Arc-V! The start of Pendulum
Last time, Yuya was shocked and shaken that Reiji Akaba also had Pendulum cards and could Pendulum Summon as well. Shuzo seeing the state Yuya was in challenged him to a duel. He managed to help Yuya regain his spirit and realize that it didn't matter if more people could Pendulum Summon and that he needed to set an example as the first Pendulum user for those who would follow in his steps. What will happen next?
Chapter 11- Junior Youth Championship! Get ready!
Yuya sat on a bench in the schoolyard together with Yuzu. They were currently having their lunch break. Yuya opened his lunch box that was designed as a Duel Monsters deck, he then turned the lid of the lunch box and looked at an image of his dad's ace monster, Performapal Sky Magician that were on the inside of it.
Yuya looked at the image with a smile on his face, "Just watch me dad, I'm gonna hone my skills and become a pro just like you, a duelist that puts a smile on everyone's faces by using my entertainment dueling".
Yuzu looked at Yuya with a smile on her face, "So Yuya, have is it going with rebuilding your deck?"
Yuya looked at her with a troubled smile, "It's going a little slowly, however I have done some changes and then I have chosen a bunch of cards that I will use to switch with from time to time, like the Principal suggested".
Yuya then yawned loudly. Yuzu raised an eyebrow, "Don't tell me you spent a big part of night changing your deck". She remembered how he had fallen asleep in school after he had spent a lot of time when he first started to understand how the Pendulum Summoning worked to try and come up with different combinations.
Yuya shook her head, "No I went to bed in good time, only I had a really strange nightmare tonight, I woke up almost drenched in sweat. After I washed the sweat off of my body I tried to sleep again but it took a while".
Yuzu looked at Yuya troubled before she got a smile, "Well I wouldn't worry too much about it, I mean it was only a nightmare after all".
Yuya nodded his head and turned away his head with a troubled expression on his face. What Yuzu didn't know that this wasn't the first time he had had this dream, it was the dream when Odd-Eyes roared as he answered the three mysterious dragons while the shadows of the mysterious boys with glowing eyes held out their hands towards Yuya.
Yuya closed his eyes and shook his head, trying to forget about the strange dream he had had. He rubbed his hands against each other with an excited look on his face, "Alright enough about that now, time to dig in".
Yuya then held up his lunch box and began eating, "I'm gonna become a pro! I'm gonna become a pro!"
Yuzu narrowed her eyes a little, "Hey, eat or talk, don't do both, also don't eat so fast or you might choke". However she then noticed how someone held out a napkin to her. She looked forward shocked and saw Shingo Sawatari standing there with a smile, "Hi there".
Yuzu had a shocked expression on her face, "Sawatari?" She then narrowed her eyes as she turned away her face. Sawatari looked confused over her reaction while Yuya narrowed his eyes. How dared Sawatari act like a gentleman now? Not only had he taken Yuzu and the kids hostage to force him to duel against him, he had also used the Pendulum cards he had stolen from him. Also Sawatari had also planned on using Yuzu and the kids to get revenge on him.
Sawatari turned his eyes towards Yuya while he got a smirk on his face, "Sheesh, acting so disgracefully in front of a lady, seriously both the way you eat and the way you duel are so dirty".
Yuya narrowed his eyes even more, "Okay, I agree that my eating habit might be a little bad, but what's so dirty about my dueling style?"
Sawatari only chuckled as he closed his eyes, "Looks like you ambushed someone again".
Yuya widened his eyes confused while Yuzu glared at Sawatari, "Wait a minute, it wasn't Yuya who did that!" Yuzu then got a confused expression on her face, "Wait, what do you mean again?"
Sawatari narrowed his eyes a little, "One of LDS's teachers got attacked, by a guy who used Xyz Summoning".
Yuya and Yuzu got shocked expressions on their faces before Yuya turned towards Yuzu, "That must be why that guy left during his duel with me". Yuzu nodded her head as she agreed with him, she also remember how Reiji Akaba had just left in the middle of his duel with Yuya.
Sawatari turned his eyes towards Yuya, "And I was only joking when I said that you were the one who did it. The victim this time was a teacher at LDS, he isn't someone you could've defeated, not even with your cowardly Pendulum Summoning".
Yuya gritted his teeth as he glared at Sawatari, "Hold on a minute, how the heck is my Pendulum Summoning cowardly?"
Sawatari leaned forward and stared glared at Yuya, "Isn't it unfair that only you have Pendulum cards?" Yuya narrowed his eyes, he really wanted to tell Sawatari that he was wrong since Reiji Akaba had used Pendulum cards in their duel.
Sawatari stood up with a smirk on his face, "But that's about to change". Yuzu and Yuya looked at him confused, he looked at them, "It's only rumors right now, but apparently the Leo Corporation is developing their own Pendulum cards".
He glared at Yuya, "I'm gonna get my hands as soon as I can…" He then pointed at Yuya with a determined look in his eyes, "And then I will use them to completely crush you".
Yuya narrowed his eyes, Sawatari pulled back his arm and looked Yuya in the eyes, "That's what I came to tell you, I'll be waiting for you at the Maiami Junior Youth Championship, if you can even managed to qualify for it".
He then walked away while Yuya looked after him, "The Junior Youth Championship?" He then got a freaked out expression on his face, "T-that's right! As I am right now I can't become a pro!" The problem was that right now so wasn't Yuya qualified to actually participate in the Junior Youth Championship. He knew that he needed to win more duels in order participate in it and fast because it wasn't much time left before it started.
LATER THAT DAY,
Ayu, Tatsuya and Futoshi was waiting for Yuya and Yuzu at gate to their school, they soon saw how Yuya and Yuzu walked towards them, "Big bro Yuya, big sis Yuzu!" Ayu called out to them while she waved her hand.
Futoshi smiled at them, "Did you two have a good day at school today?" Tatsuya looked at them with a smile, "Now let us hurry and get to the duel sch…
However they got quiet in shock when they saw the look of despair on Yuya's face as he sighed depressed. Tatsuya looked at Yuya concerned, "What's wrong big bro Yuya?"
A little while the kids looked at Yuya shocked, "You're not qualified to participate in the Championship?" Yuya nodded his head depressed, "That's right, in order to participate, you need to have participated in 50 duels and have a win ratio of 60%
Ayu looked at Yuya, "Well what is your current record then?"
Yuya sighed, "I have dueled 46 times and have won 26 of the duels".
Tatsuya scratched his head, "Let's see, 26 divided by 46, that's 56.5%. You're right, that's not enough".
Futoshi looked at Tatsuya impressed, "Wow, you sure
Yuzu looked at Yuya, "But isn't that just all of your officially known duels? I mean the duels against Tanaka, Sawatari and Hokuto isn't counted into them right?" Yuya nodded his head, no one knew he beat Akio was Akio's friends and Yuya's friends and only his friends and the people from LDS who was there that day knew that he beat Hokuto. Then there was the duel against Sawatari, and he knew that none of them would admit that he had won it. Also LDS would most likely deny it along with his victory over Hokuto since it would damage their reputation if someone like Yuya who was from a small duel school like You Show Duel defeated not only one but two of their students, one which was also the ace of the Xyz course.
Tatsuya looked at him, "Which means that unless you can prove it then no one will know that you won them, however since you officially have four duels left until your 50th duel, if you just manage to win all four of them, then you will have 30 wins of 50 which means that you will have a 60% win ratio right?"
Yuzu got a troubled expression on her face, "Yeah we thought so too, we searched the school during the last hour in order to find four opponents for Yuya to duel, however no one wanted to duel him, they avoided him since he defeated Strong Ishijima, most of them thought they wouldn't be a match for him, and some other thought he was too strong for the Junior Youth league and others thought he should have a free pass into the Junior Youth Championship".
Yuya rubbed his head, "I haven't gotten a free pass into the Championship, that wasn't even a official match and I don't have qualifications to become a pro, everyone is jumping to conclusions".
Tatsuya looked at him, "Well in order to become a pro, you first have to win the Junior Youth Championship and then pass the Youth qualification test, then you have to participate in the Youth Championship and win it as well, and then you need to ace the pro test as well".
Yuya gritted his teeth, "Man this stinks, I need to win four more duels in order to participate, but I can't duel you guys since you're in the Junior league so it wouldn't count, Yuzu have already declined since we have already have had a lot of practice matches which is about a 50-50% win ratio between us, not to mention that she's already qualified".
Yuzu looked at Yuya, "Why not just ask Gongenzaka for help? I mean the reason you're even close to 50 matches this year is because he introduced you to disciples at his family's dojo right?"
Yuya closed his eyes, "That's right, I'm very grateful to him and them for that, however I have always asked for his help, and it's also thanks to Gongenzaka that I'm even aiming to become a pro". He opened his eyes, "And that's exactly why I don't want to rely on him anymore, he has already done so much for me, in fact I want to become someone that Gongenzaka can rely on, and I want to do it by using my strength alone".
Yuzu looked at him with an amazed look on her face, "With your own…" She then got a determined expression on her face, "You're right!" She then ran off with her schoolbag over her shoulder. Yuya looked after her shocked, "Hey Yuzu! Where are you going?"
Yuzu looked over his shoulder with a smile, "It's nothing! I just thought that I need to get stronger myself". Yuya looked after her confused, "Stronger… but what about You Show Duel?"
Yuzu waved at them, "Just tell my dad that I won't be there today". Yuya raised an eyebrow, "What's gotten into Yuzu all of a sudden?"
Ayu looked at Yuya, "I think that it's because you had nothing but praises for Gongenzaka". Yuya looked at her confused, not understanding what that had to do with this.
Tatsuya crossed his arms and nodded his head, "That's right, and you didn't really have anything nice to say about big sis Yuzu". Futoshi got a smile on his face as he crossed his arms as well, "You just don't get it do you big bro Yuya?"
Yuya got a shocked expression on his face, "Wha… wait a minute! Of course so am I grateful towards Yuzu for everything she has done for me as well, just like I'm grateful towards Gongenzaka, actually I'm more grateful towards her".
Ayu looked at him, "Of well, you should have said that earlier big bro Yuya". Yuya got a troubled expression on his face, he wondered if he had somehow hurt Yuzu's feelings. The kids looked at each other with smirks on their faces. They knew that Yuzu had strong feelings for Yuya, she might even be in love with him. They also know that his feelings for her were similar to how hers were for him, only he didn't realize it. If he knew about her feelings then the two of them would have been a couple for quite some time now.
Yuzu however ran with a big smile on her face, Yuya is trying to change, to become a stronger person. Now I know that I can't remain as I am right now. I too have to become stronger, strong enough to protect You Show Duel, she thought as kept running, searching for the one person who could help her right now.
Yuya was riding in the elevator with the kids, he narrowed his eyes, I know that I said that I wouldn't rely on Gongenzaka, but where should I look for four more opponents? No one in school wanted to duel me, so who else can I ask? I mean I don't think I just can go to LDS and ask to duel four people there.
They then entered the sitting room in of the You Show Duel School, however he then heard a voice calling out to him, "Oh Yuya, my boy!"
Yuya looked up shocked and the next moment so did Strong Ishijima's manager, Nico Smiley grab his left hand and shook it, "It's been far too long since I last saw you". Yuya looked shocked, "Hey, aren't you…?"
The kids looked shocked as well, "Nico Smiley!"
Yuya looked at Nico confused, "Uh… I don't want to sound rude or anything, but why are you here?"
Shuzo stood up with a huge smile on his face, "He came here to give you some good news Yuya". Yuya looked at Shuzo confused, Shuzo held up his fists excited, "Congrats Yuya! It's been decided that you can enter the Junior Youth Championship, no strings attached".
Yuya blinked confused, "Huh? No strings attached, just like that?" They would just let him join the Junior Youth Championship just like that?
Nico smiled at Yuya, "That's right Yuya! It may have only been an exhibition match, however since you defeated Strong Ishijima, the Maiami Dueling Association decided to make a special exception and have given you permission to enter the Junior Youth Championship".
The kids smiled excited at Yuya, "Wow that's amazing big bro Yuya". Ayu said.
Tatsuya nodded his head, "Yeah, to think that the Dueling Association is giving you permission to participate…" Futoshi smiled at Yuya as well, "It gives me the shivers".
However Shuzo saw how Yuya got a troubled expression on his face, "What's wrong Yuya, aren't you happy?"
Yuya looked at Nico, "I'm really grateful for it but…" He thought back to how all the kids in school jumped to conclusion earlier like he was too strong for the Junior Youth. He looked at Nico with a troubled smile, "While I appreciate the offer, I will have to refuse it".
The kids looked at Yuya shocked and confused when they heard that. However Shuzo got a smile on his face, he figured that Yuya would do something like that.
Nico also looked at Yuya confused, "Why would you reject an offer like that?"
Yuya rubbed the back of his head, "Well it just seems unfair, is all".
Nico shook his head, "It's not unfair at all, you should be proud that the Dueling Association is giving you its approval".
Yuya looked down on the floor with a troubled smile still on his face, "I just feel about Ishijima that's all". After all this approval was because of his victory over him after all, which might hurt his reputation even more.
Yuya then looked at Nico with while having a normal smile on his face now, "Speaking of which I haven't heard anything about him recently, what is the champion doing?"
Nico got a frustrated expression on his face when he heard Yuya's question, "He's no longer the champion!" Yuya and the kids got shocked expressions on their faces when they heard that. Nico gritted his teeth a little, "He forfeited his title after that duel and said he would travelled abroad in order to retrain himself from scratch".
"SAY WHAT?!" Yuya and the kids shouted at the same time. They couldn't believe what they were hearing".
Nico looked at Yuya, "And with that, it means that I'm now free, I don't have a single duelist to manage! Which is why Yuya, what do you say about aiming for the top under my care?"
Yuya bowed his head, "I'm sorry". Nico fell down in shock when he heard that, Yuya had a feeling that Nico just wanted to guide Yuya so he would gain fame an money because of Yuya and his Pendulum Summoning.
The kids came to the same conclusion, "I see, so the reason he negotiated with the Association…" Tatsuya said as he narrowed his eyes a little.
"Is so he could fill his pockets with money by using big bro Yuya". Futoshi finished the sentence while he also narrowed his eyes.
Ayu glared at Nico with cold eyes, "You're the worst".
Nico got back up and grabbed Yuya's hand again, "T-that's not it at all! I truly fell in love with your dueling style and talent Yuya".
Yuya looked down troubled for a moment, however he figured that this might solve his current problem. He looked at Nico, "If you truly feel that way, then I want to ask you for a favor".
Nico looked at him shocked, "Huh? A favor? And what would that be?"
Yuya pulled his hand out of Nico's hands, "I want to earn my spot into the Junior Youth Championship, however I need to win four more official duels but no one wants to duel me, so I wondered if you could arrange four duels for me?"
Nico sighed before a smile appeared on his face, "Well if that's what you truly wants, then leave it to me. Also while I don't think I will have too much trouble to find four opponents for you, it won't be easy, I will pick opponents that will truly give you a challenge in order to push your skills to a new level".
Yuya got a smirk on his face, "That's exactly what I want and need right now". He held out his hand and Nico shook it. Shuzo looked at Yuya with a smile. He was proud of Yuya for choosing to earn his spot in the tournament rather than take the easy way.
AT THE SAME TIME AT LDS,
Sora was looking at the LDS's building, I would never have expected that that guy were the president of Leo Corporation, so then that mean that he's the chairman's son?
He looked towards the entrance to LDS and looked at all the guards with a dissatisfied expression on his face, However, there sure is a lot of guards around here, it sure doesn't look like they will just let me meet him if I just go up and ask if I can.
He watched how one that worked at LDS placed his hand on a scanner before the guard nodded his head showing that it was okay and he entered. Sora sighed irritated, "Damn it, I really wanted to fight him". He then licked on his lollipop.
However he then heard a familiar voice call out to him, "I knew that I would find you here Sora".
Sora turned around shocked and saw Yuzu run towards him. She stopped in front of him and placed a hand on her hip, "The reason you haven't showed up at our duel school recently is that you're after Reiji Akaba right?"
Sora waved his hand in front of him, "That's not it, I wouldn't say that I'm after him…"
Yuzu sighed, "Seriously, it's just like it was with Yuya when we first met you, when you take an interest in someone you start following them around even if they don't like it".
Sora rubbed the back of his head embarrassed before he smiled at Yuzu, "But you have to admit that that guy Reiji is pretty interesting, he can use Fusion, Synchro, Xyz and Pendulum".
Yuzu looked at Sora troubled, "Even though I understand that you want to fight him because he's an impressive duelist, he's not exactly a person you can get close to just like that".
Sora sighed and looked down, "Well I guess that's true since he is the president of the Leo Corporation".
Yuzu smiled at him, "So you do understand! Anyway please come with me". She then grabbed his arm and began pulling him while Sora looked at her shocked, "Huh, h-wait a minute! Where are we going?"
Yuzu looked at him, "Don't worry about that right now, let's just go". However what she didn't know was that the masked duelist that had dueled against Sawatari saw her drag away with Sora. He narrowed his eyes, he knew that Yuzu wasn't the one he was searching for, however he got a bad vibe from the kid that was with her, so he decided to follow them to make sure she was okay since Yuzu really reminded her of the one he was searching for.
AT THE SAME TIME,
Masumi, Yaiba and Hokuto stood in front of a construction site with was off limits right for everyone, Masumi looked at it, "According to rumors, the attack on Professor Marco happened right here".
Yaiba narrowed his eyes, "Well, at least this place looks very suspicious, in fact it would be a very good spot to ambush someone". He looked at the other two, "However, we were with Yuya Sakaki at the time it happened so he couldn't have done it, which most likely means that he wasn't the one who attacked Sawatari either".
Hokuto looked at the site, "True, also did they restrict the site of the crime like t his? Is there something they don't want us to see here?"
Inside of the construction site, a lot of LDS officers looked at the walls where large claws marks were.
Masumi lifted the restriction tape and went under it, wanting to know what happened to Marco, "H-hey Masumi, what are you doing?" Hokuto asked her.
However the port in front of them were pushed open and an officer got out, "Hey, what do you think you're doing here?"
The boys got a little worried that an officer had discovered them right after Masumi tried to sneak in, Masumi held up her hand to her chest, "Uh… please listen, we're not troublemakers, sir. It's just, I'm Masumi Koutsu, a student of Professor Marco, the teacher of the Fusion course at LDS".
The man looked at Yaiba and Hokuto, "And who are you two?"
Yaiba nervously lowered his kendo sword that he had on his shoulder, "I-I'm Yaiba Toudou and I'm from the Synchro course". Hokuto then spoke, "And I'm Hokuto Shijima from the Xyz course, officer".
Another officer then walked over to the first one and placed a hand on his shoulder and nodded his head with a smile. The first one nodded his head and step to the side while the second officer turned towards Masumi, Yaiba and Hokuto, "So you three are students at our school then". The three of them nodded their heads.
The officer walked towards them, "I see, so do you kids know what happened here?"
Masumi shook her head, "No, we only heard that Professor Marco got attacked here by someone, however we haven't been able to get any of the teachers or the secretary to tell us what happened here and told us that we couldn't see him yet. We just want to know that's all".
Yaiba looked at the officer, "Was he really attacked by someone during a duel?"
Yaiba gritted his teeth and clenched his fist, "I heard that the culprit behind the attack was an Xyz user, since I'm an Xyz user as well, I don't like hearing that people are abusing the method".
The officer gave them a kind smile, "I'm really sorry but we can't discuss the details with you guys, also we're still investigating it ourselves".
Masumi looked at the officer worried, "Is he okay? Is Professor Marco okay?"
The officer looked at her with an apologizing expression on his face, "I'm truly sorry, but I can't discuss that either". Masumi got a shocked expression on her face when she heard that. The officer placed a hand on her shoulder, "But don't worry, the top brass of LDS will definitely find out what happened here".
He looked at all three of them, "So please, return to LDS and keep honing your skills by dueling, I think that would please Professor Marco the most". He looked down on Masumi again, "If you understand, please return to the school and leave this to us".
Yaiba nodded their heads, "Right". Masumi lowered her eyes to the ground, "Right…"
The officer walked back into the construction site while the first officer closed the port again.
Yaiba got a smirk on his face, "Man, those guys are so cool". Hokuto looked at him, "Of course they are, it's because they are the super elite unit that passed the pro test at the top of their class".
Yaiba looked at Hokuto, "Man I really want to become a part of LDS's top team and wear a uniform like that myself as soon as possible". Hokuto nodded his head, since he felt the same way that Yaiba did.
However Masumi had other things on her mind, why was the top team acting so secretly about what had happened to Marco? She then lifted the tape again and walked under it and ran away. Yaiba looked after, "Hey Masumi? Where are you going now?"
Masumi kept running while she answered him, "You two can return to LDS before me, I just have something else I need to check out".
Hokuto looked after her shocked, "Something else to check out?" Yaiba placed his kendo sword back on his shoulder, "That girl, when she makes up her mind there is no talking her out of it". Hokuto nodded as he agreed that Masumi could be a bit difficult to deal with once she her made up her mind.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH YUYA,
Yuya was sitting in the duel arena in You Show Duel looking through his deck trying to do see how to improve it, he had found a few other Odd-Eyes monsters that he had almost forgotten he had and some of them had turned into Pendulum monsters as well.
Yuya looked through his deck which currently was only a prototype for a few deck, "Alright, I really want to test this deck before it's time for me to face the first one of the four opponents that Nico is searching for so I can win my remaining four duels. I will see if Yuzu or the kids will be kind enough to help me test it, or maybe the Principal can help me with the test".
At that moment so entered Shuzo the duel arena, "There you are Yuya! I have a favor to ask of you, can you go out and look for Yuzu?"
Yuya looked at him confused, "Look for Yuzu? But why, I mean I already told you that she said that she won't be here today remember?"
Shuzo nodded his head with a troubled expression, "I know, but the thing is I tried to call her a few times but she didn't answer any of the calls, that's not like her".
Yuya got a concerned expression on his face. That really wasn't like Yuzu at all as she either answered the call or at least called back in case she had been unable to answer at the time.
Yuya gathered his cards and got up on his feet as he placed his deck in to his deck box while he placed the reserve cards on the bottom of the deck in a reverse position from the others so he would not mix them in to the deck until he would switch some of the reserve cards with some of the cards from the deck.
Yuya looked at Shuzo, "Alright, I will go and look for her and see if she's okay". He then ran out of the duel arena and a few moments later he exited You Show Duel while he pressed in Yuzu's number on his Duel Disk to see if he could reach her and if she just didn't want to her father at the moment.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH YUZU AND SORA AT THE HARBOR,
Yuzu led Sora to the warehouse that she had confronted Sawatari in before the mysterious duelist that looked like Yuya had showed up to duel him.
Sora entered the warehouse before he turned towards Yuzu who closed the port, "So why did you bring me here Yuzu?"
Yuzu didn't say anything and just walked towards Sora. Once she stood in front of him she took a deep breath, she then bowed while she placed her hands together in front of her, "Please! Teach me how to Fusion Summon!"
Sora looked at her shocked, "Huh? Right here and now?" Yuzu nodded her head, "But why all of a sudden?"
Yuzu looked at him with pleading eyes, "I need to get stronger, I'm not strong enough as I am right now".
Sora looked at her with wide eyes, "Wait, could it be that you're still upset that you lost to that girl, what was her name, Masumi?"
Yuzu got a sad expression on her face, which told Sora that he had hit the nail on the head with his guess. Yuzu turned her eyes to her side, "Reiji Akaba said he gave us the win, I want to become stronger so I can protect You Show Duel as well, I want to be able to win against Masumi Koutsu, which is why…"
Sora looked at her starting to understand now, "You want me, a Fusion user, to teach you how to Fusion Summon, is that correct?"
Yuzu nodded her head and bowed to Sora as she placed her hands together again, "That's right, I beg you, please teach me!"
Sora looked away troubled, "Hmm, what to do?" Yuzu looked at him with a sad expression on her face, "You can't teach me?"
Sora got more troubled when he saw the expression on Yuzu's face, "Well, I wouldn't say that I can't, it's just… Is it fine? If I taught you Fusion Summoning then you would definitely get stronger".
Yuzu got a determined expression on her face, "Then it would be worth it right? Make me stronger so I won't lose to anyone". What neither she or Sora was that the masked duelist was hiding behind a few wooden boxes watching them, he narrowed his eyes when he heard what Yuzu said, he didn't want her to learn Fusion Summoning, since that summoning method were only a tool for destruction.
Sora sighed, "Alright, first of all…" He searched through a pocket and pulled out a card, "This is the Polymerization card". He held out it towards Yuzu, "This card allows you to fuse together materials for a fusion summon, that's the basics of Fusion Summoning, got it?"
Yuzu nodded her head, "Yeah, I get it". She took the card and looked at it, Sora sighed and looked away, Man, I'm really teaching her how to Fusion Summon. My one flaw is that I'm a too nice person, he thought to himself.
Yuzu kept looking at Polymerization, "And you can use monsters as fusion materials as long as they are on your side the field or in your hand, right?" She looked at Sora as she asked that.
Sora snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Yuzu, "Huh? Yeah that's right, that's one of the basics of Fusion Summoning, just remembered that you must have all the fusion materials together on the field or in your hand or both in order to Fusion Summon. Of course there are exceptions, but we will start with the basics for now".
Yuzu nodded her head and looked at Polymerization again, "When you activate Polymerization and summon a Fusion monster from the extra deck, the materials you used for the Fusion Summon is sent to the graveyard".
Sora nodded his head, "That's pretty much it yeah". However the next moment he sensed a presence, he turned towards the wooden boxes while he narrowed his eyes.
The masked duelist narrowed his eyes, he knew that Sora had discovered him, which meant he had really sharp instincts, and since he was a Fusion user, it meant he must be one of their enemies.
The masked duelist quickly jumped up on a steel beam above the boxes to get out of there since he didn't want to risk getting Yuzu involved in a battle between him and Sora.
Sora narrowed his eyes and chased after him, Yuzu got shocked as she saw him jump up on the boxes, "Huh? Sora what are you doing?" Sora didn't answer as he jumped up on the steel beam but the mask duelist had already jumped off of it.
Sora jumped after him while he placed his Duel Disk on his arm and followed the masked duelist as he ran across the warehouse while Yuzu stared after them shocked since she had no idea what was going on here.
The masked duelist looked at Sora who were closing in on him and knew that he didn't have a choice but to fight now. He activated his Duel Disk. He then used the wall in front of him as a springboard to launch himself towards Sora while the energy blade came out of his Duel Disk.
Sora jumped towards him while the energy blade came out of his Duel Disk as well. They collided with each other and sparks appeared as the energy blades clashed against each other.
The moment the two of them landed on the floor so did they jump backwards to get some distance from each other. Sora looked at the masked duelist with a determined expression on his face as he held out his Duel Disk ready to fight, "And just who are you?"
The masked duelist just stared at Sora without saying anything, Sora got a smirk on his face, "You're not from here are you?"The masked duelist narrowed his eyes at the knowing tone in Sora's voice, "And neither are you!"
Yuzu pointed at the masked duelist, "Ah, you're from that time!" He looked at her, he had hoped that she wouldn't find out that he was there, since he didn't want her to get more involved with him and his comrades than she already was.
Sora looked at Yuzu shocked, "Huh! Yuzu, you know this guy?"
Yuzu nodded her head, "Yeah, he appeared here last time I was here. He was the one who dueled against Sawatari, not Yuya". Yuzu narrowed her eyes at the masked duelist, "Are you behind the incident this time as well?" The masked duelist narrowed his eyes when he heard that. Did that mean that his comrade had made his move already?
Sora looked at Yuzu confused, "An incident? What are you talking about?" Yuzu looked at Sora, "Well, apparently the reason why Reiji Akaba left during his duel with Yuya was because he heard that an LDS teacher had gotten attacked by an Xyz user".
Sora looked at her, "An LDS teacher was attacked… by an Xyz user?" He then got an understanding expression on his face, "Now I get it! That would explain all the guards that were posted in front of LDS".
Sora turned towards the masked duelist and pointed at him, "So… does that mean that you're the culprit this time as well?" The masked duelist narrowed his eyes at Sora but didn't say a word.
Yuzu narrowed her eyes and glared a little at the masked duelist, "Just who are you? Answer me! Did you duel against Sawatari in order to protect me or do you have some kind of grudge against LDS? Either way you dueling against Sawatari caused a lot of trouble for my duel school and especially for my friend Yuya since you look just like him under that mask".
Sora got a shocked expression on his face when he heard that last part, "Huh, he does?" If this guy had the same face as Yuya then that would explain why the people from LDS thought that Yuya had been the one that attacked Sawatari.
The masked duelist narrowed his eyes while he felt troubled, apparently him taking his mask off after his duel against that Sawatari guy had caused troubles for Yuzu and her friends, especially that Yuya guy. Part of him had earlier hesitated to take it off, however since he was sure that Yuzu was the one he had been searching for he had taken the mask off to show that it was him, only to find out that Yuzu just looked like the girl he was searching for. He looked at Yuzu troubled, wondering if he should tell her, "My reason? That's…"
However they suddenly heard the port open up roughly, "So you're the culprit!" The masked duelist turned his eyes towards the door while Sora and Yuzu turned around and Yuzu's eyes widened when she saw who stood there, "Masumi?"
Masumi ignored Yuzu and Sora and walked forward, "What did you do to Professor Marco? Answer me you bastard!"
Yuzu looked at Masumi shocked, "What are you doing here?"
Masumi narrowed her eyes, "I thought I might find a clue or something if I went to the place where the first incident happened, however if you have been hiding here all along then it saved me a lot of time searching for you". She placed her Duel Disk on her arm.
Yuzu stood in front of Masumi and held out her arms, "Wait a minute Masumi! I'm still talking to him".
Masumi glared at Yuzu, "Well I have things to say to this guy first, and once I crush him he will tell me what happen to Professor Marco".
Yuzu glared at her, "Wait are you even talking about? Also it hasn't been proven if he's the culprit".
However while they argued the masked duelist noticed a faint light coming out of his extra deck, he took out a glowing card from it and saw that it was his Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon.
AT THE SAME TIME WITH YUYA,
Yuya was running towards the harbor, he had been searching for Yuzu for a while now after she didn't answer his call. He knew that the chances of Yuzu being here was small but something just told him that she were. Also he was so focus on getting there that he didn't notice the faint light coming out of his deck box which came from Odd-Eyes's card which was glowing.
BACK TO THE WAREHOUSE,
Masumi pointed at the mask duelist who looked up at them again, "We will know if he's the culprit if he uses Xyz Summoning".
Sora looked towards the masked duelist, "Yeah, since you was the one who dueled against Sawatari that day you must be an Xyz user, and I would like to test that for myself, to see if you're a true Xyz user".
The masked duelist narrowed his eyes, "You seem to already know the answer, like I know that you're a true Fusion user".
Yuzu looked at the two of them, she had no idea what they were talking about but she could feel tension growing between them.
Masumi however held out her arm, "Enough stalling! Duel me now criminal!" She activated her Duel Disk ready to fight.
Yuzu however stepped in front of her and held out her arms, "Hold on a minute! Just stop already, I need answers first!" Masumi gritted her teeth and were about to argue.
However at that moment a blinding light appeared from Yuzu's bracelet, blinding Yuzu, Sora and Masumi while the masked duelist narrowed his eyes.
Once the light died out Yuzu turned around when she saw Masumi's shocked expression and her eyes widened when she saw that the masked duelist were gone, "He's gone". Masumi said shocked since he had just vanished right before their eyes.
Yuzu looked shocked, "It's just like last time". Then at the next moment she heard a voice call out to her, "Yuzu! Are you okay? If you're here answer me!"
Yuzu turned towards the doors when she heard Yuya's voice and saw him stopped in front of the warehouse since he had seen that the port to it was open and had a relieved look on his face when he saw her, "There you are, thank goodness! The principal was worried since you didn't answer him when he called and asked me to look for you. What are you even doing here again?"
Masumi narrowed her eyes when she saw Yuya, "Yuya Sakaki! Then you're really working with that guy?"
Yuya got shocked, "Huh? Masumi Koutsu, what are you doing here? And you too Sora".
Masumi didn't answer as she quickly walked over to Yuya and grabbed his shirt, "Where did he go?" Yuya blinked, completely confused over what she was talking about, "He? Who is 'he'?"
Masumi gritted her teeth as she tightened her grip on his shirt, "Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about, tell me where that guy went right now?"
Yuya had a worried expression on his face, "Hold on a minute, I keep telling you that I don't know who 'that guy' is".
Yuzu quickly walked over to them and pushed them apart, "Let him go Masumi". She then turned towards Yuya, "You really don't know anything about him Yuya?"
Yuya raised an eyebrow, "You too Yuzu? What are you even talking about?"
Yuzu looked down on her bracelet, "Just like last time, the second after that guy vanished, you appeared". Yuya looked at her, "That guy?"
Masumi glared at Yuya as she raised her right fist, "I told you to stop acting! Tell me where he is right now!" Yuya was about to tell her once again that he had no idea what she was talking about.
However at that moment Sora shouted from the outside, "Ah, there he is!" All of them look at him shocked and saw him point in the direction Yuya came from, he looked at Masumi, "I saw him just now! He ran in that direction, hurry up and catch him or he will get away again!"
Masumi gritted her teeth, "Damn it, you won't get away from me". She pushed past Yuya and ran in the direction that Sora had pointed at.
Yuya and Yuzu looked at Sora confused, "Did you really see someone run in that direction?"
Sora smiled when Yuya asked that and walked towards him, "I lied! I knew she would never believe you even though I could tell that you didn't know anything. Also if she hung around here, she would've gotten in the way of our training".
Yuya looked between Yuzu and Sora, "Hold on, training? You were training Yuzu here?"
Sora nodded his head, "Yeah, she said that she for sure will…" However his then got a look of realization on his face, "Could it be… you wanted to keep learning Fusion Summoning from me a secret from Yuya?"
Yuya looked at Yuzu shocked, "You're trying to learn to Fusion Summon Yuzu?" Yuzu looked at Yuya and gave him a small nod before looking down on her bracelet again.
Yuya looked at Sora, "I get it, it must so she will be ready for the Junior Youth Championship". Sora looked at Yuya confused.
Yuya smiled at Yuzu, "That's right Yuzu, I have found a way to duel in four more duels, you see I met that Nico Smiley guy today and he promised that he would help me find four opponents for me to face".
Yuzu gave Yuya a small smile, "Really? That's great Yuya!"
Yuya nodded his head, "I know, now all I have to do is win the four matches and enter the Junior Youth Championship! I were gonna ask if you could help me test the deck I have been working on, but since you're trying to learn Fusion Summoning I think you should focus on that, so I will see if the principal or if Ayu, Tatsuya or Futoshi will help me with the test in an unofficial match".
Yuzu nodded her head with a troubled expression on her face, "Yeah… Sorry I can't help you right now". Yuya's smile grew a little, "Don't worry about it and just focus on your Fusion Summoning lessons alright?" Yuzu looked at Yuya with a small smile again and nodded her head.
Sora looked at Yuya, "Hey, what is this Championship thing you're talking about Yuya? Can I enter it as well?" He pointed at himself.
Yuya got a troubled expression on his face, "I'm not sure, you haven't dueled 50 times since you came to Maiami City right? And even if you have would need at least a 60% win ratio, in other words, win at least 30 of t he 50 duels in order to participate".
Sora got a disappointed look on his face, "I can't enter? Oh man, I really wanted to join the Championship with Yuya".
Yuya then remembered something, "Now that you mention it, if you really want to compete, even if you don't have enough matches, you can still enter the Championship if you get six straight wins".
Sora got a happy smile on his face, "Really? Awesome! If I just have to win six matches then it will be a piece of cake. So Yuya, can you asked that Nico-chan person to help me find six opponents so I can enter as well?"
Yuya gave him a troubled smile, "S-sure I'll see if I can if he can find six opponents for you". Yuya then turned around and looked at Yuzu who was still staring at her bracelet with a smile on his face, I see, so that's what she meant, she must have felt that she need to get stronger after that duel against Masumi.
Yuya then once again remember how Reiji had said that he had seen the possibilities of further evolutions of the Pendulum Summoning, he looked up in the sky, I don't want to lose to that guy either, I'm gonna become the greatest Pendulum user, I won't let him surpass me, I don't know what Reiji Akaba have seen beyond the Pendulum but I too will find a way to evolve the Pendulum Summoning on my own.
LATER THAT EVENING,
A tall masked male figure in a purple coat and with black and dark green hair was standing on the roof of a building and looking at the LDS building while he scanned for life forms inside of it with his Duel Disk. He narrowed his eyes behind his goggles as he looked at the scanner before he jumped down from the building.
So Yuya found a way to get his four remaining duels which he needed to win in order to participate in the Junior Youth Championship. At the same time so asked Yuzu Sora to teach her how to Fusion Summon and he agreed to do it after hesitating for a while. At the same time Masumi tried to find out what had happened to her teacher, Professor Marco. What's gonna happen next? Continue reading to find out and please review.