Welcome back!
The exam is not over yet but I actually finished this chapter before taking it and today I got free time so I could not wait to release it ASAP! Thank you all for the reviews that I have received during my break. Just to warn you guys, get ready for this very long chapter.
To Gentyman, thanks for your compliment. About the back-stabber, you gotta wait.
To jalen johnson, I still wonder if my way of seperating the three boys will work but I will try. Otherwise thanks for your encouragement.
To Romadrox8975, the Numbers are actually developed enough that I think it is possible to implement them in this story. The girls will duel more. And if you think Rin would not duel much, she probably would but she will still have more duels than anime of course lol.
To Guest, thanks but I do not know if you reviewed chapter 10 or 9.
To Playerhood18, Shark's savagery will shine more during future chapters and in a good way.
One thing: I will confirm the changes of age of all main characters appeared in this story for now:
Dragon Boys and Bracelet Girls: 16
Akaba Reiji: 21 (still unrealistic)
Yusei: 18
Aki: 17
Betrayer, Dennis, Ryoga, Rio, Sawatari, Allen: 16 (sorry for not including him in chap 3, 4 and 8)
Let's go! And of course, I do not own ARC-V.
Chapter 11: Extra Deck's Humiliation
"So this is the place… travelling around the world… yet I have not been to your school… Yusho-san…"
That was what Akaba Reiji thought when he stood outside of the You Show Duel School. A small one, a very small one, compared to even a minor school branch of LDS. It could not be helped though, his company created its own school network, starting from the main school in Japan built by Akaba Leo, his father, or simply a madman that he considered not to be deserved to be his dad. He was never this way before to him and his mother. He was kind, gentle, caring, always smile at him whether he accomplished something like creating cards for Duel Monsters, winning a duel against his father or even simpler, watching him grow up. He never knew why he abandoned his family for some research and eventually disappeared from his family. Three years ago, he decided to find and punish him, which led to his discovery of a teleportation device in his dad's secret laboratory in his secret room. leading him to a strange place. There, he met his father and realized he was planning to enact a genocide to the Xyz Dimension. After that, he was forcibly brought back here forever. That was why he became the president of LDS: to find a way to stop his father's crazy plan. He entered Pro Duelist and became the president of LDS at the age of 18, a very young age which, due to Akaba Leo being the former president of LDS, helped him to be one legally without much backlash.
"President, Sakaki Yuya is here with the You Show members and two new students! I guess those two are what you want to be here for right?" The update from his assistant Nakajima brought him out of his thoughts. He turned to him.
"Yeah… but only half… the other half is Sakaki Yuya himself. I wanna see how much he had improved…"
"To be useful for the war ahead."
"But are you just going straight to there?" He wondered.
"No. Better to watch the fun in there first. Also, about the strong summon signals, I think I may find the roots from here too."
"The three strong Xyz Summon signals and a Fusion one President? According to the data, they are way stronger than usual. The Fusion one and an Xyz one was found in here." Nakajima informed.
"I know… which means there is only one thing…"
They all knew, 99%.
After that Reiji put on the hood of his jacket up and silently went inside, secretly watching the duel from the corner.
"You Show Duel School… I will never give it to you!" Yuya told Hokuto, who simply smirked. Meanwhile, Akaba Reiji hid at the corner, watching the duel between the Xyz representative of his school and Sakaki Yusho's son.
"I take the first turn!" Hokuto declared, then he took out a card and slapped it to the blade. "Come out, Sacred Gredi!" A warrior in white armor wielding a lance appeared. "And it will special summon Sacred Kaust!" Gredi pointed its lance at the ground, making it shone bright, before a minotaur in white armor wielding a yellow bow appeared.
Sacred Gredi LIGHT Warrior Effect LV4 1600/1400
Sacred Kaust LIGHT Warrior Effect LV4 1800/1700
"Warrior…" Yuya thought, slightly uneasy about the type of those two monsters, as he did not want to use duel to fight, but he had no choice right now other than to shrug it off.
"Kaust will increase my monsters levels by 1!" Kaust created two energy arrows before firing them at the sky, making them explode in a bright light like fireworks and rain down at the warriors, making them gain a yellow aura.
Sacred Gredi LV4 - 5
Sacred Kaust LV4 - 5
"Here it comes!" Yuya said, hardening his face in anticipation while the rest thought.
"I, using the level 5 Sacred Gredi and Kaust, overlay!" The two monsters turned into two swirls of yellow energy before flying down to the overlay network appeared on the ground. A large pillar shone up.
"Light of the stars, descend and shake this very earth!"
The Extra Deck slot on Hokuto's Duel Disk opened, a card got pulled out partially. He took it out and pointed it to the sky.
"Xyz Shōkan!" He then slapped it down into the blade with a slasher, arrogant smile.
"Rank 5! Sacred Pleiades!" A large white-armored warrior appeared, two overlay units flying around it.
Sacred Pleiades LIGHT Warrior Xyz Effect R5 2500/1500
"Wow… This is Xyz of LDS… and Standard…" Ruri and Ryoga thought while everyone looked at it in awe.
"Wait! Just like Ryoga, Xyz monsters do not have level!" Ayu noted after hearing 'Rank' instead of 'Level'.
Sora complimented her. "You catch on fast! Xyz monsters do not have level, instead they have rank equal to the level of the monsters used to summon it."
"I end my turn here!"
"If Sakaki Yuya is really the culprit then… how will he react to Xyz Summon?" Himika thought.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his card with a serious face, unlike other times. After putting it into his hand, he took out two cards.
"I, using the scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the scale 8 Timegazer Magician, Pendulum Scale setting!" Yuya did his usual but always powerful combo again, the two magicians flew up from their tubes.
"With this, I can summon multiple monsters with levels between 2 and 7!" Hokuto prepared while Reiji eyed at the scene happening right now.
"Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Shōkan! Appear now, my monsters!" From the portal, two monsters appeared, flying down as energy.
"Entermate Sword Fish! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
Entermate Sword Fish WATER Fish Effect LV2 600/600
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon DARK Dragon Pendulum Effect LV7 Scale 4 2500/2000
"Here it is!" Ayu commented, while Futoshi did his annoying move again "Shiveru!" which made Ryoga looking away in disgust without the kids knowing.
"So… this is Pendulum Summon…" Himika said.
Hokuto noticed that Yuya did not use Xyz. "You're not gonna use Xyz?" This question got attention from Yuzu, Ruri and Ryoga.
"I did not attack Sawatari, and I do not know how to Xyz Summon!" Yuya countered, cleverly avoiding Ruri and Ryoga being unnecessarily involved due to being Xyz users.
"Yes… Yuya did say that… how can I not believe it…" Yuzu thought in her mind.
"Doesn't matter… let me get this straight…" Hokuto arrogantly told Yuya. "I will surely win."
"Not gonna happen… I will definitely WIN!" Yuya thought while gritting his teeth. "Sword Fish's effect activate!" Sword Fish multiplied itself before flying at Pleiades and hitting the ground around it, weakening the warrior.
Sacred Pleiades ATK 2500 - 1900
"Good!" Gongenzaka complimented Yuya's move. "Odd-Eyes has higher ATK now!"
"You think it's going to be easy like that?" Ruri said, getting attention from everyone in the watching room, including Reiji.
Ryoga then continued. "He let a 2500 ATK monster without a back row and no Action Cards available… Which means it has a powerful effect."
"Whatever it is, I must attack to find out!" Yuya thought before declaring attack. "Odd-Eyes, attack Pleiades!" The dragon charged at Pleiades, preparing to ram it, but Hokuto has anticipated that.
"Hmm! I have prepared for that! Pleiades!" On cue, the warrior grabbed one Overlay Unit orbiting around it and crushed it, the light escaping from the lighting satellite then ran at Odd-Eyes, turning it to energy before running back to Yuya's card on the blade of his Duel Disk. Everyone from You Show and Gongenzaka was shocked.
"What the hell happened?" Yuya wondered.
"Boun… bouncing?" Ryoga realized, as did Ruri who had watched Ryoga using a similar kind of tactic.
"Yes!" Hokuto confirmed. "By detaching one Overlay Unit, Pleiades can return 1 card from the field to the owner's hand!"
"What? Not destroying it!?" Yuzu exclaimed.
"Uh…" Ruri said. "This monster removal tactic is cheap, but effective…"
"It's similar to ARK Knight…" Ryoga thought.
"So sad to you! What you wanted to do is in my expectations!" Hokuto mocked Yuya.
"So are you?" Sora whispered while licking his candy.
Having nothing else to do, Yuya held up a card before sliding it to the Duel Disk. "I set 1 card down and end my turn!" Yuya concluded his turn.
"Boku no turn! Draw!" Hokuto declared his turn. "Attack that fish!" Pleiades swung its sword at Sword Fish, destroying it. However, Yuya simply stood still due to a white barrier shielding him from the smoke with two cards on his right hand and a card on his left hand.
Yuya: 4000 [3]
"Eh? Why didn't your LP decrease!?" Hokuto wondered, before looking at Yuya's field to find a shining trap. "Shit! Defense Draw?"
"Uh!" Yuya confirmed his suspicion.
"That's the card he used against me!" Ruri realized.
"He's really similar to Yuto…" Ryoga remembered the times when he dueled Yuto, he would use this card during difficult situations.
"Such resistance…" Hokuto became annoyed. "And you said you did not attack Sawatari?"
"I say again: I did not!" Yuya nearly lost his temper at this obviously wrong accusation.
"Whatever. You guys will lose badly anyway and this school will be taken over by LDS soon!"
"As if I would do! I will not allow it!"
"Then come hit me!" Hokuto challenged Yuya before setting one card down.
Yuya inspected the field. "Pleiades will remove my monster without destroying… And he must have another in his Extra Deck…"
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his next card. Sora found Yuya to be boring.
"Oi~~ Yuya! Make it more fun! It's boring!" Sora 'ordered' his 'teacher'.
"No time for entertaining now!" Yuya fiercely countered, making Sora pouted while Futoshi looked on, as if this antic of Sora is more 'funny' than his butt shaking.
"I will not lose!" Yuya declared loudly, swallowing his nervousness. "One more time! Pendulum Shōkan!" Yuya slapped two cards into the Duel Disk and raised his hand up. Two monsters came out of the portal.
"Entermate Discover Hippo! And once again, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" This time, Odd-Eyes returned with a new companion, his iconic pink hippo.
Entermate Discover Hippo EARTH Beast Effect LV3 800/800
"And I will release it to Advance Summon!"
"What? Advance Summon!" Hokuto was shocked at this old-school tactic.
"Come out! Entermate Drumbull!" The highest ATK Entermate monster that Yuya had appeared from the ground, eyeing Pleiades.
Entermate Drumbull EARTH Beast Effect LV8 2700/2200
"That monster!" Ruri exclaimed.
"What Ruri?" Yuzu wondered.
"It's powerful. Watch it Yuzu." Ruri simply smiled at her new female friend before looking back at the field again.
"Hm… Pleiades will return it to your hand soon!" The purple shirt boy neglected Ruri's warning.
"Battle!" Yuya did not give Hokuto a chance to activate Pleiades' effect. "By the way, it disallows the monster it attacks from activating its effects!" Yuya explained with a confident smile, shocking everyone.
"What?" Hokuto was dumbfounded, just like Himika and the other two representatives. Drumbull ran towards the warrior, intent on saying goodbye. Hokuto quickly countered.
"Trap Card, Sacred Meteor! It will return Drumbull to your deck after this attack!" Hokuto said while making an angry face.
"What?"
"Return to the deck!?" Everyone from You Show, including Gongenzaka and Sora were shocked.
"Besides, I send Sacred Orion to the grave to negate battle destruction this turn!" The bull ram at Pleiades, who knocked it away using its sword, neither was destroyed.
Hokuto: 4000 - 3800 [2]
"Keep dreaming! Trap Card, High Speed Aria!" Yuya quickly sent one card from his hand to the grave, making Drumbull disappear and he drew 2 cards.
"What?" Hokuto wondered.
"I sent Advance Draw to do that!"
"Krugh…" Hokuto cursed. "Damn you… after using Xyz… this is the first time I've lost LP…but Meteor will last for this turn, so you cannot attack without the risk of losing your dragon!"
"What the… Fine… I end my turn with one face down card…" Yuya breathed out of relief after the difficult turn.
"Which means it's my turn, draw!" Hokuto drew his card with a tense face.
"Cannot predict that, right?" Sora once again mocked Hokuto, which did not escape the ears polished by war of Ruri and Ryoga. They glanced at him and then looked at each other in understanding.
Hokuto looked at his drawn card. Sacred Sombres. He smirked and then slapped it to the blade. A female warrior with energy wings appeared.
Sacred Sombres LIGHT Warrior Effect LV4 1550/1600
"And now by banishing Gredi, I can add Kaust back to my hand!" A graveyard portal appeared. Gredi disappeared and Kaust came out. At the same time the card got pulled out from the graveyard slot of Hokuto's Duel Disk. He took it back and then slapped it again to the blade, summoning it back.
"What? Two normal summons?" Yuya wondered.
"Uh! Sombres allows me to do that!" Hokuto explained. "You know what will happen right?" A grim look from Yuya is all Hokuto needed to confirm. Kaust fired two energy arrows up to the sky, making them explode in a rain of light. After that, Sombres and Kaust went to the overlay network again.
"Xyz Shōkan! Rank 5! Sacred Pleiades!" The warrior with a powerful effect returned.
"As I predicted… You have another Pleiades!" Yuya said.
"There is more!" Hokuto said before clicking something on his Duel Disk. A card got pulled out from the Extra Deck slot and he took it, raising it to the sky.
"This card can use a Sacred Xyz Monster as an Xyz Material! Also any Overlay Units that Xyz Monster has will be transferred to this card!"
"What? Another Xyz?" Yuya was shocked at this technique.
"Just like Ryoga…" Ruri thought the same thing as Ryoga.
"Rain down your dazzling light! Xyz Shōkan! Appear! Rank 6! Sacred Ptolemys Messier 7!" A dragon cladded in armor appeared, roaring.
Sacred Plotemys Messier 7 LIGHT Machine Xyz Effect R6 2700/2000
"Well… it's not called Chaos Xyz Change here…" Ryoga thought, finding the similarities despite different names.
"The sacred Pendulum Summon belonging to this school… such a waste…" Himika mocked at Yuya's supposed defeat. "Integrating this school to LDS is surely the best idea for everyone!" The You Show group looked on with anger. Reiji simply heard, not doing anything.
"Now I can use the effect of Messier 7 to return Odd-Eyes to your hand!" Odd-Eyes turned to yellow energy before disappearing. Yuya reluctantly took the card back to his hand.
"Pleiades! Direct attack!" The sword slashed at the unprepared Yuya, sending him flying and screaming before hitting the glass. Yuya gasped painfully, unable to get up.
Yuya: 4000 - 1200 [2]
"Yuya! Yuya!" Everyone from You Show was worried.
"Yuya, are you okay? Please, get up!" Yuzu pleaded Yuya. "For You Show and for everyone's sake, please, get up! Yuya!"
Hearing those words, Yuya suddenly felt alive again. Energy running through his body at frightening speed. He got up slowly and eventually getting back again, much to the delight of everyone.
"Yuya!"
"Yuya-niichan is back!"
Yuya then turned to them. "Thank you everyone! And you too, Yuzu!" He made a thumbs-up, which made Yuzu smiled and slightly embarrassed at the same time. Ruri and Ryoga looked on proudly.
"So they like each other!" Ryoga whispered to Ruri.
"Uh! They even hugged yesterday!"
"Really?" Ryoga could not keep his eyes from widening.
"Yes. Unlike me and Yuto, they did not realize it yet."
"Then we will do it later!" Ryoga said while having a mischievous smile on his face.
Yuya then got up, facing Hokuto. "Thanks to everyone supporting me, I will win against you, Shiima Hokuto! I definitely will!" He declared with a smile.
"Huh! You only have 1200 LP left with no monsters on your field. How can you defend yourself?"
"Just get on, we will see!" Yuya challenged.
"Well said. Battle-"
"Hold on! Trap Card, Clever Scheme activate!"
"What?" Once again, Yuya cut him off.
"By sending Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to the grave…" After doing that, Messier 7 suddenly gained a red aura, weakening it.
Sacred Plotemys Messier 7 ATK 2700 - 200
"It reduces 2500 ATK!" Yuya finished.
"Damn you!" Hokuto loudly cursed. "I will just attack anyway!" The dragon blasted energy at Yuya from its wings, pushing Yuya back slightly.
Yuya: 1200 - 1000 [0]
Unable to keep his temper in check anymore, Hokuto slapped Sacred Tempest to the blade with an angry look while explaining its effect in rage, clearly forgetting that he could use his monsters Overlay Units for effects later. The two Xyz Monsters lost their Overlay Units and suddenly, a lot of comets crashing down, forcing Yuya to dive away.
Yuya: 1000 - 500 [0]
"Turn end! I will end you during my next turn, no matter the methods-"
"Wrong!" Yuya detested. He slowly got up and firecely looked at the arrogant Hokuto.
"I… I do not want anyone to get hurt!"
Yuzu gasped at his word, thinking back to Yuto's words the last night. She then imagined the faces Yuya and Yuto joining together.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his card, sparkles appeared along the arc. Yuya looked at the card and smiled. "The fun begins now everyone!" Yuya told the group.
"Watch now!"
"Yuya-niichan will make a comeback!"
"Quick-Play Magic, Pendulum Charging! By paying half of my LP and destroying two pendulum cards on my field, I can special summon a Pendulum Monster from my graveyard and draw two cards!" A bright light began to shine on Yuya's graveyard slot. After that, a card flew out and automatically placed itself on the blade, still shining for a while before finally revealing itself, along with the longer lore. The iconic dragon returned in pride. Yuya then drew two cards.
Yuya: 500 - 250 [0]
"Odd-Eyes has returned!" The kids cheered with Futoshi shaking his butt.
"Way to go Yuya!" Gongenzaka complimented.
"Now I will activate Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's effect!"
"What? Odd-Eyes has another effect?" Everyone was shocked, especially Yuzu, Ruri and Ryoga.
"By banishing two Pendulum Cards from the Extra Deck or graveyard, it will reduce your monsters ATK equal to the two cards Pendulum Scales x 100!" On cue, the two Magicians appeared, turning to yellow dust before being gathered around the energy Odd-Eyes created from its mouth. It fired a red blast at Hokuto's field, weakening his monsters.
Sacred Pleiades ATK 2500 - 1600
Sacred Plotemys Messier 7 ATK 200 - 0
"Shit shit shit shit shit!" Hokuto swore.
"Oi oi! Swearing is not good for your reputation!" Yuya mocked Hokuto, who gritted his teeth in anger. The LDS squad became disappointed.
"And then! Magic Card, Magical Star Illusion activate!"
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK 2500 - 3200
"What? IT INCREASES ATK?" Hokuto roared.
"By the combined levels of the monsters on the field by 100!" Yuya explained. Ruri and Ryoga complimented his smart move. "Nice move Yuya, you know how to use it to your advantage!"
"Wait, Hokuto's monster level should have been counted as well!" Futoshi wondered.
"I~told~you~" Sora mocked. "Remember what I said before?"
"Ah! Xyz Monsters do not have level!" Ayu remembered Xyz Monster's specialty. Even more awesome, this time Yuya used that to his advantage.
"Which means only Odd-Eyes gains ATK!" Gongenzaka realized.
"Finally! Field Magic, Level Sanctuary!" The field magic that Yuya used during his earlier duel got a chance to shine.
"Ah! That card he used against me!" Ryoga yelled. Yuzu smiled.
"Yoss! Battle!" Yuya climbed onto the dragon. It began to run. "Odd-Eyes, attack Messier 7! Everyone say it!"
All of You Show members yelled happily. "Rasen no Strike Burst!" The dragon fired a red blast at the machine dragon, hitting it.
"When Odd-Eyes battles a level 5 or higher monster, battle damage is doubled! Reaction Force!" Odd-Eyes added in orange spiral energy to the blast, increasing the damage.
"WAIT! Xyz Monsters do not have Rank!" Hokuto protested.
"But Level Sanctuary treats it as having a level of 6!" Yuya countered, which made Hokuto panicked. The blast finally destroyed Messier 7, sending Hokuto flying backwards, hitting the wall in shame.
Hokuto: 3800 - 0 [1]
The Solid Vision Field disappeared, leaving a downed Hokuto and a smiling Yuya.
"Yes! I did it everyone! First win for You Show!"
"Fantastic Yuya-niichan!" The three kids excitedly ran to the room, crush-hugging Yuya. Shuzo, Ryoga, Ruri and Yuzu all looked on the scene with pride. The pride that their friend had won the first duel of the match, creating a huge advantage for them. Meanwhile, Reiji still stood there, not showing anything on his stoic face.
Yuzu however became lost in her thought, about her dear friend Yuya, and the stranger who had the same face as him.
"I do not want anyone to get hurt!" Yuya's words echoed.
"'I', do not want 'you', to get hurt." Yuto's voice also echoed in her mind.
"…Yuya…"
Yuto was standing outside of the hideout, looking at the sky above. With Ryoga entering You Show where a look alike of Ruri was there, there was really nothing for him to do now, besides keeping the falcon Kurosaki Shun, his now reckless and ruthless friend, from doing anything stupid, ranging from going out to find Ruri, dueling LDS or worse, innocent people and even worse than that, carding them. They had had enough of that kind of murder at home, and he was now very tired of fighting. As a quiet, introvert, cautious kind of person, he would not expose himself too much to Standard. He would quietly sneak around the place, finding the most pacific way possible to find Akaba Reiji - the key to the freedom of his people - and convince him to make Akaba Reiji stop the plan of his father, to return the peaceful Heartland to the way it was before. He would find the most peaceful way possible to preserve his humanity and his kindness for his mother, his father and the other half of his pure soul, Kurosaki Ruri. Now though, he had to snap himself out of his thoughts when Shun said something.
"That's enough! Ryoga had not come back yet! I will find Reiji myself!" Shun attempted to run off, but Yuto stood at the door. Shun looked at him intensely.
"Get out of my way Yuto!" He hissed. Of course Yuto did not do that.
"Get out of my way!" Harsher this time.
"Get back to the wall Shun!" Yuto ordered the seemingly unreasonable falcon, which did not work.
"Get out! Or I will force my way out!"
"Never!"
Shun immediately attempted to push Yuto out, but he grabbed him and threw him back. He then slowly eyed his predator eyes at Yuto, a clear sign that he would use violence this time. Shun charged at Yuto, throwing a punch, which Yuto managed to dodge away. He returned with a punch to the chest, knocking Shun back slightly. He quickly returned a quick kick, hitting Yuto's face. He got knocked down, grabbing his face in pain. Taking the chance, Shun ran away, but Yuto quickly tripped him down using his legs. Shun painfully got up to see Yuto standing in front of him.
"Sounds like we gotta do his the hard way…" Shun talked.
"You forced me to do it…" Yuto answered.
Both duelists activated their purple, military-grade duel disks.
DUEL!
Yuto: 4000 [5]
Kurosaki Shun: 4000 [5]
"OK kids! I gotta get out!" Yuya groaned, the three kids finally released him. As soon as he got out however, Gongenzaka let out 'manly' tears and once again… crush-hugged Yuya.
"Yuya! You did it! You are really deserved to be the man Gongenzaka's friend!"
"Th- thank you!" Yuya managed to whisper in his friend's hug.
"This big guy is really dangerous…" Ryoga remarked. Ruri could not say anything besides trying to keep herself from laughing.
Yuzu looked at Yuya, face hardened, at the incoming pressure of being the next duelist to face LDS. She was so deep in thought that when Yuya looked up to her, she saw Yuto first before realizing it was an illusion.
"Wh- what?"
"You are next! Do your best for You Show!" Yuya encouraged her. Yuzu closed her eyes, breathing, before looking at her friend again. "Uh! I will do my best! Believe me!"
Her voice became more clear and louder. "You Show Duel School of ours counts on this! I will definitely not lose!"
Hokuto, the sore loser, was kneeling down in front of the chairwoman in shame. Himika bitterly scolded him. "Can't believe that you lost! Now the fame of the Xyz course is at risk!"
"However… Pendulum Summon… I now really want it!" She thought. She then called for someone sitting at the dark corner. "It's your turn next!"
"Yes, Mrs. Chairwoman!" That person, revealed to be a dark-skinned girl with black hair stood up. She then got out, facing You Show squad. Everyone turned to her.
"I come from the LDS Fusion corse, Kotsu Matsumi!"
"Eh? She uses Fusion?" Sora wondered while Ryoga and Ruri slightly jotted up at that dreaded word, trying to conceal their rising anger.
Matsumi then took out a blue Duel Disk from her right pocket and placed it on her left hand, activating it.
"Now, who will be my opponent?" At her word, Ryoga's temper boiled with hatred. He was ready to challenge her at beat her to a pulp for using that bullshit, sinful summon method but Ruri held his hand, shaking her head in disapproval. He relented, knowing that LDS was not involved with Academia anyway.
"I will!" Everyone turned to see Yuzu facing Matsumi. "I will be your opponent!"
"You Show Duel School depends on this duel, and to protect Yuya's dignity, I must WIN! But…" Yuzu thought back to Yuto, but she was snapped out of it when Matsumi flicked her hair in an attempt to provoke her. Yuzu quickly regained composure.
"Well, let's duel!"
A short while later, the two girls came to the duel room.
"Remember, no Action Field for this duel as well!"
"Fine by me… but… your eyes lack luster…"
"What do you mean?" Yuzu did not know what she meant.
"My father works as a jeweler, I've seen plenty of real gems since young age. That's why I know well, that you have not shone to me, a clear proof that there is hesitation in your heart."
Yuzu flinched, remembering the Mysterious Duelist again, but she snapped out of it.
"Quit whimpering! Whatever there is hesitation in my heart or not, I will prove it through this duel!"
"Way to go Yuzu!" Ruri supported, knowing how deceiving a girl can be, as she is one herself. "Don't let her words bother you!"
"Uh Ruri! I will win for You Show and for everyone!"
"So now the game is set!" Matsumi declared.
DUEL!
Hiragi Yuzu: 4000 [5]
Kotsu Matsumi: 4000 [5]
"I will take the first turn!" Matsumi told Yuzu. "I activate a magic card from my hand, Gem-Knight Fusion!" Ruri and Ryoga slightly froze at the artwork of the card, feeling uncomfortable, the raging anger deep inside them began to rise. Yuzu remembered this so she looked at Ruri and gave her a warm look that told her to calm down. Ruri managed to do that, and Ryoga did too for the sake of keeping secret.
"Wait! So Fusion Materials can be from the hand as well?" Yuya wondered.
"Yes! That is the specialty of Fusion Summon! The materials can be from the hand too!" Sora explained while the Xyz remnants looked at him in disgust.
Matsumi then took out two cards and showed to her before sending them to the grave. "The fusion materials are Gem-Knight Emerald and Gem-Knight Tourmaline!"
"Gem tinged with lightning. Briliant emerald of good fortune. In a whirlpool of light combine to bring forth a new dazzling radiance!"
A card appeared from the Extra Deck slot. Matsumi grabbed it and slapped it to the blade. "Yugō Shōkan! Appear! The one who pursues victory, Gem-Knight Paz!" A large swordman in yellow gem armor wielding a big blade appeared.
Ruri and Ryoga did not feel any malicious intent from the Fusion Summon of Matsumi but they still felt uncomfortable, worrying for their new friend.
Gem-Knight Topaz EARTH Thunder Fusion Effect LV6 1800/1800
"Can''t believe that she could Fusion Summon on her first turn… But… it only has 1800 ATK! Not too hard to beat!" Yuzu was astonished.
"Don't underestimate it! The way you handle this monster will determine your fate in this duel!" Matsumi said to Yuzu before setting down one card from her hand, finishing her turn.
"Atashi no turn, draw!" Yuzu drew her card. She looked at it, smiling, for she had drawn her ace monster.
"I activate 1st Movement Solo!" Yuzu slid the card to her Duel Disk. "I can special summon Aria the Melodious Diva from my hand!" She slapped another card to the blade and from it, a purple-haired singer in singing costume appeared.
Aria the Melodious Diva LIGHT Angel Effect LV4 1600/1200
Yuzu then shook her head in a graceful, feminine manner before holding up a monster card depicting a singer in blue dress, before slapping it to the blade.
"I can special summon this card when there is a Melodious monster on the field! Come out! Sonata the Melodious Diva!"
Sonata the Melodious Diva LIGHT Angel Effect LV3 1200/1000
"Well, let's start the concert!" The two feminine monsters sang, as if there were a concert with Matsumi listening.
"Advance Summon!" Aria and Sonata flew upwards, joining hands together, turning to green dust. A bright light appeared, paving the way for the new monster.
"Enchanting melody echoing in the heaven. Awaken the sleeping virtuoso. Come forth! Level 8! Melodious Maestra - Prodigy Mozart!" A beautiful singer bearing the name of the renowned composer Mozart appeared in long red dress.
Melodious Maestra - Prodigy Mozart LIGHT Angel Effect LV8 2600/2000
The kids cheered on Yuzu's ace monster.
"So this is your ace monster…" Ruri commented. "Bring it on Yuzu!" She cheered. Yuzu returned with a nod and a smile before summoning another card. Prodigy Mozart shot a green blast.
"Prodigy Mozart can special summon one Melodious monster from my hand! Opera the Melodious Diva, come to the stage!"
Opera the Melodious Diva LIGHT Angel LV4 2300/1500
"Battle! Prodigy Mozart, attack Gem-Knight Topaz! Graceful Wave!" The monster waved its baton before blasting a wind at the swordman, destroying it. Matsumi covered herself from the blast.
Matsumi: 4000 - 3200 [1]
"So how was it? That was my strategy against your monster!" Yuzu mocked Matsumi back, who simply smiled confidently in return. Yuzu stood still for a while before ordering Opera to make a direct attack. The singer breathed in before singing, releasing a gust of wind at Matsumi, pushing her back quite a bit.
Matsumi: 3200 - 1100 [1]
"Yossa!" Yuya cheered.
"Good!" Ayu said.
"Shiveru!" Luckily for the tentacles-haired boy, Futoshi did not shake his butt this time.
"That's 2900 damage on her first turn! Keep this up my daughter!" Shuzo complimented his sweet daughter on her move, taking out a large amount of Matsumi's LP.
"Don't be sure like that Shuzo-san!" Ryoga warned Shuzo, who let out a what.
"She's not the representative of Fusion course without a reason!" Ruri said while concealing her worry. She had seen more Fusion horror than simply an 1800 ATK monster like that.
Matsumi simply washed the dust off her shoulder as if the massive damage was not a nuisance to her.
"That was good… but… don't think you will win with just this!"
"Such a sore loser!" Yuzu told Matsumi, who simply responded. "'Sore loser' or not, you will see on my turn!" Neglecting her words, Yuzu activated the last card on her hand, Magic Card Melodious Backstage. "I can banish three cards from my graveyard to draw two cards!" She then set two cards down and finished her turn.
"With this, Yuzu has a backrow to protect herself in case she loses her monsters!" Ruri commented.
"Keep going Yuzu!" Yuya cheered for his childhood friend, which earned a smile from Yuzu in return.
"Watashi no turn, draw!" Matsumi drew her card, Gem-Knight Alexandrite. She immediately summoned it.
Gem-Knight Alexandrite EARTH Thunder Effect LV4 1800/1200
"A normal monster with 1800 ATK…" Gongenzaka said.
"It's not gonna be here for long…" Ryoga commented.
"Uh!" Yuya confirmed.
"She will use it to gain access Fusion Summon again…" Sora bit his candy while explaining.
"Now I will release it to special summon Gem-Knight Crystal from my deck!" Alexand disintegrated, another warrior appeared.
Gem-Knight Crystal EARTH Rock LV4 2450/1950
"A level 4 normal monster with high ATK…" Yuzu commented. "You can destroy Opera but not Prodigy!"
"Hmm…" Matsumi smiled before activating her face-down card, Fragment Fusion. "By banishing Alexandrite, Tourmaline, Emerald, I can Fusion Summon a Gem-Knight monster!"
"What? Using monsters from the grave?" Yuya wondered.
"Uh! It can!" Ryoga said, his tone voice was raised slightly along with a hint of hatred, which Sora took notice of.
"Gem with facets of day and night. Gem tinged with lightning. Brilliant emerald of good fortune. In a whirlpool of light combine to bring forth a new dazzling radiance!" The three gem-knights appeared before turning into three swirls of energy, joining in the fusion spiral. A purple card pulled out, Matsumi took it and slapped it to her blade.
"Yugō Shōkan! Appear! Supreme radiance who illuminates everything! Gem-Knight Master Dia!" The white-armored warrior with a gem on its chest wielding a large Zweihänder appeared, putting the sword down to its side.
Gem-Knight Master Dia EARTH Rock Fusion Effect LV9 2900/2500
Yuya glanced at Ruri, knowing her fear of Fusion, but both she and Ryoga hid it very well, so he simply looked on.
"This is my ace monster!" Matsumi warned. "And now I will banish Topaz!" She took out Topaz from the grave and put it into her pocket.
"Wh…what? Banish? Why?" Yuzu was shocked. Sensing her unease, Ruri and Yuya encouraged her. She looked at them, especially Yuya, but suddenly, an image of Yuto appeared in place of her friend with a cryptic warning.
"She's planning to do something."
Needless to say, Yuzu was totally shocked, unable to look away from the ghost of Yuto.
"Freely looking away like that, how rude…" Matsumi told Yuzu, who managed to return to reality to see the fair-skinned girl declaring battle. "Gem-Knight Crystal, attack Canon!" The warrior fired multiple needles from its gems on its shoulders at Canon, destroying it. Yuzu shielded herself from the blast.
Yuzu: 4000 - 3850 [0]
"Master Dia, attack Prodigy Mozart!" Before Mozart could use its baton, Dia slashed across the singer, destroying it.
Yuzu: 3850 - 3550 [0]
"Yuzu-neechan!" Ayu became worried.
"Don't worry, just 450 damage!" Futoshi tried to calm down but…
"No! There's more!" Ruri said.
"What do you mean?" Yuya wondered.
"That lookalike of your friend was right Yuya!" Matsumi explained. "By banishing Topaz using Dia earlier, I can have Dia gain Topaz's effect until the end of this turn!"
"So that's why you banish it!" Yuzu realized, but she regained composure and waved her hand at the set card. "Trap Card, Rope of Life!" A hole appeared from below, Prodigy Mozart returned and gained a blue aura.
Melodious Maestra - Prodigy Mozart ATK 2600 - 3400
"Doesn't matter because you will receive the original ATK of the destroyed Prodigy Mozart as damage!" Matsumi said.
"What?" Everyone besides Ruri, Ryoga, Sora and the LDS was shocked.
"That's the effect from Topaz?" Yuzu asked. But before she could get an answer, Dia fired a blast of wind from its hand, knocking Yuzu down.
Yuzu: 3550 - 950 [0]
"Yuzu! Keep going! Keep going on!" Shuzo tried to help her.
"2600 damage…" Tatsuya said.
"Lucky for you that I could make another attack due to Topaz's effect but your monster is here!" Yuzu allowed herself to breathe out of relief.
"During my End Phase, Dia would be destroyed due to Fragment Fusion but I will special summon Gem-Knight Agate to prevent it!" A warrior in red armor appeared.
Gem-Knight Agate FIRE Pyro Effect LV4 2000/1600
"Using its effect, I can return up to 2 banished Gem-Knight monsters back and draw 2 cards at the cost of being unable to attack this turn!"
"Clever…" Even though Ruri still felt uncomfortable with Matsumi, she had to compliment her smart move.
"What?" Gongenzaka wondered.
"She let her monster being destroyed by Fragment Fusion just to prevent it and increase advantage!" Ryoga said, which earned nods from everyone.
"I set one card down and end my turn!"
"Atashi no turn, draw!" She looked at her drawn card before proceeding. "Trap Card, Melodious Illusion! I can make Prodigy Mozart attack twice this turn!"
"What?" People from LDS all shared the same shocked face.
"Yossa! She will surely win!" Yuya and Gongenzaka all said.
"Battle! Prodigy Mozart, attack Agate! Graceful Wave!" It waved its baton again, sending a blast at Agate. "Besides, your backrow will do nothing to Dia this turn!"
"But as long as they affect it! Trap Card, Gem-Knight Mirror! I can negate your attack and draw one card, also negate battle damage this time! Of course, you cannot attack Agate again!" Matsumi quickly countered. A literal mirror appeared and hit the blast, protecting Agate at the cost of itself being shattered to pieces.
"But not the second time! Attack Crystal! Graceful Wave!" This time, Prodigy managed to destroy a monster. Matsumi had to use her right hand to stop the wind from pushing her.
Matsumi: 1100 - 150 [1]
"Dammit! This time Matsumi has very low LP!" Yaiba said in worry. Never before have LDS reputation been in a huge risk like this, and it was from a small school to add the insult.
"But by doing that, Crystal is now in the grave, which gives Dia a power boost!" Matsumi said. The gem-knight warrior gained a green aura.
Gem-Knight Master Dia ATK 2900 - 3000
"Dammit…" Yuzu cursed before activating her Magic Card on the hand, Melodious Concert. "During each of your End Phase, it will inflict 1000 damage for each Melodious monster on my field and allow me to special summon one Melodious monster from my deck with equal or lower ATK than the damage! I will win after your next turn Matsumi!" Yuzu finished her turn.
"Way to go Yuzu!" Shuzo cheered.
"She will have a chance to win!" Ruri cheered.
"Sorry… but this duel is finished!" Matsumi said, earning a surprised look from Yuzu. "Watashi no turn, draw!"
"You actually put up a good fight Yuzu! But… it will end right now!" Matsumi warned. "By banishing Tourmaline I brought back earlier, I can add back Gem-Knight Fusion to my hand!" She took out Tourmaline and the magic card, putting the monster to her pocket and activate Gem-Knight Fusion. "And activate it again!"
"What? Recycling? That card is powerful!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Yes! Fusion decks like Gem-Knight must use Fusion card, so it usually has a recycling effect like that!" Sora explained, knowing that Ruri and Ryoga would look at him bitterly, but it did not matter, because he knew who they really were anyway.
"I will use Gem-Knight Garnet and Crystal this time! Yugō Shōkan! Appear now, Gem-Knight Ruby!" A red-armored warrior with an axe appeared.
Gem-Knight Ruby EARTH Pyro Fusion Effect LV6 2500/1300
"It only has 2500 ATK!" Yuzu defiantly said.
"But by releasing Master Dia, it will gain 3000 ATK!" Matsumi countered, shocking Yuzu and everyone. Master Dia shone up before flying to Ruby as a cloud of dust, increasing Ruby's ATK.
Gem-Knight Ruby ATK 2500 – 5500
"No… no way… I cannot lose…" Yuzu realized her loss but tried to prevent it, but… there was no card to help her this time. Concert only activates its effects during her End Phase. Yuzu panicked, looking at Yuya, but once again, Yuto appeared in his place. Fearful of the image, Yuzu knocked herself down.
"Such a shame… afraid to the point of losing balance…" Of course that was not the real reason. "Battle!" Ruby slammed its axe at Prodigy Mozart, destroying it and sending Yuzu flying. She was knocked out cold.
Yuzu: 950 - 0 [0]
Yuya and Ruri immediately ran to the duel room to check Yuzu while Sora simply bit his food, not going in. "She lost anyway…"
Ryoga eyed at Sora with hatred, but wise enough to not outright attack him in front of the crowd.
Yuzu managed to wake up, hearing Yuya's voice. She weakly looked up to see… Yuto instead. She managed to really see Yuya after he called her name for the third time.
"Yu…Yuya?" She mumbled. She slowly got up, not looking at him.
"Are you… are you okay?" Yuya asked her.
"E…eh!" She weakly answered.
"That's good-" Ruri was cut off by Yuzu falling to Yuya's arm. Both Ruri and Yuya were shocked but not doing anything. Yuzu was weakened by the duel anyway. So Yuya simply hugged her waist slightly. Everyone from You Show looked on in worry.
Meanwhile, Yuzu was lost in her thoughts. "Just… just what am I doing… Yuya is here… He is definitely right here…" She held Yuya's shoulder slightly tighter, her fingertips touching his shoulders more. "But… I did not believe the Yuya right in front of me and worried on my own… It's just like that girl said… I was deceived by my stupid imagination…"
"Do you think that you are quite romantic?" Matsumi joked at the scene.
Yuzu realized what she meant and looked at Yuya, blushing very brightly at what they were doing while Yuya simply gave an innocent look at her. She immediately pushed Yuya away, making the poor boy hitting the floor painfully on his butt while Ruri felt pity for Yuya.
"What… what the hell did you do?" Yuya grasped his butt, getting up.
Yuzu immediately bowed. "I… I am sorry!"
"If you just simply want to apologize, then you should not have pushed me away!"
"I am sorry. It just… it was an important duel to claim the win for You Show but… but I…" She looked down in shame, not being able to say anything.
"Don't worry about it! All we have to do is to win the next one!" Yuya confronted her.
"Yeah! Don't put too hard on yourself Yuzu!" Ruri told her.
Hearing that, Yuzu managed to give a smile to them.
"All we have to do is to win the next one?" A boy mocked from behind them. They looked at the door to see a short boy with long hair wearing a white sleeveless jacket with a long sleeved shirt under the jacket, long pants. He also had a katana on his back.
Yuya asked. "Who are you?"
"I am a representative from the LDS Synchro course, Toudou Yaiba." The boy answered. "Now, who will be my opponent?"
"I take the first turn!" Yuto declared his turn. He looked at his hand before taking out three cards.
"I set down 3 cards and end my turn!" Yuto set down three cards. They materialized before disappearing.
"Usual stuff, too predictable. Ore no turn!" Shun drew his card and looked at it briefly before slapping at to the blade.
"From my hand, I summon Raid Raptors - Vanishing Lanius!" An armored lanius with boosters on its wings and its sides appeared.
"Course I will call out two more birds! Come out, Vanishing Lanius and Tribute Lanius!" Shun slapped two more cards down, another Vanishing Lanius and a blue armored bird of prey appeared.
2x Raid Raptors - Vanishing Lanius DARK Winged Beast Effect LV4 1300/1600
Raid Raptors - Tribute Lanius DARK Winged Beast Effect LV4 1800/400
"Thanks to Tribute, I send Fuzzy Lanius to the grave and it will allow me to add another one to my hand! Of course I will special summon it!" After a long setup, Shun summoned a purple armored lanius to the field.
Raid Raptors - Fuzzy Lanius DARK Winged Beast Effect LV4 500/1600
"Finally Raid Raptors - Sanctuary! I draw 2 cards since I got 4 Raid Raptors now!" Shun drew two cards and put them on his left hand.
"Not gonna Xyz Shun?" Yuto attempted to bait him.
"I'm not that stupid!" Shun immediately growled back. "Battle! Vanishing Lanius, direct attack!" The dark green and grey lanius flew at Yuto, who quickly swung his hand forward.
"Double Trap, open! Phantom Knights - Lost Vambrace!" On cue, the attacking Vanishing Lanius and Tribute Lanius got a red aura, the two traps turned themselves into two armored ghosts with hands covered by old vambraces.
2x Phantom Knights Lost Vambrace DARK Warrior LV2 600/0
Raid Raptors - Vanishing Lanius ATK 1300 - 700
Raid Raptors - Tribute Lanius ATK 1800 - 1200
"I know they will survive this battle phase but I can still inflict damage!" Vanishing Lanius scratched its claws to the armor. It was not destroyed but the battle created a blast, forcing Yuto to cover himself.
Yuto: 4000 - 3900 [2]
"And now Tribute Lanius-"
"Quick-Play Magic, Phantom Knights Double Badge!" Yuto declared. After the card was revealed, the two monsters on his field turned purple, flying to the overlay network.
"Carry on the ten thousand warriors! Cursed spear buried in the darkness! Descend now! Xyz Shōkan! Appear! Rank 2! Phantom Knights Cursed Javelin!" A warrior with a skeleton head wielding an old shield and a skull-decorated javelin appeared.
Phantom Knights Cursed Javelin DARK Warrior Xyz Effect LV2 1600/0
"Huh… I set two cards down and end my turn!"
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuto started his first turn. "Battle! Cursed Javelin, attack Fuzzy Lanius!" Cursez Javelin charged energy on the blade of its javelin before blasting it at the lanius.
"Quick-Play Magic, Raid Raptors - Rapid Xyz activate!" Shun countered. Two Vanishing Lanius and Fuzzy Lanius flew to the overlay network.
"Falcon lurking in darkness! Raise your sharpened claws in adversary! Wing of Rebellion, spread outwards! Xyz Shōkan! Appear now!" Shun slapped the Xyz monster to the blade. "Rank 4! Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon!" An armored, six-red-eye falcon with boosters on its wings appeared, roaring creepily in anger.
Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon DARK Winged Beast Xyz Effect R4 100/2000
"Now by detaching one Overlay Unit!" The overlay unit flew to Lost Vambrace. "It gains 1600 ATK!"
"Cursed Javelin's effect! Rise Falcon loses its ATK and effect!" Lost Vambrace fired a blast at the big falcon, nullifying its power. Lost Vambrace then proceeded to destroy it.
"Trap Card, Raid Raptors - Readiness!" Shun covered himself from the blast, but he took a chance to do something. "Rise Falcon will not be destroyed."
"But you will still take the damage!" Yuto reminded.
Shun: 4000 - 2400 [3]…
"Yuya-niichan has won!" Tatsuya said.
"Yuzu-neechan has lost…" Ayu added.
"Which means 1-1!"
Gongenzaka was angry. "If I could, the man Gongenzaka would really want to avenge Yuzu but… You Show depends on this duel. As an inheritor of Gongenzaka Dojo, I am just an outsider!"
He then turned to Sora. "Listen Sora! Now is the time, you gotta win!"
"I'm not sure about that… Maybe you can duel Gon-chan!" Sora declined.
"Gon… Gon-chan?" He was surprised by Sora addressing him informally like that, unlike the members from his dojo.
"Why don't you duel Sora?" Ryoga pushed. Sora slightly froze before answering. "I'm not sure that I can do well against Yaiba…" Sora looked at Yaiba, who was stretching, ready for the duel.
"Never fought a Synchro user before?" Ruri knew the real reason.
Yuya then stepped behind him. "I wish my luck to you, Gongenzaka. As your friend, I can totally depend on you for this final duel!"
Touched by his friend's words, Gongenzaka fired up with resolve. "GOOOD! Leave it to MEEEE!" All the teenagers from You Show sweated out after that.
"OI!"
"Huh?" He realized Yaiba was right in front of him.
"How long are you going to stall? Or are you too afraid and wanna quit?"
"How you! You see this man Gongenzaka as a weak man? Your opponent…" He quickly slapped his duel disk to his left hand. "Is MEEE!" He did a manly pose, which forced Ruri and Ryoga to hold their laughters.
"Gonna tell you…" Yaiba mocked. "If you think I am like those two buddies of mine there… you were wrong! Unlike them…" He let the word sink in. "I am really strong!"
"That asshole Yaiba! Who does he think us two are!" Hokuto angrily sneered.
Matsumi reminded him with a mocking tone. "It's true that it's hard to hear but… can you say it when you actually lost first?" Hokuto lost all color on him. He then proceed to curl himself in the corner of the watching room while Matsumi weirdly looked at him.
"Finish the chatters?" Sora reminded everyone. "We got a duel to watch."
"And two remnants to handle…"
After a while, Yaiba and Gongenzaka went into the duel room. Once again, just the Action Field setting, no Action Field, no Action Cards. A true battle between the two warriors, a duel to decide the fate of You Show Duel School. Everyone looked on with tense looks on their faces, besides Reiji, who passively looked down, eavesdropping form the corner.
DUELLL!
Gongenzaka Noboru: 4000 [5]
Toudou Yaiba: 4000 [5]
Gongenzaka declared his first turn. "From my hand, Superheavy Samurai Kabuto summon!" He slapped the card to the orange blade. From the smoke, a big, mechanical-like samurai wielding a big brown hammer appeared.
Superheavy Samurai Kabuto EARTH Machine Effect LV4 1000/2000
"Turn end!" He finished his turn, which earned him a mock from Yaiba.
"Just a trash monster with 1000 ATK?"
"A real man will not waste his moves!" Gongenzaka countered.
"What the hell are you going to do… Gongenzaka?" Ryoga wondered the same thing as everyone else, besides Yuya.
"We'll see…" Yuya simply replied, which earned him bewildered looks from the You Show squad.
"Huh! Do whatever you want the big meat! Ore no turn, draw!" Yaiba declared his turn. He smirked at the sight of the card.
"XX-Saber Boggart Knight summon!" He slapped the card. A muscular warrior with an beige armor revealing his six-packed abs, along with a red cape and a sword appeared.
XX-Saber Boggart Knight EARTH Beast Warrior Effect LV4 1900/1000
"Then I will special summon XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" He slapped another card to the blade. A long blonde haired warrior wielding an energy whip with weights between parts of the whip appeared.
XX-Saber Fulhelmknight EARTH Warrior Tuner Effect LV3 1300/1000
Kabuto suddenly grew a faint blue aura around it, readying in a defense stance. A short while, a blue barrier completely shielded it.
"It's bad that you special summon monsters." Gongenzaka said.
Superheavy Samurai Kabuto 1000/2000 - 1000/2000 - 2500
"It switches itself to Defense and got defense power-up for this turn. In this duel, whoever wastes his moves will lose! Remember that!"
"Good, Gongenzaka!" Yuya cheered. "Show your 'Steadfast' duel!"
"Just switching itself to defense? And what is 'Steadfast'?" Ruri wondered.
"Huh! What is 'Steadfast' duel?" Yaiba mocked. "I will do my best now!" He then showed a level 6 monster to Gongenzaka before slapping it.
"I can special summon this card when I have two X-Saber monsters on the field!" On cue, another X-Saber warrior came out.
XX-Saber Faultroll EARTH Warrior Effect LV6 2400/1800
"3 monsters at once!" Tatsuya was dumbstruck.
"Incredible!" Futoshi said.
"Wait! They do not have the same levels!" Ayu noted.
"He uses Synchro remember?" Ryoga told her.
"Wait for the incredible till you see this!" Yaiba raised his hand up. "I, using the level 4 Boggart Knight and the level 3 Fulhelmknight, tuning!" Fulhelmknight spun the whip around itself, turning to three Synchro rings that swept through Boggart, turning it to 4 stars before a light went through them.
"Wielder of crossed blades of light, trample over this mountain of corpses! Synchro Shōkan! Come forth! Level 7! X-Saber Souza!" A large warrior wielding two large blades with a tattered red cape appeared.
X-Saber Souza EARTH Warrior Synchro Effect LV7 2500/1600
"What the hell?" Futoshi was shocked.
"Using monsters with Tuner Monsters for tuning to awaken a power in the Extra Deck which has the level equal to the levels of the monsters used for tuning!" Himika explained.
"So, the Tuner level 3 Fulhelmknight and the level 4 Boggart Knight tune together to special summon a level 7 Synchro monster?" Yuya realized.
"Of course! And now, Faultroll will bring back the tuner back!" Faultroll slammed its sword to the ground, creating a blue portal. Fuhelmknight returned.
"Wait… so it is…" Ryoga realized.
"Another Synchro Summon?" Ruri finished.
"Uh lady!" On cue, the Synchro Summon happened again.
"Let your silver armor shine, and crush the hope of everything that opposes you! Synchro Shōkan! Come forth! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" This time, an even bigger armored warrior with an equally big two-edged sword appeared, burning with bloodlust.
XX-Saber Gottoms EARTH Warrior Synchro Effect LV9 3100/2600
"What the hell…" Yuzu did not know what to say to those moves anymore.
"Two Synchro Summons in one turn…"
"That's quite normal actually!" Ruri said, bringing everyone's attention to her, even Reiji.
"Extra Deck-centric decks focus on swarming its materials, so it is not a surprise. There are decks that can summon multiple Extra Decks monsters in a single turn." Ryoga said to Yuya and Yuzu. "You two did not use Extra Deck so you find it to be awesome." Yuya and Yuzu widened their eyes at his words.
"Anyway, let's go back to the duel!" They turned back.
"So what now? Too afraid to say anything?" Yaiba mocked.
"A real man has to keep his stance still and his mind calm! Someone who run away cannot win!" Gongenzaka said, which annoyed Yaiba.
"Enough with the rambling! Battle!" Yaiba told him. "Feel the swords of X-Saber!" On cue, Gottoms destroyed Kabuto by a burst from its blade, then Souza jumped up high, before slashing its sword, creating a blast of wind. Gongenzaka tensed himself in a defense stance, the blast only knocked him back slightly.
Gongenzaka: 4000 - 1500 [4]
"2500 damage…" Tatsuya became worried.
"He endured it!" Futoshi said.
"I set down one card and my turn is concluded!"
"Ore no turn, DRAW!" Gongenzaka drew his card with such strong force that he created a splash of wind, shocking Ryoga. "Wow… how could he do that…"
"He is from the Gongenzaka dojo, that is why Ryoga!" Shuzo said from the machine room.
Gongenzaka looked at the card he just drew. "Yoss! The foundation of my 'Steadfast' dueling is here!" He then put it in his left hand and grabbed another. "I can special summon Superheavy Samurai Ten Bin since you have 2 monsters!" On cue, a big samurai with a carrying pole on its shoulders appeared.
Superheavy Samurai Ten Bin EARTH Machine Effect LV4 800/1800
"Using its effect, I can special summon Kabuto!" On one end of the pole, Kabuto returned.
"Immovable like the mountains, I shall show you the true form of steadfastness! Advance Shōkan!" The two samurais turned into dust and into two big pillars. From it, a big samurai appeared, spinning its stake in its grand introduction.
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei EARTH Machine Effect LV8 1000/3500
"What? Advance Summon in Defense Position?" Yaiba was surprised.
"How could he do that?" Ruri wondered.
"Because of its own effect!" Yuya said in place of Gongenzaka. "And he did say about 'Steadfast' dueling earlier, remember?"
"What do you mean?" Ryoga asked. Yuya simply smiled.
Gongenzaka then did something strange. "Big Benkei, attack XX-Saber Gottoms!" On cue, the big samurai punched the ground.
"WHAT?" The question that everyone besides Yuya asked out loud.
"That's the ability of Big Benkei! And its DEF will be used during damage calculation!" Gongenzaka revealed. From the place Big Benkei punched, flames began to run at Gottoms until it did, consuming it in fire.
"3500 versus 3100…" Ayu said.
"Big Benkei win!" The kids yelled.
"Shiveru!" The usual move of Futoshi, which Ryoga barely torelated.
Yaiba: 4000 - 3600 [2]
Gongenzaka looked at his hand, smiling. "Good, the formation is set!"
"I end my turn here!"
"Ore to turn, draw!" Yaiba drew his card.
"I summon another Boggart Knight! And of course another one, XX-Saber Ragigura!" Boggart Knight and a frog wielding two short daggers appeared.
XX-Saber Ragigura EARTH Beast Warrior Effect LV1 200/1000
"What the? Just a 'trash' monster with 200 ATK…" Futoshi mocked while Ayu looked on uncomfortably.
"Any card can be useful Futoshi-kun!" Yuya reminded the kid to his words during his duel with Sawatari.
"Ragiguga will allow me to add Faultroll from my graveyard back to my hand, and of course I can special summon it due to having 3 X-Sabers now!"
"Using its effect, I can bring back Fulhelmknight from the grave!" Faultroll slammed its sword to the ground, bringing back the yellow-haired tuner monster again.
"Eh, special summon again?" Ayu became annoyed at this repeated play.
"It's like he's playing with himself!" Futoshi had the same answer.
"As long as he can Synchro Summon multiple monsters, it doesn't matter!" Ryoga said.
Yaiba then raised his hand. "I, using the level 6 Faultroll and the level 3 Fulhelmknight, tuning! Synchro Shōkan! Appear, level 9, XX-Saber Gottoms!" Another Gottoms appeared on the field.
"What the… It's already hard to beat a Gottoms, and now another…" Yuzu worried for Gongenzaka.
"And now for the grand show! Field Magic, Saber Vault!" Yaiba slid the card to the duel disk, activating it.
"What? Field Magic?" Gongenzaka was surprised for real this time.
"This card allows "X-Saber" monster on the field gains 100 ATK x its Level, and loses 100 DEF x its Level!"
"What? That means…" Yuya became shocked.
"Uh! All 4 X-Sabers will gain ATK!"
XX-Saber Boggart Knight 1900/1000 - 2300/6000
X-Saber Souza 2500/1600 - 3200/900
XX-Saber Gottoms 3100/2600 - 4000/1700
XX-Saber Ragigura 200/1000 - 0/900
"Shit! Gongenzaka!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Battle! Gottoms, attack Big Benkei!" Yaiba said. "And my trap Meteor Rain will inflict piercing batte damage!" Gottoms destroyed the samurai, but before that, Gongenzaka slid a card from his hand to the graveyard. He covered himself from the blast. Thanks to his big stature, he was not pushed back an inch.
Gongenzaka: 1500 - 1000 [2]
As the dust settled, Yaiba was surprised to find Big Benkei still standing straight. "What happened?"
"I sent Superheavy Samurai Soul Fire Armor to the grave to negate battle destruction of Big Benkei!" Gongenzaka said, which annoyed Yaiba. "Sacrifice a card in your hand to protect your ace?"
"But in exchange, it will lose 800 DEF!"
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei DEF 3500 - 2700
"Hand trap…" Ryoga said.
"What?" Yuzu wondered.
"Those cards like the one that Gongenzaka played are called hand traps due to being able to activate its effects from the hand, much more flexible than normal traps." Ruri explained.
"Hummh… But I still got Souza! Battle!" Souza created two energy waves and splashed them at Big Benkei. A huge explosion occurred. Gongenzaka managed to stay still despite the ensuring wind blast hitting him.
Gongenzaka: 1000 - 500 [2]
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei DEF 2700 - 1900
"You managed to survive with monster effects. Calling yourself highly yet you used cheap tactics…" Yaiba mocked Gongenzaka, who simply answered "It's because the Deck that I've trusted in had saved me!"
"Stop those petty tricks! I will release Boggart Knight and Kagigura…" The frog and the smaller warrior of the monsters in Yaiba's field turned into purple energy, flying at the edge of Gottoms. "To take away your entire hand!" Gottoms shot an energy blast at Gongenzaka's hand, making the two cards glowed purple, signifying its inability to hold it.
"What?" Gongenzaka was shocked.
"The cards Gongenzaka holds now…" Futoshi said.
Gongenzaka had no other choice. He put the two cards to the graveyard slot.
"Hand destruction? I thought that deck only focus on swarming…" Ryoga said.
"Crippling the opponent's chance to make a comeback, that's another aspect of this X-Saber deck!" Himika explained.
"That's why he's strong!" Ruri noted.
"Whatever it is, Gongenzaka will not lose." Yuya reassured.
"How can you be so sure when he had 0 card on his hand? Besides, if there were Action Cards, he would simply grab them." Yaiba mocked.
"I would never use it!" Gongenzaka answered, which earned him shock faces from the You Show and mocking ones form LDS.
"Whatever. I end my turn here!" Yaiba concluded his turn.
"Ore no turn, draw!" He looked at the drawn card, smiling. "Yossa!"
"What?"
"By banishing Superheavy Samurai Soul Seeker from my hand, I can draw 2 cards!" Gongenzaka sent the card to the grave and drew two cards with force. "Good! I summon another Superheavy Samurai Soul Great Wall! And I will equip it to Big Benkei to make it gain 1200 DEF!"
Superheavy Samurai Soul Great Wall EARTH Machine Effect LV3 1200/1200
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei DEF 1900 - 3100
"Battle!" Gongenzaka declared battle, shocking everyone on the scene. "Big Benkei, attack X-Saber Souza!" The big samurai punched it fists to the ground, creating flames that ran towards Souza.
"What the hell? It's weaker than Souza!" Yaiba did not know the real reason the man Gongenzaka did that.
"And now!" Gongenzaka said. "I will send Superheavy Samurai Soulbuster Gauntlet to the graveyard to increase Big Benkei's DEF by its original DEF!"
"What?"
"Way to go Gongenzaka!" Yuya cheered.
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei DEF 3100 - 6600
Yaiba: 3600 – 200 [0]
"Turn end!"
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei DEF 6600 - 3100
"What the…" Hokuto became shocked.
"Chuck out 3400 LP in one attack…" Matsumi could not hide her surprise.
"Now the Synchro course of LDS is at stake too…" Himika whispered worriedly.
"Even though he managed to balance the LP, his is 500 and cards in hand is 0. Now Gon-chan does not have a chance to win anymore?" Sora became pessimistic. A "no" from Yuya made him stop. Everyone turned to see the serious Yuya, a Yuya that they did not see frequently.
"He will not give up." After that, all of them looked back at the duel room.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yaiba declared his turn.
"Magic Card, X-Saber Charity! By banishing Boggart Knight and Ragigura, I can draw 2 cards!" Yaiba took out those two monsters from the graveyard slot and drew two cards after breathing to release nervousness.
"I summon Ragigura again!" The frog warrior once again came to the field.
"Using its effect, I will add Faultroll back to my hand and special summon it!" Faultroll came back in pride.
"Faultroll, bring back Fulhelmknight!" After receiving the order, Faultroll slammed its sword to the ground, allowing Fulhelmknight to return.
"Again?" Yuzu did not really need to say it.
"Uh!" Ragigura and Fulhelmknight did their job again.
"Synchro Shōkan! X-Saber Souza!" The duplicate of the dual-wielding warrior appeared.
"And now I will release Faultroll!" Faultroll turned to dust. Gongenzaka widened his eyes at that.
"The face of 'what is he planning to do?'" Yaiba mocked. "You will know soon! Battle! Souza, attack Big Benkei!"
"Why?" The kids wondered.
"By tributing a monster, Souza will destroy Big Benkei at the start of the damage step!" Yaiba answered, shocking the kids.
"Dammit! He will lose!" Ryoga became worried.
"No!" Gongenzaka took out Soul Great Wall and sent it to the grave. "By doing that, Big Benkei loses its DEF but I can negate the attack!" Souza's swords slammed themselves to the ground, blocking Souza.
"Dammit! But! After negating the attack, that piece of junk is now officially useless!" Yaiba pointed at Big Benkei.
Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei DEF 3100 - 0
"Doesn't matter! With Gottoms, I will-"
"I have been waiting for that!" Gongenzaka declared, shocking the short boy.
"I activate the graveyard effect of Superheavy Samurai Soul Break Armor!"
"What? Graveyard?" He looked at the card Gongenzaka just pulled out. "Can't… be…"
"Yes! That was the card you sent to the graveyard by Gottoms effect! When I only have monster cards in my graveyard, by banishing it, the difference between the attacked monster's current DEF and its original DEF, in this case, 3500 damage, will be inflicted to you!" He explained. Yaiba lost his composure. Sora was so in awe of this hard condition but powerful effect that he dropped his candy to the ground. It shattered into pieces.
"Kid… kidding me…"
"No Magic or Trap in grave?" Ryoga's eyes were widened in pure shock.
Yuya then told to everyone with pride for his friend. "To execute this move, the condition is that there is no magic or trap cards in the graveyard. That's the reason why Gongenzaka did not use any, creating a Full Monster Deck!" Everyone from You Show smiled at this.
"Only monsters… Full Monster Deck? Is that even possible?" Matsumi looked at Gongenzaka in shock.
"Insane!" Hokuto had the same feeling as her.
Even Reiji who was peeking could not keep his stoic composure, in place for a proud smile at this boy's deckplay.
Yaiba was truly impressed this time though. "So that's it… You said you would not get even a single Action Card, or play any magic or trap card… because of this…"
"Yes! Action Cards are counted as monster cards!" He let his word sink in for a bit.
"See that! That's the basis of the 'Steadfast' Dueling!" Soul Fire Armor fired energy beams at Yaiba, who quickly countered by sliding a magic card into his duel disk.
"Quick-Play Magic, Saber Reflect! Negate effect damage and reflect it back to you asshole!"
"What!?"
"He still has this play left as a last resort!?" Yuya exclaimed.
A blue barrier formed around the two X-Sabers, hitting the blast then turned itself into energy, shooting at Gongenzaka.
"Namusan!"
He opened his eyes fiercely. "I activate the grave effect of Superheavy Samurai Soul Big Bang!" He took out the card and threw it to the sky, Soul Big Bang materialized itself.
"What? Another card sent there by Gottoms?" Yaiba realized.
"It negate your attempt at effect damage!" Big Bang absorbed the blast.
"What?"
"Not yet! Now every monsters will be destroyed, and both of us will take damage equal to the total levels of the destroyed monsters x100!" Gongenzaka smiled defiantly. No one could hide their shock anymore at this play.
"What? The total levels are 24…"
"2400 damage!"
Soul Big Band exploded, destroying all monsters on the field and knocking both Yaiba and Gongenzaka unconscious.
Yaiba: 200 - 0 [0]
Gongenzaka: 500 - 0 [0]
"This is…" Ayu said.
"A draw!" Tatsuya finished.
A holographic board showed the two unconscious contestants with a word DRAW in the middle.
1 - 1
Yuya immediately ran to Gongenzaka to wake him up.
"I am sorry… even with my 'Steadfast' dueling could not defeat him…"
"What are you saying? This school still stands thanks to you! No need to apologize!" He reassured his friend, who smiled.
From the machine room, Shuzo declared. "So this match is one win, one loss and one draw for each team. Mrs. Chairwoman, your condition to take over this school is not met! So please, get out of You Show Duel School!"
"What are you saying?" Himika said, clearly annoyed at the result. "We used duel to solve the problem, then it must be done with duel!"
"But the match ended with a draw!" Ryoga spoke up.
"Shut up! An extra match! The winners from each single duel will duel now to decide which team will wiin!"
"How dare you-" Yuzu hissed, but was stopped by Yuya coming out, looking down fiercely, his goggles covering his eyes. She could only mutter his name in worry, knowing her friend's nervousness.
"It seems you are ready! Now…" On cue, Matsumi prepared to put her duel disk on her left hand.
"Wait up!" Reiji decided to finally interfere. Everyone looked at him, the source of the voice. He unhooded his hoodie. Yuya turned around to see him.
"Leave the duel to me…"
"How was that Shun? Give up on killing innocent people?" Yuto asked.
"Urgh… I will not stop! I set down a card! Proceed Yuto!" Shun said calmly but clearly there was anger in his voice.
"Too reckless Shun!" Yuto reminded. "Draw!"
"Phantom Knights - Dusty Robe summon!" A ghost with, true to its name, dusty clothes appeared.
Phantom Knights - Dusty Robe DARK Warrior Effect LV3 800/1000
"And Phantom Knights - Silent Boots special summon!"
Phantom Knights - Silent Boots DARK Warrior Effect LV3 200/1000
"Come now?" Shun said to himself.
"I, using the level 3 Dusty Robe and Silent Boots, overlay!"
"Soul of the Knights who fall on the battleground, now revive and become the light that rend the darkness! Xyz Shōkan!"
"Rank 3, Phantom Knights - Break Sword!"
Phantom Knights - Break Sword DARK Warrior Xyz Effect R3 2000/1000
"Using its effect." One Overlay Unit disintegrated. "I will destroy this card and your Rise Falcon!" The horse rider slammed its sword to the ground, creating a huge shockwave, destroying both monsters.
"And now I will revive the materials!" Yuto said. The two monsters returned.
Phantom Knights - Dusty Robe LV3 - 4
Phantom Knights - Silent Boots LV3 - 4
Shun quickly countered. "Rank-Up-Magic Revive Force! I special summon the destroyed Rise Falcon and rank it up by 2 ranks!" Rise Falcon came out from an opened portal and rose up to the overlay unit. Flame came out from it. Yuto was shocked by his cunning move.
"Prideful falcon! Spread your wings dyed in the blood of the fallen! Advance through the path of revolution!"
"Rank-Up Xyz Change!" Fire rose up high behind Shun, paving the way for the powerful armored falcon with the shape of a secretary bird. It opened its wings, clearing the flame surrounding it.
Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon DARK Warrior Xyz Effect R6 2000/3000
"Revolution Falcon, destroy Cursed Javelin! And don't bother using its effect because Revive Force negate the effects of all monsters on the field!" The falcon rose up high and threw down bombs on its panels, destroying the warrior. Yuto was pushed back by the blast.
Yuto: 3900 - 3100 [1]
Yuto quickly acted. "I, using the level 4 Dusty Robe and Silent Boots, overlay!"
"From the pitch-black darkness. Rise up against the foolish oppression, Fang of Rebellion! Descend now! XYZ Shōkan! Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!"
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon DARK Dragon Xyz Effect R4 2500/2000
"Finally… Dark Rebellion…" Shun commented. "But you cannot attack Revolution Falcon without losing ATK at the start of the Damage Step Yuto!"
"I know!" He said before setting a card down. Yuto then looked at Shun and suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Ore no turn…" Shun said but Yuto cut him off. "Wait! Why do you have three cards? You should only have two!" He noticed. "Can't be…" He recalled the moment Shun covered himself from the battle before. Shun had his right hand covered behind his coat.
"Too late Yuto…" Shun immediately activated the card, Smoke Bomb, the card he took out from under his coat earlier. He always had it as a last resort. Smoke began to release on the materialized card, Shun immediately covered his face and ran away. Yuto could not react in time. He hit the smoke and cough painfully before passing out.
"Shun… Don't…"
"Akaba Reiji… why the f### are you here?"
That was what Yuya told to him. Everyone gasped at this, especially Sora, Ruri and Ryoga.
"Yuya!" Yuzu was shocked at his friend's use of profanity.
"You know him Yuya?" Ruri could not hide her curiosity.
"Why the f### am I here?" Reiji calmly responded. "Does that even matter?"
"Never believe LDS would do this dirty piece of shit to You Show Duel School, the school bearing the name of my father! As the strongest student of You Show, I do not allow your company to take over this school!"
"I never said I would do that!" Reiji said. Of course Yuya did not buy it. "Just a duel is enough."
Yuya gritted his teeth and hardened his face. "This is the real final duel! I will definitely win to protect this school and my father's reputation!"
Yuya then went to the duel room and waited for Reiji, who simply went into there as well. Everyone from You Show Duel School watched the scene worryingly.
"Yuya-niichan is really off now!" Ayu noted.
"Because of the responsibility to protect You Show!" Ryoga said.
"And don't ask him to smile or behave like an entertainer these times. He is dead serious right now and he will not smile." Yuzu told everyone. "Try your best, Yuya... and don't let the nervousness get the better of you…" She internally encouraged her best friend.
Seeing Yuzu like that, Ruri patted her hand on Yuzu's shoulders to confront her. "Don't worry Yuzu, I know he will do it!"
"Yeah…" Yuzu smiled at her.
Ruri then whispered to Ryoga.
"Is that the Akaba Reiji that you, my brother and Yuto are looking for?"
"Uh! We wanted to capture him as bait to Leo… but now things are getting worse… we cannot just shoot our way in…"
"Yeah… I don't want to fight, to get my hands dirty. You know that. We will find a way to convince him to join in our side."
"We will. For now, we will go back to the hideout after today…" They then turned back to the room. Reji briefly glanced at them and Sora, the newcomers to Miami and specifically, You Show. He then turned to Yuya.
"So… are you ready?"
"Uh! Start the duel you bastard!"
Shuzo then spoke up to Yuya with concern. "Alright. Yuya, I know this is a very important duel, and I know with the Action Field limitation we've set earlier, you would be at a disadvantage. Do you wanna return the old settings to your best?"
Yuya looked up at Shuzo, smiling. "Uh! Do it Shuzo-san!"
"Alright!" Shuzo then clicked the Enter button. "Action Field on! Field Magic, Athletic Circus activate!" The scenery turned into a circus-like room with numerous colorful decorations including multiple floating balls, poles surrounded by platforms appeared, making the kid yelled in joy. Sora noted it was a circus while Gogenzaka commented that this duel field is Yuya's strongest field.
"Duelist locked in battle!" Yuzu recited.
"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their Monsters!" Ruri said.
"They storm through the field!" Came Futoshi. Ayu then continued "Behold!"
"The ultimate evolution of Dueling!" Tatsuya said.
"ACTION…" The girls and the kids said at the same time.
"DUEL!" Yuya and Reiji yelled.
Sakaki Yuya: 4000 [5]
Akaba Reiji: 4000 [5]
After running away from Yuto, Shun caught his breath. "Damn you Yuto! Forcing me to use this!" He then threw Smoke Bomb away. Those cards could only be used once only.
After regaining normal breath, he silently went out to scout, finding any possible leads, especially LDS, which could lead him to find Akaba Reiji, and in turn, Ruri. After a while, he found an LDS member with a blue coat, suggesting a high-ranking one. Like a predator hunting its prey, Shun jumped up to a two-story building and suddenly jumped down in front of him. That man got shocked by this.
"Who… who are you?" He managed in fear.
"Don't care! Are you LDS?" Shun whispered dangerously.
"E… uh! I am! Then what? Why are you stalking-"
"LDS!?" Shun growled in anger. He immediately swung his left hand forward, activating his Duel Disk. "Duel me you moron!"
"What!?" He felt extremely nervous. Never before had someone challenged him in a very harsh and dangerous way like this. But he had no choice now. He looked at Shun for a while before placing his own Duel Disk on his arm.
"You force me to do this!" He reminded Shun, who said nothing. "I will beat you!" He threatened Shun in nervousness.
DUEL!
Kurosaki Shun: 4000 [5]
…Marco…: 4000 [5]
Fanfic OC cards
Rank-Up-Magic Revive Force (Quick-Play Magic Card)
If a "Raid Raptors" Xyz monster you control is destroyed and sent to the graveyard this turn, target that monster, special summon it, and special summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Raid Raptors" Xyz monster with 1 or 2 ranks higher than the target, by using the target as Xyz Material. After that, all monsters your opponent control have their effects negated this turn.
Sacred Orion
LIGHT Warrior Effect LV4 1900/1900
If a "Sacred" monster you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can send this card from your hand to the graveyard instead.
Pendulum Charging (Quick-Play Magic Card)
Pay half of your LP and destroy two of your pendulum cards on your field, special summon a Pendulum Monster from your graveyard, then draw 2 cards.
Gem-Knight Agate
FIRE Pyro Effect LV4 2000/1600
If your "Gem-Knight" monster(s) would be destroyed, you can special summon this card from your hand instead, and if you do, return up to 2 banished "Gem-Knight" monsters to the graveyard, and if you do, draw 2 cards. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase this turn.
Gem-Knight Mirror (Trap Card)
When your opponent declares an attack, target 1 "Gem-Knight" monster you control, negate the attack, and if you do, draw 1 card. Your opponent cannot attack the target for attacks.
Melodious Concert
During each of your End Phase, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent for each "Melodious" monsters you control, and if you do, special summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your deck with ATK equal or lower than the damage inflicted by this effect.
Melodious Backstage (Magic Card)
Banish 3 cards from your graveyard, 1 of them must be a "Melodious" card. Draw cards equal to the number of "Melodious" card banished by this effect.
Superheavy Samurai Soul Seeker
EARTH Warrior Effect LV4 1800/1000
You can banish this card from your hand, draw 2 cards. You can only activate this effect once per turn.
X-Saber Charity (Magic Card)
Banish 2 "X-Saber" monsters from your graveyard, draw 2 cards.
Changed effect to anime card
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
Once per turn, you can reduce the battle damage you take from an attack involving a Pendulum Monster you control to 0.
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DARK Dragon Pendulum Effect LV7 2500/2000
If this card battles an opponent's level 5 or higher monster, any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent is doubled. If this card is Special Summoned from the graveyard or Pendulum Summoned face-up from the Extra Deck, you can target up to 2 Pendulum Cards in your Pendulum Zones or face-up from your Extra Deck, banish them, and if you do, all of your opponent's monsters lose ATK equal to the total scales of the 2 banished Pendulum Monsters x100.
Phew! Close to 14000 words! A huge accomplishment for me! Happy me! This is officially the longest chapter up to date! And it's good that I managed to finish the chapter before taking exams.
I am sure that you guys will complain that I did not show the Yuto vs Shun duel in full. But keep in mind, Shun wanted to go out immediately to find Reiji. And yes, no Action Duel this time, but to keep the damage Action Duel may cause, I kept the Action Duel setting for this 3 vs 3 match. At least, Yuzu actually fought tooth and nail before losing.
So yeah, Yuya did know Reiji, and how did he know is not too pleasant, which you will know during the next chapter. I will probably not show Shun vs Marco though due to time issue, sorry about that.
I gave Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon the ATK reduction effect to make it on par with the other Dimension Dragons.
Tired now, so… this is matrixnis, out!