Rua: Think of a way for me to help Sara and Ruka!
Sara: There is no need to endanger you like that.
Rua: You know, you could reach out for help too, sometimes.
Sara: What's that supposed to mean? I can handle Demak myself.
D. J. Scales: And Reborn. *smacks her*
Reborn of Blue-Eyes: What?
D. J. Scales: You want to help Luna and Torunka save Ancient Fairy Dragon from the stone, right? Then do what Torunka says and protect them from Regulus until the Minus curse is broken.
MasakiSora-chan: And before I forget: I made a mistake with Demak's name since I pronounced it as Devack the last chapter (which is the English Dub name). So just you know why it was changed.
Rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon!
Satellite, Monkey Tower:
"Now, go on. It is your turn. Not that I see anything else besides pain for you."
"Just shut up, will you?" Sara gave back angrily and drew.
[LP: 3200, Hand: 5]
"I summon Masked Dragon in Defense Mode and set one card face down. That's it for now."
"That is all?"
"So what?"
"I thought you would do a bit more than that."
"Just lean back and wait."
Demak just grinned and went on with his own turn.
[LP: 4000, Hand: 5]
"I discard Ape Fighter to once again activate Magician Ape's effect and therefore I take control of your Masked Dragon."
"I don't think so." Sara interrupted and activated one of her face-down cards: Interdimensional Matter Transporter. Now her monster was removed from play until the End Phase and Demak couldn't use Magician Ape's effect again.
"Well, that doesn't matter. I summon another Ape Fighter from my hand [Beast/LV4/ATK: 1900]. Magician Ape, attack her Baby Dragon!"
"No, you won't! I activate Negate Attack! Therefore your attack is cancelled and your Battle Phase is over."
"There is no need for you to struggle like that. You're going to lose anyway."
"We'll just see about that." Sara gave back, looking at a specific card in her hand.
Demak was finally ending his turn with two face-downs, so Sara's trap activated again and Masked Dragon returned to her side of the field.
"Well then, let's get this duel up a bit." She proclaimed as she drew.
[LP: 3200, Hand: 4]
"Firstly, I activate my Spell Card Graceful Charity! As you may know, I am now able to draw three cards from my hand and then I have to discard two."
The cards she had drawn were Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Armed Dragon LV3 and Decoy Dragon. "I discard those two." She said, showing him her Blue-Eyes and Tyrant Dragon.
"Next I release both my monsters, to Tribute Summon this guy: Show yourself, Light and Darkness Dragon!" [Dragon/LV8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2400]
"Well, seems that this is going to get a bit more interesting now."
"We'll see who finds this interesting. Go, Light and Darkness Dragon, attack his Magician's Ape!"
"I activate my trap: Dimensional Prison. That will remove the attacking monster from play."
"With one problem, Demak. Light and Darkness' Special Ability will nullify the activation of your trap by decreasing it's Attack and Defence Points by 500." Sara explained while her Dragon's Attack Points went down to 2300.
"Then I activate this Card: Divine Wrath." Demak said, making Sara widen her eyes in shock.
Since this was still the same chain, she couldn't use Light and Darkness' effect against his second trap card, therefore Divine Wrath destroyed her dragon immediately. However it didn't leave just like that. White and Black flames engulfed Sara's entire side of the field.
"What's going on?" Demak demanded to know.
"Light and Darkness Dragon has yet another Special Ability. When it is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, it destroys every single card on my side of the field. However I can select one Dragon-type Monster in my graveyard and Special Summon it. So show yourself: Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Sara called as it appeared through the flames, making them disappear with a flap of its wings and a loud roar.
"Wow." Rua murmured as he watched the dragon in awe, totally ignoring the strong wind flying around him.
"And don't forget that I can still attack, Demak!" Sara meant, commanding Blue-Eyes to attack, which she did. This time there was nothing to block her attack, resulting in Magician's Ape getting destroyed and the Dark Signer losing 2200 Life Points.
"I end my turn." Sara proclaimed, lowering her disk.
Her opponent drew his card. [Hand: 2] The moment he saw what he had gotten, he could help but laugh.
"Did I miss something?" Sara asked.
Outside the geoglyphe Yusei frowned and also Ushio looked suspicious.
"I firstly summon my Dark Tuner Dark Ape." [Beast/Dark Tuner/LV3/ATK: 0/DEF: 0]
[A/N: This card is in reality Level 2, but as I already took Level 4 instead of Level 5 (anime only) for Fighter's Ape, this had to be adapted]
"Dark Tuner?" Rua mumbled.
"Don't tell me he is going to Summon another of those Dark Synchro Monsters." Yusei feared and of course he was right. But firstly the Dark Signer had to activate his Spell Card Dark Wave, which caused his Level 4 Fighters Ape to become a Level -4 monster. Demak then began to chant, before his two monsters performed a new Dark Synchro Summon – this time the result was the Dark Synchro Monster called Zeman the Ape King. [Beast/Dark Synchro/ LV -7/ ATK: 2500]
"But I'm not finished." Demak went on, making Sara frown. Of course there had to be something, since his new monster was definitely not able to beat her Blue-Eyes.
"I activate my Field Spell: Closed Forest." He said, placing the card on his Field Card slot.
"That's not good, now he can summon one of those Earthbound Immortals again!" Yusei pointed out, but that was not what Sara had to fear right now. Because thanks to the Field Spell, Zeman got 100 more Attack Points for each Monster in Demak's Graveyard and there were 5, meaning Zeman the Ape King had the same Attack Points as Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
"Now I end my turn." Demak said with a smirk, making Sara flinch and Rua gulped. "Now what are you going to do, Sara-nee-chan?" He asked and turned from the newly summoned monster to the girl beside him.
"I'm going to beat this guy." Was all Sara answered.
Duel Monnsters Spirit World
"Regulus!" Torunka cried out and all three of them watched the white armored lion.
"So this is Regulus?" Ruka asked. In response Regulus growled at her angrily.
"Regulus, please listen to me! Ancient Fairy Dragon sent me here from another world." The young Signer went on to explain but Regulus suddenly pounced at them, causing Torunka and Ruka to hide behind Reborn of Blue-Eyes, who herself struck with her claws towards the lion, but he was able to dodge her attack.
"This won't bring us anywhere! We really should run for it, Ruka!" Torunka tried but the girl ignored him. "Regulus, please, we want to save Ancient Fairy Dragon, but therefore we need your help!" She pleaded.
"Who do you think you are? As if I would let you use Ancient Fairy Dragon for your own goals!" Regulus gave back and growled again.
"Something's not right here." Torunka stated. "It seems that he is talking about something totally different then us."
"Look." Reborn nodded towards Regulus right leg.
"A Cursed Needle!" Ruka shouted out. "So that's it. That needle is causing him to hear the opposite of what we are saying!"
However that didn't change the fact that Regulus still regarded them as his enemies, who were trying to capture him. The lion jumped forward in an attempt to chase Ruka and Torunka but again Reborn went between, using her wings and claws to get him off balance.
"You're a Spellcaster Torunka! Isn't there anything you can do?" Ruka asked, however Torunka just shook his head, explaining that he couldn't use any powerful magic in his shrunken state. "But maybe this will work!"
Ruka watched him, as he came out behind Reborn and made a few steps towards Regulus. Then he began to insult him in any possible way he could think of, while Regulus only heard a lot of flattery. However those words were meaningless to him, as he thought Torunka only wanted to fool him.
Just as Reborn wanted to use the distraction to get rid of the needle at his leg, a troop of monkeys showed up. They wanted to capture Regulus, so one of them pointed with his Needle at the lion, ready to cast the Minus Curse, when another monkey held him off, saying that it would cancel out the curse Regulus was already under.
In all that commotion the lion was able to make his escape, closely followed by the monkeys.
"That's it!" Ruka suddenly shouted and started running after them without any explanation.
"Hey, Ruka, wait!" Torunka called after the girl, struggling to keep up with her, while Reborn followed them by air. After successfully snatching away a Cursed Needle from one of the monkeys, Ruka and Torunka made their way to where Regulus was.
Finally they found him at the other side of a river. Ruka turned the needle on the staff, slowly making a few steps on the fallen tree, which was working as a bridge. Torunka watched her anxiously from the riverbank when a few things happened simultaneously.
Regulus pounced again at Ruka, while the Signer pointed the staff at Regulus, causing it to emit a white blast, which merged with Reborn's White Beam of Destruction she had used to hinder Regulus from attacking Ruka.
The tree then collapsed from the impact, the falling wood resulting in big waves, which dragged Ruka, Torunka and Regulus into the river. As Ruka was calling for help, Regulus spotted her Mark of the Dragon, finally realizing that she was in fact a Signer. He swam towards them but was too late. Right before them was a waterfall and just as they were about to fall down, Reborn caught them and put them back on land.
"Thanks Reborn, you saved us again." Ruka said gratefully.
"Don't mention it." The dragon answered.
They then turned their attention towards Regulus, who bowed towards Ruka, telling her, that he had been waiting for her arrival and apologized for his earlier behavior.
"Did you summon us here?" Ruka asked him.
"Indeed. Ancient Fairy Dragon told me about you but I didn't call Reborn of Blue-Eyes White Dragon." He explained.
"Then how did she get here?" Torunka asked.
"Maybe through everyone's powers. Regulus summoned Ruka, Ruka has her own connection to the Spirit World and besides, I'm a Duel Monsters Spirit myself. Or do you see Sara anywhere?"
"No, only you are here. Anyway, we should focus on our mission right now – we must save Ancient Fairy!" Ruka reminded them and the three Spirits nodded in agreement.
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"I think we should try to infiltrate the castle." Regulus suggested.
"And how should we do that?" Torunka asked. "I highly doubt they will just let us in."
"I have an idea." The lion answered and explained his plan. Only a few minutes later they made their way back to Swank, with Torunka riding on Regulus' back and Ruka sitting on Reborn. Suddenly the sky darkened and right in front of the sun appeared a giant Cursed Needle, which slowly began to turn and transformed the whole area into a wasteland, where the trees and rivers disappeared.
"Ah!"
"What is it, Torunka?"
"We are shrinking!" Torunka exclaimed and Ruka had to agree. Her clothes were already too large for her. Even Reborn was a bit smaller than before.
"We should hurry or else I fear we're going to become babies again, or even vanish." Regulus said and they hastily continued their way. They hid behind some large rocks and started their operation. Ruka found some plain looking clothes to disguise herself and also covered her mouth. Torunka, too, wore something else over his own clothes.
Ruka's staff was wrapped in bandages and Regulus was put in a cage. The cage also had small wheels underneath but Regulus was still too heavy so Reborn helped by pushing from behind.
They approached the gate of Zeman's castle where two guardians demanded them to stop. While Ruka told them that she was a Traveling Magician and had captured Regulus, the White Dragon jumped on top of the cage where she lay down as comfortable as possible, her head resting on her front claws and her tail lying beside her body.
After the explanation was over, one of the monkeys rushed in to tell Zeman and soon afterwards they were brought inside. More than a dozen monkeys pulled the cage until they arrived in a large room, where Zeman was waiting for them.
As they bowed slightly before the Ape King, Ruka saw the throne on the other side of a large hole in the floor and on the walls hung the stone tablets of captured Duel Monsters Spirits. She also spotted her own Sunlight Unicorn and Kuribon among them.
"So, you're that Traveling Magician. As I see, you really captured Regulus."
"Yes." Was all Ruka said rising again as they waited anxiously for Zeman to take the bait.
The Ape King looked from Ruka to Regulus, then his eyes made contact with Reborn's before turning back to the disguised Signer.
"How did you manage to catch him?" Zeman asked her.
The girl held up her staff. "Let me show you." She told and pointed her disguised Needle at the seemingly sleeping lion. "Wake up." Ruka ordered him and only a second later Regulus got to his feet, growling dangerously. "Rest." Ruka commanded to which the lion immediately lay down, again pretending to be asleep.
Zeman lay his head on his right palm, watching them doubtingly. "How can I be sure that you are not trying to fool me?" He asked.
"If you want more proof, I can let him go against your monkey soldiers." Ruka suggested, just as they stepped nearer with raised staffs and Reborn let out a low warning growl.
"Well, it is enough to have him captured, I think." He made a pause before he said with a raised voice to his soldiers: "Put Regulus under the Minus Curse!"
"No, wait!" Ruka called out as Reborn rose a bit and growled louder this time. "If you put the Minus Curse on him, it would only cancel out the Spell I put him under." The Signer went on, trying not to break out in sweat.
"Then what do you suggest?" Zeman asked her apparently annoyed. "He isn't worth anything right now."
"There is only one way to completely minus Regulus." Ruka began, making a short break. "You have to unseal Ancient Fairy Dragon first and then minus them both simultaneously."
There was silence as Zeman studied her face for any traces of lies. Beside Ruka, Torunka began to get a bit nervous as the monkey didn't answer but fortunaltely for him, Zeman didn't give him the slightest attention.
"I take your word for it." He finally said and Torunka let out the breath he had been holding.
Zeman stood from his throne and walked towards the hole in the floor. He rose his arms and called for Ancient Fairy Dragon. Stepping forward Ruka and Torunka peered into the portal and saw the crag in which Ancient Fairy was currently sealed in.
"I really hope for you that you're not lying because then you shall pay dearly." Zeman warned them before he finally began to unseal Ancient Fairy Dragon. "Bring Regulus here." He then demanded. Ruka followed his order by waving her staff and telling the lion to follow her.
Thinking that they had already won, Torunka began to dance in excitement, totally forgetting that his clothes were too large for him. He tripped over them and also knocked out Ruka. With a cry the Signer fell, the same did the bandages on her stuff.
"That's a Cursed Needle!" One of the monkeys shouted out. But it should get even worse. While standing up again, Torunka accidently turned the Needle and began to laugh. "You really are dumb, Zeman, to fall for our trick that easily!" He blurted out unwillingly.
The Ape King flinched as he began to understand what that meant, while Reborn on the cage rose to her feet, knowing that this would result in something really bad.
"We are here to rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon, not to let you seal them both!" Torunka went on as Ruka also tried to get to her feet again. Somebody had to stop the Spellcaster, not that they could avert the damaged he had already caused. However Ruka had again shrunk and also tripped over her own clothes, this time her headwear fell off.
"Isn't that the girl from town?" The monkeys finally recognized her.
"Capture them!" Zeman therefore ordered however Regulus was still free. He picked the two up on his back and began to run. The attacking monkeys were firstly held off by Reborn, who shot her Burststream of Destruction from one side to another. But being held busy by the troops also meant that Zeman had the time to reseal Ancient Fairy Dragon!
"Give me that stuff!" Regulus told Ruka, taking it in its mouth and locking the Signer and Torunka in the cage where they should be safe. Ruka and the Spellcaster held each other in the middle of the cage, Reborn was still fighting against the monkey troops - and also destroyed a few pillars in the process - while Regulus went over to Zeman so he could reverse the effect of the resealing of Ancient Fairy. He jumped towards the monkey, who in return rose his stuff intuitively to protect himself. The two stuffs collided and caused a burst of energy. Seconds later the monkeys began to disappear into the air and Ruka's birthmark began to glow, so none of them would be dragged away.
"It's not over, you fools! Even if you defeated me, the Minus Curse and I will be sent to Master Demak!" Zeman called out before he disappeared and everything became silent. In all the commotion, a part of the castle had fallen down and now Ruka came out under Reborn's wing.
"Where are Regulus and Toruka?" The young girl asked and looked around the fallen rumble.
Suddenly an old man appeared before her and Reborn. "Who are you?" Ruka asked.
"Torunka obviously. I got my old form as the Dark Sage back." He explained, looking down on a totally buffled Ruka.
"Zeman seems to be gone, but I can't find Ancient Fairy Dragon anywhere." Regulus suddenly joined them again and the three turned towards him.
"That's not all. The spirits are still prisoners! What did Zeman mean when he said the Curse would be send to Demak?"
Torunka shrugged his shoulders and also Reborn shook her head. 'I hope that Sara is alright.' She thought and looked towards the sky.
Satellite, Monkey Tower
It was Demak's turn again. "I really thank you, that you defeated Zeman in the last round." He said while looking at Sara's two Blue-Eyes White Dragons which had both 3500 Attack Points thanks to her Aqua Chorus Trap.
"And why is that?"
"Because now I can summon my ultimate monster." Demak explained and held up his Earthbound Immortal Cusillu. Laughing he released the two remaining monsters from his side of the field as the heart of the Immortal appeared and immediately began to suck in the air around him. Sara blinked confused, there were Spirits flowing inside, however she had no idea that those were the trapped monsters coming from the Spirit World, where the Monkey Geoglyph could be seen in the sky.
Sara quickly grabbed Rua's arm to prevent that he would also get sacrificed when the Geoglyph formed on the ground, tearing it up. Sara and Rua looked with shocked expressions at the Earthbound Immortal, which looked like a giant thin Ape and had black and yellow colors, as it rose to its full size and its Attack Points climbed up to 3600.
Without having to give it the order, Cusillu prepared for a direct attack.
"Do something, Sara-nee-chan!" Rua shouted and clung to her arm in fear.
"I still have Kuriboh in my hand!" Sara said, putting it in her graveyard as an oversized Kuriboh absorbed the attack. However there was still a strong wind from the impact, causing her to fall to the ground. 'Reborn just when are you coming back?'
In the Spirit World, Reborn's head shot up as she heard Sara's voice calling out for her. But before she could think about it, she together with Torunka, Regulus and Ruka were dragged towards the Geoglyph. Waving his wand Torunka managed to return the Signer and the Dragon back to their world before they saw them disappear.
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"Ruka!" Rua cried out loud, as his sister appeared on the other side of Sara. Above them appeared Reborn of Blue-Eyes in its Spirit form, looking down on Sara, who was already sitting up again. "Took you guys long enough to come back." She meant dryly. Her dragon just tilted her head and finally they merged together again.
Ruka held out her hand helping Sara to get up again. "Well, seems that I didn't get to finish him off in time. Mind helping me, Ruka?"
The girl nodded without saying anything. "But then let me help too!" Rua said eagerly and Sara smiled weakly. "Do what you want."
Suddenly Demak laughed again, reminding them that they were still in the middle of the duel. "How good for you that you guys are reunited again but you will still fall prey to Cusillu!"
"Let's see about that, Demak! I will never forgive you for what you did in the Spirit World!" She gave back the moment Sara sank down to her knees again.
"Sara! What's wrong?"
"I think I took too much damage during the duel. I may have Reborn back, but I can't stand properly anymore." The older girl admitted, flinching her right hand in irritation.
"Then please, let me do this. You fought so hard, that's the only way I can return the favor." Ruka asked. Sara watched her for a second and finally nodded. The Signer then took Sara's Duel Disk, causing her Birthmark to light up together with Yusei's, Aki's and Jack's.
MasakiSora-chan: There we go again. Sorry for the long delay, guys. And I really want to thank all of you who actually kept up reading this. Thanks and see you next time!