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A/N : Special thanks to everyone who actually read the first chapters. I promise the story will become better. Just give it time.

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"Is this what you meant by 'it might be over faster than you can imagine'?" Ilian asked worried.

"Not exactly. This is my sister if she plays at 50% of her total skill. But it could be even more worse."

"You're kidding me. She has a monster with 3300 attack points, you can't deal any damage to her, she can increase her Life Points more than we can imagine,… What could be more worse than all of this?"

"I don't think you want to know" Max assured Ilian.

"Of course I want to know. If you were me, you also wanted to know what can happen, wouldn't you?"

"Well, maybe, but…"

"Just tell me. It's not like she can multiply her Life Points or something, right?"

"No, it's way worse. She hasn't summoned her true ace yet" Max stated.


Yu-Gi-Oh European Duel Academy

Turn Four: Together With My Friends


The audience was impressed by the skills of Emma who was playing like a real pro. On the other hand, Max and Ilian were worried about Rick.

LP Emma: 6600

LP Rick: 7400

"What do you mean, she hasn't summoned her ace yet?" Ilian asked a bit impatient.

"You'll have to see for yourself. But you won't like it" Max assured.

The Duel Field looked pretty empty at Rick's side but quite filled at Emma's side. Rick only had his 'Solidarity' magic card on the field and three cards in his hand. Also, Emma knew that one of the cards was a 'Spell Power Grasp'. Emma had The Splendid Venus attached to a Cestus Of Dagla and Miraculous Descent. Furthermore, she had two cards left in her hand and had The Sanctuary In The Sky as her field magic.

"Tell me, Rick, do you want to continue our duel or do you want to surrender?" Emma asked confident but still not caring.

"Of course I want to continue," Rick smiled. "After all, I promised I would beat you."

"So be it. Enjoy your last turn before I'll end this duel."

"Draw", Rick called. "I simply set a monster before I end my turn."

"This looks bad," Max said. "If Rick doesn't have any trap cards he can never win."

"We have to believe he can turn this duel to his advantage," Ilian responded. "As long as he has Life Points, anything can happen." But are you able to do so?

"Is this all you can do?" Emma asked a bit wondered. "Fine, I already expected this from an amateur as you. That means this will be over before you know. Now I summon Freya, Spirit Of Victory."

A purple-haired cheerleader appeared and went standing next to Venus.

Freya, Spirit Of Victory: (lv1, Fairy, ATK 100 DEF 100)

"Why is she so cheerful and happy?" Rick asked confused.

"She doesn't know any better," Emma explained. "But it does help because thanks to her attitude, every Fairy on my field gets a bonus of 400 attack and defense points. And as long as I control another Fairy, you can't attack Freya."

The Splendid Venus: ATK 3300 + 400 = 3700 DEF 2400 + 400 = 2800

Freya, Spirit Of Victory: ATK 100 + 400 = 500 DEF 100 + 400 = 500

"And now you'll be destroyed," Emma went on. "Venus, attack his worthless monster with 'Heavenly Judgment'."

The Splendid Venus glowed again before she crushed Rick's monster and turned it into light particles.

"To bad you didn't know my monster was an Apprentice Magician," Rick said. "And since you destroyed her in a battle, I can summon another level 2 or lower Spellcaster-type from my deck in face-down defense mode. So I'll summon another Apprentice Magician."

"So be it," Emma replied coldly. "Freya, kill that trash."

"That wasn't your best move. My magician's defense is higher than Freya's attack. So nothing will happen."

"You think so? My Splendid Venus is still here which means your magician is too weak to defend herself."

"It doesn't matter. Now I get another monster. So I choose Night's End Sorcerer."

"Do as you wish. I just end my turn."

"Then it's my turn," Rick went on. "And first I flip summon Night's End Sorcerer."

A white-haired boy sitting on a grave appeared from the ground.

Night's End Sorcerer: (lv2, Spellcaster, ATK 1300 DEF 400)

"And thanks to Solidarity, his attack increases with 800" Rick said.

Night's End Sorcerer: ATK 1300 + 800 = 2100

"But thanks to The Splendid Venus your attack goes down with 500 points" Emma corrected him.

Night's End Sorcerer: ATK 2100 – 500 = 1600 DEF 400 – 500 = 0

"That doesn't matter. Now, I summon Breaker The Magical Warrior."

A red-armored warrior carrying a red shield and a sword accompanied the sorcerer.

Breaker The Magical Warrior: (lv4, Spellcaster, ATK 1600 DEF 1000)

"And since I normal summoned Breaker," Rick continued, "He gets a spell counter. But it won't remain for long because I remove it to destroy Miraculous Descent."

The crowd gasped as they realized that removing Miraculous Descent will also destroy The Splendid Venus.

"Breaker, destroy Miraculous Descent with 'Magic Sword'" Rick ordered.

Breaker's sword began to glow before it released a magic influence which caused the portal Miraculous Descent created to crush. As a result, The Splendid Venus was sucked up and vanished into another dimension.

"He… he actually did it," Ilian started. "He just destroyed The Splendid Venus."

"But this duel is far from over", Max warned.

Although The Splendid Venus was destroyed, Emma still looked unfazed, showing not a single emotion.

"And with your Splendid Venus gone, my monsters attack points will raise again."

Night's End Sorcerer: ATK 1600 + 500 = 2100 DEF 0 + 500 = 400

Breaker The Magical Warrior: ATK 1900 + 500 = 2400 DEF 500 + 500 = 1000

"And since you have no face-down cards, you're defenseless. Night's End Sorcerer, attack Freya."

The sorcerer attacked Freya, who had no chance to strike back.

"Breaker, attack Emma", Rick shouted before Emma could recover from the previous assault.

LP Emma: 6600 – 2400 = 4200

"Awesome!" Ilian exclaimed. "I knew he could do it."

"How is this possible?" Max wondered. "He is winning against my sister."

"And now I tune Breaker into my sorcerer to synchro summon Explosive Magician."

A white-dressed magician with lightning bolts in his hand emerged at the same time Breaker and Night's End Sorcerer disappeared.

Explosive Magician: (lv6, Spellcaster, ATK 2500 DEF 1800)

"You sure think you won already, don't you?" Emma asked a bit amused.

"Not exactly. But thanks to my ever-continuing Solidarity my magician gets an additional 800 points."

Explosive Magician: ATK 2500 + 800 = 3300

"And that ends my turn."

"Draw" Emma said calmly as she started her turn.

"I set one monster and I activate The Fountain In The Sky."

In front of the temple an altar appeared with a fountain in the middle of it.

"What is it supposed to do?", Rick asked wondering.

"You'll have to find out for yourself," Emma replied. "But it's your turn."

"I summon another Crusader Of Endymion in attack mode."

Another blue-armored magician walked to his comrade before getting ready for their fight.

Crusader Of Endymion: (lv4, Spellcaster, ATK 1900 DEF 1200)

Crusader Of Endymion: ATK 1900 + 800 = 2700

"You remember this one?" Rick asked. "And he will strike again. Crusader, attack her monster."

A male angel wearing a white toga shielded himself from the attack until Emma's duel disk began to glow.

"I should thank you, but I won't," Emma said coldly. "I'm sure you're familiar with Shining Angel. Thanks to his ability, I'm able to summon Nova Summoner in attack mode."

A little sun-like creature with wings came from the temple and replaced the angel.

Nova Summoner: (lv4, Fairy, 1400 ATK 800 DEF)

"And that's not all. Thanks to The Fountain In The Sky I can remove a destroyed Light-monster from play to restore Life Points equal to its attack", Emma explained.

LP Emma: 4200 + 1400 = 5600

"It doesn't matter. Explosive Magician, attack that Nova Summoner."

Explosive Magician fired a lightning bolt which electrocuted Nova Summoner.

"You fool," Emma said. "Because you destroyed Nova Summoner I can summon a Light, Fairy-type monster with 1500 or less attack from my deck. So I choose Airknight Parshath."

The nova transformed itself into a centaur-like angel who was ready to protect her temple.

Airknight Parshath: (lv5, Fairy, ATK 1900 DEF 1400)

"You're not allowed to summon her," Rick protested. "Her attack is too high for Nova's summoning restrictions."

"Normally yes. However, thanks to The Sanctuary In The Sky I'm not bonded by that law and can I summon Airknight Parshath instead."

That Sanctuary is a really troublesome card. If I don't get rid of it I'm done for.

"Furthermore, I activate The Fountain In The Sky to replenish my Life Points again."

LP Emma: 5600 + 1400 = 7000

"I have a bad feeling about this," Ilian said. "Rick was completely dominating but Emma came back in just one turn."

You have no idea. But the worst has yet to come Max thought.

"I'm afraid I just have to end my turn" Rick smiled.

"Are you ready for a real challenge?" Emma asked as she looked at her drawn card.

"Sure. Show me your best move."

"As you wish. I tribute Airknight Parshath to summon the ace card of my deck."

"The Splendid Venus wasn't your strongest card?" Rick asked amazed.

"Not at all. This card breaks every record you can imagine. Prepare for the ultimate monster. Come forth, ruler of heaven, Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin."

Airknight Parshath vanished and a retrained version of it reappeared.

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: (lv7, Fairy, ATK 2300 DEF 2000)

"This duel is over," Max stated. "If Rick doesn't find a way to get rid of that card he'll never have a chance to win."

"What do you mean? The Splendid Venus was way stronger than this card", Ilian asked.

"You haven't seen its full potential yet."

"And I just set one card before I end my turn" Emma said smiling.

What's so special about that card that Emma calls it her ace? It must have an ability. But what is it?, Rick wondered.

"Whether that card's your ace or not, I'm going to destroy it. Crusader, attack Neo-Parshath" Rick stated.

"You fool. Activate trap card, Aegis Of Gaia" Emma announced.

"No!" Max shouted. "Not that card."

"I might be a fool," Rick said. "But Aegis Of Gaia doesn't affect my attack. It just increases your Life Points with 3000."

LP Emma: 7000 + 3000 = 10000

"You think so?" Emma asked mildly amused.

"You have another purpose to activate that card?" Rick replied surprised.

Crusader Of Endymion attacked Neo-Parshath who somehow received energy from The Sanctuary In The Sky.

"What's all of this?" Ilian asked Max. "Why is Neo-Parshath growing so quickly?"

"See for yourself" Max answered, knowing what would come next.

Neo-Parshath kept absorbing power until she was strong enough to pulverize Crusader Of Endymion.

"How is this happening?", Rick asked as he saw his Life Points go down.

LP Rick: 7400 – 2200 = 5200

"This is what happens if you underestimate the value of a card", Emma said cynically. "But allow me to explain: If The Sanctuary In The Sky is active and my Life Points are higher than yours, the difference is added to the attack of Neo-Parshath."

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: ATK 2300 + 2600 = 4900

"And since your Life Points just decreased again, my attack will go up."

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: ATK 4900 + 2200 = 7100

"Furthermore, if Neo-Parshath damages your Life Points, I can draw a card," Emma clarified while she drew a card. "And just to be fair, Neo-Parshath also has the ability to penetrate in case you were thinking about defending with your pathetic Explosive Magician."

I can't defend! Rick panicked, something he rarely did. Then this will be really hard for me.

"How is Rick going to win against someone with 10000 Life Points and a practically invincible monster?" Ilian asked Max.

"He won't," Max sighed. "You don't know how it feels to duel Emma with that card until you're in that spot.

"I end my turn without further play" Rick said, stunning everyone.

"Why is Rick throwing the match away?" Ilian asked. "Why doesn't he fight back?"

"This is why I didn't wanted Rick to duel in the first place. He's completely overwhelmed by her psychological assault. Emma's so in Rick's head he starts to lose his confidence and make big mistakes", Max explained. "I've had the same experience against her."

You can fight back, Rick. You have to…

"Are you insulting me with this kind of play or are you really so weak?" Emma asked. "But you're about to lose. I activate the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Solidarity."

"No!" Rick shouted as a tornado appeared out of nothing before it destroyed the magic card and vanished as quick as it came.

Explosive Magician: ATK 3300 – 800 = 2500

"And to make sure you'll never have a chance to fight back: Neo-Parshath, attack Explosive Magician with 'Clear Sanctuary'."

Neo-Parshath resisted the lightning bolts of Explosive Magician easily and countered with a giant orb of light.

LP Rick: 5200 – 4600 = 600

"And as you remember, since your Life Points went down, Neo-Parshath's attack goes up."

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: ATK 7100 + 4600 = 11700

According to the merciless assault, Rick fell one knee, heavily breathing while Emma calmly drew a card.

"Now I end my turn. And I suggest you surrender" Emma smirked.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Max said. "Rick just tried to help me at his own cost."

"Is there any chance Rick can turn this duel around?" Ilian asked.

"I'm afraid this duel is over. As far as I know Neo-Parshath never achieved such strength before. We can only hope Rick won't be to traumatized by this" Max responded.

"Why would I give up, Emma?" Rick asked to everyone's astonishment. "I made a vow I would beat you and make you have fun through this duel. Besides, it's my turn now. And I set a monster and a face-down card. Your turn."

"You still don't give up?" Emma asked stunned while she drew a card. "Then you have to know it for yourself. Neo-Parshath, end this duel with 'Clear Sanctuary'."

"Is this the end?", Ilian asked panicking.

"How sad this might be" Max said softly.

You gave it your all, but in the end Emma just outclassed you, Professor Helsingborg thought.

Neo-Parshath released an enormous orb of light which illuminated the entire arena.

"I expected such a thing already. Summoning a monster with such tremendous power", Rick admitted. "But if you can't control such strength, it can cause self-destruction."

"What is that supposed to mean? Just be silent and admit your loss" Emma shouted.

"We'll see about that. I activate my trap card, Magic Cylinder."

"Impossible. I can't lose", Emma stated.

The light orb was captured by the first of two cylinders. Then, the energy was released and fired back to Emma. The returned power caused everything to disappear in the light.

"Did Rick win?" Max asked astonished. "Did he defeated Emma?"

The audience was surprised by the sudden comeback of the Lokinian, but were even more amazed by the fact that Emma somehow survived her own attack.

LP Emma: 10000 – 2700 = 7300

"What!" Rick yelled when he saw Emma unharmed. "You were supposed to lose 11700 Life Points from that attack. Why do you have 7300 Life Points left?"

"I was able to control my power," Emma clarified. "I activated the magic card Forbidden Chalice. It increased my attack power with 400 but as a drawback Neo-Parshath's effect is negated until the end of this turn."

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: ATK 11700 - 2700

"It was a brave attempt and you could be a good duelist, but you need a goal to achieve."

"What kind of goal? What does it mean?"

"Forget about it. I end my turn which means Neo-Parshath's power will be restored.

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: ATK 2700 - 9000

That goal… Rick wondered. Is that the reason you don't love to duel anymore?

"My turn", Rick said determined while he drew his card. Surprisingly enough, he recognized the card.

That card… This is the card Max gave me. That has to be a sign.

"First," Rick started "I reveal the monster you didn't destroy, Alchemist Of Black Spells."

A masked man showing the symbol of a spell counter appeared.

Alchemist Of Black Spells: (lv4, Spellcaster, ATK 1200 DEF 1800)

"Then I'll summon another Breaker The Magical Warrior in attack mode and thanks to his spell counter I can get rid of The Sanctuary In The Sky."

Breaker The Magical Warrior: (lv4, Spellcaster, ATK 1600 DEF 1000)

"You can't do that," Emma yelled, obviously mad. "That means Neo-Parshath loses all his power."

As Emma said, Neo-Parshath seemingly shrank to its regular size when her temple sank and vanished under the ground.

Neo-Parshath, The Sky Paladin: ATK 9000 - 2300

"Now I play my magic card Miracle Synchro Fusion" Rick announced.

"Miracle Synchro Fusion?" Max asked. "I've never seen this card before."

The audience was quite interested in the new card. Apparently, no-one saw this card before.

"To activate this card, I have to remove fusion-material monsters in my graveyard from play," Rick explained. "So I remove Explosive Magician and Apprentice Magician to summon Supreme Arcanite Magician in attack mode."

Explosive Magician and Apprentice Magician appeared on the field, merged with each other and transformed into a purple-dressed magician with a giant wand.

Supreme Arcanite Magician: (lv10, Spellcaster, ATK 1400 DEF 2800)

"Did you see this card before?" Ilian asked stunned.

"I didn't know that a fusion with synchro monsters existed," Max replied amazed. "But will this card be able to help Rick win?"

"For those who are wondering about this card," Rick started "When this card is fusion summoned, it gets two spell counters. For each spell counter on this card, he gets 1000 attack points."

Supreme Arcanite Magician: ATK 1400 + 1000 * 2 = 3400

"3400!" Emma shouted. "That's more than Neo-Parshath."

"And if you watched carefully, you'll know the next card," Rick said. "Spell Power Grasp, give Supreme Arcanite Magician a spell counter," Rick said while he put the card on his Duel Disk. "And as I said, that means 1000 more points."

Supreme Arcanite Magician: ATK 3400 + 1000 = 4400

"Next," Rick went on, now with an unseen intense, "I activate the last card in my hand. And I'm sure you'll know this card because it once belonged to someone very close to you…"

"Is that the card I gave him?" Max asked confused.

"I activate the card that represents this duel, United We Stand."

"United… We Stand," Emma gasped. "How did you get that card?"

"Max gave it to me as a proof of our friendship. And I'm sure you know what this card does. For each face-up monster I control, the assigned monster gains 800 attack points, and I equip it with Supreme Arcanite Magician."

Supreme Arcanite Magician: ATK 4400 + 3 * 800 = 6800

"I guess you know what comes next?" Rick asked. "Supreme Arcanite Magician, attack Neo-Parshath with 'Supreme Arcanite Magic'."

Supreme Arcanite Magician raised his wand and attacked with an explosion so powerful that the arena was covered by smoke.

"Did he just beat Emma's best card?" Max asked impressed.

"I guess," Ilian responded. "But I can't see anything at all."

After the smoke cleared, Neo-Parshath was gone while Supreme Arcanite Magician remained sole.

LP Emma: 7300 – 4500 = 2800

"Neo-Parshath" Emma said quietly as she started to lose the will to fight.

"And don't forget, I still have two monsters left. Alchemist, attack."

LP Emma: 2800 – 1200 = 1600

At that time, Emma realized it was over. She knew nothing could save her anymore.

"Breaker, end this duel" Rick ordered for the final attack.

Breaker The Magical Warrior raised his sword as Emma was ready to receive her final attack and lose the duel.

LP Emma: 1600 – 1600 = 0

When Emma's Life Point meter reached 0, she just stared at Rick and smiled, something she didn't do in a very long time.

"He did it," Max exclaimed. "Rick just beat Emma."

"Unbelievable," Ilian answered. "He beat a top student of Odin Palace."

Impressive, Rick Professor Helsingborg thought. I never imagined you could beat Emma Weller. You might be able to do great things. Really great things…


While everyone was talking about the impressive duel Rick simply walked to Emma.

"Great duel," Rick smiled. "I hope you enjoyed it."

Emma just looked away and didn't answer.

"Come on. It's not that bad you lost a duel. As long as you have fun."

"You don't get it. Dueling was fun, until that day…"

"What day? What do you mean?"

"It's a long story. When Max and I were little, we loved dueling and we both dreamed of becoming professional duelists. However, three years ago, a girl with a crystal necklace challenged me to a duel. She defeated me and cursed me. She turned me into a heartless, cruel monster. The only way to break the curse was to be defeated in a duel. That's why I went to here. Unfortunately, no-one was able to do so and help me."

"But what did have to do with destroying Max's confidence?"

"A week after I became cursed, Max got some new cards. He wanted to use them, but I felt some strange aura coming from those cards. So I made sure he never would duel again."

"But I've defeated you. So isn't everything back to normal again?"

"Not at all. By winning this duel you made everything even worse. The girl told me that once the curse was broken, a giant disaster would occur."

"What kind of disaster?"

"She didn't tell me. I don't know when, where, or what can happen. "The only thing I know is that this can be stopped only by either the person who defeated me or her opposite."

"Her opposite?"

"Someone who is opposite in most ways. But I don't know who he might be."

"It doesn't matter. We'll just do our best so that nothing will happen."

Rick and Emma just stared at each other and smiled.

On the other hand, among the audience one person just smiled evilly. With Emma defeated, the prophecy can finally begin.


Max: "I just can't believe you actually beat Emma."

Ilian: "Max's right. You're getting better every day."

Rick: "Don't say that. You're both awesome duelists."

Max: "Well, Ilian's going to prove himself in the next chapter."

Rick: "You mean he's going to duel instead of me?"

Ilian: "That's correct. I just don't know who my opponent will be."

Max: "You'll definitely find someone."

Ilian: "Next on Yu-Gi-Oh European Duel Academy: 'Divine Light'"

Rick: "It's just not fair. He gets to say the title and he can duel."