Ichigo was in the waiting room for his duel with Fae. Though he was having a hard time believing that Uryū of all people was actually defeated.
"Uryū. Now Fae got to him." Ichigo said as he thought back of all the people Fae hurt. "This can't keep going." He then heard the door open and saw all of his friends and family came in.
"Hey Ichigo. Are you ready for this last duel?" Keigo said.
"With what he did to that Uryū it won't be easy." Rangiku said.
"I know that. Fae is a dangerous duelist, but losing is not an option." Ichigo said.
"Ichigo if this man is so dangerous than maybe you should just quit." Yuzu said.
"I can't do that." Ichigo said. "Fae has hurt so many people I care about, including Mom." That last part surprised his Dad and his sisters. "He's the real reason Mom is gone. If I don't defeat him then all the people that counted on me that did, I'll let them all down."
"Then you better not lose." Tatsuki said.
"She's right. You'll lose your honor and pride if you lose this with so many people are counting on you." Ikkaku said.
"You better take him down then." Karin said.
"We're with you all the way." Yumichika said.
"They're right Ichigo. If anyone can do it you can." Chad said.
"Thanks guys." Ichigo said.
"Hey I think this is the part where we do a hands in." Isshin said.
"Dad come on, no one does that." Ichigo said.
"It's not a bad idea." Mizuiro said as they brought their hands on top of each other. Even Ichigo put it in knowing that his friends were with him every step of the way to defeat Fae.
"By the way Chad where's Orihime?" Ichigo said.
"She said she was getting something for you." Chad said.
"Really? Well I can't wait for. I got to get it."
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The Soul Society
"Aizen the finals are about to start. Don't you want to go and check it out?" Gin said.
"Sure. I'm just about done anyway." Aizen said as he got up. They both left the room and when they did Tōshirō came out from hiding behind.
"Something weird is going on. Aizen hasn't once stepped out of the room since the tournament started." Tōshirō said. "Something strange is going on. What is he up too?"
"Tōshirō is there a problem?" He turned around to face a guy that had purple hair tied up and was blind.
"No Kaname Tosen. I just have my suspicions." Tōshirō said.
"I assure you there is nothing to worry about." Kaname said and walked away, but Tōshirō wasn't so sure.
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Medical Center
Unohana with the three people Fae faced up against were watching the finals.
"So Fae is in the finals?" Shunsei said.
"Yes and so is Ichigo Kurosaki." Jūshirō said. "He is quite the young man."
"Yes I noticed it when I dueled that young lady." Unohana said.
"Fae is a dangerous man though and Ichigo might be our only hope of defeating him." Jūshirō said.
"Is that so?" They saw that Kenpachi and Yachiru entered the room.
"What are you doing here? It's not like you to pay a visit to the medical center." Unohana said.
"I heard Ichigo is in the finals and you had the closest thing to a television in the area." Kenpachi said.
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The Duel
Ichigo was on his way to face off against Fae as he was walking down the hall.
"Hey Ichigo. Heads up." He turned around to see Orihime toss something at him.
"Orihime? What is this?" Ichigo said.
"A little recipe of mine." Orihime said and that made him nervous. "It's suppose to give you energy to help you win. I just want to make sure of it."
"Thanks Orihime." Ichigo said.
"Ichigo promise you'll win." Ichigo said.
"I promise." Ichigo said and walked off with Orihime hoping that he will win. As Ichigo made his way to the dueling area he and Fae made their way for the faceoff they both have been waiting for. For Ichigo he had to win as so many people were counting on him.
"Alright everyone here's what we've been waiting for." The announcer said. "We got the frightening and amazing duelist of power, Fae, going against the spiritual warrior with serious skill, Ichigo."
"Well Ichigo we finally get to face each other in battle." Fae said.
"Yeah we do and this is where it all ends for you." Ichigo said.
"I gave you the choice Ichigo to join me." Fae said.
"You want to unite our world with the duel monster spirit world. Don't you understand that will cause total chaos as both worlds will be hurt?" Ichigo said.
"Greatness requires great sacrifices. Besides it's better than having the Soul Society destroy it." Fae said.
"That may be true, but the truth is you're both wrong." Ichigo said. "I don't get why you or they would do this, but it's wrong and I will stop you and the Soul Society."
"You're just like her." Fae said. "You're just like your mother, Masaki. You both are naïve, outmatched, and always get in way over you heads. At her last night she said the same thing. She tried to stop me and Byakura so we had a three way duel. Only she wasn't as aggressive as you are. She tried, but she failed. Those who go against me or the entire Soul Society is doomed to fail. Your mother was a fool Ichigo, just like you."
"You're wrong about me and you're wrong about my mother and I don't want to hear you say anything about her again." Ichigo said.
"Oh I think I struck a nerve. Well then let's get started." Fae said. They both activated their duel disks as they got themselves ready for this might be the last duel for one or the other.
"Now let's duel!" They both said at 4000LP.
"I think I'll get this started." Fae said. "First I summon Hollow Shrieker in defense mode." Shrieker came up with 1400def points. "Next I use his special ability to place two shriek leech tokens on your field." Shrieker shot out the leeches as they were placed on Ichigo's field with 200def points. "Better be careful Ichigo because if those leave the field you take 300 points of damage for each one. I think I'll end my turn there."
"It's my move now. First I summon Soul Siege in attack mode." Ichigo said and his black armored warrior came up with 1400atk points. "Next I use the spell Soul Fuse. Now if I give up a monster on my field then my Soul Siege gains their attack points until the end of my turn. I'll use these two tokens you gave me."
"You fool. You're just going to deal damage to yourself." Fae said.
"I don't think so because Soul Fuse takes any damage sent to you." Ichigo said. Soul Siege absorbed both the leeches in his lance and shot at Fae as his points dropped to 3400 and Soul Siege now had 1800atk points. "Now Soul Siege attack Shrieker." His siege went in and struck Shrieker as he was destroyed. "I place one face down and end my turn and Soul Siege's points go back to normal." His Soul Siege returned to 1400atk points.
"Then it's my move then." Fae said. "First I summon Hollow Fishbone D in attack mode." Fishbone came up with 1600atk points. "Next I'm activating the Hollow Fusion spell card. This spell allows me to fuse two hollow monsters in my deck. I fuse two Menos Grande."
"You had two?" Ichigo said.
"That's right." Fae said. "I fuse them to summon Hollow Hooleer." A black hole opened up and a creature with just an eye and Menos Grande masks on its fingers came out at 2000def points. "I know use Hooleer's ability. I can remove any two monsters and summon two hollows in their place. Say goodbye Soul Siege and Fishbone D." Two beams of light encased both of them and pulled them in.
"No! Soul Siege come back!" Ichigo said as they were both pulled into the black opening.
"Now I summon Hollow Metastacia Hexapodus." Fae said and both his monsters came out at 1000 and 1200atk points. "Now I use the spell Gillian Tri Delta. When I have two identical monsters in my grave I can summon a third. I summon my third Hollow Menos Grande." Menos Grande rose up with 2900atk points. "I'm not finished because thanks to Demi-Hollow's ability I can summon it for an unite summon." His Demi-Hollow came up with 200atk points. "Now I unite my dark attribute level four Metastacia and Hexapodus with level two Demi-Hollow to unite summon Hollow Ayon." The three of them came together and Ayon rose with 2800atk points.
"Now he has three monsters." Ichigo said knowing he was in trouble. "Wait a minute. Did he summon Hooleer just to get rid of my defenses?"
"That's right so now Ayon can attack you directly." Fae said. "Attack with Brutal awful Crush." Ayon pounded Ichigo as his points dropped to 1200. "Now my Menos Grande can finish you, Cero Blast."
"Hold it. I activate the trap, Training Mannequin." Ichigo said. "When I'm being attack I can use this trap to summon a monster and it becomes the target of your attack. Come on out Kon The Lion." Kon emerged with 300atk points. "Now I use his special ability. If I send him to the grave when he's being attack I can stop it." Kon took the blast and shined a bright light stopping it.
"You might have survived this time, but you won't next time. I end my turn." Fae said.
"It's my move." Ichigo said. "First I summon Swordsman Of The Black Blade in attack mode." His monster came up with 1900atk points. "Next I use the spell Treasure giving. When I have a monster on the field I can use this spell to draw a number of cards that match his level. My swordsman is a level four so I get to draw four cards. Now I activate the spell, Triple Attribute. When I have three monsters that are the same attribute I can summon them. I summon Reaper Of Spirits, Soul Seizer, and Twin Sword Slayer." All three monsters came up with 1700, 1500, and 1600atk points. "Now I unite Soul Seizer and Twin Sword Slayer to unite summon Zangetsu." The two came together and Zangetsu came up with 2500atk points.
"That was an amazing combo." Keigo said.
"Now they both have three monsters." Rangiku said.
"Yeah, but Fae's monsters are stronger." Yuzu said worried what will happen to Ichigo.
"Don't worry Yuzu. Ichigo will find a way around that." Chad said.
"Go Ichigo. You can beat him." Orihime said.
"Fae the real battle starts now." Ichigo said.
"I can hardly wait." Fae said. The two have only just begun to face each other as this duel has yet to truly begun. The question is which one will walk away the victor?
To Be Continued…