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Chapter 11: The Exoneration Duel Part 3
After the duel between Julia and Zuzu, the two schools are in a stalemate with one win and one loss between the two groups. Yasuko thinks that this duel will finish off the You Show for sure. She was looking at the boy who was standing across from the You Show students.
The duelist was slightly below-average height teen with long spiky brown hair and amber eyes. His canines appear to be longer than average and often stick out of his mouth. What's more noticeable to her was that he always carries a kendo sword.
"So, their opponent this time is Yaiba Blade, another duelist from the LDS, eh...?" Yasuko thought after he introduces himself to the group. "Yaiba... that means Katana…" she thought. "He said that he's a Synchro duelist, is he?" Yasuko inquired.
"Yeah," said Tate.
"That's interesting," Yasuko remarked. "Never thought I get to see both Fusion, Xyz, and Synchro at the same time; must be my lucky day." Zuzu and Yuya were standing together with the kids, Gongenzaka, and Sora who was sitting next to Yasuko.
She bites down an apple from her gym bag. "So, the score is currently even now, 1-1 to be exact," Yasuko pointed out, chewing her sweet red apple. "Since the last match was a total wash out, this match is going to be over before it began."
Zuzu got a depressed expression on her face since she had failed to settle everything in her match. Yuya placed a hand on her shoulder and smiled at her, and she returned the smile.
Gongenzaka clenched his fists in shame while he growled a little. "Oh man, I, Gongenzaka, wished she could get in there and get some revenge on the kid who did this to poor Zuzu, but… since Gongenzaka doesn't go to You Show, I can't step up and take the competition." He then bent down and looked at Sora, who was licking on a lollipop with a serious expression on his face. "Listen up now Sora; this is the moment of truth, a winner-go-home situation, so you have to win the next match and beat him!" Gongenzaka boosted.
Sora, on the other hand, had an uninterested expression on his face now. He was casually licking his lollipop while having second thoughts about the duel. "Hmmm, I'm kinda not feeling this whole thing anymore." He then pointed his lollipop towards Yasuko. "If you want to someone to take this next duel, then feel free to let Yasuko do it, she's a beauty when it comes to duels."
Yasuko had the same uninterested feeling on her face that matched Sora's. "I'll take that as a compliment," she deadpanned, "but no thanks. I'm not really into any pressuring situations." Yasuko chews her last bit of apple before throwing the apple like a basketball to the garbage bin. "So, why not you do it, Big Bushy Brows Gong?"
Gongenzaka stood up with a shocked expression on his face, "B-Big Bushy Brows Gong? Wait a moment; you're telling me to let me take this duel instead of you two?"
Yasuko stares back with an uninterested expression on her face. "Well, I kinda feel that this wouldn't be a good matchup with that guy," she said. "For instances…" Yasuko saw Yaiba making stretches with his kendo sword in the air, doing squats that are creeping Sora and Yasuko out.
"If you say it like that, then fine." Gongenzaka got a determined look on his face. "Leave it to me."
Yuya, who had heard all of this, walked over to Gongenzaka. "We're counting on you Gongenzaka." Gongenzaka turned around and looked at Yuya, who smiled at him. "But there's nobody in this world that I could trust other than my very best friend, and I know your dueling skills quite well, so I feel relieved that I can leave the final match to you."
Gongenzaka's eyes are brimming with comic tears of joy that are ready to burst out for his support. "Yuya…" he said with a lot of emotion. It was amazing how his reaction went from sappy to motivated. He got a determined look on his face as his intense fighting aura surrounded him like fire.
"Now, Gongenzaka's fired up!" he bellowed. "I'm hot as a jalapeño and a heat wave! Gongenzaka's gonna beat him like a base at homecoming! I swear on the name of the Gongenzaka Dojo's Steadfast Dueling Style that I am gonna win this duel!" Yasuko raised an eyebrow when Gongenzaka mentioned "Steadfast Dueling Style."
"What's a Gongenzaka Dojo's Steadfast Dueling Style?" she asked. Before he could even answer; however, they soon heard a voice speak to Gongenzaka.
"Hey! How long are you gonna make me wait?" Gongenzaka saw Yaiba, who had a moment ago had been stretching on the other side of the room, standing in front of him with his kendo sword over his shoulder, "I don't have all day, Big Brows, or are you chicken and just gonna let someone else do it, huh?"
"Smooth," Yasuko muttered.
Gongenzaka gritted his teeth so hard that it could break his jaw. "Unforgivable!" he shouted. "How dare you call the Great Gongenzaka a chicken and gets away with it! I will show you who's chicken…" He placed his silver Duel Disk on his arm and got into a fighting position, "Now, let's get dueling!"
Yaiba had his eyes closed while he had a smirk on his face, tapping his kendo sword lightly on his shoulder. "If you think, for one second, that I'm gonna roll over and lose like the wannabes from before? Grab a reality check, Big Brows." Gongenzaka looked at him confused when he said that. Yaiba then stares up at him. "Because unlike those other two, I'm quite strong, so I know what I'm doing."
Gongenzaka and Yabia both entered the duel arena while everyone—minus Yasuko—watched the intensity turned sky high with both martial art duelists stand in front of each other.
Shuzo thinks of the perfect field for the two duelists to fit in. "So their opponent this time is Yaiba Blade eh..? Yaiba. Katana. Sword. " Shuzo thought to himself what will be perfect for the two of them. Then, when he combined Yabia's name and "Sword," there was a distinct ping that got him to think of the perfect field. "Yes, that's the one!" Shuzo pressed a button to activate the field.
"Action Field, on! Field Spell: Sword's Cemetery!" Shuzo called, activating the Action Field Spell; Sword Cemetery. The Stadium transforms into a barren wasteland surrounded by thousands of discarded katana sword designed as makeshift graves.
"Gongenzaka! Just like the Sword's Cemetery you see around you, you know what you need to do; bury your enemy's 'blade'!" Shuzo encouraged Gongenzaka from above.
Henrietta then reminded Shuzo about the end of the deal with a smirk if the outcome of the duel is final. "Hiiragi, don't forget your promise. If we win this duel, both the You Show Duel School and your star pupil, Yuya Sakaki, will become part of LDS! You're okay with this, right?" Henrietta reminded, much to Shuzo's annoyance as he gave a small frown.
"Correct, but if we win, you promise that you will never try to bother Yuya and interfere with the You Show Duel School ever again!" Shuzo demanded as the two board directors stared at each other. Like the two duelists on the field, the two schools are both expecting their students to win the duel, despite Gongenzaka being the student of the Gongenzaka Dojo and Yasuko not being their student.
The two duelists glared at each other, while everyone on the sidelines watched the third and final Action Duel.
"The stage is set, and the duelists are ready!" Shuzo exclaimed.
"Their monsters are about to put this graveyard back to life," Henrietta added.
"In this time-breaking battle—" Shuzo cheered.
"The winners takes it all, and the losers takes it all!" Henrietta added.
"It's time to witness the greatest evolution of dueling! Action…" Yuya and Zuzu chorused together.
"DUEL!" Yabia and Gongenzaka concluded with the start of their final duel.
DUEL
Yabia: LP 4000
VS
Gongenzaka: LP 4000
The bubble holding the Action Cards burst open in the air with all the Action card scattering all over the field, signifying the start of the duel. The first move goes to Gongenzaka who take the lead.
Turn 1: Gongenzaka (5x cards)
"Gong will kick things off." Gongenzaka declared as he draws a card from his deck. "I draw! I'll take the first turn by summoning Superheavy Samurai Kabuto!" Gongenzaka Normal Summons Superheavy Samurai Kabuto (ATK 1000/DEF 2000) On his side of the field, a heavy looking Samurai appeared with its hammer prepared to battle. "I now end my turn with that!"
Turn 2: Yabia (5x cards)
Yabia was disbelief that Gongenzaka summoned a monster that has only a less attack points. "Ha! You summoned a small fry with only a 1000 ATK points, and you end it right there?" Yabia taunted. "That's your big opening?"
"It's not the monsters that you use; it's how you use your monsters," Gongenzaka assured bravely. "Furthermore, powerful men don't waste time on pointless movements!"
Yabia only scoffs off his remark and continues to taunt him even more. "Ha, you're digging a hole for yourself, Big Brows!" Yabia draws a card. "I draw!" He looks at the card that he just drew and smirk that this is the card that he needs. "I'll start off this blow out by summoning XX-Saber Boggart Knight!" Yaiba called as he Normal Summon XX-Saber Boggart Knight (ATK 1900/DEF 1000). On the field, a monstrous warrior with a sword appears with sharp teeth and a pointy nose. "With this big bag Boggart on the field, I can get to summon a Level 4, or below X-Saber from my hand, so I get to Special summon the Level 3 Tuner Monster, XX-Saber Fulhelmknight in attack mode!" Yaiba called, Special Summoning XX-Saber Fulhelmknight (ATK 1300/DEF 1000). A young male warrior with long blonde hair with brown armor, a red cape and an energy whip attached to his right armed appeared on the field.
Yuya was surprised to see a Tuner monster appearing on his first turn. "A Turner Monster?" Yuya inquired.
"And it's a Level 3, which means…" Yasuko added.
"Gongenzaka activates Superheavy Samurai Kabuto's special ability!" Gongenzaka raised his hand to demonstrate what his monster can do. "Since you've summoned Fulhelmknight, Kabuto switches to defense mode and gains 500 DEF points!" The red samurai switches to defense with an extra defense boost.
(Superheavy Samurai Kabuto: DEF 2000 → 2500)
Yasuko was confused about why the defense points would go up and be switched to defense position if it can't attack. "What the hell?" Yasuko inquired, looking at Gongenzaka with a raised eyebrow. "Why would Gong be switching his monster to defense mode if it can't attack?"
Yuya smiles at Yasuko and answers her question. "Oh, just you wait and see…" said Yuya.
"You've out-knighted yourself!" Gongenzaka cheered. "If you hadn't summoned that second one, you could've beaten my samurai!" He was smirking at Yabia that his monsters don't have enough attack points to destroy his samurai. "You start playing cute, and things are about to get real ugly fast, you keep that in mind."
"Nice work Gongenzaka, show him your steadfast dueling style!" Yuya cheered.
"Don't get too excited with that just yet," Yasuko interjected. "It's only gonna get worse."
"Ha!" Yabia jeered. "Steadfast my ass! My blade is so sharp that you can never weaver it down!" he scoffed at Gongenzaka's attempt to solidify his defenses. "I've got a surprise for you, genius!" Yabia pulls out a card to show him XX-Saber Faultroll (ATK 2400/DEF 1800)."Cause whenever I have two or more X-saber monsters on the field, I get to Special Summon XX-Saber Faultroll!" A warrior with black and orange armor with a giant sword and a red cape appeared on the field.
"Now Yabia's got three monsters on the field," Tate added.
"Amazing…" said Frederick, astonished by his abilities to summon three monsters on his first turn.
"Now here comes the cavalry," said Yasuko, knowing where this is going.
Yabia could only smirk with delight, seeing how one person knows what he is about to do next. "Yep and the cavalry is here!" Yabia held up his right hand in the air, "Now I tune my level 3 XX-Saber Fulhelmknight with my level 4 XX-Saber Boggart Knight!" Yaiba called as his Tuner Monster turned into three rings to scan Boggart Knight for a Synchro Summon. The rings turned Boggart Knight into four stars between the rings.
(3 + 4 = 7)
"Wielders of crossed blades of light, trample over this mountain of corpses!" The rings started to turn into a beam of light. "I Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 7! X-Saber Souza!" Yabia Synchro Summons X-Saber Souza (ATK 2500/DEF 1600). From the beam, a large grinning warrior in black armor with a red cape wielding two swords emerged from the beam with two akimbo swords ready to slash any enemies on Yabia's command. Everyone was shocked that Yabia had such a powerful monster in his deck.
"Wh-What the heck is that?" Frederick inquired.
"That would be a Synchro Summon," Yasuko answered. "You would need what you call a "Tuner" monster, which needs to "Tune" with the monster that is not a Tuner monster. So, to Synchro Summon a monster from your Extra Deck, the Tuner and the non-Tuner materials must be on the field with their levels adding up to the level of the monster in the Extra Deck."
Yuya looks over his shoulder to Yasuko. "So, what you're saying…is that he used a Level 3 Tuner monster and a Level 4 Non-Tuner monster to summon a Level 7 monster?" he puzzled.
"Correct," Yasuko remedied. "That is how you Synchro Summon."
"Damn right!" Yabia shouted. "And there's a lot more! Once per turn, X-Saber Faultroll can summon a level 4 or below X-saber from the graveyard," Faultroll uses his sword to stab it to the ground, "So I'm gonna call back X-Saber Fulhelmknight!" The blonde warrior returns to the field, surprising everyone in the room.
"With Fulhelmknight returning to the field and Faultroll being a Level 6, that could mean one thing," Yasuko speculated.
Yuya realized what Yasuko would mean and exclaimed in surprise, "He's gonna do another Synchro Summon!"
"You're right on the money!" Yabia cheered, raising his right hand again for his two monsters to take flight. "I tune my Level 6 Faultroll with my Level 3 Fulhelmknight!" Yaiba called.
Once again, the Tuner Monster made itself three rings, scanning Faultroll for another Synchro Monster. The monster disappears with only six stars gleaming in the rings.
(6 + 3 = 9)
"Let your silver armor shine and crush the hope of everything that opposes you!" Yabia chanted as the rings burst into a beam. "I Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" Yabia Synchro Summons XX-Saber Gottoms (ATK 3100/DEF 2600). The beam shortly breaks apart for a masked warrior with a red cape in a light brown and silver armor to appear on the field while holding a large sword over his right shoulder.
"Gongenzaka's gotten his work cut out for him because it looks like Yabia is going to slice and dice his way to victory," Yuya said, concerned about his best friend with two Synchro monsters on the field.
With two Synchro monsters on Yabia's first turn, this has astonished the entire audience from You Show. They never thought that there was someone capable of making multiple Synchro Summons at the same time. "You don't stand a chance against me, Gongenzaka!" Yabia taunted. "When you lose, the LDS takes over You Show!"
"And Yuya," Yasuko reminded. "Don't forget Yuya; you win, and you get Yuya as a bonus."
Yuya looked shocked by her actions that made him turn to her direction to protest. "Whose side are you on!?" he shouted at Yasuko, who shrugged it off.
"I don't have a side; I'm just reminding him about the last part of the deal," she said.
"You should be more supportive to You Show and stop observing them," Zuzu retorted, seeing how Yasuko lacks any support for their school.
"I don't support or observe; I speculate," Yasuko answered, ignoring a despicable glare from Zuzu. "But you have to admit; he did manage to do two Synchro Summons on his first turn."
Yuya and Zuzu both turn back to the duel.
"Yeah, what a guy… to think he could instantly Synchro Summon two monsters in one turn," said Yuya. He looked at Gongenzaka with a troubled expression written on his face. "I just hope that Gongenzaka will be alright." From the way this duel is going, he now realized that Gongenzaka would have a difficult time beating this opponent.
Gongenzaka doesn't seem to be unfazed by this match; however, as he only glared at his confident opponent, who smirked.
"What's wrong? Too shocked to say anything, Big Brows?" Yabia taunted the big duelist, but he only rebukes back with a more different answer.
"You can run me down if you want to, but Gongenzaka doesn't do trash talk!" Gongenzaka pointed out. "Those who flap wildly can never achieve victory! And Gongenzaka uses his skills and monsters, not jaw bone!" His comment infuriates Yabia so much that he makes his first call to attack.
"You want skills and monster; I'll give you more than you can handle! A lot more!" Yabia shouted, glaring at Gongenzaka. "XX-Saber Gottoms attack Superheavy Samurai Kabuto!" Yabia points his finger at Gongenzaka's only monster with Gottoms.
Gottoms sent a blast from the top of his sword towards Kabuto and destroyed him while Gongenzaka gritted his teeth in anger. "Nice, huh?" Yabia commented. "My Gottoms always gets the job done, and the next job is you, X-Saber Souza!" He pointed at his next warrior. He jumps up in the air with two swords ready. "Attack this guy directly!" Gongenzaka is expecting the worse from this monster as he slashed his two swords to make a cross towards Gongenzaka. Gongenzaka held up his arms in front of him to block the attack that caused him to slide backward.
(Gongenzaka: LP 4000 → 1500)
Gongenzaka was still standing when the attack stops, but he suffered scratches all over his body caused by the attack. The kids, Yuya, and Zuzu were worried that he is not going to make it.
"2500 points of damage…" Tate breathed out of shock. "He took that attack like it was nothing…"
"But he's one tough cookie…" Frederick added.
"Whoa! That's hot-blooded!" Shuzo was amazed by Gongenzaka's strength to withstand that attack. "That's the heir of the You Show Duel School's rival, the Gongenzaka Dojo, for ya!" Shuzo complimented loudly.
However, Yaiba chuckled mockingly at this duelist's steadfast dueling style. "You guys are talking nonsense again." He then grabbed a card in his hand and placed it into his Duel Disk, "Now I place one card face down on my field and end my turn."
Turn 3: Gongenzaka (4x cards)
"Alright, it's Gongenzaka's move!" Gongenzaka yelled before he drew his card. "I draw!" The wind blew when he drew the card, which seemed to be like a good draw for him. He glanced at it before he smiled, feeling confident with the card he drew.
Gongenzaka placed his drawn card to his hand and picked out a card. "Since you've got two monsters on the field, Gongenzaka can Special Summon Superheavy Samurai Scales!" Gongenzaka Special Summons Superheavy Samurai Scales (ATK 800/DEF 1800). A gray and green machine monster with a scale in the form of a stick with a bowl on each side of it appears on the field. "And when this bad boy is special summoned, I can Special Summon a "Superheavy Samurai" from the graveyard!" Gongenzaka points at his green monster, who spins his staff that acts as a balance scale to revive Kabuto.
"But unfortunately, you won't be sticking around, 'cause I'm tributing you and Superheavy Scales to tip things at Gongenzaka's favor." Gongenzaka raised his hand to tribute Scales and Kabuto. "I now sacrifice both of my Superheavy Samurais to summon the Level 8 Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei in Defense Position!"
The two Superheavy Samurai's became two green pillars of light which merged to form a larger green pillar of light. From inside the light, a giant black samurai machine monster with a staff weapon comes out of the pillar, spinning its staff a few times before preparing to battle. Gongenzaka Advance Summon Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei (ATK 1000/DEF 3500).
"A Summon in face-up Defense Mode!?" Yaiba said in shock, seeing something like this for the first time. "That looks like it's a big waste of time!"
Yasuko had to agree with Yabia. Usually anyone would have to summon a monster face down in defense mode; however, Gongenzaka summoned this monster in Defense Postion. "What the hell is up with this guy?" Yasuko inquired. "Monsters who are summoned in Defense Position are always face down and yet, why is he summoning it face up?"
"True, but one of Big Benkei's power is that he can be summoned face-up in defense mode," Gongenzaka proves his point.
Yabia only shrugged it off. "Even so, what's the point of doing that if you can't save your friend's school?" he dared.
"To win without moving!" Gongenzaka declared. "That is the essences of my Gongenzaka Dojo's Steadfast Dueling Style!"
"To win…without moving?" Yasuko repeated what Gongenzaka said.
"Big Benkei take a slap and attack his XX-Saber Gottoms!" Gongenzaka declared, shocking Yabia and Yasuko.
"What, but Benkei's in Defense Position!" Yasuko exclaimed. "You can't do that, you big idiot!"
"Yeah, but Benkei's allow to attack even when it is in Defense Position!" Gongenzaka corrected. "And when it does, it's DEF points is used for battle!" Big Benkei rammed his fist into the ground, and an explosion split the ground which traveled towards Gottoms.
"So that's why the defense points are so high," Yasuko realized.
"Then that means—" Allie began.
"3500 vs. 3100," Tate added. "Big Benkei's gonna win!" The ground splits towards Gottoms, who was destroyed in the explosion.
"I've got goosebumps!" Frederick cried out loud.
Yabia was resilient to be back on the field, but the attack as taken him some damage.
(Yabia: LP 4000 → 3600)
He was glaring at Gongenzaka with complete annoyance that Gongenzaka has attacked and destroyed his best monster while in Defense Position. Gongenzaka took a last look in his hand. He smirked confidently, believing that victory would be his soon now that he has all three cards needed on his next turn.
"I think that's enough hurting for now, so I end my turn with that!" Gongenzaka declared loudly.
Turn 4: Yabia (2x cards)
"I'll show you hurting!" Yabia shouted before he draws a card from his deck. "I draw!" He look at his card before he picks out a card. "I summon XX-Saber Boggart Knight in attack mode!" He Normal Summons XX-Saber Boggart Knight. "When Boggart Knight's in the game, I can special summon a level 4 or below "X-Saber" monster" from my hand." Yabia picks out a card and Special Summons XX-Saber Ragigura (ATK 200/DEF 1000). "And XX-Saber Ragigura will give me the edge that I need!" A small chameleon creature with armor on its arms, legs and body with a red cape and double short swords appears beside X-Saber Boggart Knight.
"Ha-ha!" Frederick laughed. "He just summoned a lizard man with only 200 attack points."
Yasuko cuts his fun and points out something that made him worried. "No, that thing's got a special effect," said Yasuko.
"That's right, and when XX-Saber Ragigura is on the field, I can add a X-Saber from my graveyard to my hand," Yabia explained. His duel disk ejected the card that he needs. "I'm picking XX-Saber Faultroll!" He takes out the card, but he wasn't done. "And I get to summon Faultroll if there's two or more "X-Saber" monsters on the field," Yabia explained, Special Summoning XX-Saber Faultroll.
"And due to its special effect, I can summon another "X-Saber" monster from my graveyard Level 4 or lower X-Saber monster from my Graveyard!" Yaiba explained, much to Allie's boredom.
"Huh?! Another Special Summon?" Allie asked with a frown.
"It's like he's playing with himself…" Frederick added out of boredom.
"And I bring back my XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" Faultroll stabs his sword on the ground to resurrect XX-Saber Fulhelmknight once again.
Yasuko was napping a little bit against the wall and Sora was just casually licking on his lollipop while each of the kids have worried expressions on their faces. Frederick was holding his face. Allie gape at him. Tate was pointing at him.
"Don't tell me that he's gonna…" Tate hoped that this was not the move that Yabia was doing, but Yasuko opens her left eye and said, "He's gonna do another Synchro Summon."
Yabia smirked when Yasuko got it correctly. "You guessed it!" Yabia then raised his right hand in the air like the last time. "I tune my level 3 Fulhelmknight with my level 6 Faultroll!" Fulhelmknight became three green rings of energy. Faultroll flew inside of the rings and became six stars which then turned into a beam of light inside of the rings.
(6 + 3 = 9)
"With your platinum armor shining brightly, shatter the hopes of those who dare to rebel against you! I Synchro Summon! Come, Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" Yabia Synchro Summons a second XX-Saber Gottoms.
"Really?" said Yasuko, irritated. "Another Gottoms? Doesn't this dude have any other monsters than the same ones?"
Yasuko frowned, but Yuya and Zuzu looked worried knowing how difficult it was to defeat Gottoms the first time.
"No way... The Gottoms he had just defeated..." Zuzu started. "And it can't be good news for Gongenzaka."
"That's true, but even so, Gottoms' ATK is 3100, so he's no threat to Big Benkei, which means Gongenzaka's safe and sound," Yuya assured.
Yabia started to run across the field. "We'll see about that!" He disagreed. Yabia whips his kendo sword out to let the winds gush around his area until it pushes up an Action Card. "But this will decide what happens right here!" Yaiba snatched the card from the air. He looked at it before he smirked at what the Action Card was.
"Alright! A card that can get me out of this mess! I activate the Action Magic: Extreme Sword!" Yaiba called, playing the Action Card: Extreme Sword. "And its extremely bad news for you 'cause with Extreme Sword, it can increase the ATK of one monster during battle by 1000!" Yaiba explained as he gave the power to Gottoms.
(XX-Saber Gottoms ATK: 3100 → 4100)
He chuckled a bit, before he confidently prepared to attack. "You've got to love that about Action Duels. I attack Big Benkei with Gottoms!" Yaiba yelled, as he pointed to his target.
"Smash 'im to pieces!" Yaiba screamed as Gottoms blasted his sword's energy towards Big Benkei, causing a huge explosion to occur. This made Zuzu concerned, especially since Big Benkei was Gongenzaka's ace monster.
"Poor Big Benkei…" Zuzu started, until Yuya reminded her of another thing.
"But since it was in Defense Mode, so Gongenzaka won't take any damage even if it's destroyed!" Yuya assured.
"Guess again!" Yabia called. Yuya and Zuzu turn their heads to look at Yabia who proves his point. "I'm activating my Trap! Meteorain!" Yaiba plays his Trap card; Meteorain. "With this trap, when I attack a monster in Defense Position and my monsters got more attack points than your monster's defense points, you take the differences in damage!" Yaiba explained. "Here's what 600 points of damage feels like, Big Brows!" Gongenzaka held his arms in front of himself and brace for the shockwaves that are coming. He shielded himself from the shockwaves that turned into fire.
(Gongenzaka: LP 1500 → 900)
Everyone in the sidelines, except for Yasuko and Sora, gasped to see Big Benkei destroyed. The giant pillar of smoke stood on the spot where Gongenzaka and his monster were.
Yabia held a satisfying smirk on his face to see the outcome. When the smoke cleared to show, he was completely shocked that Big Benkei still on the field. This shocked Yaiba so much that he took a step back in surprise. "I-It's still here!?" he uttered. "But how!?" he asked. Gongenzaka smirked gratefully to explain how Big Benkei was still alive.
"When Big Benkei was attacked, I sent Superheavy Samurai Soulfire Suit from my hand straight to the Graveyard!" Gongenzaka explained. "By sending this card to the Graveyard for the rest of the turn, it negates the destruction of one Level 5 or higher Superheavy Samurai!" Gongenzaka explained, before he winced from the damage he had taken earlier.
"Tch... So, you sacrificed your hand to protect your ace monster, then...?" Yaiba scoffed in annoyance.
"But the monster with its destruction negated has its DEF lowered by 800!" Gongenzaka explained as Big Benkei's DEF points soon became weaker, making it an easy target for the X-Saber Synchro monsters.
(Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei: DEF 3500 → 2700)
"Ah! Its DEF points went down!" Allie cried out in dismay.
"That's fine! Its DEF points is still higher than Souza's ATK points," Tate assured.
"Not for long!" Yaiba grabbed his sword once again and swung out, sending another wind to get the Action Card flying up in the air; however, he gritted his teeth when he saw how it had landed close to Gongenzaka.
"Ah! An Action Card!" Allie cried out.
"Oh no!" Yabia gasped. "It's all the way over there!" Yaiba starts running towards the card to get it before Gongenzaka could pick it up.
Tate and Frederick watched as the card started to float closer towards Gongenzaka, as they believed Gongenzaka could grab it before Yabia could.
"It's right near Gongenzaka!" Tate started.
"Run for it! Gongenzaka!" Frederick cried out loud. They would expect the big man to run up and get the Action Card since it was so close to him, but he instead stands there like a statute.
"Gong ain't moving," Gongenzaka snapped, causing the two boys to let their jaws drop in shock.
"EHHH!?" The two yelped as Yaiba smirked, seeing his chance to grab his prize.
"If you don't take it, I will!" Yaiba cried as he leaps up in the air and snatched the Action Card with two fingers.
"Oh... He got it..." Allie said in worry, knowing that Gongenzaka could be in trouble now. And she was right. Yabia looks at the Action Card he just grabbed and, to his luck, was the same Action Card; Extreme Sword.
"Alright! How lucky and talented can I get! Time to activate Action Magic: Extreme Sword once again!" Yaiba called. "And my Souza gets an extra total of 1000 attack points." The two swords that Souza glows brightly and extended upwards to give it more edge.
(X-Saber Souza ATK: 2500 → 3500)
"Souza, take out Big Benkei!" Yaiba called, as he pointed at the weakened Superheavy Samurai monster. Souza sent a slashing cross from his swords at Big Benkei and caused another massive explosion. The shockwaves ride faster than the winds that it was sure to be pushing Gongenzaka back, but he was still holding on as he withstands the explosion.
"Soulfire Suit's effect activates, protecting Big Benkei from being destroyed!" Gongenzaka cried out loud.
"Yeah, so what!" Yabia scoffed. "You'll still be taking damage from Meteorain's effect, Big Brows! This time, it's 800!" Yaiba reminded arrogantly as he gave off an overconfident smile. This time, the blast was so powerful that it's finally sends Gongenzaka off the ground and crashed him against the dirt.
(Gongenzaka: LP 900 → 100)
Everyone on the sidelines except Sora, Yasuko and the LDS members, gasped in shock to see Gongenzaka being taken down by the Synchro Duelists and his X-Saber monsters.
"Gongenzaka..." Zuzu said in shock. Yabia could only chuckle at his suffering.
"Not only did you lose 800 life points, but your Big Benkei loses another 800 DEF points Yaiba mockingly asked, as he knew perfectly of what the Suit's side effect was for invincibility.
(Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei: DEF 2700 1900)
"Yeah... But now that the battle is over, Gottoms and Souza's ATK returns to normal!" Gongenzaka reminded the Synchro student as he was right when the two X-Saber Synchro monsters' ATK both returned to normal.
(XX-Saber Gottoms: ATK 4100 3100)
(X-Saber Souza: ATK3500 2500)
Gongenzaka stood weakly back up. His muscles are starting to ache from all the damage that he took. The scratches on his face and uniform are proof of his breaking point.
"You only survive because of your monster's abilities from your hands," Yabia taunts Gongenzaka. He made a laugh out of his mouth. "Ha, that's just a small-minded strategy I expect from a big oaf like you," he continues to taunt the big guy, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by it. He stands strong and assures to Yabia.
"It all means that the deck I believe in save me!" Gongenzaka reassured.
"So then, I'll just have to arrange and change that. I tribute Boggart Knight to activate Gottoms' special ability!" On his word, Boggart Knight turns itself into a purple energy mist and flies straight to Gongenzaka's hand.
One of the cards glows while Gongenzaka looks on. "Huh, what the?" Gongenzaka gasped.
"Oh no, his hand!" Frederick wheezed, pressing his face against the window.
Because of Gottom's special effect, Gongenzaka was forced to discard Superheavy Samurai Soul Big Bang to the graveyard. When he discarded the card, Yabia made a loud chuckle.
"I've got more bad news for you." Gongenzaka looks at Yabia with a more worried expression when Yabia called. "I'm tributing my Ragigura to activate Gottoms' special ability again!" Like Boggart Knight, the chameleon warrior turns into purple mist energy that flies to the last card in Gongenzaka's hand; Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor. Because of Gottom's effect, Gongenzaka was forced to discard the last card to the graveyard.
"You were betting it on your hand, Big Brows!" Yabia called to Gongenzaka. "And it's all gone! Your Superheavy strategy is owned!" Yabia sets a face-down card that signifies the end of his turn.
Turn 5: Gongenzaka (0 Cards)
Yasuko could only watch how helpless Gongenzaka becomes when he loses his life points. Her emotionless eyes observe the duelists. The pupils have shown no concern or any remorse for Gongenzaka. He's faltering further down to defeat. Yasuko should be feeling sympathy for the guy because he's risking the entire You Show Duel School in his hands, but she isn't. There wasn't anything she should feel.
"What should he do? How can he win if he doesn't have any cards in his hand?!" Allie whined in worry.
"If he had just taken that Action Card when he had the chance..." Tate sighed.
"Yeah! Why didn't he go for it!? It's so weird, it's giving me the shivers!" Frederick asked, now frustrated with how Gongenzaka is dueling.
"That's just how he always duels," Yasuko sudden burst has caused the three kids to look at Yasuko. "I guess he was following a certain code of dueling that the school taught him," Yasuko assumed that this is how Gongenzaka has always dueled. "So Big Bushy Brows' following the exact same technique that his school taught him."
"You're wrong about that one, Yasuko," Yuya suddenly called out. Yasuko and the rest of the You Show students turn their head to stare at Yuya, who always staring at the duel. "It's true that this is how Gongenzaka duels, but he doesn't duel from what the school teaches him," said Yuya. "He duels in what he believes in."
"He duels...in what he believes in?" Yasuko repeated. "He doesn't duel based on what the school taught him?"
Yuya nodded. "There are duel schools teaching people how to duel, but specifically, from where Gongenzaka is learning, they teach their students to use the decks they build to believe in, just as how me and everyone else here uses their decks they believe in," Yuya explained, much to Yasuko's astonishment.
Dueling by believing in the decks the duelist has made was a new lesson to Yasuko. She has never heard of dueling by believing in the power of the deck. Her deck wasn't always important to her at first, but coming from Yuya, she thinks that they could be some value to her someday.
"Believing in your duel?" Yasuko said to herself.
Back to the duel, Gongenzaka has no cards in his hands and that just leaves his Big Benkei defenseless against the X-Saber warrior. Gongenzaka placed his fingers on his deck.
"It's my turn!" he declared. "And you are...going down!" His draw created another shockwave when he drew his next card and looked at it. His mouth curved to a smirk when he saw the card.
"I summon the impenetrable Superheavy Samurai Soulshield Wall!" Gongenzaka Normal Summons Superheavy Samurai Soulshield Wall (ATK 1200/DEF 1200). "And I'm equipping it to Big Benkei, giving him a 1200 defense point boost!" Thebig green mechanical shield monster jets itself in the air before landing at Big Benkei's hands. It attaches itself and gives a defense boost.
(Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei: DEF 1900 → 3100)
Yabia can only scoff at Gongenzaka for boosting his monster back to its original defense points. "You summon a monster that can power up another monster?" He said. "You really got lucky." He complimented. However, Gongenzaka can only glare at his opponent.
"Luck has nothing to do with being able to draw that monster," he rebuked, "because it's all a part of my plan." Gongenzaka looks at Yabia with such determination that made his eyes glow fire. "But now, the time for talk is over! Big Benkei attack X-Saber Souza!" The mechanical samurai rammed his shield covered arm into the ground and once again caused a massive explosion that cracked the ground opened and traveled towards Souza who got caught in the explosion. The explosion destroyed Souza and creates a powerful shockwave that forces Yaiba to cover his face,
(Yabia: LP 3600 →3000)
"Sweet!" The three kids cheered.
"That's it, Gongenzaka!" Yuya cried, encouraging his childhood friend to fight on.
Yabia manages to recover from the shockwave and glares annoyingly at Gongenzaka. "Now you've done it..." he growled. "You worthless cow!" Yabia activates a face-down card; Gottoms' Emergency Call. "I play the trap! Gottoms' Emergency Call! When there's a "X-Saber" on the field, it calls out two more "X-Saber" monsters from the graveyard. So welcome back, X-Saber Souza and X-Saber Ragigura!" From the sky, a black portal appears in front of Yabia and two monsters, X-Saber Souza and X-Saber Ragigura were resurrected.
"And with Ragigura's special ability, I return Faultroll back to my hand!" The duel disk ejects the level 6 monster for Yabia to collect.
Turn 6: Yabia (0x card)
The duel is growing more intense with each turn passing by. The You Show students watched so closely that they're all at the edge of the window to see closely.
Sora, on the other hand, seemed to have given up hope on Gongenzaka as he sighed in boredom. "With his Life Points at 100 and his hand at zero, Gon-chan doesn't have the chance to win, does he?" Sora asked with a sigh.
"Yep," Yasuko added. "He can't defend himself if he has no cards in his hand to use Benkei's special ability, let alone that monster can do anything."
Yuya disagreed; however, making his argument about the win or loss. "No... It's not over yet." Yuya said, catching Yasuko and Sora's attention. "He hasn't given up yet," Yuya assured.
"It's my turn!" Yabia declared, drawing a card from his deck. "Draw!" Yaiba called, as he prepared to make his move. He did so, by showing Gongenzaka his Faultroll. "Hey! You remember what this card can do?" Yaiba asked as the Steadfast Duelist frowned. "I do...since you've got a squad of X-Saber monsters on your side of the field, you can automatically Special Summon it from your hand..." Gongenzaka said, recalling its effect.
"I'm glad to see you paying attention!" Yabia remarked, Special Summoning XX-Saber Faultroll. "Come on out Faultroll!" The same red warrior appears in the field with the rest of the X-Sabers. "Now Faultroll's special abilities activate! I can summon one Level 4 or below "X-Saber" monster from the graveyard." The red warrior monster stabs his sword on the ground to resurrect an "X-Saber" monster. "Say hello to the Tuner monster; XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" The blonde warrior returns to the field. This move was very irritating to Yasuko because she's seen this over again.
"Okay, so he's got two level 6 monsters, a level 1 monster, and a level 3 tuner monster," Yasuko explained. "It looks like he's going to be doing another Synchro Summon."
"You'd bet ya!" Yabia glanced at the girl before he focused back at Gongenzaka. "Level 3 Fulhelmknight tunes with level 6 Faultroll!" Fulhelmknight transforms into three rings again like the last time and Faultroll enters the rings that disappear into six stars gleaming together to form a beam of light to Synchro Summon XX-Saber Gottoms.
"It's a double showing of the X-Saber's strongest, Gottoms! Enjoy it while it lasts!" Yaiba yelled as the summoning was done. "I Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" Yaiba yelled.
A third Gottoms appears on the field with the second Gottoms. The two identical monsters have hardened Yabia's offensive. "I use X-Saber Souza's special ability to tribute Ragigura!" Yabia called, causing the chameleon warrior to disappear. Gongenzaka got a confused look on his face when he saw Ragigura disappear and Yaiba closing his eyes with a smirk on his face.
"You don't have any idea, do ya? But you will." Yabia then pointed his finger at the big monster. "X-Saber Souza take out that Super-Lightweight Big Benkei!" His move shocked the kids.
"But Souza is weaker than Benkei!" Tate pointed out. "Why would he use Souza to attack Big Benkei when he has lower attack points?" He asked why would Yabia be attacking a monster with a weaker monster.
"Because that tribute has activated some special ability," Yasuko answered, speculating that by sacrificing Ragigura, it has triggered an ability that Souza hasn't used.
"You bet the money it did!" Yabia agreed. "By getting rid of Ragigura, my Souza is enabled to automatically destroy any monster in battle."
"What!?" Allie, Tate, and Frederick all gasped together.
"It can destroy it without caring about its ATK!?" Frederick cried out in shock.
"Now I gonna cut your Superheavy Super star down to size!" Yabia's monster leaps up in the air and falls to use his two swords to slash the mechanical samurai. Before the monster could slice the monster, Gongenzaka uses his ace-in-the-hole.
"I activate Soulshield Wall's special ability!" Gongenzaka declared, holding the monster card in front of him. "By sending him to the graveyard, I can stop your attack by making all the defense the monster is equipped to…disappear!" As Gongenzaka said, the shield vanishes from the Big Benkei, thus negating Souza's attack
"Damn it! But, even if you negate one attack, without its DEF points, it's nothing!" Yaiba snapped before he pointed out the flaw on the Steadfast Duelist's strategy.
(Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei: DEF 3100 → 0)
The effect of Soulshield has negated the attack points, but that leaves Benkei vulnerable since all of its defense points is drained.
"And since Benkei lost all of its defense points, that means Yabia's going to attack," Yasuko pointed out.
"That's right!" Yabia exclaimed. "I'll reduce your life to shreds with my two remaining Gottoms! I attack Big Benkei with first of my Gottoms!" Yaiba announced confidently, before targeting the giant monster again. This was all over for Gongenzaka; however, he was expecting something like this to happen.
"I was hoping that you would do something like that!" Gongenzaka declared. "I activate my Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor's special ability from my graveyard!"
"What!? Activate from your Graveyard!?" Yaiba gasped as the card was out of the Graveyard. He widened his eyes at the card Gongenzaka pulled out and shows him his Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor. It was clear to Yabia that he recognized that card from before.
"That Card, it was…" Yabia didn't need to finish because the answer was already clear to him.
"That's right!" Gongenzaka corrected. "It's the exact same card you used Gottoms' special ability on to send it to the graveyard! And you doing that is what unleashed its truly awesome power! When there are no Spell or Trap Cards in my Graveyard, by banishing it, I can deal the difference from the current DEF and the original DEF of an attacked monster to my opponent!" Gongenzaka explained loudly.
"What!?" Yabia gasped in shock.
The kids stood there in shock as they let what Gongenzaka had just said sink in about the effects of Soulbreaker Armor.
"And now it's on 0!" Frederick pointed out.
"So that means... with 3500 points of damage..." Allie realized as the three kids knew what this meant.
"Gongenzaka will win!" The three kids shouted together, which caused Sora to widen his eyes. His shock was so strong that he dropped his lollipop that breaks on the ground. Yasuko was surprised as well. She never knew why would Gongenzaka be using a deck that doesn't have any spell or trap cards, but the style of his dueling made her realized how dueling with a deck that a duelist builds gives incredible results.
"No way…" Sora breathed.
"Wow," Yasuko said blankly, but still impressed. "I can't believe that this is how he duels. To think anyone who duels with no Spell or Traps is actually impressive in my book," she complimented.
"That's is how Gongenzaka use his Steadfast Dueling Style." Yuya's announcement has made Sora and Yasuko turn to him, staring at him.
Yuya held a confident smile on his face that shows his support for his best friend. "His strategy worked out perfectly. In order to use that effect, there cannot be any Spell or Trap cards in the Graveyard," Yuya explained more about Gongenzaka's dueling style. "That's why he packed his deck full of monsters." This caused Yasuko's eyes to widen, surprised than ever.
"A Full Monster Deck?" Yasuko inquired. "I didn't think that there is a deck that uses only monsters." Yasuko then recalled the moment when the Action Card flew by, but Gongenzaka didn't go for the Action Card. "I see now, so that's why he didn't grab that Action Card earlier." She looked back to the duel. "It was checkmate."
Gongenzaka nodded his head to confirm. "That's right, after all, action cards are a type of spell cards that I don't need in my deck," said Gongenzaka. "Do you see now? This is the true essence of Steadfast Dueling!"
Four pink glowing energy balls floats beside the armored samurai before the monster sends all four orbs to Yabia. As fast as a bullet, they streak through the air, leaving a trail of pink behind.
"Well, not all Spell Cards are bad news," Yabia remarked before activating a Quick-Play Spell Card; Saber Reflection. "I play Saber Reflection!" Yabia declared. When the spell card was activated, a blue sphere barrier appears around Yabia and his monster, defending him from the four pink orbs that would've hit him.
"Oh no!" Yuya gasped in horror, pressing his face against the glass. "That negates the damage that he would've taken and Gongenzaka is going to take the damage instead!"
"It's over, Big Brows!" Yabia cheered. The blue sphere barrier sprouts out a big blue beam that streaks across the field and toward Gongenzaka. Before the beam could make a direct hit, Gongenzaka uses his last trump card.
"Good Heavens!" Gongenzaka snapped before he became serious once again. "I activate Superheavy Samurai Soul Bang Cannon's special ability!" Gongenzaka pulled out another monster from his Graveyard; Superheavy Samurai Soul Bang Cannon.
"Another card that I had sent to the Graveyard!?" Yaiba gasped.
"If there are no Spell or Trap Cards in my Graveyard, by banishing this card, I can negate damage from an opponent's card effect!" Gongenzaka explained, as the Cannon monster appears and absorb the energy beam.
"Argh! He negated the damage that I reflected!?" Yaiba snapped, as the Steadfast Duelist smirked.
"That's not all! Furthermore, all monsters on the field gets destroyed now and we both take damage equal to the total of level time 100!" Gongenzaka explained the side effect of this card, shocking everyone in the school.
"Each Gottoms are level 9, and Souza is a level 7 along with Benkei a level 8, add all those up, and you get—" Yasuko interpreted the amount of damage is total to both players.
"33!" Yabia finished. "But that means—"
Gongenzaka looked up and smirked at the total of damage they all take. "3300 points of damage!" he remarked.
Soul Bang Cannon goes static with all electricity running on it before the monster made a huge explosion. The blast was so bright and powerful that it vaporized all the monsters on the field, blinding everyone who was watching the duel and sends both duelists off the ground from the shockwaves.
"AAARRRGGHHH!" Both duelists screamed as they were smashed to the ground by the explosion. Everyone watched as the smoke cleared, with both duelists defeating each other.
(Yaiba: LP 3300 → 0)
(Gongenzaka: LP 100 → 0)
WINNER: DRAW
Both duelists were knocked unconscious while the spectators take in on the duel. Everyone was silent. No one said a word about what has happened.
"It's a draw?" Allie inquired.
The field disintegrates into thin air, returning to the same stadium that started the Duel. Yuya immediately got out and hurried to Gongenzaka who was still lying on the ground.
"The results are one win, one lost, and one draw," Shuzo speculated. He stares down at Henrietta at the audience window. "Madam Chairwoman Akaba, the deal was that you take over the school if you beat us in a three-match contest, but the results are a draw so please retire for the day…" Shuzo hoped that Henrietta can at least forfeit the duel until another time can break the draw, but she wasn't buying it. Her face was scowling at the principal.
"What are you talking about?" Henrietta lifts her head up to look directly at his eyes. "This Duel is about settling the score. A contest can't be decided by a draw…"
"It was a tie!" Shuzo protested. "The Duel is over!"
"The dude's right," Yasuko announced. "There's no point in making it personal lady, just let it go…"
"I refuse!" Henrietta snapped. "And since this is a draw, there can be only one way to settle this." When Yuya and Gongenzaka returned to the observation room, he walked forward, having to pull down his goggles over his eyes and placed his hands in his pockets.
Yasuko looked at him, knowing that he must be pretty upset over the beat-up condition Gongenzaka.
Henrietta got a smile on her face. "Well looks like you're ready to settle this, then we shall too…" However, just as Julia stepped forward, a voice stopped her.
"Wait!" All of them saw how a young man with a black jacket walks out to reveal himself. He had a hood on before he pulled off the hood to reveal his silver hair and purple eyes. He was wearing red-rimmed square glasses. "I'll be the one who's gonna settle the score with him," he announced.
Yuya silently turns around to confront the man who was staring down at him. The tension was mounting just by staring at each other. Yasuko couldn't see his eyes because of the stare, but from how his post was standing in front of this mysterious man, all she could think of was the duel between two schools is about to get more intense.
Alright, I know how impatient you are with this story if you've managed to get this far, but I will assure you, everyone will get their fair share of Duels. I just need to make one perfectly accurate and in motion.
So for the next chapter, I know what you're expecting and yes it will happen in the next chapter. I just need a little more time with it. Not lot of duelists get a lot of cards except for protagonist and rivals. I hoped you are enjoying this story so far and don't forget to give some opinons on this one.
