Authors Note: Hello everyone. This is my newest story and one I'm excited for. I won't update it as much as A New Awakening, but this is going to be a nice side project, plus a full new one once A New Awakening is finally finished (which won't be for a while). Anyway, please enjoy.


Episode 1: Second Show Begins

In a strange dimension of pure white nothingness, a strange city is seen suspended in the air. Within that city is a mighty fortress, with a tall tower rising above the city in the center.

Beneath the city, a strange, massive orb is seen. Within the center of the orb is a strange creature. It is shaped like a lizard, with skin like white fire. The creature lets out a roar, a roar of pure rage. The roar resonates all around the area.


In Domino City, a large group of black clouds begin to form. No rain falls, but lightning crackles and ignites the sky. However, this is no ordinary lightning, as it flashes in all different colors, like the aurora borealis.

One of the buildings that it flashes over is a tall tower, with the letters KC at the top. Inside the building, many men and women in business suits and lab coats are either looking outside or going over to computer screens, looking over strange graphs and other images. The door to the room opens as two people enter.

One is a young boy about the age of fourteen. He had black hair that reached down to his neck and stuck out on the sides. He had dark blue eyes and whore a white business suit with a blue tie. Under the suit was a purple vest with a violet shirt. He wore blue business pants and shiny brown business shoes.

The other was a young man, who was about nineteen. He had brown hair the reached down to his neck, with one bit of hair slanting to the right of his nose. He had sharp blue eyes and a serious expression. He wore a long white coat with sharp shoulder pads. Underneath was a black long sleeved shirt with black jeans and shoes. On his upper arms and legs, he wore leather belt and metal armbands.

"Mr. Kaiba!" one of the business men said as he approached the two. "Things have gotten strange. We're getting readings like we've never seen before."

"Is it another dimensional spike?" the tall man named Kaiba asked.

"Yes, but it's stronger than some of the last ones." said the business man. "It's actually having an effect on the climate."

"Anything serious?" the young boy asked.

"Not as of yet." said the business man. "They haven't quite reached that high."

Kaiba approached one the screens and examined it.

Interesting. He said to himself. These spikes have been increasing for weeks now. But where are they coming from?

"I have a meeting to attend to." said Kaiba. "Mokuba, stay here and help monitor the situation. If anything changes, let me know."

"No problem bro." the young boy named Mokuba said.

Kaiba then departed from the room as the strange lightning gave a mighty crack outside.


On an island lay a domed building called Duel Academy. The building has three cylinder towers surrounding the main dome, with the tops of the cylinders colored red, blue, and yellow, representing the student ranking.

Within the office of the school's chancellor, two men were watching a storm like the one in Domino City above their heads. One was a bald man with a brownish gray circle beard. He wore a dark red overcoat over a yellow business shirt with a light red tie. He had black jeans on with brown business shoes.

The other man had blonde hair that is sectioned in two layers, with the layer farthest from his face tightly-bound in a ponytail, On his ears were crescent-shaped earrings. He had on a blue coat like the other man's, complete with gold trimmings and ruffled pink collar, shoulders, upper chest, and sleeves.

"Looks like a storm." said the blonde haired man.

"Indeed." said the bald man. "I wasn't expecting one today."

"Well you know those weathermen chancellor." the blonde haired man shrugged. "Always off."

"I suppose." said the chancellor. "But there seems to be something strange about this storm."

"Whatever do you mean?" the blonde haired man asked.

"I'm not sure." said the chancellor. "Just something in my gut."

"Perhaps it's that stale rice cake you ate." the blonde haired man said sarcastically.

"Don't remind me Crowler." The chancellor sighed. "I should've checked the expiration date on that treat the moment Ms. Dorothy gave it to me."

A growl came from the chancellor as he clutched his chest. He then quickly fled the office as he ran to the nearest bathroom. The blonde haired man named Crowler chuckled as he watched his boss race to the restroom before looking out the window again, watching the strange storm rage on.


Within the city of New Domino, an argument was going on between three top officials of the city's Sector Security. While this was happening within the Sector Security headquarters, the mighty storm was raging above them, with lightning crackling outside. However, they paid no heed as they continued to argue.

"I've told you a thousand times Trudge, we don't have it in the budget." a short, clown like man was shouting.

"We need them on the runners." a large man in an officers uniform named Trudge barked at the small man. "I know those chips are expensive, but criminals are getting them on the black market making it harder for us to catch them. If we get those chips, the speed and performance of our runners will be able to match them."

"I understand that." the short man said. "But we're still trying to work out the damage after the WRGP. There's still a lot to do."

"We've finished enough of it to be safe for us to take a break from it." said a woman with short blue hair and a business suit and blouse.

"Oh that would go great with the public." said the short man sarcastically. "Stop the repairs of New Domino City to give our police force better runners. Great for our image."

"Who cares about image when it concerns the safety of our people?" Trudge barked.

"You think I'm not concerned about the safety of the citizens?" the small man challenged.

Suddenly, a screen popped up in front of them. On the monitor was a man in a lab coat. He had a large shock of brown hair in a style resembling the blade of an axe. He has long bangs and wears amber-tinted glasses. The man had an excited expression on his face.

"Director Lazar!" He said excitedly.

"What is it Zigzix?" the short man named Lazar said impatiently. "I'm in the middle of something here."

"Well your gonna wanna listen to this." the man named Zigzix said. "It's the Ener-D Reactor. It's getting quite the jolt in energy."

"An energy spike?" the woman asked.

"Yessir!" said Zigzix, doing a twirl as he did. "I assure you it's nothing dangerous yet, but somethings making the reactor go crazy. It's surging like a moth hitting a light!"

"But how can that be?" Lazar asked. "Do you know what the cause is?"

"No definitive answer, but I'm guessing it's this storm." said Zigzix.

"Impossible." said Trudge, looking out the window. "The reactor isn't affected by electrical storms."

"Normally, yes." said Zigzix. "But our radars are showing that this is no ordinary storm. We're not sure exactly what it is, but the lightning in this storm is anything but natural."

"Strange." said Lazar. "Record your findings and report them to me once your done. I want to have a look."

"Of course Director." Zigzix said with a bow. The screen then disappeared.

"What do you think sir?" the woman asked.

"I'm not sure Mina." said Lazar. "The last time the reactor increased in energy was when the Crimson Dragon appeared."

"But the dragon departed." said Mina. "And it won't be back for another 5,000 years."

"Then what else could it be?" Trudge asked.

Lazar finally looked out the window and saw the storm. He himself pondered what was going on as the strange lightning burst overhead.


Above Heartland city, lightning flashed as dark clouds formed. One of the buildings that it was over was a large tower with a heart on top. Inside the tower, three people were looking over several monitors. One of them was a man with light purple eyes, pale skin and blonde hair that is curled up in a point three. His attire includes a black trench coat with a high collar, fingerless white glove on his right hand, and white pants with black boots. He also has a gray belt and has a golden earring on his left ear.

The other was a child. The young boy had blond hair, with some of it braided, resting over his right shoulder. He is outfitted in light greenish victorian clothing. He also wears a metallic crowned mask that reveals parts of his face.

Another man in the room looked like a great adventurer. He has dark tan skin, brown eyes, black spiky hair and beard. He wears an adventurer's hat, a green-like shirt, and pants.

"Byron, Kazuma, look at this." said the tall blonde haired man.

"I can see it from my monitor Faker." said the boy, named Byron.

"What is it?" the other man named Kazuma asked.

"It doesn't appear to be from Astral World." said Byron.

"That's what's strange about it." said Faker. "It's a reading I've never seen before."

"It's causing something to happen outside." said Kazuma. "There's a storm going on and the lightning is very strange."

"How so?" Byron asked.

"The coloring." said Kazuma. "It's a whole flash of different colors. Lightning is usually white, light blue, or yellow."

"Perhaps the lightning is the cause of the disturbance." said Byron.

"Or perhaps the lightning is happening because of the disturbance." said Faker.

"Then what does it mean?" Kazuma asked.


A mighty storm rages above Paradise city. In the headquarters of the Leo Institute, a young man is watching the storm. He is a thin young man with pale skin and grey hair, the front layer being a lighter grey than the back. His hair is arranged in a simple style, flicking upwards at the ends. His eyes are purple, and he wears red-framed spectacles. His ears are both pierced with black stud earrings. His attire is rather casual, wearing a dark-blue sweater, white pants that end just above his ankles, and white shoes, along with a long red scarf wrapped around his shoulders with the ends trailing to the small of his back.

Joining him are a man and woman. The man is a stocky, fair-skinned man with black hair that has four grey bangs at the front, and blue-lensed hexagonal glasses. He is wearing a grey business suit with a blue tie. A woman was there too, holding an infant. She is a fair-skinned woman with blue eyes and magenta hair curled into the shape of a heart. She wears a dark pink skirt and blouse with with a high collar lined in black, and padded shoulders, in addition to magenta high-heeled shoes with golden attachments that resemble snakes curling around her ankles. The woman is also wearing gold long earrings and a golden necklace in a similar style with red lipstick and nail-polish.

The infant she is holding has short purple hair and large blue eyes. She has rosy cheeks and is wearing a light blue onesie. The baby was also shaking, making nervous noises as the lightning cracked.

"Declan, what's going on?" the woman asked the young boy.

"I'm not sure mother." said the boy named Declan. "I've never seen a storm like this."

"Nor have we ever had readings like this." said the business man. "They're off the charts."

"Not only that, but they're not coming from the other dimensions." said Declan. "Which begs the question, where are they coming from?"

"I don't know." the woman said. "But whatever it is, it's bothering Riley."

Declan turned towards his mother and looked at the baby girl, who was named Riley. He walked up to her and pat her on the head reassuringly. Riley was still shaking, but seemed to calm down.

"I'm wondering if it's Riley that's being disturbed." said Declan. "Or is it Zarc."

"But I thought Zarc was gone?" the businessman asked.

"Zarc's soul has been cleansed Claude." said Declan. "But his soul is still in Riley body."

"I see." said Claude. "So it could be Zarc reacting to this phenomenon?"

"Yes." said Declan. "We should monitor and record this. We'll study it later."

"Yes sir." said Claude.

He then left the room as Declan and his mother continued to watch the storm raging outside.


The day after the storm, a young boy is found sleeping in his room. He has dual-colored green and crimson hair of average length sticking out in downwards pointing spikes all around his head one short upwards pointing spike of green hair. He slept soundly as an alarm began to blare. He awoke with a start, revealing his crimson eyes. He shot out of bed and turned the alarm clock off.

"I better hurry or I'll be late." He said.

"Well maybe you should have set your alarm sooner." said a snide voice in the boys head.

"But then he wouldn't have been able to get some extra sleep." another voice said.

"Well, it would better if he wasn't late." said yet another voice.

As the first boy got dressed, the figures of three other boys appeared. They were each transparent, as if they were ghosts. All of the boys had the same face, but different eye colors. One boy had gray eyes and hair that was black in the back with light purple in the front. Unlike the first boy, whose hair lies flat, this boy's hair sweeps upward and to the right side of his head and is far more spiked. He wears a punk-style outfit, with a dull green formal shirt and dark blue tie, as well as a black cape-like garment with ripped sleeves and edges plus dark blue pants and black boot-like shoes. Around his wrists are bands with black silver studs.

Another boy has very short, thick, pink eyebrows and purple eyes. Like his counterparts, his hair is two-toned, in his case being uniformly violet with pink underneath - his fringes extending to frame his face, with two pointing upwards. His outfit appears to be an officer's uniform of sorts, consisting of a purple and light blue waistcoat, pink cravat, a two-part cape of red and purple coat that resembles one that the first boy was putting on, a purple abbreviated coat with thick cuffs and gold shoulder bands with an amber-colored setting, fastened at the collar bone, and light blue pants tucked into silver-tinted leather boots.

The third and final boy also resembled the other three, except his hair is dual-colored, with yellow bangs swept to the right and blue in the back. He has greenish-blue eyes. He wears a white jacket with red borders and yellow stripes on the sleeves, along with a white jumpsuit that has red, blue, and yellow stripes that meet in the center in a chevron pattern, white gloves, shoulder, elbow and knee pads, and white, red, and gray boots.

Now fully dressed, the first boy is now wearing a good-luck charm pendant on a simple string around his neck, and a buckled choker, and a pair of golden goggles with orange lenses on his forehead, with a blue star obscuring the right lens. He has put on a simple orange t-shirt with a thick, silver-buckled brown belt over it, green pants with what appear to be "Deck pockets" on each leg, and magenta shoes, as well as crimson wristbands. He also wears his gold and red lined white jacket over his shoulders like a cape. He then puts on a pair shoes that extend into rollerblades.

The boy is known as Yuya Sakkaki. Yuya is a dueltainer, which is a duelist who tries to entertain the crowd while he duels for their enjoyment. The spirit like boys that resemble him are his counterparts from the parallel dimensions of his world. Yuya is from the Pendulum dimension, which specializes in Pendulum summoning (a summoning method Yuya himself discovered). The black haired boy was Yuto, who hailed from the XYZ dimension. The blue haired boy was Yugo, who came from the Synchro Dimension. And the purple haired boy, Yuri, came from the Fusion dimension. Each dimension correlated to the preferred summoning method of the people there, which were Synchro, XYZ, Fusion, and Pendulum. Though Yuya has mastered all of the summoning methods, his preferred method is Pendulum summoning.

Before leaving his room, Yuya looked over his deck, taking out four cards in particular. These cards were Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, and, his ace monster, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

"It's still strange having all of these dragons." said Yuya. "Especially after everything we've learned about them."

"And about us." said Yuto. "But that's all in the past. Zarc is gone and the dragons are at peace."

"Yeah." said Yugo. "Which means we can duel in peace. And at our best."

"We better." said Yuri. "I don't want to be stuck in this body if Yuya starts slacking."

"You won't need to worry about that." Yuya smiled. "Now that I'm in the pro league, there's no room for slacking off."

"Speaking of which." said Yuri. "You best be going."

"Right." said Yuya.

Yuya then ran out of his room and went downstairs. His mother, Yoko, was cooking him breakfast when she saw him fly by.

"Yuya." She said. "Slow down and eat something."

"Oh right." said Yuya, grabbing a breakfast sandwich from the counter. "Thanks mom!"

He then clenched the sandwich in his teeth and ran out the door. He then jumped in the air and flicked his shoes. Wheels then materialized on the bottom of the shoes as Yuya began to skate towards his destination, eating his sandwich as he went.

Along the way, he reflected on everything that happened six months ago. Before the dimensions were split in four, they used to be just one dimension, where each of the summoning methods were used. In that dimension, a scientist named Leo Akaba discovered Solid Vision, a form of holograms that were alive. As long as the subject was made by the system, it was as real as real gets. Leo implemented this system into the game of duel monsters and it was a huge success. With this success, new duelists and new ways of dueling began to emerge. And that's where Zarc comes in.

In the original dimension, Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri used to be one person, a dueltainer named Zarc. Zarc strived to be the best and essentially pioneered dueltaining. However, after an accident in one of his duels, he seriously injured his opponent. Instead of being scared or concerned however, the crowd enjoyed it and demanded that Zarc be more brutal. Zarc complied with their demands and with every duel, he grew more violent and more insane.

Eventually, with no one left to challenge him, Zarc challenged the world and unleashed his four dragons, the very ones that were in Yuya's deck now. The dragons were angry at the crowd for demanding such brutality and they unleashed their rage upon them with the help of the Solid Vision. However, this was still not enough. Eventually, with the help of a mysterious monster known as Astrograph Sorcerer, Zarc merged with his dragons to become a monstrous new entity, the Supreme King Z-ARC.

Zarc was unstoppable. He waged war on humanity and wiped out everyone and everything in his path. Eventually, Leo Akaba created four cards to counteract Zarc and weaken him. However, before he could use them, they were stolen by his daughter Ray. In his stead, Ray used the four cards to defeat Zarc. The battle caused the dimension to split into four, with the summoning method corresponding to the dragon that was sent there. This also created Pendulum Summoning, though this power would lay dormant until another time. Leo survived and arrived in the Standard dimension, which is now the Pendulum dimension.

Unbeknownst to him, Zarc and Ray survived. When the dimensions split, they split into four beings. Zarc split into Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, and Yuri while Ray split into Zuzu, Yuya's best friend, Lulu, Yuto's close friend, Rin, Yugo's friend from childhood, and Celina, a classmate of Yuri. Each of Zarc's counterparts received the dragon that corresponded with their dimension. Though the dragons liked their new masters, they knew Zarc was still alive and desired to be reunited.

Eventually, Zarc's spirit began to awaken within Yuya around the time Leo Akaba underwent his plans to unite the dimensions and resurrect Ray after he got his memories back. This caused the creation of Pendulum summoning and helped Odd-Eyes Dragon to become Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Yuya would enter this conflict once Leo's son, Declan, would organize the Lancers to stop Leo's plan. Through the war that was raged throughout the dimensions, Zarc slowly began to consume Yuya until he finally resurfaced, using Yuya as his host. The Lancers and other allies of the different dimensions fought Zarc to no avail, as Zarc was even more powerful now that he had Pendulum summoning. It wasn't until Riley Akaba, with the help of Ray's spirit, used the four cards that sealed Zarc before to stop him. Instead of Zarc splitting apart, Riley absorbed Zarc's soul, causing her to become a baby. This also turned the Standard dimension into the Pendulum dimension.

However, it wasn't over. Zarc's soul was inside of Riley and it would eventually resurrect. Yuya, who now held the souls of his counterparts, had to make Riley smile in order to cleanse Zarc's soul. Through a series of duels against many of his friends and allies, Yuya managed to gain the trust of his dragons and cause Riley to smile. Afterwards, Yuya was made a pro duelist. Zuzu was also restored, as she now carried the souls of Ray's counterparts.

Yuya arrived at his destination, the stadium. At the entrance, Yuya's friends were waiting. One of them was Zuzu. She has blue eyes and dark pink midback-length hair, which she wears tied up in pigtails, clipped down by blue, spherical hair clips. Her hair also features two lighter pink bangs that fall to the side of her face. Zuzu's outfit consists of a sleeveless light-blue and white shirt with a green musical note on the right collar, along with a red tie, which she wears with a dark red skirt, dark stockings, and pink sneakers.

Yuya's other friend, Gong Strong, was there as well. Gong has a huge frame, easily equivalent in height to some adults. While he has a fairly round face, he is stockily built and rather muscular. Gong has black hair styled into a large pompadour, restrained by a red band, and his nose is somewhat redder than the rest of his face. There is a constant blush on his cheeks. Gong appears to wear a jacket like Yuya's over a buttoned white coat that has golden trim, as well as white pants. Gong wears a white sash crossed over his back, tied at the left shoulder.

Finally, Yuya's former classmates of the You Show Duel School were there as well. There was Frederick, a chubby boy with blonde hair and a german accent. There was Allie, a little girl with bright red hair with a large multi-colored headband. And there was also Tate, a young boy with blue hair.

"About time you showed up!" said Tate.

"Yuya, did you even set your alarm?" asked Zuzu.

"Of course I did." said Yuya. "It just happened to be on the later side. A guy needs his sleep."

"You tell'em Yuya." Yuya heard Yugo say.

Well, you're here now." said Gong. "So get your butt in gear and head over to the arena. Gong and the others will be rooting for ya."

"Thanks Gong." said Yuya "Hey, where's Sylvio?"

"Supposedly sick." said Gong. "He sounded fine when Gong saw him earlier though. Maybe just wants some alone time."

"I guess." said Yuya. "Haven't really seen him much lately now that I think about it."

"I'm sure he's just busy." said Zuzu. "Speaking of which, you better get busy and head to the arena."

"Right." Yuya nodded. He then entered the stadium and headed towards the locker room.

A half hour later, the stadium had filled up with people watching the duel. Nico Smiley, a skinny man in a pink, yellow, and black jacket with a ribbon tie was commentating on the match. The duel was between Yuya and Julia Krystal, a dark skinned girl who was the top fusion duelist at the Leo Institute of dueling. The match took place in the action field Majestic Coliseum. The duel was close, with Yuya having 2600 life points and Julia having 3000. Julia had her ace fusion monster on the field, Gem-Knight Master Diamond, while Yuya had his ace, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, along with Performapal Drummerilla. Yuya's pendulum zone consisted of Xiangke Magician and Xiangsheng Magician. Yuya and Julia both had one facedown and it was Yuya's turn.

"You can't beat me Yuya." said Julia. "I'm one step closer to becoming a professional duelist. Once I beat you, I'm in the pro league. And thanks to Master Diamond, you can't touch him even with your Odd Eyes."

"We'll see." said Yuya. "Ladies and gentleman, I think it's time for a pendulum summon. My monsters are ready, to-"

"Stay where they are!" Julia shouted. "I activate the the trap Pendulum Clearing. This trap destroys every monster in the pendulum zone and the controller of those cards gets to draw one card for each monster destroyed."

With that, Yuya's pendulum monsters were destroyed. Yuya then drew two cards. One was Break Away, the other, to his surprise, was Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio.

"When did that get in my deck?" Yuya asked himself, surprised.

"Thought you might need hand." Yuya heard Yuri say. "Besides, you Performapals can't have all the fun."

"A nice move Julia." said Yuya. "For now, I'm going to play a facedown and end my turn."

"My turn then." said Julia. "I draw. I activate the effect of Master Diamond. I banish Gem-Knight Prismura to gain its special ability. With that ability, I discard Gem-Knight Tourmaline to destroy your Odd-Eyes."

With that, Odd-Eyes is destroyed. However, due to it being a pendulum monster, it is sent to the top of the extra deck instead of the graveyard.

"Things are getting heated folks." said Smiley. "Master Diamonds attack may have dropped by a hundred points, but its still packing a mean punch with 3300 atk points. Yuya better act fast."

"Master Diamond, attack Performapal Drummerilla." Julia shouted.

Master Diamond charged towards Drummerilla. Yuya activates it's ability just in case, allowing to gain 600 atk, making it's attack 2200. However, he began to frantically look for an action card. He eventually spotted one and made his way towards it. When he went to reach for it however, something happened.

Suddenly, Yuya found himself in a white void. In front of him was what appeared to be a man. The man had long flowing silver hair and wore wizards clothing. The inside of his cape was full of space, with stars gleaming and dazzling as the cape fluttered about. His clothing was also blue like his cape, full of the shapes of stars and cosmos.

"Astrograph Sorcerer." said Yuya in awe. "What are you doing here? In fact, where is here?"

The monster didn't answer. Instead, it raised it's staff and vanished. Suddenly, Yuya returned to the duel as he missed the action card. This resulted in his monster getting destroyed and being hit with 1100 points of damage.

"Oh, that must have hurt." said Smiley. "Yuya went for an action card, but seemed to fall short."

"What happened?" said Tate.

"Gong don't know." said Gong. "Yuya doesn't usually freeze up like that."

Yuya got his bearings back and turned towards Julia, who was on Master Diamonds shoulder.

"Thought you could better than that Yuya." She said. "Losing your touch?"

"Not even close." said Yuya. "It's time for the curtain call."

"I agree." said Julia. "I end my turn. Show me what you've got."

"No problem." said Yuya. "I draw!"

After his draw, spotlights suddenly appeared and surrounded Yuya as he addressed the crowd.

"Ladies and gentleman." said Yuya. "As you can see, some of my usual players have left the building. My pendulum zone is empty and I have no monsters on the field. So I think it's high time to introduce some new cast members to the show to even the playing the field."

Yuya sighed and stared intently at Julia.

"Ready Yuri?" Yuya said to himself.

"Of course." said Yuri.

"I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio." said Yuya. The monster then appeared on the field, much to everyone's surprise.

"Isn't that one of Yuri's cards?" Gong asked Zuzu.

"Yeah, when did Yuya get it?" Zuzu said surprised.

"When Othrys Scorpio is summoned." said Yuri through Yuya. "I can discard a monster in my hand to special summon another predaplant from deck."

"I discard Performapal Hip Hippo." said Yuya. "To special summon Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra."

From his deck, the new monster is summoned alongside it's comrade.

"When Darlingtonia Cobra is special summoned." said Yuya.

"I can add either Polymerization or a Fusion card from my deck to my hand." said Yuri.

"I choose to add Odd-Eyes Fusion to my hand." said Yuya. "Which I'm going to play right now!"

"With it, I can fusion summon." said Yuri. "Using monsters from my field or hand as fusion material."

As Yuya and Yuri perform the summon and chant, the monster begins to materialize.

"I fuse Ophrys Scorpio and Darlingtonia Cobra." said Yuya.

"And together they will bring the most toxic monster ever seen!" said Yuri.

"I Fusion Summon!" said Yuya. "The vicious"

"Voracious." said Yuri.

"And venomous." said Yuya.

"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" said Yuya and Yuri simultaneously

With that, one of Yuya's most powerful monsters appears.

"Now this is a fight." said Smiley. "Normally, Yuya would bring this monster out with a combination of pendulum and fusion summoning. However, thanks to his new monsters, he managed to bring out his dragon without pendulum summoning. And it looks like we're about to get a clash between fusion monsters."

"I activate Starving Venom Fusion Dragons special ability." said Yuya. "When he's summoned, he absorbs all of the attack points of your monster."

Yuya's monster then emits a purple light and gains the atk strength of Juiia's Master Diamond, raising his attack to 6300.

"It's enough to beat my monster, but not me." said Julia. "I'll still survive."

"No you won't." said Yuya. "I activate the trap, Pendulum Reborn."

Yuya then reveals his earlier set card.

"With it, I can revive a pendulum monster in my graveyard or extra deck." said Yuya. "Come on back, Performapal Drummerilla."

Drummerilla then appeared and stood alongside Starving Venom Fusion Dragon.

"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon attack." said Yuya. "And with that attack comes Drummerilla's effect, raising my monsters attack by 600."

As Yuya's dragon prepares to attack, Julia makes a mad dash for an action card. Yuya follows suit and grabs one as she does.

"I play Miracle." said Julia. "With that, Master Diamond isn't destroyed and I only take half the damage."

"I play No Action." said Yuya. "This cancels out your action spell."

With that, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon attacks and destroys Master Diamond, causing Julia to lose the last of her life points. Yuya has won.

"An excellent duel." said Smiley over the roaring crowd. "One I'm sure we'll remember for ages."

But Yuya wasn't thinking about the duel. He was lost in thought about his encounter with Astrograph Sorcerer earlier. He hadn't seen that monster since he was Zarc.

Why did appear? He asked himself. What did it mean?