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Yuki's POV

With nothing left to do at my location we headed off to make sure the other towers got shut off by sunset, things were going well but even after getting to Akiza's tower and stopping the last Geoglyph another appeared in the sky over the city, one I hadn't seen before.

"The real evil shows itself." Cleopatra hummed.

"A Bird?" Luna said "But there's not supposed to be any more."

"It's the Condor." I told her "The last Geoglyph."

"We won so why is this happening?" Crow asked as the ground rumbled.

"There must have been a sixth reactor." I said "One we didn't know about."

Suddenly a dragon made of dripping sludge and mud crawled out a crack in the earth, roaring loudly.

"What is that thing?!" Luna shivered behind me.

"That is the King of the Netherworld."

My Rings glowed and Happiness appeared before us.

"You came here." I gasped.

"That is a Dark God that was sealed away here." She explained "It must be dealt with, apologies humans, the mistakes of old have come to haunt your time now. Fear not though, your world is not in complete danger yet it can be saved so long as that beast does not make it to the Condor's Marking."

"Well can you do something about it?" I asked.

"No I can't…they must." She looked at their glowing marks "You know that I am not supposed to interfere."

"Seriously the world is about to end and you can't do anything?!" I snapped "For all powerful Gods you five tend to be pretty useless!"

"I'm aware." She frowned "The most I can do is send you to the one leading this darkness."

She turned around "Make peace with yourself, from here on the fate of this world will rest in your hands!"

Happiness whistled and the Crimson Dragon descended from the sky.

"You are short one Signer so I will act as a catalyst to summon this Minor God." She explained "Good Luck."

There was a flash of light as the dragon made of red lightning landed and teleported us to Goodwin's mansion.

"That was really a God?!" Mina suddenly yelled.

"Are you just catching up now?!" Cleo and I snapped.

"Don't mind them." Happiness told me "It's a lot for most to take in, I recall you being shocked at first as well."

"That was a hundred years ago." I mumbled.

"The Shrine." Jack noted "Wasn't it under the mansion?"

"The whole things gone." Cleo said "It's just a shrine now."

"There is the evil one." Happiness pointed at the top of the shrine.

"It would appear you were victorious in your battels with the Dark Signers." Goodwin appeared at the top "However you failed to seal the doors to the underworld."

"So it was you." I glared "Where's Roman's arm?!"

"Hmph, so you did figure it out." I placed a canister down."

"Roman Goodwin was the Fifth Signer." Cleopatra said "But his body was torn between the side of Light and the Dark, but his brother hid in the darkness…always bearing the Condor!"

Rex used his power to graft the Head of the Dragon Arm, onto his body, multiplying his power exponentially.

"Light would not bend so easily to the Darkness of your heart." Happiness told him "It will take him time to truly take in that power, you must hurry with the power of two minor gods like the Dragon and the King he…"

"I don't like the sound of that." Luna shivered.

"He will rival even the Five." She frowned.

"Why would you seal things like this on Earth?!" I yelled.

"We never though anyone would actually get this smart and harness them!" she yelled "Don't blame me it was Apathy's idea!"

The shrine rose up higher, shaking the ground, leaving Rex standing far out of reach.

"He's started the Dark Ritual." Happiness said "You're duel against the darkness has finally begun. If you win the King of the Underworld will be sealed away once more, if you fail…Earth will be engulfed in an endless night."

"Then I accept!" Yusei jumped on his Runner.

"I'll make you and that God disappear!" Jack yelled.

"Alright." I turned on my bike "Leave it to me."

"As we always do." Happiness smiled.

"I…I'm going too!" Luna jumped on the back of the seat and hugged my waist.

"Luna, I…okay." I smiled "Put a helmet on."

"I'm no Signer but if it's a Turbo Duel I'll lend my hand too." Crow nodded.

"Welcome to the support club." I told him "Akiza you stay here with the others."

"Right." She nodded.

"This is the Team chosen by the Light." Happiness held out her arm and started to teleport us "I wish you Luck, as do my siblings."

Five lights shined in a star pattern on the ground, Pink, Blue, Red, Purple and White.

"Yuki and Cleopatra, we bestow upon you another power, one that will allow you to shape fate, but this power is not to be used except as a last resort, the price on your body will be great." She told me.

"Right!" we both nodded as I revved the engine "Let's go!"

"A four on one duel, each player starts with 4000 Life points." Rex laid out the Ritual conditions "I will start with quadruple the amount at 16000! No players may attack on their first turn, I presume there are no objections."

"Hell no!" Crow yelled.

"Backs against the wall." Cleo smirked "How exciting!"

"I hope you put up more of a fight than your brother." I added.

"Hmm." Luna squeezed my waist to hold on.

"This is the final battle!" Jack yelled.

"Let's go!" Yusei yelled.

"God's Teleportation!" Happiness flashed us onto the Geoglyph that would be our racetrack.

"Speed World!" everyone slotted in a field spell.

"I'll go first then." Crow started "I summon the Tuner Blackwing Mistral the Silver Shield in attack mode!"

Blackwing Mistral the Silver Shield: LVL 2 ATK 100 DEF 1800

"Then since I control a Blackwing monster I can special summon Blackwing Bora the Spear from my hand!" he played his next card.

Blackwing Bora the Spear: LVL 4 ATK 1700 DEF 800

"I set a card and end the turn." He said.

"We go next." Cleo and I smiled "We play Cards of Consonance to discard a dragon type tuner and draw two cards…then I play Foolish Burial to discard a card, next I play Dragon Shrine to send a dragon from my deck to the graveyard, followed by Premature Burial and sacrifice 800 Life Points to bring back a monster from the grave, I choose Dragunity Arma Mystletainn!"

Dragunity Arma Mystletainn: LVL 6 ATK 2100 DEF 1500

"It's effect activates and it equips a dragon type Dragunity in the grave, I choose Dragunity Partisan." I said "Then I summon Dragunity Legionnaire!"

Dragunity Legionnaire: LVL 3 ATK 1200 DEF 800

"Since Partisan is equipped to a monster that monster becomes a Tuner, so I Tune Arma Mystletainn with Legionnaire and summon Dragunity Knight Barcha!"

Dragunity Knight Barcha: LVL 8 ATK 2000 DEF 1200

A hulking green dragon and rider appeared and roared.

"When summoned I select any number of Dragunity dragon type monsters in my Graveyard and equip it to him, so I equip Partisan and Brandistock!" Cleo said "Then Barcha gains 300 ATK for each card equipped to it!"

Dragunity Knight Barcha 2000 to 2600 ATK

"Amazing!" Luna cheered me on.

"Jack you're up!" I yelled.

"Mad Archfiend in attack mode!" he yelled.

Mad Archfiend: LVL 4 ATK 1800 DEF 0

"I place a face down and end my turn!" he said.

"I feel like I took forever compared to that." I laughed.

"Our deck requires a little set up is all." Cleo told me.

"I still don't understand why this is happening?" Luna frowned "Why is Director Goodwin a Dark Signer?"

"His brother's body was a battlefield but even after making one last effort to save the Light, Rex was corrupted by power just like his brother." I told her "So I have seen."

"I summon Max Warrior and set a card." Yusei said "I end my turn."

Max Warrior: LVL 4 ATK 1800 DEF 800

"Becoming a God to change destiny." Cleopatra said.

"He doesn't understand anything." I nodded.

"Huh?" Luna hugged me as we took a turn "What do you mean?"

"The Gods don't change fate!" We told he "Humans do!"

"God's don't even decide fate, they merely let a world dictate itself." Cleo told her.

"They believe in Free Will." I smiled at Luna "They would never force people to be on the side of light or darkness, they believe that we all have a choice and our choices are what change the world."

"The Gods…are kinda awesome huh." She smiled.

"Exactly." I told her.

Rex's turn rolled around and he drew his first card.

"At this moment there are no monsters on my field so I special summon Oracle of the Sun!"

Oracle of the Sun: LVL 5 ATK 1000 DEF 2000

"Then I summon Fire Ant Ascator!" he played another card.

It's coming….

Fine Ant Ascator: LVL 3 ATK 700 DEF 1300

"Wait it's a tuner?" Luna said "He's not going to sacrifice them?"

"I tune my level three fire ant and my level five Oracle of the Sun to summon Sun Dragon Inti!" Rex played a dragon with four heads connected to a sun symbol.

Sun Dragon Inti: LVL 8 ATK 3000 DEF 2800

"Then I remove Fire Ant Ascator from play to summon Weeping Idol from my hand." H played more cards.

Weeping Idol: LVL 2 ATK 0 DEF 200

"Then I pay 1000 life points to special summon the Dark Tuner Dark Goddess Witaka!"

Rex 16000 to 15000 LP

Dark Goddess Witaka: LVL 3 ATK 0 DEF 0

"I activate the effect of Witaka to make it's level equal to another Synchro Monster on the field." He said making it equal Sun Dragon Inti "Then I Tune the level Eight Dark Goddess Witaka and the Level two Weeping Idol to Synchro Summon Moon Dragon Quilla!"

Moon Dragon Quilla: LVL -6 ATK 2500 DEF 2000

"I set two cards and end my turn." He said "After which the effect of my Moon Dragon activates and destroys itself."

"What was the point of that?" I wondered.

"It must have another effect." Luna told me "Kuribon says to watch out."

"Right." I nodded.

"Who cares about destiny or any of that stuff." Crow drew a card "I'll sore over all of it, I play Speed Spell- Tune Up 1-2-3! It rolls a die and increases my tuner monsters level by the result."

The randomizer rolled a two so Crow's monster got 1 level stronger.

Mistral the Silver Shield LVL 2 to LVL 3.

"Then I tune Silver Shield and Bora the Spear!" he yelled "Dark Gales become the wings which soar over the heavens Synchro Summon Blackwing Armor Master!"

Blackwing Armor Master: LVL 7 ATK 2500 DEF 1500

"Now since I control a Blackwing monster I can summon Blackwing Elphin the Raven without a tribute." He played his next card.

Blackwing Elphin the Raven: LVL 6 ATK 2200 DEF 1200

"Now Armor Master attacks Sun Dragon Inti!" Crow attacked.

"But it's weaker." Luna said.

"Blackwing Armor Master can't be destroyed by battle and takes no battle damage." He explained "and the monster it attacks gains a Wedge Counter. When I remove the counter the attack and defense of that monster drop to zero for the turn. Now Elphin the Raven attacks your Sun Dragon!"

The dragon was shattered and rex took his first real damage.

Rex Goodwin 15000 to 12800

"Opposing the sun is something unforgivable." Rex said "but the Legendary Rider knew that when he lost his arm."

"Wait…are you?" Yusei asked "The Legendary Rider?"

"What?" Luna asked.

"There's an old urban legend about a man who jumped the incomplete bridge and flew from the Satellite to the City." I told her.

"A monster that destroys Sun Dragon Inti will be destroyed as a result." Rex said blowing away Crow's monster "and the player receives damage equal to its attack."

"GAH!" Crow got hit with feedback.

Crow 4000 to 1800

"When Sun Dragon Inti is destroyed Moon Dragon Quilla will be special summoned from the Grave!" Rex said reviving his monster "The Legendary Rider learned you cannot change destiny, to do that you must become God!"

"What a load of crap!" I snapped "Anything can change, you can change it with your strength and will!"

"HAA!" Cleo and I put out hands on our deck "A truly powerful duelist can shape the outcome of a duel. They can even generate the very card that they need to draw! Believe in your deck at all costs, and never give up!"

All five rings on our hands glowed bright.

"GOD'S DRAW!"

"GAH!" I coughed feeling my insides twist.

Shit…I didn't think it was…that much of a drain.

"Yuki!" Luna held me as I struggled to stay straight.


NO POV

Unable to think clearly enough to do anything Yuki was forced to pass her next few turns. Even when Rex summoned his Earthbound Immortal Wiraqocha Rasca she couldn't make a move.

"She can't do this, that monster lowered her life points to one and…" Luna looked on and saw Yuki's hand "This could…yes!"

Luna nervously squeezed around and grabbed Yuki and Cleo's hand.

"We play Dragunity Legionnaire!" she yelled "And equip Dragunity Phalanx to it, by unequipping Phalanx we can Tune it with Legionnaire!"

"Luna…" Yuki started to wake up.

"I see what you were doing." Luna smiled "Don't worry, you'r not fighting alone anymore, I'm right there with you."

"Then let's play it." Yuki said "Let's make sure Yusei can close it out."

"Right." Luna smiled.

"We summon Level Five!" Luna, Cleo and Yuki yelled "Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth!"

Samsara, Dragon of Rebirth: LVL 5 ATK 100 DEF 2600

The hulking black dragon with the glowing Ankh in its chest roared and flew right at Rex's beast.

"GAH!" the girl spun out given how weak her monster was.

"We're out Yusei." Yuki grabbed Luna.

"You know what to do!" Cleo smirked.

"Samsara's effect activates!" Luna yelled "When destroyed in battle it revives a monster from the grave!"

"We Resurrect STARDUST DRAGON!" they yelled wiping out.


Later

Yuki's POV

"A wonderful job." Happiness smiled at us "You vanquished evil and saved this world."

"Yeah but…" I sighed "The days saved so where to now."

She paused "I fear I sense an equally terrifying darkness approaching, your time here is not done yet."

"What, there's still more." I said.

"Sadly yes, the next conflict is already beginning to bubble up." She frowned "We had created this place as a world of light, but like always the Dark Ones encroach on it. In the end most will forget events like these ever happened and they'll just become stories, like us."

"Hmm…" I nodded.

"I've started to become more like Sadness it seems." She laughed "I must be getting back to the God's domain. You've found some good friends once again."

"Yeah."

"That Luna, keep her close to you." She told me "I have a feeling she will be invaluable to you."


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