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Arc League Championship — Chapter 45: The Song of the Dragon's Roar; Yasuko Yukihana vs. Melania Herman Part 2
DUEL:
Yasuko Yukihana (LP 2600) (5x cards)
VS
Melania Herman (LP 4000) (1x card)
The end of the second round in the Arc League Championship has spiraled upwards between Melania Herman and Yasuko Yukihana. They have got everyone in the stadium at the edge of their seats. The sight is an excitement for everyone in the stadium except for the two duelists in the arena.
In terms of the field advantage, Melania is dominating Yasuko. The blonde girl has Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon (ATK 3000/DEF 2500) and Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon (ATK 3300/DEF 3800) in Attack Position. The spirit dragon was powered up, in the last turn, because of Melania's field spell: Mausoleum of White, and a Set face-down.
Yasuko has nothing on her field except for the two monsters in her Pendulum Zone: Magical Abductor (Scale 3) (Spell Counter: 5) and Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon (Scale 8).
"My field is perfect," said Melania. "As long as Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon is out on the field, neither of us can summon more than two monsters, but it is a shame that my dragon loses all of its ATK and DEF points it gained." The spirit dragon's glow dims after powering down since Melania ended her turn.
(Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon: ATK 3300/DEF 3800→ ATK 2500/DEF 3000)
"As long as Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon is out on the field, Yasuko can't Pendulum Summon any more than two monsters," said Yuya.
"This is bad for Yasuko," Gongenzaka agreed. "She usually summons more than two monsters, but that Blue-Eyes has her entire deck on lockdown."
"If only she can get one more monster that could stop Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon," Zuzu hoped. "Maybe then, she'll be able to win over Melania.
"But that's the problem," Shuzo cautioned. "Her deck is all about multiple summonings, but if she can find a way to get rid of that dragon, then she'll be able to make it through."
Turn 3: Yasuko (5x cards)
"My turn! I draw!" Yasuko draws a card from her deck. "I activate Magical Abductor's pendulum effect!" She gestures to the abductor mage. "Once per turn, I can remove three spell counters from herself to add one Pendulum monster from my deck to my hand." Yasuko scrolls over her duel disk to pick out the pendulum card she needs to take on the spirit dragon.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counters 5 → 2)
A card pops out from her deck as Yasuko chooses to add Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon. "I add Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon!" she exclaimed. "And with my two monsters in my Pendulum Zone, I can Pendulum Summon monsters between levels 4 to 7 simultaneously! I Pendulum Summon!"
Above Yasuko, a single wormhole rips open from the sky, and a purple light falls like a shooting star. "Appear! Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon!" Yasuko Pendulum Summons Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon (ATK 1200/DEF 2400) in Defense Position. A red-scaled dragon smaller than Odd-Eyes Phantom with its body encased in bone armor with three backbone plates sticking out from its spine appears on the field.
Melania was looking at the persona dragon with memories flowing back into her head. "It's been a while since I've seen Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon," she said. "But, it's useless." She turns back to Yasuko. "Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon's special effect only works if you control an Odd-Eyes monster on your field, and since Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon is treated as a spell card in your pendulum zone, it's effect is useless."
Yasuko had the urge to roll her eyes over Melania's clueless attitude. "That would be true if Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon wasn't a Pendulum Monster," she verified. "What you see here is the new and reborn Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon!" She throws her hand out to the spirit dragon. "I activate Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon's special effect!" she declared. "Once per turn, during either of our turns, I can target one monster that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck and negate its effect!"
The revelation shocked Melania. "What?!" she gasped. "You can activate its effect without an Odd-Eyes monster on your field?!"
"You're not dealing with the same deck three years ago, Melania," said Yasuko.
The persona dragon roars to send in echo pulses over to the spirit dragon to nullify its effect; however, Melania was already on the case and was prepared for contingency. "You think you've upgraded? Well, so have I!" she yelled. "I activate Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon's special effect!"
"What the—?!" Yasuko gasped.
"During either of our turns, I can tribute this Synchro Summoned monster to Special Summon one LIGHT Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck," Melania explained. "I told you I am the master in this duel."
The spirit dragon makes one last cry before it was submerged under a light beam from the sky above Melania. "I tribute my Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon to Special Summon Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon!" Melania tributes her spirit dragon to Special Summon Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon (ATK 2500/DEF 3000) in Defense Position. The next mighty dragon roars while flying down to land beside Melania. The dragon has a strong resemblance to the alternative white dragon, only its size and twice the original and made of shiny silver scales with its massive wings with black flaps.
The audience was amazed at how Melania was able to summon a monster from the Extra Deck during Yasuko's turn. It got Nico to stand up with the microphone in his hand. "What an incredible performance!" he praised. "Melania Herman has surprised all of us by summoning a new dragon from her Extra Deck on Yasuko's turn!"
"She can Special Summon a monster from her Extra Deck, and it wasn't a Synchro Summon," said Zuzu.
"No way," Tate replied. "I have no idea that she was capable of doing that."
"Neither did I," said Allie.
"I think my shivers are getting ready to shiver," Frederick added, concerned.
"Now, Azure-Eyes' special effect activates," said Melania. "When this card is Special Summoned, until the end of my next turn, you cannot target my dragon monsters with card effects or destroy my dragon monsters with card effects."
Yasuko glares at Melania. "It won't matter," she said. "You just gave me an opening."
Melania caught her words with surprise. "What?"
Yasuko demonstrates by activating the Spell Card: Triple Tactics Talent. "Because you activated a monster effect on my turn, I can play this. The spell, Triple Tactics Talent," she said. "I can only play this card if my opponent activates a monster effect during my turn. This lets me choose between taking control of one monster, look into your hand and shuffle one card, or draw two cards." She decided to draw two cards from her deck. "And I choose to draw two cards."
Tate was confused, thinking of what Yasuko was planning to do since she wasted the two opportunities given to her. "Out of all those three choices, she chooses to draw two cards," he said.
"So, what was the point of that?" Allie asked. "All she did was increase her hand."
Frederick looked to the other two kids. "Is she working on a strategy or something?" he asked.
Shuzo places a hand under his chin, pondering how Yasuko will deal with Melania's monsters and her impenetrable wall. "Maybe, she's trying to search for something in her deck that can help her even the odds against Melania," he speculated.
"But at least that Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon is gone, which means that she can summon more monsters now if she still has any," said Yuya.
"She baited Melania to activate her monster's special effect to play that spell," said Gongenzaka.
"But she already did her Pendulum Summon," Zuzu pointed out. "What is she going to do now?"
Yasuko takes a look down at the two cards that she drew, and she picks out one to Normal Summon Magical Something (ATK 1800/DEF 1300). "From my hand, I summon Magical Something," she announced.
A small portal rips through the ground, and the monster that has the resemblance to the abductor mage, only the mage has a golden crown that has horns sticking upwards and a scythe that has the spell counter orb.
"Now, I activate my second Spell Power Grasp," said Yasuko, activating the second Spell Power Grasp spell card. "I target Magical Abductor, and I add another Spell Power Grasp. And because of my Abductor's pendulum effect, and Magical Something's effect, they both gain a spell counter." The two spell counters on the weapons from the two twin mages glows brightly to gain a counter.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 2 → 4).
(Magical Something: Spell Counter 0 → 1).
A card pops out from her deck, and Yasuko adds the third Spell Power Grasp.
Melania was skeptical about Yasuko's next strategy. "So what? You still don't have enough," she rebuked.
"You think so?" Yasuko questioned. She takes out a card from her hand and activates the Spell Card: Spell Power Mastery. "I activate Spell Power Mastery!" The spell card reveals itself on the field. "This card lets me add one Endymion monster from my deck to my hand, and then I can place spell counters on as many face-up cards that I control equal to the number of Spell Power Grasp and Spell Power Mastery that are in my graveyard, or I control." Yasuko chooses one card that she might need and adds Servant of Endymion. "I add Servant of Endymion to my hand and place spell counters on all of my cards!" The spell card on her field glows to let all of her face-up cards gain a spell counter.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 4 → 7).
(Magical Something: Spell Counter 1 → 4)
(Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon: Spell Counter 0 → 3)
(Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon: Spell Counter 0 → 3)
"And let's not forget about my two Magical monsters' effect," Yasuko reminded. The spell counters on each of the magical mage's weapons glow brightly, gaining additional spell counters.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 7 → 8).
(Magical Something: Spell Counter 4 → 5)
The You-Show were amazed by Yasuko's arsenal to stockpile on so many counters on her field.
"Whoa," said Tate, awed. "I've never seen so many counters on all of her field."
"That's incredible," Allie gaped. "Yasuko's got a whole bunch of counters she can use."
"I think my brain's about to spin with so many counters to count," Frederick gawked.
Yasuko then raises her hand to the magical twin mage that is in front of her. "I activate Magical Something's special effect!" she declared. "Once per turn, I can remove three spell counters from this card and then target one Quick-Play spell that is in my graveyard and then Set it!"
(Magical Something: Spell Counter 5 → 2)
The twin magical mage's spell counter on her scythe glows orange from the inside as she stabs the weapon's blade to the ground. The ground opens, and the Quick-Play Spell Card, Forbidden Dress, appears back to the field before she Sets it.
Yasuko then takes out three more cards from her hand and Sets them. "I Set three cards face-down and end my turn," she concluded.
Turn 4: Melania (1x card)
Melania raised an eyebrow with questions popping in her head. "What? That's it?" she asked. "I remember you being more aggressive."
Yasuko starts to take her chance to find Action Cards to even her odds against Melania. "Let's just say…I've been stepping up my game recently," she said. Yasuko runs to her persona dragon and hops on its back. The persona dragon starts to run away, leaving Melania in the open fields.
"Well, that's not gonna do it if you think that will save you," said Melania, jumping up to ride her alternative white dragon. The creature flies up into the sky to find herself some Action Cards too.
"And they're off!" Nico speaks to the audience with such keenness in his voice. "Both duelists have setup their fortress, and it looks like this duel is about to get higher as Melania Herman makes her turn right now!"
"My turn!" Melania announced. "I draw!" She draws a card from her deck. "And now, Azure-Eyes' special effect activates!" She swings her arm to the silver dragon that is right beside her. "During my Standby Phase, I can target one Normal Monster in my graveyard and then Special Summon it." The silver dragon roars as a single portal on Melania's left side opens to let the girl. Special Summon the first Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "I Special Summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
The white dragon with bright blue eyes emerges from the portal, roaring to life after being resurrected from the grave.
"Now, I activate Mausoleum's effect," said Melania. "Once per turn, I can send one Normal Monster from my hand or Deck to the graveyard to target one Effect monster that I control, and it gains ATK and DEF points equal to the level of that monster." She chooses the card that she will send, which ejects the second Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the graveyard. "I send my Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck to the graveyard and then target Azure-Eyes to have it gain 800 ATK and DEF points!" The silver dragon glows in bright yellow aura to gain a power boost from the field spell.
(Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon: ATK 2500/DEF 3000 → ATK 3300/DEF 3800).
Melania then activates the face-down Quick-Play Spell Card: Silver Cry. "Now, I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Silver Cry!" she exclaimed. "This lets me target one Normal Monster in my graveyard and then Special Summon it!"
A second portal opens up and allows Melania to Special Summon the second Blue-Eyes White Dragon in Attack Position. "I summon my second Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The wormhole pops out another blue dragon with bright blue eyes.
Due to the effect of Yasuko, two mages, they both gain a spell counter.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 8 → 9)
(Magical Something: Spell Counter 2 → 3)
Yasuko peeks her head over to see about four dragon monsters chasing after her. She starts to think of what Melania might do next. Since there are three level eight Blue-Eyes monsters, then she can expect what's coming next. "If she's going to do what I'm thinking she's going to do, then I better get my game on," she said.
"Let's take this duel to the next level," said Melania. "I take my two Blue-Eyes White Dragons and build the Overlay Network!" Upon her declaration, the two blue-eyed dragons turn into two gold lights before they shoot into the air and descend into the galaxy portal that appears in front of Melania. The two golden lights beamed down into the portal before the galaxy wormhole shoots up a powerful beam.
"Roaring from the thunder comes a dragon of power that will bring the end of all creatures who oppose it! I Xyz Summon! Rank 8! Thunder End Dragon!" Melania Xyz Summon Thunder End Dragon (ATK 3000/DEF 2000) (OU: 2) in Attack Position.
The clouds in the sky create a thunderous boom, echoing in the stadium. A single dragon roar erupts from the clouds as the single blue dragon with multiple lighting ports on its back emitting blue static electricity that sizzles like sparks and electrical pink horns with two yellow orbs rotating around the dragon.
"And Melania's done it again!" Nico cheered in the microphone. "Melania has just performed an Xyz Summon! Looks like She's definitely stepped up her game!"
The You-Show and Gongenzaka were taken back by Melania's Xyz Summon, but the one who was surprised the most was Yuya. He had begun learning how to Xyz Summon, and Melania has already achieved Synchro Summon and Xyz Summon before him.
"An Xyz Summon?!" Yuya gasped.
"She can do an Xyz Summon too?!" Gongenzaka gaped.
"I had no idea that Melania was able to do that!" Zuzu exclaimed.
Melania has a smirk on her face, given to the satisfaction of going to beat Yasuko again. "Hope you feel the static because I activate Thunder End Dragon's special effect!" she declared. "By detaching one Overlay Unit, this card can destroy all other monsters on the field!"
One of the yellow lights, rotating around the thunderous dragon, pops like a bubble to activate its unique ability that will destroy all of Yasuko's monsters on the field.
(Thunder End Dragon: OU 2 → 1)
"This is bad!" Shuzo paled. "If Melania destroys all of Yasuko's monsters, she'll be wide open for an attack!"
"And because of Azure-Eyes, none of Melania's monsters aren't going to be destroyed! Tate pointed out. "Only Yasuko's monsters are going to be destroyed.
The static electricity on the back of the thunderous end dragon starts to go crazy. It sparks everywhere from the horns to the end of the tail. The dragon unleashes a powerful electromagnetic pulse that seems to phase around the alternative white dragon and the silver dragon.
Yasuko turns her head forward, commanding the persona dragon to run faster. The girl was running away from the incoming pulse that was closing in quickly. Then, from the highest point of a tower nearby, a gleam caught Yasuko's eye. She turns over to the building and finds an Action Card stuck at the pedestal.
Yasuko stands on top of her persona dragon's head and makes a big jump. While in midair, the magical twin mage holds out her spell counter scythe to let Yasuko grab on and rotates fast before flinging the girl with all her strength. The girl concentrates on focusing her projection on the pedestal and swipe the Action Card.
Yasuko activates the Action Spell Card: Protective Winds. "I activate the Action Spell, Protective Winds!" she announced. "When a monster activates its effect that destroys a card, it is negated!"
The persona dragon leaps up and catches the girl on its back before landing on one of the buildings' floating platforms. A strong gust of wind forms a highly concentrated air barrier around the persona dragon and the magical twin mage, shielding them from the pulse that phased around the two monsters.
"Oh, looks like Yasuko saved her monsters this time!" Nico Smiley announced. "A close call for Yasuko!"
The persona dragon lands hard on the ground, forcing Yasuko to hold on. She then turns to her former pupil. Her eyes are now showing strong determination. "Looks like you have a lot to learn, Melania," said Yasuko. "I'm just getting started, and it begins when my Abductor and Something gains a spell counter." She earned a glare as a response from Melania. The two twin mage glows in bright yellow to gain a spell counter.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 9 → 10)
(Magical Something: Spell Counter 3 → 4)
"And I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Beast Magic Attack!" Yasuko activates her face-down Quick-Play Spell Card: Beast Magic Attack. "This card lets me remove any number of spell counters that I choose to use, and the one I'm going to use is by removing six spell counters." The card flips up and glows up to let the two spell counters in the abductor, and the persona dragon disappear like a candle.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 10 → 7)
(Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon: Spell Counter 3 → 0)
Melania raises an eyebrow showing her skepticism. "What is the point of that?" she asked.
"The point is to show you that I am not the same Yasuko that you knew," Yasuko responded. "By removing six spell counters, I can Special Summon one Pendulum monster from my Extra Deck!"
The persona dragon starts to charge forward, heading to the ledge. "I summon back, Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon!" The six spell counters from the abductor and the persona dragon appears before the monsters before flying outwards into the sky. The counters started to swirl in circles as the persona dragon jumps high.
Yasuko then leaps up as the swirling circle creates a portal. The portal emits a monster to let Yasuko Special Summon Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon in Defense Position.
Odd-Eyes Phantom, the big blue dragon covered in bone armor from the head to the tail with two massive horns sticking out from the head and a backbone with red and green orbs, returns to the field. The circle disperses as Yasuko breaks through and lands on top of her dragon. The monster roars after being resurrected from the grave as the dragon lands on a floating platform.
"You can destroy my Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon as many times as you want, Melania," Yasuko stated. "But no matter how many times you try to get rid of it, I will always bring it back as long as it calls to me."
Melania's face twists to show the infuriation that she's been building inside of her. "Nice one, let's see if you can survive this assault!" she exclaimed. "Let's battle! Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, destroy Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon! Burst Stream of White Destruction!"
The alternative white dragon opens its jaws and powers up energy from inside. The neon blue lines across its body were glowing like night flies. Yasuko knows what's coming next. She ordered her dragon to start running away. Odd-Eyes Phantom jumps off of the platform and into the floating city nearby. Its massive feet stomp on the concrete road while Melania flies over with three of her dragons. After charging up its energy, the alternative white dragon unleashes a powerful white beam that zips through the sky like a shooting star
Yasuko turns her head, only to see the incoming beam, making her decision to jump. She can feel the ground hitting her side, giving a short grunt before twisting to crouch up and watch Odd-Eyes Phantom get destroyed by a single blast.
She turns up to Melania in the sky as the blonde girl continues her assault. "Thunder End Dragon, attack Magical Something!" The back of the thunderous dragon starts to crackle like firecrackers as the blue static electricity pops everywhere. The monster roars as it fires off a volley of blue lightning down to the twin mage.
Yasuko seizes the opportunity to run after the Action Card that was in the tree. She makes a wall-run over the stump before the girl snatches the Action Card right into her fingertips. "I activate the Action Spell, Powerize!" Yasuko activates the Action Spell Card: Powerize. "It lets me target one monster and gives it 1000 ATK points, and I target Magical Something!"
The twin mage gains a power boost thanks to Yasuko and her Action Card.
(Magical Something: ATK 1800 → 2800)
The barrage of lightning bolts from the thunderous end dragon zaps the twin mage and destroys her to deal with little damage to Yasuko.
(Yasuko: LP 2600 → 2400)
The blast from the destruction of her twin mage blows a breeze to Yasuko. She felt her bangs swaying to the forehead, unfazed. "Now, I activate my Trap, Defense Draw!" Yasuko flips up her face-down Trap Card: Defense Draw. "When I take damage, this card reduces all further damage to zero, and I get to draw a card." Yasuko draws a card from her deck.
The You-Show people and Gongenzaka are more relieved that Yasuko was able to protect herself from further damage.
"That was close," said Tate, leaning back as he lets out a sigh of relief. "If Yasuko hadn't got that Action Card, then her life points would've taken a big hit."
"This match is pretty even," said Allie.
Yuya watches Yasuko take on Melania with equal footing against her monsters. "Yasuko's been able to keep up with Melania," she said.
Melania flies above Yasuko to start searching for Action Cards. "I end my turn, and my Mausoleum's effect ends, returning my Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon to normal." The power boost that azure-eyes received wears off, reducing its attack power to its original state.
(Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon: ATK 3300/DEF 3800 → ATK 2500/DEF 3000)
Turn 5: Yasuko: (4x cards)
Yasuko watches Melania fly off in the skies of the floating cities. She cannot be left behind to find Action Cards. She has to keep Melania at bay from destroying her life points.
"My turn!" Yasuko draws a card. "I draw! And Abductor's pendulum effect activates!" She pays a total of three spell counters from her abductor mage to add herself one Pendulum monster.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 9 → 6)
Yasuko was scrolling over the list of pendulum monsters that she has and selects one. She adds Mythical Beast Medusa. "I add Mythical Beast Medusa from my deck to my hand!"
Yasuko starts running as she makes her next move. "Now, with the current pendulum scale, I can Pendulum Summon monsters between level 4 through 7!"
A large portal rips open above Yasuko and shoot down two lights. "I Pendulum Summon!" she exclaimed. "Return to the field! Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon! And from my hand, Mythical Beast Medusa!" Yasuko Pendulum Summons Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon in Attack Position; Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon in Defense Position from the Extra Deck; and Mythical Beast Medusa (ATK 1500/DEF 1500) in Defense Position.
Odd-Eyes Phantom appears below Yasuko as she lands on the dragon's spine. The second monster appears as a mist, solidifying itself to form a large olive head with four serpentine smoke with jackal heads attached to the serpent body attached to the monster as it flies beside Odd-Eyes Phantom.
The dragon's feet stomp over the concrete ground of a park. The girl rotates her head, turning up to Melania and her three dragons hovering in the air. She is going to hit the girl with everything that she's got.
"Let's battle!" Yasuko declared. "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon, take out Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!" Odd-Eyes Phantom obeys her command as it makes a mad dash for the alternative white dragon. The monster stomps its feet hard to jump up very high while the girl holds onto the bone armor.
The You-Show are shocked. They have not expected Yasuko to declare an attack on a monster with the highest attack points.
"What is Yasuko doing?! Doesn't she realize that Blue-Eyes high has higher ATK points?!" Tate gasped.
Yuya gaped until the girl manages to even the odds. "I activate Medusa's special effect!" she exclaimed. "During the Battle Phase, I can remove two spell counters from my field to target one monster and cut its ATK and DEF points in half until the end of the turn!" The mythical medusa floats in front of Yasuko and Odd-Eyes Phantom to spring out its eight jackal spirit heads.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 6 → 4)
The monster then sends a thick smokescreen to cover the air around Melania and her monster. "I target your Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!" she declared, pointing at the monster that Melania is riding. The alternative white dragon glows in purple light aroura, cutting all of its attack and defense power in halving until the end of the turn.
(Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon: ATK 3000/DEF 2000 → ATK 1500/DEF 1000)
The three little kids from You-Show shout excitement.
"Alright, now Blue-Eyes is weaker than Odd-Eyes!" Tate beamed.
"Which means Yasuko can deal damage this time!" Allie added.
"This is going to be epic!" Frederick squealed.
Odd-Eyes Phantom opens its jaws and fires off a powerful blue spiraling beam over to the alternative white dragon. The dragon responds by firing off its white stream laser to counter the blue ray. The blue laser was inching closer, piercing through the laser beam until it could penetrate through as the laser hits its mark.
KA-BOOM!
The alternative white dragon was hit by Odd-Eyes Phantom's blue laser beam, disappearing in the thick black smoke that surrounds the dragon formation in the sky.
"It's a direct hit!" Nico announced. "After Melania damaged her life points, Yasuko was able to deal with damage to Melania Herman!"
Odd-Eyes Phantom lands on top of a pool rooftop building. Yasuko hops off of her dragon and takes a long gaze. She does not budge. Yasuko wants to see if the monster was destroyed. As the smoke clears away, Yasuko's eyes frown at the sight of Melania standing with the alternative white dragon still standing.
"What the? Why wasn't Blue-Eyes destroyed?" Gongenzaka inquired. "That was a direct hit."
"How'd Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon survive that attack?" Zuzu questioned.
The smoke fades in the air to reveal that Melania has activated an Action Spell Card: Choice Choice. "I'm not going down like you wanted, Yasuko," said Melania. "This Action Card lets me choose between saving my monster from this battle or halve the damage that I took."
"So, you choose to save your monster?" Yasuko pondered.
The alternative white dragon lowers itself to let Melania, as she was looking at Yasuko, to hop on. "I am not going to be beaten by you, Yasuko!" she yelled. "I refuse to back down from this championship!"
"Just how long can you continue to fight?" Yasuko questioned. "Because since you activated an Action Spell, my Abductor and Medusa both gain a spell counter."
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 4 → 5)
(Mythical Beast Medusa: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
"But that is not done, even if you saved your Blue-Eyes from being destroyed, Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon's special effect activates! Whenever it is Pendulum Summoned, and it inflicts damage by battle, you take damage equal to the number of Odd-Eyes monster in my Pendulum Zone multiplied by twelve hundred!" Yasuko held out a hand and gestures it like a gun. "Take 1200 points of damage!" Odd-Eyes Phantom opens its jaws and blasts off a spiraling blue beam that hits the front of the blonde girl, forcing her to cover herself after taking the effect damage.
(Melania: LP 3000 → 1800)
Yasuko gets a response from Melania, which is a low growl of annoyance after taking the damage. "How's that for getting aggressive?" she asked.
"And Yasuko takes the lead!" Nico praised. "Not only did she dealt battle damage, but she's inflicted effect damage too, making them both even!"
Gongenzaka raises his fist with full of positive energy. "Now that's the way it's done!" he beamed.
"Alright, now Yasuko's got more life points!" Tate cheered. "She's now ahead of Melania!"
"If she keeps this up, she'll beat Melania!" Allie speculated.
The girl takes one card from her hand and Sets it. "I Set a card face-down and end my turn," she concluded.
Turn 6: Melania (2x cards)
"My turn!" Melania draws a card from her deck. "And now, Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon's special effect activates! It lets me Special Summon one Normal monster from my graveyard during my Standby Phase!" The silver dragon roars, opening a portal with the sound of its noise.
"Oh no, not again!" Frederick panicked. "If she summons her Blue-Eyes White Dragon back on the field—"
"It'll be trouble for Yasuko," Allie finished.
Just before the portal can be finished, Yasuko springs her trap. "I was expecting that," she said. "I activate my Trap! Titanocider!" Yasuko flips up her face-down Trap Card: Titanocider. "When you control a monster that was summoned from the Extra Deck, I can target it and then change its ATK points to 0 and negate its effect!" The trap card flips up to reveal itself as it shoots a bright yellow-green arrow that strikes the silver dragon's chest. The beast roars in pain after being struck and losing all of its attack power.
(Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon: ATK 2500 → 0)
Yasuko can see that Melania is growing impatient with her defeat. She can see the eyebrows on her face getting twitchy.
"I activate Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon's special effect!" Melania announced. "Once per turn, I can target one monster on your field and destroy it!" Upon her command, the alternative white dragon fires off a white laser beam at the persona dragon. "I destroy Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon!"
In response, Yasuko activates the face-down Forbidden Dress Quick-Play Spell Card. "I activate Forbidden Dress! It targets one monster, and it cannot be targeted or be destroyed by card effects!" she exclaimed.
A force field forms around the persona dragon to block off the white laser beam. The action makes Melania angrier. Yasuko is seeing Melania getting infuriated with her every move.
"I activate Thunder End Dragon's special effect!" Melania declared.
The last yellow orb, rotating around the thunderous end dragon, bursts like a bubble.
(Thunder End Dragon: OU 1 → 0)
"I activate Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon's special effect to target your Thunder End Dragon and negate its effect!" Yasuko responded.
The persona dragon fires a red beam from its jaws at the thunderous end dragon with a red beam, coating it in a crimson red aura to nullify the abilities to destroy all monsters on the field.
Melania growls in anger. "Damn it," she cursed. She takes off in a sprint, running to jump off the balcony to catch herself a ride on her dragon.
Yasuko goes after her, and she hops on Odd-Eyes Phantom. The two girls are racing each other across the streets of the floating city. Yasuko's dragon is making a long stride across the street, with Melania's monster flying faster at the speed of sound.
"Don't think that I'm done with that," said Melania. "I activate Master with Eyes of Blue's special effect in my graveyard." She takes her dragon higher into the skies. "If Master is in the graveyard, I can target one Effect monster that I control and shuffle Master back into my deck and send that targeted monster to the grave to Special Summon one Blue-Eyes monster!" She takes her Master with Eyes of Blue and shuffles it back to her deck and then Special Summons, the second Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "I Special Summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Melania flies past a portal that opened in the middle of the air to let her resurrect the blue dragon with blue eyes and scales. "I can't believe that you've forced me to do this, Yasuko Yukihana!" She takes out a card from her hand and then activates the Spell Card: Polymerization. "From my hand, I activate the Polymerization Spell!" she declared. "This card lets me fuse two monsters on my field!"
Yasuko turns her hand to where Melania lands at the rooftop of the highest skyscraper. "A Fusion Summon?!" she gasped.
The You-Show people and Gongenzaka are taken back. They have seen Melania perform a Synchro and Xyz Summon, but none of them expected Melania to do a Fusion Summon in the duel.
"Polymerization?!" Zuzu inhaled. "She can do a Fusion Summon?!"
"Just how many tricks does Melania have?" Gongenzaka inquired.
Yasuko turns back to face the front, focusing on trying to get an Action Card before Melania can make her move. She commands her dragon to sprint faster, aiming at the street on the other floating city close by. The girl holds on as Odd-Eyes Phantom picks up the pace, increasing its stomping before taking one big leap over the edge and in the air. As she kept her eyes forward, she braces herself to feel the strong impact of Odd-Eyes Phantom landing on the other floating city. She turns back up the other floating city building, where Melania is standing on the rooftop. "Now, I fuse Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon and Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
The alternative white dragon and the blue-white dragon flew up the sky and into the red and swirling blue vortex.
"Dragon with Blue-Eyes and Alternative dragon of white, merge together to become the monster the embodies the two ultimate dragons!" Melania chanted. "I Fusion Summon! Level 10 Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!" Melania Fusion Summons Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon (ATK 3000/DEF 2500) in Attack Position.
Yasuko can see lightning bolts coming from the vortex as a mighty roar echoes from the hole. The lightning grew so big that statics was cracking everywhere in the clouds. It is like the sky is becoming more awake. The second later, a dragon emerges from the vortex and flies up until it reaches the rooftop, where Melania is standing and spread its wings wide. It looked like that the dragon has white scales with neon blue hieroglyphic lines glowing from the two heads to the tip of the claw and to the flaps of the wings. The two heads are bigger than the ones that were used to fuse together. The twin-headed dragon lands on the rooftop where Melania climbs onboard.
"And will you look at that!" Nico Smiley announced in the microphone. "Melania Herman has done a major upgrade! Not only can she Synchro and Xyz Summon, but she has done a Fusion Summon! She's definitely taking things to the whole new level!"
"Hope you like the view," said Melania. "I'm gonna crush you with everything that I've got." The twin-headed dragon roars and spreads out its wings as it starts to dive down from the skyscraper.
Yasuko pats Odd-Eyes Phantom to start running, and it did, turning around to the street. The girl holds on fast as Odd-Eyes Phantom breaks through the wall with a burst of the beam and crash into the second building. It reaches the other side of the street. Odd-Eyes Phantom runs away until something crashed through the building that Yasuko went through.
The girl turns her head to find herself being chased by Melania and her twin-headed dragon. "Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon can attack twice during each Battle Phase!" she yelled.
From the stands, the You-Show people are stunned by Melania's monster. The twin-headed dragon has the power to wipe out all of Yasuko's life points in one shot.
"It can attack twice!?" Tate gasped.
"She can't survive that!" Allie cried.
"Her life points are gonna take the hit!" Frederick panicked.
"Now, it's time for battle! Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, attack Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon!"
The two heads on the dragon open their jaws and charge up blue energy from inside of the body. The hieroglyphic blue lines on the body start to glow up. The entire body was illuminating under the clouds.
Yasuko makes her attempt to counter against the monster. "I activate Medusa's special effect!" The girl shouted. "During the Battle Phase, I can remove two spell counters on my field and then target one monster to halve its ATK and DEF points until the end of the turn!"
The twin-head dragon was done charging its beam and fires a powerful blast streaked through the air and at Yasuko and Odd-Eyes Phantom. And then, the medusa flies over behind Yasuko as it brings up its eight jackal heads to fires off a powerful purple mist that seems to cause the blast to shrink in size, effectively reducing its attack and defense power.
(Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon: ATK 3000/DEF 2500 → ATK 1500/DEF 1250)
"Alright, now Blue-Eyes is weaker than Odd-Eyes!" Tate praised.
"That means it can destroy it!" Allie added.
Odd-Eyes Phantom stops running and does an about-face as it then fires a powerful blue spiraling beam to collide with the white laser beam. The blowback causes two attacks to push the winds to pick up, flying into the girls' faces.
Then, Melania spots an Action Card flying off from somewhere and into her path. She reaches out and grabs the Action Spell Card: Restore. "I activate the Action Spell, Restore!" she declared. "This card lets me target one monster on the field whose ATK points are different than it's original and return them back to its original ATK! And I target my Blue-Eyes!"
The twin-headed dragon glows in a blue aura, gaining back its original strength.
(Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon: ATK 1500 → ATK 3000)
Since a spell was activated, the abductor mage's pendulum effect activates, gaining a spell counter.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 3 → 4)
The white beam is overpowering Odd-Eyes Phantom and blasts the dragon to oblivion, sending Yasuko flying in the air. She grunted, feeling the air in her lungs sucked out by the beam as if she was punched by the stomach. Yasuko lands hard on the ground, on her back, skidding a few feet before stopping. She groaned, holding her chest after taking the battle damage.
(Yasuko: LP 2400 → 1900)
"Yasuko!" Yuya, Gongenzaka, and Zuzu called out to her.
"Oh, no!" The three little kids gasped.
"Melania has almost even up the score!" Nico Smiley boosted. "The two duelists are not giving an inch against each other! They are like two lions fighting for dominance over one another! This duel could get tense!"
Yasuko gives a groan, feeling multiple painful sensations on her back. She gets up and sees Melania hovering above the sky in front of her. Her eyes glare at the blond girl that is riding her twin-headed dragon.
"What? Aren't you proud of my new skills?" Melania asked. "I would've thought you'd be impressed."
"Not really," said Yasuko. "You're…just…another pain in my ass like everyone else, Melania, and believe me, I wished I've never taught you in the first place."
Melania's eyes matched Yasuko's gaze. "But you still did even if you never wanted to, so why?" she questioned.
Yasuko shrugged. "I don't know," she answered. "I guess maybe I have a conscience."
"Well, because I attacked once, I can attack again!" Melania points at the medusa. "Blue-Eyes, attack Medusa!" One of the two heads from the dragon fires a short burst of the white laser beam over to the medusa destroys it.
Yasuko covers her face to avoid the debris flying in her direction. She turns back to Melania, saying, "You're out of ammo, you have no more attacks."
Of course, she was wrong. Melania has something to take care of it. "I've still got a shot left," she proclaimed. The twin-headed dragon flies off to somewhere, making Yasuko follow the sight as it lands itself on the building's pedestal. The girl brings out her hand, and while flying, swipes an Action Card that was on the point.
"I activate the Action Spell, Gravity Turn!" Melania activates the Action Spell Card: Gravity Turn. "This turn, my Blue-Eyes gains 100 ATK points, and it can attack again!" The blue aura surrounding the twin-headed dragon glows to a navy-blue color, giving the dragon another boost.
(Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon: ATK 3000 → 3100)
The abductor mage's pendulum effect allows her to gain a spell counter because of the activated spell.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 4 → 5)
"This is bad!" Shuzo panicked. "If this attack goes through, it'll be all over for our dear Yasuko!"
"Her life points are gonna take a hit!" Tate added.
Yuya was now standing up. He fears that the second round will end for Yasuko to be in the semi-finals with him or Zuzu. He watches as the twin-headed dragon charges energy from the inside of their jaws and fires a twin burst blast that transforms into a bigger beam, streaking like a bullet to Yasuko.
Yasuko takes a deep breath, preparing herself to confront the assault. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Scapegoat!" Yasuko activates the face-down Quick-Play Spell Card: Scapegoat. The card flips up, and four Sheep Tokens (Beast/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) emerge from it in Defense Position as one of them, the blue one, takes the full hit of attack. The blast was blocked off by the sheep until the attack stops, and the sheep disappears.
"Keep it coming, Melania!" Yasuko shouted. "Scapegoat lets me special summon up to four sheep tokens!" She can see that Melania is gripping on her dragon very tightly, showing the evident frustration plaguing her in the duel.
The You-Show are relieved that Yasuko managed to save herself from any further attacks.
"That was close," said Allie.
"She's always getting me the shivers every time things like this are close," Frederick stated.
"At least she is safe for now," Tate maintained. "With three Scapegoat tokens on her field, Melania will be missing only one more, and then Yasuko can counterattack, especially since Magical Abductor's pendulum effect gives another spell counter."
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 5 → 6)
Yasuko is sure that she is getting into Melania's nerve. The sheer number of counterattacks against her every move is making her get irritated. Now, she can understand why Melania betrayed her.
"Thunder End Dragon, attack the other sheep token!" Melania commanded. The thunderous end dragon fires a static bolt blast that destroys the orange sheep.
"So, doesn't it remind you of something?" Yasuko questioned the girl. "Or do you prefer to still be reminded of what happened three years ago?"
No," Melania denied. "I Set two cards face-down to end my turn." Melania takes out two cards from her hand and Sets them on the field. "And with the end of my turn, that means my Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon's ATK and DEF points return to normal." The twin-headed dragon loses all of its powers, effectively reverting its original strength back.
(Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon: ATK 3100/DEF 1250 → ATK 3000/DEF 2500)
Turn 7: Yasuko (4x cards)
"You've once told me that you have siblings that are very good at sports, but you only wanted books, not sports." Yasuko sprints to a wall and wall-runs over until she climbs herself to get on a restaurant balcony. "You were never good, to begin with," she claimed. "In fact, you were the most difficult one that I have to teach."
"Shut up!" Melania shouted. "You never understand what I have to go through back at the Frontier Games."
"I did understand, Melania," Yasuko argued. "I understand what you were going through in the Frontier Games. You wanted to prove to your siblings that you are as just as good in sports as the rest of them, but when I saw you duel for the first time, you sucked."
She places two fingers on her deck. "I thought that maybe I'd lend you a hand, and that's what I did," she said. "My turn!" Yasuko draws a card, and she takes a peek at the Quick-Play Spell Card: Wavering Bonds. "I activate Abductor's pendulum effect to add one Pendulum monster from my deck to my hand." She pays the cost to activate her abductor mages' pendulum effect.
(Magical Abductor: Spell Counter 6 → 3)
Yasuko chooses to add Mythical Beast Jackal. "I add Mythical Beast Jackal," she said. Yasuko is already formulating a plan to take down Melania's defenses. It looks like the wall is about to break at any moment. "I am going to tear your defenses to shreds, Melania!" she vowed. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Wavering Bonds!" Yasuko activates the Quick-Play Spell Card: Wavering Bonds. "It destroys all cards on our Pendulum Zones, and based on the number of cards destroyed, I can activate one of these effects!" She throws her hand over to the two monsters that are in her pendulum zone.
"I destroy both my Magical Abductor and Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon!" The spell card unleashes an intense hurricane that blows into the air and destroys both monsters.
"I don't believe it!" Nico announced, standing with his right foot on the desk. "Yasuko destroyed both of her monsters in her Pendulum Zone!? What is she going to do next?!"
"Why would you destroy your own cards?" Melania asked. "You're only going to lose if you keep on doing this."
"To clear the board," Yasuko answered. "When I destroyed two or more cards in the Pendulum Zone, I can add one Pendulum monster from my deck to my hand." A card that Yasuko selected pops out, and she adds Magister of Endymion. "I add Magister of Endymion."
The preparation is complete. Yasuko takes out both of her Pendulum monsters. "I Set the Pendulum Scale with my Scale 2 Servant of Endymion and Scale 8 Magister o Endymion!" she declared. "I'm gonna show you how I control this duel right now!" And so, Yasuko sets the Servant of Endymion (Scale 2) and Magister of Endymion (Scale 8) in her Pendulum Zone, reforming the rainbow 'Pendulum" word on her blue blade.
The two monsters that Yasuko had set are loyal endymion magicians. The first one was a beautiful lady with long blond hair inside her hooded cloak that enumerated her dark green uniform, decorated with aqua green orbs buttons as she wore a spell counter mask on her face and held two scepters. The second monster is a fine young man with short hair underneath his olive green hat that goes with the rest of his armored uniform pinned with multiple orange button jewels as he wields a giant scepter with an orange jewel orb on the hook.
"Thanks to these two monster's pendulum effects, they both gain a spell counter since they are activated as spells," Yasuko stated.
Since the two monsters are considered spells and were activated, their pendulum effects enable the servant and the magister to gain a spell counter.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
"I activate the Spell, Pot of Desires!" Yasuko activates the Spell Card: Pot of Desires. "It allows me to banish ten cards from the top of my deck to draw two cards!" Yasuko removes the top ten cards from her deck to draw two cards. Since she activated another spell, her pendulum monsters gain another spell counter.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 1 → 2)
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 1 → 2)
"And then, I activate the Spell Power Grasp spell card." She then activates her third and last Spell Power Grasp. "It lets me target one face-up card on my field and then place one spell counter, and I target Servant of Endymion, which will activate my Servant and Magister's Pendulum effects."
The servant and the magister glow in a bright yellow aura to gain additional spell counters.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 2 → 4)
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 2 → 3)
"Now, the stage is set," said Yasuko. "I Summon Mythical Beast Jackal!" Yasuko Normal Summons Mythical Beast Jackal (ATK 0/DEF 1400). A gray spirit jackal with black armor on its back and shoulder spikes hops out of a rabbit hole on the ground and lands in front of Yasuko.
"I activate Servant of Endymion's Pendulum effect," Yasuko declared. "I can remove three spell counters from this card to Special Summon this monster and one monster from my deck whose ATK points are 1000 or more and place one spell counter on each of them!" She pays the cost to activate the servant's ability.
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 3 → 0)
"I remove three spell counters to Special Summons Servant of Endymion from my Pendulum Zone and the tuner monster, Magicalibra!" Yasuko Special Summons Servant of Endymion (ATK 900/DEF 1500) and Magicalibra (ATK 1000/DEF 1000) in Attack Position.
The servant that hovers inside of the left Pendulum Zone disappears like a ghost before she reappears back on the field with a new pendulum monster in Yasuko's arsenal. The second monster is shaped as a justice scale made of gold with blue leather handles with lavender eyes resting on the top. Due to the effect of the servant, both monsters gain a spell counter.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
(Magicalibra: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
Yuya was holding his fists in the air like he's getting excited. "Alright, that's a tuner monster," he said. "Now Yasuko's gonna Synchro Summon!"
"Go, Yasuko!" The three little kids cheered altogether.
"Now, I tune my level 4 Magicalibra with my two level one sheep tokens and jackal!" The justice scale monster turns into a bright white light before reforming itself into four green rings. They fly in the air as the sheep tokens and the jackal all jump into the rings. The three monsters are scanned by the rings before they become three orbs that align themselves.
(4 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 7)
"Born from the flames of meteor showers, the red dragon with heterochromia eyes of red and blue! Fall to the earth and blow away all of my enemies! I Synchro Summon! Rain down, Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon!" Yasuko Synchro Summons Odd-Eyes Meterorburst Dragon (ATK 2500/DEF 2000) in Attack Position.
A meteorite rains down from the sky as the fire and smoke dissolve in the atmosphere. The single ball opens up and emerges the Synchro variant of Odd-Eyes with its red and blue heterochromia eyes glowing under the clouds as its red armored scale cools down, letting its plates emit steam. The dragon lands on the ground with a hard impact and then roars in the arena.
"And Yasuko has just made her own Synchro Summon!" Nico boosted in the microphone. "And if my hunch is correct, it looks like Yasuko is now going to another summon!"
Yasuko turns to the magister that was still in her Pendulum Zone. "I activate Magister's Pendulum effect!" she announced. "By removing three spell counters, I can Special Summon itself and one monster that is face-up in my Extra Deck and place a spell counter on each one of them!"
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 4 → 1)
"I Special Summon Magister of Endymion from my Pendulum Zone and Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon from my Extra Deck!" the girl exclaimed as she Special Summons Magister of Endymion (ATK 1500/DEF 900) in Defense Position and Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon in Attack Position.
The magister disappears and reappears on the field with Odd-Eyes Phantom being revived from the Extra Deck, and also, both monsters gain a spell counter.
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
(Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
"Now, I Overlay both my Odd-Eyes to build the Overlay Network!" The meteorburst dragon turns into a red light while Odd-Eyes Phantom transforms into purple energy. The two lights zip into the air before falling into the galaxy portal, like a shooting star. Then, the portal bursts a powerful snowstorm that envelops her and Melania.
"The swinging Pendulum breaks through the dragon of red and blue eyes! Rise up and bring forth an endless winter of ice! I Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 7! Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon!" Yasuko Xyz Summons Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon (ATK 2800/DEF 2500) in Attack Position. The Xyz variant of Odd-Eyes, a dragon with red and blue heterochromia eyes covered in blocks of ice with four ice wings from the backbone sticking outwards and two blue Overlay Units roving around the monster, appears on the field.
"And there it is!" Nico announced. "Another summon, and this time, it is an Xyz Summon!"
The stadium's crowd is giving the girl their loudest praise to see her do the Extra Deck Summons without Pendulum Summon. Even the You-Show people and Gongenzaka are all impressed with Yasuko.
"Wow," Tate praised, excited over Yasuko's unique technique. "That is so cool! She was able to do a Synchro and an Xyz Summon!"
"Amazing," Allie commented.
"I think my goosebumps are getting the shivers!" Frederick boasted.
The elders are astonished that Yasuko can achieve Synchro and Xyz Summon with only just a Pendulum effect.
"That's amazing," said Shuzo. "With only just her Pendulum effect from her Pendulum monsters, Yasuko was able to achieve both Synchro and Xyz Summon."
"It's like she's on a different level," said Zuzu.
The girl hops onto her absolute dragon and runs off to the other side of the street. Yasuko can feel the back of her hair sticking up, making her turn her head to see that Melania is pursuing her.
"So, you were able to use Synchro and Xyz Summon, and that's without Pendulum Summon," said Melania. "What are you trying to prove?"
Yasuko can hear the voice being tainted with frustration. She is now getting into her nerves, and that's what she wanted. She wanted Melania to feel what she felt after she betrayed her. "I'm trying to show you the results of my duel after you betrayed me," she said. "You believe that by learning the Extra Deck techniques, you thought that you've gotten stronger, but from what I've seen, that is only year one." She turns back to focus, finding herself an Action Card. She twists her head around for anything until something caught her eyes.
An Action Card was stuck to a windowsill.
Yasuko pats her absolute dragon to jump, and it did. The dragon leaps into the air before the girl brings out her finger to swipe the Action Card. "Let's battle!" she declared. "Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon, attack Thunder End Dragon!" She then activates the Action Spell Card: Attack Force.
"I activate the Action Spell, Attack Force! This card targets one monster that is battling against one of your own with the highest ATK points, and then it gains 600 ATK points until the end of the damage calculation!" Yasuko can feel that the absolute dragon's momentum is closing and orders her monster to use the building to perform a wall backflip.
The absolute dragon blasts a blizzard breath down to freeze the thunderous end dragon and destroys it.
However, Melania was able to get herself an Action Card from the fountain close by and activate the Action Spell Card: Damage Banish. "I activate the Action Spell, Damage Banish! This card reduces this battle damage to zero!" she exclaimed.
"Like that will stop me!" she yelled. "Servant of Endymion can attack directly if she has a Spell Counter!"
The servant raises both of her scepters, and the two glass spheres in the sickles light up like a bulb before she fires a yellow-green lightning bolt that zaps Melania off of her twin-headed dragon and crashes down to the ground. She grunts after her life points take a hit.
(Melania: LP 1800 → 900)
The absolute dragon lands in front of Melania, with Yasuko sliding off as the servant and magister lands beside her. The girl takes out three cards from her hand and then Sets all of them on the field. "I Set three cards face-down and end my turn," she concluded.
Turn 8: Melania (0x card)
The forest-haired girl was looking at the blonde girl. The fire inside of her was raging inside of her veins. She felt that she deserves to be angry at Melania for backstabbing her three years ago.
"How could you, Melania," Yasuko retorted. "I trusted you, and you backstabbed me. I demand to know why. Why did you betray me?" Her hands were clenched together so hard that any harder would make her fingernails dig in and bleed. "After everything that I did to help you survive the Frontier Games, I want to know why. So why? Why Melania Herman!" she shouted at the end.
The blond girl raises her head with bangs covering her left eye. "You want to know why?!" she yelled back. "I'll tell you why!" The girl stands back up with her twin-headed dragon landing behind her. "I was always overshadowed by everyone in my neighborhood, even my parents because my siblings are famous in sports! My older brother was a soccer player for the nationals, and my sister was an international synchronized swimmer! I was a bookworm of the family! I was never the best to begin in sports!
"I want to prove to my siblings that I can be just as good as they are in sports, but nowhere am I good enough other than this! It was hard for me to compete in a different sport, and that includes dueling!" She stops herself to give herself some time to calm down. When she did, Melania started to give her confession. "I have nothing against you for knowing the Extra Deck Summons, and I am grateful for you back then. You stood by my side even when we are vulnerable, but the truth is…I envy you, Yasuko. I envy you because of the gap you've made for yourself."
Melania's eyes frowned, thinking back of her times with the girl. "Watching you pick out duelists with only two turns. Defeating your opponents in mere seconds while I have to take down someone twenty minutes. It was hard for me, even under your shoes. So, I had to do what I need to do. I have to cut you loose."
The more Melania talked, the more infuriated that Yasuko gets. Was that the reason why Melania betrayed her? She envies her. "That's your reason why you betrayed me? Because you're jealous?" Yasuko couldn't believe what Melania is saying. After everything that she did for her, she was betrayed because Melania was jealous.
"I can't believe it," said Yasuko. "I can't freakin' believe it. Un-bloody-believable. You mean to tell me that everything that I've done for you, you betrayed me because you were what? Jealous?" The fire is blazing inside of her. After all this time, she thought Melania was tired of being overshadowed by her siblings, but instead, she was jealous. A wrong decision for Melania to be jealous.
"Melania, you sack of shit, I'm gonna kick your ass in this match," Yasuko vowed.
"You better think again," Melania replied. "Because I'm going to kick yours." She draws a card from her deck. "My turn!" She looks at the card that she drew, and it is revealed to be the Spell Card: Dragon's Mirror. "I activate the Spell, Dragon's Mirror!" she declared. "This card lets me Fusion Summon one monster by banishing Fusion Materials from my field or graveyard!" The girl raises her hand to demonstrate her abilities. "I banish Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon and two Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" The alternative white dragon and two blue dragons appear in the sky. A large mirror reflects off of the three dragons before forming a swirling vortex of red and blue.
"Dragons unite and become the ultimate form of the beast that will obliterate all of your enemies who oppose you! I Fusion Summon! The mighty, level 12! Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon!" Melania Fusion Summons Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon (ATK 4500/DEF 3800) in Attack Position.
The reflection breaks into pieces forming three heads of the same blue dragon. The monster then emerges from the mirror into a new monster that is both awesome and terrifying. The dragon has three heads instead of two like the last time, but the monster has four wings that spread outwards encoded in a line of blue, large gemstones covering from the head down to the end of the tail. The monster flaps its four wings and roars, leaving a hollow echo in the area.
Yasuko has never seen Melania do that before. It's probably an improved technique that she's developed. "Oh, shit," she cursed.
The You-Show people and Gongenzaka are all shocked. The monster is more powerful than the twin-headed dragon.
"4500 ATK points?!" Tate gasped. "There is no way that Yasuko can survive that!"
"It's too powerful!" Allie panicked.
"This is bad! Even my goosebumps are getting the shivers!" Frederick squealed, holding his head.
Quickly, Yasuko makes preparations against Melania. "You just gave me the opening to activate my Titanocider's effect in the graveyard!" she called out. "When you Special Summon a monster from the Extra Deck, I can Set Titanocider back on my field!" The trap card that Yasuko used the last turn: Titanocider, reveals itself before she Sets it.
"Like that will stop me, Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon cannot be targeted or be destroyed by card effects," Melania pointed out. She raises a hand in the air. "I activate Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon's special effect! Once per turn, I can target and destroy one card that you control, and if I Fusion Summon using Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, I can destroy up to three cards on your side of the field!" she explained, earning a loud gasp from many of the audience.
"She can destroy three cards that Yasuko controls!? That's insane!" Gongenzaka exclaimed.
"If she destroyed all of Yasuko's monsters, she'd be wide open," Zuzu added.
The blond girl points at the absolute dragon and two endymion magicians that are on Yasuko's field. "I destroy your absolute dragon and those two endymion monsters!" The alternative ultimate dragon fires up its energy output from inside of the three heads. Once each head has reached maximum power, the monster blasts three laser beams from the mouths and at the three monsters that stand between it and Yasuko.
The absolute dragon, and the two endymion magicians are destroyed by the three lasers, sending a strong gust of wind to blow across Yasuko's face.
"Since Servant and Magister are destroyed, I can place them back to my Pendulum Zone with the same number of spell counters have."
Yasuko takes the two cards and then place Servant of Endymion (Scale 2) and Magister of Endymion (Scale 8) back into her pendulum zone, reforming the rainbow "Pendulum" word on her blade. The servant and the magister float back up inside of the Pendulum Zone with their respective scale number underneath them.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
"And Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon's special effect activates!" Yasuko announced. "When Absolute Dragon is Xyz Summoned and is destroyed, I can Special Summon one Odd-Eyes monster from my Extra Deck!" She throws her hand over as the winds stop blowing at her face and make a small tornado. It is like she's controlling the currents. "I Special Summon Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon!"
Yasuko uses her absolute dragon's special effect to Special Summon Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon (ATK 2500/DEF 3000) in Defense Position. The storm puffs out to reveal the Fusion variant of Odd-Eyes with its red and blue heterochromia eyes glowing, and its turbine wings make a hurricane around itself as its green armored scales reflect off of the sun.
"Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon's special effect activates! When it is special summoned, I can target one Attack Positioned monster that you control and return it back to your hand!" Yasuko points at the twin-headed dragon. "I target your Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!"
The vortex dragon raises its turbine winds and blows a powerful tornado toward the twin-headed dragon. However, Melania was already for a counterattack. "I activate my Trap! Recall!" Melania activates the Counter Trap Card: Recall. "This card makes you draw one card, and it negates your monster's effect and destroys it!"
"Lucky for me, I activate Vortex Dragon's special effect," Yasuko stated. "When a spell, trap, or monster effect activates, I can shuffle one Pendulum monster from my Extra to negate and destroy it!"
The vortex dragon turns the turbine wings to direct the winds and directly at the trap card.
"Nice try, Yasuko, but I activate my other trap! Breakthrough Skill!" Melania activates the Trap Card: Breakthrough Skill. "This trap targets one Effect monster that you control and negates its effect!" The trap card pops up and zaps through the winds to strike the vortex dragon by the chest, canceling out the dragon's special ability.
"Shit," Yasuko cursed.
The vortex dragon disappears along with the winds. The girl growls in frustration after being outplayed by Melania. Because her monster was negated and destroyed, Yasuko draws a card from her deck.
"Now that your monsters are gone, it's time that I end this once and for all," said Melania.
Yasuko did not give up just yet. "Not a chance, Melania," she said. "I activate my Effect Veiler from my hand!" she declared. "By discarding this card, I can target one monster that you control and negate its effect!" She discards her monster card: Effect Veiler. "I target your Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!" The moment Yasuko discards the monster, the female fairy with white feathery wings flies down from the sky and shines her wings to the twin-headed dragon, nullifying its special ability.
Melina doesn't seem to care if it did negate her monster's effect; she's going to end the duel right here and now. "It's not going to save you, Yasuko," she said. "I'm going to end this! Battle! Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon, attack Yasuko directly!" The twin-headed dragon opens both jaws and charges the beam. Before the dragon could strike, Yasuko makes a counterattack by activating the Trap Card: Damage Diet.
"I activate my Trap! Damage Diet!" Yasuko exclaimed. "For the rest of the turn, all damage is halved!"
The twin-headed dragon was done charging its power before unleashing a single power white laser from the two heads, streaking across the air like a billet and toward Yasuko. The trap card reveals itself to block the attack; however, the blast was powerful enough to create a huge explosion.
KA-BOOM!
Yasuko gives a loud painful scream as the shockwave sends her flying into the air. However, she was knocked off of the floating city. Her body was falling. She felt the air flowing past her until she felt that she landed in the waters.
The You-Show and Gongenzaka couldn't believe what just happened. They are shocked that Melania has pushed Yasuko into the corner. This act made Yuya stand on his two feet.
"Yasuko!" Yuya called.
Yasuko resurfaces back up before she swims herself to shore. She can feel the water on her skin despite having it being Solid Image. The girl was on her knees, taking the battle damage.
(Yasuko: LP 1900 → 400)
The You-Show are now afraid. Yasuko's been pushed to a corner by Melania and her two powerful monsters.
"It's a good thing that she survived that attack," Allie relieved.
"But she won't survive this next turn!" Fredrick pointed out, displaying his fear. "There's no way Yasuko could do anything at this point! She's done for if she doesn't find a way to beat That Blue-Eyes!"
"No, she'll find a way," Yuya reassured. "Yasuko's not out of the woods just yet." Yuya could only hope that he is right. Yasuko's been through different situations like these before. If she can get one more card, then there's a chance she can make it, that is if Yasuko has a chance.
Melania flies down on the soft grass of the meadow with her two dragons beside her. "I end my turn," she concluded.
Turn 9: Yasuko (0x card)
Yasuko raises her head up, glaring at Melania. Her fingers clenched the sand of the lake, making her skin prick with the pebbles.
Yasuko has to rise. She cannot let Melania beat her like the last time. She has to get back on her feet and climb back up. "Come on, Yasuko! Come on!" she thought to herself. "Get up!"
The girl brings her knees forward and slowly pries herself back to be standing on her two boots. She removes the bangs on her face
"It's over, Yasuko," said Melania. "I'm one more attack from obliterating your life points. Our story ends here, Yasuko. I have you. Your best monster is in the graveyard, and there is not one that can stand against the powers of my beast."
Yasuko can feel the wobble at her right leg. She is getting exhausted. She has to end the duel. How? She looked at the field. Melania has two powerful monsters on her field, and none of her monsters that she had cannot stand against the two of them. All she has are only two of the pendulum monsters and her face-downs.
"What am I supposed to do?" Yasuko pondered. This is the first time that she asked herself the question. She's never been pushed like this by Melania. Her face stops frowning and looks at her field. The girl has no opening that she can make.
And then, a faint roar echoes into her eardrums. Yasuko can hear something. It was like a song that soothes her ears and into her heart. She takes a glance around, looking for where the rose was coming from. She realizes that the faint roar was growing louder. It is like it's speaking to her. The roar was then followed by a second noise coming from who knows where. The girl listens, waiting for the next sound. It is sending her a message.
Rise.
Rise and Win.
The roar is replaying in her head like a song. A song that sparks the fire inside of her. She can feel the adrenaline rushing through her veins. She snaps her eyes open, letting her fire take hold.
"It's not over yet, girl!" Yasuko rebuked. "I'm not gonna back down now!" She placed a finger on her deck. "My turn!" She draws a card. She peeks over to see the spell. "I activate the Spell, Upstart Goblin!" She activates the Spell Card: Upstart Goblin. "This lets you gain 1000 life points, and I get to draw to draw one card."
This course of action shocked everyone in the stadium. The score was even, but Yasuko is willing to give her opponent a life boost.
(Melania: LP 900 → 1900)
"1000 life points?! Is Yasuko going to give Melania 1000 life points to draw a card?" Nico inquired.
Yasuko draws a card. "Now my Servant and Magister's pendulum effect can activate," she said. In response to the activation of the spell, the servant and the magister gain a spell counter.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 1 → 2)
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 1 → 2)
The song did not stop roaring. It's telling her to keep going. Yasuko activates the Spell Card: Pot of Extravagance. "I activate the Pot of Extravagance spell!" she declared, "It lets me banish three or six cards from my Extra Deck to let me draw a card for every three cards banished." The girl banishes six cars from her Extra Deck and then draw one card for every three cards banished.
"I banish six cards to draw two cards," said Yasuko.
"You think getting rid of your Extra Deck will save you? Well, it won't," Melania stated.
"It's all that I need to use," Yasuko replied. "Because I activated a spell, Servant and Magister's pendulum effect activates." The servant and the magister gain another spell counter.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 2 → 3)
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 2 → 3)
Yasuko listens to the song roaring in her ears. She was in tune with the song that is instructing her to follow through. "I activate Servant of Endymion's pendulum effect!" she declared. "I remove three spell counters from her to Special Summon herself and one monster with 1000 or more ATK points from my deck and then place one spell counter on each one!"
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 3 → 0)
The servant disappears from Yasuko's Pendulum Zone to Special Summon Servant of Endymion from her Pendulum Zoneand Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic (ATK 2800/DEF 1700) from her deck in Attack Position.
The servant reappears back on the field with the endymion master be her side with his long white hair under his mask cloaked in black robes with gold outlines while he wields the giant scepter that had a spell counter inside of the purple sphere.
(Servant of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
(Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
"I'm not done yet," said Yasuko. "Now, I activate Magister's pendulum effect! By removing three spell counters from himself, I can Special Summon it and one monster from my Extra Deck!"
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 3 → 0)
"Return for the field! Magister of Endymion and my tuner monster, Magicalibra!" Yasuko Special Summons Magister of Endymion from her Pendulum Zone and Magicalibra from her Extra Deck in Defense Position.
The magister vanishes from the air before it appears back on the field with the scales of justice monster that had a dozen stars on the weights.
(Magister of Endymion: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
(Magicalibra: Spell Counter 0 → 1)
"Now, I tune the level 4 Magicalibra with my level 3 Servant!" The justice scale monster turns back into four green rings to scan the servant until she vanished into three glowing orbs.
(4 + 3 = 7)
"Magician of light! Bring out your prowess of magic to demonstrate your ability to your enemies! I Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 7! Arcanite Magician!" Yasuko Synchro Summons Arcanite Magician (ATK 400/DEF 1800).
The sorcerer wearing a white robe had a hood with three cap tip horns, and one of them was pointing down as he spins the magic staff in his hands.
Melania was skeptical about seeing Yasuko summoning a monster with only a weaker attack power. "Why'd you summon that? He's not strong enough to take my monster down," she pointed out.
"Perhaps, but when Arcanite Magician is Synchro Summoned, it gains two spell counters and 1000 ATK points for each spell counters it has," Yasuko explained. "Now watch!" The yellow-green gemstone on the staff glows up like a lightbulb, giving the arcanite sorcerer two spell counters.
(Arcanite Magician: Spell Counter 0 → 2)
(Arcanite Magician: ATK 400 → 2400)
The arcanite sorcerer jumps high with his staff in a pose. "I activate Arcanite Magician's special effect! By removing one spell counter, I can destroy one card that you control, and I choose to destroy…Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!"
The arcanite sorcerer fires a green lightning bolt to strike the twin-headed dragon, but Melania hops onto her alternative ultimate dragon and flies into the air.
"Oh no, you don't!" Melania exclaimed. She flies into the floating city nearby and swipes an Action Card hanging on by the window still.
"I activate the Action Spell, Mirror Barrier!" Melania activates the Action Spell Card: Mirror Barrier, but Yasuko had prepared for that.
"It won't work," she said. "I activate Endymion's special effect! By returning one card on my field that had a spell counter to my hand, I can negate the activation of a spell, trap, or effect and destroy it, and he gains the same number of spell counters that it had!"
The magister that was in Yasuko's field vanishes like a ghost. "I negate that Action spell!"
A loud beep rejects the Action Card, making Melania growl in anger.
(Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic: Spell Counter 1 → 2)
(Arcanite Magician: Spell Counter 2 → 1)
(Arcanite Magician: ATK 2400 → 1400)
"I target your Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon and destroy it." The green lightning bolt hit its mark and destroys the twin-headed dragon.
The roar was playing in her ears throughout the turn, and it started to become louder. It is like the song is calling out for her.
"I can hear it," Yasuko thought. "I can hear it."
As Yasuko listens to the roaring song, her crystal pendant keychain started to glow like it did when Yuto and Yugo confronted each other. The glow was so bright that everyone saw the radiant shine from Yasuko.
"W-what is this?" Nico questioned.
The light was so bright that it started a chain reaction to Yuya's pendant and Zuzu's bracelet. It caught both of them.
"Huh? What the…? My pendant. It's reacting," said Yuya, bringing his pendant up close.
"This is strange," said Zuzu. "It never reacted this way."
Yuya hasn't seen his pendant glow like in a while. Whatever is causing it had to do with Yasuko. He looked at the field, watching Yasuko duel with all of her power.
The girl sets her gaze at the sky and starts running forward. "Now, with my level 7 Endymion and Arcanite Magician, I build the Overlay Network!" The endymion master and the arcanite sorcerer transform into two purple lights before shooting down into the galaxy portal that opens underneath Yasuko.
"From the pall of black and darkness, the fangs of halo will rise up to stand and fight all those who oppose its stupefied power! Ascend now! I Xyz Summon! Rise! Dark Anthelion Dragon!" Yasuko Xyz Summons Dark Anthelion Dragon (ATK 3000/DEF 2500) (OU: 2) in Attack Position. The galaxy portal explodes to release the new monster and the first of its kind.
The monster Yasuko has summoned has a resemblance to Dark Rebellion, but it isn't. Dark Anthelion is a dragon with bone armor like Odd-Eyes Phantom and purple shells covering its black scales with four panels attached to sphere jewels to the backbone's wings. Its tail whips around, which shares the similar characteristics of Dark Rebellion. Its yellow gold eyes glow for the first time under the thick armor and a chin bone twice as long as Dark Rebellion.
The dragon's hollow roar booms in the stadium, rattling the glass and the audience's seats. Everyone is stunned by the appearance of Dark Anthelion. No one was dumbfounded more than Yuya. From the moment Dark Anthelion appears on the field, he felt his heartbeat twice too deep. His eyes are very wide, looking at the dragon from the chin bone to the tail. In his eyes, he can see that it seems like Dark Rebellion.
"What the—?" Yuya uttered.
"If you think ATK points alone can change the outcome? Well, guess again," Yasuko replied. "I activate my Trap! Dimensional Barrier!" She flips up her Trap Card: Dimensional Barrier.
This is the first time that Melania has ever seen a card like that before. "Dimensional Barrier? What is that card?" she inquired.
"Here's a fresher in my new game," Yasuko responded. "First, I get to choose which monster card type I call, and it makes neither of us unable to summon a monster with the same type for the rest of the turn and negate any effects of the monster card that I choose," she explained. "And the one that I choose is Fusion monsters!"
The trap card makes harmonic pulses that echo throughout the field, effectively nullifying every Fusion monster. The alternative ultimate dragon howl in pain after the trap cancels out its effect.
"No way," said Melania. "You had a trap that can negate different types of monsters? How's that possible?"
"I taught you to use the Extra Deck," Yasuko pointed out, "but what I never taught you is how to cancel any one of them. I learned more about the Extra Deck and found different ways to counter each one based on their summoning methods." She points at the blonde girl. "No matter which monster you bring out, Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz, I will always counter them."
Yasuko, who was still running, jumps up and rides Dark Anthelion and gives to the chase after the blond girl. She holds on as Dark Anthelion flies at the speed of light, blowing the bangs across her face. "Melania Herman!" she called. "Let's end this right here and now!" Dark Anthelion flies even faster, reaching maximum speed until it comes to the tallest of skyscrapers. "I activate Dark Anthelion's special effect! Once per turn, by detaching one overlay unit, I can target one monster that you control and halve its ATK points, and Dark Anthelion Dragon gains that same amount!"
(Dark Anthelion Dragon: OU 2 → 1)
Dark Anthelion opens the panels below the wings, allowing turquoise static electricity to spark everywhere. The girl jumps off as Dark Anthelion Dragon sends a blast of static at the alternative ultimate dragon. Melania gasped, looking up to see the electricity coming toward her. She jumps off as her monster was hit by the electricity. The dragon howls in pain after Dark Anthelion absorbs some of its attack power.
(Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon: ATK 4500 → 2250)
"Treacherous Discharge!" Dark Anthelion absorbs the turquoise electricity into its panel wings, boosting its strength by significant.
(Dark Anthelion Dragon: ATK 3000 → 5250)
"5250 ATK points!" Melania gasped.
The You-Show people and Gongenzaka couldn't believe what they just saw. Dark Anthelion has the same ability as Dark Rebellion.
"It cut its ATK points in halve?" Gongenzaka inquired.
"That ability is like…" Zuzu began.
"Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon," Yuya finished, speaking like it spooked him.
Dark Anthelion floats down until it is at Yasuko's level behind her. "Melania," she said. "You told me that your siblings were better than you in sports, and you wanted to show them that you can do it just as good as them, but you just let your anger and jealousy get the best of you."
"Why? Because my siblings were better than me?" Melania asked.
Yasuko then looks down at the ground. "No," she replied. "I should have…I don't know…maybe…I could've done a better job in teaching you dueling, but instead, I pushed you too hard to make you drown into your own ego and twisted your values." Deep down, Yasuko is still angry with Melania for betraying her, but there was something else that is glued to her. Yasuko could've seen it sooner. She pushed Melania too hard to make her jealousy grew as well as her dueling. "I cannot change what happened three years ago, but I know that this duel is over." She then activates Titanocider Trap Card. "I activate Titanocider, and I target your Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon!" The trap card flips up and shot a bolt of lightning to weaken the monster ultimately.
(Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon: ATK 2250 → 0)
"Alright, that means that Blue-Eyes is powerless!" Tate pointed out. "This could be it! Yasuko's gonna win!"
"Come on, Yasuko!" Allie called. "You can do it!"
Melania hops back onto her dragon, flies over to one of the buildings, and swipes an Action Card hanging from one of the balconies. "I activate the Action Spell! Against the Winds!" She activates the Action Spell Card: Against the Winds. "This card switches all of your monsters to Defense Position." Despite getting the power boost, Dark Anthelion changes its battle position to Defense Position.
"You really think I didn't come prepared for that?" Yasuko inquired, unbothered by the sudden change of her monster. "I activate the Trap! Pendulum Reborn!" Yasuko then activates the Trap Card: Pendulum Reborn. "This card lets me Special Summon one Pendulum monster that is in my graveyard or in my Extra Deck." Upon the activation, Dark Anthelion gives a loud roar, echoing inside of the stadium. The girl realizes what the roar sounds like: it is the song that Yasuko's been hearing. It's like Dark Anthelion calls her to bring out the one monster that she still has left.
"Resurrect, once more! Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon!" Yasuko uses the trap to Special Summon Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon in Attack Position.
From the ground, a portal rips open to allow Odd-Eyes Phantom to rise from the depths of the grave and back onto the field, making a synchronized roar next to Dark Anthelion. The sound of the two dragons roaring together is starting to cause something for Yuya.
The boy can hear something odd about the two dragons. It is like the two dragons are calling each other the same way Odd-Eyes Pendulum and Dark Rebellion have done before. However, their roars are starting to give Yuya a headache. Probably the noise coming from the two dragons.
"What the…" he said.
The winds blow around Yasuko, her bangs sway against the motion of the winds. She is glaring at Melania. "I'm gonna beat you to the pulp, Melania Herman, and for me to do that, I need to go plus ultra!"
Yasuko then jumps off of the skyscraper rooftop, feeling her black vest jacket flapping behind her back. "Let's battle!" she declared. Before Yasuko can commence her next move, she takes out one card from her hand to activate the Quick-Play Spell Card: Anti-Magic Arrows. "And before I can attack, I activate this card! The Quick-Play Spell, Anti-Magic Arrows!" The spell flips up, and a whole barrage of arrows shoots out of the card. The arrows hit all of the Spell and Trap Card Zones on Yasuko's and Melania's field.
"What's going on?" Melania questioned.
"It's simple, during the start of the Battle Phase, this card makes neither of us unable to activate spell and traps for the rest of the turn," Yasuko answered.
The girl lands her feet on top of Odd-Eyes Phantom.
"Are you ready to repent, Melania? Because I'm going to end this with one blow!" She aims her hand like a handgun and points at the blonde girl. "Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon, destroy Blue-Eyes Alternative Ultimate Dragon!" The red and green gem spheres on the dragon's backbone light up, and the dragon opens its jaws wide. "Phantom Burst Strike!"
Odd-Eyes Phantom unleashes a huge spiraling blue laser beam at the alternative ultimate dragon. The monster retaliates back by firing its white lasers from three of its heads. Despite the two attacks clashing against each other, the outcome was decided. The spiraling blue laser overpowers the white beam and blasts its way through to obliterate the dragon with a huge explosion.
The shockwave shatters all the glass around the buildings, and Melania to lift up her feet, screaming out loud as her life points are reduced to nothing.
(Melania: LP 1900 → 0)
WINNER: Yasuko Yukihana
Melania was caught in the blast, which sends her falling over. Before she started to fall sky, Yasuko and Odd-Eyes Phantom jumps out of the floating platform and falls to where Melania is falling from the sky.
The five weird-shaped claws on Odd-Eyes reaches over and grabs the blonde girl tightly. She grunts. Once there, the massive legs land hard against the skyscraper building, sliding down and back on solid ground. Melania felt her body being gripped by the claws.
Odd-Eyes bring Melania up close to its mouth and make an animalistic roar so loud that her blond hair is flying back. Her ears would be temporarily deaf after this. Odd-Eyes stops roaring as Yasuko drops down to make herself glare up to the blonde girl.
"Melania Herman," Yasuko spoke calmly. "If you hadn't backstabbed me three years ago, you wouldn't have become the duelist that you are today." Melania blinks once before looking at Yasuko's narrowed eyes.
"Don't ever expect me to show any mercy, but thanks to You-Show, I'm only going to allow you once a breather," she said. "If you ever come back to cross me again, then trust me, you won't like what I can do."
Melania can see the fire in Yasuko's eyes still burning strong. Even after she betrayed her three years ago, Yasuko is always stronger than her. The blonde girl has a pained look and turns her eyes away to avert Yasuko's gaze.
Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon drops Melania and gives a roar of victory as the Action Field disperses along with the dragon.
The audience has nothing to say. The noise and the sounds of the cheers are gone. They are practically speechless. After witnessing Yasuko's deck and its full force, they aren't sure if they should cheer for her because she is a duelist of the unknown.
"We have our final winner!" Nico's voice announced in the loudspeakers. "After such an intense match between the last winner of the Tokyo Regional Frontier Games and the aspiring duelist of You-Show, the goddess of victory has chosen the new star pendulum duelist of the You-Show Duel School! Yasuko Yukihana!"
Yuya was stupefied. He was hoping that the girl can defeat the Frontier Games championship, but he never counted Dark Anthelion Dragon to appear. There were mixed feelings inside of him. He knew that Yasuko was a strong duelist, but he is now questioning how strong she is after beating Melania, the youngest duelist who won the Frontier Games. There are no words to describe how good she is at dueling. It is like he considers Yasuko to be the Duelist of Unknown.
Here it is, folk! The second chapter of the duel. Let me tell you, it wasn't the best and neither was it worse. I tried to make it shorter as possible, but the duel was getting higher and I wanted to make the special scene as good as possible. I know some chapters are super duper effin long, and I'll try and shorten it as the best I can, but hey. Duels are very long and could take a long chapter or more depending on the outcome.
Anyways, I apologize for delaying...again. I had to deal with college and applying transfer units. Busy things happen to me and plus. my old laptop was lagging, so I needed a new one, trying to earn money until I can afford one. I hoped you all liked this chapter. I'll try to work on more duels later on in the month.
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