Hi everyone, DisneyAnimefan94 here and welcome back to Barian Wars: Battle of the Barians and the conclusion of the Duel of Brothers. Wow, two chapters in one day am I on a roll or what? So I hope you all enjoy the conclusion.
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Chapter 21: Duel of Brothers Part III
Ryan's POV
I stood there hoping once the dust cleared, Shark's life points would drop down to two hundred attack points.
"Ryan, you will never defeat me!" Shark cried out. "I activate Reincarnation of the Seven Emperors! By banishing Barian Hope and all of its chaos overlay units, I take no damage." He said as I grunted in frustration. "But it gets better, because in its place I can summon a new xyz monster and you take damage equal to its attack points, so come on out Black Ray Lancer!" He shouted as a monster familiar to me appeared.
Black Ray Lancer (2100 ATK/600 DEF)
"It's over for you brother." He said.
"Not yet it isn't." I said. "I activate Neptunian Emperor's special ability, by using an overlay unit, I can banish it and in its place summon a new water xyz monster, I summon Number 41: Mermail Abysstitan!" I shouted as my number appeared.
Number 41: Mermail Abysstitian (2300 ATK/1100 DEF)
"Next I play this, the face down , Gift of the Xyz, when I special summon an xyz monster, I gain life points equal to half its attack power." I said as my life points raised.
Ryan 1850-3000 LP
"Yes, but you still take damage!" Shark said. "Go Black Ray Lancer, shimmering spear slash!" He said as his monster attacked me as I de-morphed back into my human form.
Ryan 3000-900 LP
"I may have not much left, but I can still take you down!" Shark said as I got up to see him go back into his human form. "You're move." He said.
"Well lookie here, Black Ray Lancer and an xyz Mermail monster, just like the last few times we dueled." I said remembering past duels we had before meeting Yuma and the others.
"Yeah, but I always found a way to beat them." Shark said.
"Yeah, but guess what bro, I have a feeling this time it's going to be different." I said.
"Oh really?" Shark said with a smirk on his face. "You've really come along way little brother." Shark said. "You aren't that shy kid Rio and I met when she found you at that orphanage." He said as I smiled. "I wish we can go back to the way things were but we just can't." He said as I looked at him.
"Why?" I asked him.
"Because I am the leader of the seven emperors, and they are my family. I promised them I would do whatever it takes to defend my world. It's just like the one we use to have before we realized our destinies."
"But we still have that if you can just see past the barian influence." I said. "And I'm going to help you Shark." I said as it was my turn now s I drew my next card "Now go Abysstitan attack Black Ray Lancer." I said as my mermail began to attack.
"I don't think so bro." Shark said. "Because when I banish Friller Shark I can negate your attack and your Mermail loses five hundred attack points." He said as my mermail stopped.
Number 41: Mermail Abysstitian (2300-1800 ATK)
"See, I told you I find a way around." He said.
"We'll see." I said. "I place a card face down and end my turn.
"Now let's truly finish this!" He said as he then morphed back into his barian form. "Now for my turn." He said as he drew his card. "I activate Xyz Treasure, I get to draw a card for every xyz card in play, so I draw two." He said drawing two more cards. "And when I play a spell I can summon out Big Jaws!" He said as his Big Jaws appeared.
Big Jaws (1800 ATK/300 DEF)
"Next I summon Skull Kraken!" He said as his next monster appeared.
Skull Kraken (600 ATK/1600 DEF)
"I now build the overlay network with Big Jaws and Skull Kraken and xyz summon Submersible Carrier Aero Shark!" He said as his monster appeared.
Submersible Carrier Aero Shark (1900 ATK/1000 DEF)
"And my Aero Shark has a present for you, by using one overlay unit, I can deal you damage equal to the number of cards in my hand." He said. "I may have one card, but you lose four hundred and all I need to do is attack you this turn and finish you off for good." He said. "Go Torpedo Takedown!"
"I activate my Damage Take Over trap card to take no damage and it can add itself as an overlay unit onto Abysstitan." I said as I took no damage and the card was added on.
Mermail Abysstitian {OLU 0-1}
"Plus, Abysstitan gains five hundred attack points for each overlay unit attached."
Number 41: Mermail Abysstitan (1800-2300 ATK)
"However it will lose four hundred instead of me." I said.
Number 41: Mermail Abysstitian (2300-1900 ATK)
"That doesn't matter, now go Black Ray Lancer, attack Abysstitian. It may not be a monster you can still take damage." He said as I was pushed back.
Ryan 900-700 LP
"I set one card face down and end my turn." He said as I dropped to the floor.
"Got to hand it to him, Shark really is tough when he's on the edge." I said as I got up. "Its my…" I said as I then stopped.
"What's wrong Ryan, too afraid to make your move?" Shark asked. I then shook my head.
"Quite the opposite my barian brother." I said as I then took off my pendent.
"Ryan, what are you doing?" Dine asked as I turned to her and smiled.
"Dine, thanks to you and the mermails I am a better person now. I'm not that same wimpy kid that had to stand by and did nothing. Now because of you I can face those who were more intimidated then me. But now I need to do this on my own." I said with a smile as I let go of the pendent.
"Ryan don't…" She said as she then disappeared when I let go as the pendent hit the floor.
"Now I am ready." I said. "I draw!" I shouted as my card shined brightly. "I now play Sword Fin Shark in attack mode." I said.
Sword Fin Shark (500 ATK/1000 DEF)
"Now by equipping Sword Fin Shark to Abysstitian, it gains five hundred attack points., and what's more since I have a water monster on the field, it gains a thousand more attack points" I announced.
Number 41: Mermail Abysstitan (1900-3400 ATK)
"Now go Abysstitian strike down Aero Shark!" I shouted.
"I activate Rebirth of the Seven Emperors!" Shark announced his trap cards name. "It lets me tribute all of my xyz monsters, and by doing so I can bring back Chaos Xyz Barian Hope!"
CXyz Barian Hope (0 ATK/0 DEF)
"Not again." I muttered.
"And plus I can bring back three of my banish monsters and attach them back to Barian Hope as chaos overlay units, meaning Barian Hope gains three thousand attack points.
CXyz Barian Hope (0-3000 ATK)
"Yeah? But it's still four hundred points weaker then Abysstitian!" I shouted as the attack continued.
"True but not for long." He said as I was confused. "I play the trap Draw of Fate, that negates your attack!" He said. "And there's one other thing about Draw of Fate, we both need to draw a card and if neither of us play that drawn card one of us will lose the duel automatically." He said as I gasped. "This is it bro, give me everything you've got!" He said.
"Draw!" We both shouted as we both drew our cards. I looked down to see one card that I was surprised to see.
"How did this?" I asked. "No time, I play Double or Nothing, doubling Abysstitian attack power and it can attack again."
Number 41: Mermail Abysstitian (3400-6800 ATK)
"This is it I'm finally going to beat…" I then paused when I realized what was going to happen. "What happens if I win?" I asked myself. "Will Shark finally come back or disappear like Rio and Dumon?" I then looked up at my monster. "I play the trap card, Pause! I can stop one attack on the field!" I said as Abysstitian stopped its attack.
"What's the deal Ryan?" Shark asked.
"I'm not going to beat you Shark, but I am not going to lose either." I said.
"But that's not possible!" Shark said.
"Then I guess we go until one of us makes a bad move." I said with a smirk on my face. "So let's duel Shark!" I said.
Nash's POV
"Oh Ryan, it sound like to me you want to keep dueling me." I muttered to myself. "I always enjoyed it when we dueled. You always put a smile on my face, keep myself confident and most of all remember to duel with honor." I then stared at my human brother. "Ryan let's keep dueling then! I play the spell card Glory of the Seven Emperors!" I said. "By other banished barian numbers become, Barian Hope's chaos overlay units." I said as my friends barian numbers returned. "And this raises my monsters attack up to seven thousand.
CXyz Barian Hope (3000-7000 ATK)
"But Glory of the Seven Emperors has another effect." I said as I took a deep breath. "If I take any battle damage, you take it instead."
"Then let's keep this duel rolling bro." Ryan said I chuckled.
"Sorry Ryan, but that's not possible." I said.
"Why not?" Ryan asked me.
"Because you won." I answered. "Glory of the Seven Emperors has one final effect, my life points become equal to the change in your life points. Since your life points didn't change, mine drop to zero." I then closed my eyes and waited for the blast to hit me.
Nash 1200-0 LP
Ryan Wins!
Ryan's POV
The world around me once again became silent as Shark took the hit and flew backwards and hit the ground hard.
"Shark!" I shouted as I ran over to him. "Bro, speak to me are you okay?" I asked.
"Yes Ryan, I'm fine." He said as he got up. "Even though I lost, it was better than seeing you disappear forever." He said as I smiled.
"Shark…" I muttered.
"You finally beaten me little brother. After the countless times you said you would beat me, and with a mermail too." He added as I chuckled. "Hey do me a favor will ya?" He asked me as I looked confused. "Watch after Yuma and the others for me will ya?" He said as I gasped.
"What are you saying Shark? We're going home together aren't we?" I asked him as he then shook his head.
"I'm sorry bro, but I can't go home with you this time." He said as the arena disappeared and we were surrounded by stars. "There are a few things I need to do first before I go." He said as he laid out his hand as I turned around to see my pendent floating towards him. "Earth has had enough of barian power for one life time." He said as I looked to see my pendent return back to its original state. He then handed it to me as I took it. "And one more thing." He said as he once again put out his arm as I looked to see Earth behind us and saw the numbers come raining down. "Don't worry, I'm sending all the numbers I have back to Astral." He said as he began to glow a purple aura. "Ryan, most of all I want you to take care of yourself." He said. "You finally found your actual sister and I'm really proud of you for doing that." He said. "You must follow your own path without me or Rio with you this time. I just wish I could be there to see you grow up into a fine young man."
"No!" I cried out. "No you can't you won't!" I said as tears came streaming down my face.
"Good bye, Dylan." He said. "No, good bye Ryan, my brother, I love you." He said as he then began to slowly disappear .
"Shark no, don't leave me! I don't want to be alone again! I want you and Rio to be there with me! Don't go Shark, don't go!" I shouted but Shark was getting farther and farther away.
"Good bye…" His faint voice said as there was a big flash.
Normal POV
On Earth the group of four saw multiple glowing objects coming their way.
"Hey what's that?" Yuma asked as the multiple objects came closer and as they got a better view, they saw that they were small rectangular shape figures, as they hit Astral.
"These are the remaining numbers." Astral said. "That could only mean one thing, Ryan was successful in his duel." He said as everyone gasped.
"Ryan?" Yuma asked.
"No way!" Tori said with amazement.
"He actually did it." Stephanie said as they soon saw a big flash. As they looked they saw Ryan on his hands and knees.
"Ryan!" They all shouted and ran towards him. But as they got closer they could hear Ryan sobbing.
"Don't go Shark, please don't go…" He said repeating those same words over and over.
"Ryan?" Stephanie asked as she kneeled down beside her brother and looked at him. Ryan then lifted his head as his eyes were red from the crying. "Ryan, what happened up there?"
"H-he's gone sis, he's gone!" He said as he then lunged towards his sister and continued crying.
"Who's gone?" Stephanie asked.
"Shark, he-he didn't make it." Ryan said as everyone gasped.
"Shark's gone?" Tori asked in disbelief.
"No, no way! That's not possible!" Yuma said as tears began to slowly came out of his eyes. Everyone was sad, even the sound of sea birds and the bright lights that surrounded them didn't make them feel any better.
"SHARK!"
Next time the conclusion of the Barian Wars trilogy: The Last Goodbye.
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