up at him.
"Thanks kid, I guess I needed something like that to keep my own spirits high." He said as I smiled.
"Hey no problem." I said as we gave each other a high-five.
"Come on, let's get back to the hotel." He said as I nodded but before we could go we heard a loud explosion on the other side as we saw the wall crumbling and water flowing out our side then crumbled as we fell and everything around me went dark. "Kid, kid wake up!" I heard Nistro's voice as I slowly opened my eyes.
"Nistro." I said as I got up but felt a pain shoot through my right leg. "Ow!" I said crouching down. "My ankle." I said clutching it with my hands.
"Here let me look at it." Nistro said as he slowly lifted my hands away. "Yup it looks like you sprained it bad." He said as he then pulled out a pocket knife and cut a piece of his jacket off and wrapped it around my ankle. "There that should hold till we get a doctor." He said as I looked at him and smiled.
"Thanks." I said. We then saw a bright light appear before us as we squinted our eyes and looked to see it was coming from inside the ancient building. "What's that?" I asked as Nistro helped me get back on my feet.
"Only one way to find out." Nistro said as we made our way to inside the coliseum. When we went in the light faded as we saw a young man in a cloak and appeared that he was holding a card.
"Hey buddy, what are you doing here?" Nistro called out.
"Yeah, because in case you haven't noticed tourist hours aren't until morning." I added as I then gasped as I saw who it was. "Alito?" I asked as he looked at me.
"I've seen you before, you were there when I dueled Yuma." He said as I smirked.
"That's right." I said.
"Nistro, Ryan!" I heard Yuma call out as we looked at him. "What are you two doing here?" He then looked over at Alito.
"Hey Alito, long time no see." He said happily. "I was worried that something had happened to you after our last duel." He said.
"Well as you can see, I have fully recovered and wanted to have a rematch." Alito responded. I felt that something was off as I then looked into the corner of my eye.
"Shark, Rio!" I shouted as I spotted them next to Kite.
"Ryan, are you alright?" Rio shouted out as I nodded before looking back at the young barian.
"Yuma, someone set up explosives to drain the bank and I think it was him." Nistro said pointing at Alito.
"Hey, you are a duelist aren't you?" Alito said as he then tossed the card over to Nistro. When Nistro caught it, he took a look at it and gasped.
"What is it Nistro?" I asked as I was worried.
"This card, this card is a number!" He said as I gasped.
"That's right, and you're going to use it against Yuma!" Alito said as I looked to see him pull out something.
"Oh no you won't!" I said as I summoned my trident and charged despite the pain in my right ankle. I then approached the barian, but before I could knock him out, he caught me by surprise when he then disarmed me of my weapon and held me up in the air.
"Well that was pathetic." He said as I tried to make him loose his hold on me, but to no avail. "Here, let me show you a real move!" He shouted as he then tossed me as I was sent flying into the stone bleachers.
"Ryan!" I heard Rio shout in horror as I then looked up to see her, Shark and Kite surround me.
"Hey, you okay Ry?" Shark asked as I slowly nodded as he and Kite helped me back on my feet. I then heard a voice shout as I looked to see Nistro now under Alito's control. Alito then challenged Yuma and Dextra to a tag duel with Nistro by his side. We watched as the two dueled, Yuma had summoned out his Number 34: Utopia and while Alito and Dextra had face down monsters, Nistro managed to xyz summon the legendary number card Alito gave him, Number 54: Lion Heart. Even though Lion Heart was weaker then Utopia, its special ability kicked in meaning it give Yuma the same damage he took.
"In other words, no matter what Dextra or Yuma do, they'll get hit too." I said as then the entire coliseum illuminated with blue lights as we saw thousands of blue flames. "Hey what are those things?" I asked as I was just confused as everyone else.
"Those lights are all the warriors who battled and were defeated here in the coliseum." Rio said as we paid attention back to the duel. We hoped that with Nistro controlled a powerful monster, it left Alito vulnerable but the barain emperor was already few steps ahead as his face down monster allowed Yuma's monster to attack Nistro's again. And with how many life points each had this would be the final blow. However with Dextra's help with her facedown, the damage Yuma took was halved as he only had four hundred left, but Nistro wasn't so lucky as his life points went all the way down to zero.
"Oh no, Nistro!" I shouted.
"Don't worry, your friend will be alright." Alito said as we were all confused at what he said. "Thanks to Lion Heart's special ability by using an overlay unit, he gives Nistro a hundred life points when his life points go down to zero." Then Lion Heart revived Nistro giving him one hundred life points.
"Man talk about a tough break." I said. But thanks to the other effect of Dextra's spell card she activated it put the legendary number in defense position giving both Yuma and Dextra a break. But just when we felt like we were out of the woods, Alito on his next turn summoned onther level three battling boxer and overlayed with his other one to xyz summon Battlin Boxer Cheat Commissioner. And Cheat was the perfect name for it as when it attack Utopia he switched all defense mode monster's into attack mode and changed the attack with another monster meaning he would have another chance to beat Yuma with Lion Heart. But then Dextra activated her other face down she set her last turn Butterspy Courage, to target her monster that was set to attack mode instead as Nistro's attack points once again dropped to zero and Dextra was down to more then half of her life points. But that jolting revive effect of Lion Heart activated using its second overlay unit to give Nistro one hundred life points again. "Come on Nistro, you have to snap out of this. Your our friend come on!" I shouted.
"Ryan's right Nistro. You're the kids hero!" Dextra said agreeing with me.
"It's no use!" Alito shouted. "Your friend is under my control." He said ending his turn with a face down. It was Dextra's turn again as she summoned Morpho Butterspy and special summoned Blue Mountain Butterspy in her hand since she normal summoned. She then overlaid both of them including the one that was flipped up into attack mode to xyz summon Night Papilloperative. She then activated her spell card Overlay Capture to take the last overlay unit of the legendary number.
"Awesome, now she and Yuma have the upper hand." I said but then we heard Alito laugh.
"What's that slimy barian laughing about?" Shark asked as we saw that Alito activated a trap Overlay Chain negating the spell that targeted his xyz monster giving Lion Heart its overlay unit.
"Aw man and when they were so close." Rio said. But it just got worse as Alito's trap card forced her monster to attack but Dextra was right there with him activating her xyz monster's effect to gain attack points for every overlay unit on the field.
"Looks like Dextra's monster got a boost." Shark observed.
"But all those attack points will hurt her more then help." Rio said knowing what will happen.
"So this could be a message from Dextra." Kite said as we all looked at him. "By attacking Nistro's number now, it will hopefully jolt him to his senses." We all watched and hoped Kite was right as Dextra attacked Lion Heart as her life points went down to zero.
"Dextra no!" I shouted as I winced in pain.
"Ryan you need to rest!" Rio said trying to sit me back down. We then looked to see Lion Heart's special ability activated bringing back Nistro one more time but when we thought Lion Heart's overlay units were all up, Alito activated his face down Numbers Overlay Boost attaching two cards in his hand to the legendary number since it had no overlay units.
"Man that barian just won't let up will he?" Shark said as we all held our breath on Nistro's next turn. Just when we thought it was all over for Yuma instead of attacked him Nistro activated a spell card from his hand sending all of the legendary number's overlay units to the graveyard to give Lion Heart six hundred life points for each one sent and doubling the damage, meaning it now had thirteen hundred attack points. Then Nistro activated another spell card doubling Lion Heart's attack points making it one hundred life points stronger as it attacked and destroyed Utopia as Yuma had only two hundred life points left.
"I think, I think Nistro finally snapped out of it." I said.
"Not really Ryan." Kite said as we looked at him. "Alito still has control over him, but I think when Nistro attacked him it helped him want to duel like a true duelist." He said. It was Yuma's turn as he activates xyz shift sending Dextra's monster to the graveyard and summon an xyz monster of the same rank as he summoned the monster Nistro gave him Heroric Champion-Excalibur and attached his spell card as an overlay unit. And with that he activated it doubling its attack points.
"Now Yuma has more attack power then Nistro." I said. But then Nistro activated his face down trap card Battle's Cry making Lion Heart's attack points double. But Yuma countered by activating his other trap to increase Excalibur by the amount of life points he halved. Then something happened as Lion Heart's attack points were halved. "Of course!" I said realizing. "Yuma and Nistro has one hundred life points left and since Heroic Growth only works when you have more life points then your opponent, that is not the case now." I said. "Yuma might just win this. But then Alito activated his xyz monster's effect using all its overlay units to stop the battle and activate a spell card.
"Now Nistro, use Barian's Force!" He said as we all gasped.
"Oh no, it will be like the duel against Dark Mist." I said remembering Yuma's other duel. But Yuma activates the last facedown he had, since Alito's xyz monster used up all its overlay units its effect is negated and inflict damage on him by the total attack of both Lion Heart and Excalibur as Cheat Commissioner was destroyed and Alito was defeated. At that moment all the spirits that were in the arena disappeared as I smiled. "Well, Yuma does it again." I said still impressed by how he dueled. Then we saw Alito disappeared as Nistro finally snapped out of the barian's control.
"Hey Kite, help me get my brother up." Shark said as both he and Kite lifted me back up.
"Thanks you guys." I said
"Don't worry, Ry we'll get those injury's healed up fast." Kite said with an assuring smile as I grinned back. Then the sun rose over the city as Yuma then found another one of his dad's coins and Nistro gave him the legendary number card.
"Two down, five to go." I said. After getting out of the coliseum, we wished Nistro the best in his championship duel as we headed back to the ship as both Tori and Orbital were waiting for us there. From there we watched the duel as Kite ordered Orbital to attend to my injuries. We watched as Nistro we were all happy, well almost all of us.
"How can you guys not have woken me up and made me miss out?" Tori yelled as we all laughed.
"Sorry, we thought we needed your beauty sleep." Rio said in defense. But Tori as well as Orbital continued to complain as we all laughed. "Oh yeah that reminds me." Rio said as she walked over to where I was. I was standing on a crutch along with bandages wrapped around my back. Rio then slapped me on the side of the face as I almost lose my balance. "That's what you get for scaring me Ryan Oliver!" She shouted as I got scared as she used my full name.
"Hey I'm sorry, but the good news is nothing bad happened to me." I said.
"Nothing bad, you got flung by a barian! How is that not bad?" She yelled.
"Guys, can we just get home?" Shark asked.
"Yeah let's go home." I said as I then looked at Yuma knowing that he was probably crushed by the actions caused by Alito.
Next Time on Barian Wars: Legends and Myths: While waiting for Shark, Yuma and Kite's return at the next ruin site, Ryan, Orbital and the girls meet up with Donovan as he invites Ryan to explore an unexplored temple he discovered. But when they get there they are met by Mizar as the two challenge him to a 2 on 1 duel. Can the duo beat the self-proclaimed Galaxy Eyes Master? Next Time on Legends and Myths: Dragon's Duel.
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