Hey everyone. Here's Chapter 27 and the final part of the Team Taiyo Duel. I hope you all have enjoyed the Duel and I hope you find the conclusion to your liking. I can't wait to begin the next round.

Now, on to the chapter.

Chapter 27: Vs Team Taiyo! Clash of Bonds

Dimension Highway

"Team Taiyo has turned the Duel into their favor but summoning Zushin the Sleeping Giant! But just before she was defeated, Ruri Kurosaki brought out a Fusion Monster that negated Zushin's effects! Now it comes down to the Last Wheelers: Taro of Team Taiyo and Crow of Team Guardians!" Melissa gave a quick recap.

As Crow was riding behind Taro, he listened to the audience cheering happily as if Zero Reverse never happened. "Those cheers, they're the same as they were in the last tournament."

"At that time, Tops and Commons didn't matter anymore. Everyone came together and just enjoyed watching Duelists give it all they got. And when Jack won, he changed history." Crow closed his eyes.

"It was hard to grow up in the Commons. There would be days I would be lucky to have some food or even a bed to sleep in. But Duel Monsters saved me, it helped me make friends and even family." Crow smiled as he thought of Rin, Frank, Amanda and Tanner.

"Team Taiyo doesn't have rare cards, but they all formed a strong bond and trust within one another that they created a miracle by summoning Zushin. Now it's my turn to show the bonds of the Guardians…and Neo Domino!"

"Team Taiyo, if you can perform a miracle, then so can we! I'll show you right here and now the infinite possibilities of the of the Guardians, as well as the Commons and Tops!" Crow shouted.

"Duel!" Crow and Taro declared.

"My turn! Draw!" Crow drew his card.

Taro LP: 3600, Hand: 2, SC: 9→10
Field: Zushin (ATK: 0, LV: 10), Drake (DEF: 800, LV: 2), 2 set cards.

Crow LP: 4000, Hand: 6, SC: 8→9
Field: Scale 1 Lyrical Luscinia – Gray Albatross, Scale 4 Lyrical Luscinia – Scarlet Woodpecker, Continuous Trap: Phoenix Wing.

"From my hand, I activate Black Feather – Simoon the Poison Wind's effect! When I have no monsters on the field, I can banish one Black Feather monster from my hand and place the Continuous Magic: Black Whirlwind from my deck on the field!" Crow grabbed the Continuous Magic from his hand and placed it in his Magic and Trap Zone. "Then, I can Normal Summon without releasing it! Come Black Feather – Simoon the Poison Wind (ATK: 1600, LV: 6)!" Crow summoned a Black Feather that released poison around him.

"Black Whirlwind's effect! When a Black Feather is Normal Summoned, I can add one Black Feather monster from my deck to my hand that has less Attack Points than the Black Feather monster I summoned! I add the Tuner Monster, Black Feather – Blizzard the Far North to my hand!"

"Next, I use a Speed Counter to activate the Magic Card: Treasure Cards of Black Feathers! I send a Black Feather monster from my hand to the Graveyard, to draw two cards!" Crow drew two new cards.

Crow SC: 9→8

"Since Simoon's Normal Summon was due to an effect, I still have my other Normal Summon! I summon the Tuner Monster Black Feather – Blizzard the Far North (ATK: 1300, LV: 4)!" Crow summoned a blue feathered Black Feather.

"Due to Black Whirlwind's effect, I add a Black Feather Monster with less Attack Points than Blizzard the Far North's Attack Points to my hand! I add the Tuner Monster, Black Feather – Oroshi the Squall!" Crow added another card to his hand.

"Then, due to Blizzard the Far North's effect, I Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Black Feather monster from my Graveyard, I Special Summon Black Feather – Harmattan the Dust Cloud (ATK: 800, LV: 2)!" Crow summoned a dust Black Feather.

"Then, I can Special Summon these monsters when I have a Black Feather monster on the field! Come! Black Feather – Oroshi the Squall (ATK: 400, LV: 1)! Black Feather – Blast the Black Spear (ATK: 1700, LV: 4)!" Crow brought out two more Black Feathers.

"Amazing…" Taro was amazed.

"What a strong first move! Crow has instantly summoned five monsters on the field, without even Pendulum Summoning!" Melissa was amazed.

"That's the way, Crow!"

"Show them the strength of the Black Feathers!"

Some of the audience started cheering for Crow.

"I'm Tuning my Level 4 Blast the Black Spear and Level 2 Harmattan the Dust Cloud with my Level 1 Oroshi the Squall!" Oroshi turned into a single green ring and Blast and Harmattan flew through them and together became six stars.

"Spread your jet-black wings, and storm forth in tandem with the roaring thunder! A slash of lightning! Synchro Summon! Cascade, Assault Black Feather - Raikiri the Sudden Shower (ATK: 2600, LV: 7)!" Crow's favorite card appeared.

"Raikiri the Sudden Shower's effect! It destroys a card for every Black Feather on the field!" Crow shouted. "Knowing you guys, those set cards can protect Zushin by using Normal Monsters as a cost!" Taro clicked his tongue.

"I destroy Drake and your two set cards!" Raikiri swung his sword and destroyed the cards.

"But I'm not done yet! I'm Tuning my Level 6 Simoon the Poison Wind with my Level 2 Blizzard the Far North!" Blizzard turned into two green rings and Simoon flew through them and became six stars.

"Black and red wings that contain dreams, appear before us with the inherited powers of your comrades! Synchro Summon! Soar! Assault Black Feather – Dark Hurricane Dragon (ATK: 2800, LV: 8)!" Crow summoned his dragon.

"Raikiri the Sudden Shower and Dark Hurricane Dragon. The double aces have appeared." Taro looked back.

"Asuka and Ruri did everything they could despite the struggles that they were going through! I'm winning this for both of them! Battle! Dark Hurricane Dragon, attack Zushin! Noble Hurricane Stream!" Dark Hurricane Dragon fired its attack at Zushin.

"Zushin would have gained the Attack Points of Dark Hurricane Dragon plus 1000. But…" Taro looked down.

"That's right, thanks to my comrade's power, Zushin's effects are negated! Go!" The blast pierced right through Zushin and destroyed it.

Taro LP: 3600→800

"Wh-Wh-What a critical hit!" Melissa shouted. "Using the power of his comrades, Crow has managed to defeat the powerful Zushin the Sleeping Giant!"

Everyone in the crowd was stumped before cheering loudly.

"Way to go, Crow!"

"Great job assisting him before, Ruri!"

"Team Taiyo, don't give up!"

"You can still win this!"

The crowd cheered for both sides. It was an amazing Duel, a Duel that no one wanted to end so soon.

"You three really did something incredible, but unfortunately, the match is settled. Once Raikiri attacks—" Crow spoke.

"No." Taro smiled, surprising Crow. "The match is just getting started!"

"What?" Crow's eyes widened.

"That's right, we still have our secret weapon!" Jinbei smiled.

"The conditions have been met, call it out, Taro!" Yoshizo shouted.

"They still have something up their sleeves?" Yuya was surprised.

"Crow, your combo, while powerful, has given us a chance to unleash the full power of Zushin." Taro revealed.

"The full power of Zushin?" Crow questioned.

"Zushin the Sleeping Giant, even when it came out, it was still asleep. It's true power is when it awakens! From the Graveyard, I activate the Trap Card: Zushin Awakening! This card's effect activates when Zushin is sent to the Graveyard! It allows me to Special Summon from my hand or deck, our strongest monster!" Taro grabbed a card from his deck.

"Sleeping giant with power that rivals the gods, awaken now and fight alongside us! Come forth! Level 12! Zushin the Waking Giant (ATK: 0, LV: 12)!" Taro placed the card on his Duel Disk and rising out of the ground was Zushin, only his skin was now red and his eyes were purple, showing that he was awake and in rage. He roared so loud that everyone in the city had to cover their ears.

"Just when you thought it was over, another reversal was made! Even though they lost Zushin the Sleeping Giant, they managed to get him to wake up with even more power!" Melissa commentated.

"Taiyo! Taiyo! Taiyo!" The crowd chanted for Team Taiyo.

"Man, these guys are way stronger than I thought." Sawatari said.

"It doesn't have any Attack Points, but it's effect must be strong." Yuzu got worried.

"That's the way, Taro!" Jinbei shouted.

"With Zushin, you can win!" Yoshizo cheered.

"I set two cards and end my turn!" Crow finished. "At this moment, Simoon the Poison Wind's effect forces me to send Black Whirlwind to the Graveyard and I take 1000 points of damage. But due to the Continuous Trap: Phoenix Wing, I don't take effect damage so long as I have a Winged-Beast monster and instead, I gain Life Points equal to the damage.

Crow LP: 4000→5000

"My turn! Draw!" Taro drew his card.

Taro LP: 800, Hand: 3, SC: 10→11
Crow LP: 5000, Hand: 1, SC: 8→9

"I activate Dimension Highway's effect! I remove 10 Speed Counters to destroy one card on the field! I destroy Assault Black Feather – Dark Hurricane Dragon!" Taro declared. A bolt of lightning headed for Dark Hurricane Dragon.

Taro SC: 11→1

"I activate the Continuous Trap: Blade Shade! I target Dark Hurricane Dragon and I'm allowed to use one of two effects! I activate the second one, Dark Hurricane cannot be destroyed by card effects!" A bladed shield appeared in front of Dark Hurricane and it protected it from Dimension Highway's effect.

"After that, I can inflict 500 points of damage to the opponent!" Crow added and blades fired at Taro, striking him.

Taro LP: 800→300

"Crow has managed to protect his monster and reduced Taro's Life Points to the brink!" Melissa smiled.

"As expected of the Black Feather Duelist, but I won't let it end here! Zushin the Waking Giant's Monster Effect! By discarding a Normal Monster from my hand to the Graveyard, it destroys one monster on the opponent's field! I destroy Raikiri the Sudden Shower!" Zushin raised its staff and fired a blast at Raikiri.

"I activate my other Continuous Trap: Black Feather Cursed Guard! When an opponent's monster effect is activated that targets a Black Feather monster, I can activate this card by targeting that monster. This negates that monster's effect!" The guard protected Raikiri.

"In that case…Battle! Zushin the Waking Giant, attack Raikiri the Rain Shower! When Zushin battles an opponent's monster, its Attack Points is doubled of the targeted monster's Attack Points!" Taro revealed.

"Doubled?!" Crow got alarmed.

"Go! Zushin! Zushin Blast!" Zushin raised his staff and fired a powerful blast at Raikiri.

Zushin (ATK: 0→5200)

"Black Feather Cursed Guard's other effect! If the targeted monster would be destroyed, I can make it lose 400 Attack Points and reduce its Level by 1!" Crow played his card.

Raikiri (ATK: 2600→2200, LV: 7→6)
Zushin (ATK: 5200→4400)

"But you still take damage!" Taro pointed out as the shockwave of Zushin hitting the guard damaged Crow.

Crow LP: 5000→2800

"When Zushin deals battle damage, I gain Life Points equal to the damage my opponent received!" Taro revealed as Zushin cast a healing spell on him.

Taro LP: 300→2500

"Taro has reversed the situation once more! It's hard to determine which side has the advantage, but this is really exciting!" Melissa smiled. "Both Duelists are giving everything they have for the sake of their friends! This is what the Friendship Cup is all about!" The audience cheered with agreement.

"You still got this, Crow!" A Tops cheered.

"Don't worry, Taro, you'll get him next time!" A Commons cheered.

The two of them looked at each other before smiling. "Both of you do your best!"

"Wow, everyone is really getting into this Duel." Dennis smiled.

"Both Crow and Taro are showing the crowd how much they want to win. By doing that, they allow themselves to open their hearts and show their feelings to the world."

Everyone turned to see Jack approaching them.

"Jack, what are you doing here?" Yuya asked.

"I wanted to see this Duel up close instead of at my throne." Jack answered. "Duels are a clash of souls, that is what I've always believed in. By clashing souls, you are able to learn about your opponent without the use of words. Though both of them want to win, there is one other thing that they are trying to accomplish."

"Another thing?" Yuzu asked.

"I set one card and end my turn!" Taro finished. "Crow, you really are amazing. To be able to block Zushin's attack and effects in its awakened form is an incredible feat."

"If anyone is amazing, it's you and your team. You were prepared to counterattack even if Zushin was destroyed." Crow admitted.

"That's because I believed in my friends. When I believe in my friends, I believe anything is possible." Taro answered. "And with our bonds, we will win this Duel!"

"Don't count us out! I'll show you the bonds of the Guardians! My turn! Draw!" Crow drew his card.

Taro LP: 2500, Hand: 1 SC: 1→2
Crow LP: 2800, Hand: 2, SC: 9→10

"I have a way to turn this around, I just need one more card." Crow thought. "I activate Dimension Highway's effect! By removing 7 Speed Counters, I draw one card!"

Crow SC: 10→3

Crow put his fingers on his deck. "My power alone is not enough to defeat Zushin the Waking Giant. To do this, I need everyone's power!"

"Draw!" Crow drew his card. He looked at it and smiled.

"Here I come, Taro! I'll show you the bond of the Guardians!" Crow showed the card he drew. "From my hand, I activate the Ritual Magic: Advent of Black Feathers!"

"Ritual Magic?!" Taro's eyes widened.

"That's!" Asuka's eyes widened.

Team Guardian's Penthouse – Before the Preliminaries

Asuka was organizing her deck when Crow walked up to her. "So, Ritual Summon is the same as Synchro Summon except, they have to use a Ritual Magic, right?"

"That's right. And depending on the Ritual Magic, you can Ritual Summon from your hand or the Graveyard." Asuka explained.

"And you made those Ritual cards?" Crow asked.

"No, it was Principal Samejima. He was fascinated by the Ritual Summon. He called it the lost art of Duel Monsters since mostly everyone uses Fusion, Synchro and Xyz. People forget about them so I want to show how amazing they are." Asuka admitted.

"I see…" Crow nodded. Two cards then caught his eyes. "Hey, those are…"

Dimension Highway

"Time to show off the amazing power of Ritual Monsters! I release the Level 6 Raikiri the Sudden Shower!" Crow played the card and an altar appeared between him and Taro and Raikiri got on the altar and became six flames.

"Jet-black wings, gain the power of the lost art and unleash a blaze of chaos! Ritual Summon! Descend! Level 6! Assault Black Feather – Amaterasu the Black Flame (ATK: 2300, LV: 6)!" The six flames merged together to form one black flame and appearing was a Black Feather with black and red armor and a sharp sword.

"My word! Crow has performed a Ritual Summon!" Melissa was amazed.

"Way to go, Crow!" Asuka cheered.

"But, Zushin is still powerful!" Taro pointed out.

"I'm not done yet! I summon the Tuner Monster, Black Feather – Kochi the Daybreak (ATK: 700, LV: 4)!" Crow summoned a purple and red feathered winged-beast.

"A Tuner, another Synchro." Taro narrowed his eyes.

"Is that really what you think?" Crow smirked.

"What?" Taro questioned.

"I activate Dimension Highway's effect! By paying 1000 Life Points, I can pass through one of the gates! The gate I'm passing through is…the Xyz Gate!" Crow rode through the Xyz Gate.

Crow LP: 2800→1800

"Xyz?!" Ruri's eyes widened.

"Is he going to?" Shun was surprised.

"I make Kochi the Daybreak's Level the same as Dark Hurricane Dragon!" Crow revealed.

Kochi the Daybreak (LV: 4→8)

"Now he has two Level 8 monsters." Rio said.

"I'm Overlay the Level 8 Assault Black Feather – Dark Hurricane Dragon and Kochi the Daybreak!" Both of the Black Feathers turned into purple lights and soared into the spacelike portal in the sky.

"Pitch-black gale, use the power of your comrades to make the impossible possible! Xyz Summon! Fly to the heavens! Rank 8! Assault Black Feather – Night Typhoon Dragon (ATK: 3300, RNK: 8, OVU: 2)!"

"Now an Xyz Summon!" Taro couldn't believe what he witnessed.

"How did he get an Xyz Monster?" Sawatari asked.

Rio giggled loud enough for everyone to get their answer. "He said he wanted to help us anyway we can, so I taught him."

"My power alone is not enough to protect what's important to me. I learned that firsthand in the Zero Reverse incident." Crow said. "That's all the more reason to rely on friends. Friends can help you go beyond your limits, they can cover your weakness, and above all, they'll walk with you into the unknown future!"

"Battle! Night Typhoon Dragon, attack Zushin the Waking Giant!" Night Typhoon Dragon charged towards Zushin.

"Even your Xyz Monster can't defeat Zushin when awakened! Zushin's effect activates! When it battles an opponent's monster, its Attack Points are doubled the monster it battles!" Taro revealed.

Zushin (ATK: 0→6600)

"Night Typhoon Dragon is not alone! I activate Amaterasu the Black Flame's effect! By paying half my Life Points, when a Black Feather monster battles an opponent's monster, Amaterasu automatically destroys all monsters on the opponent's field!" Crow revealed.

Crow LP: 1800→900

"What? But Zushin the Waking Giant negates the effects of all monsters that battle it!" Taro pointed out.

"But Zushin is being attacked by Night Typhoon Dragon, not Amaterasu!" Crow pointed out.

"Oh no! And since it's not being targeted by an effect, he can't negate it!" Taro realized.

"This was made possible by the bonds I have with the Guardians! Though I've only known them for a short time, they're irreplaceable friends, no they're irreplaceable family!" Crow declared. "Go! Amaterasu! Night Typhoon Dragon!"

Amaterasu encased his sword with black flames and swung it at Night Typhoon Dragon who spun around like a spiral and took the flames into its wings and struck right through Zushin, destroying it.

"No way…" Jinbei was shocked.

"Zushin the Waking Giant was destroyed…" Yoshi couldn't believe it.

"But even if you attack with Amaterasu, I'll still have Life Points!" Taro said.

"Battle! Amaterasu! Direct Attack!" Amaterasu charged with its sword. "At this moment, Dark Typhoon Dragon's effect activates! By using one Overlay Unit, one Black Feather Monster gains half of Dark Typhoon Dragon's Attack Points!"

"Impossible!" Taro's eyes widened.

Dark Typhoon Dragon (OVU: 2→1)
Amaterasu the Black Flame (ATK: 2300→3950)

"Go! Amaterasu! Inferno Flame Sword!" Amaterasu swung his sword and it created a dark flame that connected with Taro.

Taro LP: 2500→0

Winner: Team Guardians

"Taro!" Jinbei and Yoshizo cried as Taro's D-Wheel stopped.

"It's over!" Melissa shouted. "Using the powers of his friends from other dimension, Crow Hogan has defeated the invincible Zushin at full power!"

The crowd was stunned by what they saw. They thought Zushin was unbeatable but Crow proved otherwise by using the powers of his friends.

"Taro!" Jinbei and Yoshizo ran to their friend.

"Did we lose?" Taro asked.

"Yeah…" Jinbei nodded.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't win." Taro apologized.

"You idiot! We did the impossible! We summoned Zushin in both his sleeping and awakened form! We were able to do what no one could do before! We lost, but we did a miracle!" Jinbei shouted with tears in his eyes.

"Jin…" Taro turned.

"It was amazing. When Zushin appeared, I was so shocked that I almost peed my pants." Yoshizo admitted.

"Yoshi." Taro looked at him.

Soon the crowd all cheered and applauded.

"Way to go, Team Taiyo!"

"You guys were awesome!"

"I really loved your Duel!"

"Show us Zushin again some time!"

"Thanks to this Duel, we were able to get them to find a new hope future. It was all thanks to your Dueling." Crow said as he, Ruri and Asuka approached Team Taiyo.

"Our Dueling?" Taro asked.

"We won the match, but the real winners were definitely you guys." Ruri smiled.

"You also helped us get through our personal problems." Asuka bowed. "Thank you very much."

"I'm glad." Taro smiled. "I'm upset we lost, but I'm glad we were able to give everyone the sun of the future."

"So, what will you do now?" Ruri asked.

"We were originally planning to go home after the tournament, but…" Yoshizo looked at the others.

"We want to help you in your fight against Academia." Jinbei declared.

"Are you sure? It's gonna be dangerous." Ruri was surprised.

"Even so, no one has the right to take away the light of people's future. Team Taiyo will be allies to Team Guardians!" All of Team Taiyo cheered from their pit.

"Thank you very much." Ruri bowed in gratitude.

"I'm so moved!" Melissa started crying. "From a fierce Duel, a new bond has been forged! A True Friendship!" Crow, Ruri, Asuka, Taro, Jinbei and Yoshizo all shook hands as a sign of an alliance and the crowd cheered.

At the pit, Yuya smiled as the Guardians were successful in getting new allies once again. "Everyone is smiling…because of Dueling…" Yuya looked at Yuzu, who looked at her deck.

Yuya approached Yuzu and put his arm around her. "This what Dueling is all about. Remember. We got to be hot-blooded and give everyone the shivers, in our own way, of course." Yuya imitated Shuzo and Futoshi.

Yuzu smiled and she leaned on Yuya's shoulder. "Right…"

Security Headquarters

Roget had just finished watching the Duel. "It'll all be meaningless. No matter what you do, or what Academia does, the one winner will be me."

He opened a window. "How's the progress for the upcoming experiment."

"Well, sir, we ran the numbers but…" The scientist reported.

"But?" Roget asked.

"Sir, the data exceeds our expectations. If we go through with this, Aki Izayoi will not survive the extraction." The scientist answered.

"Proceed anyway." Roget shrugged it off.

"But sir." The scientist wanted to argue.

"Nobody will miss that witch. Besides, once we extract her Psychic Powers, she'll fulfill her role."

Unknown to Roget, someone listened in on him and that was enough for a change of heart.

Aki's Cell

Aki sat on her bed with her hands in a prayer. "Yuya…everyone. I hope you're all okay." Aki muttered.

The sound of her cell being unlock, caught her attention. She opened the door and there was no one there. "Who?" Aki looked around and the alarms started going off.

"Whoever did this, thank you." Aki ran out of the area.

From the corner of where Aki's cell was, Ushio let out a sigh as he held his bandaged chest. "Good luck, kid."

"Now what do we have here?" Ushio turned to see Roget. "Anything to say in your defense, Elite Officer Ushio?"

"Yeah…I quit." Ushio smirked.

United World – Yuya's Dream

Yuya opened his eyes and he found himself in a large bedroom. "What am I gonna see this time?"

"I'm home!"

Yuya saw Zarc entering the room with a bag full of items.

"Welcome home." Ray came out of the bathroom, only that she had a round belly.

"Oh, that's right. She's pregnant." Yuya recalled.

"Here's your medicine, as well as your snacks." Zarc gave Ray some food and medicine.

"Thanks, dear." Ray then raised an eyebrow when Zarc brought out a toy Duel Disk and Duel Monster Plushies. "Zarc…I think you're going overboard for our child."

"What? We both like Duel Monsters, so our child is gonna like them too. Check it out, they made plushies of my dragons!" He showed plushies of Odd-Eyes, Dark Rebellion, Clear Wing and Starve Venom.

"I feel insulted." Starve Venom appeared.

"I don't know, it's a good representation of you." Clear Wing teased.

"Come on, guys, not here." Dark Rebellion scolded the two.

"I think Zarc has officially lost it." Odd-Eyes appeared.

"Oh, come on, everyone!" Zarc groaned. "I am planning to pass you guys along to our son."

"Zarc, I keep telling you we don't know the baby's gender." Ray pointed out. "You're really being hasty."

"Listen buddy. Your mom says otherwise, but I know you're gonna love these guys." Zarc put the Odd-Eyes plushie on Ray's stomach.

"Geez, Zarc." Ray sweat dropped. Just the, both Zarc and Ray felt a kick.

"W-Was that?" Zarc was surprised.

"Yep, it was a kick." Ray smiled.

"Would you look at that Odd-Eyes, he already likes you." Zarc laughed.

"Uh…I'm flattered?" Odd-Eyes wasn't sure how to feel about this yet. It's would be one thing if the child was already born, but this…felt weird.

"You know it could've just been a random kick." Ray argued.

"I don't care if it was. As long as he's happy, that's enough for me." Zarc smiled. "You hear that buddy, we're gonna have so much fun when you're born."

Ray couldn't help but smile at that statement. "That's right. The three of us we'll have lots of fun together."

Yuya smiled at the scene before it changed into something that horrified him.

You Show Duel School

"This can't be…" Shuzo fell to his knees as tears fell down his cheeks.

"No way…" Ayu was shocked.

"This is a dream…it has to be…" Tatsuya trembled.

"I…I…have bad shivers." Futoshi hugged himself.

"Who would do this?" Yoko clenched her fist.

The group was looking at the burning remains of You Show Duel School. There was absolutely nothing left of it. The slides were melted, the new Real Solid Vision System they had received was burnt to a crisp and everything that represented the school was now gone.

"No way…the school…" Yuya was shocked.

The scene around him changed again.

Kaiba Corporation

Yuya saw himself in Kaiba Corporation where Kaiba was facing Raider. "Raider!" Yuya exclaimed.

"How low you have fallen." Kaiba glared at Raider. "You had a chance to start over but you're messing it up for everyone!"

"Heh, I should've known you would regain your memories of the United World." Raider said. "Then you should know what's best for the future. Yuya Sakaki must die. Join Academia! Or we will launch a full-scale invasion of Standard!"

"You underestimate this dimension." Kaiba crossed his arms. "The darkness of Academia will not purge the light! Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba summoned Blue-Eyes. "Burst Stream of Destruction!" Kaiba had his dragon attack Raider.

"So be it." Raider disappeared before the attack could connect.

Kaiba put his fingers on his collar. "Mokuba, make a worldwide message. It's time to go to war."

Team Guardians Penthouse – Yuya's Bedroom

Yuya quickly sat up and panted. "I got to tell everyone." Yuya quickly got out of his bed and opened the door, only to be met with Aki. "A-Aki?! You escaped?!"

"Yeah, are you okay? You look like you had a nightmare." Aki noticed. "What happened?"

"I need everyone to hear this." Yuya said.

And that is the end of Chapter 27 and the Team Taiyo match. What did you guys think of the Duel? Are you excited for what's about to come up? Let me know what you think in the review. If you have a question, you can PM me and I will try to answer as soon as I can.

Thanks for reading and I'll see you next time.

Preview: As Yuya reveals his dreams to everyone, they are visited by their next opponent in the Friendship Cup, Team Ragnarok. Team Ragnarok has the Rune Eyes, which symbolizes their ownership of the Three Aesir Gods. While they also see Roget as a threat to the Synchro Dimension, they also see the Dimension Guardians as bigger threats. In order to prove that they want to help the Synchro Dimension, the Guardians plan to go all out against the wielders of Odin, Loki and Thor.

Next Time: Vs Ragnarok! Thor vs Pendulum!