Welcome to Chapter 14 guys! Also, I read a nice review from dsgundam00 about releasing a list on Zero's complete deck. (Also, thank you for your wonderful reviews and for catching my mistakes :D) This is a good point, but I still need to get the dude to learn Pendulum Summoning and maybe Ritual, most likely that as well. The spells and traps will mostly be based on geass and code. Knightmare frames will be monsters and the actual people will be Pendulum Scales. Though I am in the process of making a list for Zero's deck it probably won't be posted until way later.

With that out of the way, let's get these duels started and out of the way so round two can begin! WHOO onto the story!

Ch.14: The Entertaining Duel

How exactly did it get to this? Zero ground out within his mind as he ran beside Yuya Sakaki towards the dueling stadium.

Let's backtrack a little bit shall we? Lelouch had made it to his seat in the stadium to watch Gongenzaka duel, but as soon as said duel started he immediately knew that something was wrong. Violet eyes kept looking at the worried look on the giant teen's face, it's been like that since Grizzlepike said something to him. Lelouch had a hunch, because his violet eyes also flickered to the Yusho group. Yuya's sit was currently empty, and the tomato haired teen hasn't shown up as of yet.

When Lelouch had enough of the duel and his own worrying he used his duel disk to find the location of Yuya's own. Though the teen may have hacked into Yuya's disk he didn't need to know that. With Yuya's location found, somewhere in a park, Lelouch decided to turn into Zero and go find him. If only to drag him back to the stadium so Gongenzaka could actually focus completely on his own damn duel.

When Zero did arrive at Yuya's destination he was a bit surprised to see the boy fighting with four other thuggish looking guys. All five of them were currently in a duel, but Yuya was still managing to kick their ass.

"What are you doing?" Zero asked, and when everyone finally noticed his masked presence they stopped dueling momentarily.

"Z-Zero?!" One of the thugs cried out in sheepish surprise.

"What are you doing here Zero?" Yuya questioned the masked man without fear. Someone has guts.

"The real question is why aren't you watching your friend duel?" Zero replied to Yuya's question with another question. Masked head tilted to the side curiously.

Yuya flinched back slightly, he didn't mean to miss his best friend's duel. "These guys stole Gongenzaka's sash." When Zero took a closer look, he did notice the white piece of cloth in one of the guys hands. He also remembered how Gongezaka wore that sash all of the time in his time as Lelouch. "It's important to my friend and his duel school, so I'm going to get it back for him!"

"Hmph. You're trying this hard for that thing?" Zero's voice was full of contempt.

"Wh-" Yuya reeled back, insulted by that remark. "It's important to my friend! I have to get it back!"

Zero sighed, the boy was missing his point. "What I'm trying to say is that Gongenzaka is currently getting his ass kicked by Grizzlepike, because he's too focused and worried about your wellbeing."

"What do you mean?!" Yuya's scarlet eyes widened.

"From what I gathered while watching their duel." Zero began. "Grizzlepike threatened your safety, and seeing you absent during his match is making Gongenzaka worry." Now his faceless mask once again turned to look at each thug in the eye, making them all quiver. "I'm guessing he planned all of this, and used that sash to lure you out. Surprisingly cunning for someone rather incompitent." Zero looked back at Yuya. "Though, the real lesson to this. Is that no one should have to rely on a piece of cloth to win a duel." Zero spoke simply. "He doesn't need it. What he really needs though, is his friend to cheer him on and give him the support he may come to need."

"So what?" Yuya raised an eyebrow. "Are you here to help me?"

Yuya could feel how Zero looked away while he shrugged. "You don't need my help. I was just rather curious as to why you're here instead of being beside your friend or preparing for your own duel. I was always a sucker for information and curiosity at times." The key word was. Zero waved his hand towards Yuya. "I'm sure you can take them all on your own. You've been doing rather well without my assistance before, so I don't see any reason as to help you now. I'll just walk back with you to the duel, if it's still going by the time we get there."

In just a few turns after that Yuya defeated all of them, and that lead them to where the two were at now. The masked man running beside the tomato haired teen into the entrance of the enormous stadium. Though, Zero did slow down until he finally stopped in the shadows of the one hall leading to the stands watching Gongenzaka's duel. The masked man watched as Yuya yelled out to his friend and tossed his sash within the darkness.

"This is now my sash for victory!" Gongenzaka yelled, and it was so loud that even Zero heard it clearly. It was at this moment that Zero appeared from the darkness of the hallway to casually and confidently stand beside Yuya.

"Eh! Zero?!" Sora and Yuzu exclaimed, both not expecting to see the masked man here standing beside Yuya of all times. The crowd diverted some of its attention to the apparent masked man's arrival.

"What are you doing here?" Sora questioned casually while taking a bite out of a chocolate bar.

Zero pointed a thumb back towards Yuya. "I found your friend having to fend himself off of four thugs. All of them surprisingly admitted that they worked for a man named Grizzlepike." The crowd gasped at this reveal, and soon started booing towards said person.

Grizzlepike grit his teeth, he wouldn't admit that this man's aura and disguise scared him. "So you helped the little weakling win his duel?"

"Ha. Hardly." Zero gave a swift laugh. "He beat them all on his own. I just have to remind him that he had a duel coming up rather soon and get his ass back here. Unlike everyone else, I don't desire for Sakaki to 'run away from his duel like his father' and mark him a coward like you have." The crowd could feel Zero's eyes narrow as he glared towards Grizzlepike. "I may have a mask, but I can see everyone else's true face rather easily. Yuya is not weak, and he is not a coward."

Yuya looked up at Zero in awe. He never expected Zero to stand beside and defend him like not. Especially since he tried to defeat him in a duel. "Zero…"

"Gongenzaka." Zero ordered, and the sturdy teen actually stiffened slightly like soldier at the tone automatically. "Defeat this pathetic duelist quickly. I'm rather excited to see Yuya's match, though there is one that I'm wanting to spectate just a bit more." Zero's mask tilted to look Sora in the eyes, and the Academia spy just knew that Zero knew everything.

Maybe even more than Sora himself, or more than what anyone should be allowed to know.

Zero said nothing more. He just gave a swift goodbye to Yuya, and left from the way he came, the shadows opening their arms for the masked man. Though he still leaned back against the wall and watched Gongenzaka finish his duel.

"Right!" Gongenzaka let Zero's behavior slide for now, if only to kick Grizzlepike's ass now that he knew Yuya was safe. "My turn! I draw!" Winds formed from the force the Steadfast duelist used to draw his card. "I summon the Level 2 tuner monster Superheavy Samurai Tama-C from my hand!" The little monster was mostly round, had two red eyes hidden under its helmet, and carried a spear with a red cloth tied around it.

SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI TAMA-C LV.2 ATK:100 DEF:800

"A tuner monster?" Grizzlepike just grinned and clenched a fist. "Without any other monsters, it's just fodder!"

"Tama-C can perform a Synchro Summon using a Machine-type monster on my opponent's field!" Gongenzaka revealed causing Grizzlepike to reel back in shock. "I tune the Level 8 Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei on your field with my Level 2 Tama-C!" The two monsters turned into green rings and bright, light blue stars. "Raging deity. In unison with the roar of a thousand blades' souls, come forth in a spiraling sandstorm!" The white light was so blinding it even revealed Zero from his hiding spot in the hallway briefly. "Synchro Summon! Now, come before us! Level 10! Superheavy Koujin Susano-O!" The robot sat cross legged. A giant golden spear in one hand while it wore golden and greyish green body armor.

SUPERHEAVY KOUJIN SUSANO-O LV.10 ATK:2400 DEF:3800

"Next, I equip Superheavy Samurai Soulbuster Gauntlet to Susano-O from my hand!" Gongenzaka continued making his comeback play. "It increases its Defence by 400!"

SUPERHEAVY KOUJIN SUSANO-O DEF:3800 = 4200

"D-don't tell me just like Big Benkei, it can…"

"That's right!" Gongenzaka interrupted before his opponent could even finish. "I can attack using its Defence!" The sturdy teen threw his hand out towards Grizzlepike. "Let's go! Battle! Susano-O, attack Barbarian Mad Shaman!"

BARBARIAN MAD SHAMAN ATK:0

"Right now, Mad Shaman has 0 Attack thanks to Glo-V's effect!" Zero could faintly hear Tate cheer excitedly at Gongenzaka's foreseeable victory.

"Kusanagi Sword Slash!" Gongenzaka yelled loudly, and his monster did just that. The machine like monster slashed at Grizzlepike's Shaman and literally cut the monster in half, which was also a one hit K.O on Grizzlepike. The force sending the big teen flying backwards and skidding across the ground.

GRIZZLEPIKE LP- 4000 = 0 LOSER

GONGENZAKA LP- 500 WINNER

The crowd went wild at the Synchro user's victory. A screen with Gongenzaka's face on it appeared with the words 'Winner' etched at the bottom. "The first Junior Youth Championship match victory of the day goes to Gongenzaka!" Nico cheered loudly over everyone else's voices.

Gongenzaka ignored the cheering, and just walked up beside his best friend Yuya. The skinny teen was waiting for his friend on the other side of the small wall between them. Gongenzaka held out his hand towards Yuya. "I believed that you would come, Yuya."

At those words, Yuya's smile seemed to get even bigger and brighter. "And I believed that you definitely would win, Gongenzaka." With those words said, the two firmly shook each others hands.

Now is my time to leave. Lelouch can take care of the rest. Zero thought to himself, before he completely vacated the area finally. Though he still managed to spot the rest of the Yusho group running over to check on the tomato haired teen.

. . .

Lelouch came back quickly after, and just barely managed to have a few words with Yuya before he walked onto the field. At the moment the raven haired teen was sitting in his seat, arms crossed and waiting for the match to begin.

"Next up, we have our second match of the day!" Nico announded while doing a bunch of showman like gestures. "Yusho Duel School's Yuya Sakaki VS Leo Duel School's Sylvio Sawatari!" The two people mentioned were shown onto the screen with a small VS in the middle.

Good luck Yuya. Lelouch wished his luck towards his friend. Judging from the murmurs of the people around him, Yuy was going to need it.

"Is that the rumoured Pendulum user?"

"But I hear some people say that Pendulum Summoning isn't real!"

"Yeah, there's a rumor that his duel against Strong Ishijima was bogus too…"

Though thankfully all of the talking was silenced by a whistle. When Lelouch saw the source of the noise he kind of just wanted to walk out of the stadium. Sylvio was walking forward towards his opponent Yuya, but he was dressed in a samurai like outfit. A straw hat in the shape of a bowl covered his hair and eyes. Sylvio was blowing against a green leaf which made the loud whistling sound.

The teen even had a real samurai sword on his belt. This made Lelouch wonder how he wasn't disqualified for brining an actual honest to God SWORD into the duel field.

"The cards are calling to me!" The boy spoke dramatically. Lelouch almost thought he walked into a theater instead of the dueling stadium. The raven haired teen double checked. Nope, this is still the dueling stadium.

Sylvio held out a hand towards Yuya. "They're telling me to draw!" Just before Yuya shook Sylvio's hand, the teen took his hand back and pointed up into the sky. "Another star has risen into the heavens! Behold! Dueling's greatest star!"

The crowd just stared at Sylvio silently. Most of the looks he got conveying that they thought he was weird.

Sylvio tipped his hat slightly. "Do you know who I am?"

Yuya blinked out of his stupor and replied. Though his eyes were lowered slightly in annoyance. "Sylvio, right?"

"Wrong!" Sylvio yelled, and removed his cosplay costume to reveal his classic school attire. Sylvio did a quick pose while speaking. "I'm Neo New Sylvio!" The burnette boy played with one of his blonde bangs as he looked back at Yuya.

"Neo New Sylvio is the best!" The crowd could hear how his three minions clapped way too enthusiastically.

This included Lelouch, who was currently burying his head into his hands and sighing. "What the hell am I watching?"

"They mean the same thing." Yuya deadpanned.

Sylvio disregarded Yuya's statement and rubbed his nose. "I nailed it!" Sylvio then did a sudden 180 and narrowed his bluish grey eyes towards his opponent's scarlet red ones. "Yuya Sakaki, I have quite a few grudges against you!"

Yuya blinked. "Grudges?"

Sylvio raised one finger. "First: You stole my Pendulum cards, then defeated me with them! How disgraceful!"

"You had stolen them in the first place! Remember?" Yuya rebuked strongly. Violet eyes blinked at this piece of information. This guy stole Yuya's Pendulum cards before? What the hell. At this rate Lelouch was just going with it.

Sylvio's eyes narrowed slightly, and raised a second finger. "Second: You had an Xyz-user doppelganger injure me!"

"But it WASN'T me then! Zero was the one responsible along with whoever else was there. And I heard you weren't injured either…" Yuya trailed off, the tomato haired teen was already used to this rumor causing him problems. Though he thought that had finally passed on by now. Lelouch meanwhile, was pondering on the fact that he had apparently stolen Yuto's win. He'd have to apologize for that later.

Now Sylvio grit his teeth and raised a third finger. "Third: You attacked and injured my dear father! There is no greater disgrace!"

Yuya lowered an eyebrow in confusion. "That wasn't me either. Besides, Zero was there during that scenario as well. You should really go and tell him all of this."

Sylvio shook his head and raised a fist towards Yuya now. "I'll repay those disgraces a hundred times over right now!" That fist turned into a pointed finger. "Mark my words, Yuya Sakaki. You will lose this duel and experience the greatest disgrace ever!"

"What's this?!" Nico leaned forward on the screen. "Sylvio is already declaring his victory!"

"Pendulum Summoning may have led you to victory up until now…" Sylvio began, straightening his back and expelling confidence. "But today, it will be your path to defeat!"

Yuya took a step back and gave Sylvio a surprised glare. "I'll lose to Pendulum Summoning?" Sylvio just said nothing, but gave a grin. This caused Yuya's scarlet eyes to widen, and it looked like he was remembering something that was once said to him a while ago. L.D.S must have finished producing some complete Pendulum cards. Though, Lelouch shouldn't be surprised by this nor should Yuya. Shun had told Lelouch about how he saw Yuya go to the L.D.S tower to speak to Reiji about Pendulum Summoning. Perhaps he didn't think Reiji would perfect the cards this quickly.

"I wonder how this match will turn out?!" Nico announced to the crowd with his classic golden microphone. "Now, let's select the Action Field! Come on!" Nico pointed, and a Spell card appeared above the arena. "We have it! Action Field on! Field Spell: Ruined Castle of the Sunset, activate!"

It really was a ruined castle which resided on a mountain. It was Japanese like in design, and even had scout towers, a drawbridge and moat. However, the landscape itself was rather dry and cracked, the dirt having no sign of life or healthy soil. There wasn't even any water in the moat it was so dehydrated. With this lack of water the buildings were also abandoned and somewhat ruined.

"Let's go!" Sylvio yelled, excited about this duel he threw his arm out. "Duelists locked in battle!"

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Yuya joined alongside Sylvio, all the years of saying the chant engraved into his soul.

"They storm through this field!" Sylvio and Yuya yelled together.

"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of dueling!" Nico began to finish, and raised his hand in the air to snap his fingers. "Action!"

"DUEL!"

SYLVIO LP- 4000

YUYA LP- 4000

Nico snapped his fingers, and the Action Cards disappeared everywhere in a floating frenzy.

"I'll let you go first." Sylvio smirked.

Yuya only narrowed his red eyes and did just that. "My turn!" Yuya held up a card. "When neither of us control any monsters, I can Normal Summon this card from my hand by reducing its Level by 1! I summon Performapal Drumming Kong!" A great ape with two big drums on its chest and drumming sticks for hands appeared playing its music.

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG LV.5 ATK:1600 DEF:900

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG LV.5 = 4

"I set one card and end my turn!" Yuay finished. Lelouch was slightly surprised the Pendulum user didn't bother to Pendulum Summon.

"Now, Sylvio Sawatari, your Legendary Revenge Duel has just begun!" Though the boy was mostly saying that to himself everyone else still heard it. "My turn, draw! I activate the Continuous Spell: Youkai Shrine of Trials! Whenever a Yousenjuu Monster is Summoned or Special Summoned, I can light up one Yousen counter!" A Japanese stand with multiple candles appeared behind Sylvio.

"Yousen counter?" Yuya mummered, confused but willing to go along with the flow of this battle.

"And now I summon Yousenjuu Kamaitachi from my hand!" Sylvio exclaimed. The humanoid, furry type monster appeared from a tornado of whirling winds. The monster wore a light blue and white Japanese robe, and held a long sickle with a chain ball at the end in one hand.

YOUSENJUU KAMAITACHI LV.4 ATK:1600 DEF:500

"When Kamaitachi is successfully summoned, I can summon another Yousenjuu besides Kamaitchi from my hand!" The monster spun, and a gust of wind blocked out its body. When the winds vanished, there were now two monsters on the field. "Come forth, Yousenjuu Kamanitachi!" This monster wore a light blue and white Japanese robe, and held one long samurai sword behind its back.

YOUSENJUU KAMANITACHI LV.4 ATK:1800 DEF:200

"Furthermore. When Kamanitachi is successfully summoned, I can summon another Yousenjuu besides Kamanitachi from my hand!" Sylvio continued, filling up his field with monsters rather quickly. "Yousenjuu Kamamitachi!" This monster had no Japanese robe, but instead choose to expose its brown fur while holding a dagger in one hand. This monster also wore a long, light green scarf around its neck.

YOUSENJUU KAMAMITACHI LV.4 ATK:1500 DEF:800

"What's this?! Sylvio has managed to summon three monsters at once!" Nico exclaimed to his audience.

Sylvio chuckled. "Being able to summon multiple monsters at once isn't unique to Pendulum Summoning!" Sylvio almost spat. Yuya didn't respond, so Sylvio instead continued his turn. "I've successfully summoned three Yousenjuu monsters!" Three candles lit up in the stand behind the burnette.

"Yuya only has one monster on his field. If it gets destroyed, the other two can attack him directly unless he has a trick up his sleeve or grabs an Action Card." Lelouch muttered to himself.

"I activate Kamaitachi's effect!" Sylvio spoke suddenly. "Just once when I control another Yousenjuu monster, I can return one card from my opponent's field to his hand."

There goes Yuya's defense. Lelouch thought to himself grimly.

"What?!" Yuya exclaimed, and watched as the monster wrapped its chain bal around Performapal Drumming Kong. The chain tightened so much that it destroyed the ape and forced it back into Yuya's hand.

"Go back, Drumming Kong!" Sylvio ordered, and Yuya begrudgingly returned the card to his hand. Sylvio's eyes widened and his pupils shrunk slightly as he leaned forward. "Let's go, Battle! I attack directly with Kamaitachi!" The furry monster swung its sickle, prepared to strike.

"Yuya is already in a pinch!" Nico yelled, his voice tinged with a bit of dismay. What could he say? He had taken a liking to the boy while arranging his four duels to enter the tournament.

Yuya ran, scarlet eyes looking behind him as he spoke. "Continuous Trap Performapal Pinch Helper! This card negates an opponent's direct attack when activated!" Sylvio's monster was cut short from finishing his attack. Yuya finally skidded to a stop. "And this allows me to Special Summon from my deck a Performapal with 800 or less Attack with its effects negated!" A red scorpion with a blue star patterned tail and two pink shields alongside a top hat appeared in Defense Mode. "I Special Summon Performapal Kaleidoscorpion in Defense Mode!"

PERFORMAPAL KALEIDOSCORPION LV.6 ATK:100 DEF:2300

"Kaledioscorpion's Defense is greater than the Attack of either Kamamitachi or Kamanitachi!" Yuya stated, which was true. "Now you can't attack anymore!"

Sylvio huffed out a laugh. "Fine then. In that case I activate Kamanitachi's effect!" The monster prepared to swing its sword. "This card can make a direct attack by cutting its Attack in half!"

YOUSENJUU KAMANITACHI ATK:1800 = 900

Yuya could only gasp, but sprung into action to find an Action Card. The tomato haired teen running towards the giant ruined castle.

Sylvio turned his head slightly to watch Yuya run away. "I won't let you get an Action Card! Time to battle! I attack directly with Kamanitachi!" The monster smirked as it threw a gust of wind towards Yuya.

The drawbridge began to lift, but Yuya managed to jump onto it before it lifted completely. Unfortunately, the winds from Kamanitachi's attack blew the skinny teen off of his feet and off of the bridge in general. Yuya cried out as he went spiralling down into the dried up moat. The boy almost landed on his head, but thankfully moved in towards the center of his back mostly just in time.

YUYA LP- 4000 = 3100

"Too bad." Sylvio spoke lightly, and Yuya glared up at the brunette teen he was battling. All three of Sylvio's monsters sneered down at Yuya. "Next up, I activate Kamamitachi's effect! When another Yousenjuu monster deals Battle Damage to my opponent. I can add a Yousenjuu monster besides Kamamitachi from my deck to my hand!" Sylvio lifted the card up. "I add Yousenjuu Ooyamabiko to my hand!" Now the teen raised a hand towards his shrine. "And after that Shrine of Trials' effect activates! Once per turn, I can use three Yousen Counters to add a Yousenjuu monster from my deck to my hand!" The candles blew out from a small gust of wind and Sylvio added another monster to his hand. He didn't bother to show Yuya the monster this time. "I add Mayousenjuu Daibakaze to my hand!" Sylvio's hand moved to another card. "It wouldn't be fun if I ended this so soon, so I set one card and end my turn!"

"The three Kamaitachi brothers return to my hand at the end of the turn they're summoned!" Sylvio revealed, which surprised everyone since that left the brunette wide open for a direct attack. "Now, let's continue the show! Entertainment Duelist Yuya Sakaki!" The teen emphasized the word show towards Yuya.

"Sylvio is taunting his opponent without a care in the world!" Nico yelled into the mic.

Red eyes narrowed, studying his opponent before making his move. "My turn! I draw!" Yuya looked down at his card. "Here it is!" Quickly, the tomato haired teen held up two cards from between his fingers. "I, using the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, set the Pendulum Scale!" The two VERY familiar magician's rose up in two separate pillars of blue light. Their Scale numbers showing underneath them. Yuya pendulum crystal shined brightly as he spoke, and swayed side to side. "With this I'm able to summon Level 2 to 7 monsters simultaneously!"

The crowd was going mad at seeing Pendulum Summoning for their very eyes. Though, yellow eyes watched the field and the Pendulum Summoning with a quiet yet intense, studious gaze.

"Sway, Pendulum of the Soul!" Yuya began his chant. "Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon!" Yuya raised his hand towards the portal that opened in the sky. "Come forth, my monsters!" Two beams of light flew through the portal and turned into monsters, one was familiar. "Performapal Drumming Kong!" The other, the main star of Yuya's deck and show. "And with its radiant dual-colored eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The dragon gave its mightiest roar as of yet. It was almost like it knew the immense crowd that was watching the duel and wanted to impress them all with its roar.

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG LV.5 ATK:1600 DEF:900

ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:2000

The crowd was losing it, and so was Lelouch when it came to his hearing. "There it is!" Nico's smile somehow managed to widen as he spoke. "The Pendulum Summoning that Yuya used to beat Strong Ishijima!"

And all of those bad mutterings from before had vanished. Instead, replaced with rather nice and impressive comments.

"That's Pendulum Summoning!"

"It really does exist!"

"Now it's my turn!" Yuya gave a confident smirk as his monster crowded behind him. Though those scarlet eyes narrowed and his smirk soon disappeared. He knew that Sylvio had something up his sleeve, but he just didn't know what it was. Yuya threw a hand out towards Sylvio. "Let's go, Battle! I attack directly with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The monstrous dragon jumped out of the moat, eager to attack the small brunette that once stood above him.

Sylvio just calmly showed Yuya a monster card. "I activate Yousenjuu Ooyamabiko's effect from my hand! When my opponent declares a direct attack. I can send one Yousenjuu monster from my hand to my Graveyard, and Special Summon this card!" The ghoulish, black specter appeared on the field and gave a painful moan.

YOUSENJUU OOYAMABIKO LV.6 ATK:?

"Unknown Attack?!" Yuya spoke surprised from down in the moat.

"Ooyamibiko's Attack is the same as the original Attack of the monster it battles!" Sylvio revealed with a sly grin.

YOUSENJUU OOYAMABIKO ATK:? = 2500

"So that means both monsters will be destroyed." Lelouch's violet eyes narrowed. There goes Yuya's K.O. Yuya himself grit his teeth at the realization.

"Since I successfully summon a Yousenjuu monster, I light one Yousen Counter!" Sylvio added, and one candle lit. "So what now? Are you going to crash your monster into mine?"

"I'm not done yet!" Yuya threw a hand behind him while still looking at Sylvio. "I activate Drumming Kong's effect!" The ape began to bang it's drums while doing a mini dance. "Once, during the Battle Phase, this card can increase the Attack of one of my monsters by 600!"

ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON ATK:2500 = 3100

"Go, Odd-Eyes!" Yuya pointed back towards Sylvio's monster as the burnette himself frowned. "Spiral Strike Burst!" Odd-Eyes unleashed a powerful flamethrower that the other monster couldn't handle. "If Odd-Eyes destroys a Level 5 or higher monster, battle damage is doubled!" Odd-Eye's orbs began to glow, and Sylvio screamed as he was thrown onto his back.

SYLVIO LP- 4000 = 2800

"That one hurt!" Nico leaned in again slightly on the screen. "Sylvio takes a whopping 1200 points of damage!"

Sylvio quickly got onto one knee, and soon stood as if he hadn't been thrown onto the ground in the first place. If there was one good thing Lelouch could say about Yuya's opponent, it was that he never gave up and was rather determined.

"I activate Ooyamabiko's effect!" Sylvio spoke after the attack was done and his Life Points depleted. "When this card is destroyed by battle, I can add another Ooyamabiko from my deck to my hand!" The burnette raised his monster card into the air.

"What's this?! Another Ooyamabiko that he just defeated got added to his opponent's hand!" Nico cried out, almost spitting on his mic.

Yuya narrowed his scarlet red eyes for a moment, before making his decision. "I end my turn here!" Once those words left his mouth, Yuya instantly took off running, most likely going for an Action Card.

Sylvio walked up to the edge of the moat and looked down at Yuya fleeing frame with a smile. "From now on is the real deal! Sylvio Sawatari's Legendary Revenge Duel!" He pointed down at Yuya. "Yuya Sakaki! Now, you will come to fear the power of Pendulum Summoning!" Sylvio drew his card. "Behold. Yuya Sakaki! My turn, I draw!" The burnette's smile widened at his drawn card. "I summon Yousenjuu Kamaitachi from my hand!" Sylvio exclaimed.

YOUSENJUU KAMAITACHI LV.4 ATK:1600 DEF:500

"And with Kamaitachi successful summon, I can summon Yousenjuu Kamanitachi and Kamamitachi!"

YOUSENJUU KAMANITACHI LV.4 ATK:1800 DEF:200

YOUSENJUU KAMAMITACHI LV.4 ATK:1500 DEF:800

"And also, I activate Shrine of Trials' effect!" Greyish blue eyes narrowed with his smile growing. "With three more Summons of Yousenjuu monsters, I light up three more Yousen counters!" Three candles were lit on the shrine behind Sylvio.

"Sylvio once again fills his field with three monsters!" Nico exclaimed.

"Battle!" Sylvio threw a hand out. "I attack directly by halving Kamanitachi's Attack!" The monster sword his sword and the wind threw Yuya for a spin.

YOUSENJUU KAMANITACHI ATK:1800 = 900

"A direct attack?!" Yuya was caught off guard, he expected Odd-Eyes to be returned to his hand first. The attack struck true, and just as Yuya was about to grab an Action Card as well. Even worse, the Action Card was blown out from its spot from the breeze.

YUYA LP- 3100 = 2200

"And now, Kamamitachi's effect activates! When another Yousenjuu monster deals Battle Damage to my opponent. I can add a Yousenjuu monster from my deck to my hand!" Sylvio took the card from it's spot in the deck. Sylvio's voice dropped slightly as he spoke his next words.

"I add the Pendulum monster. Yousenjuu Sarenshinchuu to my hand!"

Lelouch's jaw dropped slightly, it really was a Pendulum monster. The bottom of the card's border having the green color used for a Spell card, or for a Pendulum monster. Yuya's scarlet red eyes widened themselves in shock.

"What's this?!" Even Nico was almost speechless. "Sylvio has a Pendulum card!" The entire stadium gasped as one.

Yuya stood up. "So he really does have them!" The tomato haired teen breathed mostly to himself.

"I activate Shrine of Trials' effect!" Sylvio continued with a victorious smile on his face while raising his hand in the air. "By using three Yousen counters, I add one Yousenjuu monster to my hand!" Three candles blew out as Sylvio took his monster card. "I add the Pendulum Monster. Yousenjuu Urenshinchuu to my hand!"

"He has two Pendulum card!" Yuya leaned forward slightly, his voice quiet enough for Sylvio not to hear. "I didn't expect Reiji to make the Pendulum cards so quickly, and just in time for the tournament to."

"Yuya Sakaki, just like I told you, Pendulum Summoning will be your path to defeat!" Sylvio's greyish blue eyes were filled with excitement at the thought of Pendulum Summoning again. He raised the two Pendulum monsters between two fingers. "I, using Scale 3 Yousenjuu Sarenshinchuu and Scale and Scale 5 Yousenjuu Urenshinchuu, set the Pendulum Scale!" The two gates, one with a red mask and the other with a blue mask, rose up in two pillars of blue light.

"But he can only summon Level 4 monsters with this scale." Lelouch's violet eyes carefully studied the field. If he was to gain the ability to Pendulum Summon properly he had to pay VERY close attention to what was being done. He noticed how both Pendulum monsters were on opposite sides of the duel disk, which most likely was so there could be room for the other Pendulum monsters. Those two spots must be the Pendulum Zones. Where Pendulum monsters can use their Pendulum effects and their Scales to Pendulum Summon.

The crowd awed at the sight before them. "He did it… but with a Scale 3 and 5, he can only Summon Level 4 monsters!" Yuya realized this short scale as well.

"Level 4?" Sylvio laughed, and Lelouch instantly knew something was up. "Sorry, but that's not the case. I activate Urenshinchuu's effect! When there is another Yousenjuu card in my other Pendulum Zone, its Scale rises to 11!" The stadium gasped as one as they watched the number change. "With this, I'm able to Summon Level 4 to 10 monsters simultaneously!"

"Run Yuya." Lelouch hissed between his teeth as he crossed his arms tightly across his body. "Run and get an Action Card while you still have the chance."

Sylvio pointed up at the portal that formed above him. "I Pendulum Summon!" Only one monster appeared on the field, but it was BIG. "Oh wind-clad chief of phantoms! Gouge these lands with your raging cloak! Come forth! Mayousenjuu Daibakaze!"

The enormous monster even almost towered the castle itself. It was wolf like in figure, and had dark smoky green wraps around its body along with cyan green flames- or winds? -acting as fur. The wolf had a horn, along with big razor sharp teeth and demonic red eyes with no pupils. The wolf's ragging howl was even louder than Odd-Eyes' roar.

MAYOUSENJUU DAIBAKAZE LV.10 ATK:3000 DEF:300

"What a shocker!" Nico was screaming into the mic now, unable to control his excitement in that moment. It almost looked like he was about to break his golden mic from the pressure he used to hold the thing steady. "Sylvio's performed a Pendulum Summon!" The crowd was screaming their throats raw from this Pendulum Summon battle.

"Shrine of Trials gains one Yousen counter!" Sylvio added off to the side as one candle was lit.

"So wait, Yuya isn't the only person who can Pendulum Summon?"

Ohhh boy, here we go. Lelouch was slightly afraid people were going to start rioting for some Pendulum cards of their own.

"But Sylvio just did it in front of us!"

"That's it!" Sylvio threw his arms out to the crowd he couldn't see from the Action Field. He knew they were there though, and he could hear them cheering his name. "Scream! Cheer more!" The teenager was soaking all of the attention in like a dried out sponge desperately in need of some water. "The fun has just begun!"

"THAT'S YUYA'S LINE!" Lelouch could vaguely hear Allie scream at Sylvio from over the roaring of the crowd.

Sylvio ignored her and had this weird smile on his face. "I am the truly chosen man, Neo New Sylvio!" He looked back down towards Yuya. "And I don't have just Pendulum Summoning in my arsenal! I am going beyond it!"

"Beyond it?!" Yuya questioned, slightly fearing what his opponent may do next.

"I activate Diabakze's effect!" Sylvio pointed to his big monster. "When this card is Normal or Special Summoned. I can return two target cards from my opponent's field to their hand!" The wolfish beast roared, and a huge gust of wind destroyed both of Yuya's magicians. "I return your Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician to your hand!"

Sylvio continued before Yuya could even finish putting his cards into his hand. "We're not done yet! With Daibakaze on the field, I activate the Continuous Trap Dizzying Wind of the Yousen Realm!" Now another gust of wind blew directly at Yuya, who was having a hard time staying on his two feet. "Any non-Yousenjuu cards returned to the hand from the field are sent to their owner's deck instead!"

Lelouch sucked in some air between his teeth. Damn, this is looking even more grim the longer Sylvio takes his turn.

"His Pendulum cards are sent to his deck?!" Nico said incredulously. "Yuya's Pendulum Summoning has been sealed!"

"And on top of that, I pay 800 Life Points to activate the Continuous Spell Yousen Tornado!"

SYLVIO LP- 2800 = 2000

"I end my turn." The sudden 180 caught everyone off guard then. Why waste 800 Life Points if you don't even use the card you brought onto the field? Yuya pursed his lips. "But my turn doesn't just simply end! Let me show you the Sawatari Legend Combo!" The burnette threw a hand out towards Yuya. "Yousen Lost Tornado!"

Lelouch didn't like the name of the combo OR what it might do.

"Yousen Lost Tornado?" Yuya questioned with a slightly hitched eyebrow.

"Yousen Tornado's effect is when a Yousenjuu is returned to my hand, I can return one card on my opponent's field to their hand!" The L.D.S student revealed. "And Dizzying Wind of the Yousen Realm's effect is any non-Yousenjuu cards returned to the hand from the field are sent to their owner's deck instead!"

Yuya gasped, and Lelouch growled in agitation. "At this rate, Yuya won't have anything left on his field."

"The three Kamaitachi brothers return to my hand during the End Phase!" Sylvio restated with narrowed greyish blue eyes. "With this, Yousen Tornado's affect returns three of your cards to your hand, and with Dizzying Wind's effect, they're blown away to your deck!" Lelouch was going to get sick from all of the damn wind blowing around on Sylvio's field. "Go back to the deck! Pinch Helper, Kaleidoscorpion, Drumming Kong!" That only left Odd-Eyes to face Daibakaze.

Sylvio threw a hand towards said dragon. "Of course, I'll be having him leave the stage as well! Daibakaze's effect activates!" The wolf howled, and a giant wind blew from its horn to around the field. "At the end of the turn this card is Special Summoned, it returns to my hand!" Two more tornado like winds blew towards Yuya and his dragon at the giant wolf's disappearance. "Yousen Lost Tornado!"

Sylvio closed his eyes and gave a mock wave. "Bye bye, Odd-Eyes!"

Red eyes widened in realization. "That's why he didn't use Kamaitachi's effect earlier! So he could sen Odd-Eyes to my deck instead of my hand!"

"What do you think?" Sylvio asked from above the moat Yuya was still stuck in. "This tornado literally catches the opponent's cards in dizzying winds and blows them into the deck!" The burnette held a hand out while the other quickly played with a blonde bang while holding his cards. "This is the Sylvio Legend Combo! Yousen Lost Tornado!" The teen's grin widened slightly. "I am Neo New Sylvio! The man who will give birth to a legend!"

Yuya grit his teeth in suppressed anger, both from this duel and Sylvio's words. He was the one who created Pendulum Summoning, so why did the way Sylvio speak rub him the wrong way? Was it because the LEO Corporation was going to create Pendulum Cards with or without his permission, or something else?

Was this even anger he was feeling?

"Finally, Urensenchuu's Pendulum Scale returns to normal." Sylvio added lastly, before finally, FINALLY his turn was COMPLETELY over.

"Yuya's field has been laid bare!" Nico narrated slightly at the bad circumstances for Yuya. The tomato haired teen had his green and red hair covering his scarlet red eyes. "And with only one card in his hand, he's truly in a do or die situation!"

Sylvio walked over to look down at Yuya from on top of the moat. "It'll be over for you on my next turn." The burnette leaned forward slightly. "Now, show me your final struggle!"

"My turn…" Yuya spoke quietly, even from his blocked out eyes Lelouch could feel how depressed the boy had become.

His nails dug into his jacket. "Don't you dare give up right now Yuya." Lelouch spoke out loud, but from the distance he was at Yuya would never hear him, especially over the crowd. "Show me that damn over confidant, sometimes annoying yet infective showmanship and smile! Don't you dare let this pushover of a duelist get the better of you just because he can Pendulum Summon. Hell. You KNEW this would happen eventually, and you even went to the L.D.S tower to help progress that timetable! Don't you dare give up on this now! Don't you dare give up on your dream of being like- No -better than your father!" The raven haired teen didn't even realize he was yelling out towards Yuya until he noticed the silence surrounding him. The crowd around him had gone quiet as Lelouch spoke.

Then he noticed that Yuya wasn't frowning anymore.

He was smiling instead.

Lelouch blinked, before he sank back into his chair and crossed his arms. "You son of a… You got me all riled up for no Goddamn reason." The secret rebel was going to get Yuya for this, there was no doubt.

Yuya fists shook, most certainly from excitement as scarlet eyes looked back up at Sylvio. There was an enormous smile on his face that caught the brunette off guard somewhat.

Sylvio pointed towards Yuya with a confidant smirk. "It's time we settle this once and for all!" The two spoke banter as if they had been old rivals for years all of a sudden.

"Settle this? Don't be ridiculous! The duel has just begun!" Yuya spoke excitedly.

"What?"

"I draw!" Yuya began his turn with that smile always on his face. "I set two cards and end my turn!" Even though Lelouch knew he couldn't do much, he was still surprised by how fast Yuya's turn was.

"What's this now? I went out of my way to hype up things up and you do something so boring?!" Though the Yousenjuu user couldn't help the smile on his face, Yuya's excitement was just that damn contagious!" Everyone watched as Yuya jumped out of the moat by stepping on some wooden poles sticking out of the stone walls. Sylvio played with his blonde bangs and close his eyes while looking off to the side momentarily. "Well, I guess you can't help it with an empty hand and no Pendulum Summons!"

Yuya finally got out of the damn moat and smiled up at the ruined castle, his back still turned to Sylvio. "If I don't have any cards, then I just have to look for more!"

"Huh?" Sylvio stopped playing with his bangs and looked back towards Yuya. Yuya said nothing more, and just began sprinting up to the castle by following the pathway. It wasn't until he was around halfway there that he spoke once again, eyes steeled with strength and energy from this exhilarating duel. "The fun has just begun Sylvio!" Yuya huffed while he sprinted towards the wooden tower.

"This is truly earth-shaking!" Nico announced, while pulling out a yellow fan from somewhere to fan himself slightly. "And by that, I mean this shocking turn of events! Rumor has it that only Yuya can use Pendulum Summoning, but Sylvio has just perfectly executed the Summon! And with his Pendulum cards all returned to his deck by the Yousen Lost Tornado combo, and his hand at zero, just what will Yuya do?" The showman just did a basic recap of what had just happened to those who were slightly lost.

"He'll pull off a miracle, that's what." Lelouch smirked to himself, it seems he wasn't the only one who had the devil's luck.

"I just wanted to see a Pendulum Summon, but this is turning out to be amazing!"

"I never would've thought both of them would be Pendulum Summoning!"

It looks like people were actually beginning to enjoy the duel instead of just wanting to see Pendulum Summoning, how wonderful. Yuya always seems to have that aura around him.

Meanwhile, a certain Raidraptor just stared at the duel silently. His body was slack and his facial features soft, but his yellow eyes looked at the Pendulum monsters and their Pendulum Summoning with a calculating gaze.

"I commend you for not giving up and looking for hope in Action Cards." Sylvio admitted, proving he had at least some amount of showmanship. "But all that remains for you is despair!" Which immediately went down the proverbial drain.

"My turn!" Yuya ran across some floorboards raised by steel beams and jumped across the empty spots to get to his needed destination. "I summon Yousenjuu Kamaitachi from my hand!" Sylvio exclaimed.

YOUSENJUU KAMAITACHI LV.4 ATK:1600 DEF:500

"With Kamaitachi successful summon, I can summon Yousenjuu Kamanitachi. Then, I summon Yosenju Kamamitachi with Kamanitachi's effect!"

YOUSENJUU KAMANITACHI LV.4 ATK:1800 DEF:200

YOUSENJUU KAMAMITACHI LV.4 ATK:1500 DEF:800

"At the same time, Shrine of Trials' effect activates!" Sylvio lifted his hand towards the shrine above and behind him. "One Yousen counter lights up for each Yousenju summoned." Three candles were lit, making five in total. "While you've been running around looking for Action Cards, I've gotten everything set up! Now, it's time to end this!" The brunette looked up at the big japanese styled abandoned castle where Yuya was heading.

The tomato haired teen was frantically searching for an Action Card, but hasn't found one as of yet. The sudden tension rising was causing everyone in the audience to stiffen in their seats at what will happen. Yuya finally made it within the castle, and instantly gunned for the stairs when he saw no Action Card.

"All right!" Yuya huffed, before looking to his right, and then moving on up the stairs.

Sylvio just calmly walked forward, ginning while looking down at Yuya's facedown cards. "You're trying to bluff me with those two facedown cards you have, but that's not happening! I know what you're up to, and I'll quickly put a stop to it!" Sylvio put both of his arms out. "I activate Urenshinchu's Pendulum effect! When there is another Yousenju card in the opposite Pendulum Zone, its Pendulum Scale changes from 5 to 11 this turn! With this, I'm able to simultaneously summon monsters from Levels 4 to 10!"

The crowd cheered wildly, the duel getting their blood pumping with excitement. However, Yuya still focused on running up the stairs, looking for an Action Card. "I Pendulum Summon! Oh wind-clad chief of phantoms! Gouge these lands with your raging cloak! Come forth! Mayousenjuu Daibakaze!" The giant wolf howled loudly once again at its return.

MAYOUSENJUU DAIBAKAZE LV.10 ATK:3000 DEF:300

"I light one Yousen counter!" Another candle was lit, making six candles currently aflame. Yuya said nothing, and just continued running up the stairs. "Daibak's effect even works on facedown cards!" Sylvio threw a hand out towards Yuya's facedowns. "I activate Daibak's effect! I return two cards on the field to their owner's hand!" The giant wolf threw a tornado that destroyed the facedowns, which were soon sent to the deck from Sylvio's combo. Yuya watched as the two cards were blown away, but he still kept running up those stairs. "And now, Dizzying Wind of the Yousen Realm will send those two cards back to your deck with its effect! It's the end!" Sylvio did a small shrug, before pointing at Yuya small figure that was within the castle. "Too bad! It looks like your precious backrow was useless!"

"No, that's fine!" Yuya finally replied, yelling at the top of his lungs from the very top of the ruined castle. The tomato haired teen did a front flip to get on top of the roof and smirked down at his opponent. "If this set card is removed from the field, it changes the names of all of my opponent's monsters to Anonymous!"

"What!" Sylvio blinked, and watched as his monster's names began to change one by one.

"What's this?! All of Sylvio's cards are now nameless!" Nico exclaimed into the golden mic.

Lelouch's eyes widened in realization. "His own combo will backfire on him because they don't have Yousen in their names anymore. They'll be sent into his deck just like Yuya's monsters."

A screen appeared in front of Yuya's duel disk so that Sylvio could properly communicate with his tricky opponent. "Why, you…! You were trying to do this from the start!"

"That's right!" Yuya agreed with the L.D.S student. "Yousenjuu monsters aren't affected by Dizzying Wind, but…" Yuya's smile grew as he spoke. "Now that your monsters are no longer Yousenjuu cards, at the end of this turn they'll return to the deck instead of the hand due to Dizzying Wind of the Yousen Realm's effect."

Sylvio's eyebrows twitched as he growled in frustration, but he soon took a deep breath and relaxed. He looked back into the screen with a genuine smile. "You're not half bad." He admitted.

Yuya closed one crimson eye and held one finger up. "Only because I was able to use your cards' effect against you!"

Sylvio huffed a laughed, and looked away from the screen momentarily. "But do you think you'll last until the end of this turn?"

"Huh?" Yuya focused both of his eyes onto Sylvio now.

"I'll end this duel before then!" Sylvio spoke, determined to win and cut off the transmission there. The burnette jumped up and into Daibakaze's sudden gust of wind. This gave the student a boost, and he spun around doing flips and twists until he finally landed on top of Daibakaze's back. Sylvio did a quick spin and threw his hand out to the side. "It's time to battle! I attack you directly with Daibakaze!" The giant wolf made a huge leap while the wind spun around the giant beast. "All of you, follow me!" Sylvio ordered his monsters, and all three of the brothers jumped into action beside Daibakaze and Sylvio.

"Sylvio makes a brutal attack!" Nico was practically spitting he was so into his announcing and this duel. Even the crowd was having difficulty watching because of the harsh winds blowing around them. "His appearance can be likened to a daredevil laying waste to a castle!"

Daibakaze jumped across the moat, over the bridge, and up towards the castle with ease. Though the three brothers were just barely behind them, all three monsters jumping and parkouring up the hill with skilled practice. They also destroyed the bridge in the process.

"I won't let this be over!" Yuya yelled, before putting his goggles on and back flipping off of the roof and into the hole in the tile. The tomato haired teen vanishing from sight as he reentered the building in a divebomb.

Lelouch leaned forward in his seat, and almost grabbed ahold of the railing that was in front of him. "You've got to be kidding me! That entire building is going to collapse any second and he heads BACK inside!" The raven haired teen thought back to when Yuya dueled with Dipper and did something similar to this. Violet eyes blinked. "Could it be?"

"It's the end!" Sylvio exclaimed, and Daibakaze threw a huge tornado at the castle with a flick from its tail. The sheer force caused the building to destabilize, and finally collapsed. All three sections smashing on top of each other before hitting the ground and becoming a pile of splintered wood and debris. Smoke billowed upwards and around the place were the huge castle sat, and the entire crowd went quiet in suspense.

Sylvio laughed. "You've lost, Yuya Sakaki!"

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'SNAP'

Everyone looked over to the right of the castle, and their eyes widened at the sight. "Hold on! Who is that we see over there?!" Nico questioned. A spotlight was zeroed in on a teenager with familiar green and red hair along with goggles over their eyes. The boy currently had both of his hands up in the best showmanship gesture. "It's Yuya Sakaki!"

The crowd went wild, and so did Lelouch along with the Yusho group. Even Shun's lips twitched slightly at this entertaining duel.

"No way!" Sylvio cried out with disbelief. "I should have landed that direct attack!"

Yuya lowered his arms and began to explain. "Did you think I would be running without a plan?" Yuya smiled. "Action Spell! Great Escape! It ends the Battle Phase!" Sylvio's eyes widened as he grit his teeth.

"Amazing! ITs like he's an escape artist!"

"Nice one!"

The crowd was going insane and eating all of it up. Yuya looked over to where the crowd was, and did a nice fancy bow with one arm raised and his legs crossed. The crowd cheered even louder at the display.

"Stop messing around!" Sylvio yelled from on top of Daibakaze. Yuya looked over at the burnette to see he was frustratingly pointing and doing wild gestures towards the tomato haired teen. "You're not allowed to excite the crowd!"

Yuya raised a fist and answered back heatedly. "This is MY dueling style!" The crimson eyed boy emphasized the word 'my'.

Sylvio leaned back slightly, before a grin appeared on his face again as he replied calmly. "But I'm the one who will be getting the last cheers!" He threw his hand backwards. "I activate the effect of Shrine of Trials! I can add one Yousenjuu monster to my hand by using three Tousen counters!" Sylvio held the monster card up towards Yuya. "I add Kamamitachi to my hand and end my turn!"

"Now then, may I ask that your monsters leave the stage?" Yuya asked politely. Sylvio huffed slightly, before he was carefully lowered back onto the ground as the rest of his monsters were forced back into his deck.

"At the end of my turn, Yousen Tornado is destroyed because a Yousenjuu monster did not return to my hand." The duelist spoke gravelly as his combo was destroyed. "Also, Urenshinchu's Pendulum Scale returns to normal." The scale went back down to 5 instead of 11.

"Sylvio's monsters return not to his hand, but to his deck due to the effect of Dizzying Wind!" Nico fanned himself slightly as if the duel was too hot for him to handle.

Yuya looked down towards Sylvio from where he stood on top of a scout tower. "Looks like both of our fields have gotten pretty lonely."

"Heh." Sylvio laughed slightly, but gave a confident smirk up towards Yuya even at his predicament. "I'll be making it lively again as soon as my next turn comes around! During the main event in which you'll taste defeat!"

Yuya looked to the side, and put his goggles back onto his forehead with one hand before scarlet eyes looked towards Sylvio again. "Sorry, but I don't plan on losing either!" The tomato haired teen pumped a fist and grinned excitedly towards his opponent.

"My turn, I draw!" Yuya yelled, before grinning at his only card. "Yes!" The creator of Pendulum Summoning raised his hand into the air. "When neither of us control any monsters, I can Normal Summon this card from my hand by reducing its Level by 1! I summon Performapal Drumming Kong!" The familiar ape appeared onto the field banging its drums loudly.

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG LV.5 ATK:1600 DEF:900

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG LV.5 = 4

"Battle!" Yuya threw a hand out before turning it into a fist pump. "I attack you directly with Drumming Kong!" The small yet athletic teen jumped on top of the gorilla's back as it started jumping towards Sylvio.

"So you're going to attack huh?" Sylvio looked down at his hand, body tense as the apr was closing in. "I can't back down now!" He took the card and lifted it up into the air. "When you declare a direct attack. I send one Yousenjuu to my Graveyard to Special Summon Yousenjuu Ooyamabiko!" The ghoulish monster appeared once again with a pitiful groan.

YOUSENJUU OOYAMABIKO LV.6 ATK:?

"I light one Yousen counter!" Sylvio yelled, which made four candles now lit in the shrine.

"Ooyamibiko's Attack is the same as the original Attack of the monster it battles!" Sylvio said once again with a small frown.

YOUSENJUU OOYAMABIKO ATK:? = 1600

"I activate Drumming Kong's effect!" Yuya responded while still riding his ape. "Once, during the Battle Phase, this card can increase the Attack of one of my monsters by 600!" Sylvio stepped back slightly and grit his teeth as Drumming Kong jumped into the air to face the ghoulish monster before it.

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG ATK:1600 = 2200

The ape banged its drums loudly, which destroyed Ooyamabiko and made Sylvio skid back slightly.

SYLVIO LP- 2000 = 1400

"Yuya has recovered from a near-death situation and manages to deal damage to Sylvio!" Nico yelled into his mic while never taking his eyes off of the duel. The two opponents stood only around twenty feet away from each other now. Both boys on the path that led to the now ruined castle.

Yuya hopped off of Drumming Kong and threw a hand towards the ape. "At the end of the Battle Phase, Drumming Kong's effect wears off!"

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG ATK:2200 = 1600

"Alright! Yuya Sakaki is fighting back!"

"Will he show us a Pendulum Summon now?!"

"I end my turn with this!" Lelouch wasn't surprised by that statement, because the tomato haired teen had no more cards left in his hand to play.

"Huh? No Pendulum Summon?"

"What a letdown!"

"Well, his hand is empty…"

Sylvio played with one of his blond bangs and smiled to the crowd. "Okay, okay! Don't worry! I'll show you an elegant Pendulum Summon!" Sylvio pointed with two fingers before taking his turn. "My turn! I draw!" The brunette looked back at his shrine. "I'll use three Yousen counters from the Shrine of Trials to add Mayosenju Daibakze from my deck to my hand!" There candles blew out as Sylvio took the familiar monster card into his hand which left only one candle burning.

"Daibak is in Sylvio's hand!" Nico leaned forward again.

"Which means…"

"Pendulum!"

"Pendulum!"

"Pendulum!"

"Pendulum!"

Sylvio soaked all of the cheering from the crowd in and pointed up towards the sky. "That's it! Scream! Cheer more! Louder and louder! Even hotter!" The teen urged the crowd on, making them all cheer as one even louder.

Sylvio snapped his fingers. "Let's go!" Sylvio lifted his duel disk u slightly and threw his hand out in front of him. "My Pendulum Scale is currently set to 3 and 5!" The brunette threw his hand to the side now and lifted one leg like a crane. "So I'm able to summon Level 4 monsters!" Lelouch was slightly surprised that Sylvio wasn't raising his Pendulum Scale again.

"Pendulum Summon!" Sylvio raised his hand towards the portal in the sky between his two Pendulum Zones. "Come forth, win-slicing blades!" Two monsters appeared on the field that were very familiar. "Yousenjuu Kamaitachi and Kamamitachi!"

YOUSENJUU KAMAITACHI LV.4 ATK:1600 DEF:500

YOUSENJUU KAMAMITACHI LV.4 ATK:1500 DEF:800

"This counts as a single summon, so Shrine of Trials only lights one Yousen counter." This now meant two candles were aflame in the shrine. "First, I'll have that eyesore of a Performapal disappear!" Sylvio threw his hand forward. "Kamaitachi's effect!" The ninja like monster raised its sickle, ready to make Drumming Kong go back into Yuya's hand. The tomato haired teen turned, and quickly ran for an Action Card.

"Action Card! Right there!" Yuya's scarlet eyes zeroed in on a card stuck in the wooden beams meant for a construction site.

"Once, when I control another Yousenjuu monster, I can return one card from my opponent's field to their hand. Be gone, Drumming Kong!" The monster threw a slice of wind towards the ape, but Yuya managed to parkour up towards the Action Card and use it.

"Action Spell, Transparent!" Yuya cried out while still falling towards the ground. "One of my monsters is unaffected by my opponent's effects for the rest of this turn!" The ape literally went transparent, and jumped to the side of Kamaitachi's effect.

Sylvio stomped his feet slightly, and Lelouch swore he saw smoke coming out of the teen's ears. "Don't disappear like that!"

"Yuya somehow held on, but he's cut off his escape route!" Nico was right. The wooden beams behind Yuya were destroyed because of Kamaitachi's swipe, so he was stuck. Though the tomato haired teen was still smiling.

"Hmph." Sylvio huffed. "I still have other options! I tribute Kamaitachi and Kamamitachi in order to Advance Summon Daibak!" The giant wolf returned with a vengeance, and it looked thirsty for battle as it gave a loud howl.

MAYOUSENJUU DAIBAKAZE LV.10 ATK:3000 DEF:300

"I light one Yousen counter!" Sylvio added, making it three candles lit now.

"Here it is, Daibak!" Nico cried out.

Yuya was still smiling, which Sylvio found slightly annoying. "What are you smiling at?! Do you know what kind of situation you're in?"

"I do! But…" Yuya trailed off and took a deep breath. "The audience is excited!" Even as the tomato haired teen said this the crowd was still cheering wildly.

"Huh?"

"It's not just me." Yuya added. "Our unpredictable show is getting the crowd hyped! I've found a new possibility! That's why I can't help enjoying this!"

"Ha." Sylvio laughed, and Yuya's smile dimmed slightly. "I can't help but enjoy this either!" Sylvio condeded, and YUya's smile returned tenfold. "I'll be able to crush yo in front of a huge crowd like this!" That admittedly dimmed it slightly, but Yuya was always a fan of challenge.

"Sylvio…" Yuya grinned. "I told you, I won't let you end it that easily!" The scarlet eyed boy persisted. "The show still has more to come!"

"No!" Sylvio disagreed. "Right now IS the climax!" He pointed towards Yuya's Drumming Kong. "Let's go, it's time to battle! I attack Drumming Kong with Daibak!" The giant wolf threw a tornado towards Yuya and his ape, but Yuya acted quickly, if only to lessen the damage slightly. "I activate Drumming Kong's effect! It can increase one monster's Attack by 600 until the end of the Battle Phase!"

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG ATK:1600 = 2200

The ape banged its drums wildly even as it was destroyed from the tornado. The wind made Yuya skid back towards the edge of the destroyed pathway.

YUYA LP- 2200 = 1400

"The destroyed Drumming Kong is sent to the Extra Deck!" Yuya placed the ape into its proper place instead of the Graveyard.

"Yuya Sakaki uses his monster's effect to lower the damage from his monster's destruction!" Nico announced from where he resided while waving his fan like crazy.

"Wow! This is a really intense match!"

"Yeah, this is a great fight!"

"I end my turn here." Sylvio grinned. "The Advanced Summoned Daibak will remain on the field."

"So that's why he didn't Pendulum Summon Daibak, it would have returned to his hand otherwise, leaving his field open for attack." Lelouch muttered to himself as he watched the two rivals face off.

"Will Yuya Sakaki use his Pendulum this time?!"

"Pendulum!"

"Pendulum!"

"Pendulum!"

"Pendulum!"

Even the two duelists could hear the crowd's chants through the Action Field. Sylvio frowned slightly, but soon shrugged it off and smiled. "Come on, Entertainment Duelist!"

"Huh?"

"They're all cheering for it…" Sylvio encouraged his opponent. "The entire stadium is cheering on our duel right now! The audience is looking forward to it!"

"Sylvio…" Yuya couldn't believe how this duel had changed his opponent so much. But he liked this new Sylvio.

"It's your turn!" The burnette pointed towards Yuya. "You better answer them!"

"Yeah!" Yuya smiled, and a spotlight shined down on Yuya. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" The crowd went silent, eager to hear what the teen had to say. Yuya did a swift gesture to his field. "As you can see, my field is absent of set cards, let alone monsters!" He placed his hand on top of his deck. "This next draw will be betting this whole show on a Destiny Draw!"

Lelouch clicked his tongue in slight distaste. Letting destiny decide your fate. I don't necessarily believe that, but even if I did, I wouldn't like the idea of someone else controlling my fate or life. I'll be in control and won't need such things like a Destiny Draw to save me. Though the raven haired teen couldn't blame Yuya for this situation he was in.

"If I manage to draw something, I want to hear you cheer!" Yuya continued over Lelouch's thoughts. "I DRAW!" Yuya yelled as he drew the card, and everyone was silent in suspense. When Yuya flipped the card over, he smiled. "Got it!" Red eyes looked up again. "Right now I'll show you the most amazing magic show you've seen in this world!" Sylvio looked at Yuya with curiosity, and Yuya showed his card towards his opponent. "This card can only be activated when I have no cards on my field and only this card in my hand!"

That's some lucky shit right there. Lelouch admitted.

"I can draw as many cards as my opponent controls, then reveal them!" Yuya explained. "Right now, Mr. Sawatari controls five cards! So I draw five cards!" Yuya revealed the cards, one of them being Odd-Eyes. "The cards I drew are Skeeter Skimmer, Trump Witch, Timegazer Magician, Turn Toad, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The crowd was going mad, and Lelouch wouldn't be surprised if some people were currently foaming at the mouth because of this duel. Yuya held out two cards between his fingers. "I, using the Scale 4 Performapal Trump Witch and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, set the Pendulum Scale!" The two rose up into two pillars of light.

"Here it comes! Yuya's original Pendulum Summon!" Nico was practically jumping on the balls of his feet in excitement. "Just what kind of show will he show us?!"

"With this, I'm able to simultaneously Summon monsters from Levels 5 to 7!" Yuya began, his pendulum crystal once again shining and spinning, something that Lelouch took a small note on. "Sway, Pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether!" Yuya held his hand up towards the portal that opened. "I Pendulum Summon! Come forth, my monsters!" Only two monsters appeared from the portal in two beaming lights. "First off is Performapal Drumming Kong! As well as the heroic and dichromatic eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The two different colored eyes glowed, before Odd-Eyes gave another mighty roar that made the crowd cheer even louder.

PERFORMAPAL DRUMMING KONG LV.5 ATK:1600 DEF:900

ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON LV.7 ATK:2500 DEF:2000

"Both players' ace monsters are out and facing off!" Nico crowed. Though Odd-Eyes was smaller than Daibak the dragon still stood tall and didn't back down.

"Now it's time to end this!" Sylvio grinned.

"Yeah." Yuya agreed and threw his hand out. "Battle! I attack Daibak with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The dragon began to run forward, its steps echoing loudly on the field as well as shaking the ground.

"You don't have enough Attack!" Sylvio pointed out, but that would soon be fixed.

"I activate Drumming Kong's effect!" Yuya yelled out towards his ape, who began banging his drums widely, in response to that statement. "It increases the monster's Attack by 600 until the end of the Battle Phase!"

ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON ATK: 2500 = 3100

Odd-Eyes roared, and tackled the giant beast of a wolf. Yuya still wasn't done making his comeback. "Odd-Eyes' effect! If Odd-Eyes battles a Level 5 or higher monster, battle damage is doubled!"

:Sarenshinchu's effect!" Sylvio responded swiftly and threw a hand out towards said monster. "When a Yousenjuu monster would be destroyed, I can destroy this card instead!" Sylvio closed one eye as the damage he took.

SYLVIO LP- 1400 = 1200

"Woah!" Nico yelled into his mic. "Sylvio has managed to prevent the destruction of his ace monster!" The crowd just didn't seem to stop yelling and cheering for this duel.

"Man, this is getting me really excited!"

"Me too, I don't care who wins now!"

"I wish both of them could win!"

"Yeah! Go for it, you two!"

"Come on Yuya…" Violet eyes flickered towards Trump Witch. "You know what to do to win this."

"This is fun, isn't it?" Sylvio asked.

"Yeah!" Yuya agreed. "But the fun has just begun!" Yuya pointed up towards Trump Witch and Lelouch relaxed, this duel was over. "I activate Performapal Trump Witch's Pendulum effect! Once per turn, during the Battle Phase, I can use monsters on my field as materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

"Wh-what?!" Sylvio certainly didn't expect THAT. The burnette didn't even know that was possible! The crowd was just eating it up like candy and going INSANE over this revelation.

"Chest-pounding sage of the forest! Become one with the dragon of mystery and give birth to a new power!" The two monster began to fuse together right behind Yuya in a color of light. The teen raised his hands and balled them into one fist. "I Fusion Summon! Come forth! Ferocious dragon of luminous feral eyes! Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"

The new monster had the body of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, but it was covered in bony armor and blue fur. One of its eyes were yellow, and there was a big tiger's eye in the middle of its forehead that acted as a third eye. Odd-Eyes orbs were traded for sharper and more deadly spikes, along with more claws and bigger fangs. The beast stomped the ground before giving a mighty roar that echoed across the field.

BEAST-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON LV.8 ATK:3000 DEF:2000

"It's a clash of high-level monsters, both with 3000 Attack!" Nico screamed. Both of the boys eyes looked at two different Action Cards.

"Battle!" Yuya yelled. "Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Diabak!" The beast roared, spitting its saliva everywhere before charging towards its adversary. Sylvio on the other hand, was gunning straight towards an Action Card, two cards being revealed underneath some tiled roofing.

"Both of them are aiming for Action Cards!" Nico yelled into his golden mic, and watched as Yuya jumped off of his dragon to get one of said cards.

Both boys grabbed an Action Card, Sylvio getting his first before Yuya. Meanwhile, Beast-Eyes gave a powerful flamethrower that was shaped like a beast that went straight for Daibak, while the wolf himself threw a great tornado towards the rabid dragon. Both monsters were destroyed, but a huge explosion of smoke covered the field to prevent the audience from seeing what had happened when the two gain their Action Cards.

"I activate the Action Card Huge Fireworks!" Sylvio played his card first. "This card deals damage equal to half of the Attack of an opponent's monster destroyed in battle to my opponent!" A ball of fire went straight towards Yuya, who was once again on the roof of the collapsed castle.

Yuya looked up at the fireball diving right on top of him. Then all of a sudden, four magic hands carrying a tarp blocked the attack and sent the fire into the sky where it exploding into marvelous looking fireworks.

"What?!" Sylvio was just as surprised and confused as most of the audience. Everyone looking up at the beautiful colors exploding in the sky.

"Yuya has turned the damaging flame into a huge firework!" Nico announced. "This is truly Entertainment!"

"How pretty!"

"Wow!"

Yuya revealed his Action Card. "Due to the Action Spell Miracle, Beast-Eyes' destruction was negated, and so was your card's effect!" The crowd screamed and roared as multiple voice cheered the duel onwards.

"You…!" Sylvio grounded his teeth, before the smoke dissipated revealing Beast-Eyes. "That was too flashy!" The burnette just now noticed the dragon's presence, and began to panic slightly.

"Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's effect activates!" Yuya held his hand out towards his dragon. "When it destroys an opponent's monster in battle, it can inflict damage equal to the Attack of its Beast-type Fusion Material!" The dragon's roar echoed once again, and a yellow aura surrounded the beast. "Drumming Kong's Attack is 1600!"

A red beam fired from Beast-Eyes and straight at Sylvio. The boy was too slow, and ended up being swallowed by the beam. The force sending the burnette flying while his scream echoed off the battlefield before skidding to a stop on his back.

SYLVIO LP- 1200 = 0 LOSER

YUYA LP- 1400 WINNER

A screen with Yuya's face and the word 'Winner' were stretched across the screen behind him. "And that's it! The winner of the second match is Yuya Sakaki!" With the duel over, the field began to degenerate, and the cheering crowd was finally visible once again.

"I knew you'd win, Yuya." Lelouch finally relaxed from his tense position, the duel certainly doing a number on him alongside the cheering. The audience was so loud that his ears were ringing and thumping at the same time.

Sylvio managed to sit up, and he looked at Yuya's offered hand with surprised interest before he blinked and looked up into the scarlet eyed teen's face. Yuya said nothing, just simply offering his hand out to help Sylvio up. The burnette scowled, before looking off to the side and stood up on his own.

"Sylvio…"

Greyish blue eyes opened once again as he finally registered all of the cheering and clapping going on throughout the stadium. Sylvio looked around out towards the crowd in shock, Yuya doing the same before looking back at his defeated opponent. "They're really excited!"

The two exchanged a silent conversation before nodding, and then refocusing onto the crowd. Sylvio doing a polite bow while Yuya threw his hands up and waved.

Sylvio looked back at Yuya with a smile, his rival now becoming more of a friend. "I'll face you again anytime."

Yuya smiled, and raised a fist. "Yeah! I'm looking forward to it!"

Sylvio raised both of his hands up into the air, soaking everything in. "This may be the kind of Dueling I'm aiming for." The burnette thought to himself out loud. His duels with Yuya, they were always so exciting and fun, it got his blood pumping and his energy flowing. Yes, the L.D.S student could easily agree that he liked this, he had become addicted to this. Sylvio wouldn't mind being able to bring about the same reactions and joy to other people within his audience and to the crowd.

Being an Entertainment Duelist didn't sound half bad.

. . .

Lelouch leaned against the small wall blocking the audience from the arena and sighed. His violet eyes opened to look at Yuya who was sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.

"That was a really good duel." Lelouch admitted with a sigh. "It certainly had a lot of suspense, and it even had me at the edge of my seat."

"Thanks Lelouch." Yuya grinned before lowering his hand. "I'm glad you were able to watch it, and it makes me even more happy to know that you enjoyed it."

"Right." Lelouch began, but was soon interrupted by Sora jumping out of his seat with a sucker in his mouth.

"Alright!" The candy addict cheered excitedly. "Now it's my turn to finally duel!" Everyone smiled at Sora's behavior as emerald eyes looked at the Yusho crowd. "I'll definitely get us another win! So don't you guys go worrying about it, because this win is already in the bag!"

I wouldn't be so sure, Academia spy. Lelouch thought somewhat darkly. Though he felt just slightly bad about what was going to happen to the sky blue haired teen, he didn't really care that much either. One thing was for certain, Lelouch knew Shun was going to win this duel. There was no way the Raidraptor would lose on his first match, and against an Academia spy no less.

The teen had just about as much pride as himself, and that was saying something.

Yuzu was about to say something, but a ringing from Lelouch's own duel disk stopped her. The gang looked over at their raven haired friend as he answered the call. Surprisingly, it was from Shun himself. The dark haired duelist not having appeared in the field yet, but was instead in a darkened hallway towards the stands with his arms crossed while calling Lelouch. Or in the Raidraptor's case, Zero.

"Hello?" Lelouch asked calmly and politely, making sure that the duel disk wasn't on speaking lest the others figure out his secret identity.

"Where are you right now Zero?" Shun asked, completely serious and straight to the point.

Lelouch smile dimmed slightly and the others noticed. "I just finished watching the duel between Sylvio and Yuya. Why? Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing to concerning." Shun admitted. "Though… It's just that Yuto and Ruri gave me a quick call once the battle ended. They're asking me to not go too far with the little Academia runt… However…"

Lelouch's frown deepened, and his violet eyes steeled slightly in understanding. "I get it, and I'll be there right away." With that, Lelouch hung up and gave the Yusho group alongside Sora an apologetic look. "I'm sorry about that, it's just that my father called and wanted me back at the hotel. An emergency came up and I-"

"No no no." Yuya waved his hands frantically, before urging Lelouch to go with a wave of his hand. "It's alright, we understand completely. Go ahead and get going before you get into some trouble."

"Aww!" Sora whined slightly. "I was hoping everyone would be able to watch my duel!"

"Don't worry." Lelouch sadly had to reassure the candy addict. "I'll be able to watch your duel on TV remember?"

"Oh yeah!" Sora perked up immediately, before casually walking out towards the field. "Okay then! Good luck with whatever emergency crisis thingy you got going on I guess!"

After offering a few more apologize, Lelouch quickly made his escape into the dark emptiness of the hallways. The raven haired teen instantly gunning for the hiding spot he hid his Zero disguise without any cameras or bugs watching him.

He still made sure to check though before changing into his Zero persona and going over to meet Shun.

Alright! Chapter 14, DONE! Once again over 10,000 words so I'm happy. I felt that putting Sora and SHun's duel in here would make the chapter too long, so you people will have to wait slightly for that. Wonder what Shun wants Zero for though?

I had such a rough time trying to find the states for the Yousenjuu monsters, and I couldn't even find the Defense for Ooyamabiko. So honestly I gave up because it's not THAT important to me. We only see these cards in that ONE duel, so it's not too bad.

Hopefully you guys enjoyed the chapter. Though I believe Chapter 15 may be more exciting, so I'll see you guys there! -MoonlightWright