OPENING

...(Music)

"Hey ! Hey !

Can you feel the power ?!

You vs. me competition for the victory, (Wull !)

I could be the best one day and make history (Go !)

Swing into action, are you ready to play ? (Come on !)

Challenge anyone, anywhere (Go !), any day (Come on !)

You wanna take a chance ?

Go ahead and rool the dice (OK !)

See if it´s in your cards, if you´ll pay the price. (Wull !)

Activate the Spell, let your powers come to life. (Go !)

It´s showtime, who will win the fight ? (Wow !)

I am ready to duel, go ahead and make your move.

( Go ! Go ! Go ! Go !)

I´ll win this Duel,

You can´t beat my moves.

I´m in that groove.

I know I cant lose.

Your turn, your tricks.

Now what will you choose ?

Can you feel the power ?!

I´ll win this Duel,

You can´t beat my moves.

I´m in that groove.

I know I can´t lose.

Your turn, your tricks.

Now what will you choose ?

CAN YOU FEEL THE POWER ?!

Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V Evolution

Episode 9. Round 1 - The Duel-World-Championship begins !

" Next we have the talk of the city with their Interaction Dueling and new Summoning Methode, the Pendulum Summon ! It´s You Show Duel School !"

A loud cheer went up and Ray, Lynn and Raleigh all walked out onto the field. Their sight from the darkened tunnel soon changed into the light of the sunset of Paradise City. The cheering became louder as they entered the stadium. Ray and the others could see the entire stadium cheering for them. A strong contrast to when Ray dueled against Shin. They looked around and high in the stands they could see Jaden, Stacey, Veracity and Danny cheering them on. Ray and Raleigh waved back. Lynn meanwhile was taking this all into her stride. ("What a stage... It´s similar to the Turbo-Duel Grand Prix I and Ryan dream of to duel at...")

The female reporter from before then spoke again. "Also, the You Show Duel School´s Ray Whitney has become a household name with her new Summoning method, the Pendulum Summon, so we will be keeping our eyes on her in this tournament."

Without Ray notecing it, Raleigh looked at her with a smile on his face as he heard that.

A few minutes later, all of the teams stood in a line in front of the stage as a man stood on the stage. "All of you that have gathered here today, are the elite that have won your way here by defeating many other duelists that has stood in your way ! We all except you to duel your best while exhibiting fair play."

Everyone applauded when he finished speaking.

Nico then held up his microphone. "And next we will be conducting the oath of fair play ! And the players´ representative this year will be..." He then pointed at Ray. "The You Show Duel School´s Ray Whitney !"

Everyone turned towards Ray shocked while Ray blinked a few times before pointing at herself shocked. "What ? Me ?!"

Raleigh looked at her just as shocked as she was. "Ray is..."

Jaden and the others also looked shocked. "Ray is going to say the oath ? How did that happen ?"

Ray held up her hands with a nervous expression. "W-wait just a second ! No one told me about this..." However she got interrupted by Nico. "Ray Whitney, please come to the stage immediately." At that moment, two workers from the stadium appeared next to Ray and lifted her up and carried her towards the stage while she let out a shocked sound. Ray then got pushed onto the stage and she took a few stumbling steps before she stopped in front of the microphone on the stage with a nervous, almost scared expression on her face.

Raleigh and Lynn looked at Ray with a worried expression, wondering if there friend was going to be okay up there on the stage. Ray looked from the teams up at the audience and swallowed nervously. "W-well then...um..." Ray tried to figure out something to say, however right now her brain didn´t work as she was to nervous to be able to think properly and she looked down at the stage with a troubled expression on her face. Her eyes then fell onto her bracelet and for some reason she started to feel more relaxed. She then closed her eyes and took a deep breath before she grabbed her bracelet tight with her other hand

Ray then opened her eyes and a smile appeared on her face. "Everyone, sorry for the delay. To make up for it, this is the oath of fair play...is what I would like to start of with, but I would like you all to listen to what I have to say instead."

Everyone in the stadium looked at her shocked and confused, especially the others from You Show.

Ray then placed her hand with the bracelet over her chest. "My brother is the principal of You Show, and he is also the one who brought the dueling style "Interaction Dueling" into the world. Thanks to him and this Duel-style, I started to enjoy dueling even more then I used to. But sadly, Interaction Dueling isn´t really accepted in this world yet. People were making fun of me, my friends and my school, telling us that our dueling style wasn´t anything special at all since you already interact with Duel monsters during a normal Action Duel. At the beginning I hated all of them, but once I grew older I understood that I can´t really blame them since understanding this style isn´t easy. So I started to find a way to help people to understand this style of dueling. Standing side by side with your friends and Duel monsters, fighting together as a team and having fun while doing so...that amazing feeling is that what I want people to feel and enjoy while dueling. And that´s why I´m here. I want to become a strong duelist who can´t only make herself, but also everyone else enjoy dueling even more. So we shouldn´t waste any more time and get this Championship started !" Ray´s smile then grew and she held her fist up into the air.

"Everyone, let us find out who has the strength and will to prove himself, his Duel School and his dueling style ! Let us find out who will become Duel-World-Champion !"

For a moment there is nothing but deep silence. That slowly changes as people started to applause for Ray, and soon the whole stadium started to cheer. Ray´s friends and family all looked at her with proud smiles on their faces.

Nico then spoke once more. "Excellent ! That was Ray Whitney´s oath of fair play as well as her declaration of her determination !"

Ray then bowed her head a little and managed to get off of the stage.

"Well said Ray." Stacey said then turned towards Jaden. "Hey Jaden, Ray right now is starting to catch up to you."

Jaden looked at her with a smile. "Catch up to me ? Don´t be redicules, Stacey."

Stacey got a confused expression, however before she could ask what he meant so held he up a finger. "Ray isn´t catching up to me... she is going to surpass me." Stacey smiled again. "I guess you´re right."

Nico Smiley then held up his left hand. "Alright ! Now it´s time to show our duelists their battle ground ! Dear competitors and audience, please turn your sights onto the ocean !"

Everyone in the stadium looked at the large TV screen of the stadium and it showed the ocean behind the stadium. There was a loud sound and a few seconds later a giant metal platform with grey fances around the edges rose up from the water.

Nico then spoke again. "The first round will be a Battle Royale that will take place on this platform. The platform will be divided into four different areas based on the fields of the field spell, Wonder Quartet, and the competitors are free to choose which of these areas they want to duel on." He then held up a black card.

"1500 point cards with point numbers from 1 to 12 are scattered all around the Action Field. Each player has to gather as much cards as they can and the twelve teams with the highest scores at the end of the Battle Royale will reach the next round. The Battle Royale will last from 7pm until 7am so a total twelve hours of non stop action. We choosed this time of day becuase the sight of Duels in the night is really amazing, and it will also test the duelists stamina."

He turned back to the different teams. "Now to the rules. There are three ways to gather the point cards. First is that you search for them. Second, once you have a point card you can challenge other players for their point cards. That´s a must, after all, this is a tournament. The duelist who wins the Duel gains the loser´s point card. How much cards each player wants to set is up to them. And the last way is to gain point cards from Duel monsters that are hidding throughout the Action Field, by battle them and destroy them."

"You can fight Duel monsters ? Really cool." Ray said, excitment visible in her voice.

Nico continued. "And now to the newest addition to our tournament. All competitors got something before they entered the stadium. It´s a small headset like device that will be attached to the user´s ear. This device is a prototype for something that is being developed right now and it is meant to revolut dueling in the future. For what exactly it is meant to be used for in the future is still uncartein. To test its curently available ability, Global Dueling company agreed to use it during the championship. This device is meant to sent informations to the user´s eyes. During the Battle Royale it will help you see where point cards are and they will send an information to you when you´re near a hidding Duel monster. It will also show you the data of those Duel monsters, and the device will also count as a comunication way to stay in touch with your teammates."

The large TV screen of the stadium then showed the time. "Duel-teams, you have twenty minutes to prepare."

"So, what´s the plan ?" Lynn asked.

"We really should split up for this. Which fields do you guys want to go ?" Ray asked.

"I would prefer the ice field. I have the feeling my monsters will have no problems there. Is that okay with you two ?" Lynn said with a smile.

"Sure. What about you Raleigh ?" Ray said.

"I love it hot and fiery. I´ll take the lava area." Raleigh said with a grin.

"Okay. Then I will go to the forest first and then to the ruins." Ray said. "Let´s also meet up at some point during the night to discuss how it is going so far. We have twelve hours so let´s meet up at the ruins after six hours. Is that fine ?" She added. Lynn and Raleigh nodded.

"Alright. Then let´s get going and give it our best !" Ray said with passion and the other two nodded with a smile. All three then put on their white-framed headset-like device around their left ear. (For the comlete discription see back to chapter 8.)

Nico Smiley then pointed at the clock and it showed that it was only five minutes left. "The starting time is almost upon us. All competitors, please prepare your duel disk !"

All of the competitors activated their duel disks and the words "Battle Royal Mode " appeared on their screens. The whole stadium cheered in excitment and Nico held out his hand. "Open the gate." A part of the spectator seats then got lifted up and an opening leading out to the platform appeared. "And now let´s set the field for our competitors, activating the Action Field Wonder Quartet !" The Real Solid Vision under the platform activated and glowing pixals surrounded the platforms. The platform was then divided into four fields. A lava field, an ancient city ruins field, a jungle and an ice field.

It was now less then a minute left as Nico begun with the battle chant. "Duelists locked in battle ! Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters, they storm through this field ! Behold, this is the latest and greatest evolution of dueling ! Action...!"

"DUEL !" All competitors shouted at the same time. Nico then snapped his fingers and the clock became 19.00. Action Cards then were scattered all across the fields. All the teams then run out before spliting up once they reached the Action Field.

Nico looked at the audience. "Now then, which teams will have the highest scores when the time is up and advance to the next round ? Let´s all watch and find out." The audience cheered with excitment and four large holografic screens appeared in the middle of the stadium, each one showing one of the four fields.

Twenty minnutes later in the lava area

Raleigh was moving through the lava field and then saw a black card stuck in the ground before him. He jumped down and picked up the card. It had a red five on which means this card is worth five points. He smiled. "That´s my second one. This is easier then I thought."

He was about to put the card into his pocke when he heard a voice. "Now look who we have here. It´s been a while, Kamiya."

Raleigh looked up and saw Shin standing on the cliff right across from him over the lava stream. He wore red pants, a white shirt, black sneakers and a grey jacket with the symbol of Harper Futuristics on the back. ( It´s a star-like symbol ). "Shin ?"

Shin looked at Raleigh with a smirk on his face. "That´s right. You know, I thought if I got the chance to face any of you You Show losers in this tournament then I would definitely make up for my lose against Ray." He then held up two point cards, each one having three points. "So what do you say, Raleigh ? You brave enough to bet both of your point cards ?"

Raleigh narrowed his eyes while he was thinking about this hard. If he lost both cards then he would be at the beginning again and it could also mean problems for the entire team. However, if he won, then he would have four and would be quite safe if he did lose a Duel during the Battle Royale.

Raleigh got a smirk on his face. He took out his other point card and held up both of them. "You´re on, let´s do this."

Shin´s smirk grew bigger. "Great. But how about we spice things up even more ? I know you have Pendlum cards as well. So how about the winner takes two of his choice from the loser´s deck ?"

Raleigh got a shocked expression on his face before his smirk returned. "Let me guess, my Odd-Eyes and one of my Magicians ?"

Shin nodded. "That´s right. So, are you brave enough to accept this bet ?"

Raleigh closed his eyes with a smile. "Normally I wouldn´t accept a bet like that. But I don´t fear you so let´s do it."

Same time inside the stadium

Nico pointed at the monitor of the lava area. "Get ready everyone ! In the lava area, Raleigh Kamiya from the You Show Duel School is going to face off against Shin Sawatari from the Harper Futuristic Duel School."

"I don´t know if it was a good idea to bet on his Pendulum cards." Veracity said.

"Don´t worry. He knows what he is doing." Stacey said.

"Maybe. But you know he can be a hothead from time to time." Veracity said with a small smile.

"It´s still fine. Raleigh accepted this bet because he knows that he will win...and he wants to teach Shin a small lesson." Jaden said.

Back in the lava area

Raleigh and Shin each drew their first five cards, both of them looked at their cards.

TURN 1 Shin LP 4000 Hand 5 / Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 5

Shin grabbed a card in his hand and revealed that it was a Spell card. "I´ll go first and I´ll start things off by activating Graceful Charity which lets me draw three cards as long as I discard two from my hand." Shin drew three cards and looked at them before he grabbed two and placed them in his graveyard. He then grabbed a card from his hand. "Next I summon Lancer Lindwurm in attack mode." A green humanoid dragon with yellow armor and a large lance in its hands came to the field. Lancer Lindwurm ATK/1800 DEF/1200 Wind/Dragon/Lv. 4

("Wonder if he changed his deck ? He hadn´t used it against Ray.") Raleigh thought.

"And with that I end my turn. Now show me what you got, Kamiya."

TURN 2 Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 5 / Shin LP 4000 Hand 4

Raleigh placed his fingers on his deck. "It´s my move." He drew his sixth card before looking at Shin. "I also activate a Spell, Miracle Pendulum Draw. Now a random Pendulum monster is sent from my deck to my extra deck and then I get to draw cards equal to its level." A card came out of his deck and he grabbed and looked at it. He then revealed it and it was his Stargazer Magician. "It´s the level five Stargazer Magician which means that I´ll get to draw five more cards." Raleigh placed his Magician face up in his extra deck before he drew five more cards and looked at them.

Shin looked at Raleigh with a smirk. "I´m guessing you got enough to Pendulum Summon now right ? To bad you can´t thanks to your own Spell."

"Just because I can Pendulum Summon doesn´t mean I always have to." Raleigh held up a card. "I activate another Spell, A Dragon´s first Step ! I can special summon one level four or lower monster. Appear Action-Buddy Silver Claw !" A wolf with silver and white fur and long silver claws appeared. It has blue eyes, a dark blue spiky fur-mane and on each cheek a small orange star.

Action-Buddy Silver Claw ATK/1800 DEF/700 Dark/Beast/Pendulum/Lv. 4 -Scale 5

"Next I summon Baby Dragon in attack mode." A small rather muscular orange Dragon with brown eyes and grey claws appeared.

Baby Dragon ATK/800 DEF/800 Dark/Dragon/Lv. 3

Raleigh patted the small dragon´s head. "Sadly this little guy won´t stay for long since I am using his effect to give me a Tribute Summon. And for this he even count as two monsters." Baby Dragon waved his claw before disappearing. Raleigh now grinned. "Tribute Summon ! Welcome to the battle, Odd-Eyes Pendlum Dragon !" Odd-Eyes appeared besides Raleigh and roared.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK/2500 DEF/2000 Dark/Dragon/Pendulum/Lv. 7 -Scale 4

"It was so obvious that you would bring him out." Shin said.

"What´s wrong ? Scared ?" Raleigh mocked. He jumped up on Silver Claw´s back and then pointed at Lancer Lindwurm. "Now Silver Claw, attack Lancer Lindwurm !" Silver Claw roared and jumped down from the cliff and jumped over the lava stream and jumped up the cliff before he launched himself at Shin´s monster which tried to stab him with its lance, however Silver Claw dodged it.

"When Silver Claw declares an attack, all Action-Buddy monsters on my field gain 300 attack points during the Battle Phase." Silver Claw ATK/2100

Lancer Lindwurm once again tried to stab Silver Claw with his lance but the wolf used the claws on his right paw to slash it in half. He then jumped towards Lancer Lindwurm and slashed him with the claws on both of his front paws and destroyed it while Shin shielded his face. Shin LP 4000 (-300) 3700

Silver Claw then jumped backwards and landed in front of the lava stream below the cliff. Raleigh held out his hand towards Odd-Eyes. "Now direct attack, Odd-Eyes !" The Dragon jumped into the air and unleashed a powerful energy beam that hit Shin.

Shin LP 3700 (-2500) 1200

At the Stadium

Nico had an excited smile on his face. "Awasome. Raleigh Kamiya was able to deal almost 3000 points of damage in his first turn !"

The audience also looked pretty excited over Raleigh´s turn.

Back to the Duel

Silver Claw ATK/1800

Silver Claw jumped up on the cliff on the opposite side of Shin and Raleigh jumped off of him and turned towards Shin. "With that I end my turn."

TURN 3 Shin LP 1200 Hand 4 / Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 6

"I draw !" Shin looked at the card before playing it on his duel disk. "I summon Totem Dragon in attack mode." A stone dragon appeared on Shin´s field.

Totem Dragon ATK/300 DEF/500 Earth/Dragon/Lv. 1

Raleigh raised an eyebrow when he saw Totem Dragon. ("A monster with 300 attack points in attack mode ? It must have a special ability if he summoned it in attack mode.") He thought to himself while narrowing his eyes a bit.

"Next I place one card face down and end my turn." A card appeared in front of Shin before it vanished.

TURN 4 Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 6 / Shin LP 1200 Hand 3

"Then I´m up. Draw !" Raleigh added his drawn card to his hand before he looked at Totem Dragon and Shin´s face down card. ("I already have everything I need but I still don´t know what he is planning so I should still be careful.") He thought and then grabbed two cards.

"First I set two cards face down." Both cards appeared before him and then vanished again. Raleigh then pointed at Totem Dragon. "Alright, Odd-Eyes, attack his Totem Dragon !" Odd-Eyes jumped into the air and unleashed his Spiral Flame Strike atttack. The attack hit and destroyed the small stone Dragon. Shin only smirked.

"Bad move, Kamiya. When Totem Dragon is destroyed in battle then I can special summon a level seven or higher monster from my graveyard, and I won´t take any battle damage either."

Raleigh´s eyes widened when he heard Shin say that with a confident tone. "Say what ?!" He was sure that Totem Dragon had some kind of ability, however he never expected that Shin would be able to summon a high level monster from his graveyard.

A card came out of Shin´s graveyard slot and he held it up. "The card I special summon is Kagachi The Samurai Lord." A large green lizard then appeared, wearing red and black armour. It holds a sword. Kagachi The Samurai Lord ATK/2700 DEF/1000 Dark/Beast-Warrior/Effect/Lv. 7

Raleigh stayed calm whilst thinking and smiling a bit to himself. ("I´ve never seen someone summoning a high level monster from the graveyard like this. Not bad.")

"I end my turn by switching Silver Claw to defence mode."

TURN 5 Shin LP 1200 Hand 3 / Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 5

"Then it´s my move again. I summon Eidos the Underworld Squire." Shin said and a dark fiend in grey armour with sharp claws came onto the field.

Eidos The Underworld Squire ATK/800 DEF/1000 Dark/Spellcaster/Lv. 2

"I play his effect to give me a Tribute Summon. Be gone Eidos !" The monster disappeared again and Shin played a new monster. "Come forth Caius The Shadow Monarch !" A dark shadowy figure with a black cape was summoned. He had white horns and red eyes.

Shin then smirked once more. "And now, I´m about to show you my new power."

Raleigh narrowed his eyes a bit. He had the feeling to know what will happen next. "New power ? So the rumours of you from Harper Futuristics are true. Using new Summons."

"Yep. Not long ago, numerous people of different schools came to our school and wanted to know why their decks changed while they were dueling. We wanted that to know too since students from us had those changes as well so we started some resarches and came to the result that we are now able to use new Summoning methodes. And this also now means that you from You Show are no longer so special."

("Oh man, when all students from Harper Futuristcs are so arrogant like him then we do the world a favor by beating them.") Raleigh thought before he grinned. "Well then, show me what you got."

"I will ! I activate my face down Ritual Spell, Warrior´s burning Soul ! With this I can Ritual Summon a Ritual monster by tributing a monster I control and a monster you control whos combined levels equal the level of my Ritual monster."

Shin then pointed at Silver Claw. "I tribute your Silver Claw and my Caius ! Ritual Summon ! Appear ! Leo The Beast Monarch !" A large humanoid lion wearing dark red armour appeared once Silver Claw and Caius became energy and flew into a magic cyrcle that formed on the ground.

Leo The Beat Monarch ATK/3200 DEF/2000 Dark/Beast-Warrior/Ritual/Lv. 10

"During the turn he is Ritual Summoned, Leo gains 500 attack points until the end of the battle phase !" Shin said and the Ritual monster roared loudly. Leo ATK/3700

"Now attack, my lion ! Your prey today is Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon !" The large humanoid lion charged forward. He slashed Odd-Eyes with his big right paw that has short but very sharp claws, destroying the Dragon. This created an explosion which made Raleigh shield his face with his right arm.

Raleigh LP 4000 (-1200) 2800

"Direct attack Kagashi !" The lizard-warrior hissed loudly before running towards Raleigh with his sword stretched out.

Raleigh started to look around, trying to find an Action Card. He then saw one behind him and started running towards it. However, just as he was about to grab it, Shin´s monster reached him and slashed at his back with his sword, making Raleigh fall onto his stomach. The Action Card was blown away in the process and the image on the card showed that it was the Action Spell Evasion. Raleigh LP 2800 (-2700) 100

"As I thought. Just like Ray you have a lot to live up to." Shin said again, showing his arrogance.

"Think whatever you want. I will still be the winner of this Duel." Raleigh said while slowly getting up.

"Is that so ?" Shin said. Leo ATK/3200

"Yes ! Because now, I´m all fired up !" Raleigh replied with a huge grin. "Since you destroyed a Pendulum monster I controled, I can now tribute Action-Buddy Spikeagle from my hand and special summon this ! Appear ! Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon !"

Shin was shocked. "No way ?! You have another Odd-Eyes Dragon monster ?!"

A ring made out of fire appeared in the air. Flames then shot out of the ring and onto Raleigh´s field. Those flames formed the silhouette of a large dragon. A mighty roar surrounded the field and the flames disappeared, revealing and Odd-Eyes Dragon with his head now looking similar to a golden spear. His body is now covered in brown armour and has sharp blades coming out of the armour on several points. The two spikes on his back are now darker in color and they also grew longer which makes them now wings. Those wings have a line of small red and green orbs on, and at the end of its tail extends a blade.

Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon ATK/3000 DEF/2000 Light/Dragon/Effect/Lv.8

"I also activate one of my Traps ! Go, Soul association of the Odd-Eyes Dragons ! When an Odd-Eyes Dragon monster is special summoned to my field then I can destroy a monster you control which has less or equal attack ! This means your Kagachi must leave now !"

Shin gritted his teeth as his monster disappeared. "I end my turn."

TURN 6 Raleigh LP 100 Hand / 3 Shin LP 1200 Hand 1

"Then I´m up, draw !" Raleigh smiled at his card. He played it on his Spell Zone. "I play the Spell Odd-Eyes Reborn ! I can return an Odd-Eyes monster from my graveyard and give it a power boost of 1000 ! Welcome back Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon !" Raleigh jumped up and landed on the back of his reborn Pendulum Dragon. Odd-Eyes with Raleigh on his back, landed beside Lancer Dragon and let out a powerful roar.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK/2500 DEF/2000 Dark/Dragon/Pendulum/Lv. 7 -Scale 5 / Odd-Eyes ATK/3500

"Now Odd-Eyes, attack his Beast Monarch ! Spiral Flame Strike !" Raleigh shouted and Odd-Eyes fired his energy beam which colided with the lion. "When Odd-Eyes battles or destroyes a level five or higher monster, the battle damage is doubled ! Reaction Force !" The red and green orbs on Odd-Eyes started to glow and the force of his energy beam got twice as intense. The lion roared in pain before getting destroyed. Shin LP 1200 (-600) 600

"Great work buddy." Raleigh praised his Dragon with a smile. He then jumped onto his Lancer Dragon´s back. "Finish this, Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon !" Raleigh hold on tight as Lancer Dragon roared and flew up into the sky.

"I don´t think so, Kamiya !" Shin jumped down from the cliff and landed besides the lava stream. There he found an Action Card. "I play the Action Spell Big Escape !"

"That´s not going to work, Shin ! With Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon´s effect, during battle Spell cards cannot be activated !" Raleigh shouted.

Shin got a shocked expression. "What ?!" The Dragon´s lance-like head started to glow and he charged down. The Dragon´s head collided with Shin and he was sent backwards and landing on the ground.

Shin LP 600-0 Raleigh WIN

Same time inside the stadium

Nico turned towards the audience with a big smile. "It has been settled. The winner of the first Duel during this Battle Royal is Raleigh Kamiya from the You Show Duel School !"

The audience cheered loudly. Stacey and Jaden both smiled whilst Danny and Veracity high-fived each other. "He won !"

Back to the lava area

Shin slowly sat up while he groaned. He then saw Raleigh standing a few feet away. "What ?"

"Regarding your Duel against Ray, you said she had a lot to live up to and that she only won because she had the Pendulum Summon. You said almost the same thing to me, but in the end you were wrong. Maybe you´re the one who has a lot to live up to. After all, I just won without using the Pendulum Summon."

"Hmpf !" Shin huffed before throwing his two point cards over to Raleigh. He then got up and walked away without saying another word. Raleigh sighed at this. "I hope he thinks about it."

Action Field, Jungle Area

It´s been now one and a half hour since the Battle Royale begun. Ray was walking along the jungle area which was covered with trees. There was also a small river that flowed across the Action Field.

Ray looked around whilst trying to get adjust to the headset-like device she was wearing around her left ear. ("This device is amazing. It projects the holografic informations so thin and near to the eye that it is impossible for someone else to see it when they look at you. It doesn´t even effect your sight. You see your normal surroundings while the information just pops up before your eye. A really cool technically advance.")

Ahead of Ray was an object which caught her eye. She made her way to it and it was a point card. She bent down and picked it up. "Four points...not bad. That makes it three." Ray then noticed the card was on a piece of rod. "What the- wah !" The wire was pulled and Ray was pulled along with it. She went flying through a bush and landed on the floor. After a few seconds she slowly got back up and rubbed her head. "Ouch...what on earth was that...?"

Looking up there was a huge face staring right at her. Ray freaked out and fell back down to the floor. Before Ray was a male dressed as a fisherman. He smirked and begun to let off a gloating laugh. "Well I caught my first catch !"

"Who the hell are you ?!" Ray shouted.

"Ha. My name is Teppei. Now hand over your point cards !"

"Not going to happen !" Ray replied firmly. "Just do it." Teppei said with a smirk.

"No ! I won´t give in to bullies !" Ray said as she jumped back up.

"Bullies ?! I´m just trying to obtain cards !"

"Then duel me !" Ray replied. "I...I would but..." Teppei started to stutter a bit.

"But nothing ! Duel me now !" Ray held up her duel disk.

"Look look...my deck is far to strong. I´m giving you a chance to avoid a crushing defeat !" He said innocently.

"If you´re so scared to duel then you´re free to leave." Ray said with a smal grin.

Teppei gritted his teeth. "Fine ! I´ll duel you ! But don´t say I didn´t warn you !"

Meanwhile outside the stadium

In a dark alley in the central region, a multi-colored portal appeared and two cloaked figures walked out of it.

"So this is another world ? It´s not that much different then ours." One of them said.

"Concentration Ren ! We are here on a mission !" The other one replied and then took the hood of her cloak down. It revealed a girl with hip leangth blonde hair which also has a purple strand going through her hair on the right side and red eyes.

The girl´s companion also put his hood down and so revealed himself as a boy with spiky yellow-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears a cromsion red headband.

"Yeah...what was our mission actually ?" The boy asked with a smirk.

"Urgh ! We´re here in this world to find the source of the energy that will let us travel through the worlds. And we have the order to find our siblings who live in this world, but that won´t be so easy since this city seems to be as big as an entire continent-"

"Found them." The boy said bluntly while pointing at a few TV screens that were inside a store window.

"You must be kidding..." Said the girl as she walked over and looked at the screens. One of them showed Ray who is about to duel Teppei whilst another one showed the faces of competitors who already won a Duel. One of them was Raleigh.

"See ? That girl has the same face as you Selena, and that boy has the same face as me. There is no doubt. These two are your sister and my brother."

"I guess you´re right, Ren. And it seems like they are taking part at a Duel-tournament. Let´s watch them both for a while to find out what they are capable of." Selena said.

Back to the Jungle Field

TURN 1 Teppei LP 4000 Hand 5 / Ray LP 4000 Hand 5

"I start with this ! The field spell, A Legendary Ocean !" Said Teppei as he placed the Spell card into his duel disk.

"A Field Spell ?" Said Ray. The field begun to change from a grassy forest to an arena of water. Ray looked around as water appeared from below and quickly grew higher and higher. Eventually the two were submerged under a giant ocean.

"This field spell is treated as the legendary card Umi. Next all Water monsters in both our hands have their levels reduced by one !"

("Levels reduced ? He must have high level monsters then.") Ray thought.

"Now since you had the nerve to challenge me to a Duel, I will have to end this quick-"

"What do you mean nerve ?!" Ray said, interupting him. "This is a tournament, not a collection contest !"

"I had a cunning plan all worked out and you went and ruined it !" Teppei shouted in a childish-like manner. "Because of my field spell, I can bring out the Legendary Fisherman !" A bare-chested male on a blue shark with red eyes appeared. He held a harpoon in his right hand.

The Legendary Fisherman ATK/1850 DEF/1600 Water/Warrior/Lv. 4

"While Umi is on the field it is unaffected by Spells and it can´t be targeted for an attack."

("That Field Spell is protecting that monster.") Ray thought.

"I set a card and end my turn. Now let´s see what you have got !" Teppei said. "You might have reached this round but I doubt you are all that !"

TURN 2 Ray LP 4000 Hand 5 / Teppei LP 4000 Hand 2

"You´re a real jerk with a big ego. I draw !" Ray replied. She took a card from her hand. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon and take out your Field Spell !" A hurricane formed in the water and slowly the water was destroyed. "Now your monster is vulnerable !"

"Don´t think so ! I play a continuous Trap ! Sea Stealth Attack !" A Trap card on Teppei´s side lifted up and activated. "When activated, I can activate a Umi directly from my hand or graveyard ! I activate one from my hand !" The field begun to fill with water once more as Teppei played the actual Umi card this time.

"During my turn as well ?! I thought I got rid of that. Fine. I play another Spell, my Magical Pendulum Box ! I can draw two cards and when they are Pendulum monsters I can keep them. Otherwise I have to sent them to the graveyard."

"Already playing on luck, are we ?" Teppei said in a mocking tone.

"You call it luck, I call it trusting in my deck." Ray said as she placed her fingers on her deck. "Here we go !" She drew two cards and smiled once she looked at them. She then held both cards out. "I set my Pendulum Scale with Scale 1 Yuna the Melodious Angel and Scale 8 Winged Pendulum Kuriboh !" Ray slammed both cards onto her duel disk and the rainbow word "PENDULUM" appeared. Both monsters rose up in a pillar of light. Yuna, a girl with yellow eyes, white hair and small white wings on each side of her head. She wears a black sleevless dress with the bottom half looking like white piano keys and long black gloves. Kuriboh, a small brown fluffy ball with small green arms and legs and a pair of small white wings.

Yuna The Melodious Angel 1 - 8 Winged Pendulum Kuriboh

"I Pendulum Summon ! Appear !" Two beams shot out of the Pendulum portal and appeared on the field. "First is my Spirit The Pendulum Wolf !" Ray´s wolf with orange-gold fur, green eyes, a white fur tail and a white fluffy-spiky mane on its neck appeared. "Finally I bring out Action-Buddy Dragon Wolf !" Dragon Wolf is a small white wolf with a red cape. It has yellow eyes and claws and teeth like a Dragon.

Spirit The Pendulum Wolf ATK/2500 DEF/1000 Light/Beast/Pendulum/Lv. 7 -Scale 5

Action-Buddy Dragon Wolf ATK/1500 DEF/1900 Dark/Dragon/Pendulum/Lv. 3 -Scale 12

"Fine. But my Legendary Fisherman is still unaffected by most of your cards !" Teppei said with a grin.

"Not for long. I set two cards and end there." Ray replied.

TURN 3 Teppei LP 4000 Hand 1 / Ray LP 4000 Hand 0

"I draw !" Teppei looked at his card and smiled with a big grin. "I tribute my Legendary Fisherman to bring out the Legendary Fisherman 3 via its effect !" Fisherman swam high up and disappeared. A flash of light appeared and then a shirtless male on a purple whale appeared. He had a harpoon gun in one hand while he held a net in the other hand.

The Legendary Fisherman 3 ATK/2500 DEF/2000 Water/Warrior/Lv. 7

"What can this one do ?!" Ray asked.

"Let me show you ! I can banish all monsters you control !" Teppei said with a smirk.

"What ?!" Ray said. Fisherman-3 swam forward and opened up his net. He quickly tried to scoop up the monsters within the net.

"I use my Trap ! Cry of the Wolf ! If a card effect would make more than one monster I control leave the field, I can negate it !" Both wolfs howled and the sound drove Fisherman away. Ray closed her eyes. "However you draw one card because of it." Teppei smiled and drew a card.

"Fine ! I play this ! Rage of Kairyu-Shin !" Teppei showed off a Spell card. "If Umi is on my field, I can destroy as many monsters you control X the amount of water monsters I control whose original level is higher then five. I wipe out your Pendulum Wolf !"

Ray watched as her monster was destroyed. "Now go my Fisherman !" The monster turned to Ray and charged forward. He shot his harpoon gun which hit Dragon Wolf, destroying it. Ray LP 4000 LP 4000 (-1000) 3000

"I respond with my second Trap ! Sliding Wind ! I return my two Pendulum Scales to my hand, then that many Spells and Traps you control are destroyed !" A strong wind blew towards the Pendulum Scales and Ray´s monsters were returned. A wind then blew towards Teppei, he had to shield his face as his Sea Stealth Attack and Umi were destroyed.

"Damn. I end my turn with a set card." Teppei said.

TURN 4 Ray LP 3000 Hand 2 / Teppei LP 4000 Hand 1

"Time to win your point card !" Shouted Ray as she drew. "I set my two scales again and now return to my field my two monsters !" The Pendulum portal opened and Spirit and Dragon Wolf returned from the Extra Deck.

Spirit The Pendulum Wolf ATK/2500 DEF/1000 Light/Beast/Pendulum/Lv. 7 -Scale 5

Action-Buddy Dragon Wolf ATK/1500 DEF/1900 Dark/Dragon/Pendulum/Lv. 3 -Scale 12

"I play a Continuous Trap ! Eisbahn ! While I control a water monster, whenever you normal or special summon a monster that isn´t a water-type, that monster is placed into defence mode. Thanks to my Fisherman, your monsters are changed !" Teppei said. Spirit and Dragon Wolf were forced to lay down into defence mode. "Now your options are over !"

"Not really." Ray said with a smirk. "Thanks to an old friend of my brother I found a way to bypass something like that. I send Kuriboh Knight to my graveyard and now only during this turn my monsters are allowed to attack while being in face-up defence position !"

Teppei laughed. "What good will that do ?! You´re monsters are not strong enough !"

"I use Yuna´s Pendulum Effect to half your Fisherman´s attack and defence !" Ray shouted. Fisherman ATK/1250 DEF/1000

"Dragon Wolf destroyes your Fisherman !" The smaller of the two wolfs jumped onto Teppei´s monster and slashed its chest with his claw, destroying it.

Teppei LP 4000 (-650) 3350

"And now my Pendulum Wolf attacks you directly !" Ray said. Spirit jumped onto Teppei and shoved him hard onto the ground. He then returned to Ray.

Teppei LP 3350 (-1000) 2350

"Damn...that hurted." Teppei said as he got back up. "But your monsters will still stay stuck in defence mode !"

"Yes. But if you fail to get a good card then I will win on my next turn." Ray replied.

TURN 5 Teppei LP 2350 Hand 1 / Ray LP 3000 Hand 0

"Let´s see. Draw !" Teppei looked at his hand and panicked. "No ! I can´t do anything with this !" He had drawn the level five, The Legendary Fisherman-2.

TURN 6 Ray LP 3000 Hand 0 / Teppei LP 2350 Hand 2

Ray drew her card. "Exactly what I need. I play the Spell, Trap shattering Arrow and destroy your Continuous Trap !" A large green arrow hit Teppei´s Trap, destroying her, and Ray´s monsters howled loudly as they got back into attack mode.

"Now end this my monsters !" Ray shouted with a smile and both her monsters leapt forward and hit Teppei. He went flying across the forest floor.

Teppei LP 2350-0 Ray WIN

Ray walked towards Teppei and bent down with her hand out. She wanted his point card. Teppei gave off an innocent laugh. "Hey...how…how about we work together ?! We could get a lot of point cards ! I will take ninety percent out of course !"

Ray sighed. "Just give me your point card." Teppei looked defeated as he gave Ray his point card. "Thank you." Ray begun to walk off but stopped and looked back at him. Somehow she felt sorry for him. She sighed. "Hey. I´m sure you have more luck on your next catch. Just don´t give up." She smiled at him and then walked away. Teppei looked shocked for a moment, but then he smiled a bit.

Outside, not to far away from the stadium

Ren smirked. "Wow. An amazing Summon. Didn´t expected for this world to have such a strong Summoning method. If I recall correctly, Master said that this world only has Tribute Summoning."

"That´s the reason why we should gather more information. After seeing her Duel I can defently say that she not even used half of her strength. Very impressive I must admit." Selena said.

"Then I say let us go to the stadium. I´m curious of what will happen next." Ren said, still smirking.

TO BE CONTINUED...