A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!
Some ideas in this story are influenced by the story, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: Bonds Beyond Magic by Cool Cat 2000. The ideas go to her.
Chapter 48: The Spirit World's Hope- Part 3
Third Person POV
In Zeman's lair, the ape king asked a monkey kneeling before him, "Was Regulus finally caught?"
The monkey answered, "Yes."
"Well done. Now all we need is Regulus to completely Minusize Ancient Fairy Dragon," Zeman said.
"Sir, it was not the capture units that captured him," the monkey informed.
"Who was it?" Zeman asked.
"It was someone called the Traveling Magician," the monkey explained.
"Bring them in," Zeman ordered.
The doors opened and Luna and Torunka who wore disguises walked in, along with a cage that had Regulus in it that some monkeys were pushing.
Once they got near the middle of the room, Luna and Torunka kneeled and Luna said, "Great Monkey King Zeman, it is a great honor to meet you." Torunka said almost the same thing but stuttered a bit. Kylie and Yue were watching from above, hovering in the air with their wings giving silent beats through the air.
"Raise your head," Zeman ordered which she did.
Luna heard Kuribon's voice and quietly gasped and turned to see the wall of captured spirits, who're in tablets. "Kuribon, Sunny Pixie, Sunlight Unicorn," she said seeing them. 'I'm going to save you, don't worry,' she thought.
"From what I've heard, you are the Traveling Magician," Zeman answered.
"Yes," Luna answered.
"I am her assistant," Torunka told him.
"How were you able to capture Regulus, who could not be captured by my units despite our best efforts?" Zeman asked. Luna took out a staff, which is a disguised Cursed Needle, which makes Zeman curious.
Luna then chanted, "O power to control all spirits… come to rest in my hand, awaken!" Regulus, who is in the cage, wakes up and gets us before growling, scaring the monkey soldiers. Luna then ordered, "Be quelled!" Regulus instantly calmed down and went back to sleep.
"You control him quite easily," Zeman said.
"Yes," Torunka said. "Magician's spells will control any violent spirit."
"That's highly dubious. Does she really use magic?" Zeman responded.
"Do you still doubt me? If I should sick Regulus on your soldiers," Luna pointed the disguised staff at his soldiers. They got scared and asked her not to do it.
"No," Zeman said. "You shouldn't. Getting Regulus was good enough. Hurry up and Minusize him!" With a signal of his hand, the monkey's surrounded the cage Regulus was in.
"Wait," Luna told him.
"What is it?" Zeman asked.
"If you insist on casting the minus curse, then the spell I spent the trouble casting on would be lifted. If that happens, Regulus will go berserk once again," Luna continued to lie.
"What do you propose we do then?" Zeman asked. "There is no point in simply showing me some tricks Regulus can do in a cage."
"If I may be so blunt, might one assume you don't know of the way to Minusize Regulus," Luna said.
"What do you mean?" Zeman asked.
"You are familiar with the fact that Regulus is Ancient Fairy Dragon's servant, are you not?" Luna asked.
"Of course, I know. Sealing Ancient Fairy Dragon in that crag was well and good, but I have been in great straits over not being able to completely Minusize it," Zeman replied.
"In that case, I can get straight to the point," Luna responded. "If you simultaneously cast the curse whilst unsealing Ancient Fairy Dragon, you can Minusize both, making them your own."
"Are you really asking me to unseal Ancient Fairy Dragon?" Zeman asked surprised a bit.
"Yes. There is no other way," Luna answered.
Zeman narrowed his eyes at her while Luna kept the same stare. Torunka shifted uncomfortably at the stares they gave each other. Yue and Kylie were highly tempted to go and break it up before it got any worse but Zeman answered soon.
"Very well," Zeman agreed. "I shall trust what you say."
"We did it," Torunka whispered.
"Be quiet," Luna whispered back.
Zeman got up and said, "Come forth to me, Ancient Fairy Dragon!" He pointed the staff at the pit in front of them and a yellow light flew out. When the light cleared, the crag where Ancient Fairy Dragon was sealed up was revealed in the pit.
Luna and Torunka then walked over to get a better view. "Ancient Fairy Dragon," Luna whispered.
Looking at the screen, Luna thought to herself, 'I'll rescue you, Ancient Fairy Dragon.'
"Magician," Zeman called. "If I unseal Ancient Fairy Dragon right here and now, and Minusize both it and Regulus, its powers will be mine?"
"That is correct," Luna answered.
"I understand," Zeman said. "Btu if what you're saying is lies, you shall pay dearly."
"But it's true, and it will make Ancient Fairy Dragon all yours," Torunka told them.
"Hmph," Zeman responded and lifted up his staff, pointing it at the pit. "Cursed Needle, release Ancient Fairy Dragon!" A Needle appeared on the pit and after a second, Ancient Fairy Dragon began to regain its color and shape.
As Luna and Torunka watch, Torunka said, "Yes, just like that King Zeman."
Luna stayed silent and watched Ancient Fairy Dragon's face get back its color.
"What're you doing? Bring me Regulus," Zeman ordered the monkeys which they immediately obeyed.
They went over to Regulus' cage and opened it. Luna chanted, "O power to control all spirits, come to rest in my hand, Regulus come forward!" Regulus instantly got up and walked out of the cage, while having an emotionless face.
Torunka then excited said, "Incredible, now Ancient Fairy Dragon is all King Zeman's."
Torunka suddenly lost his balance and bumped into Luna, causing them to fall. After getting up, the minus staff Torunka was holding switched sideways, causing Torunka to say, "Zeman sure is an idiot. We've got him totally suckered." He gave a scared face when he realized what he just said.
"What was that you said?" Zeman asked.
"Torunka!" Luna called in a slightly panicked tone.
"We're here to rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon. You just haven't caught onto it, nitwit," Torunka continued.
"Why do you have the same staff we do?" one of the monkeys asked Torunka.
Luna started to get up and asked Torunka, "Why did you say that?" As she did, however, she lost her balance as well and fell into Torunka which knocked off their hats.
"That the girl from the town of SchWank!" a monkey stated.
"She's no magician," another added.
"We're busted," Torunka said.
"And we were so close," Luna added.
Zeman got mad and cursed. "So you were deceiving me all along. Seize them!" The monkeys immediately obeyed and ran towards Luna and Torunka.
Regulus immediately jumped in and saved them. For a few seconds, they ran from the monkeys, while on Regulus' back. Kylie and Yue landed and sent out a wave of light, knocking back the monkeys.
"You!" Zeman growled.
"Good to see you again. Your goons got their bruises healed?" Yue responded calmly.
"Capture them!" the monkeys called.
"I will never hand you Ancient Fairy Dragon!" Zeman exclaimed. He pointed his staff at the pit and the Cursed Needle above Ancient Fairy Dragon's crag turned sideways, minimizing her again who turned back to how she was before.
"Oh, no. Ancient Fairy Dragon," Luna said watching on Regulus' back as Ancient Fairy Dragon was minimized again.
"What a horrible mess. And it's all because I goofed up," Torunka stated.
"Luna, lend me your staff," Regulus told the girl.
"Do you have a plan?" Luna asked.
"I am going to combine two minuses to change it into plus energy, just like when you lifted the curse on me," Regulus explained.
"But if you do that, won't there be another huge explosion?" Luna asked as she and Torunka worried.
"Hurry. Otherwise Ancient Fairy Dragon will be sealed up entirely," Regulus replied. Luna nodded and hands his the staff.
Luna and Torunka stepped into the cage he was in and Regulus bumped into the cage, narrowing the bars so the monkeys couldn't get in.
"Stay in there," the lion told them. He looked at the two angels. "Protect them." Yue and Kylie nodded. Regulus then headed for Zeman.
Two monkeys neared the cage. "Open up," one of them told the other.
"We will turn you into minus," another said.
Luna and Torunka backed away a bit and Yue and Kylie wrapped a protective force field around the cage.
"Regulus can do this," Luna said.
They looked as Regulus' Cursed Needle staff collided with Zeman's, but this time a big flash occurred, destroying all the monkeys and producing fire. As the fire headed towards Luna, Kylie, Yue, and Torunka the wall shoved the fire around it.
"Don't this this is over. As soon as I am defeated, the minus curse will be sent to the Dark Signer, Demak!" Zeman called. Luna gasped, having heard what Zeman had said, before the monkey was destroyed.
When the dust finally settled, the room was revealed to be a mess.
"Regulus!" Luna called.
"Good grief," came an older voice as Dark Sage came out. "And I managed to finally turn back to normal."
"You're…" Luna trailed off.
"Yes, it's me," the old man responded.
"Torunka, is that really you?" Luna asked. "I'm surprised you really are an old man." Torunka laughed a bit.
"Luna," called Regulus.
Luna turned to him. "Regulus. I'm glad you're alright," she said.
"Are you okay, Regulus?" Torunka asked.
"It seems that Zeman has been completely obliterated," Regulus replied.
"Really?" Where's Ancient Fairy Dragon, then?" Luna asked.
"I don't see her anyway," Regulus said.
"No way," Luna muttered. She then looked at the tablets. "The spirits haven't turned back to normal either. The curse was lifted, so why haven't they?"
"Remember what Zeman said about Demak, Luna?" Yue asked as she and Kylie appeared.
"Kylie! Yue!" Luna exclaimed.
"The curse was sent to Demak," Kylie stated. "Until he's defeated, the Spirit World isn't out of danger."
Suddenly, they looked up as a purple monkey geoglyph appeared in the sky. "The geoglyph!" Luna exclaimed. Then purple orbs came out of the tablets and flew towards the mark.
"The spirit's souls are being taken into the mark," Regulus stated.
"What the devil is about to transpire?" Torunka wondered.
"The Earthbound Immortal is trying to awaken," Luna stated. She then heard Luna call to her. "Leo…" She looked at Regulus, Torunka, and the angels. "Leo's in danger!"
"What do you mean?" Torunka asked.
Before she could answer, a white light enveloped them for a second and forced them to fly up into the sky.
"We're going to get sucked into the geoglyph," Torunka said.
"At this rate, the Spirit World will be confined to eternal darkness," Regulus said.
"Leave this to me," Torunka said.
"Torunka?" Luna responded.
"I shall use the last of my power to send you back to your own world," Torunka told the girl. "It's up to you to beat the Earthbound Immortal."
Luna looked at Kylie and Yue concerned. "Don't worry, Luna," Yue told her. "We'll use a transportation spell to get out of here. You just go do what you were meant to do."
"They're right. The Spirit World's future rests in your hands," Regulus agreed.
"Torunka, Regulus," Luna said. Torunka used his staff to produce a white flash that enveloped Luna. She was then teleported back to the real world and Yue and Kylie followed.
. . .
In the real world, a red orb came down into a duel between Leo and Demak. Yusei and Trudge were watching from the side, all of which were surprised at the appearance of the red orb.
"What is it?" Trudge asked.
The light cleared to reveal Luna. "Luna?" Yusei responded shocked.
After opening her eyes, Luna looked at the beaten form of Leo. Luna instantly kneeled down to him in worry. "Leo, say something," Luna called.
Leo lifted his head a bit and said, "You came back." His twin lifted him up.
"You fought getting hurt this bad, even though you faced against a Dark Signer," Luna said.
Leo responded in a weak tone, "I wanted to beat that guy before you came back. I knew I couldn't play the hero." He eyes began to water.
"That's not true!" Luna exclaimed making him look up at her. Luna eyes were also filled with tears. "Leo, you… in my eyes you're… the best a hero could get!" She hugged her brother as tears began falling off her face. Leo stayed silent, and after a few seconds, he closed his eyes and began to sob. Yusei looked as Yue and another angel landed next to Luna.
"Ah, the gang's all here. And we even have a couple angels in the mix as well," Demak said. "You will fall prey to my Earthbound Immortal, young Signer."
"So you were the one commanding Zeman to collect all those spirit's souls," Luna responded. "I can't forgive you for hurting the spirits and hurting Leo." Luna grabbed Leo's duel disk and told Leo as she unattached it from him, "I'll duel in your place."
"What are you saying? I told you I'd protect you, didn't I?" Leo responded. "I should be the one to fight."
Luna took his duel disk and put it on her arm. She nodded at the two angels. "Don't worry, Leo. You did your best for me. Now I'll do my best just as hard as you," she told her sibling.
"Stop, please," Leo said. "If you fight Demak, you will…"
Luna smiled at hm and softly said, "I'll be fine. Don't worry."
"Luna!" Yusei called as Luna got up. He then noticed his mark glowing along with Luna.
"I won't lose," Luna said. "Because I have Leo and everyone else by my side." She looked at Power Tool Dragon who lowered itself to her. "Hang in there, Power Tool Dragon." It looked at her slightly as its eyes got very red. She turned to Demak.
"Even life points are on the same level as cinders will be ample tribute to my god," Demak remarked. "Allow me to show my respects to you, young Signer, by summoning a very special spirit. I activate Cursed Prison! This card allows me to special summon one Synchro Monster onto my field, ignoring its summoning conditions, in defense mod." He held up the card, making Luna gasp. "Appear now, my prisoner, Ancient Fairy Dragon (Attack 2100/ Defense 3000)!" The trap card turned white as a cage came out of it and revealed to be Ancient Fairy Dragon chained inside it.
"Ancient Fairy Dragon…" Luna said worriedly.
"I end my turn," Demak called. "How does it feel to face the very same dragon you are linked to by the bonds of fate, as an enemy?"
'Hold on, Ancient Fairy Dragon,' Luna thought. 'Leo and I are going to rescue you.' She drew her card to begin her turn. "I activate Power Tool Dragon's effect, which allows me to add a random equip spell to my hand. Then I equip Power Tool Dragon with the equip spell, Central Shield."
"Central Shield is the ultimate shield that reduces all attack damage other than towards the equipped monster to zero. Whether your Earthbound Immortal is affected by spells or traps," Leo explained. "Good job, Luna."
Luna nodded. 'This shield will protect me, along with Leo's hopes,' she thought. "I set two face downs and end my turn."
"It seems you cannot attack Ancient Fairy Dragon, after all," Demak remarked. "But my Earthbound Immortal isn't limited to just attack directly. Very well, as you wish I shall crush that toy dragon of yours!" He drew his card to begin his turn. "Earthbound Immortal Cusillu, attack Power Tool Dragon!" The Immortal brought its fists towards Power Tool Dragon.
"I action Limiter Removal! This doubles the attack points of all Machine monsters on my field (Power Tool Dragon: Attack 4000)," Luna played. The Earthbound Immortal's fist collided with Power Tool Dragon, creating an explosion and shaking the area.
"You are fools who dare to defy such god-like power," Demak called as his life pointed fell to 2100. "My Earthbound Immortal shall not falter. And by sacrificing a monster on my field, my Immortal can avoid destruction and halve your life points! That is why I summoned Ancient Fairy Dragon. So I release it." A dark circle surrounded Luna, hurting her as her life points dropped to 200.
"Luna!" Leo called as she began to fall and caught her. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Now the real fight can get started," Luna said.
"What do you mean?" Demak wondered.
"I knew you were going to send Ancient Fairy Dragon to the graveyard from the start. And now you're going to give her back!" Luna exclaimed. "I activate Respect Synchron! When a synchro monster is sent to the graveyard through my opponent's card effect, this can ignore summoning conditions and special summon it to my field." This shocked Demak visibly as a light appeared below Leo and Luna. The dragon surfaced and Regulus appeared before breaking the chains binding her. Ancient Fairy Dragon's wings unfolded as her eyes turned more yellow and she lifted her head upwards, roaring in relief.
"You did it, Luna!" Leo told her.
Luna nodded and looked up at her dragon. "We finally meet again," Luna told her.
Ancient Fairy Dragon lowered herself slightly and said, "Luna, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping the promise you made on that day so long ago, thank you so much."
On the cliff, Trudge walked a bit closer and asked, "So that's Ancient Fairy Dragon?"
"Yeah," Yusei answered.
"That's something else, I tell you," Trudge remarked.
"The match isn't over yet," Yusei reminded.
"Why don't we continue the duel?" Luna suggested. "I send Central Shield to the graveyard to negate the effect of Limiter Removal that would destroy Power Tool Dragon."
"Stupendous, a real Signer altogether different!" Demak remarked. "I end my turn. Now, show me a real duel elected by the gods."
"Let's go, Leo," Luna told her brother.
"Right," he responded. "It's our turn!" They both drew the card together.
"Now I activate Ancient Fairy Dragon's effect. By destroying a field spell, I can regain 1000 life points," Luna explained.
"Field spell?" Demak responded shocked. The Closed Forest field spell was destroyed along with the forest around them.
"Alright!" Leo exclaimed while Luna's life points rose to 1200.
"And now your monkey loses its extra attack gained from Closed Forest's effect (Earthbound Immortal Cusillu: Attack 2800)," Luna added.
"Plus, the Earthbound Immortal's effect is negated if there is no field spell on the field," Yusei pointed out.
"Luna did a good job," Trudge remarked.
"And now with Power Tool Dragon's effect, I can add one random equip spell to my hand," Luna continued. "Next I equip Rocket Pilder to Power Tool Dragon and equip Pain To Power to Ancient Fairy Dragon. Power Tool Dragon, attack that overgrown monkey!"
"Why are you attack with Power Tool Dragon when its attack is lower?" Demak wondered confused.
The rocket attached to Power Tool Dragon fired, causing it to fly upwards to the Immortal. The Immortal tried to hit the dragon, but Power Tool Dragon evaded the assault and hit the Immortal in the stomach. A massive explosion occurred and Luna shielded Luna from the force of it as her life points fell to 400.
As the smoke cleared, Demak said, "It's just as I thought. You chose to receive gods' punishment, did you?"
"Don't count on it," Leo told the Dark Signer.
"Since Power Tool Dragon is equipped with Rocket Pilder, it can't be destroyed. Also, Earthbound Immortal Cusillu's attack lowers by the attack of Power Tool Dragon (Earthbound Immortal Cusillu: Attack 800)," Luna explained shocking him. There was a hole in the Earthbound Immortal's stomach where it was attacked. "And thanks to Pain to Power, all the damage I took was worth it. Because all those life points lost are turned into attack points (Ancient Fairy Dragon: Attack 2900)." The dragon let out a roar. "Turn my pain into power! Ancient Fairy Dragon, attack that monkey! Eternal Sunshine!" Ancient Fairy Dragon's wings produced a rainbow blinding light that caused everyone to cover their eyes except Luna and the angels.
Cusillu dissolved into nothing while Demak's hood was thrown back by the blast as his life points hit zero. The monkey geoglyph faded away.
"Nice job, Luna!" Leo complimented.
"The spirits should be free now," Luna said.
Demak, with pitch black eyes and dust pouring from his body slowly approached the twins. Leo acted as a shield for his sister. Yue then brought them back.
"Roman, I am useless to you. Forgive me," Demak said as he reached for the twins. Yue pushed them out of the way at the same time as Yusei before the Dark Signer could make contact. The Dark Signer then collapsed into a pile of dust, leaving the others to watch in anxiety.
"You did well in the duel," Yusei complimented and Trudge agreed.
Suddenly, Ancient Fairy Dragon and Regulus appeared in front of them.
"What am I seeing? Is the solid vision of the duel still active?" Trudge asked.
"No, Officer Trudge. We are not illusions. We are real," Ancient Fairy Dragon told him making Trudge gasp and faint. She turned to the young girl. "Thank you, Luna. Thanks to you, the spirits are all safe and returned to normal."
"I'm happy to hear they're safe. But some of the thanks goes to Leo, Yue, Kylie, and Yusei for supporting me," Luna responded.
"Then I thank you four as well," Ancient Fairy Dragon said.
"Ancient Fairy Dragon, there is a still a long way to go. Can you help up battle the Dark Signers?" Yusei asked.
"The Spirit World will never be truly safe until the Dark Signers are defeated," Ancient Fairy Dragon replied. "I will help."
"I will also help until the bitter end," Regulus said. They then transfigured into a card form in Luna's hands.
Yusei and the twins proceeded into the tower that Demak was guarding. Luna inserted Ancient Fairy Dragon into the control unit. An alarm went off and the tower began to rumble. After quickly retrieving the card, Luna hurried outside with Yusei and Leo before the doors closed. The tower then sunk into the ground, leaving no trace behind.
Trudge woke up and found the spirits gone along with the tower. "Wasn't there a tower here?" he asked.
"Nope," Leo lied, joking.
"Didn't see one," Luna followed.
"Ugh, I need some sleep. First duel monster spirits and then towers," Trudge grumbled.
Leo and Luna laughed. "Gotcha!" Luna told him.
"Anyway, we have one tower down," Trudge said.
"And the next one's mine," Yusei said. "It's time for me to settle things with Kalin." He looked at Yue and Kylie. "Any knowledge on Era?"
Kylie shook her head. "World Angels only get future visions on humans and other creatures. Not other angels," she explained.
"And the last I saw Era, she was heading to face Equette," Yue answered.
"What did she say? She thinks she can win, right?" Luna asked. Yue looked down, staying silent. "Right?"
"I wish I could say so. But every angel knows, a Combat Angel may not come out of a battle. Especially if it's against a charged up, best ranked angel fighter demon like Equette," Yue responded. "Era told me that she'll try to win. But she can't promise anything."
Yusei looked down sadly. 'And I may never see her again. The last I'll ever hear from her…' he thought thinking of what she had told him while he was leaving.
-Flashback-
Everyone took off in their own direction and Era taking to the sky. She slowly called to Yusei through her mind, "Yusei, if we don't see each other again, I need to tell you something. I… I love you, Yusei." She then cut the connection.
As soon as Yusei heard her say those words, he looked to where she was flying and was about to respond when she cut the connection. His hand formed a fist as he placed it over his heart.
'Era… don't leave me like that. Please,' he thought. He shook his head and resumed his track to the Giant Tower.
-Flashback Ended-
Yusei shook his head. "We'll see Era again," he said. "I know it. Are you guys going to be coming with us?" he asked the angels.
"No," Yue answered. "Era told me to head over to the refuge after this. Kylie, you can come if you want."
"I'm right behind you," the other angel responded before they took off without another word.
"Let's get to the tower," Yusei suggested and they headed off.
