Yugioh! Zexal: Eternal Chosen
Chapter 54- Committee Members Part 2

Welcome back everyone! I'm sorry for the long hiatus. I had work and I also wanted to catch up on some chapters. So I hope you all enjoy.


Last Time…

After losing to Jin and Gus, Keenan was not himself. So Mr. Thompson decided to call a couple of duelists to help Keenan out. Yamato decided to help Keenan and the four began a duel.


I feel the sunshine, lighting up the sky
The sea, the horizon, feeling so alive
Yes, I have never felt this way before

The stars in the sky are glowing just for me
The wind, that I've been waiting, is here and I believe
Now is the time and I will fly, I see the "Go" sign

Take a chance, Yes? No?
I can see my hopes and dreams
I'll fight until the end
Just believe, you will see
It's time to show the fire burning in me

Fly away, fly far away
Blasting rockets to the sky
We will soar our way up high
(Let's go together!)

Catch my star yes I can
It's the moment of our lives
Our pasion burning blazing right
Never giving up , I trust my heart, now I believe

(Yes we can reach our dreams)

Together we'll create new miracles
A beautiful world, now is the time , we are ready to fight
What are you waiting for?
WE ARE DREAM SHOOTER's


Keenan and Yamato were still dueling against Pro duelist Nistro and his manager, Dextra. The two adults had 7500 Life Points, with Photon Papilloperative (ATK: 2100) and Photon Alexandra Queen (ATK: 2400) face-up, and a face-down on Dextra's side. On the other hand, Keenan and Yamato were falling behind with 3300 Life Points, Garnet Jack face-up, Montage Dragon in Defense Position (DEF: 0) and no face-downs. It was Yamato's turn. He had drawn a card. (Yamato's Hand: 2)

"Okay, time to step it up a bit! I switch Montage Dragon to Attack Position and attack Photon Papilloperative!" Montage Dragon let out a stream of fire at the latter. But Dextra raised her face-down. "I activate Butterflyoke. This switches Montage Dragon into Defense Position and it attaches to your monster." Montage Dragon kneeled. (DEF: 0)

"Aw shoot! I end my turn."

Nistro/Dextra: 7500
Yamato/Keenan: 3300

Dextra drew a card. (Dextra's Hand: 1)

"I summon a second Swallowtail Butterspy. Alexandra Queen, attack Garnet Jack!" Alexandra Queen attacked and destroyed Garnet Jack.

Yamato/Keenan: 2400

"Swallowtail, attack Montage Dragon!" Swallowtail attacked and destroyed Montage Dragon with ease. Dextra orded Photon Operative to attack. It attacked Keenan, knocking him back. "Ahh!" Dextra then threw a card face-down.

Yamato/Keenan: 300

"Keenan! You alright!?" Yamato cried out.

"Y-yeah."

"Give up kid!" Nistro taunted.

"Give up?"

"You two only have 300 Life Points left! What can you do to save yourselves?"

"I…there's nothing. Harper's not here to help me."

"So, are you going to give up?"

"…yes…"

"Harper…please forgive him…" Mr. Thompson said to himself, looking towards the track. Keenan was reaching for his Duel Disk, meaning he was going to surrender. But then a voice said, "If you give up, then you don't deserve to protect me." Keenan turned to the source, surprised. It was Harper. "Harper! You're here!"

"I will NEVER forgive you Keenan! I'll hate you forever if you give up!"

"I…Harper…"

"Just win!"

"…I will! Dextra! Nistro! We will win! I draw!" Keenan dramatically drew a card. "I activate Scout Draw."

Scout Draw
Normal Spell

For each card on the field, draw 2 cards. Then, add up to 2 cards from your deck or graveyard to your hand.

"This lets me draw a card for each card on the field. There're 3 cards, so I draw 6 cards. Next, I can add up to 2 cards to my hand from my graveyard or deck." Keenan drew 3 cards then added 2 cards from his deck to his hand. (Keenan's Hand: 8)

"Sweet! I summon Attack Zapper in Attack Position." Attack Zapper appeared and used its effect on Photon Alexandra Queen. (ATK: 0)

"Next I activate Double Summon. This lets me summon again. I tribute Attack Zapper to Tribute Summon War Trooper." Attack Zapper disappeared and a gundam-like machine with a person controlling it appeared. (ATK: 2300)

War Trooper
Level 6/EARTH
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 2300/DEF: 1800

Once per turn, you can destroy 1 monster on the field. The destroyed monster's controller loses 500 Life Points.

"Then I activate Level Reduce Summon."

Level Reduce Summon
Normal Spell

Target 1 monster you control; reduce its level by 2. Then Special Summon a Level 4 monster from your hand.

"With this, I can reduce War Trooper's level by 2 and Special Summon a level 4 monster."

"So that means he'll have 2 level 4 monsters!" Trixie said.

"I Special Summon Opticlops in Attack Position." A muscular one-eyes Cyclops appeared. (ATK: 1800)

"Now I build the Overlay Network and Overlay my two level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon Daigusto Emeral in Attack Position." A portal appeared and Keenan's monsters disappeared into it. From it emerged a mechanical winged warrior with saw weapons. Two orbs of wind started floating around him. (ATK: 1800)(OLU: 2)

"Next I use Emeral's effect. In fact, the second one. I detach an Overlay Unit to Special Summon a Normal monster from my graveyard. I detach Opticlops to bring him right back." An orb of wind dispersed and Opticlops appeared.

"Then I use War Trooper's effect. I can destroy Photon Papilloperative and you lose 500 Life Points Dextra." War Trooper raised its guns and shot at Papilloperative, destroying it and damaging Dextra in the process.

Nistro/Dextra: 7000
Yamato/Keenan: 300

"Then I attack Alexandra Queen with Opticlops!" The latter shot out a beam from its third eye at the former, destroying it and creating an explosion. "Ahh!"

Nistro/Dextra: 5200

"War Trooper, attack Dextra directly!" War Trooper aimed its guns but Dextra smiled. "Not yet! I activate Xyz Reborn. This brings back Alexandra Queen and attaches itself to her." The Xyz monster reappeared and Xyz Reborn turned into an orb of light that floated around her.

"I set 1 card and end my turn." A card appeared. Nistro then took his turn and drew. "Alright! My turn again!" (Nistro's Hand: 3)

"Now, I summon Heroic Challenger- Extra Sword in Attack Position." An armor warrior carrying two swords appeared. (ATK: 1000)

"I use Double Summon. This lets me Normal Summon again. I summon a second Extra Sword. Then I build the Overlay Network." A second Extra Sword appeared and a portal appeared. The two monsters disappeared into it and a large red armor warrior carrying a large sword appeared. Two orbs of light started floating around him. (OLU: 2)

"I use Extra Sword's ability. When he is used to Xyz Summon, the monster gains 1000 ATK. Since I used two Extra Swords, Excalibur gains 2000 ATK." (ATK: 4000)

"4000 Attack Points!?" Keenan cried out.

"Don't lose focus Keenan!" Mr. Thompson yelled out.

"Excalibur, attack Daigusto Emeral!" Excalibur jumped into the air and attempted to slash the latter. But Keenan smiled as he activated his face-down. "Chaos Burst! When you attack, I can Tribute Opticlops and destroy Excalibur!" Unfortunately, Nistro chuckled and played a card. "Not so fast! I activate Heroic Shield. When a Trap attempts to destroy my Xyz monster, I can negate and destroy it."

Heroic Shield
Quick-Play Spell

Activate only when a Trap card destroys a "Heroic" Xyz monster you control; negate the effect and destroy it.

Excalibur slashed and destroyed Opticlops, knocking Keenan back. "Keenan! Nooo!" Harper cried. The created smoke disappeared and a squirrel was on Keenan's side. (ATK: 1200)

"Whoo! That was close. Good thing I had Support Squirrel. You see, when I take Battle Damage, it all goes to my buddy here."

"So you survived? Pretty good. I end my turn."

"Alright! Time to show my skills. I draw!" Yamato drew a card. (Yamato's Hand: 3)

"I activate Swing of Memories. This lets me bring back one of my Dragons. Though he'll be destroyed during the end's turn. I bring back Emerald Dragon. But then I activate Gem Converter." Emerald Dragon appeared but then it started shining.

Gem Converter*
Normal Spell

Tribute up to 2 monsters that are in this list: "Ruby Dragon", "Sapphire Dragon", "Emerald Dragon", "Alexandrite Dragon". "Diamond Dragon". Special Summon the same number of monsters in the above list from your hand whose name is different from the Tribute monster(s).

"Now I can tribute Emerald Dragon to summon Red Eyes Black Dragon!" The shining stopped and a different dragon was in Emerald's place; Red Eyes. (ATK: 2400)

"Keenan, I would attack, but Dextra's face-down worries me."

"Got anything else?"

"As a matter of fact, I do," Yamato said with a smile. "I activate Inferno Fire Blast. Instead of the risk of attacking, I can just inflict 2400 points of damage as Effect damage." Red Eyes did its famous attack on Nistro and Dextra, knocking them back.

Nistro/Dextra: 2800
Yamato/Keenan: 300

"Alright! They're back in this!" Trixie cheered. Mr. Thompson looked to Harper and noticed she was smiling.

"That's all for me." Dextra drew a card. "This is the end! I use Alexandra Queen's effect. By detaching an Overlay Unit, I can return all monsters to their owners' hands. For each one sent, we all lose 300 Life Points."

"What?!" Yamato and Keenan yelped out in unison.

"That means if this works, we lose!" Keenan said. Alexandra Queen used its effect and all monsters disappeared as a swarm of butterflies emerged and attempted to strike every duelist. But a shield surrounded Yamato and Keenan, protecting them. The butterflies still struck Nistro and Dextra.

Nistro/Dextra: 1600

"You-you two didn't take damage!?" Nistro yelled out.

"How did we survive!?" Yamato asked quizzically.

"I activate Swift Dodge."

Swift Dodge
Normal Trap

When you take Effect damage, negate it. Then draw 1 card.

"Not only does the damage go away, but I draw 1 card."

"You two are better than I thought." Nistro said.

"I end my turn." A card appeared. Keenan drew a card and smiled. "You two only have 1600 Life Points left thanks to Yamato. And I have Arms Killer in my hand. I Normal Summon it." A man wearing a heavy knight suit wearing a scary looking skull mask carrying a broken sword appeared. (ATK: 1800)

Arms Killer
Level 4/DARK
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1800/DEF: 200

You can Special Summon this card from your hand by destroying an Equip Spell card you control. Once per turn, you can destroy 1 Equip Spell card you control. If you do, inflict 800 points of damage to your opponent.

"Arms Killer, attack Dextra directly!" Arms Killer conjured an orb of energy from his hand and shot it at Dextra. But a barrier of light emerged and deflected the attack.

"Aw. Negate Attack sucks." Yamato whined. Nistro then took his turn. "Let's end this. I activate Heroic Ambush."

Heroic Ambush
Normal Spell

Special Summon as many "Heroic Challenger" monsters as possible from your deck. At the End Phase, destroy all monsters summoned by this effect and take 800 points of damage for each monster summoned.

"With this, I can summon as many monsters as I can from my deck." Nistro immediately summoned 5 monsters, surprising Keenan and Yamato. Keenan, knowing what would happen next, sighed. "We tried out best Yamato."

"This was still a sweet duel!"

Nistro ordered his monsters to attack. They all struck Arms Killer and Nathan and Yamato, destroying it and knocking the two friends back. "Aghh!"

Nistro/Dextra: Winners
Yamato/Keenan: 0

"Keenan! Yamato!" Trixie cried out. Her and Harper ran to them. "Are you two alright!?"

"Yeah." Yamato said. Keenan laughed. "I just can't win can I?"

"That was an excellent duel you two!" Mr. Thompson said clapping.

"We lost."

"So? That was amazing."

"I must admit. You two are strong. Reminds me of a brat we dueled a while back." Nistro explained.

"If Nistro says that, then it's true." Dextra said.

"As I thought, I knew Nistro and Dextra could get the job done." Mr. Thompson said.

"They're right. You two did great!" Trixie said. Keenan looked to Harper, who wasn't making eye contact. "Harper…listen."

"What you did hurt my feelings."

"I know. I know. I didn't mean it. I would never yell at you."

"But you did!"

"I…okay, I get that. I'm sorry." Harper surprised Keenan by hugging him. "You did great. I know you weren't yourself."

"Listen, it was fun to duel you two. But Nistro has to get back to the Pro Leagues. Thanks for calling us Mr. Thompson. Hey, you know Nistro, we should give them tickets to your next tournament."

"Yeah!"

"Really?" Trixie said.

"Of course. He's been invited to one. It's in a week. Drop through if you want." Dextra pulled out 5 tickets and handed them out.

"Bye." The two waved goodbye and took off. Yamato looked at his. "Alright! We get to go to a tournament!"

"Too bad we aren't actually in it." Trixie said.

"Yeah, but we'll be in one soon. Hey, Mr. Thompson, when is the school one?"

"It will be in a few months."

"Man, I'm so psyched!" Keenan said.


The following week, Mr. Thompson decided to take the kids to the tournament Dextra talked about. They all took their seats as Nistro was about to duel. Dextra then walked up and sat next to them. "You guys made it."

"Hey Dextra." Trixie said.

"You all are in for a treat. Enjoy." Nistro had won all of his duels and was about to duel in the championships. Everyone donned their Duel Gazers and tattoos. The Augmented Reality activated. "Augmented Reality Vision Link Established."

"DUEL!" The two yelled. The duel had gone, at first, in Nistro's favor. But since it was a championship duel, it wasn't expected to be easy. Nistro had 100 Life Points left while his opponent had 7800. The opponent laughed. "Nistro, the Pro duelist? Ha, yeah right. You're nothing but a fake!"

Nistro let the opponent talk about him. It didn't faze him. He just took his turn and drew. He smiled and activated a card, Heroic Ambush, bringing back 5 "Heroic Challenger" monsters. He then did two Xyz Summons back to back, summoning Heroic Champion- Excalibur and Gandiva both in Attack Position. (ATK: 2000)(ATK: 2100)

He then raised his sole face-down, Xyz Soul, bringing back Kusanagi in Attack Position. An orb of earth started floating around him. (ATK: 2500)

Nistro's opponent was surprised by the three Xyz monsters. He had never seen someone summon 3 Xyz monsters at once. Though, he looked at what he had on his hand and graveyard and smiled. He wasn't worried. Nistro used Excalibur's effect to strengthen him. (ATK: 4000)

He ordered his Excalibur to attack his opponent directly. But the opponent activated one of his face-downs, Mirror Force. But Nistro explained and used his Kusanagi's effect, detaching an Overlay Unit to negate and destroy a Trap card. The opponent then activated his last face-down, Call of the Haunted, to bring back a monster Nistro destroyed on his 3rd turn. But Nistro smiled as he used his Gandiva's ability; detaching an Overlay Unit to destroy a monster that was Special Summoned. The opponent gasped as his last Trap card shattered and Excalibur slashed him. "Ahh!" Gandiva and Kusanagi then followed suit and slashed him. "Arghhh!"

The crowd started cheering and screaming as the Augmented Reality deactivated. "Nistro! Nistro! Nistro!" The crowd chanted. Nistro being Nistro gave into it and started waving to his fans.

"Wow! That was incredible!" Yamato said.

"It was," Mr. Thompson said with a smile.

"So strong…" Keenan murmured.

"Come on, let's go greet him," Dextra said walking off. The others followed Dextra and met Nistro in his trailer. "Nice work again Nistro."

"Of course. Though, that last one gave me trouble."

"That was so awesome Nistro!" Yamato said. Keenan nodded. "Yeah! You're so strong!"

"Yep."

"I want to thank you again Dextra for inviting us," Mr. Thompson said. "Come on you all. Let's head back to Heartland City. It was nice to meet you two in person."

"Yeah. No joke," Keenan said. "I want to get stronger for the school tournament next month."

"Maybe we'll come and watch you all. Later." Nistro waved goodbye and walked off. Dextra bowed and followed her client. Mr. Thompson and the gang made their way back to Heartland City.


Author's Note: There it goes. The first tag-team of the entire season. Yeah. Also, the…plot of the season starts next chapter. Sort of. Bye!

While the students get ready for the school tournament, Mrs. Zanders announces that it turned into a full-blown world tournament and everyone trains twice as hard. Next Time: A Surprising Turn of Events! A World Tournament