Distant Worlds: Shards of Harmony (uncut and extended.)

The early morning rays shone down upon Solaire's face, wincing at the brightness he slowly woke up and sat himself up upon the bed. He scanned his surroundings and found himself alone in Tia's bedroom as he looked around he heard a soft tingling of water from a shower in the next room.

“Huh? When did I get this?” Solaire exclaimed, lifting a small silver chain with a small ornate white sword hanging from it. He wasn't sure what to make of the chain, but he assumed Tia must of put it on him while he slept.

He looked towards the white digital clock on the bed stand, blinking 5:30 am. Solaire recalled that was roughly the time the sun usually rose, getting out of bed and getting ready he couldn't help but smirk as he recalled his shirt being ripped apart by Tia the previous night.

“I'm glad to see your up this early.” Tia greeted as she entered the room, bathed in nothing more than the morning sunlight. “Do you like your chain?” Tia asked warmly, “Consider it something to remember our wonderful night together. Just promise me one thing...”

“Hmm...what?” Solaire asked a little confused.

“Don't take that pendant off no matter what happens.” Tia pleaded, Solaire didn't know what to make of her request but for her sake he agreed. Tia smiled brightly and kissed him, “By the way, I left my number in your pocket if you want to call me if you find out anything more about these disappearances...or some more...fun.”

“I'll definitely be calling you again Tia, but as much as I would love to stay with such a wonderful woman such as yourself I'd best be going. I've got see if I can talk some sense into someone.” He explained.

“I see...I wish you the best of luck Solaire, just be careful.” Tia said solemnly, before kissing him goodbye. Solaire soon found himself outside the large apartment building, he wasn't sure of what to make of Tia but he would definitely be calling back on her.

The early morning sun shone down brightly upon Solaire, he couldn't help but feel that the sun seemed to shine a bit brighter for whatever reason. Solaire just shrugged it off as he walked out of the apartment gardens.

Tia watched him leave from her apartment window, she remained silent but she was certain Solaire would be instrumental in something she felt would happen to him. She wasn't sure why but she let out a small mischievous smirk, it would well worth the effort to keep him around.

“I do believe my dear sister and student would like to know what's going on here.” Tia muttered to herself letting out a giggle.

“Master is it wise to trust that woman?” Number 107 asked, it's voice speaking directly into Solaire's mind, “There is something foreign about her master, she is like myself and does not belong to this world...” Solaire just stopped in mid-step before answering.

“I know, there is something ethereal about her and if there is something strange going on she'll soon attract it's attention, much like we will.” He explained, “If that's going to the case it'll be worth keeping an eye on her.”

“Your determined to get to the bottom of all this are you?” The dragon replied, as it considering Solaire's words. “As you wish then...” The voice vanished into the depths of Solaire's mind. Solaire broke into a run, if he was going to talk some sense into Jay he was damned well going to need a new shirt...

Jay was one of his oldest and closest friends, seeing him change for the worse sent shivers down his spine. He normally wouldn't let something like that unnerve him, but something about it all felt unnatural which was something he and Silent both agreed on. He was sure to check upon him after he dealt with Jay.

Speaking of Jay there he was now...

In front of Solaire was a young man, sporting brown hair and blue eyes which seemed to have a more grey and lifeless look about him. His normally relaxed expression was distorted into an angry and annoyed expression.

“Oi Jay! Hold up a second!” Solaire shouted, Jay just glanced in Solaire's direction and frowned in annoyance.

“What the fuck do you want? I thought I told you and Silent not to bother me again!” Jay warned him, Solaire just let out an exasperated sigh.

“Jay what the fuck is wrong with you lately!?” Solaire asked, “What the hell has gotten into you? Your not normally like this with us!” Solaire couldn't help but hear a low growl from the back of his mind, but he ignored it for the moment.

“Me!? What about you? All you and Silent have done is interfering with my life. I don't need you or anyone judging me!” Jay accused before sucker punching Solaire in the stomach. Winded and wincing in pain, Solaire fell to his knees and looked up at Jay with an angry expression. “Stay the hell out of my life!” Jay roared in anger, before storming off disappearing into the crowd. After regaining his breath Solaire got back up leaning against the nearby wall.

“What are you going to do master?” The Number asked. “Something was clearly wrong with his mind, something unnatural must be controlling it...” Bearing the Numbers advice in mind Solaire mentally agreed with the dragon.

“Then we shadow him.” Solaire explained with a determined look, “We'll find out what's going on with him once and for all!” Number 107 growled in approval with Solaire's decision, and they both set of in pursuit.

For hours they searched the city for Jay, and eventually found him while from the look of Jay's interactions with people around him he had become far more aggressive and forceful. As he was currently beating down some people with an unnatural amount of strength considering his small frame, grinning and laughing like a manic all the while.

“There's definitely something wrong here...” Solaire mused,

Hours flew by as Solaire shadowed the unnatural monster his friend was becoming, if anything the closer to the night time it was getting the more monstrous Jay's strange behaviour came. Eventually Jay led Solaire to an abandoned multi story parking lot, which he just stopped and stood in the middle of all a sudden.

“Master...this place is pulsing with sheer unnatural energies, it's like nothing but sheer malice radiating into the air around us...”  The Number explained, “It's like all the positive energy is being slowly leached away...”

*“Tell me has that meddlesome princess of the sun sent you!?”* Jay shouted in a twisted almost synthesized sounding voice.

“Does he know we're here?” Solaire thought to himself.

“Show yourself!” The twisted Jay shouted, Solaire leapt down from his hiding place. Jay's face twisted and distorted into an freakish and inhuman grin. “So her knight finally shows himself, I can smell her foul scent all over you, the positivity it brings absolutely disgusts me!!” Jay clicked his fingers and a red sphere exploded around them both trapping Solaire and Jay as the ground shook, cracked and began lifting up into the air revealing a crimson pulsing crystal pillar and what seemed to be shadows of people being tortured and torn apart.

“Who are you?! What have you done with my friends?” Solaire roared, the inhuman monster just laughed as he sprang out four torn wings from his back, Solaire just watched on in horror as Jay's  shape twisted and tore itself apart as he laughed and screamed simultaneously.

The creatures new form was a grey and black human shaped monstrosity clad in dark skeletal like plated armor, with deathly white hair. His eye's were mismatched with one being a sickly white colour surrounded by what should have been the white of his eye now looked like they were burnt black. The creature had no mouth upon it's bear facial features, but even with out it Solaire could tell it had a sick grin on it's face.

“I am Malice, my unwelcome Solaire...Didn't I warn you not to interfere with my life?” The monster, Malice bowed in a mocking fashion. “Bit by bit I will suck this world dry of all it's positive life energy and rid it all of the disgusting harmony so all your kind will destroy themselves as they embrace their true nature!”

“Why?!” Solaire asked.

“Because the true purpose in your lives is to create perfect chaos, you filthy humans do nothing but lie, betray, kill, steal and are nothing but cruelty incarnate. It's only natural you allow yourselves to show your true colours!” Malice laughed, as it pulled out a spear from the bones in it's wrist. “It's such a shame I'll have to kill you and smear your corpse against the floor, don't worry I'll make sure your whore sees your head upon a pike! KYAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!” Solaire began shaking in rage at what this monster had done to his friends, to what it planned to do his home, and to everything he cared for.

“...I...won't...” Solaire snarled, his fists tightly closed with the sheer anger he was feeling, “...I won't...ever...LET YOU GET AWAY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!!!” He roared as his pendant began glowing, resonating and responding to his emotions.

Solaire was enveloped in a flash of light, blinding the monster and destroying it's spear with the shear brilliance of the light. As the light dimmed down, Solaire re-emerged clad around his left arm was a silver and black armoured knights gauntlet, along it's side was a single wing like protrusion the resembled a sheathed sword. Recognising the device, Malice just let out an annoyed growl of frustration.

“You, who have lied and deceived everyone I care for, in the name of all that is honest and good in the world I sentence you to death! I hope your necks clean...” Solaire threatened in a low tranquil voice that hid the intensity of his anger.

“If you wish to play that game fine! Your welcome to try, you're not leaving here alive!” Malice taunted.

“Duel!!”

Awakened Knight, Solaire (8000 LP) VS Entropy from the Beyond, Malice. (8000 LP)

Malice turn...

“Draw! I place one set monster and three face down cards this turn and end! There isn't much I can do this turn but this play is only just begun!” Malice declared, “Just think you'll see your friends soon enough once I send you back to them all in pieces!” Malice let out a sick twisted laugh, to which Solaire remained silent.

Solaire turn...

“I draw! For starters I summon: Breaker the Magical Warrior! (Lv4/1600 ATK)” As Solaire played the card, a crimson armoured clad knight wielding a sword and large diamond shaped shield appeared from a spell circle that drew itself upon the ground. “When Breaker is normal summoned to the field my knight gains a spell counter raising it's attack value! (1600 ATK → 1900 ATK) Further more I can remove this counter to have Breaker to destroy one spell or trap upon the field! Breaker destroy his face down card on the right!”

Breaker obeyed and absorbed a purple light in to sword, before swinging down shattering the Malice's face down card like glass.

“Now Breaker! Attack and destroy it's set monster!” Breaker swung his sword again revealing a large red masked dragon, which screamed in agony as it's head was lopped off by Breaker. Malice began laughing sadistically.

“Masked Dragon's effect resolves, when this card is destroyed as a result of battle I can summon one dragon type monster from my deck with 1500 or less ATK!” Malice explained, “Now, come forth Exploder Dragon! (Lv3/1000 ATK)” A blue dragon carrying a spiked bomb in it's talons appeared before Malice from the remains of his slain Masked Dragon, It let out a roar in anger of the sight of it's fallen comrade.

“Tch...I set three cards face down and call it a turn...” Solaire said annoyed.

Malice turn...

“It's all over now...Draw! I activate my face down field spell card: Fusion Gate!” Solaire just watched as the world around him seemed to distort further and further, rippling like water. **“In exchange for not using Polymerisation, this card let's me fuse my monsters together providing I banish them instead. Next I activate my trap card: Chain Material! During this turn when I preform a fusion summon I can use Monsters from my deck or graveyard to summon them!”** Malice let out a twisted cackle.

“Shit! That's Jay's strategy!” Solaire exclaimed recognising the move.

“From my deck I banish three Blue-Eyes White Dragons to summon Blue-Eye's Ultimate Dragon! (Lv12/4500 ATK) Followed by Black Luster Soldier and King of the Swamp to summon Dragon Master Knight! (Lv12/5000 ATK) And finally the Masked Dragon in my graveyard along with Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon, Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, Alexandrite Dragon and the Exploder Dragon on my field to summon Five God Dragon! (Lv12/5000 ATK)” Malice roared into laughter as his three monsters roared and howled as they appeared in front of him. Solaire stepped back cold sweat dripping down the back of his neck as the three dragons stared him down with every intention to destroy him. “Dragon Master Knight's effect resolves! For every dragon type monster I control except for my knight, he gains 500 extra ATK! (Dragon Master Knight 5000 ATK → 6000 ATK)”

“Tch...I only have Battle Fader and Gagaga Girl left!” Solaire thought bitterly as he looked at the cards in his hand, “And my three face downs are spell cards...I'll last another turn but then what do I do?!”

“Dragon Master Knight obliterate Breaker!” Malice roared, the dragon knight ordered it's mount to attack Breaker, reducing the magic knight into nothing as it was blasted with white hot lightning. Solaire braced himself and was sent black flying into the side of a nearby car from the force of the attack, he got back up letting out a grunt of pain from the impact.

Solaire 8000 LP → 3600 LP.

“End this! Five God Dragon! Final Attack!” Malice screamed, “You've failed just like all those who came before you!” The five headed dragon began to charge it's breath attack.

“From my hand I summon: Battle Fader! (Lv1/0 ATK) When I'm targeted for a direct attack I can special summon this card from my hand and end the battle phase!” Solaire declared, letting out a slight sigh of relief.

“Tch...fine, I end my turn!” Malice stated, in an amused tone. “Make your last turn count!”

Solaire turn...

“This is it, the final turn! DRAW!” Solaire looked at the card in his hand, “Gagaga Magician! Perfect!” Solaire let out a smirk, “From my field I activate the spell card: Double Summon! This card grants me an additional normal summon this turn. Now come forth Gagaga Magician! (Lv4/1500 ATK) Gagaga Girl! (Lv3/1000 ATK).” The two magicians rose out of the same spell circle like Breaker did, arms folded staring the three dragons down. The dragon's let out a mocking roar each at the two magicians before them. “I activate their effects! I increase Gagaga Magician's Level to 8, along with Gagaga Girl's level to match it! With them both I construct an overlay nexus!”

The two magician's transformed into two balls of violet light, opening and a galaxy like portal before entering it and unleashing an explosion of energy.

"Roar throughout the entire universe. Revive, from the source of all galaxies, that flows from far back in time!! Manifest yourself, and lead me to victory! Xyz Summon! Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon! (Rank 8/3000 ATK” As the sealed form of the Number emerged from the nexus and began unfurling itself into it's true form, Solaire's right hand glowed becoming marked with pulsing 107 upon it signifying his mastery of the Number. As Tachyon Dragon finally finished transforming it let out deafening roar powerful enough to crack the crystal behind Malice.

“W-what!” Malice exclaimed as the crystal pillar cracked.

“I activate Gagaga Girl's second effect!” Solaire roared. Malice turned back to him, realisation sinking in at what that meant. “When ever Gagaga Girl is used for a Xyz summon I can reduce one opposing monster's Attack value to zero, I target Dragon Master Knight! (6000 ATK → 0 ATK)”

“That still won't be enough!” Malice taunted.

“I activate my two face down spell cards on my field: Megamorph and Riryoku!” As the two cards revealed themselves Tachyon Dragon roared once again as it increased in size until it completely outclassed the three opposing dragon's in both size and shear might, again the crystal pillar cracked further under the strain of the power of the Number's roar. “As my Life Points are lower than yours Tachyon's power is doubled! (3000 ATK → 6000 ATK) Further more I target your Five God Dragon with the effect of Riryoku robbing it of half it's strength and giving it to Tachyon! (Five God Dragon 5000 ATK → 2500 ATK, Galaxy Eyes Tachyon Dragon 6000 ATK → 8500 ATK)”

“!?” Malice began shaking in fear upon of the colossal machine dragon staring him down, patiently waiting for the order to attack. “T-This...this isn't possible! All that power it's beyond anything a mere human can use!”

“For everything you've done to my friends, and for your twisted plans for my home! Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon! Obliterate Dragon Master Knight along with Malice! Final Tachyon Stream!!!” Solaire roared along side Tachyon Dragon, the shear immeasurable force separated Malice from Jay's body sending Malice into the pillar behind it causing it to crack until breaking point. Tachyon Dragon launched an intense violet stream as hot as any nuclear blast obliterating the crystal and Malice from the face of the earth.

Malice 8000 LP → 0 LP.

As the crystal pillar shattered into non-existence, the sphere containing the ruins of the building began to distort and collapse. Solaire grabbed Jay's unconscious body and carried him out of the collapsing area.

“Ugh...Sol? Is that you?” Jay mumbled as he was regaining consciousness, “What...happened to me?” Solaire felt the ground shaking as he dragged Jay's body through the collapsing ruins.

“Master the entire dimensional space is collapsing, we have to hurry and leave now!” The Number warned, Solaire just grunted in response. Neither he or Jay was in any condition to run, that last attack from Dragon Master Knight saw to that.

“Jay! C'mon mate! We have to pick up the pace!” Solaire shouted, as the earthquake increased in ferocity as large chucks of the building were being sucked into a massive tear in the sky, “JAY!! WE HAVE TO HURRY!!” Solaire panicked, forcing themselves to pick up the pace.

As the clock against them was ticking, the ruined building and everything inside it began to tear itself apart around them as they limped quickly towards the exit. Time was running out as Solaire realised they wouldn't make it, in an desperate move he grabbed Jay and threw him out the exit and  out of harms way with the remaining strength he had.

“Solaire?! What are you doing? You'll be killed for sure!” Jay shouted as he barely managed to stand up. Solaire just let out a bitter laugh, knowing he couldn't escape...

“Sorry mate...I'll guess this is it for me...” Solaire said sadly, as he was slowly being dragged into the centre of the collapsing dimensional tear. “...I'll see you next lifetime...” The ground beneath him finally gave way as Solaire fell into the rip in the sky.

“SOLAIRE!!!!” Jay screamed, as he watched helplessly as the rip closed leaving nothing but a large hole in the ground where the building once stood. Jay heard the faint shrill shriek of sirens in the background getting closer...

Solaire found himself falling in an endless void, as he slipped into unconsciousness. He could have sworn he heard a warm, soothing and radiant voice full of familiarity as he slipped into darkness.

“Don't worry I have you...it'll be okay...everything will be okay...”  Voice reassured, “Your story is far from over...it's just beginning...”  The pendant that Tia had given him began to glow softly, the gentle light enveloping him slowly as it shone brighter until he vanished from the void in ray of sunlight...

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