Hey, here i am again. Sorry it took so long. As mentioned previously, i've never tried to plan a duel on paper before, that and some other things delayed this chapters progress.

But now its here, fresh from the fire.

Enjoy.

"DUEL"

Obelisk Blue LP: 4000

Oli LP: 4000

Nicklas LP: 4000

Their sudden enthusiasm had taken the academia trio aback. A minute ago they looked like lost lambs, but now they stared back at them like hungry wolves.

Nonetheless, the obelisk blue shook off the feeling. "I'll start things off"

Hand: 5

Looking at his options, a beginning move formed in his head. Picking the appropriate card, the academia student began his turn.

"I play the spell card Polymerization" he said placing iconic the card on the disk, expecting to have a reaction from his opponents. But nothing happened, they didn't even flinch like most the Xyz inhabitants he had fought. If anything, their smirks intensified.

He frowned, so intimidation wasn't an option here. "I fuse my two Ancient Gear Hounds from my hand" he said, showing them the cards as a swirling vortex of colors appeared above him.

Nicklas and Oli stared at the event before them with eager anticipation. They had dreamed of something like this.

"Mechanical hounds who carry on the ancient spirits, flock together and become one with new power!"

The Image of the two cards blended themselves into the vortex as it shined with a powerful light. "I fusion Summon!" he said, clasping his hands together.

"Come to me, Ancient Gear Double Bite Hound!"

His newly formed monster jumped out from the vortex. It was indeed a mechanical dog. Four thin legs of steel ended in paws with 3 sharp claws, two missile sockets on it's shoulders. Even with it being Ancient gear, its body was of smooth grey metal, a large cogwheel as its stomach and two tails at its end. Two necks made way for its twin heads, flat forged but slightly bent, they housed its ears and lifeless red eyes. Joints at its cheeks made up its mouth, two very sharp and intimidating tusks in its jaws.

EARTH

Level 5

Machine/Fusion/Effect

ATK 1400, DEF 1000.

(Attack position)

The hound's two heads growled threateningly as it eyed the two duelists, but just as the obelisk blue's attempts, it had little of the desired effect. The two was simply too consumed by excitement to feel anything but that.

"I'll end my turn with that" he said.

Yet another moment of silence followed. Nick and Oli looked at each before bursting out laughing again. They were beginning to become quite the annoyance for the academia student.

"WOULD YOU TWO STOP LAUGHING AND START FIGHTING" he yelled angrily, his patience having run out. The two girls behind him was taken aback by his sudden outburst.

Collecting themselves once again, their laugh fading down to slight chuckles. "Hehe, sorry dude…" Nicklas began, unable to hide his amusement.

"It's just that your opening is pathetic. Just like the rest of Academia" Oli mocked.

"What was that?!" the student growled.

"Its my turn now!" Nicklas' voice answered him.

"I DRAW" he swung his arm wide, taking the card in a powerful action.

Nicklas LP: 4000

Hand: 6

Eagerly, his gaze wandered over his cards. A hundred ideas for a secure road to victory sparked in his head, but for the moment he would go a little easy.

His fingers closing on the decided card, he threw it onto the disk.

"I Summon Infernoid Decatron!"

A cloud of purple smoke quickly manifested before him. Emerging from this cloud, was a being the academia students had never seen before.

It looked like a mechanical dragon head, but without a nose. Purple cracked metal plating with golden outlines, its black pupil less eyes stared straight at the obelisk blue. On each side, it had visible joints connecting two spiked forward hooked claws. Two bulb lamps were placed on each cracked claw, as well as one of top of its head and one on its chin. Instead of a neck, a small jointed tail, adorned with 4 additional lamps, was coming into view.

FIRE

Level 1

Fiend/Tuner/Effect

ATK 500, DEF 200

(Attack position)

The sinister appearance of such a monster was enough to make the Slifer Red student gasp, covering her mouth with her hands. The two other students were not doing any better, the evil vibes coming from it made the Ra Yellow take a small step back and sent a shiver down the blue's spine.

While Nicklas was reveling in the effect his monster was having on his opponents, the dueling student almost forgot about his hound's effect because of that single card. "I-i activate the effect of my hound" he said, his voice hanging on the edge of shaking.

One of the heads of his pet spit a rusty looking cogwheel towards the newly summoned monster. It stopped, hovering over its head before fading away.

"Whenever a monster is summoned, my hound places a Gear Counter on it" he explained.

Nicklas' already smiling lips curling further upwards into a grin. "Ha, like your counters would actually concern me" arrogance slowly slithering its way into his voice.

He raised his hand towards his monster. "I activate Decatron's effect. By sending an Infernoid from my deck to the graveyard, Decatron takes on that monster's name and effect, as well as increasing its level by the sent monster's."

His disk gave out the card he desired from the deck. Nicklas took it and showed it to his opponent. "I send the Level 3 Infernoid Harmadik to the graveyard." He put the card into the grave slot, just as the lamps on the monster began to light up.

"Since Harmadik's level was 3, Decatron's become 4." four of the sinister being's lamps was now glowing with a sickening green light, indicating it's new level.

The sight was unnerving to for the members of academia to say the least. Whatever this guy was doing, it would not end well for them.

"But im far from done" Nicklas continued. "I banish Harmadik from the graveyard-" his device obeying him by once again, giving him the card from the grave. Afterwards he placed it in his pocket as makeshift banish zone. "-To special Infernoid Patrulea" the card was firmly placed on the board.

In that instant, wicked flames rose to Decatron's right, growing even bigger than it was. From the fires, another hellish machine emerged. Three hooked claws was the first thing to make contact with the ground, followed by a second foot and legs. Strange animalistic hind legs, that resembled those of a wolf, armored with red plating and grey steel outlines. Ending the legs, four bulb lamps were placed on its waist, two on each side.

Two joints connected its legs to it's thin reptilian body, heavily armored but highly flexible, a long razor whip like tail behind it. The chest of the mechanical being held the joints for its neck and arms, protected under a pair of cresent moon shoulder pads.. The wires and joints of it's arms were hidden behind more red armored plating. The left hand had four hooked claws while the right arm ended in a unusual beak like mouth. The neck was thinner than the rest of it's body, a single joint connecting its mouth and reptilian head to the neck.

Two horns at the back of its head and two light blue eyes near it's snout. Lastly, a device was placed on its back, spiked at the top, it held two strange half moon wings, made of a smooth see-through metal, but looked incapable of use for flight.

FIRE

Level 4

Fiend/Effect

ATK 1800, DEF 0

(Attack position)

This display of hideous beings was nearly too much for the obelisk blue, holding himself by the sheer thought of not wanting to disappoint academia. "W-when your monster i summoned, it gets a Gear Counter" he said, his hound spitting another rusty cogwheel at the Infernoid.

Deciding to give his opponent a break from his hellish arsenal, Nicklas raised his hand in the air. "Wïth my level 4 Decatron and level 4 Patrulea, i OVERLAY"

Both his monsters monsters deformed into purple energy, much to the relief of the students.

A black vortex manifested in the ground before him, glittering with a thousand tiny stars as the twin streams of purple energy flew into it.

"Peerless marksman with the eye of the hawk, whose shots find their mark no matter the distance, the king calls for your services."

A pillar of light exploded from the vortex, signalling the arrival of the summoned being.

"I Xyz summon! Come forth, Rank 4, Castel, The Skyblaster Musketeer."

With a proud wind piercing screech, the birdlike creature jumped out of the vortex.

Clad in a dark blue Musketeer outfit, the purple feathered bird stood tall and proud, its trusty rifle in its arms and its saber at its waist. Its talons were visible in the sandal shoes, fingerless gloves, black nailed hands held the rifle tightly. In its back were a pair of bird wings, spread wide with its purple feathers. Lastly, it's hat housed a long red feather.

WIND

Rank 4

Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect

ATK 2000, DEF 1500

OU (Overlay Units): 2

(Attack position)

The two female students released their held breath, relieved to see that it was not another abomination from hell that had emerged. This relief reached the dueling student too, finding his composure once again. "I place a Gear Counter on your monster he said, courage returning to him.

Yet another cogwheel was now hovering above the avian man.

Unfazed by the distribution of these Gear Counters, Nicklas hand fell down to the side as he continued his turn.

"I activate one of Castel's effect. By removing two overlay units, i can target a monster on the field and send it back to the hand"!

At the command, Castel grabbed the two light orbs hovering around him, loaded them into his rifle like bullets and took aim at the mechanical dog.

"I target your Double Bite Hound, sending it back to the extra deck" The two shining bullets pierced through the air and found its mark right between the eyes of each head.

Castel OU: 0

The hound yelped in surprise as it was reformed into an orb of light, flying back into its owner, just as shock and confusion claimed his face. "W-what just happened?"

"I just told you" Nicklas deadpanned. "I sent your dog back to the extra deck, making you waste your resources"

The rollercoaster of emotions had made way for annoyance. "...How dare you!" he gritted his teeth.

Enjoying the sight of his efforts bearing fruit, Nicklas set one last card on his disk. "I'll end my turn with 1 facedown." the card materialized right behind Castel, concluding the duelist's performance.

The obelisks companions were impressed by his opponents power. To have a card with such an effect was incredibly rare. If he was that strong, just what power did his friend hold.

Well, they were about to find out.

Oli had been gleefully observing to events, adding fuel to the fires of his excitement of being in an actual Yugioh anime.

"My move, LET'S RAID" he drew his card in a similar matter to Nicklas.

Oli LP: 4000

Hand: 6

Taking a moment to look over his cards, his smile intensified.

Picking a card and practically throwing it onto his board. "I summon Raidraptor Tribute Lanius."

An avian creature materialized before the duelist. it was a blue mechanical bird, its metal wings had thrusters attached to the back, four each wing to be exact. Underneath the wings were a trio of sword like missiles, effectively giving the monster a more war machine like appearance. Two golden joints connected the wings to its small body, its neck and head being small in comparison to the rest of it. A thin white beak claimed its tip, two vertical eyes, glowing red, were placed on its head.

DARK

Level 4

Winged Beast/Effect

ATK 1800, DEF 400

(Attack position)

The avian war machine was powered up and ready for action.

"Haha, this is amazing! We're really dueling with real monsters" Oli was thrilled beyond belief that this was really happening. Time to live the dream.

"I activate Tribute Lanius' effect. Once per turn, during my main phase, i can send another Raidraptor card to the graveyard." His disk handed him the card on his mind.

"I send Raidraptor Mimicry Lanius from the deck to the graveyard" the card was calmly inserted into the slot. But like Nicklas' card, it wouldn't stay there for long.

"I activate Mimicry's effect from the graveyard"

The Slifer red's eyes widened. "An effect from the graveyard?"

Oli heard that comment and smirked. "If this card is in the graveyard because it was sent there this turn, i can banish it to add a Raidraptor Card from my deck to my hand"

Just like Harmadik, Mimicry was taken from the grave in order to fulfill the requirements, and placed in the pocket of its owner.

The disk gave out another card for the duelist. Oli took it and showed it to the opponent. "I choose Raidraptor Fuzzy Lanius! And by its effect, i immediately summon it!" He placed the card next to his other and awaited the disk to work its magic.

Another war machine shaped like a bird made its appearance.

This time it was dark blue. Its body was bigger and rounder, being the base of its wings neck and tail feathers, but no legs. Its chest was decorated by a green gem, surrounded by steel to keep it in place and for extra protection. Its wings, while not as big as the other Raidraptor, were armed with different sized thrusters as well as a golden joint in the middle, allowing the wings to bend in to dive effectively.

It's slightly bent neck was a one piece part, ending in its small head. The head had no visible eyes, a small beak and a big long feather resembling part coming from the back of it.

DARK

Level 4

Winged Beast/Effect

ATK 500, DEF 1500

(Attack position)

"I can special summon this card if i control another Raidraptor." he explained, reveling in the power he now held.

"And now, with my two level 4 monsters, i OVERLAY" He said, raising his hand towards his monsters, which afterwards deformed into energy like Nicklas' monsters had.

The vortex reappeared and eagerly absorbing the energy.

"Avian hunter of the afterlife, seek the truth with your dark eyes, and grasp glory with your sharp talons!" The pillar of light shot towards the sky once again.

"I Xyz Summon! Raidraptor Force Strix!"

A new avian creature claimed the sky in the place of its two predecessors.

This one resembled an horned owl. Most of its mechanical body was of a brownish metal. Its wings were big in comparison to the other two previous Raidraptors, housing several metal feathers, pairs of light green joints and a pair of thrusters at the tips. The top of its head, including the horns, were blue, the Raidraptor insignia in the middle. Its eyes were dark and pupil less. The brown body had another pair of thrusters on its sides.

At the end of its small legs were three massive razor sharp blue talons. The last detail was the tail feathers, among them were five thrusters.

DARK

Rank 4

Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect

ATK 100, DEF 2000.

OU (Overlay Units): 2

(Defense position)

After being summoned, the owl folded its wings over its body.

"So this is how Shun feels all the time. Awesome!"

¨I activate Force Strix' effect! By removing one overlay unit, i can add another level 4 dark winged beast-type monster from my deck to my hand."

At the declaration, the owl looked up and snapped one of its hovering orbs in its beak, letting it pop in a tiny glittering explosion.

Force Strix OU: 1

Reaching for his deck, he snatched the card from it, holding it up to show it. "I add Raidraptor Napalm Dragonius to my hand."

"Oh and by the way, the overlay unit i sent to the grave was Fuzzy Lanius, allowing me to activate its other effect" Oli grinned.

"Another effect from the grave?" the Slifer Red whispered.

"When Fuzzy is sent to the graveyard, i can add another from my deck to the hand" his duel disk seemed to just spill out cards for him. Yet another card was added to Oli's hand.

"I set 1 card face down and end my turn" he said, materializing a set card behind his owl.

The Ra Yellow student was amazed, not only had he Summoned a defensively powerful card, but in the process, he had managed to replenish his hand completely. It was like he hadn't played a single card.

Scowling at the amazement of his two companions, having caught it in the corner of his eyes, he was now very angry at these two Xyz users.

The girls was supposed to be amazed by HIS moves. He would show them here and now.

"My turn, i draw!"

Obelisk blue LP: 4000

Hand: 3

He smiled at his draw. Just the card he needed right now.

"I summon Ancient Gear Wyvern"

The grey mechanical beast manifested before them. A long snake like body ending in a tail with visible joints, two plating covered legs, feets with three sharp claws and one on the heel. A pair of large heavy wings held it in the air, consisting of a few piece, they were rather dull to look at. A large cogwheel stood out from its back, just as another was placed around the base of its neck. The long neck ended in a birdlike head, two small yellow lamps made up its eyes, sharp teeth in its two layered mouth, with the exception of the jaw being only an outline piece, making the machine unable to ever fully close it.

EARTH

Level 4

Machine/Effect

ATK 1700, DEF 1200

(Attack position)

The machine let out a sickening static roar. "I activate my wyvern's effect" he continued. "If this card is summon, i can add another Ancient Gear card from my deck to my hand."

He smirked as he was given the card by his disk. Now he would show them the power of Academia. "I activate the spell card Double Summon" he said, placing the card on the the disk.

"With this card, i am allowed to make an additional normal summon this turn" he explained.

"Wow, that's a nice card" the Ra Yellow said in awe, adding to the obelisk blue's smirk.

"I summon my Ancient Gear Statue"

And indeed, a human sized statue appeared. It looked to resemble the upper half of an old grey roman battle armor, cogwheels decorating its chest arms and one inside its helmet, below a glowing red eye. Behind the statue was additional metal pieces, symbolizing a sunrise.

EARTH

Level 2

Machine/Effect

ATK 500, DEF 800

(Attack position)

"What's that piece of scrap gonna do?" Oli taunted.

"Bring out my great beast" he countered. "I activate my statue's effect! I can tribute it to summon this card from my hand, ignoring its summoning conditions!" he said, slamming his last card on the projected board.

The ground beneath them started to shake. Cracks formed in the earth, and erupted as a giant mechanical hand reach up and took hold of the surface.

"RISE, ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM!"

Out of the ground rose a massive killing machine. An old roman helm placed on top and and ugly expressionless mechanical face. Its gigantic chest clanged as it stood up, was armed with a massive shoulder pad on its right shoulder and a big cogwheel sticking out of the left one.

Its right arm was wide with giant wheels and joints, hidden behind heavy armor plating, ending in a giant humanoid hand, big enough to crush a man like a stick. The left arm was much thinner and less armored than the right. This one did not end in a normal hand, no, it ended in a hand with three long sharp claws, much longer than any of the duelist in size.

Its body lost its width the longer you looked down, a waist adorned with two spikes on the legs and a cogwheel between them. Its kneecaps were armed with another set of spikes, ending in giant feet.

EARTH

Level 8

Machine/Effect

ATK 3000, DEF 3000.

(Attack position)

The newly arisen iron giant towered over Nicklas and Oli, looking down and their monsters with its single red glowing eye.

But unlike most of the already deceased Xyz civilians, they did not budge and inch. They firmly stood their ground, accepting the unspoken challenge.

"Its….Huge" "There's no way he can lose now" Those comment from the two other students added to his grin. These two Xyz users would soon regret underestimating him.

"Cover before the ultimate machine of destruction! Battle, i attack Castel with Ancient Gear Wyvern!" at its master's command, the mechanical creature flew towards the avian marksman.

"B-but wyvern has the fewest attack points" the Slifer Red pointed out.

"Not to worry" the obelisk blue said. "At this time, the effect of the Gear Counter Activates!"

The rusty cogwheel reappeared over the Xyz monster. It descended and was absorbed into Castel, making him hunch over and cough and he took on a rusty texture himself. Not long after, Castel exploded in a thousand tiny lights.

"When a monster with a Gear Counter battles, it is automatically destroyed" he arrogantly answered his companions' unspoken question, the wyvern returning to its place.

"And now that you're open" his eyes fixated on Nicklas, who returned the look with a serious one of his own.

"With Ancient Gear Golem, i attack you directly! Mechanized Melee!"

The gigantour robot raised his right arm as its hand closed together to a fist. The giant punch flew through to air, heading dangerously fast towards the blonde.

"And the best part is, when he attacks you can't activate any spell or traps!"

Nicklas was ready though, as he jumped backwards seconds before the iron fist hit the ground.

The shockwave created by the impact was enough to send him flying backwards.

"AAARG" he screamed, disappearing in a cloud of dust.

Nicklas LP: 4000 - 3000 = 1000

"NICKLAS!" Oli yelled. "You ok in there, man?" he asked, concern visible in his voice, but playfulness was as well.

In this single turn, the obelisk's scowl had been turned upside down to a smirk. Now things were finally going his way and-

"...Heheheh…...Hahahahaha"

"W-what?"

An orange light cut through the smoke. An instant later, the cloud was banished to all sides as Nicklas, engulfed in hellish flames, stood unharmed.

"Playtime is over, Let's step it up a bit"

"Wh-What is this?"

"TRAP ACTIVATE! VOID FEAST!" his face down flipped up, revealing a picture of abominable machines engulfed in an inferno.

"By discarding 1 'Void' card, i can special summon 3 Infernoids from the deck whose total levels are exactly 8, ignoring their summoning conditions!"

"T-three monsters directly from the deck?" "No way"

But as the trio was about to be proven wrong, Nicklas put 1 card in the grave slot and was handed three cards from his deck, the flames transferring to them as he put them into play.

"I discard Void Vanishment. And then i summon Infernoid Decatron! Infernoid Patrulea! And Infernoid Harmadik!

Decatron was the first, reappearing from his signature cloud of purple smoke.

FIRE

Level 1

Fiend/Effect

ATK 500, DEF 200

(Attack position)

Patrulea's head cut right through the flames concealing his entry, letting out a terrifying roar and he spread his wings.

FIRE

Level 4

Fiend/Effect

ATK 1800, DEF 0

(Attack position)

The third and last one was new. Its mechanical feet did not have claws, but hooves, Its legs were also animalistic, covered by dark grey plating. It overall looked similar to Patrulea, only instead of on its waist, Harmadik had three bulb lamps on its hunched over back. The other differences being; both Harmadik's hands had four hooked claws, six sword like claws coming from the device of its back were curled around its chest.

Its head was more bird than reptilian, razor sharp beak and red glowing eyes, three spikes at the back of its head, its neck armored with large rings. The last thing was that the top of its flightless wings were covered in the same dark grey armor as its legs and arms.

FIRE

Level 3

Fiend/Effect

ATK 1600, DEF 0.

(Attack position)

Similar to Patrulea yes. Less intimidating? No.

Once again, the obelisk blue's facial expression had been vertically flipped, from an arrogant smirk to a frustrated frown.

"I….I end my turn" he growled.

"Hehe, my turn, draw!" Nicklas drew.

Nicklas LP: 1000

Hand: 2

"I activate Harmadik's effect! Once per turn, i can target one monster my opponent controls and destroy it."

"I target your Ancient Gear Wyvern!" The hellish machine opened its beak, black fire spewing out of it. The grey machine writhed in agony before being shattered into lights.

"My wyvern!" the blue yelled, covering himself for the explosion.

Pointing at his first summoned fiend, Nicklas said; "I once again, activate Decatron's effect!"

He took a card from his deck and inserted it into the graveyard. "I send the level 1 Infernoid Pirmais from the deck graveyard, increasing Decatron's level to 2"

The lamp on the top of it lit up with the green light.

"And now!" He raised his hand, pointing towards the clouded sky. "I tune my level 2 Decatron with my level 3 Harmadik and level 4 Patrulea"

"Tuning?" Oli's lips grinned almost immediately at hearing that.

Decatron flew into the air, quickly reforming into two large green rings. Harmadik and Patrulea followed suit, ascending into the air and into the rings.

As they did, their bodies started to disappear, leaving only a series of small orbs of light.

"Ruthless tri-headed dragon who wanders the the frozen north, rise now, and let out a roar that will make any glacier crumble!"

2 + 3 + 4 = 9

A cold light exploded behind him. "I Synchro Summon!"

Suddenly, the air around the academia trio was starting to get really cold, making them shiver.

"Behold! Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"

Now it was the students turn to look up. And was met by a sight that made them pale in fear.

Two ice clawed feet, ice armored ankles, long dark blue scaled legs and tail that ended in a fan like ice sculpture. The upper body of the beast was armored with white ice, placed in a snowflake pattern starting from the chest. On top of it was a long scaled neck, the head having two ice horns, a yellow gem in its forehead, two yellow eyes and a gaping maw filled with sharp ice crystals.

Two arms, the forearms being armored with ice, ended in hands with 5 razor sharp ice clawed fingers. Behind them, two additional necks sprouted from its body, two heads identical to the first at the end of them.

And lastly, two giant frozen wings were attached to its back.

WATER

Level 9

Dragon/Synchro/Effect

ATK 2700, DEF 2000

(Attack position)

Six yellow eyes glared threateningly at the outsider trio, making them shiver with fear and cold as the dragon seemed to freeze the very air around it.

"S-Synchro summon?"

"I-i-it may…..B-be strong. B-but my Golem is still stronger" The blue, who was looking more blue by the second, managed to say with his teeth chattering.

"Ha, like Trishula actually gives a f0ck" He looked up at his dragon of the north. "I activate Trishula's effect! When she is summoned, i can banish one card from your hand, one card from your graveyard and one card from your field!"

"W-WHAT?!" the students exclaimed.

"S-such an effect"

"So s-strong"

Trishula opened her icy maws and an endless barrage of freezing wind and icicles streamed from them.

"I BANISH YOUR POLYMERIZATION FROM YOUR GRAVEYARD" Nicklas yelled, feeling overwhelming power in his hands.

Since his hand was empty, two of the streams went into a newly formed black hole in the ground, Polymerization hovering out of it before being frozen solid and shattering.

"AND NOW I BANISH YOUR GOLEM"

The stream from Trishula's primary head rammed into the mechanical giant. The machine tried in vain to put his hands up to shield him, but he was quickly transformed into nothing but an ice sculpture. Cracks formed on its frozen body, shattering the former iron giant into millions of snowflakes.

The Obelisk blue was shocked beyond belief, his mightiest monster crushed before his very eyes. "H-how….?"

Adrenaline was pumping through Nicklas' veins, he was a god with this monster!

"HOW? I'LL SHOW YOU HOW!" He pointed at the student, marking the target for his dragon. "TRISHULA ATTACKS YOU DIRECTLY! WRATH OF WINTER!"

The dragon's three maws shot at the same time, sending a merciless blizzard towards the poor student.

As soon as it hit him, he screamed in pure agony as he was forced to endure a storm of cold that cut the bone.

Obelisk blue LP: 4000 - 2700 = 1300

His head hit the ground hard, having collapsed after being put through that cold hell.

"Oh my god" "Are you ok?" the concerned students rushed towards their friend.

"THE GAME IS NOT OVER" Nicklas yelled, Trishula stomping in the ground, the small shockwave stopping the girls in their tracks. They looked up and was met by the mighty ice dragon glaring down at them, making them back away in fear.

Nicklas was breathing heavily, the adrenaline's effect fading away. He caught his breath and chuckled. "Wow, what a rush" he turned to his partner. "I'll let you finish him off, Oli"

Oli grinned in response. "My pleasure"

"I Draw!"

Oli LP: 4000

Hand: 6

A sadistic smirk evolved from his grin as a wicked idea formed in his head.

"You're a bit cold" Oli said, referring to the badly beaten student. He picked a card from his hand. "Then allow me to heat things up! I activate Rank-up Magic Raid Force!"

"This card allows me to target a Raidraptor Xyz monster on my field, and then rank it up with one rank." he explained to the frightened girls and barely conscious obelisk blue.

His owl deformed into black energy as it flew into the Xyz signature vortex. "Ferocious falcon. Break through this fierce battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes!" he chanted.

"RANK UP XYZ CHANGE!" Flames burst out from the vortex, flying up and took shape.

"Come forth, Rank 5! Raidraptor Blaze Falcon!"

The flames extinguished, revealing the new bird.

Its red metal head, small in comparison to the rest of its body, had 8 eyes and a red beak. A large black neck part connected it to the body, two large red thrusters on the back. It's black chest held the raidraptor insignia. The largest piece was the 'waist', connecting its wings and its legs. Its legs joints were hidden behind a large black protecting plating, three big red unbent talons made its feet.

Connected to the sides of the 'waist' were two triangular metal parts, the lower ends connecting three thrusters to the mechanical bird. The other held the long red end of the wing. Each wing were armed with several long and powerful thrusters.

DARK

Rank 5

Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect.

ATK 1000, DEF 2000

OU (Overlay Units): 2

(Attack position)

Another avian war machine had taken the air. And was more than ready to rain death from above.

"I equip my Blaze Falcon with Raptor's Ultimate Mace" he said, playing the card and watched as a long missile device attached to the his flacons back.

"This card increases my Raidtaptor's attack points by a 1000!" he explained.

Blaze Falcon

ATK 2000

"By a thousand!?"

"And you better believe ima put them to good use!" he pointed and the collapsed student. "Blaze Falcon, attack him directly!"

The base of of the missile sprang to life with fire, shooting up into the air like a new year firework. The missile made an arc, shifting direction and was now diving towards the soon-to-be defeated duelist.

Seconds before impact, the missile split open, letting several smaller bombs rain down.

Fiery explosions teared through the trio, sending the obelisk flying with screams, feeling himself in the middle of the fire of hell.

"THAT GOOF! THAT GOOF! THAT GOOF IS ON FIRE! HE DONT NEED NO WATER, LET THE MOTHER0CKER BURN, HAHAHA!"

Obelisk blue LP: 1300 - 2000 = 0000

Oli: WIN

Nicklas: WIN

The poor student was hurled back to the feet of his companions, his body and clothes were badly beaten and covered in bruises. The Ra Yellow quickly kneeled down to check on him.

"H-he's unconscious" she concluded, horrified. Seconds later, his duel disk gave a few beeps before his body began disintegrating into thousands blue light. This was the program installed in each academia duel disk called Forced Return, sending them back to the fusion dimension.

The two victors watched this unfold, their monsters fading away and their duel disks deactivating. Nicklas was thrilled, sure he and Oli had won some locals back at home, but winning a Real match was a rush beyond imagination. At the moment of Trishula's attacks, he felt like he could take on the world.

Oli was feeling the rush of victory, but on a much grander scale. His eyes narrowed on the academia student, a sadistic grin forming on his lips as he advanced towards them.

"Oli?" Nicklas asked confused, but he didn't answer.

The Ra Yellow was about to press the button on her duel disk, activating her forced return before having to face the two opponent in a duel. However, one of them had another idea.

"Hey B0tch!"

She yelped in surprise and pain feeling something hit her face hard, sending her on her back. Oli was on top of her within seconds, smiling wicked down at her, the kick to the face being only the beginning.

His irises turned to slits as his punch connected to her nose. And then another to her eye. And then another to her teeth.

And another.

And another.

AND ANOTHER.

The poor girl was wailing and screaming in pain, Oli sat on her arms, making her unable to do anything about the beating. Besides endure it.

The Slifer Red gasped in fear, covering her mouth with her hands and backing away from the scene in front of her. Her back hit a wall of debris, her eyes glued at the horrifying sight of her friend being brutally assaulted.

"FEELS GOOD, DOESN'T IT!?"

Fortunately for the student, her wiggling action had accidently pressed the button, activating the teleportation. Her beaten body transformed into blue light, freeing her from the merciless assault. But not before having being dealt a black eye, most likely a broken nose and a few missing teeth.

His victim being gone, Oli's maddened eyes snapped up at the red.

Her blood ran cold, desperately searching for her escape button. Oli was already on his feet, running towards her as she repeatedly clicked the button. He jumped, fist raised and flying through the air, only to his the debris.

He flinched. That hurt.

"OLI, WHAT THE HELL?!" Nicklas shouted, approaching his friend, who was caressing his fist to sooth the pain.

Oli's eyes met his at that moment. "Aw, come on Nick" Oli began, his voice low and menacing. "We both know what Academia did the this place. How many lives they ruined."

"SO?!"

"So, i think it is only fair that we pay them back a little. After all, this place has no police anymore and we're certainly not bound by Earth laws here." he explained, a smirk rising on his lips. "Meaning that we can freely claim some vengeance for the Xyz dimension."

"BUT….BUT YOU CAN'T JUST HIT THEM LIKE THAT!"

"OF COURSE I CAN, I'M F0CKING INSANE!"

Nicklas was a bit shocked to say the least. He had always known Oli to be a bit crazy at times, but he had never expected him to openly attack someone like that. Oli was smart enough to not do it on earth, he was far from stupid. That would only get him in jail, and now that he had the opportunity to do it 'righteously', he took it.

"Besides" Oli's demeanor changed, his eyes returning to normal. "I've been wanting to beat the crap out of them every time i saw them in the anime."

"...Fine" he sighed. He could see the logic there, but he still didn't like it. He would be lying if he said he didn't resent the fusion dimension for what they did. He would tolerate Oli's actions for now. Hopefully it would not get out of hand.

"Let's change the subject" Oli began. "We know that we're in Arc V, on a side note it feels like a dream come true. We know that we're in the Xyz dimension. So now the question is; When exactly are we in Arc V?" he pondered.

"Good question" Nicklas joined him. "Maybe we should-"

A small shockwave shook the ground beneath them, just as they heard a distant roar.

"The hell was that?" Nicklas said.

Both of them quickly climbed up to a higher level in order to get a better view. They looked around for a moment before Nicklas spotted something. "Oli look!" he pointed towards their right.

In the distance, a large white silhouette was hovering in the air, shining with light as it opened its mouth and spewed a beam of blinding light down at the ground.

Realization hit Oli like a truck. "I know who's dueling over there!" he said, jumping down down the debris.

"What? Who?"

Oli had already started running by the time Nicklas came down. "Come on we gotta move!" he shouted.

Nicklas, unsure of what Oli had come to the conclusion of, followed his friend in a sprint.

And there you have it. A big thanks to a friend of mine for being the beta reader.

Also, phew, this was quite taxing. I think i doubled the words for this chapter.

Hopefully you guys liked the duel since it was hard to plan it, not having any previous experience.

Tell me your thoughts in the reviews. See ya next chapter!