Chapter 8 – Reflections & Speculations
Yuzu was scared at the identity of the card she had just drawn, not knowing whether it will be able to help her, but to her utter relief, she smiled at the card when she glimpsed the image. It was a card she hadn't used before but she knew it's effects all too well.
'It's here' Yuzu thought and it was only then she glimpsed one of the blue floating pads off the Cross Over Magic Field nearby held something that Yuya hadn't noticed and quickly pretended she didn't notice what was above her and started her next move.
"From my hand, I activate the Magic Card: Ostinato! When I control no monsters, I can Fusion Summon a 'Melodious' Monster from my Extra Deck, using Fusion Materials from either my hand or deck!"
"Amazing, this is a new one" Yuya exclaimed as he and his counterparts readied themselves for what was about to come.
"From my deck, I choose Mozarta the Melodious Maestra and Opera the Melodious Diva to Fusion Summon!" Yuzu chose as the two cards popped out of her deck and immediately sent them to her Graveyard as she started to summon her monster as the swirling fusion portal appeared on the field.
"Enchanting Opera, Supreme Genius! With the guidance of the baton, gather your power!" Both Yuzu's monsters were both pulled into the vortex as her Extra Deck popped open and produced a monster card.
"Fusion Summon! Now come here to the stage! Sing the song of victory! Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir!
A flower bud appeared on the field, unfurling its pink petals revealing Bloom Diva as her heavenly song chimed through.
Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir – LIGHT – Lvl: 6 – [Fairy/Effect] ATK: 1000/DEF: 2000
"It's Yuzu's ace monster" Ayu stated.
"Shivers" Futoshi moaned.
"That's not all, Ostinato has another effect; during the end phase, Bloom Diva is destroyed and all her Fusion Materials used to summon her are brought back to the field from the Graveyard" Yuzu explained.
"So Bloom Diva is destroyed at the end of your turn?" Yuya hopefully expressed.
"Yes, however… I activate the effect of Opera the Melodious Diva from my graveyard; when Opera has been used as a Fusion Material for a Fusion Summon, for the rest of this turn, 'Melodious' monsters I control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects." Yuzu said.
Bloom Diva was suddenly enveloped in a yellow aura to confirm the effect was in place.
"Wha… Doesn't Bloom Diva already have an effect just like that so it can't be destroyed…" a confused Yuya trailed.
"Yes, I'm just re-enforcing all my options in the event you have something planned" Yuzu answered back with.
Yuya and his counterparts were a little surprised at how far Yuzu was thinking this and providing a double protection layer.
"Eh, she's got us on that one, I guess she knows you to well Yuya" Yuri commented.
A blushing Yuya couldn't help but be embarrassed by what Yuri was implying however Yuto noticed something…
"Hey Yuya, up there on the floating pad." Yuto directed Yuya's gaze to fall on the same floating pad that Yuzu had only just spotted.
"I'm impressed you thought that far ahead" Serena directed to Yuzu.
"I can see Yuya getting some stick for it too" Rin boasted but it was only Ruri to break the ice at this stage, "Ah, Yuya's spotted the floating pad" Ruri said in a blind panic.
Yuzu, Serena and Rin quickly turned their attention to see Yuya beginning to mount Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon and hurry towards the floating pad that held an Action Card.
"Oh no, Bloom Diva!" Yuzu called out to, as Bloom Diva turned on spot to face Yuzu as it clasped both hands together in front of her, while Yuya was already speeding towards his way to grab the Action Card.
"This is like our match, whoever grabs the Action Card wins" Masumi spoke.
"What do you mean?" a perplexed Aster asked for Tatsuya to answer his question. "During her match with Yuzu in the ARC League Championship, it all boiled down to whoever grabbed the Action Card to win and Yuzu did and it was her first time using Fusion Summoning".
Several people at the time of the Duel recalled the heart stopping moment where Yuzu dived for the Action Card in that Duel. "She can do it again, keep going, Yuzu!" Syuzo shouted to encourage her.
Yuzu readied herself and broke out into a run towards Bloom Diva, when upon reaching her, Yuzu placed all her weight on her one foot in Bloom Diva's clasped hands and with a burst of energy, Bloom Diva launched Yuzu high into the air, towards the floating pad at tremendous speed.
Yuya and the audience gasped at the speed Yuzu was flying and just as Yuya and his Odd-Eyes were getting there, Yuzu managed to swipe the Action Card and landed herself on one of the higher floating pads.
"Oh no…" Yuya said as he realised things were about to go wrong for him.
"Oh yes…" Yuzu fired back as she noticed the Action Card she grabbed and smiled brighter as she didn't have to put in her entire strategy to effect.
"Action Magic: Double Attack! Bloom Diva's ATK is doubled its current ATK during the Battle phase for this turn!" Yuzu declared.
Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir ATK: 1000 to 2000
With her counterparts encouraging her, Yuzu started the song for victory "Battle! I attack Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon with Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir! Reflect Shout!"
Bloom Diva began to glow and expelled a green swirling beam of energy from her mouth that directed itself towards Odd-Eyes and Yuya. Desperately looking for another Action Card, he found another on one of the other Floating Pads and picked it up only to find…
"What?! The Action Trap: Lousy Luck! It deals me 800 points in damage…" a shocked Yuya spoke, but then smiled peacefully, knowing there was nothing more he could do in his situation as both Bloom Diva's Reflect Shout attack hit Odd-Eyes square and true as the Lousy Luck card in his hand activated.
The resulting both attack and trap created a tremendous explosion in mid-air, resulting in Odd-Eyes dissolving into yellow particles and Yuya falling without any remaining pads to land on.
"Yuya!" Yuzu cried out as Bloom Diva grabbed hold of her and raced to the falling Yuya as the audience could only look on in horror at Yuya falling. Just a few mere seconds from the ground, Bloom Diva and Yuzu managed to grab hold of Yuya's arms and slow the descent as Yuzu dismounted and hugged Yuya.
"Thank god, I was scared that we weren't going to get to you…" Yuzu barely holding back the tears, Yuya sensing this hugged her back, "It's alright now, thank you" as they embraced each other.
Yuya's LP: 125 to 0
Yuzu Wins
Auto-Screens popped up around the You Show Duel School showing both Yuzu and Yuya with the caption 'WINNER, YUZU HIIRAGI'. The audience clapped their hands for the entertaining and the sudden climax the Duel ended in, although none of them were wanting to disrupt the display that both Yuya and Yuzu were showing at the moment, with many sarcastic quips ready for later.
It was late evening now with the sun beginning to set over Miami City as two exhausted teenagers lay on the now deserted grassy hillside outside You Show Duel School, taking in the peace and quiet whilst musing over todays Duel.
"That was some duel everyone got" a yawning Yuya expressed before stretching his arms out.
"Yeah, it was certainly action packed and entertaining" Yuzu replied with looking at the evening sky.
"Hm…" Yuya lazily acknowledged, but Yuzu could tell there was more going on with Yuya and she could tell what might be troubling him.
"Yuya… in the Duel when… 'that' happened…" Yuzu carefully asked as Yuya managed to understand what Yuzu was addressing.
"I don't know, why my new dragon did that I cannot understand and the other dragons didn't resonate or anything, it must just a one off" Yuya chuckled, which assured Yuzu that Yuya didn't have a clue as the next person did to what happened, this opened Yuzu up more as she stretched out her hand to grasp Yuya's, who didn't even blush at this.
"Well nothing happened and the Duel helped to show that our counterparts existed" Yuzu whispered as both their faces were getting closer and closer until…
"HEY THERE! That was an exciting duel that we've not had in a long time!" Yugo shouted as his soul materialized, whilst both Yuya and Yuzu simultaneously sat up, both flushed as their faces turned bright red.
Yugo was immediately confused when he saw both faces looking red and was about to ask when the annoyed materialised soul of Rin appeared and kneed Yugo once again in the stomach as his face contorted with pain. Both Yuya and Yuzu sweat-dropped at Yugo's pain.
"E-E-very-t-t-ime, I see-m to co-p it" Yugo barely speaking his sentence as Rin read the riot act "Dummy, you didn't get it that both Yuya and Yuzu were having their moment!"
Both Yuya and Yuzu blushed again in embarrassment as the souls of Yuri, Serena, Yuto and Ruri materialised around them to join in.
"What moment were Yuzu and Yuya having?" a dumb-founded Serena asked, only for Yuri to mock "Why they were having a lovely moment with the evening sun going down and about to kiss!"
Both Yuya and Yuzu were now in a deep red embarrassment and both started to panic "Hey whoa time out, we were just…" as Yuya started to explain but Ruri interrupted "But technically you've already kissed…"
The fuses around Yuya and Yuzu went out in confusion at Ruri's parting words whilst they looked for her to expand.
"I mean during the duel, when I took over from Rin and fell… and Yuto came to save me… we landed…" Ruri trailered off as they all suddenly remembered and it was Yuto's turn to blush…
"Hey, hey, Ruri, it was an accident at the time, we both rolled over as we hit the ground" Yuto nervously explaining.
"Yeah but I wouldn't mind doing it again sometime though" a dreamy Ruri who then proceeded to hug a now alarming deeply shaded Yuto who was too speechless to counter.
"Aww… Now why I couldn't get something like that…" a nearly recovered Yugo shouted whilst Rin was now advancing on him as Yugo was now attempting to take back what he just said.
Serena on the other hand just scratched her head in confusion why everyone was acting the way they were with only Yuri managing to explain and wind up 'Fusion' even longer, leaving only Yuya and Yuzu too dumbfounded on what to do next.
"Err… Yuzu… how do we handle this?" Yuya tentatively asked at the scene unfolding before them.
Yuzu who managed to gain a grip on reality and decided to do something bold: "Like this…" Yuzu stated, as Yuya turned his head towards Yuzu, a hand came round the back of his head and roughly pulled him towards her where both intensely gazed at each other as their lips met in a fiery display of passion.
Yuzu managed to pry open Yuya's lips with her tongue to deepen the kiss, to the point that both were moaning with their eyes closed, utterly lost in the euphoric moment as Serena, Rin, Ruri, Yuri, Yugo and Yuto all looked on in deep shock, stopping their arguments, only responding with gasps and stutters as the evening sun finally settled over the horizon.
Akaba Reiji entered his office, musing over the duel he witnessed of seeing the interactions and strategies that both Yuya and Yuzu played in the duel as well as the counterparts. But one important event that occurred in the duel disturbed him.
"Nakajima, did you manage to retrieve all the data from the…" before he could finish, someone else other than Nakajima was in his office.
"duel?" Leo asked completing the question whilst working at the computer.
"Father. In the duel, did you sense something was wrong and rushed off back here to check the data?" Reiji asked hitching his glasses up his nose.
"Yes and I gather you noted the same, wanting to know what happened in that moment when Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon roared across the dimensions and if they were any after effects" Leo summarised.
"Correct, the only other monster known of producing such an effect on all the other dimensions at the same time was the return of Supreme King Z-ARC" Reiji confirmed albeit the last part worryingly issued.
"I thought the same, never did I think any other such monster would have an effect quite like that. However, looking at the data, when that dragon roared across from You Show Duel School and outwards from our dimension into the other three, a massive amount of duelling energy was released." Leo explained.
"What? But why would a massive amount of duelling energy be released by that single roar?" Reiji asked.
"I have no confirmed answers on what could explain it. However, I do have a theory…" Leo looked grave and turned away from the screen, walking to the window overlooking Miami City whilst Reiji stepped forth and looked at the screen to see a projection of energy spikes and bursts occurring from the epicentre of Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon's roar.
Leo continued "Perhaps Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon's existence is Yuya's answer to what Zarc's Supreme King Z-ARC was, as both dragons have similarities to each other as both are combinations of the four summoning dragons, whilst taking on board other similarities that both are Level 12 Dragon Pendulum monsters and… I think that roar was a call."
Reiji stopped looking at the screen and felt a chill run down his spine as did his glasses fall slightly. "A call? To whom? Supreme King Z-ARC?"
Leo turned and looked at Reiji in defeat "Perhaps. Looking over the data doesn't back it up as nothing responded back to Odd-Eyes' roar, even in the other three dimensions. There were no energy spikes of any kind, not even from the summoning dragons."
Reiji for the second time re-adjusted his glasses and joined his father at the window overlooking the city, watching the evening sun disappear over the horizon.
"It provides a good explanation but for now there's nothing we can do but monitor and wait for anything to respond back to Revolution Dragon's call. I'll keep systems on stand-by in case anything turns up and if it does, we'll be ready."
In the void between the connected dimensions, several cards drifted through the deep space, unwanted, unused, lost and many who would hope that they are never to be seen or played again in any duel.
However, cards of any nature or power will find a way back to be wielded again in battle as the very monsters in the cards themselves roared that they'll return.
The End.
