bopdog111: Okay guys, we're gonna see if Ace gets the help he needs.
Ulrich362: Though considering how they're trying to help him... it doesn't look likely.
bopdog111: They need to stay careful.
Ulrich362: Agreed, enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, or Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS but we own the OCs!
It had been a few days since Yuto's plan everyone had gone back to the hospital only for Ace's condition to have not improved at all. Sandy had kept a hold on his hand the whole time.
"... I'm sorry." Mir apologized sadly.
"Don't be sorry Mir." Jarrod told her patting her back.
"You don't get it, these new Parasites... the ones you can't get rid of without dueling... it's my fault they exist." Mir told him. "We could have saved Ace by now... but I changed them."
"Don't worry Mir. You did nothing that made them like this." Larsa told her.
"Not like this, but I'm the one who showed him they could be changed... Rank-Up-Magic Parasite Force... by making that card, I caused this." Mir told him. "The Parasite that infected Tate was different, I don't know how, but it switched his emotions instead of what the Parasites normally did. Love and hate were swapped."
"It still ain't your fault." Jarrod repeated.
She embraced him. "Thank you."
"There's really nothing we can do?" Aqua asked sadly.
"Just until Yuto's plan can work." Hart answered.
"We... we should help too, after everything Ace did." Miyu admitted.
"We are." Windy told her.
"She's right." Erika agreed before looking at her cards. "If beating this Doktor can save him... the six of us will do it."
"I agree, it's our turn to lend a hand." Takeru nodded.
"About time too." Lightning nodded. "What say you Earth?"
"... I can't." Earth said quietly.
"You can stick with me." Larsa offered with a smile.
Earth nodded calmly as he entered Larsa's duel disc.
"Alright, so Yusaku, Takeru, Mason, Erika, Miyu, Jin, and Larsa will go?" Ryoken asked. "Anyone else?"
Sandy stood up, "I will too."
"Are you sure?" Dawn asked.
Sandy nodded. "Little Ace did much for us, and I did little in repaying him... I will help him!"
"Well, we can't do anything yet so... should we practice?" Miyu asked.
"Yeah that sounds right." Ai nodded.
"Miyu?" Sandy asked the girl. "Should we see what you can do?"
"Huh?" Miyu asked in surprise. "I... guess so."
"Well... Your the only one out of the Lost Incident People to not duel." Sandy told her.
"Alright, then um... Takeru?" Miyu asked. "Do you mind?"
Takeru smiled, "Not at all."
Miyu smiled. "Thanks."
After the duel...
In the end Miyu claimed the win.
"Wow, I can't believe that worked." Miyu admitted. "Everyone except Skye told me Ice Barrier was a weak deck."
"There's no such thing as a worthless card." Alex smiled. "It's how you use it that counts. That's what Yusei always said."
"Yeah, you have a good point." Miyu smiled.
Meanwhile...
"You... who are you? Wait, what are you... no, NOOO!"
With Dawn and her sisters...
Dawn was looking out of Ace worried.
"It's not right to make him suffer like this." they overheard a doctor say. "The boy must be in agony, I know it's hard but that's truly what's best for him."
"I know, but unless they give us their approval we can't do anything but let him lay there on the verge of death." another doctor added.
"I know killing your child is terrible but that's not living at all, I'm going to speak with his father again." the first doctor said calmly.
Dawn grunted hearing that as tears picked up again.
"It'll be ok, we just need stop the Doktor." Kelly mentioned. "If we all work together like before we can do that."
"Why would they ask something as heartless as that?" Terri asked angered by the doctors saying that.
Alex looked down. "They probably think we're being mean to Ace."
"Or..." Stacy looked down. "They probably don't want Ace to suffer longer."
"Then what do we do?" Lilly asked angrily
Dawn took Ace's hand as she said, "Acey... I will help you..."
Suddenly Ace's duel disc started to glow.
"Huh?" Lilly asked noticing it.
It seemed to be coming from Ace's deck.
"Hey... A-Ace's Deck!" Lilly cried as the other girls noticed.
Dawn walked over and picked it up revealing a single glowing card and a note that fell to the floor
Dis, Ancient Lord of the Burning Abyss.
"A Burning Abyss Card...?" Alex asked shocked.
"Why would Ace have that?" Stacy asked.
Alex sees the note as she picked it up, and started to read it.
"Dear big sis Dawn, I really hope you like this big sis, mommy helped me a lot while I made it, another special card for you. I think its strong and mommy says you'll love it. I love you big sis, happy birthday. Love Acey." Alex read.
Dawn looked shocked before looking at Dis.
Dis, Ancient Lord of the Burning Abyss
Dark Type
Level 8
Fiend/Ritual
ATK: 3000
DEF: 3000
This card can only be summoned by the Ritual Spell "Descent into the Burning Abyss", and cannot be summoned by other methods. This card cannot be targeted by, and is unaffected by your opponent's spell and trap cards. While this card is face-up on your field: You can once per turn, add 1 "Burning Abyss" card from your deck to your hand, and if you do shuffle 1 card on the field into its owner's deck. "Burning Abyss" cards can activate their effects when summoned or destroyed. When this card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard: Special Summon 1 "Burning Abyss" Extra Deck monster, or one "Malacoda, Netherlord of the Burning Abyss" ignoring summoning conditions.
Dawn started to sob as she said, "A-Acey... This... This card is great... I-I love it..."
Her sisters all hugged her. Dawn continued crying as they done this.
"He'll be ok big sis, I promise." Terri told her.
Dawn continued sobbing.
The next day...
Dawn was sleeping on the chair beside Ace's bed.
"Dawn? Dawn you need to get up."
"H-Huh...?" Dawn started to wake up.
It was Ray but her eyes were red. "Come on Dawn... we need to go home."
"M-Mommy? Y-Your eyes..." Dawn said worried.
"That's what happens when you spend so much time crying Dawn." Ray explained sadly. "Astral and the others are still trying to help us find the Doktor but it could be a few more days... maybe longer."
"I-I can't leave Acey... I-I founded out- What he w-wanted to give me f-for my B-Birthday..." Dawn sobbed.
Ray's eyes widened slightly as she hugged her. "Oh Dawn. I'm so sorry."
Dawn hugged her back sobbing. Ray held her as the two of them walked out of the room. "Dawn, do you remember when Ace said his first word?"
Dawn sniffed as she thinks about it.
Flashback...
"Still watching him Dawn?" Zarc chuckled.
Dawn smiled nodding, "Yeah!"
"Has he done anything except stare at the ceiling or you though?" Ray asked.
"No." Dawn answered. "I tried getting him to play but he doesn't seem that interested."
"So you're just going to watch him all day?" Zarc smiled.
"I'm trying to get him to play." Dawn smiled as she picked Ace up, "Ain't that right Acey?"
He stared at her in confusion before trying to move closer to her. Dawn giggled seeing this. Ace started to laugh hearing that.
"Ah I love hearing you laugh Acey! I wish you can talk!" Dawn smiled hugging him close.
He tried to hug her back. "Dawn."
The three froze at this.
"...Huh?" Dawn asked shocked before asking Ace, "Ace? Can you say that again?"
"Dawn. Dawn." Ace repeated before hugging her again.
(A/N (Ulrich362): Five older sisters not including Dawn, Zarc, Ray, their aspects, and the Magicians... Ace has heard Dawn so often it was always going to be his first word.)
Dawn looked shocked before she smiled saying to her parents, "Mommy, Daddy did you two hear that!?"
They nodded.
"We did Dawn." Ray smiled.
"He said his first word, and my name!" Dawn cried hugging Ace, "I love you, Acey!"
Ace giggled even more. "Dawn."
Zarc and Ray just smiled watching their children.
End Flashback...
Dawn started crying again when she remembered. Ray closed her eyes. "It'll be ok Dawn, I promise."
"A-Acey please be okay." Dawn sniffed.
Ray gently hugged her again before...
"Alright, where is he?" questioned a voice.
They turned to see.
It was an angry looking Ernesto. "Alright, where is he hiding?"
"W-Who are you?" Dawn asked him.
"Ernesto Gotham, now I'm only asking one more time." Ernesto told her. "Where is that pathetic brat Ace Akaba hiding?"
"Why do you want to know?" Ray asked sternly at him.
"Payback, I'm going to make him wish he was never born... maybe he'll join that freak Amy too." Ernesto answered coldly.
"Your not touching my son." Ray told him sternly. "He did so much for us, and he never deserved all the bad things that happened to him. He made Link Summoning, created great cards, and act really great around everyone. He never deserved one of his friends being dead, or him being placed in this condition."
"He deserves to end up dead." Ernesto replied coldly. "Now stop making up things and bring him here so I can get my revenge for what he did."
"And what did he done to you that made you so angry?" Ray asked him.
"He humiliated me by beating me in our last duel. That's why I'm going to use these new cards to make sure he never does anything again." Ernesto answered. "Now stop stalling and tell me where to find him."
"As I said before your not touching my son." Ray told him again.
"Fine, then I'll just have to take my revenge by wiping you out." Ernesto told her before smirking. "Ace just got you killed old hag."
Dawn angered got in front of Ray, "You stop that you big bully!"
Ernesto just ignored her. "Last chance, where's Ace?"
"We will not tell." Ray answered.
Ernesto glared at her before activating his Duel Disc. Ray, and Dawn activated their's.
"DUEL!"
(Dueling Theme: One Who Gets in Our Way by Xenoblade Chronicles)
Ray: 4000
Dawn: 4000
Ernesto: 8000
Let the duel begin!
"I don't know why you have problems with my son but you're not touching him." Ray said seriously.
Ernesto 1st Turn:
"I'm going to do much more than that, I'll kill him and it starts with the card Temple of Bloodlust." Ernesto declared as the hospital became a temple depicting countless acts of violence and death.
Temple of Bloodlust
Field Spell Card
(Effects to be revealed.)
"What is... This place?" Dawn asked in shock as they looked around.
"Ace Akaba's tomb." Ernesto stated. "I summon the Sadistic Swordsman in attack mode."
As Ernesto said that a blood-soaked swordsman with a sharp sword and a cruel smirk appeared on his face.
Sadistic Swordsman
Dark Type
Level 10
Fiend
ATK: 3000
DEF: 0
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned by the effect of "Temple of Bloodlust". This card must attack all opposing monsters each turn. If this card destroys a monster in battle inflict 200 points of damage to your opponent's life points.
"Hey what the!?" Ray asked shocked. "How did you...?"
"My field spell, but that's just the start. Though two facedown cards is enough to end my move." Ernesto told them.
Ray told Dawn, "Dawn let me go first for us."
Ray 1st Turn:
Ray drew before she said, "I'll summon Natural Mouse!"
A mouse appeared.
Natural Mouse
Earth Type
Level 2
Beast
ATK: 200
DEF: 300
When this card is destroyed: You can add 1 Spell Card to your hand
"Your fighting with a mouse?" Ernesto questioned. "You must want Ace to die."
"You know what they say." Ray told him. "Big things come from small packages."
Ernesto just rolled his eyes at that. Ray then said, "I set 3 cards. Your move Dawn."
Ernesto turned to Dawn with a smirk.
Dawn looked troubled seeing the smirk before she drew.
Dawn 1st Turn:
"Okay I'll summon Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss!" Dawn called as the fiend appeared.
Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
Dark Type
Level 3
Fiend
ATK: 1000
DEF: 1900
If you control a monster that is not a "Burning Abyss" monster, destroy this card. You can only use 1 of these effects of "Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" per turn, and only once that turn.
● If you control no Spell/Trap Cards: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
● If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 monster on the field; banish it until the End Phase.
Ray moved closer to protect her.
"Now two face-downs." Dawn ended.
Ray: 4000
Dawn: 4000
Eernesto: 8000
Ernesto 2nd Turn:
"Which means it's my turn again, and now I'll have Sadistic Swordsman attack Natural Mouse." Ernesto declared as his monster smirked before slashing through Ray's Mouse.
Ray grunted saying, "When my mouse is destroyed I can add a spell to my hand."
Suddenly the Sadistic Swordsman smirked as his blade continued and scratched Ray's arm causing it to bleed.
(Ray: 3800)
"Agh!" Ray cried holding her arm.
"Mom!?" Dawn asked shocked.
"My Swordsman isn't satisfied just attacking your monsters, he'll slowly cut away at your life points 200 at a time until you lose." Ernesto revealed as they noticed all the safety features on his duel disc had been turned off. "Now then, my Sadistic Swordsman can attack all of your monsters so say goodbye to Farfa!"
Swordsman destroyed Farfa as it cut Dawn's left cheek as she yelped holding it. (Dawn: 3800)
Then Swordsman vanished.
"What the?" Ernesto questioned. "What did you do?"
"When Farfa is sent to the graveyard then 1 monster on the field is removed." Dawn answered before revealing her face-down, "Burial From a Different Dimension!"
Burial from a Different Dimension
Quick-Play Spell Card
Target up to 3 banished monsters; return them to the Graveyard.
"You little..." Ernesto growled as Sadistic Swordsman entered the graveyard. "I play Sadistic Slash! By banishing Sadistic Swordsman this trap not only deals you 3000 points of damage it lets me add a spell to my hand."
Sadistic Slash
Normal Trap Card
Activate only if you have a "Sadistic Swordsman" in the graveyard. Banish that monster and then inflict 3000 points of damage to your opponent, then you can add one spell from your deck to your hand. You cannot summon the turn you activate this card.
Ray called, "I play the trap card, Fusion Guard!"
Fusion Guard
Counter Trap Card
Activate only when an effect that inflicts damage is activated. Negate its activation and effect, and randomly send 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to the Graveyard.
"This negates the damage you tried to inflict!" Ray called.
Ernesto glared at her. "Fine, I end my move."
Ray 2nd Turn:
Ray drew, and asked "You okay Dawn?"
She nodded but held her cheek.
"Okay... I'll summon out Natural Tiger!" Ray called as the Tiger appeared.
Natural Tiger
Earth Type
Level 4
Earth/Tuner
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1900
When this card is Normal Summoned you can Special Summon 1 "Natural" Monster from your hand. If this card is used for a Synchro Summon for a "Natural" Monster you can add 1 "En Winds" from your Deck to your hand.
"Fine, it won't help you." Ernesto told her.
"Well my Tiger is summoned I can summon another Natural from my hand." Ray told him. "Such as Natural Bird!"
The bird appeared.
Natural Bird
Light Type
Level 3
Winged-Beast
ATK: 1900
DEF: 300
If this card is destroyed add 1 "En Birds" from your Deck to your hand.
Ernesto's eyes widened seeing the monsters. "Two at once and that's a tuner!"
"Now Bird, Tiger attack him directly!" Ray called.
Ernesto braced himself as the attacks hit.
(Ernesto: 4700)
"My field spell's effect activates, once every turn when I take damage one of you takes the same damage so that birds 1900 attack points are being dealt to the little girl's life points."
"What?" Dawn asked shocked before she yelped. (Dawn: 1700)
"Dawn! I'm so sorry!" Ray called.
"Anything else you want to try?" Ernesto taunted.
Ray glared, "I play my face-down, Urgent Tuning!"
Urgent Tuning
Normal Trap Card
During the Battle Phase: Immediately after this effect resolves, Synchro Summon 1 Synchro Monster using monsters you control.
Ernesto glared at her.
The Tiger, and Bird tuned.
(LV: 4 + 3 = 7)
"I Synchro Summon, Natural Parakeet!" Ray called as the Parakeet appeared on the field cawing.
Natural Parakeet
Wind Type
Level 7
Winged-Beast/Synchro
ATK: 2200
DEF: 1500
1 Tuner Monster + 1 or more Non-Tuner Monsters
Once per turn: Target 1 monster you control, gain Life Points equal to half that target's ATK. If this card is destroyed you can add 1 "Natural" Card from your Deck to your hand.
"2200?" Ernesto asked in shock.
"Go Parakeet attack him!" Ray called.
Ernesto winced as the attack hit.
(Ernesto: 2500)
"Then I play the spell, Natural Life!" Ray called.
Natural Life
Normal Spell Card
Target 1 monster you control: The next player that goes first gains control of that monster until the end of their turn.
"Mommy." Dawn whispered with a smile.
"I end my turn." Ray ended as Parakeet flew to Dawn's side.
"Trap card open, Sadistic Choice!" Ernesto called. "Don't worry about the effect, I'll get to that when it becomes relevant."
Sadistic Choice
Normal Trap Card
If you control "Temple of Bloodlust" you can activate the following effect: If your opponent declares a direct attack, they must first deal twice the amount of damage to another duelist in the match.
Dawn 2nd Turn:
Dawn drew as she called, "I'll summon Alich, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss!"
Alich appeared.
Alich, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss
Dark Type
Level 3
Fiend
ATK: 1200
DEF: 0
If you control a monster that is not a "Burning Abyss" monster, destroy this card. You can only use 1 of these effects of "Alich, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" per turn, and only once that turn.
● If you control no Spell/Trap Cards: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
● If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; negate its effects until the end of this turn.
"Dawn wait!" Ray cried before Alich shattered
"Ah man! Forgot!" Dawn cried having forgetting that.
"That just proves you're a weak duelist." Ernesto told her coldly.
"Hey don't talk that way to my daughter!" Ray scolded to him.
"She made an amateur mistake and now she can't wipe out my life points." Ernesto smirked.
"Then how bout this!?" Dawn called playing Tremendous Fire.
Tremendous Fire
Normal Spell Card
Inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points and 500 points of damage to your Life Points.
"I discard Sadistic Scholar to negate my damage and deal it to you instead." Ernesto countered.
"What?" Dawn asked shocked as she got burned crying out.
"Dawn!" Ray called as Dawn held her shoulder. (Dawn: 0200)
"Now then, are you finished?" Ernesto smirked coldly.
Dawn stared seriously before she called, "I play Parakeet's ability! I gain half her attack points to my Life Points!"
She glowed as it healed her. (Dawn: 1300)
"Oh, so that's what it does." Ernesto frowned.
"Now Parakeet attack!" Dawn called as Parakeet charged at Ernesto.
"You activated my Sadistic Choice trap card's effect, now then Dawn was it?" Ernesto smirked. "If you want to attack, then you have to deal 4400 points of damage to your dear mommy over there, but with the safety features removed that might be deadly."
Ray smirked as she shows the card she's discarding, Hanewata. Ernesto's eyes widened seeing that. "You... fine, I was going to save my next card for killing Ace but you two will have to do!"
The Parakeet charged as it attacked Ernesto as unaware to Ernesto the safety features on his Duel Disk were turned back on.
(Ernesto: 0100)
"Alright, that's it you're both dead." Ernesto stated coldly.
Dawn looked un-eased as Parakeet flew back to Ray's field. Ray called, "I told ya before. There's no way I'm letting ya near my son!"
Ray: 3800
Dawn: 1300
Ernesto: 0100
Ernesto 3rd Turn:
"Who said anything about that, first things first I summon Sadistic Dragonbone Knight!" Ernesto declared as a warrior wearing dragon bones as armor with a cold smirk appeared next to him.
Sadistic Dragonbone Knight
Dark Type
Level 4
Fiend
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1200
This card can only be summoned while "Temple of Bloodlust" is in play. Once per turn, declare one Dragon-Type monster, this card is treated as that monster and gains its name, attack points, defense points, and effects until the end phase. This card cannot be destroyed in battle and you take no damage from attacks involving this card.
"I use my Sadistic Dragonbone Knight to become Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis!"
"Huh?" The two girls asked in shock.
"My Sadistic Dragonbone Knight can become any dragon I want, and this dragon will be the one that kills both your son, and your daughter." Ernesto declared. "Attack her directly!"
The dragon fired a blast as Dawn looked on in horror before she was hit crying out. (Dawn: 0000)
"Dawn!" Ray called as Dawn hit the ground.
Dawn then got up blinking as she asked, "I'm alive? I'm alive!"
"What, how?" Ernesto questioned in shock. "That's impossible, you should be dead!"
Dawn glared, "I don't know but I like it this way!"
Ernesto glared at her. "Fine, I set this and end but once the duel's over I'll be killing Ace Akaba."
Ray 3rd Turn:
Ray glared, "You'll have to get pass me first!"
She drew.
'Oh, I intend on doing just that.' Ernesto thought.
Ray then called, "And now I summon Natural Gardna!"
The Gardna appeared.
Natural Gardna
Light Type
Level 3
Warrior
ATK: 0
DEF: 1700
If this card is destroyed add 1 "Natural" Card from your deck to your hand.
"And then I use Parakeet's ability to gain Life Points equal to half Gardna's attack points!" Ray called.
"Huh?" Dawn asked in confusion. "Why?"
"Well for this spell." Ray called as she played a spell.
Natural Heart
Normal Spell Card
When you do not gain Life Points from a card effect: You can target 1 monster on the field, destroy it.
"What does that do?" Ernesto questioned.
"When I don't gain Life Points from an effect then your monster is destroyed!" Ray called.
Ernesto's eyes widened as his monster shattered.
"Parakeet attack him!" Ray called as the Parakeet charged cawing eager to stop Ernesto.
Ernesto glared hatefully at her as the attack struck.
Ernesto: 0000
"I play the trap card Sadistic Duel, it activates if my life points hit zero and when it does I inflict 4000 points of damage to your life points!"
Sadistic Duel
Counter Trap Card
If your life points drop to zero inflict 4000 points of damage to your opponent.
Ray's eyes widen as the trap struck but just like Dawn she's still alive, and uninjured.
Ray: 0000
Dawn: 0000
Ernesto: 0000
DRAW.
"What kind of sick joke is this?" Ernesto shouted.
That was before he finally noticed the safety features on his Duel Disk were turned on.
"What the, who messed with my Duel Disc?" Ernesto questioned before glaring at Dawn and Ray. "You did this somehow!"
"My Parakeet managed to do that." Ray glared. "You duel us fair, and square or get out."
"This isn't over, I'll be killing Ace soon enough." Ernesto stated coldly before walking off.
Ulrich362: Well... things are getting worse by the minute.
bopdog111: Ernesto's out for revenge.
Ulrich362: As if Dawn and the others didn't have enough to worry about.
bopdog111: What about Specter? Where was he?
Ulrich362: Only time will tell. See you in the next chapter.
bopdog111: Be sure to review!