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Chapter 08: Double Trouble Duel of the Dimension Dragons
The second day of the Maiami Championships went off without much fuss. Yuya won his Duel with Sawatari and other Duelists made their way to the second round of the competition without problems.
However, Sora lost his Duel against Shun and revealed his status as an Academia agent by verbally displaying his dislike for Xyz Monsters. Shun soon crushed him after two Rank-Ups, quite literally after a holo-building fell on top of Sora dealing the final amount of Life Point damage.
After Sora was rushed to the hospital to be checked up, Yuya along with Gongenzaka and Yuzu were now outside the hospital's front entrance discussing current events and trying to decipher the verbal argument Sora and Shun had had during their Duel.
Meanwhile at the same time, Genichi was on the hospital rooftop with Yuto and Junichiro. Shun had refused the meeting and headed back to Leo Corp to discuss some matters with Reiji. So it was just the three dimensional travelers talking for now.
"I'm going." Yuto said firmly.
Genichi groaned and rubbed his forehead. "Normally you're the rational one, Yuto. Now you just want to hop down there and pummel him mentally after he's been destroyed physically? I highly doubt Sora will give you any info even if he knows something."
"If it's for Ruri, then we're willing to do anything to save her and our other comrades." Jun put in his input, standing behind Yuto's choice.
This made Genichi groan again in slight irritation but he relented, "Fine, do as you please. Don't blame me if things go badly in there. I'll only help out if it's really needed. Jun stays up here though. One person interrogating him is enough in his condition."
Yuya's Xyz counterpart nodded and hopped off the roof and did a somersault through the window of Sora's hospital room.
Jun looked to his Standard self confused. "Why aren't we helping him out?"
"Simple. We're not tempting fate by making things more awkward for others. Do you want to explain to others why there are apparently two of us or that we're practically twins with the exception of our hair styles?"
"Ugh. Good point." the blonde clenched his fist tightly. "I'd still like to personally pound any info out that kid he may have on my sister though."
Genichi could understand doing anything for a loved one, especially family. But discretion was needed right now and the Paladin Duelist highly doubted his airheaded counterpart understood the meaning of the word 'stealth'.
Yuto had stood at Sora's beside for only a minute until the short teen opened his eyes and saw him. But being tired and weak from his Duel, Sora mistook seeing Yuto's face and thought he was seeing Yuya and spoke that thought aloud in a weak voice.
But Yuto apparently didn't let that get to him and pressed on. "I have some questions for you."
The different voice and way of talking was enough to get the cobwebs out of Sora's head, "You're..."
Yuto ignored him and kept speaking, "I want to know where Ruri and Yume are."
"I don't know any Ruri or Yume!" Sora retorted as he turned his head away from Yuto defiantly, "There's no way I would anyways."
"Then do you at least know where the hostages are being held?" the Phantom Knights user pressed on.
Sora spoke as if speaking to a child. "I don't! All I do know is that your so called hostages don't exist!"
"Don't exist?"
"Because people who are hunted get put into cards! So I'm sure they are too." That last statement made Yuto flinch slightly. Sora ignored this and adopted a serious look as he spoke again. "More importantly, where is he?"
"He?"
"Shun Kurosaki! I have to settle the score with him!" Sora declared as he jumped out of his hospital bed, grabbing his Duel Disc, Deck, and shoes as he went to stand before a now recomposed Yuto.
"That's already been settled. You lost." said Xyz user stated firmly.
"I didn't lose! There's no way I'd lose to Xyz scum! Take me to him now! I'll beat him to a pulp this time! If I go all out, someone like him would be easily-"
Sora's tantrum was cut short by a voice from the hallway that was quickly followed by rapidly approaching footsteps.
"Where'e that shouting coming from?"
In the next few seconds, two security guards entered Sora's room in which one immediately asked who Yuto was. Rather than answering, Yuto charged forward and slid past the two startled guards. Not wanting to lose his only lead to revenge, Sora literally knocked the two guards out of his and pursued Yuto out of the hospital and both performed great acrobatics over Maiami's rooftops.
Seeing their friend leaving and being pursued, Genichi groaned and followed Yuto in a similar fashion with Jun right beside him. He could hear the guards down in the hospital shouting orders to each other to find the intruder and bring Sora back. This made the Paladin user groan. "Didn't we just finish talking about being discreet?"
"Hey, the brat's following him. We can still beat the info out of him." Jun pointed out.
"You mean you guys will interrogate him. I'm neutral here remember? I'll only step in if things get messy."
"Yeah, yeah, I remember." the blonde waved his counterpart off dismissively. "Still wanna pound him though."
"Leave that to Yuto. Sora's good but not that good. I'm sure he can handle it."
Little did they know, Reiji was tracking their escapade group via the city's vast camera network and was calmly observing the events as they transpired. Shun was there as well and wanted to leave to give his comrades a hand but Reiji held him back, not wanting to interrupt the proceedings as to what was to happen in hopes of gathering more information.
The group had stopped at the warehouse distric, which made Genichi wonder if this area was a secret inter-dimension Dueling arena area or something. Sora didn't waste any time in demanding Yuto bring Shun out so he could get his rematch.
Needless to say, the people at LDS watching the events unfold were startled to see a person who looked like a twin of Yuya who was confirmed by Shun to be Yuto, one of his comrades. Seeing Genichi and another possible twin of his own had Reiji ask Shun for identification as to who Junichiro was. All others were shocked and confused with no clue as to what was happening here.
As Sora kept demanding to face Shun, Yuto finally responded. "You want to fight Shun again with those injuries?"
"Yes!" was the younger teen's instant reply, "This time I definitely won't lose!To someone like him... Xyz scum are all destined to be hunted by me! You... Kurosaki... perhaps Genichi..." a wicked grin formed on his face, "-and even those Ruri and Yume girls you talked about!"
This made Yuto, Jun, and Shun all inwardly tense in anger and wnet went unnoticed by Sora who continued with his soliloquy. "There's no way I'd lose to Xyz users! I'll prove to you first that if I fight seriously I'll be the stronger one! If you're going to hide him, I won't show you any mercy! I don't know where those girls are, but I bet they were turned into cards. Or maybe there may be a way to save them."
"What?" Yuto and Jun asked with a bit of hope.
"And how is that?" Shun and Genichi wondered aloud.
Sora hadn't even noticed Genichi and Jun had arrived; his whole attention was focused on Yuto as he replied the unspoken question with his evil grin. "By destroying all of us!" This made the three Xyz traveleres tense in anger again. "But that's impossible for the likes of you though." It was at this point Yuto lost his composure and activated his Duel Disc, which made Sora happy. "Oh, finally feel up to it? That's more like it! I'll take you out first before going after Kurosaki! I'll prove that I can deal with every Xyz user in this world by myself!"
"i won't let that happen!" Yuto retorted in a more forceful tone than normal, "Defeating you will be the first step in saving Ruri and Yume!"
DUEL!" Both players shouted as they started.
'Finally. Why do the bad guys have to waste such a long time with their speeches?' Genichi thought as he watched Sora deal Effect Damage on Turn 1. Yuto followed up by Xyz Summoning Phantom Knights - Break Sword and destroy the mosnter Sora had played on Turn 1.
"Well, it wouldn't be any fun if you couldn't do this at least." Sora commented as he recovered from the small damage he just took while Yuto ended his turn with two face-down cards.
Unknown to the two Duelists and two (physical) spectators, Yuya was communicating with Yuzu on finding where Sora had gone and was coming close to their position.
Of course, Sora didn't know that and even if he did he wouldn't have cared anyway. "Now that you've shown me your Xyz, it's time for me to go all out! Boku no turn!"
'You should go all out or at least be serious from the get-go, Sora.' Genichi thought as he and Jun watched as Sora played Polymerization to Fusion Summon Frightfur Bear.
It was at that time Yuya arrived in the area with relief at seeing Sora seemingly alright. What shocked him though was seeing Yuto whose face of course looked exactly like his own and wondered if Yuto was the same Yuto that Yuzu had told him about.
Sora had Frightfur Bear destroy Break Sword. Yuto winced at the slight damage but didn't let it faze him as he activated Break Sword's effect to Special Summon its Overlay Units as Level 4 monsters.
"Phantom Knights will never fall!" Yuto proclaimed to his adversary, "No matter how many times you take them down, they will always revive! This is how we of the Resistance fight!"
That proclamation made Yuya think for a second before he realized that the current Duelists before him were fighting as if they were mortal enemies.
Sora took that time to activate Frightfur Bear's effect to equip the destroyed Break Sword to itself, inceasing his monster's ATK to 4200. "This means your Xyz monsters are merely going to be nutrients for my Bear. Now go, go ahead and Xyz Summon again with those two monsters you summoned. I'll devour those as well!" Sora ended his turn with a face-down.
Yuto didn't disappoint as he called out his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon at this point, which startled Yuya at how the monster was named as 'Xyz Dragon'. Sora cockily taunted Yuto about only having 2500 ATK, but that attitude flipped as Yuto used Dakr Rebellion to alter Bear's ATK to halve to 2100 and increase Dark Rebellion to 4600. Both Sora and Yuya thought Yuto would the effect again but shocked them when Yuto simply chose to attack and destroy Frightfur Bear then and there and deliver massive Battle Damage causing shockwaves to fling Sora backwards much to Yuya's continued surprise.
Yuya revealed his presence to the others at this point after Yuto ended his turn. The Pendulum user tried to help Sora, but said younger teen refused by saying he hadn't gone all out yet and wanting to finish the Duel despite Yuya pointing out he was still injured. Sora didn't want to wait for a 'next time' because he knew there wouldn't be one, just like in a real battle.
"That's correct." Both You Show Duelists looked to see Yuto addressing them, "But even if you are my enemy, I can't bring myself to injure you any further. If you surrender now, I'll end this so that you won't suffer."
'Ouch, wrong way to say that.' Genichi thought as he saw an outraged expression that didn't belong on Yuya's face appear. Jun just continued to watch in silence, though a look of contempt was on his face.
"What are you planning on doing? What are you going to do to Sora?!" the dual-color haired teen demanded his Xyz self. When Yuto didn't respond, Yuya continued on, "Answer me! That Kurosaki guy tried to do something to Sora too!"
Yuto seemed to somewhat ignore his Standard counterpart and spoke more to Sora, "You said I had to destroy Fusion in order to save Ruri and Yume, right?" He ignored Yuya's muttering and went on, "A large building can be brought down by a single anthill. I'll have you become the first crack that we drill into the wall that is Fusion!"
Sora grit his teeth at this, but kept quiet. It was at that point Yuya could see the same kind of expression Yuto was giving Sora as Shun had given Sora earlier and made the connection of the two possibly being allies of some kind.
So he stepped in, "Stop! I won't let you hurt my friends anymore! If you want to Duel, then I'll take you on!" Yuya declared as he activated his Duel Disc. Battle Royale Mode was engaged, but curiously there was no Intrusion Penalty like Genichi had seen before.
Yuya wasted no time in Pendulum Summoning his ace monster, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. This caused a reaction of some kind in Yuya that Genichi noticed. More noticeable though was how the two Dragons seemed to become aggressive against each other. Yuya had Odd-Eyes attack Dark Rebellion but Yuto negated the attack with Phantom Fog Blade.
This made Sora angry when he realized Yuto could have stopped his Bear's attack but had let it happen so he could Xyz Summon an even better monster, which made Sora think Yuto had been playing around with him. The fact Yuto could have OTK'ed him but didn't on purpose made Sora's rage even fiercer. Yuto chose to ignore the irate younger teen in favor of Yuya's next move.
Not noticing this emotional changes around him, Yuya negated and reset Yuto's trap with Timegazer Magician. Yuto countered this with Booby Trap: E to copy Phantom Fog Blade's effect to still negate Yuya's attack, so Yuya ended his turn there.
Sora interrupted the Duel, wanting to finish things his way. Yuya confronted him about Ruri and how Yuzu had told him about how apparently Shun's sister Ruri had been kidnapped which led Shun and Yuto to Maiami. This led Yuya to ask why Yuto's group and Sora seemed to hate each other so much and was irritated when Yuto didn't answer.
This made Sora chuckle with no real humor. "There's no way he could answer. If they did, they'd have to show their weak side! He's just a remnant of those weak losers. They're just runaways from the Xyz Dimension that my allies took over!"
'So he's from Academia after all.' Genichi thought. He and the others had suspected that fact for a long time, but now they had absolute proof.
"Xyz Dimension?" Yuya was lost as to what Sora had just said.
Yuto wasn't. "We haven't been taken over! And Shun, Jun, and I didn't run away! We came to this world to oppose the Fusion Dimension!"
Now Yuya was even MORE lost. "Fusion Dimension? First Xyz Dimension now Fusion Dimension... What the heck is that?!"
Sora chose to field that one, "It means that he, Kurosaki, and that guy over there," he pointed at Jun who was standing beside Genichi whom Yuya only now noticed was there, "-aren't from this world. They all came from another world, the Xyz Dimension!"
Now that somehow got Yuya on track, "Another world?!"
Sora went on, "My allies fought gallantly against the Xyz Dimension. If I lost, I'd be smearing mud on their honor! And more than that, I'd never forgive myself! I was top of the elite class at Academia and was even given this special mission! To think I'd lose to Xyz scum, there's no way that should have happened! Boku no turn!"
"Stop! If you keep this up your body will..."
Yuya's pleas fell on deaf ears as Sora made his move to Fusion Summon his strongest ace monster, but his grand standing was cut short as his Duel Disc interupted the Duel and began to glow a bright red that surrounded him.
"No, stop! I don't want to go back yet! Wait please until I defeat him! Until I finish off that Xyz user, I can't go back to Academia!" His pleas fell on more deaf ears and was futile, as proven in a matter a seconds, the candy loving teen vanished in a stream of light that looked as if he had been teleported away.
Yuya looked around desparately for his friend but couldn't find him. Wanting answers now, he faced Yuto. "Hey, What's going on?! What just happened?!"
Yuto actually chose to answer this time. "He went back to the Fusion Dimension." was his plain reply.
Yuya didn't seem to buy it, "'Went back'?"
"Yes. He was originally a person from that world."
"'That world'...? What is this ridiculous garbage you've been spewing?! Sora is from the Fusion Dimension... You and Kurosaki are from the Xyz Dimension... Are you saying there are other worlds other than this one?!"
"That's correct."
"Stop screwing around! There's no way I can believe that! Hurry up and give Sora back! He was injured during his Duel with Kurosaki."
"You don't have to worry about that. Academia should have their own doctors."
"Academia?! Sora mentioned that name as well... Just what the heck is this Academia?!"
A voice cut into their conversation. "Academia is the training school for creating Duel Soldiers in the Fusion Dimension."
Yuya and Yuto turned to see Genichi and Junichiro walking up to them. This was the first time Yuya had fully acknoweldged that the pair was even there but for now clung onto the new piece of information Genichi had just told him. "Duel Soldiers?! Wait, why are you here, Genichi? And... is that your twin with you?"
Jun groaned and face-palmed himself while Yuto worked hard to suppress a chuckle. Genichi shot both Xyz users a 'I told you so' look before returning his gaze to his fellow You Show student. "Later. For now, I believe there is a Duel still in progress." he looked at Yuto who nodded back to him.
Yuto focused his gaze onto his Standard self. "Now that Sora Shiunin has left, it would be my turn now. But this Duel now has no reason to continue. So I activate this, Quick-Play Spell: Emergency Provisions, activate! This lets me send any number of Spell/Trap cards on my field to the Graveyard and receive 1000 LP for each. So I send my remaining two cards to gain 2000 LP. With that, Turn end."
Yuya was stunned by that move. "Are you sure?! With your Trap gone I can now attack you with my Odd-Eyes!"
Yuto kept a calm expression of no fear as he replied, "If you want to, then do it."
Whether it was how confident Yuto seemed or perhaps some kind of cockiness, Genichi couldn't tell which emotion got Yuya riled up as he grit his teeth in frustration, "There's no way I could!" With that said, Yuya removed his Deck from his Duel Disc, prompting his side of the Duel to be deactivated. Yuto followed suit with same results, officially canceling the Duel.
Yuya still had questions so he kept his fierce gaze upon his Xyz self, "You said that Sora would be the first step in destroying the Fusion Dimension. But when Sora disappeared the way he did, weren't you relieved somewhere deep down? Even back in your Duel against him, you would have won if you had used two Overlay Units, but you tried to end it using one to destroy Sora's monster! Could it be that you really don't want to fight?!"
Rather than answering Yuya's questions, Yuto chose a different route. "Those people, those at Academia are invaders. They invaded the Xyz Dimension and kidnapped my comrades... Shun's litter sister!"
Jun clenched a fist and spat out, "Mine too. Our home was attacked by them and turned into a battlefield!"
"Your homeland...? You mean the Xyz Dimension?!" Yuya was a bit slow on the uptake, but he got it in the end, was Genichi's thought.
Said Paladin Duelist took it from there. "That's the general name for their world that Academia uses. Just as how they use Fusion Summoning, those from Yuto and Jun's world use Xyz Summoning. From what I've learned, it was Academia that turned Dueling into a form of warfare against the other Dimensions."
Yuto nodded as he took up the conversation again. "Our Duels were there to make everyone smile and have fun. Even if some of our Decks were more brutal than others, the main point was to have fun regardless of how good we were."
Jun looked ready to burst at that point but kept his head as both he and Yuto remembered the painful memories. "At least it was, until THAT day... the day Academia attacked and invaded us! Heartland was a city filled with people's smiles. Until..." he cut himself and looked away as unshed tears of frustration filled his blue eyes.
Yuto looked unable to continue the tale, so Genichi filled in the rest. "Academia sent an advanced force of Duel Soldiers to attack as the first wave. They were the main force of the elite known as the Obelisk Force. Most use the Ancient Gear archetype and summoned giants to attack with real damage in a way Solid Vision has to invade Heartland without any regards to whom were hurt. Duelist, civilain, men, women, children, it didn't matter to Academia so long as they won and all remnants of survivors were wiped out. What's worse, they hunted people down like it was merely a game to them, laughing and having fun all the while! It's sick. Any and all victims they could find were turned into cards."
It was this point Yuya was completely horrified at how savage Academia's actions were. Yuto and Jun didn't say anything, but one could easily see the pain and frustration on their faces as well as their clenched hands that had become white from the pressure on them. Even back at LDS, Reiji seemed revolted by the story.
"Something like that happened? I can't believe that... Using Dueling to take over worlds?!" It was obvious that Yuya was having a hard time accepting the new reality he was now being presented with, despite a familiar face telling him the facts.
Yuto finally managed to compose himself as he addressed his Standard self, "Do you believe it doesn't concern you since you're from a faraway world? The world is far larger than you believe it to be. There are plenty of things happening unseen. In this reality, I witnessed countless people get turned into cards in front of my very own eyes!"
Yuya gulped at the venom in his Xyz self's voice as he digested that new fact. 'A world we don't know of...? Do they really exist?' Aloud he muttered to himself, "Fusion Dimension and Xyz Dimension?" Realization hit him then, "Then, does that mean-?!"
Jun took that one, "Yeah, we're pretty sure it exists. The Synchro Dimension."
Genichi took over again. "We have no idea why the four worlds we know of are divided up depending on their respective summoning methods. But facts remain the same, that they all do exist."
A new realization hit Yuya as he needed to know something, so he asked, "Then what about here?! What is our dimension called?!" he seemed to be either panicking or entering some kind of hysteria phase, but thankfully it was somewhat toned down.
To answer that, Yuto, Jun, and Genichi answered in unison, "Standard." Yuto kept going from there, "Those at Academia call this world by that name. The foundation for all that exists, the center world."
Yuya still seemed to be in shock as he repeated what he just learned. "Fusion... Xyz... Synchro... Standard... The world is divided into four different dimensions... And the Fusion Dimension invaded the Xyz Dimension... Why did something like that happen?!"
Much to Reiji's (rare) surprise, Genichi fielded that one, "You can blame Leo Akaba for that one. At Academia he is referred to as 'The Professor' and has some crazy scheme in mind that involves the four dimensions."
Yuya noted the last name in relation to Reiji but decided to ask that one later. For now, "I don't get anything about this dimension nonsense! But I do know this! Dueling is not a tool for conflicts! And even less for invading!" Those last declarations seemed to startle Yuto and Jun somewhat, but Yuya pressed on, "The Dueling I believe in is entertainment to make people happy and to put smiles on their faces! Even now, I remember it clearly. My father united everyone with Dueling. That power was in Action Dueling that my father created and polished the power to grab people's attention and bringing a smile to their faces. I was just getting a bit closer to that... the Entertainment Dueling that I believe in... To think that Dueling is being used as a tool to hurt people... I can't forgive that!"
Yuto and Jun were now totally stunned at Yuya's conviction and dedication to his beliefs. Genichi had heard it before, so he simply smiled in agreement. But before any more could be said, a bright light filled the area that temporaily blinded the four there and disconnected the link LDS had to survey the events.
When the light died down, they saw two motorcycles that were cooling down from their landing.
"Damn it, what the hell is this thing doing here?!" said the rider of the white bike.
"Tell me about it. Tch, how irritating, damn it!" roared his companion on a dark blue bike.
A shock came when both riders removed their helmets. To Genichi, he recognized the silver hair and green eyed teen on the blue bike he reconfirmed was a D-Wheel to be the same guy he'd met not long ago. 'Hajime!'
The one on the white D-Wheel though, had blonde bangs swept to the right with blue hair in the back. And the same face as Yuya and Yuto. And since he was on a D-Wheel, Genichi took an easy guess that this guy was thier Synchro counterpart like how Hajime was his and Jun's.
Yuto broke the silence first. "You are-"
He didn't get any further than that since his Synchro self spotted him then too. "Hey, it's you! It's finally time I finish you!" Yuto took on a serious expression at this.
Yuya wasn't as calm as his apparent two counterparts about this. "There are two guys who look just like me?!"
Meanwhile, Genichi tried to be a kind diplomat and approached Hajime. "Uh, hi?"
Hajime however, wasn't the friendly type, at least to them. "Finally found you, bastard! You'll pay for picking a fight with Shion!"
It was hard to get Genichi confused, but he was totally lost now. "Huh?"
"Don't play dumb with me! When I last saw you, you were ganging up on Shion with some other guy! First you kidnap her, then you force her into a two-on-one Duel? I never forgive bullies, so prepare to die!"
Now Genichi had an idea as to what was going on, and it was a clitche case of misunderstandings that he tried to clear up. "I don't know who this Shion is, but that wasn't her I was Dueling that day. That was-"
"I don't for your excuses! You attacked my best friend and kidnapped them. I'll take care of you while Yugo handles your buddy over there." Hajime cut Genichi off as he flexed his fingers in anticipation.
At the same time, the now named Yugo was cracking his knuckles with just as much impatience. "We may have been interrupted the last time, but I'll never lose to you one-on-one! Come on, Duel me! I'll definitely wipe the floor with you this time!"
"Fine." Yuto agreed as he activated his Duel Disc. "I'll take you on, Pawn of Fusion."
"Pawn of Fusion?" Yuya and Genichi repeated in confusion. Even for the latter, this was the first time he'd heard of this.
"What do you mean Fusion(Yuugou)? My name is Yugo! Stop getting it wrong!"
"Yugo?" inquired a completely ignored Yuya who now had a name to go with the newcomer.
[Duel Mode On. Auto-Pilot, Standby.] came the electronic voice from both Yugo and Hajime's D-Wheels as they activated their Duel Discs. Both Yugo and Hajime placed their helmets back on their heads. Yugo took off and began his Duel with Yuto.
On Genichi's side though, Jun stepped forward to challenge Hajime, his own Duel Disc activated. Genichi gave him his signature raised eyebrow look and Jun replied, "This guy is a Pawn of Fusion as well. I will Duel him for my honor."
"Fine by me, punk! In the end it doesn't matter, you'll both be toast by the time I'm done with you. Let's go!" Hajime fired up his D-Wheel and took off.
"DUEL!" All four combatants roared.
DUEL:
Junichiro Masaki: 4000 LP (VS) Hajime Ryuu: 4000 LP
Jun started things off. "Ore no turn! Magic Card: Red-Eyes Fusion, activate! This lets me fuse monsters from my Deck that require a Red-Eyes Black Dragon as one of the Materials. So from my Deck: Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Meteor Dragon, FUSE!"
Both dragons appeared on either side of the rainbow swirling vortex of Fusion and began swirling into each other as a bright light formed where the two monsters had joined. "Legendary dragon of darkness, lend your power to the earths of outer space and unite under a new front to form a new force unlike ever seen before as a new roar of triumph descends onto us. Cross the boundaries of time and space to unite with us now! YUUGOU SHOUKAN! Come forth, Level 8: Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon in Attack mode!"
Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon [LV8/DARK/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/3500/2000]
"I activate Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon's Monster Effect! Once per turn, I can Special Summon any 'Eyes' monster I want from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard. So from my Deck I Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in Attack mode!"
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Effect/3000/2500]
"I now play this! Equip Spell: Leyered Eyes, activate! I can equip this onto any Monster that is a candidate to be used an Xyz Material and allows me to use Layered Eyes as a second Xyz Material in the Xyz Summoning alongside its equipped monster with the same Level. So in that case, Level 8 Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and Layered Eyes, OVERLAY!"
In usual Overlay Network process, the two cards became bright orange streams of energy that entered the dark galactic portal and exploded. "Kings of the cosmos lend me your divine protection as a new foe descends to challenge us in a way never seen before. Cross the boundaries of time and space to unite with us now! EKUSHIIZU SHOUKAN! Come forth, Rank 8: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Burst Dragon in Attack mode!"
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Burst Dragon [RK8/LIGHT/Dragon/Xyz/Effect/3000/2500/OU:2]
"Magic Card: Revival Draw, activate! This lets me Special Summon an 'Eyes' monster from my Graveyard with a lower Level than an 'Eyes' monster I currently control until the End Phase. So since I control a Level 8 Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon, I now Special Summon from my Graveyard my Level 7 Red-Eyes Black Dragon in Defense mode!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon [LV7/DARK/Dragon/2400/2000]
"Revival Draw's other effect now kicks in! For every 'Eyes' monster I control I can now draw a card from my Deck. Since there's three, I now draw three times! I now Normal Summon Wheelerboy in Defense mode!"
Wheelerboy [LV1/DARK/Warrior/Pendulum/Tuner/0/0/PS:1]
Genichi raised an eyebrow. 'That card looks like Joey. What was his Japanese name again? I forget... But I have an idea where this is going.'
Junichiro proved that right. "Go, Level 7 Red-Eyes Black Dragon with Level 1 Wheelerboy, TUNING!" Red-Eyes roared as it flew into the air and entered the single Level Ring that Wheelerboy had become, thus turning transparent before transforming into seven Level Stars. "Guardians of the Void conjure forth a new ally with colored yes that has sworn to protect the cosmos from all those who stand against us. Cross the boundaries of time and space to unite with us now! SHINKURO SHOUKAN! Let's go, Level 8: Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon in Attack mode!"
Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon [LV8/DARK/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/28000/2400]
Genichi grinned at seeing a Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz monster on Jun's field. "Looks like someone has been paying attention to how I Duel." he commented to himself.
"And with that I'll set a card face-down on the field. Turn end."
"About time!" exclaimed an impatient Hajime. "Let's do this, punk! Ore no turn!" the silver-haired teen roared as he drew.
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Junichiro: 4000 LP: Hand: 3 / Set: 1
Hajime: 4000 LP / Hand: 6 / Set: 0
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Junichiro's Monster(s):
Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 3500]
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Burst Dragon [RK8 / ATK:3000]
Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 2800]
"I'm starting this off by Normal Summoning Maiden With Eyes of Blue in attack mode!"
Maiden With Eyes of Blue [LV1/LIGHT/Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect/0000/0000]
"Equip Spell: Wonder Wand, activate! I can only equip this to a Spellcater-type monster, so I'm equipping Wonder Wand to Maiden With Eyes of Blue, which gives her 500 ATK. But Maiden's Monster Effect activates when she's targeted by a card effect, letting me Special Summon a certain monster from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard. So from my Deck, come forth: Blue-Eyes White Dragon in Attack mode!"
Maiden With Eyes of Blue [ATK: 0000 to 0500]
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/3000/2500]
"I activate Wonder Wand's other effect! When it's equipped to a monster, I can send it to the Graveyard to draw two cards from my Deck! Nice! Magic Card: The Melody of Awakening Dragons, activate! I discard The White Stone of Legend from my hand to activate this card, which lets me add up to 2 Dragon-type monsters with 3000 or more ATK and 2500 or less DEF from my Deck to my hand. I'm adding Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon from my Deck to my hand!"
Genichi blinked and rubbed his ears to make sure he had heard correctly. 'The heck? I've never heard of those cards before. Are they new Blue-Eyes support cards. Jun better be careful since I don't know what they can do.' He looked over at Jun and gave him a wary look, who in return discreetly gave him a nod of understanding the situation before they both focused back on Hajime.
"And The White Stone of Legend's Monster Effect activates if it's sent to the Graveyard, adding my second Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to my hand. Next, by revealing that same Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand, I can now Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Effect/3000/2500]
"I activate Alternative's Monster Effect! Once per turn, I can select a monster my opponent controls and destroy it! I choose to destroy Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon!"
"Not happening while Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon is out! Its Monster Effect protects all 'Eyes' monsters I control from being affected by my opponent's Monster Effects!" Jun countered smugly with a smirk.
Hajime looked irritated. "Tch, whatever. I'll get you a different way later. For now, Level 8 Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon with Level 1 Maiden With Eyes of Blue, TUNING! SHINKURO SHOUKAN! Come forth, Level 9: Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon in Defense mode!"
Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon [LV9/LIGHT/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2500/3000]
"With that, I set two cards face-down. Turn end."
"Back to me, then! Ore no turn!" Jun proclaimed as he began a new round.
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Junichiro: 4000 LP: Hand: 4 / Set: 1
Hajime: 4000 LP / Hand: 4 / Set: 2
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Junichiro's Monster(s):
Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 3500]
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Burst Dragon [RK8 / ATK:3000]
Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 2800]
Haime's Monster(s):
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [LV8 / ATK; 3000]
Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon [LV9 / DEF: 3000]
Hajime intervened though. "Continuous Trap: Divinity of the Blue-Eyes! I can activate this card when I control two or more Level 8 or higher LIGHT-attribute Dragon-type monsters. Since I do, this card gives them 1000 points to whatever battle position they're in during my opponent's turn!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [ATK: 3000 to 4000]
Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon [DEF: 3000 to 4000]
"That's not going to stop me! I activate Galaxy-Eyes Photon Burst Dragon's Monster Effect! Once per turn I can use an Overlay Unit to banish all Spell and Trap cards my opponent controls then banish the same number of monsters! Go, Photon Burst Howlling! Banish Hajime's two cards!"
"Shit!" Hajime cursed loudly as his two cards were removed from play and his dragons' points dropped.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [ATK: 4000 to 3000]
Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon [DEF: 4000 to 3000]
"And now it's your monsters' turn! Since I banished two Spell/Trap cards, I can now banish your only two monsters!" Jun declared as Galaxy-Eyes prepared to strike with its effect.
"Think again, punk! Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon's Monster Effect is like your Crimson-Eyes and protects all my Dragon-type monsters from being affected by your card effects too!" Now it was Hajime's turn to smirk. "And by banishing Divinity of the Blue-Eyes, you've activated its other effect anyhow which prevents all Dragon-type monsters I control from being destroyed or removed from my side of the field until the End Phase of my next turn. Oh, and I also take no Battle Damage this turn."
Jun glared hard at his Synchro counterpart. "You really are persistent."
"Look who's talking!" Genichi called out cheekily with a grin.
Jun now glared at his Standard self. "Whose side are you on?! Oh nevermind. Back to the Duel! I activate Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon's Monster Effect again to Special Summon from my Deck another Red-Eyes Black Dragon. And thanks to Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon's Monster Effect, I can alter its Level to any other 'Eyes' monster I choose, so I'm bringing out Red-Eyes as a Level 8 monster!"
Red-Eyes Black Dragon [LV8/DARK/Dragon/2400/2000]
"Magic Card: De-Networking, activate! This lets me send an Xyz Monster I control back to my Extra Deck. In exchange, I can Special Summon the monsters used to Xyz Summon it back to my field that were still attached as Overlay Units. So I return Galaxy-Eyes Photon Burst Dragon to my Extra Deck and Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon back to the field in Attack mode!"
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Effect/3000/2500]
Jun now grinned. "Time for the big guns! Level 8: Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon: OVERLAY!"
"Radiant galaxy, here and now become the striking light and show your new self! Prepare to face the mightiest of monsters as it descends! EKUSHIIZU SHOUKAN! Appear before us, Rank 8: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in Attack mode!"
Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon [RK8/LIGHT/Dragon/Xyz/Effect/4500/3000/OU:3]
"Its Monster Effect activates when it's Xyz Summoned using Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon as one of its Xyz Materials, which now negates the effects of all cards you control, including that of Divinity of the Blue-Eyes!"
"You can't do that! Divinity of the Blue-Eyes' effect activated when it was banished! You can't negate the active effects of a card that isn't even currently present on the field!" Hajime countered angrily.
Jun smirked. "Actually, Neo Galaxy-Eyes' effect negates the effects of ALL other effects on your side of the field, including those currently present AND activated from elsewhere like the Graveyard or Banished zones. So in that case-"
"-That includes the effects of Divinity of the Blue-Eyes. Damn it!" Hajime cursed as he realized he just lost the best protection he had.
"That's right! BATTLE! Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, attack Hajime's Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Neo Photon Stream!"
"GAH!" Hajime cried out as the attack hit. Hard, causing damage to him and the surrounding area not unlike what happened in an Action Duel.
[Hajime LP: 4000 to 2500]
Genichi's eyes widened as he saw the real damage despite an Action Field not being active and knew what could happen if things went too far and called out to Jun, "Be careful, Jun! We don't actually want to hurt him!"
"I know that, Genichi! But he isn't really making this easy you know!" the Xyz user retorted. "I set another two cards face-down on the field. Turn end."
Hajime was panting hard as he got to his feet and dragged himself back to where he was before. The hate in his eyes could have burned through paper as he glared at Jun. "You'll pay for that bastard! No one attacks me directly and gets away with it! Time to kick things into overdrive! Ore no TURN!" the blonde roared as he drew.
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Junichiro: 4000 LP: Hand: 1 / Set: 3
Hajime: 2500 LP / Hand: 5 / Set: 0
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Junichiro's Monster(s):
Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 2800]
Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photo Dragon [RK8 / ATK: 4500]
Haime's Monster(s):
Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon [LV9 / DEF: 3000]
"During my Standby Phase, Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon's other Monster Effect activates, which lets me Special Summon a Normal Dragon-type monster from my Graveyard. So return to me, Blue-Eyes White Dragon in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/3000/2500]
"Ritual Spell: Advanced Ritual Art, activate! This lets me send a Normal Monster from my Deck to the Graveyard to Ritual Summon a monster from my hand! I send my Level 8 and third Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard! GISHIKI SHOUKAN! Come forth, Level 8: Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Ritual/Effect/4000/0000]
"Magic Card: Trade-In, activate! By discarding my Level 8 Dragon Spirit of White from my hand, I can now draw two cards from my Deck! And due to it's effect, Dragon Spirit of White is treated as a Normal Monster while in my hand and Graveyard so I'm playing this: Quick-Play Spell: Silver's Cry, activate! This lets me Special Summon a Dragon-type Normal Monster from my Graveyard, so come on back: Dragon Spirit of White in Attack mode!"
Dragon Spirit of White [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Effect/2500/2000]
"When it's Normal or Special Summoned, I can banish a Spell or Trap my opponent controls so say goodbye to your face-down card on the left! And since you control a monster, I can activate Dragon Spirit of White's other Monster Effect! This let me Tribute it in order to Special Summon the second Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/3000/2500]
"I now send both my Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragons to the Graveyard, FUSE! YUUGOU SHOUKAN! Come forth, Level 10: Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon [LV10/LIGHT/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/3000/2500]
"Magic Card: Dragon's Mirror, activate! This lets me Banish from my side of the field or Graveyard Fusion Material Monsters that are listed on a Dragon-type Fusion Monster in my Extra Deck and Fusion Summon that monster! So I Banish all three of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons from my Graveyard, and FUSE! YUUGOU SHOUKAN! Descend, Level 12: Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in Attack mode!"
Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [LV12/LIGHT/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/4500/3800]
"I activate the effect of my Banished Magic Card: Dimensional Draw! By sending a Level 8 or higher monster like my Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon to the Graveyard, I can draw two cards from my Deck! Next up, Quick-Play Spell: Burial From a Different Dimension, activate! This lets me choose up to three Banished monsters like my three Blue-Eyes White Dragons and place them back into my Graveyard! I'll follow that up with the Magic Card: Card of Sanctity! This lets both of us draw from our Decks until each of us has six cards in our hands."
"Rather kind of you to let your opponent draw cards." Jun commented as he drew four new cards while Hajime drew a fresh hand of six.
Said blonde smirked. "It's not gonna be kind to you once I've taken you out here and now. BATTLE! Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack Crimson-Eyes Void Dragon! Neo Photon Blast Attack!"
Jun was ready. "Continuous Trap: Eyes Protection! When an 'Eyes' monster I control is destroyed by battle, this halves the Battle Damage I would normally take! Ugh!" he winced as he felt the shockwave that destroyed his dragon but was able to stay put due to the barrier his card had created.
[Junichiro LP: 4000 to 3250]
"That won't save you! I activate Neo Blue-Eyes White Dragon's Monster Effect! By sending a Blue-Eyes Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard like my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, this lets my Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon attack again! Go, destroy his Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"
"But that would destroy your monster too! Are you insane?!" Jun shouted at Hajime in disbelief.
Hajime just smirked. "If it wipes you out, I'm willing to do anything to win. Even if it means sacrificing my monsters to do it. We're a team and know the sacrifices needed to achieve our goals and this is how we're gonna do it! Neo Photon Blast Attack!"
"Fight back with Neo Photon Stream!" Jun commanded his dragon to attack as well.
"Damn this is a brutal Duel." Genichi commented as he shielded his eyes from the explosion the two titanic dragons had caused in destroying each other.
Jun wasn't out yet. "Trap activate: Overlay Revival! When an Xyz Monster I control like Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon is destroyed i can Special Summon all of its Overlay Unit Material monsters back to my field! Come on back you guys in Attack mode!"
Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon [LV8/DARK/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/3500/2000]
Red-Eyes Black Dragon [LV7/DARK/Dragon/2400/2000]
Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Effect/3000/2500]
Hajime grinned like a fool at this sight. "While I'm ticked that you summoned more monsters to defend yourself with, I'll happily destroy them all here and now. You see, Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon's Monster Effect allows it to attack twice each Battle Phase. Speaking of which... we're still in the Battle Phase! Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, attack Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon! Maximum Chaos Lightning!"
"My Battle Damage is again halved by Eyes Protection!" Jun reminded Hajime as his monster was destroyed. "Plus, due to its other Monster Effect, if Meteor-Eyes Black Dragon is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard I can Special Summon an 'Eyes' monster from my Deck. So I Special Summon Yellow-Eyes Grey Dragon in Defense mode!"
[Junichiro LP: 3250 to 3000]
Yellow-Eyes Grey Dragon [LV7/WIND/Dragon/2700/2250]
"Huh, I was wondering if that card actually existed..." Genichi murmured to himself to no one in particular.
"Summon all the defenses you like, I'll tear them all down! Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, attack Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Yellow-Eyes Grey Dragon! Twin White Lightning Burst!"
"Geh!" Jun grunted as his two monsters were destroyed.
[Junichiro LP: 3000 to 2700 to 2550]
Jun sighed in relief. "It's finally over..."
Hajime's grin from earlier evolved into a wide smirk. "And what makes you say that? I'm far from done and I will finish you off this turn! Quick-Play Spell: Silver's Cry, activate! This lets me Special Summon a Dragon-type Normal monster from my Graveyard! So return to the field, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon [LV12/LIGHT/Dragon/Fusion/4500/3800]
Jun's jaw dropped, as did Genichi's as the severity of the long turn combo Hajime had pulled off finally sunk in as to how far he had planned ahead for this. And Genichi had an inkling as to a possible back-up after this.
"No way..." both counterparts whispered in awe and disbelief.
Hajime's grin didn't waver. "Yes way, punk! Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attack Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon! Neutron Blast Attack!"
Junichiro acted quickly. "I activate Galaxy-Eyes's Monster Effect! When it attacks or is attacked, I can Banish it along with the other Monster until the end of the Battle Phase, so your Ultimate Dragon's attack is negated!"
"Or so you think! Quick-Play Spell: De-Fusion, activate! This lets me send a Fusion Monster back to its owner's Extra Deck and Special Summon its Fusion Material monsters back to the field! So I send my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon back to my Extra Deck to dodge your Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon's effect and Special Summon from my Graveyard all three of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons in Attack mode!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon (x3) [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/3000/2500]
"The time has finally come to wipe you out! Go my three Blue-Eyes! Attack him directly! TRIPLE WHITE LIGHTNING ATTACK!"
Unfortunately for Hajime, Jun still had a set card that the blonde was more than happy to use. "Trap activate: Mirror Force! When you declare an attack, I can activate this trap to destroy all monsters you control in Attack position, so say goodbye to all four of your Blue-Eyes monsters!"
For a guy who just lost four powerful monsters, Jun and Genichi expected the foul-mouthed silverette to be swearing up a storm. Instead, Hajime had an evil grin that so reminded Genichi of Marik that made the silverette look VERY pleased for a reason that he was ecstatic to explain. "When a face-up Blue-Eyes monster(s) I control are destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect, and you have a Dragon-Type monster in my Graveyard; I can Special Summon this card from my hand! Come forth, Deep-Eyes White Dragon in Attack mode!"
Deep-Eyes White Dragon [LV10/LIGHT/Dragon/Effect/0/0]
"And since Deep-Eyes was Special Summoned this way, I can now inflict 600 damage to you for each Dragon-Type monster with different names in my Graveyard! So since Blue-Eyes White Dragon, The White Stone of Legend, Blue-Eyes Alternate Dragon, Dragon Spirit of White, Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon, and Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon are all in my Graveyard you now take 3600 points of damage! This Duel is over!"
'So this is what he was after! Unless something is done, Jun is going to lose!' Genichi thought in a panic as the deep scolding Skuld had given him before came to the forefront of his mind as he instinctively shoved his Deck into his Duel Disc and ran to the battlefield.
"I guess this is it. Sorry, Yuto, Shun, Yume, Riru, Genichi..." Jun muttered to himself as the monster effect damage of doom rocketed towards him. He closed his eyes and accepted his fate. But someone else wasn't going to have that happen.
"I activate Cheria, the Ephinean Life Paladin's Monster Effect!"
Both Jun and Hajime's heads snapped up and around to look at their raven-haired counterpart as the said teen hopped into the space between the two Duelists with his Duel Disc activated and discarding the card he had just declared. "When Effect Damage is about to be inflicted, I can discard Cheria from my hand to not only negate that Effect Damage, but also add that would-be-Damage to my Life Points!"
["Intrusion Penalty: Minus 2000 Life Points. Battle Royale Mode, Engaged."]
[Genichi LP: 4000 to 2000]
Genichi slightly winced as electricity tore through his body for intruding on the Duel, but watched as Cheria appeared before him to repel the Effect Damage Hajime had sent at Jun. Cheria finished up by altering the Damage into bright green light sparkles and had them drift down onto him, giving him a newly refreshed feeling of relief.
[Genichi LP: 2000 to 5600]
Jun looked torn between complete outrage at getting help when he had said no and complete relief at being saved. Given the situation he decided to go with the latter. "Not that I'm ungrateful, but why?" he asked tiredly as he fell to his knees, the adrenaline from the long and exhausting Duel finally taking its toll on him.
Genichi just gave him a deadpan look that said 'Really?' and said aloud, "You need a breather. Take it while I cover you for at least one round or so." He turned his attention to a now fuming Hajime. "Also, when Cheria is discarded to the Graveyard due to her own effect, I can also Special Summon a Paladin monster from my Deck so long as it's Level 4 or lower. Come on out, Paladin of Martial Law - Ran in Defense mode!"
Paladin of Martial Law - Ran [LV4/DARK/warrior/Effect/1900/0600]
"When Ran is Special Summoned I can select a Level 4 or lower Paladin in my Graveyard like Cheria and return her to my Deck. Then I can Special Summon a different Level 4 or lower Paladin monster from my Deck. So come on out, Paladin of Courage - Kasumi in Defense mode!"
Paladin of Courage - Kasumi [LV4/DARK/Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect/1700/1200]
"When Kasumi is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Paladin from my hand or Graveyard. Paladin of Friendship - Akari in Defense mode, come on out!"
Paladin of Friendship - Akari [LV4/LIGHT/Warrior/Effect/1000/1900]
"And now Akari's effect activates when she's Special Summoned, letting me draw cards equal to the number of Paladin monsters I control, so that's three draws for me!" Genichi said as he finished off his usual standard-three monster-draw combo.
Hajime, who had been fuming from the interruption, was now smoldering with rage. "WHAT THE HELL, BASTARD! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A SINGLE MATCH BETWEEN US TWO DIMENSIONALS! HOW DARE YOU INTERFERE! I WAS CLOSE TO ENDING HIM!"
Genichi wasn't fazed by the silverette the same look he had just given Junichiro. "You were about to possibly kill my friend. Only a traitor would willingly stand by and let their friend go down without helping them. It's still your move, by the way."
Said silverette teen ground his teeth in obvious anger, but he pressed on. "Since Deep-Eyes was Normal or Special Summoned I can target 1 Dragon-Type monster in my Graveyard and Deep-Eyes' ATK becomes equal to that monster's. I choose my Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, so Deep-Eyes White Dragon now has 4000 ATK! And it's still my Battle Phase, bastard! This is payback for what you did to Shion!"
Black eyebrows blinked in confusion. "Who?"
Green eyes glared at him. "Don't try to play innocent. I'd know my own face, I know it was a look-alike like you and him," Hajime jabbed a thumb at a still down Junichiro, "-that took Shion from Neo Domino like how that other guy Yugo is taking out took Rin from us!"
Genichi blinked. "Yuugou? Fusion? What?"
From the other Duel and Hajime, both Synchro Duelists shouted in sync: "IT'S NOT YUUGOU, IT'S YUGO!"
Junichiro, who was still weak but had enough strength to get onto one knee and glared at his Synchro counterpart. "Shut up! I could say the same to the two of you who took Yume and Riru from Heartland!"
"Tch, whatever." Hajime directed his full glare onto Genichi. "I'll take care of you later. First off is this bastard who I saw picking on Shion just the other day. You'll pay for that!"
Realization hit Genichi like a mallet to the head as to what had actually probably happened. He opened his mouth to tell the silverette he was Dueling Mizu who he now assumed looked very similar to this Shion and Yume girls that Hajime and Jun were shouting about.
Said silverette cut him off though, "I don't care for your excuses, punk! You attacked my friend and I'm taking your blood, especially now that you've interfered in my hunt! BATTLE! Deep-Eyes White Dragon, finish off blondie! DEEP LIGHTNING BLAST!"
"Jun!" Yuto cried out as he saw the attack coming to end his friend who was futilely trying to move away from the oncoming attack.
Fortunately for Jun, Genichi was ready to help him out again.
"I activate the Monster Effect of Paladin of Kampfer - Natsuru in my hand! When a monster attacks directly, I can pay 1000 Life Points and Special Summon Natsuru from my hand to negate that attack and end the Battle Phase!"
[Genichi LP: 5600 to 4600]
Paladin of Kampfer - Natsuru [LV8/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/3000/2600]
"Plus I can now add any Paladin monster I want from my Deck to my hand so long as it has a Level equal to or lower than the monster whose attack was just negated. So I'm adding my Level 8 Azure-Terra Paladin Dragon to my hand!"
Genichi didn't know at the time, but destiny had made make that one choice in moves that would soon be influenced as well by his other Dueling counterparts.
If looks could kill, Hajime's glare would have incinerated Genichi into ashes. "You're really starting to piss me off! Fine then, I play this! Magic Card: Synchro Grabyard, activate! This lets me Banish a monster from my opponent's Graveyard along with a Tuner from mine and use them for a Synchro Summon! So I'm Banishing Level 7 Red-Eyes Black Dragon from blondie's Graveyard along with Level 1 Maiden With Eyes of Blue from mine, TUNING!"
Said Maiden became a solo Level Ring and spiraled down onto a now airborn Red-Eyes who became seven Level Stars inside of the Ring. "Fate breaks into a new universe and destiny releases her as new stars form a force unlike any seen before as light speeds forward onto a new plane of existance! Merge now, unite and conquer! SHINKURO SHOUKAN!" The summon was completed with a stream of light shooting through the Level Ring. "Come forth, Level 8: Cosmic-Flare Paladin Synchro Dragon in Attack mode!"
Cosmic-Flare Paladin Synchro Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2200/2500]
"There it is again, his ace dragon." Genichi said to himself as he looked on at the marvel of the newly summoned dragon.
"I set three cards face-down. Turn end." Hajime finished as he placed the remainder of his hand into his Spell/Trap card zone. "I will defeat you. I will destroy the BOTH of you! You will pay for whatever you did with Shion and Rin! We will get them back and YOU WILL BOTH PAY!"
Genichi was no psychiatrist, but even he could tell Hajime was beyond reasoning with at this point. 'Guess it's time for the good-old-smacking-some-sense-back-into-him scenario.' he thought to himself as he straightened himself up and got into a battle ready position. "If words can't reach you, my cards will! Ore no turn!"
Before he began his turn though, Yugo had performed a Synchro Summon of his own.
"Spread those wonderous and beautiful wings and strike down our enemies with lightspeed! SHINKURO SHOUKAN! Come forth, Level 7: Clear Wing Synchro Dragon in Attack mode!"
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon [LV7/WIND/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2500/2000]
"Now they both have out their ace dragons." Genichi shook his head as a strange feeling he couldn't shake off filled his mind as he began his turn, trying to ignore what was going on over at Yuto and Yugo's Duel.
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Junichiro: 2550 LP: Hand: 7 / Set: 0
Genichi: 4600 LP / Hand: 6 / Set: 0
Hajime: 2500 LP / Hand: 0 / Set: 3
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Junichiro's Monster(s):
Galaxy-Eyes Photo Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 3000]
Genichi's Monster(s):
Paladin of Martial Law - Ran [LV4 / DEF: 0600]
Paladin of Courage - Kasumi [LV4 / ]
Paladin of Friendship - Akari [LV4 / DEF: 1900]
Paladin of Kampfer - Natsuru [LV8 / ATK: ]
Haime's Monster(s):
Deep-Eyes White Dragon [LV10 / ATK: 4000]
Cosmic-Flare Paladin Synchro Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 2200]
"I'll begin with this, Magic Card: Pendulum Releaser, activate! By sending a Paladin monster to the Graveyard, I can choose up to two Paladin monsters from my Deck into my Pendulum Zones so long as their combined Levels are equal to the Level of the Paladin that was sent to the Graveyard. So by sending Level 8 Natsuru to the Graveyard, I'm using Level 3 and Scale 3 Lucy, the Celestial Zodiac Paladin with Level 5 and Scale 5 Vanguard of the Paladin Dragons to set the Pendulum Scale!"
Lucy, the Celestial Zodiac Paladin [Pendulum Scale: 3]
Vanguard of the Paladin Dragons [Pendulum Scale: 5]
"This crap again?!" Hajime roared in obvious irritation.
"It's how Dueling is here in Standard." Genichi countered as he went on, "I activate Vanguard's Pendulum Effect, which allows me to Special Summon it from my Pendulum Zone to my Monster Zone in Attack mode!"
Vanguard of the Paladin Dragons [LV5/LIGHT/Dragon/Pendulum/Effect/2200/1800/PS:5]
"I now activate Lucy's Pendulum Effect! Since my other Pendulum Zone is empty, I can select any Paladin monster from my Deck to set in the other Zone. I place my Scale 9 Lucina, the Forseerer Paladin to complete the Pendulum Scale!"
Lucina, the Forseerer Paladin [Pendulum Scale: 9]
"I now utilize Lucina's Pendulum Effect, which allows me to perform a Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Summon once per turn using monsters I control and in my hand. So from my hand Level 8 Azure-Terra Paladin Dragon with on the field Level 4 Paladin of Martial Law - Ran, FUSE!"
One of his Extra Deck cards glowed as it poked itself out from the Extra Deck. Genichi grabbed it and held it up as his two monsters began to meld together into the Fusion Vortex. "Noble knights of animation merge as one to bring forth a new ally from the cosmos whose radiance shines upon the sea of chaos and destroys all who stand against us! May our hearts unite with the stars above! YUUGOU SHOUKAN! Descend, Level 8: Radiant-Nova Paladin Dragon in Attack mode!"
Radiant-Nova Paladin Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/2200/2500]
"Well that's a new one..." Jun muttered dryly to himself upon seeing Genichi's newest dragon that completed his collection.
"And since I control a face-up Paladin monster, I can Special Summon Paladin of Sincerity - Meiru from my hand in Defense mode!"
Paladin on Sincerity - Meiru [LV2/DARK/Spellcaster/Tuner/Effect/0700/1000]
"I activate Meiru's Monster Effect, which allows me to alter a Paladin monster's Level by 1-2 until the End Phase. So I'm altering Vanguard of the Paladin Dragons from Level 5 to 6. Now go, Level 6 Vanguard of the Paladin Dragons with Level 2 Paladin of Sincerity - Meiru, TUNING!"
Vanguard flew up into the two Level Rings Meiru became, as it became transparent then into six Level Stars causing a beam of light to shoot through the Rings. "Orbs of light that guide the heavens, stream forth into a brighter future that is sure to bring us light beyond the void! May our hearts unite with the stars above! SHINKURO SHOUKAN! Dscend, Level 8: Starlight-Heart Paladin Dragon in Attack mode!"
Starlight-Heart Paladin Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/2200/2500]
"Now, I use Lucina's other Pendulum Effect! Once per turn, I can alter the Levels of all Paladin monsters I control to be the same as another Paladin monster I control. So I choose Level 8 Radiant-Nova Paladin Dragon to alter my other Paladins to the same Level as itself!"
Paladin of Courage - Kasumi [Level 4 to 8]
Paladin of Friendship - Akari [Level 4 to 8]
"Now, Level 8 Paladin of Courage - Kasumi and Paladin of Friendship - Akari, OVERLAY!" His two monsters became dark blue streams of energy as they entered the galactic portal of the Overlay Network. "Raging infernos within the pits of hell, let loose your champion onto the mortal plane as he joins force with the light to bring back that which was lost in the darkest of shadows. May our hearts unite with the stars above! EKUSHIIZU SHOUKAN! Arise, Rank 8: Crimson-Soul Paladin Dragon in Attack mode!"
Crimson-Soul Paladin Dragon [RK8/DARK/Dragon/Xyz/Effect/2200/2500]
"And now to wrap up the Summonings for this turn! With Scale 3 Lucy, the Celestial Zodiac Paladin and Scale 9 Lucina, the Forseerer Paladin set, I can simultaneously call forth monsters from Levels 4 to 8! Sway, my metronome of light and darkness, leas me to arc of victory! PENDYURAMU SHOUKAN! Come on out my friend! From my Extra Deck, Level 8: Azure-Terra Paladin Dragon in Attack mode!"
Azure-Terra Paladin Dragon [LV8/LIGHT/Dragon/Pendulum/Effect/2200/2500/PS:8]
It was then a powerful surge of pain rocked throgh Genichi's body that made him gasp and fall to his knees while clutching his chest. And while he couldn't see it, Hajime had also doubled over on his D-Wheel, aso clutching his own chest in pain. Jun watched on helplessly as his newest friend struggled to maintain control.
Back over on the other Duel, Yuto had gotten his own chaos brewing as he performed an Xyz Summon. "Fangs of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression. Descend now! EKUSHIIZU SHOUKAN! Come forth, Rank 4: Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon in Attack mode!"
At this point, all six Duelists' chest were all pounding with pain. All the dragons on the field, namely Clear Wing and Dark Rebellion seemed to roaring at one another like they were mortal enemies. When Yuto opened his eyes from the pain, they were glowing with an eerie light that made look as if he was in a trance. Yugo was much the same.
"Very well, let's end this. With my Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. I will destroy you, and everything!" Yuto declared as he activated Dark Rebellion's effect to alter Clear Wing's ATK. Yugo countered with Clear Wing's effect to negate and destroy Dark Rebellion but Yuto had a Trap ready to protect his dragon and increase its ATK higher than Yugo's. But that wasn't the point as both combatants seemed to be locked in a deep trance, spouting off about destruction all the while.
"Destroy... You... Everything...!" Yuto continued to chant.
"Yuto?!" Yuya called out to him, but to no avail.
"Destroy everything!" Yugo also chanted out. "Burn everything to ashes!"
"Yugo?!" Yuya turned his attention to his Synchro self.
"Eradicate Everything!" both 'possessed' Duelist proclaimed as one, much to Yuya's shock as he tried to thwart Yuto's attack on Yugo's dragon.
Back with Genichi, Jun, and Hajime, the situation was pretty similar but less 'destructive' and 'possessive'. Or at least less in the latter category. Hajime, realizing once again how outmatched he was pulled a complete end tot their Duel.
"Traps activate: Triple Rings of Destruction! Since I have three of them, I can destroy three monsters on the field and inflict their Attack points as damage to all players! I choose my Deep-Eyes White Dragon, Cosmic-Flare Paladin Synchro Dragon, and blondie's Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to dish out over 8000 points of damage to all of us!"
"Say what?!" gasped out a still weak Jun.
"Well at least it's not over 9000." Genichi joked weakly as well as he dove to the ground in front of Jun to shield both of them from the explosion that rocked the area from the alrge explosion casused by Hajime crazy triple trap combo.
[Junichiro LP: 2550 to 0]
[Genichi's LP: 4600 to 0]
[Hajime's LP: 2500 to 0]
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End Duel Results: Turn 05
Junichiro: 0 LP [DRAW]
Genichi: 0 LP [DRAW]
Hajime: 0 LP [DRAW]
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Hajime was weakened from the blast of his creation, but still had enough strength to ride his D-Wheel. The sight of seeing his Synchro self riding off into the night was the last thing Genichi remembered as he passed out.
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- - - - - - - (Two Days Later: Sakaki Residence...) - - - - -
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Yuya woke up in the hospital to find his mother and Yuzu at his bedside. It was quite understandable he was shocked to learn he'd been passed out for two days. His mom chalked it up to exhaustion from the nonstop stream of Duels he'd been undertaking lately, which was a good excuse as any for now.
Yuzu informed him, and Genichi who had woken up the previous day (using the exhaustion excuse as well) that the Junior Youth Championship's first round matches were nearly completed. Mieru, a young girl whom had declared herself as Yuya's 'darling' lost today against Tsukikage. The Junior-rank class matches were already in Round Two, with Reira defeating Futoshi with Synchro Summoning.
Yuya then told Yuzu what happened that night two days when he met Yuto and then Yugo. About Academia, the four dimensions, the Duel between the dragons, everything. Even how Sora seemed to have bent forcefully sent back to the Fusion Dimension. He then shocked Yuzu when he revealed he had in his possession Yuto's ace dragon, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Apparently after Clear Wing destroyed Dark Rebellion, the attack was going to collide with Yuya, to Yuto pushed his Standard self out of harm's way only to be crushed himself. With parting words, Yuto gave Dark Rebellion to Yuya before disappearing in Yuya's arms, which was the last thing he remembered before passing out.
Genichi and Junichiro had come in during the story and listened to Yuya retelling what happened on his side of the double Dueling of two nights ago. But after hearing of how his friend had 'disappeared', Jun stormed out of the room to 'search' for his friend and possibly Shun to get more answers.
In the meantime, Yuya pondered why Yuto would give him his ace card. Then his thoughts went to wondering who Yugo actually was and why there were others out there who shared the same face as himself.
That's when Yuzu revealed she too had others that shared the same face as herself. She told him and Genichi of how Ruri Kurosaki, Shun's sister, apparently resembled Yuzu.
"It's not just you two." Genichi reminded them. "You just saw Junichiro leaving. Both he and Hajime share the same face as me as well."
"What's going on!?" is what Yuya wanted to know. As much as Yuzu wanted to reassure her childhood friend and Genichi wanted to answer that, neither could do so under the current circumstances. Not that Genichi knew any more than they did at the moment.
Yuya chose to look for Shun as well for his answers and left with Yuzu to the stadium in hopes of finding him. Genichi went with them as well, but for a different reason.
"And now for you all out there, Round Two of the Junior Youth Championships for all age divisions is in full swing! We now have another exciting matchup for you all today! From the Maiami Police Department, we have Tetsu Ushio! His opponent today is going to be You Show's newest favorite boy in town, Genichi Mizuhara!" Nico Smiley announced as the crowd cheered for their favorite Duelsits.
'Huh, who would've thought I'd be facing off against a 5D's character.' Genichi thought as he shook hands with his opponent, who was pretty tall in comparison to himself.
Tetsu grinned arrogantly at him. "Prepare to lose kid. Be glad I don't just haul you away to a cell so I can win by default, but I'll crush you all the same with my raw power!"
Genichi's eyebrows twitched at his opponent's comments. 'Why do I seem to get all the weird ones? I'll make this quick...' He gave a mischievous smirk that sent chills down the spines of those who saw it. Aloud he called out, "I hope you're ready to eat those words, 'cause this is going to be quick."
This seemed to get the desired result, as Tetsu seemed to have been intimidated by the eerie smile. All the older man could do was stutter at the bold declaration from his younger opponent.
Smiley wasted no time in getting the ball rolling. "Action Field: Prisoner's Fortress, activate!" The area around them changed to what Genichi recognized as the Dueling arena Yusei had faced the Iron Chain warden in the Facility during the first story arc of 5D's. He grinned to himself thinking of how interesting this was going to be.
Tetsu started off the chant, "Duelsits locked in combat!"
Genichi took it from there, "Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"
"They storm through this Field!"
"Behold, this is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!"
"Action... DUEL!" both Duelists shouted simultaneously as the crowd erupted into cheers as the ball of light shattered above them, starting the Duel.
ACTION DUEL:
Tetsu Ushio: 4000 LP (VS) Genichi Mizuhara: 4000 LP
"Watashi no turn!" Tetsu drew first. I Normal Summon Giant Rat in Defense mode!"
Giant Rat [LV4/EARTH/Beast/Effect/1400/1450]
"Next, by discarding my Level 2 Plaguespreader Zombie, Level 6 Prime Material Dragon, and Level 6 Strong Wind Dragon from my hand I can Special Summon Montage Dragon in Attack mode with an ATK equal to the Levels of the three monsters I just discarded multiplied by 300!"
Montage Dragon [LV8/EARTH/Dragon/Effect/4200/0]
'Well he's not wasting any time.' Genichi thought, somewhat regretful of his boast earler, but not by much.
"I'm not done yet! I activate Plaguespreader Zombie's Monster Effect in my Graveyard! By sending the top card of my Deck to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon it to the field in Defense mode!"
Plaguespreader Zombie [LV2/DARK/Zombie/Tuner/Effect/0400/0200]
"Now go! Level 4 Giant Rat with Level 2 Plaguespreader Zombie, TUNING! SHINKURO SHOUKAN! Come forth, Level 6: Goyo Guardian in Attack mode!"
Goyo Guardian [LV6/EARTH/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/2800/2000]
"That's it for now. Turn end." Tetsu grinned cockily at his younger opponent. "See this, kid? This is real power! This is what true Dueling is all about and I'm going to prove that to you once I've won! Give up, you have no chance of winning against me!"
Genichi just looked on at the two powerful monsters, a look of nostalgia on his face. This kind of opening move was one he was fond of making himself, back in the GX era. Now it was the ARC-V era and his methods were similar but vastly different as he about to prove and show.
"Power isn't everything, Tetsu. You may have two powerful monsters out but you've left yourself wide open for counter-attacks. As promised, I'm taking you out in one move. It's mad time! Ore no turn!" the raven-haired teen said as he drew.
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Tetsu: 4000 LP / Hand: 0 / Set: 0
Genichi: 4000 LP / Hand: 6 / Set: 0
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Tetsu's Monster(s):
Montage Dragon [LV8 / ATK: 4200]
Goyo Guardian [LV6 / ATK: 2800]
"I'll kick things off with this, Magic Card: Egotistical Move, activate! This lets me select any three Paladin monsters from my Deck and send them to my Graveyard. I choose to send Paladin of Dimensions - Yuko, Asuna, the Lightning Swordswoman Paladin, and Paladin of Special A - Hikari to my Graveyard. I now activate Yuko's Monster Effect. Since you control a Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz Monster I can Special Summon Yuko from my Graveyard in Attack mode!"
Paladin of Dimensions - Yuko [LV7/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/2500/1600]
"I now activate Yuko's other Monster Effect. by discarding a Paladin monster like Paladin of Blacksmiths - Cecily I can Special Summon a different Paladin monster from my Graveyard. So come on back Asuna, the Lightning Swordswoman Paladin in Attack mode!"
Asuna, the Lightning Swordswoman Paladin [LV7/DARK/Warrior/Pendulum/Effect/2700/2000/PS:5]
Tetsu sneered at him. "Two Level 7 monsters. Going the typical route for an Xyz Summon are we, kid?"
Genichi rolled his eyes. "As tempting as that is, I don't have a Rank 7 Xyz monster. But I have this! I activate Hikari's Monster Effect in my Graveyard! By Banishing herself along with Cecily from my Graveyard I can Special Summon any Paladin monster from my Deck. For this occasion, I choose to Special Summon Paladin of Reliability - Shiori in Defense mode!"
Paladin of Reliability - Shiori [LV4/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/0500/2000]
"If Shiori were to be tributed for the summoning of a Paladin monster she counts as two tributes. So now I release Shiori to Advance Summon Paladin of Twintails - Souji from my hand in Attack mode!"
Paladin of Twintails - Souji [LV10/DARK/Warrior/Effect/2600/3000]
"When Souji is Advance Summoned her Monster Effect lets me add a Paladin Equip Spell from my Deck to my hand. Her other Effect lets me add a Paladin Equip Spell to my hand once per turn. So from my Deck I'll now be adding two Equip Spell Cards that I'm now equipping onto Asuna! Go Equip Spells: Paladin Weapon - Blazer Blade and Paladin Armor - Lighthawk Wings, activate! Blazer Blade gives Asuna 500 ATK for each monster you control while Lighthawk Wings gives her 800 ATK for each Paladin monster I control. Doing the math, Asuna now gains 3400 ATK!"
Asuna, the Lightning Swordswoman Paladin [ATK: 2700 to 6100]
Tetsu paled upon seeing the powerful monster now weilding a fiery sword that was now pointed at him. He quickly did the math in his head and paled even more (if it was possible) when he realized if Genichi attack Goyo Guardian, almost all his Life Points would be depleted. In desperation he began searching for Action Cards to save himself.
Unfortunately for him though Genichi was ready for such a move. While their Duel Monsters couldn't actually pick up the Action Cards even with the Action Field on, they were still physically solid and could be used as roadblocks. Which is exactly what Genichi had Yuko and Souji block Tetsu off from grabbing any Action Cards.
Genichi smirked evilly at a now sweating Tetsu. "Oh, I forgot to mention. I set a card face-down in my Spell/Trap Card Zone. And now that I have a Set card and you don't, Asuna is now free to attack you directly. And don't bother searching for Action Cards. I can cancel them out with this." He held up an Action Card for Tetsu to see.
Since he couldn't pale any further and was out of sweat at this point, all the older man could do was drop his jaw in disbelief at how much the younger Duelist was out playing him, in more ways than one. "H-How?"
Genichi's smirk didn't waver. "I promised that I would end this quickly, and I take great delight in always delivering my promises in the most efficient way. So you shouldn't really be surprised at a First-Turn-Kill combo. BATLLE! Asuna, attack Tetsu directly! Grand Lightning Slash!"
"GYAH!" Tetsu cried out as he was blasted back from the intense attack.
[Tetsu LP: 4000 to 0]
"The end." Genichi said simply in a Yuya-like fashion as the Action Field disappeared.
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Action Duel End Results: Turn 02
Tetsu: 0 LP
Genichi: 4000 LP [WINEER]
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"That was fast." Ayu said in a tiny voice.
"And brutal." Tatsuya added.
"It gave me bad shivers." quipped a quivering Futoshi.
'Genichi...' both Yuya and Yuzu wondered with concern for their friend.
Genichi walked back to where the rest of You Show was waiting for him with compliments and praise on his victory waiting for him. He hardly paid them much mind, as his thoughts were elsewhere with purpose.
'I'm done holding back just to have fun here. Things are getting serious and I've lost a friend already. Not ever again. From here on out, I'm going mad on Academia!'
From a different sector of the stands, Mizu looked on at her friend with worried golden eyes, her long azure hair blowing ominously in the wind as a dragon roared from within her Deck.
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End of Chapter 08
Author's Notes & Disclaimer:
Sorry for the delay in releasing this new chapter, and apologies for not showing Mizu to those of you who wanted to see more of the Dimension Knights. Promised though, there will be big action with them in the next chapter. I would like to release chapters for than about once a month, but I'm pretty busy most of the time and don't have time to write as much as I would like to.
New Paladin Card(s):
Cheria, the Ephinean Life Paladin [Based on Cheria from 'Tales of Graces f']
Level 6 [LIGHT]
Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum Scale: 1
ATK: 2400 / DEF: 1800
Monster Effect: If you would take Effect Damage; You can discard this card to the Graveyard to negate that Effect Damage, then add the amount you would have taken to your Life Points. When this card destroys a monster in battle: the destroyed monster is banished and you can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower 'Paladin' monster from your Graveyard in Defense mode.
Pendulum Effect: All Effect Damage is negated; instead increase your LP by that amount. If a 'Paladin' monster you control would be destroyed (by battle or card effect) you can discard a 'Paladin' card from your hand to negate that card's destruction.
Paladin of Kampfer - Natsuru [Based on Natsuru Senou from 'Kampfer']
Level 8 [DARK]
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK: 3000 / DEF: 2600
If your opponent declares a direct attack; You can pay 1000 LP to Special Summon this card from your hand to negate that attack and end the Battle Phase of that turn. If this card is Special Summoned by its own effect: You can add any 'Paladin' monster from your Deck to your hand so long as its ATK is equal to or lower than the ATK of the monster whose attack was negated. This card loses 200 ATK for each monster your opponent controls.
Pendulum Releaser
Spell [Normal]
Select and send a Level 7 or higher 'Paladin' monster you control to the Graveyard. Then select up to 2 'Paladin' Pendulum monsters from your Deck to place in your Pendulum Zones whose Scale values add up to the Level of the 'Paladin' monster you originally sent from your field to the Graveyard. You cannot enter your Battle Phase on the turn you activate this card.
Radiant-Nova Paladin Dragon
Level 8 [LIGHT]
Dragon/Fusion/Effect
ATK: 2200 / DEF: 2500
1 Level 4 'Paladin' + monster 1 Level 8 'Paladin monster
You do not need a 'Polymerization' card to Fusion Summon this card. You can the send the above listed Materials from your field to the Graveyard. This card gains 100 ATK for every LIGHT and DARK monster on the field and in all player's Graveyards. When this card battles an opponent's monster; halve that target's ATK and add that same amount to this card until the End Phase. Any monsters this card destroys in battle are Banished instead of going to the Graveyard.
Asuna, the Lightning Swordswoman Paladin [Based on Asuna Yuki from 'Sword Art Online']
Level 7 [DARK]
Warrior/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum Scale: 5
ATK: 2700 / DEF: 2000
Monster Effect: You discard this card along wth another 'Paladin' monster from your hand: Special Summon a Level 8 or higher 'Paladin' monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard while ignoring its Summoing Conditions. If you have Set Spell/Trap cards while your opponent doesn't: This card can attack your opponent directly; This monster is the only monster that can attack that turn.
Pendulum Effect: During each of your Standby Phaes, if you control no monsters: You can Special Summon a 'Paladin' monster from your Graveyard. Once per turn: You can discard a 'Paladin' card from your hand; Destroy a card your opponent controls.
Paladin Armor - Lighthawk Wings
Spell [Equip]
You can only equip this card to a face-up 'Paladin' monster. The equipped monster gains 800 ATK for every face-up 'Paladin' monster you control. If the equipped monster were to leave the field (by battle or card effect); you can send this card to the Graveyard instead and if you do, draw 2 cards from your Deck.
I hope you all found this chapter to be acceptable and I'll try to get the next one up as soon as I can. Though I'll be taking a vacation in two weeks and college starts back up for me in three weeks so I can't guarantee much. Please leave a review with your thoughts and feelings and I promise to be back soon! :)
