Part 2: 02x22 - Mission: Astral World, Part 3

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Last time on "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal..."

Huh?

Whoa!

Is that Astral World?

Quinton and Kite did it! They got me here!

Astral!

All right! I found you at last!

Now I'm busting you out of here. So let's get going!

You are not going anywhere.

You're...

I am the Guardian of Astral World.

Those that I protect call me Eliphas.

Let us duel. Let's duel.

I summon New Order Etheric Maahes!

This guy doesn't quit!

He keeps powering up his monsters!

att*ck Utopia Ray Victory!

Whoa!

Barian World?

Yes.

What is important is for you to fully realize

everything about your true self.

Vector! Vengeance will be mine!

This I promise!

I will get payback for my sister!

Prepare to strike! Show no mercy!

Forward! Victory is ours!

Now go, Etheric Maahes!

att*ck Utopia Ray Victory!

No! Astral!

♪♪

♪ Still together as one ♪

♪ 'Cause divided we're none ♪

♪ Ready to go, we feel the flow ♪

♪ So don't stand in our way ♪

♪ You know we ain't afraid ♪

♪ This is our time, we're in control ♪

♪ If I trip up today

♪ You just wipe it away

♪ And all of my fears are gone, erased ♪

♪ Let us tear down the walls ♪

♪ 'Til the final night falls ♪

♪ The bonds of our souls can't be replaced ♪

♪ Let us fight together

♪ Regret it never

♪ Our dreams will be

♪ Halfway to forever

♪ Our light comes shining through ♪

♪ Reach down deep

♪ b*at defeat

♪ Do all that we can do ♪

♪ Halfway to forever

♪ We've got nothing to lose ♪

♪ Keep breathing

♪ Believing

♪ Halfway to forever ♪

(thinking) I'm done for.

Astral, what-- Kuri, Kuri!

That's it!

(roaring)

I activate Rainbow Kuriboh's special ability!

Kuri!

Rainbow Kuriboh equips on to your Etheric Maahes,

and Maahes can no longer att*ck!

You are only delaying your defeat.

Huh.

We'll see about that Eliphas,

'cause Utopia Ray Victory's att*ck points

are all powered up again.

Relying on your Number for victory...is quite foolish.

Since my turn has ended,

Etheric Sebek and Horas return to being Overlay Units.

(thinking) I gotta figure out a plan to b*at this guy,

or else Astral and I are done for.

(crying)

Here.

You better eat something.

So, what's your name?

Iris.

This is unreal.

She looks just like my sister.

If I didn't now better,

I'd say she was trying to send me a sign.

And even though she's not here with me,

she's always by my side.

(thinking) I promise to protect you, Iris.

I won't let you down like I did my sister.

Let's go!

(yelling)

Aah!

(horse whinnies)

Vector!

Hyah!

Vector's whole army is down in that valley.

Now is our chance, Your Highness.

One final att*ck and victory is ours!

You led us to this point.

We're ready to finish this battle once and for all.

We're at your command, Your Majesty.

Here, here. You are the king


You have our loyalty. At your service, Sire.

All right.

I'll let you know what actions to take shortly.

(all) Yes, Sire!

We don't have a choice.

We can defeat Vector and his army if we strike now.

There will be massive casualties on both sides,

but that is a sacrifice we must be willing to make.

I need time to think.

(thinking) Even if I win the battle and defeat Vector,

my people will suffer.

And it will be all my fault.

Reginald.

Rio.

This is our past, Reginald.

Our distant past.

Yes, I know.

I know you better than anyone else,

so even though you can hide

your emotions from the others,

you cannot fool me.

I know you are wrestling with your thoughts.

I know how troubled you are at this moment.

Rio, I...

I just don't know what to do.

You are a good person, and you want what's best,

and that makes some choices painful.

It must be nice to be so dumb

that you don't have any worries at all,

like someone I know.

You mean Yuma?

But I...

I have all these other memories that keep surfacing.

Like Dumon says, we've led two different lives.

That's true.

In this life, your decisions affected many.

You were the one who decided the fate of this world.

And you're deciding that destiny right now.

Just remember that I'm always at your side.

There's a way to end this w*r

without taking heavy casualties,

and it all rests on my shoulders

Vector!

What?

What do you mean Nash is missing?

Sir, the emperor and his horse are gone.

He must've gone after Vector alone.

Huh?

Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

This is the labyrinth where I dueled Abyss!

Hey, Vector!

We don't need our armies to battle this out!

Let's settle this ourselves, just you and me!

All right, Nash.

You're on!

(laughing)

Ta-da!

Vector.

To think you came all this way to lose.

(laughing)

Since you were the one who choose where we battle,

I think I should be the one to decide how we battle.

Fine.

So let's make it a Shadow Duel!

This Shadow Duel is gonna be tons of fun!

So these stone tablets function as cards.

I'm gonna make you regret you challenged me to a duel!

(laughing) We'll see.

Let's duel! Let's duel!

I go first.

I draw!

First, I summon Gorgonic Ghoul!

And next, I think I'll summon a second Gorgonic Ghoul!

When there's already a Gorgonic Ghoul on my field,

I can bring out another one for just life points.

So now, I summon a third Gorgonic Ghoul!

I was never one to follow the rules,

so I activate Breaking the Norm!

I can summon a monster with the same level

onto my field from your deck!

So instead of just using my monsters to take you down,

I'll use one of yours as well!

You'll use one of mine!?

Let's see. How about...

this one.

I summon Mermaid Shark!

Why would he just leave?

I hope he's okay.

I have to find him!

I place two stone tablets facedown and end my turn.

It's my move then!

And with it, I promise to crush you and your monsters!

(laughing)

Starting...right now!

I summon Spear Shark!

And that also lets me summon Silent Angler!

And to keep it company,

I summon a second one from the deep!


Spear Shark, time to att*ck!

Take out his Gorgonic Ghoul!

Bad move, my friend!

I'm activating the trap Gorgonic Temptation!

My Gorgon entrances your little guppy

so that it'll att*ck a different monster,

like your Mermaid Shark!

That doesn't change anything!

My Spear Shark's got way more att*ck points!

(laughing)

You don't understand how a Shadow Duel works, do you?

What?

I'm so happy to educate you!

(shouting)

We must save the emperor.

att*ck the enemy!

(shouting)

Hold on. Who gave the orders to att*ck?

They shouldn't be fighting.

Well, they are, and their destiny rests in your hands.

This is a Shadow Duel, Nash.

We're the ones who control what happens.

Our duel determines the fate of our armies,

and you're the one who made it happen!

Uhh!

You're more than just a leader now!

You're the man who unknowingly started a worldwide w*r!

But why?

Why did you have to drag others into our fight, Vector?

You know why.

Caring for others is your greatest weakness.

(laughing) And I love seeing you tortured and tormented because of it!

(laughing)

Vector!

Back to our battle.

So I'll I activate Disaster Conspiracy!

All your monsters, including the ones in your deck

that are stronger than Mermaid Shark, are destroyed.

And since Mermaid Shark only had a measly att*ck points,

all your fish are finished!

No!

My monsters, destroyed.

It's a dead end.

(shouting)

I place one stone tablet facedown and end my turn.

Now I draw.

Uhh!

Let's start off with Gorgonic Cerberus!

I activate Gorgonic Cerberus' special ability!

All my monsters become Level Three monsters!

I overlay my Level Three Gorgonic Cerberus and ghoul!

With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network

and Xyz Summon Gorgonic Guardian!

But why stop here?

Two Gorgonic Guardians are better than one!

I Xyz Summon Gorgonic Guardian number two!

Here comes a world of pain!

att*ck Nash directly!

Aah!

Aah!

(laughing)

Nash, this is more fun than I ever imagined!

Aah!

Fire!

Huh?

Aah!

When I destroy you, your army will be destroyed, too!

(laughing)

Don't bet on it, Vector.

I will not fall to you, and neither will my army.

(growling)

My turn!

I draw!

I activate Gazer Shark's special ability!

When it's in the graveyard, I can use it to Xyz Summon.

I overlay two Level Five Gazer Sharks!

No way!

With these new monsters,

I build the Overlay Network.

I Xyz Summon Number , Abyss Splash!

I activate Abyss Splash's special ability!

By using one Overlay Unit, it doubles its att*ck points!

Abyss Splash, att*ck!

Ugh.

I activate Gorgonic Guardian's special ability!

By using one Overlay Unit Abyss Splash

loses all its special abilities and att*ck points.

Not if I activate the trap Overlay Wedge!

Overlay Wedge stops Gorgonic Guardian's special ability.

And don't think you can use your other monster's special abilities,

because Overlay Wedge stops them, too!

Oh, no!

You lose, Vector.

Hyah!

Abyss Splash, att*ck Gorgonic Guardian!

By b*ating me, you think you've won?

You've already lost. You just don't realize it yet!

Aah!

It's over.

Uhh.


My men.

Iris.

Iris!

(crying) I didn't win anything.

Iris, say something, anything.

I brought this on.

I'm the one to blame for all of this...destruction.

Aah!

Huh?

They are going to Barian World.

There they will live as Barians.

Rio. Dumon.

This w*r. I remember.

This was all part of my life before.

You mean our life.

Now do you see?

Do you understand why you became the leader of the Barians?

All their souls went to Barian World.

And you, as a true leader, will not abandon your people.

Those souls. Those innocent souls.

Reginald.

I'm a...Barian.

Who would've guessed it?

Yuma?

Astral?

Kite?

Who would've guessed

that the leader of their enemies was...me?

I can't let him win this.

There's no way I can lose this duel!

All right.

I know the deck Astral and I built

is not gonna let me down.

My turn!

I draw!

The energy level is increasing!

Increasing?

But why is that happening?

Something catastrophic could be occurring on Astral World.

Huh? There must be a way to stop it.

There isn't.

And it's going to destroy the teleporter.

No! No!

I activate the spell card Xyz Treasure!

I draw one card from my deck

for every Xyz Monster on the field!

That means I get to draw two cards.

I'm gonna get you out of there, Astral,

I promise.

Hyah!

Ha ha!

I activate... Stealth Strike!

By cutting Utopia Ray Victory's att*ck points in half,

it can soar past your monsters and att*ck you directly!

That means...

If our monsters don't battle each other,

Rank Domination's effect doesn't activate!

That will not happen.

I activate the trap Rank Wall!

Since my monster's Rank is higher than yours,

the trap Rank Wall creates a seal of protection

and ends the battle.

So your att*ck is futile.

What?

I thought for sure that I had him b*at.

Time to figure out Plan B.

At least I have Utopia Ray Victory's att*ck points

back at full strength.

Your end is at hand.

Witness the ultimate power that I possess.

A power so potent that it has never been revealed

until this very moment.

Cower at my Rank Xyz Monster!

A Rank ?

(thinking) How can I b*at something I never even knew existed?

♪♪