Hey everyone! Well, this past week and this week has been action packed, lol. This past weekend on Saturday, I spent the day helping my dad out on his farm, which was tiring, but not bad. Sunday, I got to see my grandfather, who was doing pretty well. Then this week, all hell broke loose. Work has been a bit busy, plus helping my dad out in the evenings with farm work is just a killer. At least we're done on the farm for a while since it's due to rain this weekend, plus we tore up our bailer, hehe. Other than that, life is just busy like always.
Writing wise, I'm trying hard to find time to work on both of my stories, but like always, it is difficult. I've yet to find enough time to really make too much progress as of late, but I am still finding a little time here and there. It's just difficult to find a large amount of time to do so.
At any rate, time for reviews!
Raymond Barrett: Thanks. Yep, I enjoyed my stay at the beach. I wish it was longer, but at the same time I'm happy to be home too. Thanks for the review!
Supreme-Chaos-Angel: Heh, true, that card that Jesse used to direct attack Marie should have probably done more, but I figured a direct attack with Rainbow Dark Dragon was already pushing it. True, he could have pounded on her some more had he used Crystal Blessings prior, but oh well. I semi-forgot actually that I played it after his attack, lol. She may comeback, or fall to Jesse. Glad you liked the update. Thanks for the review!
Ultimate Legendary Master: Thanks. I'll try and start posting stats at the beginning of a duel from now on. Unfortunately, this chapter, I won't begin it, but the next ones I will. But true, it is hard to figure out what everyone has. I write those stats down while writing the duels, but I just get rid of it when I'm done sadly, so I'll just stop getting rid of it. Yes, it sucks about them stopping at episode 155. I mean, come on, it's one freaking episode till the end of the season! It's not like it would have killed them to do it and then ready themselves to butcher season 4! I can't wait to see how bad it goes in English, hehe. Thanks for the review!
Well, that's it. Thank you, all three of you, for your reviews. I really appreciate it. Anyways, it's time I wrap this up. I hope you all like this chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 35
Starting to draw a card, Marie felt her hand shaking. Closing her eyes due that she felt a grimace of pain flashing through her body, she pushed the pain to the back of her mind. "No way am I quitting now. Zane and Syrus are counting on me, much like Jesse. I have to keep going, no matter what it takes!"
Snapping her eyes open, she quickly drew a card and said "Thanks to Mercury, I once more draw!"
Grabbing another card, she examined the two for a moment. Placing one into a Spell/Trap Slot, she calmly said "I set this card and activate the spell Card of Demise! This allows me to draw till I hold five cards in my hand. Of course, in five of my Standby Phases, I must discard my entire hand, but I plan on winning by then."
Snapping off five new cards, Marie examined them before saying "In the meantime, I'm summoning White Magician Pikeru (1200/0) in defense."
Appearing onto the field in a small flash of light was a pink haired child that had twin ponytails sticking out from a golden goat like helmet with two horns on the side, green eyes, and wearing a white set of robes with intricate pink embroidered into it with a golden cape on her shoulders. In her small hands was a short cane like staff that had a glowing sphere on the end of it.
"Why bother summoning that weakling?" Jesse questioned with obvious irritation.
Lightly chuckling, Marie smartly replied "So I can play this equip spell, United We Stand, and I'll use it on my Tyrant Dragon. This raises his points by 800 per a monster on my field. With four monsters out, that's a grand total of 3200 bonus points (2900 + 800 4 6100/2500 + 800 4 5700)!"
Roaring loudly, the dark orange dragon stretched out it's wings while it's strength increased greatly and a golden aura surrounded it.
Eyes widening, Jesse growled out "That thing has more points than my dragon!"
"That's the point!" Marie declared. "Tyrant Dragon, take out his Rainbow Dark Dragon with Tyrant Flame!"
Letting out another ferocious roar, the dark orange dragon spread out it's wings and shot a stream of searing hot flames straight at the black dragon, which let out a small screech of fear.
"You're a fool Marie!" Jesse declared. "Did you forget about Rainbow Dark Dragon's special ability? I guess so, because I play his effect and sacrifice both of my crystals to him, raising his attack points by 2000 (6000 + 1000 2 8000/0)!"
Glowing to life, both the green and blue crystal became beams of light and shot into Jesse's Graveyard. Instantly, the black dragon roared loudly as it's body glowed with a rainbow aura.
"Destroy her now!"
Opening it's jaws, the large black dragon fired a beam of rainbow energy straight at the stream of flames. The two met in the middle of the field, with the rainbow energy pushing the flames backwards towards the dark orange dragon.
"Game over Marie!" Jesse declared with maniacal laughter.
Pulling a card quickly from her hand and placing it into her Graveyard Slot, Marie cried out "Not so fast, I activate my trap Hallowed Life Barrier! By discarding a card, I can reduce all the damage I was about to receive to zero!"
Immediately, a barrier of blue energy surrounded Marie, protecting her from the rainbow energy that slammed into the dark orange dragon and spilled over towards her.
Growling lightly, Jesse gruffly said "Fine, but you're finished next turn."
"Not likely." Marie scoffed. "I end my turn." (Marie 500, Jesse 900)
"If that's the best you can do, maybe I should put you out of your misery." Jesse smugly remarked while drawing a card. "Rainbow Dark Dragon, crush her Tyrant Dragon with Dark Rainbow Refraction!"
Opening it's jaws instantly, the black dragon formed a halo before it's mouth before a beam of rainbow colored energy went racing forward towards the dark orange dragon.
"Not happening, because I reveal my face down spells, Transcendent Wings and The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh!" Marie cried out. "First, The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh special summons my Winged Kuriboh (300/200) from my deck!"
Materializing onto the field instantly was a small brown fur ball creature with white wings on it's back, two green clawed hands and feet, with large purple eyes.
"What was the point of that?" Jesse questioned.
Smirking, Marie called out "You're about to find out! Thanks to Transcendent Wings, I can send two cards from my hand to the Grave and then special summon my Winged Kuriboh LV10 (300/200)!"
Upon placing her two cards into her Graveyard, Marie watched her small winged creature vanish in a flash of light. Replacing it a moment later was a blinding light. Coming out of the light was a large set of white wings, which was attached to a small golden dragon like armor. The creature wearing the golden armor was none other than the small brown haired creature, now with eyes of fierceness.
"Now by sacrificing Winged Kuriboh LV10, I can destroy your Rainbow Dark Dragon, plus deal you damage equal to your dragon's attack points. This duel is over for you Yubel!"
Darkly chuckling, Jesse's body began glowing with a purple aura as Yubel's smug voice calmly said "You are truly foolish Marie. It's futile for you to fight me. Watch this, while on the field, my Advanced Dark negates any monster effects that target my Rainbow Dark Dragon, meaning my attack continues on."
"NO WAY!" Marie declared in shock while her winged creature shattered.
The rainbow colored beam continued on and slammed into the dark orange dragon. A huge explosion ensued, sending dust and debris throughout the field.
Slowly, the smoke cleared, revealing the dark orange dragon was still standing, along with Marie who glared at Jesse.
Confused, Yubel's voice furiously asked "WHAT!? WHY DIDN'T YOU LOSE! THAT WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO CRUSH YOU!"
"You seemed to have forgotten something though, Yubel." Marie smugly remarked. "When Winged Kuriboh goes to the Graveyard, I take zero damage on the same turn."
"NO! YOU CHEAT!" Yubel snarled. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THAT YOU WENCH!"
"Just try me." Marie smartly replied.
Gnashing his teeth, Jesse jammed a card into one of his Spell/Trap Slots and Yubel's voice snarled out "I end!" (Marie 500, Jesse 900)
Letting out a sigh, Marie closed her eyes and mumbled in her mind "That was close."
"I'll say, maybe a little too close."
Feeling the presence of the dark orange dragon in her mind, she felt herself opening her eyes and nodding to it within her mind. "It was indeed. I never would have guessed his Advanced Dark card could save his dragon."
"Neither did I." the dragon responded. "Marie, you must be more careful. I would hate to think what Illidan would feel, say, or do should he lose you."
Sadly smiling, she mentally nodded and replied "Don't worry, I don't intend on losing. Still, right now things aren't looking good."
"We must find a way to take his dragon down." the dragon advised. "Once it's gone, I have a feeling Jesse will be defenseless."
"As do I, but getting rid of it is the trick. How is going to be a major problem seeing how I have nothing in my deck that can match it point for point. Even with United We Stand, you're still not strong enough to beat him. And without my life points being very high, even if I used Sanctuary of the Sky, it wouldn't matter at this point."
Watching the dragon nod, she heard him say "We will defeat that dragon, somehow. Just remain calm."
"Right."
Opening her eyes, Marie glanced at her deck and quickly picked up a card. "Since Mercury is still out, I get a second card."
Snapping off another card, Marie took a look at it. Placing it into her left hand, she pointed at the pink haired creature and said "Thanks to Pikeru, during my Standby Phase, I gain 400 life points per a monster on my field. Right now, I have four, meaning I gain 1600 points."
Giggling lightly, the child like mage pointed at Marie and shot a beam of golden energy straight at her. The beam twisted around her body, seemingly easing off the tension while her life points climbed upwards.
"Next, I'll set two face down cards and call it a turn." (Marie 2100, Jesse 900)
Darkly chuckling, Jesse drew his card and smugly said "If playing a few face downs is the best you can do, then I'll just crush you! Rainbow Dark Dragon, trash that dragon!"
Letting out a massive roar, the black dragon opened it's jaws and fired a beam of rainbow energy straight for the dark orange dragon.
"Not quite Jesse, I play the spell Emergency Provisions, and chain a trap, Blast with Chain!" Marie declared. "Thanks to Blast with Chain, I can equip it to a monster and increase their attack points by 500. My choice is Pikeru (1200 + 500 1700/0). Next, I use Emergency Provisions to sacrifice Blast with Chain to the Graveyard in order to gain 1000 life points."
"That was pointless." Jesse growled out. "Why waste my time!?"
"Because I'm not finished!" Marie barked back. "Whenever I send Blast with Chain to the Grave, it's effect kicks in. It allows me to destroy one card on the field, and I'm choosing your Rainbow Dark Dragon!"
Gasping in surprise, Jesse watched in shock as a rocket with a chain attached to it went flying straight for his dragon. "I think not!" Jesse cried out while turning a hand to his face down card, causing it to rise up. "I play the trap Crystal Counter! This allows me to load my Spell/Trap Zones with Advanced Crystal Beasts."
Shooting out onto the field in a series of lights, five crystals appeared before Jesse. "Next, since you stopped my attack, I'll activate Rainbow Dark Dragon's special ability. By sending a crystal to the Grave, I can save my dragon from being destroyed."
"WHAT!?" Marie shouted in shock.
The rocket suddenly struck the black dragon, making it howl in pain. Instantly, a crystal before Jesse vanished, leaving only four behind. Smoke poured off of the dragon for a moment before it was revealed that it was unharmed by the rocket.
Darkly chuckling, Jesse smugly said "And now, I activate Rainbow Dark Dragon's second special ability, meaning all of my crystals go back to my Grave and my dragon gains 4000 more attack points (6000 + 1000 4 10000/0)!"
All four crystals instantly glowed brightly and flashed away as beams of light into Jesse's Graveyard Slot. With all of them gone, the large black dragon glowed with a rainbow colored aura.
"I set this face down and end my turn." (Marie 3100, Jesse 900)
"Great, he managed to see right through that trap. Now what? I'm running out of ideas on how to stop that dragon, and sooner or later I'll be in his crosshairs. I need to find a way to beat him." Marie growled within her mind.
Picking up a card, Marie glanced at it before picking up another card and saying "Thanks to Mercury, I get this extra card. And next, Pikeru grants me an additional 1600 life points."
"Big deal, build up your points all you want, it won't save you." Jesse declared with a smirk.
"We'll see." Marie smartly replied. "I set a card and summon Dancing Fairy (1700/1000) in defense (6100 + 800 6900/5700 + 800 6500)."
Materializing instantly onto the field was a set of three small fairies, each wearing a white dress each and a set of small wings on their backs. There was a red, a light brown, and a dark brown haired one.
"At that, I'll call it a turn." (Marie 4700, Jesse 900)
Smirking evilly while he drew a card, Jesse examined it and smartly said "Alright, if playing a weakling and a face down is the best you can do, maybe it's time I put you out of your misery. I reveal my face down spell, Raining Destruction! With this card, I must discard my entire hand and then send up to five cards from my deck to my Graveyard. I'll send five."
Taking the top five cards off of his deck, Jesse slid them into his Graveyard Slot, which eagerly sucked them down. "Next, Rainbow Dark Dragon now gets to attack all of your monsters, and each one it battles, that monster is removed from play and then you take 500 points of damage, plus you receive normal Battle Damage."
"That means…" Marie began in a bit of shock, only to be cut off by Jesse saying "That means when I attack, your dragon will get weaker each time, till finally it has no attack points left and I can eliminate you. Let's begin with my dragon crushing your pathetic tiny fairies!"
Roaring loudly, the large black dragon fired a beam of rainbow energy straight at the three small fairies. The beams cut through the three easily, shattering each of them.
"And now, you lose 500 life points!"
Glowing to life, the spell card shot a beam of rainbow energy straight at Marie, making her cry out in pain when it struck her.
"Crush all her other three monsters now Rainbow Dark Dragon!"
Letting out a massive roar, the black dragon released another beam of rainbow energy straight towards the three other monsters, seemingly ignoring the dark orange dragon. The blast grew in size after a moment and slammed into the ground before the three monsters. A large explosion ensued, shattering each of them. The spell card instantly glowed to life and shot out three beams straight at Marie, making her cry out in pain with each shot and fall to one knee at long last.
"Game over Marie. Your dragon has weakened, meaning the Battle Damage will wipe you out this turn (3700/3300). Destroy her dragon with Dark Rainbow Refraction!"
Roaring even louder than before, the black dragon opened it's jaws and fired a powerful beam of rainbow colored energy straight at the dark orange dragon, which let out a warning growl.
"I maybe down, but I'm not out!" Marie weakly called out while pointing at her face down card, which quickly rose up. "I play my trap, Soul Shield. By cutting my life points in half, I can negate your attack."
Materializing around the dark orange dragon instantly was a barrier of light blue energy. The rainbow beam slammed into it hard, making the barrier glow brightly as it repulsed the attack. After a moment of grinding against the barrier, the beam vanished, leaving the barrier behind.
Growling with irritation, Jesse grunted out "I end my turn. You can't escape me for much longer though." (Marie 1350, Jesse 900)
Still sitting on one knee panting lightly, Marie closed her eyes. "This is bad, very bad. Every time I think I've made headway, he comes back with a powerful card and tramples all the work I've done into the ground."
"Keep digging Marie! You can't quit, no matter what!" the dark dragon mentally declared.
Glancing at her deck, Marie slowly stood and fingered the top card. "I need to draw something to stop Jesse. If I don't, I'll lose and the others will remain in the Shadows. I can't allow that to happen, and I can't allow Yubel to continue to control Jesse. I have to do whatever it takes to win this duel!"
About to draw, Marie heard Jesse, with Yubel's voice mixed in call out "Don't you get it yet Marie? Your attacks are pointless! Every move you've made thus far hasn't succeeded, and no move you make will work either!"
Staring at the young man before her, Marie smirked and wistfully replied "We'll see. Now then, I draw."
Picking up a card, she eyed it warily for a moment before showing it to Jesse. "I play this spell, Equip Drawer. With it, I can send my two equip spells to the Graveyard and draw a card for each I send. I'm sending both, so I draw two cards (2900/2500)."
Placing both cards into her Graveyard Slot, Marie instantly picked up another two cards and eyed them carefully. "I set two cards and switch my Tyrant Dragon into defense. That's it." (Marie 1350, Jesse 900)
"Looks like you're getting desperate." Jesse smugly declared. Picking up a card, he pointed at the dark orange dragon and called out "Rainbow Dark Dragon, trash her Tyrant Dragon with Dark Rainbow Refraction!"
Rising up to fire a blast, the black dragon opened it's jaws, causing a rainbow colored halo to form before it's mouth.
"Not quite Jesse, I have a trap!" Marie declared. "I activate Zero Gravity, which switches the modes of all our monsters. Tyrant Dragon goes to attack mode, while yours goes to defense."
Rising up, the dark orange dragon unfurled it's wings while the black dragon struggled to remain up in the air while it's body was trying to furl it's wings.
Darkly laughing, Jesse called out in Yubel's voice, saying "That was your fatal mistake Marie. I activate the spell Rainbow Crush, which activates when Rainbow Dark Dragon is forced into defense mode. It sends my dragon back into attack mode and allows me to declare an attack!"
Marie could hardly suppress a gasp of shock as the black dragon stopped going into defense and stretched it's wings out once more.
"Farewell Marie!" Yubel declared. "I'll make sure to use your body and powers to their fullest extent!"
Roaring loudly, the black dragon opened it's jaws, causing a rainbow halo to appear before them once more. In a thunderous explosion, the dragon fired a beam of high density rainbow energy straight at the dark orange dragon.
Smirking at the oncoming attack, Marie began giggling, making Jesse raise an eyebrow while his body glowed with a purple aura. In Yubel's voice, Jesse asked "Laughing? What possibly be so funny? Your dragon is outmatched! You can't beat me no matter what you try to do!"
Grinning evilly, Yubel laughed and added "How does it feel to know that you failed? You're not going to defeat me or save the others."
"Really?" Marie questioned with a grin. "Then you won't mind when I crush your dragon right now! I activate my final trap, Tyrant's Rage!"
"What is that!?" Yubel demanded.
Smirking once more, Marie smugly replied "A trap that gives my Tyrant Dragon just the tools it needs to compete with your dragon. In fact, it's thanks to your own dragon's power that mine can do this. After I sacrifice half of my life points, I'm allowed to select the strongest monster on the field and add it's attack points to my dragon's attack points. The fact of the matter is, the strongest monster out is your dragon, meaning Tyrant Dragon gains all of it's attack points (2900 + 10000 12900/2500)!"
Glowing with a bright red aura, the dark orange dragon let out a massive roar while it's strength increased at a high level.
"NO! YOU CAN'T!" Yubel declared with fear echoing in her words.
"I CAN AND I WILL!" Marie fired back. "Tyrant Dragon, counter with Tyrant Flame!"
Releasing a large roar again, the dark orange dragon shot a stream of hot searing flames out at the oncoming rainbow beam. The two blasts met near the middle of the field, with the two seemingly even. Without warning, the fire stream pressed onwards towards the black dragon, which was putting all it's strength into it's attack, but finally couldn't hold the fire back any longer. The huge stream of flames slammed hard into the black dragon, making it screech loudly out in pain. After a moment, the flame stream stopped it's attack, allowing the remains of the large black dragon to fall to the ground with a thunderous slam, sending debris and smoke over the entire area. Slowly, the dragon vanished into nothingness while the blue glowing circle that surrounded both duelists vanished.
"NOOOOO!!" Yubel cried out while the smoke slowly receded. "HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?!"
"Simple, you messed with my friends and I fought back." Marie confidently declared. "Now honor your word Yubel. Release Zane and Syrus from the Shadows, and release Jesse from your control."
Clenching his hands into tight fists while grounding his teeth together, Jesse glared at Marie. In Yubel's feminine voice, he roughly said "Very well. I will honor my word."
Pointing to the left of his body, Jesse's hand began glowing with a black aura. A moment later, two bodies appeared surrounded by black auras. After a moment, the auras faded, revealing Zane and Syrus, who were both unconscious.
"And now release your control over Jesse." Marie commanded sternly while the dark orange dragon glared at the young man before the pair.
Letting out a heavy sigh, Yubel's cold voice said "I will, but don't think this is over Marie. I will attain your body eventually and take command of you. I promise you that one. Your power will be mine."
"We'll see." Marie grunted back. "Now release him."
"Fine."
Glowing with a dark orange aura, Jesse raised his hands as he screamed out. The orange aura soon enough left his body and flew into the air, vanishing completely from the group. Jesse finally settled while panting heavily. He instantly fell face first onto the ground and passed out upon doing so.
Walking over to the three, Marie checked each out and finally sighed. Aloud, she said "They're all alright, just exhausted and unconscious. They should wake later today."
"Good." the dark orange dragon growled out. "We should move them to a safe location."
Nodding back, Marie motioned for the dragon to come closer. He kneeled down while she managed to get Jesse up off the ground and began shouldering him. Carefully, she carried the young man over to the dragon and laid him onto the dragon's back as gently as possible. After repeating the process with Syrus and Zane, she began walking back into the forest with the dark orange dragon following behind her silently.
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Finding another ransacked village with no survivors, Yugi heavily sighed. "This is the seventh village I've found like this. It looks like the fiends are most definitely on the move." he lowly mumbled to himself.
Walking through the village, he called out for any survivors, but like he had figured, there were none at all. Heavily sighing once more, he continued exited the village and began walking off towards the edge of the former village. Arriving there, he glanced up at the sky to see smoke in the distance.
"Survivors?" he questioned aloud. Deciding to find out, he began running in the direction of the smoke.
After a few minutes of running, he approached a smoldering bonfire. Nearing it, he glanced around and called out "Hello!? Is anyone here!?"
"Yes I am." a silky voice declared.
Glancing around, Yugi saw a figure stepping out from behind the bonfire. The figure was wearing black robes with a hood covering his head. Removing his hood, the figure revealed a man with black hair that fell down to his upper back, with one violet eye while the other was yellow. The yellow one looked more like an animal's eye, possibly belonging to the canine family.
Smirking, the man walked forward and said "Ah, I see you finally found me, Yugi Moto. I was wondering if the former Pharaoh's vessel would ever do it."
Slightly gasping at the man's declaration, Yugi bit back his surprise and asked "How do you know me?"
"It's not surprising that you don't know who I am." the raven haired man spoke smoothly. "I suppose I should reveal my name. I am the one who served beside of Master Dartz for ten millennia. Your friend Illidan even faced me over ten years ago."
"Darcia…" Yugi mumbled in shock. "But how is it possible!?"
Sneering, Darcia replied "I see you know my name. Well, it is very possible. After the defeat of the Leviathan and Master Dartz, I was released like the other souls."
Clenching his fist tightly, he added "I was very surprised to learn that my former master was defeated by that brash Pharaoh, along with Illidan and his mate. It was inconceivable that the three of them together could bring down the Great Beast, but they did."
"The Orichalcos was tremendously weakened and was nearly destroyed by what had happened, but a small fragment, one that I had hid away, survived. The fragment though was weak. I wished to strengthen it and complete what the Orichalcos had charged me and my former master with, but he had other ideas."
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Standing next to a shimmering portal, a man with calve length teal colored hair that was held back in a low ponytail with golden eyes, wearing a set of white robes, seemingly was waiting on something. Hearing something, he glanced towards the doorway of the cave he was in and softly smiled when he saw a figure approaching him.
"Ah Darcia, I'm glad to see you have returned." the man smoothly said.
Bowing before the teal haired man, Darcia humbly said "Lord Dartz, I am thankful that you survived the fight with the Pharaoh."
"You do not have to bow any longer Darcia." Dartz calmly said.
Rising, Darcia looked at the man and remarked "Lord Dartz, we can resurrect the Great Leviathan still."
Shaking his head, Dartz sadly smiled and replied "No, it is over my friend."
"What!?" Darcia asked in exasperation. "You can't be serious!? After all the work we've done, we can't quit now!"
"I no longer wish to pursue a foolish ideal that the Orichalcos fed me." Dartz remarked with a sad smile. "The Orichalcos lied to us Darcia. It told us that it's way was the way to save all of mankind, but it was wrong. The Pharaoh has revealed that to me now, and for the first time in ten millennia, I can see that I was wrong. Destroying mankind was the wrong, and that the battle of Atlantis was another mistake. I have given up resurrecting the Great Beast, and I no longer serve the lies of the Orichalcos. I will not be it's puppet again."
"But Master Dartz, you know like I do that the Orichalcos did not lie to us! It would never lie to us! The Pharaoh has poisoned your mind with lies of deceit!" Darcia declared.
Shaking his head sadly, Dartz softly replied "No, it was the Orichalcos that was wrong. I have no will to fight anymore, nor do I wish to believe in the lies of the Orichalcos. The Great Leviathan has been laid to rest and will never rise up again. Darcia, it is over. Please, come with me and live out the remainder of your life in peace."
Seeing Dartz was reaching out his hand for his own, Darcia leapt away and yelled "YOU TRAITOR! How dare you betray the Orichalcos!"
"Darcia, let it go…" Dartz softly said with a look of sadness in his face. "Don't let the anger and hate consume you. The Orichalcos will destroy you if…"
"SHUT UP! DON'T TALK TO ME ANYMORE TRAITOR!" Darcia snarled. "I want no part of you!"
Heavily sighing, Dartz turned his back and mumbled "I am truly sorry for deceiving you for all of these years Darcia. I only pray that you wake from the control of the Orichalcos."
With his words said, Dartz slowly walked into the portal before him. Once crossing through the glowing portal, the teal haired man vanished, causing the portal to destabilize and close.
Standing alone, Darcia clenched his fists tightly and turned away from where the portal had once stood. "I will resurrect the Orichalcos on my own, and revive the Great Leviathan! I will complete the work you began Dartz, I swear it!"
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"Since then, I began my journey to revive the Orichalcos, but it has been a hard journey thus far." Darcia remarked. "I quickly realized how weak the power of the Orichalcos truly was, for it had given all it's strength to the Great Leviathan in it's fight with the Egyptian Gods. The results of that battle had drained both, but had been far more taxing to the stone than I had originally thought. I realized that in order to succeed, I would need to revive the power of the Orichalcos, but to do so would take many souls. It had taken myself and Dartz ten millennia to simply revive the Great Leviathan, but with reviving the Orichalcos, it would take five millennia. That thought did not sit well with me."
Pausing for a moment, Darcia smirked and added "So I made my choice to seek out other means of repowering the two. If collecting souls would take too long, I needed a new way to reenergize both."
"What did you decide to use then?" Yugi questioned curiously.
Sneering, Darcia responded "I searched for a new power source for nearly ten years. I traveled to other dimensions, finding that there were twelve altogether. Each was rich with power, but I found myself again facing many millennia of work. At long last, I found myself in this dimension, Dark World when I made a discovery."
"I discovered that Duel Energy would be a plentiful substitute for souls. Duel Energy itself is rich with power, and that it is renewable, unlike souls. But to collect this energy, it would still take me a considerable amount of time alone. So I made my decision."
Smirking, he added "I decided to enlist the help of the Shadows. I asked for strong souls within them to join my side and help me repower the Orichalcos."
Sighing slightly, he slowly said "But the Shadows would not do this easily. They required a price to release souls to me. I was asked to send one hundred souls for each soul to be released. After contemplating this offer, I decided to collect six hundred souls in order to release six of the strongest souls from the Shadows."
"Capturing the souls and sending them to the Shadows was child's play. I had learned to wield the Shadow Magic that you and the Pharaoh so openly used. Besides, the souls of Duel Spirits were excellent substitutes as well."
"You monster!" Yugi declared angrily.
Shrugging, Darcia responded "Call me what you will, but I did what was necessary. Eventually, I collected six hundred souls, allowing the Shadows to release six of the most powerful souls from within it. The six became known as Fallen Angels, in which I became their leader. Each of us took up a new name, with them being Beelzebub, Asmodeus, Mammon, Belphegor, Satan, Lucifer, and finally, I took up a name myself. I am called Leviathan. Poetic, don't you think?"
"If you like having a sarcastic sense of humor, I suppose." Yugi grunted out.
Darkly chuckling, Darcia replied "I suppose so. With the seven of us, I was certain that the Orichalcos would be revived in no time. And then I made a discovery, that one of the seven, Lucifer, was much stronger than myself and the others. Upon learning this, the Orichalcos fragment commanded that I yield to him and give him the last fragment, which I did. Now we work under his lead, with him showing us the way to revive the Orichalcos."
"Eventually, we recruited the demoness known as Yubel, who wished to have power. And then we made the discovery of a power within the human world. That power was one who had lived five millennia ago, that had bound himself to a powerful person known as Legato."
Eyes widening, Yugi asked in shock "Zell!?"
"Yes, Zell was his name." Darcia smartly replied. "After losing his body to Legato, he clung to a young man named Zane, but Marie Stormrage broke that connection. He was nearly destroyed, but he managed to move into a new body, one of a young boy named Syrus Truesdale."
Watching Yugi clench his fists tightly and glare hard at himself, Darcia let a smirk play upon his face. "We appeared to him soon enough through Yubel, who had him agree to join our ranks as an ally. It was Zell who attacked your wife and daughter, Mr. Moto. Sadly though, like Yubel, he betrayed us and left our ranks recently. Still, we got much use out of him."
"All of this, just to revive the Orichalcos?" Yugi questioned in a clipped tone.
Receiving a nod, Yugi clenched his hands even tighter and fiercely declared "I won't let you succeed! I'll stop you with all my power!"
"That's what we wanted, Mr. Moto." Darcia smoothly remarked. "We need your soul to make this work. The power the Pharaoh left you will be much needed in repowering the Orichalcos. I'm certain it will go a long way to reviving it."
"I will not be donating any of the power Yami left me to you or the Orichalcos!" Yugi snapped out angrily.
Sneering, Darcia replied "That's right, get angry. The angrier you are, the more powerful your Duel Energy becomes."
Holding his left arm out, Darcia pulled his sleeve back, revealing a black Duel Disk. "I will take the power you possess and give it to the Orichalcos. Soon the stone shall be revived, and all will bow to the power of the Orichalcos once more!"
Moving his own left arm out to reveal his Duel Disk, Yugi fired back "That's not going to happen, because I'm going to stop you here and now."
"Ah, so you accept my challenge?" Darcia candidly asked.
Pulling his deck out of it's holder, Yugi fiercely replied "I accept and will beat you. And once I have, I'll stop this plan of yours, no matter the cost!"
"We'll see." Darcia remarked while pulling his own deck out.
Simultaneously, the pair began shuffling their decks and jammed them into their Duel Disks. A moment later, each Duel Disk came to life, with Darcia's shooting out a blade like structure while Yugi's pushed out and shot a blade out.
Drawing five cards at the same time, each called out "Duel!"