Academia Base-Heartland-Xyz Dimension
"So, you want me to take Rin and some other Obelisk Force members to the Synchro Dimension, regain control of Kurosaki Ruri, and then go on to find Hiragi Yuzu?" The Doktor repeated as he listened to the Professor, who was communicating with him via Duel Disk.
"Do you have a problem with that?" Akaba Leo asked, narrowing his eyes at the man, seeing his sadistic smirk as he hid a look of disgust. Even the likes of Akaba Leo showed some sort of emotion when around someone as disgusting as the Doktor.
"Excellent. This will be the perfect test for the parasite experiment." The Doktor murmured to himself.
"You are aware that you are not allowed to perform the parasite the experiment on anyone other than Rin and Kurosaki Ruri without my permission, correct, Hiro?" Akaba Leo questioned, using the Doktor's real name.
"Please, just call me the Doktor. I have long since abandoned the name of Hiro." The
Doktor responded, not even paying heed to the first part of Leo's statement.
Akaba Leo let out a small sigh. Recently, he has been having trust issues with the Doktor. And soon, he had a feeling that it was going to spout into something more. And whatever it was, Leo was ready for it.
"Very well. I expect you to head to the Synchro Dimension right away."
Synchro Dimension
Hiragi Yuzu was in awe.
Had she been sprayed with nerve gas right before she witnessed what had just happened, she could have shrugged it off and said it was a hallucination.
She wasn't sprayed by nerve gas though.
First of all, one of the things that shocked was the fact that Reira was actually in the Synchro Dimension. A girl whom Yuzu is sure is not even older than Ayu, Futoshi, and Tatsuya back in the Standard Dimension.
Second of all, was the fact that Reira, the quiet, timid girl she had seen in the Miami Championship, has single handedly taken out three members of Security in one turn while using the three Summoning methods in succession.
"Reira-dono has changed." Tsukikage said, as if he knew what Yuzu was thinking at that exact moment. "He is no longer an existence that needs to just be protected."
Reira's head moved, her body turning to see the member of the Fuma Clan, "Tsukikage!" Had he seen the entire Duel?! If he did that meant…
That this could be relayed to Reiji.
A smile appeared on Reira's face at the very thought, knowing that Tsukikage reported practically anything of interest to Reiji. Surely her progression would interest Reiji, right?
"Did something happen?! What happened to Hiragi Yuzu?" Reira jumped, startled by the sudden interruption of a voice. And judging by the tone, the owner was not happy.
The voice was coming from a communicator stuck into one of the helmets of the Security Duelists. Tsukikage trotted over to the helmet and picked it up, speaking into it calmly.
"We have Yuzu-dono under our protection."
"What? Who are-"
The ninja gave his name before the owner of the voice could even finish the question.
"My name is Tsukikage."
With Roget
Roget grabbed his hair as he pressed a button on his backup computer, as his original working one was destroyed by a pissed off Yuto.
"Capital Building! What's going on there?!" Roget blurted out with a panicked tone, as things were definitely not going into his favor. He slid his chair backwards when he saw a camera of Akaba Reiji, with three unconscious Security members behind him.
"We have dealt with the Security unit currently in this Capital Building. All 5 of the Council members are safe."
"From your reaction, it seems you failed to capture Hiragi Yuzu as well." Reiji stated, closing his eyes and not even bothering to look Roget in the eyes. "We will not give Hiragi Yuzu or Serena to you. Of course, not to Academia as well."
"YOU!" Roget snapped as he bursted out of his chair, unintentionally pushing it backwards, "You mean you already have Serena as well?! I already have full control over the City! I'll remind you that there is nothing you can do!"
Despite the act Roget was trying to put up, Reiji could see through it easily.
With a wave of his arm, the feed showing Reiji switched to a lan, a man in a science coat with Sergey lying on a table, his entire body except his head covered by a white sheet.
"What's the status on Sergey's repair surgery?!" Roget demanded out of frustration.
"It's finished. The brainwashing device is functioning as well." The scientist reported.
"Good, then have him head to the Capital Building immediately!"
Roget then took a glance at a screen that had a meter on it. Above the meter were the words 'Shock Level'.
"As for Yuto, the shock device I implanted inside his helmet will make him reveal his true beastly nature."
Again.
Again life had decided to give him a kick in the shin and push him down to the mud. As a means to corrupt his soul with thoughts of giving up.
First he had to witness his best friend and lover Duel each other with no choice. Now, he has to Duel his lover.
Fate was cruel, Yuto had decided when he found out that he was going to be Dueling fellow Resistance comrade Kurosaki Ruri.
He didn't know 100%, but he was sure that Ruri was having similar thoughts to him at the moment. They didn't want to do this.
But they had too. Even if they didn't want to. If they tried to run away, the world would catch up to them in a blink of an eye, and either force them to fight...or have something much worse than what could happen right now.
For some reason, wherever he was, Yuto knew that if Shiunin Sora had heard the matchup, he would probably have dropped the sweet he would be sucking on. After all, Yuto had mentioned Ruri to Sora. So, maybe...with some luck, Sora would leave Ruri alone. But even then, Yuto had to be cautious with Sora.
He still didn't fully trust him, and others from Academia were sure to come to Synchro soon. But no matter what happened, he would make sure Ruri would be reunited with Shun and him in the end. They were so close to being back together Yuto could taste it.
Those were his final thoughts as Yuto found himself driving his d-wheel down to the startling line of the stadium, soon followed by Ruri and a loud wave of cheering, a split chant between the audience, each reciting the name of the person they were rooting for.
Both Yuto and Ruri's first instinct was to jump off their d-wheels run up to each other and embrace in a hug. Unfortunately, they had noticed the restraints from Shun and Ruri's Duel strapped them in place.
"Ruri…" Yuto whispered the name of his friend, so desperately wanting to get the hell of for his d-wheel.
"Yuto, it's okay." Ruri assured the boy, "Circumstances like this happen, as much as we don't like them. We just have to move on and push forward! Besides, I know you wouldn't want to send me to the underground willingly."
"Ruri, it's not just that! My comrades, both in Heartland and the ones here are in need of help, and I cannot do anything about it!" Yuto tightened a fist, gritting his teeth as he did so, "And we can't just ditch the match! These restraints will keep us from getting off of our d-wheel! And getting forced onto the damn thing didn't help either!"
Ruri responded by giving her a smile. Yuto felt a pang in his heart.
She was giving that smile. The 'I don't care what happens to myself as long as you are okay' smile. The Ruri smile. The smile Yuto associated with Ruri the most, cause she literally makes that smile almost all of the time. He also read on her face that she wanted to continue with the Duel. She already proved herself to Shun, and now she wants to prove herself to Yuto.
Yuto let out a long sigh. Just like Shun, he was going to hate every second of this.
"Fine…"
Not long after their conversation, Melissa activated the Action Field. A timer appeared in front of Yuto and Ruri, the latter leaning forward slightly.
3.
2.
"Riding Duel!"
1.
"Acceleration!"
Both jammed their foot onto the accelerator, bursting past the starting line neck and neck, racing to the exit of the stadium to decide who gets the first move.
In the end of it all, Ruri had managed to leave the stadium first, both of The Xyz Duelists drawing 5 Cards from their Deck as Ruri began her turn, scanning her Hand for any possible moves. And this was when she noticed something…
The blank Card...
She remembered that at some point, Academia had gave Ruri two blank Cards, but she never got to know what they were. Academia, as expected, wouldn't tell her anything about the Cards. And there were times Ruri would rip the Cards, but Academia would do 2 things.
The first was to punish her by putting her through excruciating pain.
The second was to get her 2 more blank Cards.
Eventually, Ruri stopped and the cycle halted. There was no point in ripping the Cards, she was only harming herself and the Cards wouldn't go away.
She didn't know what the Cards were for, but she would remember these sessions she would be forced into during her stay at Academia. During these sessions, she would black out, and the next thing she knew she would be back in the tower holding her captive.
The Cards...
They were like a scar, an open wound. Scars never disappear, and some wounds never close.
But if the Card was in her Deck, then did that mean the other blank Card was somewhere lying in her Deck? Or maybe it was an Extra Deck Card?
She had also forgotten to destroy the Cards. But for good reason, so much had went on since she had escaped from Academia that the thought had never crossed her mind.
Ruri shoved these thoughts aside, viewing the rest of her Hand. There wasn't much that she could do this turn, but she had to try something.
"I Summon Lyrical Luscinia-Black Canary from my Hand!" As the name suggested, a girl with blonde hair wearing a canary costume doused in black flocked to the Field.
Black Canary: Level 1, 0 Atk, 200 Def
"If I control a Lyrical Luscinia Monster except this Card, I am allowed to Special Summon it along with another Level 1 Lyrical Luscinia Monster! Flock to my Field Lyrical Luscinia-Sapphire Swallow and Lyrical Luscinia-Cobalt Sparrow!" Ruri called out to her Monsters, the two appearing next to Canary.
Sapphire Swallow: Level 1, 100 Atk, 0 Def
Cobalt Sparrow: Level 1, 0 Atk, 100 Def
"If Cobalt Sparrow is Special Summoned, I am permitted to add another copy of this Card from my Deck to my Hand!" Ruri spoke, pulling out the Card sticking out of her Deck before sliding it into her Hand.
Ruri hovered her hand to another Card, picking it up and inserting it into her Duel Disk.
"I set a Card and end my turn." Ruri concluded, taking a glance back at Yuto, who had a hand over his Deck, hesitating to draw.
He caught her looking at him just in time, as she had just turned her head away.
That's right. Ruri wants to prove herself to me...but doesn't she realize that there is no need for that? I am already aware of how strong she is...Yuto thought as he picke$ up the top Card of his Deck, taking a long gaze at the road in front of him, still in deep thought. He placed the Card into his Hand, directing his attention to two other Cards.
"Using the Scale 2 Entermate Hermit Crab Landlord and the Scale 5 Entermate Chain Giraffe, I set the Pendulum Scale!" Yuto swiped the two Cards across his Duel Disk as a light blue pillar erupted from the ground on both of Yugo's sides. His Monsters were floating above the ground in the columns with their respective Scale number below them.
"With this I can simultaneously Special Summon Monsters whose Levels are either 3 or 4! Swing! Pendulum of my soul! Carve an arc of hope across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear, my Monsters!" Yuto raised his fist in the air as his Monsters erupted out of the portal of Pendulum.
Out of the portal came two Monsters. The first one was Phantom Knights Deceased Comrade, followed by Phantom Knights Fragile Armor.
Deceased Comrade: Level 4, 1000 Atk, 1600 Def
Fragile Armor: Level 4, 1000 Atk, 2000 Def
"I overlay the Level 4 Phantom Knights Deceased Comrade and Fragile Armor! Dragon with fangs of pitch black darkness of the night, redeem the fall of your comrades and slash the pall of rebellion! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 4! Dark Redemption Dragon!" Yuto chanted as his Xyz Monster stormed to the Field behind his owner.
Dark Redemption: Rank 4: 2500 Atk, 2000 Def
"So this is what it feels like to face Pendulum Summoning…" Ruri whispered to herself as she felt the feeling in her chest. It was intimidating, being able to simultaneously Summon Monsters like that in a flash. It was even more intimidating in person though. She also noted the new Xyz Monster Yuto had, but Ruri gave a much more pending question, "How did you even get Pendulum Summoning and those Entermate Cards?"
"I received these Cards from a person I met. Like you and Shun and the rest of the Resistance, he is now one of my many treasured comrades, and I respect him for the ideals that he had and believed in." Yuto answered simply.
"Yuto…" Yuya murmured inside of the Xyz Duelist. He never knew that Yuto held him in such regard. He then realized that Yuto was referring to the old him. The Sakaki Yuya who always wanted to put a smile on others…
"Battle! Go, Dark Redemption Dragon! Attack Lyrical Luscinia-Black Canary!" Yuto threw his hand out, his dragon soaring towards Ruri's Monster.
Ruri pointed her hand to her facedown Card. The Card was flipped over and revealed to be a Trap Card.
"I activate the Trap Card Lyrical Luscinia-Battle Xyz! When you declare an attack on a Lyrical Luscinia Monster I control, I can negate the Attack and Xyz Summon a Lyrical Luscinia Monster from my Extra Deck using Monsters I control!" Ruri revealed the effect of her Card with Yuto making a 'tsk' sound with his mouth.
Dark Redemption swerved upwards now that the battle was forcefully ended.
As soon as Dark Redemption returned to Yuto's side, all three of Ruri's Monsters began to shine yellow before turning into yellow orbs that flew up into the air.
A portal opened up in front of Ruri. Her Monsters, which were now three orbs flew inside of the portal, which imploded and released a treaty yellow light which looked similar to a quasar. Ruri began to recite a chant for her Xyz Monster.
"Birds with beautiful wings! Gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight! Xyz Summon! Dance in the sky! Rank 1! Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale!"
Assembly Nightingale: Rank 1, 0 Atk, 0 Def
Due to her effect, Assembly Nightingale gains 100 Attack for each overlay unit she has attached to her.
Assembly Nightingale: 0-300 Atk
"When Lyrical Luscinia-Black Canary is used as Xyz Material, I inflict 500 points of damage to you!" Ruri exclaimed.
Yuto grunted as he was hit by a beam emitting from Assembly Nightingale's body.
Yuto: 4000-3500 LP
Yuto ended his turn after comprehending that he was facing Ruri, who had the most defensive Deck out of everyone he knew. Some of her Monsters also had killer effects despite their weak appearance, he shouldn't just rush in recklessly.
Yuto stole a glance to his right, at the approaching capital building. If his legs and feet weren't restrained, Yuto would have probably told Ruri that they will resume this Duel for another day and that he was going to jump off the track and escape. Hopefully to reunite with Akaba Reiji and the others, along with freeing the Lancers who were trapped in the underground area.
Leave it to Shun to screw things up.
Out of the corner of his eye, Yuto spotted multiple figures gliding in the air far from him. To a person who didn't know any better, those were just a bunch of birds. But Yuto was not one of those people. He knew that those weren't birds.
They were people.
Yuto squinted to get a better look of the figures off in the distance. He could just barely make it out, but he could see people with masks on draped in the familiar blue of the Obelisk Force.
Fear found its way into the Phantom Knights user's eyes, Don't tell me that Academia are already going to begin their attack! If that's the case…
"Ruri!" Yuto called out to his friend with a panicked voice, Ruri's head perked up, hearing the panic and fear in the Xyz Duelist's voice. Her hand which was on the top Card of her Deck froze. She turned her head around to face Yuto and slowed down slightly and veered off to Yuto's left so they were riding side by side.
"What's wrong?"
Yuto pointed to his right, a grim expression on his face, "Look over there."
Ruri was confused on what was so worrying that Yuto was this scared until she saw what he was looking at. She hadn't actually seen that many in Heartland, but she still knew what they were.
"Why does Academia have to attack now of all times?!" Ruri murmured out of frustration, cursing their horrible luck at the moment.
"We have to reunite with my comrades and Shun. We have to hold this Duel off for another time, what's important is keeping you, Serena, and Yuzu safe from Academia's clutches and getting back together with the Lancers!" Yuto stated, calmly addressing their current situation.
Ruri nodded her head, "Got it. So, what's the plan?"
"One of us will need to jump off, preferably you, since you are one of Academia's targets, and Dueling in public will only jeopardize your safety." Yuto reasoned, "I don't know what to do about these damn restraints though! I'm not strong enough to tear through them."
"Reuniting with our comrades is our number one priority, right? That shouldn't be a problem. I'll do it!" Ruri gave Yuto a determined look, to which Yuto would have smiled at if not for the situation at hand.
A lightbulb went off in Yuto's head, "I know how you can get rid of the restraints. One you escape, try making your way to the capital building. Look for either a man named Akaba Reiji or a boy our age named O'Brien. They can probably hack the system and rid us of these bindings."
Yuto then gave Ruri a brief description of Reiji and O'Brien's appearances. Ruri made sure to keep the most important details in her mind.
"On my command, make your move, we don't have much time. And Ruri…" At the girl's questioning look, Yuto continued, "Stay safe."
Ruri smiled and gave Yuto a nod, "You too."
Ruri slammed her foot into the gas pedal, causing her to speed up, moving ahead of Yuto as she eyed the capital building which she was now passing by.
Time slipped by as slow as sand in an hourglass.
Jeers began to be heard from the audience due to the inactivity of the Duel, Yuto and Ruri flinched when they heard Melissa's angry voice.
"Are you two just going to keep messing around or are you going to get on with it?!"
"Do it now, Ruri!" Yuto shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Right!" Ruri responded as she prepared to slide her d-wheel to the right, which would send her flying off the track. However, before she could do such an action, she felt a beat go off in her head, followed by the close sound of a creature.
Elsewhere in the city, the Doktor has just activated the Parasite Fusioner in Ruri's brain, immediately gaining control of her.
Back to the Duel, Ruri suddenly began to scream in pain, gritting her teeth as she began to tremble in place. She grabbed the sides of her heads trying to ease the throbbing pain going off in her head.
"Ruri! What's wrong?!" Yuto asked out of immediate concern.
Roget...don't tell me...Yuto thought darkly as he planned to seriously hurt Roget later.
The screaming stopped, and Ruri's head drooped down, her face staring dead at the Cards in her Hand. One of the Cards in her Hand before was blank. Now, the acard was perfectly clear.
Yuto drove up to Ruri's side in a flash, calling out Ruri's name frantically due to not getting a response. His blood ran cold when he heard a low chuckle coming from Ruri.
This laugh, it was nothing like Ruri's other laughs. The ones filled with joy and care. This laugh...was filled with sadism and an intent to torture and inflict pain.
"What's wrong, Yuto? Cat got your tongue?!" A sadistic smile found itself splattered over the female Kurosaki's features.
Ruri cackled as she sped up her d-wheel, leaving Yuto in the dust, ripping the top Card off of her Deck as she did so.
"Due to her effect, Assembly Nightingale can attack you directly! Furthermore, she can attack for every overlay unit she has!" Ruri explained, her voice drooling with a dreadful tone the real Ruri never used.
"Ruri! Ruri! Ruri!" Yuto called the name of his friend even more, but to no avail, she made no reaction to the calls as she merely continued with her onslaught.
"Sick em, Assembly Nightingale!" Ruri declared calmly, turning her head around and pointing at her enemy. Assembly Nightingale let out an abnormal sound, jumping into the air and kicking down on Yuto's head.
The helmet on Yuto's head reduced the pain, but the Xyz Duelist still let out a cry of pain regardless.
Yuto: 3500-3200 LP
"Attack two more times, Assembly Nightingale!" Ruri declared, her voice drooling with an intent to hurt.
Assembly Nightingale let out a cackle, sharpening her claws before scratching Yuto on the face twice, leaving scratch a red with fresh blood seeping from his cheeks.
Yuto: 3200-2600 LP
"Next, since a Lyrical Luscinia Monster I control inflicted damage to you, I can activate the Quick-Play Magic Card Lyrical Luscinia-Bird Song! I Special Summon a Level 1 Monster in my Hand in a Defense Position!"
She picked up a Card in her Hand, tilting her head to the side as she recited the name of the Monster.
"I Summon Parasite Fusioner!"
"What?!" Yuto's lips separated to form a thin gaping opening. Ruri had definitely never used that Card before. A horrible realization came through Yuto's brain. It made so much sense that Yuto had thought that it wasn't the truth. But it was.
Ruri got that Card from Academia.
Parasite Fusioner: Level 1, 0 Atk, 0 Def
"When this Card is Special Summoned, I am allowed to conduct a Fusion Summon!" Ruri revealed with a smirk, much to Yuto's surprise.
It's just as I thought...
"Parasite Fusioner, when it is faceup on the Field, can be used as a substitute for a Fusion Material! Now, I fuse Parasite Fusioner with Assembly Nightingale! Twitter of the songbird that resounds in the dark night. Become one with the inner voice and cry more intensely! Fusion Summon! Fly down! Noble isolated night bird! Lyrical Luscinia-Independent Nightingale!" Ruri raised her hand as she declared her Fusion Summon.
Unwrapping her wings from her body, the figure rising from the vortex behind Ruri was draped in an assortment of red and multiple variations of blue feathers.
Yuto felt the air around him change with the arrival of the new Monster. It was...eerie and disgusting at the same time.
Independent Nightingale: Level 1, 1000 Atk, 0 Def
Yes, they had to have done something her. Yuto knew Ruri wouldn't willingly use Fusion like that. She just wouldn't!
"First off, Parasite Fusioner is now equipped to Independent Nightingale!" Ruri pointed to her Monster as a purple portal opened in front of her.
The distorted figure of Parasite Fusioner flew out of it, attaching itself to Independent Nightingale's left breast.
That Parasite Fusioner seems to be the thing that's controlling Ruri. Either that or it's Independent Nightingale! Yuto thought to himself as he spoke up.
"That abomination will cease to exist shortly!"
The mind controlled Ruri scoffed, "Oh please, you won't be able to touch my Monster! Now, the effect of Independent Nightingale activates! Her Level is now increased by the amount of overlay units Assembly Nightingale had!"
Assembly Nightingale had 3 overlay units, so Independent Nightingale's Level rose up by 3.
Independent Nightingale: Level 1-4
This Card gains Attack equal to its Level times 500! 4 times 500 is 2000, so Independent Nightingale gains 2000 Attack!" Ruri gave a wide wicked grin, showing her teeth. A blood red aura surrounded Independent Nightingale.
Independent Nightingale: 1000-3000 Atk
Shit! Yuto cursed inwardly as Ruri declared an attack on Dark Redemption, immediately lifting his fist towards his Monster in retaliation.
"Dark Redemption's effect! Once during either player's turn, by detaching an overlay unit, I can halve the Attack of a Monster you control and add it to Dark Redemption's Attack until the end of the turn! Redemption Recharge!" The wings of Yuto's dragon quickly slid open as electricity poured out, electrocuting Independent Nightingale, who merely flew through it all. Dark Redemption howled into the night sky as it savored it's Attack boost.
Independent Nightingale: 3000-1500 Atk
Dark Redemption: 2500-4000 Atk
"Dark Redemption! Attack back and destroy Independent Nightingale!" Yuto shouted to his Monster as the dragon dodged a claw strike from Independent Nightingale, the dragon wheeled around and prepared to skewer Ruri's Monster with his fangs.
"I won't let you! By destroying Parasite Fusioner instead, Independent Nightingale avoids destruction!" Parasite Fusioner hopped off of Independent Nightingale's chest, taking the hit for the Monster, getting destroyed in the process.
Ruri leaned forward, making a 'tch' sound to voice her annoyance at the destruction of her Monster.
Ruri: 4000-1500 LP
Ruri merely grinned as she thrusted her hand toward her Monster, "I activate Independent Nightingale's effect! Once per turn, I can inflict damage to you equal to this Card's Level times 200! This Card's Level is 4, so, I inflict 800 damage to you!"
Yuto growled as he narrowly dodged a wave of energy Independent Nightingale threw at him. The wave nicked his shoulder, causing him to grit his teeth as he took damage.
Yuto: 2600-1800 LP
"I end my turn. Remember, the Attacks of our Monsters return to normal." Ruri reminded Yuto in a taunting manner, not really worried about Dark Redemption's effect at all now.
Independent Nightingale: 1500-3000 Atk
Dark Redemption: 4000-2500 Atk
"Ruri! Please, stop! It's me, Yuto! Listen to me! Don't give into whatever Academia has done to you! Fight it Ruri! Fight it!" Yuto yelled, trying to get through to Ruri, hoping that it would work.
Unfortunately, it did not.
Ruri turned her head to show Yuto her face. Yuto's eyes widened seeing that there was nothing left of the old Ruri except the body Yuto was seeing in front of him. It was as if the old Ruri was just erased completely and replaced by someone else.
"Damn it! No, I refuse to give up! I'm not losing you again. Ruri! I will reach out to you!" Yuto mumbled under his breath.
In Roget's office, the director picked up on what Yuto had said due to the device implanted in his helmet. Roget chuckled as he moved his hand to a meter.
"I'm afraid you won't be able to 'reach' out to her. Whatever Academia did, it cannot be undone. And besides, this is the perfect opportunity. You two, putting on a show for the audience. This should had some vigor and flare to it."
Roget touched the blank meter, sliding his hand up the meter as one of the bars in the meter turned red, activating the transplant in Yuto's helmet.
The transplant sent electrical currents to Yuto's brain, causing the Xyz Duelist to let out a loud yell of pain.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Ruri made no reaction when she heard the scream. Instead, she licked her lips when she heard it, relishing what she had heard. She wished to hear more now.
"Yuto, what's wrong?!" Yuya asked his counterpart out of immediate concern.
"No, that's not enough!" Roget spoke to himself, "Even more! Show me a Duel so the audience will not be able to take their eyes off of you!" Roget presses his fingers on the board one again, lifting the bar up by 4.
More electricity coursed through Yuto's head as the boy jerked his head back, screaming and clutching his head. Yuto let out a gasp, losing his breath from the sudden pain.
"Wh-What the hell...is this shock?!" Yuto mused to himself.
"What's Yuto doing down there…" Melissa wondered to herself, speaking out of the microphone as she looked down from the helicopter she was riding in. Little did she know, a certain boy with light cyan hair was hitching onto the helicopter.
"No matter what kind of person you may be, you always have your primal instincts. Now, bring it out! Show it to the world once more! Awaken! Ferocious power that lies deep within this boy! Release that power and rampage like a demon!"
Roget practically slammed his hand onto the meter, pushing it all the way up the max.
Yuto's voice began to crack as he let out his loudest cry yet. The pain in his head felt as if he got ran over by a truck.
Yuto could slowly feel something rising deep within him, but he did his best to suppress that feeling. He began to sweat, huffing and puffing as he was relieved to feel the pain stop.
Meanwhile, Ruri was ecstatic.
"YEEEEESSSSSSS! LET OUT EVEN MORE! MORE SCREAMS! ALL OF THOSE LAUGHS! ALL OF THOSE SMILES! TURN THEM INTO SCREAMS AND WAILS!"
"I'm...not going to give into a damn imposter!" Yuto closed his eye as he continued to breathe heavily, his heart practically trying to burst a hole in his chest.
"Well here's something that will give you the biggest smile! Remember that Parasite Fusioner you destroyed?" Ruri questioned rhetorically.
Yuto gasped, suddenly not wanting to hear anymore, horrified of what was going to be said next.
"There's another one." Ruri lifted her hand, holding up one finger before pointing to her ear. "Right here, lying in my brain."
Yuto went dead still. His vision began to go blurry as he tried to comprehend what he had just heard. He found his hatred rising again.
No...they couldn't have…
Not to her...NOT TO HER!
"What did you say?" Yuto asked, his voice suddenly sounding more raspy and menacing. His head was down, hiding the expression on his face.
Ruri raised an eyebrow before chuckling, "You heard me. The Parasite Fusioner...is lying right here, in my brain."
Inside Yuto, Yuya also began to feel anger taking him over.
"An insect? Trying to act all high and mighty now that's it's got a human host. Well, let me tell you this, insect. Your kind tries to act like your at the top of the world. But no matter what happens…" Yuto trailed off as the air around began to change, felt only by Ruri and her Monster.
Yuto shot his head up, revealing his hair spiking upwards, more than usual. A dark aura now surrounded him. Bright blue eyes shining on his face.
Ruri gasped out of shock with a horrified expression when she heard what the Phantom Knights user said next.
"AN INSECT WILL ALWAYS BE AN INSECT!"
Elsewhere, in two different locations of the city, Yugo and Yuri felt a hard beat in their chest. They stopped what they were doing, with Yugo quickly parking his d-wheel. They checked their Deck unconsciously to see that their ace Monsters were glowing.
In the underground facility, Serena, who had just defeated yet another opponent so she could get back up to the surface, began to hear a light twinkle in her ears, followed by her eyes seeing a purple light coming from her wrist.
She looked down to her bracelet to see it blinking a small purple light.
"The bracelet…"
Yuzu, who was running with Tsukikage and Reira, stopped moving when her bracelet also began to start glowing. Tsukikage and Reira turned to her. They were all mesmerized by what was happening, and Yuzu had a feeling that she knew that something was happening.
The mind controlled Rin, who had arrived in the Synchro Dimension with the Doktor not too long ago, found her bracelet twinkling with a light green light.
Ruri's bracelet also began to glow repeatedly with a yellow tint to the light.
"What's this thing doing?" Ruri murmured as she turned her head back to Yuto, who had a hand on the top of his Deck.
"My turn!" Yuto ripped the Card off his Deck. Oddly enough, Yugo, Yuri, and he spirit of Yuya began to do the same thing, their eyes glowing light green, purple, and red respectively.
It was as if they were synchronized.
"I detach an overlay unit to activate Dark Redemption Dragon's Monster effect!" Yuya declared in conjunction with Yuto and the others.
Dark Redemption Dragon grabbed an overlay unit and crushed with ease, electricity once again lashing out at Independent Nightingale.
"REDEMPTION RECHARGE!" All four boys shouted in unison.
Independent Nightingale: 3000-1500 Atk
Dark Redemption: 2500-4000 Atk
"DIE AND GO TO HELL YOU PIECE OF SHIT! SIEGE OF REDEMPTION!" Yugo roared.
Dark Redemption flew up into the air, with fangs surging with purple electricity. The dragon began to storm down veering towards its target: Independent Nightingale.
"Kgh!" Ruri grunted as she took a Card out of her Graveyard and revealed it, "I activate the Graveyard effect of Lyrical Luscinia-Battle Xyz! When an attack is declared on a Lyrical Luscinia Monster while this Card is in the Grave, I can banish this Card and two other Lyrical Luscinia Cards to negate the attack and destroy your Monster! Then, after the battle, I am allowed to draw 2 Cards!"
A purple light emitted from Independent Nightingale's feathers, a bright line enveloped the area. A loud cry was heard from Dark Redemption a moment later. When the light dissipated, Dark Redemption was gone, and Ruri was rleady drawing 2 Cards and banishing 2 from her Grave.
The Monsters she banished were Lyrical Luscinia-Black Canary and surprisingly, Sapphire Swallow.
"I activate the Pendulum effect of Entermate Hermit Crab Landlord!" Yuri immediately reacted, throwing his hand to the side as he and the others began to explain the effect.
"When a Pendulum Monster I control is destroyed and sent to the Extra Deck, I can Special Summon a Card in my Pendulum Zone! Appear, Entermate Chain Giraffe!" The four boys explained in unison as said Monster was Summoned in front of Yuto in Defense Position.
Chain Giraffe: Level 1, 100 Atk, 500 Def
Ruri grunted out of annoyance, but even in this state she couldn't hide her shock when she heard what Yuto said next.
"When Chain Giraffe is Normal or Special Summoned, I can target an effect Monster you control! That Monster's effects are negated and it can't attack as long as this Card is faceup on the Field!" Yuto practically yelled the effect. Ruri gasped out of shock as she saw chains erupt from Yuto's a Summoned Monster.
The chains wrapped themselves around Independent Nightingale, who gasped as she was surrounded, a yellow aura surrounding her as her Attack was reduced.
"An amazing counter from Yuto! Since Independent Nightingale's effect is negated, she loses her Attack boost!" Melissa announced.
Independent Nightingale: 1500-1000 Atk (I honestly think I got this stat wrong, so if anyone could correct me so I can fix it, that would be great)
Members of the audience began to cheer out loud, most likely people who wanted Yuto to win.
"I wonder what's happening to the two of them though. They seem much different than from their previous appearances." Melissa noted quietly, but the audience paid no heed to her statement whatsoever.
"You…" Ruri cursed the boy she was Dueling. The one the real Ruri called friend and lover.
"I end my turn." Yuto concluded coldly with his three counterparts talking alongside him, "At this moment, due to Cloven Helm's effect, I get to add a Phantom Knights Card to my Hand! I add Phantom Knights Fragile Armor!"
"My turn, draw!" Ruri looked ahead on the road and narrowed her eyes, speeding up and reaching her hand out for what she saw: an Action Card. "Tch! I can't even use this right now!" Ruri put the Action Card in her Hand and took out another Card and slid it into her Magic and Trap Card Zone.
"I activate the Magic Card Lyrical Luscinia-Bird Strike! If I control a Lyrical Luscinia Monster, the effects of all your Monsters will be negated!" Ruri directed her eyes to her Monster, who easily broke out of Chain Giraffe's chains. With a sickening smile, she witnessed her Monster gain her Attack back.
Independent Nightingale: 1000-3000 Atk
"Battle! Independent Nightingale, attack Entermate Chain Giraffe!" Ruri commanded her Monster, who nodded her head and jumped into the air, spinning around and unleashing sharp feathers at Yuto's Monster, destroying it easily.
Yuto made no reaction whatsoever and didn't even use the effect of Hermit Crab Landlord. Whether Yuto's mind had broke apart in the Duel Ruri didn't know and didn't care.
"I activate Independent Nightingale's effect! I inflict 800 damage to you once again!" Ruri reused her Monster's effect as Yuto's d-wheel was hit by a wave of energy head on, this time not even making an effort to dodge.
Yuto let out a grunt as his life was reduced little by little.
Yuto: 1800-1000 LP
Instead of the pained face that Ruri wanted him to make, the wielder of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon merely gave a malicious smirk.
"I...I end my turn…" Ruri soon began to find herself startled. She even found her own hand trembling. Her hand.
"What's wrong? Is the little insect starting to get scared?" Yuto, Yugo, Yuri, and Yuya's voice taunted in unison.
Ruri's ears perked up as she could have sworn she heard the voices of 3 other people speak at the same time as Yuto, saying the exact same things.
"Wh-What the hell are you?!"
"What am I?" Yuto repeated, before beginning to chuckle darkly. There was a hint of bloodlust in that chuckle of his, and it far surpassed the amount of bloodlust that Ruri could ever release. "I am the one whose name inflicts fear! Wherever there is darkness, I will be there! Wherever there is sin, I will be there! So who am I?"
"I am the devil's incarnate! And the reincarnation of the Supreme King who wreaked havoc on the world years ago! Now, it's time for you to die you spineless coward!"
Yuto placed a Card on the top of his Deck, the dark aura surrounding him becoming more pronounced. "My turn…"
"My turn…"
"My turn…"
"My turn…"
"DRAW!" The four Yu-boys howled.
"I, using the already set Scale 2 Entermate Hermit Crab Landlord and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, set the Pendulum Scale!" Yuto slammed the second Pendulum Card onto the right end of his Duel Disk, resetting the Pendulum Scale. "With this I can simultaneously Summon Monsters whose Levels are from 3 to 7!"
"Swing! Pendulum of my soul…" Yuri began the Pendulum chant.
"Carve an arc of destruction across the ether!" Yuya followed in perfect succession.
"Pendulum Summon!" Yugo finished.
"Come forth! My Monster servants!" Yuto raised his fist as two beams of light flew out of the portal.
"First is the wondrous and beautiful dragon with dual-colored eyes! Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon from the Hand!" Yuya chanted as his ace Monster let out a roar of fury.
"Revive from the Extra Deck, Dark Redemption Dragon!" Yuto slapped the Card onto his Disk as the Monster rose behind him.
Odd Eyes: Level 7, 2500 Atk, 2000 Def
"It's Yuya's dragon…" The boy who snuck onto the helicopter noted.
A low growling noise could be heard from Odd Eyes. It was glaring, right at Ruri, as if trying to scare her away. Ruri looked back in confusion and saw Odd Eyes' telling her to scram.
If that wasn't weird enough, Odd Eyes was whipping the tail near Yuto's head, as if it was ready to strike if anyone got too close. Was the dragon showing him affection?
The dragon was acting like it hadn't seen someone in a long time. But that was impossible, Odd Eyes has been with Yuto for a while now…
Unless that wasn't Yuto.
Yuto paid no attention to this action. In fact, he looked like he didn't even care.
"Wait a minute! How did you Summon Dark Redemption from the Extra Deck?!" Ruri enquired, thinking that Yuto was cheating. Unknown to her, Melissa has just asked the same question, but she was paying no heed to her or the audience, who were cheering like madmen and chanting the name of the person they wanted to win.
"Dark Redemption Dragon is an Xyz-Pendulum Monster hybrid. When Dark Redemption is in the Extra Deck and I can Pendulum Summon a Level 4 Monster, I can Pendulum Summon this Monster." Yuto stated calmly before moving on, grabbing a Card in his Hand and sliding it into his Duel Disk.
"I activate the Magic Card Phantom Knights Possession! Using this Card, I can give an Xyz Monster the Level of a Monster I control!" Yuto informed Ruri.
"I grant Dark Redemption the Level of Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon, 7!" Yuya spoke, with Ruri once again hearing for just a split second 3 other people talking at the same time as Yuto, the person she was hearing in reality.
Dark Redemption: Rank 4-Level 7
"Giving an Xyz Monster a Level?! Just what is Yuto planning?!" Melissa spectated. The sister of Kurosaki Shun was also asking this question internally.
"I overlay the Level 7 Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon…" Yuri began.
"And the now Level 7 Dark Redemption Dragon!" Yugo followed.
"With these two Monsters, I construct the overlay network!" Yuya finished as the two dragons on the Field flew into the portal that opened in front of him.
"Dragon of dual colored eyes. Unleash the black scale of wrath, eradicate all opposing enemies! Xyz Summon! Come forth, Rank 7! Dragon with eyes of rage! Supreme King Black Dragon-Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!" Yuto chanted as his Xyz Monster let out a loud shriek that caused shockwaves to flow throughout the surrounding area for people to feel.
Odd Eyes Rebellion: Rank 7, 3000 Atk, 2500 Def
"Odd Eyes…Rebellion Dragon…" Ruri repeated the name of the dragon as it's vicious dual-colored eyes glared daggers into her soul.
"It's the dragon he used against me!" The cyan haired boy hanging off of Melissa's chopper realized.
"I activate the Equip Magic Card Supreme King's Wings! I equip it to Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon! Now, this Card and the equipped Monster cannot be destroyed by Card effects!" Two big light purple wings sprouted from the hybrid dragon's back.
"Come, Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon!" Without even giving the command in what to do, Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon sunk down a little bit and grabbed Yuto and his d-wheel with his hands. He sped up his flying speed, flying right past Independent Nightingale and Ruri, who gasped out of shock as the dragon of rebellion dropped Yuto not that far ahead of Ruri.
"He flew!" Melissa shrieked out of surprise.
"Nice one, Yuto!" Someone from the audience lifted his fist out of excitement.
"Ruri is putting on quite a show as well." A member of the Tosp said, taking a sip of his drink.
The spiky haired boy reached out and grabbed an approaching Action Card.
"Battle!" Yuto announced followed by Yuya, Yugo and Yuri saying their own parts respectively.
"Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon…"
"Attack and exterminate…"
"Lyrical Luscinia-Independent Nightingale!"
Odd Eyes Rebellion flew forward before shooting around, glaring at Independent Nightingale and digging his fangs into the ground. Flying full force at Ruri's Fusion Monster.
"Action Magic, Extreme Sword activate! For the duration of the Battle Phase only, I give Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon 1000 Attack!"
Odd Eyes Rebellion: 3000-4000 Atk
"Action Magic, Attack Force!" Ruri countered with her own Action Card, "When a Monster I control battles a Monster with higher Attack, I can give my Monster 600 Attack during damage calculation only!"
Independent Nightingale: 3000-3600 Atk
"Rebellious Wrath Strike Disobey!"
Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon shot its fangs upwards, colliding with Independent Nightingale and finally destroying her.
Ruri screamed out of pain, as she was assaulted by stray purple electricity from Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon along with the sharp particles of her destroyed Monster.
Ruri clutched her head, which hurt the most out of all areas of her body. She writhed in agony as she leaned forward, putting one hand on the handlebar of her d-wheel to try and keep control of the vehicle, while using the other hand to try and ease the pain in her head.
Ruri: 1500-1100 LP
"I activate the effect of Supreme King's Wings! Once per Battle Phase, during either player's turn, when the equipped Monster destroys a Monster you control in battle, I can inflict 1000 points of damage to you!" Yuto revealed the effect of his Equip Magic Card.
Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon opened its mouth and let out a roar, which released even more shockwaves. Ruri once again screeched out of pain, the pain she was enduring through becoming even more unbearable as time went on.
Ruri: 1100-100 LP
Unknown to Yuto, the shockwaves destroyed the implant in his helmet.
However, nothing changed. The expression on Yuto's face was still filled with a distortment of anger and rage.
Ruri groaned as she closed her eyes and opened them again, her vision blurry, her d-wheel falling out of course at that moment, startling her. Ruri immediately reacted and regained control of her d-wheel. She suddenly gasped when she realized…
She had blacked out.
She widened her eyes when she saw a large dragon bearing similar colors to the ace Monster Yuto used. Speaking of whom, she had just realized that Yuto was now ahead of her. She looked down at her Duel Disk, surprised to see her with no Monster, 2 Cards in the Hand along with only having 100 life points.
Yuto, on the other hand, had a Monster on the Field named Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon, to which Ruri noted was the same as that Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon he used in a past match. He had 1000 life points and his Scale 5 Entermate Chain Giraffe was now replaced with the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician.
Ruri checked her Grave, letting out a gasp of horror to see 2 Cards she had never seen before. Parasite Fusioner, and Lyrical Luscinia-Independent Nightingale…
A Fusion Monster.
Ruri suddenly realized why she blacked out. Academia was controlling her, and these 2 new Cards were the blank ones she had and kept ripping for all of this time.
It wasn't staying long after this Duel, that's for sure.
"I end my turn."
Ruri flinched, not only was Yuto's voice much deeper and filled with anger and hatred, she heard 3 other people! And one of the voices brought chills to her spine.
It was the same voice of the boy who captured her back in the Xyz Dimension!
But why? Was he here? And why was Ruri hearing 3 other people alongside Yuto.
It was at this moment Ruri noticed her blinking bracelet. She narrowed her eyes at Yuto, suddenly noticing his hair standing up more along with a dark aura surrounding him.
"Yuto!" Ruri pressed her foot on the gas pedal, speeding up to catch up to Yuto, who was going at a steady speed, still fast enough to originally outspeed Ruri, but now the Lyrical Luscinia user was catching up to him. "Yuto! What's going on?!"
She felt a chill in her spine when she heard a feral growl coming from Yuto, who nudged his head to face her. Their eyes met, and it wasn't the kind and determined eyes of Yuto that Ruri normally saw.
They were determined, yes. But these eyes looked like they wanted to hurt and destroy, not help.
She found herself slowing down before realizing her descending speed. She began to stay at a constant pace, making sure to not lose any more distance from Yuto.
"Oi, oi! Ruri! What's taking you so long?!" The booming voice of Melissa caused a Ruri to almost jump out of her seat.
Melissa sighed, moving the mic away from her mouth, "Geez, what is with all of the stalling today?" Melissa moved her head down to see light cyan hair.
Melissa squealed out of fear, startling the owner of the hair, who was merely looking.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP HERE?! I GET THAT YOU WANTED TO GET A CLOSER LOOK BUT DOING THIS KIND OF STUFF IS DANGEROUS!" Melissa yelled at the boy, who was still ignoring her.
Annoying. The boy thought to himself.
The drop from the helicopter to the road Yuto and Ruri were riding on wasn't actually that bad. The only way one would get injured is if they screwed up the jump and had a bad landing.
Melissa didn't know that, so that's why she screamed when she saw the boy with the lollipop in his mouth jump off the wheel of the helicopter.
Ruri let out a yelp as her d-wheel rumbled from someone landing on it. She turned her head to see a light cyan haired boy with a lollipop in his mouth sitting right behind her.
"Who are you?" Ruri questioned the boy, before directing her eyes to the boys clothes and wrist. The boy wore a blue jacket and had a Duel Disk in the form of a shield with yellow trimmings and a blue body. The Shield was a dead giveaway. "You're from Academia!"
Ruri panicked and purposely swerved her d-wheel from left to right, trying to shake Sora off of her Duel Disk.
"Oi! Stop!" The boy pleaded, clutching onto Ruri's shoulders to hang on, "I'm a comrade of Yuto's!"
Ruri froze, putting the d-wheel back in place, "Comrade of Yuto's? Liar! Why would Yuto align himself with someone from Academia?!"
"It's...complicated, but I have no time to explain! My name is Shiunin Sora!" The boy now known as Sora brushed off the topic and continued, "Whatever is happening to Yuto right now, I've seen it firsthand before."
"Then how do I return him to normal?!" Ruri quickly demanded.
"I don't know. But if I were to guess, he'll snap out of it if either the Duel ends or you beat some sense into him. And maybe a few words will help too." Sora answered the question as best as he could, not even sure of the answer himself.
"How do I know I can trust you?"
"Look, I have no way of proving to you that I am trustworthy! In fact, Yuto doesn't even trust me that much! But I can't do anything to help him! I have to protect Serena, Hiragi Yuzu and you from the Obelisk Force!"
"The Obelisk Force…" Ruri whispered with a confused tone before the memory came back to her of members of the Obelisk Force flying in, "Don't tell me even more are coming!"
"I don't know how much are coming, but it's clear they want to force you out of your hiding spot and capture you that way." Sora replied, "I'm counting on you!"
"Wait!" But Sora did not listen, by the time Ruri turned her head back around, Sora was already gone. She looked back ahead to where Yuto was ahead.
So...something really is wrong with Yuto...Then as his friend and comrade, I will return him to normal! Ruri nodded her head as she drew the top Card of her Deck. She eyed the drawn Card of her Deck and immediately slid it into her Duel Disk.
"I activate the Magic Card Lyrical Luscinia-Revival! I get to Special Summon a
Lyrical Luscinia Monster sleeping in my Graveyard! Revive, Lyrical Luscinia-Assembly Nightingale! Next, I activate the Rank-Up-Magic Whole Step Force! Using this Card and a Lyrical Luscinia Xyz Monster I control, I get to Xyz Summon a Lyrical Luscinia Monster from my Extra Deck whose Rank is 1 higher than Assembly Nightingale's!"
"Ruri performs one of her signature Rank-Up Xyz Summons!" Melissa commentated.
"Rank Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 2, Lyrical Luscinia-Private Nightingale!" Ruri raised her hand as her new Xyz Monster flew down onto the Field.
The Monster looked almost identical to Assembly Nightingale, except wherever there was pink and bright yellow on Assembly Nightingale, it was replaced with green and red respectively.
Private Nightingale: Rank 2, 0 Atk, 0 Def
"Private Nightingale gains 100 Attack for every overlay unit she has!"
Private Nightingale: 0-200 Atk
"When Private Nightingale is Special Summoned, I can target a Monster you control Private Nightingale gains the Attack of the targeted Monster! I target the 3000 Attack Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon!" Ruri pointed her finger at Yuto's Monster.
Private Nightingale: 200-3200 Atk
"Attack, Private Nightingale!" On the female Xyz Duelist's command leaped into the air, flapping her wings, flying towards Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon, who had his fangs ready.
Private Nightingale dove under Rebellion Dragon's chin and used her talons to slice off Rebellion Dragon's fangs, before leaping up into the air to slice at the dragon's head. The dragon moaned and cried out of pain as it was destroyed.
This time, Yuto did make a reaction. He actually let out a cry of pain.
Yuto: 1000-800 LP
To Ruri's surprise, a purple ball of lightning appeared out of the dust cloud that formed when Rebellion Dragon had fallen. Yuto jerked his head down to glare at Ruri.
"At this moment, Supreme King's Wings final effect activates!" Yuto revealed to Ruri.
"Final effect?!" Ruri's breathing halted when she heard that.
"When the equipped Monster is destroyed by a Monster in battle…" Yuya managed to blurt out.
"I can destroy the Monster that destroyed it…" Yugo followed Yuya, gritting his teeth hard that they looked like they could come clean out of his mouth.
"And then you take damage equal to the amount of Attack the Monster had on the Field!" Yuri finished the explanation of the effect as all four dimensional counterparts lifted their heads up to say one thing.
"Fall! And go squirm in the mud with that spineless insect!"
A large explosion occurred. This explosion enveloped Ruri, her Monster, and Yuto, making it so Melissa couldn't see either of the three.
"It seems that Yuto has the game in the bag!" Melissa exclaimed, earning jeers from the people who wanted Ruri to win. "Wait!" Melissa paused when she saw the cloud of dust disappear, with nothing changed at all except for Ruri's Monster having one less overlay unit. "Kurosaki Ruri is still in the game ladies and gentlemen!"
Private Nightingale: 3200-3100 Atk
"Why?! Why does your Monster still remain?!" Yuto questioned, the dark aura around him settling slightly and the blinding blue light in his eyes dimming slightly as well.
"Once during either player's turn, by detaching an overlay unit, Private Nightingale can't be destroyed by Card effects nor can I take effect damage for the rest of the turn!" Ruri revealed the effect of her Monster. "I end my turn."
"No...I won't lose! I REFUSE TO LOSE! MY TURN!" Yuto roared, sweeping the top Card off his Deck, "I activate the effect of Phantom Knights Possession from my Graveyard! By banishing this Card, I am allowed to take control of a Monster you control until the end of the turn! Now, serve me! Lyrical Luscinia-Private Nightingale!"
"Unfortunately for you, Private Nightingale can't be targeted by a Card effects as long as she has an overlay unit." Ruri told her friend, who growled out of annoyance.
"RAAAAHHH! I WILL NOT ACCEPT THIS INSUBORDINATION ANY LONGER! If I can Pendulum Summon a Level 7 Monster, I am allowed to Pendulum Summon Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon! Pendulum Summon! Appear, Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon!"
The dragon flew out of the portal that opened above Yuto, returning to the Field once more. Along with Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon, another beam flew out of the portal.
"Appear! From my Hand, Entermate Drumm-ARGH!" Yuto let out a cry of pain as he stuck his hands to his face, experiencing a sharp pain in his head, "No...not now of all times…"
The dark aura receded more, and Yuto's hair stopped flowing upwards. However, Yuto's eyes still glowed bright blue.
Yuto rigorously nodded his head many times, before continuing, "From my Hand, Entermate Drumming Kong!"
Drumming Kong: Level 5, 1600 Atk, 900 Def
Ruri noted Yuto's voice didn't carry as much venom and anger as it did just a minute ago. It seemed like the real Yuto was trying to come back!
"Battle! Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon, attack Lyrical Luscinia-Private Nightingale! Next, I activate the effect of Entermate Drumming Kong! Once per turn, when a. Ouster I control battles, I can have it gain 600 Attack!" Yuto explained, his eyes dimming slightly as he clutched his head, taking deep breaths as he did so.
Odd Eyes Rebellion: 3000-3600 Atk
"No...Stop...Ruri…" Yuto managed to get out before crying out in pain, shooting up his head again with a look of fury on his face.
"ODD EYES REBELLION DRAGON! FINISH THIS DUEL! REBELLIOUS WRATH STRIKE DISOBEY!" Yuto screamed at the top of his lungs as his Monster dove straight for Private Nightingale. Yuto clutched his chest, breathing heavily once again as his d-wheel began to slow down.
Ruri saw Yuto's face at that moment. It was constantly getting pale, and it slowly but surely, it was getting more pale by the second. Yuto began to cough uncontrollably as his started to twist out of pain. Ruri widened her eyes when she saw the translucent image of a boy with green and red hair floating next to Yuto, making the same actions he was.
The next thing Ruri knew, she was riding alongside Yuto, whether he had slowed down or she had sped up she did not know. All she knew was that Yuto was in pain and she had to do something about it.
She began to see the image of the green and red haired boy began to disappear, she reacted quickly and grabbed Yuto hard on the wrist. Her bracelet glowed a bright light, enveloping the area and blinding both her and Yuto.
Everything was silent, until Ruri began to hear the horrible sound of screaming.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH! MY HEAD! MY HEAD! IT'S LIKE I'M BEING RIPPED APART! YUTO! YUTO! WHERE ARE YOU?!" The voice sounded concerned for Yuto. Another loud scream from the boy followed by a scream from Yuto occurred.
And then silence.
When the bright light dissipated, Ruri found Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon and Lyrical Luscinia-Prime Nightingale were no longer on the Field. She looked down at her Duel Disk to see what happened.
Ruri: 200-0 LP
She lost.
But she didn't care about that. She turned her head to see Yuto's head lying down forward on his d-wheel, eyes closed. She let go of his wrist, confused and a little spooked at what just happened.
Soon, the two arrived at the stadium and not long after their d-wheels parked automatically, Yuto woke up.
The first thing he was met with was blurred vision and a throbbing head that hurt like a bitch. But that wasn't the only thing that bothered Yuto at the moment.
It was the fact that for some reason, he didn't feel right.
He felt like something was missing.
He felt...empty.
Card Catalog
So, before we begin, I would like to point out I changed the effects of three Cards. Well, the third Card had a change that I forgot to implement when I first introduced the Card.
The first Card is Independent Nightingale. As you saw in the chapter, I changed the burn damage effect cause one, if that Monster gains 500 Attack for each Level it has, then it should not have an effect that does the same with damage! I mean sure, I've made some broken Cards in the past...ok I'll shut up, but still! I think that 200 damage for every Level is better than 500!
The second Card is Supreme Kong's Wings. Now, the second effect in conjunction with the fact that it gives destruction immunity to effects and that it's a nuke when the equipped Monster is destroyed is too much. So inflict 1000 damage when destroying a Monster in battle once per turn is fine.
The third Card is Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon. So, this change I planned on adding when I first had Rebellion Dragon appear, but I forgot the change due to some crap that was going on and I never remembered until now. But basically, if you can Pendulum Summon Level 7, as long as Odd Eyes Rebellion Dragon is faceup in your Extra Deck, you can Pendulum Summon it.
Now for the custom Cards.
Lyrical Luscinia-Battle Xyz, Trap: You can only activate this Card if a Lyrical Luscinia Monster you control is attacked by an opponent's Monster, Xyz Summon a Lyrical Luscinia Monster from your Extra Deck using Monsters you control. When an opponent's Monsters declared an attack on a Lyrical Luscinia Monster you control while this Card is in the Grave, you can banish this Card and 2 other Lyrical Luscinia Cards from your Grave, negate the attack and destroy the attacking Monster. Then, draw 2 Cards.
Lyrical Luscinia-Revival, Magic: Special Summon a Lyrical Luscinia Monster in your Graveyard. When this Card is in the Graveyard, except during the turn it is sent, you can activate this effect: Banish this Card from the Graveyard, add up to 3 Lyrical Luscinia Monsters in your Grave to your Hand.
Lyrical Luscinia-Private Nightingale, Xyz, Winged-Beast, Wind: 2 or more Level 2 Monsters; This Card gains 100 Attack for every overlay unit it has. When this Card is Special Summoned, target a Monster your opponent controls, this Card gains that Monster's current Attack. Once during either player's turn, you can detach an overlay unit from this Card, you take no effect damage for the rest of the turn and this Card cannot be destroyed by Card effects. As long as this Card as an overlay unit, this Card can't be targeted by Card effects.
Alright, how long has it been? 20 days? I don't know.
But for some reason I found that I had a case of writer's block for this story. I found the inspiration to write again not that long ago, so I should be fine now.
Anyways, sorry if this chapter seems out of whack, I guess I've a little out of it for the past couple of days.
Alright, so forgetting that, I also need to mention, the scene in the anime where some weird shit is happening to Yuya's brain and it could result in his death or memory loss will be added in later maybe. I felt like that scene greatly showed how cruel Roget is and how he doesn't care about what happens to his pawns. He thinks that pawns are merely soldiers, tools, for the king to be able to use at his disposal however he likes. It's kind of symbolic that way.
And one more thing, it should be obvious why, but if you're wondering why I'm literally milking the f*ck out of Ruri and giving her OC Cards left and right, it's because Ruri literally has shown 6! FUCKING! CARDS that were her own and not given to her from stupid parasite bullshit.
Which brings me into my next point, if you guys were disappointed that Ruri got controlled by a parasite, AND I KNOW THERE ARE A FEW, then you'll be happy to know that the reason why I did this is so I can get rid of the parasite. Yes, Yuto's berserk mode killed the parasite from Odd Eyes Rebellion's attacks, REJOICE! And don't worry, Yuto and Ruri will definitely Duel again, maybe even 2 more times if you guys are lucky.
Anyways, with all of that shit out of the way, let's move to the response things. Oh yeah, I know I already said this the last time I posted a chapter, but Happy Late New Years.
Critical Guest (From now on I think I'll call you CG): First of all, in case you were having thoughts about this, no, you're not the reason I went on writer's block. If anything, I'm actually glad you actually criticized the early chapters, I know that they suck ass, but I barely have any time to actually edit chapters. I've been slowly trying to edit them, but that's going to take a while, and since no actually bothered to criticize the early chapters that much in terms of pointing out spelling and grammatical errors, I don't look back on the chapters after they are posted. Anyways, some of the stuff that you have stated were actually things on my mind when I was writing before you first reviewed, but since no one actually seemed to be bothered by the shit, I assumed it was ok. Sorry if it bothered you that much. Oh yeah, and for the record, I type most of my chapters on an iPad now cause for some reason it is much more productive on an iPad for me than a computer. But anyway, on my iPad, I normally have autocorrect so it can fix words that I've spelled wrong, but sometimes, it pulls shit like that where it changes the names. Like, I remember a numerous amount of times that Yuya's name was autocorrected to Yuma and Yuto's was corrected to Yugo and vice versa.
Skadi: Honestly, if the Obelisk Force didn't Duel like absolute fodder, than the good guys would not actually be able to beat them in a 1v3.
Matrixnis: Nice to see you again. Honestly, it's just Security, and the next time I have the Obelisk Force, I'll TRY to have them act like a challenge.
Thetiger39: I've already had a rematch between Yuzu and Yuri in my head.
DG: First off, thank you for your kind review, it actually kind of jolted me out of my writer's block a little bit. Anyway, unfortunately, I am not going to be adding any more characters from the other series because this fanfic already has a lot of people to work with. Plus, I said I wasn't going to be adding VRAINS characters...or did I not say that before, I don't remember. But having Vector is actually SUCH a good idea, I'm kind of pissed I didn't think about it until now. Alas, it's too late now. Good suggestions though.
That's all for now, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Take care, goodbye.
