Uhh Hehehehe… Um, hi! Been a while huh? Pretty chaotic with this entire Covid-19 problem/quarantine. Either way, welcome back everyone to Chapter 30! We've made it to the 30 mark finally haha! Hurrah! About time I got off my lazy butt. Let's see what will happen with Zero and Yuto as they get situated in this new environment.
Quick warning here, there will be a small scene showing human trafficking near the beginning. These things are what the rating is for people. I'm showing the dark side of society (Or should I say the Dark Side of Dimensions? HA. I think I'm hilarious.) here. There will be (( to signify when it begins and )) when it ends if you don't wish to see it. I don't think it's actually that bad, but I just want to be safe.
Let it also be known that I do not own Code Geass, Yugioh Arc-V, or Pizza Hut.
Ch.30: Gambling Everything...
The woman attending and watching over the desk blinked at the sight before her. Indeed, it was a very unusual sight for a Top to look at a masked man and a ragged Common boy. Slowly, so as not to gain attention, the receptionist's hand strayed over to a panic button hidden underneath the desk.
Otherwise, the girl gave a hesitant smile. "Hello there, and welcome to the Talisman Casino. What can I do for you two today?"
Zero's eyes flickered to the two visible cameras within the casino's front entrance, each in the top corner of the room. Exaggerating his movements, Zero casually flicked open his wallet and procured the stolen pass he had gotten from the now dead man. The masked revolutionary showing the MVP pass between two of his gloved fingers. Dangling it in front of the woman's face in an open show of power, confidence, and even ego.
Behind him, Yuto gave a blank stare at Zero's dramatics.
"We're here to gain a penthouse room on the top floor, my lady." Zero's words leaving his lips like silk, and wrapping the woman up in an inescapable web of deceit. He gestured to Yuto. "My friend here will be accompanying me. He's had such a terribly rough and traumatizing night tonight, being mugged by an ugly Common, and I figured it would be best to give him a night of rest and relaxation." Yuto's eye twitched irritably, but he made no comment on Zero's bullshit lie. The man himself tipped his head, as if nodding in agreement to what someone else said. "This is afterall, one of the best casinos around if it has someone like you running the front desk."
The woman straightened her posture, an obvious red tinting her cheeks. Her hand strayed away from the panic button in her flustered state. "W-why of course sir, it would be my pleasure to help you! I'll be sure to get you and your friend there one of the best rooms in the house." She furrowed her eyebrows however after a thought. "Although, I'll need to see some form of identification from you both. If only to see that you're of age and know that you're not Commons."
"Ah right, of course." Zero set his wallet down in front of her, and leaned forward a bit to shuffle through it. The left side of his mask popped open to reveal his geass as he spoke in a quieter tone. "However, seeing any form of identification for us isn't necessary, and I would like to ask you to ignore us and anyone we bring for the remainder of our stay here."
The girl blinked, red rings appearing around her eyes as she gave a single, dull nod. "Right, of course sir." Her eyes flickered to the holographic computer beside her as she typed a few things in. Once that was done she grabbed two keys, one for each boy, and handed it to them. "Your room is in the penthouse on the top floor, although you may have to convince the person already in there to leave."
Zero nodded his head once in thanks, and stored his stolen wallet away into one of his many hidden pockets. "Thank you I appreciate it." Yuto meanwhile, watched the entire display with a hint of surprise.
"It's my job sir. If you need anything else just ring up room service, and have a wonderful stay here at the Talisman Casino." With that, the woman turned her attention solely to her computer as if they had never existed in the first place.
Yuto furrowed his eyebrows, leaning forward towards the woman. For some reason, his head started to hurt the longer he stared. Why does this… all seem familiar?
"Yuto." The teen blinked, and turned to Zero. The masked man had begun walking away, but stopped once he realized Yuto wasn't following him. "Are you coming?"
Yuto blinked once again, shaking his head. "Yeah, right." With a few easy strides, the Xyz rebel caught up to his leader, and together both went towards one of the many elevators in the center of the building. On their way through, the two passed many slot machines and casino games lined up together in a circular motion, so that no matter what a game was facing wherever they looked.
Once they entered the elevator, and it began to go up, Yuto's headache slowly slipped away.
After a few minutes of silence, elevator music, and ears popping, the elevator let out a nice little ding, and opened up.
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What Yuto saw instantly made his eyes widen so much they nearly popped out of his skull, jaw drop, and turned his cheeks a fierce cherry red.
The Phantom Knight user quickly closed and covered his eyes with his hands whilst taking a step behind Zero. The latter seemingly unaffected by the sight of three basically naked women being forced to sit by a richly dressed portly man on a couch.
"I should have expected something like this." Yuto could hear Zero barely mutter under his breath in irritation. "This is, after all, a casino through and through."
The balding man's attention snapped over to the two boys, the anger in his expression clear to everyone in the room. "What the hell are you two doing up here!? I specifically demanded that I not be disturbed whilst I have my fun!" The three barely clothed women all flinched away from the angered man, their frames just barely shaking.
Zero took all of this in with a grimace on his face. "This penthouse floor is ours now." He spoke bluntly, and casually walked out of the elevator before it closed. Yuto, having regained at least some shred of composure and dignity, stepped out of the elevator with him, but kept his eyes firmly planted on the ground in front of his feet.
Thankfully, he didn't have to withstand this embarrassing situation for too long because Zero turned to address Yuto. "Go have a look in the other rooms, see if anyone else is here and if so bring them here. Otherwise, just stay back for now."
Yuto hummed in acknowledgement, muttering about how the awkward and embarrassing shenanigans always happened to him and how Zero's luck was absolute shit before quickly fleeing the scene. Both boys ignored the man's incredulous sputtering as he tried to form a coherent sentence. While his face began to resemble more of a grape than an angry tomato.
"What do you mean this room is yours! I got here first and paid for the place with my own cold hard cash!" The man yelled, outraged. Seeing as the two new strangers weren't going to be leaving anytime soon, the three silent women took hold of any couch cushions they could and discreetly covered their barely covered parts. Meanwhile, the portly man stood from his seat beside one of the women who had long brown hair, and stomped over until he was directly in Zero's masked face. "I suggest you leave now before I contact Security for your trespassing you masked Common freak!"
Once again, the mechanism hiding Zero's geass opened. "I order you to leave, keep walking and never look back."
The man flinched back as he saw Zero's eye. "What the hell- '' The man cut himself off, and those red rings appeared once more as he began to trudge towards the elevator. "Of course. This place and these women weren't very interesting to play with in the first place." Without another word, the elevator door opened and the man was gone.
Silence stretched across the room for a good solid minute.
For the girls, they had no idea what just happened or what to do now that they were apparently saved by this masked man and that strange boy that left into another room. None of them wanted to even breathe in the wrong direction lest they unleash the wrath of their new apparent owner.
As if reading their thoughts, Zero scoffed. "Don't think of me as anything like that man who just left. I'm not that barbaric or heartless." Although, Zero did finally tip his head to the side and away from the girls in a discreet show of manners like Yuto. The revolutionary turned so that his back was exposed to them whilst crossing his arms. "If I could be so brave as to suggest though, I think it would be best if you all got dressed, or at least became more decent."
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That snapped all of the women out of their stupor, and together they all hesitantly ran into one of the many rooms in the penthouse. By some miracle from God, it wasn't the same room Yuto was currently residing in, his being the very last door.
Zero finally sighed heavily through his nose, took another deep breath, counted to ten, and sighed once again. The terrorist turned revolutionary trying to pinch the bridge of his nose, but finding that he couldn't with his mask on. "Just breathe. Of course shit like this is going to happen with my luck. It wasn't surprising."
After around ten minutes, which Zero spent roaming around the huge living area for any personal belongings, cameras, or bugs, the woman finally exited the room dressed in much more concealing and moderate clothes. Each had a huge embarrassed blush on their cheeks.
"W-what are you going to do to us now?" One of the braver woman, the burnet, questioned rather meekly.
Zero blinked, watching as the three squirmed in the tense silence and his burning masked gaze. It was at this moment that he realized one of the reasons they probably took so long was so that they could gather up the courage to come out here and face him again. After all, even without his huge cape covering him like a bat's wings, his look was still very intimidating.
Zero tilted his head to the side in a show of innocent body language. Converting it so that it almost looked like a masked dog showing confusion. "Isn't it obvious? You three are free to go and do whatever you wish. I don't own you, and unlike the man before, I am not one who supports human trafficking." The three girls deflated like a balloon out of pure relief, although their shoulders still remained tense showing that they didn't quite believe his words.
Why would they? Going through something such as that would be rather traumatizing and make you lose a lot of trust in people in general.
"Oh, but before you go I'd like to ask one request." There goes their stiff posture again, but Zero just revealed to them his geass one more time. "I'd like to ask that you keep this all hushed, and don't tell anyone about what happened again as you go home."
Zero could feel the moment their wills were crushed and his geass took control. It felt addicting, euphoric, high inducing, like a drug that he couldn't get enough of. Each girl gave a shy nod, before grabbing their things once more and rushing into the now empty and open elevator, disappearing as the doors shut.
He was almost convinced to take his helmet off to take a breath of much needed air, before he remembered that he didn't check the entire penthouse floor for any bugs or cameras. Though he took to the living area with a vicious fine toothed comb, his paranoia refused to give him a break until he checked the entire floor.
Besides, he needed to go and tell Yuto that it was clear to leave his room.
Remembering just how shocked and flustered Yuto's reaction was, Zero snorted and gave a quiet chuckle as he went towards Yuto's newly claimed room. It was rare to see Yuto's composure crack like it did then. It was rather reminiscent of an actual cracker or thin glass breaking.
That was blackmail he would never let go of, or let Yuto forget, ever.
. . .
The sun was high in the sky as the second day of their stay began.
Yuto gave a huge huff, before leaning back on the freshly cleaned couch to breath another sigh of relief. "Finally." After many hours of relentless work, the two Xyz fighters had swept the entire floor for any bugs or cameras, destroying any and all they came across. It didn't help that Zero demanded that they do this twice if only to quell his paranoia. "That was literal torture Zero." The Xyz user tipped his head back to look at Zero, who was over in the kitchen making them both something to eat. "I can understand the need to find any bugs, but doing it twice? In a place as huge as this? I think your paranoia is beginning to get a tad out of hand."
"You can never be too careful." Zero replied simply as he turned the heat on the stove to begin making a simple batch of pancakes. "Especially in a place like this Dimension. This place and its system are corrupt. Security would have planted their own bugs and cameras in here alongside the casino's own."
Yuto blinked, brows furrowing. "Why the hell would they need to do that?"
"To make sure that no one is planning to topple Secuirty's control of the place?" Zero turned to look at Yuto, but soon returned to his cooking. "It's quite clear that whoever is in charge of Security here has all of the power, unlike the Council. They're only puppets." He flipped another pancake. "In any dictatorship or tyrannical rule, the leader has always implemented the use of a secret behind-the-scenes force, or simple sabotage such as this." Zero gestured with one hand towards the penthouse in general. "If you want to keep your power, you have to have a strong control over everyone and oversee everything yourself to make sure it all goes right."
"But why here?" Yuto clarified his question. "Why in a place where Tops reside? It's not like they care what happens so long as it doesn't affect them." If there was one thing that Yuto was thankful for as they checked the place out, it was that it gave Zero plenty of time to explain the situation to him in full detail.
"There could always be a Top who sympathizes with the Commons, or just a group that plans to overthrow the current person in power just to gain more." Finally finishing his last pancake, Zero turned off the stove and began to walk towards Yuto with two plates of pancakes, two for each. The needed utensils, napkins, and cups already set on the coffee table in front of them. "But let's stop talking about that and focus more on regaining the rest of our members. No doubt that some of them are getting into trouble as we speak."
As Zero said this, somewhere across the City in the Common's area, Yuya, Serena, and Sylvio all sneezed at the same time. Yuya quickly returned to trying to entertain the group and cheer up Riley with his Performapal Hip Hippo while Serena fought off another Security officer. Sylvio squirming under a third's grip on his forearms as he was defeated in a duel and being handcuffed.
"Right." Yuto's grey eyes grew a tad darker as more negative thoughts went through his head. The emotion bleeding through them screaming worry. "We should find where Ruri, Shun, and the others are, but how do we go about that?"
While Yuto dug into his food, Zero leaned back and put a hand where his chin would be as he thought. A plan quickly formed as he grabbed a remote and turned on the holographic TV. That plan was soon altered as he caught sight of Melissa Claire commentating on another live duel between two certain individuals.
"Good afternoon, people of the City!" The woman tipped her red cowboy hat in greetings and winked at the camera. "This is Melissa Claire here on Tell Me Melissa, and today I'm here to bring you the latest trends happening right here in our city!" The woman gestured to two strange individuals. "And today I'm very pleased to introduce to you a pair of street performers currently in Central Park!" The girl gave a stage whisper towards the camera now. "From what I've been able to hear it sounds like the two are about to duel each other, so I'm sure it's bound to be amazing since their magic tricks were as well!"
Yuto proceeded to start choking on a piece of pancake as the sight of Gongenzaka and Dennis greeted the screen. The boy leaned back on the couch and hit his chest twice before swallowing the piece. "-Ack! Damn, you've got to be kidding me. First Yuzu and Yugo are on TV as wanted fugitives and now Gongenzaka and Dennis are freaking street performers?!"
"I never expected Gongenzaka to go along with something like this." Zero stated calmly, when in reality he was rather relieved that the search for everyone else became that much easier. I'll have to pay more attention to the news going on in this Dimension.
"From the looks of it, he isn't too happy about it." Yuto added in, both boys noticing how Gongenzaka had his arms crossed tightly and a disapproving look on his face.
That look quickly changed into one of panic, because as soon as the duel began Dennis played a Spell card that made the Steadfast duelist's clothes light on fire.
"Watch out everyone!" Dennis cried out dramatically whilst pointing at Gongenzaka. "There's a rampaging flame spirit!"
Both Yuto and Zero blinked multiple times as the duel devolved down into a show of hero vs villain. Which it was quickly revealed to be Dennis as the super villain. To add to the show, Dennis threw on a blue and dark pink mask that covered his eyes while playing his role, replacing his green top hat.
How ironic… Or would you call that foreshadowing rather than irony? Zero huffed a breath and crossed his own arms in amusement. For some reason, this duel was starting to remind him of that weird doll C.C had become rather attached to from Pizza Hut.
"I understand they're kids there." Yuto blinked one more time in shock. "But what the hell am I watching exactly?"
Zero hummed in agreement to Yuto's thoughts, before quickly standing. "Well, I suppose we can start gathering everyone together with this." He gestured to the TV with one black gloved hand. "Melissa Claire said they were in Central Park, so that's where you'll begin."
"Me?" Yuto snapped his head up to Zero with a raised eyebrow. "You mean us?"
Zero shook his head. "No, I mean you." The masked revolutionary gave Yuto a look over for a moment, before throwing a thumb over his shoulder towards their rooms. "Although, I suggest a change of clothes so that you can better fit in here with the Tops."
Now the Xyz rebel furrowed his eyebrows and rubbed his black cape between his fingers remorsefully.
Around five minutes later, Yuto exited his room wearing a grey tuxedo suit with a white button down with black buttons. He also wore matching grey dress pants and sleek, shiny black dress shoes. Yuto's handkerchief was tucked into one of the front pockets by his left breast, his wallet in the back right pocket, and the keychain with the flashlight was placed in his back left pocket. The sleeves of his tux had white cufflinks on them, and he had black gloves on with his newly attained watch on his left wrist. Said black gloved hands began to fiddle with a dark purple, nearly black tie around his neck.
The Phantom Knights duelist huffed a strained breath at how tight his tie was. Using his hands to now comb through his newly washed and spiked up hair, and straightening the business glasses on his face that had a small, square black frame.
"Is this really necessary?" Yuto grumbled under his breath, finally deciding to be done with it and throwing the tie off from his neck in frustration. "I mean, nobody knows who we are in this Dimension, so there's no point in all of this."
"That might not be true. There could always be Academia spies or just generally bad people in this Dimension, just like in Standard, so you need to blend in and watch your surroundings." Zero grabbed the tie that Yuto had thrown on the couch and walked up to him. "Hold still." Having given his instructions, Zero threw the tie over Yuto's head and began to do it for him. Making sure it was loose enough to breathe, but not loose enough to come undone or look improper.
Yuto averted his eyes towards the huge wall windows that nearly encompassed all of the penthouse floor. "I've never worn anything this fancy and sophisticated in my entire life. Not even for the-" The rebel chewed his bottom lip before speaking again. "Not even for the homecoming from my school, before the invasion happened."
Lelouch raised a masked eyebrow, his violet eyes going from the now complete tie to Yuto's own grey ones. "The outfit you were wearing before was a little too dressed up for a rebellion." He snorted. "Although I would be calling myself a hypocrite if I went any further than that seeing as what I'm wearing hardly qualifies as proper attire for a war." The masked man gestured to himself, stepping back and beginning to walk towards his quarters in the penthouse, Yuto following a few steps behind him. "... What were you doing before the invasion happened? Before your life changed forever?"
Yuto swallowed, his mouth becoming parched as he thought about the moment his life was shattered. "I-" The Xyz rebel licked his dried lips before speaking again. "We- Shun, Ruri, Kaito, Allen, Sayaka and I- we were heading towards our school's huge homecoming event." He clenched and flexed his fists as the memories dripped through in sharp detail. "We were running a tad late, so we decided to cut through one of the huge parks in Heartland to get there faster." Yuto's grey eyes turned bleak. "That's when the screams began, the purple light of people turned into cards as the howls of those Ancient Gear monsters from Academia echoed out."
Zero remained respectfully silent through it all as Yuto continued. "Honestly, we were very lucky. If we had been there just a few minutes earlier, Academia would have dropped right on top of us." Yuto's gloves stretched, sounding like gunfire in the resounding silence of the room.
"... I was outside playing with Suzaku just a ways away from the Kururugi Shrine when it happened." Zero broke the silence with his own tale, Yuto sucking in a breath as he continued. "I remember having trouble climbing up this rocky hill side that Suzaku just jumped up on like it was nothing, being the exercising nut he was." A small smile formed on his masked face that Yuto couldn't see but could feel from the sound in Zero's voice. "But he turned around and held his outstretched hand to me as I struggled, and helped me up." That smile turned into a dark frown. "That's when we heard the loud roar of mechanical engines, and when we looked up, there was a swarm of jet fighters just waiting to gleefully bomb us and the land around them."
"I was so afraid, terrified really." Yuto's eyes widened. "Not for me though, no, I was terrified because I didn't know where my sister was, Nunnally." Dread formed in the pit of Yuto's stomach, he had heard tales about Nunnally very few and between. He didn't even know about her until Ruri had said something about it. "I had left her at the Kururugi Shrine. We ran our way back towards the building but it was too late." Zero tightened his fists, nails unable to dig into his skin instead dug into his gloves. "They had bombed the building, and for a few moments I thought my entire life had just ended. She was all I had left, the only thing that kept me going, and I thought I had lost her."
"You thought, so she survived, right?"
Zero nodded silently, taking a breath before finishing his story. "Turns out one of our guardians, Taizo Kirihara, and a few others saw and heard the jet fighters coming as well, and took her and evacuated the place just before the bombs fell." Air escaped his lungs, and even though it was such a long time ago Zero sagged his shoulders in relief. "Never have I been so thankful when I discovered them safe and unharmed. It was like the light in my life suddenly shined once again to drive back the darkness."
Zero shook his head, and finished grabbing his duel disk and deck before exiting his room once again, both heading towards the elevator. "Anyway, enough sharing stories, we both have a mission to complete, to bring the Lancers back together once again."
Yuto gave a small, strained smile. "Alright, but I'm going back to wearing my old outfit again once this is done." Now he began to mess with his cufflinks, which Zero had to actually bat his hands to make him stop. It was almost like lightly smacking a child's hand for getting into the cookie jar. "I can hardly stand how tight and uncomfortable this feels. Not to mention how pointless the glasses are." Now he was messing with his glasses.
Zero sighed, and once again tried to pinch the bridge of his nose in frustration. "They make you look professional, and that'll help you blend in with the Tops more." Zero straightened his posture and shoulders, making him look taller than he actually was. "Just be confident and no one will question why you're here."
Yuto raised an eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure people will notice and question a masked man no matter what you try to do."
One black gloved finger stroked down the side of his mask. "I cannot take this off under no circumstances." Zero's voice dropped down into a stern tone, almost like he was warning Yuto to drop the conversation there. "Especially in such unknown, hostile territory." The Xyz leader adjusted his geass embroidered neck bandana with the elevator's reflecting metal, straightening it out alongside his cravat. "There are a lot of people who are willinging to do anything to know who is under this mask just to get a reward or to find some form of weakness."
Yuto narrowed his eyes now, disregarding Zero's tone as a form of challenge. "That doesn't make it any easier to trust you."
"You don't have to trust me. I just need you to follow my lead and therefore I will give you results." Zero reminded him back to when they first met in the museum in the Xyz Dimension. That faceless, expressionless mask tipped to the side to look at Yuto with one masked eye. "Haven't I done an alright job? Getting you three here and now safely in the Synchro Dimension, looking for more allies alongside those from Standard?"
"Hmph, maybe so. I'll concede to that." Yuto crossed his arms, still staring Zero down, yet his grey eyes had softened. "It just gets hard sometimes, with that mask. We've done a lot for you, nearly sacrificed more." At this rate, all Yuto could see behind Zero's mask is, well, Zero in that same mask. "I'm not the only one wondering when you'll come around."
"... No, you're not." Zero looked back into the elevator's reflecting metal, his left hand ghosting over the left side of his masked face for a moment. "Shun was wondering the same thing as well."
"So then just when will you let us see who you are?" Yuto asked softly. "We've already heard your voice, seen your physique when changing bandages, hell you've gone in and out of a room taking your mask on and off back in Standard! The only thing we've haven't seen is your face, so when?"
Zero bit the inside of his bottom lip in thought. Everything Yuto had said was true, hell they probably had an idea of what his name was more than what he looked like under the mask. But it's not safe here. It's not safe for them to see because of my geass.
But, that could easily be rectified by covering it with an eyepatch or something. As long as it wasn't see through, they would be perfectly fine and safe from his geass power.
And the penthouse floor was already swept for bugs and cameras. It wouldn't take long to do another sweep of just one room once they returned…
"Soon." It almost physically hurt him saying that, his paranoia and distrust in literally everything screaming out at him in protest. "Once we get back to the penthouse and Dennis and Gongenzaka are in another room and unable to hear." The fact that he was evening deciding to go along with this with an actual Academia Spy in the next room over sounded absolutely nuts to him.
It almost made him retract his statement until Yuto spoke. "I know this must be tough for you. Hell, I could practically feel the strain in your voice just saying it." The Xyz rebel shivered slightly. "But, thank you. It- it really means a lot to see you willingly hand out such trust in me, in us."
Zero blinked, huffed a breath, before turning away and crossing his arms resolutely. Anyone could see that he was at least slightly flustered at Yuto's genuine thanks. "I don't know why you're thanking me, but I'm only willinging to do this with you, Shun, and Ruri. I don't trust the others that much just yet."
"I figured as much, and I'm not pushing you to tell anyone else besides us yet anyway." A small twitch on Yuto's lips was almost unnoticeable before it turned into his classic scowl. "I know that if we try and push you too hard you'll just shrink away further. Wouldn't want to ruin any progress that we've already made."
Now Zero used his posture and aura to seemingly look down at Yuto, when in actuality he was only slightly taller. "You make it sound like I'm a turtle, which I am not."
"I'm not implying anything, you're the one that said it."
Zero's pride demanded vengeance as the man himself grumbled. "I should've made you dress up as a clown. What with your sad jokes and terrible comebacks." At that moment, the elevator finally dinged as they arrived at the ground floor, and both stepped out. "Just remember to bring Dennis and Gongenzaka back here. Don't gather anymore attention than necessary, and DON'T get into trouble."
Just as the two were about to seperate, Yuto asked a much needed question. "And what are you going to do?"
A smirk formed under Zero's masked face as he turned to address Yuto one final time. "I plan to search for the others, preferably Yuzu and Yugo, around the Tops area before looking around the casino." He gestured around the many machines as he sauntered towards the door. "There's a reason why I chose a casino instead of a hotel. If I'm going to be stuck here waiting to find and gather the others the least I should get is the chance to play some of the games."
As Zero left through the glass doors, leaving Yuto to stand there and ponder for a moment, the rebel finally spoke. "I never knew he gambled."
With that, Yuto began to slouch, but quickly corrected his posture as he remembered he was supposed to blend in, and left through the door a few minutes after Zero. After a few quick questions on where Central Park was, the Xyz user was quickly on his way towards two of their members.
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Yuto just barely managed to half run, half speed walk, his way over to Central Park in time to see the duel's ending turn after a good hour of being lost. The fact that he even managed to make it in time before the duel ended was a miracle in and of itself, which had Yuto slumping over halfway in a sigh of relief.
"I tune my Level 6 Superheavy Samurai Ogre Shutendoji with my Level 2 Shine Claw, Level 1 Double Horn, and my Level 1 Tsuzumi!" The multiple monsters turned into green rings and bright blue stars that gave forth a strong Synchro Summon. "Raging deity, in unison with the roar of a thousand blades' souls, come forth and oversee the children on this battlefield! I Synchro Summon!" A mighty grey and yellow mechanical samurai appeared on the field sitting down cross legged. A huge yellow staff was in one hand "Now, come before us! Level 10! Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo!"
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI WARLORD SUSANOWO LV.10 ATK:2400 DEF:3800
"Mirror Conductor's Pendulum Effect activates! Now you're mighty samurai's Attack and Defense points switch!" Dennis pointed towards Gongenzaka's recently summoned Synchro monster, and the Xyz user's own Pendulum monster activated its effect. The mirror that consisted of its body twirled until the Attack and Defense points were switched around, the white cape with yellow stars on it swishing behind it.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI WARLORD SUSANOWO DEF:3800 = 2400
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI WARLORD SUSANOWO ATK:2400 = 3800
"In that case I, Gongenzaka, activate Susanowo's monster effect!" The Steadfast duelist countered. "When this card is in Defense Mode, and there are no Spell or Trap cards in my Graveyard, I can pay 500 Life Points to use Spell cards in my opponent's Graveyard!" Susanowo hit the ground with its staff once, shaking the ground and taking Gongenzaka's Life Points.
GONGENZAKA LP- 600 = 100
"I choose to activate the Spell Card Entermage Hurricane from your field Dennis!" The sturdy duelist pointed towards the more slim, orange haired teen. "All Spell and Trap cards are returned to their owner's hands!"
Nice move. Yuto praised Gongenzaka for his move as he began to casually make his way through the crowd. The Phantom Knights user walked over to seat himself on the side of the fountain that was just beside Dennis and Gongenzaka's duel, yet away from the crowd itself.
"What! Using my own cards against me?!" Dennis cried out dramatically as the monsters in his Pendulum Zones were returned to his hand. "Monsters in the Pendulum Zone act as Spell cards, so now that just leaves me with Performage Trapeze Magician." Dennis visibly swallowed, a trail of sweat running down his face. "Mirror Conductor's Pendulum Effect ends as well, returning Susanowo's stats to normal! Oh boy this'll be rough."
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI WARLORD SUSANOWO DEF:2400 = 3800
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI WARLORD SUSANOWO ATK:3800 = 2400
"Susanowo can attack while in Defense Mode!" Gongenzaka threw his hand forward towards Dennis and his ace Xyz monster. "Battle! I attack Trapeze Magician with Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo! Kusanagi Sword Slash!" Susanowo's staff began to glow a fierce yellow, and the Level 10 Synchro monster slammed it down on top of the no longer smiling Trapeze Magician, destroying it, and ending the duel.
DENNIS LP- 100 = 0 LOSER
GONGENZAKA LP- 100 WINNER
"Ah! I've been defeated!" Dennis cried out, and collapsed down onto his knees in a dramatic fashion. "I'll be sure to get you next time, Hero of Justice!"
Meanwhile, the children and crowd cheered for Gongenzaka, the Hero of Justice's, victory against the evil villain.
"Nice job Hero of Justice!"
"Yeah!"
Melissa gave a nice smile as the children were especially loud. "A great victory here for our hero! The City's peace has been protected by a single youth's bravery!"
"That was a nice duel you guys." Yuto interjected, causing both Dennis and Gongenzaka's heads to snap towards his direction. It was amazing that they didn't get whiplash from it.
"Yuya?" Dennis, still laying on the ground dramatically, tilted his head to the side in surprise.
Meanwhile, Gongenzaka looked like he was about to burst into tears. The huge teen jumped forward to Yuto's shock and wrapped his huge arms around the Phantom Knights user in a back breaking hug. "Yuya! I can't believe that Dennis' suggestion worked out, but otherwise I'm so happy to see you again!"
"Ack! Wa-" Yuto's face began to slowly turn into the color of his hair, and it sounded like something broke as the hug increased. "I'm not-" Yuto coughed as he struggled to breath. "Yuya!"
Gongenzaka blinked. "What?"
Yuto went limp in the stronger teen's arms as the words hissed through his lips like a deflating balloon. "I'm Yuto, and I can't b-breathe."
"Yuto?!" The Synchro user took a closer look at said person before realizing his mistake. The 'Hero of Justice' quickly let go of the Xyz user, to the latter's relief as he sucked in a bunch of air. "Oh God! I, Gongenzaka, deeply apologize for both mistaking your identity for someone else and my actions." With that, Gongenzaka kneeled onto the ground as he apologized. "I hope that you can forgive me, Yuto."
Yuto meanwhile, cracked his back with a loud pop and another sigh of relief. "It's alright." The Xyz rebel waved his hand, accepting his apology as Gongenzaka once again stood. "Lately, a lot of people have been mistaking me for someone else."
"Well I'll be, it really is you, Yuto!" Dennis smiled brightly as he suddenly appeared slightly to the right of Gongenzaka and in front of Yuto. The Performage user had traded his mask for that same green top hat once again, to which was filled to the brim with coins and dollars. Dennis' bright blue eyes quickly observed Yuto's new change of clothes, and gave a teasingly approving smile. "And I have to say that you don't dress up half bad. Where'd you get this outfit from?"
Yuto's cheeks dusted a very pale, almost unnoticeable pink. "I met up with Zero once we got here, and he decided that I needed a change in appearance to properly blend into society here."
"Zero's with you?" Gongenzaka asked as Dennis' smile widened at the same time. "Is anyone else with you as well?"
The other Xyz user put a hand on his forehead and spoke in an overly dramatic fashion. "I see how it is. You two decided to go out shopping for new clothes while Gongenzaka and I here had to get by on scraps." Dennis blinked a couple times, looking behind him, before looking back again. "Although it seems like our crowd hasn't dispersed in the slightest."
Yuto blinked as well, and raised his head above both Gongenzaka and Dennis' frames to see that the crowd hadn't lessened, but had actually seemed to increase instead. That Melissa Claire woman was still rolling the camera as well, commenting about Yuto's appearance and what it could mean.
Yuto himself quickly ducked back down, blocking his frame with the other two. "Right now it's only Zero and me." The Xyz rebel answered Gongenzaka's previous question. "Although I'm here to help guide you guys back to our current base of operations while Zero is out trying to find Yugo and Yuzu."
"Yuzu really is here!?" That was probably the wrong moment to mention such a thing, because now Gongenzaka had his arms on each of Yuto's shoulders, shaking him as he spoke frantically. "Where is she? Is she safe? Has Zero found them yet? What about Yuya?"
"Okay okay jeez just stop shaking me!" Yuto threw Gongenzaka's hands off of his shoulders with a slightly irritated frown on his face. "I don't know the answer to any of those questions. Right now I just need to get you two back to the Talisman Casino, where we'll meet back up with Zero and see if he's managed to find Yuzu and Yugo or not. No need to shake me half to death."
The bigger Synchro duelist bowed his head in shame. "I apologize." His eyes looked into Yuto's again once more though. "But I haven't seen or heard of Yuzu in days. She's one of my best friends right alongside Yuya. I'm just worried about her."
Yuto furrowed his eyebrows in understanding. "I get it. I'm the same way with Ruri and Shun right now as well, because I haven't seen any hide nor hair of them either." The owner of Dark Rebellion shook his head, clearing his thoughts. "Anyway, let's just regroup back up at the Talisman, and then we'll see what we can do from there."
"I don't know about that." Dennis interjected smoothly while putting an arm around Yuto's neck like they had known each other for years. He pointed one gloved finger towards the eagerly awaiting crowd. "I don't think they'll just let us go willie nillie."
At Dennis' actions, Yuto blankly stared into his blue eyes in annoyance. "Do you mind?" With that, he quickly shrugged off Dennis' arm and began to walk back the way he came. "Anyway you two have already finished your duel, so I think the crowd is satisfied enough. Let's get going."
"Now now!" Dennis easily slid right into Yuto's way, waving his hands out in front of him. "You're not going to let the audience down now are you? Just look at them so happily awaiting our entertainment!" Dennis gestured to the indeed eagerly awaiting crowd once again with a wave of his hand.
Yuto's scowl twitched downward into a frown. "And what are you suggesting we do then? Play rock, paper, scissors?"
Dennis laughed at Yuto's sarcasm, before pulling Gongenzaka beside him, to the latter's shock and protest since he was rather difficult to move with strength alone. Yuto raised a suspicious eyebrow at the display. "No, I suggest another duel! One between our winning hero here," Dennis gestured to Gongenzaka. "And the dark anti-hero in ghostly armor!" Now Dennis threw his hand towards Yuto himself.
"You're kidding me." Yuto deadpanned.
"I'm with Yuto on this! It's obvious we don't have any time for these shenanigans any longer Dennis!" Gongenzaka yelled, but Dennis resolutely began to drag Yuto to his dueling spot.
"Look, just this one last time and then I swear we'll go back, okay?" Dennis promised. "Let's not let the kids down now, or anyone else for that matter." The two duelists looked from Dennis to the excited crowd consisting of nearly three fourths children, before sighing in defeat.
"I've never met someone more persistently annoying, not stubborn, but just annoying." Yuto stated. The most stubborn position definitely had to go to Shun.
"Now here we go!" Dennis exclaimed. "The show must go on after all!" Dennis snapped his fingers loudly, before turning to the crowd with a few magic tricks to display. "We've got one more show for you folks here today, and I'm proud to say that I'll be the referee of this one!" Though Melissa didn't seem too happy about that, she let it slide easily. "One final duel between our hero Gongenzaka! Our Hero of Justice!" The children cheered loudly as Gongenzaka activated his duel disk. "And our anti-hero who has just entered the scene, the Phantom Knight Yuto!" At the sight of Yuto some of the crowd cheered, yet others muttered about how he somehow looked familiar.
Yuto himself desperately hoped that no one would mistake him for Yugo and call Security.
"I can't believe I'm doing this, and Zero specifically said NOT to attract attention or get into trouble." Yuto huffed an annoyed breath, before activating his duel disk as well. "Whatever, let's just get this over with quickly."
"Though I want this duel to end quickly as well, don't think that I will be an easy opponent to defeat!" Gongenzaka stated, and both boys took a confident step forward.
"Field Spell, Cross Over." The Action Field with the blue platforms quickly appeared on the field as the duel began.
"DUEL!"
YUTO LP- 4000
GONGENZAKA LP- 4000
"I'll start this duel off!" Gongenzaka yelled. "First I summon Superheavy Samurai Magnet in Defense Mode!" A robot with a huge magnet on its back appeared on the field in Defense Mode.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI MAGNET LV.4 ATK:900 DEF:1900
"Next I'll activate Superheavy Samurai Magnet's effect! When this card is Normal Summoned I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower 'Superheavy Samurai' from my hand! I chose to summon Superheavy Samurai Blue Brawler!" Another blue robot with yellow marking appeared beside the first in Defense Mode, and had two huge battering rams for hands.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI BLUE BRAWLER LV.4 ATK:0 DEF:2000
"Finally, when I have no Spell or Trap cards in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon the tuner monster Superheavy Samurai Trumpeter from my hand by sending one 'Superheavy Samurai' monster from my hand to the Graveyard!" A much smaller monster holding a huge brown horn appeared beside the other two monsters.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI TRUMPETER LV.2 ATK:300 DEF:600
Yuto narrowed his grey eyes as he focused on the duel. "A tuner, so then that means…"
"You're correct." Gongenzaka nodded in approval, before throwing one huge hand into the air. "Now, I tune Superheavy Samurai Trumpeter with Superheavy Samurai Magnet!" The two monsters flew up together in an array of bright blue stars and green rings. "Raise your voice, godly demon! Come before us! To this battlefield where evil dwells!" Gongenzaka's red bandana waved wildly in the forceful winds of his Synchro Summon. "I Synchro Summon! Come down! Level 6! Superheavy Samurai Ogre Shutendoji!"
A huge red and yellow metallic behemoth appeared onto the field, shaking the ground as it sat down cross legged with a spiked wooden bat.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI OGRE SHUTENDOJI LV.6 ATK:500 DEF:2500
"A Synchro Summon on the first turn." Yuto pursed his lips at the challenge set before him.
"It seems Gongenzaka has managed to not only summon a Synchro monster he used against me in our duel on the first turn, but he also has another powerful monster in Defense Mode as well! Just what is Yuto going to do to counter this?" Dennis commentated dramatically with his own hints of flare here and there.
"I end my turn with this since I cannot attack you on the first turn. Now then, show me what you've got, Yuto!" Gongenzaka clenched a fist and threw it out towards the Xyz rebel.
"Right." Yuto narrowed his eyes behind his glasses and gave a firm nod. "I won't let your expectations go to waste. My turn! Draw!" Yuto drew a card, and when he turned to look at it his eyes widened and his pulse skipped a beat.
A Pendulum monster? That's right. Zero gave us additions to our decks before we left Standard. He remembered that moment, Yuto returned his stoic mask and looked down at his hand. Two regular monsters, a Pendulum monster, two Spells and a Trap, overall not a bad hand to start with.
"Alright then." Yuto showed one of his monsters to the crowd before summoning it. "I summon Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves in Attack Mode!" The ghostly being with huge gloves slowly appeared onto the field like the specter it was. The crowd cried out in shock at the somewhat creepy blue flamed spirit.
PHANTOM KNIGHTS RAGGED GLOVES LV.3 ATK:1000 DEF:500
"Next, when I control a Level 3 monster I can Special Summoned Phantom Knights Silent Boots from my hand." The second specter jumped onto the field right beside Ragged Gloves.
PHANTOM KNIGHTS SILENT BOOTS LV.3 ATK:200 DEF:1200
"And now I use my Level 3 Phantom Knights Silent Boots and Level 3 Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves to build the Overlay Network!" Yuto yelled as he threw one arm towards the sky. The two specters gave a somewhat eerie laugh before leaping into the golden vortex created in the ground. "Souls of warriors fallen on the battlefield, revive now and become the light needed to rend out the darkness! I Xyz Summon!" Out of that vortex leaped one armored specter riding on top of a horse made of armor that gave a loud neigh. The spirit brandished a half broken sword towards Yuto's enemies. "Appear before us! Rank 3! Phantom Knights Break Sword!"
PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD RNK.3 OB.2 ATK:2000 DEF:1000
The horse kicked its front legs up and gave another loud neigh that rattled the battlefield and those around it. The crowd had to raise an arm at the sheer strength and force coming from the monster.
"Oh my! It seems we have another duelist that can perform an Xyz Summon!" Melissa Claire cried out in shock and excitement. "Just how will this duel go now?"
"When Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves is used as Material for an Xyz Summon the Xyz monster gains 1000 Attack until the end of this turn." The broken sword of the Xyz monster's began to glow purple at the power boost.
PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK:2000 = 3000
"Now our anti-hero's knight has enough power to destroy either of our hero's monsters!" Dennis stated, looking between the two. "What is our hero going to do now?"
"Battle!" Yuto gestured towards Gongenzaka Synchro monster. "I attack Superheavy Samurai Ogre Shutendoji with Phantom Knights Break Sword! Phantom Sword Slash!" The knight in phantom armor kicked his stead forward, and the broken sword it carried began to glow a bright purple as it turned into a full sword. The knight stabbed its sword forward, and right into the chest of the mechanical Synchro monster.
With a short cry of pain from Shutendoji, the monster was destroyed and turned into bright yellow particles. However, since it was in Defense Mode, Gongenzaka received no damage from the attack. Temporarily satisfied with the attack, the knight turned and made its horse retreat back to Yuto's side. The Xyz monster coming to a stop right behind its master and lugging the once again broken sword over its shoulder.
"I set three cards and end my turn." Yuto narrowed his gaze to Gongenzaka's other monster in Defense Mode. "Finding a way to get around your monsters in Defense Mode may prove troublesome, but don't doubt for a second that I won't find a way. I'll adapt." As Yuto spoke this, Break Sword's Attack returned to normal.
PHANTOM KNIGHTS BREAK SWORD ATK:3000 = 2000
"I guess that means I better throw down some damage while I can. My turn!" Gongenzaka yelled, and drew a card whilst making the winds billow from the action. "First, I'll Normal Summon the tuner monster Superheavy Samurai Crown in Attack Mode!" A huge crown painted a mechanical gold with brown pieces here and there appeared on the field.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI CROWN LV.3 ATK:200 DEF:900
"Now, I'll tune my Level 3 Superheavy Samurai Crown with my Level 4 Blue Brawler!" The two monsters flew up and turned into green rings and bright blue stars, creating a new Synchro monster. "As fast as the wind! As quiet as the forest! Silent ninja, hit the finishing blow!" Gongenzaka yelled. "I Synchro Summon! Come! Level 7! Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC!"
A mechanical monster with a sleek build, thin arms and legs, appeared on the field in a pose that showed it was ready to lunge. A long staff with a yellow ball with dark purple dots at the end was held in one hand. It's main paint colors were purple and navy blue, with hints of orange and gold near its face. The monster was obviously in Defense Mode.
SUPERHEAVY NINJA SHINOBI-AC LV.7 ATK:1200 DEF:2800
"Finally," Gongenzaka held up his last card. "By banishing the monster Superheavy Samurai Upswing from play I can revive a Synchro monster that was destroyed in the last turn." Gongenzaka pocketed the card as his Ogre Shutendoji rose from the ground and returned to its previous position.
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI OGRE SHUTENDOJI LV.6 ATK:500 DEF:2500
"When Superheavy Samurai Ogre Shutendoji is summoned I can destroy all of your Spell and Trap cards as long as I only have monsters in my Graveyard!" Shutendoji swung it's huge spiked club, making a huge gust of wind rush towards Yuto. The Xyz rebel covered his face as his three face down Spell and Traps were destroyed instantly. This only left him with Phantom Knights Break Sword, but Yuto did nothing more than watch Gongenzaka make his next move.
"Oh no!" Dennis exclaimed. "Looks like our Phantom Knight has had the tables turn on him this time while our Hero of Justice makes his comeback!" Dennis brushed his curly orange hair to the side as he eyed Yuto. "Although it doesn't look like our anti-hero isn't too worried, he's definitely going to be taking some serious damage in just a minute."
"Battle!" Gongenzaka threw one big hand forward, and both of his Synchro monsters lunged. "I attack Phantom Knights Break Sword with Superheavy Samurai Ogre Shutendoji! Both of my Synchro monsters can attack while in Defense Mode!" Break Sword's horse reared back and gave a loud whinny as Ogre Shutendoji swung its spiked club, hitting it in it's exposed belly and destroying the monster. Yuto had to hold onto the side of his glasses lest they fall off of his face as he took damage.
YUTO LP- 4000 = 3500
"Next! I attack you directly with Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC! Ninja Staff Attack!" The smaller, but stronger, Synchro monster stopped right in front of Yuto, and raised its staff to deal Yuto a massive two thousand eight hundred points of damage when Yuto interrupted.
The Xyz rebel threw a hand to the side and yelled. "I activate the two Spell Cards within my Graveyard!"
The whole crowd cried out in shock at that, even Gongenzaka was surprised. "What's this?!"
"I activate the Phantom Knights of Shadow Veil from within my Graveyard!" Yuto repeated as the two cards rose from the Graveyard. "I can Special Summon these two monsters from my Graveyard as monsters when I am being attacked directly!" Yuto threw out his other hand. "Also! When Phantom Knight Break Sword is destroyed with all of its orbitals, I can summon its materials from the Grave, and their levels rise up by 1 each." With that, Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots leaped up from the pitch black and foggy purple Graveyard and by their master's side once again. In the span of a few seconds, Yuto's field was filled up with four monsters. All of which were in Defense Mode.
PHANTOM KNIGHTS SHADOW VEIL LV.4 ATK:0 DEF:300
PHANTOM KNIGHTS SHADOW VEIL LV.4 ATK:0 DEF:300
PHANTOM KNIGHTS RAGGED GLOVES LV.3 ATK:1000 DEF:500
PHANTOM KNIGHTS SILENT BOOTS LV.3 ATK:200 DEF:1200
PHANTOM KNIGHTS RAGGED GLOVES LV.3 = 4
PHANTOM KNIGHTS SILENT BOOTS LV.3 = 4
"What a shocking turn of events!" Melissa cried out into her microphone. "One moment our Phantom Knight's field is nothing, and then in the next second four monsters have risen up from the grave to fight our Hero of Justice!"
Gongenzaka clicked his tongue. "Then I active Shinobi-AC's effect! During the Battle Phase, I can halve my monster's defense so that it can attack you directly! Continue your advance! Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC!"
SUPERHEAVY NINJA SHINOBI-AC DEF:2800 = 1400
The lethal samurai sprinted forward past Yuto's monsters and straight towards him. Yuto raised an arm up to protect his front as the monster attacked.
YUTO LP- 3500 = 2100
Dust flew up and blocked everyone's view of the field momentarily, but once the dust settled Gongenzaka's monsters had returned by his side while Yuto's stayed on his side. Both boys were still standing and looking at each other with a determined gaze.
"I end my turn here." Gongenzaka looked up at his monsters. "At this moment in time, Shinobi-AC's defense returns to normal."
SUPERHEAVY NINJA SHINOBI-AC DEF:1400 = 2800
"It looks like this is the Phantom Knight's last chance to prove himself worthy to fight against our Hero of Justice!" Dennis commented. "Let's see if he'll take this chance for all its worth."
Gongenzaka didn't need to say anything to convey his feelings, just the look in his eye as he gazed towards Yuto was enough for the Xyz user. The grey eyed teen nodded sternly once, and began his turn by placing a hand on his deck and taking a deep breath. "My turn, then I draw!"
Yuto closed his eyes and took another deep breath, before opening them and gazing down at the card he drew.
I can't summon anything with them yet, but their effects will be good enough.
Yuto's lips twitched into a smirk as he looked back up towards Gongenzaka.
"This is the end, Gongenzaka." Yuto held up his last two cards. "With these two cards, and the monsters currently on my field, I will defeat you."
"Then show me your strength Yuto." Gongenzaka braced himself, his thick arms spread wide. "Show us all your newfound power!"
"Right!" Yuto grinned, and showed everyone his two cards. "I'll start with setting my Pendulum Scale!" The crowd cried out in shock as excitement rushed through the air. "With Scale 2 Phantom Ghoul and Scale 5 Lady Phantasm I set the Pendulum Scale!"
Yuto placed the two Pendulum cards on each end of his duel disk, and the two monsters rose up in their pillars of blue light. Phantom Ghoul was covered in black rags and clothes, it's face hidden in flaming black shadows and only showing blazing red eyes from within. The astral number 2 appears underneath it.
Meanwhile, Lady Phantasm wore an immaculate dress that went down to her booted ankles. A scabbard was placed on her hip, held by a belt while her face was clear as day. She had cyan skin and braid hair that was see through whilst the astral number 5 appeared underneath her.
"What's this? Yuto can Pendulum Summon!?" Dennis' jaw dropped at this shocking piece of news. The idea of an Xyz rebel learning Pendulum Summon was near ludicrous, and bad news on his end.
No one paid attention to Dennis' lack of commentating after that, nor did they notice the small frown adorning his face. Everyone was too focused on Yuto's moves to pay him any mind.
"Now, I'll really put things into motion by using my now Level 4 Ragged Gloves and Level 4 Silent Boots to build the Overlay Network!" The recently resurrected monsters laughed fiendishly as they once more jumped into the swirling golden vortex to unleash Yuto's ace. "From the pitch black darkness. Rise up against the foolish oppression. Fangs of Rebellion!" Wings with purple lightning running through them burst forth from where the Xyz monsters lived. "I Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" With one magnificent flap of its wings, and a small burst of purple lightning, Dark Rebellion threw itself into the air, revealing its complete form from the shadows. The lightning dragon did a quick lap around the duel field, before hovering above the ground behind Yuto to give one huge roar that shook the glass windows nearby.
DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON RNK.4 ORB.2 ATK:2500 DEF:2000
"Of course, since Phantom Knights Ragged Gloves was used to Xyz Summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Dark Rebellion gains an extra 1000 Attack Points." Yuto added as Dark Rebellion hissed.
DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON ATK:2500 = 3500
"That's not all!" Yuto gestured one black gloved hand towards Phantom Ghoul. "I activate Phantom Ghoul's Pendulum effect!" Black shadows began to pool out of the Pendulum Zone and surround Yuto's two Shadow Veil monsters. Ghoul's eerie red eyes glowing ominously as all of a suddenly, Phantom Knight Break Sword burst out of the shadows with a red outline surrounding it. The three monsters were completely consumed by the darkness. Blocking out their view to everyone except for Break Sword's red outline. "I can perform a Rank-Up Xyz Summon that's two ranks higher by Banishing the Xyz monster I use from play along with tributing two monsters for Orbitals!"
"What!" Gongenzaka's eyes widened.
"A Rank-Up Xyz Summon?" Melissa cried out, unconsciously leaning in alongside her camera man so that they got a clean shot of this historical event in the Synchro Dimension. "It looks like our Phantom Knight is about to Xyz Summon again!"
The two Shadow Veils on Yuto's side gave a loud war cry before being destroyed within the shadows. "Fallen warrior riding upon his trusted companion. Once more pick up your sword and rise up to newer heights!" The red outline showing Break Sword began to morph and change. The armored horse the knight once rode upon sprouting reptilian wings while its neck elongated. The horse's legs became thicker, and gained three claws on each leg whilst it's flaming tail grew longer, sleeker, more pronounced with a sharp tip at the end. Red eyes flashed from within the darkness as a reptilian hiss leaked out from the darkness, highlighting sharp fangs as blue fire lite from within its maw.
"Rank Up! Xyz Change!" Yuto yelled as his newest monster made the shadows disperse with its wings. "Come forth! Rank 5! Phantom Knights Dragon Rider!" The dragon was mostly covered in knightly armor, but what was still visible showed see through black scales that had glowing cyan flames just brimming underneath. An old brown saddle was hooked up on the dragon's back, allowing the taller, slimmer dark knight to ride upon it. The knight had its reins in one hand while it held a skinner, shiner sword in the other. The knight had an old fashioned helmet hiding its face, cyan flames licking around its face plate and showing glowing red eyes underneath. The dragon also wore a face plate over its eyes, but it didn't hide the red eyes underneath it. The creature opened its maw once again to let out another menacing hiss, spewing a small amount of blue flames from its black jagged teeth.
PHANTOM KNIGHTS DRAGON RIDER RNK.5 ORB.2 ATK:2800 DEF:2500
Dark Rebellion's yellow eyes gazed down at the smaller dragon in front of Yuto and its rider with curiosity. Dragon Rider's creature gave another small hiss in greetings, which Dark Rebellion gave a bigger, louder hiss in response. Once the pleasantries were out of the way, both monsters turned to glare over at Gongenzaka and his other monsters with a threatening aura.
"How amazing!" Melissa shouted enthusiastically. The crowd around her went nuts as well. "So this is a Rank-Up Xyz Summon? Now that our Phantom Knight has his dragons on the field will our Hero of Justice be able to hold out? It's time to see the thrilling conclusion of this duel!"
"This is it Gongenzaka! I'll defeat you with my ace and newest monster!" Yuto did a fist pump.
"Prove it to me with your actions and not your words Yuto! Let the blood running through your veins unleash your power! I'll take it like a true warrior!" Gongenzaka yelled, egging Yuto on in an obvious show of excitement. The duel making the blood in his own veins run fast and adrenaline filter through his system in the thrill of it all.
"Right!" Grey eyes looked over to his newest Xyz monster. "I activate Dragon Rider's effect! By discarding one Orbital I can change the position of all of your monsters!" The knight riding its dragon slashed the orbital out of the air as black flames mixed in with the blue fire, before becoming completely black. "I choose to make your monsters go in Attack Mode!"
PHANTOM KNIGHTS DRAGON RIDER ORB.2 = 1
"What? Forcing my monsters' positions!" Gongenzaka lifted both of his arms to protect his face from the black flames coming from the newest dragon's mouth. The Steadfast duelist's mechanical samurais groaned as rust gathered on their edges, forcing them into Attack Mode.
SUPERHEAVY NINJA SHINOBI-AC DEF:2800 = ATK:1200
SUPERHEAVY SAMURAI OGRE SHUTENDOJI DEF:2500 = ATK:500
Once its effect was finished, the blue flames returned instead of the black flames. The blue fire poured down the edges of the dragon's mouth in rivers as it gave another eager hiss. The monster looked up to Dark Rebellion as the bigger dragon flew forward a few beats with an anticipating hiss of its own.
"Now." Yuto gave a swift nod to Dark Rebellion. Making the dragon shudder in glee and its purple lighting spark faster and faster between its wings. "I activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect!" Yuto's ace slashed at one of its orbitals with its mandibles as the purple lighting on its wings lashed out towards Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC. "I can halve the attack of your Level 5 and higher monster, and add those Attack Points to Dark Rebellion until the end of this turn! I choose Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC! Treason Discharge!" Purple lightning wrapped around Gongenzaka's monster, effectively trapping it and stopping it from moving. Dark Rebellion flew a few beats higher and spread its wings, yellow eyes glowing in glee at the power boost as a happy, energized hiss escaped its maw.
SUPERHEAVY NINJA SHINOBI-AC ATK:1200 = 600
DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON ATK:3500 = 4100
"You have no Spells or Traps on your field to stop me, nor can your monsters do anything. This is the end game! Battle!" Dragon Rider snapped its reins, throwing itself into action as it ascended into the air beside Dark Rebellion. The two monsters flew around each other in an almost choreographed dance that was mesmerizing to all present to see it. Both dragon's hissing together as Dark Rebellion's mandibles glowed white whilst burning blue fire spewed from the other dragon. "I attack Superheavy Samurai Ogre Shutendoji with Phantom Knights Dragon Rider! Burning Blue Fire!"
The dragon overshadowed Gongenzaka's first Synchro monster. Red eyes glaring through the dragon's face plate, and a split second later Ogre Shutendoji was engulfed in blue flames and destroyed. The force making Gongenzaka skid back on his stone sandals a few feet before coming to a halt.
GONGENZAKA LP- 4000 = 1700
"Finally! I attack Superheavy Ninja Shinobi-AC with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Rebellious Lightning Disobey!"
Dark Rebellion flew high up into the air. Cyan flames mixed with the purple lighting surrounding its wings as it turned around and began to dive straight towards Gongenzaka's last monster. Glowing hot white mandibles connected with the weakened Synchro monster, depleting Gongenzaka of the rest of his Life Points and ending the duel. All the while, Gongenzaka took his defeat gracefully with a huge grin on his face. The force of Dark Rebellion's attack made the Steadfast duelist fall onto his back on the ground.
GONGENZAKA LP- 1700 = 0 LOSER
YUTO LP- 2100 WINNER
The crowd went wild, and although the 'Hero of Justice' didn't win the duel everyone still cheered for the marvelous spectacle. Yuto's two Xyz monsters did two laps around the duel field on either side in victory. Two similar hisses in victory coming from the dragon's and one 'hurrah' coming from the knight before they dissipated into yellow particles alongside the Action Field.
"And all comes to an end. The mysterious Phantom Knight proved his worth to stand alongside our Hero of Justice and the City. This is where I'll be signing off on Tell me Melissa…" Claire began wrapping up her side of filming, and once it was over she and her crew began to pack up to leave.
Meanwhile, Yuto jogged over to Gongenzaka and easily helped the much bigger duelist to his feet. "I'm glad we managed to have this duel Gongenzaka. Though it helped me unlock the power of Pendulum Summoning and let me test out my new monsters I wish it hadn't happened while everyone was watching us like they were."
Gongenzaka only gave a grin filled with pride and a huge slap on the back that almost made Yuto fall to his knees. "It's alright Yuto. I too had fun in this duel, and am glad that we managed to have it even though I lost." Gongenzaka's grin grew wider in anticipation. "I look forward to the day of our rematch to see who has grown stronger."
Yuto's grey eyes widened in shock, not quite used to Gongenzaka's gracious loss. Usually, when fighting Academia, the soldiers that were defeated by him would scream and demand rematches or cry out in fear at the prospect of being carded themselves. Like how Sora acted before he was forcibly returned to Academia.
The Xyz rebel blinked out of his daze, and grinned widely up at Gongenzaka. "Right! Let's become stronger and better as our journey progresses, but just know that I plan to stay out on top." At this moment, Yuto realized just how great of a companion Gongenzaka really was, especially to someone like Yuya and Yuzu.
Gongenzaka's grin turned a tad sly. "Oh really? Well we'll see about that!"
"Wow guys! You both did great!" Yuto and Gongenzka turned their heads to look over at Dennis. The Entermage user coming back with two top hats filled with cash this time and a big smile on his face. Though his lip did twitch when he kept his eyes on Yuto for too long, and mostly focused on Gongenzaka.
At the sight of all of that money, Gongenzaka grimaced and crossed his arms once more. "I still don't think this method is right Dennis."
"I can attest to that." Yuto looked around the park to see that everyone was beginning to scatter, and to that he breathed a sigh of relief. "Can we go back now? No doubt Zero is wondering where we are at this rate." Grey eyes narrowed at Dennis before they looked up to the darkening sky.
Dennis gave a big grin and laughed at Yuto's words, blowing them off. "What are you two talking about? You both were totally into it." He teased, pointing at both boys with a gloved finger which they purposely ignored.
At the sound of clapping however, all three heads snapped over to assess this new presence. "Well done! Well done you three!" The man cried out cheerfully as he applauded. He had dark skin and wore a huge white vest with grey fur underneath and around the edges. Underneath that huge vest was a black button down shirt with purple flower patterns, the buttons at the top and bottom of the shirt popped open. Alongside white dress pants and black dress shoes, the man also wore multiple gold rings on every finger besides his thumbs and gold painted shades that blocked his eyes. The man had multiple ear piercings and his black hair was bleached on the sides. Thick eyebrows, a mustache and the beginnings of a beard, and thick silver chains connected to a blue flower pendant finished off this guy's look.
The entire figure just screamed distrust to Yuto, so grey eyes glared up at the older man with obvious suspicion and disdain behind his business glasses. "What do you want? As you can probably guess and see we're rather busy at the moment, and were just about to leave." The Xyz rebel spoke harshly with his classic scowl.
This person was trouble, that much was obvious.
"Now now." The man held up his hands in a universal sign of surrender. "I don't mean any harm or trouble boys. I was just complimenting on how good of a job you boys did. That's all…" The man grinned widely once again. "That really was something though! You three are quite skilled. Yes, I can positively say that myself. After all," The man took off his golden shades, revealing brown eyes as they bore down on each teen with a hint of something dark. "My eyes never lie."
Dennis furrowed his eyebrows and held onto his two top hats. "Umm, who are you?" The skinny teen asked with a tilt of his head.
The man in question nodded. "That's right, how rude of me." The man pointed to himself with his thumb and straightened his posture. "My name is Gallager, and I am a promoter."
"Huh? A promoter?" Dennis asked again.
"I don't like this." Gongenzaka muttered under his breath, which only Yuto managed to hear.
"Yes, I'm a promoter, and I have to say I've taken a liking to you boys!" The man nodded to his own words and clapped his hands loudly. "Might I ask. Would you mind lending those skills to me?"
Yuto narrowed his eyes, body tense. "What. Didn't you just hear what I said? We're busy, and we're leaving."
"Yes I know what you said boy." The man replied easily enough, but being called 'boy' made Yuto's left eye twitch in agitation. After everything he's gone through, no one had the right to call him 'boy' anymore. "I'm asking if you three would want to fight against some strong duelists?" The man leaned forward and wrapped his long lanky arms around Dennis and Gongenzaka's shoulders, squishing Yuto in the middle as he kept his big cheap smile up.
"No." Yuto deadpanned, and easily escaped from the conniving man's grasp.
Dennis blinked, before turning to face Yuto. "Wha- But Yuto! One of our main missions is to find strong duelists."
"No." Yuto spoke again, wiping down his glasses with his handkerchief before placing them back on with a stern voice and expression. "Our main priority is to find and gather everyone else first before we make any more moves. Not only that but Zero ordered me to find and return with you guys. So no, we're not going to go with you." Yuto stated firmly, leveling his stormy glare to Gallager. "Besides, you swore that after the duel between Gongenzaka and I we could leave, so let's go."
"I agree with Yuto on this Dennis." Gongenzaka nodded in confirmation, causing the shorter and skinnier boy to deflate some. "Not only did you give your word before, but the time for shenanigans is over." The sturdy teen gave Gallager one firm nod before joining Yuto. "I'm afraid I'll have to deny your offer, but otherwise I hope you have a pleasant evening." With that, both boys turned and began to walk away. "Come on Dennis."
"Ah! Wait for me you guys!" Dennis cried out, gathering his top hats and starting to rush to catch up to Yuto and Gongenzaka.
Yuto felt a glare and frown being directed his way, but he paid it no heed. No doubt it was Gallager stewing over his losses.
He never realized that it was actually Dennis who was directing that look to the back of his head.
"I've met up with another fine young man that can Xyz Summon like you two boys." That stopped all three of them in their tracks. Yuto and Gongenzaka's eyes widened as they exchanged a look.
"What was that?" Gongenzaka asked. Turning to look back at the promoter as all three exchanged looks once more.
"I know where you can find another man who Xyz Summons." Gallager smiled widely, and gestured back to his limo with one thumb. "I can lead you three to him if you'd like.
"What's his name?" Yuto questioned, still not trusting the man before him.
Gallager shrugged carelessly, now that he knew he had them. "It seems to have slipped my mind at the moment, but I'm sure I can remember once we arrive at our destination." Yuto growled, gloved fists tightening as this man played around with them. Gallager turned around and began to casually sleaze his way back to his limo. "Just follow me, and you'll find out. I know he uses these rather intimidating mechanical birds if that helps make your decision."
Shun. That was most definitely Shun, and judging from the look Gongenzaka gave him, he came to that same conclusion as well.
Meanwhile, Dennis was gleefully skipping towards the limo with a carefree attitude.
"What- Dennis where are you going!" Gognenzaka reached out to the Entermage user.
Dennis had the nerve to whistle a cheerful tune as he opened the door Gallager just slipped through. His bright blue eyes looked over at Yuto and Gongenzaka with a cheerful hint to them. "Well, isn't it obvious? One of our comrades is wherever Gallager wants to show us! So I'm going with him." Strangely, those top hats filled with lots of money had vanished. No doubt from a magic trick he performed while they weren't looking.
"But- You do realize we'd be practically going along with a stranger." Gongenzaka lowered his thick hand as he spoke. His voice was full of disbelief like how Yuto felt.
Dennis smiled widely. "It'll be fine Gong-chan. After all, bringing our bird-brain back into the fold will make finding the others that much easier. Now come on, let's not keep our new pal Gallager waiting! Hurry up!" With that, Dennis slid into the limo with an eagar bounce in his step.
"G-Gong-chan!" Gongenzaka cried out in outrage.
"Bird brain?" Yuto muttered in indignation as Gongenzaka began to calm himself. Should he feel angry for Shun or not?
Either way, the Xyz rebel slumped at Dennis' antics. No Lancer should be acting the way Dennis was. Hell, he was practically following a stranger willingly, and who the hell knew if what Gallager said was even true.
Gongenzaka sighed through his nose, before shaking his head and muttering a few choice words as he followed Dennis' lead and walked towards the limo.
"What Gongenzaka! You can't be serious-" Yuto cut himself off. The prospect of reuniting with Shun, and most likely Ruri was near irresistible to him. Besides, if he, Shun, and Ruri returned to the Talisman Casino, Zero would take off his mask and reveal his identity. He did agree to it after all.
"Come on Yuto." Gongenzaka spoke before he entered the limo. "It'll be just a quick glance, and if what Gallager says here is true then great. If not, then we can just leave."
Yuto blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't dreaming. With a huge sigh Yuto pinched the bridge of his nose, and begrudgingly got into the limo. The door almost seemed to close behind him on its own, as if mocking him for his decision.
"If we get into trouble because of this. I'm blaming you, Dennis." Yuto stated firmly.
"Sure thing Yuto!" Dennis replied cheekily.
Yuto himself only replied with a miserably tired sigh.
. . .
The sunset on the second day at the Synchro Dimension made the sky turn into a brilliant gold with purple painting the edges and clouds. The smell of delicious foods wafting around in the air coming from a nice little cafe in the corner of the street. Right next to that cafe was a wonderful pizza shop named Pizza Hut also giving off its mouth watering smells.
This is where Yuzu and Yugo currently are, the former trying to gather everyone's attention with warnings of Academia while the latter stood beside her silently with pursed lips. Eyes scanning the crowd for any hint of Security.
Said crowd was staring at Yuzu like she was a looney as she spoke frantically. "Please listen to me! This is something that concerns the future of everyone in the City! The Dimensional War has already begun, and another city has already been destroyed because of it!"
"There sure are some weirdos out today." A teenage boy spoke quietly to his date, a girl with brown eyes and dark purple hair. The male himself had light brown eyes and brown hair, alongside an orange sweater.
The girl leaned in and put a hand beside her mouth to whisper to him over Yuzu's rants. "Do you think we should report them to Security?"
"Academia has already struck Heartland and the Xyz Dimension, and eventually they'll come and attack here! The City! Your home!" The pink haired girl reached out to one of the people passing by, but she was ignored. "Please, listen! I'm begging you!"
Yugo frowned at these people disregarding Yuzu, aquamarine eyes narrowed at the sight. This always happens. They ignore you unless you have actual money and power.
"You must believe me!" Yuzu searched her inner jacket pockets, and pulled out the two cards of Olga and Halil. "If they attack, you'll be turned into cards just like this!" Now the two pedestrians at the cafe openly laughed at Yuzu's words. The sight discouraged her, and she silently put the two cards of Olga and Halil back into her pocket very carefully.
"Hey." Yugo turned to look at the two citizens with a hand on his hip. The two people stopped their laughter to look at him. "You know, I get it that it sounds completely unbelievable, but it is true. I've fought across Dimensions also."
The boy laughed again, and gave a supposedly knowing wink. "Then why don't you cross Dimensions right now?"
Now his girlfriend joined in with a laugh. "Hey now, not you too dear!" The two laughed together at Yugo's expense.
The banana banged duelist's frown dipped lower as he threw a fist forward. "Alright then fine! I'll do it! I'll warp across Dimensions right now, so you better watch closely!"
"Wait, are you sure!?" Yuzu asked carefully.
Now Yugo was frustrated at these people, and therefore his mouth began to run on autopilot. "Just stand there and watch! I'll show you!" So, Yugo began to card through his deck until he landed on his ace monster, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.
A few moments before this happened, Zero was making progress in following the rumors being sprouted from the Tops walking by. News of two seemingly crazy kids ranting and babbling about an 'Academia' and a 'Dimensional War' just south of the huge dueling stadium managed to reach the revolutionary's ears. Following the trail, it took a while to finally turn the corner of a Pizza Hut shop and find the two people he was looking for all day already.
Zero looked up into the sky, sun setting and already blocked out by the skyscrapers. Yuto must be wondering where I am being out here this late. Should probably hurry, before it gets dark and Security starts to get too rowdy. The masked man gave a relieved sigh, ignoring the weird stares he was getting for his mask and attire. At least they're both fine and haven't been caught by Security yet. Yuya will be happy about that.
Just as Yugo was beginning to say his phrase when summoning Clear Wing a modulated voice interrupted him halfway through. "I don't think you need to embarrass yourself any further on this, Yugo. But if you truly insist on making a fool of yourself, then be my guest."
"What." Yuzu gaped, her pink pigtails flailing in the air as she looked over to see a familiar masked face. "Is that- It can't be!"
An angry mark appeared on Yugo's forehead at the words the masked man said as he tried to summon Clear Wing, stopping himself short. "You!-" Yugo stopped himself from saying whatever he was going to say, and merely glared at Zero with agitation. "Are you trying to start something already, because I don't mind finishing it for you!" The Synchro user cracked his knuckles for emphasis, an angry yet guarded look on his face. "How'd you manage to find us anyway, Zero?"
"Hearing people talk about two seemingly 'crazy' teens talking about 'Academia' and 'Dimensional Wars' would make you rather easy to find once pointed in the right direction." Zero commented easily and lightly.
The two customers that were laughing at Yugo and Yuzu just a few seconds ago stopped short and eyed this newcomer with wary nervousness. Unlike the two kids before them, this masked person gave off a more darker, intimidating presence.
"I'm surprised you remember me at all, Yugo. After all we've only met once before all of this." The masked revolutionary tipped his masked head in greetings towards Yuzu. "It's nice to see you once again safe and unharmed as well, Ms. Hiragi."
"Zero." Periwinkle eyes blinked a few moments before her thoughts started to run into overdrive. The Melodious duelist stepped forward until she was in front of Zero. Both pushing Yugo's annoyed words to the side for a moment as she spoke. "Wait, but if you're here, does that mean Yu-"
The man himself held up one gloved finger to silence the girl. "We can talk about these matters in a more private, and safe, area." Zero gazed held Yugo's unwavering aquamarine ones that searched for any hint of deceit. "Right now however, I suggest we leave before the sun sets and Security starts sprouting all over the place like the unwanted pests they are."
Yugo clicked his tongue, crossing his arms and looking up to the darkening sky. "Hmph. I can at least agree with you on that."
"What seems to be the problem here with all of this commotion?" The owner of the store wearing a white apron over his clothes began to walk towards the couple and Yugo and Yuzu. His arms crossed as he glared at the latter two. "Do I need to call Security over here? Because it seems to me like you're bothering my customers."
"Ah, that won't be necessary, sir." Like water, or more like oil, Zero placed himself between the owner and his two newfound allies. "You see, we were just leaving." He spoke seemingly carefree as the compartment over his left eye slid open. "So you can just-"
Any further words or orders meant to be given on the matter were dashed away at the sound of something crashing and plates shattering on the ground. The owner turned around, and all eyes fell upon two young boys in rather old clothes that were a tad too small or big for their size. The compartment on Zero's mask quickly closed like nothing had happened in the first place.
The little boy with a dirty yellow rain cap and short, curly cyan hair was gazing up into Zero's face with an openly shocked, jaw dropped expression. His light brown eyes blinked for a second, and together he and the older boy dashed away from the scene as fast as their legs could carry them. Their arms filled to the brim with as much food as they could carry.
"What the-! HEY! Stop right there!" The owner cried out in his rage. "Thieves! Someone stop them boys! Thieves!"
While the owner was yelling and stomping his foot, Yugo took that moment to grab both Yuzu and Zero, urging them to move. Zero, seeing that Security would be in the area in a few measly minutes, easily shook off Yugo's hand and booked it beside him. Yuzu, meanwhile, took a little more coercion, but that was all it took for the owner's gaze to fall back onto them. Thankfully, by the time he realized what was happening they were already too far away to be caught, and got away scot-free alongside those two boys.
After a while, the three all stopped in an alleyway to catch their breaths. Zero leaning against the wall to catch his breath for a moment, and thought back to what just happened. Figures that something like that would happen as soon as I find these two. Just my luck, but since Security isn't on our ass we should be fine.
With that wrapped up, Zero turned his attention to the two recently found allies. Speaking with them in a hushed down voice, or as hushed as a modulated voice could be, the three turned and began to make their way towards the Talisman Casino. They would hide with him up there for the upcoming days, but Yugo would occasionally come out to check on his D-Wheel they had hidden somewhere in the Common's area of the city.
Otherwise, everything was coming together without too big of a hitch. It was only a matter of time, hopefully only a few days at the most, until the rest of the Lancers reunited.
There, it's done. Extra extra writing for taking so long to up load it. 34 pages and 15,000 words on this one. I got stumped in the middle of Yuto and Gongenzaka's duel, though I'm glad I finished it. I'm sure you guys noticed some OC cards I made up and used for this purpose. (Honestly, Yuto has like 3 regular monsters and 4 Xyz monsters, two being Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon based. It's a given I'd have to make something up for him.) Here are the cards.
Scale 2 Phantom Ghoul LV.2 ATK:300 DEF:500 Effect- Perform a Rank-Up Xyz summon by 2 Levels by banishing the Xyz monster you use from play, along with tributing two monsters for Orbitals.
Scale 5 Lady Phantasm LV.6 ATK:2200 DEF:1800 Effect- Allow all of your monsters to deal piercing damage.
Phantom Knights Dragon Rider RNK.5 ORB.2 ATK: 2800 DEF:2500 Effect- Switch all of your opponent's monsters from their current positions.
Originally, I planned for Phantom Knights Dragon Rider to actually be riding a pegasus, but my affinity for dragons was like hahahah, no. Then I thought to name the monster Phantom Knights Dragon Tamer, but seeing as Dark Rebellion, a dragon, is Yuto's ace I decided to go with Rider. There were like 1 or two OC cards for Gongenzaka's Deck, but you'll most likely never see them again. (Shh.)
This chapter/section might be a two or three parter. I have an exciting plan for this right before the Friendship Cup starts but I'm not quite sure how I want it to play out yet. Just have to wait and see.
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Until then, see ya!~ -MoonlightWright
