Foreword: Hello guys! SAE here. Since It's almost the start of the semester, I thought it would be nice to upload one more slightly longer chapter just in case I get too busy and forget to write this fic. Hope you enjoy my choice of decks and characters!
Comments and suggestions are always welcome! Until next time.
Touhou Duel Masters Café
Chapter 3 – Passionate Soul
BGM: Z-ONE's Battle (YGO 5Ds Sound Duel 3)
"I cast Mana Crisis!" Reimu cried as said card glowed in her hand. A green dragon head rose from the ground, crashing down on Seiga's mana zone and sending her Codename Wilhelm to her graveyard. The impact rocked the cavern, and it threatened to collapse as pebbles fell from the ceiling and the ground shook. "It's your turn now!"
"…Mana Charge." Seiga drew a card and replenished her damaged mana zone. "Turn End."
Reimu glanced at the wicked hermit's mana zone.
5-civ Cube Blaster… Then let's end this fast and see Seiga explain herself!
"My turn! I cast Hyperspatial Emperor Hole and bring out Victorious Ryuusei Kaiser from my Hyperspatial Zone!" The Hunter dragon appeared beside Reimu.
"Huh!?" The shrine maiden was surprised as she realized her creature was real and touchable. "Not just spells, but even Creatures are materializing in reality!?"
"Heh…" Seiga smirked. "How foolish, knowing nothing that is happening right now. No wonder you are so easily manipulated by the Youkai Sage…"
"Shut up!" Shouted an enraged Reimu. "It's your turn, so get on with it quick!"
"Hmph." Seiga shrugged. "Mana charge."
She pursed her lips. Victorious Ryuusei Kaiser…how annoying it is in this situation, making all her cards going into her mana tapped.
"Turn End."
"Ha! You've got nothing to stop me now." Reimu laughed triumphantly. "Mana Charge! I summon Glenmolt, Dragon Edge, and equip him with Gaiheart, Galaxy Sword!"
The Humanoid Baku, wielding the sword with the Galaxy's power stored inside, materialized from the card Reimu put into the battle zone.
"Battle!" She ordered. "Victorious Ryuusei Kaiser, Double Break!"
The Red Command Dragon slashed at Seiga's transparent defenses, and the shield fragments restructured into cards.
"No trigger."
"I've got this now! Glenmolt! Attack her shields!"
Raising his sword, the Humanoid pierced another shield.
"Heh! When this attack ends, Gaiheart will be Dragon Solutioned!" Reimu boasted. "Ryuu…"
"Shield Trigger. Mystery Cube!" Seiga announced the casting of the spell. "I shuffle my deck and reveal the deck top. I can put it into the battle zone if it's a creature!"
"!" Reimu was slightly taken aback, but quickly regained her positive attitude. "As long as there's no creature coming out from it, I've got nothing to fear!"
"We'll see about that." Seiga replied. Her deck shuffled itself, and Reimu's chest tightened. As the shuffling stopped, the deck top revealed itself.
"Codeking Wilhelm! A creature!" Seiga announced with a cold laugh. "I put him into the battle zone! Annihilate all with your spear and leave nothing in the wake of your destruction!"
The spear-wielding King Command Dragon roared, his loud voice sending shockwaves that shook the cavern even harder than before. Reimu had to cover her ears to prevent her eardrums from bursting as the cave shook once again, even more stones falling this time.
"Wilhelm's effect! I destroy one of your creatures and one of your mana! Emperor's Demolition Spear!" Wilhelm pointed his spear at Reimu's field, blasting Glenmolt to pieces and sending Gaiheart back to the Hyperspatial Zone. He then aimed at Reimu's mana zone, destroying Triple Mouth in her mana. The blast blew Reimu away, and she landed on the ground with a pained moan.
"Kuh…!" Reimu struggled to get up from the floor, her red-and-white garments dirty from scraping the ground.
"He… How pitiful." Seiga laughed as Reimu finally regained her posture. "I can boost my deck top into my mana every time a card is put into your graveyard."
The top two cards of Seiga's deck went into her mana.
"My turn." She clicked her tongue. "I cast Faerie Miracle. Since I have all civilization is my mana, I can put the top two cards of my deck into mana."
"Battle. I attack Victorious Ryuusei with Wilhelm!" Seiga ordered, and Wilhelm thrust his spear into Ryuusei. The Red Command Dragon let out an agonized roar as he disappeared in an explosion. Reimu could do nothing but shield herself from the large blast.
"Turn End." The hermit in teal flicked her blue hair fixated in two Chinese loops.
"…My turn! I summon Triple Mouth, Decaying Savage!" Reimu summoned the Beast Folk and Ghost hybrid. "I put the top card of my deck into my mana zone and discard a card from your hand."
Seiga looked unimpressed as Victory Rush, Onimaru "Head" bounced from her hand into graveyard.
"Yoshi!" Reimu clenched her first as one of her biggest threats was temporarily removed.
"…Seiga." A low voice rumbled and bounced of the walls, vibrating in the duelists' ears.
"!?" Reimu looked left and right, searching for the owner of the voice, to no avail.
"There's not time. End this fast." The voice echoed again.
Reimu finally realized who the owner of the voice was. And he was standing right in front of her.
"Codeking Wilhelm!? How… Creatures not only materializing, but speaking too!?" Reimu couldn't hide her complete shock.
"Fufu, I know." Seiga replied. "I cast Mystery Cube!"
Her deck shuffled itself once again.
"My deck top is… Codeking Mozart! When he is put into the battle zone, all non-dragons are destroyed!"
As she said that, Triple Mouth dispersed into light, and dread crept into Reimu's heart. Now that Mozart is here, even if Gaiheart Dragon Solutions into Gaiginga, he cannot attack.
"I boost another card into my mana with Wilhelm's effect. Battle. Wilhelm, Triple Break!"
Swinging his spear, Wilhelm shattered three shields.
BGM: Piercing Conviction (YGO ZeXal Sound Duel 3)
"…! Shield Trigger! Gate of Hell, Death Gate!" One of the broken shields glimmered with a white light in Reimu's hands.
The Gates of Hell crashed down, multiple jaws of black streaming out from the open entrance and towed the screaming Codeking Mozart inside. Immediately after Mozart disappeared inside the gate, Glenmolt, wielding Gaiheart, burst out from the doors.
"Hmph. How persistent." Seiga said, a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"My turn, I summon Shoegazer, Bright Deity!" The Oraclion appeared beside his summoner. "With his effect, I put Kiryu Jilves, Gaia's Roar into the battle zone from my hand! And with Kiryu Jilves' effect, all my creatures in the battle zone get Speed Attacker and Slayer, plus they are put into my mana zone when destroyed!"
The alien-looking Lost Crusader let out a roar of Anger and Sadness and Happiness, which to Seiga sounded like a cry of Horror.
"Battle! I attack Wilhelm with Kiryu Jilves!" The Lost Crusader rushed towards the King Command Dragon, only to be swiped away by the sheer power of Wilhelm.
"Kiryu Jilves goes to my mana zone, and his Slayer destroys Wilhelm after the battle!"
Kiryu Jilves exploded, and the broken head of his spear spiraled towards Wilhelm and struck the tristone on his chest, resulting in the biggest explosion yet that seemed to make the whole cave collapse.
"Glenmolt! Attack!" The Humanoid Baku sliced a shield in two, and it was the first time that Seiga had the expression of fear on her face since the start of the duel.
"…No trigger…" Seiga bit her lip.
"Now is the time! When this attack ends, I flip Gaiheart to its other side!" Glenmolt threw the Dragheart Weapon into the air, and it emitted a blinding white light, causing Seiga to turn her eyes away from the sword.
"Ryu! Kai!" Reimu shouted from the bottom of her soul. "Passionate Star Dragon! Gaiginga! With the power of your hot blood, and with the power of the galaxy in your hands, lead me to Victory!"
The sword cracked, and from it, the Gaial Command Dragon burst out of the shattered weapon. The warm feeling once again filled Reimu, and she felt her body becoming packed with energy. Passionate, hot-blooded energy. Her very soul was touched by this emotion. She could hear her blood beating in her ears. Her chest ached from the intensified thumping of her heart, but Reimu didn't care.
"When Gaiginga is Dragon Solutioned, I must destroy one of your creatures that has power 7000 or less. But that doesn't matter now." Reimu explained. "Shoegazer, Double Break! When he attacks, I put Kiryu Jilves from my mana zone to my battle zone!" The Lost Crusader appeared on the battle zone once more and letting out a bloodcurdling screech.
Seiga's last shield broke, and she saw hope once again. "Shield Trigger! Mystery Cube!"
"…!"
"Codeking Wilhelm!" Seiga declared as he appeared once more, spearing Gaiginga through and destroying him, while blasting Reimu's mana zone again and knocking Reimu backwards, and she landed on the ground heavily once more.
"Heh… It doesn't matter now!" Reimu stood up from the ground shakily, a triumphant smile on her lips. "Kiryu Jilves! Direct Attack on Seiga!"
"Ninja Strike 4! Falconer! I summon him from my hand when you declare an attack and I have 4 cards in my mana zone. I turn Falconer into a blocker and block Kiryu Jilves' attack!"
With electromagnetic waves, the Ninja stopped Kiryu Jilves' advance and sent him to Reimu's mana zone.
"Falconer goes back to the bottom of my deck at the end of this turn." Seiga wiped her brows as the Falconer disappeared from her battle zone. "My turn! ...What? What's happening!" She tugged at the top card of her deck, but it wouldn't budge one bit.
"Heh… I forgot to tell you. Whenever Gaiginga is chosen by your effects, I gain an extra turn!" Reimu chuckled and wiped some blood off the edge of her mouth, as a look of horror crossed Seiga's face. "My turn!"
"This the last! Glenmolt, todomeda!" A large explosion erupted from where Seiga was standing as the Glenmolt struck the wicked hermit.
"Huff…huff…" Reimu panted as she won the duel. She smiled. "Now that I've won, tell me all you know, Seiga."
"You… I won't forget this, Hakurei Reimu. You'll taste my anger soon enough after this…" Seiga's spiteful voice resonated through the cave, as the smoke started to clear away. There was no sign of the hermit.
"Wait… don't go…" Reimu felt all the strength slip away from her body. She swooned, and the last thing she heard was Marisa calling her name as her vision and consciousness faded into darkness.
"Ha!" Reimu opened her eyes. A white, unfamiliar ceiling greeted her. Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she sat up, and found herself on a soft bed with pure white sheets. She looked around, straining her fatigued body. She scanned her surroundings. There was nothing much, except for empty beds that look similar to the one she was lying on. Machines that showed numbers and graphs she didn't understand at all. There was no one save herself in this room. Then there was the sound of a door opening, and she shifted her attention towards the direction the noise was coming from. Standing in the entrance was Marisa.
"Oh, you're awake, Reimu!" Marisa chirped happily as she sat down beside her best friend. "Did you have a good rest?"
"Ugh…" The brunette massaged her sore head. "Where are we?"
To which Marisa replied, "Eientei. I had to carry you here. You've slept for a day already."
"I see. So it's been a day already…" Reimu sighed. "Thanks."
"Heh, no problem ze." Marisa just smiled. "Just remember you owe me one."
There was a rap on the door, and it opened after a second. Reisen Inaba Udongein, with her usual black business suit and white skirt worn during work, entered, and upon seeing Reimu, nodded in her direction. Her red eyes glowed slightly.
"Eiren-sensei said you just collapsed out of fatigue." Reisen explained, her rabbit ears twitching. "You are free to leave whenever you want. Just please take care of your body."
With a bow, she retreated from the white room, and the door closed with a soft thud.
"…Well, hey. So what happened back there?" Marisa turned back to Reimu and inquired.
"Uh… I met Seiga, and she seems to be the culprit behind all this. I won a duel against her, but she escaped…" A sigh escaped Reimu's lips again.
"Hey, don't be so down. At least we know who the criminal is now. She must know all about these creatures materializing and stuff." Marisa laughed. "I got to test out my new deck too. It was awesome! Can't wait to beat those two guys up and get back those cards." She rubbed her fists.
"…I feel there's a deeper meaning behind all this." Reimu said. "Creatures are even speaking… This isn't as simple as we think."
"Creatures talking?" Marisa looked at Reimu as if she was having a fever or something. "Did all that fatigue get to your brain?" Her hand reached to touch Reimu's forehead.
"It's true." Reimu retorted with an irritated tone as she gently slapped Marisa's hand away. "Seiga's Codeking Wilhelm… He spoke. And he mentioned that there was no time left…"
"No time?" Marisa repeated. "No time… Hey! Those two guys said there was not time too! Maybe they know something or they're Seiga's underlings!" She tugged at Reimu, urging her to go.
"Hey, don't pull…"
Picking up her deck, Reimu stared at Gaiginga's card. She could feel nothing from him now. He feels just like a normal card. No energy, no emotions.
She pocketed her deck and headed outside with Marisa.
"Hey! You bastards!" The café's door was flung open once again, and Marisa barged in with Reimu close behind. "…Eh…"
She stopped short when she found all the customers staring at her with a strange look. "Uh… I mean…"
She shrunk even lower when she noticed Keine, who was sitting in a corner, giving her a disapproving look.
"You again?" The Second, still hooded, sighed as he cleaned a coffee cup. "Please leave if you're here to cause trouble."
"Keine-sensei!" Marisa protested. "These guys aren't good people! They're the ones who took our cards from us…"
The First cut her short. "A bet that you agreed to."
"Mu…" She glared at The First, who ignored her and served a customer a cup of Mocha.
"We're here on serious business." Reimu announced, nudging Marisa aside. "There are creatures materializing during duels recently. You surely must know something about it."
"I have heard of those reports too." Keine said as she sipped her coffee. "But how do you know these two café masters are responsible for the incident?"
"Seeing that they're able to make creatures appear, they must have some connection with this incident." Reimu explained. "And… seeing that Seiga's talking creature mentioned about having not enough time…you guys should know something, no?"
She could feel The Second's face scrunch up into a frown under his hood. "Seiga…?"
"Don't try to feign ignorance!" Marisa shouted. "You must know something about this!"
"Hmph. That is none of your business." The First snorted. "Go ask that vampire friend of yours, and that magician in her library. They might know something."
"And?" Marisa pressed.
"And nothing." The First wouldn't have it. "That is the only information you will get out of our mouths. Now, if you're not here to drink coffee, please leave to avoid disturbing other customers."
"Hmph!" Propping her broom on the side of the room, Marisa stepped up to the table Keine was sitting at, and sat right down on a chair. "I'll have a cup of coffee then!"
"Me too, then." Reimu sat down beside Marisa and ordered a drink too.
"…Please wait for a while." The Second responded. After a while, he presented two cups of coffee in front of the duo. "Please enjoy."
Marisa raised her coffee to her lips, and nearly spat it out after taking a sip. "Hey! What's with this bitter coffee?" She complained.
"Ah. You didn't specify what kind of coffee." The Second answered mischievously.
"…" Reimu drank her coffee. "This one isn't so bitter."
Marisa fumed. "Why does she get better treatment than me?"
"That'll teach you to hold your tongue and take care of your manners, young miss." The First chuckled. "You should learn from your friend here."
"Grr…" Marisa stood up and walked towards her broom.
"Oh, don't forget to pay, missy." The Second reminded. "We're not putting money on anyone's tabs. The café is reinforced with strengthening magic, so crashing or blasting your way out is not an option."
"Gununu…"
"That wasn't very nice of you." Keine said in a half-serious tone as soon as Reimu and Marisa, whose cheeks were red with anger, left the café.
"That'll teach her a lesson." The Second picked up Marisa's unfinished coffee and added a little sugar, savoring the taste of the warm drink. "Such a waste of coffee."
Marisa opened the grand doors to the Great Library. The screeching of the opening doors echoed throughout the grand room, filled with near unlimited books. "Patchouli, you here?"
"…If you're here to borrow books again, I will have no choice but to have Sakuya make you go out." The Unmoving Great Library looked up from her book as she sat in the center of the Library. Her purple hair swayed as she cocked her head to glance at Maris and Reimu.
She isn't wearing her usual cap today, noticed Marisa.
"We're here to ask something." Marisa sat down and plopped her hat on the table. "You've heard of creatures materializing and talking before?"
"Creatures?" Patchouli's eyebrows furrowed.
"Yeah," answered Marisa. "Like, as in Duel Masters Creatures."
"They are only figments of our imagination in this world." Patchouli rubbed her eyes. "Without a soul, nothing can be alive. It is near impossible to have creatures talk, though making a body that resembles the creatures is not very hard."
"This world?" Marisa questioned her fellow magician.
Patchouli called Koakuma, her familiar, over and gave her a slip of paper that she scribbled a few words on. Koakuma nodded and floated away, her head-wings fluttering lightly.
She returned moments later, some thick books in her arms, and set them on the table before going back to organizing near-infinite shelves.
Marisa picked one of the books up. Reimu decided to have some of the tea Sakuya brought in, and relaxed in her chair. She doesn't know how to read these, so she might as well kick back and chill.
"Alternative Realities…" Marisa picked up another one. "Transferring of Matter over Different Dimensions…"
"You mean that these creatures are from another reality? That's…kinda absurd." She scratched her head.
"There are infinite possibilities in this universe." Patchouli replied nonchalantly. "Anything, however remote the possibility, has a chance of happening. Of course, I may be wrong, but I'm just giving you a possible explanation."
With that, she became silent and resumed reading her book.
"I see…" Marisa opened one of the suggested books and began to flip through the pages.
Night fell, and Gensokyo was covered by silence and darkness. The party had ended, and those who were previously stuffing themselves full of food and sake now had a chance to rest and wait for the next party.
Two lone figures trudged through the Forest of Magic. The environment was eerily quiet. There were no sounds of beasts, bugs, or anything of the sort as they passed. Mushrooms and carnivorous plants ceased their activity, opting to retreat into the darkness and stay quiet.
"…" One of them stopped the other as small humanoid floated towards them.
"…Youkai of Darkness. Rumia."
Said youkai floated slowly towards them, her eyes even redder than usual. Her outstretched hands clutched a deck, and she advanced towards the two figures, aggression apparent in her eyes.
"…I'll take care of this. Go. I'll catch up later."
The other nodded, and went on ahead.
The remaining took out a deck, and it flashed a bright yellow light.
"Don't worry. I'll put you out of your misery soon. Duema, Start."
"…Amaterasu, todomeda."
The duel field dissolved, leaving the lone figure and an unconscious Rumia. The figure knelt beside the youkai of darkness, and picked up a card carefully from her hands, tucking it safely away in a pocket.
"I hope you'll be freed from suffering. Good night."
"Alice?" Marisa looked up from her third book. "What a surprise to see you."
"Good morning." The puppeteer greeted her fellow magician. Reimu was still sound asleep, snoring as her head rested on the table.
"What made you come today?" Patchouli eyes didn't leave her book. "It's rare for you to come during this time of the day."
"I figured Marisa would be here, since she wasn't home nor at the shrine last night. This would be the place that would have the highest chance of meeting her." Alice replied, as Shanghai flew over to rest on the round table.
"You're here to ask me something?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact." Alice brushed her short blonde hair and affirmed. "I found Rumia today in front of my house today. It seems that she was possessed last night and was defeated and freed, so I thought it might be connected to the incident you're investigating."
"Huh?" Marisa cocked her head. "Who would have done that?"
"I do not know." The puppeteer shook her head. "But from what Rumia could remember from the fragments of her memory, it seemed that the person freed her was using… what was it? Oh yes. A variant of Lionel she had never seen before."
"Lionel…?! Don't tell me…" Reimu was suddenly awake, and seemed to realize something,
"Hey, you startled me ze…" Marisa complained. "But Lionel… Maybe it really is them."
"…Who are you talking about?" Patchouli finally put down her book. She didn't even sleep last night, but to her, sleep is unnecessary.
"Those guys who took our cards. Lionel was… One of the variety that they took." Reimu frowned.
"But they did free Rumia from whatever was possessing her, even if it really is them." Alice reasoned. "Maybe they aren't bad people after all."
"Taking people's cards away is a bad act in itself." Marisa retorted.
"Maybe you should return the books you took before saying that." Patchouli almost snapped at her.
"I'll return it when I'm dead ze."
"Should I kill you here and now then?" Patchouli's eyesight seemed to drill right through Marisa's body.
"Hehe…chill out, Patchy." Marisa felt a cold chill run down her spine. "Well, I'll be going to see if what we think is true then, bye!"
She rushed out of the library in a hurry. Reimu left a "thanks for letting us stay" before leaving behind the ordinary magician.
It was the third time the café's door was swung open violently. The First and Second was kind of getting used to it already.
"What is it again?" The First nearly groaned. "We told you we are not saying anything more about talking creatures and stuff…"
"Last night, in the Forest of Magic." Marisa asked. "Was it you guys that defeated Rumia?"
"…No comment."
"So it's really you huh. Then we'll make a bet! If we win, you'll give us back those cards and help us investigate this incident!" Marisa offered, pointing her broom at both The First and Second. "Provided you're no the culprits of the incident."
"Very well. If you lose, then, you will leave us alone and never bother us again." The Second declared. "What we do is none of your business from the start, anyway."
"We'll be taking those cards back from you," said Reimu. "They're something very important to us, and we won't let some random people touch and use them as they wish!"
"Ha! As if you'll be making good use of those cards." The First exclaimed. "We won't be returning these back so easily. Come and get them!"
"We'll be glad!" Marisa growled.
"Duema Start!"
BGM:Photon Stream of Destruction (YGO ZeXal Sound Duel 2)
"I summon Rothus, The Traveler!" The Second's Armorloid appeared beside his master. "With his effect, I destroy Iron Arm Tribe. Iron Arm tribe goes to my mana zone when he is destroyed. Then Marisa, you must destroy one of your creatures too."
"…I destroy Topgear." Marisa opted to preserve Deepsea Typhoon, to protect herself from unexpected attacks.
The Beast Folk Hunter dissolved into light, along with the Fire Outrage.
"I then cast Energy Stream and draw two cards. Turn End."
"My turn!" Reimu drew her card. "I summon Triple Mouth, Decaying Savage and boost my deck top into my mana. Then 1 discard one card from your hand!"
"…" Crystal Memory dropped from The Second's hand to his graveyard.
The First started his turn. "I cast Evolution Burst – Into The Wild!"
The top three cards of his deck went into his mana. Perfect Madonna, Apocalypse Day, Faerie Shower.
"Chi…" Marisa clicked her tongue. "They've changed decks huh… But that won't stop me!"
"I summon Deepsea Tyhoon! I draw a card and discard a card with his effect. Then I cast Emergency Typhoon! I draw two cards and discard one card. Turn End."
The First eyed the discarded cards.
Crossfire the 2nd, Mypad, 5000GT…
"I'm counting on you, partner!" The First told his friend.
"Yeah. Cyber N World! Create a new world with your power and reset all battle scars!" The Cyber Command appeared, and with flash of sapphire light, every duelist's hand and graveyard were shuffled into their respective decks, and in return, five cards were added to their hand.
"You…" Marisa wanted to fire a Master Spark right in his face.
"Hmph. This is a tag duel. How to win with the help of your opponent is crucial." The Second just shrugged her stare off. "It's your turn, Hakurei Reimu."
"Heh! You'll regret replenishing my hand!" Reimu smirked. "I summon Glenmolt and equip him with Gaiheart from my Hyperspatial Zone!"
The Humanoid appeared, swinging the Dragheart weapon with a battle cry.
"I attack you with Triple Mouth!" The Beast Folk lunged towards The Second, smashing a shield into pieces.
"…No trigger."
"Then I attack with Glenmolt! Go!" Reimu ordered, and Glenmolt sliced at another shield, breaking it.
"…"
"Ha! Seems you don't have any triggers! At the end of the attack, I can flip Gaiheart to its other side!" Reimu exclaimed confidently and raised her hand towards Gaiheart. "Ryuu! Kai! Gaiginga, Passionate Star Dragon! Lead me to the path of unlimited possibilities!"
The weapon once again shattered, and from it, the Gaial Command Dragon burst out and slashed Cyber N World in two, sending him to the graveyard.
"When Gaiginga is Dragon Solutioned, I destroy one of your creatures with power 7000 or less! Since Gaiginga is a Speed Attacker, I attack your shields! Double Break!"
Now only The Second's last shield was standing, after Gaiginga slashed away two more of his shields.
"Shield Trigger, Crystal Memory." The Second added a card from his deck to his hand.
"How is it! My newfound power!" Reimu puffed her chest in pride. "I turn end here. Be sure to take him out, Marisa!"
"Of course!" The blonde replied with a wink and grin.
"…My turn. I summon Jasmine, Mist Faerie. Then I cast Apocalypse Day!" The First declared.
"…..!"
"Reimu's battle zone has three creatures, Marisa has two, while I have one. When there are six or more creatures in the battle zone, all creatures will be destroyed by Apocalypse Day's effect!"
With a blinding light a sharp bang, all of the creatures disappeared, leaving them in their graveyard or in the Hyperspatial Zone.
"Kuh…! I summon Maeterl, Beautiful Sunday! …Turn End." Marisa bit her lip.
Next turn I'll turn the tables with Scramble Typhoon!
BGM: CN0.39 King Of Hope, Utopia Ray (YGO ZeXal Sound Duel 2)
"Scramble Typhoon next turn, I presume. But I won't let you have a next turn." The Second declared coldly. "I cast Hyperspatial Dravita Hole and salvage Energy Stream from my graveyard. With Dravita Hole's effect, I put Galaxy, Temporal Immortal into the battle zone."
"…!" Reimu clenched her fists in anxiety. "Galaxy again!"
"I then cast Mother's Sanctuary!" The Second revealed another card in his hand. "I send Galaxy to the mana zone, and he awakens and stays in the battle zone! Then from my mana, I put this guy into the battle zone!"
"The Holy Dragon, bearing the scars of Victory! Defeat your foes with your unpredictable power!"
"Bolshack Ulpheus, Holy Dragon!"
The Armored Dragon, Angel Command and Hunter appeared, breaking out of the large evolution sphere that King of Galaxy had formed. With a cross across his chest, two dragon heads for arms and wielding a large sword spitting holy flames, he gives testament to the power of the one before him, Bolpheus Heaven.
"Bolshack…Ulpheus!?" Marisa gritted her teeth, She could feel her temper rising, "How dare you use his card!"
The Second ignored her. "With Bolshack Ulpheus' effect, I can cast a Fire or Light spell from my hand for no cost! I cast… Tyranno Link Nova!"
"…!" Reimu gasped. "He's aiming for one-shot kill!"
"Kirisame Marisa, you must add all your shields to you hand!"
Marisa grabbed her cards as her shield regressed into back and were returned to her hand.
"…No trigger."
"…Looks like this is the end for you. Bolshack Ulpheus, direct attack!" The Second ordered, and the Dragon rushed at the blonde magician, ready to pierce her through with his sword.
"Ninja Strike 4! Falconer! I turn him into a Blocker and block Bolshack Ulpheus' attack!" Marisa threw a card from her hand into the battle field. It transformed into the Ninja, and Bolshack Ulpheus had no choice but to redirect his attack to Falconer, slicing Falconer in two. The Guardian disappeared with a loud boom and dropped into Marisa's graveyard.
"Phew, that was close." She wiped a sweat from her brow. "Thanks for the hand replenishment!"
The Second muttered something, followed by a light chuckle. The First also let out a small laugh.
"Turn End." The Second declared.
"My turn!" Reimu wasn't pleased that her creatures, along with her ace, were destroyed during The First's turn. She was determined to pay him back for it, but there wasn't anything that could deal serious damage at her disposal.
"I summon Hibiki, Explosive Mirror!" The female Humanoid with cat ears materialized upon command. "Turn End."
"…My turn." The Second brandished a card. "Let's see how you take this!"
"The King of beasts, reborn as a dragon! Vanquish your enemies with your immortality!" He chanted, as the card glowed with a fiery yellow light, getting brighter with every passing moment,
"Lion Zenith Dragon! Lionel!"
Reimu and Marisa stared at the Angel Command Dragon, his six arms holding six swords of light, as Lionel let out a ferocious roar, one so loud and majestic that it struck awe into their hearts.
"Lionel…? I've never seen this one before!" Reimu frowned.
Marisa, on the other hand, recovered a lot quicker. "Heh! Whatever it is, I just need to take it down fast!"
"I cast Scramble Typhoon, and with Maeterl's effect I draw ten cards and discard eight cards!" Marisa grinned while fattening her grave. "G Zero! Since I drew more than 6 cards, I summon Crossfire the 2nd for no cost! Then since I have more than 6 creatures in my graveyard, I summon Crossfire for no cost!"
"…Double Crossfire!" The Second's tone wasn't happy at all.
"Since they're all speed attackers… Attack! Crossfire, Millionaire! Destroy Bolshack Ulpheus!"
"Ninja Strike 4! Falconer!" The Second summoned the same card Marisa had used earlier.
"!" Marisa clicked her tongue audibly as the Guardian blocked her creature's attack. "Then I break your last shield with Maeterl!"
The Outrage lashed her chain at The Second, and his last defense shattered into pieces.
"Hah! That's your play miss. If you have no shield triggers, then this last attack will…"
"Shield Trigger. Spiral Gate. I send Crossfire the 2nd back to your hand." The targeted creature was sucked into a whirlpool beneath him, returning him back to Marisa'a hand.
She moaned exaggeratedly. "How!? How are you so lucky! At this crucial moment!"
"…You forgot Crystal Memory?" The Second replied. "I checked my deck and confirmed my last shield. Of course I would know what's in it. Hmph. You might've lasted a bit longer if you had attacked my shields only, considering the possibilities. But…"
"There's nothing more you can do. Bolshack Ulpheus, direct…"
The duel field shook with a tremendous force, interrupting the final attack on Marisa. While the two girls tried to stabilize themselves, the two hooded figures nodded at each other. The duel field immediately dissolved, and the four were back at the café.
"We'll deal with you later." The First said as he and The Second left their restaurant. "We've got company. And for your safety, you'd better not come with us."
"Heh! You've just run away from a duel! It's our victory!" Marisa followed them out. "No matter what you say, I'm coming with you! I'm won't let you get away this time! Return those cards too!"
Reimu just fixed her dead-fish eyes on Marisa's back, wondering how did she forget how close she was from being attacked directly.
"Well, I'll have to investigate this matter too, since I'm the Hakurei Shrine Maiden after all!"
With that, she too headed out to find out what was wrong.
And she stopped short, eyes wide, gaping at the sky along with Marisa, who had a similar expression. They could stare at the object in the sky above them.
They had never seen anything quite like it before.
The absurdly large thing covered the sky. Even the sunlight was blotted out by the sheer mass of the object. The jet-black body plunged the Human Village into darkness. In fact, the whole Gensokyo was now deprived of sunlight.
Yukari peered into her gap. Her eyes became sharp and serious, in contrast to her usual lazy manner.
Her lips parted, saying out the name with a voice that Ran could not hear.
"Shangri-La, Climax of Cruelty."
Decks:
Reimu: Darigaaz Shoegazer Glenmolt (デアリシューゲイモルト）
Marisa: FW Graveyard Source （赤青墓地ソース）
Seiga: 5C Cube Blaster （５cキューブ）
The First: LNW Lionel （白青緑ライオネル）
The Second: FNWL Fortress HELL （黒抜きフォートレスHELL)
I think it's pretty apparent who The First and Second are now...