Ohhh boy Chapter 9 here we go! What's going to happen between Lelouch and Reiji?! Is Lelouch going to reveal himself, or is he going to do something else?
I have a question for all of you at the end of this chapter, it involves Yugo and Yuri. But otherwise, onto the story!
Ch.9: The School Standoff
"Who are you?" Reiji asked over the rising tension. It was an innocent question that anyone would ask when they meet someone new. But Lelouch knew that he had other motives. The raven haired teen knew that Reiji wanted to know his name for another reason.
Lelouch put on a charming smile, his mask was so real, even he almost believed it. "Lelouch Lamperouge." He stuck his hand out in greetings. "I must say, it's an honor meeting the CEO of the LEO Corporation and L.D.S."
Reiji studied the hand offered to him, but immediately followed with the action, and shook Lelouch's hand. At the moment, he could get a real reading off of this guy, off of Lelouch. If that was even his real name, so he decided to play along.
The two broke off of their handshake before Lelouch asked the question that was in the back of his mind. "If I may be so bold as to ask, but why are you here?" He tilted his head, and his raven black hair slid over his eyes slightly at the motion. "I thought L.D.S didn't own the Yusho Duel School?"
"Theres is a bit of a problem going on between our schools." Reiji explained calmly, as if he wasn't eavesdropping on the others a few moments ago. "You see, one of our students has been injured in a duel. His name is Sylvio Sawatari." Lelouch tensed slightly, but not even Reiji was able to notice it as he continued. "He claims that he was attacked by Yuya Sakaki, and he had other witnesses, one of them including Yuzu Hiragi."
Well shit. Lelouch thought bitterly. I didn't expect this to happen, and when I decided to head over to the school of all days.
"That doesn't sound good." Lelouch faked being worried about Sylvio. He knew that the burnette wasn't hurt too badly, a few scratches and bruises, along with being traumatized, but nothing fatal. He must be faking some of his injuries.
Little did Lelouch know that Slyvio gave a loud sneeze back in his hospital room. The brunette looked around quickly, but soon resumed eating from the fruit basket he had been gifted with no difficulties.
"But Yuya doesn't seem like the type to attack people like that." Lelouch defended the tomato haired teen. "I haven't gotten to know him for long, but from what I can pick up he wouldn't hurt a mosquito. Even if it was biting him. Yuya is more like someone who tries to make other people happy, even if it means giving up some of his own happiness."
Reiji raised an eyebrow at Lelouch's deduction. From what he had gathered, the raven haired teen hadn't hung out with Yuya except for when they first met with the muggers. The CEO made sure to confirm it.
"I have to agree to that." Reiji conceded, and threw one side of his red scarf behind his back casually. "I don't see Yuya being so violent either. I honestly think either Sylvio is lying because of his recent loss against Yuya, or someone else is impersonating him." Violet eyes met once again. "However, my mother doesn't really care about that. She's more of an opportunist than I am." That wasn't exactly true, but it wasn't an exact lie either. Reiji was just more subtle than his mother.
"Wait?" Confusion entered Lelouch's violet eyes now. "What does this have to do with your mother being an opportunist? What's going on here?" Now his eyes were narrowed.
Reiji gestured towards around the corner. "You can always go and find out. They're all around this bend arguing."
Lelouch frowned while he looked at Reiji, before he slowly started walking around the corner. Just when he was about to go around the bend, Lelouch stopped and turned to Reiji one more time. Both teenagers just watched each other carefully, and Reiji just KNEW that there was something about this teen that wasn't normal, even for his standards. But he just didn't have any proof to hold over Lelouch's head. Though when he stared into those violet eyes just like his own. It felt like Lelouch knew a LOT more about Reiji than he wanted.
"Have a nice evening. Though I suggest you either leave or join me, because being caught eavesdropping around the corner like a creep can pose lots of unwanted questions." Lelouch gave one more fake smile, his eyes seemingly showing how sincere he was. Before he finally went around the bend, Reiji didn't bother following Lelouch. Instead, he just choose to do what he was doing before.
When Lelouch turned around the bend, he didn't expect Yuya to be in a duel. Everyone's focus was on the current duel that looked like it was about to end. Nobody even noticed that Lelouch had suddenly joined them from nowhere.
Lelouch recognized Yuzu, along with the three kids that were around the first time the raven haired teen had met Yuya. Lelouch had learned their names were Allie, Tate, and Fredrick. Then there was the Academia spy, who was looking at the duel with a bored expression on his face, sucker in hand. Lelouch hid his distaste for the spy, and focused his attention onto the new strangers.
The older woman must be Reiji's mother Lelouch vaguely realized. She was wearing a dark red dress that stuck close to her body, along with long, drooping gold earrings and a strange golden necklace thing that wrapped around her neck and went down to most likely her cleavage. Her magenta hair was curled in two ways, and she wore matching magenta high heels. The secret resistance fighter knew that he would dislike this lady right away. She seems almost snobbish enough to be like a Britannian, and I haven't even spoken to her yet.
Then there were the two teenagers that stood beside her, they were most likely from L.D.S. The boy had long brown and spiky hair, a little fanged tooth could be seen sticking out of his lip as he smirked. He was shorter than average, but he also had a wooden sword of sorts attached on his back. He also wore what Lelouch thought was a suit for karate or some form of martial arts. Though the white jacket had its sleeves torn off, and the teen wore navy blue underneath his white jacket. A black belt was wrapped around his waist, and amber eyes focused on the duel.
The second teenager was a girl. She had shoulder-length, straight black hair and ruby red eyes the judged the field harshly. She wore a light yellow shirt and pants that contrasted with her dark skin, along with a light blue shirt on top of her long sleeved yellow one. There was a brown belt and duel box wrapped around her hip along with blue boots. Her stare wasn't one out of arrogance, but one of observations, if just a small hint of mockery.
At the moment, Yuya was dueling a boy with purple hair, a pin that looked like the Big Dipper was by his left ear and forehead. He had blue eyes, along with a blue and purple jacket, navy blue belt with a deck box, and white pants and olive green shoes. Lelouch recognized that this duelist was an Xyz user, but he wasn't from the Xyz Dimension. Right now, there was a Rank 6 Xyz dragon out, along with a Rank 5 paladin looking monster on his field.
Yuya had his two magicians in their Pendulum Zones, but other than that he had that Elvis Presely looking fish, and a frog dressed as a clown of sorts? Lelouch shook his head slightly, Yuya's deck was somewhat weird. He was on top of said frog, and was running towards something, but Lelouch didn't know what.
YUYA LP- 2100
DIPPER LP- 4000
CONSTELLAR PLEIADES RNK.5 ORB.2 ATK:2500 DEF:1500
CONSTELLAR PTOLEMY RNK.6 ORB.2 ATK:2700 DEF:2000
PERFORMAPAL TURN TOAD LV.2 ATK:0 DEF:800
PERFORMAPAL SWORD FISH LV.2 ATK:600 DEF:600
"This time I'll-" Yuya spoke with determination, before Dipper interrupted.
"He just never learns does he?" The Xyz user spoke mostly to himself, but everyone still heard it. Lelouch didn't like how cocky this guy was acting. Dipper pointed towards Yuya and his monster. "Constellar Pleiades effect activates! By using one orbital I return Entermate Turn Toad to your hand!" The astral knight crushed one of its orbitals, before Yuya's frog started to glow, and disappeared into yellow particles while Yuya was still riding his monster.
Yuya started to fall, but he managed to grab the ledge at the last second. Lelouch carefully breathed a sigh of relief. That idiot! Doesn't he care if he hurts Yuya during this duel? Lelouch thought about what he just said. Who am I kidding? Why should I be surprised someone from Standard would act like this when I'm currently going through a war between the Xyz Dimension and the Fusion Dimension. Yuya better kick this idiot's ass, or I'm going to be pissed if he loses.
Yuya got up quickly, and continued running even without his monster. "Battle!" Dipper cried out and threw his hand towards Yuya's running form. "Pleiades attacks your Swordfish!" The knight raised it's weapon, and slashed downwards towards Yuya and his monster. The tomato haired teen was just barely able to dodge getting cut in half, but the building behind him didn't. The old temple and its columns began to crumble and fall apart all around the Entertainment duelist.
"Oh no, Yuya!" Yuzu cried out worriedly, along with another stranger that Lelouch had never met. He was tall, probably just an inch higher than Lelouch, and he had a very stocky build. He wore a red bandana that was tied around his black pompadour hairstyle.
"Yuya! Get out of there!" The stranger yelled out in concern for Yuya.
"That's it!" Yuya suddenly cried out, and Lelouch returned his attention to the duel. There was something shining brightly from within the temple, but the building was compromised as it continued to fall apart. "Press forward!"
That's when Lelouch saw Yuya do one of the most stupidest things the resistance leader had seen in his entire life.
He ran into the crumbling building.
Son of a bitch. Lelouch swore inwardly. Glaring at the building as it collapsed on top of Yuya's head. This kid has the same kind of shitty survival instincts as Suzaku!
Smoke and dust rose up like a cloud around the field. No one could tell if Yuya made it or not, or to see if he was injured. Where the hell did they get a field like this anyway? How much did this thing cost exactly? Lelouch wondered.
A figure walked out of the smoke suddenly, and almost everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Though the people from L.D.S weren't as happy as those from Yusho. Yuya was alright, if a little dirty and bruised. Yuya raised a card up in the air triumphantly.
Dipper frowned at Yuya now, his mocking grin now gone. "You should have ran away from there!"
"If I do what I should have it wouldn't be as exciting right?" Yuya smirked towards his opponent. Lelouch could agree with Yuya's point on some levels, but running into a collapsing building wasn't one of them. In the genius' mind that was a completely stupid move.
"That's Yuya!" Tate cheered, and lifted his arm out towards the older boy.
"Burning!" Fredrick, the blonde boy, cheered and did some weird dance that Lelouch honestly never wanted to see again. Violet eyes made sure to not look at the kid lest he watch that weird dance again.
"Fine then." Dipper clicked his tongue, and pointed at Yuya. "I attack Yuya directly with my Constellar Ptolemy!" The dragon began to charge up an astronomical amount of energy between its wings.
"Action Spell!" Yuya called out, and slammed the card he had just raised onto his duel blade. "Twinkle Comet activate! Until the end of the turn it lowers one of my opponent's monster's Attacks by 1000! As well as leaving 500 damage to the player!"
Action Spell? Lelouch looked at the field, puzzled.
CONSTELLAR PTOLEMY ATK:2700 = 1700
DIPPER LP- 4000 = 3500
His Spell card still didn't stop the direct attack from hitting. Yuya was forced onto his back from the blinding yellow light that flew at him. He cried out from the pain, but still managed to get up.
YUYA LP- 2100 = 400
"Damn you." Dipper swore at the tomato haired teen, glaring at his opponent. "Within my 40 consectutive wins, you damaged my never before touched Life Points!"
Lelouch couldn't help it. He laughed, loudly.
Everyone turned their heads towards the laughing stranger that had just suddenly appeared. He had raven black hair and piercing violet eyes, but they were currently closed due to his laughing. Lelouch's black hair blocking his closed eyes as he bowled over slightly, clutching his stomach. Everyone else took a step back from the teenager in surprise. Sora was surprised that someone had managed to get the drop on him, and managed to sneak in here without his notice. The duel must have distracted him more than he had originally thought.
"Who the heck are you!" Yuzu spoke in surprise as she pointed at Lelouch. "How did you get in here?!"
Lelouch wiped a small tear from his eye as he finally looked up at everyone. "You- You actually keep track of your wins. Arrogant much?" Lelouch watched as Dipper fumed at his comment, before he turned to Yuzu. "Too be honest. I literally just walked in here."
Yuzu, along with Allie, Tate, and Fredrick, all did a sweat drop and almost fell to the floor as if in an anime. Yuya himself was extremely surprised at seeing Lelouch suddenly there.
"Ahh!" Yuya almost tripped himself up when he saw his raven haired friend. "Lelouch!" Heads turned towards Yuya now, surprised that the tomato haired teen actually knew this stranger. "What are you doing here?!"
Lelouch frowned towards Yuya. He was in the middle of a duel, but the teen just mentally shrugged and decided to hold this conversation. "I called you to tell you I was heading over. I even gave you a text, check your duel disk." Yuya did just that, and to his surprise he saw the voicemail and text Lelouch had left for him. Each being sent only around ten minutes ago.
Quickly rubbing the back of his head, Yuya gave a sheepish laugh. "I am SO sorry you had to come in on this day! You see-" Yuya threw a thumb back towards Dipper, who seemed agitated that their duel was being held off momentarily. "We're kind of in the middle of a battle that's deciding the fate of the school."
Lelouch blinked. "Deciding the fate of the school? What the he-"
"ACHEM!" Dipper cleared his throat loudly, regaining everyone's attention. "I believe we are in the middle of a battle still, or do you just want to surrender and hand me the win?"
"What! No way!" Yuya quickly shot the idea down, and raised his duel disk. "I'm still in this, and the fun has just begun!"
"Well, in that case." Dipper smirked, and activated a spell card. "Continuous Spell: Constellar Tempest activate! You can only activate this card if there are two or more Constellar Xyz Monsters on your field!" A shooting star seemed to launch up into the air, before it exploded. Multiple meteors were now rocketing down towards the field, and Yuya struggled to dodge them all. He screamed and squeaked a little when a few got too close for his comfort. Eventually, one got so close that the force blew Yuya away. "Crush him! Crush him!" Dipper laughed. "At the end of this turn your Life Points will be halved!"
YUYA LP- 400 = 200
"I end my turn with that." Dipper spoke somewhat happily. "At this moment, Constellar Ptolemys' Attack returns to normal.
CONSTELLAR PTOLEMY ATK:1700 = 2700
"I'll take you down on my next turn! No matter what it takes!" Dipper spoke, a crazed look entering his eyes slightly.
"Jeeze." Lelouch leaned back slightly. "This guy is obsessed with his 'consecutive wins'."
"What do you think a duel is?!" Dipper glared at the person who said that, which turned out to be Yuzu.
"That's right!" Allie supported the older girl, and raised her small fist towards Dipper.
"A duel is a fight!" Dipper snapped back instantly. "If it's to win you can't be picky about your methods." For once, Lelouch could actually agree with what Dipper was saying. All that matters are results. That's a motto the raven haired teen had made himself, and still loyally follows.
"You're wrong!" Yuya spoke up suddenly. Dipper looking up at Yuya in shock. The tomato haired teen was crouched behind a rock, but he stood up quickly as if to physically stand by his beliefs. "I… I don't want anybody to get hurt!"
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" Yuya spoke to everyone, and raised both of his hands into the air. "The fun has just begun!" Now, Yuya pointed up in between his Pendulum Zones.
"Oh!" Sora suddenly cheered, and jumped in his excitement. "Here it is! Here comes the good part!"
Lelouch raised an eyebrow. Is he just acting, or is he actually enjoying Yuya's way of dueling? Lelouch mentally scoffed at himself. Please, its most certainly just an act.
"My turn! I draw!" Yuya yelled, and drew his card. "Alright!" Apparently, he drew a card that he was looking for. "I summon Performapal Trampolynx!" A giant purple cat that had a trampoline on its back appeared onto the field and meowed.
PERFORMAPAL TRAMPOLYNX LV.2 ATK:300 DEF:300
"When this card is successfully summoned I can return one card on my field to my hand!" Yuya pointed to his Stargazer Magician. "I shall return Stargazer Magician to my hand!" The magic turned into yellow particles as it was removed from the field. "Now step on up! The one who will take Stargazer Magician's place is…" Yuya placed down a monster, and drawled his words out. "Performapal Turn Toad!"
"Huh?" Dipper said in his surprise, just about everyone was confused on what Yuya was planning.
"Now, your attention please!" Yuya asked, and everyone grew silent and watched. "I use Scale 3 Performapal Turn Toad and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician to set the Pendulum Scale!" The weird frog rose up in the pillar to Yuya's right. "With this, I'm able to summon multiple monsters from Levels 4 to 7!"
Pendulum Summoning really is powerful, and useful. Lelouch watched with amazement as Yuya Pendulum Summoned once again. Perhaps I should get my hands on some of these cards. If they're distributable and for sale that is. Though I could also geass Yuya into giving me some… That doesn't seem quite right.
"Sway, Pendulum of the Soul!" Yuya chanted. "Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my monsters!" Stargazer Magician appeared on the actual field, which caught Dipper off guard. "First, I'd like to welcome Stargazer Magician back onto the stage!"
STARGAZER MAGICIAN LV.5 ATK:1200 DEF:2400
"And now it's time for the appearance of the main star for today's event!" Yuya cheered, as a spotlight somehow managed to shine down on the tomato haired duelist. "With its ferocious but beautiful dual colored eyes. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Yuya's ace monster appeared onto the field with a loud and mighty roar.
ODD-EYE PENDULUM DRAGON LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:2000
Instantly, Dipper activated one of his monster's effects. "Constellar Pleiades effect activates! Using one orbital, Odd-Eyes is returned to your hand!"
Yuya doesn't even get a chance to really play at this rate. Lelouch frowned as Odd-Eyes was forcibly returned to Yuya's hand.
"With this, show time is over!" Dipper sneered.
"I think not!" That sneer was immediately wiped away at Yuya's confident words. "This main event is immortal!"
Lelouch's mind wandered to the immortal witch that had forcibly stolen his bed, making him sleep on the couch. C.C… The teen wondered how the immortal was holding up ever since Zero's supposed death or disappearance. Knowing her, Lelouch wouldn't doubt that she and her mysterious Code were the ones responsible in transporting him here. That, and the thought of the green haired immortal draining his bank account for pizza.
"What?!"
"Stargazer Magician's effect activates!" Yuya raised his hand towards the magician. "Once per turn when a Pendulum Monster I possess leaves the field, I can Special Summon that monster!" Stargazer Magician's staff glowed brightly, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon was returned to the field from that light with a seemingly victorious roar.
ODD-EYE PENDULUM DRAGON LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:2000
"Another splendid entrance, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Yuya praised his monster, and the dragon seemingly cooed, or what could count as a coo from a living dragon, at his words. "Turn Toad's Pendulum effect now activates! Until the end of the turn it can flip the Attack and Defence of one Pendulum Monster! My choice is Stargazer Magician!" Yuya once again pointed to his handy magician, who stood up straighter at the power boost.
STARGAZER MAGICIAN ATK:1200 = 2400
Dipper's jaw dropped slightly as the tables began to turn slowly but surely. "In addition, I activate the Spell Magical Star Illusion! As long as Stargazer Magician remains on the field. Until the end of this turn all monsters on either player's field equal to the total of their monster's levels times 100, have their Attacks increased!"
Lelouch finally saw what Yuya was planning. "Xyz monsters don't have levels." He stated.
"The levels of the monsters on Yuya's field are 14 all together. With Odd-Eyes at seven, Stargazer Magician at 5, and Trampolynx at 2!" Tate quickly did the math.
"So each of their individual Attacks will go up by 1400 then!?" Allie began to cheer at Yuya's foreseeable victory.
ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON ATK:2500 = 3900
STARGAZER MAGICIAN ATK:2400 = 3800
PERFORMAPAL TRAMPOLYNX ATK:300 = 1700
Slight tears began to form in Dippers eyes as he realized his Xyz monsters wouldn't gain any Attack Points. "What did you say?!"
"Now then, shall we get started?" Yuya hopped onto his dragon. Lelouch, having never seen a duelist actually ride their monsters before, actually dropped his jaw slightly at the sight. "Battle! I use Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to attack Constellar Ptolemy! Spiral Strike Burst!" The Pendulum dragon looked like it was hungry for some vengeance, seeing as he was always taken out of the field so many times. With one huge breath, the red dragon breathed fire onto the other stellar dragon, who cried out in pain before exploding. Dipper was thrown back from the sheer force of the attack.
DIPPER LP- 3500 = 2300
"After that, Stargazer Magician attacks Pleiades!" Yuya pointed towards his magician, and the monster twirled his staff before pointing it at the stellar knight. A constellation formed above the staff, and was slammed into the knight, causing the monster to explode as well. "Intergalactic Crash!" Dipper hid his face from the wind that blew from the attack.
DIPPER LP- 2300 = 1000
"And now for the finish! I attack you directly with Trampolynx!"
The cat ran full speed towards Dipper, without any signs of stopping. The Xyz user could only watch as the cat pounced on him, and landed on his back. The trampoline bent and folded on top of Dipper, and once the purple cat did a full flip the L.D.S duelist was sent flying. Dipper cried out as he flipped head over heels in the air, until he finally collided against some unseen force in the sky. Slowly and most likely painfully, the purple haired teen slid down towards the floor.
DIPPER LP- 1000 = 0 LOSER
YUYA LP- 200 WINNER
To Lelouch's surprise, the field began to dissolve until the illusion finally vanished. Yuya walked off of the field, radiating confidence as he went. Though, as soon as he was off of the field, the entertainment duelist heaved in a huge breath and sighed with relief.
"Nice job Yuya!" The three kids cheered.
"Yeah." Yuzu stepped besides Yuya and smiled at him. "That's one win for us, so it's 1 to 0."
"Just one more win and this entire mess will be over." Yuya breathed, before he walked over to Lelouch. The raven haired teen waiting for him. "Hey Lelouch. I'm sorry I didn't answer your call or text. As you can see, I was a bit busy being in the middle of a duel."
Lelouch raised an eyebrow, and his violet eyes seemed to bore into Yuya's scarlet red ones. The tomato haired teen was just about to wilt slightly when Lelouch held out his hand in greeting. Seeing the silent peace offering, Yuya enthusiastically shook Lelouch's hand and laughed sheepishly.
"Yeah." Lelouch deadpanned, but smirked in amusement at Yuya's reaction. "I suppose it's alright. If I had known this was going down, I would have come over tomorrow." Now Lelouch frowned, and looked over at the L.D.S students, Dipper was currently sulking in the corner. "Speaking of which, would you mind explaining to me what's going on?"
"Before any of that" The Academia spy butted in, hands behind his head casually and a sucker in his mouth. Emerald eyes flickered between Yuya and Lelouch. "You mind introducing yourself, or is Yuya going to have the honors?"
"Yeah Yuya. How do you know this guy?" Yuzu looked at her childhood friend for answers.
"I would like to know what is going on as well." The giant of a man walked over and looked down at Lelouch. Seeing the two side by side, one would think that Lelouch was a literal twig.
Yuya waved his hands and spoke hastily. "Now now! There's no need to crowd around us!" The three backed off slightly at that, and Yuya continued. The Pendulum creator made a gesture towards Lelouch, who just had to roll his eyes at the over dramatic display. Though it wasn't like he was any different when he changed into his Zero outfit. "Guys, this is my new friend. Lelouch Lamperouge. He's going to be staying in Miami City for a couple of months."
"How did you guys meet?" Sora tilted his head in curiosity, green eyes studying Lelouch carefully, as if searching for something.
Lelouch seemed to be the only one noticing his studying stare, and did a charming smile towards the shorter boy. He would find absolutely nothing that would make Lelouch seem suspicious. "Yuya helped me win a duel when two guys tried to mug me." The rest of the group balked at the news. "You see, I come from the upper parts of the country. So it's been a while since I've been to Miami City. Seeing everything that's changed got me a little lost, so when Yuya found out I was somewhat new here he decided to give me a tour of sorts around the town. He showed me this school and told me a bit about it, and I decided to head over and check it out. I had planned on calling him to tell him I was coming ahead of time, but apparently someone was too busy with a duel to answer." Now Lelouch's eyes went back to Yuya. "Who also apparently forgot to mention anything about me at that. I thought you would have told them about me before I had arrived, so that they wouldn't be as freaked out about it."
Yuya sweat dropped slightly. "I was going to do that, but I kind of forgot after the lecture Yuzu's dad gave me that day. I guess it just slipped my mind until you suddenly showed up."
Lelouch lowered his eyelids slightly at Yuya's excuse. "You know, somehow I'm not surprised nor do I find myself shocked." Though Lelouch quickly turned this newfound attention from himself towards the others. "So, who are all of you?"
"Ah! How rude of us. Here we are asking questions about you when you don't even know who we are." Yuzu put a hand against her chest. "My name is Yuzu Hiragi."
The Academia spy pointed a thumb at himself and smirked. "I'm Sora Shiunin."
The stocky teenage gave a short bow in greetings. "My name is Noboru Gongenseka, and I am one of Yuya's closest friends." Gongenseka gestured to the three kids. "This is Fredrick, Allie, and Tate."
"It's nice to meet you all." Lelouch gave a faux smile in greetings. "Yuya has told me a bit about you, but I find it better getting to know someone in person." Lelouch's face turned serious again as he turned to stare at the L.D.S students. "So, now that introductions are out of the way. Can you tell me what exactly is going on." The others weren't supposed to know that he already knew the answer, so he had to play dumb.
"Ah, that." Yuya frowned as well. "You see, a person I had fought and defeated just before I'd met you was injured and taken to the hospital." Lelouch faked his surprise, which actually looked pretty genuine. "He claims that I attacked him a couple of days ago, saying that I Xyz Summoned some dragon that could do actually damage."
I see. That boy, Sylvio, he's mistaking Yuto for Yuya. Just like Yuzu did. Though, judging from the subtle flinch that Lelouch saw from the corner of his eye. It looks like Yuzu still has Yuto and Yuya mixed up. Even when I specifically told her that they were two different people and pointed out the differences. Why does she still hesitate? Is it because she saw someone that looks like her as well?
"Can you actually Xyz Summon? I thought you only knew how to Pendulum Summon?" Lelouch looked at Yuya, and he finally saw the frustration in his scarlet eyes. He wasn't happy with this entire standoff between L.D.S and Yusho either.
"That's the thing!" Yuya finally huffed, and crossed his arms in his anger. "I DON'T know how to Xyz Summon, and I have people who were with me the entire time this incident went down. I can't be at two places at once, so whoever fought Sylvio was impersonating me, or they actually looked like me! Even Yuzu couldn't tell the difference."
"If you have witnesses stating that you were not at the scene at the time. Then you shouldn't even be fighting with L.D.S." Lelouch furrowed his eyebrows. "What even is the prize in this tussle?"
Yuya seemed hesitant on telling Lelouch, but seeing the look in his violet eyes told the tomato haired teen that Lelouch won't take no for an answer. "If L.D.S wins, they get control over the Yusho Duel School, and they get a hold of my Pendulum cards." Lelouch tensed, those were some dangerous bets. "If we win, L.D.S has to leave us alone."
"And you agreed to this!" Lelouch hissed, looking at the woman who was choosing L.D.S' next duelist. "That's an absolutely stupid wager! You don't even get anything if you win, and you lose everything if you don't win!"
"We couldn't exactly refuse." Yuya's scarlet eyes shook slightly, fearing the idea of losing this school to L.D.S. "They threatened to take us to court, and this school doesn't have enough funding to hire a lawyer for that long. The Yusho Duel School would have to close due to bankruptcy."
Lelouch glared at the woman now. Who was looking over at Lelouch and Yuya with that damned victorious smirk on her face. That bitch. Reiji's mother and opportunist my ass. I'm tempted to geass her right now.
But that would blow my cover now, wouldn't it?
Geass wasn't an option here. The Academia spy was here, and Lelouch didn't want to have Reiji as an enemy. From their recent standoff, Lelouch could tell the teenager had some level of genius intellect, and he knew the game of masks and deceit well.
"This is a lose-lose situation." Lelouch crossed his own arms, and he focused his glare onto the ground. He could feel his geass wanting to activate, but he pushed it back. "I doubt L.D.S will let this entire thing brush off anyway, damn their promises. It's what a corporation does to climb up the ladder of success." Violet eyes met scarlet. "So you have to win one more duel, and L.D.S 'leaves you alone' and the school is safe?" Yuya nodded his head. "So whose dueling next?"
"Let's find out, shall we?" The woman spoke up, listening in on the two boy's conversation. She put her hand on the female L.D.S student's shoulder and nudged her forward. The girl did nothing but frown as she scanned the duelists before her. "This is Masumi Kotsu, and she is one of our experts in Fusion Summoning. Who is the Yusho student that will be dueling her?"
"Which of you will be my opponent?" Masumi spoke for herself, a scowl on her face. Quickly, she took out her duel disk and attached it to her forearm, ready for battle.
"Oh? So she's a Fusion user?" Sora looked like he was about to pounce at the option, but Yuzu stepped forward before he could. He gave a small whine and pouted, before he stuck another sucker in his mouth. The other one having been finished.
"I will." Yuzu spoke confidently. With Yusho Duel School riding on this duel, as well as clearing Yuya's name, I can't lose! Yuzu thought strongly, but her mind soon flashed back to that night. When she had met the Yuya lookalike, Yuto.
Her eyes seemed to waver in Lelouch's opinion. Masumi seemed to notice it as well, and smirked. Before flipping some of her hair back. This won't be ending well. Lelouch deduced sadly. She's too focused on what had happened, that she won't be focusing on the actual duel.
The two ladies casually walked out onto the field. Lelouch finally noticed another window that was higher up on the wall in the field, and looked up at it. Through the glass, he saw an adult male with short, spiky red hair, tinkering with a machine beside him. That must be the principal of the school, and Yuzu's father.
Shuzo spoke through a speaker hidden somewhere in the room. "Alright this! Action Field On!" To Lelouch's slowly lacking surprise and rising realization, the field turned into something different than the one Yuya and Dipper fought in. It was a hallway covered from head to toe in beautiful, gleaming jewelry that sparkles everywhere. "Field Spell, Crystal Corridor! Activate!" Now Shuzo spoke to Yuzu directly. "Yuzu! I picked a field that perfectly matches your dazzling cuteness! So shine to your heart's content!"
Lelouch could see the teenage girl blush from where he was standing. "Dad…" Yuzu trailed off in embarrassment.
"To call someone like you dazzling, that's some incredible nepotism." Masumi lowered her eyelids when she faced Yuzu.
"What was that?" Yuzu glared at her opponent. Even if her father could be a clutz at times, he was still her father. The Melodious duelist didn't like anyone calling or insulting her father.
Masumi lost her smirk from before as she spoke to Yuzu seriously. "Your eyes have no luster." She stated bluntly.
Yuzu took a step back, caught off guard by that statement. Before her anger started to get over her and she leaned forward towards Masumi. "Wh-where did that come from?"
"It's proof that there is hesitation in your heart!" Masumi continued. Yuzu's eyes widened, as her thoughts once again strayed back to Yuto. His face looked so similar to Yuya's they could be mistaken as twins!
Yuzu shook her head furiously. "Stop saying whatever you want!" The pink haired teenager refused to let this L.D.S student get into her head. "I'll prove whether there is any hesitation or not in my heart with this duel!" That apparently was some signal or something, because Yuya suddenly start speaking.
"Duelists locked in battle!" Yuya cheered excitedly.
Suddenly, Gongesnseka took over from Yuya. "Kicking against the Earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Lelouch just stood back, almost besides Sora, and watched the Yusho students do their thing.
"They storm through this field!" Yuya spoke brightly, and gave Yuzu his most encouraging smile.
"Behold!" Tate, Allie, and Fredrick all jumped in together. Each child excited by this duel. "This is the newest and greatest evolution of dueling!" They cheered.
"Action…" Yuya, snapped his fingers. Which was surprisingly loud, and cards suddenly scattered all across the field.
YUZU LP- 4000
MASUMI LP- 4000
"DUEL!"
"I'm going first." Masumi quickly stated, and drew a card. "I activate the Spell card Gem-Knight Fusion from my hand! With this card I can use Gem-Knight monsters in my hand to perform a Fusion Summon!" The Yusho students seemed surprised that the girl was going to Fusion Summon already.
"What!" Yuzu looked at her opponent in disbelief.
"The cards in my hand I will fuse are Gem-Knight Tourmaline and Gem-Knight Emerald!" Masumi showed everyone the two monsters from her hand. "Gems tinged with lightning! Brilliant emerald of good fortune! In a whirlpool of light combine to bring forth a new dazzling radiance!" Masumi did nothing, but let the Fusion happen behind her. "Fusion Summon! Come forth, one who pursues victory! Gem-Knight Topaz!"
GEM-KNIGHT TOPAZ LV.6 ATK:1800 DEF:1800
A knight wearing old armor appeared onto the field. The monster wore a dark green cape, and held a strange weapon in one hand.
"I can't believe she managed to Fusion Summon on her first turn…" Yuzu looked at the Fusion monster in dismay. She didn't even know how to Fusion Summon, and she didn't have Pendulum Summoning like her friend Yuya. Her confidence seemed to waver even more at the display of might Masumi showed.
"It seems even with your eyes that lack radiance you're able to understand how great Hand Fusion is." Masumi observed. The Gem-Knight user stared at Yuzu carefully, not giving away anything about her plans.
"But.." Yuzu trailed off, before she thought to herself. The monster she Fusion Summoned only has an Attack of 1800. It's by no means an undefeatable monster.
"I wouldn't underestimate it if I were you." Masumi seemed to read the Yusho duelist's thoughts. Which caught Yuzu off guard once again. A smile was on Masumi's face. "How you deal with this monster will decide your fate. I set one card and end my turn." The facedown card appeared on the Gem-Knight user's field, before her turn ended.
"My turn, I draw!" Yuzu drew, and saw that it was her ace monster. Seeing the monster card, Yuzu knew what to do. "I activate the Spell card, Solo: First Movement! If I have no monsters on my field I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Melodious monster from my hand! You're up!" Yuzu placed a monster on her pink duel blade. "I Special Summon Melodious Maiden Aria!"
A female monster with short purple hair, pink and sometimes brown skin floated onto the field. It made Lelouch think of something like a fairy of sorts. There was a bronze metal that wrapped around the monster's arms, legs, and on the left side of her face. She also wore a pink skirt of sorts before singing a nice, short melody.
MELODIOUS MAIDEN ARIA LV.4 ATK:1600 DEF:1200
Yuzu wasn't done though. "If there is a Melodious monster on the field I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" She held up another monster card, before summoning it as well. "I Special Summon Melodious Maiden Sonata!"
MELODIOUS MAIDEN SONATA LV.3 ATK:1200 DEF:1000
This monster had flowing long, dark seafoam green hair. Along with a long blue dress that had music notes on it. There was one blue and light green wings sprouted on the monster's back. There was a blue metal that wrapped around her arms, legs, and a bit of the right side of her face. This monster also sung a nice tune, but it had a higher note to it.
"Now, the concert begins!" Yuzu held her arms out to both of her monsters. "I release Melodious Maiden Aria and Sonata and Advance Summon!" Both Melodious monsters sung a nice song, and grabbed each other hand. Before they both vanished into yellow particles, making way for a stronger monster. "Enchanting melody that echoes throughout the heavens, awaken the sleeping virtuoso! Come forth, Level 8 Melodious Prima Prodigy Mozart!"
This monster looked like a queen. She had two big, golden and white butterfly wings on her back. A red crown rested on top of her short curly grey hair. A big, victorian style red dress with yellow trimmings floated above Yuzu. She had red cuffs that matched her dress beside her small, seemingly delicate hands.
MELODIOUS PRIMA PRODIGY MOZART LV.8 ATK:2600 DEF:2000
"There it is, a Level 8!" Fredrick cheered, while Allie nodded her head enthusiastically.
"It's Yuzu's ace monster!" Tate smiled up at the powerful Level 8 monster.
"I'm not done yet." Yuzu pumped her arm, and glared over at her opponent's monster. "Prodigy Mozart can, once per turn, Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Melodious monster from my hand! Now, Melodious Maiden Canon, come onto the stage!" Mozart did a quick gesture, before pointing over to the space on her right. A transparent, bluish green beam shot out from her hand, before the new monster appeared onto the field beside her.
This music themed monster had short, spiky blue hair, along with a golden headpiece over both of her eyes. She had yellow shoes, along with a short purple and blue dress.
MELODIOUS MAIDEN CANON LV.4 ATK:1400 DEF:2000
"Battle!" Yuzu declared and pointed towards Masumi and her monster. "I attack Gem-Knight Topaz with Prodigy Mozart! Graceful Wave!" A stick appeared in Mozart's hand, and she spread her wings. Her butterfly turned black slightly, which made them look like piano keys now. A harsh wind blew in front of the high leveled monster, before Mozart pointed her stick towards Masumi's Gem-Knight Topaz. The wind was so strong that Masumi's monster was destroyed instantly.
MASUMI LP- 4000 = 3200
"How was that?" Yuzu almost spat towards the L.D.S student. "This is how I'll deal with your monsters." Masumi smiles, but doesn't reply to Yuzu's words. Yuzu grits her teeth, restricting her anger towards Masumi. Before she continues the Battle Phase by looking up towards her second monster. "Canon, you're up next!" Yuzu pointed directly at Masumi. "I attack you directly with Melodious Maiden Canon!"
Maiden Canon took a deep breath, before singing a toon that went straight towards Masumi. The sudden wind and force of the attack blew the Gem-Knight girl back, but she never lost her balance.
MASUMI LP- 3200 = 1800
"She did it!" Allie cheered.
"Shivers!" Frederick yelled. before doing another one of his weird dances. Thankfully, Lelouch had avoided seeing the strange sight at the last second, and was mostly focused on the duel. That, and watching the spy out of the corner of his eye when Sora wasn't looking.
"Good job Yuzu!" Yuya cheered for his childhood friend. His face was almost against the window he was so focused on the duel between the two girls.
"It seems you have some skills." Masumi conceded, and gave Yuzu some praise. Though, it didn't seem as sincere when she flipped her hair again and brushed some dust off of her shoulder. "But don't think that you've won just yet."
"Sore loser!" Yuzu yelled back at Masumi. The girl herself seemed to take the insults in stride, and only smirked back at the pink haired teenager.
"You'll understand if I am a sore loser or not in the next turn." Masumi declared. Such confidence with the Gem-Knight duelist intimidated Yuzu. She looked down at her duel blade in thought.
"Melodious Maiden Canon can change her battle position freely once per turn. I change Maiden Canon to Defense Mode and end my turn!" Yuzu switched the monster into Defense Mode. A blue aura surrounded the monster as it took a quick bow.
"My turn!" Masumi yelled before drawing her card. She reorganized her hand before making her move. "I summon Gem-Knight Alexandrite from my hand!" A knight wearing silver armor appeared. There were multiple colored gems, mostly rubies though, that were embedded into the silver armor.
GEM-KNIGHT ALEXANDRITE LV.4 ATK:1800 DEF:1200
"Gem-Knight Alexandrite's effect activates! By sending this card to the Graveyard. I can Special Summon one Gem-Knight monster from my deck! I Special Summon Gem-Knight Crystal!"
GEM-KNIGHT CRYSTAL LV.7 ATK:2450 DEF:1950
This knight also had silver armor on, though there were some bronze trimmings at its joints. The armor also had pure, clear crystal growing on its shoulders and arms.
"An Attack of 2450?" Gongenzaka looked at the strong monster in confusion. Usually, monsters don't have such a weird attack like this one does.
"But it still isn't greater than Prodigy Mozart's!" Yuzu declared with a relieved smile. Though it didn't last when she saw Masumi's reaction.
Masumi smiled. She was nowhere near finished with her turn. The Gem-Knight user pointed to her face down card. "I activate the Trap card Fragment Fusion! By banishing the Fusion Material monsters from my Graveyard I can Fusion Summon a Gem-Knight monster!"
"Wha-!?" Yuya leaned back from the window in surprise at Masumi's move. "A Fusion Summon using monsters in the Graveyard?" Lelouch would have been surprised as well if he hadn't seen Academia students perform moves like this.
"I choose to banish all three, Gem-Knight Alexandrite, Tourmaline and Topaz in my Graveyard." Masumi gestured to all three of her monsters. Each one having been revived from the grave temporarily to perform a Fusion Summon.
"Using Gem-Knight Topaz's two Fusion Materials that were sent to the Graveyard." Sora spoke mostly to himself while eating a pocky stick. A slight smirk formed on his face, one that Lelouch didn't like. "As well as using Gem-Knight Alexandrite to perform a Fusion? Now she actually looks pretty good."
"Gem with facets of noon and night!" Masumi yelled as he monsters began to form into one stronger beast. "Gem tinged with lightning! Brilliant emerald of good fortune! In a whirlpool of light combine to bring forth a new dazzling radiance! Fusion Summon! Come forth! One who illuminates all with its supreme radiance! Gem-Knight Master Diamond!"
GEM-KNIGHT MASTER DIAMOND LV.9 ATK:2900 DEF:2500
This knight had shinier, stronger looking silver armor. A black cape with a red interior was on its shoulders, which matched it's sword. The sword had a black streak in the middle, a rainbow of gems going down that streak. A giant diamond was embedded in the monster's armor, and glistening brightly in the arena. The monster towered over its master, making Masumi seem small. Though it only served to make the Gem-Knight user look more dangerous, more intimidating.
"This is my true ace monster!" Masumi revealed, her smirk having grown as she watched Yuzu's reaction. The black haired girl pointed up at her string ace. "I use Gem-Knight Master Diamond's effect to banish the Gem-Knight Topaz in my Graveyard."
"Banish? Why?" Yuzu stepped back, eyes wide. She couldn't see what Masumi was up to at all.
"Don't let your guard down!" Yuya yelled out to Yuzu. The pink haired turned when she heard Yuya speak, but her eyes widened and shook at what she saw.
Yuto was there, leaning against one of the columns if crystal calmly. His grey eyes bore into Yuzu's own, all the way down to her soul. He frowned, before looking at Masumi and then back at Yuzu. "She's planning something."
Yuzu gasped, and backed away from Yuto in fright.
"You're pretty carefree thinking you have time to look away!" Masumi seemed insulted at seeing Yuzu ignoring their duel. Yuzu herself seemed to snap back into reality. She blinked, looked over at Masumi, before looking back at Yuto. Yuto is gone, Yuzu having seen an illusion of sorts formed in her head.
"Battle!" Masumi cries out and points at Yuzu's weakest monster. "First, I'll be attacking your defense position melodious Maiden Canon with Gem-Knight Crystal!"
The knight stepped forward, before the crystals on it's shoulders shot forward. With a quick strike, Yuzu's monster was gone, having been impaled by the crystals. "Here comes the real deal!" Masumi raised her hand towards her ace. "I attack Prodigy Mozart with Gem-Knight Master Diamond!" Mozart raised its stick to defend herself, but it was no use. With one strike from Master Diamond's sword, the Melodious monster was nearly cut in half, and destroyed.
YUZU LP- 4000 = 3700
"Yuzu's ace monster got taken out!" Allie watched the turn of events with a worried frown.
"But she only took 300 damage!" Fredrick spoke up optimistically.
"I doubt she's finishing her turn with just that." Lelouch put in his own two cents. The three children's eyes widened at Lelouch's deduction.
"The new kid is right. I'm not done with my attacks." Masumi looked at Yuzu with that damn smirk, half of her face being shadowed. It was starting to grate on Yuzu's nerves. Lelouch just didn't like being called a kid, which was why he was frowning at Masumi.
"What do you mean?" Yuzu questioned. Both of her monsters already attacked, so the Gem-Knight duelist cant do anything else.
"That's because before the Battle Phase started I activated Master Diamond's effect." Masumi stated. Yuzu was surprised because she remembered Masumi using Master Diamond's effect to banish one of her own monsters. But she had been caught up in the Battle Phase and her own thoughts that she didn't really think anything about it. "By banishing a Level 7 or lower Gem-Knight monster. Master Diamond gains its effect until the end of the turn."
"Then that's why you banished Gem-Knight Topaz?" Yuzu spoke up in rising realization, unconsciously taking a step back. Things were starting to get dire fast. But she couldn't lose! The Yusho Duel School was counting on her, alongside Yuya.
"That's right." Masumi lifted her hand towards her face monster. "Gem-Knight Crystal's first effect! A monster destroyed in battle by this monster deals its original Attack as damage to it's controller!" A harsh wind blew around Yuzu as she lost Life pink haired girl was thrown onto her back from the force.
YUZU LP- 3700 = 1100
"Gem-Knight Crystal's second effect!" Masumi pushed forward without mercy. A yellow aura appeared around Master Diamond. "It can attack twice during the Battle Phase!" Everyone in the Yusho School balked at those deadly effects.
"What…" Yuya trailed off. His scarlet eyes shook as he realized Yuzu was about to lose.
"Then Yuzu will…" Gongenzaka frowned at the current events. His arms crossed tightly across his chest.
"Lose…" Allie, Fredrick, and Tate at the same time.
"I told you it was over, didn't I?" Sora said casually, crossing his arms above his head.
Lelouch turned to face the emerald eyed boy. "You don't seem to have a lot of faith in your comrades."
Sora raised an eyebrow at Lelouch. Before he went back to eating another pocky stick. "I'm just saying. This girl knows how to Fusion Summon, while Yuzu can only perform Advanced Summons. She doesn't have Yuya's ability to Pendulum Summon, because Yuya is the only one with Pendulum cards in the first place. It's certainly a challenge, and I would be surprised if Yuzu managed to pull off a win with these circumstances."
No, if this keeps up… Yuzu thinks. She didn't even want to finish the train of thought. She couldn't afford to lose this duel. Their entire school was at sake! This was like a second home to Yuya, and even to herself. Her own father treasured this place, dedicating his life and work to keeping this building functioning. Ever since Yuya's own father had vanished, Shuzo had taken that responsibility with the utmost care. She couldn't allow all of that work to be thrown away by some crappy excuse of an argument. She couldn't allow Yuya's name to be ruined by something he never even did. He's been bullied about his father, and even his looks, enough as it is. I'll…
Yuzu's eyes strayed back towards where Yuya and the others were, but they quickly caught onto a hint on brown on the floor. Zeroing in on the object, Yuzu found it to be an Action Card.
"This is the end!" Masumi.
An Action card! Yuzu's eyes widened. She could turn this entire duel around if she managed to survive till her next turn. Her body moved instinctually as Masumi continued talking, sprinting towards the card.
"By using Crystal's effect…" Masumi.
Yuzu runs for the Action card, her arm outstretched. It's all or nothing.
"I attack you directly with Gem-Knight Master Diamond!" Masumi leaned forward. Her Gem-Knight lunging forward as soon as the words left its master's mouth, and swung its sword.
I got it! Yuzu dived out towards the Action Card, arm still outstretched. Until suddenly, she collided with the column in front of her. Yuzu's hand tried to brush against the card, but all she felt was the cool texture of crystal. Looking deeper at the card, Yuzu realized that this was only a reflection. No…
Slowly, she turned around to look behind her. There the card sat, seemingly mocking her. The Melodious duelist wouldn't be able to reach it in time, Masumi's knight was already on top of her.
"To be deceived by the reflection in the crystals, your eyes must be quite clouded." That was the final nail in the coffin for Yuzu. A last taunt that struck her deeper than even she herself had realized. The pink haired teen watched as Master Diamond's attack landed. The action seemingly slowing down. Yuzu's thoughts went back to Yuto one more time. Grey eyes looking at her with his seemingly usual scowl.
A yellow beam flew from Master Diamond's sword, and sent Yuzu flying. She scraped against the ground a little, before she finally stopped and laid there.
YUZU LP- 1100 = 0 LOSER
MASUMI LP- 1800 WINNER
I decided to end the Chapter with this duel. It's not as long as the other couple of Chapters, but it's not the shortest either. Honestly, I'm struggling to finish this Chapter and the next one. That, and I've actually been rather busy travelling around a bunch. I just haven't really had time to touch up on this much. Though this part is… It's just so slow, and I just want to get to the damn tournament! I actually kind of plan to skim over most of Yuya's duels needed to enter the tournament. I only actually plan to completely write the Yuya vs Gongenzaka.
Now, as I said at the beginning of this Chapter, I have a question that revolves around Yugo and Yuri. Though, it's mostly on Yuri. As you know, I've decided to give all if the Yu boys a last name. I have decided what Yugo's last name is, but I'm stuck between two for Yuri. Here are the options.
Yuri Katsu- Katsu stands for victory.
Or
Yuri Satoru- Satoru stands for enlightened, fast-learner, wise, knowledgeable, perceptive, persuasive, understanding, and day break.
I feel both would work well for Yuri, especially with their meanings. Yuri has only lost against Yuya in the anime, and he learned how to use Action cards during their duel quickly. Yuri is a genius in dueling, and the dude can adapt to situations instantly. He also seems to prepare for literally every scenario somehow. Yugo's last name will be Yugo Ryuu- Ryuu means dragon spirit. Which fits Yugo and his Clear Wing well.
Tell me which last name you want Yuri to have. With that, I'll see you all in Chapter 10! -MoonlightWright
