Welcome back people!
I got a few things to say to all of you guys. Firstly, this is chapter 10! With 13 favorites, 12 follows and 37 reviews! Thanks all of you, especially Gentyman, jalen johnson, And then the sky, Guest, Playerhood18, Imagine97, Frost190 and Romadrox8975, for reading, reviewing, liking and following my story and me. I never expected to receive much attention like this, they really helped me find motivation to write this story. I hope I could write more interesting and detailed chapters in return. Secondly, after this chapter, I will go hiatus for about a week because of the examination coming up. This is really bad for me as I really loved this story, I hope the exam will end soon. Finally, the next two chapters of this story will be nearly the same as anime ep 9 - 13, sorry for that. But since this is my first story, I want to write as much as possible. And I promise after that, we will have a very interesting plot coming up, along with chapters centering Yugo, Yuri, Selena and the betrayer I have mentioned earlier.
Once again, thanks a lot to all of you readers. I will be back as soon as I can.
One question to all of you that I would like to get replies quickly: a Numbers will make its debut this chapter. In anime and OCG, it is called 'Numbers', not 'Number' like TCG. Do you want to use the TCG term or the OCG term? Also, feel free to guess about the name of the betrayer of this story.
And now, get your favorite deck involving Shark and read this chapter!
Chapter 10: Trouble Creeping In!
Up high in the blue sky, above the usual white clouds, flew through some eagles. They were on a daily hunt, preying any unfortunate victims down below. But the moment they were about to fly down, they had to hastily fly sideways, to avoid a thruster-engine of an airplane from crushing them to pieces. Except the pilots who were sighing in relief, the rest of the passengers in the plane did not know, or rather, only one. A woman, still beautiful despite being in her 40s, who wore a pink skirt and blouse with long earrings and necklace, pink colored high heeled shoes with golden strips, along with pink nail polish, red lipstick and had pink hair and blue eyes. She was reading the latest news on her Leo Corporation-issued Ipad, about the company successfully bought and integrate with the biggest Duel School in the USA. She touched the picture of her with the head of that Duel School, looking the enlarged digitalized photo with a smile.
"The plane is about to land down on Miami International Airport."
Receiving the notification, she looked on the window besides her, watching the beautiful Miami City, and especially, the LDS building.
The plane finally landed down gracefully. She stepped out and got on a black limousine, going back to LDS.
"Congratulations chairwoman for the successful business deal!"
"Thank you. So the grand plan has been one step further. To envelop LDS all over the world and train Duelists with the best skill and power, that's the plan of mine and Reiji-san all along."
"You must be very happy after this successful deal… however…"
She hardened her face "What?"
Nakajima then informed her "To be honest, for fear of interfering with the deal, we have not informed you this. While you were away, a number of events have happened."
"Events?"
…
"Welcome back, kasan!"
"Reiji-san, about the new Summon method, what is that?"
"Please sit down over there mom!"
The woman sat down on the chair. Reiji opened the holographic screen, showing the duel between Yuya and Strong, the new summon method called Pendulum appeared.
"Pendulum?" She wondered.
"By using 2 special cards called Pendulum Cards, many high-leveled monsters can be special summoned without release! This happened just four days ago!"
"Is that… that kid?"
"Yes, but the problem is…" Reiji then clicked a button, showing the data of Sakaki Yuya.
"The first person to use this is Sakaki Yuya, from You Show Duel School, male, age 16, from Senior Youth Duel Class. This year he had dueled 46 times, 26 win, 20 loss."
"The win ratio is 60%... no wonder he is only at that level. But you tell me that the kid from Senior Youth Class had invented a new summon method?"
"He's the son of Sakaki Yusho."
"What? Sakaki Yusho?" She thought out loud.
"Yes mom."
"Sakaki Yusho, who disappeared three years ago, has worked with the enemy and gave his son…"
"Or maybe the opposite." Reiji interrupted.
"What?"
Reiji clicked another button, showing the woman the images of a boy.
"Things is, last night, the son of Sawatari-sensei has been attacked." The woman hardened her eyes.
"And the enemy uses Xyz…"
At Miami Hospital, an aged man was looking at the person lying in the bed, trying his best to hide away his sadness in front of his three friends.
"I'm sorry, Mayor."
"I could not do anything to Sawatari-san…"
"No need to say sorry." The man spoke, nearly in tears. "I will find the man who caused my son to be like this, and beat him down to a PULP!" He roared, scaring the three boys.
"You don't have to be so hurry like that, Mayor!"
All the people in the room looked at the opening door, seeing the woman in pink skirt and blouse carrying flowers."
"Chairwoman Akaba? How long had you been back?"
She approached him, saying "I have only heard about Shingo-kun when I got back."
The Mayor then stood up "Thank you so much Mrs. Chairwoman!" He tried to smile.
"No need to." She gave him the flowers. "Sawatari Shingo will handle this city in the future. When I heard about what happened to him, I got here as soon as I can."
"Yes. I will call the police now-"
"Don't do it." The chairwoman interrupted "If we call them now, things will escalate. You don't want this to ruin your reputation don't you?" She let the word sink in.
"Leave them to us." She promised.
"Really?"
"Yes, I will find a way. Now I gotta go back. Hope your son could recover soon."
"Thanks Mrs. Chairwoman." He took the flowers. The woman then got out of the room, smiling scarily, unknown to the kids. The Mayor then held Sawatari's hand.
"Please son… Wake up…"
A single tear dropped. The three boys understood the situation, they went out of the room, not forgetting to close the door…
"Uggghh…"
Ruri woke up to the alarm electric clock on table next to her bed. She got out, re-arranged the bed and went to the bathroom. Relishing the warm and pleasant feeling from the hot water, she thought back about the events happening five days ago. The duel with the Obelisk Force, Yuto went crazy. Her being chased by the man whose face is similar to Yuto, losing the duel. The bracelet suddenly lit up, banishing both him and afterwards, herself. Finding and befriending Yuya and Yuzu, whose faces are similar to Yuto and her respectively. Knowing a boy named Sora, who used Fusion Summon and realizing he was from Academia, she did not know what to do with him. And Yuzu being in a destroyed warehouse at the piers, looking worried by something. She could not ask her anything, she would not talk. Ruri respected her privacy and left that topic for a while. After a few minutes, she put on her new clothes. Shuzo was kind enough to buy to her another set of clothes, consisting of a dark purple shirt and blue long pants. She once again felt guilty. She did not know how to say sorry to him and Yuzu for lying to them.
Looking at the sun outside for a while, she sighed. Things happened too fast. For now, she would just rest and relive the once forgotten peaceful then got out, going to the kitchen and having breakfast with Shuzo and Yuzu. She avoided asking Yuzu about the events yesterday of course. Yuzu still seemed to be bothered by that. Her father also kept quiet, making a very awkward breakfast. After that, they went to You Show Duel School, where Yuya and the kids were waiting for the lesson Shuzo and Ruri would give to them. Stopping there, she told them.
"Shuzo-san, Yuzu! I will go out for a little while, just to ease my mind a bit. Can you two go inside and wait for me?"
"Hm… OK, just be quick Ruri!" Yuzu told her.
"Yes!" With that, Ruri went forward while Shuzo and Yuzu went inside.
"Whatever happened to you, please tell to us as soon as possible, ok daughter?" Shuzo said to his daughter.
"Uh… Yeah dad, I just need time…"
"Just do not hang in that school for too long Shark!"
"I got it Shun! Just do not be reckless!" Ryoga told him.
He got out, walking to the address Yuzu gave to him. It was good that he did not have to buy new clothes to cover his secret identity. His sister Rio bought her new clothes which were identical to the usual purple jacket and pants he wore before departing, saying that that was the best thing she could do to say her brother goodbye. He mentally thanked her for this, although she obviously did not know about it anyway. After a while, he was near there. He slowly ran to the school when a certain someone forced him to stop, in shock.
Dark purple shirt with blue long pants, but what truly shocked him was the face. The very face of one of his friends that he knew. Said person was also shocked at his sight as well.
"Ruri!"
"Ryoga!"
They immediately ran towards each other and hugged tightly, crying in happiness.
"Ryoga! It's really you Ryoga!"
"Yes! You too Ruri!"
They released, looking at each other now. Ruri then bombarded Ryoga with questions.
"How are you here? How are others? Where is everybody? Is Shun okay? Is Yuto okay-"
"OK Ruri, calm down, I will explain everything. Just go somewhere else and we'll talk!"
Ruri breathed out, relaxing herself. They then went to the bushes near the place they had met. Ryoga then proceed to tell her everything.
"Oh god… Yuto, Shun, Rio. I made everyone worried. I'm so sorry…"
"OK Ruri, at least I have found you! Now, let's go to our hideout and meet th-"
"Ruri!"
They both turned around to see Yuzu, looking worried. Yuzu then looked at Ryoga, shock began to appear in her face.
"Ryoga! What are you doing here? What are you doing with Ru-"
"Oi oi oi oi oi! Please don't make a fuss, I will explain." Ryoga quickly said.
Ruri then looked at Ryoga, sending a look that said "Don't tell everything about us". Ryoga understood and lied to Yuzu. "We are best friends. After Ruri was gone, I began looking for her and found her here."
Yuzu widened her eyes in surprise "Wow… you really care about Ruri…"
However, Ryoga was stunned by the look on her face "She… she has the exact same face as Ruri…"
"Ryoga, why are you looking at me like that?" Yuzu wondered.
"Eh!" Ryoga realized what he was doing and explained. "It's just… now I can see you here, you have the exact same face as Ruri!"
"Yeah, I don't know how, but people with same faces is not a rare thing!"
"Probably." He chuckled. "And about what you said, yes, we are friends, and friends help each other. So yeah, I was going to enroll in You Show because I wanted to find Ruri. I thought I would find a lead there." He lied. Ruri looked up at him secretly. "And fortunately I have found her!" He looked at Ruri, smiling. She smiled in return.
"Oh, so that's how it happened!" Yuzu exclaimed.
"Yes. And Ryoga, you don't have to worry about me. I currently live in Yuzu's house now."
"That's nice! Thank you Yuzu!" Ryoga thanked Yuzu, who nodded in return.
"So, Ruri is also currently in You Show Duel School. You wanna join in and give her some company?" Yuzu asked.
"Really Ruri? You're in You Show too?" Ryoga was honestly surprised.
Ruri simply said "Yes!"
"Hell yeah! I'm in too!"
With that, the three bursted into laughter at Ryoga's actions. After a while, they stopped.
"Ok. You Show Duel School is this way!"
"I'll go inside and inform my dad. Wait here!" Yuzu stepped inside, leaving Ruri and Ryoga behind.
"So you're living in her house and enrolling in this Duel School of Sakaki Yusho?"
"Yes… wait! You said Yusho-sensei?"
"Uh. Try to speak You Show in Japanese!"
After thinking for a while, Ruri realized "Oh! Yusho! Is Yusho-sensei in this dimension?"
"I think he originally came from here. Maybe for some reason he went to our homeland. Probably he disappeared in the same fashion too…"
"I see… And Ryoga, for now please don't blow our cover okay? I had to lie to them to get such care like this when I disappeared from you guys… and I'm not ready to say sorry to them yet…"
Hearing her pleading, Ryoga understood what she had to do. "Okay Ruri, I will not compromise any of us. Anyway, after the day, can you go to where we are hiding? We are looking for Akaba Reiji, the Professor's son."
"Looking for him? You may not get him Ryoga…" She trailed off, looking at the door to avoid someone in there hearing what they said.
"Why Ruri?" He wondered.
"Because he is the CEO of LDS."
"We've already known that Ruri." Ryoga explained. Ruri widened her eyes before continuing.
"That's good. And one more thing, one student in here is actually an agent from Academia!"
"What?" Ryoga was shocked. "Who?"
"A kid with blue hair, his name is Shiunin Sora. He did not know me yet, so don't do anything stupid okay. Also, since we both use Xyz, you must say to them that you are formerly from LDS and you dropped out."
At that moment, the door opened.
"Come on, get inside." Yuzu told them.
"Okay!" Ruri and Ryoga walked into the school.
To Ryoga, the school was small compared to the Clover Branch back in Heartland. He wondered how a school with the name of a famous entertainer is so embarrassing like this. Moments later, seven individuals came out. One adult, two teens, three kids and one tween, the one that made both Ruri and Ryoga uncomfortable, the spy of Academia.
"Hello. You must be Kamishiro Ryoga."
"Yes. And are you the principal of this duel school?"
"Yes I am. Let me introduce you to the members here. First off, I am Hiragi Shuzo, the head of this school."
"Hiragi Shuzo… well, not Yusho-san… fine…" Ryoga thought.
"This is my daughter Hiragi Yuzu." He said with pride, which made Yuzu blush slightly.
"The girl is Ayukawa Ayu!" He continued, looking at the youngest girl in the group.
"Uh… Hi!" She greeted him with a nervous voice.
"This is Yamashiro Tatsuya!" The boy gave Ryoga a smile.
"This is Haradi Futoshi." The boy said his "shiveru" line again, which made Ryoga slightly annoyed.
"The boy here is Shiunin Sora!" Sora looked at Ryoga, who gave a cold stare in return. Sora immediately noticed and gave him an equal one back. Silence formed in the room.
The male teenager with red and green hair cleared his throat and introduced himself. "And my name is Sakaki Yuya."
"Sakaki?" Ryoga said out loud. "The son of Sakaki Yusho?"
"Uh… Yeah! How do you know?"
"Eh… Ruri told me!"
"Yes, I told him Yuya." Ruri explained.
"Wow…" Ryoga was shocked to finally see him, the very son of the famous Sakaki Yusho, besides he had the exact same face as Yuto. "He has the same face as Yuto too…"
"Hm?" Yuya wondered after seeing Ryoga surprised.
"Nothing, just… it's a pleasure to meet you, Yuya!" He told him quickly and shook his hand. Ryoga knew as a son of a famous person, he should not address him as the son of Sakaki Yusho, the famous entertainer. A lesson he learned from Kaito.
Yuya smiled at him and shook back. He then asked him. "So you join in?"
Ryoga thought for a while, looking at Ruri who had a pleading look. He then answered.
"Probably… after I test the student's capabilities first."
"What do you mean by that?" Shuzo wondered.
"It's harsh to say this, but your school is really small. I'm not sure if I could join in or not, for I may be a burden to this school!" He explained to Yusho, who frowned at this grim reality.
"Ryoga! Don't say that!" Ruri slapped his hand.
"Well… I'm sorry. But yeah, I need to be sure."
"And by doing what?" Yuzu asked him.
"I want to duel the best student here! Then I will consider." Ryoga told them.
"The best student? Well, you will have to duel Sakaki Yuya!" Shuzo pointed at Yuya, who looked slightly nervous but managed to keep calm.
"Why not me?" Sora chimed in. "I am also good too!"
"Cause Yuya beat you earlier remember!" Tatsuya said to Sora, who pouted.
"So Yuya-niichan, will you accept the challenge?" Ayu asked Yuya.
Yuya looked at her for a while, before looking at everyone, then Yuzu, who gave him a warm smile. Finally, he looked straight at Ryoga, smiling confidently.
"Okay, I accept the challenge!"
"Let's see if you are worth my expectations…" He mumbled.
"Come on, let's get to the Duel Field over there and have an Action Duel!" Yuya said.
"Action… Duel? What the hell is that?" A question that Ruri obviously had to answer…
"Action Duel is a duel with Action Cards, scattered around the duel field here. Also, the monsters here are real enough to let duelists interact with." Ruri told the exact same thing Yuya had said.
"What do you mean by real?" Ryoga lied, knowing how real monsters can be with Real Solid Vision already.
"Using Real Solid Vision, the monsters have mass, causing them to be realistic enough for duelists to interact with!"
"Real Solid Vision… pretty similar to Academia and Resistance…"
"What's wrong Ryoga?" Yuya noticed his frowned expression.
"Uh… nothing!" Ryoga hastily explained. That answer did not fail to escape the ears of Shuzo.
"Pretty similar to what Ruri did yesterday…"
"Anyway, let's get to the duel room Ryoga!"
"Fine!" With that, they headed to the room while everyone watched outside.
"In case you do not know Ryoga!" Ruri told him. "In Action Duel, we have an Action Field and an opening chant!"
"Opening chant?"
"Uh!" Yuya said. "Ruri!"'
"What?" She wondered.
"Which Action Field will fit Ryoga?"
"Well… his nickname is Shark, so I guess something with water?"
"Okay. Shuzo-san, your turn!"
Shuzo, who was already at the Solid Vision machine, touched the Enter button.
"Action Field on! Field Magic, The Legendary Ocean activate!" On cue, the scenery changed to an ocean. The duelists were literally under the water. Ryoga panicked, trying to swim up for air. Yuya and the rest bursted into laughter.
"Don't worry Ryoga! You won't die! Because…" On cue, the water level lowered to their knee level.
"See!"
"Don't scare me like that again!" Ryoga growled. The rest had to keep themselves from laughing.
"Anyway, duelists locked in battle!"
Ryoga looked on in bewilderment, which caused Ruri to chuckle. It was similar to her situation two days ago.
"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their Monsters!" Yuzu added.
"They storm through the field!" The kids and Sora continued.
"Behold! The ultimate evolution of Dueling!" Ruri added in, which slightly shocked Ryoga. "Wow, she really adapted fast… How flexible…"
"ACTION…" Yuya said.
"Get ready…" Ryoga thought.
"DUEL!" Yuya and Ryoga both yelled at the same time.
Sakaki Yuya: 4000 [5]
Kamishiro Ryoga: 4000 [5]
The sphere above them broke, releasing cards inside. They are covered in bubbles to make them float in water.
"The challenger goes first!" Yuya invited.
"Fine by me. Ore no turn! Come out, Big Jaws and Shark Sucker!" A shark with, true to its name, big jaws appeared, scaring the kids but oddly, not to Sora.
Big Jaws WATER Fish Effect LV3 1800/300
Shark Sucker WATER Fish Effect LV3 200/1000
"It's scary Yuzu-neechan!" Ayu whispered, hugging Yuzu.
"Don't worry Ayu! His nickname is Shark, so he got a lot of sharks in his deck!" Ruri tried to confront the small girl.
"Two level 3 monsters… don't tell me…" Yuya thought. Unknown to him, Sora eyed at Ryoga with interest.
"I, using these 2 monsters, overlay!" The two sea hunters turned blue before going to the overlay network appeared on the field, a bright light shone up after that.
"What?"
"He's an Xyz user like Ruri?" Shuzo wondered.
"Huh… An Xyz scum…" Sora said in a small voice so that nobody could hear. Unfortunately, it did not escape the ears of Kurosaki Ruri, who secretly looked at him with sharp and angry eyes.
"Xyz Shōkan! Rank 3! Underwater Mothership Aero Shark!" An orange monster consisting of two sharks linked together appeared from the water below.
Underwater Mothership Aero Shark WATER Fish Xyz Effect R3 1900/1000
"An Xyz Summon…" Yuzu said.
"Like Ruri…" Yuya thought. He would need to ask him about this later.
"Mediocre…" Sora thought in his mind.
"An Xyz user! I got to duel another Xyz duelist! Interesting!" Yuya complimented Ryoga, who said nothing, his stern face remained.
"And now by detaching one Overlay Unit…" The Overlay Unit disintegrated.
"You take 1200 damage for 3 cards in my hand!" Aero Shark opened its mouths, firing torpedoes at Yuya.
"What? Effect Damage from the start?"
"Air Torpedo!"
"Right off the bat!" Ruri thought, recalling Yuto always had to endure this daily punishment.
Yuya suddenly ran.
"What?" Ryoga wondered.
Yuya found an Action Card inside a bubble and grabbed it, sliding it into his Duel Disk. A barrier formed around him, hitting the torpedoes.
"Action Magic, Acceleration!"
"The hell… Those cards scattered in the beginning, they are Action Cards right?"
"Yes, and despite only being able to hold 1 at a time, you can get them anytime!"
"Well… Bullshit. These things may only be used to lengthen duels…" Ryoga said, feeling annoyed. He kept an angry face as he set down two cards.
"You're not enjoying this duel?" Yuya noticed his anger.
"Cut it off! Proceed! I set two cards and end my turn!"
"Geez… You're too harsh… Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his card. He smiled. "It's here!"
"What?"
"The preparations for an entertaining show has been met!"
"It's here, it's here!" Tatsuya said.
"Pendulum!" Ayu said.
"Shiveru!" Futoshi did his iconic butt shake, which annoyed both Ruri and Ryoga.
Smiling at Ryoga, Yuya held up two cards and show them to him. "I, using the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, Pendulum Scale setting!" The word 'Pendulum' returned on Yuya's Duel Disk.
"What the hell is that?" Ryoga wondered.
"You'll see!" Yuya said. "Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Shōkan! Appear now, my monsters!" Three mosters appeared.
"Entermate Whip Viper! Entermate Discover Hippo! And the dragon with beautiful dual-colored eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
Entermate Whip Viper EARTH Reptile Effect LV4 1700/900
Entermate Discover Hippo EARTH Beast Effect LV3 800/800
Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon DARK Dragon Pendulum Effect Scale 4 2500/2000
"P… Pendulum Summon? And that dragon is level 7… no need for tribute?" Ryoga was shocked by this.
"Yes! This is the grand Pendulum Summon!" He explained to the perplexed Ryoga.
"Get it on Yuya!"
"Do it Yuya-niichan!"
"Do your best… Ryoga…" Ruri thought.
"Battle! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Aero Shark!"
"Rasen no Strike Burst!" The dragon fired its signature red blast at the fortress shark, destroying it.
"And now-"
"Trap activate! Ghost Fleet Salvage!" Ryoga activated one of his reverse cards.
"What?" On cue, Aero Shark, Big Jaws and Shark Sucker returned from a purple hole opening on the ground.
"That Trap can recall those monsters back!" Yuya said.
"Uh, but their effects are negated, but it does not matter…" Ryoga then clicked another button on his Duel Disk, activating Full Armored Xyz.
"With this card…" The two level 3 monsters once again rose down to the overlay network.
"I can Xyz Summon Rank 3 Black Ray Lancer!" On cue, a monster similar to a stinglay with black and purple body and white wings appeared from the large beam of light.
"Xyz Summon during my turn? Interesting Shark!" Yuya exclaimed. Ryoga was slightly touched by those words, the words he had not heard for a long time. It started to resonate in him, but he had no time to think about it, at least for now.
"And equip Aero Shark to it!" Aero Shark turned to energy before going to Black Ray Lancer, turning it into an orange lance wielder.
Black Ray Lancer DARK Beast-Warrior Xyz Effect R3 2100/600 - 4000
Yuya ticked his teeth. He then set his only card left in his hand and concluded his turn.
"Such weak fighting… I did not see the sharpness of a blade or the power of a bullet from your dueling!" Ryoga narrowed his eyes at Yuya angrily, briefly shocking him.
"Ryoga, don't be angry like that!" Ruri thought, worried.
"What do you mean by that?" Yuya did not know why obviously.
"It means that you are not worthy enough to be my opponent! Ore no turn, DRAW!" He drew a card with such strong force, a small wave of water splashed across Yuya making the teenager harden his face in slight fear.
"Battle! Black Ray Lancer, attack Discover Hippo! Black Bright Spear!" The black monster fired a purple blast from its lance at the hippo. Yuya immediately dove to the closet Action Card and activated it.
"Action Magic, Miracle!" Yuya declared "Not Action Trap… lucky…" A bubble formed around the hippo, shielding it from destruction, the blast forced Yuya to cover himself.
Sakaki Yuya: 4000 - 2400 [0]
"Phew…" Yuya exclaimed.
"1600 damage! He is surely strong!" Yuzu exclaimed.
"Yes. He is." Ruri told her.
"So that Action Card prevent battle destruction and halve battle damage?" Ryoga mocked. "But not second time! Action Magic, Wonder Chance!"
"What? How did you get it?"
"I got it when you dove for one earlier. You did not notice that!"
"Shit!" Yuya cursed.
"How boring you are…" Ryoga criticized Yuya for his neglect, causing Yuzu to slightly feel uncomfortable. Ruri noticed this but decided not doing anything. She internally berated Ryoga for this, but it can't be helped. Considering his already harsh personality, combining with the war, making him even more hateful.
"Now Black Ray Lancer, attack that hippo again!" The lancer threw its spear at the hippo, scaring it and the kids, especially Ayu.
"Take 3200 damage and lose!" Ryoga yelled from his lungs.
"Hell no!" Yuya grabbed an Action Card. "Damage Vanish activate!" The hippo was destroyed. "Battle Damage is 0!" The smoke disappeared, revealing a soaked but smiling Yuya.
"What the…" Ryoga ticked his teeth in anger. "2 cards set, turn end!"
"He… he is really strong…" Ayu commented.
"Yuya nearly lost…" Futoshi chimed in, too shocked to even do his usual butt shaking.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his next card.
"Trap Card, Call of the Living Dead!" On cue, Whip Viper returned. Ruri realized what he would do. Black Ray Lancer only had 600 DEF. "And now it will switch that monster's ATK with its DEF!"
"What?" Ryoga exclaimed while the lancer got weakened, dropping itself to the ground painfully.
Black Ray Lancer ATK 4000 - 600
"Battle! Discover Hippo, attack Black Ray Lancer!" The hippo ran at the lancer before jumping up, attempting a ram using its hard head.
Ryoga quickly acted. "By detaching Aero Shark, battle destruction is negated!" The parts of Aero Shark detached from Black Ray Lancer, taking the impact from the hippo instead.
"But damage is still taken!" Yuya reminded him. Ryoga shielded his eyes from the ensuring blast.
Kamishiro Ryoga: 4000 - 3800 [0]
"Now, Odd-Eyes! Rasen no Strike Burst!" Yuya immediately attacked, not giving Ryoga a chance to grab an Action Card. The dragon simply gather enough energy and fired at the lancer, destroying it. The purple-haired duelist was thrown back slightly to the water.
Kamishiro Ryoga: 3800 - 1900 [0]
"Ryoga!" Ruri exclaimed in worry.
Yuya ran to grab another Action Card. "Action Magic, Tide Rise!" On cue, the water level got higher. Water began to envelop Whip Viper and disappeared shortly. The purple viper got a blue aura.
Entermate Whip Viper: 1700 - 2700
"It has 2700 ATK!" Yuzu exclaimed.
"With this, Yuya will win!" The kids yelled with hope.
"Battle! Whip Viper-"
"Huh…" Ryoga smirked.
"What?" Yuya wondered.
"Don't you think I would let you do that?" Ryoga said confidently. "Trap Card, Hunter Resurfacing!"
"What the…"
"Playing for real now Ryoga?" Ruri thought, thinking back to his usual combo.
"This Trap let me summon Black Ray Lancer's Overlay Units back into the field and increase their levels by 1!" Once again, the two Xyz Materials returned to the field in Defense Position.
"Also they cannot be destroyed by battle this turn!"
"Kurgh…" Yuya gritted his teeth. He then set one card and ended his turn.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Ryoga did his Draw Phase. He looked at it and smiled. A level 4 monster.
"Killer Rabca summon!" A frilled shark surfaced from the water, eyeing Yuya with malicious intent.
Killer Rabca WATER Fish Effect LV3 700/1500
"By banishing Hunter Resurfacing, I can increase this card's level by 1!"
Killer Rabca LV3 - 4
"3 level 4 monsters…" Yuya realized. "Xyz again?"
"…Uh!" Ryoga said. Yuya noticed a slight change in his voice tone, much less hatred than before. "Yuya, to be honest, you actually gave me a very entertaining duel… I have not been in a duel that is like this for a long time… Thank you." He said with sincerity.
"You're welcome! For me it's good to see someone smiling by my dueling! That's what I've always wanted! Making people smile and understand them through dueling!"
"He is really Yusho's son… He has very similar goals to him…" He inwardly smiled. "And now let me return your favor with my real strength! Ready Yuya!"
"Uh! Bring it on!" Yuya became excited.
"I, using these three level 4 monsters, overlay!" The three sharks turned blue before flying up to the opened Overlay Network.
"With these three monsters, overlay network constructing! Xyz Shōkan!" A large beam of light emitted, blinding everyone.
"The most powerful ruler of the deep sea! Exterminate everything with your sharp fangs!" The light shone brighter, giving way to a red dragon-shark hybrid with a number '32' on the left side of its chest. It roared in pride.
"Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon, Shark Drake!"
Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon – Shark Drake WATER Sea-Serpent Xyz Effect R4 2800/2100
"What the? Number?" Yuya was shocked at the monster and its name. Everyone, even Sora could not hide their bewilderment. Ruri was the only person in the room who was not surprised at all, knowing that her friend has summoned this card so many times.
"So Ryoga is really an Xyz scum! And he is a Numbers Duelist?" Sora thought. "Academia only got one duelist like this… and he was from Xyz… numbers 107… numbers 39… numbers 11… and now numbers 32… these dangerous guys… Academia managed to remove their battle destruction specialty permanently… but… how many more of these?"
He then turned to Ruri "She wasn't surprised? Wait… she did use an Xyz-centric deck but she said she got it from her parents! But this right here… it can only mean one thing… she is like Ryoga, a Resistance member!" His eyes widen in surprise at this realization. "How can the Resistance know about me being here? No way! Which means…" Sora thought about possible members that have escaped from Academia. "Asuka… Ryo… No! Can't be! Yuri had carded him, and Asuka did not know much! Then who can be…" Sora stopped thinking and instead watched the duel for the sake of not making himself suspicious, especially from the two Resistance members.
"What does that mean?" Ayu wondered at the word 'Numbers' that the purple-haired duelist had just said.
"LDS did not produce these cards!" Shuzo said, shocking Ruri, who did not know what to say to others.
"Ruri, do you know about this?" Yuzu asked Ruri. Sora looked on.
"Uh… I don't know! I do not know what 'numbers' is!" Ruri managed to lie to them.
"She's lying! But… I can't make a fuss right now! Gotta interrogate her and him later!"
"A Numbers monster! How cool Ryoga!" Yuya was honestly surprised.
"Uh huh. Let's go! Shark Drake, attack Discover Hippo!" The shark flew at the scared hippo.
"Depth Bite!" It bit the poor hippo, scattering it to pieces.
Sakaki Yuya: 2400 - 400 [1]
"And now its effect will bring it back!" One of its Overlay Units flew down to the water, opening a purple portal. From there, Whip Viper rose up, but it looked weakened.
Entermate Whip Viper ATK 1700 - 700
"What? It returns the destroyed monster and makes it lose 1000 ATK?"
Ryoga confirmed. "Uh. And it can battle once more!"
"Shit!" Yuya immediately looked for an Action Card, running in the water.
"I won't let you!" Ryoga also immediately ran. "Shark Drake! Attack Hippo once again!"
"Action Magic, Evasion! I can negate the attack!" Yuya activated an Action Card.
Ryoga countered. "Action Magic, No Action!"
"What?" Evasion was destroyed.
"This fight will end now Yuya!" Ryoga yelled once again, but with some happiness in his voice.
"Ryoga…", "Yuya…" was Ruri's and Yuzu's thoughts respectively.
Yuya suddenly smiled at Ryoga. "Not gonna be like that!"
"Why?" He wondered.
"Trap Card, Defense Draw! Battle damage becomes 0 and I can draw 1 card." The usual trap that Yuya, and unknown to him, Yuto, usually used appeared, creating a white barrier, blocking Yuya from the ensuring blast of the battle. Both Ruri and Ryoga inwardly thought about this trap, a card they daily see during their duels with Yuto.
"Huh…" Ryoga finally smiled, slowly getting the bumping feeling before the war back. "Turn end! Let's see what you can do Yuya!"
"I will. Ore no turn, draw!" Sparkles appeared in the arc that Yuya drew his card.
"This is it!" Yuya yelled in joy.
"Here he comes!" The kids exclaimed.
"I activate the Field Magic, Level Sanctuary!" He slid the card to the Duel Disk, activating it.
"What? Field Magic?" Everyone was astonished at this unexpected move, as Yuya never used one before.
"When did you get it Yuya?" Yuzu wondered the very thing that everyone also did.
"Just got it now!" Answered Yuya, confusing others but they decided not to press on. A small silence occurred.
"Field Magic can be activated while an Action Field is on?" Ruri finally broke the silence.
"Yes!" Shuzo confirmed. Ruri widened her eyes in surprise, and unknown to her, Sora.
"With this Field Magic, all of Xyz monsters will be treated as having a Level equal to its Rank!"
"What?" Ryoga widened his eyes in shock.
"Treating Rank as Level?" Ruri, and unknown to her, Sora, was also in the same situation as Ryoga, of course everyone else.
"Uh!"
Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon – Shark Drake R4 - LV4
"Once per turn, it can increase the level of all monsters on the hand, field and graveyard by 1!"
Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon – Shark Drake LV4 - 5
Entermate Whip Viper LV3 - 4
Entermate Discover Hippo LV3 - 4
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon LV7 - 8
"What are you going to do with that?" Ryoga wondered.
"You will know soon, Ryoga." Ruri thought, knowing what the dragon can do.
"You'll see! And now I will Pendulum Summon again! Appear, Sword Fish!"
Entermate Sword Fish WATER Fish Effect LV2 600/600
"Yes! Pendulum Summon!" The kid exclaimed with smile on their faces.
"Sword Fish will make Shark Drake loses 600 ATK and DEF!"
"The hell?" Ryoga could not do anything as a red aura enveloped Shark Drake.
Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon – Shark Drake 2800/2100 – 2200/1500
"And now Whip Viper!"
"Shit!"
Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon – Shark Drake 2200/1500 – 1500/2200
"This is the end everyone! Odd-Eyes, attack Shark Drake!" The dragon leaped, opening it mouth to gather energy.
"Rasen no Strike Burst!" The dragon fired a red blast at the sea creature.
"When Odd-Eyes battles a level 5 or higher monster, double the battle damage!"
"What?"
"Reaction Force!"
"Not gonna happen!" Ryoga excitedly yelled. "By banishing Killer Rabca, I can negate this attack, and your Odd-Eyes loses 500 ATK!"
"Trap Card, Odd-Eyes Protection!" Yuya immediately acted. "This turn, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon cannot be targeted by monster effects! And the battle continues!"
"I have prepared for that Yuya, just I like always had!" Ryoga said to Yuya. "Trap Card, Zeus' Breath! Your attack is negated and you take 800 damage!"
"If so, Timegazer Magician will finish the show!"
"What?" Ryoga was surprised. He nearly forgot the two Pendulum Cards floating besides Yuya during the entire duel. Everyone was shocked by this long chain.
"It can negate that trap's activation and set it down again!" The magician fired an energy blast at the trap, negating its activation and set it down again.
"Now, Odd-Eyes, finish this entertaining duel!"
Yuya, Yuzu, Ruri, Shuzo, Sora, Ayu, Futoshi and Tatsuya all yelled with joy, with Futoshi shaking his butt once again.
"Rasen no Strike… Burrrrstt!"
Ryoga looked up at the flame, smiling happily, finally managed to regain some of the fun that he thought it was buried away by the wind of despair back…
"Thanks, Yuya…" He accepted the blast, smiling.
Kamishiro Ryoga: 1900 - 0 [0]
Yuya's monsters vanished, then the Action Field slowly disappeared until the usual view of the duel room was returned. Everyone was looking at Yuya and Ryoga in awe, feeling happy for this intense but exciting match, probably the best one they had ever seen.
"Yuya-niichan won once again!" Ayu finally broke the silence.
"Yes! Yuya-niichan won!" Tatsuya added.
"Shiveru!" Futoshi did that creepy stuff again.
Yuzu smiled at Yuya for his fantastic duel. She then turned to Ruri.
"Don't feel hard for your friend's loss, Ruri."
"I know, but I have to admit… these two are really strong!" Yuzu smiled brightly at that.
"All right!" Shuzo yelled, running to the duel field. "So, Kamishiro Ryoga, thank you for this entertaining duel!"
"Thanks Shuzo-san. I haven't dueled like this for a while!" Ryoga smiled at the man.
"So… do you wanna join in?"
Ryoga looked down, thinking about the proposal for a while before smiling, looking at Shuzo and Yuya.
"Uh!"
"Yes!" Everyone yelled, including Sora, who faked.
"OK, I will get the paper-"
"Ambush? Yuya would never do that!" Someone was talking very loudly and angrily outside the school. Yuya instantly knew who he was.
"Gongenzaka?"
"What the hell happened?" Shuzo asked, running out of the school with Yuya.
"Oh principal!" The boy looked at them. Big stature, black hair with the front like a pompadosur with a red bandana holding it in place.
"When the man Gongenzaka was jogging, I noticed three suspicious male figures peeking at You Show. When I asked, they said that Yuya ambushed someone last night!"
"Ambush?"
"Me?" Both Shuzo and Yuya were shocked at this accusation.
"Yes! Don't forget that!"
"We were there too!"
"There were 4 witnesses… no, 5!"
"5?" Shuzo wondered.
"Sawatari-san, us three and…" The green-hair henchman pointed at the person who was standing behind.
"Her!"
Everyone looked back to see Yuzu, perplexed.
The three henchmen then made a creepy face, grinning at Yuzu "Ain't it right? Hiragi Yuzu-chan?"
"Were they right, Yuzu? You saw too?" Gongenzaka inquired.
"What did you see?" Shuzo asked his daughter.
"The face of the culprit!" Yuzu could only look down, not knowing what to say. That man definitely look like Yuya, but his behavior told the otherwise. Yuya would never harm people like that.
"Sakaki Yuya!" The henchmen said at the same time.
"Eh? I did that?" Yuya was shocked. "No! I would never do that!"
"Don't even think about it!" Futoshi told the three.
"Yuya-niichan would never do that!" Tatsuya added.
"It was Sawatari who wanted to ambush Yuya-niichan! Yuzu-neechan did not want it to happen so she dueled her." Ayu finished.
"What? Yuzu dueled Sawatari?" Shuzo exclaimed.
"No! I did not!" Yuzu detested. Ruri looked on worriedly. She then looked at Ryoga.
"Ryoga, was it Yuto?" Ruri whispered.
"… Uh…" Ryoga answered. He then decided to defend Yuya.
"Hey! I did not know what happened, but I can tell Yuya is very kind! He does not want anyone to get hurt, and he will surely never attempted to hurt people!"
"Yes! Yuya will never hurt people like that!" Ruri also yelled at the henchmen.
Touched by their kindness, Yuya could only mutter a single "Thank you…"
"No problem, Yuya!" Ryoga said back.
"A friend in need is a friend indeed!" Ruri said.
"Besides, Sawatari-san was injured and had to go to the hospital!" One henchman said.
Yuya widened his eyes in surprise, as did everyone. "Hospital!?"
"No way!" Yuzu denied.
"He was wounded badly! His life is at risk right now!" And indeed, Sawatari did not wake up yet.
"Dammit Yuto… what did you do…" Ryoga realized he will have to interrogate Yuto later. Ruri frowned at the word 'hospital'. Yuto would go so far like this to find her? Has he changed during the days she was absent?
Yuya then ran to Yuzu "Oi! Say something Yuzu! You saw everything right?"
"I did see but…" She trailed off as she looked away from her friend.
"Don't tell me you doubt me too Yuzu?" He raised his voice, fearing that his best friend did not even trust him.
"That's…" Yuto's face suddenly flooded her mind again. She looked away, not knowing what to say. It was not Yuya… but it was Yuya's face… she frowned, keeping silent.
"Don't force her to say Yuya!" Ruri told him.
"Yuzu! Please tell us everything from the beginning!" Shuzo asked his daughter.
"Let me do the explain stuff!" A woman's voice was heard, accompanied by a sound of a door opening. Everyone looked at the source of the voice, seeing a woman stepping out of a limousine.
"Are… are you LDS?" Yuya asked.
"Yes. And I am the current chairwoman. I am… Akaba Himika."
"Akaba!?" Both Ruri and Ryoga thought the same thing.
"So Leo has a wife too? And she is the chairwoman so…" Ryoga looked at Himika thoughtfully, not knowing what to do to her. Finding Reiji was hard, now knowing that he has a mother was even harder.
"So this madman abandoned his family? How cruel…" was Ruri's thought.
Everyone, beside Nakajima and the three henchmen of Sawatari then went into the school, readying for the tense conversation ahead.
Nakajima then gave the three lackeys the award for framing Yuya: new cards. They opened the envelope, smiling at the sight of the cards. After Nakajima left, they grouped.
"This is still not enough!"
"They will pay for humiliating us and Sawatari-san!"
"I got an idea!"
"What?"
"Remember the girl who looked like Yuzu and the purple-haired asshole?"
"The two who defended Yuya?"
"Uh!"
They then continued for a while, a malicious plan forming…
"Those boys outside had told the truth about the incident last night." Himika told Shuzo, who closed his eyes, thinking for a bit before turning to Yuya on his right.
"So what happened Yuya? Did you-"
"No! I would never do that!"
"The man Gongenzaka over here trusts in his friend Yuya too!" Gongenzaka defened Yuya, who smiled in return. "And does everyone think the same?"
Everyone spoke in unison "Yes!"
"This guy spoke himself in third-person…" Ryoga thought.
"Is he taught to be like this?" Ruri also thought about Gongenzaka's manners as well. Even though she had met him in the afternoon two days ago after meeting Yuya and his friends, she still found his way of referring himself to be strange.
"How about you? Yuzu?" He then turned to Yuzu, who gasped before looking down. She then looked at Yuya.
"Yuya… That wasn't you right?"
Yuya looked at his friend in disbelief before shaking his head, denying. "I don't know what you saw last night but… I did not attack Sawatari!"
"That was Yuto…" Ryoga thought. He then tried to speak up but Ruri held his hand. She eyed at him.
"Don't! Even if you say the truth, we cannot put the blame of Yuya for now!" She whispered. Ryoga understood and backed down.
"Such companionship… but we cannot back down from this!" Himika calmly said.
"What?" Shuzo gasped.
"If this incident: a student from the number one Duel School in the entire world LDS got defeated got widespread, it will damage our reputation!"
"I said Yuya-" Shuzo attempted.
"It is not relevant!" Himika yelled, Shuzo gasped as the chairwoman got up. "The problem is that the symbol of LDS has been dragged through the mud! The only way to wash it away is through a match between students!"
"What! So you wanna colonize You Show!?" Yuya angrily retorted, knowing the intention behind her words. "This is the duel school bearing the name of Sakaki Yusho, the great entertainer, and also my father! I cannot let you do whatever you want to do! Besides, I know your school has Xyz, Synchro and Fusion, and you definitely want my Pendulum to conquer the dueling world! Dueling is not a tool for fighting! So yeah, back off! And for the last time! I did not hurt Sawatari in any way!" Yuya yelled very loudly, shocking everyone, even Himika.
"Yes! Yuya is very kind!" Ryoga agreed, hiding his shock that this Standard Dimension has all Extra Deck summon methods by saying loudly.
"He would never hurt people!" Ruri added, even though she was sad inside at the opposite reality in her home.
"I, the man Gongenzaka also completely support Yuya. You cannot take over You Show Duel School!" Gongenzaka declared.
"Get out of You Show!" All the kids said at the same time.
"All my friend ever wanted is to make people smile and feel happy inside!" Yuzu decided to speak up, putting the fact that the attacker and Yuya had the same face for now.
Himika did not know what to say, realizing that her intention was busted by a 16-year-old boy. And that was the son of Sakaki Yusho, the famous entertainer that Reiji had a huge respect for. She decided to do the harsher way. She took out her phone and called someone.
"Who's that?" The man from the other line asked.
"Mr. Mayor, I am Akaba Himika, the chairwoman of LDS."
"Mayor…" Yuya thought. He became shocked. "Can't be!"
"I am here with the attacker of your son! You wanna confirm?"
"YES!" He yelled. Himika then showed Yuya to him through her phone.
"Yes! Sakaki Yuya! He attacked my son! My son told me himself that he was before sleeping again!"
"Thank you Mayor-san!" She then turned off the phone and looked at everyone's angry expression, smiling at the success of her tactic.
"Damn you chairwoman!" Shuzo could not keep calm anymore.
"Such underhand tactic!" Ryoga gritted his teeth in anger.
"So… what are you going to do?" Himika smiled evilly.
Yuya was in near rage for this bullshit accusation. He eyed at the cunning woman with hatred, but the pleading look from Yuzu managed to calm him down. He closed his eyes for a moment before looking at Himika.
"Fine! We will settle this down in a match! But I will say again: I was not involved in Sawatari's attack whatsoever!"
"Fair enough…" Himika said. "Well, we have three best students for each Extra Deck summon methods here, who will duel with each of your You Show Duel School students! 3 vs 3, and which side wins two duels will win, got it?"
"Whatever! I will duel first!" Yuya declared.
"And your opponent is…" She then looked outside the room. Three teenagers, one female, two males looking at the You Show students. One of them with purple hair stepped forward. "Xyz course of LDS, Shiima Hokuto!"
"Xyz?" Yuzu exclaimed.
"Xyz? Interesting…" Both Ruri and Ryoga thought, excited at how Xyz of Standard is going to be.
"OK! We will duel in a few minutes. Now would you please go outside so that we can prepare?" Shuzo requested.
Himika agreed and went out of the room.
Shuzo then gathered everyone and whispered something. They all smiled after that.
A few minutes later, everyone besides Shuzo, who were at the Solid Vision machine, gathered at the watching room, seeing Yuya and Hokuto facing each other.
"I will win this duel! I will win for You Show!" Yuya declared his resolve.
"Huh… just to let you know, since I learned Xyz Summon, I have won 40 times in a row!"
"This guy is not exaggerating!" Everyone turned to see Tatsuya searching something on his Duel Disk.
Gongenzaka spoke up. "Shiima Hokuto… 58 duels… 5 losses…"
"90% winning rate!" Ayu said.
"And he really won 40 times in a row!" Futoshi noted.
"Even though he seems exaggerating, he is surely very skilled!" Ruri commented.
"Interesting… let's see Xyz Summon from LDS…" Ryoga thought. Sora was eyeing him and Ruri suspiciously, but did not say anything.
"OK! Everyone listen up!" Shuzo said from the machine room. "This is a 3 vs 3 match, one each! Which side win two times will win the entire match! However! Since LDS challenged You Show, we have a right to have a home advantage!"
"Oh?" Hokuto mocked. "And what is that?"
Shuzo smiled. "No Action Field!"
Everyone from LDS was shocked. "No Action Field!?"
"Uh! You thought we did not duel without it? We actually did, in order for situations that there is no Action Field available." Yuya answered, watching the angry face of Hokuto with amusement. "Never duel normally before?" He mocked.
"Krugh… whatever! As a representative of the Xyz course, I will not lose! I will win the 41st time!"
"Anyway, Shuzo-san will still give you three an Action Field setting without the scenery of Action Field and Action Cards. It is a good practice in case some bad guys abuse Real Solid Vision. Surprised that apparently LDS do not use this!"
"Shut up already!" Hokuto told Yuya annoyingly, who held up his hands in defense, chuckling.
"Fine fine! Now…" The two knew what they had to do, the very first duel of the match that would decide the fate of You Show Duel School, the duel school with the name of Sakaki Yusho, the proud father of Yuya.
DUEL!
Yuya: 4000 [5]
Hokuto: 4000 [5]
Fanfic OC cards
Hunter Resurfacing (Trap Card)
When a WATER Xyz monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, target that monster's Xyz Materials used to summon it, special summon them in Defense Position, and if you do, increase their levels by 1. Those targets cannot be destroyed by battle this turn. You can banish this card from your graveyard, then target one monsters you control that has a level, increase its level by 1.
Level Sanctuary (Field Magic Card)
All Xyz monsters on the field are treated as having a level equal to its rank. Once per turn, the turn player can increase or decrease their levels of the monsters in the field and in either player's hand or graveyard by 1 until the end of this turn.
Odd-Eyes Protection (Trap Card)
Target 1 "Odd-Eyes" monster you control. This turn, it cannot be targeted by monster effects. During the End Phase, gain LP equal to the target's ATK (even if it leaves the field) and draw 1 card.
Action Magic: Tide Rise
Target one monster, it gains 1000 ATK until the end of the turn this card's effect is activated.
Phew! Finished! I hope Numbers will not disappoint you guys! The cliffhanger is definitely not one for everyone!
The opening moves of Shark was inspired by a ZEXAL episode. Can you guys guess which one?
As I said earlier, I will not upload for about a week or so. Sorry for that again. But, a story is not without ups and downs! Hope you guys could read and review this story so that I can find motivation to write when I return!
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Extra Deck's Humiliation
The 3 vs 3 match goes on with raging spirit from the teenagers, non-Extra vs Extra! Meanwhile, Yuto and Shun cannot keep their differences any longer and decide to duke it out…
Till next time, this is matrixnis, out!