Chapter 38: Danger Zones
At sidelines Joy was with two of her camera crew members.
"Oh we're here at with Yoko and the You Show students, tell me kids what do you think of the duel so far?" Joy asked. "Its so good." Tate said. "They'll bring home the competition!" Ally exclaimed excitedly.
"Yes they will indeed a voice said and there Mr Boyle. "Oh, you're here Principal Boyle, where have you been?" Joy asked. "Oh uh, let's just say I was feeling a bit uneasy but I'm ok now." Principal Boyle said smiling.
"Anyway Mrs Sasaki, how much proud are you about your son?" Joy asked. "I'm his biggest fan..but that Reed Pepper is a cutie and so is Dennis Macfield too!" Yoko squealed with blushing cheeks as Joy, her camera crew, and Mr Boyle made awe looks.
Meanwhile Halil and Olga were now in the Jungle Zone.
"Oh after seeing how much friendship is grand, it seems more than I realized though we lost." Halil said. "I hate losing." Olga muttered.
Halil noticed two Pendulum Cards. "Oh two Pendulum cards, sounds like our lucky day."
Just then the cards were reeled out of his hand. "Hey, what's going on?" Halil askede as he and Olga followed the cards.
He managed to grab them. "Hey look what I reeled in, Reed Pepper you're on!" Trout called out as the King of the kitchen. "It'll be my pleasure to duel you both." He said bowing as the crowd including the women went wild. "Oh, that Reed Pepper is such a dreamboat any girl would want to sail away with him!" Yoko squealed excitedly.
"(Aha, all this time I've been collecting Pendulum Cards.)" Trout thought sinisterly as a cooler he was hiding behind from the rock he was sitting which had a lot of Pendulum Cards. "(when Reed defeats those two LID guys he'll be tired from the duel and then that's when I'll duel him next therefore I'll be able to win easily due to him being exhausted.)"
"Are you sure, you want to duel us you'll be at a disadvantage." Halil said. "It'll fine." Reed said.
"DUEL!" Reed, Halil, and Olga proclaimed in unison.
Reed: 4000
Olga: 4000
Halil: 4000
At the Volcano Zone.
Zuzu arrived to find Yuya but he was longer there. "Where can Yuya go off to?" She asked. "Yeah, there!" A voice called out as she looked up and on top of a rock was Dennis. "You must be Zuzu Boyle from You Show and the daughter of Skip Boyle the Principal that's also your father." Dennis said as he put his hand on the rock as Zuzu leaned against it.
"Uh, yes but how did you know about Mr Boyle was my father?" She asked looking puzzled. "I heard that You Show teaches duelists how to become Dueltainers, and I met Yuya, plus I teamed up with him in a tag duel." Dennis replied kindly.
"Secondly, he had encounter with a strange woman who claims to be something I never seen before." Dennis said as Zuzu gasped. "(Does he mean Sibella?)"
"Well, Yuya and this girl dueled each other in the end they both lost." Dennis added. "Meaning their duel ended up in a draw."
"This girl Sibella said something about given your father and some training partner of a guy named Gong back."
"(He must be talking about my dad's life force but wait Grizzlepike lost his life force too.)" Zuzu thought but then she sighed. "(But now my father should be okay.)"
Just then Dennis handed her a rose. "Anyway I'd like the honor of dueling you." He said winking with his left eye. "After we're both Dueltainers."
At the stadium sidelines.
"Hey, what does he think he's doing with my daughter!" Mr Boyle asked angrily biting on a hankerchief. "He must've gotten something in his eye." Tate said looking a bit weirded out. "This should be the most romantic duel of all!" Ally exclaimed happily. "This is more like a date then a duel!" Federick added adoring the scene. "Oh Zuzu is so lucky!" Yoko squealed happily. "What do you mean lucky?" Mr Boyle asked.
Meanwhile in the Ruins.
Shay was with Jenna Jetsam. "So, did you see Yuya's duel against Iggy?" Jenna asked as her friend gritted his teeth. "Don't worry, we'll find that wannabe, you can count on it."
Just then a ring tone was heard on Jenna's duel disk and she clicked the answer button. "This is Leonardo, come in."
"Oh Leonardo, what do you report?" Jenna asked. "Sibella and Yuya dueled in the end they both lost." Leonardo answered. "Secondly, Inner Sibella is gone but the real Sibella is asleep now though she should recover."
"Alright, try to contract the others and meet up with them." Jenna ordered. "I'll stay with Shay."
"Roger that, Leonardo over and out." Leonardo replied as he hung up.
At the Volcano Zone.
"You're interesting in dueling me huh, well it'd be rude to turn down from aspiring Dueltainer, so I accept." Zuzu said kindly.
They both went the bridge above the lava river.
"To make things more interesting, I wager two of my Pendulum Cards." Zuzu said taken the two cards in her left hand. "Great idea, now without a further a do..." Dennis began to say as he activated his duel disk.
"LET'S DUEL!" Zuzu and Dennis proclaimed in unison.
Zuzu: 4000
Dennis: 4000
"After you." Dennis said generously. "No thanks, I want to see what you can do." Zuzu replied kindly. "As you wish, its a good thing that there's no monsters on our field, cause I'm allowed to Special Summon this Performer on stage, presenting the one and only Performage Stills Launcher!"
Performage Stilts Launcher Level 6 Attack 2200
"Then after I place this card facedown, I'm going to take up things up, by placing Pendulum Statue Yellow Scarab directly in the Pendulum zone." Dennis added as he placed his Pendulum bug.
"Why do that you can't Pendulum Summon with just one." Zuzu said. "Cause it allows me to activate Scarab's Pendulum Ability, it bolts up my Stilts Launcher by 300 points." Dennis answered.
Performage Stilts Launcher Attack 2200-2500
"Nice move, very clever." Zuzu praised. "Duels are a lot more in ticing with twists and turns, you never know what comes next, plus it also gets your opponent watching." Dennis replied. "(My guess that you don't have two Pendulum Cards otherwise you'd use both already but if that's the case, I'm to make my move.)" Zuzu thought. "Its my move!"
She looked at what she drew. "Watch carefully as I set Scale 3 White Butterfly and Scale 9 White Flower to set the Pendulum Scale, now I summon monsters level 4-8 all at the same time, I Pendulum Summon: take the stage ladies, give it up for Soprano the Melodious Songtress!"
Soprano the Melodious Songtress Level 4 Attack 1400
"And Tam-Tam the Melodious Diva!"
Tam-Tam the Melodious Diva Level 4 Attack 1000
"Thanks to Soprano, I can Fusion Summon without using Polymerization card, look and see as she along with Tam-Tam fuse together, now ladies merge your might together you'll create a new powerful Melodious Monster, I Fusion Summon: Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir!"
Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir Level 6 Attack 1000
"Once again Zuzu Boyle has wow the crowd with pits perfect mix Fusion Summoning, this girl is a naturally!" Nico announced excitedly.
"Hey, I dig the moves you're making, they're amazing just like you." Dennis praised snapping his fingers. "We can get back to duel instead of the drool." Zuzu said. "Oh forgive me." Dennis bowed.
"When I use Tam-Tam to Fusion Summon, she can lower Bloom Diva's attack points by 500." Zuzu explained.
Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir Attack 1000-500
"She can deal that same amount to you."
Dennis hit by the Bloom's wind.
Dennis: 3500
"Also when Bloom attacks a Special Summoned Monster, instead of me taken the damage I would've taken, that damage is sent to you instead, for her finale your Stilts mage is destroyed instantly!" Zuzu added as her Diva destroyed by its reflect shout.
Dennis was sent sliding backwards while bending down on his right foot.
Dennis: 1500
"I'd ask for an encore but I wouldn't have survive it." Dennis said as he looked back at the bridge rails and noticed an Action card. "I'll return the favor by activating the Action Spell: Flame Ball to deal you damage."
"Hah, I'll only 200 points of damage though." Zuzu pointed out. "Hold up, if you think this orb is just a ordinary then you're in for quite a surprise, one...two...three!" Dennis said as party item appeared above Zuzu and exploded very hard.
Zuzu was sent sliding backwards like Dennis was and realized her life points went way down.
Zuzu: 2000
"Are you okay, that Flame ball was more intense cause by banishing Stilts Launcher it allowed me to deal you the damage you dealt to me with Bloom Diva." Dennis explained.
"Tenses are building up in the Volcano Zone, I can sense these two duelists are going to boil over like lava!" Nico proclaimed. "Hurl those attack, you go Dennis Macfield!" Yoko cheered as Mr Boyle was shocked that she was rooting for LID that partnered up with her son. "If you can cook up a win Reed, I'll serve you snacks I made for Federick!"
"Oh!" Federick said looking stunned.
"Attention everyone Yuya Sasaki is entering the Ancient Ruins zone!" Nico announced.
Yuya was looking around until he saw Shay leaning against a ruin pillar. "Its you Shay, I'm glad I got meet you cause I got some questions I'd like to ask you, like about Sora first, Duel Academy, and your friend Sibella!"
"We have question for you two." A voice asked as he turned around seeing Jenna. "Its Jenna!" Mr Boyle exclaimed.
Then Raptor arrived. "I hoping to meet you Yuya Sasaki."
"Who you are?" The Dueltainer asked. "My name Raptor." the spiked haired boy replied. "Well, we got unexpected competitor in the tournament!" Nico exclaimed.
At the Leo Control room.
"This must be one of Shay's friends." Declan said.
"Our question is: about Yuto, where have you taken him?" Shay asked turning his head to face the dueltainer. "Yuto?" Ally questioned. "Who is he talking about?" Federick asked.
"We know about the duel between Yuto and that Fusion freak Sora." Shay said. "That was moment you stuck your Dueltaining nose was last we seen of him." Jenna added. "What did you with him, tell us what you did with our best friend!" Raptor asked as he snarled and his eyes began to change into dinosaur eyes.
At the Leo Control room.
"Whoa, did you see that Mr President?" Claude asked. "(This young man appears to more that he seems.)" Declan said. "(Now that I think about some LID security members told me something about a young man acting like.)"
"I'm not sure where he is." Yuya answered. "Don't play dumb with us, we'd haven't been able to make contact with him since that night Sora disappeared." Jenna said clinching her left hand. "How about you explain on how did you end up with Yuto's Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Shay said pointing angrily at the Dueltainer. "You'd better answer us." Raptor said as his eyes became more Dinosaur like eyes and he snarled like angered animal.
"You guys got it all wrong, I didn't steal that card away from Yuto, he gave it to me so I can keep the world entertained and smiling." Yuya replied.
"Ha ha, you left yourself quite exposed but now you let your guard down, so you'll pay!" A voice rang out it was Carl. "Make way to strike down your opponent, Slash the Assault Knight!"
Yuya, Shay, and his comrade dodged the attack. "Your knight showed perfect blow, but my knight can follow up with the blow easily." Ashely said as her own knight blocked the attack.
"We're right in their line of fire." Yuya said as he got up on his feet including Shay and his comrades. "Man, they're hard to get ride then rats." Shay said. "To me, its harder than getting ride annoying predacon." Jenna muttered. "Not mention a peristant Dinosaur." Raptor added.
"careful insults can lead to your undoing." Carl said. "Yes, it'd be ashame that if one of these blasts strikes you, Assault Knight attack!" Ashley commanded as Yuya, Shay, and comrades dodged again. "Unworthy attack but my monster will shield me." Bram explained as a shield blocked the attack.
"It would seem that they're battling each other to take us out." Shay said. "Those snakes." Yuya commented. "I have to agree on that." Jenna said. "I'm was on this battle until you two interrupted." Ashley pointed out. "If it is your desire to duel us then go ahead but this time your ending will be a tragedy, Slash strike fury with fury and show no mercy." Bram commanded as his Knight unleashed a slash wave attack.
Yuya, Shay, Jenna, and Raptor were hit by the Knight's attack sending them flying. Yuya was sent flying while Shay was sent into a ruin pillar, Raptor was sent into a pillar, and Jenna was nearly close falling off the edge.
Yuya grabbed onto the edge on a stoned pillar just in time. "That's awful!" Federick said. "They're attacking defenseless duelist!" Tate exclaimed unhappily. "Now we once again join up to duel." Ashley said. "I suggest you guys pick carefully." Bram said with warning. "It could be your downfall." Carly added.
Yuya struggled to get up on the stoned pillar. "Hey, Shay, Jenna, and Raptor!"
Just then three Obelisk Force members was heading their way which Yuya noticed. "Who are they, they're part of the tournament."
At the Leo Control Room.
"Sir!" Claude said. "Cut off the feed from the Ancient Ruins Zone!" Declan ordered.
The feed went blank.
"Why did they stop showing the Ancient Ruined Zone?" Ally asked. "Uh, sorry there seems to be a problem with camera in that zone." Nico said looking unaware. "Let's check out the Volcano zone.
"Next I'll be hitting the breaks by activated the Spell: Slow Tempo, with this I can slow pace this duel and ruining your strategy because if you summon a monster from your hand it can't attack during that turn." Zuzu explained.
"That means I have to wait for my monsters to attack, further complicated my strategies, so I love what you did so far that'll make it impossible to defeat you but I'll take it!" Dennis said drawing from his deck.
"Its my chance to step in the spotlight by making some big waves with Scale 2 Blue Whale with Scale 10 Yellow Scarab, I'll use them both to set the Pendulum Scale, now I summon monsters level 3-9 all at the same time, I Pendulum Summon: come on out the whacky Performage Damage Juggler!"
Performage Damage Juggler Level 4 Attack 1500
"The fabulous fire geistler Performage Flame Eater!"
Performage Flame Eater Level 4 Attack 1200
"I Overlay my Level 4 Damage Juggler with Flame Eater in order to built the Overlay Network, way to go guys but you both better hold your breathes cause we're going to make some dueling history, I Xyz Summon: Performage Trapeze Magician!"
Performage Trapeze Magician Rank 4 Attack 2500
"This guy is full of surpises." Zuzu said as she was surprised herself.
Nearby was Celina who was watching the duel.
"(That must the girl that Declan was talking about, my so called twin.)" She thought.
At the Ancient Ruins.
The three Obelisk Force members continued running. "What do those guys want?" Yuya asked as someone approached by behind them. "That's...Sora!"
Shay noticed him too along with Raptor and Jenna including the Duel Knights. "You again." Shay said. "The two of us have unfinished business, so I can settle the score once and for all!" Sora proclaimed with a malicious smile.
"Sora, you're ok!" Yuya called with relief.
Sora ignored him. "Hey keep those knight nerds busy and then take out Shay's comrades."
"Come back, I know you can hear me!" Yuya called out. "I declare that simple tin insult us!" Carl proclaimed angrily. "Just who do these scoundrels think they are?" Ashley asked offended.
"We're Obelisk Force." One of the members answered as he and other two activated their duel disks.
"Raptor and Jenna come with me." Shay ordered. "Raptor, you contact the others." Shay ordered as his dino duelist friend nodded.
At the jungle zone there was Maria.
"Come in, this Raptor." His voice said coming from her duel disk. "This is Maria over." The angel girl replied. "We got trouble, our enemies are here and so has a certain Fusion brat." Raptor reported.
"Sora has returned with Fusion friends, I was hoping to duel more Fusion freaks." Maria said maliciously.
"Jenna and I are staying with Shay, contact the others quickly!" Raptor ordered. "Right, Maria over and out." The angel girl replied with a nod.
At the Volcano Zone.
"Now Trapeze Magician take a swing at Bloom Diva!" Dennis commanded. "Have you learned anything early, when Bloom Diva is attacked your monster is destroyed and you take the damage I would've taken." Zuzu said as her monster unleashed its musical shout.
"Oh I knew alright." Dennis said covering his face with his right arm. "Then why did you attack?" Zuzu asked. "For the thrill of it, Trapeze Magician wants to show off." Dennis replied as his Xyz Magician swung around Bloom Diva. "That maybe but your Magician is still going to be destroyed." Zuzu said.
"No, I got a cool trick to show you, one...two...three!" Dennis announced as a trick boxed appeared in the center. Trapeze Magician swung towards Diva and carried her bride style into the trick box.
Trapeze Magician appeared on Zuzu's side.
"Um excuse me what just happened?" She asked as bloom Diva appeared on Dennis' side.
"I pulled a monster switch-o-roo, I never attempted this stunt during a duel before but it worked like a charm, thanks to my trap: Trick Box, our two monsters switched places so what now its yours and what's yours is mine!" Dennis explained.
"Diva is on your side!" Zuzu exclaimed in shock. "Exactly, now Bloom Diva ceranat Trapeze Magician with your singing tune, give my star performer the spectacular he deserves!" Dennis commanded.
Zuzu was sent flying as Trapeze Magician and Bloom Diva were both destroyed.
Zuzu began falling down to the lava river but then Dennis leaped down towards her off the bridge. "Oops that song had more impact than I thought!"
Dennis caught her just as the You Show girl opened her eyes in worry. "Dennis you'll fall with me too!"
"Don't worry, Trick Box has another effect which summon Trapeze Magician back on my side." Dennis replied calmly as his star performer caught them both. "Thanks, and glad to have you back on my team."
The crowd cheered.
"Dennis Macfield has pulled off the most spectacular duel and rescue I have ever seen!" Nico proclaimed.
In the sidelines.
"Put my daughter down and get a haircut while you're at it!" Mr Boyle called out biting on his hankerchief. "I think they look adorable together." Yoko commented.
Zuzu then handed her Pendulum Cards. "Well, you won so here."
"Agreed but our rematch will be more fun!" Dennis said enthusiastically.
"There isn't going to be a next time cause this duel is going to be your last." A female voice rang out as Zuzu and Dennis turned to sound of the voice. They both gasped. "Uh, you didn't tell me you had a twin sister."
"(She looks like me indeed, could she be Lulu?)" Zuzu asked herself.
Just then the feed for the volcano zone went off.
"Sorry folks, someone must've forgotten to pay the bill." Nico said laughing nervously.
At the Leo control Room.
"Sir we cut off the public feed for the Volcano zone." Claude said.
Declan pressed something on the control panel in front of him. "The time for action has finally arrived, you attempt to show action and potential, the time to prove yourselves to becomes Lancers is here."
At corner of the rocks in the Volcano zone.
"Meow." A voice said coming behind the corner was Katt and William. "Who are you guys?" Dennis asked. "Its Katt!" Zuzu exclaimed. "You know her?" Dennis asked which got Celina's attention as well.
"Yes but that man with her I don't." Zuzu replied. "Who are you?"
"My name is William I'm an Xyz Summoner from the Xyz Dimension." The black suited man replied just then he felt tune on his duel disk. "Ugh, what is it now?"
"This Raptor, come in over."
"This William over." The canine duelist answered. "We got company the enemies are here." Raptor answered. "The Obelisk Force and Sora are here to attack."
"Roger that, we're alert the others." William replied as he looked back at Katt who nodded in respond. "Sorry but we got some business to take of, so we'll deal with you guys later if you all survive."
William then noticed Celina. "Is that you Lulu?" He asked. "(He knows Lulu too.)" Zuzu thought. 'That isn't her." Katt said putting her hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Ok then, let's go find the others." William said as he and Katt ran off.
"That must've been the guy that pushed your mother into the three trashes outside that abandon building." Claude said.
"Yes, but I have to admit that his dueling skills might be able to help us." Declan said.
At the Ancient Ruins
Sora and Shay went to temple to duel in followed by Jenna and Raptor but both stayed outside to keep eyes out.
"Hey, guys wait for me!" Yuya called out stepping to stoned pillar and another.
The Knights of the duel Disks were defeated.
Carl:0
Ashley: 0
Bram: 0
"Hah, who knew that duelists from the Standard Dimension would be so such pushovers." one of the Obelisk Force said as he raised his duel disk which Yuya noticed then he saw a vision of people screaming in his head and being turned into cards.
To his shock he saw Carl get turned into one as well.
Ashley gasped in horror. "What did you do him?" Bram asked in shock as well. "Bring him back."
"Why bring him back when you can join him." The first Obelisk Force member said as the other two slowly approached the two remaining Knights. "Stop it." Yuya muttered as the two Obelisk forced got closer to the two Knights.
"Please..." Yuya begged as the two knights then turned Ashley and Bram into cards.
"STOP IT!" Yuya screamed in anger.
Raptor and Jenna saw this as well.
"Grrr." Raptor snarled as vision of his home turned into rumble occurred in his head. "Raptor, help us!" A woman cried. "Mother." Raptor thought as he saw his mother alongside his father. "My son, take of yourself." his father said as his parents life points reached to zero and were carded. Raptor's eyes became dinosaur eyes and snarled angrily.
Jenna then began to remember her house also begin attacked by two Duel Academy members and they defeated her parents. "My daughter, take care." Her mother said tearing up as she was sealed a card. "Jenna, stay strong and duel with honor." Her father said as he was sealed away.
"Aaaah!" Jenna screamed in anger clinching her hands into fists.
end of chapter.