Author's Note: So this turned out to be the final chapter after all. I wasn't sure if I could wrap everything up in this one chapter of if I needed to do an epilogue. Anyway, I hope everyone's enjoyed the ride so far. He's the epic conclusion.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.
Chapter 15: Burning Life Force
"So, the envoy of Astral World has returned." Morphia observed.
"I had hoped that I would not have to face you again, Morphia." Astral replied. "Perhaps it would have been better if I had destroyed you in our last battle."
"You would have, if you had been strong enough." Morphia pointed out. "But even with the help you had, the best you could do was seal me and my people away."
"Astral you really fought Morphia a long time ago?" Yuma asked.
"Yes. It was not long before my original battle with Don Thousand." Astral began. "Morphia and her people infiltrated Astral World in order to drain its energy in the hopes of Ranking Up into a higher form. I opposed them and fought Morphia face-to-face. I would have lost if not for the intervention of a child of the Numeron Dragon."
"You mean the Crimson Dragon?" Hikari asked.
"It was with that dragon's help that I was able to at least seal Morphia and her kind away." Astral confirmed. "For some reason, the Crimson Dragon's light caused Morphia pain. But now after following Shining Sun Dragon's path through dimensions I have come to finish what I should have done long ago!"
"You are too late, Envoy." Morphia told him. "Shining Sun Dragon may have 4200 ATK points, but it is no match for Lilith Eternal."
"Don't be so sure." Hikari told her. "In case you haven't noticed, Lilith Eternal's ATK has become zero. That's because when Shining Sun Dragon is summoned, he negates the effects of all other special summoned monsters on the field and reduces their ATK to nothing."
"What?" Morphia exclaimed.
"That's not all." Hikari continued. "When summoned, Shining Sun Dragon also detaches the overlay units from Xyz Monsters on the field, and for each one removed we gain 400 life points for each one."
"Which means we now have 4000 life points." Shark added.
Morphia scowled. "I activate the Spell, Lighting Vortex! I discard one card and destroy your wretched Sun Dragon!"
Several bolts of yellow lighting rained down from the sky towards Shining Sun Dragon. But just as they were about to strike they suddenly fizzled out.
"Nice try, but as long as Shining Sun Dragon is on the field, effects that destroy other cards are negated." Hikari explained.
"…Fine then." Morphia replied. "I shall set one card on the field and end my turn."
Shark drew his next card. "I summon Starfish in Attack Mode!" A large red and black starfish with a yellow core appeared on the field. "Now I sacrifice Starfish to summon Sharkraken!"
The starfish shattered apart, and in its place appeared a large purple shark with four small red eyes. Trailing from its long fins were several long squid-like tentacles.
"I may not have many Xyz Monsters left, but I can still do some major damage with the other monsters in my deck!" Shark told Morphia. "But first things first. Shining Sun Dragon, take down Lilith Eternal with Shooting Star Flare!"
Shining Sun Dragon roared and took off towards Lilith Eternal like a comet. The undead goddess was vaporized in the resulting explosion, and Morphia's life points dropped to 15100.
"And now another one of Shining Sun Dragon's effects kicks in!" Hikari announced. "When he destroys a monster in battle, we gain life points equal to that monster's DEF!"
Shining Sun Dragon spiraled back up into the air and caused several sparking lights to rain down on the battlefield. The light caused the team's life points to rise to 7600.
"Sharkraken, attack Morphia directly!" Shark commanded. "Shark Squid Whip!"
Sharkraken flew towards Morphia and turned away at the last minute, causing the undead goddess to be struck by one of the long tentacles on its fins. Morphia's life points dropped further to 12700.
"I end my turn!" Shark announced.
"Alright Yuma, it's up to us now." Astral told him.
"Let's do it!" Yuma replied.
With that, Yuma changed into a ball of red light and shot up into the air with Astral, who had transformed into a blue light. The two balls of light collided to reveal Yuma in a new form. His hair had grown into glowing gold spikes and he wore glowing gold and red armor. As Yuma drew his next card, it shined with a golden light.
"I summon Ganbara Knight in Attack Mode!" Yuma announced.
Appearing on the battlefield next to Gagaga Magician was a knight clad in burgundy and gold armor. On each of its arms was a large green shield with gold trim.
"I overlay the level four Ganbara Knight and the level four Gagaga Magician to Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia!" Yuma announced.
A large vortex in the form of a spiraling galaxy appeared in the center of the battlefield. Yuma's two monsters changed into balls of golden energy and were sucked in. Rising out of the center of the vortex moments later was a large object that looked like an ornate white and gold sword with two balls of golden light orbiting around it. The sword unfolded and took on the shape of a warrior with white armor trimmed with gold. On its head was a helmet with three golden horns, and on its back was a folded pair of white metal wings. Written on the large piece of armor on his left shoulder in red was the number, 39.
"An impressive-looking monster." Morphia admitted. "A pity you can't use a Rank-Up card to evolve it into a stronger form thanks to Morphia's Law."
"You don't need to Rank Up an Xyz Monster to evolve it." Yuma told her. "All you have to do is believe! I use Utopia to rebuild the overlay network and Xyz Summon Number C39: Utopia Ray!"
Utopia folded back into his white sword form and vanished into the very vortex he had emerged from. Rising out a moment later was another large object in the form of an ornate black and gold sword with three golden balls of light orbiting around it. The sword unfolded and changed into a new warrior clad in black armor with gold trim similar to Utopia's original form. His new helmet had a mask-like face with a single horn on the forehead. On his back in between his wings was a large black sword.
"From my hand, I equip Utopia Ray with the monster, ZW-Cerberus Fangs!" Yuma announced.
Appearing on the battlefield was a mechanical red and gold dog with three heads. Each of the heads had a pair of green eyes and a mouth full of golden fangs. As the dog charge towards Utopia Ray, the black knight drew the two swords hanging at his waist. The pieces of armor on his shoulders formed into two large mechanical arms that drew the large sword on his back. The three-headed dog then split into three golden balls of light that struck Utopia Ray's three blades. Each of the weapons turned into a golden sword with a red crossguard in the shape of a dog's head.
"Since he's equipped with Cerberus Fangs, Utopia Ray gains 1300 ATK." Yuma explained. "But more on that later. For now I attack directly with Sharkraken! Shark Squid Whip!"
Sharkraken flew at Morphia again and turned away at the last minute. Morphia was struck by one of the sea creature's tentacles and her life points dropped to 10300.
"Shining Sun Dragon, attack Morphia again with Shooting Star Flare!" Yuma commanded.
Shining Sun Dragon flew in at full speed and collided with Morphia, causing a large explosion. When the smoke cleared, Morphia's life points had fallen to 6100.
"And now… Utopia Ray, attack Morphia directly!" Yuma ordered. "Sun Fang Chaos Slash!"
Utopia Ray charged in and slashed Morphia with all three of his swords. Morphia cried out as she was hit and her life points fell again to 2300.
"Now the effect of Cerberus Fangs kicks in!" Yuma announced. "When Utopia Ray's attack does damage to my opponent's life points, Cerberus Fangs deals 400 points of damage for each card in my Graveyard! Right now I have five, so you take another 2000 points of damage!"
Utopia Ray slashed Morphia with his blades a second time, nearly knocking her off the platform of light they were all standing on. Her life points took another plunge to 300.
"Yeah! They've finally got Morphia on the ropes!" Alit cheered. "One more attack and that's it!"
"I end my turn!" Yuma announced. "Finish it, Hikari!"
Hikari drew her next card. "Shining Sun Dragon, attack Morphia directly! Shooting Star Flare!"
An expression of pure anger formed on Morphia's face as the golden dragon began to fly towards her. "I activate my Trap, Morphia's Rage!"
Just as Hikari's dragon was about to strike, an intense blast of crackling blue energy shot from Morphia's Trap and struck every monster on the team's side of the battlefield. The three balls of light orbiting Utopia Ray suddenly flew off and hit Hikari, Shark and Yuma, causing three small explosions. The blast ended after a moment, and when the smoke finally cleared, the team's life points had fallen to 6100.
"What just happened?" a confused Hikari asked.
"When I would take a direct attack that would reduce my life points to zero, Morphia's Wrath negates that attack and ends the Battle Phase." Morphia explained. "Furthermore, it detaches all overlay units from Xyz Monsters you control and deals 500 points of damage for each one."
"Damn!" Vector cursed from the ground. "And they were so close!"
"Great! Now what?" Shark asked.
"There's not much more we can do." Hikari replied. "I'll set one card on the field and end my turn."
"And thus begins mine!" Morphia declared. "But rather than draw from my deck, I activate another effect of Eternal Morphia Force from the Graveyard and return it to my hand!" The card flew from the Graveyard slot on her duel disk into her hand. "I activate Rank-Up-Magic Eternal Morphia Force and revive Lilith Eternal in order to elevate her to her ultimate form!"
A crystal coffin containing Lilith Eternal appeared in the middle of the battlefield. Sharkraken suddenly turned into a ball of red light and was pulled into the crystal, followed by the other non-Xyz Monsters in Shark's Graveyard. All the non-Synchro and Xyz Monsters in Yuma and Hikari's Graveyards were pulled in as well.
"Awaken… Dead Star Goddess Lilith Supreme!" Morphia called out.
The crystal coffin shattered apart with an explosion of red light. The light faded after a moment to reveal Lilith in a new form. Her skin had turned a bright reddish-pink, and all her armor had turned black. The goddess' once yellow eyes had turned blood red, and on her back was a pair of red transparent butterfly wings. Orbiting around the revived goddess were sixteen crystal spheres leaving trails of red light.
"A rank thirteen monster?" Hikari exclaimed. "I didn't know there was such a thing!"
"The original ATK of Lilith Supreme is zero, so I gain no life points from Eternal Morphia Force's effect." Morphia revealed. "But Lilith Supreme gains 1000 ATK for each overlay unit attached to her."
"But… that means…" a horrified Shark realized.
"Correct. Lilith Supreme currently has 16000 ATK." Mophia confirmed. "Lilith, obliterate the Signer's foul dragon and end this duel! End of Life Surge!"
"I activate a Trap, Half Shield!" Hikari quickly announced.
Lilith Supreme extended her arms and fired a massive blast of red energy at Shining Sun Dragon. The dragon was struck by the blast and exploded, washing out the team's side of the battlefield in smoke. When the smoke finally cleared, the team still had 200 life points left.
"You insects are beginning to annoy me." Morphia told them. "How is it you were able to survive?"
"Half Shield cut the damage from your last attack in half." Hikari explained. "It didn't leave us with much, but this duel's not over yet!"
"Then it seems I'll have to draw your suffering out a little longer." Morphia replied. "Since Lilith Supreme did damage to your life points, I can detach one of her overlay units to force you to discard every card in your hands."
One of the crystal spheres orbiting Lilith shattered, and the undead goddess shot three balls of red light from the palms of her hands. The spheres hit the cards in all three team members' hands, causing them to fly on their own into their Graveyards.
"For each card you discarded by this effect, I gain 1000 life points." Morphia continued. Her life points rose to 8300. "I end my turn, which means another one of Lilith's effects activates. At this time, any non-Synchro and Xyz Monsters in my opponent's Graveyard are attached to Lilith Supreme as overlay units, raising her attack even higher."
Suddenly five balls of red light flew from Hikari's Graveyard and changed into crystal spheres. The spheres began to orbit around Lilith Supreme along with the rest of the goddess' overlay units.
"No way!" Cathy spoke. "Morphia just turned everything completely around in that one turn!"
"How are Yuma and the others going to beat a monster with 20000 ATK points?" Alit wondered.
"Go ahead and make your final moves." Morphia told the team. "Nothing you do now will change the outcome of this duel."
Shark drew his next card. "I set one card on the field and end my turn."
Yuma and Astral split back apart, causing Yuma to return to his original form. Yuma then drew his next card. "Well, there's nothing I can do. You're up, Hikari."
"Are you two serious?" Shark asked.
"Yuma and I have done all that we can in this duel." Astral replied. "The only one who can put an end to this now is Hikari."
"You hear that Hikari? We're counting on ya!" Yuma cheerfully told her.
"The envoy and that child seem to have much faith in you, Signer." Morphia remarked. "A shame it's misplaced."
"We'll see about that!" Hikari responded as she drew her next card. "I activate another one of Shining Sun Dragon's effects! By banishing it from the Graveyard, I can add a Dragon-type Tuner to my hand! So I'm going to draw out a monster that's going to help take you down!"
With that, the mark on Hikari's arm began to glow. A glowing red card popped out from towards the bottom of her deck.
Hikari pulled out the card. "I summon Red Star Dragon in Attack Mode!"
Appearing on the battlefield was a small red serpentine dragon with golden eyes. On its forehead was a small golden star.
"I activate Red Star Dragon's effect!" Hikari announced. "By discarding one card, I can add a Dragon monster from either my own Graveyard or my opponent's to my hand. And I choose the one dragon in your Graveyard that's not an Xyz Monster!"
Red Star Dragon roared and a beam of gold light shot from the star on its forehead and hit Morphia's duel disk. A single card glowing with a golden aura flew from the Graveyard slot to Hikari's waiting hand.
"I activate my Trap, Xyz Reborn!" Shark announced. "With this card, I bring Black Ray Lancer back to the field!"
Shark's aquatic dark spearman reappeared on the battlefield in his original form. His large Trap card changed into a single ball of blue light that began to orbit around him.
"I sacrifice Utopia Ray and Black Ray Lancer to summon the dragon of light!" Hikari announced. Yuma and Shark's two monsters shattered apart and a familiar red cross appeared in Hikari's hand. "Awaken as your true self, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"
Hikari threw the cross in the air, causing it to explode with a flash of blue light. The light faded a bit, and Kaito's original dragon descended to the battlefield.
"What do you expect to do with that pitiful dragon?" Morphia asked.
"I don't know Kaito Tenjo all that well, but I know that this dragon is the symbol of his true self before you used his love for Droite to try and corrupt him." Hikari replied. "And it's also the card that's going to destroy you once and for all! I tune the level four Red Star Dragon into the level eight Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon for a level twelve Synchro Summon!"
Red Star Dragon roared and changed into four rings made of crimson light. The rings encircled Photon Dragon, causing the color of light from his body to turn red.
"Clustering crimson stars will come together to awaken the dragon whose cries shake the universe! Create the path its light shines upon!" Hikari chanted. "Synchro Summon! Burst to life, Galaxy-Eyes Crimson Photon Dragon!"
The rings around Photon Dragon shrank and went into his body, causing him to explode with a flash of golden light. The light cleared, and Photon Dragon had grown to twice his original size. His body was glowing with a deep crimson light and the armor on his armor had changed to shimmering gold. The wings on the dragon's back had become like those of the Crimson Dragon's, and on his chest was a green gem in the shape of the Crimson Dragon's heart. With his transformation completed, Photon Dragon cried out with the same roar as the Crimson Dragon's.
"That… that dragon!" Morphia exclaimed as her eyes widened in horror.
"That beast seems to be a fusion between the Crimson Dragon and Photon Dragon." Mizael realized.
"But it only has 5000 ATK." Alit pointed out. "I mean it's a cool dragon and all, but how can it beat Morphia's monster?"
"I activate Crimson Photon Dragon's effect!" Hikari announced. "Once per turn I can target one Xyz Monster my opponent controls and detach all of its overlay units! And for each one removes, Crimson Photon Dragon gains 500 ATK until the end of the turn!"
Crimson Photon Dragon roared and caused the crystal orbs surrounding Lilith Supreme to shatter and become balls of golden light. The lights entered the gem on Crimson Photon Dragon's chest and raised his ATK to 15000. Meanwhile, the ATK of Lilith Supreme dropped to zero.
"This… this can't be!" a horrified Lilith denied. "How can this have happened?"
"This is for every single thing whose life you took!" Hikari proclaimed. "Crimson Photon Dragon, destroy Lilith Supreme! Photon Stream of Creation!"
The dragon reared back its head and fired a stream of crimson light from his jaws. The blast vaporized Lilith Supreme in a second and continued on to strike Morphia. The vampire goddess screamed in pain as her own body faded to nothing and her life points plunged to zero. Suddenly, Morphia's ship exploded in a flash of blinding red light. When the light of the explosion faded, Crimson Photon Dragon vanished and the duel finally came to an end. The platform of light the team had been standing on set them back on the ground and vanished. The rest of the group ran over to where the four stood.
"Awesome job, you guys!" Alit told them. "We knew you could do it!"
"Yes, but… the city's still dead." Durbe noticed.
"Wait, you mean defeating Morphia didn't do anything to bring everyone else back?" a horrified Yuma asked.
"We did save the rest of the world though. That's something." Hikari pointed out.
"Fear not, Yuma." Astral spoke. "All is far from lost."
With that, Astral held out his hand. Appearing to float just above his palm was a strange card made of blue light.
"Oh yeah. The Numeron Code!" Yuma realized.
"With this, I can return everything to almost exactly how it was before Morphia's influence took root." Astral told them.
"What about Kaito and Droite?" Shark asked.
"They shall return as well." Astral confirmed. "And there will be no danger of Droite ever becoming a vampire again. Though she, and perhaps others may bare physical signs of their time as vampires."
"What sort of signs?" Durbe asked.
"That, I cannot say." Astral answered. "But there is another consequence to all this. Once I use the code, I will have to return to Astral World."
"Already? But you just got back!" Yuma told him.
Astral smiled. "Do not worry, Yuma. We will meet again."
"Well… okay." Yuma replied.
With that, Astral raised the card for the Numeron Code in the air. "Deus ex machina!"
A blinding flash of blue light shined from the code and washed out the entire area. When the light faded, Astral was gone and Hikari and the others quickly noticed that the lights of the city had turned back on. It seemed that everything had returned to normal.
At that moment, Kotori emerged from the building and began to run towards the others. "Yuma!"
Yuma responded by turning and running to Kotori. "Kotori, I WHAA?"
Yuma stopped mid-run when he noticed something different about Kotori. It took Hikari and the others a moment to notice too. It seemed that Kotori's bust was still the same size it was when she was a vampire, one of the "physical signs" that Astral had mentioned earlier. This change was made even more noticeable by the fact that Kotori also had on her original outfit from before her transformation, an outfit that didn't quite fit her new frame. The mere sight of Kotori's new look caused Alit's jaw to hang open and a drop of blood to bleed from his nose.
"What's everybody…?" Kotori began to ask. But when she looked down and saw what was different about her. "What the… Yuma, did you have something to do with this?"
"What? No! Honest!" Yuma swore. "You see Astral came back and brought everyone back with the Numeron Code, and…"
"And you asked him to give me a boob job while he was at it?" Kotori assumed.
"No! Of course not!" Yuma insisted. "And even if I did, you know Astral wouldn't go along with it!"
"I'm not so sure! You probably corrupted him during his time on Earth!" Kotori replied.
"Kotori, I swear it's not like that!" Yuma insisted. "Shark, Hikari, help me out here!"
"You're on your own, Yuma." Shark told him as he walked off with Hikari. "I'm going to bed."
"Yeah, it's been a pretty long night." Hikari agreed.
The others soon followed after Hikari and Shark. Though Gilag had to drag Alit off by the collar. This left Yuma to try and explain to try and explain Kotori's accidental endowment on his own. At that moment, he was wishing Astral would return so he could chew the energy being out.
Kaito awoke on the floor of the lab wearing his usual black outfit. He found Droite unconscious on the floor a few feet away wearing a black leather jacket with a violet shirt with a short black skirt.
Alarmed, Kaito quickly went over and shook Droite by the shoulder. "Droite! Wake up!"
After a moment, Droite groaned a little and opened her eyes. "Kaito?"
"You okay?" Kaito asked.
"I think so." Droite answered as she sat up. "I… I also remember everything that's happened."
"You mean about when we were vampires?" Kaito asked. "Yeah, I remember all that too."
"How could we… how could I have done all that?" Droite spoke. "I almost destroyed the entire world."
"That wasn't your fault. You were being manipulated by Morphia." Kaito pointed out.
"But Kaito… like it not, she was my mother." Droite reminded him. "And I…"
"Look Droite, I know what's it's like to be manipulated by a parent into doing something bad." Kaito told her. "Besides, if I'm right, Yuma and the others just fixed everything that we did."
"But… don't you think I'm a monster now?" Droite asked.
"If you are, then so am I." Kaito answered. "So don't worry about it, okay?"
Droite smiled as a tear came to her eye. "Okay."
With that, Kaito got back to his feet and held out his hand. "C'mon. We should probably get you to bed. You can either go back you your hotel, or you could stay at my place."
As Droite let Kaito pull her up, she glanced down and noticed that his package was a little bigger than she remembered. She then recalled the little enhancement she had given Kaito when she first took him to the bedchamber only hours ago. Suddenly an idea popped into the butterfly duelist's mind.
"Kaito… I'm not really in the mood for sleep right now." Droite told him as she removed her jacket, letting it fall carelessly to the ground.
Droite then removed her shirt and tossed it away, leaving her in her purple bra. Kaito felt his pants becoming a bit tighter.
"Well, I guess we could stay up a little longer." Kaito agreed with a smirk.
Kaito walked up to Droite and pulled her into a tight embrace. Their mouths became locked together as their tongues began to mingle. Somewhere along the line as they kissed, Kaito had pushed Droite up against the wall of the lab. When they broke for air, Droite hurriedly unzipped Kaito's pants, freeing his hardened erection. Kaito hiked up Droite's skirt and pushed the crotch of her panties aside, allowing him to push his rod into her. Droite moaned and wrapped her legs around Kaito's waist, signaling him to thrust into her at full force.
Droite became lost in the feeling of Kaito's hard shaft pumping into her. The one truly good thing that had come from their existence as vampires is that she had been able to tell Kaito how she truly felt about him, and that he felt the same way. The whole incident had brought them closer to one another than they had ever been before. As Kaito continued bucking his hips into Droite, he suddenly picked up his pace. They probably would've broken through the wall if it weren't made of metal. Droite and Kaito could both feel them selves coming close to the edge.
With one last hard thrust from Kaito, the two of them managed to climax at the same time. As they caught their breath, they smiled and rested their foreheads against one another.
"You know… I think I'll stay at your place tonight." Droite decided.
Two days had gone by since the vampire incident. Since that time, the city of Heartland had been very peaceful. It seemed that no one besides Kaito and Droite remembered anything from their time as vampires. Droite had also decided to quite her job as Gauche's manager to stay in the city in order to be closer to Kaito. This had caused a few problems with Gauche, but in the end he agreed to this change without much fuss.
Evening was approaching, and Hikari and Shark were waiting at a café for Kaito and Droite to show up. Hikari had decided that they should have a double date and see a movie together. It was only just a few minutes before Droite and Kaito were due to show up.
"Why are we doing this again?" Shark asked.
"I thought this would be a good way for me to get to know some of your friends." Hikari answered.
"Guess this means we might be doing the same thing with Yuma and Kotori at some point." Shark assumed. "Assume Kotori ever starts speaking to Yuma again."
"Is she still fuming about that whole thing about her chest?" Hikari asked.
"Yeah. From what I hear, she still doesn't entirely believe that it was an accident on Astral's part." Shark answered. "…So, how much longer are you going to be staying in Heartland?"
"Not sure. But I don't think you have to worry about me leaving anytime soon." Hikari replied.
"You staying just because of me?" Shark asked.
"Most of the reason." Hikari answered. "I'm also staying because Kaito and Christopher intend to keep experimenting with that portal device of theirs. I thought it might be a good idea if I stuck around to make sure nothing went wrong."
"That's probably a good idea, considering everything that just happened." Shark replied.
"What's a good idea?" a familiar voice asked. Hikari and Shark turned to see Kaito standing before them with Droite.
"I just heard that you plan to do more experiments with that portal creator of yours." Shark explained. "If something shoots out of one of those portals and turns Gauche into a werewolf, I am so gonna kick your ass."
"I'd like to see you try." Kaito dared.
"Speaking of Gauche, is he back on the road yet?" Hikari asked, quickly changing the subject.
"He left this morning." Droite answered. "It might take him awhile for him to find a manager that he likes. In the meantime, I just landed a job as a duel instructor at Heartland Academy."
"Wow! That's great!" Hikari enthusiastically told her. "Congrats!"
"Thanks." Droite replied.
"So what movie are we going to see anyway?" Shark asked.
"Orbital gave me this pamphlet for a new theater that's just opened up." Kaito answered, pulling the paper from his pocket. "It looks like they're showing mostly old horror movies though."
"One of those might be okay." Hikari replied as she took the pamphlet and started reading. "Let's see… Lifeforce. A team of astronauts discovers a ship containing vampires in… yeah, no. That's not gonna happen." She looked at the next film listed. "Oh, here's a movie called Cat People. It's about a woman who turns into a panther."
"I'm not sure about that one. We might run into Mizael and Cathy there." Shark assumed.
"Mizael and Cathy. I sure didn't see that one coming." Kaito remarked.
"You're telling me." Shark replied.
"This one looks interesting. Project Metalbeast." Hikari continued. "According to the description, a bunch of military scientists give a werewolf metal skin and it escapes."
"That sounds kinda cool." Shark replied.
"It might be entertaining I guess." Kaito agreed.
"I'm fine with any movie as long as it doesn't have vampires." Droite replied. "I think Kaito and I have had enough of vampires to last a lifetime."
FIN
Afterward: Well, I hope everyone enjoyed reading this little tale of mine. Chances are it's not the best thing I've ever written. Heck, I pretty much just used the plot from Lifeforce and added dueling. By the way, the other movies mentioned in this final chapter, Cat People and Project Metalbeast, are also real films. Anyway, there are probably a few things in this story that I could've done better. Still, I really enjoyed working on this story. It's helped me work through some of the stuff that's happened in my life recently, like the death of my cat.
I would like to take a moment to apologize for a couple of things about this chapter. First, I'm sorry if anyone was offended by that bit concerning Kotori's bust. My sense of humor can be a little twisted at times. I also kind of apologize for Astral saying "deus ex machina" when he used the Numeron Code. I just couldn't resist putting that in. Just chalk it up as the result of me watching too many episodes of The Simpsons.
I'd also like to thank everyone who's read and reviewed this story. I'd especially like to thank K.I.T.T. RIDER, who's done several good anxietyshipping stories of her own. I'm happy that this one appealed to her. Anyway, while this story may be over, I plan to do some other ZEXAL stories in the future. Right now I'm developing a story that shows what Rio was up to during the events of this story. Depending on how things go, I may be able to get that one up next week. So again, thanks to everyone who read, reviewed, favorited of followed this story.
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