Z-One: The Future's last hope
Chapter Seven: Overflow
"So…" Ruka looked up at the sky in wonder, this place seemed so different from the peaceful world she knew. "That monsters giant laser was very effective against the robots wasn't it?" Then she stared down at the many corpses of meklords laying on the ground which Antinomy let out a chuckle in response
"Well, I had my doubts but seems clear mind really does work against these things. Maybe I should stop living in the dumps." The duelist looked around scavenging parts from the now dead meklords, it was the first time he'd really gotten to see them up close "It's thanks to you though I came up with that idea Ruka. Gotta say you are brilliant, like that fusion card" Hahaha, duel monster jokes. Ruka let out a slight chuckle though certainly didn't get the joke fully
"Well now that you know this stuff what are you going to do now?" A fair question, Ruka continued "For all we know we could be the last two survivors and-" She was cut off however by Antinomy
"I doubt it, I feel like there are some people still fighting out there! I don't know where, but that's all the more reason to find them." He looked at his Accel Synchro card and closed his eyes "After all Yusei Fudo wouldn't have given up, why should we?"
"Right…" Ruka nodded, even though this was a different world it did seem Yusei had the same impact, speaking of which "Hey, whatever happened to Yusei?"
"Hm? Oh- Well records show he just lived in peace, never really dueled after beating the ultimate god and-"
"Wait... WHAT?!" This sudden burst of shock from Ruka sent Antinomy back a bit, but he regained his composure and continued
"Y-Yeah. Summoning Cosmic Blazar Dragon was really the last big thing he did, besides defeating Jack Atlus of course" Antinomy continued onward, but something was bugging Ruka
"Ultimate god… Could it be this world also had something similar to mine? Maybe it is my world but- no! Cosmic Blazar Dragon, that's not a monster Yusei every summoned to my knowledge. Plus such a card being able to defeat the ultimate god, I'd remember that name for sure." Suddenly her duel dragon shined slightly, catching both duelists attention. "Ancient Pixie Dragon?"
"Seems like your Dragon's trying to tell you something." Ah, there it was! The part he was looking for "Hey I've finally got the final part to my meklord detector so I'll be able to find us some safer routes"
Ruka nodded, her mind, however, was more focused on her duel dragon, then she thought of something "Hey, is there any place where we can find out about this ultimate god?"
"Yeah, the museum of duel monster history, or something like that. I'm pretty sure they got the battle in the sky on video, why'd you want to see it though?"
"I have a gut feeling… I may know something about what's going on" Well Antinomy didn't need a better reason then after! After finishing the meklord detector he and Ruka were off to full speed, whatever she needed he may as well help get her there.
Life Points:
'Yusei': 4000
?: 4000
The two runners raced through the destroyed city at full speed, however 'Yusei' took note of something, his runner was far faster. "Looks like I'm taking the first move!" 'Yusei' drew his hand and looked at it, slightly flinching on the inside. "Turbo duels are a lot different than normal duels" he thought in his head "Because of the speed counters you aren't able to instantly access certain spells, and that really holds draw spells back" He threw two cards face down then set a drill synchron from his hand "You want to use draw spells as quickly as possible, as the cards on the top of your deck aren't useful until they're in your hand. Which means I won't be able to fix my hand quite yet"
"I end my turn!"
"Oh?" His opponent laughed "Not too good of a hand huh? Well, let me show you what hand I have! Draw!" A quick glance was all she needed "I activate angel baton! I draw two cards then send one to the grave! Now I activate the card I sent to the graves effect! Revive, Doom Submarine!" In a dark light, the monster suddenly took the field, and 'Yusei's' face was filled with shock
"But that's a-"
"I'm not done yet, next I summon madolche Magileine! When it's normal or flip summoned I can add one Madolche card from my hand to my deck! I add Madolche Puddingcesseur! Next, I activate Puddingcesseur's effect, when I have no monsters in my grave I can special summon it, and when it's special summoned I can summon one Madolche monster from my deck and decrease its level! I summon Madolche Puddingcess"
'Yusei' was now filled with concern, was she planning to dark synchro summon?! Quickly his checked his runner for info on the monster but "Th-there's no info?!"
"What? Never seen cards from a different world?"
"Wait-"
"Oh that's right Z-One, I haven't just viewed different worlds, but I have cards from them as well! Now sweet aroma that graces us, fill the world with sweets and joy, XYZ SUMMON, MADOLCHE QUEEN TIRAMISU!" Puddingcesseur and Puddingcess both danced as 'Yusei's' opponent chanted, and 'Yusei' himself suddenly realized what was going on. He had heard of this XYZ summon before, back at the Kaiba Corp HQ!
"It requires two monsters that are the same level. . . XYZ summoning."
"Oh yes! Something you also shouldn't know about! Now battle! Magileine, take out his set monster! Then Tiramisu attack him directly"
'Yusei's' runner slightly shook as he was suddenly struck with sweets of all things. Regaining control of his duel running he looked at the monsters. "That's certainly one way to fight."
"Oh, I agree! I set two cards face down and end my turn!"
Life Points:
'Yusei': 1800
?: 4000
'Yusei' drew his card and looked at his hand again, he could work with this! "First off I'll summon Synchron carrier! When this card is summoned I get an extra normal summon of one Synchron monster! I summon, Junk Synchron!" The best his hand could do at this very moment, "Clear the world of hatred and despair, this iron fist shall smash through it all, Synchro summon! Junk Warrior!" Appearing from the synchro summon of the two Synchrons, Junk Warrior did its signature pose and it was ready to fight again this new threat "Now, Battle! Junk Warrior, attack her Tiaramisu with Scrap Fist!" Junk Warrior landed a heavy hit on the XYZ monster as 'Yusei's' opponent smiled. It was clear that 100 life points did not mean much to her, despite her new XYZ monster being destroyed she still had a very convincing lead.
"So what? You still have no other moves, now if you'll excuse me!" She drew starting her turn as 'Yusei' remained calm, much to her dismay. "Don't think you'll be able to beat me just yet Z-One! I activate the speed spell angel baton!"
"Lucky one here aren't you…"
"Oh quite!" Now, darkness surrounds us as I offer this soul to the gods"
Here it comes, 'Yusei' suddenly shift his expression from calm to slightly worried. This girl… He knew her, and she was no duelist. "You- You were apart of that group I helped save weren't you"
"It's too late to remember me Z-One! Dark consume the light as I offer this soul to my gods and master, consume, feed, kill, dark synchro! Level five, frozen Fitzgerald! Attack my monster, destroy his Junk Warrior!"
Taking yet another hit Yusei was now far past the speed world two safety line, if she drew a spell soon it could be all over for him… Or maybe he could play something to his advantage.
Life Points:
'Yusei': 1600
?: 3900
"To start my turn I'll activate the speed spell, one for one! I discard the monster card, Jet Synchron in order to summon one level one monster from my deck! Now come on out, tuneingware!"
"Big deal, you summoned one level one monster." His opponent rolled her eyes "Z-One, what makes you think you could save anyone? You couldn't even save those people crying out for help when they fell!"
"You're right… I didn't save those people, but that's why now more than ever I can't give up! So those deaths aren't in vain! I am not this Z-One you speak of, in this world, I am Yusei Fudo! Now I activate Jet Synchron's effect from the graveyard, I send one card from my hand to the graveyard, then I can summon it to the field! Now with Jet Synchron summoned from the grave, the doopel warrior in my hand activates! When a monster is summoned from the graveyard I can special summon it! Now level one jet synchron tunes level one tuningware, lights that collide among the ever-growing foundation of life, clear away this hatred and shine brightly for our new future. Arrive, the synchro tuner with the power of hope, Formula Synchron!" Due to tuneingwares effect, he then drew one card on top of the card he got from formula. Looking at the cards he drew, 'Yusei' smiled. "Now come forth, Speed Warrior!"
"You've managed to build up a field, but they are all low-level monsters with barely any attack points, how do you even dream of beating me like that?"
"Simple! Hopes born from light, light born from the dark, and dark born from one singular moment, spin faster, faster! I call for your help, Link Summon, Crystron Needlefiber!"
"The famous link monster I've heard all about huh?" 'Yusei's' opponent smiled as she watched the two arrows dance around each other gracefully as if in a slow dance they started to cross until a blinding light overtook them and all that was left was the link monster. "I never thought someone like you could come close to holding that card."
"You and your master should have done more research on me before facing me, and I'm about to show you why! Crystron Needlefibers effect activates, I can summon one level 3 or lower tuner monster from my deck! However the summoned monster can use its effect, yet that's all I need! The level three Junk Synchron summoned from Needlefibers effect tunes the level two doppelwarrior! The hate and fire of the world disappear as wind surround us and the world of speed evolves! Synchro Summon, Level five Accel Synchron! Now, Doppelwarrior effect activates and I summon two doppel tokens to the field! Now I activate Accel Synchron's effect!" Suddenly the Accel Synchron shined as Yusei sent Unknown Synchron from his deck to the grave. The unknown synchron appears with its one eye happily smiling at the Accel synchron and a beam of light transferred from it to the Accel Synchron. "Now that I've made Accel Synchron level six, let's rev things up a bit!"
He took a moment and paused, a single breath before chanting "Gathering lights forge a path to build a brighter future! Now soar, Stardust Dragon!" With the Accel Synchron tuning the two doppel token a bright, blinding light shined and consumed both. Out of the light, wings of the legendary dragon spread and cut through the light as if breaking free from chains into a world it once called home. Finally, the dragon let out a roar as the light faded and stars from the sky started to fall. "Now I-" Wait, he couldn't attack. 'Yusei' didn't have cosmic flare, damn it! "Another downside to turbo dueling, most cards that would be useful to me can't be used."
His opponent laughed as she slowly watched him struggle and end his turn, forced to pass it over to her. "Now, I think it's time we end this duel! Draw!" She smiled "Just the card I wanted, but first" A face-down card on the field opened up as she laughed "I activate the trap card, Madolchepalooza! When it's activated I can summon any number of Madolche cards from my hand! I summon Madolche Messengelato and Madolche Anjelly! Now I overlay the-"
"HOLD IT!"
"What?!"
'Yusei' pointed to Needlefiber as he smiled "On the summon of your two monsters I activate Crystron Needlefiber's effect! I can banish it in order to summon one synchron tuner from my extra deck! This is treated as a synchro summon as well! Now I summon the Synchron Tuner, Formula Synchron! Next, I'll activate its effect and draw one card!" This was his last chance and… No
"Haha, really? Such a desperate attempt! Now I overlay the two Madolche monsters and summon the Madolche XYZ Queen Tiaramisu!"
"It… It can't be over… Something in the back of my mind is yelling at me, trying to get me to realize something, but what is it!" 'Yusei' looked at his opponent then suddenly, a voice rang in his head.
"You're right Yusei, it isn't over.'
"You're!" It was the same voice that kept him going when he seemingly lost all hope, why did he appear again?
"Tell me, do you know what about Stardust Dragon?"
"It was the ace monster of the original Yusei, it was a signer dragon, and it represents hope..."
"You're starting to get it now aren't you?"
"I still don't know exactly-"
"Why do you think Stardust showed you that world? Where do you think those stars that are falling down came from? You just have to clear your mind as you've done before. Then all shall be revealed."
"I..." He smiled as he finally got it.
'Yusei' looked upward as his opponent mocked him, suddenly in the sky something was falling down in the distance "Oh? Look at that. Looks like you'll be able to have one last majestic sight before you fall into despair" His opponent let out a laugh filled with confidence and victory, but suddenly 'Yusei' started to speed up. Confused she repeated "Even if you do summon Shooting Star Dragon there is no way you can win this! Simply put, I have you beat"
Stardust roared as 'Yusei' smiled, "You're right, Shooting Star can't help me win this, but that can!" Suddenly he sped up faster and faster, entering the state of Accel Synchro
"Wh-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" She shouldn't be worried, she had this right? She couldn't lose this, right?! A look of horror appeared on her face when she realized Z-One wasn't stopping. She tried and speed up but her duel runner was no match for his duel runners speed normally, let alone in accel synchro "This can't be..!" She finally realized what was about to happen yet it was no use trying to stop it. Then suddenly, Z-One disappeared.
"Where am I? Is. . . Is this Accel Synchro? Yes! It is! I remember it!" From the memories of Yusei, and the first time 'Yusei' himself tapped into Accel Synchro he was in a world like this. Suddenly he was in a world that looked peaceful, calm. Animals running around, trees and rivers. Above him was Stardust roaring into the air, suddenly the meteor crashed down in front of 'Yusei' and Stardust. The smoke cleared to reveal another Accel Synchro card on a stone tablet as if it was greeting them both
"Now, I have a duel to win." 'Yusei' walked towards the stone tablet. It suddenly glowed as Yusei touched it, and in his hands a new card formed. "With this. . . I will win!"
Back in 'Yusei's' world, his opponent was looking all around, this wasn't right, her master never told her this could happen! Her master didn't even know this could happen! Then a voice rang out all around her "No. . ."
"Throw away the greed and hatred, in this new shining light a kind and powerful soul will arise! ACCEL SYNCHRO!" 'Yusei' suddenly appeared at blinding speeds behind his opponent and so did Stardust, yet it looked so different, why? That was not Shooting Star Dragon "STARDUST CHRONICLE SPARK DRAGON!" Suddenly the light coming from this new Stardust evolution blinded 'Yusei's' opponent as she blocked shook her head and slowly regained some sight.
"S-so what?! You summoned a different Stardust! I'll still beat you! Tiaramisu's effect activates! Send it back into the extra deck with Pick Me Up Tiramisu!" Tiaramisu suddenly summoned a giant Tiramisu and threw it at the new Stardust, however!
"Stardust's effect activates! Once per turn I can banish one synchro monster from my graveyard and Stardust becomes unaffected by any other card effects for the rest of this turn!" 'Yusei' smiled as stardust guarded itself against the effect, making the Tiramisu reflect right onto Tiaramisu's face. The monster blinked, then glared at its duelist "Sonic Guard, a useful effect in my opinion." Smiling 'Yusei' now had an advantage in this duel! "Now it's my turn!" 'Yusei' drew his starting card and smiled, "I activate the spell card, Pot of Avarice! I shuffle five monster cards from my graveyard into my deck and then draw two!" He quickly glanced at his hande that seemed decent, but he needed to make sure he could finish this. His first target had to be Tiaramisu "Stardust, Attack Tiaramisu!" And just like that, the new stardust had managed to destroy the Tiaramisu!
Life Points:
'Yusei': 1600
?: 3100
"Arghhh, d-damn it!" It wasn't that much damage to his opponent, but he definitely had a comeback on his hands, now all he had to do was maintain it. His opponent shook off the damage however as she drew her card."I activate the speed spell stray lambs and… I end my turn!"
"My turn, draw! I summon the tuner monster hyper synchron! Now, battle! Stardust destroy her dark synchro monster, then Hyper Synchron, attack her lamb token!" Two hits to her field, and now she only had the protection of one stray lamb token… This couldn't be, she was supposed to win this for her master, Z-One wasn't supposed to be this strong!
"No no no no no no no no no no no no NO!" Her breath started to get heavy as she looked at 'Yusei', "You shouldn't be this strong… You, you are not Z-One" she then clenched her fist in rage raised her. Then she raised her arm and pointed at 'Yusei' "Why?! Where did you get this power?! That card… Where?!"
"I already told you, I'm not this 'Z-One' you keep talking about. I'm different, I'm Yusei Fudo, and I'll save this world."
"I- You can't save this world! It's already too late! Time travel, you must! Otherwise-" She drew her card, and whatever hope she had was lost. She looked back at 'Yusei' and gritted her teeth. "Z-One… No, Yusei Fudo! If you truly wish to save this world you should beware of your strongest enemy yet, strong than the actual Yusei."
"And what opponent would that be?" This piqued his interest, he knew something had to be behind the Zero Reverses.
"The origin of the very first Zero Reverse in this timeline, the one who made the power of moment overflow and split the city and satellite, the Crimson Dragon!" She closed her eyes as 'Yusei's' face filled with shock
"The Crimson Dragon?! What do you mean? Isn't the Crimson Dragon supposed to be a sign of hope?!"
"Gods are a fickle thing Yusei. In many timelines, you caused the first one, but there is always an origin point. Yusei, fight! That is all I can say." And with that, his opponent placed her hand on her main deck as a slow raging flame surrounded her. Before 'Yusei' could say anything, she then vanished.
Final LP:
'Yusei': 1600
?: 0
He was in shock at what he heard and look towards Stardust. "Is that true Stardust?" He asked the Dragon and slowed down. In return Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon glowed as it lost its armor and transformed back into Stardust. With that Stardust shook its head showing that it didn't even know what was going on. "I see…" With that he could only drive on, his goal seemingly now fogged up by this new realization. What could it mean? Right now he had so many questions, and almost zero answers.
The masked figured approached the card on the ground and picked it up laughing "Finally! It is back in my possession! It was a bit harder than I thought it would be, however, I have the Ancient Fairy Dragon within my hands now!" Behind him, the Crimson Dragon roared and the masked figure nodded his head "Yes, apparently Ruka is back, yet I suppose we can't truly say that. It is an intruder upon our world." He readied his duel disk and then summoned all the dragons he had "We must rid this world of her and save it from its corruption!"