Boy this was a nightmare to deal with! I was somewhere at the middle of writing this when I found out that because I had readed a card effect wrong I did something that the actual card doesn't do... I ended up fusion Anime and RL cards into this...
Avice: Hey, atleast this time I'm the one dueling! I'm sure that this covers all the cons!
And Avice is dueling like a noob... (-100 points x_x)
See you at the bottom of this, experiment gone wrong.
Avice: If you survive till then, thats it. Muahahaha!
(Evan, Elizabeth and Avice are shown floating within an empty white space as memories of the past life played in the background, showing Elizabeth standing with a hand over her chest as she is looking away from her siblings, then the memories show Avice playing chest alone and finally Evan sitting in the corner of his room watching the clock. Suddenly the background started changing colors and the siblings open up their eyes which started to glow and the three got replaced by the tittle with three pendulums swinging behind it.)
These spinning gears show no sign of stopping,
(Evan is shown leaning back against a wall with his cat hood on while the shadow of Leo Corporation falls on him.)
Ever since I created this hell by trying to keep everything in balance.
(Avice is seen standing on the roof watching the starts, then the scene changes to Elizabeth watering a flower.)
Acting half out of playfulness, a god brought us to a world atop a game board:
(Scene shows Avice Evan and Elizabeth looking surprised before smiling as the camera turns to show Yuya and Oni checking their cards, while Sora and Yuzu are talking with the kids.)
No, no, no game, no life!
(The siblings along with the You Show Duelists looked toward the camera and nodded before running off.)
So we toss away a lukewarm sense of peace,
(Reiji is watching over the city from his office. Then a boy with grey hair and a boy with red and black hair are shown walking through the city, chatting .)
To carve our part out of the steps of glory.
(Yuya and Evan step toward and all lights fall on them while the camera zooms out showing that they are in the center of a stadium with everyone cheering for them.)
Reflected in our eyes is a fate of absolute victory.
(Yuzu and Elizabeth Tribute/Xyz Summon Mozarta the Melodious Maestra and Oracle Sister of Flames – Miranda.)
Everything is going as planned;
(Avice and Sora are standing back to back calling out their monsters as Astral Angel Golden Knight and Frightfur Bear appear beside them.)
We'll change everything with an untainted blank space.
(Scene moves from Koharu to Yuto to Shun then a shadowed figure appears and a Red-Eyes Black Dragon is shown going against the Xyz Trio.)
We are maverick; we don't need a savior!
(Quick shots show Yuya dressed as a clown facing against Strong Ishijima, Elizabeth doing exercises late at night, Avice reading a book and Evan sitting under a tree, playing with a black kitty.)
No matter how unfair the odds,
(Evan, Avice and Elizabeth then look up as three D/D/D Doom King Armageddon attack them all at once.)
All we can do is win.
(A beaten Evan looks up and smirks with Chrono Phantomus the Pendulum Slayer standing behind him. Avice and Elizabeth do the same with Sola Starlit the Pendulum Seraph and Tempest Sina the Pendulum Sorcerer protecting them.)
Our strategy and talent render us undefeated.
(The siblings are shown declaring an attack as their three aces flew toward the D/D/D Doom King Armageddons and fused into a single force that lighted the area and changed the screen to white.)
It's time to have fun with these reborn lives,
(After the battle ended Evan, Avice and Elizabeth look back and see the You Show Duelists along with the grey and the black haired boys running toward them.)
Only believing in ourselves.
(We then see the three siblings and Oni in a new duel with ChronoDevil Wild Tamer Foxy and ChronoDevil Wild Tamer Wolfy in the Pendulum Zones while ChronoDevil Mystic-Flare Dragon was standing along with the other threes' Fusion, Xyz and Ritual monsters.)
There's no opponent stronger than the darkness lurking in your heart,
(The screen changes from the shadowed figure, to Reiji looking at a screen inside a dark room and finally at night time another figure with a cat hood and glowing yellow eyes is glaring down toward the city.)
And as long as you don't yield to it, you'll be impossible to defeat.
(The scene finally shows Avice, Elizabeth, Oni and everyone else from You Show taking a picture in the park while Evan is sleeping on the branch of a tree behind the group.)
The Many Surprises Part.2
Avice's POV
"Did this thing really have to show up now?" I groaned and titled my head to the side at how frustrating this situation just became.
Out of all Yugioh characters that could have shown up to challenge me on a duel it just had to be Yami Bakura. Though I don't remember him defeating any of the more important characters in his anime, like Kaiba and Yami, even Yugi I still remember how annoying and trolly his deck was. Burn damage, deck out, card stealing, it all of those annoying mechanisms build into it.
I gritted my teeth and looked around, trying to figure out what trick this bastard used this time. As far as I know the Millennium items didn't have the ability to manipulate time so how thing he suddenly stopped the time around us? Maybe it was all just a mind trick, an illusion to make us fear him or something, but if so then why was Oni affected by it as well? In fact, since this wasn't the real Bakura and just some kind of Fragment it would be possible for it to have time manipulating abilities, even then why was Oni unaffected by his powers?
My eyes widened as I came to the realization. No, it wasn't possible but there was no other logical explanation for that. Didn't Oni believe in my brother's words a bit too fast even for her own age? I haven't watched Arc-V but there definitely wasn't any information about her on the Wiki and I have never seen her deck before, so she wasn't supposed to exist in this universe. From what Levant told us there were both Tracers and Fragments from other timelines and worlds that were transported to this one. So if my Duel Disk didn't recognize her as an enemy… Could Oni be a Tracer like me and the rest?
"Are you that afraid that you froze on the spots?" Yami Bakura mocked us and laughed.
I shook my head and turned to face the crazy lunatic. It didn't matter what Oni's role in this was. For now, I had to focus on beating the shit out of this psycho and get her somewhere safely.
"Are you just going to stand there and laugh like the crazy little gnome you are?" I returned the insult and from how Bakura's expression changed it seemed he didn't like it. "If you thought I was afraid of you then why didn't you just killed me on the spot? Maybe you are the one with weak legs here."
"You foul mouthed brat." Bakura frowned and pulled out one of the original Duel Disks which he then put on his arm. "I will let the shadows to toast with your remains."
"Wait!" Oni shouted and put on her own Duel Disk. "Oni will fight as well, Neechan!"
"No." I pushed her behind me. "This doesn't have anything to do with you Oni so stay back! This guy is very dangerous so I can't let anything bad to happen to you."
"Unfortunately you have no say in this, fool." Bakura replied and pointed toward Oni. "TH reason she is unaffected by the time stopping is because she is my target as well!"
So I was right after all. Oni was indeed an outsider for this universe just like us. Even so I wouldn't let her risk her life in this stupid game. "No! I won't let you do that! She is just a girl that hasn't done anything to anyone! Even a bastard like you should have enough mercy to let the innocents go!"
"Hahaha!" Bakura started to laugh like a maniac – not that he wasn't to begin with. "Fate has already handler both of your tickets so there is no turning back! I'm just here to deliver your souls to the beasts of the underworld! Now, let's the Shadow Game begin! Duel!"
Before I could protest about this shadows raised from the ground and raised creating a barrier around the three of us. Then, my and Oni's Duel Disks both made a beeping sound, accepting the duel on their own.
『Avice LP: 4000 Hand: 5 & Oni LP: 4000 Hand: 5 (VS) Bakura LP: 4000 Hand: 5』
"Since this is going to be a two on one duel I'm going to take the first turn. Furthermore, none of us is going to be allowed to attack on our first turns!"
So he is practically going to not only go first but also get the first Battle Phase! I turned toward Oni only to see her facing against the threat with determination in her eyes. I shook it off and looked back to Bakura who was already starting his turn.
"Hehehe, it seems like I will have to save the massacre for latter!" He laughed. "For now, I play a monster facedown and set a card. Turn End."
That's all? Well Bakura never tended to make big first turn plays, so it's not that surprising. He is probably going on easily since we won't be able to attacking for another turn. If my guess is right then this face-down monster is going to serve as a tribute folder during his next turn.
"You really are the worst to threat little girls! Oni, let your Neechan to take this turn!" I shouted and drew my card.
『Turn 2 [Avice] LP: 4000, Hand: 6』
'Perfect!' I thought as I turned the card and saw that it was Sola, my ace monster. I had the needed Pendulum cards in my hand and there was also the trap card - Universal Compass! Even if I couldn't attack this turn I already had an opening combo that would burn this bastard for 2500 damage!
Universal Compass (Trap) Counter
Remove from play 1 LIGTH monster you control and inflict damage to your opponent equal to its ATK. During your next Standby Phase; return the monster banished by this effect to the field.
"A good hand, huh? But you won't have the chance to use it!" Bakura laughed again. "I play my trap card, Multiple Destruction! With this card, if both of us have three or more cards in our hands this forces us to discard all of them! Then for each card discarded we take 100 points of damage!"
No way! He saw through my strategy without playing any cards!
We all returned the cards back into our decks. Then electricity shot from our Duel Disks causing both me and Oni to scream in pain and fall on our knees while Bakura just stood there like nothing had happened.
『Avice LP: 4000 - 3400, Hand: 0』
『Oni LP: 4000 - 3500, Hand: 0』
『Bakura LP: 4000 - 3700, Hand: 0』
"Finally, by the effect of Multiple Destruction we all draw until we are holding five cards." Bakura finished explaining his card effect. "Just look at yourselves! I haven't started and the two of you are already screaming!"
That bastard! I turned toward Oni, there were tears forming at the edges of her eyes, but she just smiled at me. How can she be so brave? I drew my new hand, but there was nothing that I could use at the moment to inflict damage.
"I set a monster and two cards." I announced. "Turn end."
"My turn, draw!" Oni declared.
General POV
"Damn where is it?!" Evan shouted as he walked through the hospital corridors.
He has been talking with one sexy nurse when suddenly everything froze and his Duel Disk began to make an annoying beeping sound.
"Well, now I'm in some deep shit I guess." Evan sighed and looked around. "Ah, what is this~?"
A large smile that would put the Cheshire cat on shame formed on the boy's face as he found that the door of one of the offices was open and inside was an unopened chocolate lying on the desk.
A few moments later Evan was back on his track, with his cat hood on the head and eating free chocolate.
"I must be the luckiest black cat in this world!" Evan told himself and giggled.
"Master really is the devil reincarnated~" Foxy commented while floating behind him.
"What are you doing here?" Evan froze on the stop as another voice spoke behind him.
Wasn't everyone else supposed to be frozen in time, like, not moving or talking? With slow movements Evan turned his head to look behind where he found… Levant and Ventus.
"What are you two doing here?" He said a bit disappointed.
"An unexpected thing happened." Levant answered.
"Kurosaki wasn't as gentle at handling Masumi, Yaiba and Hokuto's asses as he was in the anime." Ventus sighed. "Because of that we had to take them to the hospital. We just came to check if all of their memory about the events last night were successfully deleted and the freaking time stopped. Can you believe it?"
"Ah, so how is the Fusion chick doing?" Evan asked.
"Fusion chick?"
"I guess a bit bruised, huh?" Evan sighed and continued walking. "What can be done about that? I also had my eyes on here. Well, too late to thing for that, but I don't use second hand."
"Huh?" Levant and Ventus blinked at the other boy's words until the realization came. "EEEEEHH!"
"Master is a true sadist as well." Foxy began to tear up while Phantomus glared at her from behind.
"Whatever." Evan waved his hand. "Let's just go find the bastard who hit the 'Pause' button already."
Avice's POV
"My turn, draw!" Oni declared.
『Turn 3 [Oni] LP: 3500, Hand: 6』
"I summon Performallusion Candyllon!" Oni declared as her monster formed from the darkness beneath us.
The creature was a ghost in a white circus attire appeared on her field. It had round body and head with purple and blue vertical stripes on its face and blushed checks. Its eyeballs were empty; it held an orange balloon in its right hand with the word 'Party' written with red letters.
Performallusion Candyllon
Level: 4|Attribute: DARK|Type: Zombie/Effect
ATK: 1600/DEF: 1000
Effect: If this card on the field is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Performallusion" monster from your Deck.
"Now that is just a mockery." Bakura commented and to be honest, I think I agree with him this time around.
"I set a card. Turn end." Good, now we have three set cards to protect us.
"That's the most pathetic duel I have had!" Bakura laughed again. "I draw!"
『Turn 4 [Bakura] LP: 3700, Hand: 6』
"Allow me to show you what true monsters looks like!" Bakura grinned and showed us a card in his hand. "I play Polymerization to fuse The Earl of Demise in my hand with the Headless Knight on my field! Fusion Summon! The Duke of Demise (LV6, ATK: 2000)!"
The two monsters formed before Bakura when a dark whirlpool formed in the center of the field and they feel into it, getting assimilated. After a moment a hand came from bellow and a new horrifying zombie-like monster appeared on that sick bastard's field.
"A Fusion Monster?!" Oni exclaimed.
Yeah, I remember that this card existed in the YGOPro database as an anime exclusive card. I can't remember if it had an effect but it was the only Fusion monster in Bakura's deck.
"Now, from which one of your monsters should I get rid first?" Bakura asked and I gritted my teeth. "Hmm, I made my mind! Tear apart this joke of a ghost!"
The monster let out a deafening scream and jumped toward Oni's monster and cut off its hands then bite on its head, crushing it. The remains of ghost flew into the darkness and disappeared as another scream was emitted from Oni. I looked at her and saw that pairs of claws were holding her legs, with their nails driven into her flesh.
『Oni LP: 3500 - 3100, Hand: 3』
"Stop this!" I yelled.
I tried to grab Oni, but something stopped me from moving. Just then I noticed that a pair of claws was holding my legs as well, but unlike Oni's, mines were slowly pulling me into the shadows.
"I activate Candyllon's effect! When this monster is destroyed I can Special Summon any Performallusion from my deck! Come forth! Performallusion Wind Spirit (LV8 ATK: 2000)!"
"Oni!" I cried out.
"Yes, Neechan?" she asked me forcing on a smile.
No, I couldn't let anything bad to happen to her. I, didn't want to see Oni suffer because of me, I didn't want to lose her because of some maniac. I had to end this duel before any more harm came her way; I absolutely needed to.
"Too bad that you won't be able to make use of the monster you summoned." Bakura said. "I play the Equip Spell – Grief Table! The monster equipped with this card cannot attack and have their effects negated!"
A large stone table formed behind Wind Spirit and sucked it inside, turning the monster into a figure carved into the stone.
"Next, I play the Field Spell, Dark Sanctuary!" Bakura declared as the shadows around us changed color, turning from black to red, then thousands of eyes and sinister smirks appeared all over the walls and ceiling and stared down at me and Oni.
"Lastly, I set a card and end my turn!" Bakura licked his lips.
"My turn!" I shouted drawing my card.
『Turn 5 [Avice] LP: 3400, Hand: 4』
"At this moment I activate my Trap, Destiny Board!" Bakura shouted as a ghost formed over his head holding the letter 'F'. "During each of my opponent's End Phase, this card lets me activate a Spirit Message from my Deck! And when all four of them are activated you will lost the duel!"
Good move, motherfucker.
"I tribute my Astral Angel Warter to Tribute Summon Astral Angel Magnificus Lion (LV6, ATK: 2100)!" I declared as my face-down monster turned face-up and vanished to be replaced by the majestic beast. "Now, battle! I attack The Duke of Demise with Astral Angel Magnificus Lion!"
"That's what I wanted you to do!" Bakura shouted. "The moment you brat attacked you sealed your fate! Now, feel the curse of my Field Spell! I activate Dark Sanctuary's effect! When an opponent monster's attack I get to flip a coin and if the result is Head the attack is negated. Then the opponent takes half of their monster's attack as damage!"
My monster froze in the middle of our field and the ceiling opened after which a coin fell on the ground and began to spin.
'Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease! Don't give that sick psycho a Heads, don't do it!' I mentally begged as the coin began to slow down and then…
"Hahahaha! Luck is on my side today!" Bakura grinned as the coin stopped on Heads. "Now take the curse of the Sanctuary!"
A ghostly version of my version came from its back and flew toward me, stabbing me into the chest.
『Avice LP: 3400 - 2350, Hand: 3』
I grabbed my chest in pain and feel on my knees. The pain in this duel was real. I don't know how Oni was able to stand it, but it made me want to cry. I shut my eyes, gasping for air, it was horrible; I hated this feeling, to be hurt like this! It was sickening! After a moment the pain in my chest subdued and I was able to stand up once again. The first thing I got meet with however was the worried face of Oni.
"Neechan!" She cried out. "Neechan, are you ok? Y-y-you are bleeding, neechan!"
I blinked curious when a stringing feeling came from my right hand and I looked down to see a wound with blood spilling out of it and soaking the sleeve. Damn it! I was supposed to protect her, not make her worry about me. But after I saw how serious of a wound I got from an effect horrible images of what could happen with Oni started to play in my head. Pictures of her getting engulfed in flames, ripped apart by the claws holding her, or stabbed in the heart by Bakura's monster started to fill my head. No, stop it!
I felt tears rolling down my cheeks but I didn't care about this anymore. There weren't many people in my life that mattered, maybe almost no one did expect for my brother and sister. But after I met Oni, after she started to call me Neechan I was able to understand the feeling of being an older sibling. With Oni I also felt closer to Elizabeth and Evan, but… It wasn't like I used her to make myself feel important, no, I genuinely carved to protect have her by my side. I wished to always see her eyes filled with joy and dreams, her big smile and its magical ability to always cheer me up, her way or speaking in third person.
But most importantly, I wanted her to have a better life than me. Because when I saw her for the first time – alone without parents or a caretaker on a quest to learn about the big world - she reminded me so much of myself back in the days.
"I end my turn." I said.
"Neechan…" I closed my eyes tightly at the sympathetic voice. "My turn."
『Turn 6 [Oni] LP: 3100, Hand: 4』
"Using Wind Spirit as the tribute, I activate the Ritual Spell, Night Parade of Souls!" Oni declared and a large coffin locked with rusted chains appeared on the field before her. "Millennium spirit of the sleeping souls, wake from your slumber and be revived! The omniscient priest of the Spirit Realm! Ritual Summon, Level 7! Performallusion Grand Specter Numu (LV7, ATK: 2400)!"
"Another insult toward the Zombies and Fiends made its appearance." Bakura commented irritated.
"I activate Grand Specter Numu's effect!" Oni shouted. "When summoned I can shuffle a number of cards my opponent controls back into the deck, up to the number of monsters used for this card's summon! I will return Destiny Board!"
"Dark Sanctuary's effect protects my cards from the opponent's effects!" Bakura shouted as a void appeared before his cards. (A/N: Dark Sanctuary's protection effect says 'expect "Destiny Board"', you cheater!)
"Then Grand Specter Numu attacks The Duke of Demise!"
"Have patience!" Bakura said. "At this moment Dark Sanctuary's first effect activates! Hahaha! Heads! With this your attack is negated and you take half of your monster's attack as damage!"
"Kyyaaaahh!" I heard Oni screaming again and put a hand over my ears. No, no, no!
『Oni LP: 3100 - 1900, Hand: 3』
"I set two cards, turn end." I head Oni panting. "You need to get yourself together, Neechan!"
"I can't do it." I shook my head.
"Neechan, please! We are both running out of time… So please…"
Oni's life points are already below 2000 and none of my set cards could protect her. My entire deck is focused on offence and burn damage, if something go wrong Oni will… I grabbed my head with both hands as new images of Oni getting killed by the effects of my own cards appeared before my eyes.
"One of you have already fallen under the effect of my Shadow Game, huh?" Bakura said with a playful grin.
"A Shadow Game?" That shit from the first two animes again?
"Yes, it's a game that tests the souls and minds of the participants. If you are weak enough to be tricked by the shadows then you will lose both the game and your life." Bakura explained with a calm and collected manner. "And it seems that the older one was the first to fall for my tricks,. Pathetic."
"Why are you telling us this?" I asked. "Wouldn't it be better for you if we don't know about this? What is your gain from this? Or is that another lie mean to confuse us?"
Bakura stared at me for a moment then burst into laughing. "Hahaha! You brat are a smart one. But what I'm telling you is not a lie and I'm not trying to trick you. This kind of cowardly schemes aren't my style anyway. I just figured out that as a fragment that got born into this world without any real purpose, I could do that much! There is no Zorc or Millennium items to collect so what's the purpose of my existence here? To kill certain people because I'm programed to do that?"
"Does this mean that you aren't going to murder us?"
"That would be too good for you!" Bakura crossed his hands. "Even if I'm just a puppet right now I still have a job to do! This is still a real Shadow Game and I won't stop it only because you brats asked me kindly. My turn!"
『Turn 7 [Bakura] LP: 3700, Hand: 3』
"Hm, I wanted to see you two suffer some more, but it seems that I just got the cards needed to finish you this turn!" Bakura explained as a red aura formed around him. "First off, I will pay 500 life points to keep my The Duke of Demise on the field (Bakura' LP: 3200)! Then I play the Spell card. Pre-Preparations of Rites to add the Ritual Spell, Contract with the Dark Master and the Ritual Monster, Dark Master – Zorc to my hand! Then I play the Contract with the Dark Master I just added to my hand!"
That baster ran Ritual monsters as well? Knowing how strong of an effect some Ritual Monsters had back in the days, this wasn't going to be an easy one to deal with. I needed to make sure that this bastard wouldn't hurt Oni.
"Using the effect of Ritual Raven that's my hand, I treat it as the whole tribute! Ritual Summon! Dark Master – Zorc (LV8. 2700)!" Bakura shouted as a muscular demon with crimson wings and an even so ugly face appeared on his side of the field and roared at us. "I activate Dark Master – Zorc's effect! Once per turn, I roll a six-sided die and if the result is 1 or 2 all monsters you control are destroyed; if its 3, 4 or 5 one of your monsters are destroyed and if 6 all my monsters are destroyed!"
Six balls with the numbers from 1 to 6 appeared over his monster's head and a flame began to jump from one to the other. If he pulled out even just one of the first two effects Oni would be in extreme danger. Why must my deck be so useless in a moment like this? And then the fateful die stopped with the flames burning on the number…
…2
"Dark Master – Zorc's effect!" Bakura shouted. "Destroy all of their pitiful monsters!"
The creature swung its wings and waves of dark energy flew toward both mine and Oni's monster, cutting them in two before destroying them.
"Now, battle!" Bakura shouted. "The Duke of Demise attack the smaller bug, directly!"
"No, Oni!" I cried out as the monster charged toward her.
"Trap activate!" Oni shouted. "Illusion Laugh!" A trap showing various Performallusion monsters along with other zombies dancing in a graveyard appeared on the field. "When an opponent monster attacks, by banishing a level 7 or higher monster from my Graveyard, this effect swaps its ATK and DEF! I remove Performallusion Grand Specter Numu to use both effects!"
Illusion Laugh (Trap) Normal
When a monster your opponent controls declare an attack you can banish 1 Level 7 or higher "Performallusion" monster from your Graveyard; target that monster; switch its current ATK and DEF.
The spirit of Oni's monster flew through The Duke of Demise, changing its attack power from 2000 to just 1700. But that didn't calm me down, because shortly after that another scream pierced the air and Oni fell face-first on the ground. Everything became darker all of the sound around me vanished and I felt like all of my emotions had shut-down. I couldn't feel anything, it didn't matter for me anymore.
『Oni LP: 1900 - 200, Hand: 1』
"T-t-trap activate…" Oni spoke weakly as another trap that showed a grave with a laughing mask resting on the gravestone. "Dramatic Performance… When I-I… take damage…it-t Special Summons a Performa…llusion from my Grave-e-yard."
A coffin appeared from the darkness in front of Oni and opened up, as Performallusion Wind Spirit (LV8 DEF: 2000) appeared to protect her.
"What a waste." Bakura sighed and turned toward me. "It's your turn, foul mouthed brat! I use Dark Master – Zorc to attack directly!"
"Trap open! Astra Angel's Trust!" I ordered and a card whose art showed a knight protecting an angel appeared on my field. "When the opponent declare an attack, this trap lets me draw 1 card, then, if it's an Astral Angel monster, I can Special Summon it in Attack Position!"
Astra Angel's Trust (Trap) Normal
When an opponent's monster declare an attack, draw 1 card and reveal it. If it's an "Astral Angel" monster, Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position with its effects negated. If the card you draw is a Spell or Trap Card, send it to the Graveyard.
I put a hand on my deck and grabbed the top card. Please, work!
"Draw!" I shouted and drew the card. "I Summon Astral Angel Star Frieden (LV2, ATK: 600)!"
"How bothersome. Dark Master – Zorc, destroy Golden Ring!" Bakura shouted and my monster got ripped apart.
『Avice LP: 2350 - 250, Hand: 3』
The claws pulled me toward the darkness which climbed onto me, covering all the way to my chest. I could feel it pressing against me and it became hard for me to breathe as I felt that the arms were trying to smash my lungs.
"So as I was sa- Woah! What is this shit?!" My brother's voice suddenly echoed through the darkness.
The shadows behind Bakura split open to show my brother, along with Levant and Ventus staring at us wide-eyed. I'm sorry that I failed you, big bro. To protect Oni, to be a strong older sibling just like you and sister. I really didn't want my adventure to end like this…
"Oni, Avice!" My brother shouted as he ran toward us, but got hit by some invisible barrier. "What the heck is this? Damn those shadow games and all! Avice! What you doing there? Beat this bastard and win already!"
"Don't worry, there." Bakura told my brother. "Your time will come soon. After I finish those two, that's it! I will play the Continuous Spell, The Dark Door which prohibits us to attack with more than one monster per Battle Phase. I end my turn."
"I don't think I could win this." I narrowed my eyes and lower my head.
I was strong, I had won so many duels in my life, but this was one that I couldn't handle. What was the point in my skills if I couldn't protect the people I cared about? If I couldn't make brother and sister smile and be proud of me.
"Don't give up." Oni told me.
"But Oni you…" I tried to speak, but she shook her head.
"Neechan, please listen! It doesn't matter if Oni is hurt or not. It was because of worry for Oni that neechan got hurt as well. Oni didn't want to be a burden in this due, but to help neechan because you are an important person for Oni."
So she thought that she was a burden for me the entire duel? I placed a hand on my head to hide my eyes. Although I was the one who did nothing but listened to my fears during the entire duel. This is so pathetic and weak of me, I had to somehow fix that. Oni was too hurt to be able to take her next turn and if we didn't finish the duel until then Bakura would have won by the effect of Destiny Board. This was my responsibility, I had to fix the mistakes I made in this duel. Only for myself, but in order to save Oni was well. Please my deck, led me the strength to finish this duel in one turn!
"My turn, draw!" I declared as I drew my card which was covered by golden glow before turning into…
『Turn 8 [Avice] LP: 250, Hand: 4』
"I'm sorry Oni. It's my fault that you had to go through so much just so I can snap back to reality." I put my Duel Disk high against my chest. "I'm putting an end of this, right now! I activate the two Continuous Spells, Astral Angel Der Erste and Astral Angel Das Letzte!"
"What are those strange markings on them?" Bakura asked.
"Those seem like Pendulum Scales!" Ventus said.
"It's impossible!" Levant replied. "Something like Pendulum Spells couldn't actually exist, can it?"
"You should answer that yourself." My brother nodded toward me with a smirk.
"I activate the effect of Der Erste! When this card is activated I can add 1 Astral Angel monster from my deck to the hand! I choose Astral Angel Ersten Speer! Next I activate the effect of Das Letzte to negate the effects of Dark Sanctuary!"
"My Field Spell?!" Bakura shouted as the shadows around us started to disappeared, but the claws that held us remained.
"That's not all! I use the other effect of my Continuous Spells to put them in the Pendulum Zones!" I pointed at my cards which flew into columns of green light and turned into actual monsters. "And to finish the preparations, I play my second and final Trap card – Pendulum Back! With its effect I return two monsters in my Graveyard whose levels are between the Pendulum Scales, back to my hand!"
My Disk ejected Sola and one of the Pendulum monsters I intended to use to summon her with originally.
"This is it!" I declared and a green pendulum formed between the Pendulum Scales on my field. "Swing, pendulum of balance, arise within my soul and become a path of light! Pendulum Summon! Arise before me, my monsters! Astral Angel Ersten Speer(LV4, ATK: 1600),Astral Angel Magnificus Lion(LV6, ATK: 2100), Astral Angel Enlightener and the star of this show; Sola Starlit the Pendulum Seraph(LV6, ATK: 2500)!"
Four beams landed in front of me with three of them turning into familiar monsters while one transformed into what seemed to be a man in a white robe sitting on a chair. It had a large golden mask covering its face with longs cables coming out from it creating something like a breath. There were five large green orbs places around the monster's shoulders with golden spikes striking from them while the chair itself had wings attached to the backside and projected a halo over the head of the actual creature.
Astral Angel Enlightener
Level: 8/Attribute: LIGHT/Type: Psychic/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum Scale: 2
ATK: 1000/DEF: 2800
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: You can reveal 1 Pendulum Monster from your hand, then target 1 card in your Pendulum Zone; that target's Pendulum Scale becomes the same as the revealed Pendulum Monster's, until the end of this turn.
Effect: Once per turn: You can tribute 1 other monster you control, then target 1 Normal or Quick-Play Spell Card in your Graveyard; apply that target's effect, then return it to the bottom of your deck.
"Ersten Speer's effect activates! All light monster on my field gain 400 attack points!" I declared as the attack of Ersten Speer, Enlightener, Magnificus Lion and Sola Starlit raised to 2000, 1400, 2500 and 2900 respectively.
"What good is this going to do you?" Bakura asked me. "Due to the effect of my Dark Door only one of your monsters is allowed to attack this turn! Even if you use your strongest one, Sola Starlit I will still have enough Life Points to survive!"
"Don't be so sure." I smirked. "This turn, the cards that you sent to my Graveyard at the beginning of this duel will come back to haunt you! I activate Enlightener's effect! By Magnificus Lion it allows me to use a Spell Card that lies in my Graveyard!"
My monster opened its eyes and fired beats of light that blinded Bakura and forced him to take a step back as Magnificus Lion disappeared from my field and a Spell Card formed on its place with its artwork showing a green portal with multiple golden rings.
"I choose the Quick-Play Spell, Dimension Overlap! Targeting Sola for its effect I tribute Enlightener to give half of its attack points to Sola herself!" I shouted and the wings on my Ace's back began to glow as her ATK raised to 3600.
Dimension Overlap(Spell) Quick-Play
Target 1 LIGHT monster on the field, then Tribute 1 other monster you control; that target gains ATK equal to half of the ATK the tribute monster had on the field, until the end of this turn, and if it do, the targeted monster can attack twice during each Battle Phase this turn.
"Battle!" I pumped my fist forward. "Sola Starlit the Pendulum Seraph attack The Duke of Demise! Linear Ray Artillery!"
Sola smirked and leaped into the air, then put her hands together and fired a green energy beam toward Bakura's monster.
"But that's not all! Since Sola fights the best when she borrows help from her comrades I activate her ability! When she attacks I can reveal a light monster in my hand to make her gain that 500 ATK! Help her out, Kuriray! Unity Beam!"
A spirit of my Kuriray monster beside Ersten Speer as the two watched Sola's ATK raising to 4100 and her beam becoming stronger.
『Bakura LP: 3200 - 800, Hand: 0』
"Shit!" Bakura cursed as he felt the strength of my attack. "But now due to Dark Door you can't attack me anymore!"
"That's not true!" I shouted. "Dark Door's effect stops me from attack with more than one monster, not from attacking more than one time per Battle Phase!"
"Impossible!" Bakura's eyes widened as he realized what I meant.
"That's right!" I shouted. "Dimension Overlap's other effect allows Sola to attack you twice during the same turn! Go, destroy Dark Master – Zorc and end this duel!"
"With pleasure!" a new voice spoke and Sola charged toward, slashing through Zorc with her wings.
『Bakura LP: 800 - 0, Hand: 0』
『Winner: Avice & Oni』
I heard Bakura screaming as the light emitted from my monster's attack engulfed us. I think that the claws around our bodies had disappeared because I could breathe freely once again. After a moment the light that blinded me died down and I was back in the hospital along with Oni, my brother, Levant and Ventus. People were walking around us and walking, which meant that time had returned back to normal. I looked at my hand where my wounds were, but there was nothing now, Oni seemed to be ok as well, guess that's what Levant meant that once we win a duel against those freaking things their influence in this world would disappeared as well. Since we were hurt due to Bakura's Shadow Game his disappearance from this reality would erase the results as well.
"Neechan." Oni grabbed my hand and smiled. "Good job!"
"Thanks." I hugged her.
General POV
Somewhere far away from the hospital a figure with glowing red-eyes was leaning against the wall of a building, completely hidden by the shadows casted upon him. There was someone they were hidden too well to be found out with mere eyes.
"Another one of us lost." The red-eyed figure spoke. "We need to hurry up, your job won't change, keep attacking that bastard's school."
After a moment the presence of the second person could be felt any longer. The red-eyes shadow used this moment to take out a Normal Monster card and looked at it.
"Don't worry my old friend. Soon, both Akaba Leo and the Tracers will burn into the flames or our revenge."
Avice: And here is ME with the reviews for the next chapters! It's the same thing like last time, I tried to speak with the author about adding the summary for chapter 17 but he told me to, and I quote "Fuck off" so here we are I guess.
Chapter 15: Contract with Hell, Earth and Heaven
Summary: Evan and the rest accept Reiji's invitation and visit Leo Corporation to share their knowledge about the dimensions and their reason to be here. However, things take a completely different turn when Reiji leads the siblings into the Duel Arena and initiates a three on one duel to see if they are strong enough for his 'special' program.
Avice: So now its official that I'm going to be in this. Actually the duel with be Reiji vs me, Evan and Elizabeth and boy, you won't be able to guess the winner I'm telling you that!
Chapter 16: The Different Shades of Xyz
Summary: Although Kurosaki had joined LDS and stopped his assault, the school still keeps getting reports about disappearing students and teachers. Believing in the existence of another cuprite Levant and Ventus request the aid of Kurosaki to find and stop the person behind the attacks. However what they find out is…
Avice: Oh I finally got that one! It's about the Xyz guys! And what? I just heard from the rest that Ventus will duel in this one. Eh, he couldn't outclass me so who cares!
Well, thats it. So for those of you who are somewhat 'interested' in the mistakes I had to fix, when I first readed Multiple Destruction's effect I thought that the 300 damage is dealt to everyone according to the number of cards they returned. Then when I tested the deck on YGOPro and the AI used the card I started to question myself "Why the fuck is that thing taking so much damage? And why I didn't take any? Oh!" Then I realized that the controller of the trap is the only one who takes damage and that meant that Bakura would burn himself for like... 4200 DAMAGE!
So I said, "Fuck it" and used the anime effect instead.
I now feel bad about how this turned out because I had build a whole Occult Deck with Ectoplasmer, Dark Spirit of the Silent and freaking Dark Necrofear, but I had to cut them out of the chapter because without all of this the duel already was 6700+ words O_o
But hey, at least my favorite monsters from this deck - The Earl of Demise and Headless Knight - made a cameo so yay for me!
Lastly, I know that this comes out of the blue and that its too early for me to make such annoucements because VRAINS hasn't aired yet and all, but when it comes out, I'm going to make a fanfic about it! Yes, its going to be an OC fanfic like this one and I have already started working on the character's deck. The Ace Monster is already made and I can say that this character is going to be VERY different from Evan, Avice and Elizabeth in both of personality and dueling skills.
Also, still talking about VRAINS, today when I first woke up I noticed two interesting things on the Ygorganization site. First, Firewall Dragon is getting an Alternative Artwork! This is really crazy because so many years passed since their shows aired and for now neither Neos, Stardust or Utopia have an Alternative Artwork, but Firewall got one before its series even aired?! Not that I have a problem with this, because that Dragon really deserves the love!
Second they showed a new Cyverse-Type Link-4 monster called Topologic Bomber Dragon that also has 3000 ATK, which probably means that this is going to be the Rival's Ace. If that's not fun enough, Firewall is white in color just like Yusei's Stardust while Bomber is red just like Jack's Red Dragon and they have the opposite effects. So do you guys think that Topologic Bombed could really be the Rival's Ace? I really hope so and I also hope that the rival is also going to be a girl instead of Go who uses a Warrior-Type deck.
So this is what I will finish this chapter with. A couple of questions for you guys. Do you agree about my idea for this new dragon being the rival's ace? What kind of rival are you guys hoping for? Are you excited for VRAINS?
I really want to know your opinions about this new series because I do care about what other people think! Also I do it because I want to try and interact a bit with those kind people among you who read this story, instead of just writing shit in the A/N section and calling it a day xD
So that's it folks! Until next time!
Avice and DT out!