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Chapter 13: A Fragile Alliance Part IV
Ryan's POV
I just stood there and watch as Rio was in a rage of what Vector did to torment all of us. In fact I found it kind of both cute and scary when she was like this. Now she had her chaos monster out on the field and she was ready to unleash it on an immortal Vector and his unbeatable Manipulator of Souls.
"I'm going to wipe out all of your life points in a single turn Vector." Rio said.
"Go ahead and try." Vector responded. "But if I have one point left, you take the same amount of damage that I do. And when that happens you'll be on the verge of destruction, just like before."
"Don't count on it Vector." I said.
"Yes, because you will pay for your betrayal." Dumon agreed with me.
"Dumon, Ryan ." Rio said ass the both of us looked at her. "You two couldn't be more right. I know how to eliminate all of his life points." She said as I grinned. "But it will come with a price." She said.
"What are you saying?" Dumon asked as he was concerned.
"Rio…" I said as I was worried at what she was going to do. Of course she was still in this duel thanks to my trap card that saved her, but I had a feeling the life points I saved her will be wiped out soon.
"I activate Distortion Crystal." She said revealing her spell. "Now it's crystal clear that your chances of winning are down to zero. Because when the attack of one of your monsters changes, this card double that amount." She said. "Next I activate, Zero Blade." She said activating a second spell card. "Thanks to this card, your monster loses one thousand points." She said.
"One Thousand?" Vector asked.
"Actually Vector, to be more specific Manipulator of Souls loses two thousand thanks to Rio's Distortion Crystal." I said.
"Couldn't said it better myself Ryan." She said as a cool breeze flew in and hit Vector's number.
Number 43: Manipulator of Souls (3500-1500 ATK)
"I know its getting chilly, but has the cold put your reign on ice?" Rio asked taunting Vector.
"Now, there's the Rio I know." I said to myself.
"Clever girl." Vector said.
"More than you think." Rio said. "I activate Ragnainfinity's special ability." She announced. "By using one overlay unit, I can deal you damage equal to the number of attack points your monster just lost." She said as I grinned.
"What?" Vector asked.
"Go Moon Blade Blast!" Rio commanded her monster as it twirled its scepter and fired a blast hitting Vector.
Vector 4000-2000 LP
"Alright, way to go Rio!" I cheered her on.
"Oh this is just the beginning Ryan." She said to me. "Because thanks to Zero Blade, Ragnainfinity can attack twice this turn." She said. "Which is fitting for what he did to us." She said as she narrowed her eyes at him. "This is for almost destroying me and my brother Nash, and worst of all killing Ryan's own parents in front of him." She said. "Now Ragnainfinity attack Manipulator of Souls." She commanded her monster, and with three thousand attack points it was sure to be a huge impact as Ragnainfinity attacked Manipulator of Souls and sent Vector flying.
Vector 2000-500 LP
"Alright way to go Rio." I said to her. "One more attack and he's through."
"Now Ragnainfinity attack Manipulator of Souls again!" She said as her monster hit.
"Good Bye bad guy." I said.
"Not so fast." Vector said. "Activate Damage Pot." He said as his trap card activated. "I'm afraid that your victory will be fall short." He said as a pot appeared and sucked up all the damage from it.
"No way, it sucked up all the damage?" I asked.
"Yes Ryan, it did." Vector said. "But it's very bad for you, you failed to get rid of all my life points Marin. So now Don Thousand's Throne activates and fixes me good as new." He said as he was restored once again.
Vector 500-4000 LP
"Now let's go back to Manipulator of Souls's special ability shall we?" Vector said. "Not only will it gain attack points, but you will take damage equal to the number of life points I regained." He said. "I lost thirty five hundred life points, and you don't need a calculator to know that is more than three thousand." He said as my heart then skipped a beat.
"No, Rio." I said as memories of Rio and I came back to me along with the memories of us in the past. I then looked over at her as she didn't looked phased. "Rio?" I asked her.
"Don't worry Ryan, it will be fine." She said as I shook my head.
"No it's not! I just lost my parents, I can't offered to lose you too." I said. "Please you can't go away because I-I…" I then hesitated what I was going to say because I was worried. Even though Rio was a barian would she have the feelings for me just like I did her.
"You what Ryan?" Rio asked in her calm voice.
"I've changed my mind." We heard Vector say as we looked at him. "I won't be using Manipulator of Souls special ability."
"I knew you were nothing but a coward Vector." Rio said.
"How dare you insult me you worthless insect!" Vector yelled out at her.
"You don't command any respect." Rio said. "Unlike Nash." She said still calling her brother by his barian name.
"Is that so?" He asked. "Well speaking of your beloved brother, let's see how he's doing." He said as a projection began to appear. "You didn't have a single clue that I already captured him." He said as we then saw Shark, weak and tangled up.
"Shark/Nash!" Dumon and I shouted as we saw him.
"Oh but don't worry, he has pleanty of company." He said as the image then turned on a brown haired girl.
"Stephanie!?" Dumon and I said to see her in the same state as the Shark.
"It's seems that both your older siblings have seen better days." Vector said in a mocking voice.
"Release them at once Vector!" Dumon yelled at the grey barian.
"No, I think not." Vector said. "I rather like them this way all bound and beaten up."
"Wait so then that means…" I said realizing something. "That Vector has been draining energy from both Stephanie and Shark!" I said and looked back at Vector. "And he's been using Don Thousand's Throne to do it."
"Well don't look so surprised kiddies." Vector said. "My life points had to come from somewhere. And it so happens I have been taking it from your buddy and Ryan's sister." He said with an evil chuckle. "And by the way I have grown fawn of the taste of human energy." He said as I was disgusted by what he was saying. "So in other words the more you hurt me, the more you hurt them." As we were all still shocked.
"Are you saying our attacks have been hurting Nash and Stephanie this whole time?" She said as she fell to her knees.
"Rio!" I said as I went to her.
"Ryan, I've never felt so helpless in my life." She said as I shook my head.
"Don't say things like that, we'll find a way to free our older siblings." I said as she looked at me. "Everything will be alright, just let me and Dumon handle things and we'll be reunited with our siblings in no time." I said with determination in my voice.
"Thank you Ryan." Rio said. "You are truly a person with a kind and pure heart." I nodded at her as I turned around to face Vector.
"Come on Dumon, let's go to work." I said.
"With pleasure Ryan." Dumon said. "Now I draw!" He said. "And now I activated Rank-Up Magic The Seventh One." He said. "This allows me to rebuild the overlay network with Number 102: Star Seraph Sentry!" He said as his monster glowed "Chaos Xyz eveolution!" He said as a new monster appeared and one familiar to me. "I xyz summon Chaos Number 102: Archfiend Seraph!" He said as his monster appeared.
Number C102: Archfiend Seraph (2900 ATK/2400 DEF)
"You won't be draining any more of Nash and Stephanie's." He said. "If the only way to break this cruel cycle is to defeat you in one turn, then defeat you I shall." I grinned and hoped that Dumon was right. "I activate the card Celestial Rage in my graveyard!" He said. "By removing it from my graveyard, I can increase Archfiend Seraph's attack by two thousand.
Number C102: Archfiend Seraph (2900-4900 ATK)
"Clearly you are not so smart after all Dumon, because that's not the high amount of attack points to defeat me." Vector said.
"Not yet anyway." Dumon responded back as he was going do to Vector the same he did to me when he dueled with his chaos monster. "By using one chaos overlay unit, your monster looses all of its attack points and its special abilities." He said as I grinned.
Number 43: Manipulator of Souls (1500-0 ATK)
"In other words you will lose forty nine hundred life points in one strike." He said. "But if it makes you feel any better I will go out alongside you." He said as I looked at him.
"What are you saying Dumon?" I asked him.
"I'm saying that when I used Celestial Rage's effect I will also take forty nine hundred points of damage." He said as I gasped.
"So you're willing to sacrifice yourself to defeat me?" Vector asked.
"Archfiend Seraph, attack Manipulator of Souls and end this once and for all." He said as his monster attacked as we all watched helplessly.
"I activate the trap Evil 1." Vector said. "It prevents my monster of being destroyed, but that's not all, no matter how much damaged you deal me I will have one single life point left." He said as both he and Dumon took the hit.
"So in other words, Dumon's life points will also be down to one!" I shouted as both of their life points dropped sharply.
Vector 4000-1 LP
Dumon 4000-1 LP
"Dumon!" Rio cried out.
"That was close Dumon." Vector said. "Good thing I'm a far better duelist then you are." He said as he began bosting. "Now that you're done outsmarting a real duelist, end your turn." He said.
"I end my turn, and Archfiend Sentry's attack points return to normal." He said.
Number C102: Archfiend Sentry (4900-2900 ATK)
"Now look at what you've done." Vector said. "Your monster's attack points may have gone down, but thanks to Nash and Stephanie my life points are about to go up." He said as we then heard the screams of latter two still trapped.
Vector 1-4000 LP
"Nash!" Dumon cried out.
"Hold on Steph!" I shouted at the projection. "Just stay strong." I said as I turned around and stepped forward. "Because now it's my turn, I draw!" I said as I looked down at my hand. "And now I activate the legendary spell card, Pot of Greed which lets me draw two new cards from my hand." I said as I drew two new cards. "And now I play this Overlay Re-Summon. This lets me target up to two overlay units still attached to an xyz monster and let me summon them back to the field., I target Shark Drake allowing me to summon two of the monsters I used to xyz summon it." I said as my spell card pulled out two of Shark Drake's overlay units as the floated down. "Now welcome back Abyss Warrior and Abyss Solider." I said as the two abyss monsters reappeared from the two orbs of light.
Abyss Solider (1800-2000 ATK/1300-1500 DEF)
Abyss Warrior (1800-2000 ATK/1300-1500 DEF)
"Now I overlay Abyss Solider and Warrior!" I said as the two entered the black hole. "Now I xyz summon Abyss Dweller in attack mode! And thanks to my field spell it gains a two hundred attack and defense boost." I shouted as the sea serpent appeared.
Abyss Dweller (1700-1900 ATK/1400-1600 DEF)
"But that's not all, with Abyss Dweller on the field, all water monsters I control are now five hundred attack points stronger, and since Rio, Dumon and I share the same field, so does Rio's Ragnainfinity.
Number 32: Shark Drake (3000-3500 ATK)
Number C103: Ragnainfinity (3000-3500 ATK)
Abyss Dweller (1900-2400 ATK)
"Now, since you don't have any cards in your hand, plus you used up all your cards to protect you last turn but now, plus Dumon's chaos monster's effect has negated your monster's special abilities and its attack is down to zero, your mine." I said narrowing my eyes. "Now Shark Drake and Abyss Dweller attack and end this duel."
"AHHH!" I heard a scream as I looked back to see my sister in pain being shocked.
"Stephanie!" I shouted as I turned back to Vector. "What are you doing to her Vector?" I asked as Vector once again let out a maniacal laugh.
"Why that's simple Ryan, I've just tied your sister's own life force to my own." He said as I gasped. "It's a very painful process to go through but its worth it for this." He said as I growled. "Well Ryan, I am still waiting on you to attack. But just remember if I go so does your sister, and this time her blood will be on your hands." He said as he let out a laugh as I fell to my knees.
"Vector you scum!" I heard Rio shout. "How dare you use Ryan's sister as a shield to protect yourself?"
"You've swooped down to a new low that not even us barians would dare to go." Dumon said in agreement. "Release Stephanie from your grip now."
"Why that's a very good idea Dumon." Vector said. "If Ryan is willing to end his turn, I will separate the link between me and his precious sister." He said with a chuckle.
"That's not what Dumon meant Vector." Rio said.
"No, he's right." I said as I got up.
"Ryan, no." Rio pleaded with me, but I ignored her. I then looked down at my cards and saw the other card I drew with Pot of Greed, I may have not stopped Vector, but I have just the right card to stop him on his turn. "I stop my attack." I said as my monsters stood down. "I place one card face down and end my turn." I said as Vector chuckled.
"Very good." He said as I then heard my sister stop screaming and started panting hard. "Now you three I'm afraid your time is up." He said as we braced ourselves. "But first I'm activating this spell card, Chaos Pot of Greed, now I can draw for every chaos monster on the field, which is three." He said as he drew his three new cards. "Next I play this the spell card Double Damage meaning until the end of my turn, and damage I deal out it is doubled." He said. "And now I'm sending the card Evil 1 to the graveyard to activate its effect." He said as the card disappeared. "I won't get to battle this turn, but it'll be well worth it." He said as we all held our breath. "Why you ask? Because now I get to destroy any card on the field." He said as I then looked up.
"That means he could destroy any of our cards." I said.
"Correct Ryan." Vector said. "But it won't be any of yours. It will be one of mine, Damage Pot."
"But that's one of your cards!" Rio said.
"Correct again." Vector said. "But once it leaves the field, it spills out all the damage it will be fifteen hundred, but thanks to Double Damage its now increased to three thousand." He said as we all looked down at our life point counter. "That's more than you three have. So you don't survive but I do." He said. "Now say goodbye." He said as his pot began to explode I once again saw my whole life flash before my eyes.
"I now activate Sacred Shield!" I heard Dumon yell out as I looked at him as he revealed his face down he set earlier. "It cleans up the mess you, by absorbing all the damage, your trap card released." He said as I took a sigh of relief.
"NO!" Vector shouted as I grinned.
"Oh yes." Dumon responded. "And it gives Ragnainfinity an increase in attack points equal to the damage we all would've taken this turn which is twelve thousand." He said as Ragnainfinity glowed a bright pinkish aura.
Number C103: Ragnainfinity (3500-15500 ATK)
"That means Ragnainfinity now gains a total of fifteen thousand five hundred attack points." I said with a grin on my face.
"Yes, that makes Ragnainfinity the strongest monster in play." Rio said as she turned to Dumon. "Dumon you're brilliant, this means it'll be strong enough to defeat Vector, we'll win." She said but as she was saying that I looked at Dumon to see he was all quiet.
"Not all of us Marin." Dumon said. "You and Ryan." He said as Rio and I both gasped.
"What do you mean?" Rio asked him.
"Sacred Shield has one final effect," He began to explain. "I must take all the damage it has absorbed." He said.
"But that means you'll lose!" Rio said in horror as Vector laughed.
"I thought we could all win, but it wasn't meant to be." He said. "You must defeat him together as a team, a team that I broke up." He said as we just looked on speechless. "You and Nash meant everything to me Marin. Much like Ryan, good times or bad I cherished every moment we've spent together. I wished there we could've done more." He said as I came to a realization.
"So it's true." I said. "You, you two…"I said as I couldn't bear to say the words.
"Yes Ryan, in a way Marin and I were in love with each other." He said as I looked at him. "But after when she and Nash disappeared I closed my heart and was determined to find the missing numbers in Nash's memory." He said. "It was only after did I met your sister that she helped me open it again in the short time we've spent together." He said as I looked at him.
"So you still have feelings for my sister now." I asked as he nodded.
"Yes Ryan I do. It was when I felt when Marin remembered who she was I also felt that she had moved on as well." He said.
"Dumon…" I muttered.
"Ryan you must promise, promise me you'll protect Rio with all your life, and when you find your sister, tell her I love her and I am sorry for abandoning her." He said as I was caught by surprised when he said her name. "So there for I'm am counting on both of you to look after each other and defeat Vector!"
"Very well." Vector said. "I place one card, and end my turn." He said as a blast hit Dumon as he flew backwards de-morphing back into his human form.
Dumon 1-0 LP
"Dumon!" Rio and I shouted.
"Goodbye everyone!" Dumon shouted. "It was an honor to fight by your sides and you Ryan, for being a worthy and honorable rival, opponent, and ally." He said as he then disappeared.
Normal POV
Inside their prison Nash and Stephanie looked up in horror as they saw that Dumon was gone.
"DUMON!" Nash shouted out as Stephanie shed tears.
"Oh Dumon, I never stopped loving you." She said as she sobbed quietly.
Ryan's POV
We saw as small blue lights were scattered where Dumon was then they all gathered in front of Rio as we both tried our best to hold back tears.
"Thank you Dumon." Rio said. "I will always keep you within my heart. Nash, Ryan, his sister and I will never forget you. I will make sure your efforts were not in vain." She then looked up at me and as I nodded knowing what we had to do. We then turned back to face Vector with a rage in both of our hearts.
"You will pay for what you have done Vector!" Rio yelled at him. "Thanks to Dumon, Ragnainfinity has fifteen thousand five hundred attack points, and your monster has none." She said.
"Plus, your monster has none of its special abilities to protect it." I said.
"Now it's my turn now and there's nothing you can do to stop this!" Rio said as she drew her card. "Ragnainfinity, attack Manipulator of Souls!" She said as her monster launched its attack.
"Now for you to become a bad memory!" I shouted as it destroyed Vectors number. "We did it." I said calmly.
"Yes." Rio agreed. "And we couldn't have done it without Dumon's efforts." But then we heard a sound of laughter as we looked to see Vector still standing!
"Surprise, surprise." He said. "Guess who?"
"Vector!" Rio shouted in surprise.
"Just how did you survive? Explain yourself!" I yelled out.
"Well you have Don Thousand's Throne to thank for that." He said. "Once I send it to the graveyard, to negate the attack and end your turn." He said. "But there's more, much more." He said. "It can now turn Manipulator of Souls into a chaos xyz monster." He said as his monster glowed.
"A chaos xyz monster?" Rio said.
"Go Chaos Xyz Evolution!" Vector shouted. "Show yourself, Chaos Number 43: High Manipulator of Chaos!" He shouted as the chaos monster appeared.
Number C43: High Manipulator of Chaos (0 ATK/0 DEF)
"I-I end my turn." Rio said still in disbelief.
"Okay now it's my turn." I said.
"Not so fast Ryan!" Vector said. "I activate the trap card Skip!" He said as I gasped.
"Skip?" I asked.
"Yes, when it is your turn, I can activate this card and skip your entire turn, including your draw phase." He said as he laughed. "Now time for your destruction." He said as it was his turn. "Now I play Cursed Chaos. Now you have to pay five hundred life points to activate your monsters special abilities. You may have three thousand life points, but that won't matter with this, because now I activate High Manipulator of Chaos's special ability. When you have a monster with more attack points then your life points, I get to summon a Manipulator token." He said as strings launched out of it and landed on Rio.
"Rio!" I yelled out as she screamed out in pain as the string then removed themselves from her as a silhouette of her barian form appeared. "Manipulator Token's attack and defense points becomes equal to your life points. And it can attack for every chaos overlay unit my monster has which is three." He said as a small puppet came in the shape of Rio.
Manipulator Token (3000 ATK/3000 DEF)
"But your monster is weaker than mine." Rio said. "Meaning she will wipe it out."
"Oh I doubt that." Vector said. "Manipulator Token, attack Ragnainfinity." He commanded his own monster as it attacked and a huge blast came out.
"You just destroyed your own monster." Rio said in disbelief.
"Wrong-o." Vector said with a laugh. "Manipulator Token can't be destroyed in battle and I don't take any damage." He said.
"So it survives?" Rio asked in horror.
"Yes, and High Manipulator of Chaos gains attack points equal to the damage I would've taken." He said.
Number C43: High Manipulator of Chaos (0-12,500 ATK)
"Rio, now your monster's ability!" I shouted to her as she nodded.
"I activate Ragnainfinity's special ability, by using its last chaos overlay unit I can deal you damage by the difference of its previous and current attack points which is twelve thousand two fifty." She said as she was zapped by Vector's spell card.
Marin 3000-2500 LP
"It may cost me five hundred attack points but it's enough to stop you and your plan to overpower my monster." She said as her monster attacked Vector. But when the dust cleared Vector was still standing with his life points still intact. "How?" She asked as Vector chuckled.
"Oh I'll tell you how, by sending Reaper Damage Eater from my hand to the graveyard, it takes all the damage I would've taken with it, so sorry." He said as Rio gasped in fear. "Now let's get back to the fun part, Manipulator Token attack again!" He said as his token attacked again and his monster got stronger.
Number C43 High Manipulator of Chaos (12500-25000 ATK)
"I hope both of your siblings are watching, because the third times the charm!" He said as his token attacked again and increasing his monster.
Number C43 High Manipulator of Chaos (25000-37500 ATK)
As the smoke cleared I could hear Sharks voice.
"Vector, enough!" He shouted. "You've got me just please let them both go!" He pleaded.
"Now High Manipulator of Chaos has thirty seven thousand five hundred attack points!" He said gleefully. "This puppet is going to pulverize you!" He said. "Now High Manipulator of Chaos attack and destroy Ragnainfinity and erase Marin forever!" He shouted as his monster began its attack on Rio's monster. I had to think fast as I looked down at my set card I then looked back up as Vector's monster attacked Rio's.
To be continued…
Next time on Barian Wars: Battle of the Barians: The Fragile Alliance saga concludes as the dust clears all is not what it looks like. Suddenly an unexpected person appears to give Ryan a new type of power. Can Ryan use this power to defeat Vector once and for all? Plus a secret that Ryan has kept for so long will finally be revealed. Next time on Battle of the Barians: A Fragile Alliance Part V.
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