Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC V: A New Swing At Things

by GreedyMattymo

AU of the Arc V series, where Yuya has a Magician deck, and certain things have changed, causing even more changes to happened, and experience the journey between another persons perspective, some light humor, then seriousness. eventually, Yuya x Bracelet Girls, Other Yu-boys x OCs, allowing for OC's, (OC slots filled), first Fanfic.

22. Watch and Learn Part 2

"Speaking"

*Noises*

"Thoughts, Calls, Monster's speaking or Chants"

0/0 (Bold means what Position the monster is summoned into)

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City Centre, (10:45 AM)

"So what did you think Yuzu, pretty awesome right?" Sora asked Yuzu as the two were leaving the Centre, "Oh, it was great..." she said, not really looking at him. "It was great, that combo I pulled with Frightfur Tiger sure was something." "Yeah sure..." she said, "Ah Ha! I got you!" he suddenly pointed at her, snapping her out of her thoughts.

"I didn't Summon Frightfur Tiger in that Duel!" he said, making her blush, "Sorry Sora, I've got a lot on my mind lately..." she apologies, "Is this about what happened yesterday?" he asked concerned. "Sort of..." she looked down at her bracelet. When a drop of rain hit it from above. "Aww... It's raining." Sora whined, "There goes the weather..." he muttered, taking out a lollipop.

"So what now?" he asked, nether moving from the shelter, where they saw many people taking out their umbrellas, "Well, I've got to meet Azara for her Due-" "Yuzu! Sora!" a voice shouted to them, cutting Yuzu off, making them look to their right and see Azara and Ruby approaching them. Both under the umbrella Azara was holding.

"What are you doing here?" Sora asked, "On my way to my Duel, this is closest way there." Azara said, "Well great! Seeing that your here now, we can go there together!" Yuzu said, "Sure!" she said back, "I think I'll come to, there's nothing to do now, and I want to make sure you teach Yuzu the right way to Fusion Summon." Sora said.

"Sure Sora, whatever makes you happy..." Azara said rolling her eyes, she then made room for Yuzu to get under her umbrella, and then they were off. "Hey! No room for me!?" Sora whined, walking after them in the rain...

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Clarity Prep School, (10:50 AM)

"Take care my boy! I'll see you tomorrow for your next Duel!" Nico said, under an umbrella, he then took off, leaving Matthew and Yuya alone under the roofing of the building, as the kids had gone home. Eita was also there.

"Well Yuya, good luck getting in to the Junior Youth Division." Eita said, "Thanks! Good luck to you too!" he said back, "Oh luck will not be needed for me, I am brilliant after all!" Eita said back smug. "Sure..." Yuya said rolling his eyes. Eita then walked back into the building, while the two took off.

"So what now Yuya?" Matthew asked putting his hoodie up, while Yuya put his jacket over his head. "Not sure... Yuzu won't be done watching the others Duels for a while." he said, "How about I call Nigel and Oliver and we just hang out?" the first suggested. "Yeah, that sounds great. We haven't hanged out properly." he said, Matthew then texted his brother that they would meet them at the arcade, to which they agreed.

As they walked they talked about the Duel. "That sure was some Duel Yuya, I thought when you picked that last Action Card, you had lost it." Matthew said, then smirked, "Both the Duel and your mind." he joked, "Ha Ha..." Yuya sarcastically said.

"But what Nico said is true, you used your Dueling Fundamentals and turned a disadvantage into an advantage..." Matthew added, "Your dad would be proud..." he said, making Yuya smile at that. "Thanks Matthew, that means a lot..." Yuya said, "And I'm sorry from back the-" "Don't bother Yuya." Matthew cut him off, knowing where this was going.

"It's in the past, I mean sure I was angry that you had dissed me back then..." he said, making Yuya frown, thinking back on their Duel. "But now that I think about it. It's kind of understandable. That Combo of mine is tough to get pass, so when you did, of course you would gloat. Hell my brothers did when they finally did." he said. "So for what its worth, I forgive you..." he added.

"Thanks..." Yuya said now smiling. "Speaking about Dueling..." he started, "When I find my Extra Deck monsters, can you give me a few pointers on getting them out fast?" he asked, "Sure, what are friends for?" Matthew said.

"In fact why don't we start now!" he said, "First lesson, when gathering Material for a Summon, make sure you can protect them before you get the chance to Summon, otherwise you're just wasting resources..." Matthew began, with Yuya listening to every word...

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Swimming Pool Centre, (11:00 PM)

"Are you sure your fine, Yuzu?" Azara asked as they walked to their destination. "Yeah, guess I'm still a bit rattled from yesterday..." Yuzu said, looking down at her bracelet again. "Where did the bracelet come from any way?" she asked, "No idea, dad said I had it the day I born, from what dad told me." she said, "That is strange.. Is it a gift from your mother?" Azara asked cautious, not wanting to pry on her friend's life.

"No idea... In fact, I might have gotten it from my birth mother, before she gave me up as a baby..." she said, "Hold up!" Sora said, "You're adopted?!" he asked shocked, "Yeah, dad has never married, so how could I have been born, if not from someone else." she answered. "It's one of the thing I've have in common with Yuya." she added. Sora gasped, even Azara was intrigued.

"Wait! Even Yuya's adopted!?" Sora shouted shocked again, "Yeah, the only difference, was that I was lefted at dad's doorstep, and he raised me as a baby, Yuya actually was raised at an orphanage until he was adopted after he turned 5." she said. "That's sad, not knowing who your birth parents are..." Azara, at least she knew hers before they were- "Hey we're here!" Yuzu said.

The three (four if you include Ruby) looked up at the Swimming Pool Centre, "This is it." Azara said, she then walked into the building, followed by the others. "Hey!" A voice, belonging to a man by the counter, there was a man wearing a white vest under and red jacket and red swimming short, his skin was tanned and hair was short and shaggy and sand coloured. "No dogs allowed!" he said point to a sign to in fact prove this. "Please sir, she comes with me everywhere, she highly trained too." Azara pleaded.

"I'm sorry miss, but I can't bend the rules." he told her, "Well can she at least wait here, it is pouring down outside." she said, looking outside the building to see in pelting down. "Alright fine. Say are you Azara? Azara Kaida?" he asked, "Yes that's me, I'm here for a Duel." she said.

"Right this way, I'm Hydrus by the way." Hydrus said and then showed the three the way, "Stay here girl, I won't be long." Azara said to her companion, who whined and layed down.

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"Alright kids! Doggy paddle!" a young girl about 16 said to her class of young swimmers, she had black curvy long hair tied in a high pony tail, her eyes were ocean blue, her skin somewhat tanned, with a few freckles over her face, she was wearing a red life guard jacket and shorts, over a one-piece bathing suit which was white. The young kids did as instructed as they floated in the small but somewhat large kiddy pool.

Just then Hydrus, Azara, Yuzu and Sora walked in the right. "Yasmine! Your opponent is here!" Hydrus said, "Oh really!?" the girl, now introduced as Yasmine said, "I'm sorry kids, but our session will be finished for now." she said, much to the children's disappointment, causing them to whine and pout, "But to make up for this, do you want to watch a Duel?" she asked, suddenly getting cheers from the children. "Well, go get dried and dressed, it will be starting soon!" she said.

The kids then climbed out the pool one by one, "No running!" Yasmine shouted to them as they lefted.

She then walked over the four. "Hi, my name is Yasmine!" she said with a bow, making the three that arrived bow back, "And I'm Azara!" Azara said, "So your my opponent?" she asked as they walked into the larger swimming pool, where people were swimming in, a bunch of girl with bikini's were playing ball, causing some parts to jiggle, making Azara and Yuzu blush. Thinking about themselves wearing bathing suits, making them blush further.

Hydrus then turned on the com system. "Attention people!" he said into it, getting everyone's attention, "Please evacuate the pool, a Duel will be taking place soon, if you want to watch it, you can, but please exit the pool! Thank you!" he said, and this made everyone swimming get out and get changed.

"Let's give it 10 minutes for them to get seated. In the meantime..." Hydrus said and walked into the control booth, once everyone was out of the pool, he doubled checked just in case. and typed in a command, causing thick panels of glass to appear from the corners and seal the pool up. "Wow! So this is where they have Duels here!" Yuzu said amazed.

"Where's the ARC System?" Azara asked, "Under the pool, there's another layer of sealed glass at the bottom, letting the system work just fine." Yasmine explained. "Well, I'll be right back, need to get my Duel Disk." she said and then took off.

"You've got your work cut for you, Yasmine is a talented Duelist, her skills match her Lifeguarding one!" Hydrus said, "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." Azara said, gaining confidence for the Duel to come, "That's the spirit... Now then..." he said, "What size bathing suit do you take?" he asked smiling. "Eh?..." she said confused and stunned...

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10 Minutes later...

By this time, the occupants of the swimming pool, both large and the kiddie one, were now dry and clothed, and now seated in the benches, Yuzu and Sora sitting at the front. "Alright ladies and gentleman! The Duel is about to begin!" Hydrus said from the control booth. "I'm Hydrus, and I shall be your host for this match!" he said.

"Today with have two great Duelists about to duke it out! In one corner with have this centre's Dueling Lifeguard, Yasmine!" the crowd clapped for Yasmine, some of the boys clapping a bit more seeing that she was only wearing her bathing suit, a swimming cap for her hair and her Duel Disk, which was sand yellow coloured.

"And the visitor to take her on. Introducing, Azara Kaida!" he said, the crowd looked over to Azara... Who was also in a bathing suit, hers was a two-piece bikini and was black, her hair was also put into a low ponytail by a scrunchy. The boys clapped and whistled for her, some having a small bit of blood dripping from their noses, making her already blushing face redder. She would've felt less embarrassed if she was wearing a one-piece... Sadly she couldn't fit into any of the ones in the building, as they were too small, at least her two-piece wasn't showing as much skin like the ones the girls in the pool were wearing before.

"Stupid Centre's Dueling tradition…" she thought, hugging her chest... This made her... bust squeeze together, making them a tad bigger, giving the boys another round of nosebleeds. Said tradition she was on about was that during a Duel involving the Centre's ARC System, users must be wearing suitable swimming wear. How this tradition started was unknown. "Some pervert must have started it." Azara added, vowing to hunt down the pervert who started the bloody thing.

"You okay over there Azara? You look a bit uncomfortable." Yasmine said, "I-I-I-I fine! I'm just not... Used to wearing this sort of thing." Azara muttered looking at the ground.

"Man look at her out there." Sora said, "She's like a statue." he exclaimed, "Don't be rude Sora, this is probably something she's never done before, much less in front of complete strangers." Yuzu argued. "Now that we've introduce our competitors, let's begin! I now activate the Action Field, Underwater World!" Hydrus declared.

The ARC System activated, but nothing happened right away, when suddenly felt a rumbling. "Huh? What's-" Azara began, but stopped when she noticed the huge tsunami approaching behind Yasmine. "Oh oh..." she squeaked out as the wave crashed over the two.

She had shut her eyes and braced herself for it, but nothing happened, "I'm alive" she thought, opening her eyes, and found herself shocked to discover that both she and Yasmine were standing on a layer of sand... that was miles underwater, the sunlight just shining bright enough for them to see. Suddenly Azara held her nose and mouth shut.

Yasmine laughed at this, "Don't worry Azara, we can still breath normally, see!" Yasmine and then inhaled, Azara then slowly did the same, after getting over the shock.

"And now with the Field ready let's begin!" Hydrus's voice yelled out, "Duelist locked in battle! Swimming and dancing through the sea alongside their monsters! They storm across the abyss, now behold! This the latest and greatest evolution in Dueling! ACTION..." Hydrus and crowd chanted.

The bubble containing the Action Cards popped, scattering the Action Cards all other the Field, each contained in its own bubble of air.

"DUEL!" Both Yasmine and Azara yelled, drawing 5 cards each.

Azara's LP: 4000

Yasmine's LP: 4000

Turn 1

"I'll go first!" Azara said taking a card from her Hand. "I activate the Spell, Red-Eyes Insight!" she placed the card into her Duel Disk, "I can send a Red-Eyes monster from my Hand or Deck to the Graveyard and add a Red-Eyes Spell or Trap from my Deck to my Hand!" she sent Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon to her Graveyard from her Deck and added her card.

"I now Normal Summon Red-Eyes Wyvern!" A small version of Red-Eyes Black Dragon appeared, its form however was that of a Wyvern.

Red-Eyes Wyvern: WIND, Level: 4 [Dragon/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/1600

"I then place two cards face-down and end my turn!" two cards appeared on her Field then faded. "Show me what you got!" she said confidently.

Azara's Hand x 2

Turn 2

"My turn! Draw!" Yasmine shouted, drawing her card. "I Summoned Deep Sea Diva!" a mermaid like monster appeared on her Field.

Deep Sea Diva: WATER, Level: 2 [Sea Serpent/Tuner/Effect] ATK/200 DEF/400

"Her effect! When Normal Summoned, she can Special Summon a Level 3 or lower Sea Serpent monster from my Deck!" a card was ejected from her Deck, "I Summon Spined Gillman!" An anthropomorphic fishman with spines on it back and armed with a coral trident appeared from a burst of bubbles.

Spined Gillman: WATER, Level: 3 [Sea Serpent/Effect] ATK/1300 DEF/0

"And now his effect gives all Sea Serpent, Fish and Aqua-type monsters 400 ATK!" Deep Sea Diva's ATK: 200 + 400 = 600, Spined Gillman's ATK: 1300 + 400 =1700. "And now I activate the Spell, Big Wave Small Wave!" the card appeared on the Field, "When this card is activated, all WATER monster face-up that I control are destroyed!" both WATER monsters popped like bubbles.

"Where is she going with this?" Sora asked bored, "And now, I can Special Summon WATER monsters from my Hand up to the number of monster's destroyed this turn!" Yasmine explained.

"I now Summon the Level 4 Armed Sea Hunter and Level 4 Abyss Warrior!" she said placing their cards on her blade, stirring up bubbles, when they were gone, two new monsters were in their place. The first was Armed Sea Hunter, who had the upper body more human like, but with aquatic traits and the lower half was a long body with two pairs of flippers, it was armed with a bow and a quiver of arrows on its back.

The other was Abyss Warrior, who was an anthropomorphic blue whale, multiple scars on its nose, with bands and gold here and there and carrying double sided tridents.

Armed Sea Hunter: WATER, Level: 4 [Sea Serpent/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/400

Abyss Warrior: WATER, Level: 4 [Aqua/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/1300

"I now activate the Trap, Red-Eyes Spirit!" Azara said activating a set card, "I can Special Summon a Red-Eyes monster from my Graveyard!" she said, "So now I bring out Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon!" Black Flare Dragon rose from a dark portal, creating cracks in the sea, that caused geo thermic reactions from them.

Red-Eyes Black Flare Dragon: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Gemini/Effect] ATK2400 DEF/2000

"That's not stopping me! Now using my Level 4 monsters..." she began, while Sora narrowed his eyes into a glare, "I build the Overlay Network!" both Sea Hunter and Abyss Warrior condenses into spheres and blue energy, that then began to swirl into the galaxy beneath them that was acting like a whirlpool. "Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Bahamut Shark!"

Appearing from a torrent of bubble was a colossal sea beast, it was a blue and white anthropomorphic shark, black razor sharp claws and talons on its arms and legs and two sets of wing fins on its back, with two blue Overlay Units orbiting it at a distance.

Bahamut Shark: WATER, Rank: 4 [Sea Serpent/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/2100, OLUs: 2

"Ahhhhhhh! Jaws!" Azara screamed out, she then took off swimming, looking for an Action Card.

"I then Activate the Spell, Surface! I can Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Fish, Sea Serpent or Aqua-type monster from my Graveyard!" Yasmine explained. "I pick Spined Gillman!" Spined Gillman appeared back on the Field. It's effect then kicked in again, this time also affecting Bahamut Shark. Bahamut Shark's ATK: 2600 + 400 = 3000. 1300 + 400 = 1700. (Spilled Gillman)

Yasmine then began to swim, beckoning Bahamut to help, it did and she took off faster now, a few moments later, after having Bahamut crash into some thick coral, shocking Azara at the display, a bubble appeared with an Action Card in it, which Yasmine grabbed.

"Battle! Spined Gillman attack Wyvern!" Spined Gillman then swam at Wyvern. "At this moment I activate the Action Spell, Charge Recklessly!" she said, activating the Action Card she got. "When a monster I control battles a monster you control, my monster gains 600 ATK!" she explained. 1700 + 600 = 2300. (Spined Gillman) Spined Gillman stabbed at Wyvern with its trident, destroying the monster. Azara's LP: 4000 - 500 = 3500.

"Now Bahamut Shark attacks Black Flare Dragon!" Bahamut Shark took off at incredible speeds due to being an aquatic monster of the sea.

"Please don't eat me! Please don't eat me! Please don't eat me!" Azara screamed in her head as she swam, as she swam she spotted a bubble with an Action Card in it caught in some seaweed. She snatched it up. "I activate the Action Trap, Bite Back!" she said as the card appeared on her Field. It depicted an image of a ocean with a stick figure attacking what appeared to be a shark that was biting it.

"Should a monster I control be destroyed by this attack, I can destroy 1 card you control except the attacking monster!" she explained, "And I take damage equal to half the battle damage you take!" Yasmine added, having had that card before. Bahamut Shark opened its jaws and crushed Black Flare's head, shattering the monster. 3500 - 600 = 2900. (Azara) Yasmine's LP: 4000 - 300 = 3700. As this happened Spined Gillman was destroyed by Bite Back's effect. 3000 = 2600. (Bahamut Shark)

"And now I activate Red-Eyes Retro Dragon's effect from my Hand!" Azara said. "When a Level 7 or lower Red-Eyes monsters are destroyed by battle by your monsters or your card effects, this card Special Summons itself in Defense position!" Appearing on her Field was a small version of Red-Eyes Black Dragon, but this one had red detailing on it, and two brass clock gears on its hips.

Red-Eyes Retro Dragon: DARK, Level: 4 [Dragon/Effect] ATK/1700 DEF/1600

"And when Summoned this way, all those destroyed monsters are Summoned back in the position they were in before!" both Black Flare and Wyvern reappeared on the Field as it time had been rewinded.

"I place a card face-down and end my turn." a face-down appeared on Yasmine's Field and disappeared.

Yasmine's Hand x 0

Turn 3

"Right, the sooner I end this, the closer I get to competing in the Junior Youth Division..." Azara, "And getting out of these." she blushed glancing down at herself. "My turn! Draw!" she drew her card. Yasmine then took off with Bahamut Shark.

"Now using the Level 4 Red-Eyes Wyvern and Retro Dragon, I build the Overlay Network!" she declared as both monsters turned into energy, Wyvern green and Retro Dragon purple, they then swirled into the galaxy that appeared before Azara.

"Mystical queen of dragon! Leave a never ending trail of fire in your wake!" she chanted, "Xyz Summon! Rank 4 Queen Dragun Djinn!" appearing from the galaxy was a beautiful woman... The upper half was this, the lower half was a dragon body made out of fire, in her hands was a harp made out of red stone shaped as a dragon. Two purple Overlay Units orbited it at a distance.

Queen Dragun Djinn: DARK, Rank: 4 [Dragon/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2200 DEF/1200, OLUs: 2

"I now activate the Spell, Claws of Hermos!" she placed the card into her Disk. "By sending Black Flare Dragon to my Graveyard..." Black Flare Dragon burst into particles, "I can Special Summon a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck whose type is the same as the sent monster, it must also be only able to be Summoned with Claws of Hermos!" she added.

"Since Black Flare was a Dragon-Type, I can Summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword!" The particle then gathered, creating a sword shape, when the light faded, a unique sword was revealed. It's handle was black and dragon like, looking a bit like Red-Eyes Black Dragon it had two eyes on its handle and the black was curved and sharp.

Red-Eyes Black Dragon Sword: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/2000

"It's effect! When Special Summoned it equips itself onto a monster on the Field, I choose Djinn!" The sword then floated into Queen Dragun's other hand. "That monster than gains 1000 ATK and 500 DEF for every Dragon-Type monster on the Field and our Graveyards!" Queen Dragun Djinn's ATK & DEF: 2200/1200 + 3000/1500 = 5200/2700

Yasmine had suddenly snatched up an Action Card that was resting near a volcanic vent. "Then I activate Queen Dragun's effect!" Queen Dragun played her harp as an Overlay Unit was absorbed into it. Queen Dragun Djinn's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1. "By using an Overlay Unit, I can Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher Dragon-Type from my Graveyard! So now I Summon back Black Flare Dragon!" Black Flare Dragon appeared back on the Field from a dark portal.

"And then I Activate the Spell, Red-Eyes Fusion!" Azara said, "By sending Fusion Material from my Hand, Field or Deck to my Graveyard, I can Fusion Summon a monster that list a Red-Eyes monster as its Fusion Material!" she said, "I send Black Flare Dragon to my Graveyard again, as well as sending Lightpulsar Dragon from my Deck!" a single card was ejected from her Deck which she immediately sent to her Graveyard.

Lightpulsar's spirit appeared next to Black Flare Dragon, they glowed blue and red. "Black dragon of legend, become one with dragon of pulsing light! And bring about a fearsome dragon!" the two then swirled together into a vortex. "Fusion Summon! Appear Meteor Black Comet Dragon!" a meteor suddenly crashed down from above the water, bubble erupting everywhere. When they vanished, the red-hot dragon was floating by Azara, and then roared out.

Meteor Black Comet Dragon: DARK, Level: 8 [Dragon/Fusion/Effect] ATK/3500 DEF/2000

"Looks like she's wanting to end things quickly." Sora said, a bit interested now. "Queen Dragun then gains another 3000 ATK and 1500 DEF as Comet Dragon is on my Field and two more Dragons in my Grayeyard." she added. 5200/2700 + 3000/1500 = 8200/4200. (Queen Dragun Djinn) "8200 ATK!?" Yuzu shouted shocked and amazed.

"Comet Dragon's effect! When Fusion Summoned, I can send 1 Red-Eyes monster from my Hand or Deck to the Graveyard, and deal you damage equal to half its original ATK!" she said. "I send a send Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard!" she took the card and placed it in her Graveyard slot. This also increased Queen Dragun's ATK and DEF again. 8200/4200 + 1000/500 = 9200/4700 (Queen Dragun Djinn)

"Black Dragon's ATK is 2400, so you take 1200 damage!" Comet Dragon's fire, which hadn't not burned out due to the water turned black, which then launched itself at Yasmine in the shape of a dragon. 3700 - 1200 = 2500. (Yasmine)

"Battle! Queen Dragun Djinn attack Bahamut Shark!" Queen Dragun charged at the shark, ready to end the Duel right there and now. "I activate the Action Spell, Rinse Off!" Yasmine shouted activating her Action Card. a card appeared on the Field with an image and soap bubble and a sponge cleaning an item.

"I target a face-up card on the Field, and negate its effects as long as its face-up on the Field!" she explained, "I pick Black Dragon Sword!" a few sponges appeared around Queen Dragun as she charged, confusing her, they then clung onto the weapon in her hands, and scrub off the colour, leaving it grey and dull. 9200/4700 = 2200/1200. (Queen Dragun Djinn)

"Oh no! She can't stop the attack in time!" Yuzu shouted in shocked. Azara tried the swim for an Action Card, but looked and couldn't find one near her. Bahamut Shark reared back its arm, and punched Queen Dragun as she neared it, destroying her instantly along with Black Dragon Sword as it was equipped to her. 2900 - 400 = 2500. (Azara) "Look at this folks! Both Duelist are tied in LP!" Hydrus shouted amazed.

"Not for long! Comet Dragon attack Bahamut Shark too!" Comet Dragon then took off for Bahamut who roared in challenge. "I activate the Trap, Overlay Guard!" Yasmine said. "By detaching one of its Overlay Units, Bahamut Shark can't be destroyed by anything for the rest of the turn!" one of Bahamut's Overlay Units burst into particles. Bahamut Shark's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1.

The two monsters clashed their fist together, neither willing to budge, slowly Bahamut was overpowered by Comet Dragon, sending it crashing into the sea bed, it however survived due to Overlay Guard. 2500 - 900 =1600. (Yasmine)

"Damn it! At least I did some serious damage this turn..." Azara thought frustrated.

"Man she messed up, she forgot about that girl's face-down." Sora said, "Makes sense, she looked like she wanted to finish the Duel quickly to get out of that outfit." Yuzu said.

"Nice move there Azara, but I can tell you rushed it..." Yasmine said swimming in place as Bahamut Shark swam back up to her. "You must be really embarrassed about that thing aren't you?" she asked teasingly and Azara blushed. "Maybe..." she muttered. "Well don't worry, you're not the first..." Yasmine said, "In fact, I've dealt with many people who get embarrassed dressed like that during a Duel, that I've built my Deck around making sure they can't finish me off quickly!" she explained, shocking Azara.

"Wait! Your using my situation against me!?" she asked shocked, "Bingo! Most Duelist will waste plenty of resources trying to end a Duel in a single turn. All I did was make sure that I'm protected by that, the Action Cards on this Field do half the work as well." Yasmine answered.

"I... End my turn!" Azara reluctantly said, seeing that she had no other card to use.

Azara's Hand x 0

Turn 4

"My turn!" Yasmine drew her card. Azara took off for an Action Card. "I activate the Spell, Pot of Greed! Drawing 2 cards!" she drew 2 cards. "Then I activate the Spell, Salvage! I target 2 WATER monsters in my Graveyard with 1500 ATK or less, and add them to my Hand!" she said. "I'll add Deep Sea Diva and Spined Gillman!" the two cards were ejected from her Graveyard slot and she added them to her Hand.

"Then I normal Summoned Deep Sea Diva again!" Deep Sea Diva appeared back on the Field once more, "Her effect! She now Special Summons a Level 3 or lower Sea Serpent from my Deck! I Summon a second Deep Sea Diva!" A second copy of the Summoned monster appeared.

"And now using the two Level 2 Dee Sea Diva. I build the Overlay Network!" the two identical monsters turned into blue energy, that swirled into the galaxy below them. "Xyz Summon! Rank 2 Cat Shark!" appearing the galaxy... Was cat/shark hybrid, it had the face of a cat and the body on a shark, but with two cat hind legs, it was white and dark blue in colour. It roared out a small meow. Around it were two blue Overlay Units. It was Summoned in DEF.

Cat Shark: WATER, Rank: 2 [Beast/Xyz/Effect] ATK/500 DEF/500, OLUs: 2

"What the hell is that thing going to do?" Sora said mockingly, this was the thing with Xyz Monsters that he hated, they were mostly all weak, in his eyes that is.

"Cat Shark's effect! By using an Overlay Unit..." Cat Shark munched on one of its Units, and gained a blue aura. Cat Shark's OLU's: 2 - 1 = 1. "I target 1 Rank 4 or lower WATER monster I control and double its original ATK and DEF!" Yasmine explained. This shocked Azara.

"I target Bahamut Shark!" Cat Shark swam over to Bahamut and rubbed itself against it like an affectionate cat, it aura was transferred over to Bahamut. 2600/2100 x2 = 5200/4200 (Bahamut Shark)

"Gotta find an Action Card!" Azara thought, swimming faster now. "Battle! Bahamut Shark attack Meteor Black Comet Dragon!" Bahamut Shark roared as it swam at the dragon.

As Azara swam, she looked around herself quickly, and spotted an Action Card on the sea bed, making her swim faster for it. "Yes..." she flipped it over to see it. But was shocking as it called Disappearance. "No..." she got out shocked.

Bahamut Shark rammed into Comet Dragon in the gut, causing the monster pain and destroying it. 2500 - 1700 = 800. (Azara) "Oh no! She's in trouble!" Yuzu said.

"Meteor Black Comet Dragon's effect activates!" Azara said, "When its sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a Normal Monster from my Graveyard! So appear! Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" she shouted as the original black dragon appeared on the Field in Defense.

Red-Eyes Black Dragon: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Normal] ATK/2400 DEF/2000

"I place a card face-down and end my turn!" Yasmine said, "With it over, Bahamut Shark's ATK and DEF return to normal." 5200/4200 = 2600/2100. (Bahamut Shark)

Yasmine's Hand x 1

Turn 5

"This is bad, if I don't do anything, she'll take out Red-eye next turn, and can attack with that Gillman in her Hand..." Azara thought, looking at all the cards on the Field. "Red-Eyes Blazing Soul in useless at the moment, she seems to go with battle destruction instead of destroying effects." She glanced at her face-down card. "This Action Card is no good either." she looked down at the Action Card. "The only bright side to it is that it gets rid of two monsters... Sadly one of them must be mine..." she frowned at the card.

"What are you doing Azara!" she suddenly shock herself, and glanced at Yuzu's direction. "Not only is this Duel for my benefit of getting into the Junior Youth Division, but also for Yuzu to learn..." looked back, "Maybe this draw will help." she placed her fingers over her Deck. "My turn!" she paused. "Draw!" she drew her card.

She then flipped it over and saw what it was. "Yes! This can help!" she then smiled. "I activate the Action Spell, Disappearance!" she placed the Action Card into her Duel Disk. Its image showed two monsters to top half was visible while the bottom half was disappearing.

"I target two monsters on the Field, one you control and one I control, and they're returned to our Hand for the rest of the turn!" she said, "I target my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and your Cat Shark!" both the monsters suddenly vanished, Cat Shark's remaining Overlay Unit was sent to the Graveyard. Azara added Red-Eyes's card to her Hand, while Cat Shark was returned to Yasmine's Extra Deck.

"And then I activate the Spell, Cards of the Red Stone!" she said. "By sending a Level 7 Red-Eyes monster from my Hand to the Graveyard." She sent Red-Eyes to her Graveyard slot. "I can draw two card!" she did just that and looked at that. "Perfect!" she grinned as her eyes glowed in excitement, she managed to get both cards. "I now activate the Ritual Spell, Red-Eyes Transmigration!" she yelled out slamming the card into her Disk.

"This card allows me to Ritual Summon Lord of the Red from my Hand by tributing monsters from my Hand or Field whose Levels equal 8 or more!" she began. "Or banish Red-Eyes monster from my Graveyard!" she added.

"I banish both Red-Eyes Wyvern and Retro Dragon!" both the dragons appeared on the Field, where a pedestal erupted from the ground between them, red glyphs and runes began to form around it. "The contract has been made! Lord of black dragons!" the two monsters turned into blue fire, "Take these offerings and appear before me!" they then circled the pedestal before slamming into it and causing a huge flash of light.

"Ritual Summon! Appear Level 8! Lord of the Red!" Azara yelled as she placed the card onto the blade, causing a column of fire to erupt, a shadow appeared inside it and swiped an arm out dispersing the flames.

Now standing tall and mighty was a warrior, garbed into black armour that looked the warrior was Red-Eyes Black Dragon, only that the armour was slimmer to the actual dragon.

Lord of the Red: FIRE, Level: 8 [Dragon/Ritual/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/2100

"Wow that card hasn't been seen in ages..." Yuzu said amazed, she knew that card was extremely rare.

"What are you planning? Going to make that monster stronger with an Action Card?" Yasmine said, "Sort of!" Azara replied and then swam off, for an Action Card, with Yasmine doing the same.

Azara was the first to find one just floating low to the sea bed. "I activate the Action Spell, Over Sword!" she said, using the card instantly. "When Lord of the Red battles he will gain 500 ATK, and his attack can't be negated!" she explained.

"That won't be enough!" Yasmine shouted also getting an Action Card. "I know, but this will! Lord of the Red's effect activates!" Azara shouted back as the Ritual Monster began to release energy. "When a card or effect is activated other than his own. He can target and destroy 1 monster on the Field!" she said, shocking her opponent.

"I will destroy Bahamut Shark!" Lord of the Red gather the released energy, and threw it at the shark monster, who was destroyed by the power.

"Battle! Lord of the Red now attacks you directly!" Azara ordered.

"Wrong! I activate the Continious Trap, Bubble Bringer!" Yasmine shouted as her face-down flipped up. "Level 4 or higher monsters cannot attack directly!" she said, but Azara smiled. "Lord of the Red's other effect! When a card or effect is activated other than his own, he can target and destroy a Spell or Trap on the Field!" she said, shocking Yasmine further.

"Bubble Bringer will be destroyed!" said trap was suddenly destroyed, similar to Bahamut Shark. "Carry on Lord of the Red! And end this!" Azara yelled as the monster charged at Yasmine. "Don't forget that he gains 500 ATK when he battle with Over Sword's effect!" Lord of the Red's ATK: 2400 + 500 = 2900.

Lord of the Red once more gather energy, and pulled it into a ball, which then turned red, with this he then launched it at Yasmine, pushing her back far as it hit her. 1600 - 2900 = 0. (Yasmine)

Azara: WINS

Yasmine: LOSE

Azara and Yasmine sank down onto the sea bed, just as the field began to dematerialise, returning everything to normal. "And there you have it folks! Our visitor has defeated Yasmine!" Hydrus shouted, making the crowd cheer and clap, making the two wave to them. "Alright, give us ten minutes and the pool will be open again!" he said.

The crowd then disperse, Yuzu and Sora made their way down to meet Azara, who was talking to Yasmine, "That sure was great! Thanks for the Duel!" Azara said bowing to her opponent. "Your welcome, also you look great in that bikini!" Yasmine said back, making Azara blush with a timid smile.

"During that last move, you sure seemed confident, even wearing it." this made her blush more.

"Azara!" Yuzu butted into the conversation, Sora just lagging behind. "Amazing Duel! Especially that Ritual Monster." she said, "Thanks." she said back, "Well, I'll be going, got to get ready for when the kids get back in the pool." Yasmine then walked, "I may see you in the Junior Youth Division." she said, with that she was gone from sight.

"That sure was something else..." Sora began, "Even though you messed up during that last turn." he added, "If you have the chance, go for it!" Azara retorted, then looked to Yuzu, "And that could be a lesson for you too!" she added with a wink, making Yuzu smile. "Right!" she said.

"Okay, seeing that the Duel is over with, I'm out." Sora said already walking off, "Huh? Don't you want to see Andy and Ronald Duel?" Yuzu asked, "Nope!" he said and walked away.

"Man, the nerve of that guy..." she muttered staring at his direction. "Umm, Yuzu..." Azara poked her on the shoulder, making the first look back at her, as she was know really nervous and holding herself, "Can we go please? It's cold and I want to get out of this thing!" she said, gesturing to her clothing...

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Arcade Hut, (11:33 AM)

Currently playing some arcade games was Yuya, Matthew, Nigel and Oliver, Yuya was playing Dance-Dance Revolution against Nigel, and there was one clear winner at the moment.

"Wow Nigel, I didn't know you had these kinds of moves..." Yuya huffed out, keeping his eyes on the screen to get the right command arrows in, meanwhile Nigel was doing that effortlessly. "You'd be surprise at how well Nigel can dance..." Oliver said as he and Matthew watched, the latter sipping his slushy. A few moment's later, during a transaction between his moves, Yuya caught himself between his feet and suddenly tripped. "Wahhh!" he screamed as he hit the floor, missing a lot of points, making the lead Nigel had even higher.

"WINNER!" the game suddenly said, making Nigel stop and Yuya get to his feet, rubbing his backside. "Nice score..." Yuya groaned and Nigel nodded and walked off the machine and grabbed his own drink, same with Yuya, who needed it.

"So what now?" he asked, taking a large sip of his own. "Well, we can't go meet Yuzu and the others until after Ronald's Duel which starts at 1 PM, it will take him a little while to defeat his opponent, but by then we can meet them at 2." Matthew said, just getting a text from Yuzu saying that Azara won her Duel.

"Speaking of Yuzu..." Yuya said, making them listen to what he had to say. "How has her training been?" he asked, "Well, with only having one day so far, I would have to say..." Matthew said, "Bad!" Oliver butted in, making Nigel slap him over the head. "Hey!" he cried out.

"What Oliver means to say, is that while Yuzu does understand the mechanics behind the Methods, her actually executing one has been slow..." Matthew corrected, giving his little brother a soft glare.

"What's going on with her? I've noticed something has been bugging her for a while, and it started after that incident with Sawatari..." Yuya said, thinking back on to that day. The three brothers all looked to each other, all thinking the same thing, "Do you three know something about this?" he asked suspicious of them looking to one another.

"What!? No, why would we possibly-" Oliver began but Nigel stopped him, "We do actually..." he said, shocking Yuya, "Then tell me! If it concerns me, then I should know, she has been a tad more distant lately." he said.

"Sorry Yuya, but if you want your answers, then you need to talk to Yuzu about it, we're only not saying for her sake..." Matthew said, "But-" he began, "Let it go Yuya, we're not saying a thing about it, alright." Nigel said, silencing Yuya off with a stare.

"Fine... Let's go play another game..." Yuya then walked past the brothers, leaving them behind, "Should we really keep this from him?" Oliver asked, "Yes, how would you feel knowing there was someone out there ruining your reputation?" Matthew asked condescendingly. "Well, there's you two dolts, so I'm fine!" he answered, Matthew and Nigel just gave him a cold stare at that remark.

"What?" he asked, they didn't answer, they simply walked away, following after Yuya. "WHAT!?" Oliver shouted, walking after the, never getting answer.

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(11: 45 AM)

"I can't believe they just gave me this thing..." Azara said looking down at the bag that now contained her new swimsuit, the one that she wore during her Duel, a prize for winning said Duel, "It's not a bad idea to have one, just in case we go swimming one day" Yuzu said, they and Ruby walked casually walked to their next destination, where Andy would meet them for his Duel. Luckily it had stopped raining.

"Still, I can't imagine what the guys would think of me in one..." she muttered, thinking about... Well, she suddenly blushed at the thought and shooed it away, "I'm sure they'd like it." Yuzu said, then frowned slightly, "Maybe Yuya would like it too..." she thought sadly, she didn't have Azara's impressive figure, and boys apparently liked that kind of thing.

"Well I hope I can get a different one that isn't revealing as this..." Azara shook the bag, she hoped to get a one-piece... One that could fit her nicely. "I think this is the place." Yuzu said coming to a stop. where they spotted Andy waiting outside for them.

"Hey guys!" he waved to them, they greeted and waved back, "Thanks for the support you two..." he said, "That's fine, we did invite Sora, but he declined." Azara said, her bag shifting slightly, "Oh what's that? Did you go shopping?" he asked, however at this her cheeks went red. "I-I-It's n-n-nothing!" she stuttered out, moving the bag behind her.

"Okay..." he said confused, "Shall we go in and get ready?" he said, they nodded and the group walked into the building. "So Andy, do you know what this building is for?" Yuzu asked, "Nico told me it was for cultures, traditions, customs and anything else related to them. "So Folklore then?" Azara said, "Basically." he said.

The three then stopped when they reached the entrance to a room, where they all gazed and watched as a traditional Japanese tea ceremony occurring, a geisha dancing and singing during it. One of the occupants was currently pouring some Matcha (Japanese Green Tea), "Oh! I've never seen one up close." Azara said, Ruby barked in agreement, alerting the occupants to them, stopping the ceremony.

"Young Lady! Please remove that dog from the premise!" one of them shouted, making Ruby whimper and lower her head. "Oh don't worry ma'am, she's very gentle, and trained, she won't make a mess." Azara defend her canine companion.

"Well, we shall see won't we." she retorted back, "What can we do for you three? Would you like to join in?" she asked, being polite. "Actually, I'm here for a Duel, Nico Smiley arranged it." Andy said, just then his eye caught the geisha, caught by her beauty, he stared too long, she looked away and giggled.

"Ah yes, we were told by this Nico Smiley that we were to house a Duel." the woman said, she clapped her hands, making the occupants end the ceremony and gather the equipment up for later use. "Come this way, Kimiko, get ready!" she said to the Geisha, who bowed and shuffled away into the next room, the three followed the woman.

"I believe we should introduce ourselves properly, My name is Asami Takahashi, the director of this cultural facility." Asami said, "I'm Andy Ren, this is Yuzu Hiragi, and the owner of the dog is Azara Kaida." Andy Ren, "Young man! You should never introduce someone else in their place!" Asami quickly turned around and scolded Andy, who flinched.

"S-Sorry!" he said, making the girls giggle at this, he looked back and glared and they looked innocently around. Asami lead them to a somewhat spacious room, where a small ARC System was mounted to the ceiling. "This here is where we do our Dueling sometimes, as Dueling itself is an old time tradition, we thought this was a brilliant installation." she said gesturing to the room.

"It's a bit small..." Andy muttered, "Sorry about that, but to be fair, this facility is mostly for cultures and etc, Dueling isn't that big apart of it, in my opinion, I'm just surprised Nico Smiley sought us out, but I think its most likely due to Kimiko's skills." Asami said.

"Kimiko, she's that Geisha, right?" Yuzu asked, making Andy stare off, picturing the Geisha again, "Yes, not only that, but she's my daughter, making her a Takahashi." she said. just then, they heard foot steps, making them look to see a young girl of 16, with straight black hair and light pink eyes. She wore a miniskirt with a pair of black tights underneath, and wore a Demin jacket.

"Hello, I'm Kimiko Takahashi! It nice to meet you!" Kimiko said with a bow, Yuzu and Azara bowed to her... and Andy just stared at her, "Andy? Andy?..." Azara said concerned for the boy.

"She's beautiful..." he muttered out loud, making Kimiko blush a bit. "ANDY!" Yuzu shouted, snapping him out of it. "Who? What? Where?" he yelped out, looking side to side. He then looked at Kimiko, "Oh, I'm Andy Ren! Pleasure to meet you!" he bowed to her.

"Right, now that you two have been introduced, let us begin!" Asami said, "However, the only thing is that this won't be an Action Duel, as the room isn't big enough to create an environment, but the holograms will be Real Solid Vison..." she began, making Yuzu flinch at the mention of the Real Solid Vison, "Is that okay?" she asked.

"Sure, never was a fan of running about in a Duel." Andy said, with this, the two took their place of the mat in the middle of the room, the others knelt down on the side on cushions, Ruby however was on the floor, a rule Asami made clear with Azara. "Begin!" Asami activated the ARC System with a remote button on her. As flash of light and faded.

Kimiko bowed, and Andy followed her lead.

"DUEL!" the two shouted, drawing 5 cards each.

Andy's LP: 4000

Kimiko's LP: 4000

Turn 1

"I'll go first!" Andy said, making Kimiko nod. "First I activate the Continious Spell, Gateway of the Six!" the card appeared, followed by a huge wooden gate, with circular patterns behind Andy.

"Then I also activate the Continious Spell, Shein's Shadow Training!" the card appeared, followed by dark purple foggy mist, covering the entire area. "And now, I Normal Summon, Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki!" A Samurai, dressed in high tech armour, sporting two mechanical arms on its back appeared, in each arm, including the two mechanical arms were long bladed katanas.

Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki: WIND, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/200 DEF/2000

"Gateway's effect! Each time a Six Samurai monster is Summoned, I can place 2 Bushido Counters on it!" two circles on the wooden door began to glow an eerie blue. Gateway's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 2 = 2. "Also Shadow Training's effect! Each time a Six Samurai or Shein monster is Summoned, I can place a Bushido Counter on those monsters!" A Will-o-wisp appeared over Kageki. Kageki's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1.

"Kageki's effect! When Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Six Samurai from my Hand! I Special Summon, The Six Samurai - Zanji!" a warrior, garbed in light brown armour, with streaks of neon orange covering it, and wielding a staff with an energy blade at the end appeared with a war cry.

The Six Samurai - Zanji: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/1300

"Gateway of the Six's effect! It gains 2 more Bushido Counters!" two more circles on the door suddenly glowed. Gateway's Counter Count (Bushido): 2 + 2 = 4. "Also Shadow Training's effect!" A Will-o-wisp appeared, hovering over Zanji. Zanji's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1.

"Kageki's other effect! While I control another Six Samurai monster on the Field with a different name, it gain 1500 ATK!" Kageki's ATK: 200 + 1500 = 1700. "I now activate Gateway's effect! By removing any number of Bushido Counters from the Field..." The two will-o-wisp disappeared, and two of the circles stopped glowing. 1 - 1 = 0. (Kageki) 1 - 1 = 0. (Zanji) 4 - 2 = 2. (Gateway)

"I can activate Gateway's other effects, depending on the number of Bushido Counters removed! I removed 4, meaning I can now add a Six Samurai monster from my Deck to my Hand!" he added his choice after picking it out. "Since I control a Six Samurai monster, I can Special Summon the card I just added to my Hand! Appear! Grandmaster of the Six Samurai!" An elderly man, garbed in similar armour to the other monsters appeared, resting between his arms, which also rested over his stomach was a sheathed katana.

Grandmaster of the Six Samurai: EARTH, Level: 5 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/2100 DEF/800

"Once more, Gateway and Shadow Training's effects!" the two circle that faded glowed once more, and a will-o-wisp appeared over Grandmaster. 2 + 2 = 4. (Gateway) Grandmaster's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1.

"Then I place a card face-down, and end my turn!" a card appeared face-down, right between Gateway and Shadow Training's cards. "Let's see what you got, beautiful!" he said, but widened his eyes at the end. "I-I-I mean, your up! Nothing else to say! heheheh." he laughed out nervous, making the girls deadpan at him.

Andy's Hand x 0

Turn 2

"My turn! Draw!" Kimiko drew her card, "I activate the Spell, Foolish Burial! Sending Bujingi Boar from my Deck to my Graveyard!" she sent the card to her Graveyard Slot. "Then I Normal Summon Bujin Yamato!" A set of red crimson armour appeared.

Bujin Yamato: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/200

"Then I activate the effect of Bujing Ibis!" she revealed the card. "By sending this card to the Graveyard..." she sent it to the Graveyard, "And by targeting a Bujin monster, until the end of the turn, when it battles a monster in Defense, it can inflict piercing battle damage to you!" she explained.

"Why did she do that? All of Andy's monsters are in Attack..." Yuzu pondered, "I now activate Boar's effect! If I control a Bujin monster, while this card is in the Graveyard, I can banish it..." the card was then banished. "I can now target a face-up Attack position monster you control, and switch it into face-up Defense position! I switch Zanji into Defense!" Boar's spirit appeared on the Field, and shot at Zanji, forcing the monster to kneel over, and blue aura over it. "Not only that, but Zanji's DEF becomes 0 for the rest of the turn!" Zanji's DEF: 1300 = 0

"And now I activate the effect of Bujin Arasuda! When a Bujin monster from the Field or Graveyard is banished, I can Special Summon this card in face-up Defense!" this time a yellow golden set of armour appeared, a blue aura around it.

Bujin Arasuda: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/1900

"Battle! Yamato attacks Zanji!" Yamato charged red fiery energy in its hands, and threw it at Zanji. "I activate Zanji's effect!" Andy shouted out. "Should it be destroyed, I can destroy another Six Samurai monster in its place!" Kageki burst into particles as Zanji took the attack, creating smoke that covered Andy. Andy's LP: 4000 - 1800 = 2200.

"See? I told you she was good." Asami gloated as they watched, "I place a card face-down, and end my turn!" a card appeared on Kimiko's Field face-down. "And with it now ending I activate Yamato's effect!" the cracking in the red armour monster began to glow briefly. "At the end of the turn, I can add a Bujin monster from my Deck to my Hand." she added a card. "But then I must send a card from my Hand to the Graveyard." she then sent the added card to her Graveyard.

"And at this moment Arasuda's effect activates! When a Bujin card is added to my Hand other than by drawing it, and while I control Arasuda, I can draw 1 card!" she drew a card and looked over what she had. "But then I must discard one in exchange." she sent the card she had in her hand before. "Now with the turn, officially ending, Zanji's DEF returns to normal." 0 = 1300. (Zanji)

Kimiko's Hand x 1

Turn 3

"That was pretty good!" Andy complimented her, "Thanks, let's see you get pass my defences!" Kimiko said, "Oh, I will! Draw!" Andy drew his card. "I activate the Spell, Reinforcements of the Army! Letting me add a Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from my Deck to my Hand!" he added his choice. "Then I activate the effect of the added card from my Hand!" he said.

"When I control a Six Samurai monster whose name is different to this card's name, I can Special Summon it from my Hand! Appear, Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan!

A fully armoured samurai, wearing similar armour to the others appeared, this one armour was a dark blue, and yellow streaks for the circuit patterns. Around its hip was a katana sheath, and the monster was wielding the actual weapon.

Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan: EARTH, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/500

"Gateway and Shadow Training effects!" two more circles on the door glowed. 4 + 2 = 6. Then a will-o-wisp appeared over Kizan. Kizan's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1. "And now for Gateway's other effect again!" the will-o-wisp from Kizan and Grandmaster disappeared, as this two of the circles on the door. 1 - 1 = 0. (Grandmaster & Kizan) 6 - 2 = 4. (Gateway)

"Since 4 were removed, I can add a Six Samurai monster from my Deck to my Hand again!" he added his choice. "I now Normal Summon Legendary Six Samurai - Enishi!" Another fully armoured Six Samurai monster appeared, this one's armour was brass coloured and the circuitry patterns were a gold colour, held in both hand was a katana blade.

Legendary Six Samurai - Enishi: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1700 DEF/700

"Once more, Gateway and Shadow Training's effects!" 4 + 2 = 6. (Gateway), Enishi's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1. "Now for Kizan's and Enishi's effect!" the two monsters glowed, "First Kizan's effect! While I control two or more other Six Samurai monsters, it gains 300 ATK & DEF!" Kizan's ATK & DEF: 1800/500 + 300/300 = 2100/800 "Then for Enishi's effect, since I control 2 or more Six Samurai monster, it gains 500 ATK and DEF." Enishi's ATK & DEF: 1700/700 + 500/500 = 2200/1200

"Now for Shadow Training effect! By removing Bushido Counters from my Field..." the Counter on Enishi was gone. 1 - 1 = 0. And three of the circles on the door faded. 6 - 3 = 3. "By removing 4 Counters, I can target a monster I control, and it gains 300 ATK for each Six Samurai monster I control! I pick Grandmaster!" Grandmaster gave a war cry as its power rose. Grandmaster's ATK: 2100 + 1200 = 3300.

"And now, using the Level 4 Kizan and Enishi, I build the Overlay Network!" Enishi and Kizan turned into energy, yellow and orange in that order, shot into the air, and down into the galaxy that formed.

"Warrior born into shadow, take up arms and silently vanquish your enemies!" he chanted. "Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien!" he yelled, appeared from the fog itself was a blurry shadow. It then took form, as a tall man with red hair, covering its body was blood red armour with spikes, the only parts not concealed by this armour were his thighs, and around his torso was a purple sleeveless jacket. He also brandish a long katana, and around his neck appeared to be some kind of necklace. Around the monster were two orange Overlay Units.

Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien: EARTH, Rank: 4 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/400, OLUs: 2

"Gateway and Shadow Training's effects again!" 3 + 2 = 5. (Gateway) SotSS Shien's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1. At this moment, Kimiko took action, "I activate the Trap, Bujin Regalia - The Sword!" she activated her Trap. "I activate one of two effects! I activate the one that allows me to add a Bujin monster from my Graveyard to my Hand!" she added her card from the Graveyard.

"That won't help you! I now activate Gateway's effect! By removing 2 Counters..." Shien lost its counter, as did Gateway lose one. 5 - 1 = 4. (Gateway), 1 - 1 = 0. (SotSS Shien) "I now target a Six Samurai or Shien Effect monster, and it gains 500 ATK until the end of the turn!" SotSS Shien's ATK: 2500 + 500 = 3000.

"Battle! Zanji will attack Arasuda!" Zanji gave a war cry and charged for the yellow armour, the armour, stood up and raised a fist to fend of the attack, sending Zanji backwards towards Andy. 2200 - 100 = 2100. (Andy) "At this moment, Zanji's effect activates! At the end of the damage step, if Zanji battles a Defense Position monster, while I control another Six Samurai monster with a different name, I can destroy that monster!" Zanji's weapon began to discharge tremendous energy, he twirled the staff, before striking the earth with it, sending bits of earth, flying as a crack headed for Arasuda.

"I activate the effect of Bujingi Hare in my Graveyard!" Kimiko yelled out, "Huh?" Andy said, wondering how it got there, but then realised, "That must be one of the cards you sent to the Graveyard with either Yamato and Arasuda's effect!" he said. "My, my, he catches on quickly." Asami said.

"That's right! I now banish Hare, and then target Arasuda!" Her Duel Disk told her the card was now banished, "Now once during either turn I activate this effect, the targeted monster cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects!" she explained as a barrier appeared, and prevented the crack from getting further.

"Then Grandmaster will attack Yamato!" Grandmaster suddenly opened his eyes, and flicked his weapon out of its sheath... Nothing happened, but the second he sheathed the sword completely, Yamato fell to pieces, cracks all over the armour, which burst into particles piece by piece. Kimiko's LP: 4000 - 1500 = 2500.

"I activate the effects of Bujingi Pavo and Raven from my Hand!" Kimiko said showing the cards, "Pavo's effect first! When a Beast-Warrior Bujin monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I can send this card to the Graveyard, and Special Summon from my Deck, A Bujin monster! I pick Bujingi Wolf!" a small wolf like monster, comprised of some kind of energy and wearing red armour around it appeared, Summoned in Defense Position.

Bujingi Wolf: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Beast/Effect] ATK/1100 DEF/2000

"Then Raven's effect! When a Bujin monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by battle with your monster, I can send this card from my Hand to the Graveyard, and then your battling monster is then destroyed!" she then sent Raven to the Graveyard. "Say goodbye to Grandmaster!" Raven's form. which was a fiery purple shadow appeared, and then soared at Grandmaster, piercing through the elderly monster's heart and destroying it.

"When Grandmaster, in my possession is destroyed by a card effect you activate, I can target a Six Samurai monster in my Graveyard, and add it to my Hand. I add Kegaki!" he added Kageki back to his Hand.

"Now for Shein to attack Arasuda!" Shein walked back into the shadows, and somehow appeared behind Arasuda, and slashed at the moment, only nothing happened to the monster. "What the f-" Andy began. "Wolf's effect! Other Beast, Beast-Warrior and Winged Beast-Type monsters I control cannot be destroyed by battle!" she explained, making him grit his teeth annoyed by this.

"I guess I end my turn..." he said, annoyed that he hadn't really done anything, she still had two Level 4 monsters, and he knew what that could mean. "At this moment, Gateway's effect ends, returning Shein's ATK to normal..." 3000 = 2500. (SotSS Shien)

"Wow, she did a good job at keeping her Field somewhat together." Azara said, "Of course she could, between you and me, Kimiko once Dueled Matthew Denisu, and even he had slight trouble against her defences." Asami said, much to their shock. "That's quite the feat from what we've seen Matthew do." Yuzu said.

Andy's Hand x 1

Turn 4

"My turn! Draw!" Kimiko drew her card. "I Normal Summon Bujin Mikazuchi!" this time a blue, silver and black set of living armour, with a helmet that looked like it had a hair style, within the armour a light was shining out of the cracks.

Bujin Mikazuchi: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/1900 DEF/1500

"And now using the Level 4 Bujin Mikazuchi and Bujingi Wolf, I build the Overlay Network!" the two monsters turned into yellow energy, shot into the air, then down into the galaxy that spiralled into existence before her feet, where a light burst out of it. "Xyz Summon! Rank 4, Bujintei Susanowo!" at that moment, Yamato appeared from the Graveyard.

This then caused the light to curved and head straight for the resurrected monster, and entered it, Yamato's armour groaned as its glow became brighter than before, blinding Andy and his monsters, when it was armour, Yamato was covered in more armour, and had wings on his back, and was now carrying a sword. Two yellow Overlay Units orbited it at a distance.

Bujintei Susanowo: LIGHT, Rank: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/1600, OLUs: 2

"I now activate Susanowo's effect! By using 1 Overlay Unit..." Susanowo raised its sword just as an Overlay Unit around it arched into the air, and then straight into the sword causing a flash. Susanowo's OVUs: 2 - 1 = 1. "I can take 1 Bujin monster from my Deck, and either add it to my Hand or send it to the Graveyard..." she added the card to her Hand. "I then switch Arasuda into Attack Position!" Arasuda rose from its kneeling position.

"Time to say goodbye to winning this Duel Andy! Battle! Susanowo attack Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shein!" she ordered, much to Andy's shock and confusion, as Susanowo took flight, "The only reason someone orders their monster with less ATK to attack a monster with higher ATK is when-" Andy began, but stopped as he realised what was about to happen.

"Figured it out? If not, I'll tell you right now! I activate the effect of Bujingi Crane from my Hand!" Kimiko said, "When a Beast-Warrior Bujin monster I control battles, I can send Crane to the Graveyard..." she sent Crane to the Graveyard, causing the flying monster to be a lit with fire. "That monster's ATK becomes double its original ATK!" Susanowo's ATK: 2400x2 = 4800. "Oh no! If this goes through, Andy loses!" Yuzu cried out, while Asami smiled.

"I activate the Trap, Shien's Hazy Mirage!" Andy shouted as his face-down flipped up, showing the Great Shogun Shien, only it was nothing but a mirage. "When your monster attacks a Six Samurai or Shein Effect monster, that monster loses 400 ATK for every Bushido Counter currently on the Field until the end of the turn!" The four glowed circles of Gateway became spotlights, that all honed in on Susanowo, blinding it briefly. 4800 - 1600 = 3200.

"That still won't help Shien!" Kimiko retorted with a smirk, which made Andy smirk, "Which is why I activate Shadow Training's effect!" he said, making her gasp, "By removing 2 Bushido Counters from my Field..." two of the spotlights faded. 4 - 2 = 2. (Gateway) "I target 1 monster I control, and it can't be destroyed by battle or card effects once per turn!" he explained.

"Either way, you still take damage!" Kimiko said as Susanowo finally charged at Shien, how defended himself by blocking the attack with his sword, sadly it wasn't enough to fend of the monster but he managed to escape it demise. 2100 - 700 = 1400. (Andy) "Oh that was close..." he sighed out, "Don't relax yet Andy, I already told you I'm ending this!" Kimiko said, snapping him awake.

"Susanowo can attack all your monsters each once!" she said, shocking him with this news. "Susanowo now attacks Zanji!" Susanowo having passed Shien, flew up into the air, and did a loop-de-loop, this time heading for Zanji. "Even though you lowered Susanowo's ATK, it still has enough to take you out with this blow!" she said, and she was right, there was a 1400 points difference between the two monsters.

"Not anymore! I activate Shien's effect!" Shien raised his blade and waited for one of its Overlay Unit to pass in front of it, and then slashed at it. SotSS Shien's OVUs: 2 - 1 = 1. "By using an Overlay Unit, I can target 1 Six Samurai monster I control with less then 2000 ATK, until the end of the turn this effect is used, that monster's original ATK becomes 2000!" he said, making her grit her teeth annoyed by this, as did Asami frown at this. Zanji's ATK: 1800 = 2000.

Susanowo charged right through Zanji, knocking the monster back, and destroying it. 1400 - 1200 = 200. (Andy). "Hmph! That boy is stubborn! Doesn't know when to quit..." Asami said.

"Looks like you're still in this..." Kimiko smiled out, "I end my turn! With it ending Susanowo's ATK returns to normal..." 3200 = 2400. (Susanowo) "As does Zanji's ATK..." Andy said, 2000 = 1800. (Zanji)

"Then I activate Hazy Mirage's second effect!" he said, "During the end of the turn it was activated and a Six Samurai monster or more was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Six Samurai monsters with different names from my Graveyard up to the number of them that were destroyed this turn!" He Special Summoned Grandmaster in Attack Postion. "Hazy Mirage is then banished..." he added as the card was then banished. "Then Gateway and Shadow Training effects!" 2 + 2 = 4. (Gateway) 0 + 1 = 1. (Grandmaster)

Kimiko's Hand x 0

Turn 5

"Great, didn't think it would happen like this..." Andy thought sweating nervously. "My turn! Draw!" he drew his card, he looked at it, and smiled at what he drew. "I activate Gateway's effect!" he removed 4 counters from Gateway. 4 - 4 = 0. (Gateway) "I add Kagemusha of the Six Samurai from my Hand!" he added the card.

"Then I Normal Summon Kageki from my Hand!" Kageki appeared on the Field again, "Gateway and Shadow Training effects!" 0 + 2 = 2. (Gateway) 0 + 1 = 1. (Kageki) "Kageki's ATK become 1700, due to Grandmaster's presence." 200 + 1500 = 1700. (Kageki).

"Kageki's effect! I Special Summon Kagemusha from my Hand!" A new Six Samurai monster appeared, it was wearing green clothing underneath brown armour, and it had red long hair. Carried in its hand was a pole, with a whip attachment at the end of it.

Kagemusha of the Six Samurai: EARTH, Level: 2 [Warrior/Tuner] ATK/400 DEF/1800

"Gateway and Shadow Training!" 2 + 2 = 4. (Gateway) 0 + 1 = 1. (Kagemusha) "And now I tune the Level 2 Kagemusha to the Level 3 Kageki!" he yelled out, causing Kagemusha to turn into two green rings, Kageki jumped into them, losing its colour, and gaining 3 stars, which lined up.

3* + 2* = 5*

"Warrior of Legendary, pick up your blade and rise to the challenge!" A beam of light emitted and pierced the rings and stars. "Synchro Summon! Level 5, Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En!" slashing from the light, a red samurai armoured warrior with golden trimmings appeared, on its back were two golden framed wings. And held in its hand was dark katana.

Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En: DARK, Level: 5 [Warrior/Synchro/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/1400

"Once more!" 4 + 2 = 6. (Gateway) Shi En's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1. "And now for this!" he revealed the final card in his Hand. "Since I control two or more Six Samurai monsters, I can Special Summon this card from my Hand!" just then the mist became more denser. "Oh great leader, rise from your throne, and lead me to victory!" he chanted.

"Appear! Great Shogun Shien!" A dark shadow appeared from the mist, and calmly walked out, revealing itself to be a Shogun, his skin was pale, and the top part of his face was shadowed out, revealing only a set of red glowing eyes. The rest of the monster was surrounded by red armour, like Shi En's, only it wasn't as slimming as Shi En's.

Great Shogun Shien: FIRE, Level: 7 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/2400

"Say Yuzu..." Azara began, "Yeah?" she asked, "Have you ever noticed that the Shien monsters are somewhat the same, but also completely different at the same time?" she asked, making Yuzu look at Andy's field for a moment, "Yeah, I kind of do..." she said slowly. "Shadow Training's effect!" Great Shogun Shien's Counter Count (Bushido): 0 + 1 = 1.

"I now activate Gateway's effect!" 1 - 1 = 0 (x2). (Shien & Shi En) "I target a Six Samurai or Shien Effect monster, and it gains 500 ATK! I pick Shogun Shien!" Great Shogun Shien's ATK: 2500 + 500 = 3000.

"And for the final piece of this Duel, I now use Shadow Training's effect! Removing 6 Counters..." he removed all Counters from Gateway 6 - 6 = 0. (Gateway) "By removing 6 Counters, I can now targeted cards you control, up to the number of Six Samurai or Shien Effect monsters I control, and send them to the Graveyard!" this news shocked her.

"I control 4, but since you only control 1, that's all that's needed..." he said. Susanowo was slowly but surely beginning surrounded by the fog, until it couldn't be seen, after a moment, the fog cleared, but Susanowo was gone.

"End this Shogun Shien! Attack her directly!" Andy yelled out, as the moment monster roared and then charged at Kimiko, upon standing before her- "Not too rough though!" he quickly added as Shogun had raised his weapon over his head, going for a fatal blow. Shien groaned at this, then simply tapped her on the head. 2500 - 3000 = 0. (Kimiko)

"Well that was anti-climatic..." Azara muttered as the holograms and the fog began to dissipate.

Andy: WINS

Kimiko: LOSES

"Thank you for the Duel!" Andy said nicely to Kimiko with a bow, "And sorry about beating you..." he muttered, making her giggle, "That's alright, I can easily bounce back from this." said waved it off, making Andy look up with a smile.

"Great Duel Andy!" Azara and Yuzu got up from their seats, "It was lovely meeting you two." the girls bowed to both Asami and Kimiko, who bowed back to them. "It was nice, even thought it should have ended with my daughter winning..." Asami said, making her daughter roll her eyes. "Mother please, Andy won fair and square." she said.

"True..." Asami sighed out, "Right, now that's that over, how about a Tea Ceremony to celebrate!" she said politely. "Thanks for the offer, but we need to go, we've got another arrangement to attend." Yuzu declined. "Very well, best of luck to you three." she said, and with that, the three plus Ruby lefted the way they came from... "I wonder what Ronald is doing right this moment?" Andy said out loud...

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"Heroic Champion - Excalibur! Take him out!" Ronald in disguise ordered, the Xyz Monster, swung its mighty sword and broke the ground beneath his opponent, sending them flying along with some of the ground. They hit the ground as their LP hit 0.

"And that's number 3..." he thought walking up to the downed Elite, and quickly carded him, and then looked around, making sure no one approached to find out what caused that noise, "Maybe I should stick to non Real-Solid Dueling" he thought, looking around at the destruction his monster created.

"What's the time now?" he said to himself and looked at his Standard Dimension Duel Disk for the time, handy little thing, his original couldn't do it. "Quarter to One! I'm going to be late for my Duel!" he yelled, quickly taking off his cloak, which revealed that he was wearing a back pack, he also took that off, and stuffed his cloak into it, as well as his Xyz Duel Disk and zipped it up.

He ran off as he put it back on, "Time for Yuzu to see some real Xyz Summoning!" he grinned as he ran...

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(12:58 AM)

"Is this the place?" Azara asked, as she, Ruby, Yuzu and Andy stood outside a building, looking around. "Must be, but I'm surprise this institute would have a Dueling Program..." Yuzu said, looking at the info for where to go for Ronald's Duels, speaking of which, he was no where to be seen. "Don't you think he would be here before us?" Andy said looking around for any sign of the moody (to him) Duelist.

"Anyone know the deal with Ronald anyway?" he asked, making them look at him with confusion, "I mean with Sora, the second he spotted Sora, he seems to have held a grudge against him." Upon that being pointed, the girls thought back to all those times.

"You've got a point about that, he shouldn't really have a problem with someone, he just met." Yuzu said, "Unless Ronald knows about him from before, maybe both of them, come from the same old town, and that Sora doesn't remember him." Azara said.

"That could be a reason, but I don't think it is..." he said.

"What the hell are three talking about?" Ronald said glaring from behind, Andy. "Ahhhhhhh!" Andy screamed out, as he hid behind the girls, "When did you get here!?" Andy cowardly asked behind the girls. "Just now... Now answer my question..." he said.

"Well, while we were waiting for you to show up... We were trying to figure out, why you sort of hate Sora..." Azara said, but the second he glared at her, she shied away.

"Why do I hate Sora?..." he growled out angered, "Anyone would hate him for what they did!" was all he said, as he then walked into the building. "Did he just say 'they'?" Andy asked, making sure he heard right, the three then walked in after him.

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"What gives them the right to pry into my business, I don't pry into their lives..." Ronald thought as he walked further in. "Ronald wait up!" the girls yelled to him from behind.

He didn't stop, wanting to get this Duel over with, so he could get back to his actual friends, sure Yuzu and the others had been kind to them, but they didn't get him for him, he wasn't helping with his lie about where he came from.

As he walked, he could hear multiple voices, along with some stomping, "I don't know what I've been told..." he heard a single voice shout, "I don't know what I've been told... " he heard repeated by multiple voices. "What the hell-" he said but stopped when he reached his destination.

Ronald found himself standing within a huge indoor gym, complete with equipment pushed to the sides, running laps in unison was a bunch of teens in cadet training wear, leading them was their instructor, who was a tall, muscular, big chinned man, and had a scar along his right cheek, his hair was buzz cut flat along the top. He was wearing training wear, along with a pair of camo jogging bottoms.

"Dueling isn't for the weak or old!" the instructor shouted, "Dueling isn't for the weak or old!" the cadets repeated, as the lot ran past, the instructor looked over at Ronald, "Halt!" he yelled, coming to a stop, as did the cadets, "At ease!" he said, making the cadets relax slightly, he made his way over to Ronald, not noticing the young man's shocked face.

"Ronald! What's wrong?" Azara, Andy and Yuzu, along with Ruby finally caught up to him, "Greetings! I am Commander Yeager!" Yeager introduced himself with a salute.

Ronald remained stationary, still in shock, "Ronald?" Yuzu said to him, but all Ronald could hear were the faints screams on pain and suffered, followed by twisted laughter from- "Are you well soldier!?" Yeager asked grasping his Ronald, snapping Ronald out, he quickly rushed backwards out of the grip.

"Don't call me that!" he growled out. "You okay, Ronald?" Yuzu asked concerned, "Huh?" he said confused, he shook himself and took in his surroundings again, it was the indoor gym again. "Oh yeah... Sorry about that..." he mumbled.

"That's alright, I would like to introduce myself, seeing that I don't think you heard me before, I am Commander Yeager, in charge of this base of operations!" he said, "It's just a school, isn't it?" Azara asked confused, "More that that little lady!" he said, making her pout at that comment, "This here is where some of the next generation of soldiers are trained!" he explained.

"This brand of school, reaches to nearly every country in the world, so much that it nearly rivals LDS's number." he said, to their shock. "Of course, we mainly focus on military protocol over Dueling, but the Duelist that do come here are no slackers either!" he said.

"So which of you is Ronald Greyson?" Yeager asked, "I am..." Ronald said, "Alright then!" Yeager turned to his cadets, who were still standing at attention. "Let's see who will make a good challenge for you?..." he said scanning through them, until he landed on one. "You there!" he pointed at one, who was around Ronald's height, and his hair was slick and brown.

"Sir yes sir!" the selected one shouted, "Tell Ronald here your name!" Yeager ordered, "Sir! My name is Maxwell!" Maxwell shouted, and bowed to Ronald. "Okay..." Ronald said, unnerved with all the military talk, no one seemed to notice though.

"Right then!" Yeager clasps a hand over Ronald's and Maxwell's shoulder. "Let's get this Duel under way! Do you need a moment Ronald?" Yeager asked.

"Sure, I just need to put my back pack somewhere safe." Ronald took off said item, "I'll hold it for you." Azara said, "Fine..." he held it over to her, "But please don't look inside." he said, "Why? Got something embarrassing?" Yuzu teased, making Azara giggle, Ronald however was not amused. "Just... Don't!" he warned, and then turned away from them and followed Yeager and Maxwell onto the floor, while the other cadets walked into the stands, leaving Ronald's group confused...

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Commander Yeager had made his way into the control room, and sat down. Both Ronald and Maxwell were standing in the Arena. Yeager flipped a switch, and descending down from the ceiling was an exposed ARC System. "Hmm, strange for an ARC System to be above an arena?" Azara said as the four took their seats in the stands, Yuzu, Andy and Ruby by her side, Ronald backpack on the floor where Ruby was sniffing at.

"Okay you two! Let's begin! I activate the Action Field, Hell's Warzone!" Yeager pressed the activation button, caused the ARC System to fully activate, caused multiple beams to appear and create the field. "W-Warzone..." Ronald repeated in shock, frantically looking around as the field rendered in.

A few moment later, both he and Maxwell were standing upon a desolate wasteland, which was littered with broken weapons, vehicles and sometime bones scattered around, all the trees that were standing were dead, some even burning.

"No, not this again!" he suddenly remembered all the destruction, screaming and laughter coming from the enemy.

"Does Ronald look a bit off to you?" Yuzu asked Azara, "Kind of, he looks a bit... afraid..." she said concerned watching a nervous looking Ronald on the Field.

"Duelist! Are you ready!?" Yeager shouted, Maxwell armed his Duel Disk, "Ready!" he shouted, Ronald had not heard any of this. "Soldier Ronald! Are you ready?" Yeager shouted, louder this time, snapping him out of it. "Huh?" he said, "I said are you ready?" he asked again.

"Oh... Ready!" Ronald then armed his Duel Disk.

"Now we really don't follow the tradition of a chant before an Action Duel, so we can start now! ACTION..." Yeager said, the bubble containing the Action Cards popped, scattering them about as the two drew 5 cards each.

"DUEL!" the two shouted.

Ronald's LP: 4000

Maxwell's LP: 4000

Turn 1

"I'm going first!" Ronald said with Maxwell nodding at this. "I Normal Summon Heroic Challenger - Thousand Blades!" appearing on his Field was a silver armoured knight monster with the Heroic crest on its chest, surrounding it was thousands of swords all posed to attack at any moment.

Heroic Challenger - Thousand Blades: EARTH, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1300 DEF/1100

"Thousand Blade's effect! If its in Attack Position, I can send a Heroic card in my Hand to the Graveyard..." he sent a Heroic Challenger monster to the Graveyard. "Now I cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of the turn, other than Heroic monsters, but its effect lets me Special Summon a Heroic monster from my Deck!" a card was ejected from his Deck.

"I Special Summon Heroic Challenger - Assault Halberd!" Assault Halberd appeared next to Thousand Blades.

Heroic Challenger - Assault Halberd: EARTH, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/200

"Then Thousand Blades switches itself into Defense!" Thousand Blades knelt down, all the swords behind him moved forward and covered it, a blue aura enveloped the monster. "Then I activate the Continious Spell, Supply Squad!" the card appeared on the Field. "When a monster or two I control is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can draw 1 card during the turn they're destroyed." he explained.

"I set 1 card and end my turn!" 1 card appeared face-down, and faded.

Ronald's Hand x 1

Turn 2

"My turn! Draw!" Maxwell shouted as he drew his card. "I activate the Spell, Trade-In! I discard a Level 8 monster from my Hand to draw 2 cards..." he sent a card to his Graveyard and drew 2 cards. "Then I activate the effect of Machina Fortress in my Hand! By sending Machine-Type monsters from my Hand whose Levels equal 8 or more..." he sent a Machina Soldier and Defender to his Graveyard.

"It can Special Summon itself! Appear! Machina Fortress!" Appearing on the Field, in mid-air before crashing down was a tank like monster, it had 3 tank treads, one on either side and 1 in the middle at the front, and mounted on the left side was a cannon of some kind, also on the sides of the outer treads were two folded up arms.

Machina Fortress: EARTH, Level: 8 [Machine/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/1600

"I activate the Continious Spell, Machina Armored Unit!" the card appeared face-up on the Field. "If a Machine-Type monster is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon from my Deck 1 Machine-Type whose Attribute is the same as the destroyed one, but with less ATK." he explained. "Then I Normal Summon Machina Sniper" A brown humanoid robot appeared, carried over its right shoulder was a rocket launcher.

Machina Sniper: EARTH, Level: [Machine/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/800

Upon seeing the monster, Ronald vision blurred, making him see a monster all to familiar with him, its size towered over him. "Ancient Gear Golem..." he thought, angered beginning to build.

"Battle! Machina Fortress attack Assault Halberd!" Fortress reeved its treads and zoomed over to Maxwell, who jumped onto the vehicle monster, which changed direction and headed for Assault Halberd.

"Trap activate, Heroic Advance!" Ronald activated his face-down, "When you target a Heroic monster for an attack, I can target another face-up Level 4 or lower Heroic monster, and double its ATK during the Battle Phase, and make it the target of that attack!" he said, "I pick Thousand Blade!" even though Thousand Blades was in Defense, its ATK doubled. Thousand Blades's ATK: 1300 x2 = 2600. Fortress than made a beeline for Thousand Blades.

"What did he do that for?" Yuzu said, "Did I forget to mention the monsters in this battle cannot be destroyed in this battle?" Ronald said as Fortress charged its cannon and fired it, a barrier appeared over Thousand Blades just before the beam hit it. "Oh now I see, he was going for the protection part of the card, meaning he's trying to save Thousand Blades for an Xyz Summon next turn." She thought, Oliver had told her something about protecting materials.

As Fortress turned around, Maxwell lowered himself to the side of Fortress, whose hand extended, intending the catch him if he fell, he swiped an Action Card that he spotted on his way over to Thousand Blades.

"Now Sniper attack Thousand Blades!" Sniper aimed its rocket launcher at Thousand Blades, and fired the rocket, which whizzed as it soared. "Then I activate the Action Spell, Piercing Shot!" the Action card appeared, showing a shield cracking from a bullet. "When my monster battles a monster in Defense, it deals piercing battle damage to you!" the rocket suddenly picked up speed.

Ronald seeing this, sprinted away from Thousand Blades, quickly running across the wasteland. "Whoa he's fast!" Andy shouted amazed, as was Yeager watching, smiling at Ronald's speed. "Why does he need an Action card for? With Supply Squad, he'll get a card when Thousand Blades is destroyed." Azara muttered, Ruby continuing to sniff Ronald's backpack.

Ronald saw something shine in the distance, making him run faster to it, when he approach, he saw an Action Card, but flinched as it was in a skeleton's opened jaw. "Wait! Why am I flinching for? This is all fake!" he thought, just then Sniper's rocket hit Thousand Blades's sword, and shattered them with its speed, upon contact with the monster, it exploded, taking the monster with it, and explosion's shockwave also reached Ronald, who looked before being knock off his feet, and knocking the skeleton to pieces, the Action Card flying into the air. Ronald's LP: 4000 - 700 = 3300.

"But that wasn't fake..." he thought looking up from the ground, where the Action Card floated down in front of him, which he then picked up. "Supply Squad's effect! Since Thousand Blades was destroyed, I draw a card." he drew a card as he stood up and dusted himself off.

"I now set a card and end my turn!" Maxwell said as a single face-down card appeared and faded away. "Let's see you handle this?" he grinning out.

Maxwell's Hand x 0

Turn 3

"My turn! Draw!" Ronald drew his card. "I Normal Summon Heroic Challenger - Double Lance!" a robotic looking Spartan warrior, with a spear and shield appeared on the Field.

Heroic Challenger - Double Lance: EARTH, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1700 DEF/900

"Double Lance's effect! When Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon another Double Lance from my Hand or Graveyard!" a dark portal appeared, as there was a second Double Lance in the Graveyard. "And now using the two Level 4 Double Lances, I build the Overlay Network!" the two identical monsters turned into orange beams of energy, shot into the air, and then down into the galaxy that appeared before Ronald.

"Xyz Summon! Heroic Champion - Dyrnwyn" the powerful bane of dragons appeared on the Field.

Heroic Champion - Dyrnwyn: DARK, Rank: 4 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2200 DEF/2000, OLUs: 2

"Then I activate the Spell, Heroic Chance!" the card appeared, "I target Assault Halberd, and double its ATK for the rest of the turn, but it cannot attack you directly." Assault Halberd gave a roar cry as it powered up. Assault Halberd's ATK: 1800x2 = 3600.

"Then I activate Dyrnwyn's effect! By using an Overlay Unit..." one of Dyrnwyn's unit was absorbed into its sword. Dyrnwyn's OLU's: 2 - 1 = 1, "I can half the ATK of one of your monsters, which will be Fortress..." Fortress's ATK: 2500 = 1250. "Then Dyrnwyn gains 1000 ATK until the end of the turn!" Dyrnwyn's ATK: 2200 + 1000 = 3200.

"Battle! Dyrnwyn attacks Fortress!" Dyrnwyn gave a roar as it unsheathed its other blade, and charged, dragging the blades across the ground, Maxwell did nothing to stop this. With Fortress then being crushed by the Champion's sword. Maxwell's LP: 4000 - 1950 = 2050. Fortress was then destroyed.

"Armored Unit's effect! When a Machina monster is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon a Machine-Type monster from my Deck, whose Attribute is the same, but with less ATK!" a card was ejected from his Deck.

I Summon Machina Target!" a small metal bullseye target with four legs appeared on the Field.

Machina Target: EARTH, Level: 4 [Machine/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1600

"And then Machina Megaform's effect activates from the Graveyard! When a face-up Machina Fortress in sent to the Graveyard, I can banish that monster, and Special Summon Megaform!" Fortress appeared on the Field... but then shot into the air, and began to unfold, transforming. As it changed, Ronald grew shocked at its size, when the monster landed, it shook the earth as a towering Mecha robot appeared on the Field in Attack.

Machina Megaform: EARTH, Level: 8 [Machine/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/1500

"Assault Halberd! Attack Megaform!" he suddenly yelled out, Assault Halberd, nodded, and headed straight for Megaform.

"I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Limit Removal!" Maxwell activated his Set card, "The ATK of all Machine-Type monsters I currently control is doubled!" Megaform, Sniper and Target began to spark with extra energy. Megaform's ATK: 2600x2 = 5200, Sniper's ATK: 1800x2 = 3600. Target's ATK: 1000x2 = 2000. "Oh no! Now Ronald is in trouble!" Yuzu cried out, at this Maxwell ran for an Action nearby.

"I activate the Action Spell, Big Escape!-" Ronald said using his Action Card. "Wrong!" Maxwell snapped out, grabbing an Action Card. "I now activate the Action Spell, No Action! Your Action Card is negated!" Ronald's card was instantly negated and destroyed.

"The battle continues!" Maxwell said, Megaform reared back its metal fist, and before Halberd could swipe, it was instantly knocked away by Megaform's hand, and sent crashing into the ground near Ronald, causing a crater as it was destroyed and a shockwave that knocked him off his feet. 3300 - 1600 = 1700. (Ronald)

"Crap that hurt..." Ronald groaned getting to his feet, and glared at Maxwell, "Since Assault Halberd was destroyed, I can draw 1 card due to Supply Squad's effect." he drew a card. "I place 2 cards face down and end my turn." 2 face-downs appeared on his Field and faded.

"And since you activated Limit Removal, your Machina-Types affected by it are now destroy-" "Target's effect!" Maxwell cut him off, "Should Machina monsters be destroyed by a card effect, I can tribute this card instead..." Target burst into particles, making Megaform and Sniper stop sparking, and return to normal. 5200 = 2600 (Megaform), 3600 = 1800. (Sniper)

Ronald was shocked to see that they survived, but shook himself out of it, "Dyrnwyn's ATK also returns to normal..." 3200 = 2200. (Dyrnwyn)

Ronald's Hand x 0

Turn 4

"This could be bad..." Yuzu said, "Don't worry Yuzu, Ronald has got some defences on him, so he'll be fine..." Azara said calmly, trying to cheer her friend up. "Still, anyone wondering why he's freezing up sometimes?" Andy added, having noticed that.

"My turn!" Maxwell drew his card, he flipped it over, and grinned, "Perfect!" he muttered. "I activate the Spell, Soul Charge!" he activated his card, "I can now Special Summon as many monster as I want from my Graveyard!" Defender and Soldier appeared from the Graveyard. "But then I take 500 damage per monster Summoned this way..." he said. 2050 - 1000 = 1050. (Maxwell)

Soldier was green robot with a blade for an arm, and Defender was a stot robot with mounted rocket launchers on its shoulders. Both were Summoned in Attack.

Machina Soldier: EARTH, Level: 4 [Machine/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/1500

Machina Defender: EARTH, Level: 4 [Machine/Effect] ATK/1200 DEF/1800

"3 Level 4 monsters... An Xyz Summon perhaps?" Ronald thought, "And then I Normal Summon Commander Covington!" a small red army robot appeared with a salute.

Commander Covington: EARTH, Level: 4 [Machine/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/600

Azara gasped out in shock at seeing that card, "What's wrong!?" Yuzu asked confused, "Ronald is in trouble! I think I know what's going to happen next..." Azara whispered out staring at the monster.

"Covington's effect!" Solder, Defender and Sniper all glowed, and jumped into the air, "By sending Solder, Defender and Sniper to the Graveyard, I can now Special Summon a mighty monster from my Hand or Deck!" Defender's feet and head detached themselves from its body and its launcher unfolded and turned to the side. Then Soldier's head also detached itself, and then it body folded some parts and it split across and setting onto the back of its hips.

Sniper's head went down, its legs then folded behind its back neatly.

Soldier and Defender as they were right now, then connected themselves onto Sniper, with Soldier's head becoming Sniper's new head, then Defender's launcher then placed themselves at the top becoming some shoulder armour, Soldier's body from the bottom slid up Sniper's body and clicked into, then Defender's head appeared at the pelvis area and turned upside down and attached itself on, its feet then connected at the bottom of Soldier's body, making a pair of giant legs..

As this happened, Ronald became shocked at what the monster was becoming. "It-It-It can't be..." he thought, becoming afraid now. A card was then ejected from Maxwell's Deck. "Appear! The mightiest of all Machina monsters! Machina Force!" Maxwell yelled slamming the card onto his blade.

At this, the combined robot fell to the ground and landed with a thunderous crash, it then stood to its full height, which towered over Megaform somehow. It was a combination of Defender, Soldier and Sniper, but looked more menacing with its height.

Machina Force: EARTH, Level: 10 [Machine/Effect] ATK/4600 DEF/4100

"Oh my god! That thing is huge!" Andy yelled in shock.

Down in the Field, Ronald had frozen up completely, as in its place, all he could see as monster, even taller than Force. " A-A-Ancient Gear... Chaos Giant! "

"Time to end this!" Maxwell yelled, "Battle! Machina Force will attack your Dyrnwyn!" the huge mechanical beast took aim, to Ronald Chaos Giant took aim and charged its right arm, which acted as a cannon.

"Ronald! Ronald!" a voice screamed out to him, and quickly turned and saw, "Ruri!" he thought as he saw her, helping up downed civilians, Shun had shown him a picture of her, when he asked what she looked like, and boy was he shocked that she looked like Yuzu. "You've got to do something!" she said, this however was Yuzu from the real world saying.

This made Ronald snap out of it, and glare at the Chaos Giant, "I activate the Trap, Heroic Boost!" Ronald yelled out, one of his face-downs flipped up, showing an image of a Heroic monster, a huge aura enveloping it.

"When a Heroic monster is attacked, I can make it gain 1000 ATK during that battle!" he yelled out, as though for his life. 2200 + 1000 = 3200. (Dyrnwyn) "Not only that but Dyrnwyn, under Boost's effect, cannot be destroyed in the battle." he added.

"But you still take damage!" Maxwell, who had been replaced with a Duelist from Fusion said/sneered. Force/Chaos Giant fired its blast, with Dyrnwyn raising its blades to counter the attack, sadly it was pushed back, and was knocked over, landing near Ronald and sending him tumbling back a few feet. 1700 - 1400 = 300. (Ronald)

"Ronald!" Yuzu yelled to him, Azara and Andy grew worried for the Xyz Duelist, who was slowly getting to his feet, now scuffed up by the tumble. "Now that... the battle is over, Dyrnwyn's ATK returns to normal, but then loses 500 ATK due to Boost's earlier effect. 3200 = 2200 - 500 = 1700. (Dyrnwyn) "Good! Makes it better for me now! Megaform attacks Dyrnwyn now!" Megaform armed it cannon and charged its attack. He then ran off to the side.

"I activate my other Trap, Trap Reset!" Ronald's other face-down flipped up, showing a bear trap, which had been triggered, being carefully reset for next time. "This card can be activated during the turn I activated a Trap, I now banish 2 cards from my Graveyard..." he banished Assault Halberd and Heroic Advance. "This lets me Set the Trap that I activated, and use it again!" Heroic Boost appeared back on the Field, and then activated.

"Dyrnwyn gains 1000 ATK now!" 1700 + 1000 = 2700. (Dyrnwyn) "Either way, Dyrnwyn will fall!" Maxwell retorted as Megaform fired its attack, at that moment, Maxwell snatched an Action Card from the ground, "Perfect! I activate the Action Spell, Battle Break!" he yelled out as the card appeared. "After the battle, if your monster wasn't destroyed in that battle, it is destroyed! Regardless of card effects!" he said.

Megaform's attack sailed over to Dyrnwyn, who once again tried to block the attack, only for that attempt to fail, vaporising the monster. 300 - 200 = 100. (Ronald) "Oh no! Commander Covington is still on the Field!" Andy said looking at said monster. Ronald drew a card due to Supply Squad's effect.

"Correct! Finish it Covington! Attack him directly!" Covington took off for a run, "I activate Boost's other effect!..." Ronald groaned out. "By banishing it, I can Special Summon a Heroic monster that was destroyed by battle during any turn of the Duel!" He Summoned Assault Halberd. "Cancel that attack Covington..." Covington came to a halt, and then promptly returned to Maxwell's side.

"You got lucky there Ronald, but I think that luck of yours has run out, I end my turn!" he said, smiling to himself. "With it ending, Boost's effect now banishes the Summoned monster at the end of the turn, or if it lefted the Field..." Ronald said, as Assault Halberd was then banished.

Maxwell's Hand x 0

Turn 5

"Well, I think this is over..." Andy said sombrely, "How can you say that!" Yuzu yelled at him, "Face it Yuzu, even Yuya couldn't out play this situation..." he said, and stared at Machina Force, "With 4600 ATK, Force is unstoppable, meanwhile Ronald only has one card in his Hand, sure it may help but, with out a monster, it's useless..." he said, and Yuzu couldn't help but agree on that.

"Do you seriously think you can overpower Machina Force?!" Maxwell shouted as Ronald was about to draw his card. "Face it, you've lost! Now surrender!" at that, Ronald was reminded completely of the scenario that played out nearly like this one. "Surrender..." he muttered, "Oh I'll Surrender..." he muttered again. Making Maxwell smile, the girls and Andy frowned.

"OVER MY DEAD BODY!" he suddenly screamed out, shocking everyone watching, "MY TURN! DRAW!" he quickly yanked the card out of his Duel Disk, sending dust flying. "Perfect!" he growled out, looking at the card. "I'm going to make you pay for what you've done!" he yelled to Maxwell, or in his mind, the soldier.

"I activate the Spell, Rank Up Magic - Heroic Force!" he yelled slamming the card into his Duel Disk. "Rank Up Magic!" Azara gasped out, the other two were shocked, having never seen Ronald use that card before.

"Upon activate this card, if I control no monsters, I can Special Summon from my Graveyard, a Heroic Xyz Monster by negating its effects!" he Summoned Dyrnwyn from his Graveyard, "And now, Heroic Force's effect allows me to Xyz Summon a Heroic Xyz Monster from my Extra Deck, whose Rank is 1 higher than Dyrnwyn!" At this, Maxwell stepped back, due to the anger he could hear in Ronald's voice.

"With the Rank 4 Dyrnwyn, I rebuild the Overlay Network!" Dyrnwyn, turned into purple energy, and shot into the air, heading into the centre of a gathering thunder cloud. "Powerful champion, take aim with your spear, and go straight for the heart!" he chanted as the new monster took form, his Extra Deck compartment opened, with him grabbing the card that was ejected from it.

"GO! RANK UP XYZ EVOLUTION!" he slammed the card over Dyrnwyn's card, causing lighting to rain down from the storm! "Rank 5! Heroic Champion - Trishula!" When the lighting was gone, standing in its place was a huge metal knight, like Dyrnwyn, only this was stood a foot taller than it. It's armour was mostly white, with bits of black framing it. It had two shoulder pads, that were squared and towered. It's arm braces were similar, as well as its leg armour. Around its hips at the back was some kind of battle skirt, that framed the back and the sides of the legs. Around its chest was the Heroic crest that was on a shoulder belt. And carried in its right arm, standing as tall as the monster was a spear, the tip was arrow tipped, but formed as a three prong trident.

Heroic Champion - Trishula: DARK, Rank: 5 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2800 DEF/2100, OLUs: 1

"I-I-I can't believe it... Ronald can Rank Up his monsters..." Andy said stunned. "S-S-So what if you got a monster out, it still pales in comparison to the might of Machina Force! Hell its not even stronger than Megaform..." Maxwell said, although there were hints of fear in his voice.

"Trishula's effect! When Xyz Summoned using an Heroic Xyz Monster, all monsters you currently control have their effects negated! And lose ATK equal to the original ATK of that Xyz Monster!" Ronald growled out as lightning striked the spear, making the energy to channel through out the weapon, Trishula raised the spear gently, before slamming it in the ground, making the energy travel into the ground, and towards Maxwell's monsters, making them malfunction due to their robotic nature.

"Dyrnwyn's ATK is 2200!, meaning all your monsters lose that much!" 4600 - 2200 = 2400. (Force) 2900 - 2200 = 500. (Megaform) 1000 - 2200 = 0. (Covington) "And then I equip Trishula with the Equip Spell, Heroic Empowerment!" Trishula's spear glowed, before changing shaped, in its place was a crimson demonic spear.

"Time to end this devastation that you've caused! BATTLE! HEROIC CHAMPION - TRISHULA! ATTACK THAT CHAOS GIANT!" Ronald yelled out, causing confusion for everyone.

Trishula however, knew what its master meant, raised its spear like an Olympic Athlete, over its shoulder and took aim at Force, "So what! That's not going to do anything! I'll survive this! Then I'll have Megaform destroy Trishula, and take that 100 LP you have left-" Maxwell began, "WRONG! I activate Trishula's effect!" Trishula's only Overlay Unit was absorbed into its spear, causing it to spark with energy again. Trishula's OLU's: 1 - 1 = 0.

"By using an Overlay Unit, when Trishula attacks your monster, it gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the monster it battles!" he explained, shocking his opponent. "Did- Did you say original ATK!" Maxwell yelped out. Trishula's ATK: 2800 + 4600 = 7400. "NOW FOR YOU AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SCUM BAGS TOO PERISH!" Ronald yelled out.

"HOLY WRATH'S STRIKE!" Trishula roared, and threw the spear at supersonic speeds, tearing apart the earth below as the spear soared across the land, heading right for Force. At this Maxwell began to run for an Action Card, "DON'T BOTHER! EMPOWERMENT'S EFFECT ENSURES THAT WHEN IT FIRST BATTLES, YOU CANNOT ACTIVATE CARD EFFECTS!" Ronald bellowed out.

At this, Maxwell tripped over, just as Machina Force was run through by Trishula's spear, leaving a huge super heated hole in its chest, a moment later, after the spear landed behind the wrecked monster, Force exploded, sending Maxwell tumbling from the ground. 1050 - 5000 = 0. (Maxwell)

Ronald: WINS

Maxwell: LOSES

With the Duel over, Ronald began to hyperventilate. "Finally... Now to card the bastar-" "RONALD!" Ronald's thoughts were interrupted by Yuzu/Ruri's yell, snapping him out of it. "Wha-" he said, looking around him, no longer seeing the destroyed Heartland City, no more screaming, no more fire, and no more laughter from the enemy.

"Are you okay?" Yuzu asked running over to him, as were Azara, Andy and Ruby, with Andy carrying Ronald's back pack. "What was that about!? I never see you Duel like that." Andy said smiling, clearly missing the vibe that was coming from Ronald. "Are you alright?" Azara asked concerned.

"You won the Duel, but you sort of..." she looked to side, showing Maxwell still on the floor, Commander Yeager running over to him. "Oh..." Ronald realised what had happened, a memory relapse. "Ronald?" Yuzu asked, reaching out to touch his shoulder, but he flinched away, "Y-Yeah... I'm fine..." he muttered. He then walked over to Andy, "Thanks for holding my back pack." Now sensing the vibe, Andy carefully gave him the back pack.

He then began to make his way out of the building, "Thanks for coming to support me... I hope you learned about Ranking Up your Xyz Monsters..." he mumbled, just loud enough for the three to hear him, and with that, he lefted, leaving them.

"What do you think was that about?" Andy said, "And did you hear what he said? Something about 'Chaos Giant'..." Azara said, "Just what happened to him, to cause that anger..." Yuzu said, clutching her bracelet for comfort...

End of Chapter 22

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Yes... I've made Yuzu and Yuya adopted... Just because I felt like it, plus if any of this were real, surely she would have questions about her mother, so this way she won't question her existence that much, Yuya not so much, seeing that he had both Yuko and Yusho, but seeing that he looks nothing like them... I also made him adopted. Plus it gives him something to relate with the other counterparts as I made them all orphans. Rin, Yugo, Serena and Yuri were just never adopted, the first two for obvious reasons... Yuri and Serena can't explain it...

OC Cards

(Andy) (Sweet brisk)

Shein's Shadow Training

Continious Spell

Each time a "Six Samurai" or "Shein" Effect monster is Summoned: Place a Bushido Counter on those Summoned monster(s). Once per turn, you can remove any number of Bushido Counters from your Field to activate the following effects:

2: "Six Samurai" or "Shein" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects once each. (This is a Quick Effect)

4: Target 1 monster you control: It gains 300 ATK for each "Six Samurai" or "Shein" you control.

6: Target cards your opponent controls, up to the number of "Six Samurai" or "Shein" monsters you control: Send them to the Graveyard. But only 1 monster you control can declare an attack this turn.

Shien's Hazy Mirage

Normal Trap

When a "Six Samurai" or "Shein" Effect monster is attacked by an opponent's monster: That opponent's monsters that lose 400 ATK for every Bushido Counter currently on your Field until the end of the turn, also, you must have a minimum of 3 Bushido Counters on the Field to activate and resolve this effect. During the end of the turn this card was activated and sent to the Graveyard; if a "Six Samurai" monster(s) is destroyed and sent to your Graveyard: Special Summon from your Graveyard "Six Samurai" monsters with different names up to the number of destroyed "Six Samurai" monsters, then banish this card.

(Ronald) (the 3 tailed fox)

Heroic Boost

Normal Trap

When an "Heroic" monster is attacked: It gains 1000 ATK until the end of that battle, also it cannot be destroyed in that battle, but it then it loses 500 ATK. You can banish this card from your Graveyard: Special Summon a "Heroic" monster that was destroyed by battle during any turn, but banish it at the end of the turn or when it leaves the Field. (This effect is a Quick Effect)

Trap Reset

Normal Trap

During the turn you activated a Trap card: Activate this card: Banish 2 cards in your Graveyard: Set that Trap that you activated back into your Spell & Trap Zone, you can activate that Trap a second time this turn.

Heroic Empowerment

Equip Spell

Equip this card only onto a "Heroic" monster. When that monster declares an attack: Your opponent cannot activate card effects during that battle only, this effect applies to when the equipped monster declares it first attack. If the equipped monster destroys a monster by battle: It gains 500 ATK, and can declare a second attack during that battle phase.

Rank Up Magic - Heroic Force

Normal Spell

Upon activating this card: You can immediately activate this effect: If you control no monsters: Target 1 "Heroic" Xyz Monster in your Graveyard, Negate its effects, then Special Summon it. Target 1 Warrior-Type Xyz Monster you control: Special Summon from your Extra Deck 1 "Heroic" Xyz Monster whose Rank is 1 higher than the targeted monster's Rank. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon) Xyz Material attached to the target are attached to the Special Summoned monster.

Heroic Champion - Trishula

DARK, Rank: 5 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/2800 DEF/2100

2 Level 5 or more "Heroic" monsters

This card gains an additional attack for every Xyz Material attached to it. Once per turn, activate 1 of the following effects: 1) Target 1 monster whose ATK is lower than this card's original ATK: Destroy it, but this card cannot declare an attack this turn if you do.. 2) when this card attacks a monster: Detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the monster this card is battling until the end of that battle. If this card is Xyz Summoned using a "Heroic" Xyz Monster as Xyz Material: All monsters that your opponent currently control have their effects negated until the end of the turn, also they lose ATK equal to the original ATK of the Xyz Monster attached to this card.

(Maxwell)

Machina Target

EARTH, Level: 4 [Machine/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1600

Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. Should "Machina" monsters destroyed by a card effect: Tribute this card, those monsters are not destroyed by that effect.

(Action Cards)

Bite Back

Action Trap

Should a monster you control be destroyed by battle by an opponent's monster: destroy 1 card your opponent control, except the attacking monster, then deal damage to your opponent equal to half the damage you took from that battle.

Battle Break

Action Spell

Should your monster not destroy the monster it battles in that battle: That monster is destroyed after that battle, regardless of card effects.

Rinse Off

Action Spell

Target 1 face-up card on the Field, it's effects are negated until it leaves the Field or remained face-up.

Disapperance

Action Spell

Target 2 monsters on either side of the Field (One you control and one your opponent controls), return them to the player's Hands for the rest of the turn.

Piercing Shot

Action Spell

When a monster you control battles an opponent's monster in DEF: Inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.