The full moon is cold above this tower somewhere in the middle of the city.
Inside the tower, the duel between Sakura and Mr.Kay rages. " Your defeat is coming, Sakura-- I can assure you!" The math teacher is still glowing with unnatural purple power, and his eyes appear glazed as he raises a card. "But for now, I place one card facedown and end my turn!"
During the duel, Mr.Kay summon Number 34: Terror-Byte and Super Crashbug while Sakura paid some of her own lifepoint in order to summon Mystical armor Lion, to which she is able to get her lifepoints back. The timer is still ticking down-- 20:04:17 and counting, and 33.1% complete and counting
"You're exactly like your father. You clearly think that summoning your mystical armour Lion will help you win the duel. You're wrong. Mystical Lion is not even a number. So good luck" Mr.Kay scoffed as Mystical armor Lion growled at Terror-Byte as Mystical Phoenix growl in anger toward the male teacher
"Your wrong. Mystical armor Lion may not be a number monster like Terror-Byte, but I have a trick up my sleeve" Sakura told him as she drew a card from her deck to her hand. "I draw! I activate the Ritual Spell, Mystical monster Ritual. With this I allow to ritual summon monster"
"Ritual summon" everyone asked in surpise and shock
"I switched Mystical Purple Fire Phoenix from defense mode into attack mode" she said
Mystical Purple Fire Phoenix ATK:2000/DEF:1700/ Level 4
"Now, by tributing Level 4 Mystical Purple Fire Phoenix from the field.Rise on up Mythical Twin Raptor" A grayish blue raptor with white horizontal runes striping from the start of it neck to the end of the tail. It eyes were red, with a small black ring around the eye socket. It possessed spike on the tail. It was cover with bronze plated mystical armour. It let out a snarl as it appear on the field
Mythical Twin Raptor ATK: 2700/DEF:2000/ Level 4
"A Ritual Monster?" Caswell said in disbelief at the sight of Sakura monster
"No way. Since when did Sakura learn how to ritual summon?" Tori asked
"I don't know. This is the first time that I or you guys have seen a ritual monster. And it no way other than a dinosaur!" Yuma exclaimed as he let out a small smile. He hope that Sakura would win the duel and stop Mr.Kay virus
"Mmmh. Interesting" Astral thought to himself as he glance over at the raptor along with Mystical armour Lion
Meanwhile Caswell is freaking out. "Aaah! I can see my future now!! They're gonna think I was part of this and they're gonna throw me in jail for life!! I'm never gonna be valedictorian, and I'll never get a job, and Sakura's running outta time, and that means. I'm running out of time!" Both Yuma and Tori looks up at the timers, which now read 17:30:67 and counting down, 41.630% done and counting up
"Okay. Mystical twin raptor attack Terror-Byte with Mystical Flames of hope" Sakura commanded as the raptor charge towards Terror-Byte, hoping to destroy the number and also to deal damage to Mr.Kay in the process
"I don't think so young lady. I use Terror-Byte overlay unit, to seize control of your monster again!" Terror-Byte zaps Mystical twin raptor, as it reappears on the other side of the field.
"What!" Sakura, Yuma, Tori and Caswell all shouted in shock
"Terror-Byte's ability allows it to take control of a monster with a certain level. But Xyz monster like itself" Astral observed as Yuma sighted clearly not happy about how the duel is turning out to be
"Forget that! So what if Sakura take a little damage - big deal! Mystical twin raptor is gonna return to her field! And when that happens..." Yuma was interrupted by a dark laughter. "Heheheh!" The laughter belong to Mr.Kay
"Huh?" Yuma was slightly puzzled with his behaviour
" D'you seriously expect me to use the same exact strategy two turns in a row? This time around I'm activating two continuous spells!" He mocked the red-black haired boy
Caswell is seen cowering on the floor whimpering. "Do you know what a continuous spell is?" Tori asked him as he replied back to her." It's just like a normal spell, only its effect stays active for as long as the card remains on the field! Now please let me go back to freaking out!"
"Heh. With "Infected Mail", once a turn, any level-four-or-below monster on my field can attack you directly; but after it attacks-- it's destroyed."
"Oh, no." Astral mutter under his breath, this wasn't going to end well at all
Mr.Kay explained, "And since it's on my field, I'm going to attack you with your very own Mystical twin raptor!" The others watch as Mystical raptor lands a hard hit on Sakura, as it knocks her down, decreasing her lifepoints to 1300. Mr. Kay's eyes are still smoldering dark purple.
"I'm so sorry, Sakura. But now it's time to say goodbye to your precious raptor!" As he said that, beams of light show around the edges of raptor, as it explodes dramatically. Sakura sits up in a rain of holographic gravel. "Aw, man, this is not good!" Yuma exclaimed as he worried for Sakura
" I'm afraid not Yuma. It gets worse for her!" Mr.Kay told Yuma as he focus his attention to the girl. "For it's at this moment that my second continuous spell activates! Since "Infected Mail" destroyed your raptor, "Cracking" slams you with an additional eight hundred points of damage! I end my turn" Now Sakura's down to 500 lifepoints, as she laid on the floor.
Sakura struggle to pick herself up off the ground as Yuma, Caswell, Tori and Astral watch her with concerned.
"Sakura seems like she's lost some of her fighting spirit." Tori commented as Caswell began to rant, frantically. "Of course she's lost her fighting spirit! She's losing this duel! She's gonna totally get me-- ah! I know!" Both Yuma and Tori watch the blue haired boy
" Hey, Sakura!" Caswell shouted as Sakura turns around slowly, in time to see Caswell balancing on one foot, arms held in a rather goofy pose." Be like the, the phoenix! And ri-i-i-i-ise from the ashes! Cacawww!" He spreads his wings like a bird and flaps them. Caswell is not above making a fool of himself if it means Sakura will save him. Both Yuma and Tori jaws drop at the sight. " Why are you-- what are you--?" Sakura asked him as Caswell replied to her, "Ahh, forget the phoenix! Yeah!"
Caswell's words paint a beautiful picture of a gigantic green dragon and a beautiful, fiery phoenix. "There's a dragon in your heart, Sakura ! A- a- a giant sleeping dragon, bird, monster!"
"Hey, that enough motivation!"
"Okay then"
Just then, the room starts to shake " Huh? What? What's that? What's going on, why is the room moving?" Yuma asked as Mr. Kay chuckles sinisterly. Above, the ceiling of the tower opens to the night sky. The entire room is being raised to the top of the tower.
"Oh- whoa! The ceiling's opening! We're- we're going up! We're, we're outside!" He explained as the timers on the wall read 12:00:79 and counting." Are we going all the way to the top?!" Tori asked
Meanwhile, at the tower, the timer on the wall reads 11:03:?? and the room is still going up. "From up here, we'll have the best view in the city to witness the results of the viral bug." Mr.Kay said as Caswell and Tori look out over the edge, shivering in the wind. "I'm placing one card facedown and ending my turn." He place another facedown card as it materialize infront of him
"My turn! I draw!" Sakura yelled as she drew a card from her deck to her hand again. "I summon Dark Warrior Knight" she said as Knight wearing black armor appear on the field, wielding it sword.
Dark Warrior Knight ATK:1700/DEF:2100/ Level 4
"Next, I activate Dark Warrior Knight special ability. When I successfully summon this card, I allow to summon another warrior Knight from my deck to my hand" Sakura explain as another Dark Warrior Knight appear on the field
Dark Warrior Knight ATK:1700/DEF:2100/ Level 4
"I overlay both of my level 4 Dark Warrior Knight! With these two monsters I build the Overlay Network!" The two warrior Knight swirl into a vortex in bolts of white energy; the space above the duel seethes a gold colour
"Sakura can Xyz summon aswell!" Yuma shouted as Tori and Caswell look at the older female in shick
"Let me introduce you to Divine Mystical Knight"
Divine Mystical Knight ATK: 1800/ DEF: 800/ Level 4
A white armor Knight appear on the field, wearing a red cloak around it neck. It carried a axe in it left hand and a shield in it left hand as it let out a battle cry
"You think that either your mystical armour Lion that I haven't destroyed yet or your divine mystical Knight will be powerful enough to destroy Terror-Byte" Mr.Kay asked unamused with her
"Oh. I don't think so" Sakura mock him as Mr.Kay let out a confusing sigh
"Terror-Byte, destroy Divine mystical Knight and win this duel!" Mr.Kay commanded as Terror-Byte charge towards the white Knight
"Now, I activate the trap card, Mystic Protection. This creates a shield around Divine Mystical Knight, to which he won't get destroy. Also I take no more battle damage and it negate Terror-Byte attack." Sakura explain
"That impossible...?" Mr.Kay snarled in anger toward the aqua haired girl infront of him
"Now. I tribute Mystical armor Lion and Divine Mystical Knight, in order to special summon a monster. Say hello to Mythical Universe Armor Dragon" A large pale turquoise and aquamarine dragon with cosmic latte eyes with Lapis Lazuli armour appear on the field as it let out a mighty roar as a unknown figure watch the duel, hidden in the shadows away from everyone. Their glaze focus mainly on Sakura
Mystical Universe Armor Dragon ATK:3200/ DEF:2500/ Level 8
Everyone was shock and suprised to see her dragon as they didn't know that Sakura could special summon a monster like that
"What is that thing?" Caswell asked in fear of Mystical Universe Armor Dragon
"I think that is Sakura ace monster, guys?" Yuma sweatdrop
"Alright, Sakura!" Tori cheered on for her
'A Mystical Dragon', Astral thought to himself as he stared at the dragon. He see that dragon before but where
"What sorcery is this?" Mr.Kay asked as he began to shake in fear of the dragon in front of him
"This was apart of my plan all along" Sakura chuckle as Mystical Universe Armor Dragon let out a small roar, agreeing with her as her duel pocket begin to glow, unnoticed to her
"You can't stop me! The virus won't be stop!" Mr.Kay growled at Sakura, clearly annoyed that she haven't give up yet
Sakura chuckle at her maths teacher that was possed by Terror-Byte. "As you wish, I activate spell card Mythical Knight's Spear. With this I can inflict 1000 damage to you if you place a spell or trap card on your field. So since Infected Mail and cracking are both active on your field. It take 2000 of your lifepoints and destroy your two spell cards"
A blue portal appear as a silver spear appear. The spear fires at the two spell cards as it clone itself into two spear. The two spears pinned themselves as they latched on to the spell cards. The two cards glow a light blue until they're shatter as Mr.Kay dealt damage
Mr.Kay: 2000/ Sakura: 500
"Now Mystical Armor Lion, attack Super Crashbug with Fallen sun slash" Sakura commanded as Mystical Lion charge towards Super Crashbug, decreasing Mr.Kay lifepoints
Mr.Kay: 700/ Sakura:500
"You think you can defeat me. Maybe you are not like your father, but more like your uncle instead. You may have destroyed Super Crashbug, but I still got Terror-Byte with me to finish the job" Mr.Kay said
"I'm afraid not, sir." Sakura said as the math teacher, the trio and Astral look at her, confusion fill their face
"It the end of you! Now! Mystical Universe Armor Dragon, use universal blast of the Mystic" She commanded as it let out a lilac blast. The blast hit it target, obliterating Terror-Byte. Mr. Kay is sent flying as he was knocked to the ground, his lifepoints depleting to 0. Sakura won the duel. Caswell is in tears of joy. The unknown figure that watch Sakura, let out a small smile as it disappear into the shadow
Mr.Kay:0 / Sakura: 500
" Hurray! You did it, Sakura!" Tori cheered as Yuma and Caswell celebrate the victory. Mystical armor Lion and Mystical Universe Armor Dragon turn to their friend as they walk over to her. 'Thank you, so much' Sakura said through her mental link with her monster. Both Yuto ( mystical Lion) and Ryu ( the dragon) lead down as they muzzle their noses against Sakura, to which she hug them in return, before returning to their respected card
" A miraculous, come-from-behind victory!!" Caswell grabs Tori's wrists and swings her around. Around them the duel field is evaporating. The timers are still counting down, now at 02:13:71. The night around the top of the tower is clear and starry.
"Yes. She totally did it!! Sakura beat our math teacher!" Yuma exclaimed as Sakura make her way over to her friends
"I'm somewhat amazed that she pulled that off."
" Huh?" Yuma asked confused. " Hey, how didja know that Mister Kay was gonna restore his lifepoints like that?"
"Your math teacher was aiming for perfection." Astral explain as he extends one of his glowing hand, and a shining card rises from Mr. Kay's chest and flies to him. Mr. Kay stirs on the ground; the glowing 34 inscribed on the side of his neck shatters. Astral deftly catches the card. "This card contains a memory that was once a part of me...! Number Thirty-Four...!" Astral think to himself
Astral flashback: Somewhere in space there is a galaxy that swirls in brilliant shades of turquoise, laced with hints of magenta. Astral stands beyond it in space, looking at it. Shooting stars and waves of space dust swirl into it. " I remember the place where I came from; a different galaxy...!" He told himself. He then find himself drawn into the galaxy's brilliant, swirling center. "Astralworld...! That is where I am from." He remember where he come from as his vision ended.
Astral looks straight up, as though perhaps he could find where he came from somewhere in the night sky beyond the brilliant city lights, far away. That is all I remember." Astral thought to himself
Sakura's pendant began to glow softy as she look over her shoulder as she see the same golden dragon from her vision, nodded it head at her as it disappear.
The timer reads 01:08:08 and rapidly counting down. Tori urgently shakes Mr. Kay's shoulder, trying to wake him up.
"Mister Kay? Mister Kay? Wake up!" Mr. Kay groggily comes to, sitting on the floor; he's back to his usual self. "What're... all you guys doing here?" He asked his students
"Hurry! You said you'd stop the viral countdown thing!" Yuma shouted at his teacher
"The viral countdown...? I can't. The viral release doesn't have a cancellation code." He explained as Yuma yell in panic at him. "Are you serious?! You mean the city is doomed?"
"Yuma, calm down" Sakura warn him. "So you saying that there is no anti-virus for this?" She asked the maths teacher. The timers around the tower read 00:02:83 and counting down; the screens are flashing ominously red.
"Three..." the computer begin to countdown as Yuma tenses. Caswell stifles a wail of fear by stuffing his fingers in his mouth. "Two... the computer continue it countdown as Yori huddles on the floor, nearly crying, holding her head as Sakura wrap her arm around the nearly crying girl in a comfort way.
"One." The timer ticks to zero. There stands Mr. Kay, guilty for what is about to unfold.The city is quiet, its lights a softly dazzling array of pastel yellows, blues, greens, and purples.
" Aah! We're doomed!! It's all over!" Caswell scream in panic as nothing happen, this what shock the quartet and Astral.
"What're you guys shouting about over here?" Mr.Kay asked them
"Your virus! Weren't you trying to crash the city's systems and cause panic and chaos?!" Yuma answer in a state of panic as Mr. Kay is genuinely shocked at the outburst. "Why would you think I'd do something like that?!" He asked confused
"Uh, everything does seem normal..." Tori stated as Sakura break her hold as she scan the area around them
" I'll admit that during my preparations I accidentally caused some trouble, but..."
"What was you trying to do in the first place anyway?" Sakura asked the math teacher as halfway across town, a dome on the skyline lights up gold
"...! There we are! You wanna know what I did? Just put on your duel gazers and look up at the sky!" He told them as everyone put their gazer on. Yuma does so, while muttering.
"This is getting weirder and weirder." Yuma then looks up. As the sky turns greenish in gazervision, a giant is floating in the sky; and it looks familiar. It holds lit bombs, one in each hand; its smile is bright and innocent, and rainbow sparkles glitter around the filament of the lightbulb on its head
"Whoa! What is...is tha..."
" There's a giant crashbug in the sky!" They all shouted
"I was looking at the patterns in the city's night lights, and I noticed that they seemed to be forming an incredibly complex matrix code. With my duel gazer, I scanned the pattern, and realized it was just one optical fragment away from being and exact replica of the Crashbug Q-code! And I realized, the museum's dome isn't normally lit up at night." He explained to them. That is, the golden dome that lit up when the virus went off
"So then all of this was just you trying to turn on those lights and make a giant Crashbug appear in the sky?!" Yuma asked his teacher
"Yeah, you got it." He replied as the four students practically fall over; they went to all that trouble and worry over this?!
"Well that's weird!" Yuma commented as Sakura replied with, "It beautiful" at the sight of the giant crashbug
"Yuma....look!" Caswell said as he is offering Yuma his Crashbug card.
"Your Crashbug card? You rubbing it in that you beat me yesterday?" Yuma asked the blue haired boy
" Read the description!" Both Sakura and Caswell told him as Crashbug throws its bombs, filling the sky with holographic fireworks. Yuma reads the card description in voiceover.
"Crashbug is an electric spirit that eats the bugs in our lives. Sadness, doubt, frustration-- no bug is too big for Crashbug." Yuma read the card
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Outside:
Yuma, Kazwell, Sakura, Mr. Kay, and Tori watch the amazing sight from the top of the tower, smiling.
"If you see Crashbug on the night of a full moon, it brings you good luck'!"
"Don't you get it, yet? In the end, Mister Kay just wanted everyone to have good luck!" Caswell explain as Astral stands off at a distance, watching the humans.
" Observation number seven. Number cards affect people; they change them." He told himself. The Crashbug joyfully throws bombs into the sky, dazzling the city with an uplifting fireworks display; this was what Mr. Kay wanted and desired, that seemed so sinister taken to the extreme Astral speaks of.
"They seem to amplify their individual wants and desires, almost to the point they take over... I need to remember that."