Yu-Gi-Oh! V-Busters

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Chapter XXXVII: Soul of the Duelist Part 3 – Mad Feast of Purgatory

Opening Theme Song Plays – 99 Percent –

Sanctuary in The Sky...

The Virus Busters gather together before Atum in the courtyard. The Dragon King stares down at Alexianna, before he decrees, "After testimonies and seeing your duel, I can see your friends faith in you is well placed. As such, the Lightsworn have decided to leave you in the care of the others Alexianna LeRouge. But should the day happen that you lose control, your fate will be sealed."

The girl bows in agreement. "With that, I shall go and destroy the Barrier Statue of the Heavens, and once it's gone you'll be able to enter Yami."

"Thank you," says Takeshi to Atum.

"Prepare your leave. As soon as the statue is down, they'll notice and you'll have to move quick." The group head off for the entrance gates.

Once there, Mythran watches as everyone summons winged monsters to fly them to their location. As this happens, Takeshi steps to the side with Alexianna. "So, you wanted to talk to me?"

"Yes." Alexianna looks up at him with a new feeling he's never seen before. "You found out about me, and after all this time you still stuck by me. And kept it a secret to protect me. Is that true?"

"Wow. You're smarter than I expected." His snide remark causes her to flare up in anger.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" He takes her hand suddenly, making her go red all over. "Takeshi?"

"Lexi, the truth is I found out when I went back. And yes, it was to protect you. But also, honestly, for myself."

"Yourself?"

"Can't believe I'm saying this," he says loud enough for only her to hear. "I didn't have much to live for until you came into my life, and now I want to see how our future turns out. Thank you for being there with me."

"Takeshi..." The two stare in eachother's eyes for a brief second, before it's all ruined.

"Just kiss already!" They look back seeing everyone watching them, including Malinda who yelled out. "Seriously, just make out you lovebirds!"

"Would you mind your-" The goggle wearing boy is cut off by Alexianna, who promptly plants a kiss on his lips. The others whoo and jeer in response, plenty of whistling added. Takeshi and Alexianna pull away, before going back in for round two.

Mythran watches, and looks away with a shrug. "Well Milla, it looks like he's made his choice; he's staying as a human."

"Let's put an end to all this," says Kouji, patting Rex.

Takeshi and Alexianna nod while holding eachother's hands, and soon everyone takes up their respective winged spirit before flying out. They soar through the skies until reaching a large net of green energy. Seeing it, they come to a stop.

"What's that?" asks Chase.

"It's the barrier protecting Yami," Mythran tells them. In an instance, the net begins to fade away quickly. "It's down, let's go!"

Demise awakens from his throne with a groan. He looks down from where he sits, stepping down on the skeletal carpet before making his way through a hall. There he shouts, "Gorz!"

The shadow of the Horseman of Pestilence rises. "My King."

"The barrier over Yami has faded," he declares, prompting a look of shock out of Gorz. "Which means they've destroyed all six barriers. They're finally making their way to us."

"Then, I shall arrange for forces to face them-"

"No. Have our soldiers protect the rims of our palace. I shall go out and face them myself." Demise then storms forth, a grin forming in his skeletal face.

"Eh?" Gorz watches the Horseman of Death leave.

"You want atleast four of them alive along with Odin, so that leaves ten for the crushing." Gorz flinches once more. "Did you really think I wouldn't notice your plan? That it goes off track of our original? I will humor it for now, because total destruction of everything without resistance is rather boring." He fades away in white flakes that soar through air and matter.

Gorz bites down on his own teeth. "He knew the whole time... How much does he know?"

The Virus Busters dive deep down into the black end world of Yami. As they do, the King of Yamimakai appears from the darkness to block them with Diabolos. Seeing it, Mythran draws his blade atop Oreia. "Prepare for battle."

Before they could strike, a wormhole appears from out of nowhere. "What plot twist is this?" questions Kouji seeing the wormhole.

"Wait, isn't this..." Rex realizes something. From the hole appears Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, who roars glaring down at the DARK monsters. "Madas!"

"Who said my name?!" Madas raises his head, and sees everyone up. "Guys!"

"Madas!" Takeshi and Anna say seeing their friend.

"About time I found you!" The King of Yamimakai snarls and charges its attack. "Shut up! No one gets in the way of my reunion!"

Galaxy-Eyes fires its Photon Stream blowing the demon king away, before turning its eyes to the Abyss King. Diabolos snarls, before flying away to a castle in the distance. Mythran looks ahead to see Dark Sanctuary.

"Madas, how did you get back?" asks Takeshi.

"We'll talk later; isn't this the final level?" His question forces Takeshi to return his focus back. With a nod to answer, Madas then says, "Let's get this show on the road then!" He flies ahead towards the Dark Sanctuary.

"Hey, wait up!" As the others follow after, a dark wind blows upward to stop them.

"Chase, stop!" shouts Rex before they all come to a halt. They dismount their monsters and face the dark wind before them, which is revealed to be the King of Armageddon Demise.

"Demise!" shouts Mythran seeing him.

"Welcome to Yami, survivors of the Cross World Tournament," says the leader of the Horsemen.

"Cross World Tournament?"

"Precisely." He raises his hands. "This whole time you were placed in a game, a tournament to determine the future of our worlds."

"You mean, you killed our friends all for a game?!" shouts Chase angrily, a rare moment for him.

"Nope. They all failed because they were weak," he tells them. "And I am not the one who set this tournament in place; Vladimir did." Mythran raises his head. "I simply wanted Odin's soul to unlock the power to slay the gods that stabilize the worlds and collect the spirits of prominent duelists who could control Momentum with Clear Mind."

"Clear Mind?" Emblem speaks. "How do you know about that?"

"Clear Mind is an ability that allows one to control Momentum with their heart, but we've learned that speed isn't particularly necessary when Fudou Yusei dueled Messiah in the real world. After studies he discovered all humans have the potential to control Momentum but they can't do it best when conscious. That's where the Duelmet's come in."

Everyone flinches in shock at that. Demise then tells them, "When you were brought to this world, the Duelmets registered your data and came to the Dark Sanctuary, in a chamber where they reside. They all stay there, and whenever a human who was registered lost a duel, they would be transported and put in a comatose state where their hearts draw out Momentum's power. That facilitates my precious sword's restoration."

"So that's why whenever we lose a duel to these guys we end up turning to dust," says Tyson upon realization.

Anna falls to her knees feeling the shock of all of this. 'Then, it was all true. The faith we had in saving our friends... Rose is still alive!'

"I only wanted you children to restore Scabrite, but Vladimir made it more interesting. Apparently you're all replacement candidates for the Horsemen he wishes, and that's something I'm onboard with." Demise stares down the little ones. "This should go well. I will handle all of you challengers. Except for Odin and atleast three others. The rest of you are superfluous."

His intimidating presence forces back everyone. They can't keep themselves together; Jeff drops down trying to breathe, while Kouji grasps his chest. Takeshi prepares to activate his Duel Disk, but a sweating Chase stands in his way. "No. If you lose, they win. We have to think smart about this."

"I know, but can you really beat him?"

"Takeshi, Chase, Alexianna, Rex, you guys go ahead," says Malinda in a commanding way. "You guys handle everything before us; we'll hold him back as much as we can."

"But-" Before they could respond, Madas summons Galaxy-Eyes and flies forward with his beast. Its claws grab the four as they fly ahead to the castle. "Madas!"

"I'll push you forward! Just have faith in your friends for now!" says the big egotist as they fly in.

Demise keeps his eyes forward, saying, "I'll make sure Ruin picks off one of them, but for now I'll handle you lot." A duel disk of bones forms on his right arm. "Now, who's first?"

"I'll go," says Malinda activating her duel disk. Kouji and Ken activate theirs as well. "You guys two?"

"Might as well. I couldn't do much, so this will make up for it!" Ken states as he prepares himself.

"Everyone else go on ahead," says Kouji. "We'll hold the fort down here, and Takeshi-tachi might need help."

"So I guess we're doing this then." Demise draws his five cards as the three duelists do the same.

"Duel!"

Demise: 12000

Malinda: 4000

Kouji: 4000

Ken: 4000

"I shall start this duel, and then you three. After everyone's gone, the Battle Phase can be conducted starting from the last to draw." Demise draws, looking at his cards before taking out one of them. "I shall activate one card. Void Vanishment."

A field of ice forms around him, which forms around him as a throne. He takes a seat before saying, "I then summon Kuribandit to the field."

A pirate version of the Kuriboh series pops up, scratching the eye under its bandanna.

1000/700 (3)

He then takes a card from his hand and drops it into the grave. "By discarding, Void Vanishment allows me to search one Void Spell or Trap." He picks up his deck and reveals a spell. "I'll add Void Madness. I'll then set two cards and end my turn, and Kuribandit's effect activates." The pirate shrieks before exploding into cards. "Kuribandit will excavate the top five cards of my deck, and I add one spell or trap among them."

Demise picks one spell among the four monsters. "Now, let's see what you can do."

Malinda goes on edge. 'Void... Is it like Chase's Void Ogre? I've never seen these cards.'

"Malinda, you okay?" Kouji asks.

"If you want, I can go first," Ken offers, to which the Jurrac user denies.

"I'll do it. I'll try and expose what he's planning, and you guys follow up to destroy him." Malinda draws starting her turn. "I special summon Gilasaurus."

A monster appears to the field, this being a vicious, brown velociraptor.

Gilasaurus: 1400/400 (3)

"This monster can be special summoned at any given moment, but you're allowed to special summon from your grave when I do." Malinda looks at Demise, who makes no such move. 'Huh? He's not taking advantage?' "I then activate Big Evolution Pill!" The prehistoric raptor looks down at a small pill, before eating it. It then writhes a bit in pain.

"By tributing a Dinosaur, I can Normal Summon Dinosaurs without tributing for three turns," she says before revealing one card in her hand. "I summon my strongest non-Extra Deck Jurrac, Jurrac Titano!"

Rising up from the blue fire is red flames, taking the form of a Jurassic threat the likes of which she's never revealed before. This titanosaurus stands far above everyone as it stares down Demise, snorting flames.

Titano: 3000/2800 (9)

"I'll set one card and end my turn." Malinda turns to Kouji with a nod. He throws one back before drawing.

"Then let's get things cooking. I activate Dragon Mastery," says Kouji as a Continuous Spell forms before him. "I then summon Dragunity Militum." Kouji's card appears to the field, giving a hmph.

Militum: 1700/1200 (4)

"I then use Mastery's effect; I'll equip Militum with Dragunity Partisan," he says, giving the winged beast its steed. "I'll then use Militum's effect to special summon it."

The yellow armored purple dragon grins confidently while throwing both fists up.

Partisan: 1200/800 (2) Tuner

"I then tune together Partisan with Militum!" His tuner flies up in the skies while Militum passes through with ease. "Synchro Summon! Take flight, Dragunity Knight - Gae Bulg!"

His effects reward him with the white knight Dragunity Knight aboard his also blanc steed.

Gae Bulg: 2000/1100 (6)

"Looks like this is indeed a match worth coming out for," says Gae Bulg with worry. "Be very careful around him."

"I know. That's why I'm doing this. The Dragunity Divine Lance!" Gae Bulg raises his hand, taking hold of the divine lance. "This raises Gae Bulg's attack by 100 times his level, and he's immune to trap cards."

Gae Bulg: 2600

"I then use the lance's effect; I'll equip him with Dragunity Phalanx from my deck!" Another Tuner Dragon appears beside him. "Phalanx allows me to special summon it from the equipped position."

Phalanx: 500/1100 (2) Tuner

"I'll then activate the effect of Dragunity Arma Mystletainn from my hand!" A yellow Dragunity monster, that is full dragon instead of being an avian, appears in Phalanx's place.

Mystletainn: 2100/1500 (6)

"By sending Phalanx to the graveyard I can special summon this card. It then equips itself with another in my graveyard." Phalanx returns beside the yellow dragon, before popping up onto the field again. "Now, I tune together Phalanx with Mystletainn!"

Phalanx turns into two rings, allowing the arma to pass through and turn into six rings. "Synchro Summon - Come on! Dragunity Knight Barcha!"

This time, a dark green dragon swoops in from above, before the rider appears standing atop.

Barcha: 2000/1200 (8)

"Barcha allows me to equip as many Dragon type Dragunity monsters to it as possible from the grave." He takes out all three of the dragons and equips them with his monster. "Mastery gives him 500 attack, and his attack power increases by 300 for each Dragunity card equipped to him."

Barcha: 3400

"Turn end."

Ken nods before drawing his card. "I special summon the Elder of the Six Samurai!" His monster appears to the field, as an aged man in a carrier.

Elder: 400/0 (3)

"I then summon the Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki!" A samurai wielding twin katana steps forward into the blue blaze, his brown armor gleaming in the heat.

Kageki: 200/2000 (3)

"Kageki when normal summoned lets me special summon the Kagemusha from my hand!" He summons a shadow that appears behind Kageki.

Kagemusha: 400/1800 (2) Tuner

Demise raises his head finally. "I activate my trap card, Void Madness." A stream of red fire snakes around Demise.

"There it is! He's making a move!" Malinda and the others go on guard.

"This card allows me to special summon from my deck, ignoring summoning conditions, three Infernoid monsters whose total levels equal eight." His monsters appear within the fire, three odd, machine like demons. "Infernoid Lucifugus, Astaroth, and Decatron."

Decatron: 500/200 (1) Tuner

Lucifugus: 1600/0 (3)

Astaroth: 1800/0 (4)

"A Tuner? Then..." Kouji thinks it over. "He's planning on Synchro Summoning his next turn!"

"Ken, make sure he can't pull it off! All his monsters are in defense mode!"

"Decatron's effect; it sends one Infernoid to the grave and gains its effect and level. I'll send the level 9 Lilith." He reveals his card and sends it, forcing the damaged one to slowly repair.

Decatron: (10)

'Whatever.' "I then tune together my elder with my Kagemusha!" The shadow turns into rings, allowing the Elder to pass through. "Cut through the ages of vengeance, leader of the Legendary Six! Synchro Summon!"

Standing forward in red and gold rimmed armor is the leader, drawing his meitou with unparalleled grace. "The Legendary Six Samurai Shi En."

Shi En: 2500/1400 (5)

"Kageki gains 1500 while I have a different Six Samurai."

Kageki: 1700

"I then special summon the Grandmaster of the Six Samurai!" An aged samurai makes his appearance finally, drawing his meitou and swinging it proudly. "I can special summon him while I control a face up Six Sam."

Grandmaster: 2100/800 (5)

"You left yourself wide open. Trap open; Proof of Powerlessness." A seal forms over Ken's field. "While I control a faceup level 7 or higher monster, your faceup monsters level 5 or below are destroyed."

"Wait, he doesn't have any level 7 or higher monsters," says Kouji, before he notices Decatron.

"Yeah. Decatron became level 10," Malinda reminds him.

"Ha! Nice try! Shi En can negate trap cards!" Shi En's blade surges with flames before it rushes in to cut Demise's trap card.

"So predictable. Decatron will now use Lilith's effect." Decatron fades into a mirage of blaze, and flies forward Shi En biting down his head. "By releasing one Infernoid it negates a monster effect and banishes it."

"Banish?!" Decatron itself attaches to Shi En and cancels him out, before sending him to hell. "Proof of Powerlessness concludes the chain."

Kageki and the Grandmaster vanish in a haze of light, leaving Ken's field bare.

Defeated, he declares, "Turn end."

"Great, now he can go through with his duel," says Malinda with scorn.

"At this end phase, both my monsters will banish themselves to banish that Dragunity Tuner and your Kagemusha from the grave." His two Infernoids enter bright blue flames and dive into the graveyard, grabbing hold of their respective monsters.

Demise draws his card, before staring at it. "I activate Akashic Record. This spell card allows me to draw two cards, and if any of them have been played this entire duel I have to banish them."

He then reveals his cards, including one unfamiliar trap and a spell that resembles more of the Void cards. "I activate Void Imagination," he declares, as the field of ice gains a beautiful rainbow color.

"What's all this for?" says Kouji.

"Infernoids cannot be normal summoned. They cannot be special summoned unless by banishing other Infernoids in my hand or graveyard while the level of Effect monsters I control are 8 or less."

The others widen their eyes in shock. "What a dangerous deck! All he needs is to dump crap in his graveyard, and he comes out with a huge advantage!"

"I then activate Lawnmowing Next Door," says the King of Armageddon, before he takes out a number of cards from the top of his deck and throws them out.

"What're you doing?!" Kouji shouts.

"This spell mills my deck until I have the same number of cards as one of you. I own more than 50 cards in my deck, so quite allot are going away." He then laughs. "I'll then banish three Infernoids in my grave." Decatron, Luficius, and Astaroth disappear, vanishing in flames, as from Demise's hand appears a terrifying beast with a size unmatched by all others. This winged terror of a demon howls its bird-like head down upon all. "Descend from the void, Level 10 - Infernoid Nehemoth!"

Nehemoth: 3000/3000 (10)

"When special summoned, Nehemoth can destroy all monsters on the field aside from itself." The others gape in horror as their field is soon hit with a way of purgatorial flames. Even Malinda's mighty Titano is no match for this effect.

"Then, by banishing Belphegor, Shaitan and another Astaroth from my graveyard, cards sent by Kuribandit's effect, I can special summon another!"

"Wait, but that thing's level 10! Your monsters can't pop up when-"

"Void Imagination causes all Infernoids to deal half battle damage, at the cost of reducing them to level 1." This fact shocks and horrifies Ken. "Descend from the void, Level 9 - Infernoid Lilith!"

Next up is a much slimmer monster, but still a viable threat category being; this purple, serpentine being spreads its wings triumphantly giving an electrified howl.

Lilith: 2900/2900 (9)

"I'll next banish Shaitan and Beelzebul to summon Adramelech!" The third one to appear is a level eight monstrosity, a winged mech demon colored blue with a massive tail dragging behind it. Its head ignites aflame as it makes a proud roar.

Adramelech: 2800/0 (8)

The others realize what this means. "One of us will lose this turn. But who?"

"Guys, don't give up! Even if he defeats one of us, the others can handle him on their next turn!" Malinda says with a slimmer of hope.

"Yeah!"

"Not likely. I activate Griffon's Feather Duster!" A silver wing wipes his back row of cards, destroying all the Void spells including Imagination. All their levels reset to normal.

"Battle; all of you will feel the flames!" All three of his monsters take aim at three different duelists, and exhausts flames hotter than hell to incinerate them. Kouji, Malinda and Ken shout out in pain as they get blown away.

Malinda: 1200

Kouji: 1000

Ken: 1100

"Why did he leave all of us alive?" asks Ken surprised.

"I figured he'd use this time to kill one of us..." Kouji also adds. Malinda seems frightened at his movement.

"I'll set one card and end my turn. Now, it's your move." The skeletal demon glares at Malinda, too frightened to get up and face her opponent.

But, she has to. Knowing what'll happen to her and the others should she fail, she has to win. "I won't give up! I can beat you! Draw!"

"Trap card open, Spiritual Art Fire - Kurenai." Calmly, Demise activates his first facedown, targeting Nehemoth. "By releasing this monster, you all take damage equal to its attack."

"What?!" The flaming behemoth flies down and scorches Malinda. She screams in pain, blown back by the attack. Her life reduced to 0, she remains motionless on the ground.

Kouji calls out to Malinda, before he feels the fire. Ken cries out in fear before he gets roasted, all three sprawled over unconscious. With all his enemies gone, he triumphantly laughs, their remains disappear like the other victims.

The others watching look in fear as they realize their friends are gone. Anna falls back on her behind, surprised by what she saw. "Ken... Kouji! MALINDA!" Her earlier breakdown from Rose's disappearance returns to affect her.

Emily grabs her brother fearing what would happen to them. "Emblem..."

"Yeah..." He narrows his eyes looking back at Anna, Jesse and then Jeff.

Demise prepares to challenge the others, only stopping to see Malicious standing in his way. "Malicious..."

"Demise, before you make your assault on the rest, I wish to take out the one known as Emblem." He turns over to the Junk user, his eyes flaring in anger.

"Oh? A little bit of revenge..." The skeleton king turns over at his target. "Sure. Why not?"

Emblem looks to the others and say, "Get going, everyone!"

"We can't leave you behind! Demise will just follow you!" Jeff says before coming up to join him. "You deal with Malicious, and I'll stall Demise."

"Try it if you can," Demise tells him before lowly laughing. All four activate their duel disk, while the others take off.

"Duel!"

Emblem: 4000

Malicious: 4000

Demise: 4000

Jeff: 4000

Ending Theme Song Plays – Wonder Wings –

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