"This is insane, neither one of them has any signs of an advantage." Jack said.

"True, but Star could summon her strongest monster while waiting for that trap card to wear off." Yusei said.

"Don't worry, this duel is a long way from being over." Paradox said calmly.

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"It's my move Star, so I'll call Rose Star Girl to the field, and now I play Rose Star Boy's special ability, I can summon Rose Star King to the field in defense mode." Zone said. "I end my turn with one facedown card."

"In that case it's my move, so I'll start by having Sandaion return to my deck, but now I think it's about time the final monster of this duel makes it's appearance." Star said.

"Wait, you can't summon Sephiron or your Earthbound Immortal, you haven't met the requirements for either one." Zone said.

"True, but I do have this magic card, Shadow Fusion." Star said. "With this I can summon a fusion monster without the requirements needing to be on the field or my hand, of course the price is I lose 500 life points per monster."

"Wait, what kind of monster are you summoning?" Zone asked nervously.

"I fuse Sephiron, the Ultimate Timelord, Xolotl, Ruler of the Earthbound Immortals, and your Rose Star Dragon." Star said as a shadow slowly descended towards her. "I call to the field Shadow Lord Dragon."

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"That monster, I've never seen anything like it." Akiza said. "Can it even be beaten?"

"I don't know, things just got a lot worse for Zone." Yusei said.

"Hold on you guys, Star made a mistake. Shadow Lord Dragon has zero attack points so all Zone has to do is destroy it and he'll win." Crow said confidently.

"I doubt it, that dragon has more than a few special abilities." Antinomy said. "All we can do is wait and see what happens."

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"Star, what is that thing?" Zone asked nervously.

"Shadow Lord Dragon is the monster you'll need to beat if you want to win this duel, now then I'll activate his special ability granting him all the attack points, defense points, and special abilities of one of the monsters used to create him, for example Sephiron, the Ultimate Timelord." Star said. "I'll end my move there, but in one more turn I'll be allowed to attack."

Star 1500 Zone 3000: "It's my move Star, and I promise I'll find a way to defeat that Shadow Lord Dragon." Zone said. "I switch all my monsters into defense mode, and next I set two cards facedown, that ends my move."

Zone, I still remember the last duel we had before the accident, Star thought with a smile.

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Star 1000 Zone 700: "Sorry Zone, but this duel is as good as over." Star said calmly. "Temporal Knight Sandaion attack Rose Star Boy and end this duel."

"Not yet, I activate the final effect of Rose Galaxy, now since I took battle damage I can send one monster in my hand to the graveyard, and in exchange I deal damage equal to half it's attack points." Zone said. "I send Rose Star Queen to the graveyard."

"I get it, not bad Zone." Star said as they both lost the last of their life points. "I wasn't expecting you to force a draw."

"I need to keep a few moves in case of emergency sis." Zone said with a smile.

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"It's my move Zone, so now I add Rose Star Dragon's abilities to my Shadow Lord Dragon." Star said. "Now I set one card and end my move."

"So now my Rose Star Barrier is destroyed." Zone said.

"Exactly, so let's see what you can do Zone, on my next move I'll add Xolotl's abilities to Shadow Lord Dragon and then he'll be unstoppable." Star said.

"We'll see, it's my move." Zone said. "I start by activating my Rose Star Scepter, now Rose Star King is invincible in battle."

"True, but that means you can't increase his attack points." Star said. "My Shadow Lord Dragon has an attack power of 7000, you can't win."

"Maybe, but I can end my turn right now to deal 500 points of damage." Zone said.

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"This duel, it's ending up almost exactly like that one isn't it Aporia?" Paradox asked.

"Yeah, if Zone has that card the duel will end exactly like that." Aporia said.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Leo asked. "He needs to beat that dragon."

"No, Zone doesn't have any card that can beat Shadow Lord Dragon." Antinomy said. "His best bet was Rose Star Dragon but now all of its abilities are being used against him."

"So it's over and the KotN won, is that what you're saying?" Jack asked angrily.

"No, just watch." Aporia said calmly.

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Star 1000 Zone 3000: "It's my turn Zone, so now I can add the special abilities of Xolotl, Ruler of the Earthbound Immortals to my Shadow Lord Dragon." Star said. "Of course now that he has the special abilities of all three of his fusion materials, I've won the duel."

"We'll see Star." Zone said. "You were the one who told me that a duel isn't over until you run out of life points."

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Star 300 Zone 4000: "Wow, did you just have terrible luck today Star?" Zone asked. "Well either way I'm about to win the duel."

"Don't count me out yet, I've only summoned nine of them." Star said calmly. "Now I use the effect of Infinite Light Ain Soph Ohr in order to call Sandaion, the Timelord to the field, and thanks to his ability I win. Sandaion attack Rose Star Queen."

"That's insane, I guess there's a reason you're the current Fortune Cup champion." Zone said.

"Maybe, but we should rest up, the final round of that tournament is tomorrow." Star said.

"I remember." Zone said calmly. "Let's do our best."

"That's all you can ever do Zone." Star said with a smile.

(The duel between Zone and Star is reaching its conclusion. Next chapter the final duel will end. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)