[DAMAGE CHECK - ? [OVER Trigger]]

"What..?!" 'Azure' asked. "What IS that?!" He asked, before noticing a multicolored aura engulf Drake, who started to stand up, Wolf looking at him in surprise, but also happiness.

"What..?" Drake asked, just as confused, before seeing Wolf engulf in power as well, as the trigger left the field, instead of going to the damage zone.

[POWER - 100 MILLION (plus 23000)]

"Tch..! I can't reach that power..!" 'Azure' said, annoyed, before pointing up. "At the end of my turn, the remaining G Units are excluded from the game, and Ultimate Grandmaster is also excluded..!" He declared. "My turn is over, but I have a complete guard and plenty of guards to use, and you've got nothing left!" He said.

"Maybe...but I'm not giving up on Azure!" Drake said. "Before I almost lost everything...I could hear it. He's calling to me...and I'm going to set him free!" He declared, drawing, before looking at his G Zone. "The card Alon gave me...maybe this was why he did it..." He realized. "In that case, I'll trust him..! By discarding the same card as my Vanguard!" He said, tossing another Wolf into the drop zone. "I release the Generation Zone! I know you didn't choose me, but you of all beings should know the importance of saving people when they need it the most! So come! Magallanica's Guardian!" Drake called out.

"Magallanica's WHAT?!" 'Azure' asked, shocked, as a vortex opened in the sky, while Alice and Maxon finally made their way up to see the fight, as the building started to shake a bit.

"Drake!" Alice called out.

"Whoa, shaky building!" Ray said, holding onto Gaea to keep her from falling.

"Kyros, what's going on up there..?!" Marisa asked.

"I don't know..!" Kyros said.

"Manifest! Guardian of the Azure Waves, Shisui!" Drake called out, as a large blue and white warrior with a large water lance landed.

[POWER - 48000]

"So what if it's a guardian? What is it going to do in your situation?!" 'Azure' taunted.

"This! I activate his effect when placed!" Drake declared, as two of his cards went facedown. "My opponent may choose to heal a card from their damage zone or not!"

"What did you say?!" 'Azure' asked.

"You're letting him heal at a time like this..?!" Maxon asked.

"Why is he giving him an extra point?" The other Azure asked.

"If I know Drake...He's getting ready to finish this!" Azure said, happily.

"What'll it be? Will you heal, or will you not heal?" Drake asked with a grin.

"Are you baiting me?! Maybe I won't-!" They started, before seeing Drake's grin widen. "No, um..!" They started. "I choose to recover one damage!" He declared, as a card left his damage zone.

"Then this fight is over!" Drake declared. "If my opponent healed a damage with this effect, Shisui gets Critical plus 1, Drive plus 1, and during the battle he attacks, Guardians can't exist on the Guardian Circle!" He said.

"What..?! Then the heal was a red herring..!" 'Azure' said.

"If you chose not to heal, I would've been allowed to send every card on the field except our Vanguards to the drop zone, and call 5 cards from my deck and drop zone, give them 5000 Power, and allow them to attack from the back row." Drake declared.

"But with your effects to call..!" 'Azure' realized.

"That's right! You were done regardless of your choice!" Drake called out. "Now go, Shisui! Set Azure free!" He called out, as the warrior readied their lance, and rushed through the Titan, as 'Azure' shouted in pain and surprise.

"How could I lose...to a damned HUMAN?!" 'Azure' asked, before the recoil knocked him violently across the floor, as the Titan slowly vanished.

"Azure..!" Drake said, rushing up to him, before staggering as the building shook more.

"Those two caused too much damage to the building! It's going to come down at any minute..!" Maxon said. "We have to get out of here, grab Azure as fast as you can!" He said, Drake nodding and rushing over and picking him up, before the building shook even more.

"Crap..! There's not enough time!" Alice said, before noticing a debris piece almost fall on Drake, before Shisui caught it.

"Shisui..! Get everyone out of here!" Drake said, as Shisui seemed to nod and point their lance up, as all of a sudden two more large warriors appeared, one of them being Cliamh, and the other being a forest-themed warrior with a bow, as they all seemed to use their powers and grab the people inside, barely managing to get them all outside before the building entirely collapsed.

"...So, that's it for me, huh?" The other Azure asked. "...I'll just be lost and forgotten all over again, and you'll never accept my existence." He said, sighing, before fading away. "...In that case, go back to them, I guess..."

"Wait..!" Azure said, but it was too late. "The darkness in me...was really just lonely all along..." He said. "We really weren't that different, were we..?" He asked himself.

"Azure..!" Drake said, gently shaking him, but he didn't seem to respond, but a clan symbol appeared on his hand, before shattering.

"Azure...He must've been finally released." Maxon said, before they noticed a car drive up, and Christopher getting out of it, as well as Kristall and Glace.

"You all! We could see the tower collapsing from where we were, what happened?!" He asked, before seeing Azure. "Is the diffride broken?" He asked.

"Yeah." Marisa answered, and then sighed relief. "It's finally over..." She said.

"No. It's not." Drake responded. "Whoever did this to Azure is out there somewhere, and he clearly knows something that he's not telling us about."

"Yikes. Well, we should get him home for now, then. If he's not waking up normally, he's probably comatose." Ray said, as Kristall and Glace looked over at him. "...What? Literally, he is." He said, before the two just sighed and went over to Drake.

"We'll take him home. When he wakes up, we'll contact you." Kristall said, Drake nodding and handing him to her, as the two went off.

"I'll have to report about this, but I won't get any of you in trouble by directly naming any of you." Christopher said while getting back in his car.

"We appreciate it." Kyros said before Christopher drove off. "I'm going to go see how Ezar and Mira are doing in the hospital, and tell them the good news." He said.

"I'll go with you." Marisa said, walking off with Kyros.

"Come on, Gaea. I'll take you home too." Maxon said to Gaea, who slowly nodded.

"Mind if I tag along? I don't exactly want to go home yet myself. Mom's not having a good day." Ray commented, as Maxon simply nodded, and the three walked off next.

"So, you saved your best friend." Alice commented to Drake now that they were alone. "I doubt the boomer is willing to take this sitting down, and Rod and Tod won't remember much of this." She said. "Still...I gotta admit. You getting all fired up and fighting for your friend was...kinda cool." Alice admitted.

"What, are you falling for me or something?" Drake asked, as Alice laughed.

"Good one. Although I'm finally getting to know you a lot more than when you were that stoic guy who didn't want to be there, just as little as I did. It's like you're a real person now." She said. "Well, guess we should go home. Once Azure recovers, you should introduce me to him. After all, if he's a good enough guy to get someone like you all worked up, he must be a really good guy, right?" She asked.

"Yeah...he is. Lets go home before my dad and your parents throw a hissy fit again." Drake said, offering his hand, as Alice just smiled and took it, walking off with him.

"You're telling me Dusk Leviathan lost his Diffride?"

"Yes, sir."

"That useless...Fine, I will find a position on Cray for our plans. However, this "Azure Crimson" is proving to be a problem. Just as much as the Guardians. They've already found three!"

"Of course, sir. But we have the advantage...The Destructive Entity is almost awakened."

"Good. Once he awakens...There will be nothing left to stop them."