"Now will you duel us or shall we hurt you now?!" Yuri mocked Mercy.
"Academia policy is dueling duelists rather than carding or injuring them first… it's a duelist pride thing." Serena added.
"Don't you dare talk about pride!" Yuzu snapped back.
"Fine! Guess we gave them the choice…." Yuri said back to Serena.
"But of course to take the bracelets it's a different matter… they only come off via a duel or if they surrender it."
"Yeah something due to ancient magic reasons…." Yuri added. "Maybe we save Mercy… if Yuzu gives up the bracelet!"
"No, I won't!" Yuzu said as she saw an injured and unresponsive Tsukikage before them. "Yuri…. Serena…. you are horrible human-beings!" Yuzu yelled.
"Thank you for compliment!" Yuri smirked back.
"This is what Academia can do, carding is just a mercy… you brought this worse option upon yourselves!" Serena said.
"You're…. now going to hurt people….?!"
"Hurt, injure… kill…. same difference! Other soldiers are carding people… maybe it's time for me and Serena to up our game to the next level!" Yuri and Serena looked in pure glee.
"You… even dare to think of such horrible things?!"
"Just wait here, Yuzu, Marina is coming for you!" Serena said. "But now…. prepare, Mercy!"
"Mozarta, help us out!"
Yuzu had summoned her other ace Monster and a bright light lit up the entire road.
"Of course she flees!" Yuri yelled, blocking the light with his hands.
…..
"Tsukikage, answer me! Come on!" Yuzu tried to get some response from the now badly wounded Tsukikage. The three were now on a rooftop, Mozarta's magic had taken them away.
"I will heal him!" Mercy said.
"I know you can heal but…. he needs a hospital!" Yuzu replied.
"We're wanted all across City! Plus martial law…. he will die here if we don't do something!"
"What is actually wrong with him?" Yuzu said, looking around his body. Tsukikage was breathing but unconscious, on the floor red stains were seen coming from his body.
"I guess internal bleeding…. I have to do this, now!"
"Mercy… I know you can do it." Yuzu said, placing her hand onto Mercy's.
"I know…. ok, Tsukikage, hold on!" Mercy's hands begun to glow as she placed them on the ninja. Tsukikage slowly had the energy surround him.
As she focused her energy to heal Tsukikage, Mercy could feel herself get weaker.
"Come on Mercy, just a little more." Yuzu encouraged.
"I know…!" Mercy yelled, straining. She put every inch of energy she had into it. "Just a little…. more!"
Mercy's face turned pale white and slowly her hands came off the ninja and she slowly fell backwards.
"Mercy!" Yuzu was able to catch her before falling to the ground.
"Did I… do it?" she stuttered. Yuzu slowly put Mercy down on the floor and bent down to the ninja. She could hear breathing, faint but breathing.
"You did!" Yuzu said with joy. "But what about you?"
"I'm fine…" Mercy's face slowly started to return to normal. "But I'm not going anywhere fast…. that used a lot of my energy."
"You did amazing, Mercy but Tsukikage needs a hospital." Yuzu replied.
"Send him back to Standard." Mercy suggested.
"Wait…. yes! That's a great idea, Mercy!"
"Wait! Roget will find us instantly…"
"True… but it's not worth it since you're both hurt!"
"Please!" Mercy said. "Tsukikage will be okay… leave us here to rest up. We can't waste more time, Yuzu! We need to save City!"
Ray/Yuya/Ruri
"What are we going to do?" Ray said to Ruri. Ruri and Setsuko had caught up to Ray and Yuya who was still sweating on the D-Wheel since Yuri was coming and Yugo was further up the road.
"There's no other exit on this road." Setsuko said.
"Then either way Yuya will meet another dragon." Ruri replied.
"Then we fly away!" Ray stated. "We use our Monsters!"
"Yuya is no fit state." Ruri replied.
"What else can we do?" Ray said. "If Yuya meets Yuri then…"
"Well…. we could try to drive up to Security up ahead and jump over them…."
"Jump?! Ruri, neither of us can do that!"
"We need to try! I know Rin would be best to do it but she's occupied! It can't be that hard! Back when we learnt about D-Wheels in Ruka's house, she said something about it." Ruri replied, thinking back.
"Well only you were there… it would have to be you to do it."
"What if… we combine our ideas… give the D-Wheel wings!" Ruri said with an uplifted tone.
Rin/Yugo
"You want him to become that dragon?!" Shun said to Rin. The tank and Goyo's were slowly breaking past the Revolutionaries defence and they squatted down behind a barrier to talk.
"That's a terrible idea!" Yugo replied.
"Yugo, you and Clear Wing get along! Clear Wing was able to see his errors and fight with you!" Rin replied. "We need you and him!"
"I won't risk destroying everyone!" Yugo firmly put. "So no!"
"It's fine."
"Who said that?" Yugo looked around.
"It's me!" Clear Wing emerged in spirit next to Yugo.
"Ah! I forgot you could hear what we spoke about…"
"I shall knock these officers away without harming them…. since you released my heart from my brothers touch…. I will be able to do it without the anger…. they will be merely knocked out."
"Are you sure?" Yugo said. "I don't want more destruction in City!"
"You need to trust me! Linette got taken! I want her back and we need to go after her! And the only way is past these officers!"
"Okay." Yugo replied with reluctance.
"But…"
"But what?!"
Clear Wing appeared ahead of Rin and Ruka. The two looked surprised.
"I will do it." Clear said.
"Excellent!" Rin replied.
"But you, Linette's other self…. you must kiss Yugo."
"… Excuse me?" Rin replied, she paused because she had thought she misheard what Clear had said.
"Yes, a kiss. There is a chance I and Yugo could be taken…. a farewell kiss is my condition."
"I never asked you for that?!" Yugo panicked.
"But you don't not want it…"
"Damnit….." Rin said, annoyed. "Yugo or you won't get captured! Don't talk like that!"
"Also…. it's important for you to both share how you feel…. Linette was here one second… and gone the next… I don't want that to happen to anyone else. As well as I don't wish your lives to be the same as mine… my brothers, even Odd-Eyes when he was pure, said not to get involved with love… it would interfere in our business."
"I… I guess you make a point." Rin said, turning away with a stubborn look on her face. The awkwardness was growing inside. "Do… you share these feeling, Yugo….?"
Rin looked at Yugo but Yugo looked away, scared to look back.
"Damnit, Yugo!" Rin grabbed Yugo by the ear and then pulled him closer. She grabbed his head and looked at him in the eyes. "Yugo… do you?"
"Well… I… um…. you know…."
"Well I "you know" you too."
"You feel the same?" he replied.
"Let's see… I'll count from three…"
"Yeah…. one…."
"Two…"
The two on the count of two didn't want any longer and kissed on the lips. As they separated, they looked at each other.
"How.. long have you felt like this?" Rin said.
"Well… um… you know.. forever."
"Same, Yugo, same."
Shun looked at the two and his thoughts went to Yuto and Ruri.
Yuri/Serena
Yuri had to sit down on the highway due to tiredness; Serena was frustrated that Yuri had brought this onto himself.
"You know there are other dragons nearby…. and you go and summon Greedy! You knew it would tire you out!"
"I had to summon Greedy! It's what Starving and I wanted!"
"That's not the right answer!" Serena snapped back. "You will let that dragon consume you! Remember, we have to use the angels and dragons for OUR own purposes, not let them use us!"
"Watch it!" Yuri hit back. "If you anger me too much… Starving might have a go at you next!"
"Stop lying to me! You won't let that happen! Why even say such a thing?!"
"Come on, Serena! I can use Starving's power while remaining in full control… you can use that angel within you as well! Against Yuzu, you were amazing!" Serena slightly blushed at it before remembering the duel in her mind.
"I lost!" Serena hit back. "Plus.. Elisa was able to take control even though I resisted her…."
"Then work harder at it!"
"We have a mission!" Serena replied. "Now get up!"
"Fine, but you need to understand your full potential!" Yuri said as he begun to walk off with Serena trailing behind, holding her chest, remembering the pain Elisa could give. "You can do it." Yuri said who had come back. He took Serena's hands and held them. "These hands… will win us this war!"
Ruri/Ray/Yuya
Ray sat on the D-Wheel with Yuya on the back. Setsuko and Ruri stood on the sidelines.
"So… we're going to fly over Security using a Lyrilusc Spell?" Ray recapped.
"Yes, it's the only way we could get over the fighting and drive Yuya to safety. And this time we can all get over. My Lyrilusc Flock Spell will help!"
"They're… getting closer!" Yuya yelled, his eyes slowly glowing red.
"Not yet!" Ray looked behind and could see Yuri and Serena approaching.
"Ok, Ray, use the card like I showed you." Ruri said.
"I won't let you down… I just hope we don't fall down either…!"
"You won't! Just go!" Ruri replied. Ray nodded and quickly sped off on the D-Wheel with Yuya holding on.
"Let's go!" Ruri said to Setsuko.
"They're getting away!" Serena said to Yuri as they tried to follow.
"It's fine…." Yuri said with a smirk. "Go Vine Wall!" Yuri played a Spell on his duel disk and vines begun to appear across the highway.
"What's this?" Ruri said as the vines were catching up to them, they were running on foot as quick as they could but the vines had caught up. They wrapped around Ruri and Setsuko's legs, trapping them.
"Damnit!" Ray tried to speed up but the vines had grabbed onto her back tyre before grabbing both Yuya and Ray.
The vines all shot up from the ground while holding onto the group. A cage was made in the air from the vines and the other vines threw the group in before sealing itself shut.
"No!" Ruri yelled, grabbing onto the bars.
Yuri and Serena looked down from below, they had caught their prey.
"Stay there, Yuya!" Yuri said. "We will be back!"
"These vines are far too thick for us to cut through." Samurai said who had appeared next to Ray.
"So not even our Monsters could let us out…." Ruri replied. "We can't do anything…. and Yuya is a ticking time bomb…."
"We need Yugo to win." Ray replied.
Yugo/Rin
"Okay, Clear… you ready?" Yugo said.
"Yes, leave it to me!"
Clear Wing appeared high in the sky and all the officers who blocked both ends of the road looked upto the sky.
"What now?!" said an officer.
"It doesn't matter, Goyo's, attack!" added another.
All the Monster's launched an attack at Clear but he was able to destroy them all with a white beam from his mouth. Clear was ready to power up an attack to scare the officers away but before he could, he felt something…
"What is it?" Rin said, Yugo also paused.
"It's him… Yuri…" There in the far distance, Yuri and Serena emerged with their Monster's ready to attack the officers from both sides.
"GO!" Yuri yelled. "Remove these annoyances!"
The Monsters all launched an attack but Clear Wing was able to form a force field which blocked the Academia Monster's.
"What's going on now?!" an officer yelled. They all looked around.
"This is my chance!" Ruka said. "I can get the officers out of here safely!" Ruka played a card on her duel disk which created a white portal in the sky. Using her full control of duel spirits, the officers all started to float in the sky and were transported into the portal.
"Where are you sending them?!" Shinji yelled with anger.
"Away from you guys!" Ruka replied. Once the officers had all been teleported away, the dome Clear Wing had created faded.
"You dare save them?!"
"No! This Academia threat is bigger than anyof you!" Ruka replied. "Now retreat or you will perish here, Shinji!" Ruka warned.
"…. Damn you, Ruka. Let's head back and find them!" Shinji ordered, his fellow fighters agreed and headed back leaving just the Lancers and Academia.
"Now the powered girl has cleared the road, Yugo, what about we get to business? I already dealt with one of your allies!"
"Who?" Rin asked.
"The ninja… but don't worry he's not a card… he's just really…really… hurt!"
"You snake!" Yugo hit back.
"I know you…." Yuri saw Shun behind Yugo.
"We met in Xyz… when you took Yuto!" Shun hit back.
"Yes I remember…. also your little sister is Ruri?"
"You… you dare have hurt her?!" Shun yelled back.
"I didn't, she's useless now we have her bracelet. I trapped her along with Ray and Yuya!"
"Yuya?!" Rin replied.
"Yeah! Once I'm done capturing you, Yugo, Yuya is mine!"
"Fine… I'll beat you once and for all and make it clear you can't hurt me or my friends anymore!"
"Yugo... are you sure?" Rin said.
"Yes and so is Clear Wing!" Yugo replied.
"Okay… win it!"
"You know I will!" Yugo replied.
"Yuri, make this clean and quick." Serena said.
"Quick of course… clean…. I can't promise that." Yuri smugly said.
"Let's duel!" both yelled.
Turn 1
Yugo LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Yuri LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"Let's do this!" Yugo yelled. When I control no Monsters, Speedroid Terrortop can be Special Summoned!" Numerous red spinning tops appeared in a snake like tail pattern.
Speedroid Terrortop ATK: 1200 DEF: 600 Wind/Machine/LVL 3
"When summoned, Terrortop adds a Speedroid from my deck to my hand! I add Rubberband Plane! Next I summon Red-Eyed Dice!"
Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice ATK: 100 DEF: 100 Wind/Machine/Tuner/LVL 1
"Red-Eyed allows me to change Terrortop's level!"
Terrortop LVL: 6
"Red-Eyed tunes Terrortop! Let's go Clear Wing!" Red-Eyed became green rings as Terrortop went through. Yugo closed his eyes and took a breath; he knew Clear Wing was on the same side as him, Yugo and Clear Wing were one.
6+1=7
The bright white dragon shot down from the night sky, roaring upon its summon. Yuri smirked as he saw Yugo's dragon emerge.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Wind/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 7
"I set one card… I'm done, Yuri!"
Turn 2
Yugo LP: 4000 Hand: 3
Yuri LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"Bringing out Clear Wing is exactly what I wanted! My move!" Yuri's eyes glowed purple as he drew. I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio!" A black scorpion came out with a large plant like tail.
Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio ATK: 1200 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
"By sending a Predaplant from my hand, I can bring out a level three or lower Predaplant from my deck! I send Predaplant Cordyceps to the graveyard and bring out Darling Cobra!" A twin headed snake appeared with each head having purple fangs.
Predaplant Darling Cobra ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
"When Special Summoned, I can add a Polymerization to my hand!" Yuri's deck popped out a card and Yuri revealed the Spell to Yugo.
"Here we go."Clear Wing said.
"We're ready!"Yugo replied back."I play Polymerization and fuse my two Predaplants! Enter Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" The mighty purple dragon appeared on the field in all its glory. As it landed, the two dragons stared right into each other's eyes with rage.
Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/LVL 8
"So then, Yugo…. let's get down to business!" Yuri said, gleaming
"Fine, me and Clear Wing are ready!"
"Brother!" Starving said to his brother.
"Starving…."
"I sensed that the rage in your heart had lowered but seeing you face to face…. it's almost gone. Why would you throw away such power?" Starving replied.
"Because that power destroys, and we had no reason for it!"
"Well that's where you're wrong….!"
Cage
"NO! LET ME OUT! I CAN'T BE HERE!"
Yuya was now shaking and his eyes were now starting to glow.
"What is it?" Ruri said as she went over to Yuya to hold him.
"Starving Venom and Clear Wing must be on the field…" Ray replied looking at the highway.
"What on earth is happening?!" Setsuko said, now crawled up to the wall, seeing Yuya struggling with Odd-Eyes.
"It's a very long story…. but we need to get out before I explain." Ruri replied.
Duel
"I play the Continuous Spell, Rapid Seed Fire! I send a Predaplant from my deck to hit you with 300 damage and your Clear Wing loses 600 attack! I send Drosophyllum Hydra!"
"He knows Yugo's Clear Wing can't be affected by level five or higher Monster effects, so he's going for effect damage." Rin said.
Yuri's Spell fired rapid seeds at Yugo who shielded himself from the hits. Yugo gritted his teeth as he felt the pain from losing lifepoints. Clear Wing also lost strength via the effect.
Yugo LP: 4000 – 3700
Clear Wing ATK: 1900
"Too afraid to attack?!"
"Not at all! Starving, GO!"
"Do it, Yugo!" Clear Wing said.
"I play the Trap, Synchro Bubble!" A white bubble appeared around Clear Wing.
"What is this childishness?!" Starving yelled as it launched its predator trail.
"When you attack my Synchro Monster, this Trap stops it from being destroyed in battle or by card effects and Clear Wing gains 1000 attack! You get to draw a card however."
"Sneaky move…"
Clear Wing ATK: 2900
"You call this childishness? I call it winning!" Clear Wing replied and it flew into the air to dodge the attack. Clear Wing shot down within its bubble and wings glowing andstruck Starving head on, wiping it out. Due to the blast, Yuri was sent flying across the road.
Yuri LP: 4000 – 3900
"100 damage?! That's pathetic! I set two cards!"
"But I stopped your dragon's best effect!"
Clear Wing ATK: 1900
Turn 3
Yugo LP: 3700 Hand: 3
Yuri LP: 3900 Hand: 2
"Draw! I play Speed Recovery! I bring back Red-Eyed Dice!"
Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice ATK: 100 DEF: 100 Wind/Machine/Tuner/LVL 1
"Since I Special Summoned, Rubberband Plane can appear!" A red and white plane with a face on the front emerged. It had elastic attached to a back propeller.
Speedroid Rubberband Plane ATK: 1800 DEF: 0 Wind/Machine/LVL 5
"I Synchro Summon again!"
5+1=6
"Appear Hi-Speedroid Kendama!"A blue like toy appeared on the field with a huge front spear. It glowed on the field.
Hi-Speedroid Kendama ATK: 2200 DEF: 1600 Wind/Machine/Synchro/LVL 6
"I use his effect to banish Terrortop and hit you with 500 damage!" Kendama charged up an energy bolt and fired it from its front spear, hitting Yuri.
Yuri LP: 3900 – 3400
"Now… direct attack Kendama!"
"I don't think so, Yugo! When I am attacked directly, I Special SummonPredaplant Sarraceniant!" A green plant emerged in defence.
Predaplant Sarraceniant ATK: 100 DEF: 600 Dark/Plant/LVL 1
"Whatever! Destroy it!" Kendama fired shots from its spear-front and hit the plant. Yuri once again was on the backfoot.
Yuri LP: 3400 – 1300
"Yugo's on a roll!" Ruka cheered.
"Yuri has two set cards… what will he do?" Rin thought.
"Sarraceniant's effect! The Monster, who destroyed it, is destroyed as well!"
"What?!" Yugo saw his machine explode before his eyes.
"And when Sarraceniant is destroyed by battle, I can add a Predap card from my deck! I add Predaplast!"
"Clear Wing attack!"
"Go my Trap, Predaprouting! This summons three tokens!" Three small dark seed monsters appeared. They had green lips. All three were in defence.
Predaplant Token X 3 ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Plant/Token/LVL 1
"Your weeds don't bother Clear Wing!" Clear Wing destroyed one as it returned to Yugo's field.
"We will get him next turn." Clear Wing said.
"Will you?" Yuri said back. "I know Starving wants a chance to discuss how you betrayed him!"
"Yuri, Starving is evil! He will corrupt you!"
"No he won't…. because I have all the power I want! Not even Starving can take over me now!" Serena looked at Yuri and felt uncomfortable at his words. "Locking me in that cell…. it made me grow more strong-willed… more determined to carry out our goal!"
"Yuri, don't get overconfident… these dragons are…. powerful." Serena stuttered.
"And that's why you struggle to contain Elisa, Serena! You fear what you could control!
"Fool!" Serena thought.
"I end my turn." Yugo said, annoyed he didn't finish Yuri off.
Turn 4
Yugo LP: 3700 Hand: 2
Yuri LP: 1300 Hand:
"Draw! And now during my Standby Phase by banishing Cordyceps, I summon two level four or lower Predaplants from my grave! Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio and Darling Cobra return!"
Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio ATK: 1200 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
Predaplant Darling Cobra ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000 Dark/Plant/LVL 3
"Cobra lets me add another Polymerization to my hand and I use it! I fuse my two Tokens!" Both plants spun around in the whirlpool as Yuri's eyes glowed again. "Let me introduce another form of Starving… Starving Venemy Dragon!"
"Another form?!"
"I bring out my Fusion-Pendulum!" Yuri yelled as a purple dragon emerged similar to Starving but this one had a longer body and horns around its head.
Starving Venemy Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/Pendulum/LVL 7/Scale 1
"A… a Pendulum?!" Rin stuttered.
"How did you get that?!" Yugo yelled.
"I… I have never seen Starving in that form?!" Clear Wing was also completely confused.
"Yuri?" Serena looked at her friend.
"Pendulum's created by Starving for me to use… by my own will!" Yuri said with glee.
"Starving would never follow anyone's will!" Clear replied.
"He follows mine!"
Clear looked at Starving in his new form and could sense that this was not true.
"He's using Yuri… not the other way around." Clear said.
"Stop your lies!" Yuri replied. "I play my set Spell, Predaplast! I show my Predaplant pendulum and now I can place a Predator Counter on Clear Wing!"
Weeds begun to grow over Clear Wing who roared in pain, Yugo felt the pain as well and fell to the floor.
"Yugo!" Rin tried to run over but Yugo got back up.
"It's fine, Rin. I'm okay." Yugo reassured.
"But your dragon isn't!" Yuri replied. "It drops to level one!"
Clear Wing LVL: 1
"I user Drosophyllum Hydra's effect in my graveyard! I tribute your Clear Wing to summon Hydra from my graveyard since it has a Predator Counter!"
"Then Clear Wing will negate your effect with its effect!" As Yugo was about to make the move, Serena laughed. "What is it?!"
"I guess going to an elite school has its advantages when it comes to the rules! Anyone with common knowledge would know a card doesn't target unless it's stated…. Yuri said tribute, not target!"
"And since I know Clear Wing's effects only work via targeting… it can't use them!"
"Argh… whatever, just make your move!"
"I will! Be gone Clear Wing!" The sliver dragon dissolved a plant with numerous leafs emerged. It had sharp teeth and was summoned in defence.
Predaplant Drosophyllum Hydra ATK: 800 DEF: 2300 Dark/Plant/LVL 5
"Damnit… now Yugo has nothing to defend himself with!" Rin stated.
"I use Venemy's effect! I negate my Hydra's effect and it loses 500 attack!
Hydra ATK: 300
"And now I can inflict 500 damage to you!" Yuri said.
"He used weakened his own Monster…. this guy doesn't miss a trick…" Ruka said.
Venemy unleashed purple slime from its mouth which hit Yugo, making him yell in pain due to the burning sensation.
"Yugo!" Rin cried out again.
Yugo LP: 3700 – 3200
"That's just the taster! Venemy, direct attack!" Venemy struck Yugo directly with his tail, sending him across the road and right next to Rin.
Yugo LP: 3200 – 700
"Yugo, are you okay?"
"I'm just fine!" Yugo said, leaping up. Yugo walked back to the centre and looked at Yuri face. "You can keep knocking me down… but that's happened all my life! I always get back up!"
"Well…. maybe I need to deliver a harder blow! I end my turn!"
Yuzu
Yuzu appeared on the road after Mozarta had teleported her back.
"I'm coming Yuya." Yuzu thought. Yuzu felt a cold pain ran down her back and Ciel felt it as well.
"Odd-Eyes!"
"What is it, Ciel?"
"Odd-Eyes is taking over Yuya, we need to hurry!"
….
"Yuya, please stop!" Ray yelled. Yuya had a dark aura around him and the girls were all now on the other side of the cage, trying to stay away from the bomb that was Yuya.
"We… shall… become… one!" Yuya roared.
"YUYA!"
Yuya froze and turned around, there was Yuzu running up to the cage.
"Yu…zu?"
"Yuzu!" Ray and Ruri said at the same time.
"We can't leave this cage!" Ray added.
"It's okay, I'll stop this." Yuzu said. "Somehow…"
"STAY AWAY!" Yuya yelled. "I…. don't want to hurt you!"
"Hold on, Yuya." Yuzu said.
"It might be able to stop spirits… but not an angel!" Ciel said as she took over Yuzu's body.
Ciel unleashed a pink aura beam from her hands at the cage. The bottom cracked open and everyone screamed as they fell downwards to the road except Yuya who gritted his teeth.
Ciel quickly put her hands forward and all of them glowed as Ciel was able to guide them down to the ground softly and safely.
"Amazing…" Setsuko said. Ciel changed back to Yuzu and she ran over to Yuya.
"Yuya!"
Yuya stood with his head down at the ground, not moving.
"Yu…ya? Are you with us?"
"No, but I am!" Yuya's eyes glowed bright red.
"Odd-Eyes!" Yuzu backed off as Odd-Eyes smirked.
"Now if you value your shell's safety, Ciel, don't let her follow!" Before Odd-Eyes could disappear, Warrior, Uriel, Samurai, Mozarta and Yuya's two magicians surrounded the dragon.
"So… a cage stops you from breaking out but yet you all think you can stop me…" Odd-Eyes smirked.
"We will die before we let you reign hell." Warrior said, holding her sword at his neck.
"Fine…. I've waited a very long time to reunite with the others… I can wait a bit longer!" Odd-Eyes slowly produced dark energy from his fingers which no-one else saw, the energy begun to flow down the road and towards the duel.
Duel
Turn 5
Yugo LP: 700 Hand: 2
Yuri LP: 1300 Hand: 0
"We can still win this, draw!" Yugo said. "I banish Speed Recovery which allows me to add Speedroid Terrortop back to my hand. And now I summon Terrortop since I control no Monsters!
Speedroid Terrortop ATK: 1200 DEF: 600 Wind/Machine/LVL 3
"I can add a Speedroid from my deck when it's summoned like this! One more Red-Eyed Dice will help! And I summon it!"
Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice ATK: 100 DEF: 100 Wind/Machine/Tuner/LVL 1
"Red-Eyed allows me to change Terrortop's level again!"
Terrortop LVL: 6
"You can summon an alternative form… well allow me to show you mine!"
6+1=7
"Fly from the sky and shine on this duel! Clear Wing Fast Dragon!" A dragon shot out of the green rings with speed and flew around the field. The dragon looked similar to Clear Wing but had many more green markings around it.
Clear Wing Fast Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Wind/Dragon/Pendulum/LVL 7/Scale 4
"Now Clear Wing, use your effect!" Clear Wing glowed and fired a beam at Starving Venemy. "This reduces your Monster's attack to zero and its effects negated!" Yuri gritted his teeth in annoyance as he did.
Starving ATK: 0
"Yuri, do something!" Serena yelled.
"Come on, Yugo!" Rin cheered in contrast.
"Go Clear Wing, win this duel!"
"You make one impressive move… but I won't be beaten! I summon Emma the Pendulum Healer from my hand in defence!" Emma had short purple hair, dark skin and wore a red dress. She had a sword on the back of her outfit.
Emma the Pendulum Healer ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Light/Fairy/LVL 7/Pendulum/Scale 8
"Not a Predaplant?!"
"This negates the attack and I gain lifepoints equal to half the amount of attack points of the attacking Monster!"
Yuri LP: 1300 – 2550
"Emma… where have I heard that name before?" Rin said.
"It's Warrior's wife." Callistis emerged, Rin's spirit.
"That's right…. but why does Yuri have it?!"
"Greedy Venom killed her… I'm as confused as you are."
"I set two cards… your move!" Yugo said reluctantly.
"You couldn't finish me, Brother!"Starving said.
"What must it take to stop this rampage?!" Clear Wing replied.
"You know what! Merging and killing the angels once and for all… then we can do whatever we want!"
"You were the one who tempted me along with Dark and Ancient to go into rage… Odd-Eyes was the only decent one because he was smart enough not to fall for it…. but you even got to him to! This is all on you!"
"You blame it all on me? That's a shame. We're dragons, it's what we do! I just made us save the world by any-means… the angels were too weak! Anyway… I wasn't controlling your actions… so it's all on you for your own actions! "
"I can't forgive you… not one bit!"
"That is why when we merge… I shall put your power to use rather than let it rot on a waster like you!"
Turn 6
Yugo LP: 700 Hand: 1
Yuri LP: 2550 Hand: 0
"Draw! "I play Pot of Desires! I banish ten cards from my deck facedown and draw two more!" Yuri drew two cards and looked impressed. Now I summon Predaplant Basidiorat!" A green rat with vines coming out its back.
Predaplant Basidiorat ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Plant/Pendulum/LVL 1/Scale 1
"Another new Pendulum?!" Serena gasped.
"Now I will Fusion Summon! I need three Dark Pendulum Monsters to summon my new Fusion."
"But you don't have three!" Yugo hit back.
"I know that… so my new servant Emma will help me out! Emma allows me to change either her type or attribute once per turn!"
"Damnit!"
"She was a very special person! I use her effect to change her to a Dark-type!"
"With this kind of power…. Yugo…. could lose…." Rin stuttered. She wasn't feeling any nerves, just sheer dread.
"I play Basidiorat's effect, he can Fusion Summon without a Fusion Card!" All three Monsters entered and a strike of thunder shot down from the sky.
"He's summoning…. another new form!" Clear Wing said as all they could do is watch as Yuri's eyes had now become fully purple and his smirk was as large as could be.
"Yes! Yes! This power is amazing! I Fusion Summon my newest form! Starving Venemy Lethal Dose Dragon!"
Starving Venemy Lethal Dose Dragon ATK: 2800 DEF: 2000 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/Pendulum/LVL 8/Scale 1
"Yu…. Yuri… are you still here?"
"No… no's NOT!" he yelled. Starving had finally taken over. "Lethal Dose's effect! I negate your Monster's effect!"
"Then Fast Dragon will negate your effect and make your dragon's attack zero!" Fast Dragon glowed once more and Yuri's dragon weakened.
Leathal Dose ATK: 0
"I use my Continuous Spell! I send Predaplant Lilizard from my deck to hit you with 300 damage!"
Yugo LP: 700 – 400
"Brother, you lose 600 attack!" Starving yelled as Rapid Seed Fire forced Clear to lose attack.
Clear ATK: 1900
"I let you have your fun by negating my effect… but it's time to end this duel! I use the Continuous Spell Ivy Bind Castle!"
Around the field, vines formed a small dome around the two duelists, sealing them from sight.
"No, Yugo!" Rin ran up to the vines and tried to open them up but she couldn't due to their thickness.
"Yugo will win." Ruka said who came up to comfort her. "He has to."
"Yuri?! Yuri! Open up!" Serena yelled.
Inside Yugo and Starving were now shut off from their allies.
"Only a coward seals themselves away!" Clear said to his brother.
"Yes! What is this ball-thing?!" Yugo added.
"Ivy Bind negates all your cards effects… so I regain my attack and effects!" Lethal glowed as it returned to normal. Yugo gritted his teeth in frustration.
Lethal Dose Dragon ATK: 2800
"Attack!" Starving ordered his Monster Card self. The red orbs around his wings glowed along with the wings themselves. The power generated charged into its mouth and Lethal launched the dark, purple beam right at Fast.
"I send Speedroid Pin-Baller from my hand to the graveyard and since this isn't on the field, your Ivy Bind Castle can't negate it! Pin-Baller switches all my Monsters to defence and if one of them is a Synchro Monster, I gain 1000 lifepoints!"
Fast Dragon changed positions and since it was a Synchro, Yugo gained lifepoints. Lethal Dose's strike hit Fast Dragon and destroyed it.
Yugo LP: 400 – 1400
"Since Fast was destroyed, it goes into my Pendulum Zone!"
Fast 4 –
"You cling on again…. Clear Wing's stubbornness is also within you! I end my turn!"
Turn 7
Yugo LP: 1400 Hand: 0
Starving LP: 2550 Hand: 0
"I have one more turn to win this…." Yugo thought, looking at the field.
"I know you can do it." Clear Wing said within his mind.
"I know… even before this all started, Clear Wing, you were my favorite card, you helped me in my duels… and I will help you in your time of need. I draw!"
"Well… what is it?!" Starving taunted.
"Exactly what we need!"
"Ivy Bind hits you with 800 damage during the Standby Phase!" Yugo rode out the pain as it burnt around his body.
Yugo LP: 1400 – 600
"Clear Wing's will has helped me once more! I send Speedroid Slotter from my hand to the graveyard! This allows me to destroy a Spell or Trap you control and depending on what that card was, I can destroy a second one you control!
The large hedge around the two faded as Serena and Rin along with the others were relieved to see him again.
"Since it was a Spell, I can destroy another! Goodbye Rapid Seed Fire!" Starving gritted his teeth as his two Spell's had disappeared.
"I have two set cards that will decide this duel!"
"Since two cards left the field, I can give myself two counters!"
Lethal Venemy Counters: 2
"What's that for?!" Yugo asked.
"You shall see. If you're so confident to win, you won't need to worry about it!"
"Fine! I play my Trap Call of the Haunted and return Clear Wing!" Clear Wing soared in from the night sky as he faced his brother once more.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Wind/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 7
"Thanks to my effect, you lose 200 attack equal to the amount of Venemy Counters! And since this effect is continuous and non-targeting, your effects can't work, Brother!"
Clear Wing ATK: 2100
"So you made a fairly useful counter…. but we can do better! Do it, Yugo!" Clear replied.
"Yes! Go my final Trap, Re-dyce-cle! I bring back Red-Eyed Dice!"
Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice ATK: 100 DEF: 100 Wind/Machine/Tuner/LVL 1
"I roll a die and whatever number it lands on, becomes its level for this turn!"
"You're trying to go into Crystal Dragon!" Starving replied.
"But can you stop us?!" Yugo replied.
The die slowly rolled and Yugo looked as confident as could be. The die then made one last turn, revealing a number one.
"I got it!" Yugo ecstatically said. "Go my Monster's!" Red-Eyed created green rings and Clear Wing went through.
7+1=8
"Shine the wings that store the holy light, and strike down your enemies with its radiance! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level eight, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!" The shiny dragon shot out of the Synchro portal and flew alongside Yugo.
Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500 Wind/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 8
"Crystal Wing?! Yuri!" Serena yelled out, Starving looked annoyed at her yelling once more.
"SILENCE!" Starving fired a dark beam at Serena, knocking her across the road.
"Se… Serena?" Rin stuttered. Though they were on opposite sides, she couldn't help but feel for her.
"Leave her alone!" Yugo yelled.
"I'll finish her later, now continue… with your diminished attack!"
Crystal Wing ATK: 2600
"I can't believe I'm saying this…. Damnit, Yuri, are you in there?!" Yugo called out.
"Calling out to your own foe? Don't you hate him and this girl?!" Starving replied.
"Of course…. but…. I still feel like they're worth saving! And right now Yuri needs to awaken!"
"You can try but it won't happen… not now!" The dark energy from Odd-Eyes was slowly flowing into Starving, neither Crystal or Yugo was able to see this energy.
"Then we will have to beat you!" Yugo replied.
"Do it, Yugo!"
"Attack Crystal! When Crystal attacks a level five or higher Monster, it gains equal to the attack of that Monster!" Crystal zoomed forward as it flew high into the night sky. It shot down at an incredible speed, glowing with power.
Crystal ATK: 5400
"Is that it? I use Emma's Pendulum effect!"
"Of course he has a counter…." Rin added, gritting her teeth.
"Emma's Pendulum effect increases my lifepoints by 500 once per turn when I'm attacked." Starving said calmly as a purple aura glowed around him.
Starving LP: 2550 - 3050
"Damnit…." Yugo said, gritting his teeth. "Still, I'm wiping out your Monster!" Crystal slammed into Lethal Dose, sending Starving flying into the sky before landing onto the road with a hard slam.
Starving LP: 3050 – 450
"Did I do it?" Yugo questioned as he looked at Yuri's body flat on the floor which was near Serena's. Yuri had gotten up and begun to laugh.
Yuri's face was now cut with blood going from it and rolling down his left cheek, he smirked as one eye was purple while the other was black.
"What… what now?!"
"Thanks to my brother Odd-Eyes giving me energy…. I can keep control of this body a bit longer! Yuri is GONE!"
"No way…." Ruka stuttered.
"Yugo still has a strong lead though!" Rin added.
"Crystal's attack returns to its previous amount…"
Crystal Wing ATK: 2600
"We will get them, don't worry." Crystal replied as it returned to Yugo's field.
"No dear Brother, you won't! Lethal is added to my Pendulum Zone when destroyed."
Lethal 1 - 8 Emma
"Then Crystal regains attack since Lethal left the field!"
Crystal ATK: 3000
Turn 8
Yugo LP: 1400 Hand: 0
Starving LP: 450 Hand: 0
"Time to end this! DRAW!" Starving yelled. "Odd-Eyes gave me power to finish you off so I could duel him…. I will use that gift! I play Pendulum Fusion! I need one Dark Fusion Monster plus one Pendulum Monster!"
Emma and Lethal formed together in a dark-corrupted version of the Fusion whirlpool.
"This is exciting…. this new form will end you! I Fusion Summon, Odd-Eyes Supreme King Starving Dragon!"
"Odd-Eyes Supreme what?!" Yugo gasped as a strike of thunder slammed into the road, creating a big hole in it. Winds started to blow as Starving smirked once more. The winds were so strong, the watching Lancers were forced to the ground.
Odd-Eyes Supreme King Starving Dragon ATK: 3500 DEF: 2400 Dark/Dragon/Fusion/LVL 10
"I… I've never seen that Monster before…." Crystal stuttered.
"This is the… dragon's power…." Rin stuttered.
"I use my first effect! This negates your Monster's effect and you can't respond to this!" Yugo could only watch as his dragon slowly turned to grey.
"No!" Yugo shouted as he could no longer feel Crystal's presence.
"And now… when my new-self inflicts damage, you take double the amount!"
"YUGO!" Rin yelled, she tried to get to him but Starving unleashed more wind at the group, stopping Rin from getting closer.
"Now... prepare to become one! Supreme Fury!"
The powered dragon flapped its lengthy purple wings which flowed with dark red blood which could be seen to everyone. The blood travelled to its mouth where an energy ball was already charging and mixed with it. The ball was now dark with real blood around it.
The dragon blasted the strike at Yugo who could do nothing. The strike hit Yugo in the stomach, the blood ripping his shirt apart due to the acid. The vision of Yugo turned into slow-motion as he was sent flying; he looked at the night sky before slamming onto the ground.
Yugo LP: 1400 – 0 Starving Wins
Yugo was bleeding from the head from the hit; the heavy winds stopped Rin from even moving as Starving approached.
"Now Clear… we shall become one..." Starving lit up in a purple aura as a white aura slowly begun to form around Starving.
Before Starving could continue, he felt a presence from behind… Serena's bracelet.
The bracelet glowed as the auras ceased, Starving turned to see Serena now standing with Elisa in control.
"You….. you dare?!"
"Remember, Starving… only Odd-Eyes can fuse with others… all you can do is seal Clear Wing's soul away until you beat Odd-Eyes and gain his fusing powers!" Elisa mocked.
"The main Pendulum power… the power which allowed us to merge back in the original world… of course I know! That's been my main aim since it all begun… you and your damn bracelet's blocking powers won't stall me any longer!"
"Before you kill me… you know Academia is out there. We both belong to shells that belong to Academia… maybe we should… reboot our friendship…."
"You burnt out friendship when you attacked me!" Starving replied.
"Oh I still wish to end your lives along with my sisters own but we can fight that fight later… stopping this third-party in Academia is most important." Elisa replied.
"An alliance then a war… it's a smart idea, Elisa…."
"So do you agree?" Elisa replied.
"Ha and I guess you won't allow me to take Clear's soul…."
"Of course not! We will revert back to Yuri and Serena… allow Academia to take Clear Wing… we can plan our move next time."
"Fine, I agree to this, but Elisa… one of us will kill the other once this is over!"
"Good…. and it's not Elisa, it's Dark Angel!"
"Always so picky…!" Starving and Elisa both powered down and so did the heavy winds. Serena and Yuri both returned.
"Ugh… my head!" Serena replied, rubbing it.
"Why… am I bleeding?" Yuri said. He looked at the ground and there was Yugo. "I must've won!"
"No, Yugo!" Rin tried to run over but Yuri had already hit his duel disk which opened a purple portal.
Yugo slowly dissolved into the portal, Rin was now too late.
"No! BRING HIM BACK!" Rin yelled.
"Love is pathetic." Serena smirked as they went into the portal. It closed before Rin could reach it.
Rin stood there, frozen…. dead inside.
"No…." Ruka fell to her knees, Shun and the others also just paused. Callistis emerged next to Rin, also silent.
….
Odd-Eyes who still remained trapped by the spirits smirked.
"So… my brother has now taken Ancient and Clear…. very good." Odd-Eyes powered down as Yuya collapsed to the floor.
"Yuya?" Yuzu bent down and looked at him, Yuya was now fast asleep.
"Yuzu…." Warrior said.
"Clear Wing…. is gone." Ciel added.
"Yugo….." Ruri put her hand on her chest.
"No…. not again…" Yuzu also fell to her knees. "First I failed Yuzar… now Yugo…. now they will hunt down Yuto…. and I don't know where he is!"
"Yuto…." Ruri squeezed her chest.
"We all failed." Samurai said.
"But we must go again!" Uriel added.
""Each lost, in this war, each of them will be avenged." The rain was beginning to fall, everyone was listening to Warrior. "We will fight to recover each one of those people so that they can be in a world where they can smile without fear."
The warrior took her sword and embedded it in the floor.
"Yugo, Yuzar, Yuzu's father, the Xyz, Standard and Ritual Dimensions, each of them will be saved." Warrior exclaimed to then and then looked at Yuzu.
Ciel appeared behind Yuzu and put her hand on her shoulder, Ruri continued speaking.
"For my parents, Shun, Yuto and my dimension."
"For Yuzar and my dimension." Ray added.
…
Even though she was further up the road, Rin could sense the others nearby and followed.
Rin stood up from the floor and even with the tears in her eyes, she put her hand on her chest. "For Yugo, Martha and my dimension."
The four girl bracelets began to shine through the eyes and both their guardian spirits took out their weapons and put the floor as Warrior did, each of them fired a light of energy directly into the sky. Each resident of Synchro could see how the sky illuminated with those rays of light, purple, pink, blue and green.
And the girls almost in unison that day made an oath. "We will save them all." Ciel could see the new determination of all, the power of the new angels that will save the dimensions.
Security
"What… what is this?!" Roget said, watching the beams in the sky. He had also seen a Fusion portal had opened up.
He looked at the streets and the war with Arcadia/Academia and Security had paused as they all looked up to the sky as well.
Arcadia
"So these are the other-worlders?" Divine said, watching a screen near his weapon.
Robed men walked into the room and Divine smirked.
"My mind-readers… it's time we get to work!"
Rooftop
Marina and Edo looked at the beams; they had seen that Yuri and Serena had captured Yugo via their duel disks.
"It doesn't matter what power it is." Edo replied. "We only need a few more pieces."
"I know… and I will deliver on my half of my promise." Marina clenched her fist.
…
"So that's the angels then?"
Mina looked out of a prison van with binoculars. The empty van was being driven by an officer who was under Mina's control thanks to the control chip in his head. Mina had used Roget's system to control him.
"And since hell has broken loose… Roget, I'm finally coming for you." she thought as she looked to the Security tower.
A/N
Phew, that took a while. Massive thanks to Romadrox8975 for the last text with Rin and the girls speaking about saving their worlds and friends.
Make sure to check out his new story in this ARC-V section - Yugioh: Carmesi Queen
Royal2 – Thanks dude and Mercy's duel is next! As promised it's a big one for plot.
Samueljoo – That could be possible in sequel! Thanks!
Fantasymaker76 – Thanks as ever dude, and Yuzar's fate will be seen once Xyz begins, this is like the last five chapters of Synchro now.
Sakura Matou – Thank you for the kind comments and Yuto/Shingo will return in Xyz!
Exelion Heart – No worries and I hope you enjoyed it!