Warriors Vs Robotic Birds

Yuksel's POV

It's been two days since the duel between Yuto and Yugo, and Yuya still hasn't woken up. I have no idea what happened back there, but everything that happened the last few days was really confusing. Good thing is that we at least got to know that this whole situation is in this timeline, as those strange beings called it.

What makes things go from bad to worse is that we apparently aren't in the original Arc-V world, which means that what is going to happen from now on, I won't be able to predict it. With other worlds, we are starting once again from the beginning.

"You are putting too much thought in it." I turned toward the voice; it was Ryuuji who was leaning on the wall at the opposite side of the hallway from me.

Even though Yuya was out for two days I figured that we won't be able to help wake him up, so we continued coming to the tournament, watching the duels and observing for anything suspicious happening. I hate to say it but Ryuuji and Sophie are of big help when it comes to watching people without them noticing. Just how long have they been stalking me and my sister without us sensing anything?

"How do you know what I'm thinking about?" I asked back.

Ryuuji shrugged. "I don't know, but it's obvious by the fact you kept staring at one point for so long."

"It's nothing." I waved it off. "I was just remembering what those 'Gods of Harmony' as you call them told us."

"You have no idea how lucky you are to stand face-to-face with them." He replied. Delag wasn't joking, those people really worship them a lot. "Only the elders have been able to get information from them, in the form of visions."

"According to them, the reason why we could reach their space was because of how much of a mess this universe is." I said in a jokingly manner. "You know… now that I'm getting to know you guys better, you don't seem so bad anymore."

"Same for you, mate." He responded. I lowered my head, relaxing. "Will you tell me what it was like in that other place; the gods' home?"

"It was white and very beautiful." I have never been amazed from something in my life as much as from Grelyson.

Strangely, when I say this name, a weird thought comes to my mind. It was then that I started thinking about the promise that these 'Gods' made to us. When regaining enough of their lost power, I and my sister will be sent back to our world. It sounds like happy news, and it is, but at the same time…

"Hey…" I called our before even realizing it. In return, Ryuuji looked at me from the corner of his eyes. "Do you think that the real Yuksel and Hema will take good care of Oni after I and my sister leave this world?"

He nodded. "If there is someone who can take care of a kid that must be them. The fact that they don't have parents just like that girl will surely strengthen their bonds. If you don't mind, can I ask why you suddenly came up with such a question?"

"It's nothing." I shook my head. "The thought just popped in my mind. Heh, it must have been hard for them as well. I never had the chance to ask Yuksel about his life."

"It wasn't as bad as you think it was." Ryuuji backed from the wall he was leaning on and stepped next to me, looking down at the stadium. "Just like with me and Sophie, the elders took care of them as well."

"Heh, sorry for asking such useless questions." I joked again then turned serious. "Just so you know, we are being watched."

"I noticed him as well." Ryuuji nodded in acknowledge and we both looked at the guy in the opposite side of the stadium, Kurosaki Shun. Seeing that we are looking at him, the Xyz duelist quickly left. "He didn't try to hide the fact that he was watching us. The guy certainly wants you to follow him; it must be a trap."

"It totally is." I agreed. "If he is now a part of LDS then he must be in Leo Corporation as well. He probably wants to know why exactly we were in the park that night."

"Leo Corporation, huh? Those guys are really weird you know? I hacked into their computers yesterday and they did nothing in return, even though I'm certain that they noticed."

I turned to leave. "They are playing their own game, and it seems we are a part of it as well."

"Where are you going?" Ryuuji called after me. I just turned my head toward him and smirked. Wasn't it obvious by now?

"Somebody went out of his way to put a trap for me; it would be rude if I don't play along with it."

A grin appeared on Ryuuji's face as he heard my answer. "Heh, you don't mind if I join you then, do you?"

I and Ryuuji made our way to the other side of the stadium just in time as Shun was leaving; probably trying to lure us to someplace else. We followed outside but quickly lost track of the Xyz duelist.

"That guy is good at hiding." Ryuuji said, annoyed.

"He came from a warzone after all." I told my companion. "For him, this must be the simplest means of survival."

"How do you know so much?"

"That guy in the black outfit from two nights ago – I spoke with him some time before and-" before I could finish, Ryuuji pushed me to the ground.

"Look out!"

I didn't have time to even respond when a blue duel disk's blade swung at me, missing my neck by just centimeters. Shun landed on the ground and flipped a couple of times to gain some ground between himself and us before readying his duel disk.

"What was that for? You almost decapitated me!" I shouted at the man while getting back on my feet. Guess to some degree Sora was right to call him a scum. "I was thinking of having a conversation with you."

"There is no need to waste time talking to someone from Academia!" Shun yelled back. "I don't care how many of you come, I'm going to annihilate you all!"

"You are deceiving yourself!" I shouted back. "We both know that the reason why you wanted us here is to learn why we were in the park!" Shun didn't saying anything back.

"There is no point in talking to him." Ryuuji said, taking out his duel disk. "It seems like we will just have to duel him."

"No." I raised my hand, stopping him. "He wants me to, not you. If anyone has to duel here, that would me." Ryuuji nodded as I took my duel disk, activating it. "Let's do this!"

"DUEL!"

Turn 1

Yuksel's LP: 4000, Hand: 5

Shun's LP: 4000, Hand: 5

"I summon Raidraptor – SkullEagle (LV: 3, ATK: 1000)!" a robotic bird appeared onto the field; it was different from the one he used during his duel with Sora. "Next I activate the Normal Spell, Raidraptor – Call! I now Special Summon another Raidraptor – SkullEagle from my deck!"

"Damn it!" I cursed, taking a step back. He now has two level three monsters onto his field. It's coming already!

"I overlay my two level three Raidraptor – SkullEagle's!" The monsters fell into the portal. "Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 3, Raidraptor – Fiend Eagle (Rank: 3, ATK: 1000, ORU: 2)!" a cooler darker version of his eagle appeared from the portal. "Now, through the effect of both SkullEagle turned into Xyz Materials, Fiend Eagle gains 300 attack for each one!"

Raidraptor – Fiend Eagle (Rank: 3, ATK: 1000 – 1300 - 1600, ORU: 2)

"I activate Fiend Eagle's effect! By detaching an overlay unit it deals damage to the opponent equal to the ATK of one monster on the field!" Shun's monster absorbed its Xyz Material and gained a purple aura before firing thousands of purple needles at me.

"Aahh!" I shouted as I fell on the ground while groaning in pain. For some reason, the impact felt real, just like in my duel with Hikaru.

Yuksel's LP: 4000 - 2400

I glared at Shun's duel disk; it was the same kind as Hikaru's. So that guy was from Xyz as well? I now have a really bad feeling of how this duel was going to play out.

"I set one card and end my turn." Shun stated calmly. "You are nothing compared to the previous one. He at least tried to put up a fight."

"You mean Sora, right?" I said, trying to get up. "Then I will have to disappoint you because I'm not from Academia. In fact, I despise them for what they did to your Dimension."

"You are also stupider than the others if you believe a lie like this would be enough to fool me." Shun spoke sharply. "The sole fact that you know I'm from another Dimension is enough for me to figure that you aren't from here as well."

"You are right about that!" I took hold of the top card of my deck. "I'm really not from this world, and now I'm going to show you the power of my world! My turn! Draw!"

Turn 2

Yuksel's LP: 2400, Hand: 6

Shun's LP: 4000, Hand: 2

"When there are no monsters on my field I Special Summon N.G. Runner (LV: 2, ATK: 900)!" my faithful monster dashed onto the field. "Since an N.G. monster is on the field, N.G. Supporter (LV: 3, ATK: 1000) can be Special Summoned from the hand!"

I then looked at another monster in my hand; it was level two; if I summon it I could perform a level seven Synchro summon and call out Alpha Wing, but doing so would mean that I'm going back to relying on the dragons. No, I need to become stronger on my own.

"I tune my level 3 N.G. Supporter to my level 2 N.G. Runner!" I declared. The two monsters flew into the air. Runner turned into two green rings which went around Supporter, who then turned into three orbs of light. "Guardian of time, the king of skies, emerge from the cracks to seal the written fate! Synchro Summon, Alpha Warrior (LV: 5, ATK: 2100)!"

"A Synchro Summon…" Shun mumbled to himself.

"Alpha Warrior's effect activates! When summoned, all spell or trap cards the opponent controls return to the hand! Gentle Storm!" Strong wind shot toward Shun's face-down card, returning it into his hand.

"Tch, cheap tricks. I activate Fiend Eagle's effect, targeting Alpha Warrior!"

"Kyaaaaah!" I fell on my knees from the pain that rang through my entire body.

Yuksel's LP: 2400 - 300

"Do you see now, why the Resistance will never fall to Academia or its pawns?!" Shun shouted at me. "The only thing you could do is surrender, but if your pride won't allow it then I'm going to take you down by force!"

"You can try to do whatever you please," I said, slowly getting back up, "but I won't give up! I can't give up! I made a promise to help you guys, to use my abilities and make a difference! Because of this, I won't surrender and I'll keep going 'til the bitter end! I equip the Equip Spell Wings of Resistance to Alpha Warrior!"

The jet wings on my monster's back changed shape, becoming longer and ending with a green energy circle each. "When a monster equipped with Wings of Resistance attacks a special summoned monster, that monster's effects are negated and its ATK becomes 0 until the end of the Damage Step. Battle!" I shouted as Shun's monster's ATK fell to 0.

Raidraptor – Fiend Eagle (Rank: 3, ATK: 1600 - 0, ORU: 0)

"Alpha Warrior attack Raidraptor – Fiend Eagle! Time Stream Fist! " My monster collided with its target, destroying it. The shockwave from the collision threw Shun back but he regained balance in midair and landed safely, a few feet away from where he originally stood.

Shun's LP: 4000 - 1900

"The similarity between you and Gray is impressive." Shun said coldly. "But you are like him only in appearance."

"Is this what the duel is all about? You think I have something to do with the disappearance of your sister and friends?!" I shouted at him. "I know, you are worried about them. The guilt that you weren't there when they needed you most must eat you from the inside, but this isn't the way to take them back! I heard, your world was filled with smiles and happiness before Academia arrived! How can someone like you be so blinded by darkness and hatred?!"

"Silence!" Shun warned me. "Don't even dare talk about happiness and hatred to me; not after what you did to my world, my comrades, and my family!"

"So be it then." I took a deep breath. "Now I'm certain that trying to talk with you was a grave mistake. I summon N.G. Demodic!" a small black demon without a head and with big grey eyes on its wings appeared next to Alpha Warrior and a blue aura formed around it.

N.G. Demodic, LV: 2/Water/Fiend/ATK: 200/DEF: 800

"When Demodic is summoned he automatically changes to defense position." I explained. "Then I set a card and end my turn. Your move."

Turn 3

Yuksel's LP: 300, Hand: 1

Shun's LP: 1900, Hand: 4

"I summon Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius (LV: 4, ATK: 1300)!" the monster he used in his duel with Sora appeared. "When Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius is summoned I can summon another one from my hand! I use the effect of the second Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius to call out a third one!"

"Here it comes!" Ryuuji shouted toward me.

"I overlay the three Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius!" Shun's monsters fell into the portal. "Obscured falcon! Raise your sharpened talons in front of adversity, spread your wings of rebellion! Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon (Rank: 4, ATK: 100, ORU: 3)!"

"I activate Rise Falcon's effect! By detaching an overlay unit, it gains the combine ATKof all Special Summoned monsters my opponent controls!" Shun shouted as his monster gained Alpha Warrior's ATK.

Raid Raptors - Rise Falcon (Rank: 4, ATK: 100 - 2200, ORU: 2)

"Battle! Rise Falcon attack! Brave Claw Revolution!" Shun pointed at my monster with two fingers.

"Trap open!" I countered. "N.G. Minefield destroys a monster that declared an attack against mines!" multiple floating mines appeared in the monster's path, blowing it to pieces.

"Rank-Up-Magic – Raptor's Force activate!" as the familiar spell activated, Rise Falcon appeared on the field, then fled into the sky. "Ferocious falcon. Break through this fierce battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 5! Raid Raptors - Blaze Falcon (Rank: 5, ATK: 1000, ORU: 1)!"

"I should have seen this one coming." I sighed.

"Blaze Falcon can attack directly!" Shun reminded me. "Go! Raptor's Break of Thunderclap!"

"I activate N.G. Supporter's effect!" I countered. "When it's in the graveyard I can remove it from play and negate one attack of the opponent!"

"Then I activate Blaze Falcon's effect!" Shun shouted. "By detaching an overlay unit, the opponent's Special Summoned monsters are all destroyed and the opponent takes 500 points of damage for each one!" Blaze Falcon fired its guns at Alpha Warrior, destroying it with a big explosion. "It's over now!"

"You sure about that?" I asked while walking out of the smoke, unharmed.

"Why didn't your life points drop to 0?!" Shun shouted.

"Because I used N.G. Demodic's effect." I smirked. "When I would take effect damage, I can tribute this card to make all effect damage this turn become 0."

"So you survived…?" Shun glared at me furiously. "But this won't be for long. I end my turn here!"

"My turn!" I shouted, drawing a card.

Turn 4

Yuksel's LP: 300, Hand: 2

Shun's LP: 1900, Hand: 0

"Spell card, Desired Draw activate! I draw two cards!" I took my new cards and put them in my hand before grabbing the other one. "I summon N.G. Chain Puller (LV: 4, ATK: 1200)! When he is summoned, I can call back a N.G. from my graveyard! Come back, N.G. Demodic! Next I activate Polymerization!"

"A Fusion Summon!" Shun shouted.

"The chained warrior and the outcast devil now become one! Combining body and soul into a higher power of unity! Be born, paladin of a tyrannical dragon that slays foes with the strength of thousands! Fusion Summon! Appear, the strongest of all sorcerers, Level 6, Delta Paladin (LV: 6, ATK: 2300)!"

"Delta Paladin's effect activate!" I ignored the Xyz user. "When Delta Paladin is Fusion Summoned, she gains 300 ATK for each monster my opponent controls! Stardust Particles!"

Delta Paladin (LV: 6, ATK: 2300 - 2600)

"Battle! Delta Paladin, attack Raidraptor – Blaze Falcon! Double Abyss!" My monster charged forward, cutting the robotic bird in two. The explosion from the attack knocked Shun on the ground.

Shun's LP: 1900 - 300

"I set a card face-down. Turn End."

Shun slowly got back on his feet "I was right about you all along… YOU TRULY ARE THE ENEMY!"

"Then come and defeat me." I provoked him. "If taking your anger out on me would help you then I will gladly accept it."

"MY TURN!"

Turn 5

Yuksel's LP: 300, Hand: 0

Shun's LP: 300, Hand: 1

"With this… your luck won't be able to save you this time!" Shun shouted, raising the card and then slapping it onto his duel disk. "Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force activate! I pay half my life points to summon a Raidraptor from my Graveyard and Rank it up into a Raidraptor that is two ranks higher!"

Shun's LP: 300 - 150

Rise Falcon reappeared onto the field and then flew out from the galaxy portal in front of Shay.

"Prideful falcon. Spread your wings, dyed in the blood of heroes, and charge through the path of revolution! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 6! Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon (Rank: 6, ATK: 2000. ORU: 1)!"

I gulped. That was the same monster he used to defeat Sora during their duel. With its ability, this monster would be able to wipe away my remaining life points without the need to attack!

"Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon's effect activate! I destroy one monster the opponent controls and deal damage equal to its ATK!"

"Counter Trap Card! N.G. Enforcers!" the trap opened; its artwork showing N.G. Phantom the Chain Master protecting N.G. Jar from Zaborg the Mega Monarch. "When a monster effect is activated that targets and destroys a monster I control, I draw one card: If the card I drew is a monster card, the effect is negated and the monster is destroyed. If the card is anything else, it's sent to the graveyard and all damage I take this turn will be doubled!"

"You still refuse to surrender!? Very well then! Be destroyed by your own cards!"

"Something like that won't happen!" I shouted and looked at my duel disk. "There is still hope. I'm going to show you the difference that one card can do! DRAW!" I swiped my hand away from the duel disk; a trail of light following after the card I drew; looking at it, I felt like my heart stopped.

"Well?" Shun called, impatient. "Hurry up with it."

"The card I drew is… Mirror Clone… A spell card…" No, I can't believe it. My deck betrayed me. Suddenly, my thoughts were cut short by the many bombarding bombs that fell onto both my monster and me.

Turn 5

Yuksel's LP: 0, Hand: 0

Shun's LP: 150, Hand: 0 (Winner!)

I lied on the ground, unable to move from the pain that ran over my body. Shun headed towards me but Ryuuji stood in front of me and activated his duel disk. The Xyz duelist ignored him and glared towards me.

"There isn't a way you could know about my sister and friend even if you are from Academia." He spoke coldly, raising his duel disk. "Who gave you all this information?"

"Yuto…" I mumbled, using the little remaining force in my body. "Yuto told me everything."

"Don't lie!" Shun shouted. "I know Yuto; he was my best friend! He would never tell anything to the enemy even if it would cost his life!"

"I know that he wouldn't." I rested my head on the cold ground, looking at the sky. "But he told me two nights ago about what happened in Xyz – about the disappearance of your other friends and your sister. He trusted that I can help you, and because of this I'm trying to talk to you right now. I wanted you to trust me as well because we have the same goal."

"I don't trust you." Shun put his duel disk down. "But I was told to not hurt you, so feel lucky. Next time, nobody will be able to save you." With those words, he left us and Ryuuji helped me get up.

"Was it really worth it?" Ryuuji asked.

"I hope it was." I nodded and looked to where Kurosaki was. "But this also proved that he can't do as he pleases."

General POV

Inside a dark room, where the only sources of light were the computer screens showing various data and footage from the cameras all over the city, a man with silver hair and glasses was sitting onto a chair, looking over them. A man then walked into the room.

"Why did you stop me?" the familiar voice of Kurosaki Shun asked.

"I don't want any more complications by having participants in the tournament disappear." The man known as Akaba Reiji answered with a calm and collected tone. "I also have plans for them."

"What are you talking about?" Shun asked, confused. "You can't mean that you plan to have people from Academia in those Lancers you told me about!"

"You shouldn't worry about this." The images of Yuksel and Hema showed on the screen along with various other data next to the pictures. "Kuroba Yuksel and Kuroba Hema, sixteen year olds, without parents or other known relatives. I looked over all the data about them that we were able to find; these two are without a doubt from Standard."

Kurosaki looked at the screen, shocked. So those two weren't connected to Academia after all and what the boy told him about Yuto must be right then. But if that's true, then why were they able to use Fusion…?

"Synchro, Fusion, Xyz and even Pendulum." Akaba Reiji spoke again. "The summon wave coming from when they use any of those methods is as strong as that of the genuine ones. They will be very useful indeed…"

New Cards:

N.G. Demodic LV: 2/Water/Fiend/ATK: 200/DEF: 800

Effect: If this card is Normal or Flip Summoned: Change this card to Defense Position. You can tribute this card; All effect damage you take for the rest of this turn becomes 0 (this is a Quick Effect).

N.G. Enforcers (Trap) Counter

When an opponent's monster effect is activated that would target and destroy monster(s) you control: Draw 1 card and reveal it. If it is a Monster Card, negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. Then Special Summon that monster. If the card is a Spell or Trap Card, all damage you take for the rest of this turn is doubled.

A/N: Truly this may not be one of my best duels ever, but I so much wanted to write an Yuksel vs Kurosaki duel. In fact, this was originally supposed to happen after Yuksel's duel in the second round of the Tournament, but due to plot I had to write it before that duel. Yeah, having him not use any of the dragons makes winning duels a lot harder, like, the deck loses 70% of its power because of this.

And I know that the anime version of Rank-Up-Magic – Raptor's Force works only if the monster has been destroyed, by battle, so I used the RL effect for this one instead.

I however, promised myself to be serious for this author note and put something essential that is also pretty important for me. Please, I would like if you guys and girls put some reviews. Not for anything else, but because I want to know what you guys are thinking about this. What you like in this story, what you don't and what you think should be improved. If you ask me I will honestly tell you that if it wasn't for me being already 25 chapter in I would have made some pretty big changes. But it's too late for this and instead I want to hear your opinions on the matter of how I should improve it.

Now, to reply the review I got last time.

aibcareer2k: Thanks alot and my beta said that the chapter was kinda blank too. Its true, but adding a duel in that chapter would feel forced, but I'm going to add a duel in most of the chapters from now on. I'm also glad that you understand my poor reasoning for the summoning methods.

As for the dragons getting an evolved form... You have no idea how much I laughed because of the timing of this question. But because I'm nasty and because of spoilers I'm not going to answer this question, though sometimes the lack on a proper answer can be the answer if you catch my drift.

Those 10.000 reviews you mentioned are still just a distant dream for me, bro... a very distant dream... a whole of 9.961 reviews away from coming true...

Now if you excuse me, I'm going to cry in the corner.

Shadow is out.