Chapter 26: The Rise of Requiem
Finally finished with this, boy this took awhile. Anyway, this will show you Michael's smarts in dueling, Dark Requiem's first appearance, and the awakening of a certain predator. Dueling is a bit long winded but I hope you enjoy :)
(Fusion Dimension: Academia Hospital Wing)
"Is he getting any better Emi-san?" Aki asked as the nurse continued to check up on the unconscious Yuri. After arriving, Aki had been vouched for by Barrett despite having derailed the Obelisk Force in the Synchro Dimension. The Professor, Leo Akaba, had ultimately placed Aki on probation but allowed her to stay with them. Since then, Aki had put on an Academia Osiris Red uniform for the time being, and was now Barrett and the lady, Nurse Emi Ayukawa, to see if Yuri was getting better after his fallout earlier.
"Heart rate seems normal, and he's not coughing any blood, so that's a good sign. Most vitals seem to be stabilizing, but what I can never figure out is his brain activity?" She sighed as she looked at the monitors, "All signs show that Yuri's going through a large amount of brain activity, but when I try to do a thought and memory check, everything is either static…or horribly depressing." She turned away from them, implying that she wasn't going to go further.
"So when will he be back up again?" Barrett questioned.
She sighed, "Honestly, not sure. Possibilities may range from later in the day to about a week; let's just say Yuri has one of the strangest illnesses I've ever seen."
Having previously held an interest in medicine, Aki looked puzzled, "What do you mean, is it some kind of cancer? What's affecting him?"
"That's the thing I can't understand, what Yuri has can't really be diagnosed. He has none of the symptoms akin to most cancers or viruses, and his recovery rate changes each time. I've done blood samples, looked through records, but so far nothing that can be explainable." The nurse replied sadly.
Barrett simply looked at the sleeping Yuri, remembering the event back in the abandoned subway in the Synchro Dimension. "Unexplainable huh…"
At that moment, the door to the hospital wing opened and an Osiris Red duelist came in, "Barrett –sama, the Professor needs you."
"I'm on my way." With that, Barrett excused himself and left for the Professor's throne room. Upon entering, he greeted the Professor, "How may I be of service, sir."
The serious face of Leo Akaba did not change, "All I require is a relay of an event that conspired in the Synchro Dimension while you were dueling Sakaki Yuya. I'm sure you know of what I speak of."
Barrett nodded, "Indeed Professor."
"What I'd like to know is who started it, the Obelisk Force has relayed as much as they could, but their descriptions were vague and unhelpful. What occurred and who was the perpetrator?" Leo Akaba questioned in a voice of authority.
Though he didn't show it, Barrett realized instantly that the Professor knew much more than what he said he did, perhaps even the whole thing. He hadn't questioned what had happened, but who had caused it. Barrett had served war both on the battlefield and off it for 10 years, as a soldier, interrogator…and unfortunately a secret keeper who received the pain of interrogation, and could easily recognize such Freudian slips. Leo Akaba already knew the problem, he just wanted to know the main cause, and in that case… "Yuya, Sakai Yuya. During my duel with him while Yuri dueled his other lookalike. When all four dragons of theirs were summoned to the field, it was he who started acting up first, Yuri and the other one followed."
"So he was the main one?" Leo Akaba questioned, "Was there anything else?"
Barrett thought back and said, "He seemed to be fading in and out, or well, I suppose you could say his image changed from himself to someone else. They looked identical, but there clothes were opposite. It was as though there was someone else residing in Sakaki Yuya…"
(Xyz Dimension: Remains of Heartland Spade Branch School)
Despite his best efforts not to, Yuto couldn't help slowing down and gazing into his broken school as his mind flashed to better days. As he looked down across the locker row in the worn down hallway he was in, he remembered that his own locker was at the far right on the end. 'It feels like yesterday really, the last time I was here.'
However, the tug on his arm by Michael brought him back to reality, "Come on Yuto let's go!"
Yuto blinked before following, "Right, I'm coming!" This wasn't the time to lose himself in the past; he had to focus on the here and now. That meant sneaking back into the Duel Lodge without Academia noticing them. "We'll go around through the left exit then take a short cut into the woods. From there I know how to get into the Duel Lodge….Gahh!" With that, Yuto fell to a knee as he saw a cut bleeding. "Must've scraped it when we landed." He cursed under his breath as he got back. As Michael offered him a hand, Yuto accepted, saying, "Let's just get out of here while we can, no time to waste!"
Meanwhile, a little farther back, an Obelisk Force trio had arrived where Yuto and Michael had landed. One of them activated their Duel Disk and summoned one of their hounds. The hound slowly walked around the small area before it started running right into the fallen school. "Follow that mechanical dog!" The member said as they all summoned more of their hounds and rode them to reach the rebels.
Up ahead, Yuto and Michael managed to run out of the school and headed through the northern side of the city and had finally reached the bridge above the river when they heard a mechanical growl come up from behind them and immediately split to dodge the flame breath that came there way. Noticing that the hound seemed to be looking at him, Yuto looked to his wounded leg and cursed, "Damn it, they can track blood."
Michael looked behind the dog and groaned, "And even more are coming." With that, the other 3 Obelisk Force members arrived and leaped from their perspective hounds.
Calling back their hounds, the Obelisk Force members armed their Duel Disks, one of them stating, "Prepare to fall Xyz filth."
Yuto armed his Duel Disk, "Bring it on!" Suddenly, something shot out of the air right at him, attaching to his Duel Disk. Yuto attempted to remove the plasma like chain to no avail. "Dang it, what's going on?"
"Leave this one to me, Obelisk Force, you handle the rebel." Yuto looked at who was holding the end and recognized the face from before.
"Commander-in-Chief!" One of them explained.
"Edo Phoenix, wasn't it?" Yuto asked as the man stepped before him.
"Yes, and I recognize you from information the Professor gave us. You're one of the Lancers aren't you? The files aren't wrong, though your appearance is a little off, there's no mistaking it…Sakaki Yuya. The dragons that you summoned were dead giveaways." Edo replied.
Yuto chuckled, "Well, not really, I'm not Sakaki Yuya, but I do know him. And while I'm not an official member of the Lancers I suppose I might as well be. You can call me Yuto."
"Very well, Yuto. Whether it is against you, your comrade Kurosaki Shun, or the Lancers and their obscure summoning technique that they call, Pendulum Summon, Academia cannot be defeated. You shall be the first of them to fall!" Edo proclaimed as he armed his Duel Disk, Yuto responding in kind.
Meanwhile, Michael stared down the Obelisk Force, "Guess it's all 3 of you on me, so bring it on!"
"DUEL!"
Yuto (LP:4000) vs Edo Phoenix (LP:4000)
Michael (LP:4000) vs Obelisk Force (Each LP:4000)
"I will begin this duel, I summon Destiny HERO – Decisionguy!" Edo commanded as he called out one of his infamous hero monster (ATTR:Dark/LV:4/Atk:1600/Def:1000). "I set 2 cards and activate the Continuous Spell D – Faceoff and end my turn." He then grinned, "However, on the end phase of each of my turns, the effect of D – Faceoff activates, now we take all of our monsters and add up their levels, the one with the lowest loses life equal to the level difference times 100, while the one with the highest can increase the power of a Destiny HERO he wields by the difference times 100. And since you have no monsters while I have a level 4 monster, Decisionguy now has 2000 attack points while you lose 400 life points!" With that, Edo's monster powered up in a purple light while the same light blasted Yuto back (Yuto LP: 3600).
Michael turned to Yuto in a worried expression, only for the bark of a metal hound to wake him up. "Best pay attention to your own battles, boy!" He then turned to the Obelisk Force duelist that had summoned an Antique Gear Hound Dog and ended his turn with that and 2 set cards.
The other one grinned, "Draw! I summon Antique Gear Hound Dog!" With that, another mechanical mutt growled as it materialized (ATTR:Earth/LV:3/Atk:1000/Def:1000). "Then I'll use its effect to fuse it with the hound in my hand! Mechanical hounds who carry on the ancient spirits, flock together and become one with new power! Fusion Summon! Appear now! Level 5! Antique Gear Double Bite Hound Dog!" A 2 headed dog then appeared on the duelist's field ready to engage (ATTR:Earth/LV:5/Atk:1400/Def:1000). "With that I set 3 cards and end my turn. Don't worry scrub, we're treating this duel as a battle royals o you'll at least get a turn to prepare to be a card."
"Yes, and it's my turn now, Draw! I summon Antique Gear Hound Dog and activate its effect, letting me Fusion Summon an Antique Gear Fusion monster using monsters from my hand and field, so I use it and my 2 other hounds in my hand in order to Fusion Summon! Mechanical hounds who carry on the ancient spirits, flock together and become one with new power! Fusion Summon! Appear now! Level 7! Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog!" With that, a 3 headed mechanical mutt appeared on the last Obelisk Force's field (ATTR:Earth/LV:7/Atk:1800/Def: 1000). "I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"My turn, Draw!" Michael then looked at his cards. "When you control monsters and I don't, I can special summon this, OOPARTS Crystal Skull!" With that, a glassy and shining skull appeared on Michael's field (ATTR:Light/LV:3/Atk:900/Def:600). "And when summoned this way, I can summon this from my deck, say hello to OOPARTS Crystal Bones!" With that, the body that would've connected with the head revealed itself (ATTR:Light/LV:3/Atk:1300/Def: 400). "Now I can…"
"DO NOTHING AT ALL!" The 2nd Obelisk Force duelist shouted, "Trap Card, Grisaille Prison, activate. Now you cannot Xyz summon until the end of your next turn, and any monster you do summon that's Xyz will have its effects negated and can't attack!"
His comrade laughed, "Now he cannot even commit to his strategy while we've already set him to death."
Michael growled, "Just a small inconvenience. I summon OOPARTS Sonehenge Guardian in Defense mode!" With that, an image of Stonehenge surrounded the Crystal Skull and Bones (ATTR:Earth/LV:4/Atk:0/Def:2300). "I set 2 cards and end my turn."
Yuto stared at Michael's duel before looking back at his and grimaced, "Either win or die, there's no other choice, Draw!" He then looked at his hand. "I summon The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves." With that, one of Yuto's fallen knights emerged on the field ready to fight. "Since I have a level 3 Phantom Knight, I can summon this boy. Come on out Silent Boots!" The silent trot of Yuto's second warrior went unnoticed as the hooded one stood beside its comrade. "I use my 2 level 3 monsters to build the overlay network! Souls of knights who fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 3, The Phantom Knights of Break Sword!" As he chanted, the 2 monsters disappears as orbs of light as they entered the network, and arose from it a dark headless knight on a ghostly horse with a blade cut in half (ATTR:Dark/Rk:3/Atk:2000/Def:1200). "Ragged Gloves effect gives Break Sword an extra 1000 attack points, bringing it up to 3000! Now I'll set 3 cards and activate Break Sword's effect, letting me detach an overlay unit to destroy a card on each of our fields, so I'll destroy one of my set cards along with Decisionguy!" With that, one of the dark orbs circling the ghostly knight was absorbed by the sword as the knight slashed down both cards.
However, Edo grinned, "Quick-Play Spell, D - Aura, activate! When a Destiny HERO I control is destroyed, I can now summon it along with one monster from my hand or deck with less than or equal attack points! Revive Decisionguy, and come on Destiny HERO – Drillguy!" In a flash, Edo's fallen warrior revived alongside a new monster with a drill for an arm (ATTR:Dark/LV:4/ Atk:1600/Def:1200). "Drillguy's effect lets me summon another Destiny HERO from my hand, so appear, Dreamguy!" A jester like hero then appeared before Edo (ATTR:Dark/LV:1/Atk:0/ Def:600). "Now I'll activate D – Fusion, now I'll fuse Dreamguy and Decisionguy together together! Hero of the dream world and hero who decides the fate of victory! Merge and reign over the pitch black future! Fusion Summon! Come on, Destiny HERO – Dystopiaguy!" With that, 2 of Edo's monsters merged in the Fusion vortex, and a yellow and dark blue/purple spandex armored warrior appeared, ready to fight (ATTR:Dark/LV:8/Atk:2800/Def:2400)! "Dystopiaguy effect lets me deal you damage equal to the attack of one of the monsters used for its summon, Noble Justice!" With that, Dystopiaguy shot a lightning bolt that blasted Yuto back (Yuto LP: 2000).
Yuto grunted, "From my hand, I activate Oni-Gami Combo, now I can detach Break Sword's remaining overlay unit so that it can attack twice this turn. Go Break Sword, Phantom Slash!" With that, Break Sword diced Drillguy into pieces before charging at Dystopiaguy on his horse, but when he swung his blade in a downward sweep, his opponent blocked them blade with both of their arms, holding together even as the shockwave from it made Edo step back (Edo LP: 2400). "How is it still standing?"
"The monster Fusion summoned through D – Fusion can't be destroyed the turn it's summoned." Edo replied.
"Fine, I banish Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots from my graveyard to send a Phantom Knights card from my deck to the graveyard and add a spell and trap from the archetype to my hand, which I now set. I end my turn." Yuto finished as a new face down was added to his field.
Michael, in the meanwhile, was busy with the Obelisk Force, for they had not waited around watching Yuto's turn. "Draw!" The 1st member shouted as he added a new card to his hand and grinned. "I summon another Antique Gear Hound Dog!" With that, a new little mecha mutt materialized right next to its twin. "I activate the effect of each of my hounds, during each of my turns, if my opponent controls a monster, I can deal them 600 points of damage, and with 2 hounds that makes it 1200!"
The 2nd Obelisk Force duelist grins, "But it gets worse, Continuous Trap, activate, Antique Gear Booster! Now effect damage dealt to you by an Antique Gear card, that damage is doubled! So it will total to 2400 damage!" With that, both of the little hounds shot fire from their mouths that combined and magnified, blasting Michael and bringing him to a knee (Michael LP:1600).
"Now I'll use Hound Dog's effect to fuse it with the one in my hand! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Antique Gear Double-Bite Hound Dog!" The 1st one said as another twin headed hound appeared.
The 3rd Obelisk Force member grinned, "Now I activate the trap, Fusion Trench, now only Fusion monsters can enter battle, and they can attack directly!"
The 1st one laughed, "Now Double-Bite Hound, Twin Hound Crush!" With that, the two headed mechanical mutt leaped over the field and aimed square for Michael, when suddenly 3 of the rocks of Stonehenge elongated and one of them knocked the hound back to its owner's side, but crumbled in the process. "What happened?" The member asked, surprised.
"OOPARTS Stonehenge Guardian can negate my opponents' attacks up to the number of OOPARTS monsters I control." Michael stated while sporting a grin on his face.
As the 1st member ended his turn, the 2nd began, "Draw! I summon Antique Gear Hound Dog and use its effect to deal you 600 damage, which is doubled thanks to my booster trap! Boosted Hound Flame!" With that, a new little mechanical puppy blasted at Michael, bringing him down to 400 life points. "Now I'll use my hound effect to fuse it with Double-Bite! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Antique Gear Triple-Bite Hound Dog!" Once his new 3 headed hound awoke, the duelist roared, "I attack with Triple-Bite, and I use its effect to let it attack your monsters 3 times!" With that, the hound shot 3 geysers of flame, the first 2 destroying the remaining pillars of Stonehenge, causing the duelist to grin, "Now to get rid of your Crystal Skull!" However, when the attack came, it was reflected by Stonehenge and some of it brushed the duelist (Obelisk Force (2) LP:3500). "What happened?!"
"Stonehenge Guardian is the only monster you can attack thanks to its special effect." Michael replied, smirking at these amateurs.
"Doesn't matter, I achieved my objective. Turn end." And as the 2nd duelist ended his turn, the 3rd began while drawing a new card.
"I activate the spell, Resurrection of the Dead, and revive one of my Hound Dogs! Then I'll use its effect to end you, Hound Flame!"
However, as the new fire blast was shot at him, Michael laughed, "Continuous Trap, OOPARTS Wounded Sanctuary, activate!" With that, a wooden and rock temple surrounded Michael and his monsters, save for above him. "I can only activate this trap when I have less than 1000 life points, now I can reduce damage I take by the amount of life points I've lost during this duel before it was activated, but when the amount I can reduce reaches 0, this card gets destroyed, so since I've lost 3600 life points, I can reduce up to 3600 damage before destroying it. Or at least 2400 because I just used a 3rd of its power to stop your fire. So what else you've got for me?"
Now it was the 3rd Obelisk Force member's turn to grin, "Plenty, because I use Hound Dog's effect to merge with Triple-Bite! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Antique Gear Ultimate Hound Dog!" With that, the final, most murderous member of the pack of mechanical hounds roared to life as it exited the Fusion Portal (ATTR:Earth/LV:9/Atk:2800/Def:2000). "First, not only is it going to have your life, it can make 3 attacks per turn, and thanks to Fusion Trench, I don't mean on your monsters, I mean on you, So now go and…"
"Continuous Trap, activate!" Michael shouted as his 2nd face down lifted up, "OOPARTS Guardian Gear, now whenever my opponent attacks, I can destroy an OOPARTS monster to negate the attack, but when I have no OOPARTS on my field, this card gets destroyed!"
The Obelisk Force duelist growled in annoyance, "Then I'll just attack 3 times to force you to destroy all 3 of your monsters, which will destroy the shield! Go Ultimate Hound Flame!" With that, the hound jumped above Trey's field and shot 3 blasts of fire at him, prompting all 3 OOPARTS to dissolve into light as they morphed into a new barrier to safeguard him. "Since you have no more OOPARTS, your trap is destroyed. Even so, despite blocking my attacks, you've exhausted most of your options, your sanctuary won't hold and we'll eventually overwhelm you, now what will you do? Setting one card, turn end"
Michael smiled, "Well Guardian Gear had one last effect, when its destroyed I get to draw a card for every OOPARTS monster destroyed by its effect, so that gives me 3 new cards. And now it's my turn, Draw!" He then grinned, his strategy ready to work, "When you control a monster and I don't, I can summon this from my hand, come on out, OOPARTS Moai Carrier!" A new ancient though advanced creature appeared once more (ATTR:Earth/LV:5/Atk:900/Def:1800). "I equip my carrier with the Equip Spell, OOPARTS Xyz Chain, now I can treat it as 2 monsters when I use it to Xyz summon. Now I'll set 3 cards and end my turn." Michael stated, finishing up his turn.
However, time had not stopped and Edo and Yuto's had been continuing. Not missing a beat, Edo had begun his turn and drew a new card. "I summon Destiny HERO – Sorcererguy! With that, a new warrior in with a sword and the robes of a wizard appeared (ATTR:Dark/LV:4/Atk: 1000/Def:1500). "Sorcererguy effect activate, when its summoned, I can add one Fusion card from my deck to my hand, so I add Fusion Substitute! And now I activate said spell, letting me fuse the Sorcererguy and Dystopiaguy on my field together! Hero that rules of ancient magic, and hero of the world of darkness, become one and rule over the utopia's twilight! Fusion Summon! Come on, Destiny – HERO Duskutopiaguy!" With that, a new warrior appeared in a glimmering light that blinded Yuto for a second before he could get a look at the more regal and armored…hero. This monster truly seemed like a symbol of good (ATTR:Dark/LV:10/Atk:3000/ Def:3000). However, Yuto slowly saw a bit of symbolism in it.
"That's what you all are planning, aren't you. Our dystopia is meant to be the creation of your utopia? Do you justify that with this war?" Yuto questioned.
Edo scoffed, "Not just for Academia, but for all people in all dimensions once the Arc Area Project is complete. The invasion has been nothing more than a necessary evil in order to reach it. It's cruel yes, but destruction always comes before creation."
"So that's it, you guys are just going to forge our world just the way you want it without suffering from your crimes!?" Yuto shouted.
Edo sighed, "Just as blind as the rest, the other man said the same thing. Perhaps you know him; after all you…wait, sorry, you're not Sakaki Yuya. But I suppose since you're also from here that you'd know him."
"Know who?" Yuto asked confused.
"Well it might surprise you, but we've actually been looking for a particular someone who happens to share Sakaki Yuya's surname…Sakaki Yusho." Edo stated.
"MY DAD WAS HERE!?" Yuya screamed from Yuto's head.
"WHAT!?" Yuto yelped, shocked.
"Yes, he's been a #1 threat for us, considering he even managed to defeat General Kaiser." Edo grunted.
"MY DAD WAS HERE, AND HE BEAT THE GUY WHO BEAT KAITO!" Yuya screamed, prompting Yuto to cover his ears.
"Shut up Yuya." He muttered.
"Are you talking to yourself? What are you a schizophrenic with Yuya Sakaki as another personality?" Edo asked, a bit amused.
Yuto hissed, "I'm not crazy. And where is this Sakaki Yusho, how could you have known him but I never met him once?"
"We don't know where he is. After he defeated General Kaiser he disappeared. He did take a nasty to his right leg that seemed to keep him from moving, but that's it." Edo stated. "Now enough with that, let's get back to the duel. I activate Sorcererguy's other effect, when it's sent to the graveyard for a Fusion Summon, I can pay life equal to another Destiny – HERO in my graveyard that was used as fusion material for a Destiny – HERO monster and special summon it, so I give up 400 to revive Decisionguy!" With that, a familiar warrior appeared on Edo's field. "One of Decisionguy's effects let me add a HERO from the grave to my hand, but since I'll be adding Dystopiaguy back to my hand, it goes back to the extra deck." Edo grinned as his Dystopiaguy returned back to his deck, his strategy ready to unload on his opponent. "Now I attack your Break Sword with Duskutopiaguy, Utopia Smash!" With that, the warrior clenched its fists that glowed in a bright light, and charged at Yuto's knight. Looking at the confused expression on Yuto's face Edo grinned, "Duskutopiaguy's special effect activates now, letting it be indestructible by battle this turn. Both of our monsters are equal in power, but mine is indestructible, yours isn't." With that, Edo's warrior punched at the knight with one fist, the knight blocking with its sword, but the warrior then aimed for the knight broken spot, crushing it.
Quick as a flash, Yuto activated one of his face downs, "Quick Play Spell, Burial from a Different Dimension, now it returns Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots to my graveyard, just in time for Break Sword's effect to activate, since it's gone, I can special summon them while increasing their levels by 1, so come one back, Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots, in defense position!"
Edo grinned as Yuto's knights revived, "Impressive, you're setting up for another Xyz summon, but I won't allow it. Go Decisionguy!"
As the other monster charger a Yuto's Silent Boots, Yuto opened a new Trap, "Wrong Magnet Ring, activate! Now your attack is negated and now it special summons itself to my field as a level 2 warrior!" A new ghostly hand holding a magnetic ring manifested, pushing Decisionguy back (ATTR:Dark/LV:2/Atk:0/Def:0).
Edo grinned, "Time to finish this, I activate Duskutopiaguy's other effect. During my Main Phase on the turn this card is Fusion Summoned, I can Fusion Summon once more! So I unite Duskutopiaguy and Decisionguy! Come on back, Dystopiaguy!" With that, both monsters fused together, reforming as the hero of darkness. "Now I use Dystopiaguy's effect, dealing you damage equal to Duskutopiaguy's attack, so here's to 3000 damage, Noble Justice!" With that, Dystopiaguy clenched its fist to shoot a great bolt of energy and attempted to hurl it at Yuto, however, suddenly, the bolt was parried by a blade of mist that now seemed to encase Dystopiaguy. "What is this?"
"I activated my Continuous Trap, Phantom Fog Blade, now its effects are negated and it can't attack or be targeted for attack. I guess that's all there really is at the end of Academia's plans, not utopia, but dystopia." With that, Yuto grinned while Edo scowled.
"I banish Fusion Substitute from my graveyard to return Duskutopiaguy to my deck and draw a card, turn end." Edo finished.
Yuto grinned, "Don't forget the effect of D – Faceoff, we add up our monsters levels and see whose is higher, and since mine is 10 while yours is 8, that brings you 200 points down to 1800 life points, so I'm in the lead. Guess karma's coming to bite you back on your Arc Area Project huh?" Yuto chuckled while Edo hid his smirk, having had things still in his favor. "My turn, Draw!" Yuto declared, "I use Wrong Magnet Ring's effect to send it and Fog Blade to my graveyard, allowing me to draw 2 cards to my deck!" As Yuto looked at his cards, he grinned. "Time to end this, I use Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots to once again construct the overlay network! Formed from the pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now descend! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" With that, Yuto smiled as his dragon once again emerged from the network to his side. "Ragged Gloves can increase its power to 3500, and now I'll activate its special effect, so I use an overlay unit to halve the attack of a level 5 or higher monster you have, while Dark Rebellion gains that lost power!" With that, Dark Rebellion's wings flared open as he shot electricity right at Dystopiaguy, wrapping and squeezing the warrior.
Edo then called out, "Dystopiaguy's other effect lets it destroy a card on the field, so I destroy Dark Rebellion! Squeeze Palm!" With that, the 2 circular indentations on the inside of the warrior's right hand opened and attempted to drag Dark Rebellion in like a vacuum cleaner!
Yuto was unbothered, "I banish Phantom Death Spear from my graveyard to prevent Rebellion from being destroyed by that effect!" With that, a ghostly spear entered the vacuum palm instead of the dragon. "Now I use Rebellion's effect to steal another half of Dystopiaguy's current power!" Dark Rebellion roared as it absorbed another overlay unit, squeezing even more strength from Edo's monster. "Battle, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Revolt of the Lightning, Disobey!" With that, electricity manifested on Rebellion's fang as it flew right at Dystopiaguy!
Edo shouted, "Destiny HERO – Dreamguy, effect activate! Dystopiaguy is spared from death and I take no damage, then I can summon this from the graveyard in attack mode and Dark Rebellion can attack again!" As a magic barrier blocked Rebellion's way to Dystopiaguy, Dreamguy once again revived as well.
"Fine then, I'll just crush you right now! Go Dark Rebellion, smash them to bits!" Yuto roared.
"WAIT YUTO!" Yuto looked behind him as Yuya seemed to grab his shoulder, "Let me talk and get through to him, he knows about my father!"
Yuto scoffed, "He's my enemy, I'm not holding back!"
"But he must know more about my dad! There's got to be a way we can…"
"What, go find your dad!?" Yuto questioned as Yuya remained speechless within him. "They've already met Sakaki Yusho and it sure seems they didn't listen to him, so why do you expect them to listen to you. Grow up Yuya, there's no way we can reason with Academia. You want to cling to those naïve beliefs, go right ahead, but don't think I'm going to fall because of them. There's only 1 way to build a world of happiness, and that's if Academia falls!" He then ordered, "Dark Rebellion, tear Dystopiaguy to shreds, Lightning Disobey!" With that, the dragon charged at Dystopiaguy, ready to tear him apart.
Edo grinned, "I discard Destiny HERO – Dynamiteguy and activate its effect, if I have less life points than you and were to take battle damage, the damage becomes 0 and we each take 1000 effect damage! Also, Decisionguy's effect activates when I were to take effect damage while it's in the graveyard, letting me reduce the damage to 0 while returning it to my hand!" Yuto's eyes widened as the blast caught him and nearly through him into the river, leaving him holding on to a rock as he tried to lift himself up (Yuto LP:1000). In the meanwhile, Edo added Decisionguy to his hand and smirked, "Another move like that, and you're heading for the cemetery, though D – Faceoff will settle you before that, so now what?"
Yuto growled in fury as he got back up, "If the levels of his monsters add up to at least 10, I won't last…I need more power…so that I can avenge my comrades." Suddenly, he felt a strange thump from deep within his heart, and he felt the will of his own dragon surging, his mind growing blank…
Yes, I need more power…otherwise it would have all been for nothing…I've lost so much…I must avenge my comrades…I must avenge my dragons…I must avenge the Duel Monsters…
Suddenly, Yuto became emotionless, "I banish Silent Boots from my graveyard to add a new card to my hand. I set 2 cards and end my turn.
The Obelisk Force in the meanwhile, were about to fall into Michael's web. Following the first member drawing a new card, Michael activated his 1st trap, "Trap open, Wonder Xyz, now I can Xyz summon using the Moai Carrier that's been treated as 2 overlay units! Carrier of ancient civilization! Travel into the distant void to unleash the ancient wrath! Xyz Summon! Come forth, Rank 5! OOPARTS Machu Colosseum!" With that, a large machine in the guise of the ancient Colosseum descended upon Michael's field (ATTR:Earth/Rk:5/Atk:0/Def:4000). "Thanks to the OOPARTS Chain, it then equips itself to the Xyz monster Colosseum whose effect means we can all only attack with one monster a turn while it's face up."
"That doesn't matter, Hound Dog, Hound Flame," with that, the magnified effect damage of the mechanical dog reduced the amount of damage Michael could reduce to 1200. "This next attack will finish it, go Double-Bite Hound Dog!"
However, before the attack could be fully declared, Michael activated another trap, "OOPARTS Revival, now I'll use it to revive my Stonehenge Guardian!"
The 3rd Obelisk Force duelist growled, "OH NO YOU DON'T! Trap card open, Antique Gear Slice! Now the effect of your trap is negated!"
Michael grinned, "Now it's time for my Final Prophecy!" With that, he activated his last trap, "With this, now I can destroy my equip spell and negate the effect of your trap and destroy it!" At that moment, the chain around the Xyz monster was destroyed, and the trap from the opposing duelist was blasted to bits. Michael then grinned, "Now the last effect of my chain spell activates, when its destroyed while equipped to an Xyz monster, it gives control of said monster to an enemy, so I think I'll give you the Colosseum." He pointed to the 2nd of them, causing the monster to disappear and reappear on his field. "And when an OOPARTS come to my field, I can summon this, appear, Aztec Spear!" With that, a new OOPARTS monster in the guise of a mask and spear joined together appeared with Stonehenge (ATTR:Earth/LV:4/Atk:300/Def:600).
The 1st Obelisk Force member laughed, "I don't know why you made that misplay, but it won't matter, while I can't finish you off, I can force your Guardian to use up one of its attack negation, and my comrades will finish you off. Turn end." He stated as his hound stopped attacking after breaking the one column, leaving only one left.
"Draw!" The 2nd Obelisk Force member prepared to attack…but suddenly found they couldn't. "What did you do!?"
"Due to Colosseum's effect, its controller can only use OOPARTS monsters to attack, and while you can detach an overlay unit to have it switch its attack with its defense…you can't attack thanks to your comrades Fusion Trench." Michael stated before confirming, "Also Colosseum can't go into defense mode as per its own effect."
"Turn…end…"
"My turn, Draw!" The 3rd member shouted, firmly pissed off. "Spell activate, Antique Gear Chain Fusion, now if I control material for an Antique Gear Fusion monster and so do my comrades, I can use those monsters to Fusion Summon! I fuse all of the Hounds on our field in order to summon Antique Gear Chaos Giant!" With that, the full culmination of the mechanical hound and its fused counterparts emerged in an anti-Megazord crushing mechanical monster. "Thanks to chain Fusion, each of us will be able to control it during our turns, now attack, and destroy Stonehenge Guardian!"
Michael grinned, "I activate Aztec Spear's effect, tributing it to divert the attack of your monster to an OOPARTS of my choosing, and that's Colosseum itself!" He grinned as the shocking truth came down on them, as Chaos Giant negated the effects of those it battles, so Colosseum couldn't change its power. The Obelisk Force member watched in shock as the fist of his beast came crashing down on the Colosseum, destroying his comrade's life points. With one down, Michael wasted no time beginning his turn, "Draw! I use Resurrection of the Dead to revive my Spear and use both monsters to build the overlay network! Relics of the ancient past, fuse into the device that makes all a part of it! Xyz Summon! Rank 4, OOPARTS Atlandis Mech!" A smaller version of Atlandis manifested from the network, a machine built like the ancient city (ATTR:Earth/Rk:4/Atk:2400/Def:2300). "Atlandis Mech's effect activates upon being summoned, destroying all spells and traps on the field, and with Fusion Trench gone, I can end this. Now I detach an overlay unit to equip a special summoned monster you control to it, and it gains power equal to half of this new equip card, so I equip Chaos Giant!" Giant mechanical chains shot from the mech, wrapped around the monster, and tied it to the bottom of itself. "Now I'll use its other effect, on each of my turns, I can deal my opponents damage equal to the new monster equipped to it, so I'll take you out 1st!" With that, the chained Chaos Giant blast the 1st Obelisk Force duelist down, leaving one left! "Battle, go Atlandis Mech, Strike of Atlandis, this is the end!" A cannon popped out of one end of the machine and blasted back the fial Obelisk Force member, defeated (All Obelisk Force LP: 0). Relieved Michael looked to Yuto's duel and felt worry come over him.
Edo began his turn, "Draw!" He looked at his new card and grinned, his victory assured, "From my hand I summon another Destiny – HERO Drillguy!" Identical to the one before it, it manifested to the field, "Now I'll use it effect to summon Decisionguy…"
At that moment, Yuto opened his eyes to reveal them glowing blue, "Quick Play Rank-Up- Magic! The Phantom Knights of Launch, activate! I can activate this card on either of our main phases, now I can rank up Dark Rebellion to a Rank 5! From the depths of purgatory, dedicate to the unsinking souls your song of rebellion! Appear and echo forevermore! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear, Rank 5! Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon!" A dark aura surrounded Dark Rebeellion, causing it to crack and break its skin, transforming into a larger and much more intimidating version of itself (ATTR:Dark/Rk:5/Atk:3000/Def:2500).
Edo stepped back in apprehension, worried at the power of this new monster, "Decisionguy's effect lets me add a HERO from my graveyard to my hand…"
"THAT IS USELESS!" Yuto roared, in a voice much deeper that felt like razors about to rip through you, "Dark Requiem's effect lets it detach an overlay unit to negate that effect and destroy it, then I'll summon Break Sword from my graveyard!" Dark Requiem then took one of its units and blasted Decisionguy with it like a laser, then the beam of light reformed as Break Sword.
Not giving up, Edo called out, "Dynamiteguy's effect from the grave activates, I banish it to increase Drillguy's power by 1000 until the end of your turn, guess it was a mistake to revive Break Sword. Go Drillguy, Drill Slash!"
As the amped up warrior charged at the knight with its sword, the Berserk Yuto opened his 2nd trap, "Phantom Wing, activate! Break Sword gains 500 attack points and won't be destroyed by Drillguy!"
"You'll still take damage! I switch Dreamguy to defense mode and use D- Faceoff's effect to deal you another 700 damage while bringing Drillguy's power to 3300, above your Dark Requiem!" Edo declared as the aura surrounding his monster magnified while it blasted Yuto back (Yuto LP:200).
Yuto simply dusted himself off, "DRAW! I ACTIVATE THE PHANTOM KNIGHTS OF POSSESSION! I'LL USE ITS EFFECT TO CHANGE DARK REQUIEM TO A LEVEL 5 MONSTER, AND THEN I"LL BANISH MY POSSESSION SPELL TO MAKE YOUR DRILLGUY THE SAME LEVEL AS REQUIEM!" A ghostly aura gave Requiem a level before moving to Drillguy, darkening its aura while making it a level 5. "REQUIEM'S EFFECT ACTIVATES! I USE AN OVERLAY UNIT TO ABSORB ALL OF DRILLGUY'S ATTACK POINTS WHILE ADDING THEM TO REQUIEM! REQUIEM SALVATION!" Dark Requiem absorbed another orb of light, causing the orbs on its wing to glow and shoot tendrils of darkness that wrapped around Drillguy, sucking its power dry! With that, the wing of Dark Requiem formed in the image of a Church's glass as it took flight and descended upon the helpless warrior! "REQUIEM OF DISASTER, DISOBEY!" Ripping through the warrior like a knife through butter, the shock of the blast sent Edo flying, hitting a broken wall and falling unconscious (Edo LP:0).
Yuto walked slowly to Edo, only for Michael to stop him, "That's enough Yuto, calm down, we have to get back to the others…" Michael finished as he noticed a who dozen of Obelisk Force members arrive."
"Do not harm our comrades!" With that, a Hound Dog leaped upon Michael, and Yuto, waking up at the last minute, grabbed Michael and tried jumping out of the way…only for the claws of the hound to dig deep within Yuto's back.
"Gahh!" Yuto shrieked as they wer sent flying into the river…drifting off into the stream…
"Commander, are you alright?" One of the Obelisk Force nudged Edo, prompting him to wake up."
"Ugh…where'd they go?" Edo asked groggily.
"We lost track of them in the river, though one of them was wounded." He confirmed.
"See if you can follow them, then report back to me." Edo then linked up with Kaiser on his Duel Disk, "General Kaiser, we've lost track of them, how was your search?"
"Not much better, they used a flash grenade to escape." Kaiser confirmed before logging out. Frustrated over losing the rebels when they were right in their hands, Edo vowed to never underestimate them again.
(Nighttime)
Shingo looked outside with Gongenzaka, Kurosaki and Luna, "I hope the Michael and Yuto are alright…" he said, voicing all of their concerns. After having dodged and defended against several air strike attacks from Academia, Orbital had gotten them close enough for a flash grenade to blindside them while they escaped. All they could do now was hope Yuto and Michael would come back, or leave tomorrow first thing in the morning to find them.
Luna then noticed something from far below and smiled, "It's them…" Suddenly she trailed off as a horrified expression came to her face, "YUTO!" She screamed as she ran down, swiftly followed by Kurosaki and the others. Michael was carrying Yuto as he trudged up the steps, tired and grimey. Yuto was unconscious, his face pale and cold. "What happened, is he alright!?"
Michael looked away, "He got injured during the battle, and then we had to lose the Obelisk Force by hiding and traveling through the stream. I'm worried about blood loss and infection." He finished as Gongenzaka picked Yuto up, put him on his back, and ran up to the Duel Lodge, just as he would do for Yuya.
"How are you, are you alright?" Shingo asked as he helped Michael walk up the stairs.
"A little wet and tired, but I'll be fine."
Meanwhile, Yuto was placed down on a makeshift bed as the Lancers examined the wounds. Shun patted Yuto's head, "Stay strong Yuto, you'll be fine…"
(Fusion Dimension: Academia Hospital Wing)
Amethyst eyes slowly fluttered as he sound of the heart monitor was felt by his ears. Feeling the soft moonlight coming from the windows, Yuri sat up, "Time to get back to business…"
Fanmade OC Cards
OOPARTS Stonehenge Guardian (ATTR:Earth/LV:4/ATK:0?DEF:2300) - You can negate your opponents' attack up to the number of OOPARTS monsters on the field when this monster was summoned.
OOPARTS Aztec Spear (ATTR:Earth/LV:4/ATK:300/DEF:600) - When you summon an OOPARTS monster to the field, special summon this card from your hand. When an opponent's monster attacks, tribute this card, then target one OOPARTS monster on the field, your opponent can only attack that monster this turn.
OOPARTS Machu Colosseum (ATTR:Earth/RK:5/ATK:0/DEF:4000) - This card cannot be in defense position. Players can only use one monster to attack per turn, and you can only attack with OOPARTS monsters. When this card battles, you can detach one Xyz material, add this card's defense points to its attack points.
OOPARTS Atlandis Mech (ATTR:Earth/RK:4/ATK:2400/DEF:2300) - When this card is Xyz summoned, destroy all spells and traps on the field. Once per turn, you can detach one Xyz material from this card, equip one special summoned monster to this card, then increase this cards attack points by half of the monster (max 1). Once per turn, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the attack of a monster equipped to this card. If this card would be destroyed, destroy the Equip Card instead.
OOPARTS Wounded Sanctuary (Trap:Continuous) - Activate this card when you have less than 1000 life points. You can add a Sanctuary Counter to this card for every 100 points of damage you've taken. If you take damage, you can reduce the damage by the number of counters times 100. When there are no more counters on this card, destroy it.
OOPARTS Guardian Gear (Trap:Continuous) - When an opponent's monster declares an attack, destroy one OOPARTS monster you control, that attack is negated. When you control no OOPARTS monsters, destroy this card. When this card leaves the field by its effect, draw 1 card for every card destroyed by this card.
OOPARTS Xyz Chain (Spell:Equip) - Equip this to an OOPARTS monster on the field, treat it as 2 Xyz material. When the equipped monster is used for an Xyz Summon, equip this card to that monster. When this card is then destroyed, change control of the equipped monster.
OOPARTS Revival (Trap:Normal) - Special summon one OOPARTS monster from your graveyard.
D - Aura (Spell:Quick Play) - When a D - HERO you control is destroyed, special summon it along with another one with less than or equal attack points from your hand or deck.
Destiny HERO - Sorcererguy (ATTR:Dark/LV:4/ATK:1000/DEF:1500) - When this card is summoned, add one Fusion card from your deck to your hand. When this card is sent to the graveyard as fusion material, target another monster in your graveyard used as fusion material, pay life points equal to its level times 100, then special summon that target.
Antique Gear Slice (Trap:Counter) - During the Battle Phase, if your opponent activates a trap, negate the activation and destroy it.
Well, that finally settles, that. Next chapter we'll be heading to the Fusion Dimension and see what's happening there. See you later:)
