AN: Hello, I have the next chapter here. Since I had some extra free time this weekend, I worked to make the final chapter of this arc. For this one, I tried to make it as epic as possible, and tried to do both parties as much justice as possible. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.

See Datasheet Chapter for cover art details.

Chapter 49 – The Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Winter: 4000 Life Points

Kaiba: 4000 Life Points

"The first move is mine," Winter said as she drew, playing the card instantly, "I play Super Soldier Synthesis. This ritual spell lets me use a light and dark monster for the summoning," She said as a white void opened in the middle of the arena, "And for it, I can use one monster from my hand and one from my deck as the sacrifices. Now, come forth, Black Luster Soldier!" the military pro duelist said as the soldier of chaos emerged from the void and landed at her side, reposing his sword and shield, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF).

"A ritual monster with no effect," Kaiba commented, "I thought we were past that age."

"You don't realize what I sent the grave yet," Winter responded, causing the silhouette of two smaller soldiers behind her monster, one in dark armor and one in white, "The first was Beginning Knight, which gives my ritual monster the ability to attack again after destroying a monster. And second, Evening Twilight Knight, lets me remove a card in your hand face down until the end of your turn," she said before the soldier of chaos reeled back his blade, then thrust it with a spirit sword traveling towards Kaiba's hand, impaling a card, "And both will give my Black Luster Soldier the ability to banish a monster on your field each turn." The soldier pro duelist then took a card from her hand, "Now, by banishing a light and dark monster, I can summon out Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning!" Suddenly, the silhouette of the two smaller soldiers faded as another void open, causing a second soldier of chaos to emerge, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF).

From the observer box, Ruby and Weiss watched on in shock, "Wow, she brought both of them out on her first turn." The hooded Slifer Red commented, "Not even that, but she removed a card from his hand before he could even make a move." She then looked over to see Glynda walking over.

"Winter is taking this duel very seriously." Glynda commented, "She has to, considering her opponent."

"Yeah," Weiss responded as she continued to watch her big sister's duel.

"If Beginning Knight and Evening Twilight Knight are banished, I can add a ritual spell and ritual monster from my deck to my hand," Winter said before doing so, then placed then in her hand before taking a third card, "I set one card and end my turn."

"Heh, not going to summon out a third soldier?" Kaiba responded, "Fine, it's my turn." He said before drawing from his digital deck, "I play Polymerization, fusing two copies of my Blue-Eyes White Dragons." He said as the two legendary dragons to emerged near his side, then combine into one, "To create Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!" he said as the twin-headed legendary dragon roared towards the soldiers of chaos, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF).

From the observer box, Alexis watched with Jaden, "Wait, that monster just has the same stats as one of them." Alexis said as Jaden continued to eat the chocolate strawberries.

"Even if he crashes it into one of the Black Luster Soldiers, the other will still be standing." Sora added on as Blair pulled a sweet from off his plate, "Hey, get your own!"

"Twin Burst has a rather convenient effect for this situation," Kaiba commented as his fusion monster charged light blue energy in its right head's mouth, "It cannot be destroyed by battle and can make two attacks on monsters each battle phase." The CEO of Kaiba Corporation said before pointing at the ritual monster, "Now, destroyed that Black Luster Soldier first." He said with Twin Burst unleashing a stream of destruction from its mouth.

"I reveal my trap card, Super Soldier Rebirth!" Winter countered, causing her ritual monster's armor to explode off its body, "I can send this Black Luster Soldier to the grave to replace it with one in my hand, ignoring its summoning conditions." She said as the armor reattached to the soldier of chaos, but morphed with more red gems and jagged edges, "Now you see Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier!" she said with her new ritual monster reposing with his weapons, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF).

"Am I supposed to be intimidated by something with such a ridiculous name?" Kaiba responded before continuing his attack, "Twin Burst will destroy your Super Soldier!" He said before the burst stream of destruction obliterated the new soldier of chaos. As the CEO of Kaiba Corporation was about to make his second attack, he noticed something remained where he attacked. Kneeling was a new soldier, one with a trident and black cape, (2600 ATK / 2100 DEF). "And who is this?"

"When Super Soldier is destroyed, I special summon a Gaia monster from my deck." Winter responded, "I picked Soldier Gaia the Fierce Knight in defense mode," She said before pointing at Kaiba's fusion monster, "And when he is special summoned, I can change one monster to defense mode as well." With that command, Twin Burst lowered its head.

Weiss smiled as she pumped her fist, "Yes, Winter countered his assault. Now, she can remove that monster on her turn and-" she was saying until Twin Burst glowed in a white light, then separated into two of the legendary dragons, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF), "What!?"

"De-Fusion," Kaiba said as he showed the card in his hand, "I now have my two Blue-Eyes White Dragons on the field in attack mode." He said as both his monsters roared at the soldiers, "Go, attack her pathetic monsters with Burst Stream Destruction!" the CEO of Kaiba Corporation said with both dragons unleashing the white lighting from their mouths. Soldier Gaia was obliterated by the attack with nothing remaining. However, the Envoy of the Beginning rushed through the stream to slash the legendary dragon in the mouth, causing an explosion. But as the smoke cleared, only one Blue-Eyes White Dragon was on the field.

"Tsk." Winter scoffed.

"I was planning to make this quick, but I guess you managed to worm your way out of that combo without any damage." Kaiba said before rising his left hand, causing a hologram card to appear before he set it, then had a card reappear in his hand, "I end with this face down. Now, I gain back the card that was banished before." He said as the legendary dragon roared at his side.

"I draw," Winter responded, playing the card, "I special summon Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Evening Twilight." She said as a new soldier of chaos was seen, this one with white and black armor and a winged helmet, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF). "I can only special summon this one when I have equal of both light and dark monster in my grave and banish one of those types." She said with the silhouettes of Soldier Gaia and Envoy of the Beginning being seen behind her, "I remove my light monster, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, from play. Meaning, I can banish one monster on the field." The military pro duelist said before the legendary dragon roared before fading out of exitance, "I cannot conduct my battle phase the turn this effect is activated, so I will end my turn."

"I draw," Kaiba said before taking the card he drew and the one remaining in his hand, "I'll set a monster and another card facedown and end my turn."

"My turn," Winter said as she drew, then pointed, "Black Luster Soldier attacks your set monster." She said as the Envoy of the Evening Twilight rushed in and cut the card in half. However, the revealed monster caused the soldier pro duelist to gasp. The monster was a mechanic jar with a green glass eye, (900 ATK / 900 DEF).

"Cyber Jar, a powerful flip effect monster." Kaiba commented before the jar exploded, taking Envoy of Evening Twilight to the graveyard, "All monsters are destroyed, and we both draw five cards. Then, any level four or lower monsters are summoned to the field."

"Fine," Winter said before drawing five cards, then revealed three of them, "I summon, Celtic Guardian, Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin, and Artillery Catapult Turtle." She before the elven swordsman was seen, (1400 ATK / 1200 DEF). Next to him was a young knight riding a red stead, (1600 ATK / 1200 DEF). Last was a green mechanic turtle with a launcher attached to its back, (1000 ATK / 2000 DEF).

From the observation stands, Yang watched with Blake, "So, an elf, a knight, and tortoise stumble into a duel arena." She said before chuckling, "Haven't heard that one before."

Blake rolled her eyes before looking to Kaiba, seeing him add the five cards to his hand, "Looks like he didn't draw any low-level monsters."

Suddenly, Chazz spoke up from nearby, "With the combined total attack that Winter has, she can wipe out all of his life points." He said before watching all three rushed in but were then stopped a warping void.

"Negate Attack," Zane commented on the counter trap, "Kaiba was prepared for this outcome."

"Damnit," Weiss said in the distance.

Back in the duel, Kaiba had his arms crossed, "Did you think I would lose to my own effect?" he said with a scowl forming, "Don't mock me."

"Don't assume you have already won," Winter counted, "During my second Main phase, I can use Artillery Catapult Turtle's effect to tribute itself to special summon Gaia the Fierce Knight from my deck." She said as the bombarding tortoise faded away and the normal version of the jousting knight was seen, (2300 ATK / 2100 DEF). "Next, I activate the field spell Gaia Power, giving all Earth monsters 500 more attack points, but 400 less defense points." The soldier pro duelist said as a massive tree grew behind her. Suddenly all her monsters gained a green aura. the first was the Celtic Guardian, (1400 + 500 = 1900 ATK / 1200 – 400 = 800 DEF). next was Origin Gaia the Fierce Knight, (1600 + 500 = 2100 ATK / 1200 – 400 = 800 DEF). Finally, was the normal Gaia the Fierce Knight, (2300 + 500 = 2800 ATK / 2100 – 400 = 1700 DEF). "To end, I place one card face down."

"Then it's my turn," Kaiba said before drawing, smiling at the result, "It's time I show you true power. First, I reveal my other face-down card, Return from the Different Dimension. For half my life points, my banished Blue-Eyes White Dragon returns to my side." He said as the legendary dragon appeared at his side again with a roar, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF).

Kaiba: 4000 – 2000 = 2000 Life Points

"I play Fusion Recovery, adding my Polymerization and other Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard to my hand." Kaiba said before adding the cards, then revealed them with a third copy of the legendary dragon, "Now, I merge all three copies of my Blue-Eyes to create an even more powerful fusion monster than Twin-Burst. Weiss gasping from the stands, remembering the ultimate dragon that defeated her before. However, as the three dragons combined, their form was different than what she saw. Its body was whiter with a light blue aura, but the M-shaped symbol was still seen on each of the three heads, "I fusion summon, Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" he said with the three-headed legendary dragon roaring, (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF).

Suddenly, Neo sneezed before a look of confusion.

"4500 attack points." Ruby commented, "I mean, it's a lot, but Winter still has all her life points." She said before seeing Kaiba grin, "Uh oh."

"Neo Ultimate Dragon also has a multi-attack effect," Kaiba said before taking two cards out, "I can send a Blue-Eyes fusion monster from my extra deck to the graveyard to make an additional attack. As well, I can use this effect up to twice a turn." He as she sent the two cards to the grave, Winter's eyes widened at one of them, "Now go, attack with Triple Photon Blasts!" the CEO of Kaiba Corporation declared with each head of the Neo Ultimate Dragon unleashing a stream of destruction on each of Winter's monsters. All the warriors were obliterated before the beams converging on the soldier pro duelist, who remained unflinching as they collided with her body. A massive explosion erupted in the area with Kaiba smirking. However, he then saw Winter's body radiating a light blue aura still standing in the smoke, "What!?"

"That attack was something I prepared for," Winter responded, her eyes slightly glowing with the aura. The smoke cleared over her with her last card on her field revealed, "I activated Aegis of Gaia, giving me 3000 more life points, which was just enough to make me survive your three attacks."

Winter: 4000 + 3000 – 2600 – 2400 – 1700 = 300 Life Points

"That trap also has a deadly side effect," Kaiba responded with a smirk, "When it's removed, you take 3000 points of damage."

"And do you have a way to remove this card now?" Winter asked.

"…Tsk," Kaiba scoffed, taking a hologram card, setting it on the field, "I'll end my turn."

From the observation stands, Weiss let out a sigh of relief, "She managed to withstand that, but now she is in trouble," the heiress Obelisk Blue said before she felt a palm on her right shoulder. She then turned to see it was Ruby.

"Come on, give her some more credit," Ruby said with a smile, "She is your big sister."

"I know," Weiss said before looking back to the duel, "But how can she-" the heiress Obelisk Blue was saying until she noticed a grin on the military pro duelist's face, "Huh?"

"I know that look in her eyes." Glynda commented, adjusting her glasses, "You may want to watch closely, Ms. Schnee."

"I remove Super Soldier Rebirth to add Black Luster Soldier back to my hand," Winter said before putting the ritual monster in her hand, "Next, I play Monster Reborn."

From the observation stands, Ruby looked on, "I get it, she will bring back a monster to tribute for her Black Luster Soldier."

"Yes, but why would she pick that one and on her Super Soldier?" Weiss asked before her eyes widened, "Unless, she wants to-"

"Well, what monster are you going to bring back?" Kaiba asked with his arms crossed, "None of yours are a match for my Neo Ultimate Dragon."

"I'm not bringing back one of my monsters," Winter said before pointing, "I'm bringing back one of yours. One you sent to the grave for your own monster's effect." She said before pointing up, her body glowing in the white aura more than before, "Come forth, to my side, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" the military pro duelist said before another three-headed dragon emerged onto the arena, roaring as it faced its Neo counterpart, (4500 ATK / 3800 DEF). "You sent this to the grave for your Neo Ultimate Dragon effect. And now, I play Double Spell, by discarding my ritual spell card," she said before pointing at the CEO of Kaiba Corporation, "I can use your Polymerization to fuse Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Black Luster Soldier," she said as the soldier of chaos emerged and landed on the back of the middle head of the ultimate dragon, "To create Dragon Master Knight!" Winter said as her chaos soldier controlled the ultimate dragon, causing it to unleash a roar that shook the whole stadium, (5000 ATK / 5000 DEF).

Ruby gasped from the observation stand, "5000 attack and defense!?"

"And she is not done yet," Weiss added on with a smile.

"I play my last card," Winter said as her final spell activated, "Megamorph, by equipping it to my Dragon Master Knight and having the lower life points, his attack points are doubled." She said as Dragon Master Knight grew while radiating a green aura, almost being unable to be contained by the arena. (5000 X 2 = 10000 ATK).

"…" Kaiba responded with a scowl.

"This attack will end it all," Winter responded, her aura glowing vibrant as she declared her final move. Each of the heads of the ultimate dragon charging a white lighting attack, while the soldier of chaos's blade glowed in a purple energy, "Go, Galaxy Crusher!" the military pro duelist declared with four beams being fired, each of them merging into a rainbow of colors that encompassed the entire area. However, the beam faded away with no monsters destroyed, "What!?"

"Did you think you were the only one who had a final trick up their sleeve?" Kaiba said as he glanced to his last face down, which was revealed as a quick play spell, "Majesty with Eyes of Blue. I can send a Blue-Eyes monster from my deck to the graveyard to target one monster on the field." He said while showing the card as Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, then pointed to Winter's monster, "And that targeted monster cannot attack while it is face-up on the field."

"You!" Winter responded with nothing left of her turn.

"I'll admit, wanting to defeat an opponent in such a humiliating way is commendable." Kaiba responded, "But that doesn't seem to be your talent," he said before drawing, grinning at the resulting, "However, it is something I excel at! I banish a light attribute and dark attribute monster," he said as Winter gasped, seeing Cyber Jar and Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon vanish before a black void appeared, "Behold Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End!" emerging from the void was a teal dragon with white bone-like armor on its body, a red mane of hair on its head matched its cold red eyes, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF). "Now, for 1000 life points, all cards in our hands and on the field are destroyed and sent to the graveyard." He said with Winter gritting her teeth, "Not only does that mean you will lose your Aegis of Gaia, but you'll also take 300 damage for each card sent by this effect." Kaiba declared before pointing, causing flames to form in Chaos Emperor Dragon's mouth, "Go, burn it all with to create a Cemetery of Fire!" the CEO of Kaiba Corporation said before his monster unleashed its flames are Armageddon. The fire spread to both sides of the field, incinerating Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Dragon Master Knight, and even Chaos Emperor Dragon itself. Both Winter's spell and trap cards were shattered, as were the three other cards in Kaiba's hand. The flames eventually died down with Winter falling to one knee, her aura fading at the end of the duel.

Kaiba: 2000 – 1000 = 1000 Life Points

Winter: 300 – (9 X 300) – 3000 = 0 Life Points

From the observation box, Weiss fell to her knees, "Winter…" she spoke with tears in her eyes, but then saw her big sister stan back up.

"So that it then," Winter said while dusting herself off, then looked back to her opponent, "At least I can say it took Seto Kaiba to finally defeat me." The military pro duelist said before having a focused gaze on her face, "But rest assured. One day, you will lose to a Schnee."

"…" Kaiba did not give a response, rather turned around a walk out of the arena. Winter watched him leave before looked around at the cheering crowd. She waved to them but soon focused on the observation box. Weiss and Winter locked eyes, all other noises fading away from their minds. Slowly, the military pro duelist nodded her head with a smile, causing heiress Obelisk Blue to gasp. However, Weiss then nodded back with a matching smile on her face.

A couple of hours later.

In their room, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang all sat on their respective beds, "Weiss, are you okay?" Ruby asked with a look of worry on her face.

"Yeah, I am." Weiss responded with a smile, then looked back at her deck of cards, "Now, I have more reason to get into the pro leagues and duel Seto Kaiba again." She said before exhaling a breath, "I'll win, not only for my own pride, but for my sister's as well."

"That's good to hear." Blake said with a smile, "I'm sure you'll do it one day."

"Yeah, but that means you might have to battle me to get to him." Yang added on with a smirk, "You want to have a match right now for practice until that day?"

"Heh, you're-" Weiss was saying before hearing a knocking sound on the door. The heiress Obelisk Blue got up to open the door, then gasped to discover it was her the military pro duelist and the headteacher of the Ra Yellow dorm, "W-Winter, I thought you still stuck with interviews after the match."

"I was able to skip out of them to come here and wish you goodnight." Winter responded, her hands behind her back, "As well as good luck."

"Good luck?" Weiss said as Winter turned to Glynda.

"The Chancellor was very enthralled with the duel and has decided to hold a tournament back at the Academy." Glynda said as she worked on her tablet, "He wishes to call it The Genex Tournament, and it will be open to all who wish to go to the island and duel." She said before adjusting her glasses, "Our students can go up against students from other academies, even pro leaguers are welcome to join."

"A tournament like that would draw a lot of people," Blake added.

"Heh, sounds like a lot of fun," Yang said with a smirk.

"Yeah, count me in!" Ruby cheered.

"Uh, Winter," Weiss turned to her big sister, "Are you going to join?"

"Not this time," Winter responded, "I'll be taking a short vacation to recover from my last tournament." She said before smiling, "I'll trust you to represent our family name well in my stead."

"Of course," Weiss said with a smile and nod, "I promise."

"Good," Winter responded with a smile as well.

"Due to the change in circumstances, our stay here will be extended a few days. As well, we will be returning via the ship that will take many of the new challengers to the island." Glynda spoke, "The Chancellor said this will save on the travel back cost, and to give you more time to hang out with your friends and potential opponents in the tournament."

"Nice, I love an extended vacation," Yang said as she stretched her arms.

"He also asked me to teach the academy lessons you would miss in this extend absence." Glynda said with Yang slightly gasping, almost falling off her bed, "That is all I have for you right now, I will inform the other students of the change in our situation." She then adjusted her glasses with a scowl, radiating a red aura, "Goodnight, but do take those beds off each other before someone gets hurt." She said as the four girls had a look of panic in their eyes.

"Heh, bunkbeds." Winter commented, "How creative?" she said before the door closed, but Weiss had a slight smile reform on her face. The military pro duelist then turned to Glynda, "Well, after you finish with the other students, care for a drink at the bar?"

"Only if it's tea," Glynda responded with a smile, "I still have to create and review the rules for the tournament and send them back to the Chancellor." She said before having a look of worry, "Winter, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Winter responded, but slightly broke eye contact, "Just…lookout for Weiss for me. Will you?"

"Of course," Glynda responded with a bow, "I do so as her teacher and your friend."

"Thank you," Winter responded before walking down the hall, "I know I can always count on you." Glynda smiled before looking back to the room of the other students she needed to inform about the tournament.

AN: There you go, Kaiba and Winter's climatic duel comes to an even more climatic end. She put up a fight unlike any other member of the cast could here, but it was just not meant to be. To those who say Kaiba used a lot of banned cards and that's against the rules… do even need to finish this line. For me, I loved writing Cyber Jar just giving then five card each for free. That is what allowed me to make these crazy combos and get this kind of ending. I knew that once I decided that Winter would play BLS, she would use it and Ultimate Dragon to make Dragon Master Knight this way. Still, while she had the Envoy of the Beginning, Kaiba used Envoy of the End to finish off rest of her life points and then some. And while he walks off the victor again, Seto known his next match against a Schnee will be even tougher. Weiss resolve is reignited, and the gang now learns of the Genex tournament taking place in a few days. However, Winter will not be joining this time, instead taking a vacation, (Something I needed to do after that duel as well). She may not duel for the rest of this series, but I can't think of a better way to send her off here. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.

Edit: Couple people have said that Winter should not be able to revive Blue-Eyes Ultimate, since it was not properly fusion summoned first, but she can in this fanfic. I already broke this rule back when Blake dueled Weiss, and I don't like that this is a hidden rule to begin with when fusion monster say when they can and cannot be specials summoned by other ways. Still, I like both duels regardless of that rule being broken, as they lead to a more interesting duel. (I'll take this Screw the Rules moment, but will follow the others more closely).

Now, time to answer some questions. Regarding Ruby getting a future spellcaster deck, nothing is in the works. She has had her deck upgrade from the start of this season, and I don't see much need for her change it now. Regarding Ozpin or Ironwoods' decks, I think the idea for them would be similar to a comment I saw referencing another story. They would both play Kozmo, but Ozpin would play the heroic cards, while Ironwoods would play the empire cards. That fits both somewhat well for each of them when you split the archetype that way. Sadly, neither of these characters will show up in this series outside of that small cameo from a few chapters ago. And finally, my opinion on Timelords. Their okay in the anime, but I never cared for the TCG version of them. Those were all the questions I had, feel free to ask more, and I will answer them in the next chapter.

Now, I will take this moment to talk about what is next for this series and its planning. The tournament will have a LOT of duels in it. I do not want to make the entirety of it in one go, as I feel I would likely get burned out before getting halfway through. So, I will be posting chunks before going on break to another series, then coming back to repeat. Each chunk would be around ten to twelve duels in however many chapters I make per duel. They will be mini arcs in the tournament that will be resolved before a break, but as the series goes on, the ends will be more dramatic. In a few months, I want to post a chapter that has the gang return to the island, shows off a lot of the tournament participant, and sets the stage for the events to come. I will then have an updated datasheet chapter with a few more character and a tournament list so you can keep track of who is where, (But I will still have a few surprise duelists here and there). That is the plan for right now, thank you so much your support and for checking out this series. Please, look back every now and then to see some of the new cover arts, as I will update the datasheet on who has been made.