"Forget Nightmare's orders! I'm going to destroy Ace myself! I've been waiting for this moment, and I will not be denied my vengeance!", Dark Ice snarled as he sent a message to Ace: We finish this now! Ace was getting Sonata home when he received the message. Before he left, he was stopped by Sonata.
"Ace...give him one from me!"
"You've got it.", Ace said as he went to settle the score with his brother. But before he could face Dark Ice, Burst stopped him. "Burst. Don't stop me. This is my battle."
"Ace, you know you can't face him alone. I'm going with you like it or not. Ice has hurt my friends, and I won't let him get away with it. We're ending this together!"
"...Alright. Just don't hold anything back." And with that, the two of them went to the location where Dark Ice challenged Ace. When they arrived, Ice was waiting for them.
"So you've brought one of your friends. How nice! Both of you can meet oblivion together! But it's the both of you against me. How about I make this more fair?", Dark Ice said as he used his dark powers to bring Dark Mist to life! "Mist will handle your friend! Let's finish this Ace!"
Dark Ice: 8000
Ace: 8000
"I'll take the first move! I play Double Summon to bring out two Giant Germs! Now I overlay them to xyz summon Number 96: Dark Mist! Soon you shall feel true pain! I set a card face-down and end my turn."
"I draw! I summon Skilled Dark Magician! Now I play Magical Dimension and tribute him to special summon Dark Magician Girl! Also, I can destroy one monster on your field! I choose Dark Mist! Dark Magician Girl, attack him directly! Dark Burning!" Dark Magician Girl fired a blast of magic that struck Dark Ice directly! "Next I set a card face-down and end my turn."
Dark Ice: 6000
Ace: 8000
Dark Mist: 8000
Burst: 8000
"I shall go first.", Dark Mist said. " I summon 8-Claws Scorpion. And since I control a dark monster, I can special summon Caligo Claw Crow! Now I overlay my two monsters to xyz summon a copy of myself! Now I play Rank-Up Magic: Barian's Force! Now by using my copy as xyz material, I xyz summon Number C96: Dark Storm! Your move weakling."
"I draw!", Burst said. "I reveal one Blue Eyes White Dragon to special summon Blue Eyes Alternative White Dragon! Attack Dark Storm! White Lightning! Aghh!", Burst winced in pain and took a look at his life points. "How did I take damage?"
"One of Dark Storm's effects. Any battle damage done to me is also done to you."
Dark Mist: 6000
Burst: 6000
Dark Ice: 6000
Ace: 8000
"I activate my trap Xyz Reborn! This revives Dark Mist! Next I play Rank-Up-Magic Quick Chaos to xyz summon Dark Storm! Now I'll detach one overlay unit to make DMG's attack points zero and give them to Dark Storm! Attack!"
"Not gonna happen! I activate my trap! Negate Attack! Now Dark Magician Girl is safe! Next I'll put an equip spell on her and call it a turn."
Dark Ice: 6000
Ace: 8000
Dark Mist: 6000
Burst: 6000
"My move. I detach one overlay from Dark Storm to make your monster's attack zero and now Dark Storm gains it! Destroy Blue Eyes Alternative White Dragon! Dark Oblivion!"
"Nggh!", Burst grunted as he took damage. Soon his eyes turned dragonic and he summoned his wings! "Time to end this! I activate the spell card Harmony Absolute! I'll banish Blue Eyes Alternative from my graveyard since he counts as a Blue Eyes White Dragon when he's on the field or the grave to summon Blue Eyes Absolute Dragon! Next I play Dragon Shrine to send a normal dragon monster from my deck to the graveyard! And since the dragon was normal, I can send another dragon to the graveyard from my deck! Now Absolute's effect activates! He gains 300 attack for each monster in my graveyard! Attack with Absolute Neutron Blast!"
"Fool! You've sealed your own doom! I detach another overlay unit to activate Dark Storm's effect! Steal his strength! What?!" Dark Mist was shocked when Dark Storm couldn't absorb Blue Eyes's strength and was destroyed! "Auugghh! How is this possible?!"
"One of Blue Eyes Absolute's effects. He's unaffected by card effects! Meaning you can't steal his strength coward! Also since your effect deals damage, thanks to Blue Eyes Absolute it increases my life points instead!"
Dark Mist: 1400
Burst: 6600
Dark Ice: 6000
Ace: 8000
"I'll avoid attacking your magician since I've got a good feeling on what that equip spell is and hand things over to you. Nice try Ace, but I won't fall for your bait!"
"I don't need you to! I drew the card I needed to! I play the Eye of Timaeus! I fuse it with Dark Magician Girl to fusion summon Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!", Ace said as his eyes turned dragonic like the eyes of Timaeus and sprouted identical wings to the dragon DMG was riding! "Now I discard one card to destroy one face-up card on your field! I choose Dark Storm! Attack him directly! Dragon Knight Slash!" DMG and her dragon flew right at Dark Ice and slashed at him directly!
Dark Ice: 3400
Ace: 8000
Dark Mist: 1400
Burst: 6600
"Your monster is impressive. But it's attack points will be useless in damaging me while I summon this monster in defense mode!"
"Oh how wrong you are! Blue Eyes Absolute can inflict piercing damage if he destroys a defense mode monster! Finish this Blue Eyes! Absolute Neutron Blast!"
"Your evil ends here Dark Mist!", Blue Eyes roared as he struck down Dark Mist's last line of defense!
"NOOOOOO!!", Dark Mist screamed as he disintegrated into nothing!
Dark Mist: lose
Burst: 6600, win
Dark Ice: 3400
Ace: 8000
"Dark Mist defeated? It can't be! And I haven't landed a single attack on you yet! No matter! I can still get Dark Mist back! I summon Infernity Beetle! Next I'll play Card Destruction to destroy both of our hands! Now I activate Beetle's effect! I tribute him to special summon two more copies of Infernity Beetle from my deck! Now I overlay them to xyz summon Dark Mist! Then I'll play Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force to xyz summon Dark Storm! Attack his dragon knight!"
"I don't think so! I play Enemy Controller to change Dark Storm into defense mode!"
"No!"
"Now I'm ending this! This last attack is for Sonata! I discard one card to destroy your face-up monster! I also play the spell card Ego-Boost to give DMG Dragon Knight 1000 extra attack points! End this! Dark Magic Dragon Blaze!" Dark Magician Girl fired a blast of magic from her sword while Timaeus launched a gigantic fireball that struck Dark Ice head-on!
"No..no...NO! This can't be possible! How...could ...I..looosssseee?!", Dark Ice screamed as he faded away!
Dark Ice: lose
Ace: 8000, win
"It's over.", Ace said exhausted. "A hug from Sonata is going to feel pretty good after this."
"I think you've earned it after this. I think we're lucky that school was a half-day today. That should answer the audience's questions."
"What was that last part again Burst?"
"Nothing important man." The two headed to see if Sonata was doing any better and told her how they defeated Dark Ice. Ace wound up getting a kiss from her. "What a day. My bed is going to feel so good after this.", Burst said as he headed home.