Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc V: Dreamer

by Triclaw

Liam, a confident youth who enjoys Dueling, has travelled to Maiami City. Here, he befriends the You Show students, but little does he know this encounter will change his life. Lancers, a war across dimensions and his own dark past, buried away in time. How will he choose, friends or insanity?

1. Encounter

Author's Note:

Finally got the courage to post this. Since I'm absolutely not sure of how fluent my English is I would appreciate it if you would point out any mistakes, or weird sounding sentences you find. Also I'll try to post one chapter per week and see how it works out.

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Chapter 1: Encounter

Why can dreams be so painful? Liam knew this wasn't real, but he couldn't wake up. There was no escape from this place. Atop the tower he was chained to a rock, pierced by iron swords and unable to resist. Ever so slowly he could see his remaining blood dripping down on the once white, now dark red, marble. From there it slowly continued to flow, nearing the edge of the tower, falling down to the far off ground.

Once people appeared before him. His hopes rose, but instead of salvation they brought torture. With greed in their eyes they ripped out his heart, stealing it. Yet his soul and body remained imprisoned on the tower's top, gazing at the black heaven above him.

Finally the fourteen year old boy awakened from his nightmare. Hard breaths followed for a few seconds. After some time he came back to his senses. Within his view was the bright blue sky. For a moment a rabbit shaped cloud covered the sun. Beneath him was the soft grass and his bag, which he had used as a pillow.

He rose and shook his head, getting the dirt out of his hair. There was still some stuck on him so he removed it with his hands. Mostly with his right, because he wore a glove on it and because in his left hand was something, a note. At first he hadn't remembered remember what it was for, but it quickly came back to him. Maybe it had been better it didn't.

On it was written an apology from his parents, saying they had to leave earlier than expected. In addition there was their phone number and mail address in case he needed something. That was pretty much it. Though there had been some new clothes for him beside it: light blue jeans, a black shirt and a red jacket with a longer left sleeve.

Yesterday, when he had found the letter he had been dejected. So much that he had just lain in his bed, hiding himself from the world for the entire day. The only time he left his room had been him warming up a pizza, washing himself and other such regular activities.

Since he felt a little bit better today he had decided to explore the city. However he couldn't remember what had happened afterwards. Maybe he had sat down here to enjoy the scene of the sun rising and gotten drowsy? It didn't matter to him.

After he had looked around for a while, he didn't wish to return yet. Such a nice day had to be enjoyed. Who knows, he might even meet some interesting people like he had done during his trips so often before.

While he enjoyed the gentle breeze and the warm touch of the sun, he entered a random road. Not long after he noticed some children playing Duel Monsters on a playground. He wanted to play too, but he thought it rude to just butt in. What's more they were much younger than him. So he took a turn at the next crossroad.

Soon he stood beside an elemental school. There where some pupils outside having their PE lessons. They were forced to do some boring gymnastic exercises. Just looking at it reminded Liam that he had to go to school tomorrow as well.

After he had walked around for a long while, he suddenly saw a big crowd in front of a rather weird looking building. It had the resemblance of a child park. On the front side was written in big letters: You Show Duel School. Interested in what attracted so many people he chose to ask.

"You don't know?" a woman exclaimed, "This is the school of Sakaki Yuya the inventor of Pendulum Summoning. With it he beat the reigning champion Strong Ishijima and so everyone's here to see him use Pendulum Summoning again," she answered excitedly while making sure nobody cut in line before her.

So that's it! realised Liam. It didn't take long for him make up his mind and to join the queue. Unfortunately with so many people it took half an hour until he could enter the building.

The entranceway's walls were coloured in a nice yellow and some flowers decorated the hallway. In front off him was a reception. There all the people crowded together. Behind the reception stood a pink haired girl and tried her best to tell the people, that in order to see the Pendulum Summon, they would have to apply.

Well, it might be fun, thought Liam, Anyhow, I don't have anything better to do. Coming to such a half hearted decision he took one of the papers and wondered, Who knows, I might make some friends here. Then he filled in the form.

Afterwards the headmaster, Hiiragi Syuzo, led the people around the school. He stopped in front off a window and climbed up a bench. From up there he talked endlessly about the school's founding, its founder Sakaki Yusho, a former entertainment duelist and champion, as well as Action Duels in general. Liam was a bit intrigued by the mention of action duels, since he had never gotten the opportunity to try one.

The tour abruptly stopped when on the other side of the window a teenager with green and red hair appeared in the spotlight. So this must be Sakaki Yuya, guessed Liam, He's quite young, maybe just about my age and so famous already.

With a bow to the audience the rising star announced that he would now demonstrate his Pendulum Summon. But then the girl from the reception butted in and slapped him with a paper fan. What's going on? In response some people started to jeer at the girl, who then declared she would duel Yuya.

So this is an Action Duel in Real life. Amazing! marvelled Liam, as the field inside the room changed into a grassland with a stone platform in the center.

At first the young man summoned a pink hippo, which he used to ride around the stage. In response the girl brought forth a singing angel and started an attack. However the boy played an action card evading it. Too bad for him, he still got damage because of the angel's additional affect. On his next turn the young man declared he would Pendulum Summon to get himself out of the pinch. Yet he failed and an error message was thrown by his duel disk. Ultimately he finished his turn after which the girl called Yuzu quickly defeated him.

Even though the young man lost and Liam didn't get to see a pendulum summon, he felt motivated. An action duel, he wanted to try it. Sadly the others from the audience weren't pleased. Those guys really don't know how to appreciate a show, Liam complained while the audience started calling Yuya a cheat. Not long after close to everyone had left. Altogether this hit the young entertainer pretty hard and.

So Yuya covered his eyes with the goggles he wore on his head and walked off, downtrodden.

"Big brother Yuya is not a cheat!" bellowed a young boy. The shout stopped the young man, who turned around to face the child, "He didn't rig the system. He fought Ishijima fair and square and beat him! He beat him with pendulum summon!"

From the other side Liam stated, "Yuya, no matter what others may say, I believe somebody like you won't ever cheat," attracting the attention of everyone around him. Maybe this was because the people hadn't even realised he was there. Nonetheless it was an awkward situation for him but he still continued, "My intuition just tells me you are a great duelsit. Whether you can use Pendulum Summon or not won't change that!"

"Yuya!", the large guy in white clothes shouted, stepping forward, "Doesn't it frustrate you that your first fans have to talk like this?"

Yuya on the other hand was quite startled. "My first fans?" he asked. The green haired teenager was dazed, not comprehending what was going on here. He turned to the blue haired boy and then back to Liam.

"This kid here is Tatsuay who had come last time to see you duel and this–" the pink haired girl, who had dueled before, explained. Too bad she didn't know anything about Liam, abruptly ending her introductions.

"I'm Sugawara Liam." he calmly answered in spite of him being a bit nervous, "I've come here hoping to see the duelist, who has defeated the champion."

"Standing in front of so many people, bringing all those people together with your dueling, I think you are amazing! Even I want a duel like that, a duel just like yours," said the young blue haired boy standing in front of Yuya.

Liam admitted this sounded very enticing. So he walked up to Yuya and seriously asked "Such a duel, don't you think it's worth trying again?"

"I do... I really want to have a duel in front of that large audience again!" Yuya declared in a tone filled with hope.

"You already remade yourself during that battle into a man who doesn't run away! So do your best for your fans," The big guy cheered up his friend.

Does this guy always talk like this? Liam wondered. Just listening to it made him feel awkward.

"Gongenzaka." said Yuya in a seemingly touched tone, not bothered the least about how the guy in the white clothes talked.

"We're your fans too," added the chubby boy putting his hands onto Tatsuay's shoulder.

"From here on out! Right?" the little red haired girl finished looking at the blue haired boy and Liam.

Together both Tatsuya and Liam nodded, answering simultaneously, "Yes."

"And with that we have new members for You-Show school!" proudly proclaimed the chubby boy, raising his fist into the air.

He wouldn't mean me too, would he?

Suddenly the principal, who had been lying on the floor shouted, "You guys are going to enter? For real?" Liam really didn't like people, who were this loud, but he still nodded. For one he just couldn't bring himself to crush this guy's hopes and it did sound like a lot of fun. Even though making people smile with dueling was a fool's dream, it was something to aspire to.

"All right!" Syuzo shouted, "My blood is starting to boil!" but everyone just turned away, somewhat embarrassed about his screaming. If this guy was always this loud he certainly couldn't enter any library.

"Guess an entertainer can't let his fans down, huh?" Yuya put back his goggles and revealed his red eyes. Everyone silently smiled in the background. Finally the young star had found his hope again. "I'm definitely going to master Pendulum Summon. Yuzu! Gongenzaka! Take me on!"

"Sure", the two replied and rushed towards the stadium alongside their friend.

Seeing this Liam could only think about one sentence: No running in the hallways!

While the others were training Liam and Tatsuya joined Syuzo in his office. There they handled all the administrative stuff.

"By the by, how about we hold some kind of welcome party for you guys?" Syuzo proposed and caught the interest of both Tatsuya and Liam, "What do you think about of having an Action Duel right now?" There was nothing Liam would like to do more and so he vehemently agreed. "Though I guess we might have to postpone it until tomorrow, since Yuya and the others are still training," admitted the principal scratching his head in embarrassment. The two boys' hopes were instantly crushed.

"Well, you can still watch those guys if you want to," Syuzo consoled the two. Of course they did so, but it got quite boring at some point in time. If Liam hadn't miscounted, it had been about the 50th time, when he left to get some snacks with the others.

There he got to learn more about the two other children, Ayu Ayukawa, the cheerful little smile of the school, and Futoshi Harada a little guy with a big appetite. Later Yuzu, the principal's daughter, also arrived. She was completely exhausted from dueling Yuya for so long.

Together they ordered some pizza and Liam of course asked for his favourite, Hawaiian Pizza. After having eaten their fill they returned to see how the training was going. However it only continued from where they had left off.

When it was the 150th attempt Liam had to interrupt, "Still gotta prepare for school tomorrow. I guess I'll drop by around midday. " He quickly departed, but soon realised he had a problem. What was the way back again? Not even knowing the way back he took out his duel disc. Using the inbuilt GPS he was finally able to make his way back.

The next day he drowsily arrived at school, much to the displeasure of the staff. He was shown his new class by the teacher. There he introduced himself, how he had done it many times before. He took a good look around and met with many unfamiliar faces, but by some odd coincidence Yuya and Yuzu were in the same class as him.

To think they would be here, Liam thought about the coincidence. Still he had to consider, I'm not really sure though... Will this be good or bad?

Following the teacher's order Liam had to sit down at a free place. It wasn't a difficult decision. There were only three possibilities: two in the front row and one far in the back beside the window. He chose the latter, because he liked to gaze outside when he was bored with classes.

When school finished, the three left the building together. Outside they met up with the other kids from You Show. Apparently Yuya had finally succeeded with his Pendulum Summon. So now everyone wanted to see it.

However somebody called Shingo Sawatari, who introduced himself as Yuya's greatest fan, invited them to LDS, Leo Duel School. According to him Yuya should be able show off the pendulum summon better at that place.

Everyone agreed, but there Sawatari revealed his true colours and stole Yuya's Pendulum cards. As such Yuya was forced to participate in a duel, while Liam, Yuzu and the other children were trapped on a clock tower.

Sawatari Shingo, when I get down here I– Liam's thoughts were cut short by the clock tower rumbling as giant balls crashed into it. It took him quite some effort to keep himself and the children atop the tower.

Luckily Yuya got reclaimed his cards, saved them from a deadly fall and won. Since this was the case these thugs tried to take the Pendulum cards by force. Yet before they could act a cyan haired boy knocked them all out.

Liam could only praise this boy for his skills. To everybody's surprise the boy called Shiunin Sora then outright declared himself Yuya's pupil. Especially Yuya seemed to be bothered by this outcome.

Finally they reached You Show in the late afternoon with an additional member to their group. There everyone was greeted by an overly worried father, who immediately hugged Yuzu and asked if everything was fine. Flustered by her father's protectiveness she slapped him on the head with her fan.

SyLiam's attention then wandered off to Sora, whom he tried to recruit. Since Sora didn't give him a definite answer the principal mentioned turned back to the others. "Everyone, listen up! Because Tatsuya and Liam have joined You Show Duel School yesterday I thought it would be a nice idea to give them some kind of welcome party. So I considered having them battle you for today. This way the two can get used to Action Duels. What do you say?"

"Sure!" everyone agreed.

Now the children had to draw straws. Ayu won and so the first to duel would be between her and Tatsuya. For Liam only Yuya remianed, because Yuzu complained, that she had had enough stress for today.

For the children's duel the chosen Action Field was an ancient ruin with lots of rainbows called Ancient City – Rainbow Ruins. On one side the young boy used an Entermate deck just like his hero, Yuya. On the other Ayu used an Aquaactress deck with a lot of cute fish. In the end Ayu won, though only barely.

Now it was Liam's turn to shine. He stood face to face with Yuya, prepared for the duel. "What kind of Action Field should I choose?" pondered the headmaster through the microphone in the control room, "I've got it!" Suddenly the surroundings changed from the cage to an ancient Greek city. Clouds floated close to the ground, trees grew in parks and buildings made of marble stood littered the area. Filled with pride Syuzo announced the field's name, "Sanctuary in the Sky!"

"Let's start!" Yuya declared and readied his duel disc. However he suddenly stopped and asked, "You do know how an Action Duel works right?"

"Of course! I've often watched them on TV and even saw you do one!" Liam confidently responded. Watching TV was one of the few things he had been doing while waiting for his parents to arrive. That was when he learned about action duels. "Still, this is my first time experiencing one myself."

"Then you know about that, right?" Yuya further inquired and Liam answered with a confident nod. No longer holding back Yuya began to chant. "Duelists locked in battle!"

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters," the new action-duelist hastily replied.

"They storm through this field!" the children continued from the side.

"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling," Sysuzo shouted.

"Action," Yuzu exclaimed.

"Duel!"

Yuya: 4000 LP.

Liam: 4000 LP.

"Since this is your first action duel I'll let you begin," offered Yuya reaching out with his hand towards Liam.

"I'll take you up on that then." After he took a quick glance at the cards in his hand Liam couldn't help but smile. Not too shabby, he thought and picked out one of them, "From my hand I summon Dreamwish Lioking(EARTH, Beast/Effect, Level 4, ATK 1500, DEF 1400)." On his side of the field appeared a big lion with a royal mane and a purple golden crown on its head. Then he finished his turn.

"Already? Fine I draw," Yuya started with his turn. The he quickly jumped onto the roof, no rather the dome, of a building. "Ladies and gentleman, are you ready?" he questioned the audience, holding his hands towards the sky. Showing a big smile the entertainer announced, "It's the time you've all eagerly been waiting for."

"Ah, could it be?" wondered Sora with an expectant smile and leaned closer to the window to get a good look."Pendulum Summon!" Tatsuya exclaimed.

"Exactly," confirmed Yuya, "I, using the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician(DARK, Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect, Level 5, Pendulum Scale 1, ATK 1200, DEF 2400) and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician(DARK, Level 3, Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect, Pendulum Scale 8, ATK 1200, DEF 600) set the Pendulum Scale!" He placed one monster on each side of his his duel disc. Then a magician in black clothes as well as one in white ones appeared beside him in two blue glowing pillars.

Staring at the new sight, Liam exclaimed, "So this is Pendulum Summon!"

"With this I'm able to summon multiple monsters from level two to seven. Swing Pendulum of my Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters! Entermate Whip Viper(EARTH, Reptile/Effect Level 4, ATK 1700, DEF 900), Entermate Sword Fish(WATER, Fish/Effect, Level 2, ATK 600, DEF 600) and the star of this show, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon(DARK, Dragon/Pendulum/Effect, Pendulum Scale 4, ATK 2500, DEF 2000)" The three monsters, a whip shaped snake with a monocle, a sword shaped fish with sunglasses and a red dragon with a red and green coloured eye, jumped out of the portal, drawn by the pendulum.

"I'm getting the shivers!" shouted Futoshi using his catchphrase.

Sora commented, "Amazing!" All the people in the audience were entranced by Yuya's stunning performance. Liam however had quite the headache coming for him. Then the pendulum summoner jumped onto his dragon which started running off.

What's he doing... Ah! Action Cards! Until Liam had realised, Yuya had already grabbed one hanging from a tree's branch.

"Now everything is ready." The young entertainer then turned around and jumped off his dragon. He faced Liam, who had the feeling he might just be in a bit of trouble. "First I activate Entermate Whip Vipers effect. It can target one of my opponent's monsters on the field and swap its ATK and DEF until then End Phase." The snake latched onto the lion's feet, trying to make it fall, but it only succeeded in annoying it.

Dreamwish Lioking: ATK 1500 → ATK 1400, DEF 1400 → DEF 1500

"Furthermore with the effect of Entermate Sword Fish I can reduce Lioking's ATK by 600," Yuya declared as many swords surrounded Liam's only monster on the field." Countless swords fell from the sky surrounding the king of beasts.

Dreamwish Lioking: ATK 1400 → ATK 800

"Time for the main act. My faithful Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Dreamwish Lioking!" The dragon ran up to the beast and shot a beam of flames.

However Liam wouldn't just take things like this and declared, "During battle my monster's effect activates. When this card battles, it gains 500 ATK until the end of the Damage Step." The lion roared as its true power was released.

Dreamwish Lioking(ATK 800 → ATK 1300)

Too bad that this alone couldn't prevent the lion's defeat. The beast was mercilessly blown into bits by the dragon, the king of myths. In addition Liam was hit by the shock wave of the battle. This was the first time he had ever felt pain in a duel. It was one of the things about Action Duels he certainly didn't like.

Liam: 4000 → 2800 LP.

"It's far from over," Yuya declared, "Entermate Whip Viper, go entangle the audience with your direct attack!"

What should I do? Liam panicked, but then he remembered the most important thing about Action Duels. Without hesitation he started running through the city looking for an Action Card. Yet before he could find one the attack had already arrived. He was entangled by the snake stopping him in his tracks.

Liam: 2800 → 1100 LP.

Then Yuya made his last move, "For the finale, Entermate Sword Fish will demonstrate a cutting performance! Go, attack Liam directly!"

Luckily before any of the sharp edges could reach him, Liam had already activated an action card. It was hidden in a bush close to him. "I activate the Action Card Evasion." With this the attack would be negated, but Yuya still had an action card in his hand and this was the time he used it.

"Too bad but I counter with my own action card, No Action. It negates your Evasion's activation and destroys it!" The card in Liam's hand turned to dust and next the swords shot by Entermate Sword Fish hit him.

Liam: 1100 → 500 LP.

Like a true performer on stage Yuya bowed to the audience. "Now ends the first part of my pendulum show."

I'm really getting crushed here, complained Liam as he compared his empty field to Yuya's, packed with monsters. Yet this duel was just too much fun to just give up. So he drew. Gazing at the card in his hand he smiled and nearly exclaimed, Nice! Then he turned towards Yuya who once more confidently rode on his Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

"It's about time to heat things up a bit, but before that I activate this magic card from my hand," Liam said and put the mentioned card onto his duel disc, "World Trade!" It showed a planet with a ship sailing into the scene from the side.

The young man explained, "When this card is activated I have to reveal one level five or higher "Globe" monster from my hand, but in exchange I draw one card and the revealed monster can be Tribute Summoned with one less tribute material during this turn."

He showed a card to the audience whose level was 8, Globe Dragon(LIGHT, Dragon/Effect, Level 8, ATK 3000, DEF 2500). Following this he put his hand on top of his deck and drew. That's more like it!

Captivated by the thrill of the Action Duel, Liam playfully imitated Yuya's style. So he bowed before the audience and announced, "Everyone, since my opponent has summoned three monsters with his stunning pendulum performance, things don't look well on my side. But rest assured, this show hasn't finished just yet, since I've already prepared a big surprise for you!"

"Ooh, that does sound a little interesting," Sora commented from the side.

On the other hand Ayu wondered, "What will he do?"

"Now let the spectacle begin," declared Liam, "First, because I have no monsters on my field I can special summon this monster from my hand. Come Dreamwish Lightiger(LIGHT, Beast/Effect, Level 6, ATK 2200, DEF 1800)." A tiger shaped Lightning with iron armour appeared on his field. I certainly wouldn't ride you, sorry, Liam apologized to his monster as he looked at Yuya, who rode on his dragon.

The Liam continued with great vigour, "Second, I discard Dreamwish Globe Actor(WIND, Spellcaster/Effect, Level 4, ATK 1500, DEF 1500) from my hand to special summon another level 4 or lower monster from hand. I choose Dreamwish Globe Guardian(EARTH, Machine/Effect, Level 4, ATK 0, DEF 2000)." A big mechanical human appeared, standing in front of Liam, blocking all harm.

"Too bad he can't stay on the stage for long," Liam interjected, "However the main actor shall make his debut instead. By tributing my Dreamwish Globe Guardian I can Tribute Summon: Grand dragon with sky blue wings, bearing the burden of the world. Appear, Globe Dragon!" A dragon covered in leaf green scales, wings like the sky and a blue rotating planet behind its back appeared floating above the center of Liam's field.

At that same moment Yuya's left with his dragon in search of another Action Card, but Liam wasn't finished. "Now my dragon, show us all your world connecting powers. Globe Dragon's effect activates. Since it was Normal Summoned I can Special Summon another monster from my hand with an equal or lower level."

Liam picked the last card from his hand and put it onto his duel disc. "Here comes the third and final entrance to this show! From my hand I special summon Dreamwish Colourbird(WIND, Winged Beast/Effect, Level 4, ATK, 1400, DEF 1000)." Feathers in all colours fell from the sky as a rainbow like bird descended sitting down beside Liam and offering its owner to jump aboard.

With shining eyes Yuzu commented "It's like it's snowing feathers!"

"Such a beautiful monster," Ayu was visible captivated by Colourbirds looks.

"I'm getting the shivers!" Futhoshi said.

"It's high time for me to turn things around! Dreamwish Lightiger show the audience a flashy performance and Attack Entermate Whip Viper!" Liam shouted and the tiger dashed towards the snake.

Yuya who had just found an action card within the hands of a statue wanted to play it. "Your efforts are futile. My Dreamwish Lightiger is too quick for anything to interfere. Hence no cards or effects can be activated until the end of the battle." Not even a second later the tiger electrified the snake and a part of the thunderbolt hit Yuya.

Yuya: 4000 → 3500LP

"For the second act, my bird will demonstrate its speciality. Give everybody a taste of your elegant dance in the air and Attack Sword Fish," Liam commanded and the beautiful bird quickly moved towards fish, captivating the hearts of the audience, but this time Yuya used the action card in his hand.

"I activate the action magic Miracle. If a monster on the field battles, it cannot be destroyed by that battle and all damage is halved," the bird however wasn't stopped and sliced at the fish with its long tail.

"But you'll still take the damage."

Yuya: 3500 → 3100LP

As the confidence rose within him, Liam looked faced the opponent's dragon directly. "The end of this turn is the main actor's time to shine. Globe Dragon, demonstrate your overwhelming power and attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Great dragon, annihilate all those who bar your path, World Descent!" Liam's dragon ascended into the sky and disappeared from everybody's view.

Meanwhile Yuya once more searched for action cards to save his dragon. "I won't let you!" Liam exclaimed also running off, using Colourbird as his wings.

Suddenly a black point appeared in the sky. Steadily the point grew bigger and bigger, revealing its true form, a giant blue planet. Globe Dragon was behind the planet and pushed it towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum dragon.

By the nick of time Yuya had found another action card to prevent his dragon's destruction. "With the action magic High Dive I increase Odd-Eyes ATK by 1000. Go Odd-Eyes!"

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: 2500 → 3500 ATK

On the other hand Liam didn't have that much luck. "Using the action card Damage Banish I reduce the battle damage to zero." Liam held the card high into the air. But to his surprise his opponent had already predicted such an outcome.

"Stargazer Magician's effect now activates. Once during either player's turn, when one of my pendulum monsters battles and my opponent activates a magic card, I can can negate the activation and set it back. In addition that card can't be activated until the next turn!"

Realising the predicament he was in, Liam went off to find another action card and was very lucky. Just several steps away one lay on the grass. "In that case I use the action magic Miracle, reducing the battle damage by half and saving my Globe Dragon from destruction." Even if he would take some damage, he would be safe and could work out something during his next turn.

Yet the question, "Are you sure about that?", Yuya had asked, alarmed Liam.

"What do you mean?"

"When Odd-Eyes Pendulum dragon battles a monster with a level of 5 or higher all battle damage it inflicts is doubled!" When he said theses words Yuya smiled from ear to ear, seemingly enjoying his victory.

"No!" Liam just couldn't believe it. He would be defeated by his own attack? That was just too ridiculous.

"As you have said, it is time for the main actor to shine. Go Odd-Eyes, Reaction Force!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon breathed deeply. Then the dragon shot a powerful energy blast towards the celestial body. The planet was pierced through by it and exploded. The remains of the celestial body hit Globe Dragon and Liam.

Liam: 500 → 0 LP

In response to the duel's end the Action Field dispersed and with it the clouds of dust. "I lost." Liam lay on the ground, holding his hand in front of off his face, and sighed. Everyone looked at him, down on the floor, probably thinking he must be very disappointed.

He was, a little, but there was more than that. "This was the most fun I had in ages," he mumbled, and jumped up like an acrobat. After he had walked up to this duel's winner, Liam stopped and reached out with his right hand. "Thanks a lot, Yuya."

"It was my pleasure," Yuya answered cheekily and took the hand. Soon the others arrived. They praised Yuya for his win and tried to cheer up Liam.

Then they left the stage and went to the principal's office where they analysed the duels. "Liam, your style is interesting, however you still got a long way to go. Just summoning three monsters is far from enough to challenge my teacher," Sora said. Then he stuffed his mouth with an entire chocolate bar.

"I'm not your teacher!" complained Yuya to the cyan haired boy, who didn't stop sticking around him. Then he turned his attention back to Liam "Still, it was a great duel. Actually your summoning of all those monsters was a little amazing." Liam naturally thanked Yuya for the compliment, but inwardly he felt a little bit dejected.

Exhausted from the day's events they decided not to hold any more duels. Instead they stayed together for a little bit longer, talking about whatever came to their mind. About an hour later they left, meeting one last time in front off the building and seeing each other off.

When Liam arrived at home he was totally beat. Yet he didn't head to bed right away. Rather, he opened the drawer in his bedroom and removed the cards inside. He placed them on the bed in a somewhat orderly fashion. Pondering heavily, he added and removed one card after the other, changing his deck. He looked at some of the cards, scapegoat, mirror force and so on. Deciding how his deck should play out was so hard it took until midnight to finish. By now his eyes nearly closed by themselves. Though before he fell asleep, he gazed at one of the cards he hadn't put into his deck and sighed.

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Card Corner:

Name: Dreamwish Lioking
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Beast/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1400
Monster Effect: While this card battles it gains 500 ATK until the end of the Damage Step. During your turn you can tribute this monster and select another monster you control, it gains 1500 ATK until the End Phase.

Name: Dreamwish Coloubird
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: WIND
Monster Type: Winged Beast/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1400
DEF: 1000
Monster Effect: When this card is normal summoned you can Special Summon 1 "Dreamwish" monster with a Level of 4 or lower from your hand.

Name: Dreamwish Lightiger
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: LIGHT
Monster Type: Thunder/Effect
Level: 6
ATK: 2200
DEF: 1800
Monster Effect: You can Special Summon this card from your hand if you don't have any monsters on your field. While this battles cards and effects cannot be activated until the end of the Damage Step.

Name: Dreamwish Globe Actor
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: WIND
Monster Type: Spellcaster/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1500
DEF: 1500
Monster Effect: You can discard this card from your hand and Special Summon a monster with a Level 4 or less from your hand. When this card is destroyed you can Special Summon a "Dreamwish" or "Globe" monster from your GY except "Dreamwish Globe Actor".

Name: Dreamwish Globe Guardian
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Machine/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 0
DEF: 2000
Monster Effect: While this card is one the field no other monsters in your monster zone can be targeted by card effects. When this card is targeted by a card effect you can add a monster with a DEF equal or less than this card from your deck to your hand.

Name: Globe Dragon
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: LIGHT
Monster Type: Dragon/Effect
Level: 8
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2500
Monster Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned you can Special Summon 1 monster with a Level equal or lower Level than this card's from your hand. While there are 3 or more monsters with different names in your monster zone this card cannot be destroyed.

Name: World Trade
Card Type: Magic
Magic Type: Normal
Magic Effect: Reveal a "Globe" monster from your hand with a Level of 5 or higher then draw a card: The tribute Summon of the selected monster requires one tribute Material less until the end of this turn.

Name: Stargazer Magician
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect
Level: 5
Pendulum Scale: 1
ATK: 1200
DEF: 2400
Monster Effect: Once per turn, when exactly 1 Pendulum Monster you control leaves the field: You can Special Summon that monster.
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, during either player's Battle Step in which a Pendulum Monster you control battles, when a Spell Card is activated: You can negate the activation, then Set that card face-down instead of sending it to the Graveyard, and if you do, it cannot be activated for the rest of this turn.

Name: Timegazer Magician
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect
Level: 3
Pendulum Scale: 8
ATK: 1200
DEF: 600
Monster Effect: Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Spell/Trap effect that targets a card(s) in your Pendulum Zone is activated: You can negate that effect.
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Trap Card that targets exactly 1 Pendulum Monster you control (and no other cards) is activated: You can negate the activation, then Set that card face-down instead of sending it to the Graveyard.

Name: Entermate Whip Viper
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: EARTH
Monster Type: Reptile/Effect
Level: 4
ATK: 1700
DEF: 900
Monster Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; switch its current ATK and DEF until the End Phase.

Name: Entermate Swordfish
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: WATER
Monster Type: Fish/Effect
Level: 2
ATK: 600
DEF: 600
Monster Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; it loses 600 ATK until the End Phase.

Name: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
Card Type: Monster
Attribute: DARK
Monster Type: Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Level: 7
ATK: 2500
DEF: 2000
Monster Effect: If this card battles an opponent's Level 5 or higher monster, any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent is doubled.