0713MM: Yes! The story is rolling along quite nicely, wouldn't you guys agree? (glances around, silence). Uh, guys?
Note: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh ZEXAL, nor do I own Nexus.
Note 2: Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 12: Strange Things
After the 4 remaining couples got to their positions, they activated their D-Pads. Dumon gave Rio a grin a/wink. She gave him a smile. Neptune stuck his tongue out at them for their antics. Rio brushed off her son's immaturity. They'd talk to him about that later. Not right now though. Yuma of course, decided to fall asleep before announcing, so Tori, had hit him with his megaphone to snap him awake.
"Huh, what? Lunchtime already?" Yuma asked, startled. Tori just rolled her eyes.
"No silly. We have to announce the first round." Tori said. Yuma gave a nod, took his megaphone back, then announced the contestants. Of course, no one needed the gunshot to know when to start. They just...started. However, Helen was easily distracted. Not because she has to face her partner's parents with her brother and Minerva having to face Hades and Neptune's sister. But because of...something else. Someone was watching them, gaining some sort of energy. But Helen depict who. Well, she did know that the person was getting this energy must be in the area somewhere, right? Helen began glancing around. She began to glance at the building behind Mr. and Mrs. Stone. Someone was there. And, was that someone staring at her? She couldn't tell, but that's what it seemed like it was doing. She didn't even notice that she had accidently passed her turn. Neptune noticed this, but didn't question it. He didn't mind doing most of the work. At least Helen was placing set cards on her field to not only defend herself, but her partner too.
"I end my turn." Dumon stated. He glanced at Helen. She looked distracted alright. But why? Usually she' never this distracted. Rio took her turn by drawing. (Please excuse the fact that I'm focusing on the duel. I mean, there really isn't much to say about it. We already know who wins anyway). Unfortunately for Dumon and Rio, they were one step away from defeat, thanks to Neptune's Gishki Zielgigas. Neptune had 2100 points left, while Helen had 700. Mr. and Mrs. Stone had 3800 points each. Rio realized that she couldn't attack with Ragnafinity. It had a 400 point shortage in attack points compared to her son's level 10 Ritual monster. So, she just passed. Yuma stared down at the field.
"Man, everyone's distracted." Yuma noted.
"Well yeah, Neptune and Helen ran off." Tori agreed. Yuma gave a light nod, then turned his attention back to the duels. It has Helen's turn and Minerva's turn. Minerva played Judgement Dragon, since she had 4 Lightsworn monsters with different names in her graveyard. Tethys stepped back a bit, then smirked.
"I play Ring of Destruction on Judgement Dragon!" Minerva then realized that she and her partner had less than 3000 points. Hades gave a sly grin in Tethys direction. Soon after, the field exploded, blowing dust everywhere. When the dust cleared, Hades and Tethys were still standing. While Minerva and Caesar laid on their backs in defeat. Yuma's mouth fell open in shock, while Tori just sighed and whacked him. Yuma began to laugh a bit, then he cleared his throat. Announcing the winners of there share of the 1st/only round before the finals. Tethys released a sigh.
"Thank goodness for Ring of Destruction." she giggled. Hades gave a nod.
"I must agree." he smirked. "Let's see how Helen and Neptune are faring." Tethys released a nod.
"Very well." she replied. And with that, the twosome jogged over to the other dueling field. Tethys noticed that her brother had Gishki Zielgigas faceup on his field, along with 1 backrow. Helen was in the same situation, only with her level 10 Psychic Fusion monster, Ultimate Axon Kicker. Rio gave Helen a smile for pulling off a Fusion monster. Helen gave a nod. Tethys assumed it was Helen's turn. And based on the field and LP, Helen and Neptune had it in the bag. For starters, Helen had 700 LP, and Neptune had 2100, and plus Megamorph on Gishki Zielgigas, that made it so it had 6400 attack points. Neptune also played his own Megamorph on Helen's Fusion monster, giving it almost 6000 attack points. Helen pointed at Ragnafinity.
"Alright Ultimate Axon, attack Ragnafinity with Ultimate Piercing Psychic Kick! The Fusion did what he was told. He rammed his foot into Ragnafinity, thus making her cry out before exploding and being sent to the graveyard. Helen's hair blew around from the impact. However, when the smoke cleared, Rio had 0 LP left.
"Hey, why do I have no LP left?" she asked, confused. Helen was giggling.
"Because, I played Ego Boost during my attack." Helen pointed to said card faceup on her field." Rio muttered something under her breath. Dumon did the same because Neptune had pulled the same stunt. Both of the Stone's parents' LP had dropped to 0. Tori declared Neptune and Helen victorious. Hades and Tethys did some type of victory cheer plus congrats cheer.
From the same building, Nexus sat waiting for his opportunity. Duel energy from the two duels he just witnessed flew towards him.
"Yes!" he laughed. "Come to me!" To him, the duel energy was like candy. So sweet, yet so delicious! He didn't notice that Helen Tenjo had spotted him. He sagged his shoulders.
"Uh-oh. Busted." he muttered.
"Who are you looking at sister?" Caesar asked his sister. Helen told him to look where she was looking. He did just that. His eyes widened. He not only saw a man, but duel energy swirling around him.
"He's been stealing our-" Caesar was cut off by a mighty grasp from above. Well, that depends on your definition of above. Caesar was having trouble breathing. Helen rushed toward her brother, Huge mistake on her part. The man holding Caesar let go of him, then he grabbed Helen's wrist. She screamed in agony. Heather heard her and rushed over.
"Helen, what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong." said the man who was holding Helen's wrist tightly. Heather narrowed her silver eyes.
"Who are you?" Heather snarled. The man just laughed.
"My name is Nexus." he said with an evil smirk. "And your daughter here has a key I must get."
"Oh?" And what is that?" Heather asked, not convinced. Nexus shrugged.
"Look, don't waste my time fool." Nexus grinned. "She is the key to unlock my plans fully. Once she has completed that task, I'll send her back." Heather grabbed her daughter's other hand. Luckily for Helen, her mother was stronger. Of course, one could assume that Nexus let Heather win. Nexus scoffed.
"Whatever." he said. He snapped his fingers, creating a portal. "Besides, I have someone else that can help me." This caught the other parent's attention.
"Who?" Michelle asked. Nexus had to grin at that.
"Xavier." was his reply. Michelle's eyes widened.
"My brother?!" she asked, shocked. "But, he's no longer evil! Besides, he could be dead!" Nexus chuckled.
"Oh, but he isn't chao for now, fools." Nexus sneered. And with that, he disappeared through the portal. Once the portal disappeared, everyone was pondering what they just witnessed. Helen was sure that Nexus would not stop until his devious goals were met. She was sure of it.
Now, with Xavier…
Xavier opened his eyes. He found himself inside a blackness. Could it be the dimensional rift from Astral World? He shook his head. Completely impossible. If that was the case, everything would be bluish-black, not just black. Xavier groaned when he began to sit up. His jointed ached. How long was he resting here? Last thing he remembered was getting beat by Dumon, Rio, Mizar and Heather.
"I wonder what became of them." he mused. He then groaned. Not because of his aching joints, but because of the Light that rested inside of him. It had been there since the day he was born. And it will never go away. He knew that when he absorbed that black orb, he had caused a slow death for himself.
I guess that day has finally come. he thought. The Light in his body may be purifying him, but that didn't change the fact that he still had the power of darkness inside of him. His black clothes were the same, except for the fact that they were torn in some places. Other than that, nothing significant happened to him. At least, not yet. Suddenly, there was a flash of blackish-white light. When the light died down, it revealed a man wearing a brownish-black tunic, brownish-black everything else, except for his black hair that curled upward. Xavier raised an eyebrow at the young youth.
"Who are you, and why are you here?" Xavier demanded. The man chuckled darkly.
"My name is Nexus, I've come to help you regain what you lost 21 years ago." Nexus grinned evilly. Xavier just scoffed.
"Sure buddy." Xavier rolled his eyes. A small angry mark appeared above Nexus's head. Then, it was replaced by a lightbulb.
"I've got an idea you'll like." Nexus smirked.
"Oh really?" Xavier asked. He looked at Nexus. He had his D-Pad activated. xavier realized what he was asking. Xavier smirked.
"Sorry Nexus. No can do." Xavier replied.
"What's wrong? Afraid you'll lose?" Nexus asked in a tauntingly manner. Xavier growled, then activated his own D-Pad.
"Alright, you asked for it!" Xavier shouted. Nexus just grinned.'
Just what I was hoping for! Nexus thought, evil curled upon his lips.
"Duel!" Nexus and Xavier declared.
And, back to the Couples Duel Tournament…
"Alright! Two couples have made it all the way to the finals!" Yuma announced. everyone cheered, then Yuma continued.
"The final duel of tournament shall begin in 1 hour! Hope the two couples best of luck!" Tori set the clock for 1 hour. After that, Neptune and Helen left the arena, followed by their opponents. The two couples needed to come up with strategies in order to beat the other. But regardless, the final duel of the tournament will be the most enjoyable, and the most exciting. Helen doesn't know the Laval archetype that well, so this might be hard. She also knew very little of what Tethys used, so that made things harder for her than her partner. Neptune knows what deck his sister uses. He also knows that WATER douses FIRE, so Neptune will have an easy ride to victory. At least, that what he hoped. In fact, Helen hoped that was the case more so than Neptune did. Helen was in the waiting room, looking through her deck for other combs she could pull off. Different combos meant new surprises to throw off your opponent. However, she was still distracted by that Nexus character from not even an hour ago. Who was he really? And why does he need duel energy? So many questions, so little answers. Helen released an exasperated sigh.
I can't let that Nexus character scare me. she thought. I have to stay focused on this tournament. She continued to edit and organize her deck when Neptune walked in wearing his D-Pad.
"Come on Helen." he said gently. "Don't want my sister getting mad at us for being late." Helen released a chuckle at that statement.
"Yeah." she agreed. She packed her deck in her D-Pad, then carried her deck box outside with her. When she got outside right after her dueling partner, the entire crowd began to cheer. She glanced up and saw her family waving at her. Her mother gave her a light,wholehearted smile. Helen smiled back.
Don't worry. she thought. She looked up to see Hades cracking his knuckles. Just hearing the sound of Hades cracking his knuckles made Helen nauseous. But, she didn't let that get to her. Tethys and Hades had already activated their D-Pads, as if they knew they were going to win.
"Your overconfidence shall be your downfall, sister." Neptune smirked lightly. Tethys scoffed.
"We shall see, brother." Tethys retorted.
"Yes, we shall." Helen smirked. The four kids were waiting on one thing: the announcement to allow them to start. Instead of a verbal announcement, Tori raised a sign that said: The final round starts...NOW! That prompted Helen and Neptune to activate their D-Pads. The foursome saw now need to use D-Gazers, so they used their left eyes as D-Gazers instead. The AR Link began to surround them.
Augmented Reality Vision Link established
"Duel!" both teams declared.
And, back to Nexus and Xavier…
Xavier went flying backward, his life points dropped to 0 from Nexus's attack. He eventually landed on his back. Nexus deactivated his D-Pad, then walked over to Xavier and helped him up.
"Your skills are formidable." Nexus mused. "How would you like to work with me?" Xavier pondered that for a momen. He groaned quietly to himself before answering Nexus's question.
"Alright. I'll help you complete your goal." Xavier replied. Nexus grinned with malice written all over his face.
He has no idea what he just done! Nexus thought.
"Excellent. Meet me in my office up above us in 30 minutes." Nexus said. "From there, we will make plans to destroy those pathetic heroes once and for all! Hahahaha!" And with that, Nexus snapped his fingers, then disappeared. Xavier sighed. He didn't even get a look at Nexus's face. Not that was important. But still.
I hope I'm making the right decision here. Xavier thought.
0713MM: I guess everyone is still mad at me for having Helen run away and her powers going off during the tournament,
Nexus: Most likely.
