Just gonna throw this out there now, since I have been basically using the same lines as some of the characters in the anime. I'm pretty sure you guys know this, but I'll just say it now. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V or any other thing Yu-Gi-Oh related. Oh yeah, for the record, Shark is forgetting the fact that Himeka has the same last name as Akaba Leo and Akaba Reiji, that's why he hasn't done anything yet. Either that or you can think he is doing the wise thing and not going in to battle like a certain person *cough* *cough* Shun. I forgot to mention it for O'Brien, but he is just playing it cool so he doesn't blow his cover.


"If your party wins then we will ignore the case concerning Sawatari. However, if we win, you will have to make this duel school a part of the Leo Duel School." Himeka revealed, shocking everyone.

"What!" Yuya yelled in shock.

"No way!" Yuzu exclaimed.

"First you want to clear your name but now you want to take over the You Show Duel School!?" Gongenzaka asked with a hint of frustration.

"Chairwoman Akaba, I've heard that you have already acquired many other duel schools across the world. I am right when I say that You Show is your next target, correct?" Shuzo asked. Himeka responded with a smile. "Don't tell me that- you set up the attack on Sawatari just for this!"

"That's not the case!" Himeka quickly denied. "However, it is true that I took hold of a chance that was given to me. The chance to have LDS have Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum Summoning as four of the pillars to support our school." Yuya gasped in response.

"Don't you think that up until now you've been blessed with quite an amazing gift? Principal Hiragi. There are many duelists who aspire to use Pendulum Summoning just as Yuya has. Is it the same for you all as well?" Himeka asked the kids.

"B-but if you don't have Yuya's Pendulum Cards to Pendulum Summon…" Tatsuya asked, but was interrupted by Himeka.

"That can also be resolved by the power of our Leo Corporation. This is the reason why it is necessary for us to unite and become one (lol Zarc reference FTW!)" Himeka explained.

Along with that we will be able to investigate exactly who Sakaki Yuya is. Is he an enemy of Reiji-san and I? Or possibly… Himeka's thoughts were then interrupted by Yuya.

"Dueling… is not a tool for fighting!" Yuya said as Himeka gasped. Yuya grasped the pendulum on his neck hard. "However, I don't want you to take You Show Duel School or Pendulum Summoning away. This duel school was created by father for the sole purpose to teach Entertainment Duels and have fun! I don't want to give this duel school over to someone like you who thinks that they can control anyone and anything with their money and power!" Yuya exclaimed as Himeka got a frustrated look on her face. Yuzu and Gongenzaka smiled at Yuya while Sora, O'Brien, and Shark remained neutral. Meanwhile, the kids were amazed.

"Well said, Yuya! I, the man Gongenzaka, agree wholeheartedly! In order to defend this duel school, I will fight alongside you!" Gongenzaka told Yuya.

Sora jumped off from where he sitting and put a smile on his face. "But you're an outsider aren't you?" Sora asked, Gongenzaka immediately went white and hung is mouth open in shock. "If Duel School students are going to fight together then just let Yuya, Yuzu, and I duel. Besides, I want to fight against an LDS duelist." Gongenzaka got furious.

"To think that you would exclude a man such as I Gongenzaka! I-it-it's unforgivable!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"It seems that your students feelings are in line with each others." Himeka told Shuzo.

"Mine are as well." Shuzo responded with a serious face. Everyone in the room, except, O'Brien, Shark, and Himeka walked closer to Shuzo with a serious face. "You Show Duel School…" Shuzo started by himself.

"... will not be taken away!" The others joined with Shuzo as they yelled at Himeka. Himeka gasped but then put a smile on her face.

"Well then, shall we begin?" Himeka asked.

"Yes… yes we shall." Shuzo responded.


Later

Himeka stood with two boys and one girl, looking at Yuya, Yuzu, and Sora. The boys were grinning while the girl with Himeka was having a very serious expression on her face.

"Three vs Three. The first group who gets two wins is the victor, is that good with you?" Himeka asked. "So then, who will go first?"

"Me!" Sora exclaimed with excitement.

"No, I-" Yuya started but was interrupted.

"No, I will!" O'Brien yelled as he walked into the duel arena, Yuya and Yuzu gasped.

"O'Brien!" Yuzu exclaimed.

"You're going to duel?" Yuya asked.

"Yes. Leave it to me." O'Brien told Yuya.

"Are you sure? It seems like Yuya Sakaki is the only reliable one here. If you would want to finish this as soon as possible, you should have picked Yu-" Himeka was interrupted by Sora.

"Hold up! What're you talking about old lady! You don't even know how strong I am!" Sora yelled with an agitated look on his face. Yuzu went up to him and gave him a small bop on the head, while smiling with her eyes closed.

"That's enough out of you." Yuzu told Sora.

"It will be in your best interest to know that you have no way of winning if Yuya Sakaki doesn't duel. They're all Junior Youth Class Duelists like yourself, Yuya. However, they are the ace's of each LDS' courses! And the one who will be your opponent among them is..." Himeka said.

"LDS' Xyz Course Member, Shijima Hokuto." Hokuto said, surprising Yuzu.

"Xyz?" Yuzu asked. Tatsuya was looking up something on his duel disk alongside Ayu, Futoshi, and Gongenzaka.

"Here he is!" Ayu exclaimed. "LDS' Shijima Hokuto!

"His record this year is… 58 matches with 53 wins!?" Futoshi exclaimed in shock, not even using his trademark shiver phrase to describe it.

"His winning percentage is over 90%!" Tatsuya read.

"He's got over top scores in the Junior Youth Class Rank Testings!" Futoshi added.

"Forget his test scores I hear he's said to be favored to win the championship!" Ayu told them as they looked back at O'Brien and Hokuto.

"Whether he's an ace or a potential champion is nothing to be afraid of, O'Brien. I haven't seen you duel yet but, I can tell you have the strength to beat him." Shuzo told O'Brien.

"Don't worry. I will win." O'Brien said.


Later

Everyone except O'Brien and Hokuto have left the duel arena. Hokuto and O'Brien are staring each other down.

Ok. We are probably going to be playing with an Action Field. I saw Shark and Yuya use one, but that was only one time I saw an Action Field. O'Brien thought to himself.

"Wait! This is O'Brien's first Action Duel!" Shark realized in the spectator room.

"Crap! You're right!" Yuya also realized.

"Wait! You're telling me this guy doesn't know how to do an Action Duel?" Gongenzaka asked.

"Neither did Shark, but he learned quickly. Plus, O'Brien watched Shark's duel against me where I demonstrated Action Cards. So he has some knowledge." Yuya told Gongenzaka.

"Our students can handle any situation so, choose whatever you like!" Himeka yelled to Shuzo, who was in the Action Field machine room.

"Anything? Then what about this?! Action Field On! Field Magic: Cosmo Sanctuary! Activate!" Shuzo yelled as the duel arena was transformed into a flying island in space. Hokuto smirked.

"Off all fields, you chose the one that suits me best!" Hokuto exclaimed.

"What?!" Shuzo yelled in shock, while sweating bullets down his face.

"If you just look at the name Hokuto you could figure that much out…" Sora looked with a disappointed look on his face.

"I will win, for the others!" O'Brien yelled as he activated his duel disk.

"Let's do this!" Hokuto exclaimed as he also activated his duel disk.

"Duelists locked in battle!" Ayu started the Action Duel chant.

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Futoshi continued.

"They storm through this Field!" Tatsuya continued.

"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!" Yuzu joined.

"Action!" Yuya yelled out.

"DUEL!" Both O'Brien and Hokuto yelled.

Outside, a hooded man was seen outside the school with his head down. He looked up and at the duel, revealing himself to be Akaba Reiji.

"He's very serious. However, I wonder how long it will be before that seriousness turns into fear. Now Hokuto, show us your abilities." Himeka told Hokuto as Akaba Reiji was nearby biding his time.

"Understood, Chairwoman. I'll be taking the first turn! I summon Constellar Algiedi!" Hokuto yelled as he slapped his monster onto his duel disk.

Algiedi: Level 4, 1600 Atk, 1400 Def

"When this card is successfully Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a level 4 or lower card with the name Constellar from my hand. I special summon Constellar Kaus!" Hokuto explained.

Kaus: Level 4, 1800 Atk, 700 Def

"Kaus' effect activates! Up to twice per turn, this card can either increase or reduce the level of a Constellar monster by one! First, I raise Algedi, then, Kaus!" Hokuto told O'Brien, who kept a serious look on his face.

Kaus: Level 4-5

Algedi: Level 4-5

"Using these two monsters I overlay! Light of the stars, descend and shake this very earth! Xyz Summon! Rank 5! Constellar Pleiades!" Hokuto chanted as his monster appeared, shocking everyone.

Pleiades: Rank 5, 2500 Atk, 1500 Def

"Ranks? Not levels?" Tatsuya questioned.

"What? You don't know that much? First off, for Xyz monsters you use multiple monsters of the same level, with that, you can special summon a monster from your Extra Deck. Then, they change into an Xyz monster which possess the Rank equivalent to their level." Sora explained to the kids.

"What are the lights surrounding it?" Ayu asked.

"Those are overlay units! Most if not all Xyz monster's use those lights to use their effects!" Sora finished his explanation as he tuned back into the duel.

"I end my turn with that." Hokuto concluded.

"My turn, draw! I set one card. Then, I activate the Magic card Blasting Vein! With this, I can destroy a set Magic or Trap card I control, then, I can draw 2 cards! I destroy the face down and draw 2! The card I destroyed was Fire Trap, it's effect now activates, if it was set and then destroyed, I can draw another card!" O'Brien explained as he drew 3 cards from his effects.

"Drawing 3 cards?" Himeka whispered in interest.

"Shark, what kind of Fire deck does O'Brien use?" Yuya asked Shark.

"From what I saw, more of a burn deck and a little bit of destruction and power to boot. His ace monster is what really takes the cake for that one." Shark told Yuya as he remembered when O'Brien summoned his ace Volcanic Doomfire against Shun.

"I summon Volcanic Slicer!" O'Brien exclaimed.

Slicer: Level 4, 1800 Atk, 1200 Def

"I use Slicer's effect, once per turn, I can deal 500 points of damage to you, however, Slicer can't attack this turn." O'Brien explained as Slicer let out a fireball as it flew towards Hokuto, who looked around but got hit by the ball in the end. Hokuto winced in pain as he took a step back.

Hokuto: 4000-3500 Lp

"My life points… in my last 40 wins… no one has ever touched my life points… damn you!" Hokuto cursed.

"From my hand, I activate Volcanic Fusionner from my hand, I can fuse this card with another monster in my hand or on the field! I fuse this card with the Slicer on the field! Two sparks of fire burn brightly, now merge into one burst of flames that can never be put out! Fusion Summon! Show yourself! Level 7! Volcanic Avenger!"

Avenger: Level 7, 2600 Atk, 2300 Def

"He's a Fusion user!" Yuzu yelled.

"Interesting." Sora whispered as he licked on his candy.

"Not so fast I use Pleiades' effect! By using one overlay unit, I can return one card on the field to the owner's hand! Of course, I'll choose that Volcanic Avenger!" Hokuto exclaimed.

"What!" O'Brien yelled as he looked at Avenger, which disappeared as an orange beam flew into his extra deck.

"Yes. Good job, Hokuto. Now is the time to take down this person and scratch off any chances that the You Show Duel School have of winning." Himeka said.

"Damn! I set 3 cards and end my turn." O'Brien concluded.

"Alright! My turn, draw!" Hokuto yelled as he drew his card.

"Trap activate, Draw Blast! When you draw a card(s), I can inflict 1000 points of damage!" O'Brien yelled. A ball of fire hit Hokuto, who grunted in pain.

Hokuto: 3500-2500 Lp

This guy must have more set cards that do burn damage. Hokuto thought to himself.

"I activate the effect of my Constellar Pleiades, by detaching his final overlay unit, I can return one card on the field to the owner's hand, I return the set card on the left!" Hokuto yelled as he targeted O'Brien's face down, which disappeared from the field. However, O'Brien remained calm.

"I summon Constellar Sombre!" Hokuto exclaimed.

Sombre: Level 4, 1550 Atk, 1600 Def

"Sombre's effect activates, once per turn I can banish a Constellar monster from my graveyard, and add another Constellar monster to my hand. I add Constellar Kaus. Next, the turn I use this effect I can summon one more Constellar monster. Come forth, Constellar Kaus! I use Kaus' effect, again, twice per turn, I can increase or reduce the level of a Constellar monster I control, I use this effect twice to make both Kaus and Sombre level 5." Hokuto explained.

"Don't tell me he has another one!" Shuzo yelled.

"I use Constellar Kaus and Sombre to overlay! Xyz Summon Rank 5, Constellar Pleiades!" Hokuto yelled as another Pleiades.

"Another one? Damn." O'Brien cursed.

"I'm not done yet! I use the Pleiades with no overlay units as Xyz material in order to perform another Xyz Summon!" Hokuto declared.

"Oh no! Not this technique!" Shark exclaimed in shock.

"What technique?" Yuzu asked.

"... There is a technique with Xyz Summoning where you can use an Xyz monster on the field and use it as material for another Xyz monster." Shark told them.

"Rain down your dazzling light! Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 6! Constellar Ptolemy M7!" Hokuto yelled as his new monster appeared.

Ptolemy: Rank 6, 2700 Atk, 2000 Def

"I activate the Magic card Mystical Space Typhoon! With this, I can choose one card in the spell and trap zone that you have, and destroy it!" Hokuto explained as O'Brien's face down was destroyed.

"Damn." O'Brien cursed. He saw shooting stars nearby and went to go check it out. However, M7 punched the ground, making some of it collapse, O'Brien nearly fell off.

"Hey! That's dirty!" Tatsuya yelled.

"Yeah! You're going to hurt him!" Ayu exclaimed.

"What do you think a Duel is?!" Futoshi asked Hokuto.

"What I think a duel is. A duel is a battle to prove who is best and that the winners walk away as winners and the losers, well, they walk away as losers!" Hokuto responded. "Whatever it takes, I will win. If it's to win you can't be picky about the methods you use."

"You're wrong!" Yuya yelled. Hokuto gasped and looked at the spectator room and saw Yuya speaking up, much to the shock of the others.

"I… don't want anyone to get hurt!" Yuya yelled. Yuzu gasped as she remembered what Yuto had said to her.


Back before Yuto dueled Sawatari

"I don't want you to get hurt…" Yuto said to Yuzu.


Now

Yuya… said the same thing as that guy. Are they really the same person? Or is it as Yuya says, that he just happens to look like him or that guy was dressing up as Yuya to frame him. Yuzu thought to herself.

"Whatever! Let's get back to the duel! It's over anyways! Battle! Constellar Pleiades! Attack him directly!" Hokuto declared as Pleiades struck O'Brien with his blade.

"Augh!" O'Brien grunted in pain as he fell to the ground.

O'Brien: 4000-1500 Lp

"Now! End this! Go, M7, end this!" Hokuto yelled.

Crap! O'Brien thought as he frantically looked around for an Action Card. Then, he saw more shooting stars falling down to the field.

"Hurry! O'Brien! An Action Card might have came with one of those shooting stars!" Yuzu yelled.

O'Brien ran to the side of a building, where he saw an Action Card, M7 punched the ground, almost hitting O'Brien. O'Brien jumped on M7 and jumped off him and onto the roof. M7 tried to punch O'Brien there too, but O'Brien jumped off and grabbed an Action Card.

"Action Magic! Evasion! The attack is negated!" O'Brien yelled. O'Brien dodged the attack. However, Hokuto grabbed an Action Card from somewhere and showed it to O'Brien.

"What! How did you-" O'Brien was about to ask but the question was answered.

"Didn't you hear me at the beginning. I know the ins and outs of this field, so I know the timing of the stars and when there is going to be an Action Card." Hokuto explained as he activated the Action Card. "Action Magic! Wonder Chance! Now, M7 can attack again! GO, M7!" Hokuto yelled as M7 jumped into the air.

"I didn't want to use this but… from my hand, I activate Volcanic Bomber! When a direct attack is declared, I can send this card to the grave, negate the attack, and then destroy the attacking monster. Finally, both of us take half of it's attack points as damage!" O'Brien exclaimed.

"What!" Hokuto exclaimed as his monster was destroyed. Both duelist yelled in pain as they were thrown back by the explosion.

O'Brien: 1500-150 Lp

Hokuto: 2500-1150 Lp

"From my hand, I use Constellar Reviver's effect, since a Constellar monster was just destroyed, I can discard this card, and revive that monster, however, that monster can't attack this turn." Hokuto explained as M7 was revived.

"I end my turn with that." Hokuto concluded.

"Alright. I need this next draw. For the others…" O'Brien whispered to himself as he closed his eyes and put his hand on the top of his deck. "My turn…" O'Brien shot open his eyes. "DRAW!" O'Brien looked at his card. "Yes! It's over Hokuto!"

"What?" Himeka questioned.

"Maybe… O'Brien will… summon that monster." Shark said.

"Magic Card, Pot of Greed, I can now draw 2 card! I Summon Volcanic Sealer!

Sealer: Level 3, 1300 Atk, 600 Def

"I use it's effect, I can negate the effect of a Card on the field, also, no cards can be activated in response to this effect. Furthermore, I inflict 500 points of damage to you! I negate Pleiades!" O'Brien yelled.

"What!" Hokuto yelled in surprise as he got hit by a fireball.

Hokuto: 1150-650 Lp

"Continuous Magic, Blaze Cannon! Now, I send Blaze Cannon to the grave in order to activate Blaze Cannon-Trident! Now, I tribute Trident in order to special summon Volcanic Doomfire!" O'Brien yelled as his ace appeared.

Doomfire: Level 8, 3000 Atk, 1800 Def

"Battle! Go, Volcanic Doomfire, attack M7!" O'Brien yelled as his monster crushed M7, destroying it.

"Kgh!" Hokuto grunted.

Hokuto: 650-350 Lp

"I still have life remaining! On the next turn, I will destroy your Sealer, and then you will lose the rest of your life points! Then, the duel will end in my victory!" Hokuto exclaimed as he started laying uncontrollably.

"There won't be a next turn!" O'Brien yelled.

"Hmm?" Hokuto questioned.

"Volcanic Doom's effect activates, when he destroyed a monster by battle, he destroys all other monsters you control, and inflicts 500 points of damage to you! It's over Hokuto!" O'Brien yelled as a barrage of flames sprout out from the ground and engulfed Pleiades, destroying it. Hokuto yelled in pain as he dropped to the floor.

Hokuto: 350-0 Lp

"You won!" Shuzo yelled out in joy.

"Awesome!" All three kids yelled while Futoshi added in a shivers while shaking his butt.

The Action Field disappeared, and the duelist were back in the duel arena. Yuya, Yuzu, Shark, and Gongenzaka ran out of the spectator room and went to O'Brien.

"You did it!" Yuzu exclaimed.

"Nice job!" Yuya complimented.

"I, the man Gongenzaka, thank you deeply for helping us out in our fight for the school's survival." Gongenzaka told O'Brien as he bowed politely.

"Don't worry about it. There are still 2 more matches after all." O'Brien told the group.

"So you're Volcanic Doomfire had that effect… so in that duel against Shun, if he had somehow negated battle damage, you still would have won the duel due to the burn effect of Doomfire." Shark said.

"No, Doomfire HAS to destroy a monster in order to deal damage with its effect. Shun only had one monster on the field, so I couldn't have gotten the burn effect since after the destruction by battle, there was no monsters to destroy." O'Brien told Shark.

"Something wrong you guys?" Yuya asked.

"No. Nothing at all." Shark told Yuya.


Later

"Well… this is quite the turn of events. I didn't expect this O'Brien fellow to beat Hokuto. You should be ashamed of yourself, you don't deserve to be in LDS Hokuto. You are an embarrassment to the title of Xyz Course Hokuto." Himeka scolded Hokuto. Himeka sighed.

"You're up next." Himeka told the girl.

"Yes. Chairwoman." The girl responded.

Yuzu looked at Yuya and kept staring, she kept thinking about Yuto and Yuya and how they look so much alike, trying to piece together if they are the same person or not (keep in mind Yuzu doesn't know Yuto's name yet.)

"Yuzu." Yuto said in Yuzu's head, however, in reality, Yuya said her name.

"Yeah?" Yuzu asked.

"It's your turn now. We're counting on you." Yuya said.

"Yeah, leave it to me. Since You Show is on the line, I will definitely win!" Yuzu declared.

The girl walked up to the group, causing them to look at her.

"I am Koutsu Masumi of the Fusion Course." The girl now known as Masumi introduced herself.

"Oh? A Fusion user?" Sora said to himself.

Masumi pulled out a duel disk from her holster strapped to her leg and put it on her arm.

"So, which of you will be my opponent?" Masumi asked with a very serious face.

"Your opponent will be me!" Yuzu told her, Masumi shifted her eyes towards Yuzu.

Since I have to protect You Show as well as clear up Yuya's name, I can't afford to lose! But…" Yuzu thought to herself as an image of Yuto's face came into her head. Masumi showed Yuzu a cocky smile.

"A field that suits my cute daughter is… alright! This one! Action Field, on! Crystal Corridor!" Shuzo yelled as the duel arena was replaced by a beautiful corridor corridor with shiny crystals and purple lights.

"Go, Yuzu! Go and shine beautifully like you always do!" Shuzo yelled, embarrassing her daughter.

"Dad…!" Yuzu blushed with embarrassment.

"To call someone like you dazzling, that's some incredible nepotism. In reality, I can see that your eyes have no luster." Masumi said, still wearing that cocky smile.

"What do you mean?" Yuzu asked.

"My father is a jeweler, I've seen plenty of gems while growing up, ones that truly dazzle, true gems. That's why I can tell right now that you don't have any shine. It's proof that there is hesitation in your heart!" Masumi exclaimed. Yuzu gasped as another image of Yuto came into her head.

"In this duel, I will prove that whether or not I have hesitation in my heart!" Yuzu exclaimed.

"Duelists locked in battle!" Yuya started the Action Duel chant.

"Kicking across the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Gongenzaka continued.

"They storm through this field!" Yuya carried on.

"Behold!" Tatsuya yelled.

"This is-" Futoshi started.

"The newest and greatest-" Ayu continued.

"Evolution of Dueling!" All 3 kids chanted.

"Action!" Yuya and Gongenzaka yelled.

"DUEL!" Both girls yelled. (At this point, the next two duels are the same, the only difference is I might put in some different dialogue and also O'Brien and Shark might give some dialogue too. Since the duels are the same, I'm going to skip most of the duel(s) and give a part for Yuto in this duel, and Shun in the next duel. Just a heads up, the Akaba Reiji duel thing will not finish this chapter.)

"I'll go first! I activate the Magic Card Gem-Knight Fusion!" Masumi exclaimed.

"Gem-Knight Fusion?" O'Brien questioned.

"An archetype specific Fusion Card?" Shark also questioned.

Interesting. They are surprised by this. Maybe they are what I think they are. Sora thought to himself.

"I will fuse Gem-Knight Tourmaline and Gem-Knight Emerald! Gem tinged with lightning. Brilliant emerald of good fortune. In a whirlpool of light combine to bring forth a new dazzling radiance! Fusion Summon! Appear! The one who pursues victory, Gem-Knight Topaz!" Masumi exclaimed.

Topaz: Level 6, 1800 Atk, 1800 Def

"She Fusion Summoned from the hand?" Yuzu gasped in fear.

"It seems that even with your clouded eyes you're still able to understand how great Hand Fusion is." Masumi told her.

"But… that monster only has 1800 attack. It is still a defeatable monster." Yuzu said to herself, however, Masumi heard what she said.

"I wouldn't underestimate this monster if I were you. How you deal with this monster will decide your fate in this duel. I set one card and end my turn." Masumi concluded.

"My turn, draw!" Yuzu yelled.


Elsewhere, with Yuto (lol, about time huh)

Yuto was out and, like the past couple of times he has been out, was looking for good vantage points. However, Yuto wasn't making as much progress as usual. He was concerned about a lot of things. A new problem that came to his mind was the fact that not only has he gave himself away, which meant now a lot of people know about him (in a way) about him dueling Sawatari, but he also might have unintentionally framed an innocent person. Yuto remembered that girl who looked like Ruri said that Yuto looked like some guy named Yuya. Also, he had to worry about Shun going reckless. He also had to worry about Yuto himself getting out of control and hurting people with Dark Requiem. Yuto jumped into an alleyway to think on some things.

"Are we doing the right thing?" Yuto asked himself. He said he doesn't want to hurt anyone, yet he went and beat someone in a duel, and did a lot of damage in the process. Sure, it was unintentional but that still is no excuse. Yuto climbed up a building and looked up at the sun.

"If only things were like this at Heartland still. Then, there would be no reason to come here, and less people if not no people would be getting hurt. No one would have to suffer." Yuto said to himself. However, something inside him thought different.

But that's just how the world is. It's unfair, it's made of hurt and only hurt. The world hates us, it wants to take everything from us. The world takes things from us, and soon, the world is going to take EVERYTHING away from us. The world already stole the peace of Heartland, the lives of a lot of innocent people, Ruri, and your Dad too. The voice inside told Yuto.

"But, maybe there is a way to change all of this. I will change all of it. I'll make sure of it." Yuto said to himself, thinking that the other voice was just a negative side of his thoughts. Little did Yuto know, this was not the case.


Later, at the duel between Yuzu and Masumi

"Fusion Summon!" Show yourself, Gem-Knight Master Diamond!" Masumi yelled as her ace appeared.

Master Diamond: Level 9, 2900 Atk, 2500 Def

"This is my true ace monster! I use the effect of Master Diamond to banish the Gem-Knight Topaz resting in the graveyard." Masumi told Yuzu.

"Banish? Why?" Yuzu questioned with a confused look on her face.

"Yuzu!" Yuya yelled. Yuzu looked in the direction of the voice. "Don't let your guard down!"

Yuzu looked at the wall where a window would usually be where she could see Yuya, however, she saw a wall and saw an image of Yuto just floating in the air with his arms crossed.

"She's planning something." The image of Yuto told her. In reality, Yuya said this and he was yelling, however, Yuzu heard Yuto instead and Yuto sounded calm. Now, Yuzu made a frightened face, she had just saw an image of the guy who looked like Yuya, and it TALKED

TO HER!

"You're pretty carefree if you think you have the time to look away!" Masumi exclaimed. Yuzu gasped and looked at Masumi, then, she took a glance back at the wall, and saw the image of Yuto was gone.

"Battle! First, Gem-Knight Crystal will attack your Melodious Diva Canon!" Masumi declared as Crystal punched Canon, destroying her.

"Here is the real deal! Using Gem-Knight Master Diamond, I attack your Prodigy Mozart!" Master Diamond swung its sword at Mozart, destroying it. Yuzu groaned in pain as she shielded her eyes from the smoke of the explosion.

Yuzu: 4000-3700 Lp

"Yuzu-oneechan's ace monster got destroyed!" Ayu exclaimed with worry.

"But she only took 300 damage." Futoshi said.

"No, that's wrong." Masumi said.

"What do you mean?" Yuzu asked.

"Before the battle phase I used Master Diamond's effect, it is by banishing a level 7 or lower Gem-Knight monster Master Diamond gains its effects and its name becomes that monster until the end of the turn." Masumi explained.

"That's why you banished Gem-Knight Topaz!" Yuzu realized.

"You're right! Topaz's first effect, when a monster is destroyed in battle by this card, this monster deals damage to its controller equal to the original attack of the destroyed monster." Masumi explained as she pointed at Yuzu. Master Diamond released shockwaves from it's hand, which hit Yuzu, sending her flying back.

"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Yuzu screamed in pain as she fell to the floor.

Yuzu: 3700-1100 Lp

"Yuzu! Keep up burning Hot Blooded!" Shuzo yelled.

"2600… that's a huge amount of damage." Tatsuya said.

"But she still has some life left. If it's Yuzu I'm sure she can-" Gongenzaka said but was interrupted by Sora.

"Nope, not possible." Everyone looked at Sora.

"How do you know?" Shark asked.

"Yeah, the match isn't over until it's over." O'Brien told Sora.

"You're right about that O'Brien, a match isn't over until it's over. However, the match is over, it's finished with this. Just watch and you'll know what I mean soon enough." Sora told them as they continued watching the duel.

"Topaz's second effect! It can attack twice during the battle phase!" Masumi exclaimed.

"No way!" Yuya exclaimed.

"Then Yuzu will…" Gongenzaka started.

"lose…" The kids finished.

"I told you it was over." Sora said as he licked his lips. Shark and O'Brien glanced at Sora with a suspicious look. They looked back at each other. Shark nodded his head at O'Brien, while O'Brien did the same, somehow knowing what the other was thinking.

No, if this keeps up...I'll…" Yuzu thought to herself as her vision blurred. Then, at the corner of her eye, she saw an Action Card.

"This is the end!" Masumi exclaimed, however, it sounded blurred to Yuzu, who wasn't focusing on Masumi.

An Action Card! Yuzu thought to herself.

"By using Topaz's effect, I make a direct attack with Master Diamond!" Masumi exclaimed smiling because of her victory.

It's all or nothing. Yuzu thought to herself as she got up on her feet. Yuzu jumped towards the Action Card as Master Diamond started charging a blast with it's sword. I got it! Yuzu thought as she reached for an Action Card. Shark gasped.

"No! Yuzu, that's a reflection of the Action Card! The real one is-" Shark shouted but stopped as he saw what happened next.

Yuzu was about to touch the Action Card, she touched the pillar instead, and saw that there wasn't an Action Card. Yuzu gasped in shock as she looked behind her, and saw the Action Card she had tried to get sitting near the pillar behind her.

"No…" Yuzu whispered.

"To be deceived by the reflection in the crystals, your eyes must be quite clouded." Masumi said.

Yuzu gasped, as she thought about Yuto again. A yellow beam of light came from Master Diamond's sword, and in that short moment, Yuzu knew she failed to protect the school. Yuzu was struck by the beam as she was sent back flying. Yuzu screamed as she fell to the ground and slid across.

Yuzu: 1100-0 Lp

The Field disappeared and Yuzu and Masumi were back in the duel arena, both of Masumi's monsters disappeared. Yuya quickly opened the door and ran to the duel arena.

"Aww… in the end she still lost." Sora said.

"Hmph. But of course." Himeka said as Hokuto gave a small disgusted look.

"Yuzu. Yuzu. Yuzu." Yuya said as Yuzu opened her eyes. However, when Yuya said Yuzu the first 2 times, Yuzu heard and saw Yuto instead of Yuya, then her eyes came into focus and she heard and saw Yuya. Yuzu got up to her feet.

"You aren't hurt are you?" Yuya asked with concern.

"Y-yeah…" Yuzu stammered.

"Oh, thank goodne-" Yuya was interrupted as Yuzu fell into Yuya's arms.

"Hey, are you sure you're okay?" Yuya asked. Normally, if Yuya got this close to Yuzu, she would smack Yuya with her fan.

Just what am I doing… Yuya is right here, he's definitely right here. But I didn't believe the Yuya right in front of me and worried on my own. Yuzu thought to herself as images of Yuto came into her head. It's just like Masumi said, I was deceived by my imagination. Yuzu's thoughts were interrupted by Masumi.

"That's quite a show you two are giving us." Masumi said.

Yuzu gasped and looked at Yuya, finally back into reality. Yuzu took her arms away from Yuya and blushed almost as red as Yuya's shirt and the red part of his hair. Yuzu yelped as she pushed Yuya away from him, Yuya yelled in pain as he fell to the ground.

"Ow…" Yuya twitched in pain as imaginary hippos were circling on top of his head. Yuya got back up on his feet. "Where did that come from?!"

"I-I'm sorry!" Yuzu exclaimed with embarrassment.

"If you're just going to apologize than maybe you didn't have to push me." Yuya told Yuzu.

"It's just… it was an important duel and I, I…" Yuzu teared up. Yuya put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't worry about it, all we have to do is win the next one!" Yuya comforted Yuzu.

"Yuya!" Yuzu exclaimed as he looked at him. She then put a smile on her face.

"All we have to do is win the next one? You make it sound like it'll be easy." A boy said to Yuya.

"You're…" Yuya trailed off waiting for the guy's answer.

"I'm LDS' Synchro Course's Toudou Yaiba." The guy introduced himself. "So, who is going to be my opponent?"

"O'Brien-niichan won…" Ayu started. O'Brien gave her a weird look when she called him niichan

"And Yuzu-neechan lost." Tatsuya finished.

"So the score is 1-1." Futoshi said.

"I, the man Gongenzaka would avenge Yuzu if I could but… a duel with You Show on the line and with me being the successor to the Gongenzaka dojo I'm an outsider! Listen up Sora! This is the moment of truth! You have to win!" Gongenzaka exclaimed.

"Hmm… You know I'm not really a fan of such stifling things. I don't want to duel." Sora said.

"Then Shark will have to…" Gongenzaka started.

"No. I don't want to duel. You can duel, I don't care." Shark told Gongenzaka coldly.

"I can duel!?" Gongenzaka exclaimed.

"Sure. Besides, I don't know why, but I'm getting the feeling I'm not a good matchup with that guy." Sora told Gongenzaka as he looked at Yaiba, who was hold his blade over his head and doing some leg stretches.

"If you say so then…" Gongenzaka stopped talking as Yuya walked up to him.

"We're counting on you Gongenzaka! If it's you, my best friend then I've got nothing to worry about!" Yuya told Gongenzaka. Gongenzaka started to tear up.

"Yuya… Alright! Leave it to me!" Gongenzaka yelled as he was getting FIRED UP! (Get it, cause in the anime he had a flame aura surrounding him when he said that, I know, funny, hahaha… ha… ha… I'll shut up now.) "I swear on the name of the Gongenzaka Dojo's Steadfast Dueling that I will win!"

"Steadfast duel?" O'Brien and Shark whispered to themselves.

"Hey!" Yaiba yelled to Gongenzaka, who looked at him.

"How long are you going to make me wait? Or are you scared and going to forfeit?" Yaiba asked, angering Gongenzaka.

"Unforgivable! To treat a man such as I Gongenzaka as a coward!" Gongenzaka yelled.

Shark at moment realized something. "Why is he always talking about himself in the third person?" Shark asked Yuya, who didn't respond as he just gave Shark a 'I don't know look' and shrugged his shoulders.

"Your opponent… shall be me!" Gongenzaka yelled as he pulled out his duel disk.

"Let me say this first, if you think I'm the same as those goody two-shoes you just fought you're going to find yourself hurting… a lot!" Yaiba warned. Gongenzaka gave Yaiba a confused look.

"Because unlike those 2, I'm actually strong!" Yaiba exclaimed.

"That guy! He's talking about us as if we're weak!" Hokuto exclaimed.

"We?" Himeka asked.

"Sure it's annoying but since you lost you can't blame him can you?" Masumi asked. That struck Hokuto in the heart hard, he went to a corner and sat in it.

"The opponent this time is Toudou Yaiba...Blade… Katana… Sword… Yes! This will do! Action Field On! Action Field, Sword's Graveyard!" Shuzo yelled as the duel arena was turned into a barren wasteland with multiple swords stuck in the ground.

"Gongenzaka-kun, use this sword graveyard to bury your opponent's blade!" Shuzo told Gongenzaka.

"Hiragi-san, if we win this match Sakaki Yuya of You Show Duel School will become LDS', do you agree with those conditions?" Himeka asked Shuzo.

"But if we win this duel you aren't allowed to meddle with Yuya and this school again!" Shuzo bargained. Himeka narrowed her eyes at Shuzo while Shuzo gave her a glare.

"Duelists locked in battle!" Shuzo started the chant as his hand start burning with fire.

"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Himeka continued.

"They storm through this Field!" Shuzo chanted.

"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!" Himeka exclaimed as she and Shuzo posed.

"Action!" Yuya and Yuzu yelled.

"Duel!" Both duelists shouted.

"I'll go first! I Summon Superheavy Samurai Kabu-10!" Gongenzaka yelled.

Kabu-10: Level 4, 1000 Atk, 2000 Def

"I end my turn." Gongenzaka concluded.

"Hah! Only a 1000 attack monster and nothing to back it up! What a wasteful move!" Yaiba exclaimed.

"Truly strong men make no wasted moves!" Gongenzaka responded.

"Do whatever you want then, blockhead! My turn, draw! I summon XX-Saber Boggart Knight from my hand!" Yaiba declared.

Boggart Knight: Level 4, 1900 Atk, 1000 Def

"When this guy is successfully summoned, I can Special Summon a level 4 or lower XX-Saber monster from my hand! I Special Summon the Tuner monster XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" Yaiba exclaimed.

Fulhelmknight: Level 3, 1300 Atk, 1000 Def

"Tuner monster?" Yuya wondered to himself.

"What is this?" Shark asked himself, not familiar on what a Tuner monster is.

"At this moment, I use Kabu-10's effect! When my opponent successfully Special Summoned I can change Kabu-10 to defense position, also, until the end of the turn its Defense is increased by 500!" Gongenzaka exclaimed as his monster was surrounded by a blue sphere.

Kabu-10: 2000-2500 Def

"Go, Gongenzaka, show him your Steadfast Duel!" Yuya yelled.

"What's Steadfast Duel?" Shark asked Yuya.

"Steadfast Duel is a kind a duel where a person just stays in one place and never goes for an Action Card. In Gongenzaka's case, his deck doesn't contain any Magic or Trap Cards. He doesn't go for Action Cards because those count as Magic Cards, which messes up his deck a lot." Yuya explained. Not hearing Yuya, Yaiba made a remark of his own.

"What's all this Steadfast bullcrap? I'm just getting started! If there are two or more X-Saber monsters on my field, I can special summon XX-Saber Faultroll!" Yaiba exclaimed.

Faultroll: Level 6, 2400 Atk, 1800 Def

"He got 3 monsters out so fast!" Tatsuya exclaimed.

"Wow!" Futoshi exclaimed in amazement.

"Save your surprises for after you see this! I tune the level 4 Boggart Knight with the level 3 Fulhelmknight! Wielder of crossed blades of light, trample over this mountain of corpses! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 7! X-Saber Souza!" Yaiba chanted as his Synchro monster appeared.

Souza: Level 7, 2500 Atk, 1600 Def

"No way!" Yuzu exclaimed.

"A Synchro monster!" Yuya exclaimed with a shocked look on his face.

Synchro monster! Oh yeah, I remember Yuto telling me about this before we left for Standard. Shark thought to himself.

Flashback-Before the departure for Standard

"Is there anything I should know before we head to Standard?" Shark asked.

"A lot actually." Shun told him.

"He's right. We ambushed a student and got some answers out of him. Apparently, the Standard Dimension has all 3 summoning methods." Yuto told Shark.

"3? Not 2?" Shark asked.

"Yes. There is our enemy's summoning method Fusion, our summoning method Xyz, and an unknown summoning method we don't know much about called Synchro. There are also 3 separate dimensions apart from this one. Standard, and our enemy's Fusion Dimension of course, and the Synchro Dimension."

"Synchro Summon? How does it work?" Shark asked.

"I'm sorry. I can't tell you much. Actually, if you remember when you saw that duelists on the motorcycle named Yugo, he used Synchro Summoning. From what I remember, you need something called a Tuner monster, and you need to have monsters on your field whose sum of their levels are equal to the level of the Synchro monster you are summoning." Yuto told Shark.

"Alright. Thanks. This might be helpful in the future." Shark told Yuto.

Now

"So this is Synchro Summoning." Shark said to himself. This is what Yuto had to experience when he fought against that look alike Yugo.


Later-With Shun (Just gonna skip most of the duel since it's the same.)

Shun was currently jumping from rooftop to rooftop. He had decided that it was time to get things moving. He was looking for someone from LDS to duel in order to attract the attention of Akaba Reiji. Fortunately for Shun, he saw someone walking on the streets, he saw that he wore the person had a duel disk on him. The duel disk had LDS branded on it. So Shun either figured one thing, this guy went to LDS or he just got the duel disk from there. Still, this guy could be a good start for the plan. He followed the man for a while, the guy stopped once in awhile because he swore he had heard someone following him, so he began to walk faster. They eventually came to a bridge, no one was near for some reason, so Shun decided to reveal himself.

"Are you LDS?" Shun asked.

"I am a teacher there yes." The guy responded.

"Duel me!" Shun yelled as he activated his duel disk.

"Hold on! Why are you doing this? What is your name?" The guy asked.

"Name? Kurosaki Shun. Why I'm doing this, I'm not telling you." Shun told the guy.

"Please, we don't have to do this, I am Professor Marco." Marco said.

"Don't care. Duel me!" Shun yelled.

Marco flinched. "Fine." Marco activated his duel disk.

"DUEL!" Both Duelists shouted.


At the same time, back at the duel

"My turn, draw! Hey! You remember this card, don't you?" Yaiba asked as he showed Gongenzaka a familiar card in his hand.

"XX-Saber Faultroll… you can special summon that monster when there are two or more X-Saber monsters on your field." Gongenzaka told Yaiba.

"That's right. Since I meet those requirements, I Special Summon Faultroll. Now Faultroll's effect activates! Once per turn, I can Special Summon one level 4 or lower X-Saber monster from my graveyard! Be reborn! Tuner monster, XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" Yaiba exclaimed.

"Don't tell me he is going to Synchro Summon again!" Yuya exclaimed.

"I am! I tune the level 6 Faultroll with the level 3 Fulhelmknight! It's a double showing of the X-Sabers' strongest monster, Gottoms! Enjoy it while it lasts! Synchro Summon! Level 9, XX-Saber Gottoms!" Yaiba yelled as his monster appeared.

Gottoms: Level 9, 3100 Atk, 2600 Def

"I use Souza's effect in order to release Ragigura! You might be wondering why I did that, well you're going to find out soon! Battle! I attack Big Benkei with Souza!" Yaiba declared.

"Why is he attacking Souza who has lower attack?" Tatsuya asked.

"By releasing one X-Saber monster, Souza gains the effect where it destroys any monster that it battles with for this turn!" Yaiba explained.

"What?" All 3 kids questioned.

"It can destroy it without caring about it's attack?" Futoshi asked.

"This time I'll be taking out that ace monster that you have been defending for so long!" Yaiba exclaimed.

"Great Wall's effect activates, by sending this card to the grave can negate an attack on the equipped monster and it's Defense becomes 0." Gongenzaka explained.

"Damn! However, even if you negated the attack, with no Defense your monster is nothing!" Yaiba exclaimed as he pointed at Big Benkei.

Big Benkei: 3100-0 Def

"I'll now shred your remaining life points to nothing with my 2 remaining Gottoms! I attack Big Benkei with one of my Gottoms!" Yaiba declared.

"That's what I was waiting for! From the grave, I activate Superheavy Samurai Soul Break Armor!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"What! From the grave!" Yaiba repeated as the card in Gongenzaka's graveyard slid out. "That card can't be…"

"That's right! This is one of the cards you sent to my grave when you used Gottoms' effect! This card's true strength comes from when it is in the grave! When there are no Magic or Trap cards in my graveyard, by banishing this card, I can deal the difference from the current Defense and the original Defense of an attacked monster to my opponent!" Gongenzaka yelled.

"What!?" Yaiba exclaimed with a shock on his face as he felt his chest throbbing from the intense duel.

"Big Benkei's original Defense is 3500. Now it's zero! That means 3500 points of damage!" Ayu exclaimed as the 3 kids smiled. Sora dropped his lollipop which broke on impact with the ground.

"No way…" Sora whispered in legitimate surprise. This has been the most surprise he has shown since his duel with Yuya.

"The condition for this comeback is to have absolutely no Magic or Trap cards in the grave. That's why Gongenzaka made a deck of only monsters and no Magic and Traps!" Yuya explained. Yaiba gasped in shock when he heard this.

"A deck made with only monsters!" Masumi repeated in the utmost shock.

"That's beyond crazy!" Hokuto exclaimed.

"So that's also why you weren't grabbing Action Cards, in order to prepare for a situation like this." Yaiba said.

"That's right! After all, Action Cards ar treated as Magic Cards. Do you see it now! This is the true strength of Steadfast Dueling!" Gongenzaka yelled as a big wave of energy came flying towards Yaiba.

"You've made some really interesting plays. However, I think its time to end this! From my hand, I activate the Quick-Play Saber Reflector! When an X-Saber monster is on the field, I can negate effect damage coming towards me!" Hainaut exclaimed.

"That guy still had that option!" O'Brien exclaimed in shock.

"Not bad." Shark said to himself.

"Also, the negated damage is dealt to the opponent! This is the end!" Yaiba yelled as a shield formed around him and his monsters, the wave of energy flew back towards Gongenzaka.

"From the grave, I activate the effect of Superheavy Samurai Soul Big Bang! When there are no Magic or Trap cards in my grave, I can banish this Card, and negate effect damage from an opponent's Card effect!" Gongenzaka exclaimed as the wave of energy disappeared.

"You negated the damage I reflected!" Hainaut exclaimed.

"That's not all! Now, every monster in the field is destroyed! Then, we both take damage equal to the total levels of the destroyed monsters times 100!" Gongenzaka explained with a smile. Everyone was shocked.

"What!?" Everyone except Gongenzaka exclaimed in shock.

"Their total levels are 33...!" Hainaut exclaimed as he realized he couldn't escape from this.

"That is 3300 points of damage!" Gongenzaka yelled as a big explosion occurred in the middle of the field, destroying all monsters and knocking both players to the ground, who were yelling pain, however, Gongenzaka kept a smile on his face. When the explosion cleared up, both duelists were seen unconscious, but both had smiles on their faces, as they had just had their most intense duel, both of their hearts were pounding with excitement during the whole thing.

"This is..." Ayu started.

"A draw." Tatsuya finished as the Action afield disappeared and the duel arena reappeared.

"Gongenzaka! Are you okay? Keep it together!" Yuya yelled in concern.

"Even with the Gongenzaka Style Steadfast Dueling, I couldn't defeat him." Gongenzaka told Yuya.

"What're you saying? Thanks to you, we apmanaged to get a draw, Gongenzaka! You shows me the strength of your deck that you believed in!" Yuya exclaimed.

"The results of the Best of Three is one win, one loss, and one draw. Chairwoman Akaba, you said that you would take this School if you won. However, since the result was a draw, I kindly ask you to leave." Shutout told Himeka.

"What do you think you're saying? This was a duel to settle everything, there can be no draws!" Himeka responded.

"Uh, yes but, the duel actually did end in a draw though." Shutout told her.

"A tie-breaker! We will have our two duelists that have one victory duel each other!" Himeka replied.

"You can't just-!" Shutout was interrupted by Yuya walking close with his goggles over his eyes.

"It seems that you are up to it, then we shall..." Himeka was interrupted by a voice.

"Wait!" The voice said. A person walked out and revealed himself, it was Akaba Reiji. "I'll put an end to this."

Yuya turned around and stared at Akaba Reiji. A long silence was shared between the two. Yuya's chest immediately started beating quickly. Yuya could tell immediately, that if this guy was his opponent instead, then he wouldn't be easy to defeat.


Card Catalog

Volcanic Fusionner Pyro/Fire: You can Fusion Summon a monster from your extra deck using this card and another Volcanic monster as materials.

Volcanic Bomber. Pyro/Fire: When your opponent declares a direct attack, you can send this card to the graveyard, negate the attack, then, destroy the attacking monster. Finally, both you and your opponent take damage equal to half of the destroyed monsters attack points.

Volcanic Sealer Pyro/Fire: Once per turn, you can negate the effect of one Card on the field, no monster effects can be activated in response to this effect. Then, if you negated the effect of a Card, you can inflict 500 points of damage.


Finished!

Well, I'm sorry for having 2 out of the 3 duels being the same, just with some included dialogue from O'Brien and Shark. Just a heads up, I'm not going to feature much of the Marco vs Shun, I'm most likely not going to show snatching at all. However, the Yuya vs Akaba Reiji duel will be slightly altered, because Yuya is going to get something new. I'll give you a hint on what it is, it's a monster, it's not performapal, and it already exists in real life. Also, Yuya has never used this Card in the anime.

Anyways here is the chapter preview.

Yuya commences a duel against Akaba Reiji, to his surprise, Reiji is seemingly holding back. To prove his worth and to get stronger, Yuya pushes through with all of his strength. But will it help him win?

Dang, this is the longest chapter I ever made. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

See you guys next time, take care, goodbye!