Welcome back everyone!
I guess you wonder how the spoiled child of the Mayor Sawatari Shingo will knock some sense to Yuya's mess-up head, well today you have the answer! Just be ready for extreme but logical and realistic OOC moments.
I realized this rivalry has a lot of potential that Konami destroyed utterly for their legendary characters, which is why you will see them duel in this chapter.
And some rambling before the chapter: Konami, this story The Tainted Sidelines is of MY proprety is not your propaganda tool to promote Crow Hogan and Jack Atlas's cards to the point that you destroyed Gongenzaka, Sawatari, Yuzu, Shun, Selena and Yugo during your FREAKING Friendship Cup! This story is owned by me matrixnis not your COMPANY! This story contains realistic subjects, character development and equality to both genders. If you deliberately do not give female characters proper treatment then don't include them in your story. Don't bring in because of fanservice like legs (all of them), revealing clothes (Mai), big boobs (Asuka, Aki, Blue Angel), nice ass or nice hips (Merag). Kotori, Yuzu, Ruri, Rin, Selena and Aoi are examples of girls with just average features that you have done but their potentials are destroyed by your greed.
Chapter 36: Broken Will
"Time?"
"1345 hours."
Shun and Yuto exchanged words. Typical war questions. It was hard to believe this was the usual conversation they had.
"By the way, can you explain why you are not carded?"
"What?!" Yuto gasped. "I uh… I don't know."
"Everyone's wondering the same thing." Selena pressed.
"I really don't know okay? Leave it for the other day."
Right after that however, Yuto noticed Shun was giving him an abnormally bright smile, and he also held his and Ruri's shoulders very tightly as well.
"Shun?!" Yuto wondered.
"Don't tell me that…!" Ruri realized why. Everyone had heard what Yuma said when he was about to card Yuto.
"Brother stop!" She tried to pry his hand off, but Shun kept pressing, nearly made her gasp.
"We will have a lot of things to talk about." Shun said, also too sweetly for a serious and no-nonsense person like him. "Both of you. Especially you Yuto." He now whispered dangerously. "We all really have to thank Yuma since somehow you are not carded and he has said everything I should have known a long time ago."
Yuto worriedly looked at Shun, and then Ruri who sighed, giving him a look that said "We are in a huge mess now…"
Yugo took notice of this, and without even looking at them (knowing how an outsider he was) he warned. "You two are in big trouble, Yuto, Ruri…"
"I definitely agree." Yuzu gave Ruri a "wish you luck" look. The purple-haired girl sighed once again.
"Giving him and your sister "the talk" later Kurosaki." Sawatari slightly chuckled. "Nakajima told us to go back to the Center Court. Let's go." Sawatari said.
"Center Court?" Selena asked.
"What does he want us to do?" Gongenzaka wanted to know.
"There's something important I guess…" Yuya thought. "For that President son of the bitch of course…" Yuzu looked on in worry, not saying anything. Yuya had changed too much.
"Yeah…" Sawatari confirmed. "Get ready for some spotlight in a propaganda…"
"Propaganda…" Ruri humorlessly chuckled.
"Are we heroes now…?" Aki also whispered as well.
"I am to you right?" Yusei joked, earning a playful punch from the red-haired girl.
At the LDS Center Court, the end of the 1 vs 16 round in the Maiami Championship was filled with cheering, colorful lightning and most of all, the announcement from Nico Smiley who was standing in the spotlight aimed at him.
"After the 24-hour long Battle Royale, the current winners are returning to LDS Center Court right now! Please give them a huge applause!"
Many more colorful spotlights appeared, everyone cheering for the winners.
When they did come to the stadium though, the cheering became quieter, smaller and fewer, and eventually they all stopped after just ten seconds, leaving the complete silence behind.
From right to left: Mieru, Sawatari, Dennis, Tsukikage, Gongenzaka, Kurosaki Shun. Nothing particular besides Mieru and Sawatari. But the rest…
Yuya, Yuzu, Yuto, Ruri, Yugo, Selena, Yusei, Aki.
Except the usual former two, the rest was completely new to the eyes of the people in the stadium.
"What the hell?" One person wondered.
"Who the hell are they?"
"Why do they look like Yuya and Yuzu so much?!"
"Hey! Is that Sawatari, the son of the Mayor?!"
"Did he pride LDS to participate?"
"That spoiled brat?!"
"But who the hell are those four?! Yuya and Yuzu have twins?!"
"What the hell is going on?"
The protests became louder and louder, making the stadium nothing more than a sound-polluted space.
"As expected…" Yuya whispered disinterestedly.
Some assholes did not control their emotions, they stormed to the field and attempted to attack Yuto, Ruri, Yugo and Selena with garbage or glass bottles. Shun quickly covered Ruri, Yugo countered them back effortlessly along with Yuto and Selena.
"Back the hell off!" Yugo yelled. Security guards quickly ran in to stop the brawl, dragging the hunigans out.
"Everyone calm down!" The screen suddenly turned on, Himika was on the screen.
"That's the old and annoying bitch of a mother…" Yuya also whispered when he saw her, earning very harsh looks from Yuzu, Gongenzaka and especially Sawatari who found him to be disgusting. Not that he minded.
"Please calm down and let me explain the whole situation. First off those four people who look like Sakaki Yuya and Hiragi Yuzu are not related to them, they are not twins either. They just share the same faces for some reason, not strange for the wide world. What I want to announce is: ever since this noon, the Maiami Championship, will have to be halted."
This of course caused several uproars from the audience, along with bewildered looks on their faces, particularly Yoko and Shuzo. The news was being broadcasted across many LDS branched all over the world, including America, England, Paris, Russia, Singapore and many more.
"The reason the Championship has to be halted is because while the Battle Royale is going on, a hostile force has attacked our world. It's hard to imagine an invasion from the other dimension I know, but it is the truth. They want to attack our world in this dimension and have sent a squad to here. They use Duel Monsters as weapons, using monsters summoned by Real Solid Vision to attack. The reason we stopped streaming the Battle Royale is to not turn Maiami City… no, the entire world into chaos. Please understand.
The crowd began to wonder.
"What is other dimension?"
"Invasion?"
"Using Duel Monsters as weapons?"
"It's hard to believe~"
"If you still not believe this, please watch this footage, even only a small part is enough."
The screen then turned into an Obelisk Force member carding Knight of Duels, some girls covered their eyes in fear as they useless bitches would usually do unlike Ruri who did not even flinch, some parents covered their children's eyes for the sake of innocence.
"Wh-What is that?!"
"Into a card in mere seconds!"
"Don't tell me the reason Hokuto disappeared is because…" Yaiba guessed.
"He's turned into a card like that?!"
"It's true." Himika continued. "That's what Academia does. Defeat opponent through Duels and heartlessly turn them into cards!"
"If you lose in Duel, you will turn into a card?" Yusho said. "It's bullshit!"
"No…" Yoko said. "It's real."
"What?! It's real?!" The kids asked her.
"Eh." Was all she said along with a nod.
"But people, please don't worry. Those ruthless invaders have been countered by brave Duelists in the Battle Royale."
The footage then turned into Kurosaki Shun bombing Obelisk Force with Revolution Falcon, Gongenzaka, Sawatari, Selena and Tsukikage. People began to cheer for them.
"Fantastic!"
"The enemy is gone!"
What shocked the You Show trio was the clip of Yuya and Sora dueling. After that several more were shown: Darkness, Yuzu, Yuma, Yuri, Yugo, Ryoga, Yuto and Ruri dueling. Ryoga being carded was shown, shocking the audience and angering Yuto, Shun and Ruri even more. Shun nearly wanted to grab Yugo's shirt but Ruri forced him back.
Yuto however noted that his fail carding was not shown. "Reiji deleted that…?"
Himika then started speaking again, happy at the cheering. "They are the heroes who have defended Maiami City! I have bestowed them as Lance Defense Soldiers or Lancers to honor that deed!"
Many people began cheering "Lancers" repeatedly with Sawatari waving in return. Yoko and Yusho were shocked that their respective child was becoming popular in a very strange way. Their very suddenly-turned-to-heroes though were definitely not interested in this.
"Are they… cheering… for real?!" Yuzu felt drowned in this huge applause.
"Hm… They do not know war is, they are just blinded by this propaganda… such idiotic people that should not even exist…" Yuto thought bitterly.
Ruri and Selena froze, not sure how to react to this. The former hated them for blindly cheering them without any real understanding of war victims. She knew people like her were only useful in war, not in normal life. The latter realized this was the first time she had gained any recognition of her hard work.
"How nice seeing people being brainwashed easily…" Yugo chuckled.
"Gotta agree with that…" Yusei for once definitely said yes. Aki knew why, it had happened once back in her hometown three years ago by Roget, changing her life completely for way worse.
"Countering the enemy… Is Sora the enemy?!" Shuzo asked Yoko.
"Yes. Ruri had told me everything."
"Ruri?"
"Ruri-neechan?"
"She along with the boy who look like Yuya over there are from another dimension."
Himika proceeded. "Thanks to the effort of Lancers, the threat is now pushed back, but we do not know when they will attack again. To prepare for that, we now need to have the will to protect ourselves! I hope everyone will improve your Dueling skills!"
The screen then changed to an LDS commercial, which included the word "LANCERS". "We LDS will handle the responsibility of learning place and course! Any of you can potentially be the next Lancers!"
"The next generation is us?"
"Joining in Lancers…"
Reiji then suddenly announced, his face appeared on screen. "The world is changing. The peace you enjoyed till yesterday is now the past, now realize we are in war."
"Leo Duel School in the entire world, LDS, will be known from today as Lance Defense Soldiers. We will stand in the front lines!"
"And I, Akaba Reiji, will also fight the battle with the Lancers in here!"
"Lancers are the knights in horses, they use spears to pierce the enemy. We will eradicate all of the enemy! I promise that to all the world!"
At this, the entire audience burst out in approval. They completely cheered the Lancers and roared loudly.
"Huh…"
Yuya suddenly smirked.
"Huhuhuh…"
He smiled strangely.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!"
The mad smile stopped everyone in the stadium completely. 100% silence occurred.
"Yu…Yuya…?" Yoko became worried for her son.
"Yuya…?" Yuzu looked at her friend worriedly.
He went to Nico Smiley and swiftly took the microphone.
"Lancers?! Are you kidding me Akaba Reiji?!" He said.
"When you play us in your hand, you control us, you force us to do what we don't want to do and let your students die without any remorse at all?!"
The audience was left in wonder.
"What the?"
"What is he saying?"
"What I want to say is: Lancers are not the way you think. You think the team is made up of very skilled duelists that can trust each other and work with each other without any hard feelings? NO! We are just a bunch of misfits who are not deserved to be called heroes! For example, the purple-haired girl over there Kurosaki Ruri is from another dimension, she lied to me, my best friend Yuzu and others just to get a home to stay! She's a bitch in sheep clothing!" He said while pointing at Ruri, who looked down in shame and shock.
Shuzo froze completely.
"What?! Ruri… Is he right Yoko?"
"Is he right about Ruri-neechan Yoko-san?" Ayu frantically asked.
Yoko sadly nodded. "What the hell are you doing Yuya…?"
"The duelist over there is her brother. His name is not Shirogami Taka but actually Kurosaki Shun, who was the culprit of multiple attacks on LDS that you may have heard off! He had carded a lot of people! Students, teachers! They are just normal people and he basically killed them!"
With this, uproars could be heard, Shun and Ruri's name being yelled in massive disapproval. Everyone in the center of the stadium looked at Yuya in pure shock and disgust, except Dennis who chuckled in his mind and Nico giving a not-knowing-what-is-going-on look. Yuto, Yugo and Shun nearly lunged at Yuya if not for the girls keeping them in check.
"Another girl who looks like Yuzu over there is Selena. She is from Academia and she is the reason why Hokuto disappeared!"
"And your beloved President of LDS Akaba Reiji and his mother Akaba Himika know everything about the Academia invasion, and they let teenagers die for it!"
Now everyone whose name Yuya mentioned was in the hate group of the people in the stadium now. Nakajima, Himika and Reiji panicked, security guards tried their best to keep the raging audience in check. They never thought Yuya would destroy their plan in an instant like that.
"Akaba Reiji says he will stop the war between the dimensions, but the way he does it is unacceptable!"
"Everything you know, everything LDS spoils in your head, everything is freaking WRONG!" Yuya roared, the audience roared back in approval.
"DO YOU WANT TO BE LANCERS ANYMORE?! DO YOU WANT TO-"
"Huh?" Yuya gasped when he noticed someone grabbing the collar of his orange shirt. Before he got to see who he was sent flying for several meters with a dent on the right cheek.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" A familiar voice spoke up loudly, Yuya instantly realized it lacked the usual snark and high-pitch it usually had, but a loud roar from the top of the lungs.
"Sa… Sawatari…?!" He gasped that person's name in shock.
"Sawatari?!" Yaiba and Masumi gasped.
"That's enough! Are you freaking stupid? You are too blinded by your own idiocy you arrogant piece of shit!"
Yuya froze.
"Do you realize why they have to do it? They are from a war zone, a place they should never have been! They are forced to do what you call murder to survive against Academia! Selena does not know the real image of Academia and she quickly apologize. She is just 16 Yuya, just like most of us. Mistreated, misunderstood."
"Everyone present here wants to fight Academia for their own reasons. And so does Akaba Reiji. In war you must be willing to get your hands dirty to survive. Do you know why I join Lancers?" Sawatari asked Yuya.
The Entertainment Duelist brushed off the right cheek. "I don't know… to fill your large ego like you have always wanted?"
"Wrong…" He punched Yuya again. "Last night Yuma and Darkness attacked LDS, they also attacked my father…"
"What? Your father?" Yuzu asked, Sawatari nodded sadly. She covered her mouth. "No way…"
"The Mayor of Maiami City was assaulted by Academia?!" One person in the seat asked.
"They attacked LDS?!"
"Right. The front entrance is a mess right now." Sawatari confirmed. "My father got his legs and his ribs broken… He might need a full year to recover…" He said bitterly, closing his eyes.
"Sawatari…" Yuya whispered.
"That's why I want to fight Academia. To avenge my father! And you? What are you fighting for? You want to bring smiles to people right?"
"Yet you are such a mess right now… Where's Sakaki Yuya? Where is the Sakaki Yuya I get to know? Where is the proud son of Sakaki Yusho, the Entertainment Duelist pioneer I always look up to?!"
"Where the hell is he?!" He yelled.
"I…" Yuya mumbled. "Am I… Am I… lost?! What am I doing?! What the hell is wrong with me…? Am I really lost? Is what Sawatari say true?"
"If you cannot bring that person out, I will force you to! Reiji!"
Sawatari looked at the screen. "Make an Action Field for us right now!"
"What?! You are going to duel him Sawatari?!" Gongenzaka said in shock.
"You crazy?!" Yuya asked.
"I have always been, and this time I am sure I want to do it for a reason…" He replied. "Get up, we will duel. Don't plan on escaping this duel, I am sick of your moody head!"
He turned to Yuzu and Gongenzaka. "I know as close friends, you two would never do this to him. But I can…"
Yuya looked at the determined Sawatari Shingo, his bangs covering his eyes. No longer was the arrogant kid who wanted to be in the spotlight anymore, he was now a caring and understanding person. He admitted Sawatari had changed a lot, and in a good way, all thanks to that unforgettable duel where they enjoyed a lot and entertained everyone.
"All right…" He got up, understanding what he wanted to do. Yuya threw the microphone to Smiley. "Nico Smiley, commentate the duel…"
Nico looked at Yuya and Sawatari in shock. "Are you two… seriously?!"
"We are…" Sawatari replied simply, not above a whisper.
"Good…" Nico agreed and ran to his usual spot. The rest of the Lancers stood near the entrance to give the duel some room.
"What the hell is today? Is there a thunderstorm happening soon?" Gongenzaka said sarcastically.
"I hope not…" Yuzu smiled nervously. "Everyone's been affected by the invasion…"
"Not all of them…" Yuto said.
At the control room, Reiji kept silent but he admitted he found Sawatari's dedication interesting. At least the annoying kid of the Mayor had learnt how to be more responsible, and this did put a small but warm smile on his face.
"Ironic that the spoiled kid is now teaching the well-taught one…"
"Action Field, On!" Nico announced. "Field Magic, Ruined Castle of the Sunset activate!" Right after the reveal, the card stopped spinning and shone up brightly. The Real Solid Vision machine below the field activated, transforming first the ground where Yuya and Sawatari stood, and then the entire field into a ruined wasteland in sunset with only a partially destroyed castle on the other side of the field. The crowd instantly realized this was the field they had fought earlier.
"This field…!" Yuzu realized.
"Is the field Yuya and Sawatari dueled last time!" Ruri said.
"He wants to settle things with Yuya in this same field." Gongenzaka noted. "And Akaba Reiji knew it well…"
"Sawatari is serious." Yuzu noted.
"A far cry from what I used to know from a rich kid…" Ruri also agreed.
"Let's go!" Sawatari said. "Duelists locked in battle!"
"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their Monsters!" Yuya chanted.
"They storm through the field!" Both Yuya and Sawatari said.
"Behold! The ultimate evolution of Dueling!" Nico then proceeded.
"ACTION…"
"DUEL!"
Sakaki Yuya: 4000 [5]
Sawatari Shingo: 4000 [5]
Nico snapped his fingers, Action Cards scattered around the field.
"I hate to have a rematch with you like this, but your head needs a lesson!" The son of the Mayor declared. "Ore no turn."
"From my hand, I normal summon Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookie!" A monster wearing dark blue wig, a mask with a large left eye, grey tank top and pants appeared.
Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookie DARK/Demon/Pendulum/Effect/LV4/Scale 2/1700/1000
"Abyss Actor?" Yuto noted. "Last time he used Yosenju, not this."
"He must have changed his Deck…" Ruri predicted.
Sawatari looked at his Deck, remembering how he got it…
…
…
After his duel with Yuya, Sawatari's Yosenju deck got confiscated by Akaba Reiji to mass-produce Pendulum Cards. Taking advantage of this and being the son of the Mayor, Sawatari created a concept for his new Deck and requested the President of LDS to make his Deck real. It was not really that hard to create them.
"Demon-Type monsters… You sure you not make them this to make me create a deck for you?" Akaba Reiji asked while looking at the card-creating machine, noticing the similar type between his Deck and Sawatari's planned one.
"Whatever you say…"
…
…
"Two cards set. Turn end." Sawatari finished his turn. "Sa! Come here Sakaki Yuya! The inventor of Pendulum Summon!"
"Only a 1700 ATK monster and two set cards…" Yuya inspected. "You think this is going to stop me? Neo New Sawatari?"
"Charge in if you can." He simply answered.
Yuya suddenly heard a voice in his head. "A voice… from a… magician…" Yuya thought, hearing the voice and vaguely seeing the shadow of the monster. "Are you… calling me to pull you out…?" As if to respond, the top card of Yuya's Deck and Extra Deck lit up dimly.
"Is that…" Yuya touched that card.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his card. "It's here! Wait for me, I will get you out in an instant!"
"First off, Magic Card, Pendulum Call activate! By discarding Skullcrobat Joker, I add two "Magician" monsters to my hand!" Yuya discarded his searcher and grabbed two cards from his Deck.
"Hoh… You threw away your main monster?" Sawatari mocked. "Since a Pendulum monster was sent to the hand, it cannot go to the Extra Deck…"
"What is he doing?" Yusei wondered.
"You will find out soon Sawatari. I, using the Scale 1 Entermate Gumgumouton and Scale 5 Wisdom-Eye Magician, Pendulum Scale setting!"
"Oh! Contestant Sakaki Yuya is going for a Pendulum Summon!" Nico commented.
"Wisdom-Eye Magician's Pendulum effect activates! It destroys itself!" The monster disintegrated, earning bewildered looks from the audience and Nico.
"He destroys his own Pendulum monster?"
"Then I can place the Scale 8 Creation Magician from my Deck in its place!" He slapped it down, the monster in white and orange robes rose up. The audience went through a surprise, they cheered.
"Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc across the nether!" Yuya chanted, the large pendulum pendant similar to his own swung through the Scales.
"Pendulum Shōkan! Appear now, my monsters!" Two monsters descended from the portal.
"Level 4! Wisdom-Eye Magician! And Level 4! Dragonvein Magician!" Along with Wisdom-Eye, a new magician showed up. It had long dirty orange hair, it wore a white trenchcoat and it wielded a two-edged light blue spear.
Wisdom-Eye Magician DARK/Magician/Pendulum/Effect/LV4/Scale 5/1500/1500
Dragonvein Magician DARK/Magician/Pendulum/LV4/Scale 1/1800/900
"Get ready Sawatari!" Yuya declared, seeing the new monster clearly in his eyes now. "I, using the Level 4 Wisdom-Eye Magician and Dragonvein Magician, Overlay!"
"Dark Rebellion…?" Sawatari thought.
"Xyz Shōkan! Appear now! Rank 4!" From the Overlay Network, a magician resembling a cross between Stargazer and Timegazer appeared. It wore a blue coat, a blue cape and it wielded a staff like Stargazer, but it also carried a circular ring on its left hand like Timegazer Magician.
"Startime Magician!"
Startime Magician DARK/Magician/Xyz/Effect/R4/2400/1200
"Otto! This is completely unexpected! Instead of Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, Sakaki Yuya has summoned a new Rank 4 Xyz monster!" Nico yelled excitedly, not knowing the full story.
"This is…" Yuzu gasped.
"A Rank 4 Xyz monster!" Ruri finished.
"Startime Magician's monster effect activates!" Yuya raised his hand on the monster whose one Overlay Unit disintegrated. "By detaching an Overlay Unit, I can add back Skullcrobat Joker to my hand!" The card pulled out from the graveyard slot and Yuya took it.
"I got it…" Sawatari said. "You sent that monster to the grave just to add it back to your hand, not a bad strategy…"
"Now I normal summon it!" Yuya slapped down the card he added earlier, the joker in black robes returned.
Entermate Skullcrobat Joker DARK/Magician/Pendulum/Effect/LV4/Scale 1/1800/300
"Sawatari had changed his Deck… does it involve battling?!" Yuya thought while trying to decide to add a card. He finally went with one monster. "With Joker's effect, I add Entermate Dog to my hand."
"Battle!" Yuya started his Battle Phase. "Startime Magician, attack Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookie!"
"Once per turn, Sassy Rookie cannot be destroyed by battle!" Sawatari revealed.
"But you will still take the damage!" The blast affected Sawatari a bit, but otherwise he was still standing fine.
Sawatari: 4000 - 3300 [2]
"Sassy Rookie can only prevents being destroyed by battle once! Go now Skullcrobat Joker!" The monster obeyed, it lunged forward and delivered a kick at Sawatari's only monster.
"Trap, activate!" Sawatari simply swung his hand, the set card flipped up. "Abyss Script - Miraculous Escape! This card negates your monster's attack!" Sassy Rookie delivered a punch to Joker, knocking it back. "Then I can add an "Abyss Actor" card from the Deck to my hand."
Nico commented through his microphone. "Contestant Sawatari Shingo has stopped Sakaki Yuya's attack! And he also adds another card to his hand."
"Just the first turn and they have already heated the battle." Shun said.
"They are serious." Yuzu commented.
"But Yuya is really strong. He had won against Sawatari twice." Ruri said.
"We can't know for sure this time." Gongenzaka said cautiously.
"So he has predicted I would attack, so he set down that card to negate it and also add another card at the same time…" Yuya thought. "Turn end."
"Ore no turn, draw!" Sawatari drew his card. "I, using the Scale 0 Abyss Actor - Mellow Madonna and Scale 8 Funky Comedian, Pendulum Scale Setting!"
"Scale 0 Pendulum card?!" Yuya gasped.
"What? You found it surprising?" Sawatari said in a mocking tone. "Shock to find it coming from the Pendulum Summon founder! You don't have any way to Pendulum Summon a Level 1 monster somehow? Or are you too lost in your hatred towards others that you cannot think that far?"
Yuya became angry at his mockery but what he said was true. He was too consumed in his hatred towards Ruri and Ryoga that he forgot his own way of thinking.
"Pendulum Summon is not unique to you anymore, and everyone is finding a way to improve it. And you are falling back in your prejudicial mood? Too stupid Yuya! Now I can summon Level 1 to 7 monsters at the same time! But before that, I activate Mellow Madonna's Pendulum effect!" The monster shone up, energy running from the tube it floated in.
"By paying 1000 LP, I add Abyss Actor - Big Star to my hand." As soon as Sawatari added the card, a wave of purple swirl splashed him.
Sawatari: 3300 - 2300 [3]
"Pendulum Shōkan!" He slapped down three cards to the blade, three monsters appeared and took form.
"Appear now! Abyss Actor - Big Star!"
"Next up, Comic Relief!" A short and fat monster came down, it had pink skin, it wore a conical hat, large glasses and dungarees.
"And finally, Pretty Heroine!" A female monster with green hair, long bangs, white and purple suit.
Abyss Actor - Big Star DARK/Demon/Pendulum/Effect/LV7/Scale 3/2500/1800
Abyss Actor - Comic Relief DARK/Demon/Pendulum/Effect/LV3/Scale 8/1000/2000
Abyss Actor - Pretty Heroine DARK/Demon/Pendulum/Effect/LV4/Scale /1500/1000
"Following Sakaki Yuya's Pendulum Summon, Sawatari also performs a Pendulum Summon!" Nico said. "This is it everyone! The battle between Pendulum users!" Now the crowd was cheering again, pleading Nico and the Lancers greatly.
"Get ready loser!" Sawatari said in a mocking but much more serious tone. "This turn I will defeat you!"
"Sawatari Shingo is provoking Sakaki Yuya!"
"That confident kid…" Yaiba and Masumi muttered.
"Big Star's monster effect activates! I add Abyss Script - Fantasy Magic to my hand and activate it with Big Star as the target!" A book materialized and Big Star read it. It then transformed itself so that it wore a trenchcoat, mimicking whoever it read on the script.
"And then Funky Comedian's Pendulum effect! By tributing Sassy Rookie…" The monster turned into yellow dust, Big Star then absorbed it. "Its 1700 ATK is added to Big Star!"
Abyss Actor - Big Star ATK 2500 - 4200
"4200 ATK?!" Yuzu noted in surprise.
"And that is not all…" Selena commented.
"Battle! Big Star, attack Startime Magician!"
"Startime Magician's monster effect! I sent a Pendulum monster from my Deck to the grave to prevent its destruction!" Dragonpit Magician, a magician with white hair, black and silver coat and a staff with a circular front end appeared ghostly, knocking the ball energy Big Star created off.
Yuya: 4000 - 2200 [3]
"Good! My monster is saved!"
"Idiot!" Sawatari cut him off.
"What?"
"Thanks to Fantasy Magic, Startime Magician is returned to the hand if it is not destroyed during the battle!" Sawatari revealed, shocking Yuya as the monster disintegrated and its dust flew into Yuya's Extra Deck.
"Dammit!" Yuya reluctantly put back the monster to the Extra Deck.
"That's why!" Yuzu realized.
"Right. The real plan was to bounce Startime Magician back to the Extra Deck. Sawatari is clearly good." Gongenzaka had to comment his plan. "Basically, he made Yuya's effort of bringing it out useless."
"Since Startime Magician is an Xyz monster, it must return to the Extra Deck." Sawatari said. "And now Pretty Heroine's monster effect! Skullcrobat Joker loses ATK equal to the battle damage!"
"No!" Yuya yelled as Skullcrobat Joker glowed red, losing power.
Entermate Skullcrobat Joker ATK 1800 - 0
"Now Skullcrobat Joker's ATK is 0…"
"The total ATK of Sawatari's remaining monsters are 3200, so if he attacks…"
"Yuya will lose!" Yoko said.
"NO! Don't lose Yuya!" Yuzu pleaded.
"I hope this loss will help you realize your mistake Sakaki Yuya." Sawatari said to Yuya. "Battle! Pretty Heroine, attack Skullcrobat Joker!"
Yuya began to run for an Action Card. He finally found one stuck in a hole in a wall. He quickly activated it.
"Action Magic, Evasion!" Joker flash-stepped, avoiding the attack. "The attack is negated!"
"Tsk! But I still have Comic Relief! Go now!" Sawatari quickly ordered the attack to stop Yuya from getting an Action Card. At the same time, he also ran for an Action Card.
"Entermate Gumgumouton's Pendulum effect activates!" Yuya said. "Skullcrobat Joker cannot be destroyed in this battle!" Thanks to it, Yuya only took 1000 damage and the resulting wind blast was not very strong.
Yuya: 2200 - 1200 [3]
"Sawatari has inflicted 2800 damage to Sakaki Yuya! He is in a bad condition!" Nico said.
"Is this all you got Sakaki Yuya?" Sawatari talked. "I do not think you would nearly lose this easy!"
"Of course I am not!" Yuya replied and slapped down a card, a colorful dog jumped out.
Entermate Dog LIGHT/Beast/Pendulum/Effect/LV1/Scale 9/0/0
"At the end of the Battle Phase, I can summon this card and regain all of the damage!"
Sakaki Yuya: 1200 - 4000 [2]
"Also Entermate Dog's ATK is raised by the same amount!"
Entermate Dog ATK 0 - 2800
"Not bad at all." Sawatari complimented. "That's the card you added earlier through Skullcrobat Joker's monster effect. I guess you still have a head."
"Stop that nonsense Sawatari!" Yuya said.
"I end my turn here. Come at me if you can Sakaki Yuya."
Abyss Actor - Big Star ATK 4200 - 2500
"Ore no turn, draw!" Yuya drew his card.
"At this moment!" Sawatari interrupted. "Comic Relief's monster effect activates!"
"What?!"
"I give control of it to you during the Standby Phase." Comic Relief waved hello at Yuya as it hovered to his field.
"What the hell is this?!" Nico commented. "For some reason Sawatari has given control of his monster to Sakaki Yuya!"
"What is he planning?" Gongenzaka wondered.
"He clearly did that on purpose!" Aki said.
"Why did you give me your monster Sawatari?" Yuya asked.
"Huh! You will know it very soon…" He then yelled. "Here is the surprise everyone has been waiting for! When Comic Relief switches control, its original owner, which is me, can destroy a set card of my choice!"
"What?! Destroy your own Set cards?!" Yuya gasped. The audience wondered the same thing.
"Right. My only set card will be destroyed." Right after that, Sawatari's set card is destroyed.
"Abyss Script - Opening Ceremony…" Yuzu muttered.
"This card has a second effect that only activates when it is destroyed by my opponent while being set!" Sawatari revealed. "Yuya, since you now control Comic Relief, it technically means that you destroy my set card. If this Set card is destroyed this way…" The top cards of his Deck shone up.
"I can draw until I have five cards in my hand!" He drew five cards in a swift motion confidently, dust sparking.
Yuya, the Lancers, Nico, Masumi, Yaiba and the audience were left in complete shock. The technique Sawatari used was completely unexpected and strong.
"What the…" Yuya mumbled, still in huge surprise.
"He set his card just to be destroyed…" Yuzu said.
"But all by his own cards…" Gongenzaka said.
"And he gets to draw 5 for that?!" Shun for once seemed legitimately surprised by this play.
Sawatari smiled excitedly for being able to catch everyone off-guard by his new Deck. "Pendulum decks lose hand advantage very quick so I created a way to draw as many cards as possible, and in the most entertaining way possible."
"That's very awesome!" Nico finally commentated again. "Sawatari Shingo has used his own cards to destroy a set card, and he used that for his advantage!"
"Sawatari is very good!" The audience now cheered for Sawatari, who waved back in return. Yuya's mood sank further. Yuzu whispered Yuya's name worryingly, who had put back his goggles to hide his trembling eyes.
"Harsh?" Sawatari mocked. "That's how life is Sakaki Yuya. The awful thing you may see in front of you, you may not know that it is just a front to cover deep issues underneath."
"It's unrelated." Yuya shot back.
"It's related. It's just like what Ruri and her comrades does to you." At this Yuya eyed up at him. "They did something bad to you, but they had no choice, just like Akaba Reiji. They also apologized to you and if you still remember, Shark was carded. If you cannot get past that, you are nothing but a jerk, which is what you are now. You cannot forgive them for the better."
Yuya remained silent, thinking about what he said.
"Forgiveness is the only solution to happiness Yuya."
Silence sank in, besides some whispering from the audience about what Sawatari was saying.
"I am not sure about this anymore Sawatari…" Yuya finally talked. "All of my life I have been mistreated because of my father… I tried to make friends and be friendly to others to forget it somewhat… But what she and Shun did to me destroyed me… And what Reiji did as well…" Everyone became silent, feeling sympathy for Yuya's predicament, especially the audience who once despised him.
"Then try again." Sawatari said. "We all need to try again, just like what I did before…"
He trailed off, remembering his dark times.
"Seeing you like this makes me remember my own times Yuya. You know that I only live with my father right?"
"He only lives with his father?" Ruri wondered. "It's true I never saw his mother, he does not even mention her once…" She trailed off, thinking about a bad scenario…
Yuzu suddenly realized. "Six years ago, there was a divorce that caused a lot of scandal, and that is…"
"Right." Sawatari confirmed. "Mayor Sawatari and his wife. My father was not a Mayor at that time yet." He smiled sadly.
"Sawatari…" Yuya mumbled sympathetically. He realized Sawatari's situation was much worse than his.
"I came to hate them a lot. I hate my mother for abandoning me and my father for leaving her. For the last five years, we have still not talked to each other much…"
"Back then I was just 10 years old, I did not know much. I hated the world and became some kind of bully to forget the pain of losing my mother."
"But last year I eventually understood things more. My father is a hard-working man, but he always tries his best to spend as much time with me and my mother as possible. However my mother cheated with another man, and it caused the eventual divorce."
Silence occurred as Sawatari stopped speaking, trying to keep his emotion in check.
"One more thing, even though I understood it, my shame and hatred towards my family still remains strong which is why I still acted like a school bully, but finally thanks to you Yuya and your Entertainment Dueling, I managed to get over it. Thanks to you, I learn to be kind to my father and others, I finally forgive my father."
Yuya felt something strange in his heart. Strange, but warm at the same time. For the first time someone thanked him sincerely for his trying at Entertainment Dueling, the legacy his father left to him.
"What I am trying to tell you is: you need to understand people. Don't let your emotion judge your feelings towards others, and in turn destroy yourself and what makes you you. I took five long years to learn that lesson. I don't know if the same could apply to you, I don't know you long enough unlike Yuzu and Gongenzaka, but I hope you may rethink about how you treat Ruri, Yuto and others."
"And if you still cling to your stupid thinking, beat me in this duel first." He finished saying, leaving Yuya to think about it.
Yuya kept silence for a while.
…
…
…
"Sawatari's… right…"
"I have treated Ruri, Shun, Selena and Yuto horribly, I do not think it through enough, and even after I saw Yuto's memories about what happened to him and his comrades, I was still very stubborn and moody…"
"Am I very idiotic… right Dad?" Yuya berated himself, smiling as if to confirm it. "I am sorry, Dad, Yuzu, Ruri… everyone."
"You're right Sawatari." Yuya finally spoke. "I was stubborn back then, but now I will not be like that anymore!"
Sawatari smiled proudly. Yuzu, Gongenzaka, Ruri, Yuto and Yugo smiled as well.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Yuya did his catchphrase, cheering the audience. "I am sorry for the bad guy role I played earlier, and as an apology for the stupid act, I will deliver all of you an entertaining duel!" With this, the crowd cheered Yuya again.
The pendant appeared between the Scales again, swinging the eternal swing. "Let's duel again! Swing one more time, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc across the nether! Pendulum Shōkan!"
"Appear now! Level 6, Resonate Magician!"
Resonate Magician DARK/Magician/Pendulum/Effect/LV6/Scale 2/2100/1400
"If I inflict battle damage to Sawatari, Pretty Heroine's monster effect will reduce my monster's ATK. He might protect it somehow if I attack it, maybe from an Action Card or something else. If so…"
"Resonate Magician's monster effect activates!" The suit of the monster glowed up. "Skullcrobat Joker is treated as a Level 1 Tuner monster, but it will be banished when it leaves the field."
"The hell?!" Sawatari whispered in shock.
Skullcrobat Joker LV4 - LV1 Tuner Monster
"He changed Skullcrobat Joker to a Tuner?!" Yugo said.
"Which means…" Aki thought for only one obvious thing.
"I, using the Level 6 Resonate Magician and Level 1 Skullcrobat Joker, Tuning!" The joker turned into a green ring that swept through the magician, turning it into six sparkling stars.
"Come out from the raging galaxy, and rain down justice to the worthy!" A stream of light erupted. "Synchro Shōkan! Appear now Level 7!" A new dragon flew out from the rings. It had blue skin, some red armor on its claws and body, it had red and blue eyes. Right after coming out, a meteor exploded, sending debris flying everywhere and flame burning.
"Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon!"
Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon FIRE/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/LV7/2500/2000
"This is…!" Sawatari mumbled.
"The Synchro monster Yuya summoned during his duel with Akaba Reiji!"
"Otto! Contestant Sakaki Yuya has performed a Synchro Summon to a new dragon! Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon~~~~" Nico commented. The audience cheered.
"Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon's monster effect activates! From the Pendulum Scale, Creation Magician is Special Summoned!"
Creation Magician DARK/Magician/Pendulum/Effect/LV4/Scale 8/500/1500
"And then Creation Magician's effect! Its ATK becomes the same as Entermate Dog!" The female monster got a yellow aura.
Creation Magician ATK 500 - 2800
"Yoss! Now Yuya got a monster with 2500 ATK and two 2800 ATK monsters!" Gongenzaka noted.
"If you want to beat me on one turn Sawatari, I will reply back to you with this!" Sawatari smiled cockily.
"Battle! Entermate Dog, attack Abyss Actor - Big Star!" The dog pounded the demonic actor, making it disintegrate.
Sawatari: 2300 - 2000 [5]
"Since Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon prevents you from activating monster effect during the Battle Phase, Pretty Heroine's effect does not work this time!" Yuya reminded Sawatari.
"Good! Now he just needs to attack with his remaining two monsters!"
"Creation Magician, attack Pretty Heroine!" The archer magician readied its bow. It then fired an arrow at the cute monster, destroying it again. Sawatari got inside the temple to avoid much of the blast.
Sawatari: 2000 - 700 [5]
"After the attack from Creation Magician, Sawatari only has 700 LP left!" Nico did his usual job.
"No use hiding Sawatari! Just one more attack and it will be over!" Ignoring Yuya's words, Sawatari kept running. He found an Action Card between the wood pillars.
"This is the end! Meteorburst Dragon!" The dragon jumped up.
"Meteor Impact!" Multiple meteors materialized and flew at the temple. It collapsed and broke down completely, seemingly trapping Sawatari inside.
Everyone looked at the ruins cautiously, trying to see if there was any difference.
"Hey! Where are you looking!" The cocky voice of Sawatari could be heard and where he stood took everyone by surprise again:
Behind Sakaki Yuya!
Sawatari: 700 [6]
"What?!" Yuya exclaimed in surprise. "How did you… uh!" He realized Big Star and Sassy Rookie were still standing.
"What the hell?! How could those monster still alive? They were destroyed earlier?!" Yuzu wondered. Sawatari answered by pulling out a card. "It is…!"
"Right. I banish Abyss Script - Miraculous Escape to negate the direct attack and summon the destroyed monsters back from the Extra Deck. Their effects are negated though."
"Otto! Using a trap in the grave, Sawatari Shingo has escaped his defeat!" Nico commented. The crowd cheered madly. "And it seemed that he had also grabbed an Action Card as well!"
"He has an Action Card in his hand, but he did not use it, instead he banished Miraculous Escape…" Yugo inspected.
"Does that Action Card not suitable in that attack? Or something else?" Yuto tried to predict. He had to admit this seemingly spoiled brat was a good duelist, he nearly defeated him back in the warehouse. And surely this guy had some unpredictable moves as well.
"Miraculous Escape allows you to draw a card as well." Sawatari said, Yuya drew one card after that. "If you cannot do anything anymore, please end your turn Yuya."
"I switch Comic Relief to Defense Position." The monster crouched down. "Then I will set down a card. Turn end." Yuya finished his second turn.
Creation Magician ATK 2800 - 500
"Ore no turn, draw!"
"Now is the chance to activate this card! Action Magic, Break Ruin activate!" Sawatari activated the Action Card he got earlier.
"What? Break Ruin?!"
"Yep. You know Action Duels well, you should know what does this card do right?" Instantly the six cards in Sawatari's hand glowed purple before shooting out a stream at Yuya.
The Entertainment Duelist quickly ran below the drain-ditch, looking for an Action Card again.
"Please find one Yuya!" Yuzu said to her best friend.
He eventually found one below the ground and activated it while doing cartwheel to avoid the blast.
"Action Magic Acceleration!" The stream missed the target at the right moment, saving Yuya from 1800 effect damage.
"In danger of losing LP, Sakaki Yuya activated an Action Card that prevents it at the right time!" Nico commented.
"Such Action Duels, Action Cards… interesting." Yusei whistiled.
"Right." Yuzu said. "The scattered cards can change the situation of the duel in any instant."
"Right now Yuya has Comic Relief in Defense, Meteorburst Dragon with 2500 ATK, Entermate Dog with 2800 ATK and Creation Magician with 500 ATK." Yuto commented.
"If he uses Funky Comedian's Pendulum Effect to destroy Creation, I will still have LP remaining and my other monsters are stronger than his other monsters!" Yuya attempted to calm himself down.
"You think I would go for battle with Creation Magician don't you?" Sawatari suddenly said, Yuya was like being caught red-handed indicated by his shock face. "Too predictable Yuya! From my hand, Continuous Magic Abyss Script - Abyssal Entertainment activate! Twice per turn, I can release an "Abyss Actor" monster to set an Abyss Script Magic Card down from the grave!"
"The hell?"
"I released Big Star and Funky Comedian whose effects are negated…" The two monsters disintegrated. "To set Opening Ceremony and Fantasy Magic down on my field!" Sawatari took out two Magic cards from his grave slot and set it down.
"Shit… With Fantasy Magic, he can return Meteorburst back to the Extra Deck since it is not a monster effect…"
"But that would be boring… I want the ending to be lively! With the existing Pendulum Scales, Pendulum Shōkan!" Four monsters descended.
"Reborn from the Extra Deck! Abyss Actor - Big Star! Sassy Rookie! Pretty Heroine!"
"Finally from my hand, Abyss Actor - Wild Hope!"
Abyss Actor - Wild Hope DARK/Demon/Pendulum/Effect/LV4/Scale 2/1600/1200
"And then Reverse Card open! Abyss Script - Opening Ceremony!" Sawatari activated one of his set cards. "For each Abyss Actor monster I control, I gain 500 LP!"
Sawatari: 700 - 2700 [4]
"From my hand, I activate Abyss Script - Rise of the Demon King! For each Abyss Actor monster I control, one card my opponent controls shall be destroyed!"
"What?!"
"He has 4 monsters so…"
"He can destroy four cards Yuya controls?!"
"I will not lose that quickly!" Yuya ran to the smaller temple on the right, looking for an Action Card.
"Useless!" Sawatari quickly acted. "Since I control a Level 7 Big Star, you cannot activate any effects in response!"
"No way!" Yuya gasped as he grabbed an Action Card.
"Haizzz…" It would not do anything good right now. The card shot out four separate purple streams which destroyed Yuya's monsters, leaving only Gumgumouton remaining!
"This is not good! Contestant Sawatari has cleared Sakaki Yuya's field completely!" Nico commented at this massive field-clearing.
"Yuya only has 4000 LP!"
"And if he took the four monsters' attacks then…"
"He will lose this time!"
"Finally, I activate Funky Comedian's Pendulum effect!" Sassy Rookie disintegrated while Big Star absorbed its resulting yellow dust.
Abyss Actor - Big Star ATK 2500 - 4200
"ATK… 4200!" Yuya said.
"Battle! Abyss Actor - Big Star, Sakaki Yuya direct attack!" Sawatari yelled at the top of his lungs, the actor created an energy sphere and blasted at the ground where Yuya was standing nearby, causing a huge explosion.
"Yuya!" Yuzu screamed.
"So sorry for you!" Yuya suddenly said.
"What?" Sawatari realized Yuya was still standing well and alive, with Meteorburst on the field!
"Odd-Eyes… Meteorburst Dragon?!"
Yuya: 4000 - 1900 [3]
"Right. During the direct attack, I banish Entermate Dog to halve the battle damage, then I special summon an "Odd-Eyes" monster from the graveyard. Just like what you did earlier, but its effects are still intact."
"Hm." Sawatari chuckled. "Same trick huh?"
The crowd cheered.
The Lancers sighed in relief, especially Yuzu.
"He nearly gave us a shock there…" Yuzu muttered.
"Since we are still in the Battle Phase, you cannot activate Fantasy Magic, therefore you cannot spin Meteorburst. So, what are you going to do Sawatari?"
"I still have Action Cards!" Sawatari protested. He managed to find an Action Card on the ground not far. "It is!"
"No! Action Magic, Crush Action!" Yuya quickly answered, the card in Sawatari's hand disintegrated.
"Dammit…" Sawatari hissed. "I set down a card. Turn end…!"
Abyss Actor - Big Star ATK 4200 - 2500
"Ore no turn…" Yuya touched his card. "This draw will decide the duel…"
"Draw!"
He looked at the card and gasped.
Yuya eyed at Sawatari, smiling. "It's here…"
"Don't tell me?!"
"From my hand, Magic Card, Duelist Advent activate!" The card materialized, showing the image of a pendant similar to Yuya's own swinging, leaving drawing arcs during its swings. "Since I have a card in the Pendulum Zone, I can add a card with "Pendulum" in its name."
"Add a "Pendulum" card?! Don't you say…!" Sawatari realized only one card Yuya would add right now.
"Right! I add Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to my hand! And then Reverse Card open! Pendulum Reborn! Appear from the Extra Deck, Resonate Magician!" A portal opened on the ground, Resonate Magician rose up from it.
"Then, Field Magic Sky Iris activate! By destroying Gumgumouton, I add Odd-Eyes Fusion to my hand!" The only card in Yuya's Pendulum Zone waved goodbye before it disappeared. Yuya then showed the added card.
"You destroy a Pendulum card? How can you summon Odd-Eyes Pendu-" Yuzu suddenly remembered the card Yuya added earlier.
"Magic Card! Odd-Eyes Fusion activate!" A Fusion vortex appeared behind him. "I use monsters from my hand or field to perform a Fusion Summon for a Dragon monster!"
Yuya quickly looked at Yuto, Ruri and Shun to make sure they would not hate the thing he would do, and he was glad to find them approving with thumb-ups.
"The materials I will use are Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Resonate Magician!" Two monsters materialized, joining in the Fusion spiral.
"Wielder of mysterious powers, become the bright light in the eyes of the dragon! Yūgō Shōkan! Come forth! Arcane dragon wielder of ancient magic!"
"Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon DARK/Dragon/Fusion/Effect/LV8/3000/2500
"Rune… Rune-Eyes?!"
"Yes! With Rune-Eyes Yuya can win the duel!" Ruri quickly realized.
"Since I use the Level 6 Resonate Magician, Rune-Eyes can attack up to three times! Battle!" Yuya immediately declared the Battle Phase. Rune-Eyes charged energy on its disc, forming a triangle with teal blue outline.
"Rune-Eyes, attack Pretty Heroine! Rengeki no… Shiny Burst!" One orb on Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's disc shot out a blue energy stream, hitting Pretty Heroine in an instant, the stream also hit one of the wood pillars of the temple behind Sawatari.
"With this attack, Sawatari Shingo will only have 1200 LP!" Nico said. "And Rune-Eyes still have two more attacks, will this be the end of Sawatari-eh?" Suddenly, a physical object resembling a crescent moon flew down from the sky, hitting Rune-Eyes' head and creating multiple fireworks. Rune-Eyes roared and shone up before turning into a face-down card in Defense Position.
"Rune-Eyes!" Yuya yelled in dismay. "What happened?!" He turned to Sawatari and was shocked at the sight of a shining card.
"Is that…" He muttered. "Book of Moon?!"
"Right." Sawatari confirmed. "This card targets a monster on the field and changes it to face-down Defense Position."
"No way…!" Yuzu tried to deny the truth, but it was no use.
"With this, you cannot use Rune-Eyes to attack me anymore Yuya."
"Tsk… But I still have Meteorburst! Go now, Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon, attack Abyss Actor - Pretty Heroine!" The dragon conjured meteors behind it, ready to send it at the female heroine.
Sawatari ran to the last temple behind him to try to find an Action Card. At the same time however, Yuya ran down to the drain-ditch near the downed temple again, trying to get an Action Card.
"It's here! Action Magic, Bi-Attack!"
"What?!" Sawatari gasped in shock, stopping running.
"Meteorburst Dragon's ATK is doubled!" Fire formed behind Meteorburst into fiery wings, creating a blast that knocked Sawatari down.
Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon ATK 2500 - 5000
"Yoss! Meteorburst's ATK is 5000!" Gongenzaka said.
Yuto chimed in. "With this, Sawatari will take 3500 damage!"
"This is the end! Meteor Impact!" The dragon sent the meteors at Pretty Heroine, it screamed before being exploded, creating a thick smoke.
"Once again, Sakaki Yuya has answered Sawatari's resistance with an Action Card Bi-Attack. Is Sawatari going to survive this, or will he lose?" Nico commented excitedly.
Yuya smiled, looking at the thick smoke.
"I won…"
…
…
KURIKURI!
"Eh?!"
"What the?!"
"What is that?!" The smoke cleared, revealing a cute rounded monster with grey fur all over its body, two adorable eyes, small clawed hands and feet. It jumped up and down before it disappeared.
Sawatari: 2700 [0]
"During damage calculation." Sawatari explained. "I discarded Kuriboh in my hand to avoid that 3500 battle damage. Also before that I chained Action Magic Dawn of Prime to negate Meteorburst's effects." Yuya noticed the shining image of that card next to Sawatari.
"Dammit…"
"So sorry for you Sakaki Yuya. What are you going to do now?"
Yuya had no other choice but to set down a card. "One card set, turn end…"
"Don't be sad, you managed to force me to use all of my hand just to survive this turn, be proud of yourself." Sawatari assured him. "But this turn I will not be that easy anymore!"
"Ore no turn…"
"Draw!" Sawatari proceeded with his turn. "Hm… not a monster with enough ATK to boost another with Funky Comedian, but I have another way to win…"
"With the existing Pendulum Scale, Pendulum Shōkan!"
"Reborn from the Extra Deck, Sassy Rookie!"
"Sassy Rookie's ATK is 1700, not enough to boost attack points to beat my LP. What is he going to do?" Yuya thought with a smile in the last sentence.
"Everyone!" Sawatari suddenly said. "Please look my field for a moment shall we? We have the Level 7 Abyss Actor - Big Star, Level 4 Wild Hope…"
"And Level 4 Sassy Rookie!"
"Two Level 4 monsters!" One audience said.
"Is Sawatari going to… No way!" Yuto suddenly noticed.
"Right. I, using the Level 4 Abyss Actor - Wild Hope and Sassy Rookie, Overlay!" The two demonic actors turned into purple swirls of energy and crashed down to the Overlay Network.
"Savior of the fantasy, come out to the world and protect the peace it deserves! Xyz Shōkan!"
"Appear now Rank 4!" From the Overlay Network, a new monster came out. It had black skin, one big eye, brown hair, it wore a skintight blue suit with the letters "AA" on the front, white stripes. It also wore a cape on its back as well.
"Abyss Actor - Action Hero!"
Abyss Actor - Action Hero DARK/Demon/Xyz/Effect/R4/2400/1200
"This is…"
"An Abyss Actor Xyz monster!" Yuya said the obvious.
"Of all the expectations, Sawatari Shingo summons a new Abyss Actor Xyz monster!" Nico said. The crowd had a thing to cheer again.
"Let's go Sakaki Yuya! When this card is Xyz Summoned, I can add an Abyss Script card from my graveyard to my hand." Sawatari pulled out Opening Ceremony and activated it.
Sawatari: 2700 - 3700 [1]
"And now Abyss Actor - Action Hero's monster effect activates!" An Overlay Unit disintegrated. "By detaching an Overlay Unit, I attach Big Star to it and increase its ATK!" Big Star turned into an Overlay Unit and hovered around Action Hero.
Abyss Actor - Action Hero ATK 2400 - 4900
"4900 ATK!"
"If it attacks, Yuya will lose!"
"It will not happen that easy!" Yuya defended himself with his set card. Trap Card, Misdirection Wing activate!" Multiple white feather wings flew out, hitting Sawatari's Action Hero. "In this turn, your card effects and activation are negated and Meteorburst gains 800 ATK!"
"If a card effect is activated, I can detach an Overlay Unit from Action Hero to negate and destroy it!" Sawatari quickly countered. Action Hero punched an Overlay Unit and used its power to destroy the image of Misdirection Wing.
"No!" Yuya yelled.
"Now the duel will be over! Battle!" Sawatari declared. "Abyss Actor - Action Hero, attack Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon!" The monster ran towards Meteorburst, Yuya's dragon fired a stream at it but Action Hero resisted, continued charging.
"Abyss Hero Punch!" Action Hero delivered a megaton punch at the face of Meteorburst Dragon. It yelled painfully before exploding, knocking Yuya back in defeat.
Yuya: 1900 - 0 [0]
"The duel is finished! The winner of this Duel is Sawatari Shingo!" Nico announced the winner, who smiled proudly at himself. The Action Field disintegrated, the stadium returned to normal. Everyone at the seats yelled, expect the You Show squad who felt sad for Yuya's loss.
"No way…" Yuzu muttered.
"Yuya lost the duel…" Gongenzaka said sadly.
"Don't think too hard about it." Yuto said.
"Look at Yuya Yuzu. He's smiling again, thanks to Sawatari." Ruri told the pink-haired girl.
Sawatari gave Yuya a helping hand, which he accepted. "I won now."
"Uh." Yuya smiled back. "But I will reclaim it next time. Thank you for reminding me of who I am and what I need to do Sawatari. Hope your father will recover soon."
"Thank you Yuya." They shook hands, the crowd clapped their hands at this display of sportsmanship. The rest of the Lancer also did it.
They went to their friends who smiled back at them.
"That was a good duel Yuya, Sawatari!" Yugo said to them.
"It is." Yuya replied. "And Yuto, Ruri, Shun." He turned to the Xyz survivors.
He looked at them for a moment, as if to say sorry through the eyes, before saying.
"I want to talk to all of you tonight. At the park. Got it?"
"Got it." Yuto answered.
"It's nice right Ruri?" Yuzu told the purple-haired girl. "You are free of your guilt now!"
"Yeah…" Ruri nervously smiled back.
"But can you leave us for some time Yuya?" Shun requested, he then pressed Yuto and Ruri's shoulders again. "I need to have some time with my sister… and my best friend…"
Yuto and Ruri sweatdropped.
"Stop it Shun. You want to let the audience know that you are jealous because your sister wants something normal for her well-being?" Yugo joked.
"You…!" Shun gasped, slightly embarrassed. The Lancers smiled hugely.
Well, at least the storm is over before another one…
Fanfic OC Cards
Abyss Actor - Action Hero
DARK/Demon/Xyz/Effect/R4/2400/1200
2 Level 4 "Abyss Actor" monsters.
If this card is Xyz Summoned: You can add 1 "Abyss Script" Magic Card from your GY to your hand. You can detach 1 material from this card: attach 1 "Abyss Actor" monster you control or face-up from your Extra Deck to it as an material, and if you do, it gains ATK equal to its original ATK until the end of this turn. When your opponent activates a card effect: You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. If this card is destroyed by battle or an opponent's card effect: You can add 1 "Abyss Actor" monster from your GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Abyss Actor - Action Hero" once per turn.
Phew! Wish I could have finished this sooner but I am busy with a lot of nonsenses. And I will now hide for a while to avoid outburst form you guys because of my doing of Sawatari's characterization and winning against Yuya (seriously this guy never wins solo). But to be honest, divorce affects kids very badly, and I kind of see that in Sawatari despite the anime treats him as nothing more of a comic relief.
One thing I hate about ARC-V is Yuya never finds out Shun and Selena have carded people. A person like him would never willingly work with those two so I created this situation.
For some reason, Konami denies Abyss Actor an Extra Deck monster so I created one for him. Since of the Lancers' Standard members, Yuzu uses Fusion and Gongenzaka uses Synchro I decided to make him use Xyz. And does anyone catch Yugi there with Kuriboh?
I got a request: During the beginning of the Synchro arc, I would like to have Yusei, Aki and Yugo duel against three members of Lancers in order to make them get used to Riding Duel (yeah I know it's a spoiler there). Which three Lancers do you want me to do?
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The Precious Time before The New Journey.
The Lancers, Academia and You Show Duel School in the Fusion Dimension have a peaceful day before the new storm comes in. It seems the Synchro Dimension is the new goal to all sides…
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