The Duel Disks of the five Duelists snapped into action, and they yelled at the same time ready for what comes next. "LET'S DUEL!"
Legendary Duelists- 4000LP
Zarc- 4000LP
Turn 1 Zarc
"I'll go first bear witness to why I alone reign supreme across time, space and even reality!" Zarc declared as Galacta had an eye roll from her hiding spot knowing that he was showing off. As Zarc is pulling out two cards from his hand, he raised them up and slammed them on his Duel Disk. "I'll set the pendulum scale 0 Supreme King Gate Zero and scale 13 Supreme King Gate. I'm taking over this duel starting now!" As he placed his two cards into the pendulum zones as his two gates stood mighty and high as a pendant appeared in the background behind Zarc swinging in many different directions.
"What's a pendulum scale?" Jaden asked in confusion while Zarc chuckled cruelly. "Oh that's right your relics of the old duelling world meaning you don't have a clue about the awesome power I have created so allow me to give you a demonstration by summoning a pair of monsters worthy of the Supreme king title. A pair of Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm's!"
SKD Darkwurm ATK: 1800 DEF: 1200 LV: 4 Scale:5 Affinity: Dark x2
"Two monsters at once but how's that possible?" Yugi said in shock as Yuma then said in agreement. "Yeah that's gotta be against the rules right?" But Zarc chuckled at them.
"Your old duelling ways died like the dinosaurs. This is the power of Pendulum Summoning which I had created. With the Pendulum Scales on the field, I can Special Summon any number of monsters from my hand as long as their Level is in between the Scale numbers!"
"What a dangerous ability," Yusei muttered. "No wonder why he calls himself a king!" "You are not the creator of Pendulum Summon!" Sylvio shouted loudly. "Yuya was the one who created the pendulum summoning you just went and copied all his hard work!"
Zarc didn't bother answering. Instead, he blasted the Lancer with another red lightning bolt. Lucky for Sylvio he managed to jump away right on time before he was obliterated.
"Since I'm in a very good mood lately, I don't want this duel to end so soon, I will set one card and end my turn!" Zarc slipped a card into the Spell/Trap Zone on his Duel Disk and declared. "Show me what legendary duelists of the past like you can do!"
"Zarc's just toying with them, just like he did to all of us," Sora mused when the Lancers arrived at a safe place on top of another building near the battlefield. Aster nodded. "Yeah. And his opening move is just like what he used in our duel, too…"
Leo grunted. "But the result is not going to be the same. I already told you about Fudo Yusei, he is basically a legend already… But those other three are also not the normal duelists you usually see everyday. Yuma Tsukumo… He is the soul wielder of powerful Xyz monsters called the Numbers, and he was the one who stopped the calamity involving them which could have destroyed the universe. Jaden Yuki…The most powerful duelist of Duel Academia in his timeline, and the one who defeated not only one, but four different forces of evil who planned to destroy the world through the power of both light and darkness… And finally, Muto Yugi, the original King of Games, with the soul of the Pharaoh Atem inside him, and the wielder of the three almighty Egyptian God cards… As long as they are here, maybe just maybe we still have hope…"
Reji then said as the fate of their fate laid in theirs. "Let's hope so or this is truly the end!"
Turn 2 Yugi
"My move!" Yugi stated as he began his turn as he placed a spell on his old Kaiba Corporation Duel Disk.
"I activate the spell Pot of Greed! It allows me to draw 2 cards!" Looking at the cards he drew, the King of Games smiled. "When I draw Watapon outside of my Draw Phase, I can Special Summon it to the field!"
Watapon ATK: 200 DEF: 300 Affinity: Light LV: 1
Zarc laughed at the cotton ball. "You're gonna beat me up with a useless monster like that, what a joke!" Yugi however smirks, ignoring that taunt.
"In my experience there's no such thing as a useless card in my deck! From my hand, I activate Mystic Box! It will give you control of Watapon, but at the cost of destroying one of your monsters which I can choose! And I choose one of the Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm!"
From thin air, two boxes with question marks appeared and closed themselves on Watapon and a Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm. Swords flew over and skewered one of the boxes, and when it opened, the Darkwurm was only a bunch of mangled meat.
From the other box, Watapon popped out happily in Attack Mode.
"Now I activate Ancient Rules!" Yugi declared, activating another Spell Card. "It allows me to Special Summon one Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand without having to Tribute anything! The monster I will summon is… Dark Magician!"
Dark Magician, the embodiment of the Great Priest Mahad, the most loyal servant of the Pharaoh Atem in his past, appeared in all his glory. He spun his staff around and pointed it at Zarc's face, who didn't even falter.
Dark Magician LV: 7 Affinity: Dark ATK: 2500 DEF: 2100
Yuma was starstruck and said to himself. "The Dark Magician it's just like the statue I saw at Master Roku's place.."
"All right Yugi's best monster is here!" Cheered Jaden. "And I still haven't used up my Normal Summon this turn! From my hand, I Normal Summon Obnoxious Celtic Guard in Attack Mode!"
The elf swordsman appeared on the field and swung his sword threateningly at Zarc's monster.
Obnoxious Celtic Guard Affinity: Earth LV: 4 ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200
Yugi points his hand forward. "Dark Magician, attack Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm! Dark Magic Attack!"
Upon the command, Dark Magician raised his staff. A sphere made of dark energy formed at the tip of the staff, and with a loud battle cry, the ultimate wizard sent it flying at the dragon. The sphere of magic hit the dragon dead on its chest, and it was destroyed with a painful screech and an explosion.
"All right!" Yuma cheered. But Zarc still smirked. "Is that all you can do?"
To the four legendary duelists' surprise, Zarc's Life Point didn't even go down. Instead, it had just risen by 700.
Zarc- 4000 LP+700=4700LP
Jaden then said. "HUH?! But Yugi destroyed your monster! How did you get life points!" "When Supreme King Gate Zero is Set in the Pendulum Scale, any damage I take when I control a Supreme King monster becomes 0!" Zarc cackled. "And with Supreme King Gate Infinity in the other Pendulum Scale, that damage will be added to my Life Point!"
Aster grits his teeth with a growl. "Just like our duel! If they don't find a way to destroy those Gates soon, his Life Point will just go up forever!"
But Yugi didn't seem to falter. Instead, he smiled. "But now you don't have any Supreme King monster on your field, am I right?" Zarc's eyes widened a bit when he realized that problem. "NO!"
"Obnoxious Celtic Guard! Attack Watapon!" The swordsman brandished his sword and slashed the cotton ball in half, ignoring the terrified squeak of the creature. It was destroyed, The explosion from the battle actually managed to send the Demon Duelist on his knees.
Zarc- 4700-1200=3500LP
"Wow… he actually managed to damage Zarc in his very first turn!" Sora marveled. "What a duelist…"
On the battlefield, Zarc had managed to stand up. He sneered angrily. "So what This kind of damage is nothing to me."
But Yugi was still calm. "Now I activate Dimension hole! I will choose one monster on my field and remove it from play until your next Standby Phase!"
A hole appeared on the fabric of space behind Dark Magician and sucked the wizard inside. Sylvio stared at the scene in shock.
"Why would he do that? He just banished his own monster!" Shay then said as if his eyes didn't leave the duel. "Don't be hasty, Sylvio Yugi's known as the King of Games for a good reason!" Almost if answering Sylvio's question.
Yugi activated another Spell Card. "And now, I activate Monster Recovery! I will shuffle all monsters on my field and cards on my hand back to the deck and draw 5 cards!"
Yugi then placed some cards on the field and said. "I end my turn with two face down! Your move Zarc." He then tosses Zarc a look full of confidence and defiance.
"Very good!" Zarc cackled madly. "You have shown good struggling! But now it's time for me to take off my kid gloves off and show you my true power!"
Riley opened her eyes and groaned in serious pain.
Even with the power of Ray inside her, she couldn't do anything against Zarc. Even their last hope, the power of the four Bracelet cards, was predicted by the Demon Duelist and crushed before they could even activate.
There was nothing which could stop Zarc now… "Riley thank goodness you're okay!" The voice of Reiji brought her back to reality. She blinked, and realised that all the Lancers were standing around her, looking at her in relief.
"I'm sorry, everyone…" She said dejectedly as she held her head down as she hugged her knees. "I couldn't do anything to stop Zarc even with the four En cards now there's no way of stopping him he's won…"
"You already did everything you could child." Leo assured her. "For now leave the duel to some more capable fighters."
looked across Leo's shoulder in confusion. Then her eyes widened when she realised who was facing off with Zarc.
"No way… Aren't they…" she stammered. The memories Ray had given her allowed her to know who they were.
"Yes," Leo nodded. "They are legendary duelists of the past, brought here when Zarc used his power to compress every timeline into one. We should put our hope on them… and believe they are going to win."
Turn 3 Zarc
"My turn!" Zarc said eagerly as he drew a card as Yugi said. "During this turn Dark Magician returns to the field thanks to effects of Dimension hole."
From the wormhole on the fabric of space, Dark Magician returned to the field.
Zarc looked at the card he had just drawn and smirked. "Sorry, legendary duelists of the past, it seems the duel is over before you could even begin it!" "Yeah right how can you say that when we even had turns yet?" Demanded Yuma.
But Zarc only grinned evilly at him. "Oh, I'm very sure Yuma, because the card I drew would be the key for me to summon my strongest monster, and it will mark the end of this duel and the glorious regin of me."
The lancers and their allies had horrified looks if Zarc had drawn that card as Zarc laughed as he held his upwards. "You went through all this trouble to destroy my Darkwurms but I'm bringing them back!"
On cue Zarc's two darkwurms returned. "What?!" Yusei exclaimed. "But they are already destroyed! How could you…?!"
"Pendulum Monsters, when they are removed from the field, will go to the Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard, and as long as I have the necessary Scales, I can Pendulum Summon them back to the field as many times as I want! But don't think I'm stopping with only these two monsters. I'm also inviting a very special ally to this battle: my most skillful servant, a sorcerer who has mastered the secrets of space and time. Now he'll use that knowledge and carry my every bidding, Astrograph Sorcerer appear!"
On cue the very monster Zarc had used to fuse together with his dragons in the original dimension had been pendulum summoned.
Astrograph Sorcerer LV: 7 ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Affinity: Dark
"Oh no! That's the Sorcerer Zarc used to fuse himself with the dragons during my timeline! That means!" Leo said in horror knowing where this was going right as Zarc said with glee.
"Ding ding! That's right now witness as I activate the special ability of Astrograph Sorcerer and bid you all a frightful farewell to the other world I banish my mighty sorcerer along with my four legendary dragons in my deck to unleash its full potential! Now fulfil my destiny Astrograph Sorcerer channel the energy of my Dark Rebellion, my Clear wing, my Starving Venom and my odd Eyes Pendulum dragon let the reunion begin!"
Zarc laughs as his four dragons are banished once again as the ground begins to shake as Yuma then shouts. "What's happening?!" "We need to bail!" Jaden screamed when shockwaves started to explode out of Zarc's body, which was now covered in a cloud of dark purple smoke. The cloud started expanding, larger and larger…
Until Supreme King Z-ARC appeared on the field in all of its glory. It roared, and a gale swept through the rooftop of the building, nearly throwing the three Duelists off their feet. Even Yusei, who was flying above on his Duel Runner, could feel the tremor spreading through the air.
"He fused himself with the monster!" Yuma said, pointing at Zarc, who was now standing no, more like he fused his lower body with the head of the giant dragon.
"One merciless Dragon, to rule over all others, merge with me and we will dominate every dimension! Let us reunite, reunite as one! The ultimate union of man and Monster! Pendulum, Xyz, Synchro, Fusion, all these powers are mine with the mightiest power of each of the Four Dimensions combined into 1! Together, we are Supreme King Z-ARC!"
Supreme King Z-ARC LV: 12 ATK; 4000 DEF: 4000 Affinity: Dark
Yugi then said. "Guess that means you're a monster as well! We faced people just like you who wanted to use their power to hurt and destroy worlds. If we can remove that dragon from the field, you'll be gone!"
"Oh, but you won't be able to do that," Zarc gave them a nasty grin. "As long as any of my techniques lay banished or in any Graveyards, I cannot leave the field!"
"WHAT?!"
The four legendary duelists could only gasp out in disbelief. Jaden pointed at Zarc.
"That's just not fair! Making yourself an overpowered monster is one thing, but you also created a whole unfair mechanic messing up the rules to make yourself a tyrant! Do you even have any shame about being a duelist?"
"SHUT UP YOU!" Snarled Zarc. "When I have the power, I can do anything I want! Now, when I descend from the Extra Deck, all of my opponents' monsters are destroyed and you take damage equal to their combined attack! Disappear, Dark Magician!"
A beam of darkness blasted out of the giant dragon's mouth, aiming at Dark Magician.
"No! Dark Magician is going to be destroyed!" Crow exclaimed in horror. "And it's gonna be 2500 points of damage dealt directly to their Life Point!"
Yugi then shouted pushing a button on his duel disk as one of the cards had set revealed itself. "No it won't I play the trap Black Illusion! Until the end of this turn, Dark Magician cannot be destroyed by battle and is unaffected by your card effects! But you are allowed to draw one card in return!"
"WHAT?!" Shouted Zarc in surprise as he had a look of surprise written over his face, the beam of dark energy passed through Dark Magician's body harmlessly as if the spellcaster was made of darkness itself. The beam soared past Yugi and exploded behind him without doing any considerable damage.
"Good! He's safe!" Gong cheered.
"Nice work King of Games!" Cheered Jaden. Zarc growled and said as he drew his card. "Fine Yugi but understand you're only stifling yourself when I use my ability I'm unable to attack. I end my turn with the face down I drew."
"Amazing!" Kite said in awe. "He actually managed to get through Zarc's turn without even taking any damage!"
"Yeah…" Jack also marveled. "And he didn't even have to use a monster from his Extra Deck! Only a Normal Monster…"
Reiji grimaced. "But that alone is no way enough to stop Zarc. If they can only play defensively like that…"
The Lancers looked back at the duel in worry.