Vile: Here I am again, my friends! With our flashbacks over, we can move to the present, where the action begins.
IV: What kind of action are you talking about, exactly?
Vile: My usual torture to lead you into becoming better characters. As a result, some of you guys might be OOC.
IV: *rolls eyes* You seem to enjoy OOC, don't you?
Vile: It works for what I need it. Disclaimer's on the first page, any bolded cards are mine. Enjoy!
Numbershot 38: End of a Crusade
Chapter 2
IV sat on the couch, wondering what was going to happen. His answer would soon come as the door to the hotel opened, and III walked in, closing the door behind him. The pink-haired boy looked out of it, and he didn't even acknowledge IV as he went to his room, the door closing. This worried IV. III always greeted someone when he saw them, regardless of who they were or what the circumstances were. IV activated his Crest and pointed it in the direction of III's room. The Crest pulsed once, then began to wane. Something was wrong: This wasn't the usual reaction to III's Crest.
Too concerned to stay sitting down, IV got up and walked to III's door, knocking three times. No answer. IV tried the knob, but found it to be locked. Using his Crest, IV unlocked the door and slowly went in. He was surprised to find III curled up on his bed, shaking. "III?" IV wondered, moving over to him. III didn't budge. The older boy reached out his hand to touch his brother, but his hand was suddenly grabbed. Next thing he know, IV had been socked in his cheek and sent reeling. Covering his cheek, IV looked back to see III on his feet, his face leveled in an angry glare, him breathing heavy.
The next line was something IV didn't think he'd forget: "Who are you… and what have you done with Nii-sama?" IV's eyes widened, taking an instinctive step back. "The man… no, the monster I'm looking at… is not my Nii-sama!" III held up his hand, activating his Crest. "I'll make sure… that you are destroyed!" III quickly threw out a Duel Anchor, latching onto IV's arm.
"Gah! III! What are you doing?" IV yelled. "Can't you tell who I am?"
"You're a monster that looks like my Nii-sama… and I'm going to get rid of you and find my real Nii-sama!" III threw his D-Pad into the air, catching it on his wrist and activating it. He activated his tattoo D-Gazer, his eye turning pink.
IV grunted before looking serious. "I don't know what's wrong with you, III… but I'm not going to take it! If you want a fight, you'll get one!" IV threw his D-Pad up and caught it, activating it. His tattoo D-Gazer switched on, turning his eye blue.
"AR VISION, LINK ESTABLISHED." Both players' D-Gazers flashed. "ESTABLISHING LINK BETWEEN A AND B." The area morphed into the augmented reality.
"DUEL!"
IV LP:4000
III LP:4000
"Ore no turn! Draw!" IV drew his card. "Gimmick Puppet – Bomb Egg, Shoukan!" His monster emerged as an orange egg with a face on it, green hair, and doll-like arms and legs.
Gimmick Puppet – Bomb Egg: Lv.4 EARTH Machine ATK:1600/DEF:1200
"Bomb Egg no kouka hatsudo! By sending a card in my hand to the Graveyard, you lose 800 Life Points!" As IV sent Gimmick Puppet – Fall-A-Part, Bomb Egg's mouth opened up to reveal a cannon, which fired a blast at III.
III LP:3200
"I place one card facedown! Turn end!" IV's facedown appeared on the field.
"Boku no turn… Draw!" III drew his card. "With a monster on your field and none on mine, OOPArts Crystal Skull, Tokushu Shoukan!" An intricate skull made of blue crystal emerged on the field.
OOPArts Crystal Skull: Lv.3 LIGHT Rock ATK:900/DEF:600
"And since I did, I can also Summon OOPArts Crystal Bone!" The rest of the blue crystal skeleton emerged onto the field.
OOPArts Crystal Bone: Lv.3 LIGHT Rock ATK:1300/DEF:400
"OOPArts Mayan Machine, Shoukan!" An odd gray monster resembling a vacuum cleaner emerged.
OOPArts Mayan Machine: Lv.3 EARTH Machine ATK:1500/DEF:700
"Boku wa, Reberu San no Crystal Skull, Crystal Bone, Mayan Machine de Obarei!" III's monsters turned fully yellow (Skull and Bone) and orange (Machine) before shooting into the air in a spiral. A red spiral portal opened up, and all three monsters sailed inside. "San tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" A figure slowly began to rise from the ground. "Arawareyo… OOPArts Thunder Totem!" The figure was a large three-section totem pole. The bottom section was electric purple with a white face that looked very happy. The middle section was yellow with a white face with lines for eyes and small "o" for a mouth, making it look stoic. The top section was electric blue, marred with electric designs and having an angry-looking face. Lightning flashed as the totem was orbited by three yellow Overlay Units.
OOPArts Thunder Totem: Rank 3 LIGHT Rock/Xyz ATK:2450/DEF:2300 3 Overlay Units
"Continuous Magic, OOPArts Pyramid Eye Tablet, hatsudo! This card increases Thunder Totem's Attack Points by 800 so long as it remains!"
OOPArts Thunder Totem ATK:3250
"Feel my power, you monster! Thunder Totem, attack Bomb Egg!" The three sections began spinning around at different speeds, purple, yellow, and blue electricity charging around the respectively-colored sections. Then, the three sections stopped, lining up while facing IV again, before firing the three colors of lightning in one blast, obliterating the orange egg. IV groaned from the shockwave.
IV LP:2350
"Ngh! Gimmick Puppet – Night Joker no kouka hatsudo!" IV called out. "Since Bomb Egg was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, by banishing Bomb Egg, Night Joker is Special Summoned from my hand!" A monster leapt onto the field with a creepy laugh, being a black-and-red-clad jester monster holding an orange-bladed scythe.
Gimmick Puppet – Night Joker: Lv.8 DARK Machine ATK:800/DEF:1600
III scoffed. "You won't last much longer. I'll make sure of it." He said, his voice deathly calm. "I place one card facedown. Turn end!"
"Gimmick Puppet – Fall-A-Part no kouka hatsudo! During the End Phase, I can Special Summon it from my Graveyard in Defense Mode!" IV declared. A pile of what looked like purple bones emerged, which rattled and rebuilt itself into a toy skeleton.
Gimmick Puppet – Fall-A-Part: Lv.8 DARK Machine ATK:1000/DEF:1000
"Ore no turn! Draw!" IV drew his card. 'What is this monster capable of? III never Summoned this. Whatever effects it has, they can't be good.' IV remembered a card he had, and his eyes widened. 'Of course!' "Ore wa Reberu Hachi no Night Joker to, Fall-A-Part de Obarei!" IV's monsters turned fully purple before shooting into the air in a spiral. A red spiral portal opened up, and both his monsters sailed inside. "Ni tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" Creaking was heard as a monster began to rear onto the field. "Arawareyo, Gimmick Puppet – Vacuumaw!" His monster had a cylindrical dark gray body, green toy-like bear legs, and a tube-like neck that ended in what looked like a vacuum opening lined with sharp teeth and beady green eyes. Two purple Overlay Units circled its head.
Gimmick Puppet – Vacuumaw: Rank 8 DARK Machine/Xyz ATK:0/DEF:2400 2 Overlay Units
III's eyes widened slightly. "It wasn't a Number…?"
"Maybe not, but it's what I can use to deal with your monster." IV told him. "Vacuumaw no kouka hatsudo! Upon its Xyz Summon, all Overlay Units are removed from their monsters!" Vacuumaw turned its head up and unleashed a powerful suction tornado. Its own two purple orbs were sucked down its gullet, and Thunder Totem's yellow orbs were caught in the tornado, eaten by the machine. The monster lowered its head and made chomping motions when it was done. "And for every absorbed Overlay Unit, Vacuumaw gains 600 Attack Points!" A loud whirring noise was heard from its body, akin to a vacuum cleaner's whir.
Vacuumaw ATK:3000 0 Overlay Units
Thunder Totem: 0 Overlay Units
All of a sudden, Thunder Totem rattled and crumbled, the three sections exploding. "Nani?" IV wondered.
III growled. "OOPArts Thunder Totem destroys itself when it has no Overlay Units."
"Hmm, I didn't expect that. Then again, it makes things easier on me! Vacuumaw, attack III directly!" The monster lowered its hand to III's level and expelled a powerful purple-and-yellow tornado at him.
"Trap Card, False Artifact Salting, hatsudo!" III flipped his facedown, and a wave of salt whirled around him. "This card cuts my Battle Damage from a direct attack in half." The tornado was lessened by the salt wave, but it still went through to III, making him groan.
III LP:1700
"With that done, I can now Special Summon an OOPArts monster from my Deck with Attack Points less than or equal to my damage, only its Level is reduced by one. OOPArts Colossal Head, Tokushu Shoukan!" His monster emerged as a blue-stone head with a red forehead, a red stone tongue hanging out, and yellow eyes. It then got slightly smaller from its usual size.
OOPArts Colossal Head: Lv.3(original 4) EARTH Rock ATK:1600(due to Pyramid Eye Tablet, originally 800)/DEF:1600
IV groaned. "Darn it. Turn end!"
III was about to draw his card, but he glared at III. "I feel it… this next card will be what I need to destroy you." All of a sudden, a purple aura began to swirl around III.
IV's eyes widened. "That aura… it can't be!" He cried. "You don't even have your Numbers anymore!"
"This isn't the aura of the Numbers…" III said lowly. "This is something far worse…"
Author-Made Cards
Gimmick Puppet - Fall-A-Part
Level 8 DARK Machine
ATK:1000/DEF:1000
If this card is in your Graveyard: You can Special Summon it in Defense Position during the End Phase. This card cannot be used as an Xyz Material, except for a "Gimmick Puppet" monster.
OOPArts Thunder Totem
Rank 3 LIGHT Rock/Xyz
ATK:2450/DEF:2300
3 Level 3 monsters
If this card would be destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: Negate this card's destruction. If this card has only 1 Xyz Material attached to it: Target this card's Xyz Materials in the Graveyard: Attach them to this card. If this card has no Xyz Material: Destroy this card.
Gimmick Puppet - Vacuumaw
Rank 8 DARK Machine/Xyz
ATK:0/DEF:2400
2 Level 8 "Gimmick Puppet" or "Gimmick Box" monsters
When this card is Xyz Summoned: Detach all Xyz Material from Xyz Monsters on the field: This card gains 600 ATK for each Xyz Material detached by this effect.
False Artifact Salting
Normal Trap Card
When your opponent declares a direct attack: Halve the Battle Damage, then Special Summon 1 "OOPArts" monster from your Deck with ATK equal to or less than the damage you took. Its Level is reduced by 1.
Shark: Holy cow, Vile did a cliffhanger during a Duel that didn't involve introducing a new monster!
III: *blows a noisemaker* *sarcasm* I think that calls for a celebration!
Vile: *rolls eyes* *performs a Cancellation Keyboard Technique to get rid of the celebration props*
Yuma: "Keyboard Technique"? Where did that come from?
Vile: I just decided to borrow something from the Okami series. ^_^ If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me and I'll be back soon with the next chapter! *throws up peace sign*
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