Chapter 38: Hidden Truth!
Okay, I admit, that was a pretty stupid plan on my part. But, hey, it worked at least.
"Elliot...Elliot!" My eyes began to open, my whole body ached just from the action of moving my eyelids, and I was met with several faces looking down at me.
"Sora...Crow..." I moaned.
"Hey! Good to see your not dead!" Crow smirked, making Sora shoot him a look.
"Elliot, I'm so glad your okay." Sora breathed in relief. "We heard a crash, and came down here to find you lying here."
He helped me up into a sitting position, where I was able to look around. I spotted my Duel Runner, which was thankfully undamaged, before looking up to see nothing but white walls, which had ecplosion holes in them, showing a red room above us.
"Looks like everything's messed up..." I mumbled, before remembering why I came here, causing me to spring to my feet. "Hotaru! Where is he? Hotaru!"
"He was here." Sora confirmed, looking he away. "He...killed Roger, then returned to the Fusion Dimension.
"He killed Roger?" I echoed. 'Is that the reason he came here? Just to kill Roger? I hate to admit it...but I'm glad he did, that bastard was an asshole. Still though, is he that demented?...Why am I even asking that?'
"So you must be Elliot." A voice said. "You have the same face." I looked over and gasped when I saw Jack standing there.
"Jack!" I practically squealed at the 5D's rival, before forcefully composing myself, and digging my hand in my pocket for my paper with Crow's signature and my pen (Oh yes, I still had those). "Can I get your autograph!?"
Jack gave me one of those looks. "Just do it." Crow said, making the King sigh before signing it.
"Yes!" I cheered, holding it above my head triumphantly, before pocketing it once more. "And, ahem, yes, I'm Elliot."
"Elliot..." My eyes widened as I saw the injured Tsukikage come around the corner.
"Tsukikage!" I gasped as I ran over to him.
"I'm glad...you have returned to us." Tsukikage groaned.
"Tsukikage...I'm sorry..." I clenched my shaking fists and squeezed my eyes tight. "It's my fault...I never meant to..."
Tsukikage chuckled, and I looked to see him smiling behind his mask. "It is disrespectful to cry for a living friend. I am not dead, and you are back to normal. That is all that matters."
"Tsukikage." I wiped my eyes and smiled. "Thank you!"
"Heh, trust me, Elliot, there are much worse people then you, so don't get worked up over it." Crow assured me.
"Much worse, your not a threat in comparison." Jack agreed.
"Take it from me when I say our bad sides can be much worse." Sora nodded.
"All of you..." I hadn't realised how much I'd missed my friends, until I was finally with them again...but now that I remembered what Hotaru said, I would have to wait and see whether that was a good thing or a bad thing. Right now, though, I was really damn grateful, but this thought process also made me realise something. "Where's everybody else? Yuya? Yuzu? Gongenzaka?"
"You missed out Sawatari." Tsukikage said.
"You think it was an accident?" I mumbled.
Sora looked down sadly. "The dimension transport device activated, and they were sucked in. We don't have any way to find them now."
"No..." I hissed. "How could we have been seperated again?"
"Just because we have no means to locate them, does not mean we do nothing." Another voice spoke, and the main man I had been dreading walked in front of me.
"Reiji." I breathed, as I looked and saw his adoptive little brother clutching his shirt tightly. "Reira...I...I..." I wasn't an idiot. Earning back Reira's trust was going to be difficult. But what was still debatable was the Lancer leaders opinion of me, so I met his analytical gaze, sharp as always, so I couldn't tell if their was any malice or disdain behind it.
Reiji pushed his glasses up. "Now that all of us have been accounted for, it's time to decide our next action. Whilst the Synchro Dimension have not confirmed an alliance with us, we have relayed our message of the threat Academia poses. In the meantime, we should return to the Standard Dimension, the Lancer training program was officially launched prior to our departure. Hopefully we have produced some fitting candidates."
"So you guys really are from another dimension, huh?" Crow chuckled. "After everything I've seen today, can't say I'm surprised."
"You say you have not allied with the Synchro Dimension yet. I consider that untrue." Jack said. "I shall assist you in your fight against Academia. I will not allow what Roger tried to do to the City."
"Well of course you can count me in too!" Crow smirked.
"As a Lancer, I shall do all in my power to fight Academia." Tsukikage nodded.
"Sora?" I asked my friend, who's eyes lowered to the ground.
"...I will too." He sighed. "But only to protect my friends." I couldn't help but smile.
"No matter what, I'll continue to fight." I said. "My goal remains unchanged; to defeat Academia!"
"Are you sure you'll be able to do that?" Reiji asked.
"Huh?" I turned to him. "What do you mean?"
Reiji looked at me. "Can you truly fight Academia, continuing on as you are now?"
"I don't understand." I said.
"You should. Or perhaps you haven't even noticed it yet." Reiji responded, only leaving me with further questions. "In any case, Elliot Zekaki, do you still have that Spell Card?"
"Oh, yeah." I took out the Spell, Dimension Mover.
"It has the return coordinates of the Standard Dimension already imprinted on it." The Lancer Leader told me. "Return to the Standard Dimension, and gather as many allies as possible, then wait for our return."
I narrowed my eyes at the passive order, but still agreed. "Right." I turned to Crow. "Crow...it was great meeting you!"
"Woah, woah! Don't tell me this is a goodbye!" He chuckled. "We're gonna fight Academia together aren't we? So don't take too long, right?"
"I won't, promise." I then looked at everybody else. "Sora...Tsukikage...Reira...Jack...see you soon!"
They all smiled, as I activated Dimension Mover, and disappeared in a ray of light, feeling myself being pulled along by an unseen force. 'If my prediction skills are right, the next Arc is in the Xyz Dimension...somehow I'll need to find a way to-"
I was interrupted as I suddenly jolted to a stop, as if I was in a car that had screeched to a halt. 'What?' I then felt myself get thrown back, and land on some form of ground, looking up at what appeared to be a night sky filled with stars, only rainbow coloured lights occasionally shooting above like comets.
"Your a pain to find, you know that?" A sadly familiar voice spoke.
My heart sank as I sat up and looked at the black spiky haired teen with red eyes. "Zevrakex."
"Thanks for remembering my name. It's pretty stupid." I couldn't tell if he was being snarky or genuine. "Sounds like you know why your here."
I looked around at where 'here' was. We seemed to be in outer space, judging by the expanse of black in all directions. Only outlines of shapes hovered, shone or floated around; triangles, circles, squares, all like fireworks. It kinda reminded me of Rainbow Road in Mario Kart. Looking down, I saw we were on a platform of swirling, shifting rainbow, an aurora...also reminding me of Rainbow Road.
"I think so...but why are we in Rainbow Road?" Had to say it.
"It's something I designed myself." He replied. "Tried to get the feel for it, y'know?"...I, honestly didn't expect that response. "Personally, Wii is my favourite, though the customizations in 7 and 8 are fucking awesome. I've been trying to get Orion and Paluis to play 3D World with me-hey! Don't change the subject!"
"I didn't try to change anything." I responded.
"No sass, asshat." Zevrakex muttered.
I finally stood up. "Speaking of, where are Orion and Paluis? If it's about this then-"
"Sorry, it's only my shitty self." He stopped me. "I told them to let me handle this. They'll be waiting for us once I'm through with you."
I clenched my fist, as I felt my hand shake at what I had to say next. "I couldn't do it, Zevrakex...I couldn't keep my anger under control...I let the darkness consume me again..." There was a span of silence, as I had to build up the courage to ask my question. "Are you...going to banish me back to my world?"
"...No." I looked up at his response, as he fixed me with a serious look. "I'm not gonna sugarcoat anything I'm about to tell you, Elliot, because it would be a shit thing to do...and I guess you kinda deserve to here it."
"...What haven't you guys told me?" I asked.
"I can't give away everything, and before you say anything, it's matters concerning us as guardian beings. What I'm telling YOU, concerns YOU, got it?" I nodded. "Good...your dimensional counterparts have made pretty large inpacts on the Dimensions. Some good, some bad, Hotaru obviously being the worst. The point is that they're YOUR counterparts, i.e. your problem. Seems only fair their yours to deal with."
"Fair enough." I agreed.
"Secondly, it's true we gave you the role of Peacekeeper, that remains unchanged. But we didn't really tell you why your truly so important, kinda skipped over that." He walked over to me. "Take a look at this, Elliot."
He clenched his fist before opening it again, causing a rainbow coloured orb to float in his palm, with a wispy, flame water effect swirling around it.
"What is that?" I asked.
"This is D.E." Zevrakex said. "Dimensional Energy, Dueling Energy, Dueling Essence, Dimensional Essence, we couldn't be fucked to settle on a name, so we shortened it to simply D.E."
"What is D.E exactly?" I tried to poke the sphere, but he pulled it away.
"Keep your fingers away, thanks. D.E is a type of energy created when a person Duels. It manifests itself as this form here. Think of it like Magic in an RPG, the power it holds is limitless, and what happens when it is used is unknown. All created D.E is born in the gap between dimensions, obviously where we three guardians are, so we keep a hold of it. Unfortunately, the amount of D.E created by any normal dimension Duelist only amounts to the size of a teardrop from a single Duel, and you need much more then that if you want to do anything practical with it."
He juggled the D.E in his hand. "We originally tried using D.E to repair damages to our respective Dimensions, but the effect of this energy creates a bright rainbow light which, understandably, people lost their shit over and panicked about it. If it wasn't so damn revealing and nauseatingly colourful, we could've at least fixed up one house in the Xyz Dimension." He clenched his fist, snuffing out the D.E.
"And that's where you come in, Elliot." Zevrakex continued. "We don't know how, but those with a passion for Dueling outside of the Four Dimensions produce an incredible amount of D.E. Check this out." He snapped his fingers, and a big ball of D.E appeared next to him, it was as big as he was.
"Don't tell me that's-" I began.
"No shit, Sherlock." He confirmed. "This is the culmination of all the D.E you've created so far. If you keep going at the rate you are now, following the Lancers...you might just make enough D.E to save all Four Dimensions."
"And that's why you want to keep me around? So I can keep making more D.E?" I asked.
"Yeah...but I've also grown kinda fond of you, along with this big ball here. If you got sent away, it would get pissed and disappear, taking all its potential with it." He clicked his fingers again, and the ball disappeared. "Elliot...if you can make enough D.E, you could return the Xyz Dimension to its former glory, you could defeat Academia, you would become a true Peacekeeper."
"D.E..." I looked at the spot where the ball had been. "I could really do that?"
"You can already do amazing things, Elliot." Zevrakex spoke. "It's just a matter of harnessing it." He held his open palm out, and his body was covered in a rainbow aura. "D.E can also be drawn from within the user too, to make the impossible possible! Previously, we thought only us, the Beings of Balance, could use our own D.E without relying on the harvested energy. But you see...I'm pretty damn confident you can do it too."
"Harness the D.E within myself?" I practically echoed. "How do I do that?"
Zevrakex snorted. "How? The answer is you don't, Elliot. You think someone like you can call upon D.E?"
"What?" I gaped. "But you just said-!"
"Shut up." He stopped me. "Yeah, you CAN, but your NEVER gonna be able! The way you are now, you would never be able to find the D.E within yourself, let alone use it! Allow me to demonstrate!"
Suddenly, he pulled his hand back and threw a handful of golden sparkles, which connected to the edge of the platform and flew out, creating a wide rainbow path in its wake across the starry, colourful shape filled sky, twisting and turning and looping in all directions until it connected to the other end of the platform.
"This is the possibility of D.E, Elliot!" Zevrakex then snapped his fingers, and a Duel Runner appeared next to him in a burst of rainbow light. It was mainly crimson red in colour, with golden edges and two circles with the same rainbow energy inside a normal Duel Runners wheels spinning around inside it, as three silver spikes extended out the back of each of these circles, with fire burning from the ends of each as propulsions. The Duel Runner itself was very sleek and diamond shaped in design, kinda like Primo's, but with one difference...it was HOVERING, off the ground, via rainbow light underneath its body.
"I can't let you continue on as you are right now, Elliot." Zevrakex said, once again snapping his fingers, causing my Duel Runner to appear beside me. "We're gonna Duel! Right here, right now, until we get your shit together, and we're not leaving this happy little limbo 'till we're done. Got it!?"
"But I don't understand!" I argued. "What do you want to Duel me? What do you want me to do!?"
"Find out once we start!" He argued, putting on his helmet, which was red with gold edges.
I hurriedly put my helmet on and sat on my Duel Runner. "How do you expect us to drive forward on a twisting track like this!?"
"Think Mario Kart 8. The road will constantly hold us down, establishing a sense of zero gravity." He hurriedly told me. "Now stop asking retarded questions and get ready!"
"Field Spell: On. Auto-Pilot: Standby." As Cross Over Accel was activated, Action Cards burst above us and rained down. A timer appeared in front of us.
3...
'I don't understand...'
2...
"Riding Duel..." Zevrakex began.
'First Reiji and now Zevrakex?'
1...
'What is wrong with me?'
"Acceleration!" We both sped forward down the path.
"DUEL!"
Elliot vs. Zevrakex LP: 4000
As soon as we started, I had to close my eyes for a brief second as the feeling of spinning around on the flipping track disorientated me. When I could open them again, Zevrakex was driving behind me.
"You shall take the first move." He told me. "And in this first move, Elliot, show me your Dueling nature!"
'Dueling nature?' The thought echoed in my head. 'Does he mean the dark half of me? Is he trying to provoke me? Why?' I looked at the cards in my holder. 'I don't know what to do right now!'
"I...I set a monster and end my turn!" I hurriedly made the move.
"Is that seriously it!?" Zevrakex was now right next to me. "That is your Dueling, Elliot!? Pathetic! I'll show you a true Dueling conviction!" He accelerated ahead of me.
"My turn! I summon Will of the Wisp: Balance Chandelier from my hand!" The monster had a thin, dagger shaped black body that had crimson flames ablaze on top of its head and a single red eye, whilst two black 'arms' extended out from its sides, with small iron cages with red flames inside them hanging off the end of each, whilst a red flame also sat above each cage.
Will of the Wisp: Balance Chandelier, Level 4, Pyro, FIRE, ATK: 1500 DEF: 1500
"Will of the Wisp?" I thought aloud in confusion.
"This is a Deck I created myself, using my D.E!" Zevrakex said. "Watch how I use it! I activate Balance Chandelier's effect! Once per turn, I can discard a card to add a Spell from my Deck to my hand!" As he slid a card into his Graveyard, one of Balance Chandelier's cages dropped and the flame fell out, flickering into smoke. "I add the Spell, Polymerization to my hand!"
'Obviously...what kind of Fusion Monster will he use?' I thought.
"I activate the effect of Will of the Wisp: Eternal Torch in my Graveyard!" Zevrakex showed the Polymerization in his hand. "By revealing a Polymerization or Fusion card in my hand once per turn, I can add Eternal Torch from the Graveyard to my hand!" Revealing the monster showed that it had a black dagger body too, but much more simpler, with four spikes around its neck just before a ball of red fire with two white eyes acting as its head became the top.
Will of the Wisp: Eternal Torch, Level 1, Pyro, FIRE, ATK: 100 DEF: 100
"Now I activate! Polymerization!" He declared. "I fuse the Will of the Wisp: Balance Chandelier on my field with the Eternal Torch in my hand!" The two monsters fused together in a red and blue swirl, but the colours were actually made of fire, making it look like a fiery pinwheel.
"Lost souls of the magical embers! Mix together and emerge as the dazzling fiery enchantress! Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 6! Will of the Wisp: Fireworks Witch!"
The monster that appeared was a petite young girl with large pink eyes, riding on a red firework in the shape of a broomstick with rainbow sparkles acting as a propulsion. She had long wavy black hair, and was wearing a purple witches hat with multicoloured stars all over it and a little firecracker on the end. She wore a long sleeve purple shirt with black frilled edges, buttoned up with little gold stars, as well as a long skirt with the same design, and black high heels with white stockings. In her right hand she carried a sparkler as a wand.
Will of the Wisp: Fireworks Witch, Level 6, Spellcaster, FIRE, ATK: 2000 DEF: 1700
"I activate the effect of Fireworks Witch!" Zevrakex continued. "Once per turn, during either players turn, I can change the Battle Position of one moster either of us controls, without applying Flip Effects! I change your face-down monster into face-up attack position!" Fireworks Witch spun a trail of pink light from her sparkly, which made the caged blue orb with red eyes burst into sparkles as the card flipped up.
"Timestream Clock-a-da-Box..." The monster's body was a brightly coloured red cube with white edges, that had white stars on each side of it with clock faces on the front of every one, whilst the top popped up thanks to a spring underneath it, and curved forward to reveal a smiling happy face on the front of it. Out of its two sides extended two straw-thin black arms with little orange orbs acting as hands, as it held a golden bock-a-da-bock in each hand, that had hand-shaped cymbal ends instead of dome-shaped ones.
Timestream Clock-a-da-Box, Level 3, Fairy, LIGHT, ATK: 200 DEF: 1900
"Now I activate the Equip Spell, Candle of the Brave Wisps!" The card showed a golden stand with a crimson red candlestick stuck in it, that burned a giant fireball bigger then both of them combined, which quickly materialised next to Fireworks Witch. "With this, Fireworks Witch gains 600 attack!" The female monsters ATK was boosted to 2600. "Battle! Fireworks Witch will attack Clock-a-da-Box! Pretty Explosion!" A small firework appeared on thetip of Firework Witch's sparkler in a puff of smoke, which she then aimed at my monster.
'This is bad...' I then noticed something up ahead. 'An Action Card!' I sped forward and reached my hand out to grab it.
"No you don't!" Zevrakes forcefully rammed into me, and sent me skidding back, whilst he grabbed the Action Card himself. "The attack will continue!" The firework was launched and exploded into my monster in a blinding array of multiple lights and fireworks.
"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!" I cried as the impact sent me spinning, and I quickly corrected myself in the panic.
Elliot's LP: 1600
"Trying to rely on an Action Card to save you when it's your own fault your at a disadvantage? Pathetic! Do you really think you can defeat me with Dueling like that!?" Zevrakex questioned.
"But I don't understand how you want me to Duel!" I argued.
"How I want you to Duel?" Zevrakex echoed in a disgusted tone. "Is that what your Dueling is based on? Just trying to appeal to others!?"
"No! It's to help achieve my goals! To push us further into the Interdimensional War!" I said.
"A vague answer!" Zevrakex criticised. "You tell yourself that, Elliot, but the truth is, you have no goal!" He pointed at me. "Your heart is far too conflicted to make up its mind! With your fear of the darkness inside you, and your lack of clear direction, all you can do is stumble around blindly! Someone like you will never be able to use D.E!"
"My heart is conflicted...?" I mumbled to myself. "But...I had a goal during the Friendship Cup...didn't I? I don't know anymore...is this what you mean?"
"I set a card and end my turn!" Zevrakex finished. "If you are going to waste another turn, then surrender immediately! I will not fight a blind bastard who can't Duel correctly!"
I narrowed my eyes. "You say I have no goals? Well let me tell you something, Zevrakex, I have one right now! To defeat YOU! My turn!" I looked at the monster I drew and nodded. "As my opponent controls a monster, but I control none, I can Special Summon Parally Scarlight Soldier from my hand!"
Scarlight Soldier had a humanoid figure of black, crimson, and orange armour that spiked out at the waidt, shoulders and knees, forming claw-like extensions on the chest, whilst creating claws for hands and feet. It wore a black helt with two, curving, blood red horns, whils sharp red eyes flashed out from within the 'V' shaped hole of its helmet. Its arms were unarmoured, in contrast to the rest of its body, to show maroon coloured scaly skin, with three white rings around each forearm, whilst a long tail with an arrowhead shaped end extended out behind it. Finally, fire burst forth from its shoulder blades, forming a pair of flaming wings.
Parally Scarlight Soldier, Level 5, Wyrm, FIRE, ATK: 1800 DEF: 900, Pendulum Scale 7
"Now, I Normal Summon Timestream Youth from my hand!" This Timestream had the appearance of a young girl with short blonde hair that reached her shoulders, and wide, sky blue eyes. She wore a visored white cap with a little clock on the front of it that was too big and fell over her forehead, whilst she wore long white robes, (which were also too big for her, as her arms were stuck halfway down the sleeve) with gold buckled belts at the waist, over a baggy gold shirt with a white 6 on it, whilst also wearing white shorts with gold chains hanging from the edges, and little white boots with black soles. She carried a long silver staff which was twice her size, and had a small cathedral glass clock face on the end, with two large crystal hands sticking out in a 'V' formation.
Timestream Youth, Level 3, Spellcaster/Tuner, ATK: 1000 DEF: 500, Pendulum Scale 3
"I tune my Level 3 Timestream Youth to my Level 5 Parally Scarlight Soldier!" Youth spun her staff around, turning her into three white orbs of light which expanded into three Synchro rings for Scarlight Soldier to pass through in a beam of light.
"Across the limits of time, bring smiles and laughter to the past, present and future! Synchro Summon! Emerge! Level 8! Timestream Entertainer!" The colourful Timestream monster appeared with a flourish and a spin of its baton with 2800 ATK.
"Timestream Entertainer is the embodiment of my Entertainment Dueling!" I declared. "The strength which carries me on to victory! I activate the effect of Parally Scarlight Soldier!" A fiery ghost of the Parally appeared above Entertainer. "When this card is used for a Synchro Summon, I can destroy all other monsters on the field, at the cost of not being able to conduct my Battle Phase this turn! With this effect, I'll destroy Will of the Wisp: Fireworks Witch!" The fiery apparition flew forward and exploded into Entertainer.
"You say THAT is your Dueling!?" Zevrakex cried. "Don't make me laugh! At this point, the second effect of Candle of the Brave Wisps activates! When the equipped monster is destroyed, you take damage equal to half of it's original attack!" The candle and stand were engulfed by the fireball, and I had to shield myself as it crashed around me in an explosion of fire, leaving me to drive out of the smoke.
Elliot's LP: 600
"You still know nothing!" Zevrakex accused.
"I know how I Duel!" I yelled, grabbing two cards. "I'll show you! I, using the Scale 2 Timestream Octo, and the Scale 5 Parally Dandelion Defender, set the Pendulum Scale!"
Timestream Octo had a spherical body/head that was purple in colour, and was actually rubbery, so that it resembled a blow up balloon, has it had two circular, expressive yellow eyes with an 'O' shaped sucker just below them, whilst a black clock face was drawn on the back of its head. It's black tentacles extended from the bottom, and started out thin, widening as they extended out before ending in points, whilst a white ring circled around near the end of each.
Timestream Octo, Level 5, Fish, WATER, ATK: 1300 DEF: 2500, Pendulum Scale 2
Meanwhile, Dandelion Defender had a sleek body cloaked in long green leaves with pink spiral patterns trailing down along the body, dress which ended up opening like a flower with yellow pollen extending out, acting as her lower hald, and along the sleeves where they opened up into her hands, which were fluffy white dandelions. Her head was small, and she had light red eyes with a small smile, whilst a large dandelion acting as an afro sat atop her head, whilst a yellow dandelion flower bloomed on her back.
Parally Dandelion Defender, Level 6, Plant, WIND, ATK: 1900 DEF: 2300, Pendulum Scale 5
"With this, I am able to simultaneously summon monsters Levels 3 to 4!" I declared. "Infinite power of unknown origin, bestow upon me the chance to shape my own future! Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my monster partners!" Two streams of light fell from above.
"Revive from my Extra Deck! Level 3! Timestream Youth!" The young Tuner reappeared in Defense Position. "And from my hand! Level 4! Parally Key King!" The little monster had a metallic body, with a circular head that had keyholes for eyes and a little circle hole for a mouth. It's arms were silver bending poles with golden, three toothed keys on the end of them, whilst its body was teardrop shaped, and had a little ruby heart in the centre with a heart shaped keyhole, with silver rings acting as feet, as well as a small pointed golden crown with tiny bronze keys hanging off of each point, with a velvety red cape behind it.
Parally Key King, Level 4, Machine, LIGHT, ATK: 1000 DEF: 1600, Pendulum Scale 1
"Pendulum Summoning? That's your response? Are you completely oblivious to the truth right in front of you!?" Zevrakex said.
"I don't understand! I'm telling you that this is my Dueling!" I shouted. "I activate Timestream Entertainer's effect! Once per turn, I can excavate the top card of my Deck, and if it is a Timestream monster, I can Special Summon it!" I draw the card and revealed it. "It's Timestream Netbug! Therefore, I can Special Summon it in Defense Position!"
The Timestream had a diamond shaped orange body, with small black pupil eyes and an upside down 'V' shaped mouth, with two, long, glowing, zigzagging neon blue lines sticking out of its head like antennae, whilst four thin arms zigzagged out each side of its body, which had the same neon blue lines formed in a crisscross pattern across its upper and lower half, whilst the gloved hands on the end of each arm also glowed blue. It had four insect wings, which were actually just more blue threads in flat spiral shapes, and attached to its back end was a long neon blue thread, which was tied to a large clock being pulled along by the monster.
Timestream Netbug, Level 2, Insect, DARK, ATK: 300 DEF: 900, Pendulum Scale 5
The four monsters all flew alongside one another, all in DEF Position save for Timestream Entertainer. "I end my turn!"
Zevrakex sighed. "Your trying to prove your point to me...but what I am telling you is that your point is wrong! If you keep following your simple mindset, you cannot call yourself a true Duelist! The answer you seek, is what it truly means to be a Duelist!"
"What it truly means to be a Duelist..." I echoed, before narrowing my eyes. "Fine then! I'll do it, Zevrakex! I'll find the answer! And I will, definitely, defeat you!"
"Let's just see you try!" He shouted as we accelerated down the path in front of us.
Will of the Wisp: Balance Chandelier: Once per turn, you can discard 1 card from your hand to add 1 Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.
Will of the Wisp: Eternal Torch: Once per turn, if this card is in your Graveyard, you can reveal 1 'Polymerization' or 'Fusion' card in your hand to add this card from your Graveyard to your hand.
Will of the Wisp: Fireworks Witch: 2 'Will of the Wisp' monsters. Once per turn, during either players turn, you can target 1 monster on the field; change its Battle Position, and its Battle Position cannot be changed until the End Phase. (FLIP Effects are not activated)
Timestream Clock-a-da-Box: Effect Unknown
Candle of the Brave Wisps: Equip only to a 'Will of the Wisp' monster; it gains 600 ATK. When this card is destroyed because the equipped monster was destroyed; inflict damage to your opponent equal to half of that monsters original ATK.
Parally Scarlight Soldier: Normal Effect: If your opponent controls a monster, and you control no monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card is used as Synchro Material, you can destroy all other monsters on the field, you cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect.
Pendulum Effect: Effect Unknown
Timestream Youth: Normal Effect: When this card is Pendulum Summoned from the hand (and no other cards are Pendulum Summoned at the same time): You can make this card's Level become double its original Level.
Pendulum Effect: One time only, whilst this card is in the Pendulum Zone, you can target 1 Scale 4 or lower card in your Pendulum Zone, and double its Scale until the End Phase.
Timestream Octo: Normal Effect: When a monster you control leaves the field (except via destruction) you can return that monster to your hand.
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, when a card(s) in your Pendulum Zone is destroyed, you can target 1 monster face-up in your Extra Deck, other then the destroyed card, and set it in your Pendulum Zone (Even if this card leaves the field)
Parally Dandelion Defender: Normal Effect: Whilst this card remains face-up on the field, 'Parally' monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects.
Pendulum Effect: You can destroy this card in your Pendulum Zone to target 1 monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects until the End Phase.
Parally Key King: Normal Effect: Once per turn, during either players turn, you can target 1 monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by battle, and all battle damage you recieve from battles involving that monster is halved, until the End Phase.
Pendulum Effect: When the Scale of a monster in your Pendulum Zone would increase or decrease, you can negate that change.
Timestream Netbug: Normal Effect: Once per turn, when you would take Battle or Effect Damage, you can reduce that damage to 0.
Pendulum Effect: If a card in your Pendulum Zone would be destroyed, you can negate its destruction.
And it's finally time for a new chapter! Sorry I kept you guys waiting for so long! Yep, Zevrakex won the vote and is Elliot's final Synchro Dimension opponent!
We're finally wrapping up the Synchro Arc and moving on into the Xyz Arc! Hey, if you guys want, I'll provide a special sneak peek next chapter! Also, did you watch todays episode? SPOILERS! Yuya used a Rank-Up-Magic card! Yes! Rank-Up for the win!
I want to thank Zeladious for her kind review, it was very encouraging and really made me happy! But, if you've spotted a consistent error in my writing, then please tell me so I can fix it and make it even better!
Now then, let me ask this penultimate question of the chapter!
QOTC: What do you think the outcome of this Duel will be? Which monsters will appear, and what do you suspect will happen between Elliot and Zevrakex?
I think that's everything for now. As always, thank you all for reading! And I shall see you in the final chapter of the Synchro Dimension Arc!