Hey guys! The chapter has been done before my school had started so from now on, updates will be slow as my time in junior year goes on. I know it's gonna be a lot of work but I won't back down from this. Well enough about that, I hope you guys enjoy.
Chapter 7:
Kat's POV:
I tried struggling out of the men's grip who held me and led me to an elevator. "Hey! Where are you taking me!?" I shouted. "Somewhere where all the losers end up at and that you'll never see the day of light ever again." One of the men said as the elevator went down to an underground place. As we came down, I saw many people here who look like they've seen better days and many others working.
As we got down, the elevator door opened and they threw me out. "Ah!" I fell down as I got up to see the elevator door close and go back up. I stood up and looked around the area. "W-Where am I?" I wondered as I started walking around until I caught sight of Gongenzaka. "Gongenzaka!" I shouted making him turn his attention to me. He started tearing up, ran to me and hugged me hard. "Ohhhh, Kat! You're okay!" Gong cried while squeezing me hard. "H-Hey, G-Gongenzaka! I c-can't breathe!" I said as he realized and let me go as I tried to catch my breathe.
"So you lost your match, huh?" Gong stated. I looked up at him. "So this is where all the losers get sent to?" I wondered looking around until I just realized. "Oh no. And the others don't realize the consequences of this tournament." I gripped my hands in frustration. "If only there was a way to warn them." I muttered until I felt Gong's hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry. We just need to have faith in Yuya and your brother." I smiled as I looked up the high ceiling.
No One's POV:
Back at the Duel Palace, the tournament was still going on. "After this exciting duel we had between two siblings it's time that we moved on to the next round!' Melissa declared as two holograms materialized the next two contestants. "Our next contestants for the third round will be Serena Yvonne VS Sinon!" The crowd cheered.
Serena's room
The door opened as out came Serena as she was being escorted to the stadium. As she was walking, she was deep in thought. Flashbacks of her past came into her mind.
Flashback
Young Serena was out at the park playing with her friends while her parents were watching. She is forced to take many lessons by her parents' bidding as she is of a rich family. Secretly leaves her home once in a while at night and wonders off to see her secret friends and dueling.
Last scene shows Serena smiling along with her friends.
Flashback End
Serena's POV:
'I've been through so much for all my years as a kid and now it's time to show my parents...that everyone decides their own way of life.' I thought in my head with determination.
As I got to the station, I equipped my riding gear and put my deck in the holster on my left arm as it shuffled my deck. I got on my duel runner checking all the systems before heading off until I got a call from...my mother. I ignored the call and proceeded.
"And now for round 3! Our first contestant to come out is..." Melissa announced as I drove out of the tunnel and into the stadium track. "Serena Yvonne!" The crowd cheered as I drove up to the starting line and stopped. I let go of the throttle and looked to the palace. 'Yuki. You inspired me to do so much. And today, it's time that I show you what I can do.'
"And now her opponent to come out! Sinon!" Melissa announced as Sinon drove out of the tunnel and stopped next to me at the starting line. I turned to her and remove my visor. "I hope we have a great duel." I said to her but she hmphed. "You shouldn't be nice to your opponents or they will take advantage of you. I for one don't care who my opponent is for they will taste the pain and sorrow through my bullet." Sinon simply said turning her attention back in front of her. I freaked out by what she meant until Melissa made the announcement.
"Now! With our contestants on the starting line, it's time to get this 3rd duel started!" Melissa declared as the crowd started cheering. "Let's get this duel on! Action Field, On! Field Spell: Crossover Accel!" The field spell activated as Crossover Accel activated and Action Cards were dispersed. "Duel Mode ON! Autopilot, Standby!" The monitor said.
3...2...1
"Riding Duel..." Melissa started.
GO!
"ACCELERATION!" Me and Sinon accelerated.
"DUEL!"
Turn 1
Serena: 4000
Hand: 5
VS
Sinon: 4000
Hand: 5
We both accelerated as we could but Sinon suddenly passed me as if she was experieced and took the first corner. "Sinon has taken the first corner and she goes first!"
"My turn! I activate the continuous spell Sniper Type: 7.62 Tkiv 85!" A sniper rifle materialized in front of her as she held it and attaches somehow to her duel runner. "Once per turn, this spell allows me to inflict 800 points of damage to a monster's DEF or my opponent's LP." She turns around facing Serena while driving backwards. "Take this!" Sinon fired at me as I barely dodged it. "Gah!"
Serena: 4000-3200
"Oh my! It seems Sinon has taken first blood on the first turn and with a gun like that, I wouldn't wanna be on her bad side." Melissa commented.
"I'll set two cards facedown and end my turn."
Turn 2
Serena: 3200
Hand: 5
VS
Sinon: 4000
Hand: 2
'Keep steady, Serena. I know I can get out of this. I just need the right card to do it.' "My turn, draw!"
"I summon Espurr the Restraint Beast!"
Espurr the Restraint Beast: Lv. 4 DARK Beast/Tuner ATK: 1500/ DEF: 1500
"And now I activate her effect! Once per turn, I can look at your hand." Espurr's eyes glowed as holograms of Sinon's card showed. "And if any cards among them are spells or traps, I can use special summon them to my field as a lv 4 monster with 0 ATK and DEF." I explained. "I'll choose your spell Sniper Type: French Giat FR F2!" I declared as the card flew from Sinon's hand to my field.
"Of course when I use this effect, my opponent is allowed to draw a card from the deck." I explained as Sinon drew.
"Here goes! I tune the lv 4 sniper spell with my lv 4 Espurr!" Espurr turned into 4 green rings as the sniper went through them. "Isolated beast of unknown powers, awaken and use your powers to defend! Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 8! Meowstic the Constraint Beast!"
Meowstic the Constraint Beast: Lv. 8 DARK Beast/Synchro ATK: 2600/ DEF: 2800
'She summoned it in DEF mode? What's she thinking?' Sinon wondered. "And now for her effect! Once per turn for every face-up magic or trap on the field with different names, I can special summon a lv 4 or below "Beast" monster from my hand! With your face up sniper spell and the Crossover Accel field spell, I special summon from my hand Eevee the Evolution Beast and Fairy Stone of Grace!"
Eevee the Evolution Beast: Lv. 3 EARTH Beast/Tuner ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000
Fairy Stone of Grace: Lv. 3 LIGHT Fairy ATK: 500/ DEF: 250
"Here I go, Sinon! From here on, I won't hold back! I now tune my lv 3 Eevee with my lv 3 Fairy Stone!" Eevee turned into 3 green rings as Fairy Stone went through them. "Beautiful beast of fairies, rise up and dance with me in this moment! Synchro Summon! Shine bright, Level 6! Sylveon the Fairy Beast!"
Sylveon the Fairy Beast: Lv. 6 LIGHT Beast/Synchro ATK: 2100/ DEF: 1800
"Oh my! In this one turn, Serena has managed to summon two beautiful Synchro monsters! Who would have thought that someone like her had this much talent?" Melissa commented as the crowd cheered with Serena parents silently watching from the Tops spectator spot.
"Here goes! Battle! Sylveon attack Sinon directly! Moonblast!" Sylveon inhaled and created a ball of pink energy. "I don't think so. I play the continuous trap Gravity Bind!" Sinon countered as a heavy gravitational force forced both Synchro monsters down. "What!?"
"As long as this trap is on my field, all lv 4 or higher monsters are unable to attack." Sinon explained as she pressing another button on her duel disk. "Additionally! I play my other continuous trap Monster Burst Explosion! With this, if any of our monsters didn't declare an attack this turn, those monsters are destroyed and the owner will take 200 points times the level of those monsters. And now with this set up, you can't attack me." Sinon stated.
"No! I can still do this! From my graveyard, I activate the effect of my Fairy Stone of Grace! By banishing it from my grave, I can negate the effects of all face up cards until the next turn's Standby Phase!" I declared taking out Fairy Stone from my grave as the stone spread sparkles of pink light on all face-up cards. "Tch! How annoying!"
"Back to battle! Moonblast!" Sylveon continued and shot the attack at Sinon but not before she got an Action Card. "I play the Action Spell Evasion to negate your attack!" Sinon shifted to the right avoiding the blast. "Oh! And Sinon has dodged the attack!"
"No way." Just then, I looked up and saw a glimpse of my parents watching. 'W-What are they doing here?' I stammered while I tried focusing. "I-I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."
Turn 3
Serena: 3200
Hand: 2
VS
Sinon: 4000
Hand: 2
Song Play: Ignite(SAO II)
"My turn, draw!"
"And now that it's my Standby Phase, your Stone's effect ends returning all card effects on the field back to normal." Sinon stated as the sparkles started disappearing. "Now I activate my spell Hologram Phase. With this, I can target one "Sniper" spell in my graveyard and special summon it as a lv 6 EARTH normal monster with 500 ATK and DEF points!" A graveyard portal opened and out came Sinon's French Giat in the monster zone.
Sniper Type: French Giat FR F2: Lv. 6 EARTH Machine ATK: 500/ DEF: 500
"And due to Hologram Phase's other effect, I can use my summoned spell monster as 2 materials for an Xyz Summon!" Sinon explained as her sniper materialized and split into two.
"2 Level 6 monsters? It can't be!" I exclaimed.
"That's right! I overlay my lv 6 French Giat in order to build the overlay network!" French Giat turned orange before going into a galaxy portal. "Dragon with an iron resolve, run forth on this ruined battlefield and destroy everything in your path! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 6! Hecate Ultima II Sniper Dragon!"
Hecate Ultima II Sniper Dragon: Rank 6 EARTH Dragon/Xyz ATK: 2700/ DEF: 2200 OU: 1
"Oh my! What an incredible and fearsome dragon for girl like her to possess! And all those guns are giving me shivers down my spine!" Melissa commented as the cheering continued on.
Sinon started speeding up and caught an Action Card. "I play the Action Spell Bi-Attack! This spell doubles a monster's ATK until the end of this turn!" Sinon's dragon got bigger as it's power rose as well.
Hecate Ultima II Sniper Dragon ATK: 2700-5400
"5-5400!?" I exclaimed.
"And additionally! I activate my dragon's effect! Once per turn by using one overlay unit, I can destroy all monsters on your field with less DEF than this card's ATK or you take damage equal to my dragon's ATK. And I'm choosing to end this duel by destroying both your monsters!" The sniper dragon chomped an overlay unit as it aimed at my monsters destroying them.
Sniper Dragon OU: 1-0
"Grgh!" I grunted steering out of control while trying to regain control.
"I'm sorry to do this but it ends here! Sniper Dragon attack Serena directly! Piercing One-Kill Shot!" The dragon loaded it's projectile and fired at blinding speed and hit and causing smoke to fill up around me.
"Oh my! Is this the end of Serena and her time at the Friendship Cup!?" Melissa commented making the crowd silent. Duel Runner sounds were heard as I came out unscathed. "What's this!? Serena is still in safe! But what about her LP?"
Serena: 3200-400
"What!? But how!?" Sinon exclaimed as I revealed my trap. "I activated my trap Poke Spirit Barrier. By banishing one "Beast" Synchro monster from my graveyard, I reduced the damage from your dragon's ATK by the banished monster's ATK. And the card I banished..." I took the card out of my graveyard and showed it. "Was my Meowstic from my graveyard." The spirit of my Meowstic appeared before disappearing.
"Humph. If that wasn't enough to knock you out, then maybe this will! From my hand, I activate my quick-play spell Rank-Up-Magic: Sniper Revolution!" Sinon shouted.
"Huh!? Rank-Up!?" Melissa said confused since this was never seen before. "I can use this card during either player's Main or Battle Phase. This lets me target my Sniper Dragon with no Xyz materials and use this card along with Sniper Dragon to Xyz Summon a new Xyz monster that's one rank higher!" Sinon explained as Sniper Dragon turned orange before going into a galaxy portal. "Mighty dragon with an iron resolve, evolve past the taste of the bullet and become a new weapon! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Come forth, Rank 7! Shekinah, The Light Archer Dragon!" Sinon's new dragon shined as it's armor fell off and took the appearance of a new blue and white monster with an upper body dragon part and the lower part of a Pegasus. The wings were on the back of the dragon part and colored white and blue. The new monster was holding a sword on it's right hand as it roared with two overlay units surrounding it.
Shekinah, The Light Archer Dragon: Rank 7 LIGHT Dragon/Xyz ATK: 3000/ DEF: 2700 OU: 2
"I-Incredible." I silently said at this beautiful monster. "Wow! What a beautiful monster! I didn't think that Sinon hid something so beautiful behind her monster." Melissa commented while admiring the new dragon.
"This is the end. Battle! Shekinah attack Serena directly!" The dragon threw it's sword high as it transformed into a bow. "Shining Light Strike!" The dragon grabbed the bow and pulled back the string while forming Light Arrows and firing. "I activate my Poke Spirit Barrier's other effect from my graveyard! By sending a "Beast" Synchro monster in my Extra Deck to my graveyard, all other battle damage I take is reduced to 0!" I picked Braixen from my Extra Deck and sent it to my graveyard as her spirit appeared and blocked the arrow.
Song End
"Why!? Why do still want to keep going!? I can't let someone like you be involved in something dangerous!" Sinon shouted at me. I widened my eyes in shock and looked down in depression. I made a determined face. "Even despite that, I'm still wanting to anything I can to help a friend...like you!"
"Me...your friend? Don't screw with me! You don't know what I've been through!" Sinon shouted back in anger. "Then why is your dragon crying?" I asked which confused her until she looked up and widened her eyes. Her dragon...was actually crying. "W-Why?"
"It's sad because you don't want to accept any others as your friends." I told her until I got a call and the screen pulled up to reveal my parents. "Serena! Why did you enter the Friendship Cup!? A noble young woman like you shouldn't be playing with these other high level duelists! Stop this duel at once and come home!" My father scolded me. "Your father has a point! Once we get home, we'll need to have a little talk with you!" My mother said. "NO!" My parents had shocked faces at my answer.
"I'm sorry Mom and Dad but this is my path to take. We all need to decide our own way of life. Although you'll never agree with me...this is my own path to take! Good bye." I softly said cutting off the call and continuing.
"Sinon. I'll do no matter what it takes to be your friend. Even if I have to sacrifice the most precious things to me...I won't give up!" I twisted the throttle and sped up ahead of her. Sinon had a surprised look on her face until she picked a card from her hand. "I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."
Turn 4
Serena: 400
Hand: 2
VS
Sinon: 4000
Hand: 0
"Here I go! My turn, draw!" I looked at my drawn card and smiled.
"It's here! First, I activate my quick-play spell Twin Twister! By discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy up to two spell or traps on the field!" I discarded Absol the Disaster Beast. "I'll destroy your Gravity Bind and your set card!" Two twisters appeared as they swirled around Sinon's field and destroyed her two spells and traps.
"Tch!"
"But I'm far from done! I activate the effect of Absol the Disaster Beast from my graveyard! By banishing this card from my graveyard, I can special summon one "Beast" Synchro monster from my graveyard ignoring it's summoning conditions!" Absol materialized as it's horn glowed and slashed the ground, opening the graveyard portal. "Come forth! Braixen the Fire Fox!"
Braixen the Fire Fox: Lv. 7 FIRE Beast/Synchro ATK: 2400/ DEF: 1700
"Of course the downside is that she must stay in DEF mode and her DEF becomes 0." I explained.
Braixen DEF: 1700-0
I looked ahead and caught sight of an Action Card but...it was too high to reach with my arm length. I gritted my teeth and prepared to do something unexpected. I stood up on my vehicle balancing myself. "Oh my goodness! What's this!? Serena is attempting to reach the Action Card in front of her by jumping! Will she be safe!?" Melissa commented which made many people gasp including my parents. 'I've gotta do this. This is my one and only chance!'
I then jumped stretching my hand out as far as possible. "HAAAAAA!" I started getting closer until I missed it. 'No!' I then felt a force behind me which made me attain the Action Card and landed safely on my Duel Runner. I looked back to see who did it until I saw Braixen go back into kneeling position. "Braixen." I then smiled as I looked at the Action Card and my eyes widened. "This is..."
"I don't believe my eyes! It looked like Serena's own monster helped here attain that Action Card!" Melissa commented.
"Here I go Sinon! From here on, this is where I start my counter attack! I summon my Fire Stone of Blazes!" A red stone like creature appeared on my side.
Fire Stone of Blazes: Lv. 2 FIRE Fairy ATK: 200/ DEF: 400
"Here I go! Now for my Fire Stone's effect! When this card uses another Fire monster on my field as a material, it becomes a tuner monster!" I explained.
"What!?" Sinon explained.
Song Play: DoriDori
"I now tune my lv 2 Fire Stone with my lv 7 Braixen the Fire Fox!" Fire Stone turned into 2 green rings as Braixen went through them. "Blazing fox of the forest, the time is now! Bring forth a show and dance with us with your new and beautiful flames! Synchro Summon! Set Ablaze, Level 9! Delphox the Fire Fox!"
Delphox the Fire Fox: Lv. 9 FIRE Beast/Synchro ATK: 2900/ DEF: 2000
"Oh my! Serena has brought out yet another beautiful monster! I can't wait to see what this one does!" Melissa said as the crowd cheered even louder along with my parents having widened expressions.
"Sorry to interrupt you but now my Shekinah's effect activates! During either player's turn, I can use an overlay unit to destroy your monster and gain LP equal to it's ATK points! Go!"
Shekinah OU: 2-1
An overlay unit bursted on Shekinah's bow as it once again aimed it's bow and formed light arrows and shot them at Delphox but she was completely unaffected. "What!?"
"On the turn my Delphox is summoned, she's unaffected by all my opponent's effects until the end of this turn." I explained.
"But even so, Delphox's ATK points are not high enough to defeat my Shekinah." Sinon stated. "That's about to change!" I grabbed the Action Card. "I activate the Action Field Spell TriPokalon - Dance Stage!" As I activated the spell, the field started to change into a dance stage with the field track still on.
"Huh? What kind of card is this?" Melissa wondered as the crowd were looking around in confusion. "This card lets both players summon monsters from our decks or graveyard until our monster zones are full! Now everyone, it's time for our debut monsters to shine! Come forth! Fennekin the Fire Fox, Braixen the Fire Fox, Sylveon the Fairy Beast, and Pancham the Playful Beast!" One by one, my monsters appeared as followed beside me.
Fennekin the Fire Fox: Lv. 4 FIRE Beast ATK: 1200/ DEF: 700
Braixen the Fire Fox: Lv. 7 FIRE Beast/Synchro ATK: 2400/ DEF: 1700
Sylveon the Fairy Beast: Lv. 6 LIGHT Beast/Synchro ATK: 2100/ DEF: 1800
Pancham the Playful Beast: Lv. 3 DARK Beast/Tuner ATK: 1300/ DEF: 600
"Tch! I don't run any monsters in my deck. So what else does this card do? Huh?" Sinon said as she saw my monsters started dancing around me. "Are you screwing with me!? This is a duel! Not a dancing competition!"
"Sinon. Dueling is supposed to be fun and not a tool for conflict." I stated. "So let's have fun! Keep dancing, my partners!" I raised both my hands as my monsters kept dancing which made got the crowd in awe along with my parents. Just then, all my others except Delphox gained glowing auras as they went to Delphox making a bright red glow around her.
"The other effect of this Action Card makes both players battle with their strongest monster and transfer the ATK of the special summoned monsters to them!" I explained.
Delphox ATK: 2900-9900
"9-9900 ATK points!?" Sinon exclaimed. "Now everyone! Time for the finishing touches! Battle! Delphox attack Shekinah! Blazing Fire Blast!" Delphox grabbed the twig on her tail and started manipulating fire creating a heart and aimed at Shekinah, destroying it. "AAAHHHH!"
As the attack ended, the fire went to the air and exploded into a heart shape which came down into many red sparkles which made people look at them in awe and happiness. Sinon looked up with an emotionless expression and into awe. "So...beautiful."
Serena: 400(Winner!)
Sinon: 0
Song End
"It's decided! The winner of the third round is...Serena Yvonne!" Melissa said as the crowd cheered for my victory.
No One's POV:
As Serena drove to station, she stopped and took off her helmet. She looked to Sinon, shadowing her eyes, where she stopped behind her. Serena got off and walked up to Sinon. "That was a fun duel." Serena complimented and extended her hand. Sinon stared at Serena's hand for a few seconds until she smirked and accepted the handshake.
"Heh. Dueling used to be fun back from where I came from. You helped remind me the true nature of dueling...and for that, I thank you." Sinon thanked. They both let go of the handshake until Sinon placed her hand on Serena's shoulder. "I look forward to seeing you advance through this tournament. See ya!" Sinon turned around and waved her hand. Serena smiled at her and then looked back at the crowd while placing both her hands on her chest. 'Yuki. You have inspired me with your Entertainment Dueling when you first showed up. Maybe one day...I want to show him...how I feel.'
And that's a wrap! I know I said that I would post this before school starts but I couldn't help it and decided to publish this chapter now. So anyway with the third round over with, I might not post a duel next chapter as there will be the next three canon duels from in the anime. Although this will probably be my first time in a while to write a chapter without doing a lot of thinking for duels, I hope it comes out okay. So really, I kinda want more reviews in this chapter than just reading so I can know what your thoughts were and give me suggestions on how I should do better for future stories. With that aside, please be sure to Read & Review! Until next time, see ya folks because the fun has only just begun!
