Once we knew for a fact that Aki (and us by extension) were still in the duel, Jack passed out on my shoulder. Together, Dad and I maneuvered him over to waiting paramedics in the back of the pit. Carly was already waiting for him there, and once he was on the gurney, Dad pushed me towards the control board, "Watch the duel. Carly and I will take care of him."

I made it to the front just in time to watch as Aki drew her first card, "I summon Phoenixian Seed in attack mode!"

Phoenixian Seed-800

"But don't get to comfortable with it, because I can immediately send it to the graveyard to summon Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis in attack mode."

Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis-2200

All of us watched in nervous excitement as she started to smile, "She attacks your DD Unicorn Knight, but in doing so, she is also destroyed."

Both monsters exploded, and she seemed to be getting into her rhythm.

Life Points Andore=2300

She pointed at him, "When my monster is sent to the graveyard for any reason, you take 800 points of damage."

Life Points Andore=1500

Her smirk was nearly identical to Crow's when a duel is going well for him, "Then I can resurrect her in defense mode by taking a plant-type monster in my graveyard and removing it from play."

Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis-0

Andore was silent for almost a full minute before drawing his first card, then smirked, "I activate Dash Pilfer, which lets me gain control of any monster if I have 4 or more speed counters. But that monster has to be in defense mode. I think I'll take your Amaryllis. Then I summon Unibird, which has the effect of removing 1 monster and self from play to special summon a Synchro monster with equal combined level or less. I choose Thunder Unicorn."

Thunder Unicorn-2200

"Attack her directly!"

Life Points Aki=1800

I leaned forward, "She did pretty well during her first turn. Too bad that he managed to get out of the trap she set up for him."

She drew her next card, "I summon Witch of the Black Rose in attack mode. Her special ability lets me draw the top card of my deck, and depending on what that card is I get a different effect. But since it was a monster card, I can special summon it. Come on out Rose Fairy!"

Witch of the Black Rose-1700

Rose Fairy-600

"Then I tune them together to bring out the manifestation of my soul, Black Rose Dragon!"

Black Rose Dragon-2400

A breeze whipped through the stadium, and the scent of rose petals flew along on it. Her smile grew as she looked up, "But I'm not stopping there. I activate Angel Baton. This allows me to draw two cards as long as I discard one. I choose to discard Glow-Up Bulb. Then I activate Star Siphon, which allows me to summon a Siphon Token when I summon a Synchro monster. The two switch levels, making it a level 7 and Black Rose Dragon a level 1."

Siphon Token-0

A smirk spread across my face, "Oh, they are going to flip out. No one would ever think I would do this."

"Then I send the top card of my deck to the graveyard in order to resurrect Glow-Up Bulb."

Glow-Up Bulb-100

"I tune the two of them tune together to bring down the ruler of the cosmos, Stardust Dragon!"

Stardust Dragon-2500

I snorted as both of Team Unicorn's duelists jumped to their feet, and my team stared at me, "What? You all knew that my goal for this duel is to completely and utterly confuse them. Letting someone else use Stardust would do so."

"Black Rose Dragon, take out that Unicorn!"

Life Points Andore=1300

"With him gone, Stardust, attack him directly!"

Andore flipped up one of his cards, "I activate Dimension Equilibrium. This is triggered when a monster of mine is destroyed in battle. The attacking monster is removed from play, while mine is brought back. Then the battle phase is ended."

Thunder Unicorn-2200

Despite my attempts to not to, I could feel Aki's guilt as she grimaced, "I place two cards facedown and end my turn."

As her turn ended, Stardust returned back into play, once again filling the stadium with his dazzling lights.

Without wasting a second, he barrelled on in his goal, "I activate Speed Energy. If I have two or more speed counters, then my monster gains 200 attack points for each. That adds up to 2400 extra attack points."

Thunder Unicorn-4600

That seems mildly excessive.

One of Aki's two cards revealed itself, "I activate Half Counter, which gives my monster half of the attack points that yours started out with. So Stardust Dragon gains 1100 points."

Stardust Dragon-3600

It almost physically hurt to see Stardust shatter with the attack. But not as much as seeing Aki's life points.

Life Points Aki=800

Andore was smirking as I got on my runner, "I activate Speed World 2's effect. You take 800 points of damage for every speed spell in my hand every time I get rid of 4 speed counters."

Aki's other card showed itself, "I activate Wicked Rebirth. I pay 800 life points to bring back any monster in my graveyard without its special ability."

Stardust Dragon-2500

Life Points Aki=0

Locking my helmet on, I braced myself for a VERY long duel. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something that shocked me to my core. The second she lost, Aki's dad pulled out the biggest flag that I had ever seen not on a flagpole, and started waving it while her mom held up a banner of similar size.

I twisted around on my runner as Aki pulled up next to me, "Sorry about that. I really didn't do anything to him, did I?"

"Don't worry about it. Every time you lose, you learn something new about yourself. Today you found out that your parents are the type to use massive banners when you participate."

She chuckled as I checked the cards, "See you when I win, Aki."

Okay, Yusei. You only have to take out three opponents with one go. Just slightly more difficult than taking down the duel gangs.

The announcer was freaking out more than I was, which wasn't exactly a good thing, "Fudo Yusei now has to take down 9300 total points in order for her team to win the duel. Can she do it?"

Rolling my eyes seems to be a habit I need to quit, as my eyes temporarily disappeared into my skull, "I summon Max Warrior in attack mode, then have Stardust Dragon attack your Unicorn."

Max Warrior-1800

Life Points Andore=1000

He smirked at me, "Whenever Thunder Unicorn is destroyed in battle, he can come back one time per turn in defense mode."

Thunder Unicorn-2200

"That's great and all, but Max Warrior gains 400 attack points when he declares an attack. So he attacks Thunder Unicorn."

Max Warrior-2200

Both monsters shattered, and I took a deep breath, "I place a facedown and end my turn."

Andore was worryingly quiet as he drew his card, "I place two facedowns and end my turn."

Uh, okay. You did have a chance to destroy my most prized monster with End of the Storm. Why did you place it facedown? Sure, that means that the next teammate will get it, but you could also be setting a trap. This is annoying. Fine. I'll spring your stupid trap.

"I can special summon Card Breaker by destroying any spell or trap card on the field. I choose the facedown on the right."

It flipped over to reveal End of the Storm, and Card Breaker exploded out.

Card Breaker-100

Here comes the real storm.

Andore didn't disappoint, "I activate Magic Charge. When a card effect destroys a spell card, both players take 2000 points of damage."

I grimaced as my life points dropped, meaning that I now only had roughly 1000 for each of the remaining duelists.

Life Points Andore=0

Life Points Yusei=2000

Dang. He managed to take out 10000 points all by himself. No wonder the other two never even tried to duel. They were never needed.

Breo cruised out, and-thanks to my rear view camera-I could see him staring at the massive crowd around us. It took two laps before he looked at the pit and gave a small jerk. A chuckle slipped out of my mouth, and he started his turn, "I summon Bicorn Re'em in defense mode, then place two facedowns."

Bicorn Re'em-1600

A tuner monster, huh? Let's see how bad you want to protect it.

Quickly glancing over my hand, I picked a card, "I summon Dash Warrior."

Dash Warrior-600

"When he attacks, his points triple, but otherwise they are 600. Attack his monster!"

Dash Warrior-1800

One of Breo's cards revealed itself, "I activate Negate Attack. This not only blocks your attack, but it ends the battlephase."

Dash Warrior-600

Shrugging, I braced myself for the next turn, "Then I will switch Card Breaker into defense mode before turning it over to you."

Card Breaker-900

The bubbly emotions coming from him were similar to Leo when he was trying out a new strategy. More like a child trying to please an adult than someone actually in charge, "I summon Mine Mole in attack mode."

Mine Mole-1000

It needs to be illegal to have a card that cute.

"Now that he's on the field, I tune the two of them together to create Voltic Bicorn!"

Voltic Bicorn-2500

"When Bicorn Re'em is used in a Synchro summon, two cards from your deck must be sent to the graveyard."

I let the cards slip through my fingers while fury built up inside of me, giving me flashbacks of my duel against Armstrong, Please do not let this be one of THOSE decks.

"And when Mine Mole is used in a Synchro summon, then I get to draw a card from my deck. But I'm not done, because I am going to use Speed World 2's effect. I remove 10 speed counters to destroy a card on the field."

Which one are you going to-

"I choose Voltic Bicorn!"

What. The. Heck?

"When Voltic Bicorn is sent to the graveyard, both players must discard 7 cards."

As my cards slid into the graveyard slot, my anger pulsed even higher, I swear, when I get the chance I am going to make a deck that will work from the graveyard just to annoy those who use the 'Deck Destruction' philosophy. And then I will find every single person with one of those decks and make them regret ever using it.


A/N: Thanks to PipeDreamPrayer for reviewing on the original version of this chapter!

Also, if you do build decks, and could actually build a deck that would be a great counter for deck destruction, please let me know. I want it for the sequel to this story.