"So, how are you?" Asked Emily. Emily and Hope were in an hotel room, Emily unpacking her stuff while Hope was sitting on a bed. "About everything? Here, there and beyond? Well, I'm... sorta confused. According to the lady herself, I can bring her back but I need to get the Trinity Ridewatch working. I cannot, however, figure out how to work it. I've tried everything, from the basic put it in the Ziku Driver to the more advanced destroy it" Said Hope. "And how did destroying it work out for you?" Asked Emily. "Well, I woke up inside of a cement truck filled with 5000 pounds of ANFO. And was very close to being caught in the blast. When I came back to where I was, it didn't even have a scratch" Said Hope. "Sounds like you need something stronger" Said Emily. "I literally shot it with the Perfect Zector" Said Hope. "Oh. Well, I'm sorry" Said Emily. "Don't be. I know I can help Nora" Said Hope. "Her name is Nora? Not Nora Valkrye, I hope" Said Emily. "Hah. No, not that Nora. Nora West-Allen" Said Hope. "Nora West-Allen? What, a baby? Hope!" Shouted Emily. "No! No no! Her, from the future! Or, rather, formerly from the future!" Shouted Hope. "You're the friend of somebody who doesn't exist!?" Asked Emily. "I feel like I've told you this" Said Hope. "Maybe you have" Said Emily. "She's a lovely person either way. The party is in a few minutes. Should we head that way now?" Asked Hope. "Well, I'm finished placing things where they go. Yeah, let's head out" Said Emily. "Ok. It will be nice to see old friends" Said Hope.
A few minutes later, at the party
"I cannot understand. Who are these people?" Asked Emily, looking out at the partying duelists. "I know who they are. I was the one who got them all. Just point one out and I'll tell you" Said Hope. "Ok... the girl with the Angel Wings" Said Emily. "Her name is Blue Angel. Real name, Skye Zaizan. She plays Trickstars, a deck based around burning it's opponents for 200 damage for everything they do. She was brought here before she became Blue Girl" Said Hope. "Blue Girl?" Asked Emily. "Basically the same thing" Said Hope. "Ah. Those three little guys?" Asked Emily. "They are all Ignis, as well as the especially fancy looking guy in all the dark colours. The yellow one is Lightning, Ignis of the Light. He uses Armatos Legio, with a strategy revolving around both of the cards Judgement Arrows and Armatos Colosseum. He was brought here before he could be absorbed by Bohman. The green one is Windy, Ignis of the Wind. He uses Stormriders, with a dueling style he calls a strong first punch. He was brought here before his could be deleted by the Knights of Hanoi. The orange one is Earth, Ignis of the Earth. He plays a G Golem Deck, supported by Gravity cards and he is ultra protective of a card in his deck, G Golem Crystal Heart. I brought him here under the guise of a technology and AI Expert. A company, SOL Technology was going to break him down and use him to improve one of their duelists" Said Hope. "Oh my" Said Emily. "I've promised to put him back in his home when he's done in the tournament" Said Hope. "Fellow duelists! I have came to announce the match ups for the first day of the first round of the Neo Kaiba Grand Prix! First up tomorrow is the XYZ Duelist Yuto, using his patented Phantom Knights, taking on the Different Dimension Duelist Hope Xiao Rose, who will be using his Sigma, Alpha, Beta, Phi and Omega deck! After them, will be the Last Ignis Ai, using his Ignister deck against the Handless duelist Kalin Kessler, using his infamous Infernity deck! The penultimate duel of the day will be between the saviour of Link VRAINS, Playmaker with his Cyberse deck, verses the killer of humanity, Lightning with his Armatos Legio deck! The final duel of tomorrow shall be between the Black Rose, Akiza Izinski with her Black Rose deck and the Dazzling Gem Julia Krystel, with her Gem Knight deck" Said Kaiba. Kaiba then left the stage, making the crowd of duelists murmur. "He left quite quickly" Said Emily. "Mokuba isn't very well. He's sick and Kaiba is worried for him. But, you know. It's just a fever" Said Hope. "Hey guys" Said Akiza, as she walked toward Hope and Emily. "Akiza. It's always a pleasure to see you" Said Hope, before Akiza and Hope shook hands. "That's Akiza Izinski, MD to you" Said Akiza. "Congratulations. Halfway to being a sergeon, correct?" Asked Hope. "Maybe about a 12th. Or an 8th" Said Akiza. "Well, you'll be great either way" Said Hope. "Thank you" Said Akiza. "You're welcome" Said Hope, before Akiza walked away from Hope and Emily. "Akiza, an Doctor of Medicine" Said Emily. "Yeah. How cool" Said Hope. "Well, you need to rest up for your duel tomorrow. How's about another hour of meet and greet and then we go to sleep?" Asked Emily. "Emily. It's only 9:30" Said Hope. "Well... you know" Said Emily. "... I understand. Let's go now" Said Hope. "Thank you" Said Emily. Hope and Emily then left.
Morning, at the first duel
"Duel!" Shouted Hope and Yuto.
Turn 1: Hope
Hope draws. Hope normal summons "β Hydra" (0/ 2000). The effect of "β Hydra" activates, placing it in defence mode. Hope activates the equip spell card "β Co-Blocker", equipping it to "β Hydra", making it count as two link materials when link summoning. Hope uses "β Hydra" to link summon "β Deluxe Genbu" (1700/ Link- 2/ ➡️⬇️) to the left Link Monster Zone. Hope sets one card and ends his turn.
Turn 2: Yuto
Yuto draws. Yuto sets four cards and ends his turn.
Turn 3: Hope
Hope draws. Yuto activates his face down "Heavy Storm Duster", destroying two of his facedown cards. The effects of the destroyed cards, "The Phantom Knights of Deathly Rank Up" and "The Knights Long Gone" activate. "The Knights Long Gone" banishes itself and sends two copies of "The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm" to the graveyard. "The Phantom Knights of Deathly Rank Up" banishes the two "The Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm" to special summon "Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon" from the extra deck, then using it to Rank Up XYZ Summon "Dark Requiem XYZ Dragon" (3000/ 2500). Hope activates the effect of the "β Naga" in his hand, but Yuto activates the effect of "Dark Requiem XYZ Dragon", detaching one XYZ Material, negating it's effect, destroying it and special summoning "Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon" (2500/ 2000) from his graveyard. Hope activates his face down trap card "β Theory", allowing him to add one "β" monster in his graveyard to his hand, but Yuto activates his face down "Solemn Scolding", paying 3000 life points (Yuto LP: 1000) to negate "β Theory" and destroy it. Hope activates the effect of the "β Naga" in his graveyard, banishing it and "β Theory" to special summon 2 "β Token" (Reptile/ Dark/ LV 1/ 0/ 0). Hope uses the 1st effect of "β Deluxe Genbu" since a monster was special summoned to its link marker, returning "β Naga" back to the graveyard. Hope uses the two "β Token" to link summon "β Dive Byakko" (1500/ Link- 2/ ⬆️➡️) at the bottom link marker of "β Deluxe Genbu". Hope activates the effect of "β Dive Byakko", since it is co-linked to a Link 2 monster, allowing Hope to send one "β" card from his deck to his graveyard to destroy one monster on the field, so Hope sends "β Chimera" to destroy "Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon". Hope activates the effect of the "β Naga" in his graveyard, banishing it and "β Co-Blocker" to special summon 2 "β Token" (Reptile/ Dark/ LV 1/ 0/ 0). Hope uses the two "β Token" to link summon "β Drain Seiryū" (1600/ Link- 2/ ⬅️➡️). Hope activates the effect of "β Drain Seiryū", since their are 2 or more monsters on the field co-linked, making "Dark Requiem XYZ Dragon" attack points 0, but giving Yuto the same amount in life points (Yuto LP: 4000). "β Dive Byakko" attacks "Dark Requiem XYZ Dragon" (Yuto LP: 2500). "β Deluxe Genbu" attacks directly (Yuto LP: 800). "β Drain Seiryū" attacks directly (Yuto LP: 0). Hope wins.
Hope turns off his dueldisk, and shakes Yuto's hand. Hope walks towards Emily, as Yuto disappears into a green light. Ai and Kalin take Hope and Yuto's places. "That was an interesting duel" Said Emily. "I just have a slight distain for duelists who don't let their opponents play. Not that that was Yuto's intent..." Said Hope. "AI wins!" Declared an automated voice. Ai walked back into the crowd, as Playmaker and Lightning walked to where they were. "... Wait. Someone already won the duel?" Asked Hope. "Yes. That AI guy" Said Emily. "And I didn't see it?" Asked Hope. "Yep. Now, turn around and watch this one before it's over" Said Emily.
Turn 1: Lightning
Lightning Normal Summons "Armatos Legio Gradius" (0/800). As "Gradius" was Normal Summoned, its effect lets Lightning add "Armatos Colosseum" from his Deck to his hand. Lightning activates the Field Spell "Armatos Colosseum", letting him add an "Armatos Legio" monster from his Deck to his hand. He adds "Armatos Legio Speculata". Lightning uses "Gradius" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Decurion" (1000/LINK-1/⬇️) to the Extra Monster Zone. Lightning activates the other effect of "Armatos Colosseum", sending a Level 4 or lower "Armatos Legio" monster from his hand to the GY, then targeting an "Armatos Legio" Link Monster he controls to Special Summon as many "Armatos Legio" monsters as possible with different names from each other and the monster sent to the GY to activate this effect in Defense Position to his zones that Link Monster points to. He sends "Armatos Legio Sica" to the GY, targets "Decurion" and Special Summons "Gradius" to the zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Decurion" points to. Lightning sends "Armatos Legio Scutum" from his hand to his GY to Special Summon "Armatos Legio Speculata" (0/1800) in Defense Position from his hand via its own effect. Lightning uses "Gradius" and "Speculata" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Centurion" (1700/LINK-2/⬅️➡️) to the zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Decurion" points to. Lightning activates the effect of "Colosseum" again, sending an unknown "Armatos Legio" monster from his hand to the GY to Special Summon "Gradius" and "Sica" to the zones the middle-left and middle-right Link Arrows of "Centurion" points to respectively. Lightning uses "Gradius" to Link Summon another " Armatos Legio Decurion" to the zone the middle-left Link Arrow of "Centurion" points to. Lightning activates the Link Spell "Judgement Arrows" (↖⬆️↗) at the Spell & Trap Zone the bottom-center Link Arrow of "Decurion" points to. Lightning uses "Sica" and "Centurion" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Primi Ordines" (1800/LINK-2/↙⬆️) to the zone the top-right Link Arrow of "Judgment Arrows" points to. He activates the effect of "Primi Ordines", letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "Armatos Legio" monster from his GY. He Special Summons "Gradius". He uses "Gradius" and "Decurion" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Pilus Prior" (2000/LINK-2/⬆️↘) to the zone the top-left Link Arrow of "Judgment Arrows" points to. As "Pilus Prior" was Link Summoned, Lightning activates its effect, banishing cards from the top of his Deck equal to the number of co-linked monsters he controls, then adding those cards to his hand during his next Standby Phase. He banishes "Armatos Legio Galea", "Armatos Legio Magica Alcum", and "Armatos Lex". He activates the effect of "Pilus Prior", letting him Special Summon a Level 4 or lower "Armatos Legio" monster from his GY. He Special Summons "Gradius". Lightning uses "Gradius" to Link Summon "Armatos Legio Decurion" to the second Extra Monster Zone, creating an Extra Link. Lightning ends his turn.
Turn 2: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. Playmaker activates the spell card "Cynet Fusion", using the "Clock Wyvern" in his hand and sending "Firewall Dragon" from his extra deck to fusion summon "Cyberse Clock Dragon" (2500/ 2000). Playmaker activates the effect of "Cyberse Clock Dragon", sending the top 4 cards of his deck to the graveyard for "Cyberse Clock Dragon" to gain 1000 attack points for each card sent (6500/ 2000). "Cyberse Clock Dragon" attacks the "Armatos Legio Decurion" in the left Link Monster Zone, with the last effect of "Armatos Legio Primi Ordines" activating (Lightning LP: 2500). Playmaker normal summons "Link Streamer" (1600/ 1800) , and then special summons "Backup Secretary" (1200/ 800) via it's effect. The effect of "Link Streamer" activates, special summoning a "Data Token" (Cyberse/LIGHT/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0). Playmaker uses "Link Streamer", "Backup Secretary" and "Data Token" to Link Summon "Decode Talker" (2300/ Link- 3/ ⬆️↙️↘️). The effect of "Decode Talker" activates, so it gains 500 attack points for every monster it points to (3300/ Link- 3/ ⬆️↙️↘️). Playmaker sets one card and ends his turn.
Turn 3: Lightning
Lightning draws. During the standby phase, the effect of "Armatos Legio Pilus Prior" activates, so "Armatos Legio Galea", "Armatos Legio Magica Alcum", and "Armatos Lex" are added to his hand. Lightning ends his turn.
Turn 4: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. Playmaker activates the field spell "Cynet Universe" (3600/ Link- 3/ ⬆️↙️↘️). Playmaker banishes "Link Streamer" and "Backup Secretary" to special summon "Degrade Buster" (2500/ 2500) (4100/ Link- 3/ ⬆️↙️↘️). "Decode Talker" attacks "Armatos Legio Primi Ordines", with the first effect of "Judgement Arrows" (3600/LINK-2/↙️⬆️) and the last effect of "Armatos Legio Primi Ordines" activating. "Cyberse Clock Dragon" attacks the "Armatos Legio Decurion" in the right Link Monster Zone (Lightning LP: 1000). Playmaker ends his turn.
Turn 5: Lightning
Lightning draws. Lightning activates the continuous spell card "Armatos Lex" and activates its final effect, tributing "Armatos Legio Pilus Prior" to draw one card. Lightning sets two cards and ends his turn.
Turn 6: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. "Degrade Buster" attacks Lightning directly. Lightning activates his facedown "Legio Desperatis Receptum", destroying every non "Armatos Legio" monster on the field and inflicting damage to both players equal to half of the total attack points of the monsters at the time of destruction (Lightning LP: 0) (Playmaker LP: 0) The duel ends in a tie.
"Well, what do we do now?" Asked Emily. The other duelists talk amongst themselves, mainly in disgust of Lightning's tactics. Hope walks into the middle of the dueling arena, and held up a pair of Yugioh cards. "As me and Kaiba have discussed, we have come up with a unique way of dealing with ties. Both duelists will move on to the next round" Said Hope, to the shock of the duelists. "However, both duelists will be forced to play one copy of this card I hold. It is called Washed-Up Weasel, a level 1 Water Beast monster with an effect that makes it played in the deck face up, and if drawn, will make the duelist immediately lose the duel. Duelists, come collect your so called reward" Said Hope, as Playmaker and Lightning collected their copy of Washed-Up Weasel. "And now it's time for today's final duel. Akiza vs Julia" Said Hope. Akiza and Julia took their spots, and activated their duel disks.
Turn 1: Julia
Julia draws. Julia normal summons "Gem-Armadillo" (1700/ 500). The effect of "Gem-Armadillo" activates, and Julia adds "Gem-Knight Sapphire" to her hand. Julia activates the spell card "Gem-Knight Fusion", fusing "Gem-Knight Sapphire" and "Gem-Knight Amber" for Julia to fusion summon "Gem-Knight Aquamarine" (1400/ 2600). Julia ends her turn.
Turn 2: Akiza
Akiza draws. Akiza normal summons "Evil Thorn" (100/ 300). Akiza activates the effect of "Evil Thorn", tributing it to deal 300 damage to Julia (Julia LP: 3700) and special summon 2 more copies of "Evil Thorn" from her deck. Akiza activates the spell card "Dragon Bloom", allowing Akiza to special summon a "Rose Dragon" from her deck, but she cannot synchro summon until her next turn. Akiza special summons "Blue Rose Dragon" (1600/ 1200). Akiza uses one "Evil Thorn" and "Blue Rose Dragon" to link summon "Crossrose Dragon (800/ Link- 2/ ⬅️⬇️) to the right link zone. Akiza sets two card and ends her turn.
Turn 3: Julia
Julia draws. Julia switches "Gem-Knight Aquamarine" to attack mode. "Gem-Knight Aquamarine attacks "Evil Thorn", but Akiza activates her facedown trap card "Vine Wall", halving both monsters attack points and preventing them from destroying each other this turn (700/ 2600) (50/ 300) (Akiza LP: 3350). Akiza then activates her facedown continuous trap card "Plant Jericho", only allowing plant type monsters to gain attack point, so only "Evil Thorn" will gain its attack points back. "Plant Jericho" will only be destroyed if Julia summons a monster of the same archetype as "Gem-Knight Aquamarine". Julia uses "Gem-Armadillo" and "Gem-Knight Aquamarine" to link summon "Gem-Knight Phantom Quartz" (1450/ Link- 2/ ↙️↘️) to the left link zone. Since Julia summoned a "Gem-Knight" monster, "Plant Jericho" is destroyed. Julia sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 4: Akiza
Akiza draws. Akiza activates the 1st effect of "Crossrose Dragon", tributing itself and "Evil Thorn" to special summon "Black Rose Dragon" (2400/ 1800) from the extra deck. Akiza normal summons "Glow-Up Bulb" (100/ 100). Akiza tunes the level 1 "Glow-Up Bulb" with the level 7 "Black Rose Dragon" to synchro summon "White Garden Wyvern" (3000/ 2800). The first effect of "White Garden Wyvern" activates, special summoning two "Thorn Token" (Dark/ LV4/ Plant/ 400/ 400). "White Garden Wyvern" attacks "Gem-Knight Phantom Quartz", but Julia activates the trap card "Pyroxene Fusion", allowing Julia to special summon a "Gem-Knight" Fusion Monster from her extra deck by sending monsters from her hand or deck to the graveyard. Julia fuses "Gem-Knight Crystal", "Gem-Knight Lazuli" and "Gem-Knight Lapis" to fusion summon "Gem-Knight Master Diamond" (2900 to 3600/ 2500). Akiza sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 5: Julia
Julia draws. "Gem-Knight Master Diamond" attacks a "Thorn Token" (Akiza LP: 150). Julia sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 6: Akiza
Akiza draws. Akiza activates her set field spell "Colourful Rose's Sanctum". Akiza activates the first effect of "Colourful Rose's Sanctum", special summoning one "Rainbow Petel Token" (Light/ Tuner/ LV 2/ Dragon/ 0/ 0) for every "Rose Dragon", "Garden Wyvern" and "Bloom Bahamdia" in Akiza's graveyard. Akiza uses a "Rainbow Petel Token", a "Thorn Token" and "White Garden Wyvern" to Link Summon "Crossgarden Wyvern" (1200/ Link- 3/ ⬅️⬇️➡️) in the left link zone. Akiza activates the first effect of "Crossgarden Wyvern", allowing Akiza to special summon 1 Dragon Type monster and one 1 Plant Type monster from her graveyard, and if she special summons a synchro monster it is treated as a Synchro Summon. Akiza special summons "Black Rose Dragon" and "Glow-Up Bulb". The first effect of "Black Rose Dragon" activates, destroying all cards on the field except for "Colourful Rose's Sanctum", since it cannot be destroyed by the card effects of cards it's owner controls. The last effect of "Colourful Rose's Sanctum" activates, since three or more cards on the field were destroyed, allowing Akiza to special summon a "Rose Dragon", "Garden Wyvern" or "Bloom Bahamdia" from her graveyard with 500 less attack points. Akiza special summons "White Garden Wyvern" (2500/ 2800). "White Garden Wyvern" attacks directly (Julia LP: 1200). Akiza ends her turn.
Turn 7: Julia
Julia draws. Julia activates the spell card "Absorb Fusion", adding "Gem-Knight Amber" to her hand, then fusing "Gem-Knight Amber" and "Gem-Knight Sardonyx" to fusion summon "Gem-Knight Prismaura" (2450/ 1400). Julia sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 8: Akiza
Akiza draws. Julia activates her face down trap card "Gem-Knight Shine", witch prevents "Gem-Knight" from being destroyed once per turn. Akiza activates the first effect of "Colourful Rose's Sanctum", special summoning one "Rainbow Petel Token" for every "Rose Dragon", "Garden Wyvern" and "Bloom Bahamdia" in Akiza's graveyard. Akiza activates the second effect of "Crossgarden Wyvern" in her graveyard, special summoning itself from the graveyard since Akiza controls a "Garden Wyvern" and a plant monster. Akiza normal summons "Lord Posion" (1500/ 1000). Akiza uses two "Rainbow Petel Token" and "Crossgarden Wyvern" to link summon "Crossbloom Bahamdia" (2000/ Link- 4/ ⬅️⬇️➡️⬆️). The first effect of "Crossbloom Bahamdia" activates since the majority of monsters made to use it were plant, allowing Akiza to tribute either one plant monster, a "Rose Dragon" or "Garden Wyvern" monster or both and activates an effect based on witch she chooses. Akiza tributes "Lord Posion" and "White Garden Wyvern", so Akiza can use both effects. By tributing a plant monster, all monster Julia controls lose attack points equal to that monsters attack points, but Julia gains life points equal to its defence (950/ 1400) (Julia LP: 2200). By tributing "White Garden Wyvern", Akiza can special summon "Golden Bloom Bahamdia" (4000/ 3800) from her extra deck, ignoring the summoning conditions, however it is banished during the end phase. "Golden Bloom Bahamdia" attacks "Gem-Knight Prismaura" (Julia LP: 0). Akiza wins.
Julia disappears in a green light. "What a lovely match. I can reveal tomorrow's matches. They are as follows: The first match is Moon Shadow vs Don Thousand. The second is Yuya Sakaki vs Duke Devlin. The third is Blue Angel vs Alexis Rhodes and the last one is Windy vs Nistro. Be sure to get plenty of rest. You may just need it" Said Hope.
A few hours later, in a security room
Two security guard were chatting to each other, as somebody climbed over a fence on a security monitor.
Meanwhile, in Hope and Emily's Hotel Room
"So, who is this Monitor guy?" Asked Emily. "The Monitor? He's some guy who wanted to test my friends. Something about a crisis" Said Hope. "That's all you know?" Asked Emily. "Oh, yeah. He has major muttonchops. It's practically all the hair he has... apparently Barry will die during it" Said Hope. "No! Really? That's unfortunate for Iris" Said Emily. "... I know. Witch is why I may just do something about that. But, it may be the worst thing I've ever done" Said Hope. "And what will that be?" Asked Emily. "... Cross the world through heaven's door" Said Hope.