The mind readers of Arcadia stood in a circle with their hands on their chests. Divine watched as he a waited for the results along with Minerva and Raito.
"So what exactly are they scanning for then?" Raito asked. The two had been kept waiting for the mission.
"Euridice built this system to absorb physic energy. We're going to reverse that and use it to remove life energy from all normals! They are reading the minds of everyone in city… anyone who has any plans to stop Arcadia will be found and stopped before!"
"Amazing." Minerva added.
"My sister learnt to block out their skills but this city isn't as skilled."
"Euridice started off believing in our hopes but… she was never truly one of us." Raito said.
"But we can build this whole city just to ourselves! Well, once we remove the other-worlders."
"And that's where we come in." Raito added.
"Yes, you two better go to position, I have a reunion with an old friend to attend to."
Arcadia Office
"Let me go!" Aki was tied down to a chair with suppression handcuffs on to keep her powers negated.
Aki was alone in the office but with guards outside. Aki heard a voice asking the guards to leave and straight away Aki could recognise that voice.
In stepped Divine. He couldn't stop smiling as he had waited all these years to return from his faked death to see Aki.
Aki's eyes and face just froze; there was the man who saved her as a child from her torment, someone she long thought dead… now standing right before her.
"No… this is beyond cruel! Don't do this to me! Is this punishment for losing the title?! I can make up for it; just don't use Divine's face!"
"Aki, it's me." Divine reassured her as he took a key from his pocket.
"No.. stay away from me!"
Divine unlocked the cuffs and Aki stood up, looking at the man.
"I shall make you pay for using his face!"
Aki grabbed her duel disk from the table and played a card on it, Divine prepared himself.
"Lord Poison… destroy this fake!"
A huge blast was heard coming from the office and Divine was sent flying through the office door and into the wall. Aki with her hair now untied from her rage walked forward with the Monster Card.
"Halt!" yelled a guard but Divine held his hand up to stop him.
"It's okay." Divine slowly got up. "Aki, you have improved so much."
"STOP BEING HIM! WHERE'S EURDICE?!"
"Aki, when I first found you, on the night when you came here, I told you something. Let me show you that I'm him."
"Fine…. go on….. impress me!"
"I said to you on the night you came here… those exact words. "Go on… impress me.""
"How… how do you know that?!"
"I took you to the training room and you destroyed the roof! Your powers were that untamed!"
"I know exactly how you know! The mind-readers…. that's how!" Aki replied back, she was scared and paranoid.
"Okay, I get that, Aki. I can show you a physical demonstration!" Divine replied. "Each physic has a unique power, there's no way anyone could fake that."
"Fine… one chance!"
"When I got hit back in those streets, Roget dumped my body on Arcadia's door to prove a point… I was healing on the inside."
"And no proof!"
"Okay… I can tell that you're thinking how scared you are… the doubt in your mind!"
"Anyone can tell that!" Aki replied.
"Okay." Divine pulled out the Spell Card Hinotama.
"That's a powerful card for physic… can you handle it?" Aki said.
"Just watch, Aki. Soon you will believe me."
Raito/Minerva
The two were in the streets, laying low as marital law continued.
"This is where the students were?"Minerva said. Raito walked forward and saw cards on the road.
"Someone dropped their deck…" As Raito bent down, he saw a carded member of Arcadia on the floor.
"What… is that?" Minerva looked at another card and saw another carded.
"What is this trick?!" Raito added. Further up the road they could hear dueling.
The two got there and saw Arcadia students dueling with Academia. Many Academia soldiers were on the ground, hurt from the physic attacks. It was an even amount between the causalities.
"So you're Academia?" Raito said.
"What about Security?" Minerva replied.
"Who cares… we were sent here to kick these Academia goons out of this world... we will do just that with our new gift!"
Arcadia
Aki dropped to her knees; Divine had used the fireball Spell Card to destroy the office wall. No-one except Aki or the real Divine could do that.
"No… but…you died… in my arms?"
"And I'm back." Divine replied.
"Divine… you really are here!" Aki got up and rushed into Divine's arms as they hugged.
"I missed you, Aki. I'm home now."
"But… your sister?! Euridice! She has to know!"
"Aki… Euridice… was killed."
"No… how?!"
"This Academia killed her…. while you were dueling in the Friendship Cup… they killed her…. I couldn't save her." Divine replied.
"No…"
"But now our students are out on the streets fighting them… we are trying to save our kind." Divine replied. "Security and the Lancers are not capable. We will send the rest of our students out to protect our world; I want you to lead them with me, Aki."
"Divine…. of course I will. I owe you everything." Aki replied. "But I…. lost my title…"
"Euridice's plans went to the grave with her. While I was recovering, I was able to think of a new backup plan, and we shall use that."
"Anything you say, Divine, just tell me!"
"Aki… we need you as the Black Rose Witch again." Divine said.
"Black Rose Witch… but…. she only comes out when I lose control.."
"Exactly and the pain you've felt all these years since I was presumed dead, you've only increased in power. Now I'm back… we can channel her to come on when we want."
"Yes, it makes sense. I trust you, Divine."
"Thank you, Aki. For Euridice, we shall build our new world."
"Let's begin then." Divine replied.
Lancers
Everyone was reunited on the highway, Security, Revolutionaries and Academia had all left the scene including Mercy and Tsukikage who had reached the group after they rested.
Rin was looking over the side of the road, at the Commons below and the main part of City across from them.
"Rin, we will get Yugo back…. we have to." Yuzu went to reassure her.
"Yeah… I'm sure we will." Rin turned around. Ruri and Ray could notice something Yuzu couldn't.
"Rin…. you don't need to act brave." Ruri said.
"Yeah, you can cry if you want." Ray added.
"No… I don't want to. Yugo won't be saved by tears." Rin replied. Ruri went over as well and took Rin's hand, she just smiled at her.
"You're right, Rin, but tears help clear the mind." Ray added. "It's' okay if you want to."
After hearing those words, tears did come out of Rin's eyes after the loss of her best friend Yugo. The tears went onto Ruri's arm but she didn't mind one bit. Ruri hugged her and rubbed her head, thinking about Yuto.
Even though Yuzu was sad that Yugo was gone, she wasn't crying as she was too focused on Rin. But after Ruri hugged her, Yuzu could feel some tears come her eye.
"Is this…. Ciel?" she thought. "Is she crying over Clear Wing?"
Yuya leaned against the side of the road, thinking about what had just happened, he also had some tears in his eyes. Yuzu went over to him.
"Yuya…" Yuzu was wondering if it really was Yuya or Odd-Eyes. But seeing the tears and his eyes up close, she knew it was him.
"I'm okay." Yuya said, wiping the tears away.
"We will get Yugo back."
"I know." he said. "But first we need to fix City."
Rin and the others all now met up in the middle of the road and Rin coughed.
"Thank you everyone for your support…. since me and Yugo… are now a couple."
"Couple?!" Warrior yelled who appeared.
"Seriously?" Yuzu replied. "Get back in your card before you cause more trouble. I know what you're like."
"No I was going to say congratulations! Finally someone… unlike you… had the courage to ask!"
"I heard you whisper that!" Yuzu replied.
"Doesn't change the truth!"
"You're even more bland then Ciel! At least use this as a chance to ask Yuya out… heck same for Ray and Ruri!"
"As I said…. back in the card!"
"Make sure you do it, Ruri and Ray!" Warrior smirked. Ruri blushed at her words but Ray shrugged.
"I could if I want." Ray said. "But I don't have any feelings for Yuzar, he's just a friend."
"That's how it starts!" Warrior said. "Love can form at any age! At least you're braver then Ruri and Yuzu! At your ages, I already had many boyfriends and girlfriends!"
"Okay." Ruka said. "Now we need to halt this City from further destruction.
"Tsukikage is in no state to keep moving." Mercy said. "He's healing but needs rest. We were lucky that Security weren't observing the building we were on."
"Yeah and Security clearly didn't see you get onto this road to meet us… this could be our chance." Ruka said.
"We need to stop Security, Academia and Arcadia." Yuzu added. "We need to solve this in three teams."
"But the city is corrupt? We beat Roget in a duel… what changes?" Rin said.
"Okay let me think…" Ruka said.
"We will help you."
Ruka turned around saw Shinji and the rest of his fighters come back to them.
"Not now!" Ruka said.
"We watched from afar… we saw what happened with that Yugo boy…"
"Then you can see that this war is bigger than your silly revolution!" Rin added.
"We will disagree about the revolution but yes… we see you need more help. We will aid you in all your missions." Shinji replied.
"Best thing you've said in a long time." Ruka said.
"Also…. I will go to Arcadia… I… need to say sorry to Aki for Divine's death."
"That's… really brave of you, Shinji." Ruka said. "But she nearly killed you."
"I… can't let her hurt anyone else… maybe I can bring some closure to her…"
"Then here's what we do." Ruka said. "Mercy, Ran me, Setsuko and Shinji will head to Arcadia and try to stop whatever they're planning. Yuzu, Yuya, Ray, Shun and Ruri, you know about Academia more than we do, go and stop them. Rin, the rest of the Revolutionaries and the others… you go to Roget…. but don't hurt anyone!"
"And Tsukikage?" Mercy asked.
"I shall… wait here." Tsukikage replied.
"Okay." Yuzu replied. "We will be back for you."
"Sora is near the Security tower on a rooftop, when he sees you, he can help." Tsukikage replied to Rin.
"Understood."
"We all know our roles." Ruka said. "Let's make this world a better place. But first… Ray and Yuzu, you're still in your D-Wheel outfits… let me give you something better. And Ruri, since you're going home soon, it's probably better we give you an outfit fit for the Resistance."
"But how?" Yuzu asked.
"Just watch! Go Kuriboh!" The brown fuzzball emerged and went high in the sky. It glowed and so did Ray, Yuzu and Ruri.
Ruri's outfit changed to a medium length jacket which went down her back like a cape. She had yellow shirt with a purple pants. She had a red Resistance scarf around her neck.
Ray gained a white t-shirt with red stripe and a mini short-sleeved jacket with blue pants.
Yuzu gained a red waistcoat wit white shirt underneath with a sliver jacket over it. Her pants were also the same colour as the jacket. She gained pink boots.
"Wow, Ruka…. this is amazing!" Yuzu said looking at her outfit.
"This is just like Yuto's outfit!" Ruri replied, also liking it.
"Thank you, Ruka." Ray replied gratefully.
"Now then, let's go!" Yuzu said rallying her team.
Arcadia
Divine smirked as Aki sat in a chair, bound to the arms. The chair had purple wires hooked to her body, Aki had been shocked for an hour and she was looking tired.
"Di… Divine… am I… doing…it right…" she stuttered. Divine was behind a glass watching.
"Aki my dear, you're doing amazing."
"But… Black Rose… isn't appearing…."
"That's not your fault, Aki." Divine shut off the microphone and turned to a guard. "Ramp it up to ten."
The dial was cranked up and the shocks hit Aki at maximum, the screams from Aki were bloodcurdling but Divine stood there, waiting and watching.
"Lord Divine." Divine turned and it was the mind-readers.
"What have you got?"
"We have written down every single way your plan could fail and we found out what the Lancers are doing. A small group is heading here, to Arcadia."
"Who?" Divine replied.
"Two traitors, Mercy and Ran. Along with the duel spirit communicator Ruka and…."
"And….?"
"Shinji Webber."
"Very interesting." Divine replied as he looked back to Aki.
Streets
"Now be gone!" Raito yelled. "Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode, DESTROY!" A green cyborg with sliver amour and two guns for hands fired numerous laser beams at an Academia dueling which sent her flying.
Duelist 300 – 0 Raito Wins
"Overmind Archfiend!" Minerva shouted as a cybernetic dragon unleashed sliver blasts from its mouth, defeating another male student.
Duelist LP: 1200 – Minerva Wins
"If this is what Academia can do…. we have nothing to fear!" Raito gloated as the two duelists teleported back to Academia. They had sustained injuries thanks to the couple's powers.
"They still claimed some of ours though."
"Only the weak ones." Raito replied. "Euridice put them on alert because of that reason. That's why they all lost. Me, you and Aki are the top tier along with the army Divine is bringing.
"Yeah!" Raito and Minerva looked at the last few Academia students in this area. They all gritted their teeth and looked at each other.
"Tactical retreat!" They all turned around and ran off, Minerva laughed her head off.
"They can call it that… but in this world we call it cowardice!" she said.
"Now we should find Security… we have a bone to pick with them!" Raito replied. "The others can deal with the Academia remnants."
Yuzu/Yuya
Yuzu and Yuya both ran down the road along with the others. Using the radio Ushio gave the group, they knew Academia was down this route.
"This new outfit is awesome!" Ruri said happily.
"How can you be so happy to go into a fight?!" her brother replied.
"Because, Shun, I believe that we can overcome this… and with our new friends, we can only be stronger!" Ruri added. Shun looked at Ruri and slightly smiled. "I saw that!"
"What…?" Shun tried to downplay Ruri's comments.
"What did Serena mean by Marina is waiting?" Yuya asked.
"I guess she wants to settle the score." Yuzu replied.
The group reached a hill and got to top of it. Down the hill and further up the road they saw Raito and Minerva walk towards them.
"Are you joking?" Yuzu frowned.
"Them again?!" Yuya said.
"Raito and Minerva… the ones who had us locked up in Arcadia." Ruri added.
"You guys go on ahead; me and Yuya will finish these two."
"Yuzu? You want revenge?" Ray asked, surprised.
"Revenge would be nice, but the most important thing is stopping them." Yuzu replied.
"If we can somehow get them to… see that dueling isn't for violence, we might be able to help them." Yuya said.
"There's no-one better suited for that job." Ruri said. "We will see you further up the road."
"Yes, be safe." Yuzu replied.
The others ran past Raito and Minerva who didn't care about them going past. They had their eyes on Yuzu and Yuya; they wanted this duel more than anything.
"Well this is quite a flashback!" Raito said.
"Yeah! Let's use this duel as a nostalgia party!" Minerva added.
"We got word that you're sending a group to Arcadia… you really think you can stop this?" Raito asked.
"How did you know?" Yuzu asked.
"We're physic! Now… I will do what I couldn't do to you during the Friendship Cup…, Queen..!" Minerva said.
"You won't injure Yuzu like you did to me!"
"You're right! You're here walking and talking, clearly I didn't do a good enough job!" Minerva replied.
"We won't allow that." Yuzu said as she and Yuya activated their duel disks.
"We shall see!" Raito added as they activated theirs.
"We shall duel with a shared field and same lifepoints… no one can attack until the fourth turn, sound fair?"
"Fine by us!" Yuya replied.
Turn 1
Minerva/Raito LP: 4000 Hand: 5 5
Yuzu/Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 5 5
"Here we go! I summon Quickdraw: the Infernal Junkyard!"
Quickdraw: The infernal Hound 200 ATK / 0 DEF / Dark / Level 2 / Machine / Tuner / Effect Monster
"When summoned I send a Machine Monster to the grave. I send Kazamari: the Infernal Bloodhound! Next I play the Spell Recycling from the Underworld to bring Kazamari to my field!"
Kazamari: the infernal Bloodhound 1000 ATK / 0 DEF / Dark / Level 5 / Machine / Tuner / Effect
"I play the Spell Hell Copy! I send a Quickdraw from my hand to the graveyard to summon a copy from my deck! I send level five Quickdraw: The Infernal Beast to my graveyard to summon a second one from my deck!"A green swampy Monster emerged with red eyes.
Quickdraw: The Infernal Beast ATK: 2300 DEF: 0 /Dark/Beast/LVL 5/Normal
"She was able to get it out in her first turn…" Yuzu gritted her teeth.
"What is it?" Yuya said.
"You were in the hospital at the time, Yuya! Watch this!" Minerva said. "I double tune!"
"Double what?!"
"I need two Tuner's to Synchro Summon! Go my Monsters!" The two Tuners formed a double green ring portal and Infernal Beast shot through.
"Soar, Quickdraw: the Infernal Night Dragon!" A mighty dragon emerged with black skin and red markings across it. It had two red orbs on each wing which glowed. It had numerous wings with wing feathers.
Quickdraw: the Infernal Night Dragon ATK: 3800 DEF: 3000 Dark/Dragon/LVL 12/Synchro
"I set one card… I end my turn!"
Turn 2
Minerva/Raito LP: 4000 Hand: 0 5
Yuzu/Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 5 5
"Then it's my turn!" Yuya replied. "I draw!"
"Be careful, Yuya." Yuzu said.
"What does that card do?" Yuya asked.
"Uh, no!" Minerva said. "You tell him, Yuzu… I will cause some trouble!"
"Damnit… I can't risk Odd-Eyes…" Yuzu thought. "Yuya, be careful!"
"Okay, Yuzu, we will do this like we used to do, as a tag-team!"
"Yes!"
"I set scale one Dragonpule Magician and scale seven Dragonpit Magician!" Two magicians in blue emerged both holding swords.
Dragonpulse 1 – 8 Dragonpit
"I use Dragonpulse's effect! I discard Performapal Sliver Claw to destroy your Monster!"
"Not good enough!" Minveria replied. "Quickdraw: the Infernal Night Dragon can negate your card effect and banish it!"
Dragonpulse was removed from the Pendulum Zone as Yuya gritted his teeth.
"Fine… I have no other choice… I set Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon in my other zone!" Yuya slammed his ace Monster onto his duel disk and felt his head begin to hurt.
Odd-Eyes 4 – 8 Dragonpit
"I set one card and end my turn! Now Odd-Eyes can destroy itself and I can add a 1500 attack or lower Pendulum Monster from my deck!"
"You fell for it again! Infernal can negate twice a turn!"
"WHAT?!" Yuya saw his Odd-Eyes' effect negated and was also banished.
"I'm sorry, Yuya…" Yuzu replied.
"It's fine… now I know what that thing can do."
"Maybe…" Minerva said. "You know, Yuzu… you're naïve!"
"What do you mean?"
"I don't care if you told, Yuya!"
"You… tricked me?!" Yuzu replied.
"Er.. yeah! Our powers aren't something we want to hold back!"
Turn 3
Minerva/Raito LP: 4000 Hand: 0 5
Yuzu/Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 5 1
"I draw!" Raito yelled. I'll start by playing One for One and I send Mary: The Serafin in my hand to summon Didymus the Seventh Apostle from my deck!" A little monk dressed in old blue clothes and a blue cap with a red ruby on his forehead.
Didymus the Seventh Apostle 0 ATK / 300 DEF / Light / Level 1 / Magician / Effect
"Next the Continuous Spell, Harmed Healer!"
"That allows him to inflict double effect damage…" Yuzu said, remembering her duel back with Raito in Arcadia.
"Next I summon Mary: The Divine Serafin!"
Mary: The Divine Serafin 0 ATK / 1000 DEF / Light / Level 3 / Magician / Tuner
"Mary can protect their field from card effects while Didymus also increases their lifepoints by any damage they take…."
"Don't worry… I'm going to Synchro Summon with them! Guardian of the gates of heaven it is time for you to judge those who dare to ask to enter your gates, eat forth level four Iona guardian of the heavenly gates!"
3+1= 4
Iona Guardian of the Heavenly Gates 0 ATK / 1500 DEF / Light / Level 4 / Magician / Synchro
A new creature was manifested on Raito's field. This was a small blue angel with three mechanical wings at each end, and it had no legs but a triangular prosthesis.
"Iona hits you with 300 damage X the amount of Light Monsters on the field and thanks to my Spell, you take double!"
Yuzu/Yuya LP: 4000 – 3400
"All that for 600 damage?" Yuzu replied.
"Oh no… that was the start.. this is the main show! I play Assault Mode Zero!"
"Assault Mode?!" Yuya said in surprise.
"This allows me to tribute Iona and summon an Assault Mode version of her from my hand! And since you guys aren't from around here… Assault Mode is a main deck type of Monster born from a Synchro Monster! I summonIona Guardian of the Heavenly Gates/Assault Mode!"
Iona Guardian of the Heavenly Gates/Assault Mode ATK: 2500 DEF: 1800 Light/Magician/LVL 8
"Iona Assault Mode inflicts 500 damage to you X each Light Monster I played this turn!"
"That's…. 2000?!" Yuya added.
"Yeah and thanks to my Spell, you take 4000 damage! And Infernal stops any card effects!"
"I use my Trap!" Yuya yelled. "Entertainers Fall!"
"I negate and banish it!" Raito said as he used Minerva's effect.
"Nice one, Yuya!" Yuzu said. "Entertainers Come Back has another effect! If it leaves the field via a card effect, we take no damage once this turn!" A pink force field appeared with stars on it, blocking the damage.
"And since we couldn't banish it twice, means it went through…." Minerva gritted her teeth.
"It doesn't matter, we have all we need. I end my turn!"
Turn 4
Minerva/Raito LP: 4000 Hand: 0 0
Yuzu/Yuya LP: 4000 Hand: 5 1
"My move! Draw!" Yuzu yelled. "That dragon can reduce an attacking Monster's attack to zero… it can negate twice… and I'm sure Iona is hiding another effect…."
"You got something in mind?" Yuya replied.
"Of course! I set scale one DuPre the Melodious Cellist!"
DuPre 1 – 8 Dragonpit
"Now I Pendulum Summon, Melodious Prima Simphony, Queen Knight: The Chosen One of the Gods and Bass the Melodious Songstress!"
Melodious Prima Simphony [2200 ATK / 2400 DEF / Light / Level 7 / P.S. 8 / Warrior / Pendulum]
Bass the Melodious Songstress ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/LVL 5/Scale 4
Queen Knight: The Chosen One of the Gods [2800 ATK / 1900 DEF / Light / Level 6 / P.S.3 / Warrior / Pendulum]
"Chosen One lets me add a Ritual Spell and Card to my hand from my deck!"
"Then I negate it!" Raito yelled as Infernal glowed, banishing Chosen.
"Bass' effect!"
"Negate a second time!" Infernal banished Bass as Raito and Minerva looked annoyed.
"Thank you!" Yuzu said in a cheeky manner. "Just like before, it seems my deck reacted to my situation!"
"We know about your "power", but we now know it's non-physic, so don't think we'll let you join our new world!" Minerva replied.
"I don't want a new world…. from you or Academia! Your dream is impossible anyway. Academia hasn't even sent their best… that's how little they fear Arcadia. Arcadia could be a big help in our fight… but it seems you intend to be on the opposite side."
"Just make your move already!" Raito replied.
"I play the Continuous Spell Soul Bind! All our Monster's attacks drop to zero!"
Simphony ATK: 0
Infernal ATK: 0
Heavenly Gates/Assault Mode ATK: 0
"To make our Monster's attack return to normal… all we need to do is send a Spell from our fields or hand to make one Monster return to normal!"
"What?!" Minerva replied.
"Now, Prima!"
"Help me out, Dragonpit!" Both Monster's appeared next to their duelist and gave them a lift up. Both were searching for an Action Card to take.
"Damnit! Go, Raito!" Minerva ordered.
"What about you?!"
"Just stick to our plan! I'll be here when you come down"
"I'm supposed to be the prince and you're the princess… fine!" Raito ran up to one of the platforms of Crossover but Yuzu and Yuya were already way ahead.
"Got one!" Yuya yelled as he landed on a platform with a back flip. Yuya threw the card to Yuzu, who hadn't found one, and took it before landed on the floor with grace.
"I send Evasion to increase Prima's attack!" Yuzu said as Prima returned to normal.
Simphony ATK: 2200
"Prima, attack Infernal!" Prima sliced at the dragon with her black blade, destroying it and hurting Minerva.
Minerva/Ratio LP: 4000 – 1800
"Yes!" Yuya congratulated Yuzu with a high five. Raito landed on the floor with an Action Card, freeing his Monster as well.
Heavenly Gates/Assault Mode ATK: 2500
"Yes you took out my dragon… now you will reap the benefits!" Minerva had been powering up a ball of energy and fired it at Yuzu. Yuzu was sent flying.
"No!" Yuya yelled.
"How about this!" Ratio was able to send another ball of energy containing his power at the ground. The power flowed to Yuzu.
"A double hit?!"
"Yes, Yuya…. now she's out of the action!" Minerva replied with glee.
Arcadia
Divine watched on a screen at Minerva and Raito's duel. Behind him stood Aki with a large grin on her face, her hair free from the clip she normally wore her eyes more orange as if the previous Aki was no-longer there.
"Okay, Black Rose… defend our school from the traitors and then lead our remaining students into the city. We take control today!"
"With pleasure!"
"But wait… one more thing." Divine said. He held a mask with red stripes coming down from the eyes. "This completes the new you, Aki."
Aki smirked and placed it on.
"It's perfect."
Outside
Mercy, Ran, Ruka, Setsuko and Shinji reached outside the Arcadia school gates.
"We made it…. without interference." Ruka said, confused.
"Roget must want us to destroy Arcadia ourselves… he is the puppet master." Ran replied.
"Let's do this." Mercy said.
"Before we go… Mr. Weber…. are you sure you wish to do this?" Setsuko asked Shinji.
"It's just Shinji and… yes, I was the man who killed Divine…. I need to say sorry."
"You didn't mean to kill him." Setsuko added.
"But I still did…."
The group walked into Arcadia through the huge doors and found themselves in the empty corridor with red carpet.
"It's empty…." Ran stated.
"Yeah, Arcadia sent some of its members but there must still be more here." Ruka replied.
"Aki?! Euridice?!" Mercy walked forward but as she did she heard something begin to crack.
"What now?!" Shinji said as he along with the others had to hold on to a nearby pillar.
Once it stopped, there was a major chasm between Mercy and the others. Arcadia had been split into two.
"Who… did this?!" Mercy said. She looked up and saw the remaining Arcadia students on the floors above. They were watching for blood to be shed.
"Everyone!" Ran said. "We came here to talk!"
"Silence!"
Mercy and the others looked up and saw a shadow drop down from the sky, all the way from the highest floor.
"AK…Aki?!" Mercy stuttered.
"I have been reborn." Aki replied behind her mask who stood up after landing. "I have… unlocked my full potential!"
"What's with the stupid outfit?" Shinji bluntly put it.
"You dare bring normals here…" Aki said. "No worries, they can provide practice for the others." Aki shot her arm forward and the door slammed shut on them.
"I'm guessing we're not going anywhere then…" Ruka replied.
"What happened, Aki?" Mercy asked. "I understand you lost the title but…"
"I have let her be reborn, don't you listen?"
"Impossible!" Setsuko yelled. There on the top floor looking down was Divine.
"He's… alive?!" Shinji gasped.
"It's called healing within my body!" Divine replied.
"Divine never died!" Aki replied while clenching her fist.
"And he never told you?!" Mercy replied.
"Divine's will is mine. He believed my power was strengthened without his guidance. The rage which was built… the power I gained…. he was right!"
"But what's he done to you?!"
"I can answer that." Divine replied. "Aki might've lost her title but to me… that's all irrelevant. Euridice was hindering us… I had to remain in the shadows while Aki grew! I have made into the ultimate warrior… her strength is unrivalled by tapping deep into her mind! My Aki is even better!"
"You're using her!" Ran yelled.
"Not at all. I'm doing this because I care for her, like my own daughter! She can now lead us physics to a new world, as the number one duelist! That's more than anything you ever did for her!"
"Don't you dare!" Setsuko yelled. "Aki, I'm sorr-"
"Just shut up." Aki replied. "I don't need you or my former father."
"What about Euridice?!" Mercy yelled.
"The Lancers killed her." Divine calmly said.
"What?!" Mercy stuttered. "That's fake!"
"Euridice was building a machine… a machine to remove all psychic powers!" Aki said.
"What?!" Ran and Mercy said.
"You should be thankful… but you sided with normies!" Divine replied.
"And now her machine will be used for our benefit!" Aki replied.
"AKI! He's lying?!" Mercy replied.
"Divine never would! Ever since I met Yuzu and her team… I knew they were pathetic but not murderers. I shall right that wrong!"
"Aki… we came here to stop you but I never said you were evil…." Mercy said. "Same for everyone here! If you use that machine, you'll be murderers! You're not one of them, Aki!"
"Don't tell me what I am!" Aki yelled.
"So you want to be a killer?!"
"Non-physics will perish." Aki replied. "Divine taught us this… and that's the truth! It's fine to end those who wronged us!"
"She's insane.." Mercy thought. "So you'll duel me?"
"It's the best way we can inflict damage, so yes! Prepare, traitor!"
And before the other two powered people in your ranks even make a move…. the normals will die right away! We have seen every possible outcome for you lot to win… and we have stopped them all!" Divine said in response to Ruka and Ran.
"Mercy, you be careful!" Ruka said.
"I will… I hope…"
"And now for one more thing." Divine clicked his fingers and a screen emerged. "Send this feed to Security HQ!"
Security – Roget
"What… is this?" Roget said as he saw Divine smirking at the camera. Roget froze on the spot as a ghost came back to life. "He's… alive?!"
"Hello, Director Roget… when you dumped my body on the floor of Arcadia all those years ago, you were sending a message… well, let me send you one!"
"You're a fake! You have to be!" Roget begun to panic at the sight of Divine.
"Watch, Aki and next… she's coming for you!"
"How... how?!"
Arcadia
Turn 1
Aki LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Mercy LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I shall take the first move! I summon White Rose Dragon!"
White Rose Dragon ATK: 1200 DEF: 1000 Dark/Dragon/LVL 4
"When she is summoned I can summon another Rose Monster from my hand, appear Red Rose Dragon!" Red Rose was small a red dragon and had two roses on its back.
Red Rose Dragon 1000 ATK 1800 DEF / Dark / Level 3 / Dragon / Effect / Tuner
"And now I tune my two Monsters! You know what's coming, Mercy!"
4+3=7
The ground shook once more as a dark light broke through the roof. Mercy had to step backwards quickly to avoid the glass shooting down.
From within the dark light, a dragon emerged, Aki's ace, Black Rose Moonlight. It was a mighty black dragon with red petals around its body was summoned. It had a long black spiky tail.
Black Rose Moonlight Dragon ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 Light/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 7
"When Red Rose is used as Synchro Material I can summon another Rose Dragon from my deck! Appear Blue Rose Dragon in defence!" A blue dragon with a body shaped like a vine emerged. It had blue wings and a green body.
Blue Rose Dragon ATK: 1600 DEF: 1200 Dark/Dragon/LVL 4
"When I summon Black Rose Moonlight with Red Rose, I can add the Spell Frozen Rose to my hand and when White Rose is used to Synchro Summon, I send a level four or higher Plant to my graveyard. I send Rose Wall and since it was sent to my graveyard, I can summon it but its banished when destroyed!"
A large block of vines emerged with roses attached to some of them. It appeared in defence.
Rose Wall ATK: 100 DEF: 2000 Dark/Plant/LVL 6
"When Rose Wall is summoned, I can set Black Garden directly from my deck!"
Dark vines shot up across the two and formed a cage around them. Green vines emerged on the floor. Mercy was unmoved as she knew about this Field Spell.
"When Aki or Mercy summons a Monster, its attack is halved and the opposite player gains a Rose Token… which Aki can use to cause more trouble." Ran stated.
"I play Frozen Rose on Rose Wall and I end my turn! During the End Phase if I selected a Plant-type, I can draw two cards but then I have to discard one." Aki discarded a Monster.
Turn 2
Aki LP: 4000 Hand: 4
Mercy LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"Then I draw! I'll start by playing Foolish Burial! I send Skeleton Knight Cross Bower from my deck to the graveyard and now I summon Skeleton Knight Horse-Men!"
Skeleton Knight Horse-Men ATK: 1200 DEF: 900 Dark/Zombie/Tuner/LVL 2
"Horse-Men brings back Cross Bower from my graveyard!" A skeleton holding a crossbow emerged.
Skeleton Knight Cross Bower ATK: 2200 DEF: 1200 Dark/Zombie/LVL 6
"Both have their attack halved and I gain a Rose Token!" Two red roses appeared on Aki's field as Mercy's lost their attack.
Horse ATK: 600
Cross ATK: 1100
Rose Token ATK: 800 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/Token/LVL 2 X 2
"I now play my Field Spell! Skeleton Knight Grave!" Halve of Aki's Field Spell disappeared and replaced by a floor of bones on Mercy's side. "Thanks to my Field Spell, Skeleton Knight's can't be targeted with card effects nor can they be banished! Also my Monster gains 300 attack and defence!"
"Nice!" Ran cheered.
"I tune my Cross with Horse-Men!" Horse became green rings as Cross Bower followed.
6+2=8
"Appear Skull knight Cerberus!" A skeleton wearing dark amour emerged with a shield and sword appeared.
Skull Knight Cerberus Synchro/Zombie/Dark/LVL8/ Attack: 3000 Defence: 2500
Skull ATK: 1500
"Skull lost its attack but since Aki's field is full, she can't gain another token!" Ruka cheered.
"And my Monster gains 300 attack and defence!"
Skull ATK: 1800 DEF: 2800
"Now Cerberus, destroy a Rose Token!" Cerberus charged forward and slashed away at the Rose Token.
Aki LP: 4000 – 3000
"Ceberus can attack again if it destroys a Monster! Attack a second one!" Cerberus did just that and that hit made Aki drop to the floor in pain.
Aki LP: 3000 - 2000
"I set one card and end my turn!"
"So… the weak picks on the weak…. it sums up why you didn't make it here, Mercy." Aki replied calmly.
"I didn't make it as I didn't wish to use my powers for the wrong reasons!"
"You and I have the same power.. but it seems you have reversed it to heal people… that power is now wasted."
"It's in the right hands…. everyone here has either been homeless or sent away… we came together but the powers that be wish to use that power as revenge. I can't allow that to happen!"
"Even if you somehow beat me, our goal won't end!"
"At least I'll die trying…"
Turn 3
Aki LP: 2000 Hand: 4
Mercy LP: 4000 Hand: 2
"Die you will! Draw! Since I control a Synchro Monster, Neo Majestic Dragon can be Special Summoned!"
"Damnit!" Mercy thought.
Neo Majestic Dragon ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Light/Dragon/Tuner/LVL 1
"I Synchro Summon! Go Neo Majestic, Rose Token and Moonlight!"
"Here it comes…." Ruka said, worried for her friend.
7+1+2=10
"Here's Arcadia's wrath! Appear Majestic Blue Rose Dragon!" A large dragon with blue feathers appeared. She had a long white tail with sharp white wings. It had a bright white glow and was seen across city.
Majestic Blue Rose Dragon ATK: 3900 DEF: 3000 Dark/Dragon/Synchro/LVL 10
ATK: 1950
"That's Aki's best Monster… Mercy, be careful!" Ran yelled. Mercy wasn't showing any signs of nerves but she knew a great pain was coming. Mercy's field gained a Rose Token.
Rose Token ATK: 800 DEF: 800 Dark/Plant/Token/LVL 2
"Blue Rose! Banish her Spells and Traps! And you can't use anything in response to this!" Majestic lit up the field with its shining wings. Mercy was forced to shield her eyes along with the rest of Arcadia except Divine and Aki. Mercy's cards were all banished.
"Since my Field was banished…. Cerberus loses its gained stats."
Skull ATK: 1500 DEF: 2500
"Let me reduce that by more! Majestic makes Cerberus' attack zero!"
"Mercy!" Ruka yelled.
Skull ATK: 0
"Majestic Blue Rose… show what we do to traitors! Majestic Flash!"
Majestic turned into pure blue energy and fired at Mercy. Mercy looked on with horror as the blast sent her directly into the Black Garden wall, stopping her from falling down the hole in the ground. However the impact was great and Mercy fell right onto her face as she dropped down.
Mercy LP: 4000 – 2050
"MERCY!" Ruka yelled.
"Move or your other friends suffer!" Aki yelled. Majestic fired a warning shot at their feet to stop them.
"Mercy! Answer us!" Ran and Setsuko yelled. Mercy didn't answer; blood was seen coming from her head.
A/N
Thanks to Rom for the text as ever and Royal2 created the Skeleton Knight cards, thanks as well dude. This will be a two-parter double duel!
Royal2 – Thanks dude.
Sakura Matou – There is four more duels after this so not long! Thanks.
Samueljoo – It's possible, will see what I can do for sequel, thanks.
Exelion Heart - Thanks as ever!
OC Cards
Aki
Rose Wall ATK: 100 DEF: 2000 Dark/Plant/LVL 6
Once per turn if this card is sent from your deck to the graveyard, Special Summon this card and then set one Black Garden Field Spell from your deck or graveyard.
Mercy
Skull Knight Cerberus Synchro/Zombie/Dark/LVL8/ Attack: 3000 Defence: 2500 – Maybe by Royal2
1 skull knight turner+1 or more non turner skull knights.
When this card destroys a monster my battle you can have this card attack again. if this card is destroyed you can bring it back you can only use this effect three times a duel.