Chapter 50: Ninth Omni Brave Lord, Mukuro

"Once more. You must tri again." He said as he got completely turned to stone.

"Because of me, Captain Answer is..." She felt bad for what she had done as she cries out. Meanwhile Ikazuchi who is still possessing Kemura.

"This fool... Could he be?" He noticed something about Captain Answer as he realized something, "So that's it! He was the Ninth Omni Lord! In that case!" He thought of an idea as he releases Captain Answer from the curse.

"What?!" Count Dawn asked as they see him, glowing.

"M-Mister Answer?!" Kazane asked. Captain Answer glowed as the blazing fire engulfs him as his form has change. He is the same but his suit is blazing red, black gauntlets, flames on it and on the helmet and the chest and blazing cape. His chest is yellow circle with fire insignia on it.

"Not even the wind knows who I am or where I came from. Even I do not know." He grabbed something from inside of his chest, "There's only one thing I know." He pulled an orb that could be the Emblem but he crushes it, "I will defeat you, for Master Yamigedo!" He jumps as he leap to behind, "Let us do this! A 2 on 1 fight!"

"Did he say 2 on 1?" Count Dawn asked.

"Isn't that a little too unfair, fellows?" Shigamine asked as he appears.

"What are you doing here?"

"Why don't we make this a 2 on 2 fight." He kneel down as he saw the pieces of the Emblem on the ground. He looked at the piece as he spit out his toothpick, "Sir?"

The Darkness Barrier has been set as all the players are in their places.

"A mere Darkhero wishes to fight me?" Captain Answer asked, "Very well. I will accept your foolhardy challenge!"

Then Paruko transported herself, "Wh-Wh-What's this?! Kemura and Kazane's rematch is a tag match! Kemura's tag partner is the famous Captain Answer!" She noticed, "But he looks a little different than the Captain Answer I know. Oh well." She became disappointed, "And! Kazane's tag partner is Mukuro Shigamine!"

"Huh? Isn't this...?" Ban asked as he noticed Mukuro, "That bamboo hat guy!"

"He's the one who tried to steal your Omni Lord Emblem, kii!" Ricky recognized him.

"Is he after Count Dawn's Omni Lord Emblem now, yo?" Tetsuya asked as he assumed.

"But now that's he teamed up with them in a tag match, he'll turn to stone if he loses." Zanya said.

Mukuro toss his bamboo hat.

"Blending with the shadows to cut down evil! We are recluses of justice! Luminize! Shadow Heroes!"

Meanwhile, Kazane was kneeling down as she wasn't confident enough to luminize.

"Kazane!" Count Dawn said.

"You have to Luminize, Miss Fujimiya!" Kiri said.

"It's no use." Rouga said "That fighter has had her heart broken already. Those without fighting spirit cannot Buddyfight."

"Is that all the resolve you have?" Count Dawn asked, "At this rate, the Earth will be destroyed! The world that your father protected with his life!" It surprised Kazane.

"Dad..."

"It's okay. Kazane and her team will win for sure." Gao said.

"How can you be sure of that?" Drum asked.

Kazane then stands up.

"Please lend me your strength, Mister Darkhero." Kazane requested.

"If you'll have me." Mukuro said.

"Glow against the dawn! Servant of Justice! Luminize! Dawn Army!"

"Because if they don't, we can't seal Yamigedo." Gao said, "Right now, the only path left to us is to believe in this, and keep moving forward!"

"Buddyfight!"

"Raise the Flag!"

"Legend World!"

"Legend World!"

"Hero World!"

"Hero World!"

(Ka: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(Ke: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2; None/None/None)

(M: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(C: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

"Charge and Draw! I call King of Forest, Zlatorog to the center!" Kazane calls it out, 'We have to win. We have to win, no matter what!' She thinks as she felt frustrated, 'Or else we won't be able to save everyone!' "Zlatorog! Attack the fighter!" Zlatorog wondered why Kazane was like that.

"Kemura is the one who's upsetting Kazane! We're going to defeat him first!" Count Dawn said as Zlatorog attacks, inflicting 2 damage.

The Move End

(Ka: 10/ Item: None/ G: 3: None/Zlatorog/None)

(Ke: 8/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(M: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(C: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

"Kemura is the second player. It's Your Move!" Paruko announced. Mukuro then looks at Kazane as he was getting a serious look on his face.

At the labyrinth, Tasuku, Daisuke, and with their buddies are running around, trying to find someone.

"Have any of you guys found Suzaku Kenran?" Tasuku asked.

"No, we haven't." Jack said.

"That idiot. Trying to bail on us when we're in a desperate situation here." Daisuke said.

"Where could he have gone?" Tasuku asked.

"We need to find him, because he's someone we can't replace!" Ryuuga said.

"He's right. If we don't have all Eight Omni Lords together, we can't seal Yamigedo!" Jack said. Then Tasuku remembered what Sophia said before she was turned to stone.

"I have lost." Sophia said as she smiled.

"She didn't felt upset for that." Daisuke said.

"Why are you smiling?" Tasuku asked.

"You will find out eventually." She said her last words as she completely turned into a statue.

"Is something wrong, Tasuku?" Daisuke asked.

'Could it be?' Tasuku realized something.

Suzaku then approached to the statue of Sophia.

"Maybe you'd look good with some graffiti." Suzaku said, "Just joking!" He joked as he pulled out the Dark Core, "I brought you your original core. By using this, I can undo the petrification of Disaster Force users." The Dark Core glowed as the statue glowed, releasing Sophia from her curse, "Amazing! How are you feeling?" He asked her since she has been released.

"Let's begin." Sophia said as she turns to leave then Suzaku follows her.

"Kemura Buddycalls Inverse Omni Earth Lord, Twilight Count to the left! Due to Buddy Gift, he regains 1 life!" Paruko announced as Kemura regained one life. Paruko pull out her Takoscope, "I'll use the Takoscope to check and check!" She analyzed Twilight Count's status, "Inverse Omni Earth Lord, Twilight Count. Wydar Sarkal attribute. Size 0. 4000 power, 1000 defense, and a critical of 1. As we saw earlier fight, he has an ability that steals 1 life from the opponent!"

"Crepusculum!" He attacks Zlatorog and destroys him.

The Move End

(Ka: 10/ Item: None/ G: 3: None/None/None)

(Ke: 9/ Item: None/ G: 3: Twilight/None/None)

(M: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

(C: 10/ Item: None/ G: 2: None/None/None)

"It's my turn next, right?" Mukuro asked.

At the labyrinth...

"What should I do?" Ges Shido asked himself, "Because Sophia was turned to stone, I can't contact Master Kyoya. And now I can't go back to Master Yamigedo since I failed twice!"

"This way." Ges Shido heard Suzaku's voice as he noticed Suzaku and Sophia are coming in the path. He hides himself as he sees them, "See? There he is." He said as he and Sophia are at the statue of Genma.

"What's Sophia doing with an Omni Lord?" Ges Shido asked.

Mukuro equipped his item, "I equip! Blade of Shadow Burial, Shadow Requiem!" He paid one gauge and one life to equip. Then he attacks Captain Answer, "Forgive me!" He inflicted 3 damage.

"Did you forget my ability?" Twilight Count used his ability as he sends it to Kazane.

"That's right! When a fighter on his team takes damage, he can use his ability to take one life from the enemy and give it to his leader!" Paruko announced as Kazane was dealt with one damage and Kemura regains one life.

"Rather than attacking me, you go after women and children? I don't think a superhero should behave like that!" Mukuro said.

"Going after an opponent's weaknesses is a classic superhero move. There's no problem there." Captain Answer said.

"Now it's your turn." Suzaku said as he let Sophia do the work.

"Disaster Force, activate." She transformed her Disaster Force as Genma's Core Gadget that was turned to stone was released. Then it drew the card of the Inverse Omni Lord as she takes it.

"This is it, all right. Inverse Fourth Omni Fire Lord, Venom Nova. Well done." Suzaku said.

'You can do something like that using the Disaster Force? And I thought it was just pure luck when I got that Tenbu card out.' He asked and said, 'Then let's see if I can do it too!' He slowly tip toe to take care of business.

"The fourth player is Captain Answer!" Paruko announced.

"Draw! Charge and Draw! I call to the right! The first warrior, Einder! To the left, I call, Eco-Hero, Solarpanelman! And I Buddycall myself and transform!" He paid two gauge, "Captain Answer Overlord!" He regained one life due to Buddy Gift.

"Captain Answer Overlord?!" Paruko asked as she pull out her Takoscope again, "I've just got to investigate this! I'll use the Takoscope to check and check!" She analyzed Captain Answer's status, "Captain Answer Overlord. Superhero attribute. Size 3. 8000 power, 5000 defense, and a critical of 2. And!"

"I activate my ability. Your deck! Your top card will be placed in the Drop Zone!" He pointed to Kazane, "If it's a monster, I'll gain Double Attack! If it's a spell, I can destroy one of our monsters or items!" Captain Answer explained.

"That's his ability!" Paruko announced.

"Now! It's time to check our answers! Answer Question Over!" He activates his ability as Kazane drew her top card. She looked at her card as it revealed to be a monster, "Waweldrache! In other words, a monster!"

"Now he's got Double Attack!" Paruko announced.

Meanwhile at the labyrinth, Tasuku and Daisuke quickly used their Buddy Skills for heading off to find Suzaku.

Then in the battle, Einder and Solarpanelman attacks Kazane.

"Einder and Solarpanelman's attacks hit their target!" Paruko announced as Kazane took 4 damage.

"If you're going to target someone, come after me!" Mukuro demanded for himself to be targeted.

"Those who lack the resolve to fight have no right to be here!" Captain Answer said as he pull out his dark laser blade weapon, "Recorder Javelin, Red Heat!" He struck at Kazane, inflicting 2 damage, "Now feel my wrath of my Double Attack once more! Recorder Javelin, Red Heat!" He makes his second attack.

"Get a hold of yourself, Kazane!" Count Dawn yelled as she gasped.

"I cast! Shield of Achilles!" She cast as she reduced the damage.

"The second attack was blocked, and it's The Move End!" Paruko announced as Kazane panted for her exhaustion.

Gao and Drum were running in the labyrinth, then Gao heard his phone beeping as he checked on it.

"Senior Tasuku? What's wrong?" Gao asked.

"Gao. I'm sorry, but we need your help." Tasuku said.

"Hey! We have to hurry and get to Yamigedo!" Drum said.

"Before we do that... We need to resolve a problem that's developed." Tasuku said.

"And it's very important matter." Daisuke said.

"Huh?" Gao was confused.

"All of you, attack!" Count Dawn said as all of Kazane's monsters are going for an All-Out-Attack. Count Dawn destroyed Twilight Dawn. Gutz then attacks Kemura, inflicting 3 damage. And Night Witch, Clear attacks but Kemura counters it with Holy Grail."

"Whoa! Night Witch, Clear's attack has been blocked using Holy Grail!" Paruko announced "That was a powerful assault by Kazane, but it's The Move End for her! The second player is Kemura, and it's Your Move!"

Gao and Drum managed to meet up with Tasuku and Daisuke with their buddies.

"Senior Tasuku! Daisuke! What happened?" Gao asked.

"Do you know where we're standing, Gao?" Daisuke asked.

"This is where Sophia and I had our Buddyfight." Tasuku said.

"Huh? Then..."

"That's right. I saw her turn into stone." Tasuku said.

"I saw it too. And believe me, it was something we wouldn't wished to become." Daisuke said.

"However that stone has vanished."

"It's as though something took her away from here."

"That's not all." Jack said.

"Yeah. Suzaku Kenran has disappeared. I think he bailed on us!" Ryuuga said.

"What?! But without him, sealing Yamigedo will be..." Gao said.

"It'll be impossible." Tasuku said.

"We're in serious trouble." Daisuke said.

Back at the battle...

"Kemura calls three monsters!" Paruko announced.

"As you requested, I'll be attacking you!" Twilight Count said as he plans to attack Mukuro.

"Go ahead. Feel free." He said as he was prepared for the All-Out-Attack, he was inflicted with 5 damage together.

"What?! The Sixth Omni's vanished?!" Ban asked, "Don't be pulling my leg!" He received the phone from Gao.

"Huh? Vice President Sophia, too?" Kiri asked on the phone.

"I always thought she wasn't the type to give up and be turned to stone." Rouga said.

At the place where Nboru and Davide have lost the match, Sophia and Suzaku came by as she used her Disaster Force to release his deck case and pull out the Inverse Omni Lord.

"He has the Disaster Force, doesn't he? Shouldn't you turn him back to normal?" Suzaku asked.

"There's no need for that." She said.

"Shigamine sets the spell First Darkhero Hideout!" Paruko announced.

"I discard one Darkhero card from my hand, and pay 1 gauge! And I Buddycall Shadow Hero, Schwarz!" He buddycalled as he regained one life.

"Guten tag!"

"When Schwarz appears, he can destroy one of the opponent's monsters!" Paruko announced.

"Dumb Strike!" Schwarz uses his gun as he shot at Twilight Count.

"Targeting me... It's an intelligent choice." He said as he is destroyed.

"I call The Scare to the left! It's time for a Link Attack!" Mukuro said as the two monsters makes their attack together.

"The two monsters' power is combined, and the result is greater than Captain Answer's defense!" Paruko announced.

"I cast! I've Seen Through Your Moves!" He cast as he nullified the attack.

"What?!"

"At the end of the battle, Schwarz returns to the hand card. The Scar heads to the Drop Zone." Paruko announced.

"I'm not done yet! Sir! Forgive me!" Mukuro plans to attack Captain Answer.

"I cast! Justice Will Prevail!" He boosted himself.

"His defense increases!" Paruko announced as Mukuro attacks but got bounced off, "Shigamine's move ends without dealing any damage!"

"Zanya here." Zanya said as he makes contact, "I returned to where we fought Senior Magatsu and Lady Amanosuzu, but..." They went back to the source as they noticed something odd on the statues, "Nothing has changed since the end of the fight. There's no sign of Suzaku Kenran or Sophia Sakharov."

"Is that so?" Tasuku asked.

"No, wait just a moment!" Asmodai said as he noticed something and takes a sniff, "The two of them were definitely here. And just recently, too!"

"Yo, Asmodai, is that true?!" Tetsuya asked so surprisingly.

"But why?" Zanya asked.

"Lord Zanya! It's terrible, forsooth!" Byakuya said, "We used our Nanomachine Ninja Arts to check every crook and nanny of these two folks, and their two Inverse Omni Lords cards were missing, forsooth!" He explained as Tsukikage opened his scroll, 'A Disaster'.

"There Inverse Omni Lord cards?" Tetsuya asked.

"We're pretty sure Suzaku Kenran was the one who gave that Star Dragon World deck to Sophia Sakharov." Tasuku assumed, "And there's only one person who ties those two together."

"And it's pretty obvious of who it really is." Daisuke said.

"Then they're getting the Inverse Omni Lords..." Gao said.

"Under his orders, I'm sure." Tasuku said.

"No doubt about it." Daisuke said.

At the submarine...

"Once again, Overlord's ability activates! The top card in Shigamine's deck is..." Paruko announced.

"Now it's time to check our answers! Answer Question Over!" Captain Answer said as Kyoya watches on the tablet, "The answer is, It's About Time I Got Serious! A spell card!"

He destroyed Mukuro's Shadow Requiem.

"Due to his ability, an item is destroyed!" Paruko announced.

"I cast! Fire All Cannons!" He cast as he fires a barrage attack on Kazane's monsters as they got destroyed.

"Oh no! All of Kazane's monsters have been swept off the field!" Paruko announced.

"Oh on..." She said as Einder makes his attack.

"On top of that, an attack from Einder!" Paruko announced as Einder shoots at Kazane, inflicting 2 damage. Then Solarpanelman is going to make his attack with Solar Kick.

"I cast! Power of Mythology!" Kazane panicked as she cast and nullified the attack.

"Whoa! She blocks this attack!" Paruko announced.

'What am I going to do? I don't have any more defense cards.' Kazane thinks as she noticed her only card in her hand is a monster, 'Rather than saving Kem-kem, I've been a burden to everyone.' She kneel down in depression, 'Because of me, the world is going to be destroyed!'

"It looks like you've accepted your fate!" Captain Answer said as he makes his attack, "This time, I'll finish you off for sure! Recorder Javelin, Red Heat!" He was about to finish off Kazane, however...

"I cast! I've Seen Through Your Moves!" Mukuro cast as he protected Kazane from Captain Answer's attack.

"I was unprepared!" He said as Kazane was surprised of seeing this.

"Why..." She asked.

"Are you alright?" Mukuro went to check on Kazane.

"Mister Darkhero."

"Finally. This is the first time you've looked at me." Mukuro said as he noticed Kazane looks at his face and it got her surprised, "My name is Mukuro Shigamine. Little lady, I'm your tag partner. I'm on your side." He explained to her.

"On my side?" She asked as Mukuro nodded and smiled.

Sophia and Suzaku then made it to Okada.

"So it's another one who took Shido's place. Sakuya fought and turned to stone and then this guy did the same. Well, let's retrieve the Inverse Omni Lord.

"Stop right there!" Tasuku said as he, Gao, and Daisuke with their buddies, appeared out in the open.

"Tasuku Ryuenji?" Sophia asked.

"Suzaku Kenran, you traitor!" Daisuke said.

"As we thought, you're..." Tasuku said.

"Given the circumstances, I guess I have no excuses." Suzaku said as he admits.

"What's going on?" Jack asked.

"Yeah, what are you guys trying to do?" Ryuuga asked.

"As you yourselves saw, in the future that Gratos created in order to conquer. My Star Dragon World didn't even exist. In order to get to the right future, we need a leader with incredible power and determination."

"A leader?" Daisuke asked.

"In other words, you mean..." Tasuku knows who it is.

"That's right. Kyoya Gaen. He's the one who will save the world."

"Kazane was saved by her tag partner, Shigamine! Will she counterattack?!" Paruko announced as Kazane is trying to figure out what to do. And remembers when the kids asked her to Buddyfight.

At the CASTLE...

"Okay. But you have to take turns." She recommended.

"Then I'm going first!" A boy said.

"No fair! I want to go first!" Another boy argued.

"I wanna go first too!" The third argued. Then they started to argue about who goes first.

"Th-then how about we make it a tag match?" She recommended.

"A tag match?" The three boys asked.

"Yeah! We'll all play together! It's lots of fun!"

"Okay!" Then they started to play in a tag match.

'Tag matches. I've done plenty of them. I know how to fight in a tag match.'

"And..." She looks at Mukuro, "I've got a powerful partner on my side! Mister Parasol, come back!" She used the effect as she brings Count Dawn back from the Drop Zone.

"I am the Twilight Returner!" Count Dawn said.

"Count Dawn returns from the Drop Zone!" Paruko announced.

"No matter what happens, I Buddyfight fair and square, and I have fun! Draw! Charge and Draw! I cast! Symbel Gard! I draw two cards! I call to the left, Wolfman Gutz! I equip Famous Sword, Hrunting! I cast! Decree of Dullahan! Count Dawn and Gutz now have Double Attack!" She gave a boost to her monsters, "Mister Parasol! Attack Divine Stallion, Pegasus!"

"First, I shall open the center position!" Count Dawn attacks Pegasus as he destroys it, "Diliculum!" He attacks Kemura, inflicting one damage. Then Gutz makes his attack.

"Gem." Kemura cast the Holy Grail as he nullified the attack.

"He blocks using the Holy Grail!" Paruko announced. Then Gutz attacks again, inflicting 3 damage. Kemura was nervous as he looked at Captain Answer, seeing if he is going to help him. Mukuro saw and noticed what's going on.

"This will finish you!" Kazane strikes Kemura with Hrunting as he is out of the match.

"Kemura has been eliminated!" Paruko announced.

"Sir! Could it be? Did you have a defense card?" Mukuro asked as Captain Answer laughs.

"I can't answer that." Captain Answer replies.

"Heroes should save their allies when they're in danger!"

"What? Sacrifices are necessary for victory."

"Is that a fact? It's true that heroes need to win. But aren't some things more important than that?!" Mukuro asked.

"Shigamine discards from his hand cards and pays gauge to call Schwarz to the right!" Paruko announced as Mukuro brings out his Buddy Monster again.

"Dumb Strike!" He shot at Solarpanelman and destroys him.

"You saw the little lady's attack, didn't you? That's the sort of decisive action you can only take if you have faith in your allies." Mukuro explained as Kazane was surprised, "I want to reward her belief in me. Even if I should lose my life, I want to protect her." He then brings to glow in light blue aura, "I want to protect this world! This feeling is welling up from the bottom of my heart!" The emblem that was crushed has been restored.

"Why, that's..." Count Dawn saw and recognized, "An Omni Lord Emblem!" The symbol on the Emblem means Brave on it.

"An Omni Lord? Me?" Mukuro asked.

"Due to First Darkhero Hideout's effect, Shigamine draws one card!" Paruko announced as Mukuro drew a card. He saw what it was.

"This is... Transform!" He then transforms. His new form is a Darkhero suit with a red sparkling core on his chest, black cape, and his helmet is black with red in the middle of the face with purple and red markings on it, "Ninth Omni Brave Lord, Mukuro! That's my name!" He introduced his Omni self.

"Wh-what's this?! A never before seen card have appeared!" Paruko announced, "Ninth Omni Brave Lord? Could he be an Omni Lord?" She asked as she pull out her Takoscope, "Time to check and check!" She analyzed Mukuro's status, "Ninth Omni Brave Lord, Mukuro. Darkhero attribute. Size 2, 5000 power and defense. A critical of 2. And just as I thought, he's an Omni Lord! He's the ninth Omni Lord!"

"The ninth..." Kiri said as he and Rouga were surprised.

"Omni Lord?!" Rouga asked.

"Hell-despot!" Schwarz fires his attack, inflicting 2 damage at Captain Answer.

"Schwarz deals damage to Captain Answer and returns to the hand cards." Paruko announced as Mukuro brings out his dark blades.

"Here I go!" He jumps and attacks.

"I cast! It Doesn't Work!" He cast to reduce the attack damage.

"The damage was reduced!" Paruko announced as the damage reduced to 0.

"The long-awaited Omni Lord turns out to be useless."

"But you're wrong. After I attack, if I don't have any monsters in my field, I can attack one more time!" Mukuro explained his effect as he jumps to attack again and combine his two swords into a double edge weapon.

"And his critical has increased too!" Paruko announced.

"Judgement Again!" He attacks at Captain Answer as he inflicted 3 damage, "Final Phase!"

"What?!"

"I cast! Shigamine Infinite Sword!" He cast as multiples of himself appears.

"Impossible!"

"Infinity Death Crest!" Many attack as Captain Answer lost his life to 0.

(Ka: 1/ Item: Hrunting/ G: 0: Gutz/None/Count Dawn)

(Ke: 0/ Item: None/ G: 1: None/None/?)

(M: ?/ Item: Mukuro/ G: 0: None/None/None)

(C: 0/ Item: Overlord/ G: ?: None/None/Einder)

Game End. Winner: Mukuro Shigamine and Kazane Fujimiya

Then Captain Answer and Kemura are slowly turning to stone.

"That was impressive, new Omni Lord." Captain Answer admitted.

"Sire..." Mukuro said.

"Kem..." Kemura said as he shed a tear.

"Kem-kem... I promise, I'll turn you back to normal!" Kazane swore as they completely turned to stone.

"Little lady." Mukuro said as he bowed, "You did good."

"It's Kazane." She introduced.

"Huh?"

"I'm Kazane Fujimiya."

"Oh?"

Meanwhile, Ges Shido was walking as he was carrying the Crazed Tenbu that he got out from Okada.

"As long as I have this. I won't get yelled by Master Yamigedo!" He said as he was confident.

Spotlight shown as Daisuke and Ryuusei appeared on stage.

"Welcome back to more Corner Time."

"The next chapter will be about our lousy Student Council President is going against someone he would be surprised." Ryuusei said.

"Give me a review of what you think and give me good Photonic ideas please! Til then bye for now!" He waved goodbye as the screen faded black.