Turn 5- Tadashi Hand-3

"Your friend had some fun fire warriors on show but I think it's time I show you how powerful the flames can be, try to not get burned"-Tadashi

Is this a bluff? Or is he going to show us something terrifying. Even though we're enemies, the entertainer in me can't wait to find out.

"First I activate the spell card, Parallel Twister. Using its effect I can send one spell or trap card from my field to the grave to destroy a card you control. Using its effect I send Captain Roland to the grave to destroy Backfire"

A tiny cyclone rushed straight at Natsume's activated cyclone easily ripped through the card as it was destroyed.

"With that trap out of the way I won't be taking any more damage from fighting your fire monsters"

"Now, I normal summon Noble Knight Artorigus"

A knight with a sword buried in the ground appears onto the field, the sword radiates blue sparks as it glows slightly.

"Since I control a normal light monster I can now special summon Noble Knight Gawayn from my hand"

Another knight with a mostly normal looking sword materialized.

"Next I activate the effect of Captain Oliver in my grave, I target Joan and special summon him to the field. Due to his effect Joan is equipped to him increasing his attack by 500 points"

"But that attack increase won't matter for long. Now all the preparations have been made. Captain Oliver when revived by its effect is treated as a tuner"

"Now I tune the level 5 Captain Oliver with the Level 4 flames, take shape into a glorious warrior, merge into a destructive flame capable of vanquishing my opponent"

Gawayn dematerialized as he surrounded Captain Oliver. The two of them were engulfed in a flame pillar which slowly began to descend.

"Take charge Infernoble Knight- Emperor Charles(Atk-3000)"

As the flames receded, a single warrior appeared. With a glowing blue sword in his right hand and a semi-transparent shield floating above his left.

"From my graveyard I activate the effect of Captain Roland and thus equip him to Emperor Charles giving him a nice 500 point attack points"

Emperor Charles(Atk-3500)

"And now since a card was equipped to Emperor Charles his effect activates allowing me to destroy a card you control. I'll be destroying your Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon"

Emperor Charles slashed at Odd Eyes with its sword impaling it and destroying the dragon.

"When Odd Eyes is destroyed he returns to my extra deck" I said

"Well that won't really matter will it, with this next attack you'll be on the verge of losing. Artorigus(1800) attack Mufflerlion(800)"

Yuya/Natsume 4500 LP→3500 LP

"When mufflerlion is destroyed it returns to my extra dec-"

"All that won't matter since I'm now going to end this Duel, Attack Emperor Charles(3500)"

With his sword Emperor Charles came rushing towards us. If this attack hit we would lose.

Luckily it won't be going through.

"When a direct attack is declared, Performapal Classikuriboh in my pendulum zone destroys itself" I said

"What a cowardly monster. Does doing that accomplish anything?" Tadashi asked

"It does. When Classikuriboh is destroyed by its own pendulum effect it ends the battle phase. So all that massive damage isn't going to be coming our way after all" I said

Emperor Charles stops in its tracks. Mamoru and even Tadashi seemed to pause for a moment.

"Haha, you actually stopped my attack, I can claim with certainty that this is a surprise. I'll end my turn. During my end phase Emperor Charles effect allows me to equip a Noble Arms onto it, I'll choose Noble Arms of Destiny"

"But that's not all, it also allows me to equip a fire warrior monster from my deck and gain 500 attack points while it's equipped. I'll choose Infernoble Knight Oliver"

Emperor Charles(Atk-4000)

"So along with having a crazy high attack it cannot be destroyed by card effects or battle. How are we supposed to deal with this thing?" Natsume asked in disbelief

It certainly looks like a bleak situation. If only I had a monster with an effect like Yuto's dragon, something that could cut that attack down. There's probably something in my deck that should be able to defeat it, but for now I'll let Natsume take the reins.

"Well I can't waste time just thinking, I draw"

Turn 6- Natsume- Hand 4

"I normal summon Fire Fist Elephant. Since it was normal summoned it's effect activates allowing me to send a fire formation spell or trap to special summon a fire fist monster from my hand, so using this effect I'll special summon Fire Fist Rooster(Def 100) by sending Tenki to the grave"

"I activate Rooster's effect, when it's special summoned I get to add a Fire Fist monster from my deck to my hand. I add Fire Fist Panda"

"I activate Elephant's second effect I shuffle the Tenki I just sent to the grave to add a lvl 5 or higher fire fist to my hand, I add Fire Fist Swallow"

"Now I normal summon Boar, thanks to Tensu's effect. Using Rooster's effect I send Tensu to the grave to set another Fire Formation spell or trap from my deck. I set Fire Formation Ingen"

"I now activate the Ingen I just set it allows me to fusion summon"

"Fusion? That sounds familiar" Tadashi said

"But before I fusion summon the effect of Fire Fist Panda in my hand activates allowing me to special summon him"

Panda(Def 400)

"Now I'll be showing you a fusion summon so prepare yourself. I fuse Rooster and Swallow. The combination of two lesser flames will create an intense unwavering flame! A deadly flame! Fusion Summon! Appear Graceful flame user Level 8 Brotherhood of the Fire Fist-Swan(Atk-2600)"

"So that's a fusion summon, interesting. You two are very interesting indeed"

"When Swan is fusion summoned I get to inflict 200 points of damage to you based on the number of Fire Formation Spell and Traps I control. But before that effect concludes the effect of my boar activates allowing me to set Fire Formation Yoko from my deck to the field, so right now I have two Fire Formation spells or traps that I control so 400 points of damage is heading your way"

Tadashi/Mamoru 3300 LP→3100 LP

"If only you had more spells maybe you could have done decent damage. Sadly your duel partners monsters seemed to be flooding your spell zones. This was probably the only way you could win"

"No, there still is a way for us to win. I activate the spell card I just set, Fire Formation Yoko by discarding Fire Fist Hawk. Its effect allows me to target your Emperor Charles and destroy it"

She looked towards Emperor Charles who seemed to be unbothered

"Sorry to say but when Infernoble Knight Oliver is equipped to Emperor Charles he cannot be targeted by card effects"-Tadashi

"Then I'll destroy your equipped Knight Oliver, that should lower your attack"

The flames burnt away Knight Oliver.

Emperor Charles(3500)

"Oh that attacks coming right back, I activate the effect of the Captain Roland in my grave and equip it onto Emperor Charles"

Emperor Charles(4000)

"Now since I equipped a card to Emperor Charles I'll be destroying one of yours, I'll destroy your Panda"

"That won't be happening I activate the effect of Panda, I send Fire Formation Ingen to prevent Panda from being destroyed"

"Well too bad, I thought I would return some destruction back but it seems you were prepared"

"Yes I was. Also when Ingen is sent to the grave I get to add a Fire Fist monster to my hand, I add Spirit"

Natsume looked through her cards as she seemed to be thinking of how to proceed.

"Guess this is the best I can do. I tune my lvl 4 boar and my lvl 4 elephant. Void flames rise and form into a wise flame, a flame that moves through eternity. Synchro Summon! Appear Lvl 8"

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist Kirin(Def 2800)

"When this card is synchro summoned I get to set a Fire Formation Spell or Trap from my deck. I set Ultimate Fire Formation Sinto. Also due to Kirin's effect your monsters lose 100 attack for each face up spell or trap I control"

Emperor Charles(Atk-3800)

Artorigus(Atk-1600)

"So all you've managed to do is reduce my you'll at least be able to defeat Artorigus"

"I'll be doing just that, Swan(2600) attack Artorigus(1600)

Tadashi/Mamoru 3100 LP→2100 LP

"There's nothing else I can do, I end my turn"

"Is it finally setting in, the despair? Now all we need to do is slowly whittle you down. During the end phase Emperor Charles effect activates, I'll be attaching another Infernoble Knight Oliver to him" Tadashi said

Emperor Charles(Atk-4300)

"Are you two ready to surrender?" he asked

I stare back defiantly not saying anything.

"Not yet it seems. Go ahead Mamoru, take your turn"

"Yes, I draw." Mamoru said

Turn 7 Mamoru Hand-3

"From my hand I'll equip Infernoble Arms a card was equipped onto Emperor charles I can now destroy a monster you control, I'll choose your Kirin"

"I can't let that effect go through, I activate my set trap, Ultimate Fire Formation-Sinto. Since i control both a fire formation trap and a fire fist monster I can negate your effect and destroy your monster"-Natsume

"Or well you would be able to. Thankfully my Noble Arms of Destiny will keep me safe, guess that's the end of your tricks"

"I'll head to the battle phase. Emperor Charles(4300) attack Swan(2600)"

Yuya/Natsume 4500 LP→2800 LP

I was pushed back by Emperor Charles slash, but I wasn't done yet.

"When I take battle damage and Classikuriboh is in my grave, I can place it back in my pendulum scale" I said activating Classikuriboh as my scales were live again

At the very least with this I should be able to stall for time. But stalling won't be enough, the more time we spend the more likely it is that they'll be able to get their reinforcements to swarm us.

The longer this duel drags on, the more we are put at a disadvantage.

"Thanks to the effect of my equipped Hauteclere, Emperor Charles gets to make a second attack this time targeting Kirin. Go Emperor Charles(4300) destroy Kirin(Def 2800)"

Emperor Charles sword cuts through Kirin in a clean slice

"Since Emperor Charles attacked a second time Hauteclere is destroyed and since Kirin is destroyed it's attack returns to normal" Mamoru

Emperor Charles(Atk-4500)

"Are you going to do another one of those pendulum summons? I would be interested in seeing how that goes for you"-Tadashi

"You just need to wait and watch. I draw!" I said

Turn 8 Yuya Hand-3

"Using my already set pendulum scales I special summon Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon(Def) and Performapal Coin Dragon(Def)"

"And what are those two going to do? With all the protections on my Emperor Charles, nothing can get through him"

"There is a monster that can get through him, all I need to do is summon it"

"Then go ahead and summon it!"

I paused, then activated a spell card.

"I activate the spell card, Uni-Song tuning. Using its effect I target Boar from our graveyard and my Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Boar is banished and Odd Eyes's level is changed to Boar's, level 4. Also Odd Eyes is now treated as a tuner"

"It's about time you synchro summoned, show me the monster that can defeat us" Tadashi sadi

"I will. I tune my level 4 Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon with the level 3 Rooster"

Odd Eyes dissipates into spherical blobs of energy that circle around Rooster.

"Cosmic flames burn bright and reveal the Dragon that shines as it travels through the cosmos. Synchro Summon! Appear Lvl 7 Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon!"

Flames burst from every extremity of this dragon as its flames burst out.

Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon(Atk-2500)

"With Coin Dragon's effect it gains another 500 attack points"

Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon(Atk-3000)

"That's quite an impressive dragon but it doesn't have enough attack points" Tadashi said

"You don't need to rush, we're getting there. When Odd Eyes Meteorburst is synchro summoned I can banish all the fire monsters in my graveyard and gain 400 attack points for each monster until the end of the turn"

Monsters began to be banished. Spirit, Ram, Horse Prince, Swallow, Hawk, Elephant, Kirin, Swan and 3 Roosters. 11 monsters in total.

"So now Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon's attack is increased by 4400 points"

Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon(Atk-7400)

The Dragon's flames grew even larger as the debris around began to melt.

"This is the end. Battle Phase! Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon(7400) attacks Emperor Charles(4500)"

"It's not over yet. From my hand I activate the effect of Infernoble Knight Roland, with this my Emperor Charles attack will increase by 500 points and with Emperor Charles effect I'll be able to destroy your Coin Dragon reducing Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon's attack by 500, with this I'll survive with just 200 life points then I'll be sure to pay you back once your attack goes back to normal" Tadashi said calmly as he looked at the incoming flames from my dragon, well he was calm until he noticed what was happening

"What's this? Why can't I equip my monster onto Emperor Charles?" He said as he began to panic

"That's because of Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon's second effect. During the battle phase you cannot activate monster effects. Finish it Odd Eyes Meteorburst Dragon, Cosmic Incineration!"

My dragon sent out a large cone of flames. Emperor Charles tried to shield against it with his semi transparent shield but slowly and surely he was overwhelmed, burnt and destroyed"

"Gaaah" "Aaah" Tadashi and Mamoru both yelled out

Tadashi/Mamoru 2100 LP→0 LP

Natsume/Yuya-Win

I deactivated my duel disk and called out to the two of them

"Since we won, I'd hope you two will let us leave" I said

"As if, you're not goin-"

"You can leave, as the losers we have no choice but to let you do as you wish" Tadashi said interrupting Mamoru

"But-"

"Stop Mamoru, let them leave" he said interrupting Mamoru once more

"Fine, get going before Tadashi changes his mind" Mamoru said with anger clear in his tone

"You heard him let's go" Natsume said as she synchro summoned Horse Prince

"I can't keep him materialized for too long, so let's hurry"

Horse Prince galloped towards Ruri and Raizen and placed them on his back. He then began to pull Natsume, Yuzu and finally me.

On Horse Prince we all began to head back to meet with Crow and Isao so that we could finally get to someplace safe.

Tadashi Pov

"Why did you let them go?" Mamoru asked

"Well I'm not a sore loser, they did defeat us" I said

"That's not the point. told us to take care of this, we can't just let them leave" he said

"Yes we can. While it would be nice to get the five of them, it would be even better if we can find their hideout. Tell the reinforcements to not engage but rather to covertly trail them" I said

We're not done yet, Pendulum user.

AN-So finally pumped out another chapter. I really need to get a better yugioh simulator to keep track of gamestates, I'll probably try to access my duelingbook account so I can keep track of things easier.

Seen some new comments recently,

Zarbapha-I do agree with most of your critcism especially regarding earlier chapters. Those were written back when I had just started writing and I had barely played yugioh. I need to go back and edit them when I have time.

Xeno Lucifer- I may as well engage with this. I disagree with both your comments. This is a fanfiction set in an anime, the powerlevel is far different than real life so any turn combo negates is a moot point.

Also I chose a deck looking at the power level of the setting. It would be easy to give him a tearlement deck or Kashtira and let him just dominate. Also characters change cards a ton of times in the series and a person with a new deck would definitely try to experiment.

The fake bullshit write insult is strange. I write duels that I enjoy you don't need to psyschoanalyze why I write the way that I do, you could just ask me. This just probably isn't the story for you.

Thanks to all the people who have commented. I'll get to working on the next chapter soon.