Thetrueazure: Hey guys! Don't worry, I'm all better now
Ritsu: *Tied to a chair* Don't let him fool you!
Thetrueazure: Anyways on to the chapter. I don't own Yugioh 5D's or their cards. I do however own Ritsu, Kazuma, Miharu, Shin Himuro, and the cards I create. Other OCs and OC cards belong to their respective owners.
Ritsu ran up to the arena and noticed Yuzuki still on her knees in silence, he ran up to her knelt down to her.
"Yuzuki, are you ok?" Yuzuki turned to him and launched herself into his arms and started to cry. Ritsu held her tight as it started to rain "It's alright, your safe."
"I hate the rain master." Master Hyperion told Shin as they looked out of the window "It's like the earth is crying."
"I know Hyperion. Now that Apollyon showed up, the earth is going to cry even more." Shin sadly said
Ch.20 Conflict Among Ranks
After the first round ended, Ritsu and the others were at his house in his living room thinking about what just happened in the arena
"So that was Apollyon?" Kurogasa said "I had no idea that he was that powerful."
"Yeah, and something tells me that he's going to get a lot more powerful." Terra said "What I'm trying to figure out is why show up now?"
"He's sending a message to us saying that we don't stand a chance against him." Ritsu said "He would've killed Yuzuki if this Hero guy didn't show up. Regardless, he's aligned with Apollyon." Ritsu looked around looking for something "Wheres Yuzuki?"
"She's still in your guest room." Kuraki said as he got up and left, she turned to Kurogasa "Looks like he has a crush on her."
Kurogasa smiled "Yeah, I heard that he went straight to Satoshi and forced him to try and cancel the match. Took out two highly trained guards as well."
Krad smiled nervously "R-Really? Keira, remind me never to mess with Ritsu." Belial appeared beside him
"Is someone afraid of Ritsu now?"
"Quiet you!" Krad exclaimed as everyone bursted into laughter
Yuzuki was sitting on the bed looking at a picture of her mother, her last duel was still replaying in her head.
*Flashback*
"Apollyon. Kill her." Shin coldly said as Apollyon prepared to attack
*End Flashback*
She heard a knock on the door and heard Ritsu's voice "It's me. Can I come in?"
"Come in." Ritsu walked through the door and sat next to her on the bed
"Are you OK?" Ritsu asked in concern
"Yeah, I'm fine." She started to shake as Ritsu took her hand
"Are you really OK?" Yuzuki didn't stop shaking, so he brought her into a close embrace "It's OK." He whispered as she started to cry again
Miharu and Melody were sitting in the briefing room talking about what happened
"I feel sorry for Shinji. I mean, his best friend is under the influence of Apollyon." Miharu sadly said as she shivered a bit
"What's wrong?" Melody asked
"Whenever my brother does something stupid, I always get a chill down my spine." Miharu said
"Come on Miharu your over reacting." A female demon with and orange and green eyes, and a third eye on her forehead and bat like wings
"WHAAAAAAAAT!" They heard Iris's voice through the walls
"Yeah Yubel, I'm over reacting." Yubel just shrugged and disappeared
"I didn't quite catch what you said. Do you mind repeating that again?" Iris said with some murderous intent in her voice
"Iris, you have to calm down." Zidane said
"Shut up Zidane!" Iris yelled, Zidane vanished in fright
"I'll say it again. You can't help us in the final battle." Kazuma said as he didn't even budge "I saw what happened to you when you first saw Apollyon, you were frozen in fright."
"I don't care, I want to help!" Iris argued, when she saw that she wasn't getting through to him, she ran out of the door. Kazuma only sighed
Iris was lying on her bed with her face in the pillow, she was wondering why Kazuma wanted her to stay away when the final battle started. While she was thinking, she heard her door open, she turned to see Miharu standing there.
"What do you want?" Iris muffled voice asked through the pillow
"I heard about what my brother said, and I want to help you." This caught Iris's attention as Miharu sat near her bed "I know you like my brother."
Iris blushed "I-I don't like him!" She yelled
"Don't be like that, I see the way you look at my brother. Anyways, there is one way to get Kazuma to change his mind." Miharu said as Iris leaned in "A duel."
"A duel?" Iris asked in confusion
"If your able to beat him in a duel it'll show him that your able to hold your own on the battlefield." Miharu said "Meet up at the arena in about an hour." Miharu left, leaving Iris in her thoughts when Zidane showed up
"You should do it Iris. This is your chance to finally prove to Kazuma that your not a little girl anymore." Zidane said
"OK, let's go." Zidane smiled as Iris got up and left for the arena
Iris made it to the arena on time as she saw Kazuma on the other side of the arena and Miharu sitting on the stands with Melody, Shinji and a boy who looked around 19 with a buzz cut of black hair, red eyes, a black shirt and blue jeans.
"Wow she even got Lester to come." Iris thought as she looked over to Kazuma "Are you ready?"
"I'm always ready." Kazuma said
Miharu stood up "Remember our deal Kazuma. If she wins, she can help."
"I got it." Kazuma said in an annoyed tone as he activated his duel disk
Iris/Kazuma: Duel!
Iris: 4000
Kazuma: 4000
"Ladies first." Iris drew her sixth card and looked at it " I summon Cecil the Split Soul (4/2000/1400) in attack mode!" A man with silver hair and white armor carrying a lance "I'll end with a face down." One reverse card appeared
"My draw!" Kazuma drew his sixth card "I special summon Cyber Dragon (5/2100/1200) in attack mode because you control monsters and I don't!
A large mechanical dragon appeared.
"Sorry, but that's where I draw the line! I play the counter trap Black Horn of Heaven! This negates your special summon and destroys it!" Cyber Dragon began to corrode, and then shattered
"I hope Iris knows that Kazuma has three of them." Miharu said
"Thanks, you just cleared room for my second Cyber Dragon!" Another serpent appeared "Attack with Evolution Burst!" The dragon fired a stream of white flames at the warrior and engulfed him in flames
Iris: 3900
Kazuma: 4000
"I'll throw two cards face down and end my turn!" Two reverse cards appeared "Your going to have to do a lot better if your going to defeat me!"
"Tsk, My turn!" Iris drew her card "I play the spell Double Summon! Now I can summon twice, I summon The Warrior of Light (4/1900/1400) and Tifa the Feint Brawler (4/1600/1400) in attack mode!" A warrior in clad blue armor wearing a horned helmet wielding a sword with a orange gem and 5 orange strings at the end and a shield with the sing of light. The other warrior was a female with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes wearing a black trench coat.
"What's the point? None of those cards can take out my Cyber Dragon." Kazuma stated as Iris smilled
"Here's the point. When Tifa's out on the field, she can destroy one monster per turn!" Tifa threw a fist at the dragon and shattered it into pixels "Next, The Warrior of Light gains 200 attack points for every monster I control!" The light around the knight began to glow brighter (1900-2100) "Tifa! Attack Kazuma directly!" Tifa rushed in front of Kazuma and punched him in the stomach
Iris: 3900
Kazuma: 2400
"She's in the lead!" Shinji said
"Not quite." Lester said
"Warrior! Attack him directly too!" The light warrior was about to slash Kazuma
"Sorry but you triggered my trap card Confusion Chaff!" Bright pieces of paper surrounded the warrior "Since you declared a second direct attack that monster and the first one that attack me directly get to do battle." the warrior turned to Tifa with piercing red eyes and slashed her into pixels
Iris: 3400
Kazuma: 2400
"Since you lost a monster, your warrior's attack strength decreases." Kazuma said as the light warrior lost his shine (2100-1900)
"I play The Spellbook Inside the Pot!" Both duelists drew three times "I set two cards face down and end my turn." Two reverse cards appeared
"My turn!" Kazuma drew his card "I play the continuous spell card Future Fusion! You know the drill, I'll send my third Cyber Dragon and six other machine type monsters to the grave so that I can summon my Chimeratech Dragon in two turns!" Kazuma sent the seven cards to the graveyard
"Then that means I'll have to beat you before the two turns are up!" Iris said
"I activate the trap Call of The Haunted to bring back my Cyber Dragon!" The mechanical serpent appeared on the field again "Next I play Solidarity so that my dragon's attack points increase by 800!" The dragon began to roar as it gained more power. (2100-2900) "Attack with Evolution Burst!" The dragon fired a larger stream of white flames and destroyed the knight
Iris: 2400
Kazuma: 2400
"I activate the trap Miracle's Wake to bring back my warrior!" The warrior came back to the field
"I'll end my turn with a face down." A reverse card appeared
"My turn!" Iris drew her card as Zidane appeared
"Iris! Bring me out!" Zidane said
Iris nodded "I summon Zidane the Aerial Angel of Death (4/2000/1700) in attack mode!" Iris's duel spirit appeared on the field wielding two daggers "Next I equip him with his own personal weapon, called Ultima Weapon!" Zidane slammed his two daggers together and they transformed into a dual bladed lance "While he's equipped with this, he gains 1500 attack points whenever he attack or is attacked!" Iris pointed at Cyber Dragon "Zidane, you know what to do!"
"Let's go you sorry excuse for a dragon!" Zidane jumped in the air with his new weapon and slashed the mechanical dragon in half. (2000-3500)
Iris: 2400
Kazuma: 1800
"Now my Warrior of Light attacks you directly!" Iris's light warrior attacked Kazuma with his new found power (1900-2100)
"I play the trap card Half or Nothing! Here's the deal, you can still attack me, but your monsters attack points are cut in half, if you choose not to then you can't attack."
"Even with half the attack strength I'll still attack!" The Warrior of Light lost half of his power as he slashed Kazuma. (2100-1050) "I end my turn."
Iris: 2400
Kazuma: 750
"My turn." Kazuma drew his card (FF Turns left: 1) "I'll end my turn with a face down." One reverse card appeared
"My draw." Iris drew her card "Zidane, End this!"
"I play the trap card Negate Attack!" A clear vortex absorbed Zidane's attack "Say goodbye to your final attack."
"Damn it, I play the quick ply spell Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Future Fusion!" A giant typhoon destroyed Kazuma's spell card "Now you can't summon your ace!" Kazuma started to laugh uncontrollably "What's so funny?"
"I find it funny that you really think that Chimeratech is my ace card!"
"What does he mean Miharu? He uses Chimeratech in all of his duels." Melody asked
"There's another card he has that's just as powerful." Miharu said
"I end my turn!"
"My draw!" Kazuma drew his card and smiled "It's time I showed you my real ace, I remove all my LIGHT machine type monsters from my field and graveyard in order to summon my Cyber Eltanin (10/?/?)!" A giant mechanical dragon head with multiple dragon heads around it as it descended upon the field "Cyber Eltanin's attack points are equal to the number of LIGHT machine type monsters I removed times 500!" Cyber Eltanin let out a deafening roar (?-4500)
"4500 Attack points!" Shinji exclaimed
"Next his second effect activates, sending all other face up monsters on the field to the grave!" Eltanin sent out a giant shock wave, taking out Zidane and The Warrior of Light to the graveyard
"She's wide open!" Melody said
"Hold on. She's wide open, but she's not worried. Why?" Miharu thought as she noticed her lone face down "That's the card she set at the beginning of the duel. Don't tell me! She planned this out from the start."
"If I were you Kazuma, I would've done the same thing, and that's why this will be my victory." Iris thought as she looked at Kazuma
"Cyber Eltanin! Attack her directly and end this duel!" The cyber god fired a giant beam of light at Iris
Iris grinned "I knew it. I activate my face down!" Iris's card flipped up, causing everyone including Kazuma to gasp in shock.
"M-Magic Cylinder!" Kazuma said as the cylinder absorbed the blast and sent it back at him, hitting him dead on causing him to kneel.
Iris: 2400 Winner
Kazuma: 0
"I-I won. I actually beat Kazuma!" Iris happily said
Miharu, Melody, Lester and Shinji stood up and started to clap
"Congratulations Iris!" Miharu said as Kazuma stood up
"That's right, I'm sorry about what I said earlier. You are capable of holding your own during the final battle." Kazuma said
"Does that mean?" Iris asked as Kazuma smiled
"That's right, you can help us." Iris was overjoyed, she ran over to Kazuma and hugged him
"Thank you." She whispered in hi ear as she kissed him on the cheek before running off
Shinji walked beside Kazuma as he was covering his cheek "Looks like you have a girlfriend on your hands." Shinji said as he smiled
"S-Shut up!" Kazuma said as he blushed causing both Shinji and Miharu to laugh when he looked away.
Ch.20 End
Thetrueazure: Another chapter done, and while a thunderstorm was out too.
Ritsu: *Still tied to a chair* I hate you
Kazuma: Oh be quiet Ritsu, at least he's better now
Ritsu: Hey guys, next chapter everyone wants me to take a break on the Dragon's cup, so they set me up on a date with Yuzuki.
Next Time: Yugioh 5D's Power of the Six Elements; A relaxing day
"Dammit Krad! I'm going to kill you!"