Episode 26: Relics Part 2

Yuni is standing speechless at the monster that was just summoned. He finally manages to say, "How did you evolve an Evolution monster, no monster can do that!"

Ruin says, "Well, apparently one can, you just saw it happen after all. The card Corruption of Darkness has great powers. It even allows me to turn my Evolution monsters into Darkness Evolution monsters. Now, let's get to business. I activate Lich Necromancy. This card allows me to destroy one monster you control and summon a Zombie to replace it on my field, but the monster I summon has its effect negated. I destroy your Cyber-Tech Magician and summon my Lich Servant (Dark/Level 4/Zombie/Effect/ATK 0/DEF 0) in defense mode." Lich Servant rises out of the ground and shoots a beam of darkness at Cyber-Tech Magician, destroying it.

Yuni says, "Since I have no monsters on my field, I can activate my facedown card, Empty Shield! Since it's before the battle phase of your turn, and I control no monsters, you can't attack me directly this turn."

Ruin laughs. "I don't need to attack directly. Over Lich Lord allows me to once per turn summon a Zombie type monster from my grave. I'll summon Lich Summoner (Dark/Level 4/Zombie/Effect/ATK 1500/DEF 0). Over Lich Lord also allows me to tribute a Lich monster I control in order to inflict 1500 points of damage to you, but I can't attack. It doesn't matter, I tribute Lich Summoner in order to inflict the damage to you." Over Lich Lord grabs Lich Summoner in one hand and crushes it. It then fires a beam of energy out of its hand and hits Yuni (Yuni's LP: 2500). "Now to assure the protection of my Lich. I activate Lich Guard. Since I control at least two Lich monsters, I'm allowed to pick which one you attack. I will then combo that up with Lich Barrier, which I equip to Lich Servant. As long as I control at least two monsters, Lich Servant cannot be destroyed by battle. Oh, and by the way, even if you get past my guard, You can't destroy Darkness Evolution monsters I control as long as I control Corruption of Darkness. Now, just try to beat me (Ruin's hand: 4)."

Yuni demands, "Wait a second, why didn't your monster devolve?"

"Whoops, forgot to mention. As long as I control Corruption of Darkness, Darkness Evolution monsters I control don't devolve."

Seto demands, "Tell me! What is this card."

Scourge responds, "A Darkness Evolution is a very special monster, as I'm sure you can tell. Now, as for the duel, I activate Nebula Nova Birth! This card creates a nova that destroys one monster on the field, such as your Cosmic Plasma Dragon, and then gives birth to a Phantom Nebula Token (Dark/Level 1/Fairy/Token/ATK 0/DEF 0)." An explosion rips across the field and destroys Cosmic Plasma Dragon. It leaves behind a Phantom Nebula Token. "A downfall is that I can't attack this turn, but it doesn't matter. My Osiris the King has two effects. First I can summon a Phantom Nebula Token, then by tributing a Cosmic Nebula Token I can inflict 1500 points of damage to you." Osiris absorbs a stream of energy from the Token and then shoots it straight at Seto (Seto's LP: 2500). "And just so you know, my Osiris the King can't be destroyed when I control a Phantom Nebula Token, and thanks to Phantom Guard, you can't destroy my token or inflict battle damage to me. I end my turn (Scourge's hand: 3)."

Yuni is deep in thought. What can I do? This guy has thought of every angle. Do you have any ideas Yugi?

For once, I don't see anything we can do. The best I can suggest is to build a defense.

I hope something comes up, or else I might end up just like Apep. Yuni returns his attention to the duel and draws. "I activate Hope on the Horizon, since you control two monsters and I have no other cards on my field, I can draw three cards. Now I summon Cyber-Tech Guardian in defense mode (Earth/Level 4/Machine/Effect/ATK 0/DEF 2000)." Yuni summons a heavyset cyborg with heavy armor and force field projectors. "Now I activate Machine Mass Production! This card allows me to summon a second monster with the same name, so here comes another Cyber-Tech Guardian. The effect of my Guardians make it so that they are the only Cyber-Tech monsters you can select as an attack target, since I have two, you can't attack any Cyber-Tech monster I control. Which means I'm free to summon my Cyber-Tech Teleporter (Light/Level 4/Psychic/Effect/ATK 1700/DEF 1800), which I can special summon since I control a Cyber-Tech monster. To finish off my turn, I activate Monster Reborn and special summon my Cyber-Tech Magician (Dark/Level 7/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK 2500/DEF 2100) (Yuni's hand: 0)." Yuni thinks, I've built up an incredible defense, but what good is it going to do when he can beat me in two turns with his effect.

Ruin draws a card. "This will be a simple turn, seeing how you've built up such a defense. I use Over Lich Lord to special summon Lich Summoner, which I then immediately tribute in order to inflict 1500 points of damage to you." Over Lich Lord crushes Summoner and launches a beam of dark energy at Yuni (Yuni's LP: 1000). "It doesn't matter what you do. You only have one turn left. I might as well set this card and end my turn (Ruin's hand: 5)."

Seto thinks to himself, This guy may be a little weird, but he has good skills as a duelist. He has me completely against the wall. If I don't do something big and fast, I'll lose in two turns. Seto looks at his hand. And with the hand I have, there isn't much I can do right now. Let's see what this next draw holds, maybe I can set up a defensive strategy. Seto draws a card and thinks, I am good at drawing. He says out loud, "I activate Plasma Generator. This card allows me to once per turn special summon a level five or higher Plasma monster from my hand. I special summon Plasma Sentry (Light/Level 6/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 0)." The monster Seto summons is a lightly clad warrior made out of yellow plasma holding a spear of light. "When I special summon a Plasma Sentry from my hand, I can special summon another Plasma Sentry from my deck." Plasma Sentry splits into two. "Now I activate Plasma Gain! This card let's me draw one card for every level five or higher Plasma monster I control, which is two. And it looks like I get a good draw again. Since I control two level five or higher monsters, I can special summon Plasma Wall (Light/Level 6/Thunder/Effect/ATK 0/DEF 2500) in defense mode." Seto summons a wall of orange plasma. "With this wall on my field, if you attack a level five or higher Plasma monster I control, I can lower its level by one in order to negate the attack. My defenses are built. I end my turn (Seto's hand: 1). Seto thinks, I've got the start of a big play laid out, but I have no clue what that play will actually be. Let's just hope something I'm not thinking of will come up.

Scourge says mockingly, "Oh Seto, is that all you can do? I never thought I would see the regional champ of dueling backed up against a corner. Oh well. No one said this would be a challenging duel." Scourge draws. "Seeing that you have a protective wall, I might as well no waste anytime attacking. I'll activate the effect of Osiris and special summon a Phantom Nebula Token, which I will immediately tribute in order to inflict 1500 points of damage to you." Osiris fires a stream of cosmic particles at Seto (Seto's LP: 1000). "It would appear that no matter what happens, you only have one more turn Seto, better not waste it (Scourge's hand: 4)."

Seto thinks, He's right. I've gone through every possible draw. There isn't single card in this deck that could fix this situation. I might as well give up. A determined look suddenly crosses Seto's face. What am I thinking! I can't give up. I didn't bring Kaiba Corp. from the second to the first most successful business of all time by giving up. I didn't become the regional champion by giving up. And I most definitely am not going to get my little brother back by giving up! I've got to draw and see what happens. Seto holds his hand over his deck and prepares to draw. He says out loud, "I will defeat you and get back my brother!"

Yuni thinks desperately, That's it. I'm doomed. I've got three defensive monsters and my Cyber-Tech Magician. Normally my Magician can pull me out of anything, but this is just too much. I don't know what I could do.

Yugi snaps, Stop thinking like that! I won't tell you to believe in the Heart of the Cards again, but don't give up. You'll never know what will happen until you draw that card. The duel isn't over until the last card is played. Remember Apep, what happened o him could happen to you. Not to mention these people could destroy the Balance of Chaos that we worked so hard to restore. Stop doubting yourself and draw that card!

Yuni hesitates for a second and then smiles a cocky grin. Thanks Yugi, I needed that. Yuni holds his hand over his deck and prepares t draw. He says out loud, "You may think you control this duel, but I have to much riding on this!"

Scenes with both Yuni and Seto are shown side by side. The determination to win shown by both of them creates a beam of light that flies out of them and into the sky. The two beams of light, one gold from Yuni and the other silver from Seto then swirl around each other and merge into one. The single beam of light is then shown flying through space at high speeds with stars streaking by. The beam arrives at a planet that looks similar to Earth, but with different landmasses. The beam goes down into the planet's atmosphere. On the surface of the planet there is a large metal castle-like structure. The beam of light shoots down into the structure.

Two distinct roars are heard. Two giant silhouettes, twice the size of the massive building appear behind it. One is a golden serpent shaped silhouette and the other is a silver humanoid monster. Both silhouettes turn into beams of light and shoot back into space and are shown making the return trip to Earth.

The scene is then split again and a second after the first beams left Yuni and Seto, the two new beams hit Yuni and Seto's deck.

As the beam of light hits Yuni's deck, Yuni draws a card that is glowing gold. He exclaims in his mind, What is this card!? I don't own any card like that! Yuni waits for Yugi to reply, but there is no response. Yuni asks, Hello? Yugi?

Yugi finally answers, Sorry, there's something about that card, something familiar.

Yuni thinks for a second and says, I can feel it too. It's almost as if I knew this card, but completely forgot about it. Let's worry about it later and try out this card. Yuni returns his attention to the duel and says, "Now it's time to turn this duel around! I tribute my two Cyber-Tech Guardians and Cyber-Tech Teleporter, which have all been out on the field for a total of six turns, in order to summon a new monster. Come forth, Chronos, the Temporal Lord (Divine/Level 10/Divine-Beast/Effect/ATK X000/DEF X000)!" Dark clouds instantly cover the sky. Lightning strikes, and thunder sounds. A beam of light comes down out of the clouds. A giant bolt of lightning hit's the cage that Yuni and Ruin are in, destroying it. A silhouette of a serpent forms in the beam of light. The beam dissipates and leaves behind a giant golden serpent. The serpent flies in a pattern that makes its body appear to look like an infinity symbol. The upper half of the serpent turns into a muscular torso. The head of the monster has two mouths and a red gem mounted on its forehead.

Ruin looks at the monster completely in shock. He shouts, "No! No! Impossible! That monster doesn't exist! This…this can't be!"

Seto draws his glowing card. He looks at it and freezes up. He then thinks, This card…I don't own it, it's not in my deck, and yet…there's something about it. It's as if I know this card. Seto takes a better look at the card. This card is right up my alley. It's time to crush my opponent. Seto shouts out loud, "This card I just drew will turn around this duel! With its might, I will win! I tribute my two Plasma Sentries and Plasma wall, all of who have their levels add up to 18! I summon Quantus, the Spatial Lord (Divine/Level 10/Divine-Beast/Effect/ATK 4000/DEF 4000)!" The ground starts to shake. A massive rumbling sound booms through the air. The cage surrounding Seto and Scourge gets shaken apart. The ground behind Seto opens into a massive fissure. A beam of light raises from the fissure and a silhouette of a large muscular monster appears in it. When the beam of light dissipates, it leaves behind a behemoth. A giant, metallic silver, muscular, humanoid beast. On its forehead is a blue gem.

A look of panic crosses Scourge's face. "This is insanity! You weren't supposed to have that monster! No!"

Yuni is standing underneath his new, massive monster. Yuni looks up at it, and the monster looks down at him. As soon as they make eye contact, there is a flash of light. After the flash ends, Yuni is floating over what looks like an army of soldiers wearing technological armor and holding futuristic weapons. All of the soldiers' armor have gold trim. Yuni thinks, What is this? Some kid of vision?

Yuni looks around and spots someone standing on a hovering platform. But this isn't just any person, the person looks just like Yuni, except he is wearing golden cyber armor and a crown. The Yuni look-alike announces to the army, "Loyal soldiers of Yugoha, I thank you all for the dedication you have shown over the past several months. I know how hard it must be to fight against other soldiers from Yugoha, but I assure you, you are on the right side! The great god Chronos has selected I, Prince Yu-Gi-Oh, as the true heir of Yugoha, and I promise you, we will not stop fighting until Yugoha is ours, and the false prince Seto has fallen!" The army cheers

As suddenly as it started, the vision ends. Yugi asks in shock, What was that!?

Yuni responds, I wish I knew. All I can say is that someone who looked like me-

Yugi interrupts, And me!

Yes, and you, speaking to an army about a war in Yugoha. I don't know what it could mean. Yuni looks up at his new monster and thinks, What are you?

Seto is standing before his mighty, new monster. He looks straight up at it and makes eye contact. Like before, there is a flash of light. When it stops Seto is floating above a similar scene as Yuni, except all of the soldiers have silver trim on their armor. Seto exclaims, "I must be hallucinating! What is this!"

Seto notices a figure on top of a balcony on a nearby fortress. The person looks just like Seto and wears silver cyber armor and a crown. The person says, "Soldiers of Yugoha! As the true prince of Yugoha, I, Prince Seto, would like to extend thanks to all for your bravery. You have all fought valiantly in the recent months. I know it can not be easy to fight against soldiers you previously fought with, but I assure you, your loyalty will be rewarded. We have the grand god Quantus on our side. My brother Yu-Gi-Oh will fall!" The army breaks out in applause.

The vision ends. Seto takes a second to get a hold of himself and thinks, I must be going crazy. First I draw a card that I've never seen before, and then I see my self dressed up as some sort of prince giving a speech. What is happening to me!? Seto looks back at his monster and thinks, What is happening?

Yuni returns attention to the duel, and says, "Let's break in this new monster! First, its attack becomes equal to the number of my turns that have passed times 1000! Since this is my fourth turn, three turns have passed (ATK and DEF: 3000). Also, my monster can control time! Once per turn I can boost the turn count by two, meaning my monster gains another 2000 attack (ATK and DEF: 5000)! Since I traveled into the future, my Cyber-Tech magician has now been on the field for four turns, which means I can evolve it!" Two perpendicular Magician's Rings appear around Cyber-Tech Magician. The two rings begins to rotate fast and form a sphere around Cyber-Tech Magician. Yuni chants, "Listen now to the chant I recite! Come and bring me victory in this fight! Cyber-Tech Magician evolve and show me your true might! I evolve Cyber-Tech Magician into Temporax, the Cyber-Tech Magician of Time (Dark/Level 9/Spellcaster/Evolution/ATK 3500/DEF 3100)!" Yuni's magician steps out wearing more advanced armor and with a staff that projects an infinity symbol. "I activate Temporax's effect, which allows me to activate a Cyber-Tech Spellbook card straight from my deck. I activate Cyber-Tech Spellbook of Destruction! This card allows me to destroy all monsters you control!" Temporax wields its spellbook and summons a void that swallows up all of Ruin's monsters. "I can't attack with any Cyber-Tech Magician monsters I control this turn, but it doesn't matter. Go Chronos, the Temporal Lord, unleash your power, Temporal Force Attack!" Chronos opens its top mouth and charges a ball of energy.

Ruin declares, "Even if I'm against one of the Yugohan Lords, I won't give up with out a fight! I activate Lich Summoning! This card allows me to special summon Lich Emperor from my graveyard in defense mode!"

Yuni objects, "Sorry to disappoint, but if you special summon a monster while I control Chronos, it is sent into the future, to be more specific, it is banished until my next standby phase! Go, Time Strike!" Chronos opens his second mouth and fires a purple energy ball at Lich Emperor, which causes it to vanish upon impact. "Now finish your attack!" Chronos unleashes a blast of golden energy at Ruin. Ruin watches in horror as the attack flies at him. The attack impacts and Ruin is sent flying back nearly ten feet (Ruin's LP: 0).

Seto shakes of the vision and returns his focus to the duel. "I activate the effect of my Plasma Generator, allowing me to special summon a Plasma monster from my hand. I special summon Plasma Infantry (Light/Level 7/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 2000). When I summon Plasma Infantry, I can draw two cards." Seto draws and looks at his hand and smiles. "Perfect. First I activate Monster Reborn to special summon Cosmic Plasma Dragon! I activate the first effect of Quantus, the Spatial Lord. It allows me to once per turn double the level of a monster I control. I double the level of Cosmic Plasma Dragon (Level: 16)! Now, since I control a Cosmic Plasma Dragon, I can special summon Cosmic Sentinel from my hand (Light/Level 8/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2700/DEF 2000). I can tribute Cosmic Sentinel to boost the level of a monster I control by its level. I boost Cosmic Plasma Dragon's level by eight (Level: 24). Now that Cosmic Plasma Dragon's level is three times its original, I can evolve it." A giant star forms around Cosmic Plasma Dragon. Seto chants, "Plasma Dragon comes from the stars, the power of the cosmos pump through his veins! Now that astronomical power multiplies times three! Come to me Cosmic Tri-Pulsar Dragon (Light/Level 10/Dragon/Evolution/ATK 4500/DEF 4000)!" When Seto's dragon emerges from the star its color has changed to white, it has three heads, and there is a beam of light coming out of the mouth of each head. "I activate the other effect of Quantus. That allows me to tribute a monster I control in order to have Quantus gain attack equal to the monsters level times 500. I tribute Plasma Infantry, allowing my monster to gain 3500 attack points (ATK: 7500). Now, I know that normally due to your Phantom Guard that I couldn't destroy your Phantom Nebula Token by battle and as long as you control one you take no battle damage. It's time to fix that! Cosmic Tri-Pulsar Dragon, attack Scourge's Phantom Nebula Token with Pulsar Blast Attack!"

Scourge asks, "But why Seto? What do you hope to accomplish?"

Seto's monster unleashes three beams of energy, one from each head. The beams swirl around each other and hit the token. It is destroyed. Seto says, "If my dragon attacks a monster and it is not destroyed, I can automatically destroy it. Now with that out of the way, I can inflict battle damage. Quantus, the Spatial Lord, unleash your fury! Attack with Fist of Physics!" Quantus' fist glows with energy. It launches its fist at Scourge. The fist hits Scourge's monster and then continues on to hit Scourge. Scourge gets launched back several feet by the attack (Scourge's LP: 0).

The duel computer announces, "Seto Ossius wins. For a come from behind victory, Seto Ossius has been awarded with 623 duel points for a total of 623 points. For being in the lead most of the duel, Scourge has been awarded with 162 duel points, for a total of 162 points."

Seto storms over to Scourge, who is still laying on the ground. He looks beat up and bruised. Seto grabs him by the cloak and bends over to look at him face to face. Seto says in a threatening voice, "Now tell me, where is my little brother!?"

Scourge laughs quietly. He begins to laugh louder and louder until he is cracking up. He says while laughing, "I didn't think I'd be able to face a Yugohan Lord! That was fun! But I am sorry to tell you that the Disciples of Darkness are not done with you Seto, so we can't give up your brother quite yet."

Seto says in fury, "I'd think again if I where you!" Seto raises his fist.

Scourge shakes his head. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. I'm sorry to disappoint you Seto, but I have to go." Scourge slowly sinks into the ground and turns into a shadow. The shadow darts away.

Seto looks down, in shock. He then gets up and looks around. He sees all the damage caused from Quantus is still there, and not just an AR illusion. He thinks, I must be going crazy.

The duel computer announces, "Yuni Oha wins. For a come from behind victory, Yuni has been awarded with 614 duel points for a total of 614. Ruin, for staying the lead for most of the duel has been awarded with 154 duel points for a total of 154."

Yuni walks over to Ruin, who is laying on the floor looking beat up. Yuni says, "Alright, you seem to know more about this Yugoha thing then I do. It's time you talked!"

Ruin looks up at him and says, "I'm sorry, but now is not the time. I have a feeling I'll be seeing you again soon. Until then Yuni." Ruin sinks into the floor and turns into a shadow and darts off.

Yuni walks over to Tori and Brutus who have been watching on the sidelines. Brutus says, "That was an awesome monster Yuni! Where did you get it?"

Yuni responds, "I'm not really sure. It just came to me."

Tori says, "And that's not the only thing that's weird. Has anyone else noticed that the duel is over, but the destruction from the monster is still here? As if it wasn't AR, but real damage."

The three look around and see the ruined cage, along with fires started by lightning strikes. The three all say at once, "Weird."