Action Field "Wonder Quartett", Jungle Area

Ray was still in the jungle area, currently in the middle of a Duel against a boy.

( Ray LP/1900 Hand 1, on field Valkyrie Knight Eri ATK/2300 DEF/1000 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/Lv.5 -Scale 2

Boy LP/300 Hand 3, on his field Silent Magician LV8 ATK/3500 DEF/1000 Light/Spellcaster/Effect/Lv.8 )

"I activate the Action Card Cosmic Arrow which halves your Silent Magician´s attack !" Ray said and a glowing arrow hit the white dressed, adult sized Magician with long spiky silver hair. Silent Magician ATK/1750

"Valkyrie Knight Eri, attack Silent Magician LV8 !" Ray´s monster stabbed the Magician with her red trident, destroying it. Boy LP 300-0 Ray WIN

The boy went over to Ray and gave her his point card which contained eight points.

"That was a good Duel. I hope I can duel you again sometime." The boy said with a smile while holding out his hand.

Ray smiled back and shook his hand. "Sure. I look forward to it."

The boy then left in the opposite direction. Ray placed the point card into her pocket. With this one she had a total of eleven.

"I wonder how Raleigh and Lynn are doing so far ?" She said out loud to herself.

Action Fiel "Wonder Quartet", Lava Area

"Direct attack, Silver Claw !" Raleigh´s wolf crashed into his opponent and so ended the Duel.

Opponent LP 1100-0 Raleigh WIN

Disappointed, the opponent threw his point card over to Raleigh and left. Raleigh smiled at his gained card before taking off to find another opponent.

Action Field "Wonder Quartet", Ice Area

Meanwhile in the Ice Area...

Lynn was taking on Mikiyo Naname, a female with blode hair and who wore a pink dress. Mikiyo controlled Gellendou in attack mode ( ATK/1700 DEF/0 ). The monster was two different monsters. One was a pink like alien and the other was green. Both had yellow disks around them like hula hoops.

Lynn controlled the Tuner monster Windwitch-Snow Bell, also in attack mode. A silver like bell with yellow stripes and white wings ( ATK/100 DEF/100 ).

TURN 5 Lynn LP 1500 Hand 3 / Mikiyo LP 2300 Hand 2

"I draw !" Lynn yelled. "I summon Monlight Windwitch !" A girl with yellow hair appeared. She wears a dark purple witch hat and dress with small silver moons attached. Moonlight Windwitch ATK/2200 DEF/1000 Light/Spellcaster/Lv. 4

"I use her effect. For each card I sent to the graveyard from my field and/or hand I can increase or reduce my Moonlight Windwitch´s level by one." Lynn held up a card from her hand. "This card will go to the graveyard and my Moonlight Windwitch´s level will increase by one !"

Moonlight Windwitch Lv. 5

"I tune Snow Bell with Moonlight Windwitch ! Synchro Summon ! Come forth, Windwitch Fire Bell !" A witch with long yellow hair and blue eyes appeared. She is sitting on a dark red broom and wears a red witch hat and dress. Windwitch-Fire Bell ATK/2100 DEF/1200 Fire/Spellcaster/Synchro/Lv. 6

"When Windwitch-Fire Bell is Synchro Summoned, you take damage equal to the attack of all the monsters I used to Synchro Summon her !" Lynn said.

"What ?!" Yelled Mikiyo.

"Snow Bell was 100 while Moonlight Windwitch was 2200. The means a perfect 2300 points of damage to you !" Lynn said, pointing towards Mikiyo.

"No !" Yelled Mikiyo as she looked distressed. Fire Bell flew into the air and shards of fire begun flying at Mikiyo. They all landed around her and exploded, making Mikiyo fly backwards. Mikiyo LP 2300-0 Lynn WIN

Mikiyo looked sad as she gave Lynn her point card. "Thank you." Lynn said with a soft voice. Mikiyo at this smiled a bit before she left.

Back in the Jungle Area

Ray smiles, having a confident feeling. "Well, I don´t think I need to worry about those two."

Ray then looked ahead. "It´s been almost five hours now since the Battle Royale started. I think I should head to the ruins area now." Ray was about to walk but a voice stopped her. "You´re Ray, right ? Wanna have a Duel with me ?"

Ray looked up and saw a girl wearing a jacket from the Duel School "Strong Dojo". She stood on a tree branch, ready to duel. Ray thought for a moment before she smiled. "If you´re fine going up against me then okay. I accept your challenge."

"Duel !" Both girls then shouted with a smile.

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 ?!

Yi-Gi-Oh Arc V Evolution

Episode 10. All or nothing ! - End of Round 1

Both fields are empty. Ray was putting up a good Duel, but her opponent Sarah wasn´t doing bad either. However, during the Duel, Ray noticed that Sarah wasn´t really confident anymore like she was when she challenged her.

("I think I know what´s wrong.") Ray thought with an understanding smile. She then laid her hand on her deck. It was her turn now.

Turn 8 Ray LP 2500 Hand 1 / Sarah LP 2400 Hand 2

"My turn, I draw." Ray took a card from her deck and held it out together with the other card in her hand. "With Scale 2 Valkyrie Knight Eri and Scale 12 Action-Buddy Dragon Wolf I set the Pendulum Scale !" Ray played her cards and both monsters rose up in a pillar of light.

Valkyrie Knight Eri 2 - 12 Action-Buddy Dragon Wolf

"I Pendulum Summon ! Reappear from my extra deck, Spirit The Pendulum Wolf !" The Pendulum Portal opened up between the two pillars of light and an orange beam shoot out and onto Ray´s field. The large wolf appeared and howled.

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

"Spirit, attack Sarah directly and end this Duel." Ray said and Spirit howled once more before running towards Sarah.

Sarah looked around in attempt to find an Action Card but without luck. She then closed her eyes and accepted her upcoming defeat. Spirit jumped onto Sarah and pushed her down onto her back. Sarah LP 2400-0 Ray WIN

Ray snapped her fingers and Spirit got off Sarah. He then bowed his head and disappeared. Ray held out her hand and helped Sarah up once she took the offered hand. "Thanks. Your interacting with your monsters during a Duel is a really nice thing to watch." Sarah said with a smile. She grabbed a point card and held it out to Ray. To her surprise, Ray didn´t took the card and just held up her hand. "You can keep the card."

"Are you sure. The rules say..."

"I know what the rules say." Ray said, interupting her. "But it is still my decision if I take the card or not, and I don´t want to take it."

"Okay. I accept your decision." Sarah said before putting the point card back into her pocket. "But why do you do this ?"

"Well, during our Duel I noticed that you were really stressed out, and I know that feeling all to well. You´re here in this tournament to help your School proof ist dueling style, but the more you reach the higher rounds, the higher the pressure gets. And for newbies it´s even harder."

Sarah looked surprised. "How do you know I´m a newbie ?"

Ray chuckled a bit. "You´re student at a Duel School that teaches a style were you´re supposed to stay still and endure the attacks of your opponents. However, you didn´t really stayed still and actually went for Action Cards."

"I joined the Strong Dojo about half a year ago. I do try to stand firm when I duel but I still get worried when I get pushed into a corner that I do go for Action Cards instead of enduring the hits." Sarah then looked down. "I actually didn´t wanted to duel at this tournament since I´m a newbie, but my mentor encouraged me and so I said yes since I owe him a lot."

Ray placed her hand on Sarah´s shoulder and smiled. "I think you shouldn´t worry about being a newbie so much. Believe it or not but Tsubasa, one of the teachers at your school, was also like you when he started to learn this style. It took him two whole years before he really mastered this dueling style and become the prfessional duelist he is now. So don´t rush it and take your time while also using the opportunitie to duel here as training."

"I guess you´re right. Thanks for being so honest and friendly even though we are opponents." Sarah said, smiling. "You´re welcome." Ray smiled back.

"Um Ray ? Didn´t you say that you wanted to go to the ruins area next ?" Sarah then asked.

Ray nodded. "Yeah. Why do you ask ?"

"You may said that you don´t want my point card, but I still want to give you something since you´re the winner. So in exchange for your victory I would like to show you a shortcut that leads directly into the middle of the ruins area."

"Really ?"

Sarah nodded. "I used it to enter the Jungle area after I and my teammates splited up. It´s not to far away from were we are right now."

Ray smiled. "If you really don´t mind then I gladly accept the offer."

"I really don´t mind. Let´s go right away, shall we ?" Ray nodded and the two girls started to walk with Sarah leading the way.

Same time inside the stadium

"Well people, that´s what I call fair play !" Nico Smiley shouted into his microphone with excitment. He was referring to Ray´s actions.

"I really like Ray. She is one of the coolest duelists here !" A voice said, coming from someone in the stands.

"I think she is to soft. This is a tournament, not a friendship contest." Another voice said.

"People sure think differently about such a topic." Stacey said. Jaden, Danny and Veracity nodded in agreement.

"Your sister is something special. Don´t you think, Jaden ?" A male voice asked. Jaden looked behind and saw his friend Tsubasa standing a few stairs above them. Jaden smiled. "Ray has always been like this. She isn´t someone wo wants to win at all costs and just ignore someone´s feelings. She wants to help others by trying to understand their feelings and actions. She is brave, strong and a very kind person, but she also knows when she has to be serious. That´s what meakes her a great leader."

Tsubasa smiled as well. "A leader huh ? So you really think of making her the next principal of You Show once she is old enough ?"

"Yes I do. But I also want her to make her own choices. She has her own life and so she should do whatever she thinks is the best for her." Jaden replied.

"Say old friend, don´t you think that Ray already surpassed you ?" Tsubasa asked.

"Honestly, I don´t know that, Tsubasa. The situation is still the same as it was when I was her age and tried to proof our dueling style." Jaden looked once more at his friend. "Do you think she has ?" To his surprise, Tsubasa nodded. "Actually, yes. And the happy looking crowed is proof of that."

"Do you always need to speak like an old wise man ? I sometimes really don´t understand what you mean." Jaden said while putting his arms behind his head.

Tsubasa laughed. "Ray surpassed you because she is able to use her duel-style to bring something to the people that you never really could."

"And what is that supposed to be ?" Danny asked curious.

"With Ray interacting so much with her monsters she puts up a show that really entertains the crowd. It makes them smile and having fun, something Jaden couldn´t do." Tsubasa explained.

"But how can someone be better than the other when they do the exact same thing ?" Veracity asked.

"Ray´s feelings to her monsters are far more different then my feelings towards my monsters. Ray always says that she feels a very strong conection to some of her monsters and the same goes for Raleigh. And that feeling seems to get even more stronger when they use Lightning Mage and Odd-Eyes."

Neither of them knew what to say about this fact and so Tsubasa decided to end the conversation. "I´m going back to my group now. Good luck for the next rounds." He said and then left.

The friends then continued to watch the Duels but Jaden´s mind couldn´t forget about something that Tsubasa said. ("Entertainment you say...maybe I always thought about my dueling style the wrong way...?)

Action Field "Wonder Quartet", Ruins Area

Ray and Sarah were standing before a stone wall were steps were leading down. "Walking down this steps you reach a long corridor which leads directly into the middle of the ruins area." Sarah said before looking at Ray. "Wanna go ?" Ray nodded. "Yes."

The girls then walk down the steps and followed the corridor which has stone pillars on each side, as well as numerous torches lighting up the way. After a few minutes of walking, Ray decided to cut the silence. "Why do I have the feeling that this corridor is something else ?"

Sarah looked at her. "What do you mean ?"

"Don´t you think it´s strange that an Action Field has an underground way like this ? I know the Spell Wonder Quartet and it never had such a thing before." Ray said.

"Maybe it changed because of the update of Real Solid Vision ?" Sarah suspects. "But don´t you think it´s much more fun like this ? Not knowing what lies ahead of you ?"

"Good point." Ray said and they both started to laugh a bit. Sarah then saw a white light not to far ahead. "There. The end of the corridor." Once the girls got nearer they could see a male figure standing at the exit. Sarah recognized him. "Hey, that´s my teammate Lee !" She then started running. "Hey Lee !"

Sarah looked at Ray with a grin. "Let´s race. But don´t lose or you have to duel him !"

"Hey ! That´s not fair !" Ray shouted and laughed before trying to catch up. Sarah was getting closer to the exit. However, her friend didn´t seemed to look happy...he more looked kinda worried. And Ray noticed that.

"Sarah ! Be carefull ! The corridor is rigged !" The boy shouted but Sarah didn´t listen.

("What ?") Ray thought before a red information from the headset suddenly pooped up in the top right corner of her sight. "The Fatal Scythe"

Ray gritted her teeth before running faster. "Look out !" Ray pushed Sarah to the left, and a second later a large black scythe came out of the shadows and hit the ground next to the girls. Sarah was frozen stiff due to the shock but Ray managed to see how a black shadow pulled the scythe out of the ground before quickly vanishing behind a pillar.

Both girls got up with Ray standing in front of Sarah. "What the hell was that ?!" Sarah asked, still a bit shocked. "Look up." Ray only said and Sarah let her sight wander to the ceiling. Her eyes widened at what she saw. Floating above them was a large skeleton that wore a black cloak with shredded ends. It had blood red eyes and in its right hand it holds a large scythe. "What is that ?" Sarah asked.

"I guess that is one of those hidden monsters Nico Smiley talked about." Ray said. "You can battle it to gain a point card."

"I better prefer not to fight it." Sarah said before running to the exit. She turned around and saw that Ray didn´t follow. "Ray ?"

Ray shook her head. "Thanks for showing me the way, Sarah, but now it´s time to split up again."

"What are you going to do ?" Sarah asked. Ray turned around and grinned. "I´m going to get me that point card."

Sarah looked surprised but something in Ray´s voice told her it would be fine. She smiled. "Okay. I wish you good luck." Ray smiled and nodded and Sarah and her teammate left the scene.

Ray´s gaze was focused on the monster as more informations came into her sight. "The Fatal Scythe is a level eight Dark attribute with 2500 attack and 1100 defence points. Okay, in that case..." She said out loud before something caught her attention. The top card of her deck was slightly glowing. She took the card and it was non other then her Lightning Mage. Ray smiled. "Seems like we have the same thing in mind." She played the card on her duel disk and Lightning Mage appeared in front of her.

Same time in the stadium

"Look at this, dear audience !" Nico yelled into his microphone and pointed to the holografic screen that showed several points in the ruins area. One of the pictures changed to showing Ray going up against the skelleton monster. "Ray Whitney from the You Show Duel School is going to face a hidden Duel monster for its point card ! She is the very first one to try this new addition out. Let´s see if her duel-style is going to get her a win !"

Some part of the crowd started to cheer in excitment.

Back to the Ruins Area

Lightning Mage lifted her sword up a bit and at that moment, the walls and pillars begun to light up in a blue and purple light. Ray kept her eyes on both monsters as something surprising caught her attention. Both monsters had a green bar besides them and their names were on top of the bar.

("A hit-point bar ? Does that mean I have to fight it like in a video game ?" ) Ray thought with confusion.

The next moment, the skeleton swung his scythe down. Both Ray and Lightning Mage jumped to the side and the scythe slid along the wall, leaving a large and deep cut in the stone. This happened a few times. The skeleton swung his scythe down again and again, and Ray and her warrior jumped away every time so that the scythe always hit the walls or pillars. ("I guess if I want to win then I have to reduce its hit-point bar to zero.") Ray thought as she dodged another attack.

The Fatal Scythe then aimed its weapon once more at Ray which caught her off guard and so she hadn´t the time to dodge it. Lightning Mage appeared before her just in time and caught the scythe with her sword. She then used her sword to throw the scythe to the side, creating an open point for her to strike. She jumped forward and the yellow energy blade sliced along the skeleton´s body, leaving a red glowing cut.

Ray saw that the monster´s hit-point bar decraced by twenty percent. "That´s not much damage even though it was a direct hit." She scanned through the monster´s data once more. "Maybe because their attack points are equal..."

("In that case I need to find a way to increase Lightning Mage´s attack.") As if the skeleton could read her mind it flew over to a pillar and grabbed an Action Card.

"What ? It went for an Action Card ?!" Ray said shocked. The Action Card glowed as then did the skeleton. Ray looked at the screen of her Duel disk. "It used the Action Card Flame Surge to power up 300 points."

The skeleton swung his scythe down faster then the times before and it hit Lightning Mage and send her crashing into the wall. "Lightning Mage !" Ray shouted as she run over to her monster. To her relief, Lightning Mage already stood back up, but her hit-point bar decrased quit a lot.

"It dealt more then the doubled damage Lightning Mage dealt before." Ray gritted her teeth. "I need to find an Action as well." She turned to her warrior. "Lightning Mage, try to hold him of for a bit." She said. The female warrior nodded and went back into battle. She and the skeleton let their weapons collide again and again and the clashing sound could be heard through the whole tunnel. It didn´t took Ray long to find an Action Card, but the one she found couldn´t help her. She looked around once more and saw one behind a torch. She quickly run over to the torch and grabbed the card. But to her disapointment, this one couldn´t help her either as it was Illusion Dance, an Action Card that switches position. Ray looked over to her Lightning Mage and could see how her HP already reached the orange thirty-five percent.

Ray gritted her teeth before looking around the tunnel once more. She saw one more Action Card which was stuck in the ceiling. ("All good things come in threes.") She thought before turning to her warrior. Lightning Mage´s HP were now in the red area. Ray then started to climb up one of the pillars, sometimes slipping and almost falling back down since it was hard to have a good grip on the pillar. Once she reached the top, she slowly turned around so that her hands and foot now pressed against the pillar. Ray smiled and then used the pillar as a bounce aid to make a jump towards the card. She grabbed it and made a somersault in the air before landing on the ground. Lightning Mage saw this and blocked one more attack before moving back to Ray.

Ray then played the Action Card onto her dusl disk. "Time to send this skeleton back to were it blongs. I use the Action Spell Attack Evolution to reduce The Fatal Scyth´s attack to zero and double Lightning Mage´s attack." The energy sword started to glow in a bright yellow light and at the same time the skeleton shrunk in size.

Ray looked at her warrior with a smile. "Show that skeleton who´s the stronger one."

Lightning Mage nodded and flew up. The skeleton was dazed, it´s eyes spinning as Lightning Mage lifted up her sword. She moved her hand around in a complete 360 degree turn before she leaps forward and slashes the sword down into the reaper. The sword meet the handle of the scythe first. After a moment, the weapon broke into two and the yellow sword cut through the rest of the monster with ease. The skeleton roared before it exploded into hundreds of glowing pixels. The word "Congratulation" then appeared in the air and the tunnel returned to normal. A small glowing card then appeared in the air before it flew down to Ray.

Ray grabbed the card and the light faded showing it was a point card with twelve points. "That fight was really worth it." She said before turning o her warrior with a smile. "Thanks Lightning Mage. Now take a rest." The female warrior had a small smile on her face. She nodded and disappeared. Ray then walked out of the tunnel and saw that she was in the middle of ruins of an old city.

("This headset and the addition of fighting Duel monsters like this is really cool. I defently look forward to the day it´s going to be completly devolped.") Ray thought before heading of to meet up with Lynn and Raleigh.

Two hours later in an half destroyed house in the middle of the Ruins Area

Ray, Raleigh and Lynn had met up about one hour ago. Each one explained what had happened so far and how their Duels were going. They also looked over their good amount of point cards they had gathered so far. With Ray having twelve, Raleigh having twenty and Lynn having thirteen, they now had a total number of fouty-five. They may have hoped to have gathered more cards until they would meet, but consindering the fact that most of their point cards have high points, it´s not that bad. And they have still five hours left until the end of the Battle Royal. All three then agreed to have another hour of resting before going out again.

"I can´t believe you actually fought against a hidden monster." Raleigh said.

Ray rubbed her head with her hand while laughing a bit. "Well, when Nico Smiley said we are able to fight Duel monsters, I kinda got curious. And in the end it got me a card with twelve points so it was worth the go."

"How was it actually ?" Lynn asked.

"It´s very similar to our Xros-Battle Spell we use at the school to learn how to interact with our monsters. Howeverr, just like it is with our Spell, I don´t know if such an addition can fit into dueling, at least not in this way. But it sure was fun so I do look forward to what they plan to do with it in the future. And the same goes for this headset." Ray replied with a smile.

The next hour passed quickly and the teens were ready to split up again.

"I will stay here in the ruins for the rest of the Battle Royal. It´s the biggest of all fields and surely will take time for me to go through it. I try to duel as often as I can, but I will also try and see if I can find more hidden monsters." Ray said.

"I thought that I would go to the jungle next." Raleigh said. "And you, Lynn ?"

"I think I give the lava field a try and then also go to the jungle if there is still time left." Lynn said.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Raleigh said with a smile. "But be carefull. In the lava area are both teams from Harper Futuristics. A lot of them are arogant and not really the fairest players, exspecially towards us from You Show."

"I´ll be fine but thanks for the warning." Lynn replied with a smile.

Unaware of them, a dark figure is listening to them. The figure smirked after Lynn´s replie and then disappeared.

"Alright. Then we will see each other again at the stadium at latest." Ray said. Lynn and Raleigh nodded and all three then went of in different directions.

Hours later inside the stadium

The sun slowly started to rise, lighting Paradise City up in its warm glow. The end of the Battle Royal was only one hour and twenty minutes away. A lot of duelists have already returned to the stadium and were now waiting for their teammates to return as well.

During the last hours, Ray and the others did had a couple more Duels were a few even ended in a draw. But they didn´t lose a single Duel which made them really happy and even become a high name in the tournament. They also came across several hidden monsters which earned them quit a lot of point cards.

Action Field, "Wonder Quartet", Jungle Area

Ray was on her way back to the stadium. As she was walking through the jungle, she heard an explosion nearby. Deciding to check it out, Ray followed the sound of the explosion until she reached a clearing. There she saw a Duel going on between two boys. One controled a giant stone golem whilst the other one... controlled an just all to familiar red Dragon with different colored eyes. Ray smiled before leaning against a tree and watching the Duel.

"Odd-Eyes ! Finish this with Spiral Flame Strike !" Raleigh yelled and his Dragon jumped into the air and unleashed a dark beam from his mouth. The beam hit the golem and made it explode. Opponent LP 1000-0 Raleigh WIN

The boy thanked Raleigh for a good Duel and gave away two point cards. He then left and Raleigh put the cards into his pocket. He then noticed Ray watching him and went over to her. "Hey. How long have you been watching ?"

"I arrived just when you comanded your last attack." Ray replied. "I´m heading back to the stadium. Wanna go too ? Or do you want to stay a bit longer ?"

"No, I think I go too. I doubt that there are many duelists still here anymore. Most of them propably returned to the stadium." Raleigh said. Ray agreed and they both made their way back to the stadium. A few minutes later and they reached the entrance which leads in and out of the stadium. Standing there were workers from the stadium. They were colecting the headsets and point cards.

"Thank you. The results will be released once every competitor returned to the stadium. Until then we ask for some patience." A worker said while taking the headsets and point cards from Ray and Raleigh. Both teens nodded before entering the stadium. There they saw numerous teams gathered on several seats on the sidelines. Raleigh and Ray looked up to the stands and waved to their friends and family who waved back. They then sat down on a bench, showing of their exhaustion after spending twelve whole hours out on the Action Field.

"I hope Lynn makes it in time. There is not even a hour left." Raleigh said as he looked at the screen that showed the time.

"50 minutes are more then enough. She´ll be fine. You should trust her a bit." Ray replied.

Action Field "Wonder Quartet", Lava Area

Lynn was following a lava stream that flows through an open field in the lava area. She then stopped and looked at the time. "I think it´s best to go to the stadium now." She was about to go but suddenly, a katana sword hit the ground right before her feet, blocking her way. Lynn jumped back. "What the heck ?! Where did that come from ?!"

She heard someone laughing and turned around. Standing there was a boy around her age with long spiky brown hair and amber eyes. He wears a dark blue long-sleeved shirt and pants under a tan jacket with an orange interior and the sleeves torn of, and grey shoes.

"Who are you ?!" Lynn asked. The boy still laughed. "I´m Kit Blade, one of the few real top students of Harper Futuristics. And I´m here to challenge you to a Duel !"

Same time in the stadium

"Oh look, everyone ! It seems like we may witness one more Duel in this Battle Royal !" Nico Smiley yelled with a smile and pointed to the screen that showed the lava area. The image showed Lynn and Kit.

"But... that´s Lynn !" Raleigh said, a bit shocked that Lynn would actually Duel with such little time left. "Calm down. I´m sure she knows what she is doing." Ray said before looking at the screen. ("I have a bad feeling somehow. Be carefull, Lynn.")

Back in the lava area

"And why should I accept your challenge ?" Lynn asked.

"Becuase if you´re not a coward like all the others from your school, then you accept my challenge and set all your point cards." Kit said with a smirk.

"First of all, my friends are not cowrads ! And second, I refuse your challenge. I´m not risking the chance of my friends to reach the next round by setting all my point cards !" Lynn said firm before turning in attempt to leave.

Kit´s smirk never left his face. "Fine. Then be a coward and go. But I can´t guarantee that my two teammates, which are waiting up for you a bit ahead, will ask you as friendly as I did."

"He is threatening her. That´s unfair !" Raleigh growled with anger.

"So tipical for duelists from Harper Futuristics." Ray replied, also quite angry.

Lynn gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. She turned back to face Kit. "Fine. You got your Duel. And you will regret it." She pulled out her point cards and held them up. "I have nineteen point cards."

Kit held up his bunch of cards. "I have twenty-two. It´s all or nothing !"

Kit and Lynn held up their activated duel disks. "Duel !" Both yelled.

Turn 1 Kit LP 4000 Hand 5 / Lynn LP 4000 Hand 5

"I shall start." Kit yelled. "I normal summon XX-Saber Boggrat Knight !" A beast in silver armour came to the field. He swung a thin sword around.

XX-Saber Boggrat Knight ATK/1900 DEF/1000 Earth/Beast-Warrior/Lv. 4

"Next I use his effect ! Once normal summoned I can bring out another X-Saber from my hand ! Appear XX-Saber Fulhelmknight !" A long blonde haired male in a ornage like ninja suit with a long red cape came to the field. XX-Saber Fulhelmknight ATK/1300 DEF/1000 Earth/Warrior/Tuner/Lv. 3

"A Tuner monster. That means..." Veracity said.

"He can Synchro Summon !" Danny said. The whole stadium was watching the Duel with tension.

"So you can Synchro Summon." Lynn said.

"Yes I can. And I know that you can as well. What a shame that you waste it in such a joke of a Duel School." Kit replied with a grin. ( Inside the stadium, Ray and Raleigh were looking furious at that words. ).

Lynn stepped forward at this. "Watch what you´re saying !"

Kit looked surprised. "You´re not even from this city, aren´t you ? Why should you care ?"

"Because were I come from... kind people were rare in numbers. I´m still learning to trust these guys but they have been very kind so far. And I know good people when I see them."

"Whatever !" Replied Kit. "You should know what is coming ! I tune level three Fulhelmknight with level four Boggrat !" Both monsters flew into the air as Fulhelmknight turned into three green rings. Boggrat went through the rings and became four white orbs. ( 3+4 = 7 )

"Wilder of crossed blades of light, trample over this mountain of corpes ! Synchro Summon ! Come forth ! Level seven ! X-Saber Souza !" A large bulky male in knight armor came onto the field. It made a X-shape with his two swords. He had a battered and torn red cape.

X-Saber Souza ATK/2500 DEF/1600 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/Lv. 7

"Not bad. You can Synchro Summon well." Lynn said. Kit smirked back. "Flattery will get you nowhere. I set a card and end my turn."

Turn 2 Lynn LP 4000 Hand 5 / Kit LP 4000 Hand 2

"Who said anything about flattery." Said Lynn with counter smirk. "Draw ! Appear Ice Bell !" A female with purple hair and who wore a white outfit with a wand appeared. She sat on a blue broom. Windwitch-Ice Bell ATK/1000 DEF/1000 Wind/Spellcaster/Lv. 3

"You take 500 point of damage when she is summoned !" Ice Bell flew into the air and launched her wand forward towards Kit. A beam was created and hit Kit head on. He gritted his teeth. Kit LP 4000 (-500) 3500

"Next I play the Spell Windwave Tuning ! I can special summon a Windwitch monster from my deck by reducing its level by one. Then I can change it into a Tuner !" A card popped out of Lynn´s deck and she grabbed it. "I special summon my Windwitch-Polar Fox !" A white fox wearing a purple witch hat appeared and landed on Ice-Bell´s shoulder. Windwitch-Polar Fox ATK/1600 DEF/800 Wind/Beast/Level 4

Lynn smiled and snapped her fingers. Windwitch-polar Fox /Tuner/Lv. 3

"I tune Ice Bell with Polar Fox !" Both monsters flew into the air and the same Synchro Summoning pattern occured. ( 3+3 = 6 )

"Appear before me ! Windwitch-Fire Bell !" A beam of fire came flying down from the half darkened sky and a witch with long yellow hair and blue eyes appeared. She sits on a dark red broom and wears a red witch hat and dress. Windwitch-Fire Bell ATK/2100 DEF/1300 Fire/Spellcaster/Lv. 6

The Windwitch looked at Lynn and Lynn nodded. Fire Bell then flew around the field before landing next to her master. Lynn grabbed onto the red broom and swung herself up onto it so that she was now sitting behind her witch.

"Well...it seems like another innocent duelist is about to lose his pride to this pathetic excuse of a dueling style. Thinking of your monsters as real beings and friends...how stupid."

"I don´t need to know what you think about this style. The only thing that matters is how I think about it ! And I like it !" Lynn declares before pointing at Kit. "Now Fire Bell´s effect kicks in ! When she is Synchro Summoned then you take effect damage equal to the combined attack of all the monsters I used to Synchro Summon her ! Now take 2600 points of damage !" Fire Bell and Lynn flew into the air and shards of fire begun flying at Kit. Several different shards hit him one by one and formed a dust cloud. Kit LP 3500 (-2600) 900

Lynn looked on as the dust cloud slowly faded. She then saw Kit holding an Action Card in his hand. "Not bad. But now I can play the Action Card Sword Slash ! I can reduce your monster´s attack by half !" Windwitch-Fire Bell ATK/1050

"Fine. I set a card and end my turn." Lynn said and then narrowed her eyes a bit. ("Those Action Cards...I need to grab one too.") She thought.

TURN 3 Kit LP 900 Hand 2 / Lynn LP 4000 Hand 3

"I draw !" Kit yelled. "I summon my second XX-Saber Fulhelmknight !" The same Tuner monster as before appeared.

XX-Saber Fulhelmknight ATK/1300 DEF/1000 Earth/Warrior/Tuner/Lv. 3

"Now since I control two X-Saber monsters, then XX-Saber Faultroll can be special summoned from my hand !" A bulky male with a large silver sword and who wore red armour was summoned. XX-Saber Faultroll ATK/2400 DEF/1800 Earth/Warrior/Lv. 6

"Level six ? So you´re going to Synchro Summon once more ?" Lynn said.

"You´re correct, but first Faultroll´s effect ! I can bring back a level four or below X-Saber from my graveyard ! Return my first XX-Saber Fulhelmknight !"

"He is summoning so many different monsters." Ray said, watching the Duel from the stadium. "Let´s hope Lynn is prepared to use an Action Card." Raleigh replied.

"I now tune my Faultroll with Fulhelmknight !" Kit yelled and both monsters performed the Synchro Summon. ( 6+3 = 9 )

"Let your silver armour shine and crash the hope of everything that opposes you ! Synchro Summon ! Appear ! Level nine ! Double-X-Saber Gottoms !" A large knight with the largest sword of all his X-Saber monsters came. He had silver and darkish yellow armour and a mighty red cape.

XX-Saber Gottoms ATK/3100 DEF/2600 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/Lv. 9

"Amazing." Said Lynn in an awed tone.

"Knew I would impress you." Kit said with a smirk. "Now attack XX-Saber Fulhelmknight !"

Fulhelmknight launched into the air and then down towards Fire Bell with his sword. Kit then hit a button on his touch screen. "I now play the Trap, At One with the Sword ! This card increases Fulhelmknight´s attack by 900 !" Fulhelmknight gained a new sword as he came attacking. XX-Saber Fulhelmknight ATK/2200

"Now attack !" Kit yelled and his monster slashed Fire Bell in half. Lynn landed hard on her back and groaned. Lynn LP 4000 (-100) 3900

"Since I used At One with the Sword and my monster destroyed your monster then I can draw a card." Kit drew the card and then extended his hand forward. "Now Gottoms, win this !" Gottem´s came charging forward at extreme speed right towards Lynn.

("Come on... do something, Lynn !") Ray thought. Lynn got back onto her feet and looked prepared. "I play the Trap Defence Draw !" She said and a Trap card appeared in front of her. "Damage from this battle is reduced to zero and then I draw a card !" Gottoms continued forward and hit Lynn who went flying back. She rolled along the ground before coming to a stop a few feet away.

Kit was annoyed as Lynn got back up and drew a card. "Fine. Attack, Souza !" He yelled and his third monster charged forward.

"Lynn ! Action Card !" Ray yelled, and as if she heard her, Lynn started to look around. She saw one but was to slow to reach it, as the very same moment Souza slashed her across the chest which sent Lynn flying backwards once more. Lynn LP 3900 (-2500) 400

Lynn got back up but cringed a bit as she started to feel the real pain from the Action Field.

"I set a card and end my turn." Kit said and smirked again. "Give up. Your point cards are going to be mine !"

TURN 4 Lynn LP 400 Hand 4 / Kit LP 900 Hand 1

"I don´t think so ! Draw !" Lynn looked at the now five cards in her hand. "I normal summon the Tuner monster Windwitch-Glass Bell !" A girl with green hair, wearing a dark blue witch hat, a light purple outfit and is sitting on a blue broom with a yellow bell at the end appeared.

Windwitch-Glass Bell ATK/1500 DEF/1500 Wind/Spellcaster/Tuner/Lv. 4

Lynn played a Spell card next. "I play Monster Reborn to return my Ice Bell !" Ice Bell appeared next to Glass Bell and pointed her wand at Kit. "And since she is summoned, you take another 500 points of damage !" Kit gritted his teeth as he felt the pain from the ice-blast. Kit LP 900 (-500) 400

"Fine ! But how are you going to get past my monsters ?!" Kit responded.

"I was raised by a Common. I know how to cope when the going gets though !" Lynn replied and raised her hand into the air. "Now I tune my level four Glass Bell with my level three Ice Bell !" Glass Bell flew into the air first and became green rings. Ice Bell then flew through the rings and turned into white orbs. A blue light flashed through. ( 4+3 = 7 )

"Fast as the midwinter wind. Make snow and ice become power to your beautiful fighting skills ! Synchro Summon ! Appear ! Level seven ! Yin-Yang Windwitch Girl !" Appearing before Lynn was a girl with long brown hair which is bond into pigtails with two white ribbons and red eyes. She wears a long sleeved red fighting-style kimono top, a short red skirt and long white boots. Yin-Yang Windwitch Girl ATK/2500 DEF/2000 Wind/Spellcaster/Synchro/Lv. 7

"I use my Windwitch Girl´s effect ! I target a Windwitch monster in my graveyard and then you take damage equal to that target´s level X200 ! I target Windwitch Fire Bell which is level six. That means 1200 damage for you ! You lose !"

"Not happening ! By sending XX-Saber Ragigura from my hand to the graveyard I can negate the damage !" Kit yelled, sending the monster to the graveyard.

"Not bad. But there is still one more thing I can do. I can banish Polar Fox from my graveyard and so switch all monsters you control to defence mode !" Lynn said. Kit gritted his teeth. "The card you gained thanks to Windwave Tuning..." Each X-Saber kneeled down to show their swapped positions. However, Kit only grinned. "I play the continuous Trap, Synchro Savior ! Now as long as I control a Synchro monster, I take no damage !"

"What ?!" Lynn said. "Surrender yet ?!" Kit said with a grin.

"Never !" Lynn could see an Action Card in the distance and knew what she had to do. "Windwitch Girl, I need your help to get to that Action Card." Windwitch Girl nodded and kneeled down onto one knee and signaled for Lynn to climb onto her back. Lynn did and hold on tight onto her monster´s shoulder. Windwitch Girl then jumped forward and flew towards the card at great speed, and Lynn liked that. "This is amazing. Riding a Duel Runner is cool, but riding a monster is amazing !"

"Damnit ! I can´t let her get it !" Yelled Kit as he went chasing after the same Action Card, but Lynn had got to it first. She jumped off her monster to grab it. "Well isn´t this cool ! I play the Action Card Sword Fall ! This destroyes all monsters who are in a different position to one monster I control ! Since Windwitch Girl is in attack mode then your defence mode monsters are gone !"

Kit stopped and looked above. Swords came flying from the sky towards his monsters at a fast pace. Each sword stabbed one of the three X-Saber monsters, destroying one by one. "Damn you !" Kit yelled.

"I told you that you would regret this Duel." Lynn replied firmly. "Now take this ! Attack directly Windwitch Girl !" Lynn´s ace shot forward and kicked Kit at full speed. The attack sent the male flying and rolling along the ground. Kit LP 400-0 Lynn WIN

Doing the rolling, Kit´s point cards fell out of his pocket and scattered on the ground. Lynn went over and picked them all up. She then turned around and started to walk of.

"Wait a moment." Kit said and Lynn turned back to look at him. He slowly stood up and then pulled a card out of his deck. He threw the card over to Lynn and she caught it. It was the Spell card Synchro Savior. "Why do you give it to me ?" Lynn asked and Kit looked to the side.

"Hmpf. Maybe your friends and school... aren´t that pathetic as I thought." He said before leaving. Lynn looked after him with a small smile.

One hour later inside the stadium

The Battle Royale has finally ended and all the teams that are competeting have gathered on the sadium´s field and are waiting for the results. The rest of You Show have meet up with Ray, Raleigh and Lynn.

"You were amazing, Lynn." Ray said with a smile.

"Thanks." Lynn returned the smile.

"I bet with this win you kicked Kit´s team out of the tournament. Nice work." Raleigh said with a grin.

Jaden looked at Lynn. "I agree with Ray and Raleigh. You did well. But it was risky as well. Don´t grow to much confident."

"Come on, brother. She won. Leave it at this." Ray said, not liking her brother´s scolding, even though she knows that he only means it good.

"You didn´t let me finish, Ray." Jaden said before smiling at Lynn. "It definitely was not the most greatest idea, but considering the situation you were in, it is understandable. And you defended Ray and Raleigh as well as our school, and therefore I want to thank you."

"No need to thank me." Lynn replied, still smiling. "You all have been so kind to me since I came into this city, it was the least I could do."

A little while later, Nico Smiley walked up onto the stage and looked at the teams and the audience in the stands. "Dear Spectators and school-teams, we apologize for the long wait. The results of the Battle Royal are finally here !"

The whole stadium started to cheer slightly.

"During the last twelve hours, our duelists have shown us amazing Duels, great teamwork and strong endurance. But only the best sixteen teams were able to reach the next round !" Nico then pointed his right hand to the large stadium screen. "Therefore lets not waste any time and take a look at the teams that reached the next round. Here they are !" He snapped his fingers and the screen then started to list of the teams.

Harper Futuristics 1 team 1250 points

Ryozanpaku Duel School 1 team 1080 points

Hunter Duel School 1 team 1036 points

You Show Duel School 1 team 1011 points

Fuma Clan Duel School 1 team 800 points

Ryozanpaku Duel School second team 787 points

Hunter Duel School second team 740 points

Strong Dojo 1 team 531 points

Knights of Duel Disks 1 team 527 points

American Duel School 1 team 504 points

Knights of Duel disks second team 499 points

Abracadabra Academy 1 team 362 points

Fire Soul Duel Academy 1 team 360 points

Sonic Riders Duel School 1 team 310 points

Unno Divination School 1 team 307 points

Samurai Duel School 1 team 300 points

"You guys did it ! You´re in the next round !" Danny said happy. Ray, Lynn and Raleigh looked at him with a smile.

"And just look at that. Lynn really kicked Harper´s second team out." Veracity said with a smirk and looked at Lynn.

Lynn blushed a bit and rubbed her head, smiling nervously. The others started to laugh at this.

Nico Smiley then spoke again. "The next round will start tommorow at 11am. All of you, rest well. The next round will be even harder then everything you ever did !" After Nico finished, the stadium slowly started to empty.

Stacey then clapped her hands together and smiled. "Okay. How about we head to the beach to celebrate reaching the next round ?"

"Or are you three to tired already ?" Jaden asked with smirk.

"As if !" Ray, Raleigh and Lynn shouted back with a smile. They then run of towards the stadium´s exit together with Veracity and Danny. Jaden and Stacey smiled and followed...in a slower pace.

Whitney Apartment, 8pm

Jaden and Stacey were out on the balcony while Raleigh, Lynn and Ray were tight asleep on the couch.

"They really give everything they have. I´m very proud of them." Jaden said, watching the teens with a smile. He then felt how Stacey hugged him from behind and rested her head on his shoulder. "Do you remember when we first met them ?"

Jaden chuckled. "Of course. They were so tiny at that time it´s somehow hard to believe that we have them since fourteen years now. They have grown so fast..."

Stacey then gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Say Jaden...? Do you think it´s about time we tell them ? You know...about us..."

Jaden shook his head. "I think we should wait a bit longer. Despite the Championship, they also seem to have something else on their mind. And I do not want to cause even more stress for them."

Stacey sighed. "I wish they would tell us."

"I´m sure they will when they think the time is right. Until then we have to believe in them." Jaden replied.

"Alright." Stacey said and then smirked. "How about we have some fun ourselves ?"

Jaden in response only grinned at her before lifting her up in his arms and carring her towards his room. Once they entered, they shut the door...tight.

To Be Continued...