Warning: There is minor violence in this chapter. Nothing too major.


"You won't be stopping us." Ryo stepped forward as he held out his Duel Disk towards both Sanders and Battle Beast.

"I'll help." Asuka offered as she stepped forward also, making sure Ruri and Rin were behind her.

"No." Ruri suddenly spoke. Both Ryo and Asuka turned to look at the girl, who had a determined look in her eyes.

"We want to Duel! We won't be two damsels in distress! Sanders made both of us suffer at our time here we need to get payback! Plus, you two need to enter the coordinates." Rin added to Ruri's statement.

"But…"

"But no, we can handle this!" Rin interrupted Asuka. "You guys got us out, you guys should enter the coordinates and leave it to us. Besides, I don't know how to use this thing, and I'm sure Ruri doesn't either."

Ryo closed his eyes and gave a smile as put his Duel Disk down. "Fine, be careful you two."

"Hurry it up and choose who's Dueling! It doesn't matter who, no matter who's Dueling first, you still won't make it out!" Sanders proclaimed as Battle Beast stared at Ruri and Rin with a blank expression on his face. "This will be a Tag Duel! No one can battle until the last person begins his turn." Ruri and Rin nodded and stepped up as they activated their Duel Disks. Sanders activated his also. "Battle Beast, activate your Disk!" A sudden change occurred in the man, he activated his Duel Disk as he sharpened his gaze at Ruri and Rin.

"DUEL!" The 4 Duelists shouted in unison.

"I'll go first!" Ruri offered, Rin gave her a nod as she began. "When there are no Monsters on the Field, I can Special Summon Lyrilusc-Turquoise Warbler!"

Turquoise Warbler: Level 1, 100 Atk, 100 Def

"When Turquoise Warbler is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a level 1 Lyrilusc Monster from my Hand, show yourself, I Special Summon Lyrilusc-Cobalt Sparrow!" Ruri placed her desired Monster onto her Duel Disk as the bird appeared.

Cobalt Sparrow: Level 1, 0 Atk, 100 Def

"What is this Deck? Ruri never did tell me anything about her Deck." Rin realized. "Could she be doing what she told me about…?"

"When Cobalt Sparrow is Special Summoned, I can add another one to my Hand." Ruri took an ejected Card out of her Deck and showed it to her opponents. "Now, when I control a Lyrilusc Monster, I can Special Summon this Card and another level 1 Lyrilusc Monster, appear, Lyrilusc-Sapphire Swallow and Cobalt Sparrow!"

Sapphire Swallow: Level 1, 100 Atk, 0 Def

"When Cobalt Sparrow is Special Summoned I can add another one, I add my final Cobalt Sparrow to my Hand. This one I will Normal Summon!" The third Cobalt Sparrow took to the Field as Ruri's wall of Monsters floated down in front of her.

"Hah, so you have 5 level 1 wall Monsters, what are those going to do? Oh shit, they're level 1!" Sanders widened his eyes.

"That's right! With my 3 level 1 Cobalt Sparrows, Sapphire Swallow, and Turquoise Warbler, I construct the overlay network!" Ruri declared as her Monsters flew into the overlay network. "Birds with beautiful wings! Gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight! Xyz Summon! Dance in the sky! Rank 1! Lyrilusc - Assembly Nightingale!"

Assembly Nightingale: Rank 1, 0 Atk, 0 Def

"What is this Monster?" Rin questioned in a quiet manner. "Xyz Summon…"

"For every overlay unit attached to Assembly Nightingale, she gains 100 Attack, she has 5 overlay units, so she now gains 500 Attack!" Ruri explained as her Monster powered up.

Assembly Nightingale: 0-500 Atk

"I set a Card and end my turn." Ruri concluded.

"So that's an Xyz Summon…" Asuka whispered to herself in awe.

"Not bad. I've heard that the residents of the Xyz Dimension and some people in the Standard Dimension use Xyz Summoning, this is the first time I've seen Xyz Summoning up close though." Ryo said calmly as he glanced at the Duel.

"I will make sure you won't escape! My turn, draw! I activate the Magic Card Test Fusion! I can Fusion Summon a Gladiator Beast Monster ignoring its Summoning conditions using Monsters from my Hand as Materials! I fuse both the Test Ape and the Test Tiger! Captive ape, invite your master to whip the fierce tiger! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor!" Sanders chanted as he Fusion Summoned his Monster.

Tamer Editor: Level 8, 2400 Atk, 3000 Def

"I activate the effect of Tamer Editor, once per turn, I can reveal a Gladiator Beast Monster i either player's Extra Deck and Special Summon it to their side of the Field, ignoring the Summoning conditions." Sanders explained.

"Wait, any players!" Rin repeated in shock.

"So that means he can…" Ruri trailed off and looked at Battle Beast.

"I reveal Gladiator Beast Heraklinos in Battle Beast's Extra Deck, now he is Special Summoned to Battle Beast's Field!" Sanders spoke as Battle Beast simply opened his Extra Deck compartment and placed said Card onto his Duel Disk, summoning the Monster. Battle Beast still had a look devoid of emotion on his face.

Heraklinos: Level 8, 3000 Atk, 2800 Def

"They're using the same Deck?!" Asuka noted in surprise as she looked at the Field while Ryo was typing in coordinates.

"Sanders trained Battle Beast...well, I don't know if you would call it training, but they use the same Deck, and they are a forced to be reckoned with." Ryo informed the former female Obelisk Blue student.

"I set a Card and end my turn." Sanders ended his turn a Card materialized in front of him.

"My turn, draw! I activate the Magic Card Wind-Calling Bell Chime, I can reveal a level 4 or lower Windwitch Monster, then I can Special Summon a Monster from my Deck with the same name!" Rin's Magic Card appeared in front of her as a hologram.

"Battle Beast!" Sanders shouted at his teammate.

At that shout, life sprouted in Battle Beast's eyes and he made his move.

"During either player's turn, when a Magic or Trap Card is activated, I can send a Card in my Hand to the Grave, then, I can negate the activation of that Card and destroy it!" Battle Beast took a Card and sent it to the Grave, Rin gasped as her Card disappeared.

"I still can do more than just that! When I control no Monsters, I can Special Summon this Card, show yourself, Windwitch-Frozen Bell!"

Frozen Bell: Level 3, 600 Atk, 1000 Def

"When this Card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can reveal a Synchro Monster in my Extra Deck, I can now Special Summon a Monster whose level is lower than or equal to the level of the Synchro Monster subtracted by Frozen Bell's level from my Deck, I reveal Winter Bell, who has a level of 7, while Frozen Bell's level is 3, so, I can Special Summon a level 4 or lower Monster. Appear, now, the Tuner Monster Windwitch-Glass Bell!" In a breeze of wind, Rin's desired Monster appeared with a smile.

Glass Bell: Level 4, 1500 Atk, 1500 Def

"Tuner Monster?" Ruri questioned as Asuka looked on in interest. Ryo meerily listened on.

"When she is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned, I can add a Windwitch Monster from my Deck to my Hand, I add Windwitch-Snow Bell to my Hand! I will now activate Snow Bell's effect, when there are two or more Wind Attribute Monsters on the Field, I can Special Summon her!"

Snow Bell: Level 1, 100 Atk, 100 Def

"Now, I tune the level 3 Windwitch-Frozen Bell with the level 4 Windwitch-Glass Bell! Midwinter wind. Make ice and snow my power and blow through! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 7! Wind Witch - Winter Bell!" Rin chanted as her ace Monster appeared.

Winter Bell: Level 7, 2400 Atk, 2000 Def

"So this is Synchro Summon...hmph, interesting." Ryo smirked.

"This is Rin's ace Monster?" Ruri asked herself in a hushed tone.

"When Frozen Bell is used as Material for a Synchro Summon I can inflict 500 points of damage to you!" Rin pointed at Sanders. Winter Bell chimed as a breeze of wind struck Sanders, causing him to shield himself and shiver in place.

Sanders: 4000-3500 LP

"I now Summon Windwitch-Ice Bell!" Rin quickly placed the Card onto her Duel Disk as her Monster appeared.

Ice Bell: Level 3, 1000 Atk, 1000 Def

"I activate Ice Bell's effect, once per turn, if this Card was Normal Summoned or Special Summoned this turn, I can inflict 500 damage to you! I inflict 500 damage to Battle Beast!" A breeze struck Battle Beast, but he just stood there, taking the damage.

Battle Beast: 4000-3500 LP

"I'm not done, I tune the level 3 Windwitch-Ice Bell with the level 1 Windwitch-Snow Bell! Oh shining crystals of midwinter sky, make Ice and Snow my power and breeze through! Synchro Summon, show yourself, Level 4, Windwitch-Clear Bell!"

Clear Bell: Level 4, 1400 Atk, 1600 Def

"Now, when this Card is Synchro Summoned, I can immediately deal damage to one of you equal to the level of the Tuner Monster times 200! Snow Bell's level was 1, so take 200 points of damage, Sanders, this is for all of the torture you put me through!" Rin spat with venom clear in her voice. Sanders let out a yell of pain as he dropped to the ground.

Sanders: 3500-3300 LP

"You little bit-"

"Stop right there! It hurts, doesn't it! Well this is nothing compared to what you made Ruri and I go through, when we did absolutely nothing wrong at all!" Rin screeched.

"What do you mean by that, Rin?" Asuka asked in concern. Ruri shuddered in her place as she recalled her memories.

"During at our stay at Academia here, and this was both before and after Ruri and I met each other, Sanders would sometimes force us out of ourselves. He would either one, interrogate us about info about or home dimensions, or two, he would put us to work and would beat us if we didn't what he said. I remember the first day all too well…" Rin trailed off as she thought back.


Flashback-Sometime after Ruri and Rin's kidnapping (This is only going to be Rin because 1, Ruri experienced basically the same thing, so there isn't a point in making a second flashback to this, and 2, I already hesitated to put this here, mostly cause I would never want this to happen to anyone in real life, so I think 1 flashback with ONLY Rin is fine.)

Rin was sitting her tower, she didn't know how long she was in the tower for, but it felt like a year, although Rin knew that if definitely was MUCH less than a year.

So far, Rin was really only wanting to get out and find Yugo, they didn't do anything to her, the society that kidnapped her. Unfortunately, that would soon change for Rin.

A knock on her door frightened Rin, in came some random soldier, who had a sadistic smile on his face. "You're coming with me!"

"Hell no!" Rin refused to go.

"I had a feeling you would say that." The soldier snapped his fingers, and in came even more soldiers, who surrounded Rin, one of them activated their Duel Disk and used it as a blade and they held close to Rin's throat. "Don't come with us and we'll cut off your head."

Sweat started to fall down Rin's face as she looked in fear. No, I can't let them control me like this! Rin, out of instinct, kicked the guy in abdomen, causing him to double over in pain. Rin attempted to fight her way out of the crowd, throwing as many punches and kicks as she could, however, soon, she began to get tired. A soldier impolitely punched Rin in the face, causing her to fall to the ground unconscious because of her fatigue.

"Why do we have to do this?" The soldier who knocked Rin out asked.

"Sanders wanted to put her to work, he said that since she is here why not have her do something. Plus, we need to tire her out so she will retaliate less AND so the Doktor can do whatever he wanted to do." The other soldier answered simply.


Later

When Rin opened her eyes, she was met with Sanders. Rin was had her arms lifted up and tied together, so she couldn't escape.

"Good, you're awake. Now, I just need you to cooperate with me, the more you do, the less painful it will be for you." Sanders spoke in a menacing tone.

"If you're going to try to interrogate me, you'll never get your way." Rin said.

"I knew you would say that." Sanders snapped his fingers, at that moment, Rin felt a shock go through her body. Rin let out a scream as she was shocked. The electricity stopped, and Rin started to gasp for air. It was at this moment that Rin noticed that she had something on her wrist, the one that didn't have her bracelet, she looked up at her wrist to see that it was some kind of device that was probably causing the shocks. "Do you see what I mean, cooperate, and you get hurt less."

"Damn you, I'm still not going to answer anything you ask me!"

"Ok, we're not going anywhere at the rate this is at, let me just ask you the first question. Do you have any knowledge of the other dimensions?" Sanders interrogated Rin for answers as he got close to Rin.

"Other dimensions? What kind of bullshit are you spouting?! And even if I did know anything, there is no way I'm telling you anything!" Rin exclaimed as she spat on Sanders face and proceeded to kick him in the shin, causing him back up and crouch down as grit his teeth. (Hey, this may be showing Rin being tortured if you would call it that, but Rin should at least do something cool.)

"God damn, you sure kick hard for a girl, a very young one at that." Sanders rubbed his shin in the exact place where Rin had kicked him.

"Don't judge a book by its cover." Rin quipped in a serious manner.

"Alright, so it seems you don't know anything. Let's see…" Suddenly, Sanders punched Rin in the stomach, hard.

"AHH!" Rin cried out in pain as she closed her eyes.

"Hopefully you will be useful to us in some way. How about this, I'll give you a spot as one of my subordinates, kind of like a right hand man of sorts, well, in this case, you're a girl but I digress. You won't be able to escape, but it beats being stuck in a tower." Sanders proposed.

"I won't be working for you, I'd rather die!" Rin replied in a harsh manner.

"Grr…" Sanders reached for his back pocket and he pulled out a whip. He whipped Rin on the cheek, causing the girl to wince as a little bit of blood rolled down Rin's face.

"Please...just take me back home...I didn't do anything to you…" Rin ushered in a soft manner.

"You won't be returning home!" Sanders shouted as he continued to punch, shock, and whip Rin repeatedly to consciousness. This often repeated for days, the process got even more painful for Rin, and Ruri, who was subjected to the same things, until Sanders just stopped one day, for unknown reasons. He then made both Ruri and Rin work their tails off, and if they didn't listen, they would be punished. And they didn't listen much, particularly Ruri, since she wouldn't want to work for Academia, it would mean going against her friends back at the Xyz Dimension.


Now

"I activate the effect of Winter Bell, once per turn, I can target a level 4 or lower Windwitch Monster in my Grave, this Card then gains one of the effects of that Monster until the end of the turn. I choose Ice Bell, so now I use Winter Bell's copied effect. Sanders, take 500 points of damage!" Rin let out her anger at Sanders through the damage as Winter Bell proceeded to envelop Sanders in snow, causing him to growl and cover his face.

Sanders: 3300-2800 LP

"I set a Card and end my turn." Rin ended her turn.

Battle Beast looked on into space, like he wasn't in the Duel at all.

"Battle Beast! Start your turn!" Sanders commanded.

No response.

"You insignificant cockroach!" Sanders insulted BB as he threw out his whip and struck BB in the back with it. Rin and Ruri gasped in horror as Sanders continued to whip BB, who get yelling out in pain.

"Stop!" Ruri pleaded. "Can't you see you're hurting him?!" Although BB was against them, he didn't deserve to be whipped, he looked like someone who just needed help. Also, why is Sanders whipping his own comrade? Is Academia that cruel, that they would punish even their allies?!

"How horrible?" Asuka gasped as she looked on.

"That's what Sanders is, horrible." Ryo commented in distaste while mentioning the man from Academia.

BB roared out in rage as he glared at Sanders, a look that said 'back off or I'm going to do something that you're not going to like in the slightest.'

"MY TURN, DRAW!" BB drew his Card with a lot of force, causing a gust of wind to blow on Ruri and Rin, who shielded their eyes.

"Since it is BB's turn, he can attack!" Sanders reminded Ruri and Rin.

"I Summon Gladiator Beast Bestiari!" Battle Beast slammed the Card onto his Duel Disk as his Monster was Summoned.

Bestiari: Level 4, 1500 Atk, 800 Def

"Battle!" Battle Beast lifted up his arms in fury. "Go, Heraklinos, attack Windwitch-Winter Bell!" Heraklinos jumped towards Winter Bell.

While the attack came closer, Rin thought to herself. He can just negate the activation of this Card, but he needs a Card in his Hand, if that's the case then…

"Continuous Trap, Shield of Wind! When a Wind Attribute Monster I control would leave the Field, I can shuffle a Wind Monster in my Graveyard into my Deck instead!"

"I activate Heraklinos' effect, I send a Card to my Grave to negate the activation of your Card and destroy it!"

"Not so fast! From my Hand, I activate Lyrilusc-Diamond Sparrow, when a Monster effect is activated, I can negate the activation, then I can attach this Card to an Xyz Monster on the Field as Material! I attach the Card to Assembly Nightingale."

Assembly Nightingale: 500-600 Atk

"Thank you, Ruri!" Ruri nodded in response to Rin. "Now, I shuffle Glass Bell into the Deck so Winter Bell can survive." The attack connected, Rin flinched as she took damage.

Rin: 4000-3400 LP

"I'm not done,Bestiari, attack Clear Bell" Battle Beast declared. Bestiari flew towards Rin's Monster.

"I activate Shield of Wind's effect, I shuffle Frozen Bell into my Deck!" Rin stood in her place as her Monster was punched.

Rin: 3400-3300 LP

"Grr...I activate the effect of Bestiari, at the end of the Battle Phase, if this Card battled, I can shuffle into the Deck, then, I can Special Summon any Gladiator Beast Monster from my Deck! I Special Summon Gladiator Beast Augustus!" Bestiari disappeared as Augustus took his place.

Augustus: Level 8, 2600 Atk, 1000 Def

"What?! They tagged out!" Ruri pointed out in surprise.

"That's the purpose of the Gladiator Beasts." Ryo explained. "After battle, they tag out with another one to take their place, and they also have special effects when Summoned by a Gladiator Beasts' effect."

"When Augustus is Special Summoned due to the effect of a Gladiator Beast Monster, I can Special Summon a Gladiator Beast Monster from my Hand in Defense Position! I Special Summon Gladiator Beast Murmillo!" Battle Beast explained.

Murmillo: Level 3, 800 Atk, 400 Def

"When this Card is Special Summoned by the effect of a Gladiator Beast Monster, I can destroy a faceup Monster on the Field!" Battle Beast thrusted his hand at Assembly Nightingale, Murillo released a stream of water from its hand at Ruri's ace.

"I activate the effect of Assembly Nightingale, when this Card would be destroyed, I can detach an overlay unit from this Card instead." Ruri countered as an overlay unit was detached, the stream hit Nightingale, however, the Monster stood strong.

Assembly Nightingale: 600-500 Atk

"That's it! I will show you a power used only by the Gladiator Beasts! I shuffle both Gladiator Beast Augustus and Gladiator Beast back into my Deck!"

"What?! Shuffling his Monsters into the Deck!" Asuka, Ruri, and Rin exclaimed in shock while Ryo looked on in shock.

"Is this...Contact Fusion?" Ryo asked himself.

"Fighting bird of prey that lived in ancient times! Merge with the souls of gladiators and become a warrior of legend! Contact Fusion! Come! Gladiator Beast Gyzarus!" Battle Beast chanted as he Summoned his Monster.

Gyzarus: Level 6, 2400 Atk, 1500 Def

"When this Card is Special Summoned, I can target up to two Cards on the Field, I can then destroy them! I destroy Shield of Wind and Assembly Nightingale!" Gyzarus let out two gusts of wind at the declared Cards, Shield of Wind was immediately destroyed.

"Once again, I detach an overlay unit from Assembly Nightingale to negate her destruction!" Ruri bellowed as one of the five overlay units orbiting Assembly Nightingale shattered, Assembly Nightingale stood in place, avoiding destruction.

Assembly Nightingale: 500-400 Atk

"I end my turn." BB concluded as he calmed down.

"My turn, draw! I activate the Magic Card Lyrilusc-Strike, for the rest of the turn, when a Lyrilusc Monster I control deals damage, I can destroy a Card on the Field."

"I activate Heraklinos' effect, I discard the last Card in my Hand to negate your Card and destroy it!"

"Counter Trap activate, Lyrilusc-Wind, when a Card effect is activated, I can pay 500 life points, negate the activation, and destroy the Card!" Ruri countered as she pressed a button on her Duel Disk. Heraklinos was destroyed after Ruri's statement.

Ruri: 4000-3500 LP

"Assembly Nightingale can bypass all of your Monsters and attack you directly!"

"What?!" Sanders widened his eyes in shock.

"Battle! Assembly Nightingale, attack Sanders directly!" Ruri pointed at Sanders as Assembly Nightingale flew towards Sanders.

"Trap activate, Negate Attack, the attack is negated and the Battle Phase immediately ends!" Sanders dodged Nightingale as the bird flew back to Ruri.

"I set a Card and end my turn." Ruri concluded.

"My turn, draw! I activate the effect of Tamer Editor! I reveal Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz, and now I Special Summon Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz."

Gaiodiaz: Level 7, 2600 Atk, 1500 Def

"Now I equip Gladiator Beast Tamer Editor with the equip Magic Card Gladiator Beast's Battle Archfiend Shield!" A shield appeared next to Tamer Editor, who grabbed it. "Battle! Go, Tamer Editor, attack Windwitch-Winter Bell!" Tamer Editor charged at Winter Bell with its shield.

"But they both have the same Attack, they will both be destroyed!" Ruri exclaimed in confusion.

"Mine won't! When Battle Archfiend Shield is equipped to a Monster, it can destroy itself to stop the destruction of the equipped Monster. So, I send Archfiend Shield to do just that! Now, only Winter Bell will be destroyed!"

"From the Grave, I activate the effect of Shield of Wind, by banishing it from the Grave, I can either Special Summon a Wind Monster from my Hand or Grave or I can target a Wind Monster on my Field and have it be invincible to destruction, and I don't take battle damage for any battle involving the targeted Monster." Rin explained as Winter Bell and Tamer Editor clashed, the shield disappeared and a barrier formed around Winter Bell, protecting the Monster.

"But what was the point of that?" Asuka questioned.

"Sanders was trying to get rid of Rin's Monster while keeping his own, I think he wants to do damage with the other Monster, maybe it has a hidden ability?" Ryo assumed, hoping that wouldn't be the case while he continued to do what he was doing.

"Now, I attack Windwitch-Clear Bell with Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz!" Sanders quickly set his eyes on Rin's weaker Monster. Gaiodiaz easily destroyed the Monster, causing a shockwave that caused Rin to step backwards.

Rin: 3300-2100 LP

"I now activate the effect of Gaiodiaz, when this Card destroys a Monster in battle and sends it to the Grave, I can inflict damage to you equal to the Defense of the destroyed Monster. Your Monster had 1600 Defense points, so you take 1600 points of damage!" Sanders revealed.

"No way!" Rin cried out in shock. Gaiodiaz charged a red energy beam and shot it at Rin, who was enveloped in the beam as she screamed in pain. She crouched down to the ground, her body steaming.

Rin: 2100-500 LP

"Rin!" Ruri yelled in concern for her lookalike.

"I'm fine." Rin gave Ruri a weak smile to assure her as she stood up again once more.

"So Sanders was just being careful, that's why he didn't take the opportunity to drop Rin's life to 0, so he could make sure nothing like Rin's Trap from the Grave would interfere, and it still went into his favor!" Asuka deduced from what she saw. Had Sanders really planned this far ahead?

"It's nothing like that, when we took her Deck, we simply took a look through some of the Cards, some of them, and that was one of them. I was aware of the Grave effect, so I played it out like this to deal as much damage as possible." Sanders informed the 4.

"You snake! Looking through my Deck like that!" Rin hissed.

"Stop whining, you're lucky we didn't look through all of your Deck. I end my turn. So, show me something that will surprise me!" Sanders challenged Rin.

"Gladly! During the End Phase of the turn when Clear Bell is destroyed, I can revive a Wind Monster in my Grave, come back to me, Windwitch-Snow Bell!" A portal to the Grave opened as Rin's desired Monster was revived. "My turn, draw! I tune the level 7 Windwitch-Winter Bell with the level 1 tuner Monster Windwitch-Snow Bell! Witch of midwinter wind, glide through the clouds and bring forth a new storm! Synchro Summon! Show yourself, level 8, Windwitch-Storm Bell!"

Storm Bell: Level 8, 2900 Atk, 2450 Def

"I activate Storm Bell's effect, when this Card is Synchro Summoned, I can target a Windwitch Monster in my Graveyard and return it to my Hand! Next, you take damage equal to the Monster's level times 200! I return Winter Bell to my Hand, or in this case, the Extra Deck, Winter Bell's level is 7, so you take 1400 points of damage!" Rin shouted as Storm Bell blasted Sanders with a blue beam.

Sanders: 2800-1400 LP

"I activate the Magic Card Frost of the Windwitches! When I control a Windwitch Monster, I can decrease the Attack of a Monster on the Field by half the Attack of one Windwitch Monster I control. Half of my Monster's Attack is 1450, so, I decrease the Attack of Gaiodiaz Monster by 1450!"

Gaiodiaz: 2600-1150 Atk

"This is the end of you Sanders! Go, Windwitch-Storm Bell, attack Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz!" Rin called an attack as Storm Bell rammed into Gaiodiaz, destroying the Monster. Sanders yelled in pain as he was thrown to the ground unconscious. Tamer Editor disappeared from the Field.

Sanders: 1400-0 LP

"I end my turn." Rin concluded as she took a deep breath. "That's for what you did to Ruri and I."

"My turn, draw!" Battle Beast shouted.

"Battle Beast, you don't have to work for Academia, we both saw how they treat you. They treat you like some kind of animal! You don't deserve that!" Ruri exclaimed.

"Rrrr…" BB's glare softened.

"O-oh no yo-you don't…*cough*...you disgrace of a-a so-soldier…" Sanders stuttered weakly before, trying not to lose consciousness again.

At those words, BB snapped and roared in rage. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

"I activate the equip Magic Card Gladiator Overrule! I equip it to Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz. Now, when Gaiodiaz attacks a Monster, it negates the effect of that Monster, and no Cards can be activated in response to it. Battle! Go, Gaiodiaz, attack and destroy Assembly Nightingale!" Gaiodiaz swung its weapon at Assembly Nightingale. Ruri gasped, knowing she couldn't do anything to protect her Monster. The attack connected, Assembly Nightingale was destroyed, Ruri was thrown back screaming in pain as she fell to the ground.

Ruri: 3500-1500 LP

"Ruri!" Rin and Asuka exclaimed. Rin ran over to Ruri and helped her up to her feet. Ruri gave Rin a nod of thanks before making a move.

"I activate my set Card, the Quick-Play Magic Card, Rank-Up-Magic Lyrical Force! When a Lyrilusc Xyz Monster I control is destroyed, I can Special Summon it back to the Field, then, I can Special Summon a Lyrilusc Xyz Monster from my Extra Deck whose Rank is 1 higher than the Special Summoned Monster, using this Card and the Special Summoned Monsters as Materials! Bird with wonderous and beautiful wings! Evolve into a new bird and go on the path to victory! Rank-Up-Xyz Change! Fly onto the Field before us, Lyrilusc-Evolved Nightingale!"

Evolved Nightingale: Rank 2, 0 Atk, 100 Def

"Also, when the Monster is Summoned, I can attach as many overlay units to the Monster as long as it doesn't surpass the number of overlay units the destroyed Monster had. There was 4 overlay units on Assembly Nightingale, so I can attach 4 overlay units to Evolved Nightingale, I attach 3 Cobalt Sparrows and 1 Sapphire Swallow to this Card." Ruri told BB as 4 overlay units began to orbit Ruri's new Monster. "Evolved Nightingle gains 200 Attack for every overlay unit she has."

Evolved Nightingale: 0-1200 Atk

"I end my turn." BB concluded.

"My turn, draw! I will end it this turn! Evolved Nightingale can attack you directly when you have a Monster on the Field, however the damage from the direct attack is halved. Battle, attack directly, Evolved Nightingale!" Evolved Nightingale flew over Gaiodiaz and hit Battle Beast.

BB: 2800-2200 LP

"All right, Ruri!" Rin cheered for her teammate.

"This will end it! I activate Evolved Nightingale's effect, when it deals damage to you from a direct attack, I can detach an overlay unit from this Card in order to destroy a Monster you control, then, you take damage equal to the Attack of the destroyed Monster. Of course, I do that to destroy Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz!" Ruri declared as Evolved Nightingale crashed into Gaiodiaz, destroying the Monster, BB was sent flying back as he yelled in pain, he dropped to the ground, unconscious.

BB: 2200-0 LP

Rin and Ruri's Monster disappeared from the Field.

"They won!" Asuka exclaimed out of joy. Ryo nodded in agreement with a smile.


Meanwhile

"Oh, it seems that they have won, well, we can't have that now can we." The Doktor grinned maliciously as he watched through a camera at what was happening. The Doktor picked a two Cards, they were two copies of the same Card.


Back to Ruri, Rin, Asuka, and Ryo

"Nice job you too." Asuka congratulated the girls.

"Now to open the portal." Ryo said calmly.

Ruri and Rin gasped suddenly, catching the attention of Asuka and Ryo. Asuka and Ryo saw that Ruri and Rin's eyes lost their life, they were now dull. It was as if they had lost control of their body. Unfortunately, that was the case.

"Hahahaha! I feel great!" Both girls laughed in unison.

"Time to take out the trash!" Rin grinned as she held out her Duel Disk.

"I'm with you!" Ruri also held out her Duel Disk.

"It seems that they want to Duel us." Ryo sharpened his gaze at the girls as he readied his Duel Disk.

"Then we will have to fight them? Great, as if things weren't risky enough. Ruri, Rin, what happened to you?" Asuka asked the girls.

"Nothing, we just changed, for the good!"

"Academia must have done something to them. They're probably being mind controlled." Ryo guessed.

"Mind controlled?" Asuka repeated. Ryo nodded in confirmation.

"The only way to get them back is probably by beating them in a Duel." Ryo told Asuka. Asuka, with hesitation, lifted up her Duel Disk.

At that moment, Ruri and Rin lost their grins, they started to grimace as they clutched their heads, clearly fighting off the control.

Meanwhile, with the Doktor, he was shocked. "What?! Are they fighting off my control over them!"

"AHHHHGH!" Both girls screamed as they fought the control.

Rin and Ruri's bracelets suddenly started to glow.

"Open a portal to a different dimension, it might cut off the connection of the mind control." A mysterious female voice told the two. Only they could hear the voice.

"Why are their bracelets shining?" Asuka noticed the bracelets and got a confused look on her face.

"I have no clue." Ryo replied as he looked at the girls, he saw that they were reaching for the dimensional transporters. "What the hell are they doing?!"

Both Rin and Ruri reached for different transporters, still trying to get control back, however, it was too strong to fight off by pure determination. Without knowing which dimension they were going to, they turned on the portals, and they fell in.

"No!" Asuka screamed as she saw the girls fall in.

"Damn! I'm going after one of them. You stay in this dimension. Take this." Ryo reached into his pocket and put a bomb onto the custom teleporter, he timed it for a minute.

"Why do you have a bomb?!" Asuka screeched in surprise.

Ryo ignored her and turned on the custom portal. He turned on the bomb, it started to countdown from 1 minute. "So they can't follow you, the blast will only destroy the portal, it won't do much damage to the other teleporters. I'm going after one of the girls. You have to go back to You Show and tell Yusho what happened."

"But-"

"But no! Just do what I say!" Ryo commanded Asuka.

"Ryo, but isn't it better for me to go after one also?!"

"Don't worry. It'll be fine with just me, you need to go tell Yusho, that will most likely be better." Ryo told Asuka. "And if you won't listen to me, then I'll make you!" Ryo pushed Asuka, who gasped in shock as she fell into the custom portal. Ryo turned off the portal and looked to the bomb. It was at 40 seconds before KABOOM! Ryo quickly turned around and looked at the two portals the girls jumped in. Both of the labels for the portals were faded out for some reason, so he couldn't tell which portal went to which dimension. He went on instinct, he turned off the portal Ruri jumped into and jumped into the one Rin fell into. He didn't no where he was, but all he knew was that Rin was in the dimension he was going to.


Card Catalog

Windwitch-Frozen Bell, Spellcaster, Wind: When this Card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can reveal a Synchro Monster in your Extra Deck, you can Special Summon a Monster from your Deck whose level is less than or equal to the level of the Synchro Monster subtracted by this Card's level. When this Card is used as Synchro Material, you can inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent.

Windwitch-Clear Bell, Spellcaster, Wind: When this Card is Synchro Summoned, you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to the level of the Tuner Monster used to Summon this Card times 200. During the End Phase of the turn when this Card is destroyed, you can Special Summon a Wind Attribute Monster from your Grave.

Lyrilusc-Diamond Sparrow, Level 1, 0 Atk, 200 Def, Wind, Winged-Beast: When a Monster effect is activated, you can negate the activation, then attach this Card to an Xyz Monster on the Field as an overlay unit.

Frost of the Windwitches, Magic: When you control a Windwitch Monster, you can decrease the Attack of a Monster on the Field by half the Attack of a Windwitch Monster you control.

Gladiator Overrule, Equip, Magic: Equip only to a Gladiator Beast Monster. When the equipped Monster attacks an opponent's Monster, you can negate the effect of the opponent's Monster, no Cards or effects can be activated in response to this. When the equipped monster is returned from your side of the field to the Deck and this card is sent to the Graveyard, return this card to your hand.

Rank-Up-Magic Lyrical Force, Quick-Play, Magic: You can only activate this Card when a Lyrilusc Xyz Monster you control is destroyed. You can Special Summon the destroyed Xyz Monster from the Grave, then, you can Special Summon a Lyrilusc Monster from your Extra Deck whose Rank is 1 higher than the Special Summoned Monster, using this Card and the revived Monster as Materials. When the Monster is Xyz Summoned, attach as many overlay units to the Monster as long as it doesn't surpass the number of overlay units the destroyed Monster had before destruction.

Lyrilusc-Evolved Nightingale, Wind, Winged-Beast: This Card gains 200 Attack for every overlay unit attached to it. This Card can attack directly, but the damage is halved. When this Card inflicts damage to your opponent by a direct attack this way, you can detach an overlay unit to destroy a Monster on the Field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the Attack of the destroyed Monster. When a Lyrilusc Monster(s) would be destroyed, you can detach an overlay unit from this Card instead. When this Card has no overlay units, you can attach three Lyrilusc Monsters in your Grave to this Card as Material.


Whoo! We're done, sorry that took so long, I didn't know how to do the last scene at the time, so I kind of was stalled because of that. Because of Mother's Day today (at least where I live,) I halted updating this chapter to spend time with my Mother, she's sleeping right now, so I decided to finish off this chapter.

I have no idea what to put for the preview honestly, sorry for that guys.

Speaking of previews, I think some of you guys misunderstood my chapter preview from last chapter, where I said Ryo and Asuka would step up to Duel, I meant they will get ready to Duel, but then they would be stopped by Rin and Ruri.

SoulMatter: Soooo, by sadistic smile, do you mean Yuri or Vector level, or something much worse?

rgriffin8999: Something similar to that has already been planned for in the future.

thetiger39: What do mean by typical female treatment, I mean in what part? About Zarc's reincarnations being immune to parasites and Ray's reincarnations not being immune is probably because, Ray really only wanted to stop Zarc from reviving, regardless of if she is revived or not. She really didn't put a failsafe should the girls succumb to mind control. Zarc on the other hand, he would make sure he is revived, and having one of the Yu-boys succumb to mind control would hinder his chances of revival.

Yuka Kuroshiro: It wasn't so bad, was it?

Mekyaku: Good to have you back! Yeah, you might have mistaken the meaning of the chapter preview last chapter. Rio has already made her Duelist, just letting you know, also, I won't have alternate versions of every number, if I were to give an alternate version of Number 94 to anyone though, it would probably be Rio. Shun doesn't use water Monsters, unless you meant Shark, but even still, I would give it to Rio. Oh god, I just realized I have 3 characters with similar sounding names. Akaba Leo (Because L in Japanese is pronounced as an R,) Rio, and Kaiser Ryo, lol.

Guest: Lol, the next person said the same thing. I'm glad you got pissed at the ending, well, if it was because of what the Doktor did, then I'm glad, because I made that scene specifically so you could hate the Doktor even more.

Hi: Thanks.

Gottabekittenme: Sho did get torn as a Card, in was in...Chapter 45.

Matrixnis: About mind-controlled, I already told 'thetiger39' the reason. As for the carded part, one of the bracelet girls haven't ever been Carded. In Episode 35, Sora only hinted at Ruri being a Card, but it doesn't mean she can be turned into a Card, I'm sure Ray's power would protect the girls from being Carded, since they are needed to prevent Zarc's revival. I will take your Academia idea into consideration.

That's all for now guys, hope you enjoyed the chapter, take care, goodbye!