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Arc League Championship — Chapter 35: The Neo New Entertainment Duel; Yuya Sakaki vs. Sylvio Sawatari
Declan Akaba is currently watching the main event from a large screen in front of him with his little sibling, Riley, and his company bodyguard enforcer, Claude, in a disclosed high-tech computer surveillance area of the Leo Corporation headquarters.
He was impressed by how Yasuko was able to achieve the Pendulum-Fusion Summon. The energy readings were nearly identical to the one that appeared over a month ago. By reviewing the energy readings from the day when he first dueled Yasuko and the match between her and Mikisugi, he confirms that Yasuko Yukihana is the perpetrator of the Pendulum Extra Deck Summons.
"It's exactly like the one we analyzed a month ago," Claude informed. "Pendulum-Fusion and Yasuko achieved it in a month? Does she know anything about Pendulum before then, or is she getting better? Just who is she?"
Declan's red-rimmed glasses shine from the computer screen. "I believe there's something more to it than that," he said. "Knowing that Pendulum cards would attract a lot of attention like us, my theory is she was playing under the radar until the time was right. Whichever the reason, I underestimated this newcomer."
Declan keeps his eyes on the big screen from his command chair, watching the Arc League from the shadows. "Yasuko is a duelist with an unknown history," he stated. "And yet, she's improving faster than I anticipated."
He is now by far curious to see more of Yasuko's Pendulum cards; however, he can wait as his next subject is coming on stage.
Yuya Sakaki.
"As for this one, in particular, it looks like this could be our biggest opportunity," Declan affirmed.
Yuya walks into the arena. People were talking all about him since his duel with Strong Ishijima. They thought that Pendulum Summon was a fake, but seeing Yasuko's duel with Mikisugi convinced them that if Yasuko can Pendulum Summon, then Yuya can also use Pendulum Summon. Everyone in the stadium is getting excited to see what Yuya will do in his duel now that Pendulum Summon is going to be mainstream.
Yuya is ready to take on the big leagues. He's been dreaming of this day ever since he did his first Pendulum Summon. The day when he can achieve his dream of becoming the pro duelist just like his father. If only Yusho could see him right now who is following his footsteps.
Yuya stops at the center and waits for his rematch with Sylvio Sawatari. Upon entering, Yuya finds it surprising that his opponent is entering the arena with a different outfit. Sylvio has a straw hat over his head and a blue garb that resembles an oversized samurai robe with black sandals. Sylvio was blowing a leaf that resonates to the sound of the soothing winds blowing his attire.
"What is he cosplaying as?" Tate asked, confused.
Shuzo seems to be familiar with it. "That's "Mother's Eye" by Shin Hasegawa," he said.
The straw hat covering Sylvio's eyes shuns the gaze of everyone at the stadium and Yuya's. "The cards are calling me," he said, giving a serious tone. "They're asking me to draw them." He gestures his hand out like he was holding something before pointing up in the air. "The lone star twinkling in the heavens! As I plan to duel as a warrior!" Sylvio exclaimed. "And because I saw this costume on sale earlier."
For some reason, Yuya has to be very befuddling in his mind. His eyes seem like they're in small circles with his mouth open. Even the audience was baffled at Sylvio's appearance.
Yasuko stops eating her sandwich as her eyebrows twitched in annoyance. "Oh great, another idiot like Yuya," she murmured.
Sawatari adjusts his straw hat. "Look, it's never too early to buy something for the upcoming Summer Festival," he claimed. "Now, do you know who I am?"
Yuya snaps himself out of his daze and makes a deadpan stare. "Sawatari," he answered blankly.
"Wrong," Sylvio objected. "I am…" In a flash, he throws his samurai cosplay costume in the air to every back to his usual red pants with brown shoes wearing a grey dressed shirt with his Maiami Prep jacket. "The Neo New Sylvio Sawatari!"
The whole stadium was almost dead silent after his declaration.
Yasuko is sure that her right eye wasn't going to stop twitching with annoyance from Sylvio's ego. "Wow," she said sarcastically. "Seems like he's a bigger idiot than I thought. Does he know that 'neo' and 'new' are the same definitions?"
"Please don't encourage him," Zuzu protested flatly, also uncomfortable with the act.
"Can we duel now?" Yuya asked.
Sylvio adjusted himself and faced his opponent. "Yuya Sakaki," he called. "I have numerous grudges against you because you've wronged me three times."
Yuya blinks in confusion. "When was this?" he inquired.
Sylvio sticks out one finger. "First time! You and your partner, Yasuko Yukihana, disgraced me by stealing my Pendulum Cards and use them to beat me in a tag-team match. Remember?"
Yuya got insulted after his claim. "Hey, first of all, it was you who stole the Pendulum cards from me!" he protested.
Sylvio lost his composure for a brief moment as he continued while sticking it a second finger. "Second time! You wore a mask and injured me in our second duel! Admit it!" he hissed angrily.
Yuya forms a skeptical look. "That wasn't me, though, and I heard that you weren't injured."
"But his twin brother did," Yasuko called.
Yuya falls in shock with a comedian expression. He turns to her in annoyance. "I told you I don't have a twin brother!"
Sylvio's nerve was nearly broken because of the confusion that Yuya and Yasuko made. He dismisses whatever idea Yasuko told him about Yuya having a twin brother. He sticks out his third finger. "Third time! You dishonor my family by assaulting my dad! I know it was you!"
"Nope, that was on Yasuko," said Yuya. "I don't know what happened to her."
"You shut up, Yuya!" Yasuko shouted, having to hear him.
Much to Sylvio's embarrassing moment, he is hesitant before declaring his words. "Oh, you can deny all you want! The bottom line is, you and I have history, Yuya!" he exclaimed. "You disgraced me many times, but I'll now pay you back a hundred times over!"
Sylvio points at Yuya. "I'll make this declaration: Yuya Sakaki, you will suffer the greatest disgrace in this duel and lose for all my defeats…and disrespect, so now I will finally settle the score." His cool smirk forms at the corner of his mouth. "I'll admit it; I was shocked when your new classmate, Yasuko Yukihana, had Pendulum Cards of her own and guided her to victory today, but in this duel, your Pendulum cards aren't going to save you," Sylvio smirked. "It will lead you to your downfall."
Yuya is surprised at first because Sylvio is making himself claim that his Pendulum Summon will defeat him in the duel. "I'll lose because of Pendulum cards?" he questioned.
The grin on Sylvio's face said otherwise.
Yuya suddenly recalls what Sylvio said about how the Leo Corporation is independently making their Pendulum cards after his duel with Yasuko. "Wait a minute…" he thought. "Can it be? Sawatari has got Pendulum Cards now?" After thinking back to how Declan was able to use Pendulum Summon, it was per r to him that the Leo Corporation now has access to the secrets of Pendulum cards.
"Now, lets set the stage, shall we?" Nico announced through the loudspeakers. "Time to select the Action Field! C'mon!"
The Action Card spins fast in the bubble of cards before it pops to reveal the Action Field, Sunset Stronghold. "The Action Field is made! Now Sunset Stronghold activates!"
The arena transforms the plain glass into a new setting. Underneath the hologram is a fictional sunset with a barren wasteland type terrain that has a big fort in the middle surrounded by a trench.
Yuya and Sylvio activate their duel disk to get set in motion.
"Okay! Two duelists will turn this field into a battlefield!" Sylvio chanted.
"Bringing out with their monsters, they'll kick the earth and fly into the sky…" Yuya began.
"…To move around the field!" they chorused.
"Witness the greatest evolution of dueling!" Nico announced. "Action…"
DUEL:
Yuya Sakaki (LP 4000)
VS
Sylvio Sawatari (LP 4000)
"DUEL!"
Nico Smiley snaps his two fingers to make the Action Card bubble bursts open to disperse all the cards around the field to signify the start of the duel.
"Go ahead, Yuya!" Sylvio offered. "You first!"
Turn 1: Yuya (5x cards)
"Fine then, I'll go first!" Yuya accepted. "When neither players have a monster on the field, I can summon this card from my hand by lowering its level by 1!" Thanks to its effect, Yuya Special Summons Performapal Drummerilla (ATK 1600/DEF 900) from his hand in Attack Position. "I Special Summon Performapal Drummerilla!" A black gorilla with a polka-dot bow tie who happens to have two big sets of drums as its chest appears on the field, making it pound its chest like a real gorilla. Due to its effect, the drummer gorilla loses one level.
(Performapal Drummerilla: Level 5 → 4)
Yuya takes out another card and Normal Summons Performapal Uni (ATK 800/DEF 1500). "And then, I summon Performapal Uni!" Yuya exclaimed. On the field next to the drumming gorilla, a female performer that has long blonde hair and pink highlight bangs on the front with a single horn hairpin on top of her head wearing a long tan jacket that had two long tails at the end appears on the field.
"Uni's special effect activates!" Yuya added. "When Uni is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 3 or lower Performapal monster from my hand." He takes out another card from his hand and Special Summons Performapal Corn (ATK 600/DEF 1000) in Attack Position. "I Special Summon Performapal Corn from my hand!"
Right next to the "uni" performer is a second female character who has sky blue hair tied in pigtails wearing a purple jacket that has two gold epaulets and laced white shoes that goes over her purple pants and white blouse.
Yuya wasn't done with his move just yet. "I activate Corn's special effect!" he declared. "If this card was Normal or Special Summoned this turn, I can target one Performapal monster with 1000 or less ATK points, and switch it and this monster to Defense Position, and then I can add one "Odd-Eyes" card from my deck to my hand." He throws his hand over to the Uni female performer. "I target Uni with my Corn's effect!"
Together, the uni performer claps her left hand with the corn coworker places her right while chorusing, "Uni-Corn," as if they are partners-in-crime.
The audience is loving the two female duos who have gotten their attention. Even the three little kids from the You-Show are all amazed by the new monsters that Yuya summoned.
"Aw, look at them!" Allie beamed. "They're so cute together! They're like besties!"
A single card pops out for Yuya to take after he has chosen Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. "I choose to add Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon from my deck to my hand!" After adding his card, Yuya takes out one more card and Sets it.
"Then, I Set a card face down and end my turn," he concluded.
Turn 2: Sylvio (5x cards)
Sylvio gives Yuya a smirk of satisfaction as if he is ready to take on Yuya head-on. "Impressive start, Yuya," he commented, "but now, Sylvio Sawatari's legendary revenge duel begins your downfall," he claimed. "It's my turn!" Sylvio draws a card from his deck. "I draw!"
Sylvio gets right in to play the Continuous Spell Card he drew earlier; Yosen Training Grounds. "I activate the Continuous Spell, Yosen Training Grounds! Each time I Summon or Special Summon a Yosenju, one Yosen Counter light up on this card." As he activates the spell, a shinto shrine appears above Sylvio's head with unlit candles inside of the structure.
Yuya raised his eyebrows. "Yosen Counter?" he inquired. "You mean those candles?"
"Yep, and speaking of," Sylvio responded. "Let's light up one right now!"
Sylvio takes one more card from his hand to Normal Summon Yosenju Kama 1 (ATK 1600/DEF 500). "I summon Yosenju Kama 1 from my hand!" he declared. The first monster is an anthropomorphic weasel humanoid with a white spiky, ponytail hair who is wearing a samurai garb holding a kusarigama weapon.
The kama 1 spins fast to create a whirlwind around its body. "When Kama 1 is successfully summoned, I can Summon a 'Yosenju' from my hand that isn't Kama 1," Sylvio explained.
Because it was Normal Summoned, Sylvio can Normal Summon Yosenju Kama 2 (ATK 1800/DEF 200). "Come on out, Yosenju Kama 2!" A second anthropomorphic weasel appears, only this time, it has a katana sword and sky-blue white garb with black pants.
"But why stop at two when I can bring out a third one?" Sylvio suggested. "When Kama 2 is successfully summoned, I can summon a 'Yosenju' that isn't Kama 2." The Kama 2 spins fast like its twin brother as it creates another whirlwind. "Take to the field, Yosenju Kama 3!"
Like Kama 1's effect, Sylvio can Normal Summon Yosenju Kama 3 (ATK 1500/DEF 800). A third whirlwind forms on Sylvio's field, and it was a third anthropomorphic weasel, only it has a green sash with a knife.
"And then, due to Kama 3's special effect, I can summon another Yosenju monster that isn't Kama 3," Sylvio added. He takes out another card and Normal Summons Yosenju Izna (ATK 800/DEF 1200). "I summon Yosenju Izna!" A white whirlwind blows next to Kama 3 as a light brown weasel monster with brown hair tied in a ponytail and wearing a white garb over his black pants with his sandals appears on the field.
"What an insatiably start for Sylvio!" Nico announced, impressed. "He summoned three monsters in one move!"
Sylvio makes a chuckle. "Pendulum Summon doesn't have a monopoly of summoning many monsters quickly," he said. "Surely, you didn't think your Pendulum technique was the only way one could make quick summons, did you Yuya? Since I have summoned four 'Yosenju' monsters, due to Yosenju Training Ground's effect, four Yosen Counters light up." The shrine's candles pop four flams after Sylvio summoned four monsters.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter: 0 → 4)
While some people are impressed and surprised by Sylvio's move, Yasuko doesn't seem to be taken back. She appears to be slightly bored with the summon. "That all that he's got?" she murmured, eating her sandwich.
"I activate Izna's special effect!" Sylvio declared. "When I control a Yosenju monster, I can draw one card." Sylvio draws a card from his deck. "Next, Kama 1's effect activates," said Sylvio. "When there's another Yosenju on the field, I can return one card on your field to your hand once!"
Yuya is surprised. "What?" he gasped.
Kama 1 spins his chain before throwing it to wrap around the gorilla drummer. "So long, Drummerilla!" Sylvio exclaimed. After that, the gorilla drummer dispersed into dust until it was a card. Yuya takes his monster off his blade to leave him completely wide open.
"And now, let's battle!" Sylvio declared. "First, Kama 1 and 3, attack Uni and Corn!" The kama 1 and kama 3 weasels take out their weapons as kama 1 spins his kusarigama weapon while leaping forward to slash the Uni performer while kama 3 takes out his knife to cut down the Corn actress. Together, they slashed the two female performers and destroyed both of them.
"This isn't good!" Shuzo panicked. "Yuya's field is now completely empty!"
"Yuya!" Zuzu called.
The boy is forced to run away as he makes a counterattack. "I play the Trap Card! Performapal Pinch Helper!" Yuya activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card, Performapal Pinch Helper. "This card activates by negating your monster's direct attack!" Kama 1 halts after being stopped by the trap card, but Sylvio wasn't displeased; he was more relaxed.
"Then, I can Special Summon one Performapal monster from my deck by negating its effects!" By negating his opponent's attack, Yuya Special Summons Performapal Kaleidoscorp (ATK 100/DEF 2300) in Defense Position. "I summon Performapal Kaleidoscorp!" Yuya shouted. Once there, his red scorpion with two shields as pinchers and a blue starred laser stinger appears on the field.
"And it'll defend me, all right, because, with 2300 DEF points, your monsters can't get past it!" Yuya proclaimed.
"Ha! Sure, they can," said Sylvio. "I activate Kama 2's special effect. This card can attack you directly by halving it's ATK points."
(Yosenju Kama 2: ATK 1800 → 900)
The effect shocks Yuya along with the other spectators.
"Sylvio found a way to get past through Kaleidoscop's defense," said Zuzu. "Yuya has to find an Action Card fast!"
Yuya hightailed and ran to the fort. Seeing how Yuya is getting desperate, Sylvio makes use of his fleeing. "Dashing off for an Action Card? I don't think so!" he exclaimed. "Let's battle! Kama 2 attacks you directly!"
As Kama 2 sends a whirlwind current over, Yuya sprints faster to get himself over a bridge that was closing. Before he can set foot; however, he was tackled by the air current and screams after falling into the ditch to receive the damage.
(Yuya: LP 4000 → 3100)
"And I'm not done yet," Sylvio continued, from a standpoint where he can see Yuya at the ditch. "Now, Kama 3's special effect activates. When another Yosenju deals you battle damage, I can add a non-Yosenju Kama 3 in my deck to my hand." A monster card pops to let Sylvio take it to add Yosenju Oyam. "And the one that I choose is my Yosenju Oyam."
Yuya gets up on his legs as Sylvio's move wasn't made just yet. "Then, I activate Yosenju Training Ground's effect." Sylvio points up where the shrine is. "Once per turn, by using three Yosenju Counters, I can add one "Yosenju" from my deck to my hand." Three of the candles from the shrine blows out the fire like someone had blown them away.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter: 4 → 1)
A second card pops out of his deck as Sylvio adds Mayosenju Daibak to his hand. "I add Mayosenju Daibak," he smiled. "It won't be fun if I defeat you too easily."
Sylvio takes one more card from his hand and Sets it. "I Set two cards face-down and end my turn."
"When my turn ends, the four Yosenju brothers that are summoned returned to my hand at the end of that turn." The four Yosenju brothers disappeared from the field as Sylvio recollects them back to his hand.
Turn 3: Yuya (3x cards)
Yuya processes everything that he can think of Sylvio and his strategy when he made his field wide open to a direct attack. "So Sylvio's field is empty? He's wide open for a direct attack," he thought. "Is this some kind of trap?"
Yuya was pondering his head deeply that he was snapped back after Sylvio taunts him. "Hey!" Sylvio called. "We're all waiting on you to do something, Yuya! Let's continue the show, you Entertainment Duelist!"
Despite Sylvio's goading, Yuya keeps his head calm and works on planning a counter-strategy to Sylvio's deck. He is trying to be smart about his gameplay. "Trap or not, I can't afford to play it safe. I just have to do my own dueling," he spoke in his head.
"My turn!" Yuya exclaimed. "I draw!" He draws a card that stars sparkle everywhere. He takes a peek at his card, satisfied with the card he draws. "Ah, yeah!" he beamed. "Here we go!"
Taking out two cards from his hand, Yuya makes his turn. "I'll set the Pendulum Scale with my Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 5 Wisdom-Eye Magician!" Yuya announced. "I'm taking control of this duel starting now!" And so, Yuya sets his Stargazer Magician (Scale 1) and Wisdom-Eye Magician (Scale 5) at the edges of the blade, popping up the rainbow 'PENDULUM' word on it.
The stargazer wizard and his long white-blond hair donned in white garb with a purple cape, and the wisdom wizard with a dark green crown dressed in Arabian outfits with a dark lavender cloak behind him holding a staff that has a chained lamp appear on the field, floating upwards under the two bright pillars of light. They float in the air until they stop with their respective Pendulum Scale numbers underneath them and a large pendant appearing between the wizards.
The audience was getting excited to see Yuya's own Pendulum Summon. They were still reeling in from Yasuko's Pendulum Summon that they have forgotten that Yuya was the first duelist to discover Pendulum Summon.
"Look! Yuya's going to do a Pendulum Summon!"
"It's true!"
"It's like from the last duel!"
The spectators were thrilled that the Arc League has duelists who can Pendulum Summon. The air is filled with so much energy.
The three little kids are confused about what was Yuya doing when he sets a Pendulum Scale where he doesn't reach where he can Pendulum Summon his ace monster.
"Why'd he set Wisdom-Eye?" Tate questioned. "His Pendulum Scale is too small for Odd-Eyes."
"Maybe he's working on something," Allie assumed.
Allie was correct on what Yuya's next move might be. "Wisdom-Eyes' Pendulum effect activates!" Yuya declared. "If I control a Magician or Performapal monster in my other Pendulum Zone, I can destroy this card and then place one "Magician" monster in my Pendulum Zone that Wisdom-Eye was in!" At once, the wisdom-eye wizard bursts into dust as Yuya takes out one card to replace the wisdom-eye wizard with his signature card to complete the Pendulum Scale.
"I reset the Pendulum Scale with my Scale 8 Timegazer Magician!" said Yuya. He sets the Timegazer Magician (Scale 8) back in the Pendulum Zone that wisdom-eye wizard used to be. The monster that Yuya replaced with is a Timegazer wizard with spiky orange-red hair sticking out underneath his wizard hat with a mechanical time gauntlet attached to his right wrist, reconfiguring the Pendulum Scale number up to eight.
"With these two monsters, I can summon any monsters between levels 2 and 7 simultaneously!" Yuya exclaimed.
"He did it!" Tate and Allie chorused.
"A Pendulum Summon!" Frederick cheered.
Yuya is determined to get to the top and to improve his dueling based on Yasuko's teachings. After watching all of Yasuko's duels, he's going to keep on improving himself to become just as strong as Yasuko. "Swing! Pendulum of the Soul! Carve the arc of the ether! I Pendulum Summon! Come on out, monster servants!" As Yuya chanted, two monsters above him fall from the portal like shooting stars.
"From my hand, Performapal Drummerilla! And the dragon with dichromatic shining eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Yuya Pendulum Summons Performapal Drummerilla and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (ATK 2500/DEF 2000). The gorilla drummer is back, and the red-scaled spiky dragon with glowing red and green eyes appears on the field, giving a very animalistic roar like Odd-Eyes Phantom.
The whole crowd is getting hyped up to see that everything about Yuya since his duel with Strong Ishijima. To see another duelist like Yuya doing a Pendulum Summon is spectacularly fun to watch for the audience.
"And now, it's showtime!" Yuya announced.
"And it'll be a short show in that!" Tate pointed out. "When Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Drummerilla attacks directly, Yuya wins!"
"That's true, Tate," said Yasuko, eating a bag of nuts after she ate her sandwich. "But that's a big if…"
"Obviously, it looks like a trap," Sora added, agreeing with Yasuko.
"Here I go!" Yuya declared. "Let's battle! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attacks you directly!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum makes a fast charge before leaping out of the ditch and into the air for a full attack.
Sylvio isn't worried as he prepares to counter Yuya's attack. "I activate Yosenju Oyam's special effect from my hand!" he announced. "When I take a direct attack, I can send one Yosenju in my hand to the graveyard to Special Summon it in Attack Position!" Be discarding his Yosenju Izna, Sylvio Special Summons Yosenju Oyam (ATK ?/DEF ?). Sylvio's field pops out a monster that is a ground blob ghost that is twenty feet taller than Odd-Eyes Pendulum.
Yuya is confused with the monster because it has unknown points. "What are its ATK points?" he asked.
"That depends," Sylvio answered. "Oyam's ATK points becomes the same as the original ATK points of the monster that it's battling!"
Since the ground ghost doesn't have known points, the attack and defense are now equal to the Odd-Eyes Pendulum.
(Yosenju Oyam: ATK ?/DEF ? → ATK 2500/DEF 2500)
Sylvio makes another move. "Since I Special Summon a Yosenju, one Yosenju Counter light up."
(Yosenju Training Grounds: Yosenju Counter 1→ 2)
The first candle in the shrine flares up. "The point is, my Oyam and your Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon are history," Sylvio proclaimed. "Will you attack knowing that they'll both be destroyed?"
"You wished!" Yuya rebuked. "I activate Drummerilla's special effect!" The gorilla drummer starts pounding its chest like a real ape. "Once per turn, this card increases my monster's ATK points by 600!" The beat of the drums sends sound waves to boost up Odd-Eyes Pendulum's power.
(Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: ATK 2500 → 3100)
Sylvio's eyes frown as the boy growls in frustration, foiled by Yuya's counterattack.
Yuya points at his opponent's mud ghost. "Now, Go! Odd-Eyes!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum fires a crimson red spiraling laser over to blast a hole right through the mud ghost's body. "Spiral Burst Strike!" The red laser vaporizes the ground ghost. "Odd-Eyes, special effect activates! When Odd-Eyes destroys a monster is a level 5 or above, the battle damage is doubled!" he exclaimed.
Oyam explodes, which sends Sylvio flying away, screaming in the air over to the ground until he lands on his knees after taking the double damage effect.
(Sylvio: LP 4000 → 2800)
"Oyam's special effect activates!" Sylvio yelled. "When this card is destroyed in battle, I can add one Oyam to my hand!" Since his first copy was destroyed, a card pops out so that Sylvio can now add a second copy of his Yosenju Oyam from his Deck to his hand.
Yuya is being cautious with the next move. He has the drumming gorilla on his side, but he had second thoughts regarding Sylvio's plan.
"If I attack again, he'll just summon another Oyam to block my way," Yuya thought. "I'll have to be patient for now and see what I can do." Yuya thinks of the best strategy for his next move.
"I end my turn," Yuya concluded. "But, my cardio is just getting started!" Yuya breaks off for a run in the ditch to find himself an Action Card.
Turn 4: Sylvio (5x cards)
Sylvio makes a smirk, watching Yuya run like a rat. "Run all you want; you're not going to find any Action Cards that can save you," he said. "You may have Pendulum Summon, but as I said before, you're gonna find out the true horrors of Pendulum summoning soon enough—" he points at Yuya, "—because this is the start of Sylvio Sawatari's revenge duel."
Yasuko narrows her eyes at the boy, theorizing the possibility of him having Pendulum Cards owned by the Leo Corporation. "I don't like this," she thought. "It's like Sylvio's trying to toy with Yuya and his Pendulum Summon."
"Watch and learn, Yuya Sakaki!" Sylvio announced. "It's my turn!" He draws a card from his deck.
"I summon Yosenju Kama 1!" Like before, Sylvio Normal Summons Yosenju Kama 1, the first anthropomorphic weasel. "By summoning Kama 1, I can summon Kama 2 and Kama 3!" Once he had the first warrior monster, Sylvio can Normal Summon Yosenju Kama 2 and Yosenju Kama 3 back on the field. "Plus, I still have Yosen Training Ground's effect in play," Sylvio added. "Since I summoned a Yosenju, three more Yosenju Counters light up."
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 2 → 5)
Three more candles from the shrine light up. "Sawatari has one again instantly summoned three monsters on his field!" Nico shouted through the microphone.
"No!" Allie cried in shock. "Yuya's now in the same position as his last turn!"
"This is terrible!" Frederick panicked. "If nothing changes, then Kama 1's effect will send Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon back to his hand!"
Sylvio throws his hand at the front to Yuya. "Let's battle!" he declared. "Due to Kama 2's effect, I can halve its ATK points to attack you directly!" Kama 2 slashes his katana to create a powerful air current to Yuya.
"I need to get an Action Card," said Yuya, running faster before the winds could catch up to him.
While running, Yuya narrows her eyes back to Sylvio. "He's not going to use Kama 1's effect?" he thought. "What's he going to do after that?" Yuya was grabbing onto the wooden pole and trying to swing himself to an Action Card that is spotted at the hole; unfortunately, he was blown away by the winds and was sent falling to the ground.
(Yuya: LP 3100 → 2200)
"Yuya!" Zuzu cried out for him.
"Kama 3's special effect activates," said Sylvio. "When another Yosenju deals you damage, I can add one Yosenju monster from my deck to my hand." A card pops out, and Sylvio takes to reveal something shocking to Yuya. "And the one I'm adding may surprise you…" he rotates his card to show Yuya his Pendulum monster; Yosenju Shinchu L. "It's a Pendulum Monster! Yosenju Shinchu L!"
"Wait a minute, did I hear it right?!" Nico gasped. "Sylvio Sawatari has his own Pendulum cards!?" The whole audience is stunned that someone like Sylvio could have Pendulum Cards like Yasuko and Yuya.
Yuya gets up on his feet, looking up at Sylvio. Initially, he would've been shocked, but for some reason, Yuya was able to anticipate that his opponent has Pendulum Cards in the deck. "So, he really does have Pendulum cards," he confirmed.
"A Pendulum Monster?" Zuzu gasped.
"No way!" Gongenzaka exclaimed. "But how?!"
"By Declan and the Leo Corporation," Yasuko revealed. "That's how."
"I activate Yosen Training Ground's special effect! By using three Yosen Counter, I can add one Yosenju monster from my deck to my hand!" The three candles that light up earlier extinguish their fire to let Sylvio add a card to his hand. "And I know just the one that I want! I add the Pendulum Monster, Yosenju Shinchu R!"
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 5 → 2)
With three more of the candles extinguished, Sylvio can add his second Pendulum monster, Yosenju Shinchu R.
Yuya focuses his eyes on the card that Sylvio added to his hand. "Another Pendulum monster, that's two!" he exclaimed.
"Yuya Sakaki," Sylvio called. "Now that Yasuko Yukihana has made her own Pendulum Summon, it's high time where Pendulum will lead you to your downfall!"
Sylvio takes out the two cards that he added to demonstrate his next move. "I set the Pendulum Scale with my Scale 3 Yosenju Shinchu L and Scale 5 Yosenju Shinchu R!" Like Yuya and Yasuko, Sylvio places his Yosenju Shinchu L (Scale 3) and Yosenju Shinchu R (Scale 5) to the edge of his green blade, creating the rainbow "PENDULUM" word.
The two of Sylvio's monsters, a left side of the torii with a scary blue mask and the right side of the torii with a red goblin mask, floats up in the air with their respective scale numbers beneath them.
Yuya wasn't worried because he can see how Sylvio's Pendulum monsters have a lower Pendulum Scale than his own. "We'll see about that," said Yuya. "Because since it's a 3 and 5 Pendulum scale, you can only Pendulum Summon level 4, and I can handle that."
Sylvio let out a smile. "Level 4? Ha! In your dreams, Yuya," he taunted. "Yosenju Shinchu R's Pendulum effect activates! When there's another Yosenju monster in my other Pendulum Scale, the Pendulum Scale number rises to 11!" Because there was the shinchu L, the shinchu R's Pendulum Scale number magically increases to a more significant number where Sylvio can summon monsters that are higher than Yuya's.
(Yosenju Shinchu R: Pendulum Scale 5 → 11)
Everyone, except for Yasuko, is shocked that the Pendulum Scale number has increased by six, giving Sylvio the edge over the duel against Yuya.
"Now, I can Pendulum Summon any monsters that are between levels 4 and 10 simultaneously!" Sylvio called. As he points up, a portal from the air opens, and what comes down is a massive storm that tornadoes down. Sylvio Pendulum Summons Mayosenju Daibak (ATK 3000/DEF 300). "The elderly ghost clads of the strong wind, remove your garments to create a large river that hollows out the land! I give you! Mayosenju Daibak!" The monster that Sylvio summoned is a giant wind wolf-like kamaitachi beast with a horn on its head made up of turquoise winds
The kamaitachi wolf beast lets out a loud howling echo that reverberates across the stadium to froze everyone in their seats. "What a surprising turn of events for the second day of the Arc League Championship!" Nico announced. "First, there was Yuya Sakaki, who is the first duelist to start his Pendulum Summon; then, Yasuko Yukihana, who just made her own Pendulum Summon; and now, Sylvio Sawatari is the third to be able to Pendulum Summon!"
Yuya can feel the energy of the crowd roaring like fire. He comes to understand that Pendulum is now getting everyone's attention. The whole stadium is now awake.
"One Yosenju Counter lights up on Yosen Training Ground." A second candle flares up after that.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 2 → 3)
The audiences are turning in the favor for Sylvio now that he can do a Pendulum Summon.
"I knew that this day would come," Shuzo cautioned. "After Yuya and Yasuko did their first Pendulum Summon, I thought that someone other than them would be able to do it, but I had no idea that it would be this very soon."
Even the three other kids are getting worried about Yuya. They wonder if Yuya will be alright since Sylvio made his own Pendulum Summon.
"And the monster he summoned is a level 10," said Tate. "I know Yuya can still come back for this…I think…"
The whole stadium was cheering on to Sylvio Sawatari. He was also enjoying the position of being in the spotlight and gaining the most attention than Yuya. "That's right!" Sylvio announced. "Get excited! Get more excited! Get really excited!" The more that the crowd is encouraging him, the more hyped Sylvio gets to cheer only for him. "The fun is just getting started!" he boosted with glee.
"Hey! That's Yuya's catchphrase!" Allie yelled.
Yasuko is sure that Sylvio is making a fool out of himself now because she can spot the drunken smug on Sylvio's face. "He's way over his head," she muttered with one raised eyebrow.
The smug look on Sylvio's face is never going away anytime soon. "That's right," Sylvio whispered. "I am the chosen one, not Yuya. He's a hasbeen. I am the Neo New Sawatari." He turns back to Yuya. "And do you know why? Because I'm taking Yuya's Pendulum Summon method to a whole new level! I activate Daibak's special effect!" Sylvio declared.
"What?" Yuya inquired.
"When this card is successfully summoned, I can select two cards on your field and return them to your hand!" The horn on the kamaitachi wolf blows a powerful tornado that transforms the stargazer wizard and the Timegazer wizard into their card forms. "I return Stargazer and Timegazer Magician back to your hand!" he said. "But wait! There's more! Since Daibak's out on the field, I can activate the Continuous Trap Card, Dizzying Winds of Yosen Village!" From the moment the Continuous Trap Card: Dizzying Winds of Yosen Village, flips up, it creates a powerful storm to blow around Yuya and the stadium.
"When non-Yosenju cards return from your field to your hand, they return to the deck instead!" Sylvio explained.
Yuya is surprised how Sylvio was able to counteract his Pendulum abilities. It felt like the time when he first dueled Yasuko, and how she was able to find a loophole behind his Pendulum Summon. Sylvio is different. If he was dueling against Yasuko, she would've found a way to stop his pendulum cards without destroying it, preventing him from Pendulum Summon. Sylvio, on the other hand, is a different story. Yuya has no choice but to put shuffle his two magicians into his deck.
"I pay 800 of my life points to activate the Continuous Spell Card, Yosenju Whirlwind from my hand!" Sylvio plays his Continuous Spell Card, Yosenju Whirlwind, though at the cost of his life points.
(Sylvio: LP 2800 → 2000)
"I end my turn," Sylvio concluded. "But don't think it's the end of your suffering! Because I'm going to show you Sawatari's legendary combo, Yosen Lost Tornado!"
"I don't like where you're going with this!" Yuya protested.
"No, should you, Yuya," Sylvio replied. "When a Yosenju returns from my field to my hand, Yosen Whirlwind's effect returns one card from your field to your hand! And when a non-Yosenju monster returns to the hand, Dizzying Winds of Yosen Village returns it to the deck instead of the hand!"
Yuya suddenly realized what Sylvio is doing to him and his cards. "I return the three Kama brothers from the field to my hand during the End Phase; therefore, three cards on your field return to your hand, but Dizzying Winds returns them to the deck instead!" Together, the three kama brothers turn into whirlwinds and disappear from the scene to let Sylvio choose which ones should he return. "Begone, Pinch Helper, Drummerilla, and Kaleidoscorp." The two face-up Spell and Trap cards blow a hurricane to transform the gorilla drummer, the kaleidoscope scorpion, and the trap card back to Yuya's deck.
"Sylvio's nearly got rid of all of Yuya's monsters," said Zuzu, worried.
"Only Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon is left," Gongenzaka added.
Sylvio points at Yuya's Odd-Eyes Pendulum. "Seems like that is your only monster left," he informed. "Daibak's special effect activates! When it is special summoned, at the end of the turn, it returns back to my hand, triggering my card combo, so your Odd-Eyes is out of here too!" The kamaitachi wolf beast disappears under the tornado wind.
The spell and trap card blow two tornadoes that turn into a bigger one to hit Odd-Eyes Pendulum, turning it into a card. "Bye-bye, Odd-Eyes, won't miss you," he said.
Yuya finally realized why Sylvio didn't use his first kama's effect. "I see! Now I know why didn't use his Kama 1's effect at the start of the turn!" He takes his Odd-Eyes Pendulum monster card. "His goal was to return Odd-Eyes to my deck instead of my hand."
Yuya discovered Sylvio's strategy and thought of his first duel with Yasuko. Yasuko was able to see through the weakness behind the Pendulum cards and somehow managed to found a way to get rid of them without destroying them. After discovering the flaws behind the Pendulum cards, he comes to suspect that something like this was about to happen. "So that's his game," he thought. "Because Pendulum cards don't go to the graveyard if they are destroyed, they go to the Extra Deck," he thought. "The only thing I was worried about the most is if my Pendulum cards get banished, but I had no idea I was expecting my cards to get shuffled back into my deck." Yuya looked back up to Sylvio and his greasy smirk. "Sylvio found a way to counter my Pendulum cards." Yuya shuffles his Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon back into his deck.
"Face it," Sylvio taunted. "You have been outmatched. And now that I end my turn, Shinchu R's Pendulum Scale returns to normal." Like before, the number underneath the right torii goblin downgrades to a five.
(Yosenju Shinchu R: Pendulum Scale 11 → 5)
Sylvio approaches the edge of the ditch to look down at Yuya. "Remember when I told you we have a score to settle, Yuya?" Sylvio asked. "Well, guess what? It's just about settled."
Yuya's expression seems down and depressed after Sylvio had found a way to seal his pendulum ability. Even the taunts from Sylvio is continuing to mock him. "Because after you take this next turn, I'm afraid you are so going down."
The You-Show is worried about Yuya because he looks defeated.
"Oh, just look at Yuya's face," said Frederick. "If he can't Pendulum Summon…"
"He looks beaten," said Allie. "What's going to happen to Yuya?"
Turn 5: Yuya (0x card)
"My turn," said Yuya.
"Yuya, don't give up!" Shuzo shouted. "Get fired up!"
"Show that you're a man!" Gongenzaka called.
"We believe in you!" The three little kids chorused.
Unlike the rest of the You-Show and Gongenzaka, Yasuko isn't worried. She is practically the only one in her group who is more relaxed about Yuya's current state. "Oh, hold your tongues, people," Yasuko called. "Can't you see Yuya's enjoying this?"
Zuzu pops her head over by Gongenzaka to Yasuko. "Enjoying this?" she reacted inquisitively.
Yasuko points at Yuya. "Take a closer look," she said.
Zuzu focuses her gaze and concentrates hard on Yuya's expression. Her eyes narrow further and further down to his face. And that's when it dawns on her. "Yuya's…smiling?" she inquired.
"Yep," Yasuko replied. "It's been on his face since Sylvio ended his turn."
"What? He's what?" Gongenzaka stuttered, looking confused.
In Yuya's head, it was fawning to him that seeing how Sylvio has him cornered is similar to how Yasuko is trying to pin him on the day they dueled each other. "It's amazing," he thought. "I am completely cornered, but after experiencing my duel with Yasuko…it feels so different." The burst of energy explodeslike fireworks inside of him. "It's making me so—" he turns up with the biggest smile, "—excited! It's time for me to shine!" Yuya grins up to Sylvio as he seems baffled with his expression.
"What are you smiling for?" Sylvio questioned. "You're about to lose this fight!"
"Maybe," Yuya assumed. "Or maybe not! The duel is only just begun!"
Sylvio scrutinizes his eyebrows. "What?" he asked.
"I draw!" Yuya draws a card. After looking over to the card, he knew right then that it's the perfect moment to get back into the game. "I activate the Spell, Magical Spring!" Yuya activates the Quick-Play Spell Card: Magical Spring. "This card lets me draw a card equal to the number of face-up Spell and Trap cards that you have, and then I have to discard the cards the I've drawn equal to the number of cards that I control."
Yuya then points at Sylvio's field. "And as I recall, there are a total of five Spell and Trap cards that you have, so that means I get to draw five cards!"
Yuya manages to catch Sylvio off guard when he can draw a card for every face-up Spell and Trap Cards that are on the field. After looking at the two cards that are in his hand, he comes down to taking out two cards and Set it.
"I Set two cards face-down and end my turn!" Yuya concluded.
Turn 6: Sylvio (4x cards)
The You-Show are surprised that Yuya only sets two cards on the field and no summon despite drawing five cards in his turn.
"Huh?!" Zuzu gasped. "That's it?"
"Of course, that's it," said Yasuko. "If there is something that I know about Yuya is that he's working on a plan to take down Sylvio's hand combo."
Yuya starts to do a tic-tac maneuver on the wooden poles attached to the wall to get himself out of the ditch and onto higher ground.
"Well, I guess you wasted another chance to save yourself since you had three cards in your hand," Sylvio sneered.
After climbing his way up, Yuya finally faces the foothills of the stronghold. "That may be true, but if I don't have to just rely on any Pendulum cards because I just have to search for one of the Action Cards!"
Yuya starts running uphill to the stronghold that is still standing. With the chase going on, Sylvio finds his efforts to be pointless. "Oh, Yuya, I know why you're running," he said. "You're looking for an Action Card. I applaud you for still having hope, but all you have is despair."
Sylvio places two fingers in his deck before drawing a card. "My turn!"
Yuya continues to run, making a vault over a bar before he strides on the wooden board to hop over one after another.
"I summon Yosenju Kama 1!" Like before, Sylvio Normal Summons Yosenju Kama 1. "Since I successfully summoned Kama 1, I can summon Yosenju Kama 2!" Sylvio Normal Summons Yosenju Kama 2 due to its effect. "Then, due to my Kama 2's special effect, I summon Yosenju Kama 3!" As an added bonus, because of Kama 2, Sylvio Normal Summons Yosenju Kama 3.
"Yosen Training Ground's effect also activates!" Sylvio added. "For every Yosenju that is summoned, one Yosenju Counter lights up." Three more candles in the shrine flare up.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counters: 3 → 6)
"And it means that while you've been running around, I've set myself up to win this," he hissed, looking up at the stronghold. "There's no running from that, Yuya."
Yuya keeps running up on the hill to follow the road until he comes across the broken castle that is in front of him. He enters only to find himself facing a large hole. He spots a set of staircases and starts running up.
"I activate Yosenju Shichu R's pendulum effect!" Sylvio declared. "When there is the other Yosenju pendulum monster on the other Pendulum Zone, the pendulum scale of my Shinchu R increases from 5 to 11 until the end of the turn!" Like before, the Pendulum Scale number for the right-side goblin torii increases by six.
(Yosenju Shinchu R: Pendulum Scale 5 → 11)
"Now I can summon monsters between levels 4 and 10 simultaneously! I Pendulum Summon!" he shouted. "Monsters emerge!" From the portal above Sylvio, the whirlwind tornadoes down as Sylvio Pendulum Summons Mayosenju Daibak. "Rise once back again, Maysenju Daibak!" The kamaitachi wolf beast appears on the field again.
"Once again, my Yosen Counter lights up!" The sixth candle on the shrine lights a fire.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 5 → 6)
Yasuko watches Yuya running up on the castle, passing floor after floor to make sure that he gets an Action Card. "What are you going to do now, Yuya?" she wondered.
Zuzu has a more worried expression over her childhood friend. "Yuya, you've got to do something," she said.
"Daibak's effect also works on Set cards," Sylvio informed.
"He's trying to get rid of Yuya's cards again!" Shuzo shouted.
"Daibak's effect activates! Two cards on your field return to the hand!" The kamaitachi wolf beast unleashes a hurricane of whirlwinds to send the two Set cards that Yuya had to his hand. "And I also activate Dizzying Winds of Yosen Village's effect to return those cards back to your deck!" Sylvio added. "This is the end! You've got no cards on your field, no cards in your hand, and no chance of winning this duel!"
Sylvio points up to the castle where Yuya is at. "You might as well keep on running all the way home! Too bad! You went all that trouble to Set those cards, but it was a waste!" he mocked.
"Actually, it's fine," Yuya called, surprising Sylvio.
Out of the hole from the rooftop of the castle, Yuya front flips over before landing perfectly on the roof to stare down at Sylvio. He takes out his Trap Card, Amnesia, and shows it to Sylvio. "When this Set card, Amnesia, leaves the field, all your face-up monsters become "nameless" until the end of the turn." From the trap card, four yellow lights shoot out. From the rooftop to Sylvio on the ground, the lights strike at all four of Sylvio's monsters, changing them to be treated as 'Amnesia.'
Sylvio's face appears through a video recording on Yuya's duel disk. "Oh, no!" he gasped. "You were planning on this from the start?"
"Yep," Yuya confirmed. "Dizzying Wind's effect won't work on Yosenjus…"
"And because all four of his Yosenju's are now 'Amnesia,' they'll go straight to Sylvio's deck at the end of the turn," Yasuko explained a little in detail for the rest of the You-Show and Gongenzaka to follow in.
"So then…" Zuzu began.
"That's what Yuya is planning on, wasn't he?" Sora inquired.
"Yep," Yasuko complied. "Simply put, Yuya just used Sylvio's effect against him."
Sylvio was ticked off after Yuya uses a card effect to reverse his own against him. He let a low, angry growl but remains composure and his smirk returns. "Clever move," he commented.
"Thanks, guess this means that this duel's going to last a little bit longer," said Yuya.
"That is…if you can survive this until the end of the turn," Sylvio confided. "So, all I have to do is beat you until then!"
The boy makes a jump over as the kamaitachi wolf beast blasts a brief tornado to let Sylvio land on it with such acrobatic agility. "Let's battle!" Sylvio declared. "Daibak attack Yuya directly!" As soon as the kamaitachi wolf beast jumps up in the air, the three kama brothers leap like ninjas. "Everyone else follow its lead!" The kamaitachi wolf beast creates an intense windy hurricane after it makes its jump. The winds are so strong that it's making the spectators cover their heads from the current.
"Sawatari launches an all-out attack!" Nico pronounced. "He is like a whirlwind raging warrior going to take down the castle!" The kamaitachi wolf beast hops over a gate before the three kama brothers destroyed the bridge.
Using the chance, Yuya puts on his orange goggles with an aqua blue star on the right side. "Perfect!" he exclaimed. "but I won't let it end just yet!" Taking a deep breath, Yuya embraces the adrenaline rushing through his veins, and with one big jump, he performs a high backflip to dive into the hole on the rooftop.
"This is the end!" Sylvio rebuked. With one big whip of the tail, the kamaitachi wolf beast creates a powerful tornado to send it swirling around the castle. The force of the winds is causing the building to go unstable and starts to collapse from the pressure. Even though the winds have stopped, it was too much for the building to handle.
"Yuya, no!" Gongenzaka and Zuzu gasped.
The rooftop breaks, and the entire castle starts to breakdown. The rooftop breaks and falls on the third floor before each floor of the building crumbles down, causing debris and winds to pick up.
"NO!" Zuzu shrieked, giving a heart-wrenching wail after seeing her childhood friend crushed under the building.
The audience in the stands remained quiet, watching if the boy had ever managed to survive the building. Nobody can tell. The smoke and the dust was covering the area where the building used to be.
"Showtime is over," Sylvio called. "You lost, Yuya Sakaki."
Yasuko thinks that Sylvio may have gone too far in his quest to give Yuya a dose of payback. Seeing how he might have been seriously injured makes her clench her fists together, feeing the fire inside of her heart.
Zuzu started to cry, covering her face after seeing the devastation of the castle toppled on top of Yuya. She can't begin to imagine if Yuya made it out of there.
SNAP!
Yasuko and Zuzu turn up to the sound of a loud snap. The girls turn to the source, and to their surprise, they spotted Yuya standing on top of the watchtower unscathed. "Whoa, look over there!" Nico called to everyone as the spotlight turns over to the watchtower where Yuya is standing on. Everyone let out a breath of relief after a daring stunt.
"Look, its Yuya!" Shuzo praised.
"Sure is," Gongenzaka agreed. "He's okay!"
"He's back," Zuzu cried with joy.
"He did it!" The three kids chorused.
Sylvio is shocked to see that Yuya still manages to get past through his attack and the castle unscathed. "No way! I know my direct attack succeeded!" he shouted. "How'd you survive that onslaught!"
And that's when Yasuko realized what happened to Yuya during Sylvio's attack. "Of course!" she thought. "That idiot must've found an Action Card in that building and didn't say squat! He was waiting for the moment Daibak attacked so that he can get the card at the split second!" Her eyes narrowed, wondering something else. "But how the hell did he get out of that castle?" She scans the area of the castle. It didn't take long for her to see the pipe in the hills that shoot upwards. "So that's how he did it," Yasuko pondered. "Yuya knew what the layout of the castle is and dived right into the pipe that shoots him out through the castle from underneath before it collapsed on him." For such a risky move in the castle, Yasuko can't help but find how impressed she is when Yuya is making a bold and dangerous, but calculated move. "You son of a bitch…"
The Action Spell Card, Big Escape, appears beside Yuya. "The Action Spell, Big Escape," said Yuya. "It forces you to end your Battle Phase."
Sylvio is getting pissed with by the very second. Despite that, the crowd seems to love how Yuya was able to make an impossible move to bring himself out of harm's way. They cheer on for him as Yuya bows in front of the crowd.
"Cut that out!" Sylvio yelled to him, getting Yuya's attention. "I'm the star duelist around here, not you! I'm the one who's supposed to be getting the crowd excited!"
"If you're the star, then you're the falling kind!" Yuya protested. "And this is my Entertainment Duel!"
"We'll just about that, Yuya," Sylvio proclaimed, throwing his arm out. "In the end, the crowd will cheer for me! Yosen Training Ground's effect activates!" The three candles on the shrine flap out their fire.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 6 → 3)
"By using three Yosen Counters I can add a Yosenju from my deck to my hand!" A card pops out for Sylvio to take it. "And I'll add Yosenju Tsujik and end my turn." He adds Yosenju Tsujik from his deck to the hand.
"And how your monsters leave," Yuya pointed out.
Sylvio growled lowly as his kamaitachi wolf beast and his anthropomorphic weasels disappear in the whirlwind. "If a Yosenju doesn't return to my hand at the end of my turn, Yosen Whirlwind is destroyed." The spell card on Sylvio's field is instantly destroyed. "And my Yosenju Shinschu R's pendulum scale returns to normal." The number below the pendulum monster on Sylvio's field magically decreases by six back to its original scale.
(Yosenju Shinchu R: Pendulum Scale 11 → 5)
"And due to Dizzying Winds of Yosen Village, Sawatari's monsters returns to the deck instead of the hand," Yasuko mentioned as she watches Sylvio shuffle all four of his monsters into his deck.
Turn 7: Yuya (3x cards)
"Both our fields are lonely," said Yuya. "Time for you to get a taste of your own medicine."
Sylvio smirks with anticipation. "Oh Yuya, in the end, it's going to be bittersweet," he said. "I'll make it lively on my next turn when your defeat will be the main event."
Yuya smiles as he removes the goggles from his eyes. "Sorry, But I don't intend to lose either!" he rejoiced. "My turn! I draw!" Yuya draws a card from his deck.
"First off, I'm going to set the Scale 1 Performapal Monkeyboard into my Pendulum Zone!" Yuya sets Performapal Monkeyboard (Scale 1) at the left side of his yellow duel disk blade. From the left side of the pillar, a monkey wearing a purple suit with a magician hat in a unicycle that has teeth shaped into a set of piano keys with its Pendulum Scale number representing underneath it.
"Now, Monkeyboard's Pendulum effect activates!" Yuya exclaimed. "When I have no other Performapal monster in my Pendulum Zone, this card's Pendulum Scale becomes a four!" Yuya does not control another Performapal monster in his Pendulum Zone, the monkeyboard's Pendulum Scale increased by three.
(Performapal Monkeyboard: Pendulum Scale 1 → 4)
"What's the point of activating that effect when you don't have another card in your Pendulum Zone?" Sylvio questioned. "It's useless without having another Pendulum card in it."
Yuya held a finger. "True, but now Monkeyboard's Pendulum effect can begin," he responded. "You see, during the Main Phase, if this card was activated, I can add one Level 4 or below Performapal monster from my deck to my hand!"
Sylvio's eyes widened upon Yuya's declaration. A single card pops out from Yuya's deck after he has chosen the monster that he wants to add: Performapal Skullcrobat Joker. "And the card that I choose to add is my Performapal Skullcrabat Joker!" Yuya declared. "But I'm not just gonna be adding it, I'm summoning it!" Yuya Normal Summon Performapal Skullcrobat Joker (ATK 1800/DEF 100). "I summon Skullcrobat Joker!"
A giant magician hat appears in front of Yuya before it shoots out the monster like a cannon. The purple skull jester with a purple skeleton head hat appears on the field, giving a peal of comical laughter to entertain the audience.
"Now, Skullcrabat Joker's effect activates!" Yuya declared. "When this card is Normal Summoned, I can add one Performapal, Magician monster, or Odd-Eyes pendulum monster from my deck to my hand!" He chooses one and takes out Performapal Lizardraw from his deck to his hand. "And now, I'm gonna complete the Pendulum Scale with my Scale 6 Performapal Lizardraw!" Yuya completes the Pendulum Scale with his Performapal Lizardraw (Scale 6), reforming the rainbow "Pendulum" word on his yellow disk blade.
From the right side of the Pendulum Scale, a lizard with four cards as its cowl wearing a performer dress with a red suit jacket and yellow pants holding a walking stick and a magician hat floats up with the Pendulum Scale number underneath it.
The audience was expecting Yuya to do the same thing as Sylvio had done: a Pendulum Summon. They were getting very excited for the Entertainment duelist to do his signature summon.
"Alright, there it is!" Tate beamed. "Yuya's gonna Pendulum Summon!"
"Come on, Yuya!" Allie cheered.
What the audience wasn't expecting is for Yuya to make a twist in his move. "Now, I activate my Lizardraw's Pendulum effect!" Yuya declared, much to everyone's shock. "When I control a Performapal monster in my Pendulum Zone, I can destroy this monster and then draw one card!" He raises his hand over to his lizardraw. "I destroy my lizardraw to draw a card!" The lizardraw monster in Yuya's Pendulum zone disappears as he draws a card. He looks at it and smiles with delight.
Sylvio seizes the opportunity to take the initiative to stop Yuya from using Pendulum Summon. "That's a mistake you've ever done!" he exclaimed. "Because I activate the Trap! Yosenju Sword Sting!" Sylvio activates his Trap Card: Yosenju Sword Sting. "It lets me reveal up to two Yosenju monsters in my hand, and then tar face-up cards on your side of the field and return them to the hand!" He rotates two cards to reveal Yosenju Kama 3 and Yosenju Oyam. points at the two monsters that are in Yuya's field and Pendulum Zone. "I reveal my Kama 3 and Oyam to target your Skullcrobat Joker and your Monkeyboard to return to the hand, and Dizzying Wind's effect activates!"
Nico gets in close, booming his voice with excitement from his throat. "And Sylvio has done it! He's, once again, sealed Yuya's attempt to Pendulum Summon due to Dizzying Wind's effect!" he announced.
Yuya takes his two monster cards and shuffles them into the deck.
"Don't need it right now!" Yuya replied. "When we both don't have monsters on our fields, I can summon this card by reducing its level by 1!" Surprisingly to Yasuko, Yuya was lucky enough to get back his Performapal Drummerilla, and Normal Summons it. "I summon Performapal Drummerilla!" And once again, the gorilla drummer appears on the field with its level reduced by one due to its special effect.
(Performapal Drummerilla: Level 5 → 4)
"Battle! Drumerilla attacks you directly!" Yuya jumps onto his gorilla drummer as the ape makes a leap over to pound Sylvio.
"Bring it, Yuya!" Sylvio dared. "Because when you declare a direct attack, I can send one Yosenju in my hand to the graveyard to Special Summon Yosenju Oyam!" Sylvio discards his second copy of Yosenju Oyam to let him Special Summon the first one.
The ground ghost appears on Sylvio's field. "Another Yosen Counter lights up!" The fourth candle flares up.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 3 → 4)
"Oyam's ATK points becomes the same as the monster's original ATK points that it's attacking me!" Oyam gains a boost to be equally matched with the gorilla drummer.
(Yosenju Oyam: ATK ?/DEF ? → ATK 1600/DEF 1600)
Despite the odds, Yuya keeps on charging with his ape. "No problem," he said. "Drummerilla's special effect activates!" The gorilla drummer leaps on in the air to glide over to oyam. "One monster gains 600 ATK points until the end of the Battle Phase!" The ride cymbals on the gorilla drummer's shoulders make a couple of bangs to gain an extra attack boost.
(Performapal Drummerilla: ATK 1600 → 2200)
The gorilla drummer pounds its chest drums like an ape to send sound waves to destroy the monster and inflict damage to Sylvio's life points.
(Sylvio: LP 2000 → 1400)
The gorilla drummers hop into the rocky hillside before landing back in the dirt road. "When the battle is over, Drummerilla's effect ends!" Yuya announced. Once the battle has ended, the attack boost from the gorilla ends, reducing its attack points back to normal.
(Performapal Drummerilla: ATK 2200 → 1600)
"I end my turn," Yuya concluded.
Turn 8: Sylvio (1x card)
Despite how excited the crowd is, they were hoping to see Yuya do his signature Pendulum Summon, but he chooses to end his turn without even doing a single thing despite having two pendulum monsters earlier.
"Now, now, don't you worry!" Sylvio reasoned. "I'll successfully and beautifully do the Pendulum Summon!"
"Well, he's sure making full of himself," said Yasuko, staring at Sylvio who is flipping his blonde bangs.
"My turn!" Sylvio draws a card. "Due to Yosen Training Ground's effect, I use three Yosen Counters to add Maysenju Daibak from my deck to my hand!" By extinguishing three of the candles, Sylvio can add Mayosenju Daibak to his hand.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 5 → 2)
For some reason, Yasuko notices how Sylvio is starting to get interested in giving the crowd a big show like Yuya, only for himself. It is as if he's starting to copy Yuya's Entertainment Duel. "Okay, I'm seeing double," she said.
As Sylvio makes his move, the stadium was chanting together to see more of Sylvio's Pendulum Summon. "Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum!" The more the crowd chants, the better it is for Yasuko to see how much Sylvio is enjoying the crowd to live his act.
"That's right! Get more excited! Stronger! Bolder! More passionately! Never mind Yuya!" Sylvio praised as he snaps his finger. "Here I go! I've already set the Pendulum Scale from 3 to 5! Therefore, I can summon level 4 monsters!"
Yasuko is now becoming curious about why Sylvio's intention is being drunken to the cheers of the crowd. "Is he going overboard, or is he making a fool out of himself?" she wondered.
"I Pendulum Summon!" The portal above Sylvio opens up to let he Pendulum Summons Yosenju Kama 1, and Yosenju Kama 3"Welcome back, Yosenju Kama 1 and Yosenju Kama 3!"
The same two anthropomorphic samurai weasels appear back on the field "Since it counts as a single summon summoning, one Yosenju Counter light up on Yosen Training Grounds." The second candle pops a fire.
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 2 → 3)
"I'll get rid of that annoying ape first by activating Kama 1's special effect!"
Seeing how Sylvio is going to make another attempt to get rid of his monster, Yuya turns around and heads for the construction site where there is an Action Card hanging in the pole.
"I have to get an Action Card," said Yuya.
"When there's a non-Kama 1 Yosenju monster on my field, I can return your monster to your hand once!" The Kama 1 swishes his kusarigama to send an air slash current over to Yuya's direction. "Vanish, Drummerilla!"
Yuya makes a quick tic-tac maneuver over one pole to the other and swipes the Action Card from a platform. "I activate the Action Spell, Invisibility!" With the Action Spell Card; Invisibility, the gorilla drummer turns invisible and sidesteps away from the air slash. "My monster is unaffected by card effects this turn!"
Sylvio is getting ticked of very fast that he was stomping with cartoonish steaks popping out of his head. "Oh, c'mon! Stop vanishing already!" he exclaimed. "That's bananas!"
"But you said you wanted it to vanish," Allie scowled, pursing her lips.
"That's right," Frederick agreed.
"I swear to God, any more of those puns, and I'll lose it," Yasuko hissed, annoyed.
"Fine! I'll just go with Plan B! I tribute my Kama 1 and Kama 3 to Tribute Summon Daibak!" The two Yosenju monsters dispersed into dust as Sylvio Tribute Summon Mayosenju Daibak. "And once again, Yosen Counter lights up."
(Yosen Training Ground: Yosen Counter 3 → 4)
Despite how Yuya is cornered, he doesn't seem bothered by it. He was very motivated. This is what he wanted. A back-to-back duel that will get the crowd to love. Everyone in the stadium is very excited and more energetic than ever.
"Wipe off the grin," Sylvio rebuked. "Don't you see you're about to lose?"
Yuya snorts. "Sorry, Sylvio," he replied. "But the crowd is excited."
"So what?" Sylvio scolded.
"So that's what this is all about," Yuya interjected. "Our back-and-forth duel has created an unpredictable show that's exciting them. Giving them a good show, giving everything we've got. It's what matters the most."
Yuya takes a glance over to the stands where his You-Show classmates are. "I aim to become the best Entertainment Duelist ever to make everyone smile," he vowed. "I didn't know this was possible before, so I can't help but to enjoy this moment!"
Ironically, Sylvio had to agree with Yuya. "I also can't help to enjoy this match, too," he admitted. "Because I can crush you in front of the huge crowd!"
To think that even his opponent who would want to crush him is enjoying their match, Yuya is feeling more determined than ever. "Sawatari…" he said before making a big beam. "I won't let you win that easily! This show will get even more exciting!"
"Doubt it!" Sylvio proclaimed. "Because you're going down right now!" He points at Yuya's gorilla drummer. "Let's battle! Mayosenju Daibak attack Dummerilla!" The kamaitachi wolf beast turns its horn over to blast a tornado at the monster.
"I activate Drummerilla's special effect!" Yuya declared. "One monster on my field gains 600 ATK points until the end of the Battle Phase!" The gorilla drummer pounds its drum chest to get a boost.
(Performapam Drummerilla: ATK 1600 → 2200)
Even though the gorilla drummer is destroyed, it did manage to save Yuya some life points.
(Yuya: LP 2200 → 1400)
"The destroyed Drummerilla goes to the Extra Deck," Yuya informed.
The crowd is loud, and they're getting even louder. The more Yuya and Sylvio duel, the louder the crowd gets to cheer who can win.
"Got to say; Yuya's growing even more in this duel," said Yasuko.
"And Sawatari is also doing quite well," Gongenzaka added.
"It's like they're racing each other," Zuzu stated.
"I end my turn," Sylvio concluded.
Turn 9: Yuya (3x cards)
The forest green-haired girl notices how the kamaitachi wolf beast remains on the field. "A nice strategy for Sylvio," Yasuko murmured. "Since Daibak is Tribute Summoned, that means it gets to stay in the field. Smart move there."
The crowd was so hyped up that they all chanted together again, "Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum!"
"Do it, entertainment duelist," Sylvio insisted.
Yuya was surprised that Sylvio's being modest about his next move. He had no idea that someone like Sylvio was willing to let him bring the best show.
"The stadium is excited about this duel," said Sylvio. "The whole crowd was still reeling in from Yasuko's duel, so they're expecting you to do something spectacular."
"Sylvio…" said Yuya, almost speechless by Sylvio's generosity.
"Now, it's your turn!" Sylvio stated. "Let's see how you respond!"
Yuya can hear the crowd's cheers roaring in his ears. They wanted more of Pendulum Summon. Yuya is obligated to listen to the whole stadium, and he will do the best Entertainment Duel to the crowd, and hopefully, this duel will be enough to make Yasuko smile.
Yuya felt the corner of his mouth curved up, ready to give the audience the closing act of the third duel. And then, in a blink of an eye, a spotlight shine from out of nowhere to Yuya Sakaki.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Yuya announced his catchphrase. "As you can see, there are no monsters or Set cards on my field." He places a finger on his deck. "My next draw will be the draw of destiny with everything on the line! Make sure to applaud if I am successful!" The audience went dead silent for a brief moment before he makes one draw that causes the stars to sparkle in a light motion trail. "I draw!"
Yuya takes a look at the card. He has drawn the Spell Card: Pendulum Halt, which could change the game for him. "Alright," he beamed. "Time to give this crowd a performance that they'll never ever forget!" Yuya plays the Spell Card: Pendulum Halt. "I activate the Spell, Pendulum Halt! When there are three or more Pendulum monsters in my Extra Deck with different names, I can draw two cards, but for the rest of the turn, I cannot add any cards after this spell resolves."
Yuya places two fingers on top of his deck. He breathes with every inch, hoping to draw any of the two cards that could turn the tide of the duel around for him. "Alright, here we go!" Yuya draws two cards with stars sparkling in his motion trail. He looks at the two cards that he drew, and it was the two cards that he hoped for: Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Performapal Trump Witch.
With his hands ready, Yuya can begin his second move. "I set the Pendulum Scale with my Scale 4 Performapal Trump Witch and my Scale 8 Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn!" Yuya declared. "Its time to take back control of this duel starting now!" Yuya sets his Performapal Trump Witch (Scale 4) and his Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn (Scale 8) at the edges of his yellow blade, reforming the rainbow 'PENDULUM' word.
Inside of Yuya's Pendulum Zones are two monsters: the little jester blond girl with a patched dress, and the light green unicorn that has pink mane with an orange vest and a polka-dot bow tie who bears the heterochromia red and green eyes float up in the air. They float under the pillars of light until they stop mid-air with their respective Pendulum Scale number underneath them as a giant pendant floats above Yuya once again.
"I can summon any monsters between levels 5 and 7 all at the same time," said Yuya. "Swing! Pendulum of the Soul! Carve the arc of the ether! I Pendulum Summon! Come on out, monster servants!" The portal above Yuya comes three beams of light.
"Performapal Drummerilla! And the heroic red dragon with dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Yuya Pendulum Summons Performapal Drummerilla and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.
At once, the gorilla drummer, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum appears on the field simultaneously. Odd-Eyes Pendulum roars after making its appearance.
"Go ahead and attack me, Yuya, I dare you," Sylvio provoked.
"Then, let's battle!" Yuya declared. "Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Daibak!"
Odd-Eyes Pendulum starts to stomp its massive feet to charge directly at the daibak monster. Yuya assists his monster with his next move. "During the Battle Phase, I activate Drummerilla's special effect!" he declared. "I can target one monster on the field, and it gains 600 ATK points!" The drummerilla pounds its chest drums to make signals, giving Odd-Eyes Pendulum an extra attack boost for the monster.
(Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: ATK 2500 → 3100)
Odd-Eyes Pendulum makes a jump over to tackle the daibak monster and destroy it, but Sylvio had something in his sleeve. "Not so fast, I activate Shinchu L's Pendulum effect!" he declared. "When a Yosenju monster would be destroyed by battle or card effects, I can destroy Shinchu L instead to negate its destruction!"
The shinchu L in Sylvio's Pendulum Zone disappears from the field to stop daibak from self-destruction, saving himself some of the life points.
(Sylvio: LP 1400 → 1200)
With the daibak beast still in play, the duelists are not stopping to entertain the crowd. Everyone was practically at the edge of their seats, watching the two duelists coming closer to victory or defeat.
"Let's enjoy ourselves!" Sylvio called.
"Yeah!" Yuya agreed. "The fun is just getting started! I'm going to give the audience here a spectacular show business I like to call, Pendulum-Fusion!" Yuya proclaimed, pointing up to the trump witch. "I activate Performapal Trump Witch's special effect! Once per turn, during my Main or Battle Phase, I can Fusion Summon one monster that has the Fusion materials on the field!"
Sylvio's eyes widened. "Pendulum-Fusion?"
The trump witch brings up her skull staff to emit a ray of playing card suit symbols over to the drummerilla and Odd-Eyes Pendulum. The two monsters are then consumed by the swirling vortex of red and blue.
"The forest stage who thumps its chest, and the beautiful red dragon with heterochromia red and green eyes, merge together and become the ultimate new power bestowed upon thy! I Fusion Summon! Appear, the ferocious dragon of beastly eyes! Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Yuya Fusion Summons Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (ATK 3000/DEF 2500) in Attack Position. The swirling vortex pops out a monster that won him the ticket to the Arc League. The Beast Eyes with its khaki brown bone armor that resembles that of Odd-Eyes Phantom and covered in fur from underneath as its green and gold eyes glow while the third eye in the center twirls on its forehead.
Beast-Eyes emerges from the portal and roars with a high pitch roar, booming in the stadium.
"Would you look at that!" Nico screamed. "Pendulum Summon and then a Fusion Summon! What an incredible day this even has turned out to be! First Yasuko, and now, Yuya! This duel is going to be epic!"
Yuya and Sylvio stare at each other for a brief moment before their eyes rove over to the two Action Cards that appear after one of the rooftops pieces fall off.
"Let's battle!" Yuya declared. "Beast-Eyes, attack Daibak!" Beast-Eyes charges directly toward the daibak beast with Yuya hitching a ride on top of its horns.
Sylvio and Yuya take a glance over to each of their sides, seeing two Action Cards that are appearing from the destroyed rooftop of the castle.
Sylvio runs over to the destroyed castle as Yuya leaps off from Beast-Eyes to get himself the Action Card. At the same time, the two monsters fire their strongest attacks at each other.
Sylvio grabs one Action Card, and Yuya gets the second one.
KA-BOOOM!
Both monsters are instantly destroyed in the explosion. The audience and the You-Show are watching what happened and seeing who won.
"I activate the Action Spell, Burning Barrel!" As the dust and debris vanish, Sylvio had plays the Action Spell Card, Burning Barrel. "This card deals you damage equal to half of the ATK points of your destroyed monster!" A barrel pops out and fires a burning flame over his head to Yuya standing on top of the castle roof. "That means you lose!"
As the flames come to the boy, four hands and a blanket appear out of nowhere and repels the fire, bouncing it up over to the sky where it explodes into multiple fireworks.
"What in the world!?" Sylvio gasped in shock.
"Due to the Action Spell, Miracle, Beast-Eyes isn't destroyed, and I don't take any damage because it isn't destroyed, so your effect is negated!" Yuya was able to activate the Action Spell Card: Miracle, to avoid any destruction of his monster.
"That was too splashy!" Sylvio exclaimed. As the smog disappears, Beast-Eyes appears unharmed.
"And now, I activate Beast-Eyes' special effect!" Yuya added. "When it destroys a monster in battle, you take damage equal to the ATK points of the Beast-type monster that I used to Fusion Summon it!"
"No way! This can't be!" Sylvio panicked.
The mirage of the gorilla drummer appears before Sylvio, and Beast-Eyes unleashes a powerful blue beam straight at Sylvio's direction, pushing him to the ground to end his life points.
(Sylvio: LP 1200 → 0)
WINNER: Yuya Sakaki
After an intense duel between two pendulum users, the Action Field disperses back to its original black screen arena with a machine underneath.
"It's all over, people!" Nico announced. "The winner of the third match goes to the You-Show Entertainment Duelists, Yuya Sakaki!"
Yuya approaches Sylvio, who is down on the ground after being defeated by Yuya once again. He stops and bends over to lend him a hand. Sylvio could only look up, and he gives up a groan in response to his frustration.
Sylvio gets back up just as the crowd makes loud applause for both duelists who did their best to win the duel. The applause grew louder. The audience enjoyed the duel just as much as Yasuko's Pendulum Summon.
"We made them excited," said Yuya.
Despite being defeated for the second time against Yuya, Sylvio seems satisfied with the result of their duel. He and Yuya waves at the crowd to show their appreciation for watching their duel.
Yuya turns over to the other side of the stands where the You-Show people and Gongenzaka cheer to him for an epic duel. The only one who wasn't cheering like everyone else was Yasuko. However, upon looking at her face, the only thing that he saw was a small twitch from the corners of her mouth.
From the moment Yuya saw how Yasuko twitched her mouth, he knew right then and now that the Entertainment duel was able to get everyone smiles in his duel, but not Yasuko. He cannot tell if Yasuko enjoyed the duel or not. All he knows is that Yasuko didn't smile in his duel against Sylvio. When he saw the mouth twitched by a bit, he knew right then that Yasuko is going to be his most difficult task to do in his Entertainment Duel.
Okay, truth.
The reason for my delays was because of the school-related stuff. It gave me an excuse for a temporary hiatus because of that. Now to make it up. I will possibly give two chapter updates before the end of the month if I can make the deadline. I was also working on rough drafts for other stories, so I can keep looking over how each chapter is posted in the story. I apologize for any delays in this story update because I was busy. Plus, my Grammarly was having a lag, so I was delayed again.
I'm trying to split the perspectives between the male protagonist and the female protagonist and keep only the important duels that may seem to be essential to the story, but not every duels like this one This is just me trying to rewrite the story and find out how each of these decks would've adapted in different scenarios. It's not the best, but I will try and see how they worked.
Thank you for your patience on the update of this chapter. I might try and post the second one by the end of the month. So wish me luck. If you like what you read about this story, don't forget to give me a comment on what you like, what you think it needs improvement, and what I can do to make the story interesting. Thank you, and have a great day!