The duel had reached its peak. Yukimo had Ice Master and Snowdust Dragon along with a face-down card on his field while Ayame had multiple Shaddolls on her field along with the Fusion monster, El Shaddoll Oscura. On the other hand, Yuji was on the defensive; he had Asteraki, Gardna, and Skoteino on his field with no face-downs or cards in his hand left. But Lex was in top shape with all 3 Galaxy-Eyes on his field along with a nearly full hand. The next turns are critical, and no one knows who will strike first to break this ice, but one thing was certain: None of them was going to back down now. Ricardo and Ame are out, both sides suffered losses, hence they won't stop easily.
"Battle!" Lex shouted as his dragons followed suit with their roars. "At this moment, the effect of Tachyon activates! I detach one overlay unit and all other face-up monsters currently on the field have their effects negated!"
"What?" Ayame gasped as she saw her monster's glow vanish.
"Attack! Tachyon!" The dragon soared up above the field and charged up energy in its maw, targetting Oscura with it. "Go!" Lex shouted and his dragon let the attack go, hitting Oscura in force and causing to explode causing a large screen of dust to arise. But to his surprise, Ayame was still standing.
"The effect of the spell, Darkness of the Shaddoll in my grave..." She said as she got up. "I can banish this card in order to halve damage, and draw 1 card from my deck!" Ayame drew an extra card.
AYAME: 100.
"Also, since Oscura was destroyed, I can add 2 Shaddoll cards from my grave to my hand, including a Shaddoll monster." 2 cards popped out of her graveyard and she grabbed them. "I choose my Fusion and Wasp!"
"Then you sealed your fate. " Lex said looking at her, which caused Ayame to in turn look at him with a vexed look. "Tachyon's effect! If my opponent activates a card effect during the Battle Phase in which his previous effect was used, after that effect resolves, my monster gains 1000 attack and defense, then, it can attack again!"
"What?!" Ayame gasped in shock and even Yukimo widened his eyes at the effect Lex's dragon possessed. The worse thing was: This effect was not a once per turn, so each time Ayame was to use an effect now, that monster would gain an additional attack and even more attack. -I am safe though. I added Wasp back to my hand, so when he attacks I can send it to the graveyard and inflict heavy damage upon him- Ayame thought.
"Attack, Tachyon! Destroy her Link monster and end her!" 3000-4000. The energy lines running along Tachyon's body glowed as his attack went up and the dragon shot another round towards Ayame's Link monster. If this was to connect, she'd be finished.
"I activate Shaddoll Wasp's effect-"
"I activate the trap, Tachyon Transmigration!" Lex cut Ayame off and played a trap card...FROM HIS HAND! "This card can be activated from my hand when Tachyon is on my field. I chain this card to your monster's effect and negate its activation! Furthermore, the card is shuffled back into the deck" The card in Ayame's hand vanished as the dragon's attack came down on her. It was a strong, decisive hit.
AYAME: 0.
"2 down, 1 more to go." Lex looked in Yukimo's direction, but the dust and smoke from Tachyon's attack shielded him and his field. But then, multiple ice needles shot out at Lex's monsters, creating patches of ice on them and making them roar in pain. "Photon! Cipher! Tachyon!" Lex called out to his monsters, but the ice was spreading.
"Counter Trap, Snowdust Imitation. This card activates when a Special Summoned monster, such as Ayame's Fusion monster, is destroyed; it allows me to activate a trap card from my deck or hand that specifies "Ice counters" in its text. I chose the continuos trap from my deck, Ice Jail! All special summoned monsters my opponent controls gain an Ice Counter, and as long as this card in face-up on the field, those monsters cannot activate their effects or attack!"
"What?" Lex said in surprise. That was a powerful anti-Extra Deck card if you think about it. It fits what Yuji told him about Yukimo; that he hates Extra Deck monsters, but this is just downright cold. "In this case, I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"Since Ayame is out, that means her turn is skipped." Yukimo glanced at Yuji. "Come on, Amano, show me you can do more than pitiful defense!" He challenged Yuji, trying to make him show that fire from earlier again. But it was too little use as Yuji was even trembling right now.
-Ok, so, Lex's monsters are down for the count. They have a powerful defense in the form of their high attack points, but Yukimo's Ice Master can wipe them out with her effect...- He analyzed the situation carefully, and there was only one thing he could rely on right now; luck. It all depends on the next draw really. "My turn! I draw!" Yuji drew his card with his eyes closed, then looked at it. It was his Constellar Kaus, a Level 4! With it, he can summon Praesepe or Omega! All he had to do was summon it and overlay it with Pollux, but just as he was about to play the card...
"I recommend you play carefully Amano. " Yukimo spoke. "During my previous turns in which I discarded cards to the graveyard, I also send my Snowdust Turtle there. You remember its effect, don't you?" That's right! When an attack is declared, Snowdust Turtle summons itself from the grave and deals damage! "Maybe you can take the damage, but Lex cannot."
"Damn you!" Lex snarled at Yukimo. "Using me as leverage to hinder Yuji's moves is just down-right dirty!"
"Oh? And what are you going to do about it?"
"I use my traps effect!" Well, it seems Yukimo forgot about that card. But he is not the type to make such a rookie mistake. "I send Photon to the grave to special summon and search a card-"
"The effect of Snowdust Eagle in my graveyard activates!" Yukimo interjected and the wind began blowing. "Once per duel, when a monster with an Ice counter leaves the field, I can special summon this monster from my grave..." A white eagle emerged from the ground below them and flew above the field before landing on Ice Master's staff in defense position; 800/2400, Level 5, Winged Beast, WATER. "Furthermore, if this card summoned, all monsters my opponent controls with an ice counter on them are destroyed, and I can choose one among them to inflict damage to you equal to half its original attack."
"What?!" Lex hated to admit this, but Yukimo got him big time...He had no way to counter this.
A violent wind picked up all his remaining monsters and gathered the ice shards in a sphere above, ready to come raining down on him. "Any last words?" Yukimo asked as he stared coldly at Lex. But to his surprise, he only saw a smirk.
"Yeah...Take this! I activate the trap, Tachyon Chaos Hole!" Suddenly, the surrounding space they were in began shifting as a seemingly bottomless pit formed in the ground below them and Yukimo's monsters were starting to get sucked in.
"What's happening?!" Yukimo asked as he tried not to fall into the hole. At the same time, Ame was clinging to life as well while Ayame was holding Ricardo.
"When you destroy my Galaxy-Eyes monster through battle and effect, this card destroyed all monsters you control and banishes them!" Lex explained. "But...the damage is not stopped..."
Yukimo's monsters vanished from sight as soon as Lex said those words, then the wind went to him and almost hit him. But Yuji's monster, the Gardna, protected him with his shield. "Lex..." Yuji looked at him with respect. He lost, but he was able to even the scales up a little and even earn an advantage.
"Go for it, Yuji!"
LEX: 0
As soon as Lex lost, his armor vanished along with the space they were in. They were once again by the pool, dueling for Rachel. The blonde girl sitting semi-unconscious on the side. "Ayame! Secure Rachel! Now!" Yukimo shouted and Ayame went to her, but she found herself blocked by Yuji's Skoteino.
"Halt right there!" Skoteino stood towering over Ayame.
"What is this? Amano! You cannot take her if you lose the duel! It's against the agreement-"
"And what were you about to do, huh?!" Yuji shouted as he saw through Yukimo. He wanted to break the agreement, but why? He doesn't seem like the type to do something like that. Something was not right...
"Are you deaf, kid? I said to get her!" Yukimo could hear the voice of his boss ordering him around. "Screw the duel! You have lost anyway from what I can see, so how about you just call it quit-" Yukimo pulled out the communication device from his ear.
"I will continue this as a duelist, old man." On the other side of the line, Yukimo's boss, the one in charge, began fuming with anger. He was even about to let Marius loose on them and tell him that Lex was vulnerable in order to sweeten the deal. But just as he put his hand on the receptor, a dark shadowy hand grabbed him and his blood froze in his veins.
"No, no. This outcome is the one I desire..." A sinister voice came from behind him as the boss slowly turned back.
"N-Necro..." He muttered as he looked at the being with a vexed look of fear. "What is it with you here, Master?"
"I came to stop you from doing something you'll regret, Sato." The boss, who's name was apparently Sato, gulped as his Master looked at him in the eyes. Cold, simple, yet terrifying white eyes met his old pupils and he knew Necro was displeased. Greatly. "You have failed me a lot, Sato, and it shows. 3 of Magisa's chosen warriors right here in this very country, and you are incapable of taking at least ONE out for good."
"My man managed to defeat 2 of them, one of which was the strongest out of the 3..." Sato said to defend himself, but Necroo knew better.
"Really? Then isn't this another failure I was about to witness? And worse, a lack of honor." The shadowy specter looked at the screen. Yukimo took out the device, but the cameras were still working. "I gave you the knowledge to bring the monsters to live in your world, and yet, you perverted it. I overlooked that because you were useful to me at the time, Sato." Cold shivers went down the old man's spine at Necro's cold words.
"Please, Master, Yukimo is my best duelist. I'm sure he can-"
"SHUT UP!" Necro's voice echoed aloud throughout Sato's office as the older man went silent. "I am sick and tired of your excuses, Sato. From what I can see here, a new approach is needed...Yes...Let me give your 'strongest' a special gift that should aid him greatly." A card shrouded into darkness appeared in Necro's hand, then it disappeared into the screen, appearing on the other side and flying into Yukimo's deck.
"Master! Please! I beg of you!" Sato got down on his knees, begging his Master. "Your power is too great for us humans to handle it! I don't think Yukimo will-"
"What did I tell you to do, Sato?" Necro looked at him, causing Sato to go silent once more. "Keep quiet and watch. If even my help proves ineffective then I will leave..."
"Y-yes..." The 2 stood in eerie silence and watched the duel unfold.
"My turn! I draw!" Yuji drew a new card from his deck with strength. "I activate the spell card, Designation of the Stars! Ame and Lex might have lost, but their graves and the cards they used are still in play within the grave!" Yuji pointed out. "With my spell, I can declare the name of one monster in my opponent's graveyard which was summoned from the Extra Deck, and if I have a monster with the same summoning type in my graveyard, I can banish both of them to draw 2 cards! I choose Crystron Phoenix and Constellar Lefkofos! Both are Synchro monsters!" Yuji drew 2 more cards.
"Go for it, kid!" Lex shouted from the side.
"I flip up Sombre!" Sombre returned to the field. "I activate Sombre's effect! I banish Spitha in my grave in order to add Veroios back to my Extra Deck! Furthermore, since Spitha was banished, its effect activates! I shuffle it into the deck and draw 1 more card!"
Yukimo narrowed his eyes at Yuji. When he is challenged he rises to the challenge, but when he is not motivated enough he is barely worth his trouble. -That's it...- But Yukimo wanted Yuji to get fired up.
"I use Asteraki and Skoteino to Link summon!" the circuit appeared and his monsters went in it fast. "Come! Nordic Star, Veroios!" Yuji's first-ever Link monster emerged from it. But now it looked upset and it was starring at Yukimo. "Furthermore, I overlay Sombre and Pollux!" The overlay network appeared as Yuji's monsters turned into energy streams that went in. "Come! Constellar Omega!" The centaur-like Constellar appeared on Yuji's field. 2400/500, Rank 4, Beast-Warrior, LIGHT. "I activate the spell, Constellar Enlightenment, from my grave!"
"You draw a card, and if it's a monster, its attack is added to one Constellar I control!" Yuji stated and Yukimo continued drawing his card. But he widened his eyes the moment he saw it. That was not in his deck before, so just where did it come from? But there was one thing obvious about it, and that was the fact that it was a monster card.
"I drew the monster card, Snowdust Wraith..." Yukimo showed the card to Yuji with a rather bitter voice. 'He has an attack value of 1000..."
"I add his attack to Veroios then." Yuji monster tightened his fist as the blue gems on his hands grew brighter; 2000-3000 "Battle! Veroios attack you directly!" Yukimo put his guard up as Veroios punched him, but the blow was so heavy he couldn't hold his ground and got knocked back a good distance.
YUKIMO-4000-1000.
"He is down to 1000 just form one attack!" Ame exclaimed with joy seeing victory insight.
"Yukimo!" Ayame called to him and went to make sure he was alright. But as soon as she got to him, she noticed the card he was holding and the way it glowed. "What is this..." She looked at it, her eyes trembling in her sockets.
Yukimo got up from the ground and stood straight. "It seems..." He winched a bit. -Damn it...that monster must've done a small number on my arm. But I have to keep going.- "I activate Wraith's effect in my hand!"
"What?" Yuji looked as Yukimo's card let out an eerie smoke. "What is happening?!"
"This presence..." Magisa muttered as she could sense him. She sensed Necro's presence in that card, and her fear was growing. -No...No, this can't be! He already found me?-
"When I receive damage because of a direct attack, I can send Wraith to the graveyard to place Ice counters on all monsters on the field!"
"I activate Omega's effect! I detach one overlay unit to make my monsters immune to your spell and trap card effect!" One of the orbs on Omega went into its shield and let out a bright shine as ice formed on their armor. "Even if they now have Ice counters, Omega's effect resolved first in the chain that means my monsters are not affected by Ice Jail anymore!" Yukimo clicked his tongue, but he then continued.
"Wraith's effect! For each monster summoned from your Extra Deck with a counter, I draw 1 card from my deck! You control 2, so I draw 2!" Yukimo drew his cards.
"You are still defenseless! Omega! Finish this!" Yuji's monsters charged at Yukimo. 2400.
"Wraith's effect in my graveyard! I banish it along with Snowdust Yeti in my hand to end the Battle!" Omega's advance was stopped as a patch of ice appeared at its feet, stopping him going forth.
"Damn it!" Yuji cursed as he was close to ending this.
"If only you hadn't used your spell from the grave, you might've won now..." Yukimo pointed out. "But from what I see, you didn't have the attack power to finish me this turn otherwise, so that's why you used it."
Yuji frowned as Yukimo saw through his moves. He didn't just survive, but he also reinforced his hand a little. Furthermore, once Omega's effect expires, he and Veroios will lose their effects and will become unable to attack. "Don't think I am done yet!" Yuji shouted and looked at his hand. True, there was a move there, but it was incomplete. He needed another card in order to do it, or else he would've finished Yukimo this turn. "I set 2 cards face-down on my field, and I end my turn!"
"My turn, I draw!" Yukimo drew his card, but then he winced a bit from the pain in his arm. The last attack really did a number on him, but he couldn't stop now. "I activate the spell, Snowdust Snowflake!" The surrounding area grew colder as an unnatural cloud appeared above them.
In the meantime, outside the building, Takeru and Crystal were watching as the weather outside was being influenced as well. "What's going on?" Takeru asked nervously as the clouds grew dark and snow began falling. "Snow?"
"This must be the hand of that Yukimo kid." Crystal said then clicked her tongue. "But Lex did something to make them vanish, so why are the effects reaching outside-" She realized. The only way the space was able to fall was that Lex had lost. She ran towards the building.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Takeru shouted as he began following her.
"Think! They can do REAL damage! The effects are loose, so one of them must've lost, or worse!" Takeru's eyes widened in realization and immediately began speeding up.
The commotion had attracted many people around the building, but the secret of this conflict must stay in the shadows. And Yukimo knew that very well. "My spell allows me to summon one Level 4 or lower Snowdust monster from my deck, then I place Ice counters on it equal to its level! Come, Snowdust Icy Maiden!" The maiden with blue hair dressed in a white robe appeared on the field in attack mode; 1300/1800, Level 3, Fairy, WATER. "Her Level is 3, so she gains 3 Ie counters!" 3 rings appeared on her fingers. "Furthermore, when she is summoned she switches to defense mode and gains one counter for each Snowdust monster I control! She gains one more counter." Maiden got on her knees and put her hands in prayer as a forth ring appeared.
"I remember that one..." Yuji muttered as he recalled the duel he had with Yukimo back in Romania. Maiden was a powerful card.
"Maiden's effect! I can either add a Snowdust spell or trap to my hand, or special summon a Snowdust from my deck! I summon Snowdust Vixen!" The white fox of the Snowdust appeared on the field in defense position; 1500/1000, Level 4, Beast, WATER. "Vixen's effect when special summoned! I give 300 Life Points for each Ice Counter on the field!"
"Damn it..." Yuji cursed. -He is recovering his life points already...-
"There are 8 counters in total, so I gain 2400 Life Points!" A blue aura surrounded Yukimo.
YUKIMO: LP: 3400
"Furthermore, Snowdust Crystallization's effect! I place one Ice Counter on it for each Snowdust on my field." Crystallization: Ice Counter: 0-2. "Now, I activate the spell, Snowdust Rebirth! I add one Snowdust monster from my deck to my hand, then, by tributing another Snowdust I control, I can draw 1 card as well."
"A search and a draw?" Lex muttered from the side. Yukimo's moves were strong, and there was no room for error with him. Ice Jail prevents Yuji's monster form using their effects and attacking as long as they have Ice Counters on them, and the total is eight right now. Who knows what he can do with that many counters?
"I add Snowdust Frostbide Giant to my hand and tribute Vixen to draw one card!" Yukimo continued his turn." Since there are 6 or more counters on the field, I can summon Frostbide Giant without tribute!" The water in the pool froze over, then cracked as Yukimo's monster emerged from it. The giant monster made of rock climbed out of it and took his position on Yukimo's field; 2800/2400, Level 8, Rock, WATER. "Frostbide's effect! I banish the top card of your Extra Deck, then add that monster's attack to his own!"
The giant swung his arm, sending a devastating wind at Yuji that knocked him off his feet. But behind him, the image of Praesepe was seen being taken away by the wind. "Hmpf." Yukimo scoffed. "Praesepe has an attack of 2400." Frostbite Giant's body grew spikes as his attack power went up. 2800-5200.
"5200 attack...?" Yuji muttered as he slowly got up and looked at Yukimo's monster.
"I activate the effect of Snowdust Nimbus in my hand!" Yukimo continued. "I send it to the grave, then I remove as many Ice Counters on the field as possible and summon a monster from my grave with a level equal or lower to the number of removed counters! I remove all 8 Ice Counters on the field to summon Ice Master!" The monster wielding a staff remerged on the field. "I use her effect and place a counter on Omega!" Just when he got rid of one, Omega had to deal with another counter. "Battle! Master attacks Omega!"
Yukimo's monster charged put her staff up, summoning a violent wind which blew Omega way. "Omega!"
"Keep your eyes on the field! Giant!" Wasting no time, Yukimo's other monster attacked and plunged his fist into Veroios, sending him into the spectator seats on the side. "It's over...The damage I inflicted is 3300, 200 more than your Life Points." Yukimo watched as Yuji's Life Points began going down, but then his eyes widened when they stopped at 100. "But how?!"
"I activated the effect of Constellar Asclepius in my hand" Behind Yuji, a monster resembling a Constellar, but clad in a priest cloth with their emblem on it was standing with his hands stretched to him. "By sending him to the grave when an Xyz monster on my field is attacked, I gain 100 Life Points for each Rank that monster has."
"Omega was a Rank 4..." Yukimo muttered.
YUJI: LP: 200
"Your resilience is as annoying as ever, Amano. " Yukimo said. "But before 2 of my mightiest and your almost bare field, there is almost nothing you can do. So I might as well end it all here-"
"Trap activate!" Yukimo's eyes widened as Yuji shouted. "Attack Overload!" The first trap that saved Yuji was activated, and Yukimo knew what it can do well. "Since I took 3000 or more total damage this battle, the battle phase ends!"
Yukimo clicked his tongue. "Very well then. I end my turn here."
"Yuji managed to survive another turn..." Ame muttered from the side.
"Yeah, but it was close. " Lex added. "Plus, he is dangerously low on cards right now."
"But...that won't stop him, would it? The duel is not lost yet!" Ame said trying to hold on to hope.
"Of course it is not lost yet!" Lex raised his voice slightly. "But it all falls on this next draw."
"My turn!" Yuji placed his hand on the deck and drew his card. Looking at it, his eyes widened in shock. Constellar Star Chart was the card he drew, a useless one. It only allows him to draw a card each time an Xyz is summoned on his field, but he had no way to summon one. -...I cannot lose here...There must be something I can do!- He looked at his field, hand, and even his grave. Yet nothing came to his mind.
"What is it, Amano? Having a bad draw?" Yukimo asked looking at Yuji. When the Constellar wielder didn't reply, Yukimo continued with a disappointed sigh. "That is why my words from Romania hold true, Amano."
"What?"
"Right now I have Maiden, Ice Master, and Giant on my field. Only 1 card in my hand, Ice Jail on my field. My field is strong, but not invincible. Yet, you just cannot see the way past it." What was Yukimo trying to say? Yuji simply didn't have any way of getting past his field, especially if he puts a counter on his monster and Ice Jail locks them away. "As I thought, she doesn't deserve you..." Yukimo nodded to his monster, then it went to Rachel.
"Wait for a second...WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Yuji watched as Ice Master put her staff above Rachel, slowly freezing her.
"I am raising the stakes. The first time we met I froze your friend in solid ice, and if more time had passed since I froze her, then she wouldév gotten hypothermia and most likely died. So I am doing a repeat of that."
Yuji's eyes widened. "Y-you are going to kill Rachel?!"
"Yukimo!" Ayame called out to him, but she saw the look in his eyes. So cold, yet he seemed like he was searching for something. But what? What could be making Yukimo take such measures?
"That's right!" Ignoring Ayame's call, he answered. "If you cannot defeat me in time, she will perish here. If you lose, she will perish. Only by winning can you take her back safe and sound. So what will it be, Amano?"
Yuji's hands were shaking, the pressure crushing him bit by bit. He...He couldn't even hear the Constellars anymore. He had Gardna, a level 5, on his field and one face-down. But there was nothing those could do except defend, and Yukimo was bound to simply get around it on his next turn. No matter how you look at it...it's over...
All those struggles they've faced, the friends they made, and things they realized. All for naught. Yuji collapsed on his knees, defeated. "Are you actually giving up?!" But then a familiar voice shouted from the side. Crystal was shouting at him from the spectator seats. "I didn't teach ya how to duel only to see you throw the duel, Yuji!"
"She's right!" Takeru, who was next to her, answered. "You cannot give up now! Think of Rachel, please! She needs you now more than anything!"
-Rachel...- Yuji looked up at her, the ice and snow slowly creeping on her face. -That's right...she needs me!-
"Just like how she needed you back then, but you ruined it?" No...No again...
-You're...Just like Skoteino.- Yuji thought as a sharp pain took his eye. "What are you doing?" He said struggling.
"Yuji?" Ame muttered seeing him. "Lex, what's happening-" She looked at him and saw his eyes open large in and his teeth gritting. "Lex?"
"Yuji has seeded more monsters than I thought at first..." He said. "This is not good. If he loses control here-"
"Who are you?" Yuji asked.
"I am your doubt, that's what I am." The entity answered. "You can try to hide it, but it is for naught...You were doubting yourself and those around you." Yuji tried to reply back, but the entity continued. "You doubt that you'll be able to save her! And if I am being honest, you might just not be able after all. But if there is one reason I kept silent until now, that because, unlike Skoteino Astro, I got to like you a bit kid. So that is why I only gave you a fraction of myself back then at the school event."
"The event?!" Yuji gasped in shock. There were no such feelings back then! True, back then he doubted their goal, his capabilities, and even...he even doubted himself. After Rachel was gone, that doubt was suppressed by other emotions than was removed when his journey advanced. But it still lingered. "No...Asteraki..."
"See? You're smart enough to get it yourself." The voice said as a strange miasma covered the field. "Now do it...Summon me! My name is Constellar Fengaria!" It shouted, followed by Yuji screaming as well as his armor got corrupted again.
"Yuji!" Ame called out to him.
"What in the world is going on with him?" Crystal asked as she watched. "I knew I had a strong voice, but this is..."
"It's not you..." Takeru muttered. "Lex told me about this..."
"can't you even control your own powers, Amano?!" Yukimo shouted seeing him give into the dark once more. "This is why you are unfit to hold it, and why our goal is the purest one here! In a new world, such disgusting things will not be allowed to exist!"
"Shut it!" Yuji shouted back at Yukimo as he got up. "I am not...going to give in." to Yukimo's surprise and everyone's peace, Yuji was still himself. But Fengaria's power was causing him great pain. "I activate the spell, Constellar Star Chart!" A large shining symbol appeared on the field. "Once per turn, when a Constellar Xyz is special summoned, I draw 1 card."
"But what can you summon now?" Yukimo pointed out. "Unless you summon another Level 5 for Gardna, you a pretty much out of options."
"I activate my face-down!" A bright light erupted from Yuji's card. "Origins of the Stars!"
"Origins of the Stars?" Yukimo muttered looking at the card. It was a continuous trap, but what are its effects?
"This card is similar to Lex's Photon change in the way that it tributes monsters to activate its effects. " Yuji explained. "And when it is activated, I can tribute a Constellar to draw 2 cards from my deck!" Gardna vanished and Yuji drew. The reason why he didn't want to play this, despite it being a good way to replenish resources, its the final effect of it. This card will only be around until his next Draw Phase, then it will be sent to the grave and drag all cards on Yuji's field with it unless he sends at least one card to the grave...He needed every resource, so that is a price he cannot afford to pay. "The effect of Constellar Asclepius in my grave activates! I pay half my Life Points, then I banish this card to summon a Constellar Xyz from my grave! Come, Skoteino!"
The black knight arose once more from his grave, raising above everyone before him. "I shall not allow you to defeat me, brat." He said to Yukimo.
YUJI: LP: 100.
"Star Chart's effect! I draw 1 card!" Yuji drew his card. -This is...!- "Appear! The circuit that shines in the night!" The miasma on the ground shot up into the air above them, creating a link circuit. "The summoning conditions are 3 LIGHT monsters or 1 Constellar Xyz monster! I set Skoteino in the link marker zones!" The knight disappeared slowly into a cloud of purplish smoke that got absorbed by the circuit. "When doubt takes over and even the light can no longer be trusted, the maiden of the mist shall arise to lead us to a new path. Link Summon!"
"No way!" Yukimo cried out as he saw the arrows...It was a Link 3.
"Come to us, Constellar Fengaria!" Large amounts of mist poured out of the circuit on Yuji Extra Monster Zone, hiding the monster behind them for a couple of seconds. But when it began fading, it revealed a tall woman with pale skin dressed in a black dress resembling the night sky. Long oily black hair reaching all the way to her knees and cold blue eyes gazing forward. A strange mechanical click on her arm as 2 blades emerged; 2250/LINK-3, Machine, DARK, Links: R, L, B.
Everyone stared at the newly summoned monster which appeared on Yuji's field. Lefkofos was a surprise, but one that Yuji had planned for. This was a lingering sorrow that hid until it was time...And now it is time. "So that's yet another product of your own weakness, Amano. " Yukimo growled at him as he looked at the Link monster.
"Damn..." Crystal took a step back seeing it. "That's some monster..."
"But its attack isn't anywhere near Ice Master's or Giant's!" Takeru pointed out.
"Fengaria's effect! I resurrect Prometheus from my grave!" The monster Yuji had discarded, the one which dealt Ayame a large amount of damage, appeared on the field under the image of a man with a curly beard dressed in a crimson robe with golden details. He kept his eyes closed as he emerged from the portal then fell down on the ground catching himself with his fist. His robe slowly then caught ablaze as he opened his eyes, irises the color of amber staring forth; 1000/900, Level 3, Warrior, LIGHT.
"He's rebuilding his field..." Ayame muttered. "Yukimo! Watch out!" She shouted to warn him, but he just watched.
"Then I special summon a Constellar from my hand, and both monsters become the smallest level among themselves. I summon Constellar Zubeneschamali!" A larger Constellar with hands like the scales of a balance with 3 long blades coming out of each of them, green crystals in his shoulder, the back of his hand, and a white cape appeared; 2100/1400, Level 5-3, Machine, LIGHT. "Due to Fengaria's effect, he becomes a level 3 monster. But his effect activates! I search for another Constellar." A card popped out of Yuji's deck and he grabbed it.
"His moves are strong..." Lex muttered as he watched.
"I add Constellar Leonis. Now, I Xyz summon!" His 2 monsters went into the overlay network. "Come forth, Constellar Hyades!" The very first Constellar Xyz Yuji had summoned emerged on the field; 1900/1100, Rank 3, Beast-Warrior, LIGHT.
"Hyades?" Yukimo muttered seeing him, but he knew his effect. "But that means-"
"I activate Hyades's effect! I detach one overlay unit to switch all monsters you control to defense mode!" All of Yukimo's attack position monster took a knee as they were being forced into defense. Master even put her staff down which caused Rachel's freezing to stop for now. "Battle! Fengaria attacks Ice Master!" Yuji's monster put a hand on her lips and blew some air, making the mist around her advance towards Ice Master. "I activate the quick-play spell, Twin Lance of the Stars!"
Yukimo eyes widened, but he was ready. "I activate the effect of Snowdust Leopard in my hand!" A snow leopard with ice growing from its shoulders and knees appeared on the field between the 2 female monsters and roared. "I can either discard him to grant my monsters another attack, which I would've done the last turn to finish you had you not used Attack Overload. Or discard him when you attack in order to destroy your monster, and if it's a monster summoned from the Extra Deck, it is banished!"
"The effect of Origins of the Stars activates!" Yuji interjected. "If my opponent activates a card effect during the Battle Phase, I can detach all Xyz Materials from one face-up Xyz monster I control in order to negate that effect and grant my monster an extra 1000 attack!"
"What?" Yukimo gasped. The mist went right through his monster and surrounded Ice Master. The monster tried to spread the mist away with her staff but to no use. Eventually, it fully engulfed her and she was no more.
"Twin Lance of the Star's effect! You take damage equal to Ice Master's defense!" The mist moved towards Yukimo and ran across him, sending a jolt of pain through him.
YUKIMO: LP: 1400
"Now, I attack Giant with Hyades! And thanks to the effect of Origins, he has enough attack in order to finish you!" Hyades raised his weapon high as he leaped at Giant, ready to strike him down.
"I can't believe I have to do this..." Yukimo muttered tightening his fist. "I activate Leopard's other effect in the grave! I banish it in order to destroy both of our monsters during the battle!" The 2 monsters exploded.
"What?"
"There is more...We take damage equal to my monster's attack. AMANO! I REFUSE TO LOSE TO YOU TODAY! SO THIS TIME WE ARE GOING DOWN TOGETHER!" Yukimo shouted as a powerful cold wind blew them both backward.
In the end, the duel had no winner...It ended in a draw. "Yukimo!" Ayame ran to him and helped him up, but there was no time to stay around. "We have to go!"
Yukimo looked at Yuji as Lex and Ame went to him and Crystal and Takeru came down as well. "Let's...Leave Rachel."
"What? Why?" Ayame asked. "We didn't lose-"
"No, Ayame...I didn't lose, but we as a whole did." Yukimo said, then looked back. He pressed a button on his duel disk as Ayame helped him out along with the unconscious Ricardo.
Shortly after, the authorities came inside to check the situation. Rachel was taken to the hospital along with Yuji to have her wounds taken care of while Lex and Ame got off the hook with only a few light wounds on them. But not everything was as easy as it seemed now. During her treatment, the doctors tried removing the system, which was done without any complications, but Rachel...
"What do you mean we cannot see her?" Takeru along with Crystal, Ame, Karen, Lex, and Yuji who was discharged a few days ago, stood in front of Rachel's hospital room. But a nurse told them they were not allowed to see her for some reason.
"I'm sorry, but she has yet to wake up." She said. "From what the police told us, there was a terrorist attack and they implanted that in her nervous to keep her as a hostage. The device, whatever it was, paralyzed her completely. I don't know who would result to do such things, but it is truly awful."
"What do you mean?" Karen asked as she stepped forward. "Miss, please, we're her friends, we have to know." She insisted.
The nurse sighed. "She is currently in an artificially induced coma in order to reduce the strain on her nervous system. The damage was so great that we cannot afford her to move around, or have it too active until it recovers."
Those news hit them like a truck. Rachel was free, but now who knows what they have done? The police wrote down the incident at the swimming competition as a terrorist attack and Yuji and the others as hostages during it. Once again, the secret was safe. But when they took Rachel away, Takeru could swear she opened her eyes for a split second and looked as Yuji who was unconscious next to her in the ambulance. Yukimo had freed her.
But now, she is once again out of their help. There was nothing they could do now but hope. After receiving the news of her state, the group departed for the school, and there is where, in the Dueling Club's building, were a few bags ready to go.
"Lex...how long do you think we will have to train?" Yuji asked the older man as he stood behind him.
"For as long as we must..." He replied. "Rat will watch over Rachel while we are gone, and he has my number. If anything happens, he will call and we can dash right back"
"But what about Yukimo and his group?" Ame asked. "Won't they try to take her away while we are training?"
"That...I do not know." He answered. "But that kid, Yukimo, doesn't seem like the kind who'd go lower than he already has."
"Then I guess it is settled..." Takeru said. "We will leave, and when we come back we will be stronger. Strong enough to stop them."
"Indeed. " Crystal said as she and Karen stood in the doorway. "As a supervisor of this club, I failed by letting one of my students get hurt. So we will do this for her."
"Not just because she is our friend, but because to me and Yuji she was also like a sister. " Karen said.
"She was there for me when my mother died. " Yuji said. "But yet, I couldn't be there for her when it mattered the most, and worse, I ruined her hard work. But fate gave me another chance, and I see that now..." He clenched his fist and grabbed a bag. "When we will return, we will be stronger. Strong enough not to allow this to happen to anyone else! And when we are, I hope she will be there, awake, to see us stand tall and proud."
"Just as you were there to pull me from my darkness... " Lex said. "I will be standing behind you to push you towards great highs. And just as you helped all of us..." Lex placed his hand on Yuji's shoulder. "We will fight with you!"
"Then I guess it's settled. " Yuji said and looked out through the door. There was a car parked in front of the school, a mini-van, that Rat managed to get just for them in order to do this journey. They will be going far in order to become stronger.
"With Necro now showing himself, we can no longer delay the search of the other chosen either. " Magisa said and the 3 chosen present nodded. "I will watch over you and help you grow stronger."
But not only they are going to become stronger...Necro was going to make sure of that.
AND THERE! The last chapter of the first season of GALAXY. Necro showed himself at last and we finally know the name of the boss. They recovered Rachel, but she is trapped in her own body because of the things done to her. Now our cast is going to depart on a journey to become stronger, master new forms of dueling, and then return to face their old opponents once again. All while waiting for Rachel to wake up.
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