Aurasoul hugging Ai tightly: Hello everyone and welcome to Vrains! I give a shout out to 0713MM for helping me type this story along with letting me use his OC Glacies and I don't own Vrains just my OCs.
Miho: Wait why do I have a bad feeling here?
Aurasoul: Just your imagination now enjoy everyone!
Chapter 12
The 3 were running quickly towards the Tower when they heard a voice calling to them.
"Playmaker! Flare Dragon!" They looked up to see Frog and Pigeon going to them as Frog pointed.
"Someone is dueling over there." He told them.
"Seriously?" Ai questioned.
"Who's dueling?" Ice Queen asked.
"Blue Angel and Spectre are gone." Flare frowned.
"It's not Beelzebub. Sparks took care of him." Frog told them.
"So then that must mean…!" Flare gasped.
"Go Onizuka and Revolver." Playmaker frowned.
"Go Onizuka?" Ice Queen questioned before she snapped her fingers in realization. "Oh yeah! I remember him! Such a positive influence on the children!"
"Those 2 are dueling. We gotta hurry." Flare said.
"Right." Playmaker spoke. "Let's go."
"You 2 should leave." Flare told Frog and Pigeon.
"No can do. You guys are risking your lives to protect Link VRAINS." Frog said.
"So we'll risk our lives for the truth!" Pigeon added. Flare smirked, impressed.
"If you insist." She said, as the 3 ran off.
They soon reached a ledge to see Onizuka with 4 monsters on his field, that included Thunder Ogre.
"He's full of vigor!" Ai remarked.
"That's Go for you." Ice Queen smiled.
"Revolver…" Playmaker frowned. Flare glared at Revolver as Onizuka turned to face them.
"You're too late Playmaker, Flare. And I see Sparks isn't with you." Onizuka remarked, before glancing at Ice Queen, surprised. "Wait, aren't you Ice Queen?"
"I am, Go." Ice Queen replied.
"I see. Well at any rate, I'll be the one who'll defeat Revolver." Onizuka smirked.
"Hoh? You're quite confident that you think you can win when you're not paying attention to me." Revolver retorted. "My turn, draw!"
Sparks panted as he ran before reaching the broken bridge.
"Oh you gotta be kidding me." He muttered. He looked to the tower seeing light. "That has to be from a duel. Please let it not be those 2." He muttered. He then took a deep breath a hand on his left shoulder as the shoulder pad began to crack. "Guess I'm gonna have to use that to get across."
"Sink into the abyss of bottomless despair!" Revolver yelled. The same bright light shined upon the field, nearly blinding them. Both Playmaker and Flare managed to see as Flare gasped, shocked.
"This light is…!" Playmaker began.
"I activate the trap card, Mirror Force." Revolver grinned. He then waved his right hand from left to right. "Now all your face-up attack position monsters are all destroyed!" The light shined brighter; destroying all of Onizuka's Link monsters in explosions.
"The terrifying card that Playmaker mentioned was Mirror Force!" Onizuka gasped.
"Hahahahahahahaha!" Revolver laughed. Flare went pale in shock, gripping onto her duel disk.
Mirror Force…! And to think I thought I was the only one to have that trap in my deck! She thought, shocked.
"Go….." Ice Queen spoke softly.
"Hey, did he lose heart?" Ai questioned, worried.
"Doubtful." Playmaker spoke. "It'll take a lot more than Mirror Force to weaken his resolve. Just watch."
True to Playmaker's words, Go continued onwards, despite the loss of his monsters to Revolver's Mirror Force. He managed to bring back his Great Ogre and another monster before ending his turn. Revolver then took his turn and managed to weaken Onizuka to 1000 LP. Onizuka fought back and brought the Giant Ogre and dealt 3100 damage to Revolver; leaving him with 900 LP.
"Yus!" Ai pumped his fists. "Now on Onizuka's next turn, he can win!"
"But look at Revolver's field." Flare frowned, motioning to the monsters. Ai looked and if he could make a deep frown if he had lips, he would have.
"Oh….." Ai muttered. "That's not good."
Revolver took his next turn and used Booster Dragon with 2 other monsters to Link Summon the Link 4 Borrelsword Dragon.
"I can't believe that you forced me to Summon Borrelsword Dragon…..!" Revolver grit his teeth. "You can keep your entertainment dueling to yourself! I can't care about that! I don't particularly care about anything at the moment! Not as long as I complete my goal! That's all that matters!" He thrusted his right hand forward. "Battle! Borrelsword Dragon, attack Giant Ogre!" The dragon leapt forward and swung its sword on top of its head towards Giant Ogre. "Borrelsword Dragon effect! I halve Giant Ogre's ATK and Borrelsword gains that much!" Giant Ogre's ATK fell to 1500, and Borrelsword's rose to 4500. "Borrelsword Dragon 2nd effect! I switch Metalrokket Dragon to DEF mode! Which triggers its effect! I destroy it to destroy all cards in the column Metalrokket was in!" The bullet dragon turned into blue energy that Borrelsword's cannon absorbed, then fired it at Giant Ogre, hoping to destroy it. However…
"Too bad!" Go grinned. "Giant Ogre's effect was already active the moment you lowered my monsters attack!"
"Humph. That's fine." Revolver sneered. "Borrelsword Dragon can attack twice during the turn I use Zero Bullet Fire!"
"What?!"
"This is the end!" Revolver's lips formed a dark smile. "Borresword Dragon! Electric Sword Slash!" The dragon followed the order and slashed Giant Ogre in 2; thus destroying it. His LP fell to 0.
"No! Onizuka!" Ai yelled.
"Go!" Ice Queen called out, a worried expression on her face. Onizuka then glowed red and began to turn into data.
"Playmaker, this was the best I could do." Onizuka spoke.
"Your duel with Revolver showed me more of his strategies." Playmaker replied. "I shall defeat him with what I've learned from this duel."
"Then I leave the rest to you and the others." Onizuka smiled. Shortly afterwards, he vanished in red data.
"Onizuka…" Flare frowned sadly. Revolver glanced at Ice Queen, then Flare, then Playmaker.
"My battle is with Playmaker." Revolver told them. "I'm sure he'd agree." He paused, then looked at Ice Queen. "On the other hand…you intrigue me…Ice Queen…..."
"Leave Ice Queen out of this." Playmaker frowned deeply. "She has no reason to duel you. And you have no reason to duel her."
"Fool." Revolver remarked. "Thanks to her and Flare's team up on Spectre, I've learned that her Deck contains Cyberse cards. And you know what I do to Cyberse Decks."
"If you think we're going to let you go near her, you got another thing coming." Flare glared darkly.
"Hahaha! You're one to talk." Revolver smirked. "You have no say in the matter. If anyone is going to stop me from dueling Ice Queen, it's certainly not going to be you." He gestured to Playmaker. "He'll stop me if he sees it fit."
"Excuse me?!" Flare snapped angrily.
"You claim you'll defend her, yet you didn't at all when you and Ice Queen teamed up to defeat Spectre." Revolver remarked. "That sounds like hypocrisy and a bunch of lies to me. Yet, you say that you seek the truth. How laughable." Flare flinched, clutching her hands tightly.
"Don't listen to him, Flare." Ice Queen told her.
"Even though I'm right and she's not?" Revolver questioned. At that, Ice Queen raised her right index finger and pointed it at Revolver.
"The only true hypocrite I see here is you." Ice Queen remarked.
"How dare you….!" Revolver clenched his fists.
"I may not know much about you and your little Knight of Hanoi gang, but from what I've learned from Aoi when she fought them is that they are "saving the world" from the Ignis. Even if it means sacrificing hundreds of thousands of lives to do it? Humph! Yeah, tooooooooooooooootally saving the world." Ice Queen expected Revolver to lash out at her words, but instead, he just laughed.
"Hahahaha!" Ice Queen and Playmaker raised an eyebrow at that.
"Did Ice Queen say something funny?!" Playmaker demanded.
"Yes." Revolver replied after he stopped laughing. "She knows nothing of us Knights' goal!"
"You're doing all this just to kill Ai, despite knowing the chaos you'll cause." Flare frowned.
"The Ignis shouldn't have been created in the first place!" Revolver snapped. "They are vermin. Us Knights are the exterminators!"
"And using my sister as your poison?" Flare spat. Revolver's lips formed a dark smile at that.
"Why yes." Revolver retorted. "What else would I use her for? A rip-off of Princess Peach?"
"Damn you!" Flare growled, clutching her hands tightly. "5 years you had my sister. No doubt experimenting on her and her program for this Tower. The pain she must've been through because of you!"
"Pain?" Revolver questioned as he shrugged. "I dunno what you're talking about."
"Don't play dumb!" Ice Queen snapped angrily at Revolver.
"Hoh?" Revolver questioned as he glanced at Ice Queen. "And tell me dear snow queen, what will you do about it? Lash out at me like an animal because Spectre eradicated your 2 siblings?"
"She is no animal!" Flare snapped.
"Oh yes she is." Revolver grinned. "She may not be a full animal, but she has the instincts of one. Why do you think she even challenged Spectre to a duel in the first place?" He then pointed his right index finger at Ice Queen. "Raised by wild animals turns you into one in the future. She doesn't care about who she hurts, so long as her siblings are safe. Heh heh heh…" He paused again, then glanced between Flare and Playmaker. "She'd even hurt you 2 if you 2 dared to harm her 2 siblings. So animal-like. But! I do respect her as a human. Shame she's involved in this now."
"And it's your fault she was dragged in." Flare frowned.
"Humph. Had Blue Angel decided not to fight us, Ice Queen wouldn't have had to step in." Revolver remarked. "Blue Angel could have just stopped after defeating Baira. But she didn't. And well...look where that got her." At his words, Ice Queen's whitish-blue hair shadowed her whitish-blue eyes.
"Shut. Up. Revolver." Ice Queen spoke dangerously low; her bluish-white hair shadowing her eyes vanished and her eyes flashed a dangerous snow white color. They all looked at Ice Queen. Ai looking frightened.
"Uh oh! Now she's mad!" Ai yelped.
"She has every reason to be." Playmaker spoke. "Revolver flipped a switch in her that he can't easily turn off."
"Shut up you say?" Revolver questioned. "I suppose I could…...if you defeat me of course!" His lips then formed a dark smile. "But if I win….I might just kill that Cyberse deck of yours, Ice Queen…"
"What?!" Ai yelled, shocked.
"I won't let you!" Playmaker shot back.
"It's fine, Playmaker." Ice Queen spoke. "I will shut Revolver up once I win."
"Revolver isn't your fight." Playmaker frowned. "He's mine."
"Ice Queen you should let Playmaker deal with Revolver." Flare frowned.
"I know Playmaker should deal with Revolver." Ice Queen remarked. "And perhaps I should stand down, but what would that mean for Akira and Aoi? I feel it's my responsibility to avenge them."
"Are you 3 idiots done talking?" Revolver snapped, irritation clearly on his face. "Because if you are, I'd like to kick Ice Queen's ass for the use of a Cyberse Deck!"
"Ice Queen." Flare frowned.
"It's not like Revolver is going to give her a choice at this point." Playmaker frowned. "The Knights of Hanoi aim to kill anything related to Cyberse. Not just the Ignis."
"Heh…...only a true veteran fighter against us would say such a thing." Revolver smirked. "Playmaker knows what he's talking about…. I'm impressed by your words, Playmaker."
"Save it." Playmaker frowned.
"No matter what, once you stepped into the war zone, there's no turning back. Not unless it's over, or your life is out." Flare muttered. "Just like what he said…"
"Correct." Revolver remarked as he beckoned towards Ice Queen. "Now come, Ice Queen! Face me so I can kill that Cyberse Deck of yours!"
"Tch….. Fine, Revolver!" Ice Queen remarked. "I accept!"
"Good!" Revolver grinned darkly as he activated his duel disk. "Because this will be your end in this pathetic virtual world anyways!"
"We shall see about that, Revolver!" Ice Queen shot back as she activated her duel disk.
"Playmaker?" Ai questioned.
"Yes Ai?" Playmaker remarked.
"Aren't you going to stop Ice Queen from dueling Revolver?"
"The situation is out of my hands now." Playmaker frowned.
"He can't stop this now, and neither can I. We can only let things go at this rate." Flare frowned, clutching her arm tightly.
"DUEL!"
"Please, take the first turn." Revolver told her.
"Is it because you want that 6th card in your hand?" Ice Queen questioned. "Or is it because you know my Deck's strategy?"
"You shall find out soon." Revolver remarked.
"Have it your way! My turn!" Ice Queen swiped her right arm from left to right to reveal her 5 card hand. She grinned upon seeing it. "I shall clean your entire hand out this turn! I activate the effects of Polagerie's Shadow and Vision!" She pressed them both and discarded them. "But discarding these 2, I can add 1 Polagerie monster and 1 Spell/Trap card from my Deck to my hand that lists Ritual in its name and/or card text!" 2 cards came out of her deck and she added them to her hand. "I choose to add Polagerie Zielgigas and Polagerie Soul Mirror from my Deck to my hand!" Her body then fizzled blue. "Then I pay 1000 LP in total via Shadow and Vision's effects to shuffle away 2 cards in your hand!" She pointed at 2 cards. "I choose those 2!"
"Tch…." Revolver grunted as he put them back into his Deck. (Ice Queen's LP: 4000 - 1000 = 3000. Ice Queen's hand: 5 cards. Revolver's hand: 3 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 3000. Revolver's LP: 4000.) Ice Queen then pressed the Ritual Spell. "I now play Soul Mirror! I pay 2000 LP to Ritual Summon Polagerie Zielgigas!" Her body fizzled blue as her LP dropped to 1000. "Ritual Summon! Appear Level 10! Polagerie Zielgigas!" The massive monster soon appeared and rose from the icy watery depths of Ice Queen's field. (Polagerie Zielgigas, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse/Ritual, Level 10, ATK/DEF: 3200/0. Ice Queen's LP: 3000 - 2000 = 1000. Ice Queen's hand: 3 cards. Revolver's hand: 3 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 1000. Revolver's LP: 4000.)
"Hahahaha! What an idiot!" Revolver sneered. "You paid 3000 LP just to get this out? I'm not impressed in the slightest! You're making this too easy for me!"
"Then here, let me make things even easier for you!" Ice Queen shot back. "Zielgigas effect! I pay 800 LP to draw 1 card! Then I show it to you. If it's a Polagerie monster, 2 of the cards you control and/or that are in your hand return to your Deck!"
"Relying on luck this early?" Revolver questioned before he laughed. "How pathetic and sad of you!"
"It's not pathetic!" Ice Queen shot back. "It's called survival instinct!"
"Hoh?" Revolver wondered aloud. Ice Queen's body fizzled blue as her LP dropped to 200 as she placed her right hand on top of her Deck.
Come on Deck! You've never failed me before! Ice Queen thought.
"Come on Polageries!" Ai spoke in a praying-like tone. "Give her a Destiny Draw!"
"Draw!" Ice Queen declared. (Ice Queen's hand: 4 cards. Revolver's hand: 3 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) Ice Queen looked at the card she drew and she grinned. "I drew….Polagerie Abyss!" She then revealed it to Revolver, whose mouth fell open in utmost surprise.
"What?!" Revolver gaped. "No! Now you can shuffle away 2 more of my cards!"
"Correct!" Ice Queen grinned. Like before, 2 more of Revolver's cards shuffled away into the Deck. He tsked in frustration.
"Yus!" Ai grinned. "Now Revolver's down to 1 card in his hand! He can't win now!"
"But Ice Queen paid 3800 LP just to shuffle away 4 cards from Revolver's hand back to his Deck." Playmaker frowned.
"Oh yeah…" Ai spoke softly.
"And if the next card Revolver draws happens to be a trump card, then it'll be all for nothing." Flare added with a frown.
"I now Summon Polagerie Abyss!" Ice Queen announced; thus the small fish cyber-data monster appeared onto her field. (Polagerie Abyss, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 2, ATK/DEF: 800/500. Ice Queen's hand: 3 cards. Revolver's hand: 1 card. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) She gestured to Abyss. "Abyss effect! With it, I Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Polagerie monster from my Deck! Come from my Deck! Polagerie Beast!" And the cyber-data beast appeared onto her field. (Polagerie Beast, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 4, ATK/DEF: 1500/1300. Ice Queen's hand: 3 cards. Revolver's hand: 1 card. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.)
"Polagerie Beast effect!" Ice Queen continued. "I revive Polagerie Shadow from my Graveyard!" The shadowed spellcaster appeared onto Ice Queen's field. (Polagerie Shadow, attribute: WATER, type; Cyberse, Level 4, ATK/DEF: 1200/1000. Ice Queen's hand: 3 cards. Revolver's hand: 1 card. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) She then raised her right arm upwards.
"I'm not taking any chances! Appear the circuit of the arctic!" The dark blue circuit appeared. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning Conditions are at least 2 Polagerie monster, including a Polagerie Ritual monster! I set Polagerie Zielgigas, Polagerie, Abyss, Polagerie Beast, and Polagerie Shadow into the Link Markers!" The Top, Bottom, Left, and Right Link Markes flashes red. "Come forth the mother polar bear that protects its arctic children! Link Summon! Descend now my Mother Polar Bear! Link 4! Polagerie Arctic Polar Bear!" Out of the circuit came forth a polar bear that growled in Revolver's direction. (Polagerie Arctic Polar Bear, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: T/B/L/R, ATK: 4000. (Originally 3000.) Ice Queen's hand: 3 cards. Revolver's hand: 1 card. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.)
"Polagerie Arctic Polar Bear….' Revolver mused. "Your Link 4 ace monster…."
"Correct Revolver!" Ice Queen grinned. "And now I use its effect! I shuffle 1 card from my hand to my Deck to shuffle away the last card in your hand to your Deck!"
"Damn you….!" Revolver hissed as the last card in his hand shuffled back into his Deck.
"Yus!" Ai cheered. "Now Revolver has no cards in his hand! Just as Ice Queen said she would ensure happened!"
"Once my next turn comes, you're finished." Ice Queen warned the Hanoi Leader. "This I promise you." She then pressed the last 2 cards in her hand; thus setting them. "But just in case you get any funny ideas, I shall end my turn with 2 face-down cards. (Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 0 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) Ice Queen (and potentially Ai), expected Revolver to panic. But instead, he just laughed. This caused Ice Queen to raise an eyebrow.
"What's so funny?" Ice Queen demanded.
"Hahahaha! Oh nothing." Revolver grinned. "I've never had my entire hand taken away from me before I even got a turn in a long time…."
"Not even the least bit worried." Flare muttered.
"Ahhhhh! So he has a counter for her Deck?!" Ai panicked.
"Most likely." Playmaker frowned. Revolver placed his right hand on top of his Deck.
"My turn...draw!" Revolver declared. (Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 1 card. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) He looked at the card and his lips formed a dark smile. "Your strategy was all for naught, Ice Queen…."
"What?" Ice Queen frowned. "You have a single card in your hand. What can you accomplish with that?"
"A lot!" Revolver shot back. "I activate the Spell card, Impending Annihilation! Since my hand is 3 or less cards, I can draw until I have 6 cards! Then! I can Normal indefinitely this turn!"
"Wh-What?!" Ice Queen gaped as Revolver drew 6 more cards from his Deck.
"Aww man!" Ai slammed his fists onto Playmaker's duel disk. "So much for Ice Queen's strategy!"
"Draw as many cards as you want!" Ice Queen snapped. "It won't matter if you can't Summon a monster with more than 4000 ATK!"
"But what if he doesn't need to." Flare grew wide eyed in realization.
"What do you mean?" Ai questioned as he turned to Flare. "Ice Queen's Arctic Polar Bear cannot be targeted or be destroyed by card effects, plus it cannot be attacked. And on top of that, Ice Queen never takes damage if it's less than equal to Arctic Polar Bear's ATK."
"Destroyed sure. But what of another effect entirely that can remove her from the field?" Flare frowned.
"Soul Mirror has that covered." Ai's yellow eyes made a grin. "No matter what Revolver does, he'd need a monster with 4100 or more ATK to beat her." Flare couldn't help but frown still.
This sense of dread… Revolver no doubt has a trump card against Ice Queen's Link 4 monster… She thought.
"Humph. I must say that that monster is quite powerful." Revolver noted. "But I anticipated you sending Shadow and Vision to your Graveyard!"
"What?"
"I activate the Spell card, Soul Release!" Revolver revealed. "With it, I banish 5 cards from your Graveyard!"
"What? No!" Ice Queen gaped. "My cards!"
"I know why you paid so much of your LP." Revolver grinned. "With the aid of Vision and Shadow, you'd be able to survive another 2 turns at the very least. But not now! I banish Soul Mirror, Vision, Shadow, Abyss, and Beast!" All 5 cards disappeared from her Graveyard and she clutched her fists.
"M-My cards…" Ice Queen spoke softly.
"Now I activate the Continuous Spell card, Rokket Loader!" Revolver revealed; the continuous spell appeared onto Revolver's field. "Upon activation, I add 1 Rokket monster from my Deck to my hand. I add Cannonrokket Dragon from my Deck to my hand!" (Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 5 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) He then pressed the card he added. "Now I Special Summon Cannonrokket Dragon from my hand since I control no monsters!" The red armored bullet dragon appeared onto Revolver's field. (Cannonrokket Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Dragon, Level 2, ATK/DEF: 1600/0. Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 4 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) He then pressed 2 other monsters. "I Normal Summon Magnarokket and Autorokket Dragons to my field thanks to Impending Annihilation's effect." The dark blue and reddish-pink bullet dragons appeared onto the field. (Magnarokket Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Dragon, Level 4, ATK/DEF: 1800/1200. Autorokket Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Dragon, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1600/1000. Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 2 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) He then raised his right arm upwards. "Manifest! The future circuit that lights up my path!" The dark blue circuit appeared. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning Conditions are 2 monsters, including at least 1 Rokket monster! I set Magnarokket and Autorokket Dragons into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Appear Link 2! Borrelaunch Dragon!" Out of the link circuit came forth the rocket launcher-like dragon. (Borrelaunch Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Dragon/Link, Link Rating: 2, Link Arrows: R/B. ATK: 1800. Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 2 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.)
"That's new." Ai noted.
"Yeah." Playmaker agreed.
"Borrelaunch Dragon effect!" Revolver revealed. "When it's Link Summoned, I can set 1 Spell/Trap card from my Deck that has Rokket or Borrel in its card text! I set Squib Draw to my field!" The set card appeared next to Rokket Loader. He then pressed the last 2 cards in his hand. "I Normal Summon Anthesrokket and Shelrokket Dragon from my hand." Both bullet dragons appeared onto Revolver's field. (Anthesrokket Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Dragon, Level 1, ATK/DEF: 0/2200. Shelrokket Dragon, attribute: DARK, type: Dragon, Level 2, ATK/DEF: 1100/2000. Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 0 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.) Upon noticing his field, Ai gulped.
"He has the requirements for 1 of his Link 4's."
"But which one?" Playmaker wondered. "None of the ones we've seen can help him in his current situation."
"Not unless he has a new one for this situation." Flare grimaced.
"A new one?!" Ai gaped. "But...he didn't duel anyone in Speed Duels recently! His latest one was against Ghost Girl and he used Topologic Trishbanea against her back then. That won't help now."
"Heh… Flare is right you know." Revolver grinned. "I do have one for this exact situation!" He raised his right arm upwards. "Manifest! The future circuit that lights up my path!" The circuit appeared. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning Conditions are at least 2 Effect Monsters! I set Link 2 Borrelaunch, Anthesrokket, and Shelrokket Dragon into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Arise Link 4! Topologic Zerovoros!" Out of the circuit came forth a white, red, and black data dragon. (Topologic Zerovoros, attribute: DARK, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: TL/TR/BL/BR. ATK: 4000. (Originally 3000.) Ice Queen's hand: 0 cards. Revolver's hand: 0 cards. Ice Queen's LP: 200. Revolver's LP: 4000.)
"So that's his new Link 4 Topologic…" Ai muttered.
"Seems so." Playmaker agreed.
"I knew it." Flare frowned.
"Rokket Loader effect!" Revolver revealed. "I Special Summon back Autorokket and Magnarokket!" Upon his declaration, both monsters re-emerged in the zones Zerovoros pointed to; thus it began to glow. "Topologic Zerovoros's effect! When a monster(s) is Special Summoned to a zone(s) a Link monster(s) points to while this card is on the field, I can banish every card on the field!"
"What?! That's too much!" Ai gaped. Topologic Zerovoros's aura glowed brighter; thus beginning to consume the entire field; including itself.
"I won't let you have your way, Revolver!" Ice Queen shot back as she gestured to one of her set cards. "Trap card activate! Ring of Destruction! I target your Zerovoros and destroy it! Then! We both take damage equal to its ATK!"
"Wh-What?!" Revolver gaped. "But that means-!"
"We both take 4000 damage!" Ice Queen finished. Upon her finished talking, Ring of Destruction and Topologic Zerovoros exploded; thus creating a shock-wave that launched both duelists backwards and they landed on the ground on their backs. (Revolver/Ice Queen's LP: 4000/200 - 4000 = 0.)
"Ice Queen!" Flare yelled, running to her. Playmaker followed shortly after.
"Ugh…" Ice Queen groaned as she sat up. "I…..didn't expect him to use a monster with an effect like that…. So I had to….use Ring of Destruction…."
"Crazy thinking." Flare admitted.
"Crazy, but effective." Ai grinned with his yellow eyes.
"Though since it was a tie that means you don't get absorbed by the tower." Flare remarked. Ice Queen stood up shakily, but fell to her knees shortly afterwards.
"Y-Yeah…..you're right…." Ice Queen spoke.
"You did well, Ice Queen." Playmaker told her. "But I'll take things from here. You log out so you can rest."
"He's right. Leave the rest to us." Flare nodded. Ice Queen glanced between the 2 of them and nodded.
"Right…" She spoke softly. She then pressed the button on her duel disk and her avatar body turned blue; thus logging her out.
"Now then it's just us." Flare remarked, glaring at Revolver.
"Seems so." Revolver remarked. "But I already told you, I'm not dueling you. I'm dueling Playmaker." He glanced at the multi-haired teen. "And I'm certain he agrees with me. Isn't that right, Playmaker?"
"Don't mess with me. After all this, you don't think I want a shot at you before Playmaker takes you on?" Flare questioned darkly. "Well sorry for you, that ain't happening."
"Stay out of this Flare." Playmaker told her. "I know you want to help, but I don't want you to fight him. He's mine."
"Told ya Playmaker would agree with me." Revolver smirked. "Besides, dueling you would be a waste of my time."
"This isn't about helping. Remember I fought his group longer than you Playmaker. I have as much right to face him as you." Flare snapped.
"...Do you want to be absorbed by the tower?" Playmaker questioned. "I don't want that." He glanced at Revolver, and just almost missed Revolver's flinch at Playmaker's words. "And apparently, neither does he."
"Eh?" Flare questioned, glancing at Revolver. "I find that hard to believe Playmaker. After all he's done-"
"Flare stop!" They all looked up, shocked to see Sparks panting as he walked to them holding his shoulder.
"Sparks! What happened to you?!" Flare gasped in worry.
"Beelzebub was not easy let's leave it at that." Sparks panted. "But listen to me Flare, you can't duel Revolver."
"What?! Don't tell me you think I'll lose!" Flare snapped angrily.
"This isn't about winning or losing! If you two duel, the both of you will regret it!" Sparks snapped back.
"Sparks gets it." Revolver remarked. "You're so blind, Flare. How can you not see us dueling is a mistake? I see it clear as day."
"The only reason I found out was because of Faust and Beelzebub, who by the way, you forced him into this, and you have been hiding just as much about this from Flare as the rest of us!" Sparks snapped angrily at Revolver.
"Sparks what are you trying to say here?" Flare demanded.
"Listen to me Flare! You just can't duel Revolver." Sparks told her.
"You're going to have to give me a good reason Sparks. This is the one who started this mess! Our sister, the victims, everything." Flare frowned.
"Idiot!" Revolver snapped. "Stop your nonsensical words Flare! Listen to your brother! Do you want me to end you? No, I don't think you do. And I'm not dueling you. No matter how many times you demand for it. I'll refuse every single time." Flare was about to retort when she grew wide eyed for a moment.
"Wait… How could he possibly know Sparks is my brother? We never let that information out here in VRAINS." Flare frowned.
"Because he of all people would know. He who knows us better than anyone." Sparks frowned, looking hurt and conflicted. "Flare…...he's…-"
"Ehh?" Ai gaped. "Can someone tell me what's going on?!"
"I have an idea." Playmaker frowned.
"Yes Sparks…" Revolver spoke as he spread his arms out. "I'm Flare's precious Dragon. The nickname she gave me such a long time ago." Flare widen her eyes, looking at Revolver as she slowly shook her head.
"No… This has to be some twisted mistake." She began.
"Flare I didn't want to believe it either. Especially when Faust told me but… It's true. He is him." Sparks spoke sadly. Flare was stricken, tears falling down her cheeks.
"No he wouldn't have…" She choked.
"It's true!" Revolver grinned. "All true!"
"Figured that was the case." Playmaker frowned. Revolver's grin formed into a deep frown as he looked at Flare.
"Do you still wish to duel me now? Even after learning the truth?" Revolver questioned. "If you say yes, I'll still refuse."
"How could you…" She choked, falling to her knees, clutching her head. "How could you!?"
"I've already said it earlier before Ice Queen dueled me." Revolver spoke. "The Cyberse and the Ignis are vermin. Us Knights of Hanoi are the exterminators."
"And for something like that you would do all of this?!" Flare yelled.
"Hahaha! Yes!" Revolver retorted. Flare shook before screaming her heart out in agony. Sparks quickly hugged her tightly. Ai glanced between Flare and Sparks, then Revolver, then up at Playmaker.
"What just happened Playmaker?" Ai questioned, not entirely getting it.
"Basically, a hard truth not wanting to be believed has been spoken." Playmaker answered.
"Playmaker, I'm sorry that we can't be of much help." Sparks apologized solemnly, holding his twin as she cried. "We leave the rest to you."
"Don't worry, I'll be beat him." Playmaker nodded. "And thanks to Ice Queen, I now know of that new Topologic Link monster." Sparks nodded before glancing at Revolver.
"And Revolver…I don't know what you're thinking, but if this is the outcome you seeked. Well...I hope it was worth it." He said sadly. Revolver's soulless yellow eyes glanced over at the 2 siblings, then he forced himself to look away.
"...I wasn't hoping for this result…" Revolver muttered. "Had you 2 stayed out of this and let Playmaker fight us by himself…...it wouldn't have come to this outcome… Despite me expecting it…"
"No. You brought us into this the moment you brought our little sister into this. This was all you Revolver." Sparks countered. "And now you broke someone I thought you cared about. Guess we were wrong."
"Oh shut the hell up already!" Revolver snapped as he turned back to face Sparks. "How do you think I feel?! Huh?! I didn't want this!" He pointed his right index finger at Sparks. "You 2 poked your nose into business that doesn't concern you! You could have just let Playmaker handle everything instead! He would have saved Yukiko from us! But no! You 2 get involved and cause more pain to all 4 of us than necessary!"
"You honestly think we would've stayed out of it when you brought Yukiko into this?! She's our little sister and one of the two only family members we have left! You should've realized we wouldn't have just sit back and done nothing!" Sparks snapped. "Yet you can't accept that. And that this is all your fault!"
"Don't play the victim card on me!" Revolver roared.
"It's not the victim card; it's the facts!" Sparks snapped.
"Just stop!" They looked to see Flare shaking, her voice downright broken. "Just stop…" Revolver turned away from them after Flare spoke.
"...Go. Leave." Revolver spoke. "Now." Sparks frowned, looking at his twin who looked heartbroken.
"Good for you Revolver." He spat, and with that he logged them both out.
"Uhhh… What the hell just happened?!" Ai cried out.
"Beats me." Playmaker frowned deeply.
"Now that those 2 blind-sighted fools are gone….." Revolver turned around to face Playmaker. "It's finally time for our duel."
"Are you sure you're up for this?" Ai questioned. "I mean, you look like an emotional wreck."
"I don't need or want your sympathy, Dark Ignis!" Revolver spat, causing Ai to freak. "Now let's duel, Playmaker!"
"Yeah!" Playmaker agreed.
Rai opened his eyes, seeing he was in the living room. He then looked down at Miho, who was curled up with tears.
"Oh Miho." He spoke sadly.
"So…it was all a lie….wasn't it." She spoke sadly. "Everything…..it was all just a lie!" Rai hugged Miho once more as she cried her heart out.
Aurasoul: And its done!
Miho: I knew I wasnt going to like this!
Aurasoul: Well too bad! Please read and review everyone!
