The Angel: Demonic Meklords

by bricann

Sequel to The Angel- It's been 6 months since the Dark Signers and Izoa were finished and since Yusei became an angel. As Yusei finishes his training and nearing the capability to tell his friends of his change, a new danger will arise. One that will have connections to both the Underworld and Earth. Can Era, Yusei, and the others defend the world before it collapses into darkness?

3. The Duel with a Ghost

A/N: I OWN NO PART YU GI OH 5DS! ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE CREATORS!

Chapter 3: The Duel with a Ghost

Third Person POV

Yusei and the Ghost activated Speed World 2. The road became a duel lane and other traffic pulled out of the way while Security noted the duel and granted authorization for it.

The Ghost went first. "I summon Wise Core (Attack 0/ Defense 0) in attack mode and set a card face down. I end my turn there," he declared.

Yusei drew his card and glanced at Era's form in the cage. 'I'll get you out, Era. I promise,' he thought. Yusei turned back to the duel. "I summon Max Warrior (Attack 1800/ Defense 800). Now Max Warrior, attack Wise Core! Now with Max Warrior's effect, it gains 400 attack points during damage calculation only (Max Warrior: Attack 2200)."

"I activate Labyrinth of Kline!" Ghost retorted. "This reduces the battle damage to 0 and prevents Wise Core from being destroyed. It also switches the original attack and defense of Max Warrior until the next turn's end phase (Max Warrior: Attack 1200/ Defense 1800)." And due to it being the end of the damage step, Max Warrior's effect wore off and lowered the monster's attack to 800.

"I use the effect of Turbo Booster to special summon it from my hand in attack position (Attack 0/ Defense 0)," Yusei proclaimed. "Next I tribute Turbo Booster to destroy Wise Core."

"You just activated Wise Core's effect. This allows me to special summon Meklord Emperor Wisel Infinity (Attack 0/ Defense 0), Wisel Top (Attack 0/ Defense 1200), Wisel Attack (Attack 1200/ Defense 0), Wisel Guard (Attack 0/ Defense 1200), and Wisel Carrier (Attack 800/ Defense 600) to the field. Now due to Wisel Infinity's effect, I can combine all parts and make its attack equal the combined attack of all other Wisel Monsters that I control. So I bring forth the monsters' combined form of Meklord Emperor Wisel (Attack 2500/ Defense 0)," Ghost declared.

"I set two face downs," Yusei declared.

"Yusei," came Era's voice from in Angelic. He looked at the spark. "Help me…"

"I'm coming, Era," Yusei reassured. "Don't worry. Just sit tight and wait."

"O-Okay," she agreed, her voice sounding almost strained to speak.

"Era, are you sure you're okay?" Yusei asked.

"The darkness surrounding me… it hurts more than anything I've ever felt before. I feel like… I'm being slowly ripped apart," she answered. Yusei grew worried as his heart raced trying to find a way to open it faster.

The Ghost began his turn returning Yusei's focus to the duel. "Meklord Emperor Wisel, attack Max Warrior!" Ghost ordered.

"I activate Shock Reborn!" Yusei fought. "This halves the battle damage and allows me to revive a monster from my graveyard." Max Warrior was destroyed and Yusei's life points dropped to 3150 while Turbo Booster returned to the field.

"I set one face down and end my turn," Ghost finished snickering at the end.

Yusei drew. "I activate the Speed Spell- Angel Baton. By sending Gauntlet Warrior to the graveyard, I can draw two cards," Yusei declared. "Next I summon Debris Dragon and use its effect to revive Gauntlet Warrior. Now I tune Turbo Booster, Gauntlet Warrior, and Debris Dragon to synchro summon. Take flight, Stardust Dragon (Attack 2500/ Defense 2000). Next I activate my face down, Meteor Wave. This raises Stardust Dragon's attack by 2800. Now attack Meklord Emperor Wisel Infinity!"

"I activate Wisel Guard's effect to make it the attack target," Ghost retorted. Meklord Emperor Wisel's arm took the hit and got blown off. Though due to Meteor Wave's second effect, since the monster affected by it had attacked a monster in defense position, the Ghost still received damage making his life points drop to 2400.

"I set a face down and end my turn," Yusei declared.

Ghost began his turn. "I summon Wisel Guard 3 (Attack 0/ Defense 2000)," he declared which replaced Meklord Emperor Wisel's missing arm. "My Wisel is invincible."

"Nothing's invincible," Yusei retorted. 'I should be able to beat it if I can take out all the components at once,' he thought. "Why are you targeting duel runners and why did you take Era?"

"It is my purpose," the Ghost answered. "I am the Synchro Killer. And Era's more special than you realize." Yusei got confused with that. "I use Meklord Emperor Wisel's effect to equip it with your Stardust Dragon."

"What?!" Yusei responded. He looked in shock and worry as Meklord Emperor Wisel shot a number of energy beams which strapped themselves to Stardust Dragon. Yusei's dragon began to struggle but was sucked into the machine. "Stardust!" 'This is what Trudge was talking about when he said not to use synchro monsters against the Ghost,' Yusei thought.

"And now Meklord Emperor Wisel's attack increases by the attack of the equipped monster (Meklord Emperor Wisel: Attack 5000)," Ghost declared. "Now attack Yusei directly!"

"I activate Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! This can negate your attack and then my card can reset itself," Yusei declared.

"I set two face downs," Ghost finished.

"I summon Bicular (Attack 200/ Defense 200) in defense and set one card face down," Yusei declared.

"I activate Wise A3!" Ghost began. "This allows me to summon Wisel Attack 3." The monster folded out into an arm that attached itself to Meklord Emperor Wisel and raised its attack to 5400. "Now Meklord Emperor Wisel, attack Bicular!"

"I activate Scrap-Iron Scarecrow to negate that attack," Yusei fought.

"I activate Battle Return. By lowering its attack to 2700, it can attack again," Ghost returned. It took out Bicular causing Yusei to struggle to maintain control of his duel runner. "Now Meklord Emperor Wisel's effect inflicts damage to you equal to Stardust Dragon's attack." Yusei's life points fell to 650.

"I use Bicular's effect to special summon Unicycular (Attack 100/ Defense 100)," Yusei continued.

"I activate Trap Recycle allowing me to return Battle Return to my hand along with Reload," Ghost declared. "I end my turn."

"I use Speed World 2's effect to remove seven speed counters and draw one card," Yusei declared. Yusei began to concentrate as he reached for the card and his mark began to glow. It wasn't long before all the marks gathered into the complete dragon mark on Yusei's back. The top card on Yusei's deck began to glow. "I summon Majestic Dragon (Attack 0/ Defense 0). I activate Synchro Material. This returns Stardust Dragon to my side of the field. Next I tune Majestic Dragon with Stardust Dragon and Unicycular. I synchro summon, the Majestic Star Dragon (Attack 3800/ Defense 3000). And because Stardust Dragon came back from your field, your monsters attack loses Stardust's boost it was gaining (Meklord Emperor Wisel: Attack 2900). Now I activate Majestic Star Dragon's effect to negate the effects of Wisel Guard 3 and grant them to my dragon. Now, attack Wisel Top!" Wisel Top was destroyed and so were the Ghost's life points.

"Now, Yusei," the Crimson Dragon ordered.

Yusei nodded. He focused on a spell and his hand began to glow. He shot a ball of light at the cage which hit the door and Era was released. She fell right into Yusei's chest too weak to change out of her form.

"Era…" Yusei whispered as he held her.

He looked as the Ghost's runner strayed off course and plummeted off the bridge before exploding.

"Yusei!" Crow called as he and Jack drove up.

He turned to the two. "Let's go check out where the Ghost crashed," Yusei decided.

"Well, when we're done with that, you're telling us about how you shot a ball of light from your hand," Jack agreed.

Yusei heard Era gasp as they drove down to where the Ghost had fallen. When they arrived, Era had gained enough strength to transform back into her normal self and did so while leaning against Yusei for support. She seemed okay though her skin was steaming a bit and she could barely stand on her own.

Crow walked up and touched the Ghost but immediately jumped back in alarm as the Ghost's arm fell off revealing it to be robotic.

"The Ghost was just a robot," Yusei deduced.

"That explains why we couldn't sense him," Era commented. "Because robots can't be possessed by demons and don't have the ability to feel any emotion at all."

"Now, Yusei, are you going to explain how on Earth you shot a ball of light from your hand?" Crow asked.

Yusei looked at Era. She gave him a small nod and he sighed. He allowed himself to transform making Crow and Jack shield their eyes for a moment from the light. When he finished, Jack and Crow brought their arms down and their mouths dropped when they saw Yusei in his angelic form.

"Yusei, you're an angel?!" Crow exclaimed.

Yusei nodded. "Became one when I finished the King of the Underworld," he answered.

"And why didn't you tell us?" Jack asked.

"The Crimson Dragon ordered me to teach him what an angel does and everything in between in secret. We were following his orders," Era explained.

Yusei changed back into his human form followed by Era with Yusei still holding her in his arms to help her while she recovered.

"Will you be okay, Era?" Yusei asked looking at her.

"I'll be fine. Just the demonic energy in that cage weakened me a bit," she answered.

"Why do you make it seem like it was worse?" Crow asked.

"Because inside, the energy made me feel like I was being ripped apart," she explained. "An angel's light and a demon's darkness are polar opposites. Being surrounded by the darkness for too long like I was and it could very well kill the angel." Yusei tensed at the thought of Era dying in that manner.

'No, I'm not going to allow it to happen,' he thought. Yusei looked back at the two humans. "We should get back to the garage and talk about this Ghost," he said. He looked back at the Ghost and picked up the CPU from the robot's duel runner.

. . .

Back at the garage, Era was resting next to Yusei who was still worried about her condition.

Trudge walked in with Mina after recovering from his encounter with the Ghost. It wasn't long after that Leo, Luna, and Akiza came in too. Trudge set some photos on the table and they gathered around.

"The Ghost was actually a Duelbot. Robots that are sent to take down criminals," Mina explained. "They were decommissioned though a while back."

"Then who brought this one back online?" Crow wondered. "And why did they want Era?"

"They wanted Era?" Akiza asked.

"They locked me in a Demon Cage," Era explained. "I can explain the details about it later."

Yusei handed the chip to Trudge. "That's the CPU chip from the Ghost's duel runner. It was programmed to erase all its data when it lost," he explained.

"How did you gain access to the CPU so easily?" Trudge asked surprised.

"It was easy for Yusei," Crow responded. "He's better than Security."

"I'm worried about what's coming," Era commented and they looked at her. "These people couldn't have gained a Demon Cage without a demon's assistance. So that's a big problem. Added to the fact that whoever did this has to have a serious plan to be going through all of that."

"I have to agree with Era," Yusei stated and they all gave a small nod of agreement. 'We're about to face a new threat,' he thought.