Yu-Gi-Oh! V-Busters

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh. I don't own the franchise. I don't own the songs used for themes. I don't even own many of these Ocs.

Kenshin: For those who have read this before, this chapter has been rewritten to match future events.

Chapter XXVIII: Legacy of the Valiant Part 4 – Poisonous Winds


Opening Theme Song Plays – 99 Percent –

Messiah takes a moment to look up, staring at the hideous sewers he's hidden in. A sewer cover opens up above, and down drops the avatar Kenshin. Sewage splashes up from his landing, stirring up the rats nearby. Kenshin takes out a clipboard and reads it over. "Messiah, I understand you're in a bit of a pickle."

"Oh, Kenshin!" Messiah grips his fists tightly. "Thank goodness you're still loyal. Julia has gone rogue, the other avatars are destroyed, and I've even been abandoned by Vladimir."

"We don't need Julia," Kenshin says to him as he walks along the water to reach his master. "Julia and I are forms created from composites of data belonging to humans who died in the future. You can make as many of us as you wanted, though I don't think bringing in another Liliana will work; she's just weak."

"That's not the problem!" Kenshin turns to Messiah with a shocked expression. "Julia has the back up data if you've forgotten! Making a new Julia won't work because that one still knows the location of the back up data Rizel, Brinel and Flaael have gathered. If I had it I could assimilate the entire world as well as the humans."

"Oh, now I see the problem..." Kenshin holds a hand out to Messiah. "Then, let's get that old woman."

...

Takeshi and Chase continue to freefall, without a parachute or a means of saving themselves. Takeshi, now starting to panic, shouts, "If you're gonna do something, do it now!"

"Alright, take it easy! I'm not exactly thrilled about this either!" he shouts back before taking out a card. "Appear, Kiganjo!"

Chase summons his titanic stone golem, which grabs hold of him and Takeshi before hitting the ocean. A large splash of water erupts along with a tremendous wave. Takeshi breathes a sigh of relief at not being in the water. "Good god... I almost drowned."

"What's the big deal? Can't swim?"

"Let's go find solid ground," Takeshi responds, holding tight on the fingers of the titan. Chase also notes how quickly he dodged the question. "After this let's try to find the others."

A mile's worth of travel through the sea, Chase has already fallen asleep on his titan's head. Takeshi is still looking down at the sea, watching the waves splash against the rock monster like ripples hitting a man's leg. His eyes catch sight of something, a ripple in the water accompanied by bubbles. "Hm?"

He then notices the water rising. It comes to a point where the giant's arm is only just above it. "What's with the water? Full moon?" He looks up in the skies, and sees no moon. "Then..." He hears water moving, and looks back down to spot a patch of black hair. Followed by it is a head, that of one very attractive woman. Her eyes stare up into his, causing him to turn away blinking. Why does my head hurt? Maybe I need sleep... Also, who is she? Mermail Abysslinde?

"Good day to you, fine sailor," she speaks while staring up at him. She grabs hold of the titan's arm, causing her to drift with them. "My, you look like you are having a terrible time."

"I kind of am..." he replies, and she chuckles. "Why are you here?"

"For you." She raises her hand and caresses his face. He gasps, flustered and unable to speak. "You're blushing, how cute. Die."

"Eh?" She snarls, bearing her fangs at him. Takeshi pulls back, her claws leaving light blood wounds on his cheeks. She dives back down, causing him to back away. I guess I can't ignore girls. Maybe that's why I hang around her. Wait, focus! We're under attack! "Chase!"

"I don't know why I have to pay for half; I just had the soup..." he mumbles in his sleep. Takeshi sighs before climbing up to him, and gets knocked off the titan by a splash of water. This fortunately awakens Chase, who looks down to see the goggle boy struggling to stay on the surface. "Takeshi? Why are you underwater?"

"Shut up and get me up!" Takeshi shouts rudely. At that moment, a hand shoots up and grabs him, dragging him down underwater. He holds his breath as he tries to escape the clutches of Mermail Abysslinde, who holds him down as far away from the surface as possible. She then grins, and bites down hard on his neck.

"Takeshi!" Chase calls out when he notices he's gone, but that's not for him to deal with when a giant blue whale appears out from the sea wielding a hammer. "Is that-"

He yells out in shock when it slams its hammer upon Kiganjo, shattering it to pieces. As Chase falls, and clutches his chest from the pain, he gets caught by red hair belonging to Mermail Abyssdine. "We've captured the humans," she speaks.

Several Mermails underwater watch from below, and Abyssturge speaks, "Let's go," before leading them away. Both males fall into darkness, in sight and consciousness.

...

Alexianna stands tall as she faces her opponent. Despite the damage she's taken, she still has a shot. Venom Boa can infect my monsters with Venom Counters, but I can overpass it using Zerato's effect. He may go to the graveyard, but my fallen angels never stay buried.

"I set one monster facedown and activate Advance Draw," she says, watching her angel fade away. "Advance Draw allows me to draw two cards by releasing a level 8 or higher monster. Turn end."

"It is my turn, draw." Vennominon draws, and places a card on the field. "I activate Cost Down. By discarding a card I reduce the levels of every monster in my hand by two." He sends a monster to the grave. "Next, I tribute Boa to Advance Summon myself, Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes!"

He moves himself to the field, replacing his purple boa. "My power is cemented by how many reptiles are in my graveyard, which is four in total from my discards and uses."

Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes: 2000/2000 (10)

"Battle; I will destroy your monster." Vennominon fires a stream of purple poison at her facedown, which reveals itself as Nova Summoner.

"Nova Summoner's effect; when destroyed by battle I can special summon a Light Fairy monster from my deck; I choose Aurora Paragon!" She calls forth a shining angel covered in a rainbow light.

Aurora Paragon: 1500/1000 (4)

"While on the field neither duelist can special summon monsters," she tells him. This works. All I need is a card to destroy his monster. I just need to avoid normal summoning monsters until then.

"Interesting. I will set one card, and end my turn." Vennominon smirks as he looks on at her.

"Draw!" She looks at her new card and sighs with relief. Yes, it came! "I play Lightning Vortex!"

She discards a card; storm clouds gather in the air, which create lightning that strikes down and pulverizes Vennominon. He is blown off the field in place. Alexianna smirks staring down at Vennominon's facedown, which she knows is Rise of the Snake Deity. "You can't special summon anything because of Aurora Paragon. Too bad."

"You damn woman!" Vennominon's snakes snarl in anger.

"I release Aurora Paragon to Advance Summon the Goddess of Light, Tethys!" She summons a female god adorned in white clothes.

Tethys, Goddess of Light: 2400/1800 (5)

"My monster will attack you directly!" Her monster attacks, slicing into Vennominon with a sword of light. Vennominon steams with anger, purple mist emitting from his body.

Vennominon: 2800

"Continuous Trap Card open: Damage Equals Reptile." She twitches upon seeing that card, having a feeling it's not good. "When I take damage from an attack, I can special summon a Reptile monster with attack equal to or less than it. I will resummon a new me!"

Vennominon returns to the field with a laugh. It turns more menacing as he glares at her.

Alexianna looks over her options, seeing nothing. "I'll end my turn."

"Draw." He looks at his hand and laughs. "I play Thunder Crash. It destroys all monsters I control, and you take damage equal to the number of monsters destroyed times 300." He gets struck by lightning, but unlike the pain Lightning Vortex gave him he laughs pleasurably as he turns into a ghost. Lightning strikes Alexianna, who cries out in pain.

Alexianna: 4200

This is bad! If he activated that then he...

"I open my facedown, Rise of the Snake Deity!" Upon activation she bites down on her bottom lip. From the swamp a figure rises up, red eyes piercing into Alexianna's heart, causing her to cringe. "When Vennominon is destroyed outside of battle, I can special summon from my deck Vennominaga, the Deity of Poisonous Snakes!"

The figure takes full form, revealed to be a female, menacing version of Vennominon. "She cannot be special summoned except by Rise of the Snake Deity and her own effect. She is unaffected by card effects. She gains 500 attack and defense points for every Reptile in my graveyard, and can special summon herself when destroyed by battle by banishing a reptile in my grave."

Vennominaga: 3000/3000

"Battle. Vennominaga will attack your monster!" Vennominaga's left snake arm opens wide, and a black viper shoots out; the same viper which attacked Malinda and Rex earlier. It bites down on Tethys, who screams out before messing in a bile of poison.

Alexianna: 3600

"Now for her effect!" The viper snakes around and bites down on Alexianna's neck, causing her to cry out. When the venom of her fangs spread through her veins, she begins to scream in pain falling on her knees. She vomits violently into the swamp, her breathing heavier than ever before. "Vennominaga places a counter on herself whenever she deals battle damage, and when she gains three I win the duel. Turn end."

"D-D-Draw..." Alexianna makes out, holding her throat to breathe before drawing. I was trying to avoid this. "I will set one card facedown and activate Aurora Draw!" Her card allows her to draw twice from her deck, which she does. Looking at one of them, she's surprised at it. 'Polymerization? How did this get in my deck? Ce salud; I'm fighting for my life and I draw a card I can't even use!'

"With Valhalla, I special summon the Darklord Asmodeus!" She brings out her ace monster, the fallen angel of lust Asmodeus.

Asmodeus: 3000/2500 (8)

"Battle! Asmodeus will attack Vennominaga!" The fallen angel flies in and attacks Vennominaga, causing the two of them to collide and destroy eachother.

"By banishing a Reptile from my grave Vennominaga revives!" The snake goddess rises from the muck, wielding a score of 2500 atk.

"When destroyed, Asmodeus produces two forms, an Asmo Token and a Deus Token." Asmodeus splits apart into two, a white being and a dark being.

Asmo Token: 1800/1300 (5)

Deus Token: 1200/1200 (3)

"I end my turn."

"Draw!" Vennominon looks over his new card, before staring at Alexianna's facedown one. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your facedown!"

A tornado blows away Alexianna's facedown Negate Attack, leaving her nothing left for protection. "Battle! Vennominaga will attack Deus Token!" Her viper hand snakes in and bites down on her monster, causing the poison in Alexianna's veins to spread further. She begins to cough blood, as her eyes lose their color and become bloodshot.

Alexianna: 2300

Vennominon stares at the Deus Token, which remains. "Woman, why isn't your monster dead?"

"Deus Tokens...cannot be destroyed...by battle..." she explains through breathes.

"Whatever. Turn end."

"Then..." Alexianna draws her card, energy brimming from her brightly. It causes a storm of wind to conjure around her, which clears a path in the swamp. Her hair billows upward, her breathing slowly coming back, she stares at Vennominon with dark red eyes of hatred. "Il est temps que je te tue!"

"What?"

"I sacrifice my two monsters to summon this card from my hand, the Darklord Lucifer!" Her two tokens vanish into the light, her surroundings exploding with dark energy. Ten wings of darkness flap in the air before them, descending from the heavens. A red halo forms between them as the figure appears, revealed as a Darklord.

"Such power... You're indeed almost ready," says the monster with a dark smile. "Use my power, Alexianna!"

Lucifer: 3000/3000 (11)

Speaking much deeper and violent, she says, "When Lucifer is Advance Summoned; I can special summon Darklord monsters from my deck and hand equal to the number of Effect monsters you control. With Vennominaga on the field, I can special summon from my deck the Darklord Superbia!"

A strange dark angel appears, this one being similar to a chalice with crimson wings.

Superbia: 2900/2400 (8)

"Even if you attacked, I wouldn't lose enough lifepoints."

"I know. That's why, I have this." She reveals her spell card, Polymerization. "Polymerization, activate! Fuse together, Darklord Lucifer and Superbia!"

"Yes. Bridge my power to unleash your greatest monster. My greatest servant that starves for destruction!" Lucifer enters the swirling vortex with Superbia, merging together into a single being.

"Fallen angel of light, become one with the angel of pride and start the rebellion! Call forth the terrorizing hunger from hell that lies beneath your black feathers; Fusion Summon!" Dark wings form behind Alexianna as she chants, her monster appearing before them. This is revealed to be a green, almost serpentine dragon, with purple attachments to its shoulders and thighs and several orbs colored red and yellow on its body. This monster's wings extend into drooling fangs, as it snarls at its prey before it. "Come forth, my poisonous fanged steed! Level Eight; Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Starve Venom Fusion Dragon: 2800/2000 (8)

"Venom?! But how?! That's my archetype!"

"Your presence allowed me temporary freedom, to extract more of my power into this woman," speaks the afterimage of Lucifer. "Being a Venom monster, it is unaffected by Venom Swamp!"

"Starve Venom's effect," Alexianna continues, "It gains the attack power of one Special Summoned monster you control. Thus, his power is 5300."

The dragon's mandibles absorb energy from Vennominaga. Venominon backs away in fear seeing he's lost. "5300 attack points?"

"Battle." Threads of red electricity form from its mouth wings, forging a spear of energy. "Destroy them." The dragon fires its attack, sending multiple spears to impale Vennominaga and Venominon.

"No! This can't be-GYAH!" he screams, vanishing away from his defeat. Vennominaga fades away as well.

Alexianna bleeds purple from her pores and wounds, the snake deity's venom leaving her body. She turns her eyes back to the others, her dragon still high in the sky. She storms back to the others, her mind still out of place.

Malinda and Rex ooze the venom from their pores similar to Alexianna, its essence evaporating just the same. She looks up at Rex, sighing in relief at their salvation. "She did it..." Malinda speaks.

"That was a close one..." Rex speaks as he breathes in and out slowly. "I saw a field of flowers..."

The snakes all explode into a purple mush, setting the others free. Everyone, especially Jesse, relax, as said duelist says, "We gotta congratulate that girl when she gets back."

"Sheesh, you really hate snakes," mutters Kouji with narrow eyes. Mira and Tyson smile at Jesse's angered response, able to rest easy now.

"Let's go find her; she might be in trouble," Margot speaks before leading the group to where Alexianna stormed for. She stops however when she spots the girl, walking down the marsh road towards them. "Alexianna..."

"Yo, if it isn't the heroine herself!" speaks Jesse as he walks over to greet her.

Milla stares at her, noticing she's glaring at them deadly. "You will all pay too."

"What?" She swipes her right arm to the side, sending a tremendous wind that blows everyone away. The Duel Monsters capture those who were injured, Rex recovering first. He shouts, "Alexianna, what are you doing?"

"Stay out of my way!" She screams outloud, light pouring out of her body in an intense aura that forms into an angel. Alexianna gathers energy before her, which fires out as an arrow at Milla. She raises her scepter and slows time enough to avoid it.

"Coming after me? Now who's a terrible woman?"

"You who despise my existence cannot be forgiven. DIE!" She summons more arrows around Milla, encircling her from all directions. "I will wipe you off the face of the earth! I will avenge Hiyori and the others by destroying this world!"

"Too many to avoid..." Milla looks around, realizing how dark her situation is turning. I was hoping she would destroy herself, but this only made things worse.

"Alexianna, wait!" Mira says as she goes towards her. "What's wrong with you?!"

She turns around and glares at her, before a self of calmness sweeps her temporarily. Is... Is that Mira? She and I would always be together with... She drops to a knee, holding her head while thinking of everyone she's met over. Her mind goes to Hiyori, and then the others in their group until coming to one familiar person. Her sense of reason returns and she calms down more, the destructive energy reverting inside of her. She grasps her head in pain, her eyes regaining their soulful shine. The dragon fades into darkness and enters her deck. "What... What was I doing?"

Milla witnesses the lights dispersing, and within her heart she calms herself. It would appear she's more than some harlot; I can't just get rid of her that easily then...

Takeshi opens his eyes with a gasp, breathing in air like he was drowning for the past few minutes. He coughs out seawater, puking all over the ground. The pain of almost drowning soon subsides and his sight returns to him; that's when he notices he's on some sort of stone floor, sculptured by the power of water and erosion if the algae is any indication. Up to his waist is also submerged underwater over top of said floor.

He raises his head and sees a set of metal bars also eroded by the same effects, and through them he spots several other darkened rooms with the same bars. "What the hell? Am I in prison?"

"Well, you're not dead," someone says within the room before him. He looks in shock at Chase, who rubs his head in the corner of said room.

"Chase! What happened?" Takeshi asks him, before checking his arm to make sure his duel disk and deck are still there. "Last I remembered we were attacked by Mermails."

"Yeah, they captured us and left us here, after putting these on our necks," he says, revealing his neck to the other. There Takeshi spots a scale placed on his throat under his left jawbone.

He places a hand on his own neck, and locates a scale on his throat too. "What's this? Is it to help us breathe underwater?"

"What makes you think that?"

"Zelda."

"Ah. I guess we're kind of in a video game world for that to make sense."

"But still, why hold us here? Amne must still want us." The two hear a bang, and turning down they spot two figures floating in the pool that makes up the hallway.

The figures rise up, revealed to be the Abyss Soldier and Abyss Warrior. The whale soldier takes out a key and holds his trident to Takeshi's neck. "You two are coming with us now."

Takeshi looks over his deck before sighing. "Fine, I'll go with you."

"You're just going along with it?" asks Chase, before the Abyss Warrior does the same to him.

"If they wanted to kill us they wouldn't have left us here," he reasons, going along with the soldier. The warrior takes Chase too, diving underwater. They travel through the sea, where Takeshi breathes in and out; that confirms his belief. It's true; I can breathe underwater.

Eh, lucky guess. Chase reasons. He then looks down, and spots the undersea world below. There Mermails, Atlanteans and even Sharks can be seen by both humans. Chase looks back and spots the Abyssal Kingshark swimming within their distance. Did we come from that?

Eventually they reach an underwater city, one both duelists recognizes as A Legendary Ocean. The Abyss warriors stop by the front of the city, where the Mermail Abyssmegalo and Abyssteus wait for them.

"We're here with the prisoners sirs!" says Abyss Soldier as he stands at attention with Abyss Warrior.

"Good. You both are free to go," says Abyssmegalo as he releases his men from duty. His eyes then turn to Takeshi and Chase.

"Are you the leaders?" asks Chase. "And why have you let us live?"

"If you wish to find the answer, and live to hear it, then you must duel and prove yourself. Only then will you speak to our head and discover your purpose," says Abyssteus before he activates a duel disk of water.

Chase backs away, but Takeshi grabs his shoulder. "Don't bother. They can outswim us no matter how you look at it. I'll duel him."

"What? But you just got your new deck!" he tells him.

"I know, and I need to test its power," Takeshi responds before turning to Abyssteus. His Ansuz Rune Eye activates after he turns on his duel disk, causing the Mermails to look at him in shock.

"Be careful Dinich. He may be just as we expected," Abyssmegalo says to his partner.

"Understood."

"DUEL!"

Dinich: 8000

Takeshi: 8000

"The first move goes to the challenged, begin," Dinich says to Takeshi after examining his cards.

Takeshi draws and looks at his hand, before noticing he's beginning to sink. Well I'm not drowning, but I could use something to stand on. "I'll set one monster facedown, and one card facedown. Turn end."

Takeshi lands on top of the set card, which floats back up to Dinich's level.

Yup, can't swim. Chase sighs as he reaches this conclusion.

"Draw!" Dinich draws forcefully, and after looking at him smirks. "I activate the effect of Abyssteus from my hand!" He holds out his own card. "By discarding one Water monster from my hand I can special summon him to the field!" A copy of himself appears to the field.

Abyssteus: 1700/2400 (7)

"When I do this successfully I can add one level four or lower Mermail to my hand from my deck." He pulls from his deck, which auto shuffles, and reveals it to be Mermail Abysslinde. His graveyard shines. "The monster I discarded also activates its effect, the Atlantean Dragoons! This allows me to add one Sea-Serpent from my deck to my hand as long as it has a different name. I choose Abyssleed."

He pulls again, revealing his Sea-Serpent monster. "Battle! Abyssteus will strike your facedown!" His monster swims at high speed, piercing the facedown. But a staff rises up to block it. "What the?"

"You attacked the Sylvan Komushroomo."

Komushroomo: 100/2000 (2)

Dinich: 7700

"His effect now activates; I can excavate up to five cards from my deck, and if any are Plant monsters they are sent to the graveyard while the rest go to the graveyard." He pulls five cards from his deck while standing on top of the flaming mushroom, which is still burning despite being underwater. Luckily his shoes aren't burning. "Let's see..." He reveals the five cards: Sylvan Guardioak, Sylvan Charity, Spore, Sylvan Flowerknight and Fragrance Storm. He places the three Plants into the grave before placing his two spells into the grave. It then glows.

"Because two of them were excavated their effects activate; Flowerknight can place one Sylvan card in my deck on top of it and Guardioak places a Sylvan in my grave ontop of the deck." He takes out Mount Sylvania and Flowerknight before placing them on top of his deck in that order.

"Fine. I'll set two cards and end my turn," Dinich says with a scowl.

"Draw!" Takeshi says as he draws his card, which reveals to be Mount Sylvania. "I activate the field spell Mount Sylvania!" The landscape around them changes, turning into a peak surrounded by forest. "I will set one card facedown, and summon Lonefire Blossom!"

Lonefire Blossom blooms from within the forest before them.

Lonefire Blossom: 500/1400 (3)

"I then activate its effect; I'll tribute Komushroomo and special summon a Plant monster from my deck!" The blossom turns Komushroomo into a sakura tree, which shatters and becomes a flower. Out from it sprouts a beautiful black haired princess dressed in a pink, purple and white kimono. She dances within her flower as sakura petals fall around her. "Princess of Sakura, Tareia!"

Tareia: 2800/1200 (8)

"Tareia gains 100 attack points for every Plant monster on the field." As he speaks, her power rises to 3000. "Battle! Tareia will attack Abyssteus!"

Tareia summons a flurry of sakura petals and sends them to strike down the Aqua monster.

Dinich: 6400

"Trap card open; Torrential Reborn!" Water rises from the area, a river, that Dinich is in, and Abyssteus revives in it. "This trap card revives a monster destroyed this turn as long as it was a Water monster, and you take 500 points of damage for each!"

The water hits Takeshi in the face, who backs down from the sudden strike.

Takeshi: 7500

"Very well..." Takeshi looks at his hand and sighs. He turns to Tareia before saying, "I activate Mount Sylvania's effect; by sending a Plant monster to the grave I can place one Sylvan monster on top of my deck!" Lonefire Blossom withers away as Takeshi picks from his deck, and places a card on top.

"Turn end."

"Draw!" Dinich looks at his hand, and slowly begins to think of a plan to take advantage of the situation. "I summon Mermail Abysspike!"

From the river rises up one of the Mermail soldiers.

Abysspike: 1600/800 (4)

"When summoned, I can discard one Water monster and add one level 3 Water monster from my deck."

"I don't think so; Continuous Trap, Mistake!" Takeshi's facedown opens up, and a lock goes over Abyssteus' deck. "This card prevents either of us from adding cards from the deck to our hands."

"What?!" shouts Dinich in shock.

"Impressive; without being able to replenish our hands they can end up running out of resources," Abyssmegalo speaks while scratching his shark like chin.

Chase smiles a little watching him. "Takeshi's gotten a bit better; Mermails are considered one of the strongest archetypes to use, what with their combinations with Atlanteans and yet he's holding his own. Adding in Mistake works for him since he doesn't add cards to his hand."

"So I can't use his effect, but I can use the effect of the monster I discarded, the Atlantean Heavy Infantry!" A fishman rises from the grave and flies over to Tareia, destroying her. "When discarded to activate a Water monster's effect, I can destroy one face up card on the field."

Tareia can protect other plants from destruction, but not herself.

"Battle! All three monsters will attack you now!" Abyssteus, Abysspike and Abysslinde all strike Takeshi at once, who backs up bleeding from the strike Abyssteus left on him.

Takeshi: 2300

"Takeshi..." Chase mutters, a little worried upon seeing blood coming from his left shoulder. Abyssmegalo stirs a bit at the scene of blood, as do certain other aquatic creatures.

"I activate my facedown, Abyss-Sphere!" Dinich' lone facedown opens up. "This lets me special summon an Abyss monster from my deck, and I choose Mermail Abyssmegalo!"

Just as a sphere of water forms, Takeshi presses a button on his duel disk. "Reverse card open; Mystical Space Typhoon!" A strong wind forms, blowing away the sphere. "This destroys one card you have on the field, and luckily for me I saved it for that."

"Damn!" Dinich looks as Abyssmegalo is destroyed. Had he successfully summoned it he could have dealt the final blow. "Turn end."

"At this end phase..." Takeshi's field activates. "Mount Sylvania's other effect activates; I can excavate the top of my deck. If it's a Plant I send it to the grave, and if not I can choose whether it goes to the top or the bottom of my deck." He picks up his card and reveals it to be the Sylvan Princessprout. Upon discard it glows in the grave.

"When Princesssprout is excavated I can special summon it from the grave, and change its level from one to eight. I'll choose eight!" From his grave the Princessprout rises.

Princessprout: 100/100 (8)

With that Takeshi draws his card silently, and looks on at the field. Let's see... If I do this, and he does that, I can finish him off on my next turn. A strategy forms in his head on winning the duel this turn. "I activate One for One! This lets me discard one card from my hand to special summon one level one monster from my deck. I choose, Copy Plant!"

A tree grows from the ground beside the princess, which gains eyes.

Copy Plant: 0/0 (1)

"Now, I activate the effect of Spore from the grave; by banishing another Plant monster I can special summon it with a level equal to the two monsters added," says Takeshi as a tiny cotton ball rises from the grave. It eats up the Sylvan Sagequioa from the grave and grows.

Spore: 0/0 (8)

"Two monsters level eight, but while Copy Plant?" Chase wonders. He can tell Takeshi is going for Xyz Summon, but why he need a tuner is what he's wondering. That's when it hits him, upon realizing Copy Plant's effect from remembering Aki's dueling.

"I activate Copy Plant's effect; I will choose another Plant monster on the field, and its level replaces Copy Plant's." Copy Plant's level changes to become eight.

"Three level 8 monsters!" Abyssmegalo growls in shock.

"I now Overlay my three level eight monsters, constructing the Overlay Network with these monsters!" The three monsters turn into bright lights, before merging into a galaxy like network. It explodes, and out pops a monster from a white flower accompanied by a lunar spotlight. Weather from all four seasons collide upon the duelists and everyone watching.

"Gather the powers of the four weathers of the earth! Numbers 87: Setsugekka Bishin, Queen of the Night!" A dazzlingly gorgeous woman with long pink hair rises from the flower. She wields a two bladed weapon in her left hand while summoning ice in the other, the number 87 in red plastered on her abdomen right over her hip and beside the belly button.

Queen of the Night: 3200/2800 (8)

"Queen of the Night's special effect activates; I can raise her attack power by 300," he says as his female monster brings in an aura blazing like summer.

QotN: 3500

"3500 attack points?!" Dinich shouts in shock.

"Battle! Queen of the Night will attack Abysspike! Shiki Shuriken!" His monster draws power into her weapon, before throwing it. It spins like a shuriken, brimming with the power of heat, lightning, ice, earth, wind and water before carving through the water monster.

Dinich: 4500

"I will set one card facedown and end my turn." Takeshi looks down at his set card and sighs. The Rune Eye still shines brightly.

"Draw!" Dinich looks over the situation, and comes up with a plan. "I will attack Queen of the Night with Abysslinde!" The blue haired mermaid swims forward to strike the queen.

Just as predicted. Queen of the Night slays the mermaid mercilessly. "Trap card open; Blossom Bombardment!" From the mermaid's death a flower forms before Dinich. "When I destroy a monster you control using a Plant monster, you take damage equal to that monster's attack power!"

Dinich cries out in pain when the flower explodes, hitting him with bombs.

Dinich: 1000

"But, that works for me, because Abysslinde's effect activates; I can special summon a Mermail from my deck, and I choose Abysslung!" A Mermail appears to the field in defense mode, wielding shield gauntlets.

Abysslung: 1200/1800

"This monster raises my monsters' attack power by 300, and you are unable to target others for attacks," he says with a laugh. "But, I only needed a monster with 1500 atk in the grave. Because I activate Salvage!" With his new spell he picks up Atlantean Heavy Infantry and Abysslinde into his hand, before taking the third card left in his hand.

"I activate Abyssmegalo's effect; I can discard two Water monsters to special summon him!" he says, and his monster appears to the field.

Abyssmegalo: 2700/1900

"And now, Heavy Infantry will destroy your monster!" The Sea-Serpent flies in to kill the Queen.

"Not so fast; I activate Queen of the Night's second effect!" She absorbs her second Overlay Unit, and dives into her flower before becoming a set card. "I can remove an overlay unit and switch a Plant monster into facedown defense mode. Heavy Infantry can only destroy face up cards."

"Damn. I didn't think it had effects that it could use on my turn... I will switch Abyssteus to defense mode and end my turn!"

"Draw!" Takeshi looks at his card, before turning to the Abysslung. As long as that's there I can't finish him. But, I have just the thing. "I activate Miracle Fertilizer, allowing me to special summon Plant monsters from the grave; I choose Tareia!"

Tareia rises from the grave thanks to the helpful fertilizer. Tareia's power raises to 3000 thanks to her effect. "I then switch Queen of the Night to attack monster. Battle!"

"Wow, he's got this wrapped up," Chase comments with a nod.

"Tareia, attack Abysslung!" She uses cherry blossoms to cut down the shield mermaid. "Now, Queen of the Night will attack Abyssmegalo! And I'll use her effect to increase her attack power."

Queen of the Night uses her last unit to power up to 3500, and then slays the shark mermaid with her weapon. Dinich's power drops to zero from that one hit, as the queen's weapon flies by and grazes him on the shoulder.

"Way to go, anchor," Chase speaks upon his victory.

"Guards!" The Abyss Soldiers fly in and surround Takeshi and Chase as Dinich recovers, surprised Takeshi's monster didn't kill him in that one hit. The Mermail swims over to Takeshi. "You could have had your monster kill me in that last strike; why?"

"Why would I?" Takeshi asks, his eye losing its powerful glow. "That would only look bad on us. Besides, I realized a while ago you weren't working for Amne so there was only even less of a reason to kill you."

"Amne? Oh man," he begins, looking away. "I think you've been living under a rock for a while."

"Eh?"

"Guards, take them to the Grand Palace." The abyss soldiers grab the duelists and take them away. "AbyssGaios shall explain everything."

Ending Theme Song Plays – Wonder Wings –


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