Welcome to Chapter 10! The decision for Yuri's name has been decided. His last name will be Katsu! Let's just get on with the story with that now out of the way.

Ch.10: Rivals Meet

"Yuzu!" Yuya called out to his childhood friend in worry. Lelouch watched as the tomato haired teen opened the door and ran through the field towards his fallen friend. The field began to dissolve, and Yuya crouched down beside Yuzu's prone form. The teen lowered his face closer to Yuzu's when she didn't respond to his calls, and began to shake her.

Though Lelouch gave a small smirk when Yuzu slapped, and then proceeded to push the Pendulum duelist harshly for no reason. She most likely thought Yuya was about to kiss her, judging from the huge blush on her face. The Knightmare Frame duelist's thoughts began to wander to other things. Mostly about the field that had disappeared fully.

Action Cards. Action Fields… So this is what an Action Duel is. Lelouch's mind went back to Yuzu's comment at the warehouse. How the field was cold, and felt real even without an Action Field. So, Action Duels use real solid vision. Duelists can touch and feel their monsters, along with the field itself, and in reality not cause any real expensive damage. That's quite intriguing, perhaps I can study the mechanics and its inner workings a bit by myself. Learn how to replicate this… Though, the Action Cards are useful when in n a tough spot. It feels more like a cop out to me.

Lelouch rubbed his eyes slightly. Even when he wasn't dueling, or doing much work, today just seemed rather stressful. The raven haired teen could feel his geass in the back of his mind. It was trying to push forward, to be used. It was poking his left violet eye persistently, like a child begging for candy. Lelouch pushed the urge back, and harshly, locking the power away in a mental box. With that, his geass faded away, the insistent poking backing down, for now.

Masumi walked out of the arena, bursting with confidence. When Dipper said something, Masumi fired back by saying he lost his duel. This caused the Xyz user to go sulk in the corner again. It was starting to get on the raven haired teens nerves.

Yuzu and Yuya walked out if the field now. The Melodious duelist looked down right depressed and upset. Most likely at herself for losing the duel and being so distracted. Yuya himself seemed a bit worried about the school. If feeling a little bad for Yuzu as well.

"So." Lelouch leaned against the window slightly. His face showing no emotion, or how he really felt when he spoke. "This makes is 1 to 1, it's a tie."

"I'm so sorry I could win!" Yuzu looked at the ground dejectedly. "I tried really hard, but I guess it just wasn't enough."

Yuya turned to comfort his female friend. "It's no problem Yuzu! Just trying your hardest was enough, and I'm sure everyone appreciates it. The problem was that Masumi managed to get into your head. Besides, we'll win for sure now that Sora is going to duel next!" Yuya looked over at his sky blue haired friend with hope.

Sora, for all of his talk of wanting to duel the Xyz and Fusion users, just shrugged. He put both of his arms behind his head while he spoke over another pocky stick. "I don't know what you're talking about Yuya. I'm not going to duel."

"What!" Everyone, even Lelouch was surprised by what Sora just said.

"But- but you just wanted to duel the last two times!" Yuya tried to convince his Fusion user friend. "Why don't you want to fight anymore!"

Sora tilted his head to the side in thought. "I've never fought a Synchro user before, so I don't know what to expect. I'll probably cost us the match honestly."

"But you fought me when I Pendulum Summoned!" Yuya pointed out.

Violet eyes glared at the Academia spy. The reason he doesn't want to duel anymore is because he wanted the Xyz or Fusion user. Xyz because of what's happening in the Xyz Dimension, he considers them as weaklings, as prey. And Fusion because he wants to prove that he's better, that he's stronger. There's no better excuse than that. He doesn't give a damn about Yuya, this school, or his supposed 'friendship'. He's just a damn spy in disguise.

"So, who's going to be fighting me?" Kit took out his wooden sword, and pointed it at the Yusho students. "I'm an expert in the Synchro course, so I'm sure to kick your ass quickly."

Everyone looked at each other. Yuzu and Yuya had already dueled, and Sora was refusing to participate. That really only left Allie, Tate, and Frederick, and they weren't even on Kit's level. They were too young and inexperienced, and wouldn't stand a chance. They'd be destroyed, and then the Yusho Duel School would be lost.

Seeing the hope fading from Yuya's scarlet eyes made something within Lelouch stir. His mind flashed back to the look in Nunnally's eyes, before they finally closed forever. Though they mostly had the look of pure, unadulterated terror, Lelouch saw something die within her that day through her eyes. He never wanted to even think about that moment again, but it came of its own violation.

The words left his mouth before he even had time to think about it. "I will."

Even the L.D.S students were shocked by this statement. Sora looked on with extreme interest, and almost dropped his pocky stick, almost. Reiji himself was intrigued to see this duel play out. The CEO wanted to see Lelouch dueling for himself, with his own two eyes.

Unfortunately, Himika, Reiji's mother, had something to say. Her heels clicked loudly as she slid up next to the skinny teen challenging her student. "Really?" She drawled the word out, before she finally stood in front of Lelouch. She was taller than the violet eyed teen, and she tried to use it to her advantage and intimidate Lelouch.

It didn't work. In fact, Himika herself seemed to be the one feeling intimidated. Those violet eyes seemed to pierce her all the way to her soul.

She clicked her tongue in frustration, before continuing. "And are you from the Yusho Duel School?" This question caught Lelouch off guard slightly, and the woman pounced. A sly smirk appearing on her face as she continued. "I'm afraid you can't duel if you're not apart of the Yusho Duel School."

Lelouch's violet eyes hardened as he glared up at the woman. "You…" He really wanted to call her out and just say that she was a bitch, but that would cause more problems. Yuya and the others didn't need that right now, they were stressed out enough as it is. "Using a damn loophole excuse like that just so I can't fight."

He grit his teeth as he thought about it some more. The spy was here, and Reiji was most likely still here as well. Sora knew about Zero's deck, and what cards the masked man runs. Reiji, while he didn't know about Zero yet, would get to know his masked persona soon. Both of them weren't idiots, they would put two and two together instantly. Sora faster than Reiji if just barely. The Academia spy already knew that Zero was here, he didn't need to know who Zero was. The candy addict already knew enough, and Lelouch didn't even want to know what Reiji would do with the information. The dude was a genius, and being a genius himself. Lelouch wouldn't doubt the CEO of the LEO Corporation to use blackmail.

Lelouch crossed his arms, nails digging into his jacket. He gave a small growl that almost no one could hear, before he finally backed off. Lelouch couldn't risk his entire operation for some school. Even if it was Yuya's school, and even if it hurts to see the tomato haired teen lose some of that bright light in his eyes. That was almost guaranteed to happen if they couldn't find another person to duel, or if they lost said duel.

That's when the human giant himself stepped forward. Gongenzaka looked down at Kit with his arms crossed, and a determined frown on his face. Lelouch may not be able to battle, but he sure as hell was. Yuya's old friend refused to let the school, Yuya's name, and his Pendulum cards fall from grace and into L.D.S' greedy hands.

"I will be your opponent, since Sora won't duel." Gongenzaka glared at Sora briefly, and emerald eyes narrowed in distaste. Sora honestly looked like he had suddenly been yelled at as if he had done something wrong, but really wasn't the one responsible. Though, the Fusion user completely deserved it since he had backed out at the last and worst possible second.

Kit raised an eyebrow as he studied the sturdy teen. "You?" He gave a fanged smirk as he poked Gongenzaka with his wooden sword. "And what exactly can you do?" Eyes wandered over to Lelouch. "I almost want to fight that guy just to see what he's capable of."

Both Sora and Reiji silently agreed to that, but it wasn't meant to be. Gongenzaka grabbed a hold of Kit's sword and promptly cracked the wood when his fist tightened. The smaller teen was surprised, and jumped back when he heard a loud cracking sound. Before he glared up at the Steadfast duelist.

"You will learn not to underestimate me. I will show you how good my Steadfast dueling is when we actually duel." Gongenzaka looked back at Yuya, who was giving the bigger teen an extremely thankful smile. Gongenzaka turned on his stone sandals, and walked over towards the arena. "I refuse to allow your accursed and dishonorable school to steal the Yusho Duel School. Especially under such flimsy and pathetic excuses as the ones you have given, along with not allowing Lelouch the chance to duel. That in itself is dishonorable, not allowing a duelist to defend their friend's school under the premise of 'not being a Yusho student'."

Gongenzaka looked at Lelouch, who was surprised that someone he had just met was defending him so strongly. "When Yuya makes friends with someone, I trust his judgement on them. He's not one to easily be fooled by others, especially those who plan to do harm. Even with his bright and kind nature, he can read someone rather well."

Lelouch thought back to why Yuya decided to follow him in the first place. How the tomato haired teen had saw something in his violet eyes, and briefly saw through Lelouch's mask. A mask Lelouch had made, and perfected, for almost a decade. Yuya himself seemed to be blushing slightly at his old friends sudden praise.

"And if you would stand up to duel for Yuya's beliefs and hope when he couldn't. Then I know that you are a good person, and that I can trust you." Gongenzaka gave Lelouch a stern nod, something which Lelouch returned quickly. Before the Steadfast duelist turned his attention to Kit, who was also on the field. "I will defend this school!" He stated, and activated his duel disk while getting into a stance. "I swear this on my honor!"

"We'll see about that!" Kit took his own stance, and activated his duel disk as well. "You actually seem pretty interesting as well. But don't let your big figure or your big talk get to your head! We'll see if that bark has any real bite."

That was when Shuzo decided to choose the Action Field. "I choose this! Action Field on! Sword Cemetery!" A wasteland generated within the arena. Scattered swords of all kinds stuck out of the grey, dead dirt. Both Gongenzaka and Kit didn't flinch, but still glared at each other.

"This will be a grudge match." Lelouch looked at the two, neither one backing down. "This makes me think of the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force."

"That's because Gongenzaka has a special way of dueling." Yuya commented, walking over to stand beside Lelouch. The two mostly looked through the window as the duel was about to commence. "I want to thank you Lelouch."

"Hmm?" Violet eyes looked over at Yuya, before looking back out the window. This scene seemed very familiar, except it was somewhat reversed. "Why would you thank me?" Lelouch questioned. "I didn't do anything, or at least I couldn't." If Himika hadn't given Lelouch time to think about what he was going to do, he might have been the one out there at the moment.

Acting as rash as Suzaku isn't my style. Lelouch pondered to himself. Even then it's rather rare for me to be so selfless.

"But you actually stepped forward." Yuya rebuked softly. "You stood by my side and tried to help me when I was in need. You didn't have to, just like what Sora did, you could have refused and kept quiet."

"Just like how you could have kept walking when you saw two guys trying to mug me." Lelouch threw in playfully. "You didn't have to do anything either, but you did. So, I guess this is how I repay the favor, even when I wasn't of any use."

"You being my friend is all I ask." Yuya spoke really quietly now, something only Lelouch could really hear. "I didn't have a lot of friends before I met you, and I still don't and have lots of friends now. I'll just appreciate it if you cheer me on."

Lelouch frowned slightly, Yuya sounded somewhat vulnerable when he said that. It was like the teen was spilling some dark secret of sorts. Lelouch guessed the reason why Yuya didn't have a lot of friends was because of what had happened to his father. That, and his looks. For some reason, in his world. Most of the Ashford Academy females, and females in general, adored and crushed on Lelouch for his feminine looks. It wasn't the same in this world. Though lots of people still fawned over Lelouch, even though he was a complete stranger, there weren't as many. There were some people that actually got angry at the raven haired teen for his girlish figure, which he couldn't help. Then there was Yuya, who had the same figure as him, and even more. Having BOTH green and red hair was as likely as finding a needle in a haystack, and that didn't even include Yuya's red eyes. He was most likely bullied a lot for his weird and feminine looks alongside his father's disappearance.

"I'll do more than just cheer you on." Lelouch swore, mostly to himself. Yuya could still tell what Lelouch had meant, and gave him a big grin. "I'll stand beside you, and stand up for you if necessary till I have to depart." Both boys just stood and processed what had been said, before Lelouch continued. "Now let's focus on this duel. I'm sure Gongenzaka is going to need his oldest friend to cheer him on."

"He'll probably need you to cheer him on to. After all, if Gongenzaka trusts you, you'll become his friend soon enough. A friend of mine is usually a friend of his in the end." Yuya gave a quick laugh, but there wasn't a lot of mirth in it. "If you're not his friend already."

After that, Yuya was mostly focused on the duel. Lelouch let Yuya watch on in silence, the raven haired teen needed time to process everything for himself. Friends. He had actual friends here, just as Yuto, Shun, and Ruri were both his friends and comrades.

Was he getting too attached? What would happen when it was time for him to leave, most likely forever?

Lelouch snapped back into reality, and his violet eyes mostly focused on the duel. What was he thinking? Sure, these people were great. But but wouldn't stop him from reuniting with Nunnally. Lelouch shook his head. He could think about that issue later, when he had some privacy. He could think about that when the time came. For once, future Lelouch could deal with the rising situation.

"Gongenzaka!" Shuzo shouted over the speakers. "Bury Kit in this Sword Cemetery!"

"Mr. Hiragi." Himika spoke up from where she sat, watching the duel with a critical eye. "If we win this duel, Yusho Duel School and Yuya Sakaki will both belong to L.D.S." The woman glanced over towards Yuya, who couldn't help but cringe slightly under her gaze.

Lelouch just wanted to use his geass and be done with it. The raven haired teen didn't like the way Himika had worded that sentence. It made it sound like Yuya was more of an object or possession than an actual human being. If it managed to make even Lelouch uncomfortable, or feel uneasy, then it was bound to be very bad.

"That's fine, correct?" She spoke with mock innocence that Lelouch almost scoffed at.

"But if we win, you'll never meddle with Yuya again." Shuzo spoke seriously. Lelouch noticed how Shuzo didn't mention anything about the school. It slightly melted the 'Cold Prince's' heart at Shuzo caring more about the tomato haired teen than the school itself, the building. Though it was only momentarily. Yuya himself looked extremely happy, and must have noticed it as well. For Lelouch, Shuzo was certainly a far better father than HIS.

That still wouldn't make Lelouch trust the man any more than he could barely throw him. He wouldn't get over his father issues so easily.

Himika narrowed her clear blue eyes imperceptibly. It was like Yuya's entire fate depended on this duel. Though that seemed to be stretching it too much. Everyone looked between each other, and Lelouch carefully looked back down the hall. His violet eyes could just barely catch the hint of Reiji's long red scarf near the ground.

"The duelists meet at the battlefield!" Shuzo began. "Along with their monsters they'll kick the ground and fly through the sky!"

Himika suddenly butted in and pointed towards the duel field. "Witness dueling's greatest evolution!"

"Action…" Yuya and Yuzu spoke together, and each snapped their fingers.

"DUEL!"

GONGENZAKA LP- 4000

KIT LP- 4000

The Action Cards scattered across the barren wasteland in a frenzied explosion.

Gongenzaka shifted his stance slightly. "I'll go first." The giant teen drew. "I summon Superheavy Samurai Kabuto from my hand!" A big samurai like machine jumped onto the field. It wielded a big hammer that had to be held in both hands.

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI KABUTO LV.4 ATK:1000 DEF:2000

"I end my turn."

The Synchro user was confused for a moment at Gongenzaka's move. The same could be said for Lelouch. "All you did was summon a weak monster with a 1000 Attack Points."

"A truly strong man doesn't make any unnecessary movements." Gongenzaka spoke with pride. Lelouch raised an elegant eyebrow at that.

"Whatever you blockhead!" Kit gave a fanged smile. "Alright then, I draw!" Kit placed a monster on his duel blade. "I summing XX-Saber Boggart Knight from my hand!" A fanged warrior wearing a dark grey and blue armor joined the field. A red cape was on his shoulders.

XX-SABER BOGGART KNIGHT LV.4 ATK:1900 DEF:1000

Kit threw his hand out towards his monster. "When this monster is summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower X-Saber from my hand." A smiling warrior joined Boggart Knight's side. He had long blonde hair, a long red cape, and an orange and black suit with a weird electrical whip. "I Special Summon the Level 3 tuner monster XX-Saber Fulhelmknight from my hand."

XX-SABER FULHELMKNIGHT LV.3 ATK:1300 DEF:1000

"A tuner already?" Frederick looked at Kit's monster with worry.

"So he's going to Synchro Summon on his first turn as well." Lelouch deduced.

"Just like during my duel." Yuzu added in a somewhat depressed manner.

"Superheavy Samurai Kabuto's effect activates." Gongenzaka interjects before Kit can say anything else. The sturdy teen threw his hand towards Kit's monsters. "When you Special Summon a monster, this monster switches to Defense Mode." The samurai held its hammer to the side. "And it gains 500 Defense Points during this turn."

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI KABUTO DEF:2000 = 2500

"Too bad." Gongenzaka looked down at Kit from his elevated level on the field. "If you didn't Special Summon you could have defeated Kabuto." The Steadfast duelist smirked. "The one who makes unnecessary mistakes will lose this duel." The teen restated. "Remember that."

"Nice, Gongenzaka!" Yuya cheered on his childhood friend. "Show him your Immovable duel style!"

Lelouch looked over at Yuya with a confused expression on his face. "Immovable duel style? What's that?"

Yuya only gave a smirk as they both returned to watching the duel. "You'll just have to wait and see. It'll be a surprise." Lelouch didn't bother to tell Yuya that he hated surprises. They usually led to disaster, especially when he was Zero.

"Immovable duel style?" Kit spoke the words as if they were a joke. "Whatever! I'll keep going!" Kit showed everyone a monster card. "When there are two or more X-Sabers on my field I can Special Summon XX-Saber Faultroll."

The third monster appeared beside the other two, ready for battle. The humanoid monster had an orange and black suit on. Two weird orange things stuck out of the monster's shoulders. He held a big long sword in his right hand.

XX-SABER FAULTROLL LV.6 ATK:2400 DEF:1800

"He already has three monsters!" Tate looked at Kit's field in shock.

"Incredible." Allie awed slightly. Even though L.D.S was their enemy, the girl couldn't help but awe at their skill.

"You should be surprised after you see this!" Kit spoke to all three of them. Two of Kit's monster's jumped up into the air, one turning into bright blue stars while the other turned into green rings. "I tune Level 3 Fullhelmknight with Level 4 Boggart Knight!" The two monsters Synchro Summoned to created one stronger being. "Wield your crossed swords and step over the mountain of corpses!" A light shone brightly behind Kit. "I Synchro Summon! Come forth, Level 7! X-Saber Souza!"

A humanoid monster with green eyes, grey hair, and a ragged red cape appeared on the field. He held two long swords that he crossed in an X formation over his head and gave a loud war cry.

X-SABER SOUZA LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:1600

"So this is a Synchro Summoning." Yuya muttered to himself, the teen having never seen the summoning method until now.

"That's right!" Kit smirk and threw his hand up into the air again. "And I'm not done!" Most of the Yusho students jerked back at that. "Once per turn, XX-Saber Faultroll can Special Summon a Level 4 or below X-Saber from the Graveyard." A familiar blonde knight made its reappearance. "I'm bringing out XX-Saber Fullhelmknight."

XX-SABER FULHELMKNIGHT LV.3 ATK:1300 DEF:1000

"He used one of his monster's effects to bring a tuner monster back from the Graveyard?" Lelouch looked on intrigued. He's seen something like this from Fusion users, but seeing it from a Synchro user was slightly new. It also reminded the Knightmare Frame user of Shun's Raidrapotors. When one was destroyed, he would use a Rank-Up Spell to revive it and create another, stronger Xyz monster. Lelouch wondered how Shun was progressing when it can to carding some of L.D.S.

"It can't be…" Yuzu trailed off.

"It can be, missy!" Kit finished for the pink haired teen, and gestured to two of his monsters. "I tune Level 3 Fullhelmknight with my Level 6 Faultroll!" The familiar scene of light blue stars and green rings appeared again to create another entity. "Shine your silver armor! Crush the hopes of the opposition!" Kit grinned with his fanged teeth. "I Synchro Summon! Come out, Level 9, XX-Saber Gottoms!"

XX-SABER GOTTOMS LV.9 ATK:3100 DEF:2600

This knight also had a red cape, but it was ragged and in tatters. He wore a silver and bronze like armor, and held one giant sword in both hands. Red eyes glowered out from within the monster's helmet almost menacingly. The monster's stare directed at Gongenzaka and his Defense monster.

"He's unbelievable!" Yuya looked at the duel with rising worry for his friend. "He Synchro Summoned twice in just one turn."

Lelouch looked over at Yuya for a split second. "Believe in your friend. He'll certainly need the encouragement if he's going to get through this duel."

"What's wrong?" Kit taunted at Gongenzaka's silence. "Are you so shocked that you can't speak?" Kit gave a fanged smirk.

"A man stands firm and doesn't get frustrated." Gongezaka stated proudly, though he kept his mask of emotions over his face.

Kit's smirk was wiped off of his face. "I've heard enough!" He threw his arm out to the side, as if throwing Gongezeka's words away. "Then you won't mind if I go all out then!" The Synchro user pointed towards the Steadfast duelist. "Battle! I attack your Superheavy Samurai Kabuto with XX-Gottoms!" A beam of yellow light was thrown from the monster's sword, and destroyed the Defense position monster. The Level 9 Synchro monster's Attack being higher than it's Defense points.

Gongenzaka gave a short growl, but that was all. "How do you like the cutting edge of the X Sabers!" Kit spoke rhetorically. The giant's field was now wide open for a direct attack. "I'm not done yet! I attack you directly with X-Saber Souza!" Two white beams in an X formation flew at Gongenzaka. However, the sturdy teenager didn't move out of the way, and instead took the brunt of the attack. He skidded back a couple feet on his stone sandals, but he didn't fall over, and stood his ground.

GONGENZAKA LP- 4000 = 1500

"2500 points of damage..." Tate trailed off.

"He withstood it!" Frederick looked out towards Gongenzaka with worried amazement.

"I set one card and end my turn." Kit stated, and set a facedown card onto the field as his turn ended.

"My turn, I draw!" Gongenzaka drew, and a gust of wind burst from the draw. "It's here, the standard holder of my Steadfast Dueling!" Apparently, he drew the card that he needed. "Superheavy Samurai Scaletipper can be Special Summoned when my opponent has two or more monsters on their Field!" A humanoid mech painted mostly green and grey appeared on Gongezeka's side. It had a giant scale over its shoulder, along with a golden hat with a green gem embedded in its forehead.

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI SCALETIPPER LV.4 ATK:800 DEF:1800

Gongenzaka smiled. "And when this monster is Special Summoned I can Special Summon one Superheavy Samurai from my Graveyard!" The giant teen pointed towards a space on his field. "Be reborn! Superheavy Samurai Kabuto!"

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI KABUTO LV.4 ATK:1000 DEF:2000

"Immoveable like the mountains." Gongenzaka closed his eyes as he spoke. "I shall show you the true form of steadfastness!" He opened his eyes and pointed towards his two monsters. "I release Superheavy Samurai Scaletipper and Kabuto to Advance Summon in Defense Mode…" A giant green beam of light formed in front of the giant teen, and a giant monster was formed from within it. The giant robotic monster was mostly a navy blue, with some orange and light grey as well. The robot held a giant, dark yellow staff, and also had a yellow scarf around its neck. "Level 8! Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei!"

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI BIG BENKEI LV.8 ATK:1000 DEF:3500

Lelouch looked at the Level 8 monster with confusion. "That's some pretty good Defense stats." He admitted. "But Gongenzaka can't attack if his monster is in Defense Mode."

Yuya was buzzing with excitement now that Gongenzaka's Level 8 monster was out. "Just you wait. You'll get to see Gongenzaka's Steadfast dueling first hand, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed."

"A summon in face-up Defense Mode?" Kit looked at the monster with confused surprise.

"Usually, you can only summon them face-down." Tate spoke up, slightly confused as well.

Gongezaka held one big finger up. "Being able to Advance Summon it in face-up Defense Mode is one of Big Benkei's powers!"

Kit shrugged casually, and smirked. "So what if it can do that?"

"Without moving it will win!" Kit looked up at Gongenzaka again, a small 'huh' leaving his lips. "This is the core principles of Steadfast Dueling!" The Superheavy Samurai user cried out. "Battle!" He held his hand out towards Kit's monsters. "I attack XX-Saber Gottoms with Big Benkei!"

"Huh?!" Both Lelouch and Kit jerked back slightly at Gongenzaka's words.

"Attacking when it's in Defense Mode?!" Kit spoke incredesouly.

"Big Benkei can attack while it's in Defense Mode!" Gongenzaka revealed. A happy smirk on his face at having caught Kit off guard. The giant mech slammed his fist into the ground, and a bunch of fire made the ground crack from underneath. The path heading straight towards XX-Saber Gottoms, and had no intention of stopping. "It can use it's Defence as it's Attack!"

KIT LP- 4000 = 3600

Lelouch's violet eyes blinked at the scene. The teen having been stumped by this turn of events. "I've never heard of a monster that can attack while in Defense Mode…" Apparently, this game still managed to hide a ton of surprises behind the raven haired teen's back.

Yuya smirked over at Lelouch. Seeing his rather intelligent friend being so stumped was rather funny to watch. "I told you that you wouldn't be disappointed! Gongenzaka's Steadfast Dueling is one of a kind!"

Alright! The man himself cheered slight. He looked at his hand quickly before looking back onto the field. With this my defense is set up. "I end my turn with that!"

"Eh?" Lelouch tilted his head slightly. "That's it? Just one monster, and one attack? He didn't even bother to put down any spells or traps."

Now Kit wasn't smirking. In fact, he had an actual, serious scowl on his face. "My turn, I draw! I summon XX-Saber Boggart Knight from my hand!" He showed the monster card to everyone, before summoning it.

XX-SABER BOGGART KNIGHT LV.4 ATK:1900 DEF:1000

"When Boggart Knight is successfully summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower X-Saber monster!" He held up another monster card from his hand. "Come forth! XX-Saber Ragigura!" This monster was literally a bipedal chameleon in knight armor. The bipedal lizard was even holding two swords, one in each hand.

XX-SABER RAGIGURA LV.1 ATK:200 DEF:1000

"What!" Frederick put both of his arms behind his head. "It's just a monster with 200 Attack! That's small-fry!" The blonde haired child would soon come to regret his words.

"When Ragigura is successfully Special Summoned, I can add one X-Saber monster from my Graveyard to my hand!" Kit revealed the chamelon's effect. "I return Faultroll to my hand!" He took the monster card out from his grave, and added it to his hand. Before he held the monster up once again. "Faultroll can be Special Summoned when I have two or more X-Sabers on my Field!"

XX-SABER FAULTROLL LV.6 ATK:2400 DEF:1800

"Faultroll's effect activates!" KIt's smirk had returned slightly. "Once per turn, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower X-Saber monster from my Graveyard!"

"Ehh!" Allie spoke up. "Another Special Summon?!"

"Return to us! Tuner monster XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" The tuner monster appeared from the grave once again, and took up the last slot on Kit's field.

XX-SABER FULHELMKNIGHT LV.3 ATK:1300 DEF:1000

Sora looked over at Frederick, Allie, and Tate as they all stared through the window with horrified faces. The Academia spy soon returned to eating his giant lollipop since he had run out of pocky sticks.

"Wait… Does that mean?" Tate began to wonder, there was a tuner monster out.

"He's going to Synchro Summon another monster." Lelouch frowned, Gongenzaka had just destroyed one, and now another, stronger one was about to take its place. "Probably a stronger Synchro monster as well."

"That's right!" Kit's fanged tooth stuck out when he smiled. He gestured to his monsters. "I choose to tune Level 6 Faultroll with my Level 3 Fulhelmknight! Let your silver armor shine! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!"

XX-SABER GOTTOMS LV.9 ATK:3100 DEF:2600

"No way… The Gottoms he had just defeated…" Yuzu trailed off. Their childhood friend had JUST defeated that monster, and now it was back for round two.

"But Gottom's Attack is 3100, he's no threat to Big Benkei!" Yuya pointed out.

Suddenly, Kit sprinted forward and took out his wooden sword again. "You've got that right!" He threw the sword out towards his side, which caused a gust of wind to blow over the field. An Action Card was picked up by the wind, and blew around the field gently due to its weight. Kit made an instant beeline for the card. "But this will decide what happens!" Kit grabbed the card, looked at it, before playing it. "Alright! A card that can get me out of this mess! I activate the Action Card Extreme Sword!" The Synchro user pointed to one of his monsters. "Extreme Sword increases the Attack of one of my mosnters during combat by 1000!" Yuya leaned back and his jaw dropped slightly.

XX-SABER GOTTOMS ATK:3100 = 4100

Kit gave a small chuckle. "This is the real charm of Action Duels!" He glared up at Big Benkei. "Battle! I attack Big Benkei with Gottoms! Shatter!" Gottoms threw a yellow beam from his sword towards Gongenzaka's only monster, destroying it.

"Big Benkei was.." Yuzu began.

"But since it was in Defense Mode he won't take any damage even if it's destroyed!" Yuya quickly interjected, and looked over at Yuzu with a frown. Though his scarlet eyes showed a deep worry.

"He's not exactly out of the woods yet." Lelouch pointed out. "Kit still has other monsters, and Gongenzaka won't be able to survive until his next turn if he takes all of that damage."

"You're too naive!" Kit spoke to Yuya, causing his and Yuzu's attention to go to the Synchro user. "I activate the Trap card Meteor Rain! Any monster in Defense Mode attacked this turn will deal Piercing damage to its owner!" Kit smiled. "You'll still take 600 points of damage!"

GONGENZAKA LP- 1500 = 900

Smoke appeared over the field, but once it was gone. The field revealed that Big Benkei was still there, and standing strongly. Kit's eyes widened in confused shock. "Wh… Why?!" He asked.

Gongenzaka opened one eye and spoke directly to Kit. "When Big Benkei was attacked, I sent Superheavy Samurai Armaments Fire Armor to my Graveyard!" The Steadfast duelist revealed. "By sending this card to the Graveyard for the rest of this turn, it negates the destruction of one Level 5 or higher Superheavy Samurai!"

Lelouch nodded his head towards Gongenzaka. Smart move.

Kit clicked his tongue. "So you sacrificed your hand to protect your ace then?"

"But the monster with its destruction negated has its Defence lowered by 800!" Gongenskea revealed the other, more dire part of this effect.

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI BIG BENKEI DEF:3500 = 2700

Now Kit was smiling again, his wooden sword in hand. "That's fine then! But let's see how that will work out with this!" As soon as Kit created a gust of wind from his sword, Lelouch immediately knew that the Synchro user was going for an Action Card.

The teen grit his teeth slightly. So far, those things have been more of a nuisance than an actual help. Why hasn't Gongenzaka gone after any Action Cards of his own!?

"It went towards him?!" Kit started sprinting towards the card, and Gongenzaka.

"If he gets that…" Tate trailed off.

"Run! Gongenzaka!" Frederick cheered.

However, to almost everyone's surprise. The Superheavy Samurai user didn't budge an inch. "I will not move."

"Huh?!" Tate, Frederick, and even Lelouch looked over towards Gongenzaka as if he had suddenly gone insane. That, or the giant had grown two extra heads.

"Then it's all mine!" Kit reached out and grabbed the Action Card, before playing it. "Alright! I'm lucky today! I activate the Action Card Extreme Sword again! Souza's Attack goes up by 1000!"

X-SABER SOUZA ATK:2500 = 3500

"I attack Big Benkei with Souza!" Kit declared his attack, and his monster struck Big Benkei.

Gongenzaka crossed his arms and stood tall against the blast and the force behind it. Smoke billowed past him, and his red headband flew against the wind violently. "Because of Fire Armor's effect, Big Benkei's destruction is negated!"

"But you still take damage due to Meteor Rain's effect!" Kit butted in, before smiling. "This time it's 800!" Fire flew bside Gongenzaka, and the sturdy teen was forcefully thrown onto his back, and landed on the ground harshly.

GONGENZAKA LP- 900 = 100

All of Yusho was looking at the duel with rising worry, and panic. All except for Sora, who didn't care, and Lelouch, who had traded his panic for anger. Dammit! Is this guy really going to lose!? The violet eyed teen took a calming breath as he thought quietly. If he does, I suppose I can just geass Reiji's mother at a later date into returning the Yusho Duel School and Yuya's Pendulum cards… Now that I think of it like that, this wager doesn't seem quite as dire as it did a few moments before. Lelouch's geass began poking at his eye again, this time with a little more force. The teen closed his eye and gave a small, unnoticable hiss. The power having managed to break out of Lelouch's mental box, though it was quickly thrown back in there. He could deal with that can of worms AFTER he left the Yusho Duel School and was either somewhere isolated, or hiding in his room at the hotel.

"And the monster that had it's destruction negated by Fire Armor has its Defence decreased by 800 too, right?" Kit drawled on slightly.

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI BIG BENKEI DEF:2700 = 1900

"Yeah, but when the Battle Phase ends, Souza and Gottoms' Attack returns to normal." Gongenzaka kneeled, and looked up at Kit and his monsters.

X-SABER SOUZA ATK:3500 = 2500

XX-SABER GOTTOMS ATK:4100 = 3100

"Looks like you held out using the effects of the monsters in your hand…" Kit shrugged slightly, before putting his hands on his hips. "For such a big guy, those are some small-minded tactics!"

Now Gongenskea finally stood back up. "That's just how my deck that I believe in functions."

Kit huffed out a laugh. "Well then, this will put an end to those cunning tricks! I release Boggart Knight and activate Gottoms' effect! I send one card in my opponent's hand to the Graveyard!" Boggart Knight turned purple, before exploding into particles as it was sent to the Graveyard. Gottom pointed its sword towards Gongenzaka.

"Wh-What!" Gongenzeka watched as one of the two cards in his hand was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard as well.

"I'll have you throw away that last one as well." Kit decided. "I release Ragigura and activate Gottoms' effect again!" With that, the chameleon was released from the field, taking along with it Gongenzaka's last card. "With this, your hand is at zero. Now you've got nothing you can do." Gongenzaka's eyes were shadowed, not revealing any true emotion. "I set one card, and end my turn."

"At this rate, Gongenzaka is going to lose!" Allir spoke to Tate and Frederick is worry.

"If only he had taken that Action Card!" Tate bunched his hands into fists.

"Yeah!" Frederick looked to Tate and Allie. "Why didn't he go for it?!"

"That's something I would like to know as well." Lelouch spoke up finally, before looking at Yuya. He just knew that the tomato haired boy knew the answer. "Would you like to explain, Yuya?"

"No, this is just fine." Yuya looked out towards his best friend. All of the Yusho students eyes were on the tomato haired teen. "This is just how he duels." Yuya closed his eyes, as if he was reliving a flashback of sorts. He didn't say anything more, and Lelouch guessed that he wouldn't be able to get anything out of the scarlet eyed boy. So he turned to watch how this duel would end.

"My turn! I draw!" Gongenzaka yelled fiercely. He looked at the card he drew, before a small smirk grew on his face. It must have been a good card, or one that he needed. "I summon Superheavy Samurai Armament Great Wall from my hand! This monster can be equipped to a Superheavy Samurai monster and increase its Defense by 1200!" The strange green machine instantly attached itself to one of Big Benkei's arms. It looked like a green and yellow shield now.

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI ARMAMENT GREAT WALL LV.3 ATK:1200 DEF:1200

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI BIG BENKEI DEF:1900 = 3100

"To think you drew a monster that would give you a power up, you're one lucky bastard!" Kit smirked up at the giant teenager.

"I didn't draw this monster with luck." Gongenzaka corrected. "My deck understood my determination! Battle!" The Steadfast duelist cried out. "I attack X-Saber Souza with Big Benkei!" The giant mech monster threw his fist to the ground again, and Kit's Synchro monster was soon destroyed.

KIT LP- 3600 = 3000

"Now you've done it, you stubborn bastard!" Kit spoke angrily, before taking a couple steps forward. "I activate the Trap card Gottoms' Emergency Call!" He threw his hand out towards the trap card as it revealed itself. "If there is a face up X-Saber monster on my field this card allows me to Special Summon two X-Saber monsters from the Graveyard! Be reborn! X-Saber Souza! Raigiugua!"

XX-SABER RAGIGURA LV.1 ATK:200 DEF:1000

X-SABER SOUZA LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:1600

"And with Ragigura's effect, Faultroll returns to my hand!" Kit showed a fanged smirk.

"Gongenzaka just defeated that monster, and now Kit revived it again!" Allie cried out in dismay.

"Not only that, but he revived another monster, and added Faultroll back to his hand!" Frederick slumped slightly.

Meanwhile, the other L.D.S students were watching the duel as well. Dipper seemed slightly impressed. "Monsters that you can summon whether it's your turn or not…" The Xyz users smirked at the battlefield. Before he looked over towards Masumi. "The ability to turn the tides so explosively is what makes the X-Saber decks so frightening!"

Masumi gave an evil smirk of sorts. She saw a chance, and made a quick jab her fellow L.D.S student. "It's rare to hear you compliment someone else's deck." She spoke innocently, before going in for the kill, and narrowed her ruby eyes slightly. "Did losing make you that weak?"

Dipper gasped, before looking at Masumi with a horrified 'how dare you!' look, and went back over to his corner to sulk. Masumi watching the display with a somewhat deadpanned reaction.

Sora, who was momentarily watching the scene, soon looked back towards the field. His emerald showing boredom as he licked his lollipop and spoke. "With his Life Points at 100, and his hand at zero. Gongenzaka doesn't have a chance to win, does he?"

"No, it's not over yet." Yuya spoke calmly, and confidently. "He hasn't given up yet."

Even if he hasn't given up. It doesn't necessarily mean that he'll suddenly win the duel. Lelouch thought slightly pessimistically, but he was looking at the facts. Though it hurt somewhat to agree with the Academia spy, Lelouch couldn't really see a way for the Steadfast duelist to make a comeback.

"My turn. I draw!" Kit spoke calmly, as Gongenzaka had shadowed his eyes once again. He showed a familiar card to Gongenzaka and smirked. "Hey! You remember this card, don't you?"

"XX-Saber Faultroll…" Gongseka spoke. "When you have two or more X-Saber monsters on your Field it can be Special Summoned." The giant teenager drawled on in a bored tone. He had seen this scene replay multiple times already, it was hard not to get bored.

"That's right." Kit nodded his head. "And since I have two or more on the Field, I can Special Summon him!"

XX-SABER FAULTROLL LV.6 ATK:2400 DEF:1800

"With that Faultroll's effect activates! Once per turn I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower X-Saber monster from my Graveyard! Be reborn! Tuner monster XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" With that, Kit's field was once again full of monsters.

XX-SABER FULHELMKNIGHT LV.3 ATK:1300 DEF:1000

"I choose to tune Level 6 Faultroll with Level 3 Fulhelmknight!" Kit declared loudly. "Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 9! XX-Saber Gottoms!"

XX-SABER GOTTOMS LV.9 ATK:3100 DEF:2600

"At this moment, I use Souza's ability to release Ragigura!" Kit threw his hand out towards his chameleon like monster. Kit smirked at Gongenzaka's expression. "Your face has 'Why did he do that written all over it'? You'll find out soon enough! Battle!" He pointed towards Big Benkei. "I attack Big Benkei with Souza! By releasing one X-Saber monster, Souza gains the effect where it destroys any monster it battles with this turn!" Kit clenched his fist. "This time I'll be taking out that ace monster you've been so stubbornly defending!"

"I activate Great Wall's effect!" Gongenzaka interrupted. "By putting this card into the Graveyard I can negate an attack on the equipped monster and it's Defence becomes 0!"

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI BIG BENKEI DEF:3100 = 0

"Damn it!" Kit was starting to get frustrated, and fast. "But even if you negate one attack, without its Defence it's nothing!" He pointed at Gongenzaka. "I'll reduce your Life Points to shreds with my two remaining Gottoms! I attack Big Benkei with the first of my Gottoms!"

"That's what I was waiting for!" Gongenzaka gave a smirk that just SPELLED out disaster. Kit lowered his hand in confusion. "I activate from my Graveyard Superheavy Samurai Armament Break Armor's effect!"

"What!" Kit cried out. "You activated it from your Graveyard?!" Even the others were caught slightly off guard by this. "That card, it can't be…"

Gongnezaka held the card out for everyone to see. "That's right! This is one of the cards you sent to the Graveyard from my hand using Gottoms' effect! This card shows its true strength when it's in the Graveyard!" Kit looked as if he realized that he had just screwed up. "When there are no Spell or Trap cards in my Graveyard, by Banishing it I can deal the difference from the current Defence and the original Defence of an attacked monster to my opponent!"

"WHAT?!" Kit took a step back, and looked up at the monster that was now descending onto the field.

"Big Benkei's original Defence was 3500." Tate began to do the math. "Now that it's at 0… Kit will take 3500 damage!" All three kids smiled at Gongenzaka's rising victory. "Gongenzaka will win!"

Sora was so shocked that he had dropped his lollipop. It fell to the ground and shattered across the floor. His emerald eyes stared at the field in disbelief. "No way…" He trailed off.

Now when Yuya spoke, even Sora turned his head to listen with great interest. "The conditions to pull off this comeback were having no Spell or Trap cards in his Graveyard." Yuya stated.

Lelouch blinked his violet eyes, before he looked over at his tomato haired friend in rising disbelief as well. His eyes widened, and he slightly feared the answer to his question. "Don't tell me! Don't tell me Gongenzeka doesn't have any Spell or Trap cards in his deck! His deck CAN'T be made of all monsters!"

Yuya gave such a cheesy grin that Lelouch almost wanted to walk out of the building. "You're right Lelouch. Gongenzaka didn't put any Spell OR Trap cards in his deck. He only put monsters in."

Lelouch breathed out slightly, and turned his head back to the duel. "You've gotta be joking." Though the secret rebel knew that Yuya wasn't lying. The raven haired teen just now realized why Gongenzeka never went for that Action Card, it would have ruined his entire deck. "Well shit." He breathed quietly, making sure that no one but himself heard him swear. THIS certainly helped the sturdy teenager gain points in Lelouch's mind. A deck with only monsters in it… Hell he still couldn't really believe even when he was seeing it with his own eyes! The respect for this man as a duelist just went up in Lelouch's opinion.

"A deck constructed with only monsters?!" Masumi herself seemed to think that wasn't possible. Dipper having stood up from his sulking corner to see this play out for himself.

"That's beyond crazy!" Dipper's eyes widened at the sight.

Kit closed his eyes in thought. "I see, and your reason for not taking the Action Card was all for this." He put the pieces together as well.

"That's right!" Gongezaka revealed. "Since Action Cards count as Spell Cards. Do you see it now! This is the true strength of Steadfast Dueling!" Gongezaka's monster threw some energy balls, all four heading directly towards Kit.

"You made some pretty interesting plays!" Kit admitted. "I activate from my hand the Quick-Play Spell Saber Reflector! When there is a X-Saber monster on the field, I can negate effect damage!"

NOW Yuya was surprised, and he held his hands against the glass window. "That guy, he STILL had that option!?"

"And the negated damage is dealt to the opponent!" Kit added in, a victorious smirk on his face. "This is the end!" A blue shield formed around Kit and his monsters, protecting them. Before that shield turned into a blue flame that flew right towards Gongenzaka.

Gongenzaka grit his teeth at what he was about to do, but he had no choice. It was either lose alone, or go down with Kit. "I activate the effect of Superheavy Samurai Armament Big Bang from my Graveyard!"

Kit's eyes widened, and his voice shook slightly. "Another card that I had sent to the Graveyard!?"

"When there are no Spell or Trap cards in my Graveyard, by Banishing this card, I can negate damage from an opponent's card effect!" Everyone was literally against the window watching this intense duel. At this rate, no one knew who was going to actually win and come out on top.

Kit took a step back, and crouched slightly. The wind whipping his brown hair across his face and behind him wildly. "You negated the damage I reflected!?"

Gongenzaka's own red bandanna and jacket was flicking around in a frenzy from the intense winds. "That's not all, furthermore it destroys all monsters on the field, and deals the total level of all destroyed monsters times 100 to BOTH players!" The machine absorbed all of the blue flames, but was quickly overheating. It was obvious that the thing was about to explode, but Gongenzaka had this huge grin on his face, even in the face of this oncoming blast.

"WHAT?!" Everyone yelled.

"Their total levels are 33!" Kit looked up at the overloading machine in horror.

Gongenzaka smiled victoriously. "That's 3,300 points of damage!"

The machine exploded with a loud 'BANG!'. Quickly, a bright white light engulfed both Kit and Gongenzaka, along with all of their monsters. While the monsters were destroyed, Kit and Gongezaka were thrown back by the sheer force of the explosion. When everything had cleared, and the field dissipated, both Kit and Gongenzaka were laying on the ground in defeat.

KIT LP- 3000 = 0 DRAW

GONGENZAKA LP- 100 = 0 DRAW

The entire building was quiet, no one dared to say a word.

"So its…" Frederick finally broke the silence, but he couldn't finish his words.

"A draw?" Allie finished for him.

While Lelouch was still somewhat processing this shocking turn of events, along with containing his geass, Yuya ran out to check on his childhood friend.

"Gongenzaka!" Yuya cried out as he sprinted over, and knelt beside the larger teen's form. "Are you okay?" Quickly grabbing Gongnezaka's shoulder, the smaller teen helped the larger one sit up. "Keep it together!"

The victorious smirk on Gognezaka's face was now wiped away. He looked up into Yuya's scarlet eyes with a disappointed frown at himself. "I'm sorry." He apologized. "Even with the Gongenzaka Style Steadfast Dueling, I couldn't defeat him."

Yuya quickly grew a nice smile as he looked at his childhood friend in the eyes. "What're you saying!" He spoke incredulously. "It's all thanks to you that we managed to get a draw, Gongenzaka!" The tomato haired teen held up a fist and closed his eyes. "You showed me the strength of your deck that you believed in!"

"The results of the best of three is one win, a loss, and one draw. So even with the third match, the Yusho Duel School and L.D.S are still tied up." Lelouch spoke mostly to himself. He liked to look at the numbers when he got the carpet pulled from underneath his feet. Which didn't happen a lot, but seemed to be happening more often now. Then again, he had been thrown into a completely different world than his, so the raven haired teen supposed anything could happen now.

The principal of the Yusho Duel School seemed to think the same thing, because he spoke over the speakers right after. "Chairwoman Akaba, you said you would take this Duel School if you won the Best of Three. But the result is a draw, I kindly ask you to leave."

Himika glared up at where Shuzo was. "What do you think you're saying?" She asked. "This was a Duel to settle everything, there can be no draws!"

"In my opinion." Lelouch interjected, before looking over at the chairwoman and the other two L.D.S students cooly. "A draw is still a loss."

"That's in your opinion, boy." Himika immediately shot Lelouch down. Something that made the raven haired teen extremely angry.

"Boy?!" His eyebrows twitched slightly. Lelouch's pride had been hurt once again, and there was going to be hell to pay. "I'll sho-"

"Uh, yes but, the Duel actually did end in a draw though." Shuzo continued. The man interrupting before something ELSE happened and spiralled out of control. This allowed time for the Knightmare Frame user to cool down before he summoned his Guren and used Radiation Surge on this woman's ass.

"A Tie-Breaker!" Himika suggested, more like demanded really. "We will Duel with our two Duelists that have one victory. That's fine with you, isn't it?"

"You can't just!-" Shuzo began, but Yuya stepped forward, causing the man to stop speaking. He had his goggles on over his eyes, which slightly concerned Lelouch. Gongenzaka was leaned against the wall by the window slightly.

Yuzu looked over at Yuya with worry. "Yuya…"

Himika smirked down at the tomato haired boy, who didn't bother to look up at her. "It seems that you're up for it."

"Now wait a minute!" Lelouch started, looking between Yuya and the magenta haired woman. "Yuya didn't say anything about whether he was going to agree or not. Don't put words in his mouth."

"You have no business with this affair." Himika snapped at Lelouch. Though she quickly regained her composure and looked down a Masumi. "Now then…" The ruby eyed girl said nothing, but gave a quick nod, and Yuya and Masumi were suddenly staring each other down.

"Wait."

Lelouch recognized that voice, he had heard it just around an hour or so ago. Quickly spinning on his heel, the raven haired teen, alongside Yuya, turned to face what everyone else was looking at.

Reiji Akaba stepped out from where he was hiding, and looked down at Yuya and Lelouch. Though Reiji was mostly focused on Yuya, he would occasionally look into Lelouch's own violet orbs as well.

"I will end this." He stated, and suddenly there was a three way standoff going on between Reiji, Lelouch, and Yuya.

.

.

.

"Alright then." Yuya agreed. "This is the real final match." Yuya's goggles reflected the light off of the ceiling. "I'll definitely win and protect the Duel School, and dad's dueling!" Lelouch looked over at Yuya with surprise.

Does Yuya even know what he's going up against? He's going up against the youngest person to become a professional duelist! Lelouch frowned slightly in distaste. It wasn't like he could stop him from dueling Reiji either. I don't think even Pendulum Summoning will give him a good enough advantage. Though, I guess I can see what potential the son of Leo Akaba has as a duelist through this.

"If you say so, Yuya." Lelouch backed away a couple steps, and returned to his spot by the window. "Do your best, and win this duel." He wanted Reiji to underestimate him, make him think he knew nothing. He most certainly didn't want the CEO to learn of Lelouch's connection to his other identity.

"You don't seem to know how strong Reiji is." Himika spoke confidently, and even the L.D.S students were smirking. Lelouch just turned his back to all of them, and continued looking out of the window. He still listened to their conversation, but he didn't bother to participate. It was too much of a hassle.

I wonder how Shun, Yuto and Ruri are doing. Hopefully, Shun has carded a couple L.D.S people by now, and they'll become more focused on that rather than this. This entire situation is still a load of bullshit.

"That's enough cheering for now, isn't it?" Reiji looked down at Yuya, violet eyes sharp. "From here on I'd prefer if you'd stay quiet and just watch." Both Yuya and Reiji walked out onto the field. Everyone went over to the window to see this final duel. Yuya grit his teeth as he concentrated. But he soon shook his head, as if he was banishing a silly thought, and took his goggles off with a smile.

"Let's have a fun and entertaining duel, yeah?" Yuya smiled, and pointed at Reiji, who did nothing except give a small nod. "What do you want to do for the Action Field?"

"Choose whatever you want." Reiji spoke calmly, almost emotionlessly.

"Action Field on! Field Spell Athletic Cirus activate!" Shuzo shouted over the speakers, and the entire field started to morph once again. There were multiple floating balls in the air, a spinning wheel, ladders and ropes. Just about everything you could see from a circus and more.

"It's a circus!" Sora looked out at the field in amazement.

"This field is Yuya's forte!" Gongenzaka nodded at Shuzo's choice of field.

"Thanks, Principal." Yuya thanked the man softly, before refocusing his attention onto Reiji. "Living up to their expectations is what it means to be an entertainer! I'll show you all an amazing duel!" With that, the Pendulum user activated his duel disk. The Action Cards dispersed across the field, and Lelouch watched as Yuzu, Tate, Frederick, and Allie all did that little chant of theirs.

"DUEL!"

YUYA LP- 4000

REIJI LP- 4000

"As thanks for letting me pick the stage, I'll let you go first." Yuya did a small bow towards his taller rival.

"Thanks?" Reiji looked down at Yuya, as if slightly confused, but disregarded the thought soon enough. "I understand… So that is how you think."

"Huh?" Yuya looked back up at Reiji at his weird words.

"Fine then, I accept your offer." Reiji pushed up his red glasses. His voice never changed or showed any emotion. "Now then, my turn. I draw. I activate three Spell cards from my hand." Lelouch raised an eyebrow at the amount of spells Reiji was using on his first turn. "The first one, I activate the Continuous Spell Covenant with the Infernal Gate! This card inflicts 1000 points of damage to me during my own Standby Phase."

"What?" Yuya blinked.

"So when his turn comes again, he'll take 1000 points of damage?!" Yuzu and Gongenzaka said the words for themselves, as if they needed the words to sink in.

"Additionally, once per turn, I can add one Level 4 or lower DD monster from my deck to my hand." Reiji continued. Before he took a card from his deck and added it to his hand. "I add DD Cerberus to my hand."

"DD?" Frederick spoke, lost.

"Different Dimension." Sora explained for them. A chocolate bar in hand. "It means an alternate plane."

"Likewise, the second Spell card." Reiji still marched on. "Covenant with the Infernal Gate."

"What? Then that means he'll take 2000 points of damage on his next turn!" Gongenzaka looked at Reiji as if he had gone insane. Yuya himself looked at Reiji as if he had grown a couple more heads.

"Just like before, I am able to add a DD monster from my deck to my hand." Reiji took another monster card and added it to his hand. "I add DD Lilith to my hand." Reiji lifted up his last Spell card. "And the third Spell card I will activate is the Continuous Spell Covenant with the Swamp King. This card also inflicts 1000 points of damage to me during my Standby Phase."

"Now it's up to 3000 points of damage." Yuya spoke mostly to himself. "What's he trying to achieve with this many Life Points at risk?"

"Covenant with the Swamp King allows me to Fuse a Fusion monster without using a Fusion Spell card." Sora gave a small gasp, and Yuya's own eyes widened at Reiji's words. Now Lelouch had both eyebrows raised in extreme interest at Reiji's play. He had never seen a move like this before, even from Academia, and they were the experts in Fusion Summoning. Then again, he was pretty sure Yuri had something like this up his sleeve. But he never got to finish his duel with the Predaplant user.

Though Lelouch couldn't help but relate these Spell cards to the contract he had formed with C.C. That's what all three of them were, contracts. Though these contracts didn't give Reiji the power of geass or anything like that, they gave him power through his dueling.

"A Fusion Summon without using a Fusion Spell card?!" Yuya spoke in disbelief.

"The monsters I choose to fuse are DD Cerberus and DD Lilith!" Reiji gave a small, barely noticeable smirk. "Hellhound which bares its fangs! Seductress of the dark night! In a whirlpool of light from the realm of the dead, become one and give birth to a new king!" Violet eyes glared through Reiji's red glasses. "I Fusion Summon! Be born! DDD Genghis, the Raging Inferno King!" An enormous Fusion monster appeared, a fiery red aura converting its entire body. The monster held a giant red sword in one hand, and a huge red shield in another. It was covered in red and yellow armor, along with hints of brown on its face, chest, arms, and legs.

DDD GENGHIS, RAGING INFERNO KING LV.6 ATK:2000 DEF:1500

"Wow…" Yuya breathed.

"So he's a Fusion user!" Gongenzaka clenched his hands into fists while gritting his teeth.

"But to take such a huge risk to summon only one monster…" Yuzu trailed off, she couldn't believe it herself.

"No." Lelouch crossed his arms and leaned on one leg. "There's no risk at all for Reiji."

"What do you mean?" Sora asked, interested in Lelouch deduction. "On his next turn he'll take 3000 damage."

"I'm sure he has a countermeasure for it." Lelouch explained while studying the field intensely. "No one would willingly take 3000 damage to Fusion Summon one monster. One that can be overpowered rather easily as well, it's only a Level 6 monster." The raven haired teen frowned slightly. "Just watch."

"I set two cards down, and end my turn." Reiji finally finished. The tall teen hardly being big enough for his Fusion monster's foot. The beast literally towered over it's master by enormous heights.

"The last two cards left in his hand." Yuya's smile was wiped off of his face for a gentle frown. Reiji said nothing more than what was necessary, and pushed up his red glasses once again. The light reflected off of his lenses, and violet eyes studied his opponent in an emotionless mask. Once done adjusting his glasses, Reiji simply put a hand on his cheek and waited.

Yuya gave a smirk, accepting the silent challenge offered to him with gusto. "Alright then!" Yuya sprinted forward. "My turn! I draw!" Yuya jumped up to another level of the Action Field as he summoned a monster. "I summon Performapal Whip Viper!" A purple snake that had a top hat formed by Yuya's side. It made a loud 'boing' sound as if it was a slicky instead of a purple snake.

PERFORMAPAL WHIP VIPER LV.4 ATK:1700 DEF:900

"Whip Viper's monster effect activates!" Yuya pointed up at the seemingly great goliath that was Reiji's monster. "It can switch an opponent's monster's Attack and Defense!" Whip Viper held its tail in front of its yellow eyes, and swayed it back and forth like a hypnotist would. The giant settled down on its knees as its attack changed.

DDD GENGHIS, RAGING INFERNO KING ATK:2000 = 1500

"Battle!" Yuya yelled enthusiastically. "Whip Viper, attack DDD Genghis, the Raging Inferno King!" The purple snake lunged forward, it's fanged mouth open wide.

"Continuous Trap activate!" Reiji pointed towards the ceiling and spoke calmly. "Covenant with Valkyries!"

"Another covenant?!" Gongezaka exclaimed.

"Then that means he'll take 4000 points of damage on his next turn!" Yuzu pointed out.

"I will take 1000 points of damage during my Standby Phase and all Fiend-type monsters I control gain 1000 Attack!" Violet eyes narrowed imperceptibly.

DDD GENGHIS, RAGING INFERNO KING ATK:1500 = 2500

Yuya looked around, trying to find something. He seemed to find it, and jumped off from the platform he was currently on. The tomato haired teen gunning for an Action Card. The scarlet eyed boy grabbed the card, and jumped from ball to ball to land on a safe platform another level up.

Yuya held up the Action Card he just got. "I activate the Action Card High Dive! This card will increase Whip Viper's Attack by 1000 until the End Phase!" The purple snake hit the trampoline, and bounced high up into the air. A red aura formed around the viper as it's attack increased.

PERFORMAPAL WHIP VIPER ATK:1700 = 2700

"Go Whip Viper!" Yuya pointed towards the sky. "Attack Genghis, the Raging Inferno King!" Seeing the turn of events, Reiji jumped away from his monster that was about to be destroyed. The snake charging towards Reiji's monster like a missile from the sky.

Finding an Action Card on one of the floating balls, Reiji jumped up into the air. His red scarf flailing behind him in the wind. He touched his duel screen momentarily, and smirked, but said nothing.

DDD GENGHIS, RAGING INFERNO KING ATK:2500 = 1500

The attack hit, and smoke consumed the field for a few precious moments. Everyone siding for the Yusho Duel School cheered. While the L.D.S students looked at the field in shock, though Himika seemed to be unfazed and actually smirked. When the smoke cleared, Genghis was still on the field, and the purple snake retreated over to Yuya's side. The Yusho students were at a loss as to why Reiji's monster wasn't destroyed.

"You're kidding me." Yuya looked down at DDD Genghis in shock. He didn't expect the monster to still be on the field after his attack with Whip Viper.

"I also activated an Action Card." Reiji spoke up. Yuya looked up at Reiji's new position above the Entertainment Duelist. "The Action Spell Evasion, that is."

Yuya grit his teeth, before it turned into a grin. "You're putting on quite a show, aren't you?" Though the scarlet eyed boy gained no reply at his praise.

"He'll take 4000 points of damage on his next turn though!" Gongenzaka pointed out. "That means all Yuya has to do is end his turn, and he'll win the duel."

"I wonder about that." Sora spoke through his chocolate bar.

"I'd have to agree with Sora's statement." Lelouch conceded. "Reiji has something planned, he won't be losing the duel that easily."

"I get the feeling that he isn't the type of guy to make such a simple mistake." Sora continued alongside Lelouch. Though it did make the raven haired teen slightly uncomfortable at their agreement. "And also, the fact that right before Whip Viper's attack connected Inferno King's 2500 Attack went back to 1500 has been bothering me."

"Hhmph." Reiji closed his eyes, and gave a small smile at something.

"What's so funny?" Yuya asked.

"Pardon me." Reiji apologized, and messed with his red glasses once again. "I was simply remembering your words of 'thanks' and 'let you' from the start of this match." Violet eyes looked down into scarlet. "You seem to be a very kind person. But… That kindness is useless on the stage of battle!" Reiji wasn't smiling anymore, and Yuya grimaced. "Despite being given the option to win by just ending your turn, you still hesitate." Reiji pointed out. "Most likely that kindness of yours is to blame. Just what kind of results can you hope to achieve with such naivete?"

"Results gained through contemptible means aren't worth anything." Lelouch quickly shook away the thought of Suzaku and how he turned his back against Lelouch. How he turned and went back to his damned masters when he had the option to join Zero, but refused because it was 'wrong'. There is no such thing as wrong in war. There is no moral white or black area, only grey. Dammit Suzaku, why couldn't you see that! Now look at what's happened.

"I set one card and end my turn!" Yuya finished while speaking softly. He looked up at Reiji. "At this moment, due to Whip Viper's monster effect Genghis' swapped Attack and Defence return to normal!"

DDD GENGHIS, RAGING INFERNO KING ATK:1500 = 2000

"Also, at the same time, High Dive's effect ends and Whip Viper's Attack returns to normal!" Yuya continued.

PERFORMAPAL WHIP VIPER ATK:2700 = 1700

"Now." Yuya lifted his hand towards the DDD user. "I'll have you take that 4000 points of damage from your Covenants!" All four of Reiji's cards appeared in front of him.

Reiji looked down at Yuya with fake confusion, and lots of amusement. "Covenants?" He asked with mock innocence. "Those measly things."

All four of Reiji's spells were destroyed, and turned into yellow particles that spread across the field.

"What?!"

"The covenants were nullified." Reiji smirked and looked up at the ceiling. "I had already activated the Trap Card Lease Laundering! Lease Laundering is activated by negating the effects of all 'Covenant' cards, and destroyed all affected 'Covenant' cards during the End Phase."

"I knew it." Lelouch's lip twitched into a small smirk, having already seen this event playing out.

"Now I get it!" Sora leaned forward slightly. "With that, Covenant with Valkyries was negated and Genghis' Attack returned to 1500!"

"And now I can draw cards equal to the amount of 'Covenant' cards destroyed by this effect!" Reiji continued, and drew four cards.

Yuya grit his teeth in frustration once again, before he closed his eyes and took a calming breath. "It was all too good to be true. But if I had won from that, I wouldn't have been happy. It would mean the duel would end before I could show off my Entertainment Dueling that everyone was anticipating." To be honest, Lelouch was more interested to see how Reiji dueled, but Yuya's dueling was rather interesting to watch as well. "To you, this may seem like a naive way to think, but you know…" Reiji still had his emotionless mask on, and readjusted his red glasses as Yuya spoke. "I want to win…" Yuya smiled again, before opening his eyes once again. "With my own Dueling! With the Entertainment Dueling passed down from my father!"

"With Yusho Sakaki's Dueling?" Reiji questioned, and Yuya looked up at Reiji with shock.

"You…" Yuya breathed. "You know my father?" There was hope rising in his voice.

Kit laughed. "Of course we know him!" He gave his classic fanged smirk as he looked up at Yuya. "Your dad is famous after all! As the former champion who ran away!" The Synchro user jabbed at Yuya harshly.

"SILENCE!" Reiji yelled down at Kit. The short teenerager stiffened from where he stood, alongside Dipper. Both of their eyes had shrunk slightly at Reiji's sudden anger towards his own L.D.S students.

Masumi's ruby eyes looked at the two with no emotion. "Idiots."

Reiji calmed down, and looked back at Yuya. The teen having been hurt more than he wanted to let on at Kit's words. "Pardon me." The CEO apologized towards Yuya. "Of course I am aware of your father. As the pioneer who led the way in creating our current Action Duel. I respect him from the bottom of my heart." Yuya blinked up at Reiji, not expecting the older teen to apologize for Kit's insult. "I'll have you show it to me today. The Dueling that you have inherited from your father." Reiji smirked. "And if you do, I will have to show you the full extent of my abilities."

Scarlet eyes widened. "The full extent- Then does that mean up until now!-"

"My turn!" Reiji gave a somewhat small, but evil grin. Before it disappeared behind his usual emotionless mask. "I draw! I summon the Level 3 tuner monster, DD Night Howling!" A monster that was literally consisted of only a fanged mouth and two small yellow eyes appeared.

DD NIGHT HOWLING LV.3 ATK:300 DEF:600

"A tuner monster?!" Yuya cried out.

"He can't be-" Gongenzaka started, but Himika butted him and interrupted him with a smile.

"Oh, but he is. From here on is the main act."

"When this card is successfully summoned. I am able to Special Summon one Level 4 or lower DD monster from my Graveyard, but its Attack becomes zero." Reiji continued. "The monster I choose to revive is DD Lilith!" Reiji pointed towards his field, and his monster was revived from the grave. The monster appeared beside Yuya and his Whip Viper, causing both of them to back away in surprised fright.

DD LILITH LV.4 ATK:0 DEF:2100

"I tune my Level 4 DD Lilith with my Level 3 Night Howling." The two monsters turned into bright blue stars and green rings, prepared for a Synchro Summon. Reiji pointed lifted his hand forward. "Howls that tear through the night. With the swiftness of a gale, give birth to a new king! I Synchro Summon! Be born! Level Seven! DDD Alexander, the King of Gales!"

This monster had a green aura surrounding it, along with a light, seafoam green cape on its back. The monster had silver armor all around it's body and face, along with some green and brown hints here and there. Alexander held one giant sword in his hand, and there was a wind that was always present when surrounding this beast.

DDD ALEXANDER, KING OF GALES LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:2000

"A Synchro monster…" Yuya breathed.

"He wasn't just a Fusion User?!" Gongenzaka exclaimed.

"Are you kidding me?" Lelouch's violet eyes skimmed over the Yusho students and their honorary student Gongenzaka. "Do you guys seriously not know who Reiji is?"

All six eyes looked back into Lelouch's violet orbs. "Well, we just thought that he was another student." Tate spoke quietly.

"Hardly." Lelouch interjected, before looking back up at the duel. Though Lelouch had done his own studying on the son of Leo Akaba, none of his duels said that he could Fusion or Synchro Summon. However, if Lelouch where in his shoes, he would have saved his aces for when a true challenger came along. Like, say, the creator of Pendulum Summoning? "Yuya is facing Reiji Akaba. The CEO of the LEO Corporation AND L.D.S. He's the youngest to become a Professional Duelist in the history books, and I wouldn't be surprised if he also knew how to Xyz Summon." Everyone balked at Lelouch. "Being the head of such a successful dueling company as L.D.S has to mean you're a strong duelist. Let it not be said that this man is weak." Violet eyes narrowed up at Reiji. "In fact, I think Yuya is going to be in the duel of his life. I'm not sure he can win, even with his Pendulum Summoning."

"It's not over yet." Reiji continued mercilessly. "I activate DDD Genghis, the Raging Inferno King's monster effect!" The flames on Gengish's body turned purple, and the monster lifted its sword into the air. "When a DDD monster besides this card is Special Summoned. I can Special Summon any DD monster from my Graveyard! Be reborn once more, DD Lilith!"

DD LILITH LV.4 ATK:100 DEF:2100

Reiji raised his hand towards the sky, glasses reflecting the light from the field. "Additionally, I activate Alexander, the King of Gales' monster effect!" The wind around Alexander began to pick up speed, ruffling the monster's seafoam green cape even more. "When a DD monster is Special Summoned. I can Special Summon one DD monster from my Graveyard!" Yuya leaned back slightly at the display of Reiji's power. The teen's scarlet eyes were wide. "Be reborn, DD Cerberus!" The strange dog with three heads rose from the grave once again and howled.

DD CERBERUS LV.4 ATK:1800 DEF:600

"I choose the Level 4 DD Lilith and DD Cerberus and Overlay them!" Reiji revealed. "I use the two monsters to construct the Overlay Network." This time, the vortex appeared in the sky above the spotlights.

"What?!" Yuya's scarlet eyes shrunk slightly. Reiji could Fusion Summon, Synchro Summon, AND Xyz Summon!?

"In order to subjugate all that resides within this world, descend now onto the peak of the world!" Reiji yelled as his new monster began to appear. "I Xyz Summon! Be born! Rank Four! Caesar, the King of Surging Waves!" A monster with a blue aura surrounding it and two orbitals appeared. The monster had mostly black and golden armor, and held a giant sword in one hand. Caesar lifted the sword high up into the sky and gave a loud war cry once it was fully summoned.

DDD CAESAR KING OF SURGING WAVES RNK.4 ORB.2 ATK:2400 DEF:1200

"Even Xyz monsters…" Sora breathed, just as shocked as Yuya and the others. Lelouch was mostly focused on the NAMES of said monsters. Genghis, Alexander, and Caesar. They were all names of great rulers, conquerors, and dictators from his own world. Their names having been forever etched into the history books that Lelouch was taught from. They were actual, living people in his world, and they changed history. These three monsters were going to be powerful, and might actually be Reiji's true aces. But the raven haired teen doubted that greatly. The red scarfed teen had something else up his sleeve, Lelouch just knew it.

Reiji pushed up his red glasses again. His violet eyes never leaving Yuya's scarlet red ones. "The title DDD stands for Different Dimension Demon, who subjugate alternate planes." Reiji lowered his hand. "Prepare to get a good taste of the power of the kings." Lelouch tensed at Reiji's words, violet eyes widening, vision blurring. The world around him being drowned out from the words and scenes from his past, from his own world. His left eye burning as if a fire poker stick was poking it and messing around with his socket.

"You don't want it to end here, do you? You appear to have a reason for living. If you had the power, could you live on? I'll make a deal with you. In exchange for power, you must make my one wish come true. Accept this contract, and while you will live in the world of humans you will live unlike any other human. A different providence, a different time, a different life. If you are prepared for it. The power of the king will isolate you."

"Le…"

"Very well, I accept your contract!"

.

"..uch… L-"

.

.

"Tell me, how should a Britannian who hates Britannia live?"

.

"What's wrong? Why not shoot? Your opponent is just a school boy… Or have you realized? The only people who should kill, are those who are prepared to be killed!"

.

"Lelouch vi Britannia commands you! All of you… Die!"

.

'BANG' 'BANG' 'BANG' 'BANG'

.

"Le… Wak…. ch!"

'Since that day, I've lived a lie. The lie of living. My name, too, a lie. My personal history, a lie. Nothing but lies. I was sick to DEATH of a world that couldn't be changed. But even in my lies, I couldn't give up in despair… And yet, now I have it? Power?'

"Pl..se! Ans… Le… Yo…. right?.. Le..."

.

.

.

"Well, then!"

.

.

"...uya!... he… ake… ch…."

.

.

Windows shattering.

A woman in a dark blue dress, stained red that drips down the stairs.

A little girl, staring up at nothing, terror.

.

.

BLOOD and BODIES everywhere. 'BANG'

'B-B-B-B-BANG' 'B-B-B-B-BANG'

Buildings collapsing and runny, muddy water rushing over them in a rush. 'BANG'

Red and white clashing to the death.

.

.

'BANG' "I don't want to die!"

The cry of an orange haired girl. The ring of a chainsaw, the laughter of insanity.

'BANG'

Children SCREAMING! Parents crying, mourning, grieving.

.

The black hole of loneliness. The darkness of hatred. It NEVER LEAVES.

.

"But the Black Knights are our saviors! They protected us, they actually care for us!" The hopeless.

"The Black Knights were there, weren't they? They're heroes?" Lonely children losing innocence.

"I don't care who wins, all I want is peace!" The old.

"The peace of slavery? That's just what Kururugi wants!" The brave without strength.

.

'BANG'

'BANG'

'BANG'

.

Screaming, Screaming EvERyWHerE!

.

"Don't you see that you'll die here as well!"

"I'll accept that if it means I can rid the world of you."

.

"Zero! Zero! Zero! Zero! ZERO! ZERO! ZERO! ZERO! ZERO! ZERO! ZERO!"

.

.

.

.

And then nothing.

The pain in his left eye was gone now.

Just darkness. Lonely, painful, yet soothing darkness.

.

.

What just happened? .-. Uhhh? Is Lelouch alright? Is his geass screwing with him now?! I guess we'll just have to find out in the next Chapter. Is this going to change Reiji and Yuya's duel? How is THAT going to end either way? Reiji has all of the aces up his sleeves. I wonder how Yuto, Shun, and Ruri are holding up as well. We'll find all of that out in the next Chapter. I certainly hope Lelouch will be alright in the next Chapter. He has to duel in the next one after all! This entire thing was 41 pages before I uploaded it, and it's about 13,900 words. YEAH, STILL GOT IT! :D Even when I suffer through all of the back and forth between typing this, looking at the duels, along with the subs, and actually living real life. I guess with that, I'll see you all in Chapter 11! -MoonlightWright