"Speaking"
*Noises*
"Thoughts, Calls, Monsters speaking, Summoning Chants"
0/0 (Bold means what position the monster has been summoned into)
Maiami City (9:12 PM) (Before the end of chapter 23)
Somewhere within the city, in a dark room, at the centre was small round table, with a glowing orb on it. Seated by this table was a person, wearing a cloaked hood, currently they were in the process of placing Duel cards on the table.
"Everyone is rushing around in a panic to qualify for the Junior Youth Division, Me? I'm just fine." they said, their voice that of a young girl.
"Because my fortune-telling has foretold me that I'll be winning six matches in a row, starting tomorrow!" she added as she flipped one of the cards, shocking her at what it told her...
She instantly gained a nose bleed as her imagination ran wild, the force knocking her off her chair.
She slowly got to her feet, grasping the table for support.
"I-I'm going to meet my fated person! Oh no! Whatever shall I do?" she sang, "If this is true, then I need to really to show them what I can do!" she added, "Just wait my soul mate, until tomorrow!" she yelled out...
Out of nowhere, Yuya shivered for no reason, "Bbbrrr, Is it cold in here, or just me?" he thought, looking around to see if the window was open, it wasn't. "Strange..." he looked back to the floor, where his cards layed about.
"As you are right now, you're still only within my expectations." Nico's words rang through his head once more. "Within his expectations, is there a way to get pass them?" he asked himself.
"Surprise and steal..." he muttered thinking what else Nico had mentioned...
...
...
"Dang it!" he gave up, seeing no way of doing what Nico had said. "Even if you tell me that, I still don't know what to do!" slamming his foot down as he says this. After, he then flops down onto his back, defeated. "Its no use... I just can't think of what and how to do this..." he sighed out. He then rolls to his side, "Huh?" and spotted a card.
"Oh yeah..." he picks it up, "This card would be of good use." he said staring at the card. "Polymerization..." he muttered, but then frowned, "But I can't do that, this is Yuzu's card anyway, I need to give it back to her as soon as I can..." he placed the card back down on the floor. "Plus it wouldn't do me any good, not without a Fusion Monster..." he then rolled onto his other side. "It would be a miracle for me to find my old cards..." he sighed, deciding it was time to get some sleep...
Denisu Residence...
Currently still up was Nigel, staring up at the ceiling from his bed, thinking back on what happened after his Duel with Clover, his encounter with Apollo. He began thinking back on his first encounter with the guy, during last years Championship. "He was holding back on me back then, but why?" he thought. "He clearly was, but I can tell that he didn't really want to do that, meaning someone else was behind him taking the fall." he had come to that conclusion ages ago, like after that Duel was over.
"The question is though, why? And what for?" he couldn't think of an answer... Except for one. "Did someone want to test me? To see what I was capable off? And if so... Who?" he turned in his bed.
"I know how I can figure this out, ask Apollo for answers, if he refuses, I'll just Duel the answers out of him. He won't stand a chance once my Pendulum Cards are here..." he then tried to get some sleep...
The next morning... (9:30 AM)
*Bark!* Went En, trying to stir Yuya up, who slowly did, "God that's noisy, 5 more minutes En..." Yuya mumbled, trying to get back to sleep... Sadly for him, En had other plans, jumping onto Yuya's Bed, En looked down at his victim, and jumped right onto Yuya's head!
"Gah! Get off me En!" Yuya instantly sat up which flung En off him, who miraculously landed on the big ball that Yuya used for his desk, and rolled his way to the bedroom door.
"What was that for?!" he shouted at the dog, "Huh?" but then turned his clock, "Ah! I overslept!" he screamed, "Oh crap! I'm going to be late for the Duel!" he sprang up, rushing out of his PJs and getting into his regular clothes.
"Can't forget my Deck..." he then got onto knees to pick up his cards, "Wait, these aren't the cards I'm using today!? Did I leave the Deck on my desk?" he wasn't looking where he going as he was on the floor. And accidently bumped underneath it. "OW!" he yelled out, scattering the cards on top onto the floor.
"Damn it! I don't have time for this!" he then picked up all the cards that he could, not even bothering to look at them, meanwhile En had managed to open the door, "Thanks En!" Yuya quickly got up, and ran for the door, only for him to trip on his rug, pushing it away and making him fall over. "Ow! Stupid rug!" he didn't have time to put it back, so he got up and ran down the stair...
Had he put the rug back, he would've surely noticed that one of the boards of his flooring was loose, having been hidden from view the whole time...
Unno Fortune Prep School
Within the arena of the school was Ayu, Tatsuya, Futoshi, Matthew, Nigel, Oliver, Andy, Azara and Ruby within the crowd, who were all cloaked.
"I'm surprised you came Azara." Matthew said to the girl, "Huh? What do you mean?" she asked, "Well I just figured that you would be with Yuzu and Sora for his last two Duels." he said, "Yeah, you are more of Yuzu's friend over Yuya..." Oliver butted in.
"FYI, I decided to cheer on my other friend, the way you talked about his last Duel Matthew, it made me want to see what he would do today!" she said, "That or Sora kicked you out from joining them." Andy added, shocking Azara at this, who then blushed at that. "Maybe..." she whispered, Nigel patted her on the shoulder to cheer her up... This somehow worsened her blush, not that he could tell.
"What was Yuya's last Duel like anyway?" Oliver asked, "Pretty interesting, it was a Quiz Duel, his opponent, Eita Kyuando was a sneaky and cunning Duelist, first he asked Yuya what subjects he was bad at, which were Science and Maths, and then during the Duel, he took the Quiz Action Cards that he knew were what Yuya was good at, leaving him with the questions that he was bad at." Matthew explained.
"That's rotten!" Azara exclaimed. "It was fine, In the end Yuya used the bad subjects to his advantage, dealing serious damage to Eita through the Action Card." he continued. "Oh that's sounded amazing!" Oliver added.
"Not only that but Yuya Gemini Summoning after a Pendulum Summon!" Ayu added, Shocking those not in attendance of that Duel "Yeah, and that monster helped him win that Duel!" Tatsuya said, "That Duel still gives me the shivers!" Futoshi cried out joyfully. "Well in any case, that's in the past now, lets see what Yuya does against his next opponent!" Matthew said.
"Speaking of said opponent..." Andy began, making them all look to him. "Does anyone know why she's doing that?" he asked pointing at the opponent, and this in turn made them all confused.
There standing at the centre was a young girl of small stature, she had long curly red hair with a purple ribbon tied a top of it, and had bright-green eyes. Her clothing was a flowing purple dress with a white blouse beneath it, with a pink ribbon around her neck, hanging from a necklace was a coin-shaped pendant, she wore white socks and wore brown sandals. The most noticeable thing about her was the crystal blue apple she held in her hand.
Mieru Hochun, Yuya's next opponent... Assuming he gets here for the Duel. Currently Mieru was swaying her head side to side, clearly in a daydream.
"Soon... Soon my fated person shall arrive, won't he?" she thought looking up at the entrance, ready to greet her fated soulmate, she could already picture him.
"She sure seems happy for some reason..." Oliver whispered to the group, "I get that, but what is she happy about?" Andy asked for everyone. Sadly no one could think of an answer.
"No idea, all we can do now is wait for Yuya to show up..." Matthew said, "That's if he shows up..." he muttered... as the group watched as Mieru's nose erupt with blood. "Hurry up and get here, my fated person!" she squealed out, much to their confusion, but then it hit them. "Oh..." they muttered in unison.
"Thank god Yuzu isn't here..." Oliver said, everyone nodding at this...
Outside...
Having ran the entire way, Yuya rounded the corner and then took a breather, "I think that's close enough..." he sighed out, catching his breath, he then brought out a bit of paper, "Let's see..." he looked at it, and then looked about the area, "This should be the address that Nico gave me, but this is..." he began, but stopped when he spotted the building in front of him.
It was some kind of manor, one that looked abandoned, but still maintained, giving it a creepy vibe to it, an eerie fog enveloped the building, and wild crows flocked about it.
Yuya approached the iron metal gates to the building. "This is where I'm supposed to meet him, isn't it?" he asked, peering through the gates. He then looked up at the sign, "Unno Fortune Prep School?" he muttered. "Ah there you are Yuya, my boy!" Nico suddenly appeared before Yuya, dressed in a cloak and carrying a lantern. "Ahhhhhhh! A ghost!" this gave Yuya a fright, not expecting it at all.
A moment later, after noticing the ghost wasn't attacking him, "Oh... It's just you Nico..." Yuya said, rubbing the back of his head, sheepishly. "I've been waiting for you my boy!" Nico said, a sinister laugh followed as he lead Yuya inside...
Inside, Yuya kept close to Nico, as he was the only one with a source of light, "Geez, did the school forget to pay the electric bill or something? Why is it so dark in here?" Yuya joked, minding his step.
"Watch your step my boy, don't want to trip, do you?" Nico said, "Yeah, Yeah I know, but still, you would think that they would-" just as Yuya said this, he missed a step. "Huh? Ahhhhhhhh!" he then went tumbling forwards, ahead of a shocked Nico...
Everyone in the arena could hear screaming coming from the stairs, they all turned to see a figure come tumbling down the stair, Matthew and the gang saw that it was Yuya, and flinched every time he landed on a stair and tumbled some more, before coming to a stop at the bottom of them. "Owww..." Yuya groaned out, in pain.
"Talk about making an entrance..." Andy said "Ha! Told you Yuya would fall down the stair!" Oliver gloated, holding his hand out as his brothers, and Andy all handed him some yen for the bet, "Thank god I didn't take that bet..." Azara thought relieved.
With Yuya, he was currently getting up, cracking his back into place, "Ow... That hurt, but at least I didn't dislocate anything..." he muttered slowly getting to his knees. He then surveyed his surroundings, noticing his group of friends, and everyone else in the crowd. "Seems nearly everyone made it to see me Duel, that's nice of them..." he thought smiling at the thought.
"Why does everyone else look like they've come from some kind of dark cult-" Yuya stopped when he spotted a young girl at the centre staring at him, she looked unimpressed for some reason. "Who is she? My opponent?" he then made his way over to her.
"That's him? That's my fated person..." she thought plainly as she watched him make his way over to her, "To think that a guy like him is my fated person... It can't be true!" she thought, but then remembered. "Wait a minute... Up until now, I've predicted everything with fortune-telling." she thought back on all the times her fortune telling lead her right. Like the time she lost her way, the time it helped her get the right answer, and even predict today's weather!
"Does this mean, that this time..." "Um.. Excuse me?" Yuya said, standing in front of her, shocking her, "Huh?" she muttered, losing her thought, "Sorry about the entrance back there, but I kind of slipped, as you can tell... You should probably get some lights installed up there, huh?" he said slowly, her expression didn't change though.
"Anyways... Are you my opponent for today? If so, then my name is Yuya, Yuya Sakaki!" he said, "Mieru Hochun..." she muttered.
"So..." Yuya began, unnerved by her expression, "Can we start the Duel now?" he asked.
"Yes we can... And just so you know..." she began, she then pointed at his direction, "I'm going to use this Duel to determine whether or not you're my fated person!" she declared. "Wait wha-"
Yuya didn't get a chance to ask what she meant as Nico appeared between the two, "Thanks for waiting everyone!" He yelled into his microphone, a spotlight appeared from above on him.
"The official match between the shocking Entertainment Duelist, Yuya Sakaki, and the Infallible Fortune-Telling Girl, Mieru Hochun" will now begin!" he announced.
"Fortune-Telling?! Like as in seeing the future?!" Yuya thought shocked, "And with that, Unno Duel School's Principal, if you would!" Nico turned to the principal, who was seated apart from her students.
"Fate is predetermined." she began, "But people passing through the ages are unable to accept this. Fortune-telling is a light meant to guide them. And that in itself is a micro cosmos of life." she then snapped her fingers, which activated the ARC System. "I activate the Action Field, Fortune Teller!" she announced.
This caused the area around the two Duelist began to transform, the two were now standing within a mystical dome, which had constellations painted across the dome. Several platforms and ball orbited around the dome. Etched into the pillars that surrounded the room were carvings.
"Death, the Magician, the Hanged Man..." Tatsuya read out, "Aren't those related to Tarot card readings?" he added, at this Matthew grimaced, "Something wrong Matthew?" Azara asked, "Not really a fan of tarot readings, I mean sure, I believe things happen for a reason, however I just don't believe some people can foresee events before they take place..." he explained.
"This is where we're going to Duel?" Yuya muttered, "That's right!" Mieru shouted to him, "During this, I'm going to determine if you are fated person with my infallible Divination Duel!" she said, "Fated Person? What do you mean by tha-" "We're starting!" Mieru cutting him off.
"Duelist locked in battle!" she began, "K-kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters! They storm through the Field!" Yuya continued, "Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!" Mieru added.
"ACTION..." the crowd shouted, the Action Cards were then scattered across the Field.
"DUEL!" the two shouted, drawing 5 cards each.
Yuya's LP: 4000
Mieru's LP: 4000
Turn 1
"Shall we determine who goes first with a coin toss?" Mieru asked, holding a coin "Heads is a dragon, tails is a demon." she showed him both sides of the coin. "If you choose correctly, I'll let you go first." she said, and then flipped the coin high into the air. Yuya watched it as it landed on the back of her hand, which she covered with her other hand as soon as it landed.
"Hmm..." Yuya began, "This isn't that bad of a guess, my chances are 50/50," he thought, " But the problem is not knowing if letting her go first is a good and bad choice..." he then thought of his answer. "It's the Dragon!" he declared, making her take her hand off. "Nope, its the demon." she told him.
"Just as I thought, you're a pitiful man who has no foresight." she added, "What are you on about? A coin toss is a 50/50 chance, either you get it right or not." he retorted, "No one can guess what its going to be every single time." he added.
"I'll be going first with my ability to see what lies ahead!" Mieru clearly didn't hear him. She then jumped onto one of the ball, "I set a monster in face-down Defense!" the set monster appeared, a spiky one appeared above the card. "And with that, I end my turn!" she said, much to the shock of Yuya's group. "That's insane, a single face-down monster?!" Azara said.
"It must have a high DEF to risk not putting down other cards..." Matthew said, "But seeing that Yuya can easily bring out an high ATK monster, it shouldn't that much of a problem..." Nigel added.
"What? You're ending it with just that?!" Yuya shouted, "When this card is revealed, your fate and mine will be made clear." Mieru said.
Mieru's Hand x 4
Turn 2
"What does that mean? And what is this "fate" stuff you keep going on about?" he asked, "Eventually it will become clear to you, "But for now its your turn. But that won't help you if you can't see what lies ahead." she said.
"Hmmm..." Yuya hummed, trying to think what she was thinking. " That monster must have high DEF, meaning I need to power up my monsters..." he looked through his Hand. "I don't have anything that can increase my monsters ATK at the moment, guess I need an Action Card." "My turn! Draw!" he drew his card, and then began climbing from platform to platform, gaining height.
"You have something to worry about, don't you?" Mieru suddenly asked, confusing him, "Huh? What makes you say that?" he asked, "Just now, with that coin toss, you choose the Dragon." she said, "So? What does that have to do with being worried about something?" he asked, "That is an expression of you desiring a strong power that will break you out of your current situation." she answer.
"Power? Does that mean she knows that I'm planning to power up my monsters?" he thought, "Right now, you're at a standstill, unable to see where you can move forward." she added.
"Move... Move forward, does that mean she can tell that I can't see what lies beyond the Pendulum Summon" he quickly shook his head, "No! I can't think about that right now! I need to focus on this Duel!" he then began his turn.
"I can't do really do anything with this Hand, the best I can do, is set up for my next turn..." he thought, "I set the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 4 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon in the Pendulum Scale!" he placed the cards in their respective zones.
(1) P-E-N-D-U-L-U-M (4)
"Huh? Didn't think he would place Odd-Eyes in a Pendulum Zone..." Matthew said, "That's a first... I wonder what Odd-Eyes's Pendulum Effect can do?" Azara thought.
"And with that I end my turn!" Yuya said, at this Mieru giggled "I knew it!" she exclaimed.
"At this moment, Odd-Eyes's Pendulum Effect activates!" Odd-Eyes destroyed itself from the Pendulum Zone, "At the end of the turn, I can destroy Odd-Eyes in the Pendulum Scale, and then add a Pendulum Monster from my Deck whose ATK is 1500 or lower..." he added his choice. "I'll add Timegazer Magician!" he said.
Yuya's Hand x 5
Turn 3
"Smart, that way he can Pendulum Summon Odd-Eyes from the Extra Deck, since she set that monster, it must be Level 4 or below, meaning its DEF can't be higher than 2000, Odd-Eyes can easily get over that." Matthew said, the three kids impressed by his deduction.
My turn! Draw!" Mieru drew her card. "I now Flip Summon my Set monster!" she flipped the card on her blade, "Come, Prediction Princess Coinorma!" a single gold coin appeared on the Field, and then magically appearing next to it was a young elf girl wearing a green jester looking hat, her hair was ping and put into pig-tails.
Prediction Princess Coinorma: EARTH, Level: 3 [Fairy/Flip/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/1400
"At this moment, Coinorma's Flip effect activates!" she said, "Huh? Flip monsters..." Andy said confused, "Don't really see that many around these days..." Azara commented.
"When Coinorma is Flipped, I can set a Level 4 or below Flip Monster from my Hand, Deck or Graveyard." Mieru explained, "I'll set this card!" she picked her choice, and placed it on her blade, making the card appear on her Field, another spiky monster appeared. "So I'm dealing with Flip Monsters... Great." Yuya thought, out of all the monster types, Flip Monsters were the most unpredictable, seeing that you need to know what the monster was before to stay ahead. "But at least Coinorma is Flipped, meaning its open for attacks!" he added smiling at this bit of news.
"Now let's have Coinorma predict your future as you run around aimlessly." she said, at this Yuya took off running. Coinorma threw her coin into the air, which split into three, they then froze in mid-air, showing a diamond and two stars. "Heads, Tails, Tails. That means you will soon have to make a fateful decision." she said.
"Battle! Coinorma attack him directly!" Coinorma glowed pinked and flew at Yuya, "Found one!" he said jumping from rune to rune until he came level to the card... The only problem was- "Huh?" Yuya looked between two Action Cards, laying by each other. "A d-decision, she was right!" he thought, "It's not that bad, its a 50/50 choice, only problem is this choice will either help me, or screw me!" he added.
"As you know, you can only add one Action Card to your hand, this is that fateful decision!" she said, he of course already knew this, "Left... Right..." Yuya looked between the two before coming to a choice. "Left!" he grabbed the card and flipped it... It was an Action Trap. "T-Terrible Luck!" he shouted.
"The Action Trap, Terrible Luck deals you 800 damage!" Mieru explained, at this the Action Card exploded, forcing Yuya back, landing on a different rune. Yuya's LP: 4000 - 800 = 3200
"What bad luck. The chances of getting Terrible Luck on this Field is 1 in 10,000." Mieru said, just as Yuya was getting up, Coinorma came up and kicked him in the face, leaving a print. "Oww!" he shouted, falling back down. 3200 - 800 = 2400 (Yuya)
"Before I end my turn, I tribute Coinorma and Advance Set a monster!" Coinorma burst into light, in its place was a set monster, a third spiky monster appeared on top of the card.
"Seriously, You advance Summon just to set a monster." Yuya exclaimed, not seeing that coming. "Right, this card represents your unknown future." she said, and took another card from her Hand, "I set one card and end my turn!" a card appeared in her Spell & Trap Zone.
Mieru's Hand x 3
Turn 4
"Alright! This time!" Yuya drew his card, "Perfect!" he saw that it was Level 4, and one that could help him. "I set the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician in the Pendulum Scale!" Timegazer took the zone that Odd-Eyes was in before, completing it.
(1) P-E-N-D-U-L-U-M (8)
"I can Special Summon monsters through Levels 2 to 7! Swing Pendulum of the soul, draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters!" the rift appeared, three beam shot out from it.
"Appear Crossbow Magician!" a young man wearing a cloak and armed with two old fashion crossbow appeared, aiming both of them at Mieru. "Pullback Magician!" a second young man appeared wearing a sleeveless wizard coat, as around his arms were coil springs. "And finally Soulbond Magician!" A young woman, wearing a cyan coloured cloak appeared, in her arms were 5 metal rings. As a trick, she put them together, and they somehow linked together.
Crossbow Magician: EARTH, Level: 4 [Spellcaster/Effect] ATK/1500 DEF/1000
Pullback Magician: WIND, Level: 5 [Spellcaster/Effect] ATK/1100 DEF/2400
Soulbond Magician: EARTH, Level: 5, [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] EARTH, ATK/DEF: 500/2100, PS: 3
"Huh? No Odd-Eyes?" Ayu said, "He must be cautious due to that advanced set monster, it could do anything..." Oliver guessed.
"Since both of her monster are set, one of which is a Level 5 or 6, since it was Advance Set with one monster, its effect could be more powerful, meaning I should go for the other." he muttered to himself, "I wouldn't do that if I were you, When unlucky ones like yourself attempt to do something, it never ends well." Mieru said. "Then I won't, not yet at least!" he retorted, Mieru didn't respond as he would have hoped.
"Soulbond Magician's effect activates!" Soulbond gave one end of the ring link to Crossbow, who took hold of it, causing power to flow into him. "Once per turn, I can target a monster I control, and that monster gains 300 ATK for every Magician I control!" Crossbow's ATK: 1500 + 900 = 2400
"However, while Soulbond is on the Field, Level 5 or higher monsters I control cannot attack... But I have a way around this!" Yuya said, "I activate Crossbow Magician's effect! By tributing a Magician," he tributed Pullback, "This then lets me deal you 100 damage times that monster's Level!" Crossbow aimed his sights right at Mieru, who didn't do a thing as Crossbow fired a bolt at her, it exploded before it hit her. Mieru's LP: 4000 - 500 = 3500
"Then I activate his second effect! By tributing another Magician," this time Soulbond was tributed, "I can target a Magician in my Graveyard, other than the tributed monster, and add it to my Hand!" Pullback was the only choice, so he added it to his Hand.
"Clever, he knows about the danger they possess, and is avoiding it." Matthew smirked as he saw this play out.
"Battle! I attack the recently set monster with Crossbow Magician!" Crossbow aimed his other crossbow at the target, and then fired a bolt.
"Trap card activate!" Mieru snapped her fingers, making the card flip up. "Black Cat's Glare!" she yelled, as the card then unleashed a pack of black cats, that ran at Yuya. "That's not good! A glare from a black cat is considered bad luck!" Ayu said, "Not just that Ayu, but there's thirteen of them!" Azara added.
At this, the flying bolt suddenly changed trajectory, much to the shock of Yuya and the bolt's owner. "When I have two or more Defense Position monsters, Black Cat's Glare ends your battle phase!" Mieru explained.
"No way! Wah!" Yuya suddenly tripped over, "What was that?! I just tripped over nothing!" he said, "See, I told you it wouldn't end well." she said, "What are you on about? All I did was fall over." he retorted. "But you had all those black cats glare at you. You truly must be unlucky!" she remarked.
"I end my turn!" Yuya said, "With it ending, Soulbound's effect ends, returning Crossbow's ATK to normal..." 2400 = 1500 (Crossbow) "This is bad, she basically knows the future... I have to do something to change mine, or it's all over." Yuya thought worried.
Yuya's Hand x 3
"Battle! Heroic Challenger - Assault Halberd attacks that Nova Summoner!" Ronald ordered, his monster following his command and swung its blade arm at the strange fairy-type monster. It's ATK having doubled due to Heroic Chance. This took out the monster, and the opponent, (who were two girls dressed in magical girl cosplay)
"And the winner is the visitor, Ronald Greyson! This brings an end to the fabulous Duel between him and the Anime Sisters!" the announcer said, the small crowd, which consisted of the other members clapped, although anime tears streamed down their eyes as they did.
"And that's my six win to qualify, I'm in!" Ronald grinned, while it was technically five Duels he had done, Nico had explained that since he was going against two during the same match, it counted as two wins. Thus making it six wins.
With his victory and place in the Junior Youth Division assured, Ronald walked out of the Cosplay Duel School, "Oh thank god I'm out of there..." he shivered, glancing back at the building.
"Those guys were even worse than that cosplay club back at Spade..." he thought, thinking back on his School Branch in his home world. "I wonder how everyone is doing right about now? Have Fusion done away with them, or are they still kicking?" he thought, hoping the latter was true, though with what Kelly mentioned yesterday, he wasn't liking the odds of it.
"Hmm..." he then paused in his movement, now thinking of the mentioned girl, it was bad enough back in Heartland, he was sure that he would get away from her, even for a few weeks. Sadly not the case. "And to think, its Yuto's fault that she gets to stick around, he should've been clear about the deal. Either that or let her be crushed by that crate..." he thought, but frowned, even she didn't deserve such a fate.
He sighed out "I really don't want to go back and deal with her yet, but what can I do to delay going back?" he questioned, a moment later, it came to him. "Oh yeah, Yuya's got his third Duel right about now. Maybe I can swing by to see the rest of the Duel, and then maybe hang out with the gang!" he thought grinning.
Nico had given him and the others the address of Yuya's Duel, just in case he had nothing to do after, and wanted to watch their friend. "Now let's see... Unno Fortune Prep School, that's not far from here!" he pocketed the address, and rushed off to his destination...
"I will now make a direct attack with Frightfur Bear!" Sora sang out, dressed in some theatre clothing, Frightfur Bear then attacked Sora's opponent, "With this, my life is now zero!" his opponent sang out as he was punched away. His LP becoming 0.
"Yes! I did it! Six wins!" Sora cheered, as the field dematerialized, as did the clothes, which were made by the Field, disappear. "Great job Sora! Now you're qualified to enter the Junior Youth Division!" Yuzu said, running up to him.
"Now that that's surprising, for someone of my ability, it was a given." he gloated, "Well, let's hurry!" Sora grabbed Yuzu's arm, "Hurry? Hurry to where?" she asked as Sora dragged them away. "Yuya's Duel of course, If we don't hurry, it'll be all over!" he answered, hurrying them along quicker than before...
Turn 5
"My turn! Draw!" Mieru drew her card, "To think that you'd ignore my advice, and something so meaningless..." she said, at this, she jumped off the ball and ran across some runes until coming to a stop. "But enough about that. It's as I thought, you aren't my fated person after all!" she declared.
"Thank god, I wouldn't want to put up with her if I was..." Yuya thought relieved, "Prepare yourself, because now I'll erase you without a trace!" she said, snapping him out of his thought.
"I Flip Summon the monster I set earlier!" she flipped the mentioned card on her blade, "Come forth! Prediction Princess Arrowsylph!" A young woman/elf with long flowing emerald green hair, in a flowing white and green dress, and carrying a bow appeared.
Prediction Princess Arrowsylph: WIND, Level: 4 [Fairy/Flip/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1400
"When Arrowsylph is Flip Summoned, I can add a Ritual Spell from my Deck or Graveyard to my Hand!" she added her card. "She's a Ritual User!" Yuya said to himself.
"I had a feeling she would use Ritual Summoning..." Matthew said, "Same, the tarot card thing kind of gave that away." Azara added in.
"The card I added to my Hand is Ritual of Predictions!" Mieru told Yuya. "And then following that, I Flip Summon the monster I Advance Set earlier!" she then flipped the other card on her blade. "Appear, Prediction Princess Crystaldine!" Another woman, dressed somewhat like a siren, and wearing a cloth around her mouth appeared. Then a crystal orb on a spike appeared before her.
Prediction Princess Crystaldine: WATER, Level: 5 [Fairy/Flip/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/2200
"When Crystaldine is Flip Summoned, I can add a Ritual Monster from my Deck or Graveyard to my Hand!" she added her card from her Deck. "The Ritual Monster I added is Prediction Princess Tarotrei!" she said.
"With both the Spell, and the Monster, then..." Tatsuya said, "What?" Futoshi asked, "What do you think? A Ritual Summon!" Ayu said to him, "She's got that right, and a Level 9 to boot!" Andy said, "Not true, some Ritual Spells allow you to Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster with a Level lower than the Tribute's combined Levels." Azara added, the kids learning something new as well.
"Before I go further, I'll have Crystaldine predict your fortune..." Mieru said as Crystaldine shined, she floated into the air, where an image, that only Mieru could see. "I see it..." the orb showed Yuya, slowly being surrounded by smoke, "Dark clouds of enormous power are enveloping you..." she said, and that was it. "What does that mean? Will I find the power to go beyond the Pendulum?" Yuya thought.
"I activate the Ritual Spell, Ritual of Predictions!" Mieru activated the card, the card appeared on the Field, and then spat out several purple crystals that enlarged as they landed, just then a large column of stone that came from above crashed between the crystals, creating a dust cloud. Atop of it, at the centre was a table, nine blue crystals formed a circle around the edge of the column. And between each crystal was a face-down piece of paper.
"With this card's effect, I tribute the Level 4 Arrowsylph and Level 5 Crystaldine!" the two monsters burst into flames, which scattered into nine smaller flames, each then took a spot atop of the pieces of paper. "The total Levels of the tributes is 9, which mean the Ritual Summon of the Level 9 Tarotrei is possible!" Andy smirked at Azara, who pouted at being wrong this time.
Just then the table at the centre of the column burst into a huge column of fire, "Omnipotent priest of ancient times! With these secret arts of the age, be revived!" Mieru chanted as the top of the fiery column exploded. "Ritual Summon! Appear, Level 9! Prediction Princess Tarotrei!" Descending down from the heavens was a giant woman with white skin, dress in a flowing purple dress with two trails on the sides of it. She also had long flowing hair, that reached past her dress. In front of a chest was some gold, resting on her hair was some sort of crown. And on either side of her shoulders were some contraptions with two sets of mechanical arms. On her dress, were some glowing cards, forming a sideways infinity.
Prediction Princess Tarotrei: LIGHT, Level: 9 [Fair/Ritual/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/1200
"That's the highest Level Ritual Monster I've seen!" Yuya exclaimed, "Battle! Tarotrei will attack Crossbow Magician!" the cards formed into a single entity, and then released them at Crossbow, who got cut multiple times by them. This destroyed Crossbow, the shockwave throwing Yuya onto the outer ring. 2400 - 1100 = 1300
"And then I set a Monster, and end my turn!" Mieru set a monster, the spiky one appearing for the fourth time.
Mieru's Hand x 3
Turn 6
"So she's starting to get serious, huh?" Yuya muttered getting to his feet, "Then I guess I'll return the favour. Wait?! Why am I talking to myself? I don't have time, I need to win this Duel!" he then turned to face his opponent. "She's one of the last two obstacles keeping me from entering the Junior Youth Division, my path to becoming a Pro!" he thought.
"My turn! Draw!" he drew his card, which was Odd-Eyes Punishment Dragon! "Alright!" he smirked, meanwhile Mieru fanned herself with her hand of cards, "What's so good about your Divination?!" Yuya asked her, snapping her awake, "I won't be fooled by it!" he told her.
"With my set Pendulum Scale, I'll once again summon monsters Levels 2 through 7 at the same time!" he said as the rift began to open up, "Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters!" Five beams of lights shot out of the right, "First up is Pullback Magician!" Pullback Magician appeared back on the Field in Defense. "Followed by Stamp Out Magician!" A male magician, wearing shoes that resembled elephant feet, his clothing like that of a ring leader.
"Prism Break Magician!" a normal sized Magician, surrounded by reflect mirrors and crystals appeared, his clothing was chrome plated.
"And finally the Dragon cousins with dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, and Odd-Eyes Punishment Dragon!" the two Odd-Eyes dragons roared in unison as they appeared, all five monsters standing side by side before Yuya, ready to end this Duel.
Stamp Out Magician: EARTH, Level: 6 [Spellcaster/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/1800
Prism Break Magician: LIGHT, Level: 6 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/100 DEF/2300, PS: 4
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/2000, PS: 4
Odd-Eyes Punishment Dragon: DARK, Level: 7 [Dragon/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/2500 DEF/1800, PS: 4
"A full Field Summon!" Ayu cheered out, "It gives me the shivers!" Futoshi cried out, "Not only that, but he's got both Odd-Eyes out! Combined those two can end this!" Oliver said smiling.
"My, how ominous..." Mieru commented, staring at the monster, and way they were placed. "What are you on about?" Yuya asked, "If you don't know, then let me read your future with the positions of your cards!" she said.
"What? Can you really tell my future, just because the placement of my cards?" he asked, she then pointed to Odd-Eyes (Pendulum) at the centre, "I sense that your dragon in the centre has an aura of uncertainty emanating from it." she said, making said dragon look at her weirdly.
"What the heck is this girl on about, what do I have to be uncertain about?" Odd-Eyes asked, "I think she's talking about Yuya..." Prism Break told the dragon, "Oh..." the dragon realised "Your Stamp Out Magician, whose feet remind me of an elephant, is a marker of great power." she continued, pointing to Stamp Out, whose was to the right of Odd-Eyes, Yuya listening carefully.
"Pullback Magician represents your feelings beginning to improve." she gestured to Pullback whose on the far side of Yuya's right, "Prism Break shows there are obstacles at your feet, your other dragon shows that it is a very clever obstacle at that.
"A large failure, and then your future becomes engulfed in darkness!" she finished, "A... large failure..." Yuya muttered, "Yuya! Don't listen to what she tells you!" Matthew yelled to him, snapping Yuya out of it, "She's trying to make you slip up in some way, so just ignore her!" he told him. "Even then, she has technically been right about everything that's happened." Ayu added, "All this occult stuff is giving me the shivers!" Futoshi cried off, shivering... In a bad way.
"If that's what you say my future is..." Yuya began, "I reject it! I'm the only one that can decide my future, not you!" he declared. At this, she smirked, "Fate is already predetermined. Yuya was annoyed at this "Odd-Eyes's effect activates!" Odd-Eyes's chest orb glowed, causing the one on his spikes to glow as well. "When Pendulum Summoned from the Extra Deck, one of your Special Summoned monsters loses 100 ATK for every Level that I can Pendulum Summon with my scale!" he told her, she didn't even flinch at the mention of the effect.
This ticked him off, "Scale's Force!" Odd-Eyes released a blue pulse, it washed over Tarotrei. Tarotrei's ATK: 2600 - 600 = 2000 "And then Odd-Eyes gains that lost ATK!" Odd-Eyes's ATK: 2500 + 600 = 3100
"Yes, with this, Yuya can end it!" Andy cheered, "Battle! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Tarotrei!" As Odd-Eyes began to charge his attack- "I activate Tarotrei's effect!" Mieru yelled out, "What?" Yuya got out, "Once per turn, during my opponent's turn, I can switch face-down monsters on my Field into face-up Attack Position!" she explained as the extra set of arms of Tarotrei flew off, and went for her set monster.
"Are you kidding me!? A Flip Summon on your opponent's turn!?" he said, much to his shock and his friends. "I Flip Summon, Prediction Princess Petalelf!" a flower bud appeared on the Field, which then bloomed, revealing a woman, who was fused into the petal of the bud.
Prediction Princess Petalelf: EARTH, Level: 2 [Fairy/Flip/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/700
"Petalelf's Flip Effect! When Flip Summoned, all your monsters in Attack Position are switched into Defense!" she explained, shocking Yuya as Petalelf created a flurry of petal that swept over Yuya's monsters.
Odd-Eyes stopped charging his attack, he and Punishment Dragon, and Stamp Out Magician were then switched into Defense, gaining blue aura. "What the hell?! Why can't I move?!" Odd-Eyes roared out. "And you cannot change their battle positions for the rest of the turn!" she added.
"No way! She just cut Yuya off completely!" Ayu said, "Not really, don't forget Punishment Dragon's effect!" Matthew added.
Yuya thought the same thing, "I activate Punishment Dragon's effect!" Punishment Dragon began to charge yellow energy between his tusk. "Once per turn, I can target one monster you control whose ATK is less than his, and destroy it!" Just as it was about to fire, Mieru cut it off.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Prediction's Downfall!" Mieru said calmly, placing the card into her Duel Disk, the image showed a Tarot card being ripped in two. "I can target one monster you control in face-up Defense, and negate its effects so long as its face-up!" she said, shocking him with this, "I select Punishment Dragon!" Punishment Dragon stopped charging its effect.
"No way! She cut me off completely!" Yuya said, "Now let's have Tarotrei fortune-tell what future you have in store!" Mieru said.
Tarotrei did an action, similar to what she did with her attack before, instead of scattering multiple cards though, only a single one popped out, this one an actual tarot card, which was XVI, the Tower. "The card that Tarotrei has shown is the Tower, in upright position." Mieru examined, "The meaning this card holds is that of collapsing, falling, and disaster." she said.
"Just surrender..." she said, "What?!" he asked, "If you continue what you're doing, your life will be at risk!" she told him, "Is that a threat!" he frowned at this news. "No, this is fate, your fate, if you foolishly continue to follow it!" she declared.
Up above, at the entrance that Yuya and Nico came through, was Ronald, slowly walking down the step, "Man they need to install lights down that stairway..." he muttered, he then turned to the arena, "Hmm, can't tell what's going on from up here." he then brought out his Standard Duel Disk, and then connected it to viewing mode, allowing him to see what cards were in play, LP, and number of cards in the actual player's hand. "What?! Yuya's monsters are all in Defense, how did this happen?" he asked himself.
After reading about his opponent, who he found out was Mieru, he understood how this happened, "Oh..." he wasn't liking Yuya's odds right about now, he guess that Yuya performed a full Field Pendulum Summon, leaving his hand empty, and found out that Punishment Dragon's effects were negated. He then looked back down at Yuya. "Yuya... You're going to need a miracle to get out of this combo of hers..." he thought, worried for his friend.
"She's cut me off, in every way possible..." Yuya thought, "I was sure that Punishment Dragon could've dealt her some damage, but even if I had used his effect first, she would've done exactly what she had done just now!" he then thought for a moment, "However, this is still fine, as even though I don't have any options right now, I still have my monsters! As long as I have them, I can still win this!"
"It looks like your still willing to fight." Mieru said, "But if you don't want to be seriously injured, hurry up and surrender!" she added, "Nice try! But its basically impossible to be seriously injured in a Duel!" Yuya retorted.
"I end my turn!" he said, "With it ending, Odd-Eyes's effect ends, returning his ATK and Tarotrei's to normal. 3100 = 2500 (Odd-Eyes) 2000 = 2600 (Tarotrei) "Aww man..." Odd-Eyes groaned out. Wanting to fight.
Yuya's Hand x 0
Turn 7
"So you don't intend to stop then..." Mieru began, "My turn! Draw!" she drew her card, "I set a monster in face-down Defense!" the card appeared on her Field, a spiky monster appeared over the card. "And then, at this moment, I activate Tarotrei's other effect!" she said, "This card can turn all Flip Monsters on my Field face-down!" she said, "Full Sleep!" she said, as Tarotrei began to bell out a tone, causing the face-up Petalelf into face-down Defense.
"What, why do that?" Oliver asked confused, "All of Yuya's monster's DEF is less than 2600, any one of them can be taken out." he added on.
Yuya also knew this, and so waited for her to take one of them out, "With this, I end my turn!" she said, much to his shock and confusion. "What?" he said, Mieru turned away from him, "I have no reason to attack you right now..." she said, glancing back at him, "After all, you fate has already been sealed." she added.
Mieru's Hand x 2
Turn 8
Her words annoyed him. "That's what you think! My future isn't set in stone yet! My turn! Draw!" he drew his card and looked at it. "I switch Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon into Attack!" Odd-Eyes lost his blue aura. "Alright!" he roared out.
"I activate Tarotrei's effect!" Tarotrei's extra arms, flew off and went for her set monsters, "Full Rebirth!" the arms then flipped the monsters, revealing Petalelf again, "Appear, Prediction Princess Astromorrigan!" the other flipped monster appeared to be some doll, carrying a sword and shield, her head was oddest thing about her, it was round like a pocket watch, and for her eyes, were the sun and a cresent moon, she had pig-tails on either side of her head.
Prediction Princess Astromorrigan: DARK, Level: 3 [Fairy/Flip/Effect] ATK/1300 DEF/0
"So she can freely flip her monster up and down when ever she feels like it." Yuya muttered to himself, guessing her strategy. "That's correct! This is the power of the holy priest who governs the fate of the cards!" she said, "Petalelf's Flip Effect! All your monsters in Attack are switched into Defense!" Petalelf released a flurry of petals, that knocked Odd-Eyes back into Defense, "God damn it!" he roared.
"He's caught in an endless loop..." Matthew surmised. "What?" Ayu asked, "As soon as Yuya prepares for an attack, Mieru can flip her Flip Monsters, Petalelf will then set his monsters back into Defense, and then on her turn, she can set the monsters again." he explained to her. "But what does the other one do?" Azara asked, not liking the feeling she was getting from Astromorrigan.
"Astromorrigan's Flip Effect activates!" Mieru said, "Guess, we're about to find out..." Nigel thought, Astromorrigan sword glowed, and then grew in size, "At the end of the turn she was Flip Summoned, all your monster's in Defense are destroyed! Furthermore, you take 200 damage for every destroyed one!" she explained. Yuya and his friends gasped at this.
"So that's why she didn't attack him, she was setting up for a more lethal combo!" Ronald said, no one hearing him. "Wait a minute! Odd-Eyes Punishment Dragon's effect prevents my Pendulum Monsters from being-" "Have you forgotten that Downfall's effect is still in play?!" Mieru cut him off, shocking him as he just remembered this.
"My victory was decided the second I set my first card on the Field!" Mieru gloated, "That's... That's not possi-" "But it is," Mieru cut him off, as he stared at Astromorrigan. "Do not avert your eyes and look at the truth that is present before you!" she said, "The fate of destruction that awaits you!" she added.
"But you can still escape this fate." she added while Yuya thought back on every action in this Duel, that lead him to where he was right now, "To save yourself from your own destruction, surrender the Duel now." she demanded.
"This won't do, not at all..." Nico thought, shaking his head. "He's become entrapped by her fortune-telling Duel, he needs to break the mold and show me an unexpected surprise." he added. The audience were muttering to one another, all coming to the same conclusion as Mieru had.
"I... set one card..." the card appeared on Yuya's Field, "And end my turn..." he said, almost defeated. "At this moment, Astromorrigan's effect kicks in! Destroying your monsters! And also dealing you 200 damage per one!" Astromorrigan raised her sword, and swung at all of Yuya's monsters, cutting them down with no resistances.
The wave of the weapon, sent the particles flying at Yuya, who braced himself against the onslaught. 1300 - 200x5= 1000 = 300 (Yuya) While Pullback and Stamp Out were sent to the Graveyard, Yuya picked up his Pendulum Monster's card. "Destroyed Pendulum Monsters are sent to my Extra Deck face-up!" he told her, "True, but not for Punishment Dragon..." Mieru said, confusing him.
"Due to Downfall's effect, If the target is destroyed while I control a Prediction Princess monster, that monster is banish!" she explained, he gasped out in shock "No..." Yuya's hope at surviving the next time he Pendulum Summoned was gone, Punishment Dragon's protection effect would have cancelled out Astromorrigan's destructive power. He unwillingly sent Punishment Dragon to his banished zone.
"There goes that backup plan..." Azara solemnly said, "Now do you understand? I'm saying this out of concern for you!" Mieru told Yuya, "If you continues struggling like this, you'll end up doing something that can't be undone!"
Yuya's Hand x 0
Turn 9
Yuya didn't say a thing to this, just looked at her defiantly, "Nothing I say will change your mind, won't it?" she said, "My turn! Draw!" she drew her card. "Tarotrei's effect! I set all my face-up Flip Monsters into face-down Defense!" her Flip Monster were once again Set.
Yuya glanced down at his face-down, Mystical Calling "Since only Tarotrei can attack, Mystical Calling will negate the direct attack against me, letting me then add 2 Magicians whose DEF is equal or lower than her ATK." he thought, hoping he could pick the right cards to help him out, "Didn't I tell you to stop struggling?" Mieru snapped him out of it.
"Let me divine the consequences of your actions with this Action Card." Mieru stood on a rune, which set her skyward until coming to a halt, where an Action Card was laying about. She then picked it up, "This is..." she muttered, then turned to face Yuya again. "I activate the Action Spell, Draw Lock!" chains appeared around Yuya's Duel Disk, mainly around his Deck. "What the-" Yuya cried out in shock.
"Until the opponent sends an Action card to the Graveyard, they cannot draw!" Mieru read out the card's text. "See! Even the cards are telling you to stop fighting your own destiny!" Mieru angrily said, she couldn't understand why he refused to surrender, wasn't self preservation hardwired into every one? If so, why was he fighting it?
"I won't criticize you, so just surrender." she added, "But then my path to being a Pro is..." Yuya stopped himself, "No! I won't let it end here!" he then ran off for an Action Card.
"Even now, as it comes to this, and he still..." she then frowned, "If this is how it's going to be, then I'll have to end the Duel as soon as possible!" she declared, hoping her intervention would spare the fool of his own fate. "I end my turn with a face-down!" she set a card. "That card I just set, Reverse Reuse, is a Trap that allows me to Special Summon two Flip Monster to my opponent's side of the Field, in face-up Defense."
"When I use this, I can use Tarotrei, Petalelf, and Astromorrigan's effects to end this Duel once and for all!" she thought.
To anyone not noticing, as they watched the Duel, one of the chain links to the chandelier started to strain ever so slightly.
Mieru's Hand x 2
As Ronald continued to watch, he heard the sound of foot steps behind him, he glanced back, and frowned when he spotted Sora, but smiled when Yuzu showed up with him, "Glad you two could make it." he said to them, "Oh no! Did we miss it?!" Sora asked, not even acknowledging Ronald. "No, you're in luck brat." at this Sora, did acknowledge him, giving him a glare, which he returned.
"Though I can't say Yuya's having any of that luck..." Ronald added on, making Yuzu look at him concerned, "What does that mean?" she asked, worried, Ronald then explained to her (and reluctantly Sora) what he himself had witness when he got here. "So he's trapped in an unbeatable combo, and he can't even draw a card?" Sora said.
"Yeah, and that's not the worst part..." he said, "It's not?!" Yuzu asked, even more worried, "No... Apparently, Mieru, that girl that Yuya is Dueling, told Yuya, that if he continued the Duel, he would meet his fate..." he told them, "A fate with destruction." Yuzu gasped at hearing this.
"That can't be right... right?" Sora said, but was somewhat worried, not that he could figure out why. "If you had heard all that I said, then you would know, that Mieru had basically known everything about the Duel!" Ronald snapped at him, the two once again glaring at one another, meanwhile, all Yuzu could do, was watch Yuya, who was running up a flight of stairs, and silently praying for his safety.
Turn 10
"My turn!" Yuya began his turn, still running up the stairs, "Due to the effect of Draw Lock, you can't draw until you send an Action Card to the Graveyard." Mieru reminded him, "And that's what I'm going to do!" he yelled out, reaching the end of the stairs, and made a leap of faith, grabbing onto the ledge of the next level.
"Stop this already! Continuing this Duel will not benefit you in anyway!" Mieru demanded, "Just give up already! Can't you hear me telling you it's dangerous!?" she yelled, her words didn't deter him.
Yuya then spotted an Action Card, floating on a pedestal, "This is it!" Yuya charged in its direction.
Above, the broken link finally gave way, and with its gone, the others chains now bore more weight, they too eventually gave way, this alerted everyone, who looked up to see the ceiling crumble.
Yuya continued to make a mad dash, even has he saw debris falling around him, "Almost there..." he thought, hearing his heart thundering in his ears, when he believed he was close enough, and leaped.
At this moment, the chandelier also fell, just as Yuya caught the card, the chandelier loamed over him, until-
*BOOOOOOOOM!* The entire room shock as the chandelier crashed to the floor.
"YUYA!" Yuzu cried out, snapping the two arguing behind her to look to Field, they looked on in shock as it registered in their minds.
With Yuya's other group, Azara looked away, hugging herself into Nigel's chest, causing him to look shocked at this action, his brothers would've teased him, if not for the incident that had taken place just now.
Above the destruction, Mieru stood on her rune, over looking the dust that covered the Field, when it settled, all that remained was rubble, but no sign of Yuya at all. "I was... too late..." Mieru looked away, ashamed that she couldn't save the fool.
The entire crowd was stunned, glancing around for any sign of the young Entertainer, "Do you think..." Oliver got out, worried, "Come on guys, this is Yuya were on about, I'm sure he got out of that." Andy said, his tone didn't help their confidence though.
"Yuya..." Yuzu whispered, tears filling the corners of her eyes.
"I can't believe what has happened folks, but there appears to have been a disaster on the Field, and there is no sign of one of the Duelist..." Nico began, the Unno students began to mourn the lost of the fool of a Duelist, who thought that he could-
"Hey!" Nigel shouted out, alerting everyone has he pointed at some rubble, which began to shift, it was then thrown off. "Oww..." Yuya said, the sight of him, brightened everyone moods, his friends relieved to see that he was fine.
Yuya slowly got to his feet, and held aloft his Action Card, "The Action Spell, Miracle!" he yelled out.
"Well what do you know, it did take a miracle." Ronald smirked out, "Huh? What are you on about?" Sora looked at him, "Oh, that's for me to know, and for you to find out..." he said, meanwhile Yuzu held her hand over her heart, calming herself down, "Oh thank god..." she thought, overjoyed that he was fine.
"It.. can't be... He overcame his life-threatening crisis with a miracle!?" Mieru got out, still stunned that he was still alive, that should have killed a normal person. Even Unno was impressed.
"I now send this Action Card to dispel Draw Lock's effect!" Yuya sent Miracle to the Graveyard, this caused the chains covering his Duel Disk to vanish, "Alright then, with this draw, I... I'll bet it all!" he placed his fingers over his Deck, they trembled slightly.
"I Draw!" he then drew his card, flipped, but was shocked at what it was, "It-it can't be!" he thought staring at a card that wasn't even his own, "Polymerization!" he brought the card to his face, "How? This is Yuzu's, then why is it-" he then thought to this morning, when he was in a rush, "Of course, when my Deck was scattered, I must have mixed it in when I picked them up!" he realised.
"I can't believe it..." he fell to his knees, "I bet it all on this one card, and I can't even use it!" he shut his eyes tight, "WHY DID I DRAW A CARD I CAN'T EVEN USE!?" he yelled in his head, throwing his head back.
This action also made his pendant move about, which Yuya felt, he then looked down to see it, "Wait a minute..." the sight of it gave him an idea, "You're the reason I have my Pendulum Cards," he grabbed it and held it to his eyes. "Because of that, you changed my future..." he narrowed his eyes.
"Listen, I don't know why you did what you did back then, but please... give me something to work with!" the pendant gave a small shine when it shook, the light glaring off it, but Yuya saw something stir within it. "Wait... What was that?" he looked closer, but whatever he saw, it was gone.
When he stopped to look around, all he saw was cloudy void, "Where am I?" he then heard a roar in the distance, he turned to face the direction, and saw Odd-Eyes, standing next to it was Stargazer. "What are you two doing here?" he then watched as the two took on their card forms, which then overlapped themselves, a bright flash then occurred.
After it was gone, Yuya saw a towering shadow loaming over him, "That's it!" the idea finally struck him like a lightning bolt, the real world then returned to him, smiling he got up, and ran along the rubble, until he came to a stop on the edge.
"Ladies and gentleman!" he yelled to the crowd, "I think Yuya's got an idea!" Matthew grinned out, "But what could it be though?" Oliver asked.
"As you know, my Pendulum Scale is set to 1 and 8, courtesy of Stargazer and Timegazer!" the two Magicians gave a bow, "With this, I'm able to simultaneously Summoned any monster between Levels 2 and 7!" he said. "Say it with me folks!"
"Sway, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the aether!" the crowd chanted with him, "Pendulum Summon! Once again, come forth my monsters!" the rift opened up again, this time only three beams shot out of it. "Come back to the stage, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Soulbond Magician, and Prism Break Magician!" the three monsters appeared, Odd-Eyes in the middle. Only Odd-Eyes was in Attack.
"Please take a look at these gallant figures!" he said to the crowd, "And now Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's effect activates again! Scale's Force!" Odd-Eyes once again release a blue pulse. 2600 - 600 = 2000 (Tarotrei) 2500 + 600 = 3100 (Odd-Eyes)
"Alright, here comes the comeback!" Ayu cheered out, "But what about-" Tatsuya began.
"I activate Tarotrei's effect! Full Rebirth!" Mieru yelled out, causing Tarotrei's other arms to once again flipped her Set Monsters. Petalelf and Astromorrigan appeared on the Field once again. "With Petalelf's Flip Effect, all my opponent's monster are switched into Defense Position, and cannot be affected until the end of the turn!" she said.
Petalelf sent a flurry of petal at Odd-Eyes, who knelt down, gaining a blue aura. "No! It happened again!" Futoshi cried out.
"Isn't it great that you avoided your fate of destruction?" Mieru asked, "Now that you survived, I can win this Duel with a clear conscience." she continued, "At the end of this turn, Astromorrigan's Flip Effect will destroy all your monsters in Defense, and then deal you 200 damage for each one destroyed! And because your LP is 300, this will end you!"
"Do you understand now? You can't win this Duel!" she finished, meanwhile all Yuya did during her speech was smirk, "I wonder about that, miss..." he said, this completely stumped her, "M-miss?!" she stuttered out. "After all! The fun has just begun!" he snapped his fingers, causing the lights to focus in on him and his monsters. "To all that are watching, pay close attention, for I'm just setting up for the final act!" he declared.
"I now activate Pullback Magician's effect from the Graveyard!" Yuya said, "By banishing this card, I can return 2 cards on my Field to my Hand!" Pullback was banished, "Return to my Hand, Stargazer and Timegazer!" the two returned to Yuya's Hand. He then saw what he saw in his vision. "Just wait, I'm going to bring you into this world!" he thought.
"Next I Tribute Prism Break Magician," Prism Break burst into particles, "And Advance Summon the Level 5 Stargazer Magician!" Taking its place was Stargazer.
Stargazer Magician: DARK, Level: 5 [Spellcaster/Pendulum/Effect] ATK/1200 DEF/2400, PS: 1
"Umm, where is Yuya going with this?" Sora asked, "How the hell should I know?" Ronald retorted, "And now..." Yuya took one of the last cards from his Hand, which Yuzu recognized, "Wait, that's-!" she began.
"I now activate the Spell, Polymerization!" Yuya placed the card into his Duel Disk, at this, all his friends and Nico were shocked, "What!" Nico yelled out, "Yuya's going to Fusion Summon!?" Sora said shocked, as was Ronald.
Yuya's Duel Disk, and his pendant glowed in unison, a card was ejected from his Extra Deck. "With this card, I can fuse together Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, and Stargazer Magician!" Odd-Eyes roared, as he and Stargazer jumped into the vortex that appeared. "Wielder of the mysterious arts, become one with the dragon with dichromatic eyes! And bring about a new form of chaos!" the two glowed, red and purple, and then swirled together, causing a bright light.
"Fusion Summon! Come forth! The ancient dragon who has harnessed the power of chaos! Level 8! Chaos-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Appearing before everyone was Odd-Eyes, or a more buffer version of him, its was bigger, leaner, and more powerful than Odd-Eyes, on its back, located over its chest orb, was a giant crystal clear cut spike, the same colour as its blue orb, as it was apart of it. Two similar spikes were found on its shoulders, they were red for the dragon's left, and green for its right. Running along the spines of its back, all the way down to its tail, were small blue crystal spikes, the tip of the tail ending with a bone coloured spike. Its arms were more bulkier, and fitted on the back of its wrist were two small crystal spikes, the colours for them were red for its right hand, and green for its left. Its head was more armoured, and had three horns instead of Odd-Eyes's two, and in place of its right eye was a multi-coloured orb, always everchanging. The dragon gave a mighty roar as it landed behind Yuya.
Chaos-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: DARK, Level: 8 [Dragon/Fusion/Effect] ATK/3000 DEF/2500
"A-amazing!..." Matthew got out, stunned, "Majestic..." Azara added, "Dude, that's sick!" Andy added, "Th-this is..." Nico stuttered.
"A Fusion Monster with 3000 ATK?!" Mieru shouted out, but then gained her cool, "Nice try Yuya, but you can't take out all my LP with that!" she said, "Your fate remains unchanged!" she added on, Yuya grinned again.
"There's something you should know about Chaos-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, miss..." he began, "It's Fusion Material was Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, and a DARK Monster, and due to Chaos-Eye's effect, the turn its Fusion Summoned, its gains an additional attack for every 2 Levels that DARK monster had!" he explained.
"Every 2!?" she yelled out, shocked, "So since Stargazer is Level 5..." Ayu began, "Since its was over 4, that means Chaos-Eyes can attack not once, not twice, and three times!" Yuya held that many fingers up.
"And now it's showtime!" he then ran off, Chaos-Eyes followed him, all three giant crystal glowed, one by one. Yuya climbed aboard the dragon, which then sailed past Mieru. "It's time for battle, miss." he said as he past, this caused her heart to beat somewhat faster.
Chaos-Eyes then ran along the wall, three spot lights then focused over all three of her monsters, "Battle! Chaos-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Tarotrei, Astromorrigan and Petalelf!" before the mentioned monsters was Mieru, never taking her eyes of Yuya. "Time to end this! Spiralling Chaos Burst!" Yuya roared out.
Chaos-Eyes sets its sights on Tarotrei, firing a green beam from its left shoulder crystal, it hit Tarotrei dead centre, destroying her, then the crystal on its other shoulder fired a red beam, this hit Astromorrigan, destroying her as well, and then finally, from its mouth, Chaos-Eyes fired a blue beam, that vaporised Petalelf.
Mieru didn't seem to care about this, as she just watched Yuya, who in her mind, winked at her, it became too much for her, her nose shooting blood out, sending her flying backwards. 3500 - 1000 = 2500 - 1700 = 1200 - 2200 = 0 (Mieru)
Yuya: WINS
Mieru's LOSES
Before the Duel was over, Chaos-Eyes landed on the ground, letting Yuya jump off, he then vanished, along with the Field and other cards. "And the winner by an astounding turn around, is Yuya Sakaki!" Nico cheered, the audience then cheered at the spectacular ending they had just witness, the kids and the older lot then got up and raced to meet Yuya, who waved and bowed to the crowd.
"You did it, Big Bro!" Ayu cheered as the lot met up with him, "A Fusion Summon from a Pendulum Summon, A Pendulum Fusion!" Tatsuya added on, "It gives me the shivers, just thinking about it!" Futoshi did his dance.
"Pendulum Fusion..." Yuya repeated, liking the sound of that. "Congratulations Yuya!" Oliver came up behind him, putting his arm around his neck, "You're one of us now!" he joked, causing the group to laugh also. "So it is possible..." Matthew began, smiling, "The Pendulum can support the other three, that's means you've gone beyond the Pendulum Summon!" he said, Yuya looked to Nigel, who nodded his head in approval.
"Yeah..." Yuya began, "I guess I have..." he smiled, "That was amazing!" the group looked to see, Sora, Ronald and Yuzu walk up to them, "You just pulled off a perfect Fusion Summon, and no one taught you what to do!" he said.
"Well, technical, Oliver and-" Andy began, but Azara cut him off, "Nope! Let Yuya have this!" she said to him, "Hey guys, when did you three get here." Yuya said to the three. "Around the start of that last turn for those two," Ronald pointed to the two, "I've been here for a couple of turns myself." he added on.
"Yuya, that was very reckless, what you did..." Yuzu said slowly, "Oh, so you saw that..." Yuya rubbed his neck nervously, "Yeah... Just... Don't that anything like that again." she said, "Yeah, oh wait!" Yuya then picked out Polymerization from his Deck, "I believe this belongs to you." he held it out to her. "You dropped this yesterday, I was going to give it back to you, but you were already gone." he explained.
"And thank you..." he added, much to her confusion, "Really? What for?" she asked, "Well, even though it wasn't my card, it did end up getting me the win, so in a way, you're the reason I won!" he gave her a toothy smile, making her blush slightly, "Here." he placed the card in her hand. "Are you sure?" she said.
"Of course, even though it gave me the win, it's still yours." he said, "You've been trying hard to become someone else, someone stronger than what they once were... And now it's my turn!" he declared. "Plus, I've got my own cards, somewhere, and when I find them, I can go further beyond the Pendulum Summon, just you wait!" he said.
She gave a small laugh, the two then stared at one another, their friends (who were all smiling at them) were forgotten, it was just the two of them, right there, right then...
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Sadly- "My fated person!" Mieru screamed out, jumping right at Yuya, he only had time to turn to her, before being tackled to the group, much to the shock of Yuzu and the group. "Yuya!" Yuzu cried out.
"I knew you were my fated person! You made my heart go pitter-patter just now! My divination wasn't wrong at all" Mieru shouted out, rubbing her face against Yuya's. Hearing this, Yuzu's eyes were shadowed out, "Uh oh..." Oliver muttered, he and the others slowly moved back. Ruby gave a whimper, hiding behind Azara.
"Fated person? Yuya, what is the meaning of this?" Yuzu asked ominously, her fan was out, "W-W-Wait Yuzu, I don't know what she's on about, she's been rambling about it since the start of the Duel!" he told her, getting nervous at the sight of the fan.
"Oh my darling, there's no reason to be so shy!" Mieru cut in, Yuzu was then covered by a dark aura, "Yuya!" she shouted, the group moving to the side now, "Good luck Yuya!" Oliver said, trying not to laugh.
"Wait, Yuzu, I just told you-" "Who is this girl to you!?" Yuzu roared at him, at this, he quickly got to his feet and ran for it. "Darling and I are bound together by fate!" Mieru added in, Yuzu then gave chase to the two.
Above, Unno watched the scene take place, before smiling, "I wonder what new fate awaits this young man, he who escaped fate to create his own destiny...?" she thought, she then held her crystal orb in front of her, to see if there something to this boy's future.
The orb glowed, but she became shocked at what she saw, "What? What is this...!" she muttered, her orb which was perfectly maintain, cracked, splitting in two, the halves fell out of her hands. "What... What did I just witness?" she asked herself, while the orb didn't reveal much to her just now, she saw something, what she believed it to be, she did not know, all could guess was that it was that it looked like a golden eye, and it stared back at her.
Meanwhile below, Yuzu had finally caught up to the two, and whacked Yuya over the head, causing him intense pain. "Darling, when can I meet your mother and father?" Mieru asked, "How many kids do you want?" she asked also. "I'll definitely change this fate!" he pleaded out loud...
End of Chapter 24
I know Sora's last Duel ends around Turn 10 of Yuya's Duel, but I switched it around, as in real life it would take some time to get there where Yuya was Dueling... Unless they were very close to each other, which is very unlikely to me, so I basically had them (Sora and Yuzu) finish up 15 minutes earlier, thus giving them ample time to get to Yuya...
Anyways...
OC Cards
(Yuya)
Chaos-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
DARK, Level: 8, [Dragon/Fusion/Effect] ATK/3000 DEF/2500
"Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon" + 1 DARK monster
During the turn this card is Fusion Summoned: It gains an additional attack for every 2 Levels the DARK monster Fusion Material that was used to Summon this card had, but it can only attack monsters. Once per turn, activate 1 of the following effects: 1) If this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the GY: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of the DARK Monster Fusion Material used to Summon this card. 2) Change the ATK of all your opponent's monster's ATK to 0, your opponent cannot activate the effects of monster's with 0 ATK, these changes last until the end of the turn, also half all battle damage to your opponent involving the affected monsters. If this card is Fusion Summoned using Pendulum Summoned monsters as Fusion Material: This card is unaffected by card effects your opponent activates for the rest of the turn.
I know Yuya eventually gets three Pendulum Dragon Fusion monsters... But in this Story, Yuya will have more Extra Deck Monsters... So I need to make some space, so getting rid of the 3 Fusion Pendulum Dragons (Technically just merging them into one) will help me out..
(Mieru)
Prediction's Downfall
Quick-Play Spell
Target 1 monster your opponent controls in face-up Defense Position: Negate that monster's effect as long as its face-up on the Field. If that monster is destroyed while you control a "Prediction Princess" monster; banish it.