Chapter 3 – The Fusing Swipes

A mixture of emotions and outcries could be heard not just from the inside of You Show Duel School, but also from the spectators outside.

"ARGH!" – "WHERE'S YUYA AND YUZU?!" – "WHAT HAPPENED?" – "WHO ARE THEY?!" – "YURI!".

With so many now going into a blind panic and some of the duellists now pulling out their own Duel Disks in response to Yuri's appearance, an infuriated girl jumped up to one of the floating blue platforms and…

"QUIET!" Serena yelled.

At once, everyone stopped in their tracks and gazed at Serena as she continued.

"What you've just seen now is proof needed that both Yuya and Yuzu were telling you all the truth that Yuzu now carries me, Rin and Ruri souls inside of her as one being."

"And I'm now a part of Yuya too, with Yugo's and Yuto's Souls also residing as part of one being within Yuya" Yuri further explained.

At that moment, both Yuya and Yuzu materialised on the field next to Yuri and Serena respectively. "It did work, amazing…" Yuzu marvelled. "Yeah, just like the previous time I switched with Yuto, it seems we can now switch between each other." Yuya observed.

"As I thought…"

Both Serena and Yuri as well as the other counterparts turned to look at the source. Leo continued "I also noticed during that time when you duelled with Yuya that his other personality Yuto surfaced, I theorised this was possible but…" Leo's voice started to break.

"I'm sorry, to both of you… I tore the both of you apart when you were so young, I stopped the both of you from getting to know each other, leaving the part of Zarc in you Yuri to roam free without the protective barrier in place that was Serena to prevent his eventual revival with the interactions between the others. I saw you only as phantoms of Ray and Zarc's existence due to my own desire to bring Ray back, I didn't look to see that each of you had your own existences, personalities and relationships and I brought it to ruin…"

Everyone took a few moments to take it all in of the words that Leo parted with. Some who knew the counterparts from the Fusion, Synchro and Xyz dimensions finally understood what their fates were and that they were originally born because of both Ray & Zarc's actions. But that didn't stop a few from activating their Duel Disks.

"Deactivate your Duel Disks at once!" Reiji warned as many who did activate their Duel Disks were victims of Yuri being turned into cards.

"He turned us into cards when he brutally beat us! Do you honestly think -" Halil was about to rant further… "That doesn't matter now. The process for carding people has been disabled and it seems Yuri doesn't want to card anyone, right?" Reiji interrupted but directed the last part at Yuri.

"Right, I've no interest in carding people, given that the Arc Area Project purpose was to merge all Dimensions and revive Ray, it did work in a strange way that none of us predicted."

Yusho however had to interject "That's fine saying however, not many can overlook your actions as you are the one out of everyone responsible for bringing Zarc's revival about".

At this moment, Yuri for the first time in his life looked upset, putting everyone a back for words. "I… I didn't know, all I knew at the time was my wish to become one with my other counterparts to become stronger, not to bring about a demon."

"Even though my wish came about even if I'm not in control and my soul resides in your son, I've had a change of heart. I accept that I'm one and the same as Yuya, Yugo and Yuto and we are now whole again." Yuri hesitated and continued before this time addressing everyone.

"However, I'm sorry to everyone the misery I inflicted on the Dimensions. I'm sorry for turning those who duelled me into cards and for all the injuries I caused." Yuri took a small bow of the head and everyone was moved by his words and for the second time in one day, Yuri looked up at everyone in surprise as they clapped for him.

Yuri turned towards Serena, who like Yuzu, Rin and Ruri were also clapping as well as his own counterparts. "This is a first, two miracles occur in one day with you looking sad and then surprised" Serena smirked.

Yuri regained his composure "Well there's a first for everything, including us."

Now it was Serena to lose her composure as some of the audience started to snicker. "And what is that meant to mean?" a ticked Serena through gritted teeth carefully phrased.

"Why Serena, didn't you know? We never had a chance to duel before at Academia" Yuri teasingly replied. Serena was now blushing right hot all over at the potential misunderstanding.

"Oh, this is another first: you're blushing." Yuri stated. Serena couldn't stop her embarrassment and her other counterparts were noticing the effect. "Eh, this is a new trait for you Serena" Rin observed. "Have you ever felt like this before" a dreamy Ruri commented. "You can always start by getting to know Yuri more now" Yuzu proffered but…

"SHUT UP, grr… more than one miracle may be occurring today but…" Serena turned towards Yuri and pointed a finger at him "We're still in the middle of a duel that should be your turn Yuri! Now start your first turn and get this going!" all the while blushing and attempting to cover for it.

Turn 3

Yuri's LP: 3950 / Hand: 1

Serena's LP: 4000 / Hand: 3

"As you wish, my turn, Draw!"

Yuri looked at the card he had drawn and did something no one was expecting.

"Turn End".

"WHAT?!" was all most of the audience could say as Yuri only drew one more card and ended his turn without attacking, setting up a strategy or even placing a card face down.

"Is that all, just drawing a card and ending your turn, you're either pulling a bad draw or your trying to go easy on me" an annoyed Serena iterated.

"Hm… it seems Yuri knows how to get Serena annoyed, this isn't going to end pretty" Sora observed.

"Yeah, I was on the receiving end of her tantrums for a move like this" Dennis chuckled.

Turn 4u

Yuri's LP: 3950 / Hand: 2

Serena's LP: 4000 / Hand: 3

"If you want to go easy then I'll have no qualms going hard on you, my turn, Draw!"

Serena looked at the four cards in her hand and decided her next course of action.

"I activate the Magic Card: Polymerization from my hand! I fuse Lunalight Blue Cat and Lunalight Purple Butterfly!"

A blue and red swirling portal appeared on the field with Serena starting her chant to bring forth her monster. "Blue cat that prowls through the darkness! Butterfly with violet poison! Spiral into the moon's gravity and become a new power!" Both Lunalight Blue Cat and Lunalight Purple Butterfly appeared on the field and were sucked into the swirling portal.

"Fusion Summon! Come to me! Beautiful beast that dances in the moonlight! Lunalight Cat Dancer!"

In a flash of light and mewling, Lunalight Cat Dancer made her entrance onto the field next to Mozarta the Melodious Diva.

Lunalight Cat Dancer – DARK – Lvl: 7 – [Beast-Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK: 2400/DEF: 2000

Yuri looked on 'Just as I thought…'

"That's not all, I activate the Magic Card: Luna Light Perfume, I target one 'Lunalight' monster in my graveyard and special summon it to the field, come back! Lunalight Blue Cat!".

Out came Lunalight Blue Cat from the Graveyard.

Lunalight Blue Cat – DARK – Lvl: 4 – [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200

"I activate Lunalight Blue Cat's effect! When its special summoned, I can target 1 other 'Lunalight' monster I control and it's ATK becomes double its original ATK until the end of this turn. So, I target Lunalight Cat Dancer!"

Lunalight Cat Dancer ATK: 2400 to 4800

"Now Lunalight Cat Dancer's ATK is way higher than Odd-Eyes" Yoko observed.

Serena smiled as the conditions were perfect "Battle! I attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with Lunalight Cat Dancer".

Yuri smiled a little 'And here it comes…'

"Full Moon Cresta" Serena declared.

Lunalight Cat Dancer unbuckled her crescent moon ornament from her chest and swung it as a boomerang towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

Everyone was watching anxiously as Yuri made no sign or movement to protect himself from the incoming attack, which if successfully would deal 2300 points in damage. Yuri deciding enough time has passed for the attack to reach its target made his move.

"By negating the damage and Odd-Eyes' destruction, I can special summon Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver!" Yuri declared.

Odd-Eyes Dissolver arose onto the field blocking the boomerang from reaching Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver – Dark – Lvl: 8 – [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK: 2000/DEF: 2600

"Hm, so that's why you didn't do anything last turn, you baited me out into attacking you so you could summon Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver, since it was a Lvl 8 monster and didn't fit within your Pendulum Scales to Pendulum Summon" Serena observed.

"Correct, brilliant observation and it worked, thank you." Yuri teased.

Serena, annoyed at falling into a ploy and to risk any further damage to the playing field, made her next move.

"Turn End! At this moment, Lunalight Blue Cat's effect end's and Lunalight Cat Dancer's ATK returns to normal."

Lunalight Cat Dancer ATK: 4800 to 2800

"Now your hands down to 0 and it's now my turn!" Yuri smiled.

Turn 5

Yuri's LP: 3950 / Hand: 1

Serena's LP: 4000 / Hand: 0

"My turn! Draw!"

Yuri saw the two cards in his hand and smiled at the fact he had drawn a very useful card that would boost his chances of dealing some serious damage.

"I activate Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver effect; it can perform a Fusion Summon using a card in my Pendulum Zones!" Yuri declared.

"What?! Performing a Fusion Summon…" Serena muttered.

"…using a card…" Ruri continued.

"…from the…" Rin gasped.

"…Pendulum Zones!" Yuzu finished.

All four girls looked surprise at this revelation, which Yuri could understand and didn't comment want to tease for.

"Eh, she actually looks surprised at this when he's already done this before" Sawatari snickered.

"No, Serena and the other girls haven't seen Yuya and his counterparts pull of this move before as at the time she hadn't revived yet by that stage" a stoic Leo fired back, causing Sawatari to nearly fall of his seat.

Yuri continued "I fuse Performapal Odd-Eyes Dissolver with Timegazer Magician" as Timegazer Magician now floated out of the blue column of light and onto the field towards a newly opened blue and red swirling portal along with Odd-Eyes Dissolver as Yuri started to summon forth his monster.

"The two eyes that illuminate the dark night! Guide time in a new direction!"

Both Dissolver and Timegazer were now sucked into the portal and Yuri's Extra Deck case open and slipped out one card.

"Fusion Summon! Come forth! Lvl 8, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Starving Venom's orb's lit up all over his body and made the familiar roar that terrified everyone to their seats as it gazed down on Serena and her monsters.

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon – DARK – Lvl: 8 – [Dragon/Fusion/Effect] ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000

Serena braced herself as she knew she was going to get into a tight pinch with not only one of the dimensional dragons but now to deal with two of them. As if to prove her point, both Starving Venom Fusion Dragon and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon both bellowed roars as to re-inforce a point.

"Hey, hey, it's okay you two, I've a plan in mind on how to handle this." Yuri spoke to the two dragons.

"I activate Starving Venom Fusion Dragon's effect; on the turn it's fusion summoned, I can make Starving Venom gain ATK equal to 1 opponent's special summoned until the End Phase so I'll add Lunalight Cat Dancer's ATK to Starving Venom!"

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 2800 to 5200

"Hm, well thought" Serena smirked.

"Huh? Why didn't he make the ATK equal to Mozarta the Melodious Diva?" Tatsuya asked.

"Mozarta has 200 ATK more than Lunalight…" Futoshi wondered.

"No, because Mozarta was Advanced Summoned, not Special Summoned and Starving Venom's effect only works on Special Summoned monsters, right?" Ayu stated but directed her last part to Sora.

"Correct, correct, I couldn't put it better myself, keep up the good work on School work" Sora said, which put both Tatsuya and Futoshi to shame.

"I'm not done yet, from my hand, I normal summon Performapal Coin Dragon!"

In a shower of gold coins, Coin Dragon appeared on the field alongside Odd-Eyes.

Performapal Coin Dragon – WATER – Lvl: 8 – [Dragon/Fusion/Effect] ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000

"Now I activate the effect of Performapal Coin Dragon! All other Dragon-Type on my field each gain 500 additional ATK and neither can my dragons be destroyed by card effects." Yuri declared.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500 to 3000

Starving Venom Fusion Dragon ATK: 5200 to 5700

"Now the two dragons have an advantage other Yuzu's and Serena's monsters, but…" Reiji mused.

"Battle! I attack Mozarta the Melodious Diva with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"

Odd-Eyes prepared itself as it swirled fiery energy within its mouth ready to fire.

"Spiral Strike Burst!" Yuri shouted.

Odd-Eyes fired its blast towards Mozarta and Serena now realising the Attack was oncoming, leapt herself on Lunalight Cat Dancer, who threw Serena towards one of the blue floating pads and successfully grabbed an Action Card but…

"ARGH!" Mozarta screamed and burst into yellow dazzling lights as she was destroyed, Yuzu couldn't help but shout after her.

"Now Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's effect activates! When it battles a monster, all battle damage is doubled!" Odd-Eyes' orb's glowed brighter as the effect activated "Reaction Force!"

The blast sent Serena reeling, but managed to land on her feet as her life points took a hit.

Serena's LP: 4000 to 3200

"Next, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon attacks Lunalight Cat Dancer!"

"Uh Oh, if this attack succeeds, Serena and the girls lose this Duel!" Alexis commented.

"It can't be" Sam exclaimed, but Jack countered "Yes, Starving Venom has 5700 ATK compared to Lunalight's 2400 ATK, which will deal 3300 points in damage."

The crowd went wild at this revelation as Starving Venom was already firing its multiple streams out of its maws and towards Lunalight Cat Dancer, but strangely Serena smiled as the attack came coming closer and closer.

To Be Continued.