A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF MORIBITO: GUARDIAN OF THE SPIRIT OR YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THEIR CREATORS!
Chapter 3: First of the Final
As they ate, Taka, the boy from before, informed them that Trudge had made it. Those who knew him looked at him oddly, except for Jack who ignored it and chucked a piece of bread into his mouth.
Slowly, Yusei told the children what he had made Goodwin agree to, "Once we beat the Dark Signers, a bridge will be built connecting the city and Satellite. That way there won't be any more discrimination between the cities and you'll be able to be who you want to be."
"Thanks, Yusei," Taka responded. "You're the best!"
Suddenly, a strike of lightning hit outside and the glass from the window shattered. Yusei however made a shield to protect all of them from the shards of glass. They looked at him a bit shocked as he pulled it down once the glass had cleared. A figure appeared outside and Yusei stood up alert, feeling a dark energy surrounding the figure. The figure showed himself to be a man and brought down his hood.
"Hello, Signers. My name is Roman," the man greeted and held up his mark.
"That's the same mark from the vision that tore up Satellite," Yusei muttered.
"I've come to challenge one of you to a duel," Roman stated.
"You want a duel? I'll face you, then," Jack stated rising up.
"No, Jack," Yusei stopped. "If we duel here, people will get swallowed up when that flaming geoglyph appears. Take the others to safety." He hopped out the broken window and told Roman, "I'll be the one facing you." He detached his duel disk from his duel runner.
"I will see you at our battleground," Roman said before disappearing.
"I'm coming with you," Akiza told Yusei.
"Alright," Yusei agreed getting on his duel runner with Akiza sliding on behind him. He then drove off, with that.
He arrived in an abandoned street and turned to Roman who stood across from him. Akiza stood next to Yusei as purple flames surrounded the premises in the shape of a spider. It was too small to be the one from their vision, though.
"Let us duel," Roman stated.
"I'll go first," Yusei declared drawing his card. "I summon Shield Wing (Attack 0/ Defense 900) in defense mode and end my turn."
"I draw," Roman called. "First I activate the field spell, Spider Web." A dome made of multicolored webs formed over the field. "I then special summon Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon (Attack 0/ Defense 0) via its own effect. Then I summon Dark Spider (Attack 0/ Defense 0). Now I use Dark Spider's effect to raise Spider Cocoon's level to 7," he declared.
'He's going to dark synchro summon,' Yusei thought.
And to confirm his thought, Roman called, "I dark tune my Dark Spider with my Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon. When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back to reveal a world without light! Come forth, Underground Arachnid (Attack 2400/ Defense 1200)! Now I use its effect to equip itself with your Shield Wing!" A web wrapped around Shield Wing and forced it into the spider, locking it in its place. "Underground Arachnid, attack Yusei directly!" Roman ordered. The attack was sent but just as it was about to hit, Yusei gave a blue glow and a blue glowing shield appeared around him. The attack was reflected off the shield and the monster that attacked was sent back. Meanwhile, Yusei's life points dropped to 1600. "I don't know what just happened, Yusei Fudo, but you won't be able to save yourself the next time. I set one face down and end my turn."
'Did the spirit egg create that shield to protect him?' Akiza thought. 'Is the egg really that protective of him? Why?'
Yusei called bringing Akiza's attention back to the duel, "I summon Road Synchron (Attack 1600/ Defense 800). Then I activate One for One. By sending my Quillbolt Hedgehog from my hand to the graveyard, I can special summon Tuning Supporter (Attack 100/ Defense 300) from my hand. Then I use Quillbolt Hedgehog's ability from my graveyard. Now since I have a tuner monster on the field, I can summon my Hedgehog straight to the field. Now I use Tuning Supporter's effect to change its level to two as I'm about to synchro summon. So I tune my three monsters. I synchro summon, Road Warrior (Attack 3000/ Defense 1500)! Now due to Tuning Supporter's effect, I can draw one card. Road Warrior, attack Underground Arachnid!" The attack hit but the Arachnid used Shield Wing to have it get destroyed instead but Roman's life points fell to 600. Yet at the same time, Road Warrior was suspended in webs and forced into defense mode.
"Next turn, I will be able to use Underground Arachnid's effect and equip itself with your Road Warrior. Which means I can attack you once more and finish this," Roman explained confidently.
"I use Road Warrior's effect to special summon Turbo Booster (Attack 0/ Defense 0)," Yusei continued. "Next I use Turbo Booster's effect. By tributing it, I can destroy your Underground Arachnid." As said, Roman's monster was destroyed.
Akiza and Yusei spotted John and Mitch, two boys, running over to cheer for Yusei. This gave the two a reason to fear for the boys' safety.
"I activate Altar of the Bound Deity! On each of my standby phases, I can place one counter on my card for each defense position monster on the field. When it has four or more counters, I can send this card to the graveyard and special summon one Earthbound Immortal from my deck," Roman explained.
'I have to win before the Earthbound Immortal is summoned,' Yusei thought. 'I don't have any other option.'
"I draw!" Roman called to begin his turn while drawing the card. One of the torches lit up on the Altar as it gained its first Earthbound Immortal Counter. "I can't wait to get rid of you and the egg, Yusei."
"How do you know about the egg?" Yusei asked.
"Trust me, I know many things," Roman replied. "Especially when it comes to the key to the future of water on this world. Even your coming death that will happen even if you saved the world." Yusei glared in warning.
"Yusei, what's he talking about?" Akiza immediately asked worried.
"It… It's nothing," he responded seeming nervous.
"Yusei, I don't buy it," she retorted.
"I'll explain later, Akiza," he told her.
Roman gave a small, smug grin. "I see he's hid much from you." He then turned back to the duel. "I summon Ground Spider (Attack 0/ Defense 1500) in defense mode. I set one face down and end my turn."