Coral: I AM BACK!

Aki: *hit her head* What took you so long?!

Coral: *rubbing her head* Can you blame me for being on a roll with one of my other stories?! I mean honestly! I couldn't just stick to my updating pattern with my urge to just put them all up in that story! If I had the same feeling with this one, I would just stick to it for a while! Besides, I already had punishment for just sticking to it in a form of a headache from updating at least five chapters of it in a row! FIVE!

Aki: ... Well, when you put it that way, you got what you deserve.

Coral: Anyway! The wait is over! And the story will continue! Oh and uh... Generalhyna... I know what we said about what this chapter should be... But I just can't resist! I had to skip! Hope you'll like it anyway.


Normal dialogue

Life Points/Monster stats

*LOCATION CHANGE/ CHANGE IN P.O.V*

Attacks/Effects

'thoughts'

Language other than Japanese (this is English sub after all)


*OPENING*

(Instrumental)(The scene begins with a nice top view of the island)

To the beginning sky... towards the shining light
(The camera looks up to the sky, having a nice view of it and the sun as the anime logo slowly appeared)
There's nothing to fear... because I'm here...
(Freakstar Dragon with Naruto on his back and Time Space Magician flew pass the logo the Spellcaster-type shined the crystal ball on his staff, changing the scene)

Falling countless times to your knees
Not protecting your own pride
(Kohaku slipped on a banana peel and was laughed at by many students. She laughed along with them)
Only coming up with just doubts
Do not close your eyes just yet
(Alex and Bella looked at the scene in slight envy at how she was, in a way, getting along with many others despite her being in Red and daughter of a famous circus' ringmaster and walked their separate ways)

I absolutely cannot see
the possibility that's here and now
(Judai was imagining himself as the next King of Games. Manjoume and his friends along with Chronos glared at how impossible it would be for him while Misawa, Shou and Hayato looked at him with interest or slight admiration)
When these tears turn into rain
I just want you to notice
(Asuka and Ryou were at the entrance of the Abandon Dorm and stared at a picture of the latter's brother with determination)

Spit out all the vexing things
Because there's a meaning for taking things
(Bella was remembering the time when she was younger, getting bullied and being isolated by others because of her powers. Her patience went to her limit as she accidentally summoned a monster and released it onto them)
Even if you desire everything, you don't need to grasp it all
(Alex was remembering when he was accepted into Duel Academy and told the principal that he wished to start at the lowest rank, just to be bullied by those of a higher rank)
Just keep a hold of one most important thing
(Kohaku placed her hands on their shoulders and snapped them out of the memory lane and smiled at them then pushed them to the rest of their friends)

In the beginning of the sky, I welcome you
do not ever look back just look forward
(Judai had out Flame Wingman, who fought against Chronos' Antique Gear Golem and Asuka's Cyber Blader, as Kohaku had out Time Space Magician, who was going head-to-head against Alex's Light and Darkness Dragon and Bella's Nine-Tailed Beast, Kurama)
If you feel the wind on your back
then there won't be anything to worry about
(Shou and his monsters were looking at his brother and his monsters with determination, who smirked in approval, causing the younger sibling to smile back)

If you would look around, you'd see all these smiling faces
(In another realm, it showed all of Kohaku, Bella, Alex, Judai, Shou, Hayato, and Asuka's monsters smiling at the camera)
Do not carry everything by yourself
(Kohaku was looking at her late sister's deck in her hand with a solemn look, the deck's monster spirits floating right by her side)
Don't rush either, the answer is along the way
(The scene turned dark and the whole gang were running towards the light)
you'll definitely find it for sure
(They arrived at a lighthouse, looking up at the night sky)


It was the afternoon on the island. Things were hectic since Bella's duel against Shinji. After that event was the Dueling Giant mystery, in which Judai solved, and the Golden Eggwich stealer, resolved also by Judai. After those events, things were as normal as can be.

Judai and Kohaku were on their way to the school's card shop when they saw a lot of students gathering in the hall.

"What's going on?" the male Osiris asked, as they ran up to the crowd. They stood by Misawa's side.

"Hey, Misawa! What's going on here?" Kohaku asked.

"Is there a fight?!" Judai assumed. They looked into the crowd and saw a wide open area. Both looked left and saw a Ra Yellow Student with two fave-downs on his field.

"Isn't that guy Kagurazaka?" the female Ra asked.

"Yeah. And look who his opponent is," Misawa told them. The looked the other side and saw-

"Shou!"

"Aniki!" Shou was dueling the boy, one of his monsters on the field by his side in Attack Mode.

"What are you doing, Shou?" Judai and Kohaku squeezed through to get to him.

"What does it look like?" the boy asked back. He then gestures to some posters on the wall.

"Duel Academia is having a special showing of the deck of the first King of Games, Muto Yugi," came Tiffany's voice from behind the two. They turned and saw her, Alex, Bella and Seth at the front of the crowd.

"So then, the deck Yugi-san used is coming to our school?!" Judai asked.

"Well, we have to see it, right?!" Shou said. He noticed his friend was in a dazed state. He tried to get him out of the dream-like state.

"Muto Yugi... He whom defeated Pegasus, creator of Duel Monsters at Duelist Kingdom," Bella spoke in great respect.

"Don't forget that he defeated Kaiba Seto and Marik at Battle City," Seth added.

"And he also has the abilities to command the God Cards. The guy is a legend," Alex added on.

"Well, the God Cards won't be in, but it will have Black Magician and Black Magician Girl!" Shou added on to that. "As well as other super-rare and well-prized cards in that deck! We just have to go see it!"

"Well I get that, but what does it have to do with the situation now?" Judai questioned.

"Shou is basically dueling for the last ticket the shop have," Bella answered.

"That's right," Tome, the owner of the shop, supported. "It's the last one, so they decided to settle it with a duel."

Judai and Kohaku were shocked to hear that.

"Don't push it, Shou," Judai told his '-roid' duelist friend, assuming the last ticket was for himself.

"What are you talking about? I'm trying to win that ticket for you. My ticket is right here," he corrected. Shou took out said ticket to prove his point.

This, in turn, changed the brunette's mood. "Do your best, Shou!"

"I-I got it..."

"So wait, then do any of you guys have an extra for me?" Kohaku asked the others. They all gave her confused looks.

"But Kohaku, Tome-san said you already got you ticket," Alex said.

"I didn't!" They looked at her with shocked looks. "Tome-san, what-?!"

"I didn't say she got her ticket. I said Samejima needed to see her about the presentation," she corrected.

"Me?"

"Yep. Go see him after this duel."

With that, Shou went back to his spot and declared the duel to resume.

"My turn!" Kagurazaka drew his next card and smirked. "I activate the Magic Card, Heavy Storm! This destroys all Magic and Trap cards on the field- na no ne!"

Judai slightly widened his eyes at those words. "I'm getting a bit of a de ja vu here."

"Kagurazaka is using a copy of Chronos-sensei's deck," Misawa answered out of nowhere.

"When did you get here?" Bella questioned.

Meanwhile, a storm came and destroyed Kagurazaka's set cards. In their place were two gold monsters.

Wicked Token: Level 4/DARK/Fiend/1000 ATK/1000 DEF

"I now release two Tokens to Advance Summon Antique Gear Golem!" The two were released and a giant, ruined machine appeared in their place.

Antique Gear Golem: Level 8/EARTH/Machine/3000 ATK/3000 DEF

"Go! Antique Gear Golem!" The monmonster pulled back its fist and sent a punch at Shou's monster.

"I activate Jetroid's special ability!" Shou countered. "When this card is targeted for an attack, I can activate a Trap Card from my hand! Magic Cylinder!" Two cylinders appeared inront of his monster. "I send that attack right back at you!"

"What?!" True to his words, the golem's attack went in one cylinder and out the other, depleting the rest of the Ra's Life Points.

Shou: 800 LP
Kagurazaka: 0000 LP

WINNER: SHOU! (I know they didn't show his Life Points)

"Yes! I won!" Shou cheered.

"That was awesome, Shou!" Judai exclaimed. "I struggled with that combo, but you broke through like it was nothing."

"I remembered your duel with Chronos-sensei, so I made sure to put in a counter for it in my deck!" he slightly boasted.

"Well, now that the duel is over..." Alex and Bella grabbed Kohaku by the arms. "We have to take you to Samejima-sensei's office!" They took off at great speed to their destination, Tiffany and Seth following.

"Wait! Hold on a second!" the female Ra shouted through the halls.

Some time later, they managed to get to the office at record time and slammed the door open.

"Excuse us!" Alex and Bella shouted, accidentally tossing a dazed Kohaku right at the principal's desk.

"Did someone get the number on that truck~?" the poor girl was then knocked out.

"Ah! Kohaku!" Alex yelled, as he knelt by her side. "Kohaku! Speak to me! Are you okay?!"

"Does it look like she's okay?! We threw her head-first to a desk!" Bella yelled, yet she was also trying to get her best friend to wake.

All of a sudden, light appeared from above and shone on Kohaku. Singing angels were heard as Kohaku's soul slowly left her body. Angel wings appeared on her back as she slowly floated away into the afterlife.

"HELL NO!" Alex slapped Kohaku's cheeks, hard, shocking her greatly. The light shut off and the singing angels ended with a scratch similar to a record player as Kohaku's soul returned to her body. "What did we talk about that included you and death?! And don't you dare play dead with me, for goodness sake! You don't die unless if given permission to!"

In response, Kohaku punched the boy away from her. "Who the hell prevents someone's death by slapping their cheeks, dammit?!" she demanded.

"That's too fast of a recovery!" Bella air-slapped.

"Who the hell dies by getting slammed face-first into a desk?!" Alex shouted back at the 'Circus Freak' duelist.

"In my defense, you and Bella ran at full speed, in record time no less, to get me here! You both practically threw me at full force!"

"Still it's one thing to get knocked out, but die?!"

"Ahem... As much as I would like the show to continue, I would like to speak with my daughter if possible," came a voice too familiar to Kohaku.

They faced the source of the voice and saw a man in his fourties. He was wearing a red and white coat with a white shirt under it, yellow pants and black shoes. He had a small goatee and a black top hat. One look at him was enough to for them to know who he is.

"N-no way..." Bella breathed.

"You're kidding..." Alex followed.

"D-... Dad?!" Kohaku gasped out.

Much to their surprise, Kohaku's dad, Kigara Kazato, was in the office with Samejima.

"Hey there, Kohaku. How's my daughter?" he casually asked.

"I'm fine but... What are you doing here?" the female Ra asked happily.

"Took some time off from the project I was working on with Pegasus. Decided to come here and visit. Your mom would've come... But not today. Until the day we go back to our work, we decided to stay here, watch over our daughter."

No words of happiness could describe just how happy Kohaku was. "Really?!"

"You bet, squirt!" He rubbed her head, messing up her short hair. He looked up at her friends. "Speaking of which, I see you decided to start a new circus crew."

Bella and Alex widened their eyes when they heard that. "Oh no, we're just her friends," the former corrected.

"After that little gag earlier, I find that hard to believe."

"Kohaku just gets us in her gag, but we're just friends, nothing more," Alex told him.

The guy just waved off what he was told. "Whatever you say, juniors."

"It's the truth!" both of Kohaku's friends exclaimed.

Kazato just laughed at the two. "Your friends are as amusing as you said in your letters, Kohaku!"

"Right?!" his daughter also laughed.

'Now we see the similarities,' her friends thought in unison.

"So dad, did you bring your deck?"

"Well... You see, I was so busy with the project, and I wanted to see my daughter, I forgot to bring my deck," Kazato said, hanging his head.

"Aw... I wanted to duel you too. See whose Entertainment Duel is better."

"Hah! You may be my daughter, but you're still years too early to surpass me in that style of dueling!"

"Huh?! I wouldn't be too sure about that, old man! I have youth on my side, so I can do more stunts than you can!"

Kazato gasped at that accusation. The room suddenly got dark, with the spotlight on him on his knees and hands and cherry blossom petals breezing through. "Of course... How can I not see that? I am too old to be doing Entertainment Duels now... I want to duel my daughter with my full strength too... But I haven't dueled in so long..."

Kohaku was starting to tear at the scene. "Dad..."

"Maybe you're right Kohaku... Perhaps I should just give up on dueling entirely."

"What are you saying?! It doesn't matter how old you are! Dad, you have more experience than I do in dueling. And you may not have dueled for so long, but you used Duel Monsters in our circus for lots of acts and stunts! Everyone loved it! They even gave you the title of King of Entertainments!"

Kazato looked up at his daughter. "Kohaku..."

"Don't give up dueling, dad! I want to prove myself that I am worthy of being the future Queen of Entertainments! Besides, there are plenty of duelists out there who sees you as their idol, their hero! How do you think they'll feel if they hear their idol gave up dueling because of his age and lack of duels?!"

"Kohaku... You're right! I cannot give up because of my age!"

"Dad..."

"Kohaku..."

The two then embraced themselves and cried on each others' shoulders.

"That's a bit dramatic, don't you think?" Bella questioned, as she and Alex sweatdropped at the scene.

"Extremely dramatic," the male Ra agreed. "And where did those cherry blossom petals come from?"

"I think it was touching..." came Tiffany's voice. The two jumped at her voice and saw her and Seth watching the scene teary-eyed, the former biting her handkerchief to hold back crying sounds.

"When did you get here?"

"Since they started that touching scene..." Seth answered, voice cracking from the scene.

"So anyway, back to what you're here for," Kazato spoke, acting as though the scene never happened.

"Yeah, why am I here?" Kohaku asked, also acting as though it never happened.

"Stop with the fast recovery already! It's too weird!" Alex and Bella shouted at the same time.

The two just ignored them as the adult answered, "Besides picking up your ticket that I got you, I am also happy to announce in person that the project I spoke of is soon to be completed!" The students in the room gasped at his words.

"But wait, didn't you say it was still in progress?" the only Obelisk in the room asked.

"I said I am taking time off, not that it's still in progress. Though technically it is."

"So it's almost done? The project Kohaku told us you were doing," Tiffany asked.

"Of course! Just need to do some testing and fixing some things here and there. I'd say it'll be in Duel Academia within a month or two at best!"

The five students looked at each other in excitement.

Samejima took this moment to speak at last. "That's right. And as soon as it gets here, Mr. Kigara will be a new teacher here. Teaching you young ones how to duel using the project."

"Really?!" Seth asked.

"That's right."

"Oh wow! We're going to have one of the world's best duelists as our teacher!"

"I may be an Entertainment Duelist, but I haven't dueled in a while, so I can't really call myself great at the moment."

'What was the point of all that drama then?' Alex and Bella mentally questioned.


Later that day, at night, Kohaku had finished showing her father around the island, with her friends following her, mostly to get to know more about Kazato.

"By the way, why do you have different last names?" Alex asked.

"When mom and dad had me, they weren't married, and my dad wasn't ready to be a father," the daughter of the two former performers answered.

"Yes. It felt like the biggest mistake in my life. I didn't know what to do. How to be a good father," the adult of the group admitted. "Not only that, but I had a circus to run."

Just then, they heard a scream.

"What was that?!" Tiffany asked.

"That sounded like Shou's voice!" Bella identified.

"We should check it out!" Seth suggested. They all ran to the direction of the voice.

When they arrived, they saw Shou on his knees. With him were Judai, Hayato and Misawa.

"Judai! Guys!" Kohaku called.

"Kohaku!" Judai called back.

"What happened here?"

"Well you see..." He looked out at sea. They followed his direction and saw Kagurazaka equipped with a duel disk, as well as donning a smirk on his face.

"Kagurazaka?" Alex asked.

"He took Yugi-san's deck and beat me with it," Shou explained.

"He what?!" the youngest Ra gasped.

"It's true! I, who have researched Muto Yugi's duels, possess the deck of the King of Games himself! I am recreating them at 100%! I am not losing to anyone ever again! Not Chronos, of Kaiser, or anyone!" Kagurazaka claimed.

Kohaku clenched her fist at those words. She took Shou's duel disk. "I'm borrowing this." She leapt on a boulder opposite of Kagurazaka's. "If you really think you are worthy of the deck you're using, then how about you prove it to me?"

"You mean to tell me you think you can win?"

"Of course. Although it's true that I am going against the King of Games' deck, who I am up against, isn't the person himself!"

Her soon-to-be opponent glared at her for those words. "Very well. I'll duel you."

Kohaku inserted a deck in the deck slot. "DUEL!"

Kagurazaka: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

"I'll start first. Draw!" Kohaku drew her sixth card. "I summon Gungnir Relic User, Hibiki in Attack Mode!" The cheery blonde appeared on her field.

Gungnir Relic User, Hibiki: Level 4/LIGHT/Warrior/1300 ATK/1000 DEF

"She's using her sister's 'Relic' deck?" Hayato questioned.

"But why?" Shou wondered.

"Take a good look at the situation," Misawa told the two Reds. "What's the similarity between the two right now?"

"They're using decks that isn't their own." Both widened their eyes at Shou's answer.

"If I were to guess, I would say Kohaku wants to show Kagurazaka that it takes more than research to master one's deck." They looked on in understanding.

However, as for Kazato and the others, they looked at the duel with a different assumption as to why Kohaku would use her late sibling's deck.

"Looks like we have quite a clean up to get to," Hibiki stated.

"I activate Hibiki' special effect! When summoned, I can add a 'Relic Weapon' card from my deck to my hand! Of course, that card is her signature card, the Equip Magic, Relic Weapon, Glove!" Said card was added to Kohaku's hand. "And now I activate it! Now Hibiki can fight at full strength!"

A pendant appeared in the monster's hand as she sang the incantation. "Balwisyall nescell Gungnir tron." She then transformed into her white and orange battle gear, with a big yellow spear in hand.

Gungnir Relic User, Hibiki: 1300 + 500 = 1800 ATK

"I end my turn!" Kohaku ended.

"My turn!" Kagurazaka drew his sixth card. "I fuse Phantom Beast King Gazelle and Berfomet from my hand!" Two monsters appeared on his field with Fusion behind them. "Come forth, Chimera, the Winged Phantom Beast!" A chimera was formed from the two monsters.

Chimera, the Winged Phantom Beast: Level 6/WIND/Beast/2100 ATK/1800 DEF

"Right to 2100 ATK?" Judai gasped, as did his Osiris friends and Misawa.

"Go, Chimera! Impact Dash!" The monster tackled Hibiki, whom tried to counter but failed to and got destroyed.

Kagurazaka: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 3700 LP

"Shou, you faced him before, right? Do you have any advice?" Seth asked.

"Actually I lost to that Chimera," the light blue-headed boy said.

"But still, if he's an opponent who rarely wins, then Kohaku should be fine," Tiffany assumed. "A deck as strong as Yugi-san's must have high-level tactics to master."

"We'll see about that," Misawa spoke.

"Apparently, Kagurazaka has too good of a memory. The decks he makes are based on decks of strong duelists," Alex said. "Of course, because the decks he makes are the ones we are quite familiar with, so it's quite easy to know the strengths and weakness of those decks. Not only that, he knows and acts exactly like the duelists of the decks he copies. He can read into the personality of the original duelist and reproduce those tactics."

"And since Yugi-san's deck is one with little to no weaknesses, Kagurazaka is practically an invincible duelist," Bella ended. The male Reds were silent at those words.

"My turn. Draw!" Kohaku drew her next card. She then took a deep breath to calm herself. "Let's start this show!" The audience had smiles on their faces at those words. "Firstly, I summon Gungnir Relic User, Kanade!" A red-head girl in a school uniform appeared on the field.

Gungnir Relic User, Kanade: Level 4/FIRE/Warrior/2000 ATK/1000 DEF

"I activate her summon effect! I will add Relic Weapon, Spear to my hand and equip it to her!" A pendant appeared and landed in Kanade's hand.

"Let's do this! Croitzal ronzell gungnir zizzl," she sang the incantation. Kanade then transformed into her white and orange combat outfit.

Gungnir Relic User, Kanade: 2000 + 500 = 2500 ATK

"Now then, a quiz! Legend has it that Gungnir is a spear owned by a god which never misses and always kill it's target. In that case, what is Relic Weapon, Spear's second effect?"

Kagurazaka widened his eyes slightly at the question. "Don't tell me..."

"That's right! Once per turn, by discarding one Monster card from my hand to the Graveyard, Spear can destroy any monster on the field! I discard the Relic User Protector, Ogawa to destroy Chimera! Stardust Photon!" Kanade threw her spear into the air, which summoned thousands more just like it in smaller versions. They all pierced through the Beast-type Fusion monster and destroyed it.

"I activate Chimera's special ability! When this card is destroyed, I can Special Summon one of its Fusion Materials from my Graveyard! Come, Berfomet!" A four-armed monster with wings appeared on his field in Defense Position.

Baphomet: Level 5/DARK/Fiend/1400 ATK/1800 DEF

"But I can still attack! Kanade, go! Last Meteor!" Kanade created a strong tornado that carried Baphomet up and off the field and into the ocean. "I end my turn! At this time, Spear's backfire effect activates."

"Backfire effect?" Shou questioned.

"When it uses its second effect, Spear gets destroyed during the End Phase," Tiffany answered. Everyone, excluding Kazato, looked at her in shock as Kanade's spear disintegrated and she returned in her uniform.

Gungnir Relic User, Kanade: 2500 - 500 = 2000 ATK

"My turn." Kagurazaka drew his next card. "I set one card face-down. From my hand I activate the Magic Card, Reincarnation of the Dead! This lets me discard a card from my hand to add a monster in my Graveyard to my hand." He gave the cost in exchange for a monster. "From my Graveyard, I add Phantom Beast King, Gazelle and summon it!" A one-horned monster Beast-type monster appeared on his field.

Phantom Beast King, Gazelle: Level 4/EARTH/Beast/1500 ATK/1200 DEF

"And next I activate the Magic Card, Sealing Swords of Light!" Rays of green light appeared and trapped Kohaku and her monsters in a cage of light.

"Kohaku's monsters!" Alex gasped.

"Now she can't attack for three whole turns," Tiffany said.

"But, couldn't she just use Relic Weapon, Sword's effect to destroy it?" Shou asked.

"That would be the case, except for one thing, boy," Kazato spoke. "That effect can only work on monsters, so it's useless against Sealing Swords of Light."

Despite the situation, Kohaku kept a smile on her face. "My turn. Draw!" She drew her next card. "Now then, everyone! While Kanade is still on the field, I summon her duet partner! Ame no Habakiri Relic User, Tsubasa!" The blue-haired girl appeared on the field.

Ame no Habakiri Relic User, Tsubasa: Level 4/WIND/Warrior/1400 ATK/1000 DEF

"Hey there, Tsubasa!" Kanade greeted.

"Kanade!" Tsubasa greeted back.

"I was waiting for you to summon a monster," Kagurazaka said, ruining the moment. "I activate my trap card, Revival Coffin of the Black-Magic Tribe! When my opponent summons a monster, I can release that monster and a monster I control to Special Summon a Spellcaster-type monster from my Graveyard!"

"But you don't have any Spellcaster-type monsters in your Graveyard!" Judai shouted.

"Unless if the card he discarded earlier was a Spellcaster-type," Kazato pointed out. Judai and the others flinched in realization at the time when Kagurazaka used Reincarnation of the Dead.

"That's right. Now through this card's effect, I will send Ame no Habakiri Relic User, Tsubasa and Gazelle to the Graveyard to summon Black Magician from my Graveyard!" Tsubasa clutched her chest in pain as she slowly disintegrated into pixels, along with Gazelle.

"Tsubasa!" Kanade cried.

On the male Ra's field, a coffin appeared. The lid opened up to reveal a magician in purple robe with a green staff in his hand.

Black Magician: Level 7/DARK/Spellcaster/2500 ATK/2100 DEF

"However, since Tsubasa was summoned, her summon effect will still activate, allowing me to add a 'Relic Weapon' card from my deck to my hand. I add Relic Weapon, Sword to my hand!" Kohaku added the Equip Card to her hand. "I set two cards face-down and switch Kanade to Defense Mode! I end my turn!"

"Black Magician... Yugi-san's symbol..." Judai spoke in awe.

"This is the first time I've seen it in person..." Hayato said, also in awe.

"My turn!" Kagurazaka drew his next card. "I activate the Magic card, Pot of Greed to draw two more cards." He drew more cards." Then, I activate Thousand Knife! If I control a 'Black Magician', this card can destroy one monster my opponent controls!" Lots of knives appeared by his side and shot towards Kanade. She braced herself for the worse and got pierced by the blades.

"Kanade!" Kohaku shouted.

"Kanade's been-!" Bella gasped.

"No way... He just drew that card, too," Alex muttered in shock.

"And now you have no monsters on your field," Kagurazaka laughed. "Black Magician! Direct attack! Black Magic!" The Spellcaster shot an energy ball at the female Ra. The ball was close to making contact, when a figure appeared and kicked it to the sky. "What the-?!"

"What just happened?!" Seth asked in shock.

The ball then exploded like a firework, lighting the field enough to reveal a smirking Hibiki on Kohaku's field.

Gungnir Relic User, Hibiki: Level 4/LIGHT/Warrior/1300 ATK/1000 DEF

"Where did she come from?!" Kagurazaka then demanded.

"When Kanade is sent from the field to the Graveyard, her successor, Gungnir Relic User, Hibiki, is Special Summoned onto my field from my hand, deck or Graveyard! Also, on the turn she was summoned this way, Hibiki cannot be destroyed! In return, Hibiki's effects are negated!" Kohaku announced.

Her friends sighed in relief at those words.

"That's good. She somehow managed to prevent taking a large amount of damage," Tiffany said.

"In that case, I'll end my turn with one card face-down," Kagurazaka ended.

"My turn!" Kohaku drew her next card. "I activate my Continuous Trap, Call of the Living Dead! This brings back one of my monsters! Return to my side, Kanade!" The red-head girl reappeared on her field.

"Kanade-san!" Hibiki called.

"Hey there Hibiki. I see you're doing well," Kanade said.

"Y-Yes ma'am!"

Kanade smirked and ruffled her head. "That's great to hear!"

Kohaku looked at the two monsters and saw her and her sister in them. This made her shed a lone tear, unknown to most people. She quickly wiped it away and resumed to her dueling. "Through Kanade's effect, I add a 'Relic Weapon' card to my hand. That card will be Relic Weapon Enforcer. Now then everybody. If you think all the monsters in this deck are girls, you are mistaken! Allow me to introduce to you the parent-figure of these girls! I release Kanade and Hibiki to Advance Summon Relic User Commander, Genjuro!" The two girls leapt and turned into pixels. Those very pixels then merged and formed a muscular man with spiky red hair and a goatee wearing a red dress shirt with a pink tie, light beige slacks and black and blue athletic shoes.

Relic User Commander, Genjuro: Level 7/EARTH/Warrior/2700 ATK/1800 DEF

"I see we have a thief to deal with," Genjuro said. "Don't you know anything about karma, kid?"

"Genjuro's summon effect activates! He can destroy one Magic or Trap card on the field! Ultimate Breaker!" Genjuro slammed his fist down onto the ground, sending debris to destroy Sealing Swords of Light. The hit landed and the cage dissipated. "And since Kanade left the field, I can Special Summon Hibiki back from the Graveyard again!" The energetic blonde returned from the Grave.

"Quite a handy ability, wouldn't you say?" Genjuro lightly joked.

"All right! Now's her chance!" Hayato cheered.

"That monster's ATK is higher than Black Magician!" Shou said.

"Which means Kohaku is able to take out Yugi-san's ace monster!" Judai added.

"With no God cards in that deck, Kohaku might have a chance to win!" Misawa agreed.

For some reason, her opponent chuckled at those words, much to their confusion. "That small-fry monster's my ace? How sad of you."

Kohaku clenched her fist at his words. "What?"

"This deck is far beyond your imaginations! Even without the God Cards, it can still hold its own! I activate the Instant Magic, Baptism of Light and Darkness!" His face-down was flipped face up. "By sacrificing a 'Black Magician' on my field, this card summons from my hand, deck or Graveyard Black Magician of Chaos!"

"Black Magician..."

"... of Chaos..." Shou and Hayato repeated.

"One of the highest-leveled monsters, as well as a legendary magician," Misawa explained.

"That's right. You will all now witness a legend!" Kagurazaka claimed. "Come forth! Black Magician of Chaos!" A blue-skinned monster in a black leather clothing appeared, a black staff in hand.

"When this card is successfully summoned, I can add a Magic card from my Graveyard to my hand. I add Reincarnation of the Dead. And Black Magician of Chaos' ATK is higher than Black Magician's! 2800 points!" The Reds gasped in shock at the power.

Black Magician of Chaos: Level 8/DARK/Spellcaster/2800 ATK/2600 DEF

Kohaku looked down at her hand and saw nothing that could help her out. "I end my turn."

"My turn!" Kagurazaka drew his next card. "Black Magician of Chaos! Attack Hibiki! Destructive Spell!" The monster released a blue ball of energy covered in electricity at the girl, forcing her away.

Kagurazaka: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 2200 LP

"Hibiki!" Genjuro and Kohaku cried for the fallen.

"You're 1000 years too early to defeat me," Kagurazaka said.

Kohaku lost her composure and glared at her opponent. Not because she felt like she was dueling Muto Yugi, but for one other reason.

'This guy... For his cards... There is no way... I'm losing to someone like him!'