Chapter 11: Duel of the Dragons

Yuya arrived at a duel field situated at the back of the Resistance HQ, Mizar waiting for him.

"If you don't mind, this will be a standard duel," Mizar spoke, "I want our decks, but more importantly our dragons to do the speaking, not randomly generated cards around the field."

"Certainly," Yuya replied, disabling the measure on his duel disk that automatically activated Crossover, and activating his duel disk and Mizar activated his own.

"DUEL!" The duellists declared, beginning the clash of their dragons.

Yuya: 4000 LP

Mizar: 4000 LP

Turn 1: Yuya

"I'll go first and set my pendulum scale with scale 3 Xiangke Magician and scale 8 Xiangsheng Magician which will allow me to summon level 4 through 7 monsters, all at the same time!" Yuya placed his Xyz-Focused pendulum monsters in his pendulum zones, and the monsters appeared in the blue columns on his field, wielding their shield and bow respectively, "My Pendulum now opens! Appear, my monsters!" The portal then opened, revealing 3 monsters on Yuya's field, being his Salutiger, Silver Claw and his ace, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

Performapal Silver Claw: Level 4, 1800 ATK

Performapal Salutiger: Level 4, 1700 ATK

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: Level 7, 2500 ATK

"Now, I shall call on my second dragon! I overlay my Salutiger and my Silver Claw and build the overlay network! Now I Xyz summon the most dangerous of dragons! DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON!" Yuya called as the second dragon he owned appeared on the field, purple lightning coming off its wings as it roared.

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: Rank 4, 2500 ATK, 2 ORU

"Yes, bring all your dragons! I will show you why they are weaker than mine!" Mizar laughed,

"Well, then bring yours out so we can see!" Yuya called, ending his turn.

Turn 2: Mizar

"I draw!" Mizar called, starting his turn, "Since you control an Xyz monster, I can summon 2 copies of my Radius, the Half-Moon Dragon from my hand, and their levels double!" Two dragons that had armour on them that resembled moons appeared on Mizar's field.

Radius, the Half-Moon Dragon: Level 4 - Level 8, 1400 ATK (x2)

"Now, MY dragon shall be born! I overlay my two level 8 Radiuses to build the overlay network, and Xyz Summon a monster stronger than a Cosmic Storm! A behemoth with the ability to bend time to do its will! An interstellar terror leaving destruction in its wake! Arise my beast! Come forth! Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!" A black prism descended from the portal, two dark overlay units orbiting it, but it quickly unfurled into a rather large black dragon, a purple '107' on one of the two fin-like attachments on its head. It roared with enough verbose that even Yuya's dragons seemed to be afraid of, even if slightly.

Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon: Rank 8, 3000 ATK, 2 ORU

"Go attack Yuya's Odd-Eyes now! Tachyon Spiral of Destruction!" Mizar's dragon roared, unleashing one of the biggest blasts of energy that Yuya had seen, annihilating Odd-Eyes and pushing Yuya back about 5 feet.

Yuya: 4000 LP - 3500 LP

"I now end my turn by playing two face downs!" The blonde called, passing the turn.

Turn 3: Yuya

"I draw!" Yuya exclaimed, but upon seeing the card, he was slightly confused, but he didn't let it faze him, "Now I use the scale I set on my last turn to pendulum summon once more! I summon from my hand Harmonizing Magician and from my extra deck, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The portal opened once more, his dragon appearing alongside a rather young-looking girl with a large tuning fork-ish staff floating next to her.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: Level 7, 2500 ATK

Harmonizing Magician: Level 4, Tuner, 0 ATK

"From the extra deck?" Mizar asked, "Interesting."

"You haven't seen anything yet!" Yuya happily called, "Harmonizing Magician's ability then allows me to special summon Timegazer Magician from my deck to field, as long as I negate its effects!" Yuya's usual 'high' scale monster appeared on his field, taking a defensive stance.

Timegazer Magician: Level 3, 600 DEF

"Now I tune my Harmonizing and Timegazer Magicians! Beat your wings to whip up a whirlwind of destruction! I Synchro Summon! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" As Yuya's female magician turned into 4 glowing rings that surrounded Timegazer and unleashed a rather bright beam from which Yugo's dragon emerged, spinning and flexing her wings.

Clear Wing Synchro Dragon: Level 7, 2500 ATK

"Now my Xiangke and Xiangsheng Magician's pendulum abilities! This turns my Dark Rebellion's rank into a level equal to Odd-Eyes and Clear Wing's!" The stats screen opened as Dark Rebellion roared, its rank becoming the level of its brethren.

Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: Rank 4 - Level 7

"Now I overlay all 3 of my dragons! With gleaming dichromatic eyes and wings that can make even the strongest hurricane look tame, this dragon is relentless in its objective to crush all that stand in its path! I Xyz Summon! Rank 7, Odd-Eyed Rebellion Wing Dragon!" A massive dragon that had the physical characteristics of all the dragons that composed it appeared, with Odd-Eyes dual-coloured eyes, Clear Wing's wing shape and fangs and talons resembling Dark Rebellion's covering its wings and face.

Odd-Eyed Rebellion Wing Dragon: Rank 7, 3500 ATK, 3 ORU

"Now I activate my dragon's ability! By using an overlay unit, and banishing the card that represents it, I can increase my monster's attack by twice all your special summoned monsters! Treasonous Recharging!" Yuya called, his dragon eating an overlay unit, Dark Rebellion being banished as a result. Magenta lightning was then emitted from the dragon's wings, wrapping around Mizar's dragon, draining its attack strength.

Odd-Eyed Rebellion Wing Dragon: 3500 ATK - 9500 ATK, 3 ORU - 2 ORU

"Impressive," Mizar said, "If only my face-down Rank-Up-Magic Quick Chaos was unable to activate. Then you might have had the chance to beat my dragon, and thus me. Though my card, I am able to rebuild the overlay network with Galaxy-Eyes, and then summon a Chaos Number that has the exact same number as my Tachyon Dragon.

"Born of the chaos that resides in the universe, I summon the dragon that embodies that which is considered impure! Go, CHAOS XYZ EVOLUTION! I Xyz summon, Rank 9, Chaos Number 107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!" When Mizar's dragon emerged from the overlay network, it was gold rather than black, now with three heads, pinkish purple energy lines running all over the dragon's body.

Number C107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon: Rank 9, 4500 ATK, 3 ORU

"I can still finish you off! Go my dragon, attack and end the duel using Rebellious Destruction Blast!" Yuya called, his dragon releasing a massive burst of energy, quickly engulfing Mizar's evolved dragon.

"As if that would work!" Mizar chided, "I activate another quick-play spell. This one is called Rank-Up-Magic Chaos Over-Force! It allows me to further evolve my dragon beyond what should be possible! I overlay Neo Galaxy-Eyes, to rebuild the overlay network! Born of my unbridled rage, my loyal partner, I grant you strength unlike any could imagine! The dragon of time reborn! Go, IMAGINARY CHAOS XYZ EVOLUTION! Rise and fight, Rank 13, Imaginary Chaos Number 107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Tachyon Dragon!" Mizar's dragon once again entered the overlay network, and with an explosion of crystal-blue energy, it re-emerged now seemingly coated in platinum, the now 5-headed dragon with massive wings and claws that could slice mountains in half roared, almost splitting the ears of Yuya and the spectators.

Number iC107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Tachyon Dragon: Rank 13, 0 ATK, 4 ORU

"R-rank 13?!" Yuya stuttered, having only seen one before,

"This doesn't bode well," Yuto noted to Yuya, "It might have zero attack points, but it is bound to have a powerful effect."

"Now by paying life points in multiples of 100, I can attach the top card of my deck to my Prime Tachyon Dragon for each hundred paid. My dragon has another effect, however. I can also force your dragon to attack it, since my dragon was summoned during the battle phase! I will be paying 3000 life points to use the first effect of my dragon." Mizar informed his opponent as the same blue lightning emerged from his duel disk, taking 3000 of Mizar's life points from him. The 30 top cards of Mizar's deck then flew to his Xyz monster, becoming overlay units.

Mizar: 4000 LP - 1000 LP

Number iC107: 4 ORU - 34 ORU

Unable to call his dragon off, Yuya started to panic. As Yuto had noted, this dragon wouldn't demand that high of a cost for so many overlay units if it didn't have an attack boosting effect.

"Now since my Number is battling, it cannot be destroyed, unless your monster is at least a Chaos Number, but since the other monster isn't an Imaginary Chaos Number either, I take no battle damage!" Mizar's dragon was soon engulfed in the attack, but soon, it emerged unscathed, "Now I can steal a card from the top of YOUR deck for every 500 points of damage I should have taken. Now that comes to 19 cards!" the top portion of Yuya's deck then flew onto Mizar's dragon, further increasing its overlay unit count. Yuya, now slightly confused, could only look on.

Number iC107: 34 ORU - 53 ORU

"Now since you can't do anything else, I will take my turn!" Mizar stated, Yuya's dragon losing all the strength it had gained.

Odd-Eyed Rebellion Wing Dragon: 9500 ATK - 3500 ATK

Turn 4: Mizar

"I draw! Now during the standby phase, my dragon gains 500 attack points for each overlay unit it has, for my turn only. Overlayed Punishment!" Mizar's dragon roared as the 53 yellow orbs surrounding it glowed even brighter, giving the beast immense strength.

Number iC107: 0 ATK - 26,500 ATK

"Now end this duel with Omega Tachyon Stream of Annihilation!" The five mouths of the Number opened, massive balls of bright blue energy appearing in each before being unleased on Yuya's dragon after combining into one immense beam. It impacted Yuya's dragon so hard that the dragon immediately disintegrated, the beam continuing on for what seemed to be miles, ripping through the terrain, eventually hitting what little remained of the cityscape, a very large pillar of smoke starting to climb into the air. Yuya's life points then quickly dropped to absolute zero, a look of disbelief on his and Yugo's faces, Yuto just being very surprised, but it didn't show.

Yuya: 3500 LP - 0 LP

Mizar Wins!

Mizar put his dragons back in his extra deck, and his cards back in his main deck, also holding Yuya's cards that had been attached to his Number. He then walked over to his fellow dragon duellist, and handed the cards back, "I will say, that pendulum summoning seemed rather interesting. Although you were nothing close to a challenge, I could see the potential that your dragons, and that banana-haired punk's, have."

Yugo, hearing this, spoke up, "What'd you say about me you…" Before he could continue, Yuma put his hand over Yugo's mouth, holding him back. Yuya then went over to Yugo who had been released, but now had a rather annoyed look on his face.

"Sorry I couldn't win even with Clear Wing in my extra deck." The Performapal duellist apologised, handing the dragon back to her master,

"Ah, no sweat!" The Turbo Duellist replied, "That dragon you summoned was REALLY COOL, and then there were all three of the ones that he summoned!" Yugo said this last part pointing at Mizar, who was now having a chat with Yuma, who seemed to be impressed with the power of Mizar's Imaginary Chaos Number.

"So," Yuya said, walking over to the older men, "What do we do next?"

"I know what Kite would want to do," Yuma said, a hint of sadness in his voice, "But I believe that we should discuss all the options with the whole of the resistance. From there, we may be able to come up with a game plan to beat Duel Academy out of the Xyz Dimension."

"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Yugo asked, having walked over as well. He was more than willing to help the Xyz resistance, especially if it meant he might be able to duel the one who took away Rin from him.

"Absolutely nothing else." Mizar said, cracking his knuckles, and when he did that, Yuya, Yugo and Yuto could swear that they heard the five roars of Mizar's ultimate dragon, which weirdly sounded as if they were laughing.

Custom Cards:

Odd-Eyed Rebellion Wing Dragon

DARK

Rank 7

Pendulum Scale: 4

Dragon, Xyz, Pendulum, Effect

3 Level 7 Dragon-type monsters

Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: you can banish 3 level 7 Dragon-type monsters from your field or GY; Special Summon this card.

Monster Effect: (This card is always treated as an Odd-Eyes card) Once per turn: You can detach one material from this card and banish it: This card gains ATK equal to twice that of your opponent's special summoned monsters. Other monsters you control cannot attack this turn, and any battle damage this card deals is doubled this turn. If this card would leave the field: You can place this card in your pendulum zone.

3500 ATK/2500 DEF

Rank-Up-Magic Limit Over Force

Quick-Play Spell

Target one 'Number C' monster you control: Xyz summon one Rank 13 'Number iC' monster with the same number as the targeted monster from your extra deck using only that card as material (transfer materials attached to that card to the summoned monster). You can only activate one 'Rank-Up-Magic Limit Over Force' per turn.

Number iC107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Prime Tachyon Dragon

DARK

Rank 13

Dragon, Xyz, Effect

This card can only be summoned by the effect of a 'Rank-Up-Magic' card. This card cannot be destroyed by battle, except by a 'Number C' monster, and you take no battle damage from attacks involving this card except against 'Number iC' monsters. This card gains 500 ATK for each Xyz material attached to this card. If this card is Xyz summoned, you can pay LP in multiples of 100: Attach one card from the top of your deck to this card for each 100 LP paid for this effect. If this card is summoned during your opponent's battle phase: You can target one monster your opponent controls: It must attack this card this turn. If you don't take battle damage from a battle involving this card: You can attach one card from the top of your opponent's deck for every 500 ATK points difference between this card and your opponent's monster.

Next Chapter Preview: In the Fusion Dimension, a particular enforcer is surprised to find some new cards in his deck, and decides to test them out. This enforcers' loyalty is questionable at best, however, and the professor wishes to keep him on a short leash.

Hey everyone and welcome to the end of this week's double feature, where first Yuya discovers some strange occurrences in what seems to be a vision of history, and then duels Mizar, the self-proclaimed Master of Dragons. I hope you enjoyed this chapter's duel, and next chapter we head to the Fusion Dimension for the first time! There we will see what a certain duelist has been up to, and given that Yuma's introduction was the last time we saw this duelist, I'm sure you've all been wondering what's been happening with him.

Now, Mizar showed off a new Number iC monster, being that of the Tachyon Dragon. A few more members of the number holding Xyz cast will likely get one as well, Mizar just being the first logical step, as, lets be frank, he'd do anything to get stronger, and an Imaginary Chaos Number was the obvious progression. Given that a more 'pure' Rank 13, Eliphas's 'New Order 13: Etheric Amon' has an effect that is literally just 'win more' (at least until Utopia Roots came along), why not give Mizar one like that?

Again, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and if you enjoyed and haven't already, leave a follow so you can keep up to date with my work, and if you have anything to say, please do review. I love to hear what people think about what I do, so it means a lot if you do.

Anyways, I'll see you all next Thursday for the next chapter of Pendulum of Darkness - NightWingBOI