Chapter 27

In the opposite wing, Yuto was walking down the hallways checking out each of the classrooms in order one by one, each of the rooms had a glass window to see through so visitors can take a peak inside without disturbing the classes that were in session. Each door was also equipped with a student ID scanner to prevent anyone from barging in unannounced and disrupt the lessons taking place, and also as an extra act of security. A feature which impressed Yuto and the other boys. Taking a peak inside he could see the students, both xyz and fusion, taking their places inside as the teachers began their lessons on either duelling or on general studies.

"Glad everyone's enjoying themselves, makes me feel more at ease." said Yuto commenting on how everything was going swimmingly so far.

"Hehe…it's a good thing we don't need to go school yet cos we're on a job to save the world." Yugo chuckled as he laid back in relaxation while Yuya sighed.

"Sigh….for the umpteenth time….look at all the fun we're missing out on….." he moaned seeing some of them had some rather entertaining ice breaker games taking place to get to know everyone. Was way better than anything he ever had at school back home.

Yuri on the other hand scoffed uncaringly while folding his arms at the back of his head, wanting nothing more than to get out of xyz dimension as soon as he could. Though as they passed by another class, something caught his eye as he headed towards the see through window on the opposite room. He then narrowed his eyes rather hardly before calling out to the others who had passed by, "Hey guys, you might want to take a look at this."

"Huh?"

"Eh?"

They all then headed back to where Yuri was floating, "What's up?" they curiously walked dup to where he was, but noticed he wasn't the slightest bit amused, and that worried them.

"Not that I care for others' wellbeing, but I thought you guys should check this out." he muttered before stepping aside and motioning them to window.

As they peered through they noticed the class representative of the classroom assign the students to their seats. Coincidentally, while the usual students sat in well maintained desks or seats, transfers from Academia or the fusion dimensions generally received poor quality seats that were either rusted, poorly made as well as desks that may have been worn down or messy with pieces of leftover gum or muck! In fact, some students even had their chairs crack and give way, causing them to fall down and become the center of laughter for the rest of them! The sight of humiliation to the fusion transfers became somewhat of a concern for the onlooking boys. Though it wasn't clear, they could hear some voices through the door, how the class rep assured them that they would receive new seats eventually though for the time being they'd have to make do.

"Oh dear…..talk about bad luck…." sighed Yuya sadly, though he was used to people laughing at him for being a clown, he was able to roll with it though he couldn't really say the same for the kids who were going through a tough time.

"You think it's coincidence it's only the Academia transfers that are being given a hard time in there?" said Yuri feeling rather offended at the sight, "Guess this Academy isn't so perfect after all eh Yuto?" he said eying his brother in charge, who too was feeling disturbed.

"I'm certain there should be a logical explanation for this," Yuto replied trying to stay optimistic as he could, "After all, I'm certain that the last thing anyone from the xyz dimension want is to raise the tensions between them and Academia." he added. His theory though was put further to the test as when classes ended, class reps from each room also had the Fusion transfers remain behind to sweep up the floors, tidy up the desks or even clean the messes simply as 'part of the welcome orientation' as they claimed.

"Gee, I thought people of fusion would be forgiven and treated as equals now that the war is over…..not that I really care…." muttered Yuri folding his arms. Though trying his best to keep it to himself, after spending much time with family and friends for a long time, Yuri had grown rather empathetic and considerate of his fellow people of fusion so it was starting to gnaw at his heart seeing them being mistreated as such.

"They are equals Yuri, honest….." Yuto continued assuringly, "I'm sure they'll make the transfers feel properly welcomed in Heartland in no time…..They have to…." he then added starting to feel even more concerned.

Yuya then tried to lighten the mood, "I'm sure it's nothing bud temporary bad luck you guys…..don't worry about it." he said cheerfully putting an arm around their shoulders and smiling nicely, hoping to lighten the tension Yuri may be having towards Yuto.

Evidence contradicting Yuya's claim soon became more apparent as the boys continued their tour around campus, in the form of the very strict student rules being enforced by the new Disciplinary system that was installed in order to maintain a new orderly behaviour. Around stairways, hallways or even outside on school grounds there were disciplinarian officers in big green soldier like uniforms and hats passing out 'misconduct cards' mainly to the Fusion transfers, for the most extreme or ridiculous reasons such as the students bringing in non-approved belongings from the Fusion dimension into xyz school campus (like lucky charms or comic books). Others were penalised for obstruction by simply standing in the hallways or sitting at stairs, using 'undesignated' facilities meant for Fusion, entering certain areas without a pass, transfers being late for a class and forced to stand outside the room (Eventhough xyz students were gladly welcomes), even transfers that tried to take naps in quiet, secluded areas like under trees or at the rooftops weren't safe from being penalised too!

To make matters even more harsh, other violations included improper attire, simply littering or even standing within 2 feet of an xyz classmate was considered a school offence to the disbelief of the Transfers despite no student of xyz making any attempt to speak out, other out of fear or even without any care. Everywhere the oppression of the transfers from the Representatives or Disciplinarians was made clear, making life extremely miserable for them, several even pushed so painfully hard they even considered leaving Xyz to the shock and horror of the boys who passed by them!

"Sheesh, isn't Heartland supposed to be a democracy? Why is this place feel like it's under the rule of a dictator?" Yugo shivered uneasily getting bad vibes back when Tops and Securities were in charge of Synchro dimension.

Yuri narrowed his eyes firmly as they continued down the hallway they were in."Hmph….I find this rather offensive….if I were in control I'd give those punks a piece of my mind." The only thing that was holding him back from doing so was that Yuto was in charge and that he also made a promise to his brothers stay in control too, a promise he was beginning to regret. His anger soon reached breaking point when they came across an officer harassing a young Transfer, attempting to confiscate his fusion cards for bringing in unauthorised items as he claimed. When the student refused, the officer then demanded his entire deck to the shock and horror of the Yu-boys.

Yuto tightened his hand, "This is going too far…." he thought as he headed over to the scene, knowing he couldn't merely spectate a second longer.

"I won't repeat myself! Hand them over or I'll-" before the officer could finish pulling back his fist, only to have it grabbed and held back! "Wh…what the!?" he then gasped realising the person who had a grip on his arm was actually quite strong. As he turned around he saw Yuto who had took ahold of his arm in time before he could throw a punch!

"That's enough." Yuto said firmly into the eyes of the disciplinarian who gazed back at him in shock, realising who he was that moment.

"Y…you're…." Being caught off guard, the harassed transfer picked up his cards and quickly scurried off in tears, "H….Hey! Get back here right now! I'm not done with you!" The officer yelled as he tried to run after him, only to have his arm tugged back by Yuto!

"Yes you are." he said firmly, maintaining his stoic expression without even the slightest hint of giving in.

"Why you!" The officer tightened his fist and girt his teeth angrily but saw Yuto shooting him a fierce glare himself. Knowing this wasn't a fight he couldn't win he begrudgingly let it go, "Tch! Fine whatever, I'll let it slide just this once." he scoffed straightening up his uniform before turning away, "To a citizen of xyz would even consider sticking up for those fusion scum…." Upon hearing that statement Yuri had just about enough, he then seized control of Auto's body, as his eyes then flared violet and he grabbed ahold of the officer's collar and slammed him into the wall! "Ack!

"I'd take that back right now, otherwise you'll be waking up the next morning trapped in a-" At that point Yugo and Yuya managed to get ahold of their brother and restrained him!

"Yuri!"

"Get ahold of yourself man!" they growled trying their best, but even with the 2 of them it took everything they had simply to keep him from going wild!

"Argh! Let me go! Let me at him! He's not getting away with this!" he snarled viciously trying to escape his brothers' grasp, wanting retribution for the wronging of his fellow fusion users. At that moment, Yuto calmed him down with an hand on his shoulder as he took over again.

"Argh! Get your hands off me you!" The officer grunted pulling Yuto's arm off his collar and straightening his uniform again, "Why I ought to-" he growled though Yuto held himself firmly without showing any weakness, "Tch! You're lucky I'm a good mood today, otherwise I'd hand you 10 misconduct cards for the offence of laying hands on an officer, then have you suspended on the spot!" he grunted knowing he wasn't going to expect an apology from Yuto anytime soon.

Yuto narrowed his eyes trying his best to keep control over himself, as much as he wanted to give a piece of his mind to the Disciplinary committee he knew he'd be no better than a delinquent himself if he disobeyed the rules openly like Yuri did just now.

After straightening out his uniform the officer spat, "Look, I'm just doing my job. If you got a problem with the school rules, go make a complaint or something to President Mamoru Jinguji. Not that it'll do you any good…." he grumbled at the end before storming off to find rules to enforce and crackdown on anyone who would even think of violating them.

As he left Yuto narrowed his eyes firmly deciding what he would do next, "Oh believe me, I will." he said, for this was clearly not the Heartland Academy that anyone had wanted or hoped for since the xyz dimension's rebirth. After managing to calm Yuri down and assuring him that he will set things right himself, he was then heading down the hallway towards the center of the complex ready to put an end to all this once and for all.

His brothers then appeared around him a little while later after he had come quite far, "Say Yuto, where are we going?" asked Yuya curiously.

"If we're going to stop this from getting out of hand, we'll have to stop it at the source." he answered, "That means going to see the person in charge of all order and discipline in this entire Academy."

"The Student Council President that guy mentioned?" Yuya asked, to which Yuto responded with a nod.

A little while later, the boys ended up at a dimly lit hallway with a flickering set of ceiling lights and a door in front of them, with the red crest disciplinarian logo on it, along with a see-through window. "So this is the place huh? Kinda gloomy and sad if you ask me." muttered Yuri as they all came up towards it.

"Shh!" Yuto then silenced him with a loud firm hush as he tiptoed up to see through the glass while also doing his best to remain unseen. Inside as he peered through, he noticed a small group of disciplinary officers standing together in an orderly line before a large desk in a dark poorly lit room (Only with light peering through the gaps in the winder drapes. A computer sat on the desk with the monitor facing forward with a young man with brown and blond hair sitting in the arm chair eying it closely. While it wasn't very clear, Yuto also took notice of a few Academia boys in red and yellow having a casual conversation with a couple of girls who were heading to the shower rooms after had just finished their sports classes.

The person sitting in the chair smirked deviously to himself placing his hands together, "Trying to harass girls? That's a serious rule violation we simply can't let slide can we?" he said before turning to the officers, "Go do something about it."

"Yes sir!" They said in response before heading to the door.

"Quick! Hide!" Yuya exclaimed as Yuto backtracked and took shelter in the shadows behind the corner, as the officers walked past without noticing him. The boys narrowed their eyes firmly before heading back to the front door. Yuto couldn't risk exposure but he needed to know what was going on, luckily thanks to an old programme Jin left him during their war days, he was able to hack into cameras in Academia security systems to keep track of some of their plans. Fortunately, the school's security monitors were no different as he soon got ahold of Jinguji's room and began spying on him. After dealing and shuffling through the monitors he found the one he was looking for, with Jinguji standing up from his chair and gloating out loud.

"Hehehe, everything's going according to plan," he snickered to himself rubbing his pals, "With a few new rules alone with the enforcement that comes with them, those invaders will soon be forced out of our society once and for all! It's only a matter of time before the entire Academy accepts the new system of order and keeping them from squealing shouldn't be too much trouble. After this, they'll think twice before ever setting foot on school grounds and soon our entire dimensions will be completely cleansed from all those filthy scum." he snickered to the boys' surprise, shock and disgust that he was intentionally making school life miserable for Fusion duelists simply to get back at them! Mamoru's grin disappeared and was replaced with a more hateful expression, "People of the fusion dimension, in our school? On top of that, from Academia of all places? They not only invaded our world, turned countless numbers of us into cards, hunting us like animals and oppressing us for many moons! They're like stains on a window frame that needs to be wiped clean from this school! They treated us like scum, well, let's see how it feels for them to be on the receiving end for a change hehehe…." he then chuckled sinisterly as the boys continued looking on. "Ever since this new school was proposed, I've worked my way up tirelessly to ensure that I could create an upright and orderly student society, so that we can bring back those bright and glorious days and ensure we're much more safe and secure with discipline and example being exercised in pretty much every corner of the Academy." he said continuing to monologue, "Thus, as Student Council President it's my job to keep everyone in line and ensure that everyone knows their place, in fact even the teachers are no exception. Through my efforts I've won the love and support of pretty much everyone in the entire student body, therefore I'm more than certain that everyone's place is known and once they all see that, no one would ever have the heart to oppose me as I crackdown on those fusion duelists however I please. Best part? I won't be held responsible hehe….." he gloated deviously to the disgust of the boys overhearing every word he had uttered since minute 1.

"That guy sure loves hearing himself talk doesn't he?" sweat dropped Yuya and Yugo, "I thought Sawatari was full of himself, but this guy may actually have him beat by a landslide…." Yuto and Yuri on the other hand were just about had enough. Stepping up from his spot, Yuto decided it was time to take action as he headed towards the front door and politely knocked on it, catching the attention of Mamoru who was still relishing in the moment only to be interrupted.

Knock knock

"Hmm?" he blinked and returned to his chair, "It's open, come in." he said as Yuto stepped in seriously.

"Mamoru, we need to talk." he said.

On sight of the visitor, Mamoru couldn't help but smile with pleasure, "Ah Yuto, it's you. Just the man I wanted to see." he said, "Have a seat." he then offered politely to the visitor chair in front of him.

Yuto sat in without any difficult and immediately got down to the matter at hand, "We have business to discuss." he said.

"I was about to say the same thing." replied the President, "Glad we're both on the same page. In fact, I have a proposal just for you, considering you were one of the lancers that helped bring peace to our world." he said catching Auto's attention.

"Proposal? What kind?" he asked suspiciously.

"Why the kind that comes once in lifetime, and the kind you'd be foolish to refuse." he replied putting his hands together and carrying a devious smirk. "In fact, I'd like to appoint you as the head disciplinarian of Heartland Academy." he said as Yuto raised an eyebrow.

"Me? Head of discipline?"

"Why yes Yuto, in fact I couldn't have thought of anyone better than you for the job." he said, "You see, despite my efforts to instil proper behaviour and conduct in this new Academy, I'm actually in need of somebody of great integrity who also understands the importance of order. And no person comes to mind better than you." Yuto said nothing, "With someone like you, a great war hero of Heartland, leading the school's new system of discipline and upright behaviour, everyone will have no reason to go against us, we'd no doubt be able to set any…troublemakers straight. Thereby ensuring all our precious xyz students stay safe and secure, so they wouldn't end up like….last time….." he added sounding sad, referencing to how Heartland Duel School was utterly devastated during the war and how the students were among the first to be carded.

Yuto narrowed his eyes, he would have bought into Mamoru's offer due to the trauma and horrendous experiences of the past. However, if he hadn't heard about what said President was monologuing about earlier the outcome of this conversation would have been very different. "I'm flattered you picked me and all Mamoru, a shame that I'm going to have to turn down your 'generous' order." he answered to Jinguji's surprise.

"Hmm? Now why in the world would you ever think of something so outrageous?" he asked, "Surely you can see the logic in my words, with you leading the way we'd be able to ensure better student security and that no one, especially newcomers from the fusion dimension, would ever think to get out of line."

"That's exactly what I'm here to discuss about." Yuto replied seriously, "I've taken a first hand look around the school and into your handiwork, and let's just say I am not at all pleased at what you've done."

Mamoru then began to feign innocence in response, "Oh? And why might you think that? I can assure you that each and every student is taken into careful consideration and-"

"Just drop the act already Mamoru, I can see right through it." Yuto interrupted, "You may act like a perfect student on the outside and fooled everyone else into believing this is for a better student society, but I can see right through it, you're simply abusing your authority and twisting the rules to your advantage, simply to get even with Fusion aren't you!?" he shouted. The Head council member then narrowed his eyes, his smile vanished knowing what Yuto was trying to pull off. "I'm sure you're already aware of the fragile situation between both Xyz and Fusion. You have to ease up a little or you'll only make frictions and distrust between both xyz and fusion even worse!" Yuto added at the end.

His words however were only met with an unconcerned scoff, "Just what do you mean by that? I'm simply doing my job as maintaining an incorruptible and orderly student body. Hoarding a grudge towards Academia has nothing to do with it." he said shrugging his shoulders, "No one's above the law, not even visitors, especially those from the other dimensions. They have to follow the rules just like everyone else. Besides you have no right to question my authority, and besides, just what are you going to do about it?" he added with a smirk as he laid back in his chair and lifted his legs onto the desk.

Yuto then smirked having foresaw this outcome. "In that case, I hope you don't mind if I release this straight to the school board now do you?" He said as he then held out his duel disk and after dialling a few buttons on it-

Hehehe, everything's going according to plan. With a few new rules alone with the enforcement that comes with them, those invaders will soon be forced out of our society once and for all! It's only a matter of time before the entire Academy accepts the new system of order and keeping them from squealing shouldn't be too much trouble. After this, they'll think twice before ever setting foot on school grounds and soon our entire dimensions will be completely cleansed from all those filthy scum. Best part? I won't be held responsible.

The President turned pale at the sound of his own voice being spoken through the disk.

"Words of advice, never gloat until you've actually won. In fact, don't think out loud in general, you'll never know who's actually listening in." said Yuto having the evidence he needed before reaching for another button on it, "In fact, with a push of this I'll be sending this straight to both the Leader of the lancers or even the Professor himself." he added.

Mamoru then hardened his gaze and grit his teeth knowing now that Yuto had something that could actually damage his reputation or even end his life at the Academy permanently "You wouldn't dare…." he said furiously as he stood up.

Yuto held his ground firmly, "If I have to go against even my own people to ensure peace between and equality between our words, then I'll do it without hesitation." he said. As his brothers looked on pleased with his brother's attitude and firmness, Yuri was actually rather speechless, even if they were brothers he never imagined that someone from xyz would actually stand up for Academia even after what they did before.

"Tch!" Mamoru clicked his tongue as he lashed out at Yuto! Jumped at him in the hopes of catching him off guard, but was soon met with a vicious reversal which sent him flying across the room to the other side of the room! "Argh!" he grunted as he collapsed on the ground having knocked over a bookshelf in the process!

"It's obvious you're no match for my strength Mmaoru, so we'll settle this properly like men." said Yuto calmly, "With a duel."

As he stood up and rubbed his sore head, "Hmph, it would appear you have an objection to the Council's decision. How disappointing…." he grunted spitefully before brushing off his clothes, "I actually expected much better from you Yuto, to think you'd resort to siding with the likes of Fusion, I never imagined you'd stoop so low as to their level….but nevertheless to prove that I am a reasonable person I'll accept your silly little challenge." he said straightening his clothes and regaining his clam composure. "If you win, the Council will revoke all current punishments that have been placed so far, and we'll even decide to end the Disciplinarian programme once and for all. In fact, I might even relinquish my title as President and hand it over to you. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Yuto narrowed his eyes suspiciously once again, "Too nice to be true. What's the catch?" he asked.

"Astute as always Yuto, I'm glad that side of you hasn't changed. Very well, I'll get to the point, nothing to be gained in beating around the bush after all." Maori replied before giving out the other conditions of the duel, "If I win however, not only do you delete that recording and speak none of this to anyone, but you'll also cut all ties with the lancers and the 4 dimensions and become head disciplinarian without question, answering only to me and me alone!" he declared to the frustration, shock and disgust of the 4 boys.

"Tch!"

"Say what!?"

"That's crazy!"

"Grr…."

"I'd say that's a fair and just wager wouldn't you agree hmm?" Mamoru then smirked placing his arms on his hips before holding out his hand, "So what do you say? Are we in agreement?

"Yuto…." the brothers looked to him waiting for his decision, feeling conflicted on whether he should go through with this.

He however had made his decision to help the Academia students and see it through to the end, so there was no wager he wasn't willing to decline in order to set things right, "I accept." he said with no regret or doubts as he shook hands.

"You can always be counted on to listen to reason." Mamoru replied as a sly smile came upon his face, "Very well then, let's begin shall we?" As they each stepped to the opposite side of the room, Mamoru engaged the door locks through his own duel disk to ensure no one would interfere with their match. After that both boys faced off and activated their duel disks!

Field Spell, Crossover!

The inside room was enveloped in a light blue space and platforms materialised all around, with action cards dispersing everywhere.

DUEL!

Yuto: 4000

Jinguji: 4000

"Since we're in my courtroom Yuto, we'll be duelling on my terms." said Jinguji initiating rather proudly.

"Go on." Yuto replied monotonously though feeling a slight degree of concern as to the condition the president would implant on their duel.

His opponent smirked in response, hoping to break Yuto's smug attitude when the duel is done, "Very well, first off if justice is to be properly served and a fair trial is to commence I suggest that both players are forbidden from picking up any action cards, otherwise they wold be struck with a harsh penalty of 500 life points." he stated snapping his fingers as the action cards suddenly gained a dark red aura around them to the boy's annoyance.

"Man, that would really hinder our chances wouldn't it?" moaned Yuya feeling let down at the fact they wouldn't be able to show off their action duel skills under the conditions, as well as losing their advantage.

"We could always just say no." suggested Yugo.

"We could," added Yuto before shaking his head, "But even so, if we don't play by the rules, then we won't be able to abolish those ridiculous rules on the Academia students, not to mention their harsh sentences. As much as it pains us…." he then added

"Nah its fine, we don't need those things anyway," said Yuri waving his hand snarkishly, "We can duel just fine without them, no biggie."

Yuto placed a finger to his chin in thought, "Hmm, yeah you're right, like Gongnenzaka said we can't keep relying on them to bail us out all the time, maybe this could be a good change of pace for us." he replied.

"If you say so." said Yuya shrugging his shoulders willing to go for it.

Turning to his opponent at the other side of the field, "Very well Mamoru, I accept." he said.

Jinguji smirked in response, "Glad you can listen to reason, that's one aspect I like about you." he said, "Also, I hope you don't mind me taking the liberty of deciding who makes the first move."

"Go right ahead then Jinguji." Yuto replied without any complaint.

"With pleasure. At least you still have manners, maybe after this I'll lighten your sentence a couple of weeks if I feel generous enough." he said before looking at his hand and frowning at it, "Hmm, considering the situation I've decided to allow you the first move." he said politely holding out his hand to Yuto.

"More like he has a bad hand if you ask me." snickered Yuri.

"Very well, in that case." said Yuto beginning the turn and taking 4 cards from his hand, "I set 4 cards facedown," he said as 4 facedowns appeared on his field. "Then I activate the continuos spell Veil of darkness, now when I draw a dark monster during the draw phase I can send it to the graveyard in order to draw another card." He said activating the final card in his hand.

"Not bad Yuto," said Mamoru with a confident smirk, "But I've studied most of your techniques in anticipation for this duel, so don't think for a second that I'm going down easy." he said, "Time to make you obey the rules of this society, I draw!" He then moved his hand to another card, "I activate the continuos spell, Spell Sanctuary!" The spell appeared and created a large spell circle above the entire room which shown bright yellow light, "When activated we each can add a spell from our decks to our hands, and as an added bonus, this special place of order and peace allows us to activate spell cards during our opponent's turns." he said as a card ejected from both their decks.

"That can be both beneficial and troublesome…." noted Yuto as he picked his card and Jinguji took his.

"I just added the field spell court battle," said the Student Council leader flashing the card, "How about you?"

Yuto revealed his card without any qualms, "I chose magic planter." he said.

"Good for you, and as for me, I'll set the perfect stage for us so that justice can be served!" He grinned as he picked his card, "I activate the field spell Court battle!" A huge blinding light erupted from the center of the field, forcing the boys to cover their eyes! As it cleared the scenery transformed into that of a huge courtroom, with several seats on both sides of the room and Mamoru at the judge chair along with Yuto standing in the defender's stand!

"Whoa, I feel as though we're being prosecuted….." said Yugo in awe as they looked all around them at the new duel field.

"Fitting isn't it? But this room is more than just a place of law and order, you see when activated we each get a scale," As he said that, a huge set of weighing scales erupted on the sidelines with each of its scales ending off at the opposite ends of the duel field! "Here's how it works, if either of us destroys an opponent's monster be it by battle or effect, we place it upon our own scale rather than send it to the graveyard as a scale counter. Once one of us assembles 3, we can then attach those counters to an xyz monster we control as overlay units!" he explained confidently that victory and justice were on his side.

"I hope we have a good lawyer just on case we lose.…" muttered Yugo who was beginning to nibble his fingernails under the pressure, much to Yuya and Yuri's dismay who shook their heads or faceplamed in disapproval.

"Don't worry I won't lose." said Yuto looking back to his brothers, though his statement was overheard by Mamoru.

"I highly doubt that Yuto," he said with a smug look on his face, "You see justice always wins, and for siding with Academia I'll be sure you get the maximum sentence as they will!" He announced, "I summon Tamagushi the Righteous from my hand!" Appearing on his field was a young woman in a traditional japanese outfit while holding a branch in one hand.

Yugo blinked his eyes, "Did he just summon a level 6 monster without sacrificing?"

"Isn't that illegal? And he says he's a man of honour…." scoffed Yuri folding his arms.

"I'm afraid he's allowed to do that." said Yuto correcting them, having known the monster's ability.

"Very perceptive," clapped Jinguji pleased, "You see Tamagushi's special ability allows me to summon her without tribute, for the small price of lowering her attack points to 0." As her attack lowered, her hakama shortened and her legs became much more exposed to her embarrassment.

1000-0

"Whistle" Yugo whistled at the sight.

"Whoa whoa Yugo, you wouldn't want to make Rin jealous again would you?" Yuyz chuckled as his brother immediately turned pale at the thought of her charging in with demonic eyes and the fan!

"Gulp….Is she here?" he swallowed hard as Yuto tried his best to tune out the background noise and focus on the match beforehand.

"Since I control Tamagushi I am allowed to special summon Sakaki the honor student!" Appearing next on the field was a young boy in long japanese clothes and wielding a long spear!

"Hey that monster has my name…." muttered Yuya feeling rather offended, "On top of that, now he's got 2 level 6 monsters!" he then gasped at the end.

"Here it comes…." Yuto thought as he narrowed his eyes.

"Now watch as my Tamagushi and Sakaki earn themselves an A+ for teamwork! For extra credit, these two perfect pupils will build the Overlay Network together!" Mamoru declared as his 2 spell casters changed into yellow energy spheres before diving into the xyz portal! "I Xyz Summon! Appear! Protector of the rules, descend! Norito the Moral Leader!" Appearing out of the xyz portal was a priest in black robes with 2 yellow units orbiting it.

"He xyz summoned already…." thought Yuya anxiously seeing their field was bare.

"2700 attack points, that's actually pretty tough…." Yuri whistled mildly impressed, "This may actually be a challenge….."

"If you're trying to bait me into a trap Yuto, you're wasting both your time and mine." said Mamoru rather confidently with a smirk which piqued Yuya's interest.

"What does he mean by that?" he asked Yuto curiously.

"I'm guessing from the way this guy talks, he pretty much knows your deck Yuto, and you probably know his strategy too." Yugo bluntly pointed out.

"You've guessed right." their xyz brother answered, "But rather than explain just what and see." he said telling them to be quiet so he could concentrate.

"Norito! Why not move in and deliver justice to the traitor?!" Mamoru commanded as his monster gave a battle cry before swooping in straight at Yuto!

He however was more than prepared, "Not so fast! I activate the trap Phantom Knight's Fog Blade!" he announced as his trap flipped up! "You triggered this the moment you attacked, and not only does your monster's attack get negated but its effects also get negated!" He declared as the trap began to release a dark fog!

"Oh yeah! He never saw that coming!" cheered Yugo excitedly jumping for joy!

"Huh?"

"Guess again Yugo," said Yuri who couldn't wait to burst his brother's bubble, "Look." he pointed out to Mamoru who was carried a confident expression.

"Heh, like I said, what you're doing is pointless!" he countered, "I activate Norito's special ability! During either player's turn, by using an overlay unit I negate the activation of an opponent's spell or trap card and destroy it!" The priest fired one of its overlay units which caused the trap to disappear! "Like I said, there's no use trying to avoid the law, so prepare to face justice like a man!" He announced as Norito resumed its attack!

"Man, if you knew he would do that, then why bother activating that trap!?" yelled Yugo scrunching up his hair in his hands.

"Because of this." Yuto replied, "I activate my second trap! The Phantom Knights of misguided mace! With this I can negate Norito's attack!" The trap flipped up revealing a dark ghostly spiked bone mace which shot out straight at Norito!

"Tch! I can't afford to use my remaining unit…." Mamoru hissed begrudgingly as the mace slammed itself into his monster thus stopping the attack!

"Then after that, I summon this card as a monster!" As Yuto finished, a blue ghostly hand formed around the handle of the mace and soon a being made of bleu spectral flames formed out of the shadows of the trap card, collecting around it were bits and pieces of armour until they collected into the form of a fairly large headless berserker warrior with some damaged armour bits leaking out blue spectral flames and 0 defence points.

"You got lucky that time, now I end my turn…." The president huffed in disappointment before reluctantly ending his turn.

"Alright we stopped him!" Yugo grinned as everyone else looked on pleased with the result.

"You knew what he was planning and how he would react didn't you?" stated Yuya as Yuto smirked back in response.

"I sure did," he replied, "I've seen the way he duels before, always keeping to the rules but at the same time playing safe to make sure he keeps his own high position secure as well." he said, "He wouldn't be foolish enough to risk using all his ammo at once, so his strength can also be a weakness we can exploit." He then proceeded with his turn, "I draw!" He then revealed it, "I drew The Phantom Knights of fragile armor, and due to veil of darkness I send it to the graveyard to draw another card." He drew a second card, "Next I trigger the trap The Phantom Knights of Infernal Infantry!" The trap depicted a group of ghostly warriors in armor, some with knight helmets and others being headless, but all enshrouded with dark cloaks, battle scarred clothes and blue ghostly flames, all wielding an array of weapons like swords and spears. "This lets me send a Phantom Knights card from my deck to my graveyard."

"So you can use it during an inconvenient time? I think not!" Interrupted Mamoru, "I use Norito's remaining overlay unit and negate your trap card!" His priest shot its final unit which destroyed the trap, "You can't escape the power of the law and you know it! So accept your just desserts!"

To his surprise, Yuto simply smirked in response, "Why thank you Mamoru." he said smugly, "You knew how my deck works so when I activated that trap you had no choice but to use your monster's ability. However, now that your Norito is all out of overlay units I can move on to my real plan without any further interference!" he declared, "I activate the trap The Phantom knights of Lost Vambrace! With this I can lower the attack of an opponent's monster by 600 and then summon this card as a monster! Furthermore, Phantom Knight monsters can't be destroyed in battle this turn." The trap released the monster depicted in tis art worked which then shot out a set of ghostly flames which possessed Norito and weakening it!

2700-2100

Mamoru then hardened his gaze and git his teeth in anger, "Tch! How could I misfire twice in a row!?" he hissed unable to compute his mistakes.

"You fooled yourself that's why," Yuto answered, "Since you'd do anything to keep your position as disciplinary squad leader secure, it makes sense you'd snap at the chance to thwart any sneaky attempts to knock you off your spot outside of a battle." he explained, "However, because you're so easily paranoid and having an obsession with control, it's also simple to deceive yourself into falling for any kind of ruse, which is exactly what I just did!"

"Why you…." Mamoru cursed inwardly.

"I know your tactics, how you'll always try to control the situation and sometimes even manipulate the rules to your benefit, so I came prepare with a double layer of tactics and contingencies in the event you would try to thwart my initial advances. Then again, it's only natural to have a second blade in the war, something useful I picked up during my time with the resistance." Yuto continued calmly, "Now I overlay my level 2 misguided mace and lost embrace!" Both dark warrior monsters turned into dark energy sphered before diving into the xyz portal, "Piercing through ten thousand warriors, the cursed spear of rebellion entombed in darkness, descend now! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 2! The Phantom Knights of Cursed Javelin!" Rising from the portal was the skull warrior with a long pointed javelin, skull shield and in ragged clothes. "Battle! Cursed Javelin attacks Norito the moral leader!" Yuto commanded wasting no time as his warrior leapt into action! "At this timing, I activate its special ability! By using an overlay unit I negate the effects of Norito and reduce his attack points down to 0!" The warrior absorbed one of its units before throwing its spear straight at Norito, striking it in the chest and draining it of all its power!

2100-0

"Nice work Yuto!" cheered Yuya along with the rest of his brothers at Yuto's moves, "No way that priest is going to survive this!"

As cursed javelin charged across the courtroom in for the attack, Mamoru grit his teeth and sweated in frustration before it changed into a devious smirk at the last second! "Heh, looks like you've fallen into my trap Yuto!" he called out.

Yuto widened his eyes, "What!?"

"Have you forgotten about my spell sanctuary? It allows me to activate any spell on your turn!" his opponent answered confidently reminding Yuto about the mistake he made as he picked a card from his hand, "And I choose this! Mirror stage of discipline!" A japanese style stage erupted from the ground, from which Norito stood above on, "As long as this is on the field the stats of all my monsters will remain at their original value!" The light xyz monster's eyes glowed suddenly before it powered up and yanked out the dark spear from its body and regaining all its former power!

0-2700

"Oh no!" Yuto gasped in alarm as his attack was about to seriously backfire!

"For attacking a noble keeper of society's principles, you'll face a shocking punishment!" Jinguji pointed out as Norito counterattacked by taking a swipe at the lanky warrior, causing sending several hard shockwaves toward Yuto who covered up with his 2 arms forward!

"Urgh!" he grunted holding his position, "Due to lost embrace's effect, phantom knights monsters cannot be destroyed by battle this turn!" he growled as Cursed Javelin struggled to get back onto its feet.

Yuto: 4000-2900

"Good thing I had this just in case!" Mamoru declared holding up a quick spell and playing it almost immediately, "I activate double check! This spell destroys a monster that wasn't destroyed in battle! So say goodbye to your xyz monster!"

Yuri then clicked his tongue as the spell glowed, "This isn't good….not only are we going to lose our only monster, we can't do anything to stop it…." as he finished, Cursed Javelin exploded before Yuto's eyes, as he held his arm out to cover his face from the debris.

"Sorry my friend…." he said as his field became bare.

Mamoru then grinned seeing he had the advantage once again, "Since your monster is destroyed it now becomes a counter on my scale!" The debris collected up into Cursed Javelin as it landed on his side of the scale,causing it to tilt in his favour!

"Tch, 2 more and he'll be able to use them as overlay units for his xyz monster." grunted Yugo.

"No biggie, thanks to Yuto that moral leader isn't going to be setting any examples for anyone, I mean its abilities are negated so what's the point if it picks up a few extra overlay units right?" said Yuya trying to lighten the mood.

Yuto however narrowed his eyes, "Somehow I don't think that will be the case…" he said as he watched Mamoru begin his turn.

"It's my turn now! I draw!" As the corrupt student council president eyed the card he drew, a disgusting grin appeared across his face, "Heh, with this card I'll be able to command proper respect from you for sure…..but there's no need to rush so I'll just save it for now, though once I put it into play nothing Yuto does will make a difference!" he chuckled to himself before turning to Yuto, "Since you have no more traps Yuto, Norito the moral leader can now attack you directly!" He declared as Norito charged straight ahead!

"Yuto!"

"Hurry!" His brothers then turned frantically to him, considering action cards were banned in this duel he had to have something to stop the attack!

He then smirked, "Hope you don't mind if I make use of your own card Jinguji!" he openly announced, "With spell sanctuary's effect I can activate magic planter! I'll use it to send veil of darkness to the graveyard to draw 2 extra cards!" As Yuto activated his spell, his other one exploded into sparkles allowing him to draw a pair of new cards.

"That makes no difference to me, you're still going to take damage from a direct attack!" Mamoru declared undeterred as his moral leader waved out its arm and shot a stream of energy at him!

"Are you sure?" he then answered back confidently to Jinguji's surprise.

"Huh?"

"Since you're attaching me directly while I have no cards on my field, I can activate the effect of The Phantom Knights of Infernal Infantry from my graveyard!" He then announced as Mamoru widened his eyes.

"Say what!?" Rising from the grave were a small squadron of the warriors depicted on the trap card in defence mode.

"I special summon this card as a monster to take the front of your attack! Also, its defence points increase by 300 for each phantom knights card in my graveyard!" Yuto announced.

600-1500

The student council president then grit his teeth in frustration, "Tch! In that case I'll just destroy it then! Go Norito! Wipe out that defiler now with disciplinary order!" He commanded as his xyz fired its energy bolt and destroyed the opposing blockade of warriors before it!

"When Infantry is destroyed as a monster it banishes itself." Yuto then explained.

"Under normal circumstances perhaps, but with court battle in effect in instead becomes another counter on my scale! Especially since it's already treated as a monster and not a trap card!" Jinguji called out as Infantry recollected itself as a second counter on the scale.

Yuto narrowed his eyes seeing the odds of him winning were continuing to stack against him, "He managed to make use of my own move….now just one more and he'll be able to use my cards as units for an xyz monster…." he thought as he looked towards his deck, "Hopefully what I draw next can keep that from happening…." He decided to trust in fight and reach out for it, "I draw." He narrowed his eyes, "Hmm….I set 2 cards facedown and summon The Phantom Knights Cloven Helms in attack mode." He said as he laid a pair of cards on the field and summoned out the set of ghastly hemet and gauntlets out. "With that I end my turn." He concluded calmly hoping for the best.

His opponent raised an eyebrow in suspicion, "That's all you're doing? Come on Yuto, you're not even trying….it's as if you want me to attack and destroy you." he then smirked, "But if you're making it easy for me, I won't complain. After all, it's important to pay your respects to authority after all."

"Under normal circumstances maybe, but not in this case." Yuto interrupted with anger burning in his eyes, "Hurting and discriminating innocent fusion duelists just because of past mistakes and refusing to even give them the chance to make things right? You're no example for society Mamoru Jinguiji, you're simper a tyrant posing as a moral leader! Because of that I'm going to take you down!" he yelled pointing out at Mamoru who widened his own eyes with rage!

"Grrr, I'll make you sorry for disrespecting me Yuto! It seems I'll just have to teach you the rules the hard way and punish disobedient little children in the process!" he yelled furiously, "And trust me, you're no exception! So prepare to suffer the consequences!" After he drew his card he reached for another in his hand, "First I activate the equip spell lightlow protection, with it I equip this card onto cloven helms!" He said as cloven helms was enveloped in a bright aura to the brothers' confusion.

"Why would he do that? Equipping it to our monster instead of his own?" asked Yuya curiously.

"Not sure, but we'll just have to wait and see…." Yuto answered as Mamoru continued with his turn.

"Norito! Attack Yuto's cloven helms now! Maybe now you'll learn to show respect to your superiors!" he announced as Norito once more charged in for the attack!

"I activate the trap Phantom Knight's Lonely Grave!" Yuto countered as his trap flipped up depicting an ancient deteriorating grave with a skull on it surrounded by the remains of armour and bones leftover by defeated phantom knights. "With this I can target an effect monster on the field and not only negate its effects but also stop it from attacking!" He declared as the trap shot out a number of ghostly spirits which possessed Norito and gave it a ghastly aura as it froze in place!

"Not bad Yuto." Yuri clapped admittedly.

"Oh yeah bring it to em!" cheered Yuya and Yugo together excitedly.

Mamoru however didn't share their enthusiasm and simply hardened his gaze, "That's if I let that happen that is!" he announced reaching for a card in his hand, "It's time I put you in your place for good! I activate rank up magic quick chaos!" He announced as he activated the quick play rank up from his hand to the boys' surprise.

"Say what!?"

"Rank up!?"

"Now!?"

Yuto was the most caught off guard by the sight of the new card, "I've never seen that rank up card before, it reeks with evil…." he thought deeply as it leaked dark energy from it!

At that point, Mamoru's grin turned psychotic as his eyes turned pink and dark energy began filling every vein in his body! "Get ready Yuto! for the last duel of your entire life!" he declared, "With this spell card I rank up my xyz monster into a chaos xyz monster 1 rank higher!" Norito the moral leader then transformed into a stream of pink energy which shot into a dark xyz portal before creating an explosion of chaos! "Great leader of morale, with the power of chaos rise once more and punish those who defy your sacred law! Rank up! Chaos xyz evolution! Your judgement is at hand Yuto! Appear! Enforcer of all law and order! Cxyz Simon The great moral Leader!" Appearing from the sphere of dark energy was a powerful priest figure in white robes and wielding a pair of vicious golden whips on the ends of its arms!

Yuto and the boys couldn't help but step back and gaze upon the new monster with mixed feelings of awe and agitation, "Chaos xyz….." breathed Yuto before realising something, "This feeling….Like that time when we faced dark synchro back in synchro dimension."

Yuya then widened his eyes, "No way, are these 2 events….actually connected?" he gasped.

Yuri then smirked contrary how the others felt, "Things are finally getting interesting now…..heh, why weren't they like this when we first invaded, maybe then we would have had half a challenge…." he thought to himself despite the situation.

Mamoru then grinned seeing the balance of power had shifted to his side once more, this time he had the means to keep it that way, "Since your trap lost its target it no longer takes effect." he stated, "And now I can resume battle! Simon the great moral leader attacks and destroys cloven helms!" The chaos priest whipped up its whips and sent a barrage of attacks heading towards Cloven helms!

"Quick your other trap Yuto!" Yuya quickly yelled.

"I was just getting to that!" Yuto replied wasting no time, "I activate phantom knight's sword! By targeting Cloven helms with this card it gains 800 attack points and should it be destroyed by battle I can send my sword to the graveyard in its place!" he said as his trap flipped up and glowed in sync with cloven helms!

1500-2300

"Thereby giving you a chance to xyz summon…." Mamoru noted before grinning in response to the futile move, "Too bad I'll put a stop to that by activating lightly protection's effect! When a card or effect changes the attack points of the equipped monster I destroy that card!" Cloven helm then gained a bright aura which overcame the dark one and soon burned the trap card to dust!

Yugo then slammed his fist in frustration into the palm of his other hand, "Rats! He had us figured out!" he growled.

"Not quite," corrected Yuto, "When a Phantom Knight's card is sent to the graveyard, cloven helms gains 500 attack points!" He said as Cloven helms gained an extra power boost!

2300-2800

"It makes no difference to me," Jinguji scoffed without any concern, "Your monster is still going to get destroyed! Simon the great moral Leader! Attack and wipe this filthy stain clean from this pure society!" he commanded as Simon unleashed a deadly whiplash whirlwind which made short work of the helpless set of armour!

"Tch!" Yuto grunted as his life points took some mild damage while shielding himself from the remains of his defeated monster with his forearm.

Yuto: 2900-2700

"And now I can add your cloven helms as the final counter to my court battle field spell!" Mamoru declared as the remains gathered upon the court's scale and not finally weighed completely on his side!

Yuya and the others narrowed their eyes or hissed in frustration, "Tch! He's got 3 now….that means….."

"I now attach all 3 monsters under my scale to my Cxyz monster as overlay units! Giving him a grand total of 4!" All of Yuto's defeated monsters transformed into diamond tipped overlay units which positioned themselves in front of Simon, "One more thing you should know, with Simon's effect I change the battle mode of any of your monsters and negate its effects until the end of the turn, so any hopes you have of blocking my attacks will be futile!" he announced confidently to the discomfort of Yuto.

"That can't be good….." he muttered seeing the difficult task of winning and setting the school straight had just grown even more difficult.

"I'll set one card facedown and end my turn." he said placing one card on his field before pointing out at his opponent, "It is pointless to resist Yuto! This could have been avoided if you had just followed the rules of the school like a good student and kept your nose out of it, but it's far too late now! Just admit defeat and accept your punishment!" he declared.

Despite the odds, Yuto held firm together and yelled out an unexpected comeback of his own, "Ever heard the saying Mamoru? Rules are meant to be broken weren't they? Especially those that have twisted solely to benefit those who made them rather than maintain order. And right now, I'll be sure to break more than just your ridiculous rules, I'll also shatter that evil xyz monster which corrupts you!" he vowed more determined than ever as he began his own turn, "It's my move! Draw!" Seeing it he played it in an instant, "I activate pot of greed! This spell allows me to draw 2 extra cards from my deck." He said as he reached for his deck, "It all comes down to this next draw…." After closing his eyes and taking a breath he opened them firmly as he took his leap of faith, "Here we go!" Seeing what he drew he knew what he had to do, "Looks like it's all or nothing now. I activate the spell Overlay Dark Reincarnation!" he announced confidently, "Thanks to this I can select 1 random xyz material from an xyz monster you control to the graveyard. As a bonus, if it happens to be a Dark attribute monster, not only can I summon that monster to my field but I also get to draw another card. However, if not then my life points will be halved."

"You're playing a dangerous gamble here Yuto." said Mamoru, "My Simon has 4 overlay units, only 2 of them are dark monsters being The Phantom Knights of Cursed Javelin and Cloven Helms. And cursed javelin is the only one that can give you only a tiny possibility of a comeback." he said rather snarkishly, "You would risk half your on a 50%, no, a 25% chance?"

"I never made it through the war by simply playing safe Mamoru." Yuto replied with his mind clear of doubts, "There were times when we had to risk everything in order to win a single battle while on the frontlines, something which you wouldn't understand since you are so used to standing from afar and expecting others to do as you say." he said to the President's annoyance, "Even with all odds stacked against us we never came up and always continued to fight believing in that small chance of success and victory, and right now that very same hope is going to help me win this very duel!" As he finished he then pointed out to the unit on far right, "I choose that one!" The unit then flashed and revealed itself as The Phantom Knights of Cursed Javelin, to his relief, his brothers' amazement and Mamoru's disbelief! The monster then reappeared on his field as Yuto's brothers cheered and coached him on with their fullest support.

"Alright Yuto!" cheered Yugo and Yuya with excitement while Yuri simply folded his arms and smiled.

"Of all the monsters we could've gotten we got the one we aimed for…..heh, maybe there is a benefit to having faith after all…." he thought.

Mamoru clicked his tongue in annoyance, "Tch! You may have gotten your monster back but it still won't help you." he said.

"Maybe not the way it is now," Yuto replied beef gaining more confidence in himself, "But thanks to my spell's additional effect I may draw 1 card, and with the way this duel's been transpiring so far, I'm certain it will be just the game changer I've been waiting for." He then reached for his deck and drew his card, "Hah!" Seeing it, his face then brightened up at the sight of the new card, "Yes! This will work! Will have to thank Jin after this when I see him." He thought to himself before instantly activating the card! "I activate rank up magic astral force!" He announced as the card appeared on his field and glowed!

His opponent widened his eyes in shock and disbelief, nearly stumbling and falling onto his back from the sheer shock, "You have a new rank up magic card!?" he exclaimed.

"Correct, and like you I'll be using it to rank up my xyz monster! This time however, it'll be into an xyz monster 2 ranks higher!" The spell glowed which caused Javelin to change into a dark energy sphered before diving into an xyz portal! "Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now, descend! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Yuto's ace monster took to the field with a ferocious snarl, ready to reap revenge!

Mamoru then hardened his gaze, "Tch! Impressive, but your ace monster is still no match for my great moral leader, and its ability only works on level 5 or above monsters while Simon has ranks!" he pointed out.

"I'm not finished yet!" Yuto retorted, "I'm also going to activate The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch!" He said as he played a second rank up! "With it I rank up Dark rebellion xyz dragon into an xyz monster 1 rank higher! And then, this card attaches itself as an additional xyz material to that monster!" Dark rebellion then became enshrouded in a veil of darkness as it began to undergo metamorphosis, "From the depths of purgatory, dedicate to the unsinking souls your song of rebellion! Appear and echo forevermore! Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Appear, Rank 5! Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon!" Rising up and flaring its wings was Yuto's evolved dragon as it took its stand by its master!

"That still makes no difference to me." stated Mamoru undeterred, "As it's previous form, your dragon's abilities only work on monsters with levels! A quality that xyz monsters lack. Furthermore, our monsters have the same attack points so they'll simply destroy each other."

Yuto then reached for another card in his hand, having just the remedy for the situation, "I activate the equip spell xyz crown! By equipping this to Simon the great moral leader, it can be treated as a level 7 monster now!" The chaos xyz's dark stars then turned red to Mamoru's frustration seeing the conditions were met.

"Tch! That means…" he hissed.

"Now that your xyz monster is treated as a level 7 monster, I can activate Dark requiem's special ability!" Yuto answered, "By using 1 overlay unit, my dragon can drain all the attack points of an opponent's level 7 or higher monster and gain those attack points as its own! Requiem Retribution!" Dark requiem then shot out dark streams of energy which ensnared Simon and caused it to weaken tremendously while it became even more powerful!

3000-0

3000-6000

"Now your great moral leader isn't so great after all!" Yuto taunted.

"Not bad Yuto, but don't forget, thanks to the effect of my mirror stage of discipline, Simon's attack points return to normal!" Mamoru retorted as Simon broke itself free from its dark restraints!

0-3000

"Perhaps, but at least my dragon has your moral leader outmatched! Go! Dark requiem! Attack Cxyz Simon the great moral leader with Disaster Disobey of Requiem!" Dark requiem took to the air before its wings lashed magnificently like those of a cathedral window pane before diving down with its front mandible poised to deliver the finishing blow!

"That's an impressive attack," Mamoru grunted before grinning maliciously, "But unfortunately it's about to slam straight into my mirror force trap card!" He announced as the trap flipped up and created a forcefield around Simon! "Now your monster's attack is about to destroy itself!"

"I don't think so Jinguji!" Yuto yelled undeterred, "Dark requiem's second ability activates! When an effect that would destroy a card is activated, I can negate that effect by using 1 more overlay unit!" Dark requiem absorbed another unit as its mandible pierced through the mirror force field with ease! "In addition to that, I can summon an xyz monster from my graveyard! Rise once more dark rebellion xyz dragon!" A graveyard portal opened behind Dark requiem as its original base form rose from it and took to the air beside it!

"No!" Mamoru cried in horror taking several steps back, "How could justice, no, I lose to a rebel of all people!?" He then stumbled and fell backwards helpless to stop the barrage from both dragon as they rose into he air and spun together as a single dark torpedo!

"It's time for an all out rebellion against the tyrannical dictator of Heartland Duel School!" Yuto announced as if he was leading the charge of a rebellion, "Dark rebellion! Dark requiem! Attack together! Dark thunder revolution!" he commanded as the dark torpedo speared straight through Simon, causing it to explode and blow Mamoru into the wall behind him!

"AAAAAHHHH!" he cited before slamming into the wall with a huge crack sound as he slumped down unconscious!

Jinguji: 4000-0

Yuto: WIN!

As the duel ended, the courtroom disappeared and the boys looked on to see a stream of negative energy flow out from Mamoru's unconscious body. Unbeknownst to them, outside the other disciplinary officers, hall monitors and class representatives all collapsed to the ground as if they were freed by a curse, to the curiosity ad uneasiness of the other students around them.

"Phew….glad we finally managed to sort that out." breathed Yuto a sigh of relief as Yugo and Yuya suddenly came in for a ghostly bro hug to his surprise.

"Woo hoo! Great job Yuto! I knew you could do it!" clapped Yuya encouragingly.

"Aw yeah! You showed that jerk who's boss!" cheered Yugo throwing his fist into the air, "Man oh man did that feel good….defying authority and kicking butt, you almost reminded me of myself back when I was a rebel against Securities. Of course not as flashy as me though, but still you did a great job standing up for those who couldn't."

Yuto couldn't help but blush in embarrassment at his brothers' compliments, "Hehe thanks you guys, I really appreciate it a lot." he grinned scratching his head before noticing someone feeling left out on the sidelines. With a welcoming smile he ushered him over, "Come on Yuri, don't stick out like a sore thumb, come on join us."

Yuri then blinked his eyes in surprise, "You…really expect me to join your little mushy mushy circle? Heh, thanks but I'll pass….." he scoffed looking away before suddenly dragged in by Yugo! "Ack!"

"Come on sour pus! There's more than enough room for you on board this party!" he grinned as he brought him into the group hug to Yuri's annoyance, who then lightened up after his next words, "Besides, if it wasn't for you wanting to stand up for your fellow fusion mates we never would have come here in the first place! Really appreciate you wanting to do something for them in the first place too."

Yuri blinked his eyes for a couple of moments, for the first time in a long while he had been given genuine warmth and kindness from others, he had no idea how to make of it, in fact the feeling was new, making him feel all warm and tingly inside….he wasn't sure he could like it, but maybe he could get used to it for a change. "Heh…." he breathed before looking towards Yuto and reluctantly forcing out a few certain words he never thought he'd ever say, "Yuto…."

"Hmm?"

"Th…thanks…. for standing up for my fellow members of Academia…." he mouthed out, almost feeling sick for even saying them. In fact, being the one to hurt Yuto the most from his past counterparts it was the hardest thing he ever said and done. It also came as a complete surprise to the rest of the boys too.

"Whoa! Did I just hear that right? Yuri apologising!? I must be dreaming that's the only logical explanation…." Yugo gasped grasping his hair in his head.

"Aww, I knew there was a heart down there under that nasty front of yours. Glad you're finally deciding to be honest with yourself." said Yuya feeling the most emotionally moved.

Yuri then turned away, "Hmph! Don't get used to it. That's a once in a lifetime event, you'll never see it again, that I promise you." he said.

"And he's back again…." Yugo sighed shaking his head before Yuto smiled in response.

"You're welcome Yuri," he said warmly, "Like I said, any bad blood between us is long behind us. And I'm going to make sure there isn't anymore between our 2 worlds." he vowed seriously before turning towards the other side seeing their defeated foe lying on the ground.

"So what happens now?" Yugo then asked curiously as he and the other ghost boys simply stared.

Yuto then narrowed his eyes, "Now we get some answers." he said as he headed towards the defeated and unconscious Mamoru before picking both the corrupted rank up and the chaos xyz monster that laid among his scattered cards.

Hi there hope you all likes this chapter. Here I used court battle form the zeal manga and a few other anime exclusive cards too. Hope you likes me using Astral force here, thought it may fit Yuto as well. Also several of his new cards use OCG effects so hope that clears up some confusion.

The Phantom Knights of Misguided Mace normal trap

When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Negate the attack, then Special Summon this card in Attack Position as an Effect Monster (Warrior-Type/DARK/Level 2/0 ATK/0 DEF), and if you do, it gains this effect. (This card is NOT treated as a Trap Card.)

● During either player's turn: You can send this card and 1 face-up "The Phantom Knights" monster or "Phantom Knights" Continuous Spell/Trap Card you control to the Graveyard; draw 2 cards.

You can banish this card from your Graveyard; send 1 "Phantom Knights" card from your Deck to the Graveyard. You can only use each effect of "The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves" once per turn.

The Phantom Knights of Infernal Infantry normal trap

Send 1 "Phantom Knights" Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to the Graveyard. When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack while you control no cards and this card is in your Graveyard: Special Summon this card in Defense Position as an Effect Monster (Warrior-Type/DARK/Level 4/ATK 300/DEF 600), but banish it when it leaves the field. (This card is NOT treated as a Trap Card.) If Summoned this way, this card gains 300 DEF for each "Phantom Knights" Spell/Trap Card in your Graveyard.

Phantom knight's Lonely grave continuos trap

Activate this card by targeting 1 Effect Monster on the field; negate that face-up monster's effects, that face-up monster cannot attack, also monsters cannot target that face-up monster for attacks. When it leaves the field, destroy this card. You can banish this card from your Graveyard, then target 1 "The Phantom Knights" monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "Phantom Knights' Cursed Grave" once per turn.