Night had fallen upon the great futuristic city of Mumbai. There was an hour left until the clocks would announce the midnight. Most of its citizens were safely in their homes preparing to rest, but little did anyone know that their city would soon become the battlefield of the eternal struggle between good and evil.
At the outskirts of the city, the UFO of the chosen duelists discretely landed in a place where it could not be detected. Its main door opened and the five chosen duelists all walked out of it. Nolan and Blane stood at its entrance and waved them good bye, wishing them good luck.
The quintet entered the city and admired its tall and imposing buildings while walking down the streets. Even if the city didn't have any cyber streets yet, its powerful streetlights and its beautifully build constructions had paid for it. It seemed as if they were in an exotic Paris.
"This place is outstanding…" Tsugumi spoke amazed.
"It's truly fascinating indeed." Luna added and then the blue haired girl took out her camera to take some photos.
"Luna, photo me! Photo me!" Tamma shouted and kept jumping in the camera's view.
"Tamma, back off, I'm trying to catch the beauty of the city!"
"Stop arguing you two, we've got a mission here!" Tiger interrupted Tamma and Luna. "While you're wasting time, Kaizer is probably already one step ahead of us!"
"As much as I hate to say it, he's right." Subaru added.
All of a sudden, Tsugumi's cell phone rang. The blonde girl reached her hand in her red dress' pocket and took out the device. Once she opened it, the image of Shubham appeared on it.
"Alright, we are in Mumbai. Where is Kaizer?" Tsugumi asked.
"Kaizer is heading to the famous Mumbai museum from the center of the city. That is where the third map piece is lying." Shubham explained. "I will send you the map that will lead you to that place quickly, but on one condition."
"And why should we trust you? You're working for Kaizer anyway!" Tiger brought up.
"Heh, don't worry, I've gotten bored of Kaizer and his goons and thought that I could make things interesting by foiling his plans a little. So what do you say? Are you going to accept my terms or not?"
"Doesn't look like we really have a choice…" Tsugumi pointed out. "Alright, what do you want in exchange for that map?"
"I want Subaru!" Shubham straightly answered.
"Huh? Me?" Subaru asked with surprise.
"Yes, I want Subaru to come to the Cathedral of the Holy Name! It's an old abandoned Catholic cathedral located a few streets away from the place you are at. He should be able to find it easily. I want Subaru to come alone. Once he is there, I will send you the map. Those are my conditions."
"But what do you have to share with Subaru?" Tsugumi asked.
"Let's just say that we've got some unsolved business to finish." Shubham replied with a grin on his face.
"Don't worry, if it's what will help us bring Kaizer down, I'll do it!" Subaru said and began to walk all by himself in the direction of a large cathedral that could be easily seen in the horizon.
"Just be careful!" Tsugumi shouted at him.
"Don't worry, he will." Tiger said to the worried girl.
After a fifteen minute walk, Subaru had finally reached it – an enormous structure with two towers in the front whose roofs had triangular forms. However, it seemed that the cathedral was abandoned for several years, as its windows were broken and there were no lights. The chosen darkness duelist made the first step inside the church and all of a sudden he felt a strange cold breeze that brought chills down his spine. It seemed as if he was about to enter not a place of the divinity, but one of its enemy. Gathering up all his courage, Subaru made the second step inside the dark building and saw that there was no danger… for the time being.
The black haired teen walked down the nave and headed to the altar while looking around. He saw benches that were covered by dust; statues of saints on which spiders had laid their webs, paintings whose colors had faded due to the passing of time. But the strangest thing to him was the fact that there were candles burning near the altar and there was choir music playing inside the building.
"So, you've come at last." a familiar voice spoke.
Subaru turned his head to the altar and saw Shubham sitting at its opened doors with a cell phone in his hands. The teenager dressed in red jacket pressed some buttons on the phone and then he turned to his guest and said:
"Alright, I have sent the map to your friends as promised. Now it's just you and me!"
"What do you want from me, Shubham?" Subaru demanded.
"I thought you already knew, Subaru. I want our conflict to finish! Tonight we shall see who the true victor is in the conflict between Hunters and Aliens!" Shubham declared and all of a sudden a lightning struck outside of the cathedral which was quickly followed by a loud thunder.
"You're sick… The conflict had long finished, Shubham! The Aliens and Hunters now live in peace!"
"Don't fool yourself, Subaru; you and I both know that the two sides will not rest until one true winner is revealed!"
Shubham put his cell phone back in his pocket and then out of the same pocket he pulled out his deck which glowed with a purple aura.
"And trust me, that winner will not be you!" Shubham continued with a maniacal grin on his face.
"Shubham, listen, there's no need for us to fight anymore; the war in the creature world is over! Please, stop this madness and join us!" Subaru insisted.
"Never! I've sacrificed everything just for us to battle – my home, my 'friends' and my allegiance to Kaizer! And I won't let you ruin my plans, Subaru Geki! Our battle will take place and only one shall come out of it alive!"
Once again a lightning struck outside. But this time it was followed by the repeated sounds of water touching the ground. It was raining.
Looking at the determined grin on his face, Subaru realized that there was no way he could convince Shubham to give up his intentions to battle. Sighing, the chosen darkness duelist took his deck out of the pockets of his jeans and showed it to his opponent. The deck glowed with a similar purple aura.
Two dueling tables made of stone rose from the floor in front of the two duelists. Both put their decks on them, set five shields and drew five cards.
"Let's do this! DUEL START!" Shubham shouted and then ten rectangular blue shields appeared in front of them, five for each.
Subaru was the first to charge mana and he did by putting Atsuto, Duel Hero Strategist tapped in his mana zone. Shubham then put Super Infernal Gate Smash in his mana zone tapped as well. Then Subaru's turn came once again. He drew a card and put Galaxy Falcon, Counterattack fortress into his mana zone. Afterwards he tapped both mana cards and put a water card into his battle zone while saying:
"I summon Deepsea Typhoon! With its effect I draw a card and discard Darkness GUY, Zero Romanoff."
A black turtle with blue spikes on its back appeared behind Subaru as he drew a card and then let his Darkness GUY, Zero Romanoff card fall from his hand into his graveyard.
"Heh, my turn, I summon Hot Spring Crimson Meow!" Shubham said and a red and blue cat appeared behind him. "With its effect I draw a card."
"I cast Bone Dance Charger!" Subaru said and then the top two cards of his deck went to his graveyard.
The two cards were Aqua Surfer and Thunder Blade, Wolf Tiger. After that, Subaru put the Bone Dance Charger card into his mana zone and ended his turn.
"I summon Zabi Barrel, Western Doll! With its effect you'll have to choose a card in your hand and discard it." Shubham said and watched how Subaru put Aqua Naruto Surfer into his graveyard.
"My turn, I charge mana and cast another Bone Dance Charger!" Subaru said and then the cards that fell into his graveyard were Super Go On Pippi and Hades Death Gate. "I put Bone Dance Charger into my mana zone and end."
"Heh, already handless? Too bad, and that six mana that you've gotten so far won't help you either! I summon Cebu Aquman Jr!"
The top three cards from Shubham's deck were Zabi Olzekia, Demonic Sword General, Jenny, the Suicide Doll and Jenny, the Dismantling Doll. All three were darkness cards and all went into his hand.
The situation was indeed pretty bad for Subaru. He had no more cards in his hand, whereas Shubham had managed to replenish his. Now the chosen darkness duelist was depending on his draw. And sadly for him, the next card he drew wasn't helping him at all. Fighting Spirit! Sword Flash Dragon had a cost of 7, whereas he had 6 mana. Disappointed, the black haired chosen duelist put it in his mana zone and ended his turn.
"Hehehe, this is going on so nicely!" Shubham commented. "My turn, I summon Zabi Olzekia, Demonic Sword General! With its effect I destroy Zabi Barrel and your Deepsea Typhoon! Now go, Hot Spring Crimson Meow and Cebu Aquman Jr, break his shields!"
The two creatures' attacks were so powerful that the shield shards flew behind Subaru and scarred a statue of Saint Peter. They also destroyed the legs of a statue of Holy Mary, making the sculpture fall from its place onto the floor and break into hundreds of pieces. Hearing the sound of the statue colliding with the floor, Subaru got even more scared. It seemed that the place in which he was battling had lost its sacredness and he feared that he was about to suffer the same fate.
Two cards appeared in Subaru's hand and at the sight of them the chosen duelist smiled. He turned to his opponent and showed both while saying:
"Shield trigger activate, I cast Hades Death Gate and destroy Zabi Olzekia!"
A black gate appeared above Subaru and opened its doors revealing black tentacles that came out and grabbed Shubham's demonic alien, devouring it. Afterwards the tentacles retreated and a bird of fire with sunglasses on its forehead flew out.
"Then I revive Super Go On Pippi! Also, shield trigger, I cast Inferno Sign and revive Darkness GUY, Zero Romanoff!" Subaru continued and then a red caped horned knight in purple armor that had a yellow X mark on its chest and was wielding two yellow laser guns appeared behind him and roared at Shubham.
The power of Zero Romanoff was so strong that it made both dueling tables fly in the air. The darkness Hunter aimed its guns at the ceiling and blasted a hole into it. Then the dueling tables got out of the cathedral and landed on its roof along with the duelists that were holding onto them and the creatures. All of a sudden, the rain stopped, almost as if nature was siding with Shubham's wishes to finish the long conflict between the Aliens and the Hunters.
"And now with Zero Romanoff's effect I'll put another Zero Romanoff into my graveyard!" Subaru said and the cards from his deck floated in the air one by one making way for a Darkness GUY, Zero Romanoff card that fell into the graveyard. "My turn, I charge mana and attack with Darkness GUY, Zero Romanoff! With its effect I cast Inferno Sign from my graveyard and put a second Darkness GUY, Zero Romanoff into the battle zone from my graveyard! With its effect I put a Miracle Re Born from my deck to my graveyard. Now go, Zero Romanoff, double break his shields!"
The knight aimed both its guns at Shubham and fired lasers from them, the beams taking down both of his shields. However, the shields quickly united into two cards which he took into his hand and all of a sudden he started laughing maniacally.
"HAHAHAHAHA, DID YOU REALLY THINK THAT STUPID COMBO CAN STOP ME, SUBARU GEKI?!" Shubham laughed. "Well, let me prove you wrong! Shield trigger activate, I cast Terror Pit, DESTROY ZERO ROMANOFF!"
Two demonic black hands appeared out of the clouds and grabbed Subaru's second Zero Romanoff, crushing the creature.
"Also, shield trigger, Super Flaming Hell's Scrapper, DESTROY SUPER GO ON PIPPI!" Shubham continued and a red metallic scrapped appeared and crushed the small little fire bird into it.
"Oh no!" Subaru exclaimed.
"Hehehehehe, oh yes, you're soon finished, Subaru Geki! I cast Hyperspatial Emperor Hole and put Black Ganveet, Temporal Soldier into the battle zone! With its effect I destroy Zero Romanoff!"
A horned demon dressed in a golden armor, wielding two blue scythes, each with two blades, and riding a horned skeletal horse appeared in the battle zone and slashed Subaru's knight, making it explode in front of its owner's eyes.
"Now go, Cebu Aquman Jr and Hot Spring Crimson Meow, break his shields!" Shubham ordered and the two creatures jumped at Subaru and took down two more of his shields.
Their attacks were even stronger than the last time, as they forced Subaru and his dueling table to fall off the roof of the cathedral. Luckily, both had a safe landing on the street, but the broken shield shards hit Subaru and cut both his left hip and right cheek, causing blood to fall out of them. Also, a smaller but sharper shard cut the red headband that he was wearing, letting the wind take it and making Subaru's spiky hair fall back on his scalp and the back of his neck.
"Tamma…" Subaru murmured as he saw the headband disappear in the sky like a kite. "I am sorry…"
As Black Ganveet descended from the cathedral's roof with Shubham and his dueling table in its arms, Subaru stood in front of his dueling table staring at the wet ground and not showing any facial expression whatsoever.
"HAHAHAHAHA, DO YOU FEEL IT, SUBARU GEKI?! THIS IS THE POWER OF THE ALIENS, THE POWER THAT HAD CRUSHED THE HUNTERS, AND THAT WILL CRUSH YOU!" Shubham laughed uncontrollably.
However, Subaru still did not respond. Once Black Ganveet landed on the street and put Shubham and his dueling table on it as well, Shubham felt a strange energy coming from Subaru.
"Huh? What's happening?" Shubham asked.
All of a sudden, the wind started blowing through Subaru's hair, making his black mane change its shape. Something was happening with the duelist. He felt strange. He could feel his own heartbeats intensely. And all of a sudden, he could also feel that heartbeats and the pumping blood of Shubham and his own creatures. Then he could also hear screams of agony in his ears. The chosen darkness duelist closed his eyes and turned his head to his opponent. Once Subaru opened his eyes, Shubham saw that they were red as the fires of hell. Also, their stare had changed, gone was the warm sight of the brown eyes, now all that was replaced by the glare of a bloodthirsty fiend.
"This is not over yet…" Subaru said with a cold menacing voice.
Subaru's right hand glowed with a purple aura similar to that of his deck as he drew his next card. Seven cards in his mana zone tapped themselves as he showed the card to his opponent and said:
"I summon Liger Blade, Fierce Tiger!"
A dark blue bipedal lion wielding two large blue swords and which also had two large orange horns on its forehead put in the form of a V appeared in the battle zone and immediately slashed Shubham's Hot Spring Crimson Meow and Black Ganveet, sending both creatures to oblivion.
"Then I summon Deepsea Typhoon and end my turn." Subaru concluded.
Shubham was amazed of his opponent. Just a few moments ago he was a weakling that wanted peace, but in just a swoop second he had morphed into a blood thirsty demon. Grinning, Shubham excitedly spoke to his Subaru:
"So you've decided to show me your dark side, eh? Great! Now the battle can truly begin! But beware, Subaru Geki, for I won't hold anything back! And tonight will be the night when devils cry!"
"I don't care, all that I want is to see your blood spilled, you bastard!" Subaru cruelly replied.
"My blood spilled? Heh, not in a million years!" Shubham declared and then he placed a darkness card on the remaining water card on his battle zone. "Cebu Aquman Jr, evolve into Zabi Implosion, Lord of Demons!"
The small little baby alien got surrounded by a purple aura and grew into a giant demonic black alien that had three mouths, one on his chest and two for hands.
"With Zabi Implosion's effect I put Gallows Cebu Kaiser into the battle zone!" Shubham continued and a blue robotic alien with a mouth with sharp teeth on its chest, two mouths with sharp teeth on its hips and two mouths with sharp teeth on its back joined Zabi Implosion. "GO, ZABI IMPLOSION, BREAK HIS FINAL SHIELD!"
The demonic alien roared and fired three lasers from all its mouths, the attack tearing down Subaru's last shield. The black haired teenager smiled at the attack and stood there as the shield shards hit him. However, this time he did not get any cuts. Once the attack was over and the shield shards regenerated into a card that went into his hand, Subaru triumphantly spoke to his opponent:
"Thanks for giving me the card that will mark your destruction!"
"What?!" Shubham asked while sweating with fear. "What could he possibly have gotten?"
Suddenly, Subaru's hand glowed with an even brighter purple aura as the ten mana cards tapped themselves and he placed the card he had received from his shields unto the only water card in his battle zone while saying:
"Evolution! Deepsea Typhoon, become… BALLOM HUNTER, LORD OF DEMONS!"
The turtle howled and cracked open, revealing a strong purple light out of which rose a grey demon with red wings, a white X mark on its chest, a black goat head with yellow eyes that was wielding a sword in its left hand.
"Ballom… Hunter…" Shubham spoke with shock while staring at the mighty demon.
"DESTROY ALL OF HIS CREATURES, BALLOM HUNTER!" Subaru yelled.
Ballom Hunter fired a darkness beam from its right hand that engulfed both Zabi Implosion and Gallows Cebu Kaiser and killed both Aliens.
"BALLOM HUNTER, BREAK HIS SHIELDS!" Subaru ordered and the demon flew towards Shubham and slashed his last three shields with its sword.
The attack was so powerful that it pushed Shubham and his cards away and had him land a few meters away. Victoriously, Subaru put his hand on the Liger Blade card and said:
"Now Raion, give him the finishing blow! Todome…"
However, Subaru felt a strange heat and looked around to see that all of the buildings around him were on fire. The energies unleashed during their kaijudo duel were so strong that they had affected the city. But they didn't care. They were so caught up in the madness of their duel and their pleasure to destroy that they had both forgotten about the innocent lives of those surrounding them.
"What have I done?" Subaru murmured.
A few minutes after the duel ended, Subaru slowly walked to the defeated Shubham that was lying on the street with his cards on him and laughing. When Subaru approached him, Shubham gave him his usual evil grin and told him:
"See? We are no different than one another! We both love destruction, and tonight we have proven it! And it seems that the Hunters have won… for now."
However, in the next moment Shubham felt something wet his cheek. When he looked up, he saw a trail of tears falling from Subaru's eyes that were still red.
"Yes, you were right, Shubham. Tonight really is the night when us devils cry…" Subaru said with a grieved voice, surprised of the monster he had become.