Chapter 5: ARC-V Era
And so we move on to our fifth and final duelist. Welcome to Paradise City, where Action Duels are all the rage and one duelist wishes to make the whole world smile through Dueltaining. Meet Yuya Sakaki. As a boy, he always looked up to his father, the famous Dueltainer Yusho Sakaki. Three years ago, Yusho went MIA during a title match against The Sledgehammer.
(Flashback)
"My dad's no chicken! Let me duel The Sledgehammer 'til my dad shows up!" An 11-year-old Yuya pleaded.
Yuya was bullied by everyone except his friends. One day, Yuya decided to take back what his father lost by dueling the Sledgehammer. That duel is where Yuya created a brand new summoning method: Pendulum summoning.
(Flashback: Yuya vs Sledgehammer)
"Okay, pendulum, you've swung his way. Now you'll swing my way!" Yuya shouts as he draws his card in an arc, a light trail with colorful stars following. His pendulum charm reacts, turning three of his cards into Pendulum Cards.
"I'll use Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician to set the Pendulum Scale. I'm taking control of this duel starting now!" He placed the two cards in his Pendulum Zones. The two magicians appear in transparent blue pillars of light. "I'm allowed to summon monsters though level two through seven all at the same time."
"What is that kid doing?" Sledgehammer asked in total confusion.
"Swing far, Pendulum. Carve the arc of victory! My monsters are ready to swing into action!" Yuya chanted as his three monsters appear from a portal above.
"I play the trap Battleguard Howling. Now your Odd-Eyes must retreat to your hand. But before it disappears, you will take all its attack points as damage!" A bright beam shoots from Sledgehammer's Trap.
Check this, everybody. Timegazer Magician's Pendulum ability can rewrite history. So, Sledgehammer, your trap has been trumped. Infinity Gear Reverse!" Yuya declares as Timegazer uses its powers to reset Sledgehammer's Trap.
"I'm activating an Action Spell card." Sledgehammer plays his Spell Evasion.
"We've reached the grand finale, Stargazer Magician. Let's end this duel with a trick fans here will never forget. Watch in wonder as Stargazer uses his Pendulum ability. Halting Horoscope!" Stargazer casts a spell to nullify Sledgehammer's Action Spell.
"That move leaves me wide open!" Sledgehammer gasped.
"Everything is set now, Odd-Eyes. Let's give the Sledgehammer a blazing send-off. Spiral Flame Strike!" Yuya commands his dragon to attack. The dichromatic dragon fires a blast of flame from its maw. Battleguard King attempts to deflect with its giant club. "Since Battleguard King is a Level 5 or above monster, Odd-Eyes' special ability deals double the damage. That's a wrap!"
Although Yuya was successful in defeating the Sledgehammer, this was only the start of Yuya's adventure. After learning there was an interdimensional war going on and obtaining Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon from a duelist who strangely looks just like him, the sinister Obelisk Force attacked the Standard Dimension during the Arc League Championship. After driving them back, Yuya joined Declan Akaba's elite team of Lancers to battle the sinister Duel Academy, who wanted to control all the worlds. Their first stop was the Synchro Dimension. Despite some roadblocks, Yuya managed to rally the city together by battling the Friendship Cup champion Jack Atlas.
(Flashback: Yuya Sakaki vs Jack Atlas)
"Now I Synchro Summon Nirvana High Paladin!" Yuya chants as his Level 10 Synchro monster.
"I Synchro Summon! Bow down and tremble in terror before Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend!" Jack Atlas summons his own Level 10 Synchro Monster.
The duel gathered the attention of everyone within the Synchro Dimension. Commoners, Topsiders, even Sector Security cheered Yuya on.
"Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend!" Yuya and the crowd shout in harmonious unison. "Spiral Flame Strike!" Yuya's dragon destroys Tyrant Red Dragon Archfiend. Jack smiles as his Life Points drop to zero.
After defeating Jack Atlas in the Friendship Cup Final, Yuya became the new king of New Domino City and gained a new ally to the Lancers. Then Yuya battled the sinister commander of Duel Academy, Aster Phoenix.
(Flashback: Yuya Sakaki vs Aster Phoenix)
"This is the end, Yuya Sakaki! Dystopia! Attack Yuya directly!" Aster commanded his Fusion Monster to attack.
"Let's finish big, Brave Eyes! Now heat things up! Searing Flame Strike!" Brave-Eyes attacks and destroys Destiny HERO Dystopia and Aster Phoenix was defeated. As he lay defeated, Aster cracks a smile.
After finally reuniting with his father, he's now face to face with his biggest obstacle yet: Yuri, Duel Academy's greatest solider who wanted to reunite with Yuya.
(Flashback: Yuya vs Yuri)
"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, go! Destroy Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
"Yuri, this is it! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, destroy Starving Venom Fusion Dragon! Spiral Flame Strike!" Odd-Eyes' attack hits Starving Venom. "When Odd-Eyes battles a monster that's at least level 5, you take double the damage! I win, Yuri!" The flames engulf Starving Venom, destroying it.
"So then, I lose." Yuri said cackling as he is defeated.
Yuya defeated Yuri and obtained all 4 Dimensions Dragons. But once he did, he merged with all his counterparts and became the monster known as Z-ARC.
"I won, Declan... JUST LIKE YOU WANTED!" Yuya said as his voice switched to Z-ARC's.
As it turned out, Yuya was just one of four pieces of Z-ARC that split from him when he was defeated by Ray Akaba, Zuzu Boyle's original self and Professor Leo Akaba's daughter by using 4 special cards Leo created to remove Z-ARC from power. But now, he was whole once more.
"Duel me! Come on, duel me! Who has the guts to challenge the mighty Z-ARC?"
The Lancers would not allow Z-ARC to do what he wanted. They did all they could to try and defeat Z-ARC with their power, but fell one by one. Then Declan joined the fight and weakened Z-ARC. But that's when Pendulum's true nature was revealed.
(Flashback: Lancers vs Z-ARC)
"For your information, it was I who gave birth to Pendulum Summoning!" Z-ARC informed them of the true nature of Pendulum.
"You did?!" Declan asked in shock.
Declan tried his best to counter Z-ARC's brutal strategy, but even his best moves weren't enough to best the sadistic duelist. But then an unlikely ally arrived: Riley Akaba.
"Riley, what are you doing!?" Declan asked.
"Riley?!" Henrietta, the Leo Institute's Chairwoman asked upon seeing Riley.
"I'm not Riley." Riley spoke as she took off her hat and hooded sweatshirt, revealing long purplish light grey hair. "It's me, Ray!"
Riley/Ray used the Natural Energy cards to dispel Supreme King Z-ARC and the Supreme King Dragons of their special abilities.
"Like both edges of a swinging Pendulum, if evil is to exist, then so must good." Ray spoke. "So if there is Z-ARC, there must be Yuya."
"Yuya, set yourself free!" Ray's spirit pleaded. Yuya heard the unified voices of Celina, Lulu, Rin and Zuzu.
Ray used Riley as a spare body to counter Z-ARC and his deck, by using the cards that defeated him long ago thus freeing Yuya from Z-ARC's control.
"You win, for now, but I'll return!" Z-ARC promised as his Life Points dropped to zero.
The 4 dragons started to spilt again, But Riley and Ray used their power to imprison Z-ARC inside Riley's body, thus turning her into an infant. Although Z-ARC's evil was ceased, it struggled to break free. Yuya had to make Riley smile by defeating his fellow Lancers, including Declan.
(Flashback: Yuya vs Declan)
"D/D/D Super Doom King Purple Armageddon! Use your special ability to destroy Rebellion Dragon and deal 3000 points of damage to end this duel!" Declan commanded as Purple Armageddon destroyed Rebellion Dragon.
"Come on, you party pooper! Who said the show's over?" Yuya asked with spotlights showering him.
"But it is over!" Declan shouts.
"It's not, cause my dragon isn't going into this fight alone. You think I'd have just one measly dragon fight all by itself? I have a whole rainbow of monsters, ready to finish this duel!" Yuya declared.
"Rainbow of monsters?"
"And they work as a team, starting off with Performapal Ignition Eagle. By banishing my bird and Performapal Five-Rainbow Magician, all of our face-down cards are destroyed." Both Ignition Eagle and Five-Rainbow Magician disappeared from the Pendulum Zones and five Action Cards on both sides are destroyed. All the monsters' attack points returned to normal. "You know, Declan, with Z-ARC and the Dimensional Wars and the constant fight to save the world, I forgot something along the way, something simple. That when you get down to it, dueling's just fun and sometimes, all I need to make me smile is just some random Performapal pyrotechnics! So 5, 4..." Yuya began counting down from five.
"3, 2, 1!" The crowd counted down with him.
"Ignition!"
Fireworks are shown, followed by an illuminating light show. The crowd cheered wildly as they watched in joy. Even Riley enjoyed it as she reached out.
"Now, it's time for my grand finale! Ignition Eagle's special ability gives Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon 500 attack points for every Pendulum monster on my field. That's 2000 attack points!" Yuya declared as Odd-Eyes' attack points rose to 4500. Yuya hops onto Odd-Eyes' back.
"It's showtime! Spiral Flame Strike!" Yuya commanded his attack against Bright Armageddon.
"I'm able to protect my monster, but I'm still going to have to take the damage." Declan noted.
"Yeah, you got that right, Declan." Yuya agreed. "In fact, you take double the damage. It's a wrap!" Yuya shouts as the attack reduced Declan's Life Points to zero.
After defeating Declan and making Riley smile, the ARC Reactor began to fluctuate and bring all those involved in the war to the duel field, where they witnessed the revival of Zuzu Boyle, with the sprits of Lulu, Shay Obsidian's sister, Rin, Yugo's childhood friend and fellow Lancer Celina within her. We cut to the present day, where one duel would change Yuya Sakaki and his friends' lives forever.
Yuya was heading to the You Show Duel School using a pair of Rollerboots given to him by a friend from the Xyz Dimension but not before greeting the citizens of Paradise City. He arrived at the school he loved.
"Whew! I made it." Yuya wheezed as he opens the doors as he walks in. "It's a good thing no one else is here to-" But just as he stepped in, he was whacked by a paper fan. Yuya groaned in pain as he held his nose.
"Late again as usual, Yuya."
Yuya looked up and saw his friend Zuzu Boyle with a ticked mark on her head. Based on her expression, she was the one who hit him when he walked in.
"Aw~ Zuzu, did you have to whack me that hard?" Yuya asked.
"You're 3 minutes late! I was starting to worry." Zuzu glared. She raised her fan, ready to whack him again, but that's when their friend Gong strong came in, along with her father Skip Boyle, Tate, Allie and Frederick.
"Alright Zuzu, that's enough!" Gong stopped her.
"You should be thanking him, Zuzu. He did make Riley smile." Tate pointed out.
"I guess you're right." Zuzu sighs and helps Yuya to his feet. "Sorry about that, Yuya. After all, you did save me from that horrible machine."
"It's fine. Just a little bruise. Nothing to worry about." Yuya brushed it off.
"Who would've thought it had been 3 months since Yuya brought you back." Allie spoke.
"And 3 months since Z-ARC's soul was purified."
They heard an all too familiar voice. They turn and look to see Declan Akaba, leaning on a post outside.
"Declan? Why are you here?" Yuya asked.
"I came here for a reason. Yuya, do you remember your duel with me 3 months ago?
"Why wouldn't I? If I had failed, Z-ARC would've been reborn." Yuya noted.
"But in the end, you won. And I was curious on how the way you spoke with your dragons. It made me wonder..." Declan began to ponder and adjusted his glasses.
"Wonder about what?" Yuya asked for more info.
"Yuya, I wish to duel you. I want to learn more about the four Dimension Dragons." Declan issued a challenge.
"Are you sure about that, Declan? Last time I faced you, I was worried I was going to lose." Yuya said.
"But you didn't. You believed in your Dragons and came through. At first, you were afraid of summoning any of the other dragons, but you faced those fears head on." Declan pointed out.
Yuya took some time to think when another voice spoke up. One that he has heard for quite a while.
"You know, Declan does have a point, Yuya." Yuya looked to see Yuto's spirit thinking about Declan's challenge. "He's right that you were afraid to summon those dragons."
"I'm not asking for your opinion, Yuto!" Yuya slightly snapped.
"Hey! Don't go snapping at Yuto!"
"He's just making a valid point!" He heard two more voices. Then Yugo and Yuri appeared in Yuya's mind. "And besides, you were worried that you would end up losing control over our dragons."
"I'm just worried, you guys. What if we resurrect Z-ARC?" Yuya asked his other selves.
"Yuya, it's all over. Had Riley failed to seal Z-ARC, we wouldn't be within you." Yuto reminded him. "After all, your performance in that last duel even had Yuri smiling."
"As much as I'd like to sock Yuto in the face for that, he's right." Yuri agreed.
"The point is that you can show Declan what it means to control our dragons." Yuto told him.
Yuya looked at Yuto in surprise, knowing this was true. Yuya responds with a smile. "Thanks, you guys. I needed that. Now let's give Declan the duel of his life!"
"Yeah, that's the spirit!" Yugo cheered. Yuya then returned to the real world. looked at Declan.
"Declan, I accept your challenge." Yuya accepted.
"Good to know. We'll meet at the stadium in one hour." Declan walks off, so he can get everything ready.
"Well that was certainly out of the blue!" Skip spoke.
"So should we get you ready Yuya?" Tate asked.
"You bet!" Yuya and his friends headed off to get some training. An hour later, Yuya and his friends arrived at the duel stadium. Skip and the others entered while from the Leo Institute's main office, Henrietta and baby Riley are watching from the window.
"I'm glad you could make it." Declan noted.
"When it comes to a challenge coming from you, I won't back down!" Yuya smiled.
"That's good to know. Now let's put your skills to the test. It does not matter if one of us wins. I'm going to collect the data I need." Declan said.
"Then put your best card forward!"
"Very well. I activate the Action Field Spell: Neo Heartland City!" Declan declares the activation of the field of battle.
"Augmented Reality Combat System energized. Generating Action field." A female AI voice announced as the arena around changed them to a nighttime city that resembled a rebuilt Heartland City in the Xyz Dimension.
"This is the field I lost to you in." Yuya remembered the field.
"Yes it is, Yuya and history is about to repeat itself!" Declan said as his white bodied Duel Disk activated, generating a red parallelogram blade.
"Not likely! I think I'll walk away the victor this time!" Yuya countered as his red bodied Duel Disk activated, generating a yellow blade.
"Yuya is all fired up to win! And so am I!" Skip shouts as his eyes and body began to emit a fiery aura.
"You can do it, Yuya!" Zuzu cheered. And it took two words, said by duelists amateur and elite alike, to spark a battle like no other.
"Let's Duel!"
A glowing transparent ball exploded, scattering glowing cards across the field. "Action cards dispersed."
The duel was going left and right like a seesaw at one point. Yuya thought he got the upper hand, but Declan countered with every blow. Right now, Declan has four monsters on his field. The first one was a Fusion monster: D/D/D Flame King Genghis (6/2000/1500), the second one was a Synchro monster: D/D/D Gust King Alexander (7/2500/2000), the third monster was an Xyz monster: D/D/D Wave King Caesar (4/2400/1200)and Declan's final monster was a Pendulum monster called D/D/D Doom King Armageddon (8/3000/1000). Luckily, Yuya was able to escape the attack with the Action Spell Evasion.
"You gotta admit, Declan hasn't been slacking since these past 3 months." Skip commented.
"Declan still knows how to keep you on your toes." Gong added.
"Even so, Yuya always has a backup plan."
Everyone turns around upon hearing that voice and see Shay Obsidian. Accompanying him is Sora Perse, Sylvio Sawatari and Moon Shadow.
"Shay! Sylvio! Moon Shadow! Sora!" Gong greeted his fellow Lancers.
"Hiya, Gong, Zuzu." Sora waved.
"Hey, Sora." Skip greeted the Fluffal Duelist.
"Did we miss anything?" Sylvio asked.
"Actually, you came just in time. Yuya's just about to start his turn." Zuzu responded. The rest of the Lancers took a seat.
"I'm impressed, Declan. You've improved since our last duel." Yuya commented.
"I should say the same about you, Yuya. Ever since you've got hold of the four Dimension Dragons, your dueling has improved."
"That's right, and if I hadn't taken control when Z-ARC attacked, he would've destroyed everything."
"Exactly. So let's see what you're made of!" Declan challenged as he placed two face-down cards to end his turn.
Turn ?: Yuya
"Okay, Declan. Get ready for a spectacle like never before! I draw!" Yuya draws his card and sees Timegazer Magician. "Perfect! I set the Pendulum Scale with Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and Scale 8 Timegazer Magician. I'm taking control of this duel starting now!"
Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician appear in the Pendulum Zones, the numbers representing their Scale appearing below.
"I'm allowed to summon monsters from Level 2 through 7 all at the same time."
"It appears that Yuya's not missing a beat." Shay commented. Zuzu smiles when she sees Yuya preparing to Pendulum Summon.
"Swing far, Pendulum. Carve the arc of victory!" Yuya chanted as the giant pendulum crystal swings behind both Magicians. "My monsters are ready to swing into action!" Yuya shouts as five lights shoot out of a pink portal above.
"Drop on in, Performapal Dropgallop!" The first of his cavalcade of monsters is Performapal Dropgallop (5/800/1200).
"Scratch your way to victory, Performapal Silver Claw!" His second monster is Performapal Silver Claw (4/1800/700/PS: 5).
"Spin and win, Performapal Odd-Eyes Synchron!" His next monster is the large-eyed Tuner Monster Performapal Odd-Eyes Synchron (2/200/600/PS: 6)
"Light up the way, Peformapal Fireflux!" His fourth monster is Performapal Fireflux (4/1200/1600/PS: 5).
"Turn up the heat, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Yuya's final monster is his best one, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. It emerges alongside its allies with a mighty roar (7/2500/2000/PS: 4).
"Five monsters at once! Amazing!" Tate and Allie said in delight.
"Yuya's moves are giving me goose pickles." Frederick grinned happily.
"I could never expect less from a Dueltainer." Zuzu heard Celina's voice. Her spirit appears.
"Celina." Zuzu greeted. The spirits of Rin and Lulu Obsidian appear beside her.
"I agree with Celina on this one. Yuya is a bit of a wild card." Lulu agreed.
"There's even a chance of him actually winning this!" Rin spoke.
"Five monsters. You sure know how to up your game, Yuya." Declan smirked.
"Thanks, Declan. And that was just the beginning. Since Dropgallop was Pendulum Summoned, I can draw a card for every Performapal on my field, for a total of four cards." Yuya draws four cards from his Deck. "And trust me, Declan - these four cards will pave the way to victory. I overlay Level 4 Silver Claw and Fireflux to build the Overlay Network!" Silver Claw and Fireflux turn into energy and enter a swirling portal.
"Cloaked in shadows and relentless in its objective, I call upon the most dangerous of dragons!" Yuya chanted as a dragon's silhouette is seen in a black storm cloud.
"I Xyz Summon Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" Yuya and Yuto shout as Dark Rebellion appears with a mighty roar (4/2500/2000/OLU: 2).
"There's Dark Rebellion. I'm sure what's next." Shay said, remembering Yuto's dragon.
"And there's more where that came from. Level 2 Performapal Odd-Eyes Synchron tunes Level 5 Performapal Dropgallop!" Odd-Eyes Synchron turns into two green energy rings that surround Dropgallop, turning it into five motes of light. "Beat your wings to whip up a whirlwind of destruction!" A pillar of light shines above.
"I Synchro Summon Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!" Yuya and Yugo shout in unison as Clear Wing flies overhead with a roar (7/2500/2000).
"Three down, one to go." Declan said seeing three of the four dragons.
"And last, but certainly not least, I activate the Spell card Pendulum Fusion! With it, I can fuse Pendulum monsters from my field or Pendulum Zones." Yuya plays his spell card.
"You can Fusion Summon with monsters in your Pendulum Zones?" Declan asked astonished.
"That's right! I fuse Stargazer Magician and Timegazer Magician in my Pendulum Zones!" Yuya declared as both Stargazer and Timegazer leave the Pendulum Zones. "And together, these two will form the most diabolical botanical ever seen!" Both Magicians swirl into an orb of light.
"I Fusion Summon! The vicious, voracious and venomous Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" Yuya and Yuri chant as Starving Venom roars as it appeared (8/2800/2000).
"I must say, Yuya, I'm impressed." Declan said. "You've managed to summon your four strongest dragons in a single turn."
"That how I do it, Declan. And I'll show you all of their power, starting with Starving Venom's special ability! All your monsters' attack points go right to Starving Venom!" Energy from Declan's monsters are sapped into Starving Venom's fanged mouths (8/2800→12700/2000)
"I never knew dragons could be that hungry." Sylvio commented.
"I'm not done. Dark Rebellion uses an Overlay Unit to steal half of Doom King Armageddon's attack points. Treason Discharge!" One of Dark Rebellion's Overlay Units disappear in a burst of shoots out of Dark Rebellion's wings and siphons Doom King Armageddon's attack points (D/D/D Doom King Armageddon: 8/3000→1500/1000; Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: 4/2500→4000/2000).
"But why stop there? I use another Overlay Unit, this time to steal half of Alexander's attack points. The lightning shoots out of the Xyz Dragon's wings (D/D/D Gust King Alexander: 7/2500→1250/2000; Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon (4/4000→5250/2000).
"What a move! If Yuya attacks with his dragons, he'll be sure to win." Sora noted the field.
"Starving Venom, attack Flame King Genghis!" Starving Venom fires a purple beam from its maw.
"Not so fast! I activate the Action Spell Damage Banish! With this, all my damage from this battle drops to zero!" Declan manages to play his Action Spell.
"Nice move, but your monster's still destroyed." Yuya pointed out as the beam hits Genghis, creating a smoke cloud. Yuya smiles but it quickly vanishes when he sees Flame King Genghis still standing.
"What!? How!?" Yuya asked in astonishment.
"You can thank the Trap Card Dimension Drape for that." Declan replied as he revealed the Trap. "Since I've played it, all my D/D monsters can't be destroyed this turn. You'll have to do better than that, Yuya."
"Oh, I will. Clear Wing, attack Gust King Alexander! Spinstorm Sky Strike!" Clear Wing flies towards Alexander in a spinning nose dive. Declan grabs an Action Card from atop an awning.
"I activate Restore! It may not restore my Life Points, but it will restore Alexander's attack points." Gust King's ATK return to normal (7/1250→2500/2000). "And thanks to Dimension Drape, only Clear Wing will be destroyed."
Yuya rushes and grabs an Action Card from a bench. "Not if I activate Miracle! It saves Clear Wing from destruction!" Clear Wing and Alexander clash, resulting in a stalemate.
"So that battle is a draw."
"Yeah, but I still have two monsters left. Dark Rebellion, take out Wave King Caesar! Mauling Mandible Charge!" Dark Rebellion's fangs illuminate as it charges at Caesar. Declan leaps up and grabs an Action Card from a tree branch. Yuya manages to grab an Action Spell of his own.
"I activate the Action Spell Quick Guard! It switches Caesar to defense, so I take no damage." Caesar raises its sword in defense. "And thanks to Dimension Drape, it isn't destroyed!" Dark Rebellion's attack is easily blocked by Wave King Caesar's sword.
"Did you really think you could beat me?" Declan questioned as he adjusted his glasses.
"I can, and I will!" Yuya declared. "I activate the Trap United as One!" Yuya springs his Trap. "Thanks to this, Odd-Eyes gains attacks points equal to the original attack point total of my other dragons." The energies of Starving Venom, Clear Wing and Dark Rebellion are transferred to Odd-Eyes. The dichromatic dragon roars as its power rises exponentially (7/2500→10300/2000).
"Odd-Eyes' attack points have gone over 10,000!" Skip yelled.
"And it gets even worse for Declan." Shay spoke. "If Odd-Eyes battles a monster that's at least Level 5, all of the battle damage coming Declan's way is doubled."
"Give it to him, Yuya!" Zuzu cheered.
"Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Doom King Armageddon!" Yuya declares his attack. Odd-Eyes roars and charges at Doom King Armageddon.
"You think you can best me again? You're wrong!" Declan spoke with a cold glare as he nabs an Action Card from a fountain. "I activate United as One!"
"What!?" Yuya gasped.
"Surprised, aren't you? You're not the only one with this card." Declan told him. "Now Doom King Armageddon gains his allies' attack points!" Genghis, Caesar and Alexander give their energy to Doom King Armageddon (8/1500→8400/1000).
"Good try, Declan, but even that isn't enough." Yuya pointed out.
"That's where you're wrong. I activate the Action Spell Double Attack!" Declan plays his Action Spell. "Now Doom King Armageddon's attack points double!" The energy surrounding Doom King Armageddon intensifies (8/8400→16800/1000).
"Uh-oh! I better find an Action Card fast!" Yuya rushes to find an Action Card.
"Not if I find it first!" Declan races Yuya to an Action Card on a shrub. With the help of his Rollerboots, Yuya manages to grab it first.
"I activate the Action Spell Miracle Fire!" Yuya plays the Action Spell he grabbed. "This copies the effect of another Action Spell and copying Double Attack is the perfect ticket, because it doubles Odd-Eyes' attack points!" Odd-Eyes' energy intensifies (7/10300→20600/2000).
"20,600 attack points!?" Declan gasped.
"Just enough to turn your Life Points to ash! Odd-Eyes, destroy Doom King Armageddon!" Odd-Eyes roars once more and leaps into the air. "Spiral Flame Strike!" Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon fires a massive flame blast from its maw.
"If I'm to go down, then I may as well fight. D/D/D Doom King Armageddon, intercept the attack!" Doom King Armageddon fires a purple beam from its crystalline body. The attacks collide and struggle to overpower each other.
While Henrietta watched the duel from the LID Tower, she suddenly noticed Riley struggling to wake up. "Riley? What's wrong?"
Despite being a baby, Riley can sense danger coming. She points to the duel below. "What about the duel?" Then the Chairwoman realized what danger Riley was pointing to. "Oh no."
The monsters' attacks continued to push each other back. Then Henrietta contacted Declan. "Declan!"
"Mother?" Declan turned to see her mother on-screen.
"You need to stop this duel! I don't know what Riley's sensing, but I fear that if this duel continues, bad things will happen!"
"What do you mean by bad things?" Declan pressed for answers.
His answer came when the entire arena began to fluctuate. A strange light began to form in the center of the colliding attacks.
"What the!?" Yuya gasped.
"What happening to the ARC System!?" Declan asked.
The light then began to slowly expand. Everyone looked on with worry. "What's this light!?"
"No idea, but I think we better hightail it out of here!" Yugo suggested.
"That's something we agree on, Yugo." Yuri agreed.
The light reached out and engulfed all of Declan's monsters and Yuya's dragons roar as they are swallowed as well, their pained roars fading to an eerie wail.
"ODD-EYES!" Yuya screamed.
"The ARC System is malfunctioning!" Declan became consumed by the light next.
"Declan!" Yuya yelled as he is next to be engulfed by the light.
"YUYA!" Zuzu screamed.
"What's happening out there!?" Shay asked.
"Gong don't like this one bit!" Gong said.
"Yeah, we better make like bananas and split!" Sylvio suggested.
"You took those words right out of my mouth, Sylvio!" Sora agreed as he made a break for it, as did everyone else. But no matter how far they ran, the light caught up to them quickly as it absorbed Shay and Sora.
"Shay! Sora!" Sylvio shouted as it engulfed him next.
"Sylvio! No!" Gong roared. Everyone else is eventually engulfed by the light.
Atop the roof of the You Show Duel School, Yusho Sakaki saw the mysterious phenomenon. "It's as I feared. The war has begun again." He spoke as the light took him, but he didn't flinch. The light expanded all across the Pendulum Dimension, eventually reaching the Xyz, Fusion and Synchro Dimensions as well.
Paradise City and all of its neighboring Dimensions were all victims of the mysterious light.