It was a long day in the Duel Academy, after all it was the graduation day and a little tournament between the best duelist have begun, but there were two that overshadow all the duelist, Ryotaro Soejima and Yukino Oguro, both of them beat every opponent and got to the finals.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the moment of truth is finally here, the finals of the Graduation Day Tournament are about to begin" say the MC and the crowd of duelist roared in excitement "Representing the Obelisk Blue carrying a deck full of ferocious dragons, we have "The Legendary Azure Dragon" Ryotaro Soejima"
All the women in the crowd scream as they saw a tall and handsome boy, he have dark blue hair and blue azure eyes, he step in and activate his duel disk, he have a proud smile on his face.
"And now for the Slifer Red, the young lady that took us by surprise, she may look like an innocent princess but deep inside her soul and deck burns with the pride of ruthless warriors, please welcome Yukino Oguro"
A small girl enter, she have long black hair and green eyes, she didn't have the same amount of fans as Ryo, but she have some, the girl shyly wave her hand at the crowd and then activated her duel disk
"The final duel is about to begin, we can feel the pressure on the back of both players, who will rise with the last victory and who will go with the title of the second best?
Let's find out now 'cuz IT'S TIME TO DUEL!"
Yukino - 8000 LP
Ryotaro - 8000 LP
Yuki took the first turn she sighed and draw a card, looking at her hand and seconds later made her first move
"I summon Trident Warrior in attack mode" she place the card on the duel disk and the hologram of a big and bearded warrior with a golden trident and turquoise armor appear
Trident Warrior 1800/1200
"And because I summon it normally i can activate his effect that allow me to summon a lvl 3 monster from my hand and I summon Necro Gardna in defense position"
A zombie like creature with white hair and a red and golden armor appear
Necro Gardna 600/1300
"I place one card face down and end my turn" Yukino sighed in relief for her great start
"What a wonderful start for Yukino, two monsters in the field and one magic or trap card, what is going to do Ryotaro to defeat this powerful monsters?" Ask the MC meanwhile Ryo draw a card and started laughing
"Yuki please, i can see how nervous you are from here, take it easy and have fun" he said, "I'll try… But I promise nothing" said the girl, maybe for Ryo it wasn't a big deal, but for her? This was one of her most important moments in the academy.
"First I summon Alexandrite Dragon in attack position" a giant dragon with his scales cover in gems appear
Alexandrite Dragon 2000/100
"Now my dragon destroy her Trident Warrior" The dragon roared and prepared to eat the Trident Warrior "Not so fast" Yuki scream "I activate my trap card Negate attack!" A light shield surround the Trident Warrior preventing the Alexandrite Dragon to destroy him.
"Not bad I will put two face down cards and end my turn" said Ryo
"Alright my turn, draw" Yuki smirked when she saw Tune Warrior in her hand "I summon Tune Warrior in Attack mode, but he is not going to stay on the field, because it's time for a Synchro Summon" As Yukino said those words the Tune Warrior and Necro Gardna ascend to the sky and turned in 7 lights.
"The stars on the sky will dance as a new warrior born, COME FORTH MIGHTY WARRIOR" a big and imponent figure with a blue armor appear
Mighty Warrior 2200/2000
"Now Mighty Warrior attack the Alexandrite Dragon" The blue soldier strike the dragon with his giant arm and the dragon fall to the ground before disappearing "Now the effect of Mighty Warrior is activated, If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the destroyed monster's original ATK, that means that you take 1000 points extra!" After the dragon faded the warrior strike Ryo.
Yukino - 8000 LP
Ryotaro - 6800 LP
"Now my Trident Warrior can attack you directly" and as soon as the bearded trident wielding warrior approach to strike, Ryotaro reveal one of his face down card.
"I activate my magic card Silver's Cry, this card allows me to special summon one normal dragon monster from my graveyard so say hello again to my Alexandrite Dragon!" from the graveyard the gem scaled dragon reappeared. "I assume your turn ends" said Ryo and the girl nodded .
"My turn then" Ryo draw one card and smile "Don't worry for being nervous Yuki, because this duel is going to end soon, I summon Kaibaman and activate its effect, I can send him to the graveyard and special summon one Blue Eyes White Dragon from my hand"
As soon as Kaibaman appeared he was sent to the graveyard and a very iconic monster took his place, the Blue Eyes White Dragon
Blue Eyes White Dragon 3000/2500
"Now Alexandrite Dragon attack Trident Warrior and Blue Eyes White Dragon destroy her Mighty Warrior" Both dragon roared and crush the warriors inflicting a total of 1000 LP
Yukino - 7000 LP
Ryotaro - 6800 LP
"And with that I end my turn" Said Ryo with a proud smile on his face, knowing that it'll be next to impossible for Yukino to recover or even take out his dragons
"AMAZING! Ryo managing to summon one of his most rare cards to the field and destroy both monsters on Yukino's field, surely this is going to end in a couple of turns" Said the MC, if Yuki wasn't nervous before, now she was, she drew one card and took a look at his hand she sighed and then make her move
"First i activate my magic card The Warrior Returning to Life, this card allows me to take on warrior type monster from my graveyard to my hand" she then took Trident Warrior back to her hand "Now I summon Trident Warrior and activate its effect, allowing me to special summon Cyber Tutu in attack position"
Trident Warrior 1800/1200
Cyber Tutu 1000/800
"What is in Yukino's mind? None of her monsters can take down the mighty dragons of Ryotaro" Said the MC, in her hand Yuki had only Blade Skater and Etoile Cyber, if she can fuse them maybe she will have a chance against the dragons.
"Now I activate Cyber Tutu's effect if all monsters in the enemy field are stronger than her, she can attack directly" The cute girl with the tutu pass the fierce dragon and attack Ryotaro with a spinning kick inflicting 1000 points of damage
Yukino - 7000 LP
Ryotaro - 5800 LP
"And with that i end my turn" Yuki showed a big smile, she may be in disadvantage but all in all she still have more LP and manage to defend against the powerful dragons that live in Ryo's Deck
"Nice move, but it's going to be the last one" Said Ryo and drew a card "I summon Maiden with Blue Eyes, now it's my turn to make a Synchro Summon, you'll see the power of my ace card"
The Maiden and the Blue Eyes White Dragon ascended and turned into nine lights
"Shine with your silver scales and destroy everything in your path, ARISE AZURE EYES SILVER DRAGON!" A giant dragon emerge from the nine lights, it looked like an upgraded version of the Blue Eyes White Dragon even though it was weaker than him by 500 points
Azure Eyes Silver Dragon 2500/3000
"Now I reveal my face down trap card Castle of Dragon Souls, with this card in the field I can banish one dragon type monster from my graveyard and one of my monster gains 700 atk points until the end of my turn, by banishing my Blue Eyes White Dragon the Azure Eyes Silver Dragon now has a total of 3200 atk points, now say goodbye to your monsters" the two dragons roared ready to attack but once again Yuki managed to defend herself
"I activate the effect of Necro Gardna, by banishing him from my graveyard I can negate the attack of one of your monsters and I choose the Azure Eyes Silver Dragon" the big dragon target Cyber Tutu for max out the damage but it was stopped, nonetheless she still receive 200 of the Alexandrite Dragon destroying the Trident Warrior
Yukino - 6800 LP
Ryotaro - 5800 LP
"Incredible what a great duel we are witnessing, Yukino again manage to save her life points" Said the MC, Ryo put one card face down and end his turn
"My turn, draw!" Yuki saw the card she drew and instantly use it" I activate the Pot of Greed, this magic card allows me to take two more cards" the girl close her eyes and took a deep breath before drawing the cards, much to her surprise she drew exactly what she needed
"I activate Polymerization and fuse Etoile Cyber and Blade Skater from my hand to summon Cyber Blader, but that's not all now I summon Tune Warrior and fuse him with Cyber Tutu for a new Synchro Summon" Once again the monsters ascended to the sky and turned in six lights
"The power of the mother earth give him strength and I ask you to lend me your power, COME FORTH GAIA KNIGHT THE FORCE OF EARTH"
Cyber Blader 2100/800
Gaia Knight, The Force of Earth 2600/800
"Now pay attention to the effect of my card, when you have two monsters in your field my Cyber Blader doubles its attack points, making a nice 4200" she was proud of that play, she just needed one turn more and this duel was over, but first thing first this turn she will destroy the dragons "Now Cyber Blader attack the Azure Eyes Silver Dragon"
"I've got admire your determination Yuki, you don't know when to give up, you really think that I will left my Ace card without protection?" The girl's eyes widened when she understand what the Obelisk blue was saying, that face down card was none other than "I activate Mirror Force"
In one second both monsters disappeared and with them her hopes on winning this duel, she didn't have cards on her hand nor in the field, the girl end her turn with a sad expression on her face
"Now Yukino is wide open for a direct attack, with only one card "The Legendary Azure Dragon" has destroy any possibility for Yuki to win" said the MC
"Sorry but this duel must end now" said Ryo and drew his last card "I sacrifice my Alexandrite Dragon to summon Darkstorm Dragon" a great tornado appear and inside there was a black wyvern.
"Now I activate Castle of Dragon Souls and banish the Alexandrite Dragon and give my Azure Eyes Silver Dragon 700 atk points, but that's not it I also activate the effect of Darkstorm Dragon and allows me to send to the graveyard one trap or magic card that I control, and I choose Castle of Dragon souls, and that activates the second effect of that trap card when Castle of Dragon Souls is send to the graveyard I can special summon one of the dragons that were banished by that card, and I choose the Blue Eyes White Dragon
Azure Eyes Silver Dragon 3200/3000
Darkstorm Dragon 2700/2500
Blue Eyes White Dragon 3000/2500
"This duel has come to an end, you fought well Yuki, thanks for making my last duel in the academy one of the best" said Ryo and then order his dragons to attack, Yuki close her eyes as two blast of white and silver energy fuse with a hurricane inflicting a grand total of 8900 LP, the girl fall to her knees exhausted, still with her eyes close, she got so far and still couldn't defeat her opponent.
Yukino - 0 LP
Ryotaro - 5800 LP
"AMAZING, WONDERFUL, There are no words to describe the epicness of this duel, and with that explendid attack "The Legendary Azure Dragon" Ryotaro Soejima wins the duel!" Everyone in the crowd was screaming and shouting Ryo's name, Yuki stand up and without a word left the stadium.
Outside she was received by her two best friends an Obelisk blue girl with pink hair and pigtails called Wisteria and a Slifer red boy with brown hair called Junichi, both received her with open arms for a group hug.
"Aww don't feel bad you were so close" Said the girl
"Yeah, you have a really good start and I don't know anyone who can brag that they reduce "The Legendary Azure Dragon's" LP under 6000" Said the boy
"Thanks guys, but let's be real, it was impossible for me to win the duel, Cyber Blader was my only chance and got erased with mirror force" Yuki hug her friends back and sighed
"Well Yuki, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but it's not a reason to feel bad, losing a duel is experience for a duelist, the best you can do right now is smile and keep moving forward" Said Junichi, he may not be a good duelist, but he was good with the words
"Jun is right, besides there is no time to feel sad, today is our last day together as a group, we have to celebrate!" said Wisteria cheerfully
"Oh right… Uhm… You can go ahead I want some minutes alone" Her friends understand and leave her.
It was a beautiful night, the moon and the stars shine strong in the sky, Yukino was silent contemplating the sky, she looked at both sides to make sure that no one was around and took two cards from her deck, Cyber Tutu and Cyber Blader.
"I'm sorry girls, I know you wanted to win as much as I, it was my fault not yours" she said, even though she didn't hear a voice, she knew the spirits of the cards tell her to relax, that it was ok.
Yukino had the ability to feel and sometimes see and hear the spirits of the cards, she doesn't remember when she discovered her ability and she didn't care either, not all her cards talk to her, just Cyber Tutu and Cyber Blader, and it may sounds stupid for the normal duelist but because of that she feels a special connection with her deck and that makes her feel stronger than she really is.
"Yeah I know, well tomorrow is a new beginning for us, it's going to be a tough path and I will need you, I hope…" The girl's speech was interrupted by a familiar voice
"Talking with your cards again?" Ryo appeared out of nowhere and sat next to Yukino
"R-Ryo! Wha-What are you doing here?" The Slifer red asked completely embarrassed that someone saw her talking to her cards
"I needed some air, and i wanted to talk with you" The Obelisk blue said while looking to the sky
"Y-Yes?"
"Yes, and please relax I saw you talking with your cards before, it's kinda cute" Ryo laughed, Yuki just look at the floor trying to hide her blush. "It's not a bad thing, I wish I could have that kind of bond with my cards"
"Well… Why not trying to say something nice to the Azure Eyes Silver Dragon, after all he gave you the victory" Yuki laughed
"It's a dragon I don't think he's going to understand me" Ryo make a pause and then ask "So… What are you going to do now?"
"I'm moving with Wisteria to Neo Domino City, I'm going to be the next King of…. Queen of Duels" Said the girl proudly
"I know you will, you're an excellent duelist, in my case I'm moving to U.S.A and I'm going to make a name there in the professional circuit" The Obelisk blue remain silent some minutes and then look at Yukino and said "Hey, what about a rematch? Not now obviously, but once I become the U.S Champion and you're the Queen of Duels, let's make a rematch"
"Deal, next time I won't lose!"
"I hope not, one more thing… I want you to have this" Ryo gave her a card
"This… This is your Azure Eyes Silver Dragon… Why?" Ask the girl confuse
"Think of it as the seal of our rematch, once you see me again you can gave it back"
"Oh… In that case, you can have this one… Is really special to me but I know it's going to be in good hands" Yuki gave him one of her most precious cards the Cyber Blader.
Ryo accepted the card and both of them stood there in silence, contemplating the night sky, the next day it was the good bye and the start of a new adventure.