"Esperanza? How… how did you get here?"
"When we angels and dragons die, our souls continue to live on within the five different magic energies. You´re wish to not give up, and your desire to save my daughters and your friends, it summoned me and now I´m here to help you."
"You exist in all the summoning energies? How… how did I escape from Leo? And Reiji… Reira?"
"I was able to take over the child named Reira for a brief moment to teleport you all to safety."
"You took over Reira? Why?"
"I meant no harm to the child, her will power called out to me."
"Where are they?"
"You'll appear along with your friends in a moment to save the girls. I just wanted to speak to Ciel's reincarnation… it seems history is about the repeat itself… now it seems it's down to the next generation to save the world."
"Next generation?"
"My dear girls are the current angels… I had passed long before the final battle… the same for the dragons and their parents…"
"I'm… really sorry about that…"
"No. We continue to live on via the power of the new generation. We saw what the angels and the dragons did after we moved on… and we were so proud." Esperanza said.
"So you saw it all then…."
"Yes. All the generations which have passed… the angels and the dragons were raised to behave to the highest standards…. to be the true innocence."
"What happened?"
"It was always going to happen at some point… there was always going to be one dragon who wished to not be restricted… Starving was the one who was brave enough to try and make that change but we didn't listen… instead it drove Starving crazy which then lead onto him influencing the others…."
"Yes, Elisa said the same thing. Starving didn't want destruction at the start just… some freedom to do what he wanted."
"With this I want to apologize to my daughters. I was the one who so often told them that they should try to keep the dragons under control. That it would be better if they wouldn´t be so wild. But in the end it only destroyed their friendship towards the dragons. I am at fault that my daughters lost their loved ones. And now I wish nothing more to be able to make up for it."
Yuzu nodded. "I understand. And I will save them. They already suffered enough, especially Ciel. I won´t allow Leo to take their lives!" she said with determination.
"You really remind me of Ciel, well, actually, I can see all my daughters in you. They had to go through a lot, please help them in getting their loved ones back…"
"I will." Yuzu nodded as the field disappeared.
Odd-Eyes/Starving Venom
Turn 1
Starving LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Odd-Eyes LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I begin our final ever duel by using Polymerization! I fuse in my hand Predaplant Cordyceps and Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra! I Fusion Summon Predaplant Chimerafflesia!" yelled Starving as he placed his fists into the Fusion pose as both Monsters flew into the Fusion whirlpool.
A large green plant appeared from the portal with no head but red petals around its neck. Its long green stalk arms had two venus flytraps for hands.
Predaplant Chimerafflesia ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Plant/Fusion/LVL 7
"I set one and end my turn!"
Turn 2
Starving LP: 4000 Hand: 1
Odd-Eyes LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"My turn!" Odd-Eyes yelled as he drew. "I summon Performapal Skullcrobat Joker!" On the field a blonde haired clown with a purple hat with a skull appeared. His costume was a circus themed one that highlighted the colours purple and dark.
Performapal Skullcrobat Joker ATK: 1800 DEF: 100 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 4/Pendulum/Scale 8
"I add an Odd-Eyes, Magician or Performapal Pendulum Monster from my deck via its effect!"
"This is just like our last duel!"
"But this time it won't end in a draw! I add Stargazer Magician and I set him with Timegazer!" Odd-Eyes slammed the cards down as the two Magicians appeared, this time however they seemed soulless.
Stargazer 1 - 8 Timegazer
"What happened to them?"
"They finally gave up on me… trying to turn me back…. but now I can forge my own path! I Pendulum Summon myself!" Odd-Eyes' Monster form shot down from the sky.
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/LVL 7/Pendulum/Scale 4
"I play Pendulum Card Burst to destroy myself and Joker to draw two cards!" Both Pendulum Monsters were destroyed as Odd-Eyes drew two new cards.
"Here you come!"
"I send Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon from my hand to Ritual Summon using Ancient One Ritual! Serve me, Ancient One!" Odd-Eyes yelled as he held up the Ritual Card. Emerging from the sky flew down the dark blue dragon with blue orbs on its legs. It unleashed a bloodcurdling scream.
Ancient One Ritual Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2200 Dark/Dragon/Ritual/LVL7
"I can just feel Ancient One's excitement at this!"
"Really? What I sense is my brother wanting to fight… fight alongside the true dragon leader! His effect! I destroy all level five or higher Monsters on the field and Ancient One gains 300 attack for each level five or higher Monster in your graveyard as well!"
Ancient One unleashed a powerful screech which Predaplant Chimerafflesia couldn't stop as it was wiped out.
Ancient One Ritual Dragon ATK: 2800
"Direct attack!"
"I use my Trap Ridiculing World! It increases Ancient One's attack by 100 and any Monster with with a higher attack this turn than their original amount, can't attack!"
Ancient One Ritual Dragon ATK: 2900
"I'm not finished. I use the Quick Play Spell Magician's Pendulum Calling from my hand! I summon a Pendulum Magician from my deck if I control a Dragon Monster but its attack is halved and destroyed at the End Phase but you get to draw a card!Appear Dragoncaller!" A wizard with a golden hat and a blue cloak emerged.
Dragoncaller Magician ATK: 2400 DEF: 1000 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 7
Dragoncaller ATK: 1200
"Thanks…" Starving drew his card.
"Direct attack!" Dragoncaller gained a staff and fired it towards Starving. The staff slammed into his chest which winded him.
Starving LP: 4000 – 2800
"I end my turn." Starving's Trap faded as did its effect along with Dragoncaller being destroyed.
Ancient One Ritual Dragon ATK: 2800
Turn 3
Starving LP: 2800 Hand: 2
Odd-Eyes LP: 4000 Hand: 0
"First I use Chimerafflesia's effect! I add a Fusion Card from my deck as it was sent to the graveyard last turn… I add Predaprime Fusion! And now I draw! I play Pot of Desires to banish my top ten face up cards, face down to draw two!"
"That's that special card Yuri gained from Academia…."
"And it's proven useful! I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio!"
Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio ATK: 1200 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
"I send a Monster from my hand to summon a Predaplant from my deck. I send Predaplant Basidiomycota to summon Predaplant Darlington Cobra."
Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
"When Special Summoned this way, I can add a Polymerization to my hand. I use Polymerization to merge my two Dark Plants! Fusion Summon!" Starving yelled as the mighty purple dragon appeared on the field in all its glory. As it landed, the two dragons stared right into each other's eyes with rage.
Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/Pendulum/LVL 8
"My effect lets me gain Ancient One's attack!"
Starving ATK: 5300
"Next I use my second effect to copy Ancient One's effect! I gain 300 attack for Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon in your graveyard and Ancient One himself!"
Starving ATK: 5900
"Now attack Ancient One!" Starving fired its bright purple beam at Ancient One who was powerless to avoid the blast. The blast was that strong that Odd-Eyes was smashed against the dome's wall.
Odd-Eyes LP: 4000 – 900
"I set two cards and end my turn!"
Starving ATK: 2800
"Damnit…." Odd-Eyes slowly got up as his arm lit up in a blue energy.
"You have the power of Ancient One and Dark Rebellion and you've already summoned yourself… it's embarrassing you're down to 900."
"Do I have to remind you that you sat the duel with Dark Rebellion out?"
"I just enjoy seeing you mess up with all that power…. just like before."
"Well if you beat me you're in charge of it all… but you know deep down the only reason I couldn't finish off the world was off that sneak move the angels did…"
"And how will you avoid it a second time?" Starving smirked.
"You… Academia... the girls… the angels…. whoever opposes me… they lack the truth of what the world is! You and our brothers want destruction as you think that's how dragons are supposed to act…. Academia wants a perfect world with King Leo back in charge…. the angels' reasons are obvious… "
"Where as little old you remained soft until the public saw Ciel kill Leo… turning on all the guardians… and you couldn't take it?"
"You know I'll never agree with your definition of what a dragon is. We don't need to be destructive or full of power… I don't care about that, I was fine the way I was… but the people I was meant to protect… to turn on me after everything I did… when I did nothing? They want me to be the bad guy… then I will." Odd-Eyes said.
"This whole thing could've been so much easier had we both agreed…."
"But instead one of us will force the other to fight for a reason they don't believe in…" Odd-Eyes replied.
Turn 4
Starving LP: 2800 Hand: 1
Odd-Eyes LP: 900 Hand: 0
"Draw! Return to my field my Monsters!" Three beams shot out from the sky onto Odd-Eyes' field from his extra deck and a forth light from his hand. It was Harmonizing Magician,a pink haired female in white magician clothing. She appeared in defence.
Harmonizing Magician ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 4/Pendulum/Scale 8/Tuner
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/LVL 7/Pendulum/Scale 4
Performapal Skullcrobat Joker ATK: 1800 DEF: 100 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 4/Pendulum/Scale 8
Dragoncaller Magician ATK: 2400 DEF: 1000 Dark/Spellcaster/LVL 7
"Harmonizing allows me to summon a Magician from my deck in defence position when she's Pendulum Summoned! Appear Wisdom-Eye Magician!" A magician in a long brown cloak emerged.
Wisdom-Eye Magician ATK: 1500 DEF: 1500 Light/Spellcaster/LVL 4/Pendulum/Scale 5
"I use my two set cards Predaplant Reborn and Predaprime Fusion!"
"What?!"
"Reborn returns my Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra!"
Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
"And my Fusion Spell lets me use Fusion Summon as long as I have a Predaplant on my field and at two least Dark Monsters…. in exchange I can use Monsters on your field!"
"And I know what you're going to do…."
"This is a warm-up to when I absorb you! I fuse myself, Darlingtonia and your Monster form, Brother!"
All three fired up as Starving lit up in a dark aura. The aura around him created a figure which moved to form on the field. It was a towering green dragon standing on two legs. Its green skin mimicked a leaf pattern. It had a thick weedy tail. It had three heads and wings with red flowers on each.
"AppearTriphyoverutum!"
Predaplant Triphyoverutum ATK: 3000 DEF: 3000 Dark/Plant/Fusion/LVL 9
"That dragon is nothing compared to what I have planned."
"Very true but I just made this Monster on your turn alone…. now please proceed!"
"YourTriphyoverutum can negate a Monster summoned from my extra deck… but I have just the Monster to stop it! I tribute Harmonizing to Tribute Summon Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon!" Emerging was a small red dragon with white plating around its body.
Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon ATK: 1200 DEF: 2400 Dark/Dragon/LVL 5/Pendulum/Scale 1
"I use Persona's effect to negate your Triphyoverutum's effect until the End Phase!"
"So you were prepared for Triphyoverutum this time…." Starving said as his Fusion Monster turned grey.
"I now overlay Wisdom-Eye and Joker to Xyz Summon!" The two Magicians became lights of energy as they entered the black and yellow whirlpool. Flying in from the whirlpool was the black and purple dragon with red markings. It landed before Dark Rebellion and unleashed a roar.
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Xyz/Rank 4/OU 2
"Four…."
"You won't get a chance to summon Clear Wing! Dark Rebellion's effect!"
Dark Rebellion OU: 0
"I use its overlay units to halve your Monster's attack to give Dark Rebellion the same amount!"
Triphyoverutum ATK: 1500
Dark Rebellion ATK: 4000
"Now attack!" Odd-Eyes yelled as dark energy formed along the wings of the Xyz Dragon which then charged up a dark ball in front of its mouth.
"I now summon Emma the Pendulum Healer from my hand!"
"Emma?!"
Emma had short purple hair, dark skin and wore a red dress. She had a sword on the back of her outfit.
Emma the Pendulum Healer ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Light/Fairy/LVL 7/Pendulum/Scale 8
""This negates the attack and I gain lifepoints equal to half the amount of attack points of the attacking Monster!"
Emma held up her sword and sliced Dark Rebellion's attack in halve. Her sword then lit up and Emma pointed it at Starving who glowed in a yellow light.
Starving LP: 2800 – 5300
"Emma….. Starving!"
"Pendulum Warrior's wife…. working for me… it's great!"
"You took her soul as Greedy Venom during the war… I'm guessing that allowed you to claim her card form when the original world was sealed?"
"Correct! Just like how I absorbed those Amazoness Monsters from those humans to pin you up against the dome wall… I will do a lot more of that once I have all of your power!"
"You make me sick."
"And yet you're the one who wishes to lay waste to the world…"
"Only the humans… spirits will have this world again without humans! They messed up our original world and then they become the only ones living in it while the rest got sealed into card forms! Even when we were sealed… we could at least appear every now and then using the boy's bodies… the others are stuck!"
"How will Emma feel when you kill the annoying spirits like Pendulum Warrior and her close friend Ciel?"
"They'll have no choice…."
"We really aren't that different… are we?"
"Enough! I end my turn…."
Yuzu
Yuzu reopened her eyes and found herself, Reiji and Reira had reappeared in a thin Academia corridor which was closed off to the rest of the school.
"What… happened?" Reiji questioned. "Just a second ago… we were about to lose?"
"I was given a vision…." Yuzu said.
"A vision?" he replied. "Wait…. Reira… what happened to you?"
"I was given a job to do." she replied.
"What job?" Yuzu asked. "And where are the others…?" Reira pointed down the corridor and saw the wall rotate which took Yuzu and Reiji by shock. Appearing from it was Marina, Serena, Rin, Ray and Ruri.
"Yuzu?" Rin questioned.
"How… how did you get here?" Marina said.
"The duel against Leo was a failure." Yuzu stated.
"What do you mean?!" Serena hit back.
"We almost lost but… I think one of the duel spirits interrupted the duel and saved us." Reiji replied. "Yuzu claims she saw a vision?"
"How do you know all of that?" Rin asked, looking up at Yuzu. "We didn't see anything?"
"I met someone who gave me her knowledge of the angels and how to reclaim their powers." Yuzu said as her expression softened a bit. "She said her name is Esperanza and... she´s the mother of the angels."
"Their mother?!" The four girls along with the spirits said surprised. And even though they couldn´t appear, all girls felt a heartbeat coming from their bracelets once Yuzu said Esperanza. Yuzu nodded.
"Apparently, when a generation of angels and dragons die, their souls continue to live on within the five different magic energies. She felt my desire to save Ciel and the others and so used what little energy she had left to appear.
"But why now… why not appear before?" Ruri added.
"I pleaded for some help in my mind when Yuzu and my brother were about to lose… I gave myself up to allow them to get you out of there."
"Wait… Reira… gave yourself up?" Reiji said.
"Yes… I have… been merged into a new form."
"Reira… you're scaring me…" Marina stuttered.
"It's no need to be afraid…. I found a purpose after all this time… I have merged as human-duel spirit… I am needed to save the angels and dragons… as well assist the current generation."
"Us?" Yuzu replied.
"Yes. The final battle is due.. and it's happening. We need to save your partners to able to save the dragon's partners." Reira said.
"Reira, cut this nonsense!" Reiji yelled.
"It's not nonsense." Yuzu said. "I can almost feel it… the change coming from within her."
"The dragons have absorbed one another while being powered up by absorbing the entity known as Sin. The power they will wield will be much stronger than anything the angels and their reincarnations can wield…. so the guardians of old giving me their knowledge can help."
"What can we do?" Ruri said.
"With the angel's power being absorbed… we need to not only free them but regain the power…"
"Why do I feel like some bad news is due….?" Serena added.
"In order to fully free their absorbed power… I will need to overpower the Arc Area Project to feed the angels power back into themselves."
"Overpower? Reira, you can do that?"
"Yes but it will cost me my life."
"WHAT?!" the group yelled.
Before Reira could reply, the wall before them slid open and the group looked up to see a familiar figure standing there.
"Edo…?" Yuzu said.
"You followed me…. I was hoping you would…" he replied.
"Now is not the time to duel!"
"No…. but… please follow me… the Arc Area Project is this way."
A/N
Thanks to Heart who wrote certain pieces of this chapter!