Chapter 2: The Swordsman Duelist

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"When there are at least 2 or more Famed Armaments on the field, I can special summon Famed Armaments Chrysaor from my hand! Slice em up! Chrysaor!".

A warrior donned in gold held a golden sword, it was tempered with pure adamant, and could cleave through anything

Famed Armaments: Chrysaor, level 4, Fairy, light, ATK: 2000, DEF: 1500

Chrysaor appeared with a golden flash, revealing 5 feet long 2-handed long sword with a golden blade. The hilt and handle resembled something carved out of stone with an emerald jewel embedded in the space at the centre of the hilt, giving it a look of a mesmerizing eye.

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"What the, swords!?" Yuya gasped in surprised as the three incredibly huge ornate swords appeared in front of Ryouma, radiating power. "Those are your monsters!? I could have mistaken them as Equip Spell cards!"

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"No, these are monster cards and this is my Famed Armaments deck!" I replied. . "I choose the activate the second effect of the Continuous Spell Magical Workshop! By sending this card to the graveyard, I can give one of my Famed Armaments an additional 600 ATK points boost until the end of the turn."

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Famed Armaments: Chrysaor, level 4, Fairy, light, ATK: 2000 - 2600, DEF: 1500

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I strolled towards the swords while placing my hand cards in a card holder on my duel disk. I held Chrysaor in my right hand and Kamula in my left. I took a stance and pointed Chrysaor towards Yuya while smiling.

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"Let me show you, Yuya… this is how I duel!"

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"Battle! I attack your Performapal Hip Hippo with Famed Armaments Chrysaor!" I rushed towards the hippo, ready to slice it into two pieces and chip off some of Yuya's life points.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Hippo Carnival!" The set card flipped up to reveal three dancing hippos. "When this card is activated, I can summon three hippo tokens in Defence Mode! Let's party!"

I was temporary stunned by the appearance of three dancing hippos before me, dancing and shaking their bodies to music. "And for the rest of the turn, you can only attack these tokens during this battle phase" Yuya added.

"You bet I am! I attack the first hippo token with Famed Armament Chrysaor. At this moment, its effect activates! When Chrysaor attacks a monster in Defence Mode, it can inflict piercing damage to the player!"

"What!?" Yuya shouted as the shockwave from Chrysaor's slash knocked him off his feet.

"Your hippo's defence points are zero, take my sword's full 2600 ATK points as damage!"

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Yuya LP: 1400

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I stabbed Chrysaor back into the ground and replaced it with Famed Armaments Orna, readying myself again in a two-sword style stance with Famed Armaments Kumala.

"The battle continues! I destroy your two remaining hippo tokens with Oran and Kumala!"

Two quick slashes, and the token disappeared with a poof. All that is left is Yuya's Hip Hippo.

"I now activate the effect of Famed Armament Kumala! When it destroys an opposing monster, it's allowed to make a second attack." I twirled Kumala in my hand, getting ready to wipe Yuya's field clean.

"I activate the Trap Card, Security Orb!" Yuya reveals a trap which launches a red and yellow drone. "Your Kumula is switched into Defence Mode!" With that said, the drone created a yellow barrier which prevented my onslaught and Kamula was switched into defence.

"Awesome Yuya! This is getting fun."

"You got me pretty good there with your sword's ability. But, never in my whole life have I seen someone swing giant swords in a duel before!" Yuya exclaimed with his eyes sparkling.

"Eh heh heh…" I sheepishly scratched the back of my head as Yuya began his unexpected praising. "I end my turn. At this very moment, the final effects of my Famed Armaments Orna, Kumala and Chrysaor activates! They are destroyed and sent to the graveyard!" I announced.

"What? They are destroyed at the end of the turn?" The three swords turned into light particles and entered my graveyard, leaving my field bare. "And then, my three armaments allow me to add three other Famed Armament Monsters to my hand as long as they have a different name. So, I add Famed Armaments Jokalnaut, Drynwyn and another copy of Orna to my hand!"

"But your field is empty!"

"That is merely the price I have to pay for using my monsters, so let's continue Yuya! Show me what you got!" I said while spreading my arms wide.

"Then let me show you my Entertainment Duel! The fun is only just beginning!" Yuya declared as he prepared to draw his card. "DRAW!" He looked at his card and smiled.

"Get ready Ryouma! Hip Hippo can be treated as two tributes, so I will release him …" The hippo dispersed into green particles and a pillar of light burst forth.

"…To summon my ace! With your beautiful dichromatic eyes, burn down your foes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"

A green and a red orb flashed through the pillar of light, revealing a red wingless dragon with dichromatic eyes of red and green. The dragon gave a screech/roar as it descended next to Yuya.

I stared in awe at the beast before me. "…This is your ace, how beautiful".

"Why thank you. Are you ready Ryouma? This is where the fun starts!"

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"Bring it."

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"Alright Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Attack Ryouma directly with Spiralling Strike Burst!"

The red dragon jumped into the air and released a spiralling force of dark fire towards me, blowing me off my feet and I fell on my back.

Ryouma LP: 1500

"Arghhh! That was quite the impact… but I'm not out yet" I said as I stood up.

"I set a card and end my turn." Yuya said. "What do you think of my deck, Ryouma?"

"I did not anticipate you bringing out your ace on just your second turn. What happen to 'going slow'?" I stated with a hint of annoyance in my voice.

"Well … things were kind of heating up when you summoned those swords of yours, sorry I guess?" Yuya replied while sticking his tongue out childishly.

'Still, I am in trouble…' I thought as I look up towards Yuya's Odd-eyes Dragon. 'The only way I can defeat him is if I can summon something from my Extra Deck…'

"My turn, draw." I looked at the card I just drew. "This will do."

"You were kind enough to show me your ace, its only right for me to show mine as well."

"I activate the spell card, Fairy of the Lake. The card showed a fairy emerging from a lake levitating a golden sword.

"This handy spell lets me choose a level 4 or below Famed Armaments Monster from my graveyard and special summon it in Defence Mode. So, I choose my Famed Armaments Chrysaor to rejoin this battle!"

The golden sword once again appeared in a bright flash and stabbed the ground. "I then summon my Famed Armaments Orna once again from my hand. You know what that means, I get to special summon another Famed Armaments Monster as long as its level 4 or below, so I summon Famed Armaments Drynwyn to join us."

The sword will choose only the purest, and burns the evillest of hearts

Drynwyn was a bronze one-handed sword smaller than the other Famed Armaments, but its blade was covered in flames.

Famed Armaments: Drynwyn, level 4, Fairy, Fire, ATK: 1500, DEF: 1500

"When this card is special summoned, all monsters with 'Armament' in its name gets an extra level!"

The fire from the blade of Drynwyn briefly increased in strength as the other swords gained a similar flaming aura.

Famed Armaments Orna LV 4 - 5

Famed Armaments Chrysaor LV 4 - 5

Famed Armaments Drynwyn LV 4 - 5

"He has three Famed Armaments with the same level," Yuya noticed. "Wait are you going to –"

"Yes! I am going to overlay my level 5 Famed Armaments Orna, Chrysaor and Drynwyn. With these three monsters, I build the overlay network!"

The three swords silently transformed into two yellow and one red streams of energy, diving into a spiral portal in the sky.

I took out the one card I needed to win.

"Ageless sword of the one true king, transcend time to shine your holy light, and bring me victory! Thou name is..."

The rekindled light of promised victory will shine once again

"XYZ SHOUKAN! Descend, Rank 5! Legendary Armament Excalibur!"

A pillar of golden light descended from the portal. In a second, the pillar dispersed to reveal an extremely ornate sword which shone as brightly as the sun. It was a large sword which easily exceeds my height, with a golden hilt and a royal blue handle. The blade was decorated with blue and gold accents, and a single sapphire was embedded in the guard. To show its proof as an Xyz monster, three golden lights orbited around it.

Legendary Armament Excalibur, Rank 5, Fairy, Light, ATK: 2500, DEF: 2000, OU: 3

Yuzu, who just arrived at the dome to watch the duel, could only marvel at the sight of the golden and blue sword. "It's so pretty…"

Yuya however, was covering his eyes. 'So bright!' he thought aloud.

"Here I come Yuya!" My shout jolted Yuya out of his thoughts as I held Excalibur and readied myself to attack. "I attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Legendary Armament Excalibur!"

"Before you attack, I activate my Trap - "

"Naïve! At this moment, I detach all 3 of Excalibur's Overlay Units to activate its ultimate effect! Your set cards cannot be activated this turn, and my Excalibur's Attack Points are doubled until the end of this turn!" I shouted.

"Say what!?" Yuya gasped as the Xyz sword absorbed all three of its Overlay Units and began to shine like a miniature sun, the golden aura locking down Yuya's set card.

Legendary Armament Excalibur, Rank 5, Fairy, ATK: 2500 - 5000, DEF: 2000, OU: 3 - 0

"5000 Attack Points!?" Yuzu shouted.

"That's enough to wipe out the rest of my Life Points!"

"It's over, are you ready for this?" I gripped the blade tightly, and in response, the blade shone even brighter till the point where the entire duel dome is bathed in golden light.

"Now hear its name, and engrave it to your soul!"

"EX…"

I swung the blade down. The pillar of light hammered down on Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

"CALIBUR!"

There was nothing but light

Yuya LP: 0

Ryouma: WIN

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As soon has my win was declared, the holograms faded away, I shuffled my cards back to the deck and made my way towards Yuya who was on the floor.

"You alright?"

"I can't believe I lost!" Yuya pulled his goggles back to the top of his head. "But that was a good game. Your deck really has some crazy effects."

"If only you knew some of the drawbacks…" I sighed.

"You two were amazing!" That came from Yuzu who ran towards us after spectating the match.

"It was nothing really…"

"Yes! You two were amazingly hot-blooded!"

"Huh?" The three of us looked around. "Who said that?"

"We got to see such a cool duel!"

"That guy looked like a hero!"

"The way he handled those swords gave me the shivers!"

The door to the dome burst open to reveal five people with a colourful array of hairstyles. There were three children, one boy having blue hair, a girl having red hair, and a chubby boy with green hair. Behind them was a boy…I guess? He has sky blue done up in a spiky pony tail and was chewing on a lollipop. The last one was a man in his mid-thirties, with orange swept back hair, and wearing a red and orange gym suit.

"Friends of yours?" I asked.

"They are part of the You Show Duel School as well" Yuzu explained to me quickly.

"We just got back, and we heard that a duel is going on, so we decided to watch from the control room." The man stated while grinning.

"Since when?"

"Since the time when you're about to summon that Xyz monster." Replied the boy with the sky-blue hair. (I kind of knew he is a boy now from his voice.)

"That sweating hot man over there is my dad, Shuzo Hiragi. He is also the owner and principal of the You Show Duel School" Yuzu stated.

"My name is Ayu! Nice to meet you!" The girl with the red hair greeted politely.

"I'm Tatsuya, that finisher was pretty cool." The boy with dark blue hair introduced himself.

"I am Futoshi! And that duel gave me the shivers." The chubby boy with green hair suddenly wiggled his body, weirding me out just a little bit.

"I-I see…"

"And I am Sora Shiun'in." The boy with sky blue hair finished. "Yuya's friend!"

"Self-proclaimed, to be exact." Yuya whispered to my ear.

"Ehhhh … you're horrible to say that shishou!"

"Like I said, I am not you-"

"Um, I'm sorry to bother your antics, but my name is Ryouma. Nice to meet you" I managed to introduce myself while bowing.

"Ryouma? That's it?" Sora was one needlessly curious child I must say.

"Yes, due to a certain incident in the past, I suffered from memory loss. I can only identify myself as Ryouma."

The crowd's faces turned apologetic as they realised they may have triggered an unhappy memory.

"I've been travelling from place to place, so I'm kind of a wanderer." I lied.

"That deck of yours is called "Famed Armaments" right?" Sora asked. He noticed the shield due disk I'm wearing and for a split second I thought his face expression changed. "That duel disk's pretty unusual, where did you get it?"

"First, yes my deck is called "Famed Armaments". And second, I found this near the trash and picked it up on my way to Miami City.

'I probably should not reveal too much regarding the other dimension.'

The man, Shuzo was it? He came to me asking, "That sword you summoned just now was an Xyz monster wasn't it? Are you an Xyz user?" he pestered.

"You can say that."

"I see… how about you join the You Show Due School?" Shuzo said as he puts his arm around me, kind of resembling a shady salesman.

Shuzo was immediately hit with a paper fan (seriously?) by Yuzu. "How could you say that to someone you just met!?"

"But we need more students!" Shuzo was half crying half pleading. "Even if we include Sora, we only have six students! You don't need to know math to know THAT'S NOT GONNA CUT IT!"

"Even so, it's rude to-"

"I don't mind," I answered a little too quickly. "I'm planning to stay in this city for a while, and I like this place, so why not?"

"RYOUMA!" The principal hugged me with tears flowing out, and I started to sympathise with Yuzu regarding what she has to deal with.

"Besides, I want to learn more about Action Duels. I've heard about Solid Vision from Yuya, but I've never actually gotten to try Action Duel or Action Cards." I added.

'And I definitely need lay low for a little while…" I thought to myself.

"Of course!" Yuya agreed. "It will be interesting to find out how you can combine it with that duelling style of yours."

"Anyway, Ryouma is now officially a student of our You Show Duel School. So everyone?"

Yuya, Yuzu, Sora, Shuzo and the three kids shouted simultaneously:

"""WELCOME TO YOU SHOW DUEL SCHOOL RYOUMA!"""

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Here are the names and origins of the swords I used so far:

Orna, the sword of the Fomorian king Tethra, which recounts the deeds done with it when unsheathed. It was taken by Ogma and it then recounted everything it had done.

Dyrnwyn (White-Hilt), the Sword of Rhydderch Hael. When drawn by a worthy or well-born man, the entire blade would blaze with fire. Rhydderch was never reluctant to hand the weapon to anyone, hence his nickname Hael "the Generous", but the recipients, as soon as they had learned of its peculiar properties, always rejected the sword.

Chrysaor, the golden sword of Sir Artegal in The Faerie Queene. It was tempered with Adamant, and it could cleave through anything.

Mmaagha Kamalu, a sword that belongs to the Igbo god of war Kamalu. This sword glows red when people with evil intentions are close by and it can cause tremors when struck on the ground. It gifts mere mortals victory in battle.

Jokulsnaut, a sword belonging to Grettir which was later given to his brother Atli. (Sagas of Icelanders)

Excalibur, it is also sometimes referred to as: Caliburn, Caledfwlch, Calesvol, Kaledvoulc'h, Caliburnus due to inconsistencies within the various Arthurian legends. Sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Stated that it was forged on the Isle of Avalon.