Kaiba and Reiji held on as the Kaiba Corp tower took another hit from the Ancient Gear. The hits were trying to flush the two out of the tower. The two had been able to create a circular portal which would allow the gateway to remain open for longer unlike the teleporting software in the Lancers duel disks.
"It's complete… just." Reiji said as the hitting had stopping for a brief moment.
"Good now we can get people out of here." Kaiba replied. "And Mokuba along with the others are arriving soon."
"We need to rid this place of these machines." Reiji said.
"They won't stop until we show ourselves though." Kaiba replied.
"Scared?" Reiji teased. Kaiba grinned.
"Maybe you should think about yourself first." Kaiba replied, also joking.
"I'll go and face them." Reiji said. "You take the Monsters out."
"You'll never beat them all alone, you'll need my help."
"I'm more then capable." Reiji said. Reiji walked to the side and took a USB drive. A slot opened on his duel disk and he plugged it in.
"What are you doing now? Bit of a bad time to be downloading music."
"I'm downloading all the files on my duel disk about Academia. You'll take this information back to Standard and use it to work out how to bring the carded people back." Reiji replied.
"I should stay and fight! Not run away!" Kaiba explained.
"Mokuba and Kisara will be safe back in my dimension! Ritual is falling and there's nothing we can do about that!" Reiji said. "Unless you wish to remain here by yourself!"
"I understand you see things a bit clearer now but, are you sure you haven't hit your head?! I'm a vastly superior duelist then any of you! I don't need to run!"
"And that skill set will be needed to protect my world!" Reiji said. Kaiba looked annoyed.
"Fine… but you owe me after this nonsense is over." Kaiba said as he took the USB drive.
"I will be in your debt." Reiji said.
"I do have a question. Can Yuzu handle being in charge if something goes wrong with you? You told me she's in charge if you…. disappear."
"I'll be honest, she has a lot of personal problems that she has to solve herself, but she's the right one to become a leader." Reiji said
"But why her?"
Because she cares about the safety of others more than herself, as she demonstrated in her Duel against you and during the invasion in Standard."
"But you are the most qualified for this," Kaiba said.
"Not quite, I can be smart, powerful and cunning, I can be manipulative and on many occasions sacrificed others for the greater good but at the same time, I'm sure of something. Yuzu needs all the help from the people to be a good leader. Kaiba raised a small smirk when he heard Reiji's speech.
"Then, you'll be her mentor?" Kaiba said.
"Well, I never said I'll be the only one to help her. Also, don't we all inspire each other to get better?"
"Well maybe not me since I am the best…. just try to get back safely and take as many as you can." Kaiba replied.
"Yes, now I want you to hold off the Monsters while I go to the Fusion base." Reiji said.
"You know where it is?! They'll take you out!"
"I don't think they want to destroy me." Reiji said. "They could've attacked us with more force. This is just a ploy to play with me and draw me out."
"So you're going to give them what they want?!"
"We need to take the fight to them! Yuzu and Kisara are coming back with the survivors while Ray and Yuzar's duel disks signals show them coming here but…."
"The other two aren't showing up?"
"Masumi and Gongenzaka's duel disk signals aren't moving. I think they've been taken and they're at the Fusion base. They must be bait." Reiji said.
"Fine." Kaiba said. "But you should tell the rest first."
"Yes." Reiji said.
Plane
Inside the plane which was heading to Kaiba Corp, Yuzu was sat down and looking out of the window. Kisara was talking to Mokuba and explaining everything.
"Other dimensions? An evil school?!" Mokuba replied. "Is Seto ok?!"
"He's fine. He's leading a way to get us all to safety." Kisara replied.
"But those Monsters will be waiting for us when we land?"
"We can protect ourselves, like Yuzu did before." Kisara replied. Yuzu turned to face the other two.
"Academia will know I'm on this plane, and they need me. They won't risk me getting hurt." Yuzu said. As Yuzu spoke, her duel disk rung. She hit it and answered. "Reiji!"
On the screen was a three way split-screen. It had Reiji in one screen and Ray as well as Yuzar together in the other.
"Ray, Yuzar!" Yuzu added.
"We're fine!" Ray said.
"Where are you?"
"We're with the survivors in a building near Kaiba Corp." Yuzar said. On the screen, a giant shadow went over the screen. It was an Ancient Gear passing.
"You're near those Monsters?!" Yuzu said.
"Yes but those things are so loud they won't hear us." Ray explained.
"Let's make this quick!" Reiji said. "Gongenzaka and Masumi I think have been captured and are in the Fusion base!"
"WHAT?!" said the three at once.
"They 're most likely being used as further bait to lure me and Kaiba out. I will go once Kaiba clears the way with his Monsters. From there, all of you plus the survivors will meet at Kaiba Corp."
"Reiji…" Yuzu said concerned.
"The survivors who cannot duel will be sent back to Standard. Those who wish to remain will battle alongside the Lancers to clear this dimension of Academia while I save the two." Reiji replied.
"But what if something happens?!" Yuzar said.
"I've thought about this and Yuzu… you'll become the full leader if something happens to me."
"But… Reiji…." Yuzu stuttered.
"You and I have come along far in a short-way." Reiji said. "I trust you."
"Fine! But you'd better come back!" Yuzu said with determination.
Kaiba Corp
Reiji placed himself inside a Blue-Eyes jet. He had Kaiba on a monitor.
"Once you clear the air of these Monsters, I'll be set to fly." Reiji said.
"Got it. The auto-pilot is set to fly to the co-ordinates you gave me, so you don't need to touch a thing." Kaiba replied.
"You're worried that I'll scratch it?"
"You know how much these jets cost me?" Kaiba said.
"Why is it shaped as a Blue-Eyes anyway?"
"Don't push your luck." Kaiba sternly replied.
"Let me guess… you have a card named after yourself as well?" Reiji snarky said.
"As if…." Kaiba replied.
Kaiba was in the elevator and heading towards the Kaiba Corp rooftop. It stopped and the doors open. Kaiba walked out to see the tall Monsters looking right at him.
"Okay you rust-buckets, take this! I summon my three Blue-Eyes, my Chaos Max and Blue-Eyes Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" All five dragons emerged and roared at the Ancient Gears.
"Nice try Kaiba!" said a voice. It was a female Field Commander along with other students. They all arose in an Ancient Gear palm which had picked them up. They all jumped onto the rooftop with their duel disks.
"You can't escape!" said a male.
"Really? WIPE THEM ALL OUT!" All the dragons launched blasts towards each Ancient Gear as Kaiba laughed like a maniac. Each of the dragons were able to easily wipe out the Monsters, much to the annoyance of the students.
"We'll take you out in a duel!" the female said.
"I don't have time for nobodies!" Kaiba gloated. Kaiba hit his KC collar and the floor opened up underneath the students.
"What…. is this?" the female said.
"After Keith broke in, I had a few more trap doors installed!" Kaiba laughed again as the students all fell down the tower. Kaiba walked back to the elevator and touched his KC collar badge. "Prepare to launch."
The rooftop opened up and the Blue-Eyes jet which Reiji was in arose. Reiji looked on as the auto-pilot activated and the jet lifted up. Reiji looked over the Ritual Dimension from the sky and a once peaceful city had become a warzone.
"Good luck." Kaiba said. Reiji didn't answer as the jet blasted off.
Fusion Base
"They cleared all our fighters?!" Marinna yelled in annoyance. She was sat on her commander chair in her base.
"Yes ma'am!" said a worker.
"Fine! Get new troops there now and attack inside! Reiji's gone so we can run wild!" Marinna ordered.
"Serena and Yuri have already taken Reira to Kaiba Corp?" said another worker.
"Get Reira back then! Serena and Yuri are to find those angels and dragon at long last! No more stalling, the Professor will be getting inpatient."
A while later, a blue dot was seen on the radar in the base. Marinna stood up and walked off. Reiji was incoming.
Outside
Reiji saw the Fusion Base and prepared his deck in the jet. There was no-one around the base which Reiji had expected.
The jet landed a fair distance away from the base and the top opened up. Reiji jumped out and looked forward towards the base.
"Leo…. I shall reap revenge on you…. and that starts now!" Reiji thought as he walked towards the base.
Reiji made a few steps and just then a dozen students appeared from nowhere to surround Reiji. He looked around, Reiji also knew this would happen.
"Reiji Akaba!" said a female voice. It was Marinna's who had walked forward inside the circle. The Obelisk Blue Students all had their duel disks ready.
"And you are?" Reiji asked.
"I'm Marinna, leader of the Ritual Dimension invasion."
"Very well. I am taking back my two Lancers." Reiji explained.
"We're not done reading their minds yet, after that they'll become cards."
"Well not before I take you all out!" Reiji activated his duel disk.
"Yes and your father has requested we bring you to Fusion. He is interested in you helping him. He wants you by his side."
"So Leo changed his mind? Or he just wants access to my duel dome back in Standard? I see Academia can't get in."
"It's both. He wants you to understand Academia's goals." Marinna explained. "You know you can't be brainwashed anyway, that only works on weak-willed people."
"Yes I have a very stubborn attitude… and with you, you should know what my answer is!"
"Your mother knew that would happen. She's been planning for it." Marinna replied.
"Oh? That rat I used to call Mother is doing well?"
"You'll be seeing them really soon!"
"So I'll be dueling all of you?!" Reiji replied.
"No, as I said, Himika has been planning for this." The group of students slowly begun to disperse. As they left, Reiji could see a single figure remaining. It was Reira.
"Why is there a little kid here?" Reiji asked. "Are you harming her?!"
"Not at all. This is Reira; she comes from the Fusion Dimension, and your opponent!" Marinna said.
"Himika did this? Condition a kid to fight me?"
"She's not brainwashed, she's here because she has a purpose." Marinna explained. Reira put on a purple Academia duel disk, still looking down at the ground.
"I won't fight a little kid, no matter how good!"
"You have no choice!" Marinna said. Reira walked towards Reiji and looked up.
"Fine. If you insist!" Reiji said. "A person of Academia is an enemy, no matter how old!"
"You and I aren't much different Reiji. I care for my comrades, the same as you do. I don't wish to harm your team but… needs must." Marina walked off, much to the annoyance of Reiji.
"Kid! Cease this!" Reira didn't answer and just activated her duel disk "KID!"
"Let's begin." Reira said in a dull-toned voice.
"Damnit!" Reiji said as he hit his duel disk. Crossover activated.
Action Field – Crossover
"DUEL!" both yelled.
Turn 1
Reiji LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Reira LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I'm not messing around kid! I start of by usingD/D Swirl Slime in my hand! I can use it to Fusion Summon by using itself with another D/D in my hand! I fuse Swirl Slime and D/D Pandora! FUSION SUMMON! Appear, D/D/D Flame King Genghis!" A knight in purple amour came forward with a red sword.
D/D/D Flame King Genghis ATK: 2000 DEF: 1500 Fire/Fiend/Fusion/LVL 6
"Now I shall Normal Summon my D/D Nighthowl!" The monster was a giant pair of jaws with teeth.
D/D Nighthowl ATK: 300 DEF: 600 Dark/Fiend/Tuner/LVL 3
"Nighthowl allows me to bring out a D/D Monster in my graveyard. I summon D/D Pandora!"
D/D Pandora ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Fiend/LVL 5
"Nighthowl reduces it to zero attack and defence! Next I set D/D Brownie in my Pendulum Zone!" Brownie looked like a blue demon with black wings
Brownie 2 -
"Now I Synchro Summon by tuning Pandora with Nighthowl!" Both Monsters lifted up to perform the Synchro Summon.
5+3=8
"Come forthD/D/D Cursed King Siegfried!" The monster was a knight in blue amour with a long red scarf. He held a long sword.
D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried ATK: 2800 DEF: 2200 Dark/Fiend/Synchro/LVL 8
"Now when a Monster is summoned from my extra deck, Brownie can be summoned from its Pendulum Zone!"
D/D Brownie ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Fiend/Tuner/Pendulum/LVL 3/Scale 3
"Flame King Genghis' effect! When a D/D is Special Summoned while it's on the field, I can bring out a D/D from my grave. Appear Nighthowl!"
D/D Nighthowl ATK: 300 DEF: 600 Dark/Fiend/Tuner/LVL 3
"I OVERLAY!" Both Monsters flew into the Xyz whirlpool. "Xyz Summon! Rank three,D/D/D Stone King Darius!" A black and brown bulky warrior appeared. It held a staff.
D/D/D Stone King Darius ATK: 1900 DEF: 1000 Earth/Fiend/Xyz/RNK 3/OU 2
"I shall end my turn there." Reiji said. Reira remained blank-faced much to Reiji's shock. "Not even a flinch?" Reiji thought.
Turn 2
Reiji LP: 4000 Hand: 1
Reira LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"It's my turn… draw." Reira slowly said. "I set my Pendulum Scales!"
"What?!" Reiji said. "I thought Academia only used Fusion?!"
"I set scale three Attribute Knight: Equinox the Knight of Armageddon and scale eight Attribute Knight: Yenawist the Knight of Genesis." Equinox was a dark knight on a horse while Yenawist had sliver amour while also on a horse.
Equinox 3 - 8 Yenawist
"What is this…?" Reiji thought.
"I Pendulum Summon, appear." Reira continued to speak in monotone. The Pendulum circle appeared and two Monsters were summoned on Reira's field. "I summon Kastiron and Attribute Knight: Jordanus The Bright." Two different knights appeared.
Attribute Knight: Jordanus the Bright Knight [1400 ATK / 700 DEF / Light / Level 4 / Warrior / Effect]
Atribute Knight: Kastirion the Knight of the Shadows. 1600 ATK / 1000 DEF / Dark / Level 4 / Warrior
"I now overlay."
"Overlay?!"
"I Xyz Summon, Attribute Knight: Atrocious the King of Flames." The Monster was bulky grey demon. The top of its head was on fire. Two Overlay Units spun around it.
Attribute Knight: Atrocious the King of Flames [2600 ATK / 1700 DEF / Fire / Rank4 / Warrior / XYZ/ OU 2]
"Pendulum… and Xyz?!" Reiji questioned. "Academia has been training someone in other methods?"
"If this Monsters Xyz Materials were both different Attributes, then I can inflict 300 points of damage X each one used." Reiji felt a shock from his duel disk.
Reiji LP: 4000 – 3400
Reiji looked up and went running up the platforms for an Action Card. Reira remained looking at the floor.
"I now attack. Attack D/D/D Flame King Genghis."
"Got it! Reiji thought as he had found one on one of the platforms. Reiji leapt down and played the Action Card. "Go Evasion! This negates your attack!" Reira looked up in a surprised manner as a force field stopped the attack.
"I end my turn…." Reira looked behind, with a saddened look.
Turn 3
Reiji LP: 3400 Hand: 1
Reira LP: 4000 Hand: 2
"Kid…. Reira… who are you?" Reiji said. Reira didn't reply.
Academia – Fusion Dimension
Leo watched a live feed with Himika in his throne room. Leo looked less than impressed.
"Is that all the kid can do? And why is she using Marinna's deck?" Leo asked his wife.
"Marinna's deck was easy to train someone with. Remember, this kid was an empty shell, a kid from the orphanage. She's ten years old and was born during the Fusion War; all she's known is hell and torment. She will be useful."
"Her skills are hardly great."
"Give her time." Himika explained with a smirk.
Duel
"It's my turn! Draw!" Reiji looked at his hand. "Battle! GoD/D/D Stone King Darius!" The Xyz Monster went into battle the other Xyz Monster.
"But… the attack…."
"Is less? Yes, but I use Darius' effect! I detach an Overlay Unit to stop my Monster from being destroyed!"
Darius OU: 1
Darius slammed his staff into Reira's Xyz Monster as Reira continued to look on in confusion.
"Darius can't be destroyed in battle and instead, it destroys your Monster! Then you take 500 damage!" Reiji yelled.
"I use Equinox's Pendulum effect. I prevent the destruction of Monsters summoned from my extra from battle or card effects."
"What?!" Reira's Monster gained a force field around it. Darius hit the Monster but since it wasn't destroyed, Reiji took damage from the battle and Reira avoided the 500 damage.
Reiji LP: 3400 - 2700
"Fine, but I can still cause damage withSiegfried!" Siegfried launched into the air and slammed its sword onto Atrocious.
Reira LP: 4000 - 3800
"I switch Flame King Genghis into defence and set a card."
Turn 4
Reiji LP: 2700 Hand: 1
Reira LP: 3800 Hand: 2
"Draw. I use Atrocious' effect; I detach an Overlay Unit to summon an Attribute Knight from my deck."
Atrocious OU: 1
"I summon Attribute Knight: Seraphim the Crystal Knight." A simple sliver-armoured Monster appeared.
Attribute Knight: Seraphim the Crystal Knight [1000 ATK / 1000 DEF / Water / Level 4 / P.S.3 / Warrior /Tuner]
"A Tuner… damnit." thought Reiji.
"Now you take halve of his attack as damage thanks to Atocious."
Reiji LP: 2700 – 2200
"Seraphim allows me to bring out another Monster from my deck with its effects negated. I bring out Attribute Knight: The Crow Thief."
Attribute Knight: The Crow Thief [900 ATK / 200 DEF / Dark / Level 3 / Warrior / Effect]
"Yenawist's Pendulum effect allows me to change Crow to level four."
Crow LVL: 4
"I tune Equinox and Seraphim."
"A Fusion… Synchro… Xyz… with Pendulums… and no doubt they have the power of Ritual Summoning as well." Reiji thought as the green rings appeared.
4+4=8
"I Synchro Summon,Attribute Knight: Shiva the Frozen Knight." A knight with silver amour which had the edges shaped like snowflakes appeared onto the field.
Attribute Knight: Shiva the Frozen Knight [2800 ATK / 2500 DEF / Water / Level 8 / Warrior / Synchro]
"What have Academia been doing… I doubt a kid of this age believes in Academia's ideas…."
"For each Monster with a different Attribute used for the Synchro Summon, I can return that many cards back to your hand. I return your set card and D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried."
"I play my Trap!" Reiji replied. "D/D Reverse! If a D/D/D Monster would leave the field, I can negate that effect and then set a Dark Contract from my deck! I set Dark Contract with the Gate."
"I counter with Atrocitus effect. I remove its last Overlay Unit to summon an Attribute Knight to the field and you take halve of its attack as damage."
Atrocious OU: 0
"Appear Atribute Knight: Kastirion the Knight of the Shadows."
Atribute Knight: Kastirion the Knight of the Shadows. 1600 ATK / 1000 DEF / Dark / Level 4 / Warrior
Reiji prepared himself as he took another zap from his duel disk.
ReijI LP: 2200 – 1400
"I attack yourSiegfriedwith Shiva and I use Equinox's Pendulum effect to stop my extra deck summoned Monsters from being destroyed so only Siegfried will fall." Reiji could only watch as Siegfried was wiped out.
"I need to find another Action Card!" Reiji leapt up.
"Now I attack your Genghis with Atrocious the King of Flames."The Xyz Monster went into the Fusion Monster. Reiji saw another Action Card after he had climbed up a flight of platforms. Reiji grabbed it and looked horrified.
"The Action Trap Lousy Luck?!" Reiji felt another sharp blast from his duel disk. "I take 800 damage…."
Reiji LP: 1400 – 600
The attack continued and Reiji's Fusion was wiped out.
"I end my turn with two set cards." Reira said.
Turn 5
Reiji LP: 600 Hand: 1
Reira LP: 3800 Hand: 1
"Damnit… I DRAW!" Reiji yelled. "I play the Spell Bled Call. We each draw cards X the amount of Monsters summoned from the extra deck that are on the field. We each draw three."
"Y-yes…." Reira obeyed. Both of the duelists drew.
"Is this kid… scared of me?" Reiji thought. "Neither of us can attack for our turns. So I can't attack this turn and you can't attack the next. I use my set Dark Contract with the Gate to add a D/D Monster to my hand. I add a Second D/D Swirl Slime. And now I activate it to Fusion Summon! I fuse Swirl Slime and D/D Necro Slime, appear D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc!" The monster was a demon with huge blue and red wings. It had white amour on with a sword in its left hand..
D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Fiend/Fusion/LVL 7
"I shall set two cards and end there." Reiji began to think. "I wish I could talk to this kid but there's nothing there… she seems terrified."
Turn 6
Reiji LP: 600 Hand: 1
Reira LP: 3800 Hand: 4
"I draw. I summon a second Attribute Knight: Jordanus the Bright Knight."
Attribute Knight: Jordanus the Bright Knight [1400 ATK / 700 DEF / Light / Level 4 / Warrior / Effect]
"I now Contact Fusion Jordanus and Kastirion."
"Contact Fuse?!" Reiji yelled as the two knights spun around in the Fusion whirlpool.
"I Fusion Summon…. Attribute Knight: Hades the Knight of the Underworld." A dark armoured knight arose from the floor. He had a black mask on with a cape surrounding his whole body.
Attribute Knight: Hades the Knight of the Underworld [2500 ATK / 2000 DEF / Dark / Level 7 / / Warrior / Fusion]
"Contact….. Fusion….." Reiji stuttered as he looked at the three Monsters on Reira's field. Far in the distance, Marinna was watching the duel.
Fusion Base
Marinna watched from her chair at the duel going on. Marinna seemed to be feeling some concern for Reira, despite only knowing her for a brief period.
Around the base, the resting students watched on holoscreen, they all seemed disgusted in an Academia solider using other methods.
A/N
Okay first of all, Merry Christmas all and thanks to Rom for these cards, ideas and certain paragraphs like the Kaiba/Reiji bit at the end. Now I'm not changing Reira's deck, C/C/ will appear, it's just that they will arrive later in the story with an interesting idea behind them.
Thanks for reviews/views. Ritual Arc has three duels after this left.
Rom O.C Cards
Reira
Attribute Knight: Atrocitus The King Of Flames. [2600 ATK / 1700 DEF / Fore / Rank4 / Warrior / XYZ]
Two Attribute Level 4 Monsters
Monster Effect: If this card was called thanks to Monsters of different attributes you can deal 300 damage to your opponent for each of the materials. Once per turn You can summon a Knight Attribute to the field and then you can cause damage to your opponent equal to half the attack points of the summoned monster
Attribute Knight: Yenawist the Knight of Genesis [2300 ATK / 300 DEF / Light / Level 6 / P.S.8 / Warrior / Pendulum]
Monster effect: Once per turn you can return a monster from your field and then you can earn half of your attack points.
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 to monster you control that you have to Level and declare to Level from 1 to 8; It becomes that Level until the end of this turn.
Attribute Knight: Equinox The Knight of Armageddon [1900 ATK / 700 DEF / Dark / Level 4 / P.S.3 / Warrior / Pendulum]
Monster effect: If this card is called special you can resurrect a monster invoked from the extra deck that has been sent to the cemetery.
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn (Quick effect) you can stop the destruction of the monsters that were summoned from the extra deck by card effects or by battle
Attribute Knight: Seraphim the Crystal Knight [1000 ATK / 1000 DEF / Water / Level 4 / P.S.3 / Warrior / Tuner]
Monster effect: If this card was called special you can summon another Knight Attribute of different Attribute to the field from your deck
Attribute Knight: Shiva the Frozen Knight [2800 ATK / 2500 DEF / Water / Level 8 / Warrior / Synchro]
1 Attribute Knight Tuner + one Attribute Knight
Monster effect: For each material of different attribute used to summon this card you can return a card of your opponent to the hand. Once per turn you can summon two Attribute Knights monsters that is in your graveyard but this card cannot attack the turn you use this effect.
Attribute Knight: Hades the Knight of the Underworld [2500 ATK / 2000 DEF / Dark / Level 7 / Warrior / Fusion]
1 Dark Attribute Knight + One other different attribute Attribute Knight
Monster effect: If this card was summoned using materials of different attributes it cannot be destroyed or affected by card effects. As long as this card is in the field the attack of all the monsters in the opponent's field is diminished by half
Reiji
Bled call/Spell
This card can only be used once per turn, for the number of monsters summoned from the extra deck you and your opponent can draw a card but both cannot attack for two turns.
My O.C Card
Reiji
D/D Reverse/Trap
If a D/D/D Monster would leave the field, negate it and set one Dark Contract Card from your deck.