Yu-gi-oh 5D's-V

by Star-Eyes Pendulum Dragon

Yusei Fudo, after having defeated Z-one and stopped the Divine Temple, thought his journey was over. However, he was sent to another world by the Crimson Dragon to stop a mad scientist and a powerful evil. Yusei will form new bonds, take on a student and will become a hero in his journey in the Four Dimensions to stop Leo Akaba and Z-arc's revival. Yusei X Akiza and Yuya X Lulu.

9. Chapter 9

Hi everyone, I apologize that this chapter took such a long time, but I have been busy with my other stories. I had meant to update this one last month, but it has proven to be my longest chapter so far. Anyway, I'm sorry that this year I have not been that impressive, but I've been trying hard. And things might get a little busy as I'm gonna do work experince on Fridays now, so I won't have much time to work on those days. I'll just cut to answering some reviews now.

Guest: Look and see if you're right.

Guest (2): I'll have to think about Dextra.

Guest (3): See for yourself, also about the other main characters; not likely.

Yifan Bao: I intend to. I also get what you're saying, but Yusei acts and gives off a vibe much older than what he is, and it gets to people. That is one of the many reasons why Lulu and Rin consider him a dad.

chiripa012: You leave that to me; I already have an idea in mind for him.

Guest (4): Maybe at the end.

Guest (5): Lulu does not know about Dennis' role in her home's destruction.

Guest (6): The two different worlds won't be seperated and will stay connected, so Yusei, Lulu and Rin won't have to say goodbye. I'll think about the tournament and yes, Yusei and Akiza will get married.

Guest (7): Yes, they saw Yugi and Jaden.

Guest (8): Yusei and Declan will be allies that trust one another, and yes. Declan and his mother will be a bit shocked at finding out about Ray and the original dimension.

Guest (9): I'll think about it.

Guest (10): Yuya didn't question the meaning of Team 5D's yet because he was too focuse on his match against the Sledgehammer.

Guest (11): Haha, Rin has never seen an old person duel before, so she'd have no idea how good one would be.

Guest (12): Akiza will be more important in this story, especially with the new cards released.

Guest (13): Yusei will face Z-arc by himself.

Guest (14): Kalin will get his Manga cards. I chose Leo because of 2 reasons. 1: I feel like he was rag dolled too much in 5D's, so I figured that he should get a chance to shine. 2: He gave Aporia hope, so he would be the best person to do it to other people as well.

Ivan: He will soon.

Guest (15): No sequal.

Guest (16): Yusei will explain his mark eventually.

Guest (17): The Synchro Dimension will have alternate characters of 5D's characters, I assure you.

Jeremy Steinmark: You just leave that to me.

Ratatosk The Divine Demon: Umm...okay?

Yifan Bao (2): Yusei will Pendulum Summon eventually.

jmantsch0702: You just wait and see.

way2dumb2live: Oh really? I can't exactly just rip them out of their timelines to join in on the fun as in BBT 1, it was said that Yugi at the time was after Battle City and before Dartz. Also, I'll listen to what cards you got in mind. And about Yuma X Rio in my story, then yes. I'll think about Yuma having a dark side, but his deck without Utopia will be tough, I was honestly considering having the story's Xyz Dimension have the events of Zexal in it. Kalin will kick ass, I assure you.

Jeremy Steinmark: I never liked how after Zexal, there were no more Duelist with the power to communicate with Duel Spirits, so I had Yusei gain that ability. Yusei will still get a lot of action, I assure you.

way2dumb2live (2): You really think I'd let Yuto card a GX character like Syrus?

115Creator: I believe I already spoke to you about your concerns. I'm trying my best here, so at least give me some points at least for effort.

Utopy: You'll find out this chapter.

adrianwolf4: I understand what you and the other guy are saying, but think of it from Yusei's point of view. He has never dealt with relationships, or a girl liking him before so he is unsure how to deal with it. He'll eventually handle Serenity, but that will be a while.

Avalon gx: Your idea is interesting, but I can't do it. I already have enough work on me.

That's all the reviews answered for this time. Enjoy the chapter, it has been long overdued.

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Chapter 9: Ritual Mayhem.

The sun shined high in the sky over Paradise City, bringing another day to the Standard Dimension and its residents. Over at Paradise City Prep School, the building was filled with teachers and students. Inside of a class room, a single male teacher was teaching his students, holding up a book with his left hand as he wrote down on a large blackboard that was large and wide. All the students paid great attention to their teacher as he taught them.

Among the students, seated at the back row were Yuya, Zuzu, Lulu and Rin, all sitting down at their separate tables. Yuya had his outfit slightly changed; while Rin and Lulu had theirs completely changed. In Paradise City Prep School, it was required for males to wear the school jacket, while the girls needed to wear the female outfits.

The only thing Yuya had changed was his white jacket, having replaced it with his old school jacket that he used to wear. He did, however, had his white jacket tucked in his school bag and planned to change once school was over. Zuzu didn't really needed to change her outfit as it was like a modified version of the school uniform; she was even allowed to keep her sheer white sleeveless open jacket.

Lulu and Rin, however, had to completely change their outfits into the school uniforms. They were now wearing sleeveless light-blue and white shirts, red ties, dark red skirts and dark stockings. They even had to change their shoes. Rin was now wearing light green shoes, while Lulu had white high-heeled shoes, exactly like the ones she wore before the Dimensional War began. Another change was Lulu's hair style as she had returned it to a loose bun hairstyle winged-shaped barrette, but she had her old feather-shaped earrings back.

The two had enrolled in Paradise Prep School 2 weeks ago, thanks to the combined efforts of Yusei, Skip and Yoko as they all paid for the girls to enter. Yusei had thought it would be best for them to enter school and act like kids their age and have fun. Rin was overjoyed at going to school as she never went to one back in her home dimension, while Lulu was just simply happy to act like someone her age again.

Yuya was happy to have them in school, while Zuzu didn't share his joy as she preferred them to be as far away from her as possible. The Odd-Eyes Duelist helped them get accustomed to Paradise Prep School, while his childhood friend just tagged along. 2 weeks had passed since they join and Lulu and Rin had become pretty popular for different reasons.

Rin was popular for her tough girl attitude that she showed to bullies or guys that hit on her. But she also became popular for her engineer skills as she was the best student in the computer club. She made sure nobody started trouble, or break the school rules as she once broke up a fight between two students by bashing their heads in. All in all, she was the top girl at computers and the most hardcore student.

Lulu, on the other hand, became popular for different reasons. She became the most beautiful and kind hearted girl of the school, and the number one female that guys wanted to date. Unlike Rin, she didn't break up arguments with her fists, but with words and reason. She even gives help to any struggling student in any way she could, helping solve any problem that they were experiencing. Combine that with her beautiful looks and gentle personality, almost all of the male students wanted her as their girlfriend.

Lulu's popularity would embarrass her at times as she was never this popular in her old school. Rin didn't mind Lulu being the most popular girl in school; she just made sure to be by her sister's side whenever she's asked out by a guy and scare him off. Yuya and Zuzu did mind for two different reasons. For Yuya, it was because a lot of the guys were interested in the girl that he had a crush on. For Zuzu; she just didn't like how Lulu could have so many guys falling for her when she couldn't get one guy's attention.

Despite the "setbacks", Lulu and Rin greatly enjoyed their time in school and looked forward to more school days. Right now, the two were sitting down at their desks, watching and listening to the teacher with their complete focus. Zuzu was looking down at her lap, but unknown to everyone was that she was actually looking through her deck with a look in her eye, as if she was preparing for her greatest challenge.

Yuya was just looking out of the window towards his left side, pressing his left cheek against his hand with his elbow resting on the desk. However, just then, he saw the male student sitting in front of Zuzu turn towards Lulu and give a lovesick look, getting the Odd-Eyes Duelist to frown. But then, Rin took notice of the boy staring at her sister, getting the Witch of the Wind to narrow her eyes.

Rin then cracked her neck to the side, getting the male student to gulp in fear, before he looked back forward. Both Yuya and Rin chuckled at seeing this, while Lulu looked at her sister in confusion as she had heard Rin cracking her neck. The Odd-Eyes Duelist then directed his attention over to his childhood friend and saw Zuzu going through her deck. Yuya raised an eyebrow upon seeing this as Zuzu wasn't one to attempt something like that at school; it was more of his style than hers.

'What's Zuzu doing? She should know that looking through her cards in the middle of class isn't allowed. I get that she's been acting strange the last couple of days, but I didn't think she'd resort to this. And what's with that look in her eye? It looks like she's preparing for something big, but what?' Yuya thought to himself in confusion, before he leaned off of his hand and gave a shrug with his shoulders.

The 14-year-old boy then returned his attention over to the front of the class as he didn't want to get caught slaking off by his teaching like he used to. As he listened to his teacher explain about his lesson, Yuya couldn't help but think about what Yusei was doing right now. 'Lulu said that Skip had called him over to do a check on the new ARC System. I wonder if he's already finished'. The Odd-Eyes Duelist said in his mind as he looked out the window once more, thinking about his teacher.

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(Meanwhile at the You Show Duel School)

While the kids were at school, Yusei was in the You Show Duel School's conference room, sitting down on the sofa chair. He was currently looking through his deck with his briefcase resting on the table and fully opened to show the cards inside. He had just finished his checkup on the ARC System half an hour ago and saw that it was in perfect condition.

Skip was currently in the control room, updating some Action Fields from the old ARC System into the new one. Yusei had decided to take this chance to go through his deck and do some changes that he felt like were needed. So far, he hadn't made many changes, but they were something as he wanted to try out some more new cards.

Satellite's Shooting Star held up his right hand, currently holding three cards. The three cards were a Synchro Monster called "Lightning Warrior", a Tuner Monster called "Satellite Synchron" and a Spell called "Synchro Overtake". He gave a small smile at the three cards, before he placed them down on the table next to five sets of decks with his open briefcase behind them.

These five deck sets were full of new cards for his friends that he felt would suit their decks. The first deck set's top card was a Synchro Monster called "Dark Highlander", this deck was for Jack. The second deck set's top card was a Synchro Monster called "Garden Rose Maiden", and this deck was for Akiza.

The third deck set's top card was a Synchro Monster card called "Blackwing – Boreas the Evil Wind", and this deck was for Crow. The fourth deck's top card was a Tuner Monster called "Morphtronic Smartfon", and this was for Leo. The last deck set's top card was a Synchro Monster called "Ancient Sacred Wyvern", and this was for Luna. Yusei had thought about going through his briefcase's cards for any that would suit his friends back home and has made great progress so far.

The 19-year-old male placed his deck down besides the deck for Akiza. "I hope everyone likes the cards that I picked for them. I've thought long and hard for them". Yusei said in slight concern as he thought that his fellow Signers and teammates might not like the cards that he chose for them. Just then, Stardust Trail appeared behind Yusei, looking see-through like a ghost with her eyes still peacefully closed.

'I'm sure your friends will be touched at how thoughtful you were of them, and of the cards you chose'. The Dragon-Type monster told her duelist with a gentle tone, getting the Synchro Duelist to look over his left shoulder towards her. "You really think so?" The Signer asked the Dragon-Type Monster, which she gave an encouraging nod to him. 'I may not have had the chance to meet them yet, but from everything Stardust and the others have told me, I'm certain they'll appreciate it'. Stardust Trail replied to the 19-year-old male, before bringing her right hand up to her mouth and gave a soft giggle.

'Not to mention that Jack Warrior said that your friend Jack would relish the chance to have new cards to use in order to defeat you'. The female monster added with an amused expression, causing Yusei to let out a small chuckle as he tilted his head down a bit. "Yeah, you're probably right about that". Satellite's Shooting Star said in amusement at the thought of Jack getting fired up with his new cards.

Yusei opened his eyes and looked down at the deck of cards that were meant for Jack. He placed his right hand down on it and drew the top 3 cards, before bringing them to his face in order to see what they were. The first card was "Dark Highlander", the second "Hot Red Dragon Archfiend" and "Red Rising Dragon". These 3 powerful cards would easily make Jack's day as they go great with his deck, especially with Red Rising Dragon's ability to bring out Red Dragon Archfiend.

But the card that caught Yusei's attention the most was Hot Red Dragon Archfiend. The former Satellite resident stared at the card intensely at the image, and at how much it resembled Red Dragon Archfiend. This wasn't the only card that bore a great resemblance to the Signer Dragons; he found 5 more dragons. He found Stardust Spark Dragon, Black Rose Moonlight Dragon, Blackfeather Darkrage Dragon, Ancient Pixie Dragon and Power Tool Mecha Dragon, more monsters that greatly resembled the Signer Dragons.

"…What are these cards? And why do they look an incredibly like Stardust and the others?" Yusei questioned with narrowed eyes directed at the Synchro Monster, getting Stardust Trail to tilt her head to the side. 'Are you referring to Stardust and his comrades' Dual Dragon forms?' The Akiza look-alike asked the Stardust Duelist, catching his attention as he looked back at Stardust Trail.

"Dual Dragon forms?" Yusei questioned with a fascinated voice with his lips twitching upwards. 'That is correct. From what Stardust has told me, it's a form of his that has been locked away 10 thousand years ago after the battle with the Earthbound Immortals. It's only recently that Stardust was able to finally unlock that form of his again'. Stardust Trail explained to the bearer of the Crimson Dragon's head, all the while bringing her right hand down to the side. Yusei turned to look back at the Dual Dragon form of Red Dragon Archfiend and gave a small grin. "Interesting. I should try out Stardust Spark Dragon some time". Satellite's Shooting Star said with an eager expression on his face.

Just then, the door to the conference room opened with Skip walking in. The adult man immediately took notice of the decks of cards stacked on the table right next to Yusei's briefcase right in front of the Stardust Duelist. "Hey Yusei, what are you doing over there?" The principal of the You Show Duel School questioned the younger male, getting Yusei to look up towards him, while Stardust Trail disappeared and returned to the Spirit World.

"Oh, Skip. Sorry, I was just going over some cards that I picked for some of my friends". Satellite's Shooting Star answered the older male as he placed the 3 Synchro Monsters back on the deck of cards for Jack. "Really? Are some of your friends coming over?" Skip asked with a curious tone as he walked up and sat down on the sofa chair across Yusei, which the black haired male shook his head in response.

"I'm afraid not. I just decided to pick some new cards for them to pass the time". Satellite's Shooting Star answered the red and orange clothed man, turning his gaze towards his own deck of cards. Skip crossed his arms and nodded in understanding. "I see. Well, I'm certain that since you picked those cards out, they'll be a force to be wracked with". The principal of the Duel School stated with a grin, making Yusei grow a small smile at his words.

However, Yusei's smile then fell as he thought about a situation that concerned both him and Skip regarding someone. He turned to look at the older male with his eyes slightly narrowed. "Skip, can I ask you something?" Yusei questioned the adult male, causing Skip to raise an eyebrow in curiosity at what the Synchro Duelist wanted to question him about. "Sure, what is it?" The principal of You Show Duel School asked the 19-year-old, soon to be 20-year-old man what he wanted to ask him.

Yusei tilted his head down for a moment, thinking about how he should question Skip, before eventually deciding to just be straight forward about it. He lifted his head back up and stared at Skip right in the eye. "Why does Zuzu dislike me, Lulu and Rin?" The bearer of the Crimson Dragon's head questioned the principal of the Duel School, causing Skip to grow an uncertain expression on his face as he broke eye contact.

"To be honest; I don't know why. For as long as I've known my daughter, I've never seen Zuzu like this with anyone ever. I had an eye on why she dislikes Lulu, but not on you and Rin". Skip answered with a shrug, making Yusei narrow his eyes as he had an idea on why Zuzu disliked Lulu. "It's because she likes Yuya, right?" The blue eyed male questioned, but was more of a statement, which Skip nodded to confirm.

"Yeah, Zuzu has liked Yuya ever since they were little kids. Honestly, I figured that they would get together someday, but then you three came along and Yuya grew a crush on Lulu". Skip replied, before he closed his eyes and gave a chuckle of amazement. "Honestly; I never thought that Yuya would ever grow a crush as all he seemed to care about was Dueltaining and proving that Yusho wasn't a coward". He added and took a sigh, along with leaning back across the sofa and looked up at the ceiling above them.

"Things have really started to change ever since you and those two girls came into our lives. Yuya's grown so much in such a short amount of time. Even Gong, Allie and Frederick have grown as Duelists. We've even gotten our rep higher than before with the teachings you and Lulu have provided for us. Not to mention the cards you've given us". Skip said with a grateful smile on his face, before tilting his head down to look at Yusei, who had a small smile.

"It wasn't just us that helped you all reach where you are now. Yuya, Gong and even Zuzu have incredible potential in them. We just helped them bring it out. Even the cards that we've given them were only able to be used as well as they have is because of how they used them. Every card is special, and a Duelist just has to appreciate its power in order how to best use them". The Signer told the older male, getting Skip to give a nod of approval at his words.

"Never have I heard truer words than those. If only Zuzu isn't acting so stubborn, she could have learned so much as well". The principal of the You Show Duel School said in displeasure at how his daughter's behavior has even kept her from accepting help in order to become a better Duelist. "Perhaps, but she could still become a better Duelist without help from us. We'll just have to wait and see for ourselves". Yusei told the older male, before he turned to look at his briefcase at exactly a single card at the top of the many stacks of cards inside.

He reached out and gently took hold of the card with his right hand. Yusei brought the card up and stared at it. It was a Fusion Monster called "Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir", a card that would really work well for Zuzu's deck. "After all, her Melodious deck has just as much potential as her". The Signer added, before flipping the card over to show Bloom Diva to Skip. Upon seeing the Fusion card in Yusei's hand, Skip gasped in disbelief at seeing it.

"A Fusion Monster!?" The principal of the You Show Duel School called out in surprise, getting a nod from Yusei. "Not just any Fusion Monster, a Melodious Fusion Monster". The Signer told the adult man, before placing the card back at where it was before in the briefcase. "Really? Then that means that my beloved little girl can learn Fusion Summoning?" Skip questioned the younger male once more with an excited expression with his hands up. Yusei gave an amused chuckle at the excitement that Skip was filled with, before he gave a nod.

"It's possible. She just needs to learn how to". Yusei answered the older male, making the red and orange haired male cry out in excitement. "Yeeha! We just need to find an experienced Fusion Duelist, and then we'll have all the Extra Deck summoning!" Skip exclaimed in excitement, causing Satellite's Shooting Star to slightly narrow his eyes at him. "You might want to put those ideas on hold for the moment. Lulu is still having "problems" with Fusion Summoning". Yusei reminded the adult male, causing Skip to lose his excitement and replace it with hesitation at the reminder of their top Xyz Duelist's problem.

"Oh yeah, that's right. Just what could have made Lulu react that way whenever she sees a Fusion Summon?" Skip questioned with a concerned expression for the Lyrilusc Duelist. 'Something that would leave a mark on anybody'. Yusei answered inside of his mind, before tilting his head down to think about the vision he saw of Duel Academy's assault on Heartland in the Xyz Dimension.

"Something that's probably best not to think about, or mention at all. Lulu's happy here with Rin and everyone else, its best not to ask her about it. Maybe when she finally gets over her "terror" towards Fusion, we'll focus on making a Fusion class". Satellite's Shooting Star said to Skips, getting the older male to look up at him and give a nod of agreement. Skip then stood up from his sofa, before he walked away and left the room, leaving Yusei alone in the conference room and to his thoughts.

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(Opening song: Transformers Animated EVO)

"TRANSFORM!"

"AT THE EDGE OF THE DARKNESS, TEARING APART THE SILENCE."

The sky was dark as ocean waves were rolling off each other, before suddenly three Ancient Gear Reactor Dragons appeared and cut through the water, flying towards Duel Academy. They flew over the court of Duel Academy, where students were lined up, looking up at Aster Phoenix, who was looking down at them from a bench with the Tyler Sisters behind him.

"WHO IS THE ONE WAKING THE EARTH FROM ITS SLEEP?!"

In his office, Jean-Michel Roget was sitting at his desk, toying around with his chess pieces with a smug look on his face as he watched Sector Security arrest a man on a screen.

"BEFORE YOUR EYES ARE WICKED SOULS."

In his throne room, Leo Akaba stood up from his throne with Yuri and Zane Truesdale at his sides. Leo thrust out his right hand to the side at the army of Obelisk Force in front of him, which the army cheered for him and for Duel Academy. Leo turned around to face the Arc-V reactor behind him, where he saw an image of Ray briefly appear.

"THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN, FACE THEM STRAIGHT ON!"

In the Standard Dimension, standing in front of the Leo Corporation tower was Yuya, Celina, Declan and Zuzu, all with narrowed eyes. They activated their Duel Disks as they summoned their ace monsters, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Saffira, Queen of Dragons, Lunalight Cat Dancer and D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga behind them, before all four monsters fired blasts at the camera.

"SOMEONE TELLS ME TO ERASE MY "WEAKNESS" OR "FEAR"."

In the Synchro Dimension on a Turbo Duel lane, Yugo and Rin rode their separate Duel Runners besides each other, before Arc-v Jack Atlast joined them on his Duel Runner. They all summoned their ace monsters; Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, Windwitch – Winter Bell and Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend. The three monsters flew above their Duelists as they continued riding their Duel Runners.

"WE RECONSTRUCT OUR MINDS."

In the Xyz Dimension, Yuto appeared with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon behind him, before they moved aside to reveal Lulu with her ace, Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale. The two moved aside to reveal Shay, who had his arms crossed with his scarf and sunglasses covering his face. His ace, Raidraptor – Rise Falcon appeared behind him, creating a gale that blew Shay's glasses off, revealing his hate filled eyes.

"TIGHTLY HOLD ONTO THAT HAND."

In the middle of a desert field road, Yusei was driving his Duel Runner, before he suddenly spun it around twice, and then stopped in a sideways position. Yusei gave off one of his famous glares at the camera as he held up his right arm, showing his mark of the Crimson Dragon glowing a bright colour.

"BELIEVE IN THE BONDS BETWEEN EACH OTHER."

In a multi-colored background, Yuya, Celina, Zuzu, Declan appeared in different stances stance with their ace monsters behind them. In a green background Yugo, Rin and Jack appeared, riding their Duel Runners with their ace monsters flying above them. In a black background Yuto, Lulu and Shay appeared in combat stances with their ace monsters behind them. The camera changed back to show Yusei hold up a white card with his right hand as a portal appeared behind him. Yusei's ace, Stardust Dragon flew out of the portal and into the air, before giving off a powerful roar.

"AND FIGHT!"

In a gold void, Ray clapped her hands together as if she was praying. Suddenly, the camera passed through her to reveal the Crimson Dragon flying up above, staring right into the camera with a sharp gaze.

"TRANSFORM!"

"SO ALL I CAN DO."

In the Standard Dimension in Paradise City street, Yuri smirked evilly as he activated his Duel Disk before he summon Starving Venom Fusion Dragon. Yuya stood a few feet away from his fusion counterpart with Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon besides him, before the two dragons fired breath attacks at each other, creating a bright light.

"AND ALL YOU CAN DO."

The bright light died down to reveal the Xyz Dimension, where Yuto was battling against Zane with the two running across the streets. Both Duelists had their Duel Disks activated as they summoned their ace monsters. Zane summoned Cyber End Dragon, while Yuto summoned Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon. Cyber End Dragon fired three separate blasts from its three heads at Dark Rebellion, which the dragon charged with lightning surging through its fangs. Dark Rebellion made contact with Cyber End Dragon's blast attacks, creating a bright light.

"FLAP YOUR WINGS! TRANSFORM."

The light disappeared to reveal the Synchro Dimension, where Sergey and Jack were Turbo Dueling aboard their Duel Runners. Sergey laughed crazily as Earthbound Servant Geo Grasha appeared above him with a dark aura. Jack narrowed his eyes as Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend appeared above him, before the dragon was surrounded in a crimson sphere. The sphere dispersed, creating a bright light.

"CHANGE THAT PIERCING RAGE IN YOUR HEART INTO POWER."

The light cleared to reveal the Fusion Dimension. In Duel Academy's courtyard, both Shay and Lulu were Dueling the Tyler Sisters. Grace and Gloria had Amazoness Pet Liger and Amazoness Empress on their field, while Shay and Lulu had Raidraptor – Rise Falcon and Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale on their field. The Obsidian twins held up their right arms as their ace monsters were covered in bright lights.

In Leo Akaba's throne room, the Professor of Duel Academy was dueling his son. Leo had Master Spirit Tech Force - Pendulum Ruler on his field, while Declan had D/D/D Flame King Genghis, Gust King Alexander, Wave King Caesar and Doom King Armageddon on his field. The five monsters fired beams at each other, creating a burst of power.

"TRANSFORM!"

"NOW ALL I CAN DO."

The screen changed to show outside with the sky red as blood, before Supreme King Dragon Odd-Eyes, Supreme King Dark Rebellion, Supreme King Dragon Clear Wing and Supreme King Starving Venom all appeared out of nowhere and flew into a formation.

"AND ALL YOU CAN DO."

Darkness suddenly appeared behind the four dragons, before it was blown away to reveal Supreme King Z-ARC glaring at the camera with rage filled eyes.

"SHINE ON! TRANSFORM!"

A black skin Z-arc appeared on the dragon's head, laughing as the dragon unleashed a stream attack from its mouth. Standing at Duel Academy's courtyard facing the direction of Supreme King Z-Arc was Shay, Jack, Declan, Leo, Aster, Zane, Yuya, Yuri, Yugo, Yuto, Rin, Lulu, Zuzu, Celina and the Tyler Sisters with their Duel Disks activated. Supreme King Z-ARC's stream attack struck the ground, creating an explosion that blew them all away. Dust covered everything from view for a second before it cleared to reveal Yusei with his back to the camera, who was holding back the stream attack with his right hand, while his mark of the Crimson Dragon was glowing brightly.

"ON TO THE NEXT STAGE IN EVOLUTION."

The camera zoomed in and spun around to show Satellite's Shooting Star's face as Yusei gritted his teeth, before he thrust his right arm out to the side, dispersing the attack. The camera changed to show the sky, where the Crimson Dragon appeared with a roar, before it transformed into flames that shot out towards the camera.

"TOUCH AND GO!"

The flames transferred over to Yusei, forming armour that looked like the Crimson Dragon over the Signer with even wings and a tail attached. Yusei narrowed his eyes as he spread his wings and took flight towards Supreme King Z-ARC, creating a bright light when he made contact.

When the light cleared, it revealed Yusei, Yuya, Yuto, Yugo, Rin, Celina, Lulu, Zuzu, Declan, Aster and Shay all back in the Standard Dimension in the stadium. All the Duelists were standing in different styles with Yugo jumping in the air with his right hand thrust out to the sky, while Lulu, Rin and Celina were all around Yusei, who had a soft smile on his face.

(Song end)

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Outside of Paradise City Prep School; Lulu sat alone on a bench in front of the school with a plastic container in hand, eating her lunch for the day as it was recess time for the students. Rin and Zuzu had decided to have their break somewhere else in the school, while Yuya had to take care of something. This left Lulu to have her recess alone until one of her friends comes join her.

The purple-haired beauty looked down at the plastic container in her left hand. She took hold of the top of it with her right hand and pulled it off, revealing the food inside. Inside of the container was a corn burrito, something that Lulu had made for herself this morning. Lulu occasionally had treats from time to time, but her main food was healthy food to stay healthy and keep herself in shape.

She placed the container down on the ground, before gently taking hold of the Corn burrito with her left hand. Lulu held her food up and grabbed hold of it with her right hand, holding it with both hands now. She brought it up to her mouth and took a bite out of the burrito.

The purple haired girl moaned in pleasure with her eyes closed from the corn burrito's taste. 'It's hard to believe that something simple as this tastes so good. I almost forgotten the taste of simple food after Duel Academy invaded my home'. The purple haired girl said inside of her mind, before her face fell upon thinking of her home and the hardships that came from the invasion.

Food and water had become a hard resource to obtain, and they were nothing fancy or that rare. For instants; all they could drink was simple water that they poured from a water tap and for food; it was either soup or from food canes. With circumstances like that; caring about one's diet was the least of the Xyz Dimension's concerns as surviving and not getting hunted down by duelists of the Fusion Dimension was more important. Lulu and members of the Resistance were able to obtain resources for themselves, but had given a large portion of them to the civilians that didn't duel out of fear.

Now though; she was able to eat without concern and take care of her diet. Lulu felt a little guilty that she got to enjoy a simple meal like this again, while her friends back in Heartland were probably struggling to find food for themselves. Yet, despite wither she liked it or not, there was nothing Lulu can do about it as her Duel Disk didn't have dimensional travel technology to go home to Heartland. Only Yusei had the means to travel, but Lulu knew that he wouldn't allow it as she was still a target for Leo Akaba and returning home would only endanger her people even more than now.

Lulu gave a disheartened sigh with her eyes closed. Her mind thinking back to her important people back in Heartland like Saya, Allen, Shay and… Lulu suddenly stopped herself upon thinking of the last person in her mind and shook her head sideways. "Don't think about him, or you'll hurt yourself at what he did". The Mistress of Birds told herself with a low voice, refusing to think about her ex-boyfriend as all that did was bring pain to herself.

Once; she would have thought about that boy with love, trust and hope as he was one of the people who still held the belief that Dueling was meant to bring people together. Now though; after that "incident", thinking about him only hurt Lulu and her heart as he had tossed aside their belief and became exactly like their enemy. Lulu knew that "he" had every reason to be enraged as he was with how his sister was carded, but what he did was still wrong, however. Not only that, but he also shattered her faith in him.

Lulu sniffled a little with a single tear came out of her left eye. She brought up her left hand and wiped the tear off with the index finger. She looked down at the tear on her finger for a few moments, until her face fell. 'Am I…really that pathetic? Yuto's sister was carded, he had every right to be as enraged as he was, but I lost faith in him and ended our relationship. Was my faith in him that weak, or was I just that weak of a person to break up with him?' The purple haired girl questioned inside of her mind, questioning herself if she was wrong to lose faith and break up with her ex-boyfriend.

"Lulu!" A familiar voice called out towards the Mistress of Birds, grabbing her attention as Lulu turned right to see Yuya walking up towards her, holding his own lunch box with his right hand. The tomato hair styled male stopped in his tracks upon seeing the sad expression on his crush's face, but resumed walking towards her. "Are you okay? What's wrong?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist asked in concern, stopping right beside her on the bench.

Lulu gave a forced smile to the boy that had the same face as the one that broke her heart. "It's nothing… Just a bad memory". The Mistress of Birds replied to Yuya with a reassuring voice to calm him down. The Odd-Eyes Duelist still looked concerned for Lulu, despite her words, as he had no idea what she was talking about. Despite their time together for the past month and 3 weeks, there was still so much that he didn't know about her as Lulu avoided talking about her past.

The purple haired girl looked down at the seat on her right, before shifting her gaze back to the tomato hair styled boy. "You're welcome to sit with me, I'd enjoy your company". Lulu told the student of Satellite's Shooting Star with a welcoming smile. Yuya blushed a little at what she said and at the smile she was giving him. Still, he gave a nod towards the Xyz user, before proceeding to sit down next to her on the bench.

Lulu went back to eating her Corn burrito, while Yuya looked down at his lunch box in his hand. He grabbed hold of the lunch box's top and took it off, revealing the friend shrimp inside. The smell of the friend shrimp caught Lulu's attention as she looked over and frowned slightly at the sea food. "Yuya, please tell me that you've eaten something healthy today to make up for the fried shrimp?" The purple haired female polity asked as she looked towards the Odd-Eyes Duelist's face and leaned a little towards it. Yuya blushed a little more at the lack of distance between their faces and felt his nerves grow uneasy.

Back when Lulu, Rin and Yusei had been living with him and his mother; Lulu had found out about what kind of food he had and had expressed her dislike of it. So she had started to make healthy food in a delicious way for him, and her cooking closely equaled his mother's. So, he had started working on keeping a healthy diet, both for his own sake and to appease Lulu, a decision that the Mistress of Birds had wholeheartedly supported.

"Y-Yeah, I had something this morning on the healthy side". Yuya informed the purple haired female with a nervous voice. Lulu grew a gentle smile on her face at hearing Yuya's words and pulled away from him, much to the Odd-Eyes Duelist's relief and somewhat disappointment. "That's reliving to hear. Keeping a healthy diet will eventually pay off when we grow older. Please remember to look out for your health when it comes to food". The Mistress of Birds told the Pendulum user as she turned back to her Corn burrito and continued eating it.

Yuya gave a small sigh, but saw that she was right as thinking about the future was something that needed to be done. The Odd-Eyes Duelist grabbed the chopsticks in the lunch boy and began to enjoy his lunch with Lulu. It was peaceful and quiet, something that Lulu enjoyed as she preferred listening to the sounds of nature instead of the noisy city. Their peaceful lunch together was interrupted, however.

A single boy around Yuya's age came walking up to Lulu, getting the purple haired girl and the Odd-Eyes Duelist to look at him. The unknown male had spiky white hair that defied gravity, clear blue eyes and pale skin. He was wearing the Paradise School jacket over a white shirt with a red tie, dark red long pants and white shoes. This single male had a nervous expression on his face as he stared at Lulu with hopeful eyes.

Having a good idea what this is about; Lulu gave a nervous smile with her eyes closed at the boy. "H-Hi Azul". The Mistress of Birds greeted the male, revealing what his name was. Azul's face seemed to have brightened at Lulu's greeting to him. "Hello Lulu". The blue-eyed male greeted back to the Xyz Duelist, while Yuya narrowed his eyes in suspicion at him.

This male was a classmate of theirs, but that wasn't why Yuya was on guard around him. Azul was one of Lulu's many lovesick boys that wanted to date her. Yuya didn't like them for 2 reasons. 1 being was that they were interested in the girl that he had a crush for and 2; Lulu was actually very nervous around them.

"I-is there something I can help you with?" The purple haired female asked in a nervous manner, inching a little bit closer to Yuya just in case. Azul began stuttering with his voice nervous, before taking in a deep breath and looked at Lulu in the eyes. "The truth is that… I like you! Will you please be my girlfriend!" Azul confessed, shutting his eyes close in mid-speech, before bowing down a little bit towards the purple haired beauty. Lulu sighed in an exhausted voice at the confession, before opening her eyes to look at the white-haired male.

"Azul…I'm really flattered that you feel that way for me, but I can't return your feelings. Because…" The Mistress of Birds began, before stopping herself with an uncertain expression on her face. She couldn't just tell Azul that she had no feelings for him, that would hurt him emotionally and she never wanted to hurt anyone. Lulu knew that emotionally pain when it came to romance was unavoidable, but rejection was the toughest pain there was when it came to this.

Lulu thought of a way to avoid rejecting Azul, but was unable to think of anything. However, she then looked at Yuya besides her through her right eye's corner and suddenly grew an idea to avoid rejecting the blue eyed male. The purple haired girl gave a small gulp, before forcing herself to grow a really convincing, loving smile. She placed her burrito down on her plastic container, before letting go of it completely. Lulu then brought her hands towards Yuya's left arm and wrapped them around the bicep.

Yuya widened his eyes in surprise at this unexpected action, growing a deep blush all the while. "Play along…" Lulu whispered to her friend in a low voice so that Azul wouldn't hear her. She then turned to look back at the white-haired male and give him her best fake, happy expression. "It's because Yuya and I just became boyfriend and girlfriend". The Mistress of Birds said with a bright smile and eyes closed in fake joy. This caused Yuya to grow an even deeper blush, while Azul shot up and looked at both Lulu and the Odd-Eyes Duelist in disbelief.

Lulu reopened her eyes, before turning to look at Yuya. The Odd-Eyes Duelist became silent as the grave upon seeing the pleading look in the purple haired girl's eyes directed at him. At seeing the plea for help, Yuya decided to play along with whatever it was that Lulu had come up with and turned to look at his classmate, before giving a nod. "Y-Yeah. Sorry Azul, but Lulu and I just confessed before you showed up. Sorry, but she's my girlfriend now and off the market". The tomato hair styled boy told the white-haired male, bringing his right hand up and scratched his cheek.

Azul had a look of comical horror on his face with the gangs of his hair shadowing the eyes. Quicker than lightning, he brought his right forearm to his eyes as he began crying waterfalls in anime style. "Ahhhaaa! How could this have happened? How could the love of my life been stolen before right as I had finally worked up the nerve to confess!? Ahahaha!" Azul cried out dramatically as he turned around and began running off back towards the school.

The "couple" watched the white-haired male run away until he eventually disappeared from sight. Yuya had grown a slightly amused face as he turned to look at the female besides him on the bench. "Love of his live, huh? I'm pretty sure that's flattering". The Odd-Eyes Duelist remarked with an amused voice to lighten the mood. It seemed to work as Lulu grew a small, but real smile at what he said. "A little bit, but he shouldn't say something like that so casually as he has only known me for 2 weeks". The Mistress of Birds stated, before she turned to look at Yuya.

She immediately released her grip on Yuya's arm and folded them on her lap. "I'm sorry for getting you caught up in that Yuya, but the only other way to say "no" to him was to reject him. And you know how I feel when it comes to stuff like that". Lulu told the creator of Pendulum Summoning, her voice low and troubled. Yuya grew a frown at she said and nodded in understanding. He had grown to know her enough that Lulu hated pain, especially if it's her doing the inflicting. True, she would never hurt someone psychically, but emotionally was a different story altogether.

"It's alright, don't worry about it. The only downside is that rumors are probably gonna spread out around the school that we're a couple now". Yuya replied to his crush, before shifting his gaze away and scratched the back of his head. Honestly, he wouldn't mind if the whole school find out about him and Lulu, he only just wished that their relationship was a real one and not a fake one created to keep the males away from Lulu.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist opened his mouth to speak again, only to be cut off by Lulu. "That's okay with me. Honestly; I'd rather have a fake boyfriend than a real one if it means avoiding another confession of love". The purple-haired girl said with an soft voice, as if she was alright with the whole fake love. Lulu's words made Yuya widen his eyes in shock at what she said, before turning to look at her once more.

"What would make you say that, Lulu? I mean; don't you want to know what it's like to have a real boyfriend; someone that you could trust and care about that would be yours. Someone that you could perhaps even…love…" The tomato hair styled boy said with great difficulty at that last part. Yet despite his words, Lulu's expression didn't change at all; she just kept looking down at her lap.

"There's no need; because I already know what it's like". The Mistress of Birds revealed to the tomato hair styled boy, causing Yuya to widen his eyes in confusion and a tint of dread as he had a good idea what she meant. "Lulu…what do you mean by that?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist asked his crush, unintentionally leaking the dread that he was experiencing out of his voice.

Lulu detected the dread in Yuya's voice almost instantly; her time battling Duel Academy back in the Xyz Dimension had heightened her senses sharp enough for her to detect even the slightest things, even a person's feelings in their voices.

Lulu's face fell at the question, starting to wish that she had lied earlier to avoid this situation. One of the many things that she hasn't told Yuya about herself was about her ex-boyfriend. She knew about Yuya's feelings for her, so she kept quiet about that part of her past because she knew that it would impact Yuya hard. Yet now, because of her slip up, she had to tell him one of the truths about herself.

No way out of this; Lulu tilted her head up and turned towards the tomato hair styled boy and gave him a sad look. "I mean…that I had a boyfriend…once". The purple-haired female revealed to the Odd-Eyes Duelist, voice low as she spoke.

Yuya let out a small, but sharp gasp and widen his eyes at what Lulu just revealed to him. He felt multiple different emotions all at the same time; shock, disbelief, jealously, envy and concern. The envy and jealously were at the revelation that the girl that he liked was with someone else that wasn't him. Shock and disbelief that there was someone that Lulu had actually dated before as she nowadays seemed to have no interest in relationships. Finally concern; for he had picked up on how she said "once", meaning something had happened that broke her relationship with this mystery person.

"…What happened? You said "once", so that means you and your ex-boyfriend aren't together anymore, right? But why?" Yuya asked with pure concern in his voice at why a relationship with a gentle girl like Lulu would end in a breakup.

At his question, Lulu faced downwards with an uncertain expression. Telling him the truth was a complete no go as it would involve revealing more of herself to him and of the dimensional war, something that she wanted to keep him out of since Lulu didn't want Yuya in danger.

Quickly thinking up of a lie, Lulu turned to look back at Yuya and gave him a sad look. "…Something happened… An "incident" that…" The Mistress of Birds began, only to stop as her heart began to feel like it was shattering upon thinking about that terrible day. She turned her head forward, held up her hands and looked down at them with sadness and regret that she couldn't stop Yuto from what he did.

"…He…did something that was too much for me to handle, it broke all my faith in him. He…had every right to be angry at what happened, but what he did in retribution wasn't right. It was that decision that shook me to the core and decide to break up with him". Lulu concluded with a disheartened voice, placing both hands over her face and let out a moan of sadness.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist was silent as the grave as he stared at the Xyz Duelist in sorrow for her. Her sadness and regret were clear enough for him to tell that this was a sore subject that should be avoided at all times.

For an instant, Lulu felt the urge to question Yuya if her decision was the wrong choice, but stopped herself. Her choice about the whole matter was her problem, and hers alone to deal with.

The Mistress of Birds pulled her hands away from her face, but still had a look of sadness and regret. "…One thing is for certain; things between him and I won't be the same again, much less being in a relationship". Lulu told the Odd-Eyes Duelist with a certain voice. And she meant it as what she had saw that day had scared her so much that she'll never find it in herself to go out with Yuto again.

Yuya, upon hearing those words, felt relieved and glad, but immediately rid himself of those feelings as he shouldn't be feeling like that. Lulu's break up wasn't an ordinary one, it ended in the bad case scenario. He lurched forward a bit, placed his hands on his knees and let out a deep sigh. "I'm…sorry that it ended like that between you two. I honestly have no idea what it's like, so I have no idea what to say to cheer you up". Yuya told the purple haired female with a disheartened voice that he couldn't help her. When it came to Dueling, smiling or cheering someone up, that he can do with no problem. But relationships and breakups, that is out of his expertise.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist's voice finally made the Mistress of Birds turn to look at him and see the troubled expression on his face. Feeing touched that he wanted to help her made Lulu smile a bit. She then brought her right hand towards Yuya's left shoulder and gently laid it there, causing the tomato hair styled boy to look at her. "Don't worry about it; the fact that you wanted to help me is enough. Besides, the decision I made was one that I have to live with". Lulu told her close friend, before giving him one of her sweet smiles that she reserved only for those closest to her.

Ba-dump!

Yuya felt his heart skip a beat at the sight of the beautiful smile, the same one that he saw the day that he met Lulu. His face flushed a little once more, before directing his gaze back down towards his lunchbox to avoid Lulu seeing it. The Mistress of Birds gave a good-hearted giggle at Yuya's shy attitude, before she looked down at the corn burrito in her lunch boy. Just then, a stray thought stopped her from continuing her meal; one that concerned Yuya and Zuzu.

Lulu turned her head to look back at the tomato hair styled male with a concerned expression. "Yuya…I…I'm sorry if this is an invasion of your own personal business, but I wanted to ask what you're gonna do about Zuzu". The purple haired beauty asked the creator of Pendulum Summoning about one of the many problems he has yet to deal with.

The Winged Beast Duelist's words caused Yuya's face to fall slightly at the mention of his childhood friend. He gave out a small sigh as he rested his head against his right hand.

(Play Naruto Shippuden Man of the World)

"Zuzu clearly cares about you more than just a friend, that's one of the reasons she dislikes me so much. You have a crush on me; someone that hasn't known you as long as Zuzu, so it must be eating her inside at how you have feelings for someone that isn't her. What are you going to do about her?" Lulu questioned the Duelist that has helped restore her broken heart, completely worried about how he'll handle the situation with the Standard piece of her original self.

Yuya silently stared down at the ground and kept his hand against his forehead. The Mistress of Birds patiently waited, giving time for her friend to think. After a minute of silence, the Odd-Eyes Duelist opened his mouth to speak. "Zuzu…is important to me. That'll never change no matter what happens in the future. I depended on her a lot. She's been there for me ever since my Dad left to help his friend, giving me emotion support, a shoulder to lean…and to knock some sense into me with that fan of hers". Yuya said with an amused chuckle, getting Lulu to giggle a little as she had witnessed that happen every now and then.

"I owe a lot to her, but…I just don't feel that way for her. Maybe I would have grown feelings for her if things were different, but they're not. I…only like you in that regard and no one else". The Odd-Eyes Duelist told the Mistress of Birds, lifting his hand off of his head and turned to look at Lulu with a small smile. Lulu's cheeks turned a little red at Yuya's words, but did return the smile to him.

"I'll talk to Zuzu about her feelings and mine soon, but I just need to think of the right way to say it and the right words. I will sort things out with her. But honestly, I'm more worried about her attitude to Yusei". Yuya said in concern, tilting his head upon thinking about his childhood friend's behavior around Satellite's Shooting Star. Lulu gave a small sigh at Yuya's words, yet decided to think about it for another time.

"Let's worry about that later for now. I'm certain that Yusei will sort things out with her before too long, let's just continue our lunch". The Mistress of Birds told her friends, giving a gentle pat on his left shoulder, before turning back to her corn burrito. Yuya looked at the purple haired female for a moment, before he shrugged and nodded to her. He then looked back towards his friend shrimp and resumed eating it.

The two teenagers resumed their meal, but then another stray thought entered Lulu's mind. She took the last bite of her burrito, before glancing over to her "boyfriend". "Curious question about Zuzu; where exactly does she pull that fan out of anyway?" The Mistress of Birds asked with a small grin on her face as she had always wondered where the pink-haired girl pulled that paper fan out of. Yuya chuckled whole heartedly at that question since Lulu wasn't the first to ask that.

"Trust me; that is a million-dollar question". The Odd-Eyes Duelist replied to the Xyz Duelist, causing her to grow a mischievous smile. "So…If I can find the answer; I get a million dollars?" Lulu questioned, before she began giggling and Yuya chuckled a bit as he took the last bite of his friend shrimp. "Sure, and if I can't give you that, I'll hand over all my Duel Points to you". Yuya answered the Winged Beast user, taking a place over to his left pants' pocket where his custom-made Duel Disk was.

Duel Points were something Duelists earned through dueling, it was like earning an incoming, but it only worked for pro duelists, or duelists under the age of 18. Yuya, Lulu and Rin have grown a large amount of Duel Points together, while they had no idea how much Zuzu had since she had preferred avoiding letting the two other females watch her Duel. Yusei had Duel Points as well. Under normal circumstances he'd have to become an official pro duelist to use them, but due to his victory over the Sledgehammer, he was allowed to use them in any way he wished.

The school bell suddenly went off, catching the attention of Yuya and Lulu as they looked off towards the building, before looking at one another. "Looks like our recess is up. Come on; let's head back inside". The Pendulum Duelist said to his crush, standing up from the bench and took a few steps forward with the lunchbox in his left hand.

He then turned around and held his right hand out towards Lulu for her to take. The purple-haired female took the hand that Yuya was offering to her with her right hand, while she held the plastic container with the left hand.

Yuya pulled her off of the bench and onto her feet. The two then let go of each other's hands, before they began walking back towards the main building of Paradise City Prep School. What they didn't notice was that Yuya's pendant and Lulu's bracelet let out tiny lights of their colours.

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(Music end/ Later after school)

A few short hours, probably 2 and a half has passed since Yuya and Lulu's talk together. Now though, the school had finished for the day. All of the students at the prep school either ran out of the building to head home, or group together to make plans together. Among the students walking out of the school were Yuya, Lulu, Zuzu and Rin, with the Odd-Eyes Duelist back to wearing his own jacket, all of them carrying their bags in different styles, but Yuya had a large anime bump on his head.

Just as he had suspected, word got out that his new "relationship" with Lulu and that caused many of the Mistress of Birds' fan boys to erupt in anime tears. Rin, being too quick to act with her fists instead of head, pounded on Yuya hard for "corrupting" her sister before Lulu could have the chance to explain. She did eventually learn the truth though, but had still given a really hard punch to the Odd-Eyes Duelist. Zuzu, surprisingly, was silent through the whole explanation that Yuya and Lulu provided. She did seem upset though, but didn't blow her top off.

Yuya give a slight hiss as he rubbed the anime bump on his head, before giving an anime one-eyed glare at Rin. "How can you punch so hard like that anyway? Zuzu I can get with her paper fan, but with your own bare hands? How is that possible?" The Pendulum Duelist questioned the Witch of the Wind, before wincing a bit. At his words, Rin grew a proud look on her face. "Simple really. Pushups, sit ups and plenty of juice". The Witch of the Wind answered with a joke, getting Lulu to giggle a little at her sister, while Zuzu just looked away to the side.

"Guys!" A trio of familiar voices called out to the teenagers, catching the attention of Yuya, Lulu, Rin and Zuzu as they looked forward with Yuya's bump somehow gone like it was magic. There, waving at them past the school's front gates were Tate, Ally and Frederick with the three children waving towards them. "There you little pipsqueaks are". Rin remarked with a smile, while Yuya waved his right hand towards his young friends as the four teenagers stopped in front of them.

"What are you doing here anyway? Don't tell me you three ditched school, did you?" Lulu questioned with a growing frown on her face, something that Allie sought to quickly clear the misunderstanding. "No, of course not Lulu! We finished up school early today, so we came over here to see you guys". The young red-haired girl told the older female, waving both of her hands in a peaceful manner. At the end of Allie's sentence, Lulu dropped the frown and gave a gentle smile at the red-haired girl.

"That's good to hear. A proper education is an important thing to earn, even if it is a long way away. No ditching school unless there's a really good reason, understood?" Rin questioned the 3 children with a stern voice and eyes slightly narrowed. "Yes Rin, we got that". Tate replied to the green haired girl, giving a two fingered salute with his right hand. The sight made the Witch of the Wind chuckle a bit, before giving an approved nod at him. "Good. Drill it into your head". Rin told them, turning to look at Yuya and Lulu as she spoke.

"Now, if you'll excuse me; I got some spray paint to buy. I'll see you at home Lulu". The green haired girl informed her sister, before she began walking off in the left direction. Yuya, Allie, Tate, Frederick and even Zuzu watched the Witch of the Wind walk away in confusion at why she was heading off to buy spray paint. Lulu was the only one that had a normal expression on her face as she watched her sister walk away.

Rin's Duel Runner was near completion after working on it for the past few weeks. The only things left were the paint job of the runner and installing the Duel System inside of it. Yusei had the part of installing the Duel System, while Rin took care of the paintjob as she wanted it to have the same colour scheme as her hair. That's why she was going shopping for spray paint so that she can paint it when she gets back to the house.

"Well, looks like I'm free of her "terror" for the day, I'm gonna enjoy it fully". Yuya remarked with a wide grin on his face. He then turned to look at his childhood friend with a bright expression. "Hey Zuzu? Let's have a duel back at You Show. It's been a while since we had one together, so I thought it'd be fun for us to duel again". The Odd-Eyes Duelist said to the pink-haired female. Zuzu turned to look at the tomato hair styled boy and, to his surprise, shook her head sideways at him.

"…I have something to take care of, so I can't duel you Yuya". The pink-haired girl told the Odd-Eyes Duelist; before she turned around and began walking off in the right direction, leaving everyone confused at what her plans are. "That was…unexpected". Yuya remarked with a shrug of his shoulders. Lulu turned to look at her "boyfriend" with a curious expression on her face. "Zuzu uses a Melodious deck, right? Has she made any improvements with that deck since she last dueled?" Lulu asked the tomato hair styled boy, getting him to turn towards her.

"To be honest; I have no idea at all. The last time I saw her duel was before you, Rin and Yusei came into our lives. She doesn't even let me see her deck anymore. So honestly, I've got no clue if she's made any improvements or not". Yuya answered the purple-haired girl with an uncertain look. It was true as Zuzu had kept her deck a mystery from everyone, including Yuya and her father as it seemed like she was hiding something.

Lulu looked down and thought what exactly Zuzu was hiding that involved her deck. She had never taken part of the Synchro or Xyz courses of their Duel School, plus even if she did take them in secret, she would have needed to get some Synchro and Xyz Monsters from Yusei. He kept his suitcase close, so she couldn't have snuck some out either. Still, that didn't account for Fusion Summoning, but Lulu highly doubted that Zuzu could have somehow convinced someone from the Leo Institute to teach her.

The purple-haired female shrugged her shoulders, deciding to just forget about the questions of Zuzu and her deck for the moment. "Oh well. Guess I could just duel you Lulu". Yuya remarked, turning to look at the Mistress of Birds. That caught the attention of Lulu as she turned to look at the Odd-Eyes Duelist, while the three children all grew excited upon hearing this. "Really?! We'll get to see Yuya and Lulu duel each other?" Allie asked in excitement, getting the two teenagers to look down towards her, Tate and Frederick.

Seeing the excitement on their faces brought a small smile to the Mistress of Birds' face, so she gave a nod towards them. "Yes, you will. I don't mind dueling Yuya, I've spent some time off of dueling and I need to get back into top condition". The purple-haired female told the group of children with a promising smile. She was lying a little bit about having slacked off of dueling since she had always played against Rin or Yusei without the Duel Disks, dueling with just their cards on a table.

It wasn't exactly training for real, but it was their only way to duel without retrains and avoid letting the Leo Corporation learn all their tricks right away. Still, she'd duel without worry for the kids to teach them as many strategies as they could learn.

"Yay!" Allie, Tate and Frederick cried out in joy, something that made the two teenagers' smiles grow bigger than before. "Then come on! Let's head on over back to You Show and get this show on the road!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist called out with an eager voice, before pointing his right hand in the same direction that Zuzu took off in. The kids laughed in joy, while Lulu smiled as they began to follow Yuya as he led them to their Duel School.

However, they all stopped suddenly as three darts came flying out of nowhere towards them, or more exact; at Yuya. By instinct, Yuya's right hand shot up and caught all three of them at once. The kids gasped in awe at the Odd-Eyes Duelist, while Lulu looked slightly impressed with Yuya's reflexes. "That came out of nowhere". The tomato hair styled boy stated with a raised eyebrow, before shifting his gaze over to where those darts came from.

Walking towards him and the others was a young male around the same age as Yuya, wearing the male school uniform. He had brown hair with blond curls in his forehead. The male had a surprised expression on his face that Yuya caught the darts, but quickly shifted his expression into a happy one. "Wow, colour me impressed. I didn't know you were that fast to react". The boy remarked as he stopped in front of the group, getting Lulu and the kids to look over at him.

Almost immediately, the Mistress of Birds narrowed her eyes in suspicion at the male before them. He may have had a smile on his face, but there was a look in his eyes that put her on guard. She didn't know what it was, but this guy was after something from them. "Who are you?" Yuya questioned the unknown male, snapping Lulu out of her thoughts as she looked towards the Odd-Eyes Duelist with slight concern.

"Me? Merely one of your biggest fans". The brown-haired male replied to Yuya as he reached out to Yuya's right hand with both of his, before grabbing hold of and held it up. "To be precise; the name's Sylvio Sawatari. It's an honour". The now named Sylvio greeted the Odd-Eyes Duelist, shaking his hand like in a handshake. Despite the warm greeting, Lulu narrowed her eyes at the brown-haired male in suspicion as her instincts were telling her to be on guard.

"…Hi there". Yuya greeted the brown-haired male with a natural voice, before holding the darts out to their owner. "I watched you school the Sledgehammer on TV. You were magnificent out there, just like how Yusei Fudo rocked this city a month ago". Sylvio told the tomato hair styled male, pocketing the darts in his jacket's pocket. "Your new Pendulum Summoning method took my breath away. And those cards you used… Sorry, what do you call them again?" The brown-haired male questioned the Odd-Eyes Duelist with a curious voice, holding up his left hand's index finger.

Yuya raised an eyebrow at what Sylvio said, but decided to humor him. "They're called "Pendulum" cards, Sylvio". He answered the brown-haired male, causing Sylvio's smile to grow an inch taller as he took a step forward. "Is that so? I'd be interested in learning how you acquired them. Only a Duelist of the highest caliber could possibly possess such rare cards". Sylvio said with a calm face as he turned around and held both of his hands out to the sides.

His "flattering" only made Yuya and Lulu narrow their eyes at him. His words gave off the impression that rare cards and those of the higher status in life were meant to be great duelists, but the lessons they learned from Yusei taught them otherwise. It doesn't matter if they were of the higher status in life or if they used rare cards, what truly made a duelist great was how they used their cards and them appreciating the card's power. True there were those that were powerful duelists that don't appreciate a card's power, but they were nothing compared to those who did trust in their cards.

"Seriously; you are a Duelist without a match, just like how Yusei was. But the most amazing thing was that dragon of yours". Sylvio continued, turning back around and flicked his hair with his left hand. Having had enough of this guy's "flattering", Lulu turned to look at the Odd-Eyes Duelist besides her. "Yuya, I think we've wasted enough time here. The kids are still looking forward to watching you duel again". The purple haired female reminded him, getting Yuya to turn towards her and nod in understanding.

Sylvio, having overheard Lulu, gave a smile towards the Odd-Eyes Duelist. "If you're planning to demonstrate your Pendulum Summoning, then I have access to a most, ideal venue". The brown haired male told the Pendulum user, before looking down at the watch around his left wrist.

"An hour from now, you could showcase your talents at the Leo Institute. You'll take center stage on their center court". The brown-haired male informed the Odd-Eyes Duelist, leaning a bit forward towards him with his right hand's index finger up.

Yuya slightly widened his eyes in surprise at what Sylvio said. It did sound too good to be true as the Leo Institute was the greatest Duel School in the world with their home base here in Paradise City, but something didn't add up. Judging by what Sylvio said; he was a student of the world's famous Duel School, but how could he have access to their center field where the students duel. Yuya felt suspicion with this whole thing, before he looked and noticed the LID badge on Sylvio's left collar.

"You're a student of the Leo Institute?" Yuya questioned, shifting his gaze back toward Sylvio's face as the brown haired male nodded. "That's right, and not only that. My father is also expected to be the city's next mayor, so I definitely have influence with the school's higher ups". Sylvio answered, turning around once more and pointed his left hand's index finger up towards the sky, as if he was pointing towards the "higher ups" that he spoke off.

Lulu narrowed her eyes a bit, while Allie, Tate and Frederick were all on board with the idea. "Letting Yuya duel there is an amazing honour!" Tate called out with his hands held up in front to express his excitement. "Can we come along?" Allie asked with her eyes sparkling anime style in excitement. "Pretty please, we'll be your best friends". Frederick pleaded with his hands held up to express his excitement as well. Lulu gave a small smile at the kids' excitement and lack of suspicion as it was a sign that they were happy.

The three kids turned to look at Yuya and pleaded with him. "It shall be a new experience. Plus, I heard the Leo Institute has a great snack bar, we got to check it out!" Frederick exclaimed in excitement that was shared by his friends as Allie and Tate nodded. Yuya and Lulu took a moment to stare at one another, before they nodded. If things did get hairy in a bad way, they'll handle the situation themselves.

"All right guys, we'll go check it out". Lulu told the children as she turned to look back at them, causing them all to cry out in joy. "You're all more than welcome to join us. And now…let us be off". Sylvio told the group as he began leading the way to the Leo Institute. Tate, Frederick and Allie laughed in excitement as they pulled on Yuya's right hand and Lulu's left one as they followed after the LID student. Unknown to them was that Sylvio gave off a devilish grin that was hidden from the You Show Duel School students. "Everything is going according to plan". The brown-haired male stated with a smirk. Yet, what he didn't know was that someone heard his words.

Lulu narrowed her eyes at Sylvio's back. 'I knew that this guy was up to something. The only question is what it is'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself in suspicion, keeping her thoughts in to find out what it is Sylvio was after.

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(Half an hour later at the You Show Duel School)

Outside of the Duel School created by Yusho Sakaki, Yusei stood near the entrance in front of his parked Duel Runner. The right handlebar was pulled up and the extra compartment was open, revealing the photo of Yusei's parents, the spare helmet, laptop and briefcase. However, they were five new things inside of the extra compartment. They were all five deck boxes that contained all the cards that he picked out for his friends back home for when he reunited with them.

After his talk with Skip and organizing the cards for his friends, Yusei had some free time to himself. He was just relaxing and enjoyed himself as free time was something he appreciated after everything he's gone through. Now though, he had something to attend to and was getting ready to head off.

Yusei finished placing the last deck box inside of the extra compartment. He moved his right hand up towards the pulled up seat to pull it down and close the extra compartment, but stopped himself. Satellite's Shooting Star looked down at the photo of his parents and himself, before reaching down to it with his left hand. He grabbed hold of the photo, before pulling it up to his face to get a better look.

Yusei let out a deep sigh and smiled longingly at the image of his father and mother. Ever since he met his mother thanks to the Crimson Dragon, Yusei had begun wondering what his life would have been life if Zero Reverse had never happened. He had some clue thanks to Z-one telling him about his history, but still wondered what it had been like if his parents had raised him. The Synchro Duelist shook his head sideways to rid himself of those thoughts as he was content with how his life turned out, so there was no need to be thinking about what-ifs.

"Father, mother… I miss you guys". Satellite's Shooting Star said with a sad voice, before he put the photo away in the extra compartment. Behind Satellite's Shooting Star, Stardust Trail appeared with her hands folded together in front of her lap. 'Yusei…Is everything alright?' The female dragon asked her duelist in concern, eyes still closed as she spoke.

Yusei turned to look over his left shoulder at Stardust Trail and gave a reassuring smile to her. "Don't worry. I'm just…thinking about my parents". Satellite's Shooting Star replied to the Dragon-Type monster, causing her to grow a small smile.

'I'm sure they're watching over you from the other world, even now'. Stardust Trail told the bearer of the Crimson Dragon's head, which he gave a nod to her. "I know they are. Being able to meet them both was more than I could have ever asked for. I still miss them and probably will for the rest of my life, but I'm content to know that they loved me". The Stardust Duelist said with a soft voice upon thinking about his interactions with his parents and the love they had for him.

Stardust Trail grew a small smile at her duelist's words. She may not have been with Yusei when he had interacted with his parents, but had heard from Yusei's other monsters about them. She was a bit taken back by how Yusei's father was strict with him in the duel against Z-one, but could understand it was needed. She only wished that she could have met them.

Yusei closed the extra compartment of his Duel Runner, before he mounted it and placed his helmet on. "I've spent enough time thinking about my parents. I better hurry and head to the docks or I'll be late". Satellite Shooting Star said as he pressed on his helmet's left side button, causing the visor to erupt out and cover his eyes. Stardust Trail nodded to her duelist, before she disappeared and returned to the Spirit World.

Yusei pulled down the right handlebar and turned off the parking mode. He kept the Duel Runner balanced with his right foot, before he took it off the ground and twisted the handlebar. The Duel Runner shot out down the walkway with Yusei press starting the accelerator and twisted the handlebars, causing the Duel Runner's engine to roar. Satellite's Shooting Star drove his Duel Runner without trouble towards the docks of Paradise City to meet with the person that was waiting for him there.

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(Back with the others)

Sylvio led Yuya, Lulu, Tate, Frederick and Allie through Paradise City towards the Leo Institute of Dueling building. They eventually arrived and were walking up to the front door of the building. "On behalf of my fellow students, welcome to the Leo Institute of Dueling!" Sylvio pronounced as the front door slide open for them all. The six walked through the open door and into the open hall of LID. Immediately, the eyes of Tate, Frederick and Allie sparkled in awe, while Yuya and Lulu simply widened their eyes in surprise.

Unlike the You Show Duel School, the Leo Institute was perhaps 10 times larger with the "LID" logo displayed high above. There was even a hologram of the three words together and a monitor underneath the "LID" displayed. There were multiple kids all around, taking, working out and even trading cards. The windows of the hall showed some duelists in the middle of a duel as well. The open hall was filled with so many kids of different ages and in the levels up above were more kids dueling each other, but without Duel Disks.

Sylvio began leading them down the hall with Yuya, Lulu, Allie, Tate and Frederick following right behind him. "As you probably know, the institute is managed by the Leo Corporation. They've spared no expense to turn our school into one of the world's top Duel institutions". Sylvio informed the group as they continued onwards with Lulu looking through some of the windows to see some kids her age practice drawing their cards, only were using hand weights instead of cards.

"Yes…We have only the best". Sylvio remarked, causing Lulu to shift her gaze over to his back and glare at it. 'That's what you think, but in reality you people are nowhere near good enough. Compared to Duel Academy, you would all fall to them just as easily as my people did. We thought we were the best as well, but were dead wrong'. The Mistress of Birds thought inside her mind, changing expression into one of sadness as the kids here didn't possess the iron Dueling that the Resistance had developed in their battle against Duel Academy. She had saw it in their eyes, that's why she knew these kids were no match for even Duel Academy's weakest soldiers.

"This place produces lots of champions". Tate told his friends with a wide grin on his face. "I know. That's why they're the top of the top". Frederick remarked with a wide smile, something that Lulu disagreed with. "I hear they have the best equipment here too". Fate added in with a grin. "Our faculty always says "if you want to achieve excellence, you must surround yourself with excellence". Sylvio remarked with a certain grin, yet that only made Lulu scoff a bit.

Thanks to the Crimson Dragon showing her; Lulu knows that Yusei became a great duelist in the Satellite, a place that used to be filled with trash, but was now reformed. Yusei was proof that even at the lowest place; a powerful duelist can be born.

"It's just like in You Show, but we surround ourselves…with mediocrity". Allie commented with her hands up and eyes closed in joy, getting an amused chuckle from Lulu. "I've heard that You Show used to be less popular than it is now. Given that your school teaches Synchro and Xyz now, I guess there's that". Sylvio remarked, turning to look at the red-haired girl as they continued to walk.

Yuya had stopped in front of a window that had a schedule for the different classes that the Leo Institute had for the students. He looked at the schedule's classes, where he saw they had not only a Summoning course, but an Xyz, Synchro and Fusion classes. The Odd-Eyes Duelist's eyes narrowed a bit at the last one. The You Show School, although most of them didn't know it, had everything they needed to make their Fusion course given that Yusei knows Fusion Summoning, but there was still one problem keeping Satellite's Shooting Star from revealing that secret.

Yuya looked over his right shoulder to Lulu, before his face fell. Her fear of Fusion Summoning was all that was keeping that secret from coming out. Yuya really didn't want to find out what would happen if Lulu found out that her adopted father knew the Summoning method that had a deep scare on her. So, they've kept it a secret and will continue to do so until Lulu finally gets over her fear.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist returned to looking through the schedule, before taking notice that it showed one last course. Yuya looked at the last course and, to his surprise, saw that it was a Ritual course. That was surprising as LID was rumored only to have Fusion, Synchro and Xyz, but to hear that they do Ritual as well, was quit the shock. And unlike them, Yuya wasn't certain that they had the means to create a Ritual course.

"Wow…Now this is eye-catching. Things have really changed nowadays. Not only does the Leo Institute teach Fusion, Synchro and Xyz now, but Ritual as well". Yuya said in awe, resting his school bag over his left shoulder. While he was speaking, a boy that was a year younger and a few inches shorter than Yuya had walked past him.

It was a short, young boy with light cyan hair that is tied up and spiked out. He wore a blue jacket with a yellow and orange trim over a black t-shirt. He also had on a pair of light gray cargo shorts over long white socks and brown shoes. He was also currently enjoying a pink lollypop.

What Yuya had said caught the attention of the boy as he stopped in his tracks and looked over his left shoulder towards the Odd-Eyes Duelist. After staring for a few moments, the cyan-hair coloured boy continued on his way. The sound of his footsteps caught Yuya's attention as he looked over towards the walking away boy. He didn't know why, but there was somekind of feeling he was getting from the younger boy.

"Yuya?" Lulu said to the tomato hair styled boy, getting Yuya's attention as he looked over and saw Sylvio, Lulu, Allie, Tate and Frederick waiting for him. "The Central Dueling zone is this way". Sylvio informed the Pendulum user, pointing in a random direction, before walking off in that same direction. Allie, Tate and Frederick followed after him, while Lulu waited for Yuya. The Odd-Eyes Duelist began walking after the four with Lulu walking besides him on his right.

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(LID Central Court)

Sylvio eventually lead them all to a large and very wide Duel field of the building. It had many stands for people to watch, a monitor, Arc System underneath the field and a gate connected to the stands. Yuya, Lulu, Allie, Tate, Frederick and Sylvio had just entered the field through one of the gates, and the kids gasped in awe at the magnificent field before them.

Yuya and Lulu looked around themselves as the kids expressed their awe in their words. "This is one big Duel field, that's for certain". Yuya remarked, turning his head around to look at his surroundings of the duel field. Lulu agreed with her "boyfriend" on that, but kept quiet as she didn't feel the need to make a comment about LID's Duel field.

The group then saw three more males wearing the Paradise City Prep School uniform approaching them. One had green hair, another had dark hair and the last one's hair was grayish brown hair. The brown haired one lifted his right hand and waved at them. "Hey". The male greeted with a carefree voice. Sylvio turned to look at Yuya, while pointing towards the three with his right hand's index finger.

"These gents have also become big fans of yours as well. They're curious about the cards you used to Pendulum Summon. You wouldn't mind letting them have a look, would you?" Sylvio asked the Odd-Eyes Duelist, turning around to face him as he spoke. Before Yuya could respond to the brown haired male, Lulu wrapped her right arm around Yuya's left arm, getting his attention as he looked at the purple-haired female.

"Yuya, I don't like this. It's too suspicious; we should just go back to You Show". The Mistress of Birds told the Pendulum user with narrowed eyes full of suspicion, taking a moment to look past Yuya towards Sylvio.

What she said did make Yuya narrow his eyes a little bit in suspicion as well, but he eased his gaze and put his right hand over her left one. "I'll admit that this whole thing is fishy, but we can't be too suspicious. For all we know; we're just being a little paranoid. But if they are up to something, I'll take care of it. You just look after the kids". The Odd-Eyes Duelist replied to his crush, rubbing her hand gently. Lulu looked uncertain about this whole thing, but decided to trust her "boyfriend" and let go of his arm.

Yuya gave Lulu a reassuring smile, before he placed his left hand in his pocket. He then brought it out with the deck in hand, before he spread them out in hand to look through all the cards at one. He spotted his Timegazer Magician and Stargazer Magician, before he took hold of them with his right hand. Yuya held them up and stared at the cards' images. 'If he tries anything, I'll get you guys back'. The Odd-Eyes Duelist thought to himself, before holding the cards out.

"Here". The Odd-Eyes Duelist said with narrowed eyes in caution. Then, Sylvio snatched the Pendulum cards from Yuya's hand with his right one. This action made Yuya and Lulu narrow their eyes, while Allie, Tate and Frederick gasped in surprise. Sylvio went to his friends and showed them the Pendulum cards. "See". The brown-haired male said to his friends as they all looked at the two Pendulum cards in awe.

The three males were in awe at seeing Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician. "So I can Pendulum Summon with these cards". The brown-haired male said in awe, before he took Stargazer Magician's card, while the grayish haired one took Timegazer Magician. "This one is mine!" The grayish haired boy exclaimed, but Sylvio took back the two Pendulum cards gently. "Gentleman please, you can't have these Pendulum cards… They aren't yours". The brown-haired male told the three as his eyes shifted to the corners, getting the three to groan in disappointment.

Tate, Allie and Frederick looked relived as they believed Sylvio was gonna hand the cards back, yet Yuya and Lulu didn't look reassured as their eyes were still narrowed at the LID student. "Give my cards back, Sylvio". The Odd-Eyes Duelist told the brown-haired male with a serious voice, still keeping hold of his deck with his left hand. "Sorry, no can do. After all, they're mine now. I'm adding them to my rare card collection". Sylvio replied to Yuya as he turned around to face him, while his lackeys began chuckling.

Allie, Tate and Frederick gasped in surprise, while Yuya and Lulu didn't look surprised. "I knew it. You called us here to steal Yuya's Pendulum cards for yourself, didn't you?" The Mistress of Birds accused the LID student as she let go of her school bag, causing it to fall to the ground. What nobody noticed was that near one of the gates of the duel field, someone entered and noticed what was going on.

"Looks like there's someone smart among you guys after all. I happen to prefer rare cards. In my opinion, they're the only cards that are worth collecting. Your cards are so unique, I simply can't resist them". Sylvio said with a growing smug expression as he held the two Pendulum cards with his right hand's index and middle fingers, while the dark-haired male crackled a bit.

Yuya narrowed his eyes in annoyance at what they said and the smug expressions on his face. Deciding to screw them over a bit, Yuya picked up two more cards from his deck and held them up. The Odd-Eyes Duelist gave an unimpressed whistle as he turned them over to reveal they were Performapal Gentrude and Performapal Ladyange.

The sight of the two more Pendulum cards wiped the smug expressions off of Sylvio and his friends as they all now looked shocked. "What in the-How do you have more Pendulum cards?!" The brown-haired male questioned in disbelief, having thought that Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician were Yuya's main Pendulum cards. Yuya allowed himself to grow a small grin on his face as he put the two cards back into his deck.

"That's my little secret, and the best part is that I have more than just them as well". The Odd-Eyes Duelist answered, bringing his cards back into a straight deck, before holding it out to reveal the top card to be Noble Dragon Magician. Sylvio and his lackeys began growling in anger, Lulu had a small, sly smile on her face, while the kids were laughing a little at how the situation had turned around.

Sylvio calmed himself down and gave a grin as he held up Timegazer Magician and Stargazer Magician's cards. "No matter. I still have these two Pendulum cards with me, so that makes them mine now". The brown-haired stated, trying to sound smug again even with the slight twitch of his right eye visible. Yuya narrowed his eyes at what Sylvio said, while Lulu took notice of something from the corner of her right eye.

She slightly tilted her head right and saw someone approaching Sylvio from the side. It was a girl around the same age as Lulu and even around the same height. She had brown braided hair in a single ponytail, tan skin and emerald green eyes. She was wearing a cargo open jacket with ripped off sleeves and a collar with what appeared to be dinosaur teeth over a black turtle neck t-shirt. She also had navy blue jeans on and black boots over it. Not to mention, she had an angry frown on her face directed at Sylvio.

"Not for long if I have anything to say about that". Yuya remarked, putting his deck away in his pocket. Sylvio just gave a chuckle in response at the Odd-Eyes Duelist's words. "Oh please. There is no scenario that you'll be getting these cards ba-". The brown-haired boy began, only to be cut off in mid-speech as the unknown girl leaped towards him, reared her right fist back and then rammed it down hard on Sylvio's head.

Kabow!

Sylvio cried out in comical pain with anime white eyes, while everyone widened their eyes in surprise. Sylvio collapsed to the group face-flat, while the braided hair girl landed on her feet, before glaring down at the brown-haired male in disapproval. Sylvio's lackeys turned to look at who attacked their friend, only to gasp in shock at seeing the female. "S-She's…" The grayish haired male stuttered in disbelief as he and the other two took a step back.

"Cera Toppr… One of the Xyz course's best duelists…" The dark-haired male finished for his friend, catching Lulu's attention at what he said. The Mistress of Birds turned to look at the girl called Cera and stared at her, while the brown-haired female continued to stare down at Sylvio in disapproval. Unlike the other students that she's seen here in the Leo Institute, this Cera girl had a sharpness to her, but it wasn't like the ones that the Resistance has developed in the battle against Duel Academy.

Cera paid no attention of everyone's gazes on her and just continued to stare down at Sylvio. Speaking of the brown-haired male, he groaned as he pushed himself off of the ground, before looking over his left shoulder at the Xyz Duelist. "What was that for and where did you come from?" Sylvio questioned with a voice full of pain as he was still recovering from the punch that felt like iron.

"I came in here to be alone, and what do I find? You being an idiot and trying to steal someone else's cards". Cera answered, crossing her arms as she brought up her right foot, before pressing it down on Sylvio's back, causing him to comically cry out in pain.

Yuya felt a shiver go through him as this girl greatly reminded him of Rin with the tough girl attitude she was giving off. "You may be one of the Ritual course's top duelists now and son of someone that very possibly might become the next mayor, but that does not give you the right to steal someone else's cards!" Cera continued as she began stomping her foot down on Sylvio in anime style with him continuing to cry out in comical pain. Everyone watched with anime sweat drops as Cera "came down" hard on Sylvio.

Eventually, the braided hair girl stopped stomping on her fellow LID student with Sylvio more than grateful for it to be over. Cera's eyes then wandered over to Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician's cards in Sylvio's right hand. She knelt down, grabbed hold of Sylvio's right wrist tightly and forcefully took the cards from him. "Hey!" Sylvio called out with wide eyes as Cera stood up fully on her feet with the cards in hand.

"You don't take another person's cards, unless they are won through the Ante Rule!" Cera snapped at the brown-haired male, which shut him up as Sylvio grumbled. Cera then turned her sight to the You Show gang with Yuya narrowing his eyes at her, wondering what she was gonna do with his Pendulum cards in hand.

But, much to his surprise, she tossed the two cards towards him. Yuya caught his Pendulum cards with his right hand and looked at them in surprise. Lulu, Allie, Tate and Frederick were just as surprised as Yuya that the LID student before them gave the Odd-Eyes Duelist back his cards.

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(Meanwhile)

In the LID monitor room that was fully repaired from the outburst of Synchro energy that Majestic Star Dragon, the events that were taking place in the Center Field were on display on a holographic field in front of the platform with the shelf. Claude was standing in front of the shelf and was frowning on what was being shown. "Just what is that girl thinking? Now we won't be able to get and analyze the Pendulum cards!" The right-hand man of the president of Leo Corporation exclaimed in frustration that their chance to acquire the Pendulum cards might be gone.

"Do not worry, Claude". A familiar voice told the adult male, catching Claude's attention as he looked over his left shoulder to see his boss; Declan coming up to the platform via the lift. "I set Cera up to this. I wasn't completely confident that Sylvio would keep his word of bringing us the Pendulum cards, so I had Cera take part in this". The president of the Leo Corporation explained to his right-hand man as he walked forward and took his seat in front of the shelf.

"But Mr. President, now we won't be able to analyze Yuya Sakaki's Pendulum cards". Claude said to his boss with an uncertain look, yet Declan didn't turn to face him and instead kept his eyes on the holographic screen. "Do not worry; we'll still be able to analyze them. Just watch". The silver haired male replied to the adult man, resting his hands on the shelf and brought them together. Claude frowned a little, but did what his boss said and returned to watching the events taking place.

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(Back at the center field)

"I am terrible sorry for what this idiot attempted to do". Cera apologized to the You Show students, bowing her head to them as Sylvio sat up from the ground and rubbed his back. "It's…okay?" Yuya replied to the branded haired girl in a slightly confused voice. Cera lifted her head up and turned her gaze over towards Lulu, who blinked a little at the female staring at her.

"Excuse me, but are you Lulu Obsidian, the Mistress of Birds?" Cera questioned the purple haired girl, causing Lulu to raise an eyebrow at her. "…Yes, I am". The Mistress of Birds answered the L.I.D student with a cautious tone. The braided hair girl grew a smile at Lulu's answer. "That is great". The LID student stated with a grin, before swiping his left hand out and pointed towards Lulu with the index finger.

"Lulu Obsidian, I challenge you to a Duel with the Ante Rule!" Cera declared, causing everyone to widen their eyes in shock at her challenge. "Hey, what's this Ante Rule that this girl is talking about?" Allie questioned her friends with a curious voice. Frederick gave a shrug of his shoulders as he had no idea. Tate, however, knew exactly what it was. "The Ante Rule is a rule added where both Duelists wager their rarest cards. The loser has to give up their cards to the winner". The blue-haired boy informed his friends what an Ante Duel is.

Allie and Frederick gasped in shock at hearing this as they turned to look at Lulu, while she stared at the braided hair female with narrowed eyes. "…You want to duel me with the Ante Rule? Why?" The Xyz Duelist questioned Cera in a voice full of caution. "I do not mean any disrespect to you, believe me on that. I honestly just wish to have your Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale". The female LID student answered with an honest voice, yet that only made Lulu narrow her eyes even more than before.

"But don't worry; you won't be the only one wagering something. I will wager this card of mine. The Equip Spell; Emperor's Armor". Cera informed the purple haired girl as she held up her right hand with a Spell card in between her index and middle fingers. Lulu looked and indeed saw the card that the braided hair girl was wagering was Emperor's Armor, a rare card.

Before Lulu could give her response, Sylvio then shot up to his feet and pointed towards Yuya with his right hand's index finger. "Yuya Sakaki; I also challenge you to an Ante Rule duel for your Pendulum cards!" The brown-haired male declared to the Odd-Eyes Duelist, getting Yuya to turn towards him. "Even if I agreed to that, you'd need to wager 2 cards for that". The tomato hair styled boy pointed out to the brown-haired male.

Sylvio growled in anger at Yuya's words, before he placed his hand into his jacket's pocket. "Fine then! I'll wager these two cards!" Sylvio exclaimed, bringing out his hand, now holding the two cards and held them out.

Yuya looked and saw that the two cards that Sylvio was holding were the Spell card; Pre-Preparation of Rites and the Monster card; Chaos Dragon Levianeer. The Odd-Eyes Duelist raised an eyebrow at the two cards; he might add Chaos Dragon Levianeer to his deck, but he did not have a Ritual Spell or Ritual monster on his deck. The prizes might not be ideal, but Sylvio tricking them and attempting to steal his cards had ticked him off a bit.

"Alright, consider your challenge accepted!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist told the LID student, before he brought out his Duel Disk with his left hand and transferred it to the right one. What Yuya said made Lulu turn towards him with wide eyes of surprise as he placed his custom-made Duel Disk on his left forearm. "Yuya, what are you doing?" The Mistress of Birds questioned the tomato hair styled boy as Yuya's Duel Disk activated.

"I know what I'm doing is both risky and stupid, but I really want to teach that guy a listen for trying to steal my cards". The Odd-Eyes Duelist replied to the teenage female, eyes locked on Sylvio as he placed on a green Standard Dimension Duel Disk on his left forearm. Lulu gave a small sigh as she could understand her "boyfriend's" reasons as she would want to get back at someone that tried to steal her cards, but was still worried since from what Cera said about Sylvio, he was a Ritual Duelist.

Just then, an idea came to her mind, one that would ensure she would look after Yuya in his Duel. Lulu turned to look at Cera and saw the waiting expression on the braided hairstyle girl's face. "I'll accept your duel on one condition". The Mistress of Birds told Cera with a serious expression and voice. That caught everyone's attention with Yuya looking at Lulu with wide eyes, while Cera looked intrigued.

"Fascinating… Okay I'll bite. What is this condition of yours?" The female L.I.D questioned the Xyz Duelist, her curiosity leaking out of her voice. "Instead of just a one-on-one duel, let's settle this in a Tag-Duel!" Lulu revealed to her opponent, getting everyone to gasp in surprise at what she said. Cera, on the other hand, looked very eager now. "You've just made my day. Okay then, you got yourself a deal! This'll be a Tag Duel!" The brown-haired female declared, throwing her right hand out to the side.

Lulu looked relived that her condition was met. Yuya, not so much as he looked at her in alarm. "Lulu, why are you doing this? There was no need for you to wager your ace monster, so why?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist questioned the purple haired female as he didn't want her to risk the cards she loved. The Mistress of Birds turned to look at her "boyfriend" and gave him a kind smile.

"It's true that I'd hate to risk my cards, but I don't want you to duel someone alone with your cards at risk. This way, I've got your back". Lulu explained to the Odd-Eyes Duelist with a soft tone, before tilting her head down. The last time she left Yuto alone when his sister was carded, she regretted her decision as what had happened was irreversible. That's why she wasn't gonna leave Yuya alone like she did with Yuto.

Yuya's gaze softened a little at the purple-haired girl's words, before he smiled at her. "Alright, let's do this together". The tomato hair styled boy said to his "girlfriend", which she nodded to him with a determined expression. Lulu then turned to look at Allie, Tate and Frederick and saw the kids standing behind her and Yuya. "You three go watch this duel in the stands where you'll be safe. This won't take long". The Mistress of Birds told the children, giving them a small wave of her left hand.

The kids looked at the millions of seats around the duel field, before they turned to look back at their seniors. "But are you guys gonna be okay against them? They're students of the Leo Institute, the number 1 Dueling school in the world!" Tate exclaimed in concern for his friends, which Allie and Frederick nodded in agreement to what he said. "It doesn't matter what Duel School someone goes to, that has nothing to do with how someone handles their deck". Yuya told the three children without turning to look at them. His eyes were locked on Cera and Sylvio as the female LID duelist stepped besides her fellow student of the Leo Institute.

Lulu gave a short nod of agreement to what Yuya said, but kept her attention on Allie, Tate and Frederick. "Don't worry about us; everything's gonna be okay. Now go take a seat somewhere and enjoy the Duel". The Mistress of Birds told the three with a gentle, reassuring voice. The three children still looked worried, but they nodded to their seniors.

They left the duel field and went to sit down somewhere in the stands. Lulu smiled a little at seeing the kids comply with her, before she faced forward with her expression shifting into a slightly serious one.

Sylvio's three lackeys also left the duel arena and moved to the stands to watch the duel. Sylvio turned to look at the girl besides him as Cera placed an electric blue Duel Disk on her left forearm. "Don't get in my way. I'm winning those Pendulum cards that you gave to Yuya". The brown-haired male told his teammate, getting Cera to look at him through the corner of her left eye.

"1: They were Yuya's cards in the first place. 2: don't presume you're gonna win; a duel is always undecided until the last card is played. And 3: when this is all over; I'm taking you to my dad's boot camp to teach you some humility". The braided hair female told the male LID student, causing him to shiver a bit at the thought of boot camp.

Lulu brought out her Duel Disk, the same one that she received from the Fusion Dimension and placed it on her left forearm. Then, the Duel Disks of Lulu, Sylvio and Cera activated, before all four duelists brought out their decks with their right hands and slotted them in. Their decks all shuffled via the Duel Disks' shuffle system. The children of You Show Duel School sat together on one side of the stands, while Sylvio's friends sat on the opposite side.

"Now I'll select an Action field". Sylvio said as he brought up his right hand with the index finger out. "Let's take this sky high! I choose the Action Spell; Prison Tower of Darkville!" He called out, throwing his right hand into the air as multiple Field Spell cards erupted from the ground below them. The Arc System underneath the field began to activate with beams of light erupting out. "Augmented Reality Combat System Energized! Generating Action Field!" The Ai called out as the Duel Field began to glow a pink colour, before chains erupted out of the ground.

Yuya and Lulu looked around their surroundings with wide eyes as the Field Spell; Prison Tower of Darkville appeared from the glow. "Shame that we don't have prisoners to put on that prison tower, but oh well". Sylvio remarked, holding his right hand against one of the buildings as the field generated around them. "If you did do something like that, then I'd make your day a living hell!" Cera snapped at her partner, sitting down at the edge of a building that erupted from the pink glow.

Yuya and Lulu stayed together as they jumped across rooftops that were appearing from the glowing field, before they stopped at a single rooftop that was at the edge of the town. "That looks really big". Frederick commented, looking up at the prison tower that was growing larger and larger by the second. "I don't know why, but something tells me we really dodged a bullet thanks to that Cera girl". Tate remarked with a slight shiver upon thinking of being trapped at the top of the prison tower. "We should be counting our lucky stars then". Allie said with her hands folded in her lap as the Action Field finished materializing completely.

Yuya and Lulu were now in the middle of the Action Field's streets, standing across Sylvio and Cera with all four of them standing 10 feet away from each other. "Okay, so how are we gonna do this? What are the rules for this Tag Duel?" The Mistress of Birds questioned as the rules for this Tag Duel have not been decided yet. "The rules are simple. We each have our own fields, Life Points and Graveyards. We're all free to use our partners' cards. When two partners of this duel are defeated, the winners are decided". Cera informed her opponent's as she stood with her left forearm held in front of herself.

"This is gonna be interesting". Yuya remarked as the blades of his and Lulu's Duel Disks activated and took shape with the two of them holding their left forearms up. "What's gonna be interesting is that when I win this duel, I'll be having Pendulum cards in my deck". Sylvio said with a grin as he held up his left forearm, before the blades of his and Cera's Duel Disks activated and materialized. Sylvio's blade had a green colour, while Cera's was a pure black one.

"Enough talking, let's get Dueling!" Cera exclaimed, punching the air forward with her right fist. "You just took the words right out of my mouth". Lulu said to the female L.I.D Duelist as she, Yuya, Sylvio and Cera drew their starting hand and held the 5 cards with their right hands. "Let's Duel!" All four of them cried out, officially starting the Tag Duel with those words.

Lulu Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Yuya Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Cera Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Sylvio Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Action cards gathered above the field, before they dispersed all over the field. "Action cards dispersed!" The same female AI voice from before called out as the four transferred their starting hand to their left hands. They then shifted their eyes towards their receptive opponents, ready to get this Duel starting with the fate of their cards at stake.

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(Leo Corporation monitor room)

Both Declan and Claude were silent as they watched the holographic screen as the Action Duel began. Claude had a small frown on his face, while Declan had a perfectly calm face. 'These events aren't what I was hoping for, but they are acceptable. Now, not only can I see Pendulum Summoning and analyze it here, but I can find out more about this Lulu Obsidian'. The president of Leo Corporation thought to himself with his gaze focused on Lulu's image on the screen.

Just as Yusei interested him greatly, so did Lulu and Rin as their Xyz and Synchro Summoning energies were beyond the ones here in the Standard Dimension. Not only that, the two girls had no backgrounds whatsoever, they've searched themselves. Declan greatly suspected that Rin was from the Synchro Dimension, while Lulu came from the Xyz Dimension.

He wanted to see more proof before making any conclusions. At first his aim was to focus on Yuya and his Pendulum Summoning, but earlier had received a report from Claude that Sylvio not only brought the Odd-Eyes Duelist, but Lulu as well. So, he called for Cera and spoke to her about watching the girl closely as Sylvio dueled Yuya. He didn't account for her to step in and give Yuya his Pendulum cards back, nor for her to challenge Lulu into a Duel with the Ante Rule.

He was pleased through that Yuya and Sylvio would still duel as this would give the opportunity to collect data on Pendulum Summoning that'll eventually play a big part in them creating their own Pendulum cards. He was rather fascinated that thanks to Lulu, the duel became a Tag Duel. If all goes well and if Sylvio and Cera win the tag duel and prizes, he'll get to analyze the Pendulum cards and Assembled Nightingale. And even if they lose, data on Pendulum Summoning and on Lulu will still be obtained. Last, but not least, this would give him a good chance to see the dueling skills of Yuya and Lulu when risks are involved.

So, he sat back and watched as the tag duel began with great attention.

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(Meanwhile at the harbor)

While the events at LID were taking place, another group of events were about to take place as well. At Paradise City harbor, Yusei stood near one of the warehouses, leaning his back against the building with his Duel Runner parked nearby. Satellite's Shooting Star had his Duel Disk equipped to his left forearm with both arms crossed and head tilted down.

He had just arrived in the harbor 10 minutes ago and has been waiting patiently in the exact same position. He had been practicing meditating, something that he had learned in one of his visits to the Strong Dojo. It was something that Yusei had grown to enjoy as it helped sets his mind at the task at hand and calm him. It even helped him think about his friends back home.

Sadly, his peaceful meditation was about to come to an end. "Thank you for coming here". A familiar voice thanked Satellite's Shooting Star, getting Yusei to open his eyes and tilt his head left. Walking up towards him was Zuzu, who had her Duel Disk equipped to her left forearm and had a serious frown on her face. Yusei slightly narrowed his eyes at the Standard piece of Ray, before he pushed himself off of the warehouse and turned to look at Zuzu.

Early in the morning, he had received a message from Zuzu that told him to come meet her at the harbor an hour after school ended for the day. Yusei was a bit confused, especially as the message had mention bringing his Duel Disk and deck. Curiosity getting the better of him, Yusei had messaged Zuzu back and said that he'll meet her at the harbor. Now with Zuzu here, Satellite's Shooting Star could find out what this was all about.

"Zuzu, why did you ask me to meet you here?" Yusei questioned the pink haired female, unfolding his arms as he spoke. Instead of answering him, Zuzu just frowned as she placed her right hand against the warehouse's door and pushed it open. "…Follow me". Zuzu told the Synchro Duelist, before she walked into the warehouse without waiting for a response. The lack of an answer made Yusei narrow his eyes a bit, but he did follow Zuzu into the warehouse.

It was empty inside with a few crates inside, but nothing important. Zuzu and Yusei walked into the warehouse with a wide distance between them, like 10 feet away. Zuzu suddenly stopped in her tracks. Yusei stopped walking as well, his narrowed eyes glued to the teenage girl. "Zuzu, I'll ask once again. Why did you ask me to meet you here?" Satellite's Shooting Star questioned her once more, keeping his guard up just in case.

Zuzu turned around to face the Synchro Duelist, allowing him to see the deep glare on her face. She then slowly lifted her left hand up and held it into the air. "To duel you!" The pink haired girl exclaimed as her Duel Disk's screen displayed the words "Stand by", before it shifted into combat mode. The blade then materialized as Zuzu brought down her left arm, then swiped it out and finished by holding it in front of herself.

Yusei only raised an eyebrow at Zuzu's challenge. 'Guess that explains the Duel Disk'. Satellite's Shooting Star thought to himself, allowing himself to drop his guard as this was wasn't a serious matter. "You could have just asked to duel me. There was no need to be all secretive about all this". The Synchro Duelist told the young girl, which Zuzu shook her head at him. "You misunderstand the situation. This is not a normal duel". The pink haired girl told Satellite's Shooting Star with a deep frown. Her words put Yusei back on his guard at seeing there was more to the situation than it seemed.

"And why is that?" Yusei questioned the teenage girl, moving his right hand towards his Duel Disk, ready to activate it in a moment's notice. "That's because if I win this duel; you, Lulu and Rin have to leave Paradise City and never come back!" Zuzu answered the young adult with deep hostility in her voice. This immediately brought Yusei to full alarm at finally seeing what the point of this duel was. "…You must be joking. I have no reason to accept a duel with you like this, especially with something like that at stake. So, give me one reason why I should accept?" The Stardust Duelist questioned the Melodious Duelist, giving her his famous glare as he spoke.

Zuzu began to grew a smug grin on her face as she held up her right hand with the deck in hand. "Because if you don't… I'll tell Lulu that you're a Fusion user". She told the young adult, sounding like a kid on Christmas. What Zuzu said caused Yusei to widen his eyes in disbelief and shock at what she revealed. 'What!? How does she know that I use Fusion Summoning?' Satellite's Shooting Star questioned inside of his mind, before he returned to glaring at Zuzu with his teeth gritted against one another.

"How did you find out about that?!" Yusei questioned with anger inside of his voice, something that made Zuzu chuckle a bit. "You can blame yourself for that. I heard you and Serenity talking about her becoming a Fusion Duelist after Yuya's duel with Rin". The Melodious Duelist revealed how she knew. Her answer made Yusei turn his hands into fists as they shook with anger at himself for letting his guard down.

It was true though as after Rin's victory over Yuya and Tate's enrollment, Serenity had taken Yusei to a room away from the others to speak with him about what kind of deck she wanted to use. Serenity had told him that she wished to use a Fusion deck, and that instantly put Yusei in alarm. The Wheeler girl quickly reassured him that she would keep Fusion Summoning a secret from Lulu for the time being, but still wished to learn how to Fusion Summon. Out of all the Summoning Methods, Fusion Summoning got to her the most and she wished to learn it.

Seeing that she had truly grown to love Fusion Summoning, Yusei had no choice but to teach her. First, they built a Fusion deck that involved monsters called "Dragonmaid", a deck full of dragons. Then, Yusei told her as much as he knew about Fusion Summoning. He managed to teach her a little bit of information, but it was enough for the moment. What they didn't notice was that Zuzu was watching them from the barely open door.

Yusei blamed himself greatly for having his guard down, even in a safe location like the You Show Duel School. Zuzu waved her right hand's index finger around, taking great joy from the anger that Yusei was admitting. "Don't worry; I won't tell Lulu that you know the thing she fears. I'm gonna be fair here and give you a chance". The Standard piece of Ray told Satellite's Shooting Star, before holding up her left arm as her deck began shuffling.

"Defeat me in a duel; I'll keep my mouth shut about you knowing Fusion Summoning. But if I win; you and those two girls are out of here". Zuzu informed the Synchro user, drawing the top five cards of her deck with his right hand. Yusei let out a low growl, literally having no choice in this situation whatsoever. "Fine then. If defeating you is all it takes for you to keep quiet, then game on!" Yusei exclaimed, moving his right hand towards one of the deck boxes in his pants' back pocket and opened it, revealing his deck inside.

He grabbed hold of his cards, swiped his right hand out to the side, before slotting them into his Duel Disk's deck zone. The screen of Yusei's Duel Disk displayed the words "Stand by" as it activated and entered combat mode. The blade then materialized, before the deck began shuffling via the shuffling system, before stopping. "Game on!" Yusei called out, drawing his starting of five cards all at once with his right hand before swiping it out to the side. Zuzu just grinned in response as she transferred her card to her left hand.

Yusei Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Zuzu Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

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(Meanwhile with Yuya and Lulu)

Back at the Leo Institute Duel field, Yuya and Lulu were still standing across Sylvio and Cera in the Prison Tower of Darkvile Action field. All four of them had narrowed eyes at their receptive opponents, while holding the five cards with their left hands. In the stands, Allie, Tate, Frederick and Sylvio's lackeys all watched with different expressions; concern for the kids and smugness for the LID students.

Lulu Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Yuya Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Cera Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Sylvio Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

(Play Yugioh Zexal ost: Duel Target! Lock On!)

"I hope you all don't mind, but ladies first". Lulu remarked, before looking down at the five cards in her hand. She had 3 monsters and 2 Spell cards. 'In the rules of a Tag Duel, neither player can declare an attack on their first turns, so I shouldn't have to worry about attacks until my next turn. Still, I guess this is a good time to test out the lessons that Yusei and Rin drilled into me'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, before picking up a single card and held it up right next to her left cheek.

"If there are no monsters on the field, I can Special Summon Lyrilusc – Turquoise Warbler from my hand!" Lulu explained, before swiping the card down on her Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared and out came Lyrilusc – Turquoise Warbler, having an innocent smile on her face.

Lyrilusc – Turquoise Warbler ATK Points: 100/ Level: 1.

"When this card is Special Summoned; I can Special Summon another Level 1 Lyrilusc monster from my hand!" Lulu informed, taking another card from her hand and placed it down on her Duel Disk's blade. "Come, Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow!" The Mistress of Birds called out as another portal appeared and out came Cobalt Sparrow, singing a peaceful song.

Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow ATK Points: 0/ Level: 1.

"I activate Cobalt Sparrow's special ability!" Lulu declared, throwing her right hand forward as her deck began shuffling. "When this card is successfully Special Summoned; I can add another Cobalt Sparrow from my deck to the hand". The purple-haired female explained as her deck stopped shuffling with a single card slotted out. Lulu took hold of the card with her right hand's index and middle fingers, showed it to her opponents, before adding it to her hand.

Lulu then picked another card and held it up. She stared at the card for a moment or two, before she flipped it over and held it forward. It was a monster card with the image showing a 5-year-old girl with sky blue eyes and fair skin. She was wearing a sky blue bluebird outfit with glowing white feathers on the chest area. Her headwear looked like the head of a bluebird. "I now Normal Summon Lyrilusc – Lifeforce Bluebird!" She declared, before placing the card down on her Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared with the same monster from the card's image coming out with a bright smile on her face.

(Lyrilusc – Lifeforce Bluebird/ Level: 1/ Attribute: Wind/ Type: Winged Beast/ Tuner/ Effect/ ATK: 1000/ DEF: 0/ Effect: When this card is ether Normal or Special Summoned, you can select one "Lyrilusc" monster in your graveyard and Special Summon it to your side of the field. If this card is used as Synchro Material for a 'Lyrilusc' or Wind Attribute Synchro Monster, increase your Life Points by 1000.)

The faces of Tate, Allie and Frederick instantly lit up in excitement upon seeing Lifeforce Bluebird, while Yuya just cracked a grin. Lulu allowed herself to grow a small smile, before she held up another card with her right hand. "Now that I've filled up my field a bit, I now activate the Wing Requital Spell card!" The purple-haired female exclaimed as she swiped the card into her Duel Disk with a larger copy of the Spell card appearing in front of her.

"If all of my monsters are Winged Beast monsters and 2 or more of them have different original names from each other; at the coast of paying 600 Life Points…" The Mistress of Birds began to explain as her Life Points went down a bit.

Lulu Life Points: 4000 – 600 = 3400.

"I can draw 2 new cards!" Lulu finished explaining her card's effect as she drew the top 2 cards of her deck, took a moment to look at them, before adding them to the hand. She then held her right hand out forward. "Level 1 Lyrilusc – Lifeforce Blue Bird tunes with Level 1 Cobalt Sparrow and Turquoise Warbler!" The Mistress of Birds declared, causing Sylvio and Cera to widen their eyes in surprise at what she said.

Cobalt Sparrow and Turquoise Warbler both took off into the air, while Lifeforce Bluebird gave a peaceful cry as she began gleaming a bright green colour, before transforming into a single green ring. The green ring flew after Cobalt Sparrow and Turquoise Warbler, circling around the two Winged Beast monsters with the two of them turning orange transparent. 2 stars then appeared within the rings.

Levels: 1 + 1 + 1 = 3.

A thin, bright beam then appeared in between the ring and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed the lights and ring. "The sky makes way for the hummingbird that gives life and grows stronger as life grows around her! I Synchro Summon! Lyrilusc – Violet Hummingbird!" Lulu chanted as her new monster emerged from the bright beam and ascended into the air. It was a female adult with pale skin and purple eyes. She was wearing a violet colored hummingbird outfit, her hands were her wings and she had the tail of a hummingbird. Around her waist were violet feathers acting as an overskirt like Nightingale and finally, her headwear looked like a hummingbird's head. Violet Hummingbird gave a wink of her right eye as she spread her wings out, causing feathers to fall and rain down.

(Lyrilusc – Violet Hummingbird/ Level: 3/ Attribute: Wind/ Type: Winged Beast/ Synchro/ Effect/ ATK Points: 0/ DEF Points: 0/ Requirements: 1 "Lyrilusc" Tuner monster + 1 or more Lyrilusc monster(s)/ Effect: Whenever you gain Life Points, this card gains ATK equal to the Life Points you gain. Once per turn: you can gain 300 Life Points for each card in your opponent's hand. If this card is destroyed by a card effect or battle, Special Summon the "Lyrilusc" monsters used as Synchro Material to Synchro Summon this card from your graveyard.)

Everyone watching the duel stared up at the Synchro Monster in awe, while Lulu had a content smile at successfully Synchro Summoning. 'I guess this is it. Thanks to this move; I'm officially a Synchro and Xyz Duelist'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, happy as this was her first Synchro Summon. She brought her right hand to her chest and let out a sigh to calm herself a little.

She then reopened her eyes, before swiping her right hand forward with the index finger out. "At this moment, Lifeforce Bluebird's special ability activates! See, when she's used as Synchro Material for a Lyrilusc or Wind Attribute Synchro Monster, my Life Points goes up by 1000!" The Mistress of Birds explained as Lifeforce Bluebird appeared, looking see through like a ghost in front of Lulu, before she transformed into blue sparkles that surrounded the purple haired female, increasing her Life Points.

Lulu Life Points: 3400 + 1000 = 4400.

"So you increased your Life Points, big deal". Sylvio scoffed with a wave of his right hand, yet Lulu only smirked at him. "Oh, it's a very big deal! Because Violet Hummingbird's special ability now activates! Whenever I gain Life Points, she gains ATK Points equal to the Life Points I gain! Since I gained 1000 Life Points, that's 1000 points for her!" The Mistress of Birds explained her Synchro Monster's special ability as the blue sparkles transferred over to Violet Hummaningbird, who let out a happy sigh as she absorbed the sparkles into herself.

Lyrilusc – Violet Hummingbird ATK Points: 0 + 1000 = 1000.

Cera grew a fascinated expression on her face at seeing Violet Hummingbird's special ability in action. "Interesting. Your Synchro Monster gains ATK Points whenever you gain Life Points; that's something you don't see every day". The braided hair girl remarked, getting Lulu's attention as she looked over to her. "There's more where that came from! I activate Lyrilusc – Violet Hummingbird's special ability!" Lulu exclaimed, throwing her right hand forward as Violet Hummingbird got rid of her aura and looked down towards Cera.

A small glow of light appeared underneath the female LID student, getting her to look down and saw the glow coming from her cards. Then, giant flowered appeared from the five cards, making Cera take a step back in surprise. Violet Hummingbird then flew down towards the giant flowers, before starting to suck the nectar from them. Cera and Sylvio watched in confusion, before they turned to look at Lulu for an explanation.

"Once a turn, Violet Hummingbird can suck out 300 points from every card in your hand and give it to me! Since you have 5 cards; that's 1500 points in total!" The purple haired girl explained her Synchro Monster's ability, gaining a violet coloured aura around herself as she spoke.

Lulu Life Points: 4400 + 1500 = 5900.

"5900 Life Points!?" Sylvio exclaimed with wide eyes of shock at seeing the high Life Points. "And don't forget that thanks to Violet Hummingbird's ability, she gains ATK whenever Lulu gains Life Points!" Yuya reminded Sylvio as Violet Hummingbird flew back towards Lulu, growing stronger as she did so.

Lyrilusc – Violet Hummingbird ATK Points: 1000 + 1500 = 2500.

The giant flowers disappeared with Cera frowning a bit at the Synchro Monster. "I end my turn here". Lulu declared her turn over as Violet Hummingbird flew above and grabbed hold of her shoulders with its talons.

(Music end)

Cera Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Violet Hummingbird then took flight, lifting Lulu off of the ground and flew off with her duelist in hand. Cera took a moment to watch, before she chased after the Mistress of Birds, while Yuya and Sylvio stood across one another with their eyes locked on one another. "Not a bad move, but let me show you a real one! I draw!" Cera called out as she drew her card with her right hand, despite running at the time.

The braided hair style girl took a moment to look at the card that she drew, before holding it out. "I activate the Field Spell card; Molten Destruction!" Cera called out, stopping in her tracks as she slotted the card into her Duel Disk. The screen displayed Molten Destruction's card, before glowing a bright red colour. Then, the whole duel field began glowing a red colour as the Prison Tower of Darkville Field Spell dispersed.

The bright red light forced everyone to cover their eyes for a moment, before it eventually died down. Everyone opened their eyes and saw that the Prison Tower of Darkville field had been replaced by a mountain volcano that looked like it was about to go off at any second with lava already scorching the mountain ground.

Yuya, Sylvio and Cera were safely standing on ground that wasn't scorched, while Violet Hummingbird flew above the field and still carrying Lulu. Both males began turning their heads anime fast to look at their surroundings with wide eyes, while Cera didn't seem bothered. "As long as this Field Spell is in play, all FIRE Attribute monsters gains 500 ATK, but loses 400 DEF!" The braided hair style girl explained her Field Spell with a grin and arms crossed.

"Talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire!" Allie remarked with wide eyes, honestly glad she wasn't dueling as she was more of a water person than fire person. "They'll be okay next to a volcano, right?" Frederick questioned in concern, shaking a bit in fear. "So long as they don't touch the lava". Tate answered his friend, but honestly appeared just as frightened as Frederick.

"I Summon Evolsaur Pelta!" Cera exclaimed, taking a card from her hand and placed it on her Duel Disk's blade. A pillar of lava erupted in front of her, before it cleared to reveal Evolsaur Pelta.

Evolsaur Pelta ATK Points: 1100 + 500 = 1600/ DEF Points: 2000 – 400 = 1600/ Level: 4.

"Next up; I activate the Double Summon Spell card!" The braided hair girl called out, holding the card up as it let out a shine, before sending it to the Graveyard of her Duel Disk. "Now I can Normal Summon once more! So, arise Evolsaur Cerato!" Cera called out, throwing her right hand up as another pillar of lava appeared in front of it. It then cleared to reveal Evolsaur Cerato with the Dinosaur-Type Monster roaring out.

Evolsaur Cerato ATK Points: 1900 + 500 = 2400/ DEF Points: 1400 – 400 = 1000/ Level: 4.

Cera then suddenly jumped up high and landed on Pelta's tail, before the Dinosaur-Type monster lifted its tail up. Cera then jumped from the tail onto Cerato's head. The T-rex then reared its head up and threw Cera into the sky, much to the surprise of everyone. She spun around in mid air and gained control, before making a perfect landing on a small part of the mountain surrounded by lava that had split into two parts over it and merged back together past it. As luck would have it, there was an Action card there.

Yuya narrowed his eyes as he watched Cera kneel down and pick up the Action card with her right hand. 'She used her monsters' strength to throw herself over there to pick the Action card'. The tomato hair style boy thought with narrowed eyes, while Cera stood up on her feet. She took a moment to look at the Action card that she was holding with her right hand, before adding it to her hand. "Now; I overlay the Level 4 Evolsaur Pelta and Evolsaur Cerato! The braided hair girl declared as her two dinosaurs roared out, before they transformed into bright red lights that ascended into the air.

They danced around one another, while a red Xyz portal appeared right above the volcano. "With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!" The FIRE Duelist called out to the heavens as the two bright red lights entered the Xyz portal, causing an explosion of energy. "Appear! Rank 4! Evolzar Dolkka!" Cera cried out to the heavens as the Xyz Monster; Evolzar Dolkka emerged from the explosion with two red overlay units circling around it.

Evolzar Dolkka ATK Points: 2300 + 500 = 2800/ DEF Points: 1700 – 400 = 1300/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.

Yuya stared up at the Dragon-Type Xyz Monster, while Violet Hummingbird flew down and placed Lulu down on a safe part of the mountain that didn't have any lava close by. "Looks like Sylvio's friends weren't lying when they said she was an Xyz user". The Odd-Eyes Duelist remarked with slightly wide eyes. Lulu was silent as she stared up at Evolzar Dolkka. She had some knowledge of the Evo deck, but not much as she hasn't met many duelists that use them back in Heartland. She did know enough that with Evolzar Dolkka, they were in trouble.

Evolzar Dolkka flew down and landed behind Cera, kicking up lava drops from the stream going down. Magically enough, not of them struck her and Cera didn't even move a single inch. "Now I activate the Spell card; Xyz Import!" The female L.I.D Duelist called out, holding up the Spell card with her right hand, before slotting it into her Duel Disk.

A large copy of the card appeared in front of Cera, and the sight of it made Lulu widen her eyes a bit. "Terrific". She grumbled out as she narrowed her eyes at the Spell. "If I have a Xyz Monster on my field when I activate this card; I can target a monster you control with lower ATK than my Xyz Monster, it becomes an overlay unit!" The FIRE Duelist explained her Spell card's effect, before proceeding to point up towards Violet Hummingbird flying up in the sky.

"Your Hummingbird has 2500 ATK, while my Dolkka has 2800. Too bad for you". Cera said with a grin as Xyz Import's card unleashed a red beam that struck Violet Hummingbird in the chest. The Synchro Monster gasped, before she transformed into a red overlay unit that shot out and began circling around Evolzar Dolkka.

Evolzar Dolkka Overlay units: 2 + 1 = 3.

Lulu grit her teeth at seeing this. If Violet Hummingbird had been destroyed, her ability would have Summoned back the monsters used as Synchro Material for her, but thanks to Xyz Import, that was no longer possible. "I was expecting better than this. If I could have attacked this turn, you would have lost all your Life Points that you gained on your turn". Cera said to the Mistress of Birds, catching Lulu's attention as she looked towards the FIRE Duelist and narrowed her eyes.

'Even if you could have, I would have been prepared'. Lulu thought to herself, shifting her gaze towards the 4 cards in her left hand. Among them was a Monster card called Lyrilusc – Violet Swift. The card's image showed that Violet Swift was 5-year-old girl with purple eyes, snow white skin and wearing a violet Swift bird outfit with her hands as her wings and black talons.

(Lyrilusc – Violet Swift/ Level: 1/ Attribute: Wind/ Type: Winged Beast/ Tuner/ Effect/ ATK Points: 0/ DEF Points: 0/ Effect: When your opponent's monster declares a direct attack, you can Special Summon this card from your hand and end the Battle Phase.)

'Violet Swift could have negated and ended your Battle Phase'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, before shifting her gaze towards Cera as the braided hair style girl jumped up onto Dolkka's open right claw. "I end my turn here. You're up!" Cera declared her turn over as Dolkka took flight into the air.

Yuya Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

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"Time to shift things over to our favor!" Yuya exclaimed as he placed his right hand on the top card of his deck. "I draw!" He added, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out. He looked through the corner of his right eye and flipped the card around to see what it was, before holding it out. "I'll start off by Summoning Performapal Skullcrobat Joker!" The Dueltainer called out, before swiping the card onto the blade of his Duel Disk. A portal appeared and out came Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, giving tilt of its hat.

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker ATK Points: 1800/ Level: 4.

"At this moment, I activate the effects of Performapal Helpprincess and Skullcrobat Joker!" Yuya declared, holding up Performapal Helpprincess' card with his right hand. "When I Normal Summon a Performapal Monster; I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist explained, before placing the card on the blade. With a flash, Helpprincess appeared with a wink of her right eye.

Performapal Helpprincess ATK Points: 1200/ Level: 4.

"Now Skullcrobat Joker's effect! When this card is Normal Summoned; I can add a "Performapal", "Magician" or "Odd-Eyes" monster from my deck to my hand!" Yuya further explained, yet Cera wouldn't allow this. "At this moment; I activate Evolzar Dolkka's special ability!" The braided hair girl declared, throwing her right hand out as Dolkka are one of its red overlay units.

Evolzar Dolkka Overlay units: 3 – 1 = 2.

"When a monster activates its effect; by using an Overlay Unit that effect activation is negated and the monster is destroyed!" Cera explained her Xyz Monster's effect. Yuya widened his eyes in surprise as Evolzar Dolkka unleashed a stream of fire breath at Performapal Skullcrobat Joker, incinerating the Pendulum Monster to ash. The Odd-Eyes Duelist gritted his teeth as he took Skullcrobat Joker's card and placed it face-up in his Extra Deck.

Sylvio gave a smug laugh as he held his hands out to the sides. "Too bad, so sad. Whatever plan you were thinking of just went down the gutter". The brown-haired male remarked with a smirk. Yuya, however, didn't look displeased or angered at the destruction of his monster. "Not yet it hasn't!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist exclaimed, before taking hold of a card from his hand and held it right beside his face.

"By releasing a DARK Monster like my Helpprincess…!" Yuya began to explain as Helpprincess transformed into purple coloured sparkles. "And sending an Odd-Eyes Dragon from my hand, deck or face-up on the field…" The tomato hair styled boy continued as a card slotted out of his deck, which he grabbed with his right hand's index and middle finger, holding it up in front of the other card, showing that it was indeed Odd-Eyes Dragon, before sending it to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk.

Odd-Eyes Dragon then appeared in front of Yuya, before the purple sparkles from Helpprincess were absorbed by him, causing the Dragon-Type monster to begin glowing a dark colour that covered its appearance completely. "I can Special Summon this card from my hand! Arise and show your magic; Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon!" Yuya finished, swiping the card onto the blade.

The glowing covered Odd-Eyes flashed a bright colour, before it cleared to reveal that it had undergone a transformation. Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon had dark silver armour all over its body, dark red skin underneath and wing blades. Its spikes had even changed as well as they pointed upwards now. Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon roared as it floated above the ground.

Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon ATK Points: 2500/ Level: 7.

Lulu, Tate, Frederick and Allie looked at Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon in awe as this was the first time that they were seeing that monster in action. Even Cera looked slightly surprised, while Sylvio just narrowed his eyes at the Dragon-Type monster. Yuya then picked up 2 cards of his remaining 3 and slotted them into his Duel Disk. "I'll throw 2 face-down cards and call it a turn!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist declared his turn over as two face-down cards materialized in front of him.

Sylvio Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

A stray bit of light came down and went underneath Sylvio's left foot, causing him to comical cry out as he hopped away from it. He then gave a small growl, before looking up towards his tag partner and narrow his eyes at her. "Note to self; never duel with a crazy pyromaniac as a partner ever again!" The brown-haired male growled out, before placing his hand on his deck.

"Watch how a true Duelist Duels!" Sylvio exclaimed, before taking his hand off of his deck and instead picked up a card from his hand and flipped it over. "I activate the special ability of The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier!" He declared as the card began to glow a blue colour. This made Yuya and Lulu widen their eyes in shock at what the card was called. "Black Luster Soldier?!" The Mistress of Birds questioned in disbelief at what she heard. "How does he have cards like those?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist questioned, narrowing his eyes as he spoke.

Black Luster Soldier cards were legendary rare cards that pro duelists of the past had used. Cards like those would be worth a fortune to buy and use, so to see someone like Sylvio have them was a bit shocking. The male LID student gave a smug chuckle at his two opponents. "Being the son of the next mayor has its privileges: such as getting rare cards like these". Sylvio remarked with a smug voice, while his deck began shuffling.

"During the Draw Phase; I can reveal this card from my hand and give up my draw, in exchange I can add a Ritual Spell from the deck". The brown-haired male explained, returning Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier's card back to his hand, before picking up the card from his deck and held it up, revealing it to be Super Soldier Ritual. "I add the Ritual Spell card; Super Soldier Ritual". He declared his choice, before adding the card to his hand.

He then picked another card from his hand and held it out, revealing it to be a Monster card. "I Summon Black Luster Soldier – Twilight Shield!" Sylvio exclaimed, before placing the card on the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared in front of him, before a black and gold shield came out of it.

Black Luster Soldier – Twilight Shield ATK Points: 500/ Level: 4.

"This shield is PRETTY handy as when this card is Summoned; I can add a LIGHT or DARK monster from the deck to my hand". Sylvio explained his monster's effect as his deck began shuffling once more, before stopping with a single card slotted out. He grabbed hold of the card with his right hand's index and middle finger, before holding it up. "I chose the LIGHT attribute Evening Twilight Knight". The brown-haired boy declared his choice, before pressing the card against his palm with the ring and pinky fingers as he picked up another card from the hand.

"Now; I activate the Ritual Spell; Super Soldier Ritual!" The LID Duelist exclaimed, holding the Ritual card out before slotting it into his Duel Disk. A ritual seal appeared on the ground below him, followed by two platforms on Slyvio's left and right. "With this Spell card's power, I can now Ritual Summon any "Black Luster Soldier" Ritual Monster by releasing monsters that's total Levels equal 8". Sylvio explained, before holding up the cards of Black Luster Soldier – Twilight Shield and Evening Twilight Knight.

"I release the Level 4 Black Luster Soldier – Twilight Shield and Evening Twilight Knight!" The brown-haired male declared, before discarding them to the Graveyard. Twilight Shield floated above the right platform, while Evening Twilight Knight appeared above the left one. The two of them then turned into black and white sparkles, before they went down and entered the Ritual seal underneath. A pillar of black light then shot out of the seal and struck the sky above.

"One soul shall merge with light! The other soul shall merge with the darkness! Between light and darkness, the gate to chaos is opened! Ritual Summon! The Black Luster Soldier descends!" Sylvio chanted, holding a single card up with his right hand, before he brought it down and placed it on the blade. A figure began to emerge from the pillar behind the male L.I.D Duelist, before it shot out and landed on the mountain ground on its left knee. It was the legendary Ritual Monster; Black Luster Soldier with the Ritual Monster rising up to his feet fully and glared at Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon.

Black Luster Soldier ATK Points: 3000/ Level: 8.

Sylvio's lackeys cried out in applause at seeing Sylvio Ritual Summon, while Tate, Allie and Frederick stared at Black Luster Soldier in awe. "Wow…" Frederick said slowly with wide eyes directed at the Warrior-Type Ritual Monster. "Black Luster Soldier… One of the very first Ritual Monsters in existence…" Tate commented, having wide eyes just like his pier. "It's…kinda overwhelming…" Allie remarked before she turned to look towards Yuya and Lulu in concern.

The two teenagers were in awe just like the kids, but they kept their composure and guard up. "This is becoming incredibly difficult. The Duel's just started and we're already against heavy hitters like Black Luster Soldier". Yuya remarked with narrowed eyes, before looking at the single card in his hand. "Tell me about it". Lulu commented, before looking at her four cards in hand.

"I'm afraid it gets worse for you two. When Evening Twilight Knight is used to Ritual Summon a Black Luster Soldier Monster, it gains two new effects. One of them is banishing from your hand until your next End Phase. The other is banishing a monster that you control". Sylvio informed the two You Show students, much to their annoyance at hearing this.

"Just great". Yuya remarked with narrowed eyes, while Lulu looked around her surroundings. She then spotted an Action card nearby, lying on the ground. She quickly took off towards it, while Sylvio pointed towards Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon with his right hand. "I activate the inherited effect of Evening Twilight Knight to banish your Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon!" The LID student declared, while white energy surrounded Black Luster Soldier's blade. The Ritual Monster held its blade out towards the Dragon-Type monster, intending to fire the energy surrounding its blade.

However, Lulu managed to reach the Action card and pick it up with her right hand. She took a look at it, before holding it out. "I activate the Action Spell; Invisibility!" The Mistress of Birds called out, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk. Black Luster Soldier fired the white beam, while Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon turned see-through with the beam passing through it.

"Thanks to this Spell, a monster I control is unaffected by cards and can't be targeted by them. And since this is a Tag Duel, Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon counts as a monster that I control". Lulu explained the Action Spell card's effect, grinning a little as Sylvio grit his teeth a bit. "Thanks Lulu". Yuya thanked his tag partner, which Lulu just gave him a wink in response.

"I may not be able to do something about Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon, but I can still do something about you. I activate the second inherited effect of Evening Twilight Knight to banish a card from your hand!" Sylvio declared, throwing his right hand up into the air as one of Lulu's 4 cards began glowing, causing her to look down and see that it was her second Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow. "Don't worry, you'll get it back at the end of your turn. For now, I'll end my turn here". Sylvio declared his turn over, bringing his right hand up to play with a stray bit of his hair.

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Lulu Life Points: 5900/ Number of cards in hand: 3.

"My turn now! I draw!" Lulu called out as she drew the top card of her deck with her right hand. She brought the card in front of herself to see what it was, before giving a small smile at what she saw. She added the card to the hand, before picking up another one and held it out with the index and middle fingers. "I Summon Lyrilusc - Violet Swift!" The purple haired female cried out, before placing the card down on the blade. A portal in the sky, before a violet coloured blew shot out and flew around a bit, before stopping to reveal that it was Violet Swift, who had a small smile.

Lyrilusc - Violet Swift ATK Points: 0/ Level: 1.

"Oh no, a Monster with 0 ATK Points! Whatever will we do?!" Sylvio called out in mockery at Violet Swift with a grin on his face. "You'll freak out, that's what. Thanks to this!" Lulu called out, taking a card from her hand and held it out forward. "The Spell card, Lyrilusc - Bird Strike!" The Mistress of Birds exclaimed, before the card began to glow a purple colour.

Purple coloured auras appeared over Black Luster Soldier and Evolzar Dolkka with the two monsters groaning, causing their Duelists to look at them in surprise. "If I control a "Lyrilusc" monster when I activate this card; Bird Strike negates the effects of all your monsters!" Lulu explained her Spell card's effect as she discarded the card to the Graveyard zone of her Duel Disk.

Sylvio and Cera gasped at hearing this as now Evolzar Dolkka can't use its ability anymore and Black Luster Soldier was sealed off from using the inherited effects of Evening Twilight Knight. "Way to go, Lulu!" Yuya called out in praise to his tag partner, something that made Lulu smile. "Thank you, but I'm not done just yet". The Mistress of Birds declared, before looking down at her hand and picked up one of the remaining 2 cards in her hand. "Next, I activate the Lyrilusc - Bird Call Spell!" Lulu called out, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk.

A large copy of the card appeared in front of her and began glowing. "This Spell allows me to take a Lyrilusc monster from my deck..." The Mistress of Birds began to explain as she took her deck out of the Duel Disk's deck zone and began searching through it. She then picked up a single card with her right hand, before turning it over to show that it was a Monster card.

It showed the image of a black skin 5-year-old girl with dark eyes, wearing a black vulture bird outfit. Her headset was designed after a vulture and was white, while the rest of the uniform except the talons were pitch black. Her hands were her wings with black feather dropping and her talons were a yellow colour. "I can add it to my hand, or send it to the Graveyard! I send Lyrilusc - Vulture of Beyond Rival to the Graveyard!" Lulu declared, before discarding the card to the Graveyard.

(Lyrilusc - Vulture of Beyond Revival/ Level: 1/ Attribute: WIND/ Type: Winged Beast/ Effect/ ATK: 100/ DEF: 0/ Effect: If this card is face-up on the field, you cannot use it for a Xyz Summon. If this card is in your Graveyard, you can remove from play this card; Xyz Summon a WIND Attribute Xyz Monster using "Lyrilusc" monsters in your GY.)

"But in exchange, I can now Special Summon a different Lyrilusc Monster from my hand!" Lulu finished explaining as she returned her deck into the deck zone of her Duel Disk, which shuffled for a moment. She then took the last card in her hand, before holding it out in between the index and middle fingers. "I Summon Lyrilusc - Celestine Wagtail!" The Mistress of Birds exclaimed, before placing the card down on the blade. A portal appeared besides her, before Lyrilusc - Celestine Wagtail came out of it with a bright smile.

Lyrilusc - Celestine Wagtail ATK: 200/ Level: 1.

"Since Celestine Wagtail was Special Summoned, I can now activate her special ability! When this card is Special Summoned; I can add a "Lyrilusc" Spell or Trap card from my deck to the hand!" Lulu explained her monster's special ability, before her deck began shuffling once more. It soon stopped shuffling with a single card slotted out, which Lulu picked up with her right hand's index and middle fingers.

She held the card up, revealing it to be a Trap card. "I add the Trap; Lyrilusc - Phantom Feathers!" The Mistress of Birds declared her choice, before adding the card to her hand.

Yuya cracked a grin at hearing what card she selected, having seen that card in action and knew that it was big trouble for Slyvio and Cera. Lulu then swiped her right hand into the air and held it up. "I now Overlay the Level 1 Lyrilusc - Violet Swift and Celestine Wagtail!" The purple haired female called out as her two monsters transformed into 2 bright green lights that ascended into the air.

A red Xyz portal appeared in front of Lulu, creating a gust of wind that made her hair and skirt blow in the breeze. "With these two monsters; I build the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!" The Mistress of Birds exclaimed with the two green lights descending down into the Xyz portal, causing a twister to erupt out of it. "Appear! Rank 1! Lyrilusc - Recital Starling!" She announced as the twister dispersed to reveal the Xyz Monster; Lyrilusc - Recital Starling, having a happy smile with two green overlay units circling around it.

Lyrilusc - Recital Starling ATK: 0/ Rank: 1/ Overlay units: 2.

"An Xyz Monster with 0 ATK Points as well? Sorry, but that doesn't impress me in the slightest". Sylvio remarked with a grin on his face, causing Lulu to narrow her eyes at him. "An important lesson; ATK Points aren't everything! Just watch; I activate Recital Starling's special ability!" The purple haired female declared, thrusting her open right hand out. Both Recital Starling and Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon both began to glow a light green colour.

"When Recital Starling is Xyz Summoned; I can target one face-up monster on the field and it gains 300 ATK and DEF Points for each Overlay Unit she has! Since Recital Starling has 2, that's 600 ATK and DEF Points for Odd-Eyes!" Lulu explained her Xyz Monster's ability, grinning a bit as the glow around Odd-Eyes intensified a bit.

Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon ATK: 2500 + 600 = 3100/ DEF: 2000 + 600 = 2600.

This caused Sylvio to cry out in alarm, while Cera narrowed her eyes a bit. "Okay, now THAT'S caught my attention!" The brown-haired male called out in panic, while Yuya laughed a little as he looked towards his teammate. "Lulu, go ahead and attack using Odd-Eyes!" The Dueltainer told the purple haired girl, which Lulu nodded to him with an appreciated look.

"I will Yuya, just need to take care of 2 things first". Lulu replied to the Odd-Eyes Duelist, before she took the single card in her hand and held it up. "I'll set a face-down card..." She began, slotting the card into her Duel Disk with a face-down card appearing in front of her. "Then I'll activate Recital Starling's second ability!" The Mistress of Birds declared as Recital Starling absorbed one of its overlay units into her right wing.

Lyrilusc - Recital Starling overlay units: 2 - 1 = 1.

"By using an Overlay Unit; I can add a Level 1 Winged Beast from my deck to the hand!" Lulu explained her Xyz Monster's effect as Recital Starling waved her right wing forward, creating a gust of wind that shot out. It blew through the field past Yuya, Sylvio and Cera with Lulu's deck beginning to glow green as it shuffled.

However, the gust of wind also blew an Action card into the air, something that Yuya took notice of, before he began running towards it as the card began floating down. Lulu's deck ceased glowing and shuffling, before a single card slotted out.

Lulu took hold of the card with her right hand and held it out, revealing it to be a Monster card. The card's image showed a little girl wearing a mango coloured, toucan designed outfit. She had hazel coloured eyes and peach skin, while the outfit's headset had the long orange beak of a toucan, while the talons were a blue colour. "I add the Level 1 Lyrilusc - Mango Toucan!" The Mistress of Birds declared her choice, before adding the card to her left hand.

(Lyrilusc - Mango Toucan/ Level: 1/ Attribute: Wind/ ATK: 200/ DEF: 0/ Type: Winged Beast/ Tuner/ Effect/ Effect: During your Main Phase, you can Normal Summon 1 "Lyrilusc" monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only use this effect once per turn.) When this card is sent to the graveyard, you can draw 1 card from your deck.)

"Time to brawl now! Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon, attack Evolzar Dolkka!" Lulu commanded, throwing her right hand out. Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon gave out a fierce cry as it spread its wings, before flying high into the sky. Meanwhile, Evolzar Dolkka flew down and landed on the ground gently, before Cera jumped off and landed on her feet. She tilted her head up as Dolkka took flight once more. "That won't be happening! I activate the Action Spell; Evasion!" The braided hair style girl called out, holding the Action card that she picked up earlier, before slotting it into her Duel Disk.

The card appeared in front of her, the sight of it caused Lulu to narrow her eyes a bit. "With this Spell; your attack is negated!" Cera explained the Action Spell's effect with a grin on her face. "Think again!" A familiar voice called out, catching the attention of both Lulu and Cera as they looked over to see Yuya holding up the Action Spell; No Action. "By using the Action Spell: No Action; your Evasion is negated and destroyed!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist explained, swiping the Action Spell into his Duel Disk and activating the card.

Evasion's card then shattered into pieces, causing Cera to take a step back, while Lulu smiled a bit. "Thank you Yuya. Odd-Eyes, resume your attack with Spiral Magic Strike!" Lulu commanded as Odd-Eyes Wizard dragon gathered dark purple energy in its mouth, before releasing a similar attack to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's Spiral Flame Strike, only dark purple. The attack struck Evolzar Dolkka right on the chest, causing the Xyz Monster to explode. Cera shut her eyes as she withstood the force from the explosion. (3100 - 2800 = 300)

Cera Life Points: 4000 - 300 = 3700.

Tate, Frederick and Allie all cried out in joy upon seeing this. "They've taken the lead!" Allie called out with a wide smile on her face at seeing the duel shift to Yuya and Lulu's favor. "Not only that, but dealt first blow and emptied out that LID girl!" Tate pointed out, holding his hands up a bit to express his joy. "They've got this like a candy wrapper!" Frederick commented as his body shivered a little.

Lulu and Yuya made eye contact with each other and nodded, while Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon flew down above its duelist. "I end my turn here!" The Mistress of Birds declared, before holding up her right hand as Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow's card appeared, and she took hold of it. "Since it is my End Phase, my Cobalt Sparrow now returns to my hand". She reminded her opponents, before adding the card to her hand.

Cera Life Points: 3700/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

Cera gave a chuckle as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck. "Not bad, you guys are good teammates. But the Duel isn't decided yet! I draw!" The braided hair style girl called out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her right hand out to the side. She took a moment to look at it through the corner of her right eye, before holding it out. "I play the Spell card; Spell Books from the Pot!" The FIRE Duelist called out, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk.

A large copy of the card appeared in front of her, before it began to glow a white colour. "With this Spell card activated; all players draw 3 new cards!" Cera explained the Spell card's effect as Spell Books from the Pot's card shattered, before she drew the top 3 cards of her deck, bringing her hand to a total of 4 cards. Lulu drew 3 new cards as well, granting her a total of 5 cards in hand. Yuya drew as well, now having 4 cards in hand. Finally, Sylvio drew 3 more cards and had a total of 6.

Cera looked at her new card and gave a grin at seeing the new options that she had. She picked up one of her cards and held it up. "I Normal Summon Evoltile Najasho!" The braided hair style female called out, before placing it down on her Duel Disk's blade. From a nearby pool of lava, Evoltile Najasho emerged from within it and gave out a fierce cry.

Evoltile Najasho ATK Points: 100 + 500 = 600/ DEF Points: 2000 – 400 = 1600/ Level: 2.

"But he won't be around for long. Because I'll be using him for this! The Spell card; Evo-Force!" The female LID student called out, holding the Spell card out with her right hand, before slotting it into the Duel Disk. A large copy of the card appeared besides Cera, before Najasho suddenly shattered into pieces.

Yuya and Lulu widened their eyes at the sudden destruction of Najasho, while Cera just gave a grin. "Evo-Force allows me to tribute an Evoltile monster and exchange; I can Special Summon another one from my deck". Cera explained her Spell card's effect to her opponent, before shifting gazes down to her deck as it began shuffling. After a few moments, it stopped shuffling with a single card slotted out, one that she picked up. "Come on out; Evolsaur Vulcano!" The FIRE Duelist cried out, swiping the card onto her Duel Disk's blade. A pillar of lava appeared, before it cleared to reveal Evolsaur Vulcano with the Dinosaur-Type monster crying out.

Evolsaur Vulcano ATK: 1200 + 500 = 1700/ DEF: 1000 – 400 = 600/ Level: 4.

"Another thing; the monster Summoned through Evo-Force is treated as if it was Summon by the effect of another Evoltile monster! Which means I can activate Vulcano's special ability! When this card is Special Summoned through the effect of an "Evoltile" monster, I can target an Evolsaur monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it!" Cera explained her monster's effect as Evolsaur Pelta's card slotted out of her Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone.

She picked the card up with her right hand and held it up. "So, welcome back Evolsaur Pelta!" The braided hair style female called out, before swiping the card onto her Duel Disk's blade. Another pillar of fire emerged from next to her, before it cleared to reveal Evolsaur Pelta.

Evolsaur Pelta ATK: 1100 + 500 = 1600/ DEF: 2000 – 400 = 1600/ Level: 4.

"I'm not done yet! Najasho's special ability activates now! Since it was tributed while on the field, I can Special Summon an Evolsaur from my deck!" Cera explained as her deck began to glow a red colour, before it began shuffling. After a few moments, it ceased shuffling with a single card slotted out, which she picked up and held with her right hand's index and middle fingers. "I choose Evolsaur Diplo!" Cera declared her choice, before placing the card down on her Duel Disk's blade. A pillar of fire erupted out of the ground, before it cleared to reveal Evolsaur Diplo.

Evolsaur Diplo ATK: 1600 + 500 = 2100/ DEF: 800 – 400 = 400.

"When this card is Special Summoned through an Evoltile's effect, I can target a Spell or Trap card you control and destroy it!" Cera explained, before pointing her right hand's index finger towards Yuya. "Yuya Sakaki; I choose one of your cards!" The braided hair style girl declared her choice, which Diplo cried out as it breathed out fire towards Yuya. The stream of fire struck the ground in front of the Dueltainer with a face-down card appearing underneath it. The stream of fire cleared to reveal the face-down card was burnt and face-up now, revealing it to be Performapal Pinch Helper, before it shattered.

Yuya slightly narrowed his eyes at seeing his Trap card destroyed, but remained silent. Cera then ran towards Diplo, before she jumped on its tail and run up to Diplo's back, passing through the spikes. Cera then stopped right at the middle, right before Evolsaur Diplo began walking towards the top of the volcano. "I Overlay the Level 4 Evolsaur Pelta and Vulcano!" The FIRE Duelist exclaimed, holding up her left hand into the air.

Both Evolsaur Pelta and Vulcano transformed into bright red lights, before they shot out into the air. A red Xyz portal appeared right about the volcano with the two bright red lights flying into it. "With these two monsters; I build the Overlay Network! I Xyz Summon!" Cera called out, before an explosion of energy erupted out of the Xyz portal. "Ascend! Rank 4! Evolzar Laggia!" She cried out to the heavens as the Xyz Monster; Evolzar Laggia emerged from the explosion of energy with two red overlay units circling around it.

Evolzar Laggia ATK: 2400 + 500 = 2900/ DEF: 2000 – 400 = 1600/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.

"She's pretty good at Xyz Summoning, I'll give her that". Lulu commented with narrowed eyes, slightly impressed with how Cera worked with her deck. "Her monster has 2900 ATK Points, but they're not enough to beat Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon". Yuya remarked, staying on his guard as he didn't know what to expect from Cera. The female LID Duelist gave a grin as she held up a card with her right hand.

"I equip Evolzar Laggie with the Equip Spell; Salamandra!" Cera called out, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk. From the lava came out a flaming dragon that roared, before it flew towards Laggie and began circling around it. "This Spell increases Laggie's ATK Points by 700 points". The braided hair style girl explained the Spell card's effect as the Dragon-Type Xyz Monster powered up.

Evolzar Laggia ATK: 2900 + 700 = 3600.

"I just had to open my big mouth, didn't I?" Yuya remarked with half lidded eyes of annoyance at jinxing himself. "Time to battle! Laggia, attack Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon!" Cera commanded, pointing her right hand towards the Dragon-Type monster. Evolzar Laggia roared, before it proceeded to charge towards Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon, who narrowed its eyes at the approaching Xyz Monster. "Not so fast! I play the Trap card; Lyrilusc – Phantom Feathers!" Lulu called out, throwing her right hand out as her face-down card reappeared and lifted itself up.

"This Trap targets a Lyrilusc monster I control; then the ATK Points of all your monsters become the same as the targeted card and their Levels/Ranks become 1!" Lulu explained her Trap card's effect as Recital Starling's wings were set aflame, but did no harm to her. "That's a dangerous effect, but I'm afraid that it won't happen! I activate Evolzar Laggia's special ability!" Cera declared, throwing her right hand into the air. Laggia roared as it ate both of its overlay units one at a time.

Evolzar Laggia Overlay units: 2 – 2 = 0.

"When a Monster is Normal or Special Summoned, or if a Spell and Trap card is activated; I can use 2 Overlay Units to negate it, then destroy your card!" The female LEO Duelist explained her Xyz Monster's effect as a fire vortex appeared around Laggie, before it shot out and covered Phantom Feather's card, causing it to begin melting, before shattering completely. Recital Starling's wings lost the flames surrounding them, but the Xyz Monster paid no attention to it.

Lulu slightly gritted her teeth, before she turned towards Yuya. The Odd-Eyes Duelist gave her an appreciated smile, before he shook his head at her. The Mistress of Birds softened her expression at seeing Yuya's calm face, before she looked back forward. At that moment, Laggia tacked Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon and sent it crashing into the ground, where the Dragon-Type monster shattered. (3600 – 3100 = 500)

Yuya Life Points: 4000 – 500 = 3500.

"Ha! How do you like that!" Sylvio laughed out with a grin on his face, before he slightly widened his eyes at seeing Yuya having a smirk. "Very much, actually. Here's why; Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon's special ability activates!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist called out, throwing his right hand out as a bright light erupted out of his costume made Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone. "If this card is destroyed by an opponent's card and sent to the Graveyard, I can call on a new Odd-Eyes to take his place from either my deck or Graveyard!" The tomato hair style boy explained his destroyed monster's effect, before taking out his deck from the Deck Zone.

He began searching through the cards, before eventually finding the card that he wanted. Yuya picked the card up with his right hand, before holding it out to reveal that it was Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. "Take center stage, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist exclaimed as he placed the card on his Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared behind him and slowly, out came Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. The Dragon-Type Monster roared at Laggia as the portal disappeared.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500/ Level: 7.

"But that's not all! Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon also allows me to add a "Spiral Flame Strike" from my deck to my hand". Yuya added, taking another card from his deck before proceeding to return it to the Deck Zone of the Duel Disk. The deck shuffled, while Yuya added the "Spiral Flame Strike" card to his hand. Cera slightly narrowed her eyes at seeing this move, before she shifted her eyes towards Recital Starling and grinned.

"In that case; Evolsaur Diplo attacks Lyrilusc – Recital Starling!" The FIRE Duelist declared, pointing towards the WIND attribute Xyz Monster. Diplo turned to look at Recital Starling, before breathing out a stream of fire from its mouth at the Xyz Monster. Yuya turned to look at Lulu, only to see her reassuring look directed at him. Deciding to trust her, the Odd-Eyes Duelist reframed from activating his Trap card. The stream of fire struck Recital Starling and caused an explosion upon impact, causing Lulu's hair and skirt to blow in the breeze, but didn't even flinch at her monster's destruction. (2100 – 0 = 2100)

Lulu Life Points: 5900 – 2100 = 3800.

However, Lulu then gave a small grin as the same stream of fire came out of the smokescreen and headed towards Cera. The braided hair style girl widened her eyes in surprise, before Diplo brought its head in front of its duelist and took the stream of fire attack for her, protect Cera from harm.

Cera Life Points: 3700 – 2100 = 1600.

Sylvio cried out in surprise with wide eyes at seeing his tag partner take damage. "Hey!? What the heck happened!? How did she lose Life Points?!" The brown-haired male questioned, capturing Lulu's attention as she turned to look and grin at him. "It's Recital Starling's final effect. All battle damage I take from battles involving her are also inflicted to my opponent". The purple-haired female explained, causing Sylvio to grit his teeth in anger.

Cera, on the other hand, looked impressed as she sat down on Diplo's back. "Not bad, I knew there was more to that monster with how low its ATK Points were, but that was still surprising. But let's see how you survive this! Black Luster Soldier, attack Lulu directly!" The braided hair style girl commanded, pointing towards the purple haired female with her right hand's index finger.

Black Luster Soldier held up his blade, before charging towards Lulu, who turned to look at the approaching attack and narrowed her eyes. "I activate the Trap card; Scrap-Iron Scarecrow!" Yuya suddenly declared, throwing his right hand out as his face-down card revealed itself, before flipping itself up to reveal that it was Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. The image began to glow, before the scarecrow came out and shot towards Black Luster Soldier. It rammed into the Ritual Monster's gut, causing Black Luster Soldier to gasp in pain as it was pushed back.

Cera widened her eyes in surprise, while Lulu gave her partner a smile of gratitude. "This card can negate an attack, and then re-set itself!" Yuya explained his Trap card's effect as the iron scarecrow returned to its card, before the Trap return to a face-down position and disappeared. "What a handy Trap card. I'll set a face-down card and end my turn!" The braided hair girl called out, taking a card from her hand and slotting it into the Duel Disk. A face-down card appeared below Diplo, before it disappeared and Laggia flew down next to the Dinosaur-Type Monster.

Yuya Life Points: 3500/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

(Play Yu Gi Oh! ARC V Ost 13- A Battle that Cannot be Lost)

"Here goes nothing! I draw!" Yuya called out, drawing his card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side with the card in hand. He looked at the card through the corner of his right eye for a moment, before adding it to his hand and selected a new card. "I activate the Spell card; Spiral Flame Strike!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist declared, holding the card up with his right hand, before slotting it in.

The card appeared in front of him, before Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon unleashed a powerful cry. "This card has two effects, but I'll go with the first one! When I control an "Odd-Eyes" monster, Spiral Flame Strike can destroy a card on the field!" Yuya explained his Spell card's effect, before pointing towards Evolzar Laggia with the index finger of his right hand.

"So say "good-bye" to your Laggia!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist called out as Odd-Eyes Dragon took a running start, before leaping high into the air. "Sorry, but Laggia is staying put! I play the Trap card; Xyz Reflect!" Cera called out, throwing her right hand to the side as her face-down card revealed itself, before lifting itself up and began to gleam.

"When a Xyz Monster I control would be destroyed by an effect; not only does this card negate that effect but you take 800 points of damage!" The braided hair style girl explained the Trap's effect as a white barrier appeared around Evolzar Laggia. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon released its Spiral Flame Strike down towards the barrier and struck, but was unable to break through. The spiral attack soon died down with the barrier transforming into a white light that shot out towards Yuya, who leaned his head to the right and successfully dodged it.

Yuya Life Points: 3500 – 800 = 2700.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon landed on the ground behind Yuya, kicking up a bit of dust. "So, that was what that face-down card was, huh? Well, I still got a bit of tricks up my sleeve. Like this one!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist called out, bringing his right hand up with another card in between the index and middle fingers. "I set the Scale 8 Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn in the Pendulum Zone!" Yuya declared as he held the card out to the side, before placing the card on the right edge of the Duel Blade, causing it to gleam a rainbow colour for a moment.

Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn Pendulum Scale: 8.

A blue pillar appeared besides Yuya on his right, before Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn rose up from within it and floated up until eventually stopping. The number "8" then appeared underneath it. "Uhh, hello! You need two Pendulum cards in the Pendulum Zone in order to Pendulum Summon, remember?" Sylvio questioned his opponent with a mocking grin, yet Yuya wasn't annoyed by it in the slightest and kept grinning.

"And whoever said that I was Pendulum Summoning?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist questioned in response, causing Sylvio to widen his eyes in surprise at Yuya's words. "I Summon to the field Performapal Handsamuraiger!" The Dueltainer called out, picking up another card from his hand and placed it down on his Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared besides him, before a black-haired human samurai monster wielding a katana appeared from within it.

Performapal Handsamuraiger ATK: 1800/ Level: 4.

"Time to fight! Go Odd-Eyes, attack Black Luster Soldier!" Yuya commanded, thrusting his right fist forward the Ritual Monster. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon roared out as it took a running start, before leaping into the air once more. "At this moment, I activate the Pendulum Effect of Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist declared, throwing up his right hand as a golden light surrounded Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn and Handsamuraiger. "When an Odd-Eyes Monster I control battles; it gains the ATK Points of a Performapal Monster I control! So Odd-Eyes gains Handsamuraiger's 1800 points!" He explained his card's effect as the Dragon-Type Pendulum Monster powered up.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500 + 1800 = 4300.

Sylvio called out in surprise with wide eyes at seeing Odd-Eyes' ATK surpass his monster's. "4300 ATK Points!?" He exclaimed, before narrowing his eyes a bit. "If a Black Luster Soldier Monster I control would be destroyed by battle, or by a card effect; I can banish Twilight Shield from the Graveyard instead!" The male Leo student informed his opponent as Black Luster Soldier – Twilight Shield's card slotted out of his Duel Disk, which he picked up and put away in his jacket's pocket.

Black Luster Soldier's shield then transformed into Twilight Shield, before he held it up towards the Pendulum Monster in a defensive manner. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon cried out as it reared its head back, before unleashing its Spiral Flame Strike attack down towards the Ritual Monster and struck its shield.

"Your monster may be safe, but your Life Points aren't! Especially when Odd-Eyes battles a Level 5 or higher monster, the damage is double! Reaction Force!" Yuya called out as the gems on Odd-Eyes' spikes flashed their colour as the dragon's attack intensified. Black Luster Soldier's shield began cracking, before it was pushed back by 5 feet, while the strong winds created from the collision blew Sylvio off of his feet, but he managed to land safely on the ground. (4300 – 3000 = 1300 X 2 = 2600)

Sylvio Life Points: 4000 – 2600 = 1400.

The spiral attack died down, revealing the cracked form of Black Luster Soldier's shield, but the Ritual Monster didn't seem to care. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon fell from the sky and landed back behind Yuya, who slightly grit his teeth. He turned to look towards Cera and her monsters, before turning to look at Lulu. The Mistress of Birds noticed her tag partner staring towards her and gave him a reassuring look.

Yuya grew a smile as he trusted in his partner, before he looked back forward and narrowed his eyes. "I end my turn here, and at this moment since my Battle Phase is over, Odd-Eyes' ATK Points return to normal!" He declared his turn over, before suddenly leaping backwards into the air and landed on Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's head and grabbed hold of its horns to steady himself. The gold lights over Yuya's three monsters disappeared when he had leaped onto his ace monster.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 4300 – 1800 = 2500

Sylvio Life Points: 1400/ Number of cards in hand: 6.

(Music end)

Odd-Eyes then took off running with Handsamuraiger and Odd-Eyes Unicorn chasing after them. "You can run, but you can't hide. My turn now!" Sylvio exclaimed, drawing his card in a dramatic fashion just like how Yuya did it. He turned to look at his new card, before cracking a grin at seeing what it was. He pressed it against his palm, while it picked out another card and held it up, revealing it to be Gaia the Fierce Knight.

"By discarding a Level 5 or higher monster like Gaia the Fierce Knight from my hand…!" The brown-haired male began to explain as he discarded the card to the Graveyard zone of his Duel Disk. "I can Special Summon this card! Come, Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin!" He added, swiping the card onto his Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared on the ground, before Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin appeared, mounted on its house.

Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin ATK: 1600/ Level: 4.

'He even has Gaia cards…' Yuya said inside of his mind with narrowed eyes, an expression that Lulu copied perfectly as she stared at Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin. 'If he can send that card to the Graveyard; it will be big news for monsters that change its ATK Points from their original. It'll be especially dangerous for my cards as my Lyrilusc monsters focus on gaining ATK Points'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, seeing the danger that Origin Gaia possessed.

"But he won't be around for long, because I'm sacrificing him…" Sylvio began as Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin dispersed into yellow particles. "To Summon this! Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight!" He finished, holding the card up between his right hand's index and middle fingers, before swiping it onto the blade. The yellow particles merged together, before forming Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight, only without its dragon. Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight cried out as it looked towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 2300/ Level: 7.

"Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin can be used as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a Warrior monster, that's why I was able to use him to Summon Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight". Sylvio explained with a smirk, before looking down at his 4 cards and picked one of them. "Now then, I think I'll get rid of those pesky cards of yours, Yuya; with this! The Spell card; Twin Twisters!" The brown-haired male called out, swiping his right hand out to show the Spell card as it began to glow a white colour.

"By discarding a card from my hand, such as my Beginning Knight…" The L.I.D student began to explain as he sent Twin Twisters and Beginning Knight's cards from his hand to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. "Two of your Spell/Trap cards are destroyed! Kiss your Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn and Scrap-Iron Scarecrow good-bye!" Sylvio concluded as two dark clouds appeared in the sky above, before two twisters shot down from within them. One of them struck Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn, causing the Pendulum Monster to shatter, while the second struck a reappeared face-down card form of Scrap-Iron Scarecrow.

Yuya gritted his teeth at seeing this, but that was when he noticed an Action card struck between two large rocks. "Odd-Eyes, over there!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist called out, pointing his right hand's index finger towards the Action card. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon gave a cry in response, before running towards where Yuya pointed towards. It ran by the two rocks with Yuya reaching out and grabbing hold of the card as Odd-Eyes passed through, taking the Action card for himself.

"I'm gonna take your partner, Yuya out in one big attack! I activate Super Soldier Ritual's effect from the Graveyard!" Sylvio declared, throwing his right hand into the air. Super Soldier Ritual's card appeared in front of him, before a large black portal appeared underneath it. "I can banish this card, plus a LIGHT and DARK Monster like Beginning Knight and Evening Twilight Knight…" He began to explain as the card forms of Beginning Knight and Evening Twilight Knight appeared besides Super Soldier Ritual's card, before they all burst into particles and entered the black portal.

"Doing so allows me to Special Summon a Black Luster Soldier Ritual Monster from my hand!" The LID student finished explaining, before taking the last card in his hand and held it out; revealing it to be Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier. "Come forth; Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier!" Sylvio cried out to the heavens as the Ritual Monster; Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier floated out of the black portal and glared towards Yuya.

Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.

"This is not going good, another Ritual Monster". The Odd-Eyes Duelist stated, eyeing the new Ritual Monster besides Black Luster Soldier. Lulu remained quiet, but did look towards Cera and her monsters. "Hope you're ready, because you're both about to lose! First; since Beginning Knight was banished from the Graveyard, I can now add a Ritual Spell card from my deck to my hand!" Sylvio informed his opponents as his deck began glowing, before it began shuffling.

After a few moments, it ceased shuffling with a single card slotted out; which Sylvio picked up with his right hand and held it out, showing the card to be "Earth Chant". "Hope you're not too attached to those cards, because they'll soon be mine". The LID Duelist said with a grin, causing Lulu to narrow her eyes at him. "Our cards are staying where they are!" The Mistress of Birds snapped at the brown-haired male, getting him to turn towards her and glare at Lulu.

"You talk tough for someone without any monsters". Sylvio remarked, causing her to grow a smirk at him. "Tell that to this!" Lulu called out as she took a card from her hand and held it out. It was a Monster card with the image showing a 5-year-old albino skin coloured girl with crystal blue eyes, wearing a Blue jay themed costume. The headset had the beak of a blue jay, a tail just like the bird and light purple talons. "I activate the special ability of Lyrilusc – Imaginary Blue Jay!" The Mistress of Birds declared, before the card began to glow a light blue colour.

(Lyrilusc – Imaginary Blue Jay/ Level: 1/ Attribute: WIND/ ATK: 200/ DEF: 0/ Type: Winged Beast/ Effect/ Effect: During either player's turn, you can discard this card from your hand to activate a "Lyrilusc" Spell/Trap card from your hand. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 "Lyrilusc" Xyz Monster you control; attach this card to it as material.)

"By discarding this card from my hand to the Graveyard; I can activate a "Lyrilusc" Spell or Trap card from my hand!" Lulu explained, before discarding to card to the Graveyard Zone of her Duel Disk. "But it's my turn!" Sylvio called out in surprise at this unexpected move, yet Lulu didn't acknowledge his words and instead held up another card with her right hand.

"I activate the Lyrilusc – Recovery Spell card!" The purple haired girl called out, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk. A large copy of the card appeared; the image showed Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale tending to the injured forms of Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow, Loving Owl and Navy Heron.

(Lyrilusc - Recovery/ Type: Spell/ Effect: Select up to three "Lyrilusc" monsters in your graveyard, add them to your hand.)

"This Spell card allows me to select up to 3 different Lyrilusc monsters in my Graveyard, and then add them to my hand". Lulu explained her Spell card's effect, before the card forms of Lyrilusc – Violet Swift, Cobalt Sparrow and Lifeforce Bluebird slotted out of her Duel Disk. She picked up all 3 cards of her deck and held them out. "I select Lyrilusc – Violet Swift, Cobalt Sparrow and Lifeforce Bluebird!" The Mistress of Birds declared her choices, before adding Violet Swift, Cobalt Sparrow and Lifeforce Bluebird to her hand.

Sylvio gave a sigh of relief, before he gave smirked at Lulu. "You had me going, but you just wasted your card. Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier, attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The brown haired male commanded, pointing towards the running Dragon-Type monster. Super Soldier turned to look towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, before giving a cry as it flew after the Pendulum Monster.

"By the way; it has inherited an effect from Beginning Knight being used as a tribute for it! When Super Soldier destroys an opponent's monster; it can declare a second attack! And not to mention its original effect also deals you damage when it destroys a monster equal to its ATK Points!" Sylvio informed the Odd-Eyes Duelist, causing Lulu to widen her eyes in alarm at hearing this.

"Oh no! If this attack hits, Yuya will lose!" The Mistress of Birds called out with wide eyes, while Yuya narrowed his. "In that case; I'll just have to dodge it then!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist exclaimed as Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ceased running, before it turned around to face the approaching Ritual Monster. "I activate the Action Spell; Miracle!" The Dueltainer called out, taking the Action card from his hand and slotted it into the costume made Duel Disk.

"With this; Odd-Eyes is safe from destruction and the damage is halved!" Yuya explained the card's effect as a white aura appeared around Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Super Soldier slashed Odd-Eyes with its sword, but the aura protected the Dragon-Type monster from harm, pushing the Ritual Monster back. (3000 – 2500 = 500 – 250 = 250)

Yuya Life Points: 2700 – 250 = 2450.

"Fine, so you survived one attack, but I still got two left. Black Luster Soldier, attack Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Sylvio commanded, thrusting his right fist out. Black Luster Soldier brought up its blade, before charging towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, while Super Soldier returned to its Duelist's side. Yuya leaped off of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's head and into the air, right before Black Luster Soldier came in and sliced the Dragon-Type's stomach, causing Odd-Eyes to cry out as it exploded. (3000 – 2500 = 500)

Yuya Life Points: 2450 – 500 = 1950.

Yuya landed on the ground safely on his right knee, before he held up his ace monster's card with his right hand. "Since Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon is a Pendulum Monster, he goes to the Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist reminded his opponent, before putting his ace monster's card away in his Extra Deck.

"So what?! He can't help you from there! Lord Gaia, attack that samurai wannabe!" Sylvio called out, pointing towards Performapal Handsamuraiger. Lord Gaia summed his lancers, before throwing the right one towards Handsamuraiger and pierced right through its stomach, causing the Beast-Warrior monster to cry out before shattering. (2300 – 1800 = 500)

Yuya Life Points: 1950 – 500 = 1450.

"Finally, your Pendulum cards will be mine! Evolzar Laggia, attack Yuya Sakaki directly!" The Leo student commanded, pointing his right hand towards the Dueltainer as Yuya stood up on his feet fully. "Not today! I activate Lyrilusc – Violet Swift's special ability from my hand!" Lulu declared, holding up Violet Swift's card with her right hand's index and middle fingers, before placing it on the blade of the Duel Disk.

A blur appeared, moving at fast speeds before stopping in front of Yuya, revealing it to be Lyrilusc – Violet Swift. "When you declare a direct attack, I can Special Summon Violet Swift and end the Battle Phase!" The purple haired female explained Violet Swift's special ability, much to Sylvio's annoyance.

Lyrilusc – Violet Swift DEF: 0/ Level: 1.

"You're really becoming an annoying bird, you know that? First; since you Special Summoned a monster; Lord Gaia's special ability activates and gains 700 ATK Points!" The brown-haired male explained his monster's effect as a brown aura appeared around Lord Gaia, powering it up.

Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 2300 + 700 = 3000.

"Next, I activate the second inherited effect of Beginning Knight to banish your bird!" Sylvio called out, holding up his right fist as Violet Swift flashed a violet colour, before disappearing completely. This caused Lulu to slight narrow her eyes as she took Violet Swift's card and put it away in her jacket's pocket. "You may have survived this turn, but it won't happen again! I end my turn!" The male L.I.D student declared his turn over, while his three monsters gathered in front of him.

Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 3000 – 700 = 2300.

Lulu Life Points: 3800/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Lulu closed her eyes and gave out a small sigh. 'This Duel has been intense so far, and it is only my third turn so far. Something tells me that this won't be my last turn of this duel'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, before looking up at the sky above. 'I wonder what Yusei is up to right now. Is he still at You Show right now?' Lulu questioned inside of her mind, wondering what Satellite's Shooting Star was doing right now.

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(Meanwhile when this duel was taking place)

Inside of the warehouse at the harbor; Yusei and Zuzu stood across each other by 10 feet. The two of them held their starting hand with their left hand, while the Duel Disks were equipped to the forearms of the two duelists. The two had narrowed, focused eyes locked on each other as they began the duel against one another.

Yusei Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Zuzu Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

"The first move is mine, Yusei!" Zuzu declared, taking the beginning turn as she picked up a single card from the five in her left hand and held it out. "I'll start off with a Spell card called Cards from the Sky!" The pink haired girl called out, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk. A large copy of the card appeared besides her, before it began glowing. "By removing a LIGHT attribute Fairy-Type monster from my hand such as Elegy the Melodious Diva…" Zuzu began to explain, taking a card from her hand to show it, before pocketing it in her jacket's pocket.

"This allows me to draw 2 cards from my deck". She finished explaining, drawing the top two cards of her deck. "However, I can't attack or Special Summon on the turn that I activate this effect". Zuzu added, before she looked at her two new cards in hand. She added one of them to the hand, before holding the other one out with her right hand's index and middle fingers. "I now Normal Summon Opera the Melodious Diva in ATK Mode!" The pink haired girl called out, before swiping the card onto her Duel Disk's blade. With a flash of light, Opera the Melodious Diva appeared with an innocent look.

Opera the Melodious Diva ATK: 2300/ Level: 4.

Yusei narrowed his eyes at the Fairy-Type monster, especially at its unusually high ATK for a Level 4 monster. "Opera can't attack on the turn that it is Normal or Special Summon". Zuzu informed her opponent, causing Yusei to ease his gaze a bit. "But that hardly matters since I can't battle this turn. But I still got a few tricks up my sleeve". The pink haired girl added, picking up a card from her hand of 4 cards and held it up.

It was a Spell card with the image showing an opera stage inside of a large room with a curtain made of light. "I activate the Field Spell; Stage of Light!" Zuzu exclaimed, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk.

(Stage of Light/ Type: Field Spell/ Effect: For every "Melodious" monster on your side of the field; all face-up LIGHT attribute monsters on your side of the field gains 200 ATK. Once per turn if you control a "Melodious" monster; you can Special Summon one LIGHT Monster from your GY.)

The large copy of the Spell materialized in front of Zuzu, before it began glowing. The whole warehouse began to glow as the Field Spell affected the area around the two Duelists. After a moment or two, the warehouse had transformed. Yusei and Zuzu were now standing across from each other on an opera stage inside of a large building. Satellite's Shooting Star looked around the field around them, while the Standard fragment of Ray gave a grin. "This Spell increases the ATK of all LIGHT attribute monsters by 200 for every Melodious Monster on my field!" Zuzu explained her Field Spell's effect as Opera powered up a little.

Opera the Melodious Diva ATK: 2300 + 200 = 2500.

"I'll set a card face-down and end my turn!" Zuzu declared, slotting in another card into her Duel Disk with a face-down card appearing in front of her.

Yusei Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

"My turn now! I draw!" Yusei called out as he drew his card in a dramatic fashion with his right hand, before holding it in front of himself to see what it was. Immediately, Yusei held the card out to show that it was the Spell card; Tuning. "I'll start off by activating the Turning Spell card!" Satellite's Shooting Star exclaimed as he slotted the card in his Duel Disk, before a larger copy of it appeared in front of him and began glowing.

"This Spell allows me to add a Tuner monster from the deck to my hand, but I then have to discard the top cards equal to the Tuner monster's Level". Yusei explained Tuning's effect as his deck shuffled for a moment. It then stopped with a single card slotted out, which he picked up with his right hand's index and middle fingers, before holding it out to reveal that it was the Tuner Monster; Tuning Gum. "Tuning Gum is Level 1, so that's one card!" The Synchro Duelist informed his opponent, before adding the card to his hand.

He then took the top card of his deck, taking a moment to see that it was Quillbolt Hedgehog, before sending it to the Graveyard. He then took another card from his hand and held it up."Next up, I'm activating the special ability of Junk Converter from my hand!" Yusei declared, holding the card out with his right hand as it began to glow. "By discarding this card and a Tuner Monster from my hand like Tuning Gum…" Satellite's Shooting Star began to explain as he discarded both Junk Converter and Tuning Gum from his hand. "I can add a "Synchron" monster from my deck to the hand!" He concluded as his deck shuffled once more, before stopping with a single card slotted out.

Yusei picked the card up and held it up for Zuzu to see that it was Junk Synchron. "I select Junk Synchron! And while I'm at it, I think I'll play him! Ha!" Satellite's Shooting Star cried out, swiping the card onto the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared in front of him, before a burst of energy came out and cleared, revealing Junk Synchron.

Junk Synchron ATK: 1300/ Level: 3.

"Junk Synchron's special ability now activates! When this card is Summoned; I can Special Summon a Level 2 or below monster from my Graveyard!" Yusei explained his favorite Tuner monster's effect as Junk Converter's card slotted out of his Graveyard Zone, before he picked and held it up. "So, say "hello" again to Junk Converter!" He added, before swiping the card down on the blade. Junk Synchro held out his left hand as a portal appeared and out came Junk Converter, taking a defensive stance.

Junk Converter DEF: 200/ Level: 2.

"Now since I control a Tuner monster on the field; I can Special Summon Quillbolt Hedgehog from the Graveyard!" Yusei called out, holding his right hand out as another portal appeared and Quillbolt Hedgehog came out with its devilish grin.

Quillbolt Hedgehog DEF: 800/ Level: 2.

"However; when Quillbolt Hedgehog leaves the field, it is banished". The Synchro Duelist informed his opponent, while Zuzu narrowed her eyes a bit. 'Quillbolt Hedgehog must have been the card that he discarded through Tuning's effect'. The pink haired female said inside of her mind, figuring out how Quillbolt Hedgehog was in the Graveyard. "Now! Junk Synchron Tunes with Junk Converter and Quillbolt Hedgehog!" Yusei declared, throwing his right hand into the air.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Yusei Fudo music)

Both Quillbolt Hedgehog and Junk Converter took off into the air, while Junk Synchron grabbed hold of his leveler and pulled on it, revving up the energy on his back. The Tuner Monster then burst into energy that shot out into the air, before it split apart and cleared to reveal 3 green rings. The green greens flew after Quillbolt Hedgehog and Junk Converter, coming together as they passed through the two monsters. Quillbolt Hedgehog and Junk Converter turned orange transparent with two lights appearing in them each.

Levels: 3 + 2 + 2 = 7.

A thin, bright beam then appeared in between the rings and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed both the rings and lights. "Clustering wishes will become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! I Synchro Summon! Level 7! Stardust Pegasus!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out to the heavens as Stardust Pegasus emerged from the bright light and released a fierce cry, spreading its wings with feathers falling from them.

Stardust Pegasus ATK: 2300/ Level: 7.

"Since Quillbolt Hedgehog left the field, it's now removed from play!" Yusei informed his opponent, holding up the Machine-Type monster's card before putting it away in his jacket's pocket. "Your horse is no match for my Opera despite its fancy appearance". Zuzu said with narrowed eyes, pointing out that Stardust Pegasus had lower ATK than her Opera's. "Whoever said I was done? I activate Junk Converter's ability from the Graveyard!" Satellite's Shooting Star declared as he threw his right hand out, while a bright light erupted out of his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone.

"When this card is used as Synchro Material and sent to the Graveyard; I can Special Summon a Tuner Monster from the Graveyard!" Yusei explained as Tuning Gum's card slotted out of the Graveyard Zone, before he took and placed it down on the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared, and out came the Tuner Monster; Tuning Gum with a grin.

Tuning Gum DEF: 1200/ Level: 1.

"But he won't be around for long. Because I'm Tuning him with Stardust Pegasus!" Yusei called out, swiping his right hand out as Stardust Pegasus took flight while Tuning Gum transformed into a single green ring that chased after the Beast-Type monster. The ring circled around Stardust Pegasus, causing it to turn orange transparent as it was scanned. Then, 7 bright stars appeared, lined up within Stardust Pegasus's body.

Levels: 7 + 1 = 8.

A thin, bright beam then appeared in between the ring and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed both the ring and lights. "Colossal Fighter, let's rev it up!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out to the heavens as Colossal Fighter emerged from the beam and came crashing down in front of Yusei in a superhero landing, kicking up a great gust of wind.

Colossal Fighter ATK: 2800/ Level: 8.

"A Level 8 Synchro Monster!?" Zuzu cried out in surprise with wide eyes at the sight of Colossal Fighter. "I'm afraid it's much worse than that. Colossal Fighter gains 100 ATK Points for every Warrior monster in any Graveyard!" Yusei informed his opponent, before holding up his left arm. "There's two in my Grave, while there's none in yours. So, that's a total of 200 points". He calculated as two beams shot out of his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone and struck Colossal Fighter's back, causing the Synchro Monster to power up.

Colossal Fighter ATK: 2800 + 200 = 3000.

"3000 ATK Points!?" The Melodious Duelist said with narrowed eyes, while Opera looked a little frightened. "And they're coming right at ya! Colossal Fighter, attack Opera the Melodious Diva!" Yusei commanded, swiping his right hand out to the side. Colossal Fighter cried out, before leaping towards Opera the Melodious Diva. "Hold it right there! I activate the Trap card; Dimensional Prison!" Zuzu called out, swiping her right hand out as her face-down card lifted itself up and began glowing purple.

"When your monster declares an attack; Dimensional Prison can target that monster and banish it!" The pink haired female explained the Trap card's effect with a growing smirk, one that Yusei matched with his own. "Not today! I activate Tuning Gum's special ability from the Graveyard!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, throwing his right hand out as a black portal appeared in front of him.

"When a card or effect targets exactly 1 Synchro Monster I control; by banishing this card from the Graveyard, your card activation is negated!" Yusei explained, holding up Tuning Gum's card with his right hand, before putting the card away in his pocket. Tuning Gum then shot out of the black portal and towards Dimensional Prison's card, striking it and causing the card to be covered in green slime. Dimension Prison's card then conducted sparks of electricity, before it disappeared completely. Colossal Fighter reared his right fist back as he prepared to strike Opera. She gave the puppy-dog eyes in hopes of being spared, but it had no effect as Colossal Fighter punched her with his right fist, causing Opera to explode into particles and making Zuzu wince. (3000 – 2500 = 500)

Zuzu Life Points: 4000 – 500 = 3500.

Zuzu gritted her teeth and glared towards Yusei in anger at how he destroyed her strategy. Satellite's Shooting Star showed no care at Zuzu's glare as Colossal Fighter returned to his side. "I end my turn here". The bearer of the Crimson Dragon's Head declared his turn over, crossing his arms as he did so.

(Music end)

Zuzu Life Points: 3500/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

"This Duel is just getting started, so don't think you're in the clear just yet! I draw!" The pink haired girl called out, drawing her card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her right hand out to the side. She brought the card in front of herself to see what it was, before holding it out. "I activate the Graceful Charity Spell card!" Zuzu exclaimed as the card began to glow, before she discarded it.

"I draw 3 cards…" The Standard fragment of Ray began, drawing the top 3 cards of her deck. She took a moment to look at them, before adding them to her hand. "Then discard 2 cards". She added, taking 2 of cards and discarded them to the Graveyard Zone of her Duel Disk. She then took one of the 3 cards in her hand and held it out. "I Summon Miku the Melodious Diva in ATK Position!" Zuzu called out as she swiped the card onto her Duel Disk's blade.

A portal appeared in front of her, before a new monster emerged from within it. It was a beautiful girl having a voluptuous bust, curvy figure and smooth skin. She had long bluish purple hair that reached her back and indigo eyes. She wore a yellow dress with blue and white ruffles covering some parts of her dress. She had a musical note hair clip with a flower petal connected. On her neck is a choker with a white lily. She had a bluish purple ribbon tied to her back with long ends that reached the back of her knees. She had white long gloves that reached past her wrist, long white stockings that went past her dress' skirt and bluish purple high heels. Finally, she had a yellow masquerade mask on and a violin in her right hand. Miku gave a wink as she was covered by a white aura through Stage of Light's power.

(Miku the Melodious Diva/ Level: 4/ Attribute: LIGHT/ Type: Fairy/ Effect/ ATK: 1000/ DEF: 800/ Effect: Any Battle Damage this card's controller takes from a battle involving this card becomes 0. Once per turn; you can select one face-up monster that your opponent controls and take control of it until the End Phase. However, the monster selected for this effect cannot declare an attack.)

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 1000 + 200 = 1200.

Zuzu then gave a giggle with a sly expression on her face, something that caused Yusei to narrow his eyes at her. "I missed the joke". Satellite's Shooting Star stated, yet that only caused Zuzu to giggle more. "Don't worry; you'll get the joke soon. But first; I activate Stage of Light's effect!" Zuzu declared, throwing her right hand into the air and snapped her fingers. The lights suddenly went out and the stage was dark.

Yusei raised an eyebrow at the sudden blackout, while Zuzu kept her sly grin. "If I control a "Melodious" monster on my field, I can Special Summon a LIGHT monster from my Graveyard". The pink haired girl explained her Field Spell's effect as spotlights came on and started going all over the place. "So, please welcome one of today's stars! Meloetta the Melodious Maestra!" Zuzu called out, rearing her right hand up before bringing it out to show that she was holding a Monster card.

The spotlights all came together and focused on the spot right next to Miku, revealing a new monster. It was a beautiful young woman with peach skin and long green hair that almost reached the ground. She had greenish blue coloured eyes, a jewel on its forehead and a black headpiece that seems to be shaped like a treble clef which doubled as an attached microphone such as one often used by singers. She wore a black Victorian era dress adorned in musical notes to make it appear as though she's bringing a sheet of music to life. White high heeled shoes on her feet and finally, carried a golden harp in her right hand. Meloetta sung a peaceful song as she stroke her harp's strings, releasing a peaceful melody.

(Meloetta the Melodious Maestra/ Level: 7/ Attribute: LIGHT/Type: Fairy/ Effect/ ATK: 2000/ DEF: 1400/ Effect: Once per turn; you can increase the ATK and DEF of all LIGHT Monsters on the field by 800. You cannot increase the ATK and DEF of monsters you control for the rest of this turn, except LIGHT monsters.)

"Don't forget Stage of Light's effect! Since there's now 2 "Melodious" monsters on my field, that's 400 points!" Zuzu reminded her opponent as both Meloetta and Miku powered up.

Meloetta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2000 + 400 = 2400.

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 1200 + 200 = 1400.

"But the power up doesn't stop there! I activate Meloetta's special ability!" Zuzu declared, throwing her right hand out as Meloetta began playing her harp and released peaceful music, causing Miku to sing along with it. "Once a turn; Meloetta can increase the ATK and DEF of all LIGHT Monsters by 800!" The pink haired girl explained the Fairy-Type Monster's effect, while both Meloetta and Miku powered up once more.

Meloetta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2400 + 800 = 3200/ DEF: 1400 + 800 = 2200.

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 1400 + 800 = 2200/ DEF: 800 + 800 = 1600.

Despite Meloetta now overpowering his monster in ATK Points, Yusei kept a completely calm expression on his face, something that Zuzu frowned at as she wanted to see the Synchro Duelist panic. "If that doesn't worry you, then this will! Miku, use your special ability!" The pink haired girl exclaimed as she swiped her right hand out to the side. Miku closed her eyes and began singing, this time releasing sound waves from her mouth at Colossal Fighter. The sound wave attacks struck, but did no harm to the Synchro Monster. Instead; purple glowing eyes appeared in its visor. Colossal Fighter then leaped over and landed behind Zuzu, facing Yusei now.

This caused Satellite's Shooting Star to raise an eyebrow in curiosity, while Zuzu gave a grin. "Miku has the power to take control of a monster of yours until the End Phase of my turn". The Standard fragment of Ray explained with a cheerful voice, before she frowned in anger towards the bearer of the Crimson Dragon's Head. "It's a bit ironic. I stole something of yours, just like how you and Lulu stole from me!" Zuzu growled out in anger and hatred at Yusei, causing him to narrow his eyes at her.

"I didn't steal anything from you, nor did Lulu". Satellite's Shooting Star replied to the pink haired female, yet that only seemed to anger her. "Lier! It's because of you that Yuya…Yuya is…!" Zuzu began, only to stop herself and tilt her head down in sadness. "What? Yuya's what?" Yusei questioned the teenage girl, causing her to look up and glare at him once more. "It's because of you that Yuya doesn't rely on me anymore!" The pink haired female shouted out towards Yusei, throwing her right hand out to the side.

Zuzu's answer caused Satellite's Shooting Star to widen his eyes in confusion at her words. "Rely on you?" Yusei questioned the teenage girl, something she nodded before pointing her right hand's index finger towards him. "Miku, attack him directly!" The Melodious Duelist commanded her Fairy-Type monster. Miku grew a grin as she summoned a violin bow with her right hand, before she flew towards Yusei, intending to strike him with it.

"Not so fast! I play Swift Scarecrow!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, swiping his right hand out with Swift Scarecrow's card in between the index and middle fingers. The card released a bright light and Swift Scarecrow shot out of it and towards Miku thanks to its boosters. The Fairy-Type Monster widened her eyes in surprise, before she swung her bow down on Swift Scarecrow and destroyed it. "What just happened!?" Zuzu questioned in surprise at the unexpected development.

"Swift Scarecrow happened, that's what! When a monster you control declares a direct attack, I can negate the attack and end the Battle Phase by discarding this card from the hand". The Synchro Duelist explained, discard Swift Scarecrow's card to the Graveyard. Zuzu growled in anger, before taking hold of the last card in her deck and slotted it into her Duel Disk. "I'll get you yet! Your move!" The pink haired female told the Signer as a face-down card appeared besides her. Colossal Fighter's glowing eyes ceased, before the Synchro Monster disappeared and reappeared on Yusei's side of the field.

Yusei Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 3.

Yusei placed his right hand on the top card of his deck and grabbed hold of it. "My turn now. I draw". Satellite's Shooting Star said with a calm voice, drawing the card in a normal fashion and brought it to his face. He looked down at the new card and cracked a grin at seeing what it was. "I equip Colossal Fighter with the Equip Spell; Assault Armor!" Yusei called out, flipping the card over in his hand, before proceeding to slot the card into his Duel Disk.

A large copy of the card appeared besides him, before it began glowing. Colossal Fighter then gained a bright orange aura around himself, causing him to rear his arms in, and then spread them out and released a mighty roar. "This card can only be equipped to a Warrior-Type Monster that's the only one on my field. It gains 300 ATK Points". Yusei explained the Spell card's effect as Colossal Fighter powered up.

Colossal Fighter ATK: 3000 + 300 = 3300.

Yusei then swiped his right hand forward and pointed towards Meloetta the Melodious Maestra. "Colossal Fighter, attack Meloetta!" Satellite's Shooting Star commanded his Synchro Monster. Colossal Fighter cried out, before gliding through the ground towards Meloetta and shoulder tackled her, causing the Fairy-Type Monster to gasp in pain, before shattering into particles. (3300 – 3200 = 100)

Zuzu Life Points: 3500 – 100 = 3400.

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 2200 – 200 = 2000.

"Now I activate Assault Armor's second effect!" Yusei declared, before holding up Assault Armor's card with his right hand. "I can send this card to the Graveyard, but upside is that the monster equipped to it can attack a second time!" He explained the Equip Spell's effect, discarding the card as Colossal Fighter's orange aura disappeared.

Colossal Fighter ATK: 3300 – 300 = 3000.

"What the!?" The pink haired female cried out in surprise as Colossal Fighter shifted its gaze over to Miku, before ramming his right fist to her. Miku cried out in pain, before she exploded. "One thing you should know about Miku is that all the battle damages from a battle that involves her is reduced to 0, so I take no damage!" Zuzu told Satellite's Shooting Star as Colossal Fighter floated back towards Yusei's field.

"Not bad. I'll set a monster in face-down DEF Position and end my turn". Yusei told his opponent, taking a card from his hand and placing it sideways, face-down on his Duel Disk's blade. A face-down card appeared on his field, before a shadowy caged monster with red eyes appeared from within it, glaring at Zuzu.

Zuzu Life Points: 3400/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

Zuzu glared at Yusei in deep anger with her right fist shaking a bit from the anger that she was experiencing. "I WILL defeat you, Yusei! Even if it's the last thing I do!" The pink haired female growled out in anger, before grabbing hold of the top card of her deck with her right hand. "I draw!" She cried out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion.

She looked at the card and cracked a grin at seeing what it was, before holding it out. "I Summon Canon the Melodious Diva!" Zuzu called out, throwing the card onto her Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared besides her, before Canon the Melodious Diva came flying out of it and gave a wink as she gave a poss.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 1400 + 200 = 1600.

"At this moment, I activate my Trap card! Card of Last Will!" Zuzu shouted out, holding her left hand out as her face-down card lifted itself up and began to glow. "When the ATK of a monster I control changes; this Trap allows me to draw until I have 5 cards in my hand!" The pink haired female explained her Trap card's effect, before she began drawing 5 cards one by one. Once she had all 5 cards, she held them up with her right hand.

Despite the situation, Yusei gave an impressed smile. True; this may be his very first-time witnessing Zuzu duel and seeing her deck in action, but he was impressed with how she's arranged and uses it. 'Despite the anger that she's feeling; it's focused and not running wild. And she knows how to bring out her card's true power. She truly is a Duelist with much potential'. Satellite's Shooting Star thought to himself with a small smile, honestly glad that Zuzu was growing as a duelist.

Zuzu transferred the five cards to her left hand and looked at them for a moment, before giving a small smile. She then swiped her right hand out. "I activate Stage of Light's effect to revive Miku the Melodious Diva from my Graveyard!" The pink haired girl called out as a black portal appeared, before Miku the Melodious Diva floated out of it.

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 1000 + 400 = 1400.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 1600 + 200 = 1800.

Yusei crew a curious expression on his face at seeing Zuzu revive Miku and not Meloetta. Still, he kept silent and awaited her next move. 'Even if I destroy Colossal Fighter in battle, its effect can just revive itself. So, that's why I need to go for its weakness instead'. Zuzu thought to herself, before holding her left hand out forward towards Yusei. "I activate Miku the Melodious Diva's special ability and take control of your Colossal Fighter once more!" The pink haired teenage girl declared, causing the Synchro Duelist to narrow his eyes at her.

Miku closed her eyes and began singing, this time releasing sound waves from her mouth at Colossal Fighter. The sound wave attacks struck, but did no harm to the Synchro Monster. Instead; purple glowing eyes appeared in its visor. Colossal Fighter then leaped over and landed behind Zuzu and her monsters. Yusei still showed no concern, yet this didn't anger Zuzu as she took a card from her hand and held it up. "Next up; I activate the Sacred Sword of Seven Stars". The Standard fragment of Ray declared, before slotting the card into her Duel Dusk and a large copy of it appeared in front of her.

"By banishing a Level 7 or 8 monster like your Colossal Fighter…" Zuzu began to explain as Colossal Fighter began to disperse into white sparkles. "I get to draw 2 new cards!" She finished, drawing the top 2 cards of her deck and added them to her hand. 'Not bad. She found a loophole in Colossal Fighter's effect. If he's banished, he can't use his effect to Special Summon himself'. Yusei thought to himself, growing impressed once more with how Zuzu thought around Colossal Fighter's ability.

"You're in trouble now, Yusei!" The Standard fragment of Rey exclaimed, taking another card from her hand and held it out. "If I control a Melodious monster, I can Special Summon this! Sonata the Melodious Diva!" Zuzu called out, showing the card before placing it down on the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared, before Sonata the Melodious Diva flew out of it and sang a peaceful song.

Sonata the Melodious Diva ATK: 1200 + 600 = 1800/ Level: 3.

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 1400 + 200 = 1600.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 1800 + 200 = 2000.

"With these three ladies, your Life Points are about to take a big hit! Miku, attack Yusei's face-down monster!" Zuzu commanded, throwing her right hand. Miku closed her eyes and sang, releasing a sound wave attack towards Yusei's face-down monster. It flipped over to reveal that it was Shield Wing's card, before it began glowing with the Winged Beast-Type Monster rising up from within the glow. Shield Wing gave a cry, before crossing its hands over to form a shield with its wings.

Shield Wing DEF: 900/ Level: 2.

The sound wave attacks struck, but Shield Wing stayed strong and repelled the attack, something that made Zuzu widen her eyes in surprise. "How did that chicken survive?!" The pink haired female questioned the adult male, who gave her a small grin. "Up to twice per turn; Shield Wing cannot be destroyed in battle". Yusei explained how his monster survived the attack, having a hint of smugness in his voice.

Zuzu gritted her teeth in anger, bringing up her right hand once more. "Fine then! Cannon, attack next!" The pink haired female commanded, swiping her hand out to the side. Canon brought her hands together and singed, releasing a sound wave attack at the Winged Beast Monster. Yet, Shield Wing survived the attack and repelled it, causing Canon to frown at the Winged Beast monster. "That was the last attack your birdbrain was gonna survive! Sonata, attack Shield Wing!" Zuzu commanded, swiping her right hand back in front of herself.

Sonata sung once more, releasing another sound wave attack towards Shield Wing, this time breaking through its shield. Shield Wing cried out, before shattering into pieces. Yusei gave a thankful look as he sent Shield Wing's card to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. "Now that your chicken is gone, I'd like to see how you turn things around. I'll set a face-down card and end my turn!" Zuzu called out, holding a card out to the side with her right hand's index and middle fingers, before slotting it into her Duel Disk. A face-down card appeared in front of her, before Zuzu looked towards and gave a grin at Yusei.

Yusei Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

Satellite's Shooting Star placed his right hand on the top card of his deck, before drawing it by swiping his hand out to the side. Yusei brought the card up to see what it was, before he gave a small grin at seeing what he got. He placed his new card in his hand, before taking the other 2 and held them up. "I'll set 2 face-downs!" Yusei called out as he swiped them into his Duel Disk, before two face-down cards appeared in front of him.

"I'm not afraid of two face-down cards, Yusei!" Zuzu called out towards the Synchro Duelist with resolve in her voice. "That's glad to hear, but let's see after this!" Yusei replied to the teenage girl, taking the single remaining card from his hand and held it up close to the side of his face. "I activate the Card of Sanctity Spell card!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, before slotting the card into his Duel Disk. A copy of Card of Sanctity, only larger, appeared in front of him, before it shot out a golden beam towards the sky.

It then created a bright light, getting Zuzu to look up towards it with a curious expression on her face. "This Spell card allows us both to draw until we have 6 cards in our hand!" Yusei explained the Spell card's effect, causing Zuzu to widen her eyes in shock as she looked back down towards him. 'Draw until we have 6 cards!? That's why he set those 2 face-downs, so he can draw 6 new cards from his deck! While I only get 2 cards since I already have 4 cards!' Zuzu thought to herself, gritting her teeth in anger as she drew the top 2 cards of her deck, while Yusei drew the top 6 in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side.

The pink haired teenager added the cards to her hand, while Satellite's Shooting Star looked at his new cards through the corner of his right eye. He grew a small smile at seeing what they were. "Just what I needed". Yusei stated, before adding the cards to his left hand; then swiping his right one out forward. "I reveal the Spell card; Synchro Overtake!" The Synchro Duelist called out as one of his face-down cards lifted itself up to reveal that it was a Spell card, before it began glowing.

The Extra Deck section of Yusei's Duel Disk opened, before Junk Warrior's card slotted out and Yusei took hold of it with his right hand. "By revealing a Synchro Monster in my Extra Deck like Junk Warrior here; I'm allowed to add of the listed Synchro Materials from my deck or Graveyard to the hand!" The bearer of the Crimson Dragon's Head explained the Spell card's effect, before putting Junk Warrior's card back into the Extra Deck.

The Duel Disk's Extra Deck zone snapped shut, while Synchro Overtake's card disappeared and finally, Junk Synchron's card slotted out of the Graveyard zone. Yusei picked up his favorite Tuner Monster's card and held it between the right hand's index and middle fingers. "I select Junk Synchron!" Satellite's Shooting Star declared his choice, before adding the card to his hand.

'Yusei…' A familiar voice said from behind the Signer, getting him to tilt his head right and saw Stardust Dragon behind him in spirit form. 'I apologize for interrupting, but I think this would be a spectacular time to test it out'. The Synchro Monster said to his partner, sounding a little bit eager. Yusei raised an eyebrow as he wasn't aware of what Stardust was referring to. "What do you mean? Test what out?" Satellite's Shooting Star questioned his ace monster, keeping his voice low to avoid attracting the attention of Zuzu.

'My Duel Dragon form'. Stardust Dragon answered his Signer, causing Yusei to slightly widen his eyes in realization. 'Stardust Spark Dragon, huh? True, this would be a good chance to test it out. Are you ready?' The Synchro Duelist asked the Dragon-Type monster, getting an eager nod instantly from Stardust Dragon. 'I am. I'm pretty eager to finally fight in that form again'. The Synchro Monster answered Satellite's Shooting Star as he grew a grin.

Yusei grew an amused smile at his ace monster's words, and then nodded. 'Alright then! Let's do this!' The Signer exclaimed inside of his mind, before taking Junk Synchron's card from his hand and held it out. "Come on out, Junk Synchron!" Satellite's Shooting Star cried out, swiping the card onto the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared in front of him, before a burst of energy came out and cleared, revealing Junk Synchron.

Junk Synchron ATK: 1300/ Level: 3.

"Junk Synchron's special ability now activates! When this card is Summoned; I can Special Summon a Level 2 or below monster from my Graveyard!" Yusei explained the Tuner monster's effect as Junk Converter's card slotted out of his Graveyard Zone, before picking and held it up. "So, say "hello" again to Junk Converter!" He added, before swiping the card down on the blade. Junk Synchro held out his left hand as a portal appeared and out came Junk Converter, taking a defensive stance.

Junk Converter DEF: 200/ Level: 2.

"Now, Junk Synchron Tunes with Level 2 Junk Converter!" Yusei cried out, rearing his right hand back before thrusting it out. Junk Converter took off into the sky, while Junk Synchron cried out as he grabbed his lever and pulled on it. The Tuner Monster's engine revved up, before Junk Synchron burst into energy that split apart into 3 green rings. The rings quickly came together, before they flew after Junk Converter, passing through and scanning the Warrior-Type. Junk Converter turned orange transparent, before 2 stars appeared within its body.

Levels: 3 + 2 = 5.

"From two come one, and from one will come great power! Watch as they merge their might, combine their courage! To Synchro Summon, Junk Warrior!" Yusei chanted as a thin, bright beam then appeared in between the rings and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed them both. Junk Warrior emerged from the beam with both of his arms held up, giving out a fierce cry.

Junk Warrior ATK: 2300/ Level: 5.

"And don't forget that when Junk Converter is used as Synchro Material; I can Special Summon a Tuner Monster back from the Graveyard! Junk Synchron, get to it!" Yusei called out, throwing his right hand out as a black portal appeared on the ground and Junk Synchron came out of it, kneeling down in a defensive stance.

Junk Synchron DEF: 500/ Level: 3.

(Play Yu Gi Oh 5Ds - Ost - Yusei Theme)

Stardust Dragon gave a good-hearted chuckle full of delight. 'Long have I waited to return to this form. I will enjoy this'. The Dragon-Type Synchro Monster said with a happy voice, before he disappeared and returned to the Spirit World. Yusei narrowed his eyes, before swiping his right hand into the air. "Level 3 Junk Synchron Tunes with Level 5 Junk Warrior!" Satellite's Shooting Star declared with strong conviction in his voice.

Junk Warrior gave out a cry as he flew into the air, while Junk Synchron grabbed hold of his lever and pulled on it, revving up the engine on his back. The Warrior-Type Tuner Monster then burst into energy and split into 3, before transforming into 3 green rings. The rings gathered and circled around Junk Warrior, scanning him with the Synchro Monster turning orange transparent with 5 stars appearing in a line in his body.

Level: 5 + 3 = 8.

"Power and speed surge towards each other and collide to create pure might. Synchro Summon! Stardust Spark Dragon!" Yusei chanted, holding out a golden glowing card out with his right hand. A thin, bright beam then appeared in between the rings and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed them both. A monster emerged from the beam and towered over the field. It was Stardust Dragon, but he had undergone a few changes. He now had turbines and three white claws on his wings, not to mention the gems on his chest were glistening as well. Stardust Spark Dragon released a power roar and spread his wings, while a golden aura appeared around him.

Stardust Spark Dragon ATK: 2500/ Level: 8.

Zuzu gasped in shock as she stared up at the Synchro Monster before her. "I-is…that Stardust Dragon? No…it's different…What is this monster?" The pink haired girl questioned in disbelief, wondering what the connection this dragon had to Stardust Dragon. Yusei stared up at his ace monster's Duel Dragon form, and couldn't help but be in awe at Stardust Spark Dragon. True, there wasn't much in appearance between Stardust Dragon and Stardust Spark Dragon, but there a different presence that this monster gave off than his ace's original form.

Stardust Spark Dragon looked down towards his Duelist and gave him a small grin. 'Thank you Yusei, for allowing me to finally reclaim this form of mine. I have missed it very much'. The Duel Dragon thanked Satellite's Shooting Star with a voice full of gratitude to him. Yusei grew a small smile at his dragon's words, before he nodded to Stardust Spark Dragon. "I'm glad to hear that. But for now, let's see what this form of yours can do". The Synchro Duelist said with a grin, turning to look back towards Zuzu. The words of his duelist made Stardust Spark Dragon chuckle a bit as he shifted his gaze over towards the teenage girl and her field.

'Then, let us get to it!' The Dual Dragon cried out, before releasing a fierce cry towards the three Melodious monsters, causing them to flinch in fear. "Before my Stardust Spark Dragon gets to attacking, I'm gonna equip him with something". Satellite's Shooting Star said with a small smirk, before taking a card from his hand and held it up for Zuzu to see.

It was an Equip Spell card with the card's image showing a transparent form of Stardust Assault Warrior looming over Junk Warrior, transferring its power to the Level 5 Synchro Monster. "I equip Stardust Spark Dragon with the Synchro Legacy Equip Spell card!" Yusei declared, before slotting the card into his Duel Disk. A larger copy of the card appeared in front of Yusei, before it began glowing.

(Synchro Legacy/ Type: Equip Spell/ Effect: Select one monster you control, equip one Synchro Monster from your graveyard to that monster. That monster gains the equipped monster's effects.)

"This card is a bit tricky, so listen carefully. First, I select a monster on my field like Stardust Spark Dragon…" Yusei began to explain, while his dragon gave out a cry at hearing its name. "Then I equip a Synchro Monster from my Graveyard to that monster!" Satellite's Shooting Star continued to explain as Stardust Pegasus' card slotted out of his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone and he took hold of it.

Yusei slotted the card into his Duel Disk, just like how duelists do it with Spells and Traps. Stardust Pegasus' card then materialized besides Synchro Legacy's card, before the Synchro Monster flew out of it, looking see-through like a ghost to up above Stardust Spark Dragon. "So long as Stardust Pegasus is equipped to Stardust Spark Dragon; he gains the abilities of Stardust Pegasus!" The Signer finished explaining the Equip Spell card's effect, causing Zuzu to widen her eyes in surprise.

"You're joking!" She called out in denial, making Yusei narrow his eyes at her. "Well, I hope you're ready for the punch line! I activate one of the inherited effects of Stardust Pegasus!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, throwing his right hand out as the ghost form of Stardust Pegasus began glowing a white colour. "Once a turn; Stardust Pegasus' effect allows me to Special Summon a Tuner Monster from either the hand or Graveyard!" He explained the Synchro Monster's special ability, bringing up his left arm as a bright orange light erupted out of the Duel Disk. "Welcome back, Junk Synchron!" Yusei called out as Junk Synchron erupted out of the light, before taking a defensive stance.

Junk Synchron DEF: 500/ Level: 3.

"Time to show off your newfound power, Stardust! Attack Miku the Melodious Diva!" The Synchro Duelist commanded his Synchro Monster, throwing his right hand out. Stardust Spark Dragon gave out a fierce cry, before he began gathering bright yellow energy in his mouth. Zuzu then suddenly grew a grin on her face, before she swiped her right hand out.

"You walked right into my Trap; Mirror Force!" The pink haired female called out as her face-down card lifted itself up and began releasing a glow. "When a monster you control attacks; Mirror Force destroys all of your Attack Position Monsters!" Zuzu explained her Trap card's effect with a joyful tone, expecting to see a sign of panic on Yusei. However, to her surprise, she saw the Synchro Duelist smirking a bit at her.

"I activate Stardust Spark Dragon's special ability! Once a turn; I can select a card on the field and negate its destruction!" Yusei informed his opponent as a golden light erupted out of Stardust Spark Dragon. "…Are you kidding me?" Zuzu questioned with half lidded eyes at how even this move was countered. Mirror Force's card then disappeared, before Stardust Spark Dragon unleashed an attack like Cosmic Flare, only yellow, and blasted Miku, causing an explosion.

Sonata the Melodious Diva ATK: 1800 – 200 = 1600.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 2000 – 200 = 1800.

"Miku may deflect the battle damage, but the same can't be said for your other monsters. Stardust Spark Dragon, attack Sonata!" Yusei commanded, pointing his right hand's index finger towards Sonata. Stardust Spark Dragon cried out in response, before unleashing another yellow Cosmic Flare attack at Sonata. The attack struck and created an explosion, the strong gusts of wind created from the attack blew hard against Zuzu, pushing her back a bit. (2500 – 1600 = 900)

Zuzu Life Points: 3400 – 900 = 2500.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 1800 – 200 = 1600.

The smoke screens created from Stardust Spark Dragon's attacks died down and cleared. Zuzu slightly winced a bit, before tilting her head down with her eyes being covered in shadows. "I've done enough damage for this turn. Go ahead and make your move". Yusei told the teenage girl, declaring his turn over as he didn't need to make any more moves.

(Music end)

Zuzu Life Points: 2500/ Number of cards in hand: 6.

Zuzu's body began shaking, but the cause of why was unknown. Yusei raised an eyebrow at seeing this, but remained silent. "…Give up…I can't give up…" She muttered, yet Yusei was able to hear her perfectly. Zuzu then lifted her head to show the deep glare on her face. "I can't give up now! All I have to do is win, then everything will go back to normal!" The pink haired female shouted out, causing Satellite's Shooting Star to frown in confusion at her words.

'Everything will go back to normal? Is she talking about how things used to be back before Lulu, Rin and I came along?' The Synchro Duelist questioned inside of his mind, having no idea what Zuzu was referring to as "normal" like that. "My turn now! I draw!" The teenage female cried out, drawing her card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her right hand out to the side. She didn't even look at it as she pointed her right hand out.

"I activate Stage of Light's effect! Since I have a Melodious Monster on my field; I can Special Summon a LIGHT attribute monster from my Graveyard!" The teenage girl explained her Field Spell's effect once more as the curtain made of light began to glow brightly. "Unfortunately, it's time for the stage to close". Yusei said with his eyes narrowed, causing Zuzu to tilt her head in confusion at his words.

"Go! Scrap-Iron Statue!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, swiping his left hand out to the side as his face-down card lifted itself up and revealed itself. The card's image brightly glowed a white colour, before a Stardust Dragon statue made out of scrap came out of it. "When you activate a face-up Spell/Trap card on your field, Scrap-Iron Statute destroys it!" Yusei explained the Trap card's effect with a natural expression on his face. The same couldn't be said for Zuzu as she gasped in shock at what she heard. The Stardust Dragon statute gained a purple aura, before the Stage of Light field around them all shattered into pieces, revealing them back inside the warehouse when the Duel started.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 1600 – 200 = 1400.

"Then, after it destroys your card, Scarp-Iron Statue resets itself". Yusei added as the statute returned to its card, before it returned to being face-down. Zuzu gritted her teeth in anger, before bringing her right hand to her Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone and held it there. "You may have destroyed my Field Spell, but you didn't negate it! So, I can still Summon a Light Attribute Monster from my Graveyard!" The teenage girl told her opponent, before a card slotted out and into between her index and middle fingers. Zuzu placed the card down on her Duel Disk's blade, before a portal appeared and Miku the Melodious Diva emerged from within it.

Miku the Melodious Diva ATK: 1000/ Level: 4.

"Her again…!" Yusei grumbled out, eyes narrowed and directed at the Fairy-Type monster. "If I can't destroy your monster; then I'll just use it myself! I activate Miku's special ability!" Zuzu declared, throwing her right hand out. Miku closed her eyes and folded both hands on her chest, before she began singing and released a sound wave towards Stardust Spark Dragon. The Synchro Monster narrowed its eyes, while Yusei picked up a card from his hand.

"Sorry, but not this time either. I play the special ability of Effect Veiler!" The Signer called out, holding the card out to show it towards Zuzu. He then discarded the Tuner Monster's card to the Graveyard, while Effect Veiler appeared in front of Stardust Spark Dragon, looking see through as a ghost just like Stardust Pegasus. "By discarding this card; one of your monsters' effect is negated". Yusei explained, causing the pink haired girl to narrow her eyes in annoyance.

The sound wave attacks struck the see through Effect Veiler, but were unable to push through and were instead disintegrated the moment they made contact. Effect Veiler then disappeared with Stardust Spark Dragon giving out a roar of rage towards Miku for attempting to control him. Zuzu groaned out in displeasure at seeing her move foiled once again by Yusei. She then looked at her hand and frowned a bit.

'Where are they? Without those cards, I can't make the move that I've worked so hard to master in order to defeat Yusei. I'll just have to go with whatever I have on me now'. The teenage girl thought to herself, before she took both Canon and Miku's cards from the blade and held them up. "I release both Miku the Melodious Diva and Canon the Melodious Diva!" The teenage girl declared as the two Fairy-Type monsters transformed into yellow orbs, before they both came together and formed a portal.

"To Summon this! Mozarta the Melodious Maestra!" Zuzu cried out to the heavens, holding the card out in between her right hand's index and middle fingers. She then swiped the card down on her Duel Disk's blade. Mozart the Melodious Maestra then flew out of the portal and cried out, holding out her arms and wings spread out completely.

Mozarta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2600/ Level: 8.

"So, that's your ace monster that Yuya told me about, huh? I wonder what sort of tricks it has". Yusei remarked, glowing a small eager expression on his face. Yusei's words caused Zuzu to narrow her eyes at him.

"If you know about Mozarta, then you should know her special ability!" The teenage girl exclaimed as she took another card from her hand and held it up. "Mozarta allows me to Special Summon a Level 4 or below Melodious Monster from my hand! Appear, Solo the Melodious Songstress!" Zuzu called out, throwing the card onto her Duel Disk's blade. With a flash of light, Solo the Melodious Songstress appeared and gave a humble bow.

Solo the Melodious Songstress ATK: 1600/ Level: 4.

"Now! It's time to begin my attack!" The Standard fragment of Ray called out, picking up one of the five cards in her hand with her right hand's index and middle fingers. "I equip Mozarta with the United We Stand Equip Spell card!" The pink haired female declared, before swiping the card into her Duel Disk.

A large copy of the United We Stand Spell card appeared besides her, before both it and Mozarta began to glow an orange colour. "For every face-up monster that I control on the field, Mozarta gains 800 ATK Points! Since I have 2, that's 1600 points!" Zuzu explained to the adult male as her ace monster powered up.

Mozarta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2600 + 1600 = 4200.

"4200 ATK Points, huh". Yusei remarked with slightly narrowed eyes, yet kept his cool. "That's right, and you better believe I'm gonna put them to good use! Mozarta, attack Stardust Spark Dragon!" Zuzu commanded, throwing her right hand out towards the Synchro Monster. Mozarta brought out her music stick with her right hand and took off into the air. She suddenly stopped and waved her hands, before her wings spread out fully and began to gleam green.

She waved her music stick around, creating two circle waves of wind that merged into one and shot out towards Stardust Spark Dragon. "I play Stardust Spark Dragon's special ability once more! So now, he's safe from this battle's destruction!" Yusei called out, thrusting his left hand out, while holding his cards down so that Zuzu wouldn't see them. "You still take damage though!" The teenage girl reminded him as the circle wave of wind struck Stardust and created an explosion, the force of it pushing Yusei back a mere inch. (4200 – 2500 = 1700)

Yusei Life Points: 4000 – 1700 = 2300.

The smokescreen created from the explosion cleared to reveal Stardust Spark Dragon unharmed, but he looked a little angered. "I finally got a hit on your Life Points! But I'm not done yet! Solo the Melodious Songstress now attacks Junk Synchron!" Zuzu called out with a growing grin on her face. Solo cried out, before charging forward and landed a direct leg thrust on Junk Synchron's face, causing the Warrior-Type Monster to shatter into pieces.

The Standard fragment of Ray gave a happy giggle at seeing things go her way, before she picked up two cards from her hand and slotted them into the Duel Disk. "I'll throw 2 cards face-down and end my turn". Zuzu declared her turn over as 2 face-down cards appeared in front of her.

Yusei Life Points: 2300/ Number of cards in hand: 4.

"My turn now". Yusei stated, placing his right hand on the top card of his deck. "I draw". He added, drawing the card by swiping his right hand out to the side. "Before you get to anything; I play my Trap card! Melodious Song of Divine Punishment!" The Standard fragment of Ray called out as one of her face-down cards lifted itself up and began to glow a blue colour. "For every Melodious Monster on my field; you take 800 points of damage!" Zuzu explained with a grin, before green lightning shot out of the Trap card and headed towards Yusei. Satellite's Shooting Star just leaned his head to the left, causing the lightning to miss him and struck the warehouse's doors instead.

Yusei Life Points: 2300 – 1600 = 700.

"But that's not all! Next; I reveal a new Trap card of mine called Melodious Chaotic Drum Beat!" Zuzu called out, swiping her right hand out to the side as her second face-down card lifted itself up. It was a Trap card with the image showing Cannon the Melodious Diva and Solo the Melodious Songstress playing two different sets of drum sets and releasing sound waves at the face-down card forms of Mirror Force and Dark Hole.

(Melodious Chaotic Drum Beat/ Type: Trap/ Effect: For every face-up "Melodious" monster on your side of the field, destroy 1 Spell/Trap card on your opponent's field. Once per turn; not on the turn that this card was sent to the GY, you can banish this card and Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower LIGHT Attribute monster from your GY.)

Two different drum sets appeared in front of both Mozarta and Solo, which the two Fairy-Type monsters picked up the chopsticks and began playing away. "For every face-up Melodious Monster on my field, Chaotic Drum Beat can destroy one of your Spells or Traps! Since I have two; both your Synchro Legacy and Scrap-Iron Statue are out of here!" Zuzu explained her Trap card's effect with a grin, causing Yusei to raise an eyebrow at her.

Both Mozarta and Solo played the drums harder, creating sound waves that shot out towards Synchro Legacy and Scarp-Iron Statue's cards. They struck and caused the two to shatter, while the spirit form of Stardust Pegasus disappeared. The drum sets and chopsticks in the two Fairy-Type monsters' hands disappeared, while Zuzu had a grin on her face. "How do you like that?" The pink haired girl asked the Signer with a voice full of mockery.

Yusei just grew a small smile in response as he added his new card to his hand. "A little bit because when Scrap-Iron Statute is sent to the Graveyard, its final effect activates and allows me to Summon a Junk Monster from my Graveyard". Satellite's Shooting Star explained his Trap card's final effect to the teenage girl, causing her to gasp in surprise.

A portal appeared in front of Yusei, before he thrust his open right hand out towards it. "Welcome back, Junk Warrior!" The Synchro Duelist called out as Junk Warrior floated out of the portal, before crossing his arms.

Junk Warrior DEF: 1300/ Level: 5.

Zuzu grit her teeth at seeing this, but remained silent. Yusei took 2 cards from his hand and held them up to the side of his face. "I'll throw down 2 face-down cards". The Synchro Duelist said as he swiped his hand over his Duel Disk, slotting the two cards into it in a dramatic fashion. Two face-down cards appeared in front of Yusei as he picked up another card from his hand and held it out.

"Next up, I'm activating the Quick-Play Spell card; Forbidden Lance!" Yusei called out, before slotting the Spell card into the Duel Disk. A large copy of Forbidden Lance's card appeared on Yusei's right, before it began glowing. "This card reduces the ATK Points of a monster by 800, but in exchange; it is unaffected by other Spells and Traps". He explained the Quick-Play Spell card's effect to his opponent, causing Zuzu to raise an eyebrow at him.

"I fail to see how that's gonna help you. That card's effect won't matter and all it'll do is just weaken your monsters". The pink haired girl said with a wave of her right hand, completely unconcerned with Forbidden Lance as she saw no way it could help Yusei. Her words only made Satellite's Shooting Star grin a bit at her. "And just whoever said that I was using it on my own monsters?" He questioned the teenage girl, getting Zuzu to frown in confusion at him.

However, she then widened her eyes in realization as she looked up at Mozarta the Melodious Maestra in slight horror. "Seems like you figured it out. I'm using Forbidden Lance's effect on your Mozarta the Melodious Maestra!" Yusei called out, swiping his right hand forward as a white aura appeared over Mozarta as she powered down.

Mozarta the Melodious Maestra ATK: 4200 – 1600 = 2600 – 800 = 1800.

"Instead of using it on your monsters, you used one of your own Spells on mine!?" Zuzu questioned in disbelief, having never thought of something like this before. Yes; she used Colossal Fighter for her own benefit, but that was using her own cards. This was different as Forbidden Lance was a support card, yet Yusei just used its power in a reverse way to use it for his benefits.

"Take note of this; you might learn something important. Now Stardust, attack Mozarta!" Yusei commanded, throwing his right hand out towards the Fairy-Type monster. Stardust Spark Dragon cried out as he unleashed his yellow Comic Blast attack at Mozarta, landing a direct hit and caused an explosion. (2500 – 1800 = 700)

Zuzu Life Points: 2500 – 700 = 1800.

"I end my turn with that! Your move!" Yusei declared his turn over, holding his Duel Disk up in front and stared at Zuzu with a natural expression.

Zuzu Life Points: 1800/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

Zuzu glared towards the Synchro Duelist with her eyes full of resolve as she had no intention of surrendering, something that Yusei approved of. 'That's it, Zuzu. Keep fighting hard. Show me just how much you've grown by yourself. I don't intend to lose this Duel, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see how strong you are'. Yusei said inside of his mind as his lips twitched in anticipation. He intended to see just how Zuzu was in this Duel, and wouldn't allow it to end until he did.

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(Back LID Duel court)

The field of the Field Spell Molten Destruction continued to release its hot breeze all over the field with smoke rising up from the volcano. The tag duel between the two students of You Show against the LID students was still underway with it being the Mistress of Birds' turn. Lulu and Yuya were a few feet away from each other on the lower level of the mountain, their fields completely empty.

Lulu Life Points: 3800/ Number of cards in hand: 5.

Yuya Life Points: 1450/ Number of cards in hand: 3.

The same couldn't be said for Cera and Sylvio as they had something on their fields. Sylvio was standing up on a higher level of the mountain volcano with Black Luster Soldier, Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier and Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight on his field. Meanwhile with Cera, she was still seated on Evolsaur Diplo's back with Evolzar Laggia close to them.

Cera Life Points: 1600/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

Evolsaur Diplo ATK: 2100/ DEF: 400/ Level: 4.

Evolzar Laggie ATK: 2900/ DEF: 1600/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 0.

Sylvio Life Points: 1400/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

Black Luster Soldier ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.

Black Luster Soldier – Super Solider ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.

Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 2300/ Level: 7.

Meanwhile outside of the field and in the stands, Allie, Tate and Frederick all had concerned expressions on their faces. The duel has been intense to them, but it was going against their seniors' way as Sylvio and Cera currently had the advantage.

"Guys, I'm worried about them". Frederick said in concern, holding up his hands to express his worry. "Lulu may have the most Life Points, but both hers and Yuya's fields are empty. While those Leo Institute guys still have monsters on their field". Allie remarked, pointing out that the Leo students had the advantage with monsters on the field.

Tate turned to look at his friends with a determined expression and brought his right hand up. "Hey, don't give up on them just yet! Remember what Yusei taught us! A Duel is never over until the last card is played!" The blue haired boy told his two friends with resolve, causing the two to look at him. Frederick and Allie grew bright smiles on their faces after hearing Tate's words, before they all went back to watching the duel.

Lulu breathed in deeply, before she breathed out to release her strain that this duel had been putting on her. "Okay… It's high time that I change things over to our way!" The purple haired beauty called out, before placing her right hand on the top card of her deck. "I…draw!" Lulu shouted out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her hand out to the side. She didn't turn to look at the card, instead thought deeply of the situation.

'Besides two of them, Sylvio and Cera knows what four cards in my hand are. True that I could still use them, but I highly doubt they're not ready for it. Cera has 2 monsters with high ATK Points, while Sylvio has 3. Their Life Points are lower than 2000, so that gives me a chance. I have just the monster to take one of them out. The only problem is getting it out here'. Lulu thought to herself with narrowed eyes, then shifted her eyes towards the card in her right hand. She flipped it over to see what it was, before giving a smile at what she saw.

'This'll work just great for me'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, before swiping her right hand in front of herself to hold the card out. "I play Magical Mallet!" Lulu called out, and then slotted the Spell card into her Duel Disk. A large copy of the Spell card appeared in front of Lulu, before it starting to glow a bright colour. "This Spell allows me to add it and the cards in my hand to my deck…!" The Mistress of Birds began to explain as Magical Mallet's card slotted out of her Duel Disk.

She took it and added the card to her hand, before bringing them all together. "Then reshuffle…!" The Winged Beast Duelist continued, slotting the cards into her deck before it began shuffling for a few moments. "Then draw the same number of cards that I added to my deck!" Lulu finished explaining Magical Mallet's effect as her deck ceased shuffling, before she began drawing. She eventually stopping upon drawing the sixth card and added it to her left hand with the rest of her new cards.

'Not bad. She traded in her old hand, one that we almost knew all the cards of, for a new one that we have no idea what the cards are. Guess it was a good idea that Lulu added that card to her deck'. Yuya thought to himself with narrowed eyes as Lulu looked at her six new cards, before she smiled and nodded in approval. 'All right! I got the cards that I needed to stage a counterattack. The only question is who should I go for'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, shifting her gaze up to look towards Sylvio first, and then towards Cera.

She then shifted her gaze back towards Sylvio and his three monsters. 'He has the most monsters, and a troublesome one in his Graveyard. I'll go for him'. Lulu said in her mind, before picking a single card from the six in her hand and held it out. "I play an old favorite of mine called Soul Release!" The purple-haired female called out with a smile as Soul Release's card began glowing a light blue colour.

"What's that old card supposed to do?" Sylvio questioned with an eyebrow raised, before he widened his eyes at seeing a blue light appear in his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone. "This removes from play up to 5 cards from either my Graveyard, or yours!" Lulu explained Soul Release's card effect to the male LID Duelist, causing Sylvio to gasp a bit.

He looked back down at his Duel Disk as Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin and Gaia the Fierce Knight's cards slotted out. "I select your Gaia the Fierce Knight and Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin as well!" Lulu declared her choices, causing Sylvio to grit his teeth as he took the two cards and put them away in his jacket's pocket.

"Nice one! With Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin gone, he can't use its effect anymore!" Yuya called out in praise towards Lulu, getting her to giggle a little at him. "I'm not even done yet". The Mistress of Birds said with a wink of her eye, before picking up another card and held it up with her right hand.

It was a Monster card with the image showing a young 5-year-old girl wearing a silver lyrebird outfit. Stardust Lyrebird had pale skin and silver eyes, with a few strays of hair out of her headset that framed her face. Finally, her outfit had the tail of a lyrebird. "I activate the Special ability of Lyrilusc – Stardust Lyrebird!" Lulu declared as the card in her hand began to release a green glow.

(Lyrilusc - Stardust Lyrebird/ Attribute: Wind/ Level: 1/ Type: Winged Beast/ Tuner/ Effect/ ATK Points 300/ DEF Points: 100/ Effect: If your opponent controls more monster than you do, you can Special Summon this card and one "Lyrilusc" monster from your hand. If this card is used as material for a Lyrilusc Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Monster, you can add one "Lyrilusc" Spell or Trap from your deck to your hand.)

"When my opponent controls more monsters than I do, not only can I Special Summon Stardust Lyrebird, but another Lyrilusc monster from my hand!" Lulu explained her Monster card's effect, before picking up another card from her hand. She held it up along with Stardust Lyrebird's card out, allowing Sylvio to see what the second card was. "So, say "hello" again to Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow!" The pink haired female called out, before swiping her hand over the Duel Disk's blade and placing the cards on it. Two portals appeared and out came Lyrilusc – Stardust Lyrebird and Cobalt Sparrow, both smiling happily.

Lyrilusc – Stardust Lyrebird ATK: 300/ Level: 1.

Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow ATK: 0/ Level: 1.

"Remember, I get to add another Cobalt Sparrow from my deck to my hand whenever one is Special Summoned to the field!" The Mistress of Birds reminded her opponent as her deck began shuffling for a few moments. It then stopped and a single card slotted out, one that Lulu picked up with her right hand's index and middle fingers. She swiped her right hand out, before adding the new card to the hand of 3 cards, making it 4 and then picked a different card.

She held the card up for Sylvio to see that it was a Monster card with the card's image showing a teenage girl was wearing a white swan outfit, albino skin, silvery white hair and silver eyes. "Allow me to introduce one of my new cards! Lyrilusc – Giving Swan!" The Mistress of cards called out with a grin on her face, excited to use this new card of hers.

(Lyrilusc - Giving Swan/ Level: 3/ Attribute: Wind/ Type: Winged Beast/ Effect/ ATK Points: 0/ DEF Points: 0/ Effect: Once per turn; you can discard this card from your hand and all Winged Beast monsters on the field's Levels increase by 3.)

Giving Swan appeared in the sky above Cobalt Sparrow and Stardust Lyrebird. She gave a gentle smile as she spread out her wings fully. "By discarding this card from my hand; all Winged Beast-Type Monsters on the field have their Levels increased by 3!" Lulu explained the Winged Beast monster's special ability. Giving Swan dispersed into white particles, which rained down on Cobalt Sparrow and Stardust Lyrebird, causing them both to glow a white outline.

Lyrilusc – Stardust Lyrebird Level: 1 + 3 = 4.

Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow Level: 1 + 3 = 4.

"Two Level 4 Monsters!" Cera called out in alarm, while Lulu gave a confident smile at her. "That's right, you're in trouble now!" The Mistress of Birds called out, before swiping her right hand into the air. "I overlay Level 4 Lyrilusc – Stardust Lyrebird and Cobalt Sparrow!" Lulu declared as the two-Winged Beast monsters transformed into two bright green lights, before they shot out into the air. A galaxy portal appeared in the sky above the field.

"With these two monsters, I conduct the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!" Lulu called out as the two green lights ascended into the galaxy portal and entered it. Suddenly, a subzero temperature blizzard erupted out of the portal and blew across the field. Sylvio shivered from the gold weather, hugging himself to provide warmth. "A blizzard in a volcano? That's just freezer burn!" The brown-haired male groaned out as the hot weather had changed to cold weather.

"Owl that soars through the blizzard, searching for its ken that has lost their way! Descend and bring down the cold winds of the arctic! Rank 4! Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria!" Lulu chanted, holding both her hands out to the sides with her hair and skirt blowing in the breeze, before swiping her right hand in front of herself. A new monster then slowly descended out of the galaxy Xyz portal.

It was a humanoid female adult monster like Nightingale with icy green eyes and albino coloured skin. She wore a snow-white snowy owl themed outfit with tucked in wings like that of a snowy owl coming out of her delicate arms through a split in her long sleeves. She had a long overskirt around her waist that reached her feet and a loincloth attached to it from the back. Demetria had soft, silky long snow white hair that reached the back of her waist. Her headset was like that of a snowy owl with a long black noise attached to it. Her talons were white like the rest of her outfit, but the claws were a black colour.

All around her outfit and wings were black coloured stripes in the same pattern as the snowy owl itself. Finally, there were two green coloured overlay units circling around her. Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria spun around, before giving a sweet smile and a small cry as she spread her hands out, spreading her wings out fully.

(Lyrilusc - Snowy Owl Demetria/ Rank: 4/ Attribute: Wind/ Type: Winged Beast/ Xyz/ Effect/ ATK Points: 2400/ DEF Points: 1800/ Requirements: Two Wind attribute monsters/ Effect: Once per turn you can detach one Xyz Material from this card, select one monster on the field, decrease its ATK Points by 800 for each "Lyrilusc" monster in your Graveyard.)

"R-R-Real pretty bird ya got there, but I hate to break it to ya, it's no match for my Black Luster Monsters". Sylvio stuttered, still affected from the subzero cold wind from earlier. "We'll just see about that. I activate the special ability of Stardust Lyrebird!" Lulu exclaimed as she threw out her right hand as one of Snowy Owl Demetria's overlay units began glowing a green colour.

"When Lyrebird is used as material for a Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Monster; I can now add a "Lyrilusc" Spell or Trap card to my hand!" The purple haired female explained her monster's effect. Her deck began glowing green for a moment, before it ceased glowing and began shuffling. After a moment or two it stopped, and a single card slotted out. Lulu picked it up with her right hand and held it out, allowing her opponents to see it.

It was a Trap card with the card's image showing Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow flying in out of nowhere in between Lyrilusc – Assembled Nightingale and Raidraptor – Blade Burner Falcon, much to the surprise of the two. "I select the Trap card; Lyrilusc – Surprise Rescue!" The Mistress of Birds declared her choice, and then added the card to her hand.

(Lyrilusc – Surprise Rescue/ Type: Trap/ Effect: If a "Lyrilusc" Monster you control is targeted for an attack, Special Summon one "Lyrilusc" from your hand, then end the Battle Phase.)

"Now, to get down to business! I activate Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria's special ability!" Lulu called out, throwing her right hand out as Snowy Owl Demetria closed her eyes while one of her overlay units was absorbed into her chest, causing a burst of green energy.

Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria Overlay units: 2 – 1 = 1.

"By using an Overlay Units; one of your monsters loses 800 ATK Points for every Lyrilusc monster in my Graveyard!" The purple haired female explained her Xyz Monster's effect with a growing smirk, causing Sylvio to gasp in shock. "What did you just say?!" The male LID student questioned in shock at what he heard.

"I'm not explaining it again! I have 7 different Lyrilusc Monsters in my Graveyard! Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird, Giving Swan, Stardust Lyrebird, Recital Starling, Imaginary Blueray and Vulture of Beyond Revival! Times 800 by 7 and you'll get 5600 points!" Lulu calculated as Snowy Owl Demetria spread her wings out fully and released another subzero blizzard.

The blizzard split into 7 directions and began forming into different shapes. They all eventually formed Lyrilusc - Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird, Giving Swan, Stardust Lyrebird, Recital Starling, Imaginary Blueray and Vulture of Beyond Revival with all seven of them gathering around Snowy Owl Demetria. Lulu and her monsters all turned to look at Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier, before the Mistress of Birds pointed her right hand's index finger towards it.

"Say goodbye to all of Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier's ATK Points!" The purple haired female declared her voice, before the blizzard forms of the Lyrilusc monsters all shot out towards the Ritual Monster. One by one, they all struck Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier, dispersing on contact, but caused the Ritual Monster to slowly be encased in ice. After the seventh one, Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier was half encased in ace.

Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier ATK: 3000 – 5600 = 0.

Sylvio cried out in panic, before he began repeatedly turning left and right to search around his surroundings. "I need an Action card! I need an Action card!" The brown-haired male exclaimed in panic, before he began running off to search for an Action card. "Demetria! Let's blow him away!" The Mistress of Birds cried out, then swiping her right hand up and pointed towards Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier with the index finger. "Attack Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier!" Lulu commanded with complete conviction in her voice, intending to defeat Sylvio right here and now.

Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria gave a small grin, before she brought her hands in as if she was using her wings as a shield. She then swiped her arms out and fired icy white coloured sharp feathers towards the Ritual Monster. They all soared through the air towards Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier. The Ritual Monster narrowed his eyes at the approaching attack, before he turned around and flew after his master.

Sylvio ran as fast as he could, while constantly turning his head left and right to search for an Action card. Just then, he spotted an Action card up ahead, causing him to grow a relived smile. "An Action card! Great!" The Ritual Duelist exclaimed in delight, before he went as fast as he could like his life depended on it. He then jumped off of his feet towards the Action card and managed to grab it with his right hand as he fell to the ground.

Sylvio looked at the card, right as Demetria's feather attacks reached and struck Black Luster Soldier – Super Soldier's back, causing the Ritual Monster to explode. However, Sylvio jumped back onto his feet, before he spun around and held the Action card out, showing it to be Damage Banish. "I activate the Action Spell; Damage Banish!" The brown haired male called out, before slotting the card into his Duel Disk. A white barrier formed around Sylvio as the shockwaves slammed into it.

"If I would take battle damage; this handy Spell card reduces it to 0!" The male LID student explained the Action Spell's effect. The shockwaves died down, before the barrier disappeared as well. Lulu slightly narrowed her eyes in an annoyed frown, but kept silent as she took Lyrilusc – Surprise Rescue's card from her hand. "I end my turn with a face-down card". She declared as she slotted the card into her Duel Disk, causing a face-down card to appear besides her.

Cera Life Points: 1600/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria flew down towards her duelist and grabbed hold of Lulu's shoulders with her talons. She then began flapping her wings and took flight, taking Lulu with her. Cera gave a grin as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck. "It's my turn now. I draw!" The braided hairstyle female called out, drawing her card in a dramatic fashion. She then brought the card up to see what it was, and what she saw caused her to grow a grin.

Cera added the card to her left hand, before shifting her gaze towards Yuya. "Before I go bird hunting, I'm gonna take out our tomato hair style friend here! Diplo, attack Yuya Sakaki directly!" The braided hair style female declared, pointing her right hand out towards the Dueltainer. Diplo roared out in response, before it began charging towards Yuya, who narrowed his eyes at the approaching attack.

Demetria suddenly flew down towards the ground. Right at the last moment, she pulled up and flew right above the ground. Lulu reached out with her right hand and grabbed hold of an Action card that was lying down on the ground. She took a moment to see what it was, before slotting it into her Duel Disk. "I activate the Action Spell card; Battle Change!" The Mistress of Birds cried out as Demetria flew upwards, while Battle Change's card appeared on the ground.

"This card allows me to select a monster on your field and change its attack target! Through Battle Change's card; I switch Diplo's attack to Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria!" Lulu explained the Action Spell's effect as Diplo ceased charging and turned to look up at Demetria. Cera gave a small growl at this as her monster had lower ATK than Lulu's monster.

However, unexpectedly the Mistress of Birds acted. "Now I activate my Trap card; Lyrilusc – Surprise Rescue!" The purple haired female called out as a face-down card appeared on the field, before it lifted itself up and began glowing.

"When a monster you control declares an attack on a "Lyrilusc" monster on my field; this card allows me to Special Summon a new Lyrilusc from my hand". Lulu explained the Trap card's effect, before bringing up her right hand with Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow's card held in between the index and middle fingers. "Soar into the air, Cobalt Sparrow!" The Xyz Duelist called out, before throwing the card on her Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared in between the two monsters, before Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow emerged from within it with a wide smile.

Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow ATK: 0/ Level: 1.

"But why do that? Your monster had more ATK Points?" Cera questioned the Mistress of Birds as Demmetria ceased flying upwards, before she began flapping her wings to stay air-born. "Because Surprise Rescue also ends the Battle Phase". Lulu answered the female student of the Leo Institute, causing the Xyz Duelist to grow an understanding smile.

"Ahh, I see… So, you used that card to protect your teammate". The braided hairstyle said with a sly grin, before turning to look back at Yuya. "That, and also to use Cobalt Sparrow's effect! Since I Special Summon her, I can add the final Cobalt Sparrow from my deck to the hand!" Lulu replied as her deck began shuffling for a moment, before stopping with a single card slotting out, which she picked up with her right hand and held it out, showing it to be Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow.

She then added the card to her hand, while Cera took hold of the single card in her hand. "You outsmarted me this turn, not bad. All I can do now is set this face-down card and end my turn". Cera said as she slotted the card into her Duel Disk, before a face-down card appeared on his field.

Yuya Life Points: 1450/ Number of cards in hand: 3.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V - Yuya Theme (Extended)

"Alright, it's show time!" Yuya called out with a wide grin, before placing his right hand on the top card of his deck. "I draw!" He added, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his hand out to the side. Yuya brought the card to his face, before holding it out. "I play Pot of Greed!" The Dueltainer called out, and then slotted the card into the Duel Disk.

Pot of Greed's card appeared, before it instantly shattered as Yuya drew the top 2 cards from his deck. "Pot of Greed allows me to draw 2 cards from the deck". The tomato haired boy informed his opponents, before looking at the two new cards that he was holding with his right hand. Yuya gave a small grin at seeing the cards, before holding them out. One of them was Performapal Drummerilla, while the other was a black-coloured dragon with dichromatic eyes and had a pendulum-shaped crystal on its back.

"I set the Pendulum Scale with Scale 2 Performapal Drummerilla and Scale 8 Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon! I'm taking control of this Duel starting now!" The tomato hair styled boy called out, swiping his right hand out to the side and then swiped it over his blade, placing the two cards on the edges of it. The blade of the Duel Disk gleamed a rainbow colour for a moment, before the words "Pendulum" appeared over it in the same colours.

Then, two light blue pillars appeared besides Yuya on his left and right, before both Drummerilla and Arc Pendulum Dragon rose up within them. The two monsters soon stopped, before the number "2" appeared underneath Drummerilla, while "8" was under Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon. Then, a giant copy of Yuya's pendant appeared in between the two monsters, as if it was drawing a very small circle.

Performapal Drummerilla Pendulum Scale: 2.

Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon Pendulum Scale: 8.

"With this; now I can Pendulum Summon monsters that are Level 3 to 7 all at the same time!" The Dueltainer called out with a grin, causing Lulu, Allie, Tate and Frederick to grow excited at hearing those words. Sylvio and Cera narrowed their eyes in caution. The giant copy of Yuya's pendant began to swing in between Drummerilla and Arc Pendulum Dragon, drawing a round portal. "Swing far Pendulum! Carve the arc of victory! My monsters are ready, to swing into Action!" Yuya chanted, throwing his right hand into the air towards the portal as the giant pendulum went at lightning speed.

A bright portal then appeared from the giant pendant's drawing, before two different coloured lights, one orange and the other dark purple, erupted out of it and shot out towards the field below. "Welcoming back from the Extra Deck are Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The tomato hair style boy called out as the two lights cleared to reveal both Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Performapal Skullcrobat Joker. The dragon released a fierce roar, while the Spellcaster gave a humble bow.

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker ATK: 1800/ Level: 4.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500/ Level: 7.

"Yuya's got his ace monster back and has set the Pendulum Scale!" Allie called out with a wide smile on her face at seeing the Pendulum Summon. "Now Yuya can Summon back Pendulum Monsters that have been destroyed earlier in the Duel so long as their Levels are between 3 and 7!" Tate commented, while Frederick cheered for the Odd-Eyes Duelist.

"Real fancy Summoning you got there. It'll be that much sweeter when its mine. I activate Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight's special ability!" Sylvio exclaimed as he threw his right hand into the air as Lord Gaia's dragon then appeared and gave out a fierce roar, while its rider mounted it.

Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 2300 + 700 = 3000.

"Oh yeah? Tell that to this! My Odd-Eyes Inheritance Continuous Spell card!" Yuya called out, holding a card out with his right hand's index and middle fingers. It was a Spell card with the image showing the spirit form of Odd-Eyes Dragon floating over Mozarta the Melodious Maestra in a grass plain field, showering her with red sparkles as she singed.

(Odd-Eyes Inheritance/ Type: Type: Continuous Spell/ Effect: Once per turn; you can remove an "Odd-Eyes" Monster from your GY from play, select one face-up Monster you control, it gains 1000 ATK until the end of the next turn. If an opponent activates an Effect that targets a face-up Attack Position monster you control; you can send this card to the Graveyard and negate the activation.)

Yuya then slotted the card into his Duel Disk, before a larger copy of the Continuous Spell appeared in front of him. "And while I'm at it, I'll activate my Spell!" The tomato haired boy declared as Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon's card slotted out of the custom-made Duel Disk's Graveyard. He took hold of the card with his right hand, before he held it up. "By removing an "Odd-Eyes" card from the Graveyard, such as my Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon…" Yuya began to explain, before putting the card away in his jacket's pocket.

"Then a face-up monster I control gains 1000 ATK Points!" He finished explaining as a white beam shot out of Odd-Eyes Inheritance's card and struck Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, yet did no harm and powered it up.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500 + 1000 = 3500.

"3500 ATK Points!?" Sylvio cried out with anime wide eyes as he took a step back. "That's right!" The tomato hair style boy called out with a grin, before he leaped into the air and landed on Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's back. He then leaped towards his dragon's head, grabbed hold of the horns and held on tight. "And they're coming right at ya! Odd-Eyes, attack Black Luster Soldier!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist commanded his ace monster, receiving a cry in response from Odd-Eyes, before he took off running.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon roared out once more, before leaping high into the air. "Go, Spiral Flame Strike!" Yuya exclaimed as Odd-Eyes released its red spiral attack from its mouth towards Black Luster Soldier. The Ritual Monster gritted his teeth, before holding up its cracked shield as Spiral Flame Strike struck it, but was unable to blast through.

"Don't forget that when my dragon battles a Level 5 or higher monster, the damage is doubled! Reaction Force!" Yuya reminded Sylvio as Odd-Eyes' gems glowed their receptive colours, before the spiral attack intensified. Odd-Eyes' Spiral Flame Strike then broke through Black Luster Soldier's shield and struck the Ritual Monster, creating a powerful explosion that pushed Sylvio off of the ground and into the air. (3500 – 3000 = 500 X 2 = 1000)

Sylvio Life Points: 1400 – 1000 = 400.

Sylvio then crashed onto the mountain ground on his back with a groan, while Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon landed on his feet, kicking up debris by its weight. Yuya gave a small chuckle, before he shifted his gaze towards Cera and her monsters. He gave a grin, before he looked up towards Lulu and Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria. The Mistress of Birds took notice of his gaze on her and gave him a nod, giving a silent message to the Odd-Eyes Duelist.

Yuya nodded back towards Lulu, and then turned to look towards Evolzar Laggia. "Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria, attack Evolzar Laggia!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist declared, causing Demetria to grin as she brought her hands in once more, preparing to attack the Dragon-Type monster. "That snowbird is no match for my Laggia!" Cera pointed out with a frown on her face, yet Yuya just chuckled at what she said.

"Alone she might, but that's a different story when she has a little help! I activate Performapal Drummerilla's Pendulum ability!" The tomato haired boy called out, before turning to look up towards Drummerilla, while the Beast-Type monster began pounding the drums on its chest. "When a Monster I control battles a monster; I can target that monster and Drummerilla increases its ATK by 600 points!" Yuya explained the Pendulum Monster's Pendulum effect as a yellow aura appeared over Demetria, powering her up.

Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria ATK: 2400 + 600 = 3000.

"Go Demetria, take out Laggia!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist cried out as Demetria swiped her arms out and fired icy white coloured sharp feathers towards the Dragon-Type Xyz Monster. They struck Laggia right on the front of its body, causing the Xyz Monster to cry out before it exploded, releasing a burst of wind that made Cera flinch. (3000 – 2900 = 100)

Cera Life Points: 1600 – 100 = 1500.

Yuya gave a good-hearted laugh, before swiping his right hand out towards Evolsaur Diplo. "And now it's Skullcrobat Joker's turn! Attack Evolsaur Diplo!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist commanded the Spellcaster-Type monster. Skullcrobat Joker cracked a grin, before leaping into the air. "Are you insane? Your Monster has lower ATK, so why?" Cera questioned with a deep frown, before standing up on her feet. Yuya gave a chuckle in response as he took a card from his hand, before rearing his right one back.

"Here's your answer! The Quick-Play Spell card; Ego Boost!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist called out, bringing his hand forward to reveal the Spell card that he was holding. "When a monster declares an attack; this card selects a face-up one on the field and boosts its ATK power by 1000!" Yuya explained Ego Boost's card as he sent it to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. An orange aura appeared over Skullcrobat Joker, who was in the air and staring down towards Diplo.

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker ATK: 1800 + 1000 = 2800.

Cera began to grow concerned upon seeing this, but Yuya wasn't even finished just yet. "And here's my favorite part! The attack target has its ATK Points returned to its original amount!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist added as a shadow appeared over Skullcrobat Joker and grew much larger, as if it was his ego growing as he stared down at Diplo with the Dinosaur-Type Monster staring up at him.

Evolsaur Diplo ATK: 2100 – 500 = 1600.

Skullcrobat Joker began diving down towards Diplo, but right at the last moment before the attack struck, Cera leaped off of the Dinosaur-Type monster's back, right as the Pendulum Monster landed a direct drop kick on Diplo's head, causing it to explode. (2800 – 1600 = 1200)

Cera Life Points: 1500 – 1200 = 300.

Cera landed in a roll, before stopping on her left knee and looked up towards Yuya as he took a single card from his hand. "I end my Battle Phase, and at this moment; both the effects of Drummerilla and Ego Boost ends and both Skullcrobat Joker and Demetria's ATK Points return to normal!" The tomato hair style boy called out, turning to look at the Xyz Monster as she powered down, while Skullcrobat Joker lost its orange aura and returned to its duelist's side.

Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria ATK: 3000 – 600 = 2400.

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker ATK: 2800 – 1000 = 1800.

"In that case; it's time for me to activate my Trap card!" Cera called out as she threw her right hand into the air, catching everyone's attention as they turned to look at her. "Go, Evo-Singularity!" The braided hair style female called out as her face-down card appeared, and then lifted itself up and began glowing. "First; this Trap card allows me to target an "Evoltile" and "Evolsaur" monster in my Graveyard…" She began to explain as two black portals appeared in front of Diplo.

Then, the cards of Evolsaur Pelta and Evoltile Najasho appeared in the two forms. "I chose Evolsaur Pelta and Evoltile Najasho, then Evo-Singularity Special Summons an Evolzar Xyz Monster from my Extra Deck!" She continued to explain with a growing grin, causing everyone to widen their eyes at what she said. The volcano let out a loud rumble with smoke rising up from inside of it.

The Extra Deck zone of Cera's Duel Disk opened, before a single card slotted out, which she grabbed hold of and held it up. "Appear! Rank 6! Evolzar Solda!" The braided hair female exclaimed to the heavens as the Xyz Monster; Evolzar Solda emerged from inside of the volcano and soared into the air, releasing a powerful screech.

Evolzar Solda ATK: 2600 + 500 = 3100/ DEF: 1000 – 400 = 600/ Rank: 6/ Overlay units: 0.

"That's not good, but at least it doesn't have any Overlay Units". The Dueltainer remarked, giving out a small sigh of relief. "Evo-Singularity's effect also turns the two monsters from the Graveyard into Overlay Units for the Xyz Monster Summoned by its effect!" Cera added in as the cards of Evolsaur Pelta and Evoltile Najasho transformed into red lights that shot out, before they began circling around Evolzar Solda.

Evolzar Solda Overlay Units: 0 + 2 = 2.

"Aaand I just jinxed us". Yuya stated with anime half lidded eyes, before slotting the card that he was holding into his Duel Disk. "I'll throw this down and call it a turn". The Odd-Eyes Duelist declared his turn over as a face-down card appeared on his field.

(Music end/ Play Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance OST - Rules of Nature Extended)

Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight ATK: 3000 – 700 = 2300.

Sylvio Life Points: 400/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

Sylvio groaned as he got up from the ground and stood up on his feet fully. "Oh, I'm gonna pay you back for that! I draw!" The brown-haired male cried out, drawing the top card of his deck in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side. He looked at the card, before cracking a grin, and then held it out. "I Summon Relinkuriboh!" Sylvio called out, before swiping the card onto the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared, before Relinkuriboh emerged from within it, giving a cute cry.

Relinkuriboh ATK: 300/ Level: 1.

Sylvio then took one of the remaining two cards in his hand, before swiping it out forward. "I now activate the Ritual Spell; Earth Chant!" The male student of the Leo Institute called out with a grin, before slotting the card into his Duel Disk. Almost instantly, the symbol of Earth Chant appeared on the ground below the field, getting Yuya and Lulu to look down at it with wide eyes.

"With this Ritual Spell; I can Ritual Summon any EARTH Attribute Ritual Monster from my hand". Sylvio informed the two, taking the last card in his hand and flipped it over. "Like my The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier". He added, before swiping his left hand out towards his two monsters. "I offer Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight and Relinkuriboh!" The male exclaimed as he threw his right hand out to the side.

The symbol of Earth Chant on the ground began glowing, before both Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight and Relinkuriboh burst into brown and dark energy that was absorbed into the symbol. "With these two monsters as tributes, the offerings have been met and now the ritual can commence! I Ritual Summon! Level 8! The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier!" Sylvio chanted, and then threw down the Ritual Monster's card on the blade of his Duel Disk.

A pillar of white light erupted out of the middle of Earth Chant, before the symbol disappeared completely. Then, the pillar disappeared to reveal the Ritual Monster; The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier with it glaring at Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.

"This guy is good at Ritual Summoning, I'll give him that". Yuya remarked, while Lulu narrowed her eyes a little. "Since my little friend Relinkuriboh was tributed, his ability allows me to draw one extra card". Sylvio informed, drawing another card from his deck and took a moment to see what it was, before adding it to his hand. "Now; time for your birdies to fly off! Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier attacks Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrow!" Sylvio commanded, pointing his right hand's index finger towards the Winged Beast monster.

The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier glanced up towards Cobalt Sparrow, before holding his blade out to the side, and then took off flying towards it. Despite the approaching attack, Lulu had a confident smile on her face. 'I prepared for this scenario. Whenever he attacks one of my "Lyrilusc" monsters, I can banish Phantom Feathers from my Graveyard to increase the Lyrilusc's ATK Points to match the opponent's monster. At least like this, Cobalt Sparrow will be able to destroy Sylvio's only line of defense'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, shifting her gaze down towards her Duel Disk.

She looked back up, before thrusting her right hand out. "At this moment; I-!" The purple-haired female began, only to be cut off by Sylvio. "Sorry honey, but that's a no go for you. When the Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier is on the field; you can't activate cards or effects during the Battle Phase". The brown-haired male informed the Mistress of Birds, resulting in Lulu widening her eyes in shock. "What!?" She questioned as Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier swiped his sword and destroyed Cobalt Sparrow with the force of the attack releasing a powerful wind. (3000 – 0 = 3000)

Lulu Life Points: 3800 – 3000 = 800.

"Lulu!" Yuya called out in alarm, staring up towards Demetria as the shockwaves from the Ritual Monster hit her and Lulu head on. The Mistress of Birds had her eyes shut as she held on tightly to her Xyz Monster's legs, until eventually the shockwaves died down and Demetria regained her balance in the air. Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier returned to Sylvio's side and floated besides the brown-haired male as he smirked.

"Don't think you're out of danger yet! Now Solda, attack Snowy Owl Demetria!" The Ritual Duelist commanded, thrusting his right hand up and pointed towards the Winged Beast Xyz Monster. Evolsaur Solda roared out, before charging forward and slashed Demetria with its own left claw. Demetria screeched out in pain, before she exploded with Lulu getting caught up in it. (3100 – 2400 = 700)

Lulu Life Points: 800 – 700 = 100.

Lulu began falling from the sky towards the ground because of gravity, something that Tate, Frederick and Allie all gasped in concern. Yuya grit his teeth, before patting Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's horns in a hasty manner. Receiving the unspoken message, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon took off running, before leaping into the air towards Lulu. Yuya let go of his dragon's horns and held his hands up towards Lulu, before he successfully caught her in a princess carry.

Lulu gasped in surprise and stared at her savior with a flushed expression on her face at the way that he was holding her. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon fell from the sky and landed on the ground, sliding against it a little bit before stopping. "Lulu, are you okay?" Yuya asked the purple haired female with a concerned expression on his face and no hint of embarrassment. Lulu, on the other hand, had a speechless look on her face, not from what just happened, but how Yuya was holding her.

A princess carry was one of the many things she had secretly desired to experience one day, but never had the chance to be carried that way by Yuto when they were still together. So now, being carried by Yuya so suddenly had stunned her a little bit. She was still able to give a nod towards the Odd-Eyes Duelist to answer his question. Lulu's nod allowed Yuya to sigh in relief, before he widened his eyes in shock and flush a bit upon finally noticing how he was carrying his crush.

Yuya bite his lips to keep himself from crying out and quickly jumped off of Odd-Eyes' head, landing on the solid ground below. He quickly placed Lulu back on her feet, before he spun around at anime lightning speed and scratched the back of his head with his right hand. "I-I'm sorry about that! You were falling too quickly for me to think of any other way to save you, so I just acted without thinking". The Odd-Eyes Duelist explained with an embarrassed tone, staring up at the cloudy hologram sky above them to avoid making eye contact with the Mistress of Birds.

Like her friend, Lulu was embarrassed by the whole ordeal as well. She was looking down at the ground with her cheeks red a bit and had her hands folded together, despite holding cards. "I-It's okay. You saved me, and that's all that matters". The Mistress of Birds told the tomato hair style boy. She took a deep breath to calm her emotions down, and then breathed out.

Lulu then tilted her head up to look at the Odd-Eyes Duelist standing in front of her. "So, let me say this to you". She said to the Pendulum user, catching Yuya's attention as he looked past his left shoulder to see Lulu giving him a smile full of gratitude.

"Thank you Yuya…for saving me". The Mistress of Birds thanked the Pendulum user with a soft voice, something that made Yuya smile a little as he fully turned around to look at her. "Don't mention it". The Odd-Eyes Duelist replied to the purple haired female, before he looked up at his dragon and leaped up towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

He spun around in mid-air and landed on top of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon's head and grabbed hold of the horns. "We still got a Duel to win, so let's get to it!" Yuya exclaimed with high spirits, causing Lulu to nod in agreement to what he said. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon turned around and growled at The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, while Lulu turned to look at Cera.

Sylvio gave a smug chuckle with a sly expression on his face. "I hope you had a good talk with your girlfriend, because after her next turn, she'll lose. I end my turn here". Sylvio declared his turn over, having no other move to make for now.

(Music end)

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 3500 – 1000 = 2500.

Lulu Life Points: 100/ Number of cards in hand: 3.

"Alright then…" Lulu whispered as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck. "I draw!" She called out in determination as she drew the card and swiped her right hand out to the side. The Mistress of Birds brought it up to see what the new card was, and then grew a massive smile at seeing what it was. 'I knew keeping this card in my deck would pay off'. Lulu thought to herself, before adding the card to her hand.

She then swiped her right hand out. "I activate the special ability of Vulture of Beyond Revival's special ability!" Lulu called out as she brought up her Duel Disk, before a bright green light erupted out of the Graveyard Zone. "First, I banish her from the Graveyard…!" The Mistress of Birds began to explain as a black portal appeared in the sky above. Lyrilusc – Vulture of Beyond Revival then appeared with a smile, before she flew up and entered the black portal.

"Then…I can Xyz Summon a WIND Attribute Xyz Monster by using "Lyrilusc" monsters from my Graveyard!" Lulu finished explaining with a growing grin, causing Sylvio and Cera to widen their eyes in surprise. "What!?" Sylvio questioned in absolute disbelief as he's heard of nothing like this. "An Xyz Summon using monsters from the Graveyard…" The female teenager whispered to herself in awe at seeing an advance form of Xyz Summon take place before her.

The cards of two Lyrilusc – Cobalt Sparrows, Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird and Giving Swan slotted out of the Graveyard Zone. Lulu took hold of all five cards with her right hand and held them up. "I use 2 Cobalt Sparrows, Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird and Giving Swan as Xyz Material!" The Mistress of Birds declared her choices as the five monsters appeared in the air above her, all smiling brightly.

Then, the two Cobalt Sparrows, Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird and Giving Swan all transformed into bright green lights, before they all ascended into the black portal above. An explosion of energy emerged from the portal, while Lulu's Extra Deck zone opened and a single card slotted out, which she picked up with her right hand's index and middle fingers.

"With these five monsters; I build the Overlay Network! I Xyz Summon! Rank 1! Lyrilusc – Ensemblue Robin!" Lulu called out, swiping her right hand out with the card in hand. The Xyz Monster; Lyrilusc – Ensemblue Robin flew out of the black portal with a wide smile on her face, before she stopped right besides the Mistress of Birds on her right.

Lyrilusc – Ensemblue Robin ATK: 0/ Rank: 1/ Overlay units: 5.

Cera raised an eyebrow upon seeing Ensemblue Robin, before giving a small grin. "I don't know what that Xyz Monster of yours can do, but I'm not willing to find out! I activate Evolzar Solda's special ability!" The braided hair style female exclaimed, throwing her right hand out as Solda ate one of its red overlay units.

Evolzar Solda Overlay units: 2 – 1 = 1.

"When you Special Summon a monster or monsters; I can destroy it by using an Overlay Unit!" The female Xyz Duelist explained, and then looked up at Solda. A spiral of fire then appeared around the Dragon-Type Xyz Monster, before it shot out towards Ensemblue Robin and struck her in the stomach, causing the Winged Beast-Type Monster to explode. Yet, despite her Xyz Monster's destruction, Lulu didn't so much as flinch and instead gave a grin.

"When Ensemblue Robin is destroyed by an opponent's card, I can target another "Lyrilusc" monster in my Graveyard and add it to my hand". The Mistress of Birds explained her destroyed Xyz Monster's effect as a card slotted out of the Graveyard Zone of the Duel Disk. Lulu picked it up and held it out to show that it was Lyrilusc – Stardust Lyrebird. "I add Stardust Lyrebird back to my hand". She declared her choice, before adding the card to her hand.

"Bring all the bird brains you want, there's no way a Normal Summoned one can beat our monsters!" Sylvio called out with a confident grin on his face, catching the purple haired female's attention as she looked at him and grinned. "Hold your breath until it is certainly safe to make comments like those. Besides, my counterattack starts here!" The Mistress of Birds exclaimed as she took a card from her hand, before holding it up into the air.

"I activate the Xyz Revenge Spell card!" Lulu called out, before bringing her hand down to show the card, and then slotted it into her Duel Disk. A large copy of the Spell card appeared besides the Mistress of Birds on her right, before it began glowing. "I can activate this Spell card if the opponent controls an Xyz Monster with Overlay Units; which Cera provides for that part…" The purple haired female began to explain, taking a moment to stare at Evolzar Solda.

"Then I can Summon an Xyz Monster from my Graveyard, like Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria…" Lulu continued as Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria emerged from Xyz Revenge's card and took flight into the air, crying out as she ascended.

Lyrilusc – Snowy Owl Demetria ATK: 2400/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 0.

"Then, one of your Xyz Monster's Overlay Units becomes the Special Summoned monster's!" Lulu finished explaining with a grin, while Cera widened her eyes in shock. Solda's remaining overlay unit shot out towards Snowy Owl Demetria and began circling around her, transforming from red to green as it did so.

Lyrilusc - Snowy Owl Demetria Overlay units: 0 + 1 = 1.

Sylvio had wide eyes and gulped in slight panic. "That's...not good. Now that bird can use its effect again". The brown-haired male said as he took a step back, dreading Snowy Owl Demetria's effect as it was a dangerous one. "Got that right! I activate Lyrilusc - Snowy Owl Demetria's special ability!" Lulu exclaimed as she threw her right hand out forward. Snowy Owl Demetria absorbed her overlay unit into her chest, causing a small burst of green energy.

Lyrilusc - Snow Owl Demetria Overlay units: 1 - 1 = 0.

"For every Lyrilusc Monster in my Graveyard, one of your monsters loses 800 ATK Points for each!" The Mistress of Birds explained the Xyz Monster's effect, before holding her Duel Disk up as a green light appeared in the Graveyard Zone. "There are Lyrilusc - Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird, Giving Swan, Stardust Lyrebird, Recital Starling, Imaginary Blueray, two Cobalt Sparrows and Ensemblue Robin, making a total of 9 monsters! Times 800 by 9 and you get 7200 points!" Lulu informed with a growing smile as Snowy Owl Demetria spread her wings out fully and released a subzero blizzard.

The blizzard split into 9 directions and began forming into different shapes. They all eventually formed Lyrilusc - Turquoise Warbler, Violet Hummingbird, Giving Swan, Stardust Lyrebird, Recital Starling, Imaginary Blueray, two Cobalt Sparrows and Ensemblue Robin with all nine of them gathering around Demetria. "Alright ladies, give it to that Black Luster Soldier!" Lulu called out, rearing her right hand in and then swiped it out towards The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier. The blizzard forms of all 9 Lyrilusc monsters shot out towards the Ritual Monster. One by one, they all struck Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, dispersing on contact, but caused the Ritual Monster to slowly be encased in ice. After the ninth one, Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier was completely encased in ice.

The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier ATK: 3000 - 7200 = 0.

Sylvio let out a small growl at seeing this, before he threw his right hand out to the side. "I activate my Trap card; Threatening Roar!" The Ritual Duelist shouted out as his face-down card lifted itself up and began glowing. "With this; you can't declare an attack this turn!" Sylvio explained the Trap card's effect with a grin, causing Lulu to narrow her eyes in annoyance. "Not bad. Looks like you'll be getting another turn". Lulu said with a low voice full of annoyance, before picking up two cards from the 4 in her left hand.

"I'll set a face-down card..." She began, slotting a card into her Duel Disk as a face-down card appeared in front of her. "Set a monster in face-down DEF Position..." The purple-haired female added, placing a card in face-down sideways position on her Duel Disk's blade. A face-down card in sideways position appeared on Lulu's field, before a shadowy caged monster with red eyes appeared from it. "And that's all. Your move, Cera!" Lulu declared her turn over as Snowy Owl Demetria flew close by to her.

Cera Life Points: 300/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

Cera stared at Lulu with narrowed eyes full of determination, the eyes of someone who refused to give up. "It's my turn now". The braided hair style female stated, placing her hand on the top card of her deck. "I draw!" She added, drawing the card in a normal fashion. She looked at the new card, before holding it out.

"I activate the Xyz Treasure Spell card!" Cera called out, and then slotted the card into her Duel Disk. A large copy of the Spell card; Xyz Treasure appeared besides her and began to glow a bright colour. "For every Xyz Monster on the field, I draw a card! Since there's 2, that's 2 cards for me!" She explained the card's effect, drawing 2 more cards from her deck as she did so.

"At this moment, I activate my Trap card!" Lulu suddenly called out, rearing her right hand in and then swiping it out as her face-down card lifted itself up. It was a Trap card with the image showing a split screen. On the left side of the image, Nightingale was battling against Fairy Cheer Girl with a green aura surrounding her. The right side showed Nightingale singing, while Fairy Cheer Girl was cheering her on. "Go Lyrilusc - Power or Peace!" The Mistress of Birds called out the name of her Trap card as it began to release a light.

(Lyrilusc - Power or Peace/ Type: Continuous Trap/ Effect: Once a turn; activate one of these effects. 1: Select one "Lyrilusc" monster you control, increase its ATK by 1000, but it cannot attack any of your opponent monsters this turn. 2: Select one "Lyrilusc" monster you control, gain Life Points equal to its ATK, but your opponent won't take damage this turn.)

"This Trap card has two effects, and I'm going with option number 2! By selecting a Lyrilusc monster on my field such as Snowy Owl Demetria, my Life Points increase by its ATK Points!" Lulu explained the Trap card's effect with a growing grin as a green aura surrounded her, restoring Lulu's Life Points.

Lulu Life Points: 100 + 2400 = 2500.

"The only downside for the rest of this turn; you don't take any damage". Lulu informed her opponent as the green aura faded away. Cera gave a chuckle in response as she added the two cards to her left hand, before taking one of them and held it up. "Not bad. Looks like you'll be surviving this turn. I'll set a face-down card". The braided hair style female said as she slotted the card into her Duel Disk.

A face-down card appeared in front of Cera, before she thrust her right hand out and pointed towards Demetria. "Solda, attack Lyrilusc - Snowy Owl Demetria!" The Xyz Duelist commanded, causing Solda to cry out and charge forward towards Demetria. The Dragon-Type Xyz Monster slashed Demetria with its right claw, causing Demetria to cry out in pain as she exploded. (3100 - 2400 = 700)

Lulu Life Points: 2500 - 700 = 1800.

"And I'm not finished just yet. I activate the Spell card; Stamping Destruction!" Cera called out as she took the last card in her hand and held it out, before slotting it into her Duel Disk. Stamping Destruction's card appeared besides her, before it began glowing with Solda turning its gaze towards Lyrilusc - Power or Peace's card. The Dragon-Type Xyz Monster then stomped on it, destroying the card and creating a shockwave that hit Lulu head on, forcing her to take a step back.

Lulu Life Points: 1800 - 500 = 1300.

"If I have a Dragon-Type Monster on my field; Stamping Destruction can destroy a Spell or Trap and deal 500 points of damage to the controller of that card". Cera explained the Spell card's effect with a sly look, while Lulu looked at the Evo Duelist with narrowed eyes. "I'll end my turn here. You're up, tomato boy". The female student of the Leo Institute told the Pendulum user, shifting her gaze over towards him.

Yuya Life Points: 1450/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

"I've got this! I draw!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist exclaimed, drawing the top card of his deck in a dramatic fashion. He took a moment to look at the new card in his hand, before adding the card to his hand. He then looked at his Duel Disk's screen that showed the fields of all four duelists, before he gently pressed on his face-down card. The screen displayed the card as it flipped over to show that it was Performapal Signal.

'If only Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier wasn't on the field; I could use Performapal Signal. But so long as that thing remains on the field, that's a no go'. The Odd-Eyes Duelist thought to himself, before turning his face forward.

He first looked towards Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, and then at Evolzar Solda. 'Both monsters are a concern, but Solda's the bigger one as it has 3100 ATK Points. Still, I can take them both out in one move, but just to be safe, I'll set another defensive measure'. Yuya thought to himself, before adding the new card to his hand and took hold of the other one.

"I'll set a card face-down". The Odd-Eyes Duelist said as a face-down card appeared on his field. "Then I'll activate Odd-Eyes Inheritance's effect once more!" He declared, throwing his right hand out as Odd-Eyes Inheritance's card began glowing once more.

Odd-Eyes Dragon's card slotted out of the custom made Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone. Yuya took hold of the card and held it out forward. "By banishing Odd-Eyes Dragon from my Graveyard; Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon gains 1000 ATK Points!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist explained the Spell card's effect, pocketing Odd-Eyes Dragon's card as a white beam shot out of Odd-Eyes Inheritance's card and struck Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, yet did no harm and powered it up.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon ATK: 2500 + 1000 = 3500.

"Showtime! Odd-Eyes, attack Evolzar Solda!" Yuya commanded his ace, grabbing hold of the Pendulum Monster's horns once more. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon cried out in response, before it began charging forward towards Solda. "I don't think so! Go; Zero Gravity!" Cera called out, throwing her right hand out as her face-down card lifted itself up.

"With this Trap card, all face-up monsters on the field have their battle positions changed!" The braided hair style female explained her Trap card's effect as the card began to glow. Suddenly, the gravity around Odd-Eyes, Skullcrobat Joker and Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier changed and caused them all to change into defensive stances with the Dragon-Type Pendulum Monster cease its running.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon DEF: 2000.

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker DEF: 100.

The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Solder DEF: 2500.

Evolzar Solda DEF: 600

Yuya gave a grunt with narrowed eyes. "Crap... At least my monsters are in DEF Position, so there's that. I'll end my turn here". The Odd-Eyes Duelist declared, having no other move left to make.

Sylvio Life Points: 400/ Number of cards in hand: 0.

Sylvio silently drew the top card of his deck and brought it up to see what it was. He then held it out forward. "I activate the Spell card; Card of Burial Magic!" The Ritual Duelist called out with the card releasing a bright shine. Then, the cards of Earth Seal, Damage Banish and Twin Twisters slotted out of the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk, which Sylvio picked up and put them away in his jacket's pockets.

"By banishing 3 Spells from my Graveyard, I can draw 2 new cards". He explained the Spell card's effect, before proceeding to draw 2 more cards from his deck and held them up.

Sylvio let out a confident chuckle at what the cards were, before transferring them to his left hand and picked up one of them. "I activate the Spell card; Burial from a Different Dimension!" The brown-haired male called out with a grin, flipping the card over and then slotted it into the Duel Disk. A large copy of the Spell card; Burial from a Different Dimension appeared besides Sylvio, and then began to release a bright light.

"With this handy card, I can select up to 3 removed from play monsters and return them to their owner's Graveyard". The Ritual Duelist explained the Spell card's effect, placing his right hand into his jacket's pocket. He then brought it out and held out three cards.

The three cards that he was holding were Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin, Evening Twilight Knight and Beginning Knight. "I select these three guys and return them to my Graveyard". Sylvio informed his opponents, before sending the three monsters to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. 'Not good. With Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin in his Graveyard, all he has to do is remove it from play to restore Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier's ATK Points to normal'. Lulu thought to herself, seeing that Sylvio's move just turned the tables around on them.

"I activate Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin's special ability from my Graveyard! By banishing this card from the Graveyard..." Sylvio began to explain as Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin's card slotted out of his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone, before he took the card and pocketed it away.

"I can select a monster that's ATK Points are different to its original and return them to normal". The Ritual Duelist finished explaining, and then pointed his right hand towards Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier. "Now Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, regain your power!" The brown-haired male cried out, swiping his right hand into the air. A white aura appeared around The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, restoring his powers completely.

The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier ATK: 0 + 7200 = 3000.

"Aww, crap. That's not good. Well, at least I can do this! Activate the Trap card; Infinite Impermanence!" Yuya called out, thrusting his right hand out as a face-down card appeared in front of Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. It lifted itself up and began to gleam brightly right at The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, forcing the Ritual Monster to shield its face with its shield. "Thanks to this Trap card, your monster's effect is negated for the rest of this turn". The Odd-Eyes Duelist explained the Trap card's effect as a white aura appeared over the Ritual Monster.

Sylvio snapped his right hand's fingers, before Evening Twilight Knight and Beginning Knight's cards slotted out of his Duel Disk. "I remove Evening Twilight Knight and Beginning Knight from my Graveyard..." The brown-haired male began, taking the two cards and putting them away in his jacket's pocket. "In order to Special Summon this! Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning!" Sylvio finished, swiping his right hand out with the last card in hand. Two black portals appeared, before both Evening Twilight Knight and Beginning Knight appeared in front of the two portals.

The two monsters were then absorbed into the portals, before they both came together and created a bright flash of light. It quickly cleared to reveal the Monster; Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning with it having a dark glare directed at Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.

Yuya and Lulu stared at the new monster with slightly wide eyes, before Lulu turned her head and ran off in search for an Action card. "Get ready to lose! First, I switch Solda back into ATK mode!" Sylvio began as Solda spread its wings out fully.

Evolzar Solda ATK: 3100.

"Then I'll have Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier, attack Performapal Skullcrobat Joker!" The brown-haired male commanded the Ritual Monster, throwing his right hand out to the side. Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier brought up his weapon, before charging forward towards Skullcrobat Joker and swung its blade down on the Spellcaster-Type Monster, causing Skullcrobat Joker to cry out in pain, and then exploded.

Yuya grit his teeth slightly at his monster's destruction, but kept silent. "Now! Evolzar Solda attacks Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Sylvio commanded, turning to look at his partner's monster. Solda gave out a fierce cry, before charging forward towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Yuya leaped into the air backwards, right before the Dragon-Type Xyz Monster slashed Odd-Eyes with its claws, causing the Pendulum Monster to explode. Yuya landed on his feet, a deep frown married to his face at his ace monster's destruction like that, but kept his composure.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist looked up towards Sylvio, where he saw the confident smirk on the brown-haired male's face. Assuming that he was gonna attack him, Yuya prepared himself for the attack. However, Sylvio then shifted his gaze towards the running form of Lulu with her shadowy cage monster following her. "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, attack that face-down monster!" Sylvio commanded as he pointed his right hand's index finger out, causing Yuya to widen his eyes in surprise. 'What!?' The Odd-Eyes Duelist shouted out inside of his mind, honestly not expecting this move.

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning charged forward towards the shadowy cased monster, which it turned around to face the Warrior-Type Monster. The creature disappeared and was replaced by a face-down card in sideways position. It then flipped over to reveal that it was Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow's card, before the Winged Beast monster emerged from the card with her wings folded together in a shield.

Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow DEF: 100/ Level: 1.

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning began thrusting his sword out at lightning-fast speeds, repeatedly stabbing Cobalt Sparrow until she exploded. The explosion forced Lulu to stop running and use her right forearm to shield her eyes from the shockwaves. It soon died down, allowing Lulu to lower her arm to see Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning return to Sylvio's side alongside Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier.

"At this moment, I activate Envoy of the Beginning's special ability! If this card destroyed an opponent's monster as a result of battle, it can attack again!" Sylvio explained his monster's special ability with a grin, causing Yuya to widen his eyes in shock and realization.

'That's why he didn't attack me with Envoy of the Beginning! It was so that he could destroy Lulu's last line of defense and attack one of us directly!' The Odd-Eyes Duelist shouted out inside of his mind. "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, attack that purple haired girl directly!" Sylvio commanded with a smug laugh, swiping his right hand out to the side. Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning cried out as it leaped into the air and began diving down towards the Mistress of Birds, who stood her ground and stared up at the approaching attack.

'Darn it, no better time!' Yuya shouted out inside of his mind, eyes dangerously narrowed, and teeth gritted hard. "I play my Trap card; Performapal Signal!" The tomato hair style male called out, swiping his right hand out to the side as his face-down card appeared, before lifting itself up. "This Trap lets me draw a card, and then discard it. If it's a monster, your attack is negated!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist explained the Trap card's effect as he placed his right hand on the top card of his deck, catching Sylvio's attention as he looked over towards the Dueltainer.

Yuya stared down at the top card of his deck for a moment or two, before he drew it in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side. The Odd-Eyes Duelist looked through the corner of his right eye towards the card. Time seemed to go slow as he turned the card over, revealing it to be...

Star-Eyes Synchron!

Yuya grew a massive smile upon seeing his famed Pendulum Tuner Monster. He thrust his right hand out to show the card. "The card I drew was the Pendulum Tuner Monster; Star-Eyes Synchron! And since it is a monster, your attack is negated!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist stated, before discarding the card to his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone. A barrier then formed around Lulu, right before Envoy of the Beginning swung its blade down and struck it. The Warrior-Type Monster's attack created a powerful shock wave, but was unable to break through. Envoy of the Beginning was soon pushed back, before the barrier around Lulu disappeared.

"Are you kidding me!?" Sylvio shouted out in annoyance, while Lulu gave Yuya a thankful look. "Okay, this is just getting ridiculous that it's not even funny. Next turn, you two are going down! I end my turn!" The brown-haired male exclaimed with a deep frown on his face.

Lulu Life Points: 1300/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

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(Meanwhile at Leo Corporation monitor room)

Through the entire tag duel, Declan and Claude have watched it take place. Declan was honestly impressed with all four Duelists, especially with Yuya and Lulu's teamwork. Sylvio's Ritual skills impressed him as well. Declan couldn't help, but remember what possessed LID to create a Ritual Summoning course in the first place. Yusei Fudo's one-sided victory over the Sledgehammer had many impacts on Paradise City. All the Duelists began to work harder than before to get better and improve, in the hopes of challenging and defeating Yusei one day.

Declan had decided to create a Ritual Summoning course for the Leo Institute. It may not have been as rare, or powerful as Fusion, Synchro or Xyz, but it was powerful in its own way and one of the oldest Summoning methods in Duel Monsters. A lot of students had joined the Ritual course with Sylvio being one of them. Thanks to his father's position, Sylvio was able to obtain Black Luster Soldier and Gaia cards to form the deck that he was using. The deck Sylvio used had potential to use more than just Ritual Summoning, but he seemed content of just using one Summoning method. That's what lead to Sylvio being the Duelist he is now.

Declan's eyes then shifted over to Cera's image of the screen. She was the daughter of a high-ranking captain of the military and had undergone some training from him. She was an honest and straight forward person that didn't allow any foul play of any sort. She had joined the Leo Institute a year ago, but only began learning Xyz Summoning 2 months ago.

After seeing Yusei's duel, Cera had become motivated extremely and that enabled her to master the Evo Deck. She was tied with Dipper O'rion for the Xyz course's best Xyz user. Still, she had room to grow, and Declan honestly looked forward to seeing her growth.

The silver-haired youth then turned his attention to Yuya's image. He had learned much of Pendulum Summoning in this duel, and the data that he needed. He learned that Pendulum cards are treated as Spell cards, go to the Extra Deck when destroyed on the field and that the Pendulum Monsters can use their effects even when one of them is set.

Although he had wished to see Yuya's Synchro and Xyz Summoning, this had still given Declan a glimpse of the Dueltainer's skills as a Duelist. Not to mention Yuya's feelings for Lulu, which was honestly a bit surprising to Declan. True, he expected to see Yuya have a form of friendship with the Xyz Dimension resident, but was not expecting to see signs of affection. Still, it wasn't something to worry about for the moment.

Finally, he looked towards Lulu's image on the screen. This duel has allowed him to witness her skills and what sort of decks she uses. He was impressed greatly with the Lyrilusc cards that she used as it reminded him a little of Yusei's cards on how they both use low Level monsters and unlock their full potential. Her Synchro Summoning was surprising, not to mention the Xyz Summoning from the Graveyard.

He was even able to see the reflexes of one that's been through war on her. Though, he didn't understand why she had a Fusion Dimension Duel Disk on her, hopefully it didn't mean she was an agent of Duel Academy. He had no doubt that she far surpassed all the Xyz students that the Leo Institute had when it came to Xyz Summoning after watching her duel.

Now with the circumstances, Declan would be able to see how Lulu duels when backed into a corner such as this. He couldn't help himself from growing the eager smile on his face. 'Now, let us see the survival instincts of a resident of the Xyz Dimension'. The president of the Leo Corporation thought to himself eagerly, but remained silent as the grave.

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(Back to the tag duel)

Lulu lightly grit her teeth at the situation she was facing. Facing 3 monsters with over 3000 ATK Points with nothing on hers or Yuya's field would be challenging. It honestly felt a bit like when she was fighting against Duel Academy back in the Xyz Dimension.

There may not be any danger of being sealed into a card in this duel, but hers and Yuya's cards were at risk instead. Their cards were important to them, and Lulu had no intention of allowing anyone to take them, especially her favorite monster. The Mistress of Birds brought up her right hand to place it on her deck, only for it to suddenly stop.

Lulu looked at her right hand and lightly gasp upon seeing it shaking in fear. 'I'm...afraid...of losing?' The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, recognizing the fear that she was experiencing yet again. Despite her peaceful time here in Paradise City, Lulu still had her fear of losing that she experienced when Yuri defeated her. She has been working hard to remove her fear, yet it was proving to be one of Lulu's most challenging obstacles.

Lulu lowered her head in shame that she was allowing her fear to show itself at a time like this. Yuya turned to look at his tag partner, before his gaze fell upon seeing Lulu's expression of shame and her shaking hand. 'Oh no, not now. Lulu's fear has started acting up again. I gotta calm her down'. The Odd-Eyes Duelist thought to himself, bringing his Duel Disk up and proceeded to press a few sections on it.

Just then, a single screen appeared on the Duel Disk's one that showed Lulu as she grew a surprised expression at the sudden call. Yuya looked back towards the Mistress of Birds and saw Lulu staring at him with wide eyes of surprise. He pointed down towards his Duel Disk with the right hand, giving Lulu an unspoken message to focus on their connection.

Lulu looked slightly confused, but gave a nod as she looked down at her Duel Disk's screen to the single section showing Yuya's face. "Lulu, calm down okay. Just take deep breaths and breath in and out". The Odd-Eyes Duelist told the purple haired female, his voice soft to help ease her nerves. The Mistress of Birds began breathing slow and steady, just as Yuya told her.

However, she still felt herself controlled by her fear despite her efforts. "Yuya...They have the advantage of numbers and attack power. They both have monsters with over 2500 ATK Points, while we don't have anything on ours. I don't have anything in my hand that can protect you or I from their next attack". Lulu said with a low voice as she looked at the two cards in her hand. All she had was Lyrilusc - Stardust Lyrebird and Lyrilusc - Bird Song, cards that couldn't really help at a time like this.

Yuya grit his teeth at what Lulu said, but agreed with her as Sylvio and Cera had powerful monsters on their field while they don't. He looked up towards Odd-Eyes Pendulum Arc Dragon and stared at it for a few moments. Odd-Eyes Pendulum Arc Dragon's Pendulum ability allowed him to summon a new Odd-Eyes Monster when one under his control was destroyed by battle or card effect.

The only problem was that he was out of Odd-Eyes cards. He had swapped out Odd-Eyes Advance Dragon to test out Odd-Eyes Wizard Dragon earlier today, and he only had 5, counting Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn. The other Odd-Eyes are either in his Extra Deck or removed from play, so they couldn't be used for Arc Pendulum's effect.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist then eased his gaze and gave the Mistress of Birds a comforting smile. "I know that the odds aren't exactly in our favor Lulu, but we have a secret weapon on our side". Yuya told his tag partner, immediately catching Lulu's full attention at what he said. "Huh? What are you talking about? What secret weapon?" The Mistress of Birds questioned in confusion, having no idea what Yuya was talking about.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist just grinned in response, before he answered. "We believe in Duel Monsters and our cards with all of our hearts. And when you believe, you always have a chance". The teenage boy told the purple haired female with conviction in his words, as if he was completely certain of himself.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Anime OST: Passionate Duelist (Extended)

Lulu widened her eyes completely at what Yuya said as those words shook her very core. Even the fear gripping her heart had disappeared completely as well. She grew a gentle smile on her face as she looked at her deck.

'That's right. If I lose faith in my deck, then I have truly lost. But so long as I still believe in my cards, then there's still hope for a comeback. My cards...I'm sorry I lost faith in you. I swear with all my heart not to let it happen. I still have my problems to sort out, but so long as I still believe, we'll overcome anything. That's why... let's start by winning this Duel'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, tilting her head back up to face her opponents with eyes burning with determination. Yuya immediately noticed Lulu free of her fear and ready to battle, something that made him grow a satisfied smile.

Unknown to the two was that Yuya's pendant and Lulu's bracelet were releasing small lights of their own colour. The pendant was glowing light blue, while the bracelet's light was an orange one. "Here goes! I draw!" Lulu cried out, placing her right hand on the top card of her deck, drew it and held the card up to the sky. "I play the Spell card; Magical Mallet!" The purple haired teenage girl exclaimed as she brought her hand down to hold the card out.

Magical Mallet's card began glowing, before Lulu took it and the two cards in her left hand into the right one. "Magical Mallet allows me to return it and any number of cards in my hand to the deck, shuffle and then draw the same amount!" The Winged Beast Duelist explained the Spell card's effect, and then slotted the 3 cards into her Duel Disk. The deck then began shuffling once more, until it eventually stopped.

'These 3 cards will determine the outcome of this Duel. My cards, please answer my plea'. Lulu said in her mind as she gently laid her right hand on her deck. Just then, the orange light that Lulu's bracelet was generating intensified a bit, it even caught the attention of the Mistress of Birds as she looked down at her treasured item she's had since she was a child.

'My...bracelet?' Lulu questioned inside of her mind as she had no idea what was happening. Then, her deck began to release a small orange glow, causing Lulu to look at her cards as well. Just as quickly as the glow came, both the deck and bracelet ceased glowing without warning. The purple-haired teenager slightly tilted her head in confusion, but decided not to pay it any mind and focus on the duel at hand. "Since I returned 3 cards, I get to add 3 new ones!" The Mistress of Birds stated, and then drew the top 3 cards of her deck in a dramatic fashion by swiping her right hand out to the side.

Lulu then brought the 3 cards in front in order to see what they were, only to gasp upon seeing something unexpected. One of the cards was a familiar card of hers called "Lyrilusc - Bird Sanctuary", but the other two were different cases. One of them was another Spell, an Equip Spell, but it was one that Lulu has never seen before, much less in her deck.

It was called "Wonders of Nature".

Its image showed the bracelets of hers, Rin's and Zuzu's, not to mention the last one, all on the wrists of four hands hi-fiving each other in the card's image. But the last card was really shocking to Lulu the most. It was a Monster card that she's had for sometime called "Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon", but it had undergone a transformation. It was now a Pendulum card. The card's image showed a little 5-year-old girl with peach skin and violet coloured eyes, wearing a pink falcon themed outfit with a falcon's beak attached to the headset. She also had yellow talons with black claws and long pink hair that was the exact same colour as cherry blossoms.

(Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon/ Level: 1/ Attribute: WIND/ Type: Winged Beast/ Pendulum/ Effect/ ATK: 100/ DEF: 100/ Pendulum Scale: 0/ Pendulum Effect: Once per turn; you can select one face-up monster on the field, negate that target's effect/ Effect: If this card is Special Summoned; you can add 2 Level 1 "Lyrilusc" Pendulum Monsters from your deck to your hand.)

'A...Pendulum card? But how is this possible?' Lulu questioned inside of her mind, taking hold of the 3 cards with her left hand. She turned to look at Yuya, unknowingly giving him the chance to see the disbelief on her face. The Odd-Eyes Duelist raised an eyebrow, while Lulu turned to look back at her cards. She then shook her head sideways to rid herself of the questions clouding her mind. 'Now isn't the time to be asking questions. Now is the time to duel!' The Xyz Dimension girl shouted inside of her mind, narrowing her eyes a bit as she took Wonders of Nature's card with her right hand and held it out.

"I activate the Equip Spell; Kahyoreigetsu!" Lulu called out with confidence in her voice, before she slotted it into her Duel Disk. A large copy of the Spell card materialized on her left side, before it began to glowing lightly. Yuya raised at eyebrow at the sight of the card's image. 'What's with that card?' The Odd-Eyes Duelist questioned inside of his mind, having never heard of this "Kahyoreigetsu" card before.

"Kahyoreigetsu allows me to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Fairy, Spellcaster, Winged Beast, or Beast-Warrior monster from my hand, and then equip itself to the monster". The Mistress of Birds explained the Equip Spell card's effect, taking Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon's card from her hand and held it up. "I chose the Level 1 Pendulum Monster; Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon!" Lulu declared her choice, and then swiped the card down onto her Duel Disk's blade. Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon emerged from Wonders of Nature's light and ascended into the sky, before giving out a cute cry.

Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon ATK: 100/ Level: 1.

As expected, everyone watching the Duel and taking part of it widened their eyes as they were stunned at what Lulu said. "A Pendulum Monster!?" Everyone called out in surprise at what the purple haired female called her monster.

"That's right, but there's more! Once the monster is Summoned through Kahyoreigetsu's effect; another part of its effect activates! Now... all Dragon monsters on the field return to the hand!" Lulu further explained her new Equip Spell's effect, causing Cera to widen her eyes as she looked towards Evolzar Solda.

Kahyoreigetsu's card then released a bright rainbow colour light towards Solda, nearly engulfing the Dragon-Type monster in it. The Xyz Monster screeched in pain, before it transformed into a red light that shot out towards Cera's Extra Deck section and entered it, much to the braided hair style female's surprise. "Alright! With Solda gone, her field's wide open!" Yuya remarked with a grin at seeing Solda gone and Cera wide open for an attack. "It's more than just that! Since she was Special Summoned; Majestic Falcon's special ability now activates!" Lulu shouted out, throwing her right hand out to the side.

Majestic Falcon closed her eyes and flew higher into the sky. She then stopped and opened her eyes to reveal them glowing a majestic pink colour. Without warning, Majestic Falcon's whole body then released a bright rainbow light, so bright that it forced Sylvio and Cera to shield their eyes. "If she's Special Summoned; Majestic Falcon allows me to add 2 Level 1 "Lyrilusc" monsters from my deck to the hand!" The purple haired female explained the Pendulum Monster's effect, tilting her head down to look at the deck of cards in her Duel Disk.

The deck glowed a majestic pink colour for a moment, before the glow died down and it began shuffling. After a few seconds, it ceased shuffling and two cards slotted out. Lulu picked them up one at a time with the index and middle fingers of her right hand, before holding them up. They were indeed both Pendulum Monsters, but were different ones than each other.

One of them showed a teenage girl with very light green skin, emerald eyes and long untamed, whit hair. She was wearing a dark purple, peacock themed outfit with brown talons and black claws. Her arms were her feathers and the feathers on the tail, instead of having markings, had choroma rocks attached to them. The other one was a 5-year-old girl with light blue skin and royal blue eyes. She had short, braided blue hair and was wearing a blue kingfisher outfit. The beak of a kingfisher was attached to the headset, while the talons and claws were a black colour. "I select Lyrilusc - Chroma Peacock and Soaring Kingfisher!" Lulu declared her choices, revealing the names of the two Pendulum Monsters.

(Lyrilusc - Chroma Peacock/ Level: 1/ Attribute: WIND/ Type: Winged Beast/ Pendulum/ Effect/ Pendulum Scale: 0/ ATK: 200/ DEF: 0/ Pendulum Effect: Once per turn when a Pendulum or Xyz Monster you controls battles an opponent's monster; your monster cannot be destroyed by battle and you take no battle damage/ Effect: When this card is Pendulum Summoned; you can select one "Lyrilusc" Trap card in your Graveyard or banished, and set it. The set card can be activated.)

(Lyrilusc - Soaring Kingfisher/ Level: 1/ Attribute: WIND/ Type: Winged Beast/ Pendulum/ Effect/ Pendulum Scale: 5/ ATK: 100/ DEF: 100/ Pendulum Effect: You can select one Wind Attribute monster on the field; add a WIND attribute monster from your deck that is the same Level as the selected one/ Effect: If this card is Special Summoned; you can select one WIND Attribute Xyz Monster in your Graveyard, Special Summon it and then attach this card to it as Xyz Material.)

"I now set the Pendulum Scale with Scale 0 Lyrilusc - Chroma Peacock and Scale 5 Soaring Kingfisher!" The Mistress of Birds called out as she swiped the right hand out to the side. "Time to rev it up!" Lulu added as she brought her hand in and placed the two cards on the left and right end of the blade. The blade of the Duel Disk gleamed a rainbow colour for a moment, before the words "Pendulum" starting materializing on it over Majestic Falcon's card.

Two light blue pillars, just like the ones that Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon and Performapal Drummerilla were in, appeared on Lulu's left and right. Then, Lyrilusc - Chroma Peacock rose up from within the right one, while Soaring Kingfisher floated up in the left pillar. The two then stopped, before the numbers "0" appeared underneath Chroma Peacock and "5" under Soaring Kingfisher.

"With these two Pendulum Monsters in the Pendulum Zone, I can now Pendulum Summon monsters that are Level 1 all the way to 4. But before that, I need to refill my hand a bit. I activate Soaring Kingfisher's Pendulum ability!" The Mistress of Birds called out, throwing her right hand up towards Kingfisher as the Pendulum Monster began glowing a blue colour.

Then, Majestic Falcon began glowing a blue colour as well. "Soaring Kingfisher allows me to select a WIND Attribute monster on the field; then I can add another WIND attribute monster that has the same Level as the selected one to my hand! I select Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon and since she's Level 1, I can add a Level 1 WIND Attribute monster!" Lulu explained the Monster's Pendulum effect as her deck began shuffling. It then stopped with a single card slotted out. Lulu grabbed hold of the card with her right hand's index and middle fingers.

She held the card up, revealing it to be a Monster card with the card's image showing a 5-year-old girl wearing a pink dove outfit. The little girl had pink eyes, cream skin and a bit of pink hair coming out of her headset. "Say "hello" to my little friend Lyrilusc - Tender Dove!" Lulu revealed the choice of Kingfisher's Pendulum ability, before adding the card to her hand.

(Lyrilusc - Tender Dove/ Level: 1/ Attribute: Wind/ Type: Winged Beast/ Tuner/ Pendulum/ Effect/ ATK Points: 400/ DEF Points: 700/ Pendulum Scale: 0/ Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, you can select one Winged Beast or Wind attribute monster on the field, it is treated as a Tuner monster for the rest of the turn./ Effect: When this card is Pendulum Summoned, you can select one monster in either players' graveyards and Special Summon it to your side of the field in DEF Mode and it is treated as a Winged Beast monster.)

"While I'm at it, I think I'll Pendulum Summon Tender Dove!" The purple haired teenager exclaimed as she held up her right hand into the air. Both Chroma Peacock and Soaring Kingfisher cried out as they gleamed with pendulum energy, while the lights of pendulum formed behind them. "I Pendulum Summon! Lyrilusc - Tender Dove!" Lulu cried out to the heavens as a portal appeared between the two Lyrilusc monsters and a single green light shot out of it. The green light then cleared to reveal Lyrilusc - Tender Dove with the Winged Beast monster crying out happily.

Lyrilusc - Tender Dove ATK: 400/ Level: 1.

Cera widened her eyes in panic at the sight of the Winged Beast-Type monster. She then took off running in search of an Action card, while Sylvio scoffed at the sight. "Really? Pendulum Summoning only one monster with only 400 ATK Points. You might be able to take out Cera with that, but that's no match for my monsters. And when my turn comes, I'll finish you both". The brown-haired male said with a rather comical evil chuckle. "Think again! I'm taking both of you out in one move! I activate Tender Dove's special ability!" Lulu declared, throwing her right hand out forward.

Tender Dove gave out a happy cry as she spun around and kicked up strong gusts of wind around herself. "When this card is Pendulum Summoned, I can select a monster in either player's Graveyard and Special Summon it in DEF Position, and it is treated as a Winged Beast monster!" Lulu explained her Pendulum Monster's effect, causing Sylvio to widen his eyes as he was stunned at what he heard.

"Any monster?" The brown-haired male questioned, which Lulu nodded with a growing grin. "That's right, but don't worry about me taking any of your cards". The purple haired female answered the male student of LID, before she held up her Duel Disk as Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow's card slotted out. "Welcome back, Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow!" Lulu exclaimed as she took the card, before slamming it down on the Duel Disk's blade. Cobalt Sparrow's card appeared on the field, before it began gleaming and Cobalt Sparrow rose up from within it.

Lyrilusc - Cobalt Sparrow DEF: 100/ Level: 1.

"Why would you use a nice effect like that to bring back that little annoying bird?" Sylvio questioned Lulu on her choice, which she gave a grin in response. "Because now; I have 3 Level 1 monsters". The purple haired female answered the Ritual Duelist. Sylvio gasped in surprise upon realizing she was right as Lulu now had 3 Level 1 monsters. Lulu brought up her right hand and held it into the air. "I overlay Level 1 Lyrilusc - Majestic Falcon, Tender Dove and Cobalt Sparrow!" Lulu declared with conviction inside of her voice as all 3 Winged Beast monsters transformed into bright green lights.

The 3 lights then ascended into the air and dance around one another. Then, a black and gold Xyz portal appeared on the ground in front of Lulu, kicking up a gust of wind that blew her hair and skirt in the breeze.

"With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" The Mistress of Birds added as the three greens lights descended into the Xyz portal, causing an explosion of energy from within. "I Xyz Summon! Rank 1! Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale!" Lulu cried out to the heavens as her ace monster; Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale emerged from the explosion of energy. The Xyz Monster had her smile present as she flew into the air with 3 green overlay units circling around her.

Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale ATK: 0/ Rank: 1/ Overlay units: 3.

Cera was running down the volcanic mountain in search for an Action card, but she had turned her head to look towards Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale. Yuya, Allie, Tate and Frederick all smiled at the sight of Lulu's ace Xyz Monster as it meant that she was now giving it her all. Sylvio, on the other hand, didn't look so impressed. "I'm starting to question your sense of intellect. All your monsters are low Level weaklings with no ATK Points whatsoever". The Ritual Duelist said with a wave of his left hand. Sylvio's words made Lulu narrow her eyes at him in anger.

"An important rule of Duel Monsters; ATK Points aren't everything. Let me show you!" Lulu told Sylvio as she brought her right hand up, before swiping it out forward with her hair swaying from the motion. "Assembled Nightingale's ability! She gains 100 ATK Points for every Overlay Unit she has! Since she has 3, that's 300 points for her!" The purple haired teen explained her Xyz Monster's special ability as Nightingale powered up.

Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale ATK: 0 + 300 = 300.

"I'm still not impressed with that". Sylvio stated, yet Lulu gave a grin at him. "My Nightingale can attack directly and up to the number of Overlay Units she has. Since she has 3, she can attack you guys directly 3 times". The Mistress of Birds informed the brown-haired male, causing Sylvio to cry out in alarm. "So what!? Then that means you can attack both of us and win in one turn!" The brown-haired male cried out in pure panic, waving his hands around in comical panic.

"She would...If it wasn't for this!" A familiar voice cried out, catching the attention of Lulu, Yuya and Sylvio as they looked over to see that Cera had stopped running and was now holding an Action card with her right hand.

"I activate the Action Spell; Zero Penalty!" The braided hair style female called out, and then she slotted the card into her Duel Disk. Zero Penalty's card materialized besides her, before a white beam shot out and struck Assembled Nightingale in the chest. The Winged Beast-Type Xyz Monster gasped in pain as Lulu looked at her ace monster in slight concern. "Zero Penalty returns the ATK Points of an opponent's monster to 0!" Cera explained the Action Spell card's effect as Nightingale powered down.

Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale ATK: 300 - 300 = 0.

"Ahahaha! Now your birdy is useless! Even if it does attack, it can't deal any damage anymore!" Sylvio laughed out in delight, resting both hands on his lips. "That may be true, but my move isn't finished yet". Lulu told the brown-haired male, before she picked up the single card in her left hand and held it up. "I activate the Continuous Spell card; Lyrilusc- Bird Sanctuary!" The Mistress of Birds called out, and then swiped the card into her Duel Disk. A copy of Lyrilusc - Bird Sanctuary's card then appeared besides Lulu, before she held her right hand out in front of it.

"This card has 2 effects, but I'll only be using one of them. If I control an Xyz Monster with 3 or more Overlay Units; I can draw 1 card". The purple haired female explained the Continuous Spell card's effect, before bringing in her right hand and placed it on the top card of her deck. 'Lulu's betting on her deck to get a card that'll turn the tables around'. Yuya thought to himself, seeing what the purple haired female was attempting to do. Lulu then drew the card by swiping her right hand out to the side with it in between the index and middle fingers of her hand.

The purple haired girl then slowly turned the card over and saw what it was. Lulu gave a small, happy laugh at seeing the card. It was a Spell card, but not just any card. It was her Rank-Up Spell card; Rank-Up-Magic - Lyrilusc Sky Force. The Spell card's image showed the ancient symbol of Sky in an emerald, green colour.

(Rank-Up-Magic - Lyrilusc Sky Force/ Type: Spell/ Effect: Target one "Lyriluse" Xyz Monster you control, Xyz Summon one "Lyrilusc" Monster that is either one Rank or two Ranks higher than that monster you control, by using it as the Xyz Material. (Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) The Xyz Monster that was Xyz Summoned by this card gains 200 ATK times its Rank.)

Lulu's face then fell slight upon remembering an important detail. The Standard Dimension had now knowledge about Rank-Up Spell cards, or Rank-Up Xyz Evolutions. She hasn't been put into a situation that forced her to use Sky Force, but this situation called for it. Still, Lulu would have rather avoid revealing one of her home's advance Xyz techniques, but there was no avoiding it.

The Mistress of Birds took a deep sigh, before rearing her right-hand in. "I activate the Spell card..." Lulu began, before thrusting her hand out to reveal Lyrilusc Sky Force's card. "Rank-Up-Magic - Lyrilusc Sky Force!" She finished, and then slotted the card into her Duel Disk. A large copy of Sky Force's card appeared in front of the Mistress of Birds. What Lulu said caught everyone's attention as they all looked at her in shock, or surprise.

"Rank-Up!?" Cera questioned with wide eyes as she has heard nothing of this before. "Sky Force has the power to take a Lyrilusc Xyz Monster I control and causes it to Rank Up into a new Lyrilusc Xyz Monster that's 1 or 2 Ranks higher!" Lulu explained the Rank-Up-Magic's power without a shred of doubt, further increasing the disbelief of everyone watching.

Lulu then thrusts her right hand into the air. "With the Rank 1 Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale, I rebuild the Overlay Network!" The Mistress of Birds called out as Assembled Nightingale transformed into a bright green light that shot out into the sky above. "As the new dawn breaks spread your wings upon its light and let its power crescendo into an orchestral symphony! Go, Rank-Up Xyz Evolution!" Lulu chanted as a black and gold galaxy Xyz portal appeared on the ground in front of her with the green light descending into it, causing an explosion of green energy. A bright light erupted out of the Fusion Dimension's Extra Deck zone, before it opened, and a single card slotted out.

The purple haired took hold of the card, before swiping it onto her Duel Disk's blade. "Ascend! Rank 2! Lyrilusc - Neo Nightingale!" The Mistress of Birds shouted out to the heavens as something shot out of the explosion of energy and flew high into the air. It was Assembled Nightingale, but she had undergone a transformation. First, her outfit had undergone a colour change as it was now a raven black colour, only exceptions were light blue lines all over its body and outfit, yet her skin colour remained the same. Nightingale's blond hair was longer now as well, reaching her back now. The biggest changes were her hands as instead of being wings, they were now avian female hands. There was a split line underneath the sleeves of her outfit, where rainbow coloured wings erupting from underneath her arms. Neo Nightingale spun around, before giving a pose with 4 green overlay units circling around her.

(Lyrilusc - Neo Nightingale/ Rank: 2/ Attribute: WIND/ Type: Winged Beast/ Xyz/ Pendulum/ Effect/ ATK: 500/ DEF: 500/ Pendulum Scale: 1/ Pendulum Effect: Once per turn; you can Xyz Summon 1 WIND Attribute Xyz Monster from your GY using "Lyrilusc" monsters in your GY. When a "Lyrilusc" Xyz Monster you control would be destroyed; You can detach 1 Xyz Material from it instead and gain 500 Life. /Monster Effect: If this card is Summoned using a "Lyrilusc" Xyz Monster as Xyz Material: Inflict damage equal to the Monster your opponent controls with the highest Level/Rank x 100 (your choice if tied). Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; It can attack directly equal to the amount of monsters your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict damage equal to the difference between the combined ATK of all monsters your opponent controls and the amount of battle damage inflicted with this effect. The turn that you activate this effect; you can only declare an attack with this card. If this card is destroyed: You can add 1 "Lyrilusc" Monster or Spell/Trap from your GY or Deck to your hand, then you can place this card in your Pendulum Zone.)

Everyone stared at Neo Nightingale with mixed expressions, most of all being shock and awe as they've never seen anything like this before. Neo Nightingale flew down to besides Lulu with the two partners staring across towards Sylvio and his two monsters.

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(Meanwhile at Leo Corporation monitor room)

Just like the others in the Duel field; Declan and Claude were both stunned at seeing Lulu Rank-UP Assembled Nightingale to Neo Nightingale. The right-hand man of the president of Leo Corporation was gaping like a fish as he stared at the screen, while Declan changed his stunned expression into a fascinated one. What he was seeing was proof that Lulu Obsidian really was from the Xyz Dimension as only someone from there could use an advance form of Xyz Summoning like this, while Duelists from the Standard Dimension could only use the normal Xyz Summoning.

'Rank-Up Evolution...? Fascinating, truly it is. I expected many things from the Xyz Dimension, but this is unlike anything I could have imagined. Not only that, somehow Lulu Obsidian was able to acquire Pendulum cards and Pendulum Summon without flaw. Incredible...truly incredible. Times are changing, and what we're seeing is proof of it'. Declan thought to himself with a growing grin, taking notes to analyze the data of Rank-Up Evolution and Lulu's Pendulum Summoning. However, suddenly the alarms went off with the room flashing a red colour.

Claude gasped in surprise, while Declan narrowed his eyes a bit. "What's going on!?" Claude demanded in concern, although he was hoping that the mainframe wouldn't malfunction again as the last times had coasted them a big penny. "We're getting a massive energy reading from that monster!" A female worker answered as she and her co-workers typed away on their keyboards. "Is it Xyz energy?" Declan's right-hand man questioned the worker, while the silver haired youth remained silent.

"Yes, but it's not just that! We're also getting-!" The same female worker replied, before she was cut off as a chart and graph were pulled up on the big screen. There were two bars of energy rising up with one of them being black and the other green. It showed an energy reading for not just one but two summoning methods.

"We're also getting Pendulum energy from it as well!" The female worker added, causing Declan to widen his eyes and let out a small gasp as he shot up from his seat. Just like his boss, Claude was also shocked at what he heard as well. Declan then swiped his right hand out to the side as his face grew deadly serious. "Bring up an image on that monster's card, now!" He ordered, having a good idea what this meant and wanted to see if his suspicions were correct.

Several employees nodded to their boss and began typing away. In just a matter of seconds, the card layout of Neo Nightingale was pulled onto the big screen, where something shocking was shown.

It was a black card like any Xyz Monster, but it also had green trailing down at the bottom. It looked extremely like the the colour layout for a Pendulum Monster. Everyone stared at the image of Neo Nightingale's card in disbelief with some trying and failing to form words with their mouths. "Can it...really be?" Claude questioned, the shock he was experiencing leaking out of his voice. "It is. An Xyz Pendulum Monster". Declan answered the older male, eyes as wide as they could be as he stared at the image. Everyone was silent as they stared at the card's image, until the silence was broken by Declan's sudden laughter.

The young president of the Leo Corporation was elated right now. True, he had been shocked by Star-Eyes Savior Dragon's power of being a Synchro Pendulum Monster, but Neo Nightingale was proof that there was more to the new Summoning than he imagined. "Magnificent. So, Pendulum can evolve in more ways than just one. Just how many more answers are there?" Declan questioned, tilting his gaze up as the screen went back to showing the duel taking place.

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(Back at the Duel field)

Everyone watching the duel were still staring at Lyrilusc - Neo Nightingale with wide eyes of disbelief. Lulu was the only one not staring at her new monster, instead she was looking at Neo Nightingale's card. 'An Xyz Pendulum Monster? I don't know how this is possible, but now isn't the time to be asking questions. I have a duel to win'. Lulu said inside of her mind, tilting her head back up to look forward. "Sky Force's final effect! The Xyz Monster Summoned by its effect gains 200 ATK times its Rank! Since she is Rank 2, Neo Nightingale gains 400 ATK Points!" The Mistress of Birds explained her Spell card's final effect as Neo Nightingale gained a green aura and powered up.

Lyrilusc - Neo Nightingale ATK: 500 + 400 = 900.

Sylvio snapped out of his trace and gave a confident grin at Lulu without a trace of his surprise from earlier. "All that for just a monster with 900 ATK Points!? Hate to break it to ya, but your new birdy is still no match for my soldiers". The brown-haired male said with a smug voice, as if he was certain that he had the whole duel under control.

Lulu was silent as she crossed her arms and frowned at Sylvio. "If Neo Nightingale was Summoned using a "Lyrilusc" Xyz Monster as material; my opponent takes 100 points of damage equal to the highest-Level Monster they control". The Mistress of Birds explained her new monster's special ability, instantly causing Sylvio to turn anime white in despair at what he heard.

"W...what?" The brown-haired male questioned with comical despair leaking out of his choice. Lulu grew a small grin as Neo Nightingale spread her wings out with a wave of energy spreading out. "Instead of telling; how about I show you? Both your soldiers are Level 8, so that's 800 points, which is more than enough for you". The purple haired female told the male student of the Leo Institute. Rainbow coloured beams then shot out from Neo Nightingale's wings towards Sylvio and struck the ground in front of him, creating a powerful explosion that sent him flying.

"NOOOO WWWWWAAAAAYYYYY!" The Ritual Duelist shouted out in disbelief as gravity did its thing and pulled him down with Sylvio crashing hard, kicking up a bit of dust.

Sylvio Life Points: 400 - 800 = 0.

Cera turned to look at where Sylvio crash landed with wide eyes as Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning and The Legendary Swordmaster Black Luster Soldier disappeared since their Duelist was defeated. "And then there was one". The purple-haired female said with a grin, before she turned to look to Cera. She reared her right hand in, and then swiped it out towards the braided hair style girl. "Lyrilusc - Neo Nightingale, attack Cera directly and end this duel!" Lulu commanded with resolve in her voice.

Neo Nightingale gave a confident grin, before bringing both her avian hands in front of herself. She then shot out towards Cera at lightning-fast speed, not giving the Evo Duelist a chance to run. Neo Nightingale then stopped right in front of Cera and turned her clawed hands over. She then swiped them out in a slashing motion, right in front of Cera, but did not harm her. The force of Neo Nightingale's slash released a powerful gust of wind that blew Cera's hair in the breeze, yet she remained standing with wide eyes at her defeat.

Cera Life Points: 300 - 900 = 0.

Winners: Yuya and Lulu!

(Music end)

Screens appeared around the field, displaying images of Yuya and Lulu with the words "win" on it, announcing them as the winners. It and Neo Nightingale then dispersed in particles with the Arc System and Action field deactivating. "They did it! They won!" Allie cried out in joy as she, Tate and Frederick all got up from their seats and began to head down to the duel field to congratulate their seniors. Lulu and Yuya turned to look at one another, before proceeding to smile and nod to one another.

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(Back at Leo Corporation monitor room)

Claude grit his teeth at seeing the results of the tag duel, while Declan sat down on his chair calmly. "Curse it! Send the nearest elite members to the field to retrieve the Pendulum cards!" The adult male ordered the workers, yet Declan stopped him by holding his right hand up.

"There will be no need for that. We managed to get the Pendulum data that we wanted, and even more than what we were expecting with that Rank-Up Xyz Evolution. There's no need to take their cards from them, Yuya Sakaki and Lulu Obsidian won this duel fair and square". The silver haired youth told his right-hand man, before he then stood up from his seat.

"Instead, let us focus our efforts elsewhere. Begin preparations on creating our Pendulum cards from the data we've acquired from this duel and prepare preparations for company". Declan informed the workers, causing Claude to frown in confusion at his boss' words. "Preparations for who, sir?" The adult male asked the silver haired youth as he had no idea who they should prepare preparations for.

"As much as I hate to admit it, the Leo Corporation isn't skilled enough to reach the advance techniques of Xyz and Pendulum by themselves. That is why we need to work together with another company that is just as skilled as ours". Declan replied, before he turned around and began walking towards the lift.

"Just as skilled as ours? But what kind of company could match ours?" Claude questioned as he looked down and began thinking of any other corporations that was just as famous as Leo Corporation when it came to Duel Monsters. However, he then widened his eyes in realization as one came to his mind. "Mr. President, you don't mean that one do you?" The adult male questioned his boss, turning to look at Declan as the 16-year-old male stopped atop the lift.

"Yes, I do. The only one that can match ours is the Kaiba Corporation. I'm certain Seto Kaiba would be more than happy to assist if it involves Duel Monsters". Declan answered his right-hand man as the lift activated and went down, leaving Claude shocked at what his boss was planning.

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(Back at the duel field)

Allie, Tate and Frederick all ran into the duel court and to Yuya and Lulu. "Yuya! Lulu!" The three children called out, getting the attention of the two teenagers as they turned around with Allie running up to Lulu, while Tate and Frederick stopped in front of Yuya. "You were amazing out there. I never would have thought that you'd Pendulum Summon". The little red-haired girl said to the older female with anime stars in her eyes directed at the purple female. "Yeah! How did you get Pendulum cards anyway?" Tate asked with curiosity, turning to look at the Winged Beast user.

Yuya and Frederick also turned to look at Lulu to hear how she acquired Pendulum Summoning. The Mistress of Birds gave a slightly nervous expression as she scratched her right cheek. "To be honest; I don't know how. My cards were just suddenly Pendulum cards when I looked at them". The Mistress of Birds informed her friends with an honest tone, causing Allie, Tate and Frederick to tilt their heads in confusion.

Yuya, on the other hand, had his eyes slightly narrowed as he had a suspicion on what happened to Lulu's cards. 'Could they have transformed just like mine did back in my duel against the Sledgehammer?' The Odd-Eyes Duelist thought to himself as he held his chin with his right hand.

Meanwhile with Sylvio, his three lackeys had all ran over to the Ritual Duelist and helped him up from the ground. Sylvio growled in anger as he stared at the group of You Show students. "Unbelievable...How could I have lost with powerful monsters such as my Black Luster Soldiers...! This has to be a mistake!" The brown-haired male growled in anger, holding up his hands as they twitched in anger.

"This is no mistake, Sylvio. We just simply lost". Cera told the brown-haired male as she walked up to him, getting Sylvio and his lackeys to turn towards her. "Now, under the Ante Rule; we need to give up the cards we wagered". The braided hair style female told Sylvio, before holding up the card that she wagered; The Equip Spell Emperor's Armor.

Cera then turned to look towards the group of You Show students towards Lulu, who was holding up her hands in a nervous manner as she attempted to explain how her cards became Pendulum cards. "Lulu Obsidian!" The Evo Duelist called out to the Lyrilusc Duelist, catching the attention of Lulu and the other You Show students.

"You won the duel; and by the Ante Rule, win this as well". Cera stated, before she tossed Emperor's Armor's card to Lulu, which the purple haired female caught with her right hand. The Mistress of Birds turned the card over to see that it was indeed the card that Cera wagered before the duel.

The braided hair style female turned to look back at Sylvio and narrowed her eyes at him. The Ritual Duelist slightly gritted his teeth as he got the unspoken message. He brought out the Spell card; Pre-Preparation of Rites and the Monster card; Chaos Dragon Levianeer with his right hand. He then tossed them by one by one towards Yuya.

The Odd-Eyes Duelist caught them with both hands, before he turned them over to look at the cards. "Yuya Sakaki! Don't think that this is the end of us! I WILL duel you again and emerge the victor!" Sylvio shouted out towards the Dueltainer, getting Yuya to look towards the brown haired male with a challenging smirk.

"Anytime, anyplace Sylvio". The Odd-Eyes Duelist replied to the Ritual Duelist, causing the brown-haired male to smirk right back at him. Sylvio then turned around and began walking away with his lackeys following his lead.

"Lulu Obsidian, I enjoyed the tag duel, but next time I hope it is just us dueling each other. I look forward to when we duel again". Cera told the purple haired female, catching Lulu's attention once more as the Evo Duelist turned around and began walking away. "Hold up! Let me ask you just one thing!" Lulu cried out towards the braided hair style girl, causing Cera to stop walking and look over her left shoulder towards the Winged Beast user.

"Why did you want Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale? From what I saw, she wouldn't have gone well with your deck, so why?" The Mistress of Birds asked the Evo Duelist, having been curious on why Cera wanted Nightingale when it didn't go well with the cards she had. "Ahh, a curious question. The reason why I wanted it is simple..." Cera began as she closed her eyes with a sly grin on her face. Lulu, Yuya, Allie, Tate and Frederick all held their breaths as they waited to hear Cera's reasons for wanting Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale, all having no ideas what her reasons could be.

Cera then turned around and gave an adoring expression with both hands cupping her cheeks. "It's because Nightingale was the most beautiful monster I had ever seen, and I just wanted it!" The braided hair style girl exclaimed with an adoring voice, causing the students of the You Show Duel School to sweat drop anime style.

'That's seriously why?' The five questioned inside of their minds, finding it hard to believe that reason was why Cera wanted Assembled Nightingale. "Well, see you all later". Cera bid farewell as she waved her left hand at the group, before she took off running.

"She's...a straightforward person, don't you think?" Yuya said with an unsure voice, turning to look at Lulu. "I guess so. Her reason for wanting my monster does seem "childish", but I guess that's just who she is". The Mistress of Birds replied to the Odd-Eyes Duelist, before looking down at the Emperor's Armor card in her hand. She placed it away in her jacket's pocket, and then proceeded to take her Duel Disk off as well.

"I honestly think we've overstayed our welcome here in the Leo Institute. I'm gonna head on back home now and check on Rin". Lulu informed her friends, curious to see if her sister had finished the Duel Runner and get a good look at it. "Okay. I'll head on to You Show with Allie, Tate and Frederick. I got some reorganizing with my deck to do". Yuya replied to the purple haired female, getting an understanding smile from the Xyz Duelist.

"Okay". Lulu said with a small smile at the Odd-Eyes Duelist. "Hey! Wait up!" An unfamiliar voice called out, catching the attention of the You Show group as they turned and saw the same kid that Yuya saw in the hallway ran up to them from one of the duel field's entrances.

Yuya, Allie, Tate and Frederick slightly frowned as the unknown boy stopped in front of the tomato hair coloured boy and stared up at him. Lulu, on the other hand, slightly widened her eyes at what the kid was wearing. 'His jacket...It's a lot like Duel Academy's Obelisk Blue jacket'. Lulu thought to herself in alarm, recognizing the jacket the unknown boy was wearing.

"You're that kid I saw earlier in the hallway, right? Who are you?" Yuya questioned the light blue-haired boy before him, which the kid gave a chuckle in response. "Someone that's been motivated by your sweet moves and Pendulum Summoning". The young boy answered, not giving an answer on what his identity is. "Are you a member of the Leo Institute, or are you thinking of joining the school?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist questioned once more as the boy placed both hands on his hips.

"I was considering it, but changed my mind after seeing your moves out there. I'm making you my new duel teacher". The light blue haired boy answered, causing Yuya, Allie, Tate and Frederick to gasp in surprise, while Lulu narrowed her eyes in suspicion.

"Hold on, you want me to teach you how to duel?" Yuya questioned in surprise, pointing towards himself with his right hand. "That's right. If I'm gonna throw down with a deck, I wanna have fun. Your duel out there wasn't the most impressive one I've ever saw, but you did rock the place with your Pendulum Summoning and monsters". The boy answered the teenage male, before holding his right hand out for a handshake. "The name's Sora Perse by the way. It's nice to meet you". The 13-year-old boy introduced himself, revealing his name to be "Sora".

Yuya, Allie, Tate and Frederick still looked a bit confused, while Lulu's eyes were narrowed with suspicion at Sora. She may have just met him, but her instincts were telling her that this boy was dangerous and one of them. 'I may be acting paranoid, but this kid's too full of suspicion. There's only one way to know if he's truly from Duel Academy and that's to see him duel'. Lulu thought to herself, watching as Yuya accepted Sora's handshake with his own right hand.

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(Meanwhile, back with Yusei and Zuzu's duel)

Back at the warehouse district of Paradise City, the duel between Yusei and Zuzu was still underway with both sides refusing to throw in the towel. On Yusei's side of the field; he had Stardust Spark Dragon, Junk Warrior and 2 face-down cards on his field, and 2 cards in hand. On Zuzu's side of the field, she had Solo the Melodious Songstress on her field and two cards in hand. So far, Zuzu had the advantage in Life Points, but Yusei had the advantage in monsters.

Yusei Life Points: 700/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

Stardust Spark Dragon ATK: 2500/ Level: 8.

Junk Warrior DEF: 1300/ Level: 5.

Zuzu Life Points: 1800/ Number of cards in hand: 2.

Solo the Melodious Songstress ATK: 1600/ Level: 4.

It was Zuzu's turn now, and she looked ready to deal some damage to Satellite's Shooting Star. "It's my turn now!" The pink haired female called out as she laid her right hand on her deck's top card. "I draw!" She added, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping it out to the side. She then brought the card up to see what it was, only to grow a wide smile.

"Alright, I got it! The card I needed!" The Melodious Duelist called out in a triumphant voice, holding the card out a bit due to her delight. Yusei raised an eyebrow at the Fairy-Type user's display of joy, but remained silent as he awaited for her move.

Zuzu added the new card to her hand, before holding up the Duel Disk in front of her face. "I activate the effect of Chaotic Drum Beat's effect from the Graveyard!" The pink haired female declared as a bright light erupted out of her Duel Disk, before a single card slotted out of the Graveyard Zone. "By banishing this card from the Graveyard; I can Special Summon a Level 4 or below LIGHT Attribute monster!" Zuzu explained the Trap card's effect as she held the card up, before flipping it over to show that it was Canon the Melodious Diva. "Through its effect, I Summon Canon the Melodious Diva back to the field!" She called out as she placed the card down on the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared besides Solo, before Canon emerged from within it with a flash of light.

Canon the Melodious Diva ATK: 1400/ Level: 4.

"But she won't be around for long because I'm releasing her and Solo..." Zuzu began, thrusting her right fist out as both Solo the Melodious Songstress and Canon the Melodious Diva turned into white coloured energy, before they came together. Zuzu then picked up one of the 3 cards in her left hand and held it out forward.

"To Advance Summon this! Shopina the Melodious Maestra!" The Melodious Duelist called out, before throwing the card down on her Duel Disk's blade. The combined white energy then cleared to reveal the Effect Monster; Shopina the Melodious Maestra, who was smiling bright with her hands ready to play her keyboard.

Shopina the Melodious Maestra ATK: 2300/ Level: 7.

'Is this what Zuzu was aiming for? To Summon this monster? No, that can't be it. It can destroy Junk Warrior, but that'll just leave it to be an open target for Stardust Spark Dragon. What is she planning?' Yusei questioned inside of his mind, wondering just what Zuzu was plotting. Speaking of the pink haired female, she took another card from her hand with the right hand, before holding it out. It was a Spell card with the image showing a symbol of ritual glowing a bright white colour. "I activate the Light Infused Ritual Spell card!" Zuzu declared with narrowed eyes of resolve, before slotting the card into her Duel Disk.

(Light Infused Ritual/ Type: Spell/ Effect: If you control a Level 5 or above LIGHT Attribute monster, add one LIGHT Attribute Ritual Monster and one Ritual Spell from your deck to your hand.)

A large copy of Light Infused Ritual's card appeared besides Zuzu on her right, before it began glowing a bright white colour. Yusei slightly widened his eyes at the sight of the Spell card. 'Ritual?!' Satellite's Shooting Star cried out inside of his mind in surprise. Yusei didn't have much experience with Ritual Monsters and Ritual Spells as the only ones he's ever faced were way back in the Satellite when he was a member of the Enforcers.

They were different compared to Synchro and Fusion Monsters, but they weren't anything he couldn't handle back then. 'This is really the last thing I expected Zuzu to have, but it's a good way to throw an opponent off guard. Now let's see how good she is with Ritual Summoning'. Yusei thought to himself with narrowed eyes, but had a small grin on his face.

"If I control a Level 5 or above LIGHT Attribute monster; Light Infused Ritual allows me to add a LIGHT Attribute Ritual Monster and Spell from the deck to my hand!" Zuzu explained the Spell card's effect as she took her deck out of the Duel Disk's deck zone and began searching through it. After a few moments, Zuzu picked up two cards and held them up for Yusei to see. "I add the Ritual Spell Hymn of Light and Ritual Monster; Saffira, Queen of Dragons!" The pink haired girl declared her choices, before adding the two cards to her hand and then returned the deck to the Duel Disk's deck zone.

Zuzu's deck then shuffled for a bit before stopping, while she held up her hand of 3 cards. "At this moment; I activate Shopina's special ability!" The Melodious Duelist declared, throwing her right hand up into the air as Shopina began playing her keyboard. "Once a turn; Shopina allows me to add a LIGHT Attribute Fairy-Type monster from my deck to the hand, but for the rest of the turn, I can't activate non-Light Monster effects!" Zuzu explained her monster's special ability as a card erupted out of the Duel Disk's Graveyard zone, which she picked up and held out with her right hand's index, middle and ring fingers.

It was a Monster card, but one that Yusei has never seen. It was a humanoid female monster light blue skin, straight purple hair and emerald eyes. She was wearing a light blue priestess outfit with short sleeves and a long pink ribbon wrapped over her shoulders. She was bare handed and bare footed, but had a single diamond ring on her right hand's index finger. "The Monster I choose is Melodious Ritual Priestess!" Zuzu declared her choice, before adding the card to her hand.

(Melodious Ritual Priestess/ Level: 1/ Attribute: LIGHT/ Type: Fairy/ Effect/ ATK: 0/ DEF: 0/ Effect: If you Ritual Summon a LIGHT Attribute Ritual Monster, this one card can be used as the entire tribute. If the Ritual Monster that was Ritual Summoned using this card is Level 7 or below, it gains 1000 ATK.)

Yusei slightly widened his eyes as he had not seen that card be used in this duel and wondered how it ended up in the Graveyard. 'Wait, did she send it to the Graveyard when she played Graceful Charity? That would explain how it ended up there'. The Synchro Duelist thought to himself, admiring Zuzu's planning ahead of time. Zuzu picked up a card from her hand, before she swiped it out to reveal the card to be Hymn of Light. "Get ready Yusei... because I'm activating the Hymn of Light Ritual Spell card!" The Melodious Duelist called out as she inserted the Ritual Spell into the Duel Disk.

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh OST Fang Of Critias Theme Extended)

A shining symbol of light, exactly like the one on Hymn of Light's card, appeared underneath Zuzu on the ground and expanded outwards. "Hymn of Light allows me to sacrifice monsters in order to Ritual Summon a specific monster from my hand!" The pink haired female explained the Ritual Spell card's effect. She then took another card from her hand and held it up, revealing it to be Melodious Ritual Priestess.

"When used to Ritual Summon a LIGHT Attribute Ritual Monster, my Ritual Priestess can be used as the entire tribute!" Zuzu informed Yusei, before sending the card to the Graveyard Zone of the Duel Disk.

Melodious Ritual Priestess appeared in front of Zuzu and gave Yusei a small glare, before she transformed into a bright yellow light. "By releasing this one monster, the contract has been made! From the dark void I call forth the true dragonic ruler to bring forth the light to vanquish the darkness!" The pink haired girl chanted as the shining symbol absorbed the bright yellow energy, before a pillar of blue energy erupted out of it. "I Ritual Summon! Level 6! Saffira, Queen of Dragons!" Zuzu called out to the heavens, throwing her right hand into the air.

The pillar of energy cleared to reveal the Ritual Monster; Saffira, Queen of Dragons flying above the Melodious Duelist. The Ritual Monster gleamed with fragments of light blue energy around it as she stared towards Stardust Spark Dragon and released a fierce cry at him.

Saffira, Queen of Dragons ATK: 2500/ Level: 6.

Yusei stared up at the Ritual Monster with slightly wide eyes. 'That Zuzu's Ritual Monster. I was honestly expecting a Fairy-Type monster, but this Saffira, Queen of the Dragons suits her'. Satellite's Shooting Star thought to himself, although he wondered how Zuzu managed to acquire the Ritual Monster. "The show's just getting started! You see when Melodious Ritual Priestess is used to Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster that's Level 7 or below, it gains 1000 ATK Points! Since Saffire is Level 6, she gets the power boost!" Zuzu explained as a white aura surrounded Saffire, Queen of Dragons, powering her up.

Saffira, Queen of Dragons ATK: 2500 + 1000 = 3500.

"3500 ATK Points, huh? Not bad". Yusei remarked with a small grin on his face. "Why not get a better look at them! Saffira, attack Stardust Spark Dragon and end this duel!" Zuzu commanded the Ritual Monster, pointing towards the Synchro Monster. Saffira gave a cry as she brought her hands together, before light blue energy appeared in between them.

"Nothing is ending! I play my Trap; Iron Resolve!" The Synchro Duelist exclaimed as he threw his right hand out to the side, while one of his face-down cards lifted itself up. "By cutting my Life Points in half, I don't take battle damage this turn!" Yusei explained the Trap card's effect, before a red aura appeared over him.

Yusei Life Points: 700 - 350 = 350.

"And don't forget that Stardust Spark Dragon can negate a card's destruction, so he's not going anywhere!" Yusei reminded the teenage girl. Saffire then fired a beam from the energy in between her hands towards Stardust Spark Dragon, only to slam into a colourless forcefield in front of the Synchro Monster. The beam soon died down with the forcefield disappearing as well. Zuzu gritted her teeth, while Yusei smirked a bit. "And to top it all off, Iron Resolve's final effect ends the Battle Phase". The Signer added, causing Zuzu to growl a little in anger.

She took a deep breath and breathed out to calm her nerves. She opened her eyes and looked towards Yusei. "I end my turn, and at this moment; Saffira's special ability activates!" The Melodious Duelist exclaimed as Saffira gained a light blue aura around herself. "On the turn that this card is Ritual Summoned, or a LIGHT monster is sent from my deck or hand to the Graveyard, I can activate one of three options. The first option allows me to draw 2 cards, but then discard 1 card. The second is where you have to discard a card and the last one; is where I can add a LIGHT Monster to my hand". Zuzu explained her monster's special ability, before pointing her right hand's index finger towards Satellite's Shooting Star.

"And I select the option where you must discard a card!" The Melodious Duelist made her choice, before one of Yusei's 2 cards began to glow a bright yellow colour. Yusei looked down and saw it to be Necroid Synchro's card, before he took it and discarded the card to the Graveyard Zone. "With that, my turn is truly over!" Zuzu stated, having no other move to make.

(Music end)

Yusei Life Points: 350/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

"My turn now! I draw!" Yusei called out, drawing the top card of his deck in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out with the card in hand. Satellite's Shooting Star brought the card up and saw that it was Synchro Barrier. He looked at the other card in his hand and saw that it was Level Warrior. 'Not the best working hand, but it'll work'. The Synchro Duelist thought to himself, and then swiped Synchro Barrier's card into his Duel Disk. "I'll set a face-down card..." The Stardust Duelist began as a face-down card appeared right next to his remaining face-down card.

"Then I'll activate the Trap card; Synchro Strike!" Yusei added as his second face-down card lifted itself up and began glowing. "Synchro Strike increases the ATK Points of a Synchro Monster I control by 500 for every Synchro Material used to Summon it! Since Stardust Spark Dragon used 2 monsters, that's 1000 points!" The Signer explained the Trap card's effect, turning to look at Stardust Spark Dragon as a yellow aura appeared around him and powered Stardust up.

Stardust Spark Dragon ATK: 2500 + 1000 = 3500.

"Now both our monsters have 3500 ATK Points. Are you to lower my Life Points by attacking Shopina?" Zuzu questioned her opponent, seeing that scenario the only one that Yusei could use. "Not exactly, I'm going for your Ritual Monster! Stardust, attack Saffira!" Yusei commanded, throwing his right hand out towards the Ritual Monster. Stardust Spark Dragon cried out as he opened his mouth and began gathering yellow energy.

"Is your aim self destruction?" Zuzu questioned with wide eyes of surprise at this unexpected move. "Wrong! With Stardust's special ability, I can negate his destruction! So, the only monster that's getting destroyed is your dragon!" Satellite's Shooting Star replied to the teenage girl, yet she just gave a grin of her own.

"I don't think so! I activate Hymn of Light's effect from the Graveyard!" Zuzu declared as she brought up her Duel Disk as Hymn of Light's card slotted out of the Graveyard Zone. "If a Ritual Monster I control would be destroyed by battle or by a card effect; I can banish this card instead!" She explained the Ritual Spell's final effect as she took Hymn of Light's card and put it away in her jacket's pocket. Hymn of Light's symbol of light then appeared in front of Saffira, while she opened her mouth with energy of light gathering inside of it.

Saffire then unleashed a breath attack, while Stardust Spark Dragon unleashed the golden cosmic stream. The two attacks passed one another and continued on to their targets. Stardust Spark Dragon knocked Saffira's attack aside with his left arm, while the symbol of light in front of Saffira blocked Stardust's one, before disappearing. 'She had a means of protecting her monster in her hand, huh?' Yusei thought inside of his mind, impressed with how Zuzu used a card from the Graveyard to protect her monster. "Nod bad. I'll end my turn here and at this moment, Synchro Strike's effect ends and Stardust Spark Dragon's ATK returns to normal". Yusei declared his turn over as Stardust Spark Dragon powered down.

Stardust Spark Dragon ATK: 3500 - 1000 = 2500.

Zuzu Life Points: 1800/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

Zuzu suddenly grew a small, crazed smile on her face as she stared at Yusei. "I'm almost there. Just one more attack, then everything will go back to normal". The pink haired girl said with an obsessive voice, something that Yusei heard her perfectly. The Synchro Duelist narrowed his eyes a bit as he still had no idea what she wanted, or what she meant. This, he decided to question her.

"Zuzu...just what do you want? Why do you want Lulu, Rin and I gone? Why do you even hate us? We've done nothing to you, or the people you love, so why?" Satellite's Shooting Star questioned the teenage girl as he wanted to hear from her why she disliked him, Rin and Lulu so much.

Yusei's question seemed to have angered Zuzu as she lost her obsessive expression and replace it with a hateful one as she stared towards him. "You want to know why? Fine, I'll tell you! It's because of you people that my life has gone downhill!" The pink haired girl snapped at the adult male, causing Yusei to be taken back at what she said. "What on Earth are you talking about?! How has your life been going downhill?" Yusei questioned the Melodious Duelist, clueless on what she was talking about. "For one every since you came along, Yuya has stopped relying on me!" The pink haired female answered the Stardust Duelist with her teeth gritted against one another.

Zuzu's answer only made Yusei narrow his eyes a bit, but he remained silent for the moment. "Back when Yuya's Dad disappeared, Yuya relied on me when he was bullied. I gave him the support to move on ahead and not cry. I was the one he relied on, yet that all changed when you came in! He stopped relying on me!" Zuzu continued to explain to the former Satellite, slowly bringing up her right fist as it shook in anger. "And it's not just that! Because of you, You Show changed as well! We were just fine, but then because of you, Lulu and Rin, everything's changed!" The Melodious Duelist added in, before swiping her right hand out to the side.

"And last but not least; Lulu! She stole Yuya from me, the boy I've liked ever since childhood and done everything for him to like me! But when Lulu came along, somehow she did what I've been trying to do for so long and Yuya grew a crush on her! If she had just never came into our lives, Yuya would have eventually returned my feelings and we would have become a couple! It's all your fault Yusei, that my life has gone downhill!" Zuzu finished with every trace of hate she had in her voice towards Satellite's Shooting Star.

Zuzu began panting, breathing heavily from releasing all the pent up anger she had inside of herself. Yusei was silent as he stared at Zuzu with narrowed eyes from absorbing her words. Eventually, after a few moments, he spoke. "...Zuzu...get over yourself". Yusei told the teenage girl with a slightly gentle voice. Zuzu snapped her head towards Yusei with her eyes wide at what he said.

"You're being unreasonable. Change is something that cannot be stopped, it's something that happens whenever we like it or not. But just because things are changing, that doesn't mean its a bad thing, or you can't work with it". Satellite's Shooting Star began with a growing smile on his face, before glancing towards his right forearm where the mark of the Crimson Dragon's head.

"Yuya is growing as a person. He's finally gotten over what happened 3 years ago and is becoming his own person. He may need some support from time to time, but not a shoulder to lean on forever. And the situation about him and Lulu...That's something nobody has the power to stop, or control. Growing feelings for someone is part of life, what happens is how you handle your feelings. When Lulu helped Yuya back when she met him, she did it with no intention of him growing feelings for her, yet it happened. Yet, despite that, she's never made the attempt of taking Yuya away from you. Zuzu, you still mean so much to Yuya. Trust me when I say so because he told me so". Yusei continued as he shifted his gaze towards Zuzu and saw her stunned expression.

"Zuzu, because of the years you've spent protecting Yuya from bullying; you've closed yourself off from the possibility of him growing dependent enough that he won't need to rely on you anymore. You have to open yourself up from the wall you've placed around yourself, and then you'll see that the changes we've made aren't as terrible as you think they are". The Synchro Duelist finished explaining to the pink haired girl. Zuzu was silent as the grave as she stared at Satellite's Shooting Star, her spirit shaken by what he said and the logic in his words.

After a few moments, Yusei brought up his left arm with the Duel Disk in front of his face. "For now, let's just focus on the duel at hand. It's your turn now". The Signer told the pink haired girl, snapping Zuzu out of her thoughts. She narrowed her eyes, before placing the right hand on the top card of her deck. "Alright, but I'm still gonna win this duel! I draw!" The Melodious Duelist cried out, and then drew the card in a dramatic fashion. "Not this turn you're not! I play my Trap card; Synchro Barrier!" Yusei exclaimed, throwing his right hand out as the face-down card flipped itself over and began glowing.

"By releasing a Synchro Monster like Junk Warrior..." Satellite's Shooting Star began to explain, while Junk Warrior dispersed into white sparkles that shot out and gathered around him. "I take no damage this turn, so you can forget about damaging me". Yusei finished explaining as the white sparkles formed a barrier around him. Zuzu gritted her teeth in anger at this revelation, before she added the new card to her hand and picked the other one.

"I Summon Serenade the Melodious Diva in ATK Position!" The pink haired female cried, before placing the card down on the Duel Disk's blade. A portal appeared, before Serenade the Melodious Diva appeared with a happy smile.

Serenade the Melodious Diva ATK: 400/ Level: 4.

"But she won't sticking for long!" Zuzu stated as she took the last card in her hand and held it out. "I activate the Equip Spell; Infernal Gauntlet and equip it to Saffira!" The Melodious Duelist declared, and then slotted the card into her Duel Disk. A bright flash appeared on Saffira's right arm, before it cleared to reveal some sort of living flesh gauntlet had appeared on her hand.

"Now, to my Battle Phase, and at this moment I activate Infernal Gauntlet's effect! At the Battle Phase; by releasing a different monster than the equipped monster, Infernal Gauntlet grants Saffira, Queen of Dragons an additional attack!" She explained the Equip Spell's effect with a serious voice as Saffira flew over and placed her gauntlet hand on Serenade's left shoulder.

The two monsters nodded to each other, before Serenade transformed into light energy and was absorbed into Saffira. "Your dragon can only negate its destruction once, but a second time is a different story!" Zuzu said with a grin on her face. Yusei gave a nod of approval at the girl's strategy. 'Well done at finding a way around Stardust Spark Dragon's special ability, Zuzu'. The Synchro Duelist said inside of his mind, proud of her adapting to the situation. "Now go Saffira, attack Stardust Spark Dragon!" The Standard fragment of Ray commanded her Ritual Monster, pointing her right hand's index finger towards Stardust Spark Dragon.

Saffira gave out a fierce cry, before flying towards Stardust Spark Dragon with her gauntlet hand out to strike him. Stardust Spark Dragon roared out, before knocking aside Saffira's gauntlet hand aside. "Through his ability, Stardust Spark Dragon isn't destroyed the first time". Yusei stated with narrowed eyes, yet Zuzu just grinned. "That won't matter! Saffira, attack again!" Zuzu commanded once more. Saffira grinned, before she spun around and slammed her tail into Stardust Spark Dragon's left cheek, landing a direct hit. Stardust Spark Dragon cried out, before he exploded with Saffira flying back to Zuzu's side of the field.

"I did it! Stardust Spark Dragon is no more!" Zuzu cried out in joy, throwing her right fist into the air to express the delight she was experiencing. Yusei just gave a small grin as he sent Stardust Spark Dragon's card to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk. 'I must admit, it was impressive they managed to destroy me in my Duel Dragon form'. Stardust said from inside his Dual Dragon form's card. "I can't deal damage to you, so there's no point in attack you with Shopina, but I can do this. Switching over to my Main Phase 2, I activate Shopina's special ability!" Zuzu declared as Shopina began playing her keyboard once more.

A card then slotted out of Zuzu's Duel Disk's Graveyard, which she picked up and held it out so that Yusei could see that it was Miku the Melodious Diva. "I pick your old friend, Miku! With that, I end my turn!" Zuzu declared her turn over, adding the card to her hand.

Yusei Life Points: 350/ Number of cards in hand: 1.

'She's got me in a tight spot. Even if I had a monster protect me from Saffira and Shopina's attacks, she could just Summon Miku to take control of it. I've made this Duel last long enough, it's high time I win this Duel. I just need to draw the right card'. Satellite's Shooting Star thought to himself as he placed his right hand's fingers on the top card of his deck. 'There's only one monster of mine that can win me this Duel. I just need to Summon it. Here goes!' Yusei shouted out inside of his mind, before he drew the top card of his deck in a dramatic fashion.

Time seemed to go slow as Yusei looked through the corner of his right eye towards the new card. He began to turn it over and revealed the card to be...Unknown Synchron!

(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Yusei's Battle Theme)

Time resumed as Yusei grew a smile at seeing Unknown Synchro as it was exactly the card he needed. He added Unknown Synchro to his hand, and then held up Level Warrior's card. "If you control a Monster and I don't, I can Special Summon this card as a Level 4 monster! I Summon Level Warrior!" Yusei called out, throwing his right hand over the Duel Disk's blade and placing Level Warrior's card down. A portal appeared, before Level Warrior flew out of it and made a dramatic entrance with a cry.

Level Warrior ATK: 300/ Level: 3 + 1 = 4.

"Next, I Summon the Tuner Monster; Unknown Synchron!" Satellite's Shooting Star said as he held up Unknown Synchro besides his face on the left, before throwing the card down on the blade. Another portal appeared and Unknown Synchron emerged from within.

Unknown Synchron ATK: 0/ Level: 1.

"A Tuner Monster!?" Zuzu called out in alarm, while Yusei gave a small chuckle. "I now activate Stardust Pegasus' special ability from the Graveyard!" Yusei declared as his Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone unleashed a bright white light. "By returning a Synchro Monster like my Stardust Spark Dragon..." He began to explain as Stardust Spark Dragon's card slotted out, which he took as the Extra Deck opened, before Yusei returned the card into it. "Then I can Special Summon Stardust Pegasus!" Yusei finished explaining as a black portal appeared in the sky. Stardust Pegasus flew out of the portal and down to the ground, making a perfect landing and released a fierce cry as it reared its head up.

Stardust Pegasus ATK: 2300/ Level: 7.

"If Stardust Pegasus was Summoned through its effect and leaves the field, it is banished". Yusei informed his opponent, yet Zuzu just narrowed her eyes at him. "What are you up to?" The pink haired girl questioned the adult male with a suspicious voice. "You'll see soon! For now; Unknown Synchron gives Level Warrior a Tune up!" Yusei declared as Level Warrior took flight into the air, while Unknown Synchro burst into energy that cleared to reveal a single green ring. The ring chased after the Warrior-Type Monster, before surrounding and scanned Level Warrior with it turning orange transparent with 4 stars appearing within him.

4 + 1 = 5.

A thin, bright beam then appeared in between the ring and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed both the ring and lights. "I Synchro Summon! Level 5! Accel Synchron!" Yusei called out to the heavens as the Synchro Tuner Monster; Accel Synchron emerged from the portal, spun around, and thrust thrust its right fits out while holding up its left fist, giving off a dramatic entrance.

Accel Synchron ATK: 500/ Level: 5.

"I activate Accel Synchron's special ability!" The Synchro Duelist declared, before his deck began shuffling. "By sending a "Synchron" monster from the deck to the Graveyard, I can either increase or decrease Accel Synchron's Level!" Yusei explained Accel Synchron's special ability as the deck ceased shuffling, before a single card slotted out. Yusei picked it up and held the card out, revealing it to be Nitro Synchron.

"I select the Level 2 Nitro Synchron, and chose to decrease Accel Synchron's Level!" He said as he sent Nitro Synchron's card to the Graveyard Zone of his Duel Disk, while a white aura appeared around Accel Synchron.

Accel Synchron Level: 5 - 2 = 3.

"Level 3 Accel Synchron Tunes with Level 7 Stardust Pegasus!" Yusei declared, throwing his right hand into the air as Stardust Pegasus took flight, while Accel Synchron transformed into 3 green rings that chased after the Synchro Monster. "Accel Synchron was a Synchro and Tuner Monster!?" Zuzu called out in surprise, unaware that there were Synchro Tuner monsters all along. The three greens rings circled around Stardust Pegasus and began scanning the Beast-Type monster, all the while Stardust Pegasus turned orange transparent with 7 stars appearing in a lined up position inside the Synchro Monster's body.

7 + 3 = 10.

A thin, bright beam then appeared in between the rings and lights, before enlarging into a large one that consumed both the rings and lights. "Satellite Warrior, let's rev it up!" Yusei cried out to the heavens as the beam cleared to reveal the Synchro Monster; Satellite Warrior with the Synchro Monster holding its arms out, giving a fierce cry as it released a powerful gust of wind.

Satellite Warrior ATK: 2500/ Level: 10.

Zuzu stared up at Satellite Warrior with wide eyes as it came down and landed right behind Yusei, somehow fitting inside of the warehouse. "That's...really big". The pink haired girl stated, comparing Satellite Warrior's size to the Sledgehammer's Battleguard King. "Since Stardust Pegasus left the field, he's now removed from play". Yusei reminded his opponent as he pocketed Stardust Pegasus' card, and then thrust his right hand out.

"But that won't matter for long because I activate Satellite's Warrior's special ability! When this card is Synchro Summoned, for every Synchro Monster in my graveyard, I can destroy a card on your field!" Yusei explained his Synchro Monster's special ability, causing Zuzu to gasp in disbelief.

Satellite's Shooting Star then brought up his left arm and held the Duel Disk in front of his face. "Since I have Junk Warrior, Accel Synchron and Colossal Fighter, say goodbye to your Saffira, Queen of Dragons, Shopina and Infernal Gauntlet!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out as he brought his left hand down, before throwing his right one out. Satellite Warrior released a battle cry, before it fired three beams from the propellers on its back towards Saffira and Shopina. One beam went faster than the others and struck Infernal Gauntlet on Saffira's right arm, destroying it. Then, the other two beams struck Saffira and Shopina, destroying them on contact.

Zuzu had wide eyes of disbelief at seeing her whole field get destroyed like that. "N-No...way..." She whispered in shock, yet Yusei wasn't finished just yet. "And now, for every card destroyed by this effect, Satellite Warrior gains 1000 ATK Points! Since it destroyed three cards, it gains 3000 ATK Points!" Yusei explained as a golden aura engulfed Satellite Warrior, powering it up.

Satellite Warrior ATK Points: 2500 + 3000 = 5500.

Zuzu took a step back in fear at seeing the large number of ATK Points. "Sorry in advance if this seems a little overkill, but it was the only way to win the Duel. Now, Satellite Warrior, attack Zuzu directly!" Yusei commanded Satellite Warrior, throwing his right fist out. Satellite Warrior gave out a fierce cry, before firing two more beams from the propellers. The two beams struck the ground in front of Zuzu, creating an explosion that blew the teenage girl off of the ground. Despite the direct attack, Zuzu was silent through the whole thing with wide eyes, before eventually crashing down on the ground on her back.

Zuzu Life Points: 1800 - 5500 = 0.

Winner: Yusei!

(Music end)

A screen appeared above the duelists, showing an image of Yusei with the words "win" on it, before it dematerialized. Satellite Warrior dispersed into particles, followed by Yusei and Zuzu's Duel Disks deactivating as well. Satellite's Shooting Star was silent as he stared at his defeated opponent, but did lower his left to the side. Zuzu was completely still as she stared up at the sky above.

(Play Fairy Tail - Seigi No Chikara)

"I...need more... More rare cards...more strategies..." Zuzu said in an emotional voice, before slowly lifting her right hand up into the sky. "More rare cards...more strategies..." She continued, holding the hand out towards the sky that a rooftop had a hole in to show the outside world. "I..." Zuzu added as she began reaching out for something. "Must win..." The pink haired girl continued, turning her hand over to look at the palm. "...And have-". She added, closing her hand as if to grasp something. "I... I will...have everything again...!" Zuzu finished with an almost obsessed expression on her face.

"You can't have everything". Yusei told the teenage girl, causing Zuzu to widen her eyes at what she said as her hand fell to the ground. "That's why you should treasure what you do have. Everything you though you lost never left you, it's still here". Satellite's Shooting Star added in, closing his right hand as it shook a bit in sadness as he thought about his important friend Bruno, and how he's no longer apart of his life.

Yusei then lifted his face and gave the Melodious a gentle expression with a simple smile. "Don't be greedy. In my case, as long as I have my friends, I don't need anything else". The Synchro Duelist finished with a gentle voice, speaking from the heart as he has always been happy just having his friends by his side.

Zuzu had wide eyes of disbelief after listening to Yusei's words. Eventually, she breathed out and gave a smile incredibly similar to the smiles that Rin and Lulu gave. "I see..." The Melodious Duelist said in a soft voice without a shred of hate in her voice, before lifting her head up a bit to look towards Yusei.

"You really are just like a Shooting Star". Zuzu added in, getting Yusei to chuckle a bit at what she said. "I'm nothing special. Just someone that knows the true meaning of hard work". The Stardust Duelist replied to the young girl, speaking honestly as he figured that anybody could do what he's done if they've tried hard enough.

(Music end)

Yusei the walked up towards the teenage girl and held his right hand out towards her, which Zuzu took with her own right hand. Satellite's Shooting Star then helped the teenage girl up from the ground and onto her feet. "You won the duel, so I'll keep quiet about you knowing how to Fusion Summon". The pink haired female told the young adult as they let go of each other's hands.

"Thank you Zuzu". The Synchro Duelist thanked the teenage girl with gratitude in his voice. "It's no problem. Its small compared to how I treated you, Lulu and Rin so far". Zuzu replied to Yusei, and then lowered her head and looked at the ground below them.

"...To be honest, I'm still not 100% over everything. I don't even know how to interact with Lulu, or Rin, much less apologize to them". The Melodious Duelist told the Synchro user as she now harbors uncertainty on how to approach Lulu or Rin now. Yusei gave an understanding smile at the teenager. Her situation reminded him a bit about how he and Jack used to be not too long after the Enforcers broke apart and sometime before he stole his first Duel Runner.

"It's okay, just take a bit of time. These things can't be rushed, it takes patience and understanding. Lulu and Rin won't turn you away, trust me. Just start off small for now". Yusei told the pink haired girl as he placed his left hand on her right shoulder.

Zuzu looked up at the Signer and gave a small, appreciated smile. "I understand. I'll take your word for it". The Ritual Duelist replied to the 19-year-old male with a soft voice. Yusei nodded in approval, before he lifted his hand off Zuzu's shoulder and turned around. "Come on. I'll drop you off at You Show before I head on back home". Satellite's Shooting Star told the teenage girl as he began walking towards the warehouse's exit to his Duel Runner. Zuzu followed the Synchro Duelist without question, as she would like a ride to You Show after that exhausting duel she had against Yusei. Her hate for Yusei, Lulu and Rin has ended, now begins her efforts to be a friend to them.

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(3 hours later)

3 hours has passed since the tag duel of Yuya and Lulu V.S Sylvio and Cera, not to mention Yusei against Zuzu. Just as he said he would, Yusei gave Zuzu a rode on his Duel Runner back to You Show, and then head on back to his household. There, he found Rin beginning the process of painting her nearly complete Duel Runner. Figuring it was the best time to finish it up, two began working on the final preparations. Yusei began installing the Duel System to it, while Rin began using the spray paint she bought to paint her Duel Runner.

Yusei was the first to finish his job an hour after starting, and began watching Rin do her work. Right now, he was leaning against the wall of the garage with his arms crossed, staring at Rin as she was kneeling down in front of a streamlined, icy green and light blue Duel Runner, holding a icy green coloured spray paint with her right hand. The garage of the house wasn't that large and didn't really have much as there was still a lot of free space inside. There was only a metal storage cabinet on the left side of the room, Yusei's Duel Runner parked on the other side of the room and Rin's almost completed Duel Runner that she was kneeling down in front of.

Speaking of which, the Witch of the Wind just finished spraying the last bit of her Duel Runner. She laughed in delight as she stood up on her feet fully and took a few steps back to get a good look at her Duel Runner. "She's finito! What do you think Yusei?" Rin asked with an excited voice, turning to look at Satellite's Shooting Star. Yusei gave his "daughter" a supporting smile as he nodded at the streamlined Duel Runner. "Impressive Rin. She's a lot better than my first Duel Runner was when I finished it". Yusei answered the teenage girl as he pushed himself off of the wall.

Rin beamed at what the Stardust Duelist said, before she turned to look back at her completed Duel Runner. "You hear that girl? You're fantastic. And a fantastic Duel Runner like you needs a name, so here it is. Wind's Fury!" Rin called out with a happy voice, officially naming her new Duel Runner "Wind's Fury". Yusei chuckled a bit as he watched the Windwitch Duelist, and couldn't help but think back to when he completed his current Duel Runner and how happy he and his old friends were.

Just then, the sounds of the house's front door opening caught the attention of both Yusei and Rin. They looked over to the garage's door as Lulu stepped into view with a serious expression on her face. Seeing the expression on the purple haired girl's face made Rin worried, while Yusei slightly narrowed his eyes. "Lulu, what's wrong? Did something happen?" Rin asked her "sister" in concern, taking a step forward towards the Mistress of Birds.

Lulu didn't reply to the Witch of the Wind and stared at her for a moment, before shifting gazes over to Yusei. "...I think an agent of Duel Academy has arrived here in Standard". The purple haired female revealed to the two with a serious and certain voice.

Rin gasped in surprise, while Yusei narrowed his eyes even more. "...Are you certain?" Satellite's Shooting Star asked the Winged Beast user, wanting to be sure that the person she was talking about is indeed a member of Duel Academy. "Not 100%, more like 75%. His jacket was too similar to Duel Academy's Obelisk Blue to be a coincidence". Lulu answered the Synchro Duelist, getting Yusei to look down in though at what she said. "We'll know for certain if we see him Fusion Summon. What's this guy's name?" Satellite's Shooting Star questioned Lulu on the identity of the Duel Academy agent.

"It's a boy by the name of Sora Perse". Lulu answered with a serious expression on her face. Yusei narrowed his eyes once more, while Rin brought her right fist up to her chest and rested it there. Their time of peace in the Standard Dimension was slowly coming to an end and soon, they would be thrust back into the Dimensional War that Duel Academy started. Hopefully when that time comes, they'll be ready.

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(Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Ending song, START)

Five trials of cards started to line up in a row, before shining in a flash of light to reveal Paradise City. Yusei was standing in the city with his jacket blowing in the breeze. Yusei started walking through Paradise City, before holding up his right arm as his Duel Disk activated.

"What are you grasping for?"

"What good will it do you".

Yusei stood, looking off to the far left with various cards floating around him in a blue color.

"We're moving forward and we'll make sure to discover what".

"Never-ending sentiments".

"the passionate beats of our hearts".

"and the voice of truth are all what we heard".

Yuya appeared, holding a card in his right hand, before looking off to the right with his own trail of cards floating beside him in a red color.

"We got busted up and we learned".

"of where we can get stronger".

Cards appeared, before they cleared to reveal Yusei's face with his left side coloured black and white as flashes of previous Duels were reflected in his left side. A bright light appeared before it showed Yusei standing in an empty hallway, with the walls and floor made up of his various cards. The walls were made of cards such as Sonic Chick, Quilbolt Hedgehog, Speed Warrior and Junk Synchron. On the floor were Yusei's signature cards, Junk Warrior, Nitro Warrior, Lightning Warrior, Jet Warrior, Stardust Charge Warrior and Turbo Warrior.

"I'll search through the dreams in my hand".

"and one day I'll lead them all to you".

In a dark garage, Yusei started up his Duel Runner as his Duel Disk activated, before he placed his helmet on. The garage door opened and Yusei shot out aboard his Duel Runner. Yusei rode through the streets of Paradise City, passing through a park, where Lulu, Celina, Rin and Zuzu were. The four girls waved at Yusei as he passed by. Yusei drove through the You Show School, where Ally, Frederick, Tate, Yuya, Gong, Skip and Sora waved at him.

"Shouting the signal for the START".

"we'll do what our hearts want".

"and vault over our cramped".

"and mediocre lives".

Yusei drove off a bridge as the crimson energy appeared around his Duel Runner, before it formed crimson wings. Yusei flew past Leo tower, looking straight ahead.

"We'll make a DASH".

"and attain every bit of our brilliant futures".

Jet Warrior, Lightning Warrior, and Stardust Charge Warrior all appeared and lined up in the sky, before a pillar of light appeared and absorbed them. From the pillar of light came Stardust Dragon, who roared as it flew through the sky.

"Embracing the bonds we so believe in".

"We'll race toward tomorrow".

Stardust Dragon trailed behind his master as they flew through Paradise City, leaving a shinning trail behind. The trail lighted up, before it cleared to reveal Yusei and Yuya standing atop a monolith between the cravings of their dragons, Stardust Dragon and Star-Eyes Savior Dragon, looking at each other.

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I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the many surprises inside of it, such as the Dual Dragons. To be honest, I never read the Magna version of 5D's, so I don't have an idea on the differences between them and the anime versions. Now, about Sylvio; I can understand why him using Black Luster Soldier seems a little too good to be true, but I assure you that he'll eventually swap out for his Abyss Actor cards, but he'll still use Ritual Monsters as well. Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS really showed me that Ritual is still strong despite its setbacks, so I decided to use it more in my stories.

The OC character Cera was one I created with some help from a friend. She's a bit based off of Hassleberry, but I decided to have her be her own person in the longrun with her Evo cards. I might decided to use her later in the story, but for a while she'll be off at least until the Arc League Championships. Now, I'm sure you all want to ask me a question about something and yes; I'm bringing back characters from the original Yu-Gi-Oh like Seto Kaiba and more.

Next chapter; I'm gonna have someone important to him come over to You Show and duel Yusei per Kaiba's request. I'll give you all a hint; it's a "she". Think long and hard and you'll find out. Now, I have decided to make a new story of an anime that really got me. It is called Date a Live, something I've really grown to like. If any of you knows it, good for you. Though who don't, do not pay it any mind. Anyway, my next story to be updated will be my Maleficent and Descendants story as that one has waited far too long. I'm gonna take some time off to replenish my energies, then get to work. I'll see you all then.

Before I say "good-bye" for now, there is one last thing I need to say. I heard about Takahasi Kazuki's death, God rest his soul. I never met the guy, but I am forever greatful to him for bringing Yu-Gi-Oh! into my life. Thankful, his legacy is safe and will remain so in the future. I hope he rests well, knowing that he brought so much joy to the world. Thank you Takahasi, and good-bye.

Let's rev it up!