RWBY X Yu-Gi-Oh
Chapter 5: Bear your Fangs!
Yang felt the cool wind blow in her face as she rode her motorcycle Bumblebee down the mountainside road. Yet she felt no comfort as she stole a glance at the red duel disk latched to her left side next to her own.
"Ruby." Yang solemnly thought.
It had been only a day since she lost her duel against Blake. Though she saved Weiss with that antidote, it came at the cost of her sister's soul, and worse, it was at Yang's own hand.
"How could you do that!?" Jaune yelled at her.
"She was your sister!" Nora yelled as well.
"I can't believe you could do such a heinous thing!" Pyrrah bitterly yelled.
"how could you be so selfish?" Ren coldly asked her.
Yang sighed at those words that echoed in her head as she pulled over to the side, letting traffic come by. A horrible thought crossed her mind as she felt a lure to launch her own body straight at the incoming cars before shaking her head and taking a deep breath.
"It wouldn't bring her back. Ren was right; I was selfish. I wanted to win more than anything, even then having Ruby by my side." Yang thought as tears swelled up in her eyes. Her arms trembled as she could still feel her sister's cold body on them before she vanished, all because of her. Yang took out her deck and pulled out 2 cards, Eye of Timeus and Hermos.
"Why would either of them trust me after that? My friends sure don't anymore." Yang grumbled to herself. JNPR ran out on her the moment they found out about Ruby. What shocked Yang the most was that Weiss actually stood up for her and gave her the best chance to right her wrong.
"If she messed up badly then its up to her to make things right. Ozpin told us Salem's got many hidden bases, but the last one his scouts found were in northeast, where Blake's helicopter was heading. It's her best chance." Weiss had said.
"Thanks Wei-" Yang tried to say back then. Yang rubbed her red cheek as Weiss had slapped her and gave her a bitter glare at the declaration.
"You want to thank me? Come back with Ruby back or don't come back at all." Weiss coldly told her as JNPR drove her out to a hospital. The guilt swelled in Yang and with it, frustration. She wasn't just mad at herself, she was mad at Salem and Blake for what they were doing. They had to pay, then she'd meet them in hell for what she did to suffer alongside them as a fellow sinner.
"I swear I will!" Yang yelled out into the streets, her resolve renewed. Timeus and Hermos soon began to glow at her declaration, their spirits appearing in front of her as they roared in anger. All of traffic pausing in fright as the drivers point at the dragons suddenly appearing.
"Timeus? Hermos?" Yang asked in confusion, hadn't seen them since yesterday morning where they, as well as Critias, appeared after Ruby was taken and gave off a mourning cry. She still felt her heart trembling as she remembered the same bitter gaze they gave her now, showing their disproval, not that she blamed them. What she could blame them for was any loss of hair from stress she felt when the two grabbed her and her motorcycle and flew off. She gulped as she looked down and saw the sea beneath her, getting goosebumps at the worry she would be dropped as punishment. But as a few minutes at sea passed, Yang suddenly realized where the dragons were heading.
"The northeast? *GASP* Ruby!" Yang yelled. They were taking her to save Ruby!
Meanwhile,
Blake sat in her Helicopters seat, eyeing a card like her partner had done earlier. This one had Ruby's picture on it though behind the seal of Orichalcos. Blake's cat ears fell flat on her head at the sight.
"How could she still be smiling?" Blake whispered in confusion.
"I tricked her sister into betraying her, destroy her own monsters, and worse seal soul her in this card, how can she still have that smile?"
"Why do you care my child?" A cold voice echoed through the helicopter, catching Blake off-guard as she bolted out of her seat.
"M-Master Salem?!" Blake cried out in surprise. She looked around but saw no trace of her.
"Look down child." Salem commanded. Blake looked down to see her necklace glowing green.
"My Orichalcos stone?" Blake whispered.
"Indeed. I have been watching you through the orichalcos. Well done gathering the soul of one of the chosen duelists." Salem praised her.
"Y-Yes ma'am! I should be arriving by the end of the day." Blake said in fright, she was seriously unnerved always talking to the witch.
"Good to hear, but I am not pleased to sense your inner turmoil. Tell me child, your not having second guesses are you?" Salem asked her in a threatening tone, making her spine chill.
"N-No master! I want what you promised me! I would never turn on you!" Blake nervously yelled.
"Indeed. Only I can give you what you desire. Best to remember that and not let your past friendships get in the way of that desire." Salem threatened before cutting the feed, Blake's stone necklace ceasing its glow. She sighed in relief before sitting down and eyeing the card in her hand, pondering what was said.
"I'm sorry Ruby. I know you were different at least, but one wasn't enough. I have to have it; I can't be hurt by those humans ever again." Blake whispered to the card.
All of the sudden, she heard a bitter screech, looking up to the source. What she saw made her ears go down flat on her head, cowering within her hair as she wished she could hide from the dragon's glaring at her menacingly.
"Oh no. Timeus…Hermos" Blake whispered in fright. But as soon as the dragon's appeared, they vanished as all that remained from the veil of their spirits was Yang who came crashing down with a bitter yell.
"Blake!" Yang roared as she did a superhero landing, Blake honestly wincing more as she heard the crash and looked at Yang's knees. She knew she was strong, but was amazed her legs were uninjured.
"Been doing reps?" Blake asked, but Yang just scoffed as she patted herself off.
"Your face is going see for itself if you don't give me back Ruby!" Yang yelled. Blake's face darkened as she heard that threat.
"Why do you care so much about her now? Doesn't make sense since you were the one who sealed her away." Blake bitterly asked. Yang's furious brow widened as she heard this scathing remark, slouching her shoulders in remorse.
"Yeah…I don't blame you for thinking that. It's true, I gave into my inner darkness and she paid the price." Yang sadly said. Blake just glared at her bitterly, prepared to spew the same speech of humanities evil using her ex-partners actions again before she was cut off. "But that's exactly why I need her back. I need to hug her and cry to her face, let her know how sorry I am for hurting her so badly!" Yang yelled, tears beginning to sting her eyes. Blake remained silent for a few moments, as if seriously considering this request. She took out Ruby's soul card out of her pocket to Yang's shock as she let out a small gasp.
"You want this card?" Blake asked and Yang slowly nodded. Whatever glimmer of a smile she had forming on her mouth descended as she saw Blake put the card away in her deck box.
"Then you know what you need to do to earn it right? Duel me for it." Blake demanded as she flexed her duel disk, its curved blade extending as it lit up activated. Yang's eyes narrowed at the sight.
"Guess the easy way never works out." Yang thought as she flexed her own duel disk. She took out a deck from her deckbox. "Fine! This is for Ruby!" Yang yelled as she activated her disk as they both cried,
"DUEL!"
Blake and Yang draw their starting hands.
"Since I'm the one who creamed you last duel, I'll start this off!" Blake said as she drew her opening card and gazed at it intensely, unnerving Yang. "This should be interesting." Blake thought.
"Did she draw the Seal of Orichalcos already!? Ruby wants me to save her and Blake for some reason. I can't do that if she seals herself away." Yang thought with a grimace.
"I play Guardian Treasure, and unlike the guardian angel you prided yourself on being to Ruby, this one is actually going to help me by letting me draw 2 cards, well…after I toss out the 5 I'm currently holding. The offset is that I get 2 cards every draw phase now so long as I keep Guardian Treasure on my field." Blake explained as she picked up her new short hand. Yang grit her teeth at the reminder of her actions, Blake just wasn't going to let her hear the end of it.
"And next I'll play my Panther Warrior in attack mode." Blake says as she summons a black and purple panther clad in armor bearing a curved sword and shield roaring visciously at Yang with 2000 ATK. "Then I'll place 1 card face-down and give you a shot." Blake said. Yang wasted no time in drawing her first card.
"I'll start with Polymerization! This lets me fuse Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight to form Gaia the Dragon Champion!" Yang yelled to Blake's shock as a dragon knight emerged with 2600 ATK, but it's power wasn't what startled the cat Faunus.
"Gaia? That wasn't in your deck before, that was…" Blake said before her eyes widened in shock at a realization.
"Yup! I'm using her deck to win her back!" Yang said firmly. Blake narrowed her gaze in anger at the declaration.
"You seriously look down upon me so much you don't think I'm worthy of your own deck?" She bitterly asked Yang.
"NO! I wronged Ruby so I'm using the deck she and I built together growing up to win her back!" Yang yelled in retaliation, the image of her and her sister as little girls holding cards up while smiling brightly flashed in her mind, drawing a tear from Yang's eye she rubbed quickly.
"Fine, but it doesn't change what you did. (Thinking) It doesn't change anything you humans did to me either." Blake said.
"I'll change your Aura with this! Now Gaia attack!" Yang yelled as Gaia charged at Panther Warrior.
"I activate Rescuer from the Grave!" Blake said.
"You can't activate a magic card in your grave!" Yang protested.
"This one can, all I have to do is remove it with 4 other cards in the grave to stop this attack and end your turn." Blake retorted before drawing 2 cards as her turn started.
"I activate Scapegoat, giving me a new family of sheep to care for." Blake said as she summoned a blue, red, yellow, and orange sheep token. "Then I'll activate Wild Nature's Release to release my Panther's inner beast. It will increase my Panther's attack by its defense points this round." Blake explained as her warrior's veins on its body expand over its body as it gains 1600 ATK.
"3600!? It's now the strongest creature in play!" Yang cried.
"Yes but before it attacks I have a surprise, it takes out one of my own tokens to attack!" Blake yells as a blue sheep token is sacrificed to Panther who slashes at Gaia, splitting it in 2 and dropping Yang's aura to 3000.
"But after the attack, my magic card card destroys Panther Warrior. So long." Blake says solemnly to Panther as it implodes into dust.
"You keep yelling at me how I backstabbed Ruby, yet you backstabbed us and now your own monsters. Why Blake!? Ruby thought you had a reason, was she right!?" Yang asked angrily. Blake rubbed her shoulder nervously at the declaration, seeing how Yang wasn't going to let up by that look in her scathing eyes.
"You just don't understand, none of you did. What it's like to be so alone, hated in this world by everyone for being different." Blake said sadly.
"Is this really about a bunch of jerks hating you for being born Faunus? You turned your back on us for that!? We always stood up for you-" Yang asked angrily, incensed at her partner's reasons before a shout cut her off.
"AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT YOU!" Blake hollered, catching Yang off-guard. "Broken bones or bloody lips fighting those jerks with fists or with cards, without a care if I felt bad you got hurt in my stead!? Then you were chosen by some legendary dragons to fight for the world, for those jerks too while I was casted aside, helpless once again to watch you fight on my behalf! I'm sick of you guys fighting my battles!" Blake yelled. Yang stood their awestruck at her partners reasons.
"So when Salem promised me power, the power to get rid of those bigots and unit this world under her and the Orichalcos leviathan, I took it. She said she'd spare your souls only and my family if I did what she wanted. She'd give me a world I could be a part of, one where I wasn't picked on for being born different, one where we could live on happy together. I took it and I have never felt better!" Blake yelled.
"T-That isn't true and you know it. She'll just cast you aside, you'll have lost us for nothing." Yang said nervously but Blake shook her head.
"I'm aware of that risk, but I need to take it. Now just make your move." Blake bitterly replied. Yang sighed as she drew her next card. Despite still being nervous using Ruby's deck over her own, she quickly adjusted and did as her sister did last duel, bring out both Dark Magician and Dark Girl and wipe out Blake's field of tokens. But Blake wasn't impressed and just passively drew 2 cards.
"I'll play graceful charity to ditch 2 cards and draw 3." Blake said as she discarded Enraged Battle Ox and Acrobat Monkey, eyeing her new hand with a smirk that unnerved Yang, and for good reason. "Now I'll remove Panther Warrior and Acrobat Monkey, this lets me play MACHINE KING BARBAROS!" Blake yelled, sending shivers down Yang's spine.
"Barbaros!? That's the card that beat us last time! What does a machine version have in store for me?" Yang thought nervously as the lion warrior appeared out of the ground, soon being encased in red and yellow machine armor.
"3800!?" Yang stuttered in fright.
"Yes, though thanks to its special ability you don't take any battle damage as a cost." Blake said as Yang sighed in relief, before her breath hitched as Blake continued. "That is till I play Axe of Fools and equip it to my King, negating that ability and powering it up by 1000!" Blake continued as her king's ATK rises to 4800.
"Now Barbaros, strike down Magician Girl!" Blake yelled. Yang's blood froze hearing that. Seeing her sisters monster struck down hurt her more than losing most of her aura as it dropped to 200. It was another reminder of her failure to Magician Girl too.
"I broke my promise to you. I'm sorry but...i'll try to bring you back with Ruby. I'll damn well try to keep that promise." Yang thought firmly yet sadly. As she drew her next card her hand trembled as she saw it was Hermos!
"Nice, with that I can win!" Yang thought as she added it to her hand. "First I'll play Rocket Warrior in defense mode!" Yang declared as she summoned a green rocket that formed a cartoonish knight in defense mode. "Then I'll play, The Claw of Hermos!" Yang yelled as the card glowed in her hand, summoning a spiky red dragon to Blake's shock.
"No way!" Blake yelled.
"Yes way! And once it merges with Rocket Warrior to form Rocket Hermos Cannon your done fo-" Yang said with a cocky grin that soon fell as her dragon bellowed before dissolving.
"My dragon!" Yang yelled in fright. Blake sighed in relief before laughing a bit.
"Serves you right. Your dragon may have led you here to get Ruby back, but you still turned your back on her and Hermos too in that last duel. What made you think it would still lend you its power?" Blake asked mockingly. Yang grit her teeth in frustration.
"She's right. How could I be worthy after that?" Yang bitterly thought to herself. "I-I switch dark Magician to defense mode and end my turn." Yang sadly said.
"Then it's my move, and I lose 500 Aura due to Axe of Fools. All power comes with a price as you should know." Blake said bitterly as her aura drops to 3500. "But your about to face a card that you once played to better remind you of that." Blake said cryptically to Yang's fright.
"No Blake, please don't!" Yang yelled as she knew what card Blake drew.
(Seal ost) watch?v=y0_up7G34ak
"Too late, now say goodbye to your soul partner. I activate the Seal of Orichalcos!" Blake declares as she holds the card up. A gust of green colored air blew at Yang's face, smelling like copper and rotten eggs, making her sick to her stomach. Her stomach knotted as a green circle of light shined from the sky, soon encircling both girls. But what really sickened Yang was seeing her old partners once Amber eyes turn red as the seals mark appeared on her head.
"*Sigh* That feels nice. You had a taste of the seals power last duel. Now its my turn as my king gets 500 points." Blake says with a grin as her king's ATK rises to 5300. What frightened Yang more was how it crushed her rocket warrior so easily.
"I-I draw." Yang stuttered as she shakily drew a card. She sighed with relief at what she drew, her only chance.
"I activate Thousand Knives to slash that King to shreds!" Yang declared as a volley of magical knives cut down Barbaros. Yang then switched her Magican back to attack mode. "Attack her Aura directly, Dark Magic Attack!" Yang yelled as Blake's aura dropped to 1000. Yang's relief was short lived though as she saw the almost feral look of anger on Blake's face when she destroyed Barbaros. On her next turn, Blake used Monster Reborn to revive Barbaros and wiped out her Magician, only escaping defeat and sealing due to Barbaros's special ability.
"Wait…why not bring back Gaia? With the seal it would have had over 3000 ATK and won?" Yang asked curiously. Blake huffed as she heard this, groaning in anger and frustration.
"I…I just wanted payback for destroying it earlier. We Faunus always need justice for your crimes!" Blake stuttered in anger. Yang's gaze lowered as she hung her head in shame.
"She's lost herself to that seal. It's feeding on her anger, her fears, like it did with me. So this is what Ruby meant by save her." Yang thought as she glared at Blake with a determined look to save her from her pain. She started her turn by using Soul connection to draw and get the one card she felt would help her do just that.
"First I'll use Monster Reborn just like you did to revive my Dark Magician. And then-" Yang said before sighing as she eyed the card she added to her hand.
"Timeus. Please deem me worthy of your power. It's not for myself this time I swear. I am so sorry I hurt your master, my sister. But she needs our help, so please! Help me for her sake I beg you!" Yang silently pleaded. Blake's jaw dropped a bit as she pondered what Yang drew.
"Now I'll play, the legendary Eye of Timeus!" Yang declared as the dragon emerged and roared.
"I can't believe this. She should never have been able to summon that dragon!"
"Now I merge my dragon with my Dark Magician to form, AMULET DRAGON!" Yang declares.
(Amulet Dragon summon animation) watch?v=lTp2d5CQ-GY
Timaeus appears with Dark Magician on its head and magical glyph marks on its body and 2900 ATK.
"My new dragon also gets 300 ATK for each Magic card in my graveyard I remove other than Timeaus." Yang explains.
"Oh no." Blake gasps.
"I know math's not my strong suit, but in case you didn't count, that's 6. So my new dragon gets 1800 ATK." Yang explains as Amulet is now at 4700 ATK. "Now go, Amulet Dragon attack. Destroy her Barbaros!" Yang orders as her dragon and Dark Magician unleash a golden beam of lightning that incinerates Barbaros, dropping Blake's Aura to 600 to her shock, seeing the images of her childhood friends Adam, Illia and her parents fade into oblivion.
"Your…." Blake grumbled darkly to Yang's surprise.
"Your going to pay for destroying my family." Blake grumbled as her eyes glowed an even brighter red, a dark aura arising from her.
"What are you doing Blake?" Yang asked hesitantly.
"I'm…going to destroy you like your kind did to them!" Blake yelled as she remembered the deaths of her loved ones at Human hands and drew 2 cards.
"I activate the magic card Awakening from Beyond! You filthy humans always profited off Faunus slave labor, now do it again and draw 2 cards Yang!" Blake demanded with a snide.
"Why me?" Yang asked.
"My magic card lets you draw, but in exchange I get a monster from graveyard and added it to my hand, my Machine King Barbaros. Next I'll play Polymerization to fuse it with the card that beat you last time, the original Barbaros." Blake explains, making Yang shudder in anxiety.
"Now I summon, Ultimate Lion King Dark Mane!" Blake yells as a Barbaros monster appears, clad in black and red armor with human skulls in a ring around its neck and giant purple spear and 4500 ATK. Yang shudders as she notices the skull necklace to Blake amusement. "If my monsters thirst for yours frightens you good, now know how my kind felt being hunted and enslaved all these years as my goliath wipes the field clean of your monster like last time, and the rest of your aura!" Blake explains to Yang's horror as Timeaus is destroyed, and a wave of purple energy blasts towards Yang like last time. Blake was too busy laughing for her victory to notice her pocket began glowing slightly.
"Ruby…I FAILED YOU AGAIN!" Yang thought as she winced.
"Did you really?" Ruby whispered in her ear, shocking Yang awake.
"Ruby?" Yang whispered at the sight of her sister's spirit.
"Yup! Timeaus was here so my spirit can commune better." Ruby explained.
"R-Ruby I-I'm so sorry for getting you into this. I'm about to lose this and get us both eaten by a maniac's giant lizard." Yang lamented
"Nope. It's not over yet Yang, remember what you use to tell me, "Never count yourself out till you aura drops to zero."' Ruby's spirit said soothingly as it points to Yang's hand. She looks down and her eyes widen as she notices what Ruby meant.
"That's it! Thanks Rubes I can always count on you!" Yang thought gratefully as Ruby nodded.
"Always have your back sis, now go save me and Blake." Ruby said with a cheerful smile.
"This isn't over yet! I send Knight of Twin Swords to the graveyard to stop this attack!" Yang declares as a spirit of the purple knight erupts from her duel disk to block the wave of energy with both blades.
"Not bad, but my peoples rage can't be contained. I activate Berserk Attack!" Blake yells in frustration as her king's ATK lowers to 2250 to Ruby and Yang's confusion.
"Why do that?" Ruby's spirit says and Yang shrugs.
"Giving up?" Yang questions but Blake snarls.
"Not a chance! Berserk Attack may half my beasts ATK this turn, but it allows it to attack again." Blake angrily explains to Ruby and Yang's shock.
"Oh no!" Yang yells as Barbaros attacks her again,
"Don't panic yet, try my move!" Ruby yells so Yang sends the top card of her deck to summon Twin Swords, but before she does she and Ruby's hand cover the deck as she sighs.
"We can do this sis. We can get the card we need this time." Ruby told her and Yang nodded. "We CAN do this, together." Yang said in return firmly as they send the card to the grave, their faces lightning up as they see what it is. Suddenly the spear of Barbaros is stuck frozen in time inches away from Twin Swords' face.
"What the?" Blake asked in shock.
"Necro Gardna's special ability let us put a stop to that attack." Yang explained as she removes the card from her graveyard.
"Us? It's just you here dueling me?" Blake said confused, but Yang shook her head.
"Nope. Look closer Blake. Open your eyes to the truth for once." Yang implored her. Blake squinted her eyes, getting a vague image of Ruby's spirit looking at her solemnly. She gasped as she saw what should be impossible before looking at her glowing pocket, eyeing the seal card.
"B-But how's this possible?" Blake asked.
"She wanted us back together Blake, all of us. Your our friend, despite everything. I know you were hurt by us before, but the past is done we just have to move on." Yang implored her.
"I can't move on. It hurts too much to ignore!" Blake retorted.
"Blake, you don't have to forget, but you should forgive. I forgave Yang despite sealing me away. Please forgive us for not noticing your pain sooner. Please come back to us." Ruby implored. Blake pondered this for a bit, before she sighed as her arms went limp in defeat.
"I-I may want to, but its too late. At the end of my turn since Dark Mane didn't destroy a monster in battle you automatically lose 1000 Aura. B-But I promise we'll be back together again when the world is Salem's." Blake tearfully said as Barbaros shot out purple lightning from its spear.
"Then I can now activate Ruby's other card, the trap Magical Sword and Shield Swap! This lets us trade Twin Sword-" Yang began saying.
"For for our friend Dark Magician Girl!" Ruby's spirit finished. "And the strawberry on top is that we don't take anymore damage this turn." Ruby declared as Magician girl returned and waved at her with a smile.
"Good job friends. We might just still have a chance left with this as well." Dark Magician girl says cheerfully as she points to the card in Yang's hand Amulet restored.
"Timeaus." Yang whispered. Blake grit her teeth in frustration seeing her enemies monster so happy.
"How can you forgive her after she betrayed you like that!? How-How could you all even consider forgiving ME!?" Blake yelled confused.
"Because your our friend till the end, always!" Ruby said as the other 2 nodded. Blake's eyes watered as she heard this.
"Was I…really never alone to begin with?" Blake thought as she winced, her breath hitching at the thought. "I…I end my turn. Just finish this." Blake demanded softly.
"Then I'll activate Hidden Arsenal and get rid of Buster Blader and an equip Magic card to add Excalibur to my hand. Then we play-" Yang began as she lifted a card that Ruby's spirit and Dark Magician girl held as well.
( watch?v=yXk8vMlT46o)
"The legendary Eye of Timeaus!" They all yell in unison. Blake shut her tearful eyes as she knew what came next. Dark Magician girl merged with Timeaus and was powered up by Excalibur. The last thing she heard before her monster was vaporized and her aura dropped to zero was "Destroy her creature of Darkness!" from Ruby.
"You always were pure of heart Ruby. I really wish everyone could be just like you, maybe then I wouldn't have become such a dark monster." Blake thought with a smile as she was blown onto her back by the shockwave of the blast from Dragon Knight. The card in her pocket soon ceased its glow as it became blank.
Suddenly as the seal began encircling Blake's fallen body, she felt herself held up by two pairs of hands. She look and saw Ruby and Yang holding her up.
"W-Why? Even if you idiots forgive me, I'm done for anyway?" Blake said as she saw the green light draw closer to her.
"Are you?" Yang said with a chuckle as she pointed downward. Blake looked down to see the mark of the Orichalcos begin fading to her confusion.
"How? I lost the duel?" Blake asked.
"The seal draws upon anger and regrets remember. You accepted your fate, you accepted us. You've finally let the past go Blake. There was nothing for it to feed on." Ruby explained as she hugged her catgirl friend.
"But my family, lost. Burned forever by-" Blake argued before a hug from Yang stifled that.
"Your family isn't all gone. We're still here for you, thats why-" Yang shushed her then slowly showed her duel disk. Blake's eyes widened as she saw Yang's deck removed.
"Y-You…. canceled the duel? You risked a forfeit just to save me?" Blake asked amazed.
"I know I risked my soul its just…I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't realize your pain sooner. Please, let us share it with you." Yang hushed before resuming her warm hug.
Blake began whimpering as she felt their warm embrace. How could she have ever thought she was alone when she had them this whole time? She soon began going into a crying fit as she held onto them, hopeful not to let go.
"I'M SORRY! PLEASE DON'T EVER LEAVE ME!" Blake cried. The two girls just sat there in silence, eyeing each other warmly as they exchange the same message to each other and continued the warm hugs.
Elsewhere, in a dark base on a island out to sea, a pale witch surrounded by candles eyed a large wall filled with stone tablets filled with the images of countless people looking on in distress from the carvings. She eyes the emerald stone she held when she spoke with Blake, it soon shattering.
"Gah! She was set free! I was so close to getting the souls of the chosen duelists!" Salem yelled in fury. She soon eyed the stature of a black serpent with the Orichalcos mark on its forehead. Its eyes soon glowed red and the mark glowed green briefly as she felt its presence and sighed to calm down.
"Yes my master, apologies for losing my temper in front of you. You are right, no matter how long it will take we will obtain their souls and resurrect you, then this world shall be reshaped in our image." Salem chuckled.
Featured Duel: Blake Belladonna vs Yang Xiao Long
Duel is commenced using Series 1 rules: Each player gets 4000 Aura, draws on their first turn, and can summon monsters in face-up defense mode.
Turn 1: Blake
Blake draws and activates Guardian Treasure, which lets her discard 5 cards to draw 2 new ones, furthermore she may draw an additional card each turn so long as this card remains face-up on the field. Blake then normal summons Panther Warrior in attack mode (Star 4/2000 ATK/1600 DEF) then sets a card and ends.
Cards in hand (0)
Turn 2: Yang
Yang draws and plays Polymerization to fuse Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon in her hand to fusion summon Gaia the Dragon Champion (Star 7/2600 ATK/2100 DEF).
Gaia attacks Panther Warrior but Blake activates Rescuer from the Grave from her graveyard to banish it and 4 other cards to negate the attack and end the battle phase.
Yang ends (cards in hand 3).
Turn 3: Blake
Blake draws. Blake draws an additional card with Guardian Treasures effect. Blake activates Scapegoat to summon 4 sheep tokens in defense mode. She then activates Wild Nature's Release to target Panther Warrior and increase it's ATK by its DEF (current) until the end phase, at which point it will be destroyed (Panther Warrior 2000 – 3600 ATK). Panther Warrior tributes a sheep token to attack via it's effect and destroys Gaia (Yang 4000 – 3000 aura).
Blake ends, due to Wild Nature's Release's effect, Panther Warrior is destroyed.
(Cards in hand 0)
Turn 4: Yang
Yang draws and Normal Summons Magician's Rod (Star 3/1600 ATK/100 DEF) in defense mode. She activates it effect to add a Magic or Trap card with "Dark Magician" in its text or effect to her hand. She selects Bond Between Teacher and Student. Yang then activates Magical Dimension to tribute Magician's Rod to special Summon Dark Magician from her hand and destroy a sheep token (Star 7/2500 ATK/2100 DEF).
Yang activates Bonds Between Teacher and Student to special summon from her deck Dark Magician Girl as she controls Dark Magician (Star 6/2000 ATK/1700 DEF).
Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl attack and destroy the remaining sheep tokens. Yang ends her turn.
(Cards in hand 1)
Turn 5: Blake
Blake draws and draws an additional card with Guardian Treasures effect. Blake activates Graceful Charity to draw 3 new cards then discard 2 after. Blake discards Acrobat Monkey and Enraged Battle Ox. Blake then banishes Panther Warrior and Acrobat Monkey from her graveyard to special summon Machine Beast King-Barbaros (Star 8/3800 ATK/1200 DEF). Blake then equips it with Axe of Fools to negate its effects, grant it 1000 ATK but Blake takes 500 damage during her Standby Phases as long as this card remains equipped (Barbaros 3800 - 4800 ATK). Barbaros attacks Dark Magician Girl (Yang 3000 – 200 Aura).
Blake ends (Cards in hand 0).
Turn 6: Yang
Yang draws. Yang then normal summons Rocket Warrior in Defense mode (Star 4/ATK 1500/1200 DEF).
Yang attempts to activate Claw of Hermos to fuse it with Rocket Warrior to summon Rocket Hermos Cannon, intending to use its effect to destroy Barbaros and deal damage to Blake's aura equal to its ATK and win, but Hermos refuses to fuse and destroys itself due to Yang's previous betrayal.
Yang switches Dark Magician to defense and ends (cards in hand 0).
Turn 7: Blake
Blake draws and draws an additional card with Guardian Treasure's effect. Blake takes 500 points of damage via Axe of Fool's effect (Blake 4000 – 3500 Aura). Blake activates the Seal of Orichalcos. All monsters on her field now gain 500 ATK at all times and Yang can only select the monster with the highest ATK as a target now (Barbaros 4800 - 5300).
Barbaros attacks Rocket Warrior and destroys it.
Blake ends (Cards in hand 1).
Turn 7: Yang
Yang draws. Yang activates Thousand Knives to destroy Barbaros as she controls Dark Magician. Yang switches Dark Magician to attack mode. Dark Magician attacks Blake Directly (Blake 3500 – 1000 Aura).
Yang ends (Cards in hand 0).
Turn 8: Blake
Blake draws and draws an additional card with Guardian Treasure's effect. Blake then activates Monster Reborn to revive Barbaros (3800 - 4300). Barbaros attacks Dark Magician and destroys it, but Yang takes no damage via its effect.
Blake sets a card and ends. (Cards in hand 1).
Turn 9: Yang
Yang draws and activates Soul Connection to place Timeus on the top of her deck. She then banishes Soul Connection from the graveyard to draw a card for every Dark Magician monster she has on the field or graveyard. She has 2 so she draws 2.
Yang activates Monster Reborn to special summon Dark Magician from her graveyard. She then activates Eye of Timeus to fuse it with Dark Magician to fusion summon Amulet Dragon (Star 8/2900 ATK/2500 DEF). Yang banishes all Magic cards in her graveyard other than Timeus to increase Amulet Dragon's ATK by 300 per card. She banished 6 so it gains 1800 ATK (Amulet 2900 – 4700 ATK).
Amulet Dragon attacks and destroys Barbaros (Blake 1000 – 600 Aura).
Yang ends (Cards in hand 0).
Turn 10: Blake
Blake draws and draws an additional card with Guardian Treasure's effect. Blake activates Awakening from Beyond to allow Yang to draw 2 cards and Blake can return a monster from her graveyard to her hand. Blake returns Machine King Barbaros and activates Polymerization to fuse it with Beast King Barbaros in her hand to Fusion summon Ultimate Lion King Dark Mane (Star 12/4500 ATK/3000 DEF). She activates its effect to destroy all cards on Yang's field when fusion summoned. Since Amulet Dragon was destroyed, Yang adds Eye of Timeus to her hand from her graveyard via its effect. Blake attacks directly.
At this point, Ruby's soul connects with Yang and aides her in the duel.
Ruby has Yang send Knight of Twin Swords to the graveyard to negate the battle damage.
Blake activates her trap Berserk Attack to half her monsters ATK until the end phase but allow it to attack again (4500 – 2250 ATK). Dark Mane attacks directly but Yang sends the top card of her deck to the graveyard to special summon Knight of Twins Swords from her graveyard in Attack Mode and make it the target (Star 4/1500 ATK/1200 DEF). Yang then banishes Necro Gardna from her graveyard to negate the attack.
Blake ends, so the effect of Berserk Attack expires (Dark Mane 2250 – 4500 ATK). Since Dark Mane attacked but did not destroy a monster in battle this turn, its effect deals Yang 1000 points of damage, but Yang and Ruby can now activate the trap Magical Sword and Shield Swap from their hand, due to having a warrior and Spellcaster monster(s) on their field and graveyard, to tribute Twin Swords (whom is banished by its own effect) and special summon a Spellcaster from her graveyard and negate all effect damage this turn. They special Summon Dark Magician Girl in Defense mode.
Turn 11: Yang and Ruby
Yang draws. Ruby and Yang activate Eye of Timeus to fuse it with Dark Magician Girl to fusion summon Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight (Star 7/2600 ATK/1700 DEF).
They activate Hidden Arsenal whose anime effect makes them send a warrior monster and equip magic to the graveyard to add a equip magic from their deck to their hand. They send Buster Blader and Mage Power to the graveyard to add to their hand Excalibur and equip it to Dragon Knight, doubling its ATK but preventing them from drawing during their draw phase (Dragon Knight 2600 – 5200 ATK).
Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight attacks and destroys Dark Mane (Blake 600 – 0 Aura), but Yang, not wanting to take Blake's soul, removes her duel disk so the duel ends automatically with no winner, thus the Seal cannot take anyone's soul.
Winner: No Result
Author Notes
Okay, I know the dialogue is cringy at best. Season 4 of Yugioh was never really my fav (especially with yami losing and getting Yugi capture) but that inspired this 2 parter. Yang isn't my fav after she betrayed Ruby in Atlas by blaming her for Yang's own faults. She needed to get a slap in the face and say she was wrong to do so and that her actions did hurt Ruby. Hermos refusing to allow Yang to use its power without an apology like Timeaus is why, Yang may be sorry but needs to say it and earn forgiveness. Ruby forgave her with an apology and they forgave Blake because they could sense deep down she was sorry and angry. Still I can't figure out better dialogue for that so I just rolled with this one. Next chapter is Qrow branwen vs Carolina Cordovin in Mantle to rescue RWBY and friends after they are arrested for trying to steal a ship to fly to Atlas like in canon (except arrest part) but I am considering cutting down on dialogue and focusing more on duel itself just for fun and less exhaustion and time consumption.
