"Hey out there all you duelists! I've got some great news for all of you!" M.C. announced. "We are halfway to Duel Battlers. That means that it's time for the biggest competition yet! If you win this, you'll end up getting a total of 10000DP! That's right! It's the biggest reward there is! I'm sure we're going to get a lot of duelists wanting to win these points! If you want to be the big winner, come to Domino City!" The biggest competition of the tournament is about to get underway and there were surely a lot of duelists competing to earn that many points.

"This is awesome!" Yukina said as she stood outside the stadium with her seeing duelists everywhere. "This place is so alive! Just look at all the dueling action going on!"

"Yukina!" Yukina turned around and saw Kent and Cindy.

"Kent! Cindy! Great to see you both again!" Yukina said.

"I knew we would run into you if we came here." Cindy said.

"As if Yukina would pass a challenge like this." Kent said. "Just take a look at all the competition. Who knows how strong the duelists are around here. We might need to keep on our toes."

"Perhaps, but this is going to be a lot of fun." Yukina claimed.

"I'm not surprised." All of them looked and spotted Hana and Sylvia were there as well.

"Hana and Sylvia! I'm glad to see you guys made it." Yukina said.

"No way we would pass on something like this." Sylvia claimed.

"She's right. It's also a great chance for us all to get reunited." Hana said.

"Now if only Cray was here." Kent said.

"Aren't you forgetting someone?" Yukina turned around and saw that Felix was there as well.

"Felix!" Yukina said as she was happy to see him as well. The gang was almost together again. Once they were all together again, they all had a seat together and were catching up with each other.

"I knew if I come here, I would run into you guys again." Felix said. "I can't imagine anyone wanting to pass this tournament since it hold the most points as a reward."

"You're right about that." Cindy said.

"Now, let's get down to the real question. How many points does anyone have?" Kent questioned.

"I managed to get 23300DP." Sylvia said.

"Ha! Beat you! I've got 25000DP!" Kent claimed.

"I managed to get 28200DP." Cindy said.

"I have 33000DP." Hana claimed.

"And I managed to get 35000DP." Felix said with Kent a little upset he didn't have more now. "What about you, Yukina?"

"I have a total of 48000DP." Yukina said.

"Seriously?! You almost have 50000DP?!" Sylvia said as they were all shocked. "That means you only need a couple more tournament wins in order to get in."

"Looks like Yukina's going to be the first to get in. No surprise." Hana said.

"Hold the phone!" Kent shouted. "If that's the case, you should sit this one out! You don't need this tournament when we're halfway to the main event, but you're so close! Give us a better chance since we have so few points!"

"No way." Yukina refused. "No way a passionate duelist like us would sit out in a tournament like this one."

"Speaking of which, what about Cray? How many do you think he has?" Cindy questioned.

"Hang on. I'll do a quick look." Felix said as he used his DPA to find Cray's score. "There he is. He's got a total of 40200DP."

"That's my Cray, but he doesn't have as much as Yukina! That isn't right!" Kent cried.

"But if he wins this tournament, he'll have over 50000DP. There's no way he would miss a chance like this." Sylvia said.

"You're right. He's got to be here somewhere." Felix said.

"He is?! Cray! Cray, where are you?!" Kent called as he was excited to see him again, but it seems like there's no sign of him anywhere. "Where could he be?! Wait, what's that?" Kent spotted a large crowd gathered around some sort of stand. Curious as to what was going on; Cindy, Kent, and Yukina went to take a closer look. A lot of people gathered around this guy that wore a blue robe with a star on his back. He had blue hair that looked wild with how it stretched out on both sides. With him was a different set of cards while he was fanning himself.

"Yes... The stars are speaking to me." The man said. "They say that to find the greatness you seek, head to the east."

"Are you saying I should skip this tournament and compete in another one?"

"It makes sense. There's probably a lot of strong duelists here. You might have a better chance somewhere else."

"Do it! This guy is legit! He told to compete near water and I won a ton of points!"

"It sounds like this guy is some sort of fortuneteller, and really good." Yukina said as this seemed interesting.

"Let me see..." The guy said as he was using fortune cards to read more of the future. "Yes... The stars are speaking to me. I see greatness for others as well."

"Maybe we should get our fortunes told. This sounds like it could be fun." Cindy said.

"Please. That fortunetelling stuff is a bunch of garbage." All of them were surprised to hear that voice. They looked behind them and saw that it was Cray himself.

"Cray! I knew you would be here!" Kent said as he was about to give him the biggest hug, but all Cray did was hit him in the face to keep him back.

"Fortunetelling is for low self-esteem and confident losers. I don't need some fortuneteller to tell me that I will beat Yukina." Cray said.

"Calm down, Cray. No one is saying you can't. We just think it might be a little fun." Yukina said.

"What is all the ruckus about?" The fortuneteller questioned as all eyes were on them. "Oh my! Is that Yukina Osama I see?"

"You know me?" Yukina questioned.

"Of course. You've made yourself quite well known. Everyone knows about Yukina Osama with her famous Wild Ally deck. You don't need to be a fortuneteller to know that someone like you would be here." He claimed.

"So, are you a duelist or just some sort of circus act?" Cray questioned.

"Be nice, Cray." Yukina said.

"No need to get so rattled." The fortuneteller said as he gathered his stuff together and continued to fan himself. "Fate is at work. The mystic power of the stars themselves binds us all together with the fortunes that await us all. Everything is just as it should be. Yukina, we'll see each other again soon enough." Yukina wondered what he meant by that as he just walked off. It seems there aren't just some strong duelists, but also some interesting characters as well.

...

The Tournament

"I'm sure you're all excited! Well, wait no longer! It is time for us to begin!" M.C. announced as the tournament for the biggest reward of points is about to begin. "We sure have a lot of powerful duelists here! It will be interesting to see who will be the one that wins in the end!" Everyone was getting excited for this. Of course, there were those who are there on a mission. Members of the Black Ace were at the tournament as well as Henry and Sabaro watched from a private sector.

"This is going to be a lot of fun." Henry said.

"Remember why we're really here." Sabaro said. "Our mission is also to find powerful duelists that we can recruit for our side."

"I know, but we usually find weaklings." Henry said. "So, you take care of the weaklings. I'll take care of the strong ones. If there aren't any, I'll just have some good snacks and enjoy the show."

"It's now time that we start with our first opening duel! The first one up is the rising star of the wilderness! We have Yukina Osama!" M.C. announced. Yukina was coming out for the first duel as everyone was excited to see her in action.

"Go, Yukina!" Cindy cheered.

"I still say you should have sit this one out, but you better win as long as you're here!" Kent called.

"Now, here comes her first opponent! He says it's the stars that brought him here! Here's Takato Mizachi!" M.C. announced as her opponent was actually going to be the fortuneteller she met earlier.

"You!" Yukina said as she was surprised to see it was him.

"I told you fate was at work." Takato claimed.

"Well, let's see if your dueling is as good as your fortunetelling!" Yukina said as she activated her duel disk.

"Sorry, but the stars empower me! I won't be defeated so easily!" Takato said as he pulled out his own duel disk and they were ready to get started.

"Let's duel!" They both said as they started this with them both having 4000LP.

"I'll kick things off!" Yukina said as she reached for her first card. "I'll start by summoning Wild Ally Hawk to the field!" She started this duel with her summoning her hawk and it had 1600atk points. "Thanks to my Hawk's ability, I can summon a second Wild Ally to the field! I'm bringing out Wild Ally Snake to the field!" She summoned out her snake as it slithered out with 1500atk points. "I'll place two cards facedown and that ends my turn."

"Yukina has started things out by summoning two monsters. A strong start." M.C. said.

"A good one indeed, but I can do better. I draw!" Takato said as he took his turn. "Since I have no monsters on my field, I can special summon Constellar Siat to the field!" Takato summoned out a small little warrior carrying a large urn with it having 100atk points. "Next, I'm summoning Constellar Leonis!" He summoned out a second warrior designed after a lion with it having 1000atk points. "Just like your hawk, Leonis allows me to summon another Constellar. I now summon Constellar Algiedi!" Takato was able to summon a third monster as this one had 1600atk points. "And thanks to Algiedi's ability, I can summon a level four Constellar. I summon Constellar Kaus!" Takato pulled off something impressive by summoning a fourth monster designed after a centaur with a bow and had 1500atk points.

"No way! He just summoned four monsters!" Cindy said.

"I think Yukina is going to have a real challenge with this one." Felix said as her friends weren't liking this.

"I now use Siat's ability to become the same level as Leonis!" Takato said. Siat took its turn and sprinkled itself with light with it now becoming a level three. "Now, I build the overlay network with Leonis and Siat!" A large X appeared on the field and both of his monsters dived right in and a pillar of light shot out. "I xyz summon Constellar Hyades!" He summoned out a new monster as it emerged and had 1900atk points. "There's more! I use Kaus' ability to increase Algiedi's level by one! In fact, I can use that ability twice per turn, so I'll make both of them level five!" Kaus shot two arrows in the sky and they sprinkled down on both monsters with them becoming level five. "I now build the overlay network once again with Kaus and Algiedi!" Takato did again as both of his monsters dived down and another light shot to the sky. "I xyz summon Constellar Pleiades!" Takato summoned out as another monster as it rose up with 2500atk points.

"That is most impressive! Takato was able to pull off multiple summons in one turn!" M.C. announced, but that's bad for Yukina.

"I heard that your snake can weaken the monster that destroyed it, but I'm afraid that won't happen this time." Takato said. "I use Pleiades' ability to return your snake to your hand!" Pleiades absorbed one of his overlay units and shined a light that returned Yukina's snake to her hand. "Now, the real fun begins. Hyades, attack her hawk!" Hyades formed a couple blades in his hands and leaped right at Yukina's hawk, destroying it in swift movements and her life points dropping 3700. "With that done, Pleiades can attack you directly!" Pleiades fired an intense blast of light that blasted Yukina and her life points dropped down 1200.

"Oh my! Yukina has already lost half of her life points! Takato really does have the power of the stars on his side!"

"I don't believe it! That guy completely turned the tables on Yukina on his first turn!" Sylvia claimed.

"Yukina better think of something and fast." Hana said.

"I believe I've done enough to you for this turn, so I will end it there." Takato said.

"Pretty good, but it's going to take more than that if you want to beat me. My turn!" Yukina said as she drew her next card. "First, I'll activate my Charitable Reward spell! By paying 800LP, I can draw two more cards!" She drew those two cards, but her life points dropped to just 400.

"That was a questionable move by Yukina! She only has a few life points left!"

"I know that might not seem like a good idea, but it actually was. Gives me the chance to use my Mystic Aurora trap!" Yukina said as she activated it. "If my life points are less than a thousand, and if the difference in our life points is two-thousand or more, this trap gives me 2000LP!" Yukina's move ended up being a good one as her life points increased all the way to 2400.

"Clever, but I'm afraid it's just not clever enough." Takato said. "Keep in mind that Pleiades still has one overlay unit and still has more attack points than you have life points."

"I better set a good defense. I summon my Wild Ally Snake to the field!" Yukina said as she brought her snake back. "Since I also have a Wild Ally on the field, I can special summon Wild Ally Bison!" Yukina's Bison emerged on the field with it's attack points at 1500.

"I thought you going to play defense." Takato said.

"Wait and see." Yukina claimed. "I activate my bison's ability to switch Pleiades to defense mode!" Her bison breathed out a cloud and it forced Pleiades into defense mode and it had 1500def points. "With that done, my snake is attacking Pleiades!"

"But they have the same number of points!" Takato said, but Yukina's snake still went on the attack. "I don't know what you're planning, but I'll just simply use Pleiades ability to send your snake back to your hand again!" He used Pleiades ability just before the attack landed and a bright light forced Yukina's snake back to her hand.

"That's fine! My bison can still attack!" Yukina said as her bison charged right at Pleiades, but the attack was stopped since they had the same points. "Now I can activate my quick-play spell, Shield Buster! Since I couldn't destroy your monster when it was in defense mode, this spell destroys it for me!" She said as her spell unleashed a powerful blast and destroyed Pleiades. "I place one face-down and end my turn!"

"Yukina seemed like she was at a real disadvantage, but she turned things back around!"

"Yeah, Yukina!" Cindy cheered.

"It's good she got in the game, but this guy isn't beaten yet. The Constellar deck can be quite tough with how it constantly summons monsters and can return cards to the hand." Felix said. "I hope Yukina's got a good defense or else she's in real trouble."

"My turn!" Takato said as he drew his card. "It would seem that stars are saying that I have a strong chance of winning. I'm activating Monster Reborn!"

"Monster Reborn?!" Yukina said as she didn't like the sound of that.

"That means I can bring back any monster I want, and I choose Pleiades!" Takato said as Pleiades came back on the field.

"Not again!" Cindy complained.

"It's okay. Pleiades doesn't have it's overlay units to use it's ability." Sylvia said.

"But she's still in real trouble." Felix said.

"I'm afraid there is no defying the stars, Yukina." Takato said. "Hyades, attack her bison!" Hyades attacked and made quick work of her Bison with it being destroyed and Yukina's life points dropping to 2000.

"Oh boy. It's not looking good for Yukina. Maybe that guy is strong." Henry said.

"That's assuming this next attack of his works." Sabaro claimed.

"I'm so sorry, but there's nothing you can do now. Pleiades, attack her and end this!" Takato said as Pleiades went for the attack and everyone thinking this is it.

"I activate Over the Line! This cuts the damage I take by half of your monster's attack points!" Yukina said. Pleiades attack still connected with Yukina, but she was able to endure it as her life points dropped down to 750.

"Yukina is still holding on, but Takato hasn't taken any damage. If Yukina hopes to win, she's going to need to make quite a comeback."

"I'm amazed you are still holding on, but I'm afraid there isn't much you can do now." Takato said as he ended his turn.

"It's not over as long as I still have cards to draw and play." Yukina said. 'Okay, it's now or never. I've got to turn this around now or I'm done for.' "I draw!" Yukina drew her next card and saw that she really does have a chance. "I summon Wild Ally Crocodile to the field!" She summoned out her crocodile with it having 1600atk points. "When my crocodile is summoned, it also allows me to bring out Wild Ally Alligator!" She said as her alligator came out with 1700atk points.

"You summoned a couple more monsters, but neither of them can help you." Takato said.

"They can't, but I do have one card that can help." Yukina said as she pointed to a face-down she placed at the beginning of the duel. When Takato noticed that, he began to worry what she's about to do. "I activate Savage Frenzy! This trap destroys all your monsters when we have the same number of monsters on the field! You also take 400 points of damage for each one."

"That can't be!" Takato said as both of his monsters were destroyed and his life points dropped to 3200. 'She was well aware of Pleiades ability, so she waited until the right moment to use that trap!'

"With both of them gone, both my animals can attack you directly!" Yukina said as that's just what happened. "First, my alligator!" Her alligator went straight at Takato and took a bite out of him as his life points dropped to 1500. "And now my crocodile!" Her crocodile attacked this time and finished it as it ate the last of his life points.

"It's over! Yukina has won the first match!" M.C. announced with everyone cheering for her.

"Yeah, Yukina!" Cindy cheered.

"I bet he didn't see that one coming!" Kent cheered.

"As if Yukina would really lose to a clown, but she will lose to me when we duel." Cray claimed.

"Very nicely done, Yukina." Takato said as he accepted his defeat. "It would seem that there are some things even the stars can't see. Farewell, and until we meet again..." He said as he graciously accepted this defeat and left the tournament.

"Bye, Takato! Thanks for the duel!" Yukina said as she really did enjoy that duel, but that was only the first one. There's still a lot of dueling action to come.

"I really thought that Yukina was in trouble there." Henry said.

"But Yukina really does seem to be something special. You two better keep on your toes." Sabaro warned two others in the back. It would seem that it's not just Sabaro and Henry the Black Ace has sent for this tournament.