Current Scores:
Sutoyaru: 500
Astral: 4000
Vector: 2500
"Why you keep helping us is really starting to confuse me, but don't expect me to show you the same courtesy." Sutoyaru told Astral, before he drew the top Card from his Deck.
"I Summon Dododo Warrior! Normally a Monster like Dododo Warrior would require a Sacrifice in order to be Summoned, but that can be overlooked if I lower his Attack Points by 500." (2300 → 1800) Sutoyaru announced, placing the aforementioned Monster Card on his Duel Disc, before the brainwashed Barian then called out. "Next, I play my Xyz Reception Spell Card!"
"Since you've got an Xyz Monster on the Field and I don't, I can Special Summon any Monster in my hand with the same Level as my Dododo Warrior. Appear, Dododo Buster!" Sutoyaru called out as the second Dododo Monster appeared before him, giving him two Level 6 Monsters, in which Sutoyaru then exclaimed. "With these two Monsters I build the Overlay network! I Xyz Summon Number 6: Chronomaly Atlandis!" (2600/3000)
It was then Dododo Warrior was then engulfed in a light of orange energy, while Dododo Buster was engulfed in bright yellow, before the pair shot off into the air, twisting around each other, as a portal opened up in front of Sutoyaru, before both lights then shot into the portal, creating a massive explosion of energy as the ancient goliath appeared on the Field, towering over Astral.
"Next I Equip Chronomaly Atlandis with the Spell: Giant Hunter!" Sutoyaru announced, before the brainwashed Barian told Astral. "Now you cannot use any Spells or Trap Cards during the Battle phase. And since my Life Points are lower than yours, I can cut the Attack of your Heraldry Crest in half!" (2600 → 1300)
"Chronomaly Atlandis, Attack Heraldry Crest!" Sutoyaru commanded.
Following its Summoner's order, the volcano on Chronomaly Atlandis' left shoulder unleashed a massive torrent of lava into the air, before it merged with the unstable conditions of the atmosphere and transformed into a deadly and powerful twister, aimed directly at Heraldry Crest.
But, before Heraldry could be Destroyed, Astral suddenly called out. "I activate Utopia's special ability! Light Wing Shield!"
However, as Utopia absorbed the second Overlay unit and got in the way to protect Heraldry Crest from destruction, Vector interrupted and exclaimed. "You fool! I knew you'd eventually cower behind your precious Utopia. So now's the perfect time to activate the Trap Card I got from Sutoyaru! I activate Overlay Banish!"
"Now, Utopia's ability is negated!" Vector stated in a mixture of arrogance and madness, before the Barian Emperor commanded. "Sutoyaru, continue your Attack and Destroy Heraldry Crest!"
"Yes, Lord Vector." Sutoyaru replied in a loyal tone, though something tore at him at seeing Utopia suffering when he was slammed away by the twister, however, Sutoyaru quickly shook it off and exclaimed. "Eternal Devastation!"
Heraldry Crest was engulfed within the twister, letting out a pain filled roar as it was Destroyed, while Astral groaned out as he was inflicted with 1300 Points of Damage. (4000 → 2700)
"And it's not over, Astral!" Sutoyaru called out, before it was then the brainwashed Barian exclaimed. "I activate Atlandis' special ability! By using one Overlay unit, you lose half your Life Points! Orichalcum Gate!"
Atlandis then absorbed one Overlay unit into its chest, before the ancient goliath unleashed another storm, causing Astral to cry out in pain as he was thrown back from the sheer force and power of Atlandis' ability.
"I play two Cards face-down and end my turn." Sutoyaru then said, placing the Cards in the first and second slots of his Spell/Trap Card zone on his Duel Disc, before it was back to Astral to make his move.
Current Scores:
Sutoyaru: 500
Astral: 1350
Vector: 2500
Drawing the top Card from the Deck, but not bothering to look at it, as doubt filled Astral's mind and heart.
It looked as though no matter what he did, there was no way for him to defeat Vector and save Yuma from his Barian prison.
And things went from bad to worse when Vector suddenly called out. "Hold up, Astral, I activate Barian Explosion!"
As Vector's Trap was revealed, he explained, mocking Astral at the end. "Now you take 1000 Points of Damage for every Barian Card in your hand. But unlike Yuma, I know you'd never think to use such a power."
"Then why activate it?" Astral questioned, confused as to why Vector would use a Trap that would have no use or outcome.
"Because Barian Explosion also sends all the Cards in your hand to the Graveyard!" Vector then replied, shocking Astral and his friends, before the maniacal Barian Emperor laughed in amusement and insanity as his Trap detonated and the Cards in Astral's hand were forcefully thrown into the dark void of the Graveyard.
There was nothing he could do.
With his hand Destroyed, Utopia and Excablibur, which were no match against Vector's Masquerade duo or Yuma's Number Monster, not to mention his Trap Cards being nullified due to Yuma's Giant Hunter Spell, in which Astral then closed his eyes and said solemnly as he had failed. "Yuma, I'm sorry. I end my turn."
Current Scores:
Sutoyaru: 500
Astral: 1350
Vector: 2500
"Now, it's my turn and I activate Monster Reborn!" Vector announced, before he commanded maniacally as the dark void of the Graveyard opened before him. "Return from the Graveyard, Chaos Number 104: Umbral Horror Masquerade!"
As Umbral Horror Masquerade emerged from the Graveyard, beside his counterpart, Vector called out. "And with the revival of one Monster comes the end of two, as I activate the Spell Card: Share the Pain!"
Umbral Horror Will o' the Wisp and Heroic Champion – Excablibur were then forcefully sacrificed, shattering to pieces, before being sent to the Graveyard, but Vector wasn't finished, as the maniacal Barian Emperor then called out. "Next, I activate the Trap: Corrupted Keys! Now, I Summon three Umbral Horror Mirage Tokens to my Field!"
As three demi-sized Umbral Horror Masquerades appeared before the original, Cathy stated in a highly worried tone. "This is a catastrophe! Now Vector has four Masquerade Monsters!"
"That's right and I plan to use their power to end Astral and this Duel!" Vector replied in a mixture of arrogance and madness, clenching his right fist as he spoke, before he then unclenched his fist and pointed at Astral, before he commanded in pure insanity. "Mirage Tokens, Attack Utopia and wipe out Astral forever!"
The Mirage Tokens each unleashed a powerful stream of dark energy at Utopia, causing Tori to yell out Astral's name in concern for her friend, as it looked like it was over for him.
But it was then to everyone's surprise and confusion, including Vector's, Sutoyaru suddenly called out as he leapt over from Vector's side over to Astral's, standing in front of his former friend and Utopia. "I activate Half Unbreak! Now, not only does my Trap stop Utopia from being Destroyed this turn, but all Damage Astral takes is cut in half!"
Utopia was then encased within a giant bubble, causing the Mirage Tokens' flames of darkness to part past the bubble, protecting Utopia and Astral, as Astral's Life Points were spared, inflicted with three rounds of 250 Points of Damage. (1350 → 600)
"I may not be able to Destroy you this turn, but I can still make you suffer!" Vector exclaimed in annoyance, before he commanded. "Masquerade and Umbral Horror Masquerade, Attack Utopia!"
Masquerade obeyed as it threw one of the gold rings at Utopia, while Umbral Horror Masquerade fired a wave of dark energy at Masquerade's ring, engulfing it within flames of darkness, before the dark flare ring then grinded against the protective bubble Utopia was within.
However, the power of the Attack blasted Astral away, knocking him down and inflicting him with 350 Points of Damage.
Current Scores:
Sutoyaru: 500
Astral: 250
Vector: 2500
"Sutoyaru, what do you think you're doing?" Vector questioned demandingly.
"Forgive me, Lord Vector. I don't know why I helped him." Sutoyaru replied, before he explained as a strange and unpleasant feeling filled his soul. "It's just... There was this feeling I got that told me I had to."
Hearing that caused Vector to smirk, before he stated. "Well, I have a way to make sure it won't happen again!"
And before anyone could ask or react to Vector's words, the maniacal Barian Emperor held out his right arm, showing he was holding Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force within his hand, which started glowing heliotrope, before Sutoyaru was encircled within an aura of Barian energy, in which Sutoyaru cried out and scream in anguish.
"Yuma!" Astral yelled out in concern as Yuma/Sutoyaru continued to scream out.
But soon Sutoyaru's screams and the heliotrope aura died down as his body went limp, his arms dropping to his sides, before Sutoyaru turned around and suddenly grabbed onto Astral's wrists, shocking him, as he could see the Barian emblem had reappeared on Sutoyaru's forehead, while his eyes had turned the same heliotrope as those who had been under the influence of a Barian beforehand, showing he was now under Vector's complete control.
And things went from bad to worse when a dark purple aura encircled Astral and the fully brainwashed Yuma, which transformed into a sphere of darkness, trapping the pair inside the familiar darkness, making Yuma's friends worry as they knew what was coming, a Dark Zexal Morph.
"I had a feeling Yuma might betray me, so I took a precaution. You know what they say; if you can't beat them, join them? And in this case they're joining perfectly!" Vector exclaimed in amusement and insanity as the sphere continued to grow in power.
-In an unknown Location-
"Astral? Hey, Astral! Stop day dreaming!" Astral heard Yuma's voice yell at him, causing Astral to open his eyes, expecting to see Yuma by his side, however, after opening his eyes, Astral could see no sign of Yuma and was confused as to where he now was.
From the looks of his surroundings, he was now in a crater, which had two long walls of rock on the left and right side of him as mysterious orbs of light floated around the vicinity and darkness filed the sky.
"Where am I?" Astral questioned as he got to his feet, before thinking out loud. "The last thing I remember is Vector using Barian's Force on Yuma and now I'm here, wherever this is."
"Astral..." Yuma's voice called out from the distance, in which Astral got to his feet, a little confused as to why he was unable to float around, but that didn't matter.
All that mattered was Yuma as Astral ran into the distance to find his friend.
-Back in Barian World-
Everyone, except Vector, watched in fear as the darkness that had consumed Sutoyaru and Astral erupted in a massive array of darkness, and now, standing where the pair once stood was Yuma, who had undergone his Dark Zexal Morph, the sheer evil radiating off of his form.
"Well, well, well, it seems like Astral was no match for my power." Vector stated arrogantly, before turning his attention to his corrupt counterpart and asked. "What do you say, pal? Surrender this Duel so we can crush those humans you once called your friends?"
"Sounds like fun." Sutoyaru replied, before he turned around, facing his former friends, and said in a dark tone. "I cannot wait to feel the flow of evil and unleash the darkness within my Deck!"
-Meanwhile, with Astral-
As Astral continued to traverse down the corridor of rock, with Yuma's voice slowly getting stronger, Astral figured out where he was.
He was in Yuma's mind.
With each orb Astral passed, he could see though Yuma's eyes various events of the teen's past.
From their victory against Shark and Number 17, beating Fortuno and his deceptive and underhanded cheating, Trey, Quattro and Quinton, defeating Faker and stopping the Sphere Field Cannon from destroying Astral World, leading up to their victories against the Barian Emperors and all those they had brainwashed.
With each memory, Astral could feel and see what Yuma experienced through his eyes, his home life, school, Dueling, everything.
"Astral..." Astral then heard Yuma say, in which he looked into the distance to see his friend encased within a Baria Crystal, the Barian emblem still on his forehead as a distant look filled his eyes.
"Yuma!" Astral called out, running over to the captive black and red spiked haired teen.
"Astral... Tori... I... I'm so sorry..." Yuma said solemnly through the Baria Crystal as Astral tried to find a way to release his friend, but had no luck, and could also see that any of Yuma's memories that touched the crystal were shocked away, showing Astral why Yuma couldn't remember who he was.
Reaching out, Astral tried to make contact with Yuma, only for the Barian emblem on Yuma's forehead to suddenly to glow an intense heliotrope, before his eyes shot open and he exclaimed. "Go, Barian Battlemorph!"
With that said, Yuma's body was encircled in the evil energy Vector had placed upon him, before the Baria Crystal shone intensely, causing Astral to shield himself as the crystal shattered in a bright aura, before it died down, revealing Sutoyaru had taken Yuma's place yet again.
"Yuma!" Astral called out, only for Sutoyaru to correct him. "Wrong Astral! I might've been Yuma in the past but now I am Sutoyaru, servant of Lord Vector and the one who will destroy you!"
With that said, darkness enveloped Sutoyaru's left arm for a moment, before it was revealed he had his Duel Disc back on and, placed on it, was Umbral Horror Masquerade, who appeared before his Summoner in a midst of dark energy.
"Go, Masquerade and eliminate Astral!" Sutoyaru commanded, in which Masquerade fired flames of dark energy at his enemy.
However, the sky above Astral shone with gold light as Utopia then landed before Astral, brought up his shield-like wing and protected himself and Astral from Masquerade's attack.
"Thank you, Utopia." Astral said in gratitude, always glad he knew he could count on Number 39, who then lunged forward and clashed his blades against Masqurade's staff, engaging the signature Monster of Vector in battle.
As they continued to clash, Utopia turned his head, looking at Astral and made a motion with his head, telling him to look up, which he did, and, atop the edge of the cliff was a small ray of light.
Astral now knew what he had to do to defeat Sutoyaru and save Yuma.
Sutoyaru continued to watch as his Monster battled against Utopia, confused as to how Utopia was able to not only protect himself, but was able to match Masquerade's power.
He was so caught up in the battle between Astral's Monster and his own that he failed to notice Astral was gone, that was until Utopia was forced to jump away from another of Masquerade's attacks.
"Where are you Astral!?" Sutoyaru demanded, enraged by Astral's cowardice, until the brainwashed Barian could see Astral climbing up the face of the cliff, causing his anger to subside as a wicked idea formed in his head and a ball of energy formed in his right hand.
"Time for some target practice!" Sutoyaru yelled out as he fired the sphere at Astral, narrowly missing him, but causing sections of the cliff to crumble down and bombard him.
But that wasn't going to stop Astral from getting to the top.
"You cannot escape me!" Sutoyaru exclaimed, firing sphere after sphere at Astral, who managed to miraculously dodge the attacks, all but one, which struck Astral, causing him to cry out from the intense pain, lose his grip and fall.
However, Astral quickly reached out with his right arm and managed to grab upon a section the rocky wall, hanging for dear life as Sutoyaru watched in a mixture of amusement and confusion, before he asked. "Astral, why do you keep going?"
Astral groaned out as he continued climbing and told Sutoyaru in a determined tone. "Because Yuma, you have never given up on me and I'm not going to let you down!"
"I'm going to high-five the sky!" Astral exclaimed as he finally reached the top, in which Astral held up his right arm, reaching out into the light as a mysterious, yet familiar shaped key materialized in Astral's hand, before the shine of the key intensified and lit up all of the orbs.
Sutoyaru then clenched the left side of his face with his hand as the memories and true emotions of Yuma Tsukumo entered his mind, causing him to question. "What... What is this?"
"These are your true memories. They show who you really are." Astral replied as Vector's curse encircled Sutoyaru, who cried out in agony, his mind felt like it was splitting to pieces.
"Who I am really...? I'm... I'm..." Sutoyaru managed to get out, in which Astral stated in a determined tone. "You are my friend. You are Yuma Tsukumo!"
Hearing Astral call him by his human name caused Sutoyaru's eyes to widen from the realization of truth, before the heliotrope aura dispersed, as did Umbral Horror Masquerade.
"Astral." Sutoyaru said.
"Yuma." Astral replied, before Sutoyaru transformed into a form of red energy, causing Astral to smile as he then was converted into a light blue energy light, before the pair shot towards each other, clashed and engulfed Yuma's mindscape with light.
-Back outside of Yuma's mind-
Sutoyaru was laughing in wicked amusement, creating ball after ball of heliotrope coloured energy, which he then fired at his former friends, who had taken to the floor, shielding themselves from Sutoyaru's attacks and insanity.
Unable to take anymore, Tori got up and ran over to him, wrapping her arms around him.
"Yuma, please stop this!" Tori begged, tears trailing down her face, hoping to reach through the darkness and bring back the old Yuma.
But it failed.
Sutoyaru only smacked Tori away, knocking her to the ground, before she looked up to see Sutoyaru, his right arm aimed at her as he was going to blast her.
However, he stopped as his key began to glow, causing everyone to watch as it dematerialized and Sutoyaru stopped his attack.
"Sutoyaru, what are you doing?" Vector questioned, confused as to why his puppet wasn't attacking.
And Vector got his answer when the darkness around Sutoyaru vanished and was replaced with a strong aura of light, blinding him for a moment, before the light died down, revealing Sutoyaru was no longer in his Dark Zexal form, but instead was in Zexal II Mode, facing Vector with a look of determination on his face.
"What I should've been doing in the first place." He replied, before announcing. "And my name isn't Sutoyaru. It's Yuma Tsukumo!"
Hearing Yuma say this filled his friends with joy, particularly Tori, who was in a sitting position, rubbing the now joyful tears from her eyes.
"Look's like we've got the old Yuma back." Bronk commented happily, before Cathy said in a tone of her own happiness. "How purrfect!"
"You know it." Yuma replied, glad he was back and no longer under Vector's evil influence as he helped Tori to her feet, before he then pointed at Vector and told the maniacal Barian Emperor. "And what's more, Astral and I are going to take you down!"
"We'll just see about that, Yuma. In case you forgot it's still my turn, and I'll now activate the Xyz Treasure Spell!" Vector said, drawing the top four Cards from his Deck.
"Next, I play two Cards face-down and activate my Altar for Tribute Trap Card." Vector then told Yuma and Astral, before Vector's nemesis watched as the first Umbral Horror Mirage Token shattered to pieces and enveloped Vector in a dark red aura, in which the Barian Emperor then said. "Now by Sacrificing one Mirage Token, I gain Life Points equal to its Attack Points. And with that, I end my turn." (2500 → 5500)
'You may think you can beat me this time, Yuma, but my face-downs will finish you, Astral and any form of Utopia you try to play.' Vector thought to himself wickedly.
Current Scores:
Yuma and Astral: 250
Vector: 5500
"It's my turn, I draw!" Yuma announced, about to draw the top Card from his Deck, but was stopped by Vector interrupting his turn.
"Hold on, Yuma, I activate Time Seal!" Vector exclaimed, before his Trap was revealed, causing chians to appear around Yuma's Deck and Duel Disc, constricting them.
"Hey! What's going on?" Yuma questioned.
"What's going on is that Time Seal prevents you from drawing this turn." Vector explained, before he stated. "So you can't get your precious Numeron Force!"
However, after Vector's statement, a smile appeared on Yuma's face, confusing the Barian Emperor, until Yuma turned around the Card in his hand, revealing he was holding Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force.
Upon seeing this, Vector was filled with shock, causing him to question with an equal amount in his voice. "Wha...? You already drew it!?"
"That's right, Vector. I drew it while I was under your influence as Sutoyaru." Yuma told Vector.
"Impossible! I saw your hand and would've known if you had drawn that Card." Vector replied in further shock.
"That's right. But when you used Exchange, something told me not to let you get a hold of it, so I hid it behind my other Cards, just enough to let you see it was a Spell Card but not enough to know which Spell Card." Yuma said, filling Vector with rage that Yuma had deceived and betrayed him.
"And now to end this Duel, Vector!" Yuma announced as he prepared to use Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force, but it was then Vector called out in anger. "Oh no you don't! I activate my Magic Drain Trap Card!"
"Now your Numeron Force is cancelled out!" Vector explained, before he told Yuma in pure arrogance. "That is unless you discard a Spell Card, but you don't have a single Card in your hand."
"You're right, Vector." Yuma replied, before the teen stated in a determined tone. "But I know I'll get one thanks to your Trap Card."
"My Trap Card?" Vector questioned, confused as to what Yuma was on about, until Yuma called out. "I activate Jar of Greed!"
"You should've been paying more attention to the Card I took thanks to your Exchange Spell." Yuma teased, before the former Barian announced. "Cause now I can draw one Card."
"Go, Shining Draw!" Yuma exclaimed, before the top Card of his Deck began to glow a bright gold colour, causing the chains from Vector's Time Seal Trap to shatter to pieces, in which Yuma then drew the top two Cards from his Deck, as he, Astral and their friends all hoped Yuma would get the Card he needed to turn the Duel in his favour.
And after Yuma had drawn his Card, he turned it around for Vector to see, revealing it to be the Spell Card: Comeback!, causing Yuma's friends to cheer, while Vector was left in a state of shock.
Yuma then placed the Spell Card in his Graveyard, allowing him to announce in a strong tone. "I activate Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force!"
"Go, Chaos Xyz Evolution! Appear Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray Victory!" Yuma exclaimed, before Utopia turned into a pure form of gold energy that shot up into a vortex, creating a massive explosion of Numeron energy, in which Utopia Ray Victory soon emerged form.
"I now activate Atlandis' special ability!" Yuma announced, continuing his turn, in which Chronomaly Atlandis absorbed its second Overlay unit and unleashed another storm of devastation, striking Vector, who managed to withstand the force of the ancient goliath, but still, the strike costed him half of his Life Points. (5500 → 2750)
"And now to finish this! Utopia Ray Victory, Attack Umbral Horror Masquerade!" Yuma commanded, before calling out. "I activate Utopia Ray Victory's Special ability! By using one Overlay unit your Monster's Attack Points are added to mine! Victory Charge!" (2800 → 5800)
"No, this can't be! Not again! My plan was flawless!" Vector stated in shock, but was proven wrong as Yuma exclaimed in a strong and determined tone. "Go, Utopia, Rising Sun Double Victory Slash!"
All four blades then slashed through Umbral Horror Masquerade in a double shining V motion, Destroying Vector's ace Monster in a massive explosion, dealing 2800 Points of Damage to Vector's Life Points, costing him the Duel.
Ending Scores:
Yuma and Astral: 250
Vector: 0
"Alright! I am so feeling the flow!" Yuma proudly yelled out.
However, his victory was interrupted when the dust died down, revealing Vector, who had not even a scratch on his body, thanks to the dark power bestowed upon him, who told Yuma and Astral as the ground around them began to shake and break apart. "You may've beaten me again, but heed my words. The end of the Human World, Astral World and everything that stands in my way will come into fruition! Both of your hearts have been stained by darkness, and that will ultimately lead to your destruction!"
With his promise of revenge, a portal opened up behind the maniacal Barian Emperor, which he used to teleport away from his enemies and failure, letting out another laugh of madness as he vanished, while Yuma and the others quickly boarded back upon the airship, moments before the entire colosseum shattered to pieces and fell into the dark void below.