Yugioh: Fusion of Worlds: Fall of the Crimson Dragon [Accepting in OOC thread]

[Blackstone Dresden]

[color=crimson]Mr. Singlus' own Speed Counters jumped to 5 as he drew his card, "I Summon Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel in Attack position." The WIND Emperor appeared on the field in its complete form, but, just like with Wisel, the illusion soon dissolved and revealed a very similar but smaller Monster with 1200 ATK. "Then, Skiel and Wisel's effects activate. You see, my Machines value each other's assistance, so much so that just having another on the field strengthens them." As he spoke, Wisel's ATK was increased to 1900 while Skiel's shot to a lower but still somewhat impressive 1400, "Now then, Skiel attacks your Armed Wing and, with Wisel's effect, inflicts Piercing Damage to your Life Points."[/color]

LP: 4000
Hand: 0
Monsters: Wisel ([b]1900[/b]/0), Skiel ([b]1400[/b]/1000), SK ([b]2000[/b]/1400), Y FI (800/[b]1800[/b])
S/T: 1 F/D, Discord

Dan's houseguest froze in her place, dropping Number 39 when the child looked over in her direction "Uh... Crap." The cat said, "I don't suppose you'll believe that you're still dreaming?"

[color=magenta]"You got here too late." Ilana said, "The Duelist that you saved was actually a card thief that's being robbing from his opponents after he defeats them. My lovely Tara will not tolerate such scum in her new world so she ordered me here to stop him."[/color]

[Blackwing-Master]

"Not so fast," James declared as his face-down card reappeared and flipped over. "I activate Windstorm of Etaqua. This card changes the battle positions of all monsters you control. So Armed Wing is safe for another turn."

Dan looked at the cat and shook his head. "Not a chance." Dan quickly jumped over his bed and grabbed Utopia and his duel disk. "Now, who might you be? I'm guessing a robotic cat sent here to steal Utopia from me for some reason or another." He slipped his duel disk on, as if excpecting a duel.

[Blackstone Dresden]

[color=crimson]"That may be, but your Life Points aren't." The former teacher said, "Trap Reactor Y FI's effect activates, inflicting 800 Damage to your Life Points since you activated a Trap Card this turn. Go, Y FI Cannon!" The vaguely humanoid Machine fired its twin chest cannons at James' D Wheel while Singlus activated his final face-down, "Then, I'll play Trinity Blaze, allowing me to draw one card for every 300 points of effect Damage dealt to my opponent this turn, and, since I did 800 with Y FI's effect, this means I draw two cards." Singlus looked at his cards and his smirk reappeared, "One card face-down, your move."[/color]

LP: 4000
Hand: 1
Monsters: Wisel (1900/[b]0[/b]), Skiel (1400/[b]1000[/b]), SK (2000/[b]1400[/b]), Y FI ([b]800[/b]/1800)
S/T: 1 F/D, Discord (2 turns left)

Dan's houseguest shook her head, "No, no, no, I am NOT a robot and I am most certainly NOT a thief!" She jumped onto Dan's dresser to get closer to his eye level and put her hands on her hips, visibly offended, "How DARE you insult a lady by accusing her of being a common thief!" The cat glowed briefly and a circle appeared on the dresser around her, extending into thin air when the dresser ended, and the cat was outfitted in a gold collar, gold bracelets, a gold tail ring, a vest, and finally an ornate gold staff, "I'm a Magicat, thank you very much, though you may call me Ivy." Ivy held out her staff to Dan, "I'm your new Duel Spirit. Though I can hardly see why, you hardly use any Spellcasters or cats."

[Blackwing-Master]

James watch as his life points dropped. " If that's all, my turn. Draw! I'll switch Grepher and Armed Wing to attack mode. Now, when I control a Blackwing Monster, I can special summon Bora the Spear, but I take 800 from Summon Reactor. Next, Grepher will attack Trap Reactor, Bora will attack Wisel, And Armed Wing will attack Summon Reactor and he gains 500 attack when attacking a defending monster." As Armed Wings blade started glowing, each monster went towards their selected attack targets, Grepher pulling out his sword, Bora spinning while heading towards Wisel, and Armed Wing slicing towards Summon Reactor with his glowing blade.

Hand: 2
LP: 1400
Speed Counter: 6
Field: Armed Wing [b]ATK2300 [/b]Grepher [b]ATK1700 [/b]Bora [b]ATK1700 [/b]Facedown S/T
Graveyard: Sirrocco, Kochi, Vayu, Shura, Blizzard
"Duel Spirit?" Dan said, slightly confused as to what that cat was talking about. "Mind explaining a bit, Ivy?" [i]Maybe I should be a little more freaked out about a cat talking to me in the middle of my room, but whatever.[/i]

[Rhykotsu]

"[b]Hey, has anyone here heard of evil?[/b]"

Rhykotsu had walked into a factory that was known for making the best signs in the business.

"[b]Because some guy told me to seek out the signers and warn them about-[/b]"
"[b]Cut the crap and get out, kid. We're busy here.[/b]"

With that, the snow-white was booted out. "[b]Eugh, looks like he didn't mean signers literally.[/b]" Rhykotsu sighed. Then, Dark Valkryia materialized in her see-through-ish-duel-spirit-form.

"[b]Oi, Rhy, I think it's time we go home.[/b]"
"[b]Why? I think I got a new lead....[/b]"
"[b]I don't think Signers are normal people here, Rhy. Just...here, me and Chevalier'll tell you when you get home.[/b]"

With that, Valkryia faded away, leaving a confused Rhykotsu. "[b]..Ah, screw it.[/b]" The snow-white sighed and walked towards his apartment. Upon reaching there and flopping onto his bed, two of his monsters appeared beside him, standing of course. "[b]So what were you guys gonna say?[/b]" Rhykotsu asked, curious to find out what exactly Dark Valkyria and Evocater Chevalier were thinking or doing.

"[b]Rhy...we figured you could use some help. Against these bad guys, I mean.[/b]" Dark Valkryia began. "[b]..and so, we've decided to make an alliance with some friends of Valkryia's.[/b]" Evocater Chevalier finished. "[b]Cool. Who are they?[/b]" The snow-white asked. Dark Valkyria only grinned, then promptly slammed some ball of black magic into his face. He went out like a light.

"[b]Guh...where am I?[/b]" Rhykotsu muttered, staring upwards to where the ceiling should've been. "[b]So you're awake.[/b]" A brave, female sounding voice attracted his attention. Rhykotsu sat up and looked around. There was a hole in the sky, and the surroundings were somewhat battered, as if there had been a recent battle here. "[b]Is this...the Dimensional Fissure!?[/b]" Rhykotsu asked, his eyes widening. No doubt about it, that hole in the sky could be nothing else.

"[b]Over here.[/b]" The female voice called from behind him.
"[b]Huh?[/b]"

Rhykotsu turned and began walking, and almost bumped right into a girl about his size. "[b]Gah! Sorry![/b]" He recoiled and jumped back. "[b]You're pretty energetic, I'll give you that.[/b]" She said. Rhykotsu squinted and tried to decipher who she was. Brownish blondish hair, blueish greenish eyes...a sword in one hand.. "[b]Warrior Lady of the Wasteland? What happened to your arm...and your hat!?[/b]" The woman chuckled and raised her arm, its robotics shown clearly.

"[b]It's been a long time since anyone's called me that...I lost my arm when I came here, my hat, I don't know.[/b]"
"[b]D.D. Warrior Lady, right. Er, why am I here?[/b]" Rhykotsu asked.
"[b]Didn't Evocater Chevalier tell you? We're going to join you on your fight against...evil...[/b]" The lady hesitated, then chuckled again.

"[b]Wow. That was cheesy.[/b]"
"[b]Yeah, it was.[/b]"

Then, a loud rumbling sound came from the Dimension Fissure. Almost like the sound of a large thing crashing into something. Hint hint hint. "[b]W...what was that?[/b]" Rhykotsu asked, cleaning out his ears with a pinky. "[b]That...I don't know. But it isn't anything good, that I know.[/b]" Then, an explosion of flame and darkness came into existence before them, before fading away to reveal a solid Dark Valkryia and Evocater Chevalier. "[b]Took you two long enough.[/b]" Rhykotsu frowned, crossing his arms.

"[b]Sorry. There's been an attack on Hero City.[/b]" Evocater explained. "[b]I don't see why we should care, though.[/b]" Dark Valkryia added. She didn't have much heart for the more known deck types, apparently. "[b]And that explosion in the rift?[/b]" Warrior Lady asked. "[b]Zeratos went evil.[/b]" Dark Valkryia said flatly. "[b]We should probably check it out.[/b]" Rhykotsu said, sighing a bit. "[b]Probably.[/b]" Evocater agreed.

"[b]I don't have time to call any of my friends besides Dark Valkryia here, so we'll have to go like this.[/b]" Warrior Lady said, pointing at the fissure in the sky. "[b]Works for me...how did you two meet?[/b]" Rhykotsu asked, suddenly curious. They seemed a bit like Red Oni Blue Oni, one hot headed and one cool headed. "[b]We met on her patrol. She seemed pretty cool so we hung out.[/b]" Dark Valkryia explained. "[b]Of course, this was before I met you.[/b]"

"[b]That makes sense. Off we go, lead the way, Warrior Lady.[/b]"
"[b]Of course.[/b]" The woman led the trio towards the fissure, and soon enough they were unceremoniously sucked into said portal thing. They arrived in a ruin; the remains of Sanctuary in the Sky and the remains of the Realm of Light. Rhykotsu looked around, seeing the wounded and dead Lightsworns. "[b]This...isn't normal, is it?[/b]" He asked, frowning. "[b]Of course not![/b]" Valkryia replied, then she spotted them.

"[b]Hey, look over there.[/b]"
"[b]What? Wait...is that...Wulf and Darklord Zerato?[/b]" Warrior Lady asked, peering over. "[b]It is. And that Wulf doesn't exactly look like a nice guy...a traitor, maybe?[/b]" Evocater Chevalier commented, keeping a hand on his sword's pommel. "[b]Tch...[/b]" Rhykotsu searched his deck for Phoenix Gearfried, Chthonian Dragon, Superalloy Beast Raptinus, Black Brutdrago, and White Dragon Capulus, leaving them in his hand for quick summoning. "[b]Better safe than sorry.[/b]"

He activated his dueldisk and set the monsters in face-down defense, then searched his deck for My Body as a Shield, Mirror Force, Kunai with Chain, Supervise, and Big bang shot. He set those as well. The cards were ready, and he was sure that it'd work. If he was in the Duel Spirit World, it should work. "[b]Hey, Zerato! What happened here!?[/b]" Dark Valkryia called as the team of four approached.

[Kingdom Xathers]

[color=#4B0082]"Yeah, no,"[/color] Umbris said as he pulled a card from his cape. [color=#4B0082]"This little setup you have is not going to hold us here. We'll deal with you next time, but for now... [i]Alex, get ready[/i]... Dark-Piercing Light!" [/color]As soon as he activated his Spell Card, Alexander focused his own energy into making a portal to the Realm of Light, opening it just as the surrounding area was shrouded in a blinding light. Moments later, the light died down, revealing that Alex, Umbris and Wolfram had managed to escape, while Luisa and Mark remained, now accompanied by most of the HEROES, including the one-armed Bladedge.

[color=#FFD700]"Sorry, but you picked the wrong time to screw around with us!"[/color] Luisa declared.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


The forsaken Lightsworn turned his attention from Celestia to look at the small group of spirits accompanied by a white-haired youth. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"... and what business do you four have with me?"[/font][/color] Zerato made as if to approach the uninvited guests, only to be stopped by Wulf raising a hand. [font=times new roman,times,serif][color=#B22222]"Don't waste your time, Zerato. They are not worth dealing with."[/color][/font]

[color=#4B0082]"Oh, so you'd like more of a challenge, then?!"[/color] As the voice called out, a gigantic, pale fist was sent hurtling full-force toward Wulf. It would have hit the former Lightsworn had Zerato not intercepted the blow by blocking with his sword, halting the fist in place. Seconds later, the fist "liquified" and rushed toward the newly-arrived Umbris, where it reformed itself into his cape. [color=#4B0082]"I'd say that we're more than a challenge for you, Wulf,"[/color] Umbris stated.

Wulf scoffed at Umbris's declaration. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"You? Really...? Look around you, Neo-Spacian,"[/font][/color] he said as he gestured to the wounded Lightsworns strewed all around them. [font=times new roman,times,serif][color=#B22222]"Even the Lightsworns were no match for my power. What makes you believe--?"[/color][/font]

[color=#FF0000]"Excuse me, I'm sorry,"[/color] Alexander blurted out, accompanied by his Dark Magician. [color=#FF0000]"Did I hear you correctly? You did just say [i]"your"[/i] power, right? As in, [i]"power that is yours, and yours alone"[/i]? Because I'm fairly certain that you did all of this with Zerato's help, and thus not just with your power."[/color]

At this, Wulf gave a soft, hollow chuckle. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"... who... do you think made Zerato the way he is now?"[/font][/color]

Umbris became shocked upon hearing this. [color=#4B0082]"You? You managed to corrupt Zerato?!"[/color]

[font=times new roman,times,serif][color=#B22222]"It was not difficult, either. Given who he once was, Zerato's heart was easy to entice--"[/color][/font] Wulf was unceremoniously interrupted with a fiery blast to the face. Recovering, the albino wolfman slowly looked to the source of the blast; Jenis stood in front of a slowly recovering Celestia, her teary eyes almost fierce if not somewhat remorseful.
[color=#D3D3D3]((for those who don't know, Jenis' effect involves healing her controller while dealing damage to the opponent))[/color]
[color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"... miserable wench...,"[/font][/color] a rather peeved Wulf muttered as he began to advance toward Jenis, his sword drawn, only to stop in his tracks when Wolfram stepped in between them. [font=times new roman,times,serif][color=#B22222]"... out of the way, Wolfram. I have no intention to harm you."[/color][/font]

[color=#A9A9A9]"Not a chance,"[/color] defiantly stated Wolfram, his Duel Disk on Active Mode.

[Merci]

"HEY! HEY! COME BACK HERE, SIGNER! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Vaggelis let his arms hang. "The Signer left. . . . Dammit, I can't even do a decent job at containment, can I?" He looked at the group of people who faced him. "I've existed since the beginning of time! I am the Lord of Terror, the Alpha and the Omega! I am the Ultimate King of Games! I deserve more respect than. . . than [i]this![/i] I will have to pursue the Signer. . . . But first, I'll destroy you all!"

Then he sighed, before the seventeen monsters of DARK behind him emerged out of the shadows. "By the way, 'King of the Moon', lots of offense but being the king of a giant rock whose only use is to reflect the sun's light and pull up the tides is very . . . boring. Now, die." Then an eighteenth monster, Cosmo Queen appeared, but quickly disappeared, ordered by Vaggelis to pursue the Signer. . . .

- - - - -

Cosmo Queen appeared in the same area as Wulf and the others, however she did nothing to reveal her presence. She held an unknown physical Equip Spell which made her invisible, its effect being unallowing her to be selected as an attack target. She slowly approached the scene, ready to dispatch anything on prompt.
- - - - - -

"

[Reinforce]

"Ah, sorry about that then, I just didn't realise that, I always tend to protect those being hurt or injured. But if the offer still stands to join Tara's followers, I would like to take you up on that offer." Jesse looked at her, as the burns of the Arcana Force 0 - The Fool slowly faded away and he looked more comfortable. [i]I hope she doesn't mind me joining the Sun Queen, I am just another duelist afterall, the only thing i have going for me is my family name, and Zero, my duel spirit.[/i]

[Kingdom Xathers]

Back in Neo Domino, a shadowy cloaked figure stood amongst the greenery surrounding the park, its face hidden behind a yellow, melancholic mask. The figure gazed out toward the people enjoying their day at the park, going about their daily lives.

The figure's concentration was broken when a volleyball landed closeby. It slowly bent down, outstretching a clawed, fur-covered hand to pick up the toy.

"Hey, mister!" A young boy, around the age of eight, approached the figure. "Mister, can I have my ball, please?"

The figure's masked face turned to the human child, then to the volleyball in his hand, then back to the child before slowly kneeling down and outstretching its hand again to give the boy his toy back. Just as the boy took his ball back, his parents ran up and pulled him away from the figure.

"Hikaru, you know you're not supposed to talk with strangers," said the boy's mother as she gave the figure a disgusted look.

"But he was nice, Mommy" said the boy named Hikaru. "See, he gave me my ball back."

[color=#2F4F4F]"... ... M... mom... my...?"[/color] The figure muttered to itself, its face slightly contorting with sadness behind its mask. It turned away from the happy people in the park and retreated into the depths of the trees.

[Blackstone Dresden]

[color=crimson]James' Monsters' attacks were redirected away from his Machines and instead aimed at Mr. Singlus himself, "I activate the Trap Card Absolute End, making all attacks aimed at my Machines Direct Attacks at myself for this turn only. Then, I Activate Battle Fader's effect, Special Summoning it from my hand, negating your Monsters' attacks, and ending the Battle Phase." A pendulum-like Monster appeared on the field in front of Singlus and James' attacks faded away to nothing.[/color]

Ivy swung her staff in a vertical circle, passing cleanly through the dresser without any apparent damage, "I'm a non-corporeal being from the Duel Monsters Spirit World that has been bonded with you because you recently acquired a certain card that the Spirit World has never seen before, which is saying something."

[color=blue]"You're forgetting where you are." Mark told Vaggelis, "The moon has more than its fair share of spiritual energy from the numerous religious and philosophical ideas associated with it." Mark's palm flashed briefly and Dewloren, the three Generals, and Dragon Ice appeared beside him, "Now then, run along and bother someone who cares."[/color]

[color=magenta]"Of course." Ilana said, smiling warmly, "But I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to change your Deck type. My lovely Tara does not look kindly upon gamble Decks, I'm afraid. But maybe we can find something else to your liking in her warehouse. Her loyal followers have like myself have collected an almost unfathomable amount of Decks from Duel criminals throughout her reign, including some LIGHT or Fairy Decks if you prefer."[/color]

[Blackwing-Master]

"Fine, I'll set a card and end my turn" James said as the turn passed to his oppenent and his speed counters went up.
Hand: 1
LP: 1400
Speed Counter: 6->7
Field: Armed Wing [b]ATK2300 [/b]Grepher [b]ATK1700 [/b]Bora [b]ATK1700 [/b]Facedown S/T
"You mean this?" Dan said as he pulled the card off the top of his deck and showed it to the duel spirit. "I don't even remember how I got it. Think it just appeared in my deck one day and I've been using it since." He thought about what else Ivy told him. "But how can a duel monster exsist without being in the 'spirit world'? That's all I don't understand."

[Blackstone Dresden]

[color=crimson]Mr. Singlus drew his card and nodded, "Skiel and SK." The Machine Duelist said, lifting up their cards and nodding slowly, "I Release you to the Graveyard to Summon the Level 9 Dark Tuner Death Submarine." The two Machines were broken down into pieces and merged together to form a submarine with a humanoid upper body, "Then, I Dark Tune my Level 1 Battle Fader with my Level 9 Death Submarine. Dark Synchro, Dark Flattop!" Instead of the standard Dark Synchro sequence, the two Monsters simply formed a road into the sky where Dark Flattop was apparently already there, waiting to serve as the new Dueling circuit, "Now, Dark Flattop's effect Special Summons one Reactor Monster from my Graveyard. Launch, Summon Reactor SK! Now then, Wisel and SK, Attack his Bora and Grepher."[/color]


LP: 4000
SPC: 7
Hand: 0
Monsters: Wisel ([b]1800[/b]/0), SK ([b]2000[/b]/1400), Y FI (800/[b]1800[/b]), Dark Flattop (0/[b]3000[/b])
S/T: Discord (1 turn left)

"Kid, I'm a magical talking cat from another dimension." Ivy told Dan, "I'll exist whenever and wherever I damn well please, thank you very much."

[Blackwing-Master]

Before his opponent could attack, James flipped his face-down, Threatening Roar, which created a soundwave preventing Singlus's monsters from attacking. "Now, is that all you've got, or do you have more?"

"I'm sorry, I ment how could this card be," showing Utopia again, "without being seen in the spirit world? Wouldn't have to start there as with all other duel monster cards?" Dan yawned, as it was quite late for him to still be up, but he didn't think he would be able to fall asleep anytime soon.

[Kingdom Xathers]

[color=#FFD700]"Just to let you know, I am in a very foul mood right now,"[/color] Luisa said to Vaggelis as she called out the six Omni HERO Fusions from a Fusion Gate. [color=#FFD700]"So, don't start crying if you get your @$$ horribly handed to you."[/color] As she said this, Elemental HERO Gaia absorbed half of Dark Highlander's Attack power, while Great Tornado let loose a massive typhoon toward Vaggelis's monsters, which cut their Attack Power by half.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[color=#FF0000]"Wolfram, get back!"[/color] Alexander shouted out as Wolfram began to draw cards from his Deck. [color=#FF0000]"It's not safe!"[/color]

[color=#A9A9A9]"I have to do this... even though it pains me to,"[/color] Wolfram muttered. Suddenly, his free hand gripped his head as he gasped out in pain.

[color=#4B0082]"He wasn't really serious about that "pains me" part, was he?"[/color] asked a confused Umbris. Then the realization hit him.[color=#4B0082] "... no, wait, it's...!"[/color]

After his little bout of pain, Wolfram gave of a quiet chuckle, almost growl-like, before taking his Lightsworn Deck out of his Duel Disk and tossing it to the ground (Celestia wasn't too happy about that, to say the least). He then pulled out a different Deck from his coat pocket and inserted it in his Duel Disk.

[color=#696969]"[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Ya should be thankful, Miss Celestia[/font]; at least ya and your friends won't be needin' ter fight in your condition...."[/color]

Wulf's calm expression immediately became that of shock and disgust. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"You again...."[/font][/color]

[color=#696969]"Heh... Wotcha again, Wulf...,"[/color] said Fenrir.

[color=#FF0000]"Fenrir?! Again?!"[/color] Alexander exclaimed.

[color=#4B0082]"That's not all,"[/color] said Umbris as he sniffed the air. [color=#4B0082]"Seems like the "Duel King" sent someone after us. He just won't let up, will he?"[/color] Of course, he couldn't see Cosmo Queen, but that didn't stop Umbris from picking up her scent.

[font=times new roman,times,serif][color=#B22222]"Enough of this...,"[/color][/font] hissed Wulf. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"Zerato! It seems your services are needed after all. I'd like for you to knock some sense into my... partner,"[/font][/color] he said, hesitating on the word "partner" as if unsure if the word fit "Fenrir". [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"If and when you defeat him, I'd like for you to bring Wolfram to me. Do as you will with the others; I'm sure she would like to assist you with that,"[/font][/color] Wulf added, looking over to where Cosmo Queen stood invisibly. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"I myself shall investigate the other Signers and their allies. However, I think I shall bring a... guest with me."[/font][/color] With that, Wulf appeared to vanish from where he stood, only to reappear right behind a startled Jenis. [color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"I pray that you won't mind, milady...,"[/font][/color] he whispered into Jenis's ear, gently placing his hand on her shoulder.

[color=#4B0082]"Jenis!"[/color] shouted Umbris, just as Celestia lunged toward Wulf in an attempt to rescue her fellow Lightsworn. However, Wulf intercepted her attempt with a pulse of darkness, blasting the Lightsworn Angel into the nearby wall of the Light Temple's ruins.

[font=times new roman,times,serif]"Miss Celestia!"[/font] Jenis gasped, trying to run to the now unconscious Angel, but was stopped when Wulf grabbed her and pulled her back toward him, thrusting his fist hard into her abdomen. Having the wind knocked out of her, Jenis promptly fainted in Wulf's arms.

[color=#B22222][font=times new roman,times,serif]"... I'm sorry, Jenis. That was far more force than I had wished to use on you,"[/font][/color] apologized Wulf as he teleported himself and the Mender away from the area.

[Merci]

"We'll see." All seventeen of Vaggelis's Dark monsters emerged out of the shadows, and suddenly the typhoon Great Tornado had sent at them seemed to collapse on itself. Black Ray Lancer had used its effect to cancel it out by absorbing one of its Overlays. Dark Armed Dragon then roared into the sky and the souls of all the Dark monsters in Vaggelis's deck were temporarily sealed into a dark,black orb so it could generate enough energy to destroy all opposition. This dark, black orb appeared in front of the Dark Armed Dragon, and then it launched this massive power composed of the souls towards the six Omni Heroes.

Dark Highlander's usefulness was cut straight when Gaia drained half of its power, so it stayed on the sidelines, defending, but ready to act as a gate towards any new Synchro monster or Equip card. On the other hand, the insectoid Demon King Dragon Beelze confidently charged towards Mark's monsters, and it was somewhat immortal due to the King Dragun staying around besides the Dark Highlander, not making a move but spreading its spell across the battlefield to protect Vaggelis's Dragon-Type monsters.

Twelve of the Dark mosters stayed quiet, as if waiting. Purgatory Dragoon was ready to absorb any support their opponents might use, Adreus was ready to obliterate anything that survived Dark Armed Dragon's super blast, Blood Mefist was charging up an attack that would directly attack their opponents, and if necessary, Chaos King Archfiend would step forward and even the odds. Dark Strike Fighter was ready to absorb any Dark monster that failed and was defeated, and use it to attack their opponents. Colossal Fighter was ready to use Luisa's E-Heroes against her. They were all working in conjecture with each other.

The other five, Exploder Dragonwing, Heavenly Wolf King Blue Seirios, Stygian Sergeants, and two unclear Dark monsters, waited patiently to enter the fray behind Vaggelis, who simply decided to wait and see how things turn out.

- - - - - -

Cosmo Queen walked casually towards Alexander. She was annoyed that there were a few who had already noticed her, but it didn't matter. Her gauntlets were engulfed in invisible energy, and without hestitation she punched through the stomach of the first being that she neared from her angle towards Alexander, [i]Fenrir.[/i]

[Rhykotsu]

"[b]Ryou! I have an idea![/b]" Silent Magician shouted, again breaking the rule that she was supposed to be the quiet, conservative type. "[b]What, what?[/b]" Ryou, who had lost the trail on the suspicious looking cat-girl, was back home.

"[b]I should take you to my place![/b]"
"[b]...you have a place?[/b]"
"[b]Yeah, yeah! The Secret Village of Spellcasters![/b]"
"[b]...isn't that my Field Spell? It's just a card.[/b]"

Silent Magician sighed and swatted at her master, Ryou dodged on instinct, forgetting for a moment that Silent Magician was just a spirit. "[b]Baka! Field Spells are real, too! Let me show you![/b]" She tried to push Ryou on the bed, but failed and fell right through the duelist. Ryou giggled and teased the magician. "[b]Hey, a girl trying to get me into bed with her? I don't swing that way.[/b]" Of course, Silent Magician being the out of supposed character she was, grinned and played along. "[b]Oh, come on! I know you want it~[/b]"

The two burst out laughing, and eventually they stopped. Ryou gave a satisfied sigh and flopped onto the bed, Silent Magician floated down next to her. "[b]'Kay, now close your eyes and let me work my magic.[/b]" Were Silent Magician's terrible yet wonderful choice of words. "[b]...those words can cause some seriously kinky images if I use my imagination.[/b]" Ryou commented, sighing and following her orders.

"[b]If it helps you fall asleep, go ahead and imagine.[/b]" From Silent Magician's normal tone, it was obvious she didn't quite figure out what the kinky images were. Cue magic spell that transferred consciousness to spirit world ala Reverse of Arcadia.

Flash! Ryou appeared with a bright flash of light in front a circle of magicians. She opened her eyes and blinked. Twice. The sight that she beheld was something she'd never ever forget, the first time she was in the Duel Spirit world. She had appeared in a group of small, child Spell Casters. "[b]Card Ejector?[/b]" She looked around more. "[b]White Magician Pikeru? Miracle Flipper?[/b]" She looked at the small group of child spell-casters, completely enthralled. "[b]Wow...[/b]"

The three giggled, then ran off and started playing tag. "[b]So cute...[/b]" Ryou shook herself, she had to find her- "[b]Looking for me?[/b]" The narrator was interrupted by SIlent Magician Level 8 appearing right in front of Ryou, in solid form. Ryou flinched, then looked at her. "[b]...poke.[/b]" Ryou unceremoniously poked the magician's cheek. "[b]Poke. Poke.[/b]" Her other cheek, then her nose.

"[b]Poke..po-[/b]"
"[b]Stop that![/b]" The white haired magician pushed her hand away, her face a bit pink.
"[b]What?[/b]" Ryou asked, curious as to why magician seemed to be so tense.
"[b]I'm not used to others touching me.[/b]"
"[b]Ah.[/b]" Ryou looked around at the village, seeing plenty of magicians training and playing and stuff.

"[b]This place is pretty cool.[/b]"
"[b]Yup.[/b]"

And so, Ryou just let Silent Magician show her around, the whole hidden village unaware of what was going on outside.

[wiithepeople]

[color=#800000][b]Hans Nadal[/b][/color] lied down in his D-Wheel, staring out into the starry sky above, wondering why he wasn't left for dead. Ever since that fateful encounter with that frightening woman, he was constantly plagued by why she let him live. Was it on a whim? Pity? Mercy? So many thoughts plagued his mind of that day that he couldn't comprehend or contemplate much of anything at the moment, much less emote because of what she did to him.

The accident that nearly killed him happened so fast, so sudden that there was no time to react. Not even enough time to think. He was driving his D-Wheel home when suddenly a car came out of nowhere and struck the right side of his D-Wheel, causing both vehicles to flip over and ejecting Hans from his seat. All Hans could do was drag his near lifeless body to a safe area.

When it had happened, his normally emotionless demeanor vaporized instantly, like a storm surrendering to the sun. All of his fears quickly came over him, especially his fear of death. [color=#800000]I'm too young to die[/color], he thought to himself, [color=#800000]don't let it all end now. Please...[/color] It appeared as if he was all alone, but a black and purple knight with two large bladed shields in his hands instantly appeared before his eyes. It was his Duel Spirit, [color=#4b0082][b]Zilch[/b][/color], who kneeled to his side to comfort him and calm him down as he always did.

"[color=#4b0082]You won't die. You're going to be fine. Just stay alive a little bit longer.[/color]" he said to his master, though even he was unsure of what would unfurl in the passing hours. Then, from out of nowhere, a glowing [color=#ff0000][b]red light[/b][/color] appeared and shone brighter than any light he had ever seen in his life. He had to shield his eyes from it, as the intense light drew closer and closer to him. "[color=#800000]This is it...[/color]" Hans said to himself. The red drew even nearer to him, and Hans was able to pick out a humanlike figure in the strange light.

The red light began speaking to Hans.

"[color=#ff0000]Should I destroy you? Or maybe I can answer that for you.[/color]"

Hans said nothing, paralyzed in fear over what could be done to him. Though his tongue was frozen, his ears were not, as he had assumed that this person could be a woman or a child.

"[color=#ff0000]Not one to talk, I see. As I want to rule this world and clear it of the strife that plagues it, I could destroy you just to make a statement to the world of how powerful I am...Very well, do you have any last words?[/color]"

Hans still said nothing. As the a ball of energy appeared in her hand, it looked like she was going to aim it at him and fire away, but suddenly the ball of energy disappeared.

"[color=#ff0000]I have a better idea. I will allow you to live for now. But in exchange, I'll take something from you more important than your life itself![/color]" Almost immediately, she fired what looked like a laser from her hand, aimed straight at his throat. He felt a sharp pain as if a sword of fire had been thrust into him. As this was happening, he was gasping for air, but inexplicably, he couldn't get any amount of it into his lungs. "[color=#ff0000]This should be enough torture. I will leave it as this as a message to you.[/color]" She stopped after ten seconds of this, and walked away. As she did, Hans tried to ask her who she was and why she was here, but before he could say a word, she left, and the red light with her. To his surprise, when checked himself for any injuries, his only problem was that his throat still felt hot, but he couldn't believe that he was near death one minute and partially healed the next.

Hans couldn't shake those harsh nightmarish memories from his head. As he was about to close his eyes and go to sleep, Zilch appeared to him again.

"[color=#4b0082]Hey, what's wrong?[/color]"
"[b][color=#800000]...[/color][/b]"
"[color=#4b0082]I know there's a lot on your mind, but you can't let these emotions get to you so easily. We've been in deeper situations than this, haven't we?[/color]"
"[b][color=#800000]...[/color][/b]"
"[color=#4b0082]You can't just give me the cold shoulder this time.[/color]"
"[color=#800000][b]...[/b][/color]"
"[color=#4b0082]Why won't you say anything to me? Do you find me annoying? Do you find me as a burden? Do you really feel that w-[/color]"

Hans angrily jumped out of his D-Wheel and was about to confront him, but as he opened his mouth to talk, nothing came out at all. Hans was immensely shot with fear. He fell to his hands and knees and started to cry...

[Grovyle699]

James looked out from his Duel runner. "well, things are starting to look worse now. we saved the world, but now its going down again." He spoke to himself. His duel spirit, Amazoness queen, sat down next to him. "Are we off James?" She questioned. "Were off" James answered, as he got into his driving seat. He drove off into the night, to help everyone else.

[Kingdom Xathers]

Perhaps due to hightened senses, or just from sheer dumb luck, Fenrir managed to sidestep the unseen Cosmo Queen's attempt on his life. [color=#696969]"[/color][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#696969]Ay yo trip then, Zerato!"[/color] he yelled at his Darklord opponent, completely ignoring Cosmo Queen (mostly due to not being able to see her). [color=#696969] "I'll even let ya 'ave the bloomin' first move." [/color][/font]

A Duel Disk formed from darkness itself appeared on Darklord Zerato's arm. "I'll draw, then I activate Zera Ritual; [i]I offer to the forces of Pandemonium, Djinn Cursenchanter of Rituals and Archfiend General, to call forth the Despot of Darkness, Zera the Mant![/i]" The twisted blue fiend made its entrance through a portal of dark flames ([b]2800[/b]/2300). "I then Set two cards and end my turn. Your move, cur." (D. Zerato: LP 4000, 1 Monster, 2 face-down S/T, 3 Graveyard)

[color=#696969]"Your despot's garbage. My move!"[/color] declared Fenrir as he drew his card. [color=#696969]"I too activate a Ritual Card, Synthesis Spell! [i]The abomination crafted by man shall break its chains! With the offering of Pitch-Black Warwolf and Twin-headed Wolf, the shackles are released! Howl, Lycanthrope![/i]"[/color] The synthetic Werewolf appeared from behind Fenrir, prepared to defend him ([b]2400[/b]/1800). [color=#696969]"I then activate the Fusion-based Spell Card, Wolf Spirit Fusion! This lil' number allows me ter make a "wolf" or "lycan" Fusion Monster by banishin' the chuffin' proper materials from me Graveyard. Nah, by banishin' Pitch-Black Warwolf and Twin-Headed Wolf from me Graveyard, I Fusion Summon [/color][url="http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/57/11858.jpg"][color=#696969]Dark Moon Lycan[/color][/url][color=#696969]![/color]" The black cloaked wolf took his place by Lycanthrope's side ([b]2400[/b]/2000). [color=#696969]"Next, I activate Roll of Fate. I roll a die and its result determines how many cards I get to draw, but it also forces me to send the same number of cards from the top of me Deck to the Graveyard."[/color] A giant die was thrown from Roll of Fate's portrait; its result turned up as 4, thus Fenrir drew four cards, then sent the top four cards of his Deck to the Graveyard (Silver Fang, Gene-Warped Warwolf, Mystical Moon and Wulf, Lightsworn Beast). [color=#696969]"I now summon that bastard Wulf from me Graveyard due to his effect!"[/color] The Lightsworn Beast's former self appeared by Fenrir's side ([b]2100[/b]/300). [color=#696969]"Next I activate Blustering Winds, which I'll use to give Dark Moon Lycan an additional 1000 Attack and Defense Points, enough to huff, puff and blow your Mant down!"[/color]

[color=#4B0082]*cough*"Corny!"*cough*[/color], blurted Umbris. [color=#4B0082]"By the way, Alex, you may want to move. You've got a quite-literal royal pain coming for your @$$."[/color]

[color=#FF0000]"Gotcha,"[/color] said the Lombax Signer as he took off, trying to avoid his invisible assailant.

[color=#696969]"Now,"[/color] Fenrir declared as he continued his turn, [color=#696969]"Dark Moon Lycan, attack Zera the Mant with Crimson Eclipse!"[/color] At his master's command, Dark Moon Lycan swung his hand outward, sending a red shockwave toward Zera the Mant. The attack made contact, covering the Mant with red markings, but otherwise allowed it to live.

D.M.L. 3400 > Zera Mant 2800. D. Zerato LP = 4000 - 600 = 3400

[color=#696969]"Nah, the reason why your Mant's still standing,"[/color] explained Fenrir, [color=#696969]"is because Lycan here has a built-in "Thorn of Malice" effect: his attack targets aren't killed, but they lose 600 Attack Points, so now your Mant's at 2200 ATK! And I'm not even done attacking 'im yet! Lycanthrope, tear Zera the Mant apart with Shadow Dance!"[/color] Lycanthrope began performing a frantic, savage spinning strike, unleashing multiple dark pulses as it spun. Zera the Mant was struck by these pulses, but still remained standing.

"I activated the Quick-play Spell, Self Tribute," declared Zerato as his card was revealed. "If any of my monsters would be destroyed this turn, I can grant them destruction immunity this turn by paying 1000 Life Points."

[color=#696969]"Good for you, but there's still the matter of Lycanthrope's effect; when he inflicted Battle Damage to you, you're hit with an additional 200 damage for every Normal Monster in me Grave. There's two, so you take 400 damage, in addition to the 200 damage you took from this battle!"[/color]

Lycanthrope 2400 > Zera the Mant 2200. D Zerato LP = 3400 - 200 - 1000 - 400 = 1800.

[color=#696969]"Unfortunately for me, Wulf here's a litle too weak to attack your Mant and inflict more damage, so I'm ending my Battle Phase, then--"[/color]

"I activate the Trap Card Dark Flash," declared Zerato as his second face-down was revealed. "I couldn't activate this during the Battle Phase because of your Dark Moon Lycan's effect, but now my revenge can be carried out. By Tributing Zera the Mant, Dark Flash's effect allows me to destroy all monsters that were Special Summoned this turn, which means...."

Zera the Mant erupted in an inferno of black flames, which immediately engulfed Fenrir's three werewolves.

"Anything else, cur?" asked Zerato.

Fenrir growled as he Summoned Gene-Warped Warwolf from his hand, then placed one card face-down. [color=#696969]"I end me turn."[/color]

Fenrir LP: 4000, 1 Monster, 1 Face-down S/T, 10 Graveyard, 2 Banished.

[Merci]

The Cosmo Queen was quite surprised that her punch missed. It didn't matter, the one she had attempted to take out wasn't her target. She turned to the Signer, who was moving in awkward directions, possibly trying to evade her. Seriously, the attempt was so laughable that she stood there for a minute or so watching him, laughing in her mind about how silly his attempts were. She was the ruler of the galaxies! Tens of thousands of years ago, her power was outmatched, and all fell before her. Even the gods knew to be careful around her.

But she ended up becoming too tyrannical over the cosmos, so the stars stripped her of her magic, and with that she could no longer reinforce her rule, now reduced to nothing more than a representative, a bad one at that. It didn't help that her realm was being invaded by an outlandish non-royal queen called Number 83: Galaxy Queen, and now she was reduced to aiding a former st- . . . .

The task, the task. With several minutes already wasted, she made her way towards the Signer, and in her free hand appeared the Axe of Fools, and then she swung it.

[Grovyle699]

James stopped his Duel runner. He had noticed a duel going on, and it looked like it was more than any ordinary one. However, the only thing there that was particularly was a duel spirit. James got off his Runner, and walked over. There was also someone there wandering around drunkly. James took no notice of him however, and continued watching the battle. While he was waiting, James brought out his Duel disk and set up his deck. He had decided he would face the winner.

[Kingdom Xathers]

[color=#FFD700]"Mierda...,"[/color] Luisa muttered under breath when she realized that Great Tornado's effect was cut short. Her attitude quickly changed when she realized something; [i][color=#FFD700]"Wait, that guy's monster absorbed one of those two orbs in order to negate Tornado's effect. I wonder... what happens if that monster runs out of orbs...?"[/color][/i] Thinking up a plan then and there, Luisa spoke up, [color=#FFD700]"Avian, Great Tornado, go into the Fusion Gate again!"[/color]

"You got it, Luisa!" Avian said as he and Great Tornado went through the Gate again. Seconds later, a new Great Tornado came out.

[color=#FFD700]"Okay, let's try this again,"[/color] Luisa declared. [color=#FFD700]"Great Tornado, cut the Attack points of Vaggelis's monsters in half!"[/color] At her command, Tornado unleashed another hurricane towards the Duel King's monsters. [color=#FFD700]"Let's see if he'll do that again,"[/color] Luisa thought to herself.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Back in Neo Domino, the cloaked figure wandered through the streets, trying to ignore the unwanted stares of the humans being directed toward him. He continued to walk through an intersection, unaware that an oncoming car was fast approaching him. Unaware, at least until a voice close to him shouted out, [b]"'Ey, look out, man!"[/b]

The cloaked figure turned his masked face in time to see the approaching Toyota, which blared its horn as its driver slammed on the breaks. The car skid to a halt, but not before the figure was slammed into the windshield, rolled off and landed limply to the car's right.

The onlookers crowded around the accident, just as the driver of the Toyota got out and started yelling many explitives at the figure while his girlfriend called 9-1-1. Seconds later, the figure began to get up, seemingly unfazed by the impact, looked around and perhaps gave off a short [color=#2F4F4F]"Eep!"[/color] before running away, jumping over the crowd in a single bound before making his way through a nearby alleyway.

[Reinforce]

"Sounds good to me, I'm not too attached to this deck." He said, walking to the warehouse. As he walked in, he was amazed by the sheer amount of decks just laying around, and started to walk between different decks, selecting a various cards from them to use. "Sweet, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, this card is predicted to be returned to limited soon so it might be useful." Jesse kept looking around a bit longer, before returning to Ilana. "Well, I have made my deck, a variation of the fairy burn with the counter fairies as the main cards, and both The Agent of Mystery - Earth, to allow synchro monsters and Master Hyperion to go with the field spell, the sanctuary on the sky. I call it, Burning Lockdown."

[Merci]

"Black Ray Lancer." Vaggelis called, and the Xyz water-knight responded by absorbing its other orb, which then caused Great Tornado's attack to collapse again. "Let's get rid of it quickly." He muttered, and used another soul of the Dark monsters in his deck, which Dark Armed Dragon converted into dark energy, and then shot towards the Elemental Hero Great Tornado, to destroy it once and for all. After that, Vaggelis haxzored and overlaid two more souls of his Dark monsters underneath it in order to give it two orbs again. Of course, he had already consumed most of his Dark monsters. . .

[wiithepeople]

"[color=#4b0082]Then at least answer me. are you okay?[/color]"
[color=#800000][b]Hans [/b][/color]nodded.
"[color=#4b0082]There must be a reason that you are unable to speak.[/color]"
Hans gripped his throat, recalling to his Duel Spirit what had happened to the best of his ability.
"[color=#4b0082]That's right! There had to have been some sort of malevolent energy from whatever that evil woman fired at you. But what could it have come from and why? If I can remember correctly, my lordship, [/color][color=#2f4f4f][b]King Zero[/b][/color][color=#4b0082][b] [/b]should be able to figure out what that energy could have come from.[/color]"

It had been several months since Hans' previous trip to the Zero Dimension, where his Duel Spirit hails from. Although it wouldn't take long to get there, it was being invaded by unknown forces. Ever since he was raised there as a child when his parents died from the past catastrophe, he learned and remembered the various routes it would take until they would find the same castle. Hans didn't know anything about the unknown forces that could possibly be in their way, but he had no choice.

On their way home, they went around to the alleyway behind their apartment and noticed an O-shaped marking on the wall. Hans and Zilch nodded to each other, and Zilch unsheathed his swords. After a succession of slashes at the wall, although none of them damaged the wall, a black hole had surfaced where Zilch was slashing at. "[color=#4b0082]It's time.[/color]" Zilch quipped to his master.

Without regret, Hans and his Duel Spirit dove into the portal to the Zero Dimension...