YuGiOh: RWBY Chronicles

by MaxGundam1998

Anna Yuno was just a normal girl who aimed to be a pro-duelist. She then had the fateful encounter with four special cards, known together as RWBY. She now fights an unknown force that threatens her world, and she must duel alongside her new partners to defend it. Go beyond the limit!

23. Chapter 18-1: Clash of Duelists

Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Yu-Gi-Oh, and they both belong to their respective owners.

RWBY belongs to RoosterTeeth

Yu-Gi-Oh belongs to Konami

In the world of Remnant, a duel shall take place that will push each Duelist to their limits.

Yugioh RWBY Chronicles Chapter 18 Part 1

Clash of Duelists

(Remnant: Emerald Forest)

Ruby and Anna immediately went to wake up the rest of their friends. Once they came to, they were equally shocked to wake up in their home world. It took a while for them to adjust to the current situation, but they eventually did.

"So, this is where you girls live?" Anna asked.

"Not here specifically, but yes, this is our home world. This is the Emerald Forest, meaning that we're in the Vale Kingdom." Weiss said.

"And that means Beacon is close by too. Although, I wish your visit here wouldn't be like this." Ruby said.

"I know what you mean, sis. Everything is frozen in place!" Yang exclaimed.

Weiss then placed her hand on Yang's shoulder. "Calm down, Yang. Instead of talking about how dire the situation is, we should be figuring out how this all happened instead. Our best bet is to explore the area and find anything out of the ordinary." She said.

"Sounds like an amazing idea, Weiss. Good thinking." Yang said.

"Should we split up to cover more ground?" Ruby asked.

Blake only sighed. "No, Ruby. Considering our position, who knows what changes might have occurred after the last duel. I have a hunch that the Phantom was the cause of all this. Sticking together is a sure-fire way to prevent any misfortunate events that may come our way." She said.

Everyone else agreed as they began to explore their current location, seeing what they could find. While Anna was taking in the breath-taking sights of the forest, she was also concerned of how her friend Zack was doing. Right now, the first thing that came to mind was that he was running around in circles and panicking.

(Duel Lane)

That was somewhat true. Zack was actually pacing and panicking, spouting a bunch of random thoughts, of what might have happened to Anna. Even Jaune was doing it, only that he was floating. "This is so bad! Really, really, really bad." Zack stammered.

"I know! They might have gotten disintegrated in the blast!" Jaune said.

"Or teleported to another dimension filled with man-eating monsters!"

"Shrunken to atomic levels!"

"Sent back in time and gotten attacked raptors!"

"Launched in the air and are now falling to the ground, as we speak!"

"THIS IS JUST THE WORST!" Zack and Jaune yelled, facing each other with panicked looks. The rest of team JNPR were worried as well, but we're handling the situation a lot more better.

"Are you two done yet? There are better things to do then panicking." Ren said.

"THIS IS A TIME TO PANIC!" Jaune yelled.

"ANNA, RUBY, WEISS, BLACK AND YANG HAVE ALL GONE OUT WITH A YANG!" Zack yelled. Everyone then gave glares at him at the last part of his sentence. "Sorry. I think Yang's puns are starting to work their way into my brain and leaving some sort of imprint. BUT STILL!" He said.

At this point, Nora was near her breaking point. In fact, she then lost her patience. "WOULD THE TWO OF YOU JUST SHUT UP!?" she yelled. This caused both Jaune and Zack to cease their shouting and pacing. Nora then floated up to both of them angrily, and slap both of them across the face. "Look at the both of ya! You're acting like it's the day of Ragnarok! Jaune! You're suppose to be our leader! And Zack! You're the crazy head duelist! When men face adversity, it's said that their true latent, bombastic, abilities are unleashed! Right now, the only thing that being unleashed, are your inner wimps!" Nora then grabbed both Jaune and Zack by their shirt collars and brought them close. "Scenarios like these require quick-thinking, and the guts to keep moving forward! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?" Nora yelled.

"SIR, YES SIR!" Zack and Jaune yelled while saluting.

"Good! Now put your brains in high gear and start thinking!" Nora said. She then released her grip, causing both Jaune and Zack to stagger backwards. After taking a couple of deep breaths, she hovered back over to Ren and Pyrrha. "Wow. I never actually thought that reading 'How to Motivate like Drill Sargent' guide would actually payoff." She said, cheerfully.

"That was scary, Nora. But good job though." Pyrrha said. Nora only grinned and hummed at the compliment. Jaune and Zack were now thinking more strategically, and logically now.

"Ok. Anna and RWBY are gone, but that doesn't mean they're dead." Zack said.

"Considering this world's logic, they've could have been teleported to the spirit world, or somewhere else." Jaune said.

"So, in conclusion, if we were to consider the best, we need to get some experts on dimension traveling, or at least travels between dimensions." Zack said.

"In that case, lets call Neos, the Huntsmen base, and Ethan. I have Neos' and the Huntsmen contacts. Our scrolls are updated to contact anyone within the Spirit World now ever since our last visit." Jaune replied.

"And I'll call Ethan. He's technically lives in the Spirit World, so I think he'll know what to do." Zack said. Jaune nodded in response, as both he and Zack began dialing numbers, to call for back-up.

(Red Demon's Ramen House)

Add the ramen restaurant, Ethan, Lu and K were all enjoying a hot bowl of ramen. Luckily for them, not many other customers were there, and the owner didn't mind seeing food disappear into thin air. K had his face buried into the soup broth, Lu was drinking from the bowl, while sitting on the table, and Ethan was almost done with his second serving. At that moment, his D-Tablet began to ring. He saw that the call ID was Zackery. He only rolled his eyes and grabbed the phone to see what Zack had to say.

"Hello. Ethan speaking. Is this an emergency, Zackery?" Ethan asked.

"YES! Anna and team RWBY disappeared! They either gotten vaporized or teleported to a different world!" Zack yelled over the phone.

"Calm down, alright? Team RWBY are fighters in their own right. So, they should be able to survive. Although, I could check in with some connections, and see if anyone has spotted them in the Spirit World." Ethan said.

"There's no need for that." Another voice said, on his tablet.

"Who is this?" Ethan asked.

"I'm Elemental HERO Neos. Pleasure to speak with you, Mr. Hono. However, I'm not here to have small talk. Jaune called me and told me about what happened. Also, I can confirm that Anna and team RWBY is not in the Spirit World. And before Zack puts out the suggestion if they have been disintegrated, they are not. They were teleported to Remnant." Neos said.

"Remnant? As, in our home?" Jaune asked.

"Indeed. Normally, I would just go pick her up and bring her back here, but something is preventing me and Hyperion from traveling to that dimension. Almost as if someone or something is blocking us out intentionally." Neos explained.

"My guess is that your enemy is also there as well." Ethan said.

"That is possible. Despite all our troubles, there is a way to reach Remnant, but it won't be easy. That's why I'm offering you and the Igknights a job." Neos said.

"A Rescue Op? I'll do it. I just need to contact my allies." Ethan asked.

"We're coming too! Anna needs all the help she can get." Zack said.

"Don't you need to get home? It's 6:30 PM?" Ethan asked.

"OH CRUD! You're right! I can't help Anna if I'm dead. I'm trusting you, Ethan. And thanks for the reminder. Good luck, fellas!" Zack said quickly, as he hung up. Right now, he was racing back home before it was too late.

Ethan then let out a deep breath. "Send me the coordinates for your base. My teleportation gear is still acting funny." He said.

"No problem. See you in a bit." Neos replied, as a long buzzing noise soon followed. Ethan immediately got up from the table and gestured his head at both Lu and K. The spirits immediately understood what Ethan was saying and followed him. After paying the check and leaving the tip, he activated his teleportation gear and the three made their way towards Elemental HERO HQ. The shop owner didn't mind that at all. He has seen stuff like that before.

(Remnant)

While traversing the Emerald Forest, Anna couldn't help but marvel at the surrounding environment. However, she couldn't help but be frighten of the all the immobile Grimm that were in the proximity. Luckily for her, team RWBY had their weapons drawn at the ready, in case of an unexpected attack. Eventually, they heard the sound of mechanic gears, being twisted by wrenches, and some sparks as well. Startled by the sound, the group slowly approached to the source of the sound. After pushing aside some bushes, they found two familiar faces. One was the Engineer, Kirin, who was currently dismantling the destroyed Phantom. She was so focused on her work that she didn't even notice the group closing in on her. Anna then walked up from behind Kirin, and lightly tapped her on the back. Kirin jumped a little, as she quickly turned around to see her comrades.

"Geez! You scared the daylights out of me! But I am glad to see more friendly faces in this frozen world. Speaking of worlds, do have a clue of where we are?" Kirin said, getting up on her feet.

"We're in Remnant. It's our world." Weiss said.

"Really? Huh. For a second, I thought I was in the Spirit World. Never knew Remnant had three suns too." Kirin said, while scratching her head.

"Wait. What did you just say?" Blake asked, feeling uneasy at the same time.

"All I said is that I never knew Remnant had three suns. There's a nearby area where you can see them. Right over there." Kirin said, pointing to an open area that allowed the suns rays to shine on the ground. Everyone then ran over to the spot, and then looked up, as they saw what Kirin was saying, was true. In the sky were three glowing suns. Everyone was speechless as they didn't know what to say. Kirin then walked up and smiled sarcastically. "Let me guess. Remnant isn't supposed to have three suns." She asked.

"Nope. I only saw one sun here, before we left." Ruby said.

"Another mysterious thing to add to our list of problems." Yang said.

"Well, standing and staring isn't going to solve anything. By the way, Kirin. Did you find anything interesting while examining the robot?" Blake asked.

"As a matter of fact, I did." Kirin then walked over to the bot and took off the outer plating of the Energy Reactor. Taking a look inside, there were several Dark Dust Crystals, but they weren't glowing, meaning they lost their power. However, alongside the bunch, was another crystal, but it had a white glow to it. It also had a sword gash across its surface. "Since it's glowing white, I'm going to call it Light Dust. And yes. I know it isn't that creative, but I'm sure that White Dust is already taken. Also, I'm open to any better names. It doesn't have to be now." She said.

"It's fine. However, this dust crystal has a lot of power than most dust crystals I've seen. Aside from the Dark Dust. The big question is, why is it here?" Weiss asked.

"Lucky for you, I have an answer for that. Remember when Joanne dealt the final blow to this piece of scrap metal?" Kirin asked. Everyone replied with a nod. "Apparently, that wasn't the only thing she struck. Her sword managed to graze this little fella, and thus he turned into this. Now, if you're wondering how a simple sword strike did the trick, the answer to that question is really simple. Huntresses that gained their powers in the spirit world have their spirit energy mixed with aura. Thus, every attack that we strike with is infused with aura and spirit energy. You see where I'm going with this?" Kirin said.

"Yep. Aura plus spirit energy, plus dark dust, equals light dust." Ruby replied.

"Correct! Anyways, I'm going to let you guys hold on to this for now. I'm not really into mystical elemental rocks." Kirin said. When she handed crystal over to Ruby, who immediately stowed it away in her pocket, she remembered something else. "By the way, have you seen Joanne around here? She got teleported along with me, but we accidently got separated. Knowing her, she probably gotten in some trouble." Kirin said, thinking of the worst possible scenario.

"We'll keep an eye out for her. Aside from strange dust crystals, are there any other Huntsmen, robots, or civilians around here?" Blake asked.

Kirin thought about it for a moment. "I think I did saw some kind of Army outpost, not too far from here. But if you're planning on talking to them, you might as well forget it. Every living thing here is frozen in some kind of dimensional rift like aura. They are unaffected by any other outside factors. Even the environment. We're not leaving footprints, anything we come in contact with, has no imprint that showed that we interacted with it. In short, you could say that all of Remnant is in a stasis. Making them immune to external factors." Kirin said.

"In other words, no matter what we do, our actions will have no affect on our friends, Grimm or anything else that was here at the time of the explosion from the Phantom." Blake said.

"And that just makes things harder for us." Yang said.

"Yeah, it does." Ruby said softly. She then turned her attention to Kirin. "Despite all of this, thanks for trying to help us. We'll see you around. Stay safe." Everyone then waved to each other. RWBY left Kirin to her hobby of examining and dismantling.

The group then made their way to the direction that Kirin pointed them towards to find the Atlesian encampment. After a long tedious walk, they eventually found it. They saw multiple Atlesian soldiers, on guard, talking and doing other things. However, it looked like everyone was doing the mannequin challenge.

"Um, girls. What are even doing anyway. It feels like were walking around aimlessly and hoping that something will bump into us." Anna said.

"To be fair, Anna, that is exactly what's happening right now." Yang said. "Beacon never had lessons for the event of dimensional freeze rifts. It's neat, but dangerous. Right now, none of us have a plan."

Team RWBY and Anna stopped in place for a moment, as they realized that needed to do something else, aside from walking. After a long pause of thinking they decided to see if there was anything around the base to use. Weiss went searching for the command center tent to see if there was anything to use. Yang decided to stay on watch, just in case if anything else happened. Blake examined the soldiers one by one to see if there was anything of interest going on with them. Anna and Ruby explored the rest of the area.

"Hey, Anna. How come the robots are frozen as well? Didn't the explosion only affected living things, and robots aren't really living. But yet, we can still enter the tents and pick up rocks. How's that possible?" Ruby asked.

"I don't really know, Ruby. I guess it affected that was moving or related to human life. Or maybe whoever caused the blast choose certain items to be affected. The network could be down. There's a lot of theories but only one answer. A real head scratcher." Anna said.

Ruby nodded her head in agreement. "This situation is a PENNY!" Ruby shouted in shock.

"What makes you say that this situation is equivalent to one cent?" Anna asked, slightly confused.

"No. Penny!" Ruby said, turning Anna's head to another area. There, Anna saw a pale skinned teenage girl, and like everyone else, she was frozen due to whatever was causing it. She had short orange curly hair reaching her chin, with an ahoge on top. She also has a pink bow on the back of her head. She wore a white-gray blouse with short gray feminine overalls with greens lines. She also wore a black collar with green lines around her neck. There black stockings on her legs, with green lines going down the sides, but also her foot wear seemed to be metallic. She had two green eyes and freckles on her face. Right now, she was frozen in a combat posture. She was currently slicing several Grimm into pieces with several hovering green swords, which were connected to a small pack on her back. Alongside her were several human Altesian Soldiers, either escorting her or assisting her.

Ruby was feeling both joy and concern. Joy for seeing one of her cherished friends, and concern, because she was in this frozen state. She immediately ran over to her to check up on her. However, in the middle of her hast, she failed to notice a tree root sticking out from the ground, and ended up tripping over it. This caused her fall forward to ground, and to skid on the ground, being several inches away from Penny's legs. Due the force of the fall, the Light Dust crystal fell out of her pocket and rolled its way to Penny's foot.

"Ruby! Are you alright? Is anything broken?" Anna asked.

"Yeah I'm fine. Just give me a moment." Ruby said, slowly getting up.

"Good to know. So, who's this Penny girl?" Anna asked.

"Oh, she's one of my cherished friends. We met her a couple of months ago. She acted a bit odd at first, but I think that the both of you will hit it off no problem. Penny is very approachable. Also, she's the daughter of Ironwood." Ruby said.

"Who's Ironwood?" Anna asked.

"He's a General in the Altesian army, and a good friend of Ozpin. I met him a couple of times. He's a nice guy, despite his stern looks." Ruby said.

"Huh. Well if that's the case, I wonder who Penny's mother is, because those aren't the looks of a stern General." Anna joked.

"Y-yeah, haha. Her… mother." Ruby stuttered.

Anna didn't fail to notice Ruby's nervousness. "Ruby. Is there something you're keeping from me?" she asked.

"Nope! Nothing at all." Ruby said quickly.

"Ruby." Anna said, with a stern tone.

Ruby only let out a sigh, and actually put on a stern look for once. "Look, Anna. Penny told me one of her special secrets, and I made a promise to keep it. So, no matter what you do, I'm not spilling the beans. Even if you offer me all the cookies in the world." She said, while crossing her arms.

Anna was a bit stun of how dead serious Ruby was. She then let out a soft smile. "Keeping a promise to a friend. I respect that. I won't pry any further." Anna said.

"Thanks for understanding. As much as I would love Penny to help us, she might be classified as a Machine type monster. That would be a dead giveaway to her secret." Ruby thought. She then realized that one of her pockets was empty. Ruby looked down and saw the Light Dust Crystal right next to Penny's foot. "Whew. That was a close one. Wouldn't anything happen to this. Weiss would make me regret for the rest of my life." She said.

Just as Ruby extended her hand outward to pick up the crystal, cracks then formed on it. Ruby and Anna only had blank expressions on their faces, with small smiles, when it happened. After a while, it shattered into tiny pieces, and the rest seemed to dissipated, just like how monsters disappeared in the game. Ruby and Anna now had neutral looks on their faces. There was a moment of silence. "IT BROKE!" they thought, as they made horrified faces on the inside.

To break this silence, Weiss voice was heard. "RUBY! ANNA! WE FOUND SOMETHING! COME BACK TO THE CAMP!" she yelled.

Ruby slowly turned her head to Anna. "Weiss is going to kill us." She said.

"I-I'm sure she won't be that mad. I mean, all we have to do to make up for it is to convert more Dark Dust in Light Dust Crystals. So, yeah. We'll be fine. I think." Anna meekly said.

"I hope you're right. But mark my words. Weiss may be the Ice Queen, but her anger is scalding hot." Ruby said.

Anna only gulped at the thought. She then imagined a furious Weiss in her head, wielding Myrtenaster. "You shall face divine punishment." Imaginary-Weiss said in a deep menacing voice, which was enough to terrify Anna. Ruby saw Anna's face, and knew what she was thinking. Giving her a pat on the back the two then quickly ran back to the other group together to face the music. When they came back, they saw that everyone was huddled around Weiss, who was examining a paper map of the area.

Weiss immediately looked up. "It took you long enough. I managed to find a map of the surrounding area. It should lead us to Beacon." She said.

"Also, there was some disturbance on one of the Soldier's scanners displayed a strange rift not too far from Beacon's location, before the explosion. Meaning that something else might have invaded Vale." Blake said.

"That means we might have to rumble with some baddies. So, lets hustle." Yang said. She then ran off with Blake following in pursuit, in the direction where Weiss pointed. Weiss only speed-walked to conserve her energy. Anna and Ruby then looked at each other.

"Um…Weiss. We have to tell you something." Anna said.

"Can it wait? This is really urgent right now." Weiss said.

"But it's about…" Ruby was about to say, but was immediately cut off mid-sentence.

"Look. Unless it has something to do with the predicament that Remnant is in, don't tell me. I don't want any other worries right now." Weiss said.

She then paused for a moment to calm down. "Do you know how stressed I am right now? A lot a more than normally. Ever since I've gotten to understand all of you, I've been taking steps to becoming an efficient team member of team RWBY, so I can fulfill my responsibilities as a Huntress and lead the Schnee Dust Company in a more respectable manner. Seeing Remnant in this state just makes me scared of what might happen next, and that everything we have done in the past will just crumble. And then there's you guys, running into danger head first. Do you know why I get angry, or scowl at you when you do something incredibly dangerous or even stupid? Because the last thing I want to see is all of you losing your lives before we graduate. I'm not saying that I don't have confidence in your abilities, nor saying that each of you aren't capable of taking care of yourselves, but if there is one thing that Duel Monsters has taught me, which I find to be a surprise, is that flow of our lives can change easily with one simple action. Now, we're here, with the stakes higher than ever. Remnant is in danger, and I'm just trying to watch out for all you. We all do it for each other, but I feel like we are getting dragged into something even bigger than what we originally thought we were dealing with, and I think we need to have a different mindset about it. Also, it's not just you I'm worried about. It's all of our friends and family living here in Remnant. They're stuck like this, and I'm worried what'll happen to them in the future if we don't do something right now. So, please. Don't make me any more stressed or worry about anything else. This a lot for me to take in." Weiss finished. Anna and Ruby only looked at Weiss, not knowing what to say. Ruby then approached Weiss with a compassionate look.

"I understand how you feel, Weiss. We all do. But I guess after everything we put you through, calling you Ice Queen, and being reckless, I would say you have every right to be cranky right now." Ruby said.

"I'm not cranky. I'm stressed." Weiss said.

"Yeah, whatever, but if it makes you feel any better, I'll be more careful in the future. Cross my heart." Ruby said, crossing her heart.

Weiss smiled warmly. "That means a lot to me, Ruby. Ozpin made the right decision. Now come on. We've got ground to cover." She said, as she continued to walk forward, but stopped for a moment. "Same goes for you, Anna. You're a lot more vulnerable here." She said.

"Will do. You can trust me on that." Anna said. Weiss only nodded and smile as she walked away, feeling refreshed after getting her thoughts off her chest.

Ruby and Anna smiled at each other, knowing how Weiss felt. "She's still going to kill us when she finds out we broke the Crystal." Ruby said.

"Well, like she said, let's not have any other worries right now, and solve this problem first." Anna said.

While Ruby, Weiss and Anna caught up to the rest of the group, everyone was unaware of a mysterious event occurring. Back to where Penny was, a bright aura appeared around her body, and began pulsing. After the pulsing ended and the light faded, Penny fell face first to ground with her body moving around and her swords immediately retracted into her backpack. She then rolled over, and began blinking her eye shutters multiple times to adjust her eyesight. She then sat up and turned her head to view the area.

"Oh my. Something strange is happening." Penny said. She then got on her two legs and began to take in the scenery, and the problem at hand.

(With RWBY and Anna)

A few moments later, the group made their way through the Emerald Forest, eventually finding the cliff where team RWBY along with several of their classmates began their initiation.

"Wow. This brings back memories." Yang said.

"Yeah. Nothing like being launched off the side of the cliff to start off the school year." Blake said, sounding sarcastic about it.

Everyone, expect Anna, laughed about it. Anna thought it would be terrifying if someone launched her off of a cliff. Just then, Anna heard some noises off in the distance. It sounded like mechanical noises, and some voices talking. She then signaled team RWBY about it, and they heard the noises as well. They then exchanged looks with each other, and proceeded off, quietly, to see what was making the noise. After walking for several more minutes, they found themselves in another encampment, but it was different. There were small black mechanical bunkers, along with tables, chairs and other forms of outdoor furniture. There were also wires lying on the ground showing that there was machinery around. The strangest thing though was that everything looked like it was recently new. Plus, none of the of objects looked like it belonged to any of the nations. Suddenly, footsteps were then heard, as the group quickly duck down into the bushes. What they saw shocked them. Humanoid Grimm were walking around freely. Two of them to be exact, and both resembled Beowolves.

"You know, we never really appreciated the beauty of the environment of this forest. It's really vibrant." One of the Beowolves said.

"Not for me. I actually came from Vacuo. Grimm like me have developed a natural resistance against the heat, meaning we can stay hydrated for a longer period of time." the other Beowolf said.

"Huh. That's pretty neat. Let's move now. Liege wants us to set up some machinery over at that area." The Beowolf said. The two then walked off continuing their conversation about stuff and such, unaware of five intruders hiding in a bush.

After taking time to calm down, and restrain themselves from fighting, everyone then concluded that the Grimm were responsible for this. "Wow. Grimm were always deadly and efficient in the wild, but give them brains, and they can do this to Remnant." Blake said.

"I say we bust those two up and ring out their plans from their throats." Yang said, as her hair flared.

"Or we could follow them quietly and see what we could find. If we're lucky, there will be more bushes like these for us to hide in. Considering that we aren't tiny anymore, I think it's safe to assume that these Grimm can fight us in close range combat. A lot more effective than using a card game." Weiss said.

"Makes sense. And if we're really lucky, we can probably find their leader and take him out with the bushes!" Yang said.

"Alright. Team. Engage stealth mode." Ruby said quietly as she and her team lowered their bodies into deeper into cover.

Due to the excess amount and convenient placing of bushes, team RWBY and Anna managed to sneak their way around the base, attracting few Grimm to their position. Along the way, another Beowolf began sniffing the air and investigated the source of the smell. When he got close the source, he was immediately grabbed by the collar and then dragged in the bush. "Slleeeeeeeeeepp." Yang said quietly, as she was able to make the Beowolf pass out. Blake then grabbed some nearby rope that was on top of a crate, and tied the Beowolf's mouth, arm and legs. Weiss also used some Ice Dust to freeze the rest of his body. Anna and Ruby then carried the body far away from the camp. From that point on, everything else was smooth sailing. They followed the wires, and found something shocking. A huge gigantic portal, and they saw Grimm on the other side, in a lab like area, with Grimm establishing machines and tech to stabilize it. They also saw another humanoid Grimm, with a rat skull mask and a pointy nose who was giving orders to some Ursas carrying some items. Taking a closer look, he had a name tag that spelled out Rodney. Just then, three more Grimm, who had the appearance of teenagers, stepped out of the portal, one female and two males, and they were carrying a human, who had a bag over his head. One had long black hair, wore a black high school uniform and had a blank expression. The second male had shorter black hair, and wore a Dark Red jacket, black pants and had a nastier look. The female had long pink hair with black lines, and wore a blue tank top with Camilla flower designs, a black long-sleeved jacket, and white jeans. Team RWBY and Anna felt like they seen these Grimm before.

"Rodney. We got Liege's package. You know where he is?" Siren said.

"How should I know!? I've been keeping track of every piece of tech here and to make sure that nothing breaks." Rodney yelled. The Hidou and Siren were surprised by Rodney's sudden outburst. Shinrai on the other hand just kept staring off into space, until a small black jay bird landed on his head. He then looked up, and petted Jay, as the bird closed his eyes in bliss. Suddenly, the sound of a large object, hitting the ground was heard. Rodney then turned around to see that a Nevermore and a Beowolf had a dropped something.

"I NEEDED THAT! Gosh, it's going to take forever to repair. And where the heck is Phillis! He was supposed to be here a while ago!" Rodney said, unaware that Phillis was taking a nap, in an ice cube, while tied up far away from the camp.

"Wow. I've never seen Rodney this angry before." Hidou said sounding surprised.

"It's true. I sense such anger and frustration. These emotions are a rare occurrence for him. Interesting." Shinrai said.

"You don't sound interested." Hidou said.

Rodney was really tense right now. "NO! That's the chemistry equipment! It goes over to the area with the picket sign that says 'SCIENCE' in all caps! Are you illiterate or something!?" Rodney yelled, at an Ursa.

"Yes. I am illiterate." The Ursa replied. After hearing that, Rodney only sighed, and put his hand to his forehead. He then reached into his coat and took out a mic. After tapping it a few times, he spoke.

"Attention all Grimm that were tasked with transporting items from the base. Just, stop what you're doing and take a break. BUT DON'T, drop whatever you're holding onto the ground. Set it down gently. Please. We shall resume in fifteen minutes, and you will come to me for new, DETAILED, instructions. Thank you." Rodney said, as he turned off his microphone. He then heard a loud thump noise nearby, but couldn't see it. He immediately turned on his microphone and yelled into it. "WHAT PART ABOUT 'GENTLY' DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!?" Rodney yelled. He then threw the mic on the ground, and kicked a nearby rock out of anger, sending it flying to the bush team RWBY and Anna were hiding in. Thankfully, no one got hit. Only a few shreds of the side of Yang's hair.

Rodney then took a couple of deep breathes to calm down. He then realized that the trio were still standing right next to him. "Sorry you had to see that. I take science really seriously. Liege is waiting over at his personal quarters. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to color code our boxes and equipment black and gray. Knowing my luck, someone might be colored blind." Rodney said, as he stormed off.

"Good luck with your idiots." Siren said. She felt sorry for the guy. "Alright let's move."

Shinrai then noticed some movement within the back. "He's about to wake up." He said calmly.

Hidou then noticed this, and then punched the person in the head, knocking him out cold again. "Problem solved." He said.

"Don't do that again. Liege said that we need this person's memory intact. Your punches are a bit brutal." Shinrai said.

"As long as he can talk, we're cool." Hidou replied.

"Shinrai. Hidou. Stop talking and start moving. My arms are getting tired." Siren said.

"Normally, I would say something insulting to you about that, but I'm going to agree on that. This guy is heavier than he looks." Hidou replied.

Shinrai then sniffed the head. "I think it's because of his daily intake of mayo." He said. Shinrai then paused for a moment, and began to think.

"Something wrong, Shinrai?" Hidou asked.

"No. But I sense five more emotions in this camp. They feel, different. Yet recognizable. However, I can't identify them because they have left the area." Shinrai said.

Siren also, notice something was off as well. "I get what you're saying. I smell fear. But there isn't much of it. Also, something smells, like it's burning?" She said. Siren then turned her head over to a nearby bush and saw smoke rising out of it. The bush then got lit on fire. The Trio then slowly moved away from the bush, and proceeded to walk away from the fire. They also alerted a nearby Grimm to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.

The trio then began marching moving away from the portal to Liege's personal quarters. As for the protagonist group, Ruby and Anna were trying to keep Yang under control. Weiss and Blake kept an eye on the trio. Weiss froze her feet to the ground to prevent her from moving. Of course, they moved a further distance away

"Yang! Please relax! We don't time for this!" Anna said.

"Also, we don't want to tell the entire encampment that we're here! That's the biggest no-no in stealth video games!" Ruby said, quietly.

Yang only growled knowing that Yang and Anna were right. It's just that she didn't like it when people ruined her hair. Conflicted about her choice, she had to let it go for now. However, when she gets the chance, she'll punch Rodney hard in the face.

Weiss then crawled over to them. "If all of you are done talking now, let's move. Blake already got a head start. So, let's move already! My knees are killing me with all this sneaking around." she said, as Anna, Ruby and Yang quickly followed.

After regrouping with Blake, the group then followed the trio from a safe distance to remain unnoticed. The trio then arrived at Liege's personal headquarters, which was a canopy like area. There, they saw Liege examining a map and giving orders on a phone.

"Alright. After we set up camp, I'll go over the plan to destroy Remnant…As for Jewel City, I'll have to think about it. Remnant is our top priority…Good to hear. I'll leave it to you. Don't fail me, or else it'll cost you your life….Nah, I'm just messing with you. But seriously, don't fail. I won't kill you, but I'll certainly punish you to a high extreme. Got it?...Great. Glad we're on the same page. As the Espanic people say. Ad yoose….Wait what?...Oh, my bad. Adios." Liege said, as he hung up.

Team RWBY and Anna got a good luck at Liege had mixed thoughts. Was he really the guy calling the shots?

"He's not acting like the villain I imagine we would be. He's got the looks, but the personality is kind of off." Ruby said.

"Appearances can be deceiving. Despite how different he is from your imagination, he's looks like he's in charge here. I mean, he's the only one wearing armor, and has a helmet. Plus, a gigantic red cape is, funny enough, a red flag signifying that he is the leader. No pun intended." Blake said, even though Yang nudged her in the arm after that.

"If he really is the leader, this might be our opportunity to see if he says anything important. Then, we may be able to counter it." Weiss said.

"Great idea, Weiss. I'm so glad you're smart." Ruby said.

"Anybody could come up with a plan like that. Even you, Ruby. But thanks anyway." Weiss said.

Making sure that the coast was clear, the group then made their way closer to the canopy area, to eavesdrop. At that, time the trio had finally made their way to Liege, while settling the body on a nearby table. "Ah. Shinrai. Hidou. Siren. You're back. So, what do you think of the place?" he asked.

"It's neat." Shinrai replied.

"What he said." Hidou said.

Siren just gave a shrug. "But why a canopy like tent?" she asked.

"Eh. I just felt like going for a more natural tone. Machinery may be advance, but nature just has this more relaxing feeling. Aside from that, how's the package?" Liege asked.

"He was very violent, and he kept on screaming on about how he needed to complete his research. That Demon Scientist is nuts. Even more nuts than Rodney, and it's Rodney we're talking about." Siren said.

The bag then began to move again, but Hidou then delivered another elbow strike to the head, knocking out their prisoner again without looking. "So, what do with him now?" he asked.

"Just throw him into the interrogation room. Chain up his limbs, and cover his eyes with a blindfold for now. If he's crazy as the records say he is, we'll have Shinrai talk with him. After all, he doesn't mind doing it. Right?" Liege said.

"Yes. I don't mind. I feel nothing." Shinrai said in a blank tone.

It didn't take long for team RWBY and Anna to recognize the voices of the trio, as they've met them before for a brief moment. "For Grimm, they look a lot more like humans." Ruby said.

"It's kind of disturbing that they can actually blend into society like that." Blake said.

"Forget that! Look at that guy's hair! It's frigging bigger and longer than mine!" Yang whispered angerly.

"Language!" Ruby said.

"That's seriously the first thing that comes to your mind! I'm more concern of the Demons Scientist they captured! Demons and Grimm are a bad combination for us." Weiss said.

"Still. What are they going to do here?" Anna wondered.

Just then, from Siren's Nether Bracelet, two black apparitions shot out of it, causing her to let out a surprised yelp. Hidou jumped up, surprised as well, while Liege only stepped back, before retaining his composure. Jay immediately flew away, due to animal instincts. Team RWBY and Anna's eyes widen, being the first time witnessing this, as they slowly drew their weapons out in case of confrontation. The black spirits then manifested on the ground. Unknown to the protagonist, the spirits were Malisha and Mindy, although their main forms were black shadows, lacking any body detail with only red eyes. While team RWBY and Anna were shocked by the appearance of the Revenants, Blake was even more shock to notice the Faunus traits on Mindy.

"Why hello fellow friends. I suppose you're all doing swell today?" Malisha asked in a playful tone.

"And what are you doing here?" Siren asked.

"No greeting for us? How cold of you." Malisha replied.

"Well, for the record, we don't exactly hang out that much. I've only known you for only for three days, and you barely even talk to me." Siren said.

The two Revenants were silent for a moment, until Mindy spoke up. "She has a good point, Malisha." She said.

"I guess. But we do have our own, private agenda to attend to." Malisha said.

"Why are you here anyway?" Siren asked.

"Simple. I wish to know what you plan to do from here on out. If it weren't for us, we wouldn't be standing here Remnant, in its frozen state. Would be so kind enough to inform us of what you're doing?" Malisha asked.

"You forgot to say please." Mindy said.

"Do you have to so strict with manners, Mindy?" Malisha asked.

"It's being polite. No one likes rude guests." Mindy said meekly.

"Fine then. May you indulge us in what you're doing, please? Needless to say, I'm curious. Especially a couple of our friends." Malisha said. Team RWBY and Anna then closed in, as this was their chance to hear their plan.

Liege thought about it for a moment. "Ok then. Since you did help us accelerated our plan into the late stages, I suppose it's fair to tell you. Take a seat." He said.

Malisha only nodded and smile, as she and Mindy sat down in nearby chairs. Liege then began pacing, as it was a habit to do so, whenever he talks about something in detail. "We Grimm are born into this world with only one objective in mind, which is to destroy humanity. To tell you the truth, we don't know how we ended up in Jewel City in the first place. All we can remember is entering a Galactic like realm, and ended up fighting Neos, a mole, a panther, a dolphin, a humming bird, a scarab, and a….um…a weird glowing moss creature." Liege said, unsure of about the last monster.

"The Neo-Spacians." Malisha said.

"Yeah. Some of us were slain in battle, but a great number of Grimm manage to make it to Jewel City. After that, we gain intelligence, and our bodies became more human like. Learning more about this world, we learned about the Spirit World, and some of us were granted Dark Powers. We then began developing through Duel Monsters, discovering the Spirit World in the process. We then began assembling our base of operations and developed our skill, and I was made leader. Although, I don't know why. I was just crowned leader all of sudden. However, during our time here, we didn't know what to do. What could we do with Duel Monster to destroy humanity, when we couldn't do it in the first place." Liege said.

"Why do you have that mindset, Liege?" Mindy asked.

"Well, think about it. Humans and Grimm are like oil and water in a cup. They don't get along, but they are still in that same cup. No matter how many Grimm or humans are killed, there's still Deadlier Huntsmen and Deadlier Grimm in Remnant. After thinking that, it hit me in the head. We were trying to accomplish something that was beyond our capabilities. We can't kill every single human existence. And the same goes for humans as well. They can't kill every single Grimm in the world. In the end, it's just an endless cycle of killing. Misery. Despair. Death. Hope. Joy. Happiness. It's never ending, and it has no end. So, what's the point of doing something that'll never yield results? Maybe it has something to do with our distinct feature of sensing negative emotions, to be nothing but harbingers of death or to end the misery of others. Or maybe, we're just the interpretation of mankind's sins and their punishment." Liege said.

"Hmm. Sounds like you're thinking very hard about this situation you're in." Malisha said, sounding more interested.

"Indeed. Becoming human, means you tend to think more. After coming to this conclusion, we soon discovered Dark Dust, and its capabilities. It responds to negative emotions and other forms of Dark Energy. Seeing what we could do with it, I came up with a solution to alter the cycle." Liege then paused for a moment to catch his breath. "We're going merge Remnant with the Spirit World." He said.

Team RWBY and Anna had been listening onto Liege's story, and were surprised by a few things he said, but what he just said took the cake. Eventually, they regained their composure and kept on listening to what Liege had to explain. To further clear up any doubts and questions of the plan, he then walked over to another area of the room and brought back a Black Board.

"Liege. This whole idea sounds crazy. Care to explain?" Siren asked.

"Sure. Let this Blackboard represent the Spirit World. Rodney and I have been discussing about it for a while, so I know quite a bit. Now, pretend that this blackboard represents the entire Spirit World." Liege then began to draw circles within the blackboard. "The Spirit World is comprised of multiple dimensions. Some dimensions house different species of Duel Spirits. These circles represent certain Spirit Dimensions, and the smaller circles within represent the certain worlds within. As such, there could be a clan of magicians, living in a world with a land populated by elves, knights and other creatures. Another big circle could be home to demons, zombies and a world without law and order. Others could be home to a mechanize world in the midst of a war. Another example is that there could be other beings that could exist outside of the Circles, being either Space Entities, the Different Dimension or Higher-Ranking Deities. Yet all of these worlds are connected to one another. In the end, the Spirit World, is actually one gigantic web of separate dimensions, explaining the variety of monsters, such as advance warfare soldiers, racers, noble knights of medieval age, and Demon Overlords. Jewel City on the other hand is connected to the Spirit World, but exists outside of its influence." Liege said.

He then took out a piece of paper and wrote the word Remnant on it, as well as drawing a doodle of a human and Grimm on it. "Now, lets assume that this piece of paper is Remnant. It's a world just many others, but is isolated from the entire Spirit World. However, if we take Dark Dust, which is represented by this piece of tape, we can do this." Liege then took the piece of paper and tape and then slammed into the Blackboard. "Boom. And just like that, we've placed Remnant into the Spirit World. And this is how we'll destroy Humanity on Remnant. To certain extent. I'll get to that right now." Liege said.

Team RWBY and Anna were initially shocked of what they were hearing. Although the three suns were a dead giveaway, it wasn't enough, but this just confirmed it. Liege sounded dead serious about it. However, what would that accomplish? That answer would have to wait. While our protagonists were focused on hearing what Liege would have to say next, they failed to notice a little Grimm Jay Bird descending from above. He then began chirping furiously and loudly as he could, alerting everyone else.

"I knew I sense something. Good work Jay. We've found intruders." Shinrai said. Upon hearing what Shinrai said, the Grimm and the two Revenants immediately sprung up. Liege conjured a gigantic sword in his right hand, and Hidou absorbed his deck through his right arm, while shedding one tear. Siren picked up a nearby rapier that was in a weapon stock, while the Revenants just hovered over to side to observe what was about to happen, interested in what was happening right now.

"SHOOT! We've been spotted! Combat stances!" Ruby yelled.

After that immediately order, everyone jumped out of the bush, and brought out their weapons. Anna only fumbled out of the bush, and picked up a nearby stick, while trying to mimic a karate pose with it.

Liege pointed his sword at the group. "Huntresses!? How did you get here!? We Dimension Locked Remnant." he said.

"Dimension Locked?" Siren asked.

"Yeah. To prevent anyone else from entering this dimension." Liege said.

"I know about that. But, it's the name. Dimension Locked? Really?" Siren asked.

"Don't look at me. Rodney was the one who made up that term. Besides, how did you get here!?" Liege demanded.

"Via exploding robot. Aka: Phantom Bomb." Anna said in a serious tone.

"Oooohhhhhhh. That makes sense. You would've of be in the radius of the explosion of the Phantom after our duel." Liege said.

"Wait. You were the one who we were dueling? That means you also hurt those innocent Turbo Duelists!" Weiss yelled out of rage.

"Not really. Rodney was the one who dueled everyone else. I was the one who dueled you." Liege said.

"That doesn't excuse you for what your troops have done! Plus, you used my own baby against my team!" Ruby yelled.

"I suppose that the leader is also responsible for his or her army's actions. However, that is irrelevant right now. What matters now is that I've said way too much in front of you. TIME TO DIE!" Liege said, pointing his giant sword at the protagonists.

"About merging Remnant with the Spirit World? As if! I'm going to punch you right in the face, and force you all to undo all this!" Yang yelled.

"Think again, blondie! I'm going to destroy you, and I'm going to savior every moment of it." Hidou said, as his arm flared up.

"I'll defeat you." Shinrai said.

"Not with that attitude you will." Blake said.

"I don't have an attitude." Shinrai responded blankly. He then picked up a nearby dagger, and spun it around for flare.

Both parties own made nasty faces at each other, except Shinrai. They then charged at each other armed with their weapons raised, yelling to the top of their lungs. Ruby and Liege were fighting each other, with Ruby dashing around him landing quick strikes, only to bounce off Liege's armor. Liege swung his great sword with might, but missed his speedy target. Weiss and Siren were in a common sword fight, but Siren was mostly defensive, while Weiss pressured her with attacks. Shinrai and Blake were clashing with each other at blinding speed and swift evasions. Each attack was so fast, it appeared that one attack was ten. Yang and Hidou threw out their starting punch, with their fists colliding with each other. After their first strike, it felt like punching a titanium wall for both of them, that both of them flinched for a moment and shook their wrists out of pain. They looked at each other, and screamed at each other out of rage, with throwing out multiple punches, with each attack colliding with each other. As for Anna, she was trying to poke Jay out of the sky with her stick, while Jay kept dive bombing her. Malisha and Mindy only observed from the sidelines, while the witch was deep in thought.

"Mindy. Would care to point out the characteristics of each fight? I would appreciate it." Malisha said, kindly.

"Uh…okay. For the red head and Liege, they aren't getting anywhere in their fight. The red one is hitting Liege, but Liege's armor has too much defense. Liege is making strong attacks, but his opponent is too fast for him." Mindy said.

"Yeah. Just like how the Knight class is slow while the thief class is weak in striking power." Malisha said.

"The Icey one and Siren are balanced as well. An offensive stance, vs. a defensive stance. Constantly looking at each other for the right moment to strike." Mindy said.

"In other words, they're playing the waiting game. Very boring if you ask me." Malisha said.

"That's something that Ashley would say." Mindy said.

"Her personality tends to rub off on everyone she meets. I've hung out with her so much back then, that our personalities work off of each other." Malisha said. She and Mindy then ducked to evade multiple missed shots from Ruby's sniper rifle. "Continue, please."

Mindy only nodded. However, she had to take a step back, avoid getting hit by Weiss' fire dust attack. "Shinrai and the Faunus are doing well keeping up with each other. A battle of conserving stamina."

"Well, that's how Saika like to fight." Malisha replied.

"Hidou and fire girl are just battling with nothing but rage. Pure fiery rage. It's almost scary. Imagine if Zerg were battling them." Mindy said.

"I rather not. I not really fond of angry brutes." Malisha said, with hints of disgust.

"Zerg is a nice guy. Whenever he's not angry." Mindy said. She then let out a yelp as Yang sent Hidou flying into the air, towards her. Hidou then did a flip in the air, and propelled himself off the wall and flew back towards Yang. "By the way, the battle with the last girl and bird is just sad." She finished.

"So, in short, we're getting nowhere. Also, I don't have the patience to watch a forty-five-minute weapon-fight. I rather see a battle of wit." Malisha said. The witch then conjured a dark orb in her hand. "Black Pulse." She said, as it then fired off a wave off dark energy towards the Huntresses and Grimm, throwing them off balance. They then all turned their direction where the attack came from. "Now that I have all of your undivided attention, seeing that these little battles are getting us nowhere, I suggest we have a Duel. That is a traditional way to resolve grand scale events like these.

Liege only looked at Ruby, to see what she thought. Ruby only gave a stern look at him, but nodded her head as sign that she would hold off her attacks. Liege nodded back in return and continued talking. "With all due respect, Malisha, can't we just try to kill each other with our swords, guns or fists? In the world of Jewel City, our power was limited, and we could only fight with the Game of Darkness. However, now that we are in Remnant, we can choose whatever form of combat we wish. I prefer to not leave our battles to the luck of the draw." He said.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm in agreement. I can use my sweetheart to her full potential." Ruby said.

"Yeah! I got this crazy chaotic arm to cause, well, chaos! And for some strange reason, I can't use it in Jewel City! Plus, punching stuff is fun." Hidou said.

"What he said." Yang said. Hidou and Yang nodded their heads in agreement. Realizing what they done, they sidestep away from each other and shivered uncomfortably.

"I understand how all of you feel. However, dueling and sword fighting is no different. Both fighters are locked in combat, using wits and their strengths to fight. Of course, the drawing of cards may involve luck, but luck is a skill that is used in combat, and dueling is a form of combat. You shouldn't depend on it, but regardless, both Duel Monsters and Physical fighting are the same. Both require intense mental thinking, and tough endurance." Malisha said, in a calm convincing tone.

"Yeah, I get the point. But what can you tell me to change my mind from using my sword over Magical Cards?" Liege asked, as he pointed his sword at Malisha.

"Hey! Watch where you point that thing mister. You could seriously hurt someone on accident with that." Malisha said, as she used one of her fingers to push the sword away from her.

"Or on purpose." Liege said in a more defiant tone.

Malisha only gave a deadpanned look at it. "Right. However, I'm asking for a duel for a more selfish reason. I want to personally defeat the Huntresses with the power of the Revenants. With Siren of course." She said.

"Hey! Don't act like I'm some third wheel for your club!" Siren yelled

"What makes you want to duel us? Have we done something to wrong you?" Anna asked.

"Oh, not at all. Someone else wronged us, but that's another story for another time. I merely want to demonstrate our might. Show our allegiance with the Grimm, and to display our wrath. Besides, every loss and victory so far has been decided with Duel Monsters. It seems right to end it here with Duel Monsters. Wouldn't you agree?" Malisha said.

Liege thought about it for a moment. True ever battle that involved the Huntresses involved the game of Duel Monsters. Call it a matter of pride, but she saw that the Dark Spirit had a point. Also, he knew she wasn't going to take 'no' for an answer. He then twirled his sword, and sheathed it behind his back. "Very well then. I shall allow you fight Yuno and the Huntresses on your terms. But know this. Failure will have major consequences. Understand?" Liege said in a serious tone.

Malisha only chuckled. "Then all we have to do is not fail. But thanks for the warning." She then turned to Anna and RWBY who just regrouped. "Do you agree as well? After all, both parties must come to an agreement." She said.

Anna and team RWBY exchanged glances at each other, and came to a decision.

"As leader of the team, we accept your challenge." Ruby said as everyone else's facial expressions glowed with determination.

Malisha only clapped her hands together, pleased with what she heard. "That is most splendid. Siren, get ready. This will change everything." She said. The Dark Spirit then waved her hand in the air, as three portals appeared next to the protagonist, the Dark Spirits and Siren. The portals then moved by themselves, passing over them and teleporting them away somewhere far.

"They just left! How are we suppose to know what happens!?" Hidou exclaimed.

"Calm down, Hidou. Knowing that woman, she'll probably broadcast it to us. Although, I wonder, what makes her think that Siren stands a chance against Yuno?" Liege wondered.

"What do you mean? I sensed great power from those spirits." Shinrai asked.

"Yes, that is true. However, Siren's dueling skills are less developed. Everyone else was dedicated to crushing the Huntresses with the game to a certain extent. Whether it be out of loyalty, boredom, or for pleasure, they played the game with vigor. Siren may be a good unit, but she lacks faith when it comes to dueling." Liege explained.

"Maybe the Revenants think that she's a pushover. She has no faith in dueling, so they might brain control her and take advantage of that weak will." Hidou said.

"That…is a really good point. Alright, while we wait for the news, I have new orders for the both of you." Liege said, as Shinrai and Hidou lined up for their orders. "Shinrai, I need to you to send Jay to look for the Duelists. After that, look up online on how to strengthen mental defense." He said. Shinrai only nodded, as he signaled Jay to come to him. He then walked outside to tell his pet bird what to do. Liege then turned over to Hidou. "Hidou. The order I'm about to give you, is of the utmost importance."

"What are my orders, Liege?" Hidou asked.

"I need you to destroy every bush, patch of really tall grass, and any shrubbery that is unique in the vicinity." Liege said, sounding serious about it.

Hidou only blinked a couple of times before responding. "Say what now?"

"Didn't you see? The Huntresses were hiding in that very out of place bush!" Liege yelled, pointing at the bush that had poison berries on it. "For some strange reason, we couldn't see, nor even sense them in that bush. We were lucky that was Jay's favorite berry bush." Liege said.

"Isn't that a bit extreme?" Hidou questioned.

Liege only took a deep breath before speaking. "Hidou. I'm going to make this very, very, extremely clear you. WE'RE DEALING WITH MURDER BUSHES! If the huntresses can sneak around undetected in these bushes, anyone can! And in the hands of the stealthiest warriors, we'll be dead without even knowing it! I bet no one here wants to die because of a bush. Also, have every Grimm on patrol be in pairs of two. Do you understand?" he asked.

"Loud and clear, boss. Destroy any plant that our enemies can hide in. But what about other forms of stealth? Like cardboard boxes, hiding around corners, or the trees?" Hidou asked.

"Hidou. Just tell everyone here to use their common sense. You'll be surprise of what difference that can make in a group." Liege said. Without saying anything else, Hidou only walked away to carry out his orders. Liege was now alone, and he then thought of something. Why can't they sense the negative emotions of the humans as well as they did in Remnant? It puzzled him, but he shook it off. He then waited patiently for what the future holds.

(Emerald Forest: Ruins)

Elsewhere, Anna, Siren, team RWBY and the two Revenants arrived at their destination. It was unfamiliar to Anna, Siren and the Revenants, but was memorable to team RWBY. These were the ruins where they first fought as a team, against a Nevermore, while team JNPR fought the Deathstalker.

"Never thought we would be back here. Good times." Blake said.

"Yeah. That Nevermore got the best snack of it's life." Yang said.

"Hmph. I think it's quite symbolic. Ending the fight where we started." Weiss said.

"That's pretty deep." Ruby said. Anna only remained silent to let her friends savor the moment, and to avoid being awkward. She had no idea what happened here, but she knew it must have been intense. Everyone then turned their attention to their opponent. Siren looked extremely confused, since she was just dragged into all of this. Malisha on the other hand was busy admiring the ruins.

"Lovely isn't it? I had some of our own personally minions scout out the area. They found this area, and I thought it looked beautiful. Also, it has the perfect atmosphere for an intense duel." Malisha said.

Anna only stared at the Dark Spirit. She was a complete mystery to her. "Tell me something. Why are you working with the Grimm? You do know what they're trying to do, right?" Anna asked.

"Of course, I do. Although you won't be around much longer to know it, we're helping them for our own personal gain." Malisha said.

"Wow. You sure do know how to gain somebody's trust. It's almost like you want to create discord between us." Siren said in a displeasing tone.

"No, not at all. We chose you for a good reason." Malisha said.

"Really? Mind telling me said reason?" Siren asked.

Malisha hummed to herself for a moment. "Later."

"Urrrrrgghhh! This is why I don't trust you and your club! You don't tell me anything!" Siren yelled out of frustration.

"Even if I did tell you, would that even give me a tiny amount of trust? Hmmmmm?" Malisha asked.

"Well…I'm sure…uhhhh. Ok, I guess I wouldn't trust you either way, but still! You're still being ridiculous!" Malisha yelled.

"Look. All you need to know is that right now, we need each other. You wanted to be strong? We grant you strength. We wanted to be free. You freed us. If you can't trust us, then how about we just use each other?" Malisha asked.

Siren thought about it for a moment. "Working together just for our own mutual benefit?... I can work with that." She said.

"Good. Glad we could come to an agreement. Now, I suggest you prepare. We kept our opponent waiting long enough." Malisha said. Just then, Mindy then appeared next to her and whispered something in her ear. "Oh…Is that so? Alright then. Mindy. Take some of Nether Husk troops and try to make that disturbance doesn't make it here. If all else fails, try to stall as long as possible." Malisha said. Mindy only nodded as her spirit form then faded away.

Anna and team RWBY had their own personal thoughts about these two. Something was sinister about the spirit and this Grimm didn't really look like a Grimm. Surprisingly human looking. However, they all thought of one thing. They have to be defeated, and they were going down. Anna then stepped forward, arming herself with her duel disk. Siren activated her Nether Bracelet as the gem lit up with an eerie glow.

"Anything you want to say before we begin?" Siren asked.

"Why do you ask?" Anna asked, curious about her offer.

"Just wondering if you have something to say to me. I'm not your first Grimm Duelist after all. Just another monster in your eyes that have to destroy." Siren replied.

"That's really sincere of you, for someone who's trying to destroy our home." Weiss said.

"And for that, you shall face the wrath of team RWBY plus Anna!" Ruby yelled.

"Why do you guys keep saying, 'plus Anna'?" Anna asked, sounding a little annoyed from hearing that again.

"Because there's no place to put the 'A'. Otherwise the team name would sound really weird." Yang said.

"Fair point." Anna said. She then turned to Siren. "I'm going to ask you a question of my own then. What does dueling mean to you? I never got to ask any of the other Grimm this. They were busy trying to kill us." She said.

Anna's question made Siren pause for a moment. She kept thinking about for a while. "To be honest, I don't really know nor do I care. Duel Monsters doesn't mean much to me, because I rarely touched it. In short, I don't think about it that much." She said.

Anna was silent for a moment after hearing the response. "I see. Let's do this." She replied.

"Yeah. Lets." Siren replied.

Anna looked at Siren and the tension in her body felt even stiffer than before. She took a couple of deep breathes, but maybe one too many, as the stress was somewhat getting to her. A hand was then placed on her shoulder, as she then turned around to see Ruby smiling at her.

"It'll be alright." Ruby said cheerfully. Seeing Ruby's smile made Anna feel more confident and relaxed. She then put on her dueling face, as she and Siren positioned themselves and began.

"Duel!"

Anna drew her cards manually from her deck, while Siren waved her hand in front of her, as five cards materialized from Dark Energy. Team RWBY and Anna recognized it, and were surprised that it acted like a Duel Disk. They were also surprised of how the cards were made out of some form of Dark Energy. Malisha then silently casted a spell to show Liege, Hidou and Shinrai the duel, as they were now viewing it from an above angle.

Turn 1: Siren
Anna Yuno: 4000LP vs Siren: 4000LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 5 vs Siren Hand: 5

"My move! I activate the Spell Card, Allure of Darkness! I'm allow to draw two cards from my deck now. In exchange, I must banish one Dark type monster from my hand, or else I'll have to discard my entire hand." Siren said. She then tapped a card in her hand, as it then faded away. Dark Energy then appeared on the field, as it then Materialized into a bigger version of the card. Siren then placed her fingers on the Nether Bracelet and two cards materialized. After drawing them, she let them go, and they materialized in front of her. She then tapped another card as it then dissipated. Ruby thought is was slightly cool.

Allure of Darkness
[Spell: Normal]

Siren Hand: 5 – 1 + 2 – 1 = 5

"The card I banished was Cursed Chaos – Paradox Knight. Whenever this card is banished, I can summon him to my field! Come forth! Paradox Knight!" Siren declared, playing the monster in defense mode.

Cursed Chaos – Paradox Knight
[LV: 10] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Dark-Tuner/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]

A tear in the fabric of reality started to open up, as two metal hands then began to tear their way through. What stepped out was a disfigured knight with black armor, with half of his face missing, which was replaced with an endless void. Some of his body parts were missing, filled with spectral energy. His remaining skin was discolored, and the upper part of his face was covered by his V-Slit helmet. He also wielded a sword in the reverse grip. Furthermore, he appeared to be half-sane and half-insane.

"What kind of monster is that? It looks so destructive and evil." Blake said.

"It's a Dark-Tuner. One of many monsters that will destroy you. Hopefully." Siren said.

"But what's the difference?" Ruby asked.

"If you stop talking and let me continue my turn, the faster it'll be for the both of us. Since I summoned Paradox Knight using one his effects, he'll return to the bottom of my deck when he leaves the field. I now summon Armageddon Knight to my field! Whenever summoned to my field, I can send one Dark Attribute Monster from my deck to the graveyard. I send Revenant Dracokid from my deck to the graveyard." Siren said.

Armageddon Knight
[LV: 4] [Attribute: Dark]
[Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 1400] [DEF: 1200]

Siren Hand: 5 – 1 = 4

"Now, I dark-tune Level 10 Walking Paradox with Level 4 Armageddon Knight!" Siren declared.

"Dark Tune?" Anna questioned.

"What's the difference?" Weiss asked.

"It's negative six." Siren replied. After saying that, Paradox Knight raised his sword into the air, as it then created ten extension dark arrows that flew into the air, and then pierced Armageddon Knight's body. Paradox Knight's armor then began to disappear, as the dimension parts overtook him, and then engulfed Armageddon Knight. The Black Arrows from before then turned into ten stars, and entered Armageddon Knight's body, outlining him as well. After that, eight stars within him collided leaving only six. His body then dissipated as the six black stars remained on the field.

"W-what's going on?" Ruby asked, frighten.

"This a Dark Tuning. By subtracting the level of a monster from the level of a Dark Tuner, I can summon a Dark-Synchro monster whose level is equivalent to the difference of the monsters used for the summoning. Four minus ten, hence negative level six." Siren explained. Before anyone could ask any more questions, a pillar of dark light appeared between the circling stars and grew wider engulfing the stars. "Warrior of brash might! Stand tall and cripple your foes. Dark Synchro! Appear, Star Breaker Revenant – Ashley!" Siren chanted.

4 – 10 = -6

Star Breaker Revenant – Ashley
[LV: -6] [Attribute: Dark]
[Warrior/Dark-Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 2400] [DEF: 1900]

From within the Dark Pillar, two sharp end gauntlets pierced from the pillar and then cleaved upwards dispelling it. Ashley then appeared in midair, as she then began spin around in the air. "Yahoo!" She yelled, as she then landed on the ground and thrusted out her right gauntlet out. "Prepare for MAXIMUM IMPACT!" she yelled dramatically.

"I remember her. She was that Spirit on the night we first met." Siren said.

"Yes, she was. Fair warning, she's a bit wild." Malisha said. Siren then took a good look at the Silver Hair puncher, seeing that see was now hopping side to side, while swinging her arms.

"I can see that. I set three cards face-down and end my turn." Siren said.

Siren Hand: 4 – 3 = 1

Turn 2: Anna Yuno
Anna Yuno: 4000LP vs Siren: 4000LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 5+1 vs Siren Hand: 1

"Alright. My move now." Anna said as she drew her card. "Dark-Synchro. That does not sound fun. For, now I'll try to put on some pressure." She thought. "To start, I'll activate the Graceful Charity Spell card. Now I get to draw three cards, and then I'll pitch White Dust – Ice Element and Necro Huntress – Muerta. Next, I activate the Spell Card, Huntress Soul! With it, I'll revive Necro Huntress – Muerta!" Anna declared. A black portal leading to the graveyard then opened up, as the Necromancer appeared on the field.

Graceful Charity
[Spell: Normal]

Huntress Soul
[Spell: Normal]

Necro Huntress – Muerta
[LV: 4] [Attribute: Dark]
[Spellcaster/Effect]
[ATK: 1600] [DEF: 1700]

Anna Hand: 6 – 1 + 3 – 2 – 1 = 5

"Since Muerta was summoned from the graveyard, I can add one level 4 or lower RWBY Soul or Huntress monster to my hand. I'll add RWBY Soul - Weiss Schnee to my hand. In addition, since you have more spells and traps than me, I can special summon her straight to my field." Anna said. At that moment, Weiss' body then dissipated and then reformed on the field in her tuner form.

"I hate this miniature form." Weiss muttered to herself.

"Now I tune Level 2 RWBY Soul – Weiss Schnee, with Level 4 Necro Huntress – Muerta! Go for it, Weiss!" Anna yelled. Weiss merely nodded, as she then turned into two green rings, and surrounded Muerta.

RWBY Soul – Weiss Schnee
[LV: 2] [Attribute: Water]
[Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect]
[ATK: 1200] [DEF: 1000]

"Maiden of Dust of Glyphs. Come forth to vanquish thy foes! I Synchro Summon! Let's go! Snow White Huntress – Weiss Schnee!" Anna chanted. Weiss then jumped from the pillar of light, and landed on the ground. She bowed gracefully, as she drew out Myrtenaster, and pointed it at Ashley.

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee
[LV: 6] [Attribute: Water]
[Spellcaster/Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 2400] [DEF: 1800]

"Hm. Fancy." Ashley said, admiring Weiss' attire.

"Why thank you. However, complements won't make me stand down." Weiss said.

"I wasn't expecting you to do so from the start. Now come here, and get rekt." Ashley taunted, getting into a karate pose.

Anna then examined her hand and continued her turn. "Since I used Weiss as Synchro Material for her synchro form, I get to add Huntress Soul from my graveyard, back to my hand. I now normal summon Aerial Recon Huntress – Amelia." She said, as the Aerial Huntress appeared.

Aerial Recon Huntress – Amelia
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Wind]
[Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 1300] [DEF: 1100]

"Battle! I attack Ashley with Weiss!" Anna said. Weiss immediately rushed towards Ashley, as the Revenant charged forward as well. Once they were close enough, Weiss began throwing out several stabs, while Ashley blocked them with her gauntlets. She then went for leg sweep, but Weiss jumped backwards to evade. "I activate Weiss' effect! Whenever battling a monster with 2000 or more attack points, I can activate one Quick-Play spell card from my deck! I choose to activate Black Dust – Gravity Element! Since I control Weiss on my field, I can target Ashley and halve attack and defense points, as well as negate her effects!" Anna declared.

Black Dust – Gravity Element
[Spell: Quick-Play]

Weiss then rotated the chamber within her weapon to the Black Dust. She placed her finger tips on the blade, and closed her eyes. Once she opened them, she used her speed glyph to rush towards Ashley.

"Nice try, but I activate Dark Illusion! Whenever an opposing card effect targets a Dark Attribute monster on my side of the field, this card negates the activation and destroys it! Also, Ashley's effect prevents her from being destroyed whenever battling a Level 5 or 6 monster until the end of this battle." Siren yelled, as the trap materialized from Dark Energy in front of her.

Dark Illusion
[Trap: Counter]

A dark aura appeared around Ashley, as she then evaded Weiss' Gravity Dust attack, and moved around her, while leaving behind afterimages. She then struck Weiss in the left arm, immobilizing it. Weiss then let out grunt of pain, as she dropped her weapon to the ground. She then turned around to see Ashley ready to deal the final blow.

"In that case, I'll just use this instead! From my hand, I play Yellow Dust – Lighting Element! With Weiss on my field, I can automatically end the battle and return my opponent's battling monster back to your hand!" Anna yelled.

Yellow Dust – Lighting Element
[Spell: Quick-Play]

Anna Hand: 5 – 1 = 4

Weiss immediately rolled out of Ashley's attacked, and grabbed Myrtenaster with her right hand, and quickly set the weapon to the Yellow Dust. Ashley then ran towards Weiss, but was immediately struck with a blast of lightning from Weiss' weapon. Ashley was then electrocuted, as her skeleton was shown at some points. After the attack, Ashley looked fried.

"I'm going to take a quick break." Ashley said, as she then dissipated and returned to the extra deck. Siren only growled, frustrated with the outcome of the fight.

"You're wide open now! I now attack you directly with Aerial Recon Huntress – Amelia! Plasma Bombardment!" Anna shouted. Amelia then flew into the air, and fired a barrage of shots onto Siren, who covered herself from the attack. She then stumbled back a bit, and was now kneeling on the ground.

Siren: 4000LP – 1300LP = 2700LP

"Since Amelia inflicted battle damage, I can set one Huntress Spell or Trap from my deck. I set Huntress Aura!" Anna said. Amelia then glowed with a green aura, as the Huntress Aura trap card was set onto the field.

Huntress Aura
[Trap: Normal]

"I'll set one more card, face-down and end my turn." Anna said.

Anna Hand: 4 – 1= 3

Turn 3: Siren
Anna Yuno: 4000LP vs Siren: 2700LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 3 vs Siren Hand: 1+1

Siren was still kneeling on the ground, breathing heavily. She felt a bit strange. "What's going on with me? I feel…strange. Different. It's probably just stress." She thought.

"Oh, it isn't stress. It's something better." Malisha said in her head.

"For the love of something! Can't you just stay out of my head!?" Malisha thought.

"Relax, Siren. What you're feeling is what you desired. Strength. I believe it's now time." Malisha thought. Just then, Siren felt a dark pulse of energy course through her body, and the source came from the bracelet. Anna and RWBY noticed this and became a little worried.

"What is this?" Siren asked, staring at the bracelet.

"As a scientist would say; the winning formula." Malisha said.

Siren immediately knew what that meant, and she wonder if this would show if she made the right decision that faithful day. She then got back up on her feet and drew her card. "I'm a bit off track right now. If I want to get back on course, I'll activate this face-down! Needle Bug Nest! Now the top five cards of my deck are sent to my graveyard!" Siren said. The cards that were sent to the graveyard were Nether Husk – Rally Flag, Nether Husk - Lancer Knight, as Nether Husk – Colossus, Double Attack and Magical Arm Shield.

Needle Bug Nest
[Trap: Normal]

Needle Bug Nest showed several worms, with spikes making a nest in the night. Five cards then materialized in front of Siren, as she only waved her hand over all of them, sending them to the graveyard. "Next I activate the effect of my Revenant Dracokid from the graveyard! If my opponent controls more monsters than me, by banishing two Dark Attribute Monsters from the graveyard, I can summon him back to the field! I banish Armageddon Knight and the Nether Husk – Rally Flag that was sent to the graveyard.

Nether Husk – Rally Flag
[LV: 2] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 900] [DEF: 1000]

Revenant Dracokid
[LV: 2] [Attribute: Dark]
[Dragon/Effect]
[ATK: 800] [DEF: 800]

On the field, a little, the size of 5-year-old, bipedal black dragon appeared. It wore dark sleek purple body armor, with yellow streaks. Like the Revenants, it had dark eyes, with red pupils. It also wore three horned-crown. Within its hand claws, dark energy pulsed from them. A lance then formed in his right claw, and the dragon kid twirled it in the air, and then swung it down. The dragon then let out a little roar, which was cuter than threatening.

"Aw. Isn't he cute?" Malisha said.

"I suppose so. I activate Revenant Dracokid's other effect! I can pay 500 life points to summon one Dark Tuner monster from my hand or graveyard! In addition, I can then draw one card from my deck. Appear from my hand, Cursed Chaos – Corrupt Tamashi!" Siren said.

Siren: 2700LP – 500LP = 2200LP

Siren Hand: 2 – 1 + 1 = 2

Cursed Chaos – Corrupt Tamashi
[LV: 10] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Dark-Tuner/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]

The Revenant Dracokid then absorbed some of Siren's life energy and then converted it into an eerie portal. Just then, a Dark Purple flame then shot out of the portal and flew into the air. Two yellow-red eyes then appeared on it, followed by a wicked smile. Two skinny arms then sprouted from the flame, with three claws. There also happened to be a black core on the inside of this corrupted soul. The Dark Tuner then descended from the sky, and hover on Siren's field. Siren then looked at her bracelet, worried about the consequences that would result from what she was about to unleash. However, she gathered her resolve, knowing that this is what she wanted. The strength to defeat her foes.

"Now, that all the pieces are in place, I believe I shall assemble them! I now Dark Tune Level 10 Corrupt Tamashi with Level 2 Revenant Dracokid!" Siren yelled.

Normally, the Corrupt Tamashi would fly into the body of the monster that they were tuning with and enveloped them in its purple flames. However, Dark Tuning with Revenant Dracokid is different. The Dragon kid then raised its lance and the Corrupt Tamashi flew into the lance, filling with dark power. He then spun the lance in the air, and then struck the ground. This then caused a vortex of nether energy to surround the Dragon, concealing him. A total of 12 stars were then seen within the vortex, as 4 of the stars then collided with each other, dispersing. The remaining stars then turned dark, and began circling the field, while still in the vortex.

At that moment, Siren felt great power swelling form within her body, as she then began twitching a bit, at the sudden shock of receiving it. She let out a couple of grunts, as the process was painful. Also, her eyes began to glow purple. Soon, her movement stop and she was still. "Witch of the Netherworld. Unleash the darkness that sleeps within you! Drown this world in chaos. Dark Synchro." Siren said.

A Dark Pillar then appeared within the circling stars, and grew from within. Malisha then began ascend into the pillar, as dark energy began to gather from within. Anna and team RWBY could feel the amount of energy from the monster that was about to be summon.

2 – 10 = -8

"I now invoke the power of the Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha!" Siren said, coldly. Accepting the power.

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha
[LV: -8] [Attribute: Dark]
[Spellcaster/Dark-Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 3000] [DEF: 2500]

The dark energy vortex then dispersed as Malisha appeared in mid-air in the flesh. When Siren saw her, she noticed that her attire changed. She was wearing a black female magician's dress with yellow outlining, with long sleeves. She still kept her golden choker with the red gem. On her waist, was a red belt, with purple runes along it. There were now black stockings on her lower legs, and she wore black short high-heels on her feet. Her long hair was still magenta, but had a strand with a darker tone. On the back of her hands, were engravings of the Spell Binding Circle, but more sinister looking. The witch held out her right hand, and her witch hat appeared. She then spun around before placing on her head. A wicked smile appeared across her face, as she felt thrilled to be on the field. "It's show time!" She said with excitement.

"Careful, Anna. She looks like a hardcore boss monster from those RPG video games." Ruby said.

"That seems accurate enough." Blake said.

Anna only focused on her opponent, while Weiss position herself. She could feel the amount of magical strength radiating from her. Malisha descended from the air, and hovered a little bit off the ground. She then placed the palms of her hands together, and then slowly pulled them apart, creating dark energy in between. She then quickly crossed her arms together, and swung them out, as purple magic circles appeared around her wrists.

"Corrupt Tamashi's effect activates! When sent to the graveyard, I can either regain 1000 life points, or increase the attack of one my monsters by 800. I'll go with regain." Siren said. The Dark-Tuner then reappeared on the field, and passed through Siren's body, revitalizing her. Although she did feel a chill on her spine. However, after summoning Malisha, she did feel more determined.

Siren: 2200LP + 1000LP = 3200LP

"Battle! Malisha cast your chaotic magic on Amelia!" Siren yelled.

The witch only smirked, as she then began to ascend into the air. She then held up her hands forward and began chanting mystic words. Suddenly, four purple magic circles surrounded Amelia, and began charging up energy. Upon seeing this, Anna immediately reacted.

"I activate the trap card, Huntress Aura! Now for the duration of this turn, Huntress monsters can't be destroyed." Anna said.

Huntress Aura
[Trap: Normal]

The trap then flipped up, as a protective aura then surrounded Weiss and Amelia, shielding them from harm. However, upon activation, Malisha's yellow outlines then began glow pink, as the magic circles on her hands glowed pink as well. Anna and RWBY were a bit stunned by this, wondering what was happening.

"Since you activated a trap card, one of Malisha's effects go off! Whenever a trap effect is activated on the field, I can summon one monster card from my graveyard, with its effects negated. In addition, if the revived monster gains 500 attack points. The downside to this effect is that any damage involving monsters that were revived by this effect is reduced to zero." Siren said. Malisha then used her right hand to create a pink magic circle on the ground to call forth an ally.

"Still, my Huntress Aura trap card will protect my monsters, regardless if I take damage or not." Anna said.

"Oh please. You make it sound like that'll make things harder for me. I activate my Wiretap trap card!" Siren declared.

"No!" Anna yelled.

"Precisely. Wiretap not only negates your trap card, but it also shuffles it back into your deck, meaning you can't banish it for its secondary effect!" Siren said. Anna eyes only widen, as she noticed that Siren didn't used Malisha's effect after activating Wiretap.

"I play my other face-down! Dust Management, and chain it to Wiretap! As long as this card remains face-up on my field, you can't negate any of my Spell-Card effects." Anna said.

Malisha took notice and smiled. "Clever girl." She said softly.

Wiretap
[Trap: Counter]

Dust Management
[Trap: Continuous]

"Go ahead and play it! Now that Wiretap has done its job, Malisha can now resurrect a monster from my graveyard. Appear, Nether Husk – Colossus!" Siren declared. The ground then shook as the giant Nether Husk Monster emerged from a pink portal that emerged from the ground.

Nether Husk – Colossus
[LV: 7] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 2600] [DEF: 1000]

"Damn, that thing is huge!" Anna said.

"That means it'll be easier to knock down and hit." Yang said.

"No, it won't. Malisha grants any Dark Attribute monster she revives with a 500-attack point bonus" Siren said. A dark aura then surrounded the giant skeleton monster.

Nether Husk – Colossus: 2600ATK + 500ATK = 3100ATK

Since the effects of Huntress Aura were disabled, the aura surrounding Amelia and Weiss disappeared. After seeing that their protection was gone, Malisha simply snapped her fingers, as the magic circles surrounding Amelia, shot out rays of dark energy, causing her to scream and dissipate. The surrounding explosion also damaged Anna, forcing her to slide back a bit. Anna could feel the damage that the Witch was doing.

Anna Yuno: 4000LP – 1700LP = 2300LP

"Now, Nether Husk – Colossus! Squash the heiress!" Siren ordered. The Giant only marched forward towards Weiss, making her step back a bit. The giant the raised his hand, and slammed it down onto Weiss. Fortunately for the heiress, she was using a glyph to hold back the giant using both of her hands. However, she began to feel the crushing force of the giant.

"Anna. I would prefer not to be squashed if you can help it!" Weiss said, panicked.

"I'm on it! I discard Steam Huntress Jessica from my hand to activate her effect! Now Weiss gains 1100 attack points!" Anna yelled, quickly discarding the card.

Steam Huntress – Jessica
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Water]
[Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 1100] [DEF: 1100]

Anna Hand: 3 – 1 = 2

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 2400ATK + 1100ATK = 3500ATK

Jessica then appeared on the field as she threw several steam bombs towards the Colossus' hand, causing it to reel back from the chemical reaction it had. Weiss then took the opportunity the get back up and used her glyphs to quickly approach the Colossus. She the jumped up in the air, ran up its arm and delivered a furry of thrusts from her sword to its face, destroying the monster.

"Nice trick. But like I said, any battle damage involving monsters that were revived by Malisha's effect is reduced to zero. Also, monsters revived by this effect are banished instead of being sent to the graveyard. However, Colossus gets to activate his effect! When it's banished or sent to the graveyard from my hand or field, I can summon two Nether Golem tokens to my field, and I'll play them in defense mode." Siren said. The rubble that was left behind by the golem began to vibrate and move around, as two mini versions of the Colossus began to form.

Nether Golem Token(1, 2)
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend]
[ATK: 1300] [DEF: 500]

"I now end my turn, by playing one card face-down." Siren said.

"Hey, Anna. Why did you play Dust Management so early?" Ruby asked.

"I was testing something. Apparently, Malisha has a different reaction against certain card effects. However, when Siren used that Wiretap trap card, she didn't mention Malisha's effect, meaning that her effect can't be used more than once during a chain-link." Anna said.

"That means we have to chain card effects to each other to minimize the amount of times she activates her effects. And we still don't her other reaction effects. Looks like you'll have to plan ahead to dance around the effect." Blake said, while Anna nodded in response.

Turn 4: Anna Yuno
Anna Yuno: 2700LP vs. Siren: 3200LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 2+1 vs. Siren Hand: 1

Just Anna was about to draw her card, an explosion was heard in the distance. Everyone then turned their heads to right to see smoke starting to rise into the sky. Gunfire and some magical attacks were also heard.

"Looks like Mindy just met our unexpected guests." Malisha said.

"Guests? Who else could be here? It's definitely not Kirin, considering all the explosions and gunfire." Anna thought to herself. However, she turned her focus back onto the duel as she then drew her card. "I activate the Spell Card, Huntress Soul! Come back from the dead. Necro Huntress – Muerta!" Anna said.

"Since you activated a spell, Malisha's other effect activates! Whenever a Spell Card effect is activated, she gains one Spell Counter. She then inflicts 100 points of damage to you for each Spell Counter on the field! Hex Sword! Siren said.

Muerta did come back from the graveyard, but before she could use her effect, Malisha conjured one dark blue sword, and sent it flying towards Anna, stabbing her in the chest. Anna held back her scream, as she clutched the sword when it disappeared.

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 1 Spell Counter

Anna Yuno: 2700LP – 100LP = 2600LP

Anna Yuno Hand: 3 – 1 = 2

"Only one hundred? That doesn't seem so bad." Yang said.

"Actually, it is. And in more ways than one." Ruby said, grimly.

"What do you by that?" Blake asked.

"Think about it. Anna's field right now is mainly to rush down her opponent with Quick-Play spells. Dust Management and Weiss are able to fetch Anna more spells, but the more spells Anna plays, the more the damage will add up. First 100, then 200, 300 and it'll continue to rise. In a way, she's a bad match up against spell heavy decks." Ruby said.

"Geez. I thought her response to trap cards was bad enough." Yang said.

Everyone then heard Siren scoff. "Actually, it'll stop around 500. I can only place a maximum of five Spell Counters on her. Unless I have other cards with spell counters on my field." She said, letting out a soft chuckle.

"I guess that sounds reassuring. However, we haven't seen what she does against monster effects." Blake said.

Anna shrugged off the pain and gritted her teeth. "That's not going to put me down. I activate Muerta's effect! When summoned from the graveyard, I get to add one Level 4 or lower Huntress or RWBY-Soul Monster from my deck to my hand." Anna said.

"Since a monster effect other than her own was activated, Malisha's thirds effect activates! All opposing monsters lose 400 attack and defense points till the end of this turn! Spell Binding Seal!" Siren declared.

The designs on Malisha's hands then began to glow yellow, as she then began speaking in a mystic language. A yellow circle then appeared beneath under each of Anna's monsters. At first, nothing happened, but then the circles began spinning underneath, shocking both Muerta and Weiss. It wasn't that bad to make them scream, but it did make them feel weaker.

Necro Huntress Muerta: 1600ATK – 400ATK = 1200ATK
1700DEF – 400DEF = 1300DEF

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 2400ATK – 400ATK = 2000ATK
1800DEF – 400DEF = 1400DEF

"Ok. Now I'm really starting to get annoyed with this woman." Weiss said, in a spiteful tone.

"Now that I've seen every effect for monsters, spells, and traps, I can plan ahead and counter her moves. It's not going to be easy, but I won't falter here. Never again." Anna thought to herself. "I add Gear Saw Huntress – Serra to my hand, and I'm going to immediately summon her!" she said, as Serra appeared on the field throwing a couple of kicks and punches.

Gear Saw Huntress – Serra
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Earth]
[Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 1700] [DEF: 1200]

"Since I normal summon Serra this turn, I get an extra normal summon for any Huntress or RWBY-Soul Monster. Also, since that was a passive effect, Malisha's effect doesn't activate." Anna said.

"Do you think I care about that right now?" Siren asked.

"I don't expect you to. But this might get your attention! I normal summon RWBY-Soul Blake Belladonna to my field!" Anna said. Without saying anything, Blake immediately jumped to the field, and drew out her Gambol Shroud.

RWBY-Soul Blake Belladonna
[LV: 2] [Attribute: Dark]
[Beast-Warrior/Tuner/Effect]
[ATK: 900] [DEF: 1500]

Anna Yuno Hand: 2 – 1 = 1

"Still don't care. Besides, as long as I have another monster on my field, you can't target Malisha with an attack, nor with card effects." Siren said sounding unimpressed.

"I'll just have to mow down your formation. Blake, Serra! Take out those tokens!" Anna yelled, throwing out her arm.

Blake and Serra immediately acted as they both charged towards Siren's field. Serra delivered a roundhouse kick to one, and Blake sliced the other in half, as the tokens exploded. "Now that they're out of the way, your witch is now vulnerable. Take her down, Weiss!" Anna shouted.

"Getting ahead of ourselves, aren't we? I activate the trap card, Pitch-Black Power Stone! When activated, this card places three Spell Counters on this card. Normally, it wouldn't do much for me against your attack, but since I have Malisha on my field, her effect activates! Be reborn, Nether Husk – Lancer Knight!" Siren declared, playing the monster in defense mode.

Pitch-Black Power Stone
[Trap: Continuous]

Pitch-Black Power Stone: 3 Spell Counters

Nether Husk – Lancer Knight
[LV: 5] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 1200] [DEF: 2000]

Nether Husk – Lancer Knight: 1200ATK + 500ATK = 1700ATK

Malisha then created another pink magic circle, as the Lancer Knight arose, taking a defensive stance. "Now you have to attack Lancer Knight first. Shame that his defense points are equal to Weiss' attack strength." Siren said.

Lancer Knight also replied by slamming his lance onto his shield multiple times, as he was ready for any attack. Anna only scowled as she was really feeling the pressure of this duel.

"Deep breaths, Anna. Don't let anger cloud your judgement. We need that head of yours at maximum efficiency." Weiss said.

"Besides. Being the hot-headed angry girl is my job." Yang said.

"Silly me. How could I forget?" Anna joked. "Anyways, if I can't attack, then I'll make it harder for you to attack me! I activate one Dust Management's effects! Once per turn, I can take a Quick-Play Dust card from my deck, and add it to my hand!" she said to Siren.

"Since you activated a trap effect on the field, Malisha revives Corrupt Tamashi from the graveyard in defense mode!" Siren said.

Corrupt Tamashi: 0ATK + 500ATK = 500ATK

"Either way, I still get my spell card, which happens to Red Dust – Flame Element! Next I tune Level 2 RWBY-Soul Blake Belladonna with Level 3 Gear Saw Huntress – Serra!" Anna declared. Blake then jumped into the air and turned into 2 green rings, and surrounded Serra.

"Descend the Black Beast! Defend the world from cruel tyranny! I Synchro Summon! Appear Black Shadow Huntress – Blake Belladonna!" Anna chanted.

2 + 3 = 5

Black Shadow Huntress – Blake Belladonna
[LV: 5] [Attribute: Dark]
[Beast-Warrior/Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 1900] [DEF: 2400]

Blake then jumped out of the pillar of light as she then took on a defensive stance, since she was in defense mode. "With Blake's Tuner form, I get a Black Shadow token!" Anna said. Blake then jumped up to create a shadow, as they then both took a defensive stance.

Black Shadow Token (Black Shadow Huntress – Blake Belladonna)
[LV: 4] [Attribute: Dark]
[Beast-Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 950] [DEF: 1200]

"I play two cards face-down and end my turn! Make your move, Siren. If you dare." Anna said, taunting her.

Anna Hand: 2 – 2 = 0

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 2000ATK + 400ATK = 2400ATK
1400DEF + 400DEF = 1800DEF

Necro Huntress – Muerta: 1200ATK + 400ATK = 1600ATK
1300ATK + 400ATK = 1700ATK

Turn 5: Siren
Anna Yuno: 2600LP vs Siren: 3200LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 0 vs Siren Hand: 1+1

"I'll take that dare. Draw! She has a solid formation. Four monsters. Three in defense and one on the offensive. One of those face-downs is the Fire Dust Quick-Play card. It'll double one her Huntress' attack strength, and she can chain if I try to destroy it. Plus, I can't negate it due to Dust Management's effect. The other is a complete mystery. So, if I can't dance around her cards, I might as well make the most of my predicament" Siren thought to herself, as she examined the cards in her hand.

"Seems like you're enjoying yourself." Malisha said.

"No, I'm not. I'm just thinking. And would you please be quiet, and let me think in peace?" Siren retorted.

"Difficult. But I'll try." Malisha said, as she pretended to zip her mouth shut with her fingers.

Siren only let out a deep sight and rolled her eyes. "Now then. Time to get back to crushing you." She said to Anna. "And to do that, I'll summon Nether Husk – Stun Shocker."

Siren Hand: 2 – 1 = 1

Nether Husk – Stun Shocker
[LV: 4] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 1800] [DEF: 1200]

The next monster to appear on the field was wearing dark black metal armor, from head to toe. Its head had an open jaw, that didn't seem to move, with. It saber-tooth like teeth on the sides of the upper jaw. It only had one single red eye, with a black pupil. It also wore a black spherical helmet, covering it's the forehead, back of the head and the cheek bones. The Husk then drew its weapon from his back and swung it to his right. It was a two-pronged sword, with red sharp edge, and generated purple electricity between the two blades.

"He looks like trouble." Anna said.

"Wow. You're a pro at stating the obvious. As for his effect, it's quite beneficial for me. Once per turn, I target one card on my opponent's field and I can lower its attack points by 100 for each level it has. I target Weiss, to lower her attack strength by 600. Malisha's effect also triggers, which means all your monsters lose 400 attack points and 400 defense points.

Necro Huntress Muerta: 1600ATK – 400ATK = 1200ATK
1700DEF – 400DEF = 1300DEF

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 2400ATK – 400ATK – 600ATK = 1400ATK
1800DEF – 400DEF = 1400DEF

Black Shadow Huntress – Blake Belladonna: 1900ATK – 400ATK = 1500ATK
2400DEF – 400DEF = 2000DEF

Shadow Clone Token: 950ATK – 400ATK = 550ATK
1200DEF – 400DEF = 800DEF

The Stun Shocker began running towards Weiss, and drew his weapon, striking her body. Weiss let out a scream of pain, as purple electricity coursed through her body. Following that up, Malisha conjured more spellbinding circles around Anna's monsters weakening them.

"Ouch. Talk a double whammy." Yang said.

"Weiss! Blake! Are you two feeling okay?" Ruby asked.

"If I'm being honest…not so good." Weiss said, clutching her stomach. There were still sparks of electricity flying off of her.

"And I think it's going to get worse." Blake said rubbing her shoulder.

"We're not even at the best part yet! I now Dark Tune Level 10 Corrupt Tamashi, with Level 4 Stun Shocker!" Siren declared. The Corrupt Tamashi laughed hysterically, as it then flew up into the air, and came back down, and entered the Stun Shocker's body. The Nether Husk's entire body was then lit on burning soul fire, as it then stumbled around it pain. His entire body then started to outline, revealing a total of fourteen stars within, as eight of the stars collided with each other. The stars then turned dark as a dark pillar began to form from within.

4 – 10 = 6

"Return to this battlefield! Star Breaker Revenant – Ashley!" Siren chanted.

"YAHOO!" Ashley shouted as her jumped out of the pillar, and spun her body in the air, before landing on the ground. "Ashley is back in the game! Prepare to rumble, tumble and fumble!" she shouted as she threw out her right Star Breaker.

"Hi, Ashley. Glad you could join me." Malisha said.

"I wasn't going to let you hog all the fun. Besides, someone has to watch your back. Right?" Ashley said.

"Indeed. We all watch each other's backs. It's what comrades do." Malisha said.

Ashley only nodded and then turned to Siren. "Hey, Pink head. Mind if I get dibs on the white one? I want payback." She asked.

"Don't call me Pink Head. Moving on." Siren said.

"You're were right, Mal. She really is prickly." Ashley whispered, while Malisha only replied with a shrug.

Siren heard, but ignore the remark. "I now activate Pitch-Black Power Stone's effect! I can move a Spell Counter from it to any other card on my field. I move one to Malisha, of course. And since a trap effect was triggered on the field, I get to bring back Stun Shocker again." Siren said.

Pitch-Black Power Stone: 2 Spell Counters

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 2 Spell Counters

Malisha then conjured another portal, allowing Stun Shocker to remerge from the graveyard. A purple aura glowed around, giving him strength.

Nether Husk – Stun Shocker: 1800ATK + 500ATK = 2300ATK

"Next, I switch Nether Husk Lancer Knight to attack mode, and he'll take out your token!" Siren yelled. Lancer Knight began marching forward, and threw his lance towards the token, shattering it.

"Up next, Malisha going to melt down your little snowflake!" Siren said.

"Hey!"

Malisha then generated an orb of pure nether energy, reeled back her arms and fired a laser beam of pure destruction. Weiss eyes widen as she stepped back just, while dropping her weapon.

"Weiss use this! I activate Draining Shield!" Anna declared.

Draining Shield
[Trap: Normal]

A shield came flying out of the trap that revealed itself, and attached itself to Weiss' right arm. Weiss then lifted it up in the air, and blocked the incoming attack. The force of the laser caused her to slide back a bit. However, the Draining Shield opened up and sucked up the energy of the laser, and closed back up. Weiss immediately let out a sigh of relief, and used a glyph to transfer the energy that was absorbed to Anna.

Anna Yuno: 2600LP + 3000LP = 5600LP

"Crud. I gave her life points." Siren muttered to herself.

"Don't beat yourself up over every little mishap. Otherwise, you'll never learn from the mistakes you make in life. It tends to be unhealthy for the mind." Malisha said.

Siren only let out a sigh. She then noticed, Ashley waving her arms, and pointing at Weiss at the same time. "You won't regret it." she whispered.

"Fine. I attack Weiss with Ashley then." Siren declared.

Ashley only smirked as she charged towards Weiss, who was already weakened. The Draining Shield also disappeared as well, and Weiss immediately scrambled to her weapon, and blocked the incoming attack, as the two Warriors were now in a deadlock. However, Ashley then used her foot to kick Weiss back. Ashley then jumped into the air, and began diving to Weiss, with her Star Breaker facing forward.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell card, Red Dust – Fire Element! This card will double Weiss' attack strength to 2800. More than enough to overpower your Revenant!" Anna said.

"That may be true. But there are two points about this battle that you should know. One, is that Malisha's effect goes off. Since you activated Spell card, she gains a Spell Counter, and you're going to take a total of 500 points of damage, since there is a total of five spell counters on my field. My second point is that since Weiss is level six, Ashley can't be destroyed until the end of the damage step.

Red Dust – Fire Element
[Spell: Quick-Play]

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 1400ATK + 1400ATK = 2800ATK

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 3 Spell Counters.

Siren: Total of 5 Spell Counters

Weiss' weapon was then imbued with the Fire Dust, as she began to push back Ashley and breaking her guard. She then went in delivering several stabs, and then made a fireball, and blasted it at Ashley who was engulfed in the flames. The embers from the blast managed to find there way to Siren, who flinched from getting hit by embers. However, Malisha created five dark blue swords, and fired them at Anna damaging her.

Siren: 3200LP – 400LP = 2800LP

Anna Yuno: 5600LP – 500LP = 5100LP

The fire was still burning. Anna and team RWBY tried to look past the flames to see their enemies. However, two blue eyes glistened from within the flames, as Ashley then jumped out of the flames, with teeth gritted, and delivered a Force Palm Strike to Weiss, sending her flying back into Anna, knowing the two of them on their feet.

"I forgot to mention this. After damage calculations, if the monster that Ashley battled is still on the field, you take 200 points of damage for each level your monster has. That would make it a total of 1200 points." Siren said.

Anna Yuno: 5100LP – 1200LP = 3900LP

Weiss then got off of Anna, and then helped her off the ground. "Stay sharp, Anna. She's a lot more skilled than she looks." She said.

"I'll keep that in mind. By the way, are you holding up well?" Anna asked.

"Barely. I know I won't be destroyed as long as I have attack points, but it's still exhausting after being attacked so many times." Weiss said, stretching her arms.

Siren only scoffed. "Is that how you feel right now? If that's the case, then you can have your breather, because I'm my Stun Shocker is attacking the Faunus!" Siren yelled.

The Stun Shocker then rushed up to Blake, and delivered a single jab to her body, causing her to fall unconscious, without getting a chance to scream. She then fell to the ground face first, as her body dissipated. At this point, RWBY was getting use to seeing their allies fall in battle, although it was still a little bit sad to see them go down.

"And with that, I end my turn." Siren said. She then took a deep breath, and a couple more after the first.

"Feeling alright?" Malisha asked.

"Just…tired." Siren said hesitantly.

"You'll get used to it. A duel is also a battle of stamina in its own way." Malisha replied.

"I hope so. For my mind's sake." Siren said, holding her head. She was starting to feel a little dizzy.

Turn 6: Anna Yuno
Anna Yuno: 3900LP vs Siren: 2800LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 0+1 vs Siren Hand: 1

"I'm going to make you pay for destroying Blake!" Yang yelled. However, she realized she couldn't. "Anna. Make her pay for destroying Blake please." She said, turning to Anna.

"You did use the magic word and asked nicely, so I'll do my best. My turn now! I draw!" Anna yelled. "Better yet, I have someone better to do the job. Weiss. If you may?" she asked the heiress.

"It would be my pleasure." Weiss said. The turn immediately went into the battle phase. Weiss then used a glyph to rush towards Ashley as their attacks began to collide with one another.

"I activate Dust Management's effect! Whenever a Huntress Monster declares an attack, I can banish one Dust Quick-Play spell from my graveyard and activate the effect! Plus, since the Spell effect wasn't activated on the field, I won't be taking any damage." Anna said.

"I could revive my Revenant Dracokid, but I'll keep him in my graveyard. He's more useful in there." Siren said.

"Fine by me. However, the same can't be said for my cards, because I'm banishing Black Dust – Gravity Element, to halve the attack and defense points of Ashley. In addition, her effects are negated, meaning she's going to the graveyard." Anna declared.

Siren: 2400ATK – 1200ATK = 1200ATK
1900DEF – 850DEF = 850DEF

Weiss then set her chamber to the Gravity Dust, as she then casted a Glyph underneath Ashley. The Revenant was then lifted off of her feet, and then began spinning around, and around, and around, and around, and around, until she was fling into the air. Weiss then jumped into the air, and delivered a single strike to Ashley, causing her to shatter in mid-air. She then landed back to Anna's field, and she then bowed gracefully for fun, and smiled. Anna, Ruby and Yang then began applauding.

"Encore!" Yang shouted.

Siren: 2800LP – 1200LP = 1600LP

"I set one card face-down, and end my turn." Anna said.

Anna Yuno Hand: 1 – 1 = 0

Turn 7: Siren
Anna Yuno: 3900LP vs Siren: 1600LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 0 vs Siren Hand: 1+1

"My turn now. I draw." Siren declared. "Hmmmmm. Not a lot of options here."

"Then why don't you use my other effect?" Malisha asked.

"Wait. You have another effect!? Isn't that a bit overkill?" Siren questioned.

"Of course, it's overkill. I'm the main boss monster of this deck. It would make sense that I would have synergy with my own archetype. Don't you see my 3000-attack base power? Plus, are you really complaining about the fact that I seem overkill to you?" Malisha asked, via telepathy.

"N-no. Of course, not! It's just seems a little bit absurd. By the way, how come you didn't tell me this before?" Siren asked.

"You're the duelist. You should figure this stuff out on your own. You do the planning, we do the heavy lifting. It's one of the many relationships of Duel Spirits with Duelists. Now, I know you don't like me being in your head, so, I'll give you some thinking space. I'm not going to keep assisting you like this." Malisha said.

"Thanks. I guess hate you little bit less now." Malisha said.

"Now we're getting somewhere." Malisha said, chuckling.

Siren only rolled her eyes, at her conversation with Malisha. "First, I activate the spell card, Burial From A Different Dimension! Thanks to this card, I can return up to three banished cards back to my graveyard. I return Nether Husk – Colossus, Armageddon Knight, and Corrupt Tamashi back to the graveyard." Three cards emerged out of thin air, as Siren then touched them to send them to the graveyard. "Now Malisha gets another Spell Counter, meaning that you get hit with 600 points of damage." Malisha eyes then lit up, as she conjured six blue swords and fired them all at Anna, damaging her. Anna stepped back a bit, due to the increase in damage.

Siren Hand: 2 – 1 = 1

Burial From A Different Dimension
[Spell: Quick-Play]

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 4 Spell Counters

Siren Total Spell Counters: 6

Anna Yuno: 3900LP – 600LP = 3300LP

"Up next, I activate one of Malisha's other effects!" Siren said.

"She has another!?" Anna asked.

"Yes, she does. If I'm being honest here, I think it's really absurd of how much one card can do." Siren said.

After that last statement, Anna began chuckling, and then turned into soft laughter.

"What so funny?" Siren demanded.

"Oh, girl. Trust me, Siren. You have no idea of the number of cards that are just loaded with effects in this game. There are a lot and some of them are really nasty. Some can even go beyond the definition of nasty and officially earn the title of Broken-Top-Tier, as I like to word it." Anna said, while struggling to breath.

"Yikes. Now that's a scary thought for the future. Hey, Malisha. Is this your last effect in this weird game?" Siren asked.

Malisha hummed and thought about it. "I believe so. But you do realize you can just read my card." She said.

"I skimmed through it. As I was saying, once per turn, I can remove three Spell Counters from her and add one card from my deck that lists Revenant or Nether Husk in its name or text. I'll add the Equip Spell Revenant Palm to my hand." Siren said.

Siren Hand: 1 + 1 = 2

Malisha then placed her hands close to her chest, and closed her eyes to focus. Magical energy was then concentrated between her hands, and threw it towards Siren's deck, causing a card to immediately appear in her hand.

"Now this is a neat card. So neat, that'll immediately play it and equip to Malisha." Siren said.

Revenant Palm
[Spell: Equip]

Siren Hand: 2 – 1 = 1

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 1 Spell Counter

Siren Total Magic Counters: 3 Spell Counters

Malisha held up her right arm, as several dark purple markings began forming around it. Energy then began to course through her arm. Everyone could feel that the magical energy radiating off of Malisha, had just increased tenfold.

"With Revenant Palm, I can equip it to a Dark Attribute Monster, and give it 500 attack points. However, if equipped to a monster with Revenant in its name, it gains 1000 attack points instead. If equipped to Malisha, she gains 1000 attacks, and she can unlock this Spell's true worth. Whenever Malisha declares an attack, for every card on the field, I can either increase any monster's attack strength by 200 points for every card on my field, or I can regain 200 life points for every card on my field." Siren explained.

"Don't forget my effect. Hex Sword!" Malisha yelled. She then gained a Spell Counter as she sent a total of four dark blue magic swords at Anna.

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 2 Spell Counters
3000ATK + 1000ATK = 4000ATK

Siren Total Spell Counters: 4 Spell Counters

Anna Yuno: 3300LP – 400LP = 2900LP

"That's sounds like a lose-lose situation for us." Ruby said.

"And a win-win situation for her. This match feels like we're being locked down." Yang replied.

"Then I better find the key card to unlock it…Great. Now I'm making bad puns." Anna said. Yang only grinned at Anna.

Siren then looked at the cards in her hand, field and graveyard and thought about what to do next. "I activate Pitch-Black Power Stone's effect! With it, I can transfer one Spell Counter from it to Malisha. Since a trap effect was activated on the field, I can summon my Nether Husk – Colossus back to the field in attack mode!" she said, as the golem re-emerged from the grave.

Nether Husk – Colossus: 2600ATK + 500ATK = 3100ATK

"It's like they say: The more the merrier." Malisha said.

"Now, Malisha will attack your Huntress! Even if I destroy her, the monsters that I summoned can't do any damage, I'll go with a healthier option. Seeing that there are total of five cards on my field, I gain a total of 1000 life points.

Siren: 1600LP + (200x5)LP = 2600LP

Dark streaks of aura then came off each of the card from Siren's field, revitalizing her. Malisha then casted a spell, which caused a Magic Circle to appear undeath Weiss. It then began generating electricity, and prepared to discharge it all.

"I activate Huntress Defensive Stance! This card equips to Weiss, and switches her to defense mode, and transfer all of her attack points to her defense points!" Anna declared.

"Clever. But that won't stop Malisha's effect! Be reborn! Corrupt Tamashi!" Siren yelled. With that, the corrupted soul once again appeared on the field, and received a power up, for being a dark type monster.

Huntress Defensive Stance
[Trap: Normal]

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 2400ATK – 2400ATK = 0ATK
1800DEF + 2400DEF = 4200DEF

Nether Husk – Corrupt Tamashi: 0ATK + 500ATK = 500ATK

A Black Aura appeared around Weiss, as she then held up weapon, and braced the electricity of the Spell. Using all of her strength, she deflected all of the energy back towards Malisha. The witch then flinched from it, and the blast also damaged Siren.

Siren: 2600LP – 200LP = 2400LP

"Crud. Her defense points are too high to break through. I'll go for your Necromancer instead. Stun Shocker! Take her out!" Siren yelled.

The Nether Husk than ran to Muerta and struck her in the gut, causing her to shatter. "I end my turn with that." Siren said.

Turn 8: Anna Yuno
Anna Yuno: 2900LP vs Siren: 2400LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 0+1 vs Siren Hand: 1

"Alright then. Let's see what I can do." Anna said as she drew her card.

"So, what's the plan, Anna?" Ruby asked.

"Well, I don't have one that will ensure us a win at the moment. For now, we'll have to rely on Weiss to tank the hits for us. Y-you don't mind, right?" Anna asked.

Weiss only rolled her eyes and scoffed a little. "Of course, I don't mind. A it's the duty of a Huntress to protect the innocent. I'm just not use to being used as a living shield." She said.

"Great. That's good to know. Just keep it up for a bit longer, please." Anna said. Weiss only replied with a nod, as she then resumed her defense stance.

"Keep it up, bestie! You're doing great!" Ruby shouted. Weiss blushed a little after hearing it.

"I-I'll keep doing my best. Just because you asked nicely." Weiss said, stuttering a little. Yang noticed and snickered a little.

After reviewing her options, Anna continued with her turn. "I activate Dust Management's third effect! By sending this card to graveyard, I can return four Quick-Play Dust that are in my graveyard, and banished back to my deck. I'll return, Red, White, Black and Yellow Dust back to my deck, and shuffle." Anna said. Dust Management then began to glow, shattering, as Anna's grave began to shine. The two remaining Dust cards ejected from the grave, while Anna took the took Dust cards that were in her pocket and placed all four them into the deck, shuffling them. "Afterwards, I'm allow to draw three cards from my deck!" she said drawing her cards.

Anna's Hand: 1 + 3 = 4

"Too bad your monster zones are filled up. You could have summoned another monster." Anna said.

"That's a bold thing to say for someone who's out numbered." Siren retorted.

"You're not wrong. These won't even my odds by much, but it's better than something. I'll set one monster in face-down defense position and place this card face-down. That ends my turn." Anna said.

Anna's Hand: 4 – 2 = 2

Turn 9: Siren
Anna Yuno: 2900LP vs Siren: 2400LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 2 vs Siren: 1+1

"Hmph. Is that all? I'm not really impressed. Normally, I'm not really into games like these. However, I have this strange desire to crush you." Siren said, as she drew her card.

"Thanks for the kind words. I'm touched." Anna said, sarcastically.

"Don't be. Considering that I'll end you this turn! I Dark Tune Corrupt Tamashi with Nether Husk – Lancer Knight!" Siren declared.

The Corrupted Soul laughed wickedly, as it then flew into the air, and then came back down, entering the Knight's Body. Multi colored flames surrounded his body, and his body then dispersed, leaving a total of fifteen stars. Ten of the stars then collided with each other, leaving only five black stars.

5 – 10 = -5

"Cloak the skies with darkness! Rain death from above! Dark Synchro! Appear, Jetstream Revenant – Pythor!" Siren chanted.

Jetstream Revenant – Pythor
[LV: -5] [Attribute: Dark]
[Beast-Warrior/Dark-Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 2200] [DEF: 1300]

From the Dark Pillar, the sound of rocket jets was heard, as an object than flew out of the Pillar, and into the sky. It circled around the air for a while. The Revenant then flew back down to the field, and began hovering on the field. This warrior was wearing a black military flight suit, with silver metal boots and silver pilot gloves. On his chest, was flight armor, with retractable wings on the sides, and a rocket on the back. On the front of the chest armor, was an energy core, in the shape of a horizontal slit, with more mechanical parts. His entire head was covered by his pilot helmet, which had two red snake-like eyes, glowing from the visor, with a viper's mouth design on the mouth piece. The Revenant than pressed the side of his helmet as it than began to unfold, revealing his face, and he was man. Like all the other Revenants, his eyes were colored dark, with red pupils and were snake like, and he had brown hair then went to his neck. He looked like he was in his mid-twenties. What was unique about him was that there were green scales on his face, meaning that he was a Faunus. For weaponry, he was wielding a high-tech railgun-rifle.

"Pythor on standby, Lady Malisha. Awaiting your orders." Pythor said. He spoke in a cold and menacing tone.

"I told you, Piper. Just call me, Malisha." Malisha said.

"Please refer to my code name. Now, your orders?" Pythor asked, sounding impatient, but polite at the same time.

"Fair enough. As for your orders, ask her. She's the duelist." Malisha said, as she pointed to Siren. Pythor then turned to Siren and looked her directly into her eyes.

"Greetings. My code name is Pythor. I'll lay down my life for this cause, and seeing that Lady Malisha has taken a liking to you, I shall trust you with my life. Your orders, ma'am?" Pythor asked, sounding more direct.

Needless to say, Siren was bit shocked by this new guy's attitude, as she wasn't use to others asking her what to do. "It's okay, Siren. Piper is always like this. Cold, direct, and calculative. Oh, and loyal as well. Ashley could learn a thing or two from him." Malisha said.

Siren only nodded, as she was trying to figure out to do next. "Alright then. I activate Pythor's effect! When Special Summoned, I can target one card on your side of the field and destroy it. Since your trap card protects your Huntress, I'll target your Defensive Stance first!" she said.

Pythor then re-equipped his helmet and flew towards Weiss and began circling her. "Nothing personal, miss. Just doing my job." He said, as he rained down a barrage of missile from his shoulder pieces onto to Weiss. The power of the missiles was able to bypass the trap's defensives, causing it to be sent to the graveyard.

White Snow Huntress – Weiss Schnee: 0ATK + 2400ATK = 2400ATK
4200DEF – 2400DEF = 1800DEF

"Up next, by discarding one card from my hand for this turn, Pythor's attack strength will increase by 800 until of the turn. A fair trade if I do say so myself." Siren said, pitching a card. Energy than began charging up until it was at maximum charge.

Siren Hand: 2 – 1 = 1

Jetstream Revenant – Pythor: 2200ATK + 800ATK = 3000ATK

"Time to end the show. I activate Pitch-Black Power Stone's effect! Now I can transfer one Spell Counter to Malisha. And with that in mind, Malisha gets to revive a friend. I think I'll bring back Ashley for the third time! Since my Power Stone is out of Counters, it's automatically destroyed." Siren said.

Star Breaker Revenant – Ashley: 2400ATK + 500ATK = 2900ATK

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 3 Spell Counters

Malisha created a portal leading to the graveyard, allowing Ashley to return. She did a couple of stretches to get ready. She then noticed Pythor hovering on the field. "Oh, hey, Pythor. How's your day going so far?" she asked.

"Eh, so-so. You?" Pythor said.

"Well, I got attacked two times today. So, average I guess." Ashley said shrugging.

"Cool." Pythor said calmly.

"So, um, you want to hang out later? I available today." Ashley said.

Pythor was silent for a moment, thinking. "I do have some free time today. Sure." He said.

"Neat. What time?" Ashley asked.

"How about seven?" he asked.

"Seven sounds great." Ashley replied.

The two then noticed Ashley tapping her feet patiently, showing that she was trying her best to put up with their small talk. The two then went back to their combat stances. Siren examined her field, seeing the three Revenants lined up for battle, the Colossus and Stun Shocker, ready to go to work. "Time to end this. Ashley! Take out her Ice Queen!" Siren declared. Weiss only rolled her eyes at that comment. Ashley began sprinting towards her target, as Weiss braced for impact.

Anna only smirked. "Now you've done it. You just triggered my trap card." She said.

"Oh please. What can one little trap card do? I've got five monsters on my field." Siren said.

"I guess you have a point there. Unless that trap card is Mirror Force!" Anna said, revealing her card. The Mirror Force trap began radiating a bright light that blinded Siren and her monsters. Yang gave a pair of sunglasses to Ruby, and both sisters placed them over their eyes for fun, while giving stern looks.

"Ah, nuts!" Siren yelled.

"Mirror Force is simple but effective. You declare an attack, every attack position monster you control goes kaboom. Keep mind that Malisha's effect only protects herself from cards that target her. But since Mirror Force affects your entire field, she's going to go to the graveyard! How's that for a little trap card?" Anna said, while snapping her fingers dramatically.

Mirror Force
[Trap: Normal]

Ashley's attack connected with a radiating barrier that appeared in front of Weiss, causing it to react. The barrier then shattered into glass-like fragments and then shot out a barrage of light towards Siren's field, bombarding her with destruction.

Ashley only had a painful look on her face and only gave out a sigh. "I don't feel so good. See you at seven, Pythor." She said, as the rays of light vaporized her. After that, the light rays then vaporized the Armageddon Knight and the Colossus causing them to shatter. Afterwards, the remaining reflected rays of light began making their way to Pythor and Malisha.

"Nice trick. However, I have mine own tricks as well! I activate the effect of Nether Husk – Bone Shaman that I discarded from my graveyard! Normally I would discard this card to negate battle damage, but whenever a Revenant, Nether Husk or Cursed Chaos monster would be destroyed by battle or effect, I can banish him from the graveyard to negate destruction. As for Malisha, she can ditch Revenant Palm instead to protect herself." Siren said.

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 4000ATK – 1000ATK = 3000ATK

Nether Husk – Bone Shaman
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 800] [DEF: 1000]

The markings on Malisha's left arm then glowed, as they then formed a protective barrier in front of her shielding herself. For Pythor, Bone Shaman appeared in front of him. The Nether Husk was wearing red robes and wielded a staff with a lizard skull on it. It had a dragon-skull for a head, and two horns that curved from the sides. The shaman then threw out several bones onto the ground, and began chanting a mysterious language. The bones on the ground began to glow as they then transformed into a skeletal shield, giving protection to Pythor. When the dust settled, both of Siren's monsters remained.

"Since Colossus was banished, I get two Nether Golem Tokens and I'll play them in defense mode!" Siren said, as the two golems appeared on her field in defense mode.

"Because of your little trap card, I'll have to delay your defeat and my victory. Instead, I'll just crush your monsters! Malisha! Finish what Ashley started!" Siren yelled.

When Malisha looked into Siren's eyes, she saw that they were focus with the intent to destroy. She was curious about her emotions right now, or perhaps it was her Grimm instincts.

Malisha then held up her right index finger, and lit a tiny purple flame on it. She then gave her finger a kiss and then chuckled. After that she pointed her finger at Weiss, and snapped it. The flame then began to ignite its way over to Weiss, in the blink of an eye, setting her on fire. Weiss screamed in agony as she then shattered. Malisha then blew out the flame on her finger. "That felt satisfying." She said in a quiet but yet excited tone.

"Poor Weiss. That looked like it really hurt." Ruby said. Yang patted her sister on the back and comforted her.

"Save the emotions for later. For the record, Pythor can inflict piercing damage. Take out that defense position monster!" Siren yelled.

"Copy that. Engaging now." Pythor said.

The Jetstream Revenant than began flying towards his target, and fired a barrage of missiles at the card. Within the smoke a humanoid figure was seen. Pythor then activated his thermal vision to locate his target. Once he got an image, he zoomed down the grown, and got up close to the monster. He then performed a leg sweep, knocking his opponent to the ground, used his boosters to jump a little higher into the air. He then took his railgun, and slammed down the barrel at the chest, when he landed. Once the gun was fully charged, he pulled the trigger, firing the finishing shot. The blast from the gun the spread to Anna, damaging her.

When the dust settled, everyone saw who was under Pythor's gun. It was Stella, the Scout Huntress. Siren's eyes widen at the fact that there was smoke signal laying next to her before she dissipated.

Scout Huntress – Stella
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Dark]
[Warrior/Flip/Effect]
[ATK: 500] [DEF: 1800]

Anna Yuno: 2900LP – 1200LP = 1700LP

"Sorry to spoil your fun, Siren. But the card you attacked was Scout Huntress – Stella. Her Flip Effect will activate first. I excavate the top two cards of my deck, and add one of them to my hand, while the other goes to back to the deck." Anna said. Two cards were then revealed from her deck. The first one was Lancer Huntress – Nella. The Second was a new Huntress card: Noir Huntress – Lalah.

"I think I'll add Lalah to my hand. Also, since Stella was sent to my graveyard, I get to summon one Huntress monster with 2000 or less attack points from my hand. Noir has 1600 attack points, so I get to summon her." Anna said, playing the card.

Noir Huntress – Lalah
[LV: 4] [Attribute: Dark]
[Warrior/Effect]
[ATK: 1600] [DEF: 1400]

The Huntress that materialized on the field was wearing a white vest, with a black suit on the inside with a red tie. She wore matching white pants, and also sported black shoes. She had pale skin, and her face showed that she was of Asian Nationality, with short black hair and two brown eyes. She also wore a white fedora on her head, that had a black stripe on it. On the right side of her waist, was a holster holding a small pistol. There were also ammo clips on her belt. She also had a pouch on the back of her belt. She didn't speak, since her spirit wasn't connected to the card at the moment. However, Lalah pulled out her pistol and aimed at each of Siren's monsters.

Siren felt a bit frustrated that she couldn't finish off Anna. However, she tried to calm down by taking a couple of deep breaths. "I…end my turn." She said.

"Um…Siren. Did you decided not to use my ability to search your deck for a card?" Malisha asked.

"….AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! DANG IT!" Siren cursed, as she face-palmed out of anger.

Pythor scoffed a little. "Not surprising. A beginner is bound to make mistakes. I suggest dueling different people, or Grimm. Experience is the best way to train your brain." He said.

Jetstream Revenant – Pythor: 3000ATK – 800ATK = 2200ATK

Turn 10: Anna Yuno
Anna Yuno: 1700LP vs Siren: 2400LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 2+1 vs Siren hand: 1

(Insert BGM: Red Like Roses Part 2)

"Now's our chance! Go get her, Anna!" Ruby cheered.

"On it! I draw! Time to go beyond the limit! I summon RWBY Soul – Ruby Rose to my field in attack mode!" Anna yelled. Ruby then dissipated from where she stood and reappeared on the field in tuner form. She then took out her Crescent Rose, armed for combat.

RWBY Soul – Ruby Rose
[LV: 3] [Attribute: Wind]
[Warrior/Tuner/Effect]
[ATK: 1400] [DEF: 700]

"I now tune Level 3 RWBY Soul – Ruby Rose, with Level 4 Noir Huntress – Lalah!" Anna chanted. Ruby then jumped into the air, and turned into three green rings, outlining Lalah. "Grand Rose that scatters through the sky! Descend to the battlefield, and bring hope to all! I Synchro Summon! Appear before us! Red Rose Huntress – RWBY Rose!" Anna chanted.

3 + 4 = 7

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose
[LV: 7] [Attribute: Wind]
[Warrior/Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 2500] [DEF: 2000]

From the pillar of light, Ruby came swirling out of it, as a flurry of rose petals and landed on the ground. She then took out her Crescent Rose, and unfolded it into Scythe mode. She then swung it around before pointing it at Siren's monsters.

"Since Ruby's tuner form was used as Synchro material, her synchro form gains 300 extra attack points. Also, since I used Lalah as Synchro Material for the summoning, Ruby gains an additional attack and she can't be destroyed by battle or card effects until the end of the turn. Ruby felt like she was being watched by someone, but didn't know who. However, it felt like a friendly presence.

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose: 2500ATK + 300ATK = 2800ATK

"Get ready, Siren. A storm is brewing. A storm of roses! I now activate the equip spell, Huntress Rose Storm! Normally this card would give a Huntress monster 500 attack points, however when equipped to Ruby she gains 1000 attack points and a wicked effect." Anna said. Rose Attack showed a picture of Ruby holding her scythe behind her back, as rose petals swirled around her wildly.

"Wait, wait, wait. Did you just say 'wicked'?" Siren asked.

"Yeah. Duel Monsters will make you say things that you thought you would never say in your life. Even horrible jokes and puns." Anna said.

"Another reason why I wasn't into stuff like this in the first place. But what I am into is Malisha's effect! Since you activated a Spell Card, Malisha gains a Spell Counter, and you take 400 points of damage!" Siren said.

Malisha then readied her swords and took aim at Anna. "Not this time! I activate Noir Huntress – Lalah's effect from the graveyard! Whenever I would take effect damage, I can banish her from my graveyard and you take the damage instead!" Anna said.

Before Siren or Malisha could react to what Anna just said, four shots were then fired at Malisha's blue swords, destroying them before they could be fired. Siren and her monsters then turned their heads to the left to see Lalah, holding her pistol with smoke coming out of the barrel. The Huntress then aimed her pistol at Siren, and fired a single shot damaging her and walked away.

Anna Yuno Hand: 3 – 2 = 1

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose: 2800ATK + 1000ATK = 3800ATK

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 4 Spell Counters

Siren: 2400LP – 400LP = 2000LP

"Got to admit. She's a good shot." Pythor said.

"You wouldn't be saying that if you were the one who got shot." Siren said.

"Lalah does more than that. For this entire turn, I take no effect damage after she's banished. Battle! Ruby! Attack Pythor!" Anna yelled.

"Here we go!" Ruby shouted, as she then charged towards Pythor.

"Ruby's effect activates! When attacking a monster with 2000 or more attack points, I can attack another monster. I'll go for one of your Golems! She may lose 400 attack point, but that's hardly a change.

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose: 3800ATK – 400ATK = 3400ATK
2500DEF – 400DEF = 2100DEF

Ruby felt a sting in her body from Malisha's spell, but immediately shook it off. A storm of rose petals swirled around her, as she then began attacking both Pythor and the Golem simultaneously. The two monsters didn't had time to react, as they were constantly bombarded from swift scythe attacks. The petals began swirling around the two even faster, until it became a tornado of rose petals. They all then dispersed, as Ruby was seen in the sky and dove towards, both Pythor and Golem delivering a swift finish.

Pythor let out a little cough before uttering a few last words. "Huh. Not bad for a kid." He said, as he then shattered along with the golem. Using her other effect, she transformed her Crescent Rose into its sniper configuration and fired a shot at Siren, damaging her. In turn, Malisha used her magic to weaken Ruby even further.

Siren: 2000LP – 600LP – 500LP = 900LP

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose: 3400ATK – 400ATK = 3000ATK
2100DEF – 400DEF = 1700DEF

"This storm is still going, because after Ruby destroys her opponents in battle, Rose Storm deals you 500 points of damage and I can then target one card you control and destroy it! So, I'm taking out that last golem!" Anna yelled.

Ruby then transformed her scythe into sniper mode, but stab the tip of the blade into the ground, and pointed the gun right at both the remaining golem and Siren. She then fired three piercing rounds, and the did a backwards trick shot, destroying the remaining golem and weakening Siren even further.

Siren: 900LP – 500LP = 400LP

Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha: 5 Spell Counters

Ruby then landed back to her side of the field. Now it was only the duelists and their aces staring each other down. It was silent, and the tension was rising, and Ruby still had one more attack left. Ruby then turned her head to Anna, and both nodded their heads thinking the exact same thing. "Time to finish this!"

"Ruby! Attack Nether Witch Revenant – Malisha! Rose Dance!" Anna yelled.

"We won't back down! Malisha! Strike back! Nether Hex!" Siren yelled.

Ruby armed herself with her scythe, and Malisha casted fighting magic upon herself. The two monsters then charged at each other in mid-air, letting out their battle cries, as steel and magic clashed! The two then began trading blows with one another, with Malisha summoning swords, and firing them at Ruby. Ruby then spun around deflecting all the swords and the charged at Malisha with several scythe swings, eventually reaching a deadlock.

"Tell me. Who taught you how to use such a complex weapon? I'm intrigued to know your teacher." Malisha asked.

"My uncle. He's pretty awesome at what he does." Ruby said, as she then jumped back and fired multiple shots at Malisha.

"Sounds like your uncle is quite the interesting fellow." Malisha said, as she then fired multiple orbs of Nether energy at Ruby.

Ruby began to weave her way past the orbs, and then brought down her scythe for another attack, while Malisha parried her strikes. "Where did you learn how to use magic? I have to admit your spells do look awesome. I could almost admire them." Ruby asked. She then tilted her weapon to have the barrel aimed at Malisha. The witch then noticed it, and jumped up into the air to evade the bullets.

"I taught myself how to use it. A lot of studying was involved. But with hard work and determination, anything is possible." Malisha said.

"Preach!" Ruby replied.

Ruby then charged towards Malisha with another scythe swing. Malisha was prepared to block it, but all of a sudden, gun shots were then heard, as Malisha was now under fire from another person. That person was none other than Lalah, was unloading clips of bullets onto Malisha. As fast as Lalah was pulling the trigger, Malisha was just as fast to deflect the bullets. However, this diversion gave Ruby enough time to land a decisive blow to Malisha. The witch screamed in pain, as Ruby used her scythe to swing Malisha around and hurled her to the ground.

"They have the same attack points! They should destroy each other...Oh, wait. Lalah's effect." Siren said, remembering the effect.

"Glad you remembered it. Saves me the hassle of explaining it again." Anna said.

"Still doesn't mean I'm happy." Siren replied.

With Malisha stunned on the ground, Ruby dove down and slammed the barrel of her Crescent Rose into Malisha and unloaded all the ammo she had, while yelling to the top of her lungs. After that, there was nothing but silence. Malisha then began laughing, and it got louder after a while.

"You're not half bad, for a naïve brat." Malisha said.

"If I'm being honest here, you're pretty awesome yourself. Even though you're a crazy lady." Ruby said.

Malisha only let out a soft chuckle. "I look forward to our rematch." Malisha mutter as she then shattered. Ruby was puzzled by her final words, but she shook it off, as she jumped back to Anna's side of the field

"With Malisha destroyed, Rose Storm will finish you off! Finish her, Ruby!" Anna yelled.

With the final command, Ruby spun her scythe around and aimed the barrel at Siren, and fired a bullet, that was surrounded with Rose Petals. The final strike that would end the duel.

Well…not this time.

"At this time, I summon Cursed Chaos – Zanki Ronin from my hand! During either player's turn, if I control no monsters on my field, I can special summon him from my hand!" Siren declared.

Siren Hand: 1 – 1 = 0

Cursed Chaos – Zanki Ronin
[LV: 9] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Dark-Tuner/Effect]
[ATK: 0] [DEF: 0]

A ghostly aura began to manifest on Siren's field, as it then took on the form of a humanoid spirit. Samurai armor then began to manifest around it as it now looked like a ghost possessing Samurai armor. Two red eyes then began glowing eyes from the helmet section.

"On the turn that Zanki Ronin is summoned, all damage dealt to me is halved! Plus, while in attack mode, he can't be destroyed by battle." Siren said.

The Samurai spirit then drew he katana and sliced the bullet in half, causing the remaining parts to graze Siren's shoulder, but it was enough to keep her going.

Siren: 400LP – 250LP = 150LP

(End BGM)

"Drat. We almost had her." Ruby said.

"We'll just hang on a little longer. I'll set one card face-down and end my turn." Anna said.

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose: 3800ATK – 300ATK = 3500ATK

Turn 11: Siren
Anna Yuno: 1700LP vs Siren: 150LP
Anna Yuno Hand: 0 vs Siren Hand: 0+1

Siren looked at her field and her hand. She was not in the best situation. "I know what you're thinking." Malisha said in her head. Suddenly, Siren found herself in a dark void, and found herself facing Malisha.

"Can I even win? How am I supposed to get out of this? I'm probably going to lose." Malisha said.

Siren only chuckled. "Well, you are in my graveyard right now. I'm sure that winning is far fetch now." She said.

Malisha only began laughing hysterically. "What's so funny? Is my misery that amusing to you?" she asked.

"N-no. Not at all. I-it's just, hearing those words coming out of your mouth. Oh gosh. It's, it's weird. Just weird." Malisha said.

"Why is it weird?" Siren asked.

Malisha's smile then faded as she then tried to calm herself down. "It's, complicated. Ok. Stay with me for a moment. Tell me. What are the first words that you think of when you hear or think of the word 'fate'?" she asked.

Siren only let out a sigh, even though she wondered if it was sighing mentally in her mind. "I don't see the point in this, but when it comes to the word 'Fate', the first things that come to my head are writing and books." She said. However, once she heard herself say those words, she was puzzled of why she said them. "Writing and books? Why would I say stuff like that?" she asked herself.

"That…. you'll have to figure that out on your own." Malisha said as she began walking away.

"Why are you like this with me? I know we agreed to use each other, but I feel like you aren't telling something that's really important. And if I'm being honest, I actually want to know the more we keep dueling together. So, please. What are you hiding from me?" Siren asked.

Malisha hummed for a moment. "If you win. I'll give you a hint. Have fun. And on a side note, only a fool relies on one method to fight. A lesson that a close friend of mine taught me." She said.

(Insert BGM: DMC 3 Vergil fight 2)

After that, Siren found herself back in the duel. Looking at her bracelet, she kept thinking about 'fate' and 'writing'. "I'll write my own fate in this life of mine." She said as she drew her card.

"And I have all I need to make it a reality. I summon Nether Husk – Rifle Marauder from my hand in attack mode!" Siren shouted.

Nether Husk – Rifle Marauder
[LV: 4] [Attribute: Dark]
[Fiend/Effect]
[ATK: 1500] [DEF: 1000]

The next monster that appeared on the field, jumped into the air, and landed on the ground. It wore black heavy exo-armor on the upper body, and lighter leg armor. Its skull resembled that of a wyvern with two glowing red eyes in the eye sockets. For weaponry, it wielded a heavy-rifle, with a blade attached to the end. Apparently, the gun could morph into a standard sword for melee use.

"I activate Rifle Marauder's effect! I can change its level between 1 and 8. However, I can only use it as Dark Synchro Material. But it's not much of a hinderance, because I now change Rifle Marauder's level from 4 to 2!" Siren said. The Marauder then use the blade at the end of his rifle to cut away two of its levels.

"This duel shall mark your end! I Dark Tune, Level 9 Zanki Ronin with Level 2 Rifle Marauder!" Siren yelled.

The Ronin nodded as he then knelt down and then took out his sword. The Ronin then committed seppuku, by stabbing himself in the chest and then twisting his sword. Darkness then poured out of his body, surrounding the Husk, with 9 stars digging into his body. A total of 11 stars were revealed in the body, with 4 stars colliding with one another, leaving only 7 black stars that circled in the air.

"Warrior of six blades! Walk among the path of sorrow and redemption, and overcome fate! Dark Synchro! Cut down all who oppose us! Six Blade Revenant – Saika!" Siren chanted.

Six Blade Revenant – Saika
[LV: -7] [Attribute: Dark]
[Warrior/Dark-Synchro/Effect]
[ATK: 2500] [DEF: 2100]

Six blades, colored red, blue, yellow, purple, green and brown pierced through the dark pillar and sliced away the shadows. Anna and RWBY recognized the Revenant before as they encountered her before, only this time they got the full picture. Saika was not in usual kimono attire, but instead wearing pitch-black armor, with red outlining around her armor. There were also red orbs on her arms and legs. The legging armor also had claws at the foot. In the middle of the chest armor was a red diamond that glowed brightly with power. Each of her shoulder pads had a spike coming out of each of them. Her gauntlets resembled that of black dragon claws. On her head, was a sharp helmet, which resembled the head of a dragon, which left her face-exposed. The swords that were currently hovering in the air came back to Saika and re-sheathed themselves.

"That armor. I feel like I've seen it before." Anna thought to herself.

Anna didn't had time to think as Siren began making her move. "Saika's effect activates! When summoned to my field, I can banish two monster cards from either of our graveyards, but I think I'll just banish yours!" she said.

Anna's left arm was then forced into the air and forward, as astral spirits of Weiss' Synchro form and Amelia emerged from the grave. Saika then drew her blue and green swords, and sent out two shockwave attacks towards the spirits, vaporizing them.

"Weiss!" Ruby yelled in horror.

Saika re-sheathed her swords, as power began to flow through her body. "One more interesting thing you should know about Saika is that for every face-up monster card that is banished, she gains 100 extra attack points. Right now, there's a total of nine monsters banished, meaning her attack points increase to 3400! (List of Monsters banished: Lancer Knight, Rally Flag, Ashley, Colossus, Corrupt Tamashi, Stun Lancer, Synchro Weiss, Amelia, Lalah).

Six Blade Revenant – Saika: 2500ATK + 900ATK = 3400ATK

"Have at thee, Huntresses!" Saika yelled. Ruby only armed herself with her scythe, prepared to face the new challenger.

Siren glared her eyes at her enemies, as her intent to destroy and win grew. "Battle! Saika, silence Ruby Rose!" she yelled.

Saika let out battle cry as she drew her blue and green swords and began charging towards Ruby. Ruby did the same as the two began clashing blades with one another.

"I activate my face-down! Huntress Battle Blast! Whenever a Huntress Monster battles a monster with 2000 or more attack points, this card inflicts 200 points of damage to you! It's over for you!" Anna yelled.

Huntress Battle Blast
[Trap: Continuous]

"Not this time! Saika's effect is in play! I'll explain this slowly for you since it gets a bit complicated. Each time a monster is banished, Saika gains a certain effect depending on the attribute of the monster, until the end of the turn. Since I banished Amelia with a Wind Attribute, whenever Saika declares an attack, all your spell and trap effects are negated until the end of the damage step!"

Anna only gritted her teeth, as Saika then used her green sword to send wind attacks towards her spell and trap cards, disabling them. The Rose Petals that surrounded Ruby began to flutter in the sky, and she felt weaker. Saika then began to overwhelm her, as Ruby began acting more defensive.

Red Rose Huntress – Ruby Rose: 3500ATK – 1000ATK = 2500ATK

"Now for the cherry on top! Since Saika's effect banished a water attribute monster, all battle damage that she deals is doubled! Go! Silent Edge! This duel is now over! Siren yelled.

With Saika constantly applying pressure with her swords, Ruby's grip on her scythe began to slip. Quickly, Saika let go of her current swords, and immediately pulled out two more swords from her scabbards, and attached to the already drawn swords to her feet. Saika was now attack Ruby with intense speed and fury, as she finally broke Ruby's guard and slashed through her. Making her way to Anna, she delivered a single sword swing, sliding right past her. Nothing happened at first.

Three of Saika's swords re-sheathed themselves, with the final one in her right hand. Slowly, she swung it outward and brushed against the sheath, before stowing it. "This battle…is ours. May your souls know peace." She said. With a click of her sword being stowed, Ruby and Anna were assaulted with phantom slashes all across their body.

As Ruby began to collapse, she turned around to Anna and tried to reach for her, but she immediately shattered. Anna's mind frantically tried to figure out how to solve this situation, but she couldn't. Nothing was in her hand, nothing on her field, and nothing to use in her grave. For she, had lost.

Anna Yuno: 1700LP – 1800LP = 0LP

(End BGM)

Duel Over
Winner: Siren

Yang watched in horror as Anna fell back, and seeing her life-points hit zero. Anna's mind was flooded with many thoughts of her loss, as she began to lose consciousness. However, Yang immediately went to catch her before she hit the ground. "I got you, Anna. Hang in there. Alright, she's still breathing. That's good." She said. Anna winced in pain as the duel began to take its toll.

As for Siren, she stood still, baffled by the fact she claimed victory. "I…won. He….hahahaha. I actually won!" Slowly, a smile appeared on her face, as she began laughing softly. Her laughter got louder, with the joy of winning overwhelming ever part of her body, the experience of triumph over a foe that was once threatening to her.

(Grimm Encampment)

Liege, Hidou, Shinrai and Jay had seen the entire duel from start to finish, and it kept them all, except Shinrai, on the edge of their seats. They even brought in some drinks and snacks. What was more shocking was the ending. With the defeat of Anna, both Liege and Hidou had their jaws hanging from shock, although' Liege's helmet covered it. After that, Siren began laughing, as the victory was a lot for her to take in. Liege immediately dropped his soda, which spilled all over the floor, and Hidou punched himself in the face to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Ow! Why did I do that?" Hidou asked himself.

Liege finally managed to recover a little form the shock as he was finally able to speak. "D-did Siren actually won?" he asked, Hidou.

"Well, the Red Head fell. And Siren's a Pink Head. Also, that's her face on the victory screen. So, yes?" Hidou said, while shrugging.

The two Grimm then turned over to Shinrai who was still staring at the screen, with his blank look. "Um…Shinrai? Did Siren win?" Hidou asked.

"Yes. She did…..Hooray." Shinrai said.

Hidou and Liege then looked at each other, and then at the Screen showing the victory. They then finally acknowledge that Siren had actually won. "Wait. If Siren won, then how come she isn't claiming the Huntresses?" Liege asked.

"She forgot to put up the Darkness Barrier. The damage that was being dealt to Siren and her opponent was from the spiritual energy coursing through Remnant." Shinrai said, as he then munched on popcorn.

"Ah. Classic Siren. An idiot even in victory." Hidou said.

Just then a dark spirit emerged in the room, startling everyone, except Shinrai, and it was none other than Malisha. "Greetings, Liege. I told you that we deliver, and we delivered. Are you satisfied?" Malisha asked.

Liege only muttered as he was still in shock. "Uh, uh. A-a yes. I-I'm v-very satisfied. Quite satisfied. Only problem is that you forgot to put up the Darkness Barrier." He said.

"Oh. Sorry, I guess caught up in the heat of the moment. That means they might still put up a fight if they try to resist. Aside from that, what do you want to do with them, now that they've lost? Imprisoned, I presumed?" Malisha asked.

"Nope. Kill them." Liege said, coldly.

Malisha tilted her head upward in response to Liege's reply. "Tell me, Liege. You were so desperate to capture them from the beginning, but why kill them now?" she asked.

"The only reason why I wanted them captured was to make sure that I would witness their death right in front of me, after their defeat. Plus, most spirits can only be killed under certain circumstances, and I was worried that team RWBY would be listed under that category. However, now that they are Remnant, it's time for them to kick the bucket." Liege said.

Malisha was silent for a moment, thinking about it. "Your orders are everything right now. Just give the word." She said.

Liege then took a pause to relax himself. "As the Greek Emperors did, a thumbs down for death." He said, as he pointed his thumb down.

"Actually, Liege, it was the Roman Emperors who did that, not the Greeks." Shinrai said.

"Whatever. Just execute them." Liege said.

"Very well. It shall be done." Malisha said as she began to leave.

"Wait." Liege said. Malisha then turned around to see Liege struggling to form his words. "T-thank you. For your services." He said.

"Any time, love." Malisha said, as she then disappeared.

With that, silence filled the room. No one uttered a word for a while, until Hidou was the first to break the silence. "So, should we celebrate?" he asked.

"I-I don't know, Hidou. I should feel happy that we won. But, at the same time, I'm concerned for some reason. Why do human emotions have to be so, complicated?" Liege questioned, as he needed some time to collect his thoughts.

(Ruins)

Yang was now holding Anna in her arms, making sure she was okay. Ruby, Weiss and Blake had just returned from the graveyard and gathered around Anna. She was still breathing, but it was weak. Her body was injured. She then slowly opened her eyes, and saw all of team RWBY staring down at her with scarred, teary eyed, and worried faces.

"I…lost. I'm so, sorry." She said. Her body felt weak, and she couldn't focus on what was going on.

"It's fine, Anna. You did your best." Ruby said, trying to hold back her tears.

"My best…wasn't good enough. It's not fine." Anna muttered. However, before she could say anything else, Blake placed her finger over her mouth.

"Don't talk anymore. Just rest. We'll take it from here." Blake said.

"We'll make sure that you'll get home safely." Weiss said.

RWBY then heard Siren laughing, remembering that she was the victory. Anger quickly began to build up within them, but they held back knowing that now wasn't the time to strike. Suddenly, a black apparition then appeared next to Siren, who waited patiently for her stop.

"Are you done?" Malisha asked.

"Yeah. It's just, I feel different now. More, motivated. It's like everything that once chained me down is gone. I…also feel quite tired." Siren said, as she then began to wobble around a little. Afterwards, she fell forward, with Malisha using magic to catch her and slowly lay her down.

"It's only natural you would feel this way after an intense duel like that. Rest now. You deserve it." Malisha said, in a comforting tone. After patting Siren on the head, she sent her through a magic circle, back to the base to rest. Her face then turned stern, as she then clapped her hands. Soon, she then began to take a more physical form, and began walking towards Anna. More portals began to appear as Saika, Ashley and Pythor followed.

Team RWBY then noticed that the Revenants were slowly approaching. Slowly, Yang lay Anna on the ground and placed her hand on her shoulder for a moment. "It's going to be okay." She said, as she got up.

Team RWBY all stood up, it was harder for Ruby, Weiss and Blake, and they then found themselves face to face with the four Revenants. "Just back off. You won already." Yang said.

"Normally, I wouldn't spill unnecessary blood, but I'm afraid we must end your lives, and Anna's." Malisha said.

From the moment those words exited her mouth, Yang's eyes turned red as she launched herself towards Malisha. However, the witch only raised her hand, and stopped in mid-air. "That's cute." She said, as she then launched Yang back, as she hit a stone pillar and slid down. Luckily, her aura was able to absorb most of the damage. She immediately recovered and fired multiple shotgun shots at the Revenants. Saika only stepped in and sliced the shots. Pythor then aimed his railgun, and fired a shot at Yang, damaging her sending her flying back again. Blake then used her gambol shroud to yank Yang back down, to help her recover.

"We may be equal in numbers, but your bodies are too weak to carry on. Although I do admire your will to fight on. And if I have learned anything from Huntsmen and Huntresses, you all prefer to go down fighting." Malisha said.

"Of course. We won't let hurt Remnant, our friends, family and Anna anymore. We'll defend it." Ruby said.

"Ruby's right. We still have so much to do in this world. As heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, I'll make it my duty to defend this world from you.

"I have made so many cherished memories in this life. I won't let them be destroyed." Blake said.

"Besides, you haven't had a chance to fight me yet. I'm need to pound you into the ground for what you did." Yang said.

"Ah, the vigor of youth. Personally, I'm not against the dreams and ambitions of the younger generation. However, Liege demands your death, and we have to be on his good side for now. So, no hard feelings. I'm a bit worn out after our last battle, but I still have enough energy for a few more spells." She said. A black orb then appeared in her right hand, as she smiled wickedly. "And this one is a favorite of mine."

Team RWBY was not in the best position to fight. Ruby, Weiss and Blake were drained from their last fight. Yang was at full strength, but she probably couldn't take down a team of coordinated fighters. Anna's was down for the count, and now Malisha was preparing her final attack. Things looked bad.

Just then, something came flying from a far. A small canister can fell from the sky, and bounced in front of the two teams. The canister then rolled on the ground, as the words, 'FLASH BANG' was printed on in bright bold yellow words.

"AH SH…" Ashley said, as she was about to curse.

The flash bang then exploded blinding everyone in the vicinity, including team RWBY, Anna, and the Revenants causing a loud ringing sound to echo through their ears. From a nearby cliff, several figures came out running.

"This is Ethan Hono. Team RWBY and Anna Yuno have been located. Moving in to secure." He said into a comm link. Cavalier, Lancer, Templar, Crusader, Lu and K came running in as well to his side.

"Excellent work men. Alright Igknights. Let's get this job done!" Gallant yelled.

"YES SIR!" the warriors yelled.

To be Continued.

Author's Note

I just want to apologize of how late this post was. I'm truly sorry. A lot was going on with my life back then. College classes attacked me with tons of homework. I've been playing a lot of videogames, like XCOM 2, Devil May Cry HD collection, Spiderman PS4, RWBY Aminity Arena, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Titanfall 2, and watching videos online. I now have a job as well. Making money now, at the cost of my free time.

A lot has happened in this chapter. Anna lost. Not much to it. I've planned this for a while. Well, she has lost before, but I think this is a duel that will affect her personally and story wise. Malisha's card was probably the hardest card I have ever come up with. The effect is basically my view of how I see yugioh now a days. Control. However, I wanted to make a card that had that similar effect, but still let the other player did what he/she wanted. Only difference is that there are consequences to those actions. I did enjoy writing the duel though, as it was fun as heck. Also, PENNY IS HERE! YAY! I'm not sure if I'll make a duel monsters card for her, but she will play a role in the story.

In the next chapter, 18 part 2, it'll pick off where Ethan left off, when he got that call from Neos. There won't be a duel next chapter but a battle. I was originally planning on release both chapters at the same time, but I figure I would just post this chapter immediately. I've kept you all waiting too long.

Now on to reviews

Supergifford: I am a fan of Kamen rider, so I use Masked HEROES as a form of tribute to them.

Guest Quest: I'll consider updating my profile page.

Bat Eagles: Glad you like the story. Good luck with your story as well.

DB-20: Not sure. They might be referenced at some point.

Your num 1 fan: I will definitely do another split personality skit in a future duel, especially with JNPR. As for Anna's rage moment, you might get to see something like that in the future.

Guest: Dark Dust could possibly do that. Maybe.

Johnathan: Overlaying and fusing RWBY and JNPR might be a nice idea.

D3ADPOOK1D: I'm trying to make sure that Liege has a personality. Not a one-note character.

Darth Stigma: The idea of team AZRE is still in my head. And I do have some upcoming characters whose name starts with an R.

Jacob9594: Yes, I did plan for Anna to appear in Remnant.

Your num 1 fan: Not sure if that would make sense. Atem may appear for a brief while, although I still need to think about it.

GearStriker: They know that Blake is a Faunus. She just prefers to keep the bow.

Before I go, I want to give two shout-outs to two people. This first is BatEagles, who is doing his own take of a Yugioh story, with Sword Art Online characters. Keep writing bud, I want to see more of what you have in store for us. The second one is not an author but an artist. She is known as the Pokemon Dutchess, who makes wonderful hand drawn artwork of OC characters from various animes (mostly Pokemon and Yugioh). Her account is found on Deviantart. And I think that's about it. Thank you for reading. That's all I have to say, so, have a nice day folks. See you next time.