0713MM: Final part of the tag team duel coming up!

Chapter 12: Tag Duel: Dumon and Rio vs. Chaos Emperors Dark Dumon and Marin Part 3

"Ragnafinity, attack Rio directly!" Dark Marin laughed. Ragnafinity did as ordered and threw her scythe at Rio. Rio watched the scythe travel closer to her. She closed her eyes.

I'm sorry Dumon! Rio thought. I failed you.

"RIO! NO!" Shark and Dumon screamed in agony. A card in Rios' hand began to glow. Rio looked at it in surprise.

Gagaga Gardna! Rio thought. This card can save me!

"I activate the special ability of Gagaga Gardna from my hand!" Rio shouted. Everyone gasped, except Yuma. Yuma pumped his fists.

"There you go Rio!" he shouted. "That's how you feel the flow!"

"When I'm being attacked directly, I can special summon this card from my hand in defense mode." Gagaga Gardna, level 4, attack: 1500, defense: 2000. Astral and Shark looked at Yuma.

"Yuma, how come my sister has one of your cards?" Shark asked.

"Well, uh, you see..." Yuma started to explain.

"Forget that, she played it at the right time." Astral pointed out. Shark nodded.

"Indeed she did." Shark agreed. Dark Marin growled.

"Fine, I'll just destroy your monster then." Dark Marin said. Gagaga Gardna took the hit and exploded.

"I shall end my turn there. You're up, Rio." Dark Marin smirked. "Of course, it doesn't matter what you draw, you and Dumon will lose. Hahahaha!" Rio gritted her teeth, then she shook her head.

"You're wrong." Rio said, with a smile on her face. Dark Marin looked at Rio quizzically.

"How can that be?" she asked. Rios' smile grew wider.

"Actions speak louder than words, so why don't I show you." Rio claimed. Dark Dumon and Marin growled.

"Fine. Show us then." Dark Marin snarled.

"I will, I draw!" Rio shouted as she drew her card. She smirked at the card.

"I activate Monster Reborn to bring Number 94: Crystalzero back from the graveyard." Rio said. Number 94 made its' appearance on the field. Dark Marin smirked.

"There's no point in bringing that Number back. It's weaker than both of our monsters." Dark Marin pointed out.

"You'd be right, but I now rebuild the overlay network with Number 94: Crystalzero!" Yuma looked at Astral.

"Is she summoning a Chaos Number Astral?" Yuma asked Astral.

"I'm not sure Yuma." Astral admitted.

"Come out of the great and mighty blizzards, Full Armor Crystalzero Lancer!" Rio shouted. Dark Dumon and Marin growled. Full Armor Crystalzero Lancer, rank 6, attack: 2200, defense: 1600. Dark Dumon and Marin laughed.

"What a useless monster! It's the same as Number 94! Just a higher rank!" Dark Marin laughed. Rio curled her lip into a smile.

"Are you sure?" she asked. Dark Dumon and Marin stopped laughing.

"What do you mean?" Dark Marin asked.

"I activate Full Armor Crystalzero Lancers' special ability! For every overlay unit it has, it gains 500 attack points." Rio explained. Full Armor Crystalzero Lancers' attack: 2200-2700.

"Hah! A nice attempt, but I activate Ragnafinitys' special ability! Once per turn during either players' turn, I can detach 1 overlay unit from my monster to banish one monster whose attack is different from its current attack, so say adios to Full Armor Crystalzero!" Dark Marin laughed as Ragnafinity absorbed one overlay unit and threw its scythe at Full Armor Crystalzero Lancer. But the scythe never connected.

"Wait, what?!" Dark Marin screeched. "How is that possible?!" Rio smiled, holding up a spell card. A quick-play spell card to be precise.

"I activated the quick-play spell Shattering Ice." Rio said. "With this, I can negate the effects of all faceup cards on your field, and prevent any card effects from activating for the rest of this turn, then this card attaches itself onto Full Armor Crystalzero Lancer and grants it 1000 attack points, plus an extra 500 since it became an overlay unit." Full Armor Crystalzero Lancers' attack: 2700-4200. Dumon smiled.

"Good job Rio! Now I activate the trap Twin Blade Strike." Dumon said. "With this trap, since we control a Warrior-type monster on our field, it gets to attack twice during this battle phase." Dumon explained. Dark Dumon and Marin stepped back in shock.

"Oh no!" Dark Marin cried out. Rio pointed at Dark Dumons' Star Seraph Sentry. Dark Dumon cringed.

"Now Crystalzero Lancer, attack Star Seraph Sentry with Ice Sword Slash!" Rio commanded. Crystalzero Lancers lifted her sword up and swung downward. Slash!

"Urgh, argh!" Dark Dumon screamed as he was thrown backward from Star Seraph Sentry being smashed to bits. He landed on his back, his life points depleting from 50-0. Rio then pointed at Ragnafinity.

"Crystalzero Lancer, attack Ragnafinity with Ice Sword Slash!" commanded Rio. Once again, Crystalzero Lancer slashed Ragnafinity to bits.

"Ugh." groaned Dark Marin as she slid back a bit, her life points then depleted from 4000-2600. Rio just stared at Dark Marin, who was laughing.

"A good attempt, but in the end you both will lose!" she sneered. Dumon curled his lip into a smile.

"You sure about that?" he asked. Dark Marin turned to face Dumon.

"What do you mean?" she asked. Dumon pointed toward one of his facedowns.

"I activate the trap, High Five the Sky!" Dumon shouted. Shark, Astral, Rio, the other Barian Emperors, the Tenjo Brothers, and the Arclight Brothers gasped in shock. However, Yuma was smiling. Trey looked at Yuma.

"Yuma, since when did Dumon have that card?" Trey asked.

"Well, you see..." Yuma started to explain.

"Forget the explanation, this duel is as good as over." Quattro interupted.

"Indeed." Vetrix and Astral agreed.

"With this trap, Full Armor Crystalzero Lancer gets to attack again, but this time, it's unaffected by card effects." explained Dumon. Rio got out of her shock quickly, and then proceeded to order the attack.

"Full Armor Crystalzero Lancer, attack Dark Marin directly!" Rio ordered sternly. "Attack with Ice Sword Slash!" Crystalzero Lancers' sword connected with its target. Slash!

"Urgh, argh!" Dark Marin cried out as she flew bacward and landed straight on her back, her life points depleting from 2600-0. A sign in the middle of the field popped up saying: Dumon and Rio: WIN. Everyone cheered, including Vector. Dark Dumon and Marin turned to face Dumon and Rio. They snarled.

"Master Chaos will have his revenge!" Dark Dumon and Marin snarled before disappearing. Astral put a hand to his chin, going deep into thought.

Could the enemy that Eliphas and Ena tried to tell me about is this Chaos? Astral thought.

At Chaoss' Castle...

Chaos sat on his Throne, looking down at the two Chaos Emperors.

"So, what you speak is the truth?" Chaos asked.

"Indeed we do." Dark Marin said. Chaos nodded, then chuckled.

"Excellent. So, it seems that Astral is finally figured it out." Chaos said. Dark Vector looked at his Master.

"Should I go next?" he asked.

"Yes." Chaos replied. "But this time, you, Dark Alito, Girag and Nash will go together. Just to speed things up." Dark Vector nodded, and then snapped his fingers, disappearing from the Throne Room along with Dark Nash, Alito and Girag. Chaos gestured for Dark Dumon, Marin, Mizar and Umbral to leave. They did so, but not before they bowed. After the four of them left the Throne Room, Chaos went into thought.

"So, Astral, you finally figured it out, hmm?" Chaos said to himself. He then curled his black lips into a smile.

"It does not matter. What matters is that my plans will be fulfilled." Chaos chuckled, then he starting laughing.

0713MM: It seems that Astral has figured out who is behind the ambushes.