Hello again!
During their Duel Declan surprised Ash and everyone but Henrietta when he revealed that he can do all three summoning methods. If everyone was surprised now wait until Ash reveals his powers!
This chapter Ash shocks everyone! Ash's Xyz Monster revealed! Along with a new archetype I created!
Enjoy!
Chapter 10
ASH: 3500
DECLAN: 4000
Ash's field: Vaporeon: The Aqua Beast (ATK/2300) + 1 set card
Ash's Hand: 3
Declan's field: Blaze Overlord Temujin (ATK/2000) + Gale Overlord Alexander (ATK 2500) + Wave Overlord Caesar (ATK/2400)
Declan's Hand: 4
"Battle Phase!" Declan declared.
'Uh-oh. Better do something fast or I will lose!' Ash thought breaking nervous sweats. He looked around and found an Action Card behind him up on one of the poles. 'I wonder how that got up there.'
"I attack Vaporeon with Alexander!" Declan announced surprising Ash. Alexander thrust its sword back preparing to swing it.
Ash quickly turned back to the pole. 'No time to think!' He then suddenly felt more agile as his irises changed from brown to crimson red and leaped between the two poles behind him before to the one that had the Action Card.
That in turn amazed everyone except Yugi Muto and Yusei Fudo including Declan, but he did a good job not showing it. "What agility." Yuya muttered.
Ash proceeded to run up the pole towards the Action Card shocking everyone except Yugi and Yusei once again. "How can he do that?!" Gong exclaimed. "He's not even moving like a ninja!"
Sora was the one who was the most shocked as he is gaping. "That agility. I don't think that anyone here has it. Could it be-"
When he got there Ash grabbed the Action Card and quickly jumped off the pole. He then slotted the card on the bottom just as Alexander finished its attack causing large cloud of dust to puff up. The smoke cleared to reveal nothing but Alexander's sword tip stuck on the field.
"What happened?" Frederick asked.
"Look!" Tate pointed to Vaporeon, looking unharmed, up with Ash up on a metal platform just like the one Declan is on right now. A face-up Spell Card with an image of a silhouette of a person escaping from a many sword struck chest.
"I activated the Action Spell Great Escape right before the attack it. Not only does it save my monster, but it also ends the Battle Phase." Ash explained with a smirk.
Declan shared a smirk for himself. "Impressive. I've never seen someone with as much agility as you."
"There are a lot of things you don't know about me."
"Oh I know plenty. I end my turn with a set card." Declan said slotting a card from his hand to the bottom slot which materialized face-down on his field. Declan: Hand/3
"How did Ash get so acrobatic?" Ally asked.
"And he never told us that he can run up an object!" Tate added. "An average person wouldn't be able to do that and for that high nonetheless!"
"If you ask me I believe Ash is beyond average." Sora commented.
"I don't care about that." The You Show students and Gong turned to Yuya who was looking nervous. "Ash is at a disadvantage here. LDS' fourth Duelist can use all three summoning methods and brought them out on his field!"
"Oh yeah. Forgot about that." Yuzu remembered.
Ash, overhearing them, kept his smirk. 'They think that he can do all three methods? Wait until they see what I can really do.'
'I know that look. If I think what I think it is he's about to show his true strength.' Declan thought.
"My turn! Draw!" Ash drew the top card from his Deck. "I activate the Pot of Greed Spell Card! This handy thing lets me draw two more cards from my Deck!" After he drew two more cards he brought out two more from his hand. "I set the Pendulum Scale with the Scale 3 Latias: The Eon Guardian and Scale 11 Latios: The Eon Dragon!" He then set the Latias on the very right and the Latios on the very left with the 'PENDULUM' flashing across the blade.
(Latias: The Eon Guardian: LV: 6: Attribute: Wind: Type: Dragon/Pendulum: ATK/2200 DEF/2500: Pendulum Scale: 3: Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, target 1 monster on your field, declare a Level, that monster becomes that Level for this turn.)
(Latios: The Eon Dragon: LV: 6: Attribute: Wind: Type: Dragon/Pendulum: ATK/2500 DEF/2200: Pendulum Scale: 11: Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, target 1 monster on your field, it's Level becomes the same as the highwest Level monster on your field. (You choose if tied.))
Two monsters resembling the Eon Duo appeared each in transparent blue pillar in the sky with number 3 under Latias on the left and number 11 under Latios on the right with the giant version of his pendant in between.
"With this I am able to summon monsters within Levels 4-10 simultaneously! Swing! Spirits of the Pendulum! Grant me the power to win this battle!" Ash chanted as the pendant swung between the monsters. "Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters!" A portal appeared above him and two lights came crashing down from it.
"Level 4 Magician's Valkyria!" (LV: 4 ATK/1600 DEF/1800)
"Level 4 Pikachu: The Electric Mouse!" A monster resembling Ash's faithful partner appeared in the field.
(Pikachu: The Electric Mouse: LV: 4: Attribute: Light: Type: Thunder/Pendulum/Tuner: ATK/1600 DEF/1400: Pendulum Scale: 6: Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, if there is a Scale 5 or lower Pendulum Monster in the Pendulum Zone, this card's Pendulum Scale becomes 10 until the End Phase.)
One good look at Pikachu and Ash smiled shedding a tear. "Just like old times, wasn't it buddy."
"So cute!" Yuzu and Ally squealed looking at Pikachu making the boys sweat drop.
Ash regained himself and turned the smile to a smirk. "Allow me to introduce my Pendulum/Tuner monster Pikachu!"
Declan widened his eyes slightly at that. "Pendulum/Tuner?"
Everyone including the LDS team and Henrietta were in pure shock at what Ash called it. "A Pendulum/Tuner?!" Yuya exclaimed.
"A monster that's both a Pendulum and Tuner!" Gong added.
Sora nearly dropped his chocolate bar in shock. "No way."
"I tune my Level 4 Pendulum/Tuner Pikachu: The Electric Mouse with the Level 4 Magician's Valkyria!" Pikachu dispersed and turned to four green rings that got around Valkyria as to scan her.
"This is-" Yuya began.
"Clustering wishes will become a new shining star! Become the path it's light shine upon!" Ash chanted as Valkyria became transparent and turned to four orbs which were enveloped by a beam. "Synchro Summon! Take flight! Level 8! The majestic and legendary, Stardust Dragon!" The dragon materialized while spreading it's wings gracefully. (LV: 8 ATK/2500 DEF/2000)
In the computer room in the LDS building an alarm was set off with the waves in the screen going haywire. "What's going on?!" A female employee exclaimed.
"We are detecting a very powerful summon in the inner city!" One of the employees answered.
"Analyze it!"
"Analyzing in progress!" A loading bar reached 100% with the word 'SYNCHRO' across the page. "Synchro Summon!"
Back in You Show Duel School everyone except Declan, Yugi, and Yusei were looking disbelieved at the scene before them.
"There's your favorite monster. On Ash's field." Yugi commented.
Yusei nodded looking at Stardust. "Yeah. Just like old times."
"S-Synchro Summon." Yuya muttered.
"No way! When did he learn to do that?!" Tate exclaimed.
Yuzu tured to Yuya hoping to get some answers. "Yuya."
Yuya looked at Yuzu. "Don't look at me! He didn't tell me that he can use Synchro!"
"Pikachu was a Pendulum Monster so when it leaves the field, instead of going to the Graveyard it goes to the Extra Deck." Ash reminded putting the Pikachu card face-up in the Extra Deck Zone. "Next I use the Spell Card Blustering Winds! By the end of my turn one of my monsters gains 1000 ATK and DEF! And I choose Stardust Dragon!" Using the last card in his hand he powered up his dragon with wind around it. (Stardust Dragon: ATK/2500-3500 DEF/2000-3000)
Declan chuckled adjusting his glasses again. "Even if you made your dragon stronger you can only attack once!"
"That's what you think! I activate the Trap Card Stardust Miracle!" Ash touched the screen flipping the set card on his field to reveal a Trap Card. "It's simple. First I sacrifice a monster on my field, which will be Vaporeon!" With that Vaporeon destroyed into particles and Ash holding the card. "As it was a Pendulum Monster it goes to the Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard!"
"What point does it make to sacrifice one of your monsters?"
"Because after that happens a "Stardust" monster I control can attack the number of times the sacrificed monster's every two Levels!"
"What?!" Declan exclaimed with slightly wide eyes.
"An attack for every two Levels of the sacrificed monster." Tate observed. "Vaporeon's Level was 6. So every two Levels would equal-"
"Three." Sora answered making everyone turn to him. "Ash's Stardust Dragon can attack three times."
Yuya smiled turning back to the Duel. "Which means it takes care of the three D/D/D monsters in the other Duelist's field!"
"Shivers!" Frederick cheered.
"Stardust Dragon! Attack Temujin with Cosmic Flare!" Ash declared as Stardust Dragon fired the pure white blast at the Blaze Overlord destroying it into smoke. 3500-2000=1500
(Declan LP: 4000-2500)
"Now release the second one at Alexander!" Stardust Dragon fired another blast destroying Alexander just like Temujin. 3500-2500=1000
(Declan LP: 2500-1500)
"Now for the final attack! Destroy Caesar!" Once again Stardust Dragon fired the white blast this time at Caesar. Before the attack hit Caesar shifted to the right nearly dodging it surprising everyone. "How did-"
"I activated the Action Spell Avoid at the last minute. I would explain it to you, but you already know what it does." Declan answered with the Avoid Action Card face-up on his field.
"When did you get that?!"
"During your attacks. I jumped and got it while your dragon destroyed two of my monsters."
Ash scoffed. "Whatever. At least they won't be much of a threat anymore."
Declan smirked. "You think so?" The smoke cleared to reveal Temujin and Alexander still in the field shocking everyone except Henrietta.
"What?!"
"No way." Yuya muttered.
"He just destroyed all of them." Tate pointed out.
"What did you do?!" Ash exclaimed.
"I activated Caesar's monster effect. By using one Overlay Unit Caesar can Special Summon any number of monsters destroyed by battle this turn at the end of the Battle Phase." Declan answered.
"What? When did-" Ash then noticed an orb orbiting Caesar missing. "Sneaky. Then that means it can-"
"Revive all of the monsters from the Graveyard?" Gong finished.
"But, of course, there is a risk for such a powerful ability. On my next turn, if I control monsters that were Special Summoned by this effect, I will take 1000 points of damage for each." Declan added.
"He revived two monsters." Tate observed.
"His remaining life is 1500. So on his next turn he will take 2000 points of damage and will lose!" Frederick exclaimed.
"I already told you before, that won't happen!" Sora exclaimed making the two look at him. "There's no way he would lose that easily."
"I activate the Trap Card D/D/D Resource Management!" Declan declared flipping his set card face-up. "This card returns three "D/D/D" monsters on my field to my Deck and adds two "D/D" monsters from my Deck to my Hand." He then got the three D/D/D monsters on his field off his blade and back into his Extra Deck while adding two extra cards from his Deck to his Hand. Declan: Hand/5
"Look at that! Now that the monsters are gone, he won't take any of that damage next turn! See, I told you so." Sora commented.
"All he did was take back his monsters." Frederick added.
"He said it was a powerful ability, but what's so great about it?" Ally asked.
"He managed to get two more cards in his hand though." Tate added.
"Those two cards." Sora muttered returning his focus to the Duel.
"Keep it up, Ash!" Yuzu cheered.
"Since I don't have any more cards in my Hand I have no choice but to end my turn." Ash said. Ash: Hand/0
"You have done well. You managed to deal a such amount of damage to me. You should feel honored." Declan complimented.
"Huh?"
"My turn! Draw!" Declan drew the top card from his Deck. "I set the Pendulum Scale with the Scale 1 D/D Magical Astronomer Galilei and Scale 10 D/D Magical Astronomer Kepler!"
"What?!" Ash exclaimed with everyone else except Henrietta just as shocked.
Declan set Galilei at the very right and Kepler at the very left of his blade with the 'PENDULUM' flashing across. Both monsters appeared in the sky each in a blue pillar of light with number 1 under Galilei on the left and number 10 under Kepler on the right, but no giant pendulum between.
"With this I can summon monsters within Levels 2-9 simultaneously!" Declan announced.
"Those are Pendulum Monsters!" Gong exclaimed.
"No way." Yuzu muttered. Yuya, however, was utterly speechless as he is in a worse state of shock than everyone else.
"Grand power which shakes my very soul! Arise within me and give birth to a new light that tends the darkness! Pendulum Summon! Come before me, my monsters!" Declan chanted as a portal opened above him which released a huge purple beam down to the ground.
"The three transcendental deities who rule over all kings. D/D/D Hell Armageddon the Cruel End Overlord!" Three deity of the same monsters appeared on Declan's field looking over Ash and Stardust. (x3 LV: 8 ATK/3000 DEF/1000 Pendulum Scale: 4)
"Three monsters each with 3000 ATK." Sora observed.
"Why?" Yuya muttered in disbelief.
"I was afraid this would happen." Ash said looking at Yuya's pure shocked face. "Yuya!" He yelled getting the boy's attention. "Remember our discussion? I said that there will be a time that Pendulum Summon will no longer be granted to just us! I told you you were an inspiration and he managed to follow your footsteps and Pendulum Summon as well!"
"Ash."
"Go! Battle Phase!" Declan declared getting Ash's focus back. "Hell Armageddon, attack Stardust Dragon!" Armageddon gathered energy from its sphere in the middle preparing to fire it.
"Crap!" Ash looked around until he saw an Action Card on one of the floating balls and jumped from ball to ball until he got there. When he did he grabbed the Action Card and slotted it on the bottom slot. "Action Spell Miracle! Now one of my monsters can't be destroyed in battle and the damage dealt to me is halved!"
"That may be the case. However that will only work once and won't last the whole Battle Phase." Declan informed as Armageddon fired a purple beam which hit Stardust Dragon, but not destroying it. 3000-2500=500/2=250
(Ash LP: 3500-3250)
"Now I'll have the second one attack and destroy your dragon!" The Armageddon in the middle gathered energy from the sphere preparing to fire just like the last one.
"Man." Ash then noticed another Action Card on a pole with a platform at the other end. "Let's go Stardust!" He called jumping off the ball as Stardust Dragon flew to him. He managed to land on the dragon's back and sat on its neck as it was flying to the pole.
"I won't let that happen!" Declan announced as the second Armageddon fired the beam at the flying dragon.
As they got closer to the Action Card the beam hit Stardust Dragon and destroyed it into smoke sending Ash about to fall shocking the You Show students and Gong. "Stardust!" 3000-2500=500
(Ash LP: 3250-2750)
"Ash, no!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Now to finish this! The third attacks directly and you will lose!" Declan announced as the third Armageddon on the right stored up energy.
"Oh no! He's defenseless!" Ally exclaimed.
"And he's more vulnerable in the air!" Tate added.
"That stinks!" Frederick exclaimed.
"It's over." Sora commented taking a bite out of the chocolate bar.
As he was about to fall to his doom Ash suddenly bounced in the air towards the Action Card and grabbed it amazing everyone including Declan and except Yugi and Yusei.
"Whoa! He just jumped in the middle of the air!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Impossible!" Gong added.
"Doesn't surprise me." Yugi commented.
Yusei nodded in agreement. "Ash has always that agility when he was a little kid."
Ash landed on the platform on the pole and slotted the Action Card to reveal a face-up Spell with an image of a silhouette of a female dancer dancing on his field. "Action Spell Illusion Dancer! This card switches every monster in Attack Position to Defense Mode until the end of the turn!"
Suddenly all three Hell Armageddons were surrounded by blue aura with the third one canceling its attack. "Even more impressive. You can also jump when you're in the air and saved yourself for another turn." Declan complimented taking the final card from his Hand and slotted it materializing it face-down on his field. "I set one card and end my turn." Declan: Hand/0
ASH: 2750
DECLAN: 1500
At that point Ash leaped from the platform he was on to the metal one he was on before going after the Action Cards. "Since you ended your turn your Hell Armageddons return to Attack Position!" And he was right as the blue aura around the three monsters dispersed.
"All right! He managed to get another turn!" Yuya cheered.
"But he has no cards in his hand or field." Yuzu pointed out.
"Unless if this draw is good he will lose!" Gong added.
Sora, however, was more focused on Ash's sudden agility. "Just who is he?"
"That was splendid Declan." Henrietta praised clapping. "If you have mastered Pendulum to this extent, then this measly Duel School..." 'If we don't need them, we might as well crush them. Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz all belong to LDS. Yet Ash can do Synchro and be so acrobatic. I can see why Declan has a much more interest in him than Yuya.'
"To think he would use Pendulum Summoning." Shuzo muttered taking a seat on the chair. "Just how much power does Declan possess?" He then focused his attention on Ash. "And Ash's agility goes beyond any acrobatics. Where did it suddenly come from?"
"It's your turn." Declan reminded. "Better make this draw count or you may lose on the next turn."
Ash was dropping beads of sweat down his face. 'He's right. I've got no cards in my hand or my field. I can still Pendulum Summon Pikachu and Vaporeon from my Extra Deck into Defense Mode, but it might not be enough as they would still be destroyed and I'll lose unless I find an Action Card that can spare me another turn. So I would need a card that can let me draw multiple cards from my Deck.'
"Don't give up just yet Ash!" Ash turned to the spirits on the sidelines in the field. "Remember you still have yet to show us your full power!" Yusei said.
"You can get the card you need. Just believe in your Deck as it believes in you. Believe in the Heart of the Cards!" Yugi cheered.
"The Heart of the Cards." Ash gaped turning back to Declan. 'That's right. I forgot to believe in my Deck. If I believe the cards will answer me with the one I needed.' He then put two fingers on the top of his Deck. 'I believe in my Deck as it believes in me!' "My... TURN!" He drew the card with rainbow particles coming from it.
Ash smirked when he took a good look at the card he drew. "This is exactly what I needed. I activate the Card of Sanctity Spell Card! With this both of us draw until we have six cards in our hand!" Both Ash and Declan drew six cards making their hand complete. Ash: Hand/6 Declan: Hand/6
"Now Ash has a full set of cards!" Frederick cheered.
"But so did the other guy!" Ally added.
"Next I will activate Monster Reborn! I target one monster from either of our Graveyards and Special Summon it to the field! And I know who to pick! Be reborn, Stardust Dragon!" Ash announced bringing Stardust Dragon back to his field. (LV: 8 ATK/2500 DEF/2000)
"All right! Stardust Dragon is back!" Yuya cheered.
"But it has less ATK than the three Armageddon on the other guy's field." Yuzu pointed.
"We'll see about that." Ash said bringing another card from his Hand. "I activate Kyurem's ability from my Hand! By discarding it to the Graveyard I can add a "Polymerization" from my Deck to my hand!" He then slotted Kyurem in the top and added the Spell Card from his Deck to his hand.
Everyone but Declan, Yugi, and Yusei were shocked at the announcement. "Did he just say 'Polymerization'?!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Don't tell me he can also-" Gong began.
"Additionally Kyurem lets me activate the Polymerization using it as Fusion Material by banishing it from play along with another Dragon-type in my field or hand to Fusion Summon a monster!" Ash announced slotting the Polymerization on the bottom.
"Sora. What was that you said about Ash being beyond average?" Yuya questioned. Sora didn't answer as he was still in the state of shock.
"I remove Kyurem from my Graveyard and fuse it with the Stardust Dragon on my field!" The transparent figure of Kyurem and Stardust Dragon swirled together with the white and light blue lights behind Ash. "Terrifying dragon of ice! Combine with another great entity to become one! Fusion Summon! Appear, dragon with the combination of fire and ice! White Kyurem: The Burning Ice Dragon!" White Kyurem materialized with a roar on Ash's field. (LV: 10 ATK/4000 DEF/3000)
Back in the computer room in the LDS building the alarm went off again. "We are detecting another powerful summon in the inner-city!" One of the employees, a male one, exclaimed.
Another loading bar reached 100% with the word 'FUSION' across the page. "This time it's Fusion!" A female employee observed.
Back in You Show Duel School everyone was in real shock except Declan, Yugi, and Yusei. "H-he just F-Fusion Summoned." Yuya muttered out.
"No way." Yuzu breathed out.
"What is going on here?!" Shuzo exclaimed. "First he showed us he can use Pendulum Summon! Then Synchro was next! Now it's Fusion!"
Sora and Julia were the most amazed. "He just used Fusion." Julia began.
"And he used a Synchro Monster as Fusion Material." Sora finished.
"Speaking of which, White Kyurem's effect activates! When it has been summoned by using a Synchro Monster it can negate every face-up effect on your field! Additionally, you are not allowed to use your set card either until the end of my turn!" Ash announced.
"What?!" Declan exclaimed as White Kyurem released a blue icy wind all over Declan's field with all of his cards including the Pendulum Monsters he set in the Pendulum Zone covered with a light blue aura.
"All right!" Frederick exclaimed.
"He can't use his set card! Which means Ash can attack without worry!" Ally added with an excited smile.
"Even so Kyurem's ATK is 4000 and an Armageddon has 3000 which means Ash can only deal 1000 points of damage to the guy." Tate informed.
"Which is not enough to win." Sora added taking another bite of his chocolate.
"Dammit." Yuya cursed.
"Nice try." Declan smugly said.
"Who said I was done?" Ash retorted shocking Declan. "White Kyurem has a secondary effect which allows me to draw a card for each face-up effect card that was negated! And I count five, all of your Pendulum Monsters, so I draw five cards!" He did just that making his hand bigger. Ash: Hand/9
"Nine cards in his hand?!" Yuya exclaimed.
"How can he hold that much?" Yuzu asked.
"Next I activate this effect from my hand! Shining Star Trap Falcon!" Ash declared taking a card from his hand.
Declan widened his eyes slightly. "Shining Star?"
"By discarding this guy from my hand to the Graveyard I can activate a Trap Card from my Hand!" Ash slotted the card on the top slot of his Disk.
(Shining Star Trap Falcon: LV: 4: Attribute: Light: Type: Winged-Beast/Effect: ATK/1700 DEF/1000: Effect: You can send this card from your Hand to the Graveyard to activate a Trap Card from your Hand. You can also banish this card from the Graveyard to use the same Trap Card that was used by the first effect.)
"Activate a Trap Card from his Hand!" Yuya exclaimed.
"He can't do that! He can only activate a Trap when it's been set on the field!" Frederick exclaimed.
"That is normally the case, but there are special cards that lets you use a Trap from the hand as if it was a Spell Card." Sora explained making everyone turn to him.
"And the Trap I'm gonna use is Stardust Flash!" Ash announced using another card from his hand to materialize it face-up on his field. "If there is a "Stardust" Monster in my Graveyard I can Special Summon it to the field! Be reborn again, Stardust Dragon!" With that Stardust Dragon took to the field again. (LV: 8 ATK/2500 DEF/2000)
"A noble effort, but what good will it do if it has 2500 ATK? It's still weaker than my Armageddons!" Declan reminded.
'He's right. If I had "Grave Bond" not only I can bring Stardust back from the Graveyard, but it's ATK would be doubled to 5000. But I don't have it. What should I do?' Ash thought sweating.
"Don't give up, my liege." A voice said in his head making Ash turn to Yugi and Yusei only to see them pointing to Stardust Dragon. He then looked up at the majestic dragon. "You're not done yet."
"Okay. How is it that I can hear you?" Ash questioned.
"I will answer that later. You haven't showed your real full power yet."
"What do you mean my real full power?"
"Is he alright?" Ally asked.
"Not sure." Yuzu admitted.
"Maybe the pressure's gotten to him." Yuya guessed.
"Take a look at your Extra Deck." Stardust Dragon simply answered.
Ash looked down at the screen confused all to see a the button for the Extra Deck flashing prompting him to press it. His eyes widened at what he saw. "Is this a-"
Stardust Dragon nodded. "Summon him and win this Duel."
"How? I don't have the requirements yet." Ash asked looking back up at the dragon.
"Use the effect of one of your Pendulum Monsters."
"One of my Pendulum Monster's effect!" He then looked between Latias and Latios on his blade and widened his eyes at when he saw Latias. He then felt a plan pop in his head as he smirked. "Got it."
Stardust nodded once again. "Do it."
"I activate Latias' Pendulum Effect! First I pick a monster! That will be White Kyurem!" White Kyurem was then surrounded by transparent light. "Next I pick a Level number, which is eight! Then that monster becomes the Level that was declared until the end of my turn!"
Declan widened his eyes. "Then your White Kyurem's Level changes from 10-"
"To 8!" (White Kyurem LV: 10-8)
"Look at that! He changed his monster's Level!" Tate exclaimed.
"Now I have two Level 8 monsters on my field!"
"Two Level 8 monsters." Declan then really widened his eyes. "It can't be!"
"No way! Is he really gonna-" Dipper began.
Sora was so in shock that he dropped his chocolate bar. "He is."
"I Overlay Level 8 Stardust Dragon and White Kyurem to build the Overlay Network!" Ash declared as both dragons turned to light blue and went up into a white portal which opened above the field and blue lightning emerged from it. He then brought a card from his Extra Deck and raised it to the air. "The Shining Star is here!"
"No way!" Yuya exclaimed.
"This is-" Yuzu began.
"Almighty dragon of light! Bring hope to the universe with your dazzling shine! Xyz Summon! Come forth!" Ash then slammed the card on his blade making a light come crashing down. "Rank 8! Shining Star Dragon!" A monster that looks similar to Majestic Star Dragon, but with different features including the two yellow orbs orbiting around it materialized on Ash's field giving off really powerful shockwaves to blow Declan's hair and scarf away.
(Shining Star Dragon: Rank: 8: Attribute: Light: Type: Dragon/Xyz/Effect: ATK/3000 DEF/2500: Requirement: 2 Level 8 monsters: Effect: This card gains 500 ATK for each Synchro Monster that is attached as Xyz Material. Once per turn, during the Battle Phase, you can detach 1 Xyz Material and this card can attack again (if the second attack destroys a monster the battle damage dealt to the opponent is doubled). If "Stardust Dragon" is an Xyz Material, it gains this effect: Once per turn, if a card effect that would destroy a card(s) is activated, you can negate the activation, if you do destroy it.)
Declan was amazed at the sight of the new monster and the power it is giving off and that Ash can use the third summoning method just like him. "An Xyz Monster."
"Behold! This is my true ace monster!" Ash exclaimed as Shining Star Dragon roared sending another powerful shockwave.
Back at the computer room in the LDS building, once again, the alarm went off and the waves in the screens went haywire. Except that the waves was so powerful that the alarm was louder than it was before and made the whole room flashing red. The waves went so haywire that the screens could be shattered, fortunately for them they didn't.
"What's this?!" A male employee exclaimed.
"We are detecting another powerful summon in the same inner-city!" A female employee answered.
"I've never seen a power like this before! This is the most powerful we've seen so far!" Another loading bar reached 100% with the word 'XYZ' across the page.
"It's Xyz Summoning this time!"
"What kind of Xyz Summon can give off such powerful waves?!"
Back in You Show Duel School everyone except Yugi and Yusei were in total shock, even more so than the other times Ash surprised them with one of the other summoning methods. "This is... Xyz Summon." Yuya breathed out.
"No way! Now Ash can do all the summoning methods just like the other guy!" Yuzu added.
"That has got to be one of the most powerful Xyz Summons I've ever seen!" Dipper exclaimed.
"Not only that, but he used his Synchro and Fusion Monsters as Xyz Material!" Kit added.
No one was more shocked than Henrietta who was watching with a stunned face. 'Pendulum, Synchro, Fusion, Xyz. He can do all three just like Declan can. That's impossible! No one can be that powerful other than Declan!'
"What is this?! Now he can use Xyz too?!" Shuzo exclaimed. "With that Ash may be just as powerful as Declan. Which means we might have a chance to save the school."
"Ash said that it was his true ace monster." Tate pointed out.
"If that's really his ace then it must have a powerful effect." Yuya guessed.
Declan chuckled adjusting his glasses once again. "Impressive display, but at what cost? Your new dragon's ATK is 3000 just like my Armageddons!"
"Oh you think so?" Ash retorted. "Shining Star Dragon gains 500 ATK for every Synchro Monster that is attached as an Overlay Unit!"
"What?!" Declan exclaimed his smirk off of his face.
"Whoa! That is awesome! It really gives me the shivers!" Frederick cheered.
"That dragon's ATK increases by 500 for every Synchro Monster attached to it, which is one, his Stardust Dragon. With only one Synchro Monster as an Overlay Unit then that dragon gains 500 ATK!" Tate informed.
"Which goes from 3000 to 3500!" Ash added as Shining Star Dragon roared once again. (Shining Star Dragon ATK: 3000-3500)
"Which is enough to destroy an Armageddon!" Yuya cheered.
"Battle Phase! Shining Star Dragon! Attack the Armageddon on the left with Shining Flare!" Shining Star Dragon released a powerful pure white blast which is headed toward the left Armageddon. "Remember you can't activate your set card due to White Kyurem's effect!" The attack destroyed the monster into smoke sending powerful shockwaves making Declan struggle to stay on the platform. 3500-3000=500
(Declan LP: 1500-1000)
"Good effort, but I'm still standing! And you will end your turn!" Declan yelled.
"I wouldn't count on it! I activate Shining Star Dragon's effect! By using one Overlay Unit it can make a second attack!" Ash declared as an orb orbiting the dragon dispersed and it roared again. He showed it to Declan to reveal the Fusion Monster. "And the Overlay Unit I'm gonna use is the Fusion Monster White Kyurem! Which means Stardust Dragon stays and Shining Star Dragon keeps the extra 500 ATK!"
"All right! Another attack!" Frederick cheered.
"Which means another Armageddon will be destroyed!" Tate added.
"And with the set card unable to be used that guy will be defenseless!" Ally added.
"Alright Shining Star! Attack the one in the middle with Shining Flare!" Ash declared as his dragon fired another blast toward the middle Armageddon.
'Dammit. Hell Armageddon's effect lets it gain ATK equal to the fallen monster's, but with the effect of White Kyurem it won't activate.' Declan cursed in his thoughts when the middle Armageddon was destroyed and a powerful shockwave was made once again.
"What point will it do? I'll just lose another 500 Life Points and still be standing." Declan said adjusting his glasses once again.
"Actually, you won't. If that second attack destroys one of your monsters the battle damage dealt to you is doubled."
Declan widened his eyes in shock. "What?!"
"Double the damage!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Ash's dragon is currently 3500 and that guy's Armageddon was 3000 so the difference is 500. Double is times two. So double of 500 would be-" Tate began with wide eyes.
"1000!" Ally exclaimed.
"Which is exactly how much that guy has left!" Yuya exclaimed.
"Which means-" Yuzu began with a smile.
"I win." Ash finished as Shining Star Dragon was encased with bright light which was headed at Declan with Henrietta watching in the most shock of her life.
(Declan LP: 1000-0)
ASH: 2750
DECLAN: 0
ASH WINS!
After the Duel ended the field returned to normal with the monsters including the ones in the Pendulum Zone and Declan's set card out of the field back into the Deck/Extra Deck. Declan is still standing with his now deactivated Duel Disk with Ash at the other end also with his now deactivated Duel Disk.
"HE WON!" The three little kids yelled out of happiness.
"HOT-BLOODED!" Shuzo yelled crying out of joy. "That was the most hot-blooded Duel I've ever seen!" He then ran out of the control room.
"He did it! You Show Duel School is safe!" Yuzu exclaimed happily.
"That was awesome!" Yuya cheered. Sora, however, was still in shock that Ash can do all the summoning methods including Xyz.
"Well, he won it again. He used your favorite monster to summon his ace and won the Duel, like always." Yugi commented.
"Yeah. That was his style." Yusei added with a nod.
"I won." Ash breathed out with his irises turning from crimson red back to brown smiling. "I really won."
"Ash!" Ash turned only to be tackled to the ground by Ally, Tate, and Frederick from happiness.
"You did it!" Ally cheered.
"You saved the school!" Tate added happily.
"You were so awesome you gave me the shivers!" Frederick cheered.
"It's no big deal." Ash assured before being pulled into a hug on his neck by Gong who was crying out of control with happiness.
"I, the man Gongenzaka, am proud to call you my friend!" Gong exclaimed tearing up.
"That's great. Now could you let me go?" Ash asked having trouble breathing.
"Of course." Gong released the hug letting Ash breathe again as Yuzu placed a hand on his shoulder making the boy turn to her to see her smiling.
"Really. It's no big deal."
"No big deal? It's thanks to you that You Show Duel School is safe!" Yuzu reminded.
"Oh yeah. The deal." He felt another hand on his other shoulder and turned to see Yuya also smiling.
"Yep. Not only did you save the school, but you saved my dad's Dueling Style as well. And for that it's a reason to celebrate!" Yuya then remembered something. "One question though. Why didn't you tell us that you can use Synchro, Fusion, and Xyz Summon?"
"Oh. I guess it didn't come up." Ash replied rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
Back at the sidelines the LDS team and Henrietta were shocked at their loss, but none more so than Henrietta. 'This can't be! Declan never loses!'
"We are so proud of you Ash." Yusei praised.
"You defeated a Duelist who was at an elite level. You just proved yourself that you do have what it takes to be a Pro Duelist." Yugi added.
"Your skills have always been beyond our expectations. You don't need our teachings after all."
"Just remember this. All you have to do is just keep believing in your cards and they'll answer you." With that Yugi and Yusei returned to Ash's body by particle by particle.
Declan, however, just stood there with a smile. Sure he was shocked that he lost a Duel, but like always he did a good job at not showing it. Instead he was even more interested in Ash now that he revealed that he can use all the summoning methods just like he can. What's more is that he used Pendulum Summoning to use them.
"Looks like you have it." Declan muttered making everyone look at him confused. "It seemed Pendulum Summon has the possibility to evolve beyond the summoning itself. And it looks like that you found it."
"What are you talking about?" Ash asked.
"Don't dwell on it. You won the Duel so I will keep my promise. We will leave your duel school alone."
Ash nodded with a smile. "Thanks."
"What did you say?!" Henrietta exclaimed making everyone look at her to see Claude whispering in her ear.
"Professor Marco was-?!" Julia exclaimed being the one closest to them.
"Declan!"
Suddenly an image of Claude appeared on Declan's Duel Disk. "What happened, Claude?" Claude explained everything from the Disk with Ash unknowingly listening in as he somehow got over sense of hearing. "I've got to go." Declan said turning to walk out of the field.
"Wait! What's your name?" Yuya asked.
Declan stopped walking looked back towards the group. "Declan Akaba." He then proceeded to walk out the field.
"Declan... Akaba."
Delcan walked out just as Shuzo ran in looking excited. "Ash! Do you realize who you just defeated?!"
Ash nodded. "I do actually."
"Just who is he?" Yuzu asked.
"Don't you know? He's the president of the Leo Corporation." Ash answered turning back to the group.
"President?!" Everyone but Shuzo exclaimed.
"He is the CEO of the one biggest corporations of the world. It wouldn't surprise me if they created those Pendulum Cards he's got." Shuzo explained.
"Which means, in due time, the world could be overflowing with Pendulum Cards." With that everyone else is stunned.
"The world." Yuya muttered.
And done!
I can't believe it. Even I wrote it, I still couldn't believe it. Ash just defeated Declan, the strongest Duelist in Arc-V yet! And with his own true ace monster, his Xyz Monster! And the archetype I created for Ash! If you feel like jumping for joy go ahead. Nobody, not even I, will judge you.
Ash finally Xyz Summoned! The moment you all have been waiting for! And the agility I had for Ash was his touch of his real self. I was inspired by some games to give Ash(Satoshi) that much agility. And for the Pikachu as the Spirit Partner question that will be answered real soon. So wait!
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