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CONTEST TIME: First one to correctly count how many times I use the Word "DAMN" in this chapter will win an Honorable Mention in the next Chapter. BEGIN!
*Jefferson Memorial, Washington D.C., U.S.A. 3:24 PM LST*
Yusei and Jack were sitting on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. Crow then comes by with three hot dogs for everyone.
Crow: All right, lunch everybody!
Jack: So Yusei, where are we supposed to go anyway?
Yusei: NDC Headquarters. Akiza's most likely there.
Raquel: You'd be wasting your time. She's not there.
All three of them turned around to see Raquel standing at the top of the memorial's steps.
Jack: You!
Raquel: I have a name, you impertinent dog!
Jack: Yeah, your name's Creepy Spider Lady!
Raquel and Jack literally went face-to-face and started barking at each other.
Raquel: How dare you say that about my only friends? ! They're just misunderstood creatures!
Jack: They are eight-legged bugs that need to be squashed!
Raquel: They're arachnids, you dumbass! And it's just like a dog to bark when it is frightened!
Jack: You're the one who's barking here!
Raquel then turned and walked a few steps away.
Raquel: Fine, I was about to offer you the whereabouts of your friend, but now I've changed my mind!
Jack: Yeah right! We fell for your tricks one time too many!
Raquel: Fine, don't believe me, but this entire time since we had your friend, the Izayoi has been slowly draining the light from her and by tomorrow, her soul will be completely sucked away. And your friend will be gone forever.
Crow: No!
Yusei: Akiza…
Raquel: This is your last chance to save your friend. Come to the Korean War Memorial tonight after sundown. If you fail to show up, we'll kill your friend right on the spot. So I suggest you don't be late.
Raquel then disappeared, leaving the guys behind.
Raquel reappeared in an empty, windowless room. She sat down and huddled in a corner when her pet arachnid climbed up on her shoulder.
Raquel: Oh, Arachnacard, why did it have to come to this? First that idiot in Vegas, now maybe this girl… I am not a killer. I'm just not…
As the sun began to set, Yusei, Jack and Crow arrived at the Korean War Memorial, no one was around and the sight of the stone solders simply standing there as they arrived was a bit unsettling. After the sun had gone down, they found Raquel near the front of the memorial sitting on a stone with Akiza, still in her hypnotic state, with her.
Yusei: Akiza!
She didn't respond to him calling for her. Raquel then looked over at an engraving in the marble and began to read it aloud…
Raquel: "Our Nation, Honors her Sons and Daughters, who answered the call to defend a Country they never knew…and a people they never met…" How stupid does that sound?
Raquel then hopped off the stone she was sitting on.
Raquel: Where is the logic in saving someone you don't know? People aren't that decent.
Crow: Hey! There are a lot of good people who help strangers!
Raquel: Don't be a Hypocrite. The only reason you are here is to save your "Friend". If this girl was a Complete Stranger you wouldn't have wasted 5 seconds worrying about her. If she was just some trash on the street, you would still all be at home preparing for your World Racing Grand Prix.
Yusei: Enough of your preaching! Let's get this over with!
Yusei then powered up his duel disk, ready to duel.
Raquel: Down, Dog! I did not bring you here to Duel! I came to negotiate. I can free your friend Right here, Right now, and save her soul.
Jack: And what do you want in return I wonder?
Raquel: Your assistance. That's all Raza ever wanted for the Signers of the Crimson Dragon. He kidnapped your friend to test how devoted you can be and he was impressed.
Yusei: I don't give a Damn about what Raza thinks of us or anything you people want!
Raquel: Don't you understand you're fighting against the wrong people? ! The Roses are in league with the Yliaster! They wish to destroy the world! We wish to save it!
Crow: We don't believe you!
Raquel: It's what Sheh has been fighting for since the War of the Roses. His methods were extreme and harsh to others, but it was all for the good of our world! The Roses seek to stop him and allow humanity to destroy itself!
Yusei: From everything I've seen, I don't believe you people have nobody's best interest in mind but your own! Now Free Akiza now or Duel!
Raquel stood there for a long minute, sighed and places her palm on her forehead.
Raquel: Well, I tried…I guess we'll be going. Say goodbye Aki, you'll never see them again.
Crow: Now, Hold it-!
Crow ran up to her, but he was tackled from out of the shadows and knocked over toward the stone soldiers. He looked up and saw Necros standing over him.
Necros: Stay down!
Jack: Crow!
Jack then un-hesitantly ran over to Crow to help him. Raquel then noticed that Necros would be outmatched in a two-on-one duel and she then stared down Yusei, who stared her down, and then she turned back to Akiza.
Raquel: Aki, duel this dog and after you defeat him, you have permission to die.
Aki: Yes, ma'am.
Raquel then ran off toward the others and Aki readied her duel disk, ready to defeat Yusei.
Aki (LP 4000): I'll go first. *draws* I'll set three cards face-down and end my turn.
Yusei (LP 4000): My turn! *draws* I summon Dash Warrior (Lv.3 600/1200) in attack mode! Dash Warrior, attack her directly! And when he attacks, his attack power increases by 1200!
Aki: I activate the Trap Light Steal. I select am Effect Monster you control and as long as this card is face-up on the field, its effects are negated.
Dash Warrior's attack power decreased to its original 600 and inflicted Aki with 600 points of damage.
Yusei: I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn!
Aki (LP 3400): *draws* I'll set two more cards face-down and end my turn.
Yusei: *draws* First, I activate Graceful Charity to draw 3 more cards and discard 2! *draws and discards* Now I summon Junk Synchron (Lv.3 1300/500)! And since he was successfully summoned, I can bring back a Level 2 or lower monster in defense mode and I choose the Speed Warrior (Lv.2 900/400) I just discarded! And since I have a Tuner on my field, I can bring back the other monster I discarded, Quillbolt Hedgehog (Lv.2 800/800)! Now I summon Level Eater (Lv.1 600/0)! And now I tune Junk Synchron with Speed Warrior, Quillbolt Hedgehog and Level Eater to Synchro Summon Junk Destroyer (Lv.8 2600/2500)!
Aki: I activate the Trap Dark Light Capture. This allows me to take control of one of your monsters, negate its effects and reduce its powers to 0.
Junk Destroyer switched sides of the field and was rendered powerless.
Yusei: Dash Warrior, attack Junk Destroyer!
Aki: I now activate my other Trap Light Swap. I select a monster on each of our fields and they switch control.
Dash Warrior switched to Aki's side of the field and Junk Destroyer went back to Yusei's side of the field.
Yusei: I end my turn!
Aki: *draws*
As Aki draws a card, the flash from her deck gets brighter and her skin starts to become paler. For each move she made, her soul was slowly dying.
Yusei: Akiza…
Aki: I'll have Dash Warrior attack Junk Destroyer.
Dash Warrior destroyed Junk Destroyer and inflicted Yusei with 600 points of damage.
Yusei (LP 3400): I activate the Trap Miracle's Wake! This allows me to bring back a monster that's been destroyed in battle this turn and Junk Destroyer's looking for some payback!
Aki: I end my turn.
Yusei: *draws* Junk Destroyer, attack Dash Warrior!
Aki: I activate my Trap, Izayoi's Shadow. This negates your attack and places all of my Spells and Traps face-down. Then I switch control of both Dash Warrior and Junk Destroyer.
Yusei: I activate the Trap Star Shift! I send a Synchro Monster I control to the Extra Deck and then I can summon a different one with the same Level, but its effects are negated! I now return Junk Destroyer back to my Extra Deck to summon Stardust Dragon (Lv.8 2500/2000)! And since you already selected Dash Warrior to switch players, he goes back to my side of the field! And now both Dash Warrior and Stardust Dragon will attack you directly!
Aki: I activate Dark Light Capture again to take control of your Stardust Dragon and reduce its powers to 0.
Stardust Dragon was forced to Aki's side of the field and lost all of its attack and defense points and its abilities.
Aki: Then I also activate the Trap Light Empowered. When a monster on my field has its attack and defense points decreased or reduced, I can negate that effect until the End Phase.
Stardust Dragon's attack power returned to normal and shot its Cosmic Flare at the attacking Dash Warrior, destroying him and inflicting Yusei with 1900 points of damage.
Yusei: I'll place one card face-down and end my turn!
Aki: *draws* I'll switch Stardust Dragon to defense mode and end my turn.
Yusei: *thinks: Damn it! If I attack, she'll just use her Izayoi's Shadow again! The longer this duel drags, the more harm will come to Akiza! I need to end this now!*
Yusei's eyes wandered a bit as he looked at the others dueling. Crow was having a tough match-up against Necros.
Necros (LP 3200): All right Apocalypse Cannon (Lv.8 2800/2300), blow away his precious Blackwings!
Crow had both Armor Master (Lv.7 2500/1500) and Armed Wing (Lv.6 2300/1000) out and Apocalypse Cannon blew away them both with its effect. And Necros had DNA Surgery face-up to turn all monsters on the field to Machines.
Crow (LP 1000): Damn!
Yusei then glanced at Jack and Raquel dueling.
Raquel (LP 5300): Arachnashonshi (Lv.8 2900/2900), attack his Multiple Piece Golem (Lv.7 2600/1300)!
Arachnashonshi destroyed Jack's Multiple Piece Golem and inflicted him with 300 points of damage.
Raquel: Now I end my turn! And Ectoplasmer will activate and my Arachnacore (Lv.4 1500/1500) will deal damage to you!
Some of Arachnacore's life energy came out of it and shot itself at Jack, inflicting with 750 more points of damage.
Raquel: And before anything else happens, I activate Emergency Provisions to destroy my Ectoplasmer so I can gain 1000 Life Points!
Jack (LP 350): You damned, harpy!
Yusei closed his eyes and focused back on his duel. Not only was Akiza's fate riding on this, but also those of his friends.
Yusei: My move! *draws* First, I summon Synchron Explorer (Lv.2 0/700)! And since I summoned him, I can bring back a Synchron from my Graveyard with its effects negated and I choose Junk Synchron! Now I activate my face-down Graceful Revival Trap to bring back Speed Warrior! Now I tune Junk Synchron with Synchron Explorer and Speed Warrior to Synchro Summon Black Rose Dragon (Lv.7 2400/1800)!
Yusei had summoned Black Rose Dragon in such a spectacular fashion, as its petals fell from the sky and wines rose up from the ground.
Aki: Black... Rose...
Yusei: That's right! Your Black Rose Dragon is going to save you! And since I Synchro Summoned Black Rose Dragon, she can destroy all other cards on the field!
Black Rose Dragon roared and a fierce windstorm was enveloping the area. It not only destroyed Aki's face-down cards and Yusei's Stardust Dragon, but it also blew away the cards in Aki's Deck and caused them to spontaneously shatter. And with each card that was shattered, a light appeared that was returning Akiza's soul. The others around stood and watched in awe as this spectacle unfolded. When all the cars in the Izayoi Deck were destroyed, Akiza then fell to her knees and onto her side and Yusei rushed to her.
Yusei: Akiza...
Akiza: Mm... Yusei?
Akiza slowly opened her eyes and looked up at Yusei and the two shared a moment.
Crow: Yeah, we got her back!
Necros: Damn!
Jack: Looks like you lose this time!
Raquel was left speechless and shocked.
Raquel: ... No... Oh no, no no...
Necros wasted no time and got out of there. They noticed Raquel's hands were shaking and she disappeared before anything else happened.
Yusei: Akiza, are you all right?
Akiza: Could be better. The clothes they stuck me in are uncomfortable.
Jack: Yeah, that Raza has no taste in style, unlike yours truly.
Crow: Oh brother.
Yusei and Akiza both looked up at Crow and Jack and they all shared a friendly smile.
Meanwhile, at NDC Headquarters...
May Cheng had snuck into the building, via ventilation shafts and was crawling through the vents.
May: I can be helpful to them! I'm not a completely useless character!...Although I do travel in the vents a lot...I should bring a webcam in here. I can show all the different kind of bugs that hide in vents! Tee hee!
May eventually arrived over a vent opening near Robert Ringford's Office. She stayed quiet and peeked through. She saw Ringford at his desk while Raquel was talking to Raza, but Raza was turned away from her and seemed upset with her.
Raquel: -and so they freed their friend from your mind control...and destroyed the Izayoi deck.
Raza: ...out...
Raquel: If-
Raza: GEEEET OUUUUUTT!
Raza turned to shout at her and his eyes were his menacing Serpent Eyes. Frightened, Raquel Disappeared from the room and Raza tried to calm himself by rubbing his eyes.
Raza: It'll all work out. It'll all work out. It'll AALLL work OOUUTT!
Ringford: Just relax. Don't go crazy and start killing random people now...
Raza then opened his eyes and they appeared normal again.
Raza: It'll all be fine. Team Rose will arrive here tomorrow and it will all end!
Ringford: And what does Ali Clairoux have to do with this?
Raza: As of right now, she wants to kill me.
Ringford: How is that good?
May listened very carefully to every word they spoke.
Raza: Right now her pride is preventing any of her teammates from talking her out of it and she seethes with anger toward me. Once she sticks that blade into my heart, her anger will allow my title of Umbra Anguis to come over her, making her one of the Umbra. Then, because of her blinding pride, she will inherit the Title for the Skull King.
Ringford: Why go through all of this?
Raza: Sheh will be free after we defeat Team Rose. He instructed me to make sure all Seven of his Umbra have been acquired. I just need one more.
Ringford: And you're not afraid of dying?
Raza tipped his hat, so Ringford couldn't see his eyes.
Raza: Fear is for those who have never experienced it...I have Experienced Death in over a thousand different ways.
Raza then smirked, but his smirk disappeared.
Raza: We have a Guest.
May then felt something wrap around her leg and drag her out of the vents with a powerful force and before she realized it, she was being hung upside down, by one of Raza's Chains and was face to face with Raza.
Raza: Damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn DAMN! You know what? I am SOOOOO not in the mood today!
Raza then brought May to the Roof of NDC Headquarters and and held her over the Ledge.
May: Please Don't! I-
Raza: Save it You Whining little Bitch! When You're falling, I want you to realize how Stupid you were! You went out of your way to help people who don't Give a DAMN about you! NOT. A. DAMN! And you know where it got you? IT GOT YOU A SPECIAL SPOT ON THE SIDEWALK! ! !
Raza then threw young May off the top of the building. She felt the sharp winds pass as she was turning around in mid air. She Cried as she past half way down the building and closed her eyes...and waited for the inevitable...
Aki's Cards
Light Empowered
Trap
You can only activate this card when a monster you control has had its ATK decreased or reduced. That effect is negated until the End Phase.