Authors notes: Yes, I know. Been a while (sorry). Anyway, enjoy. More notes at the end of the chapter.

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The Emissary of Extinction

Chapter 15

Effectless effect monsters? The Gemini Duellist!

In Yusuke's room a small crowd was gathered around a topic of interest.

Jim was by far the most interested. He held up the skull of The Emissary of Extinction, looking inside with a grin on his face. "Never seen anything like this. My, my." He flipped the skull so it was looking at him right in the face. He laughed "Scary". After a few seconds of laugher his expression became serious. "And you can't break it?"

Xiaolang and Judai nodded, the latter speaking. "We tried."

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Flashback

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Xiaolang spoke "He's hidden himself back at the Island. He's going to hide from us."

Shien started to speak. "Then he wont have his bones back!"

Xiaolang turned around just in time to notice-"Oh hell!"

Xiaolang jumped away as Shien unleashed flames from his sword, igniting the bones in an instant. "You will not be permitted to survive this time! Not even your bones."

Xiaolang watched the fury of his new ace as it set itself on the pile of bones before it. In absolute awe, but not only of the attack itself.

"W-What?" Shien ceased his attack, stepping back as if he'd been struck. "How is this...possible?"

The pile of bones that once acted as host to Draygor remained, not damaged in the slightest from Shiens onslaught.

"Neos!"

The Neo Space Hero floated to the body, raising his arm and slamming his fist down on the defenceless skull beneath him. The ground cracked.

But nothing else did.

Both Xiaolang and Judai stood transfixed and confused as they looked at the bones in front of them. After a brief moment of silence Xiaolang was able to find the words to voice their confusion.

"What the fuck?"

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Jim put down the skull to examine the spine. He looked at it and the ribs connected to it. "Hmm. Interesting." Jim ran his fingers across one of the "veins" of the spine. "I see now."

Jim seemed to be paying no attention as various questioning reactions met his statement. He took another moment to examine the spine before nodding. "When Draygor became that mass of darkness. No. When Draygor escaped. He escaped in his true form."

Judai knelled down beside the sat Jim as he looked closely at the spine. "That was his true form? How can you know that?"

Jim held up the spine, his left thumb showing him a small hole in the spine that entered into it. "I don't know what Draygor is, but here's how he was controlling this skeleton. He moves his darkness into holes like this, and controls it like a puppet. There are some in the skull, arms, legs, and tail too."

Austin spoke up. "If that's true Draygor will come back for his bones when he's stronger. We have to hide them."

Everyone nodded. That was definitely true. Austin turned to Xiaolang. "Your monsters fought Draygor once, do they have any suggestions?"

Xiaolang closed his eyes."Shien?" "You'll need to keep it guarded. I don't know if he can sense his own body anymorre. But I would put nothing past him." Xiaolang opened his eyes. "Shien says we need to keep it guarded. But other than that he has nothing."

Austin nodded. "We can not let any of the students here know. They all have Draygor's card, and if they have that he might be using them to spy on the place. We have to move it when no one is looking."

Asuka spoke. "But that might be impossible. This island is full of students. Day or night someone might be wondering around."

Fubuki placed a hand on his younger sister shoulder. "Then we'll have to plan carefully, Asuka. We can do this."

Yusuke was looking though a map of the campus he'd just gotten out. He was trying to think of a place to hide the bones. "We might have problems of we move it all at once. But how about one piece at a time?"

"That will work, and I have an idea on how to get the students looking another way."

Everyone looked at Kaiser as he suddenly smiled. "We need to arrange some public duels. Duels we can set up in the Obelisk arena..."

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An hour later Kaiser and Judai were in Samejima's office, going over their plan with the aged man. Who was only smiling more and more as Kaiser explained the plan.

"...so while the students are watching the duels, we can move one piece of the skeleton to what ever location we decide. We can advertise it as an event to the academy, make it look like a chance for some of the best students here to challenge some graduates. We get the students distracted, the body moved, and no-one suspects anything. Expect perhaps Draygor, but he won't be able to watch us with every copy of Extinction Armor in the same place."

Samejima frowned. He'd found a flaw. "And what if some students are not at the arena?"

Kaiser nodded. "A few of us will scout out the path in advance while we're moving the bones. If we see someone we change route. If we try to move them then there's no telling what might happen."

Sameji nodded. He took a moment to think about the plan. "Where will you be moving the bones to?"

Kaisers frown showed the first fault in his plan. "We don't know yet. But we have come to a decision, we cannot keep the bones together. They should be separated. Also, whatever happens, we intend to make sure only one person knows exactly where any one part of Draygor's body is"

Samejima nodded. He had a good idea. "There are many places in this school where you can hide things. Many of them are not on the map students have. I'll send you a detailed layout of the building through the PDAs. Once you decide where to place the bones, delete the map. We cannot let our enemy find it."

Kaiser and Judai nodded. Finally a plan was fully in motion. Samejima leaned back, tapping the tips of his fingers together. "Now we need to plan out the duels, any volunteers on your end?"

Judai grinned. "Everyone did. Though given his deck, I think Johan should go first." Kaiser voiced up his opinion.

"Yes. His Rainbow Dragon is well known after last years incident. A chance to see it in action will motivate the students."

Samejima smiled. "I'll ask Chronos to nominate an opponent for him. From here on, don't discuss the plans further with me. In fact, discuss them as little as possible even among yourselves. Once you get the time of the match, just have your duellist show up and move the bones while the match is on. The less people who suspect something the better off we'll be."

Kaiser and Judai nodded.

The plan was in motion.

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For the next two days, nothing out of the ordinary seemed to be happening. The new arrivals at the academy played the parts of people "just visiting" but would often hang out together. They visited the card shop, walked around the grounds. Duelled. To the untrained mind they would seem just like regular visitors.

But on the third day the real illusion was set.

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BIG DUEL!

FIGHT THE GRADUATES TOURNAMENT!

FIRST MATCH TOMORROW!

STUDENT: Soho Himitsu

GRADUATE: Johan Anderson

DUEL, STAND-BY!

The poster was all over the campus, there was not a single student who didn't know by now. And at this point one of the participants was looking at the poster.

Johan nodded. "It''s time." Ruby Carbuncle appeared on his shoulder. "Rubieee!" He grinned. "Yeah...should be interesting."

He had no idea.

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The next morning came, and come midday everyone was ready for the first part of the operation.

Today Draygor's skull would be moved.

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Austin was scouting the halls as dozens of students headed to the arena. He held up a small radio. "The students are gathering, we'll start moving as soon as the match begins. Is Xiaolang ready?"

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Xiaolang held up his Radio, he was in charge of the Skulls Location. "I'm ready O'Brian. Everyone, remember the plan, give me a clear path."

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Fubuki was standing just outside the arena, watching as the buzz of the crowd was dying down. He nodded and held up his own radio. "Chronos is about to announce the match."

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"Everybody! Welcome to the "Fight The Graduates" Tournament!" He paused at the cheering that met his words. "This is going perfectly na-no-ne. I'm sure signor Judai and the others will be able to carry out there plan." He put his mouth to the mic again. "Now is round one na-no-ne! From the graduate team! Allow me to introduce! Johan Anderson!"

The cheering from the second and third years almost threatened to deafen Johan as he took to the stage. He was rubbing the back of his neck with a foolish grin on his face. "I'm not great with crowd attention." He laughed a little. After a few seconds he was able to pull himself together. He raised his right hand high, flashing a peace sign at the entire crowd.

"And from the student team! I present you our top-rated third year Obelisk Blue! Soho Himitsu!"

Weaker cheering met the female student as she made her way to the stage. She was a shorter figure, only coming up to just below Johan's shoulders. She had long brown hair, coming down to just below her shoulders. From the boy's cheering she was obviously cute, her gentle smile reaching her black eyes. She didn't wave to the crowds.

She winked at Johan.

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Behind his smile Johan was confused.

"Am I supposed to do something now? I'll have to ask Fubuki."

Thankfully Chronos came to the rescue. "Get ready duellists! The match is about to begin na-no-ne!"

Both activated their duel disks.

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Fubuki held up his radio. "The match has started."

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Xiaolang started walking. The bag on his back holding the Skull he was about to hide. "Let's go!"

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"Duel!"

Johan drew a card. With a smile he recalled the first time he'd dulled here. And the first move he'd made here.

There were few better ways to remember something than to repeat it. "Come out! Jewel Beast Emerald Turtle!" A cracked Emerald appeared in front of Johan in a flash of bright green light. The Jewel transformed into the creature Johan had summoned. Once again the creature was hidden in it's shell, it's eyes appearing sinister as it looked around the arena. (Defence mode. ATK/600 DEF/2000) "So we're back here? It's been so long." Johan smiled. "Let's hope this duel is as good as the last." The elder Jewel Beast chuckled. Johan looked up at his opponent. "Turn end."

Soho smiled. She winked again. "Thanks, Johan. Draw! I set two cards." She picked up another card in her hand. "Check out my deck! I activate Double Summon! Now I can summon two times in this turn."

Johan nodded. "So you're going to summon, then sacrifice?" He looked at his monster with an embarrassed smiled. "Sorry, Emerald Turtle." The Turtle was not troubled in the least. "Don't worry Johan. I'm not really going anywhere, am I?" Johan nodded. That was true.

Soho placed a card in her monster zone. "I summon Gemini Soldier!" A human boy appeared on the field, with a rather odd hat, that almost appeared like it was a paper hat that hard been folded into a shape Johan did not know the name of. His choice of weapon was some kind of dart he was currently held in his left hand. The boy wore a scarf, which flowed down either side of his back, middle of the scarf was wrapped around it's neck, which flopped down on a chest plate. Aside from it's face, who's eyes were surrounded with paint, not an inch of it's skin was exposed. It's boots were decorated with wing-like structures, made from metal Johan guessed. Aside from it's eccentric sense of dress, Johan noted that the creature was completely grey, head to toe. "But why?" (Defence mode. ATK/500 DEF/300)

Soho answered Johan's unasked question."Gemini monsters are different from other monsters. While on the field or in my graveyard, they are treated as normal monsters, which is why they are grey. This wont change unless I do something."

"Something? What something?"

"It's called Dual Summoning. When I normal summon a monster a second time. And I Dual summon my Gemini Solider!" The creature was grey no more, the greens of it's armor, the gold of his decorations, the whites of it's scarf, they were finally made known to the world. The monster grinned. "Now he has his effects. I end my turn."

"Draw!" "Effectless until summoned again. Strange monsters. Good opponents for the Jewel Beasts!" "Come out!" He placed another monster in a monster card zone. "Jewel Beast! Sapphire Pegasus!" The golen-feathered winged Pegasus appeared, flapping it's wings as it neighed. It's horn immediately started to glow. "Sapphire Calling! When Sapphire Pegasus is Summoned, I can move another 'Jewel Beast' from my deck to my Spell and Trap zone! I move Jewel Beast, Topaz Tiger!" The Topaz Jewel appeared behind Sapphire Pegasus. Johan had more tricks in his hand. "I activate an equip Spell, Golden Rule! And Equip it to my Sapphire Pegasus!" He pulled out his deck once more. "Golden Rule lets me move two level 3 or lower "Jewel Beast" monsters from my deck to my spell and trap zone along with Topaz Tiger. I move Ruby Carbuncle and Amethyst Cat!" Jewels of Ruby and Amethyst appeared on either side of the Topaz Jewel. "Ruby Carbuncle Effect activates! I can special summon it from my Spell/Trap zone!" The jewel flashed, and a new monster appeared. With eyes and tip of tail made from it's namesake it was about to show off it's talents. (attack mode. ATK/300 DEF/300) "I activate Ruby Carbuncle's effect, Ruby Happiness! I summon Topaz Tiger!" The striped tiger, with blades at each of it's ankles appeared. The blade on it's head shone in the light for a brief moment as it roared. (Attack mode. ATK/1600 DEF/1000) "Amethyst Cat!" A growl was heard as a pink-furred appeared on the field, her claws scraping across the floor beneath her. (Attack mode. ATK/1200 DEF/400) "I move Emerald Turtle to attack mode!" (ATK/600) Johan took a moment to consider his next move.

"Two set cards, and I don't know what her Solider does yet. But I have five Jewel Beasts ready. I still should be careful. Since her monsters defence points are low...there might be a trap." "Jewel Beast Emerald Turtle! Battle!"

Shards from the top of Emerald Turtle's shell shot off, launching at Gemini Soldier. Yet somehow, it was able to knock every single shard away. Soho explained.

"Once per turn, my Solider cannot be destroyed by battle. And it has one other effect, Gemini Rush! I can summon any level 4 or below Gemini Monster from my deck! I summon Evocator Chevalier!" Like before, this Gemini monster was completely grey. This monster was a human was well. This monster was clothed in armor, almost head to toe except for parts of it's arms and legs to allow movement. It's held was shaped to look like fire but a jewel could easily be seen lodged just above the monster's forehead. Johan could see some kind of cape attached to the monster, but from where he was standing he couldn't quite see where the cape was attached to, the end of the cape was decorated with feathers. The creature drew it's sword. (Attack mode. ATK/1900 DEF/900) "It's still your turn, Johan." She smiled.

As did Johan. He was already prepared for this. "Topaz Tiger!" The tiger pounced. "When he attacks a monster, he gains 400 attack points during the battle!" (ATK/2000)

Soho waved out an arm. "Reverse Card open! Gemini Booster!" A machine suddenly appeared, connecting a bunch of it's wires into Evocator Chevalier. It started up, creating a wiring noise as it built up power, parts of it becoming electrified. It's monster screamed as power flowed into it. (Evo ATK/2600) "Counter attack! Pyre Blade!" The Knight slashed at Topaz Tiger, setting it on fire, it exploded, becoming a Jewel in Johan's Spell/Trap zone.

(Johan LP/3400) "She tricked me. Heh. That other set card must be a trap as well." He looked at the cards in his hand. "I'm ready for whatever she has for me." "Amethyst Cat! Direct Attack! By halving her attack power she can attack you directly!" (ATK/600) "Amethyst Nail!" The cat pounced, slashing it's claws directly at Soho's mid-section.

(Soho LP/3400) She fell to a knee. "Oww."

"No trap. I guess she won't activate it yet. I'll destroy her soldier now." "Sapphire Pegasus! Sapphire Horn" The horn glowed, launching a blast of blue lightning at it's target. The Soldier screamed before exploding. The Solider was no more.

Soho was on her feet. "Reverse Card Open! Gemini Trap Hole!"

A huge hole suddenly appeared beneath all of the Jewel Beasts, who could only look down as they fell in, even Sapphire Pegasus's wings were of no use to him against this trap card.

But what kind of card could do this? "Everyone!" This was the only word Johan could yell out before the hole closed with the sound of explosions. The Jewel Beasts in play had been destroyed. Yet how had Soho pulled that off?

She began to speak. "When a Gemini monster that has it's effect active, that I control is destroyed by battle, Gemini Trap Hole can be activated. When it is it destroys every monster you control. Though your monsters have saved themselves in a way. Well I have something to, you attacked my Solider, which can use it's effect even though it was destroyed. I can summon one more level four or lower Gemini monster from my deck. I summon Magical Reflect Slime!" Johan couldn't think of any other way to describe this monster, other than a blob of something he couldn't identify. It suddenly formed itself into a ball. Like the other Gemini monsters, it was also grey. (Defence mode. ATK/700 DEF/1200) "You tried hard, but I've won this round."

Johan looked down as four more crystals finally rose up before him. His head was bowed to the point Soho could no longer see the boys eyes. Johan knew of course, that his Jewel Beasts would never leave his side, but he still hated watching them be defeated. Watching his family be defeated. Johan was not an idealist, he understood that in a duel, monsters would be destroyed. It did not make the reality of the game any less burdensome.

It did however, give him a way to deal with the burden. He picked up a card, placing it into the one free spell zone he had.

"Field Spell Activate! Ancient City – Rainbow Ruins!"

The world changed. For the second time ever the arena changed into the ancient city of rome. Gone were the walls and crowds. Gone was the state of the art battle stage. The sands of time were turning back the clock to a simpler time. A time under the open sky. A time of stone and steel. A time of gods and legends. An age of wonder. The age of the Jewel Beasts under the rainbow laden sky.

Where the Jewel Beasts were strongest. "I activate the effect of Rainbow Ruin! Because I have at least 4 Jewel Beasts in my spell and trap zone I can draw 1 card!" He pulled out a card with a smile. "I activate another effect of my Rainbow Ruins! There's 5 Jewel Beasts in my Spell and Trap Zone. I can select and special summon one of them of my choice. So Come Back! Ruby Carbuncle!" (Defence mode. ATK/300 DEF/300) "Ruby Happiness!" "Rubiiie!" The carbuncle's tail again released streams of light, baring themselves into the jewels of it's allies. They began to change. "Come back! Sapphire Pegasus!" The mythological creature returned, moving to kneel beside Ruby Carbuncle.

"Topaz Tiger!" A feline roar sounded the Tigers return, it moved to kneel on the other side of Ruby Carbuncle.

"Amethyst Cat!" The Cat was silent as she took a place beside Topaz Tiger.

"Emerald Turtle!" The turtle's eyes were open as he looked at his opposition.

Johan wasn't done yet. "Sapphire Pegasus effect activate! Now I can move another Jewel Beast from my deck to my spell and trap zone. Sapphire Calling! I add Jewel Beast Amber Mammoth!" The Amber Jewel appeared behind Sapphire Pegasus. "I set one card and end my turn."

Soho was speechless. "I knew he was good. I hit him so hard, but he came back from it like it was nothing! Nothing! Johan...how good are you?" She placed a hand on her deck and felt a slight shiver. She was starting to get frightened. "No! I can win. My Gemini monsters wont fail!" "Draw!" She smiled. "I activate the equip spell, Supervise!" Suddenly Evocator Chevalier was grey no more, it's armor was shown to be a crimson red. It raised it's left arm, which was suddenly ablaze. The knight was unaffected by the fire. Somehow, he was holding the fire. "A Gemini monster equipped with this card has it's effect activated. And I give it to Evocator Chevalier! I activate his effect! By sacrificing any equip spell equipped to him, I can destroy one card you control. I choose your set card!" The knight threw it's flames, losing his color the second he let go of the flame, it collided with Johan's set card. It burned, but not before revealing it's identity, Gem Set.

Soho had another trick up her sleeve. "Now I activate Supervise's second effect. When it's sent to the graveyard, I can summon any normal monster from my graveyard. And while in my graveyard, all Gemini monsters are normal monsters. So return! Gemini Soldier!" (Attack mode. ATK/500 DEF/300) The little boy returned, once again completely grey. "Now I dual summon him!" Color found the monster once more. Now it's effect was opened to him. "Gemini Solder! Attack Jewel Beast Amethyst Cat!" The Soldier threw it's dart, the propeller upon it guiding it directly to it's target. It exploded on contact, destroying the Jewel Beast. Seconds later a Jewel appeared in front of Johan. Soho had some more punishment to dish out. "With Soldiers effect I can now summon a level 4 or lower Gemini monster from my deck. I summon Blazewing Butterfly!" Despite being a "Butterfly", it's body looked closer to a wasp, with a noticeable stinger at the bottom of it's body. One look at it's wings earned it the name "Blazewing". Even though the creature was grey right now, the wings were made of grey fire. (Attack mode. ATK/1500 DEF/1500) "Evocator Chevalier! Destroy his Topaz Tiger again! Pyre Blade!" The Knight struck, instantly igniting the Tiger. Topaz Tiger screamed as he burned and exploded, becoming a Jewel alongside it's allies. "Blazewing Butterfly! Attack Sapphire Pegasus!" The Wasp-like butterfly glided forward, stabbing Sapphire Pegasus, he exploded without screaming, adding one more Jewel to Johan's collection. Now only Ruby and Emerald remained. Soho had nothing left to attack with. "I set one card. And then I set one monster and end my turn."

"Draw!" "She's good. But I have...this." He smiled as he saw the card he had drawn. "Rainbow Dragon. I promise I'll call you out soon." "I activate Rainbow Ruins effect. Because I have four Jewel Beasts in my spell and trap zone, I can draw 1 card!" He picked up the card, deciding what to do in an instant. "I activate Rare Value! You must select one of the Jewel Beasts in my Spell and Trap zone. Once you do I must send it to the graveyard, then I draw 2 cards."

Soho didn't need to think twice. "I choose Sapphire Pegasus."

Johan nodded as the Jewel faded, he drew. In a second he'd decided on his next move. "I activate E-Force! I can special summon any Jewel Beast from my Spell and Trap Zone. Come out! Amber Mammoth!" The Amber colored Jewel glowed, becoming the four tusked mammoth. (attack mode. ATK/1700 DEF/1600) Johan had to think for a moment.

"I can't beat her Evocator Chevalier, it's too strong. I can't defeat her Gemini Solider with one attack. That Magical Reflect Slime, I could beat that but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Why did she even summon it? A trap for me maybe? I may have to fight it later but not now. I can attack her Solider with both Mammoth or Tiger and damage her life points heavily, but we need time to hide the Skull. I have to drag this out a little longer. Plus if I attack it, she will get two new monsters. Heh, this Gemini deck is fun! I wanna face it again sometime. I'll attack her set monster." "Amber Mammoth! Attack her set monster!" The set monster count do nothing as it was stepped on, showing an image of itself briefly before it disappeared. Johan only caught flashes of something white.

Soho pulled out her deck. "You destroyed Featherizer, and when it's defeated by battle I can send a Gemini monster from my deck to my graveyard and draw one card." She picked her card, discarding it before shuffling her deck, putting it back, then drawing.

Johan realized his mistake. "So she had that planned out too. Well I'm ready for whatever she has next!" "I'll set three cards and end my turn!" "Next turn...next turn I'll summon Rainbow Dragon!"

"Draw. I'll set two cards. Then change my Magical Reflect Slime to Attack position." The blob seemed to collapse in on itself, becoming a mass of sludge on the floor. The front of it rose up, now it was starting to look like something, it suddenly stopped changing, just looking like a peice of bend steel, which someone had cut into, creating a series of blades at the top of it. (ATK/700) "Next, I'll Dual summon my Blazewing Butterfly!" At last the fire burned red, and it's body turned orange. The butterfly was ready to use it's effect. "Now I activate it's effect, by tributing it, I can select any Gemini monster in my graveyard and summon it. Also, the monster summoned gains it's effect! So I sacrifice Blazewing Butterfly, to summon Chthonian Emperor Dragon!" The Butterfly burned away, the fire becoming much larger, forming the outline of the new creature before the dragon emerged. It was huge, easily towering over the other monsters on the field, the dragons scales were several shades of green, looking almost black on it's neck and most of it's chest. As Johan looked closer he could see that the darker parts of it's scales were merely some kind of armor, with softer looking bright green skin beneath it. The Dragon's wings were rather large, easily big enough for the dragon to hide behind. It had a secondary set of wings, at it's waist. They were tiny, making Johan wonder what the dragon did with them. It had no legs, so it stood on it's very large tail. The dragon looked directly at Johan, who almost blinked as the creature looked down at him, it's red eyes visible behind the bone it used to cover it's face. (ATK/2400 DEF/1500) "His effect allows him to attack twice per turn. I'm going to destroy all your monsters!"

Johan grinned. "Not a chance! Reverse card open! Jewel Fortress!" Soho watched as three Jewels appeared in front of him. Each representing the Jewel Beasts he had in play. They were spinning in a circle in front of him, as if guarding him. Which Johan would explain is what they were doing. "Each Jewel Beast I control in my monster zones is counted as 1000 attack points. Every monster you have that's attack points are below that cannot attack this turn."

"Fine! I change my Gemini Soldier to defence position!" (DEF/300) "Turn end!"

"Draw!" Johan looked at his card, deciding on his next move in an instant. "Reverse card open! Needlebug Nest!" He picked up the top five cards of his deck, sending them to his graveyard. "The top five cards in my deck must be sent to the graveyard." He watched as his cards were sent, hoping...

"YES!" He picked up his ace card. "I have a total of seven Jewel Beats on my filed and in my graveyard, so I can summon my ace monster! Come out! Rainbow Dragon!"

The card began to glow the second he placed it in his monster zone, it rose up, growing into the form that was only met with cheers from the crowd. The form of the god of the Jewel Beasts.

The Rainbow Dragon had come. (Attack mode. ATK/4000 DEF/0) "I activate two spell cards from my hand. Jewel Release and M-Force! Both will target my Amber Mammoth!" Amber Mammoth glowed blue as his attack power rose. (ATK/3000) "Judai...I've given you as much time as I can. Rainbow Dragon is here, and if I wait then Draygor will suspect something. We can't let anyone think something's going on." "Amber Mammoth! Attack Chthonian Emperor Dragon!"

"Reverse card open! Battle Equal!" (Chthonian Emperor Dragon ATK/3000) "When a monster I control battles an opponent's monster with greater attack, and the different between their attack power is 1000 or less, this card raises my monsters attack points until both are equal. Counter-attack Chthonian Emperor Dragon, Dark Emperor Flame!"

The Mammoth ran right into the fire, not stopping for a second as he was ignited. He continued running, reaching the dragon and impaling it on one of his tusks. Both exploded, the battle was a draw.

The jewel of Amber Mamoth appeared in front of Johan. Johan frowned. There was only one logical move to make now. "Rainbow Dragon! Attack her Magical Reflect Slime! Over The Rainbow!" The god of the Jewel Beasts opened it's mouth, preparing to gather the energy for it's attack.

Soho had ideas of her own. "Reverse card open! Super Double Summon! I can dual summon a Gemini Monster I control. I choose Magical Reflect Slime which effect activates now! You will take all the battle damage from this battle!" The grey blob turned metallic blue.

It took a second for Johan to absorb that information. A second to absorb just what he had done. "She tricked me!" Now Johan was about to lose almost all of his remaining life points. On the inside however Johan grinned. He had one way out of this.

But not before Soho had one more nail to put in the coffin she was trying to create. Now it would be Johan's turn to fight the card of fear. "I activate my second card! Extinction Armor!"

Johan ended up clenching a fist without realizing it. Now finally he could see The Emissary of Extinction. If only as an image. Johan had to admit it was a fearful sight. Even more so was it's effect, he knew what was coming. Back in reality Soho was declaring a target.

"And I..." Soho suddenly stopped, her body shaking slightly. She lost her balance for a second, her eyes suddenly darted downwards, like she had suddenly lost all train of thought. Somehow however, she continued to speak. "Equip it to..." It was now Johan could see the copy of Extinction Armor in her Duel Disk was covered in dark energy, which emitted some of itself into Soho.

"That card is controlling her!"

Draygor would decide who to affect with this card, and within a few seconds Soho's head rose up, looking at Johan like she had been planning this move all along.

"Rainbow Dragon!"

"WHAT?" Johan's shout was lost beneath the screams that were coming from his ace monster.

The dragon roared, but this not the roar that the dragon would always emit during attack, the mighty sound that only the Rainbow Dragon could emit. The roar that always filled all on it's side with new strength. No. This was a roar of pain, of agony, of anger.

The dragon's body arced back as bones burst from it's chest. It's eyes snapped shut as the skull began to appear.

"Rainbow Dragon! NO!" Johan watched as the face of his ace monster was covered by the skull of a beast far more fearful. The bones on it's chest snapped shut, the transformation was progressing quickly. The Emissary's spine stabbed into the Dragons, it's scales quickly rotting to nothing. Before long Rainbow Dragon's tail was nothing but bone.

It was then the Dragon finally stopped roaring. No, stopped screaming. It's body leaned to look down at it's target. Johan had already declared attack and Rainbow Dragon, or whatever was in it's place now was only too happy to follow that order. The beast roared, but now it was no longer a roar that inspired hope. Whatever was about to attack was not the rainbow dragon any more, this roar was so much more personal, primal. Sinister. Johan briefly wondered if this was how prey heard the roars of their predators. Had Johan not been so scared himself he would have spared some thought for his Dragon's prey.

Magical Reflect Slime was the prey today.

The changed beast opened it's mouth, creating it's attack. Instead of it's translational full circle rainbow, it now gathered energy directly in it's mouth as a ball of swirling color. All of the colors of the rainbow, mixed with black. The dragon shot out it's attack, darkness turning along with the other colors of it's attack. The god of the Jewel Beasts had become a mindless host to the Extinction Armor.

Johan may not have been able to save Rainbow Dragon, but he could save himself. "Reverse Card Open! Jewel Seal!" The Gemstone for Ruby Carbuncle was sacrificed for an effect as yet unknown. "By sacrificing a Jewel Beast in my spell and trap zone, I can select one card on the field, and negate it's effects for the turn!"

The Magical Slime was suddenly locked in the red Jewel that appeared around it. There was nothing it could do.

There was nothing Soho could do.

Nothing even Johan could do. This attack was going to happen, despite how much Johan wanted to stop this madness, this was going to happen. He, like many others would quickly come to, accepted that things were about to change on this island. How exactly, was something no one really knew.

The darkened attack hit. It completely obliterated it's target and the prison in a second, the rest of the blast colliding with the ground. In seconds Soho was completely covered in light, as was her side of the field. Seconds later the light passed over Johan, expanding over the arena. Before long the arena was covered in light.

When the light from the attack faded, all that could be seen was Johan standing, looking at his ace card. Soho on the other hand was laid back, unconscious. (Soho LP/0) The holograms of the duel had long since faded.

Johan was lost in the card before him. "Rainbow Dragon! Can you hear me! Are you okay? Please, anwer me!" A sudden roar in his mind told Johan everything he needed to hear. He smiled, letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Thank goodness"

The crowd broke into thunderous applause.

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Fubuki raised his radio. "The match is over. Has it been hidden?

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Xiaolang grinned as he looked at his hiding place, wiping sweat from his brow. He raised his own radio. "Done. I'll meet you guys at the rendezvous point. How did Johan do?"

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Fubuki frowned. "We have a problem."

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End of Chapter

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Today's Strongest Card

Ancient City - Rainbow Ruins

Spell (Field)

This card gets these effects, based on the number of "Jewel Beast" cards in your Spell & Trap Card Zone. ● 1+: This card cannot be destroyed by a card effect. ● 2+: Once per turn, you can halve the Battle Damage you take. ● 3+: You can send 1 "Jewel Beast" monster you control to the Graveyard to negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card and destroy it. ● 4+: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can draw 1 card. ● 5+: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can Special Summon 1 "Jewel Beast" card from your Spell & Trap Card Zone.

Commentary: Johan

"Here the Jewel Beasts are at their strongest."

An overdue statement:

An anonymous reviewer, who went under the name "Divine" has pointed out some very important non-cannon things I'm doing. I thought I may have had to make this statement after I released chapter 9, but no-one brought it up so I decided not to bother.

Now I have to. So prepare for a long author's note.

First: Judai and Yubel.

I'm no romance writer. I won't be having them (Or anyone else for that matter), in any kind of romantic scenes in my work. Sorry everyone. If you've come looking for romance I can't offer it to you. Which brings me to the fact that I wrote out, specifically, that while Yubel did love Judai, it was not quite the same way as she did Haou (Judai in his past life). I need to note two things here.

First: Judai and Haou will NOT be two separate souls. I know they are the same soul, just at different points in their lives (or two different lifetimes as the case may be). I know I ended up having Haou referred to as another person. But I do that simply because I think that is how Judai would view it, and how I personally view the matter. It's very philosophical, but I have a question which sums it up nicely.

Assuming you forget something which ties to the core of who you are, and you change as a person, would it be right to say you're still the same person you once were? There's more truth to the saying "I'm not who I used to be" than most people think about. Which I am trying to explore.

This is my view on Judai and Haou. Same soul, but two distinct lives, two distinct people. This is how I think Judai (or anyone who'd been through something like it) would see it. He accepts his and Haou's souls are one in the same. But he doesn't act much like the Haou we know, so I doubt Judai would think of Haou as himself.

Which leads me to Yubels feelings, I was trying to have her character develop a bit.

Judai is very little like his past life (as we know his past self, at least as an older teenager. Which is how I intend to portray him.). How many of you (my readers) have ever really loved someone, but one day realize that you don't any more? That they are no longer the person they were? This is what I was trying to have Yubel go through. Rushed like hell I know. I'm sorry, if I ever get more skilled at this kind of thing I'll go back and improve it.

Why Yubel feels the way she does about Judai now, and her entire story with Haou is something I intend to cover one day. And if many people consider it to be completely against the cannon (Who am I kidding, this book IS non-cannon by definition), and don't like it then there's not a great deal I can do.

To anyone who may have misunderstood. When I had the image of Haou say "If you want to defeat him (Ritan), be like him.", it was meant to mean "If you want to win, sacrifice the boy.". Something I think Haou would have done. And Judai would not. Which is why "Judai" said "I wont be like you".

It's another reason I think Judai would think of him and Haou as different, even though they do happen to share the same soul. This was the purpose of that scene.

I'm not trying to make my story AU (in fact, I'm trying to stay loyal to the series, for the most part. I bet I forgot one or two things). Despite this some things will likely change over time. I'll try not to stray too far, but I don't want to go chapter after chapter without any character development. Without any change. I'm not the kind of guy who can write out stuff like that. If you want a story that serve only to mimic the original story perfectly then this is not the book you should be reading. The anime never did the same thing over and over again, I wont either.

I will go more into Haou's life story. What I see him as, and will portray him as in later chapters. Keep in mind people, Haou's story is one I am going to construct from scratch (Aside from the stuff shown in the anime). Some people may like it, other's wont. I can't please everyone, and I won't try to.

About the level of editing in my work:

I do proofread my stuff (not as thoroughly as I should, but I'm learning as I go.), but ultimately I'm just one guy. I'm not a world class writer or even an experienced editor. I do what I can. I do try and check my old stuff from time to time, and when I do find errors I do change and re-upload them. It's going to be some time before I produce fully flawless work (assuming I ever do), but if you'll all put up with it I'll try and at least try and create a great story. Some of you are calling this book "Season 5". I've got good motive to try.

Thank you for the review and compliment Divine. I hope you stick around for the rest of the book.

General notes:

I know it's been more than 2 weeks since the last chapter. But this one did require some big planning and I don't have all the time in the world to plan it out. This chapter (as some may have guessed) is important to the rest of the book. It's from here that I have to work, this is a foundation chapter, the rest of the book will be built from it. I can't promise any update consistency but I will not be giving up on this book. Not when I've only scratched the surface of the plot.

Voting:

Since the vote was unanimous, I have changed this story's rating back to teen. Though I must warn, there are going to be a few dark scenes, and some more (if minor) gore ahead (Not likely to be any worse than Ritan's death though). If you're sensitive to such things, I suggest you read with caution.

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in the archetype vote so far. Now I finally have some card sets to work with. If any of you have already voted and come up with new suggestions, vote again, I don't mind. This vote isn't so much about competition. Just me getting suggestions from my fan base. Again, if I don't use a suggestion I'm given, it's because I either cant think of a great duel with them, or have something planned already. I have also decided to extend the closing date. The new closing date will be March 14.

I'll start showing more archetypes of my own creation soon.