AN: Hey everyone, I have the next chapter here. I beat FFVII Remake, great game, but I wanted to get back to this series. I am happy so many people liked Yuri finally showing up here. I am thinking about adding another Arc-V character in, but you will have to wait and see for the who and how. Now, the format for the next three chapters will focus on the pro leagues. However, it will be a mix of the Dual Academy Students watching some matches and the pro duelists interacting before/afterwards. This one sets the tone for the level of these pro league duelist are at and I really liked the outcome. However, I do play a little loose with some hard once per turns to make the duels a bit more epic. Pease forgive me, but when you considered the other person's ace monster, this balance it out. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.

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Chapter 27 – The Pro League Pt. 1

In her Obelisk Blue dorm room, Blake stood in front of a closet mirror. She wore a black sleeveless top with matching pants and thigh-high boots. After adjusting her bow, she turned to see an assortment of blue long coats. The shadowy Obelisk Blue took her new uniform, tying the belt around the back before putting it on. Blake turned back to the mirror, "I made it," She said while smiling, then walked towards the door, "Now to prove I belong here." After exiting her room, she walked down the hall to Weiss leaning against a wall, flexing her right hand, "Hey, are you feeling better?" Blake asked, gaining the heiress Obelisk Blue's attention.

"Huh, y-yeah." Weiss responded, "A day of rest was all I needed."

"That's good, we were all pretty worried." Blake said with a smile, but noticed her friend avoiding eye contact, "Weiss?"

"Look, I just don't want to talk about that duel anymore." She said before they started walking, then put on a fake smile, "Come on, there has been a change to the curriculum."

"Already?" Blake commented and followed, "The school year just started?"

"I know, but the Chancellor thought it would be good to have time dedicated to watching the Pro League. Showing students where they can end up after graduating." Weiss said before sighing, the smile fading, "If they're good enough." Blake had a look of worry before Weiss turned to her again, "You should be happy, the match we are about to see is involving Zane."

"Really!?" Blake responded, "That's right, his tenth duel is today."

"And potentially his tenth win." Weiss added before glancing at Blake's smile, "So, you and he?"

"W-what are you saying?" Blake responded, "He's a good friend."

"Is that all you wanted it to be?" Weiss with Blake breaking eye contact. The two then looked forward, seeing Atticus and Alexis talking.

"Hey," Atticus spoke with a wink, "Blake, nice coat."

"Thank you," Blake responded with a nod.

"Did Weiss already tell you?" Alexis asked with The shadowy Obelisk Blue nodding, "Good, let's head to the viewing room." She said before the four started walking.

"So, who is Zane's opponent?" Blake asked Atticus.

"I don't remember his name, but he has the same nine-win streak Zane is at." Atticus responded, "By the end of this, one of them will be in double digits." The endearing Obelisk Blue said with a grin, "And you know who I'm betting on."

"Yeah, me too." Alexis responded before having a look of worry, "Still, I heard this Pro's ace monster is unbelievably strong." The lovely Obelisk Blue then glanced over to her brother, "And you should be taking notes during this duel."

"Why?" Atticus said with Alexis abut to sigh.

However, the four then stopped as another student was walking towards them. Weiss gasped as she realized it was Yuri, "Hello," The sadistic Obelisk Blue said with Weiss breaking eye contact, "You four must be off to watch that live match."

"And you're not going?" Alexis asked.

"Why would I watch that duel, these viewings are optional anyway." Yuri responded, "Besides, I can guess who will win. After all, Zane was the best this school had to offer." He said with the three other Obelisk Blue's scowling, "Granted, it all depends if this Zane can keep his cool. He strikes me as the type who could lose it at any second."

"Hey, Zane isn't like that?" Blake responded with slight anger in her voice, "He respects his opponents at all times." She said before crossing her arms, "Unlike you."

"What, of course I respect my opponents," Yuri responded with a sarcastic tone, then grinning as he looked at Weiss, "They should feel honored to lose to me." He said with the heiress Obelisk Blue gritting her teeth, but not saying a word, "Regardless, I should get going." The sadistic Obelisk Blue said before walking past the four.

Atticus and Alexis started walking, followed by Blake. However, the shadowy Obelisk Blue looked back to Weiss, her right hand tightly clenched and shaking, "Weiss, don't let him get to you." Blake said as the shaking slowly subsided. Weiss sighed before she followed but did not say a word.

The four eventually made it to the viewing room, which was nearly packed with mostly female students of Obelisk Blue dorm. However, the four managed to find some seats together before the screen turned on. From a live feed, a stadium was seen filled with fans of match up. On the green arena floor, the holographic amplifiers were illuminating.

Suddenly, a male announcer's voice was heard, "Ladies and Gentlemen, are you ready to start the day off with some dueling!?" He said with crowding screaming in joy, "That's good because we have a match sure to give you some more energy." The camera then zoomed to the right side of the arena, "And speaking of energy, we have the duelist whose machines never seen to run out of it. The Cybernetic Super Star himself. You know him, the ladies love him." At that moment, a plume of white smoke appeared, "Zane Truesdale!" the Announcer introduced as the smoke cleared, revealing a young man in an Obelisk white long coat and dark teal hair. With a focused gazed and arms crossed, the cyber pro duelist waited for his opponent.

The crowd roared with excitement, as did the female students of the Duel Academy. Atticus cheered as well, while Alexis had a slightly embarrassed giggle. Weiss looked around in slight astonishment, "I didn't know he was this popular." She said to herself before seeing Blake, who was fixated on the screen with a smile on her face. Weiss did not comment but smiled before looking back at the screen.

The Announcer continued, "Yes. Yes. The ladies do like the strong silent types." He said while the camera focused left side of the arena, "However, I have been rejected by enough women to know they secretly like the bad boys just as much. And nobody is as devilish as this guy." The Announcer introduced as a plume of grey smoke erupted, "Give it up for Mercury Black!" He said as the smoke cleared, revealing a young man in a grey shirt with silver padding, the hue matching his disheveled hair. His black pants matched his thick boots. He stood with his hands in his pockets, grinning towards Zane. The crowd with nearly as vocal as before, while the students at the school remained slightly shocked.

"That's his opponent?" One student said.

"Mercury Black, yeah, that was his name." Another student said, "The one with the rumors."

Weiss and Blake turned to Alexis and Atticus, "What are they talking about?" the heiress Obelisk Blue asked but was answered with a shrug of confusion. They then looked back screen seeing the two opponents conversing.

"Well, this should be interesting." Mercury said while taking his hands out of his pockets, smirking, "I want to make sure by Old Man has a good show." The dark pro duelist said as he readied a black chrome duel disk. However, Zane only scowled as he readied his silver duel disk.

"Alright," the Announcer declared, "Let the match begin!"

"Duel!" Both pro duelists said at the same time.

Zane: 4000 Life Points

Mercury: 4000 Life Points

Zane drew first, "I summon Cyber Dragon Herz." He said as a mechanical serpent-like creature appeared. Its body was made of hexagonal devices and light blue wiring, (100 ATK / 100 DEF). Zane then took a spell card out of his hand, "I activate Machine Duplication, letting me special summon two Herz from my deck." The cyber pro duelist said as two more Herz appeared on his side of the field, "Each Herz treats its name as Cyber Dragon while on the field and in the graveyard." He said before taking another spell card out of his hand, "I play Polymerization, fusing all three," Zane declared as all three Cyber Dragons merged in a mechanical spiral, resulting in a bolt of blue lightning, "To form Cyber End Dragon!" a black silhouette formed in the lightning, expanding out into a three-headed mechanical wyvern, (4000 ATK / 4000 DEF). As the monster roared, so did the crowd with excitement. "Thanks to each Herz's effect, I can add a Cyber Dragon from my deck to my hand." He said as three cards ejected from his deck, returning his hand to the six he started with after his draw.

"Wow," Weiss commented, "He summoned out a monster like that on his first turn?"

"That's Zane for you." Atticus commented with a smirk, seeing the Cyber pro duelist set two cards to end his turn, "And he's more of a go second duelist as well." The endearing Obelisk Blue said as Mercury drew, "Now, what will this guy do?"

"I summon The Black Stone of Legend in attack mode." Mercury played as a dark egg-like rock emerged out of the ground, throbbing with a red aura, (0 ATK / 0 DEF). "Now, I can tribute it." He said as Atticus' eyes widened, "To special summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my deck." He said the stone exploded, causing a fierce dark dragon to appear. Its eyes flared with rage as it roared, (2400 ATK / 2000 DEF).

"HEY!" Atticus said as he stood up, pointing at the screen, "That's my signature card, I used it first!"

"Atticus, you don't own every copy of Red-Eyes Black Dragon." Alexis said with a sigh, "Just relax." Atticus then sat back down, pouting as he crossed his arms.

"Doesn't this mean Zane will have an advantage." Blake offered, "I mean they two of you dueled a lot."

"Yeah, you're right." Atticus said with a smile, "I know the archetype inside and out, but Zane always had a counter." He said before looking back to the screen.

Mercury took another card out of his hand, "I tribute my Red-Eyes Black Dragon." He said as the dark dragon's body began to crack, "To summon out Red-Eyes Alternative Black Dragon!" The dark pro duelist said before his monster exploded revealing a deeper red form of the dark dragon, (2400 ATK / 2000 DEF). Its body leaned forward as it roared, but Zane remained stoic.

"Uh, I was not expecting that card." Atticus commented, "That's one I didn't know was a part of the archetype." He said with Alexis sighing.

Zane hen took a card out of his hand, "Since you special summoned a monster from the hand. I can special summon Cyber Dinosaur from my hand." He said a metallic tyrannosaurus was appeared on the cyber pro duelist side of the field, (2500 ATK / 1900 DEF).

"Fine by me," Mercury commented, "Alternative Black Dragon attacks your Cyber Dinosaur. Go, Incinerating Blast Wave." He said as his monster unleash a fireball towards the metallic tyrannosaurus. However, the Cyber Dinosaur charged through the fire, tackling the alter dark dragon in the chest. As the monster was flung back, its body cracked before exploding.

Mercury: 4000 – 100 = 3900 Life Points

"What was that?" Weiss commented, "Why attack when he knew it was weaker." However, as the smoke cleared, Red-Eyes Black Dragon had returned, (2400 ATK / 2000 DEF). "Huh!?"

"When Alternative is destroyed, I can special summon a level seven or lower Red-Eyes from my graveyard." Mercury said as his monster roared with a red aura, "And if I pick the original, the attack points are doubled." (2400 + 2400 = 4800 ATK). "Now, while I could take out your boss monster in front of everyone. I think it's time for a little payback." He said before pointing to Cyber Dinosaur, "Go, Inferno Fire Blast!" the dark pro duelist declared as his monster unleashed a massive fireball attack.

"You're not the only one who can double their monster's attack." Zane responded, "I activate Limiter Removal." He said as the Cyber Dinosaur glowed in an electric aura, (2500 + 2500 = 5000 ATK). Like before, the metallic tyrannosaurus charged through the flames. However, it bit down on Red-Eyes' neck, then slammed the dark dragon into the arena floor with an explosion.

Mercury: 3900 – 200 = 3700 Life Points

The crowd cheered at the counter play. However, Mercury was smirking, "Limiter Removal will destroy both of your monsters at the end phase. Leaving you as defenseless as I am." The dark pro duelist said before noticing something was missing, "Wait, where's your boss monster?" He said before seeing the other face down card Zane had revealed.

"Interdimensional Matter Transporter." Zane said with his arms crossed, "I used it on Cyber End Dragon before Limiter Removal was activated. Now, he will return to me on the end phase instead of being destroyed."

However, Mercury shrugged, "Eh not bad," Mercury said before looking at his hand, "I set one card, then play Card Destruction." The dark pro duelist said as he sent his hand of two cards the graveyard. Zane looked down at his Cyber Dragons, parting with them before he drew three new cards. The cyber pro duelist then looked back to Mercury, who grinned for a half-second, "I'll set this as well and end my turn." He said as Cyber Dinosaur roared, then exploded. As the smoke cleared, Cyber End Dragon returned.

"My move," Zane said as he drew, playing the card instantly, "I play Mystical Space Typhoon."

Atticus turned to Alexis, "He can only destroy one, which should he pick?" He asked his sister.

"Well, the one on the right was what he saved from Card Destruction." Alexis pointed out, "However, I think Zane also noticed that look in Mercury's eyes after he drew."

"I will target the face down the left." Zane picked as a typhoon blew over the card, shattering it into pieces.

However, the dark pro duelist's grin returned, "Took the bluff, didn't you?" Mercury said as Zane gritted his teeth, "You destroyed Return of The Red-Eyes. When destroyed, I can special summon a Red-Eyes monster from my graveyard." He said as the dark dragon returned in attack mode, (2400 ATK / 2000 DEF). "As well, since I activated a spell or trap effect during your turn." Mercury said as he played the last card in his hand, "I special summon Magician of Dark Illusion in attack mode." He said as the shadowy spellcaster appeared, (2100 ATK / 2500 DEF).

"That shape," Blake commented, "It almost looks like the King of Game's ace monster."

"Yeah," Weiss commented, gain Blake's attention, "but why summon out two monsters weaker than the Cyber End Dragon."

Blake looked back to the screen, but her eyes widened, "Oh no, the other face do-"

"Cyber End Dragon, attack Magician of Dark Illusion." Zane ordered, "Go, Eternal Evolution Burst!" The three-headed mechanical wyvern unleashed a beam from each mouth, each combining into a massive laser.

However, Magician of Dark Illusion waved his right index finger, "I reveal my face down card," Mercury said as Zane gasped, "Soul Strike! With it, I pay half my life points." He said as the shadowy spellcaster jumped into the air, avoiding the laser. "Now, he gains attack equal to the deficit between my current life points and 4000 until the end of your turn."

Mercury: 3700 – 1850 = 1850 Life Points

"Deficit?" Atticus asked Alexis.

"Basically, the difference in Mercury's life points and 4000 will get added to his monster's attack points." Alexis answered with a look of worry, "With that, it means his monster gains 2150 attack points." She said as Magician of Dark Illusion glowed in a crimson aura, (2100 + 2150 = 4250 ATK). The shadowy spellcaster dive kicked towards Cyber End Dragon.

"Oh no," Blake said in a panic.

Zane then took a spell out of his hand, "I play De-Fusion, separating my Cyber End Dragon into the three materials used to summon it." The three-headed mechanical wyvern screeched before being enveloped in blue lightning. The dive kick missed as the light divided into three balls, each forming into a Cyber Dragon Herz. "Now, during my second main phase, I fuse all three of my monsters into Chimeratech Fortress Dragon!" The three Herzs combined again. However, the result was a more serpent-like dragon whose body was made of metal wheel-shaped contraptions. Suddenly, three cards ejected form Zane's graveyard, "Like before, I can add my Cyber Dragons to my hand. As well, Chimeratech Fortress Dragon's original attack becomes equal to the number of materials used to fusion summon him times 1000." The cyber pro duelist said as the mobile fortress screeched, (3000 ATK / 0 DEF). "I end with two cards face down," Zane said, leaving his hand at three cards left. Dark Illusion Magician's attack went back to normal, (4250 – 2150 = 2100 ATK).

Blake sighed, "Thank goodness he countered." She said before seeing Weiss look at her with half-open eyes, "W-what?" she asked, but the heiress Obelisk Blue just looked back to the screen. The shadowy Obelisk Blue slightly blushed as she looked back as well.

"So, you are as good as they say you are." Mercury said as he drew, grinning at the card, "I play Pot of Greed." He said before drawing two, but his grin grew more sinister at the sight of one card, "Oh, I'm about to bring out the monster to end this duel." he said before playing another spell, "I activate Polymerization." Mercury said as the students gasped, but he looked to the shadowy spellcaster, "Like your Herz, my monster's name changes to something else. Dark Magician." The dark pro duelist said as a black spiral mixed the two monsters, "I fusion summon Dragoon of Red-Eyes!" The spiral erupted into a black flame tornado. However, the blade of a lance cut through the flames from the inside. With one slash, the flames disappeared, revealing a dark sorcerer, armored with wings and head of the Red-Eyes Black Dragon. He reposed his lance in this right arm while gathering red energy in this left hand, (3000 ATK / 2500 DEF). The crowd went silent as the dark dragon lancer glared back at Zane.

"What in the world is that card?" Atticus asked, "I didn't even know Red-Eyes could fuse with the Dark Magician." He said with a smile forming, but a line of sweat ran down his face, "Still, it only has matching attack points to Zane's monster. He can't-"

"I activate Dragoon's effect," Mercury said, "I can destroy one of your monsters, and inflict damage to you equal to its original attack points."

"But his monster's effect made 3000 its original attack." Weiss pointed out as the dark dragon lancer tossed the red energy ball towards the mobile fortress, engulfing the monster in an inferno.

"I activate my face down, Anti-Fusion Device!" Zane countered, "With it, I destroy a fusion monster."

"Just so you know, Dragoon cannot be targeted by a card effect. Nor can he be destroyed by them as well." Mercury responded before realizing it, "Oh, you think you can avoid the damage by getting rid of your fusion first." He said before grinning, while Zane scowled, "In that case, I activate Dragoon's other effect. It allows me to discard a card to negate any card effect activate and destroy it." The dark pro duelist said as Chimeratech exploded and Zane still took the damage, "Even better, Dragoon gains permanently 1000 more attack points afterwards." The dark dragon lancer eyes grew redder with that statement, (3000 + 1000 = 4000 ATK).

Zane: 4000 – 3000 = 1000 Life Points

"Go, Dragoon of Red-Eyes." Mercury ordered, "Attack with Dark Inferno Impaler." He said as the dark dragon lancer leaped into the aura, the blade of his weapon being engulfed in a black fiery aura.

However, Zane still had one face down card, "I activate Threating Roar," The cyber pro duelist said as monstrous roar launched Dragoon back to Mercury's side of the field.

"Okay, you had a way to block it." Mercury shrugged, "But, next turn will be the end of this little game."

"I can't believe it," Weiss commented, "That card's unstoppable."

"No, Zane can still destroy it by battle," Blake responded, "I think…"

"She's right," Atticus said the smile, "And I know how he can do it." he said while looking at the Cyber pro duelist had on three cards, "If he draws Power Bond, he can remake Cyber End Dragon with double the attack points." He said with Blake smiling.

However, Mercury then grinned, "Not done yet, I activate Black Stone of Legend's effect from the grave." Mercury spoke as two cards ejected from his graveyard, "It lets me add Red-Eyes back to the deck and the Black Stone goes back to my hand."

"…Uh…" Atticus could only say that to this new development.

"That means Mercury has a card he can discard on Zane's turn." Alexis pointed, "Even if Zane gets Power Bond, it will just be negated."

"But if he tries to defend with one of his Cyber Dragon," Weiss pointed out, "Dragoon will burn the rest of his life points away."

"But that means," Blake said as Zane drew, "He's gonna lose." She said with sorrow, but then saw him slightly smirk, "Huh?"

"I activate Cyber Emergency, with it I can-" Zane was saying until he was interrupted.

"Sorry, but I discard to negate with Dragoon," Mercury said as he sent the Black Stone to the graveyard, causing the spell to explode. Like before, the dark dragon lancer eyes grew even redder with his effect, (4000 + 1000 = 5000 ATK). "Looks like this is over."

"Not quite," Zane said as Mercury had a look of confusion, "Since you negated its effect, I can also discard a card to add Cyber Emergency back to my hand." He said as he discarded as Cyber Dragon, regaining the spell, which he played again, "Now, Cyber Emergency allows me to add a Cyber Dragon or light machine that cannot be normal summon to my hand." he said as a card ejected out of his deck. As the cyber pro duelists added it his hand, he summoned another monster, "First, I special summon Cyber Dragon." He said as the mechanical serpent screeched upon its appearance, (2100 ATK / 1600 DEF). Zane then took the card he added to his hand, "Now, I remove all light machine monster on my field and graveyard from play." The cyber pro duelist said before playing the card, causing his Cyber Dragon to glow in an orangish light, "To summon Cyber Eltanin!" As the light expanded, a new machine took its place. It was the size of the massive stadium monitors, the shape being the head of a dragon with piercing yellow eyes. On the forehead ejected the body of a transformed cyber dragon, one that roared towards Dragoon of Red-Eyes, (? ATK / ? DEF). "Cyber Eltanin's stats are determined by the number of monsters I just removed times 500," Zane said as six small dragon-headed rockets ejected out the Eltanin, like a constellation surrounding a glowing stare. (500 X 6 = 3000 ATK / 500 X 6 = 3000 DEF).

"Intimidating, but it can't beat my Dragoon," Mercury commented.

"I don't need to beat," Zane responded, "Cyber Eltanin sends all other monsters to the graveyard. No targeting and no destruction." He said as Dragoon faded away, leaving the dark pro duelist defenseless, "Cyber Eltanin," Zane ordered as all the heads began to charge for a mouth laser, including the gigantic dragon head, "Evolution Star Destroyer!" The cyber pro duelist declared as his monster unleashed the orange laser beams at the same time. Mercury watched as his body was enveloped by the attack, reducing his life points to zero.

Mercury: 1850 – 3000 = 0 Life Points

The crowd roared as the smoke started to clear. The Announcer returned to speak up, "There you have it, the winner is Zane Truesdale!" He said as cheers grew louder, while the cyber pro duelist stood with his arms crossed.

Zane eventually saw Mercury through the smoke, his hands already back in his pockets. "Oh well, there goes that winning strike." He sighed before sighing, turning around, and walking away, "Does matter, I was thinking about freighting anyway." The dark pro duelist said as he walked, but slightly glanced back, "You're just too good." He said with Zane scowling.

At Duel Academy, students still cheered while the other four started to walk out the room, "That place is getting a little too loud now." Alexis commented, "Still, he pulled it off."

"Yeah, Zane's the man." Atticus added on, "Still, this Mercury guy gives me some ideas for my deck." He said with his sister slightly gigging.

Weiss then turned to Blake, "How about you, do you feel motivated?"

"Eh?" Blake responded in slight confusion, her mind somewhere else, "I uh."

However, Weiss giggled, "It's okay, we can talk about it later." She said with Blake blushing again in embarrassment.

An hour later.

In the backstage section of the arena, Mercury walked down the hall with his hands in his pockets. However, he noticed Zane leaning against a wall with his arms crossed, "Oh, didn't peg you for the type to rub salt in a wound." The dark pro duelist said as he walked past Zane.

"I'm not here to gloat. You're an impressive duelist; our match came down to my last draw." Zane said as he did not move from his position, "I wanted to confirm the rumors."

Suddenly, Mercury stopped, "You also don't seem like the type to believe in rumors either." He said with Zane glaring, "What do you want to know?"

"Marcus Black, your father. He was also pro duelist with the same deck you use." Zane spoke, "He also died not too long before you entered the pro leagues."

"I like to think his teachings and memories lives on through me." Mercury responded, "What's so wrong with that?" the dark pro duelist then looked back Zane, "Do you think I killed him?" He said with a wide grin.

"…" Zane uncrossed his arms, "A person's true character comes out in a duel." He said with a scowl, "You have potential, but you're too reckless. You do whatever you want-"

"Whenever you want to." Mercury interrupted with a shrugged, but his voice slightly deepening, "Yeah, my Old Man said the same thing. He liked to say I was not motivated enough. But truth be told, I just didn't care anymore what he had to say." He said before fully turning around, "Anything else?"

Zane responded with no words, only a cold glare.

Mercury grinned, "Okay then, take care." He said while walking away. Zane remained in the hallway before turning and walking in the other direction.

However, after the Mercury was far enough away, he took out a communication device, then typed a message, "He's good." The message read, "However, not that good, you can beat him." A few seconds later, a reply came in. "Excellent. You just stay low for a while." The reply read, "And wait until I make my move." The dark pro duelist slightly chuckled before putting the device away, walking down the halls with his hands in his pockets.

AN: There you go, a powerful start to pro leagues duels. Zane finally shows up in this series, bringing along Cyber Dragons and all their glory. He even gets to bust out some stuff from his manga counterpart, including Eltanin, which is my favorite Cyber Dragon design. Now, I will talk about the shenanigans with a couple cards here. So, Herz is the first one. Normally, you can only use his effect once her turn and not multi copy wise like this. You use machine duplication to bring out two other regular Cyber Dragons, then go into plays. I tried to write the duel like that but was running out of some combo plays. For consistently, I do not think I will use Herz again in Zane's future duels to I do not abuse the effect. The other is Cyber Emergency with a similar hard once per turn. However, it should be played again if its second effect goes off, but hard once per turns do confuse me on rulings. Now the counter to giving Zane these loosened restrictions, he was up against Dragoon of Red-Eyes. This is probably going to be the only time I use a card that was not in the TCG before the release of this chapter. This card is even more broken that most anime cards, but not unbeatable. When this card was revealed, I knew this should be Mercury's ace in the series here. He then does overlap with Atticus, but this is an exception, and can lead to a possible cool duel down the line. The other option for him was Simorgh, but it is only because of his wind attacks. For me, Red-Eyes works for Mercury as an idea of someone with potential, but they are wasting it via there rotten personality. Even though I liked my version of him in Fates Collide, this one is very interesting for the connection I just said. And as the ending suggests, this only the beginning. Now, next chapter will take some time, as I still need to script it. However, I have done so for the duel after that one, which is a tag duel with a few special guests. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.

Now, time to answer some question. My favorite RWBY weapon is a tough one. The one I would like for personal uses is Ember Celica, as punching with shotgun blasts is super cool. (Granted, after playing FFVII Remake, Rufus has made me reappreciate how cool handheld shotguns can be). However, I like watching battles with Hush because it is Neo beating someone with an umbrella. That is hilarious and creative at the same time, making it one of many reasons she is my favorite character. For the Yu-Gi-Oh, my favorite Hero types are the OG Elemental Heroes, that do have a lot of charm and nostalgia for me. I always liked Clayman the most. He was a vanilla wall but still had some cool moments, including that one equips spell in the anime that gave him a racecar. Favorite Arc-V duel is anyone with Yuri, but his one against Yuya is the one I have rewatched the ending for the most, the Japanese VA is amazing there. I have plans for something involving Jaden and Yuri, but that will be much later. With Yuri's extra deck, he will also be using the Predaplant fusions when I get to writing him dueling again. I will most likely use the real-life effects and summoning conditions for Starving Venom as well. To end, I know the difference between yuri and yaoi. The joke was that the words sounded alike, and Yang was just teasing Blake a bit for it. It is a running gag/head cannon for me to and Blake. Whenever she is reading, or someone finds one of her black books, it is almost always a Yaoi book. It may seem odd, but it always makes me laugh and gives her a little break from being the more serious character of the bunch. That about does it for now, I'll answer more in the next chapter.