Chapter 13: A Treasonous Decision

Dimensional travel would never not make Yuri slightly queasy, although, he didn't let it show. The small group was deposited in the frontline base of the Xyz Invasion, where they were greeted by some Ra Yellow students, who took them to the bridge where they were informed about the energy spike. Yuri, eager to start the mission, if only to try to escape later, and suggested to the Sisters that they should take the left flank while he takes the right of the location that they believed to be the resistance holdout's location. They agreed, thankfully, and they set out.

It was a rather long walk, the highest in command there, a man whom Yuri couldn't catch the name of, but he was seemingly obsessed with time, rejecting their request for a vehicle. They could soon see a wooden structure up ahead, the clear sign that they were in the right place being the massive trench that had been carved through the earth. They then split up, with Yuri managing to disable the tracker on his duel disk, like he'd practiced, as with what he was planning to do would usually set off an alarm sending reinforcements their way. He walked to an entrance that was out of sight from the Sisters, and took off his duel disk, removing his deck and extra deck and he even removed the jacket and cape that he had grown so accustomed to. He then managed to get a fire started a small distance away, flicking the jacket and duel disk on to it. The electricity sparking through the fire would probably confuse the Sisters, which he was hoping would happen, and then he went and knocked on the door, and he heard the frantic shuffling of feet behind the door, even a duel disk activating. "Who's there?" a voice called out, "We will come out and card you if you do not respond!"

"Please, calm down," Yuri said, making sure that his voice wasn't so loud that the Sisters could hear, "I am a former Duel Academy student, and I am here to tell you that the Tyler Sisters are about to attack this place. I have destroyed my duel disk, so there is no need to worry about me lying here. I only request that I be let in so I can help defend this place from the two most powerful enforcers of the place I once shamefully called home."

He heard some more shuffling behind the door, and the door opened a crack, Yuri putting his hands up in surrender. "And why should I trust you?" a magenta eye, framed by scars appeared, his voice hesitant,

"Would you rather card me then be utterly destroyed by the Sisters I know you fear?"

The head the eye belonged to turned, and Yuri heard some whispers, but couldn't make out anything being said. The eye soon reappeared, before cautiously opening the door. Yuri could now see the person it belonged to, being a rather gaunt man, yellow and brown hair framing his face.

"If you try anything…" The man started,

"I won't. I swear on my honour." Yuri interrupted, knowing exactly what would have been said next,

"Very well, come on in." And with that, Yuri was invited into the building. Once inside, he saw about a dozen duellists, none of whom he recognised, all dressed in the rather drab attire of the Xyz remnants, along with a few dozen civilians, all of which looking onto him with fear and confusion. He was quickly led out of that room to a side chamber where he saw two people he did recognise: His doppelgangers from Standard and Synchro. When they saw him, they jumped up, a look of rage on the Synchro Duellist's face, and a look of confusion on his Standard doppelganger's face. "YOU!" All three shouted at once.

Yuya couldn't believe what he was seeing. Although he had near no recollection of the duel against Yugo, he could tell who it was, based on the fact that the boy standing in front of them looked just like them, and he already knew where the rest of the non-Fusion counterparts of his were. "Yuri, is it?" He asked,

"Yes, what?" the Fusion boy roughly replied,

"What are you doing here, aren't you Duel Academy's ace?"

"I've defected. I'm on your side now."

"I find that hard to believe after you kidnapped Rin!" Yugo interjected,

"Kidnapped? I didn't!" Yuri replied, astounded,

"Then why did I see you teleport away with her!"

"She saw me on a stroll and asked to see the Fusion dimension after she learnt about it, although when we got there, the Professor's goons nabbed her."

"Likely story." Yugo noted sarcastically,

"I assure you, I only slightly abridged the story, but if you could ask her, I'm sure she'll agree!" The Fusion Duellist argued back,

Yuto, who had been observing this whole argument from Yuya's eyes, decided to take over his Standard counterpart's body and yelled "SHUT UP! I know that Yuri has allegedly done many unsavoury things, including the alleged kidnapping of both Rin and Lulu, but hear him out damn it!"

"Yuya?" Yugo asked, not sure why Yuya's voice had changed,

"No, I'm Yuto. Long story short, my body disappeared, and now my spirit resides in Yuya's body. Now, I know that I am mad at Yuri, as he was apparently seen with Lulu right before she was kidnapped, but if he's claiming not to, and his disposition does seem rather un-kidnapper-like, we are at an impasse. He also claims that the Tyler Sisters are about to attack, and I don't think you know, but they single-handedly dismantled the Clover Branch of the resistance, of which many very strong duellists were members."

"Gee, they sound tough." The Synchro Duellist mused,

"They are," Yuri told him, "I was supposed to be part of the attack, but I took an opportunity to defect and be on the side I want to win."

"Well, I guess we just have to wait and see," Yuya said, now back in control of his body, "We should get ready. I doubt they will be able to stand up against us, the three, or four depending on how you look at it, users of some of the most powerful dragon monsters of our respective summoning mechanics!"

"Yeah!" The other boys agreed, Yugo willing to work alongside Yuri, only if for the reason that it might get him closer to rescuing Rin. At that moment, they heard a massive explosion, fragments of wood flying into the room.

"It's them!" A resistance member yelled out, every duellist in the building getting ready to duel. The boys rushed towards the noise, Yuya handing Yuri a spare duel disk. When they got out of the building, they saw a small rain of cards, the ones that faced them showing the faces of scared or horrified duellists and civilians. Once the rain of cards cleared up, they saw two women standing there, a massive smirk on the face of the blonde haired one.

"So, you must be Lancers," She started, "It is a shame to see that the Professor was right about you being a turncoat, Yuri."

"I have made my decision, and I stand by it." Yuri replied,

"Then we'll just have to card you like the rest of them. Isn't that right Grace?" She asked her sister,

"Totes! This will be so much fun Gloria!" Grace excitedly said,

"We'll take you all on in a tag duel. I mean, it isn't like it will be much of a challenge. We've duelled dozens at once and beat them all flawlessly!"

"Very well," The boys stated, strangely at the same time, a bright light emerging from Yuya's pendant. When it cleared, the three boys were joined by another, whom Yuya and Yugo recognised, but couldn't vocalise their surprise at Yuto being separate from Yuya.

"LET'S DUEL!" All the participants yelled, starting the duel and spreading the Action Field of Crossover.

Tyler Sisters: 4000 LP

Yu-Boys: 4000 LP

Turn 1: Gloria

"I'll make the first move, and activate Polymerization to fuse my Amazoness Queen with my Amazoness Spy! When the queen of the jungle gains the insight of her most trusted spy, watch as she grows her queendom into an EMPIRE! I Fusion Summon, Amazoness Empress!" Gloria chanted, summoning her ace monster, who readied her weapon, missing only the physical throne that goes with her title.

Amazoness Empress: Level 8, 2800 ATK

"2 face downs passes the turn to the guy in white!" She called, allowing Yugo to take the Yu-boys' first turn.

Turn 2: Yugo

"I draw, and since you control a monster and I don't Speedroid Terrortop is able to be summoned to my field, and since I control a WIND monster, I can summon my Speedroid Taketonborg automatically! I then normal summon my Red-Eyed Dice!" Yugo summoned a veritable smorgasbord of monsters, but they didn't stay long, "I tune my Red-Eyed Dice with Terrortop and Taketonborg! Beat your wings to whip up a whirlwind of destruction! I Synchro Summon, level 7, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" Yugo's ace monster appeared on his field, spreading its wings, causing the small breeze to pick up speed.

Clear Wing Synchro Dragon: Level 7, 2500 ATK

"I play a facedown to end my turn!"

Turn 3: Grace

"I will activate the card I just drew: Fusion Recovery!" Grace called, starting her first turn, "This card allows me to return the Polymerization and Amazoness Spy in Gloria and my graveyard to my hand! I then activate Polymerization to fuse Amazoness Pet Tiger with Amazoness Spy! The queen of the jungle's pet has decided to evolve! I Fusion Summon, my Amazoness Pet Liger!" A yellow tiger-like creature emerged from the portal, roaring as it took its place by the Empress on the sister's field.

Amazoness Pet Liger: Level 7, 2500 ATK

"I now activate my Amazoness Pet's Gift," Gloria declared, activating her first facedown, "With this trap, when an 'Amazoness Pet' monster is summoned, we gain life points equal to its attack and defence points combined! This means we gain 4900 life points!"

Tyler Sisters: 4000 LP - 8900 LP

"What?" Yugo asked, all the boys astounded by the life point count of their opponents,

"And with that, I end my turn, also with a face down! Guy who appeared, you're up!"

Turn 4: Yuto

"Gladly! I draw and play two cards face down! Since there are no traps in my graveyard, I'm allowed to activate my The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine this turn!" Yuto said, activating the cards he set, but similar to Yugo, he didn't keep them around for long, "Then, I overlay my monsters! Cloaked in shadows and relentless in its objective. I call upon the most dangerous of dragons! I Xyz Summon! Rise, rank 4, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Yuto's ace exited the portal, and as it and Clear Wing roared, the Yu-boys all felt a burning sensation, that they hadn't felt since Yuya and Yugo's duel.

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: Rank 4, 2500 ATK, 2 ORU

"I play 3 more face downs and end my turn!" The Xyz Duellist said, passing the turn back to Gloria.

Turn 5: Gloria

"I draw and simply play another face down, as I'm unable to attack." The first Amazoness duellist sighed.

Turn 6: Yuri

"Well, if you're done, I draw, and I now summon my Predaplant Othyus Scorpio, and by discarding my Predaplant Moray Nepenthes, my Darlington Cobra can join my field, then search out my Polymerization, which I activate! Petals of adversity, combine together to create the perfect botanical picture! I Fusion Summon, the vicious, venomous and voracious, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" It was Yuri's dragon's turn to emerge, and the burning sensation got worse, the three dragons roaring.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon: Level 8, 2800 ATK

"Make your last turn." The boys declared, now speaking perfectly synchronised,

Turn 7: Grace

"Like my sis, I'll just play a face down! Good luck!" Grace laughed, playing a card in her hand.

Turn 8: Yuya

"We don't need luck," the boys declared, "We draw! By setting scale 1 Pendulum Recovery Magician and scale 8 Pendulum Destruction Magician, we are allowed to pendulum summon monsters from levels 2 through 7, all at once! You're finished! We Pendulum summon Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" as the portal opened, Yuya's ace now appeared, worsening the burning sensation even more, but none of the boys cared now.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: Level 7, 2500 ATK

"We activate Starving Venom's effect. This allows us to negate your Empress' effects and steal them for ourselves! Digestion Destruction!" Amazoness Empress was soon encased in vines as its strength started to be stripped away.

"I activate Amazoness Rule! This makes it so that my Empress can't be targeted by my opponent's card effects this turn!" Gloria hastily declared,

"Not if I activate my Phantom Knight's Fog Blade in response! This will permanently negate your Empress' effects! The only catch is that we can't attack it, but it also can't attack!"

"Amazoness Welfare!" Grace chained, "This gives us life points equal to the attack points of the monsters on your field!"

"Speedroid Hype Up! This negates your trap as long as we banish one 'Speedroid' monster from our graveyard!" Banishing Terrortop to activate the effect, the trap that Grace had activated was greyed out, but it wasn't alone, "We also activate Phantom Knights Knightmare! By banishing a 'Phantom Knights' card from our hand, field, graveyard or even deck, we can ignore one condition of a 'Phantom Knights' trap this turn. We will be able to attack your Empress."

The Tyler Sisters paled at this. Not only could their monsters be destroyed this turn, they had no response if attacks were declared. Their only saving grace was that they had so many life points it almost didn't matter.

"We now activate Phantom Knight's Gift. This allows us to double the attack of a monster you control. We double your Pet Liger's!"

Now confused, the Sisters were still rather pleased that their monster gained attack points.

Pet Liger: 2500 ATK - 5000 ATK

"If you are still confused, allow us to lift it. We doubled your monster's attack to benefit us! By using Dark Rebellion's overlay units, one level 5 or higher monster our opponents' control has its attack points quartered, then Dark Rebellion gains those attack points! Treason Discharge!" Magenta lightning emerged from Yuto's dragon's wings as it absorbed its overlay units, wrapping around Pet Liger, reducing its attack points to a half of its original.

Pet Liger: 2500 ATK - 1250 ATK

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: 2500 ATK - 6250 ATK, 2 ORU - 0 ORU

"Now our Recovery Magician's pendulum ability activates, allowing us to banish Polymerization to add a card of the same name from our deck to our hand, but we add our Odd-Eyes Integration which is always treated as Polymerization instead! We then activate it! We can fuse our monsters together, which allows us to Fusion Summon! Dragons of Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Pendulum, come together to create the true power of the multiverse! Reveal yourself! We summon Supreme King Z-ARC!" A monster the size of the sun in the sky appeared, black but with green highlights of energy on it, "The monster summoned through Odd-Eyes Integration gains the attack points of its fusion material!" The massive dragon roared as it absorbed the strength of its materials.

Supreme King Z-ARC: Level 12 (Rank 12), 4000 ATK - 18,050 ATK

Seeing a whole new dragon, the Tyler Sisters blanched even more. They had trap cards that could help, sure, but when a massive dragon with over 10000 attack points is staring you down with eyes that are as red as blood, all rational thought ceases.

"We attack your Pet Liger! Supreme Destruction!" A massive red beam emerged from the dragon's mouth, quickly annihilating the liger, but Gloria and Grace were on the move, looking for the action cards that they'd heard about.

"I activate Damage Banish!" Grace called, picking up an action card,

"No, you don't. While we are on the field, excluding your normal draw, you can't add cards to your hand! Now DIE!" Bolts of lightning flew out, destroying the action cards that the Sisters had managed to get, the beam of energy speeding up and hit the ground, drilling through the crust of the earth. Caught in the blast, Gloria and Grace were sent flying, unable to even scream in pain from the burns they had suffered, landing with a startling crunch.

Tyler Sisters: 8900 LP - 0 LP

Yu-boys win!

As the duel concluded, the dragon that was on the field hadn't disappeared, worrying the resistance members. "Now we shall become one, once and for all!" The boys declared, two cards ejecting from Yuya's deck, "I recombine my Timegazer Magician and Stargazer Magician, to allow my most faithful servant to be revived in his full…" They were cut off by voice yelling out from the distance:

"D/D/D Doom King Armageddon get them!" A purple laser shot towards the boys, hitting Yuya's duel disk, causing it to splutter as it deactivated,

"Huh?" The boys grunted, turning around, "Who dares interrupt my resurrection?"

Emerging from the shadows was a young man with silver hair, purple eyes and a red scarf flapping in the wind, Declan Akaba. "Let go of those boys. They haven't done anything to deserve this!" He called out,

"What do you mean they've done nothing? They are my reincarnations! And through the power of my Sorcerer, once I fully revive him, they shall be merged into one. Into ME! ZARC!" The boys intoned,

"Well, I'll have to stop you. Moon Shadow," Declan said, calling the ninja to his side, "Make sure those girls are alive, then restrain them."

"Certainly." Moon Shadow swiftly moved over to the bodies of Grace and Gloria, found that they had survived, removed their duel disks, then took them to be held somewhere else.

"Well," a different voice rang out, "Starting the party without me?" A man who Declan hadn't seen since the first round of the Friendship Cup walked out from around a corner, Ren, a massive dark aura coming off him. "The boys will stay there. You want to stop them? Well, first you have to stop me." He readied his duel disk, Declan doing the same.

"Let's duel!"

Next Chapter Preview: Following the disastrous duel against the Tyler Sisters, Ren reappears and challenges Declan to a duel. Will Declan's D/D/D monsters be able to triumph against Ren's monstrous Xyz Dragons? Only time will tell.

Custom Cards:

Amazoness Pet's Gift

Continuous Trap Card

If an 'Amazoness Pet' monster(s) is summoned to your field: Gain LP equal to the combined ATK and DEF of that monster(s).

Pendulum Recovery Magician

DARK

Level 4

Pendulum Scale: 1

Spellcaster, Pendulum, Normal

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: You can banish one card from your GY; add one card with the same name from your deck to your hand.

Flavour Text: A magician well versed in the art of restoring those that have fallen. He often comes into conflict with his antithesis, 'Pendulum Destruction Magician'. It is said that their battles effectively stalemate, with the numbers of either army being equal both at the start and end of the battle, due to his abilities.

0 ATK/1800 DEF

Pendulum Destruction Magician

DARK

Level 4

Pendulum Scale: 8

Spellcaster, Pendulum, Normal

Pendulum Effect: To be revealed

Flavour Text: A magician who has mastered the most destructive arts, slaying foes in the dozens at once. His antithesis, 'Pendulum Recovery Magician', is also his rival, every soul he takes from his opponent's army only replaced, along with his own army's lives. It is said that the battle will only end when both have fallen, as is the will of the arcana they control.

Amazoness Welfare

Trap Card

Gain LP equal to the ATK of all monsters your opponent controls.

Speedroid Hype-Up

Counter Trap Card

When your opponent activates a spell, trap or monster effect; you can banish one 'Speedroid' monster from your GY, and if you do: negate the activation and destroy that card.

Phantom Knight's Knightmare

Normal Trap Card

Target one monster your opponent controls that has a 'Phantom Knight's' Continuous Trap equipped to it and banish one 'Phantom Knight's' monster from your hand, field, GY or deck: Any effects that Continuous Trap has that would affect you do not this turn, also you cannot summon/set cards with the same original name as the monster banished for this effect, nor activate their effects.

Phantom Knight's Gift

Normal Trap Card

If there is a face-up 'Phantom Knight's' card on the field, you can target one level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls: Its ATK becomes double its original ATK until the end of the turn.

Odd-Eyes Integration

Normal Spell Card

(This card is always treated as 'Polymerization')

Banish the fusion material listed on a Fusion monster from your field or GY: Special summon that Fusion monster, ignoring its summoning conditions. A monster summoned this way gains ATK equal to the ATK of the monsters banished to activate this effect. You cannot attack with other monsters this turn.

Hey everyone, and welcome to the end of the chapter. I hope you all enjoyed this week's chapter, in which Yuri defected and the Yu-Boys fought the Tyler Sisters, and summoned one very big dragon, then Declan reappears and is challenged by Ren to a duel. Now to answer a potential question, no, Supreme King Z-ARC won't be in anyone's extra deck until Zarc reunites, that is IF he reunites. The card only appeared due to the combined will of 4 of Zarc's fragments being in such close proximity to each other, and summoning their respective dragons. This is purely a one-off event that has occurred, and likely won't again. Now, to answer the question I received:

Aquatic Dragon – Thank you for reviewing yet again, it is always great to see your reviews, now, about Zarc and the Chaos Number: If you look back at ZEXAL, all the 'evolved' Numbers (excluding Utopia Roots, but that's more of a de-evolution) are Chaos Numbers. Even Utopia Ray, the only 'evolved' Number to be the same rank as its predecessor (as far as I recall), is a Chaos Number. I also have a slight theory that the reason they are called 'Chaos Numbers' is because of the Chaos energy that ZEXAL uses as a concept influencing a Number, and why wouldn't Zarc's Chaos energy be at least at the level of the only person never to summon his Chaos Number's original form, Don Thousand? Anyway, slight tangent aside, I also liked your review about Yugo having the ruthlessness of Zarc, but I'm afraid that missed the mark a bit. Great bit of dialogue in the review though.

Next chapter is one of my favourite ones that I've written so far, as we finally get to see Declan duel in this story. I hope you all continue to enjoy the story, and I'll see you all next week for Declan vs Ren! – NightWingBOI