Chapter 9: The Berserk Princess Part 3

Last time on Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal…

"Since this is a Tag Duel, we will each start off with 4000 Life Points, and turn order will be determined randomly." Dumon explained, as four portraits of each of the duelists began circling around each other. "Should one person lose all their Life Points, their Teammate loses as well."

(Scene Change to Princess Fragrance Xyz Summoning her Number)

"I Overlay both my Level 4 Serenade and Level 4 Aria!" Princess Fragrance declared, as the two monsters turned into yellow lights, before shooting into the sky. "With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" After stating that, a galaxy-like portal appeared in front of her, as the two lights entered it. "Accursed armor with a soul of madness! Unleash the drumbeats of Chaos itself!" The possessed Rose chanted, as the portal then exploded, leaving a red mark that resembled the number 80 on the ground. "I Xyz Summon, Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk!"

From high above, a large object that had two small purple spheres circling it began descending to the floor below. It then began to unfold itself into a more humanoid form, taking on the appearance of a large, armored human with huge fists, a long, purple cape, and piercing red eyes, along with the 80 mark that had appeared on the ground earlier was also imprinted upon the neck area of the armored monster.

(Scene Change to Rhasody in Berserk entering Fairy Cheer Girl's body)

"Rhapsody has the power to possess any Xyz Monster I choose. When it does, it increases that monster's Attack Points by 1200!"

Fairy Cheer Girl
ATK: 1900 + 1200 = 3100

(Scene Change to Marinette's Turn)

"I Overlay Madolche Anjelly and Madolche Messengelato!" Marinette declared, as both of her monsters turned into orange lights. "With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" The lights then shot into the sky, before entering a red portal that appeared in front of Marinette. "I Xyz Summon, Madolche Queen Tiaramisu!"

Madolche Queen Tiaramisu
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Fairy/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 4
ATK: 2200 + 500 = 2700
DEF: 2100 + 500 = 2600
Overlay Units: 2

"If you like Tiaramisu right now, then you'll love this!" Marinette said as she pulled out a card from underneath her Xyz Monster. "By using one Overlay Unit, I can normally have her send one Madolche monster in my Graveyard back into my Deck, but since my Field Spell is out, it gets sent back to my hand instead!" After she said that, Tiaramisu raised her scepter and drew one of her orange orbs into it.

Madolche Queen Tiaramisu
Overlay Units: 2 - 1 = 1

Marinette then used the effect to send Messengelato back into her hand. "Not only that," she then told her opponent, "But now her power lets me shuffle one card on YOUR side of the field back to YOUR Deck!"

"WHAT?!" exclaimed the possessed Rose.

"That's right! While your monster can't be beaten except with a 'Number' monster, its power can't protect it from card effects! Sorry, Rose... but this is for your own good!" Marinette said, as her Xyz Monster sent Princess Fragrance's monster off of the field.

(Scene Change to Dumon thinking about Marinette's Dueling)

'That girl, I sense something strange coming from her. According to the legends, Duel Monsters doesn't exist in this world, and yet, she's Dueling like it always has.' Dumon thought, before turning to Astral, continuing his inner monologue, 'Not only that, she can see Astral clear as day. I wonder…'

(Scene Change to Dumon summoning his Number)

"I now Overlay all three of my Star Seraph Monsters!" Dumon exclaimed, as his monsters then turned into three yellow lights, before they shot up into a galaxy-like portal that appeared above him. "The glorious halo manifested in the heavens above, come to me, so you can unleash your holy lightning and smite the unworthy!" Dumon chanted, as the portal exploded, leaving a yellow mark on the ground that looked like the number 102. "I Xyz Summon, Number 102: Star Seraph Sentry!"

Out of where the portal descended was a golden spinning top, before it glowed and transformed into a giant golden archer with golden wings, the same yellow 102 glistening on the archer's right wing, along with 3 yellow glowing orbs circling it.

(Scene Change to Princess Fragrance drawing a card, causing her to laugh)

"What's so funny?" Marinette asked, glaring at Princess Fragrance in suspicion.

"Oh nothing. It's just that I drew the card that will end this Duel!" Princess Fragrance smirked, before revealing the card that caused Yuma and Astral to gasp in disbelief.

"It's Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force!" Yuma exclaimed, recognizing the card, while Marinette's eyes widened from what her friend just said.

"That's right!" Princess Fragrance yelled. "And now, I will-"

"I play my Trap Card! Lightforce Sword!" Marinette suddenly interrupted, her face-down card flipped face-up, a sword shooting out of it. "This card picks one random card from your hand and banishes it face-down until your 4th Standby Phase! And since you only have one card in your hand, there's only one card it can pick!"

"No! My Barian's Force!" Princess Fragrance exclaimed in panic, as Marinette's sword then darted downward and stabbed the Barian Card, throwing it to the side.

"Sorry, your Highness, but it looks like you're gonna have to wait a while before you get to use your trump card." Marinette smirked.

(Scene Change to Dumon beginning his turn)

"I play the card I just drew, Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force!"

"No!" Astral exclaimed, as Yuma and Marinette gasped in horror.

"This card lets me evolve my Number into a Chaos Xyz Monster!" Dumon explained, as he inserted the card into his Duel Disk. "I rebuild the Overlay Network with Number 102: Star Seraph Sentry!" Dumon's Number then turned into a pink light, before it entered a black portal above him. "Manifestation of holy light, endow thyself with Barian's chaos and quell your opposition once and for all! Unleash the full wrath of the heavens! Go, Chaos Xyz Evolution!" The portal then exploded with Dark energy, as the yellow 102 symbol on the ground grew darker and gave off an evil aura. "I Xyz Summon, Chaos Number 102: Archfiend Seraph!"

Descending from where the black portal was a humanoid figure clad in blue-gray armor that made him resemble a demonic knight. In his hands he carried a long silver spear, and on its back were two large wings made of armor. Glowing towards the end of his right wing in yellow was the number 102. Appearing on the ground near the demon knight's feet was a red diamond-shaped crystal with gold plates on it.

(Scene Change to Cat Noir, Chloe (who was outside the vehicle), Prince Ali, and Miss Khan staring at the monitor with wide eyes)

"What...what is that thing...?" Chloe asked, sweating a little upon seeing the scary-looking monster that was just Summoned.

"I don't know..." Cat Noir replied. "But I don't think it came to say hello."


(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Halfway to Forever)

The music starts up with Yuma activating his gear like in the original opening, before a blue vortex sucks Yuma and Astral into Paris.

Still together as one;
Cuz divided we're none;
Ready to go, we feel the flow!

Yuma then landed on his feet, as Astral floated next to him, before he drew a card and summoned Utopia.

So don't stand in our way;
You know we ain't afraid;
This is our time, we're in control!

Plagg was about to eat a piece of Camembert, before he was sucked into Adrien's ring, while Tikki she sucked in Marinette's earrings, causing them to transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir, who then Fist Bumped.

If I trip up today;
You just wipe it away;
All of my fears are gone, erased!

The rest of Yuma's friends then appeared on the Different Dimensional Airship, with Shark and Kite summoning Number 32: Shark Drake and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon.

Let us tear down the walls;
'Til the final night falls;
The bonds of our souls can't be replaced!

Everyone then came together, as they all charged towards Hawk Moth and the Barians.

Let us fight together;
Regret it never;
Our dreams will be…!

The Giant Shadow of Don Thousand appears over both worlds as Vector goes from his human form to his Barian one, devastating the land.

Halfway to,
Forever;
Our light comes shining through!

Yuma and Astral then fuse into Zexal II as Yuma Summons Utopia Ray Victory as it absorbed an Overlay Unit.

Reach down deep;
Beat defeat;
Do all that we can do!

Ladybug and Cat Noir were then shown, as their monsters appeared and joined Utopia Ray Victory's attack.

Halfway to,
Forever;
We've got nothing to lose!

Hawk Moth smirked, as he held his arm out and created Akuma's, while Vector prepared to counter-attack.

Keep breathing;
Believing;
Halfway to forever-rrrrrr!

The Numeron Code was then shown, all of the Miraculous were spiraling around it. Astral and Yuma smile at each other and touch hands as they all come together with their aces standing out, with the title below them.

Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

(End Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal: Halfway to Forever)


The Tag Duel between Yuma, Marinette, Dumon, and Princess Fragrance was getting more intense with every turn they took, as Yuma, Astral and Marinette stared at Dumon's Chaos Number in concern.

Current Stats:

Yuma:
LP: 4000
Card(s) in Hand: 0
Face-Down Card(s): 2

Number 39: Utopia
Attribute: LIGHT
Monster Type: Warrior/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 4
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2000
Overlay Units: 2

Gagaga Magician
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1000

Wonder Wand
Card Type: Equip Spell (Equipped to Gagaga Magician)

Marinette:
LP: 4000
Card(s) in Hand: 2
Face-Down Card(s): 1

Madolche Queen Tiaramisu

Attribute: EARTH

Monster Type: Fairy/Xyz/Effect

Rank: 4
ATK: 1350
DEF: 2600
Overlay Units: 0

Madolche Mewfeuille
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Beast/Effect
Level: 3
ATK: 1000
DEF: 800

Madolche Chateau
Card Type: Field Spell

Lightforce Sword
Card Type: Trap

Standby Phases since Activation: 0

Dumon:
LP: 2750
Card(s) in Hand: 1
Face-Down Card(s): 1

Number C102: Archfiend Seraph
Attribute: LIGHT
Monster Type: Fairy/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 5
ATK: 2900
DEF: 2400
Chaos Overlay Units: 2

Princess Fragrance:
LP: 4000
Card(s) in Hand: 0
Face-Down Card(s): 0
Banished Card(s): 1

Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Fiend/Xzy/Effect
Rank: 4
ATK: 0
DEF: 1200
Overlay Units: 1

'Things just got from bad to worse!' Marinette thought, before turning to Princess Fragrance's banished card. 'Though I managed to stop Rose from evolving her Number, I wasn't able to prevent Dumon from evolving his and stealing my monster's Overlay Unit!' Turning to her Madolche Queen Tiaramisu, she continued her inner monologue, 'It already had a powerful ability by negating my Queen's effect. What can it do now?'

"I assume that you are trying to figure out what my Chaos Number's new power is." Dumon stated, causing the trio to glare at him. Pointing his hand out, he then exclaimed, "Well let me show you! I activate Archfiend Seraph's special ability! By using one Chaos Overlay Unit, the effects of one of your monsters are negated, and its Attack Points become Zero!"

"ZERO?!" Yuma and Marinette yelled in horror.

"That's right, and the monster I choose is Utopia!" Dumon declared, as one of the red crystals on the ground shattered and its power flowed into Archfiend Seraph.

Number C102: Archfiend Seraph
Chaos Overlay Units: 2 - 1 = 1

The demon knight then thrust his spear forward and shocked Utopia with bolts of red electricity, causing the Messenger of Light's to grunt in pain while its body turned gray.


Back with Cat Noir, he, Prince Ali, Miss Khan, and Chloe (who was still outside the vehicle) stared at the monitor in horror, as they watched Utopia's Attack Points drop.

Number 39: Utopia
ATK: 2500 -2500 = 0

"No! Utopia!" Yuma cried out to his ace.

"Now, Archfiend Seraph, attack Utopia with your Crimson Star Spear!" Dumon ordered, as Archfiend Seraph then charged forward and became shrouded in crimson energy.

"Not good!" Cat Noir exclaimed. "If this attack goes through, Yuma will lose most of his Life Points!"


Just when Archfiend Seraph was about to reach Yuma's Number, the duelist quickly reacted and said, "I activate one of my Face-Downs! Shift!" One of Yuma's Face-Down Cards then flipped over, as he explained, "This Trap Card lets me force your monster to attack a different monster on my field! So I'll redirect your attack to Gagaga Magician!"

"Urrrgh... Fine! Have it your way!" shouted Dumon. "Then I'll take him out instead!" And with that, the Barian's Chaos Number then collided with the Gagaga Magician, destroying him.

"Thanks, Gagaga Magician." Yuma grunted, as he told the Battle Damage, the crimson energy shocking him a little.

Yuma: LP: 4000 - 900 = 3100

"You may have spared your monster this turn, Yuma." Dumon said, as he ended his turn. "But next time, you won't be so lucky."

'I hate to admit it, but he's right. With Utopia's effect negated, I can't use his Overlay Units to protect him!' Yuma thought, as he stared at his deck. 'I can think of one way that can turn this Duel around, but the question is, can I draw it?' Determination filling him, he then said, "Alright, it's my move!" Pulling out the top card, he looked at it and said, "I summon Cardcar D!" Yuma's new monster began speeding down the street made of sweets. It was a blue car, flattened almost paper-thin, and bearing a phoenix-like insignia with a large, red "D" printed upon the hood.

Cardcar D
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Machine/Effect
Level: 2
ATK: 800
DEF: 400

"Now I activate the effect of my Cardcar D!" Yuma then stated. "On the turn in which it was Normal Summoned, I can Tribute it and draw two cards from my Deck!" Thrusting his hand into the air, he then shouted, "Cardcar D! I release you!" And with that, the newly-Summoned monster vanished from sight as soon as it appeared, allowing Yuma to draw his two new cards, causing him to smirk, as he saw what he just drew. 'Yes!' Inserting one of the cards in his Duel Pad, he exclaimed, "I activate the Spell Card, Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force!"

'No! That's the card that defeated Vector!' Dumon thought, before looking at his Face-Down card.

"This Spell Card evolves my Number into a Chaos Xyz Monster!" Yuma smiled, as Utopia started to turn into a yellow light. "With Utopia, I-"

"I activate my Magic Jammer Trap Card!" Dumon interrupted.

"Huh?!" Yuma's eyes widened, as the Barian's only Face-Down revealed itself.

"By discarding one card from my hand, I can negate the effect of Numeron Force and destroy it!" Dumon exclaimed, as he discarded his remaining card, causing Utopia to turn back to normal (was still gray), while Yuma's Spell Card shattered into a million pieces.

"Oh man!" Yuma complained, upset that one of his most powerful cards was just destroyed.

"It was a good try, Yuma." Marinette said, trying to comfort the boy a little.

Sighing in defeat, he said, "I'll switch Utopia to Defense Mode and end my turn with a Face-Down."

"Of course you will." Princess Fragrance responded, drawing a new card, as the light from Marinette's Lightforce Force dimmed a little bit.

Lightforce Sword
Standby Phases since Activation: 1

"Just three more turns and Barian's Force will return to my hand." Princess Fragrance smiled, as she Set a monster Face-Down in Defense Mode. "The clock's ticking."

"Yeah, for you. I draw!" Marinette said, drawing her card. Looking upon it, she thought to herself, 'This will work.' Smiling, she exclaimed, "I play Swords of Revealing Light!" Inserting the card into her Duel Pad, large glowing swords then materialized and slammed down into both Princess Fragrance's and Dumon's fields, freezing their monsters in place.

"Swords of Revealing Light?" Dumon asked, slightly surprised.

"That's right. Now until the end of Princess Fragrance's third End Phase, neither of you are allowed to attack us." Marinette said, before pointing at the possessed Rose's Face-Down monster. "Also, all Face-Down monsters are flipped Face-Up, so it's time to see what you're hiding!" The swords then shined onto Princess Fragrance's card, making the monster reveal itself, which was a grinning black blob inside of a dark bluish jar, causing Marinette's eyes to widen.

Morphing Jar
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Rock/Effect
Level: 2
ATK: 700
DEF: 600


"It was a Morphing Jar!" Cat Noir said grimly, which prompted the three to turn to him with a worried look on their faces.

"Huh? A Morphing Jar?" Miss Khan asked, both confused and concerned.

"When a Morphing Jar is flipped Face-Up, all players must send all the cards in their hand to the Graveyard, then draw five new cards from their deck." Cat Noir explained.

"And why is that bad?" Chloe deadpanned.

"Princess Fragrance and Dumon didn't have any cards in their hand, so now they have more options to work with!" Cat Noir glared, as he saw Marinette discard her remaining two cards.


"Now, for everyone to draw their new hands." Princess Fragrance smiled, as everyone began drawing their cards.

Upon drawing her fifth card, Marinette's eyes widened, as she spotted a familiar card in her hand. 'This is…!'


FLASHBACK

"Purge Ray?" Marinette asked, as she and Tikki were at HQ, looking at the Trap Card Alvis gave the designer, mostly at the strange text that was written on it.

"It is a very powerful Trap Card. By Tributing an Xyz Monster, you are allowed to Special Summon a 'Number' monster from your Extra Deck, as long as it's the same type and 1 Rank lower than the Tributed monster." Alvis explained, making the two more confused.

"But wouldn't this card be more useful in Yuma's Deck?" Marinette asked, as Alvis lightly smirked.

"I believe it would be better to have it and not need it rather than need it and not have it."

END FLASHBACK


'Alvis, I'm gonna have to thank you after this one.' Marinette thought, before looking at her Xyz Monster, who nodded at her master. "I don't like Tiaramisu suffering from the pain you caused her, so I'll use her to rebuild the Overlay Network, in order to bring out another 'Madolche' Xyz Monster!" Her queen then turned into an orange light, before it flew into a newly-opened red portal. "I Xyz Summon, Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode!"

A tiny, blonde-haired girl with grayish-colored eyes then jumped out of the portal, landing on the puzzle shaped ground, putting her hand on her hip area and striking a cutesy pose in front of Princess Fragrance and Dumon. She wore a fancy, brown crown on her head, there was a large cherry entwined in her hair, and her clothes appeared to be a fusion of both a royal dress and chocolate cake, due to its deep chocolate brown color.

Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Fairy/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 5
ATK: 2500 + 500 = 3000
DEF: 2200 + 500 = 2700
Overlay Units: 1

"Chocolat-a-la-Mode! Attack Princess Fragrance's Morphing Jar with Choco-Boot Kick!" Marinette ordered, as the tiny little princess then jumped forward towards the black blob. Though Chocolat-a-la-Mode was small, she showed no fear as she delivered a power kick right in the Morphing Jar's face, destroying the creature in the process. Taking Purge Ray and a second card out of her hand, Marinette then said, "I'll Set two cards Face-Down and end my turn."

"You've only been wasting time and turns, delaying the inevitable with each card you play!" Dumon glared at the designer, as he drew his card. "Playing like that will cost you dearly! I activate Archfiend Serpah's ability once more! By using one Chaos Overlay Unit, the effects and Attack Points of your Madolche Chocolat-a-la-Mode are no more!" The last of the red crystals on the ground shattered and its power flowed into Archfiend Seraph.

Number C102: Archfiend Seraph
Chaos Overlay Units: 1 - 1 = 0

The demon knight then thrust his spear forward and shocked the Princess with bolts of red electricity, causing her body to turn gray.

Madolche Chocolat-a-la-Mode
ATK: 3000 -3000 = 0

"Now Archfiend Seraph's OTHER effect activates!" Dumon declared.

"Other effect?!" Marinette asked.

"Yes! When Archfiend Seraph runs out of Overlay Units, you take 1500 points of damage!" Dumon exclaimed, as Marinette's eyes widened, just before the red electricity transferred from her monster to herself, causing the secret heroine to scream in pain.

Marinette: LP: 4000 - 1500 = 2500

"Marinette!" Yuma called out, looking concerned.


"Oh no…" Miss Khan said, putting her hands on her mouth. Cat Noir, on the other hand, had his attention elsewhere, while he saw Marinette taking the damage, he spotted something from the corner of the screen, making him silently gasp, before quickly taking a deep breath before quickly exiting the vehicle.

"Cat Noir?" Chloe asked, as he saw him run and leap off.


Groaning in pain, Marinette thought to herself, 'Man, Yuma wasn't kidding about the Numbers being able to inflict real damage…' Her thoughts were interrupted, as she saw a notification pop up in front of her.

Cat Noir: Prince Ali is in a safe location. On my way back. Hang in there, Mari! I know you can pull this off! P.S. Look at the Window.

'Even when he's not here, he worries about me, but has faith in me at the same time.' Marinette smiled, before looking around and spotting an Akuma watching the match from the open window. 'It seems our Duel has caught Hawk Moth's attention.' She sighed, before shaking her head and bringing her attention back to the duel. 'Worry about Hawk Moth later, Marinette. Right now, you have a Duel to finish!'

Looking at his hand and making his decision, the Barian took all of the cards in his hand and placed them in his Duel Disk. "I Set one monster Face-Down in Defense Mode, then FIVE cards Face-Down and end my turn!"

'Five Face-Down cards?' Yuma thought, as he looked at one of his own Face-Down cards. 'Better safe than sorry!' Tapping the screen on his Duel Disk, he quickly yelled, "I play Release, Reverse, Burst!" As the Trap Card revealed itself, Yuma explained, "By Tributing 1 'Utopia' monster on my field, I can destroy all of your Set Spell and Trap Cards!"

"What?!" Dumon exclaimed, as Utopia began to dissolve into golden particles. Thinking quickly, the Barian then revealed one of his Face-Down cards and yelled, "I chain your Trap Card with the Quick-Play Spell, Emergency Provisions! This card lets me send any amount of my Face-Down cards to the Graveyard, and for each one I send there, I gain 1000 Life Points!" His Face-Down's then shattered into a million green particles, and they then went into Dumon, all while Utopia vanished from the field.

Dumon: LP: 2750 + (4 x 1000) = 6750

'Dang it! Looks like I'm not gonna be able to finish him off this turn!' Yuma thought while he examined his hand, before he drew his card. "To start, I'll play my own Xyz Reborn, to bring back Utopia!" The Messenger of Light then emerged from a purple portal that appeared on the ground, just as Yuma's other Trap turned into a yellow orb, which then started circling the Number.

Number 39: Utopia
Attribute: LIGHT
Monster Type: Warrior/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 4
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2000
Overlay Units: 1


"So that's why he got rid of Utopia." Prince Ali realized, causing his chaperone to turn to him.

"What do you mean, Your Highness?" She asked.

"Utopia originally lost its Abilities and Attack Points from Archfiend Seraph's effect, so by sending Utopia to the Graveyard and then bringing it back…"

"It would be as if nothing ever happened!" Miss Khan finished, realizing what Yuma was going for.

"Go, Utopia! Attack Archfiend Seraph!" Yuma's voice called out, causing the eyes of the three present to widen, seeing the Warrior of Light pull out his sword, and charge towards the Barian's Chaos Number. "Now I activate Utopia's special ability! By using one Overlay Unit, I can negate an attack!" Utopia absorbed his only Overlay Unit and put up his shield to block his own sword attack.

Glaring at the screen, Chloe thought, 'It's that same combo from last time!'


"Since my monster's attack was negated, I am able to play the Spell Card, Double or Nothing!" Yuma exclaimed, as his Spell Card materialized on the field. "Now Utopia can attack again, with double the attack points!"

Number 39: Utopia
ATK: 2500 x 2 = 5000

"Let's try this again!" Yuma then held his arm out and said, "Utopia, attack Archfiend Seraph with Rising Sun Slash!" The Number nodded as took out both of his swords and slashed them at the Chaos Number, causing it to explode.

Dumon: LP: 6750 - 2100 = 4650

"I'll Set one card Face-Down, and call it a turn." Yuma said, as a Face-Down card materialized on his field.

"Then I'll play one of my own Face-Down cards, DNA Surgery!" Marinette exclaimed, as she tapped on her Duel Pad, making one of her cards flip over and reveal itself. "This Trap Card makes all Face-Up monsters on the field a Monster Type of my choosing, and the type I am choosing is Warrior!"

Madolche Mewfeuille
Monster Type: Warrior/Effect

Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode
Monster Type: Warrior/Xyz/Effect

Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk
Monster Type: Warrior/Xyz/Effect

'What is she up to?' Princess Fragrance glared in suspicion, as she then drew her card, as Lightforce Sword dimmed a little once more.

Lightforce Sword
Standby Phases since Activation: 2

Evilly smirking, she said, "I activate Polymerization, to fuse Mozarta the Melodious Maestra, Elegy the Melodious Diva, Score the Melodious Diva, Soprano the Melodious Songstress, and Shopina the Melodious Maestra from my hand!"

"What?!" Yuma and Marinette exclaimed, while Astral glared at the possessed Rose.

"Of course." Astral said, gaining his friends' attention, (though Marinette didn't look at him, as it would raise suspicion for her to Hawk Moth and those who were watching the Duel with Cat Noir). "The Melodious Archetype is based around Fusion Summoning, so the chances of her performing a Fusion Summon were extremely high."

"And you didn't tell us this before, why?!" Yuma yelled in frustration.

"You never bothered to ask." Astral simply replied, causing the duelist to fall to the ground.


"Uhhh…." Prince Ali and Miss Khan just stared at the screen in confusion, seeing Yuma just talking to thin air.

"It's official, Yuma has completely lost it." Chloe facepalmed, before gagging a little, forgetting about the fish smell coming off of her.


Meanwhile, in Hawk Moth's lair, the villain himself couldn't help but chuckle at the scene his Akuma was giving him. "It seems the boy is able to communicate with a creature nobody else can see." He said to himself, getting more interested with the boy, before turning his attention to Dumon. "Perhaps his opponent could enlighten things for me."


"If you're done talking to yourself, I will go ahead and continue my turn." Princess Fragrance said, as she placed the rest of her hand in the Graveyard, causing the five monsters she said earlier to appear before being drawn into a red and blue-colored vortex. "Echoing melodious voice! The flutter of angel wings! By the guidance of the baton, assemble your power, and come to the stage, to sing the song of passion!" Princess Fragrance chanted. "I Fusion Summon, Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir!"

The monster she summoned was a minute pale-skinned Fairy with blue hair styled in notes which also had curls around them, and two white and blue campanulas attached to her back via stems, with pistils not unlike speakers. She wore a mostly yellow dress, shaped like a lilybell, that had a flowy blue under-dress with pink notes marked, and orange breastplate and arm folds. The Prima blossomed, singing a youthful ascending scale, and concluding her debut with a giggle.

Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir
Attribute: LIGHT
Monster Type: Warrior/Fusion/Effect
Level: 7
ATK: 1900
DEF: 2000

"Now, for each Fusion Material I used to summon Bloom Diva, she gains 300 Attack Points! And as you saw, I used five!" Princess Fragrance smiled.

Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir
ATK: 1900 + (300 x 5 = 1500) = 3400

"You're lucky I can't attack yet, otherwise you would have lost, so I end my turn."

Swords of Revealing Light
End Phases since Activation: 1

"In that case, I activate my Purge Ray Trap Card!" Marinette exclaimed. "By Tributing an Xyz Monster, I can Special Summon a 'Number' Monster from my Extra Deck, as long as it's the same type and one Rank lower than the monster a tribute."

"But you have any-" Dumon stopped mid-retort, as he gasped in realization.


FLASHBACK

"If it's a Duel you want, it's a Duel you'll get!" Yuma shouted, as he pulled out a card from his Extra Deck and held it out to Marinette. "Hey Mari, ready to take these clowns down?"

Uponing seeing what the card was in her friend's hand, she accepted it and smirked, "You know I am, Yuma."

END FLASHBACK


"No! The card Yuma gave you…!" Dumon exclaimed in disbelief.

"About time you figure it out!" Yuma grinned, as he then turned to Marinette and said, "Let's finish this, Marinette!"

"With pleasure! I release my Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode," Marinette exclaimed, as her small monster entered a portal vortex, before it turned into a galaxy-like one, "In order to bring out Number: 59 Crooked Cook!" Out of the galaxy-like came a large, brown propane tank, which then opened up and revealed a human man inside of it. The front of the tank became the apron wrapped around his body, and other parts of it transformed into a frying pan, an arm-mounted flamethrower, and a silver propane tank that was worn on the man's back, and attached to the flamethrower with a long, thin hose. The top of the tank compacted itself and turned itself into a chef's hat, which prominently displayed a yellow 59 mark.

Number 59: Crooked Cook
Attribute: FIRE
Monster Type: Warrior
Rank: 4
ATK: 2300
DEF: 200
Overlay Units: 0


Back at Miss Khan's vehicle, Chloe stared in disbelief, recognizing the monster Marinette summoned. "Why that little…!" Chloe exclaimed, before she stormed off, wanting to pound Yuma to the ground from allowing someone like Marinette to use that card.


"Now, it's my turn! I draw!" Marinette exclaimed, drawing her card, before seeing Cat Noir, who's left was now a different color, secretly enter the Chateau land quietly in the middle of the sky (Note that he actually enter a window landed on a chandelier, since the Field Spell which still active), and give Marinette a thumbs up, indicating he was ready when the Duel's over. Smiling, she then said, "I activate the Spell Card, Raigeki!" Insert the card into her Duel Pad, she explained. "When this card is played, all monsters you control are destroyed!"

"What?!" Princess Fragrance exclaimed, as a sudden thunderstorm came out of Marinette's card, and struck her monsters with a lightning bolt, causing them to explode. Huffing in annoyance, she then said, "I swear, on my next turn, I'm gonna-"

"I'm afraid there isn't gonna be a next turn, Princess! And my next card is gonna prove that!" Marinettte interrupted, as another card materialized on her field, revealing it to be…

"Monster Reborn?!" Princess Fragrance exclaimed in shock. "That allows you to revive any monster no matter whose Graveyard it's in!"

"I'm glad you know the rules, now, guess which one I want."

"I'm glad you clearly know the card's effect," Marinette said with her own amusement, "Now be reborn, Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk!"

'What?! Why is she picking Rose's Number?!' Astral thought in disbelief, as a purple vortex opened in front of Marinette, with Princess Fragrance's Number emerging from it.

Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Warrior/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 4
ATK: 0
DEF: 1200
Overlay Units: 0

"Now, I play my final Face-Down card, Graverobber!" Marinette exclaimed, a little imp carrying a card appeared from Marinette's now-revealed Trap. "Graverobber normally lets me pick one Spell Card from my opponent's Graveyard and lets me use it as if it were in my hand. However, since this is a Tag Duel, I get to pick from any Graveyard, aside from mine of course."

"I'm well aware of the Trap's effects, human." Dumon glared, as he pointed at her. "I'm also aware that should you use the Spell of your choosing, you lose two thousand Life Points, leaving you with only five hundred left!"

"That's a risk I'm willing to take, because the card I choose is…" Marinette said, as the imp flipped over the card it held, revealing it to be, "Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force!"

Marinette: LP: 2500 - 2000 = 500

"No!" Dumon exclaimed in disbelief. "Now you can evolve one of your Numbers!"

"That's right, and I know which one I'm picking!" Throwing her arm out, Marinette then exclaimed, "With Rhapsody in Berserk, I rebuild the Overlay Network!" Princess Fragrance's Number then turned into a bright and pure purple light, before swirling around in the sky. "The melody that calms the soul, the god of integrity that repairs the world! Sing the somber song and bring about a peaceful end to those who have departed from our mortal realm! Go, Chaos Xyz Evolution!" The light then stopped swirling around, as it then exploded with a light blue energy, causing a 80 mark, radiating a powerful light on Marinette's field. "I Xyz Summon, Chaos Number 80: Requiem in Berserk!"

Descending from where the explosion occurred was armor that was now painted in a white and gold color scheme, and the helmet more akin to that of a gladiator rather than a dark medieval knight. Instead of a cape, two long, red appendages sprouted out of the back of the armor, serving as a crude set of wings. Circling around was a single purple orb.

Number C80: Requiem in Berserk
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Fiend/Xyz/Effect
Rank: 5
ATK: 0
DEF: 2000

'Of course!' Astral thought with wide eyes, realizing Marinette's motives. 'Marinette wanted her opponent's Number so SHE could evolve it!'

"Now I activate my new monster's effect!" Marinette declared. "I can equip him to another Xyz Monster I control and give it two thousand Attack Points! Requiem in Berserk, lend Crooked Cook your power!" The armor nodded, as it turned into black mist, before entering Crooked Cook's Flamethrower. This caused the weapon to fly into the air and transform into a white and golden oven-shaped tank, mounted with double turrets. Impressed, Crooked Cook jumped on top of the new tank, before entering the driver's seat.

Number 59: Crooked Cook
ATK: 2300 + 2000 = 4300

"No! Wait, time out!" Princess Fragrance pleaded, fear in her eyes.

"Sorry Rose, but like I said before, this is for your own good! Crooked Cook, attack Princess Fragrance directly with Chaos Berserking Searing Shot!" Marinette ordered her monster, who then pressed a button on the control panel, causing the tank to fire two fireballs at the possessed Rose. Unknown to them, the Akuma then started to fly towards Dumon

"AAAACK!" Princess Fragrance grunted as she was thrown down to the floor hard from the impact.

Princess Fragrance: LP: 4000 - 4300 = 0

WINNERS: Yuma and Marinette


"Yes!" Prince Ali cheered, as Miss Khan sighed, relieved that it was finally over, before seeing the monitor automatically log out and go back to its standard functions, while Chloe (who had come back because of the civilians passing by her on the way to the Hotel, ran away from her, not wanting to deal with Chloe's stench) sniffed herself, glad that the fish smell was finally gone.


"It's over…" Marinette sighed in relief as she and Yuma took off their Duel Gazers, causing the holographic effects to disappear, returning everyone back to the Dining Hall. Astral then held his hand out, causing a card-shaped light to come out of Princess Fragrance's chest, before flying towards the hero's direction, all while the Number symbol on Princess Fragrance's neck exploded into thousands of golden particles, before turning back to Rose. However, instead of it flying into Astral's hand, it stopped in front of Marinette, who looked confused. "What…?" Hesitantly, she held her hand out and grabbed the light, before it revealed to be Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk and its evolution, Number C80: Requiem in Berserk.

Suddenly, Astral's eyes widened, as new memories started to flood his mind.


FLASHBACK

Lightning strikes, as Don Thousand and Astral face each other. The former was surrounded by a red aura, while the latter took on a blue aura and both flew up to the sky, causing an explosion.

END FLASHBACK


'Another piece of my memories have been restored! But how? I was not the one who obtained the Number.' Astral thought, before turning to Marinette's Earrings. 'Could there be some sort of connection with me and the Miraculous?'

"I knew you could do it." Cat Noir's voice said, as he jumped down and went to check on Rose, who was lying down on the floor, completely motionless.

"Thanks Cat." Marinette smiled, before she, Yuma and Astral ran (or in Astral's case, flew) over to Rose, hoping that she would be alright from that last attack.

At first, the young girl said nothing, but then, Rose began to groan as her eyes slowly opened. With a tired tone of voice, the girl said to her friends, "...Thank you... so much... for getting that... thing... out of me..." After that, she moaned one last time and fainted.

Cat Noir checked Rose's pulse and breathed a sigh of relief. "She's okay..." He told his friends. "She just passed out... I don't blame her, though, with everything that she's been through." He then glanced over to where Dumon was, only to find a strange sight. "Where'd Dumon go?"

Confused, Yuma, Astral and Marinette turned their heads, only to confirm that the Barian was indeed gone. "He must have escaped just as the Duel ended." Astral theorized, before turning to the feline-themed hero. "Can you play back the footage to see which way he went?"

"I'll try…" Cat Noir nodded, as he pulled out his staff, and went to find the file containing today's Tag Duel.

Marinette, who still held the Number and Chaos Number in her hand, held them towards Yuma and said, "Here's Rose's Number by the way, Yuma."

Shaking his head, the duelist pushed the cards back and said, "No, Marinette. You hold on to it. It's not mine to take. You won the Number, fair and square."

"But-" Marinette protested, as she pulled out Crooked Cook. "What about Crooked Cook? He's one of your Number's"

"Well, it was originally your Great Uncle's, so it would kind of make sense for you to have it." Yuma shrugged, as he looked at Cat Noir and the unconscious Rose. "Plus, it would mean that we would get to be part of your Civilian Deck. Whenever you play those Numbers, you can think of us. You get what I'm saying?"

Marinette, left speechless, softly smiled and nodded, as she put the Numbers into her Extra Deck.

"Guys…" Cat Noir's voice said, causing them to turn to the feline-themed hero, who's eyes were widened in disbelief. "You might want to take a look at this…"

Concerned, the group walked over to Cat Noir as he held out his staff, showing everyone what was on screen.

Just before Crooked Cook's attack hit Princess Fragrance, the Akuma from before flew to Dumon, as a purple glow then came off of its body, consuming the Barian like it was eating him alive, making him cry out in utter shock as he became a glowing figure of light, then in a split second, he vanished into thin air, almost as if he was never there in the first place.

Yuma, Astral, and Marinette could only stare in disbelief.


Meanwhile, in a certain dark room just being lightened up by the only window as Dumon suddenly appeared in a flash of purple light, as he looked around frantically. "Where am I? How did I get here?" He asked himself.

"Far from anything comforting, but you look like you're not the one for luxury, am I right?" a certain soothing voice echoed from the dark corner of the room, causing the Barian to stand guard.

"Who's there?!" He called out loud, startling the clouds of butterflies that had settled on the floor. "Reveal yourself!"

In answer to his question, the owner of the voice came out of the shadows and stepped into the light, revealing himself to be the Villain of Paris himself.

"Greetings Dumon. I am Hawk Moth, and I'd like it if the two of us could have a little...chat."

Glaring at the villain, Dumon readied to Summon his Number, only to spot the familiar shape of the Butterfly Miraculous, causing him to stand down and say, "I'm listening…"


Sunset soon came to Paris, as Yuma, Astral, Marinette, Adrien, Tikki (who Marinette retrieved a little while ago) and Plagg were on top of the Eiffel Tower, watching the fireworks that were going on at the Pont des Arts.

"That Akuma must have transported Dumon to Hawk Moth." Marinette grimly said, recalling what happened after the Duel.

"Yeah…" Adrien sighed.

"So what are the chances of Hawk Moth and Barian World teaming up?" Plagg asked, as he munched on a piece of Camembert.

"Very likely." Tikki replied. "Though we have won today's battle, this war has only just begun."

"Well, you know what I say to that?" Yuma asked, gaining the others' attention. Determined, he jumped into the air and said, "I say 'Bring it on!'"


Author's Note:

First off, I would like to say that everyone needs to give thanks to Monty Eggman, who has been helping me write this and coming up with some of the summoning chants. We've been working together and helping each other with each other's stories.

Second, I am now allowing you all to post fanart on twitter (I know it's called X but it will always be twitter to me.) If you want to post and share fanart on twitter, use #ZEXALMiraculous in your tweet.

Lastly, if you have not heard, two of my other projects, Pokemon Loud Brawlers and Yu-Gi-Oh: Ouroboros, are canceled, because I plan on sort of combining the two into a new project, Yugioh Zexal: Pokemon Adventures, where its a NSL AU (I know, but bear with me), where 5 years ago, Lincoln got a strange Key from his grandfather Albert and met a strange being named Astral the next morning, while his Grandfather disappeared. Now, present day, after being blamed for Lynn Jr's loss on her championship game, Lincoln ends up going to Kanto, where he will finally be free from his families rule of "No Duel Monsters" (which he had been secretly playing ever since meeting Astral) meet several kinds of Pokemon, including Pikachu, and eventually a very injured Miraidon, who will serve as Lincoln's other Companion and Duel Runner.

PS: Laptop's screen is still broken and cannot fix it, so chapters won't be so frequent.

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