0713MM: Hey guys! I welcome you to chapter 4 of my Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V fanfic! In this chapter, we continue with the Yuzu Hiiragi vs Zeddicus Wraith duel. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, just this fanfic and the OC Zeddicus Wraith. Chapter start!

Chapter 4

"Mythical Beast Jackal King Pendulum effect!" Zeddicus announced. "Since there's no other monster in my Pendulum Zone, I can destroy him to Special Summon a Mythical Beast Pendulum monster that's face-up in my Extra Deck! On top of that, my Institution gets 2 more Spell Counters! Arise from the Extra Deck, Master Cerberus!" The giant magical cerberus appeared onto Zeddicus's field. Yuzu covered her mouth in shock at the size of Zeddicus's monster; let alone how easily he Summoned such a monster.

A monster with 2800 ATK and DEF?! Yuzu thought, her shocked expression still not gone from her face. She was too in awe to say anything out loud. This early too?! How can I fight against that?!

"I see the look of fear in your eyes." Zeddicus told Yuzu; thus snapping the pink-haired girl out of her thoughts. She narrowed her eyes at Zeddicus, then reverted them back to normal.

"Me? Afraid? No way in hell!" Yuzu snapped.

"Is that so?" Zeddicus remarked coolly. "Well, let's test that theory! I set Servant of Endymion and Magister of Endymion into the Pendulum Scales!" The 2 blue ghostly forms of the 2 spellcasters appeared on either side of Zeddicus. (Servant of Endymion, Level 3 WIND Spellcaster-type Pendulum monster, Scale 2, ATK/DEF: 900/1500. Magister of Endymion, Level 3 EARTH Spellcaster-type Pendulum monster, Scale 8, ATK/DEF: 1500/900. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 4. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Yuzu's hand: 5 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 1 card. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 4000.)

"9 Spell Counters right off the bat." Heather noted. Reiji watched carefully as he adjusted his glasses.

"Zeddicus is testing Yuzu." Reiji told Heather. "Seeing how she'll respond."

"So that's why he's not going all out like he did against Ruri and Serena?" Yuri questioned.

"Exactly." Reiji nodded.

"I set 1 card and end my turn." Zeddicus concluded. "Your turn now, Yuzu." (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 4. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Yuzu's hand: 5 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 4000.) Yuzu nodded as she placed her right hand ontop of her Deck.

"My turn, draw!" Yuzu declared as she drew. (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 4. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 4000.) Yuzu grabbed 2 cards from her hand and revealed them. "I set the Scale 1 Symphony the Melodious Songstress and the Scale 9 Orchestra the Melodious Diva into the Pendulum Zones!" The 2 blue ghostly forms of the monsters appeared on either side of Yuzu. While Yuri, Serena, Yuto, Ruri, Shun, and Heather gaped, Shuzo, Yuya, Reiji, and Zeddicus smiled.

"Interesting." Both Reiji and Zeddicus spoke at the same time, albeit Zeddicus was grinning.

"Way to go Yuzu!" Both Shuzo and Yuya cheered.

"Interesting." Zeddicus remarked. "However! Due to you activating your 2 Pendulum Scales, my cards get more Spell Counters!" Servant, Magister, and Master Cerberus glowed brightly. (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 3. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 8. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 2. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Yuzu's hand: 4 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 4000.)

"But now I can Summon monsters that are leveled 2 through 9!" Yuzu countered. "Melodic music that blooms in my soul resonate your song across the stage! Pendulum Summon! Come my monsters! Aria the Melodious Diva! Elegy the Melodious Diva! And the angelic genius, Mozarta the Melodious Maestra!" Coming down from the portal above were 3 women wearing flowing regal clothes. One wearing an orange dress, the other wearing an elegant purple dress, and between the two was one who not only wore a red dress, but had music-like wings. (Aria the Melodious Diva, Level 4 LIGHT Fairy-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1900 (originally 1600)/1200. Elegy the Melodious Diva, Level 5 LIGHT Fairy-type monster, ATK/DEF: 2300 (originally 2000)/1200. Mozarta the Melodious Maestra, Level 8 LIGHT Fairy-type monster, ATK/DEF: 2900 (originally 2600)/2000. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 3. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 8. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 2. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Yuzu's hand: 1 card. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 4000.)

"That was great Yuzu! Keep it up!" Yuya cheered.

Yuzu actually Pendulum Summoned… Both Zeddicus and Reiji thought simultaneously.

"I didn't know that she could Pendulum Summon too." Yuri remarked, surprised.

"None of us did." Yuto admitted.

"Yeah." Ruri nodded with slightly narrowed eyes. "I'm surprised she didn't use Pendulum Summon against me in our duel."

"Perhaps something in her clicked. Like what happened with Yuya after he saw Yuto Xyz Summon." Heather noted.

"Orchestra the Melodious Diva's Pendulum effect!" Yuzu announced. "Now once a turn, when I Special Summon a LIGHT Fairy monster, I can draw 1 card. I shall do so now!" She drew her card and nodded. "This is just what I needed to end you this turn, Zeddicus!"

"Hoh?" Zeddicus wondered aloud. "How will you accomplish that, Yuzu?"

"Watch and learn, Zeddicus!" Yuzu grinned as she leapt around the field. "Battle! Aria, attack Master Cerberus!"

"She's attacking with a monster that has less attack than Master Cereberus?" Yuri wondered aloud.

"Then there has to be a reason behind it." Serena noted. Zeddicus watched as Aria continued her attack on his monster.

"I activate the trap, the trap-Gahh!" Zeddicus cried out as smoke appeared on his side of the field.

"I activated the effect of Score the Melodious Diva in my hand." Yuzu explained. "During the damage calculation of either players Battle Phase, if a Melodious monster I control battles an opponent's monster, I can send this card from my hand to the Graveyard to reduce the ATK of the opponent's monster to 0 until the end of the turn."

"I see. So that's why she attacked with Aria. Since she'd use Score to lower Master Cerberus's ATK." Heather remarked. "Impressive I'll admit."

"Yeah." Shun nodded. "And with that, Master Cerberus should be gone and Zeddicus will take 1900 points of damage."

"Don't be so sure about that, Shun Kurosaki." Zeddicus remarked as the smoke on his side of the field vanished. Not only was Master Cerberus still standing, but he also had lost 950 LP. (Zeddicus's LP: 4000 - 950 = 3050. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 3. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 8. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 2. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 4. Yuzu's hand: 1 card. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 3050.)

"Ehhhhhh?!" Yuzu gaped. "You took 950 damage instead of 1900?!" She glanced over at his face-up card and she frowned. "Magical Barrier… So then-"

"That's right." Zeddicus nodded. "I activated Magical Barrier when you declared your ATK with Aria. Upon doing so, I counted the number of cards on my field that could have Spell Counters placed on them, then I place Spell Counters on this card for each one; meaning 5 Spell Counters on my barrier. Also, if a card(s) I control that can have Spell Counters on them would be destroyed, I can remove 1 Spell Counter from this card instead. Also, if there are 4 or more Spell Counters on my field, I can have the damage if it'd be 1000 or more. Since the damage would have been 1900, I half it to 950."

"He even managed to counter Yuzu so easily." Serena swallowed. "This guy really is tough."

"Yeah makes me think we really couldn't beat him." Ruri frowned.

"I don't think even I could." Yuri added with a frown.

"Tch…! Fine!" Yuzu snapped. "Elegy, attack Master Cerberus!"

"I use Barrier's effect to remove a Spell Counter from it to protect Master Cerberus!" Zeddicus announced as he did so.

"Even so, you're still taking 1150 damage!" Yuzu countered. Zeddicus tsked as the took the damage. (Zeddicus's LP: 3050 - 1150 = 1900. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 3. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 8. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 2. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 3. Yuzu's hand: 1 card. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 1900.)

"She managed to drop his LP to 1900, but something tells me he won't let it stay on her pace." Heather frowned.

I can end it this turn! Yuzu thought as she began to leap throughout the stage. I just need the right Action Spell!

"I see what you're trying to do, Yuzu." Zeddicus remarked as he too began to do acrobatic moves through the stage. "You're trying to get an Action Spell to finish me off. Well I won't let you!"

"Battle!" Yuzu declared. "Mozarta, attack Master Cerberus!" Just as Mozarta charged up her attack, Yuzu grabbed an Action Card. She grinned as she played it. "Action Spell - High Dive! This increases Mozarta's ATK by 1000 until the end of the turn!" Mozarta smiled as her body glowed red as her ATK rose to 3900. However, Zeddicus's card's glowed as well as the Action Spell resolved. Zeddicus smiled as a result Not only that, but he too got an Action Spell. He looked at it just as the attack connected and created an explosion on his side of the field. (Zeddicus's LP: 1900 - ? = ?. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 4. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 10. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 3. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 5. Yuzu's hand: 1 card. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: ?.)

"Yeah Yuzu!" Yuya cheered. "You beat him!"

"It couldn't have been that easy." Serena frowned. "Otherwise, he'll get a bad reputation."

"Yeah." Ruri nodded.

"Zeddicus is tied for 2nd best in the pro leagues for Entertainment Dueling." Reiji retorted as he adjusted his glasses. "Yusho Sakaki is 1st, and me and Zeddicus are 2nd. Those 3 attacks mean nothing to Zeddicus. Just watch." Serena and Ruri turned to face the field again. And to everyone's surprise, Zeddicus did indeed survive the 3rd attack!

"No way…" Yuzu gaped as she noticed Zeddicus's LP counter was at 100. "How did-?!"

"I activated effect of Magical Barrier and the Action Spell - Nullifier." Zeddicus explained. "Which negated the effects of all your face-up cards until the end of the turn. And because of that, Mozarta lost 300 ATK since Elegy's effect was negated."

"Tch….!" Yuzu grunted. "I end my turn with a set card!" (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 12. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 4. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 6. Yuzu's hand: 0 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 0 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"Then it's my turn, draw!" Zeddicus declared. (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 12. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 4. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 6. Yuzu's hand: 0 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 1 card. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.) Zeddicus looked at the card he drew and he smiled.

"Just what I was hoping to draw." Zeddicus smiled as he revealed said card. "Card of Sanctity! Now we each draw until we hold 6 cards in our hands."

"Not only that, but your cards get more Spell Counters." Yuzu frowned deeply.

"That's right." Zeddicus nodded as both he and Yuzu drew 6 new cards. (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 6. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 6 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.) Zeddicus looked at his hand and he smiled.

"I win, Yuzu." Zeddicus told her, which surprised/angered Yuzu.

"You're acting so high and mighty for someone who has 100 LP!" Yuzu snapped angrily.

'Oh, but having low LP like that is what truly gets the entertainment dueling juice flowing through your body!" Zeddicus remarked with a light laugh as he gestured to his set Pendulum Scales. "With my already set Scale 2 Servant of Endymion and Scale 8 Magister of Endymion, I Pendulum Summon!" 4 streams of energy appeared out of the Pendulum Portal. "Firstly, return from the Extra Deck Mythical Beast Jackal King! Following that up is Mythical Beast Bashilisk, Mythical Beast Bastet, and lastly, Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic!" The 4 monsters appeared onto Zeddicus's field. Endymion, no longer wearing black and purple, is now wearing red and black. His white hair longer than his previous version. The small snake-like mythical beast hissed at Yuzu and her monsters. Yuzu's monsters got into a battle stance, prepared to fight back. And the bastet cat just stared at Yuzu and her monsters, (Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic, Level 7 DARK Spellcaster-type Pendulum monster, Scale 8, ATK/DEF: 2800/1700. Mythical Beast Bashlisk, Level 4 LIGHT Spellcaster-type Pendulum monster, Scale 4, ATK/DEF: 1800/500. Mythical Beast Bastet, attribute: LIGHT, type: Spellcaster/Pendulum/Tuner, Level 3, Pendulum Scale 4, ATK/DEF: 1000. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 6. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 3 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"What is that thing?" Yuri questioned as he pointed to Mythical Beast Bastet. "He didn't use that in his duel against Ruri and Serena. He was gonna use Mythical Beast Garuda on Serena's Rank 6 Xyz monster had Yuzu not shown up to give me and Yuto our cards back."

"Something tells me that card is meant to help his trump." Heather frowned.

"It's a Tuner monster." Reiji explained with a knowing smile on his face.

"Tuner monster?" Shun repeated with a frown.

"So that means Zeddicus uses more than just Pendulum Summoning." Yuto added with a frown on his face as well.

"That's correct." Zeddicus retorted as he raised his right arm upwards. "I use my Jackal King and Bashlisk to Fusion Summon!"

"Fusion Summoning?!" Shun yelled, shocked.

"And without a Fusion card?!" Serena added, equally shocked. Zeddicus continued and his monsters swirled into a Fusion Portal.

"Magical King of beast and Magic Beast of reptiles combine your magic arts to form a new sire! Fusion Summon! Appear now! Level 9! Mythical Beast Kelpie!" Out of the Fusion Portal came forth a blue 2-headed dragon-like creature. (Mythical Beast Kelpie, attribute: DARK, type: Spellcaster/Fusion, Level 9, ATK/DEF: 3200/1700. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 6. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 3 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"Hold on! How did he Fusion Summon without a Fusion Card?!" Yuya demanded.

"It's Contact Fusion." Zeddicus explained. "I can perform such a method without the use of a Fusion card."

"I see." Yuzu frowned. "So that's how that works."

"I recall Contact Fusion in the classes in Academia, but it's very rare to see it. I thought only one Archetype was able to use it." Yuri replied, stunned.

"Gladiator Beasts." Serena added.

"That's not all I'm doing." Zeddicus spoke as he grabbed another card from his hand. "I shall Normal Summon Magical Abductor from my hand." A female spellcaster with a curved staff appeared next to Kelpie. (Magical Abductor, Level 4 EARTH Spellcaster-type Pendulum monster, Scale 3, ATK/DEF: 1700/1400. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 6. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 2 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.) After he did that, he gestured to his Bastet and Abductor. "I now tune my Level 3 Mythical Beast Bastet with my Level 4 Magical Abductor!" The 2 monsters turned into a total of 7 white stars that soared into the green pillar of light.

"Mystic outcast of light summon forth your demonic black magic against evil! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 7! Mythical Beast Azazael!" Zeddicus announced as the blue dragonic magic creature appeared onto Zeddicus's field. (Mythical Beast Azazel, attribute: DARK, type: Spellcaster/Synchro/Pendulum, Level 7, Scale 4, ATK/DEF: 2600/1000. Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 6. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 2 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"Now Synchro Summon?!" Yuya gasped.

"Wait then that means!" Shuzo panicked.

"It seems you've caught on Mr. Hiiragi." Zeddicus remarked as he gestured to his Servant. "I use my Servant of Endymion's Pendulum effect! By removing 3 Spell Counters from it, I can Special Summon itself and 1 monster from my Deck that has 1000 or more ATK, and can also hold Spell Counters on it. I shall Special Summon Magister of Endymion from my Deck!" A card ejected from Zeddicus's deck. The green cloaked spellcaster, to be accurate. (Servant of Endymion's Spell Counters: 1. Magister of Endymion #2's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion #1's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 2 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"He has 2 monsters of the same Level." Ruri frowned as her magenta eyes widened. "Is he?!" Zeddicus smiled as he raised his right arm upwards.

"I now overlay my Level 3 Servant of Endymion and Magister of Endymion!" Zeddicus announced as both of them turned into green and brown streams of energy and flew into the Overlay Network, which exploded. "Mythical beast of horses gallop on the rode of magic to victory! Xyz Summon! Gallop, Rank 3! Mythical Beast Stallion!" Out of the Overlay Network came forth a magical stallion. (Mythical Beast Stallion, attribute:, type: Spellcaster/Xyz, Rank 3, ATK/DEF: 2000/1000. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 14. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 4. Magical Barrier's Spell Counters: 8. Mythical Beast Stallion's Spell Counters: 2. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 2 cards. Yuzu's LP: 4000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"He Xyz Summoned!" Yuto gasped.

"Pendulum, Fusion, Synchro, and finally Xyz. He actually did it…" Shuzo gaped with a pale face.

"Yuzu." Yuya voiced, worried.

Even if his monsters attack my Aria, and I don't use any effects, I'll have 100 LP left just like him. Yuzu thought. Zeddicus looked at Yuzu and chuckled.

"I know what you're thinking, Yuzu." Zeddicus told his opponent, surprising her. "You think you'll get another turn in hopes of defeating me, right?"

"Wh-What….?!" Yuzu gaped, surprised.

"And I know for a fact you have a hand-trap card in your hand based on your express when you drew 6 cards via my Card of Sanctity." Zedddicus added casually. "Unfortunately for you, it's not gonna work." He gestured to Stallion. "Battle! Stallion, attack Aria!" The stallion then galloped towards the fairy monster.

"I activate the trap card, Soul Shield!" Yuzu countered. "By paying half my LP, my monster isn't destroyed, then your Battle Phase ends!"

"Or so it would." Zeddicus chuckled as he gestured to his Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic. "I activate Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic's effect! Once a turn, during either of our turns, when you play a Spell/Trap card, I can return 1 card on my field to my hand that have Spell Counters on them. By doing that, your Spell/Trap is negated and destroyed! I return Magical Barrier to my hand!"

"Oh no!" Yuzu gaped as her LP fell down to 2000 via the host of Soul Shield. (Yuzu's LP: 4000/2 = 2000. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 20. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic's Spell Counters: 8. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Beast Azazael's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Stallion's Spell Counters: 2. Yuzu's hand: 6 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 3 cards. Yuzu's LP: 2000. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"When a card or cards I control that can have Spell Counters on them leaves my field, Stallion allows me to distribute the Spell Counters of the card that left my field to other cards I control that have Spell Counters on them." Zeddicus explained. "Naturally I put 6 on my Master Cerberus, one on Azazael, and 1 on Magister of Endymion in the Pendulum Scale. And with your Trap cancelled, my attack continues!"

"I activate the effect of Honest in my hand!" Yuzu announced. "By discarding this card at damage calculation, my Aria gains the ATK of Stallion until the end of the turn!"

Useless Yuzu!" Zeddicus countered. "Stallion has more to it than just gaining Spell Counters and distributing Spell Counters! I use both of its Xyz Materials to negate Honest's effect and to shuffle it back to your Deck!"

"Dammit!" Yuzu growled as she put her Honest back on top of her Deck, which auto-shuffled. After she did, she slid backwards from the attack connecting to her Aria. (Yuzu's LP: 2000 - 100 = 1900. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 20. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic's Spell Counters: 8. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Beast Azazael's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Stallion's Spell Counters: 2. Yuzu's hand: 5 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 3 cards. Yuzu's LP: 1900. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"While your dueling style and skills are impressive, they will need a lot of work for what's ahead."

"What are you talking about?!" Yuzu demanded.

"Oh never mind about that!" Zeddicus waved his hand dismissively as he gestured to Azazael. "Azazael, attack Aria!" The magical dragonic creature clawed at Aria Yuzu tsked as she slid backwards even further. (Yuzu's LP: 1900 - 700 = 1200. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 20. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic's Spell Counters: 8. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Beast Azazael's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Stallion's Spell Counters: 2. Yuzu's hand: 5 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 3 cards. Yuzu's LP: 1200. Zeddicus's LP: 100.)

"Yuzu!" Yuya and Shuzo yelled.

"He countered each of her own counters!" Heather remarked, shocked.

"Yup. We would've been doomed from the start." Serena sweatdropped.

"Agreed." Ruri swallowed.

"He's extremely tough." Shun agreed before he went into thought. Perhaps even the help we need to take down Academia.

"Kelpie, attack Mozarta!" Zeddicus declared. The dragonic magical creature swept its tail towards the singer; thus making Mozarta and Yuzu cry out as they both bot launched backwards. (Yuzu's LP: 1200 - 300 = 900. Mythical Beast Master Cerberus's Spell Counters: 20. Magister of Endymion's Spell Counters: 5. Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic's Spell Counters: 8. Mythical Institution's Spell Counters: 5. Mythical Beast Azazael's Spell Counters: 1. Mythical Beast Stallion's Spell Counters: 2. Yuzu's hand: 5 cards. Zeddicus's hand: 3 cards. Yuzu's LP: 900. Zeddicus's LP: 100.) Yuzu looked above her and she smiled when she saw it was an Action Card on a pillar high above her current position.

Yus! Yuzu thought as she leapt up the platforms to get it. Zeddicus watched her but didn't seem too concerned about it.

"I'll finish you off with my personal favorite monster, Yuzu!" Zeddicus vowed as he beckoned to Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic. "Endymion, attack Aria!" The red cloaked and white-haired spellcaster nodded, then raised its staff up and fired a magic beam at Aria; thus it connected and created an explosion on Yuzu's side of the field.

"YUZU!" Yuya yelled.

"It couldn't have ended yet…" Shuzo spoke softly, his face turning slightly pale. Soon the smoke began to clear and it showed Yuzu on Mozarta. A smile on her face as she played the card she nabbed.

"Action Spell - Big Escape!" Yuzu announced. "This ends the Battle Phase!" At first, Zeddicus didn't say anything. But after a few moments, he began to laugh. He began to laugh so much that he put his right hand to his face. It wasn't malicious, but genuine laughter.

"Hahaha! Your acrobatic skills are crazy impressive." Zeddicus told Yuzu through a few bursts of laughter. "But acrobatic skills couldn't have prepared you for this! I activate Mythical Beast Kelpie's effect! When you play a Spell, I can remove 8 Spell Counters from my field to negate its activation, then that negated Spell goes to my hand!"

"WHAT?!" Yuzu gaped as 7 Spell Counters left Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic, and 1 from Magister of Endymion in the Pendulum Zone. Afterwards, Big Escape greyed out and shattered, then it flew to Zeddicus's hand, which he caught.

"My attack continues to the Damage Step." Zeddicus spoke as he watched the magic beam officially connect; thus making Yuzu and her 3 monsters goes flying backwards and towards the wall. (Yuzu's LP: 900 - 900 = 0.)

"Yuzu!" Yuya gasped, rushing to the field with Shuzo following frantically.

"Woah…" Serena gaped.

"I think we found the help we need." Yuto muttered.

"You got that right Yuto." Shun agreed.

"Because he got a 100 LP comeback like you always do against us Shun?" Heather teased her friend. Shun rolled his eyes at her remark.

"All jokes aside," Reiji began as he approached the 6. "I just got word from my employees that a strange energy signal appeared on our radar. My hunch is that it's Fusion."

"That's...really odd timing." Serena frowned deeply.

"Yeah." Ruri agreed. "Zeddicus defeats Yuzu in one turn, and now you get a signal that could be Fusion arriving here in Standard."

"I can assure you that Zeddicus Wraith is not a member of the Fusion Dimension." Reiji retorted firmly. "If he was a Fusioner, he wouldn't still be here."

"He has a point unfortunately." Yuri sighed, before he frowned. "But if I had to guess, I think we all know who must've showed up." Heather, Serena, and Yuto nodded, their eyes showing the emotion of anger.

"Ryo Marufuji and Edo Phoenix…!" Both Heather and Serena grit their teeth.

"So this is the Standard Dimension."

"And where those traitors ran off to." Edo and Ryo stood at a hill, overlooking the city; the wind blowing behind them.

"It'll take some time before we can manage to find them." Edo frowned.

"Lucky for us we bought reinforcements." Ryo smirked. Edo turned around to see several Academia students, along with several Obelisk Force soldiers. The 2 groups separated to allow a cloaked figure to stride through and up to Ryo and Edo.

"So…..this is Standard huh?" The cloaked figure remarked coolly.

"Yeah." Edo replied as he turned back around to face the city.

"It's just too bad this place will be nothing but rubble when we're done with it." Ryo retorted, his smirk widened.

"You mean when we're done getting Serena, Yuri, Yuto, Ruri, and the 2 counterparts of the Standard Dimension." Edo corrected. "Yuya Sakaki and Yuzu Hiiragi."

"Humph. It matters not." Ryo remarked. "So long as we get our little fun in carding some unsuspected citizens of Miami City, it all checks out in the end." Shortly after those words left his mouth, he began to chuckle darkly to himself.

Yuzu Hiiragi (OC Cards):

**Orchestra the Melodious Diva, attribute: LIGHT, type: Fairy/Pendulum, Level 4, Scale 9, ATK/DEF: 1700/1100. Pendulum Effect: You cannot Pendulum Summon monsters, except "Melodious" monsters. This effect cannot be negated. Once per turn, if you Special Summon a LIGHT Fairy monster: You can draw 1 card.

Monster Effect: You can Normal Summon "Melodious" Monsters without Tributing. If this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 "Melodious" monster in your GY; Special Summon it in Defense Position, but send it to the GY during the End Phase. If you Special Summon exactly 1 "Melodious" monster from your hand while you control no other monsters: You can switch this card to Defense Position; Draw 1 card. You can only use each of these effects of "Orchestra the Melodious Diva" once per turn.

**Symphony the Melodious Songstress, attribute: LIGHT, type: Fairy/Pendulum, Level 4, Scale 1, ATK/DEF: 1000/1800. Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 Level 4 or lower "Melodious" monster in your GY; Special Summon it.

Monster Effect: If you Normal Summon this card: You can Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your hand. If you Special Summon this card and you control 2 or more "Melodious" monsters: You can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Symphony the Melodious Songstress" once per turn.

Zeddicus Wraith (OC Cards):

**Mythical Beast Bastet, attribute: LIGHT, type: Spellcaster/Pendulum/Tuner, Level 3, Pendulum Scale 4, ATK/DEF: 1000. Pendulum Effect: If you have no card in your other Pendulum Zone: You can destroy this card, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Mythical Beast" Pendulum Monster from your Hand. You can only use this effect of "Mythical Beast Bastet" once per turn.

Monster Effect: Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 1 Spell Counter on this card when that Spell resolves. Once per turn, you can remove 3 Spell Counters from your field, and if you do, you can Special Summon 1 "Mythical Beast" Pendulum Monster from your Pendulum Zone.

Action Spell - Nullifier, type: Action Spell. Effect: Negate the effects of all face-up cards your opponent controls until the end of the turn.

Magical Barrier, type: Continuous Trap. Effect: Count the number of cards on your field that can have Spell Counters placed on them, place Spell Counters on this card for each. Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 2 Spell Counters on this card when that Spell resolves. If a card(s) you control that can have Spell Counters placed on them would be destroyed: You can remove 1 Spell Counter from this card instead. If you'd take damage that's 1000 or more: You can half that damage. You can only use this effect of "Magical Barrier" if there are 8 or more Spell Counters on your field.

**Mythical Beast Kelpie, attribute: DARK, type: Spellcaster/Fusion, Level 9, ATK/DEF: 3200/1700. Effect: 2 "Mythical Beast" Monsters

Must be either Fusion Summoned, or Special Summoned by Tributing the above cards you control (in which case you do not use "Polymerization"). Each time a Spell Card is activated place 2 Spell Counters on this card when that Spell resolves. You can only use each effect of "Mythical Beast Kelpie" once per turn.

(Quick effect) Place as many Spell Counters on the field onto another appropriate target; this card gains 100ATK for each Spell Counter placed.

If your opponent activates a Spell Card, you can remove 8 Spell Counters from the field, negate the activation, and if you do, you can then add that card to your hand, it cannot be activated this turn.

**Mythical Beast Azazel, attribute: DARK, type: Spellcaster/Synchro/Pendulum, Level 7, Scale 4, ATK/DEF: 2600/1000. Pendulum Effect: If you have no card in your other Pendulum Zone: You can destroy this card, and if you do, add 1 Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand that can hold Spell Counter(s). You can only use this effect of "Mythical Beast Azazel" once per turn.

Monster Effect: 1 "Mythical Beast" Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters

Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 2 Spell Counters on this card when that Spell resolves. If this card is destroyed: You can place it in your Pendulum Zone. This card is unaffected by Trap effects.

Mythical Beast Stallion, attribute:, type: Spellcaster/Xyz, Rank 3, ATK/DEF: 2000/1000. Effect: 2 or more Level 3 Spellcaster-type monsters

This card gains Spell Counters up to the number of Xyz Materials used for this card's Xyz Summon. If any of the Xyz Materials used to Xyz Summon this card had Spell Counters on them, place those Spell Counters on this card. Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 2 Spell Counters on this card when that Spell resolves. Once per turn, during either players turn, if the opponent activates a card or effect; You can remove 6 Spell Counters from your field, or by detaching 2 Xyz Materials from this card, you can negate the activation of that card or effect, and if you do, shuffle that card into the Deck. If a card(s) you control that can have Spell Counters placed on them leaves your field: You can distribute those Spell Counters to card(s) you control that can have Spell Counters placed on them. You can only control 1 "Mythical Beast Stallion".

A/N: The double asterisk card(s) are NOT mine!

0713MM: So Yuzu loses in the end. But ayy, she dealt 3900 points of damage to Zeddicus, that's worth a metal, right?^^ And we get to the whole Fusion Invasion on the Standard Dimension. I'm skipping the whole Miami Championship tournament to figure out the rest of the Lancers. We kinda already have them set up as is right now, ha. So in chapter 5 is Ryo Marafuji, Edo Phoenix, and the cloaked Fusion Commander's attack on Standard and its Miami City. As Anakin Skywalker would say: "This is where the fun begins!". Oh, also, if any of you readers have suggestions for this fanfic you'd like for me to use some time down the road, please PM me!^^