Coral: New chapter at last! Now this duel will begin and end in the most unexpected way possible! I did my best with this duel so enjoy it!


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)


Lunch was over, and the four remaining duelists were on the duel field, which was already set on Action Field mode with the Field Magic, Suntime Street. Everyone was in the audience, waiting for Kazato and Kate to show up and announce the two duelists who will be dueling each other. Said four were a bit excited to know who would duel against who.

"When are your parents going to get here?!" Judai asked in an excited tone. "I don't think I can wait another minute!"

"That's what I want to know actually!" Kohaku answered, just as excited.

"Then look no further~!" came Kazato's voice.

Everyone looked up and saw the guy on one of the tall buildings. He leapt off, much to everyone's shock. Kazato activated his duel disk and instantly summoned out a monster. Said monster seemed like a mix of a purple, Arabian-dressed momonga squirrel acting as a carpet. He took two cards and placed them on his disk, summoning out a pair of Spellcasters, one in red clothes, the other in purple and black clothes. The latter tossed his hat into the air. It exploded and two girls appeared from the smoke, one with blue pigtails, a blue tail, horn and wearing purple clothes, and the other with a blonde hair, a yellow tail and wearing white clothes. They grabbed each other's wrists and spun. A small portal was formed between them and three lights came out. The lights formed into different colored parrots, all who flew and landed on top of a ring where Kate sat on top of. On her arm was an active duel disk and a couple of monster cards.

She leaned back and let herself fall to the ground below. At the last second, she placed another card on her disk and summoned out a purple cat with a trampoline on its back, saving her fall as she was brought back into the air. Kazato's squirrel came and the male performer caught his wife in his arms. The two smiled and placed another card on each other's duel disks. Appearing by their sides were a pair of hippos, one brown wearing a black vest and one pink wearing a red vest. Both wrapped an arm around each other's necks and did some silly dances. The male Spellcasters were doing some magic tricks and created some fireworks in the sky, and the girls sent stars and sparkles everywhere. Now only that, the parrots were singing different notes and the cat was doing some tricks of its own.

Everyone was amazed by the sight before them.

"Kohaku! You didn't say your parents would be doing a performance of any kind," Bella said.

"I didn't know myself until now," the female Ra said.

All the monsters, except the momonga, then gathered around in one spot. As the remaining monster circled above its friends, Kazato and Kate stood and leapt into the center of the gathered monsters. Kazato placed on more monster in his last monster zone and, as they both joined the monsters on the ground, it suddenly lit up and, appearing from the light, was a magician somewhat similar to Circus Freak Time Space Magician, only with his lower half crystalized and having angel wings sticking out. The newly summoned monster also wore a weird hat on his head. Kazato and Kate both held either the newly summoned monster's hand or cane, making a pose as they stood on the wings.

The crowd went wild at the show, all cheering and applauding for the two.

"Just like home~!" Kohaku cried, as happy tears trailed down her cheeks.

"Well, you're obviously happy," Alex said.

"I'm not." He looked at her confused. "I can't believe they didn't let me in on the show!"

"Wait! You're crying happy and sad tears?!"

She simply ignored him and just got on her knees and cried.

Bella kneeled down and patted her back. "Now, now, Kohaku."

Kazato and Kate called off the monsters. "Now then ladies and gentlemen~! Boys and girls~! It is now time to start the Battle Royale Duel!" Kazato announced.

Everyone got confused and were clueless at what he had said, including the final four duelists.

"Battle Royale?" Bella asked.

"What Battle Royale?" Judai asked.

"Huh? Didn't we tell you? Rather than having the Semi-Final and Final Round, we will have this round be a Battle Royale," Kazato said.

"You said nothing about that!" every teen shouted.

"Oh, so that's what I forgotten," Kate said in realization.

"Mom, you knew?!" Kohaku demanded.

"Well of course. After all, your father and I are the ones who wants to keep making things entertaining~"

The 'Circus Freak' duelist was on her hands and knees again in great depression. "How could you leave me out...? I'm so sad..."

Kazato just laughed and waved off her depressed state. "Now now. Don't worry about the small details~"

His daughter grabbed him by his collars. "What part of this is small?!"

Alex and Bella ripped her off him. "Calm down, Kohaku," the former told her.

"Now, now. As true as that is, you get to do the fun part," Kate pointed out.

That instantly made Kohaku feel better. "Yeah, that's true."

"That's too fast!" her best friends shouted in unison as they air-slapped her.

"Now then! Without further ado, what say we get started with this Battle Royale?!" Kazato asked the audience, all who agreed with that question. "Now then, if the four contestants distance themselves from each other~!"

Judai, Kohaku, Alex and Bella looked at each other seriously and moved away from each other.

"Now then everyone! If you can all say it with me for this round! Duelists locked in battle!"

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" everyone followed along. "They storm through this field! Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling! Action!"

"DUEL!" Judai, Kohaku, Alex and Bella ended.

Judai: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

Alex: 4000 LP
Bella: 4000 LP

"Ladies first!" Bella started. "I dr-!"

"Draw!" Kohaku interrupted as she drew her sixth card.

Bella anime-fell at the interruption. "What was that for?!"

The female Ra looked at her confused. "What?"

"I was suppose to start!"

"But isn't it more entertaining if a performer starts things off instead?"

"What's the difference?! Besides, in case if you didn't hear me, I said I'll start first!"

"You said 'ladies first'. I'm a lady too, you know."

"That doesn't mean you should interrupt me when I was about to start my turn!"

Everyone sweatdropped at the two's bickering.

"It's amazing how they can argue at a time like this," Misawa said to the rest of the group, all who agreed with him.

"If you two keep bickering like that, I won't have any other choice but to disqualify you both," Kazato said.

"What?!" Bella demanded.

Kohaku just took advantage of her distraction and resumed her turn. "Welcome, one and all~! To the unexpected Battle Royale~!" Everyone cheered, all hyped up for her move. "Now then, how about we start things off nice and strong~? Let's go~! I summon Circus Freak Juggler~!" Kohaku's juggling monster appeared on the field.

Circus Freak Juggler: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1600 ATK/1000 DEF

"And since he was summoned, he gains a Circus counter~" A ball appeared in her monkey's hand as he began to juggle the ball. "And for each Circus Counter he gains, he gets a boost of 200 ATK~!"

Circus Freak Juggler: 1600 + 200 = 1800 ATK

"I also set three cards face-down and end my turn~" Kohaku bowed.

"Now it's my turn. Dr-"

"Draw!" Judai drew instead of Bella, who anime-fell again.

"Why are you going?!" she demanded.

"I can't wait any longer! I want to duel as soon as possible! I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman!" Judai's electrifying hero appeared on the field.

Elemental Hero Sparkman: Level 4/LIGHT/Warrior/1600 ATK/1400 ATK

"Next I activate the Magic Card, Fusion! With this I fuse Elemental Hero Burstlady with Elemental Hero Clayman! Fiery warrioress, defensive warrior, become one and give birth to a new power! FUSION SUMMON! Come forth, defensive hero with high accuracy! Elemental Hero Rampart Gunner!" Judai's military-like Fusion monster appeared right by Sparkman's side in Defense Mode.

Elemental Hero Rampart Gunner: Level 6/EARTH/Warrior/2000 ATK/2500 DEF

"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!" he ended.

Alex was about to start his turn, when he saw the look Bella was giving him as she clasped her hands together. Her eyes seemed teary and she had a hopeful look on her face.

'I feel like I would be kicking a lost puppy if I go,' he thought.

"Go ahead," he told her.

"Yay~ My turn! Draw!" Bella drew her next card.

In the audience, one certain Osiris was fuming slightly. "He better not be making a move on Bella down there," Jacko said in a warning tone.

"He wouldn't. Trust me," Asuka assured.

Back on the duel field, Bella continued her turn. "I summon Konohagakure Shinobi Team 10, Choji in Defense Mode!" A chubby ninja with swirls on his cheeks appeared on the field in Defense Mode.

Konohagakure Shinobi Team 10, Choji: Level 4/EARTH/Warrior/1300 ATK/2100 DEF

"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!" she ended.

"My turn! Draw!" Alex drew his sixth card. "I activate the Magic Card, Foolish Burial! With this card I send Eclipse Wyvern from my deck to my Graveyard! And because he was sent to the Graveyard, I banish Dark Armed Dragon from my deck!" He pocketed one of his best and favorite cards. "Then I banish Eclipse Wyvern to summon out Somber-Black Dragon Collapsarpent!" Alex's somber black dragon appeared on the field.

Somber-Black Dragon Collapsarpent: Level 4/DARK/Dragon/1800 ATK/1700 DEF

"And because Eclipse Wyvern was banished, I add Dark Armed Dragon back to my hand! Next I activate the Equip Magic, Different Dimension Revival! With this, by discarding one card from my hand, I can Special Summon a one of my Banished monsters! Return to me, Eclipse Wyvern!" His black and grey dragons with red markings appeared on the field.

Eclipse Wyvern: Level 4/LIGHT/Dragon/1600 ATK/1000 DEF

"And because the card I discarded was another Eclipse Wyvern, I banish Lightray Diabolos from my deck! Then I release Somber-Black Dragon Collapsarpent and the Eclipse Wyvern on my field to Advance Summon Light and Darkness Dragon!" The two monsters left the field and the dragon that resembles a mix of an angel and a devil appeared.

Light and Darkness Dragon: Level 8/LIGHT/Dragon/2800 ATK/2400 DEF

"And since they left the field and were sent to the Graveyard, for Somber, I add Shimmering-White Dragon Wyburster to my hand and for Eclipse Wyvern, I banish Arkbrave Dragon! I set one card face-down and end my turn!"

"Now that everyone took their first turn, it is here that they can start attacking!" Kazato announced.

"My turn! Draw!" Kohaku drew her next card. "During my Standby Phase, I activate Circus Freak Juggler's effect~! He gains another Circus Counter!" Another ball appeared and her monster was now juggling two balls. "And since he has another counter, he also gains more power!"

"I activate Light and Darkness Dragon's effect! When a card effect is activated, at the cost of 500 ATK and DEF, that effect is negated! Dark Baptism!" Alex countered.

Kohaku leapt to a ring and spun on it a bit before releasing her grip and snatching an Action card on top of a light pole. "Action Magic, Transparent! A monster I control is unaffected by opponent's card effects!" Juggler became transparent and avoided the attack with a big leap, all while juggling two balls now.

Circus Freak Juggler: 1800 + 200 = 2000 ATK

Light and Darkness Dragon: 2800 - 500 = 2300 ATK/2400 - 500 = 1900 DEF

"And now, I summon Circus Freak Spinner~!" Her Indian performer appeared on the field.

Circus Freak Spinner: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1500 ATK/1400 DEF

"And when he's summoned he gains a Circus Counter for each 'Circus Freak' monster on the field! There are two, so that makes two Circus Counters!" Two poles with flames on both ends appeared in both his hands as he spun them around him.

"With Light and Darkness Dragon's effect, your monster's effect is negated! Dark Batism!" Alex countered once more, as his monster breathed out his attack at the newly summoned monster.

Kohaku grabbed a rope, hanging from the top of a building and swung herself over to another floating ring, where an Action card was floating in the middle of it. "Action Magic, Runaway Effect! I negate the effect of a monster my opponent controls and inflict 500 points of damage to my opponent!" Spinner comically ran away from the beam, as it slowly shrunk and dissipated away.

Light and Darkness Dragon: 2300 - 500 = 1800 ATK/1900 - 500 = 1400 DEF

Judai: 4000 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

Alex: 3500 LP
Bella: 4000 LP

"Okay everyone~! Gather around if you can please~! Because for this act, I'm involving everyone~! Even Light and Darkness Dragon~!" Everyone was getting hyped for her next move. "I activate my face-down Magic card, Perform Assistance! For each 'Circus Freak' monster I control, a Circus Counter is put on a card on the field!"

"At this time, Light and Darkness Dragon's effect activates again! Negating your card effect by paying his power!" Alex countered again.

"Huh? I guess we can't have a fun performance then... Well, can't be helped. Maybe next time~" The audience was disappointed to hear that from Kohaku. "However, why don't we make this extra flashy? Trap card open! Performaway! For each Circus Counter on the field, a card on the field is sent back to the owner's hands~!" Juggler's two balls and Spinner's two poles floated from the two owners' hands and spun around Sparkman, Rampart Gunner, Choji, and Light and Darkness Dragon. The four monsters were then engulfed in bright light and flew into the air. Seeing the sparkling lights flying around the night sky was an attracting sight to the students and the teachers, even more so when they all evaporated.

It was here Elie realized something. "Hey wait, if Light and Darkness Dragon left the field..."

Seth caught on to her thought. "Dark Baptism doesn't work!"

"That's correct, young audience~!" Kohaku continued her act. "And with that said, sad to say, but the counters will be going to my 'Circus Freak' Monsters!" Each her monsters gained another ball or a pole with flames on each end. Surprisingly enough, Spinner was doing well with three flame-lit poles.

Circus Freak Juggler: 2000 + 200 = 2200 ATK

"How is that sad?" Judai asked.

"Because it's no fun if there's only very few of us. My monsters and I wanted the last round to be extra fun too..." Her monsters all nodded in agreement to her statement. "Well, it's not like there's anything we can do. And do believe me guys, this will hurt us more than it will to you~" Kohaku's three opponents paled slightly at those words. "Battle! Circus Freak Juggler, Circus Freak Spinner! In that order, attack Judai and Bella directly~!"

The two duelists freaked slightly as they saw the two monsters throw their counters to them. For Judai, Juggler pitched each of his juggling balls extremely hard, enough for them to be on fire. And for Bella, well, each poles were coming at her flame-first. Both comically screamed as they tried to avoid the attacks, only for them to follow the unfortunate duelists.

Judai managed to spot an Action card on a movie theatre's sign and leapt up, managing to get the card. "Action Magic, Revival! If a monster on the field's ATK is different from its original, its AKT becomes its original ATK until the end of this turn!" The balls lost their flames, but that didn't stop the attack from going.

Circus Freak Juggler: 2200 - 600 = 1600 ATK

Judai: 2400 LP
Kohaku: 4000 LP

Alex: 3500 LP
Bella: 4000 LP

Like wise, Bella spotted an Action card in a floating ring above her and leapt through it. "Action Magic, Break Ruin! This inflicts 300 points of damage to my opponent times the difference of cards we have in our hands! I have four cards in my hand and you have one card! That's 900 points of damage to you!" A beam was shot towards Kohaku, but that didn't save Bella from Spinner's attack.

Judai: 2400 LP
Kohaku: 3100 LP

Alex: 3500 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

"Oh that hurts..." Bella complained.

"You're telling me," Judai agreed.

"Now then, with this I bid this act a farewell~" Kohaku bowed. "And it is at this time that Juggler's ATK will return to normal~"

Circus Freak Juggler: 1600 + 600 = 2200 ATK

Spinner, on the other hand, was spinning his poles like crazy. "Oh ho? What's this?" Kohaku cupped her ear as if to hear what Spinner was saying. "Oh is that right? Well, we can't leave him out, can we?"

"Leave who out?" Alex asked, having a bad feeling about the next few seconds.

"Circus Freak Spinner's special ability! During my End Phase, he inflicts 300 points of damage to my opponent for each Circus Counter he has~ And as we said, we can't leave Alex out, can we~? Fire Spin!" Spinner tossed all his flaming poles once more, this time to Alex as he tried to escape the flames.

He spotted an Action card on the street and caught it. "Action Magic-!" And saw that it wasn't one that can help him in his situation. "Wait this can't help me!" He was hit hard by all three poles.

Judai: 2400 LP
Kohaku: 3100 LP

Alex: 2600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

"And now the act truly ends here," Kohaku ended.

"What a fierce assault!" Kazato announced. "Kohaku took away some Life Points from each of her opponents!"

"I do hope they didn't get any actual burns from this," Kate said in a slightly worried tone.

"Now you've done it, Kohaku!" Judai spoke. "If you're going to be serious, then so will I! My turn! Draw!" He drew his next card. "I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman!" His LIGHT Warrior-Type returned to the field. "And then I activate the Field Magic, Skyscraper!" The field changed into Elemental Heroes most favorite field. "Battle! I attack Circus Freak Juggler with Sparkman! And with Skyscraper's effect, if an 'Elemental Hero' monster battles a monster with a higher ATK, they gain 1000 ATK until the end of that battle! Spark Flash!"

Elemental Hero Sparkman: 1600 + 1000 = 2600 ATK

Sparkman threw an electrifying punch at his opponent and destroyed him.

Judai: 2400 LP
Kohaku: 2700 LP

Alex: 2600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

For some reason, the balls that Juggler had all floated up and each had a string coming out of them, all lit up.

"What's wrong with those balls?" Alex asked.

Bella narrowed her eyes and saw something off about one of them. "Is that... a wrapper? Wait, those are bombs!"

"Ding-ding-ding! That's right~!" Kohaku confirmed. "When Juggler is destroyed, I can inflict 200 points of damage to my opponent times the number of Circus Counters that were on it when it was destroyed~!"

"EHH?! Then..." Judai looked at the bombs nervously as he took a step back. When he did, the bombs scooted closer to him. It didn't take everyone long enough to know who the target was for them. "AAAAHHHHHHH!" The 'Elemental Hero' Duelist ran as fast as he could away from the three bombs, only for them all to chase him and slowly catch up. He spotted an Action card on top of a building.

"Sparkman help me!" he cried out. His hero got in front of his master and tossed him to the building. Out of some miracle, Judai got the Action Card. "Action Magic, Acceleration! This negates effect damage!" He narrowly avoided the bombs and watched as the flames went out, much to his relief. As he landed on the building, Judai looked back up and saw that they fell right at his feet. Since the flames went out, he had nothing to worry about, until flames were relit and the rest of each strings got burnt. "Huh?"

*BOOOOOOOM!*

A huge explosion occurred, with Judai in the middle of it.

"Judai?!" Asuka called from the audience.

"What just happened?!" Tiffany asked.

Hayato looked down and saw something glowing right by Kohaku's side, the latter who was sitting on top of a light pole. "What's that?" he pointed.

"Action Magic, No Action. Sorry, Judai~ But I won't let you stop a performer's show~" Kohaku said.

"You're heartless!" Alex and Bella accused.

"I'm not heartless; I'm just a performer who wants her show to go smoothly."

The smoke passed at Judai was seen covered in soot. He coughed out some smoke, showing to have taking some toll from the effect damage.

Judai: 1800 LP
Kohaku: 2700 LP

Alex: 2600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

He shook the soot off and ended his turn. "I end my turn!" He then ran to find an Action Card.

"My turn! Draw!" Bella drew her next card and started her turn. "I summon Konohagakure Shinobi Team 7, Naruto!" Her blonde, hyper ninja appeared on the field.

Konohagakure Shinobi Team 7, Naruto: Level 4/WIND/Warrior/1400 ATK/800 DEF

"Okay! Now it's my time to shine!" he claimed

"And I activate the Instant Magic, Tailed-Beast Changer! Naruto will now call out the beast within him! Appear now, Nine-Tailed Beast, Kurama!" Naruto changed into the beast, Fusion monster.

Nine-Tailed Beast, Kurama: Level 9/FIRE/Beast/3000 ATK/3000 DEF

"Battle! I attack Circus Freak Spinner with Kurama! Nine-Tails Beam!" Bella declared.

"Take this!" Her Fusion Monster unleashed his signature attack at his opponent and destroyed him.

"Coming right up!" Choji rolled into a ball and destroyed Kohaku's last monster.

Judai: 1800 LP
Kohaku: 1200 LP

Alex: 2600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

"How was that?!" he boasted.

"Nice one. I end my turn!" Bella ended.

"My turn! Draw!" Alex drew his next card. "I activate the Magic Card, Pot of Greed to draw two more cards!" He drew more cards. "Next I activate the Magic card, Painful Choice! I reveal five cards from my deck and one of my opponents will choose which of the five I will add to my hand!" The cards he revealed were Familiar Knight, Gaia the Knight of Polar Nights, Death Gremlin, Lightpulsar Dragon, and Lightray Madoor. "So now Kohaku! Choose which of the five monsters I'll add to my hand!"

"Ganging up on me, huh. Interesting. Come at me then! Lightpulsar Dragon to your hand!" the performing duelist chose.

Alex added the LIGHT Dragon-type to his hand. "And now I banish Death Gremlin to Special Summon Shimmering-White Dragon Wyburster!" His lower-level LIGHT Dragon-type appeared on the field.

Shimmering-White Dragon Wyburster: Level 4/LIGHT/Dragon/1700 ATK/1800 DEF

"And because I have exactly three DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Dark Armed Dragon from my hand!" His ace dragon of darkness appeared on the field.

Dark Armed Dragon: Level 7/DARK/Dragon/2800 ATK/1000 DEF

"And I banish two DARK and two LIGHT monsters from my graveyard to Special Summon Darkflare Dragon and Lightpulsar Dragon from my hand!" Two more dragons, one DARK and one LIGHT, appeared on the field.

Darkflare Dragon: Level 5/DARK/Dragon/2400 ATK/1200 DEF

Lightpulsar Dragon: Level 6/LIGHT/Dragon/2500 ATK/1500 DEF

"And since the LIGHT monsters that were banished were Eclipse Wyverns, I get to add the Banished monsters, Arkbrave Dragon and Lightray Diabolos, to my hand! And now I activate Darkflare Dragon's special ability, by sending a Dragon-type monster from my hand and deck to the Graveyard, I can target one card in either player's Graveyard and banish it! I send Light and Darkness Dragon from my hand and White Horns Dragon from my deck to banish Circus Freak Juggler from your Graveyard! Forced Banishment!" As Alex sent his two dragons to his Graveyard, Kohaku was forced to send one of her monsters from the Graveyard to the Banished Zone. "And I activate Dark Armed Dragon's effect! By banishing a DARK monster from my Graveyard, I can destroy one card on the field! I will destroy your remaining face-down!" Said card that he destroyed was Kohaku's Magic card, Acrobalance.

"They really are ganging up on Kohaku, aren't they?" Shou asked.

"Well, she practically declared war with she inflicted damage on all three of them," Jacko pointed out.

"Even so, I have a feeling that she won't let Alex land the finishing blow," Tiffany said.

"Come at me, Alex!" Kohaku challenged.

"Let's see you survive this! Dark Armed Dragon! Attack Kohaku Directly! Dark Armed Destroyer!" The black-armored DARK Dragon raised a fist covered in flames and blades and charged at the 'Circus Freak' duelist.

"From my hand, I activate Circus Freak Ventriloquism's effect! By discarding him to the Graveyard, I can draw one card! If the card I draw is a monster, I am able to Special Summon it! If it is a Magic or a Trap card, I can activate it immediately!" Kohaku faced the audience. "Okay people! Let's see what I draw out shall we? Will it be a monster or a Magic or Trap card? Will I be able to survive this assault or not? Let's find out now!"

"Come on. Come on," someone chanted.

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" a handful of people chanted along.

"Come!" Kohaku drew out her next card which revealed to be. "Circus Freak Trapeze Artist! I summon you in Defense Mode!" Her aerial stunt performer appeared on the field in Defense Mode.

Circus Freak Trapeze Artist: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1400 ATK/1000 DEF

"Kohaku still has a chance!" Elie exclaimed, as all of the female Ra's fans cheered for the miraculous draw.

"I hope you realize it's still useless! I will destroy it with Dark Armed Dragon! Dark Armed Destroyer!" Alex resumed his monster's attack, the latter who easily destroyed the recently summoned monster.

"With Trapeze Artist's effect, since he's destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon a 'Circus Freak' monster from my deck whose ATK is 1500 or lower and give it a Circus Counter! Come, Circus Freak Contact Juggler!" Her contact-juggling monkey performer appeared on the field in Defense Mode. As he was summoned, he also gained a glass ball.

Circus Freak Contact Juggler: Level 4/DARK/Spellcaster/0 ATK/2000 DEF

"I activate the Action Magic I got earlier, Illusion Fire! This allows a monster I control to attack as many times as monsters I currently control! However, other monsters on my field can't attack! Attack again, Dark Armed Dragon! Dark Armed Destroyer 2!" The armored monster raised another fist at the newly summoned monster.

"I activate Contact Juggler's effect! Once per turn when targeted for an attack, I'll send the top card of my deck to the graveyard and negate the attack!" The monkey brought his ball forward and it changed into a wall that blocked the flames. "And after that, he gains a Circus Counter!" Another glass ball appeared in his hand. "Now then everyone! How about we take a good look at the card my fellow monster sent~?" All of a sudded, a familiar figure with a bow and arrow appeared before her. "Well would you look at this! Circus Freak Flame Archer was sent! And with his effect, I'll deal 1000 points of damage to any one of my opponents! Target... Lock on!" A target sign was shown on Alex's shirt. "Fire!" Flame Archer released his arrow at the male Ra.

Alex ran and grabbed a card from a glass door. Unfortunately, it didn't save him from the effect damage.

Judai: 1800 LP
Kohaku: 1200 LP

Alex: 1600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

"Action Magic, Battle Burner! If a monster I control has its attack negated, that monster can make an additional attack! And if it destroys a monster by battle, I can destroy all Attack Position monsters my opponents control! Of course, Judai, that includes your monster since Bella's Choji is in Defense Mode!" the 'Light and Darkness' duelist said.

"Ehh?!" Judai gasped. He then went to search for an Action card that can protect his monster, as did Bella with her monster.

"Continuing on! Dark Armed Dragon! Attack! Dark Armed Destroyer 3!" His monster charged once more and successfully destroyed her monster. "And with Dark Armed's new effect, a Attack Position Monsters are destroyed!" Lots of blades popped out of his armor and charged at Sparkman and Kurama.

Both controllers of those monsters got Action cards. "Action Magic, Mirror Barrier! A monster I control can't be destroyed by card effects this turn!"

"Action Magic, Miracle Fire! I can copy the effect of an Action Magic used this turn! I copy Mirror Barrier!" Both monsters were surrounded by a glass barrier, protected them from destruction.

"I may not have destroyed your monsters, but I can still finish this! Attack Kohaku directly! Dark Armed Destroyer 4!" He charged at Kohaku at full speed.

"From my hand I now activate Circus Freak Stuntman's effect from my hand!" Kohaku countered once more.

"Another card from your hand?!" Alex gasped.

"And not only that, but her last card?!" Bella followed.

"When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack, I can send the top card of my deck to the Graveyard! If the card sent was a 'Circus Freak' monster, his ATK and DEF becomes the same as that monster's and he gains Circus Counters equal to that card's level! Also, the attack will be negated!"

"Another big bet!" Asuka exclaimed.

Those who chanted before chanted again. This time, even Judai and Bella joined in, the latter who stopped trying to look for cards. "Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!"

As if to follow her fans' pace, Kohaku chanted along as well. "Come on. Come on. Come!" She drew out her card and revealed it. "It's here! A 'Circus Freak' monster! With Circus Freak Time Space Magician sent to the Graveyard by Stuntman's effect, he now gains Time Space's ATK and DEF!" A man wearing a helmet and a motorcycle race suit with tears showing his scars and burned marks on himself appeared on the field in Defense Mode.

Circus Freak Stuntman: Level 4/DARK/Spellcaster/? -} 2500 ATK/? -} 2000 DEF

"I still have the fifth attack. Go! Dark Armed Dragon! Dark Armed Destroyer 5!" Alex's strongest monster on his field once again slammed his fist down and destroyed Kohaku's last defense.

"If any duelist sees this duel, they would assume this to be game over for Kohaku," Kate spoke from the audience.

"Indeed. But look at everyone here. They all know it won't play out as it seems and are excited to see the miracle out daughter will pull out," Kazato pointed out.

"My. I wonder where she got that from then~"

"I end my turn! You have no cards in your hand. Likewise your field is empty! Looks like this is the time we settle our score! But you're not going to let things end with your loss, are you?!" Alex demanded.

Despite the field and hand disadvantage, Kohaku's smile didn't falter. "Of course not!" Her answer made her best friend/rival smile. "Today's show... has just begun! Hola~! Bonjour~! Hello everybody~!" Everyone in the stadium cheered at those familiar words. "What time is it~?!"

"It's time for the Grand Finale!" they cheered.

"That's right! Right now I have no cards on my field! And likewise my hand is zero! My fate all depends on this one draw! Will I be defeated by the dragons before me, the heroes whose true powers are yet to be revealed, or by the sneaky and sure-kill ninjas?! Keep your eyes on the duel!"

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" the audience cheered as they saw her place her hand on her deck to draw.

"My turn!" Kohaku drew her next card. She looked at it and her smile grew even further. "Now then! How about we end this duel with a big bang?!"

"Even if you end me, you still have Judai and Bella to deal with!" Alex pointed out.

"That's right, Kohaku! Don't forget about us!" said Obelisk reminded.

"Just watching the two of you makes me even more excited!" Judai said.

"Rest assured. I have yet to forget about you," the female Ra promised. "When I have no monsters on my field, and it's the only card in my hand, I activate the Magic card, Great Encore!"

"I have a feeling it's another risky card," Hayato guessed.

"I reveal the top five cards from my deck. If there are any 'Circus Freak' monsters from among them, I Special Summon those monsters and they each get a Circus Counter. Anything else goes to the Graveyard and I take 1000 points of damage for each card sent this way!"

Hearing that shocked everyone.

"So, if Kohaku drew out two Magic or Trap cards and take 1000 for each of them..." Misawa began.

"She'll lose?!" Seth finished.

"Now then everyone! As I draw my cards, I'd like you all to cheer as you had been doing recently! Surely with all of you guys helping out, my deck will respond to your words!" Kohaku encouraged.

Almost instantly, and slowly, the whole crowd started to cheer and pray for her to draw out the needed cards to ensure her victory, including her friends and family. If not for this turn, then at least enough to save her from being defeated.

"Come on. Come on! Come on! Come on! Come one!"

"The first draw!" Kohaku drew her first card. "Circus Freak Copycat!"

Some cheered at the first card while the rest continued to chant for the next card.

"The second draw!" Kohaku drew her second card. "Circus Freak Beast Tamer!"

More cheers were heard, a little more than the first time, as the rest continued their chant.

"The third draw!" Third card was drawn. "Circus Freak Assistant!"

More cheers were heard.

"The fourth draw!" Next card was... "Circus Freak Trampoline!"

Almost everyone cheered and went back to cheers and prays.

"Now for the fifth draw!" Kohaku drew and revealed it to be... "Circus Freak Destiny!"

The crowd went wild at the great big miracle that had occurred. Some had a rush from the pressure, especially since they were doing extra cheers and prays for her. Then appearing on her field was a more goofy-looking version of the original Copycat, Kohaku's lion-man, the clown, the trampoline monster, and young Time Space Magician appeared on the field. They all gained a Circus Counter upon their summon.

Circus Freak Copycat: Level 1/DARK/Spellcaster/0 ATK/0 DEF

Circus Freak Beast Tamer: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1700 ATK/1500 DEF

Circus Freak Assistant: Level 3/DARK/Spellcaster/1000 ATK/1000 DEF

Circus Freak Trampoline: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/400 ATK/900 DEF

Circus Freak Destiny: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/500 ATK/500 DEF

"She actually drew out five 'Circus Freak' monsters!" Jacko spoke in shock.

"Looks like she has as much luck as Judai has," Seth said.

"Go for it, Kohaku!" Tiffany cheered.

"Now then! How about we activate some monster effects~? For Assistant's effect, for each empty Monster Zone on the field, I draw one card! Mister Judai and Miss Bella have four empty Monster Zones and Mister Alex has one empty Monster Zone. Therefore I draw nine cards!" Kohaku drew more cards.

"Now Kohaku's winning chance went up!" Elie shouted.

"Next, Beast Tamer's effect! For each Dragon, Beast, Beast-Warrior, Winged-Beast, and Dinosaur monster on the field and in each other's Graveyard, he gains a Circus Counter! Mister Alex has four dragons on the field and in his Graveyard there are Light and Darkness Dragon, White Horns Dragon, and Somber-Black Dragon Collapsarpent! And Bella has the Beast-type, Nine-Tailed Beast, Kurama In total, he gets eight Circus Counters!" On Beast Tamer's red shirt, eight more yellow stars appeared on him, making a total of nine. "Continuing on, Trampoline's effect! For each 'Circus Freak' monster on the field, I return one monster on the field back to the owner's hand! The monsters making their exit will be Elemental Hero Sparkman, Konohagakure Shinobi Team 10, Choji, Lightpulsar Dragon, Darkflare Dragon and Shimmering-White Dragon Wyburster! Try and give them all a hug, Trampoline!" The low-level monster leapt and tried to give hugs to his opponents.

Judai found an Action Card. "Action Magic, Transparent! This makes Sparkman immune to Trampoline's effect!" Sparkman became transparent as Trampoline went through him and to the next monster.

Bella snatched a card from the lamppost. "Action Magic, Encore! I can copy the effect of one Action Card in my Graveyard! I'l copy Miracle Fire and copy Transparent!"

"Now you see me... Now you don't!" her monster shouted as he also became transparent. As a result, Trampoline also went through him.

Alex grabbed an Action card from a window and grimaced as it wasn't the card he was hoping that would protect his monsters. His three dragons all got hugged and were bounced back to his hand. "I would say you should've sent Dark Armed Dragon back to my hand, but that wouldn't be fun for you, would it?"

"Of course not. I activate the Continuous Magic, Fast Preparation!"

"Huh? Why did she activate that? She already has monsters on her field," Shou asked.

"No. But she does have the materials needed to summon," Seth pointed out.

"Battle! I attack Elemental Hero Sparkman with Circus Freak Beast Tamer! Wild Slasher!" Kohaku declared.

"When an 'Elemental Hero' Monster I control battles, that monster gains 1000 ATK via Skyscraper's effect!" Judai shouted, as his monster's power increased.

Elemental Hero Sparkman: 1600 + 1000 = 2600 ATK

"From my hand, I activate the Instant Magic, Taming the Wild! When a Beast-type 'Circus Freak' monster on my field attacks an opponent's monster, I draw one card! If the card I draw is a Monster, Beast Tamer gains his opponent's ATK!" She placed her hand on her deck. "Okay now everyone! Call out for a monster! My deck will definitely respond to you again!"

"Come on! Come on! Come on!" the whole audience called.

"Come!" She drew her next card. "It's here! Circus Freak Animal Trainer!" Everyone cheered at the card drawn. "With this, Beast Tamer gains Sparkman's 2600 ATK! Breaking the Wild!" Her hybrid grew in size and power.

Circus Freak Beast Tamer: 1700 + 2600 = 4300 ATK

"Go, Beast Tamer!" Her lion-man's whip turned into a whip blade as he struck the LIGHT Warrior-type monster and destroyed him.

Judai: 100 LP
Kohaku: 1200 LP

Alex: 1600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

"When I take Battle Damage, I activate my Trap card, Cross Heart! I can take control of the monster that dealt damage to me! Come, Circus Freak Beast Tamer!"

"I wonder about that, Judai!" Kohaku questioned. "It would be a disgrace for a performer if he left his family! I activate Fast Preparation's effect! During the Battle Phase, by paying half of my Life Points, I can Fusion Summon by banishing monsters on my field or in my hand as Materials! Also, Copycat can sub as a Fusion Material for a Fusion Summon!" Kohaku's Life Points lowered as she prepared a Fusion Summon.

Judai: 100 LP
Kohaku: 600 LP

Alex: 1600 LP
Bella: 2500 LP

"Performer of time and space, gain the ferocious strength of the lion and become the new light that vanquishes the evil darkness! FUSION SUMMON! Appear now, ferocious magician with feral powers! Circus Freak Beast Magician!" A lion version of Time Space Magician with tears on his clothes and a staff in his mouth appeared on the field.

Circus Freak Beast Magician: Level 8/DARK/Spellcaster/3000 ATK/2600 DEF

"A beast version of Time Space Magician!" Tiffany called.

"Not only that. Since she used Beast Tamer as a Fusion Material, Judai's trap card is negated," Jacko pointed out. True to his words, Judai's card left the field and he was still left defenseless.

"Circus Freak Beast Magician gains his Fusion Material's Circus Counters! Beast Tamer had nine and Copycat had one! So that's ten counters!" Her monster was then surrounded by ten colorful lights, giving off a majestic look from a feral monster. "Resuming the battle! This time, I'll attack Kurama with Beast Magician! Feral Flame Burst!" Kohaku's new Fusion Monster's staff head glowed and he shot out a burst of flames from his nine lights at the fellow beastly Fusion Monster.

"However, you too will be destroyed!" the monster reminded as he prepared his own attack.

"From my hand, I activate the Trap Card, Miraculous Stunt! This card can be activated from my hand by either paying 1000 Life Points or taking away five Circus Counters from my field! I'll take away the Counter on Destiny, Trampoline, Assistant and two of Beast Magician's to activate it." All of Kohaku's monsters gave away their Counters to activate the Trap card. "Now this turn, Beast Magician can't be destroyed by battle!" Beast Magician leapt over Kurama's attack as the former's attack hit its mark. "Also! I activate Beast Magician's effect! When he destroys a monster by battle, I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the ATK of the Beast-type Fusion Material used to summon this card, plus an additional 100 for each Circus Counter he has! Beast Tamer's ATK was 1700, and he has eight Circus Counters! For 100 times the counters, that's 2500 points of damage! Feral Flame Bullets!" Beast Magician's balls of lights shot out fire bullets at Bella.

The 'Shinobi' duelist ran to an Action card, as did the 'Circus Freak' duelist. The former got a card from a traffic light. "Action Magic, Acceleration! The effect damage is reduced to zero!"

Likewise, Kohaku got a card from a curtain shop. "Action Magic, Curtain Clap! This turn, once per turn, if an effect is activated that reduces an effect damage to zero, that effect is negated!" Drapes appeared and wrapped themselves around Bella.

"Hey! What the-?! Let me out!" she cried, as the bullets came closer to her. The flames hit and the drapes exploded, causing concern for the poor Obelisk.

"Bella!" Jacko called in worry.

Kohaku let out a loud whistle, bringing all eyes to her. Another drape appeared and she used it to cover a mailbox. After doing some motions with her hands, Beast Magician waved his staff over it. The female Ra removed the drapes and revealed the scared, trembling, most-likely traumatized Obelisk female under it. Almost everyone cheered at the trick. The rest were feeling pity for the girl.

Judai: 100 LP
Kohaku: 600 LP

Alex: 1600 LP
Bella: 0000 LP

"I am going to kill you one day," Bella growled.

"Oh come on~ You wouldn't do that~" Kohaku said with little to no care in the world.

"You almost killed me! I thought I was going to die!"

"Now now, girl~ Sit." The female Ra just patted her head like she was a dog.

"I'm not a dog!"

"And now, continuing on!"

"Don't ignore me!"

"Hang on, you still have something?!" Alex asked.

"That's right! During the Battle Phase, I activate Circus Freak Destiny's effect! By removing one Circus Counter on the field, I can draw a card! If the card is a monster, I take damage equal to its ATK and Special Summon it! Otherwise, I tribute this card and Special Summon one 'Circus Freak' monster from my Graveyard!" Destiny grabbed one of Beast Magician's Circus Counter and tossed it to Kohaku's deck. "Once more, everyone!"

Instantly, the whole audience were chanting and praying once more. "Come on! Come on! Come!"

"Come!" Kohaku drew and revealed the card to be... "Trap Card, Grand Blastoff! And with this Destiny can evolve to his older self! Appear, my great performing partner, Circus Freak Time Space Magician!" Destiny grew into his older self.

Circus Freak Time Space Magician: Level 7/DARK/Spellcaster/2500 ATK/2000 DEF

"However, your monster doesn't have enough power to destroy Dark Armed Dragon! And of what I can see, there isn't a single Action card near us!"

"I know! But now it's time for the Grand Finale! From my hand I activate the Instant Magic, Grand Act! This allows me to Fusion Summon a 'Circus Freak' Fusion monster using monsters I control and in my Graveyard as materials by banishing them! I fuse Circus Freak Time Space Magician, Circus Freak Assistant, and Circus Freak Trampoline! Performer of time and space, accept the assistance of your allies and become the new light that vanquishes the evil darkness! FUSION SUMMON! Appear now, arcane magician with ancient power! Circus Freak Rune Magician!" Kohaku's multi-attacker Fusion Monster appeared on the field. Everyone cheered at the sight of it.

Circus Freak Rune Magician: Level 8/DARK/Spellcaster/3000 ATK/2200 DEF

"The monster summoned by Grand Act's effect gains 400 ATK for each of its Fusion Materials! Rune Magician used three materials, so that's a boost of 1200!"

Circus Freak Rune Magician: 3000 + 1200 = 4200 ATK

"And if Circus Freak's Rune Magician's Fusion Materials, excluding Time Space Magician, are a combined level of five to eight, he can attack three times! Battle! Circus Freak Rune Magician! Attack Dark Armed Dragon, Alex and Judai directly! Repeated Ancient Light Blaster!" Rune Magician shot its triple light rays at his three opponents. Alex and Judai both ran to an Action card. The lights all hit and a bright, colorful explosion occurred.

Everyone cheered at the results, as the field died down.

"And it's decided! The winner of this duel is Fiore Kohaku!" Kazato cheered.

The audience all went wild at the results as they chanted her name.

"Kohaku did it! She won!" Tiffany cheered.

"Nice going, Kohaku!" Seth complimented.

Out of all of them, Asuka found something strange. "Wait... If this is the end, then why isn't the Action Field down yet?" Her friends looked at her then at the field and found it to be true. Skyscraper is down, but not

Even Kohaku found it weird. "Is there a virus?" she wondered.

"It's not a virus!" came Judai's voice. The smoke cleared and Judai was shown standing there with a face-up Action Card. "Action Magic, Magic Barrier! By sending a card on my field to the Graveyard, I can reduce any Damage to zero!"

(Magic Barrier: Action Magic: send one card on your field to the Graveyard. This turn, you take no Battle or Effect Damage)

The smoke on Alex's side cleared, but showed that his Life points were down to zero.

Judai: 100 LP
Kohaku: 600 LP

Alex: 0000 LP

"Great. I'm out," he said. "Now it's between the two of you."

"I hear you. So do you end, Kohaku?!" the 'Elemental Hero' duelist asked.

"I guess I should've expected this to happen, Judai. I set two cards face down and end my turn! At this time, the monster summoned by Grand Act's effect gets destroyed." Rune Magician bowed as he took his leave.

Everyone cheered, this time for Judai. "Now it's my turn! Draw!" He drew his next card. "When I have no other cards in my hand, I can Special Summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman from my hand!" His WATER Hero appeared on the field.

Elemental Hero Bubbleman: Level 4/WATER/Warrior/800 ATK/1200 DEF

"And since he's the only card on my field, I can draw two cards!" Judai drew two more cards. "Next I activate Pot of Greed to draw two more cards!" He drew more cards. "Next I equip him with Bubble Blaster!" Bubbleman gained his signature weapon.

Elemental Hero Bubbleman: 800 + 800 = 1600 ATK

"I set one card face-down and activate Mirage of Nightmare! I end my turn!"

"Interesting, Judai. My turn!" Kohaku drew her next card.

"At this time, with Mirage of Nightmare's effect, I draw until I have four cards!" Judai drew cards.

"You'll have to try harder than that, Judai. It's not good to bet on just defense! Battle! I attack Bubbleman with Beast Magician! Feral Flame Burst!" Her ace monster released its signature attack at its opponent.

"By destroying Bubble Blaster, I negate Bubbleman's destruction and take no battle damage! Also, I activate my Instant Magic, Emergency Provisions! I send Mirage of Nightmare to the Graveyard to gain 1000 Life Points!" He activated his last face-down and gained some life.

Judai: 1100 LP
Kohaku: 600 LP

"Amazing! Not only did Judai protected his monster from destruction, he also gained some Life Points!" Kazato announced. Everyone else cheered in agreement.

"I'll end my turn," Kohaku ended.

"She's not going to summon or set anything?" Shou asked.

"Why would she?" Seth asked back.

"He's right. Look at their faces. They don't want the duel to end," Tiffany pointed out.

"It's not just them," Jacko said, looking at the surrounding audience.

"Cool! This duel is awesome!"

"I don't care who of them represents us!"

"I wish this duel can last forever!"

"You hear her! You two, don't you dare lose!"

"Judai! Kohaku! Judai! Kohaku!"

Everyone was cheering for the two remaining duelists to continue the duel with all they have.

"With your skills, Judai, I'm tempted to make you an Entertainment Duelist too," the female duelist said.

"I'll have to pass on that, Kohaku," the male duelist declined. "And now. My turn! Draw!" Judai drew his next card and brought his hand to five. "I activate the Field Magic, Fusion Gate! And I'll activate the Magic card, Special Hurricane! By discarding one card all Special Summoned monsters are destroyed!" He discarded a card and a hurricane appeared to suck all the monsters on the field.

Kohaku leapt on her monster and used him as a spring to get an Action card on a tall building's window. "Action Magic, Mirror Barrier! A monster on the field can't be destroyed by card effects!" A glass box appeared and protected Circus Freak Beast Magician from the hurricane as Bubbleman was swept away.

"I thought you wouldn't let him go that easily!" Judai claimed. "Beast Magician may be indestructible from card effects, but that doesn't mean he can't be affected! Trap card open! Miracle Kids! For each 'Hero Kid' in my Graveyard, one of my opponent's monster loses 400 ATK! The card I discarded was a Hero Kid, so Beast Magician loses 400 ATK!" The spirit of said monster appeared and hit Beast Magician, weakening it.

Circus Freak Beast Magician: 3000 - 400 = 2600 ATK

"And now I activate Fusion Gate's effect to banish Elemental Hero Edgeman with Elemental Hero Wildman! Great piercing hero in golden armor, hero with a wild soul, fuse together and give birth to a new power! FUSION SUMMON! Appear now, hero who knows no bounds! Elemental Hero Wild Jaggyman!" A monster who seemed like Elemental Hero Wildman with some of Edgeman's armor appeared on the field.

Elemental Hero Wild Jaggyman: Level 8/EARTH/Warrior/2600 ATK/2300 DEF

"Now it's a showdown between Level 8 monsters with 2600 ATK!" Kazato announced.

"Although one of them just had their ATK reduced," his wife deadpanned.

The two duelists and their monsters stared down at each other, with the students cheering for them in the background. Judai and Kohaku then looked to the side as the former declared, "Battle! Elemental Hero Wild Jaggyman! Attack Circus Freak Beast Magician! Infinity Edge Slicer!" Judai's hero went to attack his opponent as said opponent charged up its own attack. The two duelists ran to the direction they were looking at, as their monsters charged closer to each other.

"Do you see what I see folks?! They're heading for an Action card!" Kazato shouted.

Both monsters landed their attacks. At the same time, Kohaku and Judai snatched their card. "Action Magic activate!"

"Great Fire Cannon!" Judai called. "When a monster my opponent controls is destroyed by battle, my opponent takes damage equal to that monster's ATK!"

"Miracle Fire! This card copies the effect of one Action card that was used this turn! I'm copying Great Fire Cannon!" Kohaku called.

Two cannons appeared, one on either side. Both fired a shot on the other side and ended the duel.

Judai: 000 LP
Kohaku: 0000 LP

WINNER: JUDAI AND KOHAKU/DRAW!

Even though there wasn't a clear winner, everyone cheered at the outcome of the duel as the field returned to normal.

"They did amazing!" Elie stated.

"Now that's what I call an Action Duel," Jacko commented.

"That was too awesome!" Hayato said.

Kazato got up from his spot and approached the last two duelists. "That was a fabulous duel. This is what dueling is; a showdown between duelists giving their all, bringing pure smiles to spectators. It is because of this, I am happy to announce that Fiore Kohaku and Yuki Judai are both representatives of the coming school duel."

"But wait, I thought the duel is a one-on-one," Bella brought up.

"I'm sure Principal Samejima, Kate and I will convince the North Campus' principal to make this year a Tag Duel," he said. "With that said, let's give a big round of applause for our representatives." The audience applauded for the two duelists, all while chanting their names once more.

"Let's give it our all then, Judai," Kohaku said as she brought her hand up for a handshake.

"Yeah. Let's give it all we have!" Judai agreed. "By the way... Gotcha! That was a fun duel, Kohaku!"