Duels..are...hard to write. I'm using the cards I've collected over the years to help create this duel. Sorry if the duel may seem boring, I guess you can see it as a mere warm-up for these two duelists. I hope you enjoy!

As the deck of cards shuffles into his Duel Disk, Yusei backs up a good distance from his opponent. He raises his left arm, the disk activating with a sharp sound. Across from him, Judai nods, as a part of his disk sticks out as another part slides out. The blue orb on the disk glows brightly under him.

"Duel!"

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"You can take the first turn, pal," Judai decided.

Yusei exhales as he closed his eyes. A duel without stakes..So far, I've mainly had duels where I needed to make sure I had to win because of circumstances that were beyond my control. Even when we dueled against Paradox, Yugi and Judai both had fun despite the highest risks and consequences if we failed. But now, it's just him and me, no stakes at all. A last duel between us, so it will be a very fun duel, Yusei thought as his lips smiles with confidence in his eyes. "All right, it's my turn!" Yusei declares as he draws his card.

"I summon Shield Warrior, in Defense Mode!" He slaps a card onto his disk as a warrior manifests itself onto to the field, placing his shield firmly before him. (800ATK/1600DEF) Yusei studies his hand, then selects a card from his hand. "I then Set one card facedown, and end my turn." A facedown Spell/Trap appears behind Shield Warrior.

"Here I go! Draw!" Judai drew his card, grinning. He then reveals his card towards his opponent. "I summon Elemental Hero Stratos!" A blue masked man reveals itself as the fans on his 'wings' churned, crossing his arms. (1800ATK/300DEF) Judai snaps his fingers, "When he's summoned, I can either activate where he destroys a Spell or Trap equal to the amount of other Heroes I control or add any Hero card from the deck to hand, and I'm selecting the latter." A card sticks out from the brunette's deck as he takes it to his hand of cards. "Activate the Spell, Polymerization!"

Behind Judai, the forms of two Elemental Heroes appear. One was a winged man with claws, having the qualities of some sort of bird. The other, a curvy woman with black hair, her body nude with red and white patterns. "Fusing Avian and Burstinatrix together!" The two forms then merges together as a ring of fire appears before the boy. "Come on out, Elemental Hero Flame Wingman!" A green, humanoid creature appears from the portal; its dragon-like arm roars as its one wing thrusts out. (2100ATK/1200DEF) Judai smiles in pride, stroking his thumb over the tip of his nose. "It's my favorite card, Yusei!" The man nods, wearing a small smile. He's never faced against this deck, let alone Judai, so this was a new yet rare challenge for him.

Judai lifts his arm up as he declares, "Flame Wingman, attack his Shield Warrior!" Like clockwork, the Hero flies up into the sky as its engulfed in flames. Swiftly, it launches down towards Yusei's Warrior and slings past it, shattering the monster into particles. The teen then points his finger at his opponent. "Whenever my Wingman destroys a monster, you take damage equal to the slain monster's ATK points!" The creature stands in front of Yusei, placing its dragon arm at him as fires spout into him. Yusei grunts, defending himself with crossed arms.

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"I then attack you directly with Stratos!" At his command, the blue man charges down towards Yusei.

"Sorry, I play a Trap! Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!"

The facedown card lifts up. A flimsy sort of scarecrow appears, blocking Stratos' fist with an unseen force. "I negate your attack once per turn and then Set my card back facedown." Simple, but an awesome Trap! Judai thinks to himself as he slides a card into the Spell/Trap card slot of his disk. "Throwing a facedown card to end my turn."

"My draw!"

Yusei ganders at his newly acquired card. "Great," he says to himself as he plays his drawn Spell Card. "When I activate Tuning, I'm allowed to add one 'Synchron' Tuner monster from my deck to my hand, which will be Nitro Synchron" He pulls the pushed out card from the slot. "Then, I must shave the top card off my deck to the Graveyard," he explained as he places the card, Skill Successor, into his Graveyard slot. He selects a card from his hand. "Speed Warrior, in Attack Mode!" An armed figure rolls itself in from the summoned card, whirling around in its roller blades as it strikes a pose (900ATK/400DEF). "However," Yusei began as he takes his Speed Warrior card from his disk, "he will be sacrificed to Special Summon Turret Warrior from my hand." His warrior envelopes itself into some kind of portal as a massive creature comes out, having turrets on its shoulders (1200ATK/2000DEF). "When Turret Warrior is Special Summoned this way, it gains the original ATK of the sacrificed Warrior-Type monster used for him." (2100ATK)

Judai nods, looking at the warrior. "So now he's a match for Flame Wingman."

"Oh, he isn't here to stay, Judai."

Judai blinked. He looks at Yusei, pulling a card from his hand. "I play my Spell, Double Summon, which allows me to Normal Summon once more this turn. I summon the Tuner monster, Nitro Synchron!" A miniature nitro cartridge with limbs appears, pumping a fist into the air (300ATK/100DEF). Judai smirked, placing his hands on his hips. "Well, it's actually kinda cute!"

Yusei smiles, "Then, let me show you something that's just so darn adorable. I tune level two Nitro Synchron with level five Turret Warrior!" The small monster divides into two small stars as they twist and turn in the air, creating green circles whilst the warrior leaps through as it sheds its colors with only an orange linings of its form.

"Clustering feelings will now become a new force! Become the path its light shines upon!" A green-lit beam passes through the rings as a green monster appears, having some sort of rocket end on its back with two horns on its head. "Synchro Summon! Blaze on, Nitro Warrior!" (2800ATK/1800DEF) Judai's eyes widen in amazement. It was another of Yusei's new game mechanic he's never seen, and he loves how cool it was. It felt similar to Fusion Summon, but works with levels on the monster cards and needing this 'Tuner' kind of monster. He even chanted something to go along with it. It was so awesome!

"Because Nitro Synchron was used for Synchro Material for a 'Nitro' monster, I can draw one card." Yusei draws his card and adds it to hand, then selects the other card. "I play my Spell, Battle Waltz. This creates a token that duplicates my Synchro monster aside from its effect." A gray scale version of Nitro Warrior stands next to Yusei's monster.

"Heh, not bad, Yusei! Now you can take out both of my monsters, then." The raven-haired youth looks at his friend's facedown card. He isn't sure if it's one of the Traps Judai used back in the previous duel or a whole new Trap he hasn't seen yet. But, this isn't the time to hesitate...

"Waltz Token, attack Stratos!" The Nitro Warrior duplicate jumps into the air. and crunches Stratos down with a single stomp, destroying it. Judai looks at his disk. "No Battle Damage?" Yusei shook his head, "For either of us involving the token. But, that's a whole different story with the real Nitro Warrior. You see, if I activated a Spell during my turn, its ATK increases by one-thousand during damage calculation. Dynamite Knuckle!" Nitro Warrior's back rocket blasts, sending it into high speed as it launches both fists. Suddenly, a green outline of its fists envelope the Synchro monster, pulverizing Flame Wingman. (3800ATK) "Ngh!" Judai grunts as he watches his Flame Wingman being obliterated into smoke.

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"Trap, activate!" Judai declares as his facedown opens. "Hero Signal! This Special Summons a level four or lower Elemental Hero from my hand or deck. The hero to do the job is Elemental Hero Neos Alius!" Jumping through the card comes what's best described as a small version of Judai's ace, Elemental Hero Neos (ATK1900/1300). It crosses its arms, signaling that he was summoned in Defense Position.

From the look of things, that card is a Gemini monster, meaning in its current form, it's a Normal Monster. Judai will probably use the effect to re-summon it so it would gain whatever effect it has...

"Your turn now, Judai."

"My turn, draw!" the mangy-haired boy swipes the top card off his deck. Nothing I can do for now, so I'll just introduce Yusei to you, little guy. "I summon Neo-Spacian Glow Moss in Attack Mode!" A slimy creature glows into existence, not having any features besides what seems to be eyes. (300ATK/900) Judai takes a in a breath, showing some kind of disappointment. "Turn end."

Yusei feels a bit surprised. He would have better chances if Glow Moss was defensive, not in offense. And why didn't he instead re-summon Alius? It didn't make sense..

"My move, then!"

He draws his card. I'm certain Glow Moss has some sort of ability to make me want to attack it, Yusei thought as he stares down at Glow Moss. If that's the case, I want to see Judai Yuki's full potential. Yusei thrusts his hand out. "Nitro Warrior, attack Glow Moss!"

"Use his effect!" Judai points to Yusei. "Draw a card, Yusei, and reveal it." Yusei raised his eyebrows and draws his card, flipping it over. The Monster Card, Doppelwarrior. Judai grins. "Sorry, pal, but your Battle Phase ends if the drawn card was a monster." Yusei nods, keeping his cool demeanor. "Turn end."

Judai draws his card, a spark lighting up in his eyes. "I play Pot of Greed, so I now draw two cards."

Judai is about to make his counterattack, I'm sure of it...

"Using Alius' effect, I re-summon him." A cosmic glow shines on Alius as Judai holds his next card in his hand. "Activate the Continuous Spell, Common Soul. With it, I select Neos Alius, and Special Summon Neo-Spacian Dark Panther from my hand!" A black panther leaps from behind Judai, its cape fluttering as it stares down Yusei with a menacing glare (1000ATK/500DEF). "Now, Aliuis gains ATK equal to the Special Summoned monster, giving it a grand total of twenty-nine thousand!" Yusei narrows his eyes. "Your Hero was re-summoned in Defense Mode, what good would giving it a bonus do?" Judai shook his head, smiling in the most sly way possible. "Because, Yusei, I'm not aiming for Attack Points." He points towards his Hero. "Because he was re-summoned, he's treated as 'Elemental Hero Neos'." Judai's three monsters suddenly leap towards the starry night, dropping Yusei's guard. "What I'm aiming for is Triple Contact Fusion!"

"Contact Fusion!" Yusei repeated as the trio of monsters spun in glorious light. "I give you, Elemental Hero Chaos Neos!" A devilish warrior appears, sharing qualities with Judai's ace but having wings that seemed fitting for a gargoyle. Its skin was pitch-black with armor that was an off-shade of white with dark blue ravenous hair (3000ATK/2500DEF). "A type of Fusion Summon without needing a Fusion card?" Judai smiles with pride. "Yup, you're not the only one with a surprising summoning technique, Yusei! Not only does it not require 'Polymerization' but it returns the materials used back to my deck."

He then plays a card, creating a portal with rainbow-like colors to appear underneath the fiendish warrior. "Thing is, Neos Fusions are required to leave the field if the Field Spell, Neo Space. But, using the Equip Spell, Instant Neo Space, that effect is left out!" Judai then pulls the last card remaining from his hand. "Play my Monster Reborn Spell Card! I revive one monster from either Graveyard and I choose my fallen monster, Elemental Hero Stratos!" The blue hero reappears onto the field, its fans whirling cyclones towards Yusei's facedown. Tch, Stratos was summoned, so Judai is using its Spell/Trap destruction effect. Facedown Scrap-Iron Scarecrow shatters into oblivion.

"Chaos Neos, attack Nitro Warrior!" Chaos Neos evaporated into black mist that faded away just as fast as Neos. Yusei's eyes look around, unable to see him due to the darkness of the night despite the orange glow of the nearby festival. Suddenly, a loud grunt fills the air as Yusei looks up at his Synchro Monster. Nitro Warrior was struck down swiftly and silently, shattering.

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"I end my turn," Judai declares, hinting a bit of pride in his voice now that Nitro was out of the picture.

Yusei gives a short nod. "Draw!" He looks at his newly drawn card, then at his hand of three other cards. He isn't able to do anything, at least for now. "I summon Level Warrior in Defense Position," he slaps a card down sideways onto his disk. What seemed to be a caped crusader makes his entrance, having a star on its helmet with two smaller ones on its chest and abdomen, getting down on one knee and crossing its arms. Yusei lowered his arms. "I end my turn."

Judai tilts his head. "That's a bit of a surprise, we've been at it on counterattacks so far, but hey, it's cool for me." He drew his next card. "Then again, I do want to see your all, Yusei." Again, Judai catches Yusei off-guard. This boy also wanted to see all of his strength placed into this duel. Without a doubt, Yusei couldn't help but smile. Despite what they know off of one another the entire day, they indeed had some things in common that just adds more into the list. Yusei is snapped back into reality, seeing a form of light appear on the field.

"I use Common Soul's effect and Special Summon Neo-Spacian Air Hummingbird!" A red humanoid avian that had the qualities to that of a hummingbird, as it's name applies, made its way onto the field, perching its hands onto its waist (800ATK/600DEF). "And, with Common Soul's effect, Hummingbird's ATK is added to Chaos Neos." (3800ATK) Judai pumps his fist out, "Attack the Waltz Token, Chaos Neos!" The duplicate of Nitro Warrior shatters as Chaos Neos' razor-sharp claws rip through it. Just as before, no Battle Damage was applied due to the effect of Yusei's Spell.

"I then attack your Level Warrior with my Neo-Spacian." The feathered being soars through Yusei's monster, leaving behind a shatter cloud of destruction. Judai lets out a toothy grin. "Now, Stratos, attack directly!" Yusei gritted his teeth, quickly raising his arms up as Elemental Hero Stratos pounded his fist into Yusei's disk with enough force to push the man back slightly. "Shit," Yusei cursed under his breath.

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"Moving to my Main Phase 2, I activate Air Hummingbird's ability." Yusei lowered his arms to look at Judai, but was distracted by three large flowers blooming from the cards in his hand. Quickly, Air Hummingbird went in, slipping his long beak into each of the buds. A green aura envelopes Judai as his Life Point meter goes up, gaining five-hundred Life for each card Yusei held.

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"All right, your turn, Yusei! Just try to beat that," Judai grinned triumphantly.

Yusei needed to try, there's no doubt about that. Judai was able to summon an additional monster, with an effect to recover Life Points, and give additional ATK to his Fusion Monster. Judai's deck worked in perfect harmony and worked ideal to his style, as if the deck was made for him.

Yusei closed his eyes, placing his hand over his deck. Come, my deck. We need to show Judai just how we duel. Right now, more than anything, I wish to show our true potential! "My move!" Yusei pulls his card.

A feel of slight panic fills Judai as a confident smirk is worn on Yusei's face. Not good...

"I summon the Tuner monster, Junk Synchron!" The hologram of the card appears, and out of it, comes a tiny warrior that wore actual junk as armor, wearing two big goggles and an engine on its back (1300ATK/500DEF). "When he's Normal Summoned, I can then Special Summon a level two or lower monster from my Graveyard in Defense Mode. Come out, Speed Warrior!" A light shines through his duel disk's discarded slot as the masked warrior with roller blades rolls in. But Yusei wasn't finished yet.

"When a monster is Special Summoned from the Grave, I can then Special Summon Doppelwarrior from my hand." A soldier comes down to the field, holding a rifle into position (800ATK/800DEF) Yusei then thrusts his arm into the air. "I tune level three Junk Synchron and level two Doppelwarrior!" The Synchron pulled a chord from its back, revving the engine as it splits into three stars that dance up to the night sky as Doppelwarrior leaps up. But suddenly, to Judai, two smaller versions of Doppelwarrior appear out of nowhere on the field. "Hey, what's-!" Judai was cut off as Yusei began to chant.

"Clustering stars will call upon a new force! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon!" A green beam shoots through the three rings the stars created, swallowing Yusei's warrior in it. The light then shatters, and a purple being flies up into the air, causing Judai's eyes to widen even more than it already has. "Show yourself, Junk Warrior!" The newly Synchro Summoned creature aligns with the angle of the full moon as it twirls. It grunts as it punches into the air, bolts of lightning striking through its surroundings (2300ATK/1300DEF)

Judai's jaw drops, his eyes practically sparkling as he stares up at this monster. "So cool!" Yusei smiles, gesturing his thumb up towards Junk Warrior, feeling a bit of his own sense of pride.

"Judai, meet my favorite monster."

*falls over* Oof..Told ya the chapters on this duel would be long ones. Won't say how many chapters it will be since I do want to keep my fellow readers in wondering. R&R, please!