Chapter 18: Rose Witch vs Demon King
Alright folks, consider this a last minute New Year's eve treat! This will be including Aki's duel with Jack! Next year I'll be posting what comes next! I hope you enjoy:)
(Synchro Dimension: City)
As the 2 rode within a Security vehicle, Yuzu eyed Aki nervously. She didn't know what to expect. Beneath her mask, Aki's face and thoughts were unreadable. The 1st time she took it off, she had revealed to be violent with wishes to destroy her own city, which apparently brought her pain. She shivered and moved back as Aki's head turned towards her figure, and tried to scoot away from her.
Aki simply stood up and walked towards Yuzu, taking her arm in a single hand, and trailed a finger across the burn marks there. She then did the same thing with her cheek before taking out a card and activated it, "Magic Card, Rose Cure, activate." Suddenly, a dazzling light surrounded Yuzu's body, and her burns faded away, her skin mending and her body was brought back refreshed and renewed.
Staring at Aki with surprise, Yuzu said, "Thank you…"
At the moment, Aki began to shake violently and the masked lady fell on the floor, her hands clawing at her mask. "That will be enough Aki; I'm quite tired of you disobeying me." Roger said through the com-link."
Aki growled, "Yes…Roger-sama."
Meanwhile, Yuri waited with anticipation, and finally the familiar faces of his comrades greeted him as he sat with a knocked out Serena. "Finally, I've been waiting for ages."
"It's been 2 minutes. Now do you mind telling me why you didn't just teleport back to us?" Barrett questioned Yuri.
"Well…that thing where I get teleported away by Yuzu's bracelet, that's happened before. I didn't want to risk it happening again." Yuri responded.
Barrett stared at Serena's unconscious form, "May I ask why Serena looks like she was punched in the face."
"I may have panicked and knocked her out." Yuri had a mock freak out when Barrett's eyes narrowed at him, "Look, I was a bit out of it, okay. At least this way there isn't a chance for her to escape."
Barrett sighed as he picked up Serena and placed her on his shoulders. "Alright Yuri, this was your plan. What comes next?"
Yuri groaned as he lightly tapped his forehead with one hand, "Well at this rate, Roger has probably taken Yuzu hostage. Probably use her as leverage against us. However…while it's true that we're his enemy, so are the Lancers right now. The next action Roger takes could have a lot of consequences, depending on if he wins the Friendship Cup."
The Obelisk Force seemed confused, "What does that have to do with anything?" One of them asked.
Yuri turned to them, "For Roger and the Lancers, this isn't so much as winning a war, as it is taking the heart of the City. For the Lancers, the reason they joined the Friendship Cup, from what I could gather, was to have the people accept them and put their trust in them. Roger's goal seems similar, but he seems to want to show his power, and make himself ruler unrivaled in this city. The only way to do that…" Yuri's eyes widened. "That's it, I know what his next move will be, but we have to act quickly." Suddenly Yuri turned around as the sound of thousands of rowdy and angry people came to light. "Quickly, we have to move!" Taking to the top of a building, the 5 looked down below them. "The Commons, must've escaped from the Underground and are now on a rampage." Yuri stated as the Commons roared through the area.
Within that large crowd, 3 small children were trying to escape and find cover, when they suddenly heard a familiar voice, "Frank! Amanda! Tanner!" The 3 kids turned around to see Crow racing towards them with a small child.
"CROW!" All 3 of them screamed happily and ran towards him, following him into an alley away from the fighting.
"Who's he?" Tanner asked at the kid who was with Crow.
The boy responded, "I'm looking for my mom. When this happened, our house got ransacked and we got separated." Though they didn't particularly like people from the Tops, the scared and sad expression on his face caused the 3 to feel sympathy for him.
"This revolution is just going to hurt several people, and what were you 3 doing, you could've been hurt." Crow scolded.
"Sorry Crow, but it's not us you have to worry about, we have to find Yuzu!" Amanda warned.
"Yuzu, she's okay!? That's relief, what happened?"
Frank explained, "During the riot we got separated from her. The last time we saw her she was being cornered by these weird guys but then Kurosaki, Gongenzaka and others went to help her!"
"Weird guys…Academia!" Crow then looked around. "We have to find Yuya." With that, they raced off to find Yuya.
Yuya himself was groaning as Sora attempted to help him up. "God…all I want is to save Yuzu, is that too much to ask."
Sora nodded, "We'll pull through Yuya, don't worry."
"YUYA!" Yuya, Sora, and Reira turned turned at the sight of Gongenzaka, Sawatari, Tsukikage, Kurosaki, and Chojiro raced into the broken down station.
Sawatari eyed Sora with disgust and armed his duel disk, "Yuya get down!"
"Calm down Shingo, he's on our side." Yuya said, taking a step between Sora and Shingo.
"Really, the same guy who tried to card me, brought a squad of Obelisk Force with him, and carded Tsukikage's brother, and he's on our side." Shun scoffed sarcastically.
"Look, I get that you guys don't trust me, but hear me out. I want to help save Serena and Yuzu, so can we stop fighting." Sora said in an exasperated manner.
Gongenzaka turned to Tsukikage, "What do you say?"
"If I had a problem, I wouldn't have trusted him to help Reira while I went to get you 4." Tsukikage answered.
"In that case, we're all friends, so let's get to work." Chojiro stated, before going off to pat Reira's head, "How's this little one holding up?"
Reira looked sad as he turned to Tsukikage, "I got frightened after a while. I'm sorry."
Tsukikage shook his head, "It's only natural."
"How about we do this, Gong and I will head out and scope out for the Obelisk Force. The rest of you can head to the City Council to help out Reiji." Yuya piked.
Sora turned to Tsukikage, "The 2 of us can sneak into the Security Bureau office and rescue Yuzu."
Tsukikage agreed before turning to Yuya and Gongenzaka, "The Commons have established their revolt, so be cautious. You don't want to end up injured."
As the groups went their separate ways, Yuya and Gongenzaka gasped at the sight of the Commons revolt. Many were arming themselves with knives, sticks, and whatever makeshift weapons they could scrounge up, Shinji roared at the forefront for the anarchists to take what is theirs. "Shit, Tsukikage wasn't kidding."
Suddenly, the face of Melissa Claire appeared on the TV stations around the City, as her helicopter loomed from overhead, "Everyone enough! Why is it that no one can just settle down?" The news reporter sighed, "In light of recent events, it has been decided to continue the events of the Friendship Cup! Due to Yugo not returning to the Duel Palace, he has been disqualified, and in his place, Jack Atlas himself will be dueling Aki Izayoi! The future ruler of the City will be decided now!"
Yugo, who after being teleported away, fell into a garbage dump, dragged himself out, cleaned and fixed his D-Wheel, stared at the helicopter she was on and cursed, "Damn it, I cannot catch a break!"
From his office, Roger laughed as Aki brought Yuzu to her cellar, "Aki my dear, get ready to duel the King." He shut off the com-line and took out a white queen, "Now it's time for my checkmate."
From within the Council room, White Taki and the rest of the Council observed when Jack and Aki eventually arrived at the departed stadium to begin their duel. Reiji noted, "The fate of the City is in their hands."
Watching from afar, Yuri turned to his comrades, "Okay, here's what we're going to do. Barrett, take one of the Obelisk Force with you while everyone's distracted by the duel, and make your way to the Security Command center. However, don't go in there. We need a better distraction so you guys can get in. The other 2 will come with me, I have an idea." As Barrett and one of the Obelisk Force left with an unconscious Serena, Yuri turned to the other 2 and gave them both a handful of cards, "We're going to split up. Place these cards wherever you can where no one can find them. We meet back her once their duel is over." With that, they all split up and went their separate ways.
As the 2 stood on the track, a storm began to settle. In the downpour, Jack turned his head to the masked Aki. The last time he had seen her, she had been cheering on Divine when he had dueled him in the last Friendship Cup. He had defeated Divine, and when that happened, Aki along with so many others had their lives turned upside down and twisted apart. He knew that an apology wouldn't cover what happened to her, so he simply said, "To a good duel." Aki gave him no response.
"Everyone, get ready for this epic clash!" Melissa Claire yelled on her megaphone as she watched from her helicopter. "It's our King vs the Black Rose Witch! Will the king be able to protect his kingdom, let's find out! 3! 2! 1! RIDING DUEL, ACCELERATION!" As she finished, the two duelists launched themselves on their D-Wheels, driving out of the stadium and onto the highway in a fevered pitch.
Jack took the 1st turn, "From my hand, I normal summon Red Resonator!" The appearance of his signature Tuner graced the field (ATTR:Fire/LV:2/ATK:600/DEF:200). "Now since I normal summoned a Red monster, I can special summon this card from my hand with its attack points halved. Appear, Red Wolf!" With that, a large red furred wolf wreathed in fire materialized next to Jacks Tuner, running along the highway (ATTR:Fire/LV:6/ATK:700/DEF:2200). Now I tune my level 6 Red Wolf and level 2 Red Resonator to Synchro Summon! Howl of the ruler, shake the heavens and the earth! Engrave the power of the one and only supreme ruler into yourself! Synchro Summon! Savage soul, Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend!" Jack's most iconic beast appeared from the Synchro portal, roaring and ready to fight (ATTR:Dark/LV:8/ATK:3000/ DEF:2500)! "I set 2 cards, turn end."
"Amazing, Jack has already summoned his ace monster on his 1st turn, he's not pulling any punches!" Melissa proclaimed from above.
Aki had no plans on holding back either as she drew her card. "I activate the Field Spell, Black Garden! Now, Night Rose Knight, summon." A small yet chivalrous knight materialized on the highway (ATTR:Dark/LV:3/ATK:1000/DEF: 1000). "Night Rose Knight's special effect lets me special summon a level 4 or lower Plant-type monster from my hand. Appear, Lord Poison!"
As he watched, Yuya gasped, "That's the same move she used on me!"
"Due to Black Garden's effect, when a monster is summoned to one's field, the opposing duelist will have a Rose Token summon to their field! Also, the attack points of all monsters summoned while Black Garden is on the field are halved!" Aki stated as 2 Rose Tokens formed on Jack's field while they and Aki's monsters lost half their power. "I now use my 2 monsters to Synchro Summon! Chilling black rose, awaken and bloom! Awaken and bring all your enemies their doom! When they're dead, use their blood, and make all land that you see flood! Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 7! Black Rose Blood Dragon!" Aki's own dragon roared as its power was halved while another Rose Token was summoned to Jack's field. It eyed Jack's Scarlight and snarled. "Black Rose Blood Dragon's effect activates, now it can target a monster you control and reduce its ATK to 0 by banishing one Plant-type monster from my graveyard!" The image of Lord Poison was once again devoured by Aki's dragon before it shot many thorny whips at Jack's dragon and absorbed its power. "That's not all, Black Rose Blood Dragon also gains all of your monsters effects until the end of the turn." Aki said as Jack's eyes widened. "Now I shall use Scarlight's effect against you. Once per turn I can now destroy all Special Summoned monsters will less ATK than or equal to my dragon and deal damage to you equal to the # of monsters destroyed times 500!"Aki roared as several red flaming thorns launched themselves from Black Rose to Jack's field.
"From my hand I send Red Gardna to the Graveyard, now all monsters I control are safe from being destroyed by card effects this turn!" Jack yelled, discarding the monster from his hand while a red barrier formed around his monsters, shielding them.
"Then I'll just attack, go Blood Dragon! Attack his Scarlight!" Aki shouted as her dragon raced towards Jack's crippled dragon.
"Trap activate, Reject Reborn! Now the attack is negated and the battle phase is over, and since my monsters are protected by Red Gardna, they aren't destroyed by Reject Reborn's last effect, though at the cost, I can't special summon any monsters." Jack said.
"I set 2 cards, and end my turn." Aki droned as the power of Scarlight returned to normal.
"My turn, draw!" Jack roared as he drew a card. "I set this card, and now I activate Scarlight's special effect to destroy all special summoned monsters on the field with power less than or equal to it, and you'll take 500 damage for each monster! Absolute Power Flame!" With that the Archfiend's right arm lit with fire that it shot at all the Rose Tokens and Black Rose Blood Dragon!"
As the monsters were engulfed, the inferno raged towards her, causing Aki to activate a set card, "Counter Trap activate! Nature's Reflection, now the damage is redirected back to you!"
"I'll counter your counter trap with my own! Counter trap, Red Vanish! I can activate this card the turn it is set if I control a Red monster! Now the activation of Nature's Reflection is negated and your trap is destroyed!" Jack blasted back as the card he set that turn, cancelling out Aki's trap.
As the flames resumed towards the direction of Aki, she stared at them behind her mask as her eyes widened, attempting to call on her powers to strengthen that fire. Roger felt a loud beep and looked at the screen that monitored Aki's Restriction Mask and haircomb. "Why is she activating her powers like that?" Roger's eyes widened as Aki was pushed back by the raging fire (Aki LP: 4000 – 2000 = 2000). "She can't be trying to…" The blast threw Aki back, sending her mask and comb flying, her hair and bang now flowing down, a menacing grin on her face.
As Yuri raced after tossing several cards in alleys and roads, he watched the duel from the screen and grinned, "Clever girl, she magnetized the blast with her powers as a means of getting rid of her mask. I guess it must've been there to restrain or torture her. Risky, but effective."
"Time for this duel to truly begin, when it is destroyed, Black Rose Blood Dragon's final effect is triggered! Now all cards on the field are destroyed!" Aki yelled with a dark smile.
"Trap activate! Red Seal! Now if a card or effect would destroy a Red(s) monster I control, the activation of that effect is negated!" Jack countered as the fiery swirl of the ghostly vestige of Black Rose dissipated. "Now Scarlight, direct attack!" Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend lauched a stream of fire from its mouth towards Aki.
She just grinned in response, "From my hand I activate Rose Gardna's effect, now if I were to take battle damage, that damage is negated! Then I summon Rose Gardna to the field with its original attack and defense equal to half of the damage I'd take!" Aki then called forth the rose like shield-bearer as it was summoned, the effect of Black Garden special summoning another Rose Token to Jack's field.
"Turn end." Jack stated.
As Roger watched, a cuffed Yuzu was forced into his office by Security. He turned around to look at her and smiled, "Greeting Yuzu, you're just in time to witness my ascendance as King of this City."
"What are you doing to Aki? What do you have to gain from this?!" Yuzu asked.
"Draw!" Aki drew her card with a fiery grin. Her hair now waved around with a red aura, and the Black Garden field spell that enveloped the highway seemed to twist and churn. "I activate my Continuous trap, Ivy Shackles! Now during each of my turn, all your monsters will be treated as Plant-type monsters! Now I activate the effect of my Black Garden! By destroying it along with all face up Plant-type monsters on the field to revive a monster from my graveyard with less than or equal ATK than their collective power. With this I destroy my Rose Gardna, the Rose Token, and your Scarlight, and revive Black Rose Blood Dragon!" The Black Garden condensed and collapsed in on itself, devouring all 3 monsters on the field. As it vanished a few embers manifested and the sight of Aki's dragon returned as it revived on the field. "Next I activate Magic Planter, and send Ivy Shackles to the graveyard to draw 2 cards!" As her Continuous Trap disappeared, her empty hand was refilled by 2 cards. "Now I activate equip my Blood Dragon with Mark of the Blood Rose, giving it 600 more ATK!" As her dragon basked in a new red aura, its power grew to 3000! With the fiery aura of her power enveloping both herself and her dragon, Aki let out a screech, "BLACK ROSE BLOOD DRAGON, BLOOD ROSE ANNIHILATION!" Aki's dragon shot a white hot jet of flames towards a defenseless Atlas. Jack attempted to swerve towards an Action Card, but the effects of Aki's destructive and uninhibited powers caused the highway to crack, leading him to get blasted (Jack LP: 4000 – 3000 = 1000). The force of the blast nearly threw him off the track, the highway was now dented and cracked due to the effects of Aki's abilities.
"Oh no! Jack's down to his last 1000 life points, another hit like that and Aki will be the winner!"
"Hahahaha!" Roger laughed at what he saw. "Oh well, even with Aki outside my control, m plan will still succeed!"
"You do realize that you've been holding Aki like a slave, do you think she'll still cooperate now that she's free?! Why do you think she'd be glad to destroy the City, if she wins she'll probably use her problems to destroy it as revenge for all you did to her!" Yuzu roared.
"That won't matter, even if that's the case; I've already made preparations for that!" Roger smiled, "In will come Security and Roger, the real heroes, who managed to stop the renegade psychic. And with Jack Atlas crushed and the people following me, no one will get in my way as KING!"
Back on the highway, Jack grunted as his D-Wheel wavered, before righting himself and roared, "No matter how hard his enemies attack, a true king pushes on, and he defends his kingdom and his pride. With this I revive my Kingdom, and soon I will revive my pride! Action Magic, Thousand's Draw!" He activated the Action Card he'd managed to pick up. "I can activate this card if I were to take over 1000 points of damage, now I can draw a card for every 1000 point of damage I received, and since I took 3000 damage, I now can draw 3 cards!" With that, Jack refilled his whole hand.
"Amazing, Jack turned things around, now he has a chance on his next turn!" One of the Commons noted as many had stopped to watch Jack duel.
"I set one card, turn end." Aki stated.
"My turn, DRAW!" Jack looked at his card and grinned, and the rain began to fade, "Watch the true force of the King! Since I control no monsters, I can special summon this monster from my hand, appear, Red Gargoyle!" As its name would attest, a red gargoyle wreathed in fire manifested on the field. "Spell activate, Mind Trust, now I can tribute Red Gargoyle to add a Tuner whose level is half its level from my graveyard to my hand, so I will revive Red Resonator!" His gargoyle vanished and his tuner returned. "Now I summon Red Sprinter to the field." The familiar sight of the monster surprised Yuya (ATTR:Fire/LV:4/ATK:1700/DEF: 1200). "Now its effect will let me summon Red Resonator to the field, triggering its effect, now I can gain life equal to the ATK of a Synchro monster on the field, and I choose Black Rose Blood Dragon!" Jack roared as his life points came back to 4000!
"Incredible, Jack has completely healed from the damage he received!" Melissa Claire roared as many people cheered.
"No, I haven't healed until he is back, I banish Red Seal from my graveyard to activate its last effect, letting me revive a Red monster that was destroyed last turn, and I revive Scarlight!" As his dragon revived, both he and Jack roared in unison. "Scarlight is th symbol of my pride! I will never accept it to be in any place other than on the field where it belongs, that is how a King duels!" Jack roared. "I activate the spell, Red Draw! Now I can draw cards from my deck equal to the number of Red monsters on my field, so with 3, I can draw 3 cards!" With that, Jack once again refilled his hand.
"I tune my level 4 Red Sprinter and my level 2 Red Resonator!" With that his monster began to light up to form the new beast. "The crimson souls shall become one! All shall tremble before the king's might! Synchro Summon! Appear Now! Red Wyvern!" With that a familiar red gargoyle/dragon appeared ready to fight once more (ATTR:Fire/LV:6/ATK:2400/DEF:2000).
"Now I activate Scarlight's effect, destroying both Red Wyvern and your dragon and deal 500 points of damage to you for each! Absolute Power Flame!" Jack called.
Aki moved fast, "Mark of the Blood Rose lets me send one Plant-type monster from my hand to the graveyard to prevent my monsters death!" She sent Rose Tentacles from her deck to her graveyard to save her Black Rose!"
"But you will still take damage for Red Wyvern's fall!" Jack called as a blast of fire hit Aki (Aki LP: 2000 – 500 = 1500). "Scarlight, Battle! Absolute Power Inferno!" Scarlight launched a new blast of fire from its mouth at Aki's dragon.
"I send Dark Verger from my deck to the graveyard to save Black Rose!" The fire passed harmlessly off her dragon! "Also, due to the effect of Mark of the Blood Rose, monsters that battle the equipped monster aren't destroyed by battle!" She then gave Jack a smirk, "Let me guess, you had Red Crusher in your hand, didn't you?" As Jack gave no response, she laughed, "Figures, you were going to use its effect to special summon it from your hand, destroy Mark of the Blood Rose, then revive Scarlight! That way you could double team me with them both and wipe out the last traces of my life points. Am I warm?"
"You've already been burned to a crisp, but I suppose that you learned from the loss of your mentor." Jack noted, remembering that he used that move to defeat Divine. "I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"Draw!" Aki drew a new card and laughed. "Black Rose Blood Dragon, activate your special effect! I banish Rose Tentacles from my graveyard to reduce your Scarlight's force to 0 and have Black Rose gain its effects!" Aki laughed as her dragon swallowed the specter of Rose Tentacles and drained the life force once again from Jack's dragon. "Now I activate my trap, Rose Curse! Since the power of your monster has changed, Rose Curse allows me to inflict damage to you equal to the change!" A ring of fiery petals manifested around Aki's trap, and launched them towards Jack.
Not missing a beat, Jack activated his own trap, "Red Gazer, activate! Now I can pay half of my life points to make the damage I'd take 0!" A red barrier made out of Jack's own life formed around him, shielding him from harm (Jack LP: 2000). "Also, now I can special summon one Red token to my field in defense mode!" A miniature token appeared in place of Jack's trap (Level 1).
"I activate the effect Black Rose Blood Dragon gained from Scarlight, now I can destroy both your monsters!" A stream of fire was shot from Black Rose towards Jack's monsters.
"Action Magic, Shield Draw! Now I can prevent the fall of my monsters and we each draw a card for each of them instead" Jack declared as he and Aki drew 2 cards.
"You're going to regret helping me refill my hand. Now I send another copy of Lord Poison from my hand to my graveyard to give my dragon the ability to attack twice this turn! Now go forth, Blood Rose Annihilation!" Aki roared as an even bigger blast of blood red fire shot from her dragon right at Jack's Scarlight!
"I activate my trap, Red Soul, now I can send 2 monsters in my hand to the graveyard to reduce the damage I'd take by their combined power, so I send Red Crusher and Dark Resonator from my hand to the graveyard, reducing the damage from 3000 to 500!" Jack yelled, sending his 2 monsters to the graveyard, shuddering as the highway road began to crack from Aki's power.
Aki cracked a smile, "Blood Rose's effect now kicks, now, following damage calculation between the equipped monster and the opponent's monster, all monsters you control lose attack points equal to the battle damage while the equipped monster gains attack points equal to the battle damage, bringing Black Rose's power to 3500, and remember, it can attack again!" Aki grinned, "Go Blood Dragon, FINAL BLOOD ROSE ANNIHILATION!" As she raised her right arm, her dragon launched a colossal burst of flame towards Scarlight."
"Red Soul's effect reduces the damage to 1000!" Jack shouted.
"But you still take the damage!" Aki countered as Jack's dragon resisted destruction (Jack LP: 500). As Jack struggled, Aki laughed, "On my next turn, I shall avenge Divine's defeat as well as Arcadia!" Suddenly, she felt, her D-Wheel shudder and fall. "What?" Aki looked down, realizing that in her outburst, she had allowed most of the highway to be damaged. All the pressure it had received was taken its toll. Before she could do anything, her D-Wheel fell through a hole and she was falling off course to her death.
At least…she would've. "Scarlight, Save her!" Jack roared as Scarlight extended out a hand and caught Aki and her D-Wheel, before flying back up and placing her back on course in front of Jack.
"Amazing, Jack saved Aki from falling, what an act of sportsmanship!" Melissa Claire declared while both Tops and Commons cheered.
As Yuya watched, Gong placed a hand on his shoulder, "I won't lie, I am truly moved by Jack's dueling."
Yuya nodded, "I am to Gongenzaka."
As Aki stared at Jack behind her she finished her turn in a quiet voice. "Turn end. At this moment, your dragon gains its power back, but it's pointless. Your dragons effects can't save you, Blood Dragon is too strong."
Silently, Jack drew a card. He then turned to Aki and said, "Aki, I know I don't have the right to say this. But I'm sorry for what happened to you. As the one who defeated Divine in the last Friendship Cup, I am indirectly responsible for being the one who left you powerless to Security. I've always felt ashamed of what happened. I'm not asking for your forgiveness, but I'd rather get it out of my system."
Aki simply sighed, "You have nothing to be sorry about, and it wasn't your fault. What Security did to me and other Psychics were wrong and illegal, but you didn't have any part in it." She then opened her eyes, "Divine wouldn't have blamed you, so who am I to." She smiled, "Let's just finish the duel. What is your move, King?"
"I will all of you the true form of the King. I summon Double Resonator from my hand!" Jack shouted as a new tuner materialized next to Scarlight (ATTR:Fire/LV:1/ATK:0/DEF:0). "Now I activate Double Resonator's effect to treat my Red Token as a tuner monster!" Mirror Resonator made a sound that caused a dark aura to form around the Red Token. "I tune my Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend with my 2 tuners to Synchro Summon! DOUBLE TUNING!" Jack called out as the silhouette of a giant crimson dragon formed behind him and his monsters. "The King and devil now cross here! Call upon the soul of the Crimson Dragon, and raise the roar of creation itself!" Synchro Summon! Appear now! Level 10! Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend!" Jack roared as from the red Synchro portal spurned a massive and powerful evolution of Scarlight, Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend!"
"A-Amazing, Jack…he evolved Scarlight…and with a new technique no less!" Melissa Claire yelped in awe.
"I set one card and activate Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend's effect, now once per turn, it can destroy all other cards on the field! Absolute Power Inferno!" Jack's new dragon wreathed itself in burning fire before the plume at all other cards on the field, disintegrating them.
As her dragon turned to ash, Aki called out its effect, "Black Rose Blood Dragon's effect activates now, destroying your Tyrant!" A river of flame shaped in the form of her dragon rose from the ashes and raced towards Jack's dragon.
"From my graveyard, I banish the card I set this turn that was destroyed by Tyrant's effect, Red Shield! Now I can target Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend and prevent it from being destroyed by card effects this turn!" A red aura formed around his dragon, safeguarding it from death. "Battle, Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend, direct attack! Infernal Crimson Hell Tide!" Breathing a tide of fire, Jack's dragon launched its fire at the defenseless Aki.
From his office, Roger panicked, and looking at an Action Card that was coming right in front of Aki, he called, "Listen you witch! Grab the Action Card!" However, she just passed it, and he roared, "AAAAAKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"
Yuzu sighed, "Even if she could here you, I doubt she'd listen, you've lost."
Aki grunted as she was hit by the tidal wave of fire, bringing her life points to 0. The force of the blow caused the weakened road under her to collapse, leading her to fall once more. Jack attempted to save her with Tyrant, but Aki simply swatted away its claws by manifesting a leafy vine.
"AKI!" Jack called.
"Don't worry King, this is my choice. I have to do this." As she fell she closed her eyes, 'Mom…dad, I will see you both soon.'
"Aki Izayoi." Jack stated, before looking away and closing her eyes.
"Farewell!" Aki called, plummeting towards the end.
Within his office, Roger screamed, clenching his head within his hands, "AAAAUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
For several seconds, no one said a word…and then some of the Commons yelled, "Onward, the revolution must succeed!" They hadn't even been moved by the possible death of a suffering girl.
From afar, Yuri leaped from the building he was on, and raced towards where Aki had landed.
Fanmade OC Cards
Red Seal (Trap:Normal) - if the effect of a card would destroy (a) Red monster(s) you control, negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. You can banish this card from your graveyard, target one Red monster in your graveyard that was destroyed on the last turn, Special Summon it.
Mark of the Blood Rose (Spell:Equip) - You can only equip this card to a Plant-type monster or Black Rose Blood Dragon you control. If the equipped monster would be destroyed, send on Plant-type monster from your deck to the graveyard instead. Monster your opponent controls cannot be destroyed by battle with the equipped monster. When your opponent takes battle damage involving a battle between the equipped monster and a monster they control, all monsters your opponent controls lose ATK equal to the damage while the equipped monster gains ATK equal to the damage.
Red Crusher (ATTR:Fire/LV:3/ATK:1200/DEF:1000) - If a Red monster you control is destroyed by battle, special summon this card (From your hand) destroy one card your opponent controls, then special summon that Red monster back from the graveyard.
Red Shield (Trap:Normal) - Red monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects the turn this card is activated, and all battle damage you receive is halved. You can banish this card from your graveyard, then target one Red monster you control, that target can't be destroyed by battle or card effects this turn.
And that wraps up this chapter, next one we'll have Yuri make his move and reveal his own plans. Get ready for Yuri vs Jack, because that is coming up next!
