Rosestar48 here! Today will have Crow and Shun duel today!
Our Respective Battlefields
"A Friendship Cup filled with doubt. Is Yuzu Hiragi involved in a side deal with our sponsors, the Security Bureau, after all?" Melissa asked. "That doesn't matter!" Crow yells as he drives up to the starting line on D-Wheel. Shun drives up as well "Let me duel already!" Shun tells Melissa.
"I'd love to pursue this scoop, but for now I'll bring you the latest excitement on the duelling field!" Melissa admits in her new helicopter. The helicopter lifts off "No one can do anything for us. I have to win in order to change things" Crow thinks. "I'll defeat everyone who stands in my way. There's no other way to expose the enemy" Shun thinks. "Now, let's get the show on the road! Action Field, on! Field Spell, Crossover Acceleration" Melissa said. The purple light suffuses the stadium and the surrounding track, and the Action Cards scatter. "Duel mode, on. Auto-pilot, stand-by" Both D-Wheels declare, and the holographic countdown appears. "Riding Duel, acceleration!" Melissa calls. "Duel!" Both Crow and Shun cries out. Rin and Yuri watch in their room "Crow and Kurosaki set off at full throttle! Whoever completes the course and exits the Duel Palace first takes the first move!" Melissa narrates. "The course selected for this match is the Central Loop Line that goes round and round the City's major terminal!" Melissa explains as Track pillars deploy and alter the road sections. "Our sponsors might've thought it would be troublesome if a certain someone destroyed a long course" Melissa notes. In his office, Roger snorts "This expense is nothing to the funding from the Tops. They merely do not wish to defile the beauty of the City that will soon be mine" Roger comments.
Shun and Crow enter the exit tunnel "Academia has infiltrated in various places. If you're one of them, I won't show mercy!" Shun tells Crow. "Don't talk about things I don't get!" Crow tells Shun. They exit the Duel Palace, and Crow emerges first "The first move goes to Crow!" Melissa said.
"I'll win, and avenge the grudges of my comrades! Shinji's not the only one who ties the bonds of us Commons together!" Crow vows. "My turn! I summon Blackwing - Jetstream the Blue Sky from my hand! (ATK: 100) Next, when there is a Blackwing on my field, I special summon the tuner monster, Blackwing - Oroshi the Squall from my hand! (ATK: 400) I tune the Level 1 Jetstream the Blue Sky to the Level 1 Oroshi the Squall! Spread your jet-black wings and slice through the gale with your concealed blade! Synchro Summon! Plunge! Assault Blackwing - Sayo the Rain Hider!" Crow chants as Sayo appears (ATK: 800. "I activate the Equip Spell, Charging Blade! I increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 800!" Crow follows up as Sayo grips the twin blades (Sayo's ATK: 1600). "Charging Blade's effect! Once per turn, I can deal 400 damage to my opponent for every material used in the Synchro Summon of the equipped monster!" Crow said. Sayo slashes the air and sends red blades of light at Shun (Shun's LP: 3200). "Crow deals first damage!" Melissa declares. "This is the strength of the Commons' bonds! Comrades alike, we fight together through our bonds! That's us Commons!" Crow claimed as he clenches his fist in glee. His words please the Commons in the crowd, and they cheer Crow's words. "When I take effect damage, I special summon this card from my hand! Raidraptor - Avenge Vulture!" Shun responded immediately (ATK: 1700). "You won't go down without a fight, huh? But the bonds of the Commons will not waver from just this! I set one card face-down and end my turn" Crow said.
"I'll defeat you. I'll decide whether you're friend or foe after that" Shun vows. "My turn!" Shun declares and draws. "I choose one Raidraptor on my field and special summon Raidraptor - Pain Lanius from my hand! (ATK: 100) Until the end of this turn, this card's Level becomes the same as that of the selected monster (Pain Lanius' LV: 4). And I take damage equal to the selected monster's ATK or DEF" Shun explains. "What?!" Crow said in shock. "I take damage equal to Avenge Vulture's 100 DEF" Shun choose, and "Avenge Vulture" lightly pecks his helmet (Shun's LP: 3100) "Since I took effect damage, I special summon a second Raidraptor - Avenge Vulture!" Shun explains (ATK: 1700). "You took damage to add more monsters to your arsenal" Crow realize. "When there are three or more Raidraptors on my field, I activate the Spell Card, Raidraptor - Sanctuary from my hand! I draw two cards from my deck" Shun explains.
"Battle! I attack Sayo the Rain Hider with Avenge Vulture!" Shun declares, one of his Avenge Vultures attacked Sayo, and Sayo blocks the blow. "Twice per turn, Sayo cannot be destroyed!" Crow explains (Crow's LP: 3900). "I attack with my other Avenge Vulture!" Shun continue, and the second Avenge Vulture attacks. "The second destruction is also negated!" Crow said, and Sayo blocks that strike too. "I've taken all your attacks!" Crow laughs (Crow's LP: 3800). "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Raidraptor - Rapid Xyz! When my opponent has a special summoned monster in their field, I can Xyz Summon in battle" Shun said. "In battle?!" Crow said in shock. "I overlay the two Level 4 Avenge Vultures and Pain Lanius! Obscured falcon, raise your claws sharpened by adversity! Spread your wings of rebellion! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Rise Falcon! Shun chants (ATK: 100). "What power!" Melissa cheers, as "Rise Falcon" boosts away from the helicopter and down to Shun. "When I Xyz Summon with Rapid Xyz's effect, I can activate an effect that is activated using an overlay unit! Using one of Rise Falcon's overlay units, I add the ATK of all special summoned monsters on my opponent's field to its ATK!" Shun explains (Rise Falcon's ATK: 1700). "What?! Get your shady effects out of here!" Crow tells Shun. "Go! Rise Falcon! Attack Sayo the Rain Hider!" Shun orders, and this time, "Sayo" is destroyed (Crow's LP: 3700). "Rise Falcon's effect fades in the end phase. It ATK returns to normal (Rise Falcon's ATK: 100) Turn end" Shun said. "A raging Xyz Summon by Kurosaki! I'm the only one with such a brilliant vantage point, so—sorry everyone!" Melissa said. Shun accelerates beside Crow, and Crow smiles "We can't have you thinking you've severed our bonds by destroying one monster!" He tells Shun. "I'll annihilate anything you throw at me" Shun replied. "Same here. We won't be defeated" Crow responds.
Down in the streets of the slums, Frank, Amanda and Tanner peek out from behind some boxes in an alleyway "We can get on the highway from here" Frank states. They turn to Yuya "I'm sure it's already started" Amanda states. "Let's hurry. You too, Yuya" Tanner suggests and Yuya agrees. In the Administrative Council chamber of the Capital Building "Where did they take Yuzu...?" Reira asked Reiji. "Roger will not suspend the tournament. Yuzu will definitely continue to participate. But Roger likely wants to win Yuzu over" Reiji said.
"We have brought Yuzu Hiragi with us" Roger was contacted by two Security officers outside his door. "Please enter" Roger asked them, and the guards brings Yuzu in. "The two of us will speak alone. Everyone else, please leave" Roger said. "Right!" The officers said. Yuzu turns suspiciously as the officers leave "You're not sending me to the detention facility?" Yuzu ask Roger. "That will not happen again. You are an important guest" Roger reassures Yuzu. "A guest?" Yuzu asked. A screen pops up behind him displaying the feed of Crow and Shun's Duel, much to Yuzu's surprise "Crow and Kurosaki" Yuzu said. "Watch closely. The victor of this duel may just become your opponent. And I hope that you win then. As according to my plan" Roger tells Yuzu. "Plan..." Yuzu repeats in surprise.
On the highway "I've been driven into desperate situations, surviving one hellish day after another. Do you think your will can hold out against me?" Shun states. "Don't jump to conclusions when you don't know what the Commons have been through!" Crow angrily tells Shun. "My turn!" Crow declares and draws. "I summon Blackwing - Tornado the Reverse Wind from my hand! (ATK: 1000) Tornado the Reverse Wind's monster effect. When there are special summoned monsters on my opponent's field, I can special summon one Level 1 tuner monster from my graveyard! Come, Oroshi the Squall! (ATK: 400) I tune the Level 4 Tornado the Reverse Wind to the Level 1 Oroshi the Squall! Jet-black raging gale, become the tailwind that ties our bonds! Synchro Summon! Take off! Assault Blackwing - Sohaya the Rain Storm! (ATK: 1500) When Sohaya the Rain Storm is Synchro Summoned, I can special summon one Assault Blackwing from my graveyard! Come! Sayo the Rain Hider (ATK: 800) Next, when Blackwings are used as materials to Synchro Summon Sohaya the Rain Storm, I can treat it as a tuner monster!" Crow explains. "What?!" Shun said in shock. "Spread your jet-black wings and soar in tandem with the roaring thunder! Slash apart the lightning! Synchro Summon! Cascade! Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Crow chants (ATK: 2600).
"It's here! After a series of Synchros, he calls out his ace monster!" Melissa cheers. "I activate Raikiri the Rain Shower's effect! For every Blackwing on my field I destroy one of my opponent's cards! I'll get Rise Falcon!" Crow calls out. Shun then spots an Action Card as Raikiri sheathes its blade and draws it, sending an arc of blue energy towards Rise Falcon. Leaning down, Shun grabs the card "Action Spell, Mirror Barrier! I negate the destruction of a monster by an effect!" Shun said. A Sphere Field forms around "Rise Falcon" and protects it from the slash. "Then I'll battle! I attack Rise Falcon with Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Crow states. Raikiri charges "I send Raidraptor - Booster Strix from my hand to the graveyard and use one of Rise Falcon's overlay units. With this, I negate your attack" Shun said. Booster Strix roars onto the field and attaches to Rise Falcon, then the Winged Beast boost away from the strike of Raikiri. "You negated a battle too?!" Crow shocked. "Next, with the effect gained from Booster Strix, I use another one of Rise Falcon's overlay units. An attack directed at Rise Falcon is negated and my opponent's monster is destroyed!" Shun continues. Booster Strix disintegrates and Rise Falcon becomes covered in blue energy, speeding towards Raikiri. "As if I'd let you! Continuous Trap, Blade Shade!" Crow tells Shun as bladed crested spinning shield appears in front of Raikiri. "Once per turn, the destruction of Raikiri by an attack or effect is negated" Crow explains Rise Falcon was repelled by the shield. "And when this effect is used, my opponent takes 500 damage!" Crow further explains. Wind buffers Shun (Shun's LP: 2600) "Turn end! Now, come on! I don't have time to play this war game!" Crow tells Shun. "This is no game! Ever since Academia snatched away my hometown and my best friend, everywhere I go is a battlefield!" Shun snaps.
Meanwhile "Ah, isn't that Crow?" Amanda spots Crow on the highway. "Where?" Franks asked as Yuya joins the three orphans on an overpass.
"Win according to your plan? What are you going on about?" Yuzu asked. "It won't be long before I rule the City. Dare I say that is already the case?" Roger replied. Another screen pops up displaying the Security officers holding Reiji, Reira, and the Executive Council hostage "Reiji! Reira! You!" Yuzu gasped. "It's for the City's future. I require your assistance to further my plan" Roger replies.
On the highway "If you want a war that badly, have it somewhere else. Maybe there are other traitors in those Lancers comrades of yours. I'll wheedle them out before they collaborate with the Tops and get up to no good!" Crow tells Shun. "I don't consider the Lancers my comrades!" Shun retorted. Up on the overpass "Ah, they're here!" Amanda said as she spots Crow and Shun, just in time for the camera to focus on Shun "The people I lost in my hometown are the only comrades I have! Everyone other than myself is an enemy!" Shun claims. "Kurosaki…"Yuya whisper. "Crow!" Frank yells. "Do your best!" Frank cheers, as Crow and Shun pass under them.
"An unsightly duel, merely an exchange of insults. A far cry from your duelling. Jack Atlas. Duel Chaser 227. Shinji Weber. Your duelling against them touched my heart. You do not want to duel just to defeat your opponent and emerge victorious. You have conveyed that in your duels. You strive to accomplish something even greater with your duelling. Something that will bring winner, loser, and audience together, filled with concepts like love, happiness, or peace" Roger said. "It's smiles. I want to make everyone smile with my duelling" Yuzu admits. Roget claps his hands together "Truly magnificent. Your message has surely reached the hearts of the people" Roger stated. Yuzu remains silent as both of them recall the Duel with Jack "Certainly, your duel may not yet be perfect as entertainment, as seen when Jack wiped the floor with you. Even so, you continue to evolve as you clinch one victory after another" Roger admits as he gets up. He walks over to Yuzu "When you win, stand with the Tops, and bring smiles to everyone, the true meaning of your duelling will be complete, no?" Roger tells Yuzu. Yuzu looks up at Roger, "Bring smiles to people with your duelling...That will certainly eradicate all strife in the world as well. You are putting all your heart and soul into this pure and righteous ideal..." Roger muses. Roger then holds out his hand "I support you from the bottom of my heart" Roger claims.
On the overpass "I hate violent jerks like Kurosaki!" Amanda angrily states. "He's the worst. He was totally unreasonable against Dennis too" Frank agrees. "Crow will thrash him up good" Tanner reassures them. "Kurosaki lost almost everything when Academia attacked. That's why..." Yuya protest. "We're the same" Frank points out. Yuya was surprise "We had nothing from the start" Tanner explains. "But we didn't do anything unreasonable like him" Frank states. Amanda and Tanner promptly shoot him with looks "Well, sometimes we stole food..." Frank admits. "But Crow always got mad at us. He'd tell us to live honestly. That before we grow up, he'll build a proper world for us, so we should hold our heads high and survive" Tanner points out.
"I also love peace. I hope for a peaceful world void of conflict, where everyone can live happily. A world where people are not divided into Tops and Commons, where experience joy. If you will lend me a hand, that can become a reality. If you will lend me a hand, that can become a reality. Will you join hands with me and move forward toward our ideal? For the first step, I wish for you to win the Friendship Cup and defeat Jack Atlas" Roger tells Yuzu. Yuzu didn't respond "Jack is not a suitable King for my ideal world. I'm looking for a duellist with a pure and righteous ideal, like you" Roger explains. "If that's true, why did you capture me and bring me here?!" Yuzu points out. Roger turns away "I merely wish to protect you" Roger claims. "With those method?!" Yuzu angrily asked. "We were aiming for the boy" Roger admits. "For Sora?!" Yuzu surprise. "Sora...That's his name, am I right?" Roger asked. "But, why Sora?" Yuzu asked. "We concluded that boy's presence threatens the peace of the City. He's from Academia, isn't he?" Roger states. "No, wait! Sora's my friend! He came to this dimension to save Yuya from Academia!" Yuzu protest. "Do you believe that? People at Academia don't have friends. Theirs is only one person he trusts. Professor alone" Roger asked. Yuzu remembers Sora admitting that they have to follow the Professor's orders, even if they don't know why. "He will surely betray you. I know that for sure. Since he's from Academia in the end" Roger states.
In the alley "Why is this place so strictly guarded?" Sora wonders to himself as he saw a whole bunch of Officer. "I have to get back to Yuya as soon as possible!" Sora thinks.
Crow overtakes Shun as they pass a corner "I have no comrades. I'll defeat everyone!" Shun states. "My turn!" Shun declares and he draws a card which he adds to his hand. "I activate Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force from my hand! I treat the Rise Falcon on my field as material and overlay! I Xyz summon a Raidraptor that is one Rank higher" Shun said, Rise Falcon" transfigures into purple energy and enters an Overlay Network. "Rank up?" Crow gasped. "Ferocious falcon. Break through this fierce battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear now! Rank 5! Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon!" Shun chants (ATK: 1000). "I activate Blaze Falcon's effect! I use one overlay unit: I destroy all special summoned monsters on my opponent's field, and deal 500 damage for each one!" Shun said. Blaze Falcon launches its probes, which unleash a barrage of green laser beams "But due to the effect of my Continuous Trap Card Blade Shade, the destruction is negated" Crow reminds Shun. Blade Shade blocks the lasers "And when I use this effect, my opponent takes 500 points of damage!" Crow adds. Shun is buffeted by winds again (Shun's LP: 2100). "What's he aiming for with 1000 ATK?" Crow wonders. "Blaze Falcon can attack my opponent directly!" Shun explains, and "Blaze Falcon" swoops in to attack Crow, knocking the Blackbird sideways (Crow's LP: 2700). "When "Blaze Falcon" deals battle damage to my opponent, one monster on my opponent's field can be destroyed!" Shun added. Blaze Falcon launches its gas-powered missiles and destroys Raikiri "So that's what it is. When Raikiri is destroyed, Blade Shade also goes down with it" Crow said. "I set two cards face-down and end my turn" Shun said. "Blade Shade can only be activated once per turn, So Kurosaki takes advantage of it! And Crow loses his ace monster!" Melissa narrates.
"I came to this City with a mission. My interaction between the people of the City changed me. I truly wish for the creation of an ideal world. I need you if I want to make that a reality" Roger states. Yuzu looks down as Roget puts a hand on her shoulder. "Please believe in me, Yuzu!" Roger implores, and Yuzu looks back up at Roget uncertainly.
Crow and Shun continue around the circuit "Crow is left with no cards on his field! What will he do now?!" Melissa asked. "I'm just getting started!" crow claims. "Hurry up and come at me! I have many other opponents I need to defeat!" Shun tells Crow. "Quit underestimating the binds of us Commons!" Crow angrily tells Shun. "My turn!" Crow declares and draws. They pass under the overpass where Yuya, Frank, Amanda and Tanner were "Go Crow! Get him! You can do it!" the children cheers. "He can't hear us" Tanner laments and he climbs up to lean on the railing. Yuya grabs him around the waist, "Hey, that's dangerous!" Yuya protest."Don't lose to someone like Kurosaki!"Tanner cheers. Shun accelerates past Crow "If you won't come at me, then I'll bring the fight to you!" Shun states. Shun speeds forwards and moves to pick up an Action Card. "You think I'll let you!? When I don't control a monster, I can Special Summon this card from my hand! Tuner Monster, Blackwing - Gofu the Vague Shadow!" Crow explains (ATK: 0). Gofu appears on the field surrounded in a whirlwind, which blasts the Action Card away from Shun's hand. "When Gofu the Vague Shadow is Special Summoned, it Special Summons two Hazy Tokens in Attack Position!" Crow explains. Twin bird-shaped specters appear (ATK: 0x2).
"Everything is set! I Tune my two Level 1 Hazy Tokens with my Level 5 Gofu the Vague Shadow! When I Synchro Summon using Gofu the Vague Shadow as material, I Synchro Summon not from my Extra Deck, but…From the Graveyard!" Crow explains. "From the Graveyard?!" Shun said in shock. "Spread your jet-black wings and soar in tandem with the roaring thunder! Slash apart the lightning! Phantom Synchro! Cascade! Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower" Crow chants (ATK: 2600). "What?! He's Synchro Summoned from his Graveyard and revived his ace monster!" Melissa said in shock. "Unlike those Tops, we Commons can't put tons of ace monsters in our Extra Deck! That's why we won't let our cards die that easily" Crow explains. "Each of us Commons has lived each day treasuring each and every one of them!" Crow states as the Commons all watch on the TV. "No matter how many times you revive it I'll knock it back to the Graveyard again! I've escape death just as many times as you have!" Shun retorted.
Yuzu and Roger watch the Duel in his office "Will you not work together with me, Yuzu?" Roger asks. "No, I…" Yuzu states and tries to explain. "Why not? Isn't the objective of the Lancers to cooperate with the City and work together to fight off Academia?" Roger asks. "It is, but..!" Yuzu admits. "Right now, this City's administration council is currently not taking action" Roger claims. "That's because you-!" Yuzu protests. "The reason I took those aggressive measures is because there was no time to waste. The Academia is already making their move" Roger replied. Yuzu remain silent "The one called Dennis MacField is already…" Roger remains her, and Yuzu remembers with a gasp that Sora had sent Dennis back to Academia to keep him away from Yuri. "Dennis is in the Academia…Then the fact that Yuya and Yuri are here is already…" Yuzu realize. "That, of all things, is proof that Dennis and Sora are working together" Roger states. "You're wrong! Sora is-" Yuzu protest. "Is not your friend! He is from Academia! He was trained to never disobey the orders of the Professor" Roger insists.
Meanwhile Sora reached the room where he left Yuya, "Yuya!" Sora yells out, but he was already gone. "He's not here…! Where did he go? I shouldn't have taken my eyes off him" Sora said. Sora spies on the large number of Security Officers from the window "This amount of Security…Are they looking for Yuya because he lost in the tournament? What for?" Sora wonders.
Crow and Shun speed along the highway, but his grin fades when he sees the kids standing in the overpass with Yuya "Crow!" the kids yells. "Those guys! It's dangerous up there!" Crow protest. "Crow!" the kids cheer and Tanner boots himself up again "Don't fall!" Yuya warns him. "You better win!" Tanner yells. Crow and Shun, along with Raikiri and Blaze Falcon pass under the overpass, creating powerful gusts of wind that buffet Yuya and the kids.
In Roger's office, Yuzu sees Yuya, Franks and Amanda on the overpass "Yuya! Why is he there?" Yuzu wonders.
"I activate the effect of Rai-" Crow said. "Just stop!" Shun suddenly yells at Crow. "What?!" Crow said. "This Duel is over!" Shun said. "Shut up! You think I'm going to quit now?!" Crow tells Shun. "I activate Raikiri the Rain Shower's effect! Once per turn I can destroy one of my opponent's cards for each Blackwing monster I control! I'll destroy your Blaze Falcon!" Crow said. Raikiri slashes through the air and blasts a gale at Blaze Falcon. "Counter Trap: Raidraptor – Reversal! When I control a Raidraptor, it negates a destruction effect, and I draw one card!" Shun said. The winds bounce harmlessly off an invisible shield and Crow grits his teeth. "Dang! Guess he tried to end it too quickly" Frank admits. Franks looks to the side and he sees that Tanner was missing. "Where's Tanner?" Franks asked. "He's gone?" Yuya asked in surprised. "Maybe he went to the restroom?" Amanda suggests.
In Roger's office "If you want to protect Yuya Sakaki and Yuri…You should work for me. I will take responsibility for their safety" Roger tells Yuzu. "Take care of them?" Yuzu surprised by the statement. "If we have the two of them under our custody, Academia won't be able to do a thing" Roger clarifies. "You're going to use him and Yuya!" Yuzu protests. "Well, in that case, it's no different from Reiji Akaba, correct? He put Yuri into the Lancers, fully aware of him being from Academia. To use him as a bargaining chip against his enemies" Roger replies. "I…I don't plan on making any deals with Academia! I will stop this Dimensional War with my Duelling!" Yuzu retorting as she clenches her fist. "I also believe that is the best solution. Having you move forward with your beliefs, if you guide this world to peace, there would be no better outcome!" Roger states.
"If you want to stop, then go ahead and quit on your own! I'm going to finish this!" Crow tells Shun. "I equip the Equip Spell: Sky Excalibur to Raikiri the Rain Shower! It increases the equipped monster's ATK by 400!" Crow said (Raikiri the Rain Shower's ATK: 3000). "Stop! Just listen to me!" Shun begs Crow. "Shut up! Battle! I attack Blaze Falcon with Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Crow declares. Raikiri the Rain Shower attacks Blaze Falcon and destroys it, (Shun's LP: 100). "Kurosaki's life has been cut down in an instant! The revived ace is putting in work" Melissa cheers. Shun scoffs "Then I'll stop you with force!" Shun states. "Quick-Play Spell: Rank-Up-Magic Raptor's Force! I Special Summon Blaze Falcon, which was destroyed this turn! (ATK: 1000) I Overlay using it as material! I Xyz Summon a Raidraptor one Rank higher!" Shun said. "Another Rank up?!" Melissa said. "Proud falcon. Spread your wings dyed in the blood of heroes. Advance along the path of revolution! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear now! Rank 6! Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon!" Shun chants (ATK: 2000). "In response to Crow reviving his monster, Kurosaki answers back by reviving and Ranking up his own!" Melissa narrates. "When Revolution Falcon is Xyz Summoned using a Raidraptor Xyz Monster as material, it can destroy one of my opponent's Special Summoned monsters and deal half of its ATK as damage!" Shun explains. Revolution Falcon blasts several gusts of wind from its beak and Shay accelerates forwards. "A monster equipped with Sky Excalibur is unaffected by card effect!" Crow reveals, and the gusts ricochet off Raikiri harmlessly.
Shun catches up to Crow "Why won't you get it already?!" Shun angrily asks and looks up. Crow does too "Tanner!" Crow yells shock he sees Tanner hanging from Raikiri's back. "What is this?! There's a child grabbing onto Raikiri's back!" Melissa cries out. Frank, Amanda and Yuya all gasp in shock and Frank boosts up onto the railing "Tanner! What is he doing there?!" Franks asked himself. "I'm slipping!" Tanner cried. "What should we do? They're D-Wheels on autopilot during the Duel, so we can't stop them…" Melissa wonders. "Tanner, what are you doing!? You idiot! I'll try and let you down to where Franks and the others are, just hold on!" Crow tells Tanner. But Tanner was immediately dislodged and he grabs onto the tassels of Raikiri's tunic. "Hold on a bit longer!" Crow begs him. Yuya steadies Frank on the railing "I'll definitely catch him!" Frank vows. "I can't hold on can't more" Tanner cries and loses his grip on Raikiri. "Tanner!" Crow screams in horror as the Commons boy tumbles through the air…
…and into the waiting grasp of Shun, who catches him while standing on top of Revolution Falcon. "Kurosaki! Why?" Tanner asked. "I too…" Shun solemnly begins. He flies Tanner up to Yuya nd the others and tosses him to Yuya and Frank without a word. "Thank you, Kurosaki!" Tanner waved at Shun as Shun lifts off, Revolution Falcon backflipping under the bridge. "Kurosaki…" Yuya whisper. Shun leaps from "Revolution Falcon" and he lands on his D-Wheel; still travelling under autopilot. Yuzu and Roger both watch intently "Kurosaki…did something like that…?" Yuzu shocked and Roger in pleasure; he has finally noticed Yuya standing on the overpass. "He told me 'There were kids who would cheer for me too'" Tanner explains. "He had…" Frank said. "Something like that…" Amanda said. "Kurosaki…" Yuya murmurs. "Maybe Kurosaki is a lot like Crow…He looks scary, but he doesn't actually hate kids like us" Tanner suggests.
"You noticed from the start, didn't you? That's why you were…You have my thanks" Crow said. "I have to thanks you as well" Shun said. "Huh?" Crow asked. "Seeing you and those kids helped me remember what I was fighting for. For the children of my homeland. I will eradicate my enemies" Shun explains. "So you have things that you have to protect too, then? But that enemy of yours, Academia, is ridiculously huge, isn't it?" Crow muse. "And you're also fighting against a huge enemy, the Tops" Shun smiles and lightly retorts. "Yeah. Guess we're two peas in a pod" Crow agreed and remarks. "Seems like it" Shun agrees. "I end my turn here! Now then, let's go all out!" Crow tells Shun and he raises his fist. Shun clenches his fist in response "Don't need you to tell me that!" Shun replied, they then fistbump. Yuzu smiles in Roger's office "Those guys…" Yuzu thinks.
As Shun and Crow continue down the highway "These two are one fire after saving a child hanging onto a monster! I'm sure this Duel is going to get only hotter from here on!" Melissa states. "My turn!" Shun declares and draws. "I activate Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force! I Overlay using Revolution Falcon I control as material! I Xyz Summon a Raidraptor two Rank higher!" Shun said. "Two Rank-Up!?" Melissa shocked. "As expected of a war veteran from a Duelling battlefield!" Crow praise Shun. "Dauntless falcon. Ignite the flames of wrath and become an earth-scorching light! Rank-Up: Xyz Change! Soar! Rank 8! Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon!" Shun chants (ATK: 3000). "It's tied with an ATK of 3000!" Melissa states. "It's ATK is tied, but I wonder how long that'll last…" Crow notes. "I'm not done yet!" Shun states. "What?!" Crow said. "By sending Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force to my Graveyard…I can add one Rank-Up Magic card from the Graveyard to my hand! I add Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force to my hand…And activate it! I Overlay with Satellite Cannon Falcon as Xyz material! Falcon of ultimate creation. Fly to victorious heights with the wills of your fallen friends! Rank-Up: Xyz Change! Appear now! Rank 10! Raidraptor - Ultimate Falcon!" Shun chants (ATK: 3500).
"He's finally surpassed its ATK! It's an amazing showing of Synchro versus Xyz!" Melissa called out. "I activate Ultimate Falcon's effect! By using one Overlay Unit, it negates the effects of all cards my opponent controls for this turn…and all monsters' ATK is decreased by 1000!" Shun explains (Raikiri the Rain Shower's ATK: 1600). "Battle! I attack Raikiri the Rain Shower with Ultimate Falcon! Final Glorious Pride!" Shun declares. Ultimate Falcon generates a giant black hole and blasts it at Raikiri, destroying it (Crow's LP: 800). Crow, Shun and Ultimate Falcon pass under Yuya and the kids, who race to the other side of the overpass; "That was amazing, Kurosaki!" Tanner praise Shun. "You can still so it, Crow!" Frank tells Crow. "Since Raikiri was Summoned using Gofu the Vague Shadow as Synchro Material, it goes to the Extra Deck when it leaves the field!" Crow explains. "If Ultimate Falcon was Xyz Summoned using a Raidraptor Xyz monster as material, during the End Phase it was Summoned, it lowers the ATK of all monster my opponent controls by 1000! But if they control no monsters, then it deals 1000 damage!" Shun explains. "If this goes through, Crow's life will run out!" Melissa notes. "I activate Sky Excalibur's effect from being sent to the Graveyard due to Raikiri's destruction! I Special Summon a Winged Beast-type monster from my Graveyard! Come! Oroshi the Squall!" Crow said (ATK: 400). "But due to Ultimate Falcon's effect, its goes down by 1000! I end my turn!" Shun said (Oroshi the Squall's: ATK: 0). "Crow has somehow managed to hang on, but…His last-second Special Summoned monster has had its ATK lower by 1000 to 0! He has no cards in his Spell or Trap Zone! His hand is at 0 too! Everything will be decided with the next draw!" Melissa states. "We believe in you, Crow!" Tanner cries.
"My turn! Draw!" Crow declare and draws. He holds the card up to his visor – Blackwing - Bora the Spear "It's here!" Crow declares. "When I control a Blackwing monster, I can Special Summon Bora the Spear! (ATK: 1700) I Tune my Level 4 Bora the Spear with Level 1 Oroshi the Squall! Jet-black raging gale, become the tailwind that ties our bonds! Synchro Summon! Take off! Assault Blackwing - Sohaya the Rain Storm!" Crow chants (ATK: 1500). "When Sohaya the Rain Storm is Synchro Summoned, I can Special Summon an Assault Blackwing monster in my Graveyard! Come! Sayo the Rain Hider! (ATK: 800) If Sohaya the Rain Storm is Synchro Summoned using a Blackwing monster, it can be treated as a Tuner Monster! I tune my Level 2 Sayo the Rain Hider with my Level 5 Sohaya the Rain Storm! Synchro Summon! Cascade! Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Crow chants (ATK: 2600). "Crow's ace monster, Raikiri the Rain Shower, is back again!" Melissa cheers. "I activate Raikiri the Rain Shower's effect! I can destroy one of my opponent's cards for each Blackwing monster I control! My target is of course, Ultimate Falcon!" Crow said. Raikiri swings its sword to send another gust at Ultimate Falcon "If that's your goal, then too bad. Ultimate Falcon is unaffected by my opponent's card effect!" Shun comments. "I figured! Since you didn't start running for an Action Card, I guessed as much" Crow comments. Shun catches up to Crow "Then what will you do?" he asked. "Just watch!" Crow tells Shun. I activate the effect of Sohaya the Rain Storm in my Graveyard! It banishes itself and Special Summons my other Sohaya the Rain Storm in the Graveyard!" Crow said (ATK: 1500).
"Raikiri, Summoned with Blackwing monsters as materials can be treated as a Tuner! I Tune my Level 5 Sohaya the Rain Storm with my now Tuner Monster Level 7 Raikiri the Rain Shower! Pitch-black wings, Roar with the power of lightning! Synchro Summon! Cut them down! Assault Blackwing - Onimaru the Divine Thunder!" Crow chants (ATK: 3000). "What?! A Level 12?! The highest level of a Synchro Monster! With three Synchro Summons this turn, he has Summoned a Level 12 Synchro Monster that trumps even Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Melissa notes. "Battle! I destroy Ultimate Falcon with Onimaru the Divine Thunder! When Onimaru the Divine Thunder attacks, its ATK increase by 1000 for every Synchro Summon performed this turn!" Crow declares. Yellow light in the shape of a crow covers "Onimaru" and it zigzags into the sky (Onimaru the Divine Thunder's ATK: 6000). "Finish it! Take the power of the bonds of Commons! Thunder Bolt Clap!" Crow declares. The attack bifurcates "Ultimate Falcon" and destroys it, sending a shard flying and embedding into a poster of Jack Atlas before dissolving. Shun closes his eyes and he smiles (Shun's LP: 0)
"Crow is the winner!" Melissa cheers. "He did it!" the kids and the Commons cheers. Yuri and Rin – the only quarter-finalists who have yet to Duel – watch silently, as do Reiji, Reira and the Executive Council. Melissa's helicopter returns to the Duel Place "It's the triumphant return of the winner, Crow, everyone your applause please!" Melissa announce. "All right!" Crow cheers as confetti showers him. "I can't just watch this! I wanna join too!" one of the Commons in the crowd cries. Meanwhile Jack looks at the tear in his poster and smiles proudly. Crow laughs until he notices Shun standing in the middle of the Duel Palace, and he drives over to him and removes his helmet. "I will definitely climb back up and eradicate my enemies. You better defeat your enemies as well" Shun tells Crow. "Yeah. I'll knock them out!" Crow agrees and Shun turns to leave. "Kurosaki! You're my comrade as well" Crow tell Shun, holding out his fist. Shun turns and smiles, holding out his fist as well.
Yuzu watches the comradery between Shun and Crow happily "Crow…Kurosaki…" Yuzu thinks. "I won't…"Yuzu begins to tell Roger. "Immediately apprehend Yuya Sakaki on the course" Roger immediately orders Security. "Stop it! I won't let you do that!" Yuzu yells at Roget and runs forwards to grab his arm. The two Security officers enter the room and they drag Yuzu away. "I won't let you have Yuya! And Sora won't give Yuya to Academia! Sora, Yuya, and I are friends! I believe in my friends!" Yuzu yells. The door closes "So are you saying you don't trust believe in me, then? That is a shame" Roger admits.
Meanwhile "I'm getting a bad feeling…I have to find Yuya fast!" Sora thinks, as he runs through the streets, while Yuzu is thrown into a cell.
