A/N: I OWN NOTHING! EVERY BIT OF YU GI OH 5DS GO TO THEIR CREATORS! THE ONLY THING I OWN IS MY OCS!
Chapter 43
A Dark Signer's Poison
Third Person POV
A Dark Signer appeared outside the house. He stepped up and pulled down his hood to show pale blonde hair and blood red mark trailing down his face.
"Hello, Signers. I am Roman," the Dark Signer introduced and held up his mark. "And I hold the Mark of the Spider."
"It's that mark that tore up Satellite in the vision," Yusei quietly recognized. 'Is that tragedy going to happen soon?' he thought slightly fearful.
"I have come to challenge one of you to a duel," Roman stated.
"You want to duel? Fine, I'll face you then," Jack confronted.
"No, Jack. If we duel here, people will get swallowed up when the flaming geoglyph appears," Yusei stopped. "Take the others to safety." He hopped out of the window. "I'll be facing you, Roman."
"I was hoping you would say that, Yusei Fudo," Roman stated. "I will see you at our battleground." He then vanished from sight.
Yusei got on his duel runner and Akiza said, "I'm going with you." Jack began to escort everyone else out.
Yusei nodded and looked at his Dragon Protector as she walked up. "Jayla, I want you to stay with the others," he ordered as Akiza got behind him.
"I'm sorry, M- Yusei, I can't do that," she refused.
"Jayla…" Yusei began but Jayla cut him off.
"It's my job to protect you. And I can't leave you alone when you're facing a Dark Signer," she told him.
Yusei sighed in defeat. "Fine," he gave in. "But you're not allowed to turn invisible while we're there, understand?"
"Yes, sir," Jayla agreed, but looked down a bit, not liking the feeling she was getting from the order.
Jayla followed Yusei and Akiza by flight as they drove to an abandoned street. Yusei got off and got ready. Akiza ran to a nearby building for cover while Jayla stayed close to Yusei.
"Yusei Fudo, are you ready for a Shadow Duel for your and your Dragon Protector's life?" Roman asked as purple flames surrounded them forming the spider mark.
'This mark is too small to be the one from our vision,' Akiza thought.
"I'm not going to let anyone to get hurt anymore," Yusei responded sternly with a glare. "I'm going to beat you and stop you," he stated while drawing his card. "I summon Shield Wing (Attack 0/ Defense 900) in defense mode. I end my turn there."
"We'll see how much you'll be able to protect your Dragon Protector," Roman responded drawing his card. "I start by activating the field spell, Spider Web. And now since you control a monster and I do not, I can special summon Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon (Attack 0/ Defense 0). Then I normal summon Dark Spider (Attack 0/ Defense 0) and activate its effect to raise Spider Cocoon's level to seven (Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon: Level 7)."
'He's probably going to Dark Synchro summon. Master, please be careful,' Jayla thought.
"Now I dark tune my two monsters," Roman called confirming Jayla's suspicion, "to Dark Synchro summon. When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back and reveals a world without light! Come forth, Underground Arachnid (Attack 2400/ Defense 1200)!" Roman's spider appeared on the field. "I activate its effect to equip itself with your Shield Wing!" A web wrapped around Yusei's only monster and brought it into the spider's body. "Underground Arachnid, attack Yusei directly!" The Signer was tossed back as his life points fell to 1600. Jayla helped Yusei up and he looked at her once. He couldn't miss the strained look on her face. Before he could mention it to her, Roman finished his turn, "I set one face down and end my turn."
Yusei drew his card. "I summon the tuner monster, Road Synchron (Attack 1600/ Defense 800). Next I activate One for One. By discarding Quillbolt Hedgehog, I can special summon Tuning Supporter (Attack 100/ Defense 300) from my hand. And now since I have a tuner monster on the field, I can special summon Quillbolt Hedgehog (Attack 800/ Defense 800) from my graveyard," he declared. "Now I tune Quillbolt Hedgehog and Tuning Supporter with Road Synchron. And thanks to Tuning Supporter's effect, its level is changed to two (Tuning Supporter: Level 2). Clustering hopes will evoke a new horizon. Become the path its light shines upon. Synchro summon! Dash onward, Road Warrior (Attack 3000/ Defense 1500)!" His monster appeared high and strong. "And due to Tuning Supporter's second effect, I can draw a card." He drew a card as said. "Road Warrior, attack Underground Arachnid!" The attack hit, but Underground Arachnid used Shield Wing as a shield, having it get destroyed instead. Though Roman's life points did still drop to 3400. Suddenly, Spider Web suspended Road Warrior in webs and forced it into defense mode.
Roman laughed. "Next turn, I will be able to use Underground Arachnid's effect to equip itself with Road Warrior and attack you one more time," he stated.
"I use Road Warrior's effect to special summon Turbo Booster (Attack 0/ Defense 0)!" Yusei continued. "I then activate Turbo Booster's effect to destroy your Underground Arachnid." It finally hit and finished the monster off.
Yusei noticed Jayla look over to on top of a building and saw two boys, John and Mitch, standing on the top.
"Jayla, will you be able to protect them if the Immortal is summoned?" Yusei asked.
"I'm afraid not, Ma-Yusei," she answered. "I can only protect myself from getting sacrificed." He looked at her confused. She looked down. "If it were not for me using my power, I would also be sacrificed to the Earthbound Immortal as I am not a Signer."
"I won't let that happen, Jayla. I promise," Yusei told her. "Just stay by my side then."
"Yes, Mas…" Yusei's look cut her off and made her correct herself, "Yusei."
'I thought she was getting better at not calling me 'Master',' he thought. 'Her dragon side is probably pushing at her now, isn't it? I need to help her with her human side more or else Jayla's human side may end up buried forever.'
"I activate Altar of the Bound Deity!" Roman called taking Yusei's attention back to the duel. "When I have four torch counters on my altar, I can special summon an Earthbound Immortal monster from my deck."
'I have no option but to win before the Earthbound Immortal is summoned,' Yusei thought. He heard Jayla give a nearly inaudible whimper. He looked at her. "Jayla, what's wrong?" She looked at him worried. "Show me, Jayla." She slowly opened her right wing a bit and he noticed a bit of the black-purple glowing, vein like design was back on the tip of her wing, moving inwards. "How did you get poisoned again?"
"It's not as much of an 'again', dear Yusei," Roman called and they looked at him. "It is a matter of fate. Because she went against her destiny, she will suffer the ultimate price.
