A/N: Chapter 24! Thanks go to exleader75! He wrote the duel and I edited some of it, due to the length. Most of it's still there.

Key Notes: Light and Darkness Dragon doesn't affect the activation of the user's spell or trap cards.

Light and Darkness Dragon does NOT allow you to return the negated spell or trap card back into hand. It was here for dueling purposes.

I apologize for the delay and I hope to get back on track with it.

The beast lay in front of Yusei with light, and the angel, showing in one eye while evil, and the devil, shone in the other. Yusei felt uneasy inside; he knew he would be in store for a tough duel, but he never thought that he would be in such a serious and scary position.

"Come on Yusei!" Leo cheered.

'Leo…everyone…how can I win?' Yusei thought. He has no cards in his hand and has only 3 monsters left on the field with a known face-down card as Scrap-Iron Scarecrow.

"Yusei! Don't get distracted by the principal, Yusei!" Martha hollered.

"Now don't think I forgot about your scarecrow, so I activate a spell card from my hand, Mystical Space Typhoon! I can destroy one spell or trap card on the field! And there is only one I can see! Your Scrape-Iron Scarecrow," the principal said.

Winds began to pick up ferociously as Yusei had nothing in response to do except cover his face from the fierce winds. Leo, Luna, Martha, and Akiza also covered the faces while the school administers just shrugged it off. Then the moving air finally calm down, everyone saw Yusei's last face-down was gone.

"Oh, no! That was Yusei's last defense!" Luna elucidated.

"Yusei!" Leo panicked.

Akiza and Martha said nothing but wore worries on their faces.

"Now Light and Darkness Dragon attack Debris Dragon!" the principal ordered.

The dragon respite before charging up a profuse ball of energy by merging the light and darkness together into one in its pure mouth or fangs, then launched the static at the defending dragon, producing pain in its heart before blowing into pieces, a fierce wind formed. Yusei braced himself from the force of the attack.

"My Debris Dragon was in defense mode, so I take no damage."

"You are correct Mr. Fudo; but you now cannot synchro summon, and I see no way for you to win. So, I'm just going to end my turn now."

'He's right! If I don't draw the right card, my monsters will get destroyed!' Yusei thought. 'And also time is running out for me because of that Final Countdown spell card!'

Turns Left: 8

'Please my cards. Answer mine and Akiza's feelings! Let me draw the card!' Yusei thought as his eyes shot open with seriousness.

The principal sensed the austere aura over Yusei. The panic and thought of doubt were drained from Yusei's eyes.

"Yusei…" Akiza said.

"It's my turn!" Yusei drew and glanced at his card. 'Good answer my cards. But I need more soon.' "I activate the spell card Dark Hole! It destroys all monsters on the field."

"I don't think so as I activate my Light and Darkness Dragon's special ability! I can negate any spell, trap or special ability of any monster that is activated by reducing its attack and defense points by 500 and send it back into your hand!" (ATK 2800 → ATK 2300/DEF 2400 → DEF 1900)

"What do you say?" Yusei asked, sweat billowing again.

"Your card is negated of my Light and Darkness Dragon's effect," the principal grinned as Yusei returned the card back to its hand.

'What a special ability, it can negate all of my defenses. He cut my deck in half and…wait! It could be its weakness!' Yusei thought, smiling to himself.

The principal huffed silently to himself knowing very well of his dragon's strength is also its weakness. Light and Darkness Dragon's special ability automatically activates whenever Yusei activates an effect, and after Light and Darkness Dragon negates it, it gets weaker.

"I end my turn."

Turns Left: 7

"It's my turn! Draw!" the principal drew his card, and pointed toward the Scarecrow at Yusei's field. "Light and Darkness Dragon! Attack Swift-Attacking Scarecrow!" The huge dragon roared a powerful aura before another molten lava of energy erupted in its breath. It shot across the gym air toward the scarecrow, destroying it point one second after impact. Yusei held back as winds blew his hair back.

"My monster was in defense mode so I don't lose life points."

"I end my turn," the principal finished without playing a single card.

Turns Left: 6

"It's my turn! Draw!" Yusei grinned, looking at the new card he drew.

"Huh, why is Yusei smiling? He's in a serious condition! Even I know that!" Leo asked confused.

"Oh, I see!" Akiza realized Yusei's new strategy.

"Huh?" Leo turned toward her.

"You'll see," Akiza assured.

"I reactivate the spell Black Hole from my hand! And with that, your monster must negate it by losing more of its attack points!"

The principal groaned. 'He is taking advantage! I must do something!' (ATK 2300 → ATK 1800/DEF 1900 → DEF 1400)

"Oh! I see what Yusei is doing! He's reducing the dragon's attack points by using its own special ability against it!" Luna clarified.

"That's right, Luna. And its special ability is trigger which means it must be activated with or without the permission of the principal," Akiza explained.

"I see," Leo replied, clenching his fist.

"I then activate another spell, Swords of Revealing Light!"

"What?"

"Your dragon will receive another downgrade." (ATK 1800 → 1300/DEF 1400 → 900)

"All right. Yusei-boy got his dragon to only 1300 attack points!" Martha said happily.

Light and Darkness, however, was other than happy. It moved his head weakly to the point where most of the slowest dinosaurs can walk.

"I end my turn!" Yusei said, hints of relief in his voice, then turning toward the audience and looked more towards Luna.

"Luna, thank you for your card!"

Luna blushed and giggled. "You're welcome, Yusei!"

Akiza stared confusingly at Luna. "What card?"

Luna turned toward Akiza and said, "I wanted to say good luck to Yusei, so me and Leo gave him each a card. My card was Swords of Revealing Light!"

"You'll see," Leo assured. "Because he want to help you and Yusei out…though I would rather stay away!"

'Everyone…everyone is helping me!' Akiza thought.

Turns Left: 5

'Why can't 20 turns go any faster? The advantage is slowly going towards Yusei!' the principal drew his new card. 'And I'm not getting any good draws. The only thing I can do is to bluff him and attack him.' "My Light and Darkness Dragon will attack your Shield Wing now! Go!"

Light and darkness intertwined in the next development of the monster's energy as it rocketed toward the far center of Yusei's field aiming toward the defenseless blue, tiny dragon that held its wings up to the light and darkness. After the struggle, the dragon courage was obliterated into Yusei's courageous smile.

"Heh. You forgot my Shield Wing's ability! You have to attack three times to destroy it! And, oh, I also forgot, your dragon must negate this too!" Yusei smiled.

The principal growled. (ATK 1300 → ATK 800/DEF 900 → DEF 400) "Light and Darkness Dragon has reached the lowest in terms of defense points, so the stats cannot be reduced any further!"

Yusei said nothing but his smile, however, was about to say victory.

"I place one card face-down and end my turn!"

Turns Left: 4

"It's my turn!" Yusei declared, drawing his new card. Instead of looking at his new card, he looked at one specific card that was already in his hand. 'Luna…thank you!' "I play Luna's Swords of Revealing Light! And thanks to your dragon already weakened, it cannot negate this activation!"

"You got to be kidding me," the principal goofed.

A luminous glow filled the ups of the room as everyone covered their eyes. Objects began free falling which was augmented by the careless glint of the eyes of its master. The dragon's black half shattered itself from the falling hell while its other half gleamed in its warmth. A crash followed, and after a couple of drenching seconds, eyes opened to find the field full of glowing, white, hot swords in the middle of the half-grueling-and-pleasing dragon. The principal blinked with disinterest and condemned the move Yusei performed.

"Now this ensures you cannot attack me for the duration of the duel!" Yusei implied, and then turned toward Luna. "Luna! I would get you ice cream later with me and Akiza if we win this, okay?"

"Yusei…" Luna turned crimson. Akiza giggled.

"Hey! How about me?" Leo snarled being forgotten.

'Now I could use Dark Hole to destroy his dragon, but it's just going to summon a technically stronger monster. And I can't afford that!' "I activate Card of Destruction!"

Martha looked surprised in recognition. "That is…"

"Thank you, Martha!" Yusei grinned but then turned toward the principal. "This card's effect tells that we must discard our entire hand, and draw cards equal to the number of discarded cards! I only have one–Dark Hole—so I discard and draw one new card!" Yusei explained, then drawing his card. 'Leo…your card…' "I summon Morphtronic Datatron (3/1200/600) in attack mode!"

In a flash of technologic light, a huge flash drive with "2GB" in block white letters printed on the side raised from the summoning light. The covers rose to show two red eyes on the top, two small arms on the two sides, and two legs underneath to expose an advanced piece of machine-type monster.

The principal had just drawn his new hand before noticed a new type of monster: a machine type or Morphtronic!

"It's my card! Does that mean I get ice cream?" Leo cried, jumping up and down in excitement.

"Leo, sit down! You can get hurt!" Luna warned; however, Leo ignored him.

"I attack Light and Darkness Dragon with my, or I should say, Leo's Datatron! Go!"

"Alright! If this succeeds, Yusei will win!" Leo realized.

"Too bad to break the fun, but I activate Negate attack! This negates the attack and ends the battle phrase!" the principal countered.

"Oh my goodness, the principal is being so boring!" Leo complained.

"Leo, that's the beauty of dueling," Akiza said.

"What do you mean Akiza?" Leo turned to look at her.

"Duel Monsters requires strategy, confidence, courage, and good instincts and luck. When you can counter someone's strategy, it makes you feel good. When you win, you relaxed; if you lose, it always makes you determined to become better. That's the beauty of this game. It challenges your passion and emotions unlike other card games. It's good to be frustrated when things aren't working your way because it fires you up, and makes you become stronger as a duelist. I know that, Leo, because I feel it whenever I dueled an intense duel."

"Oh, I understand. It makes you stronger," Leo understood.

"And not just that, Leo! It can make me relax after feeding your huge stomach," Martha joked.

"Hey, I don't eat a lot!"

"Come on Leo! How much pizza you ate yesterday?" Luna spat.

"Umm…about five slices?"

"Point exactly!" Luna confirmed when she, Akiza, and Martha laughed while Leo put on a humiliated face pretending to ignore them.

"I now draw a card," the principal drew his card.

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