Surprise, surprise, I wrote a fifth chapter! This just kept nagging me and I had to write it. Especially since Yuya vs Yuzu is probably my least favorite of the four duels so I wanted a more fitting finale for this fanfic. As always I don't own Arc-V and I hope you enjoy!
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Yuya had just finished his duel with Reiji and it was no exaggeration to say that he was one of his toughest, if not his toughest opponent, yet he was able to pull off a win in the end. Despite this, he was ready to have the greatest entertainment duel with his father. The crowd was ready for it too, to finally see Yusho Sakaki dueling again. However...
''Yuya. We want to duel you.'' Yuzu suddenly said, making everyone go quiet. Yuya looked at her confused.
''We? What do you...'' Yuya thought about it for a second and then he realized it. ''Wait, you mean...'' Yuzu nodded and put her hands on her chest.
''Serena, Rin, Ruri and me. I don't know if you can hear Yuto, Yugo or Yuri, but I can hear the other girls. Their thoughts, their feelings.'' Yuzu looked down to her side, frowning a bit. ''It's confusing and I'm not sure how to handle it all...but one thing is clear.'' Yuzu looked back up and Yuya could see the ever-so familiar confidence and determination in her eyes. ''They want to duel you and the others with all of their power.'' Yuzu smiled. ''And...I think that's what Ray would want as well.'' Ray never got to face Zarc as anything other than a mortal enemy, this would be the only and closest way to let her experience an actual friendly duel with him.
''Well, I can't say if Zarc feels that way...'' Zarc was no longer within him and even when he was, he couldn't understand everything about him. He had been too far gone. ''But I think the others are fine with that. Are you?'' Yuya asked while looking around him. To others it looked like he was just talking to himself, but in reality, there were three transparent people there.
''Of course! I haven't managed to beat Rin yet after all!'' Yugo said while giving a thumbs up.
''I have had plenty of duels inside of you. I don't see any reason to refuse.'' Yuto said, giving a supportive smile.
''Wait, Yugo has never beaten Rin?'' Yuri suddenly asked while holding a hand in front of his mouth to stifle his laughter...or at least, he held it there for a good full second. ''Really?! That's hilarious!'' Yuri burst out in laughter, all the while Yugo's whole body shook in anger.
''What's so funny about that? Have you even dueled her?' He wasn't proud of his losing streak to Rin, but it's not like it wasn't understandable.
''She didn't have her duel disk with her when I captured her so no I haven't, but even then...'' Yugo wasn't about to let that slide however.
''That's right! You haven't even apologized for capturing her yet!'' He never got his revenge during a duel so at the very least he wanted to hear an apology from the guy, especially if they were going to share a body like this.
''To answer your question Yuya, I agree to this duel as well.'' Yuri said with a confident smirk.
''Are you ignoring me?!''
''They're all okay with this.'' Yuya said, turning back to Yuzu, who smiled even wider.
''Not you too Yuya!''
''Great, the girls are pretty excited for this. Aren't you?'' Yuzu did the same as Yuya, looking around her and facing people that weren't seemingly there. But there they were, three other girls.
''I think I could've taken them all on by myself to be honest.'' Serena said, her smirk and general presence showing even more confidence than Yuri.
''But we lost to Yuya and Yuto last time.'' Ruri pointed out, but that didn't shake Serena one bit.
''That's because I was forced to use that stupid Parasite Deck. No one could win with that.'' The Doctor let Ruri and Rin keep their decks mostly the same, why did she have to use that Parasite Queen card? If she was given her actual deck, she could've wiped the floor with them...though in hindsight it was better that she and Ruri lost.
''Ahh, the good old blame the deck strategy. Your loss definitely had nothing to do with your own skills.'' Rin said with sarcasm dripping all over. The three other girls just stared at her, Serena the most surprised. ''What, is there something on my face?'' Not that that would inherently be a bad thing, something to tell them apart at least.
''I just...didn't expect to hear something like that from you Rin.'' Yuzu said. In Yugo's descriptions of her, he had never mentioned this sarcastic side.
''Oh sorry, it's just a side-effect of growing up with Yugo. Spending so much time with that idiot definitely affected the way I talk sometimes.'' Rin smiled a little. She didn't really mind that influence though. ''Also growing up in Commons really makes you respect each and every card so, I hope you get my point.'' Rin's smile widened as Serena looked to her side.
''Yeah...the deck was still trash though.'' She said, making the other girls laugh a bit.
''I can't really disagree with you. I think the result would've been different if I hadn't been given those Parasite cards.'' Ruri added. Even if Parasite Fusioner was a Level 1 monster, she wasn't supposed to use it for Xyz Summons. ''Not to insult Yuto of course, he's a strong duelist.'' Better than Shun even, though maybe it was for the best if she didn't tell him that.
''Are you okay with this, dad?'' Yuya asked. He didn't expect him to have problems with this, but it was still good to ask. Yusho smiled widely at the question.
''It's more than fine. In fact, I believe it will make for a better duel than one between us.'' Yusho laughed and hearing that made Yuya laugh a bit as well. It truly was infectous.
''If we're going to do this.'' Reiji suddenly spoke up. ''I think you two...or eight I suppose are going to need some time to work out your decks. The rest of us will be waiting.'' Reiji said and he walked over to Himika and Reira, the small baby still laughing without a care in the world. ''I wonder if this duel will have an effect on Reira...'' Zarc's demonic influence might be gone, but he could still be inside Reira, not to mention how Ray might've affected her. Reira raised her hands in the air and Reiji grabbed a hold of them with his. He really hoped everything would turn out alright for her.
''Let's do it girls, let's make the best deck there is!'' Yuzu said as she pumped her fist. She turned around and headed for one of the dressing rooms.
''Let's do the same. We can't leave our audience waiting.'' Yuya said and headed for the opposite direction.
''There will be a brief intermission before our next duel! Please wait patiently!'' Nico Smiley said to the mic and the crowd cheered. No one would say no to another potentially awesome duel after all. And it wasn't just people in the stands that were excited for this. The Lancers and the people transported here from other dimensions were also eager to see this duel. Though there were some concerns as well...
''So...Ruri is inside that girl?'' Sayaka asked as she stared at the direction Yuzu had went to. ''How can that be?'' Sayaka looked downcast, until someone put a hand on her shoulder. ''Shun?'' She looked up at the tall boy who's eyes were downcast as well.
''It's true. Ruri, along with three other girls were originally one girl named Ray. And now, they're all one girl named Yuzu. It's the same thing with Yuto and the others.'' Shun looked the other way, the direction Yuya had went to.
''How can you be that calm?!'' Allen yelled, joining the conversation, surprising both Sayaka and Shun. ''Both Ruri and Yuto are gone...it's...it's...'' Allen couldn't find the words. He was used to loss of Resistance members, but he never expected those two to be lost forever. Shun stayed quiet for a while, thinking about what he should say.
''It's true that it's hard for me to accept still. I wish for nothing more than for Yuto and Ruri to be back for real...but If that means the loss of Yuya and Yuzu, asking Yuto and Ruri to come back would be incredibly selfish of me.'' Shun raised his head and smiled a little. ''Besides the two of them aren't dead.''
''But...'' Allen clenched his fists and Sayaka looked at him concerned.
''I have seen Yuto within Yuya.'' Kaito suddenly joined in the conversation. ''I don't think it's out of realm of possibility for them to switch between bodies. There's a good chance you can see Ruri and Yuto again.'' Kaito smiled at the two young children, which was a bit of an unusual sight. ''I got to see Haruto again after he was carded, something I didn't know was possible. You can't lose hope just yet.'' Allen was still quiet, but he had unclenched his fists. Shun took this as a chance to say something.
''Besides, do you need Yuto and Ruri when you got each other?'' Shun asked with a smirk, making Allen look back up with a clear blush on his face. Sayaka looked away and put her hands on her face, trying to hide the blush.
''Shun it's not like that!'' Allen yelled, making the two older boys laugh.
''So...this is Standard Dimension.'' Edo said while looking around, feeling somewhat out-of-place here. After spending so much time in Academia and destroyed Heartland, it felt somewhat strange to see a place this peaceful.
''Yep, it's a pretty awesome place.'' Edo looked to his left and then slightly down to see Sora there, arms behind his neck and a lollipop in his mouth, looking as pleased with himself as ever.
''That's right, you were sent here on a mission weren't you?'' It had certainly been a surprise to the ex-chief-in-command, for someone so young to be given such an important mission, not to mention sending him here again after his first failure.
''Yeah...'' Sora thought back to it, spending time with Yuya over at You Show Duel School, teaching Yuzu the ins and outs of fusion, that duel with Kurosaki...''Sometimes I wonder if it would've been better if i never came.'' Edo raised an eyebrow at this. ''I am the reason everything spiraled out of control.'' The duel at MCS, things really went downhill after that.
''No, you weren't the start of it.'' Sora blinked and saw Sawatari behind him, for once not looking like he was about to brag. ''It all started when I first dueled Yuto in that warehouse. I thought it was Yuya which led to my accusation and the the attempted merger of LDS and You Show.'' Back then, he had been convinced that Yuya had attacked him, but the truth had been much bigger than anyone had first thought.
''Your fault for being so petty then.'' Sora said with a smirk, making Sawatari's blood rise.
''What?! I have you know that this super hyper strong ulta duelist Neo New Sawatari is the furthest thing from petty!'' Sawatari said as he struck a pose and while Sora was unimpressed, Edo just wondered what the hell was this guy's deal.
''Could the great super hyper strong ultra duelist tell me about the last time he won a duel?'' Sora asked as he took anoter lick of his lollipop, enjoying the smug look on Sawatari's face drop. Edo was still a bit confused, but he smiled, glad that the Academia student had managed to find a place to belong. He had always seemed to lonely at Academia, even more so than the other students.
''Hey Crow tell us already!''
''Yeah how did we get here?''
''How do we get back to City!''
''Tell us!'' Frank, Amanda and Tanner said in unison, making Crow scratch his face nervously.
''I told you, I don't know.'' Crow said. From what he could gather, this was Standard Dimension, but that didn't really tell all that much.
''How about you Shinji?!''
''You have to know!'
''Yeah, you're smarter than Crow!''
''Hey!''
''I don't know either..'' Shinji said with a nervous chuckle. The revolution at the City had worked and he had really hoped not to have something big happen this soon. Some people were still confused about how the new King disappeared almost immediately after his victory.
''We can get you caught up.'' Crow and Shinji heard heavy footsteps and saw Gongenzaka approaching them, with Jack behind him. Crow and Shinji blinked, but Frank, Amanda and Tanner got stars in their eyes.
''King!'' They yelled in unison and you could practically hear Jack's eyebrow twitch.
''I'm not the King anymore!'' He yelled, maybe a bit more forcefully than was intended as the three kids took multiple steps back to they would be behind Crow and Shinji.
''There's no need for that kind of tone.'' Crow said as he put a hand on Jack's shoulder, making him sigh. Jack was about to say something more when...''...Former King.'' Crow smirked and this time you could hear both of his eyebrows twitch.
''You...!''
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Yuzu had gotten to an empty dressing room, that was mostly used by Entertainment Duelists that needed to put on costumes and the like. She was sitting in front of a table with her own cards spread out in top of it. She sighed and grasped her bracelet. ''I hope this works.'' She squeezed it and closed her eyes, trying to focus. After a few seconds, she opened up her eyes and noticed that she wasn't in a physical body anymore. ''This is...''
''Looks like we can really switch by using our bracelets.'' Serena said, she was now the one with the physical body. It definitely felt a bit different than having a normal body. She reached out for her deck and spread out her cards on the table as well. ''I wonder why that is.'' Serena closed her eyes and squeezed her own bracelet and the next one to have a turn was Rin.
''Ray had all four of our bracelets, it probably has something to do with that.'' Rin added her own cards to the growing pile, hoping they could quickly get their deck sorted out. It would be difficult, but worth it! ''I would really like to know more about her.'' Rin repeated what Yuzu and Serena had done and now it was Ruri's time to have a physical body.
''For now, we just have to make do with this. I wonder how long we can stay like this.'' Ruri said and with her cards added, they now had more than 200 cards to look at and decide on. ''I am glad that when we switch, we're still wearing our own clothes. No offense to you Yuzu, I have no problems with your clothes, but it makes things a bit easier.'' It would be pretty uncomfortable to duel in ill-fitting clothes.
''I don't know if it would be that big of a deal. Yugo said that at least me and Rin are the same size...'' Yuzu said with a nervous laugh, but there was one person there who didn't find it as funny.
''Yugo said what?!'' Rin asked furious. She knew Yugo well enough to know what exactly he meant when he said that. ''He never learns what personal space is...'' And never having went to school was no excuse to not know what that was!
''Yeah, he definitely has a glomping problem.'' Serena added, which turned Rin's attention from Yuzu to Serena, still looking rather beside herself. ''He tried to hug me at least...five times I think. He doesn't seem to learn.'' He was definitely a great duelist, but his personality needed so much work that she felt bad praising his skills.
''Umm, mind filling me in?'' Ruri asked, being the only one who hasn't had the 'misfortune' to run into Yugo yet.
''Let's just say that the quicker your punching reflexes are, the better.'' Serena said and Ruri just blinked, still not really understanding the situation. Rin made a mental note to bring this up before the duel would begin. ''Still, at least he's better than Yuri.'' Serena added and both Rin and Ruri felt a chill go down their spine at the mention of that name.
''That creep. He cornered me when I didn't have a duel disk with me!'' Rin shivered as she thought back to that evening. For a moment she had thought that Yuri was Yugo, but the things he said and the way he smiled...he was nothing like Yugo!
''Maybe it's for the better.'' Ruri said, having wrapped her arms around herself. ''Dueling against him...it's an experience you really don't want to have. The way he talks and acts during duels...'' Ruri shook her head, she didn't want to think about it. ''Hopefully he has changed enough.'' And if he hasn't, the others should keep him at bay.
''I wonder if it was Zarc's influence that made him the way he is.'' Serena said. It was hard to tell, having only interacted with the guy for mere minutes. Looking from afar, she couldn't make any judgments. ''What do you think Yuzu?'' Serena asked, having noticed that the Standard girl had been quiet for a while. And she continued to be quiet. ''Yuzu?'' She asked again and Yuzu sighed.
''I'm really sorry girls.'' Yuzu said, surprising the three others and she could tell that she had to explain more. ''It isn't fair that we have to share a body like this, with me as the main one. I feel like I robbed you of your lives.'' Yuzu said while clenching her hands together...and then a new hand was added on it. Serena's hand. She couldn't feel it, but she could see it on hers.
''I don't really mind. It's not like there is anyone that misses me.'' Serena said, causing all the attention to turn back to her now. ''I don't know if I ever had any parents. I had no friends in Academia. In the Lancers, I mostly worked alone and after my duel with Yugo, I became a burden because of the stun gas. Then the parasites happened...There's not a single person who would be happy to see me again.'' Serena said and Yuzu was surprised to hear all that from the normally confident girl.
''Don't say that!'' Rin suddenly yelled, catching everyone off-guard yet again. ''So what if you come from a friendless background?! That doesn't mean you couldn't have made friends in the future, that you couldn't have made yourself a great future! Just because your past was bad, it doesn't mean your future will.'' Serena was about to say something, when...
''That's right!'' Yuzu chimed in. ''I remember when we first met, you escaped Academia to prove yourself, because Academia was like a prison to you. You wanted freedom! You shouldn't just accept being inside my body like this. Isn't it a prison to you as well?'' Serena bit her lip and covered her face with her hair...
''Besides, we're your friends now and we...'' Ruri probably would've gotten further with that when she heard soft sobbing. She as well as Rin and Yuzu turned to look at Serena in shock. ''Serena...'' Ruri frowned. Oh how she wished she could give her an actual hug.
''I...I...never thought I would feel this way. I wanted to be an Academia soldier for so long, I didn't even think about friends or...or...'' Serena put her hand on her face, trying to get the tears to stop. It took her a while, but eventually all the tears dried up. ''Thank you...'' She said, finally looking back up and smiling. You could see the traces of tears in her eyes, but her smile took the attention. And that made three others smile as well.
''How about you, Ruri and Rin? How do you feel about this whole sharing a body thing?'' Yuzu asked. She couldn't help, but still feel responsible about all this.
''Living in Commons, I have learned to share a lot of things. A body is something completely new.'' Rin laughed and smiled. ''It's something to be used to of course, but I think we can make this work.''
''Besides, we can already swap which one of us has the physical body. That's going to help things a lot.'' Ruri said, smiling as well. ''I don't really mind either, if it's with girls like you.'' Even outside their faces, Ruri was sure they had other things in common.
''Serena, Rin, Ruri...thank you.'' Yuzu said and the four girls came together in a hug. They couldn't feel each other of course, but the sense of unity was much more important than the sense of warmth.
''Let's start deckbuilding. If one of us feels like opening up more during it, then all the better.'' Ruri smiled even further and with that said, the four girls got to work in building the best deck they could with their cards. Or at the very least, they would've if it wasn't for...
''Hey, what are these two cards?'' Rin pointed at the two cards in the very center. They weren't Melodious, Lunalight, Windwitch or Lyrilusc cards. They were...
''Are these Ray's?''
...
Yuya was sitting in the other dressing room and he too was in front of a table. In addition to having his cards spread around, he had put his pendant on it as well. He placed his hand on it and closed his eyes. He focused and opened up his eyes to see...''Looks like it worked.'' Yuya said, now in spirit form as the one who had a physical body was Yuto.
''We couldn't do this before.'' Yuto said as he took his deck out and placed it on the table. ''I suppose the merger between all of us had something to do with it.'' Yuto closed his eyes and next in line was Yugo.
''This pendant...do you think it has something to do with Zarc?'' Yugo asked, taking out his own cards and spreading them around the table. Yugo grit his teeth together as he thought about who would be next, but there was no avoiding it. Yuri had to have fair shot at this as well.
''If you're the one who's suggesting it, then probably not.'' Yuri chuckled as he placed hsi own deck on the table, but right after he did that, he noticed that the three other boys were all staring at him. ''What?'' Yuri crossed his arms, feeling a bit annoyed by their looks.
''You know, I haven't forgiven you for taking Ruri away.'' Yuto said, his stare turning into a glare, though Yuri seemed rather unaffected by it.
''Or taking Rin away!'' Yugo clenched his fist, looking like he would've punched the purple-haired boy if he could.
''Or carding my father.'' Yuya could never forget that. It lead to his duel with Yuri, which lead to Zarc coming back to destroy everything. Instead of answering to all these accusations, Yuri just laughed again.
''It's all Zarc's influence anyway, I wouldn't have done those things otherwise.'' The three boys glared even harder and they had already silently agreed not to let him have much influence in the deck building when...''Would be nice if it was that easy.'' Yuri said as he looked away from the others, making them drop their glares. ''I have done a lot of horrible things and I know I can't blame Zarc for all or any of them. There's no way for me to atone.'' Yuri's tone took a very somber tone, something the others had never heard from him.
''So you're not even going to try?'' Yuya asked, making the Fusion boy pause for a second. ''You think that since you can't atone for what you've done, it's better to just keep distancing yourself from us and everyone else? Is that why you're riling us up?'' Yuya asked and with the way Yuri uncomfortably squirmed, it was obvious that he had hit the nail on the head.
''What if it is? The three of you already said you weren't going to forgive me. Better just to accept that fact than to fight against it.'' Yuri said and all of the sudden Yugo's fist went right through him. With how much momentum there was in the punch, there was no doubt it would've hurt had Yugo been in his physical body.
''Man you're one annoying guy! Look, there's nothing more that I want than for you to pay for what you did to Rin. ...But the way you're acting now, that sort of defeatist attitude pisses me off!'' Yugo crossed his arms and looked away from Yuri. ''I dueled you, so I know you're a strong duelist and person. I know you put a lot of energy in your dueling...so why don't you put that energy in trying to get along with us?'' Yugo looked over his shoulder and smirked a little. ''Or are you really that big of a wimp?'' Yuri blinked and was about to retort, but...
''I agree with Yugo.'' Yuto said with his hand ooutsretched towards Yuri. ''I have learned that Academia students are capable of change. Not all of them are heartless solders who want to card people. Destruction of Heartland and Ruri's kidnapping...I still can't forgive them for causing that to happen, but if you're willing to change, I can open up too.'' Yuto said and he glanced over at Yugo and Yuya, who both nodded. Yuri looked at all three, not sure about what he should do or even say. He hadn't expected something like this, how could he have?
''I...I suppose if we're sharing a body, we should try to get along...and I'm sorry.'' Yuri said. To be honest, there was so much more he wanted to say, but he couldn't find the words. He wasn't good at stuff like this.
''On the subject of apologies, I'm sorry too Yugo.'' Yuto said, clearly surprising the blonde and blue-haired boy. ''I'm sorry I thought you were a pawn of fusion and the one who took Ruri away.'' Even if the mistake was understandable at the time, since it was before they knew about others sharing their faces, he should've at least listened and not let his anger take hold so easily.
''You thought Yugo was part of Academia?'' Yuri started laughing before Yugo could say anything. ''As if Academia would ever let someone like him in. We have standards!''
''Yuri, didn't you just say we should get along?'' Yuya asked with a sigh. Guess it was a bit naive to hope things would go smoothly from now on.
''Asking me to stop teasing Yugo is asking me to get rid of part of myself.'' Well, teasing anyone really, but Yugo made for the best reactions.
''I would like to get rid of some parts...'' Yugo muttered under his breath. Maybe start with those eyebrows? ''Anyway Yuto, I'm sorry too. You know...for what happened that night.'' Yugo looked away from the Xyz user. He didn't want to say kill. He didn't want to think of it as killing. He couldn't live with himself if he did. Yuto just shook his head and smiled a little.
''Neither of us were in clear state of mind and I was trying to protect Yuya. You did nothing wrong.'' Except maybe try to run him over with a motorcycle, but he probably shouldn't bring that up. He hasn't even seen the motorcycle in question in a while. ''If that hadn't happened, I think I would've won.'' Yuto smirked, but Yugo wasn't rattled by that.
''Oh sure! How about we duel now to settle this?'' Yugo asked, already ready to take his deck back and...
''Or how about we actualy do what we're supposed to do and build a deck.'' Yuri said, making the Synchro boy turn back to him with a glare. ''If you don't want to be that mad, don't be such an easy target.''
''GUYS!'' Yuya yalled, silencing all three. ''Let's stop this and just...'' Yuya was about to continue, but then he noticed two unknown cards in the middle of their card pile. Their names especially took his attention
''Supreme King.''
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It took both teams about half an hour to build their decks. Decicing on what cards were worth to include, what Extra Deck monsters would be the easiest to sumon, what traps and spells would be most useful and other such things. But now it was done, which meant that the duel could begin.
''Thank you for waiting everyone! Our next duel will be beginning shortly!'' Nico Smiley said in his energetic voice to the microphone and the crowd, which now included the people who were transported from the other dimensions, cheered in response. ''As always, I Nico Smiley am your commentator for this duel...''
''Along with me as a co-commentator, Melissa Claire! Let's all have fun!'' Melissa matched and even exceeded Nico's enthusiasm. Hard to say about the crowd though as it had never really stopped cheering. ''Let's not waste any time! Our first duelist of the day is You Show's Rising Star, City's Duel King and the great entertainer, Yuya Sakaki!'' Melissa yelled and the cheering got even louder as Yuya walked to the arena while waving. Yugo, Yuto and Yuri were doing the same, though of course no one else could see them.
''I can't believe I get to see Yuya's entertainment dueling again!'' Grace said with her eyes practically shimerring in delight. Gloria just sighed at this reaction. She could see the appeal of his dueling, but not to that extent. ''He's so great, I can't wait for this to start!''
''Excuse me, I would appreciate if you didn't talk about my darling like that.'' Grace blinked and looked to her left to see a short red-haired girl in a dress glaring at her. For some reason she had a crystall ball in her hand.
''Your...darling?'' Grace repeated, understandably very confused, by both the words and the crystal ball.
''Yes. Yuya is MY darling and someone like you is way below his level.'' Mieru rubbed her crystal balll and Grace couldn't tell if she was trying to look menacing or if she was really trying to tell her fortune.
''I don't think you're one to talk about levels, shortie.'' Grace said, returning Mieru's glare, which just made the fortune-telling girl angrier. Gloria sighed again. She was going to have to deal with this the entire duel, she could just tell.
''Looks like Yuya is getting popular.'' Yoko said with an approving smile.
''And our second duelist is...'' Nico started saying, continuing where Melissa had left off. ''You Show's Blooming Star and the entertainer duelist, Yuzu Hiragi!'' Yuzu smiled and waved as she walked to the field. Rin, Ruri and Serena did the same, though the latter seemed a bit more relucant to do so.
''Show everyone Yuzu! Do your father proud! Hot-Blooded!'' Yuzu's dad Syuzo yelled through a megaphone, sounding even louder than both commentator combined.
''Principal, not so loud!'' Tatsuya said while covering his ears. Looking around, you could see practically everyone doing the same.
''You're giving everyone the wrong kind of shivers!'' Futoshi said while shaking his head frantically.
''Besides, you're embarrassing big sis Yuzu!'' Ayu said. It reminded her of her duel with Reira when her parents showed up. ''I wonder what happened to him...'' After winning the Junior Youth competition, she hadn't seen the quiet boy around.
''No no, it's quite alright. Real entertainment requires volume.'' The three kids looked to the seat behind them to see a man in an orange and blue suit, sporting a rather distintive orange hairstyle. ''True entertainer has no sound limit''
''Aren't you...'' Syuzo was sure he had seen this guy before somewhere.
''Dennis Mcfield, an entertainer.'' Dennis pulled out a folded top hat from his pocket and from that top hat. he pulled out a bouquet of roses...which exploded to a pink smoke from which pigeons felw out. Tatsuya, Ayu and Futoshi all clapped while Syozu...
''Now I remember, during the MCS you...you defeated Yuzu and carried her bridal style!'' Dennis's eyes widened in shock. He had expected praise of his entertainent, not a reminder of something that happened so long ago. ''How dare you to that to my little girl?!'' Yuya being close to her was one thing, but any otehr guy? No way!
''But...But I saved her.'' And later lead Yuri to her, but maybe he shouldn't mention that part.
Yuya and Yuzu walked to the center of the arena and shook hands. ''Let's make this the best duel we can, everyone.'' Yuya said and Yuzu nodded.
''We should probably let them shake hands as well.'' After all, they looked so similar that people who weren't in the know wouldn't notice the difference. With that decided, Ruri took control of the body, while Yuto did the same for the boys.'' I won't hold back Yuto.'' The two of them hadn't had a real duel in such a long time, this would be fun.
''I'd expect no less.'' Yuto said and both smiled warmly at each other. They would've loved to stay like that for longer, but others deserved their turns. ''Let's make this an awesome Duel Rin. ...Rin?'' Yugo asked when the green-haired girl didn't respond, at least verbally. ''Rin, you're squeezing my hand a bit too hard.'' Yugo laughed nervously, thinking that she was just caught up in the moment. Except that she didn't stop. ''R-Rin, you're crushing it.'' If she continued, he couldn't even duel!
''Same size huh?'' Rin asked and Yugo gulped. Both from the words and from the tone of voice. He had to say something to save this situation.
''I was wrong. It's clear you're smaller!'' Horrible pain in hand. ''I mean, bigger!'' Mind-numbing pain in hand! ''I should probably stop talking about this.'' Nod. ''Okay, let's have a great duel.'' Yugo said, smiling through the pain and soon after the pain disappeared as Rin took her hand away.
''Sorry if I took it a bit far. I'm looking forward to the duel as well.'' Rin smiled back and now it was time for the last ones. Serena and Yuri took the bodies over...and just stared at each other. ''I'm not shaking your hand.'' Serena said while crossing her arms over her chest.
''That's rather rude. Where are your manners?'' Yuri asked with a small grin. He had barely talked to Serena, but something told him that she would make for even better reactions than Yugo.
''I'm not going to take lectures on manners on someone who kidnaps girls.'' She could feel it, Ruri and Rin's fear of him were still lingering.
''Ah yes, because you have no experience in that yourself. You never kidnappened anyone.'' Yuri chuckled, the grin ever present on his face.
''That was different. I was under mind control!'' Which was something she didn't think back on fondly.
''Well then, you shouldn't have been so weak to fall victim to brainwashing. I thought you were stronger than that.'' Yuri said, keeping his eyes on Serena's fists as she had just clenched them.
''I am and I will prove that in this duel!'' Serena said as she brought her fist forward and to her surprise, Yuri fist bumped it. ''Yuri...?''
''I'm looking forward to it.'' Yuri said with a small smile, surprising Serena even more. She eventually smiled back too, it would've been more awkward not to. With all of that done, they returned the control to Yuya and Yuzu, who were both satisfied that everyone got to say their peace, more or less.
''Now for this duel we have something very special for you!'' Nico said, surprising Yuya and Yuzu. They hadn't heard anything about any special arrangements. ''The duel field we'll be using was made personally by the founder and former CEO of Leo Corporation, Leo Akaba!'' Nico sounded excited, but most of the crowd was just confused. When did he return and why did he make his own duel field? And was he as good-looking as his son? ''So with his permission, Action Field Set, The Genesis World.'' The RSV system started working its magic and created an image of the duel field. The image that appeared was of a futuristic and colorful city with sun shining, no cloud in the sky and nature was blooming. There were hovering buildings and islands around as well. It looked very much like a futuristic utopia.
''What is this?'' Both Yuzu and Yuya wondered. They had never seen anything like this city before.
''This is...'' Reiji raised his glasses. He was watching the duel in the control room along with Himika and Reira. Leo was there too, but it looked like he was about to leave. ''Original Dimension, correct?'' Reiji asked and glanced at his father. The man formely known as Professor was quiet for a moment and then nodded.
''I wanted to see it again, my home world in its former and full glory. When I regained my memories of it and Zarc's destruction, it was the first Action Field I created, but I never told anyone. I wanted to...show it to Ray.'' Leo looked away from his family and the monitors that were going to broadcast the duel. ''But Yuzu, Serena, Ruri and Rin, they are Ray now. I have to accept that.'' Leo said and he started to walk towards the elevator that would take him down.
''You're not going to watch?'' Himika asked, moving her hands ever so slightly to cradle Reira.
''I ruined the lives of all eight people involved in this duel. I don't deserve to watch it. Not to mention, my sins run too deep for me to stay and enjoy any duel.'' Leo said as he boarded the elevator. ''Reiji, I'm proud of you for taking over my company and I'm sure you'll continue to make it grow and succeed even further. But I want you to promise me one thing.'' Leo turned back around. ''Help Reira grow into a fine lady.'' Reiji was a bit surprised to hear that, but he smiled.
''Don't worry father, I intend to help her..'' Reiji said back. It felt a bit strange to say that of course. Reira used to be a boy, but after being reborn as a baby, Reira was definitely a girl. He didn't know if it was Ray's influence or something else entirely, but that's what had happened. Leo nodded and the elevator took him down.
''Now it's finally time to start! Everyone say it with me together!'' Nico stood up straight, confusing Melissa on what he was about to do. People who came from the other dimensions were equally confused, but everyone who was from Standard knew exactly what was happening.
''Duelists locked in battle! Kicking the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters! They storm through this field! Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of dueling! ACTION...''
''DUEL!''
Yu Boys Life Points: 4000
Bracelet Girls Life Points: 4000
''Now that the duel is underway, I'm sure we'll see both of our duelist go for Action Cards.'' Nico said...only he really should've waited a bit before he did since both Yuzu and Yuya were standing completely still.
''That's weird. In Friendship Cup, they went for them quite often.'' Melissa added. Of course, it was easier to do so on a track, but still...
''So, all of you decided and agreed not to go for them either?'' Yuzu asked and Yuya nodded, making Yuzu smile a bit. ''Looks like all eight of us can agree on something!''
''Let's get this show started! Our turn!'' Yuya looked at his hand and smiled. WIth this, they could get off to a good start. ''I place Scale 6 Performapal Guiturtle on the Pendulum Scale.'' To Yuya's left appeared a blue pillar of light and on top of it rose a blue turtle with a guitar as its body. ''Next I place Scale 1 Performapal Monkeyboard on my other Pendulum Scale.'' On the blue pillar to his right appeared a monkey on a ball with a keyboard in his mouth. ''At this moment, Guiturtle's Pendulum Effect activates. When a Performapal card is placed on the other Pendulum Scale, I can draw one card! I also activate Monkeyboard's Pendulum Effect. On the Main Phase of the turn it's activated, I can add one Level 4 or lower Perfomapal monster from my deck to my hand. I choose Performapal Trump Girl.'' Yuya first drew a card and then added another one to his hand.
''Not bad. You set up your scales and you still have five cards in your hand.'' Yuzu said. It was a far cry from their first duel where Yuya had no idea how to Pendulum Summon.
''Think of it this way Yuzu. We don't have to worry about any Pendulum Effects since they've both been used up.'' Serena commented and Yuzu nodded. That was definitely a good thing to keep in mind.
''Now I can Summon monsters with levels 2 through 5. Swing, Pendulum of souls. Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear, my monsters! The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots, The Phantom Knights of Half Lance and Speedroid Terrortop!'' Three rays of light shot out from the middle of the blue pillars and from those three lights appeared three monsters. First one was a ghostly figure in ragged clothes with the only presentable clothing being his shoes. Second was dressed very similarly, but on his right hand he had the handle of the javelin and on the left the actual blade. The final one was a series of red spinning tops connected with yellow energy.
(Silent Boots) Attribute: Dark Type: Warrior Atk: 200 Def: 1200 Level: 3
(Half Lance) Attribute: Dark Type: Waririor Atk: 1400 Def: 300 Level: 3
(Terrortop) Attribute: Wind Type: Machine Atk: 1200 Def: 600 Level 3
''Huh, those aren't Yuya's usual monsters.'' Nico commented. There was some confusion in the audience, especially since most of them had just seen Yuya duel Reiji.
''And a Speedroid monster...something about that seems familiar.'' Melissa thought. She was sure she had seen something like that before, but she just couldn't figure out when!
''I activate Terrortop's effect. When it's Normal or Special Summoned, I can add a Speedroid monster from my deck to my hand. I choose Speedroid Tri-Eyed Dice which I Normal Summon.'' On the field appeared a blue dice with a red eye on each of its three sides.
Attribute: Wind Type: Machine/Tuner Atk: 300 Def: 1500 Level: 3
''Alright, my time to shine!'' Yugo said as he took over. ''I tune my Level 3 Terrortop to my level 3 Tri-Eyed Dice. Magical sword with the form of a cross. Use your power to rend all enemies! Synchro Summon! Appear now! Level 6! Hi-Speedroid Kendama!.'' From the rings and the stars appeared a blue machine based on the kendama toy.
Attribute: Wind Type: Machine Atk: 2200 Def: 1600 Level: 6
''Next I activate Kendama's effect. By banishing Terrortop from my graveyard, you take 500 points of damage!'' The tip of Kendama's blade charged with electricity and after about a second, it fired an electric blast towards the girls and that blast hit its mark.''About time I get the first damage on Rin!'' Yugo said with a satisfied smile.
Bracelet Girls Life Points: 3500
''And on the very first turn, Yuya has managed to deal the first damage!'' Melissa announced loudly and while some people cheered, there were some who wondered if dealing 500 damage was worthy of so much praise. ''Still, Yuya's deck sure has changed.'' He didn't even Synchro Summon that often during Friendship Cup and now here he was doing it on his first turn.
''I think he's just trying new things, as an entertainer should.'' Nico said and Melissa nodded, accepting that explanation.
''Alright, next I...!'' Yugo looked at his field and realized that he really had no idea what to do with these other monsters. ''Yuto, you're up.''
''Of course! I overlay my leel 3 Silent Boots and Half Javelin. With these two monsters, I create an overlay network! Souls of knights who fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 3! The Phantom Knights of Break Sword!'' To the field rode a headless knight on a metallic horse, wielding a large yet broken blade.
Attribute: Dark Type: Warrior Atk: 2000 Def: 1000 Rank: 3
''Supporting Synchro and Xyz with his Pendulums...looks like they found a nice compromise.'' Yusho said with a proud smile. There was no doubt in his mind that Fusion was coming later.
''I set a card face-down and end our turn.'' Yuto said and he nodded to Yuya and the others who nodded back, satisfied with their turn. Yuri accepted it too, even though he didn't get to do anything.
''It's our turn then!'' Yuzu said as she drew a card. She looked her hand over and nodded ot Serena, who nodded back. This would be their turn. ''I activate a Spell Card, Ostinato! Since I control no monsters, I can Fusion Summon a Melodious Fusion Monster by using monsters from my hand or deck as Fusion Materials. I fuse Tamtam the Melodious Diva and Shopina the Melodious Maestra from my deck. Energetic Beat! Shining Brilliance! With the guidance of the baton, gather your power! Fusion Summon! Now come here to the stage! Sing the song of victory! Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir!'' A large flower appeared on Yuzu's side of the field and from that flower emerged a young girl in a white dress who was singing beautifully.
Attribute: Light Type: Fairy Atk: 1000 Def: 2000 Level: 6
''Since Tamtam the Melodious DIva was used as a Fusion Material, I can activate her effect! By reduing the fusion summoned monsters' attack by 500, I can inflict 500 damage to my opponent!'' A transparent image of the energetic diva appeared and she banged on her gong, creating sound waves that hit Yuto right in his ears.
Yu Boys Life Points: 3500
''And Yuzu pays those 500 Life Points back right away! And even though Yuya's using something new, it looks like Yuzu is sticking to her fusions.'' Melissa said, trying very hard to sound impartial and not start cheering for Yuzu.
''Then I discard Lunalight Black Sheep from my hand to add Polymerization from my deck to hand. Next I Normal Summon Lunalight White Rabbit!'' To the field bounced an energetic rabbit girl wielding a yellow and white mallet. Serena smirked, having taken control now.
Attribute: Dark Type: Beast-Warrior Atk: 800 Def: 800 Level: 2
''I activate White Rabbit's first effect. When she's Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Lunalight monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position. Revive, Lunalight Black Sheep'' White Rabbit swung its mallet down to the ground to create a portal, from which a female with a butler outfit and sheep horns with wool rose up.
Attribute: Dark Type: Beast-Warrior Atk: 100 Def: 600 Level: 2
''Then I activate White Rabbit's second effect. For each other Lunalight monster I control, I can return a spell or trap card my opponent controls to their hand. I target that set card!'' This time White Rabbit swung its mallet sideways to create a whirlwind that headed towards the set card with brisk pace.
''Yuya?'' Yuto asked as he glanced at the Standard boy who just nodded. ''I activate a Quick-Play Spell, Hippo Carnival! With this card's effect, I can Special Summon three Hippo Tokens and for the rest of turn, you can't target any other monsters for attacks!'' Out of nowhere, three hippo girls, one blue, one yellow and one orange one appeared and started dancing and singing.
Attribute: Earth Type: Beast Atk: 0 Def: 0 Level: 1
'''If only I had one more Lunalight.'' Serena frowned. She can summon Cat Dancer, but unfortunately she couldn't activate her effect to attack all monsters. Well, it was still better than leaving two weaker monsters out. ''I activate Polymerization and fuse together White Rabbit and Black Sheep! The lively white rabbit illuminated by moonlight! The beast lurking in the jet-black darkness! Swarm in the vortex of moon's gravity and revive with new power! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Lunalight Cat Dancer!'' The tall and feline monster made its presence known by shaking and twisting her body.
Attribute: Dark Type: Beast-Warrior Atk: 2400 Def: 2000 Level: 7
''Looks like Yuzu has some new fusions.'' Masumi said intrigued, feeling the urge to duel her again rise considerably. ''Fusing from the deck and searching for Polymerization, she has learned a lot.'' She smiled, glad that her rival was growing in fusion prowess. It would be no fun if she always stuck to the same fusions. ''What do you t...Hokuto?'' Masumi suddenly got worried since the Xyz user was shaking and he was gripping his knees hard.
''Lunalight...that's the deck that the girl who turned me into a card used.'' Both Yaiba and Masumi's eyes widened in surprise. ''I...I had thought that she looked a bit like Yuzu, but it was dark so it was hard to tell.''
''No way...'' Masumi looked back over at the arena where Yuzu was, all the while unaware that it was Serena who was dueling right now. ''Why would Yuzu have something like that?'' Had she been invoved in a carding incident before? She...she couldn't remember. She felt like she should, but it was all foggy. ''Yuzu...'' She hoped that whatever it was, it was just her imagination and that nothing was wrong with her.
''When Black Sheep is sent to the Graveyard as a Fusion Material, I can return one other Lunalight monster from my grave to my hand and I choose White Rabbit.'' Not like she had any other choice. ''Time to battle. Bloom Diva attack the first Hippo Token.'' Serena was aware that she could use Boom Diva's effect, but it wouldn't have mattered. No damage would've been dealt anyway. Bloom Diva let out a sound wave from her mouth that destroyed the panicking blue hippo. ''Then Cat Dancer attack the second Hippo Token! Since Cat Dancer declared an attack she inflicts 100 damage to you!'' Cat Dancer slashed apart the much more inferior beast dancer.
Yu Boys Life Points: 3400
''I set a card and end our turn.'' Serena sighed, feeling like she should've done more. Yuzu and the others just smiled at her, showing that they were perfectly fine with her turn.
''Back to us! I draw!'' Yuya did just that and he was very satisfied with what he drew and so was Yuri. ''With my already set Pendulum Scales, I Pendulum Summon Performapal Trump Girl.'' This time from the light appeared a short pink-haired girl, dressed in colorful jester clothing and wielding a staff.
Attribute: Dark Type: Spellcaster Atk: 200 Def: 200 Level: 2
''I also Normal Summon Predaplant Sarraceniant.'' On a quick glance, it looked like a small patch of grass had appeared on the field. But on closer inspecton, you could see that the patch of grass had legs, head and pincers in its mouth.
Attribute: Dark Type: Plant Atk: 100 Def: 600 Level: 1
''Then I activate Break Sword's effect! By detaching Silent Boots, I can target a card on both sides of field and destroy them. I destroy our last Hippo Token and your Cat Dancer!'' Break Sword rose his sword high up in the sky and did two large and powerful swings. At the exact same moment, a slash appeared on Hippo Token and Cat Dancer. Break Sword swung his sword one more time and with that, both cards were destroyed. ''Good, now we can summon from the Extra Deck again.'' Yuya said. As long as a Hippo Token was on his side of the field, he can't Special Summon anything from the Extra Deck, but now that they were all destroyed...
''Here's where the fun really starts!'' From the tone of voice and glee, you could tell that Yuri had taken over. ''I activate Trump Girl's effect! Once per turn I can Fusion Summon by using monsters on my side of the field as materials, including Trump Girl herself. I fuse together Trump Girl and Sarraceniant! Young dark conjurer! Rising evil plant! Now become one and create true despair! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Predaplant Chimerafflesia!'' A gargantuan flower with a large gaping and drooling mouth and vines with heads appeared on the field, taking quite a bit of space.
Attribute: Dark Type: Plant Atk: 2500 Def: 2000 Level: 7
''...I was fan of Yuya's new monsters until this thing.'' Melissa said, feeling a bit intimidated by the grotesque monster. She had seen enough of stuff like this with Sergey.
''It's certainly...different from what he usually plays.'' Nico said, trying and failing to put a positive spin on it. Hearing that made Yuri sigh.
''Some people just don't understand the appeal of carnivorous plants.'' He said while shaking his head.
''Or maybe you just have weird hobbies.'' Yuto commented, but Yuri wasn't phased.
''Coming from how you're dressed, I don't think you're the best to judge other people on their interest.'' Yuri looked at the Xyz user up and down, at the ripped sleeves and cape.
''My clothes have nothing to do with this!'' Ruri said that they suit him so there was really no reason to listen to Yuri's opinion. ''Besides, you're dressed like you think you're some kind of prince!'' There was definitely too much purple in one outfit.
''If we keep standing around like this, people might think something's wrong.'' Yuri returned his attention to the duel.
''Yuto, I think you hit a nerve.'' Yuya said and Yuto was about to say that Yuri was the one who started it...but then he realized how childish that sounded.
''Since Sarraceniant was sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, I can activate its effect and add 1 Preda card from my deck to my hand. I choose Predator Fusion.'' But that had to wait until later. ''I activate Chimerafflesia's effect. Once per turn I can banish one monster my opponent controls who's level is less than or equal to Chimerafflesia's. My plant is level 7, so I banish your level 6 Bloom Diva!'' Chimerafflesia released some sort of spores from its body and all those spores went right inside Bloom Diva's mouth. Couple seconds later, she disappeared in a purple haze.
''Bloom Diva...'' Yuzu had hoped that her monster could have done more, but alas, they had gotten past her destruction immunity.
''Would you look at that?! Yuya has managed to get rid of both of his opponent's monsters without even entering the Battle Phase!'' Nico yelled as he stood up to show his enthusiasm.
''Don't give up Yuzu! Stay hot-blooded!'' Syuzu yelled, now waving a flag around. Futoshi, Ayu and Tatsuya just looked on awkwardly, the urge to deny knowing him rising with each second.
''Now Hi-Speedroid Kendama, attack Serena directly!'' Yuri ordered and the sword-like machine shot out in an instant, almost leaving no time to react, almost.
''I activate a Trap Card, Halting Wind!'' Rin had taken over! ''By paying 1000 Life Points, I end the Battle Phase and add 1 Level 4 or lower Windwitch monster from my deck to my hand. I choose Windwitch - Ice Bell.'' A strong wind suddenly picked up and it blew so hard towards the boys side of the field that none of the monsters had any chance of getting near the girls, forcing them to end the Battle Phase.
Bracelet Girls Life Points: 2500
Yuri was about to end his turn when Yuto suddenly took over. ''I activate Silent Boots effect in the Graveyard. By banishing it, I can add a Phantom Knights Spell or Trap from my deck to my hand and I choose Phantom Knights' Fog Blade. I set a card face-down and end my turn.'' He did it immediately after adding the card to his hand. There was no need to bluff after all. The girls knew what they had in their hand anyway.
''It's my turn.'' Rin remained in control as she looked at her hand. Yep, this was really good. After last turn's double fusion, it was time for something a bit different. ''Since I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Windwitch - Ice Bell from my hand.'' To the field flew an energetic looking witch, riding a frozen cane.
Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster Atk: 1000 Def: 1000 Level: 3
''When Ice Bell is Special Summoned through her own effect, I can Special Summon a Windwitch monster from my deck and...''
''Let me save some time! I activate a Continuous Trap, Phantom Knights' Fog Blade!'' Yuto hadn't expected the girls to trigger the trap this quickly, but there it was. ''By targeting a monster, that monster's effect is negated and...
''Let me save some time! '' That wasn't Rin's voice anymore! ''I activate a Quick-Play Spell Lyrilusc - Bird Storm!'' It was Ruri! ''Now I can target one Spell or Trap card and destroy it and after this effect resolves, Special Summon a Lyrilusc monster from my deck.'' A small, but powerful whirlwind took Yuto's trap away and so Ruri could continue to use Ice Bell's effect to Special Summon another witch on a frozen cane, this one sporting a green hair very similar to her owner. In other words, Windwitch - Glass Bell.
Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster/Tuner Atk: 1500 Def: 1500 Level: 4
''Now, in addition to Special Summoning because of Bird Storm's effect, both Glass Bell and Ice Bell's effects activate. Glass Bell's effect adds a Windwitch monster from my deck to my hand and Ice Bell inflicts 500 damage. So let's do this in order, first thanks to Bird Storm's effect, I Specal Summon Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow.'' From the skies flew down a small brown and pale bird girl who flapped her wings as she landed.
Attribute: Wind Type: Winged Beast Atk: 0 Def: 100 Level: 1
''Then with Glass Bell's effect I add...'' Ruri took a second to confirm the card with Rin. ''Windwitch - Snow Bell to my hand, followed up by Ice Bell inflicting 500 damage to your Life Points.'' Ice Bell created a flurry of ice with her wand that blew right towards Yuto, making him shiver a bit.
Yu Boys Life Points: 2900
''But we're not done yet! Since Cobalt Sparrow was Special Summoned, I can add a Level 1 Winged Beast from my deck to my hand. and I choose Lyrilusc - Iolite Shrike.'' And with that the long chain of effects and special summons came to an end...for a moment at least. ''Since I control at least two Wind monsters, I can Special Summon Tuner monster Windwitch - Snow Bell from my hand.'' Despite its size, the christmas ornament like creature really stood out next to three female monsters.
Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster/Tuner Atk: 100 Def: 100 Level: 1
''I can't believe it! Yuzu has summoned four monsters on the field without even using her Normal Summon!'' Melissa had to bite her lip to prevent herself from yelling you go Yuzu or something like that.
''Of course they think it's Yuzu...'' Yugo muttered under his breath. It was Rin who did most of the work, with Ruri pitching in. It was still impressive, especially since Glass Bell's wind restriction meant that Ruri could still use her monsters.
''Rin, you can take over again.'' Ruri said and the two shared a high-five as they swapped. ''I tune my Level 3 Ice Bell with my Level 4 Glass Bell. Midwinter wind. Make ice and snow my power and plow through! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 7! Windwitch - Winter Bell!'' A frozen monster with a spherical body, two wings coming out of its head and a ice shard at the bottom took the field.
Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster Atk: 2400 Def: 2000 Level: 7
''So now she uses Synchro...'' Gongenzaka said to himself. He knew it wasn't Yuzu that was in control right now, but it still reminded him of the time when they had their first duels against the LDS students. Yuzu had sworn to get better at Fusion, Yuya had been shaken by another Pendulum user and he himself went to Yaiba for Synchro training. He ended up staying with Synchro, but now both Yuya and Yuzu shared bodies with users of other Extra Deck summons. He wasn't sure what to think of it all yet, but he knew one thing. He was going to be there for them. That's what a man...no, a best friend has to do! ''I'll support you until the very end!''
''I activate Winter Bell''s effect! Once per turn I can target a Windwitch monster in my Graveyard and you take damage equal to its level times 200. I target Level 4 Glass Bell so you take 800 points of damage!'' A transparent image of Glass Bell floated in front of Winter Bell. She blew snow into it, giving the image a brief physical form, that rushed and crashed against Yuto, making him reel back and shiver even more.
Yu Boys Life Points: 2100
''Yugo, did this happen to you often?'' Yuto asked, the cold really getting to him. Yugo nodded, looking a bit nervous.
''Yeah, on daily basis almost.'' Yugo said and Yuto stared at him like he had grown a second head. ''I fell sick a few times too, since there wasn't much for medicine in the Commons. Rin did aplogize every time it happened though.'' Yugo continued, but Yuto just kept on staring at him. ''..So no, I'm not willing to switch places.'' Yuto sighed.
''Fine, I'll keep at it.'' Yuto returned his attention to the duel and it looked like the girls noticed they were talking since they hadn't done more. At least, that's what Yuto thought.
''I don't really like this burn strategy. Reminds me of all the cowards back in Academia.'' Serena grumbled. For one reason or the other, a lot of Academia users played burn decks and it really started to piss her off after a while.
''Yes because the battle damage with your Cat Dancer worked out so well...'' Rin said and she rolled her eyes.
''I'm starting to think you actually enjoy being sarcastic and it has nothing to do with Yugo.'' Serena said, crossing her arms over her chest. Rin just laughed a bit, enjoying herself.
''Rin, you know what to do right?'' Ruri asked, motioning at some of the cards they had in hand. Rin nodded.
''Of course!'' But first there was one little thing. ''I tune my Level 7 Winter Bell with my Level 1 Snow Bell. Harness all the power of snow and ice and make eternal blizzards howl! Synchro Summon! Level 8! Windwitch - Blizzard Bell!'' The new monster looked very similar to Winter Bell, only that this one was darker shade of blue and the spherical body was see-through, with blizzards blowing inside the spheres.
Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster Atk: 2600 Def: 2400 Level: 8
''Then I Normal Summon...'' After six Special Summons! ''Lyrilusc - Iolite Shrike.'' Cobalt Sparrow didn't have to feel lonely anymore as it was joined by another bird girl. This one had silver wings and the rest of the body was light blue.
Attribute: Wind Type: Winged Beast Atk: 150 Def: 150 Level 1
''When Iolite Shrike is Normal or Special Summoned, I can discard one card to draw another. I discard Lunalight White Rabbit.'' Rin felt a bit bad for tossing away Serena's card like that, but it had fulfilled its purpose, plus the card they drew made up for it. ''Since I control a Winged Beast monster, I can Special Summon Lyrilusc - Sapphire Swallow along with another Winged Beast from my hand, like Lyrilusc - Torquise Wabbler'' Two more bird girls descended while holding hands. The first one was blue all over while the second one was yellow.
(Sapphire Swallow) Attribute: Wind Type: Winged Beast Atk: 100 Def: 0 Level: 1
(Torquise Wabbler) Attribute: Wind Type: Winged Beast Atk: 100 Def: 100 Level: 1
''Those are Ruri's monsters...and Ruri's strategies.'' Sayaka said, looking down at her feet. ''So she really is inside that girl.'' She knew that...she knew that, yet she still had hoped that it wouldn't be true. She just wanted to Ruri to be herself and talk to her again.
''Sayaka...'' Allen looked at her worried, but he didn't want to say anything to acicidentally make the girl feel worse.
''Since I activated Ice Bell's effect earlier this turn, I can't summon monsters from the Extra Deck except Level 5 or higher Wind monsters.'' It was definitely a shame, but there was always next turn. ''Then I activate Blizzard Bell's effect! I can target one of my opponent's monsters and until the end of the turn, that monster has its effects negated and Blizzard Bell gains the negated effects. I target Chimerafflesia.'' An image of the huge plant appeared inside of Blizzard Bell's spherical body and Blizzard Bell herself started to glow blue. ''Chimerafflesia's effect. Since Blizzard Bell is Level 8, I banish your level 6 Hi-Speedroid Kendama.'' Blue wind emerged from both of Blizzard Bell's hands and surrounded the bizarre machine and in a poff of blue smoke, it was gone. ''Next Blizzard Bell attack Break Sword!'' Blizzard Bell dashed towards the headless horseman, encasing her body in ice.
''We can't let this attack go through! Chimerafflesia's effect will make the difference too big!'' Yuri said and Yuto nodded to Yugo, who nodded back.
''I activate Tri-Eyed Dice's effect from my Graveyard. By banishing it, your attack is negated!'' Tri-Eyed Dice suddenly appeared on the field and took Blizzard Bell's body head on...or corner on to be more precise. Despite the difference in size and mass, the blue dice was capable of holding off the frozen enemy. ''You must've known that I had that ready.'' Yugo said with a smirk. This duel was not going to end anti-climatically on his watch.
''I did. But it was important to get out of there.'' The longer the duel went, the more important each attack became.
''In any case, I stopped us from getting more damage!'' Yugo had no idea how many of RIn's cards they had there so he really didn't want their Life Points to fall to a dangerous area.
''Really? I set a card and end my turn. At this moment, Blizzard Bell's effect ends and the monster who's effect was copied is destroyed and you take 800 points of damage.'' Blizzard Bell closed her eyes and in an instant, the plant and all its vines froze over and then shattered and those ice shards rained on Yugo.
Yu Boys Life Points: 1300
''Crap, I switched in too early.'' At least the shards felt more painful than cold...wait that wasn't a good thing!
''With this turn, Yuzu has taken the lead!'' 1200 Life Points wasn't the biggest lead, but still a notable one. ''How do you think the duel will turn out from here Nico?'' Melissa asked, figuring they should at least speculate a bit and not just repeat everything that was happening.
''Well we have yet to see any of Yuya's ace monsters, so I think he still has a few surprises for us. As for Yuzu, I wonder about those Level 1 monsters. Can she really Xyz summon with them?'' Nico said. He had never seen Yuzu use Xyz, but then again he had never seen Yuzu use Synchro either.
''There's no point in speculating at his point.'' Reiji said while pushing his glasses up. ''With eight people involved in dueling and deckbuilding, even I can't predict what's going to happen...except for one thing.'' Reiji looked over at Reira who was smiling and holding up her little hands in the air, making quiet yet adorable incoherent noises. ''Seems like Reira is expecting it to happen too.''
''What do you mean Reiji?'' Himika asked, keeping her attention on the small baby in her arms.
''The dragons are coming.''
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Yeah this is a two-part duel. Decided to cut it into two since I wanted there to be a lot of other stuff in addition to the duel and this was already getting pretty long. I have written the entire duel so you don't have to worry about me ending this chapter without knowing how to continue!
I know there's some confusion about Reira's gender, but I headcanon the fact that Reira was always a boy (as male pronouns were used about him and I don't see the point of Reiji lying about Reira's gender), but was then reborn as a girl baby, maybe because of Ray's influence. It's weird, but that's what I think.
Anyway, review if you liked, review if you didn't like! Place your bets on who is going to win!