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Luna's POV

I was on a trip to the mountains with Yuma and Tori, since the Barians had been rather aggressive lately I was keeping an eye on the two, plus…well Yuki told me to keep an eye on the two, it really wasn't my first choice, that was supposed to be dueling Kite again, I've got a deck to beat him for sure.

Actually, ever since I mentioned the Barians to him he's been a little distant too, not sure why, maybe he's looking into them on his own or something.

"Jeez this is a lot of stairs." I groaned "my body can't take this."

"Come on Yuma hurry up!" Tori practically jumped up the stairs.

Apparently Yuma and Tori had been out here once before for a lesson with one of his Grandma's friends and were now making a deliver of what seemed to just be groceries. Of course when we got up there the old dude we were supposed to be visiting was gone and only his student was around, meaning we basically wasted a bunch of our day and had to stay up here for the night.

"Hmm." I kicked around outside a bit before noticing Tori "Hey."

"Oh sorry." She said "Were you busy?"

"Nah." I shrugged and fixed my hat "You doing alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine." She walked into a nearby spring.

"So how come you came all the way up here?" I asked.

"Oh Yuma's Grandma asked me to." She said.

"Is that all?" I laughed.

"Y-Yes!" she blushed.

"I'm kidding." I smiled "But seriously…"

I looked up at her "Things seem to be getting more dangerous, so watch out for yourself too."

"Oh here you are." Yuma walked out of the forest.

"Yeah we were just chatting." I told him "Huh?"

My necklace jingled a bit and suddenly the water in the spring shimmered.

"What is that?" Tori jumped out.

The water flashed with light as suddenly a gorgeous mermaid woman covered in white robes and gold rings sprang out, her blue skin and tail glistening with water.

"My it's been sometime since I've been to the waters of this place." She hummed.

"A Mermaid!" Tori yelled.

"Ah hello, it's a pleasure." She climbed out of the water as her tail split into legs "I am Sadness, one of the God's of Light, I believe you've met one of my siblings."

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I sensed you in this place, so I came to see it once more, it's been a long time since I was here." She said softly.

"Okay." I gave her a look.

It's not like them to come to earth unless they have too…

We hung around the spring a bit more until we wanted to head back to the lodge, Sadness coming with us.

"That was quite fun." Sadness smiled "Thank you."

"You're awfully cheery for a God named Sadness." Yuma noted.

"We Gods have emotions too." She frowned "Although our strongest one's tend to be our namesake-Move!"

Sadness suddenly spun in place and a shield of water appeared to block some sort of energy ball.

"It was…blocked?"

I looked up to the trees and saw a blonde haired boy in strange armor standing there with his hand out.

It was him…

"Hmm…" Sadness shook her hand "That…burned?"

"What do you think you're doing?" I looked back.

"Barian Sphere Field." He took out a strange cube.

"Get out!" I pushed Yuma and Tori away as I was surrounded by a red light field.

This is the number field that Yuma and Vetrix fought in.

"HM!" I suddenly felt…heavy, like my chest was being stepped on and my joints were locked together.

My…body…

"Ah!" Sadness tried to enter only to be shocked "I-Impossible, a field that resist the power of God? Luna you must escape I don't know-."

"It's fine." I said sliding my Gazer on "I can take this guy, now who are you?"

"My name is Mizar." He looked passed me at Yuma "I had intended to face Yuma Tsukumo, get out of the way please."

"Nope." I said standing up and smirking with pain "You can Duel me, I haven't faced a Barian yet, so you'll be my first."

"Very well, I'll accept your challenge, and move on to him as soon as I'm done." Mizar said.

My body feels like it's being sucked dry…I'll have to be quick about it.

"I go first." I told Mizar "I'm starting with Trade-In in which I discard a Level eight monster to draw two cards. Then I play Foolish Burial!"

"Planning to play around in the Graveyard?" Mizar asked.

"Maybe I play Darklord Contract which lets me revive a Darklord monster from the grave to my field in defense mode, so I revive Darklord Superbia."

A blacked pot shaped flying angel appeared.

Darklord Superbia- LVL 8 ATK 2900 DEF 2400

"Since Superbia was special summoned from the graveyard I can special summon another Fairy Type from my Graveyard, so Darklord Nasten!"

A black and white Lion man with black angel wings appeared.

Darklord Nasten- LVL 7 ATK 2600 DEF 2600

"Now I summon Dragon Buster Destruction Sword and Tune it with Nasten to summon Buster Dragon!"

Buster Dragon- LVL 8 ATK 1200 DEF 2800

"My Darklord Buster deck will crush you!" I hissed though the draining pain "I overlay Buster Dragon and Darklord Superbia to XYZ Number 22! Rage from the Grave Zombiestein!"

Number 22: Zombiestein- RANK 8 ATK 4500 DEF 1000 OVRL 2

"Now I set a card and end my turn." I said as my strongest monster towered over the duel field.

"I hope you enjoyed that turn, it's the only one you're going to get." Mizar said "Even if I don't win the duel this turn, your body won't last."

My breathing was getting shallower, but I knew I could beat him, I just had to hold on a little more.

"Since you control an XYZ I can special summon Radius the Half Moon Dragon from my hand and it will double its level!" Mizar said.

Radius the Half-Moon Dragon- LVL 4-8 ATK 1400 DEF 1200

"Now since I control a level eight monster I can special summon Parsec, the Interstellar Dragon!"

Parsec the Interstellar Dragon- LVL 8 ATK 800 DEF 800

"I overlay both my level eight monster's and XYZ summon a monster!" he yelled "With a roar that pierces the universe, revive from the root of the galaxy! Number 107!"

A large black and red crystal appeared in the air.

There are numbers above 100?!

"Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!"

The diamond shaped crystal morphed into a massive purple, black and red dragon.

Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon- RANK 8 ATK 3000 DEF 2500

A Galaxy Eyes…

It felt like the force in the field was getting heavier, my body forced to one knee.

"I detach an Overlay unit and attack!"

Why would he attack It must be an effect!

"I play the trap Destruction Sword Memories to summon Buster Blader the Destruction Swordmaster from my deck!

Buster Blader the Destruction Swordmaster- LVL 7 ATK 2600 DEF 2300

"And I use the Quick Spell Fires of Doomsday to gain two Doomsday Tokens"

Doomsday Tokens- LVL 1 ATK 0 DEF 0

I'll get myself set up for next turn.

"I use Number 107's effect!" Mizar said "For each card effect of yours that resolves during the battle phase it gains 1000 attack points!"

Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon- 3000 to 5000 ATK

"AHHH!" I yelled as my Zombiestein was destroyed.

Impossible!

"AAAH!" my body was shocked by the wall of the sphere, the stinging burned through my body "Ugh…"

I fell back, slipping through the field, my Godly protection nullified in that field.

I can't even…ugh.

I felt myself fading as I fell out of the sphere and towards the ground, but suddenly I wasn't falling as fast.

"You shouldn't do such reckless things."

"Kite…" I noticed him before I passed out.

I'm still not…good enough.


AN

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