Well, here is the second chapter. If you think there is nothing different besides Yuya's pronouns, well you're wrong.
I awoke with a yawn giving a stretch as I sat up in the chair I had fallen asleep in. I looked over at the Dueling Field to see Yuya and Gongenzaka were still going at it as Yuya was trying to relearn how to do Pendulum Summoning by constantly dueling Gongenzaka until she remembered it correctly.
"Sheesh, I lost track but does it really take over 100 failed attempts to remember how to do a simple summoning method?" I mutter to myself while rubbing the sleep out of my eyes as I turn from my musings back to the duel.
"I set the Pendulum Scale with the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician!" Yuya declared holding up her 2 cards and placing them on the edge of the blade, two pillars of light appeared behind Yuya as Stargazer and Timegazer rose up from the ground and floated in the middle of the pillar.
"Pendulum Summon, Come out, my monsters!" Yuya cried out as she thrust his hand into the air and the portal opened up and three lights shot out, "Entermate Whip Snake, Entermate Sword Fish, and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Her three monsters appeared.
"She finally did it, I wonder how many actual attempts it took her." I said with a small smile before tilting my head curiously.
"Yuya!" Gongenzaka cried out bursting into tears running forward and grasping the tomato in a hug, "This was the 271st time! You used the man Gongenzaka to practice all night! How rude!" he cried, enveloping Yuya in a deeper hug.
"Wait, does he mean this was Yuya's 271st time successfully Pendulum Summoning or the 271st Duel and this was her first successful one… I really hope it's the former." I whisper to myself.
"I did it!" Yuya says tiredly and happily before succumbing to exhaustion.
I smiled slightly at Yuya's success and I walked in and got Gongenzaka to calm down as we carried Yuya to the bench and laid her down there to rest.
"Thanks for helping Yuya, Gongenzaka." I tell the Steadfast Duelist with a smile.
"No problem Noa, I, the man Gongenzaka, was happy to help my friend." Gongenzaka says with a smile and a small bow, "Now if you will excuse me, I must be getting home to my father. '' he tells me.
"All right safe travels." I tell Gongenzaka with a wave as he exits the building, leaving me all alone with Yuya. I looked at a nearby clock, seeing we still had a while before Yuya and Yuzu had to go to high school, considering they were older in this version.
Shuzo wanted me to transfer to Yuya and Yuzu's school, but I told them I was self-taught. No way in hell I'm going back to school.
Anyways, figured I should take her home, so I piggybacked her back to her apartment, trying too hard not to think about her boobs touching my back. On the way there, I thought of the current circumstances
I was surprised when Yuya revealed she was living alone, and in an apartment no less. Most likely, something happened to Yoko in this timeline. It must be a sore topic, so i'll wait for the right moment.
Yuya was more than excited to have someone else living with her.
With a bit of difficulty, I managed to open the door to her apartment. It reminded me of Chrono's apartment from Vanguard.
I carefully laid Yuya in her room and put her covers on her. I looked over at Yuya's sleeping form and smiled, "It seems like your alter ego has finally learned the summoning method you created...Zarc." I mutter to the sleeping beauty in front of me, lightly tasseling her hair, getting a grumble and something about pancakes in response.
I decided to sleep on the couch since tomorrow was going to be an interesting day.
I decided to wait for the others outside school. Given if the anime proceeds the same way, today should be the day Sawatari shows up.
I looked at the entrance of the school and saw Yuya and Yuzu walking side by side. Something I found interesting is that Yuya still wears her normal clothing, the only change being shorts instead of pants. Apparently, the school provides either the male or female uniform and Yuya didn't like the female one, so she used the male uniform jacket with her own clothes.
"Sheesh, you can now Pendulum Summon after training all night, but you're dreaming about it during class?" Yuzu questions Yuya.
"Don't get mad, since you hit me with perfect comic timing, everyone thought it was funny." Yuya replied.
"I don't think that's the issue she's talking about Yuya." I say, inputting my two cents.
"Hey, Noa." Yuya waved at me.
"Noa's right." Yuzu nodded before noticing something, I turned as well to see three familiar faces walking up to us.
"Yuya!" The Chibi trio greet us.
"Hey, everyone!" Yuya greeted as we talked up to meet the trio.
"I heard you were able to Pendulum Summon!" Futoshi says excitedly.
"Show us right away!" Tatsuya begs.
"All right, I'll show you right away!" Yuya says with a fist pump.
"Easy there Tomato first let's get back to You Show." I said.
"T-Tomato?!" Yuya stutters out in disbelief.
"You know now that Noa mentions it…" Futoshi says, blinking a bit, tilting his head slightly.
"Great look what you did…" Yuya says, giving me an attempt at a glare while I just stick my tongue out in a cheeky response.
Yuya started to walk off with the gang following her when suddenly, my hand shot out and caught three rubber darts in front of Yuya's face before they hit her.
"What?" Yuzu questions looking at the darts in my hand before they turn to look at me.
"Woah, how did you do that?" Yuya questions me in shock.
I blinked owlishly for a few seconds, "I have no idea." I said truthfully, staring at the darts in my hand.
Back home I wasn't Lelouch bad in terms of shape, but I could never do something like catch darts mid-air. Maybe Zarc boosted my reflexes? You kind of need good reflexes in a war…
Looks like I have to experiment with this world's rules to see if I can do other things that weren't possible in my old world.
"Tchh I was going for a triple bullseye for 150 points but I got zero." I heard a familiar voice. I turned to see Shingo Sawatari, the world's most useless cannon fodder. "Your reaction was impressive though." Sawatari compliments me.
"Thanks." I simply say with a nod.
"Bullseye?" Yuya questions.
"You're Yuya Sakaki, right?" Sawatari asks Yuya, already knowing the answer while grasping Yuya's hand on his own. "I'm Shingo Sawatari from Classroom #1."
I heard a loud thud, so I turned to look behind me. "Aaaand you just managed to make the entire fangirl club faint with that act." I say gesturing to the group of unconscious girls nearby with slightly bleeding noses. "Why do we even have one of those?" I question in an afterthought.
Sawatari smiles, "I simply wanted to introduce myself."
"Nice to meet you." Yuya says, still a bit flustered.
"I saw you on TV, your duel against Strong Ishijima was incredible!" Sawatari tells Yuya.
I gently nudged Yuya with my elbow. " Look out Yuya looks like you have a fanboy." I tease her as I hear a series of thuds again.
"Noa!" Yuya whines out.
"Pendulum Summon was the best, what cards did you use again?" Sawatari comments with a blissful look on his face, making me frown as I knew what he, or rather Reiji, was planning but I had to let this happen so Reiji could develop Pendulum. I guess this is what they called a Nexus Event.
"You mean Pendulum Cards?" Yuya questions
"That's right!" Sawatari answers with an excited nod, "I guess only the chosen one can use rare cards like that." he says stroking Yuya's ego.
"Your name's Sawatari right? Don't flatter Yuya too much." Yuzu tells him.
I ruffle Yuya's hair, "Yeah her ego is large enough already." I tease as Yuya tries to push me off.
"I'm not, I truly feel that way." Sawatari replies as I hear the tell-tale thud of the fangirls club falling down again.
"Maybe, we should move this conversation." I mutter under my breath with a sweatdrop.
"Yuya, you're supposed to show Pendulum Summon to Tatsuya and the kids at our school" Yuzu whispers into a flustered Yuya's ear.
"Oh yeah!" Yuya says, snapping out of his fan daze.
"If you want to show Pendulum Summon, I have a more appropriate venue." Sawatari offered to us, "I have LDS's center court reserved at 5 o'clock. '' he says, glancing at his watch.
"LDS's center court?" Yuya says in shock.
"Reserved?" Yuzu says equally shocked.
"I'm an excellent LDS student, and my dad is expected to be the next mayor." Sawatari brags, "So when I asked, they gladly let me reserve it." he explains.
"Neat!" I say with a cheeky grin.
"LDS's center court?" Tatsuya says with an excited grin.
"He'll Pendulum Summon there?" Ayu inquires.
"Wow, that gives me shivers!" Futoshi says excitedly.
"I think my school is good enough!" Yuzu grumbles.
"Relax, Yuzu." I say putting a hand on her shoulder, "It's not everyday the kids get to see a place like LDS. Besides, even if the location is different they still will get to see Pendulum like they wanted." I told her.
"But Yuzu, it's LDS's center court!" Futoshi points out in his kid logic as the other two nod excitedly.
"See, it would make them happy." I tell Yuzu.
"Fine, I'll go too. As You Show School's representative, I'll investigate my rival school." Yuzu says relenting.
"If that's how you wanna put it." I say with a grin as the Chibi Trio gives a cheer.
"I knew you'd agree, let's go." Sawatari says, leading the way as the kids run after excitedly.
I smiled at their antics and followed after.
"Welcome to LDS." Sawatari introduces us as we walk into the lobby of the building.
"Woooooow!" The Chibi Trio gasped in awe sparkling with delight.
"Leo Duel School, also known as LDS, you can tell by the name that Leo Corporation manages this duel school. This school is the industry leader." Sawatari says giving us a brief background lesson as we walk through the hall.
"This facility is cutting edge." Tatsuya interjects as we walk past a room of people Weight Drawing.
I wonder if that actually works, I might have to try it out just to see.
"Tatsuya, you're so well informed!" Futoshi compliments Tatsuya.
"Because my mom said this school was better." Tatsuya admits sheepishly.
"The best equipment, the best teachers, the best curriculum is our motto!" Sawatari states.
"All to train the best soldiers…" I mutter under my breath.
"Huh did you say something Noa?" Yuzu says, looking at me.
"No, nothing." I reply with a smile.
"You have everything that You Show School doesn't have." Ayu says in her childish innocent tone.
"You're well informed too." Sawatari tells the kids.
"I'm sorry that my school is so shabby!" Yuzu grumbles under her breath.
"Don't get mad, the best part about your school is that it's cheap." Futoshi says with an innocent grin. I can't be mad at them since they are kids, but…
"This place has things that we don't have." Yuya comments reading one of the course charts, "Just looking at the summoning methods, they have courses on Xyz Summon, Synchro Summon, They even have a course on Fusion Summon!" she says, reading the poster aloud.
I smiled as I saw my favorite Candy Boy walk past Yuya and as soon as I thought that I heard a group of distant girly shrieks of joy.
"Did you hear that?" I questioned, looking around
"Hear what?" Yuzu questions as everyone looks at me.
I shake my head, "Never mind, let's go to the center court." I said, directing the conversation away.
"Yuya!" Yuzu calls out to get her attention.
"The center court is that way." Sawatari says pointing.
I was amazed at the sight before me seeing it on TV was one thing but this is just… I let out a whistle.
"I can't believe I'm standing on LDS's center court!" Tatsuya says giddily.
I saw the three stooges who were Sawatari's lackeys walk up to us, what were their names again… I couldn't remember, fuck it I'm calling them Larry, Moe and Curly going from left to right.
"Hey." Moe says with a wave.
"They're also your fans." Sawatari says, pointing at his lackeys, "Can you show them the cards you use to Pendulum Summon?" he baits Yuya.
"But…" Yuya says, a bit hesitant.
"They only want to see it, okay?" Sawatari coaxes Yuya.
"Okay…" Yuya relents and pulls out Timegazer and Stargazer.
Sawatari swipes them out of Yuya's hands and walks over to his lackeys. "Here." he says, showing them the cards.
"Awesome." The Stooges stated.
"You use these cards to Pendulum Summon!" Moe says excitedly.
"I want them!" Larry says holding up the card.
"No." Sawatari says taking the cards back. "They're not yours."
"Shucks!" The Stooges whine out.
"They're going to be added to my collection." Sawatari says taunting Yuya holding up the cards as the Stooges chuckle.
"What do you mean?" Yuzu snaps annoyed.
"I like rare, strong cards, I hate using weak cards that's why I'm taking these." Sawatari explains.
"That's why you brought us here?" Yuzu says angrily.
"That's not all." Sawatari says with a shrug. "Since I have them now, I want to use them." he says putting the card in his pocket, "Don't you also want to see Pendulum Summon?" he questions his lackies.
"Of course!" Moe says.
"I want to see it." Curly says excitedly.
"That's why I reserved the center court." Sawatari says holding up his duel disk and attaching it to his arm.
"Yuya." Tetsuya says in worry.
"Wait a second." Yuya protests in disbelief.
"C'mon now, everyone came here because they want to see Pendulum Summon!" Sawatari taunts Yuya. As he reaches out to grab Yuya's goggles, I shoot my hand out and grasp it applying hard pressure hearing a crack.
"Don't even think about it." I growl, giving Sawatari a glare.
"Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow!" Sawatari whines rubbing his red wrist.
"You don't want to duel me?" Sawatari questions Yuya.
Sawatari's Duel Disk beeps, "That's enough, Your job is to hand over those Pendulum Cards to us." The voice of Reiji's assistant comes through the Duel Disk.
"Nakajima?" Sawatari questions the voice, "I have a different goal, I wanted these cards from the start." he tells him.
"What are you thinking, don't you dare...!" Nakajima retorts through the Duel Disk angrily.
"Okay then." Sawatari says, snapping his fingers and the stooges grab Yuzu and the kids.
"What are you doing?" Yuzu protests trying to break free.
"Yuya, Noa!" The Chibi trio cry out.
"Stop it, let Yuzu and them go!" Yuya calls out.
"Don't worry, they're just going to help out in our duel." Sawatari states.
I put my hand out in front of Yuya.
"Noa?" Yuya questions
"I'm taking this duel." I told her seriously.
"You?" Sawatari says in disbelief, "Why would I want to duel you?" he questions.
"What? Are you scared that you'd lose even with your stolen Pendulum Cards?" I mock Sawatari, "Well let me tell you something, you're right." I say with a grin.
"What do you mean?" Yuya questions, confused.
I glanced at her, "There is no reason for me to fight at 100%." I told her. "Against trash like him, it won't be enough to even call it a warm-up."
"Trash!?" Sawatari questioned angrily before dropping a bunch of random cards on the ground. "Here you can have this trash!"
I could feel anger seeping from the cards. The malice made me shiver a bit. I bent down and picked them up and softly rubbed the cards, alleviating the aura a bit before sticking the cards in my pocket.
"You say they're garbage?" I say clenching my fist channeling a bit of the card's anger.
"Why are you doing this?" Yuya questions in shock.
"I'll choose the field." Sawatari says ignoring Yuya, "Rise into the sky with those weak princesses trapped inside, Action Field on, Prison Tower of Darkville!" he calls out
As the Solid Vision turned on, I grabbed Yuya and threw her at the kids and Yuzu just as the Field activated and the tower lifted them all up into the air, hopefully with Yuya up there now Futoshi won't suffer his near fatal fall. Again, I wonder if anyone was seriously injured from this… aside from those caused by Zarc.
"A princess must be imprisoned in a tower." Sawatari says casually leaning against the wall as the field continues to form.
"Noa!" Everyone yells out reaching towards me.
"Trust me!" I say giving them a small smile and a thumbs up.
"What's going on?" Futoshi says scared as they're taken higher into the air.
"Solid Vision has materialized, so we're also affected." Tatsuya says as he and Futoshi grasp onto Yuya in fear as Ayu grips onto Yuzu.
"It's too realistic!" Futoshi whines.
I clenched my fist unable to stand the kids being scared. Maybe I should have least tried to save them. Oh well… "Hang on guys!" I call out to them.
"I was planning to Duel Yuya but your stunt stopped that, still this is the perfect opportunity to test my new cards, if you want to save them, duel me Hoshizaki!" Sawatari challenges me.
"You're on." I say calmly, pulling my deck out of my pocket and slamming it into my duel disk. "Deck Set!" I call out throwing my arm out as a dark red blade appears.
"Looks like you made your decision." Sawatari says taking his place across from me, "In that case Let's go!" he says activating his Duel Disk as well.
"The duelists meet at the battlefield!" Moe begins the chant.
"Along with their monsters, they'll kick the ground and fly through the sky…" Curly Continues.
To Move around the field!" Larry adds.
"Witness dueling's greatest evolution, Action…" Sawatari finishes
"DUEL!" Sawatari and I cry out as the Action Cards scatter and we draw our opening hands.
Sawatari: 4000 LP
Noa:4000 LP
"Guests first. My turn!" I say, looking at my hand. I had a few options but for the first turn, boosting my defenses was the best option. "From my hand I Summon Dragonpulse Magician!" I say as a humanoid clad in ancient glowing armor appeared
(LV:4 SC: 1 Spellcaster/Pendulum/Earth ATK: 1800 DEF: 900)
"I set two cards face down and end my turn." I say as my set card materializes.
"My turn, I draw!" Sawatari says drawing his cards, "I…" he begins before stopping his move, "Who is this? I'm in the middle of something good!" he questions Reiji's voice coming through his Duel Disk.
"I told you not yet." Reiji's cool voice replies.
Sawatari growls in frustration before wiping his brow, "I shouldn't be getting so worked up." he says to himself, "Fine." he relents, adding the card back to his hand, "I summon Lightning Hoverboard." He says placing the card on his blade as a hoverboard with a skull on it appeared on the field.
(LV:4 Thunder/Effect/Light ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200)
Sawatari hops onto the board and takes off.
"I'm surprised you're so calm considering the state of your friends." Sawatari taunts me by flying alongside me and Dragonpulse, who was flying and had me dangling beneath him.
"Haste makes waste as the saying goes." I retort calmly.
I saw an Action Card nearby but I ignored it, not just because of how Yuya had bad luck with them being traps in the show but that would say I didn't trust the soul of my deck, I may not have been the greatest duelist in my old life but I believed in my deck, the only time I would use Action Cards were costs, discard fodder and in extreme situations.
"You were smart. Not all Action Cards have positive effects, some of them are trap cards. You may have been unlucky if you picked it up." Sawatari compliments me.
"If I was dueling I could have picked up a trap and put you guys in danger." Yuya says in realization.
"Here I go. Battle!" Sawatari declares, "Lightning Hoverboard attacks Dragonpulse Magician!" He orders his Monster.
"With a Lower attack Monster…" I mutter under my breath before realizing his plan.
"Action Magic, Extreme Sword!" Sawatari announces showing his Action Card and placing it into his Duel Disk, "My Monster gains 1000 ATK until the end of the Battle Phase." he says as Lightning Hoverboard grows in size. (Lightning Hoverboard: 1400 + 1000 = 2400 ATK) "Lightning Darts!"
Lightning Hoverboard shot several lightning bolts at Dragonpulse knocking it back a bit, but didn't destroy it.
Noa: 4000 - 600 = 3400 LP
"Hey what gives why wasn't your Monster destroyed?" Sawatari questions in protest as his Monster's attack returns to normal.
"I discarded Shield Magician." I state coolly as a spectral image of a magician in brown robes holding a huge shield on its left hand appeared briefly. "By discarding it, one of my Spellcaster-Type monsters isn't destroyed." I explained.
"Tchh." Sawatari growls out annoyed.
"All right Noa!" The Chibi Trio cheered me on as I waved at them.
Sawatari grins as he holds up an Action Card, "Action Trap, Jump Shot!" he says as the card activates and a white pool ball is launched into the air, "My Monster loses 400 Attack Points." he says as the ball crushes Lightning hoverboard. (Lightning Hoverboard: 1400 - 400 = 1000 ATK)
"Why would you lower your own Monster's Attack?" I questioned, confused at the move.
"Because this is my goal." Sawatari says with a malicious grin as the ball crashes down destroying the bridge supporting the tower.
My eyes widened in horror, "You bastard!" I curse Sawatari as the tower holding the other You Show students begins to teeter dangerously.
"I end my turn!" Sawatari says casually as if he did nothing wrong. "But is it also the end for the tower?" he questions, mockingly.
"Everyone!" I call out in worry as I get off Dragonpulse and signal him in case they fall.
"You'll be fine, Futoshi!" Yuzu tells the Boy as she and Yuya grasp onto the kid tightly to keep him from falling.
"Yuzu, Yuya, I don't want to fall!" Futoshi says scared.
"Futoshi, boys don't Cry!" Yuzu scolds Futoshi in a comforting gesture.
"That's right, Futoshi!" Ayu says trying to be brave.
"That's right, Yuya doesn't cry, so I won't cry either, I'll never cry!" Tetsuya states.
"You have to be brave and smile." Yuya says as they manage to pull the kid up.
"Whew." I say letting out a breath I didn't know I was holding. Guess it was a good idea to throw Yuya in there. "Don't worry guys I'll save you!" I call out to them.
"That's the spirit, Hoshizaki-Kun, if it's over already, you'll disappoint the spectators." Sawatari tells me.
"My turn! Draw!" I yell out drawing my card ignoring his jabs, I add the cards to my hand and consider my options, I hear a soft growl. "No he's not worth your time and effort." I softly reply, The growl returns a bit annoyed before relenting. "I summon Double Iris Magician!" A magician in red robes with dichromatic eyes and holding a red sword appeared.
(LV:4 SC: 8 Spellcaster/Effect/Light ATK: 1900 DEF: 1500)
"Hoshizaki has 3400 Life Points left. When I finish him, I'll make sure he has exactly 0 life points, just as I planned." Sawatari states to himself as he makes a throwing dart motion.
"Battle!" I called out, "Dragonpulse Magician attacks Lightning Board!" I ordered as dragonpulse swung its weapon at the monster.
"Action Magic, Tenacity!" Sawatari says as a barrier slightly surrounds Lightning Board, "My Monster isn't destroyed by Battle!"
Sawatari: 4000 - 800 = 3200 LP
I frowned. Sawatari was getting a lot of Action Cards, but he wasn't moving. I once thought if this Action Field had more Action Traps and Action Magic, but it doesn't seem like it. Unless…
"Iris Magician will attack Lightning Board as well." I said as Iris Magician swung its sword.
Sawatari: 3200 - 500 = 2700 LP
"I set one card face down and end my turn." I state as the second set card materialized.
"My turn, I draw!" Sawatari says drawing for his turn, "I see what you mean." he replies to Reiji looking at what he drew, "I tribute the Level 4 Lightning Hoverboard to activate the Spell Card Tribute Trade!" Sawatari states as he releases his monster, "I add a monster to my hand that's 1 Level higher than the monster I tributed. I add the Level 5 Stargazer Magician to my hand. '' he states as the card pops out of his deck and he shows the fragment of Astrograph to me.
"Stargazer Magician?" Yuya says in shock.
"Yes, It's one of MY Pendulum Cards!" Sawatari mocks Yuya.
"But you can't do anything with only one Pendulum Card!" Yuya points out.
"He's had Timegazer since the first turn." I point out.
"How did you know?" Sawatari questions.
"I saw you attempt to do something during your first turn but stopped. It was obvious you had a Pendulum Card but something stopped you." I told him.
"Bravo." Sawatari says sarcastically, clapping, "You're right, after all I am the chosen one. Super rare individuals like me should use super rare cards, the cards chose me!" he brags.
I rolled my eyes. Seriously, how did Reiji even consider someone like this for the Lancers?
"Set the Pendulum Cards." Reiji orders Sawatari.
"Huh?" Sawatari says, looking at his Duel Disk.
"Set them!" Reiji commands.
"I using the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician…" Sawatari begins.
"No way, can someone other than me do it?" Yuya mopes.
"And the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician Set the Pendulum Scale!" Reiji and Sawatari say together as Sawatari slaps the Pendulum Cards onto the edge of his blade and PENDULUM is written across it, Stargazer and Timegazer rise up from the ground and float in the two blue pillars.
"Pendulum Summon!" Reiji and Sawatari cry out, as the portal opens and three beams of light shoot out, "Level 5 Power Dart Striker, Level 6 Rocket Dart Striker, and Finally, Level 7 Ultimate Dart Striker!" Sawater declared as he Pendulum Summoned his three Monsters.
(LV5 Machine/Effect/Earth ATK: 1800, DEF: 700)
(LV6 Machine/Effect/Earth ATK: 1900, DEF: 100)
(LV7 Machine/Effect/Earth ATK: 2400, DEF: 0)
"Awesome, very awesome, Pendulum Summon is the best!" Sawatari gloats, drunk off his successful Pendulum.
"This must be a joke." Yuya says depressed.
"Yuya." Yuzu says in worry for her childhood friend as the Chibi Trio look on in concern as well. I noticed a familiar Fusion Duelist watching the Duel as well.
"Not bad." I compliment looking at the three new monsters. "But even with this handicap you have zero chance of beating me."
"I'll show you which one of us had zero chance when I beat you with my Pendulum Summoning." Sawatari says pointing at me.
"Bring it." I challenged him.
"This must be a joke." I heard Yuya mope, still in shock that Sawatari Pendulum Summoned. My eyes narrowed slightly, I'd have to knock some sense into her after my duel was over because it's really annoying how she thinks Pendulum Summon would only be hers.
"Pendulum Summon is the best!" Sawatari brags while laughing crazily, "No one can stop me anymore! Yuya Sakaki, since I can now Pendulum Summon, I no longer need you!" he says pointing up at Yuya before looking at me. "And I'll use you to test my new power!"
I just calmly brush off some invisible dust, "That would imply you had any to begin with." I calmly tell him.
"I'll show you! Let's battle!" Sawatari says pointing at me, "Power Dart Striker attacks Double Iris Magician!" he orders his monster.
"You're attacking with the lower monster?" I inquired, confused as I couldn't remember the Dart Monster's effects cause it had been so long and the card was literally used once.
"Action Magic, Dark Binding!" Sawatari says holding up his Action Card. Okay, now something was definitely fishy. Sawatari hadn't moved at all since Pendulum Summoning and I didn't see him pick up an Action Card, not to mention I think I briefly saw the flash of a card flying just before Sawatari activated it. My frown deepened because, now that I thought about it, where were Sawatari's goons? They aren't with Yuya and the others and I don't see them anywhere in the stands.
"This card decreases the ATK of all Monsters you control equal to 200 times their Level." Sawatari says causing my focus to snap back as a pressuring aura causes Dragonpulse and Iris to be forced to the ground.
(Dragonpulse Magician: 1800 - 400 X 2 = 1000 ATK)
(Iris Magician: 1500 - 400 X 2= 700 ATK)
"I activate my Trap, Half Unbreak! I prevent my monster's destruction!"
"But you st…" Sawatari begins.
"I still take damage blah blah blah." I interrupt making hand talking gestures. "Half Unbreak also cuts the damage in half." A bubble protected my monster.
Noa: 3400 - 1100 / 2 = 2850 LP
"So your Monster's survival will allow you to mitigate the damage you take, but I still have other monsters that I Pendulum Summoned." Sawatari says, pointing to his other Dart Monsters, "Rocket Dart Striker attacks Iris Magician!" He orders his second monster as it fires its darts at Iris, striking it with the force of the wave made from the attack causing me to fall into the water.
Noa: 2850 - 1200 / 2 = 2250 LP
I surfaced, shaking some drops out of my hair. Thankfully, my cards seemed to be fine. Seriously, what are these things made of?
"I threw nice darts!" Sawatari brags pointing at himself.
"Do you have to make it sound so gay." I mutter under my breath, treading the water.
"I'm not done, Hoshizaki-Kun." Sawatari says, pointing at his third and final monster standing behind him. "Ultimate Dart Striker attacks Iris Magician!" he orders the third attack as it fires its darts at Mikazuchi.
Noa: 2250 - 1700 / 2 = 1400 LP
"You only have 1400 life left, next turn I will defeat you!" Sawatari declares as the tower shakes violently from my impact.
"It's over for me!" Futoshi cries out.
"No you're not!" Yuzu yells to Futoshi causing him to look up at Yuya and Yuzu.
"If Noa isn't giving up, we can't give up either!" Yuya tells Futoshi with a kind smile.
Futoshi nods, still crying in fear.
"Hang on kid, I'll have you down shortly." I yell out in comfort.
"You think you'll win." Sawatrai laughs.
I let a smirk morph across my face, "Of course. Despite the damage you dealt me, let me assure you the game hasn't been in your favour once. The only thing you're doing is passing the time." I say nonchalantly. "You don't even know my card's effect, do you?"
"What?"
"Half Unbreak does protect my monster and halves the damage, but only one monster and I picked Iris Magician… the only one you attacked." I said, making everyone around me widen their eyes in surprise. "Had you attacked Dragonpulse Magician, you could have beaten me. Well, not like it would ever happen, but still…"
"I end my turn, we'll see where that mouth gets you when my Pendulum Summon beats you." Sawatari brags.
"My turn, Draw!" I said, drawing my card, activating it right away, "I activate the Magic Card, Pot of Greed to draw two cards." I explained as I draw 2 new cards from my deck. Good, this would help me with the next plotline.
"I summon Wisdom-Eye Magician!" I say as I slap the card onto my Duel Disk and the monster appears on the field.
(LV:4 SC: 5 Spellcaster/Effect/Light ATK: 1500 DEF: 1100)
"I switch Double Iris and Dragonpulse to Defense mode. Lastly, I will activate Swords of Revealing Lights." I stated as a bunch of glowing swords appeared from the sky. "With this, you can't attack me for three turns. I end my turn!" I say confidently.
"Oi Oi hiding behind your weak monsters power again like a scared weakling?" Sawatari taunts me
My monsters brandished their weapons
I simply held my hand up. "Now now, guys, it's not his fault he is so weak." I told him.
"What?!" Sawatari snaps.
"Simple, not once have you caused me to fight with my true strength. I've only been toying with you but not anymore. If you want to even come close to defeating me, make sure this is the one." I tell him, holding up 1 finger.
"Stop being so conceited, this is well within my calculations." Sawatari snaps at me, "My turn, I draw!" he yells out drawing his card and grits his teeth before his duel disk beeps.
"The Pendulum Cards are currently spell cards." Reiji tells him through his Duel Disk.
"Huh?" Sawatari says stupidly looking at the card he drew with a confused look, "Spell cards?" he mutters to himself before he smirks in realization and begins laughing.
"So did that slow brain of yours manage to remember a funny joke?" I jab at Sawatari.
"I'm not slow!" Sawatari snaps as the children laugh slightly despite their predicament, "I simply was excited because I knew the cards chose me!" he explains.
"Oh?" I say with a raised eyebrow.
"I activate the spell card Cricket Close!" Sawatari says pushing the card into his Duel Disk as the card materialized on the field, "I negate two of my spell cards to negate your card's effect!" he explains.
"Two spell cards, but you don't have two spell cards." Yuya says confused looking at the field.
"Yes he does Yuya!" I call up to her causing Yuya to look at me confused, I then point up at Stargazer causing Yuya to follow her eyes widening in shock.
"He's right Yuya since I set the Pendulum Cards, they're treated as spell cards!" Sawatari tell's Yuya.
Yuya gasps in shock at this new development she didn't know.
"I negate the two Pendulum Cards, Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician!" Sawatari states as dart boards bind the two Pendulum Monsters causing them to grunt in pain as they revert to their card forms in the Pendulum Zone, "I negate Sword of Revealing Light effect!" he declares as the swords disappear.
"Now that Your garbage Monster's effect is gone I can destroy your Monsters and bury you alongside them." Sawatari declares.
I simply looked down, my hat shadowing my eyes.
"Oh no, If Sawatari attacks this turn Noa will lose!" Futoshi says in worry.
"You can do it Noa!" Tetsuya cheers on.
Sawatari begins to laugh, "To tell you the truth, I didn't have a way to lower your life to exactly 0, I guess being too strong is a problem." he confesses laughing, "but thanks to that spell card, my calculations are complete, by tributing Power Dart Striker and Rocket Dark Striker, I can power up Ultimate Dart Striker." he states as two of his Dart Monsters morph into weapons and attach onto Ultimate Dart Striker.
"Due to Power Dart Striker's effect, Ultimate Dart Striker gains 600 ATK!" Sawatari explains as Power Dart equips onto Ultimate Dart Gundam Anime Style.
(Ultimate Dart Striker: 2400 + 600 = 3000 ATK)
"3000 ATK." Yuya says in worry.
"And Rocket Dart Striker's effect allows Ultimate Dart Striker to deal you damage even when it attacks a monster in defense position!" Sawatari declares as Rocket Dart attaches to the other side of Ultimate Dart's body. "in other words…" he says trailing off as Ultimate Dart aims at Dragonpulse Magician.
"2100 Points of piercing Damage and Noa only has 1400 Life points!" Yuya says in shock and concern.
"I will finish you by destroying that trash monster alongside you!" Sawatari brags pointing at Rok, "Battle, Ultimate Dart Striker attacks Dragonpulse Magician, Ultimate Full Shoot!" he orders his monster as it launches its attack, "It's over!" he calls out as the attack nears and hundreds of darts are fired at me.
"NOA!" Everyone yells out in worry as the attack hits, causing the tower to shake violently as I hear screaming as Futoshi and everyone began to fall.
"Wisdom-Eye… Double Iris…" I said with a low tone. My monsters understood and flew upwards, catching them.
"Thank You." Futoshi tells Double Iris as he jumps off its arms.
"Thank you very much." Yuzu says to Wisdom-Eye as well as she and Ayu climb off its arms as well. "Wait, what about Yuya!?"
I looked upwards and saw Yuya managed to latch onto one of the rails, but didn't last long as she let go.
My monsters gave me a boost and I grabbed Yuya before she could properly fall. I held onto her bridal style as we landed on top of the bridge
"You okay?" I asked with a smile. Yuya merely spouted gibberish, her face in a trance and a blush. "I'll take that as a yes." I put her down. on the floor as my monsters carried the others up towards. "You guys all right?" I ask, checking the kids over.
"Yeah." Ayu says with a nod.
"How are you still alive!?" Sawatari asked, noticing my LP didn't change.
Oh right, I was still in a duel.
"Hey dumbass, how about checking my field." I said, pointing down at a card I had activated. "The Trap card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. When my opponent declares an attack I can negate it and re-set this card." I explained as a metal scarecrow appeared briefly.
"Wait, wasn't that one of the cards you set on your first turn?" Ayu asked.
"Ding!" I said, ruffling her hair. "Correct!"
"You calculated all of this to happen?" Sawatari says in disbelief.
I smirked, "From the very first turn, you played exactly as I predicted, nothing you did was unexpected." I tell him before smirking, "but my next move will be a shock." I say with a grin.
"Are you saying your calculations were better than mine?!" Sawatari growls twitching, "I activate Ultimate Dart Striker's effect!" he declares, "The tributed Darts monsters are summoned at the end of the turn!" he announced as Power Dart Striker and Rocket Dart Striker separate from Ultimate Dart Striker.
"I end my turn." Sawatari says with gritted teeth.
"He has three monsters again!" Tatsuya says in shock.
"If it won't go as I calculated, then I'll destroy everything!" Sawatari says, pointing at me angrily.
"Didn't I tell you? If you wanted to defeat me, that was your only chance." I said with a dark smirk that nobody noticed.
"What?" Sawatari said.
"You guys okay? Sorry it took so long to get you down safely." I tell them looking at everyone with a kind smile.
"It was so thrilling that it gave me shivers, Noa!" Futoshi told me.
I let out a chuckle."Glad you enjoyed it." I told him.
"I also believed in you." Tatsuya tells me.
"Thanks kid." I tell him.
"Now turn the tables!" Yuzu cheers me on.
"Do it!" Ayu cheers
"Show Him a You Show victory!" Yuya tells me.
"Right!" I say with a nod, "My Turn, Draw!" I yell out drawing my card as the spotlights appear on me. "Ladies and Gentlemen!"
"Oi!" Yuya scolds me lightheartedly.
"I thank you for coming to my show today. We had many thrills and heart stopping moments but sadly our show must come to an end. First we must change our cast so everyone, take a bow" I say as Double Iris and Wisdom-Eye bow before they return to card form. .
"Cast change?" Sawatari says confused.
"I activate Quick Play Spell Monster Recovery Activate!" I say as the other card I set my very first turn flips open, "I return my entire field and hand to my deck..." I say as I return all my monsters to my hand and slide it into the deck as it shuffles.
"That was the other card you set on your first turn!" Ayu said.
"You mean you planned this from the beginning?" Sawatari says in shock.
"Shivers!" Futoshi says in awe.
"Then I draw 5 cards from my Deck!" I said, looking at the cards I drew.
"What's wrong, bad hand? It only proves the cards choose me." Sawatari laughs.
I let out a laugh, "You kept claiming the cards choose you? No, if anything the cards have chosen me." I told him.
"Huh?" Everyone says with a confused look.
I reached into my hand and grabbed two cards and held them up, "I use the Scale 1 Odd-Eyes Persona Dragon…"
"That's!" Yuzu says in shock.
"And the Scale 8 Odd-Eyes Mirage Dragon…"
"No way!" Sawatari says in shock.
"To Set the Pendulum Scale!" I declare as I slap the cards onto the edge of the Solid Vision blade as two crimson red pillars appear behind me as a red and green dragon with dichromatic eyes appeared.
"How...How Can Noa have Pendulum Monsters?!" Yuya says in disbelief, falling to his knees.
A loud drum roll is heard as the lights in the town go off.
"What?" Sawatari says confused.
"It's time!" Futoshi says eagerly.
"It's finally starting!" Tatsuya cheers happily.
"Everyone, all together now!" Ayu announces.
"Pendulum! Pendulum! Pendulum!" Yuzu starts off the chant as everyone else joins in including Sora. Everyone but Yuya was doing it
"Ladies and Gentlemen. Today I will show you a fabulous cast born from the pages of myth and history itself." I tell everyone.
"Cry of my soul, surge across time and space and resonate to those sleeping in the fifth! PENDULUM SUMMON, Come forth, my allies!" I chant out as the Pendulum Gate opens as three surges of light hit the field, "Black Fang Magician! Dice Magician! And the dichromatic eyes from the Underworld, Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon!" I call out as the three Monsters appear on my field.
(LV:4 SC:8 Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect/Dark ATK: 1700 DEF: 800)
(LV:3 SC:3 Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect/Earth ATK: 1600 DEF: 1100)
(LV:7 SC:4 Dragon/Pendulum/Effect/Dark ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000)
"Hooray, he did it!" The chibi trio cheers out.
"Perfect, Noa!" Yuzu compliments me.
"He even Pendulum Summoned. Why? Pendulum was supposed to be mine." Yuya says despairingly before she shook her head. "Why did I say that?"
"Perfect whatever, you may have summoned 3 Monsters but their attack is nowhere near my own!" Sawatari declares pointing out the obvious.
"Dice Magician Effect!" I call out, pointing at the magician juggling dice, "When this card is Pendulum Summoned, I can roll a dice and draw cards equal to the result!" I said as he threw a dice, rolled and landed on a two.
"I will draw 2 and summon Double Iris Magician again!"
"Amazing! Noa called out 4 Monsters in a single turn!" Yuzu says in awe.
"It gives me shivers!" Futoshi cheers.
"Whatever! Only two of them have enough power to beat my monsters!" Sawatari said.
"I activate the Equip Spell: United We Stand! The equipped monster will gain 800 ATK for each monster I control! I'll equip it to Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon!"
"No way!" Sawatari says in shock.
(Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon: 2500 + 800 X 4 = 5700 ATK)
Sawatari takes a few steps back shaking in fear.
"Amazing." Yuzu says in awe.
"It gives me Shivers." Futoshi says.
"Go Noa!" Tatsuya and Ayu cheer.
"It can't be. N-No you're kidding! I'm not supposed to lose!" Sawatari stammers
"Now if you have 2700 Life and Odd-Eyes has 5700 how much life will you have left?" I mockingly question him.
"I'll have…" Sawatari stammers out.
"Everyone, do you know?" I question asking the obvious.
"Of course!" The Chibi Trio and Yuzu call out.
"In that case, all together now!" I tell them.
"Go, Odd Eyes Phantom! Attack Ultimate Darts Striker! Phantom Strike Burst!" I said as Odd-Eyes Phantom Dragon fired a blue beam. "And the answer is…." I say trailing off.
"Zero!" Everyone calls out as Odd-Eyes attack hits, sending Sawatari flying back crashing into the building.
Sawatari: 2700 - 3200 = 0 LP
WINNER: Noa!
"You did it, Noa!" Everyone cheers out as the Action Field disappears and I slowly walk forward to the downed Sawatari and slam my foot down hard on his wrist causing it to slam into the ground hard.
"Ahh!" Sawatari yells out in pain as a slight crack is heard.
"Noa!" Yuzu yells out in shock.
"I'm taking these back." I say coldly grabbing his deck and taking Stargazer and Timegazer from his hand cards. "Oh and consider this a punishment for what you did." I say tearing up his deck and throwing the pieces like Yami Yugi did against the Exodia Rare Hunter. And before you think what I did was hypocritical considering I got angry at how he treated his cards, I felt nothing coming from the Darts monsters, which means they were never connected to Sawatari. They were like soulless machines and I bet they were thankful for being released from someone like him.
"My Rare Cards." Sawatari gasps in shock as the scraps of the cards fall to the ground and as I walk away, he clenches his fist in anger. "I'll just take your cards by force, everyone get them!" he orders.
"Right!" The Three Stooges say, running towards me.
"Noa!" Yuya yells out in worry.
I just continue to calmly walk away as a blur flashes by and the three stooges yell in pain.
"What?" Yuzu questions in shock.
"Gah!" Sawatari grunts out as he's knocked down by a lollipop stick.
"These guys are so not cool." Sora comments looking at the fallen LDS Four.
"You did this?" Yuya questions Sora.
"You were awesome!" Sora tells me.
"Thanks." I tell my second favorite Arc V Fusion user with a smile.
"You're also a LDS student?" Yuya questions Sora.
"I was thinking of becoming one, but not anymore." Sora says, "I'll be your student!" he says looking at me.
I raised my eyebrow. This was an unexpected change. Then again it was Yuya who originally dueled and showed off Pendulum to Sora so it would make sense.
"Ehh!" Everyone says in shock.
"Noa student?" Yuya says in shock.
"Yeah, if I'm going to learn, may as well learn from someone fun. Since arriving here, you're the most fun person I've seen" Sora replies with a smile.
"You did this?" Yuzu questions pointing at the unconscious group.
"They're only unconscious." Sora tells Yuzu, "I'm Sora Shiunin, Nice to meet you!" He introduces himself to us, holding out his hand.
"Likewise." I say accepting for a shake.
I managed to convince Sora to leave me alone for a while as the kids had gone through a traumatic experience. Yuzu took the kids home while me and Yuya walked back to her place.
"Noa..." Yuya says, looking at me uneasily.
"Hmm?"
"Can I ask you something?" She asked.
"You kinda already did." I said with a chuckle. "But anyways, shoot."
"Where did you get your Pendulum Cards?" Yuya asked.
"Where did you get yours?" I asked back with a raised eyebrow.
Yuya opened her mouth, but closed it back. "Fair enough." She said before sighing. "It was honestly scary how Sawatari immediately knew how to Pendulum Summon. It took me forever to master it and yet"
"If it helps, he had help." I said.
"He did!?" Yuya said surprised.
"Come on, you really think someone like HIM could pull of Pendulum Summon on his own?" I asked. "The fact he needed help just proves how weak he was."
"Still, to know there is someone who can Pendulum Summon other than me is a bit scary." Yuya said.
"Well, you were the first one, so that's something." I said.
"True, but… When I first Pendulum Summoned, I thought I finally found a way to become a better duelist. To finally become someone my dad could be proud." Yuya said. "Not only that, maybe I could make people join You Show and teach them about Entertainment Dueling. But not only did we only get one student, now I find out other people can do it."
Yuya was about to put her goggles on her eyes, but I grabbed her hand. "Hey, let's not hide those beautiful rubies." I said.
"Noa?" She said, blushing a bit at how close our faces were.
"So you only got one student? Big whoop. Better to have one that is faithful to the school than a bunch of idiots who only cared about Pendulum Summoning and whine when they didn't what they wanted." I explained. "And in terms of being the only one who is able to Pendulum Summon, think about it this way." I pointed at the road in front of us. "Like your father who created Entertainment Dueling, you now created a new road for Duelists to follow."
"A new road?" She repeated, confused.
"Yes, and as the first to Pendulum Summon, you have to create that road, so that the future of Pendulum isn't ruined."
"But what am I supposed to do?" She asked
"That is all up to you." I explained. "But don't you worry…"
I couldn't help but let out a dark smirk, one that went unnoticed by Yuya.
"I will make sure you go down just the right path."
So with that, the second chapter is done. A lot of changes from the original.
I should warn that this fic will not be friendly towards Sawatari, like, at all. When I first saw him, I thought he was going to be the Weevil of Arc-V, where he doesn't care how he wins since he basically stole cards, called others trash and endangered three kids and one teen all for the sake of putting mental pressure on Yuya. While he did get a bit better later on, I'm going with the initial impression I had of him. Sorry Sawatari fans, but your Neo Boy is gonna get the rough treatment.
P.S: Apologies if there are any mistakes, this was a really long chapter.