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Heh ha ha ha…

It's all so funny…

Heh…

No one really notices what a person is capable of until they're trapped like a rat. Whether that trap is a physical one, for example let's say that a young woman is trapped in an alley way by a brute who wants to have his way with her… and that young woman notices a large sharp piece of glass near her…

Or if the trap is a mental one, as in the case when college entrance exams take place, students striving to learn everything they can and then blank out on the test… only to realize that the person next to them isn't having a trouble at all… should the troubled student's eyes slowly creep over to the test next to him…

But let's look at this from a psychological view… and toss in a little social view while were at it. Everyday humans enter into society, each of them putting up a farce just to be accepted by their fellow citizens, a mask if you will…

However, every once in a while, these masks are torn off… allowing the person underneath to experience happiness and joy, their own personal joy.

And you want to know what happens when people see this?

They laugh!

They ridicule!

They cause pain where happiness!

So, we continue to wear these masks… just for the sake of others… And that is why I wear my mask, only there's one difference…

This isn't my mask… it is the mask of someone who was foolish to remove theirs! With this twilight, I will remove all masks from this world!

it's… it's what she would want…

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Chapter 51

The Power of A True Self

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"Oh, I have no intention of attacking this turn," Eternity Angelo replied holding his hand out towards the remaining four cards in front of him, making it spin around to a large transmutation circle shattering from electricity. "Instead, I'm activating another spell card, the one known as Alchemic Disruption."

All five of the Alchemic Material monsters began to glow brightly, each of them snarling, growling or hissing at Rena and her three surprised elves. "When I am in possession of five different Alchemic monsters, each with a different attribute, I can activate this card when my graveyard is empty… every single card on your field is destroyed!"

"What?!" Rena shouted before five auras erupted from all the powerful Alchemic Material monsters, all of it transforming it into a powerful cyclone of energy that crashed into Rena's field, shattering not only the three elves but also the two face down cards on her field. "No!"

All Eternity Angelo did was cackle loudly as a powerful aura surrounded his body, "Heh… so sorry, and I know it took you so long to get that field set up…" (EALP: 8600)

"What… what strength…" Rena gasped as her entire field was cleared off in one felt swoop.

"And trust me…" Eternity Angelo chuckled, tapping the rim of his hat. "You have yet to see anything yet!"

With her field clear, Rena could only look at the four cards that remained in her hand. For the moment, she thought she had at least a field advantage… (RLP: 6500)

… But thanks to that last move, Eternity Angelo and his Alchemic Materials – Sol Dragon, Luna Serpent, Venus Leo, Mars Phoenix and Jupiter Sea Beast (500/500 x5), toss in his weird field spell, The City of Alchemic Flames, and the continuous spell card Soul Absorption… This was one serious duelist that stood from Rena, three cards floating in front of him. "So… you ready to give up yet?" (EALP: 8600)

"Do I really have that choice?" Rena sighed lowering her head down slightly.

"No… not really," Eternity Angelo chuckled rubbing the chin of his mask.

"I figured as much…" Rena replied with a bead of sweat rolling down the side of her brown hair.

"At least after I play my spell card," Eternity Angelo explained with his eyes closing slightly behind the mask. "My turn must come to an end…"

"Well… at least that's one good thing," Rena gulped before she slowly drew from her deck. 'Well… I can at least make some headway…'

"I summon Learning Elf in attack mode!"

Instead of the mystical entrance that it usually had, the book loving Elf appeared in front of Rena… turning left and right to see the large fiery buildings around her (1400/1500).

"Ah, elves are certainly an interesting race," Eternity Angelo chuckled adjusting his mask. "I've read in books from long ago that stated that they were a pure race that were quite in tuned with nature… though, I have to wonder… why do you use such creatures?"

"The same could question could be asked of you," Rena replied rubbing the back of her head. "You kept talking about judgment and masks, so I figured you'd use a mask deck, or those judgment angels."

"Demons and angels," Eternity Angelo sighed shaking his head to the side. "In my world, those things don't exist… now continue your turn…"

"Um, alright," Rena stated throwing her hand forward, making the Learning Elf flip through her book's pages. "I attack Sol Dragon with Learning Elf!"

Several pages erupted from the Learning Elf's book, sending them flying directly into the screeching Sol Dragon… then with a large explosion the statue's remains. (EALP: 8200)

"You forget that my Soul Absorption is still out and my field spell removes all of my cards," Eternity Angelo sighed as he shook his head disapprovingly. "And although you did indeed harm me… you're far from being able to pull me down."

'Four… I only need four more…'

"Fine…" Rena sighed holding up two of her other cards. "I'll set two cards face down and end my turn."

"Thus the gears of time continue to move forward," Eternity Angelo sighed as he flicked the white orb around his left arm, creating another large card in front of him. "… Ah…"

"Huh?" Rena thought, not liking where that sound came from.

"You need not be concerned about what I've drawn yet," Eternity Angelo replied spinning his hat on his head a few times. "Rather, you should be concerned with what I have on the field… my four Alchemic Materials! And all five of them hold the ability to attack you directly!"

"Luna Serpent! Lead the onslaught!"

With a loud hiss, the silver snake began to charge up enough fiery energy in its mouth, making the creature's cheeks to bulge greatly.

"Sorry, but I have a trap card!" Rena announced snapping her hand to the side, making the face down card on the right flip up revealing a dark suited hero leaping off the card art. "I activate my trap card, A Hero Emerges! Now you get to choose one of the remaining two cards in my hand, and if either of those is a monster, then I get to special summon it!"

"Ah… Very well," Eternity Angelo sighed with an additional shake of his head. "If I must, then I must. I choose the card on the right."

Rena blinked slightly, "Um… not the monster I wanted but… it'll do! I summon Archer Elf in attack mode!"

Leaping down from the sky, the bow wielding elf appeared on the field, his green tunic flowing over his muscular body (1300/450) as he drew an arrow from his quiver.

"How nice," Eternity Angelo stated with his hat covering his eyes, allowing all four of his Alchemic Material beasts floated in front of him, the Luna Serpent with its larger cheeks, the Venus Leo's fur standing on end, the Mars Phoenix's feathers swept up into the air, and the Jupiter Sea Beast began to grow larger. "Too bad it doesn't do a damn thing against my attacks!"

Before Rena could get a word in, all four of the fiery attacks slammed directly into Rena's body, making the young duelist scream out in pain from the powerful flames. When the flames slowly receded, small patches of Rena's clothing were burnt to a crisp and fell off, revealing a little more skin… (RLP: 4500)

… This of course getting a large blush to appear on Rena's face and even Eternity Angelo's mask. "O-Oh… Oh my…"

"Ack!?" Rena gasped, slowly taking a step backwards.

"Oh come on, you're more decently dressed than some girls I've met," Eternity Angelo coughed out pulling his hat down. "Anyway… I'll conclude my turn with two cards face down."

"Um… O-Okay," Rena gulped, her blush only getting bigger as she slowly drew. 'Well… I-I drew one of the cards that Big Boss character gave me…'

"I-I activate Elf Archer's effect!" Rena shouted before the Archer Elf pulled back on the string of the bow, sending a large arrow of energy to strike through the Luna Serpent's body (500/500 – 400/0), making the statue screech in pain. "Once per turn, he can lower the attack strength of one monster on your field by four hundred points!"

"Nice ability," Eternity Angelo stated curling some of his long, gray hair in his fingers. "But still, that doesn't really concern me…"

"Huh?" Rena questioned before she shook her head, she couldn't listen to this guy… he was more than likely just trying to psyche out the elf duelist. "I… I summon Cursed Half-Elf in attack mode!"

A large shadowed figure crept onto the ground, immediately forming up into the dark cloaked evil looking elf, its white hair falling in front of his sharp face (1600/1400).

"Half Elf? The cross between a regular human and an elf," Eternity Angelo sighed throwing his hair over his shoulder. "Kind of a hypocritical existence…"

"Hypocritical existence?" Rena asked, her eyes narrowing slightly. "What makes you think that someone's existence isn't important?!"

"… experience," Eternity Angelo stated before he snapped his fingers over his face down cards. "Take for example my weakened Luna Serpent. His main existence was to damage you and be a shield for me, however, since he is damaged, not only would his attack cause you a small amount of damage, and cause me a large amount of damage…"

That's when the face down card flipped up, revealing the Sol Dragon exploding with a large red transmutation circle under it's remains. "However, even weakened he has one small use… I reveal my trap card, Alchemic Resolution. By destroying one Alchemic monster on my field, I can switch all monsters who are in the same mode on a player's field to a different position."

In a fiery explosion, the Luna Serpent screeched in pain before it puffed away in smoke, allowing the Venus Leo, the Mars Phoenix, and the Jupiter Sea Beast to crouch down to the ground, turning slightly into rusted versions of them all. "To make things simple, I can switch all attack mode monsters on my field or yours to defense mode. But I'll choose to turn my field into a defensive status. And since my trap and Luna Serpent are removed from play…" (EALP: 9200)

'Dang it! He's baiting me!' Rena thought looking at her three elves. 'If I attack his monsters, he'll just gain more life points… and if I don't, he'll just attack me directly next turn! And then there's that face down card he's got left… but what I really need to do, is get rid of his field spell! But I don't have anything to get rid of it!'

"Hmm? Are you done yet?" Eternity Angelo chuckled scratching the side of his mask. 'What I wouldn't give to have one of those new-fangled i-Pods or whatever the hell they're called…'

"Uh, I've decided! My elves! Attack his three remaining Alchemic Materials!" Rena shouted before all three of her elves leapt into action.

The Elf Archer immediately fired off a quick shot that pierced through the skull of the Venus Leo, making the beastly creature roar in pain before shattering. The Learning Elf threw countless sharp pages directly into the screeching Mars Phoenix, slicing it into millions of rusted parts. And last but not least, the Cursed Half-Elf appeared behind the surprised Jupiter Sea Beast… its cloak flowing over the Alchemic Material until it shattered in pain.

However, that just made Eternity Angelo cackle as his body began to glow a bright white, "Why thank you oh so much Rena…" (EALP: 10700)

'Its time…'

"I end my turn with that," Rena sighed holding her duel disk up in a defensive manner in front of her chest.

And with that, Eternity Angelo merely nodded, allowing another card to appear in front of him, "End your turn… No, rather, it's the end of me going nice on you."

"… You were being nice?" Rena thought, remembering the painful flames coursing over her body, and the fact that her clothing was slightly ruined.

"Indeed," Eternity Angelo stated as the card in front of him spun around to show a large yellow transmutation circle with the symbol for Cancer in the middle of it. "For now, I activate Alchemic Solution – Cancer."

"W-What does that card do?" Rena thought, remembering what the other Alchemic spells were able to do, and not caring that her Cursed Half-Elf gained a spell counter.

The other two cards disappeared in front of Eternity Angelo, "It removes my hand from play." (EALP: 12200)

"… Is… Is that it?" Rena asked.

Eternity Angelo didn't answer Rena, rather, the evil genius grabbed his top hat and threw it into the air. Rena blinked in confusion as the fancy evildoer began to unbutton his fancy tuxedo's jacket, and a few seconds later gently placed the jacket on the ground next to him.

That's when things started to get weirder…

"W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Rena shouted with a large blush rushing to her face as she turned away. 'Why does every evil person I run into always seem to undress!?!'

Indeed, clad in only his pants and mask, the gray haired evildoer stood in front of Rena with his arms crossed over his sleek chest. "I apologize, but I prefer not to ruin that tuxedo jacket and undershirt. They are new, as for my pants, I've had them for a few years and could care less if they…"

"NOT WHAT I MEANT!" Rena shouted out, making Eternity Angelo step back slightly.

"Ah, I see," Eternity Angelo coughed slightly before a large card back appeared behind him. "You see when I possess eight or more Alchemic cards that were removed from play, hold no cards in my hand, and my cemetery has yet to be tarnished, I am allowed to special summon…"

A powerful flame erupted over Eternity Angelo's body, however, he did not scream… rather a large crack in the shape of a smile appeared on his mask as the flames began to condense, wrapping around his arms, legs, chest and head. "… No… Rather, become the one who created this city around us…"

Throwing his arm to the side, the flames scattered to reveal Eternity Angelo's new form, his gray hair now a bright fiery red color with his mask now changed into a strong iron version of itself with a blood red transmutation circle on the forehead. Covering his sleek body was now a large blood red cloak that whipped along with the flames that licked around his now iron suit of armor… blood dripping all around the joints of the armor (0/0). "… Infernal Alchemic Vulcan…"

"Whoa…" Rena muttered blinking at the weird new armored Eternity Angelo. "But… But where did it come from?"

"My fusion deck… that would be my best bet," Eternity Angelo surmised. "I know for a fact that the only monsters I possess, they do not reside in my deck, my hand or in my graveyard… not even in my removed from play pile as well."

"But what about those Alchemic Material cards?" Rena asked as the flames in the Alchemic City began to whip about into the air.

"Did you forget?" Eternity Angelo cackled behind his newest mask. "I hold no bonds to monsters… other than myself of course. That's why my main deck consists of only spells and trap cards… both that can be used to improve my game play."

"Why would you want to do that?" Rena asked blinking a few times.

"… I suppose I can answer a question like that," Eternity Angelo cackled as he clasped his iron clad hands tightly. "Remember when I had sacrificed my Luna Serpent that you wounded to protect myself?"

"That was just last turn," Rena replied.

"Humans… such interesting creatures," Eternity Angelo chuckled, adjusting his mask to fit properly over his face. "My actions showed what humans do in order to get ahead in this useless life… Take for example a president of a company, if there's a problem in the company, would they take the blame and fall for it? No, instead, they would find a scapegoat to take all of that… heck, they'd sacrifice as many of people as they needed. I hate humans… you see, I see monsters as the humans of the duel monster world, each of them with their flaws. The impurity."

"Only through the trial of fire and pain can one become pure… My Alchemic Materials are a perfect example, this place is their trial of fire and pain!"

"But… since you used your Alchemic Materials the same way, wouldn't that mean that you're a hypocrite yourself?" Rena pointed out.

"… I don't recall ever saying I was perfect," Eternity Angelo sighed turning his head to the side. "I too am human… I am flawed…"

"Then why are you talking about casting judgment on everyone!?" Rena replied. "If humans are flawed, then wouldn't your judgment be flawed as well?!"

"… That's the beauty of my plan," Eternity Angelo chuckled with taking a step to the side, revealing that the Twilight Crystal still stood tall on its platform. "The Twilight Crystal is unable to be swayed by flawed logic… subconsciously, it creates its own judgment. I was originally going to cast judgment on everyone in the world at first, and then those who helped me attain this power would taste the sweet relief of judgment…"

"… and then… I will face final judgment… Those who remain will rebuild this world, return it to its former glory. I do not know if I will see that world… but if I do, then I would greatly treasure every minute of its glory as a resident."

"So… what exactly are you after?" Rena asked.

"We've talked to much for now," Eternity Angelo stated throwing his hand to the side. "I have a busy schedule to keep! And I aim to keep it today! I activate the face down card I set last turn, go, Chaos Greed!"

'His card was a bluff!' Rena thought as the spell card disappeared only to be replaced with two other cards that floated in front of Eternity Angelo. (EALP: 12700)

"Now… I'll activate the newest Alchemic Material," Eternity Angelo continued making one of the cards to disappear in front of him. "However, in order to do so, I need to remove one card from my hand in order to activate Alchemic Material – Pluto Night!" (EALP: 13200)

A large purple transmutation circle erupted next to the transformed Eternity Angelo, allowing a large steel armored knight statue to stand up next to him, a large broad sword in its hands that held the Pluto symbol on it (2000/1500). "The strongest of my Alchemic Materials…"

That's when a small flame floated around Eternity Angelo's head, "… At this time, Infernal Alchemic Vulcan's effect activates, when an Alchemy, Alchemic or Alchemist monster is removed from play, I place one Alchemic Counter on myself. And now… Alchemic Material – Pluto Night! Attack that Archer!"

Pulling the mighty sword back, the large steel statue leapt into the air, surprising all three of the elves on the field with the statue's agility. But, before any of them could react accordingly, the knight slammed the heavy blade directly through the Elf Archer, freezing the elf in place before he was split in two! "AAAAH!" (RLP: 3800)

"To be the bearer of worse news," Eternity Angelo stated as a card appeared in front of him, only to shatter into millions of pixels. "Whenever my Pluto Night battles, the top card of my deck must be removed… and that card was another Alchemic Material card, one known as Saturn Taurus. And since it was removed, I gain another Alchemic Counter." (EALP: 13700)

'What the heck do these counters do?' Rena thought, slowly reaching for her deck. "Draw!"

As Rena's eyes adjusted to the card's art, and then immediately widened, 'It's another one of those cards that Big Boss gave me!'

"I – I switch my Learning Elf and Cursed Half-Elf to defense mode!" Rena announced as her two elves crouched down, their arms crossed over their chests. "And… And I set a monster as well… Turn end."

"Of course you end," Eternity Angelo stated as another card popped in front of him. "Hmm… No matter how many times you defend, I'll have my Night go through your defense… all the while removing my cards to increase my life points."

'Maybe at this rate I can deck him out,' Rena thought, trying to remember all of the cards that were being played at this point with a small smirk appearing on her face. 'Let's see… he's got one in his hand, and three on the field, not counting that weird Fusion monster… and there's thirteen in his removed from play pile, so, if he's playing with the regulated deck…'

"Ah, ah, ah!" Eternity Angelo chuckled wagging his finger at Rena. "I saw that smirk! You're probably thinking I'll deck myself out… well, you're wrong… this deck contains sixty cards, multiple copies of the Alchemic Material, the Field Spell around you and several other cards that provide support!"

Rena's eyes widened.

"I can't say the same for you…" Eternity Angelo stated before his Pluto Night began to run forward. "Pluto Night! Attack the Learning Elf!"

The book loving elf's eyes widened to dinner plates, before the sword sliced right through her body, making her scream loudly. "And like before… The top card goes goodbye… and since it's a copy of Alchemic Material – Sol Dragon, I gain more life points and a third Alchemic Counter!" (EALP: 14200)

'I've gotta do something to gain momentum!' Rena thought reaching for her deck. "You're not the only one with a card effect! When Learning Elf is destroyed, I gain a free draw!"

"If I were you," Eternity Angelo stated with his arms crossed over his cloaked chest. "I'd be more worried about decking out."

"Draw!" Rena announced, ignoring Eternity Angelo's warning. 'I don't really need Big Bosses help, and I don't know why he'd give me these cards… But with what I've got now, I can at least knock a few life points down…'

"Now! I flip up my face down Elf Swordsman!" Rena shouted as the face down card flipped up to show the cocky blonde haired elf with green clothing appeared on the field with large cocky grin (1400/1600). "And when flipped summon, I can special summon the one and only Sol Saber from my hand!"

A bright light appeared next to the cocky Elf Swordsman, forming into a large gold sword with the sun on it (500/500), but without hesitation the Elf Swordsman grabbed the sword, allowing a large aura to appear over his body (1400/1600 + 1000/1000). "And it's a Union monster! Allowing me to empowering my Elf Swordsman! And next, I'll summon Thoroughbred Elf!"

And that's when the fighter elf flipped over the field, allowing the green covered elf (1800/1500) to shoot a deadly glare at Eternity Angelo.

CLANK! CLANK! CLANK! "Impressive field rush," Eternity Angelo admitted, clapping his metallic hands as the Cursed Half-Elf stood up tall to attack mode. "But you'll require more than just brute strength to defeat me."

"We'll see how you deal with this!" Rena shouted before the Elf Swordsman leapt forward, the sword raised up to slice down on the Pluto Night! "ATTACK!"

The Elf Swordsman and the Pluto Night's swords clashed, the sparks flying in the air, until the Pluto Night's sword shattered into millions of shards… spiraling cracks through the entire Pluto Night's body until it shattered like glass.

"How unfortunate that you didn't anticipate a few points," Eternity Angelo stated as two more orbs of fire appear with the other three cards around his head. "One, my Alchemic Material's effect removes the top card from my deck and removes itself thanks to my field spell. And secondly, both of the cards are Alchemic, so I gain two more Alchemic Counters on myself." (EALP: 14800)

"Yeah… But they won't be good enough to help you!" Rena stated as the Thoroughbred Elf and Cursed Half-Elf stepped in front of her. "I'll destroy your monster before you even get the chance to use those counters!"

The Thoroughbred Elf jumped forward, spinning around at a great speed to slam his leg into the iron mask on Eternity Angelo's head… sending a loud echo to flow through the air. (EALP: 13000)

'Why is he still in that form?' Rena thought before throwing her fist forward. "Doesn't matter! Cursed Half-Elf! Attack Infernal Alchemic Vulcan!"

The cloak wearing elf flew over the field, its cloak wrapping around Eternity Angelo's body, making the iron clad duelist step backwards… before snapping his arms to the side to free himself. "URK!" (EALP: 11400)

"W-Why are you still standing here?" Rena gasped as both of her elves leapt back to her field.

"Technically," Eternity Angelo coughed out adjusting his tattered cloak. "Infernal Alchemic Vulcan cannot be targeted for an attack, so your attacks would be considered as direct attacks… Sorry, but I don't have any plans to have my monster form to disappear."

"D-Dang it!" Rena hissed under her breath as she looked at her hand, besides the two monster cards that Big Boss gave her, there was another spell card… but, to use it now would probably be jumping the gun. "I… I end my turn…"

"Excellent," Eternity Angelo stated as a second card appeared in front of him. "Hmm… Looks like the fates of judgment are on my side this time again… I activate the magical charms of the spell known to duelists around this globe as Graceful Charity!"

"I've never heard anyone put the card like that," Rena admitted with a large sweatdrop rolling down the side of her head.

"Then you obviously been paying attention to me," Eternity Angelo replied as three more cards appeared in front of him. "Now then… I shall select my Alchemic Material – Mars Phoenix and Alchemic Filtration – Scorpio to send away… Leo would've been useless since I have my Infernal Alchemic Vulcan out on the field."

"What does it do exactly?" Rena asked as the three cards (including the Graceful Charity) disappeared in front of Eternity Angelo. (EALP: 12900)

"Well, since you asked," Eternity Angelo stated with two more orbs of fire appearing around his head. "If I had no monsters on the field or in my graveyard, then for each card I had removed from play, you would've taken one hundred points… and now, I have twenty cards removed from the game."

'Toss in the two he has on the field and the two in his hand,' Rena thought with her eyes widening. 'H-He's got thirty-six more cards to go through!?'

"But, I think you've got something more important to worry about than the size of my deck," Eternity Angelo chuckled as all seven orbs of fire around his body began to draw closer and closer to his body. "Yes… now that I possess seven Alchemic Counters, I now achieve the ability to evolve this tattered form into something a little more… hmm… It's not fancy, but on the other hand, it does give me the ability to at least…"

"Um, as much as I hate to rush something that may mean my doom…" Rena muttered with the sweat droplet growing larger on the side of her head.

"Ah, yes… My apologies," Eternity Angelo gasped before he took a bow towards Rena. "I shall cease my stalling… and unleash the beginning of the end! I activate the final effect of Infernal Alchemic Vulcan!"

The seven orbs of flame crashed directly into Eternity Angelo's body, engulfing his body in a flame that hid his body from Rena's sight. "By removing my current form from play, I may special summon the second form of the almighty Judge!" (EALP: 13400)

The flames ripped off of Eternity Angelo's body, pieces of the cloak and shattered armor flying off into the air as the newest form that stood in front of Rena. This time, it looked as though the mask was no more… and the young man's skin had itself turned into iron… while his previously red hair had erupted into a powerful flame that danced on the edge of his slightly rusted iron skin (0/0). Throwing his cloak over his shoulders, Rena couldn't help but gasp at what had replaced Eternity Angelo's hands…

"HIISSSSSS!"

"Y-Your hands?!" Rena gasped as the two snake appendages with ever-blinking, numerous yellow eyes that appeared on them.

"Ah, yes…" Eternity Angelo cackled, the mouth on his iron face actually moving in sync with his voice… as if it was his original face. "I realize this form is more monstrous than my last two, but judgment is never pretty… and in all the excitement, I forgot to introduce this new form. Iron Vulcan Alchemist."

"An Alchemist?" Rena thought, remembering Ganryu's duel with Luntina.

"I assure you, this alchemist is something you don't want to mess with," Eternity Angelo assured before one of his snake hands hissed loudly at one of the remaining two cards that floated in front of him. "But now, I activate another Alchemic card… Alchemic Projection – Pisces!"

With his new spell card, a large light blue transmutation circle erupted around the two duelists' feet, this one with the symbol of Pisces on it. "This card can only be activated when I the City of Alchemic Flames on the field and hold no cards in my cemetery… and I don't. Now for every four cards in my removed from play pile, I gain one thousand life points. And at last count, that was twenty-one cards… and since my Alchemic Projection will be removed, thanks to Soul Absorption that will be forty-five hundred life points all at once!"

The transmutation circle shattered like glass around the two duelists, allowing a bright blue aura to appear around Eternity Angelo's body… as well as an additional glowing fire ball around his body. (EALP: 17900)

"Y-You've got to be kidding me!" Rena shouted as the final card in front of Eternity Angelo slide to the ground.

"I assure you, this is no joke, trick, or shenanigan," Eternity Angelo replied as the two snake heads for his hands hissed loudly. "Now… I suggest you draw your next card… or shift judgment will be passed on you…"

"Fine!" Rena shouted pulling her next card into her hand, and then smiled as she noticed a familiar card. "And its time to demolish your city!"

Eternity Angelo just blinked his now yellow eyes in confusion.

"I summon Breaker, The Magical Warrior!" Rena announced slapping the card onto her duel disk, allowing the red armored spellcaster appeared on the field, his sleek sword and his yellow shield raised up towards the iron skinned Eternity Angelo (1600/1000 + 300/0). "And now… I've got some news for you!"

"… You aim to destroy my city," Eternity Angelo sighed, making Rena's eyes widen slightly. "Oh please, everyone and their grandmother knows what that card is capable of."

"Then you don't need me to tell you that I'm using his effect!" Rena shouted before the Magical Warrior leapt high into the air, his body glowing a bright red (1600/1000).

"In response I activate the City of Alchemic Flames second ability!" Eternity Angelo shouted as the flames from the city began to lick the sky above. "When my field spell would be destroyed by a card effect, I can destroy another card on my field in its place! And I choose to destroy my face down Alchemic Poetry – Grace Under Water!"

"WHAT?!" Rena shouted before the red energy around Breaker's body shot out, crashing into the face down card that remained on Eternity Angelo's field, shattering it into millions of shards. (EALP: 18400)

And, without hesitation, a second orb of flames appeared around Eternity Angelo's body. "And since another Alchemic card was removed, I gain another Alchemic Counter…"

"D-Does that mean you have another form after this one?" Rena thought out loud as all three of her elves and Breaker looked stunned from the sudden proclaim.

"… I do not have to answer that…" Eternity Angelo replied crossing his arms.

'W-Well… that can't be good at all…' Rena thought to herself before looking at the four monsters on her field, all of them sending glares at Eternity Angelo. 'But… If his monster has the same effect as the previous one… then I can damage him greatly!'

"Elf Swordsman! Thoroughbred Elf!" Rena shouted as the two oddly acting elves nodded to each other. "Cursed Half-Elf! Breaker, the Magical Warrior! Attack…"

"… To answer your question," Eternity Angelo sighed as the flames on his head slowly rolled off of his head. "This form can be attacked…"

"Then you're the target!" Rena replied as all four of her monsters leapt towards Eternity Angelo.

Both Breaker and the Elf Swords man slashed their swords down on Eternity Angelo's body, a powerful force sending Eternity Angelo skidding backwards… only to receive a powerful kick to his stomach courtesy of the Thoroughbred Elf, being knocked into the Cursed Half-Elf who's black cloak wrapped around Eternity Angelo's body, the dark cloak crushing him…

Until Eternity Angelo snapped his arms to free himself! (EALP: 11200)

"So, your monster can't be attacked either?" Rena asked as all four of her elves reappeared in front of her with, all of them with a look of accomplishment plastered all over their faces.

"Not really," Eternity Angelo stated as four cards appeared in front of him, all four of them spell cards, each with Alchemic in their names. "You see Iron Vulcan Alchemist cannot be destroyed in battle. And he has a cost, each time I battle a monster, the top card gets removed from play. And since you battled four times…"

All four cards shattered into several bright lights that warped into four more orbs of flames that floated around with the other two from earlier, granting Eternity Angelo a total of six Alchemic Counters. "… My life points and Alchemic Counters increase." (EALP: 13200)

"You don't need all those life points!" Rena shouted with a large blush on her face.

"True… but it's still your move," Eternity Angelo chuckled with his two snake hands hissing loudly.

"But I don't have anything else to do…" Rena sighed lowering her head.

"Oh… Too bad," Eternity Angelo stated as the newest card appeared in front of him. "Hmm… Well, well, well… Looks like this'll have to do. I activate the spell card Alchemic Ceration – Sagittarius!"

The card spun around, showing the card art as a large sandy yellow with the symbol of Sagittarius in middle of it, "A rather simple Alchemic card, when activated, I gain three new cards from my deck… and then it removes itself from play with my field spell." (EALP: 13700)

Three more cards popped in front of Eternity Angelo, as well as another Alchemic Flame that floated with the other six. "Now… I'll set one card face down… and now, I think its time for the end…"

"The end?" Rena muttered, trying not to look embarrassed with all the clichéd lines Eternity Angelo could've chosen, he chose the biggest clichéd line of them all.

The seven flaming orbs slammed into Eternity Angelo's body, mixing and warping his body as the flames continued to rise into the air. Rena's eyes widened as the powerful flames roared loudly… (EALP: 14200)

… or maybe that wasn't the flames themselves… but rather the large form that was beginning to take shape in the fire…

"I have achieved it!"

The flames scattered into the air, revealing from the waist up, there was no change to the Iron Vulcan Alchemist, save that his hands had returned to normal rusty iron-clad gauntlets. But that's when the similarities ended…

… From the waist down, the new version of Eternity Angelo was an extremely, incredibly large serpent's head with countless amber eyes, and it wasn't the only thing serpentine… the head was only the beginning, the rest of the monster's large body slowly wrapped around the field, and behind Rena. And then, from the back of the human portion on the monster, several other snake like appendages erupted in a storm of blood (0/0).

"Wh-Whoa…" Rena gasped as all four of her monsters did the same.

"Allow me to greet you…" Eternity Angelo snickered, his voice sounding more like poison dripping off of sharp knife. "… to greet you to Vulcan – Infernal Alchemic Ouroboros…"

"Is… Is this the final form?" Rena gulped, her legs shaking slightly.

"Yes…" Eternity Angelo moaned as he lifted his hands up. "But do not fret… this card can be destroyed in battle and by card effect. However… I have a few natural defenses… for one, for every card I possess in my removed pile, this monster gains three hundred attack and defense points…"

"And… and you have," Rena stopped herself as she tilted her head to the side. "Um… how many cards do you have removed?"

"… Twenty-eight…" Eternity Angelo sighed…

"Then… then…" Rena started before many question marks appeared over her head. "S-Sorry, but math was never my strong suit…."

"… eighty-four hundred…" Eternity Angelo coughed out from his iron clad face. "H-However… if I possess no cards in the graveyard, that increase is changed from three hundred to five hundred points per card…"

"W-WHAT?!" Rena shouted as the snake head roared loudly into the air (14000/14000), flames pouring out the monster's mouth.

"However… my monstrous form holds a curse," Eternity Angelo stated as all the snakes from his back snarled loudly in the air. "All of my phases save for the battle and end phase are removed from play… meaning I can no longer draw cards, or activate any other cards in my hand… so my two cards in my hand are no longer of use to me."

"S-So…" Rena muttered, taking note of the face down card that Eternity Angelo had left before his transformation.

"Let us end this!" Eternity Angelo roared loudly into the air, as many flames began to form in the snakes' mouths, all of them taking aim. "I go into the battle phase automatically… and aim my Eternal Flames at your Elf Swordsman!"

"W-What?!" Rena gasped before looking at her field, noticing that all four of her monsters head their heads and stepped back… the Elf Swordsman falling on his back. 'N-No! And my face down card can't activate unless destroyed!'

"Behold… Judgment Day…" Eternity Angelo wheezed until all the snake heads unleashed countless flames onto the screaming Elf Swordsman. "HAS ARRIVED!"

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"URK!" Leo shouted before he was slammed up against the side of the clocktower, a familiar hand holding him up by his neck. "H-How…"

"Oh come now, Childsman…" Big Boss cackled, shadows slowly whipping off of his body as he tightened his grip around Leo's neck. "Did you honestly expect me to lose to someone like you? You haven't even awakened yet…"

"A-Awakened?" Leo sputtered trying to make Big Boss loosen his grip. "W-What are you talking about?"

"Oops, I spoke too much," Big Boss chuckled with a large blush spreading on his cheeks. "Oh well, not like it'll matter, since you lost in this realm, I'll be able to inflict my own judgment on you… damn, that sounds so cool! Now then…"

Leo closed his eyes, the darkness from Big Boss's body slowly began to crawl onto Leo's body, 'Well… at least I'll die without causing anyone any more pain… so long my fri…ri…ends…'

"SPECIAL ATTACK! MIDGET CANNON!"

"WWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

"WHAT THE!?!"

BAM!

"URK!"

"GAK!"

Almost all at once, a burst of fresh air entered Leo's body, making the noble duelist's lung fill with air and making his eyes widen immediately. That's when he saw the sight before him, Big Boss knocked out on the ground, his eyes spinning around…

… With a dazed Klein lying right at Big Boss's head, "W-What the? Little three?"

"Are you still alive there, Childsman?" A girly, yet strong voice asked, making Leo turn to the side, leaning up against a nearby tree…

"L-Luntina?" Leo gasped, mostly for trying to get the air back in his lungs.

"What do ya think about my new special attack?" Luntina snickered walking up with her right hand on her left bicep. "With that midget's thick skull, and my power throw, I think it makes for a killer combo!"

Leo could only smile as he slowly got to his feet, "Heh, indeed, the attack does suit you… but what about Little Three?"

"Little Three?" Luntina questioned, blinking a few times. "… Who's Little Three?"

"Actually, that's the literal translation of Klein's name," Leo explained with his arms crossed over his chest. "But anyway, I can assume that you managed to win against your opponent, Miss Luntina?"

"…" Luntina closed her eyes slightly… Before snapping her eyes wide open. "Miss?! I'm only two years older than you!"

"Still older than him," Klein chuckled with his messy head of hair covering his eyes. "And you're three years older than me. So, you're an old lady to me!"

"WHY YOU LITTLE!!" Luntina roared throwing a fist at Klein, only to have the small man duck and dodge every single attack. "HOLD STILL!"

"MAKE ME!" Klein shouted back jumping to the side to dodge a powerful kick.

"Heh, nice to see some things never change," Leo chuckled with a large smile on his face.

"Yo!"

Leo turned to the side, while taking the opportunity Luntina grappled Klein around his neck, all the while changing her sight to see that Tony was standing at the edge of the woods, his wool cap taken off to reveal his bright orange hair. "Howdy, ya'll doing great here or what?"

"Tony!" Luntina gasped loudly with a large smile on her face… while keeping Klein in a choke hold. "Glad to see that you're still in one piece."

"Well… after facing an overlord… ah feel da same," Tony admitted rubbing the back of his head.

"O-Overlord?" Klein hacked while trying to free himself from Luntina's death grip. "D-Does that mean you…"

"W'ever!" Tony announced throwing his arm into the air before he ran up towards Leo. "So, Leo… tell me pardner, where's my lovely Rena at?"

"Hmm?" Leo muttered to himself as he simply pointed upwards. "Oh… when did that happen?"

"Huh?" Luntina, Tony and Klein stated before they looked straight up at the now ruined clocktower, the top of it now a large golden city with a large blood red scale tail wrapping around the tower's remaining body, sending cracks through the rest of the building. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!?!"

"… I would assume it's the man in charge of this," Leo stated with a calm smile on his face. "And that's where Rena is…"

"WHAT?!?!" Tony roared out with daggers glaring at Leo. "And why didn't you go up there to help her, ya little Mr. Fancy Pants!?"

"Excuse me for dealing with…" Leo started pointing to where Big Boss was knocked out… or at least where he was supposed to be knocked out. "Um… where'd the greasy haired guy go?"

"He was just here a second ago," Luntina stated with her eyes widening.

"But then he just disappeared," Klein added with a question mark popping over his head.

"… Forget it!" Tony shouted flipping his hat onto his head of orange hair. "Ya'll keep wasting time, and we need ta get up there right now!"

"Indeed, you are correct," Leo stated, his eyes still aimed at where Big Boss was at. 'Where did you go… Big Boss?'

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"It is… A shame…" Eternity Angelo cackled with his many snake heads slowly wrapping around his main body. "But, judgment… cannot be swayed… still, I am surprised that… I am still in this form…"

Smoke billowed over the flaming city, crossing over the Vulcan – Infernal Alchemic Ouroboros's body and into the sky above. "… The duel should be done… and I should have returned to my previous form…"

"KURI!"

Sweatdrops popped on not only on Eternity Angelo's head, but as well all of the snake-heads that erupted from his back and on the large snake head that was for below Eternity Angelo's waist. And the drips of sweat only increased as the smoke cleared to reveal that covering Rena's entire field were countless brown puffballs, each with small claws and large eyes. (RLP: 3800)

"What… what is this…" Eternity Angelo wheezed as all of his snake-heads hissed out. (EALP: 14200)

All of the brown puffballs exploded into light patches of smoke, revealing the Elf Swordsman (1400/1600) now unarmed, but still in tack. "This is… Kuriboh! And by discarding him, I take no battle damage for one instance!"

From behind her four elves, Rena narrowed eyes seemed to glow slightly red… brighter than when she had faced Dias months ago… "And my Sol Saber takes the hit for my Swordsman, allowing me to draw two new cards!"

'W-What…' Eternity Angelo thought to himself as Rena pulled two cards from the top of her deck. 'Where did this come from? I sense strength from her… but, it matters not to me, I still have all of my strength, more than enough to cast judgment on her…'

"Now… I move to my end phase," Eternity Angelo hissed. "And my turn is over…"

"Then… Draw!" Rena announced pulling her next card up, her red eyes peering over to the cards in her hand.

"I reveal my trap card!" Eternity Angelo interrupted with the final face down card flipping up, showing a young alchemist being struck by lightning. "Alchemic Judgment is a continuous trap card that inflicts one hundred points of damage to your life points for every three cards in my removed from play pile… and I have twenty-eight, so that's nine hundred points!"

A powerful yellow transmutation circle erupted underneath Rena's feet, electricity coursing through Rena's body, some of her uniform getting burned a little more… and yet, when the attack stopped Rena's glared did not falter. "… Tell me, does your Vulcan – Infernal Alchemist Ouroboros have the same ability to negate card effects on it?" (RLP: 2900)

"… No…" Eternity Angelo replied. "… not like the other forms…"

"Then I activate the spell card, Sacred Sacrifice!" Rena announced holding up two cards from her hand, the one in front a spell card that had a bleeding Celtic Guardian being held in the lap of a crying Mystical Elf. "By discarding one Elf card from my hand, I can destroy face up monster on the field!"

Sliding both cards into her graveyard, Rena narrowed her eyes at Eternity Angelo, "And three guesses what I'm aiming for!"

A large cloud appeared over Vulcan's head, electricity surging overhead as a powerful blood red aura erupted over Eternity Angelo's body. "I activate the second effect of Vulcan – Infernal Alchemic Ouroboros! When a card effect targets this card, I can remove the top card from my deck to negate the effect! As well as place an Alchemic CHAOS Counter on myself!" (EALP: 14700)

The blood red aura sent the storm flying away, allowing the countless snake heads to hiss loudly (14500/14500), "And with another card removed from play, my attack points increase again!"

That didn't even make Rena flinch, rather the red-eyed duelist immediately turned the cards on her duel disk, "I switch all four of my monsters to defense mode. And that's all I've got. Show me what you can do… snake-boy."

"… Do you think an insult like that will offend me?" Eternity Angelo asked, the flames on his head growing stronger and stronger.

Rena just glared at Eternity Angelo, the look in her eyes… That's when something snapped in Eternity Angelo's head, the figure of a sandy haired girl with a face similar to Rena's standing behind her… their eyes almost the same save for the other girl's eyes being a dull amber color.

"Stop looking at me like that…" Eternity Angelo growled, the aura around his body surging around his body. "Stop it! I skip my battle phase to go into my end phase… Activating the third effect! During the end phase, I can remove one Alchemic CHAOS counter to destroy every card on the field other than myself!"

The giant snake head roared loudly into the air, making the flames caress the City of Flames, soon the heat became too much and caused the three elves and the magical warrior shatter like glass. "And thanks to my field's spell effect, it cannot be destroyed by my effect… however, Soul Absorption and Alchemic Judgment are removed from play, increasing my strength even further (15500/15500)!"

"… Too bad your turn's over…" Rena growled with sharp eyes. "Those attack points mean nothing for now."

'What happened?' Eternity Angelo thought with his iron eyebrow raised up slightly. 'It's like her personality did a one-eighty flip!'

"Are you just going to stand there, slithering like the snake you are?" Rena sighed scratching the side of her head. "Or are you actually going to allow me get my turn started with?"

"… Go…" Eternity Angelo grumbled under his breath. 'This… This doesn't make sense!'

"… Draw…" Rena mumbled under her breath before snapping her hand forward. "And I activate the effect of a trap card in my graveyard! One known as the Forest's Revival!"

A single card popped out from Rena's graveyard allowing her to hold the card between her fingers, "By removing my trap card from my graveyard, I can special summon an elf monster from my graveyard with fifteen hundred attack points or less. However, that monster cannot attack, be tributed and is destroyed at the end of the turn."

"Oh, only a handful of those monsters in your graveyard could help you," Eternity Angelo growled, the snakes starting to wrap around his body, just waiting to sink their fangs into Rena's body. "And as you so bluntly stated, your monster would only be here until the end of the turn… you try to destroy my monster with a card effect, I'll save myself and blow away any defense you set."

"… True," Rena snickered pulling another card from her graveyard. "But, I have no intention of doing another blunder like that."

"Wha…?" Eternity Angelo muttered before a bright light erupted in front of Rena, making him and the snake-heads turn to the side.

A few minutes later the light died down, revealing the elf that Rena had summoned, this one a sleek female elf, her spiked black hair falling onto the black furred cloak over her skinny body. Her arms seemed to have light claws at the end of them and appeared to be nothing more than spiny arms. On her chest, a large glowing cross pended around her neck (1000/0). "Now, allow me to introduce the instrument of your destruction… Elf of the Pure."

"Pretty name," Eternity Angelo cackled raising his hands up. "But even if it could attack, against over fifteen times its attack points…"

"Did I say that this was the card that would be your down fall?" Rena interrupted with a smile on her face… but not the usually calm smile that was on her face, no, this one was a devilish smile that made her red eyes glow even more. "But… her ability is what will lead to it. I activate Elf of the Pure's first effect!"

All of a sudden, several orbs of fire appeared around Eternity Angelo's body, making the iron masked mad-man look left and right, "What is the meaning of this?!"

"When summoned, Elf of the Pure returns all spell and trap cards that were removed from the game, back to the owner's decks!" Rena explained holding up the trap card she had removed only a few moments ago. "I've only got one… but, if I'm correct, then, not counting those two previous forms, that means twenty nine of your cards return back to your deck!"

"Wh-What!?!?!" Eternity Angelo roared before the snakes on his body screeched in pain until his monstrous form crashed into the golden streets of the large City of Flames (1000/1000). "N-No!"

"Of course, there's the second effect of my Elf," Rena stated looking at one particular card in her hand. "Of course, that doesn't need to be explained at the moment. She wouldn't be able to use it, she can't attack. However…"

'N-No! If she has a monster with at least one thousand points…' Eternity Angelo's yellow eyes bulged out from the mask's eyeholes.

"… I've got my own monster," Rena stated slapping the card onto her duel disk, a large pink aura appearing around her body. "W-What the?!"

The aura grew thicker and thicker until it full covered Rena's body, allowing a lively musical beat to flow through the air. That's when the aura seemed to have countless cracks racing through Rena's aura covered body until the aura shattered to reveal her new form.

With a blue visor covering her eyes, and her hair pulled back into a small tail, Rena spun around to see her new outfit, which consisted of a light red sleeveless shirt and skirt with a small metallic heart covering her chest. She had long black sleeves and leggings that ended in red matching gloves and boots, while in her hands she held a light blue guitar… but it didn't have any strings on it (1400/1350). "… If I see that Big Boss character again, I'll kill him for putting me in something this…"

"N-Now wait a minute…" Eternity Angelo gasped lifting his arms up as the larger snake hissed in fear.

"Shut up!" Rena shouted leaping into the air, holding the guitar up over her head. "After you put all of Rena's friends through this, used her father as a pawn, and made her learn a terrible secret that scarred her… I'll pass my own judgment!"

'W-Wait… why did she refer to herself in the third person?' Eternity Angelo thought as Rena fell closer and closer towards him. "W-Wait a minute! C-Could you be…"

"SHUT UP!" Rena shouted slamming the guitar into the top of Eternity Angelo's head, sending the flames atop of the masked mad man's head, a loud sour note echoing through the air, and sending the flames on the city all dowsed out.

"A-AH!?!" Eternity Angelo howled in pain as cracks slowly but surely ran down his body, starting with his mask, then his body, and then the countless snake-heads, and finally the last giant snake-head. "N-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Flames erupted from all the cracks from his body, Eternity Angelo slowly tried to keep his mask together until… until his entire body shattered like glass! "W-When… When my form here is destroyed… I-I lose…" (EALP: Automatic Loss)

Slowly the city of flames began to shatter like glass as well, and when the costume on Rena's body disappeared, the elf duelist stood tall with her hair covering her eyes as Eternity Angelo… back in his regular form (save for his shirt, jacket and hat)… landed on the ground with a loud thud. "I… My… Judgment…"

A large crack raced down Eternity Angelo's mask, breaking the mask in two to reveal Genjyo Zosimos's face, his glasses no longer on his face and his gray hair returned to its sandy blonde sheen. Slowly the wounded man turned his head towards Rena, and a smile appeared on his face, "Heh… I-I see… I didn't stand a chance, now did I?"

Rena remained silent.

"Your eyes… they remind me of her… my lovely younger sister…" Genjyo wheezed, lifting his hand up slightly towards Rena. "She… she had lovely eyes, but they also seemed fierce like your heads were a few minutes ago. S-She was my reason to live…"

Slowly pushing himself up, Genjyo turned towards the Twilight Crystal… surprisingly it was still in tact… perfect condition in fact. "However… we weren't always in the best shape financially, our parents, they… they had racked up an incredible amount of debt. To make matters worse, they left us with the debt to work off."

"For the first few years, we were able to provide enough financial support to pay off the debt and live meagerly," Genjyo coughed loudly as he slowly walked backwards. "B-But, that's when I became sick for a week… and since no one on the black market would be interested in a guy…"

"Those bastards! T-They used her until her life's flame was extinguished! I-I hated those bastards! I sword that judgment would be cast on them… but that was when I discovered that the entire world was like that! I swore that judgment would be cast on the entire world!"

"That… That's when I met him… he gave me the power of Eternity Angelo! And… and it looks like you have the…"

BANG!

A spurt of blood erupted from Genjyo's head, making him stumble backwards until he fell off of the ruined edge of the clocktower. As the heavy steps echoed through the air, Rena's body fell limp to the ground, "… You talk too much boy…"

Walking past Rena's fallen body, the greasy haired man stood in front of the in front of the Twilight Crystal, "First you betray me… then you try to take matters into your own hands… and now you don't know when to shut your big yap. Too bad I still win…"

Taking the crystal in his fingers, the black wearing man lifted the Twilight Crystal into the air, "And ya wanna know why? Cause I'm the Big Boss!"

(Look past the Card Stats to see the epilogue of this chapter! That's right! This story isn't done, not by a long shot!)

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Card Stats

Alchemic Solution – Cancer / Normal Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have a face-up "City of the Alchemic Flames" on the field and no cards in your graveyard. Remove your entire hand from play.

Image: A large yellow transmutation circle with the symbol for Cancer in the middle of it.

Infernal Alchemic Vulcan / Fire / LV. 1 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Warrior/Fusion/Effect: This card can only be special summoned from your fusion deck when you have a face up 'City of the Alchemic Flames' and there are eight or more cards that have 'Alchemy', 'Alchemic' or 'Alchemist' that have been removed from play while there are no monsters on your field and in your graveyard, and deck and you have no cards in your hand. This monster cannot be attacked or declare an attack and is unaffected by all card effects other than this card's. Each time a card with 'Alchemy', 'Alchemic', or 'Alchemist' is removed from play, place one 'Alchemic Counter' on this card. When there are seven 'Alchemic Counters' on this card, remove this card from play and special summon one 'Iron Vulcan Alchemist' from your Fusion Deck.

Description: A young alchemist with fiery red hair wearing an iron mask with a blood red transmutation circle on the mask's forehead. Under his blood red cloak is an iron suit of armor with blood red markings all over it.

Alchemic Material – Pluto Night / Continuous Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated during your Main Phase when you have a face-up "City of the Alchemic Flames" and by removing one card from your hand from play. After activation, this card becomes a monster card (Warrior-type/Dark /Level 6/ATK 2000/DEF 1500), and is special summoned to your monster card zone. This monster cannot attack your opponent's life points directly. Whenever this card battles a monster, remove the top card from your deck from play. This card cannot be tributed for a tribute summon.

Description: A large steel armored knight with a large broad sword in its hands, the symbol of Pluto on the blade of its weapon.

Iron Vulcan Alchemist / Fire / LV. 6 / ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / Machine/Fusion/Effect: This monster can only be special summoned from your fusion deck by the effect of "Infernal Alchemic Vulcan". This card cannot be destroyed as a result of battle. When this card battles a monster, you must remove one card from the top of your deck. This monster is unaffected by all card effects. While this card remains on the field, each time a card with 'Alchemic', 'Alchemy' or 'Alchemist' is removed from the field, remove it from play and place one "Infernal Alchemy" counter on this card. Remove this monster from play during your standby phase when there are seven "Infernal Alchemy" counters on this card and special summon one 'Vulcan – Infernal Alchemic Ouroboros' from your fusion deck.

Description: An older alchemist with iron armor like skin with a flame as his hair. His blood red cloak has many rips and tears in the fabric. At the alchemist's wrists are two heads of what appear to be snakes with many eyes.

Alchemic Filtration – Scorpio / Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have a face up 'City of the Alchemic Flames', destroy all face up monsters on the field and inflict 100 points of damage to your opponent's life points for each card destroyed this way.

Image: A large green transmutation circle with the symbol for Scorpio in the middle of it.

Alchemic Projection – Pisces / Instant Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have a face up 'City of the Alchemic Flames' on the field and no cards in your graveyard. For every four cards in your removed from play pile, increase your life points by 1000.

Image: A large sea-blue transmutation circle with a symbol for Pisces in the middle of it.

Alchemic Poetry – Grace Under Water / Continuous Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have no cards in your graveyard. During your draw phase, you can skip your draw. If you choose to do so, you may add one card from your deck with 'Alchemic Material' from your deck to your hand. When this card is destroyed, this card is removed from play.

Image: A beautiful young woman floating underwater

Alchemic Ceration – Sagittarius / Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have a face up 'City of the Alchemic Flames' on the field and no cards in your graveyard. Draw three cards from your deck.

Image: A large sandy yellow transmutation circle with the symbol for Sagittarius in the middle of it.

Vulcan – Infernal Alchemic Ouroboros / Dark / LV. 11 / ATK: ? / DEF: ? / Fiend/Fusion/Effect: This card can only be special summoned from your fusion deck by the effect of "Iron Vulcan Alchemist". You must skip every one of your phases except your battle phase and end phase while this card remains on the field. When your opponent activates a card effect that targets this card, remove one non-monster card from your deck from play to negate the effect and place one "Alchemic CHAOS" counter on this card. During the end phase of a turn in which this card has an "Alchemic CHAOS" counter on it, remove it to destroy all cards on the field except this card. The ATK and DEF of this card become the number of your cards removed from play x 300, however, if you have no cards in your graveyard, increase this monster's attack instead by 500 points x the number of cards removed from play. If this card is destroyed, you automatically lose the duel.

Description: The Iron Vulcan Alchemist fused from his waist to the head of a large demonic, armored serpent with flames erupting from under the serpents armor. From under the blood red cloak are several demonic serpents with red eyes.

Alchemic Poetry – Grace Under Water / Continuous Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated when you have no cards in your graveyard. During your draw phase, you can skip your draw. If you choose to do so, you may add one card from your deck with 'Alchemic Material' from your deck to your hand. When this card is destroyed, this card is removed from play.

Image: A beautiful young woman floating underwater

Alchemic Judgment / Continuous Trap / Effect: If you have no cards in you graveyard, inflict 100 points of damage for every three cards that were removed from play during your opponent's standby phase.

Image: A small alchemist being struck by lightning

Sacred Sacrifice / Spell / Effect: Discard one 'Elf' monster from your hand. Destroy one face up monster card on the field.

Image: The Mystical Elf crying tears as a bleeding Celtic Guardian sleeps on her lap.

The Forest's Revival / Trap / Effect: While this card is in your graveyard, by removing this card from your graveyard, you may special summon one 'Elf' monster from your graveyard with 1500 attack points or less. The special summoned monster cannot attack, cannot be tributed and is destroyed at the end of the turn.

Image: A burnt forest with several flowers blooming in it.

Elf of the Pure / Light / LV. 6 / ATK: 1000 / DEF: 0 / Spellcaster/Effect: When this card is successfully summoned, return all spell and trap cards that were removed from play back to their owner's graveyards. 27272727each card returned by this card's effect, increase this monster's attack by 100 points until the end of turn this card was summoned.

Description: A young elf with spiked black hair wearing a black furred cloak over her skinny body. Her arms have light claws at the end of them and appear to be nothing more than spiny arms. On her chest is a large glowing cross.

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Date… well, my calendar was stolen by some punk. Oh well, it's been a week since that weird aura disappeared from around the island, and wouldn't ya know it, the students returned… a little freaked out of course, but still… at least I don't have to worry about them suing me, you see, those students who were defeated seemed to have a case of amnesia… and I kinda used some of my own pocket money to keep those students who didn't promise to speak to actually keep them quiet…

my poor wallet…

Oh, and if you didn't guess this already, this is Alan Wright here! Currently walking through the halls of the school to one of the medic halls, a bouquet of flowers in my hand to give to one of the students who did their very best to help this island and academy.

After looking at the records, I discovered about the Yokai and the students who were a part of the group. I can't say that I wasn't surprised with them, but still, I can still be disappointed since I am the principal of the students and thus a mentor… I guess I have a lot of learning to do as well. After rounding up several students and taking testimonies from those students who were attacked first, I currently have the Yokai students making plea bargains not to get anything more than a few years in juvenile hall… And those students who were threatened, I have the security team deciding on suspension punishments.

Although, there are several students who are still missing and a few who I suspect were Yokai but, there were several inconsistencies. Some of the students who still have to be questioned… one Sheldon Boomer, an Alex Tudor (although, he might be more of a hero really), some dood named Xander, a weirdo known as Morty (or as according to the official files, the Artist Formally Known as Morty), Mr. Kazin, Robert Becker, a former top student called Lily… and two guys who's names are somewhat lost, I think Orange and Maroon…

What was really tragic was that we discovered the ringleader… dead… According to the autopsy, he took a clean shot to the head. Murder weapon and suspect, they still haven't been found, although he was the cause of this, he didn't deserve that kind of death. A shot to the head and a three hundred foot fall… yikes.

Other than that, things seem to be back to normal… well at least as normal as things would get around here. Of course, I have to hand it to a few students… I'll have to give them something more than just extra credit. Luntina's waiting in my office, since she's top dog, I've got to talk to her about a few things… and I've heard from Riko… he's down in the dumps for some reason, good thing Sen's with him again.

Oh crud, speaking of students, I've got to go… after all, I've got an appointment to make…

"Heya, every-buddy!" Alan announced bursting into the room with the bouquet of flowers in his hand that he lifted up in the air. "And how's our favorite little red student doing today?"

Everyone in the room, Klein, Koji, Tony, Leo (with Kimatori sitting on his shoulders) Van, Rukia, and even Ganryu turned towards the door to see Alan bursting into the room all of them gathered around the bed in the corner of the room. Rena couldn't help but sweatdrop from her bed, "Um… Good to see you Principal Wright…"

"Ah, ah, ah!" Alan laughed wagging his finger at Rena. "That makes me sound old! I'm still in my twenties!"

"… No wonder people here are crazy," Van sighed getting a look from Rukia. "With a principal like this, we've got sign on our academy that says 'asylum' on it."

"Aw, at least it makes things fun now doesn't it?" Rukia questioned tilting her head to the side slightly.

"Not when my darling Rena gets hurt!" Tony shouted with tears rolling down the side of his head.

"Darling?" Rena asked blinking a few times.

"Still as hard headed as ever," Klein snickered. "I guess some things will never change… just like the Cold-Hearted stiff never growing a heart."

"Um, B-Big Brother!" Koji muttered with his arms waving in the air. "Y-Y-You shouldn't say while…"

Too bad Koji didn't get to finish that sentence, Ganryu had kicked both Klein and Koji through the glass window… shattering it rather easily as the two disappeared into the sky, "… you two need to shut up."

"WOW! They're blasting off again!" Kimatori announced with a great smile on her face.

"Heh," Leo chuckled with a bright smile on his face. "Too bad Klein was wrong, Ganryu does have a heart…"

Leo was met with a death glare from Ganryu, "Glare at me all you want… But you were the one who did find her…"

"Not to mention you did visit her the most since she's been in here!" Van added, making a small blush appear on Ganryu's face…

… And getting a scary look from Tony who immediately grabbed Van by his collar, "LIAR! I'VE BEEN VISITING MY DEAR RENA ALL WEEK!"

And with that, Tony threw Van through the other window, making him scream loudly about he was even more right about being with crazy people.

Alan coughed slightly getting everyone's attentions, "Um, I hate to be the bearer of bad news… But Mr. Dashiben, Mr. Havoc, I'm going to have to charge you for breaking the windows. And could you please drag those three back here, I know they'll probably be bruised up…"

As the two left the room, everyone else seemed to laugh while Rena looked out the broken windows to see the clear blue sky, 'Well… looks like things are back to normal… I just hope they stay like that for the next two and a half months…'

Meanwhile…

"… So… Eternity Angelo lost…"

"Affirmative… But according to calculations, we shouldn't have to worry, especially with our two new additions…"

"Aw come on! Ya don't have to be so cold, dood!"

"… You do realize that's what he does best, correct?"

"Hmm, hmm, hmm… aww… I don't like that one ghost guy… So… when do we begin this Big Boss?"

"Heh… Eternity Angelo delayed our plans… but we should be able to begin, so you five should be able to go when the chance arrives…"

To be continued…

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Rena: Ah! It's great to get out of that medic room!

Van: Too bad there are even more crazy people…

Leo: And it's another transfer student, and she's been here for a while. Although, this preview seems to be a little too dull…

Van: Dull is good… don't push the matter!

Leo: … BAM!

Rena and Van: Huh? 'Didn't expect that from Leo.'

Leo: From all the corners of the island, girls run to a single point on the island! All for one reason and one reason alone…

Rena: I'm a girl, but I'm not running to a single point…

Leo: And that reason… is to discuss the top cutest hunks on the island (Which I happen to be in the top five, by the way.)

Van: Wait a minute! How come I never heard of this?!

Next time, on Duelist Unlimited Harem – Final Episode: The maidens clash over a single man!

Rena: I really didn't expect that from Leo…

Leo: 'Disappears in a cloud of smoke to reveal a smirking Klein': Ha! Meet my ultimate prank!

Van and Rena: Where the hell did Leo go?

Next time on Duelist Twilight:

Chapter 52: Enter Trimester Three!

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