Hey everyone! Still haven't got a freakin' job X( But I can be patient. One day, I'll get something. I've made a picture of myself in a Yu-Gi-Oh style, but it isn't fantastic. I'll get it on Deviantart at some point. I tried to make this chapter as small as possible, but it still seems large with just under 8,000 words... (Well, it's better than 11,000 geez) This is basically the duel between Sawatari and Yuya.

Yu-Gi-Oh talk now. Next episode looks exciting! Yuya finally gets a chance to see Shun, but only to see crazy Sora again. It was quite nice to see Yuya summon Dark Rebellion without getting power washed, but I do miss that. Oh well, I do like Yuya riding Dark Rebellion too, that was pretty cool. I hope Shun gives Yuya his answers he's looking for.

Please review and enjoy!


Chapter 4 - Dark Town's Prison Tower

(Playing "New Potential" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 2)

The morning sun rays beamed through Yuya's bedroom and as Aero noticed this, he slowly opened his eyes and sat up from his sleeping bag. Aero was about to stretch his arms, but he noticed Yuya waking up too. "Morning Yuya". Yuya opened his eyes slowly and groggily saw his Mobian 'brother'. "Morning Aero, nice sleep?" Aero smiled. "Yeah, slept like a brick". Aero got up and was about to go downstairs for breakfast, but Yuya asked a question. "Are the gloves and shoes the only thing you wear?"

Aero was a little embarassed by that question, but Yuya made a good point. Ever since Aero first arrived on Mobius, he has been wearing the gloves and shoes except for when he's in his normal human self. As a human, he wears a red leather jacket, black jeans and the trainers and fingerless gloves he's wearing. "To be honest, yes. But some Mobians wear very little clothing such as this". Yuya tilted his head as he asked generously, "Do you need any clothes?" Aero was quite touched with Yuya's kindness, but he shook his head. "I'm alright, but thanks for asking".

As Aero left the room, Yuya was confused, but curious about his guest. Aero wasn't human true, but just talking to him made Aero more human than he is and there was last night, where they had that conversation.

Flashback

"How old are you exactly?" Aero had to figure out his age, since the time zone was a lot different in Mobius. "In human years, I'm nineteen, but in mobian years, I'm ten". Yuya gave back Aero his deck and added, "So you're a couple of years older than me?" Aero was curious about Yuya's age. "How old are you?" Yuya answered simply, "Fourteen". Aero smiled as he replied, "Yep, older than you..." Aero raised his left arm up, ready for a handshake and added, "... let's be brothers, Yuya".

Yuya was surprised as he heard this, it's been less than a day and Aero taught him how to Pendulum Summon and become his friend. Now, he was suggesting to become someone closer to Yuya, being an older brother. "Alright Aero, brothers it is. But don't pick on me just because your older than me!" Aero was laughing, but he covered himself inside the sleeping bag and laid down, ready to go to sleep. "Let's get some sleep Yuya, night". Aero closed his eyes and slowly drifted to sleep. Yuya was going to reply, but Aero was sound asleep and just decided to tuck himself in the duvets. 'See you tomorrow... brother'.

Present

'Brothers huh? It seems quite fast, but does he want to become more than friends with me?' As Yuya was getting his clothes on, he added in his mind, 'Maybe I should introduce him to my friends after school...' Once Yuya changed his clothes, he went down the pole to see his Mom, Yoko making pancakes with Aero eating two of them. Yuya quickly sat down and as soon as Yoko placed a plate with two panakes on it, Yuya started eating it. After he finished a mouthful, Yuya asked, "I've got school today, so what are you gonna do until I finish, Aero?"

'That's a good question...' Aero looked at Yuya. "I'm not sure actually, maybe explore the city a bit". Yuya almost dropped his fork as he realised the danger. "But, won't people see you?" Yoko nodded and added, "Yuya's right. What if someone saw you?" Aero smiled as he knew what to do. "That part won't be hard. I managed to watch the entirety of Yuya's duel with Strong Ishijima and get to You Show Duel School without anyone noticing". Yuya looked at Aero oddly as he was curious about that statement.

"Wait, you saw my duel with Strong? You never mentioned that! How did you see my duel then?" Aero chuckled slightly, but he answered, "You ain't gonna believe this but, I was on the roof". Yuya and Yoko were both shocked and surprised. "What?! The roof? How did you get up there?" Aero tapped his beak gently and said, "Secret. Now eat up, we don't want the pancakes getting cold". Yuya nodded as he and Aero were finishing their pancakes. Yuya finished first and said goodbye to Aero and his mom.


Yoko asked, "Would you like any more pancakes, Aero?" Aero shook his head. "No thanks, Yoko". Aero was about to leave the house through the back door, but he looked back at Yoko who had something to say. "Aero, I just want to say thank you for becoming friends with Yuya. He seems to like you more, since you first met each other. Although I have to ask, what interested you to become friends with him?" Aero looked away as he was thinking of an answer. "As a guess, I think it's because he has a kind heart, with the potential to entertain others. He even brought a smile to my face with his dueling and I feel like I could learn that from him".

Yoko was nodding at Aero's answer and she said with a smile, "Well, have a nice day Aero. Stay safe". Aero looked at her with a smile. "Sure, see you before dinner". Once Aero was outside, Aero quickly checked around him to see if anyone was nearby. Luckily, he was in an alleyway, so he saw no one and he nodded to himself as he started his plan. Aero opened his right hand a little and in a small flash of white, a sword appeared, but its appearance didn't look like any old sword.

It looked like some sort of weapon or key. The handle had a frame shaped like a tombstone and in the middle of the frame was a spongy textured handle, connecting the top and bottom of the frame that was coloured orange and mostly white. There was a small green gem on the top of the handle and on the corners of the frame were small curved points that looked like it was used for decorations. The blade was blue near the handle, but it was gradually becoming red at the end and there were also rings attached to the blade. At the end of the blade was a swirl, but it has curved spikes on the outside of the swirl.

"Long time no see, eh Sword of Chaos? Time to become human..." Aero closed his eyes and his body was glowing white as his body was becoming taller. As the body stopped glowing, a human replaced the Mobian. This human was in his late teens, around 18 or 20. He has a red leather jacket with slate trimmings and a collar, he has very slight dark blue trousers that just reaches the top of his trainers. His hair is black and spiky at the back of his head, but the rest of his hair is down and short. What was kept the same that him and Aero have is the black fingerless gloves with two light blue gems on the seams and the black trainers with a marine blue sole.

The human looked at himself and sighed. "It's been a while since I was my normal self... time to stick as Roxas for a while". Roxas left the alleyway and started exploring the city streets. It looked a lot like his home town back at Maxis, but he knew that this place was in the future, due to the advanced technology he's seen so far. "I said I was going to explore the city, but I didn't really think of what to do as an activity". Roxas stopped walking and was thinking of what to do than just walking around town.


(Playing "Busy Everyday Life" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 1)

"Maybe I should go where I first saw Yuya, at the highway. I get a nice view there and except for the cars driving by, it's quiet there". Roxas, using his fast speed, dashed all the way towards the highways. As Roxas stopped, he noticed that he didn't catch anyone's attention. Roxas was kneeling on the railing and was admiring the view he had, in front of him was the Arena that Yuya dueled in and on each side was different parts of the city with a couple of bridges connecting the both of them. "Nice view".

Roxas looked to his left to see the Duel Spirit of Malice Rose, also admiring the view. "Why isn't everyone coming out?" After Roxas had said this, four other Duel Spirits joined Malice Rose. One was a black hedgehog which was Scrap, one was a light grey enhidna, one was a black hawk and the last one were a pair, two light green rabbits. The grey enhidna was concerned about why all of the Mobian Heroes were called out. "Is there something going on, Roxas? Is there a strong duelist we need to beat?" Roxas smiled at the grey enhidna. "Relax Gleam, just taking a break. You guys deserve to be out of the cards once in a while". One of the rabbits was overjoyed.

"Yay! Thanks Roxas!" Roxas smiled at the young male rabbit. "No problem, Gem". The black hawk and hedgehog nodded and Scrap added, "Yeah, thanks a lot. I think we all need a rest". Roxas looked at the sky and the other green rabbit, who wasn't Gem joined him. "Hey Mimi, you look great". Mimi blushed and said, "You look good too. Where's Yuya?" Roxas looked a Mimi. "He's at school at the moment. I've still got another few hours before he finishes". Malice Rose asked, "So you're just going to stay here until then?" Roxas shrugged. "Guess so. Either that or stalk Yuya".

The black hawk called out, "I call on the second option!" Roxas looked at the black hawk. "Really Crow? Do you think that's a good idea? I mean sure we haven't got any plans on what to do next, but I feel stalking Yuya would be a bad choice". Gem was disappointed to hear that answer. "Aww, c'mon Roxas! It will be fun!" Roxas looked back at the Arena, deep in thought. Roxas nodded his head and came up with his answer. "Ok, we'll stalk Yuya. But all of us have got to hide. He doesn't know that I'm following him". The Elemental Heroes nodded their heads as they went back to their cards. Roxas decided to stay in his human form and started looking for the school.


Hours later at the school...

The bells rang as it signaling the end of the day. Yuya and Yuzu were walking out slowly towards the entrance. "So this Aero guy is staying with you? What did he want to talk about?" Yuya answered as he was looking at Yuzu. "He said he wanted to teach me Pendulum Summon. I wasn't sure why at first, but he said he liked the way that I dueled and wanted to help me. Maybe you'll get to see him when he's ready to talk". Yuzu gave a little smile. "That would be great". Yuya then heard some people call his name. One was a bit chubby with shoes that looked like dinosaur's feet, one had short blue hair with a white collar shirt and a black vest over it and the third one was a girl with bright red hair.

"Oh it's you guys!" These three were younger students at You Show Duel School, there's the girl named Ayu, the chubby one, Futoshi and the newest member, Tatsuya. Futoshi looked really excited. "Yuya, I heard you done a Pendulum Summon! Hurry, show it to us!" Yuya smiled at them as he to was eager to Pendulum Summon again. "Alright! To You Show Duel School!" They started walking their way to the Duel School, but suddenly, three sticky rubber darts shot towards Yuya's face, but right between the eyes.

Yuzu looked at the darts confused. "W-what the?" A voice spoke up. "A triple bullseye! 150 points! Pretty good right?" Yuya looked at who said that puzzled. "B-Bullseye?" The guy who shot the darts got closer and added, "You're Yuya Sakaki, aren't you? I'm Shingo Sawatari from Class 1, pleased to meet you!" Shingo gently shook Yuya's hand for a handshake. "O-okay". Shingo let go and was congratulating Yuya. "I was watching on TV that duel you had against Strong Ishijima..." Shingo grabbed the darts and they weren't stuck to Yuya's face anymore.

"And you used the cards to create that Pendulum Summon! What were those cards called again?" Yuya answered for Shingo. "Pendulum Cards?" Shingo seemed pleased with that answer. "Yes! That's them! Of course, rare cards such as those belong to the strongest of duelists". Yuya seemed a bit touched by his words, but Yuzu snapped him out of it. "Yuya, shouldn't we get to the school and show that Pendulum Summon?" It seemed to have worked as Yuya remembered. "Oh yeah, of course!"

"Well I can help with that. I'm with LDS School and I have a reservation at the Centre Court". Yuya was a bit shocked as to how he got it. "A reservation?" Shingo explained, "My father is the Mayor and he helped me get one". The younger students seemed very excited to go, but after some covincing with Yuzu, they all decided to go.


LDS School

(Playing "The Beginning Moment" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 2)

Thanks to Shingo, they were given a tour of their excellent services and courses. Compared to You Show, this school was massive, it's tall and it seemed to serve many topics on dueling. Yuya was looking at the list of courses they provided. "They seem to have courses on the different summoning methods, XYZ, Synchro, oh and Fusion too!" Shingo then called Yuya. "Yuya! Centre Court is this way!"

Everyone arrived at the Centre Court and it was just like they thought it was, massive. Two people who had the same uniform as Shingo came towards and greeted them. "Those two are friends of mine, now let's see those Pendulum Cards". Yuya was then thinking that something could go wrong. "B-but-" Shingo was being kind by saying, "Don't be shy, let's see them". Yuya dug in his deck to find the two Pendulum cards and showed Timegazer and Spacegazer to Shingo. Shingo snatched them and showed his two friends.

His friends seemed pleased seeing them, but Shingo reminded them as he took them back. "Now, now. You know these don't belong to you, right?" Shingo then smirked as he looked at the You Show gang. "They should belong to me". Yuya was both surprised and shocked. "Those don't belong to you!" Shingo looked at the cards. "When I saw how these cards worked, I knew I had to have them. So I made this plan to take these and show you a real Pendulum Summon. All of you wanted to see it, right?" Shingo went up to Yuya and pulled his goggles, so that the elastic would make the goggles hit him back.

Shingo then snapped his fingers and his two friends grabbed Yuya's friends and took them to one side. They were calling out his name. "What are you doing? Let them go!" Shingo answered back. "Your friends will be free after this duel is done, but since I feel bad for taking your Pendulum Cards..." Shingo grabbed a small pile of cards and threw them by Yuya's feet. "...I'll let you have any of these. They are trash cards that fit you perfectly!" Yuya looked ashamed at the cards below him and he neated the pile. "Thrash? Why would you do something like this?"

(Playing "Believe in Tomorrow's Victory" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 2)

As Yuya was up from picking up the cards, something strange, but dangerous happened. A glowing light in the shape of a small spear, shot near one of Shingo's arms. "W-what was that? It almost hit me!" Yuya looked at where he thought the spear had come from. At first, he saw nothing, but he saw someone he knew walking in. "A-Aero? What are you doing here?" Shingo looked shocked at the creature, known as Aero, does Yuya know this creature and what kind of creature was it?

As Yuya saw Aero, he sees the Mobian looking mad with his narrowed eyes and his teeth clenched. Like before when he first dueled Yuya, he didn't say a word. But he walked until he was in front of Yuya and he started his duel disk. "Aero, what are you doing?" Aero turned to Yuya and made it so one except Yuya saw his face. "Let's team up against him Yuya, no one calls any Duel Monster cards worthless. People like Shingo sicken me, there are no worthless cards in Duel Monsters". Yuya was surprised to hear this from Aero, but he agreed with him completely. There was a card in that pile that can help him survive a turn, maybe more.

Aero looked at Shingo when he first came in and Yuya suggested something to Sawatari. "How about we team up against you? You can have 8000 life points and me and Aero have 4000. Aero goes after me and he can't attack you since it counts as a first turn, sound good to you?" Shingo thought that this seemed pointless, but if it meant that he had more life points than those two, he would take it.

(Playing "Concerned Duelist" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 1)

Shingo nodded as he agreed with the terms. "Now time to activate the field spell, Dark Town's Prison Tower!" The floor underneath everyone glowed and chains surrounded the You Show group. "Guys!" Yuya tried to reach them, but as the field spell was still taking shape, it was getting harder to reach them. Once the field spell was settled, the You Show group were on top of a tower that was partly wrapped in chains. Both Yuya and Aero were on a street, looking at the tower at the distance with Yuya running towards it.

"Guys!" Yuya stopped as he heard Shingo speak. "If you want to save them, then duel me, Yuya". Yuya had no choice as he prepared his duel disk and added the level one monster, Block Spider. "Looks like you're ready for this, here we go!" Sawatari and his goons shouted out the Action Duel oath and the Action cards got scattered around the field.


Yuya - 4000

Aero - 4000

Shingo - 8000

Yuya's Turn

"It's my turn!" Yuya ran past Shingo and as he was going up the stairs of a building, he summoned a monster. "I summon Performapal Whip Snake!"

Performapal Whip Snake - ATK 1700 DEF 900 LV4 Reptile / Effect - EARTH

Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; switch its current ATK and DEF until the End Phase.

Whip Snake wrapped around Yuya's right arm and used it to swing from building to building. Aero was still quite amazed with how you can use monsters to travel through the field spell. "I end my turn!"

Aero's Turn

'Let's see if I could do better at saving everyone'. Aero drew his card which was Mobian 1 Up, his hand contained Cream, Eggman Plan 1, Eggman Plan 2, Mobian Hero Calling and Team Sonic's Team Attack. 'Not by much... Yuya find a way up there'. Aero summoned the only monster he had in his hand.

Cream - ATK 700 DEF 100 LV1 Beast / Effect - EARTH

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, by removing 1 Speed Counter, you can inflict damage to your opponent for each card in their hand x 300. If "Cheese" is equipped to this card, this card gains 300 ATK but its effect is negated.

Shingo smirked at Aero as he thought it was a foolish move. "Why woud you summon that out?" Aero narrowed his eyes as he was mad about him insulting his friends. Aero held his hand out to signal the activation of Cream's effect, Shingo had five cards so he took massive damage.

Shingo - 6500

"Why did I take life points? What did that monster do?" Aero pointed to the cards in his hand and then pointed at Shingo. Aero place the Eggman Plan traps down and ended his turn by running towards the tower, but in average speed to not surprise anyone.

Shingo's Turn

"My turn, draw!" Sawatari looked at his hand and he noticed Timegazer Magician. He was about to play it, but someone interfered by telling him 'not yet'. "I summon Lightning Board!"

Lightning Board - ATK 1400 DEF 1200 LV4 Thunder / Effect - LIGHT

You can Tribute this card; add 1 Level 6 or higher monster from your Deck to your hand.

Shingo hopped on top of the board and used to get towards the tower. With the help of Whip Snake, Yuya managed to swing his way towards the bridge where the tower was. "There! Action Card!" Yuya ran to it and picked it up, but it wasn't a spell, it was a trap. "A trap?" Shingo showed a video onto his duel disk and explained. "It's the Action Trap, Break Shot". The Action Trap disappeared and colourful balls that were bigger than Yuya started rolling all over the bridge.

"Break Shot lowers your monster's attack by 800. You got be careful with Action Cards as there are Trap Cards among them too! Not only that, but your friends are in even more trouble". As the video ended on Yuya's duel disk, he noticed that he was about to hit a wall and he did. Up above the tower, it was shaking a lot. Enough to make someone lose balance and Futoshi was about to slide off the tower, but Yuzu caught him and kept hold of him.

"Battle! Lightning Board, attack Whip Snake! Lightning Darts!" Shots of electricity came out of the board and was about to hit Whip Snake, but Yuya was searching for another Action Card and it turned out to be another Action Trap. "Another Trap?" Sawatari explained this Trap too. "Oh too bad! Action Trap, Jump Shot! Jump Shot lowers your monster's attack by 400 and now Whip Snake is destroyed!"

Yuya - 3000

"I end my turn". Yuya jumped out of the way from Jump Shot's aftermath and was in the water below. But he managed to swim onto a surface as his turn began.

Yuya's Turn

"My turn!" Yuya drew Performapal Skeeter Skimmer. If I can't get there by land, I summon Performapal Skeeter Skimmer!"

Performapal Skeeter Skimmer - ATK 500 DEF 1600 LV4 Insect / Effect - WATER

When this face-up Attack Position card is targeted for an attack: You can change this card to face-up Defense Position, and if you do, negate that attack.

Aero's Turn

"Everyone, I'm coming!" Yuya used Skeeter Skimmer as a boat and was looking for a way to catch them. Aero had just arrived and looked at the devastation of the bridge. The duel disk gave a light, indicating it was his turn, he drew the Mobian, Rouge. 'Rouge, I'm counting on you!'

Rouge - ATK 1300 DEF 1800 LV4 Winged-Beast / Effect - WIND

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, by removing 1 Speed Counter, you can take 1 Spell or Trap card in either player's Graveyard and add that card to your hand.

Rouge looked at Aero puzzled, he normally doesn't summon her out. 'Rouge, I need your wings to get up there'. Aero looked up the tower to indicate the location of where Rouge had to go and she looked too. "No way sweety. You're too heavy to carry". Aero was a little disappointed, but he encouraged her. 'Please Rouge! There are a group of kids up there about to fall to the their deaths! Please save them!' Rouge knew the risk as she could only reach half way up the tower with Aero's weight, but since Aero said 'please' she was okay to help.

'Okay Mr. Hero, but you owe me a gem'. Aero nodded with a smile. 'Of course Rouge, ready when you are'. Rouge hovered up enough for Aero to grab her legs and once Aero grabbed her legs, they flew up. Shingo noticed this as he was still confused how a creature like Aero could duel, but he began his second turn.

Shingo's Turn

"All I need is the right card and I've won this. My turn, draw!" Shingo drew Tribute Trade and his hand contained Breakthrough Skill, Power Darts Shooter, Rocket Darts Shooter, Ultimate Darts Shooter and Timegazer Magician. "I activate the spell, Tribute Trade!"

Tribute Trade - Normal Spell

Tribute 1 monster that has a Level; add from your Deck to your hand, 1 monster that is 1 Level higher than that monster you Tributed.

"I sacrifice my Lightning Board so that I can add a monster from my deck to my hand, that is a level higher than Lightning Board!" Sawatari showed the card to Yuya as he was closest. "I add the Pendulum monster, Stargazer Magician!" Yuya looked shocked. "Stargazer?" Sawatari said with a grin. "Yes, one of MY Pendulum cards!" Yuya added, "But you can't Pendulum Summon with just one of them!" Sawatari laughed as he added, "I keep telling you, I'm the Chosen One, I had Timegazer in my hand from the start!"

(Playing "Swing! Pendulum of the Souls!" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 1)

"Now, I set the Scale with the Scale 1 Spacegazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician..." Yuya looked a bit upset as he saw someone else Pendulum Summon. "No way, someone else besides me..." Sawatari continued. "...I set the Pendulum Scale!" Like before when Yuya Pendulum Summoned, the two magicians where in blue beams with the scale number below them. But what was different was that there was no spiral between the magicians. "Pendulum Summon! Come forth, Power Darts Shooter, Rocket Darts Shooter and Ultimate Darts Shooter!"

Stargazer Magician - ATK 1200 DEF 2400 LV5 Sc1 Spellcaster / Pendulum / Effect - DARK

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, during either player's Battle Step in which a Pendulum Monster you control battles, when a Spell Card is activated: You can negate the activation, then Set the card face-down instead of sending it to the Graveyard, and if you do, it cannot be activated or the rest of this turn.

Monster Effect: Once per turn, when exactly 1 Pendulum Monster you control leaves the field: You can Special Summon that monster.

Timegazer Magician - ATK 1200 DEF 600 LV3 Sc8 Spellcaster / Pendulum / Effect - DARK

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Trap Card that targets exactly 1 Pendulum Monster you control (and no other cards) is activated: You can negate the activation, then Set that card face-down instead of sending it to the Graveyard.

Monster Effect: Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Spell/Trap Card that targets a card(s) in your Pendulum Zone is activated: You can negate that effect.

Power Darts Shooter - ATK 1800 DEF N/A LV5 Machine / Effect - EARTH

You can Tribute this card, then target 1 "Darts Shooter" monster you control; it gains 600 ATK until the end of this turn.

Rocket Darts Shooter - ATK 1900 DEF N/A LV6 Machine / Effect - EARTH

You can Tribute this card, then target 1 "Darts Shooter"monster you control; this turn, if it attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.

Ultimate Darts Shooter - ATK 2400 DEF 300 LV7 Machine / Effect - EARTH

During the End Phase: Special Summon all "Darts Shooter" monsters that were Tributed this turn.

"Yes! Yes! Pendulum Summon is the best! No one can stop me now! Power Darts Shooter, attack Skeeter Skimmer!" Yuya was about to get a new Action card, but he didn't want to risk it. "I activate Skeeter Skimmer's ability! I can change him to defense mode and negate this attack!" Sawatari frowned. "I missed? But I've still got more attacks! Rocket Dart Shooter, attack his monster!" Skeeter Skimmer tried to dodge, but one of the darts exploded him and Yuya was in the water.

"Next one's coming for you, Yuya!" Ultimate Darts Shooter used his attack on Yuya, but it seemed to be blocked as he didn't take life points. "What did you do?" Yuya looked around him as he was confused. "Wait... was that Aero?" Yuya and Shingo looked up to see Aero activating a trap. Aero was almost at the top of the tower, but Rouge was getting tired.

Eggman Plan 1 - Normal Trap

Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Negate the attack.

"Grrr... fine! You got lucky this time Yuya! I end my turn!" Yuya swam onto one of the struts of the bridge, facing Sawatari. He still felt depressed that Sawatari Pendulum Summoned, but Aero was by his side. "Thanks Aero!" Yuya turned to Sawatari and started his turn.

(Playing "A Battle That You Can't Lose" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 1)

Yuya's Turn

"I draw!" Yuya drew his added card, Block Spider. Yuya smiled at it and summoned it. "I summon, Block Spider!"

Block Spider - ATK 0 DEF 100 LV1 Insect / Effect - EARTH

Your opponent cannot target Insect-Type monsters for attacks, except this one.

"A monster with 0 attack points? That's a garbage card you're using!" Yuya didn't react to what Sawatari said. "With this card, I may have another chance. When Block Spider is on the field, you can't hit any other insect monsters! Now I switch Block Spider to defense mode and activate Mimiclay!"

Mimiclay - Normal Spell

Target 1 Level 3 or lower Attack Position monster you control, then change it to face-up Defense Position; Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) with the same name, Type, Attribute and effect as that target. (This card is also still a Spell Card.) When that target leaves the field, destroy this card.

"This card copies a monsters Attribute, Type and Effect, so the card I'm going to copy is Block Spider! Now that there is another Block Spider, their webs overlap each other, Block-Lock! Now your monsters cannot hurt me anymore". Yuya picked two cards from his hands. 'All I have to do is bet on these...' "I place two cards face down and end my turn!"

Aero's Turn

Aero had reached the top of the tower and Rouge was on the top resting. 'Get some rest Rouge, you earned it'. Aero's duel disk gave a light to indicate his turn, Aero drew his card which was Wave. 'I guess it's that time again...' Aero saw Yuzu and held his hand out for her to reach. Even if Yuzu couldn't trust Aero, she was willing to accept any help. She grabbed onto Aero's hand and he pulled enough for all of them, so that they won't fall off. Once he knew they were safe, Aero placed the drawn card down.

Wave - ATK 1000 DEF 1200 LV3 Winged-Beast / Tuner - WIND

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 2 Speed Counters. Once per turn, if your opponent activates a Spell or Trap Card, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on this card to negate and destroy that card.

'It's time... time for a Synchro Summon!' Aero held his hand out and Wave turned into three green rings. Everyone seemed confused as to what was happening, but ignored the stares as the monsters combined to a white beam beside the edge of the tower. As the glow of the beam died down, a marine blue dragon appeared.

Sonic Boom Dragon - ATK 2600 DEF 1800 LV8 Synchro / Dragon / Effect - WIND

1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters

This card cannot be Special Summoned. This card is treated as a Mobian-Type monster. When this card is Synchro or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 3 Speed Counters. Once per turn, this card gains 1 Speed Counter (max 10). You can destroy a number of cards on the field by removing Speed Counters for each card you want to destroy. If this card has 2 or less Speed Counters, this card cannot declare an attack.

The dragon known as Sonic Boom Dragon went close to the edge and Aero jumped on his back. Aero looked at Yuzu and the others and made a gesture to join him. "You want us to get on your monster's back?" Aero nodded and Yuzu, Futoshi, Tatsuya and Ayu carefully got onto Sonic Boom's back, Aero looked back to see if they were secure and were holding on tight. Sonic Boom went easy on the You Show gang and gently flew down towards Yuya. Sonic Boom landed and everyone except Aero hopped off his back.

"Guys! You're safe!" Yuzu smiled at Yuya. "Of course! Thanks to your friend". She looked up at Aero who smiled back at them and Sonic Boom flew up, Aero looked at his own dragon with a smile on his face. 'I can't believe it... I'm actually riding on a dragon! This is amazing! But back to the duel, Sonic Boom attack Ultimate Darts Shooter! Go Chaos Flare!' Sonic Boom Dragon heard Aero's thoughts as he charged his elemental breath and shot an attack on Shingo's strongest monster, which destroyed it.

Shingo - 6300

Shingo's Turn

"Grr... how dare you!" Aero pointed to Shingo which he guessed meant that he ended his turn. "My turn, draw!" Shingo drew the spell, Cricket Close. On Sawatari's duel disk, a voice called to say that "The Pendulum Cards are most likely Spell Cards now". "I activate the spell, Cricket Close!"

Cricket Close - Normal Spell

Target 2 Spell Cards you control and 1 card your opponent controls; this turn, their effects are negated.

"By negating two spell cards, I can negate one of your spell cards!" Hearing this shocked Yuya, with two spells, Sawatari could negate Mimiclay. "Huh? Spell cards?" Yuya checked his duel disk to check for spell cards, but it seemed if the only cards Shingo had was his two monsters and the Pendulum Cards. "But there isn't any!" Aero widened his eyes and pointed to Timegazer Magician, Yuya looked to see if Aero knew, only to see him pointing at the Pendulum monster. "The spells I'm negating are MY Pendulum Monsters! By negating their effects, I can negate your Mimiclay!"

"Now Block Spider is just a monster with 100 defense, attack him Power Darts Shooter!" Many darts came out and destroyed the insect. "Rocket Darts Shooter, attack Yuya!" As the darts from Rocket Darts Shooter hit Yuya, a cloud of smoke surrounded him and no one knew what had happened to him. But as the smoke cleared, Yuya declared, "I was waiting for this! Trap activate, Empty Fishing!"

Empty Fishing - Normal Trap

When you would take battle damage: Target 2 cards on the field whose effects are negated; halve that damage and add those targets to your hand. They are sent to their original owner's Graveyard during your End Phase.

"This halves the battle damage I took, then it adds two cards with negated effects to my hand!" Shingo gasped as he knew what that meant. "Timegazer and Spacegazer come back into my hand!" The Magician cards came to Yuya's hand and Yuya grabbed them with a smile. "Y-you planned this from the start!" Yuya corrected Shingo. "No, I just simply believed". Sawatari replied, "Just believed?! I'll have to end my turn, but I'll get you next turn!"

Yuya's Turn

(Playing "Yuya Sakaki's Theme" from YGO Arc-V Sound Duel 1)

Yuya looked at his friends as he said, "Sorry I had to put you through that guys". Everyone seemed to have accpeted his apology. "Don't be sorry Yuya, just take Sawatari down!" Ayu jumped. "Go get ém!" Yuya drew the card, Performapal Turn Toad. "The fun has just began!" The city lights turned off and the only light was a spotlight on Yuya. "Ladies and Gentlemen! It's time to introduce these two! I set the scale with the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magaician, setting the Pendulum Scale!" The wonderful scene played as the two magicians appeared with a spiral between them. "Come forth Performapal Turn Toad! Performapal Kaleidoscorp! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"

Stargazer Magician - ATK 1200 DEF 2400 LV5 Sc1 Spellcaster / Pendulum / Effect - DARK

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, during either player's Battle Step in which a Pendulum Monster you control battles, when a Spell Card is activated: You can negate the activation, then Set the card face-down instead of sending it to the Graveyard, and if you do, it cannot be activated or the rest of this turn.

Monster Effect: Once per turn, when exactly 1 Pendulum Monster you control leaves the field: You can Special Summon that monster.

Timegazer Magician - ATK 1200 DEF 600 LV3 Sc8 Spellcaster / Pendulum / Effect - DARK

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Trap Card that targets exactly 1 Pendulum Monster you control (and no other cards) is activated: You can negate the activation, then Set that card face-down instead of sending it to the Graveyard.

Monster Effect: Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Spell/Trap Card that targets a card(s) in your Pendulum Zone is activated: You can negate that effect.

Performapal Turn Toad - ATK 0 DEF 800 LV2 Sc3 Aqua / Pendulum / Effect - WATER

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 Pendulum Monster on the field; switch its current ATK and DEFuntil the end of this turn.

Monster Effect: During either player's Battle Phase: You can target 1 face-up Defense Position monster you control; change it to Attack Position. This turn, that target gains ATK equal to half its current DEF.

Performapal Kaleidoscorp - ATK 100 DEF 2300 LV6 Sc4 Insect / Pendulum / Effect - LIGHT

Pendulum Effect: LIGHT monsters you control gain 300 ATK.

Monster Effect: If your opponent controls a Pendulum Summoned monster: You can target 1 Pendulum Monster you control; this turn, it can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon - ATK 2500 DEF 2000 LV7 Sc4 Dragon / Pendulum / Effect - DARK

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, you can reduce the battle damage you take from a battle involving a Pendulum Monster you control to 0.

Monster Effect: If this card battles an opponent's Level 5 or higher monster, any battle damage this card inflicts to your opponent is doubled.

"That was amazing, Yuya!" Aero smiled as he too was enjoying the scene. 'You did it Yuya, I'm glad my lessons have paid off...' Shingo looked at the monsters, confused. "What do you mean perfect? You summoned a monster with 100 attack points and one with 0! There just garbage cards!" Yuya tilted his head. "Oh, is that so? Kaleidoscorp's effect can be devasting! I activate his ability, Kaleido Search!" Out of the tail, a display of Kaleidos were shown in the sky. "Now by selecting a Pendulum Monster like so..."

Yuya selected Odd-Eyes and a seperate form of it was shown. "Odd-Eyes can attack all of your monsters once!" The made form flew up in the air and made its way towards Power Darts Shooter. "Battle! Attack Power Darts Shooter! Odd-Eyes's ability! When it attack Level 5 or higher monsters, battle damage is doubled, so I have you take that damage!" This shocked Sawatari and the form Odd-Eyes hit the shooter and the impact made Sawatari go to the left. "Odd-Eyes attack Rocket Darts Shooter!"

Shingo - 3700

"You so full of yourself aren't you? But you forget, I still have life points left!" Yuya looked at his monsters as he couldn't finish the duel as he was. "That ends my turn, Aero, can you finish this off?" Yuya looked at the Synchro dragon as he couldn't see Aero from his point of view.

Aero's Turn

Aero nodded and put his fingers on his deck. 'All I need is a monster with 1100 attack and we've won!' Aero drew the card, Elemental Hero Mobian Black Protectionwing. 'Yes!' Aero summoned the Mobian Hero and he appeared on top of Sonic Boom.

Elemental Hero Mobian Black Protectionwing - ATK 1300 DEF 1800 LV4 Warrior / Effect - DARK

This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. This card can be Special Summoned from your hand if you have a Mobian-Type monster on the field. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on this card, if you do, you can Special Summon 1 "Mobian" monster from your hand, Deck or Graveyard that has a DARK Attribute. This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the total number of "Mobian" monsters x 300 (Not including this card).

'You know what to do Crow, take him down!' The Mobian Hero dived down and used his shield as a weapon. 'Now Sonic Boom, attack with Chaos Flare!' Sonic Boom Dragon attacked a beam at Sawatari which ended the duel.

Yuya - 3000

Aero - 4000

Shingo - 0


As the life points went to 0, Sonic Boom Dragon went closer to the You Show gang and gave Aero a safe landing. Before the field spell disappeared along with Sonic Boom Dragon, Aero said with his thoughts, 'Thanks for the help, Sonic Boom'. Everyone looked at Sawatari as he was kneeling on the floor, but he got up. "You may have won the duel, but those Pendulum Cards are still mine! Guys get them!" Sawatari's goons were about to go near Yuya, but Aero went in front of him to protect Yuya. But it seems that was pointless as the goons and Sawatari were laying on the ground.

"Geez, these guys were annoying right from the start". In front of the You Show was a boy, about ten years old. He had light blue hair and was wearing a dark blue jacket with an orange collar and grey trousers. "Did-did you just?" The boy turned around to see Yuya. "But you... you two were so cool out there!" Aero titled his head as he thought the jacket the boy was wearing looked familiar. "Are you from LDS?" The boy shook his head. "I was going to, but now I'm not. I want to be your apprentice!"

Everyone was surprised with a "Eh?" Yuya pointed at himself as he questioned, "Apprentice? Mine?" The boy answered, "Yeah, if I want someone to teach me, it should be someone fun, right?" Aero nodded as he seemed to agree. Yuzu pointed to Sawatari and his friends and asked, "Did you do something to those guys?" The boy answered, "I just knocked them unconcious, that's all. Name's Sora Shiun'in, please to meet you!" Yuya shook his hand and Aero gave a smile and walked away from the You Show gang.

Ayu looked at Aero. "Thanks for saving us, Aero!" Aero turned to the right slightly with a smile, but contined to walk out of LDS. "Where he's going?" Yuya answered Tatsuya's question. "I think he's going to my house, I better follow him". Yuya caught up with Aero and the You Show gang said goodbye to Sora. As Yuya and Aero walked back, they were talking mostly about the duel. "Aero, thanks for saving my friends". Aero smiled at Yuya. "No probs. You would have done the same for me".

Yuya asked, "But what I don't understand is what was that dragon you summoned?" Aero knew he was going to question about his dragon, but he answered the question anyway. "That dragon is called Sonic Boom Dragon, he's a Synchro monster". Yuya was unknown with the term. "Synchro? You did a Synchro Summon?" Aero answered, "Yeah and if you want, I can teach you that too. But not today, maybe tomorrow at You Show". Yuya added, "Do you know any other summons?"

Aero did know about Fusion Summon, but the term XYZ was unknown to him. "I can Fusion Summon, but I have no idea what XYZ is. I've never seen one of those". Yuya looked surprised. "You should be a teacher instead of a student. You could teach us lots about dueling!" Aero blushed, but he agreed with Yuya. He could teach them many things, especially giving lessons that not every card in Duel Monsters is useless. "Until I'm ready to talk to others, I will teach your school everything that I know about dueling".


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