Chapter 58; the chosen to guide the future
Miles was at the waiting room going through his deck one last time. The time he had been striving for all this months had finally arrived.
After their misadventure with his killing spree he decided to travel the world and gain experience as a duelist. After his return he immediately participated to as many regional tournaments he could, winning every last one and granting him access to the national championship. The tournament was hard and despite the many obstacles that came in his way he won. Later he participated into bigger and bigger tournaments reaching to the peak of the world championship. After a long and fierce battle, Miles emerged victorious crowned as the world champion and earning the right to challenge the legendary nine also known as the royal league. The condition was simple. He would start by dueling number 9 storm the albatross and should he win, climb higher on the leaderboard becoming a legendary duelist himself and making the legendary nine legendary ten. He would duel at the duel palace as many duels as he could from the start to the end of the day. If a duel took too long but he won and felt he couldn't go anymore for the day, he would continue the next one.
His battle with Storm was unlike any of his previous ones. Storm was stronger than any opponent Miles had ever dueled. He had a crazy deck with dinosaurs and floodgate trap cards which put him in a very dire situation. But, in everybody's shock, he won and became number 9 worldwide. Next up was Rouge. She amassed a borrel dragon army instantly intimidating Miles for a second. After winning against her was Shadow and his seal breaking deck aka Exodia. Shadow almost beat Miles until he revealed a secret tech in his deck using it to beat Shadow. After him was the real deal. Not only the remaining legendary nine members but also the singed ones. After a day's break he began. Wave was up first. Her blue eyes dragon army was much fiercer than Rouge's and almost beat Miles, deciding to use the duel to unveil ten thousand dragon, the newest addition to her deck. Miles miraculously won and continued on. Fighting Jet, him being Marianna's father proved quite the challenge with Jet creating an almost perfect lockdown board using his samurai deck to invoke naturia beast, barkion and exterio. Miles found a way to break it by continuously summoning his mekk knights instead of trying to use effects, eventually running over exterio with his newest monster mekk knight crusadia avramax and earning the win. Knuckles and Tails were hard to beat especially sharing the same burning soul as they both wielded dragons born in flames, red eyes and red dragon archfiend monsters. Finally Miles came face to face with his mother. With the whole world watching on livestream he managed to fight back against Amy's lockdown board and finally becoming the first duelist to challenge Sonic in the duel palace ever. It was a duel to go down in history.
As both Sonic and Miles were preparing their decks for the duel, Marianna went to Miles to encourage him.
"How are you feeling?"
"Odd."
"Odd?"
"I'm about to duel my father. The duel king who has been on the throne for so long. I almost don't want to ruin that reign. And also.."
"What? You can tell me."
"I'm scared Marie. My father is on the power level of a god".
"And yet you went against him before and got a draw out of that duel."
"Yeah but.. the dragon in my vision… it wasn't the sky ruler dragon. It was something more powerful. Something… divine."
Marianna looked at him for a moment then kissed him lightly.
"You go out there and do your best while having fun. This duel will determine the future of the world. You must be the best of you and duel the best you can. Only then you will break the time loop."
"You think?"
"I know."
"Thanks" Miles said relieved "I'm going. I can't let the king wait."
"Good luck baby. We all believe in you." Marianna said watching him off towards the battlefield.
Amy went to see Sonic before the duel too. She knocked on the door but got no response.
"Sonic? Everything ok?"
Still no response. Amy opened the door and saw Sonic covered in dark Sonic's aura.
"SONIC!" she screamed in horror.
But at the next moment the dark aura disappeared. She immediately run to him.
"Sonic are you ok? What happened?"
"Amy.. our son's adventure got me thinking.. Miles became more powerful by being engulfed in darkness. But after he changed back to good his power didn't decrease. Instead that crusadia avramax card was born. So I thought… what if I also embraced the darkness in me.. and fused with dark Sonic?"
"And?" Amy said too scared to ask what he meant.
"Read the card" he said handing her a card. Amy took it. It was the sky god dragon card. She read the text. And froze.
"These words.. they were not here before."
"I know."
"So.. you also got more powerful?"
"Yes."
"You know that by doing that this dragon is impossible to kill, even for Miles, right?"
"It will be the ultimate test for Miles. The way he fights this dragon will signal the beginning of the future… and hopefully the end of the time loop."
"I hope so. Be careful though."
"I will" he said kissing her and walking out as he heard the crowd calling his name.
Both Sonic and Miles walked out to the battlefield under the cheer of the crowd. They stood against each other.
"So the time has finally arrived Miles".
"Father, can you hear them cheering? Screaming out your name?"
"Yes".
"I don't think we should do this father. They won't accept me if I win."
"Yes. Maybe they won't."
"So we agree?"
"Maybe".
"No more riddles please".
"Ok then. One question left thought. What do you fight for Miles?"
"Huh?"
"Do you fight to please them?"
"No! I fight to have fun. And if possible, be the best."
"Good. You've spoken the right words son. There is nothing more we need to say. IT'S ON!"
"DUEL!" (both voices)
"I'll start this Miles. I play the spell graceful charity. I draw 3 and discard 2."
"I could use ash blossom here but that would signal the activation of blackwing onslaught. I'll have to wait.
"I know you won't use ash blossom Miles. But it's a different story here. I activate the spell card treason! I choose one card in your hand that meets its activation requirements in response to my previous activated card and force you to use it! So I use you ash blossom to negate my spell!"
"Oh no!"
"And now that a card or effect has been negated, I can invoke the blackwing warriors in my deck to fight by my side! Activate! Blackwing onslaught! I pay half my life points!" (Sonic LP 4000) "And discard half my hand! And now soar to the skies my feathered warriors! Blackwing oroshi the squal! blackwing mistral the silver shield! Gale the whirlwind! Shura the blue flame and sirocco the dawn!"
"Oh no! Now that card cannot be ash blossomed"
"And I also have balckwing feathers son. I draw one card for every blackwing out!"
"Crap the advantage will be overwhelming… if my second ash blossom coulnd't be activated, but it can since I didn't use the previous one myself. So blackwing feathers is blackwing wasted!"
"No you don't I chain with crossout designator! I banish an ash blossom from my deck and in exchange your ash is negated for the turn!"
"Oh no!"
"And now I draw one card for every blackwing. Appear sky circuit! Link summon! With mistral and shura I summon raidraptor wise strix! Next I activate wise strix's effect. I can summon from my deck blackwing zephyros the elite! Next I set the link markers with gale and wise strix! Link summon! Appear crystron needlefiber! With needlefiber's effect I can summon forth blackwing steam the cloak! Now steam tune with sirocco! Darkened gales, reveal hidden wishes on your wings! Synchro summon! Soar! Black winged dragon!"
The black winged dragon roared under the crowd's cheer.
"Next Miles I activate the spell card column switch. It moves black winged to the monster zone on his right. Also due to steam's effect a token appears."
Black winged moved from the far left zone to the second one from the left.
"Next I tribute the token to revive steam. Next I special summon blackwing bora the spear from my hand. But why stop there when I can revive zephyros by returning bora to the hand and losing 400 LP" (Sonic LP 3600) "now steam tune with Bora! Spread your jet black wings and storm forth in tandem with the roaring thunder! Synchro summon! Cascade assault blackwing! Raikiri the rain shower!"
"What the… raikiri? That's not part of the strategy you used last time father."
"That's the least of the surprises I have in store for you son. I now tune together the token that appeared from steam's death and oroshi the squal! Watch Miles as I turn the power of flight into the power of fight! Synchro summon! Appear! Assault blackwing sayo the rain hinder! Next I activate the spell card star changer to increase the level of sayo by one! Now sayo tunes with raikiri! Jet black wings, wield the power of thunder and resonate through the skies! Synchro summon! Slash the skies with your sword! Assault blackwing onimaru the divine thunder!"
"Even onimaru! And since you summoned him tuning together synchros he can't be destroyed or targeted by card effects and whenever he battles his attack doubles!"
"Correct son. But that was just the start! I reveal simoon the poison wind from my hand to banish jetsteam the blue sky from my hand and summon it to the field after placing a black whirlwind from my deck to my spell and trap card zone. Now with the whirlwind's effect I can add blackwing auster the south wind to my hand! Next I summon auster and use his effect to summon back from the banished zone Jetstream the blue sky! Now auster and simoon tune together! Spread your sharp jet-black wings and show my opponents the power of the wind! Synchro summon! Come forth Blackwing full armor master! Next I activate the spell quick action. I choose a monster on my field and if its effect can be resolved it activates ignoring all conditions, tributes on of my monsters and resolves. I choose my needlefiber! It immediately tributes itself taking Jetstream with it and summoning the synchro tuner evolution booster! With its effect I draw one card from my deck. Next I play monster reborn to resurrect my raikiri! And now! I tune evolution booster and black winged! Royal jet-black wings soar to the birth of the ultimate king! Slice the winds with your almighty judgement! BLACK SYNCHRO! TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE SKY BLACK FEATHER SKY RULER DRAGON!"
The duel palace rumbled under the cheers.
"I choose my dragon's effect to gain power!"
"I do not get you father. You summoned a perfect turn 2 board on turn one. What are you thinking?"
"Miles. I want you to look closely and carve this duel deep into your soul. The duel of a god! I activate pot of greed to draw 2 cards! Now watch Miles! As I create my own future!"
Sonic's mark started shining turning his whole arm blue.
"Is that the shining draw?" Tails said from where the rest of the singed ones watched the duel.
"No. Shining draw emits a yellow light. Sonic is performing something totally new!" Amy said in awe.
"DOUBLE SINGED DRAW!" Sonic screamed as he drew his two cards. He looked at them smiling.
"This one can wait. I set it face down. Then I activate the spell card black quick action!"
"Black quick action?! This isn't a real card… unless.."
"Unless I created it right now. With my powers Miles. I'm carving my future myself. And you must do the same son! My continuous spell makes all my blackwing's effects quick effects! in addition you can't target cards in my backrow with card effects except this one, also they can't be destroyed by card effects except this one! I end my turn Miles. Your move."
"What do I do now?" Miles said thinking though his options "his raikiri is too dangerous to be kept alive. Onimaru almost cannot be beat in battle. Full armor master will take all my monster should I let it out. And even if I get rid of all the blackwings out the dragon will only get stronger. He is already over 8000 atk. But I won't give up. There has to be a way to break this board. And I will find it."
"My turn father. I draw! Perfect. I tribute full armor master to summon radian the multidimensional kaiju to your field. Next I activate the spell super polymerization! By discarding one card I fuse together raikiri and onimaru! 2 almighty sky warriors join together and form a new terror from the hell that lies beneath your wings! Fusion summon! Appear starving venom fusion dragon!"
"Impressive Miles. You destroyed almost all of my monsters. But still doing that only power the black feather sky ruler dragon by 900 points. He stands at 9200 attack. But I can see what you are thinking."
"Then don't mind if I do father. I activate the spell card destruction and creation. It destroys a fusion monster out, deals us damage equal to its attack points and adds one fusion card from my deck to my hand. Like invocation!"
Starving venom fusion dragon exploded damaging Sonic and Miles (Sonic LP 800 Miles LP 5200) and due to starving venom's effect sky ruler went down with it.
"And now I set my invocation to the zone where black whirlwind lies and summon mekk knight blue sky. It's over father. First of all due to my knight's effect I add mekk-knight purple nightfall from my deck to my hand due to you controlling whirlwind at the same column. But the most important thing is I still have my battle phase and you only have 800 LP left. It's over father. I'm sorry I have to do this. Blue sky finish off my father! Blue shine attack!"
The whole crowd gasped in shock at the for the first time chance of the king losing. But Miles was worried.
"My father could have used the effect of sky ruler dragon to revive black winged and shield himself. So why not?" he thought.
Just before the attack could hit the face down card on Sonic's field was activated.
"You miscalculated Miles. I activated synchro spirits. It revives the materials of the sky ruler dragon in exchange for the top 2 cards of my deck. So now Black winged dragon! Evolution booster! Return to me!"
Evolution booster and black winged returned.
"I negate my attack and set another card face down. Father before I end my turn I have to ask you. Why revive both of those monsters when just black winged would have been enough to block the attack?"
"I need both of those monsters Miles. The board you just broke was a child's play. Now is the real deal!"
Miles flinched when he heard those words.
I end my turn.
"It's time! Here we go again! SINGED DRAW!" Sonic screamed drawing his card "perfect. Exactly what I needed."
"Is he doing it?" Amy said.
"Doing what?" The others asked her.
"I tune together Black winged and evolution booster with booster losing 2 levels due to its effect!"
"Say what?! Impossible!" Miles said unable to speak "Sky ruler dragon is in the graveyard. You can't summon it back."
"It is exactly where it needs to be. I banish it to initiate this summon!"
"You banish the sky ruler dragon as a summoning condition?!"
"Spread your divine jet black wings and soar with me as I claim the power of the universe. Teach everyone who opposes us your unlimited power! DIVINE SYNHCRO! TAKE YOUR PLACE IN THE SKY! BLACK FEATHER SKY GOD DRAGON!"
"Bow guys!" Amy said bowing to the summon of the sky god dragon. The others looked at each other for a second and then mimicked her.
Miles watched in horror at the birth of the sky ruler dragon.
"It is over Miles. I invoked the ultimate monster. There is no weakness to it."
"But it is only unaffected. No other effect."
"That's what everyone thought about this monster up until now Miles. But just like you I fused with my darkness and became the ultimate being! From my hand I activate the spell card burial from a different dimension."
"It is over" Amy said looking down "Sonic won."
"What are you talking about?" Tails asked her.
"You'll see."
"I return the banished sky ruler dragon to the graveyard. Behold Miles."
A sudden gust of wind blew over the duel palace. Sonic's hair started pointing upwards, he himself was lifted a few millimeters above the ground as if he was being pulled up by a machine and his cape started floating in accordance to the wind. His mark now was constantly shining. The sky god dragon roared so loudly that Miles flinched again.
"What is happening father?"
"You claimed earlier I was at the power level of a god. Well here it is!" he said as sky ruler dragon gained 5700 attack points.
"What the… why did he gain all those attack points?"
"When the sky ruler dragon rests in the graveyard, the sky god dragon inherits its powers and makes them stronger! He gains 300 atk for every blackwing in the graveyards, cannot be tributed and if he was gonna leave the field a blackwing in my hand is destroyed instead! And on top of all this his effect to be unaffected by all effects still lasts except now he can be affected by the effects I choose to affect it!"
"But… that.. that is invincible!"
"Exactly Miles. It is the unbeatable dragon I invoked! If you can take it down you are worthy of becoming king!"
"How am I supposed to take down something like this?" Miles thought in fear.
"Now watch his attack Miles! Sky god dragon! Lay waste to blue sky! Divine strike of the sky!"
Miles watched in absolute terror as the sky god dragon unleashed a huge black beam of energy.
"I activate the trap zero gravity. It changes the battle positions of all monsters out!"
"Futile! My monster is unaffected".
"But not blue sky".
Blue sky was eradiated but Miles survived.
"Good that you bought yourself a turn Miles. But you know I can make my own destiny with my cards. Next turn I will forge fairy meteor crash enabling my dragon to do piercing damage. It is now or never!"
"I draw. You're right father. It is now or never! I'm winning this now!"
"Then come at us!" Sonic said as the sky god dragon roared.
"I activate the spell card of sanctity. We both draw until we hold 6 cards. Next I summon mekk knight indigo eclipse to the column where sky god and black whirlwind are. Next I move him with its effect to another zone making way for purple nightfall. I then set a card to the column of black quick action and summon green horizon. Finally I play the spell card world legacy memory! I summon red moon from my deck! And finally I normal summon mekk knight avram. And now father! I will perform my own miracle!"
"I can see it coming Miles! Do it!"
"I link together all of my monsters!"
"A link 5?" Wave said in shock "there is no such thing."
"Well there is now." Amy answered her calm.
"LINK SUMMON! MANIFEST! MEKK-KNIGHT CRUSADIA RAINBOW OVERLORD!"
"Impressive. And 4000 attack."
"My monster gains 1000 attack for every different named mekk knight in the graveyard. and I have 5 so it has 1000 attack points but there's more. I discard a mekk knight like orange sunset t the graveyard to discard a card from your hand father! I discard your newly drawn oroshi the squall."
"Why do this Miles? You could discard a spell. Now our monsters are evenly matched."
"Not quite father."
"Huh?"
"When my monster attacks a monster with equal or higher power if it is destroyed I can summon another mekk knight link monster from my extra deck. And cards or effects can be used until that moment."
"I see. You were planning this from the start".
"Indeed. Mekk knight! Attack sky god dragon! Rainbow destruction!"
"Divine strike of the sky!"
The two colossal monsters clashed and an explosion occurred.
"I did it" Miles said "I took down the god dragon."
"Not quite son."
Miles looked in shock as his monster was replaced by mekk knight crusadia avramax. But the sky god dragon was right there without a scratch! Sonic however was no longer in that godly form.
"But how? You shouldn't have been able to save it. My rainbow overlord…"
"Only forbade me to use effects myself yes. But the sky ruler has a hidden ability. If the sky god would be destroyed it banishes itself automatically. Even I cannot choose to not save it. Sky god dragon survives but loses all of its powers.
"It still isn't over father. I activate the spell card mekk knight unification! I remove from play my link 5 and avramax gains its attack points plus 1000 should I have at least 5 mekk knights with different names in my graveyard. And I have 6. So he stands strong at 10000! Also your monsters now have to attack it. I win father."
"I'm sorry to disappoint you Miles. But I win. Remember I can forge the top card of my deck! SINGED DRAW! I activate my drawn card. Spell reproduction!"
"What?!"
"I discard 2 spell cards to reuse the spell card burial from a different dimension! My dragon's power is now restored!" Sonic said as his godly form was also restored.
Miles looked down saddened smiling.. but at the same time… happy.
"I lose but.. this is so cool. Such a powerful monster. Owned by an equally powerful duelist. I finally see the true magic of duel monsters."
"Good Miles. Are you ready?"
"I was born ready!"
"DIVINE STRIKE OF THE SKY!"
Miles looked on proudly as the blast destroyed the avramax mekk knight and reduced his life points to zero. Sonic approached him as the holograms disappeared.
"You were a hair away Miles. But it is an honor to have fought you. The very first duelist to enter the legendary nine after we were formed. No. Not legendary nine anymore. Now it is the legendary ten!" Sonic declared under the cheer of the crowd.
After the duel Miles and Sonic went to meet with their friends. They all went to celebrate the amazing duel and the literal coronation of Miles as the duel prince. Later Sonic and his family were at their house watching the movie they never got to see at the start of their adventure. Miles remembered something.
"Dad.. what happened to the chief of police from the future?"
"He was condemned to death son. He last will was to see our match. After that he was put to death by a needle".
"I see. But was his death in vain? I mean did we break the time loop?"
"I believe this picture answers your question" Sonic said handing him the picture the chief gave him back in Milan. Miles looked at it and it was the same city that was before time was altered.
"But the city is the same".
"Look closer".
Miles then remembered that before the picture was altered there was a crowd of people on the roads holding signs to celebrate the death of dictator Sonic aka dark Sonic. But now it was just a regular city with people going to their jobs. Some were smiling. It was a picture of happiness.
"We did it dad."
"Yes Miles. We all did it together. But that doesn't mean we should relax. There could be other incidents in our now unknown future. But as long as we believe in ourselves in our friends and in our cards we will never falter. And we will protect this world."
"Indeed dad. But let's forget that stuff now. I want to watch the movie" Miles said.
Sonic smiled. He thought of his words.
"That's right. As long as we have our decks and our bonds we are never alone."
THE END (?)
