Prompt 8: Circus/ Cirque du Soleil

At You Show Duel School (11: 23 am)

"EHHH? A CIRCUS?" Yuzu, Ruri, Rin, Selena, Sun, Yuto, Yuya, Yuri, and Yugo all said. Shuzo held up a stack of papers. "Yep. Akaba Reiji wants to throw a circus for the LDS students. He called it "Cirque du Soleil." I'll be giving each of you a role of what you'll be playing." Shuzo handed each of them a packet with their name on it.

Yuya: Clown

Yuto: Tightrope Walker

Yuri: Knife Thrower

Yugo: Unicycle

Shun: Lion Tamer

Ruri: Ribbon Dancer

Selena and Yuzu: Trapeze Act

Rin: Juggler

They all flipped through the pages of their scripts and roles. "Okay…. And when is this performance?" Yuto asked. Shuzo chuckled nervously, "Um, that's why Reiji chose us. Because… It's today, at 10:30 pm. Don't worry though because that's why we made you skip school." "WHAT?!" Yuto and Yugo's eyes were glowing, almost on the verge of Berserk mode. Shuzo squeaked and hid behind Yuzu. Yuya went up to the Xyz and Synchro Counterparts and said, "Relax…. calm down….. At least we have eleven hours to practice." The two counterparts calmed down, and Yugo said, "I guess we could try, I mean How hard could it be?" Shun flipped through his pages and said, "This circus is taking place in an Action Field called, Athletic Circus, so that's a start." Everyone hurried to the Action field room while Shuzo activated Athletic Circus.

"Let the fun begin" Yuya said, tossing each of them an outfit.


(3: 15 pm)

Shingo and Sora came into You Show Duel School. "Hey" Shingo yelled to Yuya, who was eating his lunch. For now, everyone was on break. "Teacher!" Sora yelled, hugging Yuya. "Hey Shingo. Hi Sora. How's the Fusion tutoring at LDS" Sora took out a lollipop from his pocket, licked it, and answered, "It's boring, but the students are improving." "And why is the Diva here?" Yugo asked, pointing to Shingo with his chopsticks. Shingo flipped his hair and answered, "Because I wanted to see how the practice is going. Judging by your outfits, it's going… fine?" Yugo's outfit was a white tuxedo, but it was covered in soot from falling off of the unicycle over and over again. Yuto was wearing black shorts and a purple T-shirt. Shun was wearing a purple tuxedo, and Yuya was wearing his clown costume from his encounter with Strong Ishijima, but he was covered in soot. The only people who seemed fine, was Yuri, who was wearing a purple tailcoat, a lavender dress shirt, blue pants, and black shoes, Yuzu, Rin, Ruri, and Selena. Selena and Yuzu wore a long black sleeved shirt, black leggings, and a skirt (Selena had red while Yuzu had pink). Ruri wore a purple dress that loosely drapes to her ankles and short black leggings underneath. Rin wore a green shirt, a green knee length skirt, green leggings, and green ballet flats.

Yuzu: I never knew how much fun Trapeze is. At first I thought it was scary, but now I love it! Thanks Selena for helping me face my fear.

Selena: No problem. It's the least I can do.

Rin: Juggling is a lot easier than I anticipated!

Ruri: I'm dancing like a ballet. Did I do well, Shun?

Shun: Yes. You did impeccably for your first time.

Yuri: I'm good at knife throwing.

Shun: THAT'S BECAUSE YOU THREW THEM TOWARDS ME!

Yuri: Correction, I threw them at the targets behind you.

Yugo: Unicycling is a lot harder than Turbo dueling.

Yuto: My balance is off. I keep falling off.

Yuya: Yeah….. and you land on me.

Yuto: Sorry. Shun how's lion taming going?

Shun: It's doing well, I finally know how to control the Lion.

Yuri: Yeah… by summoning Raid Raptor, and threatening the Lion with it.

Shun: Okay, but at least I'm getting the job done.

"Umm… hello? We're still here" Shingo said, pointing to him and Sora. "Anyways, can we see you perform?" Sora asked. Yuto, Yugo, Yuri, and Yuya pushed them out of You Show Duel School. "No way! Wait until the actual show!" They said, slamming the door. "Okay, break's over" Shun said, dusting himself off. Everyone went to the Action Field room and got ready for their rehearsal. Before they started from the beginning of the rehearsal, Yuya ran to them and said, "Remember guys, what matters is that we have fun!" Yugo and Yuto looked at each other and smiled. 'Yeah.. Fun!' Yuya coughed, preparing his quick speech, and said, "Ladies and Gentleman….."


At LDS Center Stadium (10:15 pm)

"WOW! There are so many people!" Ruri said, peeking out at the audience behind the curtains. Shun agreed as he brushed the Lion's maine. Yuya was placing the finishing touches on his clown make up. Yuzu, Yuto, Rin, and Selena all stretched their limbs, preparing for their acts. Yuzu and Selena climbed up to the trapeze area (The Action Field, Athletic Circus, has already been set out). Yuri was sharpening his knives, and Yugo was balancing on his unicycle. Ruri sat stood next Yugo and practiced her routine, one more time. Yuto climbed to the tightrope area, taking deep breaths before he climbed up. "Remember guys, and girls, this will put smiles on the audience" Yuya announced. They all smiled, even Shun, and yelled, "Yeah!" An earpiece in Yuya's left ear said, "10:30 pm. Good luck, also… You're father and mother wishes you, Yuri, Yugo, and Yuto good luck." "Thanks Reiji" Yuya responded. "Yugo, Yuto, Yuri… Mom and dad wishes us Good luck" Yuya yelled (the audience can't hear them because audiences are so loud). the counterparts gave each of them a thumbs up. The curtains were raised, and a blinding spotlight shone in front of Yuya. Yuya took a deep breath and said, "Ladies and Gentlemen. Boys and Girls. Welcome all short or tall. Standard, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum LDS students…. Welcome! We hope you enjoy the show..." Yuya stopped in mid- sentence and thought 'Why do I have to follow the script? No reason.' Yuya regained from his embarrassment and said, "I have NO idea whatsoever why Akaba Reiji wanted the You Show Duel School to perform at a "last minute performance" call, but thank you for joining us. I give you…. You Show's Circus Duel! Let the Fun Begin!"


The show had been a success! Everyone clapped as each act went on. And for Yuya's case, the crowd laughed when Yuzu was chasing Yuya. Yuto, has fallen once out of his three acts, but thankfully, Yuzu and Selena were still on the Trapeze area, so they caught Yuto, and everyone believed it was all part of the act. Rin and Yugo took turns juggling bottles to each other while he was on the unicycle. Ruri and Shingo's was the oddest. Apparently, the Lion had a liking to green ribbon, so the Lion was dancing, trying to catch the green ribbon (no one was hurt). Every single act merged together (except for Yuri's act. We all know that would have ended as a disaster!). Once the show had ended, it was already 11:50 pm. "Great job everyone!" Yuya said, high-fiving everyone. When he went to go wipe the makeup off his face, he bumped into Shingo. "Hiya Shingo! How do you like the show?" Yuya asked. "Great… Impressive. Anyways, as a generous supporter, I, Sawatari Shingo, bestow a rose for everyone" Shingo replied. He walked to everyone and gave each of them a rose.

Yuto= lavender

Yugo= blue

Yuri= fuchsia

Shun= black

Ruri= green

Rin= white

Selena= purple

Yuzu= pink

Yuya= red

"Thanks Shingo. This is …. something new" Selena said, placing her rose in her hair. "I think it's pretty. Thanks Shingo!" Rin said kissing Shingo on the cheek. Yugo shot daggers at Shingo. "Yugo! You're crushing your rose!" Yuto said, pointing to Yugo's rose. Yugo looked down and found the blue rose's stem snapped in half. "Oops" Yugo mumbled. "Well, see you guys tomorrow!" Yuzu said. Then Yuzu, Ruri, Shun, Rin, and Selena went to their father, Shuzo Hiragi. "Well see you guys at school" Shingo said, walking off the stage and to his friends. "Well time for us to go home and get some R&R as well" Yuto said. "Agreed" The other counterparts replied, walking to Yoko and Yusho Sakaki. In their hands, they had a bouquet of roses for them as well.


(A/N): I may not be a romance person, but… Ooooo, Looks like Yugo's jealous!

Yugo: Am Not!

Yuya, Yuri, and Yuto: You so are.

Yugo: Who's side are you on?!

Yuri: I'm neutral…. (maybe)

Yudai: *rolls eyes* Well, see you guys on the next prompt!

Get your game on guys (and girls) because I'm feelin' the flow. Now that the fun has just started, it's time to rev it up!