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Arc League Championship — Chapter 33: The Past Never Dies; Yasuko Yukihana vs. Mikisugi Dakoda Part 1


In the back of her mind, Yasuko was thinking of how her day turned out. She kept asking herself in her head, "How in the hell did I get myself into this mess?"

The girl replays to how her day went: walking her way down to the Leo Stadium in a shortcut route where her match was supposed to be in until she comes across Yuya again in a tag-team match up

It feels like a tag-team duel, only she and Yuya are getting two of their opponents each. Yuya explained his side of the story; someone stole Gongenzaka's white sash and tried to bring it back to him, only for him to walk into an ambush by four stooges who are working for Grizzlepike.

As for Yasuko's side, it all started with her was walking to the Leo Stadium because her match is right after Gongenzaka's, but then she came upon Yuya in the middle of a park with four other dudes who didn't seem all friendly toward him. Yasuko was about to leave him, but the four stooges were so arrogant that they ended dragging her in, and that's why she's in a duel with Yuya in the first place.

DUEL:

Yasuko (LP: 500) and Yuya (LP: 400)

VS

Unidentified Duelist #1 (LP: 1200), Unidentified Duelist #2 (LP: 1300), Unidentified Duelist #3 (LP: 1700), and Unidentified Duelist #4 (LP: 1500)

Yasuko's monsters are consisting of only Lady of D. (ATK 700/DEF 1100), and Dwarf Star Dragon Planeter (ATK 850/DEF 600) along with three Set face-down cards. Her monsters had their attack power cut in half in one of the last turns.

While Yuya has only Performapal Hip Hippo (ATK 0/DEF 800) and a Set card on his side of the field, the other four stooges have their monsters outnumbering their opponents due to the four-against-two duel.

The monsters that they have on the field are Jinzo (ATK 2400/DEF 1800), Doom Dozer (ATK 2800/DEF 2400), Barrel Dragon (ATK 2600/DEF 2200), and Batteryman Industrial Strength (ATK 2600/DEF 0). One of them has a Pumprincess, the Princess of Ghosts as a Continuous Spell Card due to its effect of making the other monsters on their side of the field weaker.

It was some other dude's turn and already in his Battle Phase. He was preparing to attack Yuya, but he had his Quick-Play Spell Card; Hippo Carnival. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" Yuya announced. "It's showtime!"

On his word, rainbows flyover above the blazing dark dragon and the dragon sorceress for three hippos; one orange, one yellow, and one green-blue, to dance. The dragon sorceress makes taps on her feet to go along with the rhythm. "Prepare yourself for You-Show Style Entertainment Dueling!" Yuya announced.

Yasuko's forehead pops a ticked mark, giving the urge to hit Yuya after the duel is over. "Seriously," she growled. "Get it over with."

While Yasuko was pissed for seeing how much time Yuya is breaking, the four stooges were amazed by how someone like Yuya managed to pull off a random move that. They were so happy that they give a round of applause for Yuya.

"Awesome!"

"How fun!"

"What a show!"

Turn: Yuya (1x card)

"It's my turn now," said Yuya. "I draw!" He draws a card. "And now, the moment that you are all waiting for! I tribute my Hip Hippo to Summon the star of this show! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" By tributing Performapal Hip Hippo, Yuya was able to Tribute Summon Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (ATK 2500/DEF 2000). The red-scaled dragon with dichromatic red and green eyes appears on the field, roaring to life.

"Good, now we can begin with this!" Yasuko flips up her Quick-Play Spell Card; Gravity Lash. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Gravity Lash!" The spell card zaps through the air to the Jinzo as his attack points were decreased following by his defense points.

(Jinzo: ATK 2400 600)

"Thank you, Yasuko, for giving such an opportunity," Yuya declared. "Battle! Odd-Eyes, attack Jinzo!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum charges directly at Jinzo and fires a burst of spiraling red laser down to obliterate the monster and the unidentified duelist's life points.

Unidentified Duelist #1 (LP: 1200 0)

"Finally, now I can play my traps!" Yasuko flips up two of her Trap Cards; Energy Drain, and Tyrant Wing. "Energy Drain gives Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon 200 ATK and DEF points for every card that are in your hand until the End Phase," said Yasuko. "And Tyrant Wing makes Odd-Eyes attack twice with an added bonus of an extra 400 ATK points." She then points at the second stooge. "And since that guy still has cards remaining, that means Odd-Eyes gains 800 ATK points due to Energy Drain's effect!"

Thanks to the double trap cards that Yasuko played, Odd-Eyes Pendulum is now even stronger than ever and roars in gratitude for the power boost.

(Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: ATK 2500/DEF 2000 ATK 3700/DEF 3200)

"How stunning!" Yuya announced. "Let's give a round of applause for my faithful assistant to help build up this moment." Yasuko is getting more annoyed with Yuya by the second as the other three stooges clap for her despite not helping much.

"And now, Odd-Eyes, let's give these folks a show they'll never forget," Yuya commended. "Attack! Spiral Burst Strike!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum makes a big spiraling burst that splits into two to destroy the barrel dragon and batteryman, plummeting the other two stooge's life points down the drain.

(Unidentified Duelist #2: LP: 1300 0)

(Unidentified Duelist #3: LP: 1700 0)

"And to further add up to the ongoing collegiate of Spells and Traps, I'm going to be activating a Trap of my own!" Yuya beamed as he flips up his Trap Card; One Two Jump. "One Two Jump lets me halve one monster on your side of the field, and that way, since my Odd-Eyes destroyed two monsters, that monster has to attack my Odd-Eyes again!" Yuya gestures to the giant centipede monster. "And since Doom Dozer is the only monster on the field, why not we have its ATK points halve instead?"

(Doom Dozer: ATK 2800 1400)

"And now, for the grand finale! Odd-Eyes, attack Doom Dozer with Spiraling Burst Strike!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum makes a charge with the backbone plates leaving behind a trail of rainbow thanks to Yasuko's trap card, which causes the dragon to glow in rainbow colors. It unleashes a spiraling rainbow beam down to destroy the giant centipede to wipe out all last stooge's life points.

(Unidentified Duelist #4: LP 1500 0)

WINNER: Yasuko and Yuya

The four stooges were paralyzed by the amazement of the show that Yuya and Yasuko had displayed. They couldn't help but be moved by Yuya's entertainment.

After the duel, Yuya comes forward to take the white sash from the bald stooge and turns to Yasuko with a smile. "Okay, I've got Gongenzaka's—"

BONG!

Yuya was struck on the head that it sounds like an anvil falling on his skull. He yelled in pain after Yasuko bashed him in the head with her gym bag. "What was that for!?" Yuya cried, comedian streams of tears falling from his eyes.

"Damn it, Yuya!" Yasuko exclaimed. "I'm late for my match all because of Gong's stupid white sash!" She snatched the white sash from Yuya's hands and shoved it in her gym bag. "You and that Big Bushy Brows are a pain. If I missed out, you and that Big Bushy Brow Gong are going to get it." She runs off ahead before Yuya hurries over to catch up.

It looks like it's not too far, considering that it is a tall building from a few yards away. She is sprinting faster and hopes that Gongenzaka is still having his match before she is next.

After a series of twists and turns, they've finally got to the stadium. Yuya and Yasuko are almost short on breath, but they keep on going until they can see a thousand heads of people in the stadium.

Yasuko and Yuya's stops to see if they make it on time.

On the Action Field is Gongenzaka and his opponent, Gen Akukoji, where he has the young man cornered on top of a cliffside on a large island. The battle is in favor of Gen since he has all full life points, while Gongenzaka has only about a little remaining.

After working her way up and over to get to the Leo Stadium, she inhales as much air as her lungs can hold and scream out the name. "GONGENZAKA!" she shrieked loud enough to get his attention.

Gongenzaka, who was standing at the edge of the cliff on an island, hears her shout and turns up to stare at the angry Yasuko with Yuya standing beside her. The people of You-Show are all relieved to see that Yuya is okay and Yasuko with him.

"Yuya!" Shuzo, Yoko, and Zuzu chorused.

"He's okay!" The three little kids exclaimed.

"Gong, you big asshole!" Yasuko yelled. "You should be focusing on yourself and not this slacker!" She whips out the white sash that she and Yuya worked so hard to get. Yasuko throws the white sash over to Gongenzaka.

The young man smirks over her fiery rage. He reaches up to take the white sash that was thrown to him. "Yasuko," Gongenzaka called. "I have received the sash, and for that, I the man Gongenzaka, thanks you!"

In the meantime, Yasuko turns to Yuya with a scowl. "Well," she said. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't hit you and Bushy Brows there for wasting my time?"

Yuya scratches the back of his head with embarrassment. "Well," he started. "Gongenzaka's white sash meant everything to him, and because he wears it since he was in his dojo, it's important to let him get it right when he was dueling."

Yasuko sighed and crossed her arms, looking back to the stadium. "What the hell? I'll get you and that Bushy Brows some other time," she said.

While they were talking, Gongenzaka was able to Synchro Summon his strongest monster and slash away Gen's monster along with his life points.

The island disappears back to a normal arena with a giant glass above the ARC system. Gongenzaka comes to the stands where Yuya and Yasuko are at. He is met with Yuya's glad expression and Yasuko's scowl.

Gongenzaka turns to Yasuko and bows his head to her slightly. "Yasuko Yukihana, I apologize if my friend was making any delays for you," he reconciled. "I should be the one who should you scowl on."

Yasuko sighed. "Just let it down," she dismissed. "What's important is that I am here; that's all that matters." She takes a glance at Yuya. "To be honest, Yuya is too gullible to fall for any tricks."

Yuya faces to Yasuko with annoyance. "Hey, you didn't have to help me if you hadn't provoked one of them," he pointed out.

Yasuko turns her head away. "So what?"

Gongenzaka jerks his head to Yuya. He lets up a hand to him. "I believed that you would come, Yuya," he said. "I'm sorry if I was worried about too much, friend."

Yuya smiles at Gongenzaka. "I believed that you would win, Gongenzaka," he assured as he grips his hand back to gives it a shake.

"Yuya!" Everyone in You-Show, including Yoko, all ran from the stands toward Yuya.

"We were so worried," said Frederick. "Where were you?"

"Sorry," Yuya replied. "I got a bit…sidetracked and uh…" He half turns his head to the forest-green haired girl beside him. "Yasuko helped me out a bit."

Yasuko makes a skeptical look. "Like you need help," she replied. She unstraps herself from the gym bag and hands it over to Zuzu. "Here, hold this for me, please."

Zuzu nodded. "Okay."

"Next up for the second match is Yasuko Yukihana of You-Show Duel School and Mikisugi Dakoda of Grigori Duel School!" Nico announced through the loudspeakers.

While Gongenzaka marches out of the arena, Yasuko enters at the same time. She walks with her head up high to face the big boy in front of her. She narrows her eyes at the duelist in front of her.

Flashback images of Mikisugi started to appear before her in from her younger days. The first time that she dueled him and when she was cheated that he took her Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon.

Thinking back to her how defeated she was to Mikisugi makes her burn the fire inside of her. She and Mikisugi stop in front of each other, staring at each other with the smug look on Mikisugi's face, and the narrowed scowl from Yasuko's eyes.

The boy raises his blue duel disk over and activates his orange blade as Yasuko takes out her forest green duel disk from her holster and attaches to her wrist to enable her blue blade.

"Alright, folks, let's go for the second match!" Nico Smiley announced. "Now, it is time to pick this match's Action Field!" The giant Action Card that was floating in the bubble of cards starts to spin fast before stopping to the Action Field Spell; Prometheus City.

"Oh, it looks like the Action Field is taking it to the skies when it is Prometheus City!" Nico exclaimed. "Action Field Spell! Prometheus City activates!" The ARC system turns on as the machine changes the arena into a pre-modern city that is built on a massive suspension bridge being held by two cliffs. The background consists of other cities that are on bridges where they are above the clouds

Yasuko and Mikisugi stand in a city square, staring at each other with the fire rising from both of them.

"I've been waiting a long time for this, Yasuko Yukihana," said Mikisugi.

Yasuko narrows her eyes at Mikisugi. "So?" she asked.

Yasuko can see how angry Mikisugi was giving when she made her comment about their past grudges. "So?" Mikisugi inquired. "Do you have any idea what I've been through? After you humiliated me, everyone kept beating me. All my pals left because I was weak. People say I was a fraud. Everyone was going on about you like you were the pop star of the neighborhood." Mikisugi's glare never ceased to get even hotter. "You earned respects, and I lost mine, so I'm going to reclaim my title," he proclaimed. "And you're going to fall."

Yasuko's eyes never wavered, starting to understand something about him and her. "I never like the attention, Mikisugi Dakoda," she admitted. "Because of you, people wouldn't stop bugging me."

Mikisugi's eyebrows press together to frown even further. "Is that why you quit the Dueling Club in the first place?" he asked. "You think you can just join a duel school like You-Show will change any of it? I can tell them right now; you don't care about the You-Show or anyone than yourself. You don't even care about your dueling club members because a few months after you left them three years ago, the Dueling Club of Horyuji disbanded."

Yasuko is surprised. She had no idea that the Horyuji's dueling club dissolved when she was done getting involved with them. "What?" she inquired.

"That's right," Mikisugi confirmed as he points back at the girl. "In every match they go to, they always lose, and because of the failing performance, the Horyuji's Dueling Club is no more!"

Mikisugi looked at his hand and clenched it into a fist. "I was about to join them after training my way back up," he said. "But, they dissolved because you quit on them." He looked back up to Yasuko and said, "How would you think those people from the You-Show feel if they learned that you abandoned your previous club because you didn't see them as equals?" Mikisugi questioned. "You push them aside, just like all the rest of your classmates. You think you're so high? Well, guess what? You're not. You care only about yourself, and nothing more."

The more Mikisugi talked, the more infuriated Yuya gets; hearing him talking Yasuko down is getting his blood boiling in a fury. "Stop it, Mikisugi," he growled, tainting his tone with venomous rage. "You don't know anything about Yasuko." He was glaring hard at Mikisugi. "You have no idea what Yasuko has to go through just to be here," he whispered in a furious ringtone.

Yuya had never liked the boy when he first met him. He's seen how Yasuko struggled to get herself into the Arc League, and even before that, she is still struggling now. He understood what Yasuko went through during her childhood. There was no way he's not going to let someone like Mikisugi talk smack to her.

Zuzu notices the growing tension from Yuya at the instant. She saw how Yuya has a furious frown on his face.

Yasuko didn't seem to care much regarding Mikisugi's insult. "It doesn't change anything; we are standing here with our duel disks," she admonished. "I'm going to beat you, and that's that."

"I like to see you try," Mikisugi dared. "But remember, this is the new and improved Mikisugi that you are facing, not the one you dueled five years ago."

Mikisugi takes out her blue duel disk that emits an orange glowing disk blade. Yasuko pulls out her duel disk from her holster and throws it in the air before she catches it with her left wrist, attaching itself to the device. With their duel disks ready, they can now begin their match.

"Powerful duelists have gathered within this city…" Mikisugi chanted.

"They'll kick up dirt as they ride along with their monsters…" Yasuko announced.

"As they ride across the field," said Mikisugi.

"And into battle!" Yasuko added.

"Behold, the greatest evolution of dueling is here!" They chorused. "Action…"

DUEL:

Yasuko Yukihana: LP 4000

VS

Mikisugi Dakoda: LP 4000

"DUEL!"

The bubble in the air bursts to rain Action Cards all over the entire bridge city-style field to begin the duel.

Turn 1: Mikisugi (5x cards)

"The first move goes to mine!" Mikisugi announced. He takes out a card from his hand and Normal Summons Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses (ATK 1500/DEF 1500). "I summon Loptr, Shadow of the Generaider Bosses!" For Mikisugi's first move is to summon a monster that is a blond young man wearing a white shawl that had the lavender design at the edges with a red scarf around his neck, and black pants and shirt.

"I Set three cards face-down and end my turn." Mikisugi Sets three cards face-down.

Turn 2: Yasuko (5x cards)

"What a great start for Mikisugi Dakoda," Nico announced. "Mikisugi starts with a monster and three face-downs! How will Mrs. Yukihana play this?"

The girl was suspicious of what was the purpose of Mikisugi to set three cards. "Is that all?" she questioned.

Mikisugi narrows his eyes at the cynical duelists. "Always giving that look," he replied. "The same dead look that never shows what you are feeling. I'm getting sick and tired of seeing that same boredom that you have on your face." He then points at the girl. "I'm going to change that look on your face when this duel goes on! Do you hear me?"

Yasuko narrows her eyes. "Oh, I heard you," she said, placing a finger on her deck. "It's my turn!" She draws a card.

"And my turn to activate the Trap!" Mikisugi flips up his face-down Trap Card: Generaider Boss Fight. "I activate Generaider Boss Fight!" he declared. "This card lets me activate one Generaider Field Spell from my deck, and you draw a card!" Mikisugi's duel disk pops out one card and activates the Field Spell Card: Generaider Boss Stage. "I activate Generaider Boss Stage!" he exclaimed.

Yasuko watches the effect that allows her to draw an extra card. "Really? You want me to draw a card while you activated a spell?" she inquired. "I expected more." Yasuko draws a card; unfortunately, she was caught in Mikisugi's trap, and she never foresaw what was about to happen next.

"I'm afraid that you'll be expecting a lot more than just drawing a card, Yukihana," said Mikisugi. "When my opponent adds a card, I can activate Boss Stage's effect! I can Special Summon one Generaider monster from my Deck in Defense Position!" He takes out one monster from his deck and Special Summons Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice (ATK 2100/DEF 2600) in Defense Position. "I Special Summon Nidhogg, Generaider Boss of Ice!" From the portal in front of Mikisugi is a monster that resembles to be a mixture of a dragon and a wyvern with no legs, but broad wings with its entire body made of crystalized materials that hardened its skin whenever exposed to sunlight. There is a red beating heart at the chest.

"And I'm not finished!" Mikisugi exclaimed. "When a Generaider monster is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon as many Generaider Tokens as possible in Attack Position!" Mikisugi was going all out with his effect and Special Summons three Generaider Tokens (Fairy/LIGHT/Level 4/ATK 1500/DEF 1500) in Attack Position. "I summon three Generaider Tokens!" The monsters that surround the loptr and the nidhogg are three high-tech fairy monsters that are white and gray on their armor and generate multiple circles of light from behind with rings right in between the gaps.

The You-Show gasped in surprise that the duelist has something up against Yasuko.

"Four monsters in one turn?!" Tate gasped. "That's insane!"

"It's Yasuko's turn, and Mikisugi has a field full of monsters," said Allie, holding both her hands together to her chest.

"This can't be good," Zuzu stated. "Yasuko always gets herself a card outside of her Draw Phase, but Mikisugi gets to activate the field spell's effect to Special Summon all those tokens."

"And that's not all," Yuya added. "Since this is an Action Duel, getting an Action Card is considered to be adding a card." Yuya never expected Mikisugi to make a board of his own. "Something tells me that Yasuko's opponent won't be so easy," he said, concerned about how the match will turn out for Yasuko.

Mikisugi has to make the next move for his plan to work. "Now, I activate Loptr's special effect!" Mikisugi added. "I can tribute one Generaider monster from my field to Special Summon one Generaider monster from my Deck!" He points at the first token monster on the field. "I tribute my first Generaider Token to Special Summon Hoárr, Generaider Boss of Thunder!" By tributing the first token monster, Mikisugi Special Summons Hoárr, Generaider Boss of Thunder (ATK 3000/DEF 3000) from his Deck in Attack Position. Thunder clouds were converging from the sky before a massive lightning strikes hit the field, summoning a behemoth with horns sticking out of the hooded cloak that it was wearing underneath its purple body armor while wielding a staff blade in its right hand as the red beating eyes glares underneath the shadows of its hood.

Yasuko makes a raised eyebrow. "You think you've gotten stronger, have you?" she questioned. "Well, you are going have to keep working on your technique even more!" Yasuko takes a brief look at the stadium. Thousands of people are going to witness the most incredible thing that will happen out of the blue.

With a deep breath, Yasuko takes out two of her cards and declares her words to Mikisugi, if not, the entire stadium. "I use my Scale 3 Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon and Scale 8 Magister of Endymion to set the Pendulum Scale!" Yasuko announced boldly. "I'm gonna show you how I control the duel right now!" And with that, Yasuko Sets her Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon (Scale 3) and Magister of Endymion (Scale 8) at both edges of her blue blade, forming the rainbow "Pendulum" word for the first time in a while since Yasuko last used Pendulum Summon.

The two monsters are the red dragon who bears dichromatic red and green eyes with bone armor and twin tails at the end of the bigger one, and the second is a new type of Pendulum monster: a forest green armored young man with silver-gray hair underneath its magical hat wearing a golden mask with a red optical eye over his right one while wielding a giant wand that has an orange crystal orb at the hook. They float above the girl under the two pillars of light with their respective scale numbers underneath them.

Mikisugi felt like his breath just left his lungs after Yasuko is doing the impossible thing. "What—what the—Pendulum Scale?!" he stammered.

Everyone is bewildered by the sight of monsters in the Pendulum Zone. Nobody didn't see it coming. It was like the winds blow a powerful current to their faces.

"Wh-wh-wh-wh-wha—What?!" Nico was stammering so hard that his voice nearly gives a deep rasp on the microphone. "Did I hear it, right?! What do we have here?! Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls! It appears that there is a new player on the field! It would seem that the new duelist of You-Show, Yasuko Yukihana, has just used Yuya Sakaki's specialty, and we can guess what's coming next! A Pendulum Summon!" he exclaimed. "And would you look at her monster! It strikes the resemblance of the monster that defeated the champion, Strong Ishijima! Odd-Eyes!"

The sight of the Pendulum monsters has caused an uproar among the crowd.

"No way!"

"Is that a Pendulum monster?"

"But, I thought it wasn't real?"

"I heard that Yuya Sakaki did a Pendulum Summon in his duel against Strong Ishijima and that it was a fake."

"No way! That girl has a Pendulum monster, so it is real!"

The crowd is mixed in their opinions. While some are confused, some are amazed by Yasuko's Pendulum monsters. The crowd shifts from being confused to astonishment. Their moods are raising the excitement.

"Wow! I didn't know this girl has those cards!"

"That is so cool!"

"I know! When I heard that Yuya Sakaki used Pendulum Summon to beat Strong Ishijima, it was bogus!"

"So, it is real then!"

"That's amazing!"

"It feels like I'm watching the duel between Yuya and the Sledgehammer!"

"She's going to Pendulum Summon! I'm so excited!"

The You-Show gang is thrilled to see Yasuko and her Pendulum monsters after seeing her not using them during her six duels. Like everyone else, the You-Show was astounded with Yasuko and her willingness to use the Pendulum cards; not to mention the new Pendulum monster that is in Yasuko's Pendulum Zone.

Zuzu saw how the crowd is getting hyped for Yasuko's Pendulum Summon. "Look, everyone loves it," she said.

Yuya can't help but let a smile form on his face. "Of course," he responded. "They love it. That's because Yasuko is not giving up." He stares at Yasuko's determined face. "She's going to use every card in her deck to finish the match, even if she uses Pendulum."

Tate looks up at the pendulum monsters. "Whoa, look at that! This is getting awesome!" he cheered.

"Alright, Yasuko!" Allie smiled. "She's going to Pendulum Summon!"

"I'm getting the shivers!" Frederick squealed.

Gongenzaka raises a fist in the air, giving her a smirk. "That's the spirit!" he bellowed.

"Way a go, Yasuko Yukihana!" Shuzo cheered. "Use them to make your hot burning blood boil!"

Everyone was expecting for Yasuko to make a Pendulum Summon, but instead, the girl does something else first. "And from my hand, I activate the Spell, Spell Power Grasp!" Yasuko takes out a card and activates the Spell Card: Spell Power Grasp.

Much to everyone's surprise, the girl who sets her Pendulum Scale didn't go for the Pendulum Summon immediately as they thought. Even the You-Show people were all confused while making a loud response of, "huh?"

"And now, I add a second Spell Power Grasp from my deck to my hand," said Yasuko. Her deck pops out a card and adds a second copy of her Spell Power Grasp.

Mikisugi was taken back by Yasuko's decision not to make the Pendulum Summon. "What?" he queried. "You have Pendulum cards, and you're not going to make a Pendulum Summon yet?" His face distorted to become angry. "What the hell was that?" he growled. "Did you do that to show off?"

"Of course not, you idiot," Yasuko retorted. "I only needed the Spell to activate its effect." She raises her hand the magister endymion, and Yasuko proceeds with her move. "Spell Power Grasps targets one face-up card on the field, and I can place one Spell Counter on it, and then I can add another Spell Power Grasp from my Deck to my hand!" The magister endymion glows bright yellow in response to the effect of the spell card. "I target my Magister to have him gain a Spell Counter."

"What was the point of that?" Mikisugi asked.

"Perhaps, you don't know about this deck does when I was in the Tokyo Regional Frontier Games," said Yasuko. "And this one's a brand-new custom deck for myself! Magister of Endymion's Pendulum effect activates! Each time a Spell Card activates and resolves, this card gains a Spell Counter!"

"What?" Mikisugi inquired.

The magister endymion glows bright orange to gain a counter from the first Spell Card.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 1)

Due to the magister's special effect, it gains a second Spell Counter of its own after the Spell Card resolves.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 1 2)

The three kids on the You-Show side are confused about what Yasuko is trying to do.

"Spell Counters?" Allie queried. "What are those?"

"Oh, they're some sort of currency," Tate explained. "Some decks allow them to have counters. They're markers that act as currency for special effects from different monsters. The more counters you have, the higher chance you'll get to use an effect."

Sora seems to understand what Tate is talking about and pulls a lollipop out of his mouth. "Looks like this is going to get interesting," he said. "With that magister in the Pendulum Zone, that means each time the players activate a Spell card; the monster gains a counter." He looks over to Yasuko with an intrigued smirk. "Something tells me that Yasuko's got a plan for this match."

Yasuko then takes out another card and activates the Quick-Play Spell Card: Mythical Bestiary. "Then, I activate the Spell, Mythical Bestiary!" she called. "This spell lets me send two cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard to target one face-up card on the field, and then place up to two Spell Counters on it." She raises her hand to her magister. "And I target Magister of Endymion, which will trigger his Pendulum effect as well." When Yasuko played a Spell, the magisters gains three Spell Counters due to its Pendulum effect.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 2 5)

"Now, the conditions are set!" Yasuko exclaimed. "With these two monsters, I can Pendulum Summon between Levels 2 and 7 simultaneously!" she stated. "Hear my soul roaring upon thy! I call forth the energy of my heart to unleash the flame of solemnity from within! I Pendulum Summon! Bring forth, my monsters!" From the sky above Yasuko, a small portal opens, and two pillars of light rain down in purple and orange light behind Yasuko.

"Come forth, Mythical Beast Jackal King, and the wondrous blue dragon with heterochromia red and green eyes! Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon!" Yasuko Pendulum Summons Mythical Beast Jackal King (ATK 2400/DEF 1600) and Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon (ATK 2500/DEF 2000) in Attack Position. The first monster was a navy blue jackal spirit monster that has armor on the hips and the body with blue mini fox spirits emitting from the tail with its yellow-green eyes staring forward. The second one is the navy blue dragon that has bone armor encasing all over the body with horns sticking out from the head as its heterochromia red and green eyes flaring out.

Odd-Eyes Phantom roars with life after being sealed for weeks since Yasuko's last Pendulum Summon.

The crowd is loving Yasuko's monsters after she debuted her Pendulum Summon. They were screaming, and the You-Show are cheering on for Yasuko and her Pendulum Summon.

"Alright! Yasuko did it!" Tate beamed. "She did her Pendulum Summon after so long!"

"I think my shivers are coming back!" Frederick squealed.

"Go, Yasuko!" Allie cheered.

Yuya was getting very excited to see Yasuko making her first Pendulum Summon after the last time she did it. He felt very relieved that Yasuko has taken steps to use her Pendulum Summon to her advantage. "Yasuko… you're doing it!" he praised

Gongenzaka likes the Pendulum Summon since the last time he's seen Yasuko did it. "Alright, Yasuko!" he boasted. "Now you show him what you're made of!"

Even Nico Smiley was getting on with Yasuko's Pendulum Summon. "And there we have it, folks!" he announced. "After a brief moment of pause, Yasuko Yukihana has finally done her first Pendulum Summon! This duel could be the duel of the century!"

Despite the excitement and the ongoing excitement for Yasuko, Mikisugi wasn't envious; in fact, he was rather angry with her Pendulum Summon. "So, you've even managed to do a Pendulum Summon?" he questioned. "How'd come every time something new happens, you always managed to do them?" He was giving Yasuko the hardest glare that he can muster. "This is just like when Leo Corporation debuted the Extra Deck methods." His fists clenched together. "Well, I've had it!" he shouted. "I activate Nidhogg's special effect!"

Much to everyone and Yasuko's surprise, Mikisugi has a move of his own. "When my opponent Special Summons a monster or monsters, I can tribute one Generaider monster in my field to negate and destroy them!" he exclaimed. "I tribute my Generaider token to negate that Pendulum Summon!"

"What?!" Tate exclaimed. "He can negate any kind of Special Summons?!"

"That's not good!" Allie cried.

One of the tokens on Mikisugi's field disappears from the field, effectively activating the nidhogg. The nidhogg swept its wings forward to create a strong blizzard current by flapping its wings forward, effectively trying to get rid of Yasuko's monsters; however, Yasuko has a counter against the effect.

"You're not the only one who can make a counterattack!" Yasuko exclaimed. "I activate Jackal King's special effect!" She throws her hand over to the jackal king. "When a monster activates its effect, I remove two Spell Counters on my field to negate the effect and destroy the monster!" Yasuko chooses to remove two Spell Counters from her magister.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counters 5 3)

"I remove two of Magister's Spell Counters to activate Jackal King's effect and negate your Nidhogg!" The jackal king howls like a great wolf of the snow mountains and prepares to make the counterattack. The jackal king sends a screaming howl over to pierce right through the blizzard and straight for the nidhogg.

"Tough luck, Yukihana!" Mikisugi boomed. "I activate Hoárr's special effect!" He gestures over to the thunder generaider boss. "When a card effect activates, I can tribute one Spellcaster or two Generaider monsters from my field to negate the effect and destroy it!"

The third generaider token and the loptr generaider on Mikisugi's field bursts into particles to let the hoárr generaider boss consume it by sucking all the dust inside. Once they were gone, the hoarr brings up its staff in the air. Thunder clouds form up above the hoarr, and lightning strikes crack the sky, summoning a bolt of lightning over to zap and destroy the jackal king.

"Oh, no!" Frederick gasped. "With Jackal King destroyed, that means the other monster can destroy all of the monsters that Yasuko Pendulum Summoned!"

As Frederick proved, Odd-Eyes Phantom bursts into dust, leaving nothing for Yasuko except for her two Pendulum cards in her Pendulum Zones.

"All of that, and Mikisugi still managed to counter even Yasuko's negation," said Yuya.

"And to think that Yasuko has this in the bag," Sora stated with a bit of disappointment.

Wasting no time, Yasuko goes to her secondary option. "I activate Magister's Pendulum effect!" she exclaimed. "I can remove three Spell Counters from itself to Special Summon it from the Pendulum Zone and one face-up monster from my Extra Deck that has 1000 or more ATK points, and then place a Spell Counter on each one!"

She gestures to the magister endymion in her right Pendulum Zone. "I remove three Spell Counters to Special Summon Magister of Endymion, and Mythical Beast Jackal King!" She removes three of the Spell Counters from her magister.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 3 0)

The magister disappears from the Pendulum Zone before resurfacing back onto the field as Yasuko Special Summons Magister of Endymion (ATK 900/DEF 1500) from the Pendulum Zone and Mythical Beast Jackal King in Attack Position. Once again, the jackal king returns to the field from the Extra Deck and back into the field with the magister and the jackal gaining a Spell Counter.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 1)

(Mythical Beast Jackal King: Spell Counter 0 1)

"Let's battle!" Yasuko declared. "Magister, attack Hoárr!" She points at the monster that is right in front of her. At once, the magister jumps up with his scepter sparking electricity from the orb.

Everyone at the stands is shocked that Yasuko is going to make an attack with a weaker monster. The decision makes everyone at the You-Show gasped in disbelief.

"What?!" Tate exclaimed. "She's going to attack with only that monster?"

"But he's got way too low ATK points!" Allie pointed out.

"What is she thinking?!" Frederick panicked.

Just when things can go horribly wrong, Yasuko happens to have a plan for that move. "When Magister attacks, it gains a Spell Counter, and I activate this Quick-Play Spell, Gravity Lash!" Yasuko reacts quickly by activating the Quick-Play Spell Card: Gravity Lash. "This card targets one monster on the field, and it loses ATK points equal to its DEF points!" She points at the hoárr generaider boss. "And I target your Hoárr!" A green lightning bolt shoots out from the spell and zaps the monster as it grunts after losing all of its attack power.

(Hoárr, Generaider Boss of Thunder: ATK 3000 0)

"And due to Jackal King's special effect, each time a Spell activates and resolves, it gains two Spell Counters!"

Once the hoárr monster lost all of its points, the magister and the jackal king gained Spell Counters.

(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 1 2)

(Mythical Beast Jackal King: Spell Counter 1 3)

The You-Show were relieved that the girl had a plan to make sure that she doesn't take damage.

"Alright, with Hoárr now at 0, that means Yasuko can deal damage quickly!" Tate cheered.

"And to think she was crazy enough to attack such a monster with higher ATK points," Frederick boosted.

Before the magister can destroy the hoárr, the boy seemed prepared for anything that Yasuko throws at him. "I activate the Trap! Wonder Xyz!" Mikisugi shouted as he activates the face-down Trap Card: Wonder Xyz. "This card lets me Xyz Summon during the turn I activate this card!" By throwing his hand up high in the sky, Mikisugi makes the impossible. "I take my Nidhogg and my Hoárr to build the Overlay Network!" At once, the nidhogg turns into the blue light while the hoárr transforms into a purple light. The two beams shot up in the air before falling into the galaxy portal in front of Mikisugi. "Behold! Yasuko Yukihana, this is my ultimate move, the monster that will bring an end to you once and for all!" The galaxy portal shoots up in the air.

"Monstrous being from the North! Arise, and become the very serpent that will be the destroyer of all the warriors who've to stand before you! I Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 9, Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity!" Mikisugi Xyz Summons Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity (ATK ?/DEF ?).

The monster that Mikisugi summoned is a giant sea-serpent that has to the size of almost half of the entire stadium with its short stubby limbs and long spikes on the back with red tips at the top. With its dark and grayish scales, the being is almost as tall as the LDS tower if it stands up higher as two brown Overlay Units rove around the monster at the base of the body.

The entire stadium was taken back by the massive monster that is colossal. Some of the spectators had to back away because jormungandr's size could almost be touching them if they get too close.

"Whoa! Nelly!" Gongenzaka exclaimed. "Look at the size of that thing!"

"It's humongous!" Tate gasped.

"This is not good!" Allie panicked.

"It…it's starting to give me goosebumps," Frederick whimpered in fright.

Yuya and Zuzu's mouth was open; eyes sockets are wide awake, and breaths are getting shallow after seeing the massive monster in front of Mikisugi.

"It's huge!" Yuya choked.

"How's Yasuko going to beat that?" Zuzu wondered.

"I have no idea," said Sora, who is unimpressed by the massive size of the monster.

"Well, Yasuko has got to think of something fast," said Shuzo. "Because I have no idea what the ATK and DEF points are."

Yasuko was looking up at the jormungandr that was towering over her. If she can even look higher, she might fall back because of its size height and length. However, she didn't find anything impressive. "What's with its ATK and DEF points?" Yasuko asked.

"I'm about to show you right now," said Mikisugi. "Jormungandr gains 1000 ATK points for every Xyz material that is attached to it." The jormungandr glows yellow aura around itself to gain the attack and defense power from the two overlay units that it has.

(Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity: ATK ?/DEF ? ATK 2000/DEF 2000)

"And now, I'm going to show you what this deck of my is now capable of since the last time we've dueled!" Mikisugi exclaimed. "I activate detach one Overlay Unit to activate Jormungandr's special effect!" As he raises the hand, one of the Overlay Units bursts from the monster, effectively weakening it.

(Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity: OU 2 1)

"We both draw a card from our deck, and then the players who've drawn a card are to attach one card from either the field or from the hand to Jormungandr," Mikisugi explained.

"No, you won't!" Yasuko protested. "I activate Jackal King's special effect! I remove two Spell Counters to negate your monster's effect!" The jackal king howls loudly, sending a large wave of sonic screeches to the jormungandr.

"Not by a long shot, Yasuko!" Mikisugi snapped. "I activate my trap! Generaider Boss Room!" He flips up his last face-down to activate the Continuous Trap Card: Generaider Boss Room. "This trap activates if my opponent activates a card effect in response to my Generaider's effect! By discarding one card, it changes your monster's effect to make it that we both draw a card!"

"What?!" Yasuko gasped.

As Mikisugi discards one card, the trap card flips up and blows a brown whirlwind over to turn the jackal king's special effect around and change it to make both Yasuko and Mikisugi draw a card.

Yasuko and Mikisugi both draw a card from their deck. "Now that your Jackal King is grounded, my Jormungandr's effect activates!"

With no other choice, Yasuko and Mikisugi both draw another card from their decks, but they have to choose which cards they are to attach to the monster. Yasuko chooses to attach her second Spell Power Grasp and attaches it to jormungandr as Mikisugi did the same thing with his card. The result gives more power to the jormungandr.

(Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity: OU 1 3)

(Jormungandr, Generaider Boss of Eternity: ATK 1000/DEF 1000 ATK 3000/DEF 3000)

"Oh, no!" Allie gasped, horrified. "Jackal King's effect was turned down!"

"So, that means whenever a card effect activates, Mikisugi can just discard one card to change the effect?" Tate inquired.

Sora, who was licking the lollipop, makes a brief explanation to the little ones. "Perhaps that is his game plan," he said. "Think about it; every time Yasuko adds a card to her hand except the Draw Phase, its trigger's Boss Stage's effect to let him Special Summon one monster from the deck, and as many tokens on his field in one turn."

"And since Yasuko adds cards from her deck all the time, that means it's going to be harder for her," Yuya added.

"Not to mention that Trap card," Gongenzaka mentioned. "Whenever Yasuko activates a card effect in response to his own, it changes to make both players draw a card."

"I'd say that this duel is going to be the most challenging for Yasuko," said Shuzo. "Because if Yasuko loses this match here, then she will never get to advance."

Yasuko narrows her eyes at the monster in front of her. Seeing how much more robust that Mikisugi has gotten since the last time she dueled him, she thinks that beating him will be challenging to do.


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