Paradise City, South Region, Stadium, 10am

Jaden, Ray, Raleigh and Lynn were once again in the stadium´s gathering hall.

"Okay, you three. From now on every win counts. One of you loses, you all will have to leave the tournament. It´s a lot of pressure for you guys now, and I won´t lie to you, but that feeling will get stronger the higher you guys reach." Jaden explained firmly, but then a smile came to his face. "But I also want you three to have fun. So don´t start thinking of what could happen, just think of the right here and now."

The teens all nodded and smiled. A moment later, a message sounded through the hall via a loudspeaker. It says that the teams are awaited on the field.

Jaden held up his fist and smiled confident. "Now go out there and show the world what you´ve got !"

"We will ! We´re gonna win !" Ray said and the other two nodded in agreement. Jaden nodded back before making his way to the stands.

Fifteen minutes later, all sixteen teams had gathered on the stadium´s center court. Nico Smiley then walked up onto the stage. "Welcome back everyone ! Round two of the Duel-World-Championship begins now !" He shouted into his microphone and the crowd cheered. "For every team now count the win or lose system. Only the best eight teams will reach the next round. Each round will have a different way for the Duels to occur. There can be a Duel one VS. one, a Duel two VS. two, a three against three Duel, a Duel with Battle Royale mode, or a tag-team Duel."

Nico waited for a moment before he continued. "During this Round, each team has to duel two other teams in a one VS. one. The teams who win both Duels will reach round three while the teams who lost a Duel or ended one with a draw have to duel a third time. Now let´s see which teams will face each other."

Nico then pointed at the large TV screen of the stadium. The screen shows each name of the Duel Schools, each team name and a small picture of every team member.

You Show Duel School Team "Fairy Tail"

Harper Futuristics Duel School Team "Phoenix Grave"

Ryozanpaku Duel School Team "Southern Wolfs"

Hunter Duel School Team "Sabertooth"

Fuma Clan Duel School Team "Shadow Wind"

Ryozanpaku Second Team "Fighters of the Blood Oath"

Hunter Duel School Second Team "Silverwing"

Strong Dojo Team "Raven Tail"

Knights of the Duel Disks Team "Phantom Lord"

American Duel Academy Team "Red Storm"

Knights of the Duel Disks Second Team "Crimson Blade"

Abracadabra Academy Team "Mystic Force"

Fire Soul Duel School Team "Fire Stars"

Sonic Riders Duel School Team "Air Force"

Unno Divination School Team "Blue Pegasus"

Samurai Duel School Team "Lamia Scale"

"Here we go ! We start with the eight teams of group A !" The screen showed a picture of Raleigh and another young man. "The first Duel today will be Raleigh Kamiya from the You Show Duel School´s Team Fairy Tail against Trick Targat from the Abracadabra Academy´s Team Mystic Force !"

The screen then changed and showed a man in knight armour and a boy with the american flag on his jacket. "Next will be Eriol from Team Phantom Lord against Fynn McAllister from Team Red Storm !"

The following pictures showed a teenage boy and a to Ray familiar girl. "The third Duel will be Kakutzo Tanaka from Team Southern Wolves against Mira Sentia from Team Blue Pegasus !"

The final pictures of group A then showed of two teenage boys. "And the final Duel of group A will be Drake Kirigaya from Team Phoenix Grave against Ethan Matsuda from Team Air Force !"

"Looks like you´re on first." Ray said with a smile, looking at her best friend.

"Seems like it. And I´ll win !" Raleigh replied with a grin.

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 11. A well-rehearsed Team

On the stadium´s center court was the opening match for Round two. Raleigh was taking on the magician Trick Tagart. His school, the Abracadabra Academy, is specialized in using tricks during a Duel and Raleigh was already on the back foot. The rest of You Show were all sat in the stands while Ray and Lynn were standing on the sidelines of the Action Field.

The Action Field was a beach and Raleigh was holding on with all his might. Trick controlled Cosmo Queen ( ATK/2900 DEF/2450 Dark/Spellcaster/Lv. 8 ) while Raleigh controlled his Stargazer and Timegazer in his Pendulum Zones and Action-Buddy Spikeagle ( ATK/900 DEF/900 Wind/Winged-Beast/Lv. 2 ) in defence mode.

("Dammit. This guy is good.") Raleigh thought while gritting his teeth a bit.

"Come on Raleigh !" Shouted Ray from the sidelines. Raleigh prepared his turn.

TURN 1 Raleigh LP 800 Hand 3 / Trick LP 3000 Hand 2

"I draw !" Raleigh yelled and looked at his card and smiled. "I normal summon my Action-Buddy Whip Snake !" A purple cobra-snake with a small top hat appeared. Action-Buddy Whip Snake ATK/1700 DEF/900 Earth/Reptile/Lv. 4

"I use its effect to switch your monster´s attack and defence around !" Whip Snake swung its metronome on its tail to change Cosmo Queen.

Cosmo Queen ATK/2450 DEF/3000

"Next I Pendulum Summon from my extra deck ! Return my Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon !" The mighty red Dragon appeared on the field and roared loudly.

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

Odd-Eyes lowered its body, signaling for Raleigh to climb onto his back, which Raleigh did. He now stood on the Dragon´s back and Odd-Eyes roared once more. The crowd looked on with smiles.

"I know you want to battle, buddy. Just one little thing before." Raleigh said and then took a card from his hand. "I play the Spell, Show Sabotage ! I have to tribute one Action-Buddy to use it though !" Raleigh´s Spikeagle disappeared as it was used for the cost. "Now if my opponent controls a monster which has a different attack and defence then its normal amount, I can destroy it !"

"Oh no !" Trick shouted as his Cosmo Queen was destroyed. Raleigh smirked. "Now attack directly Whip Snake and Odd-Eyes !" Both monsters charged forward and sent Trick flying into the Action Field wall. He then slowly slipped down the wall.

Trick LP 3000-0 Raleigh WIN

The Action Field dissolved as Ray and the others cheered from the sidelines. Raleigh looked at them and gave them a thumbs up.

"Ladies and Gentleman ! The first victor of the opening matches of Round two is Raleigh Kamiya from Team Fairy Tail !" Nico Smiley yelled.

Raleigh went up to Trick and shook his hand, they then departed ways. Raleigh then joined Ray and Lynn on the sidelines.

"Oh my darling !" A female voice said that sent chills down Raleigh´s back. Raleigh groaned. "Oh no that´s..."

"Mira..." Ray added. Both of them and Lynn then turned around and saw Mira running up to them. She wanted to hug Raleigh but he side steped. "Hey Mira."

Mira laughed nervously. "Hey Raleigh. I wanted to congratulate you to your victory !"

Raleigh rubbed his head. "Yeah...thanks-" He quickly stopped and looked on with dread as Mira leaned closer to him.

"Hey...don´t you know what personal space is ?" Ray said in a warning matter but Mira ignored her.

"My Duel is next. Once I win, how about we go on a walk afterwards ?"

"I...um..." Raleigh stuttered, trying to get himself outt of this...special situation.

"Well, let´s talk about it after my Duel." Mira said with a smile before making her way onto the field. "Whish me luck !"

"She is scary." Raleigh said.

"She is crazy." Ray replied and Lynn nodded in agreement.

As it later turned out, Mira lost her Duel and then searched for comfort by Raleigh. Luckily, Raleigh managed to sneak away into the stands where the others from You Show were. He was wearing a capy and dark sunglasses.

"You okay, bother ?" Stacey asked. Raleigh just sunk deeper into his seat. "I´m not good with this girl..." The others all laughed.

The last Duel of group A then started. However, it ended in less then four turns which stunned the crowd and competitors quite a lot.

"And here we have the winner of the last match of group A. It´s Drake Kirigaya from Team Phoenix Grave !" Nico Smiley said.

"That Ace monster of him is strong. A lot stronger then to the ones I saw so far in this tournament." Lynn said while crossing her arms.

"He is someone to definitely look out for." Ray replied serious.

As the day went on, the Duels of group B caused for lot of tension and fun. Now it´s 3pm and it was the last Duel of group C.

Lynn was in an desert Action Field. She was dueling a ninja named Sun-Shadow. He had a red scarf over his mouth and is student at the Fuma Clan Duel School.

Lynn controlled one Windwitch-Ice Bell while Sun-Shadow had Twilight Ninja Shingetsu in attack mode and one set card.

Windwitch-Ice Bell ATK/1000 DEF/1000 Wind/Spellcaster/Lv. 3

Twilight Ninja Shingetsu ATK/1500 DEF/100 Dark/Warrior/Lv. 4

TURN 6 Lynn LP 1600 Hand 2 / Sun-Shadow LP 2000 Hand 1

"For the Fuma Clan, I shall wrap up victory in the next turn." Sun-Shadow said.

"Well not unless I beat you before that. Draw !" Lynn looked at her hand and smiled. "Guess the old methodes are often the best. I summon the level four Tuner monster Windwitch-Glass Bell !" The witch appeared and landed next to Ice-Bell.

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

"When I control two or more Windwitch monster, I can special Summon this little thing. Appear, Windwitch-Snow Bell !" A silver like bell with yellow stripes and white wings came to Lynn´s field. Windwitch-Snow Bell ATK/100 DEF/100 Wind/Spellcaster/Tuner/Lv. 1

"Two Tuner monster ? Why that ?" Raleigh asked.

"Let´s see and find out." Ray replied.

"I tune Glass Bell with Ice Bell !" Lynn said. Both Witch launched into the air as the summoning begun. ( 4+3 = 7 )

"I Synchro Summon ! Yin-Yang Windwitch Girl !" The summoned female monster sparkeled in the bright daylight and landed before Lynn.

Yin-Yang Windwitch Girl ATK/2500 DEF/2000 Wind/Spellcaster/Synchro/Lv. 7

"One Synchro monster won´t be enough !" Sun-Shadow said as he then pushed a button on his duel disk screen. His face down card rose up. "Trap activate. Ninjitsu Art of Decoy ! This continuous Trap will stop my monster from being destroyed by battle !"

Lynn only smirked. "Good thing I don´t need to battle ! I now tune my Windwitch Girl with Snow Bell ! Double Synchro !"

"Double Synchro ?!" Sun-Shadow said shocked as did Raleigh. Ray laughed. "Seems like Lynn is full of surprises."

Windwitch Girl flew through the green ring which was made out of Snow Bell and then turned into seven white orbs. A bright light flashed through. ( 1+7 = 8 )

"Appear before me, Windwitch-Snow Magician !" A girl with very long blonde hair and silver eyes. She wears a white witch hat and a black cloak with silver magic symbols on the bottom end. In her right hand she holds a brown broom graved with golden magic symbols.

Windwitch-Snow Magician ATK/2800 DEF/1300 Wind/Spellcaster/Synchro/Lv. 8

"Now her effect ! I target one monster and destroy it, then you take its attack points as damage ! I whip out your ninja !" Lynn shouted. Snow Magician pointed her broom at the Ninja-monster and it begun to glow. It then disappeared and Sun-Shadow felt the pain as he dropped lifepoints.

Sun-Shadow LP 2000 (-1500) 500 Lynn hold out her hand. "Now attack directly !" Snow Magician created a large silver wand in her left hand and pointed it at Sun-Shadow. A blast of wind and snow then hit him, sending him down onto one knee.

Sun-Shadow LP 500-0 Lynn WIN

"The winner is Lynn Weston ! Team Fairy Tail moves on to round three !" Nico Smiley yelled and cheering went through the stadium. The Action Field faded and Sun-Shadow made his way towards Lynn. "Congratulation on your victory. You are very impressive."

Lynn smiled. "Thank you."

"If you wold excuse me now, I must return to training to regain the honour of Fuma and my brother." Sun-Shadow bowed and then teleported away with his ninja skills which caught Lynn by surprise. She then smirked with an impressed manner.

Meanwhile in the higher stands

In an empty part high up in the stands were two cloaked figures. From their size they must be around teenage age. They looked around before sliding their hoods of their cloaks down. It were Ren and Selena. They managed to sneak themselfs into the stadium and were now watching the Duels. But their main focus was on Ray, Lynn and Raleigh.

"Our siblings aren´t that bad. But I still don´t understand how this world can have all Summons." Selena said.

"From what Master said, portals of all four worlds have appeared here in the Standard World. I guess when they opened they brought the different Summoning energies into this world." Ren replied.

"Then I guess if we want to find the one special energy, then we have to continue watching this tournament." Selena said and Ren nodded. ("However, I somehow have the feeling I already know which power is needed to open the portals.") Selena thought before looking at her bracelet on her right wrist.

Stadium at 5pm

The last four Duels of Round two had ended after two hours. On the stadium´s field, the once sixteen teams had now lowered to being eight teams. Nico went up onto the stage once more. "First up I want to thank all competitors for an amazing second round. They may not all have reached the next round, but they showed what they were capable of."

Everyone in the stadium aplauded before Nico continued. He held his hand out towards the eight teams. "This eight teams will fight for the four places in the Semi-Finals." Next he pointed at the large TV screen. "It is now determined by random which team has to fight against each other and what kind of Duel it will be."

The TV then started to mix the teams. After a few seconds the first team names and pictures of the competitors appeared, as well as the kind of Duel they will have. "Round three will consist of tag-team Duels ! The first Duel will be Drake and Lucy from Team Phoenix Grave against the twins Leon and Luke from Team Fire Stars !"

The TV then showed the next couple of fighters. "Next are Isamu and Sho from Team Fighters of the Blood Oath against Night-Shadow and Moon-Shadow from Team Shadow Wind !"

Next on the TV were... "The third match will be Ray and Raleigh from Team Fairy Tail against Daichi and Akira from Team Sabertooth !"

Finally the last pair apeared. "And finally there are Sarah and Lee from Team Raven Tail against Isao and Ryu from Team Southern Wolves !"

"That was everything for today. All of you, rest well and we see each other again tomorrow at 12pm." Nico said and then bowed before he left the stage.

Slowly but surely, the stadium empties and Ray, Raleigh and Lynn also made their way to the exit. "So a tag-team Duel ? You two ready for it ?" Lynn asked.

"Well, we only dueled as a tag-team a few times before, but we know each other very good so it shouldn´t be a problem." Raleigh replied before turning to Ray. "Right, Ray ?"

Ray smiled back. "Of course. But it wouldn´t hurt to try and come up with a strategy, don´t you think ?"

"Yeah. After all, our decks changed quite a lot. It is better to be prepared, just in case our opponents are better matched." Raleigh replied.

Whitney Apartment, later tonight

It was a rather peaceful evening in the Whitney Apartment. Lynn was helping Jaden with cleaning the dishes and Ray and Raleigh were sitting on the couch in the living room. Both had their decks out and were working on a strategy for tomorrow´s match. They were exchanging some of their cards and were trying out numerous combos until they agreed to one which they thought was the best.

"Okay. I think this combo should do it." Raleigh said before collecting his cards. Ray did the same with her deck before a certain card caught her attention. "Hey, I didn´t know you had a second Odd-Eyes Dragon."

Raleigh looked up at her and she held the card out towards him. It was Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon. "That´s Odd-Eyes Lancer Dragon. I used him in my Duel against Shin during the Battle Royal. He helped me turn the tables and win the Duel."

"Since when do you have him ?" Ray asked as Raleigh took the card.

"I always had him in my deck. I just never found the right time to bring him out." Raleigh replied.

"Are you planning on using him more often now ?"

"I don´t know, Ray. It will depend on the situation of a Duel."

"Yeah I guess it´s true." Ray said. "Your...our main summoning methode now is Pendulum. It´s still a bit tricky when using normal type monsters. Unlike Pendulum monsters, normal monsters still go to the graveyard once they get destroyed, even if we Pendulum Summoned them."

Raleigh nodded in agreement. "Say Ray, don´t you think too that the Pendulum Summon will change our lives ?"

"It already has changed our lives. And I´m sure it will change them even more. I still have the feeling that this is just the beginning." Ray said, taking a quick look at her bracelet. She then smiled and got up. "Let´s better talk about this topic another time. We still have a championship to win !"

Next day, Paradise City, Stadium, 11am

Nico Smiley stood in the center court while he also appeared on the big screen with a microphone in his hand. "My dear audience, thank you for coming back to see the even more exciting third round of the Duel-World-Championship ! Now let´s introduce the duelists of the first tag-team Duel of today." He held out his arm towards one of the entrances to the center court. "This two duelists belong to the school that won the Championship two years ago. They are strong, very talented and they never back down. Here are Drake and Lucy from Harper Futuristics Duel School !"

A sixteen year old boy and girl then walked out onto the center court with smirkes on their faces. They were wearing jackets with the symbol of Harper Futuristics on the shoulders.

Danny had a slightly angry look on his face. "They look very confident to gain their school a second champion title."

"Just because they won the last championship doesn´t mean that they will win again." Veracity said, having a more calm expression.

Lynn who also sat with them in the stands looked at them. She didn´t say anything, but she could understand their thoughts about this school´s duelists since her encounter with Kit. She then looked back to the events down below. ("Maybe they just need someone to show them what dueling is really meant for.") She thought.

Nico then turned towards the other entrance. "And here are their opponents. The hot and fiery twins of the Duel school that carries the will of fire ! Leon and Luke from the Fire Soul Duel School !" A ring of fire lit up at the entrace and two blonde haired teenage boys walked through it and onto the field. They wore clothes with fire pattern.

"The rules are simple. Each team shares their field, lifepoints, graveyards and extra deck." Nico then held out his arm. "Now then, let´s start off by selecting the field spell." A sphere of glowing cards with a large Action Card inside of it appeared in the sky.

"And now, the field that this match will take place on is..." The sphere shattered and the field spell got revealed and it had an image of a city with numerous blue platforms. "This ! Action Field, on ! Activating the field spell "Cross Over" !"

The Real Solid Vision, or also called ARC System ( Augmented Reality Combat System ) then activated and a city with blue platforms in the air appeared around the teams. All four duelists got ready and with the scattering of the Action Cards begun the Duel.

The match took about twenty-five minutes. It was an intense Duel, both teams showed that they reached this round for a reason. But the winner in the end was Harper Futuristc´s team Phoenix Grave. After a ten minute break, the next Duel took place. It was the Ryozanpaku Duel School´s second team, team Fighters of the Blood Oath against the team of the Fuma Clan Duel School, team Shadow Wind. This Duel lasted for over an hour since both teams were equally strong. Team Shadow Wind then got themselfs the victory thanks to their ninja techniques which bypassed their opponents dueling style.

After a hour of lunchbreak, it was now 14pm and time for the third Duel. The screen showed an image of each team name and a picture of the duelists with a "Vs." inbetween. Nico pointed to the entrance of the right side. "Here we have two students of a school that became a high name in the dueling world in record time and also discovered the incredible new summoning methode, the Pendulum Summon. Here are Ray Whitney and Raleigh Kamiya from the You Show Duel School !"

Ray and Raleigh walked out onto the field and the whole stadium cheered loudly. Both teens smiled and waved to the audience. They then stopped in the middle of the field and Nico pointed to the other entrance.

"Only opening three years ago, this school already has become one of the top Duel-Schools of the world. Reaching a good fourth place in the last championship they already showed what they are capable of. And now they have returned with only one goal in mind, surpassing the fourth place and taking first place ! It is the Hunter Duel School ! And here are their fighters ! Daichi and Akira !"

Two figures came walking onto the field. A girl and boy which seem to be seventeen and eighteen years old. The boy has short spiky black hair and grey eyes. He wears a dark green shirt, black pants, short brown boots and a black cloak with torn off sleeves. A red scarf covers the bottom part of his face. The girl wore a green top, dark brown shorts, long black knee socks, long brown boots and a long sleeved black cloak which only goes down to her upper legs. She has long blonde hair bond into a high ponytail and blue eyes. Just like her teammate she wears a red scarf which covers the bottom part of her face.

"They do look like hunters." Raleigh said.

"And they are a lot older then us. I´m sure they have gathered a lot of experiences by now." Ray replied, her tone a bit worried.

"Tsubasa would say now ´Age has nothing to do with wisdom´." Raleigh joked back. Ray just sighed and shook her head.

Raleigh then gave her an assuring smile. "Don´t worry about their age and experiences. Let´s only believe in ourselfs, okay ? Then I´m sure we will win." Ray smiled back and nodded.

Nico then pointed to the sky. "Let´s see what field spell it will be !" The glowing sphere of cards with the large Action Card inside it appeared in the sky once more. The large card begun to spin for a few seconds before stopping and the sphere shattered, revealing an image of an island in the middle of the ocean.

"Action Field, on ! Activating the field spell "Solitary Island in a Faraway Sea" !"

( "Augmented Reality Combat System activation. Creating the Action Field" )

The ARC System under the field then activated and an island covered in dense forest formed around Ray, Raleigh and their opponents. The teens stood in a clearing surrounded by the forest. In the background were also some rocks rising up high into the air.

All of them then activated their duel disks and Nico begun with the battle chant. "Duelists locked in battle..."

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters..." Ray and Raleigh continued. "They storm through this field !" Daichi and Akira added. Nico then held up his hand. "Behold ! This is the latest and greatest evolution of dueling ! Action..."

"Duel !" All of them shouted together and the Action Cards scattered. Both teams then drew their first five cards.

TURN 1 Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 5/5 / Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 5/5

Daichi and Akira nodded at each other. Akira then took of into the forest which confused Raleigh and Ray. "Hey ! Where are you going ?!" Raleigh yelled.

"It´s part of our dueling-style. She´ll be back when her turn starts." Daichi answered.

"I don´t really like this." Ray whispered, narrowing her eyes a bit.

"My neither. But it´s not going to scare me !" Raleigh said and then grabbed two cards in his hand. He held them out towards Daichi. "I´ll go first, and I start things off by setting my Pendulum Scale with Scale 2 Timebreaker Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician !" Raleigh slammed the cards onto his duel disk and both Magicians rose up in a pillar of light.

Timebreaker Magician 2 - 8 Timegazer Magician

"Now I can summon monsters between level two and eight at the same time ! Pendulum Summon ! Appear my Action-Buddys Kaleidoscorp and Silver Claw !" A portal opened inbetween the pillars and two beams came shooting out. Silver Claw appeared along with a small red scorpion with two front scissors who look like small shields. He also wears a purple top hat. Silver Claw was in attack mode while Kaleidoscorp was in defence.

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

Action-Buddy Kaleidoscorp ATK/100 DEF/2300 Light/Insect/Pendulum/Lv. 6 -Scale 4

"With this I end my turn."

"Raleigh Kamiya didn´t hesitate and brought out a Pendulum Summon on his first turn ! Let´s see how Daichi will face this !" Nico Smiley yelled with excitement

TURN 2 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 5/5 / Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 5/1

"My turn ! I summon Dark Hunter in defence mode." A black and green humanoid monster with an cross-bird like head and a long black cape appeared before Daichi, kneeling down onto one knee. Dark Hunter ATK/1600 DEF/400 Dark/Fiend/Effect/Lv. 4

"Next I activate the Spell, Guild of the Hunters. With this I can summon another Dark Hunter." Daichi said and another Dark Hunter appeared, also in defence. "I end my turn with a set card."

TURN 3 Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 5/1 / Daichi/Akira Hand 2/5

"Then it´s my turn, draw !" Ray placed her drawn card among the ones in her hand and grabbed another. "I use the already set Pendulum Scale to Pendulum Summon Yuna The Melodious Angel !" The female monster appeared on the field.

Yuna The Melodious Angel ATK/1400 DEF/1100 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/Lv. 4 -Scale 1

"I use her effect. She counts as two monsters for a Tribute Summon. Be gone Yuna !" Yuna bowed before she disappeared again. The spot where she was glittered. "Appear, Stella Fairy of Earth !" Ray shouted. A girl with hip-lenght golden-blonde hair that is bond into a ponytail and golden-blonde eyes appeared. She wears a sleevless purple shirt, a short white glittering skirt and knee-lenght orange boots with purple stripes. Her wings are purple with orange border, shaped like wings of a butterfly with rectangula ends, and they are glittering.

Stella Fairy of Earth ATK/2800 DEF/1700 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/Lv. 9 -Scale 9

"I attack the first Dark Hunter with Stella !" Ray shouted. The fairy flew into the air and held out her hand. A yellow beam then went straight for Dark Hunter.

"Not so fast !" Akira shouted as she returned from the forest. "I activate the Action Card Big Escape ! This ends your Battle Phase !" The beam disappeared before it could hit.

("So she went into the forest to find Action Cards...") Ray thought and grabbed a card from her hand. "I set a card and end my turn." A card appeared in front of Ray´s feet and vanished again.

TURN 4 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 2/5 / Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 3/1

Akira drew a card. "First I activate the field spell, Night of the Hunters !" The Action Field darkened as it gained a clear glittering sky. "Next I play Card Destruction. Each of us has to send all cards in our hands to the graveyard and then draw the same amount."

Ray and Raleigh looked at each other before sending their current hand to the graveyard. They then drew new ones. Akira then held up a card. "We already have a hunter duo, but how about a three-man team. I summon a third Dark Hunter !" Another Dark Hunter appeared in defence mode. ( ATK/1600 DEF/400 )

"With that I end my turn." Akira said and Daichi then looked at her. "How did it go ?"

"Very good. Let´s see how they will handle it." Akira replied as she looked back at Raleigh and Ray. Both hunters then made their way into the forest, leaving Ray and Raleigh no other choice but to follow them. They stopped at some point in the forest and saw their opponents standing on a tree branch.

TURN 5 Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 3/1 / Daichi/Akira/ LP 4000 Hand 2/3

"We don´t know what you´re up to, but you shouldn´t understaitment us !" Raleigh said as he was about to draw. "My turn ! I draw !" He grinned at his card. "I Pendulum Summon ! Appear my loyal buddy ! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon !" The pendulum portal opened and a red beam shot out and onto the field. A large red scaled dragon with a large horn on each side of his head and one red and one green eye appeared. The clawed fingers on his hands are placed in a circle and on his back he has two large white spikes. The left spike has a large red orb on it while the right one has two green orbs, one big and one smaller which makes that spike longer then the left one.

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

Raleigh pointed at the three Dark Hunters. "Odd-Eyes, Stella and Silver Claw ! Take out all three Dark Hunters !" Each Dark Hunter got destroyed but Daichi and Akira remained calm. "When a Dark Hunter gets destroyed then the monster who destroyed it loses 500 attack points !"

"What ?!" Ray and Raleigh replied shocked. Odd-Eyes ATK/2000 / Stella ATK/2300 / Silver Claw ATK/1300

Raleigh gritted his teeth. "I end my turn."

TURN 6 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 2/3 / Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 Hand 3/1

"Draw ! I activate the effect of our field spell ! I can special summon all monsters back to the field that were destroyed !" Daichi said. Ray and Raleigh gritted their teeth as all three Dark Hunters returned, this time with two in defence mode and one in attack mode.

Dark Hunter ATK/1600 DEF/400 Dark/Feind/Lv. 4

"And now our field spell destroys random cards on your field equal to the number of returned monsters !" Both You Show students held their breath, waiting. The two magicians in the Pendulum Zone and Kaleidoscorp then shattered.

"Next I give my attack mode Dark Hunter a power boost of 400 with the Spell, Sword of Kusanagi !" Daichi said, playing the Spell. Dark Hunter gained a glowing blue Sword. Dark Hunter ATK/2000 "Dark Hunter attacks your Silver Claw !" At this comand, the monster charged forward.

"Raleigh." Ray said and Raleigh nodded before looking around. He then spotted an Action Card stuck in the ground not to far away from where he stood. He run towards it, but just as he was about to reach it, he slipped on something that was on the ground and landed on his back. The Dark Hunter then used his sword to stab Silver Claw, destroying it.

Ray/Raleigh LP 4000 (-700) 3300

Ray went over to him. "You okay ?" She asked, helping him up.

"I´m fine. Just to bad for Silver Claw." Raleigh said, rubbing his back a bit.

"Well at least he isn´t gone completly. He goes to the extra deck since you Pendulum Summoned him." Ray said before she bent down to figure out why Raleigh slipped on a grassy ground. There on the ground was an oily substance. ("That looks and smells like oil... where did that come from ?") She thought.

"As the cost for using Sword of Kusanagi, Dark Hunter is now destroyed." Daichi said and the monster disappeared.

"Doesn´t matter. Thanks to the field spell he can return it in his next turn anyway." Danny said. "And then Ray and Raleigh will lose another card. Those two are good." Veracity said.

"They have made a loop. Each time Ray and Raleigh destroy a Dark Hunter, one of their monsters loses 500 attack points. Then thanks to that field spell, the destroyed monster can return and Ray and Raleigh lose a card on their field." Lynn said.

"I end my turn." Daichi said.

TURN 7 Ray/Raleigh LP 3300 Hand 3/1 / Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 2/3

"Alright. My turn !" Ray said. "We need to get ride of that field spell." Raleigh said.

Ray looked at the card she drew and smiled back at Raleigh. "Or we just bypass it." She said before looking at their opponents. "I normal summon Action-Buddy Dragon Wolf !" A small white wolf with a red cape appeard. It had sharp grey claws and yellow eyes like a dragon.

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

"I target Dragon Wolf and use the Spell, United we Stand ! Now for each face up monster on our field, Dragon Wolf gains 800 attack and defence points ! I and Raleigh together control two which means a power up of 1600 !" Dragon Wolf howled loudly as it became stronger.

Dragon Wolf ATK/3100 DEF/3500 Ray grinned. "I now use his effect ! By halving his current attack points, he can attack directly ! Attack !"

Dragon Wolf ATK/1550

Dragon Wolf charged forward, showing off his sharp teeth. Akira climbed a tree branch higher and grabbed the Action Card that was on the branch. "I play Evasion, negating your attack !"

"Dammit." Ray said. Dragon Wolf jumped up and tried to reach his target, but he didn´t make it that far. His claws sliced along the tree as he slid back down. He growled before jumping away and returning to Ray.

("Should I take the risk in attacking these Dark Hunters...") Ray thought while she bit her lip. "I end my turn." Dragon Wolf ATK/1500 DEF/1900

"That was a very clever idea of Ray, trying to bypass her opponent´s field spell and the effect of the Dark Hunters. But it seems like she needs to do more then that." Nico Smiley said.

TURN 8 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 2/3 / Ray/Raleigh LP 3300 Hand 2/1

"My turn, draw !" Akira yelled. "I normal summon Armed Sea Hunter !" A humanoid shark with golden armour and red eyes appeared. He holds a white bow and on his back is a bag with arrows. Armed Sea Hunter ATK/1800 DEF/500 Water/Sea Serpent/Effect/Lv. 4

"I use Sea Hunter´s effect to deal half of his attack as damage to you ! Go, Armed Sea Hunter ! Your target is Ray !" Sea Hunter aimed his bow with an arrow at Ray. The Pendulum duelist gritted her teeth and then starts running through the forest in attempt to find an Action Card. She then saw one on a tree.

Both Daichi and Akira smirked under their scarfs as Ray run over to the tree. Ray then suddely fell over a trip wire and landed on the ground. A brown net then fell down onto her, pinning her to the ground. "What the heck is this ?!" Ray said as she pulled herself onto her knees with the net still over her. She then looked to the side only to see the arrow flying at her. It hit her, making her cry out in pain. Ray/Raleigh LP 3300 (-900) 2400

"Uh-oh. Looks like Ray got caught in her opponent´s net. Literally." Nico said.

("Just keep your comments for yourself.") Raleigh thought as he glared at the commentator for a moment. He then run over to Ray. "Are you okay ?"

"Yeah, just help me please." Ray said while trying to get the net off of herself. Raleigh needed a moment but then managed to pull the net away. Ray stood back up. "Now I understand why Akira run into the forest at the begin of the Duel. She did that to lay traps that would prevent us from grabbing Action Cards."

"And since she laid the traps she knows exactly where she can grab one without tapping into a trap." Raleigh comfirmed and then glared back at his opponents.

"This is somehow unfair." Danny said.

"This isn´t normal dueling, this is action dueling ! Duel schools work on different styles to gain the biggest amount of attention from the audience. In this school´s case they act like real hunters. Real Hunters lay traps to lure, capture and kill their prey. Duel-hunters use this tactic to prevent their opponents from reaching Action Cards. And once their opponent tapps into one of their traps, they strike. Hunters always watch their prey from the very beginning of the hunt." Jaden explains the situation to his students.

"But that means that Ray and Raleigh..." Danny started.

"Ray and Raleigh became their prey the moment where the teams for the tag-team Duels were revealed." Lynn finished, feeling concerened for them considering how the Duel is going so far.

"We are Duel-Hunters, and you two are our prey !" Daichi said, pointing at Raleigh and Ray who glared back at him.

"And since we are done playing with you, we are now going to strike !" Akira added. "I tribute both Dark Hunters to Tribute Summon !" Both monsters jumped into the air and vanished. A loud howl could be heard and on one of the high rocks in the backround appeared the shadow of a creature.

"Appear level eight ! Worakh The Dark Beast Warrior !" The shadow creature jumped of the rock and landed before Akira. It was a black werewolf with three tails and dark blue eyes. It wears silver armour and holds a long and sharp blood red sword in his left paw.

Worakh The Dark Beast Warrior ATK/2800 DEF/2000 Dark/Beast-Warrior/Lv. 8

"Go Worakh, attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon !" Akira shouted while pointing at the dragon. The werewolf run forward and then slashed across Odd-Eyes´ chest. The dragon roared before it exploded, creating a shockwave of wind. Ray and Raleigh needed to shield their faces with their arms from the wind.

Ray/Raleigh LP 2400 (-800) 1600

"I think that´s enough for now. I end my turn. You´re up, Kamiya."

TURN 9 Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 Hand 2/1 / Daichi/Akira/ LP 4000 Hand 2/2

"Draw !" Raleigh looked at the two cards in his hand. ("I guess I have no other choice but to go on defence for now.") He thought before he set both his cards into his trap zone. "I leave two cards face down and end my turn."

TURN 10 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 2/2 / Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 Hand 2/0

Raleigh looked at Ray. "Sorry I couldn´t do more." Ray gave him a small smile. "It´s fine. Going on defence is better then doing nothing."

"My turn now ! Draw !" Daichi added the card to his hand. "I use Armed Sea Hunter´s effect !" The monster pointed an arrow at Raleigh and fired. Raleigh saw an Action Card on a tree branch. He decided to take the risk in walking into another trap and climbed up the tree. Luckily there wasn´t a trap so he grabbed and played the Action Card. "Go the Action Card Acceleration ! This makes all effect damage zero !" The arrow went past Raleigh and hit the tree.

"Not bad. But now Worakh attacks Stella Fairy of Earth !" Daichi said and the werewolf runs towards the Fairy, ready to strike.

Raleigh touched the screen of his Duel disk. "Go the Trap Pendulum Force ! When my opponent declares an attack then all attack position monsters you control are destroyed !" Sea Hunter got destroyed but Worakh reained much to Raleigh´s shock.

"Worakh´s effect prevents him from getting destroyed three times per turn." Akira said.

"No way ?!" Ray and Raleigh replied shocked. The attack continued and Raleigh gritted his teeth. "I use my other Trap ! Negate Attack ! This negates your attack and ends the battle phase !" The sword of the werewolf stopped inches away from the fairy´s neck. The werewolf then jumped back to his former place.

"You have survived this turn, but at the cost of all of your traps. My next turn will be the last." Daichi said and with this ended his turn.

TURN 11 Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 Hand 2/0 / Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 3/2

"My turn ! I draw !" Ray added the new card to her hand. She then gritted her teeth in frustration. ("Dammit. I can´t do anything. What now "?) She thought and then took the first card in her hand. "I set one card face down and end my turn."

TURN 12 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 3/2 / Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 Hand 2/0

"Then I´m up again. I draw." Akira showed Ray and Raleigh the card. It was a monster card.

"I summon Hunter Owl." A muscular white and brown owl with sharp claws on his feet appeared. It wears black armour on its head and wings.

Hunter Owl ATK/1000 DEF/900 Wind/Winged-Beast/Effect/Lv. 3 "With this I reached everything I wanted. I end my turn."

TURN 12 Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 Hand 2/0 / Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 3/2

"I draw ! I summon Odd-Eyes Kuriboh in defence mode." A brown Kuriboh with a red and a green eye appeared next to Raleigh. "I end my turn with that."

"This is crazy. The only thing they can do is going on defence." Danny said.

"An Action Card could help them but they are to afraid to walk into another trap of those hunters." Veracity said.

"I´m afraid the only way for them to win this Duel is to finish it in one turn. But I don´t know if that is possible." Lynn said.

("Both of you, come on. I know you can still turn things around.") Jaden thought.

TURN 13 Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 3/2 / Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 Hand 2/0

Daichi put his hand on his deck. "Draw ! To finally finish this hunt I will now summon our ultimate hunter ! I activate the Ritual Spell, Altar of the Hunters !" A black altar with burning torches arose from the ground. "I tribute Worakh and one Dark Hunter from my hand ! Ritual Summon ! Come forth, level eleven ! God Hunter Ikusatsunagi !" The torches intense their flames and the ground under the altar begun to tear appart and a colossal, heavily, muscular being with black armour-like skin arose. His head resembeled that of a lion and in his right demonic clawed hand it holds a sword that has almost the same size as itself.

God Hunter Ikusatsunagi ATK/3200 DEF/2400 Dark/Beast/Ritual/Lv. 11

"...I...incredible ! I have never seen such a colossal monster before ! Is this maybe the end for Ray and Raleigh ?!" Nico Smiley shouted. The whole stadium looked in awe at the new monster.

"During the turn Ikusatsunagi is Ritual Summoned, he can attack twice ! And the first one to get crushed under his sword is Odd-Eyes Kuriboh !" Daichi said. The coloss struck his sword down and with it crushed the poor little fluffy ball into the ground. The whole stadium started to shook as the sword hit the ground. Ray and Raleigh almost lost their footing because of it. Daichi then continued. "Next I use the Spell, Ultimate Trap ! This lowers your Stella´s attack by 500 !" Stella ATK/1800

"Ikusatsunagi, crush this Fairy !" The monster used his sword once more and crushed Stella, destroying her. This time as the sword hit the ground, it formed a large crack and a storm of dust clouded the field. Ray/Raleigh LP 1600 (-1400) 200

As the dust cleared, both Ray and Raleigh slowly got back onto their feet. They had fallen to the ground due to the force of the second attack. A lot of tress around them also got destroyed, changing the forest into a half-open field.

"When Stella is destroyed by battle she goes into the Pendulum Zonne." Ray said while holding her right shoulder. Stella rose up in the left pillar of light.

Stella Fairy of Earth 9 -

"Futuremore I use my Trap, Show End." One of Ray´s face down Traps flipped up. "When I took damage, this ends the battle phase !"

"Fine. One last thing before I finish my turn. My Spell Ultimate Trap has a little annoying side effect that lets you draw two cards in your next turn. But that won´t be a problem. There is nothing you can do. Ikusatsunagi´s own effect lets him gain the effect of a monster that was used to Ritual Summon him. And guess which one he will gain." Daichi stated. The spirit of Worakh appeared in front of the coloss for a brief moment.

"That means that this monster is now also able to avoid getting destroyed three times per turn thanks to Worakh´s effect." Danny said.

Raleigh watched the giant and then sighed. He looked at Ray. "I don´t know if we can win this. This coloss can survive three attacks, and we can´t even go for any Action Cards because we don´t know which cards were rigged with their stupid traps."

Ray shook her head. "We still have one more turn to go. Breaking through this monster´s defence isn´t easy, yes, but there is always a way. And for the Action Cards, we don´t need them. Remember what Jaden and Stacey tought us. As long as we believe in ourselfs and trust in each other and in our cards, then there is nothing we cannot handle !"

Raleigh just looked at her for a moment and then smiles. "Yeah, you´re right. Let´s do this !"

Ray smiled back and then laid her hand on her deck. ("Okay. This draw will decide this Duel.") She clossed her eyes.

TURN 15 Ray/Raleigh LP 200 Hand 2/0 / Daichi/Akira LP 4000 Hand 1/2

"Here we go ! We draw !" Ray looked at the two cards she drew and saw it were two Spell cards. She grinned and then showed them to Raleigh who in response grinned as well once he recognized them. Daichi and Akira saw them grinning and took a firm stance. However, they still believe that there is no way for Ray and Raleigh to turn things around, nor to win this Duel.

Ray then showed them a card. "With my already set in the Pendulum Zone, Stella Fairy of Earth and Shana The Flame Haze, I set the Pendulum Scale !" Ray slammed the card onto her duel disk and the word "PENDULUM" appeared on the blade in rainbow colors. A girl wearing a brown dress-like jacket that goeas a bit over her thigh, a black cape, long black knee socks and black boots arose in the right pillar of light. She has long red hair and grey eyes.

Shana The Flame Haze 3 - 9 Stella Fairy of Earth

"Pendulum Summon ! Revive from the extra deck, Odd-Eyes, Silver Claw and Kaleidoscorp !" The portal opened and three beams came shooting out and onto the field. All three monsters appeared. "And from my hand appear Lightning Mage !" A fourth beam them came out and onto the field. Lightning Mage appeared and looked ready to battle.

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

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

Action-Buddy Kaleidoscorp ATK/100 DEF/2300 Light/Insect/Lv. 6 -Scale 4

Fate The Lightning Pendulum Mage ATK/2500 DEF/2200 Light/Warrior/Pendulum/Lv. 7 -Scale 5

"Amazing ! Ray summoned four monsters at the same time, including her and Raleigh´s ace monster !" Nico shouted with excitment and a lot of the crowd cheered.

"You can summon as much monsters as you want, it won´t matter ! You can´t break through our monster´s defence !" Daichi said.

"We shall see." Ray replied with a smile. "First let us prepare this for Lightning Mage and Odd-Eyes who have taken me and Raleigh this far." She threw a card into the air before both she and Raleigh catched it and revealed it. "I activate the continuous magic Challange Stairs from my hand. With this, when I attack an opponent´s monster and the monster isn´t destroyed, I can tribute one card on my field to attack once again !"

A rainbow-colored path then stretched out from the ground up to Ikusatsunagi´s head. A red, a blue and a green ring of energy then formed at different distances and so formed three barriers who first need to be broken through before you could destroy the monster.

Ray then played the last card in her hand. "Futuremore, I activate the continuous magic Hope Stairs. With this I can increase the attack of a monster that battled an opponent´s monster by 400 until my next Standby Phase." She walked over to Odd-Eyes and wanted to climb onto his back, but for some reason he didn´t let her. "Strange. He never rejected me before if I wanted to ride him." She said, turning back to Raleigh.

"Let me try something." Raleigh replied and then walked to his Dragon and patted his head. "Come on, buddy. We´re a team here. I know you like Ray as much as you like me. Please trust her and listen to her." Odd-Eyes didn´t move for a moment, but then he nodded and roared into the sky. Raleigh smiled and turned to Ray. "He´s ready. I leave the rest to you."

Ray smiled and nodded before she run over to a tree that was next to the begin of the rainbow path. She climbed up onto the second tree branch and stood up straight. "I use Odd-Eyes Kuriboh´s effect ! By banishing it from the graveyard, I can select a monster on the field and that monsters loses 800 attack points ! I choose your God Hunter !" God Hunter Ikusatsunagi ATK/2400

Ray smiled as she looked behind her. "Odd-Eyes, Lightning Mage ! Come with me !" She shouted and then jumped of the tree. She landed on Odd-Eyes´ back and grabbed onto his spikes as he begun to run up the path. Lightning Mage flew besides them while Silver Claw and Kaleidoscorp remained on the ground beside Raleigh.

"Odd-Eyes ! Blast away at God Hunter Ikusatsunagi with Spiral Flame Strike !" Ray comanded and Odd-Eyes unleashed his energy beam.

"But due to his special ability, he isn´t gonna be destroyed." Daichi replied.

"That won´t save you guys from losing lifepoints though. And since Odd-Eyes battles a level eleven monster, he deals double damage !" Ray replied. The energy beam hit the red energy ring and destroyed it. Daichi and Akira felt the damage via an electircal shock. Daichi/Akira LP 4000 (-200) 3800

"And my Hope Stairs takes affect, boosting Odd-Eyes´ attack points by 400 !" Odd-Eyes ATK/2900

"I use Hunter Owl´s effect ! He gives Ikusatsuangi 400 attack points too !" Daichi said. Ikusatsunagi ATK/2800

"Oh yeah. Well I activate Challange Stairs effect ! I tribute Kaleidoscorp to give Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon the chance to attack a second time !" Ray snapped her fingers and the insect monster shattered. "Odd-Eyes, blast his God Hunter again !" The Dragon unleashed a second beam that destroyed the blue energy ring. Both hunters cringed as they felt another electrical shock. Daichi/Akira LP 3800 (-200) 3600

"And Odd-Eyes gains even more attack points !" Odd-Eyes ATK/3300

Ray smiled. "With all those attack points it would be a shame to let them go to waste so I tribute Silver Claw to give Odd-Eyes a third chance to attack !" Odd-Eyes shoot out another beam which destroyed the remaining green energy ring.

"All that damage is adding up you two !" Ray said, and Daichi and Akira cringed even more as they felt the damage. Daichi/Akira LP 3600 (-1000) 2600

"You think Odd-Eyes will get tired running up this hill, but he is only getting stronger." Ray said and Odd-Eyes roared as he increased in power once more. Odd-Eyes ATK/3700

"So awasome !" A young boy in the crowd shouted.

"Go Ray !" A girl beside the boy said, also seeming to have fun.

"Your God Hunter´s ability has run out which means he can now be destroyed ! I use Challange Stair´s effect to tribute my face-down card so Odd-Eyes can attack for a fourth time !" The face-down card shattered and Odd-Eyes fired an even more powerful energy beam.

"Fourth time eh ? But it doesn´t matter. You don´t have enough damage...to eliminate all of our life points !" Akira stated.

Ray only smiled before holding up an Action Card. "Then I just play Mirrorcore."

Akira and Daichi got shocked. "When did you pick that up ?!"

"On the tree branch when you weren´t watching obviously." Ray replied.

"That card stops a monster from being destroyed, but your monster is already stronger then ours. It´s useless. It won´t help you." Daichi said.

"Who said I´m using it on my monster ? I´m using it on yours !" Ray played the card much to the young hunters´ shock. A forcefield then blocked the energy beam, but not the damage. Daichi/Akira LP 2600 (-1800) 800

"Since your monster survived, I could use Challange Stair´s effect once more and let Odd-Eyes finish this...however, I´m here in this tournament to show of my dueling style so..." Odd-Eyes skidded to a halt and Ray jumped off his back. She then raised her hand into the air and smiled. "Odd-Eyes will switch his place with Lightning Mage ! We´re always fighting together !" The female warrior high-fived with Ray before flying up the rest of the path.

"You´re being foolish ! Your warrior isn´t strong enough ! You´re only going to destroy her !" Daichi said.

"As I said, we´re fighting as a team !" Ray replied and then pointed at Shana in the Pendulum Zone. "I use Shana´s Pendulum Effect ! When I attack with a special summoned monster while I control another special summoned monster then I can target the second monster and add its attack points onto the attacking monster !"

"Oh-uh..." Daichi said. "This can´t be good..." Akira added.

Lightning Mage landed on the giant´s head and held up her sword. Odd-Eyes roared before he released another energy beam. The energy united with the sword and a spiral of fire then formed around the yellow energy blade, making it stronger. Lightning Mage ATK/2500 (+3700) 6200

Ray grinned as did Raleigh. "Lightning Mage ! Attack God Hunter Ikusatsunagi and end this Duel !" Lightning Mage slashed her sword down onto the giant monster´s head with all force she has. A loud explosion sounds and Ikusatsunagi had a look of shock on his face. Seconds later, numerous cracks formed everywhere on his body before he then shattered into pieces of rocks. This formed a strong shockwave of wind and dust. The rock pieces were falling to the ground while vanishing.

The whole crowd looked in awe and sounds of shock could also be heard. Daichi and Akira looked shocked as well.

In the stands, Jaden was smiling. "You two really have grown stronger..." The others besides him cheered for their friends. The dark sky that was created by the hunter´s field spell disappeared and a clear blue sky returned.

Akira and Daichi were still not able to believe it. "They...they managed to turn things around and win the Duel...in only one turn..." Daichi stuttered, feeling quite awed. "Amaizing...who are they ?" Akira said, awed as well.

The dust slowly cleared. Ray and Raleigh were standing proudly besides their monsters. They looked at each other and smiled. They then gave each other a high-five. "We did it !" Odd-Eyes roared loudly and Lightning Mage held up her sword. They then disappeared together with the Action Field.

Daichi/Akira LP 800-0 Ray/Raleigh WIN

"Unbelievable ! The situation looked hopless but then Ray managed to turn the tables with an amazing combo and win the Duel ! Team Fairy Tail moves up to the Semi-Finlas !" Nico Smiley shouted and the audience cheered.

Ray and Raleigh looked ahead and saw Daichi and Akira walking over to them. They had removed their red scarfs and were smiling.

"This was an amazing Duel. There was no one ever able to defeat Ikusatsunagi, well, until now." Daichi said.

"I think the same. You two are really strong." Akira added and both hunters held out a hand. "We hope you make it to the final." Ray and Raleigh smiled back at them and then the four shook hands. The four were about to part ways when they suddenly heard a loud voice. "Oh my darling !"

All of them turned their heads and saw Mira running up to them. Ray got an annoyed expression on her face. "Oh great. Mira."

"Seriously ? Is this girl ever gonna leave me alone again ?" Raleigh moaned.

"Time to make things clear, don´t yo think ? Otherwise she will really never leave you alone again." Ray said.

Mira looked at Raleigh with an expression of pure happines. "I knew you would win. After all, you´re the man of my fate !" She then jumped towards Raleigh, planning on giving him a kiss.

"No way. That´s enough." Raleigh said before he grabbed Mira´s arm, trying to kepp some distance. "Listen Mira...you´re a really nice person, but I don´t like you in the way you want me to, and I never will either. So please stop calling me darling and keep your distance, understood ?"

Mira blinked for a few times before she suddenly looked like something just strucked her. She sunk to her knees and made the look as if she had just died. Raleigh sweatdropped at this. ("Okay... didn´t expected her to react like...this...")

"Oi Mira...are you okay ?"

Akira and Daichi just looked at the scene before Akira leaned closer to Ray. "Um Ray... who is she ?" She whispered. Before Ray could answer, a dark aura seemed to form around Mira. This made Raleigh and the others take a step back.

"You...you really think...that you can just trash me away like this ?!" Mira shouted as she looked up at them with a murderous look. However, once her eyes fell onto Daichi, the dark aura vanished. "Outa my way, loser !" She shoved Raleigh to the side.

Daichi got shocked as Mira was just inches away from him. "Errr...hey..."

"I´m Mira ! Wanna hang out together ?!" Mira asked as she leaned even closer.

Daichi backed away even more. "Oh...um...you know what...I need to go !" He then quickly run off. Mira didn´t waited for a second and run after him. "Wait ! Come back my darling !"

"Who the hell is this girl ?!" Akira asked as she looked at Ray.

"A crazy sixteen year old lovebird that seems to fall in love with every teenage boy she sees." Ray replied before giving Akira a nervous smile. "You better go and save him."

"Good idea." Akira replied before running of in a hurry.

"I wish them good luck." Raleigh said. "At least we are ride of her." Ray said while also feeling sorry for Daichi and Akira.

Somewhere high up in an empty area of the stands

Ren and Selena had watched the Duel.

"I´m pretty sure that the energy of the Pendulum Summon is necessary to open the portals." Selena said.

"If so, shouldn´t the card then absorb the energy that is released when they use the Summon ?" Ren asked.

"Maybe there is still something else needed." Selena replied and then pulled a card out of her pocket. It was the card they used to enter this world. However, since it used up the in it stored energy, it was now blank.

In the opposite part of the stands, Ray and Raleigh joined the rest of You Show.

"That was a really close one, you two." Lynn said with a smirk. Ray and Raleigh rubbed their heads while laughing a bit.

"But you guys won and now you´re in the semi-finals." Danny added.

"Yes. And we´re going to reach the final round as well !" Raleigh said determined.

Ray nodded before she looked down onto the field. "Now it´s Tsubasa´s team who is going to duel. I wonder of Sarah managed to get used to the pressure."

"I´m sure she has. She´s Tsubasa´s student after all." Jaden replied to his sister.

Nico Smiley walked up onto the field with a large smile. "Alright everyone. It´s time for the last tag-team match. The winner of this Duel will be the fourth team for the semi-finals. Will it be Sarah and Lee from the Strong Dojo...?" Sarah and her teammate Lee walked out onto the center court with smiles on their faces.

"Or will it be Isao and Ryu from the Ryozanpaku Duel School who had reached second place in the last championship ?" Two young man walked onto the center court, their faces showing no emotions at all. There wearing clothes which are quite similar to clothes which people were wearing in times of ancient China.

Nico then held up his hand. "And the Action Field will be..." The large sphere of cards shattered and revealed the Action Field. "Cemetery of Swords !" The ARC system activated and the Action Field formed around the teams.

Five minutes later...

Ray and the others sat and watched how the Duel started, however, they got shocked and horrified when they saw Isao Kachidoki place a hard kick in Sarah´s side when she tried to grab an Action Card and Kachidoki grabbed it instead.

Ray looked on wide eyed. "Wha-...what´s going on here ?"

They then saw how Kachidoki and his teammate kept physically attacking Sarah and Lee every time they tried to get an Action Card.

Though being adults, even Stacey and Jaden looked shocked and worried seeing how much physical punishment the teens were receiving. Veracity and Danny covered their eyes while Lynn looked away. Ray gritted her teeth as she saw how both Kachidoki´s monster and mostly Kachidoki himself kept attacking Sarah and Lee until they both landed on the ground unable to move.

Sarah/Lee LP 4000-0 Isao/Ryu WIN

Ray watched the scene shocked while the Action Field disappeared. "This is... Ryozanpaku´s dueling style ?" She gritted her teeth even more and stood up from her seat. Raleigh who sat next to her looked at her confused. "Ray ?" He then saw Ray holding Lightning Mage in her hand while her hand trembled.

Nico then recovered from his shock over seeing the brutal Duel and held up his microphone. "The...the winners are Isao and Ryu ! And with this, all matches of the third round are finished and we will announce the matchups for the Semi-Finals momentarily."

Ryu already walked away as Kachidoki looked down at Sarah and Lee with cold and uncaring eyes. He then turned around and walked away while a medical team rushed onto the field in order to treat Sarah and Lee.

Nico then spoke again. "The Semi-Finals will be a one VS. one ! The first Duel will be Drake Kirigaya from Team Phoenix Grave against MoonShadow from Team Shadow Wind !" A picture of both duelists appeared on the large TV screen with a "Vs." inbetween the pictures.

"And the second Duel will be Ray Whitney from Team Fairy Tail against Isao Kachidoki from Team Southern Wolves !"

Ray got shocked as she heard that, as well as the others.

"No way. You need to duel against Kaichidoki ?!" Danny exclaimed worried as he looked at her. Ray looked at him and bit her lip before looking back at the screen that showed her and Kachidoki. "Seems like it..."

Raleigh looked at his best friend, worried. "Ray..." He didn´t wanted her to get hurt like Sarah and her teammate.

However, Ray at that moment get a determined expression on her face. "It is going to be a dangerous Duel, that for sure..." She then got her smile on her face. "But I´ll do everything I can with the dueling I believe in !"

At that moment so did Kachidoki stop walking and turned around and started directly at Ray.

Ray looked back at him with a determined expression. ("Isao Kachidoki, I won´t accept your dueling style ! Dueling is supposed to make everyone happy. I will make you understand that tomorrow !")

TO BE CONTINUED...