Vile: I really had you guys on the ends of your seats with Chapter 3. Don't worry, I'm clearing up what's going on during this chapter. However, there's another shocking fact coming up in a future chapter. But stay in your seats until you see what happened. Anyhoo, enjoy, folks!
Numbershot 99: No More Falsehood
Chapter 4
Yuma was as rigid as a statue, as was Akari. "No... T-Tou-chan...?" Yuma whimpered.
"Oh, you've finally caught on!" The Distributor said. "Yes, I am one and the same as your dear father: Kazuma Tsukumo!"
"Wh... Why... What happened to you?!" Akari cried.
The Distributor chuckled. "Vector, would you like to do the honors?"
"Oh, would I ever!" The energy being giggled. "It's a very funny story, hahahahahahaha!"
*Flashback* *Bolded Text is Vector Narrating*
The flaming form of Vector began to retreat back to where he came from. "You weren't interested in my deal of power... I was hurt, truly. But as fortune would have it, I happened across something special." His eyes widened as he saw a form float within the space of his world: A human man. Moving over, Vector examined the form. It was Kazuma, but his eyes were dull, soulless. "This poor little sacrifice to me was all alone... his body without a soul. It was both sad and humorous at the same time, hahahahahahahahaha! But then, inspiration struck! This man was much more deserving of my deal for oh-so-selflessly being a sacrifice!" Sticking his hand into the firey space of the world, Vector pulled out what looked like an orb of energy that both flared like fire and crackled like lightning. "Take an orb of Barian World energy, an ambitious being, and a soulless human... a recipe for a brand-new soul!" Merging with the energy orb, Vector's energy body flew up before infusing itself into Kazuma's body, causing his eyes to go bright blue. An orb of red energy covered him, lightning careening from it. "The new soul I gave him changed him. His old appearance was rather tacky." The red energy sphere receeded, revealing the Number Distributor's body in its place. "From that point on, the man he was no longer existed!" The new form's eyes shot open, their blue color piercing, and a laugh escaped him.
*End Flashback*
"This new soul gives me power I could only imagine before." The Distributor said, his eyes back to their blue color. "My exposure to the Astral World combined with Vector's Barian World energy allows me to act as a medium between them! The Numbers I send out that corrupt on contact were all a result of Vector's power."
"Wait... BARIAN World?" Dr. Faker cried. "But... the Astral World curse..."
"All a lie masterminded by me! I am in no way part of the Astral World!" Vector giggled. "I knew you'd fall for it and go after that world! The powers held by your younger boy? Supplied in full by me!" Haruto gasped.
*Flashback* *Bold Text is Vector Narrating*
Dr. Faker was blasted out of the portal to the Barian World. "To make my 'curse' seem real, I sent out a special portion of Barian power." Another energy blast was clean out of the temple before the portal closed. "I got a glimpse of your memories, so I picked the perfect target: Your young one." The energy blast made it to a small villa in the middle of a grassland, going through the building and striking the napping Haruto, Kaito nowhere to be found. It didn't seem to affect him. "All it took was a little time for the powers to show themselves." Haruto's latent power began to blossom.
*End Flashback*
"I knew you'd be too much of a worrier to just let it go, hahahahahahahaha!" Vector laughed. "And I predicted correctly: You blamed ALL your troubles on the Astral World!"
"And when the Numbers came to us, I added fuel to your fire against the Astral World!" The Distributor grinned.
*Flashback*
"Dr. Faker-sama, someone is here to see you." Mr. Heartland said over an intercom.
"I'm not in the mood for visitors... but I will humor this one. Send them in." Faker said.
Mr. Heartland gestured to someone off-screen, and the Number Distributor walked in. "Greetings, Dr. Faker-san."
"Who are you?" Faker asked.
"If it isn't too much to ask, I would like my identity to remain anonymous for a while. You can just refer to me as 'a sympathetic ally'." The man said.
"What sympathy could you possibly offer me?" Dr. Faker asked, skeptical.
"...I have heard of your son's condition." The Distributor said, making Faker gasp. "And I feel I know what the cause is." He held up a card: Number 71: Black Hole Gate. "This is one of the 100 Numbers. I'm not sure what they are, but when I touched it, this card tried to possess me. The energy they possess is clearly not of this world."
"Otherworldy energy... what does this have to do with Haruto?" Faker asked.
"I have seen the readings of Haruto's odd powers. They have the same readings as this Number card." The Distributor said. "It is possible that these Numbers, whatever they are, are related to Haruto's condition in some way."
Faker gasped, speechless for a moment. All of a sudden, his fist clenched. "Astral World bastards!" Mr. Heartland and the Distributor jumped at Faker's outburst. "It wasn't enough that they curse me... now they curse others! I will not stand for this! Mr. Heartland!" The green-haired man turned to him. "Tell Kaito of his new mission: Locate and retrieve ALL 100 Numbers!"
"Right away, Dr. Faker-sama." Mr. Heartland said. "I ask your permission to use your technological resources to create a required method of retrieval."
"Permission granted! Go!" Dr. Faker said, getting a salute from Mr. Heartland, who left. "And you..." The Distributor looked at him. "I will have to repay you someday."
"The pleasure of this was all mine, Dr. Faker-san. I wish you luck." The man replied.
*End Flashback*
"Hook, line, and sinker. That describes you and everyone else caught in the hunt for the Numbers." The Distributor said. "It's so amusing, ahahahahahahahahaha!"
"RAAAAAAAAHH!" Yuma's voice suddenly roared. The Distributor looked in his direction, seeing Yuma trying to thrash his way at him, being held back by Kaito.
"Hold on, Yuma!" Kaito cried.
"You turned my Tou-chan into a puppet, you monster!" Yuma roared to Vector. "When I get my hands on you, you're DEAD!"
Vector burst out laughing. "You've certainly raised one hilarious child, Kazuma, hahahahahahaha!"
"STOP CALLING HIM THAT!" Yuma yelled, absolutely pissed.
"Stand down, Yuma!" Faker suddenly yelled, getting everyone's attention.
"Eh?" Yuma asked.
"This monster has ruined our lives... but I am the cause of it." The blonde man said. "However, I will right what I have wronged!" His face was a mix of determination and anger. "I will defeat this fiend and get my friend back! Trap Card, Baryon Radiation, hatsudo!" One of his facedowns flipped up. "By discarding my Helix Baryon from my hand, I can prevent your Storm Gladiator from attacking this turn!" The DNA-like gas cloud wafted back onto the field and dissipated into its gases, surrounding Storm Gladiator and causing its body to perform an action similar to rusting, rendering it immobile.
"You're certainly bringing the Kattobingu, aren't you, Faker?" The Distributor mused.
"The man that Vector has turned you into... has NO right to use his teachings!" Faker said.
"Whatever you say. It's not like I NEED Kattobingu to finish YOU! Kaado ichi mai settei! Turn end!" The facedown that Storm Gladiator blew away re-emerged onto his field.
"Watashi no turn... DRAW!" Faker drew his card. "Trap Card, Baryon Emission, hatsudo! By discarding a Baryon monster from my hand, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or below Baryon from my Deck. I discard my second Rosette Baryon from my hand..." He sent his card. "...to call forth my THIRD Rosette Baryon!" Another rose-like nebula appeared on the field.
Rosette Baryon: Lv.4 DARK Psychic ATK:0/DEF:1000
"Rosette Baryon no kouka hatsudo! While it is face-up, this card gains 4 Levels for each other Rosette Baryon in my Graveyard. I have two at the moment, so my current Rosette gains 8 Levels!" The rose nebula tripled in size.
Rosette Baryon: Lv.12
"Hourglass Baryon, Shoukan!" Another nebula appeared, though this one looked more like its namesake: An hourglass, having yellow sand.
Hourglass Baryon: Lv.1 LIGHT Psychic ATK:0/DEF:0
"Hourglass Baryon no kouka hatsudo! Once per turn, I can select a Baryon monster in my Graveyard, and Hourglass Baryon's Level becomes equal to that monster's Level! I select my Level 12 Helix Baryon!" Hourglass Baryon suddenly grew to Helix Baryon's maximum size.
Hourglass Baryon: Lv.12
Byron let out a breath. "Two Level 12 monsters…"
Faker closed his eyes. "Feel the wrath of the chaos you desired… you monster!" He shot his eyes open and thrust his arm up. "Watashi wa… Reberu Juuni no Rosette Baryon to, Hourglass Baryon de… OBAREI!" His two monsters turned fully purple (Rosette) and yellow (Hourglass) before shooting into the air in a spiral. A galaxy portal tore open in the sky, and his monsters sailed inside. "Ni tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! EKUSHIIZU SHOUKAN!" A burst of yellow light erupted from the portal.
"N-Nanda?" The Distributor asked. "I don't have this sort of Summon on my record from you!"
Faker placed his right hand forward, his fingers oriented like a claw. Then, orbs of yellow liquid began to form from nowhere, gathering over his hand and becoming a large orb of the liquid. Eventually, when the orb was big enough, the liquid turned white and morphed into a solid shape: An odd white ornament with edges that corresponded with Faker's claw-oriented hand, but it was much larger than his hand. Faker moved his hand so the palm was facing the Distributor, showing a red diamond on the end that all four claw-like edges connected to. Kaito gasped. "That figure…"
"Kai-chan?" Jenaveve wondered.
"That figure is just like the sealed form of my monster… Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!" He cried.
Faker narrowed his eyes before thrusting his hand to the sky with a yell, the ornament soaring toward the portal. "Kōrinseyo… Waga tamashi (Descend… My very soul)!" The ornament flew into the portal, and a massive burst of multicolored light erupted. Faker let out a loud yell as something glowed white on his chest: Two digits. "NANBAAZU… KYUUJUUKYUU (Number 99)!"
The number "99" formed and flashed in white, but instead of a sealed form emerging, a massive explosion of yellow nebulaic gases erupted in a black area. All of a sudden, the gases quick-changed to sloshing yellow liquid, identical to the liquid that formed the ornament. Then, patches of black armor began to frame part of the liquid, giving it a stable form. "The galaxy that contains the material world!" The combination of liquid and armor formed a large torso with a white figure in the center, the figure having four spikes that pointed upward. The parts not covered by armor were the left shoulder and part of the left chest and the right side of the pelvis (effectively making a band of armor from right shoulder to left pelvis), leaving the liquid exposed. There was an empty slot for a head. "Become the envoy of order and drive away the havoc!" The liquid extended past the left shoulder, forming a large left arm that ended in a savage dragon head, a patch of black armor with four ridges on the top (looking similar to knuckles) containing its white eyes, its teeth being white "ice". The right arm, conversely, was formed from the solid black scales, ending in another dragonic head with the same armor-plated head and icy teeth. Two dragonic feet formed from the liquid and armor, the left foot being solid plating and the right foot being exposed liquid, but both had white icy claws on the ends. "The incarnation of all matter!" A few armor scales began to form a tail, but instead of armor or liquid, the tail was formed solely from dark yellow nebulaic gases, only a few armor patches framing it to show the tail shape. White ice spires extended from its back, and the spaces were filled in by the same dark yellow gases, forming bat-like wings. Finally, the dark yellow gases rose from the empty head slot to take the shape of the main head of the huge three-headed dragon, gaining its own black four-ridged head plate and icy teeth, but this time, the eyes were yellow, and the white "99" glowed on the helmet. "GALAXY-EYES… BARYON DRAGON!" With a powerful glow of its eyes, the enormous dragon roared with all three of its heads, a powerful yellow aura surrounding it, two yellow Overlay Units circling it.
Number 99: Galaxy-Eyes Baryon Dragon: Rank 12 LIGHT Dragon/Xyz ATK:4500/DEF:3000 2 Overlay Units
"Numbers!" Yuma gasped.
"A Rank 12 monster…" Byron breathed.
"G… Galaxy-Eyes…?" Kaito was dumbfounded.
"Bakana… You are supposed to despise the Numbers… You were not supposed to actually USE them!" The Distributor cried, his eyes wide. "This was not in the plan!"
"This Number reflects what I desire: To stop the Numbers, and stop whatever else tries to keep me from doing so!" Faker told him, his body glowing yellow. "Prepare to fall by my Number's fangs, Vector!"
Author-Made Cards
Hourglass Baryon
Level 1 LIGHT Psychic
ATK:0/DEF:0
During your Main Phase, you can target 1 "Baryon" monster in your Graveyard: This card's Level becomes the same as the target's Level. (TCG/OCG: Cannot be used as an Xyz Material, except for the Xyz Summon of a Rank 12 Xyz Monster.)
Baryon Radiation
Normal Trap Card
Activate only during your opponent's Main Phase 1. Discard 1 "Baryon" monster from your hand to target 1 monster your opponent controls: It cannot attack this turn.
Baryon Emission
Normal Trap Card
Discard 1 "Baryon" monster from your hand: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or below "Baryon" monster from your Deck in Attack Position.
Vile: The Number of the fic has appeared, and it seems that the Distributor and Vector are in trouble. ...Or are they? The Duel is really heating up now. If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me! I'll post No. 99's stats next chapter. Ja ne for now!
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