Well, today's episode of The Human is kinda weird, to say the least. Hey guys! This is NexucMC here with another wacky episode of my Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V fanfiction. Following the adventures of Yu Nishikiyama and his soon to be harem. Also, Misaki is coming into this. Felt like it. Also, there is a filler duel in this episode. People hate those but please. It doesn't take too long, I promise. With that being said, hope you guys enjoy this episode of The Human!
"*Yawn. I'm really bored!" Yu comments in a bed while going through his deck. His deck had a lot of improvements needed that he found out after his duel with Akaba Reiji. And not wanting to lose again, he's been fixing it ever since while resting in the bed. Reiji's final attack smacked him against the wall and he dislocated his arm.
No one was there as Rio and the others now attended the You Show Duel School. Johan turns out now lives at Yuya Sakaki's house. Yuya's mom heard about the events with LSD and came over with food, the best food that Yu had ever eaten in his life. It was a normal afternoon as Yu couldn't take it anymore.
"That's it! I can't stay here anymore! I need to duel someone! Anyone!" Yu says as he gets into his normal clothes and walks outside the apartment.
*Timeskip
Yu looks at his duel disk. He had fulfilled the requirement to enter into the tournament which was six official consecutive wins and walks around the city. He sees Shun facing Masumi, Hokuto, and Yaiba in a one turn kill.
"Shun!" Yu calls out as he jogs over to Shun Kurosaki as his duel disk deactivates.
"Yu? Looks like you're alright. What happened?" Shun asks recalling the events that had happened in the Xyz dimension.
"Well, I was transported to the Fusion Dimension where I found Yusho Sakaki helping victims from Academia. Then I went to Academia with one of his students and then. I found Ruri." This grabs Shun's attention as he grabs Yu's collar.
"What happened to her? Is she alright? Why isn't she with you?" Shun asks with a sense of struggle in his eye.
"She's alright for now. Academia hasn't done anything bad to her not yet. While our infiltration, we were caught and I and my friend Rei got caught in a trap, but… Then all of a sudden, we were teleported back here. To Standard."
Shun drops Yu as he regains his footing. "I see. I'm sorry about that."
"It's alright Shun…" Yu says as he turns around. He sees a bunch of people in suits presumably from LDS.
"Now you appear?" Shuns asks. "But I'm fed up with all the small fries. Bring your boss out here this instance!"
"If you're looking for me, I'm right here." A voice rings from the alleyway. Reiji Akaba stands before the two. "Yu. You shouldn't be here. It's time to have a chat with your friend."
"That's fine." Shun grips his duel disk readying to duel but Reiji holds his hand out.
"Let's not have a duel. Would you kindly follow me? We can talk about the stuff there." Reiji asks.
"You should go, Shun. Reiji is trustable." Yu says. "Call it instincts. I can smell a rat from a mile away."
"Alright fine. I'll go with you Reiji Akaba."
And Shun was gone, just like that with Reiji. Finding nothing else to do, Yu walks back to his apartment to find two unhappy girls in the room and one Avery who was also scared... Well, they were smiling, but the smiles weren't what would you call it? They weren't exactly pleasant.
"Yu? Where have you been?" Rio asks as he cuts a tomato which caused a shiver down Yu's back.
"Out. I got bored from just being cooped up in the room."
"Even though you aren't fully healed? What would've happened if you've got hurt again? We wouldn't know where you are." Rei added. She's the shortest one and yet terrifying.
"Sorry. It's just that I'm fine. I even did everything for my qualifiers which was six official consecutive duel wins."
"You dueled while you were injured!?" Rio asks.
"Oh boy. I messed up, didn't I?"
"I say so big bro. This is why you don't mess with girls." Avery says.
The Human
By: NexusMC
Chapter 12: Tournaments Galore
"This place is so packed!" Rei says as she struggles to get through the crowd of people.
"Tell me about it. I almost lost the Rank-Up card that I got from Yu." Rio states.
"Be careful with that. That thing cost me 10 dollars. Now, where is everyone?" Yu says as he looks around.
Maiami Stadium was pretty big as crowds of people waiting for the event to start.
"I think I see Yuzu over there." Avery points out at Yuzu, Ayu, Sora, Tatsuya, and Futoshi were walking around looking a bit nervous.
"Hey Yuzu," Yu says as he looks at everyone and gave a look. "Is something wrong?"
"Oh, Yu. Everyone is here." Sora licks his lollipop as usual. "Yuya is missing. We can't find him anywhere."
"He's missing? Oh no. Do you guys have any idea where he is?" Avery asks. "Perhaps his house? He might've forgotten something at his house like his deck or something."
"I called Yoko and she told me that Yuya hasn't been there at all ever since he left this morning to come to You Show," Yuzu says. "What if he's hurt and needs help!?"
"Calm down, Yuzu. Freaking out won't help anyone." Rei says. "That being said, where could he be?"
"Yeah. Yuya wouldn't just up and vanish. There is probably something. Maybe he left his deck at You Show or something. He is pretty clumsy." Rio says recalling a moment where she had to call Yuya as he forgot his pendant.
"What did you say? Is it true that my darling hasn't come yet?" A voice came out of nowhere, as they find out came from the fortuneteller Duelist, Houchun Mieru. She is a duelist that Yu personally respected for almost beating Yuya using Ritual Summoning.
"Your darling?" Avery asks as she looks at Yuzu. "Yo! Yuzu! Calm down!"
Yuzu expression was extremely angry, causing the younger trio to slowly edge behind Yu in terror.
"Don't tell me… Darling actually snuck off in order to meet my parents! Oh my, that's a great surprise! Darling is so daring!" Mieru's eyes were shining as Yuzu got even more pissed off.
"Mieru? Can you please not talk about Yuya like that?" Yu asks as he gets smacked by the fan with a red mark on his face.
"What nonsense are you spouting!? There's no way that would happen!"
"Yuzu. I know the situation is serious and all, but you have to admit this is pure comedy gold… Minus the slapping." Yu covers his nose with a tissue that he got from Aya. "Thanks, Aya."
"No problem!"
"Yu has a point. One can never get bored around this company." Rei adds.
"We don't have the time for this guys. We have to find Yuya. The opening ceremony is about to start. Where is Gongenzaka?" Rio wondered as he was also not there.
"There's no need to worry! With my prided fortunetelling, I will instantly divine Darling's location!" Mieru says as she sets her apple-shaped glass ball and murmuring stuff that made Yu and the others uncomfortable.
"I see it! Darling is over there!" Mieru points in a direction which snaps out of her murderous rampage and realized what she did to Yu as she apologizes.
"Yuya is over there?" Rei questions.
"Didn't I just say that? It's plain as day. Darling is there!"
"Well, no use arguing. Might as well follow the midget's instructions."
The people around the group were giving rude comments as Avery was steamed and yelled at the people for being so rude to someone behind their back.
"Oi! Yuzu! Everyone!" Yuya yelled as everyone spotted him while he was running towards the group.
"Yuya! Finally, man! Where have you been all this time?" Yu asks.
"Sorry, sorry." Yuya rubbed his neck. "There was a little something I had to take care of before coming here."
" A little something, you say? I was really worried about you, you know!? I was afraid something might have happened to you!" Yuzu says which really gave off shipping vibes as Yu and Sora chuckle to themselves.
"As I said, I'm sorry. In any case, we have to enter the stadium soon, right? Let's move alone. We're almost out of time."
"Yeah. Let's go!" Avery agrees.
Avery walks ahead as she bumps into a tall, muscular young man with rough-looking clothes and a cruel expression on his face.
"Sorry, sir," Avery comments as Yuzu helps her up.
"Watch the hell where you're going, bitch!" This immediately set a tick mark on Yu as he walked up front.
"The hell did you just say to my sister? I believe you owe her an apology."
The man ignored Yu as he looked at Yuya. "It's been a while, weakling."
"Y-you are…"
"This is right before an important tournament, so I was sure you'd run away. Just like that worthless old man of yours!"
"What did you say!?" Yuya was also pissed off as well. "You take that back!"
"Make me, you run-!" Before the person could finish his sentence, Yu had flipped the man over with him on the ground and Yu holding his arm in a submissive stance.
"You already got me mad by calling my sister a bitch. Now you go and make fun of Yusho? Now I'm full blown mad. APOLOGIZE!" Yu pushes the arm causing the person to fell a huge amount of pain.
"You bastard… Don't act all high and mighty with me!"
The man moved to cause Yu to move back a bit and was almost punched in the face as he was restrained by a hand that grabbed his shoulder.
"That's enough, Ankokuji Gen!"
"Gongenzaka!" Everyone calls out as the now-named Gen was stopped by the man himself.
"Calling a senior disciple by his name, are we? You must be quite the big shot now, huh, Gongenzaka?" Gen commented with a smirk.
"You are no longer my senior disciple! Unless you've forgotten, you were cast out of the Dojo in disgrace!" Gongenzaka yells.
"A pleasant ray of sunshine like him, expelled? Can imagine why?" Rio comments.
Suddenly the announcement was suddenly heard as everyone looked up.
[Players may enter the stadium in a moment. All competitors, please line up in front of your respective placards.]
"Hmph. You all had best remain in the tournament long enough for me to crush you." Gen says as he left and Yu grunted. He calms himself as he looks at Gongenzaka and smiles.
"Thanks, Gongenzaka."
"Gongenzaka! You also qualified for the tournament!?" Yuya asks with a happy expression.
"That's right. I, the man Gongenzaka, made the sixty percent win ratio before the deadline. I wouldn't be able to face Yaiba if I failed to qualify."
"Wait, Yuya didn't know you qualified? And it looks like everyone didn't know. Why did you tell me and not Yuya?" Rio asks. She has gotten to be better friends with Gongenzaka.
"I, the man Gongenzaka, wanted to surprise everyone today. However, I couldn't restrain myself from sharing the joyous news with a friend, which is why I contacted you, Rio."
"Well, it great that you see me as a friend."
The exchange ended as everyone looks at the large screen in the lobby which had various Duel Schools as they looked at the LDS screen to which, Yuya, Yuzu, Yu, Avery, and Rio were shocked.
'Shun? Why is he at LDS?' Yu wondered as he enters the arena with Yuya and the others.
After a while, Yu and the others placed his registration card into his Duel Disk and the image of his opponent appeared.
"Tristan? Not from a duel school. My match is today, apparently. In the afternoon." Yu comments as everyone told their matches.
Sora had to face Shun which caught Yu's interest as he never really saw Shun duel and it was the next day which was fine.
*Timeskip
"Looks like it's finally my turn, eh?" Yu remarked after Avery finished her match with a win. "Good job, sis."
"Thanks. Good luck out there. I hear that your opponent is good at blocking attacks."
"Thanks. That will make this hard, I guess." Yu says as he walks onto the stage. He sees Tristan in front of him.
"Now, everyone! It's time for the fourth match of the day! First up, let's introduce our competitors. On one corner, we have Tristan Shimano, a duelist not affiliated with any Duel School. And on the other, we have the mysterious duelist from You Show Dueling Academy, Yu Nishkiyama!"
"Ohhhh, Yu! Burn on! Hot-blooded! Show them the power of You Show's prided ace Duelist!" Shuzo cheered from the bleachers.
"The principal is enthusiastic as always," Rio says as she fans herself. She was forced to get multiple action cards during her duel.
"Yeah. But I'm a bit excited at what Yu is going to show us in this Duel. His duel with Reiji was amazing." Yuya states.
"Ditto. From what I've heard, he's been improving himself ever since his lost to Reiji. I'm looking forward to the results."
"Well, Tristan. You know what they say. Good luck, have fun, and no hard feelings." Yu says.
"Same to you, Yu. I'm going to show you Perfect Defense! Nico! Choose the Action Field!" Tristan says.
"Looks like everyone is ready! The Action for this Duel is - Sun Valley!"
"Let's duel!"
"Duelists locked in battle!" Tristan starts.
"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Yu continues.
"They storm through this field!" The crowd said next.
"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!"
"Action-!" Nico yelled.
[Duel!]
(Play Take it Out on Me - Thousand Foot Krutch)
Yu - LP 4000
Tristan - LP 4000
"I'll take the first move! I set a card facedown and two cards facedown. I end my turn!" Tristan starts.
"My turn then! Draw! Not a flashy start, but that's fine. I activate the magic card: Cosmic Cyclone and choose the card on the left! By paying 1000 Life Points, I can banish the card!"
Yu - LP 4000 → 3000
"Secondly I activate the continuous magic card: Temple of the Kings! I can activate a magic card that I set this turn. I set a card. Next, I tribute your monster to special summon Thunder the King, the Lightningskrike Kaiju in attack position on your field! (Lv 9, 3300 ATK)."
"What's this? Is he giving his opponent a powerful monster? What could he be planning?" Nico says.
"Next. I activate Zaborg the Roaring Thunder Monarch's effect! I can tribute summon this monster by tributing a tribute summoned monster. I'll choose your Thunder the King!" (Lv 8, 2800 Atk). Next, we both send monsters to our graveyard from our extra deck less than or equal to the level of Thunder the King! So nine monsters will be sent to the graveyard!"
"What!?" Everyone is bewildered by Yu's action as he and Tristan discard cards from their extra decks.
"Next everyone must be watching while I do that. Well, prepare everyone for the finale. I activate the facedown card that I set earlier. Converging Wishes. With its effect, I can Special Summon Stardust Dragon from my extra deck if there are 5 or more Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters in my graveyard! Clustering wishes will become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Stardust Dragon!" (Lv 8, 2500 Atk). Converging Wishes is then equipped to Stardust Dragon. At the end phase, Stardust Dragon is banished."
"My field is wide open right now…" Tristan comments.
"Yeah. Battle! Zaborg the Roaring Thunder Monarch! Attack Tristan directly!"
"I activate the trap: Draining Shield! When your monster attacks, I gain Life Points equal to the damage I would've taken!"
Tristan - LP 4000 → 5800
"And with that, Tristan is saved from the one turn kill that Yu has set up! His defense may not be perfect, but at least he gets another turn!" Nico says as the crowd cheers.
"Wrong! This is the end! Converging Wishes effect! The monster equipped to this card gains attack equal to all the Dragon-Synchro monsters in the graveyard."
"You sent nine… Oh no." Tristan says as he dashes for an action card.
"I sent nine dragon type Synchro Monsters with 4000 Attack each. Which means that my Stardust dragon gains 36,000 attack! (2500 → 38,500 Atk) Battle! Stardust Dragon! Attack! Shooting Sonic!"
Tristan - LP 5800 → 0
Yu wins!
"I'm not even using my proper deck. Even still, given the setup, anyone could've lost to it." Yu says as he puts his deck away and inserts his proper one. He walks and helps Tristan up. "Good game, Tristan. You really tried your best in defense. Guess you kinda came up short."
"Yeah, I did. Thanks, Yu. Good luck with the rest of the tourney."
With that, Tristan left and Yu went to the bleachers where the rest of the day's duels took place.
*The next day.
The next day was crazy as the second day of the Arc League Championship took place. Yuya faced Sawatari and won with his Fusion monster, Beast-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and won. But the next part was insane which was Shun and Sora's duel. Shun ended the duel with Raid Raptors - Revolution Falcon as he attacked Sora's Death-Toy Mad Chimera and Sora was injured as a building fell on him during his attempt to grab an Action Card.
Everyone was waiting in front of the medical ward, waiting for him to regain consciousness. The doctors had informed them that his injuries were mostly superficial so there was no danger to his life, much to everyone's relief.
"Sora…" Yuzu murmured with a concerned look.
"It will be alright, Yuzu. I'm told LDS has a highly skilled medical team. Sora is in good hands." Shuzo reassures his daughter.
"Thank goodness the Real Solid Vision system deactivated in time. Sora's injures could've been worse." Rei comments.
"What was wrong with that Kurosaki guy? No matter how you spin it, he went way too far!" Tatsuya was upset.
"That's right! I say we march to LDS and give him some well-deserved payback!" Futoshi agrees.
"Everyone!" Everyone looks at Yu who was not disturbed in the slightest. "Sora's life wasn't in any danger. Marching to LDS wouldn't do any good right now."
"Yu's right everyone." Rio agrees. "Shuzo. I think you should take the kids back home. We can look after Sora."
"Yeah. We'll do that." Shuzo and the rest were gone and Yuya spoke up for the first time since Sora was brought in.
"...So, what does everyone make of all this?" Yuya asks the group. "First of all, we know that Kurosaki is responsible for the attacks against LDS's personnel. I saw him take down members of the top team with my own eyes."
"Masumi also reacted to him with blatant hostility when she went up to him," Yuzu added.
"However, didn't Masumi clearly state that he's been a part of LDS from the start. She could be lying, but I don't believe that's in her nature." Avery adds.
Three of the people in the room know about Kurosaki's secret but they weren't going to say that right now.
"He was a part of LDS from the start…? That doesn't make sense at all. Why would she say something like that?" Gongenzaka remarked.
After a brief conversation about Kurosaki and Yuto came up, Academia came up.
"Yuto said their enemy was Fusion." Yuzu states.
"Fusion? Why would a summoning method be their enemy?" Gongenzaka wonders.
"Probably the people that used it. Like maybe someone burned their city to the ground discreetly and they were using Fusion monsters." Yu answers in 'hypothetical'.
The conversation led nowhere where Yuya, Yuzu, and Gongenzaka were all about speculation when suddenly a guards passed by.
"Inform headquarters at once. Sora Shiunin has most likely escaped the building. We require immediate reinforcements in order to pursue him."
"Did they just say Sora has escaped!? Why!? Where could he have gone!?" Yuya spoke in a hurried tone.
"He's still injured! His condition could get worse." Avery states as Yu gives a thought,
"Did Sora actually go after Kurosaki in order to get a rematch?" Yu says as everyone looks at him.
"What did you say!? Is he out of his mind!? Dueling in his condition is suicide!" Gongenzaka shouts.
"Then we got to find him right now. Let's split up and look for him." Rei states as everyone went in different directions.
Yu went to the center of the city calling Sora's name and even ran into Johan as he gave the deal about the situation. The two separate as Yu kept on calling Sora's name and asked any passerby about a cyan-haired boy. Suddenly, his pendant was starting glowing where the blue and black part started to shine and Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon and Dark Anthelion Dragon started to shine. Soon Clearwing Fast Dragon started to shine and the white part started to shine. The sudden change in his pendant was too much and he passed out.
Two days later…
The previous day, Yu woke up back in his apartment. Johan had found Yu passed out in an alleyway. He woke to find out that Yuya had also been passed out and Sora was nowhere to be seen.
The next day Yu went over again to check on Yuya and looks at his card. The blue part of his pendant was shining but something caught him. The black part was shining as well. That meant that Yuto was nearby but he had no idea where it could be. Suddenly the pendant shined even brighter as it went closer to Yuya's deck and a card stook out. He took it out and couldn't believe his eyes. Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon was there. Yuto's card was in Yuya's possession. Did something happen to Yuto at the time? Yuya's deck was in the dining room as Yoko saw Yu's freakout.
"Are you alright, Yu? You seemed shocked." Yoko asked with concern.
"No. It's alright. I'm going to take this up to Yuya. He's up, right?"
"Yeah. He's with Yuzu."
Yu went up the house in a really bizarre way and knocked on Yuya's door before entering. Yuya was sitting on his bed with Yuzu by his side.
"Hey, Yuya. Glad to see you awake. Your disk was downstairs for some reason." Yu says as he hands it to the boy.
"Thanks, Yu. Sorry for making you guys worry. At least I woke up before the first round of the Championship finished. If I was disqualified from the tournament because of this, I wouldn't be able to face all of you."
"Yeah. Thought Mieru was here. She said that she was going to take care of you."
"Oh, she was here alright. Fortunately, Yoko and I managed to persuade her to leave in order to participate in her match." Yuzu commented with an annoyed expression.
"Right. A one turn kill. Tsukikage is definitely skilled." Yu says.
"And Reira. I don't know about the kid. She… seemed off to me. Especially when she pulled out that Synchro card."
"She? Thought Reira is a boy." Yuzu comments.
"Very distinct observations. Really hard to miss. Anyways, she reminded me a bit of Reiji. Multiple summoning methods like Reiji."
"Multiple summoning methods… Like the different dimensions…" Yuya mutters.
"What? Where did you hear that, Yuya?"
"Actually… I met Yuto that night. And he told me… that the world is split into four different dimensions."
"He told you that." Yu sits down. "Well, he's not hiding any secrets."
"You know him?" Yuya and Yuzu asked.
"Yeah. He's from the Xyz dimension as well as Kurosaki. They're at war with the Fusion Dimension, Academia as they're trying to take over the other dimensions."
"Yeah. And Sora is from the Fusion Dimension." Yu heard this as he stood up.
"He's WHAT!?"
"Yeah. Then he disappeared and then Yugo appeared."
"Yugo?" Yu says as he immediately thinks back to what Rin called him.
"It's another guy who looks exactly like me. He showed up while riding a motorcycle and also possesses a dragon called Clear Wing Synchro Dragon. He's probably a Duelist from the Synchro Dimension."
"Clearwing? Hold on. Getting off track. Synchro has nothing to do with the war right now. Yugo is probably a side character. But that night, you met Yuto. Is that why you have Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon?"
"He...while protecting me...he was struck by Yugo's attack… Then… we were enveloped by light… and Yuto gave me his dragon. After that… I neither remember anything nor do I have any idea what happened to Yuto…"
After hearing that, Yu had to go. He couldn't hear anymore as he stood up.
"Hey… Let's not talk about it for now. How about we go to the stadium. I hear that they're going to announce the second round matchups."
"Yeah, you're right. And we need to go find Kurosaki."
The trio went to the Center Court where Yuya was met with a bear hug from Gongenzaka where surprise surprise, Mieru came after and tried to kiss Yuya but ended up kissing the floor where Yuya went to the LDS trio with Yuzu.
After a while, Yaiba had a duel with Kachidoki from Ryozanpaku School and it was a brutal match. The poor guy had to be carried away on a stretcher after the Duel's conclusion due to all of his injuries that he received. Yu had met up with Avery and the others and they too were disgusted by the Ryozanpaku Dueling style. But no digress, everyone had new matchups and Yu looks at his matchup. It was against Hokuto in a couple of hours. Yuto being gone, made Yu grip his fist but he shook it off. He still had a job to do. What he was looking at was Yuya's match. It was against Kachidoki as Yu didn't know how he felt.
*time skip
Who would've known that Johan would be such a good duelist? He's been breezing through the tournament with at least 2000 Life Points remaining and Rei just finished her match as well with someone from LDS. She had no trouble when Judgement Dragon came out and won fairly easily. It was his match next and Yu stood in front of Hokuto.
"Who knew that we would be fighting? This is going to be fun." Yu says as he gets his duel disk ready with his actual deck that has received a massive improvement.
"Yeah, it will be. You're someone who was able to fight Reiji and almost won. There's no way I will underestimate your strength, especially after that display of power in your first match. Are you ready?"
"Whenever you are. Nico! Time for the Action Field."
"It appears both Duelists are ready for battle! This means it's time to select the Action Field for this match!" Nico exclaims. The card spins a few times, the giant Field Spell Card above the two Duelists came to a stop. "The Action Field for this Duel is-Cosmo Sanctuary!
"Oh dear. Your favorite arena is here. If I remember your duel with Yuya, Action Cards would descend from the sky at random intervals and embed themselves around the field. Now. I'll start!"
"Duelists locked in battle!" Yu starts with Hokuto delivering the next line.
"Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!"
"They storm through this field!"
"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!"
"Action-!" Nico exclaimed.
[Duel!]
Yu - LP: 4000
Hokuto - LP: 4000
(Play Last Moment - Yousei Teikoku… BTW the first duel is a filler and doesn't fulfill the two duel minimum. Just to let you know.)
"I'll start! I summon Satellarknight Procyon (Lv 4, 1300 Atk). I activate Procyon's effect. I'll send Satellarknight Vega from my hand to the Graveyard in order to draw one card. Then, I'll place two cards facedown and end my turn with that." Hokuto ends as Yu draws a card.
"My turn! Draw! I use Millenium Ring's and Millenium Rod's effects in my extra deck! I can set them in my Pendulum Zone! With the Scale 1 Millenium Ring and the Scale 10 Millenium Rod, I set the Pendulum Scale!"
"No! I activate the trap, Anti-Spell Fragrance. Both of us can't activate spells until we set them and wait for a turn to pass. Which means you can't set your Pendulum Monsters because they're considered Spell Cards!"
Yu grunts as he puts the two cards back in his extra deck.
"You sealed the Pendulum Scale. I'll give you credit. That's smart. Fine! I summon Cosmic Compass! (Lv 1, 100 Atk!) Since Cosmic Compass was Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Compass Token in Defense Position. (Lv 1, 0 Def) Next, I set two cards. I end my turn!
"Two weak monsters? He really can't do anything without his Pendulum Zones? I think he's in serious trouble." Syuzo comments from the bleachers.
"Draw! I activate the magic card: Satellarknight Skybridge! Through its effect, I can shuffle Procyon back into my deck and Special Summon another tellarknight Monster from my Deck! Come, Satellarknight Deneb! (Lv 4, 1500 Atk) Deneb's effect activates! I can add one tellarknight monster from my Deck to my hand! I choose Satellarknight Altair! Next, I activate the Continous Trap Stellarnova Wave! Through its effect, I can Special Summon one tellarknight Monster once per turn during my Main Phase or your Battle Phase!"
"What? He can summon again?" Rio exclaimed in shock.
"The Monster I will summon is Satellarknight Alsham! (Lv 4, 1400 Atk) With his effect, you take 1000 points of damage!"
Yu - LP 4000 → 3000
"Time for my normal summon! I summon Satellarknight Altair! (Lv 4, 1700 Atk) With its effect, I can special summon a Satellarknight monster from my hand! Come out Satellarknight Betelgeuse (Lv 4, 1900 Def)
"Four Level 4s?" Yu comments as he gets ready.
"I Overlay my Level 4 Altair, Vega, and Deneb! Radiant stars shining in the summer sky! Unite as one and unleash a new luminescence upon the world! Xyz Summon! Appear now, Rank 4! Stellarknight Delteros! (Rank 4, 2500 Atk)"
"Don't think I got much choice here. I activate the facedown card: Monster Chain! This card gains Chain Counters, one for each card that I control. While this card is up, neither player can attack and during your end phase, I must remove a counter." Yu explains.
"Tsk. Clever little sneak. I activate Delteros effect! I can detach a material, then I can target a card on the field and destroy it! I'll choose your Monster Chain! Now battle! I attack your Cosmic Compass!"
Yu - LP 3000 → 600
"Ha! You could only use that card's effect once per turn! I activate the quick-spell! Cyclone! This card allows me to destroy a magic or trap card on the field! That would be your Anti-Spell Fragrance! With that, I can Pendulum Summon once again!"
"Wow. He saved himself by using Monster Chains." Yuya comments as he looks at the duel.
"What? Did I fall for your trap?!" Hokuto says as he regains his footing. "Doesn't matter. I'll still have two monsters and you only have a token. What can you do? I end my turn!"
"My turn! Draw!" Before Yu could play anything, he felt like someone was watching him from afar. He couldn't exactly pinpoint it where exactly be he was on guard now. "I activate the Magic Card Pot of Greed! I can draw two extra cards from my deck! Good. Now with the Scale 0 Psychic Prodigy and Scale 12 Decolate Dragon, I set the Pendulum Scale! With this, I can special summon monsters Level 2 through 11 at the same time! Guided in this world, break the dimensional shift and create a new future! Pendulum Summon! Come forth! My monster! Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon (Lv 4, 3000 Atk), Gagaga Magician (Lv 4, 1500 Atk), and finally Blue-Eyes White Dragon! (Lv 8, 3000 Atk)."
"After a severe disadvantage, Yu was able to perform an amazing Pendulum Summon! What can he do next?" Nico yells as the crowd gets excited!
"Go Yu! You have everything now!" Avery cheers.
"Finally! Gagaga Magician's effect activates! I can change its level between 1 through 8. I'll choose Level 8! Next, I Overlay Gagaga Magician, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!" Yu climbs to the top of an old temple as a massive trident falls from the stars. The big portal in sky fills in the audience with awe as the hole looks like a black hole.
"Woah! A massive trident appeared on the battlefield! Is Yu actually going to use that!?" Nico comments.
Yu looks up and sees Shun examining the match as from a safe location. He grabs the trident and throws it at the portal. "Radiant galaxy, here and now become the striking light, and show yourself! Descend, the black power of my soul! Xyz Summon! Appear, Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon! (Rank 8, 4500 Atk) Time for the finale! When this card is Xyz Summoned using Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, I can Negate the effects of all other monsters on the field! Photon Howling!"
"And Contestant Yu has performed a wonderful Pendulum Xyz Summoning!" Nico comments as the crowd admires the dragon in awe.
"That monster is massive. I think Hokuto stood no chance." Rei comments as everyone agrees.
"He is too overpowered," Avery added. "It's weird to say that about my brother."
"I detach one Xyz Material from this card and I send all Xyz Materials from all other monsters on the field to the Graveyard. And for every Overlay Unit, it gains 500 attacks for each Overlay Unit and it can attack that many times! With your monster, my monster gains 1000 attack! (4500 → 5500 Atk) And it can attack twice! Battle! Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon attack Stellarknight Delteros! Ultimate Photon Stream!"
Hokuto dashes for an action card that had fallen nearby but fails to grab it in time!
Hokuto - LP 4000 → 1000
"Decolate Dragon's Pendulum effect activate. Once per turn, I can choose between three effects when I destroy one of your monsters by battle, I gain Life Points equal to half of its attack, I can destroy one monster, or I get to draw a card. I'll choose to destroy your monster! Draco Meteor! Finally! I attack you directly Hokuto! Ultimate Photon Stream!"
"I activate the Action Magic: Damage Banish! I negate Battle Damage!" Hokuto activates as a card slams right in Yu's face, looks at it, and then activates it. He stands up proudly.
"I activate Action Magic: No Action. I negate your Action Card and destroy it. This was a good match, Hokuto. But I'm moving forward! Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon attacks you directly! Ultimate Photon Stream!"
Hokuto - LP 1000 → 0
Yu Wins
"It's settled! The winner of the third match of the second round, as well as advancing to the Top 20 is Yu Nishikiyama! Everyone, let's give him a round of applause." Nico exclaims as Yu walks to Hokuto and helps him back to his feet.
"That was a fun Duel! You almost had me back there."
"Almost, but not quite… Since you were skilled enough to defeat the extremely talented me, you had best go all the way and win this tournament. I won't stand losing to anyone other than this year's Junior Youth Champion."
No worries there, Hokuto. I'm planning on winning from the start."
The two shake hands as both Duelists left the arena while Yu looks around. He still feels like someone was watching him.
*Meanwhile
Two cloaked figures were watching the conclusion of the Duel between Yu and Hokuto from one of the giant screens placed throughout the city. The first one was unmistakably male due to its tall, burly body, while the second was the familiar purple-haired Serena as she was looked at Yu.
"Yu… What's your opinion, Barrett?" Serena asks.
"It's obvious. They are both Xyz users and that one who looks like Yuri… He's most likely a Xyz Remnant. The other duelist must be from Standard." The man named Barrett says.
"Yeah… He's our only lead right now. But, we should still look towards the other duelists."
"That's why I told you we should have gathered more information first before heading to Standard, Serena." Barrett sighs. "Without a face or even a name, finding the Xyz Remnant that defeated our agent, Sora Shinin, will be like finding a needle in a haystack. If you had just given me a bit more time to get a detailed report from him-"
"If we had wasted even more time, I would have been discovered and the Professor would have dragged me back for sure," Serena says. "Let's go."
The thought of someone watching him kept Yu up all night. Even still, Yu walks around as he feels like someone is staring at him from afar. It was obvious that people would be watching the duel but it was an unsettling feeling. Like they were betrayed or somewhat. Suddenly his pendant was starting to react as he a sudden rush of rage of going through his body but left in an instant.
Yu decided to go talk to Shun as he went into past the security and into the room where Shun and Reiji were.
"You really need to work on security, Reiji. If I can get through than anyone can." Yu says gaining the attention of the two.
"Yu… Did you know about this?" Shun asks as he shows Yuya summoning Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon against Kachidoki. "Does Yuya have anything to do with Yuto's disappearance?"
Yu looks up as he thinks back to what Yuya had said the other day.
*Flashback
"Yuto… He...while protecting me...he was struck by Yugo's attack… Then… we were enveloped by light… and Yuto gave me his dragon. After that… I neither remember anything nor do I have any idea what happened to Yuto…"
"Yuto… He's gone. Someone jumped him and at his final moments gave Yuya his card." Yu says. It was vague but the truth.
"Yuto…" Shun looked pissed off. "I'm going to get the full story from him."
Reiji stands up and gets a hold of Shun. "You'll get that during the third round. That I promise. I know you're suffering but don't forget the reason I'm holding it in the first place is to find powerful Duelists that can stand against Academia."
"Shun. I'm sorry."
Shun still left but as he tries to follow but someone stopped him. It was Riku.
"He'll be fine. It may be upset but he has his head on straight. By the way, Reiji here's your video stuff. Nakajima is still out with that cold."
"Alright." Reiji looks at the video and the three see an event where two hooded figures were interrogating Hokuto before carding him. One of them catches Yu off guard as it was Serena.
"Academia is already here." Yu comments. "Serena. Well, she escaped at least. Heh heh heh."
"Should you really be laughing right now?" Riku asks in a serious tone.
"No… not really. I'm out. Today has been hectic already." Yu says as he walks out of the room.
The rest of the day was pretty normal. Mostly everyone has had their respective duels and the next day was Yuzu and Shun's duels. It was going to be a normal day until Yu was walking through Maiami First Stadium because he was looking through the security footage and saw two figures heading towards the area. What he didn't know was that Rio was tailing him as he was waiting for Serena to show up.
"What brings you here all alone?" Rio asks behind a corner as Yu jumped.
"Rio! God, you scared me! It's nothing. You should go." Yu says as he looks at his deck.
"And why should I? Not doing anything shady are you?"
"Nothing of… the… sort…" Yu trails off as he sees the two figures right in front of him. "Serena."
Standing in front of him was Serena and another man with tattered clothing and an eyepatch covering scar tissue. Rio came around and sees Yu standing firm in front of the two.
"Hey, Serena. Looks like your dream finally came true. Heh. Leo finally sent you on a mission. With a war general I guess. Does this mean that he acknowledges your skill?" Yu asks with a dry smile.
"I came on my own will. Yu… you bastard! You used me back at the Fusion Dimension. I won't forgive you for that!" Serena yells as she activates her duel disk but Barrett puts his hand in front of Serena.
"Serena. Not so rash. We should deal with this quietly."
"Why!? He should burn for what he has done! He looked down at me and disrespected the academy! Plus he's a resistance member!"
"I'm sorry for that. Really I am." Yu looks down and sighs. "But you being in Academia… I had to take it."
"Academia? They're from the Fusion Dimension?!" Rio asks in shock.
"Oh. You know about the four dimensions?" Barrett asks.
"How couldn't I? You guys destroyed Heartland! I'll never figure you, people." Rio had a tear of rage as Yu and Barrett walked forward.
"Oh. You're an Xyz Remnant as well? So you two are the ones that escaped. Which one of you beat Sora Shiunin?" Barrett asks.
'I'm ain't giving up Shun…' Yu thinks as he attaches his duel disk to his left arm and activates it. "That would be me. What are you going to do about that?"
"Then I'll start by taking out you. My mission from the professor which is of putting out the sparks that may ignite within you, Serena." Barrett activates his duel disk.
"Talking about Leo, right?" Yu taps his duel disk. "Reiji. I found them. Sending coordinates. Don't let anyone near the area at the time." Yu looks at Rio. "You should stand back. I'll take care of this."
"Oh right."
Rio and Serena both stood back as Yu looks at Barrett.
"DUEL!"
Yu - LP 4000
Barrett - LP 4000
(Play Stand my ground within temptation… Or the Nightcore version. Better for amv in my opinion.)
"Taking the lead gives you the advantage! I start!" Barrett grabs a card from his hand. "I activate the Continuous Magic, Beastborg Fusion! Once per turn, I can Fusion Summon a "Beastborg" Monster!"
"He can use it multiple times?" Rio asks. "Academia's elite is no joke."
"I use it to fuse the Pitch-Black Leopard Soldier; Panther Warrior and Dark Sentinel from my hand! O ferocious black panther, merge together with the watchman of the holy darkness, and raise a new war cry! Fusion Summon! Come forth and appear, Beastborg Panther Predator! (Lv 6, 1600 Atk) I activate Panther Predator's effect! Once per turn, it can inflict damage to the opponent equal to half of its Attack!"
Yu - LP 4000 → 3000
"I set two cards and end my turn."
"Steadily wearing down his Life from the start…" Serena starts.
"Man such a stiff method of attacking." Serena looks at Rio weirdly.
"It's my turn then! I draw! I activate Millenium Ring and Millenium Rod's effect! On my first turn, I can place these two monsters in the Pendulum Zones! I using the Scale 1 Millenium Ring and the Scale 9 Millenium Rod, I set the Pendulum Scale! With this, I can summon monsters levels 2 through 8 at the same time! Guided in this world, break the dimensional shift and create a new future! Pendulum Summon! Appear my monsters to help tear down my foes! Blue-Eyes Pendulum Dragon (Lv 8, 3000 Atk) and Prime-Material Dragon!" (Lv 7, 2400 Atk)
"Pendulum…" Serena looks back at the duel she had against Yu. "You bastard. That wasn't some effect. It was a summoning method? And you didn't use it against me? You're looking down at me that much?"
"Sorry sweet cheeks. Had to hold back a tiny little bit." Yu comments. "Battle! Blue-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attacks Panther Predator! White Lightning!"
Barrett - LP 4000 → 2800
"However, I activated the Continuous Trap, Beastborg Medal of the Iron Shield before the battle! This card, after every 100 points of damage I take, places one "Medal Counter" on itself! Furthermore, when Panther Predator is destroyed, I can Special Summon the Fusion Material Monsters used for its Summon from the Graveyard! I Special Summon Panther Warrior and Dark Sentinel! (Lv 4, 2000 Atk) (Lv 4, 1500 Atk)"
"You knew that I would destroy them easily. I don't know what the trap is going to do so, I'll end my turn with this then." Yu says.
"Barrett isn't afraid of taking risks, as long as he's winning. He must really have a lot of experience from actual combat situations." Rio says.
"My turn! I activate the effect of my Continuous Spell, Beastborg Fusioner, once again! I Fusion Summon using my Panther Warrior and Dark Sentinel! Come forth once more, Panther Predator! And now I activate the effect of my Continuous Trap, Beastborg Medal of the Iron Shield! By sending this card to the Graveyard, for every "Medal Counter" on it when it's sent to the Graveyard, a "Beastborg" I control gains 100 Attack!" (1600 → 3000 Atk)
"It has attack equal to that of Blue-Eyes Pendulum Dragon," Serena says.
"Dang dude. You're really gung-ho about all these medals. You're really into this military stuff." Yu quietly jokes.
"I am a soldier. The number of medals one has is the proof of a soldier's honor! I once again activate Panther Predator's effect, which lets this card to deal half of its Attack as damage to my opponent!"
"Prime Material Dragon's effect. Whenever both of us is dealt battle damage, the damage becomes zero and we gain Life Points equal to the attack. So I gain 1500 Life Points! Your trap is useless!"
Yu - LP 3200 → 4700
"Shit! Then battle! Panther Predator attacks your Prime Material Dragon! Industrial Savage!"
Yu - LP 4700 → 4100
"Well, his combos are good unless some small counters are made… I have to do something about that Fusion card, otherwise, I'm taking damage."
"I activate the Continuous Trap, Beastborg Medal of the Darkness Blade! You take damage equal to half of a monster's attack! I'll choose Beastborg Panther Predator!" Barrett explains.
Yu - LP 4100 → 2600
"I set one card facedown, then end my turn."
"My turn! Draw! I would never expect this! I summon Psychic Prodigy! (Lv 4, 800 Atk) Then I activate the Magic Card: Parallel Unit! With this card's effect, I can use this card for a Rank 4 Xyz Summon! I Overlay the Level 4 Psychic Prodigy and Parallel Unit! Shimmering desires for a new beacon of hope! Lead the Glorious Revolution! Number that remains, Number to brings the light! Xyz Summon! Behold the Guardian of the Original Number. Arise. Number 39: King of Wishes, Hope! (Rank 4, 2500 Atk) Then I activate Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force! I choose the highest Ranked monster on my field and rank it up by 1 or 2 ranks! I'll choose one rank!"
"Rank-Up-Magic? The secret weapon of the Resistance!" Barrett comments in fear.
"You were an Xyz Remnant after all." Serena had a sour tone.
"You got it! This is for Heartland! I choose to rank up King of Wishes, Hope! A glimmer of hope become a streak of lightning! Strike down the chaos that plagues the universe! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Come forth, Shining Number 39! King of Wishes, Hope the Lightning! (Rank 5, 2500 Atk) Battle! Hope the Lightning attacks Beastborg Panther Predator! At this time, you can't activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step! Also! I can detach two Xyz Materials from this card, this monster's attack becomes 5000 during this battle only! Hope Lightning Slash! (2500 → 5000 Atk)"
Barrett - LP 2800 → 800
"Panther Predator's effect activates! I Special Summon it's Fusion Materials on the field!"
"Doesn't matter in the slightest. Blue-Eyes Pendulum Dragon attacks Panter Warrior! Blue Lightning!"
Barrett - LP 800 → 0
Yu Wins!
Yu takes a deep breath and looks at Serena.
"So what's next. Are we going to fight? Because I really don't want to do this with a friend. Because truth be told, I'm not really who you're looking for. I was just provoking you guys."
"Really? This was a waste of time then. However, we aren't friends, Yu. You used me to get your way. I would never be friends with you!" Serena yells as Yu is taken back a bit.
"Academia has done terrible things. Why wouldn't someone try to fight against them? Carding not just the duelists, the civilians, even your own members. No matter what, Leo is wrong. And if you aren't on my side, then we're enemies. I'm sorry."
"I won't let you!" Barrett says as he struggles to get up and taps on his duel disk. It starts flashing red.
"Wait. What is that? What are you doing?" Rio says as Yu holds her back.
"Hold on. It might be dangerous."
"Academia now knows where we are." Barrett teleports away.
"He teleported… Did he go back to Academia?" Rio asks.
"Yeah. He was forcefully recalled. Eventually, a group of pursuers from Academia is going to appear to take me home. When that happens, you can expect the havoc you're thinking of. But I won't be captured. I'll defeat both the pursuers and the Xyz Duelist now that I know that it wasn't you. That doesn't mean that I won't take you down later. I'll make Akaba Leo recognize my strength!" Serena turns to leave as Yu looks around.
"Rio! Go leave. I'll catch up in a bit." Yu says as Rio gives him a look. "Trust me on this!"
"Alright. Just don't get yourself carded." Rio leaves the room as Yu looks at Serena.
"Serena!" Serena turns back as Yu tosses her a key. "Use it at the given address that I've given it to you. Sleep there if you want."
"It's unnecessary. I don't require charity from you of all people. I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"Does that mean you already have a place to stay?"
"I don't need it. Since your not the Xyz Duelist I'll keep looking. If there is a need of rest, I can simply lie down in a secluded street."
"Of course you have no self-awareness as a girl." Yu groans.
"What about me being a girl? You're still looking down on me aren't you!?" Serena yells as he covers his ears.
"Way too loud. By the way, pretty sure that I would beat you. And if you remember that time at the Academia, I won that duel. As such, you have to do what I say. Or what? You don't have the pride as a duelist." Yu taunts knowing Serena would take it.
"There's no way I can have you question my pride. And it's true that I lost to you. Fine, if those are your terms, I graciously accept your hospitality. However, you and I will have that rematch. Yu."
"Don't have any thought of slipping away. One of my associates is going to seal the area off. Is that understood?" Serena nods. "Thank you, Serena."
With that, Serena left and Yu went to the bleachers where Yuzu and Kurosaki just finished their duels as the others looked at Yu who had a depressed look on his face. The others wanted to know what was wrong as Rei asked.
"Hey, Yu. Are you alright? You seem a little down in the dumps." Rei asks with concern.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just that we going to need to really need to work on our decks." Yu says giving a vague answer.
"What does that mean?" Johan asks as Rio looks at Yu who shakes his head no.
A couple of hours later, everyone went to You Show Duel School where they looked at the Top 20 contestants. Yu, on the other hand, went to a fast-food place for some food before going to the apartment next to his. He knocks on the door as Serena opens it. It looked as though she had just taken a shower and was wearing Avery's clothes that were in there.
"What are you doing here, Yu? Come to rub it in?" Serena asks as Yu slowly shakes his head no.
"No. Actually, I came to make amends. Figured you were hungry so I brought food for you. May I come in?" Serena was about to refuse before her stomach started rumbling. "I'll take that as a yes."
Serena and Yu went into the apartment where Yu hands a burger to Serena and one for himself. She was refusing to eat as Yu couldn't eat.
"Serena… Back then, I was desperate. Looking for a friend that Academia took prisoner, Ruri. I just can't really forgive myself until I make it up to you. This is the first step I guess. Please! I really thought we could be friends!" Yu bows down on the floor as Serena looks at him.
"Fine! I forgive you! But that doesn't mean that I will duel you after the Xyz Remnant." Yu still didn't raise his head. "Fine… We're friends!"
That raised Yu's head with a smile. "Thanks."
And the two ate their meals. With Rio and Rei looking from the sidelines.
"Serena is here? And they're having a date?" Rei whispers quietly.
"No. He said something about making amends for back then. You have any idea about that?" Rio asks as Rei nods.
"Well when we infiltrated Academia, Serena helped us and didn't take it too kindly. Her pride must have taken a massive hit. Honestly, I feel the same."
"Well, we better get ready. The third round is tomorrow."
Well someone is jealous. That's certain. Hmm. Harems have always been difficult to handle. Especially when it comes to the Yu-Gi-Oh series. Yuma from Zexal for example when it came with Kotori, Anna, and Cat. It's weird I know. But some of these protagonists just have their harems. But what makes it bad is the fact that those girls don't really get that much plot development except for Kotori perhaps as she's EVERYWHERE where Yuma is at. It's annoying but hey, that's how the writers wrote it. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Replacing Reiji with Yu in dueling Barrett seemed like a good idea and the fact that I just got done with the first and second rounds of the tournament. With that see you guys later. This is NexusMC signing out! Stay Classy!