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Hey everyone, welcome back to… Yu-Gi-Oh Duels: Who Would Win!

First off, thanks to FairyTailNut for following this story.

Today we have a request by a Guest

(On that topic, if you want to request a duel, it's much more convenient if you create an account first since then we can actually talk and all…)

Anyway, this request is Serena vs Hokuto. Additionally, as per their request, Hokuto's Deck is different than normally

That's all for now, so without further ado…

Enjoy!


"Duelists 14 and 23, please report to the dueling stadium!"

"Good luck!" Yuya called, giving a thumbs up. Yuzu nodded, walking down into the stadium to face her opponent. Said opponent was already standing in the arena opposite of her by the time she arrived. They wore a sort of hooded cloak, so Yuzu couldn't quite tell who they were. Yuzu walked up and extended her hand.

"My name's Yuzu Hiragi," Yuzu greeted with a smile. "Let's have a fun duel!"

Rather than accept her handshake, the figure scoffed. Taken aback by the duelist's behavior, Yuzu took a step back.

"This duel will be between You Show Duel School's Yuzu Hiragi, and LDS' Hokuto Shijima!" Nico exclaimed over the microphone. Yuzu blinked, making sure she heard the name correctly.

"Hokuto?" Yuzu asked, recalling the last time she had seen the LDS Xyz Duelist. It had been during the previous year's Maiami Championship if she recalled correctly before he got...carded. By Serena.

"This isn't good…" Serena mused. "He probably thinks it was you."

"I still haven't forgotten what you did," Hokuto growled out, pulling back the hood of his cloak, revealing his distinctive spiky purple hair and golden constellation-shaped headband. "So I'm here for my revenge."

"About that…" Yuzu trailed awkwardly. There wasn't really an easy explanation. What would she say? "Oh that wasn't me, it was my alternate self from a different dimension! Don't bother to try and find her though, since we got merged together and now she lives inside my head!" There…really wasn't an explanation that would work. "I-"

"Enough talk," Hokuto interrupted, activating his Duel Disk and drawing his opening hand. "Let's duel."

Yuzu frowned, but activated her Duel Disk as well and drew her hand.

"Let me duel him," Serena requested, sounding strangely quiet yet determined.

"You?" Yuzu asked back, raising her eyebrow.

"I sealed him into the card in the first place," Serena explained. "It's me who he wants revenge against, not you."

"All right.." Yuzu relented, relinquishing control to Serena. Yuzu's blue eyes turned green as she switched control, the Deck inserted into her Duel Disk changing appropriately.

"Action Field on!" Nico exclaimed, slamming his hand down onto the button. The roulette span before, as if by fate, landing on a familiar field "Cosmic Sanctuary!"

Around the duelists, the Action Field formed. The two stood opposite a large circular pit, which had a floating platform in the center and numerous smaller platforms floating around it. On the edges of the hole lay several temple-like structures, with tall pillars also scattered about the field.

"Duelists locked in battle!" Serena began the chant.

"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Hokuto continued

"They storm through this field!" Nico exclaimed "Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! ACTION…."

"DUEL!" Overhead the floating Action Cards scattered as both duelists raised their Duel Disks.


Yuzu - 4000 LP, Hand 5

Hokuto - 4000 LP, Hand 5


"I'll begin the duel!" Serena declared. "I'll start by activating Polymerization!"

Serena activated the signature Fusion Spell, the swirling blue and purple vortex appearing on the field.

"I fuse the Lunalight Black Sheep and Lunalight Blue Cat in my hand!" Serena exclaimed, the two monsters briefly appearing onto the field before both being sucked into the portal. Serena clasped her hands as she chanted.


"Blue cat that prowls through the darkness!The beast lurking in jet-black darkness! Spiral into the moon's gravity and become a new power! Fusion Summon! Come to me! Beautiful beast that dances in the moonlight! Lunalight Cat Dancer!"


From the swirling Fusion vortex, a monster emerged. The monster was a humanoid cat woman with a flowing mane of red hair. She wore a dress which was red around the chest area, before turning a purple color from there down. The dress was decorated with long light blue ribbons, which began tied at chest level with a bow and extended down the dress before extending past the end of the dress as long tendrils. On her head, the woman wore a purple headdress, with a red mask that covered her left eye. She also wore purple tights and golden hoops around her ankles. In her hands, the woman wielded a pair of blades with golden hilts and silver blades.


Lunalight Cat Dancer

LV7 / DARK / Beast-Warrior / Fusion / Effect

ATK:2400 / DEF:2000


"Lunalights…" Hokuto muttered with a scowl upon seeing the Fusion Monster. "So you do still use them. Everyone said you were playing that stupid Fairy Deck again…"

"The effect of Black Sheep activates," Serena continued, ignoring Hokuto. "When it's sent to the Graveyard as a Fusion Material, I can return it to my hand."

The card in question popped out Serena's Duel Disk, which she promptly returned to her hand.

"Next I activate the Spell Lunar Eclipse," Serena said, the spell appearing beside her, showing a picture of an eclipse, with just barely a sliver of the sun left visible. "With this, all Lunalight monsters I control are unaffected by your Spell and Traps card effects until your End Phase!"

A floating sun appeared above the field, before being blotted out by a moon, causing a protective shadow to envelop Cat Dancer.

"With that, I'll end my turn," Serena said, moving from her position and leaping onto the first floating platform above the chasm. Hokuto said nothing and wordlessly drew.

"A different opening turn than usual from Hiragi," Nico observed, nodding in thought. "It seems as if she's using her Lunalight Deck today. We'll see how it goes against Hokuto in a moment!"


Hokuto - 4000 LP, Hand 6

Yuzu - 4000 LP, Hand 2


"I'll begin by activating the Field Spell Hexatellarknight," Hokuto said, placing the card into his Field Zone. As he did so, a glowing hexagon of purple energy appeared hovering over the duelist, casting a glow over the area.

"Didn't he use Constellars before?" Yuzu wondered aloud curiously. "What's with the new deck?"

"Shijima appears to also be using a different Deck this time around," Nico commented. "What new surprises could this Deck hold?"

"Next I'll set the Pendulum Scale with Scale 1 Satellarknight Zebrathuban, and Scale 7 Stellarknight Zebraxciton!" Hokuto exclaimed, placing the cards onto the edges of his Duel Disk. At this, Serena frowned.

"I know that LDS is mass producing Pendulum Cards now, but it's still strange to see them used against us," she thought, jumping to the next platform. Yuzu nodded in agreement.

On either side of Hokuto, two pillars of plain white light appeared. In the left pillar was a male angel dressed in white and golden armor and had very spiky brown hair. The area around the angel's chest was colored white, with a red gem surrounded by a gold outline in the middle. On his back, the angel had a pair of large, mechanical-like wings with steel-colored feathers. Around his waist, was a large hoop with a glass sphere on it.


Satellarknight Zefrathuban

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Pendulum / Effect

Scale 1

ATK:0 / DEF:2100


Contained in the other pillar of light was another gold and white armored angel, this one wearing its helmet over its head and a more full suit of armor. This angel was distinctly non-humanlike, having a stranger shaped helmet and a long tail on the back of its suit. In its right hand, the monster held a sword, which was silver with a golden hilt. Unlike Zefrathuban, the angel's helmet covered its entire face, being shaped like the face of Evilswarm Exciton Knight. It was white and gold colored, with two large red circles on its head that resembled eyes. On its back the monster had a pair of mechanical angel wings, and around it was a golden hoop with a glass sphere on it.


Stellarknight Zefraxciton

LV4 / LIGHT / Fiend / Pendulum / Effect

Scale 7

ATK:1900 / DEF:0


"With this Pendulum Scale, I can Pendulum Summon monsters whose Levels are between 2 and 6 simultaneously!" Hokuto said. "Pendulum Summon! Come forth! Satellarknight Deneb! Satellarknight Unukalhai! And Satellarknight Alsahm!"

Between the Pendulum Scales, a portal opened from which three beams of light shot from. The beams crashed onto the field, forming into monsters. The first monster was a feminine angel-like knight monster. The angel's skin was lighter than porcelain, being unbelievably pale and it wore very little armor. On its back, the monster had a pair of wings that were mostly pure white with golden slivers along the edges. In its hands, the monster wielded a large ornate broadsword. Around the blade were two golden lines that curved back and forth, creating a helix.


Satellarknight Deneb

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Effect

ATK:1500 / DEF:1000


The second monster was armored humanoid being, this one more androgynous in appearance. The monster's skin was a dark blue color and it appeared rather muscular. Its armor only covered its chest and waist areas and was white and gold colored with purple. The monster's helmet was also rather strangely shaped, having a white section at the front that lowered over its face, while the helmet extended back and connected with the plates. Around the monster was another golden hoop with a glass sphere on it.


Satellarknight Unukalhai

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Effect

ATK:1800 / DEF:1000


The third monster similarly also an armored angel-like warrior. This one was smaller than the others, making it appear like a child. Its armor was mostly gold and white, with some silver running down the middle. The wings on its back appeared much more mechanical than the others', being simple large pieces of golden metal with glowing circles at the top of each. The monster wore a white and gold helmet with a facemask over its mouth, and the helmet's top itself was shaped like a spike. The monster wielded a golden bow and arrow and around it circled a golden hoop with a glass sphere on it.


Satellarknight Alsahm

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Effect

ATK:1400 / DEF:1800


"And Shijima pulls off a fantastic Pendulum Summon!" Nico announced dramatically. "What will he now do with his summoned monsters, none of which hold the strength to defeat Cat Dancer? I wager we'll see in a moment!"

"The effects of my Satellarknights activate!" Hokuto exclaimed. "With Deneb's effect, I add Satellarknight Altair from my Deck to my hand, with Unukalhai's I send Satellarknight Capella from my Deck to my Graveyard and with Alsahm's you take 1000 damage!"

Hokuto plucked two cards from his Deck, one of which he kept and the other which he slipped into his Graveyard. Meanwhile, Alsahm notched an arrow into its bow which it shot at Serena, causing her to wince at the impact.


Yuzu: 4000 LP - 1000 = 3000 LP


"Now I Overlay my Level 4 Deneb, Unukalhai and Alsahm!" Hokuto continued, the three monsters transforming into swirling energy that shot into the Xyz vortex that formed on the ground.


"Warrior of the galaxy, appear and strike down my foe! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Stellarknight Delteros!"

Emerging from the vortex was another armored knight with three glowing golden Overlay Units. The armor it wore was mostly white and gold, but very regal in design. In its right hand, the monster wielded an ornate sword with a silver blade and golden helix design down it, as well as a golden hilt. In its other hand, the monster wielded a triangular-shaped shield with a white star symbol on the front, and it had three golden hoops around its arm. The monster's helmet was white, with golden details on the top of its head resembling horns. On its back, the monster had a pair of glowing golden wings.


Stellarknight Delteros

RNK4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Xyz / Effect

ORU: 3

ATK:2500 / DEF:2100


"And Hokuto has now Xyz Summoned using his three monsters!" Nico exclaimed at the sight of the Xyz Monster. "Not only that, but it has more ATK than Hiragi's Cat Dancer!"

Serena scowled. Lunar Eclipse offered no protection to battle destruction so she was vulnerable. Unless…

Moving quickly, Serena hopped from her platform to the next, spotting an Action Card near the center. Hokuto frowned at the sight and quickly continued.

"Hexatellarknight's effect makes all the "tellarknight" Xyz Monsters I control gain 200 ATK and DEF for every Overlay Units they have," Hokuto explained, Delteros' three golden Overlay Units glowing. "With three, Delteros gains 600 ATK!"

Each of Delteros' Overlay Units flashed with energy as they each shot a bolt of energy into the monster.


Stellarknight Delteros: 2500 ATK + 600 = 3100 ATK


"Don't worry, even if he attacks Cat Dancer, we'll still have plenty of Life Points left…" Yuzu assured Serena. Hokuto smirked.

"Next I'll use Delteros' effect!" He extended his hand upwards and the knight absorbed one of its golden Overlay Units. "By using an Overlay Unit, I can destroy a card on the field! I choose Cat Dancer! Stellar Crescent!"

The monster swung its blade, shooting an energy beam at Cat Dancer, destroying the Fusion Monster instantly in an explosion of light.

"Never mind, panic time!"

"Of course, since Delteros lost an Overlay Unit, it loses 200 ATK," Hokuto admitted with a slight frown. Delteros glowed slightly less brightly, but still fairly strong


Stellarknight Delteros: 3100 ATK - 200 ATK = 2900 ATK


"Delteros, attack her directly!" Hokuto exclaimed. "Cosmic Slash!"

Delteros leaped forward, its wings extending as it swung its blade through the air, sending off shockwaves from the force of its swing. The shockwave hit Serena, nearly sending her skidding off the end of the platform


Yuzu: 3000 LP - 2900 = 100 LP


"Action Card activate!" Serena exclaimed, using the Action Card she had picked up. "Damage Draw allows me to draw two cards when I take 2000 or more battle damage!"

Serena drew 2 cards to replenish her hand, frowning at the sight of her low LP. She hadn't expected to be put into a corner this early.

"I'll end my turn there," Hokuto finished, smirking at Serena. "How does it feel to be pushed into a corner just like you did that time?"

"My turn!" Serena declared, ignoring Hokuto again. "I draw!"


Yuzu - 100 LP, Hand 5

Hokuto - 4000 LP, Hand 1


"I'll begin with the Spell Card Lunalight Perfume!" Serena said. The Spell appeared beside her, showing a glass bottle of purple substance in front of a crescent moon. "With this, I can revive a Lunalight from my Graveyard. I choose Cat Dancer!"

Purple fragrance began to spread across the field, from which Cat Dancer emerged back onto the field.


Lunalight Cat Dancer

LV7 / DARK / Beast-Warrior / Fusion / Effect

ATK:2400 / DEF:2000


"I hope that's not all," Hokuto remarked smugly. "Your Fusion kitten is far weaker than my Delteros!"

"Next I'll use another Polymerization!" Serena exclaimed. "With it, I'll fuse Cat Dancer with the Black Sheep in my hand!"

Cat Dancer glowed as it and Black Sheep were fused together into another Fusion vortex that formed beneath them. Serena clasped her hands as she chanted again.


"The beast lurking in jet-black darkness!The beautiful wild beast dancing under the moonlight! Swarm in the vortex of the moon's gravity and revive with a new power! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Elegant beast dancing on the moonlit wilderness! Lunalight Panther Dancer!"


From the portal appeared another monster. This one, like Cat Dancer, also resembled a humanoid panther woman. Both her arms and legs were normal before turning into panther claws at the end. The monster wore a dark blue corset around its body, with a long pink dress extending off it. It had a pair of panther ears, while its dark blue hair covered its eyes. Right below its shoulders, the monster had a pair of golden blades extended backward off its body, as well as two golden hoops floating around its wrists with bells on them, with similar gold bands around its legs.


Lunalight Panther Dancer

LV8 / DARK / Beast-Warrior / Fusion / Effect

ATK:2800 / DEF:2500


"Even after Fusion Summoning again, your monster is still weaker than Delteros," Hokuto pointed out. "So it appears it was pointless."

"Don't be so sure!" Serena shot back, startling him. As per its effect, she removed Black Sheep from her Graveyard and placed it back into her hand. "Because now I'll Normal Summon Lunalight Purple Butterfly!"

Beside Panther Dancer, another monster appeared. This monster resembled a humanoid butterfly woman, with large wings on its back. The monster wore a yellow mask over its right eye that curved inwards with a point while the eye hole was blue. It had dark purple hair that was arranged upwards in the same shape as its wings, which were colored a variety of shades of purple, blue and yellow. The monster wore a white blouse with large puffy sleeves, and a golden brooch around its neck, as well as a pair of light purple tights and dark purple heels.


Lunalight Purple Butterfly

LV4 / DARK / Beast-Warrior / Effect

ATK:1000 / DEF:1000


"I don't see how that will-" Hokuto began to say before Serena cut him off again.

"Purple Butterfly's effect!" Serena explained. "By Tributing itself, a Fusion Monster I control gains 1000 ATK! Of course, I choose Panther Dancer!"

Purple Butterfly vanished into purple particles that surrounded Panther Dancer, powering it up


Lunalight Panther Dancer: 2800 ATK + 1000 = 3800 ATK


"Take this!" Serena exclaimed. "Panther Dancer, attack Delteros!"

Panther Dancer sprung forward, swinging its claws together at the knight. Hokuto hastily spun around and ran into the temple, grabbing the Action Card off the short wall.

"I activate the Action Card Single Destruction!" Hokuto said, the card appearing beside him, showing a dinosaur monster inside a red circle with a lightning bolt striking through it. "With this, since you control one monster, I can destroy it!"

The card glowed, firing off bolts of lightning at Panther Dancer to destroy it. Serena smirked.

"Panther Dancer's effect!" Panther Dancer raised its claws, blocking the lightning without so much as staggering. "It cannot be destroyed by your card effects! Thus, my attack continues!"

Panther Dancer continued its assault, its claws slashing at Delteros, but not destroying it as Hokuto staggered back from the damage.


Hokuto - 4000 LP - 900 = 3100 LP


"Panther Dancer's effect allows it to attack every monster you control once each, but they can't be destroyed by the first attack!" Serena explained. "Panther Dancer, attack and destroy his Delteros!"

Panther Dancer sprung forward again, its claws this time slicing through Delteros, destroying the monster as Hokuto took more damage.


Hokuto - 3100 LP - 900 = 2200 LP


"Delteros' effect!" Hokuto exclaimed. "When it's destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a "tellarknight" monster from my hand or Deck! Come out Satellarknight Procyon!"

With a flash of light, another knight-like monster appeared on the field. This one was clad in white and red armor, with golden decals all along it. Around it floated a golden hoop with a sphere on it.


Satellarknight Procyon

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Effect

ATK:1300 / DEF:1200


"When Procyon is Summoned, I can discard a "Satellarknight" to draw a card," Hokuto said, slipping a card from his hand into the Graveyard before drawing. "I discard Satellarknight Rigel to draw a card!"

"I'll end my turn with a set card," Serena said, Panther Dancer leaping back to land beside her as the facedown card appeared onto the field. Serena turned and searched for an Action Card. "Your move."

"I draw!" Hokuto shouted, forcefully pulling his next card off his deck.


Hokuto - 2200 LP, Hand 3

Yuzu - 100 LP, Hand 2


"I Normal Summon Satellarknight Altair!" Hokuto exclaimed, placing down the card onto his Duel Disk aggressively. Beside Procyon, another winged-knight appeared this one blue. Its eyes were visible through the visor in its helmet, and it was orbited by a golden ring. The monster landed, crouching in a ready position.


Satellarknight Altair

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Effect

ATK:1700 / DEF:1300


"When Altair is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Satellarknight from my Graveyard," Hokuto explained, gazing down as the screen popped up.

"Oh no, with Altair he can just revive Alsahm and do 1000 damage!" Yuzu exclaimed in shock. Serena scowled. She was right…Serena took a glance around, searching for an Action Card as Hokuto finally made his choice.

"I'll bring back…Satellarknight Capella!"

"Not Alsahm!?" Yuzu asked in shock as a white and golden knight appeared beside Hokuto's two other monsters. Its bottom half formed a sort of chariot rather than regular legs, with the monster itself holding glowing golden reins in its hands. Around its waist, the monster was orbited by a ring with a red orb on it.


Satellarknight Capella

LV4 / LIGHT / Warrior / Effect

ATK:1100 / DEF:2000


"Capella's effect!" Hokuto continued, as the monster snapped its reins. "Now if I use three or more "tellarknight" monsters for an Xyz Summon, I can treat them as Level 5 instead!"

"So a Rank 5…" Yuzu observed. "That's what he used to use a lot of if I recall correctly…"

Hokuto met Serena's eyes and smirked. The girl frowned. Something about the look in his eyes felt wrong to her…like this was an act done of malice…which it most certainly was. He could have likely ended the duel if he had chosen to instead summon Alsahm. So…what was he doing? Unless…

"Of course, I could have ended this duel with Alsahm's effect," Hokuto said, confirming Serena's thoughts. "However…I want you to feel that same helplessness I did before. I got this monster specifically to defeat you! I hope you're ready for it!"

Serena held her breath as Hokuto extended his arm skyward, his three knights all transforming into balls of golden light that spiraled upwards into a vortex of energy floating above the field.


"Fearsome wyvern of the galaxy, appear and eradicate down my foe! Xyz Summon! Rank 5! Stellarknight Constellar Diamond!"

With a bright flash of golden light, the portal pulsed, the monster emerging. The monster was a humungous dragon, the size of a building, colored golden and rainbow. The underside of its wide, gleaming golden wings were a swirling rainbow color, gleaming brightly. The dragon's head was covered with golden armor, with two red glowing eyes.

Stellarknight Constellar Diamond

RNK5 / LIGHT / Wyrm / Xyz / Effect

ATK:2700 / DEF:2000


"Stellarknight…Constellar….Diamond?" Serena muttered, in slight awe at the sight of the towering, imposing dragon. Hokuto smirked and gestured to his monster proudly.

"This monster is the perfect culmination for your defeat! Both my tellarknight and Constellar Decks…and you lost to Masumi's Master Diamond once, didn't you? Honestly, it's really just too convenient."

"Relax, Panther Dancer has higher ATK," Yuzu reassured Serena. "That 3800 will be hard for anything he has to get over, and Panther Dancer can't be destroyed by card effects,"

"Hexatellarknight's effect!" Hokuto continued, the Field Spell glowing. "Constellar Diamond has 3 Overlay Units, so it gains 600 ATK!"


Stellarknight Constellar Diamond: 2700 ATK + 600 = 3300 ATK


"It's still not enough," Yuzu pointed out, her voice filled with confidence.

"And I'll finally equip Constellar Diamond with Stellarknight Alpha!" Hokuto exclaimed, placing the Spell onto his Duel Disk with a vicious slap. Constellar Diamond glowed with light as its ATK rose again.


Stellarknight Constellar Diamond: 3300 ATK + 500 = 3800 ATK


"So…they're equal?" Yuzu muttered, voice laced with both confusion and slight concern. "This can't be good…"

Hokuto glanced across the field, scanning for something as his eyes darted back and forth. Finally, they locked on something, and the purple-haired boy leaped up onto the back of Constellar Diamond, the golden dragon darting across the field. Following Hokuto's gaze, Serena spotted what he had seen; an Action Card. Serena gritted her teeth, running after Hokuto in search of her own card.

"Constellar Diamond, attack Panther Dancer!"

"Shoot, he must have found a card!"

"Serena, over there!"

Serena whirled around, looking to where Yuzu was pointing, her heart sinking at the sight. There was a card…at the very top of a long, floating staircase. There was no way she could climb up those winding stairs in time…unless…

"Throw me!"

"Serena that's a terrible-"

Yuzu's worried exclamation was cut off as Panther Dancer picked up Serena (and by extension Yuzu's own body) within its large claws, hoisting the girl back behind her head. Before Yuzu could say anything more, Panther Dancer hurled Serena like a football, up towards the top of the staircase. Simultaneously Constellar Diamond let loose a massive blast of pure rainbow light directly at Panther Dancer, crossing the field in the blink of an eye.

The heels of her shoes grinding against the rough floor, Serena quickly slowed her own momentum, snagging the Action Card as she flew right by it. The fall was quite high, but so long as Panther Dancer could catch her everything would be fine. Serena took a glance at the card and felt her blood turn cold.

This card was not going to help her…

Constellar Diamond's beam reached Panther Dance, who raised its claws in defense, guarding against the blast while charging headlong into the beam. As soon as it closed the distance, the monster leaped from the blast area and raised its claw, ready to deliver a vicious slash to the golden dragon. Hokuto smirked and raised his own acquired Action Card.

"I activate the Action Card Miracle to negate Constellar Diamond's destruction!"

Constellar Diamond was surrounded by a field of protective green light which deflected Panther Dancer's strike, before delivering another, close ranged blast to Panther Dancer, this time reducing the monster to ashes.

Her only hope destroyed, Serena grit her teeth as she fell onto the ground, sharp pain shooting through her right leg as she crumpled to the ground. Solid Vision had a slight give, so the injury was not quite so bad as it would be otherwise, but the damage remained done. A collective gasp ran through the crowd as people witnessed the rather painful-looking landing. Gasping from pain, Serena tapped her Duel Disk.

"I…I activate the trap…trap card Lunalight Reincarnation Dance!" She exclaimed, the trap flipping up in front of her, showing White Rabbit and Purple Butterfly silhouetted in front of the moon with clouds flowing in from the sides. "When a monster I control is destroyed, I can add 2 "Lunalight" monsters from my Deck to my hand! I add Lunalight Wolf and Lunalight Tiger!"

The two named cards popped from Serena's Deck, which she shakily added to her hand. The pain was beginning to subside from a vicious crack to a much more manageable dull throb…she'd still definitely have to get her leg checked up on though…

"Add as many cards as you'd like," Hokuto goaded with a confident smile. "Constellar Diamond can negate the effects of any of your DARK monsters. Plus, you can't send cards from your Deck to the Graveyard or add them back! It's unbeatable!"

"There's nothing unbeatable about your monster!" Serena shot back with a snarl. "I draw!"


Yuzu - 100 LP, Hand 5

Hokuto - 2200, Hand 1


"This duel's ending now!" Serena stated, holding out two cards. "I set the Pendulum Scale using Scale 1 Lunalight Wolf and Scale 5 Lunalight Tiger!"

Unlike Hokuto's Scales, Serena's two monsters rose up on either side of her within a pair of deep purple columns scales with the emblem of a moon on the top of each. The monster in the first scale resembled that of an anthropomorphic wolf girl, being mostly purple with green fur around its head and torso. The monster wore an orange mask that covered the top half of its face, shaped like a circle with two spikes at the top and bottom. The mask itself also has a design on it with several dots.


Lunalight Wolf

LV6 / LIGHT / Beast-Warrior / Pendulum / Effect

Scale 1

ATK:2000 / DEF:1800


The other scale was occupied by an anthropomorphic tiger girl, colored yellow with black colored stripes across its head, arms, and tail, as well as halfway down its legs, forming "boots". Only a single of the monster's eyes was visible, the other hidden behind an ornate golden mask with a green gem on it. Its visible eye was a deep orange, with a light blue stripe over it. On its back, the monster had some extending fur that was colored light blue. Tufts of white fur appeared across the monster's body, including its legs, arms and just behind its head. The monster wore pink bows on its wrists and at the end of its tail. Additionally, it had blue claws and blue toes.


Lunalight Tiger

LV3 / LIGHT / Beast-Warrior / Pendulum / Effect

Scale 5

ATK:1200 / DEF:800


"So now you'll Pendulum Summon," Hokuto guessed, appearing quite confident. Serena only gave a smirk and shook her head.

"I'm actually using these two for their Pendulum effects!" She corrected, pointing to Tiger. "First, Tiger lets me revive a "Lunalight" Fusion Monster from my Graveyard with its effects negated by ignoring its summoning conditions, under the conditions that it cannot attack and is destroyed during the End Phase. Return to the field Panther Dancer!"

With its claws, Tiger tore open a glowing portal, from which Panther Dancer reemerged, holding up its claws in a defensive formation.


Lunalight Panther Dancer

LV8 / DARK / Beast-Warrior / Fusion / Effect

ATK:2800 / DEF:2500


"Now for Wolf's effect!" Serena continuing, gesturing to her other monster. "Using it, I can Fusion Summon a "Lunalight" Fusion Monster by banishing the materials from my field or hand! I'll use Panther Dancer from my field and Black Sheep and White Rabbit from my hand!"

Black Sheep and White Rabbit appeared from Serena's hand before being absorbed into a swirling vortex alongside Panther Dancer. Serena clasped her hands and chanted.


"Elegant beast dancing on the moonlit wilderness!The beast lurking in jet-black dress! The lively white rabbit illuminated by moonlight! Swarm in a vortex of the moon's gravity and revive with a new power! Fusion Summon! Come forth! The king of beasts dancing atop the summit of the moonlight wilderness! Lunalight Leo Dancer!"

The Fusion monster gave a cry as it appeared on the field. The monster was a tall purple feline humanoid, with a large mane of white hair on its head with a golden mask on the side of its face. It wore a pink robe around its waist and a pair of boots with clawed feet and tiger heads on its knees. In its hands, the monster wielded a large curved blade that it brandished at Hokuto's Constellar Diamond.

Lunalight Leo Dancer

LV10 / DARK / Beast-Warrior / Fusion / Effect

ATK:3500 / DEF:3000


"3500 ATK!?" Hokuto exclaimed in shock, before quickly recovering. "Well, that's still less than my Constellar Diamond!"

"Leo Dancer attacks Constellar Diamond!" Serena exclaimed, thrusting her arm at the metallic dragon. "Luna Rising Slash!"

Leo Dancer leaped forward with a battle cry, swinging its blade at Constellar Diamond.

"Either she has a plan or Ms. Hiragi just wants to go out with a bang!" Nico exclaimed. "Either way, this will be a sight to remember!"

"I'll use the Action Card Battle Charge!" Serena said, activating the Spell Card. "Since I'm declaring the attack this time, Leo Dancer gains ATK equal to half the ATK target!"

"Constellar Diamond has 3800 ATK," Nico observed as Leo Dancer began to glow with energy. "Half of that is 1900!"


Lunalight Leo Dancer: 3500 ATK + 1900 = 5400 ATK


"Hexatellarknight lets me send a "tellarknight" from my hand to the Graveyard to negate your attack!" Hokuto hastily slid the final card from his hand into his Graveyard as a barrier formed in front of Constellar Diamond, protecting it from Leo Dancer's strike.

"When Leo Dancer attacks, it destroys all your monster automatically afterward!" Serena continued, undaunted by Hokuto's hasty save. "Lunar Eclipse!"

Leo Dancer raised its blade above its head and swung down, smashing into the ground with such force that caused a massive explosion of light around Constellar Diamond. Hokuto seemingly regained face and gave a smug smile.

"Constellar Diamond's effect!" He exclaimed. "I use one of its Overlay Units to negate Leo Dancer's effect and destroy it! Star Seal!"

Constellar Diamond absorbed one of the golden spheres surrounding it, letting out a roar as it glowed, repelling Leo Dancer's explosion. A golden circle appeared around Leo Dancer, with the emblem of a star on it. With a snap of Hokuto's fingers, the circle collapsed, crushing Leo Dancer around its waist, trapping its arms against its body. Serena gave a grin.

"Unfortunately for you, Leo Dancer has a particular effect of her own. She's unaffected by all your card effects, meaning Constellar Diamond can't affect it! That means Constellar Diamond is toast!"

With a grunt of effort, Leo Dancer broke free of the circle and swung its sword again, blasting a beam of light at Constellar Diamond. The dragon growled as it was hit by the beam of light, staggering slightly but not falling.

"Alpha makes whatever monster it is equipped to unaffected by your card effects as well," Hokuto explained. "That means your Leo Dancer's effect doesn't apply! It appears we've reached a stalemate!"

"Is that so?" Serena asked, crossing her arms as she stared back at Hokuto. "You see, Leo Dancer can attack twice every Battle Phase! And it looks like you're out of cards to use! Leo Dancer, attack Constellar Diamond once more!"

Leo Dancer's blades gleamed as it charged into battle again. Its body was enveloped in more gleaming light as Battle Charge's effect increased its ATK again.


Lunalight Leo Dancer: 5400 ATK + 1800 = 7200 ATK


"So…it looks like I really couldn't win…" Hokuto muttered in defeat, dropping to his knees in defeat. Leo Dancer leaped forward, slicing straight through Constellar Diamond, the dragon exploding in a massive explosion of rainbow-colored light as Hokuto's LP drained to nothing.


Hokuto: 2200 LP - 3600 = 0 LP

WINNER - Serena


OC Cards:

Action Card - Battle Charge Spell/Action

Target 1 monster you control: Whenever that monster declares an attack it gains ATK equal to half the ATK of the attack target until the end of the Battle Phase.


AN:

I want to give my apologies for the loooong hiatus. I have a new schedule for writing that should hopefully offer more consistent updates in my stories. With that said, I hope you enjoyed. I'll see you next time!