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Yuki's POV
Thigs quieted down for awhile after the World Duel Carnival, for now the day had been saved, Astral had most of the numbers and a good chunk of his memories, but…I hadn't been called away which meant a threat was still coming, but I knew that, nothing about Faker was serious enough to need a chosen one for.
With the coming threat being more serious Cleo and I needed a deck overhaul so we started putting together a few ideas and trying them out. Luna was still fine tuning her Buster Blader deck with the intent to beat Kite with it, they go at it about twice a week, the two of them have become quite friendly.
Then the figurative you know what hit the fan, suddenly Yuma and his various friends were having run ins with people possessed by a group calling themselves the Barians, so it was time for me to get back to work.
"You're worried because your sister is back at school?" I told Shark, who had stopped in with his sister Rio on the way to school.
"She's pretty I fail to see the issue here." Cleo spoke to him.
"T-That's the problem." He grumbled.
"Someone's being protective." I giggled a bit "Ahh young beauty and love, I still look good."
"What do you know about young love?" Cleopatra asked.
"Shut up you hag!" I snapped.
"Still I had plenty of suitors back in my living days." She sighed "Ahh how I miss them, they fought wars over me you know."
"Thanks for the history lesson." Shark sighed.
"Look Rio will be fine." I smiled "She's a strong girl, and I'm sure she's looking forward to being back at school without her brother over her shoulder."
"Reginald, are you ready to go?" Rio asked.
"You guys should go or we'll be late." Luna came downstairs.
"Luna it's wonderful to see you." Rio smiled "You haven't aged a day since I last saw you."
"Well that's because I haven't." she laughed "Come on, I'll tell you on the way."
Later
Another couple days and another couple Barians attacks at the school, since things seemed to be picking up around there I got myself assigned as the Parent Helper for Yuma and Luna's class so I could keep a better eye on things.
"You guys are having a mini tournament, sure I'll play." I shrugged "I've got time to kill."
The Games were kinda a joke, I ended up paired with Rio and even though she wasn't the greatest duelist in the world we coasted through most of our duels till the finals when we had to go against Tori and Cathy.
"Enough Madolche." Cleo told me "Let's try out the new one."
"I like that idea." I slotted my second deck in "But Cleo…"
"Yeah." She looked at Tori and Cat "Something is wrong with them."
There's a darkness shrouding their souls…
"Rio." I looked over "Follow my lead okay."
"Hmm, sure." She smiled.
We were in a made-up baseball field for the final match.
"Let's go." I slipped on my Wadjet Gazer
"I'll go first." I drew a card "I summon Evilswarm Castor."
A bulky knight appeared.
Evilswarm Castor: LVL 4 ATK 1750 DEF 550
"The turn Evilswarm Castor is normal summoned I can Normal Summon another Lswarm monster this turn, so I summon Steelswarm Sting."
An armored bee soldier appeared.
Steelswarm Sting- LVL 4 ATK 1850 DEF 0
"Now I overlay these two monsters to XYZ summon Evilswarm Bahamut!" I yelled.
The XYZ swirl appeared and a dark dragon with two arms but no legs appeared beating it's wings.
Evilswarm Bahamut- RANK 4 ATK 2350 DEF 1350 OVRL 2
"I play a face down and end the turn." I said.
"I summon Cat girl." Cathy went second.
Cat Girl- LVL 4 ATK 1200 DEF 1600
"I'll go next then." Rio smiled "I summon Blizzard Falcon."
Blizzard Falcon- LVL 4 ATK 1500 DEF 1500
"Then I play the spell Blizzard Jet which increases its attack by 1500." She said "But I can't attack this turn."
Blizzard Falcon- 1500 to 3000 ATK
"Since Blizzard Falcon's attack was changed you take damage based on the difference." Rio smiled
Tori and Cat- 4000 to 2500
"I can go now." Tori said flatly "I summon Little Fairy."
Little Fairy- LVL 3 ATK 800 DEF 800
"By sending a card to the graveyard I can increase it's level by one." She said discarding a card.
Little Fairy- 3-4 LVL
"I overlay Little Fairy and Cat Girl to XYZ summon Fairy Cheer Girl!"
Fairy Cheer Girl- RANK 4 ATK 1900 DEF 1500
"Then I detach and overlay unit to draw a card." She said looking at what she drew "Hmm, I play Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force! With this I preform a Chaos Evolution on Fairy Cheer Girl and summon Cxyz Dark Fairy Cheer Girl!"
Cxyz Dark Fairy Cheer Girl- RANK 5 ATK 2500 DEF 1900
A Barian card…
"Destroy Bahamut."
"Tsk." I hissed as my monster was destroyed.
Yuki and Rio- 4000 to 3850
"I use Dark Fairy Cheer girl's effect, since it destroyed a monster in battle I can use an overlay unit to inflict 500 points of damage for each card in my hand." She said "I have four cards so you take 2000 damage."
Yuki and Rio- 3850 to 1850
"It's my turn then." I said preparing to close this out "I play the trap XYZ Reborn! This lets me revive an XYZ monster from the graveyard and give it this card as an overlay unit, so Bahamut returns."
"Now prepare for the end!" Cleo laughed "We activate Bahamut's effect and remove one Overlay unit and discard an Lswarm card to take control of a monster you control! We now have ownership of your Dark Fairy, now both Bahamut and your monster attack you directly!"
Tori and Cat- 2500 to 0
Later
The Barians are getting more aggressive, so I told the others to be on the lookout just in case.
"Oh Rio, rare to see you come in here alone." I smiled "Something up."
"No, well I'm not sure." She sighed "But I think you might be the person to talk to about this."
"What's up?" I asked.
"The last couple of, I've been having strange dreams." She rubbed her head "I don't remember much of them, but I keep seeing this fantastical sea world but, something about it feels familiar, but I've never been there before I'm sure, or at least I think I am."
"Dreams are weird." I smiled "Don't put too much stock in them, if they keep happening though let me know."
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