Please read the author's note at the end of the chapter.


Yuri LP: 4000 Hokuto LP: 4000 Cards x5

Turn 1

"Since you're the invader I think it's only fair if I take the first turn." Yuri said "Using the scale 1 Predaplant Moray Nepenthes and scale 8 Predaplant Flytrap I set the pendulum scale!" The two plant monsters appeared in blue columns of light with the numbers 1 and 8 underneath the respective cards, outside the arena there was a look of wonder and amazement on the faces of the three kids. However Yuzu still couldn't tell the difference between Yuto and the boy she had developed feelings for over the seven years he had been in her life. "Yuri I want so badly to believe that it wasn't you I saw at that warehouse but I'm not sure."

"With this scale I can summon monsters level 2 through to 7 all at the same time! Swing pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum summon! Appear level 5, Predaplant Solanum Dulca!" Solanum Dulca was a cross between a plant commonly known as deadly nightshade and a dragon that had pitch black wings with small spores all over them

Predaplant Solanum Dulca Level 5, Plant, DARK, Effect (2100/300) PS: 4

"I've never seen big bro Yuri use that card before!" Futoshi exclaimed.

'If he was hiding his true strength up until now then we really are sunk.' Himeka thought, carefully observing every move of the Predaplant duelist, any sliver of information could be valuable data for the fight ahead.

"I place one card facedown and end my turn. Let's see your skills, if you have any that is." Yuri teased the XYZ user who flew into a fight of rage "Just you watch me! Once I've gotten started you're going to wish didn't open your mouth!"

Even the LDS side groaned at the size of Hokuto's ego 'I wish you wouldn't open your mouth but I guess we can't have everything perfect.' Yuri's mental comments pretty much summed up everyone's thoughts

Yuri's cards x1

Turn 2

"My turn! And to start I summon Constellar Algiedi!" The monster was coated in white amour and held a golden staff.

Constellar Algiedi Level 4, Spellcaster, LIGHT, Effect (1600/1400)

"Algiedi's effect! When this card is normal summoned I special summon a level 4 Constellar directly from my hand! Come on out Constellar Kaus!" Kaus made its appearance next Algiedi.

Constellar Kaus Level 4, Beast-warrior, LIGHT, Effect (1800/700)

"Now I activate Kaus' effect! Up to twice per turn I can raise or decrease the level of a Constellar monster on my field by one!" Kaus shot two arrows in the air, one landed in front of itself and the other in front Algiedi raising both of their levels to five

Hokuto stood in a grandiose pose as he began the final step in his plan for the turn "I now overlay my level 5 Constellar Algiedi and level 5 Constellar Kaus! XYZ summon! Rank 5! Constellar Pleiades!"

The XYZ monster appeared on the platform behind Hokuto, it had white and golden armour and like Algiedi it held a golden staff but this one was much larger, two yellow orbs orbited around it.

Constellar Pleiades, Rank 5, Warrior, LIGHT, XYZ, Effect (2500/1500) OLU: 2

"Wait, Rank? Why not level?" Tatsuya asked aloud.

"Xyz monsters are an amalgamation of the monsters used to summon them," Demil spoke, standing up although still not quite at ease with himself "each card will be summoned by at least two monsters, the summoned monster will gain a rank equivalent to level of the monsters used to summon it." Demil explained in a roundabout way.

He then felt Ayu tug at his trouser leg "What about those lights orbiting around it."

"There its overlay units, each xyz monster will gain overlay units for the amount monsters it has as material, they are used to activate their effects." The three kids stood and looked in awe at the Xyz monster in front of them.

"How come you know so much?" Sora asked, leaning on the wall. "Last I recall you didn't know how to Xyz summon."

"Ah, you see, theory and practical are two different things, I don't know the practical side but I know the theory side from my own duels well enough to be sure of what is going on out there." Demil's words took on his usual tone, signifying his return to form.

"I now use Pleiades' effect! By using one overlay unit I can target one card on the field and return that target the owner's hand!" Hokuto declared as one of the overlay units was absorbed into Pleiades. "I target your Predaplant Solanum Dulca!" Pleiades went to send the dragon plant back to Yuri's hand but was stop in its tracks when it suddenly became covered in multiple tiny spores which soon ballooned to massive sizes, fully coating the Xyz Constellar.

Hokuto looked at his monster in shock "Hey! What's the big idea here?"

Yuri couldn't help but laugh at the Xyz user's misfortune, earning a glare from the duelist in question in response he simply wagged his finger "Solanum Dulca's effect. When it's targeted for an effect by a monster the monster in question will lose its effect and attack points!"

"What!"

Pleiades ATK: 2500 - 0

"Your Xyz monster is now useless." Hokuto threw another fit of rage upon Pleiades nullification "How dare you! Who the hell do you think you are?!"

Demil smirked "I thought I had anger issues, this guy's on another star system."

"I place one card facedown and end my turn." Hokuto said annoyed as his face down appeared and then vanished.

'He was able to neuter Hokuto's monster with ease, he really is a terrifying power.' Himika thought in fear at the fusion duelist.

Hokuto's cards: x3

Turn 3

"My turn, I draw. To begin with I activate the pendulum effect of my Predaplant Fly Trap! I target one monster on my opponent's field that has a predator counter, by removing that counter I can destroy that card!"

Fly Trap suddenly appeared out of the pendulum columns and grew to an enormous size, before snapping its jaws and devouring the Constellar Xyz monster whole, leaving Hokuto all but defenseless bar his face down.

"Now I summon Lonefire Blossom!" The infamous Plant monster appeared next to Solanum Dulca

Lonefire Blossom, Level 3, Plant, Effect, FIRE (500/1400)

"I activate its effect sacrificing itself to summon another copy from my deck, then I'll repeat this again to summon yet another Lonefire. This time I'll release it to summon my Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio."

Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio, Level 3, Plant, Effect, DARK (1200/800)

"Ophrys Scorpio's effect! By sending the last card in my to the graveyard I can summon Predaplant Darlington Cobra from my deck in defence mode." Darlington Cobra slithered into view.

Predaplant Darlington Cobra, Level 3, Plant, Effect, DARK (1000/1500)

"Cobra's effect allows the addition of Polymerization to my hand." Yuri's disk ejected the card which he held in front of him mocking the defenseless Hokuto.

In the observation rooms, both sides had totally different reactions to Yuri's set up.

At the You Show side of things, the mood was one of excitement, especially to the young trio.

"Oh yeah! We've got him now!" Tatsuya exclaimed happily.

However not everyone in the room was in a good mood.

Yuzu was struggling still to understand the situation that unfolded in the warehouse the night before. Yuri's dueling was even more of an indication of her torn mental state, his attitude to dueling was far different from what it usually was and she had never seen him act this condescending during match before, sure he did do this from time to time but not to this extent. She briefly turned to look at Demil before turning back to the duel 'Yuri. Demil.' Yuzu clasped her hands together.

Demil too seemed to be deep in thought, but instead of being torn like Yuzu he was deeply disgusted 'I saw that look you gave me, Yuri's right, in the face of irrefutable evidence you still continue to be conflicted. I don't know what you saw but I know what you didn't see.'

In the LDS side, things weren't much better, the other two waiting duelists had looks of concern on their faces at the fate of their teammate.

Himika remained stone-faced but deep down was petrified 'There it is. Now the moment has come. How dangerous is he really?'

"Now I activate Polymerization! Fusing together my two Predaplants together! Two beautiful plants with an insect-alluring fragrance. Now become one, and from a hell under your petals, give birth to another dreadful terror! Fusion summon! Appear, poisonous dragon with hungering fangs! Level 8! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!" Yuri's venomous dragon rose out of the fusion spiral, roaring loudly, sending shivers down the spines of the LDS crew.

Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, Level 8, Fusion, Effect, Dragon, DARK (2800/2000) PS: 4

"Battle!" Yuri declared with the fullest intent to end this façade here and now "First, Starve Venom attacks you directly!"

Starve Venom was ready to strike however, "Trap activate! Constellar Stargate! By banishing a Constellar Xyz monster from my graveyard I half any battle damage for the rest of this turn!" A vacuum appeared in front of the Constellar duelist and sucked in Starve Venom's attack, although not strong enough to contain the attack the void did weaken it, but it was still strong enough to push Hokuto to the edge of the platform.

Hokuto's LP: 4000 – 2600

"Solanum Dulca, direct attack!" Solanum Dulca then shot out a black ball of flames that too was sucked in terminating half of its power.

Hokuto's LP: 2600 – 1550

"With that I end my turn."

Yuri's cards x0

Turn 4

"That's the first time I've taken damage in so many duels," Hokuto groveled "You'll pay for that!" He shouted, jumping to his feet and drawing.

"I activate the spell Constellar Realignment!" The card art depicted Pleiades in the forefront and in the background there was a large dragon silhouette flanked by Kaus alongside another currently unknown monster. "This card allows me to summon two level four Constellar monsters back from the graveyard but they are destroyed at the end of this turn."

A purple vortex appeared in the ground and out of stepped "I revive Constellar Kaus and Algiedi!"

"Now I use Kaus' effect. Raising both his and Algiedi's level by 1. Now I once again overlay my two Constellar monsters. I Xyz summon! My second Constellar Pleiades!"

Yuri scoffed "Oh please, what is that thing going to do if it failed the first time round?"

"Well you're about to see for yourself! Using the rank 5 Constellar Pleiades I rebuild the overlay network!"

Mouths fell a gape in the You Show side.

"What?! Can he even do that?!" Futoshi shouted in concern.

"Yes. Certain monsters can also be Xyz summoned by overlaying the target monster again allowing for an even more powerful monster with less set up required." Demil answered before sneering "It's stupid if you ask me."

"I Xyz Summon! Rank 6! Constellar Ptolemy M7!" Out of the Xyz vortex came a large yellow dragon.

Constellar Ptolemy M7, Dragon, Rank 6, XYZ, Effect, LIGHT (2700/2000) OLU: 1

"You shouldn't have messed with me! I activate M7's effect! By using one overlay unit I can send one monster you control back to your hand or in this case the extra deck! Because I'll be returning your hideous dragon back there!"

Yuri scowled as he was forced to return Starve Venom, but not all was lost just yet, he jumped on his remaining monster "Let's go Dulca." The dragon flew off with its master to search for an action card.

"There's no use running! M7 attack and wipe out his last line of defence!" M7 charged up and unleased fury in an attempt to annihilate its target, however just as the blast was about to land.

"Action card miracle! My monster's destruction is negated and battle damaged is halved!" A barrier formed around Yuri's monster deflecting the attack.

Yuri's LP: 4000 – 3650

"Lucky." Hokuto sneered "I'll end my turn here."

Hokuto's cards x3

Turn 5

'Time to end this.' Yuri thought, grasping Yuya's pendant tightly before drawing "Moray Nepenthes' Pendulum effect your monster gains one predator counter and its effect is negated. Next is Fly Trap's effect is next and by now you should be all too aware of that effect." Ptolemy was shattered instantly.

Hokuto stood there dumbfounded, over in the LDS the mood was one of complete ire "That idiot!" Shouted a tanned girl "Why didn't he play a face down!?"

"Battle! Solanum Dulca! End this farce of a duel!" Before dealing the finishing blow Solanum Dulca ensnared Hokuto in a multitude of sharp vines preventing his escape.

It then unleased all of its pent up energy, covering the Xyz duelist in soot and earning Yuri and You Show the victory.

Hokuto's LP: 1550 – 0

Yuri: Win!

With the first Duel for You Show's fate finished with Yuri the victor, he exited the now de-activated Action Field, while Hokuto was on the floor in the room exhausted, "Big Bro that was amazing!" Ayu shouted, "Huh? AHHH!" Yuri cried out as he was tackled by Tatsuya, Futoshi and Ayu, with him now on the floor with them crowding around him.

"You did it, your dueling made Gong happier than on his birthday." Gongenzaka said as he pulled Yuri up into a bone crushing hug, "Gong... please... let go… you're crushing me..." Yuri whined out while Yuzu looked at him concerned.

Demil smirked at Yuri 'Good to know you have friends that support you, Yuri.' He then looked at Yuzu and frowned 'Well, most of the time anyway.' When Demil closed his eyes, he briefly saw himself in an unfamiliar city with two people he didn't recognise, they seemed to be at odds over some issue with the male one shouting something about trust. Shocked he opened his eyes back to reality.

"Yuzu!" Yuto's image said to Yuzu, which shocked Yuzu a bit, but then the image changed back to Yuri, making her imagine that it was the other. "Oh, yes Yuri?" she asked, "Are you going next? Because, personally I want this whole fiasco over with quickly."

"Oh yeah! I will." she said slowly but loud enough for them to hear her. "Good, I wish you the best of luck." Yuri said to her. This made Yuzu gain a serious expression, "Don't worry Yuri, just leave it to me, after all the school is at stake, so we need to get serious about this." she said holding her bracelet arm to her chest.

"I can't believe it, you've allowed a duelist from a third rate school to humiliate not only you, but also our school's top Xyz Summoning Course!" Himika scolded at Hokuto who was kneeling on the floor from the scolding. However, mentally her attitude was a lot different 'If he only came here as a child with no real training then the rest of them must be even more powerful.' Her eyes trailed over to the Lightsworn duelist standing next to Yuri 'Kaimia…' She thought spitefully.

"Now we shall begin the second duel." she said as the tanned complexion girl stood up, "Yes Madam Chairwoman," the girl said. She and Himika walked over to the You Show lot, with them now seeing them, "My name is Masumi Kotsu of the LDS's Fusion Course! And I will be the next to duel one of you." she said. "Fusion, well, this just got interesting." Sora said grinning.

"Now Fusion, and Xyz was just before, so then all that's left is Synchro." Yuri said deducing what would come after this if a third match was required 'But who would go against the synchro user?' As he said this Masumi attached her duel disk to her arm.

"Do you amateurs even have what it takes to beat me?" she said full of spite at them, with most of them glaring at her in response. "Don't listen to her Yuzu." Yuri said, lightening Yuzu's mood slightly "It's probably just hot air like the last guy."

'The schools on the line, as well as Yuri's reputation, I can't lose this duel for them.' Yuzu thought determined but soon enough she began to think about Yuto 'Even if I don't know if that guy was Yuri at all...'

"Are you ready?" Masumi asked, Yuzu nodded in reply.

Both Yuzu and Masumi had their Duel Disk ready, all they needed was for Shuzo to get the field ready, "Now I can't go wrong with this one, for my beautiful girl's Duel..." he said pressing some buttons, "The perfect scene would be this one..." he said activating the Action Field, "I activate the Action Field, Crystal Corridor!" he said as the machine's ARC System started to generate it.

When it field was complete it was as Shuzo said a corridor made from crystal, with some bits here and there different colours, while flat light blue crystal plates appeared floated. "Yuzu, this field is the perfect way to show off your sparkling skills, it's time for you to shine!" he said as he waved to his daughter, while said daughter was embarrassed and blushing.

"This is so embarrassing dad..." Yuzu said while Masumi gave a small laugh, "It's seems your father sees you as a sparkling gem, but we both know the truth..." she said now irritating Yuzu, "What the hell do you mean by that?" she shouted at her.

"What I mean is that you're a fake, a liar, and afraid to tell the truth about your friend." Masumi said slowly to her, "Shut up! You don't know a thing about me!" Yuzu shouted back, "Your right about that, but I do know a thing about jewels, after all my father is a Gem Merchant, and I've seen thousands and thousands of jewels, and from all that I can tell what a real jewel looks like and shines..." she explained.

"You however don't have that shine, so maybe you can fool your father and your friends, but you can't fool me, as I can see it in your eyes, even you don't know what happened, making them become filled with doubt." she said shocking Yuzu, with her seeing the look alike. "You can believe whatever you want, the only way to actually prove anything is to Duel and see whose belief is stronger." Yuzu said back quickly at her.

"Duelists locked in battle!"

"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"

"They storm through this field! Behold!"

"This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! ACTION…"

"DUEL!"

Yuzu's LP: 4000 Masumi's LP: 4000 Cards x5

Turn 1

"I'll take the first turn!" Masumi said, "I activate the Spell, Gem-Knight Fusion!" she said as the archetype specific card appeared.

"With this card I can Fuse Gem-Knight monsters in my Hand or Field to Fusion Summon a Gem-Knight Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck!" she said, "Already?" Yuzu shouted worried. "Correct, so now I Fuse Gem-Knight Tourmaline and Emerald in my Hand!" Masumi said as the two appeared on the field, glowing yellow and green, "Stone warrior of lightning, green knight of good fortune, shine your combined light to bring about a new radiance!" she said as they swirled into the Fusion vortex.

Gem-Knight Topaz, Level: 6, Thunder, Fusion, Effect, EARTH, (1800/1800)

"I Fusion Summon! Appear Level 6! Gem-Knight Topaz!" she said placing the Fusion monster onto her blade, with it appearing on her field.

"Wow she Fusion Summoned on her first turn, I can't believe it." Yuzu said slowly, stunned at the sheer speed.

"Here's something for you that you should believe, you don't stand a chance against me!" Masumi said,

"Says the girl who brought out a monster with ATK that could be Normal Summoned." retorted Yuzu.

"Well let's see if you can get pass this monster then, otherwise it may lead to your defeat!" Masumi said, "I place one card face down and then end my turn!" she added as the card appeared then faded.

Masumi's cards x 1

Turn 2

"We'll see who defeats who!" Yuzu said drawing her card, which was her ace, "To start this off, I'm activating the Sweet sounding Spell, 1st Movement Solo!" she said, "When I control no monsters, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or below Melodious monster from my Hand or Deck, and I choose Aria the Melodious Diva!" she said as the Diva appeared with a soothing tune.

Aria the Melodious Diva: Level: 4, Fairy, Effect, LIGHT, ATK/DEF: 1600/1200

"And when I control a Melodious monster, I can Special Summon this sweet singing Diva from my Hand, appear Sonata the Melodious Diva!" she said with her second monster appearing.

Sonata the Melodious Diva: Level: 3, Fairy, Effect, LIGHT, ATK/DEF: 1200/1000

"Now for you and Topaz to listen to the music, as now I tribute these two to Advance Summon." she said as Aria and Sonata floated up, grabbed a hold of each other, then burst into particle, which then swirled together. "Appear Mozarta the Melodious Maestra!" she said as her ace now appeared on the field.

Mozarta the Melodious Maestra: Level: 8, Fairy, Effect, LIGHT, ATK/DEF: 2600/2000

"Yes she got her ace out already!" The kids said, collectively amazed at the monster, "I now activate her effect! Once per turn, she allows me to Special Summon one Melodious monster from my Hand." Yuzu said as Mozarta waved about her hands with her right releasing a light. "So now I Summon Canon the Melodious Diva!" she said with the next Melodious monster appearing.

Canon the Melodious Diva: Level: 4, Fairy, Effect, LIGHT, (1400/2000)

"Now to start this show, I attack Topaz with Mozarta! Graceful Wave!" she said with Mozarta releasing a wave of sound which headed straight for Topaz, destroying the Fusion monster.

Masumi's LP's: 4000 – 3200

"So what did you think of that? Was it show stopping?" she said while all Masumi did after getting over the damage was smirk at her, "Canon, now it's time for your role, attack Masumi directly!" she said with Canon singing out a beam of sound that hit Masumi, pushing her back.

Masumi's LP's: 3200 – 1800

"Alright Big Sis!" Ayu, Futoshi and Tatsuya said at the same time, "Well done Yuzu, now all you need to do is finish it net turn." Yuri said, moderately happy.

"Okay, so you have some skill, but not nearly enough to beat me." Masumi said dusting herself off.

"We'll though see, won't we?" Yuri said.

"Oh we will see, as I know how my turn is going to play out." Masumi said cockily.

"I activate Canon's effect! Once per turn, I can change the position of 1 Melodious monster I control, so I use the effect on Canon herself!" Yuzu said as she placed Canon's card sideways, with Canon then glowing blue, "And with that I end my turn!" she declared confidently.

Yuzu's cards x1

Turn 3

"My turn. This shall be the end of the line for you." Masumi said drawing her card, with her smirking at what she drew, "I Normal Summon Gem-Knight Alexandrite!" she said as the white gem monster appeared.

Gem-Knight Alexandrite: Level: 4, Rock, Effect, EARTH, (1800/1200)

"And now I activate its effect, by tributing it, I can Special Summon a Gem-Knight monster from my Deck." Masumi said as she took Alexandrite's card and placed it into the Graveyard, while it form on the field released countless beams of light from its gems, with it disappearing, "I now Special Summon Gem-Knight Crystal!" she said with the new Gem-Knight appearing.

Gem-Knight Crystal: Level: 7, Rock, Normal, EARTH, (2450/1950)

"Looks like you were wrong, as Crystal doesn't have enough ATK to beat Mozarta." Yuzu said while Masumi smirked, "And who said Crystal was going to do the deed, cause I activate my Trap, Fragment Fusion!" she said as her Trap was now face up. Upon hearing the trap, Yuri and Demil were shocked, "A Fusion Trap?" they said stunned while some of the students looked at them,

"A Fusion Trap?" Tatsuya asked, "It's a Trap that allows for Fusion Summoning, and they can have powerful effects sometimes." Sora said.

Demil left briefly before returning with one of his multitude of deck boxes. It was fusion deck that relied mainly trap cards, the archetype was a one previously unknown new one called "This is a HellPrince deck." Demil then took out one of the trap cards "This is HellPrince Resurrection Fusion. It allows me to banish monsters from my deck and graveyard to fusion summon all of this during the opponents turn." Most jaws dropped upon this revelation and turned nervously back to the duel

"With this card, I can banish monsters in my Graveyard to Fusion Summon a Gem-Knight Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck!" Masumi said.

"I banish Gem-Knight Alexandrite, Tourmaline and Emerald!" she said as her Duel Disk signalled her that they were now out of play, "That girl, Masumi is better with Fusion than I thought, but still nowhere near my Level." Sora said sumgly

"Magical rock of dark and light, stone warrior of lightning, and green knight of good fortune, shine your combined light to bring about a new radiance!" she as Alexandrite, Emerald and Tourmaline shined white, green and yellow respectively, before they swirled into the Fusion vortex. "I Fusion Summon! Appear the mighty Gem-Knight Master Diamond!" she said, as she grabbed the card from her Extra Deck when it ejected itself from there, and with the radiant gem monster appearing on the field.

Gem-Knight Master Diamond: Level: 9, Rock, Fusion, Effect, EARTH (2900/2500)

"What do you think? My Master Diamond is a cut above the rest." Masumi said proudly while Yuzu got worried, "I now activate its effect! I now banish a Level 7 or below Gem-Knight monster from my Graveyard, with my choice being Topaz!" she said with again her Duel Disk telling her that Topaz was now out of play.

"But why would she...?" Yuzu said confused.

"Yuzu!" someone shouted "Huh?" Yuzu said when she heard her name with her looking at Yuri's direction, "Be careful and keep your guard up." Yuri said but all she saw was Yuto's ghost on the field, with her shocked at seeing him.

"Listen here." Demil spoke up next but once again all she was able to see was Janus staring back at her "Pay close attention to her next few plays, it will decide if you win or lose."

"What's wrong? Are your eyes playing a trick on you?" Masumi asked Yuzu, while she started to look around dazed, "Why? Why do I keep seeing his face?" she thought.

"Gem-Knight Crystal attack Canon with your Crystal Barrage!" Masumi shouted as Crystal released shards at Canon, destroying it in an explosion, since Canon was in defence Yuzu didn't take any damage.

"And now, Master Diamond attack Mozarta!" she said with Diamond going to slash at Mozarta, who tried to fight back, but she was struck down from Diamond's sword, with her getting a slash mark on her chest, as she then exploded.

Yuzu's LP: 4000 – 3700

"She just destroyed Mozarta." Ayu said sad, "At least she only took 300 damage!" Futoshi said, "But who said I was finished…" Masumi said lowly. "What do you mean by that?" Yuzu said concerned.

"If you remember, I banished Topaz with Master Diamond's effect, the reason for that is because it allowed Master Diamond to gain Topaz's effects until the end of this turn!" she explained to her. "

So Master Diamond has Topaz's effects!" Yuzu said shocked, "Correct, and that borrowed effect now activates! Since Master Diamond destroyed a monster and sent it to the Graveyard, you take damage equal to Mozarta's ATK!" Masumi said as Diamond's arm glowed with electricity, with Diamond then shooting it at Yuzu.

Yuzu's LP: 3700 – 1600

"Oh and also, something I neglected to mention was that with Topaz's effect, he can attack twice per turn." Masumi said, with Yuzu getting up and becoming shocked by this.

"Whelp, she tried at the very least." Demil said, collecting another one of his boxes, this one being a synchro deck.

"Poor Yuzu..." Ayu muttered.

'So if she attacks me directly and hits it's all over.' Yuzu thought as her vision blurred a bit, with her then looking to the side and seeing an Action Card within her vicinity.

"Battle! Master Diamond attack again but this time strike her directly!" Masumi shouted, while Yuzu sprang for the Action Card.

"Wait, why is she?" Yuri began to questions but then he saw it, "All she's seeing is." he said.

While this happened Diamond started to swing his sword, "Almost there..." Yuzu thought reaching for the Action Card, but all she touched was the floor, with no card in sight anymore, "But. Why?" she thought with her looking behind, and there it was, the Action Card.

'It was over there… all I saw was its reflection.' She thought.

"Just like your eyes to trick you, but you can't trick me, I know it was Yuya that attacked Sawatari!" Masumi said to her, while Diamond brought its sword down in front of Yuzu, sending her flying backwards.

Yuzu's LP: 1600 – 0

Masumi: Win!

"Yuzu are you sure you're fine?" Yuri asked, pulling her up while the others crowded around them.

"Why now, my heart says that Yuri's not guilty, Demil too… but my eyes saw what happened, those guys looked just like them." she thought into Yuri's shoulder.

Subconsciously she pushed Yuri to the ground. "Owww! What did I do this time?" Yuri whinged as he got up now rubbing his back.

"I-I'm so sorry!" Yuzu said.

"I know you are, but my back thinks otherwise." Yuri moaned, rubbing his back some more.

"And I'm sorry about the Duel too." she added.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, you can't assume that you'll win every time." Demil said in an attempt to lighten her spirits.

"He's right, we still have one more chance to win this." Yuri said to her, with her slowly smiling and going slightly red.

"Oh you say that as if it's going to be that easy." a voice to the side said, making them look at the target.

"And who are you, wooden sword boy?" Demil asked sarcastically.

"Name's Yaiba Todo, and I'm the best Synchro Summoner of LDS, now which one of you chumps is my next victim?" Yaiba said cockily to them.

"That would be me." Demil held up the deck in his hand and cackled. His eye turning from yellow to red, greatly unnerving everyone "Word to the wise, I've never lost." Briefly his other eye became visible, it too was red.

'No, if Kaimia gets his way we'll lose for definite if o-' Himika's thoughts were interrupted when Gongenzaka spoke up "Gong the man really wished he was part of the school, then Gong could teach them a lesson for humiliating Yuzu like that." he grumbled.

Himika took her chance "Then why don't you?" She asked slyly.

Demil didn't look at all pleased "You know very well, he isn't member of this school, so you win by default." He didn't quite grasp the irony of the statement.

"But as I recall Mr Kaimia, you aren't a member either." Demil growled and retreated into the background.

"Alright then Big Brows." Yaiba said to Gongenzaka, riling up his opponent.

"How dare you insult the great and powerful Gong and gets away with it, now Gong is going to put you in your place!" Gongenzaka shouted as he grabbed his Duel Disk attaching it into his arm.

"Listen, I don't have all day, and unlike the two that lost, I don't tend to, and do you know why?" Yaiba asked Gongenzaka, "Because I actually know what I'm doing!" he said with a smirk, "The nerve of that guy, saying we don't know what we're doing." Hokuto said irritated by Yaiba. "Not to be rude, but I think he was only talking about you, seeing that I won my Duel." Masumi said crossing her arms, as she was irritated by Yaiba's comment at first but then remembered she won, while Hokuto went pale, and pulled himself into a corner, while Masumi watched him started feeling pity for him.

'That sword on his back is more than just show.' Shuzo thought looking at Yaiba, then, "Hey that gives me an idea." he said as he then typed into the system, "Is everybody ready, cause I activate the Action Field, Sword's Cemetery!" he said as the field generated once again.

When the final touches where complete both Gong and Yaiba were standing on what appeared to be a battlefield, the prime weapon to be found anywhere were swords, around the area were some dying trees, on a sort of slope was Gong while Yaiba was below on level ground.

"You know what needs to be done Gong, by just looking at the surroundings, you need to bury him!" Shuzo shouted to Gongenzaka.

"You can say all what you like, it won't matter as when we win, and we get the You Show School and all students attending it, right Principal Shuzo?" Himika said. "

Correct, and if we win, you leave us alone and drop the charges like you said right?" said Shuzo as he gave a glare to her, who returned it.

"Duelists locked in battle!"

"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"

"They storm through this field! Behold!"

"This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! ACTION…"

"DUEL!"

Gongenzaka's LP: 4000 Yaiba's LP: 4000 Cardsx5

Turn 1

"Gong will go first, and with it Gong Normal Summons Superheavy Samurai Kabuto!" Gongenzaka said as he placed the monster onto the blade.

Superheavy Samurai Kabuto: Level: 4, Machine, Effect, EARTH, ATK/DEF: 1000/2000

"And will do for Gong's turn." he said ending his turn, leaving his field almost blank.

Gong's cards x4

"Anyone else concerned that he didn't play anything facedown?" Demil asked, his eyes having returned to normal. However no one answered him "Fine, don't tell me anything, not like I care." He huffed.

Turn 2

"Wow, is that all you got? One weak monster, that's pathetic!" Yaiba said mocking Gongenzaka.

"Weak to you, but to Gong it's strong!" Gong retorted with a smile, "We'll see about that." Yaiba said as he drew his card, and then smirking when he saw what it was.

"To kick off my turn, I Normal Summon XX-Saber Boggart Knight!" he said as he placed the monster onto his blade with the monster taking form on the field.

XX-Saber Boggart Knight: Level: 4, Beast-Warrior, Effect, EARTH, (1900/1000)

"Because it was Normal Summoned, I get to Special Summon a Level 4 or below X-Saber from my Hand, so I summon the Level 3 Tuner monster XX-Saber Fullhelmknight!" he said as a knight with long blonde hair with a Whip Sword appeared.

XX-Saber Fullhelmknight: Level: 3, Warrior, Tuner, Effect, EARTH, ATK/DEF: 1300/1000

"A Tuner monster already?" Yuri said concerned.

"Now Gong activates Kabuto's effect! Since you Special Summoned a monster, Gong can switch as many Superheavy monsters Gong controls in ATK to DEF, and until the end of the turn they were switched, all switched monsters gain 500 DEF!" Gongenzaka said as Kabuto took a guarding stance with a blue aura and gaining power.

Kabuto's DEF: 2000 – 2500

"You played right into Gong's plan, all you needed to do was summon one monster and you could have gotten past, now let's see you get past this knight boy!" Gongenzaka said.

"Good move Gongenzaka, now keep up the defence and wear him out." Yuri said throwing his full support behind Gongenzaka.

"Ha! Like you could wear down these swords, because when I control 2 or more X-Saber monsters, I can Special Summon XX-Saber Faultroll from my Hand!" Yaiba said with a smirk as the monster appeared.

XX-Saber Faultroll: Level: 6, Warrior, Effect, EARTH, (2400/2000)

"Check this out loser, I now Tune the Level 3 Fullhelmknight to the Level 4 Boggart Knight!" Yaiba shouted as Fullhelmknight jumped and span in the air, and then turned into 3 tuning rings, which lined up and enveloped Boggart Knight, who lost his colour and four stars appearing within him.

X-Saber Souza: Level: 7, Warrior, Synchro, Effect, EARTH, (2500/1600)

"That monster looks nasty." Futoshi said, "So not only has he already Synchro Summoned a monster, but he still has another monster on his field. This isn't going to be easy." Yuri said.

"And I'm not even done, as Faultroll's effect now activates! Once per turn it can Special summon a Level 4 or below X-Saber monster from my Graveyard!" he said as Faultroll took his sword and stabbed it into the ground, causing a dark portal to open. "I'm calling back Fullhelmknight to the field!" he said as once again the Tuner monster appeared.

"With that Tuner back, Yaiba can do another Synchro Summon!" Shuzo said sweating. "And now I Tune Fullhelmknight to the Level 6 Faultroll!" Yaiba said as the Tuner once again turned into the rings, with Faultroll flying through them, losing his colour as six stars appeared.

"I Synchro Summon! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" he shouted as he placed the Synchro card from his Extra Deck onto his blade, with armour covered monster appeared.

XX-Saber Gottoms: Level: 9, Beast-Warrior, Synchro, Effect, EARTH (3100/2600)

"Face it Big Brows, you can't beat me! And when this is over with you losing, LDS will take over You Show!" Yaiba said smirking, "I wonder whose locker I'll take!" he added, "Maybe Yuri's and Yuzu's!" he finished with a laugh.

"Hope this blowhard doesn't worm his way into Gong's head, he needs to concentrate on this Duel." Yuri said looking at Gong who was very calm about Yaiba's turn.

"Aww what's wrong, too scared to do anything?" Yaiba mocked, enjoying this way too much

"If all you do is talk, you don't have the right to call yourself a Duellist, or even mock another Duellist!" Gong said, annoying Yaiba.

"Oh I'll show you how a Duellist plays." he said irritated, "XX-Saber Gottoms attack Superheavy Kabuto!" he said with Gottoms charging at the Superheavy monster, and then shooting a beam at Kabuto, which destroyed it.

"Ha see that, got past your plan, as Gottoms gets the job done, and the next job is for Souza, who will attack you directly!" he said pointing at Gong, with Souza jumped high into the air, throwing his sword outwards, and then bringing them into a cross, which manifested an energy cross, with said cross hitting Gongenzaka and pushing him back,

Gongenzaka's LP's: 4000 – 1500

"And with me now winning, I end my turn with a face down!" Yaiba said as the card appeared then faded.

Yaiba's cards x 2

Turn 3

"And now its Gong's turn!" Gongenzaka shouted as he drew is card, with said draw creating a strong gust of wind from it, 'Good… now Gong can really show what Gong can do.'

"Since you control 2 or more monsters, Gong can Special Summon Superheavy Samurai Scales!" he said placing said card onto his blade, with the monster carrying two pot pans on each end of a stick over its shoulders.

Superheavy Samurai Scales: Level: 4, Machine, Effect, EARTH, (800/1800)

"Now with Scales' effect, Gong can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or below Superheavy Samurai from Gong's Graveyard, and Gong picks Kabuto!" he said as Kabuto appeared courtesy of Scale. "Unfortunately you two can't stick around, as Gong now tribute you both to bring out something that will play in Gong's favour." he said as both Scales and Kabuto turned into beams on energy, which merged together, with a monster appearing out of the combined beam.

"Appear Level 8! Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei in defence mode!" he shouted as the monster appeared out of the beam.

Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei: Level: 8, Machine, Effect, EARTH, (1000/3500)

"Seriously, you should just forfeit, that monster doesn't have the attack power to get passed my monsters. The only thing it's good for is being a shield." Yaiba said.

"Wait a minute, how did Gong summon that monster in defence mode? When you advanced summon it must be in attack, or else you need to set it in face down DEF position." Tatsuya said confused.

"Big Benkei's effect switches him into defence when Normal or Special Summoned in attack!" Gongenzaka explained,

"As I said, it doesn't matter, as your shield is useless." Yaiba said closing his eye with a smirk,

"A shield can be just as offence as a sword." Gongenzaka said confusing him, "Now Big Benkei attack XX-Saber Gottoms!" Gongenzaka said with this shocking most everyone except Yuri, Yuzu and Shuzo.

"But it can't, it's in DEF position!" Yaiba shouted out in shock.

"True but Big Benkei's effect allows all Superheavy monsters to attack while in DEF position, using their DEF for damage calculation!" Gongenzaka said with Big Benkei erupting steam from his joints, with him then slamming his hand into the ground, causing it to crack with fire erupting and hitting Gottoms.

"So Gong can still deal damage while still having a strong defence!" Tatsuya said now cheerful about how the Duel was playing out now, while Gottoms was swallowed up by the eruption, while the wind from the eruption hitting Yaiba.

"What a stupid effect." JD's spirit appeared on Demil's shoulder. "What do you mean by that?" Demil asked curiously, never before hearing JD decry something as stupid.

"It allows him to attack without worrying about taking damage when it's destroyed. A stupid yet useful effect." Demil nodded as he turned his attention back to the duel.

Yaiba's LP's: 4000 – 3600

"Gong believes that's enough hurting for now, so Gong ends his turn!"

Gong's hand x3

Turn 4

"Oh! I'll show you some hurt!" Yaiba growled out as he drew his card, "I now Normal summon a Second Boggart Knight!" he said as the second copy of Boggart appeared when he placed its card on the blade. "As you know Boggart Knight allows me the Special Summon an X-Saber monster from my Hand, so I Summon XX-Saber Ragigura!" he then placed another X-Saber card on his blade, with this one being reptilian in form.

XX-Saber Ragigura: Level 1, Beast-Warrior, Effect, EARTH, (200/1000)

"When Ragigura is Summoned, I can add 1 X-Saber in my Graveyard to my Hand!" Yaiba said as Ragigura held his blade up, with this ejecting a card from Yaiba's Graveyard slot. "I pick Faultroll, and since I control 2 or more X-Saber monsters, I can Special Summon it!" he said as once again the monster appeared, "And then with its effect, I can Special Summon a Level 4 of below X-Saber from my Graveyard!" he said.

"But he already has four monsters, does he need more?" Ayu whined out, "I Special Summon back XX-Saber Fullhelmknight!" Yaiba said as the Tuner monster reappeared, with the kids worried more, "This can't be good." Tatsuya cried out, "That's because it isn't!" Yaiba said to them.

"Keep your cards in check, as now I Tune the Level 3 Fullhelmknight to the Level 6 Faultroll!" Yaiba shouted as the monsters did their actions once again.

"I Synchro Summon! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" he said placing the second Gottoms onto his blade, with it appearing on the field.

"I can't believe it, Yaiba brought out a second Gottoms already!" Yuzu said concerned,

"Don't worry Yuzu, Gong is safe, seeing that Big Benkei has enough defence to keep him safe and even if it were destroyed he'd take no damage." Yuya said to her, while Yaiba was now moving about the field.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Yaiba said as he swiped his sword, creating a gust of wind across the field, by doing this an action card floated up, with him then grabbing it. "This Action Card will decide if he survives." he said then looking at the card and then grinned.

"I activate the Action Spell, Extreme Sword!" he said with the lot in the viewing room shocked, "This card gives my Gottoms 1000 ATK! More than enough to finish your monster off!" Yaiba said, as Gottoms sword glowed and extended,

Gottoms' ATK: 3100 – 4100

"Heheheh, that's the best thing about Action Cards, anything can happen, Gottoms attack Big Benkei!" he said with Gottoms bringing its sword down and it releasing a beam at its target, with said target being covered in an explosion.

"I hope Benkei is alright." Yuzu said.

"As I said before. At least it was in DEF Position, otherwise Gong would have taken damage from that." Yuri said, not too concerned.

"That's where you're wrong, because I now activate the Trap, Meteor Rain!" Yaiba shouted out as his trap flipped upwards.

"When a monster I control with higher ATK attacks a monster in DEF with less DEF than my monster's ATK, you take the difference as damage! That's 600, so take it Big Brows!" he said grinning, while Gongenzaka braced himself as a rush of heat swept over him.

Gong's LP: 1500 – 900

"And then I'll attack you directly with." Yaiba went to say, but as the smoke cleared from Benkei's apparent destruction, there was no destruction of the monster, as Big Benkei was still standing, "But… how? Why is it still here?" he said slowly out of shock.

"When Big Benkei was attacked, Gong sent Superheavy Samurai Soulfire Suit in Gong's Hand to the Graveyard." Gongenzaka said as a flashback showed him sending Soulfire Suit to the Graveyard slot just as the attack hit while Big Benkei now had a shield. "Doing this protected Benkei from being destroyed this turn!" he explained to his opponent who was annoyed by this.

"So let me get this straight, you weaken your hand just to protect your monster?" Yaiba said annoyed, "Of course otherwise Gong would have lost, and the point is to win not lose." Gongenzaka retorted to him. "But the only downside to Gong using that card is now Big Benkei loses 800 DEF." he said as the effect took place and Benkei looked visibly drained.

Big Benkei's DEF: 3500 – 2700

"At least Benkei's defence is higher than Souza's attack." Tatsuya said.

"Shut up! I'll show you that won't last for long." Yaiba shouted out swiping his sword again, with this once again creating a gust of wind, which again made an Action Card appear. However, "Oh no! It's closer to him!" but Gongenzaka didn't move an inch.

"Either way, good for me then." Yaiba said running as he picked the card as it floated down to him.

"Wow, how lucky and talented can one guy be? I activate another Extreme Sword! This time I pick Souza for it!"

Souza's ATK: 2500 – 3500

"And now Souza attack and take out Big Benkei!" he said with Souza crossing his swords to form an energy cross, which hit Big Benkei, causing another explosion.

"Gong already told you, Soulfire Suit's effect makes it that Big Benkei can't be destroyed by battle or card effect for the rest of the turn!" Gong said.

"Whatever, Meteor Rain's effect kicks in again, making you take 800 damage this time Big Brows!" Yaiba said as Gong took the damage and being thrown backwards by it.

Gong's LP: 900 – 100

"Not only did you take 800 damage, but Benkei loses another 800 DEF!" he added.

Big Benkei's DEF: 2700 – 1900

"But now with no more monsters able to attack, you have to end your battle phase, and that mean Extreme Sword's effect ends." Gong said as Gottoms and Souza's ATK returned to normal.

"Hmm, the only reason you survived those attacks was due to the cards in your Hand right?" Yaiba said to him, not expecting a reply, "Let's see how well you do without them, because now I activate Gottoms' effect! By tributing Boggart Knight, I can send one card in your Hand to the Graveyard!" he said sending the mentioned X-Saber to the Graveyard.

When this happened Gottoms lifted his sword up, with Boggart's form turning into energy, which with the help of Gottoms' sword shot right at Gong's Hand, making one of the cards glow, "What the..." Gongenzaka gasped out.

"Oh no, Gong only has one card in his Hand now." Futoshi said pressing himself against the window, while Gongenzaka then sent a Superheavy monster in his Hand to the Graveyard. "Make that no cards, as I tribute Ragigura to use Gottoms' effect again to send to last card in your Hand to the Graveyard!" Yaiba said as Ragigura disappeared.

Again this caused Gongenzaka to send his last card, also a Superheavy monster to the Graveyard, "Now Gong has no cards left!" Tatsuya shouted in panic, as Gongenzaka was looking down at the ground. "Guess I was right, you were hoping to use those cards to save your big butt, like your Superheavy style that could have stopped me." Yaiba said as he took a card in his hand, "I place one card face down and end my turn!" he said as the card appeared then faded.

Yaiba's cards x0

Turn 5

"How can Gong win with no cards in his Hand?", "If only he grabbed that Action Card...", "But why didn't he, that Action Card could have helped him win this Duel, now we're going to lose the school!" Ayu, Tatsuya and Futoshi said in that order. "I wouldn't be worrying you three, its Gong turn now, so he can draw a card. Theoretically he has a 33.3% of drawing either a monster, spell or trap."

"It will be a monster…" Yuri said out loud, shocking them, "And how can you tell?" Demil asked him with raised eyebrows at him. "Cause Gong's Deck has never failed him before..." Yuri said then closing his eyes as he told them something.

(Flashback)

Roughly three years after his arrival in the standard dimension. A young Yuri and a young Gongenzaka, who was quite big at that age for his age group, were sat on a park bench. "You see Yuri, the way Gong see it is that a Duellist must trust their Deck with their whole heart and soul, instead of relying on Action Cards to help them win a Duel." Young Gongenzaka said.

"All Action Cards are just a flip of the coin, one flip, they could help you win or make you lose the Duel." he added, while Yuri was dumbfounded at him saying this.

"But that the best part of Action Cards, they make Duelling a bit fairer, and also fun at the same time!" Young Yuri said as he stood up, during his time in standard he'd grown accustom to them even though he still mainly relied his own cards and skills

"Hey could I see your Deck?" he said wanting to prove his point about the utility of Action Cards, with Gongenzaka complying with his demand.

While Yuri went through his Deck, he was very concerned about something that he thought was missing, "How do you expect to battle with these?" he questioned him, "To you Yuri, it may not work, but for Gong, it's perfect for my Steadfast Duelling!" Gong said as he too stood up.

"Gong believes in his Deck, and Gong believes he can win with it, just the way it is." he said looking up at the sky, with Yuri following suit.

(Flashback end)

"At the time I didn't understand him then, but as we got older I saw how his Deck pulled him a victory even if he was losing." Yuri said then opening his eyes to look back at Gongenzaka, "Nice backstory, but that doesn't explain why you think Gong will draw a monster?" Demil retorted. "If Gong needs a monster than he'll get the monster that will help him." Yuya said to him.

"It's Gong's turn." Gong said drawing his card, creating a gust of wind that followed after the draw, 'Perfect!' He thought, "Gong Normal Summons Superheavy Samurai Soulsheild Wall!" he said as the monster appeared on the field.

Superheavy Samurai Soulsheild Wall: Level: 3, Machine, Effect, EARTH (1200/1200)

"How did you?" Demil said weakly looking at Yuya in shock at his right guess, while Yuya was smirking at his reaction. "And then Gong activate its effect, Gong targets a Superheavy monster, and equips it to that monster, Gong picks Big Benkei!" he said as Soulsheild Wall activated its thrusters to lift off to ground, and then slamming onto Big Benkei's arm.

"Now Big Benkei gains 1200 DEF!" he said has Big Benkei took a stance ready for battle,

Big Benkei's DEF: 1900 – 3100

"What are the chances that you have a monster that can power up your monster, you sure are lucky that could have been a Spell or Trap." Yaiba said. "Gong doesn't rely on luck, Gong believes in his Deck would help in Gong's plan." Gong said, "AND NOW THE TIME FOR TALKING IS OVER!" he shouted at Yaiba.

"Battle! Big Benkei attack Souza!" he said with Big Benkei's slamming his mechanical fist into the ground, and with the added power of Soulsheild Wall's thrusters, the quake was more powerful and destroyed Souza with Yaiba bracing himself as the damage went through.

Yaiba's LP: 3600 – 3000

"Keep it up Gong!" Yuri shouted encouragingly to Gongenzaka.

"I'll show you… I'll crush you!" Yaiba growled out, "I activate the Trap, Gottoms Emergency Call! Since I control an X-Saber, I can Special Summon 2 X-Sabers from my Graveyard, I'm bringing back Souza and Ragigura!" he said as the two appeared on the field. "Since Ragigura was Summoned, I can add Faultroll back to my Hand." he said as Faultroll's cards was ejected from the Graveyard slot.

"Gong ends his turn." Gongenzaka said while acting calm, as he had his plan ready for when Yaiba attacked.

Gong's Hand x 0

"Amazing, it's not even his turn, and yet Yaiba is still able to summon monsters!" Hokuto said having recovered from Masumi's insult, "It just like I've been saying to you Masumi, his X-Saber Deck is a cut above the rest!" he said to her. "Wow, you usually never say anything nice about other people's Decks, but I guess that's what happens when you lose." she said to him as he turned stone white, and being poked with an arrow, "It makes you nicer!" she added as a second arrow was poked into him.

The results of this caused Hokuto to crawl into the corner again and face said corner, while Masumi looked at him again in pity. "It's over for Gong, with only 100 Life Points left and no card in his Hand, anyone can tell that he can't pull a win out of this!" Sora said "That's where you're wrong, as long as someone has at least 1 Life Point left, it's a fair game!" Yuya said to Sora.

Turn 6

"My turn!" Yaiba said drawing his card, "If you can remember I have Faultroll in my Hand, and since I control 2 or more X-Sabers on the field, I can Special Summon it!" he said as Faultroll appeared once again. "Now its effect kicks in so now I once again Special Summon the Level 3 Fullhelmknight from the Graveyard!" Yaiba said as the Tuner once again appeared. "Both Faultroll and Fullhelmknight can only mean one thing." Yuri said, "A third Gottoms..." Yuzu said concerned.

"Hey somebody from this school can actually think, now I Tune the Level 3 Fullhelmknight to the Level 6 Faultroll!" Yaiba said with an insult added in, as Fullhelmknight and Faultroll did the same as last time.

"Time to tune you out of this duel once and for all, I Synchro Summon! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!" he shouted as his third and final Gottoms appeared.

"Now I tribute Ragigura to activate Souza's effect!" he said as Ragigura faded into energy, while Gong was now confused by this, "You have no idea why I did that don't you Big Brows? But you're about to find out, Battle! X-Saber Souza attack Big Benkei!" he said pointing with a finger at the mention Superheavy monster.

"But Big Benkei has more defence while Souza's Attack isn't enough to defeat it, why would Yaiba attack with Souza?" Tatsuya questioned, "We might find out if you keep your voice down." Demil said hoping he would be quiet.

"There's a reason for tributing Ragigura, as it now allow Souza to use one of its other effects, the one I chose is that Souza can destroy any monster it battles at the start of the damage step!" Yaiba explained, shocking the children. "Oh no, if this goes through Gong will have nothing left to defend himself." Futoshi shouted out.

"Say goodbye to Big Benkei, and then say hello to you losing this Duel!" Yaiba said as Souza got closer to Big Benkei. "Gong activates Soulsheild Wall's other effect! By sending it to the Graveyard, Souza's attack is negated!" Gong said holding up Soulsheild Wall's card then sending it the Graveyard, with this stopping Souza's attack, "But now Big Benkei loses all his defence, having been equipped with Soulsheild Wall."

Big Benkei's DEF: 3100 – 0

"Told you it was over, now Yaiba will attack with Gottoms, Meteor Rain's effect deals the difference in Gottoms' ATK to Big Benkei's DEF, and Gong will take 3100 Damage." Sora said closing his eyes.

"Now Gottoms number two attack Big Benkei!" Yaiba said, believing his victory was now all but guaranteed "Gong was hoping for this, everything went as Gong wanted it." Gongenzaka said confusing Yaiba.

"Gong now activates Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor's effect from the Graveyard!" he said, "The… the Graveyard!" Yaiba got out as a card was ejected from Gongenzaka's Graveyard slot, "Wait is that the card that I..." he added.

"Yep this here is the card you sent to the Graveyard, just where Gong need it to be, for Gong to uses its awesome power, when Gong banishes Soulbreaker Armor and there are no Spell or Traps in Gong's Graveyard, you take damage equal to the difference in Big Benkei's original defence and its new defence" Gong said and this was the biggest shock for everyone.

"What..." Yaiba got out slowly, "So Big Benkei's original defence is 3500." Tatsuya said, "And now it's 0." Futoshi carried on, with Ayu carrying on now smiling at what Gong plan would mean, "That's 3500 damage, meaning..." she said with then the other two getting the idea of what would happen.

"That means Gong WINS!" the three shout out, while Sora was in shock, causing him to drop his lollipop which shattered, "But… how?" he said weakly.

Demil was stunned too but hid it better, "I'll make a note to not to mess with him. That's some comeback."

JD scoffed "I've seen you do much, much better."

"Actually there is something you need to know about Gong's deck. Spells and Traps actually do more bad then good for him." Yuri said while looking at Gong as a ghostly image of Soulbreaker Armor appeared. "That's why he only uses monsters in his Deck." he finished, with most of the students except for Yuzu and him in shock, same with the LDS Students, with Yaiba actually flinching at hearing that piece of info.

"A whole Deck built with only monsters." Masumi said pressed her hands against the glass annoyed at hearing about Gongenzaka's Deck, "That's… that's insane!" Hokuto got out.

"I see, so that's why you didn't pick up any Action Cards or used any Spells or Traps, there weren't any in there to begin with!" Yaiba said, while red energy was being drained from Big Benkei into Soulbreaker Armor.

"Yep, Gong doesn't need no Spells or Trap messing with Gong's Deck, Gong can win without them." Gongenzaka explained his reasoning for the lack of those kinds of cards, while Soulbreaker Armor stopped the flow of red energy and tossed four red balls at Yaiba's direction.

"Quick Gong do something!" Yuri shouted for his friend, "It's over Big Brows." Yaiba said to him as the shield shot out a beam of energy, and when it got close enough, "Gong activates the effect of Superheavy Samurai Soulbang Cannon for the Graveyard!" Gong said as another card was ejected from the Graveyard.

"Hey that's the other card I sent to the Graveyard!" Yaiba shouted, "Since Gong has no Spell or Traps in Gong's Graveyard, Gong can banish Soulbang Cannon to negate the damage." Gong said as Soulbang Cannon appeared and absorbed the energy.

"He survived... That's something at least" Demil said sighing, but looked at Yuri who was in shock, "What's wrong?" he asked him, "Soulbang Cannon has another effect, one that end badly for both players." he said back.

"And that's not all, as now all the monsters on our fields are destroyed, and we both take damage equal to the total Level of monsters destroyed x 100!" Gongenzaka added as when the absorbing finished, Soulbang Cannon started to sizzle with energy, with this shocking everyone.

"But… but the total Level is 33, so that means..." Yaiba said, "3300 points of damage!" Gongenzaka finished for him as Soulbang then exploded, causing a huge flash, which covered everything in a white flash, with this destroying the monsters as then both Gong and Yaiba were thrown off their feet.

"My eye!" Demil cried out, having looked at the explosion, and was rubbing them to get rid of the white he was seeing "I don't want to go blind!", while this was happening everyone else was opening their eyes and then turning back to the duel, with them seeing both Duellist on the floor,

Draw!

"It's a draw?" Ayu said slowly as the Action Field de-activated, while Yuri rushed into the room to help Gong, "Gong... Gong… are you okay?" Yuri asked him helping him up, "I'm sorry Yuri, Gong's Steadfast Duelling wasn't enough to win this time." Gongenzaka apologised, "True, but you didn't lose either and he didn't win or lose either." Yuri said hoping to cheer his friend up.

"So Yuri won his Duel, Yuzu lost hers, and Gong tied for his." Shuzo said, "Chairwoman Akaba, the bet was that if you won more than 1 out of 3, you would take over our school, but each school has won once and tied for the last, so the school stays as it is!" Shuzo said to her over the mic.

This caused Himika to glare in his direction, "Nonsense, this last Duel was supposed to be a tiebreaker, we can't end it on a tie again." she said annoyed, "But we never agreed upon what happened if we tied… you just assumed you would win all of them didn't you?" Shuzo retorted back at her.

"Then how about one last Duel between the winners, that way we can actually get a clear decision over the school's fate!" she said looking at Masumi, "You don't get to decide that, it's their choice." Shuzo said back at her.

"It's fine Principal." Yuri said with determination in his eyes, "if we leave it as it is, they'll come back for a rematch and I won't let that happen!" Yuri said to him, with this making Himika slightly scare but she hid it, "Looks like Yuri here is ready, and so are we..." she said looking to Masumi, but then.

"Wait!" a voice said, confusing everyone in the room, making them turn in the direction it came from, with this making the person of the voice to step out of hiding, which was Reiji, "I'll be your opponent Yuri Sakaki..." he said. Yuri turned to face him, but Demil rushed in front of him growling loudly, confusing mostly everyone, "Do. Do you two know one another?" Yuri asked just as confused as the rest of them, however he was able to remember what he had seen in Demil's notebook.

'Time to see what that all meant.'


A/N: I think from the fact I updated, it is obvious what the poll result was. To make up my absence I decided to put all three duels together.

Now I have another thing to say. I'm going to put this on a rota with my VRAINS story. I'll alternate the stories I'll update. This will come first and then VRAINS.

But I want to thank the people who voted for me to continue and the ones that reviewed telling me to continue.

Just…Thank you. Thank you all.