The New Gods

"So how do we intend to do this?" Estelle asked calmly. "For if you do not return those children to us, we will take them back by force."

"Oh please, he's not in charge anymore. I am." A figure said stepping from the shadows, Caius' dead, limp body falling from its hands to the cold, hard floor. A sinister smile plastered to his face. "You will obey me for my name is..."

Akiza gasped sharply as she woke up, looking directly into the eyes of her husband, lying awake next to her.

"Good morning, Rose Diak Um." He said calmly, Akiza immediately pulling him in to a hug. "Bad dream?"

"You wouldn't even know... the half of it..." She sighed into his shoulder. "I'm just glad you're okay"

"Oh, I see... that kind of dream..." He nodded and hugged her close. "C'mon, let's get breakfast..."

She nodded back and smiled weakly.

"Feeling better now Aki?" Caius asked, handing Akiza a cup of coffee.

"Yes, thank you" She sipped the coffee. "Except..."

"We'll get em back Aki... I swear it-"

A knock at the door. Caius went over to the door and opened it, Estelle and Yusei stood outside.

"Hello Caius, good to see you." Yusei said, less than cheerfully. "We need to talk about those Dark Dragon things you used"

"Indeed, and I would like to test their limits" Estelle said calmly, gesturing to her duel disk.

"Very well, there's a duel arena just round th-"

"Nien, a turbo duel" Estelle said sharply.

"Oh my..." Yusei said, a sudden excitement in his voice. "This should be fun"

"Then I accept your challenge. And Yusei, put simply they are a custom sub-archetype of tuners, my own ideas put into cards"

Yusei nodded and stood back, letting Estelle and Caius head to their runners, before he and Akiza headed to their own to watch the action. "It's been a while since we've seen either of them turbo duel eh akiza?"

"Indeed Yusei, should be interesting" she responded with a yawn.

"Best of luck Estelle, you will need it!" Caius half shouted as the radio link opened.

"You will be the one to need luck Caius Yamigetsu!" She responded.

"Ready?" Caius asked. Receiving a nod from Estelle.

"SPEED WORLD 2 ACTIVATED"

"TURBO DUEL! ACCELERATE" They both called.

DUEL START: Caius VS Estelle C: E:

C: Ladies first Estelle!

E: Very well, draw! I will set two face-down cards and a monster in face down defence! Turn over!

C: Draw!

TURN CHANGE: CAIUS, SPEED COUNTERS: 1:1

C: Let's kick off with an old favourite! I use the ability of D/D Swirl Slime in my hand! By sending it to the grave with another monster, the two are fused! So now by combining it with a D/D Lamia, I fusion summon D/D/D Oracle King D'Arc!

D/D/D Oracle King D'Arc: LVL: 7 ATK: 2800

C: Now I use the speed spell! Update! Thus allowing me to use normal spells for the rest of the duel. So I can play Dark Contract with the Gate! This allows me to search out a D/D from my deck once a turn, however I burn for 1000 each standby phase... I search out my D/D/D Doom King Armageddon!

E: But he is listed as D/D/D, not D/D...

C: Incorrect! Because D/D is in D/D/D I can search it, much like how cyber dragon core only says a "Cyber" card, yet you can search cybernetic fusion support!

E: Oh.. That makes sense.

C: Now I use D/D Orthros and Kai-Den Kendo spirit to set up a pendulum scale! Scales are 3 and 9, I can summon monsters from levels 4 to 8 all at the same time, my monster is ready to take the field! I pendulum summon! D/D/D Doom King Armageddon!

D/D/D Doom King Armageddon: LVL: 8, ATK: 3000

E: Not a bad move Caius. But you know that is not what I seek!

C: True, but since I pendulum summoned, Kai-Den returns to my hand, and my turn is done!

E: Draw!

TURN CHANGE: ESTELLE, SPEED COUNTERS: 2:2

E: I will flip summon my Fire Ant Ascator! Then by using my face-down Double Summon, I can summon both Blizzard Dragon and Alexandrite Dragon! However, they aren't staying, I tune all 3 together!

"Come forth! Ruler of the Stars! Emperor of the Dragons!
STAR EATER!"

On Estelle's arm, the red star mark appeared, the mark of the priestess.

C: Ah... You have a mark...

Star Eater: LVL 11, ATK 3200

E: Lay Waste to his doom king!

CAIUS LP: 8000-200=7800

C: Why leave D'Arc?

E: This duel is to see your Dark Dragon Road monsters, for that I require to see you use them, thus you will summon Beelze! Turn over!

C: Very well! DRAW!

TURN CHANGE: CAIUS, SPEED COUNTERS: 3:3

C: I would take damage from my contract, however D'Arc's ability reverses the damage into Life!

E: Dammit...

CAIUS LP: 7800+1000=8800

C: Next, I use my contract to search out... D/D Lilith! And I play the spell... Allure of Darkness! I draw two cards and banish the D/D Lilith! Then I summon the tuner, Dark Dragon Road; Broken Path!

Dark Dragon Road; Broken Path: LVL: 1, ATK: 0

C: Next, I play Lamia's Ability In the Grave! I summon her back by sending my contract with the gate to the Grave. And I tune her with my Oracle king D'Arc!

"United Shadows, stand tall and strike down those who oppose you! My soul incarnated take your throne over the night! SYNCHRO LEVEL 8!
BEELZE OF THE DIABOLIC DRAGONS!"

Caius's mark glowed red, his dragon's eye opening

Beelze of the Diabolic Dragons: LVL: 8, ATK: 3000

C: Now is the time! I set kai-den back to the pendulum scale, it is complete again! I pendulum summon D/D/D Doom King Armageddon back to the field, only in defence mode!

D/D/D Doom King Armageddon: LVL 8, DEF: 1000

E: Why defence?

C: Because, once Kai Den Returns to my hand, I play him back to the scale! Leaving, one card in my hand. The card of your loss! I use the spell, CREATURE SWAP! I target my doom king with mine!

E: I only have star eater...

C: Correct! Now I take your star eater and tune it to the Broken Path! By the oath I take as a Signer, I will use this darkness to find a new light!

"The light dies, and the dark will rise! The shadows lead only to the new light! Become the path its light shines upon! SYNCHRO LEVEL 12!
Sit atop the throne of the Gods!
Divine Star Void Dragon!"

This time Estelle's arm turned blue, and a similar aura surrounding her runner.

Divine Star Void Dragon: LVL 12, ATK: 4000

C: A few ground rules! When Divine Star Void Dragon attacks a monster in defence, it does double piercing! That's ability 1! Attack, Divine Star Void Dragon! Lay Waste to Armageddon!

E: That would be 6000... plus Beelze and it'd be over... I play my Trap! Final Attack Orders! This moves Armageddon to Attack!

C: Ability two! If a card that it has targeted for attack changes battle position, it is returned to the hand! In this case, MINE! Then the Attack! BECOMES DIRECT! BEELZE CHARGE AS WELL!

ESTELLE LP: 8000-4000-3000=1000, SPEED COUNTERS 3-3=0

E: Dammit...

C: My turn is over!

TURN CHANGE: ESTELLE, SPEED COUNTERS 4:1

E: I set three cards down and end my turn!

TURN CHANGE: CAIUS, SPEED COUNTERS 5:2

C: Now this is over! I play a new allure! Draw two and banish Armageddon, I then pendulum summon one of the cards I drew, Darkest Diabolos! Lord of the Lair! And use the ability of the dark dragon I drew! Shattered oath! When I special summon a monster level 6 or higher, he is also summoned and mirrors the level!

Darkest Diabolos, Lord of the Lair: LVL: 8, ATK: 3000

Dark Dragon Road; Shattered Oath: LVL 8 [Originally 6], ATK: 0

E: What good is two level 8s? Are you planning to XYZ?

C: Good as that would be, you can only use Dark Dragon Roads as synchro material, so I will! I tune Shattered Oath to Diabolos!

E: Level 16 doesn't exist!

C: True, but level exclusion does! The requirement is to send two level 5 or higher special summoned monsters to the GY, to perform a level ignorant synchro summon!

E: What?... No... you can't have that!

C: For the sake of the watchers, let's just get to the summon!

"Ultimate God of the Manga world, bless this plane in the form you took all that time ago!

I CALL THE ULTIMATE GOD!

PHANTASMAL LORD ULTIMITL BISHBAALKIN"

The Crimson Dragon appeared overhead, changing into a form more like Obelisk the Tormentor.

Phantasmal Lord Ultimitl Bishbaalkin: LVL: 12, ATK: 0

E: No... Not that...

C: Its ability! Buries both our fields in Utchatzimime tokens!

Utchatzimime Token: LVL: 1, DEF: 0 - ATK: 0

C: Your Final Attack orders pushes them into ATK mode! And by the by, my ultimate god gains 1000 attack points for every monster on the field!

Phantasmal Lord Ultimitl Bishbaalkin: ATK: 0+(1000x10) =10,000

E: I don't know if I can beat that...

C: I'll give you one turn to try and figure a way out! Turn End!

E: Draw!

TURN CHANGE: ESTELLE, SPEED COUNTERS: 6:3

E: This is all I can do... I play the ability of the Dragon Whirlwind in my hand! By Discarding it and halving my LP I destroy all spells and traps! Then I switch all my Mimes to defence mode!

ESTELLE LP: 1000/2=500

E: I set a card and my turn is done...

C: Draw!

TURN CHANGE: CAIUS, SPEED COUNTERS: 7:4

C: I play the effect of speed world 2! I remove 7 speed counters to draw a card! Then I use the third and final ability of Divine Star Void Dragon, I sacrifice the two tokens on my field and we both gain 500 LP for each.

SPEED COUNTERS: 0:4

CAIUS LP: 8800+1000=9800
ESTELLE LP: 500+1000=1500

C: Next, I summon red resonator, who allows me to also summon D/D Cerberus! I tune them to create... Stardust Charge Warrior!

Stardust Charge Warrior: LVL: 6, ATK: 2000

C: His ability! I draw a card! I use the spell I drew! Monster Reborn! I call back to my field Dark Star Dragon; Shattered Oath! With its original Level!

Dark Dragon Road; Shattered Oath: LVL: 6, ATK: 0

C: Now I send it to my grave along with stardust charge warrior! I summon the other Ultimate God Card! ULTIMAYA TZOLKIN!

Another Crimson Dragon Appeared, this time unchanged.

Ultimaya Tzolkin: LVL, [12], ATK: 0

C: Now since there are only 9 monsters, my Phantasm lord drops to 9000 ATK, Yet, that means nothing, since his ability fills the last space with a mime! Returning him to 10,0000. Divine Star Void Dragon! Attack a mime and end the duel!

ESTELLE LP: 1500-8000=0

DUEL END, CAIUS WINS

"That's game Estelle, nice job even though you lost" Caius said, pulling to a halt one lap later, almost exactly where they started, the two ultimate gods high overhead.

"How do you have them?.." She asked pulling to a halt behind him.

"Always did, just never had any tuners of a high enough level" He replied, taking off his helmet and receiving a hug from a stunned Akiza, Yusei just stared blankly at the Gods.

"What... are they" Yusei asked. "Are they from your world?"

Both Caius and Estelle nodded. Yusei seeming to realise something. "You two come from the SAME world?!"

They nodded again.

"Yusei, Estelle, Aki, can we go back inside? This is gonna be a long story..."

"So, what you are saying is, you have had them a long time, but you never even once thought they would be useful in a synchro world, because you can use tokens as synchro material?" Yusei asked.

"Yes, however XYZ material is a different matter, you can't use tokens as you can't overlay them, it's weird but that's how it is, so if we are gonna win this, we will need the Dark Dragons, and my Ultimate Gods."

Akiza and Estelle looked at each other and sighed, before looking back to the two turbo masters, who were deep in a discussion about duelling strategies by now.