Author's Note: I'd like to dedicate this next chapter to K.I.T.T. RIDER, who seems to going through something of a stressful time at the moment. I hope she enjoys this next installment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.
Chapter 8: Daughter of Morphia
"I activate the Spell card, Rune Reload!" Fujisaki announced. "Using this card, I attach Card Destruction and Terraforming in the Graveyard to Rune Mystic Vampire Bram!"
Two balls of light flew from the Graveyard slot of Fujisaki's duel disk. The lights became white fireballs that were quickly drawn into Bram's orbit.
"Eat this, teach! Bram, attack Photon Papilloperative!" Fujisaki commanded. "Great Crimson Death Blade!"
Bram slashed his sword through the air and send a massive blade of crimson light at Droite's monster. Photon Papilloperative was vaporized in an instant and the attack knocked Droite onto her back. The butterfly duelist's life points took a heavy plunge to 1550. It took a moment for Droite to get back up.
"Oh good. You didn't die on me." Fujisaki spoke. "That's great, 'cause I wanna draw this out a little longer. I activate Bram's effect! When Bram inflicts battle damage, I can detach any number of his overlay units to summon the same number of monsters from either of our Graveyards! I detach all three overlay units to revive Vampire Lord, Vampire's Curse and Photon Papilloperative!"
All three of the fireballs that were orbiting around Bram flew into the blade of his sword, causing it to glow red. The vampire lord stabbed the sword into the ground and three glowing red lines flowed from the blade, ending in three spots that rose into blobs of blood. The first blob took the form of Vampire Lord. The second blob became another vampire with spiked green hair and red eyes, who wore a blue bodysuit with purple chest and shoulder armor. On the right side of his back was a large red wing that grew out from beneath his red cape. The third blob formed into Photon Papilloperative, who had turned black and white and had gained glowing red eyes.
"While Bram's on the field, all other monsters control turn into Zombie-types." Fujisaki revealed. "In other words, Photon Papilloperative's a vampire now. Don't worry though. Monsters that are summoned by Bram's power can't attack on the turn they appear, so you're safe for now. On my next turn though, you're gonna be slaughtered!"
"You won't… get a next turn." Droite declared. "One way or another, I'm going to take you down!"
"In your dreams!" Fujisaki scoffed. "There's no way you can turn this around."
"I'll find away." Droite told her. "Even if I can't beat you on this next turn, I will stop you one way or another."
"You know you're kinda starting to get on my nerves." Fujisaki told her. "Just for that, I'm gonna make you suffer a living hell before you die with a little curse."
With that, Fujisaki closed her eyes and held her right hand towards Droite. The dark-haired witch's body began to glow with a red aura.
"O cold unfeeling crimson moon! Make this woman experience the pain of a thousand flames until she draws her last breath!" Fujisaki chanted.
A ball of crimson light flew from the palm of Fujisaki's hand and struck Droite in the chest, causing her to become enveloped in a flash of orange flames. When the flames died down though, Droite glowed briefly with a purple aura. She then glared at Fujisaki with a pair of glowing orange eyes and hissed as she bared a pair of sharp fangs.
"Wha… what the hell?" a startled Fujisaki exclaimed. "That curse was supposed to make you feel like you were on fire!"
"You impudent little girl!" Droite spoke in an echoing voice. "You have no idea of the kind of being you're trifling with!"
"Droite?" a concerned Kotori spoke. "Are you okay?"
The butterfly duelist merely drew her next card. "I summon Moonlit Papillon in Attack Mode!"
Appearing on Droite's side of the battlefield was a large butterfly with wings that resembled the surface of the moon. On the front of its body was a large red eye.
"I activate my Trap, Shadow Mirror Butterfly!" Droite announced. "By targeting a monster I control, this card becomes a monster with the same level! I target Moonlit Papillon to summon Shadow Mirror Butterfly as a level four monster!"
A large butterfly with shimmering purple wings flew from Droite's Trap card. When the insect landed, two black dots appeared on the upper half of each wing.
"Using my two monsters, I build the overlay network and Xyz Summon the priestess of the undead!" Droite announced. "Arise, Dead Star Butterfly Priestess!"
A large purple vortex appeared in the middle of the battlefield and pulled in Droite's butterflies as balls of purple energy. Rising out of the vortex soon after was a woman with chalk-white skin with a large pair of purple butterfly wings on her back. She had white hair styled like Droite's and a pair of orange cat-like eyes. Atop her head was a crown of black flowers, and a black stocking covered the lower half of face and her neck. She had on a light-blue dress with two slits in the sides of the skirt that went down just past her knees, along with a pair of black knee-high high-heeled boots and black elbow-high gloves. Hanging from her neck was a silver butterfly-shaped medallion with a red stone on the center. Orbiting around the butterfly woman were two balls of purple light.
"That's… the monster Droite used when she was a vampire!" an unsettled Kotori realized.
"What the hell kind of monster is that?" Fujisaki asked.
"Using Dead Star Butterfly Priestess, I rebuild the overlay network and Xyz Summon a beast with the power to drain life from stars!" Droite announced. "Awaken, Dead Star Papillon Dragon!"
A vortex in the form of a purple galaxy appeared in the middle of the field and pulled in Butterfly Priestess. Emerging from the vortex a moment later was an object that looked like a large black butterfly-shaped broach with a blue gem in the center. Orbiting around the broach were three balls of purple light. The gem in the broach glowed and let off a blinding flash of light. The light cleared to reveal a bipedal dragon with a feminine build. Its body glowed with a purple light, and it had black armor that covered the back of its head, its shoulders and upper legs, as well as its entire tail. On the tip of the dragon's tail was a blue blade shaped almost like a bat. The armor on the back of the dragon's hair also formed a pair of long straight black horns, and on its back was a pair of purple transparent butterfly wings. It had black claws on its hands and feet, and on the front of its chest was the same butterfly-like broach that had emerged from the vortex.
"That monster looks a lot like Kaito's dragon!" Kotori realized.
"What… what the freakin' hell?" Fujisaki exclaimed as she stumbled back a bit in fear.
"I attack Vampire Bram with Papillon Dragon!" Droite announced.
Upon hearing this, a small smirk reappeared on Fujisaki's face. "You had me a little freaked out there for a minute. I don't even know why the hell I was scared. You forget, teach, that Vampire Kingdom gives all my Zombie monsters a 500-point boost during a battle. Both Bram and that dragon of yours both have 3000 ATK, which means all you're be doing is killing yourself."
"I activate Papillon Dragon's effect!" Droite announced. "When Papillon Dragon attacks a monster, I can detach one of her overlay units and banish the target at the start of the battle!"
One of the balls of light orbiting Papillon Dragon entered the jewel on her broach. The gemstone fired a purple beam that struck Bram in the chest and caused him to vanish from the field. As soon as Bram disappeared, Vampire Lord, Vampire's Curse and Photon Papilloperative collapsed into piles of black dust that blew away in the breeze.
"Dammit!" Fujisaki cursed. "Since Bram just left the field, all the monsters he revived as vampires got destroyed!"
"Papillon Dragon gains half the original ATK of the banished monster until the end of the turn, making her ATK 4500." Droite continued. "But more importantly, she can now make another attack!"
"Oh shit!" Fujisaki cursed.
"Taste the true power of the vampire, insect!" Droite called. "Papillon Dragon, attack her directly! Photon Stream of Desolation!"
Papillon Dragon opened her jaws and fired an intense blast of purple light at Fujisaki. Fujisaki screamed as her remaining life points dropped to zero in a flash. With the duel at an end, Papillon Dragon vanished and the Vampire Kingdom changed back into Heartland Academy. Suddenly Droite lost consciousness and began to fall to the ground. Kotori rushed over and managed to keep her from at least hitting her head. She looked across the field to Fujisaki. Fujisaki's hair had turned stark white and her eyes were frozen open in terror.
"I think I better call Kaito." Kotori quickly decided, and with that she brought up Kaito's number on her D-Gazer.
Kotori sat quietly in a chair at the Heartland Tower Lab while Kaito and Orbital 7 quietly examined the card Droite had used to defeat Fujisaki. Droite meanwhile was on a bed that had been set up and her, and was still out cold.
"This new Dead Star card has the same stats as Photon Dragon." Kaito spoke. "It even has a similar effect. Any monster it banishes returns to the field at the start of its owner's next turn. Of course that's assuming the owner in question can survive the attack. Plus even though it's a Rank eight monster, it can be summoned using a single Dead Star monster as the material."
"S-s-strange how it would be similar to your dragon, M-Master Kaito." Orbital 7 remarked.
"What bothers me even more is that according to its effect, Papillon Dragon can only be destroyed by a Dragon-type Synchro Monster." Kaito continued. "Which means if the worst should happen… Hikari, Cleo and Hana are the only ones I know of who'd have a chance against this card. The evolved forms of each of their dragons seem to be the only thing that can take Papillon Dragon down in battle."
"Do you really think it might come to that, sir?" Orbital 7 asked.
"I hope not." Kaito answered. "But one thing's for sure, Orbital. This dragon is unlike any of the other Dead Star monsters we've seen."
"Um, Kaito?" Kotori spoke, getting the photon duelist's attention. "What's going on? Is Droite becoming a vampire again?"
"I don't think so." Kaito answered. "As far as I can tell, this seems to have to do with something else."
"What do you mean?" Kotori asked.
At this, Kaito let out a heavy sigh. "…I guess you have a right to know at this point. Droite's pregnant."
"…Oh!" Kotori responded. "So I guess then that…"
"I'm the father." Kaito confirmed, knowing what the green-haired girl was about to say. "The only other people who know about this right now are my father and Hikari. I'd appreciate it if you kept this under your hat for a while."
"No problem." Kotori assured him. "You know… you don't seem all that happy about this."
"Droite and I are pretty sure our child was conceived during the Morphia incident." Kaito revealed. "And after what's just happened, it seems clear that this child isn't normal. At the very least it's probably half vampire."
"And you worried it might become a threat?" Kotori asked.
"That's why I've just spent the last few minutes analyzing that card." Kaito answered. "If the worst should happen, I want to know what steps to take."
"I guess I can kind of understand that, but… you don't know what this kid of yours is going to be like." Kotori pointed out. "Sure it might not be a normal human, but that doesn't mean it'll be a threat. For all you know, this kid might turn out to be good. That wouldn't surprise me at all, because you and Droite are such good people. I'm sure you can raise this kid to be a good person."
A bitter smile appeared on Kaito's face. "You know, you can be as naïve as Yuma sometimes."
"Maybe, but I'm sure I'm right." Kotori told him. "This baby you and Droite are having is going to be a good kid."
Droite found herself walking alone through a vast dim camber with walls and a floor that glowed with an eerie purple light. All around her were rows of transparent crystalline coffins. Droite immediately knew where she was. She was about the mother ship of the vampire race. Suddenly a spotlight shined down on a spot just a few feet in front of her, revealing a crystal throne on a raised pedestal. Sitting atop the throne was a woman who looked almost exactly like Droite.
The main difference between Droite and this woman was that she had long white hair that went down just past her waist. Covering her chest was a piece of silver armor that exposed her midriff and showed off her ample cleavage. Around her waist was a long skirt made from shimmering white fabric, held in place by a silver belt with a butterfly-shaped crest as the buckle. Droite immediately recognized the woman as her biological mother, the vampire goddess, Morphia.
"Hello, daughter." Morphia greeted. "It's about time the two of us had a little talk."
"I have nothing I want to say to you!" Droite told her. "It's because of you I became a monster that almost destroyed the world!"
"All I did was awaken you." Morphia calmly replied. "You cannot deny the blood that flows through your veins, nor can the child you will one day soon have."
Droite went completely pale upon hearing this. "You mean… my child will be like you?"
"At least partly." Morphia answered. "The dragon you used to defeat that girl is her inheritance."
Droite's hands balled into fists at her sides. "Even if that's true… even if my child isn't entirely human, I swear she won't end up being a monster like you!"
At this, Morphia smirked and rose to her feet. "You really are a rebellious girl. I suppose that's my fault for sending you away. You may raise the child however you see fit, but no matter what, you and she will never escape the blood in your veins. Remember this, Droite. You and I will always be family, and this will always be where you came from."
Morphia then pointed her finger at Droite and fired an intense beam of blue light. Droite tried to escape, but found her legs somehow rooted to the ground.
Droite gasped as she shot up in her bed in the lab, her brow covered in a cold sweat. As she tried to calm herself down, she put her hand on her stomach. Common sense told Droite that what she had just experienced was only a dream, yet her instincts told her that it was something much more than that. At that moment Kaito entered the lab alone. He had since taken off his usual coat and was down to a sleeveless black shirt. The blonde immediately noticed that Droite was awake.
"Are you okay?" a concerned Kaito asked as he went over.
"Yeah… I think so." Droite answered. "How long was I out?"
"Just two or three hours." Kaito answered. "You sure you're okay?"
"I… I had a dream where Morphia talked to me." Droite revealed. "She told me that our child… wouldn't be fully human."
"…Yeah, that seems clear from what happened during that duel you had." Kaito replied.
"…Kaito, I don't care what our child turns out to be." Droite told him. "I know we can raise her to be something other than a monster."
"Kotori said something like that when she was here earlier." Kaito revealed. "…I don't know what this kid of ours is going to be like, but it is going to be ours. Whatever happens, I won't abandon either of you."
Droite gave Kaito a tearful smile upon hearing this. After a moment they kissed, and their kiss quickly turned into a deep open-mouthed meeting on the tongues. When they broke apart for air, Kaito saw a deep desire burning Droite's eyes. She needed him to be close to her at that moment. Kaito quickly pulled off the shirt he was wearing and tossed it carelessly away. He then pulled off Droite's t-shirt, revealing the lavender bra she had chosen to wear that day.
Kaito moved back in and began to kiss and suck on Droite's neck, earning a few soft moans from the butterfly duelist. At the same time, he reached behind and deftly undid the clasp of Droite's bra with one hand. The lavender undergarment fell away, revealing Droite's breasts. Using his right hand, Kaito began to massage Droite's left breast, causing her to arch her back. After a few minutes of this, Kaito stepped back and quickly took off his pants undergarments, freeing his hardened erection. The blonde then began to quickly work on undoing the buckle of Droite's belt. Droite raised her hips to allow Kaito to remove her skirt and panties.
With both of them in the nude, Kaito got on top of Droite and slid his hardened rod into her. He began to rock his hips slowly while keeping his upper half above Droite with his arms. The two of them gazed into one another's as Kaito gradually picked up speed. Eventually, Droite reached up from under Kaito's arms to grab his back while she wrapped her legs securely around the blonde's waist. Kaito took the signal to pump into her harder, causing Droite to let out a deep moan and dig her fingernails into Kaito's back.
They went on like this for what seemed like an eternity. Their bodies became covered in sweat. Eventually though, the dam burst and the two of them hit their climax in the same instant. Droite threw her head back and a silent scream escaped her mouth as she came. As the two of them came down from their high, they moved their heads forward and their foreheads met. A moment later they collapsed onto the bed as a tangle of arms and legs and gently dozed off.
Yuma looked out at the rain coming down outside the window by the table he and Anna were sitting at. The two of them were a little restaurant that Anna had picked out. The restaurant was just a simple little café with food prices that were easily affordable to the average Heartland Academy student. Yuma and Anna had ended up eating at a booth table. While Anna was quickly consuming the food that was in front of her, Yuma had hardly touched his plate. His mind had been on something else ever since they sat down.
He didn't know why, but Yuma found his thoughts seemed to be fixed on Kotori. Though he and the green-haired girl had only met briefly a couple of times, there was something about her that seemed to draw Yuma in. Yuma also felt that Kotori was somehow very important to him, yet he couldn't understand why he thought that.
"Yuma, you okay?" Anna spoke, stirring him from his thoughts.
"Uh, yeah. Sorry." Yuma responded. "What were you saying?"
"I hadn't been saying anything." Anna told him in a somewhat annoyed tone. "We've hardly said to words to each other since we sat down."
"Oh… yeah, I guess not." Yuma realized.
"Am I boring you? Is that it?" Anna asked. "That's it! I'm boring to you, aren't I?"
"No, no! You're not boring at all!" Yuma assured her. "I'm… just a little scatterbrained right now, I guess. I've got this big assignment I've got to turn in next week, and I'm just wondering how I'm gonna finish it."
"I see…" Anna replied, giving him a suspicious look. "You sure that's the only thing you're thinking about?"
"Oh course it is!" Yuma lied. "What else would I be thinking about?"
"…Nothing, I guess." Anna finally responded. "You might wanna eat that burger you ordered before it gets cold."
Yuma nodded and finally took a bite into his food. As the meal continued, Anna gave Yuma a suspicious glance every now and then. She couldn't help but wonder if Yuma had really been thinking of a certain green-haired tramp that was planning to steal him away.
Samantha was pacing around her basement hideout in the school with her arms crossed. She was infuriated that the second member of her little coven had been defeated. At that moment, Chitose walked down into the room, causing Samantha to stop pacing.
"I take it from your mood that the second member of your coven failed in her mission." Chitose deduced.
"This time it was Tenjo's girlfriend." Samantha revealed. "She used those weird Xyz Monsters she had during that vampire thing that happened here a while ago."
"Strange. I thought the Envoy of Astral World had neutralized that threat." Chitose replied.
"Well, it looks like he didn't do a good enough job, or something." Samantha replied. "And this was supposed to be an easy job!"
"It seems that Alnia was right to have me come along and assist you." Chitose observed. "Perhaps you should let me take care of Kotori Mezuki."
"You really willing to do that, Ani?" Samantha asked.
"It's no trouble." Chitose assured her. "A novice duelist like Mezuki will be no problem for me, nor will Don Thousand's two former pawns. Tenjo might be a problem if he should decide to interfere, but I'm equipped to handle Ms. Droite if she should cause problems."
"Well then by all means, go for it." Samantha told her. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm now running pretty short on coven members."
"You needn't worry, Mitaka." Chitose told her. "A duel like this should be child's play."
Author's Note: This chapter was a key point in Kaito and Droite's current storyline. A storyline that will continue on through what remains of this trilogy and into the story that comes after. What happened here is only just the beginning.
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