Chapter 5: Tearing Heartland Apart

(Heartland City/Main Plaza/XYZ Dimension)

Heartland. A megalopolis filled with light, love, smiles and fun. Founded by Kaito Tenjo's Father Dr. Faker where duelist can have fun and smile without any limits whatsoever.

Just like the other Dimension, the place is the home of one of Zarc and Ray's counterpart respectively. The counterpart of Zarc was a boy named Yuto. He had a purple and black hair and had an identical face as Yuri. Though, rather than being a sadistic and blood thirsty being, he was gentle, short-fused and stubborn. But even still, he had a heart of gold.

Ray's counterpart was Ruri Kurosaki. Adopted Sister of Yuto's best friend Shun Kurosaki. She was kind, a bit shy but still brave when the situation needs her to be.

Both were in deep love and tomorrow wasn't only going to be this year's Duel Carnival, but also their anniversary of their first date. Yuto contacted Kaito to tell his father to prepare a show once the carnival is over. It would be a gift Ruri she will never forget.

"Hey Yuto! Over here!" It was Anna Kozuki alongside her brother Allen Kozuki.

"Hi Anna! Hi Allen!" Ruri waved the 2 brothers as they were running toward them.

"Hey! Don't forget about me!" Orbital-7, Kaito's robot companion was full steam ahead in attempt to reach the Phantom Knight duelist.

"7? What is it? And why isn't Kaito with you?" Yuto asked the robot.

"Oh! Bout' the boss, he-he's still with Faker and Hart helping with the preparations of the World Duel Carnival." Orbital-7 explained his Boss' absence. "And speaking of absence, where's your brother Ms. Kurosaki?"

"Oh right, he's practicing his dueling skills with Shark so the both of them can prepare for the festival tomorrow." She replied.

"Ha! Once the Duel Carnival starts, I'm gonna gather so many heart pieces and get that wish! I'm gonna wish for my own railway company!" Allen was already pumped up about the Duel Carnival, but was calmed down by her big sister via smacking his head.

"UGH! Damn you Allen! Just how many times do I have to tell you to not get overhyped as crap!?" Anna scolded her little bro, but he then noticed a certain individual.

"Come on, come all boy and girls of all ages! It's showtime!" A young teenager with frizzy orange hair and well-suited was shuffling his Duel Monsters Deck on a table covered on a black blanket.

"Wait for me guys! I can't miss Dennis' today's performance!" A girl wearing glasses was approaching the crowd.

"Oi Saya! Over here!" Allen went where Sayaka was in order to meet up.

"Hi Allen! And also you to Ruri." The Duelist with glasses waved at her friends.

"Sayaka!" Ruri went where her friend was to give her a hug. "So you know that guy?"

"Yup. He's Dennis Mcfield, one of Heartland's greatest street performers. He alongside me and Allen are pupils of Yusho Sakaki." She explained about how she knows the performer.

"You mean THE Yusho Sakaki? The greatest entertainer of all Heartland? That's amazing! He's going to make a performance on the Duel Carnival's initiation ceremony!" Ruir couldn't imagine there was an apprentice of Yusho performing out on the street. "Come on Yuto! Let's see what tricks he has on his sleeve!" Ruri dragged her boyfriend by the hand.

"Waaah! W-wait Ruri!" Yuto tried to calm her girlfriend, but it was too late.

Dennis was making a trick involving guessing the cards he would draw, and he was mastering it. But his fun would immediately end once he found the counterparts between the crowd. "Wait! Those are Ray and Zarc's counterparts! Never thought I would found them among my shows. Hate to finally leave this place and it was fun, but I have my priorities. Although, I could do some final tricks for my dear crowd." Dennis thought to himself before rearranging his pile of cards. "Now everyone on the crowd, i'm really glad that you come to one of my performances! But sadly for everyone here, I'm afraid this will be my final show." He told his dear spectators while doing a bow and shedding a small tear from his eye. "But of course, like a good magician, I have saved the best for last. You there!" Dennis pointed at Yuto.

"Who, me?"

"Yes you! You know all about XYZ Summoning right?" Dennis asked the Black haired teen.

"Well, everyone in Heartland knows all about the XYZ Summon. But, why do you ask?" He was intrigued about the orange-haired's question.

"What if I told you that it exist more summoning methods than the XYZ Summon? A Summoning method that consist of merging monsters together to create an unstoppable warrior?" Mcfield told everyone while raising his hands.

"What are you talking about? That's impossible! There's no way there's such a thing!" Ruri's attention was dragged about what Dennis said.

"Oh, you think so? It's my duty as a magician to play with people's expectations so I can give them a good show!" He announced out before activating his Duel Disk. "And we shall begin this merging by playing this! I activate the Spell Card Polymerization!" Dennis activated the Fusion Card, summoning the Fusion Vortex from behind dazzling the crowd. "And if you think that's amazing! Oh boy, we're now hitting the main dish! Acrobat that freely manipulates even the pain! Merge with the Fire-devouring explosive sorcerer and become a new witch that spurs the sky! Fusion Summon!" Dennis used Damage Juggler and Flame Eater as Fusion materials in order to bring his TRUE Ace monster. "It's Showtime, Level 7! Performage Trapeze Witch!" Dennis then summoned a female green-skinned magician.

The entire crowd dazzled art the beauty of the Trapeze Witch swinging around all of Heartland alongside Trapeze Magician.

"Fusion Summon… So, beautiful…" Ruri's eyes were amazed by the Fusion Summoning swinging around causing everyone in sight to smile by the Trapezians doing their trapeze act.

"And now I need a beautiful assistant to help me with my final act." Dennis declared out setting his eyes where Ruri was. "You there young lady. Would you help me with my disappearing act?" Dennis then got on one-knee and started to beg to her to be part of his last trick.

"Hey Hey! Keep your hands off my girl!" Yuto ordered Dennis.

"Aw! Come on Yuto, you don't need to be such a meanie. I'll be fine." Ruri gave Yuto a sweet smile to convince him. After all, it was Dennis' last performance right?

"Sight… Fine." The Zarc Counterpart replied back. "But you better not hurt Ruri, or else!"

"Don't worry mister, I won't." Dennis told him. "But you and this Dimension shall…"

"So what should I do?" Ruri asked.

"It's easy… Boys!" Dennis called his monsters. Trapeze Witch was grabbing Trapeze Magician by the legs while the XYZ monsters grabs Ruri while laughting kidnapping her and Dennis hops on his monster's shoulder before disappearing.

"RURI! Y-you… YOU BASTARD!" Yuto cried out as loud as he could be. He can't believe it! A street magician just kidnapped his love of his life.

"No way… Did dennis just…" Allen and Saya were as heartbroken as Yuto.

"Take it away boys…" Dennis chuckles before snapping his fingers greenlighting Academia's invasion.

The skies were started to darken all of the sudden. There was no explanation, but everyone could feel that something was wrong. Really, really wrong…

"Hey, what is that? Is that a parade balloon?" The citizens of Heartland asked themselves as from the clouds, they could see a giant yellow draconic being enveloped by electricity. The figure revealed himself to be none other than Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder roaring into the sky and causing a gigantic thundercracks on the center on the park.

"Wait… Is that, a Duel Monster…?" Yuto stammered wby just looking at the Sacred Beast. "7, is there something on your Database about the Monster?"

"Arrh! T-that's the p-p-problem! There isn't any data about it! I-i-it could be tha-AAAAHH!" The robot got scared from a purple light bright behind him. From that light, it revealed 3 cards with the images of a man, woman and even a newborn baby screaming in fear as if it were their last days.

That's when the culprit of the cardification showed himself being the Supreme King Jaden Yuki as evidence from him raising his Duel Disk. "CARD EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM!" He cried out before thousands of Academia students from Slifer, Ra and Obelisk dorms and Obelisk Force memberos marching with Ancient Gear Soldiers on their behind as he proceed to summon Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, Raviel, Lord of Phantasm and Yubel – The Ultimate Nightmare.

"Who are those people mommy?" A young girl asked innocently before being carded. The reaction of the mother was of utter despair, she was crying a sea of tears believing that her own daughter was dead, just to latter face the same fate of being carded.

The whole crown of smile turned into faces of fear as they started to run for their lives. They were witnessing their whole lives and homes come to an end.

"N-n-no way… A-are they summoning monsters outside of a Duel?" Anna who was as scared as Yuto gasped at the ability of the Academia's Duel Disks. Both Yuto and Anna were asking the same questions on their minds. Who are those people? Why they are turning people into cards? Why are they destroying Heartland?

"S-s-sister… I don't want to die! I don't want to die!" Allen cried tears from his eyes believing that this is his end as he hugged his sister.

"G-guy! G-guys! We're being invaded! W-we're being invaded!" Orbital-7 started to malfunction due to all the fear and anxiety running through his circuits.

"Yeah, I know I know! But why would they invade us!? This doesn't made any sense! Did we did something wrong!?" Yuto cried out while he and the Kozukis were trying to run from the Ancient Gear Hounting Hounds following them.

"B-b-but if my theories a-aren't wrong, u-using various rumors a-a-and plausabe internet c-conspiracy t-theories, W-we're being attacked by people from o-other dim-mentiAAAAAH!" The android yelled from seeing that he and the others were surrounded by Ancient Gear Soldiers pointing their weapons at them.

"Hehehehe! What's the matter you 3? Can't compute your demise? How about we give you a help with that!?" One of the Slifers laughted at the Xyz citizens with full confidence that they won't have a weapon under their sleeves. Boy he was wrong.

The student and a good bunch of Ancient Gears got blasted away by Anna Kozuki's Hover cannon, creating a clean way for Yuto and the rest to escape. "What are you waiting you idiots!? We have to get the hell outta here before our asses become paper!" Anna exclaimed against Yuto and Co. before escaping from the Soldier's Rapidfire Flurry Attacks.

"RURI! RURI!" Yuto cried out his love's name in hope of reaching a signal of hope. "Ruri please! Tell me where are you! I'm begging you!" The counterpart sobbed, worried that Ruri Kurosaki would be carded or permanently injured. The more Yuto thought about it, the more the anxiety would invade him.

"Guys Guys! Let's go to the Heartland Tower! I-I'm sure Dr. Faker will create a solution for this!" Orbital-7 stated the idea to the rest. After all, Dr. Faker is the most brilliant mind in Heartland, so he has his false hopes on Kaito's dad.

"B-b-but what about Saya!?" Allen was as worried for Sayaka as Yuto is for Ruri, and this is reinforced by his stammering.

"I DON'T KNOW! DO I LOOK LIKE IF I HAVE TIME TO START A RESCUE MISSION IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERDIMENSIONAL GENOSIDE!? IF WE DON'T HURRY UP, WE MIGHT-" Orbital-7's worst thought of the outcome came true as evidence by a group of Chaos Ancient Gear Giants destroying Heartland tower with their deadly and gigantic arm canons.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Yuto roared in pure anguish of seeing Heartland's symbol be reduced to atoms. The worst part, everyone he loved were inside the tower.

But the XYZ citizens weren't the only ones suffering, but also the Academia soldiers who weren't finding any pleasure on the hunting game like Blair and Nate. Speaking of our protagonist, he was running away from all the blasts from the Ancient Gears and Sacred Beasts and the falling buildings.

"I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die I don't wanna die!" The Yo-Kai duelist was covering his head with his arms while running from the booms and crash from the battlefield. It was a blessing and a curse that he forced Whisper and Jibanyan to stay on the Academia. He thought that the citizens of the XYZ Dimension were heartless monsters who took the life from others like granted, not innocent people. He couldn't believe that the Professor was lying to them the whole time, but the rest of soldiers didn't mind that since their desire for murder and destruction were taking them over.

*Flashback*

(Nate's Room/Academia/Fusion Dimension)

"Well Whisper, here we are… the day when we shall finally set the score with the XYZ Dimension." Nate told his butler with his serious tone while being busy into choosing his trusty Yo-Kai Deck or his Brand New Ancient Gear Deck the Academia gave him. "By the way, have you seen Jibanyan?"

"Don't ask me cuz I don't know, maybe he's just oversleeping on your closet." Whisper deduced while cleaning Nate's room with a vacuum cleaner and also wearing a maid outfit.

"Alright then, I'll go to take a bath Whisper." The Yo-Kai duelist told his butler that he's going to take a warm bath before his grand battle.

"Oh Nate. You're becoming more responsible as the days go by." Whisper smiled while continuing his chores. But his tranquility would be cut short once he received a message on his Yo-Kai Pad. "huh? Sent by anonymous? I'm sure its just spam mail, that's for sure." Before the ghost could eliminate the message from his tablet, he accidentally slipped his finger on the button to open the mail. "Ah fiddles! Just hope it isn't a trojan horse!" Whisper hoped that the mail didn't had any kind of viruses inside, but to the contrary, it had a letter.

"Whisper, Yo-Kai Buttler of Nate Adams. If you're reading this, this must mean that the Academia's Invasion to the Xyz Dimension is at hand. The Academia has lied to all of you, the Xyz Dimension is not a dimension full of evil, it's a place inhabited by innocent people. Your master is about to cause genocide if you don't stop him! Want proof?"

-Anonymous

When the Yo-Kai finished from reading the message, a video containing not only the daily life of the Xyz residents, but also more videos containing the horrible things that the Professor has done. From brainwashing, letting a secret member called the Doktor do horrendous experiments on students and how the carding process is made. Apparently it isn't technology, but rather black Egyptian magic that was used to seal the souls of the people on rock-solid tablets as long as the victim is overwheled by negative emotions like fear, hatred, sandness or sadism.

"I'm back Whisper. Well I'm going to grab my de-" Before Nate could grab his Duel Disk, he was stopped by Whisper who was holding him. "Whisper? What are you doing?"

"What do you think Nate? I'm forbidding you for ever going into that mission!" Whisper replied to his master with a super-serious tone. He didn't want to see his master participate on the Academia's hunting game.

"Whisper! What the hell is going on with you! I have to go! It's a direct order from the Professor!" Nate insisted. He really wanted to know and prove his worth.

"Are you nuts!? Do you know where are you going? To a legit war! They aren't training you to become a Pro Duelist! They're training you to become a blood-thristy dueling soldier! What other reason would you think why they make you do psychical training? It all makes sense the sudden change of mood!" Whisper wanted to reason with the brunette hair.

"Whisper! I-I don't know why the sudden change of gears, but I just want to prove the world that I'm not just an average person! Everyone here says that they expect a lot of things from me and you're trying to stop me?" Nate exclaimed angrily while prodding at his white ghost.

"AVERAGE!? Haven't you realized all the feats that you have made? You saved Springdale from a Yo-Kai invasion led by Mckraken, saved time itself from Dame Dedtime, uncover the Ghoulfather's conspiracy and even end Soranaki's reign of terror! You always have been an extraordinaire person Nate!" Whisper replied while poking at Nate's chest.

"Yes, I know! The issue is… I want to do something phenomenal that doesn't involve Yo-Kai. I know that on the near future I will forget all about you and I want to be someone that everyone on the street can say "Hey look, it's Nate Adams!"" Adams bellowed at his butler while picking up his Deck and Duel Disk, ignoring Whisper's warnings.

"NATE ADAMS!" Whisper barked at his master. "If you still insist to go out there, then I won't follow you!"

There was a sudden silence on the room. Nate then prevailed silent.

"Fine… if that's the case…" Nate then took off his Yo-Kai Watch and threw it off to Whisper who managed to catch it. "I won't need the help of any Yo-Kai then…"

"Wait Nate! I'm just kidding! D-don't go without your Yo-Kai Watch! You're going to die out there!" Whisper stuttered in hopes that Nate could hear him, but it was too late.

"I don't need your help or anyone else! I can do this all by my own!" Nate narrowed at the ghost with worlds colder than the artic before leaving and shutting his door.

"Wait Nate! Don't go! NAAAAAAATEEEE!"

(Academia's Courtyard/Academia/Fusion Dimension)

All the selected students of every dorm from the Slifers to the Obelisks alongside some members of the Staff (Excepting for Crowler) were all in line and order, waiting for the Supreme King's arrival to begin the raid to the Xyz Dimension.

Meanwhile from an upper-hallway from one of the Academia's castle-like structures, Alexis and some other students were watching the other students waiting their beginning of the raid with disbelief of not being part of the mission, but it was actually a blessing in disguised.

"Anything bothering you Alexis? I thought you were going to go, not staying here with these slackers." Dr. Crowler approached the Cyber Angel Duelist.

"Dr. Crowler? Aren't you going to go?" Alexis gasped knowing that the best Ancient Gear players is going to be left behind.

"Well, I decided to not go. I couldn't let these students alone while the rest of teachers go. After all, the teacher's role is very important since our duty is to guide our students to become the best version of themselves and prepare them for the future." The teacher replied. "By the way Alexis, why didn't they choose you to go?"

The blonde girl let out a sight. "Don't know. Even if my dueling skills are comparable to a Pro Duelist, the Professor just… Forbid me to go. It just doesn't make sense!" Alexis still hasn't know the true intention of her exclusion.

Sometime later, the footsteps of the Professor's second in command could be heard announcing his arrival. Jaden Yuki got to the top of the escalators where the staff of the Academia do their announces. He then turned where the rest of the students were, ready to give his speech.

"Students of the Academia! I'm happy to announce that we are finally stepping on phase 1 of our ambition! You all have dueled well on your days here at Academia, and today your skills shall be put on the test. For those that you haven't been chosen to participate on the hunting game…" Jaden narrowed at Alexis for a brief moment before returning his attention to his troops. "You still have a chance to participate on our second wave and our future raid against the Standard Dimensions. And for those who are willing to participate on the game, you better at least card 3 individuals or there will be fatal consequences for those who fail. And now…" The Supreme King then pulled off Hamon from his Deck and raise it to the sky. "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, obey my will and show those Xyz scumbags the might of the Academia!" Jaden used his powers to give flesh to Hamon. His entrance made the skies darkened while thunderstorms were falling everywhere, making some minor collateral damage to the school's structure. And there he was, the Sacred Beast himself. The mere gaze on the legendary monster caused fear on all the students and teachers.

"GWAAAAAAAAAH!" The noised of a whale could be heard as rainbow-like waves were passing through the Academia, transporting Hamon to the Xyz Dimension.

(End of Flashback)

(Heartland City/Xyz Dimension)

He is now regretting everything. Whisper tried to protect and stop him from the disaster that was happening right now. And without his Yo-Kai Watch, he couln't do anything to escape or revert everything.

On his way to a more safe place where no member of the Academia could find him, he came across of a family of 3; a mother, a girl and a newborn baby. "S-staw away from me, y-y-you MONSTER!?" The girl barked at Nate holding a crowbar to defend herself.

This was a perfect opportunity to card them, but he didn't want to. Carding someone is equivalent of killing them, and he didn't wanted to commit murder. And much less not knowing about what they do to the carded people. But he had to, otherwise he will be severely punished.

"P-please! I-I'm sorry! y-you don't deserve this!" Nate cried tears of anxiety before closing his eyes and pressing the carding button on his Duel Disk.


Meanwhile, Yusho the dueltainer was watching the whole thing in horror. Never thought that his old friend Leo would do something despicable as this. "Dennis! Kaito! Saya! Allen! Reginald! Where are you!?" Yusho was walking as fast as he could while standing on his cane.

"Yusho! Yusho!" Sayaka was running toward the performer crying and with 3 cards on her hand.

"Sayaka?" Yusho gasped seeing the young child running and then hugging him, just to return the hug. "What are you doing alone? Where is Allen, Dennis, your family?"

"I-it's… Dennis summoned some kind of weird monster called a Fusion that kidnapped Shun's sister, and now these monsters are turning people into cards using Duel Monsters and causing real damage! What did we do to deserve this!?" Sayaka busted into a sea of sorrow tears while she hugged the dueltainer even stronger.

Yusho then took a look at the cards Sayaka had it hand, and for his dismay, it was her whole family. Her mother, father and big brother. And she mentioned Fusion… He couldn't believe that Dennis Mcfield from all people, would be a spy from the Academia. "I-I don't know Sayaka… But we still need to go on, and I will promise you that I will revert this." Yusho wiped the tears from the girl's face before hugging her. "But our priority will now be to find Allen, Kaito and the rest and evacuate the city immediately."

"B-but how so…?" the girl with glasses asked enviously.

"I don't think none of you shall escape the claws of the Professor, nor the Academia's power Mr. Sakaki…" And that's when from the clouds of the impacts of the Chaos Giants, Jaden Yuki with the 3 Sacred Beasts behind him walked menacingly. The legendary beasts growled at the entertainer while preparing their attacks, just for Jaden to raise his hand and stop them like domesticated dogs.

"Hmph… So you must be Leo Akaba's right hand right? Sure it's great being a megalomaniac's number 1 lapdog." Yusho taunted the Supreme king while Sayaka hid from the Academia duelist behind the performer.

"And you must be the infamous Yusho Sakaki, the pioneer of those real solid vision duels on your original dimension. Action Duels if I'm correct." Jaden pointed with disgust at the teacher.

"Original dimention? Academia? Leo Akaba? What is he talking about Yusho?" Saya was still trembling in fear by just seeing the Supreme King and his 3 Sacred Beasts and couldn't understand what he was referring to.

"Hmm? So, is that one of your students that Dennis told me about?" The Commander of the Academia's forces asked with intuition.

"What!? D-do you know Dennis?" Sayaka was getting pale by just hearing those words.

"Oh right, if forgot to tell you. Dennis was nothing more than a spy for the Academia waiting to see where your friend Ruri was, like an eagle waiting on her nest until the unfortunate rat passes by." Yuki explained to the girl about Dennis undercover masquerade. "And you along with this pointless world will soon cease to exist. But don't worry, we shall put your soul into good use as fuel for our Armageddon device. But then again, I doubt that your soul has any value."

"M-my soul? Dennis was evil? A-are you inplying that we're all going to die?" Sayaka was extremely confused about what Jaden was talking about that she was about to cry even more.

"Sayaka… Don't worry, it's fine…" Yusho gave the poor girl a warm hug to later narrow at the Supreme King with a cold, antagonist stare.

"Ohh, boohoo… The little girl is crying for things that don't deserve to live." Jaden mocked Sayaka's lament, but didn't show any sign of arrogance or mockery in its face. "And as for you Mr. Sakaki, it seems that your dumbs mumbo jumbo of bringing smiles with dueling has infected the minds of these brats on the Xyz dimension. How pathetic…"

"Look who's talking? A student coming from a school that teaches its students to use duels as a torture device to their opponents. And don't bring that "noble" nonsense you Academia mooks use to justify your actions, basing on your dialogue, we know that what I say its true." Yusho snarled back at the commander of the invasion.

"Huh… Didn't knew you could read the professor's and my mind Mr. Sakaki. But I think we can do the chit-chat latter…" Jaden ended the conversation while activating his Duel Disk. Rather than being a Duel Disk from the Academia, it was one shaped like a demonic shield with horns on each side and an eye on the center being used as the touch-screen, with the blade being a light-grey claw showing that he isn't your Average Academia mook.

"Sayaka, this is for your own good…" Yusho muttered before pulling a card from his Deck. "I activate the Trap, Magical Hats!" Yusho activated the iconic Duel Monster Trap, summoning 3 large Top Hats over Sayaka.

"Yusho! NO!" Sayaka cried before being covered by one of the hats. The hats then were shuffle to protect the girl.

"Huh… So Leo didn't lied, he does also have the ability to use Duel Monster cards outside Duels like you Jaden." Yubel marveled at Yusho's power.

"How marvelous. Do you have the ability to use Duel Monster cards outside duels?" Jaden asked with intrigue. He tough that he was the only person capable to do that.

"Hehehe… Let's say it's a power heritage by my family. I use this power to Entertain and help people to be relief from their woes, not to destroy and cause despair like you." Sakaki narrowed once again at the Supreme King.

"Tch… Whatever you say, you old saloon magician. It won't matter once I trap you into a card like the rest of this dimension." Jaden then snapped his fingers, telling the 3 Sacred Beasts to turn back into their card forms.

And so they did without hesitation. The 3 Legendary monsters roared one last time before carding themselves and return to their master's Deck.

"Say, have you heard of Shadow Games?" Jaden asked Yusho while shuffling his Deck.

"Huh… I heard once Leo's son told me about them. There were some kind of dark and sinister games the pharaohs from the ancient times of your Egypt used to play right?" Yusho recalled back while also shuffling his Deck.

"How out of luck are you…" Jaden told him before pulling a card with the Eye of Horus on it. "Because we're about to engage into a Shadow Game!" Jaden cried out activating the card, covering the sky on eyes of Horus and black magic. "This Shadow Game will be a game of Duel Monsters… But whenever you lose Life Points, a good amount of citizens of Heartland will be carded by my soldiers, but I lose Life Points, the pathetic resistance of your dimension will manage to defeat a good chunk of my soldiers, forcing them to retreat back into the Academia. So if your Life Points go to 0, you and every single citizen here will be carded without quarter. But I I loose, then we have no other choice but to retreat." Jaden explained the extra rules of the Shadow Game. The reason why he took a big gamble is because there's still the second wave that will come after the remaining survivors of the hunting game.

Yusho closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Fine, I'll play your Shadow Game. But I will assure you, my dueling skills are as good as my entertaining abilities."

"We shall see… LET THE SHADOW GAME BEGIN!" Jaden cried out as he prepared himself

DUEL!

Yusho Sakaki: 4000 LP vs Jaden Yuki: 4000 LP

"The adults go first if you excuse me!" Yusho declared out. The entire Xyz Dimension and the Standard to some extend are counting on him, so he MUST win this Duel. "I think that for my first act, I shall play the Spell card Starplendid Hats! But to activate it, I must first banish my entire hand." Yusho then inserted his whole hand into the banished zone of his Duel Disk to later slid a card onto his dueling device, causing 3 giant wizard hats with question mark symbols on it to appear in behind him.

"How pathetic… You can't even take seriously this Duel even if a whole dimension's fate rests in your hands. Dueltainers are such clowns." Jaden snarled at the Dueltainer due to his dueling style.

"Don't get the wrong ideas, I'm planning to win this Duel, this is just how I duel." Yusho responded with a serious tone. "Now, do you see these 3 cards in my hand?" The entertainer then revealed that he was holding 3 cards on his hand.

"Hmph… Let me guess, just like one of those cheap tricks, those hats of yours represent the 3 cards in your hand. One of them hides a monster while the others don't, and I'm sure they're either Spells or traps. If I choose the hat where the monster is hiding, its sent to the grave. Otherwise, it gets Summoned." Jaden deduced the effect of his opponent's Spell.

"Wow! That's actually correct. But here's the catch; If you pick the one with the monster, I have to banish the monsters and Spells I added to my hand by this effect face-down and I don't get my hand back. But if you choose a Spell, I not only get my hand back and the monster is Special Summoned, but also I get to keep the other Spell that wasn't chosen and the chosen one gets banished face-down." Yusho complemented. "Now, on which hat is my monster hiding?"

Jaden tried to think really hard where does that blasted monster was. Until Yubel whispered something on his ear.

"Want me to check where the monster is?" Yubel asked with a seductive voice since she's a Duel spirit, she can't be seen by other people that can't see Duel spirits.

"No Yubel. Even I have my limits." Jaden responded back to the Duel spirit. "I chose the center hat."

"So that's your final decision? Alright, let's see on which side is mother luck right now." Yusho then pointed his cane to where the center hat was, giving it the order to reveal what's inside of it. It was nothing. "Too bad. You chose my Performance Storm." Yusho laughed while recovering his hand from the banished zone.

Jaden only clicked his tongue in response. "Whatever, I will still take care of your monsters no matter how ridiculous they look!"

"Hmmm… I see that you can't wait to see my monster's big debut eh? Well, wait no more!" Yusho then brough up 2 colorful orbs that threw them into the air, causing them to explode and release a shining smoke and confetti.

Jaden shielded himself with his left arm from the upcoming smoke and dust. When he put his attention back into the duel, he noticed a big shadowy figure in front of him, holding a chain of big rings on both of his hands.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" A spotlight somehow pointed at Yusho while he raised his hand. "I'm grateful that you all came to this Duel, and now prepare yourself, because I'm going to summon my very Ace Monsters! He's the magician that soars into the skies and marvels the crowds with his Rings of wonders! Everyone give a round of applause for Performapal Sky Magician!" Yusho then cleared the mist from the environment to reveal his Ace monster in Attack Position.

(WIND/Spellcaster/LV: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

"And there he is… Yusho Sakaki's Ace monster." Jaden thought. Sure, it's just an Effect Main Deck monster, but he never, NEVER underestimates his adversaries.

"But of course, my Performapals don't like to hog all the stage, so I hope you're hungry for Pumpkin cuz' Performapal Great Squashini is making his debut!" Yusho then Normal Summoned a monster that looked like a Jack-o-lantern with a Magician robe, black top hat and even a wand that appeared from a Pumpkin patch that exploded into fireworks.

(DARK/Spellcaster/LV: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1000)

"And now, presenting Squashini's Effect!" Yusho declared, making his Pumpkin monster search for something on his hat. "When Normal or Special Summoned, I get to add either 1 Performapal monster or 1 Magician Continuous Spell to my hand!" Yusho then added a card to his arsenal while Squashini pulled out a small rabbit causing some confetti to pop off. "And for my final move, I shall play the Continuous Spell that I recently added, Magician's Book of Escapism!" Yusho made his next move, summoning a Book that had the shape of Mystical Box. "I shall now set 1 card and it's now Your Show!" Yusho passed his turn, making the spotlight shine on Jaden figuratively and literally.

"Hmph… Whatever clown, I draw!" Jaden drew his next card.

Jaden's Hand: 6

"I first start my turn by activating Evil HERO Adusted Gold's effect from my hand." Jaden showed the Evil and corrupted version of Captain Gold from his hand and proceed to send it to the graveyard. "By discarding it, I'm able to add 1 Dark Fusion or a card that specifically lists Darks Fusion on its text." Jaden then added 1 card to his hand. "And now I'll want to welcome you to my domain! I activate the Spell Card Supreme King Castle!"

When Jaden activated his card, the familiar castle of the Supreme King rose up from the ground on his back, and this caused thunderbolts to strike down for the dramatic effect.

"And now I shall Normal Summon one of my many ever-faithful servants… I Summon Evil HERO Hurricane!" Jaden then summoned a sinister version of Stratos, having a more spiky outfit and with his visor a bit broken.

(DARK/Fiend/LV: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1000)

"Hurricane, activate your effect immediately!" Jaden ordered his monster as it had feelings, and Hurricane was only nervously sweating.

Yusho was interested about how Jaden treated his monster. As if it were subordinates rather than just holograms.

"By being Normal or Special Summoned, I can get to choose one of its effects. And I choose to add Dark Fusion to my hand!" Jaden shouted out, causing a Dark Fusion on his Deck to disappear and Hurricane to bow down to his master, offering the Dark Fusion spell. "Not bad, but you were testing my patience…" Jaden told his subordinate while the monster went back to its original position. "You know what this means Yusho Sakaki, I shall now use my Spell Dark Fusion!" Yuki showed the evil Fusion Spell, causing a black and yellow vortex to appear behind him. "With this Spell, I'm able to Fusion Summon 1 Fiend monster by using monster from my hand and field as Fusion materials, and it cannot be destroyed this turn! And I'll use my Evil HERO Vulture and my Evil HERO Lady Inferno as Fusion materials! And both are treated as their normal counterparts!" Jaden then snapped his fingers, calling 2 evil versions of Burstinatrix and Avian who's outfit looks more like a vulture.

"Terror that the sky fears, I command you to fuse with Lady of the Burning Inferno to call upon a fallen HERO!" Jaden initiated his chant while Lady Inferno and Vulture flew toward the evil Fusion vortex. "FUSION SUMMON! I order you to rise from the ashes of your fame and justice! Level 6, Evil HERO Infernal Wing!" Jaden then summoned the evil and female version of Elemental HERO Flame Wingman and was ready to serve its king.

(FIRE/Fiend/Fusion/LV: 6/ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200)

"Wow! A Fusion Summon on the first turn! Not bad at all." Yusho complimented Jaden about bringing out a Fusion Summon on its first turn.

"Tch… I don't care about your compliments! I only care that you DIE! Battle!" Jaden then shifted into his Battle Phase! "Infernal Wing, squash that botanic parlor magician, OR ELSE! Inferno Blast!"

Infernal Wing then hold her hand together while cackling maliciously as she created a blue fireball and threw it against Great Squashini and the pumpkin magician was freaking out.

"Haha! As if I let you close this Pumpkin's act really soon!" Yusho chuckled before revealing his face-down Trap. "I activate the Continuous Trap Sky Illusion!"

When the Fireball flying toward the Performapal, it revealed to be an illusion of the Pumpkin wizard and it was in fact Performapal Sky Magician.

"What the!?" Jaden gasped at the monster's tag swap.

"Surprised? I can activate Sky Illusion if I control Performapal Sky Magician and another Spellcaster monster on my field. And now, my Spellcasters cannot be destroyed by battle or effects, and your monsters are forced to attack my Sky Magician!" Yusho explained the effect of his Sky Illusion while Sky Magician was preparing for its counterattack!

"You think I don't have no plans to deal with that? Guess again! I activate the effect of my Castle! If one of my Fiend monsters battles a monster, I can send 1 Evil HERO from my Deck or Extra Deck to my graveyard so my monster gains 200 Attack points for every Level the monster dumped to the grave has by this effect! Sinister Necrom, sacrifice yourself or face punishment!" From the gates of the castle, a more deviously version of Necroshade came while he exploded into a malicious aura that possessed Infernal Wing's fireball and made it much bigger.

(Infernal Wing/ATK: 2100 – 3100)

"And even if your monster cannot be destroyed by battle, you still take the damage…" The Supreme King snarled at the dueltainer while Sky Magician protected itself from the flames, but for Yusho, he could feel the hellish flames burning him due to the recoiled damage.

Yusho Sakaki LP: 4000 – 3700

"What the…? These flames… They felt so real…" Yusho couldn't believe that he actually felt pain for that attack. Did Leo upgrade the Real Solid Vision system or maybe…

"Surprised? In Shadow Games, we aren't using cheap holograms pretending to be alive, we are actually using real monsters made of bone and flesh to do our bidding… And speaking of Shadow Games…" Jaden then pointed a far place where a purple light enveloped a group of preschoolers and a female teacher from a member of the Obelisk Force, transforming the poor pre-school group and teacher into cards while the member of the Academia laughter maliciously.

"You… MONSTER! Your army just carded a bunch of innocent civilians and even children! Did Leo lost his mind!?" Yusho who looked absolutely enraged by the unholy act the Obelisk Force member did bellowed at the commander of the invasion.

"I'm sorry to burst your bubble Yusho, but that's a Shadow Game for you. A lot of things are at line here when you play one." Jaden responded.

"But… Why!? Why are you using Duel Monsters, a game that supposed to be fun and focused to make people happy to an instrument of torture and a mean to spread despair?" Yusho wanted answers from his opponent, but that caused the Teenage commander to tilt his head down, as if Sakaki touched a nerve.

"Fun? Happiness? Puh-lease. You Standard scum sure don't know the dark origins of Duel Monsters right? Duels aren't supposed to be "fun" or "entertaining", they're nothing more than an instrument of destruction and nothing more. Believe me, I also used to be a naïve duelist thinking that duel were all about to have a blast or something…" Jaden muttered while showing some sort of remorse about a paste event. "I'll… Just throw down a face-down card and end my turn here…"

"Very well, I draw!" Yusho then drew his next card, and the reaction to what he drew made him smirk.

Yusho's Hand: 4

"Say Jaden. Do you think your Academia soldiers are the ones that represent Fusion?" Yusho asked to the Supreme King with a sense of dare.

"Hmm? What do you ask? Of course, the Academia has a mastery on the Fusion Summon! And the will of the Fusion shall destroy this damn dimension until nothing remains!" Jaden cried out while pointing at the Dueltainer.

"See? That's' your issue. You Academia monsters think that Fusion belongs to only you. I don't really believe that any summoning method is downright evil." Yusho paused for a moment before glaring at Jaden with a cold glare. "The only evil people are the ones using it to cause harm…"

"And why do you say that? It's not like you can Fusion Summon or anything! Unless…" The Supreme King then thought about the worst possible outcome.

"You can bet your cards that I can also do that! From my hand, I activate the Spell Performapal Fantastic Fusion!" Yusho then used his own Fusion Spell, causing a red and yellow vortex to appear on his behind with a circus drumroll sounding on the background.

"Hmmph… So you can Fusion Summon as well don't you?" Jaden snarled at the dueltainer seeing that he also knows how to Fusion Summon.

"That's right! And I'm afraid that you can't do anything since it forbids you from activating card or effects in response to this card's activation!" Yusho explained the effect of this card while Squashini and Flip Hippo from Yusho's hand started to dance around towards the Fusion vortex. "Ladies and Gentlemen! Now watch me as I perform a Fusion Summon that shall drop your jaws completely! Magician of the Pumpkin Patch, meld yourself with the flipping out hippo and pass the spotlight to an even more amusing magician! Fusion Summon!" From the vortex, a human magician with yellow hair wearing a flashy white suit and a top hat with a poker pattern and was wielding a staff with the Smile World symbol appeared from the vortex to show himself. "Time to take on the stage, Level 7 Performapal Marvelous Summoner!"

(DARK/Spellcaster/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

"And now, I shall present you its effect! While on the field, all Perform monsters gain 300 Attack and Defense and can inflict piercing damage! Take it Summoner!" Yusho then threw a colorful soccer ball at Marvelous Summoner and the monster start to play with it until he kick it up in the sky, causing the ball to explode and release glitter and fireworks all around the Shadow Game.

(Performapal Marvelous Summoner/ATK: 2500 – 2800/DEF: 2000 – 2300)

(Performapal Sky Magician/ATK: 2500 – 2800/DEF: 2000 – 2300)

"Hmm… Summon what you like… My Infernal Wing is still stronger!" Jaden pointed out the obvois, but then Yusho started to laught.

"Hehehe! Do you know a Magician always finds ways to overcome its obstacles! And I'll show you now! I activate Marvelous Summoner's effect!" Yusho declared while Marvelous Summoner got flashed by a spotlight, causing him to use his staff and summon a mystical circle shaped like a smile. "Once per turn, I'm able to Special Summon 1 Performapal monster from my hand! So welcome to the show! Performapal Sleight Hand Magician!" Yusho then summoned a monster similar to Sky Magician who wore a jester outfit and had 3 small spheres on its hands.

(LIGHT/Spellcaster/LV: 7/ATK: 2500 – 2800/DEF: 2000 – 2300)

And now I activate Sleight hand's effect! By discarding a card, I can target 1 face-up card you control and destroy it! Disappearing act!" Yusho declared the effect's name while Sleight Hand did a magic trick with his crystal spheres, making them disappear from its hand. Then, they latter appeared surrounding Infernal Wing and they produced a deadly electrocution that caused the monster's destruction!

"NOOOOO!" Jaden cried out seeing his monster getting destroyed.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure to put that frown upside down! Sky Magician, attack Evil HERO Hurricane with Heavenly Winds!" Yusho ordered his monster to attack while Sky Magician summoned a giant gust of wind with his rings to attack Jaden Yuki.

"I don't think so! I activate my Counter Trap, Negate Attack!" Jaden then used a Trap to defend himself from the upcoming attack and end the Battle Phase.

"Oh! So you're still want this show to go on eh? So it shall be! I end my turn." Yusho responded all positive and confident while passing its turn to Jaden.

"Fine… I draw." Jaden calmly drew his next card, but then gasped seeing who drew.

Jaden's Hand: 2

"Jaden… You drew…" Yubel gasped at seeing the monster the Supreme King drew.

Jaden closed his eyes and sighted. "I set a monster and end my turn."

"Hmm? How odd… you seem, sad…" Yusho was interested on a bad way about the teenager's change of mood.

"Nothing! Continue!" Jaden ordered the dueltainer to proceed his turn.

"If you insist… I draw!" Yusho then drew his next card

Yusho's Hand: 2

"Then I'll just proceed to the Battle Phase. Sleight Hand Magician, attack! Wonder Sphere Shock!" Yusho cried out before his Sleight Hand Magician made the same trick, but now the crystal spheres floated above the face-down and released an electric shock that it made the face-down reveal itself before being destroyed.

"KURIII!" Winged Kuriboh screamed in terror before being destroyed by Sleight Hand's attack.

"What? W-winged Kuriboh?" Yusho gasped seeing that the Fairy monster was on Jaden's Deck. Why would someone like him have such a card? And on that moment, he asked that same question to his opponent.

"I… I-I hmmm…" It looked like Yuki didn't want to respond. Winged Kuriboh is a special card for him, just like Yubel and his former monster Neos. After all, the King of Games himself gave him that card. "I activate Winged Kuriboh's effect! When destroyed, I cannot take Battle Damage for the rest of this turn!" Jaden declared out while a heavenly shield protected him.

"Then in that case, Sky Magician, Attack Hurricane!" Yusho declared out while Sky Magician casted heavenly winds, destroying the Evil HERO in an instant. And Jaden didn't even bothered into activating his castle's effect due to Sky Illusion.

"Then in that case, I'll end my turn…" Yusho sighted before passing his turn to Jaden.

"As you wish… I draw!" Jaden drew his next cards. He still felt bad for scarifying Winged Kuriboh though, but his sacrifice would not be in vain.

Jaden's Hand: 2

"I may look that I have no chance, but I have plenty… I activate the Spell Card, Evil Draw!" Jaden activated an evil Version of her former friend and rival Aster's Destiny Draw. "By destroying a DARK Fiend monster from my hand, I get to draw 2 cards! And I destroy Evil HERO Phantasm Servant!" Jaden declared out before discarding an Evil HERO that looked like he had an outfit based around Raviel, Lord of Phantasm. "And since Phantasm Servant was destroyed by a card effect, I activate its effect that lets me add 1 of the Sacred Beasts or any of its support cards to my hand… And I add Uria, Lord of Searing Flames to my hand!" Jaden declared out before adding the red Sacred Beast to his hand. "Now, Sinister Necrom, get your ass moving and activate your effect!" Jaden ordered his monster, causing it to appear in front of him. "By banishing it from my Graveyard, I'm able to Special Summon 1 Evil HERO from my Deck to the field!" Jaden banished Necrom to summon another copy of Phantasm Servant from his Deck. "And now, I activate the Quick Play Spell Inferno Reckless Summon!" Jaden then activated Chazz' card. "If I Special Summon a monster with 1500 or less Attack, I can summon 2 more copies from my Deck or graveyard into the field! And guess who's coming back! Arise my Phantasm Servants!" Jaden raised his hand, causing the 3 Phantasm Servants to appear again. "You also get to Special Summon up to 2 copies of a non-Extra Deck monster from your grave or Deck, so go ahead…!

"How odd… My Duel Disc says that your Phantasm Servants are also treated as Traps and also Spells…" Yusho then read the information of the monsters on his Disc. He knew that the worst was yet to come…

"You bet your old ass that I am! Now… its time…" Jaden muttered while his eyes turn like Yubel's. "I Tribute my Phantasm to call upon the crimson demon of the infernal abyss!" Jaden then tribute his 3 Fiends to make part of the floor lit in fire. "Great old one of the fallen paradise, accept my tributes so I can give you flesh once more and incinerate my enemies once and for all!" Then a pillar of flame rose in front of the Supreme King. "Come Forth! Uria, Lord of Searing Flames!" From the pillar, the Sacred Beast appeared, announcing his debut with a gigantic roar.

(FIRE/Pyro/LV: 10/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)

"And Uria gains 1000 Attack for every Trap on my graveyard!" Jaden exclaimed while Uria's attack rose by 1000

(Uria, Lord of Searing Flames/ATK: 0 – 1000)

"Only 1000 Attack? You know you wasted some of your materials right?" Yusho pointed out about Yuki's play.

"Tch, I know… But let me assure you, Uria has an effect to compensate that… I activate Uria's effect! Once per turn, I can target 1 Spell or Trap you control and destroy it! Trap destroyer!" Jaden exclaimed while Uria let out a sonic screech that destroyed Yusho's Sky Illusion.

"Dammit…" The dueltainer cursed

"And now, I activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards." Jaden declared as he activated the infamous Spell, allowing him to draw 2 cards. "And now I activate this! The Spell Card Dark Calling!" Jaden then activated the sinister version of Miracle Fusion. "Now I can Fusion Summon 1 Evil HERO monster from my Extra Deck by using monsters from my grave and field as materials!" Jaden then used Lady Inferno and Infernal Wing as materials as the fusion vortex appeared behind him. "Now watch as 2 fallen HEROES merge into 1 powerful villain to make you say my name!" From the vortex, a familiar arm came down. "Oh HERO of yore from the Neo Space, rise from your fall and be reborn as the champion of villany to take revenge to those who have betray you! Fusion Summon!" From the portal, a figure that looked like a more evil version of Neos with a pattern similar to Yubel has been summoned. "Serve me! Level 7, Evil HERO Fallen Neos!"

The Evil Neos then made an evil pose to threat the Performapals.

(DARK/Fiend/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1900)

"What the…?" Yusho gasped seeing the fallen HERO and how he felt how the monster spead somewhat a sinister aura.

"And since I have an Evil HERO, I can activate this Spell card, Memories of her Banishment!" Nate showed a card with Yubel's image. "If I control an Evil HERO monster, I'm able to destroy 1 Yubel from my Deck!"

"Hmm? Why would you destroy a card from your Deck?" Yusho asked a bit confused.

"You'll see! When Yubel is destroyed, I can get to summon this card! Yubel – Terror Incarnate!" Jaden declared while Yubel morphed into a terryfing demon.

(DARK/Fiend/LV: 11/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)

"0 Attack… still I won't underestimate your monster…" Yusho told Jaden while preparing for the upcoming attack.

"Good to hear… I activate Fallen Neos' effect! By banishing up to 2 Evil HERO monsters from my grave in order to gain 1000 Attack until the End Phase! Void Tribute!" Jaden declared before his Ace Monster summoned a black hole to devour Vulture and a copy of Phantasm Servant and then, he became enveloped into a unholy aura.

(Evil HERO Fallen Neos/ATK: 2500 – 4500)

"Battle! Fallen Neos, Attack Marvelous Summoner! And now I activate my Supreme King Castle's effect to send my Malicious Bane from my Extra Deck to the graveyard in order for Fallen Neos to gain 1600 Attack!" Jaden shouted out while dumping one of his best Fusions into the Graveyard to boost Fallen Neos.

(Elemental HERO Fallen Neos/ATK: 4500 – 6100)

"Neos, don't think that you will slack off! Resume your attack! Warth of the Void!" Jaden declared out as Fallen Neos charged against the Fusion magician with a fist charged with black hole energy, destroying it.

Yusho's LP: 3700 – 400

The impact of the attack launched Yusho to a wall and breaking one of its legs.

"Too Bad. Looks like your magician made his last disappearing act." Jaden smirked for a small moment for draining Yusho's Life Points in half.

"N-not quite…" Yusho smirked as his Magician's Book of escapism started to open and liberate Marvelous Summoner from there while a bunch of pidgeons flew out of the book. "You see, all magicians always find a way. Magician's Book of Escapism has the effect that once per turn, if one of my Spellcaster monsters are destroyed, I can Special Summon them back into the field!"

"Tch… It will not matter. Neos, activate your effect now! After Damage Calculation, I can target up to 2 spells or traps you control and destroy them!" Jaden shouted out while Fallen Neos then casted a dark spirit ball toward Magician's Book of Escapism destroying it.

"Ngh... Magician's Book of Escapism's effect... When destroyed, monsters Special Summoned by their effect are also destroyed..." Yusho grunted as the negative side of his Spell activated, causing Marvelous Summoner to be destroyed.

"I end my turn, meaning that not only do my Fallen Neos' stats go back to normal."

(Evil HERO Fallen Neos/ATK: 6100 – 4100)

"But also Yubel – Terror Incarnate's effect activates! Now all other monsters on the field are destroyed! But due to Fallen Neos' effect that protects my monsters from effect destruction of your card effects and even my Yubel monsters' effect!" Fallen Neos then casted a dark barrier to protect himself and Uria. Jaden then looked at his Terror Incarnate. "Yubel, if you please…"

"Fellow Sacrifice!" Yubel shouted while her 2 heads to blast a lazer beam, destroy all of Yusho's monsters. The impact also made the dueltainer fly into a nearby wall while a lot of Xyz citizens get carded.

"Face it Yusho Sakaki! You're nothing more than a relic of the past! Your time in your prime is already up! Don't worry, the Academia will make sure to put your worthless existence along with your son's down… Now be a gentleman and give up." Jaden then mocked his opponent in order to break his spirit. But rather than Yuso sobbing or bursting in anger, he just laughed.

"Hahaha! Why should I concede? I know that I already won!" Yusho then got up as if it was nothing.

"Why do you ask? Don't you know that I have the upperhand?"

"And that's the fun part. A good performer always likes to play with his public's expectations!" Yusho then cleaned himself from all the rubble. "And I'll show you and by show, I mean I shall give you one you will never forget! I draw!"

Yusho's Hand: 3

When he drew his card, he smirked knowing that he already won. "Say Jaden, do you like clowns?"

"I guess that you're going to summon one right?" The Supreme King responded.

"That's right! I know want to present you my Performapal Crossover Clown!" Yusho then summoned a clown magician juggling 2 overlay units, wearing a red and blue suit similar to Polymerization and dancing on a hoola loop shaped like the Synchro rings.

(LIGHT/Spellcaster/LV: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2100)

"How odd… A clown that represents all summoning methods. Kinda fits you right?" Jaden mocked the jolly clown and the entertainer at the same time.

"Haha! And you'll see what this clown has to offer! I activate Crossover Clown's effect!" Yusho declared while his clown was starting to spin, causing to become a tornado. "When Normal Summoned, I'm able to Special Summon 1 monster that originated from my Extra Deck to my field, but its effects are negated until the end of this turn! Give a round of applause to the grand return of Performapal Marvelous Summoner!" From the tornado, the Fusion magician appeared while making a bow.

(DARK/Spellcaster/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

"And if you think that's when my surprises end, then check again! I now want to present you my furry friend and ringmaster of the Performapals alongside Elephammer, and I can Special Summon it if I control another Performapal monster, Performapal Leading Lemur!" Yusho then proceed to Special Summon a small lemur creature wearing a marcher uniform and carrying a flag with a smile on it in Attack Position.

(LIGH/Beast/LV: 3/ATK: 100/DEF: 500)

"And now I present you Leading Lemur's effect! I can target one Performapal monster I control and choose a Level from 1 to 8 and set that monster's Level into the selected number! Now Leading Lemur, why won't you alter Crossover Clown's Level into 7?" Yusho kindly asked the lemur as the put himself into work and lead a parade with 7 Level stars on his behind with their destination being the Performapal Clown

(Performapal Crossover Clown/Lv: 4 – 7)

"Wait a minute… 2 Level 7 monsters… that only means… B-but there's no way you're going to use a F-fusion to do that summoning method! It's an insult to Fusion itself!" The Supreme King tremble knowing the action that the dueltainer's about to do.

"Why wouldn't i? After all, there's no better show than seeing a summoning method helping me to make another summoning method. And that's how I duel! Ever since Leo started his Arc Area proyect, I dedicated my life into mastering all summoning methods to show that we can live in unity by dueling!" Yusho exhalted while releasing a firework from mis staff.

Jaden only grunted in response.

"And now if you excuse me…" A spotlight then flashe over Yusho. "I shall overlay my Performapal Crossover Clown with my Performapal Marvelous Summoner to create the overlay network!" Yusho cried out as a giant vortex popped from the ground and Crossover Clown and Marvelous Summoner became overlay units and entered the vortex. "Ladies and gentlemen! Performing its grand entrance, it the master of thievery, the performer of justice and I wil guarantee you that he will steal your frown and replace it with a pleasant smile!" The spotlight then turned its attention to a humanoid monster wearing a purple suit similar to the Joker, wore a monochrome smiling clown mask and wore a purple top hat with a big light green feather. "Xyz Summon! It's Showtime Rank 7 Performapal Phantom Thief Magician!" Yusho then called out his monster, making him bow before the supreme king on a teasing way before chuckling for a brief moment.

(DARK/Spellcaster/Xyz/Rank: 7/OV Units: 2/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

"Xyz Summon what you want grandpa, it won't change a thing!" The Supreme King snarled at the performer but he just smirked back.

"Oh let me tell ya, this Xyz Summon wasn't a waste! I now activate Phantom Thief Magician's effect!" Yusho declared as Phantom Thief Magician took one of his overlay and hid himself by his cape. "By dethatching one of its overlay units, all of my monsters gain 200 Attack for every monster on the field until the end of this turn! Smile Illusion!" Thus, Phantom Thief Magician swung his cape, releasing bubbles, balloons, pidgeons, candies and other stuff that makes people happy, making the small lemur jump of joy and happiness.

(Performapal Leading Lemur/ATK: 100 – 1100)

(Performapal Phantom Thief Magician/ATK: 2500 – 3500)

"Heh… That cheap parlor trick isn't enough to OTK me. And eve if you managed to pull something out of your hat, I can just use Supreme King Castle to boost Fallen Neos even more!" Jaden shouted out while moving his cape dramatically.

"Hahaha! Oh, I haven't even started the grand finale! I now activate the Spell card Pot of Smiles! I can draw cards equal to the number of monsters with Attack higher than their original Attack!" Yusho then drew 2 cards, and they were the ones who would give him victory. "Well, it was a fun Duel Jaden Yuki. I see that you have proven yourself to be a talented individual at the dueling field, but all things must come to an end! And I'll make sure to make that end look as fantastic as possible!"

"Just continue your turn damnit!" Jaden shouted out.

"If you insist Supreme King! I activate the Spell card Smile World!" Yusho played one of his signature cards, filling the field with smiling faces and colorful visuals. It was a marvel to witness to your own eyes.

All of Academia Soldiers got distracted by Yusho activating his card that they didn't put attention that it would give the Xyz residents time to counterattack.

"Now all monsters on the field gain 100 Attack points for every monster on the field!" Yusho pointed out the effect as all monsters, including Uria comically, started to smile.

(Performapal Phantom Thief Magician/ATK: 3500 – 4000)

(Performapal Leading Lemur/ATK: 1100 – 1600)

(Evil HERO Fallen Neos/ATK: 4100 – 3600)

(Uria, Lord of Searing Flames/ATK: 1000 – 500)

"What? My monsters' attack points! How is this possible!?" Jaden couldn't believe that Smile World actually made his monsters weaker.

"That's Phantom Thief Magician's effect! If any of your monsters would gain attack or defense, they lose that same amount instead! Even if I hate to do this, rotten people like you or Leo don't deserve to smile for your sins!" Yusho yelled at the commander of the invasion with more anger, but he latter returned to his usual optimistic self. "But to truly seal the deal, I activate my other Spell card Riryoku! Now I can target 1 monster you control and halve its attack in order to pass the stolen attack to a monster I control! I choose Fallen Neos and transfer those attack points to my Xyz monster!"

A shadowy figure then assaulted the fallen HERO, stealing its attack and transferring it to the Phantom Thief.

(Evil HERO Fallen Neos/ATK: 3600 – 1800)

(Performapal Phantom Thief Magician/ATK: 4000 – 5800)

Jaden couldn't believe it. He was about to lose to some circus animals.

"Now its time to bring the grand finale! Battle! Go Leading Lemur! Attack Uria!" Yusho ordered his Lemur to attack as the anime threw his banner against the Sacred Beast's chest, stabbing it and destroying the monster into bits.

Jaden's LP: 4000 – 2900

"Damnit!" The Supreme King cursed knowing that he was about to lose the Shadow Game. Then, his Duel Disc emitted a call coming from Sanders.

"S-supreme King! It's an emergency!" The instructor freaked out at the commander.

"What is it Instructor Sanders?" Jaden asked.

"I-its our soldiers! They're fallin' unconsous by sum' reason!" Sanders then showed images of the Academia soldiers, including Nate falling unconscious.

The Shadow Game was now against the Supreme King.

"And now, Phantom Thief Magician! Attack Fallen Neos with Phantom Fireworks!" Yusho ordered his monster as it became a shadow to confuse Neos.

"Does it matter? I activate Supreme King Castle's effect!" But when Jaden tried to activate his castle's effect, he noticed that the door was shut due to a Joker card stuck in it.

"Oh I forgot to tell you! Just like your troops' Ancient gears, Phantom Thief Magician doesn't let you activate Spells, Traps or monster effect when he declares an attack until the damage calculation!" Yusho reminded Jaden as the Phantom Thief appeared with a fist charged with smile energy, giving an uppercut to Neos, destroying it and liberating a gigantic fireworks show for everyone to see.

One of the fireworks was coming towards Yuki's way as he screamed and was launched to a nearby wall, now defeated.

Jaden's LP: 2900 – 0

Yusho Wins

When Jaden's LPs dropped to 0, the eyes on the sky disappeared as the Shadow Game ended, revealing fallen and destroyed Chaos Ancient Gear Giants while the holograms of the duel disappeared.

"I-i… I lost… H-how?" Jaden grunted in shame while trying to get up. Yubel meanwhile fell to the ground on her knees after his lover got defeated and humiliated.

Yusho had pity toward the boy and so, he approached him. "Mr. Yuki…"

"Grrr… Leave me alone!" The Supreme King snarled at the dueltainer

"I seen that you once had pleasure in dueling to have fun, to share the stage with your monsters." Yusho then tried to help the commander to get up, but Jaden just denied the offer.

"Fun? How so? I only duel when I have to and to secure victory to the Professor. But well… AAAGH! What am I saying!?" Jaden was losing it while holding his head with both hands.

"I know that you aren't a bad person. I don't know what my old friend did to you to transform you into that, but I think there's a way to redeem you." Yusho then brought out one of his many copies of Smile World. "Stop heling the Academia for once and redeem your past sins. I'm sure you're able to do it if you know what is the right thing…"

Jaden then looked at the card for a brief moment, but his face of confusion then turned into one of frustration.

"GGGRRAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Jaden snapped out as he shredded the Smile World Yusho offered him. "I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you I hate you!" He repeatedly exclaimed while bursting in tears knowing that he has lost.

"K-kuri!" Winged Kuriboh tried to calm his friend, but his friend refused any kind of help.

"Stay… OUT OF THIS!" The Supreme King then pulled Winged Kuriboh from his Deck and threw it away. He wasn't the same optimistic duelist he used to be. "Have this in mind Yusho Sakaki, you may have won the Duel, but not the war!" Jaden cursed before activating the option of mass retreat from his Duel Disc, transporting himself and the rest of the Academia back to the Fusion dimension.

"Oh boy… You sure a tough cookie…" Yusho sighted before he picked the leftovers of Smile World and the Winged Kuriboh card.

"Kuri!" Winged Kuriboh then used his remaining powers to transport Yusho into the Fusion dimension, believing that he could help to free his old friend from the Professor's control.

Some time latter, The Magical Hat freed Sayaka from itself. She then looked at the now dystopic landscape she once called home. "Yusho? YUSHO!?"


(Supreme King's Office/Academia/Fusion dimension)

After a tough battle, he decided to rest on the office that once was Sheppard's. The Professor forgave him due to Yusho not being someone you should underestimate and he told him that Yuri and the 2nd wave will take care of the survivors.
He somehow felt something on his back pocket, as if it was a card. He picked it up to reveal that it was something he would never see again:

Smile World…


Whisper's Duelpedia New Entries:

Starplendid Hats

Spell card

Effect: Banish your entire hand, then add 2 Spell cards and 1 "Performapal" monster to your hand and then shuffle your hand; Your opponent then must target a card from your hand and banish the selected card. If the selected card was a Spell, Special Summon the "Performapal" monster added to your hand by this effect, and if you do, add all banished cards that were in your hand before activating this card. Otherwise, banish your entire hand.

Performapal Great Squashini

(DARK/Spellcaster/LV: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1000)

Effect: If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Performapal" monster or 1 "Magician" Continuous Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can only use the effect of "Performapal Great Squashini" once per turn.

Pot of Smiles

Spell

Effect: Draw cards equal to the number of monsters with ATK higher than their original ATK.

Performapal Leading Lemur

(LIGHT/Beast/LV: 3/ATK: 100/DEF: 500)

Effect: If you control a "Performapal" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). During your Main Phase, you can target 1 "Performapal" monster you control, then declare 1 Level from 1 to 8; That monster's Level becomes of that Level. You cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck the turn you activate this card's effect, except Spellcaster and "Performapal" monsters. You can only use each effect of "Performapal Leading Lemur" once per turn.

Performapal Marvelous Summoner

(DARK/Spellcaster/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

2 "Performapal" monsters.

Effect: "Perform" monsters you control gain 300 ATK and DEF and can inflict piercing damage. During either players turn (Quick Effect); You can Special Summon 1 "Performapal" monster from your hand. You can only use the effect of "Performapal Marvelous Summoner" once per turn.

Magician's Book of Escapism

Continuous Spell

Effect: If a Spellcaster monster gets destroyed by battle or by an opponent's card effect and sent to the GY, you can Special Summon that monster to your field. You can only usethe effect of "Magician's Book of Escapism" once per turn.

Performapal Phantom Thief Magician

(DARK/Spellcaster/Xyz/Rank: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

2 Level 7 Spellcaster monsters.

Effect: "Magician" Continuous Spells/Traps cannot be destroyed. effects that make your opponent's monsters gain ATK/DEF make them lose that same ATK/DEF instead. If this card declares an attacks, until the end of the Damage Step, your opponent's Spell/Traps and monster effects cannot be activated. Once per turn, you can detach 1 XYZ material from this card; All monsters you control gain 200 ATK for every monster on the field until the end of this turn. If this card leaves the field by an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon 2 "Performapal" monsters that were used as materials to XYZ Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Performapal Phantom Thief Magician" once per turn.

Performapal Fantastic Fusion

Spell

Effect: Fusion Summon 1 Fusion monster, by using monsters from your hand and/or field as Fusion materials, including at least 1 "Performapal" monster. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response of this card's activation.

Evil HERO Lady Inferno

(DARK/Fiend/LV: 3/ATK: 1200/DEF: 800)

Effect: (This card is always treated as "Elemental HERO Burtstinatrix")

If this card is used as a material for the Fusion Summon of a "HERO" or Fiend monster, the Fusion monster cannot be destroyed by card effects until the start of your next turn. If this card gets destroyed by a card effect: You can add 1 "Dark Fusion" or 1 card that specifically says "Dark Fusion" on its card text. You can only use this effect of "Evil HERO Lady Inferno" once per turn.

Evil HERO Hurricane

(DARK/Fiend/LV: 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 300)

Effect: When this card is Summoned: You can activate 1 of the follwing effects:

Add 1 "Evil HERO" monster from your Deck to your hand.

Add 1 "Dark Fusion" or "Yubel" from your Deck to your hand.

Add 1 "Memories" Spell from your Deck to your hand.

Destroy 1 Fiend monster from your hand, and if you do, banish 1 monster your opponent controls.

Memories of Her Banishment…

Spell

Effect: If you control an "Evil HERO" monster: You can destroy 1 "Yubel" from your hand or Deck. You can banish this card from your GY: Shuffle all "Yubel" monsters in your GY, and if you do, draw 1 card.

Evil HERO Vulture

(DARK/Fiend/LV: 3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000)

Effect: (This card is always treated as "Elemental HERO Avian")

Once per turn, you can destroy 1 DARK Fiend monster from your hand or field and if you do, draw 1 card. If this card gets destroyed by a card effect, you can Special Summon 1 "Yubel" from your hand, Deck or GY. You can only use each effect of "Evil HERO Vulture" once per turn.

Evil HERO Phantasm Servant

(DARK/Fiend/LV: 4/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)

Effect: This card is also treated as a Continuous Spell/Trap card while on the field. If this card is destroyed or used as a Fusion material: You can add 1 "Uria, Lord of Searing Flames", 1 "Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder", 1 "Raviel, Lord of Phantasms", or 1 card that specifically lists any of those names in its text, from your Deck to your hand, except "Evil HERO Phantasm Servant". You can target 1 DARK Fiend monster you control; Its Level becomes 10 until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Evil HERO Phantasm Servant" once per turn.

Evil HERO Fallen Neos

(DARK/Fiend/Fusion/LV: 7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000)

1 "Evil HERO" + 1 Fiend Effect monster.

Effect: During your turn, monsters you control cannot be destroyed by "Yubel" monsters' and your opponent card effects. If this card attacks: destroy up to 2 cards in your opponent's Spell/Trap zone after damage calculation. Once per turn, you can banish up to 2 Fiend monster from your field or GY; This card gains 1000 ATK for every monster banished by this effect until the End Phase. If this card leaves the field: You can shuffle 3 cards (1 Evil HERO monster, 1 "Yubel" monster and 1 "Polymerization" or "Fusion" Spell) from your GY and/or banished Zone to your Deck, and if you do, draw 1 card. You can only use each effect of "Evil HERO Fallen Neos" once per turn.


Next time on Yo-Kai Watch Arc-V:

G-god Whisper! This place is psychopathic! W-we need to go!

Geez! Finally you have common sense! But escaping Academia will be a tough task! We need to know the full map of the installation and plan and escape route!

Perhaps I could help?

Alexis?

Chapter 6: Escape the Academia! Don't miss it!