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Sora Shiun'in, Storms Forth!

"We have ourselves a Battle Royale, taking place in four action field activated throughout Maiami City! In the Volcano Area, we have Yuzu Hiragi! With the support of LDS' Dennis, she took down the ferocious team of Takeda and Umesugi from Ryouzanpuku! In the Iceberg Area, Sakaki takes a win with aid from Noboru Gongenzaka of the Gongenzaka Dojo! He showed is a splendid victory against the LDS exchange students Halil and Olga. And in the Ancient Area, Kurosaki from LDS! Kurosaki defeated the three Duelists from our international guest school, Knight of Duels!" Nico recaps. "These are truly fierce battles in every area! And we have an interview from the audience!" He decides. "That's right! Now then, a word with audience members from the player's school!" The female host who commentated on the Youth rounds earlier in the tournament, is at the stands acknowledging Nico's request. "Let's start with You Show Duel School's Principal, Shuzo Hiragi!" She starts off. "Your daughter, Yuzu, and Yuya Sakaki have just shared a victory. A great start, wouldn't you say?" The female host notes. "Hi, yes, thank you! I hope they keep wi-" Shuzo starts saying something. "Ah, the camera-"He realizes he's on camera. Only to be be interrupted by Tatsuya who barge in front of him "Go for it, Yuzu!" Tatsuya expressing his support. "You too, Yuya!" Ayu expressing her support. "Give them shivers with Entertainment Dueling!" Futoshi expressing his support. "Mrs. Sakaki, do you have anything to add?" The interviewer moves on to Yuya's mother. "Yuya is fine but…" Yoko said. "I want to see more of Dennis, Mitchie and other cute boys!" She blushes. Everyone around her stares in a mixture of embarrassment and dejection. "Yoko…" Shuzo thinks.

Meanwhile, Halil was tailing Olga through the forest area after they lost the tag duel against Yuya and Gongenzaka. "Friendship is important! I have learned that beautiful friendship is the key to victory!" Halil tries to convince Olga to be his friend, but, possibly still angered by her loss "Even so, that doesn't mean you need team up with me!" Olga refuses to team up with Halil. Suddenly, Halil spots two Pendulum Cards on a rock in front of him. "Two Pendulum Cards in a place like this!" Halil exclaims. "As a sign of our friendship, let's split these one each, Olga…!" He decides. But as Halil touches the cards, they float away from him. "Wow! What's going on?" Halil wonders. "These cards are moving as if they were alive!" He exclaims, and chases after them with Olga. They find the two cards on a stone behind a hedge "Here they are!" Halil said as he goes to claim them. Suddenly, the cards were hooked by a pair of fishing lines. "All right!" Someone yells out. Olga and Halil look to their left and see someone with a fishing rod standing on a much bigger rock. "I caught something! We got ourselves a couple! Go for it, Mitchie!" Their challenger beckons Michio to show himself. "Thank you for waiting" Michio said as he shows up in front of Olga and Halil. "To our guest from overseas, I would like to offer my hospitality to you. Please, Duel with me" He offers them. When Michio's face shows up at the stadium live feeds, numerous fans squeal "Ahh! It's him, it's him! Mitchie! He's so cute and cool!" Yoko squeals. Meanwhile "This whole time, I've been collecting tons of cards without Duelling. There's still plenty of bait leftover" the man with the rod, known as Teppei, pleased with himself. Teppei recalls how his alliance with Michie festered.

(Flashback)

"So then if I team up with you, Teppei, I'll be able to provide a lot of hospitality Duels" Michio promised Teppei. "I've found myself a reliable partner, it seems!" Teppei thinks.

(Flashback ends)

"And then, it will go like this…Mitchie will get a huge catch of Pendulum Cards from his opponents, when he's exhausted, I'll challenge him to a match! And of course I'll win and get all the cards myself! That's how I'll land my big haul!" Teppei thinks. "Get'em Mitchie, I'm counting on you partner!" Teppei cheers.

"This Teppei Tairyobata guy really doesn't do anything, huh?" Futoshi states. "He's planning on not Dueling and leaving it to Mitchie?" Ayu wonders. "What the heck is he thinking?" Tatsuya wonders. "Are you fine by yourself?" Halil wonders. "I don't mind if you both take me at once" Michio confirms. "Then…Let's go!" Olga declares as she activates her Duel Disk. "DUEL!" All three Duelist yells out. "In the Jungle Area, a 1-on-2 Duel between Michio Makota versus Olda and Halil is starting!" Nico announces. "What's this?! Yuzu Hiragi had an intense Duel in the Volcano Area before, but look who has appeared this time!" He momentarily sees that Yuya has moved to the volcano area. "Not here…" Yuya said. "If you're looking for Yuzu, she already went off to another area" A voice states. Yuya sees Dennis on top of a stone pillar in front of him "Hey!" Dennis greets Yuya. "You're…?" Yuya, not knowing him, asks. "I'm Dennis. An LDS Exchange Student and Yuzu's friend" Dennis introduce himself. "Friend?" Yuya surprised to hear this. "Yep!" Dennis said as he leaps off the pillar and lands on the ground behind Yuya "Everyone who Duels can become friends!" Dennis says. "You Dueled with Yuzu?" Yuya interprets. "We beat Ryouzanpauku in such an amazing combination that you wouldn't think it was our first meeting!" Dennis clarifies. Cornering Yuya against the pillar "I want to Duel you and become your friend as well" He challenges him. Yuya Sakaki" Dennis addresses Yuya by name. "You know about me?" Yuya surprised. "You're the son of Yusho Sakaki, and a student of You Show Duel School, right? I'm also aspiring to be an Entertainment Duelist like Yusho Sakaki was!" Dennis said. Dennis pulls out a rose to offer Yuya.

At that point "Why is that guy talking all friendly with Yuya!" Shuzo gets angry over what he just saw. "After making friends with Yuzu, he's…"Tatsuya said. "He's pinning Yuya against a wall…no, a rock!" Ayu captivated by Dennis. "Despite his gentle face, he's some shivers!" Futoshi captivated. "So cute!" Yoko squeals. "Yoko!" Shuzo interrupted. Back at the volcano area "Sure, let's Duel!" Yuya accepts Dennis' challenge with a smile. "As another aspiring Entertainment Duelist, I'm interested…in seeing how you Duel!" He said. As they face each other on a bridge above a lava flow "Since we both have one win, why don't we each bet two Pendulum Cards?" Yuya proposes. "Good idea! You are an entertainer! This way will definitely be more exciting!" Dennis said. "DUEL!" Yuya and Dennis shout out. "Well then, you first" Dennis offers Yuya the first turn. "No, I want to see what you've got. I'll let you go first!" Yuya rejects the offer. "What an honor!" Dennis said. "All right, my turn!" He declares. "When neither of us controls no monsters, I can Special Summon this card!" Dennis states. "I Special Summon Performage Stilts Launcher!" He declares (ATK: 2200). "I set one card and then I…set the Scale 10 Pendulum Card, Yellow Scarab in the Pendulum Zone!" Dennis states. "He's only setting one of them?" Yuya wonders. "I activate Yellow Scarab's Pendulum Effect!" Dennis declares. "It increase all Spellcaster-type monsters' ATK by 300" He explains (Stilts Launcher's ATK: 2500). "I see…It was for that effect" Yuya understands. "You need two Pendulum Cards to perform a Pendulum Summon, but…It's also possible to activate just one!" Dennis explains.

"I end my turn here" He states. "But since he only used one, he must not have had another Pendulum Card in his hand! If so, then…" Yuya thinks. "My turn, draw!" Yuya declares. "I, using the Scale 3 White Butterfly and the Scale 9 White Flower, set the Pendulum Scale!" He confidently declares. "With this, I'm able to simultaneously Summon monsters from Levels 4 to 8!" Yuya states. "Pendulum Summon! Now, you're on! Performapal Minstrel Caroler! (ATK: 1400) And, Performapal Odd-Eyes Cymbal!" He chants (ATK: 1000). "If I use a Caroler I control as Fusion Material, I can Fusion Summon without using a Fusion Spell Card!" Yuya states. "I fuse Caroler and Cymbal!" He declares. "Seraph's Melody, Reverberate of the spirit! Guided by the baton, gather your power! Fusion Summon! Now, come to the stage! Roar your song of victory! Odd-Eyes Bloom Dragon!" He chants (ATK: 1000). "Yuya Sakaki has pulled off a Pendulum Fusion!" Nico notes. "It's beautiful no matter how many times you see it!" He marvels at Yuya's strategy. "Fantastic!" Dennis praise Yuya as he clicked his fingers. "You're amazing! As expected of You Show Duel School" He marvels. "Save your praises for after my attack is over!" Yuya, not interested in Dennis' praises states. "Ah, how rude of me!" Dennis apologizes. "I activate Performapal Odd-Eyes Cymbal's Fusion Material effect!" Yuya declares. "I decrease Bloom Dragon's ATK by 500 (Bloom Dragon's ATK: 500) and deal 500 damage to my opponent!" He explains. "Oh my god!" Dennis said (Dennis' LP: 3500). "Battle. I attack Stilts Launcher with Bloom Dragon!" Yuya declares. "Bloom Dragon is not destroyed when battling Special Summoned monsters, and negates all damage the player would take!" He explains. Both monsters clashed with each other "The opponent is dealt damage equal to the amount negated, and the monster that battled is destroyed!" Yuya explains. "Rebound Howl!" He declares and Stilts Launcher was destroyed, hitting Dennis for 2000 more points of damage. "Wow!" Dennis shouts as he was knocked back but manages to stay on his feet. "That's quite an extraordinary monster you have there…" Dennis acknowledges (Dennis' LP: 1500).

Dennis sees an Action Card on the rail behind him, so he takes it "Since I'm feeling a bit upset now, I'm going to activate Action Spell: Flame Ball!" Dennis declares. "That's nothing!" Yuya knows it isn't going to hurt him. "But…Right now, I'm going to turn Flame Ball into a rainbow burst!" Dennis declares. "One! Two! Three!" He decides to count and when he reaches three, the flame ball momentarily disappears, then explodes in front of Yuya, causing him to squeal as he's knocked back, although he lands on his knees (Yuya's LP: 2000). "Are you alright?" Dennis asks Yuya. "Sorry for scaring you like that!" He apologizes. "By banishing Stilts Launcher from the Graveyard, I made Flame Ball's damage equal to the greatest damage I've taken from you" Dennis explains. In the stadium "Sakaki has been caught in Dennis' strategy! Both players are going back and forth with some extreme Entertainment!"Nico notes. Behind Shuzo "Both of you keep burning! Hot-blooded!" Yoko parodies Shuzo while clearly supporting Dennis. This annoys Shuzo, so Yoko turns to the other screen showing Michio's 1-on-2 duel "And Mitchie is going great over there! Shivers!" Yoko parodies Futoshi this time. However "What now?! It seems there is movement over in the Ancient Ruins area!" Nico notices a new face in the ravaged area: that of Yuzi Hiragi.

Yuzu was wandering around the ruins when she sees, and finally comes face-to-face with, Shun Kurosaki "Kurosaki!" Yuzu exclaim. With a sense of urgency "There are tons of things I need to ask you! About Sora…About Academia!" Yuzu tells him. "I've been waiting for you as well" Kurosaki tells Yuzu. Yuzu wonders what Kurosaki wants to tell her. Gritting his teeth "What did you do with Ruri?" Kurosaki asks Yuzu. "Ruri..?" Ayu confuses. "Who's that?" Futoshi wonders. Reiji, who was watching the duels unfold at his Leo Institute boardroom, also listens intently "I also know that Ruri fought with Sora Shiunin. And I know you interfered in it as well! Then immediately after that, Ruri disappeared" Kurosaki states. "What happened there?! What did you do to Ruri?!" He accuses Yuzu. "I…!" Yuzu tries to speak up, but Kurosaki clenches his fist "You had to have done something! There's no mistaking it! If you didn't, then why do you have Ruri's card!?" He points out. "Why do you have Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale!?" Kurosaki demands Yuzu to answers. "That's…! I don't know what happened either, but..." Yuzu tries to protest that she knew nothing. "Ruri entrusted it to me! To make people smile with Dueling!" She remembers Ruri's words. Just then "The card can attack directly with its monster effect!" Yuzu hears a voice and turns to see Carl had appeared. "I attack directly with Slash the Assault Knight!" He declares. Both Yuzu and Kurosaki shield themselves, after seeing the duelist dressed as a knight. "Slash the Assault Knight can negate battle damage!" Ashely speaks from the other side as the aforementioned knight's opponent.

"Knight of Duels!" Yuzu recognizes the Duelists. "These guys never learn…" Kurosaki said. "I end my turn" Carl states. "For some reason, I hear some pebbles babbling…" He said. "Then we should just kick those interfering pebbles aside!" Ashley states. "My turn!" He declares and draws. "I attack directly with Slash the Assault Knight!" Ashley declares and has his Slash the Assault Knight attack. Yuzu and Kurosaki dodge once more "Slash the Assault Knight can negate battle damage!" Bram, who controls a third Slash the Assault Knight, states. "They're acting like they're Dueling just to harass me!" Kurosaki said. "That's just-!" Yuzu shock. "I end my turn" Ashley states. "We can keep this up until those pebbles are ground to bits" He said. "If you don't like it, then you can just join us and pay the 2000 LP interference penalty!" Bram tells them. "My turn!" He declares and draws. "I attack directly with Slash the Assault Knight!" Bram declares, with that, his Slash the Assault Knight attacks, with Yuzu and Kurosaki appearing to be unable to dodge this time. Kurosaki is thrown onto the side of a pillar, while Yuzu lands on another but then falls off, just about managing to hold on with her left hand. "Those guys! And they dare call themselves Duelist!" Tatsuya not likely what he sees. "We're only just Dueling…" Ashley says. "We aren't doing anything against the rules" Bram says, and corners Kurosaki once more. Yuzu manages to climb on the pillar she's hanging on to "Kurosaki…" She said, unable to help him. Just then, she sees three helmeted figures running left to right on the road in front of her "What the…Who are those guys?" Yuzu wonders.

From the Leo Institude boardroom, Nakajima and Reiji notice the figures running about in the ravaged area. "That's!" Nakajima gasps. "Cut the Ancient Ruins Area feed!" Reiji orders and the broadcast in ravaged area was cut off. This prompts a few murmurs from the audience in the stadium. "Why did it turn off all of a sudden...?" Ayu wonders. "Umm…it seems like we're having some connection issues with the video feed" Nico, who himself only sees what is happening, struggles to provide a coherent explanation. "L-let's just go back to the heated battle going on in the Volcano Area!" He tries to get the audience to see Yuya and Dennis' duel at the volcano area, where it's still Yuya's turn. "I activate the Continuous Spell: Easy Sequence from my hand!" Yuya declares. "Normal Summoned monsters cannot attack in the turn they are Summoned" He explains. "I end my turn" Yuya states.

"I see…Bloom Dragon can't be destroyed by Special Summoned monsters. And if you try and turn the tables with a Normal Summon, you won't be able to attack immediately" Dennis understands. "But, it wouldn't be much of a show-up if you don't make it this difficult!" He states. "My turn, draw!" Dennis declares as he twirls as he draws his next card. "From here on it's my showtime!" He states. "With the Scale 2 Blue Whale and my already Set Scale 10 Yellow Scarab, I set the Pendulum Scale!" Dennis declares. "With this, I'm able to simultaneously Summon monsters from Levels 3 to 9!" He states. "Pendulum Summon! Come! Level 4! Performage Damage Juggler! (ATK: 1500) And Level 4, Performage Flame Eater!" Dennis chants, clicks his fingers (ATK: 1200). "I Overlay the Level 4 Damage Juggler and Flame Eater!" He declares. "The show must go on! Artisan of the air, swing across the stage with grace! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Performage Trapeze Magician!" Dennis chants (ATK: 2500), "An Xyz Summon!" Yuya gasps, seeing an Xyz Summon being performed against him for the first time. Meanwhile, Yuri looks on from a distance, and spots the boy that people had been mistaking him for. "That's the one Reiji Akaba mentioned…Yuya Sakaki" Yuri said.

At the cut-off ravaged area, "Who are those guys?" Yuzu wonders. "That's!" She recoils in horror when he sees who's following them. The three helmeted figures arrive at the place where the Knights of Duels had been surrounding Kurosaki. Kurosaki also spots this person as well: a young boy consuming his lollipop. "You're…!" Kurosaki gasps. Wasting no time "I've been waiting for this. For when I could finally settle the score with you. Shun Kurosaki!" Sora declares, addresses him by his full name. "Sora! You're okay!" Sora hears Yuzu calling out to him, but he pays no heed. "You guys hold the knights off. Make sure they don't get in my way" Sora tells the three helmeted figures. "Hey! Stop it, Sora! Sora!" Yuzu not pleased at what she hears, climbs down from the pillar she's on. "What's with that tone?" Carl confronts the three figures. "And who the hell are you anyway!?" Ashley demands to know who they are. "Obelisk Force" The leading one tells them. "Battle Royale Mode, Joining!" The Obelisk Force's Duels Disk declares, forcing the three knights into a Battle Royal with them. Nakajima and Reiji are now the only outsiders aware of the situation in the ravaged area.

Meanwhile "Battle! I attack Bloom Dragon with Trapeze Magician!" Dennis declares. "That's no use! I activate Bloom Dragon's effect! Rebound Howl!" Yuya declares. "I thought so!" Dennis aware of the opposing monster's effect. "If you knew, then why?" Yuya asks. "I believe in him, because he is an entertainer!" Dennis tells him. "With Trapeze Magician's effect, I can negate any effect damage lower than this card's ATK!" He explains. "But Trapeze Magician will be destroyed by Bloom Dragon's effect!" Yuya reminds Dennis of his monster's other effect. "No…This is where I perform the super illusion of the century!" Dennis declares. With the spotlights on him "One! Two! Three!" Dennis counts and another explosion of pink smoke occurs, revealing a trick box. "Huh?" Yuya confuses. Trapeze Magician grabs Bloom Dragon and enters the trick box with him. It disappears, "Huh?" Yuya wonders, and then Trapeze Magician emerges on Yuya's side of the field (ATK: 2500). Looking at Bloom Dragon now facing him (ATK: 500) "Wh-what is this? What's going on?" Yuya demands to know what happened. "Looks like I surprised you again!" Dennis said. "I activated the Trap Card: Trick Box" He states. "With this, Trapeze Magician is not destroyed, and switches control with its effect negated in exchanged for Bloom Dragon!" Dennis explains. "No way!" Yuya exclaims. "Battle! I attack Trapeze Magician with Bloom Dragon!" Dennis declares. "Trapeze Magician…Rest in peace to the sound of Bloom Dragon's charming roar!" He tells his monster. "Rebound Howl!" Dennis declares. Yuya was blown away by his own monster's performance, and shrieks (Yuya's LP: 0). As his Life Points fall to 0, the risk to his own life increases as he nears a fall into the lava below. "It's too soon for you to be resting in peace!" Dennis exclaims and jumps off the railings to catch Yuya. He opens her eyes just in time to see him and Dennis still falling towards the lava "Dennis! But then, you're going to…!" Yuya exclaims. "It's fine" Dennis responds. "When the monster swapped by Trick Box is destroyed, it is Special Summoned back to the original controller's field!" He explains. As a result Trapeze Magician saves both Dennis and Yuya from a surely life-ending fall into lava. "Welcome back! Trapeze Magician" Dennis greets his monster.

The audience cheer "Dennis has overwhelmed Sakaki with a brilliant Entertainment Duel!" Nico announces. "Hey Dennis! How long are you going to keep holding to Yuya!?" Shuzo annoyed. "I guess it's part of the role" Yoko responds nonchalantly. Back at the volcano area "It's hard to admit it but, it's my loss" Yuya entrusts Dennis with the two Pendulum Cards that he wagered. "And now, with this, we're friends. Let's both make it through the tournament and Duel again!" Dennis says. Suddenly "You won't be making it out of this!" A voice warns Dennis. Yuri shows up behind Dennis and Yuya "Because you will be defeated by me, right now!" He declares. "Huh- What? Twins? Who is that?" Dennis asks. "He looks just like me…." Yuya shocked to see a likeness of his face in front of him. "It can't be…Yuto?" He wonders.

Meanwhile, feed to stadium from the volcano area was cut off, prompting more groans from the audience. "Uh…Umm… Deepest apologies, we're in the midst of recovering the feed!" Nico tries to allay the emotion of the crowd. "I've shut down the feed for the Volcono Area as well" Nakajima states. "It's finally your turn. You are the most qualified Lancer candidates. "Show me all you've got" Reiji addresses the Youth division quarter-finalists who have gathered in a Leo Institute meeting room, calling them to join the battle.

At the ravaged area, Kurosaki leads Sora into a seemingly-intact ancient building for their final showdown. "Sora! Wait! Stop fighting!" Yuzu calls out as she starts hopping off the pillars to give chase. Meanwhile, the three Knights of Duels have fallen to the Obelisk Force. One of the Obelisk Force laughs "The Duellist of Standard really don't stand a chance" He states. Yuzu, however, stops at a pillar to see the three Knights having just been defeated, and gets a vision. She sees people running away from a blaze of destruction. Then suddenly, with her vision restored, a horrifying sight befalls her. Carl has been sealed away in a card. "This is against the rules!" Bram exclaims. "This is completely by the rules" Another Obelisk Force states. "The defeated should be erased" The third Obelisk states. "Stop it…Stop it" Yuzu mutters under her breath as she watches the Obelisk Force advance on the other two Knights, and turn them into cards as well. "Stop it!" She screams.

OC Card

Easy Sequence (Continuous Spell)

Monsters cannot attack during the turn they are Normal Summoned/Set.