Turn 11: Tag Team Trial Part 2

Yujo and Chip: 5600

Jake and Jack: 8000

"Alright, let's review," said Ray. "Chip's got Steam Gyroid and Cycroid in DEF. Yujo's got United Summons and Chikyu in the Pendulum zone. Jack's got Defense Wall on defense while Jake's got Gate Guardian on offence while being equipped with Fairy Meteor Crush to deal piercing damage. This is clearly bad."

"Way to state the obvious, Ray," said Shade. "Come on. We need to believe that Yujo's got a strategy."

"Oh, I'm positive that Yujo does. It's Chip I'm worried about. He's walked into every trap, spell, and attack those brothers have played. If it weren't for Chikyu's ability to negate one attack per turn, then they'd be in an even worse position then right now."

"Ok guys," said Mia, "Can we please stop talking before we lose any more confidence in those two winning?"

Finally, that stinkin' Ra's getting the beat down he deserves, thought Hawk. I can't wait for when he loses and gets kicked out of Duel Academy.

"Hawk?" asked his Obelisk goon with glasses. "You alright?"

"Well seeing as how that Ra's about to get kicked out of Duel Academy, I feel great."

"You sure you wanna keep going?" asked Jake.

"Giving the partner you've got, I we won't it against you if you wanna start over with someone else," said Jack.

"Don't you listen to them, Chip. Alright?"

"But, they're right."

"No, they're not. I know because you're gonna be the one to take down that Guardian."

"Huh?!"

"It's my go! Perfect. I'm placing Unimon Kaze, the Wind to set the Pendulum Scale!"

Kaze appeared in another pillar of light with a 12 beneath her.

"With this, I'm now allowed to summon monsters that are Level 2 through 11 all at the same time! Swing forth, pendulum! Carve the arc of victory! Come forth, my comrades! Kasai (L4/A,1700) and Daku (L4/A,1700)!"

"What? You think one of your Fusion's is gonna save you?" asked Jake.

"Nope. One of these! I overlay my Level 4 Kasai and Daku!" Kasai tuned into red energy while Daku turned into purple energy. Both energies flew into the air. "With these two monsters, I build the overlay network!" A black hole like portal appeared and the two energies flew in. "I Xyz Summon Unimon Ana, the Cavern (R4/A,2100/O2)!"

Out of the portal came a serpent like dragon made of stone with no hind legs but had strong arms and horns on its head. Flying around her were two orange lights.

"You want me to use my ability on Gate Guardian, don't you?" Ana asked in a female voice.

"You got it. Thanks to her ability, by using an overlay unit, Ana can force one monster on the field to change modes. Shake that thing into DEF, would you please!"

"With pleasure!"

One of the orange lights flew into Ana's chest before she lifted up her arms and brought them down on the ground, causing the whole place to shake. Everyone struggled to keep their footing as Gate Guardian fell to one knee, a blue aura appearing around him (L11/D,3400).

"Well that was weird," said Ray. "Why didn't he summon Bakuhatsu? He could've destroyed Gate Guardian."

"Well, he said that Chip was going to be the one to destroy him," said Kent. "Maybe he's got some plan."

"I sure hope so," said Mia.

"That's it for me," said Yujo.

"Fine then. My draw," said Jack. "I'll just lay a facedown and that's all. It's up to you, Jake."

"No worries, Jack. I got this."

"Uh, Yujo? I'm beginning to think that there's no point to be even drawing. I should probably just give up. Maybe they'll at least let you have a rematch then."

"Chip, listen to me. One draw."

"Huh?"

"It's one of the biggest lessons of dueling. Just when you think you know how it's gonna end, one draw changes the course of an entire duel."

"He's right," said Ana. "There's no such thing as a last draw."

"But…"

"No buts. Go on, Chip. It's all up to you."

That's what I'm afraid of…No! Yujo's right. One draw can change everything! Yujo smiled as he saw a faint orange flow coming from Chip's pocket. "Here goes! Yes! I summon Drillroid (L4/A,1600)! And guess what?! When Drillroid fights a monster in DEF, it's instantly destroyed!"

"Say what?!" the two brothers asked in union.

"Now go!" Drillroid began its charge at Gate Guardian.

"I don't think so!" said Jack. "Go, Defense Wall!" Defense Wall got in front of Gate Guardian and was destroyed in its place.

Yujo and Chip: 5100

Jake and Jack: 8000

"Guess those two forgot that Defense Wall intercepts all attacks when it's in DEF," laughed Hawk.

"Nice try," said Jake. "But not good enough."

"Good thing he's not done then," said Yujo.

"Huh?"

"Yup. Now that your Defense Wall's ruble, your Gate Guardian's gonna get it now. I play the Spell card, Shield Crush! And just like the name says, it destroys any monster in DEF! Like say, your Gate Guardian!"

A blast shot out of the Spell and destroyed Gate Guardian.

"No way!"

"They got him!"

The crowed went into cheers at this.

"Flying Falcons!" gasped Kent. "You guys saw that to right?"

"Yeah, I think we did," said Shade.

"You know what really amazes me?" asked Mia. "The team work they used to take that thing down. That' what's gonna win this for them."

"You're right," said Ray. "So let's hope they can keep it up. But I think there's more to this then that now." That got their attention. "I think Yujo's waiting for something to happen."

"Alright," said Chip, "I'll end my turn with that. Thanks for the pep talk, Yujo."

"Hey, thank you for the awesome move."

"One problem, you two," said Jake as he drew. "You just made things worse for yourselves."

"Huh?"

"You know how they say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger? Well it's true. After all, we haven't lost yet, and we're about to get even stronger. I play the Spell card, Dark Element!"

"Alright! Way to go, Jake!" cheered Jack.

"You see, this Spell can only be played when Gate Guardian's in the graveyard. But to use it, we need to pay half our Life Points."

Yujo and Chip: 5100

Jake and Jack: 4000

"But it's worth every point to summon this monster which can't be destroyed in battle. I summon Dark Guardian (L12/A,3800)!"

"Has an attack power that high and can't be destroyed in battle?!" Kent said as the knights gasped.

"That's not all," said Jack. "I play my facedown! Raigeki Break! Now all I need to do is discard a card and any card on the field is destroyed! And I choose Chikyu!"

Red lightning shot out of the Trap and destroyed Chikyu.

"Chikyu!" called Kaze.

"This is bad," said Chip as he hid behind Cycroid and Steam Gyroid.

"Now, Dark Guardian! Attack Drillroid with Axe Slash Bash!"

Chip and his other monsters ran as Dark Guardian brought his axe down on Drillroid. The others were literally knocked off their feet from the wind from the attack.

Yujo and Chip: 2900

Jake and Jack: 4000

"This is bad," said Shade. "If this keeps up, Yujo and Chip are toast."

"Yujo…" mumbled Mia.

Great. Just when I step up my game, they step up theirs even more, thought Chip.

"Chin up, pal," said Yujo. "This isn't over yet."

"But, Yujo…"

"But nothing, pal. We've still got some points left, so don't give up. We're still in this to win it. My draw." Yujo saw that he had just drawn Ten'no. I could end this right now, but the pendent hasn't chosen Chip yet. Sorry, buddy. You're gonna have to win this. But I can at least give you the cover you need. And while I'm at it, do some damage to their Life Points. "I'm gonna use the effect of United Summons to put Chikyu from my extra deck back into the Pendulum zone."

Chikyu reappeared in a pillar of light with a one beneath him.

"And now, swing forth, pendulum! Carve the arc of victory! Come forth, my partner! Unimon Ten'no, the Emperor (L7/A,2500)!"

Everyone cheered as the large dragon made his appearance.

"But I'm not done. Here's something new I've bine meaning to try. Since Ten'no was Pendulum summoned, I can send him off to the graveyard to evolve him!"

"Bine a while since I've taken this form," said Ten'no.

The winds began to pick up and wrapped Ten'no in a wind cocoon.

"I summon Unimon Ten'no, the Wind Emperor (L7/A,2500)!"

The wind cocoon burst apart, revealing Ten'no's new form. He was covered in green wind-themed armor on his torso, arms, legs, and head. His horns were replaced with feathered wings you'd usually see on a valkyrie's helmet. His draconic wings were replaced with feathered angle wings. He had feathers on his forearms and the back of his legs. On the end of his tail was what looked like a green gem in the form of a gust of wind.

"How many forms can this guy take?" asked Kent.

"This is weird," said Ray. "Yujo could've summoned Ten'no in his Earth form just now but he chose to summon him in his Wind form."

"So he's dragging the duel out?" asked Shade.

"Why would he do that?" asked Mia.

"I have a hunch, but I'm not sure."

"Now, Ten'no! Get ready for an attack!"

"Oh, great," said Jack. "What can this one do?"

"So glad you asked. When he's attacking, Ten'no gains 200 ATK times the number of Levels in the Pendulum Scale. I count ten, so that's 2000 ATK (L7/A,4500)! And there's more! Any damage dealt by him when he's like this is double!"

"Say what?!"

"Go, Fist of the Wind King!"

"Open wide!" said Ten'no as he delivered a wind covered punch to Dark Guardian's chest, knocked him off his feet and onto his back. The brothers had to move it so that they wouldn't get crushed.

Yujo and Chip: 2900

Jake and Jack: 2600

"That's all for now. And Ten'no's points return to normal (L7/A,4500-2500).

"Nice move, but we're still in this," said Jack as he drew and Dark Guardian got up. "There's not much for me to do this turn, so I'll end it now."

"Yujo…I'm not sure that…"

"Yujo, look at me." Chip turned and gasped at the strong but kind face Yujo was giving him. "I saw how good you can be when you have confidence in yourself. You could be one of the best duelist in this school, but you need to have more faith."

"He's right," said Ten'no. "Just have confidence, believe in yourself, and you will seize victory."

"You can do it," said Ana.

"Go on, Chip," said Kaze.

"We all have faith in you, so have some in yourself," said Chikyu.

Chip looked at Yujo and his monsters in disbelief.

They have such faith in me. But whenever things get bad, I start to doubt myself. I hear a voice in my head saying that I'm malfunctioning…Wait. Malfunctioning? Is my roid deck saying that it's not the right deck for me? Chip recalled what Yujo and his knights told him about decks mirroring the soul and heart of the duelist. Yujo ounce said that duelists in battle don't think in battle, they just act. Alright then, time for action!

Yujo smiled at the look on Chip's face and the faint glow in his pocket.

"I draw!" Chip was confused at the card he drew. What the? I don't remember putting this card in my deck…No! No more thinking! Chip shook his head and continued. "I play the Spell, Card of Sanctity! Now we all draw till we're holding six cards in our hand." Everyone drew their cards. "Now I play Pot of Greed! This lets me draw two more cards. And now the Spell, Reload! Now I put my whole hand back in my deck, reshuffle, and draw the same amount."

"What's he looking for?" asked Kent.

"I think I know what's happening here," said Ray in slight surprise.

Before Chip drew his new hand, an orange glow came from his pocket and his deck. When the glow faded, he drew and was shocked at the cards he drew.

"What the? My cards…"

"Hey, Chip," said Yujo with a big smile, "check out what's in your pocket."

Chip was confused at first until he gasped as he pulled out a pendent with an orange circle in the middle. The same pendent Mia and the other knights had.

"What?!"

"No way!" gasped Mia.

"Chip's one of use now?!" gasped Shade.

"That's why Yujo was dragging the duel out," said Ray. "He was waiting for the pendent to respond to Chip."

"Yujo, are you sure? I mean, I'm just…"

"Chip, the only reason the pendent didn't respond to you until now is because you lacked the confidence," said Chikyu.

"That's right," said Kaze, "so, once you finally got that, you were finely able to become one of Yujo's Six Guardian Knights, capiche?"

"Go on, Chip," said Yujo, "we've got a duel to win and you've got some new cards to play."

Chip was silent for a bit before nodding and looking at their opponents with determination.

"Alright, I summon Gem-Knight Alexandrite (L4/A,1800)!"

Everyone gasped at the appearance of the knight with armor covered in gems.

"What the? What is that?" asked Jake.

"I am what's known as a Gem-Knight. But I won't be around for long. You see, thanks to my ability, Chip can sacrifice me to summon a Normal Gem-Knight from his deck."

"Thanks, Alexandrite."

"Think nothing of it, Chip. Just continue to duel with all your heart."

"Right. I sacrifice Alexandrite so that I can summon Gem-Knight Crystal (L7/A,2450)!"

"Wow. Guess Chip's not the only knight in this now," said Kent.

"Now I play the Spell, Double Summon. This lets me summon again this turn, so I summon Gem-Knight Tourmaline (L4/A,1800)!"

"Well done, Chip," said Crystal.

"It's time for these fools to feel the full power of us knights," said Tourmaline.

"Alright. I play the Spell, Particle Fusion! Now I can fuse my two knights on the field!"

"Let's go, Tourmaline!" said Crystal as he jumped into the air.

"Wield my thunder well, Crystal!" said Tourmaline who soon followed.

The two jumped into the vortex and Crystal came out in a new form.

"I summon Gem-Knight Prismaura (L7/A,2450)!"

"Nice show," said Jake, "but he's not strong enough!"

"Not yet, you mean. Thanks to Particle Fusion, by banishing it from my graveyard, Prismaura now gains ATK equal to one of the Gem-Knights used to summon him. And I choose Crystal!"

A ghost version of Crystal appeared behind Prismaura and sunk into him, giving him extra power (L7/A,2450-4900).

"Big deal!" said Jack. "Dark Guardian can't be destroyed in battle, remember?!"

"That may be so, but it matters not!" said Prismaura.

"Huh?"

"He's right. I activate his special ability! Ounce per turn, I can discard a Gem-Knight to destroy one of your face-up cards! And I choose Dark Guardian!"

"Prism Flash!" Prismaura held his lance up high as it flashed a bright light that destroyed Dark Guardian.

"No way!"

"They took down Dark Guardian?!"

"Yes!" cheered Ten'no. "Go, Prismaura!"

"You heard him, Prismaura! Attack them directly with Prism Thunder Lance!"

"With heart of thunder and will of stone!" Prismaura thrust his lance at the ground between the two, which caused them both to be sent flying.

Yujo and Chip: 2900

Jake and Jack: 0

"Victory is ours, my comrades!" said Prismaura as he held his lance up high as the crowd cheered.

The whole castle began to disappear and the bleachers and arena slowly floated back down into place while the ceiling closed behind them.

"Alright," said Kent. "I'm getting more impressed every day."

"I'm just relieved that Yujo gets to stay," said Mia.

"Yujo, Ray, and Shade you mean," Kent corrected.

"Well, yeah. You guys two, of course. I just said Yujo because, uh…moving on."

"Hold on," Shade said with a smirk, "is that a blush on you I see?"

"SHU-SHUT UP!"

Hawk, of course, wasn't too happy about this and too his leave.

"Well Chip?" asked Yujo. "You cry when you're happy, so where are the tears?"

"No way," said Chip as he tried to hold his tears back. "Not the new, Chip. I'm a knight now, I can't cry."

"Fret not, young knight," said Crystal as he appeared next to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "Even the bravest of knights cry time to time. Even tears of joy."

"Joy indeed," said Shepperd. "Because it appears Yujo and two of his knights will be staying."

"Awesome!" cheered Yujo. "Oh yeah. Jake! Jack! That duel was awesome! Call me up if you ever wanna a rematch, alright?"

"Sounds good to me," said Jake.

"Looking forward to it," said Jack.

"So anyway, Dark Blade."

"Yes, your highness?"

"This being a Field Duel. What' my dad got to say about this?"

"Oh, yes. Well, it concerns the future of the kingdom after it being revealed to the whole world now."

"Go on."

"The king has decided to make this an opportunity to open up the joys of the kingdom to the rest of the world. He had a talk with the owner of this school and they came to an agreement. The kingdom will be sending two of your father's Six Guardian Knights to be new teachers here to teach the students our style of dueling and our kingdoms history on it."

"No way! Are you for real!"

"Oh, but here's the kicker," said Pitch-Dark Dragon. "They also got the okay to send some copies of the kingdom's cards here to. So when the new teachers get here, they'll be bringing with them some new duel disks for the students and new booster packs for the card shack filled with Synchro, Xyz, Pendulum, and a whole mess of other cards. So what do all you students have to say to that, huh?"

Their answer was cheering to load that some people had to cover their ears.

"So we're gonna be able to pull off some of those awesome summons to?!"

"I feel like I'm waiting for something even better than Christmas!"

"All hail the king!"

"Wow, they are going bananas," said Yujo.

"I don't blame them," said Chip.

"Well, this is gonna be fun," Yujo said with a big smile.