The next morning after Yuzu called out Shun to duel, Yuzu was talking to his sister, Ruri.
"Do you really have to do this, Yuzu?" Ruri asked.
"He needs some sense put into him." Yuzu replied.
"Can you…?"
"I will duel it out of him, Kaiba did the same to me…. I can do it."
"Just be careful.." Ruri said. "I know Shun's a… wild one… but I-"
"Ruri, I understand… you could duel him if you want?"
"No. It's not me… I don't have that fiery personality like you do… maybe you're the right person to save Shun from himself."
"I will." Yuzu vowed. "I have your strength Ruri; you're a strong fighter as well."
Pool
Yuzu face off against Shun outside by the pool. Shun stared down at Yuzu and so did she.
"For someone who called this team worthless, why would you want to take charge?" Yuzu asked.
"Because I shall show how bad you and Reiji are as leaders!" Shun replied. "Now enough messing around, I shall beat you and gain revenge for last time!"
"Last time?" Yugo said.
"Yeah, Yuzu dueled Shun back in Standard, after Reiji captured Shun." Yuya said.
"Fine, I'll beat you again!" Yuzu and Shun both activated their duel disk. "Action Field on!" Yuzu hit her duel disk and it begun to change.
Action Field - Sky Tree Bird Cage
A giant tree emerged from the ground and towered above all. A giant golden cage surroned the two.
"This is an Action Field?!" Shun said in shock.
"Yes and thanks to Kaiba, the Action Fields are much better than just the basic one Reiji built!"
"Whatever!" Shun yelled. "Let's duel!"
Turn 1
Shun LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Yuzu LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I summon Raidraptor - King's Lanius!" A dark red mechanic bird came to the field. it had black tips on its wings.
Raidraptor - King's Lanius ATK: 1300 DEF: 700 Dark/Winged Beast/LVL 4
"Once per turn I can Special Summon a Raidraptor from my hand! Once per turn I can Special Summon one Raidraptor from my hand. Appear Mimicry!" Mimicry was an orange mechanic bird.
Raidraptor - Mimicry Lanius ATK: 1100 DEF: 1900 Dark/Winged Beast/LVL 4
"If this is Special Summoned then I can increase the levels of all Raidraptors on my field by one. I bump up Mimicry and King to level five!"
Mimicry & King LVL: 5
"I overlay them both!" An orange and black whirlpool formed and both monsters flew into it. "The unseen bold falcon. Reveal your wings' unknown power here and now! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 5! Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon!" A black mechanic bird with yellow players appeared.
Raidraptor - Stranger Falcon ATK: 2000 DEF: 2000 Dark/Winged Beast/XYZ/RNK 5/OU 2
"This is just the same move as before?" Yuzu said.
"You was lucky last time, I've got nothing to lose!" Shun yelled. "I set two cards and end my turn!"
Turn 2
Shun LP: 4000 Hand: 1
Yuzu LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"My turn!" Yuzu drew. "I set scale three Serenade the Melodious Pendulum Diva and scale nine Smyth the Melodious Pendulum Maestra!"
Serenade 3 – 9 Smyth
"Help me out my Monsters!" Two Monsters shot from the sky in auras. "Level seven Beethovta the Melodious Maestra and level four Queen Knight: Amethyst Warrior!"
Beethovta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/LVL 7 – Scale 7
Queen Knight: Amethyst Warrior ATK: 1400 DEF: 1400 Light/Warrior/LVL 4
"Amethyst is treated as a Fairy Monster while on the field, when Special Summoned, I can bring out a level four Light Monster from my deck! DuPre the Melodious Cellist, appear!"
DuPre the Melodious Cellist ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/LVL 4 - Scale 1
"I use Dupre's Monster effect and I bump up Beethovta's attack by 500 until the End Phase!"
Beethovta ATK: 2900
"Attack Beethovta!" Beethovta unleashed a musical melody but Shun just smirked.
"I play a Continuous Trap!" replied Shun. "Overlay Armor! If a Raidraptor monster would be destroyed then I can detach an overlay unit instead! The last overlay unit disappeared from Falcon.
Stranger Falcon OU: 1
Shun LP: 4000 - 3100
"Damnit!" said Yuzu. "I set a card and end there."
Beethovta ATK: 2400
Turn 3
Shun LP: 3100 Hand: 1
Yuzu LP: 4000 Hand: 1
"My turn!" Shun yelled.
"I can't get through his field… his dueling is like his self… unable to breakthrough…" Yuzu said.
"I don't need no-one to tell me anything!" Shun replied. "I don't need anyone, or anything from outsiders!"
"What caused all this, Ruri?" Yuya asked.
"After the war begun in Xyz… Shun has just been like this. Angry, cold, alone." Ruri replied.
"Listen Shun, my anger did me no favours… you need to stop yours!" Yuzu said.
"There's a difference, you still have friends. I know you lost your father and others… but now I only have Ruri! I wasn't able to protect the others…. so I needed to change to survive! I use an overlay unit on my Falcon! I detach one to destroy a Monster you control and you take damage equal to its attack!" One of the overlay units disappeared and the guns on Falcon aimed down at Beethovta.
Falcon OU: 0
"FIRE!" Shun yelled. Yuzu ran up the platforms to find and. She found one but it wasn't going to help. The guns hit Beethovta and it destroyed the Monster.
Yuzu LP: 4000 - 1600
"I know about your Action Cards." Shun said. "I refuse to use anything which Akaba made! I rejected his Pendulums, and I reject this!"
"Via the effect of the Action Fields, we can only use one Action Card each per turn and only have one can be picked up per turn." Yuzu replied as she felt a large gust of wind. "What is this?"
"Must be the Action Field!" Rin said.
"Fine!" Yuzu jumped off the platform. "Help me out Amethyst!"
"She's nuts!" Ruri said. Amethyst was able to use the strong wind to grab Yuzu as she arose near the tree. Yuzu grabbed onto a branch and stood up.
"I use the Action Card Wind Blast! You take 500 damage, Shun!" A strong blast hit Shun but he was unmoved.
Shun LP: 3100 – 2600
Yuzu grabbed another but due to the rules, she couldn't use it.
"You're annoying me!" Shun yelled. "I playRank-Up-Magic Skip Force! I can Xyz Summon using Falcon and summon a Xyz Monster with two ranks higher! Rank Up Xyz Change!" Falcon shot into the Xyz whirlpool and a purple beam shot from it.
"What now?" Yuzu said.
"Appear! Rank seven! Raidraptor - Arsenal Falcon!" A golden and black huge Raidraptor emerged. It had green missiles attached.
Raidraptor - Arsenal Falcon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Winged Beast/Xyz/RNK 7/OU 1
"I play the Spell Overlay Regen! I attach this Spell to Falcon as Xyz Material!"
Falcon OU: 2
"Falcon can attack X its materials!" Shun said.
"No!" Yuzu said.
"Go Falcon Raid!" Arsenal unleashed dozens of missiles and they landed on DuPre, the blast wiped her out.
Yuzu LP: 1600 – 500
"Yuzu!" Yuya yelled.
"I play my Trap!" Yuzu yelled. "Show End! When I take battle damage, I end the Battle Phase . Normally I could add a Monster with a level less than your Monster which inflicted damage on me… however since it's a Xyz Monster, I can't."
"My turn ends there then."
Turn 4
Shun LP: 2600 Hand: 0
Yuzu LP: 500 Hand: 2
"Draw! Return to my field, DuPre and Beethovta!"
Beethovta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/LVL 7 – Scale 7
DuPre the Melodious Cellist ATK: 1400 DEF: 800 Light/Fairy/Pendulum/LVL 4 - Scale 1
"I play the Spell Scale Switch! I return my Pendulum Scales to my deck, and then I can set two more on my field! I am setting my Queen Knight: The Servant of Nephthys and Queen Knight: The Servant of Horus." Two new columns materialized. One of them had a dark-skinned woman dressed in golden armour that represented an eagle with her case in the shape of one and feathers on her skirt and a bow. The other was a woman in dark clothing with pale skin and black hair; she also wore a blue tunic.
Nephthys 2 – 9 Horus
"I need to destroy that Falcon…" Yuzu thought. Yuzu looked at the Action Card in her hand. "Attack Falcon, Beethovta! And I use Dupre's effect! "I use Dupre's Monster effect and I bump up Beethovta's attack by 500 until the End Phase!"
Beethovta ATK: 2900
"And next I use the Action Card Double Attack; this allows me to double the attack Monsters attack!"
"GO YUZU!" Yuya cheered.
Beethovta ATK: 5800
"What?!" Shun yelled. Shun gritted his teeth and leapt onto Falcon.
"He's going for an Action Card!" Ruri said. Falcon flew Shun to a platform near the tree and Shun grabbed it.
"I play Big Escape! Ending the Battle Phase!"
"What annoying luck…" Yuzu said. "I end my turn!" Yuzu got running to find a new Action Card. Yuzu was able to find one on the floor and she took it however she was not allowed to use it this turn.
Beethovta ATK: 2400
"What a disgrace I am… how dare you make me use an enemy's weapon!"
"We're not enemies!" Yuzu yelled back.
"Well you're not friends, so that only leaves you as the enemy!"
"Yeesh, has this guy ever heard of a middle-ground…" Yugo said.
"Shun, please…" Ruri said.
"Ruri, I know it's hard but you'll thank me after this." Shun replied.
"How could I?!" Ruri yelled. "Even before the war, you thought of yourself as the better one!"
Flashback – Xyz Dimension – A Year Ago
"Why did you lose again, Ruri?!" Shun yelled at a tournament.
"It was a strong deck!" Ruri replied back.
"It doesn't matter!" Shun replied.
"Dueling is for fun, Shun! Can't you ever learn that?!" Ruri replied.
"Me and Yuto wish to become champions! I don't want you left behind!"
"Yuto wants to be a champion, yes… but only by enjoying it!" Ruri yelled back.
"Ever since we were kids, you've always been catching up with me! Catching up with Yuto!"
"Maybe I don't want to be a champion!" Ruri stormed off, much to Shun's annoyance.
Flashback End
Turn 5
Shun LP: 2600 Hand: 0
Yuzu LP: 500 Hand: 2
"Draw!" Shun declared. "I detach an overlay unit from Falcon!"
Falcon OU: 1
"Now I can summon a level four or lower Raidraptor from my deck! AppearRaidraptor - Necro Vulture!" A purple Raidraptor emerged.
Raidraptor – Necro Vulture ATK: 1000 DEF: 1600 Dark/Winged Beast/LVL 4
"I can tribute Necro Vulture to add a Rank Up Spell from my graveyard!"
"What?!" Yuzu replied.
"I will never stand down! I will always get back up! I add playRank-Up-Magic Skip Force and play it!"
"Rank… eight…?!" Rin said with fear.
"Dauntless falcon. Hoist up the flame of anger, become the flash of light that burns the land to ash! Rank Up Xyz Change! Soar! Rank eight! Raidraptor- Satellite Cannon Falcon!" Arsenal flew into the Xyz whirlpool and a giant shadow shot up. A giant Raidraptor emerged which was mainly white but it had a golden core.
Raidraptor- Satellite Cannon Falcon ATK: 3000 DEF: 2000 Dark/Winged Beast/Xyz/RNK 8/OU 2
The huge Monster appeared above Shun, Yuzu gritted her teeth.
"I shall end this and take control of this sorry excuse of a team! Cannon Falcon's effect! When this is Xyz Summoned, I wipe out all your Spells and Traps! You cannot activate cards or effects in response to this effect's activation!"
"Yuzu's Pendulums!" Yuya said. An overlay unit disappeared from Falcon.
"NOW! Wipe them away!" Shun yelled. Falcon used the wind in the Action Field to fly high up. It glowed with a bright glimmer. As it charged up, Shun smirked. "FIRE!" The beam hit the ground and eventually Yuzu. Yuzu was knocked across the ground as her Pendulums were wiped away.
"Damnit!" Yuzu said as she got back up.
"I use an overlay unit to take away 800 points from a Monster you control!"
Falcon OU: 1
"I choose DuPre!"
DuPre ATK: 600
"Canon Falcon! END THIS!"
"I still have an Action Card in my hand!" Yuzu said as she played it. "Lift Up! All damage I would take is negated and I gain 500 lifepoints instead!"
"AGAIN?!" Shun yelled. Yuzu glowed in yellow light as she gained lifepoints.
Yuzu LP: 500 – 1000
"I end my turn!"
Turn 6
Shun LP: 2600 Hand: 0
Yuzu LP: 1000 Hand: 1
"My move!" Yuzu drew. "I banishScale Switch! If both Pendulum Scales were destroyed last turn, this restores them!" Yuzu's Pendulums returned much to Shun's annoyance.
Nephthys 2 – 9 Horus
"Next I Pendulum Summon from my hand! Appear, Pendulum Warrior!" Yuzu's duel spirit appeared in full form as warrior with the red colour armour and pink hair. She held out her sword.
Queen Knight the Pendulum Warrior: 2500 ATK / 2000 DEF / Light / Level 7 / P.S.4 / Warrior /
"No matter what you do Shun, the Lancers won't fall!" Yuzu replied. "Ruri gave me strength… to do this! Nepythys allows me to bring back a Xyz Monster from the graveyard…. ANY graveyard!"
"What?!" Shun yelled. A purple gate appeared and then opened, Arsenal Falcon appeared.
"Thankfully you detached your Xyz Monster as the overlay unit!" Yuzu replied.
Raidraptor - Arsenal Falcon ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Dark/Winged Beast/Xyz/RNK 7
"Go Yuzu!" Ruri yelled.
"Ruri… isn't cheering for me…." Shun stuttered. "She really wants me to lose?"
"No she doesn't, she wants you to get some common sense!" Yuzu replied. "Horus, your turn! Give Falcon a level and make it the same as Pendulum Warrior" Falcon glowed as it gained a level. "Horus makes Falcon become a Warrior-type!
Falcon LVL: 7 Type: Warrior
"No….way…." Shun stuttered again.
"I overlay my two level seven warriors!" "Both monsters became energy to enter an energy portal in the form of a vortex on the floor."Fallen warrior of the ancient world arises once again to your revolution and serves on my side, come forth rank seven Queen Knight: The Revolutionary Xyz Black Paladin". Yuzu uttered those words as a great explosion occurred.
Queen Knight: The Revolutionary Xyz Black Paladin 3000 ATK / 2500 DEF / Light / Rank 7 / Warrior / P.S.10 / Xyz / Pendulum
The Monsterhad dark huge armour with two swords in both hands. While on his back he had two metal wings that radiated energy. Yuzu stood with confidence.
"When Black Paladin is summoned using a Xyz Monster, this can negate the effects of all the cards on the field!" Yuzu said, Falcon turned grey as its effects were stopped. Shun gritted his teeth and leapt onto his Falcon which used the wind to find an Action Card.
"Shun's going for it!" Ruri replied.
"I use Dupre's effect to increase Paladin's attack by 500!"
Paladin ATK: 3500
"ATTACK!" Black Paladin launched forward, Shun saw an Action Card and grabbed it. He looked in horror at it.
"I use Overlay Armour to remove an overlay unit and stop my Monster from being destroyed!"
Paladin hit a force field which caused Shun to fall down. Shun was able to land on the ground.
Shun LP: 2600 – 2100
"What did he get?" Yuya said.
"I got the Action Trap Wind Break…. I lose 800 lifepoints."
Shun LP: 2100 – 1300
"I end my turn." Yuzu said.
"This field is against me!" Shun thought. "Why?!" he yelled.
"Your fight with anger is not helping!" Yuzu replied.
"It makes no difference!" Shun yelled.
"Yes it does! This Monster.. Ruri's power gave it to me! She's fighting along with me!"
"Impossible…." Shun said.
"Shun! We battled as a Resistance… we battled to save our home! We need you!" Ruri said. "And that's you, not the angry you!"
"This anger… our home was torn apart! Our parents are cards… Heartland… destroyed, how can anyone not be angry?!" Shun yelled back.
"I am angry!" Yuzu yelled. "But I learnt it's better to use that anger to push forward and fight to bring them back, not to hate the world around you!"
"Seeing you… and Ruri…. Yuto as well I presume… you all agree to this method…." Shun stuttered.
"I can't speak for them." Yuzu replied. "All I know is that they're fighting with a clear mind and heart!"
"Fine, let's see if your method beats mine!"
Black Paladin ATK: 3000
Turn 7
Shun LP: 1300 Hand: 0
Yuzu LP: 1000 Hand: 1
"DRAW!" Shun yelled. "I play Raidraptor - Iron Heart! Powering up my Satellite by 500!"
Falcon ATK: 3500
"Now, let's see if your way of dueling can save you!" Shun said. "Prove me wrong! Raidraptor- Satellite Cannon Falcon, END THIS!" Cannon Falcon flew high into the air, going beyond the bird cage and this time, flying out to space. No-one on the ground could see this however.
"Shun… I hope to prove it to you!" Yuzu thought as she got a card ready.
"Eternal Avenge!" Falcon unleashed numerous missiles and aimed it to Yuzu's hybrid.
"I use Braveheart in my hand!"
"What?!" Shun replied.
"By sending this card from my hand while a Light monster is battling, it gains the attack of the battling opponent's monster until the End Phase! Power up!" Black Paladin glowed as a golden energy surrounded the Xyz-Pendulum.
"Impossible!" Shun said.
"This is our bond!" Yuzu yelled. "My knight, stop those missiles!"
Black Paladin ATK: 6500
"6500?!" Shun said.
"Go!" Yuzu pointed to the sky, weirdly Rin and Ruri did this at the same time, almost like it was a sense.
Paladin leapt up and pulled out the sword and quickly sliced the missiles in half, causing a storm of explosions. From within the explosions, Paladin leapt towards Falcon and delivered a final blow, it slashed across its centre, causing it to be destroyed.
The Xyz Monster came crashing down and Shun looked up.
"Maybe there is a chance….." Shun said as the Monster crashed onto the field, sending Shun flying. Colourful lights emerged from the crash.
Shun LP: 1300 – 0 Yuzu Wins
"Shun!" Ruri ran out to the pool area and saw Shun on the floor. "Are you okay?!" Ruri said as she fell to the floor to see to him.
"You beat me… fair and square." Shun said as he sat up.
"I don't care about the result." Yuzu said. "I just needed to open your hea-"
"Yeah I got that." Shun said as he interrupted. "I'll fight by your side… as agreed. I still believe there are better ways then yours but… a deal is a deal."
"Well it's something I guess." Yuya said.
"Thank you, Shun." Ruri hugged her brother, Shun looked awkward but he did embrace her after a second.
"But what about Xyz?" Rin asked. "Your Resistance group?"
"I shall return, they will need me." Shun added. "But I guess…. I can count on the Lancers help as well…"
"I guess I should go as well." Ruri said.
"We understand." Yuzu said. Shun tried to open a portal but his duel disk couldn't.
"What is this?" Shun said.
"We can't open a portal?" Ruri said.
"No…. we're trapped somehow." Shun replied.
Serena/Ray – Abandoned Building
"Did we really need to spend the night here?" Serena asked.
"What other choice did we have?" Ray replied.
"There's no "we"! I'm from Fusion… you've just been brainwashed to do so! I don't need to follow your orders!"
"Unlike the girl Masumi, my mind isn't being controlled. I am doing this of my own free-will! There's no bug in my brain!" Ray hit back.
"You were conditioned to be like this!"
"And I've never felt more free! I was always in Yuzar's shadow… now that loser is rotting in a cell!" Ray hit back. "Now, do you want to free Yuri… or not?!"
Roget Office
Roget had Mina on the screen.
"So Synchro is now locked?" Roget asked.
"Yes, thanks to your resources, I've been able to prevent anymore portals opening. Academia won't be coming for Yuri, Gloria and Serena. Where is Gloria by the way?" Mina replied.
"The Facility, she's being kept for safe keeping." Roget said.
"And the Friendship Cup?" Mina asked.
"Don't worry girl, your experiments can be done during the tournament."
"Fine… and don't call me "gir-""Roget hung up on Mina before she could finish. Roget pushed a button.
Public
Big screens appeared around City, in Commons and Tops. The Lancers could see one and watched it.
"People of City, Tops and…. Commons." Roget said. "I am proud to announce the Friendship Cup is coming soon! In fact, in just a few days!"
"What?!" Rin and Yugo said.
"This shall be a 32 player tournament, with the winner going against the Queen of Synchro, Aki Izayoi! This tournament is bigger than previous to allow more from Commons and Tops to enter! Registration will begin later today… and this is a special message to some special people…. Mina is waiting for you to enter….!" Roget disappeared.
"He has Mina?!" Ruri yelled.
"We… need to enter…?!" Rin stuttered. Yuzu heard a bleep and she hit it, it read as a call from Mina.
"Mina?!" Yuzu said. As Yuzu spoke, a bright light emerged from the duel disk, and a new big screen of Roget emerged. He looked down at the Lancers like they were ants.
A/N
Big thanks to Rom for ideas here such as the Braveheart move and others. Check out his story in the VRAINS bit, it's called Yugioh Vrains: The Thunder Hunter.
So don't panic, the Friendship Cup won't be showing all 32 people, there's a clear plan in place now and they won't be locked in stupid hotel rooms either.
Any mistakes please say! Thanks.
Bridgey – Thank you for the constructive criticism and no worries, I understand your point and I hope that this chapter has helped. It was always the plan to have Shun begin his anger management here, so good timing I guess! Thanks again.
Exelion Heart – Once again I enjoyed reading this, thanks and yeah it did help. I do appreciate your reviews, thanks!
Royal2 – Shipping isn't really my intention, sometimes characters just work well together and me and Rom like the chemistry they have.
Samueljoo – Thanks for the idea, but Yuzu won't get Odd-Eyes…. yet. I will be using your oc cards soon, I promise. I really do mean that, as I've said, it needs to be the right time and I now see a good chance to use them.
Guest – Yes he is but we will be seeing Ritual in a little while so all will be seen there.
OC Card
Yuzu
Scale Switch/Quick-play Spell
Return two Pendulum Monsters in your Pendulum Zone to your deck and set two new ones in your Pendulum Zones. You can only use this effect once per duel.
If your Pendulum Monsters in your Pendulum Zone were destroyed last turn, banish this card from your graveyard and place from your extra deck.