Vile: The final chapter of this Numbershot is finally upon us. I see my little twist last chapter knocked some socks off.
Yuma: How did you come up with that whole "Vector possessing that dude" thing? That was nuts!
Vile: *playful shrug* Sometimes ideas just hit you, Yuma.
Kohaku: I'm just glad you beat him in my time. The place he turned the world into? *shudders*
Kotori: Sometimes evil only really needs one victory.
Vile: A lesson to be learned, no doubt. Let's bring this gateway into the New Year to a close, shall we? Enjoy!
Numbershot 64: A Trial Across Time
Chapter 6
*Field Recap*
Kohaku LP:1300
Zaman LP:2800
Vector LP:4000
Kohaku's field: Alpha Pixie, no facedowns
Zaman's field: Temporal Medieval Wyvern, 1 facedown S/T
Vector's field: Number 64: Forgotten Will - Lost Soul Chimera, Lost Consoul Magis Attarrin, Twin Tail Token, Consoul Turmoil, 2 facedown S/Ts
Alpha Pixie: Lv.1 LIGHT Fairy/Base ATK:0/DEF:0
Temporal Medieval Wyvern: Lv.6 TIME Dragon/Timewarp ATK:2400/DEF:1500
Number 64: Forgotten Will – Lost Soul Chimera: Rank 8 LIGHT Zombie/Xyz ATK:3200/DEF:400 2 Overlay Units
Lost Consoul Magis Attarrin: Quality 8 DARK Zombie/Composition ATK:2500/DEF:2500 5 Active Soul Towers
Twin Tail Token: Lv.8 LIGHT Zombie ATK:1600/DEF:800
Kohaku's coin glowed in his hand as he clenched his hand. "Boku wa, Dino Mount, Glyph Edge, Shadow Heart, Brave Blade to, Reberu Ichi no Alpha Pixie de Shinajaizu!" Alpha Pixie let out an echoing "HEY!" in a young female voice, and four purple portals opened up, Dino Mount, Gylph Edge, Shadow Heart, and Brave Blade returning to the field. "Kono go tai no tamashī o ketsugō shite, yori kyōryokuna atarashī no tamashī ga umareru!" Alpha Pixie backed off to make the fifth point of a pentagon formation before all five monsters pooled their energy, forming a sphere of yellow, orange, and purple energy. "Kōzu Shoukan!" With enough energy in the center, the monsters morphed into Soul Towers (Pixie's Tower having the Alpha symbol on it), striking the sphere with yellow lighting and beginning the metamorphosis. The energy sphere morphed into a humanoid, but their body was completely silhouetted, only noting that the figure was male with spiky hair. A lowercase Alpha drew itself in front of it before it began spinning around clockwise, morphing into something else. "The eternal mystery of the warrior of justice... strengthened by the power passed down the millennia!" Slowly but surely, the spinning slowed to a crawl as its form began to solidify its shape, finally coming to a halt and gaining its true color and form: A black bow ribbon-esque-shaped mask, no eyeholes visible. "Composition Base Monster!" The mask quickly shot onto the silhouette's face, the warrior crossing his arms at the same time it did. Moving his arms away from his torso, a lowercase Alpha formed on its chest, then the mask's previously nonexistent eyeholes suddenly opened like real eyes, showing only pure white within. "Alpha HERO - Mega Mask!" The figure then did a backflip and landed on the ground with a three-point landing.
Alpha HERO - Mega Mask: Quality 1 LIGHT Warrior/Composition ATK:500/DEF:500
Vector laughed at the low stats of this monster. "That weakling won't-" He stopped, remember the rest of what Kohaku said. "...wait, Composition Base?!"
"I think you understand where this is going." Kohaku said. He flipped his coin into the air before catching it, causing his entire body to start glowing. At the same time, Mega Mask tapped his mask, making his eyes flash, and his Soul Towers morphed back into the four Pixel HEROes and Alpha Pixie, Red Hammer and Red Blazer emerging from two more purple portals. "Boku wa, Alpha Pixie, Pixel HERO - Dino Mount, Glyph Edge, Shadow Heart, Brave Blade, Red Hammer, Red Blazer to, Kuoritī Ichi no Alpha HERO - Mega Mask de..." Kohaku's body began to change from the feet up, morphing him into a superhero with dominant red and blue colors, a light green jacket, golden-yellow gloves and boots, red shoulder pads, and a white scarf around his neck, the gold Alphomega coin now embedded in his chest. Kohaku's now-masked face flashed its eyes. "Sūpā Shinajaizu (Super Synergize)!" The five monsters poured their energy into Mega Mask, whose body gained a powerful multi-colored aura. He then pulled off his mask and chucked it into the air, the aura following it. "Kono hachi tai no tamashī o ketsugō shite, yori kyōryokuna atarashī no tamashī ga umareru!" Then, all eight monsters morphed into Soul Towers, but these were much different than normal Soul Towers: They were larger and had fancier, gold-colored holders for the crystals, the crystals themselves now shaped like five-pointed stars. "Sūpā Kōzu Shoukan (Super Composition Summon)!" The new crystals fired beams of yellow light at the mask, filling it with energy and making it spin around. The multi-colored aura turned red and began to become a solid form, becoming ever more humanoid. "Behind the mask is a hero with the power of many millennia!" The mask's spinning came to a stop as the humanoid figure finished forming, then, in completely identical fashion to Mega Mask, the mask quickly attached itself to the figure's face, the figure crossing his arms on impact. The eyeholes once again shot open, and an Alpha drew itself on the chest again, this time in blue. "With the support of all who stand by him... there's nothing that can't be done!" However, this time the hero shot his fists to the sky, causing his formless shape to gain detail: A HERO outfit similar to Red Hammer and Red Blazer, being red with black, though also with a lighter red jacket, black shoes, red-and-black gloves, and a lighter red cape. His hair was blonde, mustache intact, and in his hands, a black and red helmet materialized which he placed over his hair. "Alpha HERO… Wonderful Red!" The Alpha symbol on his chest glowed brightly as the new HERO gave a flurry of punches before shooting to the ground, impacting it with a powerful punch. Pulling his hand from the earth, Wonderful Red stood up confidently, cape billowing in the wind, a hard stare trained on his foe.
Alpha HERO - Wonderful Red: Quality 8 LIGHT Warrior/Composition ATK:2500/DEF:2000 8 Active Soul Towers
"Sugoi!" Zaman cried at the power the new monster was giving off, Vector merely growling and grinding his teeth.
"The strongest heroes know to never give up." Kohaku said. "I have to at least try to fight! Wonderful Red no kouka hatsudo! Once per turn, by deactivating any number of Super Soul Towers, I can Special Summon a Wonder Token for each one!" Wonderful Red rose a hand to the sky, and four of the new Towers shut off. He then swiped his arm, creating four red portals and causing Dino Mount, Glyph Edge, Shadow Heart, and Brave Blade to emerge from them. However, all four of them felt immense power flow through them, and then a smaller, less covering version of Wonderful Red's mask was placed over each of their eyes, all of them getting into a battle stance.
Wonder Token x4: Lv.4 LIGHT Warrior/Token ATK:1500/DEF:0
"Should I be scared of all these weaklings?" Vector asked.
"You definitely should! Alphomega Coin no kouka hatsudo!" A copy of the coin on Kohaku's chest appeared in mid-air. "Because I paid the price to activate it, all monsters I control gain Attack Points equal to the Quality of the strongest Composition Monster on the field multiplied by 200!" The coin cracked and shattered into fragments, imbuing all his monsters with gold energy.
Wonderful Red ATK:4100
Wonder Tokens ATK:3100
"Furthermore, for each other monster I control, Wonderful Red gains 500 MORE Attack Points!" Wonderful Red held his right arm out, and all four Tokens jumped toward it, causing a red glow upon contact with his hand, merging to create a giant fist of energy.
Wonderful Red ATK:6100
"6100 Attack Points?" Vector cried.
"And they're comin' for ya!" Kohaku pointed forward. "Ikuze, Wonderful Red! Attack Lost Soul Chimera!" The red-and-black HERO's eyes flashed behind his mask before he leapt sky-high, staring right at the monstrous creature. "Wonderful Scarlet Strike!" Without warning, the HERO darted out of the sky toward Chimera, shouting as he readied his fist.
Vector seethed. "Lost Consoul Magus Attarrin no kouka hatsudo! While it has at least one active Soul Tower, I redirect your attacks to any monster of my choosing on my field, while also changing my monster's battle position!" Attarrin pointed at Wonderful Red with a laugh, and Twin Tail Token noticed that it was now floating. Realizing what was happening, it was powerless as Attarrin crossed its own arms and flung the worm into the path of the attack, causing it to be utterly SMASHED into the ground.
"A crook like you never plays fair." Kohaku said with narrowed eyes. "I expect no less from bosses. Kaado ichi mai settei. Turn end." His last card appeared on the field.
Lost Soul Chimera quickly regrew its lost tail, the face on the end glaring daggers at Attarrin. "Ore no turn! Draw!" Vector drew his card. "Quick-Play Spell, Consoul Mindlink, hatsudo!" One of his facedowns revealed itself. "This card let's me Special Summon Lost Consoul monsters from my Deck up to the number of active Soul Towers on a Lost Consoul Composition Monster I control!" Attarrin let out another insidious laugh as he rose his arms, his Soul Towers being covered in dark energy. "Lost Consoul D-G Blaster, Nigiosid, Zixfojex, Tokushu Shoukan!" Three more wisps, orange, white, and gray, formed over three of them, raising off of them before being surrounded by junked armor. The orange wisp had its armor result in two guns mounted by its head, the white wisp appeared to grow fists out of its own energy, and the gray wisp had a broken controller being wielded as a hammer.
Lost Consoul D-G Blaster: Lv. 4 DARK Zombie ATK:1950/DEF:150
Lost Consoul Nigiosid: Lv.4 DARK Zombie/Base ATK:0/DEF:1500
Lost Consoul Zixfojex: Lv.8 DARK Zombie ATK:0/DEF:2500
"Now, Equip Magic, Consoul Gauntlet of Power, hatsudo!" An eerie-looking metal glove emerged, which Nigiosid shot its hand through and clenched, causing power to crackle through it. "This card has two effects. The one I choose reduces my monster's Attack and Defense Points to 0 in order to allow me to use one less Material for an Xyz Summon if Nigiosid is used!" The electricity seemed to weaken Nigiosid, but then the glove split in two, covering its other arm.
Lost Consoul Nigiosid ATK:0/DEF:0
"Another Xyz Summon!" Zaman realized.
"Watashi wa Reberu Yon Lost Consoul Nigiosid to Lost Consoul D-G Blaster de Obarei!" Both the wisps turned fully purple before shooting into the air in a spiral. "Ni tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku!" A red spiral portal opened up in the ground, and both his monsters sailed inside. "Ekushiizu Shoukan!" Another blue wisp, much brighter than the others, flared to life and already began taking a humanoid shape, even before black-and-white armor began to attach to its body. Metallic boots, gloves, and a chestplate formed, creating a fully humanoid form with the build of a fighter. "Arawareyo, Lost Consoul Santonshiro!" Armor attached to the head, forming a helmet with a solid blue mask, curved wires coming out the sides. The mask glowed brightly as the creature made the energy from his gloves flare, letting out a loud, echoing yell as two purple Overlay Units orbited him.
Lost Consoul Santonshiro: Rank 4 DARK Zombie/Xyz ATK:2500/DEF:0 2 Overlay Units
"Lost Consoul Nigiosid no kouka hatsudo! When it's used as a Material for an Xyz Summon, I can Special Summon 1 Zombie-Type monster that's Level 4 or lower from my Deck!" The orange wisp reformed on the field, but it merely formed into a large hand, opening to reveal a familiar blue wisp. "Koi, Lost Consoul Sannix!" The orange wisp faded before armor attached to the blue wisp, reforming the spiky-torsoed mechanical zombie.
Lost Consoul Sannix: Lv.4 DARK Zombie ATK:1300/DEF:1200
"Now, Magus Attarrin no kouka hatsudo!" Attarrin snapped its fingers, shutting off one of its towers before cloaking its hand in black energy. "By deactivating one Soul Tower, I an attach one Level 4 or lower monster on either side of the field to an Xyz Monster I control as an Overlay Unit!" Attarrin let out another laugh before firing a bolt of energy at Sannix, converting it into an Overlay Unit and forcing it to orbit Santonshiro. "Now, for the main event. I put Number 64 into Defense Mode!" The creature growled and sat down, crossing its arms and hammer in front of itself.
Number 64 DEF:400
"Now, Lost Soul Chimera, prepare to attack!"
"Nani? But you just switched it into Defense Mode!" Zaman cried.
"Hahahaha, you fool. My monster has the ability to attack while it's in Defense Mode, but it's not just any attack..." Vector widened one of his eyes frighteningly wide. "It's a direct attack!" Zaman recoiled, Kohaku just narrowing his eyes. "Lost Soul Chimera, attack the hero boy directly! KILL HIM!" Growling, Chimera's left claw glowed ominously before it launched its arm toward Kohaku, intent on cleaving him with his claw. "Even if its Attack Points are reduced by half by doing this, it's still more than enough to end you!" He let out a maniacal laugh as the claw bore down on its target.
Number 64 ATK:1600
"...You REALLY don't get me." Kohaku said simply. "Dizzy-kun, lemme show them your power!"
Hearing this, Dizzy smiled before reaching into his pocket, pulling out a silver coin with the Greek letter Alpha on it. "You got it, Kohaku! Show him why you're the Alphomega!" He threw his coin to Kohaku, who caught and gripped it in his hand, the coin giving off a silver glow.
Kohaku's gold coin resonated with the silver coin, and then his own facedown began to glow with silver light. "Trap, hatsudo! Alpha Cyclone!" He pointed forward as the facedown flipped up, unleashing a powerful red cyclone. "If I'm about to take damage, this power redirects the damage to the inflicter!" Chimera's claw was trapped in the wind, the creature roaring in intense pain as the wind battered it. It was eventually forced to pull its arm back, but doing so sent out blades of wind in its direction.
Vector freaked upon seeing the incoming blades. "Trap, hatsudo! Life-Time Reversal!"
"Not happening! Alpha Cyclone also destroys all Magic and Trap Cards controlled by the person who inflicted the damage, and you can't activate them in response, either!"
"Nani?!" The red wind blades sliced and diced his entire backrow, shredding Life-Time Reversal and any other cards that happened to be there to ribbons, before flying toward him. Throwing up his host's arms, the wind swept him off his feet, slicing the essence of Vector directly and making him scream in pain before he landed, hard.
Vector LP:2400
"Yosh! Way to go, Koha-kun!" Dizzy shouted.
"I don't even know what's going on, but this is spectacular." Doc, now back to normal, mused.
"Yeah, spill, Dizzy." Cleo said. "What's the deal?"
Dizzy looked back at them. "...I'm gonna have to tell you later. It's one hell of a long story."
Vector slowly got his controlled body back to its feet, staring through Shido's hair with a violently pissed-off glare, panting heavily. "Kisama... KISAMA!"
"Next time you want a victim, Vector, take note." Kohaku said, pointing at him. "Stay in your own timeline, and let Yuma crush you like a good bug!"
His eye twitching, Vector let out an enraged, distorted roar. "Santonshiro, attack Wonderful Red!" He shrieked, Santonshiro pounding his fist before leaping into the air.
"Attacking with 2500 Attack Points? Have you lost your mind?" Kohaku asked. However, his mind answered him sarcastically. 'What am I thinking, of course he has.'
"Magus Attarrin no kouka hatsudo! By deactivating 2 Soul Towers, one Xyz Monster I control cannot be destroyed by battle this turn!" Attarrin snapped his fingers, causing two of his Towers to shut off. Black energy came from the dulled Towers, flying over to Santonshiro and causing the energy coming from his gloves to darken.
Lost Consoul Magis Attarrin: 3 Active Soul Towers
"Does he not notice the complete Attack Point deficit?" Zaman wondered.
"Santonshiro no kouka hatsudo!" The warrior grabbed one of his Overlay Units and crushed it in his hand, causing his arm to burst into blue flames. "By detaching one Overlay Unit, all of my opponent's monsters are treated as having their original Attack Points until the end of the Damage Step!" Santonshiro then yelled and threw a blue fireball from a punch, the fireball exploding on Kohaku's field and torching all his monsters.
Wonderful Red ATK:2500
Wonder Tokens ATK:1500
"Prepare to lose your best monster! Eternal Inferno Kick!" Holding his arms out to the sides, Santonshiro floated up into the air before charging down like a meteor, his foot engulfed in blue flames.
Kohaku saw the incoming attack, but all he did was shake his head. "It's official. You've lost your head." Wonderful Red narrowed his eyes as his fist glowed red, then he clashed his fist with Santonshiro's foot.
"Don't forget Attarrin's effect." Vector told him with a grin. "Thanks to that, your Wonderful Red will be the only one destroyed. And when he is, Santonshiro's other effect will destroy all other monsters with lower original Attack Points than his!"
"...That assumes he IS destroyed." Kohaku mused. Out of nowhere, Wonderful Red swiped his arm, knocking Santonshiro off balance before socking him right in the chest, knocking him back to Vector's field.
"NANI?!" Vector shrieked.
"You didn't REALLY think it would be that easy, did you? Thanks to Alphomega Coin, the Composition Monster that gave my monsters their new power is indestructible while face-up on the field!" The Alphomega Coin on his chest then glowed brightly, dispelling the flames of Santonshiro's effect and restoring the monsters' power.
Wonderful Red ATK:6100
Wonder Tokens ATK:3100
"Maybe you should have tried going for one of my Tokens."
"He couldn't have, Kohaku. I just checked." Zaman told Kohaku. "Santonshiro can only attack the strongest monster on the opponent's field."
"Huh. Well, never mind then." Kohaku mused. "I actually forgot that Wonderful Red prevents enemy monsters from attacking my Tokens, anyway." He scratched behind his head with a sheepish smile. "What a time to forget that." However, he then smirked at Vector after saying that, making it clear that he didn't actually forget it.
Seeing Kohaku's smirk just pissed Vector off more and more, a loud screech escaping from within his gritted teeth. "I will end you... BOTH OF YOU!" He roared. "I will crush you until there is nothing left on my next turn!"
"That assumes you HAVE a next turn." Kohaku told him, making Vector give a grunting "huh?" in response. "There's nothing else you can do, so..."
"Ore no turn... Draw!" Zaman cut in, drawing his card and smiling when he saw it. "Are you sure you can't see the future yourself, Kohaku?"
"My future may be clouded..." Kohaku said with closed eyes before opening them. "...but his is as clear as crystal."
"This is true as can be. Magic Card, Timeline Split, hatsudo!" As Zaman's card was activated, Medieval Wyvern was surrounded by a glass panel. "This card destroys one Timewarp Monster I control, but in doing so, the monster used as Material is placed in my Event Horizon, gaining Eon Counters equal to that monster's Level!" The panel then shattered, only to reveal another panel that showed Temporal Ouroboros, the snake not moving at all. The shards of the original panel then gathered above it, forming six more panels. "Furthermore, Magic Card, Time Jump, hatsudo! This card immediately gives a monster in my Event Horizon two more Eon Counters!" Two more panels appeared above the snake.
Temporal Ouroboros: 8 Eon Counters
"Ikuze. The Level 2 Temporal Ouroboros with 8 Eon Counters... Past Revolution!" Once again, the images merged together to show Ouroborus spinning... but it was spinning the other way, going in reverse. Instead of turning white like before, the creature began turning black. "An era comes to an end, but one survives wreathed in flames! Come forth to the future, and bring devastation to evil!" Temporal Ouroboros separated from its tail and charged the panel, appearing to become larger and grow arms and legs as the panel was covered by blue light. "Taimuwaapu Shoukan! Emerge... Reberu Fu-roku (Level -6)! Temporal Extinction Rex!" The light faded from the creature that emerged from the panel, only for said creature to destroy the panel with an explosion of flame. A huge, black, purple and red dinosaur stomped the ground with its clawed feet, armor of molten ore covering them. Rocky spikes marred its scaly back like shrapnel, extending into its long, thick tail. Its arms ended in four-clawed hands, and its chest possessed lines of molten veins, the veins spreading from a clock face on the chest. Yellow eyes glowed on the head, a low growl exposing sharp teeth, before the beast let out an earth-shattering, explosion-like roar.
Temporal Extinction Rex: Lv.6 TIME Dinosaur/Timewarp ATK:2800/DEF:2000
"Did he say Level NEGATIVE 6?!" Kohaku, Vector, and Chrono all cried at the same time. Everyone watching gave an equally loud exclamation of awe.
"Timewarp Monsters cross timelines to both futures and pasts. The future holds higher Levels... but the past regresses them to Negative Levels." Zaman explained. "However, these Levels are just as capable of raw power! Extinction Rex no kouka hatsudo!" Letting out a loud roar, Extinction Rex's body became super-heated, its magma armor bubbling. "When this card is Timewarp Summoned, all monsters controlled by the opponent that were Summoned from the Extra Deck are destroyed!"
"Nani?!" Vector cried. The dinosaur leapt into the air with agility that didn't fit its huge body, only to come crashing back down like a burning meteor, impacting the ground and sending out a wave of flames. The flames caught Attarrin, Santonshiro, and Chimera in the blaze, singing their pieces and causing their bodies to deteriorate (Attarrin letting out a pained scream), before explosions rocked his whole field.
"That oughta teach him!" Kohaku cried.
As the smoke began to clear, though, two silhouettes could be seen. One of them was Shido's body, but the other... "Nani?" Zaman cried. The smoke finally cleared to reveal another Twin Tail Token, grinning maliciously at Zaman.
Twin Tail Token: Lv.8 LIGHT Zombie ATK:1600/DEF:800
"I'm... not done yet!" Vector cried, panting heavily. "I was able to Summon another Twin Tail Token... before Chimera was destroyed! And Twin Tail Tokens... cannot be destroyed by card effects!" At that moment, Extinction Rex let out a low growl as its magma armor began to cool, turning into solid rock.
Temporal Extinction Rex ATK:1400
"Heeheeheeheehee, I figured as much. Such an ability to destroy the entire field had to have some kind of drawback." Vector giggled. "I didn't even need to summon this Token. You can't win!"
"This is true: When Extinction Rex's ability is used, its original Attack Points are cut in half." Zaman mused. "But there's one thing that's good to know about drawbacks, Vector."
"And what might that be?"
Zaman gave him a hard stare. "You always bring ways to overcome them!"
"Feh! Ridiculous." Vector scoffed. "Like you'd just so happen to have something like that in your hand."
The timewalker smirked. "True... not my hand. Trap, hatsudo! Future Flash!" His facedown flipped up, making Vector freak upon realizing one was still there. "This card Special Summons a Timewarp Monster with a positive Level from the Graveyard with 800 more Attack Points for one turn! Yomigaere, Temporal Medieval Wyvern!" A wormhole opened up, allowing the armored wyvern to shoot out and soar in the sky before retaking a spot on the field.
Temporal Medieval Wyvern ATK:3200
"No... NO!" Vector whimpered, backstepping. "This cannot be!"
"I'm afraid it is! This boss battle is over!" Kohaku cried, nodding at Zaman.
Zaman nodded back. "Temporal Medieval Wyvern, attack the Twin Tail Token!" Roaring, Medieval Wyvern took to the air, circled around, and dove down, piercing the Token with its lances. The creature's death scream echoed as it exploded, Vector trying to hold off the force of the blast.
Vector LP:800
Vector managed to stay on his feet as the blast died, only for him to hear the sound of footsteps, LOUD ones, getting ever closer. Looking up, Vector's eyes slowly went wide in fear when he saw Extinction Rex looming over him, growling menacingly. "W-Wait! You realize that defeating me will not fix things, don't you?" He cried, his voice having turned almost begging. "You have no way to remove the card from this boy, and even if you did, I've been in here long enough to become one with him! No matter what you do, I will live on in him, and I will have my victory one way or another!"
Zaman gave a loud, frustrated sigh. "Shut up already! You've lost, you insane creature!" He snapped his fingers, and the dinosaur's mouth began to glow before it roared in Vector's face, unleashing a powerful burst of flame as it did. Vector was bathed in the temporal flames, screaming in agony as his influence started to fade, Shido's voice slowly reverting to normal. Eventually, the boy's body merely fell limply to the ground.
Kohaku LP:1300
Zaman LP:2800
Vector LP:0 - LOSER
The buzzer blared, showing Kohaku and Zaman as the winners. Kohaku's friends cheered, looking around at each other to make sure they were all right. As the Augmented Reality began to vanish, Kohaku reverted to his normal form, and Zaman pressed a few buttons on his watch, causing his glove to glow cyan. "He had a point, Zeke." Kohaku said. "How exactly are we gonna save Shido?:
"Simple." Zaman said, pressing a button on his watch. The sound of a distorted clock chime was heard, and time around them slowed drastically until it finally stopped. "I'm going to reverse the flow of time around him. If I'm lucky, I should be able to reverse any damage Vector did to his mind while in him." He pressed another button, causing Shido to glow blue, and the sound of a clock ticking could be heard echoing in reverse. "Hopefully this will reverse the damage done to the timestream as well." Despite time being stopped, Shido lightly groaned as time seemed to go backwards, undoing any minor damages to his body. Zaman looked at Kohaku without breaking his focus, and saw that he looked worried while watching. "...The hero's burden."
"Are?" Kohaku wondered.
"That look on your face. The concern for the innocent ones who get dragged into the fight. That's the hero's burden."
"Yeah... He didn't do anything to deserve this."
"Very few people ever do, Kohaku. But you know what makes you different? That feeling you have right now."
Kohaku looked confused. "But... I thought all the heroes didn't want to get innocents caught in their battles."
"They do, I mean, they don't..." Zaman started to trip over his words, too focused on dealing with Shido to make a proper response. "I mean... I was talking about what makes you different from Vector. As long as you have those feelings, you'll still be a hero, but you can't let those feelings consume you."
The boy just blinked. "You're really confusing me now."
Before Zaman could say anything else, however, a loud stomping sound was heard. The two looked to see that Chrono had landed on the ground before them, and he was glaring daggers at Zaman. "Give me those cards!"
Zaman backed up, keeping one hand trained on Shido. "You really think I'm going to let you have that Number again? After all the hell you've caused?"
"I don't care about the Number!" Chrono growled. "Give me those Timewarp Monsters! The power to cross time in a Deck, that's what I want!"
"Forget it." Zaman replied with narrowed eyes. "A cretin like you with no respect for the mechanics of time could never HOPE to possess them!"
"You wanna bet?" The time Sykonetyk asked, his shoulder pad glowing blue as if he was preparing to attack. As this happened, the temporal reversal around Shido caused the Number to leave his body, floating over to Zaman's grasp.
Chrono gathered blue energy into his hand, but he was stopped by his arm being grabbed. "Chrono, we gotta go!" Ourano, who was the one holding his arm, told him.
Chrono growled, trying to wrench his arm free. "I'm not leaving without those cards!"
"The BOSS said we gotta go!" Ourano told him.
"Tell him he can WAIT!" Chrono then finally pulled his arm free, swatting Ourano's hand away.
Ourano was startled by Chrono's outburst. He could see an unfamiliar look on his eyes, one of irrationality. "Dude, what's gotten into you?" The space Sykonetyk asked. "They're just stupid cards! We don't need those!"
Chrono didn't say anything in response, merely ceasing his planned attack and staring at Zaman. "Mark my words, I WILL make those cards MINE!"
"Good luck with that." Zaman told him bluntly. "The only one who controls their power right now is me... and I certainly have no intention of sharing them with YOU."
Any retort was stopped by Ourano stepping in front of Chrono. "Keep 'em! We got more important things to do!" His own shoulder pad glowed pink as space around them began to distort. Chrono never lost his glare before the distortion teleported them away.
"I'm likely not going to hear the end of that." Kohaku mused.
"Probably not." Zaman replied as he surrounded the Number in a cyan glow, seemingly sealing it within a film of energy. "I guess I should apologize for making him be more of a nuisance for you."
Kohaku sighed. "It's not your fault. He would've been on me like a bad itch eventually. Considering I don't even know how many of them there are, I wouldn't be surprised if they ALL swarmed me at one point."
"I suppose, but he's likely going to use you as a vent for his frustrations since he can't get these." Zaman held up Extinction Rex and Medieval Wyvern as part of his point.
"How did you even get those, anyway?" Kohaku asked.
"I created them. It took technology that exists outside of time itself to make them." Zaman said, Kohaku being surprised that he was a cardmaker as well as a time-traveler. "I hope that one day, perhaps I CAN share this power with my timeline, so I've gone through the different eras to get an understanding of the other Summons. Hopefully, they can help get this right."
"You'll figure it out someday." Kohaku said, making Zaman see that he was smiling again. "I don't know where you come from in time originally, but I wouldn't mind seeing my kids use those cards."
Zaman gave a light laugh. "Thanks. Well, I better get this back to Yuma. If he has it, then it's likely all this will be reverse." He started to head off, but stopped to look back. "Do you...want to see my space outside time?"
"It's tempting... but I think I'll pass." Kohaku replied, looking at his friends. They were still frozen in time, but he was more focused on their smiles. "The world I've got is enough for me."
"Suit yourself. Here." He tossed Kohaku an item, which he caught and saw that it was a strange watch. "If you ever want to talk with someone in the same situation, just press the button."
Kohaku smiled at the watch. "Arigatou."
Zaman nodded, giving a two-finger salute. "Ja ne, Koha-kun." With that, he walked through the time portal, which closed behind him. Time slowly began to flow as normal, and Kohaku went back to his friends, who swarmed him and started badgering him about what had just happened. While this was happening, Shido slowly woke up, sitting up and looking around with confusion, uncertain what he was doing.
Back in his base, Zaman was merely staring up at the ceiling, seemingly looking at nothing. Touko peeked around the corner to see him, noticing the sad smile on his face. "You okay, Zeke?"
"Yeah." Zaman replied, wiping a tear from his eyes. "I guess I just didn't think I'd find a kindred spirit in another time."
Touko walked up to him and smiled at him. "With so many people out there, how could you not?"
"I guess so. Too bad I'm probably not going to see much of him."
He felt his girlfriend's hand on his shoulder. "Maybe not... but you'll never forget him, right?"
He couldn't help but smile back at her. "Yeah... I don't think I could forget him."
*End Flashback* *Back to when Zaman met up with Yuma and Kotori*
"So after that Duel, I set the coordinates for a point in your time after Vector had given out that Number, and found my way here to return it." Zaman concluded.
"Sugee... That sounds like one hell of a mission." Yuma mused.
"I don't know why Yudin-san decided to vent to you, of all people. No offense." Kotori said. "He couldn't have said it to one of his friends or something?"
"No offense taken." Zaman replied. "I guess when you feel overwhelmed, you're willing to talk to anyone just to get it off your chest." The two nodded as Zaman pulled out the card. "If that piece of Vector is still in it," he handed Yuma the card as he said this, "you should take some extra precautions."
"Arigatou." Yuma replied as he took the card. "I'll make sure Astral takes care of it."
"My pleasure to help. Anything to help make up for what I did." Zaman looked to Kotori, almost instinctively giving a light bow. "Gomen."
Kotori smiled at him. "You're doing a good job, Zaman. We appreciate what you've done."
The time-traveler nodded before standing back up. "I just wish I could do more, but this is your fight, Yuma. Though, if you do need any help across the timestream..." He pulled out another copy of the watch he gave Kohaku and tossed it to him. "...don't hesitate to hit that button."
Yuma examined the watch, Byron and Chris looking intrigued by it as well. "What's it do? Call you?"
"Yep. It sends a signal to my base outside of time, and forwards it to me when I'm not busy with other matters. After all, when it comes to time, 'when' is relative."
"Cool! Arigatou!"
"No problem." Zaman checked his own watch. "Well, I'd better be off."
"Yeah, we'll handle things from here. And Zaman?"
"Eh?" Yuma didn't actually say anything to Zaman. He merely gave a thumbs-up with that Tsukumo grin. Zaman smiled back and nodded as a time portal opened up in front of him, and he walked through it, emerging from the other side in front of a computer in the dimension outside time. However, once there, his smile faded, replaced by a serious look. "You'll need all the help you can get, Yuma." He looked up at the monitor, which was showing the image of a young girl Yuma's age, having a very similar hairstyle as him. "You and her both."
Meanwhile, Vector's energy body floated within a small enclosure of energy. He looked at his hand, which had a small flare around it, only for the flare to vanish. He clenched his fist so hard that if he wasn't in energy form at the moment, he might've actually punctured his skin. "The longer I have to wait... the more you will witness my wrath, Tsukumo... I await the day."
*Kohaku's timeline*
Chrono and Ourano teleported into a dark building, Ourano looking relieved. "Man, I thought the boss was gonna make us disappear for this." He said, briefly flashing back to earlier.
*Audio-Only Flashback*
"You IDIOTS! Did you not think of what your actions would do to the timeline?! I warned you not to change history! If the world ends up doomed because of you, I will make certain you regret it! Stay focused on your task, and don't bring other ages into this!"
*End Flashback*
The space Sykonetyk sighed. "We got off REALLY lucky this time." He said, only to get an unexpected response: Chrono punched him right in the arm. "OW! Bro, what was that for?"
"WHY did you pull me away?!" Chrono griped.
Ourano held his arm from the pain. "I didn't have a choice! You know that what the boss says goes!"
"If I had come back with those DAMN cards, it would have been worth it."
"Dude, they're just cards!"
"Just CARDS?!" Chrono yelled, getting in his partner's face. "Did you miss the part where they can safely use Negative Levels? That they fully represent my power over time?!"
"It's a freaking gameplay mechanic, dude!" Ourano shot back. "Just because it used time-like themes doesn't make it any more special than your current Deck!"
Chrono seethed, backing off. "I wouldn't expect you to understand." He groaned. His shoulder pad glowed before a blue portal cracked itself open in front of him. "My Deck is nothing compared to those cards, and I will get them one way or another." He walked through the portal without another word, which closed behind him.
Ourano could only stare at where Chrono used to be, but the look on his face perfectly summed up his worries. "Aw, man... this is definitely not gonna end well. For anyone."
Author-Made Cards
Lost Consoul D-G Blaster
Level 4 DARK Zombie
ATK:1950/DEF:150
If this card is attacked: You can change this card's battle position, and if you do, neither player takes battle damage from this battle.
Lost Consoul Nigiosid
Level 4 DARK Zombie/Base
ATK:0/DEF:1500
If this card is used as material for the Xyz Summon of a Zombie Xyz Monster: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Zombie monster from your Deck. Its effects are negated.
Lost Consoul Zixfojex
Level 8 DARK Zombie
ATK:0/DEF:2500
Effects Currently Unconfirmed
Alpha HERO - Mega Mask
Quality 1 LIGHT Warrior/Composition
ATK:500/DEF:500
1 Level 1 Base + 4 monsters in your Graveyard
Effects Currently Unknown
Alpha HERO - Wonderful Red
Quality 8 LIGHT Warrior/Composition
ATK:2500/DEF:2000
1 "Alpha HERO" Base Composition Monster + 1+ (max. 7) monsters in your Graveyard, including exactly 1 "Pixel HERO - Red Blazer"
Gains 500 ATK for each monster you control other than this card. Once per turn: You can deactivate 1 of this card's materials; Special Summon as many "Wonder Tokens" (Warrior/LIGHT/Level 4/ATK 1500/DEF 0) as possible. Monsters your opponent controls cannot target Tokens you control for attacks.
Lost Consoul Santonshiro
Rank 4 DARK Zombie/Xyz
ATK:2500/DEF:0
3 Level 4 "Lost Consoul" monsters
This card can only attack the monster your opponent controls with the highest ATK. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; the ATK and DEF of all monsters on the field become their original ATK and DEF. If this card destroys a monster by battle: Destroy all monsters your opponent controls with less original ATK than this card.
Temporal Extinction Rex
Level -6 TIME Dinosaur/Timewarp
ATK:2800/DEF:2000
1 Level 2 "Temporal" monster
When this card is Timewarp Summoned: You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls that were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, but if you do, halve this card's original ATK. Rest of Effects Unconfirmed
Alphomega Coin
Normal Spell Card
Send 1 monster you control to the Graveyard; if you Composition Summon a "Alpha HERO" Composition Monster this turn, all monsters you control gain ATK equal to the highest Quality on the field x 200, also that Composition Monster cannot be destroyed (by battle or by card effect) this turn.
Consoul Mindlink
Quick-Play Spell Card
If you control a "Lost Consoul" Composition Monster: Special Summon a number of "Lost Consoul" monsters from your Deck in Attack Position, up to the number of active Composition Materials that monster has, but if you do, those monsters cannot change their battle positions until your opponent's next End Phase.
Consoul Gauntlet of Power
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a "Lost Consoul" monster. Activate 1 of the following effects:
* Reduce the equipped monster's ATK/DEF to 0, and if you do, the next time you would Xyz Summon using this card as a material, you can use 1 less Xyz Material than required.
* Effect Unknown
Timeline Split
Normal Spell Card
Destroy 1 Timewarp Summoned monster you control; place its Timewarp Material Monster into your Event Horizon, and if you do, place a number of Eon Counters equal to either the destroyed monster's Level (if positive) or the destroyed monster's Level multiplied by -1 (if negative).
Time Jump
Normal Spell Card
Place 2 Eon Counters on 1 monster in your Event Horizon.
Alpha Cyclone
Counter Trap Card
If you would take damage while you control an "Alpha HERO" monster: Your opponent takes that damage instead, then destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls. Your opponent cannot active cards or effects in response to this card's activation.
Future Flash
Normal Trap Card
Special Summon 1 Timewarp Monster with a positive Level from your Graveyard, and if you do, it gains 800 ATK. Send it to the Graveyard during the End Phase.
Vile: Plot twist (for anyone not on YCW)! Timewarp Monsters can possess Negative Levels!
Kohaku: ...You really do have a soft spot for Dark Synchro Monsters, don't you?
Vile: You could tell? I always felt they were underused, honestly. Yes, I know, Negative Levels are essentially the precursor to Ranks (hence why Negative Level Timewarps are actually power-scaled according to equivalent Ranks), but in a way, I still have a soft spot for that mechanic.
Yuma: That Chrono guy sounds like a real basket case!
Kohaku: Yeah, I'm not looking forward to meeting him in the actual fic. It's gonna be one heck of a clash.
Vile: That it will, Kohaku, but it'll come in due time. Whenever that time is, I have no idea, because I'm way off from it. If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me! Hopefully you enjoyed my 100th story, even if it wasn't that glamorous! IDK when my next work will come out, but when the time comes, I'll see ya! Ja ne for now!
Computer Voice: Vile, logging out.