Chapter 4: Dancing at the Moonlight
(Nate's Dorm/Academia/Fusion Dimension)
That whole duel marathon left poor Nate Adams and the rest of the new generation of soldiers lying unconscious and tired. At this point with just summoning a Kuriboh, their bodies could shatter like glass… They were all lying on their beds of their respective dorms in hopes of recovering from their tense muscles.
"*Huff…* Please… *Puff…* No more duels for today!" Nate heavily panted after so many whiplashes and monster attacks he received during his training.
"Aw, don't be such a drama queen Nyate. Just summon Re-Q-Perate and you're good to go." Jibanyan told the teenager while lying on the carpet and eating chocobars.
"You know what Jibanyan? Maybe you're right. If only I could reach my Medallium, oh wait! I CAN'T!" Nate reminded his cat about his broken body.
"Oh Nate… No one said being a Pro duelist would be a Spring Breeze." Whisper told his master while giving him a massage on his back to make him feel better.
"You don't say Whisper…" But the boy was still thinking about something ever since he was admitted to the Academia. "Hey Whisper, can I tell you something?"
"That's odd… I was about to ask you the same thing. But go on Nate."
The brunette boy took a deep breath. "On my Duel against Dr. Crowler, I came face to face with a spark of light with a female voice."
"Are you sure it isn't a Yo-Kai? Its has always been a Yo-Kai." Whisper reminded him about all those times.
"Who knows? The point is that it told me that I was one of the essential pieces that shall save the world from a catastrophe. And this scares me…" Nate told his butler while remebering the horrors of Soranaki he had to face.
"Well, the world we live in truly is strange and wild Nate. But speaking of strange, I am somehow concerned about 2 things. First it's that Yuri you faced yesterday." Whisper told him about the Preplant duelist.
Only with that word alone touched one of the boy's nerves. He still remembers that Yuri almost killed him with his Starve Venom. But it if wasn't for Whisper, he would be transformed into Fuu2.
"Ehh… Sorry for telling you that. The point is, I sense 2 sinister auras around him. One felt familiar while the other felt like if it was a buried evil or something." Whisper wondered about if those auras would be a problem in the future. "The other thing I wanted to tell you is that somehow, when you dueled against Blair, you became let's say, not how you usually act. You were acting more sadistic and more evil… Could it be the work of a Yo-Kai?"
"I don't think so… If it was, then I would already notice. Its just that, I don't know, I felt an adrenaline rush. I somehow felt a satisfaction of seeing my opponent's faces of fear and terror." Nate didn't want to become a sadistic monster, but his impulses were bringing the worst out of him. "I better sleep for now. So good night Whisper. By the way, would you turn off the lights for me?" Nate asked his butler since his body was so stiff because of Sander's exaggerated training.
Whisper went to turn off the light before the 2 would take a visit to dreamland.
(?)
Nate was walking on a bright utopic city. It felt warm, pleasant and safe. Maybe it could be his interpretation of Leo's vision. But still, he could felt someone malignant behind his back.
He looked back and it resulted to be none other than Yuri.
The Yo-Kai duelist was trembling by just seeing the fragment. He wanted to scream, he wanted to panic, he wanted to flee, but he couldn't do anything of the following since he felt a darkness trapping him who didn't allowed him to do anything.
Yuri then started to laugh before splitting into 4 shadowy figures with the same face, but with different colors. One red, one black, one white and the other purple. The figures then merged into a gigantic sinister creature that looked like a dragon and started to destroy the place where Nate was standing setting the entire place on fire.
There was people screaming and dying everywhere. Nate could feel that it's the end of the world
The teen wanted to escape, but he was soon caught by one of the monster's flames forcing him to wake up from his nightmare.
(Nate's Dorm/Academia/Fusion Dimention)
"GAAAAAHH!" Nate yelped after waking up from his bed. "What a nightmare…" He sighted while now feeling refreshed of energy.
"I see you're finally awake Mr. Adams." Jaden, who was on his room, told him.
"KYAAAHH! S-supreme King!?" Nate went quickly to bow before Yuki.
"It's the professor… He wants to talk with you at the Obelisk's planetarium." Jaden informed Nate.
"H-hey! Don't you know what privacy is? You could at least have knocked the door?" Nate frowned at Jaden suddenly invading his room.
"Are you questioning my authority…?" Jaden asked with that cold tone to the teenager making him shake in fear.
"N-no Supreme King…" Nate yelped.
The Supreme King then sighted. "I shall escort you so I'll give you time to prepare yourself." The supreme commander of the Academia advised the Slifer before leaving the room and shutting the door.
"Well, that escalated quickly Nate. First your reputation went downhill and now the top dog of the school wants to have a private talk with you alone." Whisper told his master while giving him his Duel Disk and clothes.
"Yeah, maybe for a scolding of epic proportions. Don't get your hopes high Whisper, I don't think that he's about to graduate me instantly or something." Nate grunted while changing himself, but then Jibanyan appeared with a package.
"Hey Nyate, look what they sent nyou! Hiddabat gave it to m so I can give it to nyou, but she told me that it was from someone elese. Maybe from that secret admirer of yours." Jibanyan teased his friend while handing over the package to Nate as he opened it revealing to be more Duel Monster cards for his Deck.
"Remember Nate!" Whisper reminded his master about the first rule of opening new cards. They both smelled the new cards before looking. They were mostly more Fusion monsters for his Extra Deck and some main monster cards, Traps and Spells. He then rearranged his Deck to include the new cards and went where the Supreme King was.
On their way to their destination, they came across a good bunch of students who wanted to make fun of Nate like saying "Hey, it's the dumbass who challenged Yuri." Or "I bet his lifestyle is worse than his dueling", but thanks to Jaden's presence, the fear that he causes on the other students shut their for good before they could spit another insult to the boy.
(Obelisk's Planetarium/Academia/Fusion Dimension)
They finally arrived at the Obelisk Planetarium consisting of a giant dome covered in stars with its constellation and all the planets from the solar system with the Sun taking the center. If there was one way to describe this, it could be beautiful.
"I'm glad you could make it Nate Adams. I wanted to have a meeting with you." The Professor told the Yo-Kai duelist as he finished looking at the planets. One of his most precious memories on the original dimension was when he took Ray into a planetarium and loved it, well and sometimes also Zarc before the tragedy. Ever since he took over the Academia, he always visits this place occasionally.
"Professor, I brought you Nate Adams as you ordered me." Jaden informed Leo, even if it was obvious.
"Good Job Supreme King. Now if you excuse us, I ask you to leave." Leo ordered the supreme commander of the Academia.
"As you wish Professor." Jaden replied before leaving and closing the door.
"Alright I know Professor… I suck and all, just let this be quick." Nate sighted thinking that he's about to get punished or something like that.
"To the contrary Nate Adams, I wanted to talk about something you know." The Professor replied while giving Nate a tour through the planetarium. "You see Nate, you possess a great power few are privileged to have. The Yo-Kai Watch can be used for so many things and yet you haven't figure it out."
"Wait, you know about Yo-Kai!?" Nate gasped at Leo knowing the existence of his supernatural friends.
"Precisely. I have read books all about the Yo-Kai, they say they are the cause of everyday troubles and even historical events. And one of the main artifacts that can help someone see them and even summon them is that wrist-watch of yours." Leo pointed at Nate's Yo-Kai Watch that he had on his right wrist since the usual left one is being occupied by his Duel Disk, so he had to move his Yo-Kai Watch Elder to his other wrist.
"So what you're saying is…?" Nate theorized that…
"Yes. Can you lend me your Yo-Kai Watch? I want to know if I can see those specters. Don't worry, I shall return it to you once I'm done." Leo asked him.
Nate didn't know what to do. After all, it's someone who wants to know about the Yo-Kai. But still, the Yo-Kai Watch is like a personal treasure for him, it represents all the happy memories he has with his Yo-Kai friends. But there was no time for thinking of that.
"Professor! This is urgent!" One of the Academia staff who was dedicated into the surveillance of the school entered the room, even if Jaden closed it.
"What is it?"
"I-It's Serena Proffessor! She left her room again!" The agent stammered.
Leo after hearing this was full of anger and worry. He couldn't let one of her daughter's fragments escape and get away, or worse, she could injure herself. "Order the others to shut all possible exits from the Academia, get Yuri and Jaden into searching her on every dorm! Don't stop searching until you find her!"
"Y-yes professor!" The juvenile officer salute before leaving.
"Nate, whatever you do, do NOT leave the planetarium until I return! If you find another individual here, then communicate to me with your Duel Disk. Understand?" The professor tasked the Yo-Kai Duelist.
"Y-yes P-professor!" Nate stammered while saluting.
The Professor then left the planetarium leaving him, Whisper and Jibanyan alone.
But behind one of the exhibitions, 2 individuals were watching the trio.
"See Barret? That's the guy I want to duel. I'm sure he has the answers I'm looking for." A girl with a blue ponytail and a yellow ribbon told a burly man with an eyepatch.
"Are you sure Miss Serena? The Professor hates when you leave your room. But then again, I understand that you want to prove him that you're a worthy soldier." The burly man responded a bit worried.
"Don´t worry Barrett, i'll be back at my room in 1 hour. And now…" Serena then proceed to sneak behind Nate and ram into the boy and deactivating his communicating mode from his Duel Disk.
"Alright new kid! You, me, we Duel Now!" Serena ordered Nate while still restraining him.
"W-What!? You can't just assault people and then challenge them on a duel! That's rude!" Nate tried to put some reason into the counterpart's mind, but it was useless.
"No time for correcting me! I want to Duel you since I see that you Deck resembles those strange creatures I frequently see!" Serena told him while still restraining Nate.
This brought Nate's attention. "What kind of creatures?" He asked nervously.
Serena then pointed to Whisper and Jibanyan.
"Wait what!?" Whisped gasped knowing that Serena can see them.
"I can't believe it… You… can see Yo-Kai?" Nate still couldn't believe it. Serena has the power to see Yo-Kai without using a Yo-Kai Watch.
"W-what? T-that's how they're called?" Serena got surprised on hearing that.
"Huh? You didn't know?" The brunette asked.
"No, i-I though there were Duel Monster Spirits!" She replied a bit nervously.
That response made the trio bothered about what Serena referred to. Yo-Kai are nothing like Duel Spirits, except that they're like ghosts, they have a will of their own and only a few selected can see them. Who am I kidding? They're almost the same thing!
"Hey! Are you listening!?" Serena tried to return Nate and co. to its senses, but he just went away from her before his way got blocked by Barret.
"Where do you think you're doing?" Barret looked down menacingly where the Brunette was.
"Kyah! Where the hell did you appear from!?" Nate yelped as he fell from the scare Barret caused him.
"I forgot to introduce myself. I am Barret and I'm Miss Serena's bodyguard and guardian." Barret introduced himself with a a reverence.
"Yeah, and it shows…" Nate sighted irritated.
"Excuse us for our rudeness, but Miss Serena wants to Duel you. Your session of Duel Marathon caught her interest. She told me that you're becoming Leo's new favorite new student and she wants to duel you to prove that she's superior to you." Barret told Nate about the reason of Serena's urge of duel.
"I'm sorry, but what do I get from this duel?" Nate asked with a boring tone. "Yeah sure, you de-activated my communicator from my Duel Disk, but still I can just deny your duel request until the Professor arrives here."
Serena wanted to punch him in the face, but she didn't want to knock him up. Not yet. "Besides that, i-I want to know more about those Yo-Kai and why I'm the only one that can I see them!?" Serena bellowed in hopes of convincing Nate into accepting her dueling desire.
Nate then thought it for a time. Sure, he has met his good chunk of people who can see Yo-Kai, but… "Hey Whisped, do you think I should duel her?"
"To be honest, I think it would be the best option Nate. She can see me and Jibanyan, so it will be better to duel her and know the origins of her powers. Otherwise, we will be stuck here forever. Besides, we don't want to have another Buck situation." Whisper remined his master about how his childhood friend Buck from USA referred Yo-Kai as aliens. "By the way, where's Jibanyan?" Whisper asked looking for the feline friend.
"Nyahhh… Yes… Pat me meowre…" Jibanyan purred as he was being petted by Serena.
"Jibanyan? Aw come on! Don't be like that, you treacherous cat!" Nate yelled at the Charming Yo-Kai, but he was charmed by Serena's petting.
"Heh… This cat is adorable." Serena muttered to herself since she always wanted to have a pet cat, but the Professor forbid her from ever leaving the Academia. The only way she ever heard from pet was from the Internet.
"Yeah come on Nyate. Just let me be on her side for this Duel! Please?" Nate begged while doing puppy eyes to the boy.
He just sighted looking at his friend's childish demeanor. "Fine Jiabanyan… Just for this once…" He responded while activating his blade duel disk.
"But wait, wouldn't the Duel destroy most of the planetarium?" Whisper asked worried about the collateral damage they would cause.
"Don't worry, the Academia has a Duel mode on every part. You'll be surprise by the number of arenas this place has." Serena responded while Barret went to a control panel to activate the Duel mode of the planetarium causing it to shift to a more fit state for dueling and the stars started to bright before he could find a place to watch the Duel.
"Wow… It's… Beautiful…" Nate got marveled by the stars beauty, but latter got that out of his mind to begin the Duel.
DUEL!
Nate Adams: 4000 LP Vs Serena: 4000 LP
"I'll start my turn!" Serena declared before looking at her hand. "I Summon Lunalight Emerald Bird!" Serena summoned an emerald green female monster with feathers on her arms.
(DARK/Beast-Warrior/LV: 4/ATK: 1200/DEF: 1000)
"And now I activate her effect! When she's Summoned, I can send 1 Lunalight card from my hand to the Grave, and If I do, I can draw a card!" Serena then sent one of her Lunalight monsters to her Grave before drawing a card. "And since Lunalight Yellow Marten has been sent to my graveyard by a Lunalight effect, her effect activates! I can add 1 Lunalight Spell or Trap from my Deck to my hand!" She declared while adding her Lunalight Reincarnation Dance to her hand.
"Geez! How many pluses are you going for?" Nate gasped seeing that Serena has already added 2 cards to her hand.
"You're surprised? That's because I'm one of Academia's strongest duelists! And I'll show you by playing this! Polymerization!" Serena announced her next move as the Fusion vortex appeared behind her. ""Blue cat that prowls through the darkness! Majestic fox covered in beautiful red! Spiral into the moon's gravity and become a new power! Fusion Summon!" Serena then put her hands together as she sent Lunalight Blue Cat and Lunalight Crimson Fox to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials. "Come to me! Beautiful beast that dances in the moonlight! Moonlight Cat Dancer!" Serena summoned her Ace monster consisting of a Purple-skinned dancer wearing a mask.
(DARK/Beast-Warrior/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000)
"Nyahh… She's so pretty… So, Beautiful!" Jibanyan gave a nosebleed due to falling in love with Cat Dancer.
"What do you think? Fusion Summon on the first turn." Serena felt proud of herself for doing a Fusion on her first turn.
"Yeah, to be honest, it isn't really surprising to me. I've seen pro duelists Fusion Summon like more than 2 times on their first turn on Yo-Tube." Nate sighted while not being amused.
"Don't listen to Nyate Serena! Nyou did a Good gob!" Jibanyan tried to cheer the fragment of Ray to make her feel better.
Serena didn't knew what to say, but she felt happy knowing that someone outside of Barret acknowledges her Dueling skills.
"I'll set a card face-down and end my turn." Serena placed a card on her Spell/Trap zone while passing the turn to Nate.
"My turn, draw!" Nate drew his card before looking at his hand.
Nate's Hand: 6
Nate passed a lot of time looking at his cards and his Duel Disk, leaving Serena confused and desperate on the boy making a move.
"What is the matter? Did the cat bite your tounge?" Serena teased Nate, but he didn't mind being insulted in the face.
"Hey, don't you see I was reading your card's effects?" Nate explained why he took so long. "What I get is that Lunalight Cat Dance can't be destroyed by battle. So I guess I'll have to find a way to play around that. And now I summon Spenp the Slippery Yo-Kai!" Nate the summoned the green capitalist clam Yo-Kai in attack position.
"Haha! Yo! So who's ready to spend sum of that moola?" The Yo-Kai rejoiced while throwing his coin in the air.
(WATER/Zombie/LV: 4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 200)
"And now I activate Spenp's effect! Once per turn, by discarding a Yo-Kai monster from my hand, I get to draw 1 card!" Nate then discarded Jibanyan while Spenp launched his coin in the air as it transformed into a card allowing the brunette boy to draw a card.
"Yo girl, that's the power of capitalism for ya'." Spenp told Serena.
"What the Nyan!? You nyoust dicard me as if I'm worthless Nyate! I thought we were friends!" Jibanyan flailed his arm in anger after looking at his friend's action.
"Geez! Calm down Jibanyan. It's just a card." Nate tried to turn Jibs fumes down, even if most of the time when he obtains stronger Yo-Kai he just discards Jibanyan from the team. "Whatever! I now activate Polymerization from my hand!" He then called forth the fusion vortex and used Buhu and Venoct as materials. "Avian of Despair! Fuse with the guardian spirit of the weak to give birth to a Mythical Legend! Fusion Summon!" Nate started his chant as 9 small fires were created on a cycle to then call upon a fire cyclone. "Now come here and serve me, Dandy of the 9 tails!"
"Kyubi the Mysterious Yo-Kai! Nice to meet ya!" The Fox Yo-Kai introduced himself as seductively as possible.
(FIRE/Zombie/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 3500/0)
"What the!? 3500 Attack? Impossible!" Serena couldn't believe how much Attack the Kitsune Yo-Kai had.
"Don't worry, it doesn't have any effects, but Buhu the Eerie Yo-Kai has one, and I'll activated on this instant!" Nate pointed dramatically as possible to look cool. "If Buhu is used as a Fusion material for the Fusion Summon of a Yo-Kai monster, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Yo-Kai monster from my Graveyard! Come back, Jibanyan the Charming Yo-Kai!" Nate then summoned back his feline friend as a circle of light eveloped the cat on Serena's side.
"Wait! NYO NYO NYO NYO NYO NYO NYO NYO!" Jibanyan was trying to escape from being summoned, but all his ideas were useless.
(DARK/Zombie/LV: 4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 100)
Nate then looked at Jibanyan who was on a gloomy state keeling and with his face looking at the ground. "Geez Jibanyan. Quit making a fuzz over someone you barely met." Nate told him.
"It's easy for you to say Nyate. That Serenya girl was really nyice to be more that nyou could ever be!" The red cat was still crying over the loss of her petting machine.
"Whatever… Battle! Go Kyubi, attack Cat Dancer!" Nate ordered the kitsune as he prepared his Soultimate by making a fire orb between his hands.
"You know that my passion burns as much as my fire! Inferno!" Kyubi then incinerated the Lunalight Fusion as she screamed.
"You know that Cat Dancer doesn't get destroyed by battle, right?" Serena wanted to remind Nate about her effect while Cat Dancer resisted the flames.
"But you still take the damage!" Nate shouted as some flames hit Serena.
Serena's LP: 1100
"Miss Serena!" Barret shouted as he watched in horror watching Serena Taking an absurd amount of damage.
"Gyaah! Don't be such a mewonie Nyate!" Jibanyan bellowed at the Yo-Kai Duelist's face. But this angered Serena!
"Hey! I can take this you red furball!" Serena angrily shouted at the cat.
"Nya? B-but I was just worried about nyou! Why are nyou rejecting my word?" Jobanyan asked worried some.
"I don't need help! That's all!" Serena replied while frowning and crossing her arms.
"In that case, I'll set a card and end my turn." Nate told her while stil looking worried about Serena.
"So then I'll draw." Serena started her turn and drew her card. "I'll show them that I'm able to hold my own and win this duel without no one's support!" She though to herself remembering all those times the Professor and the rest of the Academia staff always do everything for her.
Serena's Hand: 2
"I'll start by Summoning Lunalight White Rabbit!" Serena slid her card summoning a female figure with a rabbid hood.
(DARK/Beart-Warrior/LV: 2/ATK: 800/Def: 800)
"White Rabbit's Effect! When it's Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 Lunalight monster from my graveyard! And I summon Lunalight Crimson Fox!" Serena revived her monster consisting of a female figure with a red hair and tail, fox ears and a mask.
(DARK/Beast-Warrior/LV: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 600)
"Furthermore, I activate Lunalight Cat Dancer's effect! By Tributing another Lunalight monster I control, this turn, your monsters are not destroyed by the first attack. But This lets my cat dancer attack all of your monsters once each!" Serena declared while tributing Crimson Fox giving her monster the boost.
"And now I activate one of White Rabbit's Second effect! I can return Spell or Traps depending on the number of Lunalight monsters I control! Mochi Blast!" Serena shouted while White Rabbit summoned Mochi from her mallet and threw it into Nate's backrow.
"That's one of Serena's special combos. She always tries to Fusion Summon Cat Dancer on her first turn to later play White Rabbit to summon Crimson Fox from her Graveyard. If she manages to send Crimson Fox back to the Grave by a card effect, Her effect will activate causing one of her opponent's monster's attack become 0 until the End Phase. And once Cat Dancer tributes one of Serena's White Rabbit, her effect activates. Maybe this turn, her opponent monsters cannot be destroyed once during the Battle Phase, but this is more of a plus for Miss Serena rather than a minus. She can use the monster targeted by Crimson Fox as a gate to attack the opponent's Life Points directly. And since the tribute effect also lets Cat Dancer attack all of her opponent's monsters twice each, not to mention that it burns them for 100 Life Poins every time she decares an attack, it will be enough to win the Duel. Miss Serena is really underpreciated, but she's a master at Dueling and never shows mercy. And even if she doesn't activates Crimson Fox's effect, she could still be a force to be reckon with." Barret though while Smirking.
"As Hell I would let you!" Nate responded while flipping his face-down trap. "I activate the Trap Yo-Kai Space Dance!"
As Nate activated the Trap, his Yo-Kai monsters started to dance while a lunar platform appeared under their feet.
"By sending one Zombie monster from my Deck to my Grave, all Yo-Kai monsters I controls are banished until the End Phase!" Nate exclaimed as he sent a Zombie to the grave from his Deck while the lunar space became a mini-moon carrying the Yo-Kais with it to a high place.
"Are you an idiot? You let yourself exposed for a direct attack!" Serena pointed out about Adam's flaw.
"To the contrary, I actually protected myself. Since I sent a Yo-Kai monster to the Graveyard by this effect, I don't take battle or effect damage! And the card that I sent was Pallysol the Heartful Yo-Kai!" When Nate finished his explanation, Pallysoul appeared I front of him and opened to protect him. "And since Pallysoul has been sent to my grave by a card effect, I can add 1 Polymerization from my Deck!" Nate then added 1 Polymerization to his hand while Serena clicked her tongue.
"Damn… Miss Serena's combo got disrupted." Serena's bodyguard cursed on her mind.
"Grrr… Fine then… I end my turn." Serena grunted.
"And that means that my Yo-Kai return to my field!" Nate's monsters returned from their banishment. "And that means that Jibanyan recovers his effects. And now I draw!" Adams started his turn and drew his card.
Nate's Hand: 2
"Hey Nate, I know this isn't related to the Duel, but I saw that Serena's hiding something. About how she just responded to Jibanyan and also how she's taking this duel way too seriously even if there aren't any real stakes." Whisper told Nate.
"Really Whisper? I'm sure that she will just deny our question. Believe me, that's how girls like her work." Nate whispered back, but Serena was still frustrated about what they were talking about.
"HEY! What the hell are you talking about?" Serena yelled at her opponent with a irritated tone.
"Oh, sorry. It was just that Whisper; the white ghost was telling me about your behavior lately. Is there something wrong? Are you hiding something?" Nate asked the fragment of Leo's daughter since he was concerned about what she is hiding behind that overconfidence of her.
"EEHH!?" Serena blushed like crazy after hearing this. "W-who gave you that idea? And we're on a middle of a Duel! Can't you take it seriously?"
"Why should i? There isn't anything at risk. And god! I had a Duel Marathon yesterday and I'm only doing this because if I don't I'm sure you will stalk me for the rest of the semester."
Serena didn't want to say anything. It's too personal of hers to tell anyone else. But maybe she could do an exception. "Barrett, can I tell them?"
"That depends on what you choose Miss Serena." Responded the ex-duel Soldier.
Serena then took a deep breath. After all, she and Nate are the only people that can see Yo-Kai. "Well, I want to start at the beginning. It's just that when the Professor took over the place, I was forbidden to duel or leave my room until he gave an order." Serena told them.
"What? Y-you're like a prisoner?" Gasped Nate about hearing what Serena told him.
"What!? NO! I'm sure that the Professor at least has a reason for that! But even still, he doesn't acknowledge my dueling skills and forbids me for ever going into missions!" Serena yelled out.
Nate then thought out for a moment. "Hey Serena, you told me that the Professor took over the place. Can you tell me who was the original Chancelor?"
Serena was a bit ashamed to say it. "I-it was Sheppard, or maybe the closest thing to a father figure. He told me that he found me on Duel Academy as an infant on the woods at full moon. She and Barrett took care of me. I lived most of my childhood on Academia that once was referred as Duel Academy. Sheppard was the Chancellor of Duel Academy while Leo became the Vice-Chancellor. Then the both disappeared for a while, Doctor Crowler became the Chancellor and Dr. Bonnaparte the Vice-Chancellor during an incident involving a cult called the Society of Light. Once Jaden came back from another dimension, Leo Akaba took the place of Chancellor and told us that Sheppard was sick and needed a replacement. On that day, Academia changed forever. He hired a lot of strange people like Instructor Sanders and other people, the disappearance of Barter Bathew who was a Slifer Red and the drastic mood change over Jaden. The point is, that I want to show the Professor that I can hold my own by defeating you!" She ended her explanation while pointing at Nate.
Nate was silent for a moment. To know that her opponent was restricted to not interact with others out there was hard to handle. He had to do something. "Hey Serena, can I tell you something?"
"Now what? I'm getting desperate right now and I want you to continue your turn!" Serena scuffed at the teenager.
"Would you like to be my friend?" He asked calmly and with a smile on his face.
This made the fragment take a step back. He didn't know what to say about this.
"I think what Nate's referring to is that he wants to have a secret friendship. You know, sneaking around the Academia and having a conversation, duel in secret, exchange cards and even stepping it on by you know, blooming the love." Whisper teased Nate about a possible relationship, but the Yo-Kai Duelist's response was a smack on the ghost's head.
Serena thought if for a while, until she came with her conclusion. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I have to decline your offer."
"I, see then…" Nate muttered. "Then I'll proceed with my turn." He said before putting his concentragtion into the duel. "I now activate the Spell Card Polymerization!" He declared while sliding the spell onto his Duel Disk, causing a the Fusion Vortex to appear behind him. "Red cat of the Haunted Crossroad, fuse with the Clam of Cash to give birth to a beautiful winter maiden!" Nate chanted causing Jibanyan and Spenp to be sucked inside the Vorted while the red cat was screaming In panic. "Fusion Summon! Go, Blizzaria the Charming Yo-Kai!" Nate then summoned the famous Yuuki-onna onto the field.
"Alright, fine. I'll do it." Blizzie of the Busters team told everyone while closing her pink phone.
(WATER/Zombie/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 0)
"And now here comes my effect! When I'm Summoned, I can target 1 monster you control and that target cannot attack, change its battle position, be tributed, be used as a material for a Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck and its effects are negated until I leave the field!" Blizzaria shouted while preparing an ice spell from her hands. "Nate, tell me who I should aim my effect!"
"isn't it obvious? I target Lunalight Cat Dancer!" Nate pointed at the Fusion monster, making Blizzaria cast an icy storm against the Dancer, but unfortunately for the Yo-Kai Duelist, Serena had a back-up plan…
"I don't think so! I activate my Crimson Fox's effect from my graveyard!" Serena shouted as she banished Crimson Fox from her GY. "If an effect activates that targets one of my Lunalights, I can Banish Crimson Fox to negate the attack and make the both of us gain 1000 Life Points!"
A wall of lunar energy enveloped Cat Dancer from Blizzy's effect protecting her for being frozen and giving both Duelists 1000 Life Points
Nate Adam's LP: 4000 – 5000
Serena's LP: 1100 – 2100
Barrett just smirked from a distance seeing Serena saving her monster. She always takes every Duel seriously ever since Leo took over Academia.
"Still, I can just attack you! Battle! Go Kyubi! Attack Cat Dancer again with inferno!" Nate ordered the fox Yo-Kai as he prepared his attack.
"Let's see if I can cook a cat for tonight's dinner!" Kyubi shouted while casting Inferno toward the Fusion monsters, but not causing her destruction, but it didn't stopped Serena for taking recoil damage.
Serena's LP: 2100 – 1000
"Sheesh! Don't be such a show-off Kyubi." Blizzie sighted while having her attention on her phone.
"Hehe. By the looks of your annoyance, I think I fulfilled my objective Blizzy. Maye you need to chill out." Kyubi joked on his flamboyant tone.
"That's weird. I can't believe that your monsters still are interacting with each other. Sure those Yo-Kai are some weird fellows." Serena had a confused face about the whole situation.
"Well, that's the issue. They have a will of their own, so it isn't that practical." Nate flattered a bit embarrassed while Whisper smack him with a paper fan.
"How that isn't that practical!? Do you see us as your slaves Nate!?" Whisper angrily shouted at the teenager's face about the crude comment.
"Ouch… What? No! You know how I love you all Whisper! Anyway, I end my turn." Nate told Serena while still rubbing his head for the smackdown Whisper gave him, but he got smacked again by Whisper again. "Ouch! What the hell Whisper!?"
"You just lost your opportunity to win Nate! If you just attacked White Rabbit or Emerald Bird with Kyubi or Blizzaria, you would have win the duel!" Whisper scolded his master about the massive misplay he made.
Meanwhile, Serena was on a pinch. If she does not draw the perfect card, she will lose the duel. She proceeds to close her eyes to acquire maximum concentration.
"Huh? Is Serena alright? Oh wait… Oh crap…" Nate muttered to himself.
"Huh? What's the matter Nate? You don't say that you have a phobia of women shutting her eyes off." Whisper tried to guess what was causing his master's anguish.
"You know in those Animes where the protagonists closes her eyes and the opening theme starts to play? Yup, I think I'm about how does it feels on the villain's perspective."
"Come on Miss Serena. You've faced stronger Duelists than that prick! You just need to concentrate and win." Barrett hoped that his master could win the Duel on this turn since his Duel Disc warned him that in 2 minutes, Leo will return to the Planetarium.
"It all goes to this draw. I'm sick of being looked down by the Academia staff. If I defeat Nate right here and now, I'll be sure to finally serve Academia's frontlines!" Serena thought to herself as her Bracelet started to glow. "I… DRAW!" Serena then drew her card and creating a light energy resembling a half-moon.
Serena then looked at her card and smirked in response. "Nate, I must say, you were an okay duelist, but I'm afraid I will take the win with this! I activate the Spell Card Lunalight Fusion!" Serena activated her car summoning a beautiful Moon.
"Golly! It's so pretty…" Jibanyan was hypnotized by the splendid light of the Moon.
"Nate, I hope you have at least something to counter what's coming!" Whisper advised his master, but Nate's response was a really worried poker face.
"This Fusion Card allows me to Fusion Summon a Lunalight monster from my Extra Deck by using monsters from my hand or field as Fusion materials!" Serena declared as the moon behind her was staring to shine brighter and brighter.
"So it's just a Polymerization, but with a better art and a worse effect?" Nate joke while shielding himself from the Moon's light using his right arm.
"That's why you're at Slifer Red! You're slacking off! If you control a monster that was summoned from the Extra Deck, I can also use a monster from my Deck or Extra Deck as Fusion material!" Serena shouted at Nate. "And guess what monster I'm going to use…"
"Well, crap…" Nate sighted absolutely defeated.
"The beautiful beast dancing in the moonlight! Majestic fox covered in red! Swarm in the vortex of moon's gravity and become a new power! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Elegant beast dancing in the moonlit wilderness! Moonlight Panther Dancer!" Serena summoned a stronger version of Cat Dancer consisting of a dark-skinned woman with panther ears and with her hair covering her eyes.
(DARK/Beast-Warrior/Fusion/LV: 8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2500)
"And now, I activate Crimson Fox's effect! If it was sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, I can target one of your monsters and strip away all of its Attack Points! And I choose your Kyubi!" Serena pointed at the fox Yo-Kai as his Attack points were taken away.
"Ngh… Still doesn't matter." The fox grunted while getting on one knee due to the debuff.
(Kyubi the Mysterious Yo-Kai/ ATK: 3500 – 0)
"Heh… I knew you could do it Miss Serena." Barret was finally happy knowing that Serena got this duel won.
"And now I activate Panther Dancer's effect! Just like Cat Dancer, if your monsters would be destroyed by the first time, they're not. But Panther can attack each one of them twice each!" She declared as Panther Dancer was charging up energy like a Super Saiyan.
"Oh boy… I'm so screwed…" Nate muttered while still being frozen on his place for the imminent beatdown he's about to get.
"End of the line! Battle! Panther Dancer, attack Kyubi! Full Moon Madness!" Serena ordered her Fusion to attack Nate's Fusion as she threw a barrage of giant golden blades from her shoulders, injuring the fox and the Yo-Kai duelist.
Nate's LP: 5000 – 2200
"Do it again Panther Dancer and end this duel!" Serena declared out as the Lunalight Fusion charged against the S-Rank Yo-Kai, but to the surprise of everyone, he managed to block the attack before she could end him.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Nate, Whisper and Jibanyan jumped from the surprise about how Kyubi resisted the attack.
"Don't get any bad ideas, I'm not doing this for you. You will still lose the duel." Kyubi explained as he looked at Panther Dancer. "Shall we do a dance before this duel ends?" Kyubi asked while bowing like a true gentleman.
The Lunalight Fusion blushed from Kyubi's chivalry, but she had her priorities. So in response, she just used Full Moon Madness again and slain the Kitsune.
"AHHH! YOU'RE SUCH A BITC-" Kyubi got destroyed before cursing his whole word, while Nate received the entire attack leaving him on the ground.
Nate's LP: 2200 – 0
Serena Wins
The monsters disappeared and the Yo-Kai returned to their daily lifes while Barrett turned off the dueling mode of the planetarium.
"Hmph… I won." Serena told to herself while Nate got up from the ground.
"Man… For a girl, you sure know how to duel." Nate complimented Serena about her dueling skills.
"You got a problem with girls jackass!?" That comment angered Serena that made her grab the Brunette teen by the collar of his black shirt.
"What? NO! I have nothing! P-please, don't hurt me or anything!" Nate begged for mercy, causing the fragment to release him.
"You know, if it wasn't for you also seeing those Yo-Kai, you would be hospitalized for the comment you left." Serena crossed her arms as she walked away.
"Miss Serena, we have to go! The Professor's about to get here in 30 seconds!" Barrett advised his master.
"Wait Barrett! I still have one more thing to do!" Serena told her bodyguard while approaching Nate. "Hey slacker."
"Did you changed your gears and decided to be my friend?" The brunette boy asked.
"N-no!" She replied with anger. "I-I just wanted to talk with you more often about those Yo-Kai. About how they work and why I can see them." She said while petting Jibanyan on his head.
The cat just purred in response about the good petting he got.
"But how do you plan to do so without the Professor noticing it?" Barrett asked while opening a vent since that's how he and the Ray's fragment sneak all over the institute
"I… I think I know why you want to, You're confused. You see, Yo-Kai have co-existed with humans for a long long long time even if they cannot see them. The Yo-Kai are the spirits that are mostly responsible for most of the everyday's issues and other things. If you Posses the Yo-Kai watch, the wristwatch I have on my right arm, you're able to see and summon them without any issue whatsoever. But even still, they exist other individuals capable of seeing Yo-Kai without the use of the Yo-Kai Watch. I'm surprised that you're one of those." Nate explained everything Whisper told him about the Yo-Kai on his Childhood days.
"Really? I see then. Alright then, I'll have to go back to my room back at my tower." Serena gave her goodbye to Nate as she and Barret got inside the vent. "By the way, to all you three." Serena turned her head where the trio was. "Hope we can duel again." She said before she and her bodyguard disappear like thin Air.
Nate just smiled back. He may lost the duel, but its great knowing that there's someone else that can see Yo-Kai here.
And in just in time, Leo and Jaden came back to the planetarium.
"Nate, I'm glad you followed my order Mr. Adams." Leo told Nate for being a good boy.
"Yeah, yeah. So any news?" Nate asked sarcastically while putting his arms behind his back.
"We still haven't found Serena. By any means have you found a Slifer girl with a ponytail and with a yellow ribbon?" The Supreme King asked.
"Eh-eh-eh-eh!" The menacing yellow eyes of Jaden were making Nate mumble in fear. He tried his best to not say the truth.
"ANSWER ME!" The Supreme Commander grabbed the brunette boy by the collar, but then Leo put his hand on Janden's shoulder.
"Let the boy go Jaden. They inform me that Serena is back at her room." Leo ordered his second in command since Nate is really valuable to him.
The 2nd best duelist of the Academia had not other choice rather than obey the Professor. "As you wish Professor…" He then released Adams from his hands while the Yo-Kai Duelist tried to remain his balance.
"W-w-welll now if you excuse me, I'll go back to my room. Waiting here all day suuuure made me tired." Nate told the 2 nervously while he and his 2 Yo-Kai friends exit the planetarium in hopes of getting away from the Supreme King as fast as possible.
"Do you want me to stop them from getting away Professor?" Jaden waited for Leo's order as he prepared himself to summon Yubel.
"Not now Jaden." Leo stopped him. "Even if we could catch him, we don't have enough time to analyze his Yo-Kai Watch due to our time being spent by searching for my daughter's fragment." He told him since he and Jaden are the only people who know about Ray Akaba and Zarc. "Besides, tomorrow shall be the day I can finally initiate the first step of my ambitions…"
Whisper's Duelpedia's New Entries:
Spenp the Slippery Yo-Kai
(WATER/Zombie/LV: 4/ATK: 1300/DEF: 200)
Effect: You can discard 1 "Yo-Kai" monster from your hand; Draw 1 card. You can only use the effect of "Spenp the Slippery Yo-Kai" once per turn.
Buhu the Eerie Yo-Kai
(DARK/Zombie/LV: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 200)
Effect: If this card is used as a material for the Fusion Summon of a "Yo-Kai" monster: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Yo-Kai" monster from your GY, but its has its effects negated. You can only use the effect of "Buhu the Eerie Yo-Kai" once per turn.
Kyubi the Mysterious Yo-Kai
(FIRE/Zombie/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 3500/DEF: 0)
2 Zombie monsters
Blizzaria the Charming Yo-Kai
(WATER/Zombie/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2400/DEF: 0)
1 "Charming Yo-Kai" monster + 1 Zombie monster
Effect: Target 1 face-up monster on the field; It cannot attack, change its battle position, be tributed, be used as a material for the Summon from an Extra Deck monster and its effects are negated until this card leaves the field.
Yo-Kai Space Dance
(Normal Trap)
Send 1 Zombie monster from you Deck to your GY; Banish all "Yo-Kai" monsters you control until the End Phase, but if the monster sent to the GY was a "Yo-Kai" monster, you don't take any type of damage this turn. You can only activate 1 "Yo-Kai Space Dance" per turn.
Next Time on Yo-Kai Watch Arc-V:
Well Whisper, today's the big day. The day we shall finally be one step closer to accomplish the Professor's ambitions. You know, I'm a bit nervous, but with the efficient and painful training Sander gave us, I'm sure we shall succeed! Well, I'm out!
Wait Nate! Don't go! I-it's about Leo Akaba! He has tricked you and the entire Academia! Please believe me Nate! Nate? NAAAAAAAAAATE!
C-chapter 5: Tearing Heartland Apart! Better not miss it cuz' things are about to take a dark turn for the worst!
