Outside the Sports Arena
Lance stopped at the entrance to the arena and waited as Kari and Trey caught up. The multi-deck user removed his his pendant as the two of them stopped behind him. Both Lance and the pendant continued to glow white.
"Lance, what's going on?" Trey asked.
Kari nodded. "Yeah, why did you run out of the house, what's the deal with that strange thing on Trey, and why are you glowing white?"
Lance crushed the pendant, as he no longer needed it, and held out his hand at Kari and Trey. Before they knew what was happening, the two of them were trapped in a white sphere. Kari was shocked, but Trey less so.
Lance addressed them without turning. "Kari… Trey… Yuma's been taken." Kari was about to speak, but she stopped after hearing that. "His kidnapper is potentially in there. That's why, you two will remain out here while I deal with him. I will not allow either of you to be taken."
Kari kicked the sphere to no effect. "Lance, I don't know how you could know Yuma's been taken, and I have no idea how you're doing this; however, what I do know is that you're enraged. Whatever you're about to do, that won't help you. Get rid of this sphere and let's discuss this."
Trey nodded as he understood what this all meant. "Lance, I'm sorry Yuma was taken, but don't do this alone. Let me out, and I can help you get Yuma back."
Lance pushed out his arm, and the sphere moved away from the path to the entrance before stopping in the middle of the parking lot. Without another word, Lance ran inside.
Kari started vigorously beating on the barrier. "Lance!"
Trey had another way out of this. "Stand back." He showed his crest and a green beam of energy hit the barrier. "I'll have us out of this as soon as I can; however, Lance's magic is strong."
Kari nodded. "I'll trust in whatever that is on your hand because I can't seem to do a thing." She stared at the arena. "Lance and Yuma… both of you are in danger because of dueling, right?" She grits her teeth and clenched her fist as two, conflicting thoughts ran through her mind.
"Is this because I didn't do my best to keep you two from dueling or has Yuma fallen because my opposition kept him from being better than he was? Is this my fault for not supporting your passion or should I have opposed you harder?"
Sport Arena
Yuji walked down from the top of the stands and jumped over the edge before coming to standing across from Yusaku. "Yusaku Fujiki, we met not long ago, but allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Yuji, and I am one of Academia's Generals. My mission is your capture."
Yusaku calmly replied. "I remember you. Your masked friend couldn't beat me, and you will be no different. In fact, I'll capture you for more information about this fusion of worlds the last guy spoke about."
Yuji pulled off his pendant, ready to use it as Yugo did, when from the south entrance both heard a heavenly whistling. The two-duelist turned to see Kite walking out. The Number Hunter stopped whistling as he came to stand across from them.
Kite looked at Yuji. "No doubt about it. You're the one with that reading like the guy at the Duel Sanctuary." He looked at Yusaku. "Unless you insist on getting in my way, I suggest you get of here. I will duel him instead."
Yusaku looked at Kite and Yuji sizing the up. "I thought Yuji was Yuven for a moment until I got a good look at him. Then there's the blond over there. He reminds me of Revolver." He shook his head. "That's not happening. This guy holds information I'm not willing to let slide."
"In that case, I'll take you both on." Kite stated.
Lance ran into the room. "No, I'll be taking you and that guy that looks like Yugo on." Everyone turned to the multi-deck user who was now focusing on Yuji. "I know your type. You won't tell me what happened to Yuma until I crush you."
"That anger…" Kite thought. "Somethings happened to Lance since we dueled together, but I'll just use this as the chance to take his Numbers."
"That's the kid Yuven told us about." Yusaku thought. "Lance Hogan."
"Lance Hogan." Yuji thought. "This is starting to become complicated, but I'll use this opportunity to capture both Lance and Yusaku in one fell swoop." He removed his pendant and crushed it. "Very well, I'll take you all on!"
The white sphere began to form as Reiji teleported in wearing his cloak and mask. This got everyone's attention as the white sphere formed and grew to accommodate the large-scale duel that was about to take place.
"I will join in as well making this a five-way duel." Reiji declared. "Lance Hogan and Yuji, you two must fall for the preservation of the Xyz Dimension."
Yuji and Yusaku were familiar with the tittle, Kite was somewhat familiar due to his and Shay's investigation into Barian and Astral World, and Lance was in contemplation.
"Is its possible what Ray did not only set back time, but created dimensions? Yugo did take Yuma and vanish. What if he's not in this world anymore?" Lance shook his head. "If he isn't, I'll just force the look alike to bring him back."
"It doesn't matter what any of you may wish at this point." Yuji stated. "By destroying that pendant, it created this field, and the only way out is if everyone within duels. A winner must be declared."
All five duelist had their reasons for being here, and each one moved to stand apart from one another with enough space for their fields. The time for talking was over as it was time to duel. Kite activated his Photon Mode.
D-pad go
Duel Gazer on
Augmented vision link established
Lance: 4000
Yusaku: 4000
Kite: 4000
Yuji: 4000
Reiji: 4000
"I'm going first." Lance drew. "Considering how many opponents I have; I'll start by activating Odd-Eyes Supreme Draw. With this, I can draw a card. If it's an Odd-Eyes or mentions Odd-Eyes in the text, I can draw once more."
"Odd-Eyes…" Reiji thought.
Lance drew and revealed the card. "I drew Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon meaning I draw again." He drew. "On top of that, I can banish the top card of my deck to get a third, or in some cases a second, draw." Lance drew another card.
"Now comes it's added effect allowing me to special summon any drawn cards, but they are placed in defense mode. So, let's go Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon(LV 7/2500/DEF 2000) and Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon(LV 7/2500/2000)."
A bright red dragon with beige body parts appeared followed by a dark purple dragon with beige armor. "There's no way I'm stopping there. I overlay these two level 7 monsters to Xyz summon Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon(R 7/O 2/2800/2500)."
A dragon coated in ice armor appeared and with it came an icy wind everyone could feel. "Now, I activate Rank-Up-Magic Dragon's Rising allowing me to rebuild the overlay network with Absolute Dragon and Xyz summon a monster 1 rank higher.
Xyz summon Odd-Eyes Subzero Dragon(R 8/O 3/3300/2500)." A larger dragon on two legs with heavy ice armor appeared causing the icy wind to intensify. "Since Subzero has materials, I can special summon an Odd-Eyes from my grave or hand. Come back Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon(LV 7/2500/2000)!"
Kite looked at the dragons. "He not only brought out a Rank 8 dragon, but also a level 7 dragon to accompany it all without depleting his hand. Now, this is the duelist that should give Shay trouble."
"This guy." Yusaku thought. "Revolver may just be right about him. He could be very helpful to us. If not for his dueling skills, then the power he possesses."
"He busted out a strong monster like it was nothing." Yuji thought. "He's going to be trouble. With Yugo gone, I can admit the Speedroid user is among the strongest soldiers Academia has. Depending on how this goes, Lance may just be able to compete with any of them."
"An Odd-Eyes Xyz monster and a ranked-up variation." Reiji thought. "He's grown stronger than what was predicted, but I must win to destroy the envoy."
Lance wobbled on his feet and coughed up blood. The other duelists looked at the multi-deck user curiously. They had no bond to him; however, Kite did recognize that this was something that could only happen to him, Shay, and Yuto if they pushed themselves too far.
Lance recovered his footing and wiped his mouth; however, blood stared to trickled form the side of his mouth which worried Astral greatly. "Lance, what is wrong."
Lance didn't look back at him. "Just ignore it Astral. I'm going to end this duel no matter the cost." He took a card from his hand. "I set one card. Now, at the end of the turn, Odd-Eyes Supreme Draw will be destroyed unless I discard one card or pay life points.
Life points equal to the cards I drew with its effect. I choose the latter (Lance 3700). As a bonus to this card, separate from its cost at the end of the turn, I could send a monster from my extra deck to the grave; however, I'll refrain from said action at this time."
"Alright, it's my turn." Yusaku drew. "I activate Cynet Ritual. This spell allows me to Ritual summon any Cyberse monster provided I tribute monsters who equal or exceed the level of the monster I intend to summon."
"So, I'll get to see this Link Dimension Resident's Ritual monster." Yuji thought. "Alright, let's see it then."
"I tribute my level seven Degrade Buster, from my hand, to Ritual summon Cyberse Magician(LV 7/2500/2000)." A blonde-haired man in white and dark blue clothing appeared. "Next, I activate Cynet Backdoor.
This spell allows me to banish my Cyberse Magician, he'll be back next turn, and add one Cyberse monster from my deck to my hand. Now, I'll normal summon RAM Clouder(LV 4/1800/1000)."
A wholly ram with black metal parts appeared. "When I normal summon a Cyberse monster, I can special summon Boot Staggered(LV 5/2300/500)." A humanoid black, purple, and white monster appeared. "Now, appear circuit which leads to the future.
Arrowheads confirmed. The condition is 2 Cyberse Monsters. I set RAM Clouder and Boot Staggered in the Link Markers. Link Summon Splash Magician(ATK 1100/Link 2)." A human with white robes, purple cape, and light blue hair appeared.
"Link Summoning." Kite took notice of this. "An extra deck method that doesn't require certain levels or spells. Shay spoke of it, but to see it action…"
"Now I activate my magician's effect allowing me to special summon a Cyberse monster in, defense mode, from my grave. Thanks to my ritual spell, I can special summon Degrade Buster(LV 7/2500/2500). I end my turn."
"My turn then." Kite drew. "I activate Galaxy Wave. From here on out, whenever I Xyz summon, my opponents will take 500 life points of damage each time. I activate Photon Sanctuary. This spell grants me two Photon Tokens(LV 4/2000/0)."
Twin, glowing blue spheres appeared. "With both being monsters with at least 2000 ATK, I tribute them to special summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon(LV 8/3000/2500)." A purple and galaxy blue dragon appeared.
Since I control a Galaxy-Eyes monster, I can special summon Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon(LV 8/3000/2500)./" A light blue glowing Galaxy-Eyes appeared. "With these monsters, I construct the overlay network. Xyz summon Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon(R 8/O 2/3000/2500)." A colorful Galaxy-Eyes appeared.
Lance: 3500
Yusaku: 3500
Kite: 4000
Yuji: 3500
Reiji: 3500
"I'm not stopping there because I can reconstruct the overlay network with Cipher Blade Dragon to Xyz summon Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon(R 8/O 3/4000/2500)." A large, black armored dragon appeared.
Lance: 3000
Yusaku: 3000
Kite: 4000
Yuji: 3000
Reiji: 3000
"By detaching one overlay unit, I can target a face up card my opponent controls and destroy it." Kite pointed at Lance. "I choose Odd-Eyes Supreme Draw."
Galaxy-Eyes Full Armor Photon Dragon(R 8/O 2/4000/2500)
"Nice try, but by sending a monster from my extra deck to the grave, I can negate any destruction that may befall this card." Lance declared performing the action.
"Very well, then I shall reconstruct the Overlay Network one more time with Full Armor to Xyz Summon Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Blade Dragon(R 9/O 3/3200/2800)." A more menacing dragon with more red appeared.
Lance: 2500
Yusaku: 2500
Kite: 4000
Yuji: 2500
Reiji: 2500
"Unlike Armor, Cipher Blade can target any card on the field. Not like it matter since none of you have face downs. Anyways, I detach a unit to destroy Odd-Eyes Subzero Dragon." Kite declared Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Blade Dragon(R 9/O 2/3200/2800)
"When Subzero is destroyed, I can target Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon(R 7/O 1/2800/2500), in my grave or extra deck, and special summon it. Then, Subzero becomes his overlay unit." Lance declared.
"I set one card." Kite declared.
Astral looked at Kite. "He's become much stronger since Yuma and I dueled him."
"Those three are impressive, but I'm not giving up!" Yuji drew. "First, I reveal Controlled Light Ritual Dragon allowing me to add Controlled Light Ritual to my hand. I immediately activate it allowing me to use monsters on the field, in the hand, and/or I can choose one monster from my deck for the requirements. I tribute the level 8 Revendread Executor to fill the requirement."
"Vendread and Controlled Light Ritual Dragon." Lance thought. "I thought it was mere coincidence that Yugo had Speedroids, but two people who look similar having archetypes I was granted. It is a little suspicious."
Yuji continued, "Ritual summon Controlled Light Ritual Dragon/LV 7/2500/2000)." A white dragon with blue in its wings appeared. "Normally, I'd hold off on my dragon's evolved form, but it is in my hand. Not to mention, these duelists seem to be strong."
Yuji looked at his opponents. "Now, I have my dragon's evolution in my hand, so I will activate one of Controlled's abilities allowing me to make him the soul requirement for my strongest monster. Ritual Summon Ordered Light Ritual Dragon(LV 9/3200/2600)."
A larger, more ferocious version of Controlled appeared. "I can activate his effect once per turn to special summon any ritual monster I wish from my deck, grave, or hand. So, I will summon Revendread Executor(LV 8/3000/DEF 0) from my grave."
A fearsome zombie in red clothing with bone armor appeared. "Now, since I control another Ritual monster, Ordered Light Ritual Dragon can't be destroyed by battle or card effect and with Executor on the field, he's the only card any of you can target. I set one card."
"It's my turn then." Reiji drew. "This turn, I can attack since I'm the last in the rotation. First, I activate D/D/D Synchro. With this spell I can use monsters on my field or in my hand for a Synchro summon.
Since I'll be using the level eight D/D/D Doom King Armageddon, I can use the spell as a level 2 tuner. Synchro summon D/D/D Super Doom King Bright Armageddon(LV 10/3500/3000)." A white and gold floating fiend appeared.
"There's a spell like that!" Kite exclaimed genuinely shocked.
"Wait, I'm not done because I have two more, similar spells." Reiji declared. "I activate D/D/D Fusion allowing me to Fusion summon using monsters on my field or hand as the materials; furthermore, if I use Doomm King Armageddon, I can use the spell as the other material. Fusion Summon D/D/D Super Doom King Purple Armageddon(LV 10/3500/3000)." A large, yellow and purple winged fiend appeared.
"What!?" Yuji exclaimed. "A powerful fusion as well!"
Astral stared at the monsters in shock. "Considering the power of those spells, I can only assume he intends to go for an Xyz monster that is just as strong."
Lance stared at the monsters before nodding. "Agreed." His vision began to blur, but Lance just rubbed his eyes. "That masked duelist is dangerous."
"Finally, I activate D/D/D Xyz. My two Doom King Armageddons are pendulum monsters, and when used for almost anything, besides an Xyz summon, they are placed face up in my extra deck. D/D/D Xyz can negate their effects and I can Xyz summon using them.
Since I'm using Doom King Armageddon, I could use one less material, but I won't. Now I overlay my level 8 monsters to Xyz summon D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon(R 8/O 2/3500/3000)." A large purple fiend with a golden portal behind it appeared.
Yusaku stared at the three monsters. "He's summoned three powerful monsters. Monsters whose levels or rank mean they must have strong effects. He's outdone everyone of us, but this duel isn't over yet."
"Now to address my monster's effects." Reiji declared. "First, Bright Armageddon. Because of him my monsters can't be targeted with card effect. Second, Purple Armageddon which allows me to target an ATK position monster on the field and deal half that monster's original ATK to the owner. I choose Absolute Dragon."
Lance: 1100
Yusaku: 2500
Kite: 4000
Yuji: 2500
Reiji: 2500
"Big mistake." Lance declared. "Because you destroyed Absolute Dragon, I can special summon all but one of my Odd-Eyes monsters from my extra deck. Special summon Odd-Eyes Whirlwind Dragon(LV 10/3000/2500)." A huge, green dragon with silver armor appeared. "When this monster is special summoned, all monsters my opponent controls are returned to their hand. No targeting required."
"I activate Dark Armageddon's effect." Reiji stated. "By detaching an overlay unit, I can return monsters on the field up to the number of Pendulum monsters I control. I control three, so I will choose Lance's Odd-Eyes, and I just target Kite's dragon."
"That's a mistake on your part." Kite declared. "I activate Xyz Reflect. When you target an Xyz monster I control with an effect, I can negate that effect and destroy the monster. On top of that, you are dealt 800 life points."
Lance: 1100
Yusaku: 2500
Kite: 4000
Yuji: 2500
Reiji: 1700
"I was hoping you had something like that." Reiji stated. "Even though my Synchro and Fusion return to the extra deck, D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon(SC: 1) gets placed in one of my pendulum zones. A better outcome than losing all three of my monsters."
"You guys forget. Even though Executor will be returned, Ordered remains on the field since, at the time, Executor was protecting him." Yuji declared.
Lance's Field
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
Odd-Eyes Whirlwind Dragon
1 set card
Yusaku's Field
N/A
Kite
1 set card
Yuji's Field
Ordered Light Ritual Dragon
1 set card
Reiji's Field
D/D/D Super Doom King Dark Armageddon(SC: 1)
"I'm not finished." Reiji declared. "The last card in my hand is D/D Savant Schrödinger(SC: 8) and I'm finally setting pendulum scale with him." A metal head on a floating gear appeared in a pillar alongside Dark Armageddon.
"From here on out, I can Pendulum summon monsters from 2-7; however, I have no cards in my hand or extra deck. That said, Dark Armageddon has his own effect when paired with a D/D monster.
So long as I don't summon Dark Armageddon, I can special summon a D/D/D Xyz monster from my extra deck. So, I special summon D/D/D Wave King Caesar(R 4/O 0/2400/1200)." A bulky, purple armored fiend appeared.
"Now, I can overlay King Caesar to Xyz summon D/D/D Marksman King Tell(R 5/O 1/2300/2000)." A fiend with green hair, red shirt, and dark pants appeared. "I will attack Yusaku."
"As far as I know, this Yusaku isn't against me, so he will survive." Lance declared. "I activate Drowning Mirror Force which shuffles all ATK mode monster my opponent controls into their decks." He looked at Yuji. "Since your dragon isn't protect any more, he's gone."
Lance's Field
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
Odd-Eyes Whirlwind Dragon
1 set card
Yusaku's Field
N/A
Kite
1 set card
Yuji's Field
1 set card
Reiji's Field
N/A
"You protected my life points." Yusaku looked at Lance. "Thank you."
Lance said, "As I said, you aren't my concern in this duel, and I know I'm not a concern to you. That's why it's better you stick around as opposed to being defeated."
"I must end my turn." Reiji stated.
"Now, I shall activate the last card in my hand." Kite declared. "Rank-Up-Magic Dragon's Rebirth. With this spell, I can target an Xyz Dragon in my grave, special summon it, and then overlay them into a dragon 1 rank higher.
Thanks to Lance returning my monsters, any overlay units they had went to my grave meaning I can bring Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon(R 8/O 0/3000/2500) back to my field. Then, I can rebuild the overlay network to Xyz summon Neo Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon(R 9/O 1/4500/3000)." A larger, more colorful Cipher Dragon appeared.
Astral said, "That dragon is far more powerful that anything Kite has summoned up to this point." He looked at Lance who coughed up more blood and fell to one knee. "Lance!"
The other duelists looked at him with Yusaku being the most concerned since Lance didn't seem all that bad, and he had defended him. "Hey, are you okay?"
Lance was panting and sweating as his skin started to pale. "I'll be fine." He drew. "It's my move, and with it I'll summon this deck's ultimate monster. All I must do is banish a Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum Dragon from my field or grave.
So, I banish Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Absolute Dragon, the Synchro I sent by Supreme Draw's effect Odd-Eyes Meteor Burst Dragon, and Odd-Eyes Whirlwind Dragon. With these monsters, I Fusion summon Odd-Eyes Supreme Dragon(LV 12/4000/4000)!"
A huge black dragon with purple trim, white wings, and green claws appeared.
"Odd-Eyes Supreme Dragon." Reiji stated shocked.
Reiji was looked at a monster the size of Supreme King Z-arc; however, size was where they differed as this dragon looked vastly different from the dragon the Lancers of an alternate time and dimension had to face.
"When this monster is Special summoned, he destroys every card you guys control." Kite's dragon and Yuji's face down were gone. "For every card destroyed, he gains one extra attack."
3 attacks." Yuji stated before looking at the dragon in shock. "No way."
"Where did Lance get this Dragon?" Reiji thought.
Kite looked at the dragon "Lance is a stronger duelist than I thought."
"Supreme Dragon attack Kite, Reiji, and Yuji wiping out their life points!" Lance declared.
Supreme Dragon fired off a breath attack at the three targets.
Lance: 1100
Yusaku: 2500
Kite: 0
Yuji: 0
Reiji: 1700
Yusaku and Lance were prepared to call this a draw until the dust cleared revealing Reji was still standing. Not only that, but D/D Savant Schrödinger(LV 6/600/2400) was kneeling before him.
"How did you survive?" Yusaku asked.
"My Schrodinger's Pendulum effect." Reiji explained. "During either player's turn, if a monster attacks, I can make the battle damage 0 and special summon this monster."
Lance collapsed to his stomach shaking uncontrollably. He was pale as a ghost, his whole body ached, and blood continued to trickle from the sides of his mouth. Yusaku looked at this sympathetically before staring firmly at Reiji and stepping in front of Lance.
Before he could speak, Lance propped himself up. "I set one card."
"You may have survived that last attack, but this is where it ends." Yusaku stated. "I'm officially stepping in on Lance's side." He reconfigured the duel disc before drawing. "Now, Cynet Backdoor's effect activates.
Since it's my next Stand-By Phase, Cyberse Magician(LV 7/2500/2000) returns to the field and can attack you directly this turn."
Lance coughed. "I activate my face down True Negation. This continuous trap has two effects, and only one can be activated each turn. Just so you can't pull anything, I'll choose to negate your monster's effect, Reiji."
Reiji was shocked. "My Savant can't reduce the damage to 0. I've lost."
Yusaku gave a small smile at that. "Thanks for that Lance. Now go Cyberse Magician. Bypass that D/D monster and attack Reiji directly."
(Lance 1100 & Yusaku 2500/Reiji 0)
Winners: Lance & Yusaku
The sphere around the duelist shattered with Yuji, Reiji, and Kite falling to the ground. Not unconscious, but certainly feeling the pain of that duel.
Parking Lot: North Side…
Trey's crest finally shattered the sphere around Kari and him.
"We need to get to Lance." Kari stated.
She bolted for the arena while Trey, who was panting as destroying that sphere had not been easy, ran after her.
Parking Lot: South Side…
A portal opened with Yusei and the Crimson Dragon emerging. The Signer stopped his bike and stared at a seemingly unassuming arena.
"Where are we?" He looked up at Crimson Dragon. "Why have you brought me here?"
The dragon roared and sored into the sky before turning into crimson particles which rained down on the parking lot. Yusei got an image of Lance, learned his name, and now knew he was in there.
"So, you brought me here because like Jaden and Yuhi, he's central to whatever's happening back home." Yusei gunned his duel runner and rode towards the arena. "Alright, I'll help him."