Author's Note: At long last Mizuki faces Enzeru in battle!

Chapter Fifty-Three: VS Enzeru; Rookie Supreme Battle!

Miharu hopped off the dueling ring and threw a wink at Mizuki, who frowned in response. Then Mizuki looked back at the ring where Kaoru was stumbling down, her body shaky from the hits she had taken all duel long. 'She's strong…she'd be a deadly opponent.'

The Osiris Red dropped down into her seat next to Kohana, who gave her a brief nod. "Heh, told you I'd crush that little Virtue without using my full strength. We won't have to use full power unless we at least face a Sin or Virtue who knows what they're doing."

Kohana shook her head and sighed. "I told you before; neither of us can unleash our full power until we get a chance to face Mizuki Mitsuhiro in a duel. I must know the truth about that girl in order to come to a conclusion about our current problem."

Miharu snorted and crossed one leg over the other. "You think things through too much Frost, I'm just eager to take on that girl with that incredible power. I'm sure she'll be a great duel!"

Frost sighed once more. "This is why, between the two of us, I am in charge of planning. If we don't solve our dilemma soon then we won't be able to solve it at all. And I'm sure by now that Saint Beatrix is aware of our presence. He managed to force us out of hiding for whatever his twisted purpose is."

Inferno growled and glared up at the spectator's booth. "Why can't I just incinerate him and get it over with? Or heck, why not just let me duel him and crush him at full strength?"

"Because at this point, I'm not sure if we are capable of defeating someone of his caliber. And his powers are a mystery to us, so facing someone like that is foolhardy. No, for the time being, stay the course. Mizuki Mitsuhiro is our target." The two looked over at Mizuki, who shivered as she felt a cold gaze and a heated gaze on her back. When she turned, neither of them was looking at her.

She blinked in surprise when she saw Enzeru standing in front of her, smiling down at her. "Are you prepared Mizuki the Rising Star? I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."

Her gaze went upwards, where at long last the first pairing for the second round was showing. It was going to be her against Enzeru. "You know what Enzeru? So have I. Let's duel!"

Mizuki stood and side by side both of them strode out onto the dueling field. Their eyes remained fixed on each other as they shuffled up each other's deck, and the tension between them was clear.

From his new seat up in the audience Alec Masters folded his arms over his chest and smiled. "This should be an interesting duel. My rival against the Rising Star. Show me how worthy you are, Enzeru."

Inferno leaned forwards, her grin as broad as her face and her blue eyes practically glowing. "This should be fun! He's good, but she's Mizuki Mitsuhiro after all!"

Frost merely nodded in response, not finding it necessary to speak. She merely watched as Mizuki and Enzeru made it to their separate places, each one with deck at the ready. "Duel!" (MLP: 4000) (ELP: 4000)

Mizuki drew five cards and then looked up at Enzeru. "I'm hoping to get a great duel from you Enzeru. I dueled your sister several times, and I dueled Kane once in boredom while tutoring Shiro, but you…I've never dueled you. And after seeing you duel Vlad and Alec, I want to duel you!"

Enzeru calmly drew his own opening hand. "Mizuki, I'll duel you with all of my might. You see, from the beginning of last year I was called the 'Number One Rookie' because I graduated at the top of my class from the prep school. However…"

His right hand curled into a fist as his eyes took on a look of determination. "Watching you duel all last year I felt myself thinking 'I don't deserve this title'. The one who seemed to deserve it was the one who was rapidly rising through the ranks and surprising everyone. The Rising Star of Duelist Academy, you!"

He made a slashing motion with his right hand, leaning forward with a smile touching his lips. "I've been wanting since that time to uncover the truth of the matter! Which of us deserves the title of Number One Rookie? Is it you, or is it me? Let's discover that truth in this duel!"

Mizuki drew, meeting his smile with one of her own. She threaded the card between her fingers before bringing it up to her eyes. "Don't you worry Enzeru; I'll give you a duel you won't forget. And by the time it's done, you'll know for sure which of us is better!"

She slapped a card horizontally down onto her disk, and a large card version of it appeared face down in front of her. "I'm not rushing this duel since I want to enjoy it. So I set two cards behind this monster and end."

Enzeru reached for his deck, but paused as his fingers touched the top card. "Mizuki, think of this duel as a treat. You will be the first other than my siblings to taste the power of my true deck!"

He drew and Mizuki's eyes widened. 'That draw was stronger than his normal ones…what is this?'

"Mizuki, this deck has become my creation over the past four years, and has stayed in the background waiting to be unleashed. It is the deck I created, rather than the deck designed to fit with my two siblings. Therefore, it is my true strength, and with it I will defeat you!" He slammed one of his drawn cards onto his duel disk and a knight in solid white armor appeared on the field.

"Ride out into the darkness to purify it, Pure Land Knight-Volrath (1500/1400)!" Mizuki planted one foot behind her, smiling at the sight of that monster.

'Pure Land Knight? I know about these cards. To think that all this time he's been hiding his true strength just so he could honor his sibling's choice of cards so they would have a connection.' She felt happiness brimming up in her at the thought of facing Enzeru at his full strength, which no other opponent but his siblings had done.

He held aloft another card and white winds whipped around the field in response. "Pure Storm destroys one magic or trap card in play, but if there are no monsters in my cemetery it lets me destroy all of the opponent's magic and trap cards."

Mizuki snapped her fingers together and both cards flipped up. "In chain I activate my two set cards, Rune Symbol-Kenaz in merkstave deals you eight hundred points of damage, and Rune Symbol-Sowilo lets me draw one card and gain five hundred life points!" (MLP: 4500)

Enzeru braced himself as a bolt of white energy shot out of the quick-play card and struck him in the chest. His feet slid slightly backwards, but he was able to hold his ground. "Try as hard as you wish, I refuse to yield. Victory shall be mine!" (ELP: 3200)

The two duelists matched stares for a few moments, before Enzeru held up one of his other cards. "Time of Peace allows me to draw two cards, plus one additional card if I have no monsters in my cemetery."

Just that fast he pushed himself back up to a full starting hand, and had little opposition. "From my hand I activate the continuous magic card Purest Power! As long as I have zero monsters in my cemetery all monsters on my field gain one thousand attack points!"

Volrath shot up to twenty-five hundred and Mizuki cast a worried glance at her set monster. "Alright then Enzeru, come at me!"

"So I shall! Volrath, strike down that defense monster!" Volrath swung his white sword down and with no indication that he had even struck the set monster it was split in half, briefly revealing a white robed blonde man with a shield with runic symbols on it.

Enzeru closed his eyes, smiling slightly. "That was your Rune Guardian (1000/2000), just as I thought it might be. I've seen you use that monster to great effect, as at any time you may remove it from the cemetery to reduce all life point damage to you for the turn by half. However…this time it will not avail you!"

Volrath sheathed his sword and a card was shot out of Mizuki's graveyard, causing her to catch it even through her surprise. "What in the world is going on?"

"When Volrath defeats a monster in battle I may shuffle one monster in the cemetery back into its owner's deck, even if it is the defeated monster. Additionally each player that has no monsters in their cemetery when this effect resolves gains five hundred life points." As Mizuki shuffled Rune Guardian back into her deck the two duelists were surrounded by a white glow, their life points shooting upwards. (MLP: 5000) (ELP: 3700)

He slid one card and then a second moments later into his duel disk. "I place one card face down, and activate the continuous magic card Magic Power of the Pure Graveyard. As long as I have no monsters in my grave during your standby phase you take one hundred damage for each card in your cemetery. End turn."

Mizuki drew and hissed as red light suffused her body, burning a handful of life points away from her. "Just like I remembered, a Pure Land Deck revolves around card effects that are made powerful by having no monsters in the cemetery." (MLP: 4800)

She grinned as she shook off the pain and flipped up her drawn card, holding a second card along with it as she did so. "Rune Charm-Hypnosis allows me to gain control of one monster on your field for the duration of the turn, so Volrath is mine!"

The white armored knight stumbled over to Mizuki's field and turned around to face Enzeru. Its attack power fell back to its original fifteen hundred. "Don't worry though, this monster doesn't fit my strategy, so I tribute it for Rune Blader (2300/2300)!"

Another white armored warrior appeared in place of the previous one, although this warrior held one sword in each hand, and had rune symbols on its armor and swords. "And now, Rune Blader attacks you directly!"

Enzeru pointed to his face down card, looking confident as it flipped up. "Return to Peace will send your monster to the top of your deck, and allow me to shuffle one monster in either cemetery back into its deck."

His eyes widened when Return to Peace shattered without ever getting off its effect. Then Rune Blader slashed its sword across his chest, driving him backwards. Mizuki winked after seeing the surprised look. "Any trap that targets Rune Blader is negated and destroyed. He's Rune Soldier's big brother." (ELP: 1400)

With another wink she tucked a card from her hand behind Rune Blader. "I'll set this for later and pass the turn back to you."

Enzeru drew and held up the card. "Monster Rebirth allows me to shuffle a monster in my cemetery back into my deck, so Volrath goes back from whence he came."

Casually he placed another card from his hand onto his duel disk, and a slimmer white armored knight appeared, this one wielding a short sword. "Pure Land Knight- Coren (1400/1200) gains six hundred attack points when there are no monsters in my cemetery."

Combined with the power of Purest Power Coren's attack strength quickly rose to three thousand, giving it a significant advantage over Rune Blader. "With the purest of power my monsters will strike down anything that stands in their way. Attack!"

Enzeru was somewhat surprised when Rune Blader was casually cleaved in half with no reaction by Mizuki. "So your set card was a bluff?" (MLP: 4100)

"Actually, it just needed your help to activate. Rune Curse-Weakening! The attack of my monsters is now deducted from your monster's, making it a weakling!" Enzeru frowned as his powered up Pure Land Knight fell to a mere seven hundred attack points, putting it in a range virtually any of Mizuki's monsters could defeat.

"Very well, I set one card face down and end my turn." Mizuki responded by snatching a card off her deck, and then getting burned by Enzeru's continuous magic card. (MLP: 3600)

She slapped a card down onto her duel disk and a small elderly looking blonde man in loose fitting white robes formed in front of her. "Rune Caster (800/1200) isn't tough, but he'll do for this situation. I activate his special ability, calling a Rune Symbol back to my hand."

Mizuki took the card, then grabbed another and played it. "Rune Symbol-Eiwhaz allows one monster on my field to attack twice this turn, so I choose Rune Caster. And now he attacks!"

Enzeru motioned to his set card and white light engulfed his body. "Pure Light Reflection activates when I have no monsters in my cemetery. I gain the attack or defense of one monster on your field or in your cemetery as life points. I choose Rune Blader." (ELP: 3700)

Seconds later a pulse of white light hit Coren, shattering the monster easily. "Pure Light Reflection's second effect activates at this time. By shuffling it into my deck I can also shuffle one monster that goes to the cemetery during the same turn as it back into my deck." (ELP: 3600)

Mizuki took a step forward, looking quite pleased with his move. "That's fine with me! Rune Caster, direct attack!" (ELP: 2800)

Smiling slightly she took the last two cards in her hand and placed them down. "I end with that."

Enzeru drew, still looking calm despite the fact that he was behind in life points and hadn't been in control at all so far. "Mizuki, considering you've seen Shiro duel; perhaps you should recognize this card. Grave Life activates at this time, sending five monsters to my grave to gain two thousand life points!" (ELP: 4800)

Mizuki's eyes widened and she looked to the other card in his hand. 'Then that remaining card is Jar of Avarice!'

"I activate Jar of Avarice, shuffling the five discarded monsters back into my deck to draw two cards." He slipped two cards off his deck, and then held up one of them, which was a white mirror.

"Pure Mirror activates when I have no monsters in the cemetery. I choose two cards in my cemetery. Then you must select one, which is activated. The other is shuffled into my deck." He held up two cards and Mizuki looked between the two.

'His logical choices are Time of Peace and Return of Peace, since at the moment there are no cards in his cemetery other than those that would benefit him at this time. The question is which one is which. So…'

"I select the card on the right." She grimaced when he showed it to her, revealing Time of Peace. So he drew three more cards and shuffled Return of Peace back into his deck.

"I now summon Pure Land Knight-Cyrus (1200/1100). When there are no monsters in my cemetery he may reduce his attack points by half to attack your life points directly." Mizuki frowned, realizing that with the power bonus he would become a direct attacker with eleven hundred points.

"Now, prepare for my power to be revealed. I activate the field magic card Pure Land!" Mizuki raised an arm in front of her eyes as suddenly the entire arena was white washed. Even their bodies were completely white, as if somebody had dumped a bucket of white paint on everything.

"While there are no monsters in a player's cemetery, Pure Land grants all monsters on their field five hundred attack and defense points. In addition, they gain one hundred life points per card in their cemetery during their end phase." Cyrus rose to twenty-seven hundred attack points.

"Cyrus is stronger than your Caster, so a direct attack would be pointless. So he attacks Rune Caster now!" The monster raised its crossbow and sighted at Caster. Then it launched a white quarrel at the rune monster.

The quarrel hit a glowing white barrier and bounced off. "Rune Symbol-Raidho negates your attack. And in chain to that I might as well activate my set card, Rune Symbol-Kenaz to deal you eight hundred damage." (ELP: 4000)

Enzeru nodded and placed a card into his duel disk. "I end my turn, and gain life points." (ELP: 4500)

Mizuki winced when she was surrounded by the power of Magic Power of the Pure Graveyard, draining her life points. "Your card combination is getting on my nerves, so I'll break it as quickly as I can." (MLP: 2900)

She held up one of her cards and the field began to shake. "Rune Symbol-Tiwaz allows me to pay half my life points to destroy all cards in play!" (MLP: 1450)

To her surprise the shaking stopped as Enzeru's sole face down card revealed itself. "Purity Shield allows me to pay fifteen hundred life points when I have no monsters in my cemetery to negate anything at all and destroy it." (ELP: 3000)

The rune user frowned and calculated her options. She could easily bring back Tiwaz and play it, but then she would be defenseless. 'I suppose I'll have to use the method I intended to activate when Tiwaz had its effect go through. Rune Caster, I'm counting on you.'

"I activate Rune Caster's effect, returning Rune Symbol-Sowilo to my hand. I activate it, drawing one card and gaining five hundred life points." She drew again, her eyes burning with her focused determination. (MLP: 1950)

"Alright, here's a new chance just for you! I activate Rune Symbol-Gebo, which allows me to sacrifice one card on my field to draw five cards from my deck! Farewell Rune Caster!" Her runic monster shattered and she slid the top five cards of her deck free.

She fanned out her hand and then selected one of them. "I activate Rune Charm-Heart's Flame! I can now remove one monster in my cemetery from the game to deal you half its base attack as damage!"

Rune Blader jumped out of her cemetery, his body alight with flame and he rushed at Enzeru. The eldest of the triplets screamed as the fire being slammed into him, hitting his life points hard. "I see…your deck spans many areas, making it difficult to counter." (ELP: 1850)

Mizuki nodded and flipped around another card. "Rune Symbol-Ansuz lets me view the top five cards of my deck and arrange them in whatever order I wish."

She picked up her next five cards and after careful examination replaced them in a different order. "I summon Rune Mystic (1500/1300) and have it attack!"

Enzeru frowned as the monster attacked his. "I know that monster's effect; it lets you destroy any card on the field when it is destroyed. But why would you spend twelve hundred life points just for that?"

"Who said anything about life points? I play Rune Symbol-Algiz, which negates all life point damage to me for the turn!" Enzeru grimaced as his monster counter-attacked and cut down Mystic. Seconds later Cyrus blew apart.

"Pure Land shuffles all monsters destroyed by effect or battle back into their controller's decks. So I may continue to use the effects of Purest Power, Magic Power of the Pure Graveyard, and Pure Land itself." Mizuki smiled somewhat mysteriously as she grabbed the last card from her hand.

"We'll see how good you are in a few turns. I activate Rune Charm-Hidden Treasure. By removing one monster from my graveyard I can draw one card per every two levels it has. So I remove my caster, which lets me draw two cards." She drew twice, and Enzeru frowned, realizing that she knew exactly what cards she would be drawing and had set them up ahead of time.

"I set two cards face down and end my turn. Go ahead Enzeru, its time for you to show me what you can really do." He frowned and drew, feeling as if he was missing something important.

"I summon Pure Land Knight-Chansen (1700/1300). While there are no monsters in my cemetery once per turn Chansen may deal you five hundred points of damage." Mizuki winced when the white armored knight thrust out one gauntlet and hit her with a ball of white power. (MLP: 1450)

Enzeru pointed to his knight and its power began to rise rapidly. "From the effects of Purest Power and Pure Land my monster gains fifteen hundred attack points, reaching thirty-two hundred."

He squeezed his hand into a ball and thrust it forwards. "Chansen now attacks you directly!"

The white knight's strike with a gauntleted fist was blocked by a wall of white light that suddenly erupted in front of Mizuki. "My face down quick-play Blank Rune copies the effect of Rune Symbol-Tiwaz in merkstave, negating your attack and giving me your monster's attack as life points!" (MLP: 4650)

The triplet grasped the last card in his hand and flicked it towards Mizuki. "Pure Blow allows one monster on my field to attack a second time this turn at a cost of one thousand attack points as long as I have no monsters in my grave!"

Mizuki was doubled over by the powerful blow to her stomach by the strong armed monster. She coughed, trying to recover her breath after the strike. "I won't allow any of your efforts to defeat me Rising Star! I will win and prove my strength!" (MLP: 2450)

White energy flowed into his body as Pure Land activated its effect during his end phase. "Can you understand Mizuki? I cannot lose as long as my family's pride rests on the line! I will grow as strong as necessary to defeat any opponent needed to protect my family!" (ELP: 2550)

Mizuki brushed her lips dry from her coughing fit and stood up. When her head lifted Enzeru was surprised to see just how confident and sad she looked. "I understand Enzeru, that's why I'm going to defeat you! Defeat makes us stronger than victory, so I'll make sure you're as strong as possible to protect your family!"

She threw back her head and gritted her teeth as she was burned by the effect of Enzeru's continuous magic card once again. Enzeru felt his hands shake at seeing her shake her head to clear it, and continued to look at him with such sad eyes. "You…want to win just to help me grow stronger? Why?" (MLP: 1150)

"Because if I had the chance and could be strong enough I'd go back and help my father through his hard times. I know what its like to see a family member suffer under the pressure placed upon them, and I know what its like to see them drift away into nothing because of it. So for that reason I'll make you as strong as necessary in order to save Aya from such a fate!" Suddenly her face down card flipped up and Enzeru gasped as power flooded the field, and an explosion rocked it, covering them both in smoke.

When the dust settled all that remained on the field was Enzeru's Pure Land Knight, and the field was its normal color. "Mizuki…you'd aid me? Thank you…"

"Don't thank me until you grow stronger Enzeru, its not over yet. Rune Symbol-Hagalaz may have destroyed all magic and trap cards in play, but the duel is far from done. Rune Berserker (2000/1200), destroy Chansen!" Her muscular rune monster rushed forwards and slammed one fist into the knight's face, crushing it inwards. (ELP: 2350)

"Turn End! Come on Enzeru, its not done yet! Show me your strength!" Enzeru nodded and looked down at his deck, knowing that he had to make a strong top deck in order to even continue to fight against her.

"I will face you with all my strength, and gain the power necessary to protect my family through this battle! I will show you now, what power I have! Draw!" He slashed a card off his deck, and Mizuki felt his power flare, feeling the strength of that draw.

"Go, Pot of Greed! Then I activate a second Monster Rebirth, shuffling Chansen back into my deck!" He slid the named monster into his deck and shuffled, leaving him with one card in his hand.

"Now, let me show you that strength! I activate Pure Summon, which allows me to special summon one monster from my deck if I have no monsters in my grave. So come forth, my ultimate monster!" Mizuki's eyes widened as a pillar of white light erupted from the center of his field.

The pillar of light burst outwards, revealing the creature within. It was a massive dragon with wide white wings with spiked tips, and a white body with mirror sheen scales. Its golden eyes narrowed at Mizuki, making her feel like its next appetizer. "Pure Land Dragon- Cyrano (3000/2000) has come!"

Enzeru pumped his right hand into the air, and then leveled it at Mizuki, his eyes calm like a storm brewing beneath the surface. "Mizuki, Cyrano's effect activates at the time of summoning and is deadly for one reason. It crushes the enemy's means of counter-attack almost instantly. Upon being summoned Cyrano sends all monsters in the opponent's hand and deck to the grave!"

Mizuki grimaced as a dozen or more cards slid out of her deck. "That really is an impressive effect, and it prevents me from gaining advantages from any of your pure cards. Looks like all I can fight back with is Rune Berserker."

"Not for long. Cyrano, attack with Pure Flame!" White fire erupted from the jaws of the dragon, sweeping over the muscular rune monster. It tried to fight off the strike, but in mere moments it was swept away by the flame. (MLP: 150)

Enzeru made a slashing motion with his left arm, leaning towards Mizuki with his eyes burning with confidence. "Mizuki! I've come at you with my ultimate monster, now fight back against me with all of your power so that I can crush it and grow stronger! I won't allow anything less than your absolute best in this duel!"

The dark haired girl smiled, her eyes growing warm and losing their sadness. "Enzeru, I intend to not only give you my best in this duel, but also to defeat you in this next turn. The tenth hour has passed, and the time for your future to be determined is now!"

As Mizuki drew, Enzeru's eyes widened as he understood. "In a few turns…when you said that you meant the eleventh turn, during which you would finally be able to use a Rune Lay-Out!"

Her eyes drifted shut and seven cards appeared floating on her field. "The time has come to divine your future Enzeru. I hope for your sake that is a good future."

The first symbol revealed itself, and began to glow. "Ansuz in standard position shows that you will be inspired soon, by something or someone."

The second symbol also flipped up, becoming connected to the first by a path of light. "Raidho is also in a standard position, signaling that you will undertake a journey. Connected with Ansuz this means the inspiration will lead you to this journey."

When the third symbol flipped up, Enzeru visibly flinched. "Kenaz in merkstave indicates a sense of false hope. You will undertake this journey to eliminate what seems like a false hope in order to find true hope."

The fourth moved into position, causing Enzeru to frown. "Gebo is standard, and indicates that during this journey you will come to a conclusion that brings balance to some personal relationship in your life."

For some reason he could not understand Enzeru's heart was pounding by the time the fifth card moved forwards. "The fifth position is Hagalaz in merkstave. Should you not undertake this journey there will be disaster in your life."

Mizuki's humming took on a cheerful note when she moved to the next one and her voice when she spoke was also happy. "Eiwhaz in its normal position shows that you will prove to be someone others can count on and your goal is within reason."

Her eyes snapped open the moment she began to speak of the next one, and Enzeru stared at her in surprise, having seen something no other duelist had before. She was still speaking of her rune lay-out, but her eyes were blank. And they were a bright blue color as she spoke. "The final symbol of the lay-out, Algiz. In this position, Algiz tells us that you will experience some form of awakening and it will change your life."

The seven symbols glowed with their connection, and Enzeru felt himself grow in confidence, despite the strange feeling that was in his heart. "Through inspiration you will undertake a journey and follow it to eliminate your false hope, eventually finding balance in personal life. At the end of this journey an awakening will occur and change all that you know, for better or for worse, that choice is up to you."

Mizuki's eyes returned to their green color and suddenly a cyclone of blue light surrounded Enzeru. "Now its time to explain the effect of this lay-out! We must draw cards from our deck, and whenever we each reach a monster those monsters battle and we take respective damage from those. We do this until we run out of monsters in our deck or one of us loses."

Enzeru frowned, and looked over at his Cyrano. "But you don't have any monsters in your deck. What does that mean for this effect?"

She smiled slightly and pointed with one finger to Cyrano. "It means that a player who has no monsters may select one monster in play, and choose that monster to represent them for all battles. If it is destroyed at any time, they lose the duel. Effects are not applied."

Cyrano floated over to her and roared its challenge. Enzeru gulped and began to draw, and after two draws a white armored knight appeared on his field. "Pure Land Knight-Goren (1600/1200) must battle with your monster."

Mizuki's brand new monster breathed out white flame, incinerating the newly summoned monster. "Do you see Enzeru? The journey to destruction began to the moment you crushed my supposed means of fighting back. Because in terms of the Pure Land Deck, the monster I remembered best was its strongest creature, Cyrano!" (ELP: 950)

He chuckled as he reached his next monster, finally understanding. "You pushed me to my limits, and you knew that I would manage to summon Cyrano in order to fight back with my full strength. All along you were prepared for it. You truly are magnificent, Rising Star."

Another white knight formed, and it charged bravely towards Cyrano. But the white dragon snapped its jaws down, finishing the brave monster off almost instantly. "Thank you Enzeru, my only hope is that you grow stronger thanks to this." (ELP: 0)

The two duelists smiled at each other as the duel ended and the crowds erupted in cheers. Inferno smirked and cracked her knuckles. "That girl, I'm going to enjoy dueling her, that's for sure."

Enzeru and Mizuki walked up to each other and shook hands, both smiling warmly at the other. "Thanks for the great duel Enzeru, I'm glad I could help."

"It was my pleasure to duel you Mizuki Mitsuhiro, after all, you're the true number one rookie. Although I suppose now that title is a bit pointless. By now you've far surpassed that term. It won't be long before you're a true pro."

In his booth Saint smiled and curled his fingers together. "Miss Mitsuhiro, you are truly a rising star who will find their way to the heights of heaven. It shall be interesting to gain your power for myself, and to purify this entire world of sin. Then it shall truly be a world of virtue, once and for all!"

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Author's Note: Ah, there's something very pleasing to me about the use of a Rune Lay-Out.

Next Time: The tournament continues with surprises that none involved could have expected. Even Saint is left baffled at what occurs. All that can be done is to sit back and watch the next duel begin, and the self-declared True Sin known as Inferno is bound to be a dangerous opponent.

See it all in, Elimination Surprise! VS Inferno!