Chapter 22: End to Synchro
Hey guys, so sorry that this one came so late. It's just really hard managing high school and fanfiction. Anyway, this is the last chapter of the Synchro arc. Moves a bit fast so keep up, you'll also be seeing new traits of Barrettand another Obelisk Force in this chapter, traits never really given because Barrett was as much of a wasted character as Yuri was. I hope you enjoy. :)
(Synchro Dimension: City)
Yuri teleported himself in front of the Security building and saw it had been slightly shaken by all the explosions. He then took a look around at the burning city, "Some of my best work if I do say so myself." He then looked back up at the Security building, "Now only one remains."
"There's the bastard!" Yuri turned behind him to see what may be Security Officers, except they only carried the helmets and not the full uniform. "Ending the bastard that defeated the King will bring us back into Roger-sama's good graces. Soon all shall know of the hero, Duel Chaser 227!" The leader of the group roared, taking a police baton and rushing at Yuri, several comrades with him.
"Pathetic…" Yuri muttered as he vanished in violet light, reappearing behind the Security officer with a stab through the side with his Duel Disk Blade. After quickly taking out the rest the mob group, he turned back to the fallen officer who whimpered in fear in fetal position. "I've never seen anything so pathetic. You lost your old life and desire it back, even as everything burns around. It should be quite clear to you that Roger would never take you back, and half of that is probably your fault as you were too pathetic to keep it. But maybe that's why you want it back… helps you forget how utterly useless and worthless you really are?"
Yuri then grinned as the man cringed, "Can't take it can you, the fact that you have no real worth anymore? Power was all that mattered in this city, and when you lost your job, you lost your power, and thus yourself, but you can't admit it, not even to yourself. You even wear your old helmet and visor. You don't even have the guts to even look at your pathetic face." Yuri violently kicked the helmet off, revealing No. 227's face He then laughed; "Now I can see why. Worthless, with this you will never be able to hide your pathetic face ever again." He then activated the carding function on his Duel Disk, laughing as the man screamed in response. He then put his new trophy in his pocket before turning around, "Speaking of pathetic faces, it's time to say hello to Roger."
Meanwhile, within the building, Barrett was continuing his duel with Shiunin and Tsukikage.
Barrett LP: 1800
Sore LP: 2400
Tsukikage LP: 2000
Sora drew and began his turn, his monsters being Fluffal Mouse and Edge Imp Sabres. Tsukikage had his Getsuga and 2 Shingetsu's in defense mode with Gathering Shadows and Extinguishment face up on his field. Barrett had Panther Predator, Wolf Kampfer, Beastborg Fusioner, and a face down. "I activate Fluffal Mouse's effect in order to special summon 2 copies of it from my deck!" Two more copies of his adorable winged mouse appeared causing him to grin. "Now it's time to end this! I'll use Fusion in order to fuse all my monsters together! "Demonic claws, sharp fangs! Become one in the mystic vortex and show us a new form and power! Fusion summon! Show yourself! Mystical jungle beast that rips everything to shreds! Frightfur Tiger!" From the Fusion vortex, a nightmarish spawn of mechanical death and cuddly fur animal materialized, ready to cut Barrett and his monsters to pieces (ATTR:Dark/LV:6/ATK: 1900/DEF:1200). "With Tiger's effect, I can destroy all face up cards you control equal to the number of monsters I used to fusion summon it, so say goodbye to all your cards!" The scissor at the gut of the beast extendedand crunched Barrett's cards with a sickening, SNAP! Sora's cocky grin suddenly faded when Barrett's Panther Warrior, Warwolf, and 2 Carrier Sentinels returned to the field in defense mode. "What the…"
"Panther Predator and Wolf Kampfer, upon being destroyed, let me special summon their materials from the graveyard. I anticipated events like this would happen and as such, took steps to be ready. Now my Carrier Sentinels activate their effects, letting me add 2 Beast-Warrior monsters from my deck." Barrett responded as 2 cards came to his deck.
"Damn, I'll just attack one of them with Frightfur Tiger!" Sora roared as his beast skewered a Carrier Sentinel. "I'll set a card and end my turn."
"Draw!" Barrett declared. He then looked at his cards, "With this, you 2 have lost. I tribute my Panther Warrior, Warwolf, and Carrier Sentinel to Advance Summon! Come forth Beast King Barbaros!" Barret declared as his monsters vanished, replaced by a powerful centaur like beast with a spear and a shield (ATTR:Earth/LV:8/ATK:3000/DEF:1200). "When this monster is advance summoned with 3 monsters, all cards you all control are destroyed!" Barret declared as his monster raised its glowing spear.
"Not so fast, I activate Frightfur March! Now your Beast King's effect is negated and now I can send Frightfur Bear from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard in order to special summon Frightfur Sabre-Tooth!" With that, an even larger and monstrous Frightfur appeared, its canines ready to dig into Barrett's beasts (ATTR:Dark/LV:8/ATK:2400/DEF:2000). "Thanks to Sabre-Tooth, I can revive Frightfur Bear, and the effects of it and Tiger will power up my monsters by 400 and 300 ATK for each other respectively!" The power of all of Sora's monsters rose to 4000, 4500, and 4300 respectively! "How are you going to get out of this!"
Barrett closed his eyes and sighed, "I admit your both highly skilled, however…" He then opened his eyes, "That won't be enough! Beast King Barbaros was the decoy to reveal this, I banish a Carrier Sentinel and Panther Warrior from my graveyard to special summon Beast Machine King Barbaros Ur from my hand!" Barrett declared as as an even larger beast appeared next to its smaller counterpart with 2 giant blade shears, one in each hand (ATTR:Earth/LV:8/ ATK:3800/DEF:1200). "Now, I banish Barbaros Ur, Barbaros, and Machine Lord Ur from my hand to special summon this from my Extra Deck! King of beast that roams the plains, mechanical destroyer that hunts beasts, lord of nature and machinery alike, merge together and reveal your might! Contact Fusion! Come forth, Level 10, Beastborg King Barbaros Delta!" Barrett roared as an even mightier Beastborg manifested on his field, the bottom like that of a horse while the top was a man-lion. It had a mechanical eye and a living one, a natural arm and a prothetic one, wielding a giant sword in each hand (ATTR:Dark/LV:10/ATK:4500/DEF:2800). "Delta's special effect lets me remove from play all face up cards my opponents control, Delta Slash!" Barrett roared as his new beast slashed through all of Sora's and Tsukikage's cards, leaving their field bare. "Barbaros Delta can attack again for every card we have removed from play, not that it will need all those attacks. Now go, Delta Fury!" Barrett roared, his monster's swords glowed, craking the ground beneath it with the pressure, before slashing at Sora and Tsukikage, blasting them back into the wall defeated (Sora and Tsukikage LP: 0).
Tsukikage rose his head, "He is too much for us..."
"I have served on the battlefield for decades, you show nothing I have not already seen, that is why you lost." Barrett replied.
"Well said, nice work Barrett." Barrett turned to see Yuri approaching with an entertained grin. "That was a pretty good move."
"And where have you been?" Barrett asked.
"Oh, you know, causing chaos, scaring people, crushing Yuya's morale, you know the usual." Yuri replied.
"You know we don't pay you to be a sadist."
"You don't pay me at all; I just do it for fun." Yuri smirked while Barrett chuckled at Yuri's gusto. He then turned to Tsukikage and Sora, "Now it's about time you 2 bit the dust." Yuri then approached them, ready to card them, but Tsukikage tossed a smoke bomb, blinding them both. When the smoke cleared, Barrett and Yuri could not find Sora or Tsukikage anywhere. "Oh well." Yuri said as he waved his hand nonchalantly. "We'll get them next time. Let's go find Aki and the Obelisk Force."
As they ran through the building, Barrett questioned Yuri, "So what was it like against the Lancers, how would you rate them?"
Yuri rolled his eyes, "Honestly, they're not all that great. After I bested and carded Jack, I dueled Yuya Sakaki, and honestly, half the duel was really just me trolling and yawning. I could've ended the duel so many times, though it did get a bit interesting around the end, when I finally made Yuya lose it."
Barrett's eyes narrowed as he saw Yuri grin, "And did anything…paranormal happen?"
Yuri looked at him confused, "You mean like back then at that beat down subway. No, I just got under his skin and pissed off. That shut him up and caused him to duel me seriously." Yuri laughed, "I still mopped the floor with him though. Could've carded him but I thought it be better to spare him, makes the game more interesting."
"I see, so that's why you neglected to absorb the boy's soul, or souls, I could sense the Xyz one within him, that's why he had Dark Rebellion." Starve Venom spoke within Yuri's mind. "Tread carefully Yuri, because your life is still in danger. It may have been better if you just ended it there."
'I know that Venom, but what is life without a little risk.' Yuri responded, 'To be honest, I was planning on doing that, but then I realized, if I could have Yuya develop his connection to the Black Shadow, he could grow stronger. That will mean the next time I duel him it will be a true test of my power. Besides…' Yuri looked at his deck as he ran, 'The best way to truly understand the Shadow and make its strength my own is to study it, understand it. Yuya can unlock its power, and I want that ability too. With this…Supreme King White Dragon, I'll unlock the truth behind the Pendulum and the Shadow, and then I'll absorb Yuya and Yugo in order to become the true dominant predator. But in order to do that, I need to unlock Yuya's fury. And the best way to do that is…' "I gave him an ultimatum," Yuri said, "Told him and the Lancers that if they wanted to stop me, then to meet me here and save Yuzu and Serena, and that I would be ready to play." He then chuckled while Barrett rolled his eyes.
"You're a troll Yuri, you know that right." Barrett then sighed, 'I really need to start working on breaking these bad habits of his. But how do I get through to him?' Deciding to leave these question for later, he said, "Anyway, let's just focus on finding our comrades." They managed to find the 3 remaining Obelisk Force finishing off a squad of Security Officers.
"FOR THE GLORY OF ACADEMIA!" Jeremiah roared as his Ultimate Hound Dog ripped through the last Security officer. Smirking, he then said, "Farewell." He and his teammates the proceeded to card the officers remaining. Turning around, he exclaimed, "Barrett-san, Yuri-sama, you are alright!"
"Of course, now what happened?" Yuri asked.
Another Obelisk Force member spoke up, "We had just retrieved Hiragi Yuzu from her cell and were preparing to live, when suddenly Roger showed up with Security and took her and Serena. We took on the squad while the girl, Aki I think, chased after Roger. She said she'd be fine but later radioed in that she needed because Roger was apparently…a cheating haxxor faggot." The member finished.
Yuri sighed, "Well, that makes sense, where is she now?"
One of them pointed to one of the tunnels, "Somewhere over there."
"Let's get going, the sooner we take them back, the sooner we can leave. Now let's go, the Lancers will be here soon!" Barret commanded as they ran off.
Said Lancers were approaching the Security building by Raidraptor. "We're almost there!" Shun shouted as they flew, "We should be able to get there in time to stop them!"
"Are you sure about that, they already had a massive head start. They may have already left right now!" Sawatari hollered back.
"I doubt it." They all looked at Reiji. "Roger will be doing his level best to hold on to whatever bargaining chip he can use to keep them at bay. He'll be doing everything he can to keep them from Yuzu and take Serena. Also, remember what Yuri said, how that if we wanted to stop him he'd wait for us at the Security headquarters. Yuri may be a genius strategist and duelist, but he's also horribly sadistic and thrill seeking. He wants challenges, and as such his actions have been less helping Academia and more about finding opponents that can push him to his very limit and fulfill his sadistic pleasures. He'll be there, we can count on it."
"What do you think he's going to do when we see him?" They turned to Yuya, who was riding with Gongenzaka. "He doesn't care about Academia, so what will he do when he gets his hands on Yuzu. For all we know he may just kill her in front of us just to spite us." He then curled his hands and shook, "How do we even face him?"
Gongenzaka patted Yuya's shoulder, "Don't worry Yuya, we'll stop him together."
"We're here." Shun said as they all landed. As they landed, Shun looked around and grinned as familiar figures rode towards them on D-Wheels. "Well if it isn't you Crow, glad to see you escaped."
Crow grinned, "Same to you Kurosaki, glad to see you guys made it out alright, especially you Yuya." Crow turned to look at the downcast performer with a concerned face. "Feeling alright after that smash up?"
"Well I was crushed by a guy who looked like me and was unable to protect myself, Jack, my honor, or the citizens. So I'm kind of feeling like a piece of shit." Yuya replied glumly.
"Don't beat yourself up, we were all at fault." Shinji said, having tagged along with Crow. "Fortunately, Jack's duel with him, along with your duel, bought us enough time to get everyone into the Underground where they could be safe."
The Lancers sighed in relief at that, "So everyone's alright?" Yugo asked.
"Mostly, we're still looking for any possible survivors." Shinji responded.
"Let me help you." Chojiro then turned to the Lancers, "I know the trouble you are all in, but would you permit me to aid in the search."
Crow smiled, "Hey no worries, I'll go with you guys to stop that psychopath, while Chojiro can help Shinji look for any more survivors."
"Alright then, let's do it, we're wasting time here." Reiji said, and with that, they headed off to save Yuzu and Serena while Shinji and Tokumatsu rode back into the fires of the city.
Meanwhile, Yuri, Barrett, and the Obelisk Force were running through the corridor until they eventually reached a large door. Yuri could hear explosions coming from the other side and grinned, "I think we have our winner." He was about to blow up the door…but then it blew up in all of their faces. "Yeesh, hey Aki what's going on there!" Yuri shouted, having covered his head from debris.
"Sorry, but I standing in front of the door, and I didn't want to get blasted, so I dodged it." Aki huffed and panted, exhaustion threatening to take over.
Yuri took a look at the field and rolled his eyes, "Seriously Aki, how are you getting owned by that whole Ancient Gear Devil trick, it's not that hard."
"That isn't the problem, he is." Aki then pointed at 'Roger.' "It's not really him; it's some kind of RSV hologram. Every time I knock him down he just keeps reviving at full strength, and with his Devil breathing down my neck, I've been struggling just to hold on."
'Roger' laughed, "Indeed, and you can only blame yourself for getting lured in here by me." The hologram then gave a menacing grin. "As we speak, I am getting an interdimensional transporter ready to take me back to Academia. You may have ruined my 1st plan, but I still have Yuzu and Serena hostage. I'll barter for them for safety, and I'm afraid you will all have to await oblivion." He then giggled, "Once the portal delivers me back to Academia, I'll have it self-implode, taking this building you lot, the Lancers, and this city with it. It seems I have won! He he he…HA HA HA HA!" Roger bursted out in maniacal laughter.
He slowly stopped as he heard a clapping sound, and he looked to see Yuri with a sickly, sweet smile on his face, clapping his hands nonchalantly. "Oh bravo my good man, I'm surprised you had the brains to cook this up at the last minute." It was now Yuri's turn to crack up a wild smile. "However, I've been up against death before, who says I can't escape now. Trust me, even if I have to smash you 1,000,000 times myself, I'll be more than glad to do it."
'Roger' then chuckled, "You're more than welcome to try. However, I'd suggest hurrying up. The Lancers are in here and this building is soon to blow up." He then flicked his wrist and a camera screen popped up, showing the Lancers having entered Security headquarters as well and on their way.
Yuri took a quick look to examine the room and found a window leading it another room, "That must lead to where he is. Hey Aki, why didn't you use your powers to break through here?"
"I tried, but the metal here is reinforced with Solid Vision, so my powers alone aren't enough." Aki responded.
Yuri then looked at Barrett, "Still have that trusty bazooka of yours?"
Barrett chuckled, catching on, "Never leave home without it." He took out his duel disk and started changing the RSV levels on it, knowing what was coming next.
Yuri then turned to Jeremiah and the rest of the Obelisk Force squad. "How long can you hold off the Lancers?"
Jeremiah gave a grin, "As long as you need Yuri-sama." He then ran off to confront the Lancers along with his comrades.
Yuri then stared down Roger's hologram, "Time to end this." He then activated his Duel Disk and entered the duel, chuckling a bit at the shock of the 2000 LP penalty.
Aki LP: 1000
Roger LP: 2000
Yuri LP: 2000
"Draw! I send Predator Plants – Chimera Rafflesia from my Extra Deck and Fusion Substitute from my hand to the graveyard to special summon Ophrys Scorpio from my hand." As Yuri discarded the 2 cards, his all too familiar scorpion graced the field (ATTR:Dark/LV:3/ATK: 1200/DEF:800). "I activate Scorpio's effect, letting me send a monster from my hand to the graveyard to special summon a new plant from my deck, and I think I'll choose…this one. Come forth Predator Plants – Bladderwort Dragonfly!" Yuri cried as a new plant with leaves for wings and a disturbing bug/flower face and mouth revealing a small jaw full of sharp teeth (ATTR: Dark/LV:4/ATK:500/DEF:200). Yuri cracked a smile and laughed, "Dragonfly's special effect activates, when its special summoned, I can activate a Fusion Card in my graveyard, enabling me to use the effects of Fusion Substitute from my graveyard to Fusion Summon! Two beautiful flowers with insect-alluring fragrance! Now become one, and from the hell beneath your petals, give birth to a new terror! Fusion Summon! Appear! Poisonous dragon with hungering fangs. Level 8! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!" Yuri grinned as his dragon awoke and descended from the fusion portal, ready to fight (ATTR:Dark/LV:8/ATK:2800/DEF:2000). "Starve Venom's effect lets it gain the power of all special summoned monsters on the field, so now it has 4600 ATK thanks to your Devil!" Yuri sneered as his dragon roared with energy.
"So what! Even so, my monster is in defense mode and cannot be destroyed, you can accomplish nothing!" Roger laughed.
"That's what you think. Since I fusion summoned a monster, I can special summon this from my graveyard! Come forth, Predator Plants – Fuspider Banksia!" With that, a spiky arachnid like plant materialized onto the field (ATTR:Dark/LV:4/ATK:1000/DEF:1800). "Fuspider's special effect activates now, letting me equip it to a Fusion monster on my field, and I choose Starve Venom! Now not only does its power increase by half its original ATK, but it can also inflict piercing damage!" Yuri grinned as the plant equipped to his dragon, causing it to roar as it grew even stronger. "Go Starve Venom! Attack his Antique Gear Devil!" Yuri roared as his dragon whipped its tail and lashed at the mechanical killer. The blast didn't destroy it but the shockwaves sent 'Roger' flying into the wall, disappearing. A second later, he appeared once more from the wall.
"Fool, I am immortal, I cannot be beaten!" Roger cackled like a madmen.
"Are you sure about that? How about I test that out…with this!" Yuri then revealed another spell in his hand, "Quick Play Magic, De-Fusion!" Now I split Starve Venom back into the materials I used for him!"As his scorpion and dragonfly reemerged, Yuri laughed, "Now Dragonfly's effect activates once more, letting me use Fusion Substitute's effect to re fuse my monster and reforge Starve Venom!" Yuri chuckled as his dragon emerged once more, "Oh, and I forgot to mention Dragonfly's other effect lets me return a Fusion card from the grave to my hand when its sent to the graveyard, so I'll regain De-Fusion, activate Starve Venom's effect…and the also revive Fuspider with its effect and power Starve Venom even further! Now attack once more!" Yuri roared as his dragon struck once more, sending Roger flying once more before rematerializing with the intrusion penalty. "I can keep this up for as long as I want, until the end of time."
"Even so, no matter what I still revive. How long are you willing to continue Yuri?" Roger replied.
"However long it will take, but in the meanwhile lets have this performance go on encore! It's time for the 3rd one." Yuri cheered as he did his combo all over again.
Meanwhile, The Lancers raced through the building and found themselves met by Tsukikage and Sora. "Sora!" Yuya shouted as the boy chuckled sadly. "Are you guys alright?"Yuya asked.
"We're fine, just took a bit of a beating by that guy, Barrett." Sora replied.
"Is Academia still around here, or did they leave?" Reiji asked Tsukikage.
"They're still here, come with us, we know where they headed off to." The ninja replied.
"I'm afraid that that's far enough." The Lancers turned around to see the Obelisk Force stroll towards them. "You won't even be able to reach Yuri-sama. The fall of the Lancers starts here and now!" They all whipped out their duel disks, prompting the Lancers to do the same.
While they dueled, Yuri had continued his combo for about 9 times before Barrett said, "Alright, finally done."
Yuri rolled his eyes, "All right then let's do it!"
Barrett activated the Emergency RSV at max power and handed the Duel Disk to Aki, "You fire it, and I'll keep it steady."
Placing Barrett's Duel Disk on her arm, she took out the card he handed to her and activated it, "Beastborg Berserker Bazooka activate!" The bazooka materialized out of thin air and Barrett grabbed it and held it up at the sealed off window. Aki steadied her aim and, using her powers, added some extra power to the blast. "And…fire!" With that, the bazooka spit a blast of energy that completely rocked the room they were all in. The barricaded window had been blown to bits, leaving the next room open.
Yuri smiled, "Nice work, leave the rest to me!" He then jumped on his dragon's tail, which promptly swung around to launch Yuri through the opening. Landing on his feet, Yuri chuckled and disengaged his duel disk, running through the new hall, until he reached a large room with a large mechanical hole within it.
Turning around, Roger grit his teeth and kept Yuzu and Serena hung around by their necks, "God damn you. Stay back!" Roger barked.
"Eh heh heh heh… What's wrong? Not as fun when you're losing, is it?" Yuri chuckled and walked towards Roger ominously. "Look I'm on the clock okay. Just hand over the girls and quit wasting my time."
Roger growled and then sneered, "As if." He then pressed a button and the hole, or better yet, interdimensional transporter. Suddenly, the hole began to glow and vibrate with energy, and a tear between the dimensions was formed. Violent winds raked the room, and the transporter crackled with power. "Here's the deal Yuri, you come any closer, and I'll dump these 2 in there. No idea where they'll end up, or if they get out at all. If I can't win neither will you. So leave now or they die!" Roger shouted.
Yuri simply stared at him and asked, "Um, and I should care whether they live or die because why?"
Roger looked at him, shocked, "Well obviously because the Professor needs them for his plans! If they die, his dream will never have come to completion, and you'll have failed him!"
Yuri just stared at him before a smile split across his face, and suddenly, "Ha ha ha ha, heh heheh… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yuri grabbed his stomach to contain himself. "I must say…do these jokes ever end. I suppose your half right, I do care about fulfilling the Professor's dreams…if only to have it be destroyed right before his eyes. But I have my own plans for the future, and honestly…" Yuri then looked at both Serena and Yuzu, and sneered. "Yuzu and Serena will only serve to hamper them. So really, throwing them in would do me a favor." He then gave a mock smile, "Not going to save you, but yeah please by all means…do it." His smile grew colder and Yuri's eyes glowed violet as he licked his lips. Terror filled Roger's eyes and he backed away in fear, and Yuri whispered, "Now." Suddenly, a whip like tail shot out and stabbed Roger through the gut, causing him to let go of the 2 girls who jumped away in fear. Yuri laughed, "Now drop him into the hole." Starve Venom then simply tossed the madman into the transporter below, and at that instant the portal shut down, taking Roger into parts unknown.
Terrified, Yuzu attempted to back away, only to have Yuri right in her face, causing her to jump back. "What is wrong with you? Why would you do that?"
"Um, you do realize that he was going to toss you in there. If anything I just saved you both from certain death. A small thank you would suffice." Yuri replied as his eyes turned to normal. He then looked at the hole and rose an eyebrow when he saw it begin to crackle and somewhat start up. "That thing's highly unstable. I guess Roger didn't have the best scientists to make it. Better leave here soon before it collapses."
"Yuri!" Barrett called as Yuri turned around to see him and Aki coming into the room. "Where's Serena?" Yuri simply rolled his eyes and pointed, and Barrett rushed towards, "Serena, are you alright?"
It took Serena a moment to register Barrett's presence and she moved her head from Yuri to him. "Yeah…I'm fine."
Aki simply looked around, "So did Roger bite the dust or…"
"I dropped him into the transporter, no idea where he is now." Yuri told her. He then examined his Duel Disk as a message appeared. Checking it, he saw the face of Jeremiah. "What's going on?"
"Yuri-sama, we can't hold them off for much longer, have you and Commander Barrett finished off Roger?" He asked
Yuri nodded, "Yeah, we're about to leave. So no worries, you guys did your job fine."
Jeremiah smiled, "Thank you, Jeremiah out!" After cancelling the link he was then knocked down by Yuya's dragon. As the emergency teleporter began to activate and teleport him away he rose his head and laughed, "You may have won the battle, but Yuri-sama and Commander Barrett have already won the war. With this, Academia's victory is guaranteed! Farewell!" With that, he vanished back to the Fusion dimension.
"Oh no you're not you smug bastard." Yugo cursed before taking out Clear Wing, "Please, you've guided me to Yuto, now please, take me to that bastard, please!" Yugo begged, hoping that the dragon would teleport him to Yuri.
Meanwhile, Yuri himself was getting ready to leave to confront Yugo and Yuya himself. Barrett looked at him and asked, "Going somewhere Yuri?"
Not even bothering to turn around, Yuri replied, "We need to make sure the Lancers are put down for good. You take Yuzu and Serena back to Academia, I'll handle them myself."
"You can't beat them all together, you'll need help. Let's just leave now while we have the chance." Barrett argued.
"I'm more than a match for most of them, but if you're so worried…Aki, mind coming with me?" Yuri turned to their new ally.
"No, I can go too." She replied.
"Okay then that settles it. Let's get going. Oh, and Barrett, give the Professor my regards when you see him." Yuri said as he began to walk out of the room. 'It's about time Yuya and Yugo became one with me.'
"YES…BECOME ONE…" Yuri suddenly stopped and gripped his chest and stomach in agony, choking on his own breath. Suddenly, he was back within his own mind, and the roots of ivy that ensnared his body were squeezing even harder. Yuri could practically feel the crooked and spiky vines cutting into his skin and squeezing the life. "BECOME ONE…BECOME ONE…BECOME ONE!"
Yuri grabbed his mouth as he attempted to hold himself together, but ultimately started coughing and hacking up blood. "BLEH!" Yuri groaned as he suddenly lurched from left to right, a dark aura surrounding his body as his eyes began to glow violet. However, this time they threatened to overtake his pupils, and the dark aura seemed to be caving in and squeezing the life out of the teen. Shaking like a mad man, Yuri could do nothing but wheeze and cough up blood, to the surprise and horror of everyone there.
"Yuri, are you okay, what's wrong!?" Aki ran forward to help him, but the dark aura blasted her back as Yuri screamed.
"What's going on?" Yuzu watched in fear. Personally, after that vision from her bracelet, it seemed likely that Yuri had something to do with the darkness that kept taking over Yuya, but now it seemed Yuri was fighting against that very shadow himself.
As Yuri huffed and crouched, his eyes wobbled horribly within their sockets before he let out a guttural scream that blasted him towards the transporter. As evil fortune would have it, at that moment, the interdimensional transporter reactivated. Off balance, Yuri was picked up by its energy and found himself falling into the void. Realization dawning on his face, Yuri's eyes widened until…he felt someone grab onto his hand just as he went over. Finding the strength within him to look up, Yuri raised his head to find Serena grasping his hand with her own while Barrett held her, using one of his Chain trap to hook to a secure latch on a wall. Aki herself had called on to her psychic power to manifest her Blood Dragon, which extended its tail to grab and pull Yuzu towards Aki, who held her as well.
Gritting her teeth, Serena could only mutter, "Hang on."
"What?" Yuri questioned, at that point, unable to get a proper grasp on anything that was happening.
With all his might, Barret managed to pull Serena back until he could grab Yuri's other hand, and the 2 pulled him out of the unstable transporter. As the transporter involuntarily powered down, everyone in the room fell to the ground. Barrett held Serena and Yuri in his arms, putting himself between them and the transporter as he huffed in exhaustion.
Meanwhile, Aki released her dragon and ran over towards the group. "Are you guys alright? How's Yuri?"
Barrett grimaced, "Look for yourself." He then looked at Yuri, who was wheezing painfully while a dribble of blood seemed to drip from his mouth.
Yuzu merely rose and stared at the scene in astonishment, when suddenly a light appeared and an all too familiar figure emerged as well, triggering her bracelet. As Yuri's eyes twitched towards the light coming from the bracelet, his only clear thought was, 'Oh shit.' With that, Yuri, Serena, Barrett, and Aki were all teleported away, and Yugo emerged from the light of his dragon.
Taking a few seconds to look around, Yugo squealed as he saw Yuzu, "YUZU!" He ran towards her, only to get whacked in the face by her paper fan. Rubbing his nose, Yugo complained, "Seriously, here I am worried you had gone to the afterlife and you just hit me like that."
"Don't say such ominous things." Yuzu replied, "Where's Yuya and the others, are they okay?"
Before Yugo could say anything, at that moment, they both heard a familiar voice, "YUZU!" Once again Yuzu's bracelet lit up and teleported Yugo away. Yuzu turned around to see Yuya panting as he entered the room. Staring at her for a second, Yuya could only tear up and shout out, "Yuzu!" He then proceeded to bear hug her tightly as he began to cry.
(Fusion Dimension: Academia)
As the Professor reviewed the status report given by the Obelisk Force, a pink light filled the room, and suddenly they were met by the presence of Aki, Barrett, Yuri, and Serena.
"Yuri-sama!" Jeremiah shouted as he noticed Yuri's sickly state, and raced towards them. "Are you guys alright, what happened?"
"Send Yuri to the medical bay immediately! Also have Serena taken to her cell!" The Professor commanded at once, and a squad of Obelisk Force soldiers came and took Yuri and Serena from the group.
Serena could only look at Yuri and Barrett helplessly, and silently begged Barrett for help.
"Professor, it's not necessary to keep Serena prisoner…" Barrett began.
"Barrett, I have no time for such sentimentality. Now it would do us good to know who this is, and why she was brought here instead of Yuzu." The Professor retorted.
"Her name is Aki Izayoi, a citizen from the Synchro Dimension. She was conscripted by Yuri into our cause." Barrett responded.
Leo Akaba sighed, "Have her taken to a cell. We'll work out what to do with her next."
A squad appeared to take her away and Aki instinctively took out her Duel Disk, ready to fight. However, Barrett held her arm gently and shook his head, silently telling her that this wasn't the time for fighting back. Understanding, Aki begrudgingly enabled the Obelisk Force to take her away.
"Barrett." Leo commanded, prompting Barrett to turn around, "I'd like a full status report on what went down in the Synchro Dimension."
(Synchro Dimension: Security Building)
Yuzu smiled as Yuya held her in his arms, "It's okay, and I'm not leaving anytime soon Yuya." She said as she patted his hair.
"Aaww, how adorable." Yuzu raised her head to see Sora and Shingo smirking as the rest of the Lancers caught up. Her face glowed scarlet and she violently shoved Yuya away, causing him to fall to the ground. "And just when I thought they were going to kiss too." Shingo mocked, causing Sora to laugh.
Gongenzaka ran forward, "Yuzu!" He then bear hugged her so tight she almost blew up.
Shun smiled before looking around, "Has anyone seen Yugo or Academia for that matter."
Yuzu freed herself from Gongenzaka's grip before responding, "Yeah, Yugo somehow warped here, and then my bracelet teleported them away. Then Yuya showed up, and well…you guys know what happened next."
"I don't follow." Crow said.
Reiji adjusted his glasses, "For some reason we're still not sure of, every time Yuya and one or more person who looks like him are near Yuzu, her bracelet teleports them away. We're still trying to figure out how."
"Yeah, and thank god it does, honestly, the only reason they didn't take me sooner was because Roger's dimensional transporter was on the fritz and nearly sucked us all up." Yuzu said.
"You mean the transporter that glowing really badly and crackling with energy?!" Reira screeched as they all looked at it to see it activate once more.
"Shit!" Shingo cursed as the transporter pulled them all into it.
As he was separated from her once more, Yuya could only look at Yuzu screaming his name, and yelled, "YUZU!" With that, they were all sucked into the void.
(Xyz Dimension: Heartland)
Shingo opened his eyes and groaned, attempting to rise only to find something heavy covering him, "Gongenzaka, please get up." He sighed with relief when he finally did. Shingo then looked at the destroyed city and gaped, "Where are we…hell?"
"No…we're home." Shun stated as they saw him gaze at the fallen city.
"That's right, this is home."
Gongenzaka turned to look at 'Yuya,' only to be puzzled at the new clothes, eyes, and hairstyle he had. "Yuya, what happened?"
Shingo's eyes widened, "I remember you. You were that other guy who looked like Yuya. You're…"
"Yuto." Shun stated in disbelief as he gazed at what he thought was his fallen friend.
Yuto gave him a melancholic smile, "Hey Shun, it's been a while."
Fanmade OC cards
Beastborg King Barbaros Delta (ATTR:Dark/LV:10/ATK:4500/DEF:2800) - Must first be Special Summoned by banishing 2 Beast-Warrior Monsters and 1 Machine-type monster from your hand and field and cannot be special summoned by other means (Treated as a Fusion Summon). When this card is summoned, banish all face up cards your opponents control. This card can attack up to a number of times equaling the # of banished cards. When this card leaves the field, special summon 2 Beast-Warrior from your graveyard and banished zone. If the monsters special summoned by this card's effect are on the field, during your Main Phase, you can return this card from your graveyard to your Extra Deck. If this card was summoned using Beast King Barbaros, Machine Lord Ur, and Beast Machine King Barbaros Ur, this card's effects cannot be negated.
Predator Plants - Bladderwort Dragonfly (ATTR: Dark/LV:4/ATK:500/DEF:200) - When this monster is special summoned, activate the effects of a Fusion spell/trap in your graveyard as long as the requirements can be meant. When this face up card is sent to the graveyard, you can add 1 Fusion card from your graveyard to your hand.
Predator Plants - Fuspider Banksia (ATTR:Dark/LV:4/ATK:1000/DEF:1800) - If you Fusion Summon a monster while this card is in your hand, special summon this card to the field. Once per turn, during either player's turn, you can target a Fusion Monster you control, equip this face up monster on the field to it. That monster gain ATK equal to half of its original attack points.
Well we're finally done with that. I know a lot of you may have been hoping for a better arc, but since we're working with a villain protagonist like Yuri, you know he's only going to take advantage of it for some chaos. The Lancers have entered the Xyz Dimension, Yuri's on edge and recovering from his affliction, and we're also going to see much more Yuto and Barrett. In the former's case, I want to see him shine more in his home turf since he's my 2nd favorite Yu boy. For Barrett, it's mainly because there was so much more to his character than what was presented, and I wanted to show the story of a good soldier, but also a compassionate and caring man. In fact, you could say here, Barrett does share some similarities to Leo, and forms a battle group along with Serena and Yuri, filling in Gong's spot in the group. Aki is sort of the ambiguous enemy turned ally. You could kind of see her as the foil for Sora in that they both were ultimately loyal to the people who showed true compassion to them, in Sora's case Yuya and Yuzu, and in Aki's case, Yuri and Barrett. Also, that Obelisk Force duelist I mentioned earlier was Jeremiah, who I named in an earlier chapter. He's basically this story's equivalent to the Jeremiah in Code Geass, with a shuffle of his traits in R1 and R2. He's actually one of the more badass Obelisk Force members whose actually pretty smart and is highly loyal to the cause. You're going to see more of him in later chapters as well. Also, heads up. More legacy characters from GX will appear in later chapters along with references of them. Get ready, because soon, the real story is about to commence! :)
