Hello everyone. I would just like to begin by pointing out that I've been reading fanfics for a while, but could only think of one story idea, so I'm deciding to give it a go. I've just started my account today so my story might be a little rusty. I got the idea from Yugioh Zexal where there are three girls who have a crush on the main character, Yuma Tsukumo. If you watched Yugioh Zexal, you'll know them all too well. It's slightly AU-ish because one of the characters, Anna, who only appeared in a couple of episodes, is a main character and part of Yuma's circle of friends. Just a little heads up.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh Zexal or any of its elements except for Number 97. I hope you enjoy!
The sun was setting on another day in Heartland City, and in the midst of the city a duel was taking place. Yuma Tsukumo with, the help of his partner Astral, were squaring off against a number holder while their friends, Tori, Bronk, Cathy, Flip, Anna, Caswell and Rei were cheering the duo on, despite their current situation.
Number Holder- 4000 LP Hand: 1
Yuma- 1300 LP Hand: 1
Number Holder's field- Number 97: Exploder Goblin- Rank 6 DARK Warrior ATK: 0/DEF: 0 1 Overlay Unit.
Destiny Board, Spirit messages 'I', 'N' and 'A'.
Yuma's field- Number 39: Utopia- Rank 4 LIGHT Warrior ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000 0 Overlay Units.
One facedown.
"Say goodbye to your monster, you little rascal!" shouted Yuma's opponent. "Exploder Goblin, attack Utopia!" A giant, muscular, green goblin wearing torn up orange shorts and wielding a club started rushing towards Yuma's signature number and prepared to strike. "At this point I activate my goblin's ability. During either player's battle phase, by using an overlay unit, the monster it battles with is automatically destroyed, and you take damage equal to the destroyed monsters attack."
Yuma and Astral gasped. They already used up all of Utopia's overlay units so they could no longer stop Exploder Goblin's effect. Exploder Goblin's last overlay unit morphed into a bomb with a short lit fuse. As he got up close to Utopia, he tossed the bomb up and whacked it with his club.
"Oh no!" Exclaimed Caswell, "If this attack works, then it's over for Yuma and Astral!"
"No it isn't," said Yuma, "I activate the trap card, Damage Diet. Now all damage that I take this turn gets cut in half," by the time he finished his sentence, the bomb made contact with Utopia and exploded, taking Utopia with it. The force from the explosion got to Yuma and sent him flying. "GAAAAAHHHHHH!"
"YUMA!" screamed his friends.
Yuma- 50 LP
"So you managed to survive that blow," said the number holder, "No matter. My goblin's attack and defence increases by all damage it dishes out through its effect."
Number 97- ATK: 2500/DEF: 2500 0 Overlay Units
"Plus after your next turn, I'll bring out my final spirit message and this duel will be mine!"
"Well at least his monster has no more overlay units, so he can't activate its effect again if Yuma attacks," said Flip.
"Don't think I didn't hear that!" shouted the number holder, "I activate the spell, Instant Overlay which lets me attach this card as an xyz material to a monster on my field that doesn't have any," As he spoke, the card transformed into a purple overlay unit and began to orbit the goblin.
Number 97- 1 Overlay Unit
"Me and my big mouth," groaned Flip.
"You may now take your final turn," the number duelist said to Yuma who was having trouble getting back up from that last attack.
"Come on, Yuma, you can still win this!" cheered Rei.
"I'm not so sure about that," said Caswell, "With that one overlay unit still on Exploder Goblin, Yuma will seal his fate if he attacks."
"I hate to admit it, but I think he's right," Bronk agreed. Tori, Cathy and Anna, not believing what Yuma's friends were saying, suddenly got a hint of anger within them.
"Well if you don't start cheering for Yuma, you'll have to answer to me!" shouted the three of them, awkwardly all at the same time. This immediately sent a chill down the guy's spines and in an instant, they resumed rooting for Yuma.
"Go Yuma!" "Show 'em who's boss!"
Yuma, who was encouraged by his friends, got straight back up and said, "I'll definitely show this guy who's boss, cause I'm feeling the flow!" he then proceeded to draw, "My turn! I DRAW!"
"Yuma," said Astral, "you now have all the cards you need to pull off a victory." And sure enough, Yuma checked the two cards in his hand: Gagaga Girl and Monster Reborn, and knew just what to do.
"I summon Gagaga Girl in attack mode!" Yuma declared. His signature female spellcaster appeared with a twirl and a wink.
Gagaga Girl- Level 3 DARK Spellcaster ATK: 1000/DEF: 800
"Then I'll activate Monster Reborn to bring back Gagaga Magician from my graveyard," Yuma's signature male spellcaster took the field while letting out a "Hmph!"
Gagaga Magician- Level 4 DARK Spellcaster ATK: 1500/DEF: 1000
"I activate my magician's ability. One per turn, I can make his level anywhere from 1 to 8 until the end phase. I'll make his level 3." Four lights lit up on the magician's charm, then one dimmed out.
Gagaga Magician- Level 3
"Now I'll overlay my level 3 Gagaga Magician and Gagaga Girl!" His two monsters turned fully purple and flew into the air. A red portal opened up in front of Yuma and his monsters sailed into it, "With these two monsters, I built the Overlay Network and Xyz Summon! Come forth, Melomelody the Brass Djinn," from the portal appeared a boy with green hair and two purple horns. His outfit consisted of a light blue shirt along with a purple vest and matching shorts. He was sitting on a brass instrument consisting of one huge opening at the front, a medium size opening above his head and three small openings on either side of his head. Two yellow overlay units circled him.
Melomelody the Brass Djinn- Rank 3 LIGHT Fiend ATK: 1400/DEF: 1600
"Only 1400 attack? That trumpet boy won't stand a chance against my goblin," reminded Yuma's opponent.
"Oh he will when I activate Gagaga Girl's ability. When she's used along with only "Gagaga" monsters to Xyz Summon, one monster on your field that was special summoned gets its attack zapped to zero!" An image of Gagaga Girl appeared behind Melomelody who started dialing on her cell phone. She pointed it at Number 97 and fired a laser beam from her causing the goblin to drop his club.
Number 97- ATK: 0
Yuma's opponent still showed no worry, "Hmph! No matter. With his overlay unit still attached, one attack will cost you the duel!"
"I don't think so," said Yuma not losing his smile, "I activate the effect of Overlay Eater from my graveyard. By banishing it, I can detach an overlay unit from a monster on your field and give to a monster on my field!" From Yuma's graveyard appeared a red chameleon with black stripes and green spiked hair down its back. It shot out its tongue and grabbed Exploder Goblin's last overlay unit. Its colour changed to yellow as it tossed the overlay unit to Melomelody and began to circle him.
Number 97- 0 Overlay Units
Melomelody – 3 Overlay Units
Yuma's friends were getting excited, "Alright, now that number's effect is officially sealed off!" exclaimed Flip.
Now Yuma's opponent was scared, "Noooo! My last overlay unit! How dare you!"
"Oh I dare," shot Yuma, "and now I'll have Melomelody attack Exploder Goblin! Melody Wave!" The brass player gathered energy into the front of his horn and shot it out at the goblin. With its effect gone, all it could do was take blow, though it didn't end up getting destroyed.
"Ha! My number monster can only be destroyed by another number monster," said the number holder grinning.
"But you still take the battle damage!" answered Yuma, making his opponent's grin falter.
Number Holder- 2600 LP
"Now I'll activate Melomelody's ability," said Yuma, "If he attacked and there's an Xyz monster on your field, by removing an overlay unit, he can attack again!"
"What?"
An overlay unit flew into the front horn that Melomelody was sitting on and more energy began to gather, "Melomelody, it's time for an encore," Yuma declared. Most of Yuma's friend's smiled and rolled their eyes at Yuma's pun while Tori, Cathy and Anna giggled. The brass player once again shot out energy at the number dealing more damage to Yuma's opponent.
Number Holder – 1200 LP
"That horn player is really starting to get on my nerves."
"And he'll continue to, because you still have an Xyz monster on your field, which means I can use my monster's effect one more time," another overlay unit flew into the horn and the brass djinn prepared for the final blow.
Yuma's opponent gasped, "No! You can't!"
"I just did!" shouted Yuma, "Melomelody! ATTACK!" the monster did what it was told nailing the opponent's monster and sent Yuma's opponent flying.
"CUUUURRRRRSSEESSSSSSS!"
Number Holder- 0 LP
Yuma's face appeared with the win symbol and the Augmented Reality vanished. All of Yuma's friends were ecstatic over his victory, especially Tori, Cathy and Anna as they seemed to rush over to Yuma.
Astral held out his hand and retrieved Number 97 from the duelist. Another Number was secured, "58 down, 42 to go," he mused. Then he turned to Yuma and smiled, "Well done in that duel, Yuma. You were able to put together a winning formula without my assistance. I can honestly say your skills have improved greatly."
"Oh," said Yuma surprised at his friend's comment, "You think so?"
"I know so," said Astral, "and your friends seem to think the same," with that said, Yuma turned towards where his friends were watching, only to be caught off guard by Tori, Cathy and Anna as they jumped towards him and started hugging him. This surprised Yuma and made him blush a little.
The other guys were unaware of this as they were discussing Yuma's duel.
"What I found impressive was that Yuma dealt the final blow with a non-number," Caswell mentioned.
"Yeah," said Flip, "it seems as though Melomelody's ability together with Gagaga Girl's ability is a useful combo for facing a Number."
"Well, Yuma wasn't called the Duel Champion of Heartland City for nothing," said Rei.
"Then again, Astral might've been giving him a hand or two during the duel," Bronk reminded them, getting nods from all the other guys as they knew that Astral was real, "But you can't blame Yuma. He and Astral need to collect all the numbers by any means necessary after all."
"Indeed. Still though, Yuma, being an expert at dueling? Next thing you know, he'll become popular with the ladies or something," remarked Caswell, making himself, Bronk and Flip burst into laughter. Rei however, stared in Yuma's direction and grinned.
"I think he already has some popularity with the ladies," said Rei, causing the other guys cease their laughter and look at him. Rei pointed towards where Yuma was, currently being hugged by the three girls and even receiving a few kisses. Rei's grin didn't falter while Bronk, Flip and Caswell's jaws dropped.
"That was awesome, Yuma!" exclaimed Tori.
"I never doubted you for a second!" shouted Cathy.
"I knew you'd beat him!" said Anna.
"Heh heh…it was nothing really, ladies," said Yuma, trying to maintain his cool.
"Is this really happening?" asked Caswell to no one in particular.
"If so, it could only mean one thing," said Flip.
"The world is coming to an end," finished Bronk. All they could do was stare as Yuma tried to break free.
"Tori…Cathy…Anna…can't breathe."
Chapter 1 complete! Before I go, I should tell you that with exams coming up, it might take a while for my next chapter, but good things come to those who wait! If you liked this story, don't hesitate to leave a review.
