Synopsis: Da Dan appears once again and challenges the young ace to a fight. After that, Gao's real intentions are slowly revealed...
OP: Undead.
In Hou's neighborhood, Da Dan & Hou are about to face off with Gao spectating them. The two's eyes glare at each other & Lightning & confidence The music is getting intense.
Gao: Hold it right there.
Both: HUH?
Hou: {Bratty} Now What? Can you please stop ruining some moments!!!
Gao: Sorry Sorry. I know. But dudes, you can't buddyfight here. We're in a neighborhood. You don't want to disturb some people.
Hou: Okay but what are we supposed to do? I don't have my stage activator and all.
Da Dan: Yeah me too.
Gao: Which is why I have this.
Gao holds out the black skull and...
Gao: Darkness Barrier. (Throws it) ACTIVATE!!!
The dragon is summoned and surrounds a dark ball. The dargon breeds fire at it and the ball slowly expands and eventually wraps around a shocked Hou &Garga, Gao & even a shocked Da Dan!!!
The Barrier, from 360 degree view, is a dimension itself is composed of a main arena, lined with a symmetrical pattern composed of 3 eyes, with the standard platforms for both the players and the monsters they summon to stand on during the Buddyfight and 2 large skulls at the sides which have paths that lead to an area called the "Skull Pit" where spectators in the dimension can observe and communicate with the fighters.
Hou & Garga appear on one side of the stage and so did Da Dan as it appears on the other side.
Hou: What is this place?
Garga: I don't know...
Da Dan: Hmmm....{spots a skull in horror} Is that a...a skull???
While Da Dan screams Mummy on the other side with fear, Hou & Garga watches him in awkward. To them, they believed "I thought he liked scary stuff..." But then an orb appears and shows Gao in it.
Hou: What's the meaning of this?
Gao: Welcome to the Darkness Barrier. Don't ask I how I got it but once it's activated, it will deactivate when a buddyfight is over.
Hou: Oh...Are you sure this is safe?
Gao: Trust me. It will be. Now Come On. Start the match.
Hou: A deity's dragon brigade linking all worlds into one. Luminize, Dradeity...ACE.
Da Dan: Dragonblood Sect, gather under the Great Da Dan. Luminize. Deadly...Nightmare!!!
Gao: Buddy...FIGHT!!!
Both: Raise the flag. Dragon World!!!
Gao: Since Da Dan just intrude, he'll be going first.
Da Dan: Hehe. Great Idea. Draw. Charge & Draw. I cast. Dragonic Charge Plus.
Da Dan's Gauge: 5.
Da Dan: I pay 3 gauge & I buddycall Deadly Eyes to the center.
Deadly Eyes: (Appears) My crimson eye is a sign of loss.
In the skull pit, Gao looks at the match with his arms crossed and his expression stern.
Gao: So this is Deadly Eyes huh...
Batzz: He doesn't look so tough.
Da Dan: I call Death Volts to the right & left.
Death Volts: (Appears) You're going down.
Da Dan: Now I equip. Bloody Emblem.
A dragonblood sect emblem appears above Da Dan's right glove.
Hou: A new item & new monsters?
Garga: Interesting.
Da Dan: Deadly Eyes. Attack the fighter.
Deadly Eyes shoots the latter and it hits.
Hou's Life: 10 -> 7
Da Dan: And now my turn is over. Now Do Your Worst, Hou. I'm waiting.
Hou: Draw. Charge & Draw. I buddycall Garga to the right.
Garga: (Appears) All are powerless before my blade.
Da Dan: {Malicious} Hehehe. I knew you would do that.
Hou: Huh?
Da Dan: Deadly Eyes's effect. Brainwash Garga.
Deadly Eyes's ability is active and Garga is under his control. Hou is prepared to cast switch mode...
Da Dan: Uh Uh Uh. Bloody Emblem's effect.
The emblem glows red and suddenly, Hou's spell is blocked with red energy surrounding it.
Hou: Huh What The!!!
Da Dan: With Bloody Emblem's effect, my opponent cannot use spells during attack phase.
Hou: WHAT?
Garga: Hou...Help (Forced to attack) Me...
Garga was forced to attack Deadly Eyes but it did not hit.
Da Dan: And further, my cards's defense increases by 10000. Meaning Garga's attack won't hit. And therefore...
Deadly Eyes counterattacks.
Garga: Sorry Hou. (Destroyed)
Hou: GARGA!!!
Da Dan: Hehehe. I'm not the same as last time. Due to the two Death Volt's effect, you must discard two cards from your hand.
Hou reluctantly does so, much to his dismay.
Gao: Oh wow. It's quite impressive as a combo.
Batzz: Heh. That's a cheap way to win.
Da Dan: Now I cast. Infinite Phantom. I gain 2 life
Gao: Say what? Now Da Dan has 13 life?
Batzz: HA. BIG NUMBERS DOESN'T MEAN BIG ADVANTAGE.
Hou: Can't do anything in my current state. My turn is now over.
Da Dan: Hehehe. Like I said, you being defeated by Gao means it's easy to beat you. Draw. Charge & Draw. Deadly Eyes, Get Him.
Deadly Eyes shoots him.
Hou's Life: 7 -> 4
Deadly Eyes: Double attack.
Hou: I Cast Green Dragon Shield.
Gao: He survived...but...
They both reduced his life points to 3.
Da Dan: My turn is over.
Gao: Oh Man...Da Dan's quite good so to speak.
Batzz: Meh, I've seen better. Like I said, cheap way to win.
Gao: Maybe, but let's see what Hou's going to do.
Da Dan: In case you must know, Bloody Emblem also blocks my monsters from being destroyed by effects. You can't do anything now can you? Hahaha.
Hou: We'll see about that. Draw. Charge & Draw. I equip Gargasabre. (Does So) And I cast, Dragod Shine. I move two Gargas from my dropzone to my hand. Obviously, I call one.
Garga: (Appears) I rise up once more.
Da Dan: Hehehe. If you want to be controlled so badly then just say it. Deadly Eyes!!!
Deadly Eyes controls Garga once again.
Garga: Not again...Ergh.
Hou: Gargasabre's ability activate. (Pays 1 gauge & sword glows) G-EVO once more. Change. Gargantua Blade Mage.
Garga struggles to G-EVO but he manage to do so. Garga changes to Blade Mage in response.
Garga: I am the deity of mages. Gargantua Blade Mage.
Da Dan: Huh??? Say what?
Gao: Smart Move!!!! With Gargasabre equipped, Hou can finally G-EVO. However, it doesn't change the fact that Deadly Eyes still has 20000 defense. And he can't use spells to destroy him.
Hou: Cast. Gar-Oracle. (Increases resources) I draw 2 cards. And...
Garga: I destroy Deadly Eyes. (Paints Deadly Eyes on a palette and let it glow)
Deadly Eyes loses a soul.
Da Dan: Wait what?
Hou: Spells can't destroy. But Abilities Can.
Da Dan: NO WAY!
Gao: {Freaks out} Oh Snap!!! 200 IQ PLAY.
Hou: Now I cast. Gar-Cmon!!! From the dropzone, High Spirits Garcat.
Garcat: (Appears) Oh Yeah. Dummy Cat Rules.
Hou: I (Draws) draw a card and Blade Mage's ability once more.
Deadly Eyes loses a soul.
Da Dan: Ergh...
Hou: Now I cast. Dragonic Charge Plus.
Gao: Woah. Garga's destroying Deadly Eyes without even trying.
Hou: And now I cast, Dragon Crush.
Bloody Emblem is Out???
Da Dan: WHAT THE?
Hou: Should have done it earlier but who cares. Your item is blocking my way, so I'm taking my chance to destroy it. Garga!!!
Garga destroys Deadly Eyes once more.
Garga: And now his soul is empty. What's next?
Hou: Attack him of course. Garcat, Join in.
Both: Okay!!!
The two cards link attack and successfully Destroys Deadly Eyes.
Da Dan: NO DEADLY EYES!!!
Hou: You think just because I lost to Gao means I lost my way? Hardly. I used my loss as a springboard to get myself back into the game. Even though I regained my spark, I'm not the type to just sit there and do nothing.
Garga: Indeed.
Gao: Now that's the Hou Ren I admire.
Hou: Okay Enough Talk. It's Show Time.
Garga activates his effect...
Garga & Hou: BLADE MAGE....BLASTER. (FIRES)
Da Dan: (Hit) AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Da Dan's Life: 13 -> 8
Hou: Garga. Revert.
Garga: (Reverts) Here I go. (Attacks)
Da Dan: No Way. Cast. Blue Dragon Shield.
Hou: (Hits Da Dan) Gargasabre.
Da Dan: OWWW!!!
Da Dan's Life: 8 -> 6
Hou: Cast. Gargantua Again.
Da Dan: Say what???
Garga stands and attacks once more. This time, he hits Da Dan. Leaving him at 1 life.
Hou: Final Phase.
Da Dan: DAH!!! OH NO!!!!
Hou: Cast. Deity Gargantua Punisher!!!
Impact Sequence....
Hou: IMPACT.....DEITY....GARGANTUA....PUNISHER!!!!
Da Dan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Da Dan loses the game...and the barrier returns everyone to where they once were.
Gao: Game End. Winner. Teng Hou Ren.
Hou: (Pulls A Gao) Alright. Thank you very much.
Gao: Uh isn't that my thing? But who cares.
Da Dan: (Defeated in shock) I can't believe it...I lost again...I thought with my new powers I would win....{Freaking Out} THIS MUST BE SOME KIND OF MISTAKE!!!!
Batzz: {Annoyed} Ugh...Can't he take a loss with honor?
Garga: Yes, even I agree.
Batzz: You know what?
Garga: Hmmm?
Batzz: I admit. You & Hou aren't so bad. I congratulate you, Oh Great Deity of Combat.
Garga: Barlbatzz...{smiles}
Da Dan: Ergh....(Gets back up) REMATCH RIGHT NOW. FIGHT ME AGAIN. YOU JUST GOT LUCKY!!!
Garga: Can you no....
Batzz suddenly stops him, which Garga responds with "Huh?".
Batzz: Let Me.
Batzz steps forward and as everyone watches in curiosity, he "ahems" himself and....
Batzz: GET OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTT!!!!!
With that loud yell, everyone covers their ears and Da Dan gets blown away so hard that he flies away while yelling "Whyyyyyyyy". He manages to land on his butt and he gets up running away while saying "I'll get you for this".
Hou: Glad he's gone.
Gao: Yep...Alright, shall we?
Hou: Yep.
The group take a bus and together, they travel to a mountain. Despite it's quite a long climb, they manage to reach the top and outcomes the same stone shrine. The two buddies can't believe it as they seen it with their own eyes.
Gao: I can tell you're surprised. During tour, I stumbled upon this place unexpectedly. I was shocked so I told my friends about it, but no one knew what this place is actually.
Hou: And?
Gao: I asked my mentor about it. And according to his research, this shrine is one of the singularity points that connects Buddyfight to Earth. It has immense power and every 10 years, it awakens to those who are true buddies. Or at least that's what I heard of.
Garga: Incredible...
Gao: And If there's one thing I cannot hide, it his how Batzz evolved into Thunder Emperor Warlord, Barlbatzz Dragoroyale.
Hou: That's How?
Batzz: And after that, We dominated our opponents with that same power. Heh. It was so fun using it.
Hou: Okay but that doesn't explain why we're here. Am I here to prove myself or what?
Garga: Yes, My Buddy has a point.
Gao: Close but to be honest, that time I had no idea how this power awakened. Sure we did prove ourselves, but it feels like a hidden trigger. But anyways, the real reason why We came here is I want to have some alone time with you.
Hou: Okay...
Gao: And before that, the reason why I asked you to fight was to see for myself if you are worthy of hearing what is what. And as a matter of fact, you are.
Garga: So then why is it that you want to talk here?
Gao: I know how it feels when you lost your friend.
Hou: Huh?
Gao: Like you, I lost a few friends of mine as they too turn evil. And if we're talking about now, 3 days ago, your friend Ranma came to Tasuku.
Hou & Garga: HUH?
Gao: He travelled all the way back to Malaysia secretly and asked Tasuku on how to help you "regain your spark". Tasuku that day was also puzzled and unexpectedly, that's when I came in.
Hou: {Flabbergasted} Wait wait wait. You're telling me. All of this....was Ranma's Idea the whole time???
Gao: Not necessarily. When I video called Tasuku that day, he told me everything. That's when I encouraged to help out. I figured the only way to regain your spark is to fight you. And boy Ranma was like {Pretend to freak out} "WHY DIDN'T I THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE"!!!
Hou: Ranma...
Gao: Other than that, I came to Malaysia because I heard about you and want to meet you in person. Let's just say Ranma's favor is like adding icing onto the cake.
Garga: You really went all out that's for sure. But thanks to you, My Buddy has regained his spark. So I'm grateful.
Gao: Glad to help. Aside from that, I'll tell you one secret. The Deity Gargantua Punisher you own right now. I used to own it too.
Hou & Garga: WHAAA????
???: It's true.
A familiar voice comes out, catching their attention. It's Tasuku & Jack as they just came in.
Hou & Garga: Commissioner!!!
Hou: What are you?
Tasuku: I was passing by. But never mind that. What Gao said is true. He was the second owner of the Punisher card before you. He got it from me so to speak.
Hou: Then shouldn't I...
Gao: No No No No No. Gargantua Punisher is yours now. After all, it's evolved and it makes you it's rightful heir, does it not?
Hou: Oh...
Garga: Just one question. How did the Gargantua Punisher card end up in Hou's hands? I know he found it on a street but still.
Gao: Well...about that...I sorta dropped it during tour one time...
Everyone else are stunned & awkward. Crickets are chirping...
Tasuku: {Annoyed} Gao...
Gao: Sorry...I know. And the wind sort of blew the card away again and again and it sort of landed at where you found it...
Hou: Unbelievable...
Tasuku: But nevertheless, the card is yours now and promise us no matter what, you will take good care of it.
Hou: I will. I promise.
Everyone else smile. And together they look into the sunset as it shines gold in the sky. The wind moves past Tasuku's suit, Gao's Cape & Hou's New Short-Sleeve Hoodie. Yeah in this season, he retains his wrist wraps & trousers but wears a new blue-white hoodie with an "A" sign behind it.
Tasuku: It's funny. I never thought all three of us, being owners of Gargantua Punisher, would gather in a place like this.
Hou: Yeah. I bet my friends will be really jealous if they are nearby.
Gao: Haha. Bet.
Hou: But I have a question...Is it even possible to be like you guys?
Jack: What do you mean?
Hou: I won the playoffs. I am the Ace of Games. But is this all I can do? Like is this it for me?
Garga: Hou...I think I know what you mean. You told me once that you want to "be able to do anything". You want to "surpass your limits". You want to be..."universal".
Gao: Universal Huh? I like that word. You know...I'll give you this piece of advice: Keep your head up high just like you did in the playoffs. Believe in yourself and all of your dreams will come true.
Hou: Really?
Tasuku: I agree. Hou, you are more than just yourself. You're no ordinary buddyfighter so to speak. I see potential in you the moment we first met. And I was right. You overcame many opponents. Learned from your mistakes. And even when you fall, you always get back up.
Hou: I have?
Garga: Resilience is in your nature. And they're right. You also helped those in need. Reaching your hand out non-stop, even to those who don't need it. All you need to do now is to Lift up your head and look towards the endless sky.
Hou: Garga...
Garga: You have a heart made of gold and I admire it greatly. I know I've said this once and I'll it again: As your buddy, I want to help make your wish come true. (Reaches Out) What do you say?
Hou is surprised, but he smiles afterwards and takes his hand. All of the sudden, Garga suddenly glows gold and so did the shrine. Everyone's shocked.
Hou: Garga???
Gao: Could this be?
Tasuku: Incredible...
As Garga glows bright, he feels power surging through him and all of the sudden, he transforms into something new...
Hou: So this is your new power...
Everything then flashes white....
ED: Pleasure Strides By Milky Holmes
Preview:
Hou: A student council president of my school can use any deck with ease? How is this possible? Next time, "Ace of Perfection". Join us for a buddyfight.
Story End.