Round 3 of the Junior Youth Miami Championship has been made. The round will last an entire day at the exactly at noon where the Action field, Wonder Quartet, will be used in the entire city. The rules will be finding Pendulum cards in the area and use said cards as the ante for duelists within the round.

I was standing by at the duel arena with my fellow LDS duelists and others competitors, I smiled at seeing Yuya and his friends looking determined. My gaze went at the remaining Ryozanpauku duelists and they were just silently staring at me, I internally scowled that they were even existing in the duel world. I gave a thumbs down at them making the duo growl which made me smirk that I can make them react to such simple imnsult.

'After Yuya... your next!'

Yuya blinked at Jason's gesture towards the Ryozanpaku students "I wonder what got Jason to become like that?" he wondered aloud

"It must be from Isao's duel earlier in round 2" Noboru crossed his arms "I, the man Gongenzaka, cannot blame him for his actions in this round when he faces the Ryozanpaku"

"I hope he will be okay" Yuzu added with a little worry in her voice "he's made it this far in the tournament"

"All right minna" Nico Smiley gestured to the duelists "get yourselves ready for the final round!" he then raised his hand to the air pointing at the pendulum cards in the sky "action...DUEL!"

The round started and everyone ran out fast to find the Pendulum cards scattered around the city


I ran to the jungle part of Wonder Quartet to find those cards 'I wonder if they are just like the Action cards... usable until the end of the duel'

I made it to the forest area and found a Pendulum card in the bushes

'Pendulum Statue' I hummed at the type of card Reiji made 'this must be his test for the Lancer candidates if they can use it efficiently'

After finding another card in a tree branch I heard rustling behind me, I turned and saw the ninja duelists from earlier rounds were looking at me

"Um..." I spoke unsure what to say "is there any reason why you two here?"

"We are actually curious about you Jason Wellbing" Hikage spoke while his brother Tsukikage nodded "and it was decided that we find you first"

"So this will be a 2 on 1 duel then?" I asked with a raised eyebrow before activating my duel disk

"Not exactly" the red ninja readied his duel disk making him the opponent for me "I, Hikage, will be dueling you"

"DUEL!"


Hikage LP: 4000

Jason LP: 4000

"I'll go first" Hikage pulled out a card from his hand "I activate my spell, Ninjitsu Art of Hazy Duplication" he declared activating said card "I can special summon a level 4 Ninja monster like Twilight Ninja Shingetsu from my hand"

Twilight Ninja Shingestu (Lvl:4 ATK:1500)

"Then I sacrifice him to Tribute summon Twilight Ninja Nichirin, The Chunin" the first monster was removed before a stronger one took it's place

Twilight Ninja Nichirin, The Chunin (Lvl:6 ATK:2300)

"Tan endo"

"Then it''s my turn, I draw" I looked at my cards and smiled "it's nice to face an LDS duelist from a different branch, but I have to end this duel quick" I readied myself "I summon Heroic Challenger-Double Lance"

Heroic Challenger-Double Lance (Lvl:4 ATK:1700)

"And when Double Lance is normal or special summoned I can special summon another Double Lance in DEF mode from my hand"

Heroic Challenger-Double Lance (Lvl:4 DEF:900)

Hikage's eyes narrowed at the two level 4 monsters on my field "you're making a one-turn kill aren't you?"

"Yes" I nodded "now I overlay my two level 4 Double Lances and build the overlay network"

My 2 monsters turned into streamers and went to the galaxy portal making an explosion

"Champion of the light, enter this battle and fight your opponents with your sword" I chanted "Xyz summon! Heroic Champion-Excalibur"

Heroic Champion-Excalibur (Rnk:4 ATK:2000)

Tsukikage looked at the duel with analytical eyes and can't help but comment on Jason's strategy

"Even with the Xyz monster's power to double it's ATK , it's still not enough to make a one turn kill"

"I know where your saying Tsukikage" I agreed "and I have a card in my hand that will make it possible, but first..." I looked to my Xyz monster "I use both overlay units to double Excalibur's ATK points"

Heroic Champion-Excalibur (ATK:2000-4000)

"Now I activate a spell card from my hand Herioc Chance!" I placed the card in my duel disk "and have Excalibur double his ATK again but cannot attack you directly"

My monster now has a fiery aura as his power boosted

Heroic Champion-Excalibur (ATK:4000-8000)

"Now battle!" I declared "Excalibur attack Nichirin with heroic crush!"

Hikage was already running around the field to find an Action card to save his monster and got one from a tree branch "Action spell, Miracle!" he called "my Nichirin won't be destroyed in battle and I take half of the damage"

"Not happening!" I shot back "I activate my quick-play spell card Twister" the card showed itself the field "by paying the cost of 500 lifepoints I negate your Miracle's effect and destroy it"

Jason LP: 4000-3500

Hikage's Action card was destroyed and he braced himself for his defeat when Jason's Xyz monster crushed Nichirin with it's weapon

Hikage LP:4000-0

Jason LP: WIN

The red ninja sighed at his loss and pulled out two Pendulum cards he found "I admit my defeat"

I smiled at his discipline but I didn't make a bet on getting all of his cards, so I took only one, which surprised the two ninjas

"I didn't say anything about taking all of your cards" I spoke calmly "and I have already made up my mind on who I'm facing next"

"And that is?" the blue ninja raised his eyebrow

"Ryozanpaku" I frowned before walking away


"Oho!" Nico called at Jason's words "Jason must have been thinking about Isao and his dojo's methods" he then looked to everyone who were looking at the duelist on screen "what will he show us when he challenges them?"

The Ryozanpaku students sat in silence for a few seconds before looking towards their headmaster about the situation

"Master" one of them spoke "do you really think that this loser can beat us?"

The man remembered Jason's declaration against him and his dojo with the way he beat his ace student quickly, he couldn't help but frown slightly at what the boy could do

"..." the headmaster simply looked at the HERO duelist intently

"Master, you're really taking Jason seriously?"

"Like what that boy said; dueling shows people who they are" he quoted with a serious gaze "he would no doubt show his darkness when he duels Taka and Nagi"

The students looked to each other. They are unsure of what situation they will see later, but they looked back to the screen and see the battle themselves

Masumi hummed in thought about Jason's target, she looked to Sally and saw her expression looking scared "is there something I should be worried about?" she asked quietly

"Remember when I told you about the duelists who went with Ishijima's ideals on dueling?" she nodded "after he beat them,they still badmouthed Yusho which got the fools sent to the hospital"

Masumi was shocked to hear that and a little scared at imagining the poor idiots who can't learn easily "you're kidding" she gulped "...right?"

"I wish I was..." Sally muttered at remembering her friend's words "he said that anyone who couldn't learn the lesson regretted carrying a duel disk and won't duel anybody for days"

The Gem-Knight user leaned back on what she just learned, she recalled about the Feind-type monster from Sally's comment form the previous round and adding his philosophy about dueling she gulped at what she connected

'I hope that I can handle seeing that duel when it comes' she thought looking at Jason on screen


I walked through the forest and came upon the screen showing Yuya against the Ryouzanpaku duelists and losing badly

'Oh they are going to regret it when I duel them!' I gritted my teeth as the clash continued

Yuya was on his last leg and those jerks were about to finish him off... until a LDS student, by the name of Dennis Mcfield, swooped in and saved him. And him interrupting the duel, he got a penalty by deducting 2000 lifepoints along with a quick electrical shock

'So you risk deduction of lifepoints if you interrupt a duel huh?' I smirked 'selfish people won't take that chance' I could laugh at their reluctance for fear of being electrocuted

The duel continued with Dennis helping Yuya back on his feet, they both used Xyz monsters and won the duel making a spectacle, no doubt wowing the audience with their entertaining skills and won the duel together.

I really felt glad that they got beaten, but I won't be satisfied until they lose by my hands


I went to the ruins area to get some time to clear my head and focus on getting some more Pendulum statue cards of the tournament, as I walked the streets of the ruins. I saw Shay Kurosaki finish of the knight duelists using his Raidraptor Rise Falcon in one attack

"Feh" the Xyz duelist walked away from his fallen foes "not even able to stand back up"

I hid behind a stone pillar as he walked in my direction, I gazed at Shay to see him looking frustrated... if the balled up fists are an indication

"Nazeda..." he gritted his teeth "why is Jason Wellbing worthy of Utopia?"

I blinked at Shay's words 'is there something I'm missing here?' my eyes landed on the retreating form of Shay before pulling out said Xyz monster from my duel disk 'okay, I'll confront the guy after this tournament ends, and I hope that he wouldn't hit me for carrying a precious card from his home'


I then went to the lava area of Wonder Quartet, being around the red heat reminded me on my objective against Ryozanpaku and my hatred o their ideals

'Walk the path of darkness to gain victory' those words from Isao's duel against Yuya echoed in my mind making me ball fists in rage 'wait until they see my darkness in dueling, they'll realize that by caging themselves in a duel school only made them weaker than stronger'

After reaching the bridge I saw the two students of Ryozanpaku looking at me

"So we finally meet face-to-face" I spoke bitterly at my soon to be opponents

"You have no idea" Taka smirked "we've been eager to face you"

"Agreed" Nagi nodded "you have defiled our honor by forcing our ace, Isao,to leave our dojo thanks to your ante duel"

"From my view he doesn't even belong in your cage" I spat with venom in my words "I did Isao a favor for beating him" I placed my duel disk on my arms and activated it "and since you guys are so sure about putting me in my place, let's agree on not attacking in the first turn"

"You're on!" they agreed while readying themselves for their revenge duel


"Ara" Nico blinked at the upcoming duel before turning to the crowd "it seems that Jason has challenged Ryozanpaku before and beat Isao without problem, and now the others in that dojo are seeking revenge"

Some of the crowd murmured to each other about Jason's resentment against Ryozanpaku

"After what Isao did on the earlier round, I'm glad that he isn't in this round"

"Agreed, and now more of them are going to ashamed at losing in public"

Among the Ryozanpaku watchers, the master of said dojo balled his hands and he cannot do anything about it

"Master?" one of the students spoke "is something wrong?"

The others looked at him with the same questioning gaze

"I fear my dojo will be in ruin after this" he muttered before hanging his head in shame

"Do not worry" one of them spoke with confidence "our classmates will deal with this loser and reclaim Ryozanpaku's honor"

"You do not understand" the man shook his head with worry in his voice "if he can beat Isao in one turn, then there is no doubt in my mind that he will use the same method again"

The students grew worried at seeing their master looking so ashamed, they darted back to the duel on screen


Jason LP: 4000

Taka LP: 4000

Nagi LP: 4000

"I'll go first" I called "and since there are no monsters in my grave, I can special summon Guardian Eatos from my hand"

Guardian Eatos (Lvl:8 ATK:2500)

"Next I summon Elemental HERO Avian"

Elemental HERO Avian (Lvl:4 ATK:1000)

"I end my turn with a facedown"

"Ore no tan!" Taka drew his card and smiled and pulled out 2 cards "with the scale of 5 Pendulum Statue Purple Sword and the scale of 11 Pendulum Statue Purple Sword, I create the pendulum!"

The 2 pendulum statues appeared on the pendulum zones and knowing these idiots, they'll use the Pendulum summon stupidly like their duel against Yuya and Dennis

"Pendulum summon!" Taka called "enter the field Arashi the Sky Wind Star and Tsumuji the Earth Wind Star"

Arashi the Sky Wind Star (Lvl:7 ATK:2300)

Tsumuji the Earth Wind Star (Lvl:8 ATK:2200)

"Now I use my Polymerization card and fuse my Wind Star monsters"

Said monsters jumped up forming a swirling vortex

"Fusion summon!" the Ryozanpaku duelist declared "Fujin the Break Storm Star"

Fujin the Break Storm Star (Lvl:10 ATK:3000)

And when his turn ended, I took 500 damage thanks to the Fujin's monster effect

Jason LP: 4000-3500

It was Nagi's turn and the guy just followed Taka's method using Volt Star monsters instead and Fusion summoned Raijin the Great Volt Star on his field

Raijin the Great Volt Star (Lvl:10 ATK:3000)

Upon ending his turn I took another blow of Fujin's effect which now sent me flying and landing hard on my back

Jason LP: 3500-3000

I got back on my feet and heard laughing from those two, they mocked me that beating their ace was nothing but pure luck and they'll beat me upon their next turn

I'm already furious at their methods of dueling, the duel strategy made my blood boil, before long I did something really unexpected

I laughed, hard and loud...


Jason's action caught everyone off guard, he was on his hands and knees laughing like a mad man while lightly pounding the ground as if the duel he's in is nothing but a joke

The audience couldn't help but shiver at seeing the LDS student act that way; kid's are tearing up, teens are feeling scared and adults tried hard to stay composed

Hell... even Nico Smiley couldn't make a comment at the scene

Masumi gripped her hands tightly to keep calm but shivered at seeing Jason like that, she turned to Sally and she was gripping on her legs closely to her chest with her face was filled fear and worry. Masumi could tell she isn't going to like it one bit

The Gem-Knight duelist looked back to the screen and braced herself on what will happen next


After finally getting that mad laughter out of me, I stood back up seeing my opponents glaring at me in rage and disbelief

"And just what is it we said is funny to you?"

"Oh just the part where you would beat me next turn" I smiled "which is actually your defeat"

"You have beaten Isao in one turn but there's two of us here"

"Which is why I'm going to use a different strategy to one-turn-kill you both " I interjected "and hearing your lesson about darkness to get victory" I crossed my arms " I'm going to do just that!"


"Oto!" Nico called "is Jason going to really beat Taka and Nagi in one turn?" he then shivered for a bit "and what did he mean about showing his darkness?"

Sally held herself tighter, the story of her friend about his anger by word is already frightening and now she's going it to see it in this duel

'I was a monster to anyone who mocked Yusho in my face' his words echoed in her mind 'if you will be seeing me like that...then I hope you can endure, because I don't hold back in my duels... even when I turn dark'

Reiji looked to his younger brother, Reira was clutching his stuffed bear tightly and then back on the screen to see Shay Kurosaki narrow his eyes at Jason's duel

'This is going to be rough on everyone watching' he interlaced his fingers and looked to the screen intently 'I hope that Jason won't go too far in his fury'


'No more waiting' I drew my card 'it's time for everyone to see my hate against people like Ryozanpaku!'

I pulled out a card from my hand "I activate my spell card Dark Hole, destroying every monster on the field"

"EH!?/NANDA?!" the two Ryozanpaku students screamed in panic as the spell card sent violent winds around the field making them grab onto the rails for dear life as their Fusion monsters were destroyed in front of them

As the effect was resolved, Taka looked to the field and saw Avian looking smug

"Oi chotto!" he called out in anger "how come your hero is still on the field?"

I smiled at his blind fury "that's thanks to an Action card blown in my direction during the effect of Dark Hole" the card appeared on my field "Monster Anchor, this card let's me pick a monster on my field and the target cannot be targeted by a card effect this turn"

I sighed at the loss of my gentle and caring Eatos, but it has to be done "when Guardian Eatos is destroyed in battle or by card effect and sent to the graveyard, I can special summon this monster from my hand"

I placed the card on the monster zone creating a small fissure on my field

"Guardian fallen from grace, arise from the darkness and destroy the fools that have called your wrath!" I chanted as a new monster climbed out of the fissure "Guardian Dreadscythe!"

Guardian Dreadscythe (Lvl:8 ATK:2500)

Upon seeing the fiendish looking guardian, Taka and Nagi were too scared to move but one of them decided on staying strong

"You think that monster is strong enough to finish us?"

Big mistake on that...

"Dreadscythe's effect activates" I called "when she is special summoned, I can equip her with Reaper Scythe-Dreadscythe from my deck" the weapon appeared into my monsters hands "and thanks to this card, she gains an additional 500 ATK boost for every monster in our graveyards"

"And there were 7 monsters total in our graves" I pointed out with a dark smile "meaning 3500 will be added to my monster's power"

Guardian Dreadscythe (ATK:2500-6000)


"EHHHH!?" Nico and and most of the audience screamed in disbelief. They couldn't believe such a card existed in the duel world

Sally kept herself quiet at seeing the Fiend-type monster for the first and just like Jason said he is a monster upon using that card

"6-6000 ATK..." the Ryozanpaku duelists stepped back in fear

"Attack Taka directly Dreadscythe"

Dreadscythe moved to her target and in one swing Taka was sent flying and his back hit the ground as his shirt now had a large tear

Taka LP: 4000-0

"Now Avian attack Nagi directly"

Nagi LP: 4000-3000

"But I'm not done yet" Jason sent his last card to the graveyard "by sending my hand of cards to the grave, I activate my facedown, Berserker Soul!" the spell card flipped up "I draw a card from my deck, if it's a monster card it will be sent to the grave making Avian attack again, this will continue until I draw a non-monster card"

"Bakana!" Nagi shouted in fear and disbelief

And so his fury was unleashed to the last standing opponent

Nagi LP: 3000-2000-1000-0

Jason: WIN

But he didn't stop the massacre thanks to Berserker Soul's effect and his rage as Avian continued his assault scaring the crowd

Nagi LP:0-0-0-0

Jason drew again and this time it was a trap card, his monsters disappeared signaling that the duel was over, he looked to the defeated Ryozanpaku and saw them struggle to stay strong

'Serves you guys right for boasting so much about being the best by beating people up' he walked toward the fallen duelists


Silence, the audience was in absolute silence, they couldn't comprehend at what they saw right now. They now see Jason going toward the fallen duelists and took their Fusion monsters

"Beating you here is the only thing that mattered, your Pendulum cards mean nothing to me" he said with a stone face "and since your school only wants results no matter what, this duel is the result of your isolation"

Jason ripped the cards without hesitation, causing most to gasp in shock at his action, he then knelt down "Ryozanpaku never deserves to be called strong" he said with a cold tone "to ignore the world and be blinded into false belief about obtaining victory" he stood up and gave one last look to them before walking away

With his piece told the LDS duelist stood up and walked away without looking back

Nico blinked a couple of times "a-and that concludes the duel between Jason Wellbing and Ryozanpaku" he tugged the collar of his shirt to ease himself from the terror of Jason's darkness "hopefully the next duelist he faces will not be as... scary"

The crowd was talking about Jason's new side of himself in his duel

"That guy can be scary sometimes"

"No kidding, he just beat the Ryozanpaku duelists in one turn without even using monsters from the extra deck"

"Not to mention that he didn't use the new Pendulum summon either"

Masumi gulped at the duel she just saw, she couldn't believe that Ryozanpaku, a rival duel school, was beaten so easily...throughout the duel Jason was only thought of punishing them and not win the Pendulum cards

'That is hard to forget' she thought after seeing his dark self to anyone 'if Yaiba or Hokuto saw this there is no doubt that Reiji's outburst is more tame than this'

Sally was able to compose herself a bit after Jason's duel against those Ryozanpaku jerks 'am I glad that's over' she sighed internally 'I hope that Jason won't end up using Guardian Dreadscythe all the time' she shivered a bit 'cause that monster is too terrifying to face'

Futoshi, Tatsuya and Ayu hugged each other as they shivered in fear from Jason's display of his dark self 'scary...' they thought at the same time

Ryozanpaku was stunned to say the least, they couldn't turn away at seeing Jason's dark guardian monster along with his strategy of humiliating them just like Isao Kachidoki and his words spoken in the aftermath, they just can't ignore it


Meanwhile in the other parts of Wonder Quartet, the remaining duelists were having their own opinions about Jason's hidden side

"He's amazing!" Halil grinned happily "a one-turn kill is really hard to do even against 2 opponents"

"A fellow LDS duelist has beaten our rival school without using monsters from the extra deck" Olga smirked before walking again "interesting"

"That was quite intense" Dennis smiled "I might have to watch out for him if he decides to face me"

"Jason..." Yuya and Yuzu muttered in worry upon seeing their friend turn vicious in his duel against Ryozanpaku, they were hoping that his next duel wouldn't be... ferocious

'Mental note' Teppei shivered 'stay away from that guy'

Michio was silent at the duel but he could not blame Jason's actions, after all he felt himself overconfident with his cooking duels and it was thanks to Yuya that he was able to see the error of his ways and acknowledged that his cooking still needs improvement

Noboru Gongenzaka was stone-faced at seeing Jason's dark half, but then he remembered the guy's words when he scared Gen Ankokuji away 'Jason is not truly evil, he is showing to everyone that he is not perfect' he then remembered the guy's dueling philosophy

Dueling shows people who they are...

"I, the man Gongenzaka, will find Jason Wellbing and duel him" nodding on his decision and was sure he will understand Yuya's new friend with a duel using his Superheavy Samurai deck


After calming myself down a bit I was back on the ruins of Wonder Quartet during my walk and was face to face with Yuya's other childhood friend Noboru Gongenzaka

"Jason Wellbing" the steadfast duelist presented his Pendulum card "I challenge you to a duel"

'It seems that he saw my darkness and wished to see me if I have fallen completely' I smiled before pulling out 2 of my Pendulum cards "challenge accepted" I smiled "but let's make this duel more interesting, we double our ante on the cards in exchange for not using Action cards this duel"

"Condition accepted " Noboru nodded "I, the man Gongenzaka, will show everyone you are just showing your emotions through dueling!" he declared

I smiled at his declaration 'Yuya is very lucky to have such reliable friends...'

"DUEL!"

Jason LP: 4000

Gongenzaka LP: 4000

"Ore no tan!" the steadfast pulled out a card from his hand "I summon Superheavy Samurai Kabuto"

Superheavy Samurai Kabuto (Lvl:4 ATK:1000)

"Tan endo"

"My turn" I drew my card and smiled "I activate my Polymerization spell card from my hand and fuse my Elemental HEROs Avian and Burstinatrix"

My 2 monsters appeared "Hero of the sky be granted the power of flame and become a strong hero" I chanted "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO FlameWingman"

Elemental HERO Flame Wingman (Lvl:6 ATK:2100)

"I activate my Kabuto's effect" Gongenzaka called "should my opponent special summon a monster, my monster is switched to DEF mode and gain 500 DEF points

Superheavy Samurai Kabuto (ATK:1000-DEF:2000-2500)


"It seems that Gongenzaka has set up a good defense" Nico smiled at the duel on screen but will it be enough to face an powerful duelist like Jason?"

Shuzo Hiragi cheered for Yuya's friend "ikuze Gongenzaka! Be hot-blooded!"

Tatsuya, Ayu and Futoshi cheered or him as well

"Ganbatte Gongenzaka!"

"You can fight against Jason"

"Shimireru!"

In another part of the audience Yaiba, covered in bandages, smiled at seeing his apprentice face Jason "heh, this will be an interesting duel"

"But I think that steadfast duelist will be in for a surprise" Masumi smiled "Jason isn't someone to mess with"

"And what do you mean by that Masumi?" he blinked

The Gem-Knight duelist told him about her Jason's duel against Ryozanpaku showing his hate against the school along with the knowledge that he has beaten Isao Kachidoki with a one-turn kill made the X-saber duelist gape

"And he did all that without his specialty!?" he questioned

"Yep" she nodded "apparently, he can bring fear to anyone when he got mad in his duels"

Yaiba shivered a bit "thank goodness that he at least was able to avenge me"

"Be glad that you learned your lesson from Reiji-sama's shout and the pain you took from round 2" she crossed her arms

While they conversed, Sally looked at the duel and made a small smile 'Jason...' she looked to Yuya's friend 'I hope you can give my boyfriend a good duel'


'Not bad' I hummed 'but it isn't enough to stop me!'

I pulled out a card from my hand "I activate the continuous spell card Field Spell Overlay!" the card appeared on my field "by discarding a field spell card, Field Spell Overlay will use that card's effect and I discard Skyscraper"

"NANI!?" Gongenzaka gasped

After paying the cost, the buildings rose from the ice floor making this Action duel more exciting "and thanks to Skyscraper's effect my Elemental HEROs gain an additional 1000 ATK upon facing a stronger target"

Elemental HERO Flame Wingman (ATK:2100-3100)

"Bakana!"

"Battle!" I declared "Flame Wingman attack Kabuto"

My hero flew up to the sky and dove down to Gongenzaka's monster creating a fiery explosion, but since his monster was in DEF mode his lifepoints are safe

"Your steadfast dueling had protected you from battle damage" I smirked "but my monster's effect will give you damage from the ATK of the target monster destroyed in battle"

Flame Wingman moved to the steadfast duelist and released a fire blast reducing the man's lifepoints

Gongenzaka LP: 4000-3000


"What a surprise everyone!" Nico commented on the duel "Jason could not deliver battle damage but his new Fusion monster has found a way around his defense"


"You have made a good strategy on passing my defense" Gongenzaka stood back up and looked at Jason "but I, the man Gongenzaka will not falter!"

I couldn't stop myself from smiling at hearing his words 'he truly is a mountain and worthy to be a successor of Gongenzaka dojo'

"Ore no tan!" he shouted before presenting his Pendulum statues "with the scale of 1 Red Fiend and the scale of 10 Yellow Scarab, I create the Pendulum!" He placed the cards on his Pendulum zones making the monsters appear in blue pillars "Pendulum summon! Enter to battle my ace monster! Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei!"

Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei (Lvl:8 DEF:3500)

"Battle!" the steadfast duelist pointed to Flame Wingman "attack that Fusion monster Benkei!"

The Superheavy Samurai monster struck the ground unleashing a pillar of flame and struck my HERO

Jason LP: 4000-2600

I waved the smoke away feeling the after effect of Gongenzaka's power 'what a duelist, not only did he recreate the old method of dueling, but he also didn't use Synchro summoning ever since the start of our duel'

"Noboru Gongenzaka" I called to my opponent "ever since our duel you haven't used your Synchro monsters, can I ask why?"

"I, the man Gongenzaka, recall that you have a duel philosophy of showing yourself through dueling" he placed a fist over his heart with fire in his eyes "I know that you have darkness inside you thanks to Ryozanpaku, but even I believe that darkness are just feelings of a burden that no can handle! I will show my feelings in this duel to show everyone that you are no monster!"

I smirked wide as he ended his turn 'you are very reliable Gongenzaka, Yuya is luck to be your friend' I drew my card and made a plan with the 2 cards I have in my hand

"I activate the spell Card of Sanctity" we drew cards reaching making our hands 6 "I activate the quick-play spell card Copy Spell, removing Polymerization from my grave to activate the effect" I pulled out two cards "and I fuse Elemental HEROs Spark man and Clayman!"

"Hero of the earth, be granted the power thunder and become a strong hero!"I chanted while my monster fuse "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Thunder Giant"

Elemental HERO Thunder Giant (Lvl:6 ATK:2400)

"I activate Thunder Giant's effect!" I pointed to Big Benkei "He can destroy my opponent's monster whose original ATK are less than his"

"Nani!?"

My Thunder Giant released lightning sparks destroying the monster leaving steadfast duelist wide open

"Now attack him directly Thunder Giant! Voltic spark!"

Gongenzaka LP: 3000-600

The steadfast duelist won't falter just yet "When I receive battle damage from a direct attack, I can special summon Superheavy Samurai Prepped Defense in DEF mode from my hand"

Superheavy Samurai Prepped Defense (Lvl:3 DEF:2100)

"I end my turn" I finished

"Ore no tan!" Gongenzaka drew his card releasing a gust of wind "I use the Pendulum summon again to summon Superheavy Samurai onto my field"

Superheavy Samurai Trumpeter (Lvl:2 ATK:300)

Superheavy Samurai Flutist (Lvl:3 ATK:500)

Superheavy Samurai Soulbreaker Armor (Lvl:1 ATK:0)

Superheavy Samurai Soulbeads (Lvl:1 ATK:0)

"I now tune my level 2 Trumpeter with level 3 Prepped Defense and Flutist alongside level 1 Soulbreaker Armor and Soulbeads!"

2+3+3+1+1=10

"Raging power deity united by the soul of warriors, enter to battle with your mighty weapon!" he chanted "Synchro summon! Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo!"

Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo (Lvl:10 DEF:3500)

"Battle!" he pointed at Thunder Giant "destroy that Fusion monster Susanowo!"

The Synchro monster slashed making an energy wave and it struck my monster into pixels making an explosion next to me sending me flying for a bit

Jason LP: 2600-1500


I sat up coughing the smoke out of my lungs before getting on my feet "you have brought out your strongest Synchro monster in this duel"

"That's right" he nodded "I will use my evolved steadfast dueling and win"

"Then I will beat you in this turn!" I drew my card and smiled "I activate the spell card Miracle Fusion! I can Fusion summon an Elemental Hero by banishing the fusion materials from my graveyard"

I removed Elemental HEROs Flame Wingman and Sparkman

"Hero of Fusion, embrace the power of light and shine in victory" I chanted "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman"

Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman (Lvl:8 ATK:2500)

"I activate my Wingman's monster effect!" I called "he gains an additional 300 ATK for every Elemental HERO in my grave"

Elemental HERO Shining Flare Wingman (ATK:2500-3700)


"Oh wow!" Nico commented on the duel "Jason has once again changed the tides to his favor and he only used his Fusions in this duel!"

The crowd murmured on this and can't help but be impressed on Jason's skill

Masumi smirked to a grumbling Yaiba "seems your apprentice is about to lose"

"Yeah, yeah rub it Masumi" he huffed

Sally smiled at seeing Jason happy in the duel 'you made him smile again, thank you Gongenzaka'


"Battle!" I pointed to my opponent's monster "Attack that Synchro monster Flare Wingman!"

My Fusion monster shined like bright star from space and charged toward his target making an explosion destroying Susanowo

"Additionally, you take damage equal of the ATK from the destroyed monster"

Flare Wingman appeared in front of Gongenzaka making the man cover his face as the monster shined in front of him

Gongenzaka LP: 600-0

Jason: WIN

Skyscraper and Flare Wingman disappeared as the duel ended as the area returned to the Action field Wonder Quartet

"What a duel" Noboru groaned as he fell to his knees "I have lost and as promised, I give you 2 Pendulum cards from my defeat"

I took the cards from his hand and helped him on his feet

"I'm glad that I was able to face you Gongenzaka" I smiled "your tenacity on using an all monster deck without spell or traps has made me respect you"

The steadfast duelist nodded "then I, the man Gongenzaka, have accomplished my goal"

I laughed a bit at his directiveness "well I hope to see you back in the Miama stadium tomorrow"

We said our goodbyes and went our separate ways to find more Pendulum cards

"And that concludes the duel with Jason Wellbing and Noboru Gongenzaka" Nico smiled at the duel as the crowed cheered on the intense and excitement of their battle


Author's Notes:

Whew... after a long time of being in my slump, I finally got this chapter back on track and updated this story, hope you enjoyed this chapter because I'll be busy trying to update the other stories I denied for a long time...

OC Card/s:

Monster Anchor

Action spell

Image: Goblin Attack Force holding onto a glowing anchor on the ground while Dark Hole was in the sky sucking other monsters from the ground

Effect: choose 1 monster on your side of the field and it will not be targeted by card effects this turn

Field Spell Overlay

Continuous spell

Image: a clear view spell card with a field symbol in front of a spell card with a question mark

Effect: send 1 field spell card from your hand to the graveyard, this card will be treated as the target card. Should this card be destroyed remove the original field spell card from play instead