Everyone resumed their activities from before the duel between Yukimo and Yuji, Ame has been hanging with Yuji a lot which is the only difference really. But noticing Yuji's frustration and guilt about what happened makes Ame wander, how long can Yuji keep up like this knowing he's responsible for the shut down of the swimming team. its been almost one month since then. Now, Yuji and Ame were in class. Ame was clearly paying attention to the lesson while Yuji was barely keeping himself awake.

Yuji yawned. -Can this lesson be any more boring?- he gazed outside through the window and something immediately caught his eye -What the?- for a second he thought he saw Yukimo standing outside looking at him, but after he rubbed his eyes he was gone. -I'm just seeing things- He got back to what he was doing. Unaware that Ame actually noticed his behavior. This girl was pretty observant of others. After class ended shortly after that and Yuji and Ame found themselves eating on the roof. Yuji was enjoying his food, but he was worried about what he saw -He returned? no...it was just my imagination-

Ame could tell something was bothering him a bit. "Something wrong, Yuji?" She asked softly.

"Nothing too serious. I just thought I saw something earlier in class." he smiled at her trying to hide his worry

Ame sighed knowing he was hiding something. "What did you see?"

"No one important." he started eating faster.

"I never said it was a person, Yuji..." she stared at him as Yuji, upon realizing his slip, tried to first finish the food in his mouth. Cause manners. But he almost choked when he looked in front of them, and on the other side of the roof, he saw him again..."Are you ok?" Ame asked him as she leaned closer. Worried that he suddenly began choking. "You shouldn't eat that fast you know!"

Yuji looked at where Yukimo was standing after managing to calm a bit, but he was no more. "Yukimo..." He muttered his name.

"Yukimo?" Ame managed to catch his name. "Who's that?"

"He's the one I dueled that day...the one who froze Karen and tried to take my Constellar deck..." He told seeing there is no use hiding it now.

"What about him?" she asked.

"I thought I saw him earlier outside the window, and now it happened again...He was on the other side on the roof this time. I don't know what's going on ..." He began shaking a bit.

"Are you afraid of him?" she asked noticing his shaking.

"When I dueled him the guy had a few screws loose that was obvious. But now..." he recalled Yukimo's expression from now. "He looked colder...almost emotionless."

"You might just be tired..." Ame said.

"NO!" He shouted with conviction. "I'm sure that I saw him."

"So? What do you suggest we do?" Ame asked.

"I...do not know honestly." He answered as Ame seemed a bit disappointed.

-Such a tense moment ruined- She thought.

"I mean...I defeated him once, maybe I can do it again?" he seemed confident, but not too confident

"I don't think it'll be that simple." she talked with a low tone "He dueled you once, so he already learned what your deck can do and he'll most likely take countermeasures against it."

"What?! That's dirty!" He snapped a bit thinking of that.

"All things considered. That's exactly what those like him would do." She added to her previous statement.

"Well...Thanks to Crystal now I know the basics and...I thought up a few good combos that could potentially have some effect on him." Yuji said thinking about some strategies that might help him if he ever duels Yukimo again. "Something like Rasalhague reviving my Xyz then going into Ptolemy and attack-"

"That won't do!" Ame raised her voice at him.

"Oi!" He yelled in shock ay her outburst.

Ame immediately realized her outburst and shrunk in embarrassment. "I-I'm sorry..."

"It's fine, besides, you're perfectly right. One good combo won't do, I have to think of another one." Yuji said.

"And possibly some to counter his deck. Speaking of which, how was his deck like?" Ame asked.

"Icy..." He said so with a chill running down his spine. "It had all kind of water and ice related cards in it, and his ace was pretty strong as well. " He explained Yukimo's deck to Ame from what he saw during their duel.

"Ice counters?" She asked as Yuji mentioned them.

"Yeah. Pieces of ice formed on Hyades and when 4 gathered, his dragon appeared!" Yuji said.

"Sounds...Interesting. And you say he hadn't used any extra deck monster?"

"Not even a small snowflake." He made a small pun "He also seemed disgusted by my Xyz."

"I see. He must have something with the extra deck then." Ame said while thinking of a reason someone would NOT use Extra deck monsters. "I think we should-" Before she could finish her sentence, the bell rang.

"It seems it'll have to wait." Yuji got up and began heading to the stairs leading down the roof.

"One quick question. Have you got yourself a proper duel disk?" Ame asked him.

"Took all my pocket money for 2 months, but yes." He answered her. "Why?"

"Well, Karen gave me her duel disk, and I was thinking..." She paused.

"Ame?"

"Would you like a duel after classes are done?" She asked him.

"Sure" He answered with a smile.

"Great." After that quick chat, the 2 went to their next class, they barely arrived in time though since Yuji had to go back to the roof. He forgot the rest of his food there. After every class was finished and everyone started going home, the 2 met in the school's yard with their duel disk ready. "Are you ready?" She asked shyly.

"Sure am!" He replied with confidence. "And you don't have to worry about a public. I think everyone is currently on their way home or just hanging inside the school."

"Alright..." She took a deep breath. "Let's do this!" She activated her duel disk.

"Alright!" he did the same, his disk was red with a golden star on it.

AME: LP: 4000, H:5

YUJI: LP: 4000, H:5

"Since this was my idea, I'll take the first turn. I set one monster face-down along with 2 face-down cards.." three face-down cards appeared on her field.

AME: H: 2

"My turn! I draw!" he looked through his hand -What to do, what to do- "Oh yeah! I summon Pollux!" Pollux, the Constellar wearing armor, half white and one half with golden details and spikes on it appeared;1700/600, level 4, Warrior, LIGHT "Next due to his effect I'm allowed to summon again! I tribute Pollux in order to summon Constellar Antares!" As Pollux raised his blade and disappeared he was replaced by Antares, the Constellar with a mechanical look holding a spear with a sickle connected to it and a tip made out of strong red light; 2400/900, level 6, Machine, LIGHT "Antares effect let's me add one Constellar from my grave to my hand! I add Pollux!" A card popped out of Yuji's grave and he adds it to his hand. "Battle! Antares attacks your face-down monster!" Antares threw its sickle at the face-down monster and forced face-up, revealing an orange lizard with big wings.

"The flip effect of my Gale Lizard activates!" Ame shouted. "When this card is flipped face-up on a monster you control returns to your hand!" Ame's monster flapped its wings and let out a powerful gale of wind and Yuji's monster went back to his hand.

"Antares..." he added his card to the hand "What was that?"

"well, my Crystron's are good. but in order to keep my deck strong, I mixed in some other cards for extra support." Ame explained.

"I see..." he looked at his hand "Not much I can do now so I'll end my turn with a face-down."

YUJI: H: 5

"My turn! I draw!" she added the newly added card to her hand and looked at the field "I summon Crystron Thystvern!" Ame's Crystron monster appeared it had a mechanical body along with purple crystals attached to it as wings; 1500/1500, level 3, Machine, WATER "Thystvern's effect! I can destroy one face-up card I control and special summon one Crystron tuner from my deck! I select Thystvern!" Thystvern's crystals let out a glow before it disappeared. "Now, I summon Crystron Rion!" A new Crystron has appeared, it was smaller than Thystvern and it had a grey armor and grey crystals attached to it; 500/500, level 3, Machine, WATER

-She traded Thystvern for a tuner, looking back at our previous duel. She plans to Synchro summon during my turn.- Yuji thought as he watched her turn continue.

"I banish Thystvern from the grave to use his effect! I add one Crystron monster from my deck to my hand!" A card popped out of her deck. "I choose Crystron prasiortle. Now, I attack directly with Rion!" At her command, the little monster charged at Yuji and managed to land a solid attack.

YUJI: LP: 3500

"I end my turn."

AME: LP: 4000, H:2

Yuji: I draw!

YUJI: H: 6

"I take it that face-down was a bluff. " Ame said looking at Yuji's field.

"Well...maybe. " HE said not giving off any clues, but his face said everything. -Truth be told it's my Attack Overload, but the conditions have not been met yet- "I special summon Constellar Siat!" A small Constellar holding a pot appeared, it had a shiny silver armor;100/1600, level 1, Fairy, LIGHT "Siat can be special summoned while my opponent controls a monster and I don't. Next, I activate the continuous spell card, Constellar Star Chart!" A bright light appeared above them along with a symbol that was now floating above them.

"Ummm. Yuji?" She seemed nervous all of sudden.

"Yes?"

"Isn't that a little...easy to see?" She said pointing out the light that was emitted.

"What do you...oh." He realized...The symbol was pretty obvious since it was all the way above the school.

"Look at that!" A student saw the symbol from the window on the edge of the hallway.

"What's that?" One of his friends asked as he looked at it.

"I don't know, let's check it out." They went to the source of the light.

"...Is he seriously dueling at school?" Karen also noticed the light and knew who it was that caused it, so she decided to go check it out.

back at the duel, Ame was beginning to panic a bit seeing some students gather. "Oh no..."

"Ame...relax!" Yuji said trying to avert her attention from the forming crowd.

"But...They're going to-" She was losing her calm.

"Focus! Don't pay attention to other things, focus at me, and the duel." Yuji told her trying to keep her from panicking.

"I..." She looked at Yuji and took a deep breath. "Very well, I'll try."

"Great, let's resume the duel. Star Chart's effect! Once per turn when a Constellar XYZ monster is special summoned on my field I can draw one card!" Yuji continued.

A few students already appeared "Wow, are those 2 Dueling?" He asked while watching.

"Yeah. And look up!" he pointed at the symbol "One of them must've done it! "

Ame could hear them, but she kept her mind focused at the duel - What is he planning?-

"I summon Sheratan!" A small Constellar with silver armor and a helmet with the design of ram horns appeared;700/1900, level 3, Beast, LIGHT "When he's summoned I get to add a Constellar from my deck to my hand!" A card popped out of his deck and he grabbed it. "I add Constellar Algiedi to my hand." he smiled.

"What is it?" Ame asked noticing his smile.

"Just the thought of seeing you synchro summon again, its a really cool method." He complimented her.

"Thanks..." She answered with a blush.

"Now" he stretched his hand upwards "Appear! The circuit that shines in the night!" A link circuit appeared above him.

"Woah! That's cool!" A student exclaimed from the sidelines.

"Yeah. I wonder what he is doing." Another student added as he watched.

"Arrowheads confirmed! I set Sheratan and Siat in the link markers!" The 2 monsters turned into 2 golden tornadoes that went into the arrows of the circuit. "Link Summon! Come out! Nordic Star, Veroios!" A Constellar wearing a silver armor appeared it had no weapons, just some blue stones on his fist;2000/ LINK-2. Warrior, LIGHT, Links: B-L, B-R. "Veroios' effect! Once per turn I can normal summon one Constellar monster next to his link! I choose Pollux." Pollux appeared next to Veroios as he fist bumped with him. "Due to Pollux, I can normal summon again! I summon Algiedi!" Pollux put his sword up and Algiedi appeared, this one had more of a female look and she was holding a scepter in her hand;1600/1400, level 4, Spellcaster, LIGHT "Algiedi's effect! When she's normal summoned I can special summon one level 4 or lower Constellar from my hand! I summon Acubens in defense position!" A Constellar with a slight mechanical look appeared, it had a pair of gloves resembling the claws of a crab; 800/2000, level 4, Machine, LIGHT "Due to his effect, all Constellars I control gain 500 attack points."

Pollux: 1700-2200

Algiedi: 1600-2100

Acubens: 800-1300

Veroios: 2000-2500

"You've increased their attack!" Ame pointed out.

"Yeah, and now...I overlay Pollux and Algiedi!" Yuji declared. The overlay network appeared and the 2 monsters turned into streams of light that went in it. "With these 2 Level 4 monsters, I build the overlay network. Come! Brave warrior of the stars! Constellar Omega!" The galaxy like portal let out a powerful blow and from it, Omega emerged, it was covered in the same armor as its brethren, except that it looked like a centaur, he was holding a shield and 2 orbs were floating around him; 2400/500, Rank 4, Beast-Warrior, LIGHT, OU:2. "Star Chart's effect!" The symbol above him glowed. "Once per turn, when I special summon a Constellar Xyz monster, I can draw a card!" He drew a card. "I activate Omega's effect! By detaching one overlay unit my Constellars are unaffected by your spell and traps this turn. Now, I attack Rion with Veroios!"

"While you do that I activate Rion's effect! During my opponents, Main phase or Battle phase I can special summon one banished Crystron monster by negating its effects. Come back, Thystvern!" Ame interrupted. Thystvern appeared on the field. "You know what comes next" she gave him a sly smile "I tune Thystvern with Rion!" Rion turned into 3 green light that flew above the field and thystvern jumped in them, its body faded leaving behind only 3 glowing orbs then a powerful light erupted inside the rings. "Synchro Summon. Appear! Powered Inzektron!" A massive mechanical monster appeared on the field; 2500/1600. level 6, Machine, LIGHT "Inzektron's effect! During the turn this is Synchro Summoned it cannot be destroyed by battle or effects, also I take no damage!"

"Awesome!" he gazed at Inzektron with an amazed look "I didn't know you could also summon other synchro's that don't belong to the Crystron archetype. " Yuji said.

"Thanks...my deck is full of surprises I guess" Ame replied.

"Indeed...But now I think it is useless to attack, so I end my tun!"

YUJI: LP: 3500, H:3

AME: LP: 4000, H: 2

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