2/1/2018
Disclaimer: I do not own RWBY or Yu-Gi-Oh. They belong to Monty Oum (RIP) and Takahashi Kazuki respectively.
Before you read this, PLEASE allow me to say that I have asked for these characters to appear in my story.
Thankfully, MaxGundam1998 has given me permission to use the defeated Grimm duelists for this part, since he said in his current chapter that I and he plan to do a crossover.
Oh and I have a response for the reviews.
CT7567Rules: Yes the armaments in Token and the Doppelganger in the armory are from the UNSC and Covenant. Although I am still thinking on who will have the Black Luster Soldier.
MaxGundam1998: I will mention the Pendulum monsters, just after this chapter.
Without any ado, here is Chapter 28, enjoy!
Narrator: Previously on Dawn of Duel Monsters, Weiss Schnee found her other self when she landed. While they met up and began working together, Weiss defeated the dark fish out of the water and froze it stone cold. As the tower fades in Reverse Remnant, Cinnabar made a mayhem on Ruby's world as its power and mind grew strong fighting the huntsmen and huntresses. At Reverse Remnant, Diabolos regained his personality by dueling the Commander as he let out a devastating force on all the islands as they crumbled and left his enemies in shock.
(Yu-Gi-Oh Theme)
[Ruby's symbol appears on top as Ruby Rose stays in the middle as she then separated, one with her innocent self on the left, while the right is Stardust facing right]
(Your move! Your move! Your move! Your move!)
[Ruby's shadow shifts as it becomes Stardust Dragon with his amber eyes glowing]
(Your move!)
[Ruby's astral body flies in the vacuum of space as thousands of cards fly around her like an atom with giant beasts breathing fire and ice]
(Yu-Gi-Oh)
[Thunder clashed as monsters pour out from the land, sea and air. Zombies abruptly come up from the graveyard. Volcanoes erupted as Grimm ran to avoid their molten death. Multiple creatures came out and attack the city of Vale. Team JNPR attempt to fight off a giant T-rex as Yang is surrounded by raptors. In the skies, Weiss and Blake were trying to fight a green legless dragon in the Bullhead but was being trapped by lightning bolts. Ruby and Jaune then fall into a large portal as they called their friends for help.]
(Your move!)
[Ruby faces off a man in dark armor as she flows show bright red while the man in dark armor flows black and white. The camera then shows the man in dark armor on his throne while cards surround him like a shield. The scene switches to show a piece of armor fall off to reveal a small black pupil in its blood red eye.]
(Ruby: It's time to du-du-du-du-dududududududuel!)
[The camera shows Ruby's aura fluctuating while Ruby show stillness]
[The scenes then switch as it shows Weiss's face as she poses, Blake's face while pulling out Gambol Shroud, Yang's face in her semblance as she poises a punch, Team JNPR, Ozpin, Glynda, Ironwood, and Cinder with fire tracing her right eye]
[The screen cuts to Ruby as she draws a card to the sky bolts of lightning comes from the card as it reveals Elemental Heroes on the right, Junk Warrior, Junk Destroyer, Junk Archer, Turbo Warrior, and Chevalier de Fleur to the left, and finally Star Eater emerged from a star appearing at the top.]
(Yu-Gi-Oh)
(Reverse Remnant)
The sounds of debris falling slowly continued as each island was reduced by merely three-quarters. The black and red fog appeared for their place as different Grimm now showed themselves, deforming the entire battlefield in just mere minutes.
During the sudden event, Jaune and Red, in his solid dragon form, observed everything from the safety of the skies taking everything in.
"I couldn't believe this Red!" Jaune said somewhat shaken to the core, "The islands just fell apart like they were unstable from the very beginning."
"I don't think this is the work of the islands," Red said with smoke breathing out of his mouth, "This is more like our enemies' personal doing."
"But why though? Why would they needlessly destroy most of it? Weren't we doing a better job trying to end this?" Jaune questioned.
"We are… but I feel like while we are gaining the upper hand, they still have more resources than we thought," Red guessed, "But to know more, we'll have to keep fighting to find out. Let's see if Ruby and the others managed to survive."
"Yeah," Jaune said fully agreeing with his partner as they soared to their destination.
While the two went to visit Ruby, she has been busy trying to scale the broken island without falling down. She tried really hard not to look down and focus on climbing up for her friends. As she continued to climb, she heard many of her soldiers heaving themselves up to safety like her. Ruby was close to the top, but a chunk of the rock she held on broke. Thinking quickly, she used her semblance to swiftly reach the top as she stretched her hand to the edge. However instead of touching the edge, she clasp Yang's reached hand as she was the one to catch her.
"Yang!" Ruby said happily as she was pulled to a hug.
"Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" Yang asked concerned for her sister.
"I'm fine. Though that caught me off by surprise," Ruby said looking to where it was once a steady earth.
"I'm just glad that you're okay," Yang said with relief.
"But Yang, the soldiers were there too. What about them?" Ruby acted on her fellow allies.
"I manage to get as many as I could sis. I'm not that heartless," Yang said motioning to the soldiers nearby who are getting others from the cliff and checking their weapons.
Ruby sighed with relief on the news as the two now look to the fog that just appeared. They can hear the faint roars inside as they cautiously stepped away a few paces. Regrouping with the soldiers, the fog began to grow larger as it slowly followed them.
Near the edges of the ruined island where the fog touched, a singular claw landed directly on the solid ground. A large Ursa with prominent ears, long spikes at the end of the mask, and a more angular head appeared out of the fog. Black and red smoke emanated from its body as it roared on its position. Unlike the normal Grimm that had red eyes, this Ursa has white eyes. Beowolves came forth with the same characteristics as the Ursa snarled as some sniffed the air. The new Grimm looked to see their prey just close enough to them and began to stalk them.
"Alright, we should be going," Ruby said, "We don't have ships to fly out from here, but we are close to the tower."
Yang then heard a constant flapping in her ears as she looked up to the sky. She found herself looking at Red with Jaune in his hands. But why would Vomit Boy be here?
"Hey Jaune!" Ruby said looking up waving her hands.
"Get out of the way!" Jaune yelled as he jumped off with a sword in his hand.
"What's he doing?" Ruby asked as he sees him throw his sword.
The two followed the sword's path as it raced directly to an Ursa's neck, completely decapitating it as it faded to nothing. For the landing, he rolled on the last second and stood up near Yang and Ruby. He went to his sword as a Beowolf jumps to ambush him, but Ruby's quick thinking shot it down as Jaune held his sword.
Aware of the sudden Grimm strike, they all look to see streams of Grimm appearing out of the fog and began to march to their enemies.
"That's a lot of Grimm," Yang commented.
"And more will come!" Red warned as he landed to the humans and unleashed a torrent of flames at the marching Grimm, vaporizing them into nothing.
The flames from Red Dragon Archfiend burned before they faded, but to a surprise of the huntsmen, more of these weird Grimm replaced them easily bravely marching forward.
"I can do this all day, but we don't have time," Red snarled, "Something is happening to the energy enveloping around here!"
"Eep!" Ruby squeaked as a bolt of red lightning almost hit her foot.
"Defensive formation! Strike and retreat!" Jaune ordered.
"Sir!" Ruby's band of soldiers said with salutes as they began forming a human-based wall in front of Ruby, Jaune, and Yang.
"While our men hold the Grimm, I and Jaune will go shut the tower down," Red said swiftly.
"Wait why?" Ruby quickly asked.
"Ruby… it's personal to me," Jaune said speaking to her as he looked to the tower, "Diabolos killed her in combat and the Immortals made her a pawn on their. As team leader… no as a friend, this is my responsibility. Red told me during our flight that the Immortals use both living and dead to serve them. And I intend to free her from their clutches."
When Ruby attempted to talk more into the subject, Grimm were heard from the far side getting closer and Red's snarling made it exactly clear that they will do it no matter the case.
"Ruby," Stardust called forth to her attention, "I think it's better to let them. If I know those two, they will see it done with their own hands. Wouldn't you do the same for Weiss or Yang?"
Stardust's words rang true for Ruby. She would do anything to be sure her friends and family are safe. Jaune is Pyrrha's teammate and wants to help her himself. But judging how dark the scene is getting, perhaps it's not the time for a prolong debate on who will save who.
"Okay I think it's best if we all go and help you," Ruby suggested.
"Yeah… I think that can work," Jaune agreed as his duel disk was brought to life.
"Hey guys! We're counting on you to hold the Grimm for a while," Yang yelled as she, Ruby, and Jaune went to the tower running.
"Yeah, no pressure here," a soldier spoke out, "No pressure at all."
The soldiers onward at the Grimm as their adversaries began charging at them with ramming speeds roaring at the top of their false lungs.
The three huntsmen and Red ran to the arena part as the gate behind them closes. In front of them, they had never expected something waiting in for them. Sitting before all of them in a red and gold throne was their friend Pyrrha, but wearing a different outfit. A red and gold dress similar to a wedding gown with the same duel disk Stardust and Red gave her. But as they walked closer to see her, they found the whiteness of her eyes replaced with darkness, but her original eye color still shined.
"I have been waiting for a long time. Why did it take you so long just to see me?" Pyrrha questioned resting her head on her hand.
"Pyrrha," Jaune spoke softly walking, "I'm so sorry."
"Why must you speak like she still lives? I inhabit her body now," Pyrrha spoke albeit in a darker tone.
"Aslla Piscu," Red growled out the name.
"All to see you again Red. Hard to believe we are reliving the same scenario don't you?" Pyrrha or the Immortal asked the demon dragon.
"I can't say that this is hardly a surprise, you always tend to choose the people that I cared for as your pawns," Red spoke.
"And it has worked to see your reincarnations' face of loved one enslaved to our will," Pyrrha said standing up inspecting her body, "And I have to say, for a mortal she was, she has a figure and decency to have any man desire her."
She then look to see Jaune's face as she saw his gritted teeth and clenched fists.
"Come now, no need to be angered Jaune. I am merely admiring the girl as you once saw her," Pyrrha spoke, "Perhaps you can join me in seeing everything she has to offer you," she then raised her right arm and licked from the shoulder to her revealed bicep.
A loud shot echoed in the room as a card-sized bullet nearly nicked Pyrrha's cheek and broke the top half of the throne she sat in.
"Do not EVER use Pyrrha like that," Jaune angrily threatened with duel disk in its gun mode, "Try to defile her body again and I'll…"
"Or you'll what, kill me? I possess everything she has to offer. Her secrets, her memories, and taken everything innocent within her. ALL of her," Pyrrha chuckled.
Yang and Ruby are just as infuriated when the Immortal possessing Pyrrha continued to gloat with pride. Yang's hair began to enveloped fire, while Ruby narrowed her silver eyes with anger.
Jaune was practically snarling inside his gritting teeth, just wanting to shut that monster up. The monster who had the arrogance to take his friend as if she's a mere toy for its amusement. How would it be easy for Jaune to just grab his sword and silencing that monster's ego?
"The Immortal is just goading you Jaune. It wants to read your emotions and break you from the inside," Red warned.
"I… know," Jaune said failing to keep his anger in check.
Pyrrha giggled at the human's emotion. The emotions the boy is setting off is enough to rile up even the nearest of Grimm to a frenzy. Then perhaps she could see more when they duel.
"I think our little talk should end here. Let's see how well you do in our shadow game," Pyrrha unleashed a series of black mist encircling the arena with purple fire spewing out on top.
"Oh I intend to win and get her back," Jaune settled up his duel disk viciously as he drew five cards.
Jaune: 4000
Jaune's Hand: 5
Pyrrha: 4000
Pyrrha's Hand: 5
"I think I shall start," Jaune declared, "First I activate the spell card known as Heat Wave! Until my next draw phase, neither one of us can summon any effect monsters! Now I summon Archfiend Soldier in attack mode!"
A hot aura spread around the area as they felt the heat. Sweat began to produce on everyone, except Red, as a monster leaped up from the portal and landed on a kneeling position. Standing upright, the monster wore a purple armor with spikes erupted on the elbows and knees. Laying still was its large pale green cloak with a vermillion underbelly. Within one of its hands was a curved sword similar to a large dagger. Oddly enough it had yellow eyes and its helmet had the horns on the sides like Red.
Archfiend Soldier
Attribute: Dark
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 1900/1500
"I then play Shard of Greed and a face down. That's it for me!" Jaune finished.
Jaune Hand: 1
"My turn Jaune," Pyrrha spoke in mockingly sweet tone, drawing her card. She looked down on her hand and grunted at the monsters.
"Clever choice," Stardust complimented, "Because many of the monsters we use today tend to be effect monsters, summoning even the weakest effect monster can be difficult."
"And it would buy Jaune time to finish this quick!" Ruby said happily that the duel moving faster than hers.
"As good the card is, maybe they could tone down the heat," Yang said waving her hand on her neck, "I'm already hot as it is."
"I summon Gladiator Beast Andal!" Pyrrha summoned forth a normal monster.
Coming before all was a black bear standing on two paws with purple armor the covered his arms, feet, and chest. Its left eye was slashed, making it a one-eyed bear warrior.
Gladiator Beast Andal
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Beast-Warrior
ATK/DEF: 1900/1500
"Did you really think I would be that blind Red? This girl's deck you gave her is extremely powerful to rival those of her friends. Not every once in a while that I would be playing this deadly deck that was built by you," Pyrrha said smiling.
"Uh Stardust, what is he- I mean she talking about?" Ruby asked her dragon partner.
"The Gladiator Beasts are powerful warriors who fight in and out of the battlefield. Whenever a Gladiator finishes a battle or survived one, it can swap with another Gladiator Beast from the deck and by doing so activates its secret ability. Due to that its countless swapping can benefit anyone to victory," Stardust explained the power of Gladiator Beasts.
"But why would she say Red build it," Yang asked curiously.
"…I designed it that so that it can be capable of facing decks similar to yours or Weiss'. In case we would face someone aggressive or uses a lock down deck, Pyrrha and the Gladiator Beasts would be able to pierce through what the others can't," Red explained.
"And now I get to use it directly on your partner. Oh how fun it is when fate isn't without irony," Pyrrha said with a smile.
Jaune growled with annoyance before Red telepathically spoke in his mind.
'I wouldn't worry about it Jaune. She may be using it, but the woman within is still a new duelist for all things considered. Why don't we show her our power with our cards, rather than our emotions,' Red telepathically spoke.
'I couldn't agree more,' Jaune thought calming down.
"To continue with my turn, I'll put two cards face down and activate my own Shard of Greed," Pyrrha continued almost mimicking Jaune's, "Now it is your turn."
Pyrrha Hand: 2
"Let's see," Jaune drew a new card as his spell card shines, "First I'll bring back an old friend of mine, the Dark Resonator!" He summoned one of his previous tuners.
Dark Resonator
Attribute: Dark
Level: 3
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 1300/300
"Now I tune my two monsters to synchro summon… Chaos King Archfiend!" Jaune declared.
Summoned before them is a mouthless demon holding the appearance of a starved human. Organic blades protrude the wrists and back as they were traced with fire. On top of the yellow face was magma burning dark as its hair.
Chaos King Archfiend
Attribute: Dark
Level: 7
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2600/2600
"But I'm not stopping there! I will now begin attacking your monster! Go Chaos King!" Jaune shouted.
Chaos King clenched its fists as it flew directly at the one-eyed bear and ready to slash down with its fiery blades.
"I activate my trap, Half or Nothing!" Pyrrha countered, "With this trap card, you must either half your monster's attack or end this battle here and now!"
"I'm going all the way!" Jaune declared as his monster flew faster.
The trap card pulsed directly at the monster as a white aura envelopes it.
Chaos King Archfiend: 2600-1300
"Do something Jaune! Your monster's going to be destroyed!" Ruby shouted with concern.
Andal roared in defiance as it charged directly at his opponent with ramming speeds. As the two slashed each other and stopped, they didn't budge. However a surprise happen to all except Jaune as Andal roared and exploded into shards.
"What? How did your monster survive?" Pyrrha asked demanding questions.
"I didn't just take the risk of halving monster's points for nothing! So before they clashed, I activated an ability that only a few cards can do," Jaune explained, "Chaos King Archfiend has a powerful effect that can swap Andal's attack and defense points!"
"But Andal's new attack points would still be higher by at least 200 points!" Pyrrha pointed out.
"True, that's why I quickly activated my face down card known as Rush Recklessly! Which in turn grants Chaos King 700 extra points!" Jaune said.
Pyrrha made a small angered face at Jaune as her life points fell a bit.
Chaos King Archfiend: 2000
Pyrrha: 4000-3500
"That ends my turn," Jaune finished.
Jaune Hand: 1
"Let's see how well you handle this," Pyrrha drew as she inspected the card, "I activate the Gladiator's Respite! By sending Alexander and Spartacus from my hand to the deck, I get to draw a new hand of three cards!"
Pyrrha did so as a shadowy mist enveloped on the deck as it shuffled for her as she gets three new cards.
"Much better," Pyrrha commented, "I place a card face down and a monster face down."
Pyrrha Hand: 1
"Then I guess it's my turn," Jaune drew, "Since two turns has passed, I sacrifice Shard of Greed for two new cards!"
The card had a second light before it exploded before them as Jaune got two extras.
"I summon Lancer Archfiend!" Jaune summoned forth.
Leaping from behind Jaune was a purple armored monster with gold highlights. Two large lances acted as its hands, a skull helmet with a golden horn protruding at the back of the head, and inside was covered in shadows with red eyes shining out.
Lancer Archfiend
Attribute: Dark
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 1600/1400
"Time to fight! Chaos King, attack that face down monster!" Jaune commanded as the monster jumped up, "With Lancer Archfiend on my field, I can grant Chaos King the ability to do piercing damage!"
Lancer Archfiend placed the tips together and shot a purple beam at Chaos King's right arm. The arm was then cloaked in fire as it transformed into a large fire drill.
"Okay… that is awesome," Yang commented at the sight.
Pyrrha watched it begin to descent on her face down with a nonchalant look. When the timing was right, she smirked and countered.
"I activate a monster's effect from my hand," Pyrrha swiftly made her move, "When my opponent prepares an attack, I can discard Sphere Kuriboh from my hand and force it in defense mode!"
Pyrrha threw the card out as a small orb monster with small claws race to the charging monster. The result was an explosion with Chaos King falling down on one knee.
"In that case, I'll use Lancer to fight off your monster!" Jaune said unshaken from the effect.
His said monster leapt for Chaos King as it drove the lances down. But several small hexagonal shields appeared and knocked it back, shoving the monster to crash on its back.
Jaune: 4000-3500
"What?" Yang and Ruby said in unison that the attack failed as Jaune took some damage.
The face down defense monster flipped up as it revealed its true form. A white armored, bipedal rhino with the same shields surrounding it like a moving force field.
Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Rock
DEF/ATK: 2100/700
"The monster is Hoplomus with a defense of 2100! That's what happened to your attack!" Pyrrha said before smiling, "And you know what, we tied in life points!"
Jaune growled inside his mouth as he ended the battle phase.
"Now I activate Hoplomus's ability! Since it battled and survived, by sending him to my deck, I can special summon Secutor!" Pyrrha activated.
Hoplomus faded from all of them as Pyrrha's deck shined purple with a monster jumping out. Taking over the place of Hoplomus, is a bipedal reptile half the size of Ruby. It wore an aqua armor with two large cannons mounted on its shoulders.
Gladiator Beast Secutor
Attribute: Wind
Level: 4
Type: Reptile
ATK/DEF: 400/300
"Guess I'll end it now," Jaune groaned.
Jaune Hand: 3
"Oh joy," Pyrrha said drawing a card before activating her Shard of Greed to draw two more, "I activate Secret Pass to the Treasures! Since Secutor has attack points less than a 1000, I can have him attack you directly!"
The small reptile roared while jumping into a small portal. Jaune, Ruby, and Yang looked around to where it went for a direct attack. The little monster appeared right in front of Jaune's face as it aimed both its shoulder cannons at Jaune. The blast launched Secutor back to his position, while Jaune staggered from the sudden strike.
Jaune: 3500-3100
"Secutor's ability activates! After it battles, I can shuffle it back to my deck and bring out two Gladiator Beasts in its stead!" Pyrrha spoke out.
When Secutor disappeared, the shoulder cannons stayed behind to fire two beams up. Inside the beams, two monsters came out with the same characteristics. Bipedal fish with shell cannons on the shoulders with pink webbing on their hands and glider. Large pink lips for the mouth, yellow eyes, and long fins on the feet.
"Meet the two monsters known as Gladiator Beast Murmillo!" Pyrrha introduced.
2x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
Attribute: Water
Level: 3
Type: Fish
ATK/DEF: 800/400
"Since they are special summoned by the effect of Secutor, they can destroy a face up monster. And I have two out!" Pyrrha explained.
The two monsters mirrored their moves as they sent slashing waves of water directly at Lancer and Chaos King. They have deep gashes on their forms as they then exploded into shards.
"I place a card face down and end my turn!" Pyrrha finished.
Pyrrha Hand: 1
"I draw!" Jaune said looking at his new hand, "I activate Graceful Charity!"
He saw the three new cards and decided two to discard.
"Since you have monsters and I don't, I can summon Vice Dragon in attack mode!" Jaune summoned, "Since I summoned it without a tribute, its attack and defense is then halved!"
A portal appeared in front of Jaune as a purple, muscular dragon on two legs, arms, and green wings flew out roaring.
Vice Dragon
Attribute: Dark
Level: 5
Type: Dragon
ATK/DEF: 2000-1000/2400-1200
"Now I summon Dread Dragon!" Jaune summoned again.
Another dragon came forth, but smaller than Vice Dragon. The scaly dreadlocks on the head acted as an hourglass hat with a scrunched face where the small eyes are hard to see. The tan dragon even had a bulging stomach.
Dread Dragon
Attribute: Fire
Level: 2
Type: Dragon
ATK/DEF: 1100/400
"Now I tune my dragons together to synchro summon a monster that can take care of my little problem! I synchro summon, Exploder Dragonwing!" Jaune declared bringing out the synchro dragon.
A new dragon appeared in an absurd form. A purple body on two legs with a sleek figure. The arms were three times the size of the legs, the head resembled a demonized lizard, and a huge lump on its back with orange wings attached as it roared with pride.
Exploder Dragonwing
Attribute: Dark
Level: 7
Type: Dragon
ATK/DEF: 2400/1600
'That's a dragon? The thing is scarier than the Grimm that I fought,' Ruby thought slightly shivering at the sight.
The said dragon slightly turned its head, looking at the corner of its eyes for the female Signer as she found just out it heard her thought. It gave a look that said 'Excuse me? Would you like to die?'
'I am very sorry!' Ruby swiftly apologized telepathically, now standing completely stiff.
"Hey Ruby, are you okay," Yang asked noticing her baby sister stiffen her posture.
"Oh no Yang! I am totally fine!" Ruby said with a forced smile and a thumbs up.
"Exploder Dragonwing, attack the right Murmillo with Tyrant Fireball!" Jaune commanded the malformed dragon.
The dragon inhaled so much air in its mouth before it unleashed a big fireball the size of a car.
"I activate the trap card, Waboku!" Pyrrha countered, "With this trap card, all battle damage is zero and my monsters are safe from battle!"
"Who said anything about battling?" Jaune questioned making Pyrrha confused.
A white barrier covered over the two monsters as the fireball continued its course. Instead of reflecting the fireball, the fire projectile punched through the barrier and destroyed the right Murmillo. Pyrrha was forced to cover herself with her arms as traces of fire burned her.
Pyrrha: 3500-2700
"When the attack power of Exploder Dragonwing exceeds your monsters, he can destroy it automatically and you take damage equal to the attack of Murmillo!" Jaune explained his monster's effect, "I place two cards face down and end my turn!"
Jaune Hand: 1
'That's it Jaune, keep your focus all on me. There's a little surprise that we concocted together!' Pyrrha thought sinisterly.
Within the flying Dragon Ships soaring over the dark skies, Shae, Blake, and Haldrana looked at the outside with open doors. The cacophonous sounds of Grimm echoed on the islands.
"Just look at it," Shae said with melancholy, "It's like our world's dying right before our eyes."
"I think the word your looking for sis is the apocalypse," Yang uttered her comment, but agreed with Shae's statement.
"I'm thinking more of Judgement Day," Blake looked on with some horror within her eyes.
The sounds of the Grimm Dragons bellowed, circling around the black and red fogs covering most of what's left of the islands as black gunk oozes out of their skins and land on the islands. The dragons then went back to patrolling the skies, completely ignoring the ships they are in.
"Hard to believe that one man can do this in just a matter of moments," Shae deduced, "We may have won many times, but I think he was holding back his best weapons to strike us down."
"The keeping your hand close to the chest trick. Not our first time being placed in that situation sis," Haldrana spoke out.
The three continued to look on before they spotted something massive coming their way. It turned out to be RWBY and JNPR's ship soaring to them, but it looked like it went through an oven. Parts were falling apart, fires were still active on top, and some monsters were still active as patrol.
When the ships landed down, they were met with a weary trio composed of Antimony, Crow, and Fiona.
"What happened to you guys," Blake asked.
The three looked to each other before Crow spoke for them.
"Let's just say that fog we fought was a bit challenging than we thought," Crow said.
"Never thought I would see a squad of Chthonian Emperor Dragons," Fiona spoke out slightly panting with sweat on her forehead.
Crow and Fiona then looked to the dark atmosphere surrounding the islands with curiosity.
"Looks like we missed quite a party," Crow commented.
"I'm more worried on what happened to the others," Fiona spoke out with concern.
"Well the fact that four towers were shut down means that four Earthbound Immortals have been defeated. We should recuperate and begin assisting the others," Antimony spoke out his word.
"Yeah," Shae said with agreement.
Suddenly behind the trio, the dragon ships they used to escape the sudden change of scenery exploded before them.
"My ship!" the same female pilot yelled in utter despair.
The sudden explosions made Shae's ears jarring as she looked around. Unconsciously activating her semblance, she's looks around being in slow motion. Looking onward with her ears healing with her aura, she began to hear a song. A much distorted version of Jack-in-the-box heard over them as the fire then turned purple around them. A figure appeared out of the purple flames as it revealed itself. A black figure with black pants along with a belt with spikes. The front of the shoes had snake fangs sticking out, a chest armor resembling a mouth with an eye directly sticking in the middle, shoulder pads that resembled masks filled with agony, and a jacket with multiple red orbs. It had red eyes with black pupils, rows of sharp teeth like sharks, and long black hair extending toward the waist. For all things considered, it looked like a Human-Grimm Hybrid with a fetish for sharp things.
"Hello there!" the thing introduced itself.
Immediately in instinct, Haldrana aimed her gauntlets directly at it. With a mere flick of her fingers, gun barrels appeared on top of them and began to fire at it. A simple barrage hit it like a freight train with multitudes of explosions appearing when each bullet came in contact with the figure. After ten seconds of nonstop firing, Haldrana stopped as the barrels on her gauntlets smoked from the firing rate.
"Oh boy, that's gonna leave a mark," the figure said gruntingly standing up.
As Haldrana was about to prepare to strike again, Shae placed a hand in front of her to stop. Looking to her little sister, she nodded and stepped back.
"Who are you?" Shae demanded.
"I? I am Eddie Terror, the Nightmare of Huntsmen," it introduced itself.
"So I suppose that stunt was all on you?" Blake questioned.
"Oh of course! And I don't intend to let you out any further," Eddie said as purple lightning surged around the spikes.
The purple fire that came from the Dragon Ships then to develop a massive barrier around the large ship. Once it enveloped the entire thing, the ship went to a complete stop. Temporarily making most of the people lose their balance.
"A temporal distortion field," Dexter called out while flying back to them, "Very impressive. How is it that someone like you manage to obtain this technology?"
"IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Eddie shouted.
"What kind of hybrid is he?" Shae asked herself wanting to know about this crazy hybrid, "But I know what your game here is. We can't leave until you duel us?"
Eddie merely nodded.
"Fine then," Shae said as she activated her duel disk, "Let's just get this over with!"
"Wait that's it!? Aren't you even terrified of me?!" Eddie asked the girl.
"Please my sister is scarier than your emo look!" Shae barked.
"In that case… Let's start this show!" Eddie said drawing five cards.
"DUEL!" Shae and Eddie shouted.
Shae: 4000
Shae Hand: 5
Eddie: 4000
Eddie Hand: 5
"I'll start us off," Shae started, "I place two cards face down and end my turn."
Shae Hand: 3
"That's it? I expected more of you," Eddie mocked drawing a card and looking at his hand, "Perfect! First I summon Edge Imp Saw from my hand!"
Appearing before all of them was a buzz saw with the teeth glowing green, facing forward with its flat side. Six band saws are placed vertically in between and two red eyes that glowed evilly.
Edge Imp Saw
Attribute: Dark
Level: 3
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 500/1000
Blake shivered at the sight of the monster as it was giving a very bad vibe for her.
"I activate Edge Imp's ability! By discarding a Fluffal Bear from my hand to the graveyard, I can draw two cards. But I must pick a card and place either the top or the bottom. So I place this card directly at the top!" Eddie explained his actions.
"I hope you're ready with no monsters, because in my hand you will find your very demise," Eddie slowly chuckled.
"So instead of laughing, just play it already! We are in a war after all!" Shae spoke shaking her foot up and down impatiently.
"Aren't you at least curious on what I have in my hand?" Eddie asked.
"I'm more curious on how long you're making your move. Why don't you just shut up and play your pathetic strategy!" Shae said savagely.
'Just what is she? She isn't even showing a sign of fear or excitement!' Eddie thought before playing, "Then I play the spell card known as Dark Fusion! Now I can…"
"We all already know about its effects! You can send any fusion material monsters from your field or hand to the graveyard to summon a Fiend type fusion monster. So just make your fusion summon already!" Shae quickly interrupted.
"Humph! Since you're impatient to meet the face of your death, I'll gladly do it! I fuse Edge Imp Saw with Fluffal Leo from my hand!" Eddie said being a bit irritated from the girl's rudeness.
The adorable toy lion with little wings and bandages on its legs appeared in a ghostly formed up next to the Edge Imp as the two flew to the air and merged together.
"Steel blades possessed by demons, become one with the fanged beast and show us a nightmarish form of horrifying power! I fusion summon, Frightfur Leo!" Eddie chanted.
The toy lion reappeared on the field, but its body began to shake. Its fluffy paws were ripped, revealing three red jagged claws on the arms. The back was torn open to show a yellow buzz saw tearing both sides of the body, yet holding together at the same time. The face then teared itself open to reveal a nightmarish lion face with a buzz saw on the head and seven white glowing blades attached in an asymmetrical pattern. With red eyes and black pupils, it gave an evil laugh as it assumed its combined form.
Frightfur Leo
Attribute: Dark
Level: 7
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2400/2000
"What kind of monster is that!?" Blake said a bit horrified.
"That would be a Frightfur monster," Crow explained, "The monsters in general are mashed together with stuffed toy animals and demon-possessed cutting appliances."
Blake couldn't help but feel disgusted at the summoning. Such cruel animal mutations are utterly despicable just like the mutations the Earthbound Immortals have done in making the Hybrids.
"Thanks to the power of Dark Fusion, Frightfur Leo can't be targeted by any card effects! So your face downs have no effect on it!"
"Are you sure of that?" Shae asked making Eddie look at her with some curiosity, "If you are so sure that my cards on the field can affect your monster then you are welcome to try and attack me."
"Are you that mad? My monster will blow away more than half your life points! Aren't you so much as afraid of my monster?" Eddie spoke out in disbelief.
"All I see is an object you rely on for your scare tactics. Compared to the Earthbound Immortal I dueled against, it's nothing more than the Grimm I slaughtered," Shae spoke out nonchalantly.
Eddie gritted his sharp teeth as the girl in front of her is just pissing him off more and more.
'Just ignore her rants,' Diabolos' voice spoke in Eddie's mind.
Eddie's eyes look to the corner of his eye and saw a holographic figure of Diabolos visible only to him.
'If you let her beat you down with mere words, then why would the Immortals have someone like you gain this second chance? Are you going to keep trash talking or duel according to plan?' Diabolos questioned.
'Of course I want a second chance! Just you wait, I'll show you why I am the Nightmare of Huntsmen!' Eddie telepathically thought.
'Actions speak louder than words Eddie Terror, so make your move!' Diabolos spoke before fading away.
"You're face down cards don't intimidate me one bit girly, so I'll just attack you directly!" Eddie declared proudly.
Frightfur Leo roared with anticipation as it charged at her with its claws extended to shred her. Then all of a sudden a deafening roar echoed as the monster brought its claws to the sides of the head to block out the noise.
"What!" Eddie said with surprise.
"My face down was Threatening Roar!" Shae revealed, "Your monster may not targeted by card effects, but it can be affected by cards that can hit every one of them with ease."
"Fine then. I'll just end my turn. I'm going to take pleasure in making you afraid!" Eddie finished.
Eddie Hand: 2
"Let's see about that," Shae drew her card and looked at it, "Since I have no monsters on my field, I can special summon Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy!"
"Did you say hero?" Eddie questioned with anger.
Not any longer, a lanky monster appeared in front of Shae. A skinny, yet muscular, monster with pale green muscles, a lizard-like tail, sharp wings on its back, and two large head fins directly above its vermillion eyes.
Evil HERO Infernal Prodigy
Attribute: Dark
Level: 2
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 300/600
'Out of all the duels I will be in again is those blasted heroes!' Eddie thought, 'But this is one is very different compared to the others. A hero that can be evil, wouldn't it be a supervillain?'
Shae looked on at Eddie's confused expression and repeated the statement he made in her mind. Does it mean this guy fought them before? But by the looks of him, he's never seen her heroes before, so this could be an advantage for her.
"I hope you are ready for my next move, because it will hurt. By sacrificing Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy to the graveyard, I can tribute summon Evil Hero Malicious Edge!" Shae summoned out.
As the monster laughed while being sacrificed, a dark portal opened in front of them as a figure jumped out. The figure wore leather straps around it with spikes on each one. Sheathed wings on its back, a face completely covered by a large faceless mask, three claws erupting from its knuckles and an orange belt buckle with a diamond shape jewel.
Evil HERO Malicious Edge
Attribute: Earth
Level: 7
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2600/1800
"Hold on! Your monster is a level 7! It takes two sacrifices to make it happen," Eddie stated while looking at the monster in awe as the outfit almost matches his.
"That's where you're wrong! Since you control a monster, while I have one, I can tribute summon him with only one monster!" Shae explained, "And since you're arrogant enough to not even place a face down, I'll attack! Malicious Edge, show him and Frightfur Leo how to really shred!"
Brining out its signature cards, Malicious Edge attacked the giant monster with rage. As the two monsters clashed, all of Leo's buzz saws were cut completely off. The monster then looked as his claws were cleaved off as its head and body were chopped into layers before exploding.
Eddie: 4000-3800
"I think I'll finish with another face down! But since Infernal Prodigy was used for a tribute of a HERO monster, I can draw a card!" Shae ended with drawing a card.
Shae Hand: 2
"Alright! I draw!" Eddie drew, "I'll start by summoning Kuribandit!"
A small ball shaped monster appeared covered in black fur. It had an eye-patch covering its left eyes, a yellow bandanna on the head, green claws and feet, and two sharp fangs.
Kuribandit
Attribute: Dark
Level: 3
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 1000/700
"…That's actually adorable," Shae admitted.
"Why would he bring out such a weak monster," Blake asked, curious of what it'll do.
"Now I activate Kuribandit's ability! By sending him to the graveyard, I send the top 5 cards from my deck to graveyard. But if they happened to be spell or trap cards, I can add them to my hand," Eddie explained his monster's ability.
A portal below Kuribandit dragged it down to the graveyard as Eddie drew five new cards. When he looked at it, his smile grew big.
"There are three spells and traps I can collect!" Eddie declared, "So I now play Pot of Greed! To allow me to draw 2 new cards!"
"Great, now tell us something we don't know for once," Shae spoke out.
"Does she have to be this rude?" Blake asked Haldrana.
"We are in a war Blake. Since we are away from the fighting and that guy is holding us down, you can sympathize with my little sister for being rude. She just wants the duel to be done and finish this war," Haldrana shrugged, "And I would react the same way, just more capricious."
"Next I play the spell card, Frightfur Patchwork! Now I can add a Polymerization and one Edge Imp monster to my hand!" Eddie continued adding to seven cards in his hand, "Now I use Polymerization to fuse Edge Imp Chain and Fluffal Owl from my hand!"
His two cards glowed purple as they now swirl together.
"I fusion summon… Frightfur Sheep!" Eddie summoned out.
His monster appeared as a toy sheep with googly eyes, chattering teeth, yellow fur, two disks connected to the body by chains, and its back legs are composed of chain disks.
Frightfur Sheep
Attribute: Dark
Level: 5
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2000/2000
"Now take a load of my sheep's ability! When it battles a monster, you won't be activating any card effects until damage step! Go Frightfur Sheep!" Eddie ordered.
The sheep obliged his command by lunging its chain disks at Malicious Edge, but the latter merely sliced them away before bisecting the monster in half.
Eddie: 3800-3200
Shae looked at the sudden with suspicion before she saw something in front of Malicious Edge. A portal opened up with a chain strapping around Edge's arm as Frightfur Sheep appeared out of the portal.
"How did it do that?" Blake asked with disbelief.
"Since Frightfur Sheep was destroyed in battle, I can automatically resurrect it to field and have it gain 800 extra attack points once per turn! So attack again Frightfur Sheep!" Eddie yelled.
Frightfur Sheep: 2000-2800
The resurrected sheep now brought its disks down again, but this time it lead to having Edge's claws being broken and decapitated savagely.
Shae: 4000-3800
"I'll end my turn with just a face down!" Eddie proudly spoke.
Eddie Hand: 3
"I draw!" Shae drew her card, "I activate Graceful Charity! Now I get to have three new ones, but I must discard two!"
Shae looked at her cards and then send two monsters to the graveyard.
"Next I play the spell card known as Raigeki! This spell card allows me to destroy all your monsters in a cinch!" Shae activated.
A lightning bolt crashed from the sky on top with red lightning disintegrating the sheep into dust.
"Fool! Frightfur Sheep can be special summoned from being destroyed battle or by card effects, so all you did is make it even stronger!" Eddie pointed out as the sheep returned to the field fresh and powerful.
Frightfur Sheep: 2800-3600
"Oh I know about that! That's why I'm activating Dark Calling!" Shae activated, "Here's how it works! This rare card can allow me a onetime chance of fusion summoning a monster by banishing its fusion materials from my hand or graveyard. And thanks to its effect, this card can also be used as Dark Fusion!"
"What!" Eddie said completely in shock.
"You heard me! So I now fuse Clayman and Sparkman from my graveyard in order to Dark Fusion summon… Evil Hero Lightning Golem!" Shae summoned out.
Shae's graveyard glowed gold and black as her monsters appeared in front of her before being absorbed into a small black hole. Emerging out was an intimidating version of Elemental Hero Thunder Giant. Unlike Thunder Giant, this monster was a bit leaner and diabolical. Jagged lightning bolts were on its shoulders and sides of the head, aqua-green armor, arm blades protruding back, and red orbs on the hands and chest. Mysteriously enough its face was covered in an ocean blue visor.
Evil HERO Lightning Golem
Attribute: Light
Level: 6
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2400/1500
"Now I activate its effect! I can destroy one monster on the field and I choose your precious Frightfur Sheep!" Shae activated.
"But you're just making my Sheep even stronger!" Eddie shouted.
"For an intelligent hybrid, you are slow. Frightfur Sheep can only special summon itself once per turn, and it's already used up when I used Raigeki!" Shae insulted.
Lightning Golem clasped his hands together as he slowly pulled them away, while an orb of purple lightning. Then the monster grabbed the orb and tossed it directly at the sheep monster, making a massive explosion enough to rock the ship.
"Since you're out of monsters, my Golem will attack you directly!" Shae mercilessly said.
Lightning Golem flew directly at Eddie up close and personal. Instead of frying him with lightning bolts, he grabbed Eddie's face and gave a shock of his life. Eddie screamed so extremely loud it made Blake cover her ears as Lightning Golem released him and let Eddie fall on all fours.
Eddie: 3200-800
"What's the matter Eddie, aren't you suppose to make me squirm in this duel?" Shae taunted, "Because all I see is pitiful excuse of a Grimm. Your Frightfur monsters could barely harm me and you boasted on how you will put terror in my eyes. You called yourself the Nightmare of Huntsmen? Don't make me laugh!"
"She really is being cruel isn't she? I know that Eddie guy is our enemy, but he doesn't need that much malice from her," Blake questioned pitying the Grimm duelist.
"She can be when she wants to. Even in card games her tactics are crueler than even me. And I like to win no matter what I do," Haldrana spoke for Shae, "But the truth is she's actually using psychological warfare."
Blake looked at her albeit confused.
"Shae tends to study her opponent by the smallest detail. With her semblance, her thinking process is a lot faster and can easily see in a way a normal huntress can't. How will they react? What will they do next? How sensitive are they? Since Grimm are usually drawn to negativity like despondency, anger or sorrow, she's believes that the Grimm side of Eddie will feed on it. So instead of expressing negative emotions, she's trying to use little emotion and berate the Grimm for his arrogance. Once in turn, she would make him infuriated enough to make more mistakes," Haldrana explained thoroughly.
"And she would use the hybrid's emotions against itself," Blake said almost impressed but scared that Shae can do this to her enemy.
"You're just as pathetic as the other Grimm, I'll place a face down to end my turn. Why don't you just end your turn already so that I can put you out of your misery," Shae said giving Eddie some pitiful mercy.
Shae Hand: 0
"I don't need your stupid pity!" Eddie shouted getting up, "Because in my turn, I'm not playing anymore games!"
"Games? I'm not the one who uses plush toys to duel," Shae mocked.
"Just you watch!" Eddie viciously drew and looked at it, "I activate my face down, Fusion Reserve! By showing you Frightfur Bear from my extra deck, I can take one Fluffal Bear to my hand along with Polymerization!"
Eddie's graveyard shined as he grabbed his two cards.
"First I activate the continuous spell, Spell Absorption!" Eddie announced, "Each time a spell card is activated, I automatically gain 500 life points! Now I play Frightfur Sanctuary!"
The field on the ship began to alter as poles with green orbs sprouted from the steel. Erupting behind Eddie was a massive castle-like structure with blades erupting within. A spring monster sprouted at the near top with a smile and the building itself was layered. Honestly it looked like a psycho's version of an amusement park.
"In order to activate this card, I must discard a card from my hand and two Frightfur monsters. So I send Edge Imp Frightfuloid from my hand, Frightfur Saber-tooth, and Frightfur Wolf. Of course since I activated a spell, I gain 500 life points," Eddie said as a dark aura envelopes around him.
Eddie: 800-1300
"I activate the spell card, Frightfur Fusion," Eddie activated, "By banishing Frightfur Leo, Frightfur Wolf, and Edge Imp Frightfuloid from my graveyard, I can fusion summon a monster!"
The sanctuary behind Eddie shined with a swirling portal appearing in front. Frightfur Leo showed himself with two monsters just as bizarre. The first was a large toy wolf bisected and stitched in the middle, two scissors hold the front legs, and red eyes appeared inside the wolf's mouth. Another was a bit innocent. Its abdomen is a ball of yarn, pencils stabbed in the chest, a glove and three blades acted as the shoulders, white with pink spots, and its eyes was covered by a ruined dog mask with the blue eye having some stuffing out.
Frightfur Wolf
Attribute: Dark
Level: 6
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2000/1500
Edge Imp Frightfuloid
Attribute: Dark
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 1300/1300
"Unusual plaything possessed by demons! Destroy and root out of those who defy you! I fusion summon… FRIGHTFUR CHIMERA!" Eddie chanted as the monsters fused.
The ship shook as its haul breached behind Eddie. A humongous fusion monster with four yellow anvils as feet and three heads connected by mechanical joints. One is a pink teddy bear with yellow horns, the second head was a brown bean bag having sharp teeth, a blue eye, and two wrenches with horns, and the last head resembled something of an otter having multiple horns on an accordion-like neck.
Frightfur Chimera
Attribute: Dark
Level: 8
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 2800/2000
Haldrana merely whistled at its physique commenting, "Quite a monster, I wonder if we will fight some Grimm looking like it at home."
"Haldrana, please no. I don't even want imagine one," Blake spoke to Shae's sister.
Eddie: 1300-1800
"I'm not done yet! By using Monster Reborn, I resurrect Frightfur Sheep!" Eddie continued.
The doors of Frightfur Sanctuary opened as the sheep monster flew out and floated near Chimera with its original attack points.
"That thing again?" Shae said disgruntled that she has to fight it again.
"Now it is time to show you why I am the Nightmare of Huntsmen, Frightfur Chimera strike down that Lightning Golem!" Eddie yelled at his monster for the offense.
The monster responded by using the bear head spitting out a cartoonish missile at Lightning Golem, exploding directly on the spot.
Shae: 3800-3400
"Whenever my Chimera destroys a monster by battle, I can control it with its attack points halved. Not only that, Frightfur Chimera gains 300 attack each time it possesses a monster," Eddie chuckled.
Shae looked with little to no discomfort as her fiendish hero jumps to Eddie's side with its visor darker than its ocean blue.
Blake thought it was painful for Shae to see the monster on Eddie's side, but to her surprise, she hardly looks fazed when her monster is taken from her.
"Now Frightfur Sheep, take revenge on the human that kept killing you!" Eddie ordered as his monster threw its saw disks at Shae.
Shae merely stood her ground and brought out her copy of Ruby's Crescent Rose to block the attack. To her surprise, the weapon kept good for her defense, but it shattered from the constant cutting from the saw disks. Shae staggered as she saw the remnants of her weapon fall to the ground lifeless. If Ruby were here, she would be utterly devastated by the sight of her weapon be destroyed this way. For Shae though, she saw it with some upset in her eyes as a good weapon was destroyed in such a heinous offense.
Shae: 3400-1400
"Now it's time to face your monster, Lightning Golem attack your former master!" Eddie commanded the evil hero.
The Lightning Golem charged up its electricity again and threw an orb of lightning directly at Shae. Shae didn't as much as flinch when it was homing in on her. An explosion erupted as Blake covered her face with her arms.
"Ha-ha-ha! How is that? What happened to that pride you spoke with? Now you know the true power of Eddie Terror!" Eddie cackled.
"I wouldn't be so sure," Shae spoke in the clouds.
"Huh?" Eddie asked.
The clouds were then dashed away as they saw Shae unharmed and a card in her hand.
Shae: 1400
"How!?" Eddie asked flabbergasted.
"It's simple, my face down card was none other than Defense Draw! The damage Lightning Golem would've given me was reduced to 0 and I get a card," Shae explained showing the card she just drew.
"You're just delaying the inevitable," Eddie spoke out placing a card face down, "Just finish your turn and I promise I will finish this quickly huntress."
Eddie Hand: 1
Shae was silent when she was declared a huntress by the Grimm before her. With her card on her left, her right fist clenched tightly as teeth clenched just a bit.
"…Huntress? How you dare relate me to that pitiful title," Shae said with some anger, "All you did is make me mad. And now you made me want to finish this duel!"
"Do you really think you can defeat me with what I have on my field? Victory for you human is nothing short but futile!" Eddie argued to the girl.
"That maybe so, but you tend to forget what happens when you corner someone. You may think of strength, numbers, physical superiority, advantages, but you underestimate the most important element of all for huntsmen, freelancers, duelists, and many other living beings," Shae spoke out.
"And what would that be?" Eddie questioned the human on the losing end.
"The will to live," Shae answered, "You Grimm are so lax on how you are the dominant power on any world of Remnant and the mission to annihilate humanity as a whole, you never understood what it means to live. When there are times that you would see death before your very eyes, you would then understand what it means to value life, for a few others or yourself."
Shae stood up straight and faced Eddie.
"Though you are a Grimm duelist, I have killed your kind before," Shae spoke coldly, "Here in Reverse Remnant, peace and war evolved us beyond imagination. Every kingdom has equivalency of wealth and power, technology and biology grow exponentially, every person granted more power, every single struggle just to survive… just make us grow stronger than even the Grimm. And the Grimm here, are nothing more than a bunch of endangered species."
Shae's eyes narrowed down at Eddie with superiority.
"You and many others such as terrorists, bandits, extremists all will face only one thing that we do to traitors. And traitors… die ignominious deaths. Always," Shae spoke colder with a dark tone.
Blake's skin shivered when Shae made such a declaration. Was the times here in Reverse Remnant that destructive and dangerous? She couldn't help but wonder if this team of Shae's was doctrine here in such a cruel way. Now she wonders if her own self here was devoted to such a destructive path.
"That's… really dark. And I'm a Grimm," Eddie said with some discomfort, "But what can you do huntress?"
"Oh I'm not a huntress, I'm a Freelancer! And I'm more dangerous than a mere huntress," Shae spoke with her purple aura enveloping in her hand as she drew, "In this turn, I will defeat you. I summon Evil Hero Infernal Gainer!"
(RWBY Volume 2 Soundtrack: Die)
A dark portal appeared in front of Shae as a monster crawled out of it. As tall as Yang, it was a demonic hero with black armor and blood red muscles. The gauntlets act as its arms with sharp claws, spikes protrude out of its shoulders and sides of its head. A heavy tail was shown and the mask it wields has four red eyes.
Evil HERO Infernal Gainer
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 1600/0
"Is that supposed to help you? My monsters are more powerful than that thing," Eddie said feeling a bit nervous.
"Oh no, he isn't alone," Shae said, "With the one card in my hand, I play Owner's Seal! Thanks to this card, My Lightning Golem gets to come back to my side!"
Eddie looked at Lightning Golem's back and saw an insignia of sorts. The emblem was a purple wilted rose with thorns sprouting out in crescent-like shapes on the sides. Shae's monster then jumped to her side with its original attack back.
Eddie: 1800-2300
'It doesn't matter. Even without her monster, I still have an advantage,' Eddie thought sinisterly subconsciously looking at his face down, 'My face down card is Frightfur March. If she's thinks she can destroy one of my monsters, she's got another thing coming.'
"Now I activate the very card I have placed face down since the start," Shae announced making Eddie lose his thought, "Card of Demise! I draw five cards and in five turns, I discard my entire hand!"
'What's she doing? All she's doing is giving me more life points,' Eddie thought confused.
Eddie: 2300-2800
"Next I play my own Pot of Greed," Shae said drawing another card.
Eddie: 2800-3300
"I play Monster Reborn to resurrect an old friend, Malicious Edge!" Shae yelled out as her edgy monster came out.
Eddie: 3800-4300
"Next I play Card Destruction!" Shae played, "By activating this, we both discard our hand and redraw a new hand!"
Doing so, Eddie got one card and Shae got four new cards.
"Now I activate a monster in my graveyard!" Shae spoke as a faded version of a blue and gray magnet monster with yellow eyes appeared in front of everyone.
Delta the Magnet Warrior
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Rock
ATK/DEF: 1600/1400
"I'll explain for you all what it can do! Since it's been sent to the graveyard, by banishing three monsters that have magnet in its name, I can summon forth a powerful monster! So I banish Alpha, Beta, and Gamma the Magnet Warriors to summon one of my most powerful monsters. Alright boys, time to merge!" Shae yelled.
Delta created a magnetic force to summon out the said monsters. The first to appear was a gray magnetic warrior with a sword and a steel shield. The second was a small yellow warrior with magnetic ends for horns and fingers and black dots as eyes. The last of them was a chubby pink magnet warrior with a black visor shining yellow eyes, sheathed wings, metallic bone hands, and large feet.
Alpha the Magnet Warrior
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Rock
ATK/DEF: 1400/1700
Beta the Magnet Warrior
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Rock
ATK/DEF: 1700/1600
Gamma the Magnet Warrior
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Rock
ATK/DEF: 1500/1800
The three magnet warriors then begun to disassemble themselves. Alpha's head was removed as its body stayed in the center. The wings of Gamma attached to the back growing larger. The head of Gamma attached on the neck with Beta's fin-like magnets attaching to the sides, changing the color from pink to yellow. Alpha's sword's hilt arc forward as the sword shined brighter, attaching to the right hand. To finish the awesome transformation, Alpha's head fin attached directly at the back of the head.
"Behold the one… the only… Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!" Shae announced.
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Attribute: Earth
Level: 8
Type: Rock
ATK/DEF: 3500/3850
"So… Powerful," Eddie said stepping back a bit.
"But I'm not done, I play my very own Dark Fusion! I fuse Malicious Edge and Lightning Golem to fusion summon Evil Hero Malicious Fiend!" Shae continued her turn.
Instead of being fused together, Lightning Golem transformed into energy and enveloped around Malicious Edge. The evil hero began to grow a bit bigger, losing some of its leather straps and emerged in a new uniform. His tan skin can be revealed on his collar bones, arms, and hands. The blades grew bigger and crooked downward. His wings on his back, spread big and his mask grew somewhat smaller, but claws protrude on the back of the helmet. A blue gem sat on his throat and 2 shoulder armors layered on top of each other.
Evil Hero Malicious Fiend
Attribute: Fire
Level: 8
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 3500/2100
Eddie: 4300-4800
"Two monsters with 3500 attack points!" Eddie and Blake spoke in disbelief.
"I activate the power of Infernal Gainer! By banishing this monster, Malicious Fiend can gain the ability to attack twice!" Shae said as Infernal Gainer disappeared and Malicious Fiend gaining a red aura, "Now it's time to show our power! Valkyrion attack Frightfur Sheep with Magnet Saber!"
Valkyrion roared with anticipation as it flew up to the air and flew down at the sheep fusion monster. Frightfur Sheep countered by throwing its saw disks, but it proved useless as Valkyrion used a powerful magnetic force to swerve their attacks away. The powerful monster then hacked the chains off and cleaved the sheep on the head, making it explode.
Eddie: 4800-3300
"Frightfur Sheep's ability activates! I special summon it back in defense mode!" Eddie countered as the sheep returned in a kneeling position.
Frightfur Sheep ATK: 2000-2800
"When I said I am ending this, I mean to exterminate you here and now!" Shae declared.
"But what can you do? The moment your Malicious Fiend finishes off my monsters I can still counterattack," Eddie pointed out.
"There won't be a point for you to have your turn," Shae coldly stated as she discarded a card, "By sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, I can play one of the most powerful spells known to Duel Monsters… Super Polymerization!"
"WHAT!" Eddie yelled in disbelief.
"This spell card is so powerful I can activate it during battle! So I can merge Valkyrion and Frightfur Chimera!" Shae declared as a storm raged and wind blew harsh.
"I won't let you have it," Eddie said as he tried to activate his trap card, but couldn't, "Wait, why can't I play my card?!"
"Super Polymerization is so dangerous that neither of us can play any cards the moment it's activated!" Shae explained.
Eddie: 3300-3800
The said monsters screamed as they were absorbed in the middle of a storm. Lightning clashed all over the ship with Blake moving aside to avoid the lightning.
"Now watch in utter despair as justice transcends beyond good and evil. I fusion summon… Evil Hero Dark Gaia!" Shae summoned forth as molten rocks rain down on the ship.
Soon the demonic hero emerged from up high as it reveal itself before all. Covered in stone armor and hiding its upper face, it had an arrow shaped tail end and demonic wings with veins appearing within.
Evil HERO Dark Gaia
Attribute: Earth
Level: 8
Type: Fiend
ATK/DEF: 0/0
"Since it was perfectly fused, it gains attack points equal to our monsters!" Shae described its effect.
Evil HERO Dark Gaia: 0-6300
"Over… 6000 attack points!" Eddie yelled in disbelief.
"Next I play Rush Recklessly! So I give Dark Gaia 700 more attack points!" Shae declared using her last card.
Evil HERO Dark Gaia: 6300-7000
Eddie: 3800-4300
"7000 attack points!?" Eddie and Blake yelled.
"Evil Hero Malicious Fiend! Use your newfound power and erase his sheep!" Shae ordered pointing to her enemies.
Malicious Fiend laughed sinisterly as it struck down the sheep with hardly any effort and slashed down at Eddie who yelled in pain.
Eddie: 4300-800
"Hold him down!" Shae ordered Malicious Fiend.
With a nod, Malicious Fiend turned swiftly behind Eddie and stabbed twice through the back, holding him off the ground with just the extended claws.
"Why?! Your monster was done attacking!?" Eddie yelled in pain as he gasp for air.
"True, but he doesn't have to attack to hold you down," Shae said darkly, "Evil Hero Dark Gaia, finish him with Dark Catastrophe. Witness oblivion!"
Eddie's widened more as he looked at the currently fused monster in the sky. Dark Gaia held his armored gauntlet up as a meteor in flames grew in size, now as big as a large Deathstalker.
"Die," Dark Gaia and Malicious Fiend spoke sinisterly in Eddie's mind.
Dark Gaia threw down the meteor with force as Eddie inaudibly screamed as the meteor hit its mark, shaking the entire ship.
Eddie: 800-0
(Soundtrack End)
The holograms disappeared after the conclusion of the duel as the barrier around them dissipates into nothing. The flames quickly die out as there was a sight behold to everyone. Eddie, on his knees, scorched from head to toe. As Eddie fell to the steel hull, he turned into nothing but dust as the wind blew him away.
Haldrana can only whistle at the sight as she spoke to her little sister.
"Damn sis, you can be scary when you want to. Great job. Overkill, but great job nonetheless," Haldrana said with please in her voice.
"I aim to win and to please," Shae spoke, "Though I could say that Eddie's too charred to speak his mind now."
Haldrana looked at her at first, merely shaking her head and smiled.
"I think you are hanging out with Whittaker too much to crack a pun," Haldrana said.
Shae simply smiled at her sister and shrugged her shoulders as the large ship they are on began to continue its course.
In the dark chamber, the Commander laughed his gut off and clapped happily with Diabolos.
"Oh I always wondered why you have no quarry with that girl, she's already powerful and evil as she is," the Commander said very pleased with the results of that duel.
"Yes, she is what I believed to be my prodigy in this world. Honestly when I fought as her enemy, she can cruel when she desires to be. Now I am still pleased that she still hasn't lost her touch," Diabolos said smiling with content under his helmet watching the footage.
"So what happens now oh great Diabolos," the Commander curiously asked.
"Now… we move on to the next stage and use War mode to the fullest! Time to start our ambush!" Diabolos spoke pressing a button.
Back with Jaune and Pyrrha's duel, Pyrrha's duel disk began to beep as she looked at it expectantly.
"Oh good, I've been waiting for this signal," Pyrrha said with excitement.
"What?" Jaune asked.
"Now!" Pyrrha spoke to the sky.
Air whistled in the sky explosions erupted around Jaune, Ruby, and Yang. Surprised by that, they looked around and found something dreadful. In the sky was a humongous dark bird hovering over the skies with the largest beak they have ever seen and orange highlights.
Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu
Attribute: Dark
Level: 10
Type: Winged Beast
ATK/DEF: 2500/2500
"How!? How could it be here when Pyrrha's dueling us," Jaune said confused.
"…I should've known," Red said looking at it with narrowed eyes.
"What is it?" Ruby asked the dragon.
"This is War mode! Those Immortals must've used a battle royal function on us! We were being deceived from the start!" Red snarled.
"You're right about that," a woman's voice echoed.
A figure fell down from the flying Immortal and landed near Pyrrha Nikos. A woman with black hair pointing down in an arrow, light blue eyes, a black robe accented with orange stripes, black fingerless gloves, black miniskirt, long cape, and black boots.
"Carly," Red spoke that name.
"You're correct Red and you're eyes don't deceive you. And now you will be facing the three of us!" Carly declared revealing her field.
Carly: 4000
Hand: 1
Field: 1 face down and Earthbound Immortal Aslla Piscu
Field Spell: Mound of the Bound Creator
Graveyard: Double Summon and Double Coston
"Three?" Jaune questioned.
"Including me," A new voice appeared as it was a male this time.
Appearing by the dark flames as a dark figure. Wearing chainmail, a black coat covering the mouth, a nevermore helmet, and arrows on the right shoulder.
Beside it was a monster wearing dark and light purple armor. Silver blades attached to the shoulders, knees, and helmet. It had red eyes, a faceplate, and a halberd mechanical arm as its left arm having blades and an emblem resembling a curved 'm'. Information spread to the huntsmen as they know who they are.
Scar: 4000
Hand: 3
Field: Heroic Challenger-Assault Halberd, Lightning Blade, and 1 face down
Graveyard: Pot of Greed
Heroic Challenger-Assault Halberd
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Type: Warrior
ATK/DEF: (1800-2600)/200
"Three on one?" Yang questioned anger that they ganged up on her friend.
"Unfortunately for you and your sister, you will be busy with us," another voice appeared by the gate.
The two sisters and Jaune saw an evil knight with spikes coming out of its armor, horn on the helmet, and red eyes. Next to it was a large dark figure wearing a black trench coat, black pants, and a head ornament of an Ursa mouth as a helmet, dark skin, sharp teeth, and red eyes.
"You will be dealing with us huntresses," the large one spoke with determination.
"…Hey Yang," Ruby yelled out to her sister, "Care to join me in a tag duel?"
"You know it sis," Yang said arming her duel disk.
"Jaune, we'll take care of these two. Think you're good by yourself?" Ruby asked with concern.
"Oh don't worry about me," Jaune assured as his mark glowed brighter with a red aura circling around him, "I intend to win at all costs."
"Okay, then let's have it then," Ruby declared to the weird Grimm duelists.
"Yeah!" Yang yelled just as mighty as her sister.
"DUEL!" Ruby, Yang, and the two Grimm duelists.
Ruby/Yang: 4000
Grim Wolf/Grand Kuma: 4000
(Sanus; Remnant)
Where it was once a battlefield, now it was a wasteland with ruins of the battle that transpired. Ozpin, his allies, and the students are missing along with the main forces who were fighting alongside/against them. Somewhere within the ruins Cinnabar stood still with its eyes closed and calm.
Meanwhile afar from the blast radius, Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury managed to survive and escape just in time from the blast. There was almost nothing, just a sign of utter devastation.
"I can't believe… we made it out there alive," Emerald panted holding herself up by her knees.
"Just be glad that we weren't a part of that, "Mercury said pointing over to what was a battlefield, "At least the teachers are dead."
Cinder looked back at the ruins not with horror or relief, but more with amazement. To think that one monster holding the power of four Maidens can cause this much destruction in just little time. All that power… dangerously within a single entity that can destroy a kingdom if it desires. The Maiden powers duplicated and honed perfectly in what was a research facility with knowledge beyond understanding.
And she wanted it.
Cinder looked down and found the beast staying still in one position, looking like it was asleep. Seeking an opportunity of a lifetime, she jumped back in without hesitation, eyes gleaming like a kid in a candy store.
"Cinder wait," Emerald spoke to her master as she followed her with Mercury in pursuit.
Cinder temporarily stopped before it, not wanting it to wake from her run. Stealthily, she walked toward it with a smile as she took out a white glove. She looked at the beast on the side as she prepares herself. The back of it was then marked with a red symbol of an open eye with a compass shape, broken on one side by five diamond shapes. With the palm towards Cinnabar's face, a small red portal opened on the palm showing itself a Grimm bug.
The bug prepared itself as it shot a black web at its eye and tusks. Cinder believed that this day is grand for her. Despite the bump from this Diabolos character, she will have more power than she can even imagine.
Only thing is… there's was something wrong.
The bug screeched in pain as it retracted back in the portal with fear as Cinder felt like something impaled her hand. Retracting the hand and nursing it, she saw Cinnabar wake up like a light switch and roared to the sky. Cinnabar then grabbed the gloved hand with a serpent's speed, pulling the woman who was in its proximity have the arrogance to grab its power.
Cinnabar growled at the woman as orange smoke vented out of its tusks, wanting to bite her head off. Then it felt two bullet shots hit the neck and jaw as Cinnabar looked to find Emerald who shot it with her weapons. It viciously threw Cinder at Emerald and held its ground when Mercury kicked its chest.
As it saw the three humans regroup together, Cinnabar narrowed its circular eyes, snarling as it took a step forward and roared at the three new challengers.
To Be Continued.
Well I have one thing to say after this… Uh-oh.
As I said directly above before the story, MaxGundam1998 has given me permission to use the Grimm duelists that were defeated.
Now if you excuse me, I have ideas to do and a day to celebrate graduating from aviation school.