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Chapter 19: Kattobingu Kattobingu Everywhere
"My Toon monsters can't attack on the turn they're summoned, but I can do this!" Sarah yelled. "By detaching an overlay unit from Number 95, I remove from play your Spell Lockdown, and you take 300 points of damage from it!"
The dark warrior raised his sword, and slammed it down onto the field, its shock waves destroying the trap.
Yuma: 6200
Sarah: 9500
"I end my turn." She said.
From the sky, Kaito jumped down, landing next to Kotori and Shark with Orbital on his back. "Orbital sensed something related to the Barians." He said to them, not caring that everybody else was staring at him in shock.
"K-Kaito?" Yuma looked at him.
"Yuma. Focus on the duel." Kaito said. Typical Kaito…
"This bad…" Anne said, being piggybacked by Orbital.
"Kaito, Yuma's in real trouble right now!" Kotori said. Kaito raised an eyebrow, then looked at his opponent.
"Sarah? What's wrong with that?"
"That monster," Kotori looked at Number 95, "That's the monster that the dude who sent Yuma and Astral here used."
"What?!" Kaito looked at the monster, and frowned. "So then, that would be the source of the Barian energy?"
"That's probably it." Shark said, his arms crossed.
"I wish it was the other way around." Sarah said sadly. "That I was stuck in you guys's world instead of you guys in mine. I wouldn't miss this world at all. But you guys still gotta get home."
"A cartoon world…" Kaito muttered, looking at the Toon monsters. "That's how you're doing it?"
"My turn, draw!" Yuma yelled.
"Yuma, at this rate, we can't do anything." Astral said. "We need to figure out how to bypass all of her cards and beat her head on."
"I know. But still!" Yuma said. "She's my friend! And she's being possessed by Barian…"
"So what are you going to do, Tsukumo Yuma! Astral!" Vector laughed from behind Sarah. Yuma cringed.
"I switch Ganbara Knight to defense mode and end my turn." He said.
"My turn, draw!" Sarah yelled. "Aspiring Toon Hope will destroy Ganbara Knight!"
The smaller version of Hope ran forwards, slashing apart the knight's shield and itself.
"Number 95! Destroy Number 39!" She yelled.
"No way! By removing an overlay unit from Hope, I negate the attack!" Yuma countered. "Moon Barrier!" His Number absorbed the unit, and its wings became a shield for the dark warrior's sword, which bounced off harmlessly. Sarah glared.
"That overlay unit gets banished due to Macro Cosmos's effect! Meaning I gain life points! That was the 22 card removed from play!"
Yuma: 6200
Sarah: 20500
"I end my turn."
Anne clung to Kotori's leg, hiding behind it. Kotori patted her head sadly. "It's okay. It's going to be okay. Yuma's going to win."
"Scary…" Anne mumbled.
"Don't worry. Yuma will get through this."
Anne shook her head no. She pointed at Sarah. "Ninety nine… scary…"
Kotori blinked. "Huh?" She looked at Sarah. "Ninety nine… Tsukumo…"
"Draw!" Yuma yelled. He and Astral looked at the card, and they smiled at each other. "Hey Sarah! Thanks for the card!"
Sarah blinked. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon!" A small tornado spun onto her field, destroying apart her Soul Absorption.
"Oh yeah! And now that that's out of the way," Yuma called, "I summon Bull Blader!"
The ground broke apart, and a strange warrior with a head of a bull climbed out. "I overlay my level 4 Bull Blader and my level 4 Ganbara Knight!" Yuma yelled, the two monsters flying into a newly made portal on the ground. "I build the overlay network with these two monsters! Kattobingu daze, ore!"
Sarah twitched slightly. "Kattobingu…"
"Xyz summon! Appear! Warrior of Light! Heroic Champion, Excalibur!" A warrior dressed in silver and red armor, with a huge golden sword appeared onto the field, with two lights flying around it.
"Yuma, do you remember?" Astral asked. Yuma looked at him.
"Remember what?"
"Hope's other effect in this world."
Yuma blinked. His eyes widened.
-flashback-
"Yeah, but Number 39 is different here." Sarah said, looking over some cards scattered across the floor.
"How?"
"Well, for starters, Numbers can be destroyed by regular cards. The whole 'Numbers can only be destroyed by other Numbers' is only back in your world, not here."
"Seriously?!" Yuma yelled. "Aww…"
"Plus with Number 39, if it's at no overlay units, it's going to get destroyed by any monster that just targets it for an attack."
He blinked. "And that means…"
"That means as soon as Hope is out of overlay units, any monster at all, regardless of attack points, can destroy it." Astral said from behind him. "As well, we will take the full attack points of the monster who's attacking."
"What? That sucks!"
-flashbackend-
"Aspiring Toon Hope is a copy of Hope from this world." Astral said. "Meaning it should have the same copied effects."
"I get it!" Yuma smiled. "Now I activate Gagagawind! With Gagagawind, I can special summon a Gagaga monster from my hand! Come out, Gagaga Caesar!"
A spellcaster covered in white robes and holding out a large golden staff, with a deep red cape behind him appeared onto the field.
"Excalibur's effect! By removing both its overlay units, I double his attack points!" The two overlay units flew into Excalibur's sword, making both it and Excalibur glow with golden light. "Excalibur attacks Number 95!"
"Aspiring Toon Hope's effect! By removing an overlay unit, I negate the attack!" Sarah yelled. "Toon Barrier!" The toon's wings grew longer, blocking Excalibur's sword and knocking it back.
"Yuma, attack Hope with Hope!" Astral yelled.
Yuma looked at him with confusion, but still yelled "Aspiring Emperor Hope, attack Aspiring Toon Hope!"
"Aspiring Toon Hope's effect! By removing an overlay unit, I negate the attack!" She yelled, her toon's wings growing longer again as it stopped its larger self from attacking. "Toon Barrier!"
"Now, Yuma!"
"Gagaga Caesar attacks Aspiring Toon Hope!" The spellcaster charged forwards, swinging its staff. It shot a beam of energy at the toon Hope, shattering it apart and continuing forwards to hit Sarah, who cringed as she shielded herself.
Yuma: 6200
Sarah: 18700
"I end my turn!" Yuma yelled, then looked at Astral. "Hey Astral, how did you know she'd use that overlay unit even when it wasn't really necessary."
"Right now, Sarah seems obsessed with protecting those monsters, with not much foresight into what would happen later. If she had not used the overlay unit, both of our monsters would have been destroyed. She's too concerned with protection to see strategy." Astral said. "So she would use both overlay units to protect the monsters."
"Oh…" Yuma looked at Sarah. "So, she just wants to protect them…"
"Yes. That's her extent right now." Astral looked at the field. "If we keep this up, we will slowly be able to whittle away at her life points."
"My Hope…" Sarah said quietly. "Draw." She put the card in her hand without bothering looking at it. "Why? Why is it this always happen…?"
A dark aura appeared around her, and her eyes glowed black. "WHY?! EXPLAIN, TSUKUMO YUMA!"
Yuma stepped back in shock. Anne clung onto Kotori tighter, whispering "Ninety nine scary…"
Then as quickly as it came, it disappeared. "I activate Rank Up Magic, Barian's Force!" She yelled, the Barian symbol appearing on her forehead. The Numbers flew into the sky, where a Numbers portal was waiting. "I rebuild the overlay network with my Number 95! Chaos Xyz Change!"
"Barian's Force!" Yuma frowned.
"Appear! Emissary of Darkness from the depths of the Barian World!" She yelled. "Chaos Number 95, Dark Ruler of Toon World, Despair!"
The dark warrior reformed onto her field, having grown in size. It had a cape on its back, along with a huge golden staff. It glared down at Yuma and Astral, towering over the field. It didn't look the tiniest bit like a toon.
"Barian's Force's effect! I steal your Hope's last overlay unit and give to to my Despair!" Sarah said. "And now I detach an overlay unit to remove from play your facedown and Excalibur! Disappear!"
The monster slammed its staff into the ground, breaking apart the area underneath the two cards and making them disappear into the abyss. "Plus you take 400 points of damage for each!"
Yuma: 5400
Sarah: 18700
"And now I summon Toon Goblin Attack Force!" She continued. "Normally, Toon Monsters wouldn't be able to attack on the turn that they're summoned, but that's changed with Dark Ruler's effect! Since they can attack, I have Toon Goblin Attack Force direct attack you!"
The charge of small goblins, all armed with clubs, ran forwards, and hit Yuma with all of their clubs.
Yuma: 3100
Sarah: 18700
"Despair! Attack Yuma directly!" Sarah yelled, her monster pointing its staff at Yuma and Astral. Black lightning shot out of it, shocking them both and making them scream.
"Yuma!" Kotori screamed.
Yuma: 100
Sarah: 18700
"I end my turn with one card facedown." Sarah said coldly. "Toon Goblin Attack Force switches to defense mode now."
Yuma pushed himself up slowly. His body hurt. Man, his body hurt. This was supposed to be all AR, and yet it still hurt. There was a humongous gap in the life points. How was he going to bring that down? Maybe he should just stay down. Maybe then—
"Yuma! What are you thinking?!" Yuma snapped awake, looking at Astral, who was gazing down at him worriedly.
"Astral…" He blinked. Huh? Why was he thinking that? "I… don't know…"
"We need to focus—" Astral cried out in pain, his form beginning to fade in and out.
"Astral!" Yuma yelled. He bit his lip, then looked back at Sarah. "There's only one thing for me to do right now. Draw!"
He looked at the card and smiled. "The second card. I activate Pot of Greed! This lets me draw two more cards from my deck!"
"But… that card's banned…" The shop manager said.
"There's no time to worry about that!" Kotori yelled at him. "This is getting really dangerous!"
"T-This is dangerous?" Some others whispered.
"Let's get out of here! This is getting weird!" Someone else said. Around half of the audience ran off of the roof as the whispering went around.
Yuma put his hand on his deck, focussing. "Kattobingu daze, ore!"
Sarah twitched again.
Yuma stared at the card. "This could… work!" He yelled happily. "I summon Gagaga Girl!"
A blonde girl dressed in black magician clothing with a matching hat burst onto his field. There was a large pink ribbon tied behind her, with pink strands floating around her. She held a cellphone with two skulls on a chain attached to it.
"I overlay my level three Gagaga Caesar and my level 3 Gagaga Girl!" Yuma yelled. "I build the overlay network with these two monsters! Xyz Summon!"
A short-haired girl riding on a large, golden brass instrument, with tiny horns in her hair landed on the field from a burst of colourful notes, smiling happily. "Player of the holy trumpet! Melomelomelody the Brass Djinn!"
"Gagaga Girl's effect! Since she was used to Xyz summon with another Gagaga monster, we can make one of your monster's attack points zero for this turn!" Astral continued.
"Go Gagaga Girl!" Yuma said, the shadow of his monster appearing behind the Djinn, typing some commands into her phone. "Zero zero call!" Soundwaves from the phone shot out, zapping Number 95 as it groaned, getting smaller in size.
"Melomelody attacks Chaos Number 95! Melody Wave!" Yuma yelled.
"I activate my trap! Shift!" Sarah yelled. "This switches the attack to my Toon Goblin Attack Force!" She covered her face as the loud sound blasted apart her band of goblins.
"Melomelody's effect! By removing an overlay unit, she can attack again!" Yuma continued. "Melody Wave!"
The brass instrument began blasting loudly again, blowing away the Chaos Number and Sarah.
"The Chaos Number got destroyed…" Vector's face twisted.
Yuma: 100
Sarah: 17300
"Aspiring Emperor Hope, direct attack! Kattobingu daze!" The golden warrior leapt into the air, slashing down at her as she screamed.
Yuma: 100
Sarah: 14800
"I set two card facedown and end my turn!" Yuma finished. "Hey Sarah! No matter how many lifepoints you are above me, I'm gonna Kattobingu and get past them, and win!"
Sarah shook. "Why. Why can you still say that in a situation like this?!" She screamed. "How can you still believe there's hope in a situation like this?!"
"Of course there is!" Yuma yelled back, making her flinch. "If I Kattobingu, I'll definitely be able to do it!"
"Shut up shut up SHUT UP! Shut up with the Kattobingu already!" She held her head, screaming out the words. The dark aura appeared around her again, and when she glared at Yuma again, he saw her eyes were swirling black. He thought he saw a shadowy figure behind her. It wasn't Vector, no… it was something else. "Kattobingu doesn't get you anywhere here! It's a stupid belief in your show! Your TV show! Believing doesn't get you anywhere! Trying your best just gets you knocked down! It doesn't mean anything here! It's ridiculous!"
"S-Sarah…"
"It doesn't work! It never works! It hasn't worked in any place else and it isn't going to work in this world either! It doesn't give you Numbers, it doesn't get you any farther, it doesn't get you any closer to the Numeron Code!"
"What?!"
"Numeron… Code…" Astral said slowly.
Vector frowned. "You let it slip."
"Whatever! They won't survive long enough to find out what it is anyways!" The shadowy figure yelled, beginning to solidify, forming into a teen older than them with dark clothes and spiky hair pinkish-red hair with pointed black bangs.
"One?!" Yuma stared, then blinked. "You're not One…"
"Of course I'm not! One's lazing off at the hospital, regaining his energy after he used to all of it keeping your duel disks and d-gazers functional! I'm here about to crush you! I'm Force!"
"One's in the hospital?" His eyes widened.
"That Number One who was with Yuma…" Astral frowned. "He's here."
"That' doesn't matter! You're both going to disappear here!" Force yelled as Sarah drew her card. "As soon as you lose, it's all over!"
"I activate my last trap, Return from the Different Dimension!" Sarah yelled. "I bring back my three Toon Mermaids, along with my Toon Gemini Elf!" The four monsters reappeared on her field from a portal in the sky. "I summon another Gemini Elf! And activate the spell Double Cyclone! I destroy my Macro Cosmos in order to destroy your first facedown!"
"Five monsters?!" Yuma blinked, recognizing this series. "Does that mean…"
"I overlay my three level 4 Toon Mermaids and my two level four Gemini Elfs!" She yelled, five monsters flying into the swirling vortex in front of her. "I build the overlay network with these five monsters! Xyz summon!"
A dark light flashed as a mechanical white box rose from the ground. It unfolded one part at a time, first the dark claws, then the scaly tail, and then the pitch black wings. "The embodiment of suffering and despair from different worlds, descend!" On her field stood a pitch black dragon lined with silver, with five silver lights zooming around it. "Number 99! Negative Force of Hate!"
The dragon roared, echoing across the entire city and sending shivers up many people's spines. The remaining audience ran out the doors, except for Kotori, Shark, Kaito, Anne, and the shop manager, who didn't understand a thing. Force's body became more solid as he landed on the ground, and Vector silently laughed from behind them both.
"Number 99…" Astral said quietly.
"Negative Force of Hate… Positive Force of Hope…" Yuma mumbled. "Negative Force… Force…"
"You're losing now and you'll be erased like all the others Astral! Yuma!" Force yelled.
Yuma frowned. "Not yet I'm not!" He yelled.
"Your hope will always get crushed!" Both Force and Sarah screamed at the same time. "THAT WILL NEVER CHANGE!"
Me: …. Yeah the next chapter's probably gonna be long… long long long… meaning more writing time. Cause I sorta wanna stick to my whole "20 chapters per part". I ACTUALLY GOT THIS FAR IN THIS! My god…. I dunno why but I feel like sulking now… I feel terrible... at both this and how my mom made me sign up for three extremely hard classes which I have to do through the summer, so basically she wants me to devote my entire life to it. During Summer Break. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh...
Number 39: Aspiring Toon Hope
Xyz Monster / LIGHT / Warrior / Toon
ATK: 2500 / DEF: 2000
2 Level 4 Monsters
This card cannot attack the turn it is Summoned. If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this card. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon Monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly. When any player's monster declares an attack: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate the attack. When this card is targeted for an attack, while it has no Xyz Materials: Destroy this card.
Number 95: Ruler of Toon World
Xyz Monster / DARK / Warrior / Toon
ATK: 3000 / DEF: 1000
2 Level 4 Monsters
This card cannot attack the turn it is Summoned. If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this card. While you control "Toon World" and your opponent controls no Toon Monsters, this card can attack your opponent directly. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz material from this card. Target one card on the field, and remove it from play. The controller of that card takes 300 points of damage. Then draw 1 card. This card cannot attack the turn you activate this effect.
Chaos Number 95: Dark Ruler of Toon World, Despair
Xyz Monster / DARK / Warrior / Toon
ATK: 3000 / DEF: 1500
3 Level 5 Monsters
This card can only be Xyz Summoned. Cannot be Summoned unless you control a face-up "Toon World". If "Toon World" on the field is destroyed, destroy this card. This card can attack your opponent directly, unless they control a Toon Monster. If they do control one, this card must target a Toon Monster for its attacks. All of your Toon monsters may attack on the turn they are summoned. If this card has a "Ruler of Toon World" monster as an Xyz Material, it gains this effect.
● Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target up to two cards on the field. Those cards are removed from play, and your opponent takes 400 points of damage for each card removed from play by this effect.
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