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Arc League Championship — Chapter 36: Rise in Revolution; Sora Perse vs Shun Obsidian
The last match of the day was about to begin after Yuya's duel against Sylvio Sawatari. The marks of Pendulum Summon left by Yasuko, and the duel between Yuya and Sylvio has still left a lot of energy in the crowd for the final duel of the day.
Yasuko was mostly preoccupied in her mind, thinking of what Shun Obsidian has in his sleeves. She was watching the sky-blue haired young boy, Sora Perse, walk down to the arena with a big smile on his face, waving at the crowd as if he was being adored by everyone. Not that she cannot ignore how much Sora is putting into being just as popular as her or Yuya, she was focusing on knowing what Shun Obsidian is capable of. She starts to recall everything that happened in her last duel against Shun. For some reason, she felt that he was holding back against her in their previous duel.
Yasuko was so preoccupied with Shun hat she failed to notice that Yuya was calling to her. "Yasuko," he said. "Yasuko."
Yasuko was snapped out of her thoughts and turned over to Yuya at her left side. "Huh, what?" she inquired.
"Did you like my duel?" Yuya asked. He had a huge smile on his face with anticipation. "How was it? Did you like it? Did it made you smile?" He was smiling like he enjoyed the duel himself. "I bet that got you to curve something, eh?"
Yuya was hoping that the answer from Yasuko would be a 'yes,' but the only thing that he gets was a dull response. "It was alright," she stated. "I can see that you've definitely made some improvements in the last duel against Gongenzaka." She glanced at Yuya and said, "I'll be expecting some more out of you in your duels."
Yuya can see how serious Yasuko is making based on her facial expression. "What's wrong?" he asked. "Didn't you like it?"
Yasuko doesn't want the time to be discussing whether Yuya's last duel made her smile because she was trying to concentrate on learning more about Shun. She lets out a sigh. "Yuya, you did fine," she responded.
"Then why are you so serious?" Yuya asked.
"Because he's here," Yasuko answered, pointing at the stadium.
Yuya follows his gaze over to the stadium and saw what Yasuko is seeing. He can see Shun Obsidian walking to the center of the stadium. Upon seeing his face, Yuya got just as serious as Yasuko is, glaring at the mysterious student or boy. "There's our friend," said Yuya.
Yasuko was focus on Shun Obsidian, who was walking down the arena with disappointment. She can tell that Shun does not want to be here, or in front of the entire stadium. She wonders what's been knocking in his mind.
"I can't believe that someone like Shun would be dueling for the LDS after all the drama that he's been through with Julia," said Zuzu, also looking at Shun with concern.
"You said that she knew Shun for about a year now," Yasuko responded. "Just how much does she know about Shun?"
"I don't know, and I still don't get it," Zuzu replied. "Shun was the one who attacked Julia's teacher and all of those LDS students." She looked over to Yuya and Yasuko and said, "Julia knew that and she has battled against Obsidian before, but by the time I arrived, everyone was gone."
Yasuko was processing Zuzu's story from her point of view. She can guess that Shun dueled against either Julia or some of the other students who fell victim to him and his friend, Yuto Abiko. "And then, we just found out that Shun is now dueling for the LDS, is that right?" she questioned.
"Exactly," Zuzu confirmed. "When I met Julia at the inauguration ceremony, she acted like nothing happened between the two of them."
Yasuko is thinking that something must've happened to Julia and the rest of the LDS students who confronted Shun Obsidian. "A memory wipe," she whispered.
Zuzu turns to Yasuko and asked her something regarding her confrontation with Shun Obsidian. "Yasuko, you've dueled against Shun Obsidian before, how'd he win against the Leo's elite?"
Yasuko narrows her eyes at Shun, recalling anything that happened in her duel against Shun after he accused him of being LDS. "Shun is an Xyz user," she stated. If memories serve, she can assume that Shun has something else besides that monster that he used to nearly obliterated her. "He specializes in Xyz Summon and he uses something called a 'Raidraptor' deck."
Yuya faces her. "Raidraptor?" he wondered.
Yasuko nodded. "That's all I know, I don't know the rest."
"I saw him duel Yasuko, and he nearly had her before," said Yuya, "and we saw what he did to the LDS elite."
There was a ping of nagging inside the back of Yasuko's head when she saw Shun again. Now that she is watching Shun duel, she starts to think of what Shun could've done to beat her so easily. The boy is a mystery, even to her. It could be possible that Shun is hiding his true abilities from her in the last duel.
"His Xyz monster was powerful," Yuya admitted. "It was like we were hit with the real shockwaves."
"And something tells me that Shun is going to be very merciless when he sees Sora Fusion Summon in front of him," Yasuko divulged. "He seems to be serious when it comes to people who use Fusion Summon." She left out the part of Yuto Abiko, Yuya's doppelganger, spoke about people who are related to the Fusion being enemies. If Shun is with Yuto, then she could connect them to be having the common Enemy against Fusion.
Yuya comes over to the railing with concern for Sora. "Sora, be careful!" he warned. "Don't let your guard down!"
Yasuko can hear how much Yuya is afraid of Shun, but she doubts Sora will listen to any warnings that Yuya might perceive regarding Shun and his dangerous abilities.
"Don't you worry!" Sora called from the arena. "I'm the one who'll entertain you this time, Yuya, so just sit back, relax and enjoy the show!"
If Shun is mysterious, then Sora might be someone that she doesn't know about. She knows that Sora uses Fusion Summon; in fact, she never saw Sora duel before. Perhaps, this could be the biggest opportunity for her. However, something is bothering her. She doesn't know anything about Sora Perse. The only thing that she knows about Sora is that he's a transfer student.
"The final match of the day is about to begin!" Nico announced in the microphone. "First, let's select the Action Field Spell!"
The sphere above the two duelists rotates faster than a blink of an eye until it stops at the Action Field Spell: Neo Heartland City. "It looks like we'll be battling is Action Field Spell: Neo Heartland City!"
The first time Yasuko saw a reaction from Shun without his mask was a state of shock and confusion. "What?!" he gasped.
"This is the perfect stage for the duel of two duelists who will carry the future of dueling in their shoulders!" Nico cheered. "Action Field Spell on! Activate the Field Spell, Neo Heartland City!"
The arc system underneath the arena turns on, activating the stage that seems to be glaring Shun's frown. "Heartland…" he growled lowly.
The arena transforms into a city of paradise and science. The buildings are very high, surrounded by a forty-foot wall with a giant tower that shares a heart shape top that signified the name of the city. The city skyline shines the night with a rainbow of color lights that illuminates the metropolis. There were even parks inside the arena.
Everyone was captivated by the appearance of the Action Field Spell. They have this shine in their eyes that brightens up their hearts.
Yasuko finds the field spell to be captivating because of how the city structured looked from a sci-fi movie.
"Oh, wow," Allie breathed. "Look at those beautiful lights!"
"It's like we're inside of a science fiction movie!" Tate beamed.
"It's so futuristic that it gives me the shivers!" Frederick squealed.
Even Sora was attracted to the sight of the Action Field Spell. "You know, I'd be even more excited if this place was made out of candy," he said. "But since the crowd is eating it up, I guess it's fine if the city is not made of candy. Right?"
While everyone was amazed by the field spell, Yasuko was more focused on Shun. She saw how he reacted to seeing the Action Field Spell, and just by looking at him closely, she can see that Shun bears the most infuriating scowl that she has ever seen. The second reaction from Shun was anger and fury. She can see how Shun is enraged by the Action Field Spell. Shun is clenching his jaws, and his fist tightening means that something was going on inside of Shun.
The sight of his angry face makes Yasuko raised an eyebrow. "Oh, this should be interesting," she said.
"What's the matter, Shun?" Sora asked. "Are you feeling sick or something? You wanna take a break and duel later, maybe?"
Shun seems to snap out of his thoughts and glares hard at Sora. "Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself," he hissed. "If you are a Fusion Summon user, then I'll show you no mercy." Shun gets ready and activates his duel disk.
Yasuko can feel the fire burning from Shun already even though the duel hasn't started. "Yep," she murmured. "Sora's definitely screwed."
"Okay, let's start the show!" Sora beamed, activating his own duel disk. "Everyone, my entertainment duel is about to begin! Please cheer for me like you did for Yuya!"
Yasuko is watching everything in the stadium grow more alive than before. The audience wants more of the entertainment duel from You-Show. She keeps a straight face, watching the duel that is about to begin.
"The duelists meet on the battlefield!" Sora chanted.
Shun did not respond to any of Sora's chants.
"Huh, c'mon," Sora whined. "Go with the flow!" Again, Shun did not respond. "If I say hey, you say ho. If I say mountain, you say river! It's called call and response. Understand?"
Shun did not say anything. He just stood there with his duel disk ready.
"Alright, then I'll do it," said Sora, given up on speaking to Shun. "I'll do it with everyone!" He turns to the audience in the stadium. "From the start! The duelists meet at the battlefield!"
"Along with their monsters, they kicked the earth and flew through the sky!" The crowd, except Yasuko, responded with a loud boom.
"To move around the field!" The audience chorused.
"Witness the greatest evolution of dueling!" Nico announced.
"Action…"
DUEL
Sora Perse (LP 4000)
VS
Shun Obsidian (LP 4000)
"DUEL!"
The Action Card bubble that was hovering above the two duelists pops, spreading Action Cards everywhere. Both duelists have their hands ready.
"The call and response with the crowd went perfectly!" Nico praised. "The field is ready, the crowd is ready, and the duelists are ready for the fourth magnificent match of the day!"
Turn 1: Sora (5x cards)
"I'll go first!" Sora declared. He takes out a card and Normal Summons Fluffal Penguin (ATK 1600/DEF 1200). "For my first move, I'll start by summoning Fluffal Penguin!" A stuffed penguin with furry earmuffs and wing tie appears on the field.
"How cute!" Almost everyone, except Yasuko, said altogether, enchanted by the cuteness of Sora's monster.
"Yeah, right?" Sora inquired. "But, I'll bring out something even cuter!" Sora throws out his hand over to the stuffed penguin. "Fluffal Penguin's special effect allows me to Special Summon a Fluffal monster from my hand once per turn!" Sora proceeds to take out a second card and Special Summons Fluffal Bear (ATK 1200/DEF 800) in Defense Position. "I Special Summon Fluffal Bear!" The monster that pops out on the field is a stuffed pink bear with angel wings and a red scarf.
"How cute!" The crowd, minus Yasuko, exclaimed with excitement.
Sora takes out one more card and Sets it. "I Set a card face-down and end my turn!"
Turn 2: Shun (5x cards)
"You're up, Shun," said Sora. "Let's make this the greatest show that everyone's ever seen!"
"The greatest show they've ever seen?" Shun questioned.
Yasuko is sure that Shun is not really enjoying the duel; however, she did listen to what Shun was about to say to not only to Sora but to everyone else in the crowd.
"In my hometown, dueling is the greatest show," said Shun. "Dueling was the greatest…" Yasuko can see him closing his eyes as if he's trying to remember something. "Adults and children both enjoyed it with all their hearts, and everyone admired duelists," he reminisced. "The joys and happiness, the sounds of the people's laughter and cheering…It was all taken that day, replaced with a deafening silence." Shun's eyes opened to take a good long look at the field spell. "Nothing could've prepared us. It happened too quickly."
Yasuko can bet that everyone was listening to Shun and his weird crazy story. She assumes that it was strange, but then something deep inside made her want to hear him out. "On that day, the enemy just showed up and attacked our city, turning it into a battlefield," Shun described. "Changing our lives forever."
Sora was confused, trying to figure out what Shun was talking about. "Enemy? Battlefield?" he questioned. "What are you talking about?"
The more Shun spoke his story, the fewer people understood him. They thought that he was being weird for telling his opponent a random tale. The only one who may seem to understand is Yasuko. She's watched movies and stories about the calm before the storm scenario where peaceful people were under attacked by an enemy and their overwhelming firepower. She wonders if Shun was speaking from experience.
"He's talking nonsense," Gongenzaka criticized.
"You shut up, Gong," Yasuko retorted. "I want to hear his story."
"Come to think of it, back then…" Zuzu realized. "He spoke of something about a battlefield."
"Battlefield?" Yuya inquired. "What is he talking about?"
"He suddenly appeared in front of Julia and me," Zuzu explained. "I believe dueling is not fun and games to him."
Yasuko can only half-listened to Zuzu. She was more fixated on Shun. She wants to know his reasoning for being one of the LDS duelists in the Arc League. There has to be a motive behind his recent activities, and Sora is not helping out much because he looked disappointed with Shun.
"Sheesh, you really don't know how to read a crowd," said Sora. "I summoned two of the cutest monsters to get the crowd fired up, and you're being a downer." He looked even more bumped out by Shun's attitude. "I said that we should have the greatest show ever together! If I caused a boom, then you have come back with a bang—"
"My turn," Shun interrupted, much to Sora's annoyance. He draws a card from his deck. "Due to the sudden turn of events, we were thrown into chaos, it took everything we had to form a makeshift defense. We stand true, but to no avail and countless lives were lost on that day."
"So, are we gonna duel or not?" Sora inquired blandly.
"Oh, I'll duel alright," Shun responded. "I summon Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius!" Shun Normal Summons Raidraptor — Vanishing Lanius (ATK 1300/DEF 1600). A green mechanical lanius with thruster wings and razor-sharp claws appear on the field.
The sight of the green mechanical lanius startled Yuya and Yasuko. It's been confirmed to them; Shun Obsidian is the duelist who attacked Yasuko.
"What the hell?" Yasuko inhaled. "That's the monster I dueled against."
"It's the same one from before," said Yuya.
Yasuko is sure that Shun was probably holding back against her in her last confrontation with him. How strong he is; she doesn't know. She watched Shun take out another card from his hand. "When Vanishing Lanius is summoned this turn, I can Special Summon a Raidraptor monster from my hand," he said. "I Special Summon Raidraptor – Tribute Lanius!" Shun Special Summons Raidraptor – Tribute Lanius (ATK 1800/DEF 400) in Attack Position. The second Raidraptor monster that Shun summoned is a blue mechanical lanius with eight larger thrusters on the wings and multiple sets of sharp bit weapons as feathers.
"Tribute Lanius' special effect activates!" Shun called. "When this monster is Summoned, I can send one Raidraptor card from my deck to the graveyard!" He picks one and sends Raidraptor – Mimicry Lanius to the graveyard. "And I choose to send my Raidraptor – Mimicry Lanius to the graveyard." After he sent the monster to the graveyard, Shun can activate the third monster. "Now, I activate Mimicry's special effect," he added. "When Mimicry Lanius is sent to the graveyard this turn, I can banish it to add one Raidraptor card from my deck to my hand."
Shun banishes his mimicry lanius to add himself the Continuous Spell Card: Raidraptor – Nest from his deck to his hand. "I add Raidraptor – Nest from my deck to my hand," he said. "But I'm not done just yet. I activate Raidraptor – Nest!" Shun declared. "If I have two or more Raidraptor monsters on my field, I can add one Raidraptor monster from my deck to my hand!" Shun selects one card from his deck and adds himself a Raidraptor – Napalm Dragonius. "I add Raidraptor – Napalm Dragonius from my deck to my hand!" he announced.
"Now, battle!" Shun declared. "Vanishing Lanius, attack Fluffal Bear! Tribute Lanius, attack Fluffal Penguin!" The blue mechanical lanius launches its bits in the air, and the green lanius swoops in and slashes the stuffed bear. The bits from the tribute lanius cut the stuffed penguin into pieces, destroying it and dealing battle damage to Sora.
(Sora: LP 4000 → 3800)
The destruction of two monsters left a shockwave that blows a current to the little boy. One of the spectators, a little girl, was crying over the loss of the stuffed bear.
"Don't worry, I'll save it right away," Sora beamed. "I activate the Trap, Fluffal Crane!" Sora flips up his face-down Trap Card: Fluffal Crane. A giant crane conjures itself in front of Sora as the crane descends to pick up the stuffed bear. "This card lets me return a Fluffal monster that was destroyed in battle back to my hand, and I draw one card from my deck!" Sora draws a card from his deck. "You have to respond quickly, right?" Sora gives a wink to show off his cute signature smile to the opponent and to the crowd.
"Oh, I'm not too worried about that," said Shun. "Now Tribute Lanius' special effect activates," Shun looks over his deck to find which card that he can choose from due to the tribute lanius' special effect. "It lets me add a Spell Card from my deck to my hand." He decides to add the one specific Spell Card that will give him the advantage.
"Well, you move fast, but it doesn't matter how many monsters you line up," Sora teased. "I'm still gonna beat ya."
"We'll see about that," Shun replied. "I Set a card face-down, and I end my turn," Shun Sets a card.
Turn 3: Sora (4x cards)
Despite losing two of his monsters, Sora is confident that he can come back through.
"They each took one turn," Nico announced. "But Shun seems to have the advantage over Sora with two monsters and a face-down. They're off to an equal start. Their sweaty hands gripped their cards! Will the Goddess of Victory shine upon Sora Perse or Shun Obsidian?"
Yasuko pays attention to the face-down that Shun played before in his last turn. She suspects that Shun played the face-down as a pre-emptive response to anything that Sora may throw at him.
"She's gonna smile upon the one who entertains the crowd more," said Sora. "I'll entertain you with everything I've got!" He places a finger on his deck. "Here I go! My turn now! I draw!" Sora draws a card from his deck.
"I activate the Spell, Frightfur Patchwork!" Sora activates the Spell Card: Frightfur Patchwork. "This lets me add one Edge Imp and one certain spell card from my deck to my hand!" Sora selects the two cards and adds himself an Edge Imp Sabre from his deck and Polymerization. "The two cards that I add to my hand are Edge Imp Sabre and the spell card, Polymerization!"
When Shun saw Sora adding the Fusion spell card, he's even more infuriated after seeing the spell card. His glare seems to harden enough to catch Yasuko's attention. She saw how Shun reacted not only to the Action Field Spell but also to Sora's spell card. She remembers from Yuto that Fusion is the Enemy. Whoever this Fusion is, she knows that the spell card seemed to upset Shun.
"Oh, this could be bloody," Yasuko muttered under her breath.
The spotlights from the stadium shine upon Sora from the top of the upper platform. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" Sora announced Yuya's catchphrase, which got the entire crowd going wild. "Prepare yourself to witness the authentic Fusion Summon!"
Yasuko is sure that now everyone's copying Yuya's s Dueltainment Style. First, it was Sylvio Sawatari, and now it's Sora Perse's turn to be like Yuya. "Okay, why is everyone being like you, Yuya?" she asked.
Yuya shrugged. "I don't know," he answered. "I guess I'm just popular today."
Yasuko turns her head away from Yuya. "Figures," she commented.
Sora proceeds to activate the spell card. "Now, I activate the Spell, Polymerization!" he exclaimed. "I fuse Edge Imp Sabre and Fluffal Bear from my hand!" Sora takes out his two monsters, Edge Imp Sabre and Fluffal Bear, from his hand to the graveyard.
At once, the pink stuffed bear and the monster who has multiple scissors as the body with two big red glowing red, pink eyes appear before Sora. The two monsters are consumed by the swirling vortex of red and blue.
"Devil's claws and beast's fangs! Become one and show your new power and look! I Fusion Summon!" Sora chanted. "Appear! The hair-raising beast that slashes everything! Frightfur Bear!" Sora Fusion Summons Frightfur Bear (ATK 2200/DEF 1000) in Attack Position.
The stuffed pink bear transforms into a twisted nightmare version of its original self with scissor blades piercing out of the belly, scissor limbs, and an open jaw that has eyes underneath the head.
Yasuko finds Sora impressive with his Fusion Summon and the monster that she is seeing for the first time. Sora is starting off strong to make a comeback and deal some damage to Shun.
"Now, let's battle!" Sora declared. "Frightfur Bear, attack Vanishing Lanius!" He targets the weakest monster as the nightmare bear monster raises its paw and launches it like a grappling hook to deliver a punch that destroyed the green mechanical lanius and dealing battle damage to Shun.
(Shun: LP 4000 → 3100)
"He did it!" Frederick praised.
"He took away 900 of his life points!" Tate beamed.
"I didn't only take away his life points!" Sora reminded. "Doncha, remember? Frightfur Bear's special effect can equip itself to a monster that it destroys and gain its ATK points!" The nightmare bear glows in yellow aura to activate its special ability, conjuring the astral form of the vanishing lanius and chomps down on its energy, giving it a significant attack boost.
(Frightfur Bear: ATK 2200 → 3500)
Yasuko was not impressed with the attack boost because she expected Shun to counteract the effect with his face-down, and he did.
"I activate the trap! Raidraptor – Return!" Shun activates the Trap Card: Raidraptor — Return. "This card lets me target a Raidraptor monster that was destroyed in battle back to my hand!" Once the trap card lights up, the nightmare bear expelled all of the essences of the vanishing lanius, and Shun adds his monster back to his hand. The extra power boost that the nightmare bear received was extinguished, reverting back to its original attack points.
(Frightfur Bear: ATK 3500 → 2200)
Sora, the You-Show people, and Gongenzaka were surprised that Shun had managed to get his monster back to his hand after it was destroyed in battle.
"It came back," said Allie.
"He had the trap prepared?" Tate inquired. "It was like he was waiting for it to happen."
"It's no wonder he's LDS," Gongenzaka stated.
The only one who wasn't surprised by Shun's actions was Yasuko. She anticipated hat Shun had a counter for Sora and his monster, so it wasn't surprising to her that Shun had his trap prepared beforehand. "Shun seems to specialize in Spells and Traps," she said. "There's more it than that."
Yasuko takes a glance over to Sora, who seems rather calm and impressed with Shun. "I guess it would be boring if you wouldn't survive this," he said.
Sora takes out a card from his hand and Sets it. "I Set a card face-down and end my turn," he concluded.
Turn 4: Shun (6x cards)
"The back-and-forth attacks and defense are making me breathless! These players are going at it! Toe-to-toe! Blow-to-blow!" Nico announced. "I sense that this fourth match will be an incredible game! Would anyone object me saying that even at this early stage?"
"That depends on him," said Sora, sticking a lollipop out. "You said that you wouldn't show any mercy, so you should get serious any time soon." He throws the lollipop in the air and then catches it with his mouth. "Or is it taking everything you have to defend yourself, so you can't take the offensive."
"That was true from the start," said Shun. "Losing was never an option. Against an enemy with overwhelming power, it took everything we had to protect ourselves."
Shun went on retelling his story that no one understood. Yasuko was a bit confused, but she was starting to collect the pieces together, watching Shun without a single glance away. Her eyes narrowed, listening to the story that Shun is bringing up.
"But without an organized resistance force, there was nothing that we can do," Shun stated. "We struggle to hold out our own even as our numbers and hope started to fade. We lose one teammate after another. It was a desperate time, but we learned something in the hopeless battle…we must win in order to survive." Shun was glaring up to Sora from the ground that he remained as he proclaimed, "Only those who have the absolute iron will to win can survive hell!"
Yasuko can, somewhat, relate herself to Shun's perspective. Like him, she had to survive her own type of hell by winning so many duels and never go soft on her duels to make her victorious over her opponents. Even duelists need to take something seriously about their matches. She can see that Sora is getting a bit determined about Shun.
"My turn," said Shun. "I draw!" Shun draws a card from his deck to his hand. "And I summon Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius!" Shun Normal Summons Raidraptor – Vanishing Lanius. The green mechanical lanius returns back to the field. "Now, Vanishing Lanius' special effect activates! When it is summoned this turn, I can Special Summon a Raidraptor monster from my hand!" Shun takes out a card to Special Summon Raidraptor – Napalm Dragonius (ATK 1000/DEF 1000) in Defense Position. The second Raidraptor monster that Shun summoned is the same one that Yasuko encountered from before. The white raptor monster with no legs, but a long tail with thruster wings and one red optic eye at the forehead.
"Napalm Dragonius' special effect activates!" Shun exclaimed. He points at Sora. "Once per turn, this card deals 600 points of damage!" At his command, the napalm dragonius opens its jaws wide and fires a flamethrower at Sora. The boy gets hit with the flames burning around him for effect damage.
(Sora: LP 3800 → 3200)
Sora is starting to get even more intimidated when he saw three types of mechanical bird monsters on Shun's field. "Now, he's got three flocks of those things," he said.
Yasuko counted three monsters with the same level, which means she can guess what's coming next. "Three level 4 monsters, and you know what that means…" Yasuko stated.
"Oh no," Yuya panicked, sounding afraid of what's to come. "This is the same as the last time."
"I Overlay my Vanishing Lanius, Tribute Lanius, and my Napalm Dragonius to build the Overlay Network!" Shun announced.
The two lanius monsters and the dragonius turn into three purple lights before shooting up like a rocket and falling down into the galaxy portal beneath Shun's feet. The purple lights were swallowed before the galaxy portal bursts a bright light from the ground.
"Obscured falcon! From the adversity, raise your sharpened claws! Rise and spread your wings of rebellion! I Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Raidraptor – Rise Falcon!" Shun chanted before Yasuko as he Xyz Summons Raidraptor – Rise Falcon (ATK 100/DEF 2000) in Attack Position.
The monster that appears before Yasuko's eyes is the same one that she dueled before. She can recognize that massive purple mechanical falcon with thruster wings and six red optical eyes glowing brightly from its head. The two sharpened claws spring open as three purple Overlay Unit orbs rotate around the monster.
"So, he's an Xyz user," Gongenzaka claimed.
"There's no mistake it," said Yasuko. "That's the guy who attacked me."
"No doubt about it," Yuya agreed. "That's the same monster who defeated the LDS's elite team."
"But how?" Zuzu questioned. "How did he defeat them with only 100 ATK points? It can barely beat a fly."
Yasuko turned to Zuzu and said, "Don't underestimate a monster by its attack points." She turns back to the rise falcon flying above Shun. "That monster's got one effect that is crazy."
Despite its menacing appearance, the monster doesn't prove to be a threat to Sora, who accuses it of being a pest. "This is what you've come up with?" he questioned teasingly. "You can't be serious."
"Deadly serious," Shun replied. "Raidraptor – Rise Falcon can attack at one for every monster that was Special Summoned on the field."
"Even if you attack all of my monsters, it only has 100 ATK points," Sora taunted.
Yasuko can see how narrow-minded Sora is being when dueling against someone determined to win like Shun. "Oh, believe me, Sora," she whispered. "You haven't seen anything yet."
Yasuko saw Yuya getting up from his seat, worried about what Shun is about to do next. "Be careful, Sora!" he warned. "He's dangerous."
Sora doesn't seem to know how worried Yuya is feeling and waves back at him. "Yuya!" he called. "Don't worry about it! I'm fine! I know what I'm doing!"
Shun points at his rise falcon. "I activate Rise Falcon's special effect!" he exclaimed. "By using one Overlay Unit, it gains the total of all your Special Summoned monsters!" One of the purple Overlay units burst like a bubble to activate the rise falcon's special ability.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: OU 3 →2)
The six optical eyes glow red as the monster absorbs the red light from the nightmare bear to gain a significant power boost.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: ATK 100 + 2200 = 2300)
The shock on Sora's face can tell Yasuko that the boy is not prepared for dealing with a monster such as rise falcon. "2300 ATK points?!" he gasped.
The You-Show are also shocked that the rise falcon is stronger than even the nightmare bear was weak against something like the rise falcon.
Yasuko wasn't surprised by the rise falcon's abilities. After her experience with the monster first-hand, she can suspect that Sora is unprepared to deal with Shun. "Yep, he's screwed," she murmured.
"Battle!" Shun declared. "Rise Falcon, attack Frightfur Bear! Brave Claw Revolution!" The rise falcon blazes like it was on fire as it soars into the sky before swooping down to decapitate the nightmare bear. The sight of the attack causes the audience to wheel in shock at the brutality of the battle.
The destruction of the nightmare bear sends Sora flying, screaming in pain after taking damage.
(Sora: LP 3200 → 3100)
Sora skidded across the field that would give him back pains after the match.
Yasuko could expect Sora to get hurt at the end of the match because not only did he used Fusion in front of Shun, but his Xyz monster is out on the field, which makes it a deadly threat to him. She knows that rise falcon can attack all Special Summoned monsters and gain their attack points to make it even more powerful than all of the monsters combined.
Sora gets back up to watch Shun take out four cards from his hand and Sets them all on the field. "I Set four cards face-down and end my turn," he concluded. "Rise Falcon's ATK points return to normal." The rise falcon hovers above Shun by an inch with all of the attack power that it gained vanishing quickly.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: ATK 2300 → 100)
Turn 5: Sora (2x cards)
Yasuko wonders how Sora will be able to play through the monster that has the weakest attack points, but also the back row that filled up the entire Spell and Trap Zone. Shun is being cautious with his opponent. However, Yasuko felt that Shun is holding back against Sora and may be hiding something.
Sora wipes the scratch from his cheek with a small smirk. "What you did was interesting," he smiled. "Looks like you finally figured out how to put up a show." He flips up to stand back on his two feet. "In that case, I think it's time for a little plot twist; I'd better get a little bit serious." He starts to make a grin that only caught Yasuko's attention.
The girl makes a gape from her mouth when she saw Sora's smile. At first, Sora seems to be smiling because Shun is getting him to duel seriously, but then, when Yasuko looked at Sora, she can't help but notice something else that's bothering her now: Sora's smile. Yasuko diverted her attention from Shun to Sora who's smile might borderline to being psychotic.
"My turn!" Sora draws a card from his deck. "I draw!" He Normal Summons Edge Imp Saw (ATK 500/DEF 100). A giant buzz saw with multiple hacksaws, and two bright pink eyes appear on the field. "When it is successfully summoned, I can discard one Fluffal monster from my hand to draw two cards." He discards his Fluffal Sheep in his hand to the graveyard to draw two cards. He looks at his hand to see that he has drawn Edge Imp Chains and the Spell Card: Fusion Conscription. He picks the spell card to activate it.
"Nice," Sora commented. "I activate the spell card from my hand, Fusion Conscription!" Sora selects a card from his deck and chooses to add it. "This card lets me add one Fusion Material monster from my deck to my hand!" Sora decides to add himself a Fluffal Leo. He starts to grin once his preparation is complete.
Sora turns around to face the audience. "Now, watch closely!" he beamed. "Put a spotlight on me, please!" A spotlight from the stadium shines upon Sora. "The fun is about to get started!" he announced Yuya's catchphrase.
Yasuko was starting to get more annoyed with everyone trying to be like Yuya and not be themselves. "Okay, this is getting annoying," she said. "I don't like people trying to copy out their own style."
"I activate the Continuous Spell, Frightfur Factory from my hand!" Sora activates the Continuous Spell Card: Frightfur Factory. "I banish my Polymerization from my graveyard to Fusion Summon one Fusion monster! I fuse my Edge Imp Sawand Fluffal Leo from my hand!" The second material is a stuffed yellow lion with angel wings. Many of the kids were enchanted by the adorable stuffed lion. The devil saw, and the stuffed lion floats above Sora and enters into the swirling vortex of purple and yellow, mixing them together.
"The steel teeth that house the devil, merge with the beast that bears its fangs, and show your new power and look! I Fusion Summon! Appear, the king of beasts that slashes everything! Frightfur Leo!" Sora Fusion Summon Frightfur Leo (ATK 2400/DEF 1000) in Attack Position. The monster that Sora summoned is a dark, twisted version of the stuffed lion with magenta razor-sharp claws and teeth and has a buzz saw head as its mane with other saws, and a buzz saw body. The image of the devil lion is making the scare out of the kids.
Shun knows what might come to happen next and about-faces to start running away.
Sora seems to be satisfied seeing Shun fleeing from him. "Are you scare?" he taunted. "Don't you wanna play?"
Shun runs in the opening as rise falcon flies down to let the boy grab its claws. The monster flies higher into the sky.
"It's pointless to run away," said Sora. "Frightfur Leo's special effect activates! Once per turn, it can destroy one monster on your field, and you take damage equal to its ATK points!" The saw lion shoots multiple buzz saws at Shun and his rise falcon. The buzz saws fly like missiles, aiming to hit the rise falcon before it can evade. Shun's monster turns left and right, up and down, and zooms right in between two buildings to avoid each of the buzz saws that nearly hit Shun. The projectiles were thrown off course before it reconfigures itself to form three bigger buzz saws that will surely hit the rise falcon.
As the monster flies into the opening, something gleams off from the window ledges. Shun's eyes are as sharp as an eagle, spotting the Action Card. He lets go of the rise falcon and falls over to swipe an Action Card that was hanging on by the window still.
"I activate the Action Spell, Mirror Barrier!" Shun activates the Action Spell Card: Mirror Barrier. "Your card's destruction effect is negated!"
The rise falcon glides to catch Shun just as a mirror force field appears to surround the monster. The three buzz saws are deflected from the mirror forcefield, much to Sora's shock. The saw lion was suddenly entrapped by four mirrors which infuriated the monster.
The You-Show people were astounded by Shun's ability to spot even the Action Card when he was being chased by the buzz saw.
"He even mastered Action Cards," said Frederick.
"He wasn't just running away," Allie replied.
Yasuko finds it intriguing that Shun was able to anticipate Sora stealing his monster and had the face-down already to prevent him from taking one of his own. Not to mention the way how Shun spotted the Action Card in thin air. "Impressive," she commented.
"Do it, Frightfur Leo!" Sora called.
The saw lion obeys his command and fires up its buzz saw mane, breaking through the mirror cage before it continues onward to tackle the wall in one of the buildings. The lion was using its saw mane to cut and slice through the walls until it breaks into the opening where the rise falcon is located.
"Even though it's a Solid Vision, you shouldn't carelessly destroy everything," Nico advised.
Shun can only glare down at the saw lion down before on the ground.
"I'll admit," said Sora, "grabbing that Action Card to protect you and that monster was a nice try, but too bad. You can't escape the king of the beast that slashes everything." Sora's grin comes back. "Leo has 2400 ATK points, so if it destroys a monster with only 100 ATK points, then you'll take big damage, which means your wings are about to get clipped."
Sora points at the rise falcon above him. "Let's battle!" he declared. "Frightfur Leo, attack Rise Falcon!" The saw lion sprints fast before jumping up with is razor-sharp claws ready to slice the rise falcon.
"I activate the Trap, Adversity!" Shun flips up his face-down Trap Card: Adversity. "When you attack my monster that has less ATK points than yours, destruction and damage is negated, and it gains 1000 ATK points!"
The saw lion brings its claws down to slice the rise falcon, but it only pushes it downwards because of the trap card's effect. Not only did Shun managed to save his monster, but rise falcon gets a power boost.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: ATK 100 → 1100)
"What?!" Sora gasped. "No way!"
Yasuko can't seem to figure out Shun's real abilities. She thought that Shun was an Xyz specialist and an expert in Traps to nullify anything that his opponent throws at him, but he is displaying proficiency in his duel. "Well, this can't be good for Sora," said Yasuko.
Speaking of Sora, Yasuko turns to watch something happen with Sora. Sora seems to be in a foul mood. He was stomping his feet like a whining child, throwing a tantrum.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Sora cursed. "I swear to god, I'll definitely get that monster next time!" He points at the rise falcon, determined to destroy the monster in his next turn. "I end my turn!"
Turn 6: Shun (1x card)
Yasuko wanted to focus on Shun, but she was directing her attention between Sora and Shun at the same time. Sora is starting to not act like himself. The duel between Sora and Shun seems to have grown intense, causing Sora to temporarily lose his happy face. If she was dueling against Shun right now, she wouldn't crack like what Sora did. She is starting to see something that she doesn't know about Sora.
She wasn't the only one who was surprised by Sora's tantrum. The You-Show people and Gongenzaka were both startled by Sora throwing a fit.
"Whoa," said Yuya, also grasping the image of Sora's tantrum. "Sora's not too happy about that. He's usually relaxed like Yasuko."
"This is the first time I've seen him so angry," Zuzu stated. "I've never seen him so irritated before."
"Shimmer down! Don't lose your cool, Sora!" Shuzo cheered. "Even if your heart burns, your head must remain cool! Only burn your heart, Sora!"
Sora turns to the You-Show audience and waves at them with a huge smile. "Don't worry!" he beamed. "It's all good! I just lost it for a second! I'm fine now! I'm having fun!"
The smile on Sora's face can fool anyone, including the You-Show and Gongenzaka, but it cannot deceive Yasuko anymore. From the moment Sora throws a tantrum, she was already onto him. She notices how Shun is still cool-headed while Sora is starting to get irritated. She suspects that Shun is probably toying with Sora, holding back his raw strength to make him crack his true inner self. The duel with Shun Obsidian is starting to pressure Sora. Yasuko wants to see if the duel with Shun will make Sora crack open even more and show her his real face. Even the way how Sora faced away from the You-Show and Gongenzaka can tell her otherwise. She can guess that Sora probably loses his smile and replace them with a frown, ready to duel Shun seriously.
"My turn!" Shun draws a card from his deck. "I activate Rise Falcon's special effect." One of the Overlay Units around the rise falcon bursts like a bubble.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: OU 2 → 1)
"By using one Overlay Unit, it gained your Special Summoned monster's ATK points until the End Phase." The saw lion glows purple aura around its body before the energy was sucked by the rise falcon to give itself a power boost.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: ATK 1100 → 3500)
"Let's battle!" Shun declared. "Rise Falcon, attack Frightfur Leo!"
The rise falcon screeches loud enough to create a supersonic screech attack at the saw lion.
Sora starts running up and wall-runs up to the tree. "Guess again, Shun!" he called. "I won't let you!" His finger swipes an Action Card that was stuck between two branches. "I activate the Action Spell, Evasion!" Sora activates the Action Spell Card: Evasion.
"That's pointless," Shun stated. "It won't work." Shun flips up his Counter Trap Card: Dark Illusion. "I activate the Counter Trap! Dark Illusion," he said. "When a Spell, Trap, or monster effect targets a DARK monster, I can negate and destroy it."
Sora's duel disk blares off two loud beeps to reject the activation of the Action Spell and sends it to the graveyard. Sora was shocked that Shun had come prepared even for cards that could negate anything that targets a DARK monster.
The saw lion was hit with the supersonic screech and blows up, sending Sora flying back, which knocked the lollipop out of his mouth.
(Sora: LP 3100 →2000)
Sora's body skidded across the ground until he stops, laying in pain after taking the damage.
"Sora!" Yuya and Zuzu called out.
Shun takes out one card from his hand and then Sets it. "I Set a card face-down and end my turn," he concluded. "Rise Falco's effect ends, so it's ATK points return to normal." Once Shun's End Phase comes, the rise falcon loses its attack power to revert back to its original.
(Raidraptor – Rise Falcon: ATK 3500 → 1100)
Turn 7: Sora (1x card)
Yasuko thought of the last trap card. "That's odd," she thought. "If Shun had activated that Trap card before Leo could destroy his rise falcon with its effect, he could've saved him time and resources, but he activated right now." Her eyes narrowed at Shun, thinking more regarding what kind of play that Shun is doing. "It's like he's underestimating Sora, or he expects something out of him."
Sora starts to pry himself back up, but he was already losing his cool. Yasuko can see the frustration that was beginning to build up. It's only a matter of time before Sora cracks and shows her his true face.
"Sora, are you okay?" Yuya called.
Yasuko is sure that Yuya's call isn't getting through to Sora. She can see that Sora is now determined to take down Shun.
"Sheesh, this guy is starting to annoy me," Sora growled. "How many of my monsters has he destroyed?" The way Sora is frowning at Shun means that he's almost reaching to breaking point. "That's it! I've been too easy on you, Shun! I won't be a little serious anymore! This time, I'm going full serious now!" Sora takes out a green lollipop and rips the wrapping with his mouth before prying it in.
"My turn!" Sora draws a card from his deck.
"I activate the Spell, Fusion Deployment!" Sora activates the Spell Card: Fusion Deployment. "This card lets me reveal one Fusion monster from my Extra Deck, and then Special Summon one Fusion Material whose name is listed on the monster that I revealed!" Sora reveals his Fusion Monster: Frightfur Sheep to Special Summon Fluffal Sheep (ATK 400/DEF 800) in Defense Position. "I reveal my Frightfur Sheep to Special Summon my Fluffal Sheep from my deck!"
Sora takes out the card and then summons a fluffy orange sheep with angel wings who makes a cute long "baa" noise. "Then, I activate the Continuous Spell, Frightfur Factory's effect!" he declared. "I banish a "Fusion" card in its name to Fusion Summon one Frightfur monster!" Sora banishes his Fusion Conscription to fuse Fluffal Sheep and Edge Imp Chains from his hand. "I fuse Fluffal Sheep on my field and Edge Imp Chains from my hand!"
The stuffed sheep and the devil with multiple chains as its body appear inside of the swirling vortex of red and blue.
"I Fusion Summon!" Sora exclaimed. "Appear, the chained beast that seals everything! Frightfur Sheep!" Sora Fusion Summons Frightfur Sheep (ATK 2000/DEF 2000). The stuffed sheep was suddenly being turned into a nightmare version of itself with two gears sticking out from the fur supported by silver chains and a set of golf chains wrapped around the center.
"When this card attacks, you cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step!" Sora informed. "I've sealed away your best tactics, so that really puts you up the ropes."
Yasuko was intrigued if Shun has a counter against something like the chain sheep. She can see that Sora is getting serious in the duel, but she wonders if Sora has what it takes to beat Shun. "Cool," Yasuko commented, "but will that be enough?"
"Let's battle!" Sora declared. "Go, Frightfur Sheep! Attack Rise Falcon!" The chain sheep chatters its jaws before opening them to fire a red laser beam at the rise falcon.
Shun has his monster soar high in the sky, but the red laser beam was on his tail, curving around to get a lock on its target. The rise falcon moves up, trying to evade, but to no avail. The red laser beam hits the rise falcon, destroying it with a big explosion.
(Shun: LP 3100 → 2200)
Yasuko watches Shun falling from the sky with his eyes closed. She can't expect that Shun would lose something so quickly. Shun seems to snap out of himself and starts to kick off from one building after another to slow himself down. Once he hits the ground, he makes a parkour roll to stop the momentum.
"You think you outplayed me just because you destroyed my monster?" Shun questioned, dusting himself off. "Well, now that your monster attacked, that means its effect is gone."
"What?" Sora gasped.
Shun prepares himself to activate the specific card that he picked up earlier on his first turn. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Rank-Up-Magic Raptor's Force!" Shun activates the Quick-Play Spell Card: Rank-Up-Magic Raptor's Force. "It Special Summons Rise Falcon that was destroyed in battle, and then allows me to rank it up into a Raidraptor that is one Rank higher!"
"What the hell?!" Sora gasped in shock.
The rise falcon that was destroyed in the last battle appears back on the field before turning into a purple light and shooting up into the thunder clouds.
"Ferocious falcon, cut through the fiercest battles wand flap your wings to defeat your approaching enemies! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 5! Raidraptor – Blaze Falcon!" Shun performs a Rank-Up Xyz Evolution and Xyz Summons Raidraptor – Blaze Falcon (ATK 1000/DEF 2000) (OU: 1) in Attack Position.
The thunder clouds booms into the sky above the field spell as a new monster appears on the field. The rise falcon has transformed into a blazing red falcon with two claw feet, and two long wings that come from the backbone of the monster with eight teal optical eyes lighting up as a single purple Overlay Unit roves around the monster. The blaze falcon screeched, which shook the entire stadium.
Yasuko was beyond flabbergasted; she was astounded. She had no idea that you can use a Spell card to perform an Xyz Summon of an Xyz monster that is a higher rank than the other one. Her throat seemed dry. Her eyes are wide. She is just as shocked as everyone else in the stadium. "Rank up?" she uttered.
"Whoa! The Xyz monster that was supposed to be destroyed, but it's reborn into a higher Rank monster!" Nico announced.
Sora was taken back by the monster that is in front of him, and then he started to laugh. His laughter echoed in the stadium as if he's enjoying the sight himself. "Nice! Sleek moves, Shun!" he praised. "You're quite an entertainer yourself! Thanks for firing up the crowd! They sure are loving it!"
Yasuko is starting to put the pieces together. Sora is not the same person that she knew right now. He's a different Sora than before. She can see that whatever Shun did made him crack the slightest hole inside of him.
"You know, I hate to admit it, but I'm loving it too," Sora confessed. "I end my turn. Now, keep entertaining me."
"Entertain?" Shun inquired. "I highly doubt you're going to find agony, pain, and destruction to be entertaining."
Shun draws a card from his deck. "My turn!" he exclaimed. "Blaze Falcon can attack directly if it has an Xyz Material!" The blaze falcon monster glides down to close in on Sora.
The little boy attempts to flee and find an Action Card, but the boy was knocked back by the blaze falcon, sending him crashing into a building that left a large hole in the wall, dealing battle damage to him.
(Sora: LP 2000 → 1000)
The impact of Sora's crash leaves a large crack that spirals upwards until the entire upper building started to break. The upper segment was collapsing as it falls over to Sora.
"Whoa! The building is collapsing! Look out!" Nico called.
"Sora!" Yuya yelled.
Sora looks up and saw the building falling on top of him. He acts quickly and makes a move. Leaping into the air, Sora quickly vaults from pieces of debris after another as if he's too quick for the falling debris. He hops over the first debris before jumping over another, even as if they are falling. It was astounding, even to Yasuko. Not even she can do what Sora is doing. She may be training in parkour, but there was no way in hell that she can do exactly like Sora.
"What the…" she breathed, amazed at how agile Sora is.
Sora lands with a sneer on his face as the building crashes to the ground behind him while Yasuko, Yuya, and Zuzu watch in shock.
"Blaze Falcon's special effect activates!" Shun called. "When this card successfully deals damage, your monster is destroyed!" The blaze falcon responds by launching all of its bits into the air and shoots turquoise laser beams to destroy the chain sheep.
"Trap activated!" Sora responded. "Frightfur Defender!" Sora activates the Trap Card: Frightfur Defender. "My Frightfur Sheep's destruction is negated, and it gains 800 ATK points!" A forcefield surrounds the chain sheep, deflecting every laser beam that is aimed at it.
"I activate my Counter Trap! Raptor's Storm!" Shun responds by activating the Counter Trap Card: Raptor's Storm. "When a Spell or Trap card activates while I control a Raidraptor, it negates and destroys it!" The forcefield that was blocking the barrage of the laser beam was destroyed along with the monster.
"Frightfur Sheep's special effect activates!" Sora called. "When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can Special Summon it back onto my field, and it gains 800 ATK points!"
The dust and debris reform itself together to bring back the china sheep, but much stronger than before.
(Frightfur Sheep: ATK 2000 → 2800)
"Shun destroys Sora's sheep, but it came back stronger than before!" Nico praised.
"I don't care how powerful that sheep is!" Shun retorted. "I activate Blaze Falcon's special effect!" The last purple Overlay Unit bursts like a bubble to activate its special ability.
(Raidraptor – Blaze Falcon: OU 1 → 0)
"Once per turn, by detaching one Overlay Unit, this card can destroy as many of your Special Summoned monsters, and you take 500 points of damage for each one!" The blaze falcon opens its ports in the back and launches a volley of missiles at the chain sheep.
"No way!" Sora protested. "I won't let you!" Sora turns to his right and quickly swiped an Action Card. "I activate the Acton Spell, Mirror Barrier!" Sora activates the Action Spell Card: Mirror Barrier. "Your card's destruction is negated!"
A mirror forcefield appears around the chain sheep to block off all of the missiles that are aimed at it.
"He protected himself with an Action Card!" Nico boomed. "It's the same previous Mirror Barrier used by Shun Obsidian!"
"I flip up my Counter Trap! Raptor's Gust!" Shun activates the Counter Trap Card: Raptor's Gust. "When I control a Raidraptor monster, your spell's activation is negated and destroyed!"
The missile volley continues to hammer down on the chain sheep and the mirror forcefield until the pressure was enough to break through the mirror shield and destroy the chain sheep. The explosion cause Sora to fall back after taking another damage to his life points.
(Sora: LP 1000 → 500)
The back-and-forth counterattacks are rallying the crowd to a new height. Some of the little kids were frightened by the sheer destruction, while some were excited to see more of the battle raging on.
Yasuko witnesses the once-beautiful Neo Heartland City being turned into a no man's land. The sky is being filled with smoke and fire as if the city itself was a battlefield. She doesn't say much. Their actions are speaking louder than words.
"I Set a card face-down and end my turn," Shun concluded as he Sets a face-down.
Turn 9: Sora (0x card)
"So, what happened to that smirk on your face?" Shun questioned.
Sora is surprised at first before clenching his fist angrily, glaring a Shun.
"Now, do you know what it feels like to be helpless and hunted?" Shun asked. "You were always laughing when you attacked my friends, but the difference between you and us, though, is that we are no longer prey that won't resist!"
Yasuko was a bit confused about what Shun was talking about, but she suspects that it has to do something with Fusion or whatever Yuto or Shun called them. Hunted? Prey? She has more questions popping in her head.
"Sora's team attacked?" Yuya inquired. "What's he talking about?"
Sora gives a giggle before it turned to smile like a wild animal. "What? I'm no longer relaxed?" he sneered. "You think I'm through? Stop joking around." Sora takes out a big lollipop from his pocket. "I can win even when I eat this candy." He holds up a large lollipop and bites it in half, chewing loudly and swallowing in front of Shun.
"You're even a bigger sucker than I thought you were," Sora mocked. "Poor Shun, you think you still have a chance? Well, here's a reality check, pal!" Sora takes one more bite at the lollipop. "This is all for fun. I don't need to take you seriously. Even my teammates feel the same thing. We're hunting you for fun because all you are is nothing but prey in our hunting game!"
Sora's personality change disturbs the You-Show and Gongenzaka.
"Now Sora's acting crazy," Yuya accused. "What the heck's going on between the two of them?"
"My turn!" Sora draws a card from his deck. "I activate the Spell, Frightfur Fusion!" He activates the Spell Card: Frightfur Fusion. "I banish Frightfur Bear, Leo, and Sheep from my graveyard to Fusion Summon one Frightfur monster that requires all three of them!"
The three monstrous toys that were in Sora's graveyard disappears, and their essences are consumed by the dark swirling vortex that reanimates itself into a different monster.
"The inanimate toy that that houses the devil, annihilate all those who oppose me! I Fusion Summon! Appear! The magical beast that's a combination of all toys! Frightfur Chimera!" Sora banishes his Frightfur Bear, Frightfur Leo, and Frightfur Sheep to Fusion Summon Frightfur Chimera (ATK 2800/DEF 2000) in Attack Position.
The monster is the combination of all the monstrous toys that Sora fused together with three heads: one being a half body of the stuffed bear; the second head having an orange stuff cat head with pieces sticking out and a wrench, and the third head who looks like it was a handmade dog head as it stomps on the ground with all four of its anvil hoofs.
The image of the monster is frightening the little kids. While many were distraught of Sora's monster, the only ones who weren't fazed by the monster were Yasuko and Shun.
"Let's battle!" Sora declared gleefully. "Frightfur Chimera, attack Blaze Falcon!"
The toy chimera's bear head opens its jaws and fires a big rocket that obliterated the blaze falcon and some of the surrounding buildings.
Shun runs away and avoids the falling debris as he jumps and rolls out of the way from the explosion once it dealt significant damage to him.
(Shun: LP 2200 → 400)
"Frightfur Chimera's special effect activates!" Sora exclaimed. "When it destroys a monster, it summoned it to my side of the field from your graveyard!" The toy chimera glows purple to allow Sora to Special Summon Raidraptor – Blaze Falcon on his side of the field. The blaze falcon that Sora destroyed reappears on Sora's field. "For every monster that I take control of using this effect, Frightfur Chimera gains a total of 300 ATK points for each one!" The toy chimera gains a power boost thanks to its special effect.
(Frightfur Chimera: ATK 2800 → 3100)
"Even your monster belongs to me," said Sora. "Now, do you see, Shun? Weaklings like you can't win. You can't hunt me." Sora's smile was turning psychotic. "That's why you're so much fun to hunt down and destroy! Always were! Always will! You're the ones who will be hunted for eternity!"
The duel has reached to breaking point, and Sora snapped, which means Yasuko can finally see for who Sora really is. She discovered the truth behind his fake happy character. Sora is a lie. The moment she saw the smile on Sora's face after Shun Xyz Summoned his rise falcon, she was already onto him. And when the duel progress even further, the duel tells Yasuko everything she needs to know about Sora. Based on how Sora's behavior changed drastically to a very unstable mind, the happy façade of Sora breaks down to reveal his psychotic nastiness. Now that Sora is revealed to be a deranged lunatic; she does not want anything to do with him anymore.
"Sora Perse, you're a psychopath," she whispered under her breath, acknowledging every last word of him.
"I'll make sure to finish you off with your own monster," Sora smirked. "You have only 400 life points, so if Blaze Falcon attacks you directly with 1000 ATK points, this will end the duel."
"How ridiculous," Shun insulted. "No, it won't."
"What?" Sora gasped, surprised.
"We, the Resistance, always battle assuming the worst possible situations," said Shun. "We even think about our teammates being taken by the enemy, but even if they are taken, we never forsake them."
Shun's eyes burn with such hatred that made Yasuko and Yuya pause in their waking. "We always get our teammates back!" he shouted. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force!" Shun activates the Quick-Play Spell Card: Rank-Up-Magic Revolution Force. "I take control of one Xyz monster on your field that has no Xyz Materials, and then I rank it up to a Raidraptor that's one Rank higher!"
The blaze falcon that was on Sora's field disappears into particles, forcing the toy chimera to lose its attack boost.
(Frightfur Chimera: ATK 3100 → 2800)
The blaze falcon configures itself back on Shun's field before it blazes itself to evolve to a higher monster.
"What?!" Sora gasped.
"Proudest falcon, flap your wings that are stained with the blood of the friends and heroes and travel to the path of destruction! Rank-Up! Xyz Change! Emerge! Rank 6! Raidraptor – Revolution Falcon!" Shun performs a second Rank-Up Xyz Evolution to Xyz Summon Raidraptor – Revolution Falcon (ATK 2000/DEF 3000) in Attack Position.
The blaze falcon transforms into a bigger falcon that has ten thrusters as wings and no legs or claws but ports all over the wings and red-crested face and a single purple Overlay Unit roving around the monster. The revolution falcon gives off a hollow screech after making its appearance.
"Incredible!" Nico praised. "Shun Obsidian's Xyz monster ranked up the second time!"
Sora was shocked that Shun ranked up his monster for the second time, but he finds the monster to be no threat, at least to him anyway. He gives a laugh. "Ha. Nice try, Shun," he smiled. "You talk of a big revolution, but your monster has only 2000 ATK points." He makes a laugh again to see how much he's underestimating Shun's abilities. "It can't destroy my Frightfur Chimera that has 2800 ATK points!"
"Are you sure about that?" Shun questioned. "Just watch me."
Sora flinches in fright before recomposing himself. "You're bluffing," he accused. "Just another one of your bluffs, Shun. You have no more Set cards on your field. You talk a big game, but take a look around; you don't have what it takes to win."
Yasuko can see how much Sora is underestimating Shun and his monster. It was already set in motion for his defeat.
Yuya got up from his seat and holds onto the railings. "Stop! Don't provoke him!" he warned. "He's dangerous! He's serious! Just walk away!"
"Forget it, Yuya," Yasuko rebuked. "No matter what you say or do, there's no point in talking to him anymore." She closes her eyes and crossed her arm, already foreseeing what is about to happen next. "He lost."
Yuya turns to Yasuko in shock. "What are you talking about?" he inquired. "Sora hasn't lost just yet!"
Yasuko opens both eyes and narrowed at Yuya. "No, he lost the moment Shun ranked up," she affirmed.
"Revolution Falcon's special effect activates!" Shun called. "When it ranks up using a Raidraptor monster, it destroys your Special Summoned monster, and you take damage equal to half of its ATK points!"
"Oh, no!" Sora wailed.
"Go, Revolution Falcon!" Shun ordered. "Burn! Blaze! Torch the enemy! Burn in the fires of revolution and perish!"
The revolution falcon soars high into the ski above Neo Heartland City. Its ports open to reveal an arsenal of bombs and weapons. Like a heavy strategic bomber, the revolution falcon drops its entire payload over the field, destroying everything in sight from its carpet bombing. The multiple explosions obliterated every building, playground, and lights from the city, turning it into nothing but ruins of the one beautiful city.
"Stop it!" Yuya pleaded. "This isn't a duel! The duel that I believe in is to make everyone happy!"
The carpet bombing destroys everything that resembles the city, and now the toy chimera is destroyed in ablaze.
Sora flees to find himself an Action Card as the carpet bombing was coming closer to him. He swings left and right until he finds one Action Card lying around. He dives down and swipes the Action Card: Miracle. Before he can insert the card into his duel disk, something shakes hard to get his attention.
He was distracted by the falling Heartland Tower. He freezes in shock, merely kneeling there as the building crashes to the ground.
CRASH!
Zuzu gasps in shock.
"Sora!" Yuya screamed
Yasuko makes a cringe from the way how Sora was crushed by a two hundred-thousand-pound building. "Oh, that's gotta hurt," she commented.
Dust and debris spread everywhere in the field before the Action Field Spell disintegrates back into the glass arena with Sora all battered and bruised up after taking the major damage that ends his life points.
(Sora: LP 500 → 0)
Winner: Shun Obsidian
The duel left its mark on the audience. Everyone was scared, frightened of how the duel turned out at the end of the day. No one spoke about what they saw. They were taken out of their breaths.
Yasuko can feel the tense moment inside of the stadium, watching Shun approaching to Sora. At first, he looked like he was about to do something with his duel disk, but then he stopped and turned around to walk away.
"Wait…" Sora croaked. "The…the battle is not over yet…"
Shun glance over his shoulder to see the struggle that Sora is putting up to fight him again. "There is no way I can…I can lose," he squawked. "I can't…I can't lose to an Xyz!"
Shun just watched him beg for another match, but he just continued walking away. "No, wait!" Sora begged. "Don't run away! I…I want a rematch! Duel me again! You have to duel me! Duel me again!"
Yasuko can hear Sora begging for Shay to Duel him again, but he finally passes out from the shock of his injuries. Yuya and Zuzu were running down to the arena, but the security personnel held them back. After watching the match between Shun and Sora, Yasuko has decided that she is done with Sora. He is now a psychopath in her eyes. Yasuko is severing all ties with Sora Perse.
As for Shun Obsidian, her mind is now processing the information from both duelists and their capabilities. Shun is a bigger danger than she thought he was. Yasuko compared herself to Shun, and the duel proves to be a different league than her own. She believes that she needs to make some adjustments to her deck for any future confrontations with Shun Obsidian.
Hello readers!
I'd say I post a second chapter to make it all up for last month's delay, so here is a second chapter. I'd find this duel to be entertaining because I like the way how Sora and Shun dukes it out that made Sora crack in the middle of the duel, and I thought I want to rewrite this even further. I'm still going for the unrestricted duels in some of the rewrites but try to put together an entertaining one myself.
Oh, and also, HunterHQ, Ghost of Magic, Lux, and Guests.
Thank you for your reviews. There are some more dueling coming up soon, and I will make them as intriguing and entertaining as possible. Thank you other readers for taking the time to read this story through as we get even closer to the climax of the story, and boy I am going to make this story blow your minds. Have a great day!