A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!

Chapter 8: Mark of the Monkey- Part 3

"Zeman the Ape King, attack Power Tool Dragon with Cursed Flare!" Demak ordered.

"I activated Power Tool Dragon's effect! By sending Break Draw to the graveyard, I can prevent Power Tool Dragon from being destroyed," Leo defended.

"However, the damage calculations will still be applied," Demak responded.

Leo's life points dropped as he yelled out in pain from parts of the beam hitting him. But it then subsided, causing him to look up. He widened his eyes in shock to see his dragon in front of him and shielding him from the attack.

"Power Tool Dragon… is protecting me…" Leo said.

"Leo…" Trudge muttered.

"I'll protect you, too…" Leo responded. He then yelled, "Luna!"

. . .

As Luna, Torunka, and Regulus went downstream, Torunka called, frightened, "Luna!"

Luna held onto Torunka, also frightened. Suddenly, she heard Leo calling her name and thought, 'Leo is fighting on.'

Luna turned to Regulus and called, "Regulus!"

Her sleeve slipped up her arm and the lion spirit gasped when he saw the mark on her arm. 'The mark of the Signer!' he thought.

"Uh oh…" Torunka muttered as they went towards a waterfall.

Regulus swam over and held onto the back of their shirts. They shortly fell off the river but Luna turned the clock on her staff sideways forcing time to stop before causing them to fly back up the river stream.

Regulus got out of the water, carrying Luna and Torunka on his back. Once he set them down, Torunka and Luna panted, tired and out of breath.

After a few seconds, Torunka said, "I thought I was a goner."

Luna asked Regulus, "Are you okay?"

"We finally meet," Regulus replied, not answering the question. They looked at him as he walked in front of them and sat down. "Young Signer maiden, I have waited her for the moment when you would come to this world."

Luna smiled. "You believe us, Regulus," she realized.

. . .

Leo's legs were shaking and his breathing was hard. "Leo!" Yusei called.

"Are you okay?" Trudge asked.

Leo just turned to his dragon and asked it, "Are you doing okay, Power Tool Dragon?" It nodded. Leo smiled and turned back to Demak.

"You held out, it seems," the Dark Signer stated. "I set two cards face down and end my turn."

"The real fight starts now," Leo stated as he drew his card to begin his turn. 'I need to get a card that can beat Zeman the Ape King,' he thought. "I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect, allowing me to add a random equip spell to my hand." He put his hand on the random card sticking out of the deck and thought, 'Please be the one.' He drew it and grinned. "I equip Power Tool Dragon with the equip spell Megamorph! How that for you? Now Power Tool Dragon's attack is doubled." But he stopped when the attack points stayed the same.

Demak laughed. "You ignorant fool! Megamorph is a card that doubles the attack points of the monster it's equipped to when your life points are lower than mine," he explained. "But right now, our life points are even, meaning the effect doesn't activate."

'Darn, that was supposed to be my big game-breaking combo. I'm all out of options now,' Leo thought defeated.

"It would seem fate does not smile easily on someone who is not a Signer, after all," Demak stated.

"Leo!" Yusei called and the boy looked at him. "Don't forget that the cards you poured your faith and wishes into are in that deck of yours. If you believe in your cards, they'll answer back. Just believe, and the cards you took care of won't betray you!"

"Yusei…" Leo muttered. He then looked back at the cards in his hand. His eyes widened in realization as he thought, 'Power Tool Dragon can negate being destroyed as long as I send an equip card equipped to it to the graveyard.' He then declared, "I switch Power Tool Dragon to defense mode. I end my turn there."

"To think, maintaining a defense in a Shadow Duel. Such foolishness," Demak commented.

Leo stayed calm, however, and said, "I'll trust in my cards and wait for my chance. Just like Yusei said."

. . .

"So you're the one that called me to the Spirit World, Regulus?" Luna asked.

"Yes. Ancient Fairy Dragon had told me about you," he explained. "I used all my available power while continuing to fight and cast a spell to lead you here to the Spirit World. Please forgive me to had thought you as my enemy."

"I thought you were going to gobble us up," Torunka said honestly and slightly turned his head and crossed his arms.

Luna looked at him and said nicely, "That's enough. When we fell down the waterfall, Regulus protected us." She turned to the lion spirit. "Thanks for that." She then turned to the main topic and said, "Next on the agenda is saving Ancient Fairy Dragon."

Regulus got up and said, "Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed into a crag by Zeman's curse. If we can infiltrate Zeman's castle and defeat Zeman, the Minus Curse will be lifted and those turned Minus might return to normal. Get on my back."

"Come on, Torunka," Luna called and they got on.

"Hold on tight," Regulus told them and took off.

They ran out of the forest and saw a white-blue beam of light fly outside Zeman's layer and upwards. The sky began to spin and they stopped as they saw the blue lightning.

"What's wrong?" Luna asked.

"Look up," Regulus to her.

Dark clouds surrounded the sun. "The sun looks strange," Luna said as it got darker and darker.

"Hey, what's that?" Torunka asked noticing something forming in front of the sun.

After it was fully formed, it was shown to be a Cursed Needle staff blocking the sun. The clock part of it was turning. Luna and Torunka got off Regulus.

"What's happening?" Luna wondered. But she quickly noticed all the trees and plants were disappearing. They turned around to see a mountain behind them with planets were also disappearing.

Regulus turned back and said, "This grand nature is trying to return to the primordial world."

"This is terrible. At this rate, the Spirits won't have a place to come back to," Luna commented worried. Torunka yelled out causing Luna and Regulus to turn to him. "What happened? Your clothes have gotten all baggy."

"No, my body has gotten smaller again," Torunka corrected. "If this keeps up, me and you will become babies and then poof, disappear."

"No way…" Luna said.

"We haven't a moment to lose, then," Regulus told them. "We have to defeat Zeman while we can still fight." He then told Luna, "Let's make haste."

"Right," Luna agreed and they got back on Regulus who took off again. 'Leo, Yusei, give me the strength to fight Zeman,' she thought.

. . .

Yusei's eyes widened. "Luna…" he muttered. "I'm always at your side, Luna. Remember that."

"I see you are beginning to get your true powers back, Futen," Amaterasu stated. "It means you may be able to fight better. And it also means your time here is drawing to a close."

"Yusei, were you telling the truth about what happens when you go back to the place of the gods?" Trudge asked.

Yusei nodded. "When I return, every memory of every one person who had met me will be lost. It will be as if I, in the real Yusei's form, were never here. Your memories and actions of me will be replaced by another and the person in your memories will be the person you will know for the rest of your lives," he explained.

"Are you really alright with that?" Trudge asked.

"It's the life of a god, Trudge," Yusei responded. "The only way people will ever acknowledge our existence is if an envoy, a messenger, of the gods would spread around that knowledge."

"But, Yusei…" Trudge was cut off by Demak beginning his turn.

"Zeman, attack Power Tool Dragon!" the Dark Signer ordered.

"Bring it on if you want! Not only is Power Tool Dragon in defense mode, but it's equip card will help shield it, so I won't take any damage," Leo called.

"Useless," Demak responded. "I activate the continuous trap, Roaring Earth! When a beast type monster attacks a defense position monster, it will still inflict damage."

Zeman attacked while Leo sent Megamorph to the graveyard. His life points dropped to 2000 as he took some more real damage.

"Power Tool Dragon won't be destroyed as long as I send an equip spell from my monster," Leo told Demak. But he gasped when chunks fell off Power Tool Dragon and it let out a roar of pain. "Power Tool Dragon is getting hurt. Why?"

"When you receive Roaring Earth's effect, one monster on your field decreases in attack and defense power by 300 points (Power Tool Dragon: Attack 2000/ Defense 2200)," Demak explained. "I set a face down and end my turn. How pathetic. You remain on the field, while you and your monster make an unsightly exhibition of yourselves."

Leo looked up at the beaten up Power Tool Dragon and gave him a smile. "Thanks, Power Tool Dragon. You took so much punishment protecting me," he told his dragon. He then turned back to Demak determinedly and said, "I don't care how banged up he looks. We will protect Luna."

. . .

Luna, Regulus, and Torunka were outside of Zeman's layer. Luna said, "So that's where Zeman is."

"Security looks pretty tight," Torunka commented.

"Yes," Regulus agreed. "If we approach without a plan, we will most likely get caught without a plan."

"What should we do then?" Luna asked. 'I'm betting Yusei would know. He's one of the best strategists I've ever seen. I guess I shouldn't be surprised if he's a god,' he thought.

Suddenly, a ball of light came down in front of Luna. "What is that?" Torunka wondered.

The ball of light soon elongated a bit and the light of it dimmed to reveal a glowing scroll. Luna slowly took it and read it to herself: "Remember, Luna. Even when it seems you're in a tight spot, you can get out of it by thinking of things in a different view. If someone is guarding, instead of looking for a way to attack, look for a way passed them." She went wide eyed in realization.

"What is it, Luna?" Regulus asked.

"This is going to sound like a crazy idea, but I think Yusei was sending me this to tell me what to do," Luna responded.

"Yusei?" Torunka answered.

Luna nodded. "But… he's really God Futen," he replied.

"As in the God of Winds?!" Torunka exclaimed. "Like, the one who got trapped in the human world while making his million year rounds?!"

"Yes," Luna answered.

"What's the plan, Luna?" Regulus answered.

In Zeman's lair, the Ape King asked, "Was Regulus finally caught?"

The monkey kneeling before him answered, "Yes."

"Well done. Now all we need is for Regulus to completely minimize Ancient Fairy Dragon," Zeman commented.

The monkey however said, "It wasn't the capture units that captured him."

"Who was it then?" Zeman asked.

"Someone called the Traveling Magician," the monkey answered.

"Bring them in," Zeman ordered.

The doors opened and Luna and Torunka, who were in disguise, walked in along with a cage that had Regulus in it which some monkeys were pushing. Once they got near the middle of the room, Luna and Torunka kneeled.

"Great Monkey King Zeman, it is a great honor to meet you," Luna greeted.

"I-It is i-indeed, King Zeman," Torunka followed, stuttering a bit.

"Raise your head," Zeman told her which she followed.

She then thought to herself, 'This person I'm looking at is Zeman.' She quietly gasped when she heard Kuribon's voice and turned to see the wall of captured spirits. "Kuribon…" she whispered almost silently. "Sunny Pixie and Sunlight Unicorn… I'm going to save you, don't worry."

"From what I have heard, you are the Traveling Magician," Zeman told the girl.

"Yes," she answered.

"I am her assistant," Torunka stated.

"How were you able to capture Regulus when my units couldn't despite our best efforts?" Zeman asked.

Luna pulled out a disguised Cursed Needle making Zeman curious. "Oh power to control all spirits… come rest in my hand. Awaken!" Luna chanted.

Regulus woke up, standing up and growling, scaring the monkey soldiers. "Be quelled!" Regulus instantly calmed down and went back to sleep.

"You control him quite easily," Zeman commented.

"Yes. Magician's spells will control any violent spirit," Torunka responded.

"That is highly dubious," Zeman said. "Do you really use magic?"

"Do you still doubt me? Should I sic Regulus on your soldier?" Luna asked and pointed her disguised staff at his soldiers. They became scared and begged her not to do it.

"No, you shouldn't," Zeman responded. "Getting Regulus was good enough. Hurry up and minimize him." With a signal of his hand, the monkeys surround the cage Regulus is in.

"Wait," Luna told him.

"What is it?" Zeman asked.

"If you insist on casting the Minus Cruse, then the spell I spent the trouble casting on him would be lifted. And if that happens, Regulus will go berserk once again," Luna told him.

"What do you propose we do, then?" Zeman asked. "There is no point in simply showing me some tricks Regulus can do in a cage."

"If I may be so blunt, might one assume that you don't know of the way to minimize Regulus?" Luna replied.

"What do you mean?" Zeman asked.

"You are familiar with the fact that Regulus is Ancient Fairy Dragon's servant, are you not?" Luna asked.

"Of course I know. Sealing Ancient Fairy Dragon in that crag was well and good, but I have been in great straits over not being able to completely minimize it," he answered.

"In that case, I can get straight to the point. If you can simultaneously case the curse whilst unsealing Ancient Fairy Dragon, you can minimize both, making them your own," Luna told the Ape King.

"You ask me to unseal Ancient Fairy Dragon?" Zeman asked a bit surprised.

"There is no other way," Luna replied.

Zeman narrowed his eyes at her while Luna kept the same stare. Torunka shifted uncomfortably at the stares they gave each other.

Slowly, Zeman said, "Very well. I shall trust what you say."

"We did it," Torunka said quietly.

"Be quiet," Luna whispered.

Zeman got up and said, "Come forth to me, Ancient Fairy Dragon!" He pointed his staff at the pit and a yellow light flew out.

When the light cleared, the crag where Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed up was revealed in the pit like screen. Luna and Torunka walked over to get a better view.

"Ancient Fairy Dragon…" Luna muttered.

. . .

Yusei, Amasterasu, and Trudge were watching the duel play out. Leo began his turn. "I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect to add a random equip spell to my hand," he declared. He drew his card. "Yes!" he exclaimed quietly.

. . .

Inside Zeman's castle, Luna thought, 'I'll rescue you, Ancient Fairy Dragon.'

"Magician," Zeman called and she looked at him. "If I unseal Ancient Fairy Dragon right here and now and minimize both it and Regulus, its powers will be mine?"

"That is correct," Luna answered.

"I understand," Zeman agreed. "But if what you are saying is lies, then you shall pay dearly."

"But it's true. It will make Ancient Fairy Dragon all yours," Torunka told him.

"Hmph," Zeman responded and lifted his staff. He pointed it at the pit. "Cursed Needle, release Ancient Fairy Dragon!" The Needle appeared and a dark aura on the dragon's crag appeared, making Ancient Fairy Dragon regain its color and shape.

As Luna and Torunka watched, Torunka said, "Yes, just like that." Luna stayed silent as she watched Ancient Fairy Dragon's face get back its color.

Zeman then asked the monkeys, "What're you doing? Bring me Regulus!" They immediately obeyed. They went over to Regulus' cage and opened it.

Luna chanted, "Oh power to control all spirits, come rest in my hand. Regulus, come forward!" He instantly got up and walked out of the cage, having an emotionless look.

Torunka danced a bit saying how "incredible" it was that Ancient Fairy Dragon was all Zeman's. But he suddenly, lost his balance and bumped into Luna causing them to fall. After getting up. the Minus staff Torunka was holding switched its clock sideways.

It forced Torunka to say, "Zeman sure is an idiot. We've got him totally suckered." He gave a scared look when he realized what he just said.

"What was that you said?" Zeman asked.

Luna looked at Torunka saying his name in a slightly panicked tone. Torunka then went on to say, "We're here to rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon, and you haven't caught onto it, nitwit."

One of the monkeys asked, "Why do you have the same staff we do?"

Luna started to get up asking, "Torunka, why did you say that?" But she lost her balance and bumped into Torunka which knocked their hats off.

One of the monkeys said, "That's the girl from the Town of SchWank!"

Another said, "She's no Magician!"

"We're busted," Torunka said.

"We were so close," Luna said.

"You were deceiving me all along! Seize them!" Zeman ordered his minions. The monkeys immediately obeyed and ran towards Luna and Torunka.

Regulus instantly jumped in and grabbed them, saving them from being caught. For a few seconds, they ran from the monkeys while on Regulus' back.

"Capture them!" a monkey called.

"I will never hand you Ancient Fairy Dragon!" Zeman called. He pointed his staff at the pit and the Cursed Needle above the dragon's crag turned sideways, turning her to how she was before. Luna was saddened to see her friend being minimized again.

"What a horrible mess! And all because I goofed up," Torunka said.

"Luna, give me the staff," Regulus told the Signer.

"Do you have a plan?" she asked.

"I am going to combine two Minuses to change it into Plus energy, just like when you lifted the curse from me," he explained.

"But won't that create another explosion?" Torunka asked worried.

"Hurry, otherwise Ancient Fairy Dragon will be sealed up entirely," Regulus replied, not answering the question. Luna nodded and handed over the crag. Regulus took the Minus staff and bumped it against the cage he was in. As he did, he narrowed the bars so the monkeys couldn't get in. He told the two, "Stay in there." He then turned and headed for Zeman.

Two monkeys get near the cage, telling them to open up while another said to turn them into Minus. Torunka and Luna backed away a bit, while Luna said, "Regulus can do this."

. . .

Leo switched Power Tool Dragon into attack mode. He looked at his dragon and said, "Let's throw our very best at him." His dragon's eyes burned red after Leo had said this, showing his agreement. "I equip Double Tool C&D to Power Tool Dragon! This raises its attack by 1000 (Power Tool Dragon: 3000)."

"So? You just lined up its attack points with Zeman the Ape King's," Demak responded unfazed. "In the eyes of a non-Signer such as yourself, that bit of nothing is the very best you have?"

"Just keep blowing smoke. Power Tool Dragon, attack Zeman the Ape King!" Leo ordered. His dragon went for Demak's ape.

. . .

Regulus jumped toward Zeman. Zeman held out his staff and his and Regulus' collided, producing a small white flash. A dark aura surrounded Zeman and Regulus.

Zeman told the lion, "Stay out of my way!"

"Regulus!" Luna and Torunka called.

Regulus looked at the crag Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed in and called, "Ancient Fairy Dragon, please come back to me!" He got out of the struggle and jumped back at Zeman.

. . .

Power Tool Dragon was heading for Zeman the Ape King and Demak said, "You're settling for a draw. Wait…"

"That's right. Power Tool Dragon won't be destroyed as long as it's equipped with an equip spell," Leo responded. Two white barriers formed in front of Leo's monster as it collided with Zeman's staff.

. . .

Regulus' Cursed Needle staff collided again with Zeman's, but this time a big flash occurred which destroyed all the monkeys and produced fire. As the fire headed towards Luna and Torunka, Luna's mark glowed and a red barrier protected them both.

"Don't think this is over," Zeman said. "As soon as I am defeated, the Minus Curse will be sent to the Dark Signer Demak!" Luna gasped hearing what Zeman had said before the ape king was destroyed.

. . .

Power Tool Dragon destroyed Zeman and Leo yelled excited, glad he beat Zeman the Ape King. He then discarded Double Tool C&D from his dragon so it will go unharmed, though its attack points dropped back down to 2000.

"He beat it," Trudge said. "He finally beat the Dark Synchro monster."

"Wait…" Yusei paused alert.

Demak laughed. Leo asked, "What're you laughing about?"

Instead of answering, Demak played, "I reveal my face down! The trap card, Dark Matter! When a Synchro Monster is destroyed, it sets two cards from the top of my deck, treating them as monster cards." He played two cards and both were revealed to be Fighter Ape and Magician Ape.

"I equip Power Tool Dragon with Power Converter and end my turn," Leo finished and Demak laughed sinisterly.

. . .

The entire room was a mess. After a few seconds Luna called, "Regulus!"

Then. a Dark Sage stated showing up, "Good grief. I finally managed to return back to normal."

"You're…" Luna's statement was finished by the old man.

"Yes, it's me," he stated.

"Torunka? Is that really you?" Luna asked.

"I told you that I was an old man," he said and laughed a bit.

"Luna," Regulus called as he walked up.

She ran over to him. "Regulus, I'm glad you're okay," she said.

"Are you okay, Regulus?" Torunka asked.

"It seems that Zeman has been completely obliterated," Regulus stated, not answering the question again.

"Where's Ancient Fairy Dragon, then?" Luna asked.

"I don't see her anywhere," he answered.

"No way…" Luna said. She looked at the tablets and thought, 'The spirits haven't turned back to normal either. But why? The curse was lifted.' She then gasped, realizing what Zeman said that the curse was sent to Demak.

. . .

Demak smirked and began his turn by drawing a card. "Young boy, I must thank you for defeating Zeman earlier," he said.

"What do you mean?" Leo asked angrily.

"Because of you, I now have all the preparations to summon my Earthbound Immortal card," Demak explained and held up the card to show it to Leo. Yusei immediately recognized what the Dark Signer had showed to Leo and became even more worried. "I release my set monsters." Leo began the panic, thinking of how he was going to get sacrificed. "Don't worry. As the competitor, you won't have your soul absorbed. I have more than enough sacrifices. I sacrifice the spirits souls, descent forth, Earthbound Immortal Cusillu (Attack 2800/ Defense 2400)!"

"Here it comes," Yusei said.

Right after, the purple flames got very big and Yusei covered his eyes along with Amaterasu. 'The Dark Energy in these flames just spiked massively, more than when I dueled Kalin and Roman. How's he summoning that thing?' he thought. He heard Leo yell out and thought, 'Don't worry, Leo. I'm sure you'll be fine.'

. . .

In the sky of the Spirit World, a purple monkey geoglyph appeared which Luna, Torunka, and Regulus noticed. Suddenly, orbs came out of the tablets and flew towards the geoglyph.

"The souls of the spirits are…" Regulus stopped.

"What the devil is about to transpire?" Torunka wondered.

"The Earthbound Immortal is trying to awaken!" Luna said alert.

. . .

The spirits flew out of the ground and up to the heart container which was getting more and more purple with each spirit absorbed. Once enough sacrifices are in the container, a purple beam shot down from the geoglyph in the sky and onto the ground. The ground began to shake until a giant, yellow glowing dark monkey appeared and let out a small roar. Leo yelled in fear as it was seen to have 2800 attack points.

"The Earthbound Immortal!" Trudge said. "It's finally showed up."

Yusei and Amaterasu had lowered their arms to look and the God of Wind said, "This is bad. The Earthbound Immortal is going to go in for a direct attack."

"My great god, Earthbound Immortal Cusillu cannot be attacked by the likes of your monsters. In addition, it is not affected by any spell or trap card effects," Demak explained.

Leo was shocked and exclaimed, "No way!"

"Also, there are eight monsters in my graveyard," he added. "So Closed Forest will elevate the attack power of Earthbound Immortal Cusillu (Earthbound Immortal Cusillu: Attack 3600) (A/N: Once again, I never agreed with this. Made no sense to me since he just said that it can't be affected by spell and traps AND this isn't what the real card is like at all. So I'm sorry, I'm just going by the what the episode said and I can't really change that too much. Don't be harsh about that because it wasn't my choosing to make it like that.)! May you curse your misfortune for ever intruding into this battle of the gods! Earthbound Immortal Cusillu, attack the non-Signer directly!" The Earthbound Immortal raised its fist and prepared to attack.

Yusei got worried and said, "If this attack connects, Leo's finished."

"Leo!" Trudge called.

"Finished nothing!" Leo retorted. "I send Power Converter equipped to Power Tool Dragon to the graveyard, which gives me life points equal to Power Tool Dragon's attack." His life points then jumped to 4000. "But this'll make Power Tool Dragon's attack become zero for this turn." The Earthbound Immortal hit the ground and the force caused Leo to get hit by debris and knocked to the ground. He tried to get up as the smoke cleared and his life points dropped to 400. "I- I can't lose. If I'm finished off here, Luna will… Luna will…"

. . .

"Leo…" Luna muttered, sensing and hearing what he said. She turned to Regulus and Torunka. "Leo's in danger!"

"What do you mean?" Torunka asked. Before she could answer, a white light enveloped them for a second and they flew up into the sky. "We're going to get sucked into the geoglyph!"

"At this rate, the Spirit World will be confined to eternal darkness," Regulus said.

"Leave this to me," Torunka said.

"Torunka," Luna responded.

"I shall use the last of my power to send you back to your own world. It's up to you, Luna. Beat the Earthbound Immortal," the Dark Sage told her.

"Yes," Regulus agreed. "The Spirit World's future rests in your hands."

"Regulus… Torunka…" Luna said before he used his staff to produce a white flash which enveloped Luna before she vanished to the real world.

. . .

A red orb came down from the sky, surprising Demak and everyone.

"What is it?" Trudge asked.

"It's Luna," Yusei answered. His comment was confirmed as the light cleared revealing the young girl.

After opening her eyes, she looked at the beaten form of Leo. Luna instantly kneeled down to him, deeply worried. "Say something, Leo. Leo…" she called to him.

He lifted his head a bit and said, "You came back."

Luna lifted him up. "You fought getting hurt this badly, even though you faced against a Dark Signer," she said.

"I wanted to beat that guy before you came back. I knew I couldn't play the hero," Leo responded as his eyes began to water a bit.

"That's not true!" Luna told him causing him to look at her. "Leo, you… in my eyes, you're… the best a hero could get!" She hugged him as tears fell off her face. Leo was silent but after a few seconds, he closed his eyes and began to sob as he let his tears out as well.

Yusei watched silently, but thought, 'Luna would make a good envoy. She has a generous and bright spirit.'

Demak then said, "The gang's all here. You will fall prey to my Earthbound Immortal, young Signer."

"So you were the one commanding Zeman to collect all those spirits' souls," Luna responded. "I will never forgive you for hurting the spirits and for hurting the one person I hold most dear." She grabbed Leo's duel disk and while unattaching it from him said, "I'll duel in your place."

"What are you saying?" he asked. "I told you I'd protect you, didn't I? I should be the one to fight."

Luna took off his duel disk and put it on her arm. "Don't worry. You did best just for me; and now I'll do my best just as hard as you," she told him.

"Stop, if you fight Demak, even you will…" he trailed off.

Luna smiled. "I'll be fine, don't worry," she told him. She got up.

"Luna!" Yusei called and she looked at him. They then noticed their marks glowing.

"I won't lose," Luna said. "Because I have Leo and everyone else by my side." She looked at Power Tool Dragon who lowered itself down to her. "Hang in there, Power Tool Dragon." It looked at her, readiness in its eyes. She turned back to Demak.

"Even life points on the same level, they are as cinders and will be ample tribute to my god," Demak remarked. "Allow me to show my respects to you, young Signer, but summoning a very special spirit. I activate Cursed Prison! This allows me to special summon one synchro monster onto my field, ignoring its summoning conditions in defense mode." He held up the card making Luna gasp. "Appear now, my prisoner, Ancient Fairy Dragon (Attack 2100/ Defense 3000)!" The trap card turned white as a cage came out of it with Ancient Fairy Dragon inside.

"Ancient Fairy Dragon…" Luna said worriedly.

"I end my turn," Demak said "How does it feel to face the very same dragon you are linked to by the bonds of fate as an enemy?"

'Ancient Fairy Dragon, hold on. Leo and I are going to rescue you,' Luna thought before drawing her card to begin her turn. "I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect which allows me to add a random equip spell to my hand!" After drawing the card, she played, "I equip Power Tool Dragon with the equip spell Central Shield!"

"Central Shield is the ultimate shield that reduces all attack damage other than towards the equipped monster to zero, whether your Earthbound Immortal is affected by spells or traps," Leo explained. "Good job, Luna."

She nodded and thought, 'This shield will protect me, along with Leo's hopes.' She then finished her turn with two face downs.

"It seems you cannot attack Ancient Fairy Dragon, after all," Demak remarked. "But my Earthbound Immortal isn't limited to just attack directly. Very well. As you wish, I shall crush that toy dragon of yours! Earthbound Immortal Cusillu, attack Power Tool Dragon!" The Immortal brought its fist towards the mechanical dragon.

Luna however played her face down, "I activate the quick-play spell card, Limiter Removal! This doubles this 'toy's' attack points (Power Tool Dragon: Attack 4000)!" The Earthbound Immortal's fist collided with Power Tool Dragon, creating a huge explosion and shook the entire area. Leo and Luna covered their eyes.

After the explosion cleared, Trudge said, "They did it."

"No," Amaterasu correct. "Not yet." Yusei nodded in agreement.

Demak cursed before saying to the twins, "You are fools for daring to defy such god-like power!" His life points fell to 2100. "My Earthbound Immortal shall not falter. By sacrificing a monster on my field, Earthbound Immortal Cusillu will avoid destruction and halve your life points. This is why I summoned Ancient Fairy Dragon. So I release it!" A dark circle surrounded Luna and hurt her as her life points fell to 200.

Luna weakly began to fall but Leo caught her asking, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," she answered. "Now the real fight can get started."

"What do you mean?" Demak asked.

"I knew you were going to send Ancient Fairy Dragon to the graveyard from the start. And now you're giving me back my dear friend," Luna explained. "I activate my face down, Respect Synchron! When a synchro monster is sent to the graveyard through an opponent's card effect, this can ignore summoning conditions and special summon it to my field!" This shocked Demak visibly as a light appeared below Leo and Luna. As the monster surfaced, Regulus appeared only known by the two gods and Luna and broke the chains. Ancient Fairy Dragon unfolded her wings and her eyes turned more yellow. She lifted her head upwards and roared out.

"Wow," Leo muttered. He then told his twin, "You did it, Luna!" She nodded and they both looked up at the dragon.

"Ancient Fairy Dragon, we finally get to meet," she told her dragon friend.

Ancient Fairy Dragon lowered herself slightly and said, "Luna, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping the promise you made on that day so long ago. Thank you so much."

Trudge walked a bit closer and said, "So that's Ancient Fairy Dragon?"

"Yeah," Yusei answered.

"That's something else, I tell you," Trudge remarked.

"She doesn't seemed to have aged much since the last time you saw her, huh, Yusei?" Amaterasu asked. Trudged looked at him confused.

"No, she hasn't," he answered.

"Uh, you met that dragon before?" Trudge asked.

Yusei nodded but said, "We can talk about that later, though. The match isn't over yet."

Luna played, "I send Central Shield to the graveyard to negate the effect of Limiter Removal which would've destroyed Power Tool Dragon!"

"Stupendous! A real Signer is altogether different!" Demak remarked. "I end my turn. Now show me a real duel elected by the gods!"

"Don't the Dark Signers know the gods don't design a person's fate?" Yusei asked bored.

"Apparently not," Amaterasu answered sounding annoyed.

"Let's go, Leo," the Signer told her twin.

"Yeah," he agreed. "It's our turn!" They drew the card together.

"We activate Ancient Fairy Dragon's effect! This destroys a field spell and gives us 1000 life points," Luna explained.

"Field spell?" Demak repeated surprised. Closed Forest was destroyed along with the forest it made around them.

"Alright!" Leo exclaimed excitedly as Luna's life points went from 200 to 1200. "And now, your Earthbound Immortal loses the extra attack it gained from Closed Forest's effect (Earthbound Immortal Cusillu: Attack 2800)."

"Plus, an Earthbound Immortal's effect is negated if there is no field spell on the field," Yusei pointed out.

"Luna did a good job," Trudge remarked.

"And now I'll activate Power Tool Dragon's effect! This adds one random equip spell to my hand!" Luna declared and drew the card. "Now I equip Rocket Pilder to Power Tool Dragon and Pain to Power to Ancient Fairy Dragon! Power Tool Dragon, attack Earthbound Immortal Cusillu!"

"You are attacking with Power Tool Dragon, the one with lower attack power?" Demak responded confused.

The rocket attached to Power Tool Dragon fired, causing it to fly up towards Earthbound Immortal Cusillu. The Earthbound Immortal tried to hit Power Tool Dragon, but the dragon evaded it, hitting the Immortal in the stomach. It caused a massive explosion and Leo shielded Luna from the force of it as her life points dropped to 400.

As the smoke cleared, Demak said, "It's just as I thought. You chose to receive god's punishment, did you?"

"Don't count on it," Leo told Demak.

"Since Power Tool Dragon is equipped with Rocket Pilder, it won't be destroyed," Luna explained. "And it'll decrease your Immortal's attack by Power Tool Dragon's attack (Earthbound Immortal Cusillu: Attack 800)." This shocked Demak and a visible hole was placed in the Immortal where Power Tool Dragon hit. "And since Ancient Fairy Dragon was equipped with Pain to Power, all that damage I took was worth it. Because it increases her attack equal the damage I took from Power Tool Dragon's attack (Ancient Fairy Dragon: Attack 2900)." Her dragon let out a roar. "Ancient Fairy Dragon, turn my pain into power. Attack! Eternal sunshine!" Ancient Fairy Dragon slowly flew up and opened its wings to produce a blinding, rainbow colored light that caused Trudge and Leo to cover their eyes but Yusei, Amaterasu, and Luna didn't bother, being fine with the light.

Cusillu dissolved while Demak's hood was thrown back from the blast as his life points hit zero. The surrounding Monkey geoglyph faded away.

"Nice job, Luna!" Leo complimented.

"Thanks. And now the Duel Monster spirits will be freed," Luna responded.

Demak, though, with pitch- black eyes and dust pouring from his body slowly approached the twins. Leo stepped in front of his sister, acting as a shield.

"Roman, forgive me," Demak called. "I am useless to you. But I will bring you two down with…" He reached for the twins but Yusei pushed them out of the way before he could make contact. The Dark Signer then collapsed into a pile of dust, leaving the others to watch in anxiety.

"If he had somewhat recently turned, I could've brought him back temporarily and saved him the trouble of the Underworld," Amaterasu stated. "But he died on the day of Zero Reverse along with Roman. That is too far back for me to save."

"That's true," Yusei answered.

. . .

In the Spirit World, the monkey geoglyph disappeared from the sky and the souls of the spirits returned to the tablets in Zeman's castle where they were released.

Torunka said, "Luna has managed to free us." He then told the spirits of her endeavor.

. . .

Trudge and Yusei complimented the twins on how they performed in the duel. Ancient Fairy Dragon and Regulus, though, then appeared in front of the party.

"What's going on? Is the solid vision from the duel still active?" Trudge asked, still refusing to believe in existence such as spirits.

"No, Officer Trudge. We are not illusions. We are real," Ancient Fairy Dragon told him.

"Did that thing just speak?" Trudge asked before fainting.

"Luna, thanks to you the spirits have returned and are safe," Ancient Fairy Dragon told the young Signer.

"That's great to know. But some of the thanks belongs to Yusei and Leo for supporting me," Luna told the dragon.

"Then I offer my thanks to Leo and Futen as well," Ancient Fairy Dragon stated. "Futen, it is good to see you again."

"Huh? Do you know Yusei?" Luna asked.

"We met once, Luna," Yusei answered. "I had tried to save her from the Earthbound Immortal that captured her five thousand years ago. It almost caught me as well and she told me to let her go. I had promised her I would find a way to make sure she was saved. It's why I sent you that note in the Spirit World."

"So it was you who sent that!" Luna exclaimed and Yusei nodded with a slight grin.

He turned back to Ancient Fairy Dragon. "Ancient Fairy Dragon, we do need your help in our battle against the Dark Signers. Can you help us?"

"The Spirit World and this world will never be safe as long as the Dark Signers are present. I will help you," she told her. "And I will stand by you, Luna."

"I too will stand by you, until the bitter end," Regulus stated before turning into card form in Luna's hand.

Yusei and the twins proceeded into the tower that Demak was guarding. Luna inserted Ancient Fairy Dragon into the control unit. An alarm went off and the tower began to shake.

"We need to get out of here," Yusei stated and they ran out. As soon as they were out, the tower sunk into the ground, leaving no trace behind.

Trudge woke up again, finding that the spirits have disappeared along with the tower. "Uh… wasn't there a tower here?" he asked.

"Nope," Leo answered.

"Didn't see one," Luna followed.

"Ugh… I need some sleep. First Duel Monster spirits and now a tower?" the Sector Security responded.

Luna and Leo laughed. "Gotcha," they said.

"Futen, you're the next tower, correct?" Amaterasu asked.

"Yes," Yusei answered. "It's the Giant and it's where I'll have to settle things with my old friend Kalin."

"Who are you?" Leo asked the goddess.

"This is Amaterasu," Yusei introduced. "She's the Goddess of the Sun and a dear friend of mine." He then turned back to the topic at hand. "But we need to get going."

They nodded in acceptance and took off.