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Yuki's POV
"Hmm the ruins sunk into the lake." I fixed my tie in the mirror of the hotel room "Well that's gonna be a problem. Not like we can just drain the damn thing."
I was getting ready for bed, so I had tossed my suit jacket to the side and was about to add my tie to the pile, frankly looking in the mirror I realized I was dressed like some kinda secret agent.
"I sense…something magical." Cleo looked out the window "Is there not a lake on the horizon."
"Yes."
"Then where'd it go." She floated over.
I looked out the window and sure enough the lake was half empty, in the middle of the forest was just a bunch of ruins now.
"Come on." I grabbed my jacket.
I went out to the balcony in the common area and saw the kids were all looking down at the lake.
"It drained?" Yuma was looking through the binoculars.
"There was no dam, so someone made a point to break the natural wall." I explained.
"Those are the ruins though." Luna added "Seems like there's a number there."
"Then the person who drained the lake must have been a Barian." Kite added.
"Did you find something?" Dextra stepped out.
"Bold outfit choice?" I asked seeing she was in a nightgown "Get dressed, we need your car."
It took a few minutes but she suited up and gave us a lift in the direction of the lake.
"Where's the other half?" I asked.
"…I don't know." She paused.
We parked in the area and sure enough, the lake was drained, revealing a set of steps leading right to a major coliseum, once inside it was clear the place had seen better days, being under the lake for however many hundreds of years had eroded the stonework, leaving the place warped and barren.
"Oh there he is." I looked across.
I side the basin of the arena were two other people, a young boy with sharp brown hair that kinda made it look like an alien was trying to hug the top of his head, and across from him was Nistro.
"Wait…Alito?" Yuma looked at the boy.
Isn't that…one of the Barians Yuma defeated?
"Hmm." I looked at his hand.
"This one beat us to the number." Cleo warned.
"I know." I took a step forward.
"Since I've got some time, I'll use this one to beat you." He threw the number to Nistro and flashed another card.
"A Barian Force card." Cleo warned.
"They brainwashed him." Yuma yelled.
It works faster than I would have thought.
"See now we have enough people for a tag duel." Alito laughed.
"It's fine." I told her again, loosening my tie "Yuma step back would you, you're gonna be in the way. This guy wants to fight you, which is suspicious as hell, and I'm in the mood for a little duel myself, Dextra you'll be my partner right?"
She nodded "Fine, winning will fix Nistro right."
"That's the plan." I smiled "Look girls against boys, how fun."
"I came here to fight Yuma." Alito said.
"And you can if you win." I told him "You just gotta prove you earned a rematch, he did win last time after all, I've been around a long time kid, I hope you can give me a decent challenge, besides…if this was just about a rematch with Yuma you'd have no reason to capture Nistro like that."
"Enough talk." Alito ditched his cloak "Let's go."
"DUEL!" Everyone engaged their disk and gazer.
"I'll go first." Nistro said in a flat tone "I summon Heroic Challenger- Ambush Soldier!"
Heroic Challenger- Ambush Soldier- LVL 1 ATK 0 DEF 0
"I end my turn." He said.
"I'll go next." I drew a card "I summon Evilswarm Castor"
Evilswarm Castor- LVL 4 ATK 1750 DEF 550
"Castor's ability activates, on the turn it's normal summoned I can normal summon another Lswarm monster." I said placing a card down "So Evilswarm Salamandra joins him on the field."
Evilswarm Salamandra- LVL 4 ATK 1850 DEF 950
"Now I overlay these two monsters to construct the overlay network and XYZ summon Evilswarm Bahamut!"
Evilswarm Bahamut- RANK 4 ATK 2350 DEF 1350 OVRL 2
The large legless black dragon roared onto the field.
"I end my turn with a facedown card." I smiled.
"I draw." Dextra went "I set a monster and another card and end my turn."
"I draw…" Alito picked up a card "I do the same."
The turn order wrapped around to Nistro again.
"I draw." I went "I summon Heroic Challenger- Clasp Sword!"
Heroic Challenger- Clasp Sword- LVL 1 ATK 300 DEF 100.
Another warrior with a blade for a hand appeared.
"Then I activate Ambush Soldier's effect, I tribute it and summon two level four or lower Heroic Challenger monsters but their level is reduced to One." He said "So I summon Double Lance and Night Watchman."
Heroic Challenger- Double Lance- LVL 4-1 ATK 1700 DEF 900
Heroic Challenger- Night Watchman- LVL 4-1 ATK 1200 DEF 300
"Now I overlay Clasp Sword, Double Lance and Night Watchman to XYZ summon Number 54!"
A large warrior with hair like a lion's mane appeared.
"With a war cry that shakes the sleeping soul, Number 54: Lion Heart!"
Number 54: Lion Heart- Rank 1 ATK 100 DEF 100 OVRL 3
"That must be the number collected here." Cleo warned.
"Yeah…doesn't seem strong at first blush though." I said.
"You know what that means." She nodded.
"The effect is a killer." I hummed.
"When Lion Heart is in attack mode it can't be destroyed by battle." Nistro explained "Now attack Bahamut!"
"Why would he…" Dextra was confused.
"Another effect activates, when Lion Heart's battle results in damage, it's dealt to both players!"
Nistro- 4000 to 1750
Yuki- 4000 to 1750
"GAH!" I hissed as the shockwave drained my life points.
You never really get used to the force and shockwaves from dark duels like this, so I got my ass bumped to the floor and my skin stung with pain.
I sat up and Cleo growled "That hurt you know."
She made us stand up "I suppose we'll have to get serious."
"I end the turn." Nistro said.
"It's our turn." We drew "Huh?"
There was a roaring from the stands as the spirits of the coliseum roared to life.
"Seems we have an audience." I hummed looking around.
"Spirits from beyond." Cleo sighed "How troublesome this trip is getting."
"Now I'll use Bahamut to attack Alito's face down monster." I said.
Alito's card flipped to reveal Battlin' Boxer Rib Gardna.
Battlin' Boxer Rib Gardna- LVL 3 ATK 100 DEF 1400
"Foolish, now I can activate its effect!" he said "Now I can switch the attack target to another monster on our side of the field."
"Crap." Cleo hissed "Lionheart is the only other monster."
"We can use Bahamut's effect to take control of Lionheart and stop the attack" I said.
"If the attacking monster is an XYZ monster it loses all it's materials." Alito said.
Evilswarm Bahamut- OVRL 2-0
"Never mind." I growled as my serpentine dragon crashed into Nistro's monster "Crap!"
"I play the trap Butterspy Protection." Dextra backed us up "It halves the damage Yuki would take.
Yuki- 1750 to 625
Nistro- 1750 to 0
"Nice." I brushed my jacket off "It's two on one now…"
"No…Lionheart has a second effect." Alito said "When you would take lethal damage you can detach and overlay unit and remain with 100 LP."
Nistro- 0 to 100
"So we can't officially win as long as that thing has Overlay units." Cleo hummed.
"And we can't control it cause Bahamut lost its units." I added.
"I activate the second effect of my trap." Dextra said "When the battle ends it switches a monster to defense mode."
Lionheart Shifted to Defense Mode.
"Lionheart's effect only works in attack mode." I hummed "We need to hurry, I'll set another card to end the turn."
"How long are you going to stand there and let some little boy control you?" Dextra asked Nistro.
"I'm not a little boy!"
"You look pathetic." Dextra said "Where's your passion?"
"Talking won't reach him." Alito drew a card "I summon Battlin' Boxer Rabbit Puncher!"
Battlin' Boxer Rabbit Puncher- LVL 3 ATK 800 DEF 1000
"I overlay Rib Gardna and Rabbit Puncher to XYZ summon Battlin' Boxer Cheat Commissioner!"
Battlin Boxer Cheat Commissioner- RANK 3 ATK 0 DEF 1300 OVRL 2
"I use my monster to attack Evilswarm Bahamut!"
"It has no attack points." I said.
"Use the spell it must be an effect!" Cleo warned.
"When this monster battles all monsters on the field switch to attack position." Alito explained.
"Our spell won't matter, the effect doesn't hit Bahamut since it's already in attack mode." I growled.
"I have a plan…just wait." Cleo advised.
"Got it." I switched places and let her take over.
"HMM!" she stretched violently.
"Don't be so rough, it's my body too you know." I huffed.
Lionheart to Attack Mode
Dextra's monster was also flipped face up.
Swallowtail Butterspy- LVL 4 ATK 1800 DEF 1200
"I activate Cheat Commissioner's second effect!" Alito said "I can switch the attacking monster to another monster on the field."
"Lionheart." Cleo hissed "This attack will suck my life points dry."
"Butterspy Courage!" Dextra played another trap before we could use ours "the battle target is changed to Swallowtail Butterspy!"
Again the monsters clashed and Lionheart's effect blasted both sides.
Nistro- 100 to 0
Dextra 4000 to 2300
And again Lionheart lost an overlay unit to save Nistro
Lionheart- OVRL 2-1
Nistro- 0 to 100
"I play a facedown card, and end the turn." Alito wrapped up
"ha…ha…" Dextra panted.
"You alright?" Cleo asked.
"I'll live." She stood up and drew a card "I summon Morpho Butterspy!"
Morpho Butterspy- LVL 4 ATK 1200 DEF 1600
"Then I use an effect to special summon Blue Mountain Butterspy from my hand!"
Blue Mountain Butterspy- LVL 4 ATK 0 DEF 1700
"I overlay Swallowtail, Blue Mountain and Morpho Butterspy to XYZ summon Night Papilloperative!"
Night Papilloperative- RANK 4 ATK 2600 DEF 200 OVRL 3
"I play the spell Overlay Capture to take the last Overlay unit from Lionheart and attach it to my Papilloperative!" Dextra said.
Night Papilloperative- OVRL 3-4
"Heh! I play the trap XYZ Battle Chain!" Alito flipped a face down card "When all players have an XYZ monster on the field this card negates any magic or trap card that targets and XYZ monster!"
Night Papilloperative- 4-3
Lionheart- 0-1
"Dammit." Dextra hissed.
"And if the trap was activated in a turn during which the opponent has yet to battle the opponents XYZ and one of my sides XYZ must battle!" Alito said "I'll crush you!"
Our trap card is Infestation Infection, all it allows us to do is return one Lswarm monster to the deck and add a new one to our hand…I can't help Dextra with it. Our Face down spell is Infestation Pandemic which protects Lswarm monsters from spell or trap effects for a turn…
"I activate Night Papilloperative's effect!" Dextra said "I detach a overlay unit to increase its attack by 400 for each overlay unit on the field."
Night Papilloperative- 2600- 4600
The two monsters battled but it accomplished nothing but blowing both sides away, the only bright side was Nistro had no overlay units left.
Nistro- 100 to 0
Dextra- 2300 to 0
Lionheart- OVRL 1-0
Nistro- 0 to 100
"GAH!" Dextra got blow across the area.
"What passion." Cleo smiled "Throwing yourself into the sandstorm like that, I suppose I won't be allowed to lose now!"
"But Lionheart's out of Overlay units, this is our chance!" I smiled
"I use the trap Numbers Overlay Boost!" Alito played a trap card "When there's a number monster on the field with no overlay units I can attack up to two cards form my hand to it at overlay units!"
Lionheart- OVRL 0-2
"Now do it, destroy them!" Alito told Nistro
"I play the magic card Stoic Challenge and equip it to Lionheart" Nistro played an equip spell "This detaches all overlay units from an XYZ monster and increases a monsters attack by 600 for each!"
Lionheart- OVRL 2-0 ATK 100 to 1300
"As a result of this spell any effects of the equipped monster are negated, but it deals double battle damage!" Nistro said "I then equip Lionheart with Heroic Growth which doubles its attack since my life points are lower than yours."
Lionheart- ATK 1300 to 2600
"Now I attack Bahamut!" he said.
He's…yes!
"I play the trap Infestation Infection!" Cleo smiled "This allows me to shuffle an Lswarm monster on the field to in my hand into the deck in order to add a different Lswarm to my hand. So I send Bahamut back and add a card to my hand, since my monster left the field my battle is over."
"I end my turn." Nistro said.
"Then it's my turn!" Cleo drew "Now since you control more monsters than I do I can special summon Evilswarm Mandragora from my hand!"
Evilswarm Mandragora- LVL 4 ATK 1550 DEF 1450
"Now I have two and you still have more monster!"
Evilswarm Mandragora- LVL 4 ATK 1550 DEF 1450
"Lastly I summon Evilswarm Thunderbird!"
Evilswarm Thunderbird- LVL 4 ATK 1550 DEF 1450
A corrupted bird appeared on the field.
"Thank you for buying me a little time Nistro." Cleo smiled "I overlay these three level four monsters to XYZ summon! Descend from the Storm! Number 91 Thunder Spark Dragon!"
The crackling beast roared and floated down from the sky.
Number 91: Thunder Spark Dragon- RANK 4 ATK 2400 DEF 2000 OVRL 3
"I'm not done with you." Cleo revealed her final card "We play Rank-Up-Magic God's Force!"
"By using this card I can overlay Thunder Spark Dragon with itself to summon an even stronger monster!" Cleo said "Now come, A Storm from Elysium itself!"
Number G91: Heavenly Thunder Spark Dragon!"
"A G Number!"
Number G91: Heavenly Thunder Spark Dragon- RANK 5 ATK 2500 DEF 2500 OVRL 4
A hulking eastern dragon with crackling claws, cloud like hair, bright blue and white scales and bright yellow eyes descended from a light.
"A G number is a God Number." Cleo said "A number unmatched by any other, blessed with the might of the gods above! A God Number can only stay on the field for one turn, but when it arrives it takes it's offering, the Overlay units of all other XYZ monsters on the field!"
Cheat Commissioner- 2-0
Heavenly Thunder Spark Dragon- OVRL 4-6
"Now I activate the effect of Heavenly Thunder Spark Dragon!" Cleo said "I can detach and Overlay unit to destroy a monster on the field and inflict the difference between its attack and my dragon to you! Now blow away Cheat Commissioner! Thundering Smite!"
Heavenly Thunder Spark Dragon- OVRL 6-5
Cheat Commissioner was blown away and since it had no attack value Alito too 2500 damage
Alito- 4000 to 1500
"Now it's over!" Cleo yelled "My Heavenly Thunder Spark Dragon attacks Alito directly!"
"No…NO!"
Alito- 1500 to 0 LP
With Alito blow away by the spark stream the grip on Nistro broke, leaving Alito with no willing partner and ending the duel.
"Heh." I smirked taking back over "Easy enough…Ugh…I'm exhausted."
"Summoning a God Number isn't easy." Cleo warned.
"Well you summoned it, why do I have to suffer from it." I groaned.
Alito vanished through a portal of some kind, but we won though it took showing our hand with a God Number.
Later
"Well it all worked out." I was sitting back in the stands while the kids looked around the arena for any more signs of Yuma's parents.
"Here." Nistro and Dextra came up and gave my Lionheart "It's what you came here looking for right?"
"I guess so." I laughed taking the card "Not like it'll fit in my deck though…whatever."
"You should have told us you were fighting the Barians, we would have helped you out." Nistro said.
"Why, pulling you away from this place wouldn't make things better, you're dreams here yeah?" I smiled "That's the job of an adult like me, I'm the one who should be facing danger to support you kids and your dreams. I've been around a long time, I've seen people reach their dreams, and people never get close…so don't let us distract you from yours. I can handle a bunch of bratty kids on my own."
AN
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