When the smoke cleared Power Tool Dragon was standing strong, but the Vilespawn Dragon was nowhere to be seen.

"I DID IT! I DID IT!!!" exclaimed Leo while jumping up and down.

The others were just looking at the scene with their jaws wide open.

"Leo… just destroyed the Vilespawn Dragon…" said Trudge

"Now I've seen everything."

"That's my brother down there." said Luna.

Just then Rally noticed something odd.

"Uh… guys… why didn't Lucifer's life points go to 0?"

(Lucifer: 1900)

Lucifer was on his knees, but they noticed that he had activated some kind of spell card. The other punched it up to see what had happened.

"When you have the spell card Miracle Barrier in your graveyard, you can remove it from play to draw two cards from your deck and reduce any damage you take that turn to 0."

Lucifer rose to his feet. He was wearing his helmet, so Leo couldn't see how mad he looked.

"You destroyed the dragon… YOU DESTROYED THE VILESPAWN DRAGON!!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"

Leo wasn't intimidated by this threat. He had taken out the maniac's best card, the rest would be cake.

"It's my turn! And I summon Dragon Homunculus C in attack mode!"

(ATK: 1000 DEF: 500)

"What does that one do again?"

"It doesn't matter, since Lucifer still has more life points than Leo, Megamorph doubles the Power Tool Dragon's attack points."

(ATK: 4600)

"You should all know by now that attack points aren't everything, especially when you're dueling one who is about to become a god! Dragon Homunculus C, attack him directly!"

"What!?!"

The Dragon Homunculus C slithered like snake under Power Tool Dragon and bit Leo.

(Leo: 0)

(Kinda anticlimactic, isn't it?)

Lucifer may have won the duel, but he still looked really angry.

"Not even a signer, but a mere boy is able to destroy the great Vilespawn Dragon? NO ONE DISRESPECTS THE DRAGON AND LIVES!!!"

Lucifer stretched out his arms, suddenly what appeared to be a huge blast of lightening erupted out of his hands and struck Leo.

"!!!"

"LEO! NO!!!"

None of the others could stop Luna from going.

"I think we just figured out what power Akiza's mark gave him."

"LEAVE MY BROTHER ALONE! I'M THE ONE YOU WANT!"

Lucifer considered his options for a moment, then he stopped and let Leo fall to the earth.

"LEO! Please tell me you're alright!"

There was smoke emanating from Leo's body.

"Cough… did… did anyone catch the… number on that… bus? Cough… I've never felt anything so… so… so… painful in my life… I… I… feel… like I… cough… like I was… being burned alive… If… if… if no one minds… I'd like to take a… a… a… quick nap."

"LEO!!!"

"Don't worry about your pathetic brother, it's time that you and I duel signer!"

"LUNA!!!"

"The others tried to stop her, when suddenly it felt like they hit an invisible wall."

"What the heck is this?" asked Trudge.

"It's… some kind of wall of telekinetic energy." said Akiza "Lucifer doesn't want us to interfere."

"Don't worry about me! Just take care of Leo!"

"Err… She's right, he's in pretty bad shape. We need to get him back inside."

Luna turned to face Lucifer.

"I'm going to make you pay for what you've done to my brother!"

"We'll see…"

"Let's duel!"

"Do you think she stands a chance?" asked Crow.

"Absolutely not." said Jack.

"But if Leo can come that close to defeating him, who's to say she can't?"

"That's just how Lucifer duels…" said Akiza "Yusei, Jack, and I all almost had him… but when we think we've dealt the killing blow he comes back to deliver it himself."

"You know Luna, I really thank you…"

"For what?"

"It is because of you that I was able to find the Vilespawn Dragon card… I was created with the DNA from all five of you signers… I inherited Akiza's telekinetic powers and your ability to talk to spirits… That's right… I can hear them too… When I killed my creator and let the darkness in my soul take over I could hear the Vilespawn Dragon calling out to me from the Impound Center… I rescued him and he helped me discover my power… and now all because of your abilities I'm only two steps away from becoming a god!"

"Don't listen to him Luna… None of this is your fault."

"Is your precious Ancient Fairy Dragon whispering words of encouragement to you? To bad it won't help… And since you're at such a disadvantage I'll let you make the first move…"

"Err… Fine with me!"

Luna looked over the cards in her hand. She had to admit she was scared, but she was even angrier at Lucifer for what he had to Leo and her friends.

"I'll place one card face down and activate the continuous spell card Spring of Rebirth. And I'll end my turn by summoning Kuribon in attack mode!"

(ATK: 300 DEF: 200)

Sure Luna's deck didn't look like much at first glance, but over the years Yusei and Akiza had helped her learn a few new tricks.

"I see… You think what helped you defeat your brother when he was possessed by Drakonadon is going to help you defeat me… Yes Luna… I know all about that. And I tell you that your strategy isn't going to work. First I'll place this card face down, and summon Dragon Homunculus A in attack mode!"

(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800)

"Next I activate Stamping Destruction! Since I have a dragon type monster in play I can use this spell card to destroy one spell or trap on your side of the field!"

Dragon Homunculus A flew over and stomped on Luna's card, shattering it to pieces.

"No! My Bad Reaction to Simochi!"

"It's gone, and now you lose 500 life points."

(Luna: 3500)

"Dragon Homunculus A, attack Kuribon!"

The attack was successful, but due to Kuribon's effect it was returned to Luna's hand instead of being destroyed.

"Not good. Now Lucifer gains life points equal to his monster's attack points." said Jack.

(Lucifer: 6000)

"But since Kuribon was returned to my hand, Spring of Rebirth gives me a life point boost as well!"

(Luna: 4000)

"Oh, you gained back the 500 points I took from you, I'm so afraid."

"This is not gonna end well." said Rally.

"Okay…" thought Luna "I got off to a rocky start, but it's like Yusei says, the duel isn't over until one of us loses all our life points… I'll place a card face down and summon Sunlight Unicorn!"

(ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000)

"Next I activate Sunlight Unicorn's special ability! Now if the card at the top of my deck is an equip spell, then I get to add it to my hand… And it looks like its Horn of the Unicorn, which I'll now equip to my Sunlight Unicorn!"

(ATK: 2500 DEF: 1700)

"Sunlight Unicorn, attack his Homunculus!"

(Lucifer: 5500)

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"You should know by now it isn't that easy to get rid of my monsters. I activate Cloning Machine Type-X to special summon another Dragon Homunculus A from my deck!"

(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800)

"Well… in that case… I'll end my turn with a face down."

"It's my turn! And I think I'll activate Dragon Homunculus A's effect. Since he's the only monster on my field, I can now destroy one monster on yours!"

Sunlight Unicorn was vaporized from the monster's blast.

"Next I'll summon Dragon Homunculus B in attack mode!"

(ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000)

"Homunculus A, attack Luna directly!"

"Not so fast, I activate the trap card Dimensional Prison! This removes your attacking monster from play!"

Just like that Dragon Homunculus A vanished into thin air.

"Oh great… Since she removed him from play, I can't use my Cloning Machine to bring him back. They're all starting to adapt to my playing strategy… No matter, once I've dispatched little Luna, I'll just need to beat the bird brain. Good thing I took out their best players first. Dragon Homunculus B, attack her directly!"

(Luna: 2200)

"I activate the trap card Fairy Dust! From now on, I can draw a card from my deck for every 500 life points I lose, and since you just caused me to lose 1800 life points, I get to draw three new cards!"

"Go ahead and draw if you think it will help."

"Okay… Lucifer has a huge lead… Time to see if that little trick Akiza taught me can work. I'll place a card face down and summon Nurse Reficule the Fallen One!"

(ATK: 1400 DEF: 600)

"Next I activate the field spell Ancient Forest! From now on if a monster attacks, it's automatically destroyed at the end of the damage step!"

"Oh… Like that'll stop me… It' my turn!"

"Which means I can activate this trap, Gift Card! Normally this card would cause you to gain 3000 life points, but thanks to Nurse Reficule the Fallen One, you lose 3000 life points instead!"

(Lucifer: 2500)

"Thatta girl!"

"Impressive…" said Lucifer "That Gift Card combo is a nice trick, but don't tell me that's all you've got.

"Just make your move!"

"Very well… Since I can't attack without destroying my own monster, I think I'll just play the spell Hand Destruction, this forces us both to discard two cards from our hands, and then we both draw two cards from our decks."

"It's my turn! And I activate the spell card Rain of Mercy! Normally this would cause us both to gain 1000 life points, but thanks to Nurse Reficule the Fallen One's effect I'll be the only one who gains life points!"

(Luna: 3200)

(Lucifer: 1500)

"In the past two turns Lucifer has lost a total of 4000 life points, and yet he doesn't even seem to care!"

"Crow, you better get outta here while you still can. I don't think Luna can last much longer."

"Hmm… She's right about that… Already little Luna is walking deep into my trap. I'll just place this card face down and end my turn."

"It's my turn then, and I summon Sunny Pixie!"

(ATK: 300 DEF: 400)

"Next I activate Double Summon, now I can summon Dream Sprite!"

(ATK: 300 DEF: 200)

"Now I'll tune my Sunny Pixie to my Dream Sprite and Nurse Reficule the Fallen One, in order to synchro summon Ancient Fairy Dragon!"

(ATK: 2100 DEF: 3000)

"And since I used Sunny Pixie to synchro summon a light attribute monster, I gain 1000 life points!"

(Luna: 4200)

"Hmm… I pass there's nothing I can do."

"It's my turn again, and I summon Regulus in attack mode!"

(ATK: 1700 DEF: 1000)

"Next I activate Ancient Fairy Dragon's effect, by destroying my own Ancient Forest I can gains 1000 life points and bring another field spell to my hand!"

(Luna: 5200)

"Now I'll activate Regulus' effect and bring the Ancient Forest I just destroyed back into may deck. Now Ancient Fairy Dragon, attack his Homunculus B!"

Lucifer's monster was destroyed, but his life points didn't drop.

"What!?!"

"Sorry but it seems you forgot about my duel with Akiza. I activate the trap card Spirit Barrier! From now on I don't take any battle damage as long as I have a monster on my field, and now I'll activate the effect of my Cloning Machine to special summon another Dragon Homunculus B from my deck."

(ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000)

"Err… Well in that case, I'll just end my turn by playing my second Ancient Forest."

"It's my turn, and I'll summon Dragon Homunculus D in attack mode."

(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800)

"I'll end my turn by placing two cards face down."

"It's my turn, and I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master, and gain 1000 life points!"

(Luna: 6200)

"Next I activate Ancient Fairy Dragon's effect, by destroying my Ancient Forest I can gain 1000 life points and take another from my deck. And thanks to Regulus I can place the Ancient Forest I just destroyed back in my deck."

(Luna: 7200)

"Now I'll have Ancient Fairy Dragon attack your Dragon Homunculus B!"

The Dragon Homunculus B was destroyed, but since Lucifer still had Spirit Barrier in play he didn't lose any life points. And with Cloning Machine Type-X he special summoned another Dragon Homunculus B from his deck.

"That's the third and final Dragon Homunculus B he has. I'll end my turn with Ancient Forest!"

Once again Luna's monsters were protected by the sanctuary.

"Every turn I can just destroy Ancient Forest to gain 1000 life points, and since I have Regulus in play I can keep using it again at the end of my turn. In the meantime I can have Ancient Fairy Dragon attack his monsters."

"It's my turn… And I think I'll go ahead and end this duel. I activate my face down Trap Hacker!"

"What!?!"

"This card lets me copy the effects of one of the trap cards in your graveyard, and I choose Gift Card!"

(Luna: 10200)

"Confused? I knew you would try to increase your life points throughout this duel, so I added this next card to my deck to even the odds a little. I activate Life Equalizer!"

"Oh no!"

"Oh yes, since the difference between our life points is more than 8000, now both our life points become 3000!"

(Lucifer: 3000)

(Luna: 3000)

"Now I'll activate Stamping Destruction to destroy your precious Ancient Forest and deal 500 points of damage!"

(Luna: 2500)

"Now I play the equip spell Demotion, this reduces Dragon Homunculus to a level 2 monster. Next I'll play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two cards. Now I'll summon my Vilespawn Egg!"

(ATK: 0 DEF: 3000)

"You know what happens next. I tune my homunculi to my Vilespawn Egg in order to synchro summon Vilespawn Dragon!"

(ATK: 3500 DEF: 3000)

"Since I used three monsters to summon him he gains 1500 attack points."

(ATK: 5000)

"Vilespawn Dragon, ATTACK!!!"

"Ancient Fairy Dragon! NO!!!"

Ancient Fairy Dragon was blown away.

(Luna: 0)

"It's over… I've won."

Suddenly Lucifer started glowing, Luna's mark of the dragon had appeared on him.

"And then there was one…"

(To be continued)