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?

46. The Duel Against Time

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

Chapter 46: The Duel Against Time

Era's POV

"How truly pathetic. If that's the best you can do, you all might as well give up here and now. Your decks are no match for mine. Not as long as I have Yusei's Stardust Dragon," Paradox told them. Yusei and I glared at him. "It's my move. Now I'll show your beast a true might. Next I'll send Rainbow Dragon from the extra deck to graveyard. Which as you saw before means, Malefic Rainbow Dragon (Attack 4000/ Defense 0) now appears!" Paradox declared and the dragon came to the field in a similar situation in difference as Cyber End Dragon.

"Hey! Leave my pal's card out of this!" Jaden demanded angrily.

"Why do you think I was time hopping in the first place? I was collecting the cards needed to take down Pegasus. Until that time comes, I'll use them… to destroy the three of you! Malefic Rainbow Dragon, attack! Spectral Surge!" Paradox ordered.

"I activate Junk Gardna's ability. With it, your dragon is about to be switched into defense mode," Yusei declared.

"You stopped one of my dragons, yes. But as you recall, I have two out! Malefic Cyber End Dragon, attack!" Paradox retorted.

The blast destroyed Junk Gardna and Yusei was thrown back by the damage made real with their life points dropping to 2600.

"Yusei!" I called.

"Are you alright?" Yami asked.

"Say something pal," Jaden called.

Yusei sat up. "I'm alright," he said.

"Well you won't be when your life points run out because in a malefic duel, you don't just lose the match, you lose your soul," Paradox informed. Yami, Jaden, and I glared at Paradox.

Yusei stood up and countered saying, "I activate Junk Gardna's second ability. When it's destroyed, it switches one of your monsters into defense mode. And then I activate Miracle's Wake! This revives the monster that was just destroyed," Yusei declared and Junk Gardna returned in his respective defense position. "Sorry, guys, I lost us some points there."

"Don't apologize, Yusei," Yami said.

"Yeah, no kidding," Era agreed.

"You just fended off two super tough monsters. Way to go!" Jaden praised.

"Thanks guys, I did my best," Yusei responded.

"Against a deck stacked with the best cards throughout all of time, that's all we can do. And that's what we have to keep doing to win this duel," Yami responded.

I nodded. "Yami's right," I agreed.

Yami looked at her. "I wonder why Era is acting so different than what we know her as," he told Yugi who was in his spirit form.

"I know. It's like she changed dramatically quickly. I wonder, does it have to do with Yusei?" Yugi answered before Yami returned his attention to Paradox and the duel.

"In my time travels, I've listened in on some of your pep talks. But that, by far, was your most pathetic. I place a card face down and end my turn," Paradox chimed in.

"Then it's my turn to take a crack at ya," Jaden said drawing his card. "Yusei, mind if I piggyback off your play?" he asked. Yusei nodded, silently saying to go ahead. "Alright then, I activate Polymerization! And I'll fuse Junk Gardna with my Elemental HERO Neos that is in my hand. This is a first: two different monster from different times becoming one. Here comes the best from both worlds. Come to battle, Elemental HERO Neos Knight (Attack 2500/ Defense 1000)! And due to his ability, he gains a power boost equal to half of Junk Gardna's attack points (Elemental HERO Neos Knight: Attack 3200). Now Neos Knight will attack that Malefic Rainbow Dragon!" Neos Knight attacked and successfully destroyed Paradox's malefic version of Rainbow Dragon. "Oh, and Neos Knight's ability allows him two attacks in this one battle!" Jaden declared.

"Two attacks?!" Paradox exclaimed as Neos Knight destroyed Malefic Cyber End Dragon in an explosion.

"You're not so tough," Jaden stated.

"Well done, Jaden. I've heard of knights slaying dragons before but not two at once," Yubel told him. Jaden gave a small laugh.

"Let's see if you're laughing when I activate Malefic Tune! This allows me to draw two cards from my deck," Paradox retorted.

"Jaden you have to tell me, where did you learn to duel with such heart and passion?" Yami asked.

"A little place called Duel Academy. And believe it or not, I usually skip class," Jaden replied.

"Well, if I were your teacher, I would certainly give you an A on that last move," Yami responded.

"You better not be putting yourself down, Yusei," I called and he looked at me. "Just keep your mind on the game and don't put yourself down too much. We can do this." Yusei nodded. "Jaden, do what you do best."

"Right! I set four cards face down and end my turn," Jaden said.

"Then it's my turn. And I think I'll use the effect Malefic World to add a random malefic monster from my deck to my hand. Next by sending Stardust Dragon from my extra deck to the graveyard, I can summon Malefic Stardust Dragon (Attack 2500/ Defense 2000)!" Paradox declared.

Stardust Dragon took to the field but her appearance was changed by the malefic force in Paradox's possession. Stardust's face and eyes were covered by a black and white, metal mask. Its wings were covered in similar armor and its chest held plating of similar colors.

"My Stardust! Paradox, you snake, what have you done to it?" Yusei asked angrily.

"I simply introduced it to the power of the shadows and there's more to come," he replied.

"Paradox," I growled.

"Well, back to the duel. I summon Malefic Parallel Gear (Attack 0/ Defense 0)," Paradox declared. "Next I'll tune Malefic Parallel Gear and my Malefic Stardust Dragon." I growled hearing this. I didn't like it when someone stole something to make it 'theirs'.

"What?!" Yusei exclaimed.

"You and Era are not the only ones who can synchro summon, Yusei," Paradox replied. "I synchro summon, Paradox Dragon (Attack 4000/ Defense 4000)!"

"Not good," Jaden muttered.

"That's right, Jaden. And since Paradox Dragon was summoned I can summon Stardust Dragon (Attack 2500/ Defense 2000) to the field in attack mode," Paradox said.

"Two dragons again?" I muttered.

"Yes, Yusei. Because due to Paradox Dragon's effect, every monster you control will lose attack equal to every synchro monster I control. So, Neos Knight, power down (Elemental HERO Neos Knight: Attack 400)!" Paradox stated. "Paradox Dragon, attack Neos Knight!"

"I play, Hero Barrier. This negates your attack as long as there is an Elemental HERO on my field," Jaden declared.

"I activate Malefic Claw Stream. Since I have a malefic synchro monster out, I can destroy one of your monsters," Paradox said and destroyed Neos Knight.

"I'll see your trap and raise it with one of my own. Elemental Mirage! This returns Neos Knight (Attack 2500/ Defense 1000) back from the graveyard," Jaden declared.

"A perfect counter," Yami praised.

"Aw, I just figured it would be rude of me to leave you without a monster," Jaden responded.

"Thanks and you can count on me to put Neos Knight to good use," Yami told Jaden.

"I'm sorry, Yugi, but your best won't even be good enough here. After all Neos Knight is still subject to Paradox Dragon's effect," Paradox reminded them (Elemental HERO Neos Knight: Attack 0). "I end my turn with two face downs."

"It's my move. So get ready!" Yami exclaimed glaring at Paradox.

"Let's see what you've got, King of Games," Paradox taunted.

"Yugi, my cards are your cards," Yusei told him.

"Well, in that case, I'll use Reincarnation of Hope's effect to add a monster card to my hand. And the monster I choose is Dark Magician," Yugi declared.

"Like I didn't see that coming," Paradox said.

"Next, I activate Ancient Rules which allows me to summon Dark Magician," Yami declared. Yusei, Era, and Jaden looked at Dark Magician as he stared at his opponent defiantly.

"According to the history books, that card is Yugi's ace," Yusei said.

"I know, cool!" Jaden agreed. I simply nodded.

"As cool as he may be, he's still subject to Paradox Dragon's power down effect," Paradox said (Dark Magician: Attack 0).

Yusei sighed. "Yugi, if Stardust Dragon needs to be destroyed for us to win this then destroy it," he said. We looked at him shocked by his words. "It's better that than letting it be under Paradox's control any longer."

"Yusei…" Yami muttered. The two stared into each other's eyes got a moment.

"Oh, how touching. Now go already!" Paradox yelled impatiently.

Yami turned to the field. "I activate Bond Between Teacher and Student. When I have a Dark Magician on the field, I can summon his student, Dark Magician Girl!" The magician in blue and pink clothing and staff came to the field. "Next I activate Magic Gate of Miracles. Now since I have two spell casters out on my field, I can take control of one of your monsters."

A giant square portal formed on both sides of the field and two giant hands reach out. In response, Paradox declared, "I activate Malefic Force. Now Paradox Dragon is no longer up for grabs."

"That's true, but Stardust Dragon still is," Yami reminded. The hands reached out and pulled Stardust over to Yusei and the dragon didn't bother to resist the pull. "Yusei, Stardust Dragon is now back where it belongs."

"Thanks, Yugi!" Yusei said as it appeared on his card and the image on Paradox's card shattered.

Jaden gave a small chuckle. "You never wanted Paradox Dragon in the first place, right?" he asked.

Yami nodded. "And speaking of Paradox Dragon, his ability is no longer in effect which means our monsters attack points return to normal," he informed. Dark Magician and Neos Knight return to their normal 2500 attack points each.

"So what if your monsters' attack points are back to normal? My dragon still has them beat with a total of 4000. Face it, you're simply outmatched," Paradox retorted.

"I wouldn't say that," Yami countered resulting in Paradox giving a shock and confused look. "I activate Dark Magic Twin Burst! Now I can add Dark Magician Girl's attack points to Dark Magician's (Dark Magician: Attack 4500). Now your dragon is the one who's been outmatched, Paradox, and he also happens to be outnumbered two to one. Now go Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl!"

The two spell casters shot a beam of purple like that pierced Paradox Dragon's head and went through it and through the dragon's abdomen destroying it and forced Paradox to lose 500 life points making him at 3500.

"These desperate moves change nothing," Paradox said with a grin.

"I disagree. You had two monsters and now you have none," Yugi said.

"And I thank you for that. All you've done is clear the way for something else. Something grand, something almighty!" Paradox exclaimed.

"Spit it out," Jaden commanded tense while we all got in defensive stances.

"I activate Malefic Paradigm Shift which, at the cost of half of my life points (Paradox: Life Points 1750) allows me to summon my most wicked beast, Malefic Truth Dragon (Attack 5000/ Defense 5000)!" Paradox declared. A giant, golden dragon appeared on the field and Paradox's vehicle disappeared as he somehow fused with his new monster.

"I've seen some big monsters all my life but that behemoth definitely takes the cake," Jaden said shocked.

"And it probably ate it too," Yusei agreed. "Era, any ideas at all?"

"If we there is a way, we will have to at least work together to do so," Era said. They nodded at her.

"This is your doing, Yugi! I hope you're pleased with yourself," Paradox yelled down. Yami growled.

"I set two cards face down and end my turn," Yami declared.

Paradox began his turn. "I play Malefic Selector. By removing Malefic Parallel Gear and Malefic Cyber End Dragon from play, I can add two malefic monsters to my hand. And I'll send both Blue Eyes White Dragon and Red Eyes Black Dragon to the graveyard to summon their dark counterparts. Malefic Blue Eyes White Dragon and Malefic Red Eyes Black Dragon!" he played. Both dragons as their dark counterparts appeared onto the field.

"Both Blue Eyes and Red Eyes!" Yami exclaimed shocked.

"Next I'll have Malefic Red Eyes Black Dragon attack that Dark Magician Girl. And so you know, with Malefic Truth Dragon's ability when it destroys one monsters all the other monsters are destroyed as well," Paradox declared.

"What?!" Yusei exclaimed.

"I activate De-Fusion! Neos Knight, time to split," Jaden declared. Elemental HERO Neos and Junk Gardna appeared on the field. "Now Yusei."

"I use the effect of Junk Gardna to switch Malefic Red Eyes Black Dragon in defense mode," Yusei declared switching the dragon as told. "Which means Dark Magician Girl is safe."

"Yusei, Jaden, nice teamwork," Yami praised. I nodded with a small smile in agreement.

"I'll show you teamwork!" Paradox exclaimed. "Blue Eyes, pick up where Red Eyes left off." I heard them whimper in fear as Blue Eyes attacked Dark Magician and destroyed him. The four duelists' life points dropped to 2100. "Now Truth Dragon's ability activates. So now all your monsters are destroyed." Giant thorns appeared and began to rain down.

"Sorry, Paradox, don't think so!" Yusei stopped. "I activate Stardust Dragon's special ability. By releasing Stardust Dragon, I can negate your dragon's effect and then destroy it all together."

"What?!" Paradox responded.

"So say goodbye," Yusei responded and they thorns switched directions before flying in the opposite direction.

"I play Truth Dragon's other ability. But removing Malefic Rainbow Dragon from play, Truth Dragon is saved," Paradox reacted. "Now Malefic Truth Dragon attack!" As Neos was attacked and destroyed, his dragon's ability activates. "Remember when one goes they all go!" All the rest of our monsters were destroyed. "And did I forget to mention, for every monster destroyed by its effect, you take 800 points of damage." The four of them are pushed back by the explosion and their life points drop to 500. "Next I activate Malefic Divide. With it, I can summon back Malefic Stardust Dragon! And now it will attack all of you!"