Yu-Gi-Oh: The Other Hunter
Episode 5: The Chaos Serpent
Kurt and Nellie met up with each other in front of the House of Dolls. Kurt was standing there, hair back to normal, as Nellie ran up to him.
"Sorry," Nellie panted, "There was *pant* a near *pant* invisible door."
Kurt waived his hand, "I'm fine. Just not going into the doll house alone."
"And that's because you're afraid of dolls," Nellie laughed.
Kurt's face turned red in embarrassment, "I am not afraid of dolls."
Nellie pulled out her Duel Gazer and pressed a button, "Is Kurt afraid of dolls?"
"Yep," Eddy said, "Those things freak him out."
Kurt sweatdropped, "I need a new roommate."
When Darkness is all around you
[Kurt is surrounded on all sides by black apparitions. He is dueling the leader]
And you don't know what to do
[Kurt is giving a puzzled look at his field and hand]
Just look towards the light
{His extra deck begins to glow brightly]
And it will carry you through!
[The glowing silhouette of Number 24 appears behind Kurt]
Ignore the shadows!
{Kurt has a glowing card in his hand. The light burned away all the shadows around him]
Ignore the doubt!
[Numbers 24, 28, and 93 are glowing behind Kurt, Eddy, and Nellie]
Just never give up
[The scene shifts back to the duel. Kurt draws]
And follow your dream!
[Kurt, Eddy, and Nellie pose in front of a large ankh overlayed with a 24]
Kurt and Nellie walked into the House of Dolls, Duel Gazers active. The building looked like an old Victorian age home. Kurt looked at the dolls nervously and felt the buzzing in the back of his head that signaled a Number, "Let's just find that Number and go."
Nellie laughed, "Maybe I should go on ahead my-"
Nellie stopped as a loud roar shook the building. They ran to a back room and saw that reality was distorted. A figure dressed in all in black was dueling a little girl.
"End this duel!" the figure cried.
Something rippled in the floor and the girl was knocked back.
Cologne: ?-0
The figure held out his hand and it glowed purple, "Return your Number to Zero!"
A card flew from the girl's chest and the figure caught it. The Number dissolved into his hand.
Kurt and Nellie ran to the girl and tried to find out if she was all right. She felt cold and Kurt couldn't find a pulse.
"What did you do to her?" Kurt yelled.
The figure looked at them, a silver mask glowing, "I merely took her Number. The girl herself was an artificial life form that would cease to survive once it lost its Number card. I sense that you both possess them as well."
The figure raised his arm. His D-Pad was a gauntlet that went up to his elbow and had a blade that was black with red zones.
Kurt activated his NESU and the figure said, "I will duel the both of you. You will share 8000 life points while I will have the same amount."
Nellie activated her NESU and threw a card at Kurt, Number 50. When Kurt looked at her she said, "I prefer just the two."
Kurt nodded and said, "Let's duel."
Kurt and Nellie: 8000
Nihilan: 8000
"Nihilan?" Kurt said.
"From the Latin word for nothing," the figure said, drawing a card, "First I use the continuous spell Chaos vortex so that all cards that would be sent to the graveyard are banished. Now I activate the field spell Sea of Chaos."
The room changed to a sea of ever-shifting energy. When Kurt tried to focus on one part of the field, it changed.
"I now activate Chaos Devouring. This allows me to banish five cards in my deck, and when I banish cards my field spell gets a Chaos Counter (CC 6)."
"Why would you banish that much of your deck?" Nellie asked.
"Because in order to gain power I must first give everything up. When my Chaos Titan is banished I can summon it (ATK 3000).
A giant man in golden armor appeared.
"When I banish a monster I can special summon from my hand Chaos Wyrm (ATK 1500). I banish Chaos Wyrm to summon Chaos Manticore (ATK 2100) (CC 7)."
A manticore appeared, covered in purple armor.
"I now normal summon Chaos Griffon (ATK 2200). I end my turn."
Kurt looked at the powerful monsters on the field. He brought out three monsters with over 2000 attack points in one turn. Whoever this guy is, he's pretty strong.
Kurt drew, "I summon Constellar Pollux (ATK 1700). With his effect I can special summon Constellar Algiedi (ATK 1600). I overlay my monsters to summon Number 93: Purgatory (DEF 2000). I set a card and end my turn."
Nellie drew, "I set a monster and activate Book of Taiyou to flip my Worm Barses (ATK 1400)(CC8). When this monster is flipped face-up I can add a Worm to my hand. Now I use Double Summon to bring out Worm Gulse (ATK 1500)(CC9). Now I overlay my Worm monsters to summon Number 28: Worm Infinity (DEF 1000). I end my turn."
Nihilan laughed, "Two numbers in two turns, Zero made the right choice choosing you two. I draw. I tribute my Chaos Griffon and Chaos Manticore to summon another Chaos Titan (ATK 3000)(CC 11). Now I overlay both my Chaos Titans…!"
Here it comes.
"I summon Set, God of Chaos (ATK 3500)."
A man with an unidentifiable animal head appeared on the field.
"What?" Kurt yelled, "No Number?"
"No. My Number hasn't taken shape yet. But now I shall do something you might be interested in. I overlay my Set to Extend Xyz Summon!"
An Extend Xyz? But he only has one monster.
"I summon Apophis the Chaos Snake (ATK 3000)."
Within the Sea of Chaos Kurt could see something underneath the water-like energy.
"I can remove two xyz materials from this card to attack directly (CC 12)."
A giant snake rose out of the Sea. It was blood red, with solid black eyes. It swung its head at Kurt and Nellie, knocking them down before returning to the depths.
Kurt and Nellie: 8000-5000
Nellie sat up first, saying, "Did anyone get the plates on that truck?"
Nihilan placed a card on his D-Pad, "I use Overlay Capture to take an xyz material form Worm Infinity and give it to Apophis. Now I'll set a card and end my turn."
Kurt drew, "I activate Fissure to destroy Apophis."
Nihilan's face-down card rose, "I activate Magic Jammer. I discard a card to negate and destroy your card. Plus, my field spell gets another counter (CC14)."
Great, there goes my chance of getting rid of that card. But I should at least do some damage.
"Nellie, can I borrow your card?" Nellie nodded, "Good. I overlay Purgatory and Worm Infinity to Extend Xyz Summon Number 24: Twilight Blaze Lord (ATK 2500)."
Kurt's ace card took the field, its sword burning bright against the dim lighting of the field spell.
"So this is the power I felt," Nihilan said, his entire body glowing purple.
"I use two overlay units to attack you directly (CC16)."
When Number 24 attacked, Nihilan's arm rose and he blocked the attack with his D-Pad. The shockwave still gave Kurt and Nellie a hard time keeping on their feet.
Nihilan: 8000-5500
"I end my turn."
Nellie drew, "I set a monster and end my turn."
Nihilan drew, "I attack Twilight Blaze Lord with Apophis."
When Apophis rose from the Sea of Chaos, it emitted purple waves of energy. Twilight Blaze Lord began to emit golden energy. Where the waves touched, bright explosions shook the room.
"What is going on here?" Kurt called out.
"I'm not sure," Nellie yelled back, "Maybe we should ask tall, dark, and chaotic!"
But Nihilan looked as surprised as the rest. He looked up at his monster and yelled, "What is happening here Zero?"
When Kurt was about to ask what Nihilan was talking to, a bright flash of light hit him. When the light faded, he was hovering above a glowing, red world. He looked to the side and saw that Twilight Blaze Lord was with him.
Where am I?
"You are in a memory."
Kurt looked at Twilight Blaze Lord, "Did you say that?"
"Yes, yes I did."
"What did you mean when you said I'm in a memory?"
"This memory is of the realm known as Barian World. This world was created to house all of Chaos."
"Whose memory is this?"
"This is the memory of the being Astral. When he came to this world his memory was divided into a hundred pieces."
"The Numbers."
"Exactly. I have enough of the memories to know about the Barian World. Perhaps you are being showed this world because we need to fight fire with fire."
"Perhaps, but how can we get the power of Chaos?"
The world around them began to fade, "I am not sure, but remember that if you obtain Chaos…"
Kurt couldn't hear the rest as he awoke on the floor of the House of Dolls. He sat up and Nellie hugged him.
"About time you got up. It's been nearly fifteen minutes since you passed out," She said.
"Nellie," Kurt choked, "Need air."
Nellie let go, "Sorry."
"What happened after I passed out?"
"Nihilan canceled the duel and left. I was trying to wake you up ever since. Are you alright?"
Kurt scratched his head, "I'm okay. But I think I know what we have to do after we get back to Delta City."
"What?"
"Find out everything about Chaos."
With Chaos Vortex and Sea of Chaos, when spells and traps resolve they would be sent to the graveyard, but are banished.
