Author's Note: So just a heads up before you read this chapter, I was unsure as to how I was going to make Chapters Seven through Ten, but I had made my decision on making the first part of Nozomi vs. Jack in Chapter Seven and the second part being in Chapter Nine while Yukina's duel with Sector Security being Chapters Eight and Ten respectively. I just thought it was a good idea, but if it messes you guys up, I am sorry if it did.
Weeping, mourning for the spirits like rain to swell the rising still tide, avenging with the power of darkness, the Supreme Princess will follow the waters of life, leading you all the way back home… These were the words of some of the only surviving inscriptions written long, long time ago during the reign of the Supreme King's successor; the Supreme Princess. Based on a parting wish to her subjects before she passed on into the spirit world, claiming that there will be a day that would come for her to be reincarnated in the next life.
Many thought that this was actually real once the inscription was discovered in what was believed to be the Unnamed Kingdom in what is now Southern Pakistan and Western India - but people may suspect that the ocean's tides were much smaller during the time they suspect that this Unnamed Kingdom was supposed to be. This created a whole lot more land that the men of ancient times were able to settle and create a great kingdom that was long lost to history with a very close bond to the spirit world.
In reality, as the tide began rising due to the ice age finally ending, The Supreme King's Unnamed Kingdom had been sent to the Spirit World thanks to the efforts of their King. But the day he died - just a few years after he had saved his kingdom - his daughter became the ruler of the Kingdom. And during the start of her reign in the Unnamed Kingdom; it was a wonderful age of peace for a time. Though she began to realize that her reign will not be forever, and her royal house may die out… And she has not found a man to call her King.
She was taught the art of magic by Spirits when she was just ten years old, and she was a natural spellcaster at a young age, able to use the different kinds of magic - within the arts of Light, Darkness, Water, and Lightning. However, her father wanted her to balance out between the Light and the Darkness, fearing that she would lead the Kingdom to ruin. She failed to keep her promise as she started to use her Dark Magics, and the powers of Alchemy to help her live forever… It started tainting her heart with the power of the Shadows and would lead her down to the Kingdom's fall from grace. She began casting dark spells, now able to last a lot longer than those of her subjects - with the help of the dark aligned spirits in the Spirit World.
And the people began to see the madness of their new queen as the former Supreme Princess was no longer working for the good of the people and the Spirits of the Spirit World, but they did not want to incur her wrath, knowing her mental state was not perfect at this point. They noticed that she would flip out at the slightest sign of change of her own ways. Though, by this point, the people had no choice, so they decided to rise up against her and her dark allies and try to restore the Kingdom to its original balance. Though after slaying her, in her final words is to consume the world in darkness until she, and her father would return in the next life, and she declared further that the people will beg for her forgiveness one day.
And it is this day that Yukina - sleep deprived, but she never told her friends Chiaya, Ai, and Nozomi about this as she didn't want to call off the plan - began to see these visions of that distant past in her sleep. These dreams or visions that she was having were forcing her to wake up early in the morning, which caused a lack of sleep for her. As she and Chiaya began driving to Bootleg, she seemed to tell this Supreme Princess was trying to slowly gain control of her. Like her power was starting to slowly unleash itself into the world, and may take control of her body. And Yukina herself was trying her level best to hold it back for as long as she could. She was wondering why she was doing this to her; was this Supreme Princess actually trying to make her comeback, wanting revenge for her betrayal?
"Yukina, Yukina?" A familiar voice began saying to her the moment she felt like she was going to doze off once again as she managed to wake up for the moment, her eyes turned and her head to look at Yusei Fudo. "Are you okay? You have been dozing off a lot lately - have you been sleeping well lately?"
"Oh uh… I'm sorry, Yusei. I just had some horrible dreams the last few nights…" Yukina replied to the young man that was riding in the back of her Customized Honda CB Series Duel Runner as she and Chiaya stopped at a stop light. During this break, she was able to rub her beautiful sapphire eyes for just a few seconds before she looked up at the street light, waiting for it to change to green.
"Are you sure, those nightmares must have been seriously severe for you to wake up so early." He told her with a little bit more concerned tone of voice as he moved his head to get a better look at her face.
Yukina herself turned her head away in the other direction only to be looking straight at the window of a nearby boutique, staring at what no one else could see but her; the dark and shadowy semblance of the Supreme Princess in what she thought was armor. She couldn't see her face, but she could see the glowing, fiery golden brown eyes showing the emotion of anger and betrayal. She knew that she was betrayed and it made her angry - that much she knew, but to her there might be something else to this story. Was she really seen as the tyrant the Spirit World claims?
"Yukina?" Chiaya said to her as she pointed straight at the street light above them that had turned green to which Yukina immediately gunned the engine for only a few seconds before going to the regulated speed limit, allowing Chiaya to catch up to her and Yusei. And very soon, they could see the alleyway that the joint known as Bootleg.
"So this is the place that Tanner was talking about huh?" Yusei said in his thoughts as he was looking straight at the entrance to the joint. "It does seem to be my kind of joint. I just hope that Tanner's friend can come through to me."
"Alright, Chiaya, you remember what the plan is, right?"
"Yes, I keep an eye out for those guys in black suits while you two go inside the joint, if I do see them - will ring the bell to alert you." The blond nodded to them presenting the cow bell from the pocket of her coat.
"Good, and if they are already in Bootleg, we will come running back to you and the Duel Runners and we can head back to the apartments." Yukina added before the two of them - she and Yusei - walked down the stairs to see a well lit bar with a few thugs talking to each other at separate and different tables, drinking anything that the bar could offer them. Alcohol, soda, and milk were some options here in Bootleg. Some of the folks here in the bar were either laughing or sobbing due to the alcohol, some of them were guzzling down milk, and others had water and soda - as there were those who didn't like to drink alcohol. Though, for both Yukina and Yusei, they stayed close to each other for mutual protection as they reached to the bar's booth, and sat down.
The joint's owner turned to look at the two with a grunt to start before asking the two… "So what do you two kids want, lost your pups or something? My heart's breaking for the two of ya' but this ain't no animal shelter, now get out of here!
"We do have a no loitering rule here only paying customers."
"Well in that case… We would like some milk."
Yusei pulled out the card that Bolt gave to them - which surprised the bar's owner.
Yukina then leaned forward and whispered to him, "Bolt Tanner gave this to us. Do you know a guy named Blister by chance?"
The bar owner quickly picked up a carton of milk and a pair of glasses, poured the milk into those glasses, and then placed it on top of the card. Then the sound of the cow bell outside, Yusei and Yukina's eyes turning towards the stairway to notice a pair of shadows coming down the stairs.
"I am guessing that bell is meant for you?" The owner inquired, their eyes looking back at him just as the two men in black began to walk towards a table. "You two kids better get out of here."
Both Yukina and Yusei were confused as to what he meant by that.
"You don't find Blister, Blister finds you."
The two of them then understood what he meant as they nodded to him before drinking the milk he gave them.
"Thanks." Yusei said before taking the card, putting it back into his coat, and both he and Yukina began walking out of the bar. The two men in black carefully watch them leave. The two of them waited until Yusei and Yukina hurried up the stairs, the two men in black began to race after them, but the three managed to get on their Duel Runners.
"Yes!" Yukina exclaimed. "We now know how to find Blister."
"So where do we meet him?" Chiaya inquired.
"We don't…" Yusei began to say to her. "... Blister will find us."
They kept on driving on until someone in a broken tag team Duel Runner - the side car more than likely lost - got in front of them, in the middle of the street. Yukina and Chiaya noticed him and began to stop as they quickly knew he was definitely not Sector Security. This caused both Yukina and Chiaya to skid off to the right and left until they ground to a halt just a couple of feet from the stranger. They looked at the man, his eyes covered by the shadows. Decently well built, clothed with a ripped green jacket that has no sleeves, a long sleeved white shirt. He was wearing a pair of brown pants with two belts, one of which has his Deck Box attached to.
"You three have to follow me."
"And who might you be?" Yukina said to him with a raised brow, her sapphire blue eyes on the verge of turning into a fiery gold.
"The one you are searching for. Now stay close and follow me." He said to them as they raced off as he noticed Yusei's marker. So he pulled out a device from his pocket and handed it to Yusei. "Here, use this, these ions in this little bad boy are jamming the marker's signal, so we don't need those suits following us."
Yusei began to carefully examine it before using it on his marker that he received from the Citadel. "So I take it that you're Blister, right?" He said to him, the ions from the device being able to do their job.
"In the flesh." He replied as they finally rounded the corner into a garage of a three story building.
The Helicopters of Sector Security began hovering around, trying desperately to flush out Yusei, Yukina, and Chiaya. They kept on looking in the same part of the city they vanished in and other surrounding areas that they may be hiding in.
"Well I can tell that you are harmless enough, but I will say this… Sector Security at best reserves the helicopters for the big time offenders." Blister told them with his butt on a chair, with his fingers working their magic on his laptop. "Did you three find out something about a big time fate cat that you weren't supposed to know by chance?"
"Well… Let's just say that somebody knows something about the three of us." Yusei said to him rather plainly. "Though for now, those answers may be needed later."
Blister simply grunted before he began to speak to them again. "Well your marker won't be able to transmit your location for a few hours and I have cloaked the entire building for now. So Bolt Tanner told you to come here and find me, huh?"
"Yep, that's right." Yukina said as she was careful to look outside the windows without the helicopters being able to spot them.
Blister grinned while he worked on his laptop. "I doubt he sent you to pay me the chunk of change that he owes me."
"Sorry, but no." Chiaya told him with a shake of her head.
"Well that means you three are here for the official Blister Hookup. So what's the deal? You three need a set of new identities?"
Yusei turned to look at Blister with his back still facing the man.
"I need to sneak into the Security Impound Center to get my own Duel Runner back."
Blister couldn't believe what he was actually hearing. These three were actually planning to break into Sector Security's Security Impound Center, and for what, a single Duel Runner that this guy lost to Sector Security?
"You gotta be kidding right?"
"Tanner said that you can help us. Well? Was he right or not?"
The man was silent for only three seconds before he replied… "He's right."
And soon enough the Sector Security Helicopters began looking in other parts of the city, allowing Yusei, Yukina, and Chiaya to breathe a bit more easily.
"Alright, Mister Adams your maintenance uniform is set as well as your ID Card. All it is required now is for me to hack into the city system…" Blister began to say before letting out hum while he worked. "... And we are done. Yusei Adams you are officially an employee of the New Domino City Security Impound Center. Unfortunately, I cannot do much for you two girls, the two of you may need to hang back for a bit. Just in case Yusei here gets into trouble.
"Now each security door requires a site specific code. Let me hop onto the mainframe and see where they are keeping your ride so I know what code you will need. I'm going to need to know when they take it."
"A couple of weeks ago, Blister." Was Yusei's response as he was looking at a photo of what appeared to be Blister and someone else in the photo. Yukina came to have a look as well. It intrigued the bluenette quite a bit. And then they noticed a torn up card on the desk so they looked at it, and it was the same card in the photograph that Blister's friend was holding in his.
"Alright then, I will have to break the encryption on the security mainframe, a bit of some logarithm runs, a little bit of ghost imaging, and… Yes, we're in! I just need to narrow down to a single ride Duel Runners that were confiscated in the past several weeks… Run that against other variables, and… Bingo! Looking at Vault 64b on the top floor of the Impound Center. Now to snag the passcodes you will need to get in. This shouldn't be too hard."
"Hey Blister…" Yukina said, looking back at him. "Did you used to be a Turbo Duelist?"
"Huh…?" He turned to see his photograph being held by Yusei which switched his mood rather quickly. "Hey! What are you doing snooping around in here? Put that picture back!"
"You know, I should've remembered your name somewhere before…" Yukina said to him as Yusei held out Blister's picture. "... I heard about you and your partner. You two sure did take some names in the big leagues."
"I was never a Big League, that's for sure. Me and my partner dueled in the Semi-Pro League for a bit, but that was a different life Yukina. It was a long time ago."
Yukina could tell that there was more than what Blister was telling them as she knew the stories behind those two back in Tokorozawa - especially the accident that happened to him and his partner. She really felt sorry for him and his loss, but she really did not know how it all went down for him.
"Now put that picture down, we got to focus here."
Yusei decided to fulfill Blister's wishes, and placed the photograph back on the desk. He, Yukina, and Chiaya began walking towards him, standing around him.
"Alright, got the passcode for 64b."
"Is that all I'll need?" Yusei asked him.
"That and the ID Card, your uniform, and a whole lot of luck." Blister replied. "Security Droids are set on random programming so I can't help you there."
In Yusei's mind there was probably a catch in there somewhere, but to him, he can deal with it. "I'll take that risk." He said to him, but his curiosity about the photo began to overtake him and decided to ask anyway. "So was that your duel partner with you in the picture?"
Yukina could tell Blister was starting to get annoyed as he began to snarl at the question before talking.
"Man…! You three don't know when to let something go do you!?"
This made Yukina a bit angry, her eyes finally turning into that fiery gold that meant the Supreme Princess was taking over.
"We're not here to get to know each other, got it?"
Off in the distance a pair of eyes were watching them from the top of another building as the sound of chuckles could be heard. Officers Trudge and Creighton were still hunting them like a pair of lions.
"Looks like we found a trio that think they have got away, but no one gets away from us." Trudge said with a grin on his face.
"We'll show those kids and that no good Goodwin…" Creighton cut in with anger in his voice, still salty from his loss against those girls just a couple of weeks ago.
A while back after their loss against Yusei, Nozomi, and Ai that they had suddenly been demoted to mob duty. But they knew something was up with Goodwin as they just didn't trust the man after what they heard. So they were going out on this job alone. And for all they knew, they may not get any help on this. But in their minds, this was fine as they didn't need help on this one.
"And once you tell me what I want to know about Yusei, it is back to the Citadel for you and for good!" Trudge declared.
Morning finally came with the sun rising from the East as usual with the moon no longer to be seen in the sky, almost making New Domino City a gem out on the open ocean. However, Yukina, Chiaya, and Yusei knew that this was not the case as they were getting ready to go through with their new plan. The calm seas around the city seemed almost like an omen to what would happen for them later on.
The bluenette was starting to stir from her sleep due to the sun shining down on her face like a gentle hand trying to wake her up. She had her usual sapphire blue eyes, but she actually remembered what happened last night after Yusei mentioned Blister's dueling partner. She had angrily rebuked Blister for avoiding the question, even slamming her hands on the desk Blister had his laptops on. He actually thought that they were suddenly going to break due to the force of the impact, and the plan would be ruined, but thankfully that wasn't the case. She did feel bad for saying those bad things to Blister, though she knew she was right in a sense.
"Rise and shine Yusei, Yukina, Chiaya…" Blister said to them with Yusei, and Chiaya opening their eyes to the sight of Blister holding the bag Yusei was going to need to get his Duel Runner back. "Everything you will need tonight is right here in this bag. And do tell Tanner that I am putting this on his tab."
"Will do." Yusei said as he sat up on the chair and was about to grab the bag's handle when Blister moved it out of the way all of a sudden.
"Listen Yusei, I did everything I could, but the odds of you getting your ride back are still slim at best." Blister warned him.
"It is only people who have a choice that worry about odds…" Yusei commented. "I have to get my Runner back if I'm going to get my friends out of the Satellite."
This shocked Blister. "Wait what?! Ha! You're taking this huge risk for some friends?"
They then turned to look at Blister's photo, which forced Blister to finally relent and tell his story.
"His name is Arrow, we were the best of buds." He began to explain to them with a rather somber tone. "You'll note that I said were."
"Yeah, I heard about your accident that day, Blister. I am really sorry to hear that." Yukina said to him kindly. She placed a hand on his shoulder as she looked back at the photo.
"People come and go, Yukina, Yusei, you make friends, and then you lose friends. That's how it goes I'm afraid." He then turned to look at Yusei dead in the eyes. "But trust me on this, at the end of the day, you realized that you shouldn't bother with friends, because the only thing a friend is good for is… Finding the best way to let you down. You're better off just looking out for Number One.
"I mean, after all, that is what everyone else does, isn't it?"
"Tell us what happened?"
"We were on a practice run when I lost control of the bike, the connecting cables started tearing apart.
"We were going to slam into a building, I didn't have time to think… I just turned away… He was stuck in the sidecar and had no control."
"I am terribly sorry to hear that Blister." Chiaya said to him.
"It was bad… He had spent eight months in recovery. … And when he got out, he chose to quit dueling. I never heard from him again, except for this card he sent me. It was his part of our best combo.
"It's all torn and burned. I'm pretty sure it was his way of saying that he'd never forgive me." He then let out a sigh that almost turned into a chuckle. "Not that I blame him, I wouldn't forgive me either if I was him."
He then turned back to look at Yusei, Yukina, and Chiaya one more time.
"Yusei, don't take this risk for your friends, because come crunch time, they're going to let you down."
Yukina's eyes began to turn into a fiery gold again as she looked at Blister with an anger that was well justified in her case. She, Nozomi, Ai, and Chiaya had been friends for years and they never let each other down. And now Blister is telling them to give up on them? That is way too much for Yukina to stomach as she walked up to him and glared at him with those piercing fiery golden eyes. This creeped out Blister once before and to see this change in personality from the bluenette.
"I… I mean look at me, I let my best friend crash right into a building just to save myself."
But Yusei looked at Yukina, and the bluenette looked back at him. Mentally telling her it was time to go. So as Yusei began taking the bag, Yukina and Chiaya began to get ready for the trials that were ahead of them. But then she turns to look back at Blister - but this time with her usual sapphire blue eyes - as she stands at the doorway.
"Try not to be so hard on yourself, Blister. And thanks for all your help."
"I don't care what he says about friendship." Yukina began to say in her thoughts with a huff. "Friends are the most important thing a person can have, and without them, you're nothing."
Blister began contemplating on what Yukina and what he said just as he began to hear the distinct sound of a third and fourth Duel Runner revving up. So he ran up to the window, and noticed off to the left to see a pair of Sector Security Duel Runners slowly rolling out of an alley to the left. He instantly knew that Yusei, Yukina, and Chiaya were going to be followed by these two guys towards the Impound Sector.
The sun finally setting, Yusei - with his disguise on - began walking through the halls of the Impound Sector, making sure that he was not standing out like a sore thumb as the whole place was locked down for the maintenance to do their job. This allowed Yusei to somewhat freely walk around, but made sure that he looked like he was going to do his job here. But once the lights were finally out, he took off his uniform and took a peek from the door to see that there were security droids all over the building, keeping a watchful eye on the joint.
"Blister wasn't kidding about those security droids." He said in his thoughts as the droid slipped past him and made a turn to the right. "Time to move." He slowly slid out of the room and towards the other direction.
He began walking up the stairs to the top floor then down the hallway until he reached a large door that had a keycard lock.
"So this is it… Now I just hope this ID and Passcode work."
He then pulled out the ID Card that Blister made for him. Swiping it carefully down the slot before pressing the buttons that his passcode required and with little issue, the door began to open.
"Nice."
He began walking further into the Impound Center, not yet knowing what will find by this point.
Yawning from the boredom of waiting, and then seeing what was going to happen next was something that the blue haired young lady was not used to. She was lying back on her own Duel Runner, hoping to get - at the very least - some sleep that she lost over the past few days, but she immediately knew that she needed to stay alert for any sign of Sector Security outside of the place. So she was keeping an eye open just in case - even though the lack of sleep was killing her mentally. She and Duel Runner were in an alleyway that gave her a clear field of view of the Impound Center.
"Do you see anything, Yukina?" Her blond friend said to her through their Duel Runners' communication system, her face visible on the Duel Runner's screen. "Yukina?"
"Huh? Oh uh, I haven't seen anything at the moment- Hang on!" She told her best friend just as she noticed something just outside the Impound Center; the well distinct azure lights of the Sector Security Duel Runners and non-dueling Jeeps had begun surrounding the entrance to the Impound Center like they were really waiting for something inside the center. "Something is happening at the joint!"
"Oh yeah! I see it too… What would Sector Security be doing here at this time?"
But very soon, Yukina began to hear a familiar voice calling out to her.
"Yukina Kosaka, we have you currently surrounded, you little troublemaker!"
It was the Sector Security Officer Creighton as her sapphire blue eyes looked back, and it was indeed the Sector Security Officer. A smirk was on his ugly mug and his with the full intent of catching this bluenette and hoping to get as to what was going on with Goodwin as well, and both he and Trudge would compare notes.
Yukina instantly gunned the engine and noticed that Chiaya was getting out of her hiding spot as well due to Sector Security knowing her location as well so they decided to meet up with Yusei at the rally point that was outside the limits of the Impound Center, but Creighton was right behind the bluenette and the blond.
"You two are not going to get away from me this time!" He told them as he drew closer to them just as he activated the override mechanic to his Duel Runner, forcing the bluenette's own Duel Runner to set up for a Turbo Duel.
"Duel Mode engaged, Autopilot standing by~"
"Overriding suspect's Duel Runner… Autopilot engaged."
"Damnit~!" Yukina cursed as her anger began to swell up once again, her eyes turning into those piercing fiery gold eyes. "Fine, but you and I will have to wait for Yusei and Trudge!" She said to him, turning her head and eyes just enough for Creighton to see her fiery gold eyes, burning with anger.
But, thankfully for her, Creighton mentally decided to take her up on that deal as all three of them raced towards Yusei and Trudges location, smashing through the the doors and Yukina began to contact Yusei to meet her and Chiaya at their location as quick as he could. She could tell that Sector Security would be dictating their tracks and how they would start and finish this duel. But what both Creighton, and Trudge didn't know was that Chiaya had faith that help was on its way to get them out of a sticky situation.
"What do you want, Chiaya?" Blister said, his eyes looking towards Chiaya's direction just before she left with Yukina and Yusei to the Impound Center and he could tell she wasn't here to argue with her, and still had a very kind demeanor on her face. So he decided to turn to fully look at the young lady.
"You know it wasn't your fault, right?"
"Excuse me?" He inquired.
"Do you actually know that it wasn't your fault?" She rephrased.
"Of course, it was a horrible accident that the two of us didn't see coming." He replied to her question, placing an arm on the desk.
She then began sitting down on another chair. "Then there was probably another reason as to why your friend gave you that special card of his. Did you think of that option?" She said to him in a single breath. She seemed to be holding her ground on this subject, but Blister did tell that she was taking it slow, and talking about it calmly and slowly.
Blister looked back at the card that Arrow gave him, and began to think about what she was saying to him. "Well… I did think about it, but…" He began to say to her, still looking at the card like it was a star in the evening sky. Deep down in his heart, he really didn't want to say or admit it, both verbally and mentally, but he probably knew that Arrow probably didn't want to end their friendship. Did he know that? He probably had a feeling deep within his heart that there is a chance of that, but he was afraid to ask him.
"But you never asked him, did you?" She asked him.
"No… I haven't asked him if this was the end of our friendship… I was just racked with so much guilt that my reasoning was clouded by that guilt. Maybe…"
"Maybe Arrow was trying to say that despite him no longer being able to Turbo Duel with you, he and you are still friends." She told him as she gave him a warm smile. "Think about it perhaps, would he actually be so furious with you at an accident that you had no control, if any control possible over the situation?"
Blister watched as she began to stand up, walking out of the room to join with her friends in the garage - where their Duel Runners are parked in. Once she disappeared into the hallway, he looked back down at the ruined card - allowing him to think a bit more of what he and Chiaya said to one another. She was really kind to him, but the guilt he had - still lingered in there - with that hope that it may not be the case began fighting back against that guilt, and finally, his self hatred being washed away like an old log in the strong current of a river. The former Tag Team Turbo Duelist immediately turned his gaze back to the old picture of him and Arrow while he was still thinking.
Trudge and Crieghton: 8000
Yukina and Yusei: 8000
Now linking up with Yusei and Trudge, Yusei - the one that started this whole mission in the first place - declares that he will go first, drawing his first card. "And I'll start by summoning Quillbolt Hedgehog to the field in Defense Mode!" The little monster appeared on his side of the field in blue - signifying that he is in Defense Position.
"Well get ready you three! I draw!" Trudge said, pulling out a card from his Deck. "And I summon Search Striker in Attack Mode!"
His new monster then appeared out of a portal - a cybernetic warrior that had a pair of long-barreled blasters for forearms that each had a pipe leading up to a tank that set on its own back, and cybernetic head that would even make Cyber Stein blush - and lined up next to Trudge.
"Now Search Striker! Blast that Satellite's puny little monster!"
Search Stiker raised the blaster on his left arm, took aim at Yusei's cute little Quillbolt Hedgehog with the blaster charging up, and fired off a single shot directly at Quillbolt Hedgehog, destroying the little critter in the back in a shatter of tiny shards. This caused Yusei to flinch a bit in pain with one eye closed. He then looked back at Trudge.
"I place one card face-down! Now what Yusei?"
Yukina pulled the first card of her turn as she replied to Trudge for Yusei… "Well you are about to find that out the hard way for yourself, Trudge!"
In Yukina's hand was the Monster Cards - The Agent of Creation - Venus, The Agent of Mystery - Earth, Eva, Darklords Superbia and Ixchel, as well as the Spell Card Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen that she drew from her Deck. Her fiery gold eyes began to see the strategy that could come from this hand. So she decided to start with Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen - which would give her the ability to get further to her Deck. And yet, he could sense that Darklord Ixchel was more than likely calling out to her. She didn't understand this fully, but she did have her theories as to why this was the case.
"So I will start by playing the Spell Card Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen - and since I do not have any monsters on my side of the field, I can now Special Summon The Agent of Creation - Venus from my Hand in Defense Mode!"
A flash of light could be seen in the night sky as a beam of light shot down onto Yukina's central Monster Zone, revealing a large, blonde, winged-woman that had three orbs of different colors - one red, one blue, and the final one being indigo - her eyes closed in a prayer. She let out a grunt as she hovered just a few inches from the ground. She was standing at least eight feet tall as they made the next turn.
"I'll continue the turn by activating her effect! For every five hundred Life Points I pay, I can Special Summon from my Deck or Hand a Normal Monster known as Mystical Shine Ball." She went on as she pulled out a pair of cards from her Deck; two copies of the Normal Monster Mystical Shine Ball, as a purple aura began to take form around - signifying that she was paying Life Points. "And so I pay one thousand Life Points to Special Summon 2 Mystical Shine Balls from my Deck in Defense Mode!"
Trudge and Creighton: 8000
Yusei and Yukina: 8000 - 1000 = 7000
And soon two of the orbs around the Agent of Creation - specifically the Blue and Red orbs - began glowing brighter than before until crystal beings with light being emitted inside the two beings. They lined up on the two left Monster Zones on Yukina's side of the field. And yet, the bluenette began hearing the call of Darklord Ixchel once again, and she had to admit that this Fallen Angel was persistent, so she might use her now.
"And now I activate the effect of Darklord Ixchel in my Hand! By discarding both her and another Darklord from my Hand - I can draw two cards from my Deck."
And as she said that, an astral form of the Darklord Ixchel began flying towards Yukina as the bluenette looked back at the two Sector Security Officers. Ixchel cupped her hands on her owner's face in a rather sexual way before giving her a kiss on the cheek, allowing Yukina to draw her 2 Cards. She looked at the two cards, revealing that they were the Tuner Diviner of the Herald and the Spell Card Darklord Contact. And this allowed her to get an idea of what to do right now, and she knew it all continues with the help of Diviner of the Herald.
"I now Normal Summon the Diviner of the Herald in Attack Mode!" She declared just as the Human Angel of the ancient Heralds appeared on the right Monster Zone next to the Agent of Creation. She began hovering alongside Yukina in that Monster Zone just as an aquamarine aura began forming around her, signifying that her effect is activating. "And now, since she was summoned - I can now send a Fairy Monster from my Deck to the Graveyard, and I am sending Capricious Darklord to the Graveyard!"
And soon her Graveyard Zone began emitting a black shadow; that black shadow slowly rising out of the Graveyard Zone and started to hover straight towards Trudge's Search Striker, which the monster began to back up a bit. The shadow then began to take the astral form of the Capricious Darklord - with a big sinister grin on her face. She was holding her arms out to the monster, wanting it to come closer to her.
"Oh and did I mention Capricious Darklord's effect in the Graveyard? If she is sent to the Graveyard, all your monsters lose five hundred ATK and DEF Points for every Fairy Monster on the field!"
Capricious Darklord began to get behind Search Striker, wrapping her arms around the monster as a very dark purple aura began to form around Trudge's monster, making it feel really weak.
Search Striker ATK: 1600 - 2000 = 0
Search Striker DEF: 1200 - 2000 = 0
"And now, my monsters will attack you and your Search Striker! Go Agent of Creation - Venus! Light of the Heavenly Body of Love!"
The Agent of Creation's three orbs began glowing a very bright and powerful red, blue, and indigo before those three orbs unleashed powerful blasts of energy towards Search Striker. And once they hit Search Striker - piercing right through him like a rapier piercing through a set of watermelons - the monster exploded into ashes as it cried out in pain. This caused Trudge to cover his face from the smoke.
Trudge and Creighton: 8000 - 1600 = 6400
Yusei and Yukina: 7000
"Now, my Mystical Shine Balls and Diviner of the Heralds will attack you two directly!"
The Diviner of the Heralds was the first to make a move as she used her magic to power up the two Mystical Shine Balls, causing them to unleash very thin laser beams that fired at the two Sector Security Officers.
Trudge and Creighton: 6400 - 1500 = 4900
Yusei and Yukina: 7000
"Now I tune my Level Three Agent of Creation - Venus, one of my Level Two Mystical Shine Balls with my Level Two Level Diviner of the Heralds!"
The Agent of Creation and the Mystical Shine Ball right next to her began flying up into the air as the Diviner of the Heralds began to turn into her two Level Stars - that followed those two monsters. But those two Level Stars then turned into two Synchro Rings that got in front of Venus and the Shine Ball. They began to turn virtually transparent; with their Level Stars visible in their bodies.
"The true power of the heavens shall lie within the great gap between strength and weakness! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Descend and Shine! Heavenly Dragon! Ancient Sacred Wyvern!" Yukina chanted as she quickly pulled out the Level Seven Synchro Monster from her Extra Deck and slammed it onto the central Monster Zone on her side of the field with all the passions within her heart.
A hoard of clouds began forming up in the sky, but light soon began shining down onto the field before the form of a great silver scaled, and blonde maned drake slowly came out of the clouds. It let out a roar at the two Sector Security Officers before slowly lowering himself to Yusei and Yukina's side. But he was just so big that he had been just a few inches from the roof of the Impound Center.
"And I will end my turn with a face-down card. Go ahead and just see what I am made of Creighton!" She concluded as she placed Darklord Contact face-down in the Spell & Trap Zone that was in the same column as Diviner of the Herald was in.
"Not so fast, Yukina!" Trudge interrupted as his face-down card began to reveal itself to be the Trap Card Discord Counter. "I play my face-down, Discord Counter - this Trap Card will send your Synchro Monster back to your Extra Deck and bring back the pieces you had used to Synchro Summon it!"
"What?!"
Yukina watched as Ancient Sacred Wyvern turned into a sphere of multiple colors and energies that separated into three blue portals that brought back Agent of Creation - Venus, the Mystical Shine Ball, and Diviner of the Heralds.
"This is not good… " Yukina said in her own thoughts. "If we don't find a way to get our best monsters out of Extra Deck then we may not be able to get out of here."
"My turn, and with my new Deck, we will be able to catch you three for good! And I'll start by placing a Monster face-down in Defense Mode. Then, I play the Spell Card Foolish Burial to send my Gravekeeper's Spiritualist from my Deck to your Graveyard. And then I'll play the Spell Book of Taiyou - and this allows me to flip my Monster face-up!"
The Spell Card then forced his Gravekeeper's Spy to appear once his card on the field flipped face-up - causing Spy to have a dark aura to form around him. This was to signify that its Flip Effect was kicking in.
"And since Gravekeeper's Spy is Flipped face-up, I can Special Summon a Gravekeeper from my Deck, but it has to have fifteen-hundred ATK Points or Less. And I will Special Summon my Gravekeeper's Headman from my Deck."
And out of the Deck came Creighton's Gravekeeper in Defense Position. He was clad in white and black, holding a golden Jackal staff that had jewels. His eyes were that of an orange amber color.
"And since he was Summoned: I can now Special Summon a Level 4 Gravekeeper from my Graveyard in Attack Mode. And take a guess what I have in my Graveyard? That's right, so I Special Summon my Gravekeeper's Spiritualist from my Graveyard."
And out of a portal from the ground came black fog that was followed by a sarcophagus that opened slowly to reveal the Gravekeeper's Spiritualist. Ebony hair with the upper part of her face being concealed with a Jackal mask that represented the God of the Dead and Embalming Anubis. In one of her hands was a scepter, and a metal sphere of black and gold that had the Eye of Ra in her other hand. Once she was finally out of the sarcophagus, she began hovering just two feet from the ground next to Creighton.
"Next, I play the Field Spell, Necrovalley!"
The field around them began to turn into a desert canyon that had a lot of Ancient Tombs for the old Pharaohs.
"And now, I activate her effect to fuse her on the field and the Gravekeeper's Recruiter in my Hand. The lady that shall bring the Dead to their rest shall bond with the Warrior who trains those of the next generation! Shall now become one and bring forth the Pharaoh's resurrection! FUSION SUMMON! Arise from your tomb! Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist!" He chanted as Spiritualist on the field, and the card of Recruiter - trapped within the Monster's astral form swirled together to create the long white haired individual with the jewelry of a noble from Ancient Egypt and a gray with white furs.
"His first effect now kicks in! He gains a hundred ATK and DEF Points that is equal to the combined levels of his Fusion Materials used for his Fusion Summon! And considering that my Spiritualist is Level Four and Recruiter is Level Three; my Supernaturalist gains a total of seven hundred ATK Points - plus an additional five hundred ATK thanks to my Necrovalley Field Spell. Bringing his ATK Power to a total of thirty-two-hundred!"
Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist: 2000 1200 = 3200
"And now that Recruiter is sent to the Graveyard - I can now add a Gravekeeper from my Deck to my Hand, and I choose Gravekeeper's Oracle."
He then pulled the Gravekeeper's Oracle from his Deck and placed it in his Hand.
"Now Supernaturalist! Take out the Agent of Creation! Raider's Grave Strike!"
Supernaturalist rushed forward twirling his staff around while spinning around once just as he raised the staff up in the air. He brought it down upon the Agent of Creation - Venus like it was a giant hammer, striking the Agent down, leaving a gaping wound on the monster before it exploded.
Trudge and Creighton: 4900
Yukina and Yusei: 7000 - 1600 = 5400
Yukina covered her face from the explosion as her rage began to build up inside her, fuel for the Supreme Princess to use.
"And I will end my turn with a face-down! But at the End Phase, I can add a Gravekeeper Monster or a Necrovalley card from my Deck to my Hand." He concluded as he pulled another card from his Deck, and placed it in his Hand. "Your move Yusei!"
She then looked back at the two Sector Security Officers with a glare that could shatter glass in just a few seconds. A black aura began forming around her, a pair of fiery gold eyes coming out of that black aura. This caused both Trudge and Creighton to perhaps regret - or at least taking a moment to rethink - their decision to chase them. Yusei saw this and thought that maybe it was time for them to wrap it up as fast as he could before Yukina blows more than a single bloodvessel, trying to beat down the two Sector Security Officers, and makes them more in trouble than they already were.
"Alright, my turn. I draw!" Yusei said, pulling out his next card. "And I'll start this turn off by playing Junk Synchron from my Hand."
The portal opened to allow Yusei's Junk Synchron to appear on his side of the field, but that changed when a second portal began to appear in a flash of light the moment the Synchron Tuner raised his hand out forward.
"And since I Normal Summoned him, I can Special Summon the Quillbolt Hedgehog that is still in my Graveyard!"
And out of this new portal came the cute little Quillbolt Hedgehog ready to do battle once again. He lined up next to Junk Synchron on one side and Yusei on the other side. But it seems both he and Junk Synchron weren't going to stay on the field for long as Junk Synchron started to grab a hold of the starter on hip.
"Now Junk Synchron is going to give Quillbolt Hedgehog a tuneup!"
Junk Synchron pulled his starter and the motors on his back began revving up, causing him to turn into three Synchro Rings. And once those three Synchro Rings flew up into the air his Quillbolt Hedgehog began to fly after it, being engulfed by them, turning into the two Level Stars that made up its level.
"Junk Warrior! LET'S REV IT UP!"
And out of those two monsters comes a cybernetic warrior that was clad in blue and yellow metal plating that covered his entire body. One arm was normal, but it was his right arm that was the bulkier of the two - built in a different form, meaning that it was his main method of attack. Large red goggle-like eyes attached to his helmet and faceplate. He let out a very loud and angry grunt as he performed a pose.
"And since he was Synchro Summoned - he gains ATK Points equal to all Level Two or Lower Monsters both me and Yukina control until the end of the turn. And Yukina currently controls three Monsters that are Level Two with Five Hundred ATK Points, which means Junk Warrior gains fifteen-hundred ATK Points for a total of thirty-eight-hundred!"
Junk Warrior: 2300 1500 = 3800
"Yusei, my cards are your cards as well!"
"Thanks, Yukina. So now, I tune Level Two Mystical Shine Ball with Level Two Diviner of the Herald! I Synchro Summon - Armory Arm!" He declared just as the two monsters made way for a large robotic forearm. "And now I can equip Armory Arm to a Synchro Monster on our side of the field! And once equipped - the equipped Synchro Monster gains a thousand ATK Points!"
Armory Arm then attached itself to Junk Warrior's larger right arm with a bright blue aura forming around the Synchro Monster.
Junk Warrior: 3800 1000 = 4800
"Forty-eight-hundred ATK Points!" Trudge.
"I don't think so!" Creighton said as his face-down card began to rise up, revealing to be Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley. "I activate my Trap, known as Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley - if a Spell, Trap, or Monster effect is activated, I can negate your Armory Arm's effect, and not only that, destroy it!"
Yusei and Yukina could only watch as Armory Arm began cracking until it exploded into pieces. Junk Warrior itself was not harmed too much in a way from this explosion - though his larger arm had very distinct blast marks from that explosion, and he had also lost that extra thousand ATK Points.
Junk Warrior: 4800 - 1000 = 3800
"Well, Junk Warrior still has more than enough ATK Power against your Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist. So go for it, Junk Warrior!"
Junk Warrior grunted as he rushed forward with an astral image of a larger version of his big right arm appearing around that arm. Striking Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist in the stomach with the force of a bullet train, shattering him to pieces. Creighton flinched a bit from the hit that was made onto Gravekeeper's Supernaturalist, but looked back at both Yukina and Yusei with an angry look on his face.
Yusei and Yukina: 5400
Trudge and Crieghton: 4900 - 600 = 4300
Junk Warrior: 3800 - 1500 = 2300
"And I'll end my turn."
"Well we aren't done yet, and I already have some cards ready to put you two into the dirt!" Trudge said as he began to draw a card. "And I will start by Normal Summoning Pursuit Chaser in Attack Mode!"
A machine then appeared on Trudge's field and then he played a pair of Spell Cards in his Hand.
"I now play the Spell Cards Air Cracking Storm and Limiter Removal - the former card allows my Pursuit Chaser to attack all of your monsters, and the ladder doubles the ATK Power of my monster, giving it twenty-eight-hundred ATK Points."
The Pursuit Chaser then began firing the remaining Mystical Shine Ball, destroying it in several shots. Yukina was now angrier than ever.
"And when it destroys a monster in Defense Mode. It inflicts five hundred damage to the two of you!"
Pursuit Chaser then unleashed a pair of lighting bolts down onto both Yukina's Mystical Shine Ball and Yusei's Junk Warrior, causing the sphere of light to explode violently, and Junk Warrior shattered into pieces. This caused both the bluenette and the young man to cover their faces as they began losing control of their Duel Runners. Chiaya could only watch helplessly as both Trudge and Creighton began catching up to them. The blond was still hoping that Blister is still going to rush to aid the three of them as she, Yukina, and Yusei seem to be getting caught up in a series of dead ends created by Sector Security.
Trudge and Creighton: 4300
Yukina and Yusei: 5400 - 1000 = 4400
"Let's see what you two can do after this!" Trudge said as he sets a card in his Spell and Trap Card Zone.
Yukina quickly drew her card, knowing it was up to her to see if she can end this… She looked at it and it was Graceful Charity. A perfect card to use at this time. But she knew that she couldn't waste the rest of their Life Points because the Darklords required her to pay Life Points as part of the cost of their effects. So she had to make sure to get a card that would help them in regaining the lost Life Points.
To be continued in Chapter Nine…