Yu-gi-oh: Nightmare of the Virtual World.

[Kyza Kiryu]

Kyza granted Rhythm a light shrug, "To be honest, I don't have a clue. There isn't much we can really do at this moment apart from study our decks, prepare ourselves for our offence, and maybe take a minute or two to get our heads together, relax for a moment..." he sighs slightly, burying his face in his hands as he tries to make sense of things but was failing. Instead he walks a little from the others, by himself, leaning against one of the walls, looking slowly out of one of the windows at the view of the virtual world below them, eeriely quiet now

[Sunshine Jesse]

"I summon Armageddon Knight to the field. With his effect, I can send one Dark monster from my deck to my Graveyard. I send Undying Archfiend, allowing me to Special Summon him. Now, Synchro!" he declared, his two monsters merging together in a dramatic fashion.

"The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Dragon Archfiend!"

The red dragon descended from the sky, releasing a massive roar that shook the area they were in. "I set two cards and end my turn." Jack declared. Meanwhile, the purple haired girl vanished from her location, appearing behind Carmine and tapping her on the back. "Hi." she said in a high pitched tone, trying (and failing) to give off the impression that she was immature.

[The Warden]

Carmine turned quickly, her metallic wings smashing into the girl's head and knocking her to the ground. Once Carmine pulled off her 180 she couldn't see anyone. 'Hello?' she inquired, before looking down at the girl, whoch sportin an unusual wing-shaped birthmark on her face. 'Oh, it's you' she said blankly. 'I thought someone was messing around with some consoles earlier' she commented.

[Sunshine Jesse]

Like before, Jack had the upper hand in the duel, having a 6000 ATK Scar-Red Nova Dragon on his side of the field, with 2800 Life Points, 3 cards in his hand and 1 Face-Down. Law on the other hand had his 3 Agent of Law monsters that just refused to die, but no face-downs, a face-up "Rule of an Iron Fist", two cards in his hand, and 2400 Life Points. "Turn end." Jack declared, as Law drew a card. An orange-colored angel arose from the ground. Law merely smilled, as he took all four of his monsters out of his monster card zone, and overlaid them onto each other.

[b]"Open, gateway to the heavens. The mouthpiece of the almighty will usher in an age of absolute control! Exceed Summon! Agent of Law - Metatron!"[/b]

"...Exceed [b][i]WHAT?![/b][/i]" Jack rather loudly declared at this new development.

Meanwhile, the purple haired girl slowly stood up, rubbing her cheek in pain. "I need to talk to you about something. It's about Project Solomon." she said with a suddenly serious face. What she had to say was obviously very important.

[spoiler=cards used]
Agent of Law - Gabriel
Level 6
2300 ATK / 2000 DEF
Fairy/Synchro/Effect
1 "Agent of Law" Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters.
Once per turn, you can negate the effect of a card that would remove 1 or more "Agent of Law" monsters you control from the field. You can only control 1 "Agent of Law - Gabriel" at a time.

Agent of Law - Uriel
Level 6
2500 ATK / 2000 DEF
Fairy/Ritual/Effect
This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card, "Advent of the Seraphim". You must also Tribute monsters whose total Levels equal 6 or more from the field or your hand. Draw 1 card from your deck for every monster used in the Ritual Summon of this card.


Agent of Law – Raphael
Level 6
LIGHT
2800 ATK/ 2000 DEF
Fairy/Fusion/Effect
The Fusion Material Monsters for this card are any Light Fairy monsters who's combined level equals twice the level of this card, or "Agent of Law" monsters who combined level equals the level of this card. When this card is Fusion Summoned, gain 3000 Life Points for every fusion material monster used in the Fusion of this card.

Agent of Law - Michael
Level 6
LIGHT
2500 ATK / 2000 DEF
Fairy/Effect
You can Special Summon this card from your hand if you control 3 or more "Agent of Law" monsters. When this card battles, destroy the opponent's Monster without applying damage calculation.

Agent of Law - Metatron
Rank 6
LIGHT
4000 ATK / 3000 DEF
Fairy/Exceed/Effect
4 "Agent of Law" monsters
When this card is Exceed Summoned, your opponent cannot activate Spell or Trap cards. You can decrease the ATK of this card by 1000 to Special Summon one of the Exceed Material Monsters. You can select any Level 6 Monster(s) from your hand, field, or Graveyard and underlay it to this card.

Rule of an Iron Fist
Continuous Spell Card
When an "Agent of Law" Monster you control would be sent to the Graveyard, you can pay 800 Life Points to negate it and all Battle Damage you would take until the End Phase of this turn. When this card is destroyed, destroy all cards you control. Then, Special Summon as many "Agent of Law" monsters from your Graveyard. Their effect(s) are negated.


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[The Warden]

Carmine would have helped the girl up, but she seemed more than capable of doing so. 'I am well aware of the basics regarding Project Solomon as seen by Sigma. It is a time-seal program in which you can alter data freely without the effects of time, or to be used to seal away bodies as well, as utilized on a particuarly annoying viral being who wouldn't die. The Agents utilizing Project Solomon wish to use it to take command of our virtual world' she stated.

[Sunshine Jesse]

"Yes, but there's more to it than that, Carmine." she said, opening a console and showing something to her. On it was a screen showcasing that Project Solomon was composed of 3 major parts, one of which was blackened out. "The third part... is Zarkus himself. Do you know what'll happen if Zero tries to activate the card when that third part isn't there, Carmine? I don't think even he does."

Meanwhile, after the Summoning of Metatron, Jack was being pushed back, coming ever-so-close to losing the duel. He had 700 Life Points left, and a face-up Battle Fader on the field. Law on the other hand, had Metatron and all of his Archangels face up on the field, as well as three Face-down cards and still had 2400 Life Points. Law flipped up his two Face-Down cards, as Jack grit his teeth.

"I activate Golden Armor of the Almighty and the Silver Sword of Salvation. Then I re-underlay my Agents of Law onto Metatron."

Metatron's ATK rose to 8000, as a bead of sweat moved down Jack's brow. However, Jack merely smiled, as the top card of his deck glowed. "I summon... Salvation Dragon - Savior Dragon! Then I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Red Dragon Archfiend! Now I tune my monsters together."

[i][b]"A lone single polished light, become the true high-ruler and illuminate the earth! Shine your light! Synchro Summon! The great soul, Savior Demon Dragon!"[/b][/i]

The gigantic dragon descended from the ground, as it immediately battled with Metatron, it's effect activating and reducing Law's LP to 400. "I set 1 card and end my turn." Jack declared, his Majestic Red Dragon returning to his deck and Special Summoning Red Dragon Archfiend. Law merely smiled, flipping his own Face-down card. "I activate Mirage of Order." Law said, as his monsters returned to the field. Law drew one card, as Metatron, Raphael, and Michael were tributed. Suddenly, the Winged Dragon of Ra descended from the sky as Law's other two monsters were absorbed into it, giving the Monster a massive 14100 ATK. Jack looked up at the monster, but merely smiled, knowing that this was the best chance to earn his honor back. "I activate Unified Assault, allowing me to Special Summon..." Law said, picking two cards from his deck. Jack picked Unity Resonator, Dark Resonator, Vice Dragon, and Battle Fader.

[b]"Arise, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and Obelisk the Tormentor!"[/b]

Jack flipped his face-down card, Threatening Roar, preventing his loss for a single turn. Law grit his teeth for a moment, but sighed. "Oh well. Either way, the effect of my Silver Sword will destroy you during your next End Phase. Take your final turn, Jack. I set to cards and activate Angel of Charity, allowing me to fill up my hand and give Slifer 6000 ATK. Turn end." he said in a bored turn.

"Not only that, but if Jack loses the duel here, he'll have all the energy he'll ever need." the purple haired girl said, looking at the duel through a console.

[spoiler=cards used]
Golden Armor of the Almighty
Continuous Trap Card
Select 1 "Agent of Law" monster you control. Upon resolution, this card gains the following effect: The selected card cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects. All battle damage involving this Monster is halved. Negate all Effect Damage you take. When this card is destroyed, destroy the selected Monster. When the selected Monster is removed from the field, destroy this card.

Silver Sword of Salvation
Continuous Trap Card
Select 1 "Agent of Law" monster you control. Upon resolution, this card gains the following effect: When the selected card battles, destroy the monster its battling. During your opponent's second End Phase after the activation of this card, inflict damage equal to the original ATK of the selected Monster. When the selected Monster is removed from the field, destroy this card.


Mirage of Order
Trap Card
Special Summon as many "Agent of Law" monsters that were sent to the Graveyard in the past turn as possible. Their effects are negated, and their ATK and DEF become 0.

Unified Assault
Spell card
Both players select 1 monster they control, and Special Summon as many monsters with the same Attribute from their Deck as possible. Halve all Battle Damage inflicted this turn.

Unity Resonator
DARK
Level 2
0/0
Fiend/Tuner/Effect
If you control no Monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If you do, Special Summon 2 "Resonator" monsters from your hand, Deck or Graveyard. Their effects are negated and their ATK/DEF becomes 0. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the level of all Tuner monsters you control becomes 2.

Angel of Charity
Spell
Both players discard any cards in their hand, then draw until they are holding six.
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[Premier Alexander Romanov]

After a while, At-LAN+12 came into view, but the colony had changed, and not at all for the best. Giant yellow structures loomed in the distance as similarly-colored ships hovered. [color=#FF0000]"My ZONE."[/color] Trudge gasped.
[color=#0000CD]"He's building an army!"[/color] Mina added.
[color=#9ACD32]"This is your captain speaking."[/color] Desna announced over the intercom. [color=#9ACD32]"Our original mission has been aborted. Prepare for Plan B. All non-essential personnel to the ready rooms on Decks 2, 3, and 4. Everyone else, battle stations."[/color]
[color=#0000CD]"What's Plan B?"[/color] Mina asked Desna once he turned off the intercom.
[color=#9ACD32]"Go as fast as we can, shoot at everything that tries to stop us, and hope we don't die."[/color]
[color=#0000CD]"Oh...wait. WHAT?!?"[/color]
[color=#FF0000]"Honey, he has a point."[/color] Trudge interjected. [color=#FF0000]"Turning around will make us vulnerable and waste precious time seeking an alternate route. We have to push through, or else we can't accomplish our mission."[/color]
As this was discussed, Vicky guided the group to a small conference room below decks. Other soldiers and personnel were preparing for the upcoming battle.

[The Warden]

'I know, I can feel it now girl' Carmine replied. The last time all the gods had been summoned, s**t had really gotten real. 'I'm just afraid they'll summon Horakhty, because, if they do it will quite literally be all over' she added. At a time like this, there is only one thing you can do, cheat. 'I'm going to need to distract their duel and then power down the area covertly. If I do, the duel will be forced to close with no winner and no energy. I just need a distraction'.

[Sunshine Jesse]

Jack drew one card, but Law smiled, as he flipped his face-down card. “I activate Divine Polymerization. “ he said, as the three gods on his side of the field converted into orbs of energy, and every Monster in his deck followed, merging into one gigantic orb of energy as it formed into an angelic figure. “Arise! The Creator God of Light, Horakhty!” Jack grit his teeth and flipped his face-down card, ready to make his final stand. “I activate Power Siphon. Until my End Phase, all battle damage I take becomes 0 and the effect of my cards cannot be negated.” Jack declared. However, as the Creator God descended from the sky, all of Jack’s monsters were destroyed.

“My Creator God destroys all Dark Monsters on the field when he’s Summoned.”

Jack looked at the card he drew, and smiled. “I Special Summon Unity Resonator from my hand. When he’s Special Summoned by this effect, I can call forth two more Resonators from my Deck. I summon Barrier Resonator and a second Dark Resonator.” Jack declared, as his two monsters arose from his deck. “Now, I tune all of them together!”

“The call of the ruler will bring forth a unifying force Combine all the forces of the world into one mighty power! Synchro Summon! Ultimate Resonator!”

The monster descended from the sky, looking like a normal resonator, but with a circle containing the signature colors of all the Attributes on his back. “I remove 4 Resonator Monsters in my Graveyard from play to make his level equal to 2. Now I activate Synchro Regainer. By selecting 1 Synchro Monster I control, I can Special Summon one of an equal level from my deck. However, its effect is negated and its attack points become 0. Arise, Formula Synchron!" he said, picking the next card from his extra deck. Placing it on the field, said monster arose from the ground. "What are you trying to do?" Law said, as Jack activated Monster reborn from his hand, his Red Dragon Archfiend rising from the ground.

Jack rose his arm above him, as his Dragon mark appeared on his forearm. It vanished, the insignia of the Crimson Dragon appearing on his back, as his entire body turned gold, and golden flames circled around his feet. Jack looked up, as the Ultimate Resonator and Formula Synchron dissipated into several circles which surrounded the Red Demon's Dragon, its body beginning to morph and change shape, into what is essentially a red version of Shooting Quasar Dragon.

[b]"Sacred Burning Soul!

"The ruler's heartbeats will herald the Great High King! Take witness to the power that birthed creation! Origin Synchro Summon! Crimson Supernova Dragon!"[/b]

The mighty dragon descended from the sky, letting out a mighty roar as Law's face-down card was destroyed. "Crimson Supernova Dragon! Attack the Creator God of Light now! [i][b]Big Bang Absolute Power Force![/b][/i]" he said, as sparks of electricity surrounded the dragon, and it dashed towards the God. However, the God merely rose its palm, the dragon being completely annihilated by a ray of light. "And now your Life Points become 0, Jack." Law said. But Jack merely smiled. "The effect of Power Siphon prevents Battle Damage this turn... but that's not the best part." Jack said, as an orb of black energy surrounded the arena.

"What happens after a Supernova, Law? A black hole."

The black hole began to grow denser, as Law could feel himself being crushed. "No... No! I can't lose... I just CAN'T! I had the ultimate monster... I had everything I needed! So why... how?!" he said, as the orb of darkness surrounded his body.

[b]"HOW DID YOU SURPASS ME?!"

"CRIMSON EVENT HORIZON!"[/b]

The orb of darkness around Law dissipated, nothing of his body remaining. None of his monsters, no particles, no cards, not even energy. Jack took in a deep breath, as the 3 God cards on the ground vanished. "It's over for now." Jack said, getting on his duel runner and driving off.

"Looks like he won... but Zero already had the energy he needed. He just wanted the extra as insurance, but even though we don't have that insurance..."

Zero walked up to a pedestal, and placed a card on it. The card was Project Solomon, except it was glowing brightly.

"...he is still willing to take the risk."

[b]"Spell card, activate! Project Solomon!"[/b]

Around the entire virtual world, incredibly potent tremors could be felt. Every person could feel incredible dread within them, as if the end of the world is upon them.

"Because Zarkus acted as a power limiter to Project Solomon, Carmine. Without him, it will go out of control. When it goes out of control, the entire virtual world will freeze, and energy consumption will skyrocket, all of it used to sustain the power of the project."

Suddenly, a large pulse of energy surrounded everyone in the virtual world, completely freezing their movements. Only Zero, Azira, Carmine, and people who entered the network while living (Jack, Team Ragnarock, Aki, etc) were spared. But their lives would not be spared, as, from the top of the virtual world, the data began to quickly disintegrate, starting with the life support systems. Without the life support systems, all the people who logged into the virtual world quickly began to die.

There were millions of people logged into the game.

Only the new people who just entered the game and the aforementioned people could hope to survive. But the former were quickly offed too, lacking a virtual air supply due to the area around them quickly disintegrating as well. Thousands of hours of effort were destroyed as the virtual world was quickly eaten alive by itself. But it didn't stop there. No, all of cyberspace began to fall victim to the project. Since cyberspace was so intricately linked to every technological device in the world at this point, everything failed. The Machine Emperors ravaging the world also failed, but there was one difference:

There were no humans left. They were all either eradicated by the machine emperors or died in the virtual world. There were no humans left to enjoy the machine emperor's lack of movement. Zero looked around at the area around him, as his mask cracked and shattered, revealing the face of Zarkus. He fell to his knees and cried. "What... have I done?" he said, looking around at the lack of cyberspace around him. The purple haired girl grit her teeth, as a portal opened up next to her, and next to all the survivors. "Follow me... if you wish one last chance at redemption. There is a way you can save this world. My name is Azira, by the way."

"Azira Syuren."

Zero wandered through the destroyed cyberspace, wondering where he had went wrong, but he could hear one faint thing in the distance:

A laugh.

And all Zero could do is laugh in response.

[spoiler=cards used]
Power Siphon
Trap Card
Until the End Phase, the effects of cards you control cannot be negated, and all Battle Damage you take becomes 0.

Synchro Regainer
Spell
Select 1 Synchro Monster you control. Special Summon a Synchro Monster of the same Level from your Extra Deck. Its effect is negated, and its ATK becomes 0.

Divine Polymerization
Quick-play Spell
Select 1 Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck. Remove every other Monster in your hand, deck, field, Extra Deck, and Graveyard from play. This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon. The activation and effect of this card cannot be negated.

The Creator God of Light, Horakhty
DIVINE
Level 12
∞ ATK /∞ DEF
Obelisk the Tormentor + Slifer the Sky Dragon + The Winged Dragon of Ra
This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of “Divine Polymerization” if the above cards were face-up on your side of the field. This card is unaffected by your opponent's card effects, and cannot be destroyed by battle. When this card is Summoned, destroy all DARK monsters on the field, regardless of effect. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, you can negate the effects of all other Monster cards on the field. This card can attack your opponent directly.

Unity Resonator
DARK
Level 2
0/0
Fiend/Tuner/Effect
If you control no Monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. If you do, Special Summon 2 "Resonator" monsters from your hand, Deck or Graveyard. Their effects are negated and their ATK/DEF becomes 0. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the level of all Tuner monsters you control becomes 2.

Ultimate Resonator
LIGHT
Level 6
0/0
Fiend/Effect
The Synchro Material Monsters for this card are any 2 or more "Resonator" Monsters. This card can be substituted for any 1 Synchro Material Monster. By removing 1 "Resonator" Monster in your Graveyard from play, you can increase or decrease the Level of this card by 1.

Crimson Supernova Dragon
DARK
Level 12
4500/3500
Dragon/Synchro/Effect:
2 or more Synchro Tuner Monsters + 1 Synchro Monster.
When this card is Synchro Summoned, destroy Spell or Trap cards your opponent controls equal to the amount of Monsters used to Synchro Summon it. When this card attacks or is attacked, destroy all cards your opponent controls at the end of the Battle Phase. During your End Phase, you can make your Life Points become 8000. Other Monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects. When this card is removed from the field, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of this card, destroy all cards you control, and Special Summon it from your Graveyard.
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[The Warden]

Carmine flipped away, naturally admin areas would be the last to go. All of the life support keeping Sigma going was slowly powering down. 'Compress' Carmine ordered. All the systems began to shrink down to become more manageable. Carmine collected them and flipped back.

'Get moving, all of you. I'll be the last one into this, everyone else, get a freaking move on before I throw you into it myself' she ordered to the survivors. Who would argue with ana angry robotic woman anyways? Whilst she was shepherding the people, she was silently summoning the legendary dragon cards.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

The red-haired girl grabbed Faze as the ruins around them started to collapse. She pulled the girl out of the disintegrating building, then concentrated. A line of grid about 200 feet wide appeared around them, but this grid was scarlet as opposed to the normal blue. It snaked its way to where the [i]Vorpal Blade[/i] was charging though the falling At-LAN+12.
[color=#9ACD32]"Here's our ticket out of here!"[/color] Desna proclaimed as the gridship drove onto the scarlet Grid strip. Strangely, the strip of scarlet Grid didn't seem to be affected by the disintegration.
Meanwhile, the red-haired girl start to grow and change, her outfit morphing into something more like a bodysuit with a trenchcoat, including belt-spikes on the arms. Her hair shortened as fin-like constructs grew out of her hair.
[color=#9ACD32]"Dammit! We gotta go faster!"[/color] Desna proclaimed, pounding his fist on the armrest of his command chair. But as he did so, the Girdship suddenly sped up. [color=#9ACD32]"This thing isn't supposed to go this fast!"[/color] Desna shouted.
[color=#FF0000]"It isn't!"[/color] Trudge replied. [color=#FF0000]"We're being pushed!"[/color]
The [i]Blade[/i] finally stopped in front of the woman and Faze. The woman closed her eyes again, and the strip retracted itself as the area around them expanded to a circular area of scarlet Grid about a mile in radius.
[color=#FF2400]"Not yet."[/color] The fin-haired woman told Azira. [color=#FF2400]"We still have something to finish here. Besides, the computer systems here are so primitive that hacking into them was easy. I have copied the original Virtual World program and applied it here, creating a miniature Virtual World running off of my own processors. We will be safe here."[/color]

[Kyza Kiryu]

That voice... he knew that voice. Kyza had been relatively quiet, following Vicky and occasionally checking all was well (and by well more 'as good as it was going to get given that all heck was breaking loose' ) but this time he stepped forward, blinking slowly as he slowly reached up to remove his shades. To others it was a simple, almost unnoticeable gesture that anyone would do, just taking off sunglasses. But those close to Kyza knew how much the young man hated his eyes, despised seeing shimmering bronze on jet black, not self-hate but more anger at having to hide his eyes just to feel comfortable. Only Vicky saw his eyes frequently, or his time-brothers and sisters, like....

He wanted to hit her at first, to yell and curse her for blocking his memory and making him forget Vicky, his own lover, not caring whatever reason she had chosen... but in the madness of the world around them he couldn't hate her, instead pulling the spikey-haired, trenchcoat wearing redhead with a faint chuckle, his cheeks shimmering as trails of energy tears gently crept down them.

".....I'm so glad you're alright, sis..."

[Merci]

"Wha?"
Faze was suddenly confused once more, but she ignored it. "Fancy meeting you again, Kyza. In a place like this. And stuff." She said. She wasn't actually sure of what to say. "I don't know what to say. I'm finding it hard to say anything. . ."

Meanwhile, the one who had been wondering the world suddenly grasped himself. He stumbled for a moment. He took out his Montage Dragon from his deck, and simply looked at it. He grinned for some reason, while struggling to endure the pain. He knew it would happen someday. And then he died.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Itsu hugged Kyza back, crying as well. [color=#FF2400]"I am so sorry for doing this to you. I needed to protect the Virtual World, which is why I knocked you out and went in with Desna and Vicky. I altered your memory so you would be able to accomplish your task without any interference. Now, do you remember what I told you before I knocked you out?"[/color]
Slowly, the memory surfaced in Kyza's mind after being locked away for a while.

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[i]Itsu turned to Kyza as they stood in the ruins of New Domino City. [color=#FF2400]"I'm sorry, Kyza, but I need you to act as a failsafe. I need to focus all of my power to keeping the Virtual World from collapsing, so you need to gather up Vicky, Desna, and the others, and bring them to me. I have also placed a special program inside of the Virtual World who will only activate her secondary protocols on your command, but she is programmed to latch onto you once you find her, so it will be easy to retrieve her. You are her key."[/color] She pulled back her fist. [color=#FF2400]"Forgive me."[/color] Searing pain entered Kyza's mind, and then darkness as he fell back.[/i]

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[color=#FF2400]"Do you know what you have to do?"[/color] Itsu asked Kyza.

[Kyza Kiryu]

"To be honest, I'm not sure..." he breathed out slowly, grateful to feel his memory returning and granting his sister a smile, "but I know that it's someone from this world." Slowly, he turned to look to Faze, but only gave her a faint chuckle, it wasnt her but he was grateful to see her, he'd enjoyed their duel together for it had helped him to realise his truest potential.

Instead, he walked towards Rhythm, gazing quietly down to her as he smiled, "Rhythm.... you've stood by my side all this time, getting involved in fights you didn't need to, duelling alongside me when faced with my own mother riddled with corruption..." he glanced to Vicky, giving her a slight nod to let her know he didn't resent her for that, was almost grateful in fact to know Aki didnt have to face all of this, "but now, it's time for you to truely awaken. You don't have to worry, I won't let you be harmed, but I need you to trust me...." He smiled, gently stroking her face before looking to Itsu, "You're right sis.... it's time. Tell me what to do"

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Rhythm started crying. [color=#00FFFF]"Kyza...please, don't do this. I...I love you. I don't know if these feelings are truly mine or just those placed in me, but I have always loved you."[/color] She placed his hand against her heart, tears streaming down her face and onto the back of his hand. [color=#00FFFF]"I know I am a Program and you are a User, but I want to come with you and be there for you. I don't want whatever is about to happen to me to separate me from you."[/color]
Itsu nodded. [color=#FF0000]"All you need to do is reach inside of her and activate her. Only you can do it. Hurry, because we do not have a lot of time."[/color]
[color=#00FFFF]"What will happen to me?"[/color]
[color=#FF0000]"You will execute your programming...using all of your power..."[/color]
[color=#00FFFF]"So I will be..."[/color]
[color=#FF0000]"Yes, but it is for the greater good."[/color]

[Kyza Kiryu]

"She'll....." He looked to Itsu, then to Rhythm with a look of shock upon his face. How could he do this... to make such a descision. He knew what he would have to do, but it pained him. Gazing deeper into Rhythm's eyes, he whispered softly.

"Rhythm.... I wish I could be everything you want of me. I want to be the hero who saves the day, who stands there and always protects you.... But that man never was and never will be me. I am no hero, I fall into darkness and I drag things into darkness with me. I cannot see you as a mere Program, because then who is to say the same is not for my sister Itsu, and I love and care for her so much. Rhythm.... I..."

He falters, unable to truely explain. He knows that Vicky will understand, or at least he hopes so, as he gently rose Rhythm's face to his own, and pressed his lips to hers, granting her a long, deep, lingering kiss. For he remembered. Such was the gesture to activate her.

And inside it felt like it was killing him to do it.

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Rhythm started glowing as her body slowly started to unravel into glowing code. Fragments of the code start heading out to different corners of the darkness.
In the real world, the dying humans trapped within the system, including Kyza himself, have their life support reactivated as the subroutines Rhythm's sacrifice created start to gradual process of reviving them, save for those present in the Virtual World instead of at the bottom of the abyss.
Itsu goes over to Kyza and hugs him, a few tears going down her cheek. [color=#FF0000]"Kyza Kiryu, congratulations. You just saved mankind from dying in the glass and metal coffins they created to access this world."[/color]

[Kyza Kiryu]

He said nothing, instead stepping slowly forwards out of Itsu's arms. He didn't want to be held, didn't want to be spoken to. This was far differant from self-loathing, it was anger, true anger as the coding upon his body flickered and shifted, altering. It was still deep red, but had become differant in shaping.

Upon his real world body, the Nazca lines for the Giant glowed eerily, carving deep into his flesh, not merely tattoos now but the actual darkness of the Giant seeping into Kyza himself, willingly drawing upon it.

Back in the virtual world, his expression was still masked as he spoke, his coding flickering slightly.
"Born of Death, Haunted by Death, always fighting with Death, and you asked me to kill someone who cared about me for the 'greater good'" He turned to look at Itsu, visibly angered now before pointing a slender finger at her, "You wanted my trial by fire. You got it. But don't ever expect me to be the Kyza you knew anymore...." slowly turning his back to her, "tell me when we have to leave..."

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Teslarc looked at Itsu and started laughing.
[color=#FF0000]"What?"[/color]
[color=#FF2400]"You're a riot! You just made Kyza kill the chick that had a crush on him!"[/color]
[color=#FF0000]"So? She saved thousands of people!"[/color]
[color=#FF2400]"Have you really become this heartless? Am I really more human than you are?"[/color]
[color=#FF0000]"Shut up! I only created you so my feelings wouldn't get in the way of my job!"[/color]
[color=#FF2400]"Well, it looks like you need feelings in the way of your job after all, otherwise you wouldn't have created a Program whose only function was to be killed!"[/color]
Itsu just stood there as Vicky went over to Kyza. Teslarc turned her back on Itsu and walked over to Desna and Carmine, leaving her to think about what she had just done.

Vicky placed her hand on Kyza's shoulder. [color=#800080]"Would you like me here with you?"[/color]

Meanwhile, Desna asked Carmine. [color=#9ACD32]"So, would you please tell me who you really are?"[/color]

[Kyza Kiryu]

Kyza didn't say anything at first before finally whispering, "I cant even save her.... she was fragments of data, strands of programming.... I cant even take her with me like you can with those who you have seen fall by your side that have opened their hearts to you..." he was crying, but red streaks of bloodied, shimmering energy instead of usual tears. It was not the sobbing he had done in the past, he was angered, jaw clenched and expression frustrated as he was fighting back the pain, "All she wanted was to make people happy... she was sweet, kind...." eventually he shook his head, as though just ignoring the memories before bitterly hissing, "Still, I did what I was supposed to. That's what we do, you and I. We're born in Dark so that is all that's expected of us, to just be monsters and do what others will not. That's why we get kept around, to be what's expected of us..."

He didn't know if Itsu heard what he said, in truth he didn't care, slowly walking away, his hand reaching up to rest upon Vicky's on his shoulder

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Vicky tried to comfort him. [color=#800080]"My dearest, I have done so many terrible things in my life. I have gleefully tortured and killed my enemies, taking pleasure in their agony and despair. But those enemies were people who did equally horrible acts of cruelty to other human beings, and deserved to have what I did to them happen. Nowadays, I am a bit more humane, but I still remember that I did those things. The best thing you can do, like I did, is move on. Forget about what you have done and look forward to tomorrow."[/color] Vicky rested her head against his shoulder. [color=#800080]"That's what she wouldn't have wanted you to do. Rhythm wouldn't have wanted you to mourn her."[/color]

Itsu suddenly realized something, and reached out her arm to the sky. One of the bands of coding descended down and wrapped around Itsu's arm. She placed the band in front of her, and started generating more coding.

[Kyza Kiryu]

Kyza held Vicky so closely in his arms, his brow furrowed as he whispered within her ear, "You were a virus, Vicky... I couldnt even remember that so i could save you. I could've attacked you, hurt you even killed you without knowing. And now I had to kill Rhythm.. I cant even say delete, because she was more then that, she had feelings, emotions. If i denied that she had those then what is Itsu, huh? Just a robot, with no concept of anything other then following orders?! Or maybe...."

He frowned, closing his eyes before reopening them, looking back into Vicky's with a regretful whisper, "...I really have to stop talking i think, it's not helping..." gently reaching up to stroke Vicky's cheek, studying her features

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

[color=#00FFFF]"Thank you."[/color] A familiar voice replied. A pair of black-gloved arms with light-blue circuitry wrapped around Kyza's neck as someone rested their body against his back.
Vicky smiled at the sight, and looked up to see Itsu standing over them, teary-eyed.
[color=#800080]"Decided to get your humanity back, eh?"[/color]
[color=#FF0000]"Not entirely. I guess I need to see if the process of creating a Faceless One can be reversed."[/color]
Vicky motioned for Itsu to join them, and she did, making it three girls that were hugging Kyza.

[Kyza Kiryu]

Turning around within the arms that hugged him, he was startled to see Rhythm, his eyes wide as he whispered, "Rhythm, you...." he looks stunned, before holding her tightly in his arms, then looping another around Vicky, and then looking to Itsu. He was quiet, thoughtful, before granting her a soft smile, "...I knew it.... as much as Rhythm has her emotions, so does my sister...." and his arm then looped around Itsu herself, holding the three of them so very close, he may physically be weak but at that moment he wasnt about to let any of them go