Ruka stared down at the guards and the students; she was unfazed by them all.
"I don't wish to hurt any of you… so how about this!" Ruka placed her hand behind her and under her hoodie was a deck box which was connected to a belt. She was able to sense the card she wanted and she played it on her duel disk. "I need your help Nemuriko!"
The Arcadia members all saw as a blue haired girl wrapped in a purple tail appear; she was asleep and sucked her thumb. Arcadia all laughed but Ruka remained confident.
"Do it Nemuriko!" Nemuriko stopped sucking her thumb and unleashed a loud roar. At first it did nothing but then the Arcadia members begun to drop one by one, each falling asleep. Soon all had fallen down. Ruka looked at the fallen guards and stepped over them, making her way through the large and long room.
Euridice Mina
"So you know who I am?" Mina asked to the now revealed mind-reader.
"Yeah… it's a lot to take in, isn't it?" Euridice said.
"What a load of nonsense!" Mina said.
"Nonsense? Says the girl who wishes to resurrect her mother!"
"WHAT?! How dare you read that in my mind!"
"So you believe me now?" Euridice said smugly. "I know all! There are other dimensions; you work for a school for training soldiers… you don't sound all that different to us! You want that boy who we have."
"I'll kill you for reading my mind! Turning you into a card will be a pleasure!" Mina replied. "Nothing will stop me from getting the angels and dragons!"
"Dragons? So I guess that's what that boy is… he has strong power!" Euridice said.
"Let him go, he's mine!" Mina demanded. Euridice just smirked but then her duel disk bleeped. She looked at it and saw live CCTV footage of Ruka entering the testing room.
"Well it seems a third-party wants him." Euridice said. "No matter, I'll kill you and stop this person taking him; she stands no chance of saving him anyway!"
"Third party? Damnit!" Mina said as she gritted her teeth. Both activated their duel disks.
Ruka
Ruka reached another door which could only be opened by a card swiping machine. Ruka was easily able to blow the door down with another Monster.
Ruka walked in and saw Yuya tied down on a green table with heavy strapping. Yuya was knocked out but was breathing. Ruka took a step forward and then machines begun to activate, much to her shock.
"What now?!" Ruka said to herself. As she watched Yuya, machine arms appeared from under the table with different horrible objects.
One was a needle which was slammed into Yuya's neck which made him wake up screaming. His eyes glowed red. Another had a rotating cutting blade which got closer to Yuya.
"NO!" Ruka yelled. Ruka had no time to summon another Monster so she dashed forward and grabbed the robotic arm. With all her strength and adrenaline, she slammed it down, breaking it. "YUYA!" Ruka said as she pushed his body to check for life.
A few second went by….
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yuya roared, the scream was so huge, Ruka was sent flying against the wall.
Yuya leapt up with his red eyes glowing brighter than ever and he looked at Ruka. It was like Yuya was a savage. He looked at his hands.
"This power….. is different…"
"Yuya!" Ruka said as she walked forward. "This isn't you!"
"No this is me…." Yuya said with confusion. "THIS IS ME!"
"Whatever power I sensed in Yuya…. is now out of control." Ruka said to herself.
"I'm not Yuya…. nor am I Yuto!"
"Yuto?!" Ruka said.
"I am Odd-Eyes and Dark Rebellion…. but I'm even more then that now thanks to this worthless place!" Yuya took his duel disk from his pants and placed it on his wrists. "I sense a power from within you…. one I shall eradicate!"
"Yuya… snap out of it!" Ruka begged.
"Duel me now! You know that Monsters were once real, back in the original world! You know you can tap into that old world!"
"I know nothing! I will free you Yuya!" said Ruka as her duel disk activated.
"Back in the old world… Monsters were real… this game was unneeded! After the angels split the world into five…. they sealed all the Monsters into cards…this game is a mere recreation of the past battles!" Yuya yelled.
"Just duel!" Ruka replied.
Turn 1
Ruka LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I'll bring you back Yuya, no matter what!" Ruka stated. "I summon Sunlight Unicorn!" A white unicorn with blue hair appeared.
Sunlight Unicorn ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000 Light/Beast/LVL 4
"Once per turn I can excavate my top card and if it's a Spell, I can add it to my hand. If it isn't, I send it to the bottom of my deck." Ruka drew the card and showed it to Yuya. "It's Terraforming and now I'll play it! I add and play Field of Wind!" The room quickly changed to a mountain with both duelists above water.
"What is this nonsense?" Yuya questioned.
"I'll leave that for you to work that out. I set a card and end my turn."
Turn 2
Ruka LP: 4000 Hand: 3
Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I shall eradicate you first! I draw! I summon Phantompal Hippo!"
"Phantompal?!" Ruka said in shock as a skeleton appeared in the shape of a hippo. Its empty skulled eyes looked right into Ruka.
Phantompal Hippo ATK: 800 DEF: 800 Dark/Beast/Pendulum/LVL 4 / Scale 4
"That's not the deck you showed me Yuya?! What's happening to you?" Ruka said while still being crept out. Yuya didn't reply. "I'll have to do this then! I use my Field of Wind! This allows me once during your turn to send a Monster you control back to your hand!" A heavy blast of wind returned the hippo back to Yuya.
"Surely by now you know the power of Pendulum Summoning! I set scale two Phantompal Drummerilla and scale seven Phantompal King Bear!"
PP Drummerilla 2 – 7 PP King Bear
"APPEAR MY SERVANT!" Hippo reappeared.
Phantompal Hippo ATK: 800 DEF: 800 Dark/Beast/Pendulum/LVL 4 / Scale 4
"When Phantompal Hippo is Special Summoned, I can send a Phantompal Spell from my deck to the grave. I send Phantompal Skull Ring."
"Why would you Normal Summon it then…. unless?!"
"I knew your weak Field Spell would have some kind of effect to hinder me… I just wasted your effect!" Yuya replied. Ruka looked annoyed.
"Just go!"
"I ATTACK! Go Hippo! And now I use Drummerilla's Pendulum effect which allows me to target a Monster I'm attacking with and increase its attack by 1000!"
Phantompal Hippo ATK: 1800
"And once per turn when Hippo gains attack, it gains an extra 200 points!"
Hippo ATK: 2000
"Damnit!" Hippo slammed into Unicorn, wiping it out.
Ruka LP: 4000 – 3800
"I banish Phantompal Skull Ring from my graveyard! If a Phantompal destroys a Monster, I can gain control of it! Resurrect my new servant!" A purple hole appeared and Unicorn returned, this time, in skull form.
Sunlight Unicorn ATK: 1800 DEF: 1000 Light/Beast/LVL 4
"Attack your former Master!" Yuya commanded. Unicorn charged forward and slammed its horn into Ruka.
Ruka LP: 3800 – 2000
"I'm not out of this yet! Go the Trap Field Force! I destroy a Field Spell and I can then add two Field Spells from my deck with different names!"
"Useless. I end my turn. Hippo returns to its normal attack."
Phantompal Hippo ATK: 800
Turn 3
Ruka LP: 2000 Hand: 5
Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 3
"My move!" Ruka drew her card. "I play Field of Fire!" Ruka said as she played another Field Spell which changed the arena into a fiery room.
"Now this is more my style!" Yuya replied.
"Well you won't like this! Field of Fire inflicts 500 damage X each Monster you control when activated!"
"What?!" Two fireballs appeared and hit Yuya one at a time.
Yuya LP: 4000 – 3000
"I summonRegulus!" A lion with blue amour emerged.
Regulus ATK: 1700 DEF: 1000 Light/Beast/LVL 4
"Once per turn I can return a Field Spell back to my deck from my graveyard, I return Field of Wind. Next I play the Equip Spell Field Essence onto Regulus!" Regulus glowed.
Regulus ATK: 2700
"While I have a Field Spell in play, the equipped monster gains 1000 attack! Now attack Regulus, free our friend Sunlight Unicorn!" Regulus slammed into Sunlight Unicorn but Yuya remained unmoved as he lost the Monster.
Yuya LP: 3000 – 2100
"Now I replace my Field Spell with Field of Light!"Ruka said as the field changed to a bright, white field. "When activated, I can declare a type of card out of Monster, Spell or Trap. Then my opponent can't use those cards until their next turn! I call Monsters! That means you can't use their effects, attack with them or even change their position! I set a card and end my turn!"
Turn 4
Ruka LP: 2000 Hand: 1
Yuya LP: 2100 Hand: 3
"Irrelevant, I draw." Yuya said. "I set three cards face down. Next I use Foolish Burial Goods and I send a Spell or Trap to my graveyard from my deck. I send Phantompal Curse. My turn is done.
"Three set cards? Not good." Ruka thought. "I need to play this smart."
Turn 5
Ruka LP: 2000 Hand: 1
Yuya LP: 2100 Hand: 0
"I draw!" Ruka said.
"I use a Trap! Phantompal Call! I Special Summon a Phantompal from my deck. Appear Phantompal Whip Snake!" A boneless cobra emerged.
Phantompal Whip Snake ATK: 1700 DEF: 900 Dark/Beast/LVL 4/Pendulum/Scale 4
"When it's summoned, all Monsters on my field gain 300 attack."
Whip Snake ATK: 2000
Hippo ATK: 1100
"Hippo gains 200 more via its effect!"
Hippo ATK: 1400
"Next my second Trap! Phantom Cursed Summoning! I banish a Phantompal from my Pendulum Zone to summon the other! I banish Drummerilla and bring forth King Bear!" A boneless bear which stood on its back legs emerged.
Phantompal King Bear ATK: 2200 DEF: 1000 Dark/Beast-Warrior/Pendulum/LVL 7/Scale 7
"I banish Phantompal Curse to use its effect from the graveyard! All Monsters you will summon this turn lose all their attack points!"
"What?!" Ruka said. "I counter with a Counter Trap! Solemn Judgement! I pay halve of my lifepoints to negate and destroy it!"
Ruka LP: 2000 – 1000
"How lucky." Yuya said.
"Luck has nothing to do with it! I feel the power of my Monsters and the magic of the Spells and Traps! They answered me!"
"Just make your move."
"I will and I summon out the TunerCounselor Lily!"A red haired woman in a white nurse outfit with pink angel wings appeared.
Counselor Lily ATK: 400 DEF: 1500 Earth/Fairy/Tuner/LVL 3
"I tune Lily and my Regulus!" Lily shot up and became green rings. Unicorn galloped high into the air and went through the rings. "Synchro Summon!"
4+3=7
"Emerge Ancient Pixie Dragon!" The blue dragon with long green hair appeared in all its glory.
Ancient Pixie Dragon ATK: 2100 DEF: 3000 Dark/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 7
"When Lily is sent to the grave because it was used to Synchro Summon, I can pay 500 lifepoints to increase the attack of the Synchro Summoned Monster by 1000 until the end phase!"
Ruka LP: 1000 – 500
Pixie Dragon ATK: 3100
"Once per turn when I have a Field Spell on the field, Ancient Pixie Dragon can destroy one face up Monster you control! I destroy your Hippo!" Phantompal Hippo was wiped away. "Now I attack with my dragon! Wipe out that snake!" Pixie Dragon glowed as it gained energy from Field of Light. It shot forward towards the snake, destroying it.
Yuya LP: 2100 - 1000
"I use Field of Light once more! I stop your Monsters once more Yuya! Yuya, soon I'll break you free!"
"I told you, I am the true me! I am Odd-Eyes and Dark Rebellion; I shall become one with my brothers!" Yuya yelled.
"Brothers?!" Ruka said in shock. "…. I play the Continuous Spell Field Barrier! Field Spells cannot be destroyed with this in play! My dragons attack returns to normal."
Pixie Dragon ATK: 2100
Turn 6
Ruka LP: 500 Hand: 0
Yuya LP: 1000 Hand: 0
"I DRAW!" Yuya yelled. "You might've stopped my Monsters…. but that only lasts while that Field Spell is on the field!"
"Just try." Ruka calmly replied. She believed Yuya had nothing left in his arsenal to cope with her dragon and Field Barrier.
"Go Phantompal Curtain Call!" Yuya activated his final set card. I send up to two cards from my deck to target cards you control and return them to your hand. I send two cards and now I send your Field Barrier and Field Spell back to your hand!" A dark mist covered the field and Ruka's Field Spell disappeared.
"Damn…." Ruka said as she gritted her teeth.
"I Pendulum Summon once more, return my servants!" A dark portal emerged and two beams of dark light shot onto the field. It was Hippo and Whip Snake.
Phantompal Whip Snake ATK: 1700 DEF: 900 Dark/Beast/LVL 4/Pendulum/Scale 4
Phantompal Hippo ATK: 800 DEF: 800 Dark/Beast/Pendulum/LVL 4 / Scale 4
Phantompal King Bear ATK: 2200 DEF: 1000 Dark/Beast-Warrior/Pendulum/LVL 7/Scale 7
"When Hippo is Special Summoned, I can send a Phantompal Spell from my deck to the graveyard. I send Phantompal Dark Costume!" Yuya sent the card to his graveyard. "And now I will banish it! This allows me to change all my Phantompals levels into a level of another Phantompal on my field! I change all of them into level seven thanks to King Bear!"
"Seven?! But why?!" Ruka questioned.
Hippo, Snake LVL: 7
"Now watch! I overlay my level seven Hippo with my level seven Whip Snake to Xyz Summon!" Both Monsters shot into the golden and yellow whirlpool as a dark mist appeared.
"What now?!" Ruka said to herself.
"The Monster who'll bring you your death! An alternative form of my brother Dark Rebellion! Arise Dark Anthelion Dragon!"
"Dark Anthelion?!"
"A new Pendulum Xyz to showcase my merging!" A dragon which looked similar to Dark Rebellion emerged. This dragon had bigger wings with jewels for joints.
Dark Anthelion Dragon ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500 Dark/Dragon/Xyz/Pendulum/RNK 7/ Scale 10
Anthelion stared down at Pixie Dragon with pure rage in its eyes. Ruka was terrified inside but she knew she had to remain calm.
"I use an Overlay Unit to use its effect!" One of the two orbs circling it disappeared.
Anthelion OU: 1
"I target a Monster you control and halve its attack points; next my Monster gains that amount!"
Anthelion Dragon ATK: 4050
Pixie Dragon ATK: 1050
"Next I gain lifepoints equal to the amount my dragon gained."
Yuya LP: 1000 – 2050
"I still have a chance with this!" Ruka said. "Go my Trap Mirror Force!"
"When Dark Anthelion uses its effect, it cannot be destroyed this turn! Now my servant, eradicate her!" Ruka's Trap was quickly destroyed and the Xyz-Pendulum Monster charged up a pure beam of darkness in its mouth. It fired it towards Pixie and Ruka looked on in horror. The moment it hit Pixie Dragon, an almighty explosion occurred, sending Ruka flying across the floor.
Ruka LP: 500 – 0 Yuya Wins
Ruka flat out on the ground, her clothes smoking. Yuya walked forward as his field disappeared.
Yuya's eyes glowed bright red as he placed his foot above her head. Just as he was going to slam it down, he saw a figure in the testing room. Aki.
A/N
Thanks to Exelion Heart for the review and to the new favs/follows. Rom as well as ever, check out his story btw!