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COMMUNICATION ROOM – THE BROTHERHOOD HQ – CAPITAL – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARC-V
"We have identified the Duelist who is in possession of Parasite Queen! Everyone other than the Council are to avoid combat against this Duelist at any cost!" Yuno announced to the whole HQ before informing the identity of the Duelist through his Duel Disk that he sent to the entire members of the Brotherhood.
Once Kamui spilled the beans, Yuno immediately returned to the communication room. Gongenzaka and Lechter brought Kamui to his prison cell while Kino brought Sawatari to the medical wing so his wound can be treated.
Yuno struggled not to let out an exasperated sigh. But no one would blame him if he did. Tonight, was a disaster for everyone. They have been caught completely off guard and lost many comrades in the process. And as if that wasn't bad enough, the Duelist possessed by the Parasite Queen was one of the strongest Duelists in the whole Brotherhood. No low-ranking members could stand a chance against him even with numbers. This is something that only himself or the Council could handle.
"Every Council who have received my message, go to the location written there at once! Stop him at once before he causes more casualties!" Yuno gave the order with firm tone, one that won't accept any rejection. Not that they would.
Yuno wanted to go there himself, but he couldn't leave his comrades who were with him at the moment. He must protect them.
He hoped that whoever was going to confront their brainwashed comrade will be able to stop this soon.
MAIN HALL – THE BROTHERHOOD HQ – CAPITAL – CANTIDEL EMPIRE – ARC-V
Neah ordered every member of the Brotherhood he passed by to retreat and that he will deal with their comrade who was controlled by the Parasite Queen. Neah didn't need to ask or read the message from Yuno when Yuno announced for all members except the Council to deal with the Parasite Queen. If everyone else other than the Council was ordered to leave, that means their brainwashed comrade was part of the Council. It's understandable that only the Council (including Yuya and his friends) were the only ones capable of fighting him.
Neah came to a stop when he faced the said brainwashed Council. His usual cheery and confident disposition was replaced with so out of character evil grin coupled with a murderous gaze that would shake normal people to the core.
"That face doesn't suit you, Jonouchi-kun." Neah told his brainwashed comrade.
"Heh, so my opponent this time is you, Old Man? Bring it on! I had enough with these small fries!" Jonouchi said with a malicious grin, referring to the Brotherhood members around him who were close to death, barely able to move. Neah frowned at that.
"I don't need to remind you this, but you do remember that never once you're able to defeat me." Neah said, knowing full well it'll provoke the current Red-Eyes user.
"I'm not the same as before! I have a new power now! I am 10 times stronger than before! This time, I'll kick your sorry ass for sure, Old Man!" Jonouchi declared arrogantly, which only made Neah shook his head disapprovingly.
"You need to watch your language, Jonouchi-kun." Neah scolded, not the slightest bit offended by the insult.
"Shut up! Let's start and get this over with!" Jonouchi said, activating his Duel Disk. Neah also did the same, beginning the Duel.
[[MASTER DUEL!]]
"I'm taking the first Turn! I activate Magic Card: Fusion! I fuse my 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand to Fusion Summon!" Neah activated Fusion from his hand, forming a Fusion vortex with three Blue-Eyes White Dragon all entered into the swirling vortex as their entire being became one entity.
"Fusion Summon! Appear! Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (ATK: 4500/DEF: 3800)!" Neah summoned three-headed Blue-Eyes in Attack Position in the Main Zone.
"I set one card and end my Turn!" Neah set a card, leaving his hand empty.
"Summoning one of your strongest Blue-Eyes right off the bat. You do want to end this quickly, aren't you, Old Man?" Jonouchi sneered, staring at the Fusion Monster with amusement.
"I'll show you that your dragon is nothing against my new Deck!" Jonouchi stated, beginning his Turn.
"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Thunder Bolt! I can destroy all monsters my opponent controls!" Jonouchi activated his Magic Card, summoning an enormous bolt of lightning at Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Neah, however, has already anticipated that.
"Trap Card: Dark Sacrifice! When my opponent activates a Spell or Trap Card that will destroy a monster on the Field, I can send one Level 3 or lower DARK Monster from my Deck to the Graveyard to negate the effect!" Neah sent Saggi the Dark Clown from his Deck to the Graveyard and formed a barrier that protected his Blue-Eyes from the destructive bolt. Jonouchi clicked his tongue at the move, but proceed with his Turn.
"I summon Wyvern Warrior (ATK: 1500 / DEF: 1200 / LV: 4) from my hand!" Jonouchi summoned Wyvern Warrior in Attack Position in the Main Zone.
"I set 2 cards and end my Turn!" Jonouchi concluded his Turn.
"My Turn! Battle! I attack Wyvern Warrior with Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Neah declared Battle Phase. All three heads of Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon opened, each shooting a stream of energy blast towards Wyvern Warrior.
"Trap Card: Time Chain! I negate the destruction of Wyvern Warrior!" Jonouchi immediately opened his first Face Down Card, protecting Wyvern Warrior with chain-made shield from the destructive blast. However, Jonouchi still received damage from the attack.
JONOUCHI LP: 4000 = 1000
Btu this damage didn't bother Jonouchi so much. If it was, he wouldn't be grinning.
"I addition, both Wyvern Warrior and Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon are treated as if they are not face-up on the field until my 2nd Standby Phase after the cards activation!" Jonouchi added. Both Wyvern Warrior and Blue-Eyes went face-down, leaving Jonouchi and Neah's Field seemingly empty.
"I set a card and end my Turn." Neah concluded.
"My Turn! Draw!" Jonouchi looked at the card he drew and his grin widened the moment he saw Parasite Fusioner in his hand.
"I activate Magic Card: Gambler's Draw! If I draw a Monster Card, then I can draw 2 more cards. If I draw Magic or Trap Card, all cards in my hand is sent to the Graveyard!" Jonouchi drew a card. It revealed Baby Dragon. Since he drew a Monster Card, he drew two more cards, adding more to his hand.
"I summon Baby Dragon (ATK: 1200 / DEF: 700 / LV: 3)!" Jonouchi summoned Baby Dragon in Attack Position in the Main Zone.
"And by banishing a face-up Dragon type monster, I can Special Summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (ATK: 2800 / DEF: 2400 / LV: 10) from my hand!" Jonouchi summoned Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon in Attack Position in the Main Zone, replacing Baby Dragon who was banished.
"I activate Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's effect! Once per Turn, I can Special Summon a Dragon-Type Monster from my hand or Graveyard!" Jonouchi summoned another copy of Baby Dragon from his hand in Attack Position.
"Battle! I attack directly with Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon!" Jonouchi declared Battle Phase. Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon shot a crimson-colored energy stream, blasting Neah several steps behind. Despite the old age, the Blue-Eyes user still has high tolerance of pain, allowing him to regain his balance quickly midair and landed safely on the ground, albeit injured from the attack.
NEAH LP: 4000 = 1200
"Next, I attack with Baby Dragon!" Jonouchi declared his second attack. Baby Dragon blast a fiery breath towards Neah. However, this time, Neah didn't let that attack go through him.
"Trap Card: Raider Shield! When my opponent declared an attack, I can negate the attack and Special Summon Kaiser Blood Vorse (ATK: 1900 / DEF: 1200 / LV: 5) from my hand!" Neah protected himself with fire-proof shield and then summoned Kaiser Blood Vorse in Attack Position.
"I end my Turn." Jonouchi concluded, glaring at the close call.
"My Turn! I attack Baby Dragon with Kaiser Blood Vorse!" Neah declared another Battle Phase. Kaiser Blood Vorse strikes Baby Dragon, swiftly destroying it without any problem. The impact of the attack almost threw Jonouchi back.
JONOUCHI LP: 1000 = 300
"I set a card and end my Turn." Neah finished his Turn.
"That's all, Old Man? You're disappointing me here. I thought you can do better. By ending your Turn just now, you've closed your own fate." Jonouchi chuckled maliciously.
Neah's face remained stoic but honestly, inside, Neah hated seeing Jonouchi doing that. It disgusted him. Still, he knew that Jonouchi wasn't bluffing. He most likely has Parasite Fusioner already in his hand. He must be prepared for the worst. Since it's his second Standby Phase, Jonouchi's Wyvern Warrior was face-up on the Field again.
"My Turn! I activate Magic Card: Red Alert! I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Monster from my hand!" Jonouchi summoned Parasite Fusioner (ATK: 0 / DEF: 0 / LV: 1) in Attack Position from his hand.
"And then I activate Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's effect to summon Baby Dragon!" Jonouchi summoned back Baby Dragon next to Parasite Fusioner.
"When Parasite Fusioner is Special Summoned, I can activate its effect! I can Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck by using monsters in my hand or Field as Fusion materials including this card!" Jonouchi fused Parasite Fusioner and Wyvern Warrior.
"Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 8! Parasite Queen (ATK: 1800 / DEF: 0 / LV: 8)!" Jonouchi summoned Parasite Queen in Attack Position in the Main Zone. Due to Parasite Queen's effect, its ATK increased to 2600.
"I summon another copy of Parasite Fusioner!" Jonouchi summoned another Parasite Fusioner in the Main Zone. Neah had a bad feeling about this, and he was proven correct by Jonouchi's next move.
"I activate Magic Card: Fusion! I fuse Parasite Fusioner and Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon!" Jonouchi sent the two monsters into the Fusion vortex, forming a grotesque black dragon with ten red eyes on several parts of its body and the body itself looked like a rotten corpse with Parasite Fusioner attached itself to its chest.
"Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 10! Red-Eyes Corrosion Dragon (ATK: 4000 / DEF: 2500 / LV: 10)!" Jonouchi summoned his second Fusion Monster in Attack Position in the Main Zone next to Parasite Queen. Due to Parasite Queen's effect, it's ATK decreased to 3200 while Parasite Queen's ATK is increased to 3400.
"Trap Card: Divine Explosion! When my opponent summons more than one Level 7 or higher monsters, I can destroy a card my opponent controls!" Neah opened his Trap Card, destroying Jonouchi's Time Chain, thus, freeing his Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. "Also, I can set a card directly from my Deck and it can be activated at the same Turn!"
"What?!" Jonouchi exclaimed in shock, clearly not expecting this. He gritted his teeth for a second before continuing his attack. It didn't matter. Red-Eyes Corrosion Dragon has superior effects.
"Battle! I attack Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon with Red-Eyes Corrosion Dragon!" Jonouchi declared Battle Phase. Red-Eyes Corrosion Dragon blast out a red-colored acid from its mouth.
"I activate Red-Eyes Corrosion Dragon's effect! During Battle Phase, the ATK of the opposing monster is decreased equal to a Dragon-Type Monster in the Graveyard!" Jonouchi added, lowering Blue-Eyes' ATK equal to Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's ATK, making its current ATK at 1700. Unfortunately, this wasn't enough to take down Neah.
"Trap Card: Enhance Counter! I can negate any Battle Damage I would take and then make one Monster I control gain ATK equal that amount of damage negated plus 500 until the end of this Battle Phase!" Neah opened his face-down card, increasing Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's ATK to 4500. Blue-Eyes blast its own flame towards Red-Eyes in retaliation. The clash caused an explosion, engulfing both dragons.
"I activate Parasite Fusioner's effect! When a monster equipped by Parasite Fusioner is about to be destroyed by Battle or effect, I can destroy it instead!" Jonouchi used Parasite Fusioner, protecting Red-Eyes from being destroyed, restoring Red-Eyes Corrosion's ATK to 4000.
"I activate Red-Eyes Corrosion Dragon's additional effect! When I'm about to receive Battle Damage, I can release a Dragon-Type Monster I control to negate the damage and increase LP equal to the released monster!" Jonouchi released Baby Dragon, negating the damage from Blue-Eyes and recovered a bit of his LP.
JONOUCHI LP: 300 = 1500
"I end my Turn." Neah concluded. Blue-Eyes' ATK reverted to normal.
"Too bad for you, Old Man! Didn't expect for me to survive, didn't you? This time, it's really going to be your last Turn!" Jonouchi sneered. But again, Neah didn't seem perturbed, much to the annoyance of the Red-Eyes user.
"Jonouchi-kun, you never wondered why I didn't try to reason with you in your current state?" Neah suddenly asked, confusing the Red-Eyes user. "It's because I know that it'd be a waste of time. No matter what I say, the Parasite Queen will just take control of you again. And I know even if I defeat you now, it won't free you."
"Then why bother dueling me? Not it matters since you're going down!" Jonouchi retorted.
"It is precisely why I'm stalling our Duel because I've asked for someone who has the power to free you from Parasite Queen." Neah stated.
As Neah made his statement, their Duel Disks made an announcement.
{{BATTLE ROYAL MODE}}
Someone arrived, landing right between them. Jonouchi was taken aback before recognizing the intruder as Sara. Jonouchi realized now. Neah could've saved more of his LP if he just used Raider Shield to stop Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon's attack, but yet he didn't and only used it when Baby Dragon attacked. And then all those closed calls. Because Neah was waiting. He was waiting for Sara. She has Ma'at's blessing. The only thing that could dispel Apophis' dark power.
"I'm sorry for being late, Neah-san!" Sara apologized to the senior Council.
"Considering enemies everywhere, I can understand." Neah replied.
"Let's do this! My Turn!" Sara began her Turn, and then immediately revealing two Pendulum cards.
"With the set Pendulum Scale, I Pendulum Summon!" Sara pendulum summoned Shaddoll – Sephiraroots and Sephira Beast – Nekroz of Flame Master, both in Attack Position in the Main Zone.
"I activate Sephiraroots' effect! I can special summon a Sephira Monster from my Deck!" Sara summoned Sephira Saber – Nekroz of the Sword Master in Attack Position next to Sephiraroots in the Main Zone.
"Appear! The circuit that protects the natural order!" Sara called out to the Link Summoning Circuit.
"Arrowhead confirmed. The summoning condition is two or more Sephira Monsters. I set Sephiraroots, Sephira Beast, and Sephira Saber on the Link Markers! Circuit combined!" Sara set Sephiraroots in the Left Link Marker, Sephira Beast in the Bottom-Right Marker, and Sephira Saber in the Top Marker.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 3! Sephira Raphael (ATK: 2000 / LINK: 3 / LM: Left, Bottom-Right, Top)!" Sara summoned white-colored armored knight monster with four mechanical wings and a red-colored spear in Attack Position in the Main Zone.
"I activate Sephira Raphael's effect! When this card is Link Summoned, I can Special Summon a face-up Level 5 or lower Sephira Monster from my Extra Deck!" Sara summoned Sephiraroots in Attack Position at the zone pointed by Sephira Raphael's Bottom-Right Arrow.
"I activate Sephira Raphael's first effect! When this card points a Monster, I can add a Monster with equal Level to the pointed Monster!" Sara added a Level 4 Monster from his Deck to his hand.
"Appear once more!" Sara once again called out to the Link Summoning Circuit, setting Sephira Raphael and Sephiraroots to the Link Markers.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 3! Sephira Metatron (ATK: 2500 / LINK: 3 / LM: Bottom-Left, Bottom, Bottom-Right)!" Sara summoned her ace Monster in Attack Position in the Link Monster Zone.
"I activate second Raphael's effect! When this card leaves the Field, I can destroy a Special Summoned monster my opponent controls!" Sara pointed at Parasite Queen. Raphael's spear came out right above Parasite Queen. Following Sara's cue, it went straight down at the Fusion Monster.
"I activate Parasite Fusioner's effect! I can negate destruction by destroying Parasite Fusioner instead!" Jonouchi detached Parasite Fusioner from Parasite Queen, taking the brunt of the spear before it could stab Parasite Queen whose ATK lowered to 1800 as there was no more Parasite Fusioner.
"Hah! There goes your last hope of destroying my Parasite Queen! There's nothing you can do now with that feeble Monster of yours!" Jonouchi mocked the Sephira user.
"But now you don't have any Parasite Fusioner left on the Field to protect your monsters." Sara smiled confidently in return, irritating Red-Eyes user.
"I activate Sephira Metatron's second effect! Once per Turn, I can target one monster on each player's Field that was Special Summoned from Extra Deck and banish them until the End Phase!" Sara pointed at Neah's Blue-Eyes and Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Corrosion. Sephira Metatron raised its blade, summoning strikes of lightning that shock and destroyed the two dragons without a single trace.
"What?!" Jonouchi was dumbstrucked while Neah smiled proudly.
"Next, I activate Sephira Rydia (ATK: 1000 / DEF: 1000 / LV: 4)'s effect! I can equip this card and increase the ATK of Sephira Monster I control by 800!" Sara used the card she added via Raphael's effect, increasing Sephira Metatron's ATK to 3300.
"Impossible!" Jonouchi paled. He didn't have anything to protect himself.
"Battle! I attack Parasite Queen with Sephira Metatron!" Sara declared Battle Phase. Sephira Metatron twirled its blade before charging at Parasite Queen. The Link Monster mercilessly slashed the insect monster's abdomen, and then stabbed it through its neck before slashing it into two. The insect Fusion Monster cried out as its body exploded to bits, sending Jonouchi sprawling backwards with his LP completely depleted.
JONOUCHI LP: 1300 = 0
Unexpectedly to Sara, the impact caused Jonouchi to hit the tree behind, right on his front body. Sara and Neah could hear a wince coming from the Red-Eyes user as he finally hit the ground, letting out another groan of pain. Sara and Neah approached their fallen comrade. The Parasite Fusioner card next to him slowly dissipating into nothingness.
"For a second I thought you're gonna French fried me..." Jonouchi said while rubbing his pained face.
"It's not that bad, right?" Sara said sheepishly.
"Well, better than being controlled by that disgusting insect at least." Jonouchi slowly sat up, helped by Sara and Neah.
"Since Parasite Queen is no more, this should free the others from the Parasite's control." Neah said, trying to contact Yuno to check on their other brainwashed comrades.
A strong earthquake followed by loud roar shocked the three Duelists. Their bodies were shaking to the core as the earthquake and the roar grew stronger. Before they could comprehend what happened, their attention quickly shifted to the dark sky, and what they saw left them speechless.
It was a dark black dragon.
NEXT CHAPTER PREVIEW:
The Demonic Ritual – Geist appears before Yuya and Celica with the intent of following his original plan to undo the seal that restrict Apophis' power by sacrificing Celica. Geist begins a duel against Yuya and Celica who are unaware of Geist's hidden scheme.
In case you haven't noticed before, I've decided to switch the order of the chapters. The chapter when Yuya and Celica duels Geist is switched with this one, because chapter 12-13 would be...'surprising' is all I can say. And I thought it's better to finish the whole Parasite duels first. You'll know later :D
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