Yuya's Treat

by Fenghuang0296

It's the perfect storm as forces converge on Fusion Dimension. The Lancers are backed up by powers and allies new and old alike, but will it be enough to take down Leo Akaba once and for all? And is he even the biggest threat? AU from episode 63 onwards. Rated T for occasional profanity and mature (violent) themes.

7. Strike At The Traitor! Fire On Giant!

Chapter 7: Strike Against The Traitor! Fire On Giant!

"I let you down, Sam," Yuya muttered to himself, clutching the Tuning Magician card.

X

"Yuya," the young bellhop looked straight up at him as he lead him down to the garage for his Duel with Flare earlier that day. "When you see Jack Atlas, give him this back for me, okay?"

"What is it?" Yuya frowned at the Tuning Magician card, and Sam told him the story of how Jack Atlas had given him that card 'because since he had nothing and was nothing, it suited him best'. "A weak, low-level monster with a useless effect," Sam sighed. "I don't want to keep it. Please, give it back to him for me,"

"I will," Yuya smiled at the boy. "And hey. I'll make sure to give you a nice, fun Duel filled with smiles," he grinned, tousling the boy's hair. Sam nervously smiled at the older boy.

X

Yuya thought back to his Duel with Flare, and pulled the Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon she had given him from his Extra Deck, where it had joined Dark Rebellion, Odd-Eyes Rebellion, Rune-Eyes, Beast-Eyes . . . and Dark Revenge Chaos-Xyz Dragon as his sixth Extra Deck monster. Yuya had debated whether or not to keep the Rank 5 in his Deck, but decided it was probably best if he did. The time may come when he may need it. "That Duel wasn't fun, and only a psychopath could smile at what I tried to do to her,"

X

"Dark Revenge!" Yuya commanded. "Attack Red-Eyes Retro Dragon and crush her into the dirt! Thunderstorm Revenge Disrespect!" Dark Revenge Chaos-Xyz Dragon unleashed it's breath attack, the black energy passing around Retro and aimed straight at Flare.

In an instant, the redhead leapfrogged off the back of her D-Wheel and, clutching at the seat with both hands, jumped into the air, pulling her bike upwards with her as the deadly pulse passed beneath her with inches to spare, and tore a three-metre deep chasm in the racetrack.

X

"If she hadn't dodged that," Yuya breathed. "I would have killed her. What the hell is wrong with me?"

His depressing thoughts were interrupted by a loud cracking sound. The boy turned in surprise, and saw the egg that had appeared out of nowhere before.

Slowly, painstakingly, it was cracking open.

X

"So, I'm facing the walking one-man theatre. Doesn't sound too tough," Shun snorted as he inspected his D-Wheel. "I'm not sure it's a good idea to underestimate your opponent like that, sir. He might surprise you," the young boy who had escorted him from the garage to his room recommended. Shun snorted. "Not likely. That clown? I'll smash him in five turns,"

"Hey, hey, come on, Shun my friend! Have a little faith in me!" Dennis stood proudly in his orange Riding Duel suit from the Underground League, but apparently he had taken advantage of the free time he had had while the other contenders in the Friendship Cup duelled to make some modifications. It now had decorative pink buttons sewn down the centre and had a collar sewn on with a bright pink bow tie. The effect made it look like he was wearing a strange gross between a motorcycle jumpsuit and a stage magician's costume. "You look ridiculous," Shun bluntly told him. "Come on, don't be like that! I'm just trying to put on a show for the audience," Dennis winked with a childish grin. "If you have attached a top hat to your helmet I have officially lost all respect for you," the black duelist snorted. "Would have, but couldn't find one," he shrugged.

"Let's just get this over with," Shun growled.

Melissa grinned. "Come on, Tsukikage, try to enjoy it," she encouraged her co-host. "I still want to be back on the ground," the queasy ninja grumbled.

"Well, here come the two competitors for the final Duel of the day! The mysterious black duelist who showed up last week on the underground leagues as the pioneer of the new technique known as the Xyz Summon, as demonstrated so impressively three times over during our last Duel, and after being arrested was taken here to compete in the Friendship Games! Give it up for, Shun Kurosaki!"

Shun glared up at the stands as his bike carried him past them. "He's so intense," someone whispered. "Isn't it hot how he's so mysterious and goth?" a girl in the audience swooned.

At this, the normally unflappable Shun blanched. "I'm not a goth," he quietly protested.

"And his opponent, also straight from the underground leagues and not only a known rival of his but his polar opposite in every way! Everyone say a big hello to Dennis MacField!"

As soon as he was clear of the stage Dennis stood, perfectly balanced op top of his D-Wheel and spread his arms wide. "Hello, everyone! Here's hoping that we can have a nice and entertaining Duel tonight!"

The resounding cheers shook the stadiums. "That's right, that's right, go Dennis!" the helmeted boy cheered as his D-Wheel reached the starting line. "Take this seriously," Shun snorted, rolling his eyes.

"Okay, everybody!" Dennis help up a fist in the air. "Everyone say it with me on the count of three! Riding Duel!" He held up one finger, then a second, and finally, as he raised the third finger, "Acceleration!"

"ACCELERATION!"

"Wagh!" Dennis squeaked as his motorbike jackknifed forwards, causing him to lose his balance and almost fall off the bike. He rapidly regained his position on the seat as Shun sped forwards and claimed the first turn.

"My turn!" the dark duelist declared. "I Set a monster in face-down Defence Position and end my turn," he decided.

"That was anticlimactic," Dennis sighed. "My turn! I draw!" He pulled a card from his Deck and added it to his hand, which now numbered six cards. "Hey, everyone!" He snapped his fingers and grinned. "It's Showtime! While I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Performage Stilts Launcher from my hand!" A gangly acrobat with a pair of stilts appeared. It had 2200 ATK. "This is a good start for me! Stilts Launcher, attack that face-down!" Dennis instructed. His monster let loose a war cry and charged Shay's monster with it's stilts, stabbing through and destroying the card. Shay was impassive.

"I set one card and end my turn!" Dennis smirked, waving at the crowd and blowing kisses at some teenage girls in the audience. "I draw," Shay grumbled. "I Normal Summon Raidraptor - Sharp Lanius from my hand," he said, and a maroon metal bird appeared next to him. It had 1700 ATK. "Now, I activate Raidraptors' Tectonic Missile, and equip it to Sharp Lanius. He gains 800 ATK," A metal missile appeared on Sharp Lanius' right wing, and it screeched with 2500 ATK. "Sharp Lanius, attack that clown," Shay snorted.

"He's an acrobat. The clowns come later," Dennis corrected him.

"All your monsters are clowns," Shay retorted as Sharp Lanius destroyed Stilts Launcher. "I enter my Main Phase II and activate Sharp Lanius' effect. If he declared an attack this turn, I can special summon a Raidraptor from my Graveyard. Be revived, Vanishing Lanius," Shay commanded, and Sharp Lanius screeched again, as it's black-and-green comrade returned to the field. "When Vanishing Lanius is Summoned to the field, I can Special Summon a Raidraptor from my hand! Appear, Raidraptor - Mimicry Lanius!

A purple and silver Raidraptor with a multicoloured tail appeared and joined its teammates. "When Mimicry Lanius is Summoned to the field, I can increase the levels of all my Raidraptors by one!" Shun shouted, and his three Level 4s became Level 5. "I overlay my three Level 5 Raidraptors!" Shun declared, sucking the three metal birds into an angry orange Overlay Network. "Now, Raidraptors' Tectonic Missile is sent to the Graveyard, and I activate it's effect! This allows me to add one Rank-Up-Magic Spell from my Deck to my hand! I add Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force!" he declared, revealing a Spell Card depicting a yellow-gold Raidraptors emblem.

"Ferocious falcon! Break through this battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes! Xyz Summon! Rise! Rank 5! Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon!" Shun chanted and a large, destructive metal falcon with three Overlay Units orbiting it appeared, flying beside him. Shun consulted his hand and made his final play. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn!"

Denis blinked. "Two? Great, now I don't know which one's the Rank-Up-Magic," he groaned. "That's the point," Shun deadpanned. "Or maybe they're both Rank-Up-Magics?" he wondered out loud, inwardly smiling at Dennis' frustration.

"Okay, okay, I get it," Dennis grinned. "I draw!" he declared, looking at his hand and smiling. "Oh, hey, an Action Card!" he grinned, snatching it from midair. "Okay! Everyone, listen closely! First, I play the Action Card Healing Seal, which lets me regain 500 Life Points!" His Life Points increased back to 4000. "Now, using the Scale 2 Performage Water Juggler and the Scale 5 Performage Plushfire, I set the Pendulum Scale!" A blue clown with a wand, accompanied by a being that looked suspiciously like a fiery ice cream cone with a flute appeared as two pillars of blue light flared into existence behind Dennis. "Now, I Pendulum Summon! The spotlight shines upon my scale! Come on, my monsters! Let's give them something to look at! Appear, Performage Mirror Conductor! And Performage Flame Eater!" A hand mirror with a face dressed like a mirror appeared, followed by -

"Oh my gosh! Dennis MacField just summoned Pac-Man!" Melissa gasped in amazement. "No. That is his Performage Flame Eater," Taukikage corrected her. "Pac-Man's brother!" Melissa squealed. The ninja groaned. "Nevermind,"

"I overlay my Level 4 Flame Eater with my Level 4 Mirror Conductor!" Dennis declared in excitement as his two monsters were drawn into a neon green spiral of energy. "You know what they say, folks! The show must go on!" Dennis cheered, standing on his D-Wheel again and chanting. "Artisan of the stage, swoop down from the sky! Appear now, Rank 4! Performage Trapeze Magician!"

A spinning rod with a glove at either end shot out of the portal, and fired twin beams of energy at a part of the stadium far ahead of them. A tall, strapping monster with a white hat and billowing purple cape appeared as Dennis zoomed past him on his bike, grasping his impromptu acrobatics swing and swinging forwards in a great downwards arc. "The show must go on!" the entertainer repeated, jumping from his D-Wheel. The crowd gasped in shock at this turn of events - and oohed and aahed in awe as Trapeze Magician swept him up, letting Dennis cling to his swing as his controller threw handfuls of colourful glitter out into the crowd, who cheered with excitement.

"Wow! Dennis is a real performer! We're kindred spirits!" Melissa cheered.

But throughout all this, Shay had steadily been growing angrier and angrier.

"Alright!" Dennis grinned as he jumped back onto his D-Wheel, Trapeze Magician following him with his magical swing. "Trapeze Magician! Attack Blaze Falcon!" he commanded, gesturing at Shay and his monster.

"ENOUGH!" Shay snapped, glaring at Dennis in pure hatred. "This farce ends here and now!" he snapped. "This is no show! It is a war zone! And you! You are not worthy to use the technique of Xyz Summon, you bastard!"

"What are you talking about?" Dennis spread his arms in curiosity.

"You know perfectly well. I had my suspicions before, but now I am certain! You are a spy sent to monitor the Lancers by Academia!" Shun shouted. "I activate Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force! I overlay Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon and his Overlay Units unto themselves!" A huge purple vortex appeared that Blaze Falcon vanished into, leaving Trapeze Magician pausing in uncertainty. "Prideful falcon!" Shun chanted. "Spread your wings, stained by the blood of heroes, and charge through the path of revolution! This is what a real Xyz Summon looks like, pretender! Appear now! Rank 6! Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon!"

Dennis watched as the portal blossomed and grew, resulting in a lithe, strong metal bird appearing on his opponent's field with 2000 ATK. He nodded. "You're right. There is a difference between your Xyz Summon and mine. I guess that's what gave me away, huh?" He mirthlessly chuckled. "I remember from our last Duel. That monster makes the ATK and DEF of anything that battles it zero, right? Trapeze Magician, hold up! This won't end well for you!" he commanded and his monster paused and returned to Dennis' field. "I end my turn," he nodded.

"My turn! Draw!" Shun barked. "I won't waste any more time! Revolution Falcon! Destroy Trapeze Magician! Revolutional Air Raid!" he commanded. With a furious screech, the died charged towards the magician and unleashed it's fury, using it's effect to reduce the acrobat's stats to zero. Dennis gritted his teeth as the 2000 points of damage washed over him, cutting his Life Points in half. "I activate my trap, Trick Box!" he declared, revealing his Set Card. "When a Performage is destroyed, I take control of one of your monsters until the End Phase and then Summon a Performage from my Graveyard to your side of the field! I'll take Revolution Falcon, thank you very much!" Two boxes appeared on either side of the field and opened. Revolution Falcon fell out of midair and into one, before being launched out of the other under Dennis' control. Then Performage Flame Eater appeared next to Shun, who fumed. "I set a card and turn end!" A second face-down appeared next to him and control of the two monsters switched back.

Dennis pulled his card, and tutted in disapproval as he moved closer, making sure Shun could hear him. "You know, it's a real shame that you made me drop my mask. I really liked it. But trust me, you're going to regret it so much more than me," he psychotically grinned. "I play Ancient Gear Chaos Fusion!" he declared, and a Fusion Spell appeared on his field. "By sending a Polymerization from my hand to the Graveyard, I can select one Fusion Monster in my Extra Deck! I choose Ancient Gear Chaos Giant! And now, I banish monsters from my field or Grave, equal to the number of Fusion Materials it lists, then Special Summon those Fusion Materials to the field! Begone, Stilts Launcher, Trapeze Magician, Flame Eater and Mirror Conductor! And come, Ancient Gear Hound Dog, Ancient Gear Double Bite Hound Dog, Ancient Gear Triple Bite Hound Dog, and Ancient Gear Ultimate Hound Dog!" Dennis shouted as four robotic stone dogs, with a sequentially rising number of heads each appeared, culminating at Ultimate Hound Dog's four. "Now, I immediately use all these to Fusion Summon!" The four monsters vanished into a purple-and-black vortex.

A colossal stone golem emerged, a head above the stadium's roof, purple and dark gray with shoulder pads and chest armour resembling it's Fusion Materials' heads. Shun's eyes widened in horror as it's 4500 ATK was revealed.

This was the monster that had destroyed Heartland City.

"Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!" Dennis commanded, his eyes wide with insane pleasure. "Obliterate that bird! When Chaos Giant battles a monster, it's effects are negated!"

Shun cursed and ducked for cover, flattening himself against his D-Wheel as the behemoth attacked his falcon, energy beams smashing into his back and singing his riding suit as his Life Points were cut down to 1500.

The lasers went ahaphazardly in every direction, and Melissa squeaked as one passed awfully close to her helicopter. "Save me, ninja man!" she demanded, jumping into Tsukikage's arms, who looked at her in surprise. The spokesperson gazed into her temporary partner's eyes for a second, before realising what she was doing. "Oh, uh. You can put me down now," she gulped.

"Watch, Xyz scum, as your monster is obliterated!" Dennis commanded as Chaos Giant snatched Revolution Falcon out of midair and, with a sadistic grimace, crushed it between its massive stone palms, before carelessly tossing the parts over its shoulder. "Revolution Falcon," Shun breathed. "Taste the doom and despair of defeat, you worthless wretch!" Dennis jeered. "And now, let the hunting games begin!"

X

Yuya, his attention drawn from the hatching egg by the intense Duel, 's eyes widened in horror. "Dennis . . . what happened to you? The Dennis I know isn't like this,"

X

"Oh crap," Sawatari breathed, momentarily forgetting his own anger. "Revolution Falcon is Shun's strongest monster. If it's been beaten," he trailed off in horror.

X

Shay clenched his fists, anger and adrenaline gushing through his body. "We will never lose, you bastard! Resistance and rebellion against you and Academia's tyranny will never, ever die! No matter what the cost, no matter what I have to do, you will be wiped from the face of the planet if it costs me my life, you goddamn bastard!" he raged. "I activate my Spell Card! Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force! When a Raidraptor I control is destroyed, I Summon it from the Graveyard and use it as Xyz Material to summon a monster two Ranks higher!"

X

Sawatari was dumbstruck. "Two ranks higher - since when has he had a card like that?!"

X

"Dauntless falcon!" Shay screamed in rage. "Ignite the flame of anger, and become the flash of light that razes everything in your path to ash!" he yelled as Recolution Falcon was overlaid onto itself once again. "Double Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Soar, Rank 8! Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon!"

The monster was white and red, with four wings that bristled with dozens of laser cannons. It screeched in defiance with 3000 ATK, glaring at Chaos Giant as though it had destroyed everything it held dear. Which, in a way, it had.

Dennis laughed in derision. "Only 3000 ATK? Not enough. Nothing you do can possibly defeat me, Xyz scum!" he snorted. "He has 2000 Life Points remaining," Shay muttered to himself. "When Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon is summoned, all Spells and Traps you control are destroyed!"

Dennis looked up in surprise as Performages Plushfire and Water Dancer were destroyed. "Honestly? I forgot about them," he shrugged.

"Now, by using one Overlay Unit, I activate Satellite Cannon's effect! One monster you control loses 600 ATK for every Raidraptor in my Graveyard!" Shun commanded. "If I'm going to beat him here and now, I need to drop that giant's ATK to less than a thousand," he resolved.

Dennis blinked. "Wait, what?"

"Vanishing Lanius!" Shay commanded. A phantasm of the bird appeared and rushed at Chaos Giant, hitting it's chest and dropping it's ATK to 3700. "Sharp Lanius!" Shay repeated, and the maroon bird repeated the process. 2900 ATK. "Mimicry Lanius!" 2100. "Blaze Falcon!" 1300. "Still not enough to win!" Dennis shouted in derision. "That was your last one, too!"

"No it wasn't," Shun told him as an image of Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon appeared. "Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon was detached to activate the effect. Therefore, it is in the Graveyard. It counts,"

"What?" Dennis' eyes widened. "Chaos Giant! Dodge!" he commanded, and the great Goliath obeyed, ducking out of the way. The phantasmal bird swerved and continued to seek its target. The giant lumbered out of the way again - and its foot got caught in the chasm that had been created in the race course earlier that day by Dark Revenge Chaos-Xyz Dragon. Swerving it's arms wildly, the giant tripped, falling towards the stands. Spectators screamed in panic, rushing to get out of the way before the toppled giant fell on them.

The giant crushed the stands, it's shoulder armour smashing into the support beams that held up the luxury viewing lounges the Tops enjoyed. The floor shook, and upper-class citizens rushed to clear the area as a chunk of the wall and floor fell away, landing on the evil monster's head and smashing into pieces. Ancient Gear Chaos Giant groaned it's last as the hologram of Revolution Falcon hit it, dropping its ATK to a mere 500.

Shun grinned. "Victory is mine, Fusion bastard!" he shouted. "Go, Satellite Cannon Falcon! Attack!"

"I won't let it end like this! There has to be an Action Card somewhere around here!" Dennis frantically demanded, before spotting one near the downed carcass of his monster. "There!" he yelled, speeding towards it as Satellite Cannon rocketed upwards into space.

X

Sawatari blinked. "Where's that monster going? The fight's down here!"

X

"No!" Dennis shouted as the Action Card he sought was crushed underneath a piece of wreckage falling down Chaos Giant's back. "Now, Satellite Cannon! End this for once and for all! Feel the fear of what it's like to be hunted, Dennis!" Shun spat. "Eternal Avenge!"

A massive pillar of green energy rained down from space, obliterating Chaos Giant in a single blow and blasting Dennis away with the shockwave. "Shun wins! And destroys half the stadium into the bargain!" Melissa shouted in shock. "That's so crazy! What an awesome way to end the first day of the Friendship Cup! Also, I think Dennis might need a hospital!"

"This ends now!" Shun shouted, pulling on his Duel Disk and abandoning his motorbike as he stormed across the circuit to where Dennis lay prone. "Come on, come on! Stupid machine! Why won't you let me turn him into a card?" he demanded, furiously pressing buttons, before remembering something. "Declan! That bastard! He must have gotten rid of the feature!" he fumed. "If he's done it to mine,me did it to Dennis' too," he glared, angrily storming back towards the starting line as a medical team rushed over to Dennis.

x

Jean-Michael Roger pressed a button. "Attention all Security within the Duel Palace. I want Dennis MacField delivered to me personally. Make sure it happens,"

X

Yuya watched in shock as Dennis was carted off by the medics and Shun returned to the Duelist Palace, unable to comprehend what had happened to his friends. Admittedly, it wasn't too out of character for Shun, but Dennis? The lively, smiling boy from England he had grown to like so much? How could it be?

A whining sound interrupted him, and he turned in surprise - and in an instant, he noticed an extremely major development.

The egg had cracked open, and an adorable baby dragon was gazing at him, its mismatched green and red eyes staring up at his face.

The boy blinked in surprise. "What the heck?"

The dragon began bawling. "Oh, uh, I, uh," The buy dashed to the door. "Hello? Someone? Anyone! I need some milk! Right now!"

A/N

A/N

I don't think there's much to be said this time around, really. I'll admit, the bit about Yuya and Sam at the start is mostly because I was so focused on the Duel last chapter I forgot to include it. XD Only one original card, and it's an Equip Spell.

Raidraptors' Tectonic Missile

Equip Spell Card

A Winged Beast-Type monster equipped with this card gains 1000 ATK. If this card is sent to the Graveyard because the equipped monster was used as Xyz Material; You can add one 'Rank-Up-Magic' Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

Corinne, look . . I appreciate that you're trying to help me, and I'm grateful for that, but I come on here to write my own works. Not someone else's rendition of my works. I'm sorry, but I don't want a beta reader right now and I'm always going to do things my way.

And yeah, it's never the same. XD

Peace! Then again, Shun probably doesn't know the meaning of the word . . . XD