Duel:

Yuei: 3800

Ayumi: 600

"So, how was Yubel?"

"Yuei, what the heck's going on?" Ayumi started to walk forward.

"STOP!" Yuei yelled, and thrusted his arm forward. Ayumi stopped, and stalked backwards.

"Y-Yuei?"

"You can't move. This duel isn't over yet." Yuei put his arm down. "Now, it's my turn. DRAW!" Yuei looked at the one card in his hand. An effect monster, Grinder Golem. "This kind of luck is never happening again, so I'm going to take advantage of it. I activate the effect of Grinder Golem in my hand. I Special Summon two Grinder Tokens to my field!"

Grinder Token

Dark / Fiend / Level 1 / ATK: 0 DEF: 0

Two small gears appeared on Yuei's field, and Yuei threw the card to Ayumi. Ayumi caught it, and looked at it.

"Now I special summon it to my field?" Ayumi started to place it on her duel disk, as Yuei nodded his head. "Ok, but I have to ask a question. Who's Yubel?" Ayumi put the card in her hand. Yuei sighed, and looked at Ayumi.

"I honestly don't know. She explained a little to me while she was taking control, but it wasn't much. She doesn't really remember that much, but she knows she was here. It was for a reason, presumably. So, why? I don't know, neither does she." Yuei looked around, and saw people staring at him. He coughed, and started to panick. He looked at the ground, and started to stutter. Ayumi quickly put Grinder Golem on her field. "L-Let's finish this duel b-before I throw up please." Yuei put his finger forward. "Yubel, Attack Grinder Golem!"

Grinder Golem

ATK: 3000

Ayumi covered her face once again. "Now, Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare's effect takes place! You take damage equal to your monster's damage, AND it's destroyed instantly!" Yuei put his arm forward. Ayumi tensed up, ready to feel the wind soar past her, and a shock as the last of her life points were drained from her. There was nothing. There was no feeling as Yubel destroyed Grinder Golem.

Ayumi: 600 →0

Duel End

Winner: Yuei

Yuei ran over to Ayumi, and grabbed her shoulders. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't know if Yubel's powers stayed after she left my body. I took the chance, sorry." Yuei hugged Ayumi, and started to pull on her. His duel disk shot it's sides back into the rectangle, and the blade disappeared. Ayumi's did the same, and she finally started pulling Yuei.

"No, I promised to take you home. Don't make me have to drag you."
"WAIT! My crutches!"

Yuei opened the door, and slumped in. "Mom, I'm home." Yuei's mother walked up to the door, and saw he was carrying his crutches.

"Yuei, please explain to me what happened to you leg, again?"

"I-I, uh, broke it falling off a Solid Vision building?"

"Yes, so explain to me why you're walking like nothing happened."

"I-It's-" Yuei cut off his own speech. He started to sweat, and his palms started to clam up. "It's nothing, sorry mom."

"You're saying you can't tell me?"

"It's nothing, really." Yuei ran up the stairs, all whilst his mother was yelling at him to explain the situation. Yuei's mother turned around, and looked at Ayumi. "Well, why don't you explain what happened?"

"Mrs. Mitsui, it's a long story." Ayumi looked at the ground, grabbing her shoulder. She questioned herself, her own ethics. Is it really ok for me to tell her?

"It's ok, I can listen."

"W-Well, it's not that it's long, it's just, well, stupid."

"Yuei was faking it-"

"No, he wasn't. He was, well, dueling with me."

"A DUEL!? When he ca-," Yuei's mother coughed, and started again. "Couldn't even stand properly?"

"It wasn't that long into it that h-" Ayumi grabbed her head. It was searing, turning red, and burning up. "H-he fell to the ground, and started to scr-" Ayumi stopped, and looked up. Mrs. Mitsui stared at her, going into shock. Ayumi's face had gone expressionless, her pupils were practically non-existent. Ayumi spoke one word before she fell face-first onto the ground. "Stop."

"AYUMI!"

"Mister Kaiba, shall I book the next meeting with the board?"

"Make it for next month. I have to finish this deck for the tournament."

"Of course, Kaiba, Sir." Johnson walked out of the room, carrying a clipboard in his hand.

Yoshida looked up from the desk. "Finally, peace and quiet." Yoshida kicked his feet onto the desk, and threw his hands behind his head, leaning back in his chair. "Now, I can work the new Blue-Eyes support into my deck. But how, this deck is focused on monsters, Focus card's won't really help, unless they're focused on keeping monsters on the field." Yoshida shook his head. "Focus, Yoshida. I need to beat Yuei." Yoshida put his feet back onto the ground, and stood up.

The door started to open slightly, and a small girl walked in. Her hair was brown, dark as the bark on a tree, her eyes, deep pools of emerald. She was 7, and just barely stood half of Yoshida's seven foot height. "H-Hello, Big Brother." the girl stumbled close to Yoshida.

"Hello, Mary. How was class today?"

"I-It was good." Mary stepped closer, Yoshida bent down to her level.

"Did you draw any good art today?"

"N-Nothing good." Mary held out a folder, filled to the brim with paper and drawings. Yoshida grabbed a hold of both sides, and nodded.

"Your art is always good. That's why we use it as a base for our cards." Yoshida smiled, and opened the folder. "One day, when you get older, I'll get you the tools you need to work here. I promise." Yoshida looked down, and started to flip through the pages.

"H-Have you made any new cards yet?"

"I'm working on some more focus cards, and I think I know just the girl to help me with the art." Yoshida closed the folder, and handed it to Mary. "If it's ok with you, that is."

Mary smiled, and wrapped her arms as far around Yoshida as she could. "Thank you, Big Brother! I'll do my best."

"I'm not your brother, your family's just at the house."

"I don't care. You're my Big Brother, and I love you!" Mary let go, and slid the folder under her arm. "Now, I'll get home and work on those cards."

"I just need some Blue-Eyes cards."

"Like your dragons?" Mary flipped through her pages, holding up a crayon drawing of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

"J-Just like that," Yoshida started to tense up. "Thank you, Mary. I don't know where I'd be without your help." This time, it was Mary who smiled, giggling to herself.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Big Brother!" Mary ran out the door, leaving Yoshida alone in the room.

Yoshida sat on his knees, he put his hands to the floor, and looked at the giant door in front of him. He was small, puny, while the door stood proud and tall. "Finally, peace a-and quiet."

"Ayumi, wake up." Yuei was shaking Ayumi slowly, watching as she slowly shuffled around.

"Yuei, it'll be fine." Yuei's mother put a shoulder on his arm, and stared at Ayumi. The two had laid her out on the couch.

"COME ON! We have to get her to a hospital, quickly."

"Y-Yuei-"
"NOW! Call the hospital, we have an injured person!" Yuei shook Ayumi harder, trying to wake her up. He was sweating, shaking, scared.

"Yuei, we have to drive her there."

"WELL HURRY UP!" Yuei slowly lifted Ayumi, slumping her over his shoulder, trying not to throw her into shock. "I'll get her in the car, hurry mom." Yuei ran through the kitchen to his right, out the front lowered her carefully into the car, buckling her up. Yuei ran to the other side of the car, and got himself in. "It'll be ok, Ayumi. I'll make sure you're safe."

Ayumi was lain out on the bed, the doctors scanning her over. "Yuei," Mrs. Mitsui put her hand on Yuei's shoulder, only to have it pushed off.

"The tournament's tomorrow. I have to hurry." Yuei turned around, and ran out of the hospital. He ran, pushing everyone out of his way. He bumped into a man, standing in his way.

"Yuei, watch where you're going!" Yuei looked up, and saw Jack standing above him. "I was on my way to see Ayumi, I heard she was in a coma.

"How?"

"I have my ways. Jack stuck out his arm, and pulled Yuei up, once he grabbed on. "Since everyone's signed up, they're starting to plot out the duels. Who knows, we might see each other sooner than usual."

"W-Where have you been?" Yuei wiped his face, and cleared his throat. "You've been gone for a few days now."

"Been working on a new deck. I'd show ya, but the tournament coming up, I don't really want to." Jack waved his hand, and walked off. "And don't try to convince people you're not sad, it's not working." Yuei shook his head, and started to run back to the house.

"Welcome everyone to the Kaiba Corp National Tournament!" A man stood on top of a giant podium. It was a marble pillar, carved in the shape of a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. "Now, as soon as all the sign-ups were confirmed, we started to organize the tournament schedule. So, without further ado, we have bracket one!" The screen zoomed in on the bottom bracket, two pictures appearing on the screen. The first duel is between, Yuei Mitsui, and Jack Pierce!"

"Yuei, it's us up first." Jack stood up, pulling on Yuei, who was sitting in the stands next to him. "Let's go."

"Wait, Yuei Mitsui." A man pulled on Yuei. Yuei turned around. "It's me, Yoshida. Take these, just put them in your deck."

"W-Why?"

"You want to be strong, no? These monsters will help."

Yuei took the cards out of Yoshida's hands, a white card, and an effect monster. "T-Thank you."

Yoshida had already fled the stands. Jack pulled Yuei, and the two of them got down onto the field.

"Now, duelists, ready your duel disks." The announcer pointed to the ground. Yuei lifted his arm, Jack following close behind. Both disks opened, shooting each side out quickly. Each disk shot out in front of them, Jack's blade wasn't it's usual blue, it was, rather, a dark green. In fact, the rectangle on his arm wasn't it's usual green. "Ok, this action field will be a special one. We're going to the academy for this one! Action Field - Duel Academia!" The area around Jack and Yuei started to shake, a giant building started to rise, the three colors of the dorms. Obelisk Blue, Ra Yellow, Osiris Red. A giant lake surrounding a dorm in the distance, an ocean surrounding the island, and a large yellow building rising near them.

"This is how Duel Academia used to look like. Enjoy it while you can." Jack thrusted his arm forward, clenching his hand into a fist. "Because this is where I'm gonna school you!"

"Now, let's go!"

Yuei clenched his teeth, and quickly slid both of the new cards into their respective slots. "Duelists Locked in battle!"

"Kicking against the earth, and dancing alongside their monsters"

"Together, they storm through this Field! Behold, The newest and greatest evolution of dueling."

Jack smiled, and thrusted his fist to the sky. "ACTION!"

"DUEL!" Both of the duelists screamed at the top of their lungs.

DUEL:

Jack: 4000

Yuei: 4000

"I'm taking the first turn, Yuei. I play the continuous magic card, Machine Assembly Line!" Jack slid the card into his disk, and it appeared on the field. "With this, all my machine type monsters gain 200 ATK! Next, I summon the monster, Geargiano to the field!"

Geargiano

Earth / Machine - Effect / Level 3 / ATK: 500 DEF: 1000

"Now, I'll add 500 attack points to Geargiano with my equip spell, Black Pendent! Together with Machine Assembly Line, that's 1200!"

Geargiano

ATK: 500→1200

"I set one card face down, and end my turn." Jack gave a smirk to Yuei, and gestured for him to make a move.

"I don't need action cards to beat you, my turn, I DRAW!" Yuei looked at his hand, scrolling through them all. "Finally, my Pendulum debut! I with the scale four of Artifact Tessen, and Scale seven of Artifact Pata, set the pendulum scale!" A white spirit holding a japanese styled fan, and a blue spirit holding a sword appeared on either side of Yuei. "With this, I can simultaneously summon monsters whose levels are five or six. Now, come forth! From my hand, I summon Artifact Agies in attack mode!" A yellow shield appeared on the field, with a yellow spirit behind it.

Artifact Agies
Light / Fairy - Effect / Level 5 / ATK: 1200 DEF: 1500

"Now, I activate the spell card, Mystical Space Typhoon. I'll destroy your Black Pendent!" Yuei pointed at the card attached to Geargiano, but Jack shook his head.

"Trap card, Dust Tornado!"

"WHAT?"

"I'll destroy that Mystical Space Typhoon. After all, we can't have my Geargiano getting destroyed, now can we?" Jack chuckled. Yuei turned around, and started to run. "I thought you said you didn't need action cards to beat me!"

"I don't, I set two cards face-down, and end my turn!"

"Fine then, I DRAW!" Jack looked at the Dark Hole in his hand. "What a fine opportunity I have here. I activate the spell card, Dark Hole! Now, say goodbye to your monster." Geargiano exploded into dust, along with the Artifact Agies on Yuei's field. "And we mustn't forget, Black Pendent effect deals 500 damage to you!"

Yuei: 4000→3500

"Now, I activate my Machine Assembly Line's effect! Every time a machine-type monster is destroyed, it gains two Junk Counters!"

Machine Assembly Line: 2 Counters

"Allow me to activate the quick spell, Double Cyclone." Yuei jumped up, and grabbed onto a tree. "By destroying one of my spell or trap cards, I can destroy one of yours! I'll destroy my Ankus, and destroy your Machine Assembly Line!"

"Oh, woe is I! Except for one thing! I use the Mystical Space Typhoon in my hand to destroy your Double Cyclone!"

"NO!" The double Cyclone lifted itself from the field, and exploded.

"I'm always going to be one step ahead of you, Yuei. But don't worry, I'll give your little Girlfriend my regards."

"Jack, what is wrong with you? We're friends, you don't talk like that!"

"One would assume, but that is not of matter right now. Rather, I would prefer you talk with your Dueling! ACTION MAGIC! Revival of the Dead!"

"When did you get an action card?"

"This field is all about knowledge. When you learn, you'll know. I revive my Geargiano from the graveyard, and attack you directly!" Yuei launched himself off the tree, hoping in vain something would come by, but Geargiano was fast, hitting Yuei in the stomach. Yuei launched backwards, slamming into the ground below him. "And to think that your leg just healed in time for the tournament. Now, it'll be broken again before you know it. I end my turn here.

Yuei: 3500→3000

"M-My turn." Yuei forced himself off the ground. "Yubel, h-help me again. Please."

"Yuei, you know that's against the rules."

"Don't take over my body again, just give me the energy to fight."

"I can't-"

"WHY NOT?" The crowd stared on as Yuei shouted at the air next to him. They saw no one, Jack saw no one. "Sorry, just, help me. Please."

"I'll do what I can."

"M-My turn Jack. DRAW!" Yuei pulled the next card out with as much force as he could. "I activate my Pot of Duality!"

Pot of Duality

Spell Card

"Excavate the top 3 cards of your deck, add one to your hand, and shuffle the rest back into your deck."

"I'll add my Artifact Tuning Fork to my hand!" The crowd stared in awe, Jack's smile only widening. "Now, I activate the effect of my Artifact Pata! By banishing this monster from the Pendulum zone, I can special summon one Artifact Monster that is set in the spell/trap card zone! I choose, my artifact Ankus!" The face down Ankus lifted itself from the ground, and out shot a red spirit, holding a spear with a hook on it's end.

Yuei put his arm forward, the Artifact Tuning Fork in his hand. "Next I'll Summon the Tuner monster, Artifact Tuning Fork!" A small green spirit, holding a tuning fork, and a small baton appeared next to Ankus. "I tune my Tuning Fork to my Ankus, in order to form a new monster!" The green spirit formed itself into a green circle, enveloping Ankus. "Beast of Light and Birth, become one with the forge, and bring on a new age of Artifacts. Now! SYNCHRO SUMMON! DESCEND! ARTIFACT FORGER!" A burly man with a giant beard crawled out onto the field. A giant hammer in one hand, a blade of steel in the other. As he descended, his body turned a hue of purple.

Artifact Forger

Light / Fairy - Synchro - Effect / Level 7 / ATK: 2000 DEF: 3000

"The beast who creates all will shine his light down on me, and rush in a new age of Dueling along with it. Face it Jack, I win." Yuei Put his arm forward, and looked at Jack. Jack started to laugh hysterically.

"You really think all it takes to win is a Synchro Monster? I've seen worse in my days."

"Y-Your days?"

"I know what happened. You revived Yubel. The demon stuck inside a card, you found her, and released her. Now, allow me to revive one of my own."

Yuei clenched his teeth once again. "Yubel, just this once."

"Of course." Yubel raised her hand, as a shard of light flew out of it. Despite not being able to see her, the whole stadium could see the light. The light sparked, and a small explosion came from it. After the quick flash, Yuei looked up at Yubel. "That should give you enough energy to finish this Duel. If he has what I think he has, we're finished."

"Not if I can help it. My turn's not over Jack, so I'll attack your Geargiano!"

"With nothing but a Synchro Monster? Go ahead, I don't need him anymore." Artifact Forger launched forward, bursting Geargiano into dust.

Machine Assembly Line:4 Counters

"With that, my turn is over." Yuei put his arm forward. "Give me your best shot, I'll fight anything you throw at me!"

"You'll regret saying that. DRAW! I activate the spell card, Cards of Sanctity! Now, we both draw until we have six cards in our hands!" Jack drew six cards, Yuei following behind. "Now, I summon my Geargiano Mk-II! With it's effect, I Special Summon the Geargiano Mk-III from my hand! With it's effect, I Special Summon Geargiano from the Graveyard!" All three Gears appeared on the field at once. "Now! I activate the spell card, Double Summon! It does exactly as you'd think. It lets me Normal Summon once again! I tribute all three of my Geargianos in order to summon an Ancient Beast, long forgotten. REVIVE FROM YOUR ANCIENT GRAVE! Giant Divine Soldier of Obelisk, better known as, OBELISK THE TORMENTOR!" A giant monster with blue skin, it's bottom half missing in a black mist. It was almost as big as the school behind them.

Obelisk The Tormentor

Divine Beast / Effect / Level 10 / ATK: 4000 DEF: 4000

"Yubel?'

"This wasn't what I thought it was, it's worse."

"Now, Yuei, it's time for you to feel the power of my demon! I attack Artifact Forger with Obelisk!" Obelisk put his arm forward, and broke through Forger's hammer. Forger turned into dust, and enveloped Obelisk.

"Now Forger's effect activates! When he's destroyed by battle, I attach him to your monster, and it's attack becomes 0, and it can't attack!"

"You're wrong, Yuei." Yubel put her hand on Yuei's shoulder. "Obelisk can't be targeted by card effects. He'll be attached, but it won't do anything."

"You know what you have to do to beat me, Yuei, so do it!"

Yuei: 3000→1000

"Dammit, Jack." Yuei drew a card. "I'll use Pot of Duality again, and add the Yubel to my hand." Yuei put the other two cards back, and the deck shuffled itself. "Now! Artifact Tessen's Pendulum effect! I banish him and special summon as many level 5 and lower monsters from my hand as possible!" Two Ice-Hands, Artifact Failnaught, Artifact Angon, and a Maxx "C" appeared on the field. Now, I tribute my Artifact Failnaught, and my Maxx "C" to Summon YUBEL!" The giant beast appeared on the field, her wings expanding to the size of the Osiris Red dorms.

"About time you summoned me." Yubel looked back at Yuei, "Huh?" Yuei was on the floor, his hands on his head. He was crouched down, and his hair was starting to stand up.

"I AM THE SUPREME KING! I WILL NOT LOSE!" Yuei's voice sank, it became an echo of his normal voice, becoming dark.

"So, you finally show yourself, Supreme King?" Jack mocked.

"I activate the effect of my Artifact Pata, and my Artifact Tessen. If I have four or more Artifact Monsters with different names in my Graveyard while they're banished, I can set the pendulum scale with them, destroying all monsters on the field!" Every monster on the field slowly turned into dust. Pata and Tessen re-appeared next to Yuei. "Except for Obelisk. With Artifact Forger's effect, he's banished!"

"Wrong. He's destroyed, but not targeted by your monster's effect."

"FINE! I activate Yubel's effect in the graveyard, and special summon Yubel - Terror Incarnate!" Yuei pulled the card from his deck, and slammed it onto the blade. "Now, all the artifact monsters in my Graveyard are shuffled back into their respective decks. I end my turn here."

"I'll finish it this turn! DRAW!" Jack smiled, and lifted his hand. He clasped his index and middle finger together, catching a card. "It's time for me to show you the true power of my cards! Action Magic - Extra Curricular! I special summon two monsters to my field from my hand! only if I control no monsters and you control at least one." Yellow Gadget flew to the field, being carried by an airship. "Geargiattacker, and Yellow Gadget!" Next, the magic card, Monster Reborn! I'll bring back, OBELISK!" Obelisk rose from the ground, rivaling the height of Yubel. "Now, I'll use his effect. By tributing two monsters, I can destroy all other monsters on the field!" Yubel exploded, and a card shot out of Yuei's deck.

"Then let me summon to the field, Yubel - The Ultimate Nightmare!" Yuei pulled the card out of the deck, and slapped it onto the blade. "Yubel, I know how to get the cards now."

"How?"

"I have to snatch them out of the air. It's near impossible because of how fast they're traveling."

"You can do it, I know you can."

Yuei smirked, and raised his hand. "IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT, JACK?" Yuei raised his voice.

"I end my turn here."

"Great, my turn. I draw!" Yuei looked at his hand, then quickly through the air. "There! I activate the effect of Grinder Golem in my hand." Yuei slid the card into the back of his disk.

"Not if I can help it!" Jack ran towards the statue in front of the school.

"I won't let you!" Yuei ran to the statue, and jumped over it, grabbing the card flying over. "Extra Field - Osiris Red!" Yuei landed next to the statue, and the action field started to go away. The crowd screamed, thinking the machine had broke.

"Don't worry, the machine is only re-calibrating for the new field." The announcer struggled to keep the audience calm, until the field started to re-create itself. A huge cliff, with a small beach at the bottom. The waves rose, and dew themselves out. There was no shortage of trees, as it seemed to be a forest surrounding the two sides. A building started to form, a small apartment-like building.

"Remember this, Jack?"

"Where the duelist who almost defeated the Kaiser stayed?"

"No, where I first beat you. Domino High, the day I got those cards. They lead me here, and I won't let you take my future away from me!" Two gears appeared on Yuei's field, while Grinder Golem floated to Jack's side. "I ATTACK WITH YUBEL!"

"Yuei, I can't destroy Obelisk."

"But you can destroy Grinder Golem. If I can double Grinder Golem's attack, I can guarantee a win." Yuei put his hand forward, and Yubel lifted her three heads. The two sets of wings started to flap, and she lifted off the ground, her tail being the only thing touching it. Her arms lifted, balls of darkness collecting in them.

"Whatever you say, Yuei." Yubel let the balls grow larger, as they slowly start to envelop her hands.

"I use Yubel's effect. I destroy Grinder Golem before damage calculation. Then, her other effect activates, which lets me deal damage to you equal to the targeted monster's attack!" Yuei lifted his hand into the air, and clasped his two fingers together. "So let me activate another Bi-Attack! Grinder Golem's attack is now 6000! YUBEL! FINISH THIS NOW!" Yuei slid the action card into his graveyard.

Grinder Golem

ATK: 3000→6000

Yubel grunted, her strength exceeding beyond what she thought her capabilities were. She felt the energy surging through her veins, pure power expanding the muscles on her arms. The two dragon heads next to her started to scream, the echos swimming through the air. "NOW! I'LL DESTROY YOU!" The balls of Darkness flew out of Yubel's hands, flying straight towards Grinder Golem.

"NO!" Jack ran out of the way, looking for a card, anything. The balls enveloped Grinder Golem, as it turned to dust.

"I win, Jack."

Jack: 4000→0

Duel End

Winner Yuei

"You did goo-" Yuei looked through the dust, as the field went away. Jack was on the ground, face-first. "JACK! Are you ok?" Yuei ran to the fallen Jack, his voice returning to normal, and started to shake him. Jack opened his eyes, and started to speak.

"Yuei, t-the card. Obelisk." Jack lifted his hand, and gave it to Yuei. Yuei slowly took it out of Jack's hand, and watched as it faded into dust. The wind carried it away, never to be seen again. "Yuei," Yuei turned his attention back to Jack. "A-Am I going to die?"

"No! Jack, we'll get you help. You'll be fine, I promise." Yuei stood up, and let the medical team pick Jack up. They lowered him onto a stretcher, and they carried him away. "What's going on, Yubel?"

"I think I know." A man in a dark coat walked over to Yuei. His voice was deep in tone, and had no emotion in it. "Come with me, we shall discuss the tournament."

To Be Continued...