Yu-Gi-Oh: Chaos of the Virtual World [PG-16]

[Sunshine Jesse]

[spoiler=Chapter 8: Do not panic. He is Tenyuu.]

Tenyuu looked up at the mighty warrior in front of him and grit his teeth, surprised at how easily his monster was defeated. Not only that, but it couldn’t come back because it wasn’t destroyed. “I still have the Viral Mask.” he thought to himself, the card having subtly returned to his hand by its effect.

“The effect of my Midnight Horizon activates! Once per turn, I can remove one monster in either player’s Graveyard or field from play to have him gain the ATK of the removed monster until my End Phase!” Haru declared, as the monster pointed its blade towards Tenyuu’s Graveyard and shot a black chain out of it. It pulled on the chain, as Loki’s card flew out and was absorbed into Midnight Horizon.
ATK: 4000 -> 7300

“Midnight Horizon, attack Tenyuu directly! Negative Blade Breaker!” Haru declared, as the monster swing its blade towards Tenyuu, the attack hitting him head on and causing a large dark explosion around the area they were in. (LP: 700) The ground below them cracked a bit, as Tenyuu’s player character was distorted by static for a moment, but nobody aside from Sigma noticed. “I set two cards and end my turn.” Haru said, placing the last two cards in his hand into his Spell and Trap card zone.

Tenyuu drew the next card from his deck and looked at his hand, smiling. “I activate my face-down Trap card, The Killing Joke. By removing 5 Trap cards in my deck from play face-down, I can activate them at the appropriate time. Now I chain my next trap card – Imperial Customs, preventing my card from being destroyed. Of course, they won’t be around for long.” He said, activating the effect of his Killing Joke trap card and summoning Metal Reflect Slime. Haru was confused by this, thinking over what this could possibly mean.

“What other cards use Trap cards in a similar way to Loki…” he thought, but then it hit him, and he widened his eyes. “You couldn’t be… those cards were-“

“I sent my Imperial Customs, The Killing Joke, and Metal Reflect Slime to the Graveyard.” Tenyuu said as he pulled the card he just drew from his hand, and placing it in his monster card zone. Virtual lightning struck the ground, as a large torrent of flames appeared from the sky, taking the form of a red dragon. The dragon let out a loud roar that shook the entire arena. “I summon Uria, Lord of Searing Flames. (ATK: 3000) And now, when my Killing Joke trap card is activated, I can add the cards I sent to my hand, as long as they weren’t previously activated.” He said, placing the 4 cards into his hand.

Haru looked at the massive hand his opponent had, but sighed in relief knowing that it was mostly Trap cards. After all, Midnight Horizon was immune to Spell and Trap cards. Of course, things don’t always work out as planned.

“If I control a Level 10 or higher monster, I can Special Summon my Herald of Conquest.” he said, placing the card in his monster zone, as a black orb of light appeared on the field. The orb multiplied, as Tenyuu summoned another one from his deck with the original’s effect. “And then I set 4 Trap cards.”

“What are you planning?” Haru said, looking at their fields. The area around them was corrupted with more and more static, Tenyuu’s appearance flashing to that of the same high ranking Agent that almost killed him before. “It can’t be… can it?” Haru questioned, widening his eyes.

“I tune my Herald of Conquests to Uria, Lord of Searing flames.” he said, two large rings remerging from the Heralds and surrounding Uria’s body. The rings converted into flames, as Uria began to change shape, growing black armor over his body and his wings igniting.

“Rend the heavens and sunder the earth, great overlord of fire. Harness the power of the big bang and return all to ash! Synchro Summon! Emperor of Hellfire – Uria!”

The data volume in the area began to greatly increase, as the arena Haru and Tenyuu resided in was covered in a great dome of fire. “I draw 2 cards by the effect of my Herald. And now I activate my Viral Mask, equipping it to Uria. But it won’t last that long, or have time to use its first effect, as I activate the effect of Uria, wiping the field of either our Spell and Trap cards or Monsters, and giving him 1000 attack points for each.” He said, as flames from around the dome targeted each and every one of the cards, destroying them and increasing Uria’s ATK to a massive 7000. Uria opened its mouth, as a massive orb of red energy focused into it, launching outwards in the form of a massive beam blasting Midnight Horizon into atoms. The aftershock of the blast hit Haru as well, causing minor burns all over his body. The injuries transferred into real life as well, Haru’s heart rate going up and his body being covered in pain.

Haru’s LP: 4000
The stakes in this duel were higher than Haru originally thought. Due to the nature of his opponent, if he lost, he would die.
“When Midnight Horizon is removed from the field by my opponent, I can Special Summon 1 Level 8 or lower Elemental Hero fusion monster from my Extra Deck or Graveyard. The monster Special Summoned by this effect gains the effect of Midnight Horizon.” Haru said, looking through his options. He had several cards he could use, but only two cards in his deck could win him the duel. Luckily, he ran three of each, so the odds were rather good. Not only that, but the monster he summoned with Midnight Heaven inherited its effect. “I summon Elemental Hero Nova Master!” Haru declared, as the counterpart to Tenyuu’s own fire monster was summoned to the field in attack position.

“I set 1 card and end.” Tenyuu said, as Viral Mask returned to his hand. However, Haru wasn't going to offer him the chance to activate it again.

“It's my turn! I draw!” Haru declared, looking at the card he drew. He looked at Tenyuu's facedown, and decided to risk it either way. “I activate the inherited effect of Midnight Horizon to remove Uria from play!” Haru said, as Nova Master pointed his finger towards Uria.

“Trap card open. Burning Retribution. When a monster I control would be removed from play or destroyed by a monster effect, I can destroy the monster and damage you equal to its ATK. Not only that, but it negates said effects until my End Phase.” Tenyuu said, as a large pillar of flames shot out of the trap card, enveloping Nova master and burning it to ashes. The flames then surrounded Haru's body, exploding outwards. Haru screamed, his Life Points dropping to a mere 1400, as he fell down to his right knee, his heart rate greatly escalating for a moment, pain echoing throughout his body.

Haru looked at the card he drew and began to pant, his vital signs slowing down. However, despite his damaged body, he merely smiled. “I activate my next card – Miracle Fusion. “

“...what card could you have left?” Tenyuu said, not expecting another trump card.

“Just who the hell do you think I am!? I am a duelist sustained by willpower, even when mocked as reckless and crazy! Even in situations such as this, I always have something up my sleeve! And now, I fuse Elemental Hero Escuridão, Elemental Hero Nova Mater, and Elemental Hero Neos Alius!” Haru yelled out, as the three aforementioned monsters rose from his Graveyard, merging into a portal above the arena. A large light shone down from the portal, piercing the dome of fire and extinguishing it, as a warrior shrouded in light descended from the sky.

“ Far beyond the farthest horizon, the ultimate hero of justice awakens! The blazing sun of a hero's soul will break through any obstacle! Fusion Summon! Elemental Hero... Crimson Heaven!”

The light surrounding the hero disipated, as it's appearence was revealed. Crimson Heaven had bright red armor in contrast with Midnight Horizon's dark armor, and his face was that of Nova Master's. In its right hand, it held a bright red energy sword with flaming orange wings on his back. Instead of a skull on its chest, there was a large pair of red sunglasses unlike that of what Haru was wearing. “Crimson Heaven, attack Uria now!” he said, raising his blade up. The hero swung it foward, as a sphere of flames surrounded Uria.

“The effect of Crimson Heaven activates. When he battles, the effects of all other cards on the field are negated. Not only that, but I can choose to prevent eithermonster from being destroyed by battle to instead inflict damage to my opponent equal to Crimson Heaven's attack value. Tenyuu, this duel is over. Crimson Heaven, effect activate!” he said, as the sphere of flames decreased in size, eventually reaching the size of a grape. The small sphere abruptly exploded in front of Tenyuu, as his Life Points dropped to 0.

Tenyuu's mask cracked and shattered, as he dropped to his knees. His eyes were devoid of any semblance of emotion, almost as if it was sucked dry from his body. The Viral Mask card in his hand disintegrated as well, preventing Sigma from obtaining data on it. “God dammit.” Sigma said, teleporting to the arena. “Well you still won all of the other duels, so here's the first place prize.”

However, Tenyuu didn't move. He was completely silent for a while, before eventually falling over. The data volume in the area greatly increased once more, as a portal appeared under Tenyuu which he slowly sunk into. Any attempts to chase after him were quickly met by a barrier blocking entry into the portal. This also managed to piss Sigma off. Badly. KC didn't even try to cover up this event, although that would come to bite them in the ass later.

However, every player Tenyuu fought was infected with a stealth virus, and it spread like wildfire across the virtual world. For what purpose? Only time will tell.
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[Sunshine Jesse]

I've had this written for 2 days yet forgot to post it!
D:
[spoiler=Chapter 9: …oh –crap- ]

Several weeks passed after the tournament, the small virus that Tenyuu installed in every player spreading like wildfire. However, it was so protected that it was completely undetectable, and had no discernable effect at this time. No incidents involving the Agents happened either, and everyone went on with their lives like normal, except Sigma who searched for something every day of his life, not being able to detect anything.

“Hrn… there’s still something different about that card.” Sigma said, typing several things into a keyboard, studying the duel from every perspective available. No matter how hard he looked, it looked like the viral mask had nothing special to it at all, but Sigma knew better.

“You sure are committed to your job.” Zarkus said, walking into the GM room and looking over Sigma’s shoulder. He looked over the data, and widened his eyes at just how much research Sigma did within the past few weeks. “Any luck yet?”

“No. No matter how hard I look, I don’t see anything out of the ordinary. Even the readings coming from the card are the same as any other card. But… Haru saw different.” Sigma said, changing the perspective on the screen to Haru once more, seeing the exact same things that he did. What he saw was obscured by the large wall of fire, so nobody else had any idea what was going on aside from the final results of the duel.

“Well, I gotta get going now.” Zarkus said, walking out of the GM room and teleporting to the city area. He looked down and noticed Asellia, who promptly jumped on his back. “I get the feeling that you’re going to follow me until the day I die.” he said in a sarcastic tone, but he was only half joking considering that Asellia has pretty much stalked him for the past few weeks.

“Duel me again!” Asellia, said, a duel disk appearing on her arm. Zarkus sighed, not really wanting to go along with it because they dueled a lot within the past few weeks, and he beat her. A lot. He only really lost when getting horrible hands or running shitty throwaway decks. But hell, she was committed. She jumped off his back and activated her duel disk, going first.

Naturally, Zarkus won.

“See, you shouldn’t expect to win against someone who mentored a champion.” Zarkus said, laughing a bit. Asellia just sighed and jumped up on his back once more.

“Just shut up and take me to the park.” she said. Zarkus obliged and began to walk forward, as the data volume in the area began to greatly increase. Red quickly appeared from out of nowhere right in front of the two, prompting Zarkus to jump back in fear.

“…excuse me while I go change my pants.” Zarkus said, his heart racing.

“That won’t be necessary at the moment, as I bring bad news.” Red said, opening up a console. He showed the profiles of several characters, each one with a small red orb in them. It showed a diagram that revealed how the virus was transferred. “Every time someone duels, they transfer it to another person when they win. The virus has now infected every player but the GMs and a few others. Any questions?”

“So wait. A virus has infected a majority of the playerbase which has an unknown effect and you’re only JUST telling us? It’s like your sole purpose is to provide exposition and then not do anything to help us until it’s too late! And how come Sigma hasn’t found out?!” Zarkus questioned in an angered tone.

“Two things: One, you don’t need my help, and two, I didn’t detect it until recently. And Sigma didn’t know because of who I am. Let’s just leave it at that.” Red said, ignoring the obvious look of dissatisfaction on Zarkus’ face. “And before you ask, no, I do not know what’s going to happen. “

“…from now on, your name is Boring Exposition Guy. I’ll just call you BEG for short.” Asellia said, sticking her tongue out at him.

Red just ignored it, looking back at Zarkus. “Just remember: The power that resides inside of you is our best hope for victory in this fight.” Red said, pointing towards Zarkus’ chest. Zarkus simply looked down and sighed, as Red began to walk away. However, a slight rumble could be felt throughout the area, as the skies began to grow dark. Red looked up, and widened his eyes. “They should know by now that they can’t fit me as well as an Agent into an area…”

Suddenly, a large pillar of light descended from the sky, overtaking Zarkus and Asellia, yet leaving Red out of it.“Oh crap.” Zarkus said, as an Agent began to descend to the ground, the exact same one that almost defeated Haru, with the same golden hair and a single angel wing on the left side of his body. “Oh crap.” The Agent activated his duel disk, as an 8000 appeared over his head. And 8000 appeared over Zarkus’ head as well. “Asellia, run!” Zarkus yelled, as Asellia jumped off his back and ran into the barrier that surrounded the field, being repelled.

Red walked up to the barrier and tried to touch it, as his hand was burnt. “No good…” he thought, looking up to Zarkus. “I’m sorry, but you’re on your own here.”

“Why is my life being decided by a f***ing card game?!” Zarkus yelled, but he quickly released he didn’t have a choice when the Agent drew his opening hand and made the first move.

“I summon Temporal Shinobi.” The Agent said, placing the first monster card down. A shinobi rose up from the field, with the typical black ninja outfit, except having no discernable facial features and a clock on its chest. The Agent discarded one card, as the shinobi immediately attacked Zarkus, reducing his Life Points to 6500. “My monsters can attack during an odd numbered turn by discarding one card. This includes the first turn of the duel. I also advance the current turn count by 2.” The Agent said, setting 2 cards and ending his turn.

Zarkus was bemused by the blatant cheating, and drew his first six cards. “I activate Trade-In, discarding my Darklord Superbia to draw 2 cards from my deck. Then I discard my Darklord Zerato to Special Summon my Dark Grepher.” Zarkus said, the dark warrior rising from the ground. “And now I use his ef-“

Suddenly, Grepher fell into a large trap hole below him. “I flip Bottomless Trap Hole. I know what you’re trying to do, and I won’t let you get such a powerful monster out so soon.”

“-ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuck.” Zarkus cursed, as his plan was to get exactly 4 Darklord monsters in the Graveyard to summon Darklord Beelzebub, which would allow him to control the field; the same tactic that he tried against the first Agent. Of course, that didn’t work, but Zarkus had a slightly better hand this time and would’ve been able to control the duel easier. “I set two cards and a monster in defense position. Turn end.”

“During my End Phase, I activate Temporal Gift, allowing the current turn player to draw a card.” The Agent said, flipping his last face-down.

“YOU SON OF A b****.”

“I use the effect if Shinobi to advance the current turn count, making it 7, allowing me to draw yet another card. Then I activate Temporal Star, allowing me to advance the current turn count by half the level of a monster I summon. I summon Temporal Samurai, making the turn count 9.” He said, the same Samurai that had been used in a few duels before rising to the field. “And now both of my monsters attack you directly.”

Zarkus smiled, and flipped his face-down Mirror Force, as a large wave of energy radiated from the Trap card, wiping out all of the Agent's monsters. “I might actually be able to win this...” he said, now having field advantage. The Agent just sighed, setting two cards and ending his turn. “It's my turn! I draw! I chain my Trap Stun to my Draw Phase, rendering your next trap cards useless. And your Temporal Gift allows me to draw an extra card as well!”

Zarkus was putting out an air of confidence, but in reality he was scared shitless. However, he couldn't show such fear in front of Asellia, as he had to make her feel as if he could win. “I flip summon my face-down Monster, Fabled Kushano. Then I Normal Summon my Darklord Herald, and use his effect to summon my Darkworld Greater Archfiend!” he said, as a small creature wearing a purple cape and a Mideval plague mask arose from the ground. The creature snapped its fingers, as a large demon creature rose from the ground. The demon had red skin, the legs of a horse, and two large black wings. “And now, I tune my Darklord Herald and my Darklord Greater Archfiend together!” he declared, drawing 4 cards.

“God of apathy, show your foes the destructive power of inaction! Synchro Summon, Darklord Belphegor in defense position! (ATK: 2000, DEF: 2900)”

Current turn count: 10+1+2+2=15

From the ground below, a rather large demon creature rose from the ground. He had black armor and a black halo over his head, as well as two large semi-mechanical wings. “Belphegor, activate your special ability. Once per turn, I can inflict damage equal to his ATK.” Zarkus said, as Belphegor rose his hand up, a large blast of energy shooting out and enveloping the Agent. The Agent shook it off like it was nothing, but he did end up losing a large chunk of his LP, bringing him down to 6000. “And now I tune my Fabled Kushano and Darklord Belphegor.” he said, drawing another card.
Current turn count: 19
“God of greed, open the gateway to hell and drag all mortal men with the temptation of riches! Synchro Summon, Darklord Mammon! (ATK: 3300, DEF, 2500)”

Yet another monster arose from the ground, this one more bird-like in appearence. He had dark colored armor with a slight purple tint to it, and two large semi-mechanical wings. Zarkus drew two cards by his effect, and looked at his now massive hand. “Mammon, attack the Agent directly!” he said, as the creature dashed forward. However, a large clock appeared in front of Mammon, blocking the attack.

“I send Temporal Veiler to the Graveyard, allowing me to decrease the turn count to decrease the damage by 100 each, then destroy your monster. I decrease the current turn count to 1, but I still take 1500 damage. Since it's the first turn of the duel and all, you can't battle anymore.” he said, as the clock exploded around Mammon. Two monsters arose from the ground, one Belphegor and the other a new monster, who was very slim in appearence, with two golden wings and sporting black armor, with a large blue energy source in its chest.

“By the effect of Mammon, I can call forth 2 level 5 or lower Darklord Synchro monsters from my Extra Deck or Graveyard. I summon Darklord Belphegor and Darklord Leviathan (ATK/DEF: 2500) . I set two cards and end my turn.” Zarkus said, sighing. However, at that moment, two more monsters rose from the ground; one large dragon and one magician not unlike the Magician of Black Chaos. The magician had no facial features but the same clock on his chest as all the other monsters. The dragon on the other hand looked like Timeaus, a large blue dragon with a large clock on its chest, once more with no discernable features.
“When the turn count increases or decreases by 15 or more, I can special summon my next key cards. I summon Temporal Great Dragon and Temporal Great Magician. And now I draw twice.” he said, looking at his next two cards. “I use their effects, forcing you to randomly discard 1 card and destroy your second face-down Trap.” Zarkus sent Darklord Superbia from his hand to his Grave, but chained the targeted trap card, Threatening Roar. However, a dark lightning shot out of the Agent's other face-down, negating it. “I flip Seven Tools of the bandit.” the Agent declared, a smug grin on his face.

You could see the rage in Zarkus' face right about now. He was like a tomato. Of rage.

“And now I attack both of your monsters with my own.” The Agent said, his creatures dashing towards both of Zarkus' monsters. However, a large aura surrounded the his monsters, preventing them from being destroyed.

“I flip Shadow Duelist's Aura. By sending the top 3 cards of my deck to the Graveyard, I can prevent battle destruction this turn, halve battle damage, and draw once for every battle.” Zarkus said, his two monsters still remaining on the field. The Agent just shrugged and ended his turn, as Zarkus looked at the top card from his deck. “Come on... come on...”

Both Haru and Sigma appeared on the scene right then and there. Haru attempted to run into the barrier, but failed rather miserably, being deflected away. He slowly got up and rubbed his head, beating against the barrier but to no avail. He noticed it was Zarkus' turn shortly after, and grit his teeth. “Zarkus! Come on! You can do this!” Haru declared, as Zarkus looked at the top card of his deck.

“He's right. I can. I just have to draw the right card! Come on deck, show me the way to victory!” Zarkus declared, drawing his next card. He looked at it and smiled, placing it in his Monster card zone. “I use the effect of Belphegor to drop your Life Points to 4000, and then summon my Darklord Herald, then use his effect to summon Arcana Force 0 – The Fool from my deck! Now, I tune them together!”

“Servant of Hell, arise from the deepest depths of the underworld! Become the pathway to a mighty power! Synchro Summon, Darklord Lesser Archfiend!”

The demon rose from the ground, looking like your stereotypical lesser demon. It had one green eye, two wings, and was rather small in statue. Suddenly, it vanished into two rings that Leviathan and Belphegor flew into, as their bodies began to change shape. A massive cloud of energy appeared in the sky, a monster shrouded in dark light beginning to descend to the ground. With the card he just played, victory was all but assured.

“When the shadows engulf the heavens, the Fallen Ones will shower the world in darkness! Delta Accel Synchro! Awaken, the Harbinger of Wrath: Fallen Angel Amon!”

Suddenly, the large cloud of energy was surrounded by several pitch-black chains, the monster no longer descending from the ground. “I activate Chains of Eternal Torment, removing your monster from play when it's Summoned. Not only that, but it returns to the field during your next Standby Phase, but makes you lose life points equal to its ATK value.” the Agent said, flipping his face-down card.

Zarkus widened his eyes and grit his palm. His heart began to race once more, as he looked up at the Agent. “...I... I can still win this. I set two cards and end.” Zarkus said, preparing himself for the worst.”

“I draw. And now I fuse my two monsters together.” he said, as the two monsters converted into pure streams of energy, flowing into a portal. A massive roar could be heard from the portal, as a black, armored dragon entered out of it, with a large clock on it's chest. “I summon Divine Temporal Magical Dragon.” the Agent said, as the dragon let out a mighty roar.

“I flip Waboku.” Zarkus said, hoping his endeavor would buy him time.

He was wrong. Suddenly the massive dragon disintegrated, the small orbs of light from its body forming into the shape of the mirror. The face was a pure-red drama mask, reminiscient of Tenyuu's Viral Mask card. “Ultimate Temporal Machine God Luxuria, awaken.” the Agent said, as the monster's body began to form. It was incredibly large, with crimson red limbs and a black flame on its head, but otherwise it looked exactly the same as Sephiron. “And now I attack.”

The machine waved its hand, as a large crimson flame enveloped Zarkus' body. Every card in his hand returned to his deck, and the top 10 cards from his deck were sent to the Graveyard.
Zarkus' LP: 3500
“There... there must be some sort of mistake.” Zarkus said, looking for a way out.

“There is no escape. No matter what move you make, what you draw, or who you believe in, as soon as I end my turn, you lose the duel.”

“Zarkus! NO! f***! f***! f***! NOT HERE!” Haru yelled, beating on the barrier, but to no avail. It was apparently completely indestructible.

“W-wait... please...”

“And now...

“There... there must be something in my deck that can save me.”

'I end my turn.”

A massive bolt of lightning struck Zarkus' body, as he let out a blood-curdling scream.

Zarkus' LP: 0

He slowly fell to the ground, a sphere floating out of his chest, as his vital signs once again grinded to a halt. Once more, he was suffering a massive heart attack, the feeling of a thousand blades piercing his chest and shoulders. He coughed up blood and fell to the ground, slowly shutting his eyes.

And unlike before, this time there was nobody to save him.
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[Sunshine Jesse]

More people need to comment on this!

[Sunshine Jesse]

I'm going to update this with chapter 10 soon. I've been busy lately D:
sorry, all 1 of my readers.

[Hydra of Ages]

Well, if I'm reading it, and you read your own work, that's at least two readers.

[i]God of apathy, show your foes the destructive power of inaction![/i] has to be the most ridiculous (yet strangely awesome) mantra in existence.

[Sunshine Jesse]

Chapter 10 will be up in a few hours.
And yes, Zarkus isn't very good at coming up with summoning chants XD

[Sunshine Jesse]

HERE IT IS FINALLY
[spoiler=Chapter 10]
Chapter 10: Fodder. Fodder everywhere.
Zarkus fell to the ground headfirst, the heart attack happening so quickly that he couldn’t even squeeze out a few final words. He looked up at Asellia, as he realized that he could not protect her any longer, as a single tear rolled down his eyes. Zarkus went limp as his eyes shut, his body now completely unresponsive.

Asellia quickly ran to the orb that flowed out of Zarkus’ chest and grabbed it, then ran over to him and tried to force it back in. Any attempts at doing so failed, as it just wouldn’t stay in. “…why? Why won’t it go back in?!” Asellia yelled, futilely trying to push it back in. She didn’t even know the purpose of it, but she thought that it would help. “Please… don’t die! Please!” she cried, holding the orb in his chest, but no matter how hard she tried, it failed.

“Please... wake up…”

“I need more than just the orb, girl. Stand aside.” The Agent said, walking up to Asellia. He lifted his foot up, kicking her directly in the stomach, propelling her into the barrier. “And now… we win.” He said, lifting Zarkus up by his neck, and thrusting his hand into Zarkus’ chest. This caused the armor surrounding Zarkus to disintegrate, revealing his human body in it, and causing blood to seep down onto the floor.

“You… son of a b****! I won’t let you get away with this!” Haru declared, as he reared his fist back. Suddenly, a massive amount of energy focused into his fist, taking the form of an even larger fist as he threw it forward into the barrier, cracking and shattering it. Haru looked at his fist, and then the barrier, and widened his eyes.

“Don’t go there you retard!” Sigma yelled, but it was too late. Before Haru could even get out the “holy shit” expression he was thinking about, he jumped into the barrier which quickly regenerated behind him. “Okay, fine. But when both of you guys are dead and we’re all doomed, don’t come crying to me!” Sigma yelled.

Haru ran over to where Asellia was, and helped her up. “It looks like there’s only one thing I can do…” Haru said, looking at the barrier around him. There was no escape for either of them, as only the Agent knew the way to lower the barrier. However, Haru had a theory involving the barrier. The Agent tried to leave through a portal, but it was immediately closed when Haru activated his duel disk.

“So my theory was correct.” Haru said, an 8000 appearing over his head. The Agent looked up at him, surprised that Haru found out the nature of the barrier. “Your barrier closes shut when a duel starts, preventing anyone from entering or exiting, including you.” He said, drawing his first 5 cards. He was definitely prepared to lose, but couldn’t let Zarkus’ death be in vain.

“Hmph. I guess his brazen stupidity will buy me enough time to rebuild Zarkus’ character.” Sigma said, typing several things on his console. A hologram of Zarkus’ character appeared on screen, as every little bit of its data began to reform, but it was an incredibly slow process.

Haru and the Agent stood across from each other, as the Agent placed his first card on the field. “I summon Temporal Samurai.” He said, as the samurai dashed forth, aiming a strike across Haru’s chest. Haru placed a monster in his monster card zone, as it blocked the attack.

“Protect me, Battle Fader!” Haru declared, as the Agent ended his turn. Haru placed yet another monster down, as Elemental Hero Stratos Rose from the field. The hero dashed forward towards the Samurai, striking him down in one move.

The duel was so fast paced that it was like two armies fighting rather than two men dueling. Haru and the Agent summoned monster after monster, each one of their strategies coming together.

“My Neos Alius attacks your Temporal Shinobi!” Haru declared, the hero dashing forth. However, it was deflected as a large wave of energy flew across the field, wiping out all of Haru’s monsters.

“I activate Mirror Force! Now I Special Summon Temporal Seahorse!” the Agent said, as a small seahorse with a clock on its stomach rose up from the ground. However, it was quickly destroyed.

“I flip Hero Blast, allowing me to add Neos Alius to my hand and destroy your monster!” Haru declared, adding the monster to his hand.

The Shinobi dashed forth, striking Haru across the chest, but Haru shook it off and took his next turn, placing his Neos Alius on the field. “Alius, attack the Shinobi!”

Their battled continued for quite a while, each one continuously one-upping the other. “They’re really going at it.” Red said, looking at Sigma’s progress. Sigma was about 20% done with reconstructing Zarkus’ character, surprised at how slow the process is.

“And now I activate Miracle Fusion, summoning Elemental Hero The Shining, who attacks your Temporal Beast, and my Alius attacks you directly.” Haru said, both of his monsters dashing forth. However, a large veil appeared in front of the Agent, blocking the second attack.

“I use the effect of Temporal Veiler, decreasing the current turn count by 19 to block Alius’ attack.” The Agent said, taking two cards from his monster card zone and placing them down. “Awaken, Temporal Great Dragon and Temporal Great Magician! I draw, and use my monster’s effects.” he said, as both of them fired a wave of energy at Haru, eliminating one card in his hand. However, Haru sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard, negating the effect of the Magician.

“I sent Effect Velier to negate my monster’s destruction!”

“Then I tribute both of my monsters to summon the Divine Temporal Dragon, and tribute my Dragon in order to summon Ultimate Temporal Machine God Luxuria.” The Agent declared, as the massive dragon rose from the ground, quickly disintegrating and forming into the same monster that plagued Zarkus.

“I’m tired of being useless…” Asellia murmured to herself, as she looked up at Haru. Haru screamed, as he was hit by a massive wave of yellow energy, his Life Points dropping to 1700 and his field being emptied. “Haru! No!” Asellia screamed, as Haru slowly stood back up, blood dropping from his cheeks.

“It’s my turn! I draw…” Haru said, looking at the only remaining card in his hand. He set it down in his Spell and Trap card zone, and fell on his left knee, his mind clearly damaged by the attack. “This pain… I didn’t feel it before!”

The Agent smiled, drawing his next card. “Haru, the monster I just summoned is special. It was programmed with the same methods as I was, so any damage I inflict to you with it is real, and when I finish you off, you’ll die. Now, Luxuria, finish the duel now.” He said, the massive machine forming a large spear of energy in its hand and launching it forward.

“Haru! No! Not you too!” Sigma screamed, lamenting his inability to do anything to help.

“I activate… Soul Recall.” Haru declared, flipping his face-down card. From his Graveyard, Neos Alius arose from the ground, his Life Points dropping to 100. “Now… my Life Points cannot drop to 0 as long as my monster remains. Although my monster is still shuffled into my deck, it buys me a single turn..” he said, as Neos Alius returned to his deck. Haru’s vision started to blur, as he drew the next card in his deck. “I can… still win this. I activate…” he said, but was interrupted by a strong pain in his chest, causing him to cough up blood and drop to the ground.

“It looks like you couldn’t muster the resolve needed to win. Such is life, I suppose.” The Agent said, walking over to Haru and lifting him up by his neck. The Agent reared his hand back and thrust it forward, but found his hand being held back by Asellia.

“I’ll finish the duel for him…” she said, activating her duel disk, a 100 appearing over her head. The Agent merely smiled and jumped back, his monster still on the field. Asellia placed her hand over the card from her deck, and grit her teeth. “Zarkus… this is for you! I draw!” she said, drawing a card and looking at it.

“Like lambs to the slaughter.” The Agent said, prepared to win the duel next turn.
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