Chapter 14: Beware the Black Rose Witch
In the Daimon Area of New Domino, even hardened criminals shiver at the mention of a single, dark name. A terror of the night, a shadow of fear, that name stirs only utter terror from those who hear it and know of its significance.
That name, is that of the Black Rose Witch. Dark beyond compare, she is Daimon's darkest heart, New Domino's most wanted. The dark thing is, no one can ever overcome her. She wields a power beyond the ability of mere men to overcome. They see a woman in a mask and cloak, and they smile and act confident.
Five minutes later, the screams finally end as she finishes with them, dispatching each and every one with the greatest of malice, ignoring the pleas for mercy as her own pain is forced onto these men, just trying to make the world safe.
Truly, the Black Rose Witch is dark, but within that darkness is a sad, lonely teenage girl bitter with pain and misery, wielding the Black Rose Witch persona as her own weapon, a personality unafraid of causing pain, or even killing. Beneath the plain mask of the Witch, is a girl looking for a savior to heal her heart.
Two things were my misfortune. The first was that I encountered her in the first place.
The second was dueling her...
Julian strolled through the New Domino streets, at ease even in the legendary Daimon Area, famous for being home to just about anyone with a marker on their face and a criminal record in the books.
Dirty, vandalized and graffiti coated buildings were the norm, shattered glass bottles covering the ground as Julian walked, shards crunching beneath his feet. Around him, criminals with yellow markers on their faces stopped to gaze at this confident newcomer.
Then the air was rent by a fierce scream. Heads turned and there was a stunned, pregnant silence.
"It's HER!" the screamed cry came. Fear showed on every face but Julian's as the people of the Daimon Area scattered, running away from whatever was coming.
"Who's coming?!" Julian yelled over the torrent of sound.
"THE BLACK ROSE WITCH!" screams sounded on all sides. Julian felt a chill run down his spine as he remembered his uncle's words, beware the Black Rose...
He felt drawn onwards, and so he walked, wanting to find this Black Rose Witch who could inspire such terror in hardened criminals. The streets were empty, cleared by the arrival of the Witch. Julian felt like the last survivor of a great battle as he strolled further along the paths, noting torn ground and shattered buildings.
He emerged into a wide square, and was stunned into silence with awe and terror.
The ground had been ripped up, solid concrete seemingly torn apart and hurled aside like tissue paper. Scorch marks covered the ground, and numerous still bodies were scattered around the square, all wearing Duel Disks. The marks of destruction were there, the screams of those people still on the wind...
And standing there, in her element, the centre of the devastation, was the Witch herself. A cloak black as her wretched, broken heart shrouded her body, while a plain white mask, like that of a Phantom, covered her face. Black gloves sheathed her arms, and Julian was drawn to the eyes staring at him through the eye slits in the mask, amber orbs full of pain and malice. The wind blew softly, pressing the Black Rose Witch's cloak against her slender body as she just stood and watched him.
He noticed the red and pink Duel Disk on her arm, and the magenta bangs draped round the edges of her mask.
"You're the Black Rose Witch?"
"Yes," she replied, voice cold and clear. It was like ice, sharp and frozen. But so like a volcano, with the blazing anger masterfully seeded into her tone.
"You did this to these people?"
"They're criminals. They deserve it." Her eyes narrowed "they feel my pain now."
"Your pain? Whatever hurts you, it gives you no right to hurt anyone!" She was silent.
"Who are you really? Why do you hide behind that mask?" Her unseen lips were definitely sealed, as no sound reached him but the whistle of the wind.
"If I have to duel the answers out of you, I'm more than willing to."
"Try it then," she said coldly. Julian noticed just how angry she seemed, it was evident in the slight shaking of her hands. This girl, whoever she really was, clearly was not used to being given any sort of command by a complete stranger.
Neither did she like personal questions, but that was just clear from the mask and cloak. Why else would she wear them?
"I don't want to hurt you," he said quietly.
"You can't hurt me more than anyone else has," she replied, voice perfectly calm. Julian mentally noted how she spoke, in a clearly upper-class voice, using no slang or even, he noticed with amusement, insulting him.
"Like I said, I won't hurt you," the brown haired boy said calmly "I don't want to hurt anyone that doesn't deserve it."
"Try all you like," she laughed bitterly "but like I said, you can't do anything worse than what pain I've felt." She activated her Duel Disk calmly, as Julian did the same.
Julian 8000LP/Black Rose Witch 8000LP
"I'll start," Julian said, putting his hand ready to draw.
"Go ahead," she replied, voice still just as layered with anger and pain.
"I draw." He examined his hand, which consisted of Salamandra, Backfire, Big Bang Shot, Synchro Halo, Double Summon and Flamvell Paun.
"I lay a monster in face-down defence and play one face-down," he said, placing Flamvell Paun in defence mode and setting Backfire.
Julian 8000LP/Black Rose Witch 8000LP
"My move," the Witch replied "I lay my own monster in defence mode and set two cards." Her two cards appeared, mirroring Julian's field until her second face-down Spell or Trap appeared.
"What? Why'd she do that? Maybe she has no other options," Julian wondered.
"With that, I end my turn."
Julian 8000LP/Black Rose Witch 8000LP
Julian drew, noting his lucky draw of his Flamvell Dragunov, but not really worrying about the Duel as he instead turned his thoughts to the masked young woman in front of him.
"I want some answers," he said quietly "for a start, why wear the mask?"
"It hides me."
"Yeah, that's obvious, miss cloak-and-dagger," he thought "I know that. I can see that, but what I want to know is, why hide your face?"
"Get on with the duel," she said coldly.
"She's like a brick wall. Guess I'll have to duel some answers out, lower her guard." He looked over his hand. Without Tuner monsters, there wasn't much to use "I summon Flamvell Dragunov in attack mode." The crimson and silver dragon appeared in front of him, next to his face-down Flamvell Paun (ATK: 1100). "Next I equip my Dragunov with Big Bang Shot!" Flamvell Dragunov began to glow fiercely (ATK: 1500).
The Witch just stayed as impassive as ever.
"Dragunov, attack her face-down card!" His Dragunov launched a jet of flames, which engulfed the face-down as it rose into a twisted mass of thick ivy, unsurprisingly named Wall of Ivy (DEF: 1200). The flames went to strike the Black Rose Witch, who took the blast without flinching (Black Rose Witch: 7700LP).
As the flames faded away and the Wall of Ivy shattered, Julian was astonished to see scorch marks on the ground following the path of his Dragunov's attack, and dying embers on the Witch's cloak as she calmly slapped them out.
"What the hell was that?" he asked. She just remained impassive, leaving him to notice her activated Trap Card just as Wall of Ivy reappeared (DEF: 1200).
"I activated my Cursed Ivy Trap Card, reviving my Wall of Ivy," she stated impassively "in addition, you get an Ivy Token because you flipped my Wall and activated its effect." It was then that Julian noticed the little plant with its three leaves on his side of the field (DEF: 500).
"I have to end my turn there," Julian said.
Julian 8000LP/Black Rose Witch 7700LP
"I draw," the Black Rose Witch announced "now I sacrifice my Wall of Ivy to summon Rose Tentacles!" Her Wall shattered, being replaced by a giant rose plant with six long tentacle-like vines growing from its body (ATK: 2200).
"Next I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Cursed Ivy!" As she slashed her card onto her Duel Disk, a bolt of lightning shot from the sky, shattering Cursed Ivy.
"Now because my Cursed Ivy was destroyed, two more Ivy Tokens bloom on your side of the field." Two more plants sprouted and grew their leaves (DEF: 500 each).
"Next I activate the Trap Card, Ivy Shackles!" the Witch cried "thanks to this Trap Card, all of your monsters are treated as Plant-Types during my turn only." Vines burst from the ground under Julian's field as her card flipped face-up, wrapping around his Flamvell Paun and Flamvell Dragunov tightly.
"Plant-Type... why would she do that? What's the benefit for her? God Julian, how are you supposed to figure this girl out if you can't even deal with her pests from the garden?"
"Now my Rose Tentacles attacks," she said "and when this rose attacks, it gains thorns, namely an extra attack for every Plant-Type monster on your side of the field."
"Shit!"
"Rose Tentacles, Thorn Flayer!" she commanded. Rose Tentacles lashed out with one of its vines, impaling one of Julian's Ivy Tokens. The vine kept going and gripped tightly around Julian's right arm.
"Wha...?!"
"When my Rose Tentacles destroys a Plant-Type monster in battle, it deals out 300 points of damage to you. On top of that, when an Ivy Token is destroyed, you take an additional 300 points of damage," his opponent replied, savage pleasure apparent in her voice.
It became crystal clear to Julian that she loved watching others suffer, as if seeing their agony somehow soothed the pain in her own heart. He screamed as her monster's thorns buried themselves in his flesh (Julian: 7400LP).
Her Rose Tentacles lashed out again, impaling another Ivy Token and grabbing Julian's other arm, drawing another scream from his lips (Julian: 6800LP).
"How is... this real?" he groaned through the veil of pain.
"I wouldn't worry about that," she hissed "I'd worry about the next 600 Life Points you're about to lose. Rose Tentacles, attack again!" Her monster lashed out its third vine, impaling the last Ivy Token and destroying it before wrapping the vine around Julian's right leg. Another scream was torn from the teenager's lips as more thorns were forced into him, crimson blood leaking from around the cruel spikes (Julian: 6200LP).
"I... activate my Backfire... Trap Card!" he screamed, forcing his trapped arm to move to the button on his Duel Disk and activate the card "now, whenever you destroy a Fire Attribute monster, you take... 500 points of damage!"
"500 points," she said "no problem for me. Rose Tentacles, attack his Flamvell Dragunov!" Rose Tentacles launched a fourth vine and impaled Flamvell Dragunov, before the thorn-covered limb of the plant wrapped itself around Julian's left leg. This time, he forced himself to keep from screaming, knowing that he only had one goal: deny this evil girl her sick, twisted pleasure (Julian: 5100LP). A second later, a jet of flames shot from Julian's Backfire card to strike the Witch, who remained entirely impassive to the hissing jet of blazing fury, just waiting for it to stop before putting out the embers (Black Rose Witch: 7200LP).
"How'd you like the fire?" Julian growled, smirking despite the pain.
"Rose Tentacles, attack his face-down card," was her only response. Her monster lashed out with its fifth vine, impaling the rising form of Flamvell Paun (DEF: 200). Julian cried out as the vine wrapped around his torso and dug its thorns right into him (Julian: 4800LP).
Every breath became a pain-filled, ragged gasp for air. Every second was a rush of screaming agony, as the thorns were forced deeper into him. Memories flashed past, and he felt only agony as he was forced to endure pain beyond anything he'd ever had to feel.
All he wanted was to fall into the dark void of unconsciousness and escape the pain, but he knew the Black Rose Witch would never grant him that blessed oblivion. She was far too full of hate and pain to ever allow him any escape.
"I have to fight her!" he screamed mentally "and I won't give into you! Black Rose Witch, you cannot break me! I will outlive this pain, regardless of how much agony you force on me, I will endure it!" She was silent, but he could hear her gasp even through his own screams.
"You cannot stop this pain!" she screamed "Rose Tentacles, make him shriek and beg for mercy!" The monster lashed out its final vine, which struck Julian and wrapped around his chest. Every single vine tightened at once and the resulting surge of pain was almost too much for Julian to take. His vision was fading to darkness, and he longed to fall into that blessed void, where even the Black Rose Witch couldn't harm him.
"No," he gasped "I can't run from this. There's only one way to escape, and that's victory. All I need is the strength to keep on resisting!" He forced himself to stay upright, not falling limp, even through the pain.
One thing, one thought, kept his strength from failing. He knew only one thing through the pain, and that was his love.
Dreams swirled in his mind, mixed with his memories. He gasped as the pain became nothing more than a dull ache. He knew he was forcing it away, that his time to feel the agony would come, but until then he was immune to its paralyzing touch.
"Kelsey," he spoke, forcing himself forwards. The vines fell away and were pulled back to Rose Tentacles, who waved them menacingly, but there was no fear in Julian's heart, only courage and love and his greatest rage.
"NO!" the Witch screamed "you can't!" He gazed at her, impassive in his rage.
"I can," he said, noting his failing Life Points (Julian: 2600LP).
"I end my turn," the Witch hissed.
Julian 2600LP/Black Rose Witch 6700LP
"Because you destroyed my Flamvell Paun, I can add a monster with 200 or less defence from my deck to my hand," Julian said "and I choose the Tuner Flamvell Hellion!" He picked the card out and shuffled his deck before drawing his next card, Flamvell Helldog.
"Now I activate my Double Summon Spell and summon Flamvell Hellion and Flamvell Helldog!" His flame demon (ATK: 1600) and the hellhound (ATK: 1900) both appeared.
"Now I Tune Flamvell Hellion and Flamvell Helldog to Synchro Summon...!" Flamvell Hellion dissolved into four glowing rings that surrounded Flamvell Helldog and cut it down to a glowing orange frame that dissolved into four glowing stars that aligned in the rings before exploding into a blazing inferno...
"GATHERING FLAMES BECOME THE INFERNO OF NEW LIFE!" Julian roared "LOVE AND COURAGE, BURN BRIGHT IN THIS SOUL LIKE THE SUN! SYNCHRO SUMMON! BECOME THE SOUL OF FIRE, FLAMVELL PHOENIXIAN!"
The four-winged phoenix burst out of the inferno, screaming at the Witch's Rose Tentacles (ATK: 1500). "And that's not it. When Flamvell Phoenixian is Synchro Summoned, all of your Spell and Trap Cards are destroyed, and my Phoenixian gains 300 attack points for every single Fire monster in my Graveyard!" Flamvell Phoenixian unleashed a burning wind from its wings, incinerating the Ivy Shackles card.
Then flames burned around Flamvell Phoenixian as the spirits of the lost Fire monsters empowered it (ATK: 2700). "And now I equip my Flamvell Phoenixian with the Salamandra Spell Card, giving it 700 more points!" The kanji sign for fire appeared on the phoenix's forehead as it screamed in rage (ATK: 3400).
"Flamvell Phoenixian, roast her Rose Tentacles with Howling Inferno!" Julian cried. Flames burst from his monsters maw as it unleashed its attack, searing Rose Tentacles down to nothing before the blazing gale struck the Black Rose Witch.
She was still impassive, holding out a hand and amazingly parting the flames. Still, there were scorch marks left and she still took the damage (Black Rose Witch: 4500LP).
"I end there," Julian said.
Julian 2600LP/Black Rose Witch 4500LP
"My move," she said calmly "I summon my Twilight Rose Knight." A short, pale blue-haired girl wearing night black armour and wielding a short sword appeared (ATK: 1300). "And because I played this monster, I can play a Level 4 or lower Plant from my hand to keep her company. I summon my Botanical Girl." A beautiful teenage girl made out of plant matter appeared, flower petals forming her hair and dress, a cruel smile on her face (ATK: 1300).
"Next I play the Spell Seed of Deception, letting me play a Level 2 or lower Plant from my hand. I summon Samsara Lotus." A green skinned sprite with a pink lotus for hair appeared, sitting on a lily pad and looking very annoyed (ATK: 0).
"What's the point in all this?" Julian asked, calming down slightly "look, we don't need to go any further."
"Yes, we do," she replied coldly "I Tune my Level 3 Twilight Rose Knight with my Level 3 Botanical Girl and Level 1 Samsara Lotus to Synchro Summon...!" Her Twilight Rose Knight shattered into three glowing rings that surrounded Botanical Girl and Samsara Lotus, cutting them down to orange frameworks that dissolved into four glowing stars. There was a second of pregnant anticipation, then the stars exploded into crimson flames.
"A Fire monster?!" Julian exclaimed mentally.
"Chilling flames engulf the entire world! Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom!" the Black Rose Witch chanted "Synchro Summon! Appear now, BLACK ROSE DRAGON!" The words resounded for several seconds, leaving Julian stunned.
A jet-black dragon burst from the inferno, spreading wings of blood red rose petals as black vines covered in thorns exploded out behind it, writhing and twisting like serpents. A crest of rose petals crowned its ebony head and a mouth filled with needle like teeth opened to let out a horrific scream of pure cold fury. Crimson eyes were directed into a burning gaze of malice as Black Rose Dragon, one of the most destructive and powerful Duel Monsters to ever exist in the Daimon Area, let out another shriek (ATK: 2400).
"Black Rose Dragon..." Julian breathed, realising finally what he was facing. This was no mere monster, this was a legend in itself.
Admittedly, a legend he could destroy without a problem with Flamvell Phoenixian.
"Next, I equip my Black Rose Dragon with a card called Thorn of Malice," the Black Rose Witch hissed "this raises its attack by 600 points." Her Dragon shrieked again, lines of fire burning on its armoured skin and the rose petal wings (ATK: 3000).
"You can't beat my Phoenixian, even with Thorn of Malice," Julian said coldly "your Dragon will get fried next turn."
"I wouldn't count on it," Black Rose Witch replied with a tone just as harsh and cold, if not more fury-filled "first of all, I activate the Forced Defense Spell Card, forcing your Phoenixian into defence mode." Flamvell Phoenixian cawed weakly and crossed its wings across its chest (DEF: 1500).
"Next I remove from play a Plant monster in my Graveyard to change your Phoenixian back into attack mode and reduce its attack to 0." She took the Wall of Ivy card from her Graveyard slot and a transparent image of the monster rose up to her Black Rose Dragon's head. The Dragon lashed out violently, snapping teeth together and shattering the monster.
"WHAT?!"
"Black Rose Dragon, Rose Restriction!" Black Rose Witch called. Her Dragon launched the black vines that were its tails across the field, wrapping Flamvell Phoenixian in them and forcing Julian's monster into the rough shape of a star (ATK: 0).
"PHONIXIAN!" Julian screamed as Black Rose Dragon opened its mouth, gathering a sphere of dark purple flames.
"End it," the Dragon's heartless master commanded "Black Rose Flare."
With a roar, the purple flames were unleashed in a torrent that engulfed Julian's Phoenixian, shattering it instantly as a storm of rose petals burst from Black Rose Dragon's wings, striking Julian and hurling him to the ground, before the flames engulfed him.
He felt something rise up inside him, instinct guiding him to thrust out his palm and part the gale of fire, drawing a gasp from the Black Rose Witch as she watched her Dragon's flames be forced away.
"What... he can't be..." she gasped.
Black Rose Dragon sensed her dismay and surprise, lashing out with its thorny tails. Julian was unable to block both flames and flailing tails at once, and one of the tails caught him in a mighty blow.
Thorns stabbed into his chest, drawing out exploding fountains of blood as they pierced deep into his body, tearing a scream from his lips as he was hurled off of the thorns by the incredible force of the blow...
He was hurled back into a building, where his head struck brick and he was forced into the dark void of nothing as his pain finally forced him into unconsciousness...
Julian 0LP/Black Rose Witch 4500LP
The Black Rose Witch waited for her Dragon to fade away before walking over to Julian's limp form and kneeling down beside him.
"Are you like me?" she whispered, gazing at the terrible gash in his forehead "are you one of us?"
"Hey, you! FREEZE!"
She turned, seeing the Sector Security officers as they cocked the pistols in their grips.
"Black Rose Witch!" the sergeant yelled "you are wanted on several dozen crimes, including property damage, grievous bodily harm, assault and you are believed to be responsible for the murder of Toby Tredwell! Don't move a muscle or we'll open fire!"
"Too bad I'm not coming with you," the Witch replied coldly, already sliding the card onto her Duel Disk "BLACK ROSE DRAGON!"
Her Dragon appeared, unleashing a gale of burning rose petals that forced the officers into cover as the Black Rose Witch fled under cover of the storm.
By the time Black Rose Dragon had gone, its master was obviously too far away for the officers to give pursuit. The best they could do was attend to the victim she had left behind...
But as the Witch leaned against a wall in an alleyway and slipped her mask off of her face, panting with the exertion, her thoughts turned to Julian. Her golden eyes looked at the mask as she remembered his question and her brow furrowed as she thought about what she had seen him do.
"He's like me and Divine," she whispered, face flushed red as she sat down on a garbage dumpster, wrapping her cloak around her body to guard against the cold of the approaching night "he's one of us."
The thought gave Akiza Izinski something to smile about as she stood and slid the mask over her face once more, ready to return to her only true home.
And perhaps, she mused as she ran, it would soon be Julian's home as well...
As the Sector Security officers transported me to New Domino Hospital for treatment, my friends and Director Goodwin were being notified of the attack on me. Of course, it wouldn't get out that I'd been stupid enough to duel the Black Rose Witch myself.
But as I was in the land between living and dead, I pondered that poor girl beneath the mask.
And little did I know it, but Akiza Izinski, the face behind the mask of the Black Rose Witch, was thinking of me. She had seen what I could do, what I was. Even as she entered her home, ready to tell the one person truly close to her heart about me, she thought about what her Black Rose Dragon had done to me.
Was she sorry about it? I never found out, and I'll never get the chance. What do I care for her?
Card Stats:
Traps:
Cursed Ivy
Continuous Trap Card
Select 1 "Ivy" monster from your Graveyard and Special Summon it in Defense Position. This card becomes an Equip Card, and equips to that monster. When this card is removed from the field, destroy that monster. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, Special Summon 2 "Ivy Tokens" (Plant-Type/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) to your opponent's side of the field in Defense Position. When an "Ivy Token" is destroyed, inflict 300 damage to its controller.
(Cursed Ivy was first used by Akiza Izinski/Aki Izayoi against Yusei Fudo in Episode 23 of 5D's. Creative credit goes to the writers of 5D's.)
Digidramon: Well, I kinda broke my promise about appearing in this chapter, Akiza, but does that duel make up for it?
Akiza:... Fine.
Jack: I think you really hurt our poor friend with that one, DD.
Digidramon: DD?
Akiza: Friend? Jack Atlas, when you're my friend, hell will have frozen over.
Yusei: Anyway, onto the chapter. So, that was a good duel, with plenty of great plays by both sides.
Drago: Yeah, but it's not as good as me against dad.
Divine: Well well, I finally found my way in here.
Yusei: You're dead. You can't be here.
Divine: I survived my fall. See, I've got the scar to prove it.
Akiza: You survived the fall, but you stupidly blurted out that you killed Toby Tredwell to Yusei. Yusei used a speaker system on his Duel Disk to tell Misty Tredwell about it, and Misty got Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua to eat you. You can't be here.
Divine: Akiza, I have something very important to tell you...
Digidramon: I don't want that psycho in my fan fic! GET OUT!
Divine: Make me.
Digidramon: Fine. I'm the author and I order you to leave.
Divine: I'm not your character.
Digidramon: You're pissing me off now.
Divine: F*** off.
(Collective gasps from the audience)
Digidramon: You can't use language like that!
Divine: You said pissing.
Misty: But everyone knows that F*** is worse... oh, damn it.
(Marik and Bakura stumble in, passionately kissing)
Digidramon: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO AUTHOR-CHARACTER PRIVACY?! WHY ARE RANDOM CHARACTERS STUMBLING IN, CHARACTERS FROM AN UNOFFICIAL SERIES, I MIGHT ADD!
Marik: Screw you.
Digidramon: What the hell is wrong with you Bakura? You're supposed to be British for crying out loud! I'm British! Respect the fellow resident of GB!
Bakura: I'm not British, I'm just gay.
(Audience gasps at clear quote from the Abridged Series and Bakura's admission)
Digidramon: (Seething at all the breaches of privacy) OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marik: Screw you.
Digidramon: (Towering rage building) If you won't get out, I'll force you out with the mighty... Slifer the Executive Producer? Mega Ultra Chicken? Obelisk the Tormentor... thank god they saved one. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE GOD CARDS?!"
Random announcer guy: You've just suffered a crossover with Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series! Congratulations for being crap enough to be officially tuned up by the best Yu-Gi-Oh parody on the net! How do you feel?
Digidramon: (so completely pissed off he's on fire and not noticing) OUUUUUTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pegasus: You're on fire.
Digidramon: ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yusei: He's screwing up.
Lazar: I knew something like this was going to happen.
Rex Goodwin: Don't worry. I will return this to normal, using my new Condor Earthbound Immortal.
(Collective gasps at Rex declaring new Condor Immortal)
Digidramon: WHY THE HELL IS THE ROOM CLEARLY MARKED 'FOR USE OF YU-GI-OH! 5D'S SEVEN SPIRITS CHARACTERS ONLY' BEING INVADED BY ABRIDGED SERIES MARIK AND BAKURA, DARK SIGNER REX GOODWIN AND DIVINE, WHO IS DEAD AS OF EPISODE 61 OF 5D'S!
Julian: Search me.
Digidramon: YOU'RE UNCONCIOUS! GET BACK TO SOMETHING FIC RELATED, LIKE KELSEY CRYING OVER YOUR MOTIONLESS... Oh shit.
(Audience gasps over clear plot spoiler)
Akiza: I almost feel his pain.
Yusei: Well, this is turning into a madhouse ruled by a hyper-angry author... want to get some nachos or something?
Akiza: Yeah, sure. Better than here.
Jack: I'll come. Hell can't be worse than here, and you two getting soppy and smooching by wherever has to be better than watching Digidramon go into meltdown over a few characters.
Digidramon: (Shaking with rage) Marik, Bakura, go be gay in the Abridged Series studio. Rex, go back to wherever they're filming your duels. Divine, go back to... well, wherever dead anime characters go. Party's over!
Leo: Party?
Digidramon: (Practically shrieking with alarm) GENTLEMEN, THERE'S AN IMPESSIONABLE YOUNG CHILD IN THE ROOM. PLEASE, DON'T DO ANYTHING OVERLY MATURE!
Rex: I can certainly understand that. (Leaves without a fuss.)
Marik: Well, there is a nice cupboard off the Abridged Series studio...
Bakura: Sure, let's go. (Both leave to be gay away from impressionable young child.)
Divine: You... you're that brat Luna's brother!
Digidramon: Divine, please... for me, don't....
Divine: DIE! PSYCHIC SWORD!
Leo: ARRRGGGHHH!!!!!
Digidramon: THAT'S IT! IF I HAVE TO KILL THIS NUTTER A THIRD TIME, I WILL! I RELEASE THE EGYPTIAN GODS FROM THEIR ABRIDGED SERIES FORMS!
(Slifer the Executive Producer becomes Slifer the Sky Dragon, Mega Ultra Chicken becomes The Winged Dragon of Ra and Obelisk the Tormentor becomes... well, Obelisk the Tormentor actually.)
Digidramon: Now I call on the name of the Pharaoh Atem and combine all three Egyptian Gods into the almighty Horakty, Creator God of Light! Horakty, strike down Divine!
(Horakty proceeds to use its powers to turn Divine into bloody pulp, out of Leo's sight of course.)
Leo: Thanks DD, that's one neat thing to know about Yusei. Now I can prank him and Akiza! Hey... where'd that Divine guy go?
Digidramon: He had to use the bathroom. Luna, Featured Card now.... actually, I'm wiped. Guess it's an early goodbye from me, readers. Sorry.
Keep reading Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Seven Spirits though. Next time, as Julian recovers from the injuries inflicted by Black Rose Dragon, Kelsey resolves to finally reveal her feelings towards him. But with Drago going after the Witch for revenge, and Kelsey being too afraid to tell Julian how she feels, can a duel with Leo improve Kelsey's resolve?
And can a talk with Akiza and Divine calm Drago down, or will he unleash Haou the Supreme King for vengeance?
Find out in Chapter 15: Black Rose Binds All Hearts!