Leo woke up from sun glaring at him. He tried to turn around, but the annoying fireball in the sky wasn't in the mood to work with the green haired teen. How did the sun beams get into his room anyway? He was sure that he closed the curtains. He turned around and threw the covers off of him. He looked at the window and saw a very familiar silhouette. The silhouette had a hour glass figure with long legs and hair that reached the middle of her back.
"Did you really have to ruin my peaceful sleep?"
"We will be late for school if you will sleep any longer" said the figure. Leo just slammed back onto the bed muttering 'I am not going'. He heard soft steps. Then the figure climbed onto the bed and hovered above him. He felt two hands at each side of his head. Long hair was tickling his chest. He opened his eyes and stared into a pair if gray eyes, so similar to his own. Teal hair was blocking all vision besides the face above him.
Luna gave him a sly smile. She placed two fingers onto his chest and walked along it until she reached his neck. She guided her fingers along his jaw and cheek and then grabbed him by the nose. "Come on, Leo, don't make it harder than it should be"
Leo let out a sigh. "Fine" said the boy. His sister smiled at him, but didn't climb off the bed. "Honestly, why do I have to wake up you every Monday like this?" asked the girl as she changed her position so that she was now standing on her elbows. Their faces were really close now. "Maybe I just really like to see you hovering over me" said the teen with his cheesy smile. "Perv" said the girl as she lightly bulled her brother. She was ready to stand up, but her brother put an arm around her waist and kept her in their previous position for a few more moments. "Maybe I am, but you still love me".
"Of course I do" said the girl as she pecked Leo on the cheek. They stared at each other's eyes for a few moments until they burst into fits of laughter. Luna put her hands onto her brother's chest and pushed him back onto the bed. She straightened her back and sat on Leo's stomach as they laughed. Leo put his hands behind his back and took time to look at his sister. Her hair was sticking out in several directions, she didn't brush it yet. She was wearing one of his T-shirts.
It was black T-shirt that was long enough for her to use as pajamas. The neck hole was large due to the long use and revealed Luna's right shoulder. The girl noticed her brother's stare and gave him a sly smile. "You seem to enjoy what you see".
"You could just walk way if you don't like it"
"I never said I didn't like it. Besides, I am enjoying the sight as well" said the girl as she guided her hands over Leo's chest. "God, if someone saw us one, there definitely would be rumors" said the boy. Luna giggled. "Okay, enough of flirting. We really need to get going".
Leo sighed. Luna stood up from her brother and went to the door, followed by her brother. They walked into the kitchen, greeted by the sleepy faces of Yusei and Aki. The red haired woman smiled at the twins, walked up to them and hugged them tightly. "Aki. Air" said the teens as they became slightly blue. "Shush you two. I am pregnant. Mood swings and it is your fault for being so cute"
"Okay, dear, I think that's enough. They really are turning blue" said Yusei as he walked over to the red-head and pulled her away from the teal haired teens. The woman pouted. Three years have passed since the event with Arthur and his knights. Two years after that Yusei and Aki married each other. Now Aki was on her eighth month. The twins almost suffered from it since the woman became very affectionate and usually the targets of her love were the siblings. Not that they really minded. They loved the red-haired woman. It was very funny sight when the twins would start to protest against the constant hugs and Aki would scream that they were her little brother and sister and it was her personal right to hug them whenever she wanted. They would all laugh after that line.
The family sat down and started their breakfast. It was rather fun to observe Yusei during their meals. Sometimes Leo joked that he was pregnant as well. Luna would always scold him for that, but laugh at the same time. Yusei always tried to feed Aki with fruits and vegetables, which wasn't bad if it didn't turn into almost an obsession. He didn't allow her to eat anything that he considered unhealthy, which was a lot of stuff. His protectiveness went overboard as well. He would always clean the penthouse to the point that you couldn't find a single particle of dust. You would think that it was impossible, but the crab-haired man always managed to prove that belief wrong. One time he annoyed Aki so much that she made Black Rose Dragon knock him out. Somehow it didn't teach him a lesson. He got knocked out a couple more times after that. Leo was actually keeping a track of those, much to Crow's and Jack's amusement.
The family quickly finished their breakfast. The twins went to school while Yusei went to his job. He was working in a laboratory, designing different programs for various companies. He managed to buy himself a car, a red Ferrari with the fortune he was earning from his job. Aki wouldn't stop joking that he was crazy over color red and that he fell foe her only because her hair was red. Of course the twins always lend a hand with all the teasing. It was quite a hilarious sight, Yusei with red face and ears. Somehow he couldn't come up with anything to say to all the teasing.
The group got into the garage and drove off. Yusei dropped the twins at the school and then went to his work. Other teens and children were already rushing to school. The lesson would start quite soon. Leo grabbed Luna's bag and they headed off to their first lesson, which was English. Leo heard his sister giggle, he turned his head and gave her a confused look. "What's so funny?"
"I just thought of what sweet boyfriend you could've become", said the girl with a smile. "I hate that word when you say it"
Luna let out a laugh as she hooked arms with her brother. "When are you going to stop hating every boy that tries to hit on me?"
"Never. They try to steal my precious sister. They all should go to hell. One of them actually succeeded" he said the last part in a whisper, but Luna heard him anyways. She decided to ignore it. They already had a few fights with him over the subject and she didn't want to ruin such peaceful moment.
They entered the school corridor and headed to their classroom. As they walked people gave them looks, they always did. As they grew older rumors about Leo and Luna having some strange relationship spread. Most of them were produced by other girls who were jealous of the teal haired girl for various reasons. The twins didn't mind all that much. Sometimes Luna would gladly give them some material to gossip about.
She would kiss her brother when everyone were looking, or Leo would put his hands around her waist, while pressing her against the lockers, whispering something trivial or silly into her ear, but god it didn't look like that from a side. Somehow all the rumors were making the twins laugh.
They reached their classroom and saw a teen waiting for them there. It was a boy of their age with messy black hair. He was wearing blue uniform of the academy and a calm smile on his face. Leo's smile faded as soon as he saw him. Luna let go of her brother and went to the boy. She smiled at him and pecked him on the lips. "Hello to you to my dear" said Max. He turned to the teal haired boy and smiled at him. "Hi, Leo"
"Yeah, yeah, hi" said the boy as he walked past the couple into the class. Luna sighed and walked after her brother. The teal haired boy put his sister's bag near him, but Max grabbed the bag and placed it on another desk. Luna shot her brother a quick apologetic glance and sat beside her boyfriend. Leo shot him a quick glare, but turned away the next second, when the bell rang.
The teacher walked into the classroom. It was professor Heitmann, but it wasn't his lesson now. They had history. Heitmann didn't teach history. The man walked over to teacher's desk and cleared his throat. "Students. I came here to announce that we are going to have a competition today."
Students started whispering. "Silence!" yelled the man in his typical hysterical voice. "It is a competition sponsored by a respected organization, The Ourbos Movement" said the teacher.
The Ourbos Organization appeared a year ago. They seemed to have quite a fortune and so far spent money mostly for charity. People were quite found of them, but only few actually thought where did those money come from. The fact that they decided to have some sort of tournament in the academy wasn't all that surprising.
"This competition will have special rules. You will be tasked with making a deck out of the cards that are given to you by the organization. Those cards are marked and they aren't considered official, so if you will try to steal some rare cards, and I am sure you will! They wouldn't work outside the competition. You are not allowed to use the same deck more than once. I hope you understand with your tiny brains that this is a huge opportunity for you to show yourselves, don't waste it!" said the man as he let out an arrogant snort and walked out of the class.
Before leaving the classroom he looked at Max. "I am sure you will succeed in this tournament, Maxwell. None of these students have your skills. I hope when you win, you will remember your teacher" said the man with something on his face that faintly reminded a smile. Max nodded at the teacher and smiled. Leo rolled his eyes and he saw his sister turning away and making a small eye roll as well. Everyone knew that Max was Heitmann's favorite. It was either because boy's father was the principal or the fact that Max wasn't the only one who didn't hate the arrogant jerk. Still, everyone liked Max, so no one minded that, well, no one except for Leo.
When Heitmann left the class the history teacher entered the room. It was a middle aged man with already graying hair. He was wearing a pair of grey trousers and a white button up shirt. He also was wearing a necktie. He walked behind his desk and started the lesson. Leo opened the book and started listening to the teacher. Despite popular belief he had some respect for the teachers, well, some for teachers. Mr. Victor, the history teacher, is a very strict teacher. He doesn't tolerate students that don't pay attention during the lessons. He would often yell at such students, but at the same time he loves his students dearly. One time he got into a fight, into an actual fistfight, with Heitmann. The guy went a little bit overboard with his insults to the students and Mr. Victor lost his temper. Of course Mr. Victor emerged victorious. That day he received the respect of quite a few students.
The lesson passed quite quickly. Leo wanted to walk with his sister, but Max was already merrily chatting with her. The teal haired boy let out a sigh and left the classroom. He went to his next class. It was separate from Luna's. He had much less classes with his twin now, but each of her classes were with Max. Leo didn't want to seem overly suspicious, but he still thought that Principal Ardo could be the cause of that.
The rest of the day went quite boring for Leo. The English dragged on and he spent half of the chemistry outside the classroom because he blew up the lab. The remaining four lessons got canceled, because of the competition. Leo grabbed his bag and headed to the gym. There the competition would be held. When he entered the gym, it was already cramped with students. He tried to look for Luna in the crowd, but failed at the task. He let out a sigh and waited behind all the students.
Teachers started organizing the students in a line. From all the murmurs, Leo understood that the Ourbos Organization was giving something to the students. They were walking out of the gym though the second exit. The boy managed to catch a glimpse of long teal hair. His sister already got whatever the Ourbos were giving. An hour later the line had finally ended.
Leo took a step to a smiling woman. She was wearing a rather short black dress. She was in her late twenties, had quite a nice figure and pretty face. Her hair was brown and was cascading down her back. Leo felt the urge to roll his eyes. Did those guys really try to use such cheap methods? The woman took out something that looked like a watch from a box. She made a photo of Leo on some other device and then pressed a button on the weird camera. The watch biped and the woman handed it to the boy. She motioned for Leo to put it on. The boy placed it onto his right wrist and left the gym.
On his way out of the gym the teal haired duelist took a look at the device. It was round with something that looked like a button at the center. Leo pressed it. The button glowed and then a display appeared in front of his face. The display had a small photo of Leo in the corner. There were four buttons on the display: decks, cards, options and exit.
Leo looked at the screen and then at his surroundings. He was on school's stadium. Most of the students were standing in groups. Leo tried to find Luna, but she was nowhere to be seen. He let out a sigh. The boy heard one of the teachers explaining something. He walked up to a groupd of students and listened to the teacher. "You have to build decks in those devices, given to you by Ourbos organization. After you do, walk up to one of their machines like this one" said the teacher as he pointed at a large steel box beside him, "Put the device in front of this screen" the teacher pointed at a black screen on the box, " and the machine will give you your deck. I remind you that you will need to use a unique deck for each match. We will be calling out the names of the students that are going to duel, so listen carefully. You have twenty minutes to make your deck for the first round."
Leo looked at the watch again and pressed the 'Decks' button. The screen became bigger and displayed cards that could be put into the deck. The UI was quite comfortable to use and Leo quickly made a simple deck. He saved it and went to the steel box and placed the watch in front of the black screen. The watch biped and the boy heard cards being shuffled. Then a small box got pushed out from beside the black screen. Leo looked inside and saw a deck of cards. He took it out and quickly went through the deck. Yes, it definitely was the deck that he made.
Okay, it was quite a comfortable system, Leo had to admit that. Leo put on his duel disk and headed to the football field. Some of the students were already there. The boy sat onto one of the benches and waited for the duels to start.
Ten minutes later Leo heard, "Attention! Attention!". He couldn't understand from where the sound was coming from, but he heard it clearly, that was the only thing that mattered. He heard the names of the students that would have the first duel. He heard his name among them. The students were divided in pairs. Leo was in the pair number five. He went to the dueling field number five, which was the basketball field. The teen calmly went to his destination.
When Leo arrived to his destination, his opponent was already there. It was student from a parallel class. His name was Andrew. Leo didn't know much about him. He seemed to be your ordinary student. The teal haired teen greeted his opponent and Andrew did the same. By this time a huge crowd gathered around the field.
"Hey, Leo, goof luck!" yelled someone from the crowd. The voice was all too familiar. The boy turned around and saw his teal haired sister standing in front of the crowd. She was smiling. Luna winked at him. Leo gave her thumbs up and the duel begun.
Andrew: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Manju of Ten Thousand Hands and all Black Luster Ritual from my deck to my hand. I play Black Luster Ritual and send Knight of the Evening Twilight and Charging Gaia The Fierce Knight to ritual summon Black Luster Soldier. If I use Knight of the Evening Twilight for a ritual summon of a Black Luster Soldier, the summoned monster gains two abilities. The first one is an ability to banish target monster an opponent controls and the second one is to banish a card in opponent's hand face down until my opponent's End Phase. Now the ability of Charging Gaia The Fierce Knight activates and I can add one Black Luster Soldier monster from my deck to my hand. I add Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of The Beginning. I banish Evening Twilight and Gaia from my grave and special summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of The Beginning. Whenever Evening Twilight is banished I can add one ritual monster form my deck to the hand. I add Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier. I play Super Soldier Ritual and tribute Manju of Ten Thousand Hands from my field as well as another Knight of The Evening Twilight from my hand and ritual summon Black Luster Soldier – Supper Soldier. The effect of Knight of The Beginning activates and Super Soldier gains the abilities that I have already mentioned before. Since I have an equal amount of Light and Dark attribute monsters in my grave I can special summon…"
"Is that turn of yours ever going to end?"
"I think we are getting close to it. Just wait a few more seconds. As I was saying I can special summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Evening Twilight by banishing all Light or Dark attribute monsters from my graveyard. I banish Knight of the Beginning from my graveyard and special summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Twilight. Since I used dark monster for the summon of this monster, it gains an ability to banish one card from my opponent's hand until his next End Phase. Okay, I end my turn, finally, oh wait a second. I activate the abilities of Black Luster Soldier, Evening Twilight and Super Soldier to banish one random card from your hand until end of your next turn three times. Okay, I think that's all."
Andrew: LP-4000
Hand-0
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-2
"This will be tough. I draw. I set three card face down and end my turn"
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-3
Andrew: LP-4000
Hand-0
"I draw. I attack you with Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier."
"I activate a trap card Negate Attack and end the battle phase."
"I end my turn here"
Andrew: LP-4000
Hand-1
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-3
"I flip my two face down cards face up, they are Heart of the Underdog. I draw. I reveal Alexandrite Dragon and draw two more cards. I reveal Blue Eyes White Dragon and draw another two, than I reveal Red Eyes Black Dragon and you know what that means. Listen carefully: Blue Eyes, Summoned Skull, Alexandrite Dragon, Polymerization. Okay, the other trigger happens and I draw another card, hey would you look at this, Summoned Skull, Blue Eyes, Dragon's Mirror, Luster Dragon #2, Negate Attack, Curse of Dragon, Polymerization, Luster Dragon #1, Alexandrite Dragon, Dark Magician, another Dark Magician, Dragon's Mirror, okay, let's just skip through talking, my mouth is getting dry."
Leo: Hand-35
"I play Polymerization and use two Alexandrite Dragons to fusion summon First of the Dragons. I play another Polymerization and send three Blue Eyes from my hand to the grave and fusion summon Neo Blue Eyes White Dragon. I play yet another Polymerization and fusion summon Archfiend Black Skull Dragon by sending Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull from my hand to the grave. I play Dragon's Mirror and banish three Blue Eyes and two Alexandrites from my grave to fusion summon Five Headed Dragon. I play Red-Eyes Fusion and send Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Meteor Dragon from my hand to the grave to fusion summon Meteor Black Comet Dragon. I activate the effect of Archfiend Black Skull Dragon and send Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my grave back into the deck and deal damage to you equal to the attack of that monster"
Andrew: LP-4000→1600
"Now I activate the effect of Meteor Black Comet Dragon and send one Red-Eyes from my deck to the graveyard and deal half of its attack points to you as damage"
Andrew: LP-1600→400
"I attack you with Five Headed Dragon"
Andrew: LP-400→0
Andrew shrugged with a calm smile on his face. He headed towards the teal haired duelist. "That was one hell of a fun duel" said the boy. Leo smiled at him and shook his hand. "You bet it was, although in the end it was decided by luck" said the teal haired boy. "Who cares. The crowd liked the show and we enjoyed the duel. That's the only thing that matters"
"Agreed" said Leo with a chuckle. After that they went their separate ways. Leo walked over to his smiling sister. "That was awesome" said the girl with a very proud smile on her face. The boy chuckled and put his hands behind his head. "So when will you duel" asked the boy. "My duel will start in fifteen minutes. Let's head to the spot where it is going to be held"
"Sure." The twins squeezed themselves through the crowd and headed to the front gates of the school where Luna's duel was supposed to happen. As they were walking Luna to Leo's arm and placed it around her waist. She smirked at the girls that glared at her. Together the twins went to one of the card dispensers and Luna got her deck. When they reached the gates a small crowd was already there. Max was among that crowd. When he saw the siblings, he immediately headed in their direction.
Leo let go of his sister when he saw her boyfriend. "My dear, ready for your duel?"
"Yeah, I am quite ready."
"Can I look at your deck"
"Uhm, sure, here" said the girl as she gave the boy her deck. He looked through it and a frown made its way onto his face. "it's not the one that you built earlier."
"Yeah, I decided that the previous one was too boring and this one is much more fun."
"Luna, I would like you to not use this deck. You could lose with this one. Imagine what people would think if one of the top students would lose in the first duel of the tournament. Please use the previous one."
"Hey. My sister can do whatever she wants." said the teal haired boy. Max frowned at him, "Do you want your sister to lose or what?" asked the black haired duelist. Luna quickly walked in between the boys. "Enough. Max, I will use whichever deck I want. I don't care what others will think about me losing in the first match. Now give me back my deck."
Max frowned and kept the deck firmly in his hand. Luna roughly grabbed the cards and snatched it from her boyfriend's hand. Max seemed to be very displeased, but he stayed silent. Luna's opponent showed up. It was a girl a year younger than Luna. Her name was Liz. She had peculiar albino hair and bright red eyes. She was very quiet, but not because she was lonely or permanently sad. She just didn't like to talk much. "You can go first" said the younger girl. "Sure, thanks hun."
Luna: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon one monster in face down defense position and one card face down"
Luna: LP-4000
Hand-4
Liz: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Aliester the Eidolon Summoner and add Eidolon Summoning Magic from my deck to my hand. Then I equip it with Wonder Wand. I use the effect of Wonder Wand to tribute my monster and draw two cards. I activate Brilliant Fusion and fusion summon Gem-Knight Seraphinite by sending Gem-Knight Garnet and Vylon Cube. I activate Instant Fusion and by paying a thousand life points I can special summon one fusion monster that is level four or bellow from my extra deck"
Liz: LP-4000→3000
"I special summon Elder Entity Norden and use his effect to special summon Vylon Cube. I tune my level four Elder Entity Norden to my level three Vylon Cube and synchro summon Ancient Fairy Dragon"
"Wait, what?" exclaimed the teal haired girl as a dragon appeared in front of her. "We will have a talk about this at home" said Luna as she pointed at the dragon in a scolding manner. The crowd laughed, much to Luna's delight.
"When I use Vylon Cube for a synchro summon I can add one equip card from my deck to my hand. I add another Wonder Wand. I activate Re-fusion, pay eight hundred life points and Elder Entity Norden and special summon it."
Liz: LP-3000→2200
"I activate his effect and summon Vylon Cube from the grave. I tune my level four Elder Entity Norden to my level three Vylon Cube and synchro summon Black Rose Dragon. Vylon Cube's effect activates and I add another Re-fusion from my deck to my hand. I activate Re-fusion and pay another eight hundred life points…"
Liz: LP-2200→1400
"… and special summon Elder Entity Norden. I repeat the previous actions, I mean, all of them and synchro summon PSY-Framelord Zeta. Cube – Wonder Wand. I activate the effect of Ancient Fairy Dragon and special summon Aliaster and equip it with Wonder Wand. I tribute him and draw another two cards. I activate Eidolon Summoning Magic and banish Norden along with Aliaster and fusion summon Maheb, The Idolon Beast. I play another Eidolon Summoning Magic and use Seraphinite and Maheb as fusion materials in order to fusion summon Elysion Eidolon Beast. I attack your face down card with Elysion."
"I activate a trap card, No Entry!. All your monsters are changed to defense position."
"I end my turn"
Liz: LP-1400
Hand-Oh, who cares, I am too lazy to count all this.
Luna: LP-4000
Hand-4
"I draw. I flip up my monster, its Skilled Dark Magician. I summon Skilled Blue Magician. I activate Double Summon and place a spell counter on both magicians. I conduct a second normal summon due to the effect of Double Summon and summon Skilled White Magician. I activate Magical Citadel of Endymion and place a spell counter on each magician. I play a spell card, Pot of Greed and draw two cards. A spell counter is placed on each magician and Citadel. I tribute Skilled Dark Magician and special summon Dark Magician from my deck. I activate the effect of Skilled Blue Magician and special summon Lord Gaia The Fierce Knight. I equip Dark Magician with Wonder Wand and tribute it to draw two cards. Skilled White Magician gains another Spell counter. I activate Foolish Burial and send Curse of Dragonfire from my deck to the grave. White Magician gains third spell counter and I activate his effect to special summon Buster Blader from my deck. I play Monster Reborn and bring Curse of Dragonfire back from the grave. I use his effect and fusion summon Sky Galloping Gaia the Fierce Knight using him and Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight as fusion materials. When Sky Galloping Gaia the Fierce Knight is summoned onto the field I can add Spiral Spear Strike from my deck to my hand. I activate it. Now I play Destruction Sword Fusion and now I can fusion summon one fusion monster that lists a Buster Blader as fusion material using monsters under both players control. I target Black Rose Dragon and Buster Blader in order to fusion summon Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman. Now I attack your monsters with mine."
Liz: LP-1400→0
"Oh well, I lost" said the white haired girl with little emotion. Luna gave her a smile and the girls parted. Luna walked over to her boys. "Wow, sis, that was amazing"
"You think? I wanted to summon Dark Paladin and at least one Archfiend. That would be awesome."
"Oh, yeah, you right, that was a failure" said the teal haired boy. Luna playfully hit him on the arm. "That was careless" said the black haired boy with a frown, but then his expression softened, "but you still did grate. It shows that cards always respond to the great duelist". Leo rolled his eyes at another overly dramatic line. Only Luna noticed it, but she let it slide.
The tournament went on like that. The twins were playing most bizarre decks they could come up with and surprisingly they won all of their matches. Most students would gather around them, when they dueled, not to see who won, but just to watch the show. At last they got to the semi-finals. The four finalists were Luna, Leo, Max and Dexter. Leo was set against Dexter, while Luna would duel her boyfriend. The duels were held at the same time on the basketball court. A huge crowd gathered around them.
The duels begun, but Leo hasn't spared his opponent even a glance. He was much more interested in the duel of his sister. Max was going first. On his first turn he managed to make Crystal Wing, Five Headed Dragon, Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon and Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand. If she went first, she would already lose this match, but Leo could see a tiny smirk on Luna's face. Her turn stated, she activated a spell card and suddenly, all of the dragons disappeared. The card she activated was Rigeki. Then her smirk grew as she played Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen. It allowed her to special summon one fairy-type monster from her hand if she didn't control any monsters. She special summoned Victoria and then normal summoned another Victoria. It allowed her to special summon dragon-type monsters from her opponent's graveyard. She activated both Victorias' and special summoned Felgrand along with Crystal Wing.
Felgrand's effect activated and Luna was able to banish the remainders of Max's graveyard. Leo smirked himself. Luna had this duel in the bag. The sky had to fall for her to lose this duel. Only then did he notice someone calling his name. He turned to Dexter and saw him behind a wall of monsters. There were Stardust Charge Warrior, Yazi, Evil of the Yang Zing and smehow he managed to make a Fullmetalfoes Alkahest. "Hey, dude, I know you want to watch your sis, but could you pay at leats some attention to our duel? I have finished my turn already"
"Yeah, yeah, sure"
"Oh, and by the way, if I am going to win this one, can I go on a date with Luna?"
Oh, the famous last words. Leo's eyes hardened as he gave his friend a semi-meaningful glare, but it was enough to make Dexter gulp and back away.
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I play a field Spell Card, Zombie World"
"I play a trap card Nine Pillars of the Yang Zing, I negate the activation of your spell card, it gets shuffled back into your deck and I destroy one Yang Zing cards I control. I destroy Zefraniu, Secret of the Yang Zing in my pendulum zone"
"Fine. Terraforming, Zombie World, same thing. Now I play Grass Looks Greener and send cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard equal to the difference between the amount of cards in our decks. You have thirty cards in your deck and I have sixty. I send thirty cards from my deck to the grave. Now since I have Zombie World on the field, all monsters in my grave are zombies. I activate the effect of Mezuki from my grave. I can banish it and special summon one zombie monster from my grave. I special summon Black Fang Magician. I repeat the process with the remaining two Mezuki and special summon Xiansheng Magician and Tuning Magician. I overlay Black Fang Magician and Xiansheng Magician in order to XYZ summon Timestar Magician. Whenever this monster is summoned I can add one spellcaster type monster from my deck to my hand. I add Right Arm of the Forbidden One. Now I play Burial From a Different Dimension and return three banished monsters to the grave. I return my Mezukis to the graveyard and repeat the process. I special summon Iris Magician, Insight Magician and White Wing Magician. I overlay Iris Magician and Insight Magician to XYZ summon Timestar Magician and add Left Arm of the Forbidden One. I overlay White Wing Magician and Tuning Magician and XYZ summon yet another Timestar. I add Right Leg of the Forbidden One. Now I play a spell card Book of Eclipse and turn all cards face down. Now I banish two A/D changers from my grave and turn two Timestars face up. It is counted as a summon and I add Left Leg of the Forbidden One and Exodia the Forbidden One. Okay, let's count, one, two, three, four, five, all pieces are in place, you know what that means"
Dexter: LP-4000 – Lost via Exodia Effect.
Dexter was staring at the field with wide eyes and mouth a gap. He tried to say something, but nothing came out of his mouth. "Hey, Dex, what's up, cat got your tongue?"
"Uhm, Leo, I think you should be careful when you walk across the streets today. You might get hit by a meteor after that showcase of luck. I mean, come on. The chances of you winning with such a deck were, I don't even think the percentage would be in two digits! It is probably somewhere along the lines 0,0001 or something like that. Dude, you should've went and bought a lottery ticket instead of having this duel. I think you would've won like a billion at the very least."
The teal haired boy laughed at the response. "He is kind of correct brother. That was probably the most bizarre way to assemble Exodia, but it was so interesting to watch." said Luna as she walked over to the boys. "I bet it was, so, sis, ready to show this school the most entertaining duel ever? We should do something incredible in the finals"
"Hold your horses Leo, I am afraid that your opponent will be Max"
"What?!" screamed the teal haired boy as he looked at his sister with a bewildered look. Luna gave him a sheepish smile, "I lost".
"How?! You had a Crystal Wing, a huge Felgrand and two Victorias, two! They create a lock down together! Just, how?!"
Luna just pointed to her left and Leo saw a large screen set by the Ourbos organization. It was showing a replay of Luna's duel. It was right after Leo stopped watching. Luna had Crystal Wing, Felgrand and two Victorias on the field and then she set two cards face down and ended her turn. Although faintly, Leo managed to distinguish which two cards have been set. They were Solemn Judgment and Solemn Strike. Then Max took his turn. He drew a card and immediately played it. It was his copy of Raigeki. Weirdly enough, Luna didn't activate her trap cards. Then Max played Monster Reborn, bringing back his Red-Eyes and then he special summoned Clear Wing from his grave. He attacked Luna directly and won the duel.
Leo gave his sister a look that said something along the lines of 'Really?'. The teal haired girl just shrugged with the same smile. Then Max walked over to them. "Well it looks like I will be dueling you in the finals, Leo" said the boy with a smile. Oh, Leo hated that smile so much. Max looked like everything was going his way and that his way was the only way possible. The teal haired boy clenched his fist and surpassed a growl. If only this smug jerk knew that Luna gave him the victory. It wasn't even his accomplishment, it was Luna's kindness.
"Finalists, please prepare your decks and take your positions, your duel will start in five minutes. Leo walked over to the card machine and quickly made a deck and then walked to his spot. Luna wished both of them good luck. Max took his position a minute later. It took him a bit longer to make a deck. A minute later the duel begun. Max was going first.
Max: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw, I summon Zoodiac Ratpier and send Zoodiac Combo from my deck to the grave. I use Ratpier's effect and use it as an overlay unit in order to XYZ summon Zoodiac Boarbow, I use it to XYZ summon Zoodiac Tigermortar. I detach Boarbow and special summon another Ratpier from the deck. Now I overlay Tigermortar into Zoodiac Broadbull. I detach Tigermortar and special summon another Ratpier from the deck. Now I detach last overlay unit from Broadbow and search my deck for…"
Leo: LP-4000 Forfeited.
Leo removed his deck from the disk and walked away from the court. People started yelling, demanding an explanation to his actions. He glared at all of them and then pointed at one of the monsters on Max's field. "I am not playing yet another duel against Zoodiacs. I played against ten of these today! I am actually sick from this combo"
The crowd slowly calmed down. They all knew who Leo was. There was little point in booing. The boy headed to his sister. Luna had her arms crossed beneath her chest. She shook her head, sighed and then smiled at her brother. "What, are you going to say that I've lost the chance of my life?"
"No, I expected you to do something like that"
Meanwhile, Max seemed very unpleased with the result. He actually looked angry. He walked to the teal haired boy with clenched fists. He grabbed him by the shoulder and roughly turned around. "Do you understand what chance you've just threw away?! It wasn't only your chance to show yourself, but also mine. You have ruined this opportunity for both of us!" shouted the black haired duelist. "What makes you think I give a damn?"
"Of course! Of course you would say something like that! Everything is a game for you. You don't care about your future or the future of anyone around you! If you will remain so selfish, one day you will find yourself all alone! Without anyone to support you!" continued the boy. He grabbed Leo by the collar and was about to say something else. "Enough" said Luna as she grabbed her boyfriend by the wrist and yanked it away. Her voice was cold, cold enough to make Max flinch. He looked at his girlfriend with a surprised look. He never saw her like this.
"I said enough. You will not insult my brother" said the girl as she gripped Max's wrist to the point that it hurt him. "Luna, why are you protecting him?! It wasn't only my chance, but also yours. I wanted to set the foundation for our happy future today and he ruined all of it!"
Luna let go of her boyfriend, turned around on her heels and marched away, followed close behind by her brother.
The twins got through the crowd of people. Girls glared at Leo, some boys actually nodded to him to show that they actually supported him in a way. Finally they got out of school. It was already past five p.m. "Damn, I'm starving" said the teal haired boy. "That makes two of us. How about we go on a small date to some café" suggested the girl. Leo happily agreed. They threw away the watches that were given by Ourbos into trash bins and headed off to the closest café they knew.
However they didn't get too far away from the school when they heard someone calling out for Luna. The teal haired girl let out a frustrated puff and turned around. Max was running in their direction. He stopped right in front of the girl. He took a minute to catch his breath. "Luna, I'm sorry, please forgive me, is shouldn't have said those words to Leo. You know I hate it when you are angry, so please, I am truly sorry" said the boy. He was bowing to Luna all this time. The girl crossed her arms and gave Max a semi angry look. She let out a sigh and her expression softened into a simple frown. "Okay, I forgive you".
"Really. I am so glad. So, maybe we should go somewhere, to seal our truce?"
Luna looked at her brother, he obviously wasn't pleased with this. He looked at Max and then at his sister. Her face clearly asked for his permission. Leo sighed and nodded. Luna gave him an apologetic smile and then nodded at her boyfriend. He seemed to be overjoyed by this. Max grabbed Luna by her hand and walked away. Leo quickly grabbed Luna's bag. It would only get in her way, he could carry it home. Luna glanced backwards and blew her brother an air kiss. He chuckled at that. He stood there, watching his sister walking away with Max, until they disappeared behind a building.
Leo walked to the nearest fast food restaurant and ordered himself some burgers. To be completely honest eating all alone in such place felt kind of strange and unpleasant. Well, he was still hungry, so he just had to deal with it. He finished his meal and went home. Luckily teachers allowed them to not do the homework for tomorrow since the tournament would probably take too long of a time and they wouldn't be able to do everything that teachers gave them for tomorrow. So Leo had whole evening to himself, or whatever was left of it.
As Leo was walking home he spotted a very familiar red head, walking with two huge bags in her hands. Leo frowned and quickened his pace. When he was close enough to the said figure he cleared his throat to get her attention. "Excuse me miss, but what the hell are you doing?!"
Aki quickly turned around and smiled at her friend, the green haired boy didn't return the smile. He basically snatched the bags out of woman's arms. "Aki, seriously, what the hell? You shouldn't cary something this heavy! Why did you even bother to buy…", Leo looked inside the bags, "… all these groceries. You could've just phoned me or Luna. We would buy everything you needed"
"Oh, Leo, you are so mean. I wanted to make a surprise for all of you, some nice dinner"
"God, woman, you are going to give me my first gray hair"
"Stop talking like my dad, jerk" said the woman as she lightly hit him in the ribs. "I prefer, 'Carrying younger brother'"
"Sometimes it's the same thing" said Aki as she crossed her arms. They walked in between the buildings to get home sooner. It could be dangerous, but this were Leo and Aki. Who would want to mess with a psychic and someone who once managed to beat up half of Sector Security, he was in a very bad mood when he did that.
Suddenly something appeared at the end of the pass. It was a large shadow that was hovering above the ground. Aki and Leo exchanged confused looks. "Well, well, well, look who I found. Isn't it the traitor and her pathetic brat?!" came someone's voice. Another figure appeared, but this time it was a human. The figure walked further until he could be seen clearly.
It was a medium sized man. He was wearing a cape along with a hood to hide his face. The floating figure came closer as well and you could see that it was PSY-Framelord Zeta. Aki and Leo exchanged looks again and shrugged. "Do not take me so lightly! The Arcadia Movement has been reborn! It rose like a phoenix from the ashes and you will burn in its flames!"
Leo heard his watch beeping. He twisted the frame and light green duel disk burst out of it. It got hacked and the duel has already been initiated. Leo grabbed the deck on his belt and placed the deck holder right above the watch. It clicked and the deck got shuffled.
Unknown Duelist: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I activate a field spell card PSY-Frame Circuit and end my turn"
Unknown Duelisy: LP-4000
Hand-5
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Morphtronic Scopen and use its effect to special summon Morphtronic Steplen. I tune my level four Morphtronic Steplen to my level three Morphtronic Scopen and synchro summon Power Tool Dragon"
"Since you have special summoned a monster I can special summon PSY-Framegear Alpha. I use his effect to special summon PSY-Frame Driver from my deck. I also add one Psy-Frame card from my deck to my hand. I add PSY-Framegear Gamma from my deck to my hand. Now the effect of my field spell card activates and I am able to immediately synchro summon a monster since a PSY-Frame monster had entered the battlefield. I tune my level six PSY-Frame Driver to my level one PSY-Framegear Alpha and synchro summon PSY-Framelord Zeta"
"I use Power Tool Dragon's effect and add one random equip spell card from my deck to my hand"
"Now the effect of PSY-Framegear Gamma activates. Since you activated a monster effect, I special summon PSY-Framegear Gamma from my hand and PSY-Frame Driver from my deck. Now the effect of my field spell card activates again and I am able to synchro summon another monster. I tune my level six PSY-Frame Driver to my level two PSY-Framegear Gamma and synchro summon PSY-Framelord Omega"
"I equip Power Tool Dragon with Power Tool C and D"
"I activate the effect of PSY-Framelord Zeta and banish it along with your dragon until my next standby phase"
"Sure"
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-4
Unknown Duelist: LP-4000
Hand-4
"I draw. Our monsters return to the battlefield. Now I attack your Power Tool Dragon with Zeta"
Leo: LP-4000→3800
"Now comes Omega"
The monster charged at Leo, but when it was a meter away from him, the monster changed its target and went for Aki. The woman didn't have time to react as she got hit. She got thrown backwards and was flying into a wall. In a flash Leo was behind her and caught the woman. He gently set her down. Her eyes were closed. Leo put a hand onto her wrist. He let out a relived sigh. She was just unconscious. Then he put his hand onto her belly. His hand started glowing with faint green. The child was fine as well.
Leo: LP-3800→1000
"Would you look at that traitor, she is so pathetic. I set two cards face down and end my turn"
Unknown Duelist: LP-4000
Hand-3
Leo stood up and shot the man a death glare as his eyes turned yellow. It was enough to scare his opponent. One of his monster seemed to get protective and charged at the green haired boy. Electricity started dancing around its body as it was about to strike. Leo blocked the strike by lifting his right arm up. Lightning hit him, but he didn't seem to be bothered by it. Leo drew his left hand back and punched the monster away. It flew backwards and dissolved into particles. Then it reassembled since it wasn't destroyed by another monster.
Leo: LP-1000
Hand-4
"I draw. You just made a fatal mistake" said the teal haired boy as his eyes became hard and somehow violent. "I play Monster Reborn and special summon Power Tool Dragon back from the grave in defense position. I summon Morphtronic Scopen and with his effect I special summon Morphtronic Remoten".
"I activate the effect of Zeta and banish it along with Power Tool Dragon. Hah, now you can't synchro summon your Überdragon, hahaha"
"I didn't even had the necessary materials for the summon. I use my two level three Remoten and Scopen to build an overlay network. I XYZ summon Glenmalt King of the Twin Blades"
Glenmalt King of the Twin Blades: Rank-3 ATK-2000 DEF-1500 Type-Warrior Attribute-Fire
"I don't really like this card because using it is almost cheating, but you have pissed me off to much. I detach two overlay units from Glenmalt and bring out two drag weapons"
A portal colored as night sky appeared above the teen. A spear and a scythe descended from the portal. "The scythe is Morot, That Sheds Bloody Tears and the spear is Lux, All Piercing Spear. Since there are two banished cards, Morot transforms. Here comes Morot, Bloody Sage".
Morot, Bloody Sage: LV-5 ATK-1800 DEF-1500 Type-Fiend Attribute-Dark
"Whenever Morot, That Sheds Bloody Tears transforms into Morot, Bloody Sage, I can return one card from the banished zone back to the graveyard and deal damage equal to the attack of the returned monster to the player, owning that creature. I return PSY-Framelord Zeta back to the grave and you take twenty five hundred points of damage"
Unknown Duelist: LP-4000→1500
"Now I use the effect of Lux. I can banish it and destroy one monster on the field, it would come back in two turns, but that shouldn't concern you. I banish Lux and destroy PSY-Framelord Omega. Now you are wide open. I attack you directly"
Unknown Duelist: LP-1500→0
The psychic didn't even have time to react as someone grabbed him by the neck and hit hard against a wall. The unknown duelist managed to turn his head to look at the attacker. What he saw made him regret his ability to see. Leo's eyes were yellow and became almost reptilian. The arm that was holding him was covered in scales and the fingertips were sharp enough to draw blood out of psychic's neck from smallest contact. "Now, give me a single reason to not kill you here and now" said the teen, his voice cold and even.
The psychic tried to get out of this grip, but it was too strong. He wanted to beg for his life, but words didn't come out of his mouth. He was paralyzed by fear. The teen drew his other arm back and it got covered in scales as well. He was ready to thrust his hand forward and put it straight through this jerk who hurt Aki and risked the life of her child.
He heard faint movement from Aki's direction. She was waking up. Leo let out a growl and let go of the man. He dropped onto the ground and ran away, stumbling several times on his way. Leo ran over to the redhead, his arms and eyes returning to normal. He didn't want to blow his secret so easily. He helped her up. "Where is that guy?"
"I scared him away, are you alright?"
"I am fine, head hurts a little bit, but other than that I am safe. I am more worried for the child" said the woman as she placed her palm onto her belly. Leo put a hand over hers, "He will be alright".
"Oh, and why do you think it would be him?" said the woman with a smile. "Hey, I want a little brother who can inherit all of my bad habits"
Akiza laughed at his response. Together they went home. They reached the pent in about ten minutes. The house was empty at the moment so Leo immediately forced Aki to rest on the sofa, much to her protests. He went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. About twenty minutes later Yusei came back from his job. He greeted the teen and went to the living room to kiss his wife. Once he saw her, he immediately noticed a bruise on her forehead. "Aki, what happened?" asked the man as he stood on one knee in front of the redhead. "Oh, this, well we got attacked by some psychic duelist, but Leo took care of him, although he did manage to knock me out, but I am fine, no need to call the ambulance".
Yusei sighed and smiled at the woman. He pulled her in for a hug. "Okay, but we will got to the doctor to make sure our child is fine, okay"
"Fine, I guess I can agree to that". Yusei pecked her on the forehead and went to talk to Leo.
The teen was frying meat and mushrooms at the moment. Strangely enough he was quite skilled in cooking. Some would think that he is the type of person who would burn his tea, but sometimes he could even give a restaurant chef a run for his money. Yusei looked at the young man in front of him. He changed a lot since he was eleven. The thought brought a smile to his face but it was somewhat sad. Leo became much more mature, but part of Yusie loved that silly and naïve kid. Some changes were inevitable.
"Always a hero, huh"
Leo tore his gaze away from the frying pans and gave his friend a sheepish smile. "I hope I don't need to find a way to hide a dead body"
"Nah, the idea of beating up the guy into a bloody pulp was tempting, but I decided not to make a scene in front of Akiza. I don't want to disturb her pregnancy."
Yusie once again smiled at the maturity of the green haired duelist. "What did that guy want anyway?". Leo shrugged. "He said something about the resurrection of Arcadia Movement".
"Those guys again?"
"Yeah"
"How did Aki react?"
"She didn't. She is way past that"
"Yeah. Wait, where is Luna?!" exclaimed Yusei in a concerned, almost panicked, voice. "Calm down. She is on a date with Max. Although it is annoying, I doubt she is in danger"
"Whooh, good"
"You know I think Aki's pregnancy affects you more than it does her"
"What?!" said the man as he got the teen in a neck lock and playfully hit him on the head. They laughed. "Okay, okay, enough, I need to finish cooking".
"Okay, I'll go inform Trudge about the incident. Maybe the Security should be a little bit more vigilant for the next few days"
"Sure the dinner will be ready soon, so don't drown yourself in work, again"
"Yes, sir".