Chapter 49: The Final Push?


Where We Left Off: The Bracelet Girls are pushing Z-ARC back! Being able to call out Zarc, they've been able to get Z-ARC to the brink of defeat, but will it be enough to end the threat of the Supreme King Dragon?

Z-ARC currently has 800 LP and only controls Supreme King Z-ARC and Supreme King's Queen R-AY in his pendulum zones. He has 5 cards in his hand.

The Bracelet Girls all have 4000 LP each, except for Zuzu who has 2000 LP, and control the following monsters:

Sonata the Melodious Diva: Level 3, 1700 ATK

Mozarta the Melodious Maestra: Level 8, 3100 ATK

Lunalight Sabre Dancer: Level 9, 4200 ATK

Lunalight Leo Dancer: Level 10, 3500 ATK

Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale: Rank 1, 1000 ATK, 4 ORU

Lyrilusc – Recital Starling: Rank 1, 0 ATK, 1 ORU

Windwitch – Winter Bell: Level 7, 2400 ATK

Zuzu has 2 cards in her hand, Celina has no cards in hand, Lulu has one card in hand and Rin has 4 cards in hand.

It is now Z-ARC's turn.


"I end my turn. Take your last turn, Z-ARC!" Rin called out, all the girls monsters glaring at the self-fashioned Supreme King.

"Heheheh. Finally. That will be your final mistake! I draw!" Z-ARC shouted, pulling the top card off his deck.

Turn 33: Z-ARC

"I activate the spell Supreme Summoning. This spell allows Me to summon a monster from my Extra Deck, so long as they are face-up, and I half My life points. I summon a Supreme King Servant Darkwurm. Now, I activate My own effect. I tribute one 'Supreme King' monster to summon Myself, ignoring summoning conditions. So watch My return once again!" Z-ARC laughed as a Darkwurm appeared, but his draconic form's eyes immediately started glowing before both cards disappeared and Z-ARC reappeared on the field.

Z-ARC: 800 LP - 400 LP

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

"So he can just summon himself back that easily?" Zuzu asked, slightly astounded,

"We already killed it once. We can do so again!" Celina replied, her teeth bared as she grinned,

"Heheh. You won't get that chance! Not after I end this here and now! I attack Mozarta the Melodious Maestra." Z-ARC bellowed,

"You walked right into it!" Zuzu announced,

"What?"

"I activate the effect of Score the Melodious Diva! During damage calculation, I can discard her to make your attack and defence points zero until the end of this turn!"

"What?! NO!" Z-ARC screeched as his attack points dropped, "Quick-Play Spell, Supreme Resurrection! While I control Myself I cannot lose the duel!"

"What a cop out." Celina groaned,

"Well, we now know our win condition!" Rin replied,

"And it is surprisingly easy to achieve." Lulu affirmed.

Z-ARC: 400 LP - 0 LP

Kept in the game by the effect of 'Supreme Resurrection'

"You think you'll destroy Me? Laughable! Two face-downs ends My turn."

Turn 34: Zuzu Boyle

"Then let me start! I draw. I activate Polymerisation! This spell allows me to fuse the Elegy the Melodious Diva with the Shopina the Melodious Maestra, both from my hand. Now watch as these two beautiful songstresses become as one! I Fusion Summon! Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir!"

Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir: Level 8, 1000 ATK

"Only one-thousand attack points? You'll need to dig deeper to defeat Me!" Z-ARC laughed,

"We'll see about that! Bloom Diva, attack Z-ARC! And when Bloom Diva battles, you take the damage, not that that matters, but your monster is the one destroyed instead! Reflect Refrain!"

"Unfortunately for you, that is an effect that I am immune to as it comes from a Fusion Monster!"

"Tch," Zuzu grunted, "Is this what you truly want, though? Living with nothing?"

"What do you mean?" Z-ARC asked,

"I think that the current situation is quite representative of you. Look at it, duelists from the four dimensions, all originally one, have stood against you, and you currently are surviving on an alternate condition! Have you ever come this close to losing a duel?"

"Why would I have? Of course, after all, winning with no competition is no fun for either of us." Z-ARC and Zarc replied, Zuzu smiling slightly at getting the more, as far as she knew, passive side out,

"What was that, defect? You're really underplaying the strength I bring?" Zarc didn't dignify that with a response, but Z-ARC's eye narrowed slightly,

"Let's get this moving, though. I end my turn!" Zuzu declared, and Celina smiled,

Turn 35: Celina

"Alright then, let's see what I can do! Spell card, Lunalight Resolve! Now, for each 'Lunalight' Fusion monster on my field, I can draw a card, as well as one more, so long as I empty my hand or lose the duel during my End Phase. And nice! Polymerisation! This, as you should know by now, allows me to Fusion Summon using monsters in my hand or on my field, so I use the Lunalights Blue Cat and Purple Butterfly in my hand! Behold as a whole new predator is born and becomes a lunar legend! I Fusion Summon! Lunalight Tiger Dancer. Tiger Dancer's effect activates, and Sabre Dancer also gains another four-hundred attack points. Tiger Dancer's effect allows me to return one 'Lunalight' spell or trap from my grave to my hand, so long as it is banished when it next resolves. I add Lunalight Fusion back, and activate it! I can now Fusion Summon once more. The monster I'm summoning usually requires I use three 'Lunalight' monsters, including a Fusion Monster, but since I can use two certain cards as material, I can ignore that third. I banish Lunalight Leo Dancer and Lunalight Tiger Dancer!

"Dancer of the preying savannah, combine together with the dancer of the vicious jungle and become a whole new lunar legend! I Fusion Summon! Lunalight Liger Dancer!" emerging from the fusion portal was a monster clad in a few sashes that left practically nothing to the imagination, a pair of scimitars that had jagged blades as long as her legs in her hands, and a look on her face that unnerved Z-ARC slightly by how sadistic it looked,

Lunalight Liger Dancer: Level 12, 4500 ATK

Lunalight Sabre Dancer: 4200 ATK - 5000 ATK

"Liger Dancer's effect activates! When she is Fusion Summoned, I can immediately destroy a card on the field for each 'Lunalight' monster I control, so say goodbye to R-AY and one of your face-downs. Now, Liger Dancer, attack Z-ARC!"

"Mutual? Wait, no. This duel has taught Me that you four are rather crafty, it would seem. Take pride in that." Z-ARC laughed,

"You're right about that! If Liger Dancer attacks a monster with equal or greater attack points, she isn't destroyed, and I can use the same effect as when she is Summoned. R-AY and your other face-down disappear!" The monster leapt into the air, twisting slightly as she slashed four times, Z-ARC's field practically disintegrating.

"Good work! Keep it up!" Zarc shouted out, Z-ARC growling,

"Let me ask you a question, Z-ARC. What are you?" Celina asked, Z-ARC letting out a deep laugh,

"I am immortal, the Supreme King. A God who is claiming His domain! And you pesky worms will never see the light of day, the feeling of the breeze against your skin after I'm done with you!"

"I am flawed, a man who literally gave in to his inner demons. A dueling champion, yes, but also a husband to the most wonderful woman in the world and father to two beautiful children. I… I only wish that you, the reincarnations of Ray allow not only her spirit, but that of my children, of Ren and Izumi, to carry on." Zarc also answered,

"Look who's getting sentimental." Z-ARC taunted,

"It would do you well to learn some sentimentality!"

"Liger Dancer has another effect." Celina announced, interrupting Z-ARC and Zarc's argument, "She can battle a number of times each turn, up to the number of Fusion Materials used to get to her. So that's nine times. I continue my assault!"

"But nothing happens!" Z-ARC roared with laughter,

"That's what you think. For each additional time she attacked, I can return one card to the deck of a player I choose."

"Huh?!"

"For the first eight, me and the other girls will gain the dragons that correlate to the boy from our own dimensions, that's the Odd-Eyes' for Zuzu, the Dark Rebellions for Lulu, the Clear Wings for Rin and the Starving Venoms for me. And the final one, return Chronograph Sorcerer to your deck."

"No!" Z-ARC cried out, his voice strangely desperate, "Don't leave Me!" The cards flew to their new places, and the girls all smiled,

"So, other me, is this all worth it?" Zarc asked,

"SHUT UP!"

I'll end my turn now, don't worry. You're going to fall soon enough." Celina said.

Turn 36: Lulu Obsidian

"Thank you, Celina. It's now my turn, I draw! Celestine Wagtail reattaches itself as material to Nightingale. Unfortunately I cannot do much, so I will end my turn.

Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale: 1000 ATK - 1200 ATK, 4 ORU - 5 ORU

Turn 37: Rin

"I'm in a similar boat to Lulu. I'll draw then end my turn, but I'll also change Winter Bell to defence position.

Windwitch – Winter Bell: 2400 ATK - 2000 DEF

Turn 38: Z-ARC

"Heh. It's My turn now!"

"No it's mine!" Zarc suddenly shouted, "I draw!"

"You dare?!" Z-ARC screeched,

"I'll lose this duel if it's the last thing I ever do."

"Then you are a fool. I cannot lose!"

"Then you missed what I said. I'll lose this duel, not you! I activate Redemption Beginnings. This averages out everyone's life points and erases any alternate victory conditions currently in play."

Z-ARC: 0 LP - 2800 LP

Zuzu Boyle: 2000 LP - 2800 LP

Celina: 4000 LP - 2800 LP

Lulu Obsidian: 4000 LP - 2800 LP

Rin: 4000 LP - 2800 LP

"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!" Z-ARC's scream was almost ear-splitting,

"Because. It's now her turn."

"No, not the anomaly!"

"I think you'll find it is, Z-ARC." Izumi's voice rang over the duel field, the four girls smiling at the other's appearance.

"Intrusion detected." The computer announced.

Izumi: 4000 LP

"Go ahead. I know you can finish me off, Ray."

"I might have her memories, but that doesn't make me her. Now, watch as the changing seasons take hold!"


Next Chapter Preview: Izumi is here. With Zarc sabotaging Z-ARC, will the Duelist of the Seasons be able to take the final turn of the duel?


Custom Cards

Supreme Summoning

Normal Spell Card

Target one 'Supreme King' monster in your Extra Deck that is face-up; Special Summon that target, and if you do, lose half your LP. You can only activate one 'Supreme Summoning' per turn.

Supreme Resurrection

Quick-Play Spell Card

Activate only when you would lose the duel during the turn in which you summoned 'Supreme King Z-ARC': While you control that monster, you cannot lose the duel.

Lunalight Resolve

Normal Spell Card

Draw cards equal to the number of 'Lunalight' Fusion monsters you control +1. If you have any cards in your hand during the End Phase of this turn: You lose the duel. You can only activate one 'Lunalight Resolve' per duel.

Lunalight Tiger Dancer

DARK

Level 9

Beast-Warrior, Fusion, Effect

2 'Lunalight' monsters.

If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can target one 'Lunalight' Spell/Trap in your GY; add that card to your hand, but banish it when it next resolves. This card can attack a number of times each Battle Phase equal to the number of 'Lunalight' monsters you control +1.

2900 ATK/2300 DEF

Lunalight Liger Dancer

DARK

Level 12

Beast-Warrior, Fusion, Effect

3 'Lunalight' monsters including a Fusion Monster, or 'Lunalight Leo Dancer' + 'Lunalight Tiger Dancer'.

Must be Fusion Summoned using the above material and cannot be summoned by other methods. When this card is Fusion Summoned: Destroy cards your opponent controls equal to the number of 'Lunalight' monsters you control. This card has a number of attacks each Battle Phase equal to the total number of Fusion Material Monsters used to summon this card and any Fusion Summoned 'Lunalight' monsters used as material. If this card attacks: You destroy cards your opponent controls equal to the number of 'Lunalight' monsters you control. If this card has attacked more than once this Battle Phase and cannot destroy any cards by its effect: You can target one card in either player's GY; shuffle that target into any player's deck of your choosing.

4500 ATK/3500 DEF

Redemption Beginnings

Normal Spell Card

Add up the total LP of all players and divide it equally among all players, also, for the rest of the duel, a player can only lose the duel by having 0 LP or being unable to Draw a card during their Draw Phase. Any effect that would prevent either of these scenarios is negated. You can only activate one 'Redemption Beginnings' per duel.


And that's another chapter down! Sorry this one also took a hot minute to get out, but that wasn't my fault this time, lol. Unfortunately AO3 was suffering a DDoS attack from late Monday and for most of Tuesday (days relative to AEST) and as such, I didn't want to push this chapter when a portion of my audience wouldn't be able to receive it. Anyways, Z-ARC is (somehow) still in the duel, but he only controls himself, so what will he be able to do, I wonder. But also, Izumi finally appears for her second duel of the fic, which also surprised me when I realised that she'd only once dueled, being against Yugo in Chapter 25, almost half the fic ago!

Time for reviews!

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Alberto Rodri: Thank you for reviewing, and yeah, it really has been a year since Mr. Takahashi passed away. I can't remember which Chapter, but I was in the middle of writing when the news broke, and it took me a hot moment to process it. At least he went out a hero, as additional information has confirmed.

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Thank you all for reading again, and also, by the time you read this, Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-GAME will have been published on both ff and AO3, ARC-GAME being that project I've mentioned. If you could check it out, I'd appreciate it. I also hope you all are looking forward to the next chapter! - NightWingBOI