Chapter 47: A Challenge Against a God?


Where We Left Off: Z-ARC has defeated Crow Hogan and Sylvio Sawatari and revealed a whole new terrifying monster, Supreme King's Queen R-AY. Leo Akaba steps up in an attempt to right his previous wrongs and take down Z-ARC. Will he succeed, or will he join the now nearly dozen large pile of defeats?

Z-ARC has 8200 LP and controls two Supreme King Servant Darkwurms, Himself and Supreme King's Queen R-AY, along with his Supreme King Gates. He has six cards in his hand and no face-downs.

Supreme King Servant Darkwurm: Level 4, 1800 ATK (x2)

Supreme King's Queen R-AY: Level/Rank 12/LINK-5, 4000 ATK, Bottom, Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Left, Right arrows.

Supreme King Z-ARC: Level/Rank 12/LINK-6, 4500 ATK, Up, Left, Right, Down, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right arrows.

Leo has 4000 LP and five cards in his hand. He controls nothing.

It is still Z-ARC's turn.


"You will fall now, Z-ARC!" Leo shouted at the large dragon in front of him, the opening hand he'd stacked the deck for in his grasp. A small part of his mind was slightly concerned that he'd rip the cards in his hand and thus not be able to defeat the demon that he faced, but the greater part of him didn't realise the force behind his iron grip.

"Ah, My dear father-in-law! Come to claim revenge for what Ray did, are we? I'll give you a news flash, old man. You could never defeat a God." Z-ARC laughed,

"And you say that with a twisted facsimile of my daughter next to you. Come on, Z-ARC. We both know that I'm the one that'll walk out of this encounter; that I'm right. Especially when I bear down upon you the very weapons that defeated you last time!"

"You? Right? I've never heard a better joke. Sure, I may have killed some people, but you were willing to sacrifice millions, if not billions to fuel a selfish desire. I'm sure it has been pointed out to you before, but you are the reason I stand before you now. Your plan to reunite Ray's fragments, to disrupt the status quo. I genuinely thank you for your contribution to My resurrection." Leo let out a small grunt at Z-ARC saying what he already knew.

"Enough chit-chat. It's time for me to end you, here and now!" Leo shouted,

"Very well. It was still My turn, last I checked, so let's continue!" Z-ARC's draconic face let out a smirk as he moved a few cards.

Turn 23: Z-ARC

"I set three cards and end my turn." Z-ARC said calmly, Leo gritting his teeth slightly at Z-ARC's indifference.

Turn 24: Leo Akaba

"It's my turn, and I draw!" Leo called out, but Z-ARC unleashed a dark chuckle,

"During the standby phase, I activate the trap card Supreme Disdain. For every 'Supreme King' card I control, and that's six, I can forcibly discard one card of my choice from your hand, and then you take 300 damage for each. But where's the fun in letting you even get a single Main Phase?"

"W-What do you mean?!" Leo asked incredulously,

"Trap card, Supreme Devastation activates. This allows me to target one other 'Supreme' card I control, and this turn, any damage inflicted by that card or its effects deals triple damage!"

"No!" Leo cried as the six cards in his hand drifted up, revealing themselves as Spirit Collapse, a Spirit Reactor and En Birds, Moon, Flowers and Wind. An arc of red lightening shot out, destroying the cards, and Leo collapsed to his knees as the damage hit him, and then he heard a small explosion as the balcony he was on started to fall.

"Finally! I WIN!" Z-ARC laughed as Leo fell through the sky, but a mechanical voice denied Z-ARC of his pleasure.

"Intrusion Detected."

"WHAT?!" Z-ARC screeched as a deft hand caught Leo out of the air,

"Z-ARC, you may have defeated most of my Lancers, defeated my father, but I, Declan Akaba will defeat you. Especially since you've now revealed most of your hand, so to speak." Declan announced as he heaved his father onto the ledge where he was standing before jumping down to be on a rooftop opposing Z-ARC.

Leo Akaba: 4000 LP - 0 LP

Declan Akaba: 4000 LP

"And since my father just lost, it is my turn." Declan cooly said, drawing his cards.

Turn 25: Declan Akaba

"Behold what I am capable of as the reinventor of the mechanics! I Draw! I activate a quartet of spells that shall end you right here! D/D/D Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Link!"

"Ooo! Going to summon a whole bunch of monsters and let Me dismantle them?"

"That I will not. D/D/D Link activates first. I summon a D/D/D Doom King Armageddon from my hand, and immediately use these two cards to Link Summon, them both acting as the whole material! Blue King of code, arise to defeat this usurper! I Link Summon! LINK-4 D/D/D Super Doom King Blue Armageddon! Next, D/D/D Synchro. This summons the Doom King Armageddon in my Extra Deck and then allows me to Synchro Summon treating D/D/D Synchro as a level two tuner.

"White King of transience, arise to show your might! I Synchro Summon. Level 10, D/D/D Super Doom King Bright Armageddon. And now D/D/D Fusion! Again, this summons back Doom King Armageddon, and in return I can Fusion Summon using only these cards. Purple King of tyranny, arise and showcase true terror! I Fusion Summon, D/D/D Super Doom King Purple Armageddon. And finally, D/D/D Xyz. This summons Doom King Armageddon from my extra deck and then I can Xyz Summon using only the one Doom King Armageddon and this card. Black King of power, show your iron fist! I Xyz Summon, Rank 8, D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon!"

D/D/D Super Doom King Bright Armageddon: Level 10, 3500 ATK

D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon: Rank 8, 3500 ATK, 2 ORU

D/D/D Super Doom King Purple Armageddon: Level 10, 3500 ATK

D/D/D Super Doom King Blue Armageddon: LINK-4, 3500 ATK, All Bottom Arrows and Top Arrow

"So you think four measly monarchs can stand up to the God I am? I activate an effect in my Extra Deck. If my opponent Link Summons while I control Myself, I can tribute two Darkwurms to summon this monster. Kin with a powerful tail, annihilate this fool! I Link Summon! LINK-4 Supreme King Servant Corrupting Tail!" Z-ARC chanted as the ironically corrupted Link Dragon emerged,

"Upon Corrupting Tail's summon, Bright Armageddon activates its effect! You must now select one Pendulum Monster you control and until you summon again, that is the only monster who's effects are applied and that you can activate." Declan declared, a smirk now on his face,

"Hah. Since I control Myself, your effect is useless!" Z-ARC laughed,

"Not since this affects you, not your monsters."

"Why you! I select Myself, obviously." Z-ARC growled as the rest of his monsters became encased in grey light,

"Before I continue, Z-ARC, may I just ask why are you so hypocritic?"

"What do you mean?"

"You claim to love Ray, she even has a form that you've supposedly sacrificed part of your soul for, so why do you despise myself and my father? We are you brother- and father-in-law after all." Declan inquired,

"Can you tell Me with full confidence that there are members of certain families that you prefer more than others? Such as preferring Yusho Sakaki over his 'son', My Pendulum fragment?"

"I don't know what you're referring to." Declan's already cold eyes gained another layer of ice,

"But to answer your question, she stood beside Me from the moment we met. Your father however, he was a despicable man even in the Original Dimension. He may have cared for My beloved, and he may have contributed to leaps and bounds in the field of dueling, but don't let that disguise his true intentions. I should know; I worked alongside him.

"A cold man, he was truly the epitome of human greed and arrogance. If I hadn't stepped up to conquer the world in My name, what you've seen him do will seem like child's play compared to what he could do."

"And on what basis do you accuse my father, Z-ARC?"

"The countless research documents that I oversaw. All credited to one 'Leo Akaba' talking of plans to subjugate humanity beneath him and an army of Duel Monsters."

"I find that hard to believe, but can I assume that your fragments, as you call them, will have these memories once we defeat you?"

"What reason would they have to not? But you will never defeat Me!"

"Hm. We'll see about that. I set a card and end my turn." Declan announced.

Turn 26: Z-ARC

"I draw! I attack D/D/D Super Doom King Blue Armageddon! Chaos Burst!" Z-ARC laughed as Declan activated his face-down,

"Continuous Trap, Dark Contract with the Witch activate! This trap gives all 'D/D' and 'D/D/D' monsters I control one thousand attack points during your turn."

"Your monster will still be destroyed!"

"Not by the effect of Purple Armageddon. It prevents Pendulum Monsters I control from being destroyed by battle."

"Hmph. Very well then. I end my turn."

Turn 27: Declan Akaba

"And therefore it is my turn. I draw! I now use the effect of D/D/D Super Doom King Blue Armageddon! This negates the effects of all cards on the field."

"And that includes yours!" Z-ARC laughed with some glee,

"They won't. Bright Armageddon prevents my Pendulum Monsters from having their effects negated. And now I shall battle! D/D/D Super Doom King Blue Armageddon attacks Supreme King Servant Corrupting Tail with Devastation Blast."

"Why you…!" Z-ARC cried as the beam destroyed his monster and he took damage,

Z-ARC: 8200 LP - 7200 LP

"Quick-Play Spell, D/D/D Reasoning activate. This allows me to copy the effect of a 'Dark Contract' that I control, and apply it until the end of this turn. And effects that are turn dependant are always treated as active, so I copy Dark Contract with the Witch. My monsters now gain one thousand attack points. D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon, attack Supreme King's Queen R-AY with Numerous Darkness!"

"Trap card, Supreme Rage activate!" Z-ARC screeched, "I must destroy all monsters I control bar Myself and R-AY, and in return I can summon all my 'Supreme King Servants' from wherever they are and attach two Darkwurms as Overlay Units!"

"But you don't have enough monster zones." Declan pointed out,

"This trap allows Me to treat a spell/trap zone that a Link monster points to as a monster zone, and you cannot activate the effects of your monsters in return, so Bright Armageddon's effect expires! Come forth, My kin! Supreme King Servants Clear Wing, Odd-Eyes, Starving Venom, Corrupting Tail and Dark Rebellion!" Soaring out of the graveyard came all of Z-ARC's key monsters, Declan narrowing his eyes slightly.

Supreme King Servant Clear Wing: Level 8, 2500 ATK

Supreme King Servant Odd-Eyes: Level 8, 2500 ATK

Supreme King Servant Starving Venom: Level 8, 2800 ATK

Supreme King Servant Dark Rebellion: Rank 4, 2500 ATK, 2 ORU

Supreme King Servant Corrupting Tail: LINK-4, 2500 ATK, All Bottom Arrows and Left arrow

"Dark Armageddon, continue your attack." Declan cooly declared,

"You cannot attack Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum or Link monsters except my Servants while I control them." Z-ARC smirked,

"Very well then. Attack Corrupting Tail!" A beam of dark energy was unleashed, and Z-ARC's smirk didn't drop despite his life points taking a hit.

Z-ARC: 7200 LP - 5200 LP

"Attack Clear Wing, Bright Armageddon!"

Z-ARC: 5200 LP - 3200 LP

"And Odd-Eyes, Purple Armageddon!"

Z-ARC: 3200 LP - 1200 LP

Declan's battle phase came to a close, his monster's attack points returning to normal, and Z-ARC let out a booming laugh. "Congratulations. You've come the closest anyone has ever to defeating Me. That was, what? Seven thousand damage? A shame you couldn't finish Me off… For you that is!"

"I end my turn. And as a reminder, my monsters are still stronger than yours, Z-ARC."

"Are they really?" Z-ARC drawled.

Turn 28: Z-ARC

"I draw. You are really short sighted, aren't you? Behold my new power! I activate the effect of Starving Venom, targeting Corrupting Tail. This turn it has Corrupting Tail's effect until the end of this turn. I now also activate my face-down Supreme Requiem giving me the ability to attach two cards from my graveyard as Overlay Units, so Face-Off and Rage become Overlay Units for Dark Rebellion. Next, the spell Supreme Finality. One Xyz monster I control gains one attack for each Overlay Unit it has."

Supreme King Dragon Dark Rebellion: 2 ORU - 4 ORU

"Be grateful that this card prevents Dark Rebellion from dealing damage, but I don't need that. GO! Dark Rebellion attacks all your monsters, using its effect each time! I use four Overlay Units to reduce your monster's attack points to zero and then Dark Rebellion gains those attack points. Then, Starving Venom's effect, granted from Corrupting Tail, activates. It deals Me damage equal to the difference, but due to My Pendulum monsters, I gain those instead!"

"NO!" Declan exclaimed as he braced for impact.

"Decisive Mandible Overload!" Z-ARC screamed as Dark Rebellion unleashed a massive lightening storm, Declan surviving relatively unscathed, but his monsters and Z-ARC even less so, but for differing reasons.

D/D/D Super Doom King Blue Armageddon: 4500 ATK - 0 ATK

D/D/D Super Doom King Bright Armageddon: 4500 ATK - 0 ATK

D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon: 4500 ATK - 0 ATK

D/D/D Super Doom King Purple Armageddon: 4500 ATK - 0 ATK

Supreme King Servant Dark Rebellion: 2500 ATK - 20500 ATK, 4 ORU - 0 ORU

Z-ARC: 1200 LP - 19200 LP

"And now I shall give you the honour of being defeated by Myself." Z-ARC then heard a beep from Declan's duel disk, and the man smiled,

"Go ahead, finish me off. This duel isn't done yet. You said that Ray loves you? Her fragments, as you call them, are ready to talk." Declan said, nursing his side. He may have a broken rib, he wasn't quite sure.

Z-ARC glanced over and he saw four girls all standing ready to duel. "Hello, girls. Don't you recognise Me? I thought I was rather close to you all, after all."

"You aren't the boys we knew." Zuzu shouted, "Yuya wouldn't ever think to call what you're doing entertainment."

"I knew Yuri could be cruel, but it was never like this. Not the true him." Celina remarked,

"Yuto would never be as brutal as you are. You are but a monster with his face!" Lulu declared,

"Yugo may be a dumbass, but he's my dumbass! Give him back!" Rin also shouted,

"Very well then. Engage Me. I'll just finish this fool off." Z-ARC unleashed an energy blast, and the girls activated their duel disks.

"Intrusion Detected." The computer announced as Declan was defeated.

Declan Akaba: 4000 LP - 0 LP

Zuzu Boyle: 4000 LP

Celina: 4000 LP

Lulu Obsidian: 4000 LP

Rin: 4000 LP


Next Chapter Preview: Z-ARC is still going, stronger than ever. What hope will four of the reincarnations of his former lover have against him?


Custom Cards

Supreme Devastation

Normal Trap Card

Target one 'Supreme King' monster you control or one 'Supreme' Spell/Trap that inflicts damage to your opponent; This turn any damage that card inflicts is tripled. You can only have one card affected by 'Supreme Devastation' at one time. If you would apply this effect to another card, the currently effected card is no longer effected by this card.

D/D/D Reasoning

Quick-Play Spell Card

Target one 'Dark Contract' you control; Immediately after this effect resolves, you can activate that card's effect, even if you already have this turn and effects that only apply on your/your opponent's turn are treated as in effect. You can only activate one 'D/D/D Reasoning' per turn.

Supreme Rage (Effect Changed)

Normal Trap Card

Destroy all monsters you control, except 'Z-ARC' and 'R-AY' monsters; Special Summon as many 'Supreme King' monsters as possible of different types (Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, Link) from your hand, Deck, Extra Deck and/or GY, and if you do, attach up to two 'Supreme King' monsters in your GY or face-up in your Extra Deck to an Xyz monster you control as material. You can treat one Spell/Trap Zone a Link monster you control points to as a Monster Zone for this effect. Your opponent cannot activate monster effects in response to the summon(s) made by this card.

Supreme Requiem

Normal Trap Card

Target one 'Supreme King' Xyz monster you control; attach two 'Supreme King' monsters and/or 'Supreme' Spells/Traps from your GY to that monster as material.

Supreme Finality

Normal Spell Card

Target one 'Supreme King' monster and apply the appropriate effect, also for the rest of this turn, your opponent takes no damage from that targeted monster;

If the targeted monster is an Xyz monster: That targeted monster gains one attack for each material attached to it.

If the targeted monster is not an Xyz monster: That targeted monster gains one attack for each minimum material that would be used to Summon it regularly. (Eg: A Synchro monster that requires 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters gains two attacks)

You can only use one 'Supreme Finality' per turn.


And finally, this chapter is out. I'm sorry it took so long to get this out, school has really been kicking my ass these past few weeks, but the good news is that I should have more time to write in the next few weeks, so chapters should be out on schedule now. Thank you all for reading, and I hope you enjoyed it!

To reviews:

BlaiseCandell – Thank you for reviewing again! Yeah, Z-ARC kinda is like that. I hope that this chapter explains some of the reasoning, and R-AY destroying Romantic Terror was entirely coincidental, but looking back at it, it is rather amusing, isn't it. I also thought that I'd base a card of R-AY given her and Z-ARC's relationship in this fic, as I'm fairly sure the reason why it is hardly ever done is because a lot of people don't write them the way I do, I guess?

Phantom Lord – Thank you for reviewing! Favourite is easily Yuto; I love Phantom Knights and Dark Rebellion, and Yuto was just a really cool character I felt, and my least favourite is easily Sora. Idk what, but something about him just really didn't stick with me. I guess I just really didn't like how he especially got off with like no repercussions for what he did. You could make the same argument with like Yuri as well, which I get, but I also think that Yuri is a lot better done as a character, so I'm willing to slightly overlook it for him lol.

Aqua – I'm glad to hear that these don't disappoint! I hope that this didn't either, and I thought, why not improve on what the anime already did with Leo's defeat, so I hope it was enjoyable.

Harold456 – Thank you for reviewing and asking a question, but I do not feel comfortable answering this question, partially because of the ages of the involved characters, even in this fic where they are slightly aged up.

Thank you all for reading and tune in next week (hopefully) for Bracelet Girls vs Z-ARC! – NightWingBOI

P.S. Also, a little teaser, but relatively soon I will be publishing the prologue to another ARC-V story, so stay tuned! This also may be part of the reason this chapter took so long to get done.