With Yuma defeated, his key, Astral and the last Number card he had taken away from him, Dark Mist laughed wickedly. "At last, I have won!" Dark Mist announced as a wicked smile appeared on his face, making him then called out. "Say goodbye Yuma Tsukumo!"

With that, Astral suddenly shot forward and grasped Yuma's arms, making him cry out as the winner of the World Duel Carnival was slowly enveloped by the same dark aura that was emitting around Astral.
"Astral stop... You don't have to do this... Remember who you really are..." Yuma groaned out, feeling the darkness continue to consume him.
"It is pointless. The Astral you knew no longer exists." Dark Mist stated, smirking in enjoyment from seeing Yuma suffer and knowing he would soon be absorbed by Astral's darkness and gone forever.

However, Dark Mist could see Astral shaking, while the darkness around Yuma was weakening. "What are you doing?" Dark Mist questioned, before he commanded. "Destroy him!" "I... I feel something in my heart. It is preventing me from destroying Yuma." Astral replied, feeling conflicted in his view towards Yuma. Annoyed to see that even with his dark influence, Astral was still resisting him, Dark Mist used his power to create a thick thread of darkness that grabbed Astral and threw him away, before the ground beneath him began to rise, trapping Astral in crystal.

"Astral!" Yuma called out in concern, making Dark Mist smirk. "Don't worry, Astral is fine." 96 said, before saying wickedly. "But I can't say the same thing about you!" Dark Mist then unleashed his darkness, causing his arm to shoot out and grab Yuma, picking him up by the throat before it started to spread as Dark Mist planned to finish Yuma off once and for all. But then several blasts of energy rained down, striking through Dark Mist's arm, causing him to groan in frustration, as he had to retract his arm back and release his hold over Yuma.

"Who's there?" Dark Mist called out, searching for the unknown attacker through the clouds of smoke that had been created with their blasts. When the smoke then died down, 96, Astral, as well as Yuma were all stunned to see..."Vector!?" Yuma called out, before having to ask. "What are you doing? Why did you save me?" "Don't get too used to it Yuma. I only saved you because you're the only one here that can help me stop Number 96 from destroying Barian World and all I've worked on." Vector replied."I should have destroyed you back in the temple ruins." 96 growled, before his anger faded when he smiled wickedly and announced. "No matter, now that I have all the Numbers, I can destroy you both. I am unstoppable!"

But hearing that, Vector chuckled.
"Guess again." The Barian then said, holding out a Number card, which stunned the three for a second time.
"Utopia!" Yuma called out, part of him was glad to see that Dark Mist was no longer in possession of it. But he was now worried that Vector had it."How did you get that?!" Dark Mist demanded. "It was easy.

While you were distracted from my little light show, it allowed me to take your Number without anyone being the wiser." Vector explained, making 96 clench his fists at the realization that Vector's attack was just a decoy.
"Heads up Yuma." Vector called, turning around and tossing him his card back, making Yuma look down at his Number before looking back up at Vector with a confused expression.

"Why are you giving me this?" Yuma asked. "As much as I hate you, I hate being upstaged even more." Vector replied, as his duel disc appeared on his left arm. "If anybody's going to destroy you, it's going to be me. That's why when this is over, we are going back to being sworn enemies."

"Sounds like a challenge worthy of my skills." Dark Mist interrupted as an aura of darkness encircled his left arm, dispersing to reveal he had Duel Disc back on. "Only this time I won't lose to you and I will get Astral back!" Yuma stated in a determined tone, readying his Duel Disc and Duel Gazer, before all three called out. "Let's Duel!"

Starting Scores:
Dark Mist: 4000
Vector: 4000
Yuma: 4000

Dark Mist smirked as he, Yuma and Vector were consumed by a Barian Sphere Field, before the aura around his body increased, making Vector question. "What's going on?"
"Since it is two on one, I think it's only fair I get a little advantage in this Duel." Dark Mist replied, as his Life Points, doubled to 8000, causing him to continue to smirk arrogantly before he commented, drawing the top card of his deck. "Not that I'll need it."

"I summon Malicevorous Spoon!" Dark Mist called out, placing the monster on his duel disc, before he continued his move. "Now I send Malicevorous Knife from my hand to the graveyard to summon Malicevorous Fork!" Dark Mist then exclaimed, watching as Malicevorous Fork appeared beside Malicevorous Spoon.

"And now I activate Malicevorous Spoon's special ability to bring back Malicevorous Knife from the graveyard!" Dark Mist then called out as the third Malicevorous Monster joined the set. "How many utensils does this guy have?" Yuma asked, confused that Dark Mist was able to play the same move in three consecutive duels. However, he and Vector had bigger problems to deal with, as they knew what was coming next.

"I Overlay, my Level 2 Malicevorous Spoon, Knife and Fork. With these three I build the Overlay Network and Xyz Summon, Number 96: Dark Mist!" Dark Mist exclaimed manically as his monsters were all engulfed in lights of dark purple energy. The darkness shot off into the air, twisting and turning around one another, as another portal opened up, before the forms of dark energy then shot into the portal, creating a massive explosion of energy as Dark Mist's copy appeared before him.

"And now I activate the spell Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force!" Dark Mist exclaimed, causing an aura of Barian energy to radiate from the card as the power of Barian surged through Dark Mist's body, making him yell out. "I Overlay Rank 2 Dark Mist! With this one monster, I rebuild the Overlay Network! Go Chaos Xyz Evolution! Appear, Chaos Number 96: Dark Storm!" With the power of Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force, Dark Mist transformed into a form of dark red energy, which shot into the sky and into a vortex, creating a massive explosion of Barian energy, before Dark Mist's copy returned to the field, evolved and more powerful than ever.

Seeing Number 96 had called upon his Chaos Number once again made Yuma groan in frustration, making Dark Mist smirk at him before he told the duo. "Don't think I'm done yet boys. I activate the Field Spell card Chaos Field!" With his Field Spell card activated, large cracks appeared in the ground, before an array of crystal walls emerged, further sealing the three inside the Sphere Field, in which Dark Mist, Yuma and Vector floated back down to the ground, where Dark Mist then explained. "I'm sure you both know how Chaos Field works by now, but just to remind you by sending a Chaos Overlay Unit to the graveyard, one random Number card not only loses its special abilities, but it is summoned onto my field."

"Let's see who the lucky one is." Dark Mist said as one of the four Overlay Units reverted into red energy and was lowered into the dark void that was the graveyard and then emerged a bolt of yellow energy that struck Yuma, causing him to groan out before watching as his Number card was taken away from him and added to Dark Mist's hand.
"Look who it is Yuma." Dark Mist said, placing his Number card on his fuel disc, making him announce. "It's Number 39: Utopia!"

Seeing his Number forced onto Dark Mist's side made Yuma groan in frustration, while Dark Mist continued to smirk in arrogance.
"And now I use Chaos Field to rebuild the Overlay network, go Chaos Xyz Evolution! I summon Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray V!" (2600/2000) Dark Mist announced in a tone of pure evil as Utopia transformed into a form of dark red energy, which shot into the sky and into a vortex, creating a massive explosion of Barian energy, before it returned to the field in it's Barian powered form. With two powerful Xyz Monsters at his command, Number 96 then said, activating another spell card. "To finish my turn, I activate Xyz Treasure. This allows me to draw 1 card for every Xyz Monster on the field."
After drawing the top two cards from his deck and setting them, Dark Mist asked. "With every card that's played you're only sealing your fate. How do you expect to beat me?"

"I'll show you how." Vector snapped, drawing the top card from his deck as he took over and stated his turn.
"I summon Umbral Horror Ghoul!" (1800/0) Vector announced as a cloud of darkness appeared in front of Vector, before a dark purple claw emerged from the darkness and Vector's monster revealed itself.
"And with Umbral Horror Ghoul summoned, I activate it's special ability. By making this card's Attack Points 0, I can summon any Umbral Horror Monsters in my hand, so long as they have 0 Attack Points. Come forth, Umbral Horror Will o' the Wisp!" (0/0) Vector commanded, in which two cyan coloured flames appeared on Vector's side of the field, before a duo of fiendish creature emerged from two voids beneath the balls of fire.

"I Overlay my Level 4 Umbral Horror Ghost and two Unforms. With these three monsters, I build the Overlay network and Xyz Summon, Number 104: Masquerade!" (2700/1200) Vector exclaimed as his Umbral Horror monsters were all engulfed in lights of dark purple energy, the darkness shot off into the air, twisting and turning around one another, as another portal opened up, before the forms of dark energy shot into the portal, creating a massive explosion of energy as Masquerade appeared before Vector.
Placing three cards face down, Vector faced Yuma and told him. "Don't screw this up."

Yuma just ignored Vector's words and focused on the duel and saving Astral."I draw!" Yuma yelled out as he drew the sixth card from the top of his deck and began his turn.
"I summon Gagaga Magician!" Yuma announced as his masked Spellcaster appeared before him, before Yuma then said, placing another monster card on his duel disc. "And now that I have Gagaga Magician, I can summon Gagaga Child can join him." (800/1200)
"Next, I activate Gagaga Magician's special ability and change him to a Level 6 monster." Yuma said, before Gagaga Magician gained two extra stars, before the Number Hunter then told Dark Mist. "Now, not only does Gagaga Magician get a level boost, but Gagaga Child's does as well." Activating his special ability, Gagaga Child then ate the popsicle he was holding, before showing it had two stars on the stick, which then increased his level to six.

"I Overlay my Level 6 Gagaga Magician and Gagaga Child! With these two monsters I build the Overlay Network and Xyz Summon, Gauntlet Launcher!" (2400/2800) Yuma exclaimed as his Gagaga monsters were both engulfed in dark purple lights that shot off into the air, twisting and turning around each other, as a portal opened up in the sky, before the lights then shot into the portal, creating a massive explosion of energy as Gauntlet Launcher was created and appeared before Yuma.

Seeing Yuma's Xyz Monster, Vector asked. "That's it?" "Far from it." Yuma replied, smiling as he then called out. "I activate Gauntlet Launcher's special ability! By using one Overlay Unit, Gauntlet Launcher can destroy any monster on the field." As Gauntlet Launcher absorbed one of it's Overlay Units and then shot at Dark Mist's monsters, Yuma said with a smirk. "Too bad, but it looks like this is farewell to Dark Storm."
However, Dark Mist just laughed, confusing Yuma, until 96 then announced. "I don't think so Yuma. I activate Overlay Banish to negate Gauntlet Launcher's special ability!"
With his trap card's power, Gauntlet Launcher's strike was put to an end, causing Yuma to groan and say. "I play three cards face down and end my turn."

With Yuma's turn over and his attempt to destroy Dark Storm a failure, Vector said in a sarcastic tone. "Great move Yuma." "At least I tried something!" Yuma snapped back, causing Dark Mist to smirk. "As much as I'm enjoying you two arguing, I'd much rather enjoy seeing you two suffer. I draw!" Dark Mist called out as he drew the top card from his deck. "I activate Chaos Field's effect so I can steal your Number." Dark Mist said, pointing at Vector and causing another one of Dark Storm's Overlay Units to revert into red energy, which was then lowered into graveyard and caused a bolt of yellow energy to strike Vector, taking his Number Card.

"Come forth, Number 65: Djinn Buster!" (1300/0) Dark Mist commanded as Djinn Buster appeared on the right side of Dark Storm.But not for long, as Dark Mist exclaimed. "I rebuild the Overlay Network with Rank 2 Djinn Buster! Go Chaos Xyz Evolution! I summon Chaos Number 65: King Overfiend!" (1600/0) After turning Number 65 into a Chaos Number, Dark Mist announced maniacally. "It's all over for you Yuma! I activate Utopia Ray V's special ability! By using a Chaos Overlay unit I can destroy your Gauntlet Launcher and you take damage equal to it's Attack Points!"
"Go, Utopia Ray V, destroy Gauntlet Launcher! Spinning Blades of Destruction!" Dark Mist commanded, in which Utopia Ray V withdrew his blades, combined them into a single weapon and threw the Barian weapon directly at Gauntlet Launcher.

"I activate a trap card!" Yuma quickly called out. "Go, Memory Loss!"
"Now thanks to this trap, not only is Utopia Ray V's special ability negated, but he is also forced into defense mode!" Yuma explained, before Utopia Ray V was forced to cease his assault as chains wrapped around him, preventing him from attacking or damaging him or Vector.

"It makes no difference. Dark Strom attack Masquerade!" Dark Mist commanded, before he suddenly called out. "I activate Dark Storm special ability! By using one Chaos Overlay Unit, your monster loses all of it's Attack Points and Dark Storm steals them all!" As Dark Storm then absorbed one of it's Chaos Overlay units, it then shot two tendrils at Masquerade, which made Vector call out. "Nice try but I activate Masquerade's special ability! By using one Overlay Unit I can negate Dark Strom's ability and deal 800 points of damage to you!"

After absorbing an Overlay Unit, Masquerade threw one of it's gold rings, causing it to clash against Dark Storms tendrils and hold it back.That was unit Dark Mist began to laugh. "You fool, did you forget I have Chaos Number 65 at my command?" Dark Mist asked, before he stated. "And thanks to his special ability, your monster's abilities are negated!'

With that said, Masquerade and Gauntlet Launcher were both imprisoned up to their heads in Baria Crystals, leaving Masquerade powerless as Dark Storm then slammed his tendrils into the crystals and right through Masquerade, draining the monster of all it's power, while increasing it's own (1000→3700) After getting his monster powered up, Dark Mist commanded. "Now Dark Storm, continue your attack!" Dark Storm followed the command as it unleashed a powerful blast from it's mouth at Masquerade. But before the attack could hit him, Yuma suddenly called out. "I activate the trap Half Unbreak! Now, not only does my trap stop Masquerade from being destroyed this turn, but all the damage Vector takes is cut in half!"

Thanks to Yuma's trap, Masquerade was then encased in a giant bubble, protecting it and only dealing 1850 points of damage to Vector's Life Points.

Annoyed by Yuma's interference, Dark Mist yelled. "I may not be able to destroy you but I can still hurt you! King Overfiend attack Masquerade!"
Again Masquerade was protected from being destroyed, as Yuma's trap remained strong, causing Vector to groan out as he lost 800 more Life Points. With the battle over, Dark Mist then turned his attention to Astral's prone form and said. "See Astral? You cannot trust Yuma. Once again he's teamed up with Vector in a futile attempt to destroy you." "That's not true!" Yuma called out, before yelling in a determined tone. "I'm working to save you. Even if that means teaming up with all of the Barian Emperors, I will stop Dark Mist and save you!" "So finish your move so we can crush you." Vector intruupted, making Dark Mist nod in reply. "I activate Eternal Spell and use it's power to bring back one spell from the graveyard. And I choose Xyz Treasure."

Activating the effect of his dpell, Dark Mist drew three new cards, setting all three of them as he ended his turn, remaining as arrogant as ever as ever. He waited to see what pitiful moves Yuma and Vector would come up with to try and defeat him.

Current Scores:
Dark Mist: 8000
Vector: 1050
Yuma: 4000

"I activate Corrupted Keys!" Vector called out, revealing his first trap card, before the maniacal Barian Emperor told Dark Mist. "Since Masquerade wasn't destroyed this turn, I can summon three Umbral Horror Mirage Tokens to my field!" (0/1200) As the three mini-sized Masquerades appeared before the original, Vector then called out, revealing his second trap card. "And that's not all. Next, I activate Guard off. Now all the monsters on the field lose all their defense points."

As Masquerade, the Mirage Tokens, Dark Storm, King Overfiend, Utopia Ray V and Gauntlet Launcher's defense points dropped to 0, it left Yuma and Dark Mist confused, while Vector chuckled.

"Now for the best part. For every monster I control that lost defense points, you take 400 points of damage. For a grad total of 1600 points of damage that's heading your way!" The Barian then announced, before Dark Mist was blasted by Vector's trap, causing him to groan as his Life Points lowered to 6400. "Nice try but two can play that little game." Dark Mist replied, countering with his Small Stopper trap card, in which Dark Mist then told Vector in a dark tone. "Now any monsters with 1000 or less attack points cannot attack, meaning your powered down Masquerades are useless. Oh, and before I forget, if you have any monsters and they don't Attack, you take 1000 points of damage at the end of the turn."

"Too bad that won't happen because I activate Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force." Vector called out, holding the Barian card into the sky, as he then announced. "I Rank-Up Masquerade! Go Chaos Xyz Evolution! I summon Chaos Number 104: Umbral Horror Masquerade!" (3000/1500) With the power of Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force, Masquerade transformed into a form of dark red energy, which shot into the sky and into a vortex, creating a massive explosion of Barian energy, before Vector's monster returned to the field. "With Masquerade gone my Corrupted Keys card is destroyed and so are my Masquerade Tokens." Vector then said as his trap and tokens vanished, sparing him from the effect of Small Stopper.
However, Vector was far from finished.

"Next, I activate Masquerade's special ability! By using one Chaos Overlay Unit, you lose half your Life Points. So I think I'll use them all!" Vector then announced, in which Masquerade absorbed all three Chaos Overlay Units and unleashed a powerful wave of purple energy from his sceptre to halve Dark Mist's Life Points each time he was struck. (3200→1600→800) But with each strike, a look of confusion appeared on Yuma's face. 'Something's not right.' Yuma thought, before looking at King Overfiend and thought. 'Why didn't he activate his ability to stop the damage?'

"I can see you wondering why I allowed Masquerade to use its power when I could've easily stopped it." Dark Mist interrupted, before stating arrogantly. "It is because no matter how hard you try, you won't defeat me." "We'll see about that! Umbral Horror Masquerade attack King Overfiend!" Vector commanded, in which fired flames of dark energy came from Masquerade's scepter. "I active Chaos Alliance! Now all my monsters have the same amount of attack points as the strongest monster on my field, Dark Storm!" Dark Mist suddenly called out, revealing his trap and causing King Overfiend's attack to shoot up to 3700.

"Your Number's up!" Dark Mist called out, smiling wickedly as the two monsters lunged at each other.
But then Yuma suddenly called out, springing another trap card. "Not yet Dark Mist because I active Xyz Reborn to revive Utopia!"

Seeing Utopia, Dark Mist just laughed before he said arrogantly. "And what good is Utopia? With no Overlay Units, he is useless!"

"That's where you're wrong. Since I used Xyz Reborn to revive Utopia, my trap acts as an Overlay Unit." Yuma replied, before he called out. "Go, Light Wing Shield!"

With his call, the Xyz Reborn trap rematerialized into a yellow orb that shot into Utopia's chest, before Utopia then appeared in front if Umbral Horror Masquerade, in which King Overfiend's sword struck Utopia's shield like wings, failing to break through it, protecting Vector's monster.

However, as King Overfiend continued to clash against Utopia's barrier, Dark Mist called out. "I activate Number Lockdown, so now Utopia can no longer attack or use it's special ability!" Yuma watched in shock as a massive Baria Crystal appeared behind him and Utopia, before chains shot out from the crystal, binding Utopia. "And Utopia's destroyed at the end of the turn and you'll take damage equal to Utopia's attack points." Dark Mist then said wickedly. "And speaking of damage and destroying." He then said, facing Vector again. "King Overfiend, finish off Masquerade!" "I may not be able to help Utopia this turn, but I can still help out my teammate." Yuma suddenly said in a determined tone, before he held out a quick play spell and called out. "I activate Ego Boost! Now Masquerade gains 1000 attack points when it battles!" (3000→4000)

With the added attack power, Masquerade was about to blast King Overfiend and destroy him, but before Vector could claim victory, Dark Mist suddenly unleashed a blast of energy from his hand, blasting Vector right out of the Sphere Field. "Vector!" Yuma called out, watching his teammate get attacked, before facing Dark Mist with an angered look in his eyes.

"Why did you do that for?!" Yuma demanded. "I felt you had too great of an advantage so I evened our duel." Dark Mist smirked, causing Yuma to snap back and say. "Advantage? You were just scared of losing so you cheated!" Dark Mist just smirked at Yuma, before using the Sphere Field to electrocute him. "My Duel, my rules." Dark Mist told Yuma, who groaned, frustrated from Dark Mist and his cheating, before he then cried out as the power of Number Lockdown took effect, destroying Utopia and dealing 2500 points of damage to Yuma's Life Points.

Current Scores:
Dark Mist: 800
Vector: Removed
Yuma: 1500

"And since Vector is no longer part of this duel, I'll take his turn!" Dark Mist then said, drawing from his deck and making Yuma question in shock. "What!?" "Dark Storm, attack Gauntlet Launcher. But not before stealing it's power!" Dark Mist commanded, in which Dark Storm absorbed it's final Chaos Overlay Unit, followed by using its tendrils to drain Gauntlet Launcher of all it's attack points. (3700→6100)

"Now attack Yuma and end this duel!" Dark Mist commanded, in which Dark Storm unleashed another blast of energy from it's mouth.
However, Yuma was prepared.
"I activate Courageous Heart! By paying half my Life Points, Dark Storm's special ability is negated until the end of the turn!" Yuma then called out, before he announced. "That means two things. first off, Gauntlet Launcher gets all his attack points back and Dark Storm loses all of his. And second, without it's special abilities, Dark Storm cannot win this attack, and that means you lose."

Gauntlet Launcher
(0→2400)

Dark Storm
(6100→0)

However, Dark Mist suddenly called out. "I don't think so! I activate Overlay Stopper to stop Dark Storm from attacking this turn!"
With the power of his trap, Dark Storm's attack was cancelled, forcing it to return to Dark Mist side of the field.

"You are only delaying the inevitable." Dark Mist commented, before he commanded. "Utopia Ray V attack his Gauntlet Launcher!"
Doing as commanded, Utopia Ray V shot forward and struck his blades into Gauntlet Launcher's chest, causing the Xyz Monster to explode. While dealing 200 Points of damage to Yuma's Life Points, before Dark Mist continued his assault and yelled out. "King Overfiend, end this duel and attack Yuma directly!"
Following the command of his summoner, King Overfiend brought his blade down upon Yuma, slashing at him and creating a powerful explosion, causing Dark Mist to smirk, thinking with that attack he had won.

However, as the explosion died down, Yuma was still standing and his Life Points remained at 750.
"But how? How did you survive that?" Dark Mist asked, until he saw a mysterious pot hovering before Yuma. "You can thank Vector for that." Yuma replied, before explaining. "Just as you attacked with King Overfiend, I took my chance and activated his final card. Lucky for me it was Damage Pot. And with it's power, it absorbed all the damage."

"I see." Dark Mist replied, annoyed.
"You might have stopped me this time, but next turn I will crush you." He then stated, ending his turn and causing the effect of Yuma's Courageous Heart trap to ware off, allowing Dark Storm access back to all it's power. (0→6100)

Current Scores:
Dark Mist: 800
Vector: Removed
Yuma: 750

"My turn, I draw!" Yuma called out, drawing the top card from his deck.
"Tell me Yuma, you're down a teammate, you barely have any Life Points left and you're up against my most powerful monsters. So why do you still continue to fight?" Dark Mist asked. "I already told you. I'm fighting for Astral." Yuma replied, looking at the crystal Astral was trapped in, before he said. "Astral may have been tricked by you and your lies, but I know our friendship will help me save him. That's why I will win!" Yuma replied in a determined tone.

Dark Mist was amused by Yuma's words, thinking them to be nothing but garbage, but something sparked in Astral, causing the crystal to glow intensely. "What's happening?" Dark Mist demanded, forced to bring his right arm up to shield his eyes.
"What is happening is I finally remember the bond I share with Yuma." Astral's voice replied. "You might have turned me against Yuma with your darkness but his friendship has brought me back." "Alight!" Yuma called out happily, before smiling to see Astral, back to his old self, standing before him. "Thank you, my friend." Astral said, before offering. "Now what do you say we finish this duel together?" "You don't need to ask me twice." Yuma replied with a grin on his face, making Astral smile.

"Go Zexal Morph!" Yuma and Astral both called out, causing the light to then die down, which left Dark Mist stunned to see not only had Astral broken from his dark grasp, but now he and Yuma were in Zexal II Mode, ready to finish him off. "It's over Dark Mist, because I activate Xyz Treasure. This allows me to draw one extra card for every Xyz Monster on the field." Yuma called out, placing the spell card in the first slot of his spell and trap card zone on his duel disc. "Right now you have three Xyz Monsters, that means I get to draw three more cards. Go, Shining Draw!" Yuma called, drawing the top three cards from his deck and smiling.'Sweet! Just the cards I need.' He thought.

"I activate Monster Reborn in order to call back one monster from the graveyard." Yuma said, activating his spell card, before he called out. "And the monster I choose is Utopia!" Upon seeing Utopia appear before Yuma, Dark Mist laughed and asked. "Out of all the monsters in the graveyard, you choose Utopia?"
"That's because 39 has always been our lucky number. We believe in Utopia and he believes in us." Yuma replied, smiling as Utopia shined brightly.

"I activate Rank-Up-Magic Numeron Force! Go, Chaos Xyz Evolution! Appear Chaos Number 39: Utopia Ray Victory!" Yuma announced in a strong and determined tone, before Utopia turned into a pure form of gold energy that shot up into a vortex, creating a massive explosion of Numeron energy, in which Utopia Ray Victory soon emerged from, powering up Utopia while negating the power of all of Dark Mist's cards, which meant Dark Storm's attack dropped back to 1000. Seeing Yuma had called forth his most powerful monster and he had nothing to protect himself, Dark Mist called out in disbelief. "This cannot be!"

"Trust me Dark Mist, it is. Go Utopia Ray Victory, attack and finish this duel! Rising Sun Double Victory Slash!" Yuma exclaimed as all four blades then slashed through Dark Strom in a double shining V motion, destroying Dark Mist's ace monster in a massive explosion, dealing 1800 points of damage to his Life Points, throwing Dark Mist back from the sheer impact of the blast and costing him the duel.

Ending Scores:
Dark Mist: 0
Vector: Removed
Yuma: 750

With his defeat, the Sphere Field dropped. "I knew we could do it Astral." Yuma panted, almost drained of all his energy from the intensity of the duel. 'So did I.' Astral mentally told his friend. Meanwhile as Yuma remained in place, trying to get back his energy, Dark Mist stared up at the sky.

'I lost the Duel. I cannot believe it. It's all over.' He thought, before looking down at his enemies and thought. 'For you that is.' "Astral!" Dark Mist yelled as he got to his feet. "You can't get rid of me that easily." "You might have won the duel, but I still have enough power to finish you off once and for all!" He then exclaimed, transforming his being into a bolt of dark red energy that then shot at Yuma, planning to destroy both Yuma and Astral. However, Astral quickly broke the Zexal Morph saving Yuma. While Dark Mist stabbed him, spreading his darkness through Astral's body.

"Astral, your friend can't help you anymore. In fact you can't even help yourself anymore!" Dark Mist's voice called out as he enveloped Astral. "I will destroy everything! You, your friends, everything!" 'I will not let this happen again...' Astral groaned, struggling against the darkness, before he prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice. 'Yuma... It'll be ok...' He thought, before his body began to glow an intense blue, creating a powerful blast that radiated, consuming Dark Mist and destroying him.

As the blast faded, Yuma stood up, looking over to see Astral standing in place, slowly fading away.
"Astral! A-Astral?" Yuma said worried as he ran to Astral. "Yuma, I'm glad you are safe. Astral said looking a his friend. "You totally got rid of Number 96, but we were supposed to beat him together! Yuma replied back.

"I could not take the chance and rick your safety." Astral said back. "What! We're a team!" Yuma yelled. "Yes we are, and friends, and I will always treasure our friendship. You have shown me again and again it's real meaning, and how precious abound it truly is. Now I must, go my friend." Astral said. "Huh?" was Yuma's reply.

"Take care of the Numbers." Astral said to Yuma as he stared fade from existence. "No, no! Astral you can't go. We need each other to much, I need you Astral. Don't go!" Yuma cried out to Astral. Wait! Astral, Astral! Don't leave me! Astral!" Yuma said as he reached out for Astral. "Goodbye, my friend." Astral said before fading away completely, making Yuma cry out for a final time. "Astral!" Yuma ran to try stop Astral from leaving, losing his key in the process.

He retuned to the same place he was at before he dueled against Dark Mist. "We're, home. Hey Astral, where are you?! Astral!" Yuma said crying looking around him for any sign of his friend, who wasn't there. He turned back to the sun set, feeling for his key witch was not around his neck. "He's gone, HE'S GONE!!!" Yuma cried out.

Sadly, The End.