Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal: Feeling the Ultimate Flow.
Hi everybody, how ya doing. Now, I hate to ruin on some people's parades, but there is one last chapter for season 1 before we begin the World Duel Carnival Arc. This chapter is about Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal episode 25 and 26, but there will be a bit of a change in the parts about 26. Now, to cut to the chase, I'll get straight to answering some reviews from last chapter.
Hareta Kuso: While I am glad to hear that, you should still get 8 hours of rest.
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Z-Arc34: This question has been asked before and the answer is no.
FrozenLuinor14: No, besides someone already made a story like that.
Guest: What kind of question is that? Of course.
Dragon King Ryouga: Yuma will use the new Utopia cards, but Shark's main monster won't be Shark Drake. It'll be Hope Woven Dragon Spider Shark.
rgriffin8999: As much as I want to, I can't. He'll get it the same time as in the anime.
nab149: Sorry to disappoint, but no.
Zairyo: Sorry for the wait.
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MarvinEhre2: I understand what you're saying, and I'm willing to try to fix that.
Tony Anderson: Thank you.
Sheaon13: Thank you for that, and I'll try to put openings for all my stories.
Time Knight Leo: I feel honoured by your words, it really means a lot to me.
wildwolf200: I've got all of that planned out.
CV6ENTERPRISE: Why would you think that?
That's all the reviews answered for now. Now, to get to the chapter. A little warning, there'll only be one Duel in this chapter, but new cards that I came up with will show themselves in this chapter. I hope you will like them, along with this chapter.
Chapter 18: Final days to the World Duel Carnival.
The sky was dark with the moon shining high in the sky over the colorful city of Heartland City. At the top of Heartland Tower inside of Hart's room, the young boy was sleeping peacefully in his bed. Standing besides Hart's bed were his older siblings Kite and Luna, both looking down at their sleeping little brother. Like Luna had told Kite, she told him everything that happened in the warehouse, including her Duel. But she did keep the part about their mother helping her a secret, knowing full well that it was a sensitive subject.
Both Number Hunters were deep in their own thoughts as they stared down at Hart. 'Little brother, there's been a complication. A kid named Yuma Tsukumo, not to mention the Kastle siblings Rio and Reginald Kastle, have partnered up with not only the Original Number, but another visitor from Astral World. They've proven to be powerful, possessing the same power as Luna. The power of Rank-Up-Magic cards to evolve their Numbers. They even have a power I've never heard of. The power of "Shining Evolution". What's more is that there's somehow two Numbers that are over 100. These Numbers belong to the Kastle siblings, who even have powers from Barian World as well. But I promise you that no matter what I face, I- no! We will cure you!' Kite thought to himself with conviction, swearing to save his little brother no matter what.
Luna knelt down to her right knee, before she laid her left hand down on Hart's left cheek. The sleeping boy leaned into his sister's touch, his lips shifting into a small smile. The Moon Duelist grew a smile on her face upon seeing this. 'Hart, we've all been through so much. Our family has suffered greatly, but we're still together, no matter what. I know that Mum is watching over us all from the afterlife. I know because she saved me in my Duel against Rio. If it wasn't for her, all my Numbers would have been taken away'. Luna said in her mind, before she shed a tear from her left eye, her mother's image still fresh in her mind. 'Just wait a little longer, you'll be cured soon. Then, you, Kite and I can go back to living together just like how we used to'. The Moon Duelist added as she lifted her hand off of her brother's face, before she stood up fully again.
Kite and Luna turned their heads to look at each other, before they both gave a nod. They turned their attention back to Hart for a moment, before they turned around and took 5 steps away from Hart's bed. They stopped walking, then the floor underneath them started flashing a white color. The floor beneath them started going down like an elevator, taking the two Number Hunters out of their brother's room, leaving Hart alone to rest peacefully.
(The next day)
The sun shined high in the sky over Heartland City, bringing another day for its citizens. At the Tsukumo household, Yuma was getting ready for the day. He was currently running down the staircase, wearing his school uniform with the school bag on and had an expression of panic on his face. Like always, the Emperor's Key was around the Syllables Duelist's neck.
Not too long ago, he had woken up from his restless sleep from last night's activities of storming the warehouse, Dueling Orbital 8 and returning Shark's soul. Rio had managed to wake up a little bit earlier than him and had returned to her home to get ready for school. Kairi, meanwhile, was still asleep in Yuma's bed, being undisturbed by her parents.
Yuma grit his teeth in frustration for waking up late on a school day. "Darn it all to heck! Walking up late is starting to get really old!" The Syllables Duelist cursed in slight anger as he finally made it down the staircase and into the living room, where Kari was looking through some holographic articles with her Duel-Gazer on. "I'll see you later!" Yuma told his sister as he ran past her, getting Kari's attention as she looked at her brother. "Hang on a second, Yuma!" The red-haired woman told her brother as she sat up from the couch.
Yuma turned to look at the young woman, stopping in his tracks. "What is it? I'm kinda running late, so what's up?" Yuma questioned his sister, wondering what she wanted from him. "The clothes you dumped on the floor yesterday when you came home smelt like smoke fish..." Kari began, getting Yuma to slightly widen his eyes in panic as he wanted to keep what happened last night a secret from his sister.
"And this morning I read an article that said a warehouse exploded in the pair district. You weren't down there were you?" The red haired finished with a question, taking a moment to look at one of the holographic articles, before looking back at her brother.
Yuma did his best not to take a gulp out of nervousness. It's true that his sister allowed him to Duel freely now, but if she learned what he did last night, she'd put him on a tight leash again. He broke eye contact with Kari and looked away. "No way! Why would I be somewhere like that? I was hanging out with Rio and the others last night". Yuma replied to his sister, turning to look at the front door.
"They're saying it was an electrical fire, but this has "cover up" written all over it. Heartland Enterprises owns that building and bid medias". Kari stated, turning to look back at the holographic article. "Really? Looks like you got another scoop to unveil! I, on the other hand, got to go to school now, bye!" Yuma told his sister, taking off as fast as he could. "Yuma, wait!" The red haired girl called out to her brother, but he ignored her call and left the house.
Yuma ran through the street of Heartland that led to Heartland Academy, passing through a few Litterbots along the way. The Emperor's Key suddenly let out a small gleam, before particles came out of it and formed into Astral, who floated besides his partner as Yuma ran. "Your sister might catch onto you". The yellow eyed male stated, getting Yuma's attention as he looked at his partner.
"She's quite sharp, and I doubt that simply lying to her will continue to fool her. She's proven to be a sharp-eyed woman". Astral added as Yuma made it to a traffic light section of the road and stopped as the light was red, signaling that it was unsafe to cross.
"You've got a point, but I'm just happy that we managed to get Enna back safely, along with the Empress's Key and Shark's soul. That's all that matters to me for the moment". Yuma told his partner with a smile on his face, getting Astral to chuckle in agreement. Just then, Rio walked up towards Yuma from his right, wearing her school uniform with her backpack on as well. The Empress's Key was safely around her neck once more and finally; Enna was floating slightly above her partner just like how Astral currently was with Yuma.
"Yuma! Astral! Good morning". The Ice Queen greeted her boyfriend and his partner warmly with a smile, getting Yuma and Astral's attention as they turned to look at Rio and Enna. "Hey, morning girls". The Syllable Duelist greeted his girlfriend back as the Ice Queen walked up to him, before the two wrapped their arms around one another in a hug.
"How's Kairi? Is she still asleep?" Rio asked with a curious tone, which Yuma nodded to her. "Yup, but that's to be expected. She stayed up late last night, so I think she deserves to sleep in for today". Yuma answered, something Rio nodded in agreement as the two broke their hug. Yuma then grabbed hold of Rio's left hand with his right one.
"How are you feeling today, Enna?" Astral asked his wife as the two Astral World beings shared a hug of their own. "Honestly, still a bit shaken up. I'm still amazed that girl Luna was able to enter the Empress's Key, and the power she possessed. Especially her Rank-Up-Magic card". Enna answered with a hint of concern on her face, grabbing their partners' attention. Astral grew a thoughtful expression at his wife's words and could see why she was concerned about that card.
From what he's gathered and learned so far from the memories that he's collected from the Numbers, it appeared to be that only Barian and Astral World possessed Rank-Up-Magic cards. Yet, somehow a human girl had one of those cards, a version he's never heard of and she was able to use its power at her command. Astral turned his head left to look at Rio, wanting to check something with her.
"You said you knew that woman since childhood, correct? Did she ever have that card during your time together with her?" Astral questioned Rio with a curious voice, causing Yuma and Enna to shift their attention over to the Ice Queen. However, Rio shook her head in response. "No, she didn't. She never had that "Rank-Up-Magic Moon's Force" card before. I don't know how she got it". The Ice Queen answered, getting Astral to slightly narrow his eyes at the answer.
Rio turned to look back forward at the road and grew a small frown. "She's changed a lot since back then. When we were kids, she was always one step ahead of me, but now it feels like she's 3 steps ahead and I can barely keep up. Reginald used to be able to stand on equal ground with her, but now Luna's so much better than before, she even beat him. Just what happened to her all those years ago? Is her desire to fight for her adopted family that strong?" Rio questioned in concern for her childhood friend, thinking back to last night's duel and how Luna managed a draw when all odds seemed against her.
"Her resolve is easily one of the most powerful ones I've ever seen before. The only person I know that surpassed it was Kite". Enna remarked, catching Astral's attention before he looked at her. "Would you say that Kite surpasses her in strength?" He asked her, getting Enna to look at him and nod instantly. "They may work together, but the difference in skill is plain as day and night". The silver haired woman answered her husband truthfully. Astral looked down in thought at his wife's words.
At that moment, the traffic light changed from red to blue, signaling that it was safe to cross the street. The human couple turned their attention forward, before they looked both ways across the street just to be safe. Seeing that the coast was clear, Yuma took off, taking Rio with him with the female letting out an amused laugh at her boyfriend's actions. Astral and Enna broke their embrace, before they flew after their partners down the street.
Yuma and Rio continued to run to school together, keeping a tight hold of each other's hands with the Syllable leading the way, while Astral and Enna flew close by. "I'll openly admit we're still in the dark when it comes to Kite and Luna, but we managed to learn something about them. Remember that picture we saw of them with that kid?" Yuma asked, mind flashing back to the picture that he, Astral and Rio saw on the console back at the warehouse.
At her boyfriend's words, Rio's face slightly fell as she remembered the innocent little boy she saw in the picture, and the love Luna showed for the child as well. 'The reason why I'm doing all this is because it's the only way for me to cure my little brother Hart. All you need to know is that everything I've done is for my family, a family that I love with all my heart'. Luna's words rang inside of Rio's head over and over again; reminding the Ice Queen of how broken her old best friend was at that one moment.
"Luna said that her little brother's name was Hart and that she's hunting Numbers to cure him". Rio told her boyfriend, getting him to look over his right shoulder to look at her "Cure him? How would Numbers be able to cure someone?" Yuma questioned with a confused voice, getting Rio to shrug her shoulders as they continued to run. "I don't know, but maybe it is possible. I mean, Frozen Lady Justice healed me when I was still in the hospital". The Ice Queen reminded her boyfriend, thinking back to when her ace Number monster healed her when she was still in a coma.
"Rio may have a point. Perhaps they're collecting Numbers to use their power to heal their brother just like when Number 21 healed Rio. Their brother might be in a state that requires the power of more than one Number to heal him". Enna suggested, flying besides Astral as they flew above Yuma and Astral.
"Perhaps, but that still doesn't explain how they're unable to be controlled by the Numbers. Up until we crossed paths with them, all the duelists we have faced have all been controlled by the Numbers when they came into their possession. The Numbers had taken them over and were making them act strange, or against their will. The same cannot be said for either Kite or Luna. They seem to control their Numbers completely without trouble. It might be possible that they are in possession of powers not of this world". Astral said with narrowed eyes, thinking back to all the Number holders they faced in the past and compared them to the two Number Hunters.
Yuma and Rio stopped running and turned to look at the Astral World couple, keeping their hands connected. "What kind of power?" The Syllable Duelist questioned his partner as Astral and Enna floated down in front of him and Rio. "Perhaps their powers came from either our home, Astral World, or our mortal enemy, Barian World. There is a chance that there is a third source, but that is very unlikely". Enna answered with an unsure voice, while Astral crossed his arms.
"Perhaps it is connected with the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon that Kite used. The light that was inside that monster triggered a strange feeling within me. It was even able to take on two different forms that were much more powerful than normal Xyz Monsters. One of them was a Number monster, and that form's power far surpassed the other two. It makes me wonder if that dragon comes from a different world". Astral remarked, thinking back to the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon that Kite used and its two evolved forms.
"The same could be said for Luna's Moon Dragon Selene card. The power that dragon generated when it was Summoned was powerful, even greater than a Number's power. It even had a Rank-Up form as well. What's more was that Luna seemed to be able to communicate with that dragon". Enna said with a thoughtful expression, getting Rio to turn towards her partner. "Do you think Luna can communicate with Duel Monster spirits?" The Ice Queen questioned the silver haired woman, getting Enna to look uncertain.
"Most likely as that dragon obeyed her command before we started our duel". Enna answered with an unsure voice, causing Rio to look down at the ground in deep thought. "So many mysteries surround those two, can we even be sure that collecting the Numbers to heal their brother really is their goal? Or is it to stop me?" Astral questioned with his arms crossed, getting the female Kastle girl to look up at him and shook her head.
"I don't think that's it. When Luna told me her reasons, she spoke with pure honesty in her voice and without a trace of a hidden agenda. I think that all that matters to them is saving their brother". The Ice Queen told the Mohawk hair styled male, getting him to look down at her. "And what if regaining my memories prevents that from happening? We do not know what situation their brother's in. What if regaining my memories is what puts their brother in danger?" Astral countered, causing Rio to look down at the ground in uncertainty as she could see the reason in his words.
"So you're saying that Kite and Luna gathering the Numbers might not be about making something happen, it might be about making sure that something doesn't happen, right?" Yuma questioned his partner, getting Astral to look down and nod to him.
"It is possible. Unfortunately for now, our questions will not be answered". The Mohawk hair styled male answered with narrowed eyes, getting Yuma to lightly frown at his words. Enna gave a small smile as she figured that they should forget about the mystery surrounding Kite and Luna for the moment.
"Let us worry about all that another time. Right now, you two should focus on arriving at school on time". The silver haired woman told the two teenagers, getting Yuma and Rio to look at her, before they nodded to her. "You're right. Let's just forget all that and just have fun at school today". Rio said as she began running to school now, pulling her boyfriend with her as she took the lead now.
Enna gave an amused giggle with her eyes closed in joy, before she flew after the two humans. Astral, on the other hand, looked up towards the sky and saw dark clouds appearing out of nowhere and start to cover the sun.
With Yuma and Rio, the couple was running side by side with each other as they hurried to their school. However, the two then noticed Tori up ahead of them, wearing her school uniform. "There's Tori!" The Ice Queen called out with a wide smile at seeing her new best friend. "It looks like she overslept as well. Guess it can't be helped after what we went through last night". Yuma commented, before both he and Rio increased their pace and were soon running besides the 13-year-old girl on her right.
"What's up, Tori?" Yuma greeted his childhood friend with a friendly smile, getting Tori to look at him and Rio for a moment, before she looked back forward. "We're late, that's what's up!" She snapped, closing her eyes in irritation as she ran faster, getting the couple to blink, before they chased after her. The three made it to the stairwell of Heartland Academy, just as the bell rang.
Tori placed her hands on her knees and started taking deep breaths from all the running she did, while Yuma and Rio were still full of energy and stopped besides her. "Are you feeling okay?" Rio asked the younger female in concern, getting Tori to smile up at her. "Yeah, just had a bit of a rushed morning. I was lucky as my mom made me breakfast while I was in the shower". The green haired girl replied to her best friend, getting Rio to smile at her as Astral and Enna flew up behind the Ice Queen and Yuma.
"How are you doing after everything that happened last night? I don't know everything that happened between you and that girl, but it felt serious. Are you sure you should be out and about after everything that happened?" Tori asked Rio in concern, which Rio gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry; I'm still rearing to go. It'll take more than what yesterday threw at me to make me throw in the towel". The Ice Queen answered, before both she and Tori began giggling a little, while Yuma just smiled at them.
The two females then stopped their giggling, before Tori began turning her head left and right. "By the way, how is Astral and Enna? Are they doing okay?" She questioned in a concerned voice, facing a direction opposite to the Astral World couple, much to Enna's amusement as she giggled. "She's really a kind girl to be worried about us, even though we haven't had a full conversation with her yet". The silver haired woman said as she felt touched by Tori's concern.
Rio gave her partner a small smile, before she looked back at Tori. "They're completely alright, no need to worry". She told the younger female, causing Tori to let out an exhausted sigh as she lurched forward with her eyes closed in exhaustion. "That's great to hear. At least now it sounds like getting into detention will be worth it". The 13-year-old female stated, getting Yuma's attention as he looked at her.
"Don't worry, detention isn't that bad". The Syllable Duelist told his childhood friend, getting Tori to smile at him, before she looked up towards the sky. "Well, I'm just glad that you're okay now, Enna". The green haired female said with a gentle tone, unaware she wasn't facing Enna's direction. "She's kinda over here, Tori". Rio told her best friend with an amused tone, getting the younger female to let out a defeated sigh. Enna just smiled warmly at Tori because her concerned touched Enna's heart.
"Yuma! Rio! Tori!" A familiar voice called out to the three, getting them, Astral and Enna to look down at the stairwell to see Bronk and Caswell running up to them. "Hey guys". Yuma greeted his friends with a wave of his right hand. "Good morning Bronk and Caswell". Rio greeted the two as Bronk and Caswell stopped next to her, Yuma and Tori. "Oh man, that warehouse last night sure was dangerous. I was shaking so much when I got home, I couldn't sleep!" Brock lively exclaimed with a grin as he held up his right fist.
"Neither could I. But in the end, I'm glad we were able to help you guys". Caswell said with a gentle smile, much to the couple's appreciation at hearing this. "It really meant a lot you all helped me yesterday with Luna. Thanks everyone". Rio thanked her friends as she gave a grateful bow to them all. However, that was when she felt a sudden presence appear out of nowhere behind her boyfriend.
Luckily, it was just Cat as she appeared out of nowhere behind the Syllable Duelist. "I don't know about the others, but I helped because you asked Yuma". The cat girl told her crush with a smile without remorse, getting Yuma to widen his eyes at her sudden appearance. "I see. That's a little harsh, but it's nice to see you're full of honesty". Yuma replied to the 13-year-old girl as Rio wrapped her arms around his left arm and pulled her boyfriend away from the cat girl.
"Sorry. That's just how I am". The cat-like girl told her crush as she gave a small glare at Rio's arms wrapped around Yuma's left arm. "That's not a bad thing at times. You could hold back on the honesty a little". The Syllable Duelist said to cat-like girl, slightly waving his right hand at her in reassurance, while Astral and Enna flew up into the air. Just then, Flip showed up out of nowhere and he didn't look happy as he had his arms crossed and eyes closed in anger.
"Heard you had an adventure yesterday". The little male said with an upset tone, getting everyone to widen their eyes in surprise then look down at him. "Flip!" Yuma, Rio, Tori, Bronk, Caswell and Cat all called out in surprise to see him, while he didn't turn to face them. "And why wasn't I invited?" He questioned, getting Yuma to grow a slightly nervous smile as he attempted to explain.
"I-it's not like we planned it or anything". The Syllable Duelist attempted to explain, only to be cut off by the school bell ringing once more, getting everyone to blink in surprise. "Oh no, that's not good". Rio stated as she released her left hand's grasp on Yuma's own left hand, but kept her right one wrapped around it. "You bet it isn't! The second bell means class is starting! We gotta go!" Yuma exclaimed as he grabbed hold of Rio's right hand with his left, before he began running down the stairwell, pulling the Ice Queen with him.
Tori, Bronk, Caswell, Cat and Flip all chased after the couple immediately. "I can't miss History again!" Flip complained as he jumped in between steps. Just then, Caswell slipped on his right foot, causing him to cry out as he went falling, crashing into Flip, getting him to cry out as well. Yuma and Rio stopped at the bottom of the stairwell, before they looked up and gasped upon seeing Caswell and Flip falling towards them.
However, something then happened as a flash of light briefly appeared and covered both Yuma and Rio's views for a moment. The flash of light then died down and cleared their eyes' view. Yuma and Rio widened their eyes in surprise as they looked around and saw the same multi coloured lights from inside the Empress's Key floating up from the ground into the sky, but that wasn't what caught their attention.
Tori, Bronk and Cat had all stopped perfectly still, looking down at Caswell and Flip in surprise as they both had frozen in mid-air as well, as if time had stopped. "What the!?" The Syllable Duelist exclaimed in surprise, while Rio turned her head left and right to see their surroundings. 'It's just like back inside the Empress's Key, but how is that possible?' The Ice Queen questioned inside her mind, wondering what just happened. "Guys? You okay?" Yuma questioned his frozen friends in concern, before he looked around himself and noticed a bird frozen in mid-air.
"Time has frozen! Is this Kite and Luna's doing?" The 13-year-old boy questioned as he opened his school bag with his left hand and reached inside for his Duel Disk. "No, it isn't". Astral answered as he and Enna flew down next to their partners, getting Yuma and Rio to look at him. "The presence I sense isn't the same when Kite stopped time. This is the work of something else". Enna told the two humans. Rio then looked up above, before she widened her eyes in surprise at seeing something unexpected.
"I can see what you mean! Just look up there!" The Ice Queen called out as she pointed up towards the sky with her right hand, getting everyone to look up towards the sky, before they all widened their eyes. High up in the sky was three different coloured suns in a triangle-like formation. The top sun was the normal orange one, while the one on the left was a pinkish red. Finally, the one on the right was a light blue colour.
"Three suns!?" Yuma called out in surprise with wide eyes, while Astral and Enna stared up with their eyes wide as well. "That light blue one… That's our world's sun, the sun of the Astral World". Astral whispered in disbelief at seeing his world's sun again. Rio and Enna then looked at the pinkish red one, before the silver haired woman narrowed her eyes at it.
"Then that means that sun is Barian World's sun". Enna said in realization as she felt a familiar presence from that sun, one that she only felt from Barian World. Rio was silent as she stared up at the sun of Barian World with wide eyes full of wonder. Unlike the others, Barian World's sun honestly didn't feel new to her, it actually felt like she's seen it before. 'Why…does that sun look so familiar? I've never seen it before, so why?' The Ice Queen thought to herself in wonder, not noticing her eyes let out a very fait flash of pink energy.
(Opening song: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Masterpiece)
Lying down on Yuma's small table was the Emperor's Key with a few of his cards lying around nearby, including Gagaga Magician, Zubaba Knight and Gogogo Golem. The key let out a golden shine, before being grabbed by a familiar hand.
"Whether it's rainy, or windy, or a cold winter blizzard, or the burning sun,"
In a black area, a big red Z appeared with the letter zooming out, before it changed to Yuma rushing past a surprised Bronk on his skateboard. It changed to show Yuma and Rio at his house, sitting down on the couch and talking to each other with their cards in hand. Kari was walking past the two, watching them through the corner of her right eye, while Haru was enjoying a nice cup of tea. It changed once more to show Yuma repairing a fallen and damaged Litterbot, sitting down as he worked with Tori and Rio behind him, leaning down to watch him work.
"they're all ingredients to color each day. Don't lose heart, will or love."
In a black area, a big red E appeared with the letter zooming out, before it changed to show Yuma and Rio in class, sitting next to each other. The two of them were in the middle of a conversation, facing each other as they spoke. Tori and Caswell, who had been sitting in front of them, turned to look at the couple.
It changed to show Yuma, Rio and Tori all cleaning the hallway together. It changed once more to Yuma and Bronk in the middle of a duel with Rio, Tori and Caswell watching them.
"The kindness you gave me was strict, when we clashed I learned irritation."
In a black area, a big red A appeared with the letter zooming out, before it changed to show Yuma in a duel, holding up a card with his right hand's index and middle fingers with him already having his Duel-Eye tattoo and headset on. It changed to Yuma swiping his right hand to the left with his left hand out to the side with his Duel Disk on. It changed to show Yuma looking through the left corners of his eyes, holding his left hand out and his right hand in front of him with his right hand holding two virtual cards. Suddenly, his Emperor's Key let out a gold shine of light.
"It starts by recognizing our differences, dancing freely, the creation of Heaven and Earth."
In a black area, a big red, appeared with the letter zooming out, before it changed to show Yuma and Rio standing at the top of a bridge, looking over Heartland City together with proud smiles on their faces and the sun shining down on them. It changed to show many face down cards, before a spinning golden cross came down. Suddenly, it flashed a bright gold colour as it stopped in the middle. Then, the words 'ZEXAL' appeared with the cross being the x.
"The truth is, I was lonely. Until I met you."
The words "Yu-Gi-Oh!" appeared above the word "Zexal", before the words "Feeling the Ultimate Flow!" appeared underneath, before the background of face down cards changed to a bright white light. It changed back to Yuma and Rio at the top of the bridge. The Syllables Duelist swiped his right hand past his nose, while Rio waved her left hand through her hair.
Yuma fixed his new belt, before both him and Rio held up his left arms. On Yuma's Duel Disk was his advanced Duel Disk, while Rio had her D-Pad and Duel Disk on with her deck slotted in.
"I lied to myself that being alone was easier."
Yuma and Rio were running besides each other, before they leaped into the sky, heading towards the sun. In the middle of the street with a Litterbot passing by, Yuma and Rio were walking besides each other, both in their school uniforms and their bangs on. Suddenly, they were joined by Tori, Bronk, Caswell and Flip, much to the couple's slight surprise.
Tori jumped in from the left with Caswell running after her. Bronk rode on in on his skateboard, before he brought it up on his shoulders and held it there with his right hand. Flip just popped up from out of nowhere from above.
"My favorite books and hobbies, they don't seem to match."
Yuma and Rio smiled as they walked besides their friends. Tori and Caswell were walking next to Yuma on the left, while Bronk and Flip were walking besides Rio on her right. Suddenly, Cat appeared out of nowhere besides Rio and joined the group as they all walked to school together, before Yuma rushed forward with his girlfriend giggling at his actions.
It changed to show Yuma's picture of his parents, his father Kazuma Tsukumo and his mother, Mira Tsukumo, both in the middle of an adventure with Mira holding the Emperor's Key with her left hand.
In a bright blue background, Rio smiled widely as she spread her hands out and twirled around into the air with the Empress's Key waving out. From the Ice Queen's left, Tori and Kari appeared, while Kairi and Haru appeared on her right side.
"You were the only one to nod in agreement with me."
In a rainbow coloured world, Astral and Enna flew forward with their son, Epifanio, safely in his mother's arms. It changed to show Yuma and Astral standing back to back to each other with Rio and Enna doing the same thing as the males, besides them. Both Yuma and Rio were holding their keys with their right hands and were looking down at them, before they looked forward. It changed to show images of their lives with the first image being Astral pointing towards a sweat dropping Yuma with his right hand.
"Happiness and sadness and anger and Do and Re and Mi and Fa and So and La and Ti and Do,"
Rio was cooking a soup in her home, wearing a pink apron as she cooked. Enna watching her partner from above as Rio cooked. It changed to show Yuma was in the middle of a duel, looking eager as he swiped his right hand out to the right, while Astral was watching him from behind. It changed once more to show Rio tucking a sleeping Kairi into her bed, having a gentle smile on her face. From behind, Enna watched with Epifanio asleep in her arms.
Inside the Emperor's Key, the airship floated up in the sky above the blue glowing ground. At the rooftop of the Tsukumo household, Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna were all staring up at the moon. Yuma and Rio were sitting down with the Ice Queen leaning her head on her boyfriend's left shoulder, while Astral and Enna were behind them, both wrapped in each other's arms with Enna's hair slightly blowing in the breeze.
"It doesn't work unless they're different, the harmony and the scenario."
It changed back to Yuma and Rio standing back to back with their partners. The four of them slightly widened their eyes and slightly turned their heads to look at their partners, before a bright light appeared and covered all four of them from view.
"No one is exactly the same,"
Yuma drew a virtual card from his Duel Disk with his right hand, before he spun around in a dramatic way in the air. Astral joined his partner, taking a pose in mid-air. It changed to show Rio standing on the ground, before swiping a card onto her Duel Disk with her right hand. Enna appeared besides her partner on her left, holding her right hand out.
"because that's the reason for living."
The Sparrow appeared, swiping his whip out with his right hand, causing several cards to appear and scatter around him. It changed to a dark alleyway with a spinning card in it, revealing itself to be Number 37: Hope Woven Spider Shark with black dust kicking up. In the dark alleyway was Shark walking down the street, turning to look over his left shoulder, showing his left blue eye.
"Even if the sounds are dissonant from time to time,"
Kite, in Photon Transformation, appeared with sparks of red electricity trailing behind him. He drew a card from his Duel Disk with his right hand, before holding it up and revealed that it was gleaming a bright colour, then grew a sadistic smirk on his face.
In front of Heartland Tower, Several unknown Numbers appeared and floated around, before Dr. Faker appeared in the middle of them with a mad grin on his face.
"don't give up on the strength that will get you through."
The screen zoomed past the streets of Heartland City in the night, zooming in towards the top of Heartland Tower, where Luna and Hart Tenjo were with the moon shining behind them and sparkles coming up from below the two siblings. Luna was behind her younger brother on her knees with her arms wrapped around Hart and her eyes closed, who had a blank look as he held up his left closed hand into the sky.
Hart opened his left hand and reached out to the sky, as if trying to grasp something. Luna took hold of her little brother's left hand with her left hand, holding it in a gentle way. It changed to show Yuma and Rio, standing back to back as they clashed their Duel Disks against Kite and Luna's with golden cards surrounding them. The clash of their Duel Disks was creating blue sparkles as they struggled to overpower each other.
"When we reach the edge of the world,"
Yuma and Rio's faces were filled with resolve as they clashed against their rivals. Kite and Luna let out fierce cries as they attempted to overpower Yuma and Rio, but the couple remained strong and let out fierce cries of their own.
The screen changed to show a bright green hill with flowers nearby. Yuma, Rio, Astral, Enna and Kairi were all together, looking up at the blue sky filled with clouds. Yuma and Rio were sitting down on the ground besides each other, while Kairi was lying down on her mother's lap on the right; fast asleep with the Ice Queen's left hand in her daughter's hair. Astral and Enna were behind their partners with their son asleep in the silver haired woman's left hand.
"the view we see will be the truth."
Rio, Enna and Kairi's hairs were blowing in the soft breeze. Yuma began to bring up his left hand, Rio with her right hand, Astral brought up his right hand and Enna lifted her right. The four partners brought their hands together, causing a bright light to appear from their joined hands.
"Whether it's rainy, or windy, or a cold winter blizzard, or the burning sun."
From the bright light appeared Zubaba General, swiping his greatsword out as the background changed to a bright blue one as he charged forward, followed up by Gagaga Samurai appearing from the right. The screen quickly changed to show Yuma's headset and Rio's Duel-Gazer, before it changed back to show the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster swiping his left katana forward, before he disappeared to reveal Ice Beast Zerofyne flying in from the left.
"They're all ingredients to color each day. Don't lose heart, will or love."
The screen quickly changed to show Rio's Duel-Pad activating, before changing back to show Ice Beast Zerofyne giving a cold gaze as she flew past with Ice Princess Zereort flying up from below. Ice Princess Zereort swung her weapon forward as she flew past, before Number 39: Utopia and Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice flying in from above.
Utopia drew one of his swords with his right hand, while Frozen Lady Justice drew her greatsword with her right hand. The two flew forward with the blue background changing to a bright white light.
"The kindness you gave me was strict, when we clashed I learned irritation."
The background changed to show a canyon as Utopia took ahold of his sword with both his hands, before he clashed against Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, who blocked the sword with its mouth with the number "17" flashing a yellow colour. Meanwhile, Frozen Lady Justice clashed against Number 52: Diamond Crab King, who used its right pincer to block her sword with the number "52" flashing a yellow colour.
The four Numbers struggled against each other, before the numbers "39" and "21" flashed a red and yellow colour as Utopia and Frozen Lady Justice broke free of Leviathan Dragon and Diamond Crab King, before they charged forward to their enemies.
"It starts by recognizing our differences, dancing freely, the creation of Heaven and Earth."
Four split screens appeared, showing the closed eyes of Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna in them. Astral's right eye was at the top left, Enna's right eye was at the bottom left, Yuma's left was at the top right and Rio's left eye was at the bottom right. They all opened their determine eyes, before two cards appeared out of nowhere and covered them from view.
The two cards were brought down, revealing them all in the same canyon from before. Yuma and Astral were standing shoulder to shoulder with each other with Astral on the left, and Yuma on the right. Rio and Enna were besides them, both shoulder to shoulder as well, only Rio was on the left and Enna was on the right. Yuma was holding a hard with his right hand, while Rio was holding a card of her own with her left hand.
Yuma and Rio brought up their right and left hands with their partners following their movements with their hands, before they all began crying out. From the sky, electric blue lightning came down on the ground in front of them, causing a bright energy to burst from underneath, kicking up rocks and debris.
From the bright energy came a single glowing card that flew down in between the Emperor's Key and the Empress's Key. Yuma and Astral appeared in a pose together in front of the Emperor's Key with Yuma holding a card with his right hand. Rio and Enna appeared in front of the Empress's Key, back to back with their fingers interlocked together, along with them looking over their shoulders to look and smile at each other.
Two bright sparkles appeared between the four partners, before the Emperor and Empress's Keys let out a bright sparkle.
(Opening song finished)
Time all over Heartland had been stopped with everything frozen. However, not everyone was frozen in time, there were a few exceptions. At the Tsukumo household, Kari, Haru and Lillybot had all been frozen as well. Kari was inside, walking up the stairs towards her room to begin researching about last night's events, while Haru and Lillybot were outside, sweeping the ground with dust brooms. However, there was one person unaffected by whatever was happening.
Inside of Yuma's room, Kairi was fast asleep in her father's bed, resting peacefully as she breathed in and out gently. She had no care of what was happening right now and just continued to rest peacefully. However, her peaceful slumber was disturbed by the form of her Barian crystal hairclip appearing in her hair and began ringing. Kairi gave a groan at hearing the ringing, but was still in dreamland and had no control over herself.
She turned over to her left side, before she brought up her right hand and tapped the Barian crystal hairclip, causing it to glow pinkish red. "What…is it?" The 5-year-old Barian questioned in a sleep voice, no self-awareness of what she's doing. 'Kairi! Oh, thank Don Thousand himself you picked up. We were all getting worried about you'. A familiar voice, which was Dumon's voice, said in relief to hear the Barian Princess again. Kairi just gave another groan as she turned over to her right side.
'We haven't heard from you for over a month now. We were all getting worried that something had happened to you'. The Barian World's acting leader told the sleeping child, who gave a cute yawn as she pulled the bed's covers closer. "I'm…okay. Nothing…happened". The sleepy child replied as she really wanted the conversation to end and return to sleeping. 'That is relieving to hear. Now, how goes your mission? Have you learned much in your time in the human world?' Dumon asked his niece as Kairi's body began flickering pinkish red, but she paid no attention to it.
"Y-yeah I have. Humans…are really complicated". The child replied as her body fully gleamed pinkish red and covered her from view. The light died down to reveal Kari in her Barian form, still completely asleep, before she quickly returned to her human form, then back into Barian.
'I see. Listen Kairi, our world and Astral World have released electromagnetic surges that collided on top of Earth. Its best that you hide from view as the energy from the surges have encased Earth in energy. It will even make you to transform into your Barian form without command. It's too soon for the humans to be aware of our existence, so hide until the aftershocks die down and Earth returns to normal. Once that is done, you'll be able to remain hidden from sight. Don't worry, the aftershocks will die down very soon'. Barian World's acting leader told the sleeping transforming princess as she repeatedly transformed from human form to Barian form.
"O…kay". Kari said in her Barian form, before she quickly turned back into human form. 'I'll contact you again soon. Remember Kairi, Barian World is depending on you as its Princess. Your mother and uncle would be proud of you if they knew what you were doing now. Stay safe'. Barian World's acting leader told the princess, before the hairclip stopped glowing pinkish red, signaling that the call has ended.
The Barian crystal then dispersed into pinkish red sparkles, but Kairi paid no attention to that as all she cared about right now was resuming her peaceful slumber. She turned over in the bed again and went back to sleep, uncaring that she was still transforming in and back from her Barian form to human form. Luckily for her, no one would be able to find out her secret, but she would have no memory of her talk with Dumon.
(Meanwhile in Heartland Hospital)
In a specific room of Heartland Hospital, Shark, in his hospital clothes, stood right in front of the window, looking out towards the city and at the lights rising up from the ground with wide eyes. Not too long ago, he had just awoken for the day and would begin his recovery test to check if he had fully recovered.
Shark had every intention of acing the tests to return home to Rio and Alpha, but then whatever this was, happened. Everything except for him had frozen, just like when he dueled against Kite with Yuma and Rio. However, he didn't recognize the floating lights going up into the sky. The WATER duelist tilted his head up and looked at the three suns in wonder. The normal sun and light blue ones weren't of any interest to him, but the pinkish red one was another story.
Just like how it was for Rio, the Barian sun felt incredibly familiar to him, yet he didn't know why. "Just…what's going on?" Shark questioned with wide eyes full of wonder, staring up at the pinkish red sun above. He then narrowed his eyes, before he turned around and began walking off. "One thing's for certain; staying here won't solve anything. I'm gonna head out and find out for myself". The teenage boy said with a determined tone, refusing to stay here when something might be going on. He changed into his casual outfit and quickly left to find out what was going on.
(In the skies above Heartland City)
Kite and Luna, both in Photon Transformation and Moon Transformation, were flying above the city in the sky with their robot companions in glider forms and attached to their backs. Unlike everyone else, they were aware of what's going on right now and planned to make use of this incident. "Are you sure about this, Kite? I mean, it is smart to learn about our opponents, but is it really necessary?" Luna questioned her brother, getting Kite to tilt his head left to look at her. "Yuma and the two Kastle siblings have proven to be more powerful than I originally thought…" The Galaxy-Eyes Duelist began as he turned his head back forward.
"…That is why we need to take every advantage we can get to defeat them. Seeing the memories they've left behind in their encounters with the Numbers will help us greatly". He added, causing Luna to look down in thought for a moment, before she nodded in understanding. "I understand, big brother. I'll go through with it, but we don't have much time". The Moon Duelist told her adopted brother, which he nodded to her. "Agreed. Let's split here and head our separate ways". Kite told the 14-year-old female, before he flew off in a random direction.
Luna narrowed her eyes, before she looked over her right shoulder to look at Orbital 8. "Let's get this over with, Orbital!" The long-haired female exclaimed, before she flew off in the opposite direction than her brother. "A-As you wish, mistress". Orbital 8 replied to her owner as she and Luna were closing in on Heartland Hospital. The two flew in close to the roof, before Oribtal 8 detached from Luna's back and turned back into her normal mode.
The two females made a perfect landing on the roof, before Luna lifted her head up and looked to her left. "Is this one of the areas?" She questioned her robotic partner, getting Orbital 8 to turn towards her and nod. "A-Affirmative! I can sense the traces of a Number here!" The female robot answered, before she looked forward as her right eye gleamed a pink light. "Accessing the memory… W-well I'll be shocked! This is where your old friend experienced her first Number duel!" Orbital 8 exclaimed in surprised, getting Luna to raise an eyebrow down at her.
The Moon Duelist then looked forward, before she closed her eyes and her Duel Tattoo began gleaming white. Flashes of memories then appeared inside Luna's mind, memories of Rio's first Number duel. She saw her old friend duel a male doctor that was under the control of Number Number 52: Diamond Crab King. She witnessed how Rio fell into despair and came close to surrendering, until Yuma motivated her. Rio regained her spirit after hearing Yuma's words and fought back.
Luna saw how Rio Xyz Summoned Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice for the first time and win the duel. She even saw Diamond Crab King coming into Rio's possession of its own free will, in her opinion that is. The flashes of memories then died down in her mind, before Luna slowly opened her eyes and looked into the air. "So, that's how Rio's first duel against a Number went. Still, it doesn't explain how she first got Number 21". The Moon Duelist said as she crossed her arms, getting her female robot companion to shift its attention to her.
"A-Actually mistress, there appears to be a little more to the memory left". Orbital 8 told the teenage girl, getting Luna to blink down at her, before she closed her eyes again. Once more, flashes of memories appeared in her mind. She saw how Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ride the wind and entered Rio's hospital room through an open window and onto the unconscious teenage girl's chest. To Luna's amazement, she witnessed the Number card heal Rio of her burns and awaken her from the coma. She watched as Rio awaken and take hold of her ace Number card for the first time.
With the memory finished, Luna opened her eyes and revealed the amazed look in them. "Amazing… That card didn't take control of Rio, but instead healed her. That Xyz Monster; Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice is different compared to the other Numbers". The Moon Duelist stated, before she looked down at Orbital 8 and unfolded her arms. "We've witness the memory here, our business is done. Let's get going". Luna told her robot companion, which Orbital 8 gave her a salute. "R-roger that, mistress!" The female robot exclaimed, before she sifted into glider mode and attached herself to Luna's back.
Seeing that Orbital 8 was safely attached to her back, Luna faced forward, before she took off running. Once she was at the edge, Luna leaped into the air and took flight into the sky in search for another memory. However, what she didn't notice was that down at the hospital's open entrance, Shark ran out, fully clothed in his outfit. The two old friends would have no knowledge that they were so close to one another at this time.
(With Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna)
Meanwhile with the two different world couples, Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna, they had left Heartland Academy and were now in another section of the city, searching for answers. Right now, they were at the top of a walkway bridge. However, suddenly Astral gasped as he felt a shock, getting everyone's attention as they looked at him in concern.
He started crying out in pain and flailing around, increasing everyone's concern for him. "Astral!" Yuma exclaimed with wide eyes of concern for his partner. "What's wrong? What's happening to you?" Rio asked the Mohawk hair styled male with a worried tone, while Enna took her husband's right hand into both of her own and gave him a comforting squeeze. "My love, I'm here for you. Please, tell us what is wrong?" Enna begged her beloved as Astral shut his eyes and placed his left hand on the head.
"My head…! I've never felt like this before!" Astral exclaimed in pain as he opened his eyes and gave a dangerous glare towards the sky. "Someone is trying to get into my head and access my memories!" He revealed to the group, getting everyone to gasp in surprise. "Yuma, Rio, Enna! We need to revisit the places we have dueled separately! I can feel that it isn't one, but two that are accessing my memories!" The Mohawk hair styled male told his wife and friends, getting Enna to lightly gasp, before she looked at Rio.
"Rio, we must return to the places that you've dueled against Number holders after I joined you!" The silver haired woman told the Ice Queen, before she let go of Astral's hand and flew off, much to Rio's surprise as she watched Enna. "Wait, Enna!" Rio called out in surprise as Astral took off in a different direction than his wife, getting his partner to gasp in surprise. "Astral!" The Syllable Duelist exclaimed as he watched Astral fly away, before he turned to look at his girlfriend.
"Whatever's happening, someone's taking advantage of it somehow. I'll chase after Astral, while you go after Enna". Yuma told his girlfriend, getting Rio to look at him with narrowed eyes and nod. "Okay, be careful out there". The Ice Queen told him, before the two teenagers ran off in different directions to chase after their partners.
(With Luna)
Back with the Moon Duelist, right now she and Orbital 8 were standing outside of Heartland Academy, right where Rio dueled Bronk when he was under the control of Number 91: Thunder Spark Dragon. Luna had her arms crossed as she turned her head left and right to look at her surroundings. "So, this is where Rio had her second Numbers duel, right?" The 14-year-old girl asked her robot companion as she looked down at Orbital 8, who gave her another salute.
"C-Confirmed mistress! This happened not too long after she was released from the hospital". Orbital 8 answered her Mistress. Luna looked forward, before she closed her eyes. The Duel Eye tattoo gleamed white, before memories started appearing in the Moon Duelist's mind. She saw Rio being challenged by Bronk and learned how Bronk was being controlled by the Number through his jealousy at Yuma and Rio's friendship. She watched how Bronk Xyz Summoned Number 91: Thunder Spark Dragon and nearly come close to winning, until Rio Summoned Frozen Lady Justice and won the duel.
Luna then opened her eyes, before she let out a disappointed sigh. Orbital 8 looked up at her mistress and tilted her head in confusion. "What's wrong mistress? I-Is the memory not really effective?" The female robot questioned the Moon Duelist, getting Luna to shake her head sideways. "It's not that. Actually, I had already seen the duel that had taken place here". She answered, making Orbital 8 cry out in surprise upon hearing this. "S-Say what!? How?" The female robot questioned as Luna began walking off with her arms folded behind her back.
"I was here, that's how". Luna answered, before she tilted her head down in sadness. "One day while I was out, I had sensed the presence of a Number and rushed here. To my amazement when I arrived, I saw Rio perfectly healed and awake from her coma about to duel the Number holder. I quickly hid so that she wouldn't spot me and watched the duel. I was impressed with Rio's skills with her number as she obtained victory with a turn-around turn. But I was also worried as Rio having a Number meant I'd have to take both it and her soul one day". The teenage girl told her robot companion with a sad tone, before she lifted her head up and looked forward.
"I have a feeling that I know where we need to go next. Just follow me". Luna told Orbital 8 without turning to face her, causing the female robot to tilt its head in confusion. "A-As you command, mistress". Orbital 8 said in an uncertain voice, before she chased after the female teenager.
(With Rio and Enna)
In another section of Heartland City, Rio had managed to catch up to Enna and the two had arrived at their first destination. The two were standing right outside of the same museum that Rio dueled against Scorch and Chill with her brother. The Ice Queen stood across the entrance gate with Enna standing right behind her. Rio had her eyes narrowed as she could practically picture Scorch and Chill standing in the same positions in her Tag Duel against them.
"This is where we had our first duel together, remember?" Enna questioned the young female, which Rio nodded without turning to face her. "Like it was yesterday". The Ice Queen answered as her mind flashed with memories of that Tag Duel. She remembered how she had Xyz Summoned Number 49: Fortune Tune and Number 39: Utopia. How Scorch and Chill Summoned their Numbers, Number 61: Volcasaurus and Number 19: Freezerdon.
Then, she remembered how Shark Xyz Summoned Number 37: Hope Wyvern Dragon Spider Shark, and how full of spirit he was with that Xyz Monster. Shark was more alive than he had ever been with when he played any other monster. Shark and Number 37: Hope Wyvern Dragon Spider Shark reminded Rio greatly of herself and Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice.
Speaking of her ace, this was where Rio first used Shining Evolution and Shining Evolved Frozen Lady Justice into Number S21: Frozen Lady Absolute Justice. She could still remember the joy that she felt when she first played that card and how it won the duel for her. Rio cracked a smile upon remembering that duel as it was the start of hers and Enna's partnership. The Ice Queen turned towards her partner and gave her a small smile.
"Time sure has flown by since then. That duel was one I won't forget for 2 reasons. The first reason is because I did my first Shining Evolution and the second is because that duel was our first one together, Enna". Rio said to her partner with a soft tone, causing the silver haired woman to grow a touched smile on her face. "That means a lot to me, partner". Enna told the young human girl, her voice full of appreciation.
The Kastle girl gave her partner a nod, before she turned around to face the entrance and began walking towards it. "One stop down, more to go". The blue haired female remarked with a small smile, getting Enna to giggle a little. She floated off the ground, before she flew after the teenage girl towards their next destination.
(Meanwhile with Luna/ Play Naruto despair music)
With the Moon Duelist, she and Orbital 8 were at Heartland Cemetery, standing in front of two specific graves. Luna had a look full of sadness as she stared down at the names "Mr. and Mrs. Kastle" on the tombstone. Orbital 8 was looking up at her mistress in concern as she knew of the connection Luna had with the two buried people here.
Just like how Luna was close to Shark and Rio, she was close with their parents as well. She would even openly admit that they were like parents to her before she was adopted. They even treated her as a daughter as they clothed, fed and looked after Luna whenever she came to visit. When Luna had heard of their deaths, she spent the whole week mourning for the two adults that she loved. Now, standing in front of their graves for the first time pulled at the Moon Duelist's strings.
"…!" Luna was silent with her eyes glued down on the tombstone, before she knelt down on her right knee and gave a sad smile. "Mr. and Mrs. Kastle, it's been a long time. It's me, Luna". She said to the tombstone as she clapped her hands together in a prayer pose and bowed her head in respect.
"I'm sorry that I haven't really visited you two before now. I admit that I was being a coward for not having the strength to come here. I'm sorry, and I hope that I can make it up to you both by coming to pay my respects more often now". The Moon Duelist said with a sad voice, her sadness seeping out from her mouth.
She tilted her head up to look at the tombstone. "A lot has happened since I last saw you both. I…finally got adopted into a loving family, but we've fallen into hard times. My adopted mother died of cancer a long time ago. My adopted father, Doctor Faker has… become mad and doesn't even talk to me or my brothers anymore. I have two brothers now, an older one named Kite and a younger one called Hart. Hart has grown sick and Kite and I have been working hard to cure him. Hopefully when it is all done, our family can return to normal. And if not, Kite and I will have to stop our father together". Luna explained with a sad tone upon thinking of her broken family. However, her expression then lightened up upon remembering something.
"But…believe it or not, my Mom is still watching over us. Last night when I was in an intense duel against someone, she appeared and helped me". The Moon Duelist said with her tone half filled with joy upon remembering last night's duel against her former best friend. Orbital 8's eyes flashed in shock at her mistress's words as she wasn't aware of that small detail regarding last night.
Luna's expression then fell again as she looked down at the ground. "My relationship with Reginald and Rio however…isn't exactly going well". She stated as she began shedding tears that fell from her eyes to the ground. "My last encounter with Reginald…wasn't exactly happy. I was forced to duel him and won, though I wish that it hadn't ended up like that. I tried to take his soul from him, but something happened and his soul wasn't taken I believe. I…went up to him and kissed him". Luna revealed with a slight blush as she brought her right hand to her lips, remembering the taste of Shark's lips.
Her hand then dropped to the ground as her eyes were soon filled with guilt. "I…stole something from Rio, something that has become important to her. I needed it to help cure my brother Hart, but my actions hurt Rio nonetheless. She came after me with a couple of her own friends and managed to make it towards me. We…had a personal talk before we dueled. It ended with a tie as I barely managed to survive. Despite all I had done, she still reached out towards me. Even now, she still is. I love both Reginald and Rio with my heart, but my family comes first. I'm sorry for whatever further pain that I'll inflict on them, but I won't stop. I made this choice and I can't turn back. After all, you guys taught me that whenever someone makes a decision, they must live with it and not have regrets. I love you both and hope that one day, we'll see each other again. Goodbye". The Moon Duelist finished as she stood up from the ground and gave one last respectful bow.
Luna then turned around and began walking off, getting Orbital 8 to cry out in surprise. "M-Mistress Luna! Aren't you gonna look through the memory here?!" The female robot questioned her master, which Luna shook her head sideways. "There's no need. I was here when Rio dueled the Number holder". The Moon Duelist answered her robot companion, much to Orbital 8's surprise.
Luna looked down at the ground as she thought back to Rio's duel against Tori. She knew about it because she was the one that gave Tori Number 49: Fortune Tune and Number 63: Shamoji Soldier.
She had spied on Rio for a week since witnessing her duel against Bronk and of the friends she had made. Luna had noticed the jealousy that Tori used to show at Yuma and Rio's close friendship and saw an opportunity. So, she snuck to Tori's house, ringed the doorbell and as luck would have it, Tori was the one that answered. Luna used Fortune Tune and placed Tori under its control, before she gave Shamoji Solider to deliver the message to Rio once she won.
She had no doubts that Rio would win their duel as unlike the Ice Queen, Tori was an amateur duelist. She did watch the duel though, and she had to admit, Tori had potential to be a great duelist. When the duel had ended, Luna had returned to her home without stopping to explain, or pay her respects to the dead. This place brought her great pain, and she preferred to stay as far away from it as possible.
The Moon Duelist walked out of the entrance with Orbital 8 chasing after her.
(Music end/ Later, with Rio)
Outside of Heartland shopping mall, Rio and Enna stood in an open field outside of the building. It was right here where Rio had her first real duel against her boyfriend Yuma, and where he surpassed her. Rio had a fond smile on her face as she looked around her surroundings, before she looked forward and pictured herself and Yuma having their duel here with Shark, Kairi, Astral and Enna watching them.
"This place…really takes me back". The Ice Queen said with a soft tone, before she turned to look back at her partner. "It was here where Yuma, Kairi and I became like a "family". Not to mention that my boyfriend finally surpassed me". She added, getting Enna to smile at her and nod. "I remember alright. It is here where you first used Number 103: Ragnazero for the first time, correct?" The silver haired woman asked her partner, which Rio nodded as she looked back forward.
She thought back to the School Spirit Day and the day before. She remembered how she, Shark and Yuma had met up in the park to have a practice duel, but then a meteor came out of nowhere above and struck the forest outside the city. Rio remembered how she and the others went to see what the "meteor" was, only to discover Kairi unconscious in the crater. The Ice Queen gave a small chuckle upon remembering everyone's reactions at the child's similarities with her and Yuma.
They took her back to the Kastle household, where Yuma spent the night and Kairi had remained unconscious for the day. Rio remembered how she couldn't sleep, too filled with concern for Kairi. She remembered climbing into her own bed that the child was using, wrapped her arms around Kairi and went to sleep with laying her cheek against the younger girl's one. Even now Rio still had no idea that Kairi had smiled upon feeling her touch.
The next morning was where it all began for them all. Rio remembered Kairi's eyes full of curiosity staring at her when she woke up. She remembered how the child called her "Mamma", Yuma "Papa" and Shark "Uncle". Kairi had quickly warmed her way into their lives, and Rio was happy that she did. Even though she loved Kairi, Rio still knew that there might be a chance that Kairi's parents are searching for her.
They had searched for Kairi's parents throughout Heartland, but found nothing. Kairi had learned about dueling during their search and asked an innocent question on who was the stronger duelist. Rio felt like she was the strongest as she had taught Yuma for a while and that he managed to get a tie with her brother, but her dreams of being the best out of the three of them was soon destroyed.
Yuma and Rio had a duel that ended in Yuma's victory. Despite her lost, Rio was so proud of her boyfriend for finally surpassing her. Then, things got a bit concerning as Kari and Haru arrived, having been searching for Yuma when they learned that he didn't attend Spirit Day at school. Just like they had reacted, Kari and Haru were surprised at Kari's appearance and suspected that Yuma and Rio had taken that step in their relationship. The Ice Queen's face changed into a deep red at the thought of her and Yuma making love.
Rio shook her head sideways to rid herself of the blush, before she looked down at the ground and thought about how Kari and Haru understood the situation with Kairi and agreed to look after her. Whenever she and Yuma weren't able to, Haru would look after her "great-granddaughter" as she had taken to calling Kairi, much to hers and Yuma's embarrassment. Not much time has passed since then, but Kairi had grown to be an important part of everyone's lives.
Rio then felt a hand on her right shoulder, getting the Ice Queen to turn her head to see that it belonged to Enna, who had her eyes slightly narrowed. "We've done what we came here to do, Rio. There's only one location left, and that is where Number 96 made his appearance". The silver haired woman told her partner, before both females shuddered upon remembering that day.
For Enna, she shuddered at how Number 96 desired her with dark lust. For Rio, her reason for shuddering was because of how her boyfriend was used like a puppet. That Number left a very bad impression on them, and it won't be going away soon.
The Ice Queen gave an exhausted sigh with her eyes closed, before she opened them up and looked at Enna. "Let's get going. The sooner we're done with that place, the better". Rio stated with an unhappy tone, which the silver haired woman nodded in agreement as she didn't want any reminder of the dark version of her husband. Enna lifted her hand off of Rio's shoulder, before she floated off of the ground.
The Ice Queen took off walking in a random direction with her partner floating after her, heading to a place that neither of them wanted to be at for a long time.
(Meanwhile with Luna)
Back with the Moon Duelist and her robot companion, they were flying over the sky, heading towards the last place that Orbital 8 located traces of a Number. The two were flying over the streets of Heartland City towards their destination. Eventually, they were flying down towards a circular plaza above a street, where they saw two familiar figures already there.
Luna narrowed her eyes a bit in concentration and saw that the figures at the circular plaza were both Kite and Orbital 7 with their backs to her and Orbital 8. "Looks like our big brothers beat us to the last location". The Moon Duelist said with a slight smirk, before she looked over her left shoulder to look at Orbital 8 in glider form. "S-Shock! Will we ever beat them?" The female robot questioned, before she flew in close to the ground.
Right when they were about to crash into the ground, Luna pulled up and flew right above the ground. She flew to her brother's left side, before she landed on her feet, getting the Photon Duelist and his robot companion to turn towards her, right as Orbital 8 detached and landed behind Luna. "How'd it go with you?" Kite questioned his sister as he had his left hand on his hip, getting the teenage girl to smile a little. "It was…"memorable" to say the least". Luna joked, resulting int Kite chuckling in amusement at his sister's words.
"So, this is the last location where memories are, right?" The Moon Duelist questioned her adopted older brother as she turned her head left and right to look at her surroundings. "That is correct and it is a recent one as it happened not too long ago". The Photon Duelist answered as he looked at his sister. "Apparently, there was an incident with a Number that Yuma and the original Number had collected. See for yourself". Kite told the teenage girl as Luna looked at him for a moment, before she faced forward.
"All right, let's see what took place here". The Moon Duelist said as she closed her eyes, before her duel eye tattoo began dazzling white. Luna saw the memories of the events that took place here in this plaza, how everything was normal at first, before Number 96 came out and took control of Astral's body. She witnessed how he took Yuma and Enna hostage, before the Syllables Duelist tossed his ace, Number 39: Utopia to Rio, who caught it.
She witnessed how Shark challenged Number 96 to a duel to free Yuma. Luna saw the intense duel take place in her mind at how Shark fought against Yuma's Numbers, including Number 96: Dark Mist's appearance and evolution. She did feel slightly disturbed at witnessing Number 96's transformation, but felt relief at seeing the duel end in Shark's victory. Finally, Luna saw Astral's return and how he sealed away Number 96.
Seeing that the memory had ended, Luna opened her eyes as her duel eye tattoo stopped gleaming. "What did you think of that memory?" Kite asked his sister, arms crossed as he stared at her, getting the teenage girl to turn towards him and frown. "That Number, Number 96 is a rather tricky one. I don't think anyone should have it". Luna answered her brother, before she looked down in thought and held her chin with the right hand.
"Unlike other Numbers, that one actually had free will and was able to take a form outside of its normal appearance. Something is different to it compared to the Numbers we've hunted". She added with her eyes narrowed in caution, getting Kite to nod in agreement to his sister's words.
Meanwhile, not too far away from the plaza, Rio was running towards the area as fast as she could with Enna flying above her. The two were closing in on their designation, and they weren't too happy about it. "Rah! I can't believe we have to go back to that place after everything that happened there!" The Ice Queen complained with an angry voice, getting the silver haired woman to look down at her partner with a sympathetic look.
"I understand how you feel, Rio, but we have no choice. Kite and Luna could be there, looking through Astral's memories of our encounter with Number 96". Enna told her partner with a stem tone, getting Rio to let out a sigh with her eyes closed.
"I know. Still, I would have liked having more time away from that place". The Ice Queen remarked, before she looked up at her partner. "By the way, where's Epifanio?" Rio asked with a curious voice, which Enna looked down at the Empress's Key around her partner's neck. "He's inside of the Empress's Key, safe and sound. He was still tired this morning, so I left him inside to gain some much-needed rest". The silver haired woman answered, thinking back to this morning and how she left Epifanio inside her partner's key.
Rio gave an understanding nod at her partner's reasons, before she looked forward. However, just then, Yuma came out of nowhere on Rio's right side and ran besides her, while Astral flew above him. "Hey Rio!" Yuma greeted his girlfriend with a grin, getting Rio to turn towards him and smile. "Hey yourself. How'd your search go?" The Ice Queen asked her boyfriend with a curious voice, before she looked up at Astral. "It went rather well. There's only one location left and we're on our way to it". The Mohawk hair styled male answered as he had his eyes looking forward, getting Enna to look at her husband.
"You're heading to the Plaza, right? The place where Number 96 made his move and took control of Yuma and you, correct?" The silver haired woman questioned him, which Astral turned his head to look at her and nod. "That is right, my love". The Mohawk hair styled male answered, before he faced forward again. "That place still gives me the feels. I was literally a puppet being controlled by a puppet master". Yuma remarked with narrowed eyes that had a hint of resentment in them at how he was controlled to fight.
"That makes two of us!" A familiar voice cried out, getting everyone to widen their eyes in surprise. Yuma and Astral looked over their right shoulders, while Rio and Enna looked over their left ones, to see Shark running behind them. "Shark!/ Reginald!" Yuma and Rio cried out in surprise, while the WATER attribute duelist had an annoyed frown on his face.
"Please tell me you two know what's going on, and how to fix it?" Shark politely asked his sister and friend, which Rio shook her head sideways at him. "No idea". The Ice Queen answered her sibling, resulting in Shark groaning in annoyance as he came up next to Rio and Yuma and ran beside them.
"We had thought that everyone besides ourselves had been frozen in time, but it looks like you're still able to move. How ya feeling?" The Syllables Duelist questioned his friend, getting Shark to look at him. "Just fine! It's like what happened with Luna didn't happen at all". The WATER Duelist answered the younger male, before he faced forward. "And after hearing what you guys said, that means we're heading to that plaza where that sorry-excuse for a bogeyman made his appearance, right?" Shark questioned, causing Rio and Enna to giggle at what he called Number 96.
"That's right. And speaking of that, we've arrived". Enna answered as the three humans ran up the short staircase into the plaza. They, along with the two Astral World beings flew into the middle of the plaza, where they stopped and looked around their surroundings. "Nobody's here! What were you guys even doing?" Shark questioned his sister as he turned to look at her, getting Rio to look at him. Just as she opened her mouth to answer, Astral suddenly let out a sharp gasp, getting everyone to look at him and saw the Mohawk hair styled male looking up.
Yuma, Rio, Shark and Enna all looked in the same direction that Astral was staring at, before they all widened their eyes at what they saw. There, standing at the edge of a nearby skyscraper were Kite and Luna standing besides one another, looking down at them with Orbital 7 and 8 behind them. The Galaxy-Eyes/Photon Duelist had his right hand on his hip, while Luna had her left hand on her hip. The two Number Hunters had cold eyes directed down at the five, but Luna's eyes softened slightly at seeing Shark.
"I knew they were the ones tracking down our memories". Astral remarked as he, Yuma, Rio, Shark and Enna narrowed their eyes up at the Number Hunters. What he didn't notice was Shark's gaze completely focused on Luna, who stared down at him with a hint of longing. However, suddenly the three suns up above all came together into one single one, causing a bright golden flash of light.
The world around them all returned to normal and time resumed. Time even resumed back at Heartland Academy with Caswell and Flip crying out in surprise as they continued to fall and crashed into the ground, much to the surprise of Tori, Cat and Bronk. The three rushed down to their friends as Caswell and Flip groaned in pain. "Guys, what happened? Are you okay?" Tori asked in concern as she, Cat and Bronk surrounded the two as they pushed themselves up.
"Totally meant to do that". Flip groaned out with his eyes shut. Tori then widened her eyes upon realizing something. She turned her head to look at her surroundings. "Hey uhh… Where is Yuma and Rio?" The green-haired girl asked in concern, getting everyone to blink as they realized that the couple was gone. "They were just here a second ago!" A familiar voice called out, getting everyone to look to see Taiki running up towards them from the school.
He stopped right in front of the group, before he looked at Tori. "I was waiting at the entrance for you guys. I saw Yuma and Rio coming down the staircase one moment, then the next, they were gone". The gymnastic member told his friends, getting Tori to lightly gasp in concern for her childhood friend and best friend.
At the Tsukumo househould; Kairi was still asleep in Yuma's bed, but was in her human form. She groaned upon feeling consciousness return to her. The young girl sat up from the bed and slowly opened her eyes to reveal the tired look in them. Kairi's eyes had no awareness of what just happened, noir of the call to her Barian uncle. The 5-year-old child just gave a yawn, before she lied back down and fell back asleep.
Meanwhile back at the plaza, the two groups continued to stare at one another, no care about the world's state, or how time resumed. They only focused on each other. Eventually, it was Kite who broke the silence. "We'll settle this at the World Duel Carnival!" He called out with a voice and smirk full of confidence, before he turned around and walked away from the edge with Orbital 7 right behind him.
Meanwhile, Luna was silent as she stared down at Rio and Shark eyes full of longing. She then closed her eyes, before she turned around, causing her hair to wave, and walked away from the edge with Orbital 8 right behind her.
A moment later, Kite and Luna flew into the air with their robotic partners attached to their backs in glider forms. Yuma, Rio, Shark, Astral and Enna all watched the two Number Hunters fly away, before they eventually disappeared from sight.
Shark gave a small growl as he brought up his knuckles and cracked them. "I'm gonna enjoy cracking that blond haired jackass's smug face!" He growled out as he really wanted another shot against Kite by himself and win. "Yeah? Well, get in line". Yuma told his rival, turning his head to look at the older male. 'Our opponents are powerful, but so are we. We will defeat them and win'. Astral thought to himself, his eyes full of resolve to defeat both Number Hunters and obtain the Numbers they've collected.
Both Rio and Enna were silent, paying no attention to the males; they didn't even care about facing Kite again. Their focus was on Luna and her alone as they had a score to settle with her. "You saw it in her eyes, didn't you? The longing and resolve in them". Enna said to her partner without turning to look at her, which Rio nodded. "I saw them alright. Luna wants to reconnect with me and Reginald, but she won't. She's determined to go through with being a Number Hunter. Her eyes told me that much". The Ice Queen replied to her partner as she crossed her arms, the wind blowing her hair slightly.
"We don't have much time until the World Duel Carnival. We have to train hard, and learn some new tricks while we still can". Rio said to the silver haired woman without turning to face her, getting Enna to nod in agreement. "Indeed. Luna isn't the type to rely on old tricks; she's the type that figures out new ones to use against her opponents. Hopefully there'll be new cards that you'll be able to use against her". Enna replied to her partner, finally getting Rio to turn towards her and nod.
Rio then returned to looking up at the skyscraper that Kite and Luna were standing at not too long ago and narrowed her eyes. "…!" The Ice Queen was deadly silent, but Enna knew that no words were needed. She knew full well that her partner was looking forward to their next confrontation with the Moon Duelist and desired to win with all her heart.
(One month later)
A month passed since that day where time had frozen. Since then, Yuma, Shark and Rio have both trained and prepared themselves for the upcoming World Duel Carnival with each other, or with their friends. They have upgraded their decks with new cards that they were able to find and buy.
Well, to be more exact, Yuma and Rio prepared for the World Duel Carnival, Shark actually had no intention of joining, he was just preparing himself for another shot at Kite. Astral and Enna helped prepare their partners however they can. Kairi had learned of the upcoming tournament and was pretty excited to watch her "family" partake in the event.
Eventually, the World Duel Carnival was just around the corner with just a few days left for everyone. Right now at the Tsukumo Household; Yuma was outside of the house, leaning his back against the wall next to the garage, clothed in his outfit that Rio bought for him. He had his arms crossed and his right leg pressed against the wall as he waited patiently. The Syllables Duelist was looking down at the ground, deep in thought as he tapped his right hand's index finger against his left bicep.
Astral flew down from above next to his partner with his arms crossed as well, looking at his partner in curiosity. "Yuma, why are you out here this late? Is Rio and Kairi coming over?" The Mohawk hair styled male asked his partner, getting the 13-year-old male to look up at him and shake his head. "No, not really. I'm waiting for something else". The teenage boy answered, getting Astral to slightly tilt his head to the side.
Just as Astral was about to ask Yuma what he was waiting for, the silence was broken by the sounds of a horn. The two looked down the road and saw a middle aged person driving down the road on an old-style motorcycle. "And there it is". Yuma said with a small smirk on his face, before he pushed himself off of the wall and stepped forward. The man stopped his motorcycle right in front of the Tsukumo Household, before he looked at Yuma with an expressionless face.
The man looked down at his motorcycle as he pressed a bottom on the right handlebar, causing a holographic screen to appear in front of him. He stared at the screen for a few moments, before he looked back at the Syllables Duelist. "Are you Yuma Tsukumo?" He asked the young male, which Yuma nodded to him. "That's right, I am". Yuma answered, getting the man to return the nod at him, before he turned over to his red bag on the back.
The driver picked the bag up and placed it on his lap, before he opened it. He looked through it for a moment, before he brought out a small brown wrapped up package. "Delivery". He simple said as he held the bag out towards Yuma, getting the 13-year-old boy to smile as he gentle took hold of the package with both his hands.
The driver let go of it as Yuma held the package to his chest, looking down at it with a smile, before he looked up at the man. "Thank you". Yuma thanked the man, who just drove away on his motorcycle.
Yuma and Astral watched the deliver drive away, before he eventually disappeared from sight. Astral then turned to look at his partner with a curios expression. "Yuma, what is that package that man gave to you?" The Mohawk hair styled man asked the young male, getting Yuma to look up at him with a grin. "This package holds my Heart Piece. It's what's needed for me to enter the World Duel Carnival". The Syllables Duelist answered as he held the package with his left hand, before he tore the wrapping off with his right hand.
With the wrapping gone, Yuma and Astral were able to see a small brown box in the 13-year-old boy's hand. Yuma placed his right hand inside of the box and grabbed hold of what was inside. He then pulled his hand out, before he turned it over to see his Heart Piece. Just as the name suggested, it was in the shape of a heart, but wasn't complete. It was a small glass love heart with a white trim with a pink large prism piece on the right corner.
"This'll allow me to participate in the tournament". Yuma told his partner as he turned around and began walking up the staircase with Astral floating after him. "That is good to hear. With it, we'll be able to collect Numbers that appear in the tournament". The Mohawk hair styled man stated as Yuma made it to the top, before he went to the front door and opened it. "There are also some benefits to you winning, correct? Enna told me that this tournament has prizes for the winner. What are they?" Astral asked his partner in curiosity. Yuma looked at his partner over the right shoulder, before he spoke.
"The winner will be a Champion Duelist for all of time; they also get a free lifetime pass to Heartland City. But the biggest surprise is that Mr. Heartland will grant the winner one wish that they desire, and it will be granted no matter what". Yuma told his partner as they entered the living room, before the teenage boy walked by and to the staircase. Astral grew a fascinated look upon hearing the last part, while Yuma began walking up the stairs.
"That is a rather desirable prize. What would you wish for if you manage to win the tournament?" The Mohawk hair styled male asked his partner, which Yuma just gave a shrug with his shoulders. "Honestly, no idea. I'm pretty satisfied with my life, and don't really need anything else. The only wish that I want is for my parents to come home". The Syllables Duelist answered, getting Astral to grow a bit concerned for his partner as he knew how much Yuma missed his parents.
Yuma then entered his room and walked over to his bed. He sat down on it, before he looked down at his Heart Piece in his right hand. "Yuma, the opponents we'll be facing will be the best that this world can offer. Some of which may possess Numbers, we'll need to be careful". Astral told his partner with a bit of caution, getting Yuma to look up at him. "That's already drilled into my head, so don't sweat it. I've done as much as I could with my deck". The Syllables Duelist replied, before he looked over to his desk, right where his Duel Disk and Deck were.
"I'm pretty confident that my deck is as good as ready. And besides, I've got two options now". Yuma stated as he looked over to the right edge of his desk, right where a second deck of cards were. Yuma had decided to have a second deck that focused on Synchro instead of just one single deck. His second deck mostly focused on Synchro, but he added some Xyz Monsters just in case. His first deck was now mainly focused on Xyz Monsters and his Numbers.
Astral looked over to the Synchro Deck, before he looked back at his partner. "It was rather smart of you to decide to have another deck to focus on Synchro Monsters. But remember, that deck will not be effective against Numbers". The Mohawk hair styled male reminded Yuma of the Numbers' special power. "Don't worry; I still have that in mind. The Numbers' abilities may protect them from battle, but not from card effects". The teenage boy replied to Astral with a confident smirk, getting the Astral World being to smile at his partner.
(Meanwhile at the Kastle Household)
At the Kastle family's house, a certain Ice Queen was preparing for the tournament as well. Inside of her room, Rio, in casual outfit, was sitting down on her bed, looking down at something that she was holding with her right hand with a small smile. In her right hand was a Heart Piece, but unlike Yuma's, her gem's right at the lower base at the pointy end of the heart. She had just obtained her Heart Piece a minute ago from the same adult that gave Yuma his, and was just now admiring her new accessory.
Rio gave a happy giggle as she fell back onto her bed and stared at the Heart Piece that she held up in the air above her. "With this, I'll be able to participate in the World Duel Carnival. I can't wait for it to get started". The Ice Queen said in an excited tone, her soul screaming in excitement to take part in such an event. The Empress's Key around Rio's neck then gleamed silver, before Enna appeared besides the bed with Epifanio in her arms.
"I can see you're very excited for the upcoming tournament. Why is that though?" Enna asked her partner with a curious voice, getting Rio to turn toward her and smile. "Because it's gonna be the first tournament that I've participated in. I've never entered in one before now, so I can't help but feel excited. My first attempt was to enter the Nationals with Reginald, but that accident happened and I was sent to the hospital, missing my chance to enter". The Ice Queen answered the silver haired woman as she brought her right hand up to her face and smiled at the Heart Piece. "There's no way I'm missing out on this". The teenage girl stated, getting Enna to giggle a little, before she nodded in understanding.
Just then, the door to the room opened, grabbing the partners' attention. They looked to see Kairi standing in the doorway with Alpha behind her. "Mamma, dinner's ready". Kairi told her mother with an innocent smile, getting Rio to return it with her own as she sat up from her bed. "I made sure to add plenty of vegetables and nutrients to the meal". Alpha told the 14-year-old, before he turned left and went away, probably to tell Shark that dinner was ready.
The little girl then took notice of the Heart Piece in Rio's hands, getting the child to grow an excited expression. "Is that the "Heart Piece" you told me about?" The little girl asked in an excited tone as she ran up to Rio's bad and jumped on, taking a seat right besides the older female's left side. The Ice Queen nodded to her "daughter", before she held the Heart Piece out to her. "Go on, take a hold of it". Rio told the child with a soft tone, getting the 5-year-old child to smile excitedly as she gentle took the Heart Piece with both of her hands.
Kairi looked down at the small glass love heart with wide eyes of wonder, while Rio placed her left and right hands behind her on the bed. "This'll let you enter the World Duel Carnival, right?" The red and black haired girl asked her "mother" without turning to look at her as her eyes were glued on the Heart Piece. Rio nodded to her small look-alike, before she looked down at the small glass love heart.
"That's right. As you can see, it isn't complete yet. A participant must collect fives pieces that'll complete the heart. That is when you become a finalist of the tournament and move on to the finals". The 14-year-old female explained, getting Kairi to look up at her in wonder.
"What will the winner get if they win the whole tournament?" The 5-year-old child asked with a tone full of wonder, causing Rio to smile in joy with her eyes closed. "The winner of the tournament will be known as a champion duelist forever, gets a free lifetime pass to Heartland City. But the biggest prize of them all is that the winner will be given the chance to have any wish they want come true". She told the younger female as she placed her left hand atop Kairi's head and gave her a comforting rub, making the child to cry out in amazement.
"Really? Any wish, no matter how hard it is?" Kairi asked in astonishment, turning to look at the older female and allowing both Rio and Enna to see the amazement in Kairi's eyes. "That's what it said when I entered online". Rio answered her child with pure honesty, which Kairi cried out in excitement.
However, Kairi's excitement then died down as she turned to look at the open door that she left open. "Then, why won't uncle participate? Doesn't he have a wish that he wants to make come true?" Kairi asked in concern as she didn't understand why Shark won't participate in the World Duel Carnival when her parents are.
Both faces of Rio and Enna fell at the child's words, before they looked at one another. Truly, Shark's decision to not participate was a big surprise to them, Yuma and Astral. But in all honesty, Rio could understand a little why he didn't want to enter. She knew that the events of the Nationals still weighted heavily on Shark and the price for him being caught cheating were still affecting his life. Rio believed that's the reason why he didn't want to participate, but wasn't 100% sure just yet. She had half a mind to ask her brother herself, but decided not to.
Rio returned her focus on Kairi and gave her an uncertain smile. "I'm not so sure why your uncle isn't interested. Maybe it's because Reginald just isn't interested in tournaments, or maybe because he has better things to do. But I do have a good idea what he'd like for a wish". The Ice Queen told the little girl, getting Kairi to turn towards her with a curious expression. "Really? What would Uncle wish for?" The red and black haired girl asked her "mother", before she held up the Heart Piece for Rio to take.
The Ice Queen took her Heart Piece back with her right hand, before she looked down at it with a small smile. "He'd either wish to have another shot at Kite, or at Luna. Besides Yuma, they're the only people that have managed to defeat him in a duel, and I know that he keeps a grudge". Rio answered, getting both Enna and Kairi to giggle, while Epifanio just laughed.
Kairi soon stopped giggling and looked at her older look-alike. "What would your wish be if you won, Momma?" Kairi asked her "mother", get Rio to look down at her with slightly wide eyes of surprise, before she looked down at the Heart Piece in thought. Rio closed her eyes as she thought deeply on what kind of wish she'd want granted. Just then, one wish came to her mind, but she quickly rid herself of that thought. It was perhaps a wish best forgotten as it was perhaps something best forgotten.
Rio looked back at her "daughter" with a forced smile and shook her head. "I don't really have anything in mind. Maybe I'll come up with something later on". The Ice Queen told the young child with a hint of sadness in her voice, getting both Kairi and Enna to blink at her. The two were able to pick up on the sadness in Rio's voice and wondered what exactly did Rio think that would make her sad.
Meanwhile in Shark's room, the 14-year-old male was lying down on his bed with his hands folded like a pillow. He was silent as he stared up at the ceiling of the room in deep thought. He wasn't thinking about the World Duel Carnival, he was thinking about Kite and Luna, thinking of ways to counter their strategies.
'The biggest concerns are those dragons, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and Moon Dragon Selene, not to mention their other forms. I must find a way to counteract those lizards, but how? What kind of cards could I use?' The oldest Kastle sibling questioned inside his mind, his eyes narrowed deeply in thought as he thought long and hard. What the teenage male didn't notice was that his eyes let out a slight pinkish red glow, noir of the glow coming from his deck that was resting on a nearby desk.
(Next day at Heartland Academy)
The sun shined high in the sky above Heartland City, perfect for the last few day of preparation for the World Duel Carnival as it started tomorrow. At Heartland Academy inside a certain classroom, Caswell had his hands on his hips as he looked down at a desk, before his attention shifted over to a happily smiling Bronk that came up to him from behind. "Good morning Mr. Class Representative, my blue haired bud!" The Machine-Type Duelist called out eagerly as he brought Caswell into a headlock-like hug, much to Caswell's displeasure.
"It was pretty good, until you showed up". Caswell groaned out, getting both Tori and Cat's attention as they walked up towards the two males from the front of the class. "Looks like you woke up on the right side of the bed". Tori remarked with a smile, getting Bronk's attention as he released Caswell from the headlock, but kept his left arm wrapped over his shoulder. "Every side is the right one this morning! And this here is why!" The Machine Duelist exclaimed as he brought out his D-Pad with his right hand and held it up, before it turned on as the gang took a look.
"It's starting… The World Duel Carnival!" Bronk said in excitement as his D-pad showed the World Duel Carnival's site page, getting everyone to smile in excitement. "That explains it". Tori stated as Bronk placed his left hand on Caswell's left shoulder, who pressed his hand against the hip. "Yeah, you bet it does Tori, this is gonna be the best duel tournament ever thrown!" The Machine Duelist called out in joy, very happy that the tournament would start soon. "Due in no small part to what the duelists could win". Caswell remarked with a grin as he held up his right hand with the index finger out.
"The duelist becomes an all-time champion and a free pass to Heartland, right?" Tori asked her friends, getting Bronk and Caswell to nod to her. "But that's not all, here's what's really to flip about". Flip said as he walked up to the Number Investigation Club from the left, getting everyone to look down at him. "Mr. Heartland himself has promised to grant the tournament winner one wish, and they can make it come true no matter what it takes". The short boy added in with a rather "mischievous" look on his face, getting Tori to smile widely.
"Really?" The Fairy Duelist asked in excitement, which Flip nodded to her as he tilted his glasses. "I already know my wish. It's gonna be to wish for a hundred more wishes. How smart is that?" Flip asked with a smug look with his eyes closed, not noticing Bronk and Caswell's unimpressed looks at him. "Maybe you should wish for a less goofy hat". Caswell suggested with no hint of mockery in his voice, thinking that was a better option that asking for a wasteful wish.
"I know what I'd wish for, a date with Yuma". Cat remarked with a blissful look as she folded her hands in front of her chest and looked up above. She had a dreamingly look upon thinking about having a relationship with the Syllables Duelist, before she gave out a cat meow with her cheeks red. Everyone else gave her looks of pity as they knew that Rio would not be happy if she heard that. It was clear to almost everyone that Yuma and Rio's relationship was strong and not gonna break anytime soon, especially with Kairi involved now.
"So, who here is participating? I'm already all set". Tori said as she brought out a Heart Piece with her right hand with it having a small piece at the left corner. "So am I. Check it out". Flip remarked as he brought out his own Heart Piece that had a small piece at the left corner. "Same here". Caswell stated, having brought out his own Heart Piece that had a large piece at the left corner, but was larger than Flip's one.
"I'm ready and set". Bronk commented, holding up his own Heart Piece that had a large red gem at the bottom right-hand corner near the point of the heart. Cat was silent as she held up her own Heart Piece with the gem right at the left-hand corner. "Don't forget about me!" A familiar voice called out, getting the gang to look at the entrance to see Taiki leaning against the wall near entrance with Summer right beside her boyfriend, her hands wrapped around Taiki's right arm. "I'm in this too". The gymnastic member stated as he held up his left hand, showing that he had a Heart Piece as well with the gem right at the top of the center.
"Great. Looks like everyone's in this thing". Tori said with a happy smile on her face, glad to see that her friends were participating as well. Just then, Yuma and Rio both walked into the classroom, getting the gang's attention as they looked at the couple. "Hey guys". Yuma greeted his friends with a finger salute with his right hand. "Good morning". Rio warmly greeted with a wave of her right hand, getting the gang to smile at them.
"Morning Yuma, Rio". Tori greeted her childhood friend and best friend as Yuma, Rio, Taiki and Summer walked up to her, Bronk, Caswell, Flip and Cat. "Are you guys ready for the biggest tournament to take place?" Bronk questioned his best friend with an eager grin, holding up his left fist. "You bet I am". The Syllables Duelist answered with a confident smirk on his face, getting the Machine-Type Duelist to chuckle at him.
"By the way Yuma, do you have your own Heart Piece? Please don't tell me that you forgot to register?" Tori asked with a playful smile, getting everyone to chuckle a little at her words. "Don't worry, I took care of that. Just check it out". Yuma answered as he held up his own Heart Piece with his left hand, getting everyone to smile. "That's great to hear!" Cat commented with a happy smile, while Flip turned to look at Rio with a curious face.
"What about you Rio? Do you have a Heart Piece?" The short boy asked the Ice Queen, getting Rio to smile down at him, before she brought out her own Heart Piece with her right hand. "Low and behold". She answered, resulting in everyone smiling at her. "Fantastic! All of us are participating in the World Duel Carnival! This'll be spectacular!" Caswell called out in excitement, getting Rio to grow a sympathetic smile at him. "Not everyone. Reginald isn't really gonna participate". Rio told the Class Representative, getting everyone to widen their eyes in shock as they stared at her.
(Later after school)
Much to the students' joy, school ended for the day much quicker than normal. With school finished for the day, a lot of the students, possible participators for the World Duel Carnival, all ran back towards their homes to get ready. However, one certain student wasn't in a big rush to return home. Yuma, Rio, Tori, Bronk, Caswell, Flip, Taiki and Cat were all together, walking out of the building towards the exit of the school with the Syllables Duelist leading the way.
"Today went really fast, not that I'm complaining". Bronk remarked with a grin, carrying his skateboard over his right shoulder with his right hand. "Now we have the rest of the day to do whatever we want. I'm gonna take as much time as I can to prepare my cards for the tournament". Caswell told the group with a smile, getting Flip to look up at him with a grin. "Great idea, I'll do the same". The short boy said as he found Caswell's idea to be a great one as rearranging his deck before the tournament would help him with his chances.
Soon the gang made it outside of the school's entrance and into the open streets. "Guess we'll see each other tomorrow in the World Duel Carnival. I'm looking forward to seeing how far we can go". Taiki told his friends with a grin, before he turned around and began walking off back to his house. Bronk placed his skateboard on the ground, before he jumped onto it. He turned to look at his friends and gave them a finger salute with his right hand.
"I'll see you guys tomorrow. I'm gonna head on home. Bye!" The Machine-Type Duelist called out as he faced forward, before his skateboard took off at a fast pace. Both Caswell and Flip broke from the group next, heading down the opposite direction that the others took, but they did wave goodbye to their friends. Rio took a look around and noticed that Cat had left unnoticed, impressing the Ice Queen at how she keeps doing that.
She then turned to look at Tori and gave her a supportive smile. "Remember what I've taught you Tori about dueling. If you trust in both your cards and yourself, I'm certain you'll make it to the finals". Rio told the younger female, getting Tori to return the smile to her best friend. "Thanks Rio. To be honest, I don't mind if I make it to the finals or not, I just want to do my best and see how far I can get". The Fairy-Type Duelist replied to the Ice Queen, getting an understanding smile from Rio. "I got it. I hope you'll still manage to collect 5 Heart Pieces and complete yours". The Blizzard Duelist said to her best friend as Tori turned around to face the other direction.
The green-haired girl looked over her right shoulder to look at the Ice Queen and Syllables Duelist, before she waved her left hand at them. "I'll see you both at the opening ceremony tomorrow. Don't be late". Tori told her friends with a smile, before she took off running to her house. Seeing that they were the only ones left, Yuma turned to look at his girlfriend. "Well, looks like it's only us now. Anything you want to do before we call it a day?" The Syllables Duelist asked his girlfriend, getting Rio to turn towards him, before she looked down in thought.
Nothing really came to Rio's mind on how they should spend the afternoon; she did think that maybe one last practice duel would be a good way to kill time. But then, a rather personal thought entered her mind. She grew a slightly sad look on her face at that thought, something that Yuma took notice of and grew worried.
"Is something wrong? Why do you look sad?" The teenage boy asked his girlfriend, getting Rio to blink at him, before she shook her head sideways. "I-It's nothing to worry about. Just…something I haven't thought about for some time". The Ice Queen answered with her voice having a hint of sadness in her voice, which did nothing to ease Yuma's concerns for her.
"I…do have something in mind for us to spend the afternoon, but it's a little bit away. Would you mind going on a rather big walk with me?" Rio asked her boyfriend with a polite tone, getting the Syllables Duelist curious on what she was planning. Deciding to humor her, Yuma gave a nod towards his girlfriend, getting Rio to slightly smile. "Come on then. Let's get going". The teenage girl said as she walked past her boyfriend down the street. Yuma turned around and walked after the 14-year-old female, wondering what it was that she intended to show him.
Meanwhile nearby, Shark, in school uniform, was driving his motorcycle down the street back to his house with both helmet and goggles on. He still hasn't changed his mind to enter the World Duel Carnival, and he was quite content with his decision. He just planned to support Rio, but nothing else.
'Hopefully, no one will bother her because of me after what happened at the Nationals. She deserves a chance to be a champion without my mistakes coming to bite her'. The WATER Duelist thought to himself, before he widened his eyes upon hearing the sounds of a card soaring through the air. He lifted his right hand up from the right handlebar and caught a card with the index, middle and ring fingers.
Pressing on the breaks, Shark slowed down in the middle of the road. He paid no attention to the card, which was Mirror Force, and looked in the direction that it came from. Up at a nearby building under construction, Shark saw someone covered in shadows standing near a balcony attached to the building. Shark narrowed his eyes, before he got off his bike, threw the helmet on the driver's seat and took off towards the building to confront whoever threw that Mirror Force card at him. In no time flat, he ran up the stairs of the building to the platform that he saw the person in shadows, but there was no one there anymore.
Shark kept his guard up as he ran towards the balcony, keeping hold of the Mirror Force as he reached the end and looked out across the city. "Long time no see, Reginald". A voice greeted from behind, belonging to someone that Shark thought he'd never see again. He looked over his left shoulder to see a 17-year-old man standing 10 feet away from him.
He had large, spiky layered red-purple and yellow hair and red eyes with a long, cross-like scar running down the right side of his face. The 17-year-old male was wearing formal medieval-style attire that consists of a long flowing white coat with white pants, dark brown boots and a shirt which all feature a curly, high-class pattern.
"I'm sorry. Everyone calls you Shark now, don't they?" He questioned, turning his head left to look at Shark with a smug grin before he chuckled. The WATER Duelist turned around to fully face the older male with a frown on his face. "That's right. What's the Mirror Force supposed to mean?" Shark questioned as he held the card up with his right hand's index and middle fingers. "I simply thought it might come in handy in the Duel Carnival". The older male answered honesty, getting Shark to sigh as he lowered his right hand.
"I'm not entering the tournament". He told the unknown male, getting him to raise an eyebrow. "Oh, my. You're still holding on to that old burden, aren't you?" The 17-year-old male questioned the Water Duelist, getting Shark to slightly tilt his head to the side. "What burden?" Shark questioned with his eyes narrowed, but had a pretty good idea what he was referring to.
"Perhaps a story will jog your memory. It takes place during the finals at a duel tournament, where you spied on your opponent's deck and were then disqualified. You do remember your opponent, don't you? It was me". The now revealed former opponent of Shark told him as the WATER Duelist thought back to the Nationals and how he was disqualified for cheating.
"So?" Shark questioned with a frown, while the older male just kept smirking at him. "So, there was more to your spying than just wanting to win, correct?" He questioned Shark, making the oldest Kastle sibling widen his eyes at what he heard. It was true though as he wanted to win the prize money to pay for a quicker recovery for Rio, who was in the hospital at around that time, recovering from an accident that took place and left her burned.
He remembered before the finals that he paid her a visit, where she told him to win for her. At the time, he thought that cheating would assure him victory, but instead it costed him and Rio had to wait longer to recover. Shark was certain that if Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice hadn't come to her, Rio would still be in a coma in the hospital, recovering. Even with her back in his life, Shark still carried the guilt of allowing the pressure to get to him and would probably never be freed of it.
"I don't blame you. You wanted to win so badly for her. How could you resist my conveniently placed duel deck? Why, it's almost as though that deck was left out on purpose". The 17-year-old male hinted with a smirk, getting Shark's pupils to shrink in shock as he realized something. "You mean… You set me up!" The WATER Duelist exclaimed in shock that this whole time he was played. The shock that he was experiencing even made him drop the Mirror Force card that fell to the ground.
"WHY YOU!" Shark shouted out in rage at the older male, who just kept the smug look as he turned around with his eyes closed. "What's done is done". He stated, before he started laughing like the whole thing was a big joke to him. "And that includes your duel career, because ever since that day you've been a no-name nobody, whereas I have been winning trophy after trophy on the duel circuit. That must make you feel like…a loser". The 17-year-old taunted, looking through the right corner of his eyes at Shark, who was glaring at him in rage.
"No! I'm not!" The oldest Kastle sibling snapped at the older male, getting him to smirk as he turned around to face the younger teenager. "So then prove it, Reginald. Face me in the World Duel Carnival". He told him as he brought out a Heart Piece with his right hand and tossed it to Shark, who caught it with his right hand. Shark took a moment to look a moment to look down to see the heart and saw the Heart Piece at the left corner, before he looked back up at the gold and red-haired male.
"If you dare, that is". The 17-year-old added, before he turned around and laughed. Just as he was about to walk away, the gold and red-haired male stopped as he realized he had something else to further "persuade" Shark. "Oh, that reminds me. Did the authorities ever find out who it was responsible for that little incident that left your little sister burnt?" He questioned Shark as he looked over his right shoulder to look at the younger male.
Shark was glaring at the blond and red-haired male with his teeth harshly gritted against each other and eyes dangerously narrowed, but he was a bit confused at why he was asked that question. "…No, they haven't yet. I still don't have any idea who was responsible". The WATER Duelist answered through his gritted teeth, getting the older male to shrug his shoulders with hands up.
"Guess that is to be expected. But tell me something Reginald, do you want to know who did that do your sister? Who was responsible for sending poor little Rio to the hospital? Because I know who it was". The blond and red-haired male told the 14-year-old male, causing Shark to gasp in shock at what he heard.
"You…you know who started that fire? Are you serious?" Shark questioned in disbelief, which the 17-year-old male nodded to him with a smug expression. "That's right". He answered with a smirk, making Shark look at him with a pleading expression. "Who? Who was it? Who was the punk that sent Rio to the hospital?" The WATER Duelist questioned with narrowed eyes, getting the 17-year-old to chuckle as he held his hands out to the side. "Why, you're looking at him". The blond and red-haired male answered, getting Shark to gasp in shock as he felt his heart stop.
He stared at the older male, who had a smug grin on his face, before he began shaking. "Y-You're saying…that the whole time…that you were the guy…who hurt Rio?" The WATER Duelist questioned the older teenager, which the blond and red-haired male nodded to him. "That's right. I was the one responsible for the fire that burned your sister, and I got away scot-free, and no one will ever know". The unnamed male answered with a twister grin as he found Shark's expression priceless.
Shark began growling dangerously as he glared at the culprit of his sister's accident with pure hate in his eyes. He had so much hate right now towards the one not only responsible for playing him, but even hurt and put his sister in a coma. If he hated the man before him before, he now hated him with all of his being after what he just learned. "You…! How dare you…! QUATTRO!" Shark shouted out at the top of his lungs in pure rage, not noticing his eyes flash pinkish red for a moment, finally revealing the blond and red-haired male's name.
Quattro just laughed at Shark with no trace of remorse. "I'll admit that it was such a tragedy that Rio had to be caught in it. She's quite a rather beautiful girl and I wouldn't mind taking her out on a date, but alas that won't be possible. She's still in the hospital, deep in a coma with who knows how long it'll take for her to wake up". He said with a hint of lust in his eyes, getting Shark to growl like his namesake at him. He was about to open his mouth and reveal that Rio was perfectly fine, before he stopped himself.
He considered what Quattro would do if he learned his sister was awake from her coma and back to normal, before he decided against it. He didn't want to risk his sister's safety again after he failed her for the first time, which resulted in Rio falling into a coma. So, for the sake of his sister, Shark kept his mouth shut about her.
"So, now's your chance to get double the revenge for what happened to both you and your sister. I'll be waiting for you, Reginald". Quattro told his old opponent, before he turned around and began walking away, laughing. Shark glared at his enemy's walking away form, clutching the Heart Piece tightly. 'You'll pay for what you did to me and Rio, Quattro. I assure you of that!' Shark shouted out in his head, resolved to get payback by himself and leave Rio out of this.
(Later on)
Not too long later, Quattro arrived at a very large hotel building, where his "family" lived. Inside of a dark room, there were the sounds of a child laughing. There was a single chair inside with multiple screens, showing children cartoons. There was a "boy" sitting down on the chair, watching the cartoons and was clapping his hands in joy. The "boy" had yellow eyes and pale blonde hair, some of which is braided and resting over his right shoulder. He is outfitted in aqua and light greenish clothing over a white shirt, pants, and brown shoes. He carried a deck in a Deck box which is attached to the left side of his belt. He also wears white gloves and a metallic crowned mask that reveals parts of his face with the left side completely concealed and his left eye covered by a red lens.
The large door to the room burst open to reveal Quattro, who began walking in as the "child" kept laughing at his cartoons. "Reginald will participate in the World Duel Carnival, just as you wished". The blond and red-haired youth told the "child", getting him to stop laughing and place both hands on his knees. "Excellent. I knew you wouldn't let me down". The "child" praised Quattro as the 17-year-old stopped behind him, before two more entered the room.
They were both males, but of different ages. One was 15-years-old boy, while the other was 20-years-old. The 15-year-old boy has short, pink hair which curls slightly at his neck and emerald green eyes. He wore formal medieval-style red and white attire. The 20-year-old had white long hair and blue eyes. He wore quite long and dark clothes, which consist of a long blue and white coat with yellow accents and a high collar that is blue underneath and fits in with his hair and white pants. Lastly, he has white shoes.
These two were Quattro's brothers, Trey and Quinton. Trey was the 15-year-old, while Quinton was the 20-year-old, eldest child. "Of course, but still, I must ask; does he really matter?" Quattro questioned the "child" as Trey and Quinton came up to his left and right side behind the chair. "He's but an empty shell now". He added as the "child" burst out laughing at a scene on one of the screens. Trey pressed his right hand against his hip, while Quinton did the same with his left.
"Perhaps, but he still has a part to play". The "child" said in a singsong voice, before he opened his right eye and gave a grin. "All will become clear once I've gathered the Numbers. You'll see". He told the blond and red-haired male, getting Quattro to grow a smirk. "Very well. Until then, I'll just enjoy putting Shark through the ringer again". Quattro said, before he chuckled with a mad expression on his face. Both him and the child began laughing for either different reasons, or for the same reason, while Trey and Quinton were silent.
(Meanwhile at Heartland Tower)
Inside of a large room of Heartland Tower, there were multiple robots working together on separate keyboards in a row of seats, working on a mother computer of sorts with multiple screens around the room, showing every street of Heartland and the multiple people there.
"Heartland City population has increased by 158%, and continues to increase every hour". One single robot reported, typing away in the same manner as Orbital 8 does. There was also a single large balcony up in the room with three people currently watching the robots from up there.
Two of them were Dextra and Mr. Heartland, while the last one was a male adult around Dextra's age. Mr. Hearland was sitting down on a throne on the balcony; Dextra had her arms crossed as she watched the unnamed male, who was standing right in front of the shelf. The male adult was 19-years-old, he had flame-shaped dark red hair with a lighter red fringe and purple eyes. He wore a black and dark red trench coat with a high collar over a red shirt with dark red trousers black shoes and black gloves as well as a bracelet on his left wrist identical to the one on Dextra's right ankle.
The flame-shaped hair styled male grinned upon hearing the robot's report as he held up his left fist. "Did you hear that? Duelists are coming in by the trove! This is better than we hoped! Hohoho!" The man exclaimed in excitement as he cupped his cheeks with his hands, before he giggled in joy. Dextra, on the other hand, didn't seem so amused with the man's antics. "Are all city systems online?" She questioned the working robots with her eyes narrowed in annoyance.
"Security systems are online and operational! Network transmissions are online and operational! All service pods are online and operational!" One of the robots answered as they all continued to type away on the keyboards, getting the flame-shaped hair styled male to hold up his right fist with a grin. "You hear that? We're all good!" He exclaimed as Dextra uncrossed her arms and placed her right one on her hip. "All of us except for you, Nistro". The black-haired beauty remarked, whipping the smile off of the now named Nistro's face and his pupils shrunk.
"What?" Nistro questioned, looking over his right shoulder to look at Dextra. "Just because things are running smoothly now, doesn't mean they'll stay that way. We must stay sharp". The black-haired beauty told the flame-shaped hairstyle male, getting him to narrow his eyes as he held up his right and with the fingers out. "I'm as sharp as they come. But you, you're the dullest knife in the draw! You're lucky I'm here to pick up your slack, especially after how you became a babysitter for your boy toy's kid brother, Dextra!" The male adult exclaimed at his old friend, getting Dextra to narrow her eyes dangerously at him.
"What was that!?" She snapped at her childhood friend as she leaned forwards towards him. "That's enough, the both of you. If this is going to work, we need to work together". Mr. Heartland told the two with his usual smile, resting his face against his right hand that was resting on the right armrest. Just then, a single portion of the platform's floor gleamed, getting their attention as they looked to see Kite, Luna and the Orbital bots enter the room.
Dextra grew a small smile at seeing her beloved and best friend, while Mr. Heartland's smile became a little forced. "Ahh, Kite and Luna". Mr. Heartland began, pushing himself off the throne as the ground underneath the two Number Hunters ceased glowing. The two adoptive siblings glared at the builder of Heartland as he walked up to them and their robot companions.
"I've been waiting for you". Heartland's creator finished, walking up to the two teenagers with his arms spread out. "Why'd you call us here, Heartland? We're busy and got things to take care of". Kite questioned the older male with his eyes narrowed in an annoyed manner for the sudden call. "Yes, I know the both of you are preparing, but not so busy that you can't behold the spectacle, the glory that is the World Duel Carnival!" Heartland exclaimed as he gestured to the screens with his right hand, getting the Tenjo siblings to look over towards the screens as they showed thousands of people swarming the streets.
"Look at them all, so happy, so excited, so completely and utterly clueless. They have no idea that the only reason we've assembled them here is to snatch their Number cards. And when I say "we", I mean you two. After all, you both are the ones that Dr. Faker is counting on most, you know. Don't let him down. After all, there are many powerful duelists competing". Heartland City's creator told the two Number Hunters with a sly look, getting Luna to narrow her eyes at him. "Well, you know what I say? Bring em on!" Nistro remarked, getting Kite to look at the taller male through the corner of his left eye.
"Whatever Numbers Kite and Luna here can't take, I'll be more than happy to nab. It'll be easy, especially now that I've got my own Number right here!" The adult man exclaimed as he held up a single card with his right hand's index and middle finger, getting Luna to turn towards him with a smirk. "Big talk coming from someone with just one Number, but I'll admit that card is extremely powerful, so I guess you can back up that talk". The Moon Duelist said as she placed her right hand against her hip, getting Nistro to chuckle down at her.
"How nice to see that someone has faith in their comrade's skills in dueling. With this card, I bet that I could even take you two on". The flame-shaped hair styled man said with a confident voice, getting Dextra to narrow her eyes at him. "Don't get ahead of yourself now that you have a Number. Remember the last time you faced Kite in a duel?" The black-haired beauty questioned her childhood friend, causing the smirk on Nistro's face to fall immediately upon remembering that duel, and the one-sided slaughter Kite gave him.
"If we're done here, I've got things to take care of. I'll see ya later". Luna said as she waved her right hand to the side, waving "goodbye" to everyone in the room. The floor beneath her, Kite and the Orbital bots glowed, activating like an elevator as the Tenjo siblings and their robots left the room. Heartland looked slightly annoyed at the lack of request to leave, while Dextra stared at where her beloved and best friend just left, before she turned to look at her boss.
"May I be excused?" She requested with an emotionless tone, getting the creator of Heartland City to turn towards her, before he nodded. "You may go, but return soon". Heartland told the black-haired beauty, which Dextra nodded as she left the room in the same way that Kite and Luna did, leaving Nistro alone with Mr. Heartland.
With Kite and Luna, the two Number Hunters were standing in the middle of a moving sidewalk with their Orbital bots besides them in no big rush. Luna had her hands folded behind her back, while Kite had his left hand on his hip. Just then, Dextra came up to the two from behind, walking towards Kite's right side, where she wrapped her arms around the Photon Duelist's arm. Her expressionless face became flushed as she shyly looked at her beloved, who turned to look at her, before Kite gave a small smile and left her be.
Luna and the two Orbital bots turned to look at the two, before the Moon Duelist gave a smile at seeing Dextra's affection for her brother. Luna always grew happy whenever she saw Kite return Dextra's affection. Both hers and Kite's lives were…"difficult" to say the least, so she was happy to see that her brother had found love with Dextra, who had fallen in love with him on the day that he saved her.
At first it didn't seem like Kite would return Dextra's affection as he was more focused on curing Hart. It took some hard convincing from Luna for him to decide pursing a relationship with Dextra, so he gave it a try. Since then, Kite's life had changed a bit for the better with a loyal girlfriend that would choose him over the world, and even looks after Hart for them. As much as Luna was happy for her brother and best friend, there were times that she felt a bit envious of them.
Just like how Dextra had longed for Kite, Luna longed for Shark as well, but had decided to choose her family over him. Still, the Moon Duelist had no intention of entering a relationship with anyone else than Shark, even if that meant never finding love. She was just content with saving her family and watching Kite have happiness with Dextra. She gave a deep sigh with her eyes closed, catching everyone's attention as they looked at her.
"I-Is something wrong, mistress?" Orbital 8 asked in concern, getting Luna to look down at her with a small smile. "No, it's nothing". The Moon Duelist answered her companion, before she turned towards Kite and Dextra. "I'm just a bit envious of the healthy relationship you two have together. It's almost hard to believe how things used to be between you guys". She added with a fond expression, getting Kite to smile in understanding. "I can see what you mean". The Photon Duelist stated, before he turned to look at his girlfriend, who turned tilted her head to look at him.
"Honestly, I used to think that all I needed in my life was my brother and sister. But now I have you Dextra, and I'm glad that you care for me the way that you do". Kite said as he lifted his left hand and gently laid it on Dextra's right cheek, which the black-haired beauty leaned into his touch.
"Kite, you stole my heart on that day where you saved me in the training simulation, and when I saw the love you had for your siblings. Even if you hadn't returned my feelings for you, I'd still have loved you and would have fought to protect you from anything. I don't know what the future holds, but I'll always stand by your side, no matter what". The black-haired beauty told her beloved with a strong conviction in her voice as she would never chose anything over Kite.
The Photon-Galaxy User greatly appreciated his beloved's words as he could feel the love Dextra had for him from her words. He turned around to fully face her, before he brought Dextra in closer and claimed her lips into a soft kiss, which the black hair beauty melted into as she closed her eyes and moaned softly. Orbital 7 cried out in surprise at his master's actions, while Orbital 8 stared at the two with an adoring expression.
Luna just smiled softly at the sight, before she faced forward. She then brought her right hand up in front of her face and stared at it in deep thought of her next confrontation with Rio and Enna. Just as quickly as those thoughts came to mind, they were replaced with thoughts of her mother. Luna's face slightly lit up upon thinking of the woman who gave her this life with the Tenjo family, and how she saved her from losing that important duel.
'Mother…I swear that Kite and Hart will be happy again, no matter what. All I ask is that you continue to watch over us from where you are'. Luna thought to herself as she lowered her right hand and faced forward with a determined expression. Despite her words and conviction, there still was a side of the Moon Duelist that wished she could reconnect with her old friends again.
(Later in the afternoon)
The sky was a deep orange as the day was reaching the late afternoon. The streets of the city weren't as large as earlier in the day, but they were still mostly filled with people that had come over for the World Duel Carnival. Most of the duelists of the city at this time were at home, either resting, or preparing their decks for the big day tomorrow. Two certain duelists, however, were still outside on the streets.
Yuma and Rio were currently walking down a street next to the road with the Ice Queen leading the way, holding onto the Syllables' Duelist's right hand with her left one. Astral and Enna were floating above the two with both of them having curious expressions as they've never been here to this part of Heartland City before. Like them, Yuma was also confused as he had never been to this section of Heartland before.
Rio, however, had a conflicted look on her face as she continued to lead her boyfriend to an important place that she hadn't visited for a long time now. This place that she was taking him to was her old home that she used to live in with her brother and parents when they were still alive. It had been a long time since she visited that building as all she felt was sadness for two different reasons. 1; because it reminded Rio how her life used to be when her parents were alive and 2; because it wasn't where she and Shark lived anymore as someone had bought it.
Rio believed that with an important tournament around the corner, that it was time to tell Yuma about her parents and show him her old home. She was so deep in her thoughts that she had remained silent for the whole walk, but that silence would be broken by Yuma as he wanted to know where they were going. "Say Rio? Where is it that we're going?" Yuma asked his girlfriend, getting Rio to blink upon being broken out of her thoughts. She looked over her left shoulder to look at the 13-year-old boy and gave him a small sad look.
"It's...it's someplace that's really special to me...and Reginald". Rio slowly answered, before she faced back forward, getting Yuma, Astral and Enna to blink down at her. The Mohawk hair styled male turned to look at his wife with a curious expression. "Enna, do you know where Rio is taking us?" Astral asked the silver haired woman, getting Enna to look at him, before she shook her head sideways. "I'm afraid not. We've never come here before, so I don't know what this "special place" that Rio refers to". The female Astral World being answered her husband, just as clueless as him and Yuma on where Rio was leading them.
Astral gave a small sigh as they followed after their partners. After a few more minutes of walking, they soon arrived at a large but rather worn down mansion. From the looks of things no one had been here for some years but despite that it looked very pristine. Yuma and Rio stood outside the steel entrance and looked up at the mansion with different expression. Yuma's expression was one of wonder, while Rio's one was filled with both sadness and longing. Astral and Enna floated past the steel entrance and floated up towards the building.
"This is quite the settlement, but I must admit that it looks to be in rather poor condition". Astral remarked with his arms crossed, noticing how the mansion didn't look livable for someone. "I wonder who this belongs to, and what Rio's connection is to it". Enna said with her eyes slightly wide, looking over her right shoulder to look at the two humans at the entrance. "Wow! This place looks amazing! How did you even find this place, Rio?" Yuma asked his girlfriend, turning to look at the Ice Queen, before his face fell at seeing her mixed expression directed at the mansion.
Rio then slowly turned her head to look at her boyfriend and gave him a sad look. "This is my old home. This was where I used to live with Reginald and my parents, before…" Rio began, before she stopped herself and rubbed her left arm with her right and looked down at the ground, recalling that tragic day in the rain. She remembered it like it was yesterday. She, Shark and their parents were on their way home from the carnival with Shark having gained some new cards. Rio could remember how she asked her brother to teach her more about dueling, before it broke out into a silly argument between them.
Her mother broke it up gentle, while her father concentrated on driving. But then a truck came out of nowhere and came charging towards them. She had become afraid, while Shark wrapped her arms around Rio's body to protect her. Everything then went dark, and the next thing Rio knew was waking up in the hospital with Shark with doctors surrounding them and saying that it was a miracle that they had survived. Sadly, the same couldn't be said for their parents, leaving Shark and Rio alone in the world with only themselves.
Now, standing in front of her old home after all these years brought mixed emotions to the Ice Queen as sadness completely filled her eyes, something that the Syllables Duelist noticed straight away. "Rio..." Yuma said in concern as he placed his left hand on her right shoulder, getting the Ice Queen to look at her boyfriend and give him a small reassuring smile. "I'm okay. It's just that being here reminds me of my parents. I'll be okay". Rio told Yuma, her voice still filled with sadness, but not much as before, getting Yuma's concerns to die down a little.
The Ice Queen looked back at her old home, before she walked up to the steel entrance and pushed the right gate open. She walked up to the middle of the front yard of the mansion, before she looked over her shoulder towards Yuma. "Follow me. There's something I want to show you". Rio told her beloved, before she looked forward at the front door and walked up towards it, passing the statues. Yuma looked confused by his girlfriend's request, before he complied and followed after her. Astral and Enna floated down to behind their partners, keeping close to them.
Rio placed both her hands on the door and pushed it open, revealing a large hallway with two grand staircases that lead to higher platforms and a single door in between them with a balcony on the center. Rio walked towards the door and stopped in front of it with Yuma, Astral and Enna following right behind her. The Ice Queen lifted her right hand to push open the door, before she stopped herself. She hesitated for a moment, before placing her hand on the door and pushed it open, revealing the living room of the mansion.
Like the rest of the house, the living room looked to be a messed up with lots of knocked over things in the room like chairs, a table, rowing chair, pictures hanging on the walls, broken clock machine, even a rusted suit of armor. Rio felt her heart swell at seeing the state of her old home, but kept strong as she walked into the middle of the living room with everyone following behind her.
Astral and Enna spread out to look around their surroundings, while Yuma stayed behind Rio, staring at the back of her head in concern. The Ice Queen was silent as she looked at the fireplace, almost picturing a nice, warm fire lit there, just like back in her childhood. Eventually, she spoke. "Back when I lived here, they were the happiest years of my life. Me and Reginald, we laugh and played without a concern. Our parents always loved and cared about us more than anything else, even if we acted immature. There wasn't a moment we weren't smiling and happy, our lives seemed perfect back then". Rio told her boyfriend without turning to face him, growing a warm smile on his face, before it soon started to fade.
"Until that day one day, we were driving home in the rain and were caught in a accident". She revealed, getting Yuma to widen his eyes in alarm, while Astral and Enna looked down towards their partners. "Both our parents died on that day. But by some miracle, both of us survived. But things only got worst from that day on. After our parents' deaths, our distant relatives tried to take advantage of our inheritance. Thankfully, our parents' fortune was untouchable till we turned 18. But they still managed to sell off whatever is they could, even our home". Rio explained with a sad voice, getting everyone to stare at her in sadness for all the tragedies that she and her brother have gone through.
Rio then looked down at the ground, where she noticed a torn teddy bear lying on the ground. She bit her lip, before she knelt down and picked it up. The Ice Queen stared at the teddy bear for a moment, before hugging it tightly to her chest as tears fell down her closed eyes. Memories of her mother hugging her tightly as she, Reginald and their father smiled together appeared in her mind.
Rio hugged the bear even tighter as she started to sob. Everyone watched the Ice Queen weep for her deceased parents and home in pity. As he watched his girlfriend, Yuma wished that there was a way that he could cheer her up. However, he then widened his eyes upon a sudden thought coming to his mind. He thought about it for a few moments, before he nodded in certainty. He then walked up to his girlfriend, before he knelt down and wrapped his arms around her from behind, getting Rio to open her tear filled eyes in surprise.
"That's what I'm going to wish for". Yuma uttered, getting Rio to look at him from over her left shoulder in confusion. "W-what?" Rio questioned her boyfriend in confusion, getting Yuma to lift his head to reveal a determined look expression on his face. "When I win the World Duel Carnival, my wish is going to be for you and your brother to get your home back". Yuma vowed with pure conviction in his voice, causing Rio go gasp in surprise, while Astral and Enna smiled down at the Syllables Duelist.
"Y-you would do that for us Yuma?" Rio asked her boyfriend in disbelief, getting him to smile softly to her and nod. Yuma then helped Rio back onto her feet, before he turned her around to face him and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Of course I would. I want you to be happy. And if that means giving up my wish, then it's fine by me. You're way more important to me than a once in a life time wish". Yuma replied to his girlfriend with pure honesty and a bit of love in his voice towards the Ice Queen. Astral and Enna watched their partners silently with approving smiles on their faces.
Rio stared at Yuma in shock, before she began crying joyful tears from her eyes, before she tossed the teddy bear to the couch on her right, and then wrapped her arms around Yuma's neck, bringing his lips against hers in a deep, loving kiss. Yuma widened his eyes in surprise, while Rio closed hers in bliss from the kiss. The Syllables Duelist then slowly wrapped his arms around Rio's waist and pressed her against him, deepening the kiss and closed his eyes.
Astral and Enna were deadly silent as they watched their partners, before the silver haired woman turned to her husband and stared at him for a moment. Enna then flew around and laid a gentle kiss on Astral's right cheek, getting him to widen his eyes in surprise. He turned to look at his wife, only to be surprised once more as Enna laid her lips on his own in a loving kiss as well. Just as she quickly kissed him, Enna pulled away with Astral staring at her with a wordless expression, getting the silver haired woman to giggle.
Yuma and Rio kept kissing one another until eventually, the lack of air became too much of a problem and the two broken their kiss and leaned back to look at one another. Rio gave a happy sigh as she stared at Yuma with a dreamily expression. "What did I ever do to deserve you?" The Ice Queen asked her beloved boyfriend with a voice full of love, getting Yuma to slightly blush at her words. "I'll provide you an answer when you give me one on what I did to deserve you". The Syllables Duelist answered, getting Rio to giggle a little at his words.
Yuma then turned his head right to look out to a window to see the orange sky. He then turned to look back at his girlfriend. "It's getting a bit late. I think we should head on back home and rest for tomorrow". The 13-year-old boy suggested to his girl, getting Rio to look out the window to see the afternoon sky, before she looked back at Yuma and nodded. "I see what you mean. It is getting late out there, but before we go…" Rio began, before she gave a playful grin at her boyfriend and tilted her head to the right.
"Want to have one last duel before the World Duel Carnival?" The Ice Queen asked with an eager tone, getting the Syllables Duelist to blink in surprise, before he gave a smirk and then nodded. "I'm game. This'll probably be our last duel together before we reach the finals of the World Duel Carnival". Yuma answered, getting Rio to chuckle in excitement at him. Just then, Astral and Enna floated down with the silver haired woman landing behind the Ice Queen. "You'll need someplace in order to have a duel. And I think we have a solution for where your last practice duel could take place". The female Astral World being said to the two teenagers, getting them to look at her.
"Really? Where, Enna?" Rio asked her partner in a curious voice, getting Enna to smile, before she pointed towards Yuma's Emperor's Key with her right hand. "You could duel inside the Emperor's Key". The silver haired woman answered, getting everyone to slightly widen their eyes in surprise. "Enna, is that even possible?" Astral asked his wife with his arms crossed, getting Enna to nod up at him. "It is. You simply need to take them there, Astral". She answered her husband with a certain tone, getting Astral to raise an eyebrow at her.
Seeing the unspoken message, the silver haired woman opened her mouth to explain. "Your powers have grown with the amount of Numbers that we've managed to collect. Perhaps one of your new abilities is the ability to transport us into the Emperor's Key and leave when you desire". Enna explained to her husband in hopes for him to understand, getting Astral to look down at his left hand that he slightly held up and thought about his wife's words.
It was true that his powers had increased with every Number that they collected, but he hasn't had the time to try them out yet. So, perhaps now would be an ideal time to try his increased powers out. The Mohawk hair styled male turned to look back at Enna, before he gave a short nod. "Very well then. Let's see if I'm able to take us into the key or not". Astral declared, getting everyone eager to see if he could pull this trick off. He lifted his left hand up in front of himself and held it out towards his friends, before a gold light erupted out of the palm.
The gold light grew brighter and larger, soon causing Yuma, Rio and Enna to cover their eyes with their forearms. After a few moments, the light died down, but the atmosphere around them all changed dramatically. The three lowered their arms, before they widened their eyes in surprise upon seeing themselves and Astral at the top of the airship inside the Emperor's Key. Astral still had his left hand held out, but he had a small smirk at seeing the experiment was a success.
"Well, I must say that the results were satisfying". The Mohawk hair styled male remarked as he lowered his left hand. Yuma and Rio looked around their surroundings in awe as this was their first time inside the Emperor's Key. "Wow, it's…incredible". Yuma remarked with wide eyes full of awe, before he walked over to the edge and looked down at the world below. Down below the airship was a blue-kind of desert with blue lights floating up from the ground.
"It's really different than inside the Empress's Key, that's a certainty". Rio commented as she pressed her right hand against her hip. "Though, the place needs a makeover. There's nothing but sand as far as the eye can see. The Empress's Key beats this place in looks and in beauty". The Ice Queen added with a small grin, getting Enna to giggle a little. "Are you two ready? I'm not sure how long we'll be able to spend in here, so it's best to hurry along". Astral told the two humans, getting Yuma and Rio to look at him and nod in agreement.
Yuma walked up to the middle of the airship's top, while Rio walked 10 feet away from him, before she turned around and smirked at him. Astral floated to behind Yuma, while Enna floated besides Rio with the two couples now staring across at one another. "Well, I'll got to admit that I'm pretty excited. It's been a while since we last had a duel against one another. Our last one was when we searched for Kairi's parents, and you won that one. But this time, things will be different". Rio said to her boyfriend, bringing out and holding up her D-pad with her right hand.
Yuma gave a grin as he held up his left arm up. Yuma placed his right hand behind him, before swiping it out to the side and revealed that he was holding his advanced Duel Disk. He then placed his Duel Disk on his left forearm. "Talk is cheap; let's see if you can back up those words! Let's do this!" The 13-year-old exclaimed as he thrust his left hand up as his Duel Disk released a crimson bright light.
The world around Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna changed to a red virtual world with red virtual cards flying around them all. The cards then transformed into crimson red beams that gathered inside of Yuma's Duel Disk. Once all the cards were gathered, the world around them returned to normal. The Syllables Duelist then brought his left arm down in front of himself and gave his girlfriend a confident look.
"It always has to be dramatic when you start up your Duel Disk, doesn't it?" Rio questioned as she tossed her D-pad into the air, which the crystal parts of it flashed and disappeared. The Ice Queen meanwhile, placed her Duel Disk on her left forearm, before she held her left arm up in front of her. The D-pad came down and attached itself to the Duel Disk, before Rio spun around and held her left arm out as the crystal monster zones reappeared and took position. Finally, Rio brought out her Duel Gazer with her left hand and placed it on, which let out a small sparkle.
"What can I say? I'm dramatic". Yuma answered as he placed his headset on, before the Duel-Eye Tattoo appeared over his left eye. A red lens then briefly appeared over Yuma's left eye, before it quickly disappeared. "AR Vision – Link established!" The computer voice stated as the AR Vision activated around them. "Let's Duel!" The two humans called out as Rio drew her starting hand with her right hand by swiping it out to the side.
Yuma Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.
Rio Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.
(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Sound Duel 1 - 10. Duel target LOCK ON!)
Astral and Enna stayed silent for the moment as they watched their partners duel, both silently deciding to watch for now. "The first move is mine!" Yuma called out, holding his right hand at the edge of her Duel Disk, before a single crimson virtual card came out of the orb and into between his index and middle fingers. "I draw!" The teenager added, drawing his card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side. The virtual card disappeared, before six virtual cards appeared in front of the Syllables Duelist, showing his starting hand. The Syllables Duelist gave a small smirk at seeing the six cards, before he swiped his right hand at one of them and took hold of it, while the others disappeared.
"To start this party off, I'll play the Spell card Dododo Draw!" Yuma called out, showing the card out, before it dematerialized. "By sending a "Dododo" monster from my hand or field, like my Dodododwarf Gogogoglove…" He began to explain as a virtual card of Dodododwarf Gogogoglove appeared in his right hand, before it disappeared. "…I get to draw 2 more cards!" Yuma finished, placing his right hand at the edge of her Duel Disk, before two crimson virtual cards came out of the orb and into between his index and middle fingers. The Syllables Duelist then swiped his hand out to the side in a dramatic fashion, before bringing it in front of himself to see the new cards.
The 13-year-old's smirk grew a little bit bigger, before the two virtual cards disappeared and a single one replaced them. "It's getting a bit lonely out here, so I'll Summon Gogogo Goram!" Yuma exclaimed, turning the card over to reveal it to be a monster card, before it dematerialized. A single sparkle appeared in the sky, before Gogogo Goram fell down and crashed on the ground in front of the Syllables Duelist.
Gogogo Goram ATK Points: 2300/ Level: 4.
"The downside for having so many ATK Points kinda ruins the mood. When Gogogo Goram is Summoned, he immediately switches battle position". Yuma said as his Rock-Type monster held up its club in a defensive manner.
Gogogo Goram DEF Points: 0.
"But that won't be a problem for long. I activate Dodododwarf Gogogoglove's special ability from my Graveyard!" Yuma exclaimed as he swiped his right hand out forward as a brown aura surrounded Gogogo Goram. "If I control a "Gogogo" or "Dododo" monster, I can Special Summon her from the Graveyard, but it is banished when it leaves the field!" The Syllables Duelist explained, before the aura came off of Gogog Goram, coming together to form a shape, before transforming into Dodododwarf Gogogoglove, who held her metal gauntlets up in a defensive manner.
Dodododwarf Gogogoglove DEF Points: 1800/ Level: 4.
"Now the stage is set! I overlay Level 4 Gogogo Goram and Dodododwarf Gogogoglove!" Yuma declared, holding his right hand into the air as his two monsters transformed into two brown brownish orange lights that ascended into the sky. The two lights danced around one another as a red Xyz portal appeared on the ground in front of Yuma and Astral, blowing Yuma's jacket in the breeze. "With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network and Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Maestroke the Symphony Djinn!" The Syllables Duelist cried out to the heavens as the two lights descended into the Xyz Portal, causing an explosion of energy.
A black suited and red haired young humanoid monster wielding a rapier with its right hand appeared with two purple overlay units circling around. Maestroke the Symphony Djinn gave out a fierce cry as he swiped his rapier to the side, giving a rather flashy entrance.
Maestroke the Symphony Djinn ATK Points: 1800/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.
The Fiend-Type monster floated down in front of Yuma and Astral and stared down at the Ice Queen with narrowed eyes. "I've done enough for one turn. I'll end with a face-down card". Yuma declared, holding up a virtual card with his right hand's index and middle fingers, before he swiped it over his Duel Disk with the virtual blade briefly appearing. A face-down card then appeared in front of Yuma and Astral and behind Maestroke.
Rio Life Points: 4000/ Number of cards in hand: 5.
"My turn now! I draw!" Rio called out as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck, before she drew the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping the hand out to the side. Rio then brought the card in front of herself to see what it was, before she gave a smile. "Just what I was hoping for, I play the Continuous Spell Water Hazard!" The Ice Queen exclaimed as she thrust her right hand out to show the Spell, before slotting it into her Duel Disk.
A larger version of Water Hazard's card appeared besides Rio on her right. "Once a turn if I control no monsters; Water Hazard allows me to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower WATER Monster from my hand!" The Ice Queen explained her Spell card's effect, before she picked up a single card with her right hand's index finger. "Through the power of Water Hazard, I Summon Crystal Girl to the field!" She called out as she swiped the card onto her Duel Disk's monster zone. Water Hazard's card gleamed blue, before a young blue haired female Spellcaster flew out of the glow, and took a pose.
Crystal Girl ATK Points: 200/ Level: 1.
"I activate Crystal Girl's effect! During the End Phase that this card was either Normal or Special Summoned, I can add a Level 5 or higher WATER Monster from my deck to my hand! But let's worry about that later". Rio told her boyfriend as she took another card from her hand and held it up. "I release Crystal Girl to Advance Summon a new friend of mine! Say hello to Knione, Goddess of Snow!" The Ice Queen exclaimed, before placing the card on another one of her monster zones.
Crystal Girl sudden began dazzling a bright blue light that covered her from view for a few moments, before it died down to reveal a new monster in the Spellcaster's place. It was a beautiful female human with pale skin, royal blue long hair and eyes. She wore a royal blue dress with white armor on her torso, blue gems on it and was bare handed. Finally, on her back were two pure white angel wings, generating energy snowflakes from them.
Knione, Goddess of Snow ATK Points: 2400/ Level: 6.
(Music end)
"Before I get to attacking, I'll place one face-down card!" Rio called out as she took a card from her hand and slotted it into her Duel Disk, causing a face-down card to appear in front of her. "Then I'll start the attack! Knione, attack Maestroke!" The Ice Queen commanded as she pointed towards the Fiend-Type Xyz Monster with her right hand's index finger. Knione brought her hands together in front of herself, before a crystal blue orb appeared in between the hands.
Yuma didn't look threatened as he held his right hand out towards his face-down card. "At this moment, I activate the Trap card; Bye Bye Damage!" The Syllables Duelist called out as his face-down card flipped itself over to reveal Bye Bye Damage's card, before it began glowing. "With this, Maestroke says "bye bye" to being destroyed by battle, and you take damage double to what I take". Yuma explained his Trap card's effect as Maestroke gained a crystal blue veil around itself, before he held up his rapier in a defensive stance.
Knione then released a blue beam from the orb in between her hands at Maestroke, which the Xyz Monster blocked with his rapier, causing the beam to split into two and pass through him. The shockwave of the collusion hit both Yuma and Rio, making the two of them flinch as their Life Points took a hit. (2400 – 1800 = 600)
Yuma Life Points: 4000 – 600 = 3400.
Rio Life Points: 4000 – 1200 = 2800.
Both the blue beam and shockwaves died down with the blue veil around Maestroke disappearing. Both teenagers opened their eyes, which they had shut when they took the force from the shockwaves, before they looked at one another with their own smirks. "Not a bad counter, Yuma. I'll end my turn here, and at this moment, Crystal Girl's special ability kicks in! Now, I can add a Level 5 or higher WATER Monster from my deck to hand!" Rio told her boyfriend as she took her deck out of her Duel Disk's deck zone and began searching through it.
After a few moments, Rio picked a card up and showed it to Yuma, revealing it to be a monster card. The image showed a female angel with long flowing icy blue hair that reached her waist and flawless pale skin. She was wearing a white sleeveless dress, bare handed and footed with blue nail polish and had icy blue bracelets on her wrists. "I'll add my Blizzard Arch Angel to my hand!" Rio declared her choice, before adding the card to her hand.
(Blizzard Arch Angel/ Level: 6/ Attribute: Water/ ATK Points: 2000/ DEF Points: 2000/ Type: Fairy/ Effect/ Effect: If your opponent controls more monsters than you, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. When this card is used as Xyz Material, the Xyz Monster gains 200 ATK Points equal to its Rank x 200.)
(Music end)
Yuma Life Points: 3400/ Number of cards in hand: 4.
(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Yusei's Battle)
"I'm up next! I draw!" Yuma called out, holding his right hand at the edge of his Duel Disk, before a single crimson virtual card came out of the orb and into between his index and middle fingers. He then drew the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping his right hand out to the side. The virtual card disappeared, before Yuma held his open right hand out. "To start off, I'll play Maestroke's special ability!" The Syllables Duelist declared as his Fiend-Type monster absorbed an overlay unit into its rapier.
"By using an Overlay Unit, one face-up monster that you control changes to face-down Defense Position! I select your Knione!" Yuma explained his Xyz Monster's effect as Maestroke pointed his weapon towards Knione, before releasing a black stream at her. "I don't think so!" Rio exclaimed as she reared her right hand up, before thrusting it out. "I activate the Trap card, Brain Freeze!" She called out as her face-down card flipped itself up. The card's image showed Memory Crusher crying out in agony as its brain was literally encased in ice.
(Brain Freeze/ Type: Trap/ Effect: If you control a Water monster(s) on your field and a monster your opponent controls just activate an effect: negate that effect and if you do, change that monster to face-up Defense Position. For the rest of this turn, that monster cannot change battle position.)
An ice barrier formed in front of Knione, blocking the black stream. "If I control a WATER attribute monster and you activate a monster effect; that effect is negated and your monster is changed to face-up Defense Position!" Rio explained her Trap card's effect as the ice barrier released an icy blue beam that struck Maestroke in the head. The Fiend-Type monster cried out in pain as his head was slowly encased in ice, before he knelt down in pain.
Maestroke the Symphony Djinn DEF Points: 2300.
"And the best part is that your monster cannot change battle positions for the rest of the turn". Rio added with a small smirk, getting Yuma to chuckle in amusement at her. "Not bad, you foresaw my strategy and prepared for it. But I'm not done yet. I Summon Dododo Driver!" Yuma exclaimed as he held his right hand up near his face's left side, before a virtual card of Dododo Driver materialized in between the index and middle fingers. Dododo Driver came running from up the sky, carrying its carriage with him, before he stopped besides Maestroke.
Dododo Driver ATK Points: 1800/ Level: 4.
"But he won't be sticking around for long! At this moment, I activate Dodododwarf Gogogoglove's special ability from my Graveyard!" Yuma declared as Dododo Driver's body gained a brown aura around itself. Astral grew a satisfied smirk at seeing this. 'Yuma used Dodododwarf Gogogoglove for Maestroke's ability. Since it was used as an overlay unit, Dodododwarf Gogogoglove is sent to the Graveyard, overlooking its ability and allowing Yuma to use it again. Not bad'. The Mohawk hair styled male thought to himself with a smile, glad to see that Yuma had grown in skill and mind.
"Just like before, if I control a "Gogogo" or "Dododo" monster, I can Special Summon her from the Graveyard, but it is banished when it leaves the field!" The Syllables Duelist explained as the aura came off of Dododo Driver, coming together to form a shape, before transforming into Dodododwarf Gogogoglove, who held her metal gauntlets up in a defensive manner.
Dodododwarf Gogogoglove DEF Points: 1800/ Level: 4.
"Time for some more Xyz action! I overlay Level 4 Dodododwarf Gogogoglove and Dododo Driver!" Yuma exclaimed, throwing his right hand into the air as both Dodododwarf Gogogoglove and Dododo Driver transformed into brownish orange lights that took off into the air and danced around one another. A red Xyz portal appeared on the middle of the field with Yuma holding his right hand out towards it.
"With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" Yuma called out as the two bright brown lights flew into the Xyz portal, causing an explosion of energy. "Zubaba General's coming to join the fight!" The Syllables Duelist called out, holding a crimson virtual card of Zubaba General with his right hand's index, middle and thumb fingers. From the explosion of energy arise Zubaba General, his greatsword stabbed into the ground with his hands on the bottom of the handle and his cape blowing. Finally, there were two brown overlay units circling around the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster.
Zubaba General ATK Points: 2000/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.
Rio and Enna looked up at the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster as it stood tall and proud with its cape blowing in the breeze and had his sword stabbed in the ground. "That's not a good sign". The Ice Queen remarked with slightly narrowed eyes, knowing full well of Zubaba General's effect. "No, it isn't". The silver haired woman stated with her arms crossed.
Yuma then thrust his right hand out, while his left hand formed into a fist. "I activate Zubaba General's special ability! By using an Overlay Unit, I can equip a Warrior-Type to him, and Zubaba General gains ATK Points equal to the monsters equipped to him!" Yuma explained his Xyz Monster's special ability as Zubaba General grabbed hold of his sword's handle with both hands, before holding it up to the air and absorbed an overlay unit into it.
Yuma held up his right hand as a crimson virtual card of Zubaba Knight appeared between his index and middle fingers. "I select Zubaba Knight, granting him a total of 1600 ATK Points!" The Syllables Duelist declared his choice as the virtual card of Zubaba Knight disappeared. Zubaba Knight then appeared, giving his usual flashy entrance and cry, before turning into orange energy that surged around Zubaba General's sword.
Zubaba General ATK Points: 2000 + 1600 = 3600/ Overlay units: 2 -1 = 1.
"Hope you're ready, because Zubaba General is coming in to attack Knione, Goddess of Snow!" The Syllables Duelist cried out, thrusting his right fist towards Knione. Zubaba General gave out a cry as he brought his sword down and held it in front of him, before charging towards Knione, who kept a calm expression on her face.
"Guess what? I am ready for it! I activate Blizzard Crow's special ability from my hand!" Rio exclaimed with a smirk as she took a card from her hand, before holding it out for Yuma to see. The card gleamed blue as the large blue crow appeared in the sky. "When a WATER Attribute monster I control is targeted for an attack, I can send this card from my hand to the Graveyard! And in exchange, your attack is negated and you take damage to half of your monster's ATK Points!" The Ice Queen explained her monster's effect as Blizzard Crow cried out, and then threw towards the charging Zubaba General and head butted it in the stomach, making the Warrior-Type Monster cry out in surprise, while the Winged Beast Monster transformed into a blizzard.
The blizzard passed through Zubaba General and continued on towards Yuma, who narrowed his eyes at the approaching attack, before he held up his right hand with the index and middle fingers out. "And I was prepared with this! Damage Mage!" The Syllables Duelist cried out as a crimson virtual card of Damage Mage appeared between his fingers, before it began gleaming.
Damage Mage appeared in front of Yuma and spread her right hand and wing out in front of him. The blizzard struck the angel wing, but didn't push through, only gold sparkles passed through the wings and passed through Yuma, who had a confident grin. "If I take damage from a card effect; I can Special Summon this card and regain Life Points equal to the amount that I took from the effect". The teenager explained his monster's effect as the blizzard fully pushed through the wing and struck Yuma, but he didn't even flinch at the cold wind.
Yuma Life Points: 3400 – 1800 = 1600 + 1800 = 3400.
Damage Mage DEF Points: 1200/ Level: 3.
Rio gave an impressed whistle at seeing this, while a leans appeared in front of Yuma's left eye and showed his remaining two cards in his hand. "I'll end my turn here. Your move!" Yuma declared his turn over as the lens disappeared.
Rio Life Points: 2800/ Number of the cards in hand: 2.
"All right, here goes!" Rio exclaimed as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck, before she drew it. She looked at the card that she drew, before she looked towards Yuma with a small smirk. "And now, I activate Knione's special ability!" The Ice Queen declared as Knione flew above her duelist, before the energy snowflakes began to rain down on Rio, causing that card that she drew to glow icy blue. "As long as this card remains on the field face-up and when I draw a WATER monster, I can reveal it, and then draw again!" She explained, before she flipped the card over to reveal that it was Blizzard Oracle.
"I drew Blizzard Oracle, now I can draw again". Rio stated, before she transferred the card to her right hand's ring and pinky fingers and then placed her whole hand on the top card of her deck. She then drew another card from her deck, took a moment to look at it, before she held it out, revealing it to be Blizzard Falcon. "The second card is Blizzard Falcon, so I draw again!" The Ice Queen stated, before she added the two cards to her hand. She then placed her right hand on the next top card of her deck and drew it.
The Ice Queen looked at the card and frowned at it, before she flipped the card over to reveal that it was a Trap card, but a brand new one. The card's image showed Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice parrying Number 94: Crystalzero's saber with her own broadsword, slowly growing a white aura around herself as she parried her opponent. "Unfortunately, this is a Trap card, so I can't draw anymore". Rio told her boyfriend, before she added the card to her hand, while Knione stopped raining energy snow on her. She looked at her new Trap card in her hand, Frozen Parry Strike.
(Frozen Parry Strike/ Type: Trap/ Effect: If a "Frozen Lady" monster you control is selected for an attack by an opponent's monster, negate the attack. You can then select 1 WATER Attribute Xyz Monster from your side of the field, then select one monster in your GY, then attach it to the selected Xyz Monster.)
'I'd better save this for later for when I really need it'. The Ice Queen thought to herself as she looked back up at her opponent. "I can't draw anymore, but I still got some cards up my sleeve. Like this, my Blizzard Arch Angel!" She exclaimed as she picked up Blizzard Arch Angel's card from her hand and held it out. "If you control more monsters than I do, I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" Rio told her boyfriend as she placed the card on one of her monster zones. Blizzard Arch Angel flew down from the sky towards the field, before she stopped besides Knione.
Blizzard Arch Angel ATK Points: 2000/ Level: 6.
"Rio now has 2 Level 6 monsters. She has all she needs in order to Xyz Summon Frozen Lady Justice". Astral commented with his arms crossed, taking notice of the two monsters having the same Level as one another. Rio must have heard him as she turned to look at Astral and gave him a grin. "Not just yet, Astral. I still have moves to make before I bring my ace out". The Ice Queen told the Mohawk hair styled male, before she picked up another card with her right hand. "Next, I Summon Blizzard Oracle!" Rio called out as she swiped the card onto a monster zone. Blizzard Oracle's card materialized on the field, before it gleamed with the young female rising up from the glow.
Blizzard Oracle ATK Points: 1500/ Level: 4.
"I activate Blizzard Oracle's special ability! When this card is Summoned, I can add a WATER Monster from my deck to my hand!" The Ice Queen explained as Blizzard Oracle held up her staff into the air, before it released a bright white light, causing Rio's deck to glow as it shuffled for a moment. A single card then slotted out of the deck, which Rio picked up with her right hand's index and middle fingers, before she held it up, revealing it to be Frozensaurus. "I add the WATER Attribute Frozensaurus, and then activate her ability!" She declared as the card gleamed, before discarding it to the graveyard zone.
"By discarding this card from my hand to the Graveyard, I can add a "Land of Frozen Flames" from my deck to the hand!" Rio explained her card's effect, taking her deck out of the deck zone and began searching through it for a moment, before picking up a single card. She then returned the deck to the deck zone, which shuffled the cards for a moment, before Rio held up her Field-Spell. "Then I'll activate it!" She declared as she slotted it into her Duel Disk. The scenery around everyone changed into Land of Frozen Flames field, but they paid no attention to the changes.
"So long as this Field-Spell remains on the field, WATER Monsters count as two for an Xyz Summon!" Rio explained her Field-Spell's effect with a confident grin, before she swiped her right hand into the air. "Just watch! I overlay the Level 6 Blizzard Arch Angel!" She cried out as Arch Angel transformed into two bright blue lights that ascended into the air. A red Xyz Portal appeared in the sky above the field, which the two bright blue lights flew into it. A blue pillar erupted out of the portal, followed by a fierce battle cry.
"Xyz Summon! Say hello to a new friend of mine! Appear, Rank 6! Ice Beast Icicle Crane!" Rio called out to the heavens as a giant crane flew out of the blue pillar. It had Icy blue feathers, neck and tail. It had royal blue eyes and a white face with a snow white beak. The unique parts that Icicle Crane had were the feathers made of ice on its wings and ice surrounding its legs. Ice Beast Icicle Crane gave out a fierce cry as a single blue overlay unit circled around its body.
(Ice Beast Icicle Crane/ Rank: 6/ Attribute: WATER/ ATK Points: 2700/ DEF Points: 3000/ Type: Winged Beast/ Xyz/ Effect/ Requirements: 2 Level 6 WATER Monsters/ Effect: Once a turn: you can detach one Xyz Material from this card, all monsters that your opponent controls loses 1000 ATK. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect; you can add one WATER Monster from your Graveyard to your hand.)
Yuma and Astral looked up at the new monster that Rio Xyz Summoned with the two of them slightly impressed at the sight of it. "So, she's acquired a new Rank 6 Xyz Monster. I suppose she doesn't just want to rely on the Numbers that she's acquired". Astral commented with his arms crossed, getting Yuma to look up at him and nod in agreement. "And something tells me she isn't finished just yet". The Syllables Duelist told his partner, before he returned his attention to his girlfriend.
"Blizzard Arch Angel's special ability activates!" Rio called out with a confident smirk as a light blue aura appeared around Icicle Crane. "When she's used as Xyz Material, the Xyz Monster gains 200 ATK Points equal to its Rank! And since Icicle Crane is Rank 6, that's a total of 1200 more points!" She told her opponent as the Winged Beast Xyz Monster released a fierce cry as it powered up.
Ice Beast Icicle Crane ATK Points: 2700 + 1200 = 3900.
"Now that's something to be concerned about". Yuma remarked with slightly wide eyes, while Rio gave a wink as she held her right hand up to her left cheek. "I'm not done just yet. Now, I overlay the Level 4 Blizzard Oracle!" The Ice Queen called out as Blizzard Oracle suddenly grew a twin, before both of them transformed into bright blue lights that ascended into the air. "I Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Ice Beast Zerofyne!" Rio called out as the two blue lights flashed brightly, before it died down to reveal Ice Beast Zerofyne flying in the air with a single overlay unit surrounding her.
Ice Beast Zerofyne ATK Points: 2000/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 1.
(Music end)
Ice Beast Zerofyne flew down and stopped next to Icicle Crane and Knione with all three of them facing Zubaba General, Damage Mage and Maestroke. "Almost time to go on the attack, but first I need to take care of a few things. I activate Icicle Crane's special ability!" Rio declared, holding her right hand out as the Winged Beast Xyz Monster absorbed its overlay unit into its beak. Icicle Crane then spread out its wings, before it flew into the air above the field.
The Xyz Monster looked down at Yuma's side of the field, before releasing a cry. It then started spinning real fast like a drill, before a blizzard-like tornado appeared from the beak. It blew right past the three monsters with all three of them struggling to not get blown away, but was slowly starting to get encased in ice. "By using an overlay unit, icicle Beast takes 1000 points from all your monsters' ATK!" Rio explained her Xyz Monster's effect as blue auras appeared around Zubaba General, Damage Mage and Maestroke, draining them of their strength.
Zubaba General ATK Points: 3600 – 1000 = 2600.
Damage Mage ATK Points: 600 – 1000 = 0.
Maestroke the Symphony Djinn ATK Points: 1800 – 1000 = 800.
"I'm not finished just yet! I activate Zerofyne's special ability!" Rio called out as her former ace monster absorbed its overlay unit into her chest. "By using one overlay unit, all other face-up cards loses their effects until my next Standby Phase! Go, Perfect Freeze!" She explained as she swiped her right hand out to the side, leaving a light blue light as she moved her fingers. Ice Beast Zerofyne unleashed light blue beams from her wings at all over the field, encasing all the other monsters in ice with even Zubaba Knight's card appearing in front of Yuma, before it was frozen. "And since Zubaba General's effect is negated, it loses the ATK Points that it got from Zubaba Knight! Tough luck, Yuma!" Rio told her boyfriend as Zubaba General powered down big time.
Zubaba General ATK Points: 2600 – 1600 = 1000.
"Finally, Zerofyne's effect's final phase! One of your monsters loses 300 points for every face-up card that was put on ice! And I choose Zubaba General!" The Ice Queen said with a confident tone as the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster slowly became more encased in ice. "There were a total of seven cards, so that's 2100 points!" The teenage girl calculated as Zubaba General powered down greatly.
Zubaba General ATK Points: 1000 – 2100 = 0.
"That's not good. Yuma has everything she needs to take me out in one single shot". Yuma stated with narrowed eyes, but kept his composure, something that Rio took notice of. 'He isn't panicking, or showing any signs of nervousness. Does that mean he still has a move to make?' The Ice Queen questioned in her mind, before she looked down at her D-pad to look at the field. 'But he doesn't have any face-down cards on his field. Could he have a Spell or Trap in his hand. Guess I'll have to find out, but it wouldn't hurt to be a bit prepared'. She added as she took one of her four remaining cards in hand with her right hand, before holding it out.
"I activate the Wings of Silence Equip-Spell!" Rio exclaimed as the Spell card released a glow. Icicle Crane's wings glowed, before they transformed into black feathered wings. "This Spell not only gives Icicle Beast 300 more ATK Points, it even makes her immune to Spells and Traps". She explained her Equip-Spell's effect as the Xyz Monster powered up.
Ice Beast Icicle Crane ATK Points: 3900 + 300 = 4200.
Yuma and Astral still showed no concern on their faces. The lack of panic from the two made Rio grow a frown, before she swiped her right hand out towards Zubaba Genereal. "And she'll make good use of them! Icicle Crane, attack Zubaba General and end this duel!" Rio commanded as she pointed towards the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster. Icicle Crane cried out as she stopped spinning around, causing the tornado to die down, before she dived down towards Zubaba General, intending to go right through him.
"Nothing's ending just yet!" Yuma exclaimed as he held up his right hand, before a crimson virtual card materialized between his index and middle fingers. "I activate the special ability of Rainbow Kuriboh from my hand!" He declared as he flipped the card over to reveal that it was Rainbow Kuriboh, before the virtual card disappeared. "When an Xyz Monster declares an attack, I can equip this card to that monster and it can no longer attack!" The Syllables Duelist explained as Rainbow Kuriboh's card materialized on the field, before the card glowed with Rainbow Kuriboh appearing from the glow. "Kuri kuri!" The Fiend-Type monster cutely called out, before he frowned and flew towards Ice Beast Icicle Crane, leaving a rainbow veil as he flew.
Rainbow Kuriboh soon reached and began flying around the Winged Beast Xyz Monster, causing Icicle Crane to stop its assault, before it began trying to smack the Fiend-Type monster away with its raven wings, but continued to fail. 'Darn it, I forgot about Rainbow Kuriboh. My carelessness coast me the victory, but the duel isn't over just yet'. Rio thought to herself with her eyes narrowed dangerously, before she pointed towards Zubaba General.
"You may have saved yourself from defeat, but not from taking damage! Ice Beast Zerofyne, attack Zubaba General! Icicle Storm!" Rio commanded her former ace monster as Ice Beast Zerofyne's body began glowing bluish white, before releasing a swarm of icicles at Zubaba General. The attack made contact with the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster and created an explosion. The shockwaves of the attack made Yuma wince, but he kept standing, even as his Life Points went down. (2000 – 0 = 2000)
Yuma Life Points: 3400 – 2000 = 1400.
"And there goes one of our most powerful creatures". Astral remarked with an emotionless tone as the cold breeze died down. "I'm not finished with you yet! Knione, attack Maestroke!" Rio commanded, now pointing her right hand's index finger towards Maestroke. Knione brought her hands together in front of herself, before a crystal blue orb appeared in between the hands. She then fired blue beam from the orb in between her hands at Maestroke, landing a direct hit and destroying the Fiend-Type Xyz Monster.
Yuma slightly gritted his teeth at seeing the destruction of his two Xyz Monsters, but kept silent as Rio picked up a card from her hand and slotted it into her Duel Disk. "I'll end my turn with a face-down card. You're up". She told her opponent as a face-down card appeared in front of her.
Yuma Life Points: 1400/ Number of cards in hand: 0.
"You're in a dire situation, Yuma. Rio has more monsters than you, more Life Points and you don't have a single card in your hand. The odds are against you this time". Astral told his partner, turning to look down at the teenage boy, who just grew a grin on his face. "Since when has that stopped me?" He questioned as he placed his right hand at the edge of his Duel Disk, before a single crimson virtual card came out of the orb and into between his index and middle fingers. Astral gave a small chuckle of amusement at his partner's words, but agreed with him completely.
(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! GX! Jaden Strikes Back)
"I draw!" The Syllables Duelist cried out as he swiped his right hand out to the side with the virtual card in between his fingers, before he looked at it through the corner of his right eye. Yuma then looked back forward, before he held out his right hand, showing the card to be Pot of Avarice. "I'll start with Pot of Avarice!" He called out as the card dematerialized, before a larger version of it appeared in front of him.
"Pot of Avarice allows me to select five monsters in my Graveyard, return them to my deck, shuffle up and then draw 2 more cards!" Yuma explained the Spell card's effect as virtual cards of Gogogo Goram, Zubaba Warrior, Dododo Warrior, Zubaba General and Maestroke the Symphony Djinn appeared in front of him. The Syllables Duelist took hold of all five cards with his right hand, before he held it at the edge of the advanced Duel Disk. The five draws all went into the orb of the Duel Disk, which gleamed briefly for a moment, before two cards came out and into in between Yuma's index and middle fingers. He brought the two virtual cards up in front of himself, before one of them disappeared, and then flipped the other one over, revealing it to be Xyz Treasure.
"Next, is Xyz Treasure! For every Xyz Monster on the field, I get to draw a card, and since there's two Xyz Monsters, that's 2 cards!" The Syllables Duelist explained as Xyz Treasure's virtual card disappeared with both Icicle Crane and Zerofyne glowing gold. Two more virtual cards came out of the advance Duel Disk's up to the edge, which Yuma drew them both with his right hands thumb, index and middle fingers.
(Music end)
The two cards disappeared, before 3 virtual cards appeared in front of Yuma, showing him his hand. The Syllables Duelist grew a grin at seeing the cards, before all three of them disappeared with Yuma swiping his right hand forward. "I Summon Feedback Warrior!" Yuma called out as a portal appeared on his right, before the armoured warrior appeared from it, giving out a small battle cry.
Feedback Warrior ATK Points: 800/ Level: 3.
Yuma then swiped his right hand into the air and held his left arm down to the side. "Now, I overlay Level 3 Feedback Warrior and Damage Mage!" He declared as Feedback Warrior transformed into a brownish orange light, while Damage Mage became a purplish black light. The two lights flew into the air and danced across one another, while a red Xyz portal appeared on the ground in front of Yuma and Astral. "With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!" The Syllables Duelist exclaimed as the two lights descended into the portal, causing an explosion of energy.
"Appear! Rank 3! Muzurhythm the String Djinn!" Yuma called out to the heavens as a spotlight shined down on the middle of the field, where a small purplish Fiend-Type monster, wearing an orange outfit, blue track pants and playing an old-style guitar, appeared, carrying a rose with its mouth with the petal out in view with two yellow overlay units circling around him.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn ATK Points: 1500/ Rank: 3/ Overlay units: 2.
"Baattle! Muzurhythm, play a good-bye song to Ice Beast Zerofyne!" Yuma commanded, pointing towards Zerofyne with his right hand's index finger, before he swiped it out to the side. "At this moment, I activate his special ability! When Muzurhythm battles an Xyz Monster, I can double his ATK Points by using an overlay unit!" The teenage boy explained his Xyz Monster's effect as the Fiend-Type Monster absorbed one of its overlay units into its guitar, releasing sound waves from it with Muzurhythm growing large.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn ATK Points: 1500 + 1500 = 3000.
Rio widened her eyes in alarm at the sight. "Go, Muzurhythm! Attack Ice Beast Zerofyne with Rhythmic String!" Yuma commanded with a confident smirk, pointing towards Zerofyne with his right hand's index finger. Muzurhythm leaped into the air and started playing his guitar, before firing a red beam from it towards Zerofyne, striking her in the stomach, making the Xyz Monster cry out as she shattered into blue sparkles. (3000 – 2000 = 1000)
Rio Life Points: 2800 – 1000 = 1800.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn ATK Points: 3000 – 1500 = 1500.
Muzurhythm returned to his normal size as he landed in front of Yuma, before giving a pose. "The tables have been mostly turned now, so I'll end my turn with a face-down card". Yuma said as he held up his right hand, before a virtual card appeared between his fingers. He then swiped his hand over the Duel Disk as the virtual blade appeared over it, before a face-down card appeared on the field.
Rio Life Points: 1800/ Number of cards in hand: 2.
"Here I come!" The youngest Kastle sibling called out as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck, but stopped herself and looked at Yuma. "Because of Zerofyne's effect, Kione's special ability is negated until my Standby Phase, so I can't use her effect this turn". Rio informed her boyfriend, before she drew her card in a normal fashion and looked at it. She added the card to her hand, before taking hold of a different card from her hand. "I Summon Blizzard Falcon!" The Ice Queen called out as she swiped the card on her Duel Disk's monster zone. Blizzard Falcon's card materialized on the field, before a blizzard storm came out of it and the Winged Beast flew out of the storm.
Blizzard Falcon ATK Points: 1500/ Level: 4.
"Now I activate Crystal Girl's special ability from my Graveyard!" Rio declared, holding her right hand to her Duel Disk's Graveyard zone as Crystal Girl's card slotted out and into her hand. "If I control a Level 5 or higher WATER monster, like Kione, I can Special Summon her from the grave, but when she leaves the field, Crystal Girl is banished". She explained her monster's effect as she placed the card on one of her unused monster zones. A blue portal appeared on the ground, before Crystal Girl flew out of it.
Crystal Girl ATK Points: 200/ Level: 1.
"I activate her ability! I can now add another Level 5 or higher WATER Monster from my deck to my hand at the End Phase! But let's worry about that later and focus on the now!" The Ice Queen exclaimed as she lifted her right hand into the air and held it out towards the sky. "I overlay Level 4 Blizzard Falcon, treated as two monsters!" Rio declared as Blizzard Falcon split into two, before transforming into two bright blue lights that shot out into the sky.
They danced around one another as a red Xyz portal appeared in front of Rio, blowing her hair and skirt in the breeze. "With Blizzard Falcon, I build the overlay network! Xyz Summon!" The Ice Queen called out to the heavens as the two blue lights descended into the portal, causing a bright light of energy. "Smash everything in your path, Snowdust Giant!" Rio exclaimed as Snowdust Giant raised up from the portal, resting his ice club on the right shoulder with two blue overlay units circling around the Beast-Warrior-Type monster.
Snowdust Giant ATK Points: 2200/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 1.
"Snowdust Giant. Its ability is something to be concerned about". Astral remarked from behind his partner, before he looked down at the face-down card. "I'm not done yet! Now it's time to get serious! I overlay the Level 1 Crystal Girl, treated as two monsters!" Rio called out as Crystal Girl split into two, before both of them turned into bright blue lights that shot out into the air. This time, a galaxy-like Xyz portal appeared in front of Rio, releasing a stronger gust of wind that not only blew her hair in the breeze, but Enna's hair as well.
The two bright blue lights descended down into the Xyz portal, creating an explosion of energy. "Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 1! Number 63: Shamoji Soldier!" The Ice Queen called out to the heavens, holding her right hand into the air as the number "63" flashed in a red colour. A small little fairy-like soldier monster appeared with a single yellow overlay unit circling around it.
Number 63: Shamoji Soldier DEF Points: 2000/ Rank: 1/ Overlay units: 1.
Yuma and Astral stared at the Rank 1 Xyz Monster with slightly wide eyes that had a hint of confusion in them. The two were a bit confused at the Xyz Monster's appearance as it wasn't really that intimidating to them. Rio, however, kept her confident look direction at the two. "I activate Shamoji Soldier's special ability!" The Ice Queen exclaimed, causing Shamoji Solder to cry out as it absorbed its overlay unit into its left needle. "By using an overlay unit, I can now use one of two effects that my little friend has. I'll go with option number 2; where we both gain 1000 Life Points". Rio explained her Xyz Monster's effect as both hers and Yuma's Life Points increased.
Yuma Life Points: 1400 + 1000 = 2400.
Rio Life Points: 1800 + 1000 = 2800.
"Now, onto Snowdust Giant! I activate his special ability!" The Ice Queen declared as Snowdust Giant held its club up, before the overlay unit was absorbed into its weapon. Snowdust Giant then slammed its club onto the ground hard, cracking the frozen land with a giant snow storm appearing out of nowhere. "By using an overlay unit; Snowdust Giant can reveal as many WATER monsters in their hand and for each one, all face-up monsters on the field gains a "Snow Counter". And for each counter, all none WATER Monsters on the field loses 200 ATK Points". Enna explained the Xyz Monster's effect on her partner behalf as Rio held up a single card with her right hand, revealing it to be Freezing Mother Bird.
"I reveal my Freezing Mother Bird! Since I revealed just one monster, all face-up monsters gains 1 counter each!" Rio told her opponent as 5 icicles shot out of the ice club and attached themselves to all the monsters currently on the field.
Snowdust Giant counters: 0 + 1 = 1.
Number 63: Shamoji Soldier counters: 0 + 1 = 1.
Ice Beast Icicle Crane counters: 0 + 1 = 1.
Knione, Goddess of Snow counters: 0 + 1 = 1.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn counters: 0 + 1 = 1.
"There's a total of 5 counters on the field, meaning a total of 1000 points subtracted from all none-Water monsters on the field". Astral commented with his arms crossed, while Yuma turned to Muzurhythm, where he saw the little Fiend-Type monster slowly starting to be encased in ice.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn ATK Points: 1500 – 1000 = 500.
"Now's your chance to attack Rio". Enna told her partner, getting the Ice Queen to nod, smiling confidently as she swiped her right hand out to the side. "You got it! Time to brawl! Knione, attack-!" Rio began, only to be cut off by Yuma, who thrust heft left hand out towards her. "Not so fast!" The Syllables Duelist exclaimed, getting the two females to gasp in surprise in surprise.
(Play Yu-Gi-oh! GX! Jaden is Resisting)
"I activate the Trap card, Xyz Reversal!" Yuma cried out as his face-down card flipped itself up, getting Rio to widen her eyes in alarm. "Oh no!" The Ice Queen exclaimed, getting Yuma to smirk at her as he kept his hand out. "Oh yes! With this Trap card, I select an Xyz Monster on both our fields and they switch sides!" The teenage boy explained the Trap card's effect, before he pointed towards Ice Beast Icicle Crane with his right hand's index finger.
"So if you don't mind, I'll be borrowing Ice Beast Icicle Crane". Yuma revealed his choice as Xyz Reversal's card released a bright flash of light that covered the field completely. The flash quickly died down to reveal that Icicle Crane and Muzurhythm switched places on the field. "Clever thinking. He not only received a strong monster to protect himself from our attacks, he gave us a monster will low ATK Points as an easy target". Enna remarked with a slightly impressed look, getting Rio to nod in agreement to what she said.
"I agree. He outsmarted me on this end, but I still got moves up my sleeves. I switch to my Main Phase 2!" Rio called out, before she brought her right hand up to her Duel Disk and switched Muzurhythm's card's position into sideways. "I switch Muzurhythm into DEF Position!" She stated as Muzurhythm knelt down in a defensive position.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn DEF Points: 1000.
"And that'll be it! But at this moment, Crystal Girl's allows me to add a Level 5 or higher monster from my deck to my hand!" Rio reminded her opponent as she took her deck out of the deck zone and began to search through it. She soon picked up a single card from her deck with her right hand and held it up, revealing it to be Blizzard Lyrebird. "I choose Blizzard Lyrebird! It's your move!" Rio told her boyfriend as she turned her deck to the deck zone, which shuffled the cards for the Ice Queen for a moment, before stopping.
(Music end)
Yuma Life Points: 2400/ Number of cards in hand: 1.
"I draw!" Yuma exclaimed as a virtual card came out of his Duel Disk's orb and went to the edge, before he took hold of the virtual card and drew it in a dramatic fashion by swiping his hand out. Yuma took a moment to look at the card through the corner of his right eye, before he gave a smirk at seeing what it was. He then held the card out towards Rio, allowing her to see that it was Ganbara Lancer. "I release Ice Beast Icicle Crane to Advance Summon Ganbara Lancer!" Yuma declared as his Duel Disk's blade appeared, before he swiped the card over it.
Icicle Crane transformed into gold energy that came together to form a gold portal on the ground. Ganbara Lancer leaped out of it and landed on the ground in front of his duelist.
Ganbara Lancer ATK Points: 1000/ Level: 5.
"But he won't be sticking around for long. See, when this guy is used for an Xyz Summon, he's treated as 2 monsters instead of one". Yuma explained as Ganbara Lancer suddenly gained a copy of itself on its left. "I overlay my Level 5 Ganbara Lancer!" The Syllables Duelist called out to the heavens, holing his right hand into the air as his warrior and its copy transformed into two bright yellow lights.
The lights shot out into the air and spun around one another as they flew. A galaxy-like Xyz portal appeared on the ground in front of Yuma and Astral with the teenage boy now holding his left hand out towards it. "With this, I build the overlay network! Xyz Summon!" The Syllables Duelist exclaimed as the two yellow lights flew down and entered the Xyz portal, causing an explosion of energy. "Scorch them good! Rank: 5! Number 61: Volcasaurus!" Yuma called out to the heavens, holding a virtual card of Number 61: Volcasaurus with his left hand out with a strong gust of wind blowing his jacket slightly.
The number "61" flashed in a yellow colour as from the portal arose a strange looking object, a sphere made entirely of molten lava. But then the sphere shape shifted into a more monstrous form, and when the transformation was complete, an enormous and terrifying looking red and orange Tyrannosaurus stood in place of the sphere. Its hands were large orange spears, the number 61 glowed on its neck, fire radiated off its body, and its eyes were filled with prehistoric rage. Volcasaurus let out an enraged fuelled roar at Rio, Enna and their monsters with a single red overlay unit circling around it.
Number 61: Volcasaurus ATK Points: 2500/ Rank: 5/ Overlay units: 1.
Rio and Enna looked up at the Dinosaur-Type monster that towered over their own monsters in size. "Not this troublesome monster again". Rio grumbled out at the sight of the Xyz Monster, remembering how troublesome Volcasaurus was. "Volcasaurus has a powerful effect. But don't forget that with one less counter, all none-waters monsters now only lose 800 ATK Points". Enna reminded her partner as Volcasaurus powered down, while Muzurhythm powered down.
Number 61: Volcasaurus ATK Points: 2500 – 800 = 1700.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn ATK Points: 500 + 200 = 700.
"I'm pretty certain that won't be a problem for long". Rio stated with narrowed eyes, before she tilted her head down to look at her boyfriend, who was smirking confidently at her. "Got that right! But first things first!" The Syllables Duelist exclaimed, before holding his right hand out forward as a virtual card materialized in between the index and middle fingers. "I play the Spell card, Altar of Restoration!" Yuma called out as the virtual card disappeared, before a larger version of the Spell card materialized in front of him.
"Here's how this card works; first I remove the top 2 cards of my deck…" Yuma began to explain as two virtual cards came out of his Duel Disk's orb, before they dispersed. "Then I can add 1 card from my Graveyard to my hand!" He finished as Xyz Treasure's card appeared in front of him, which the Syllables Duelist took hold of it with his thumb, index and middle fingers. "I choose the Spell card; Xyz Treasure! And while I'm at it, I'll activate it!" The teenage boy exclaimed as the virtual card disappeared, before the four Xyz Monsters on the field began to glow a golden colour.
"For every Xyz Monster on the field, I can now draw a card from my deck! Since there's a total of four Xyz Monsters on the field, I draw 4 cards!" The black and red haired male told his opponent, drawing four more virtual cards from the edge of his duel disk with the right hand. He brought the cards to his face in order to see what they were, before looking back at his opponent.
"Now I activate Volcasaurus' special ability!" Yuma called out, swiping his left hand out as Volcasaurus ate its last overlay unit. "Volcasaurus has the power to destroy a monster on the field and inflict damage equal to the destroyed monster's ATK Points. You only have 2800 Life Points left and your Knione has 2400 points. Your Life Points will take a drastic hit, but you will survive this turn". Enna told her partner, turning to look down at the blue haired female as Rio slightly frowned at that information.
"You're right about her surviving, but wrong about my target of choice! I choose to destroy Snowdust Giant!" Yuma declared, pointing his left hand's index finger towards the WATER Xyz Monster, causing Rio to grit her teeth, before she looked down at one of the three remaining cards in her hand. Volcasaurus released a stream of fire from its mouth at Snowdust Giant, immediately creating an explosion upon impact that destroyed the WATER Xyz Monster.
Number 61: Volcasaurus ATK Points: 1700 + 800 = 2500.
Muzurhythm the String Djinn ATK Points: 700 + 800 = 1500.
The smoke of the explosion completely covered Rio's field from view, Yuma and Astral patiently waited for the smoke to clear and reveal what had happened to the Ice Queen. Eventually, it did to reveal a perfectly unharmed Rio and Enna with their remaining monsters still standing. Yuma slightly widened his eyes in surprise at seeing this, before he noticed a new monster on Rio's field. To his slight annoyance, it was Guard Penguin, who had its flippers up in a defensive manner.
Guard Penguin DEF Points: 1200/ Level: 4.
"Whenever I would take effect damage, I can Special Summon Guard Penguin from my hand and reduce the damage to 0". Rio informed her opponent of her monster's special ability, getting Yuma to groan in displeasure. "I still got moves to make! Volcasaurus, attack Knione, Goddess of Snow!" Yuma commanded his Xyz Monster, pointing his now virtual card free right hand towards Knione. The Dinosaur-Type monster obeyed its command and unleashed a stream of fire from its mouth at the female monster, consuming Kinone in flames as she shattered into particles. (2500 – 2400 = 100)
Rio Life Points: 2800 – 100 = 2700.
Seeing that the attack was done, Yuma brought his right hand in front of his face, before a virtual card appeared in between the index and middle fingers. "I've done enough for now. I'll set a card and end my turn here. You're up!" Yuma cried out as the virtual blade appeared above his duel disk, before he swiped the card over it. A face-down card appeared underneath Volcasaurus as it stayed floating in the air, facing Guard Penguin, Muzurhythm and Shamoji Soldier.
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Rio Life Points: 2700/ Number of cards in hand: 2.
"It's my turn now!" The Ice Queen exclaimed as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck. "I draw!" She cried out, drawing her card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her hand out to the side with the card in between the index and middle fingers. Rio brought the card to her face, before she blinked in surprise at what she saw. Enna looked over at the card that her partner drew and widened her eyes in surprise at what she saw.
They stared at the card for a few moments, before Rio narrowed her eyes and placed it in her hand. She picked up Blizzard Lyrebird's card and held it out with her thumb, index and middle fingers. "I'll release Muzurhythm…!" She began as the Fiend-Type Xyz Monster burst into black sparkles. "In order to Advance Summon Blizzard Lyrebird!" The ice Queen finished as the sparkles changed to an icy blue colour, before coming together to form Blizzard Lyrebird with the Winged Beast monster crying out.
Blizzard Lyrebird ATK Points: 2000/ Level: 5.
"But she won't be sticking around for long, because I'm gonna overlay her!" Rio declared as Blizzard Lyrebird split into two, before transforming into bright blue lights. The two lights ascended into the air and danced around one another, before a galaxy-like portal appeared on the ground in front of Rio and Enna, blowing both of their hair in the breeze. "With this one monster acting as two, I build the overlay network! Xyz Summon!" Rio called out to the heavens as the two bright blue lights flew into the galaxy portal, creating an explosion of energy, before the number '94' flashed an icy green colour.
The sealed form of Crystalzero rose up from the portal. Crystalzero's sealed form was that of a dark blue and white snowflake. But it didn't remain like that for long as it transformed into its true form. Crystalzero was a tall woman with thin legs, cloaked in white and blue that formed a billowing skirt. A spiked headdress adorned her head with icicles at the tips, and four giant icicles dripping from her shoulder. Her legs were visible from her dress, having white icicle shoes of sorts and finally, she carried a saber made of ice with her right hand and had one light blue overlay unit circling around her.
Number 94: Crystalzero ATK Points: 2200/ Rank: 5/ Overlay units: 1.
Yuma and Astral both stared up at Crystalzero as the female monster stood 10 feet away from Volcasaurus, who roared at the sight of her. "Crystalzero is a powerful monster being able to use its effect on both players' turns. However, with only one overlay unit, it can only use its effect once". Astral stated with his arms crossed, reminding his partner about Crystalzero's effect. "I know that, but it currently seems like the only option that Rio". Yuma replied to his partner, taking a moment to look at him over his right shoulder, before looking back at the field.
Just then, the Syllables Duelist looked at Guard Penguin, before he slightly widened his eyes in realization. 'Wait, she's still got Guard Penguin. That means that her move isn't finished just yet'. Yuma exclaimed in his mind with wide eyes, something that Rio took notice as she grew a smirk, before swiping her right hand into the air. "Through the Land of Frozen Flames' effect, I overlay my Guard Penguin that is treated as two monsters!" The Ice Queen cried out as Guard Penguin transformed into a bright blue light and flew into the air. A galaxy-like portal appeared on the ground between the two Duelists, which the bright blue light flew into it, causing a bright light to emerge from within.
"With Guard Penguin, I create the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon! Appear Number 52: Diamond Crab King!" Rio called out as the number '52' flashed a yellow colour, before the sealed form of Diamond Crab King appeared from within the galaxy portal. It was some kind of giant diamond with a single brown overlay unit circling around it. The diamond then proceeded to transform into Number 52: Diamond King Crab with the Rock-Type monster giving out a screech.
Number 52: Diamond Crab King ATK Points: 0/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 1.
"This just keeps on getting better and better". Yuma remarked, getting Astral to nod in agreement to his partner's words. "Indeed. Now she has all she needs in order to obtain victory on this one turn". The Mohawk hair styled male remarked, while Rio gave a wink with her right eye towards Yuma, before she thrust her right hand out. "Let's get this thing started! First, I activate Diamond Crab King's special ability!" The 14-year-old girl called out as the Rock-Type Xyz Monster crushed its overlay unit with its right pincer, causing a brown aura to surround itself. "By using an overlay unit, Diamond Crab King can transfer all of its DEF Points to ATK Points". Enna explained the Xyz Monster's effect gently as Diamond Crab King powered up.
Number 52: Diamond Crab King ATK Points: 0 + 3000 = 3000/ DEF Points: 3000 – 3000 = 0.
"I'm not done yet! Next, I play Crystalzero's special ability! By using one overlay unit, she takes away half of your monster's ATK Points! Go Crystal Eraser!" The blue haired female loudly explained with a wide smile on her face. Crystalzero absorbed her overlay unit into her sword, before she began charging towards Volcasaurus. Once she was close enough, she stopped mid-air and held her sword out to the Dinosaur-Type monster, firing a blue stream of energy at Volcasaurus, striking him and causing the Xyz Monster to cry out as his energy was drained. The Dinosaur-Type monster's skin changed to an icy blue as he was slowly became encased in ice.
Number 61: Volcasaurus ATK Points: 2500 – 1250 = 1250.
"Well, this should be fun". Yuma said with a sarcastic voice, before taking a look at the three cards in his hand. Rio reared her right hand in, before swiping it out, cutting through the wind with her fingers. "Crystalzero, put that dinosaur back on the endangered list with Crystal Slash!" The Ice Queen commanded her mighty monster with a spirited voice. Crystalzero's eyes flashed red, before she brought up her sword and charged at Volcasaurus.
Yuma cracked a smile, before thrusting his right hand out forward towards his face-down card. "My dinosaur will be surviving this "extinction", thanks to this! The Trap card, Battle Rush!" The Syllables Duelist cried out as his face-down card flipped itself up, before releasing a red glow. Volcasaurus' eyes flashed for a moment, before his skin returned to normal and the ice quickly melted into water. The Dinosaur-Type monster roared out, before it charged forward and chomped down on the charging Crystalzero's sword, causing red and blue sparks to emerge from the clash.
Rio and Enna widened her eyes in surprise, while Astral swiped his right hand out. "Battle Rush can only be activated when a monster we control battles an opponent's monster! Now, Volcassaurus will not be destroyed by this battle and the opponent takes all the battle damage from this attack!" The Mohawk hair styled male explained the Trap card's effect as a powerful gust of wind came from the clashing Xyz Monsters towards Rio, hitting and pushing her back by 5 feet. Rio flinched at the impact, but remained standing on her feet. (2200 – 1250 = 950)
Rio Life Points: 2700 – 950 = 1750.
Volcasaurus and Crystalzero broke their clash against one another and returned to their duelists' sides of the field. Rio glared up at Yuma, before she swiped her right hand out towards Volcasaurus. "This battle isn't over just yet! Diamond Crab King, attack Volcasaurus!" She commanded her second Xyz Monster with a slightly annoyed voice. Diamond Crab King obeyed the command and charged forward, before impaling Volcasaurus with both of its pincers. The Dinosaur-Xyz Monster cried out in pain, before he exploded in a red explosion. (3000 – 1250 = 1750)
Yuma Life Points: 2400 – 1750 = 650.
The force of the explosion had pushed Yuma back by 10 feet, despite him holding up his arms in an "X" shape shield to protect himself. Astral wasn't affected by the explosion as he stayed floating right where he was, but he did turn to look at his partner. "You're running out of Life Points. You don't even have 1000 points left". Astral told his partner, getting the teenage boy to slightly glare at him as he brought his arms down. "I'm well aware of that". Yuma replied, before he took 10 steps forward and stared at Rio.
The Ice Queen looked down at her left hand to look at the cards in her hand. So far, she had the Spell card Mystical Space Typhoon, the Trap Hyper Quick and Xyz Water Reincarnation. She took all three cards into her right hand and swiped it out to the side. "I'll set three face-down cards and call it a turn!" Rio declared as she slotted the three cards into her Duel Disk. Three face-down cards appeared in front of Rio in a line besides one another.
"And at this moment, Diamond Crab King's special ability activates! Since it declared an attack, it switches to DEF Position and its ATK and DEF Points return to normal!" Rio told her opponent as Diamond Crab King hid in its hard shell.
Number 52: Diamond Crab King DEF Points: 0 + 3000 = 3000/ ATK Points: 3000 – 3000 = 0.
Yuma Life Points: 650/ Number of cards in hand: 3.
"Now I'm just getting ticked off here! My move!" Yuma exclaimed as a virtual card came out of his Duel Disk's orb and went to the edge, before he took hold of the virtual card and drew it in a dramatic fashion by swiping his hand out. The Syllables Duelist brought his right hand to his face in order to see what the card was, before he cracked a grin at what he saw. Yuma then swiped his hand out towards Rio, revealing the card to be Onomatopickup. "Check it out, it's one of my favorite Spell cards; Onomatopickup!" The Syllables Duelist called out as the virtual card dematerialized, before Onomatopickup's card appeared in front of him above the ground. "Once this card is activated; I can add a "Onomat" card from my deck to my hand". Yuma explained the Spell card's effect as a virtual card shot out of his Duel Disk's orb to the edge.
The 13-year-old boy picked the card up with his right hand and held it out, reveal it to be the Spell card; Onomatopaira. "I select Onomatopaira, and activate it!" Yuma exclaimed as the virtual card disappeared, before a larger version of Onomatopaira's card appeared besides Onomatopickup's card. "First, this lets me discard a card like my Acorno..." Yuma began as he held up his right hand, before a virtual version of Acorno's card appeared briefly, and then disappeared. "...I'm then allowed to add 2 monsters from my deck to my hand, so long as they have the name "Gagaga", "Dododo", "Zubba" or "Gogogo" in their names. The only downside is that I can't add two of the same name to my hand". He finished as two virtual cards shot out of the orb towards the Duel Disk's edge, which Yuma grabbed hold of them both and swiped his right hand out to the side.
Yuma looked at the two new cards, before he held them out towards Rio, revealing them to be Gagaga Magician and Dododo Buster. "I select these two monsters!" Yuma declared as the two virtual cards disappeared, before he swiped his left up up in front of himself. "And at this moment, I play Acorno's special ability! When this card is discarded, I can now Special Summon him from the Graveyard!" He explained as a black portal appeared in the middle of the field, before Acorno slowly raised up from within it.
Acorno DEF Points: 400/ Level: 1.
"He used Onomatopaira's price effect as an advantage to Special Summon Acorno. And with Onomatopickup's effect, Yuma can change its Level". Enna commented with slightly narrowed eyes, while the Syllables Duelist held up his right hand as Gagaga Magician's virtual card appeared between the index and middle fingers. "Next up, is Gagaga Magician!" Yuma called out as the virtual card disappeared from his fingers. Gagaga Magician then appeared with a flashy entrance with his hands in its coat and chain faintly sparking with electricity.
Gagaga Magician ATK Points: 1500/ Level: 4.
"Now Gagaga Magician, activate your special ability!" Yuma commanded as he held his right hand out towards his Spellcaster-Type Monster. Gagaga Magician gave out a cry, before its chain began glowing yellow. "Once a turn, Gagaga Magician can change its Level between 1 to 8". Astral explained Gagaga Magician's effect on his partner's behalf. "I chose to make Gagaga Magician a Level 7 monster!" Yuma declared as Gagaga Magician's chain had 4 lights on it, before 3 more lights lit up on it, signalizing its Level change.
Gagaga Magician Level: 4 + 3 = 7.
"At this moment, I now activate Onomatopickup's effect!" The Syllables Duelist declared as Gagaga Magician and Acorno both began glowing a golden colour. "Once a turn; Onomatopickup allows us to select a "Gagaga", "Dododo", "Zubba" or "Gogogo" monster on the field, then all other monsters become the same Level as that monster!" Astral explained the Spell card's effect, before swiping his right hand out towards Gagaga Magician. "Gagaga Magician is the only monster that can be chosen, therefore Acorno now becomes a Level 7 monster!" He added as the little Plant-Type monster grew larger, growing to the same size as Gagaga Magician.
Acorno Level: 1 + 6 = 7.
"Yuma now has two Level 7 monsters on his field. He has everything he needs in order to Xyz Summon a Rank 7 monster". Enna commented with slightly narrowed eyes. Yuma slightly turned to the left, before lifting his right hand and held it out towards his two monsters. "I overlay the Level 7 Gagaga Magician and Acorno!" He declared as Gagaga Magician transformed into a dark purple light, while Acorno became a brownish orange light.
The two lights shot out into the sky and danced around one another as a galaxy-like portal appeared above the field. "With these two monsters, I build the overlay network! I Xyz Summon!" The Syllables Duelist called out as the two lights entered the portal, causing an explosion of energy. "Appear! Rank 7! Number 11: Big Eye!" Yuma cried out, holding a virtual card of Big Eye's card with his right hand. The Number "11" flashed an orange colour as the Number Xyz Monster appeared.
A giant eyeball began to float down from the sky from the Xyz portal. After it revealed itself, what appeared to be nerves and tissue began to from around the eye, creating a gigantic, white, upside-down cone. Encircling the cone was a large, golden ring which bore the same orange 11 that flashed earlier. Finally, two purple overlay units were circling around the Number Xyz Monster as it gazed down at Rio, Enna, Crystalzero, Diamond Crab King and Samoji Soldier.
Number 11: Big Eye ATK Points: 2600/ Rank: 7/ Overlay units: 2.
Rio and Enna stared up at the Spellcaster-Type Xyz Monster that towered over Crystalzero and Samoji Soldier. "This is not looking well for you. Through Big Eye's ability, Yuma can take control of one of your monsters, which is highly likely to be Crystalzero and destroy Samoji Soldier, leaving your field empty". The silver haired woman told her partner, getting Rio to look over her right shoulder to look at Enna for a moment, before returning her attention forward. Yuma had a confident smirk on his face as he lifted up his right fist, before thrusting it out. "I activate Big Eye's special ability! By using an overlay unit...!" He began to explain as Big Eye absorbed one of its overlay units into its eye, causing it to glow light red.
"...Once a turn, I can target and take control of a monster you control on your field! Temptation Glance!" Yuma finished as Big Eye focused its eye on Crystalzero, before focusing its gaze as it glowed light red, and then releasing a sort of sound wave at the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster. Crystalzero began groaning as her colour began darkening with traces of a purple aura forming around her. Rio gritted her teeth, before she swiped her right hand out to the side. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell card; Mystical Space Typhoon!" The Ice Queen called out as one of her face-down cards revealed itself. "With this Spell card, I can now destroy any Spell or Trap card on the field!" Rio explained her Spell card's effect to her opponent, making Yuma frown in confusion.
"No matter what you chose, it won't stop Big Eye from taking control of your monster". The Syllables Duelist told his girlfriend, getting her to grow a small grin at him. "We'll just have to see about that then. The target I chose for Mystical Space Typhoon's effect is...this one!" Rio exclaimed, pointing her right hand's index finger towards the middle face-down card on her field, getting Yuma and Astral to widen their eyes in surprise. "What the!?" The two cried out at the same time as the middle face-down card flipped itself up to reveal that it was Hyper Quick, before it shattered. "The face-down card was Hyper Quick, which activates when it is sent from the field, or hand to the Graveyard! Now I can draw a card, and if that card is a normal Spell card, I can activate it as a Quick-Play Spell". The teenage girl told her opponents, before she looked down at her deck and lifted her right hand towards it.
'There's only one card that can turn this duel around for me. If I don't get it, Yuma will have Crystalzero on his field. Well, it's all or nothing!' Rio shouted out inside her mind, before she tilted her head up to look at her boyfriend and placed her right hand on the top card. "Here I go! Draw!" The Ice Queen shouted out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her right hand out to the side and leaving a light blue veil as she moved her hand. She slightly turned her head right and looked at the card through the corner of her right.
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The Ice Queen grew a massive smile on her face upon seeing what the card was. "Jackpot! Talk about a miracle draw!" She exclaimed in an excited tone, before she turned to look back at her opponent and held the card out towards him, revealing it to be Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force. "The card that I drew was my Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force, and through Hyper Quick-s effect, I can now activate it!" Rio called out as the card began glowing a pinkish red colour, getting Yuma slightly widen his eyes in surprise, while Astral and Enna narrowed their eyes.
"I activate Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force! This Spell ranks up my Xyz Monster into a Chaos Xyz Monster that's one rank higher!" Rio explained the Spell card's effect as the glowing intensified. "With this card, I rebuild the Overlay Network with Number 94: Crystalzero!" Rio declared as a dark pink aura surrounded Crystalzero, before turning into a bright light that went into a galaxy portal that appeared in the sky. The number "94" flashed a black colour, before changing into a darker shade of the colour. In a red world, there was a gate with the Barian's symbol on it. The seal then cracked, before the gate busted open, revealing a bright light.
"Chaos Xyz Change! Appear Number C94: Priestess infused with the power of chaos, show the world your newfound strength and fierce spirit! Diamondzero!" Rio chanted as her newly evolved monster emerged from the bright light, revealing its new appearance. Diamondzero had the appearance of a Japanese princess. She no longer carried her old helmet, instead had a new one that revealed the lower half of her mouth and long black hair that reached the waist. Her helmet is a light blue valkery helmet with a black vizor with crystal wings on it. She wore a a royal blue robe that covered her body completely with a black cape that reached the legs. She wielded two duel sabers in her hands with a crystal emblem on the center of the dress. Finally, she had crystal white eyes that were on full display for the world. A single crystal was in front of the new monster, acting as her chaos overlay unit. Diamondzero gave out a cry as she reared her arms in, before swiping them out and releasing a powerful gust of wind.
(Number C94: Diamondzero/ Attribute: WATER/ Rank: 6/ Type: Warrior/ Xyz/ Effect/ ATK Points: 2800/ DEF Points: 2200/ Requirements: 3 Level 6 monsters/ Effect: Cannot be destroyed by battle except with "Number" monsters. During either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; reduce the ATK of 1 of your opponent's monsters to 0, until the end of the Battle Phase. If this card was Xyz Summoned by Ranking Up "Number 94: Crystalzero", it gains ATK Points equal to the amount your opponent's monster loses through this card's effect.)
Yuma and Astral stared up at the Number C Xyz Monster before them as Diamondzero floated higher in the air, before she stopped, now glaring at Big Eye's eye that stared at her. "It is just just as we thought. Rank-Up-Magic cards don't work on just a single Xyz Monster, they can work on any kind". The Mohawk hair styled male said with wide eyes full of disbelief at seeing Crystalzero Chaos Evolve into Diamondzero. "And we're a bit late to finally realize that". The Syllables Duelist stated, realizing that with this single move, the duel had shifted to Rio's side. Enna was silent as she stared up at the Number C Xyz Monster, still full of energy unlike in her duel against Luna when she played Barian's Force herself.
Rio, on the other hand, just gave a confident look as she stared at her boyfriend, taking a moment to look up at her new Xyz Monster, before looking back at Yuma. "First, since Big Eye lost its target, no monster of mine is changing sides". She told the 13-year-old boy, getting Yuma to slightly narrow his eyes in annoyance. "Next, Barian's Force's second effect. Now my Diamondzero takes all of your Xyz Monster's overlay units". She added as Diamondzero pointed her twin sabers towards Big Eye, before firing two pinkish red streams at the Spellcaster-Type Monster. The two streams hit and began draining Big Eye of his energy away. Big Eye began losing its colour as its single overlay unit shot out towards Diamondzero, transforming into a chaos overlay unit as it did so. The new chaos overlay unit stopped besides Diamondzero's single one on its right, facing Yuma's side of the field.
Number C94: Diamondzero chaos overlay units: 1 + 1 = 2.
"And don't forget that for every single overlay unit taken away, your monster loses 300 points". Rio reminded her boyfriend, getting the Syllables Duelist to lightly growl as Big Eye powered down.
Number 11: Big Eye ATK Points: 2600 - 300 = 2300.
"This is not going well for you. Thanks to Barian's Force, Rio has gained the advantage now in Life Points, ATK Points and more monsters". Astral told his partner, taking a moment to look at him, before he looked over towards Diamondzero. "And the worse part of it all is that we have no knowledge of that monster's capabilities". He added, getting Yuma to slightly grit his teeth, before three virtual cards appeared in front of him, showing Yuma his hand.
The Syllables Duelist looked at the three remaining cards in his hand, before he grabbed hold of one of them, causing the other two to disappear. "I'll set a face-down card and end my turn!" Yuma declared as the virtual card disappeared from his hand, before a face-down card appeared besides Onomatopickup on its right.
Rio Life Points: 1750/ Number of cards in hand: 0.
The Ice Queen narrowed her eyes at seeing her boyfriend's move, but kept silent as she placed her right hand at the top card of her deck. "Time to freeze you up!" Rio exclaimed, drawing her card in a normal fashion, before turning to look at it. She slightly widened her eyes at what she say, before she gave a grin. She added her new card to her left hand, before swiping the right hand out to the side.
"I activate Diamondbell's special ability! Regal Eraser!" The Ice Queen cried out as Diamondzero swung her twin blades down on one of her chaos overlay units, causing it to explode in a sudden blizzard storm that shot out towards Big Eye. The Spellcaster-Type Xyz Monster quickly became encased in ice completely, much to the surprise of Yuma and Astral.
Number 11: Big Eye ATK Points: 2300 – 2300 = 0.
"Once per either player's turn; by using a chaos overlay unit, your monster's ATK is reduced to 0!" Rio explained her C Xyz Monster's effect to her boyfriend, before she gave a cute wink with her right eye. "And that's not all. Since Diamondzero was Xyz Summoned by Ranking Up "Number 94: Crystalzero", it gains ATK Points equal to the amount your opponent's monster loses through her effect". She added as blue stardust came out of Big Eye's frozen form and transferred over to Diamondzero. The Warrior-Type Xyz Monster gained a blue aura around itself.
Number C94: Diamondzero ATK Points: 2800 + 2300 = 5100.
"This just keeps on getting better and better". Yuma grumbled out, getting Rio to grin at him. "Lucky for you, I don't have any more moves to make, other than attacking! Go Diamondzero! Attack Big Eye with Double Frozen Slash!" The Ice Queen commanded her Number C Xyz Monster, making Diamondzero narrow her eyes, before she slammed both swords together in a "X" shape stance.
The two swords were then engulfed in blue flames that covered them completely. Diamondzero then swiped her blades to the sides, before she charged towards the frozen Big Eye. Yuma changed his frowning face into a confident one, before thrusting his right hand out to the side. "I got this move to play! Go, Mirror Mail!" The Syllables Duelist called out as his face-down card revealed itself, before it began gleaming a pure white colour.
"Oh no". Rio said with wide eyes directed at the Trap card, knowing full well what that card does. "Oh YES! When a monster I control is targeted for an attack; Mirror Mail powers it up until its ATK Points reach the same as your monster's!" Yuma explained Mirror Mail's effect with a confident smirk as a white flaming aura appeared over Big Eye. The ice surrounding the Number Xyz Monster completely melted instantly, freeing the Spellcaster-Type Monster with it powering up.
Number 11: Big Eye ATK Points: 0 + 5100 = 5100.
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Diamondzero swung her right blade at the circle surrounding Big Eye, landing a direct hit and creating sparks from the collision. Soon, both monsters exploded in a great explosion that forced Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna to cover their eyes with their forearms from the shockwaves. The smoke from the explosion covered the field completely for a moment or two, before eventually disappearing, revealing both Big Eye and Diamondzero were completely gone. The four lowered their forearms from their eyes, before Yuma gave Rio a smug expression, one that she returned with a grin.
"Diamondzero might be out for now, but it isn't game over just yet". The Ice Queen told the 13-year-old boy, before she held her right hand out towards one of her remaining face-down cards. "I activate the Trap card; Xyz Water Reincarnation!" Rio called out as the face-down card flipped over, before both it and Rio's deck began glowing blue. "When a Xyz Monster I control is destroyed by battle, or by a card effect; this Trap lets me add two WATER Monsters from my deck to my hand!" She explained her Trap card's effect as she took hold of the glowing deck with her right hand, before holding it up in front of herself.
She looked through the deck of cards, before she found the two that she wanted. Rio grabbed hold of the two cards with her left hand, before she held them up, revealing the two to be Frozen Child Justice and a brand new card. It was a monster card with the image showing a blue skin and icy green-eyed toad. "I chose Frozen Child Justice and Recovering Toad!" She declared her choices, revealing the name of the unknown creature, before she added the two cards to her hand.
(Recovering Toad/ Level: 3/ Attribute: WATER/ ATK Points: 1000/ DEF Points: 1000/ Type: Reptile/ Effect/ Effect: (Quick Effect) If you control a WATER attribute monster; you can discard this card from your hand, select your monster, and then add a different WATER attribute monster from your GY to your hand.)
Rio then shuffled her deck for a moment, before she returned it to the deck zone of the Duel Disk. "Rather impressive. She was ready for when her C Xyz Monster would be destroyed and now has 2 monsters ready to be played". Astral commented with an impressed smile on his face, getting Yuma to nod in agreement. Rio then picked up one of her three cards, before she slotted it into her Duel Disk. "I'll set this, and call it a turn". The Ice Queen said as a face-down card appeared on her field.
Yuma Life Points: 650/ Number of cards in hand: 2.
A virtual card came out of Yuma's Duel Disk and went straight to the edge, where Yuma grabbed hold of it with his right hand's index and middle fingers. "My turn now! I draw!" The Syllables Duelist called out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion. "At this moment; I activate the Trap card; Xyz Reborn!" Rio called out, holding her right hand out towards her face-down card as it lifted itself up. Yuma narrowed his eyes at Xyz Reborn's card, while Rio gave a grin. "With this Trap, I can revive any Xyz Monster in my Graveyard, and then attach this card to it as an overlay unit!" The Ice Queen explained the card's effect as Diamondzero's card slotted out of her Duel Disk and she took hold of it with her right hand.
Rio held up her Number C's card and gave a serious expression to the 13-year-old male. "I chose to revive Number C94: Diamondzero!" She declared her choice as she placed the card on a Monster Zone of her Duel Disk. A black portal appeared in the middle of the field, before Diamondzero slowly began rising up from within it. Xyz Reborn's card then transformed into a chaos overlay unit that shot out and circled around the Rank 6 Xyz Monster, before stopping in front of it.
Number C94: Diamondzero ATK Points: 2800/ Rank: 6/ Overlay units: 1.
"I just got rid of her!" Yuma complained with wide eyes, getting Rio to giggle at him. "Yeah? Well, she's back for round 2. You should be happy though that Diamondzero won't be receiving anymore ATK Points since she wasn't Summoned by Ranking Up Crystalzero". The Ice Queen told the black and red haired, getting him to widen his eyes at realization at remembering that important detail.
'She's right. This might be a chance to turn this around'. The Syllables Duelist thought to himself, before he brought the virtual card to his face. Yuma looked and cracked a grin at seeing what it was, before he cracked a grin at seeing the card. "All right! Time to hi-five the sky!" The teenage boy exclaimed, before he held the virtual card out towards Rio.
(Play Zexal Sound Duel 4 - Battle of Two Worlds)
"I activate the Spell card; Twin Twisters!" Yuma exclaimed, before the virtual card disappeared and a large version of Twin Twisters appeared on his field. "First; I have to discard a card from my hand like my Gagaga Girl…" The teenage boy began to explain as a virtual card of Gagaga Girl appeared in his still stretched out right hand, before quickly disappearing. "…Two of your Spells and Traps are destroyed!" He finished, getting Rio to widen her eyes in surprise.
"And I think I'll go with Water Hazard and Land of Frozen Flames!" Yuma declared his choices as both Twin Twisters and Water Hazard's cards dispersed into sparkles, before the Land of Frozen Flames disappeared, revealing the two duelists, their partners and monsters back on the top of the airship. Rio, Enna and Astral looked around their surroundings, while Yuma held up his right hand, before a virtual card appeared, held with the thumb, index and middle fingers.
"Moving on! If I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Dododo Buster from my hand!" The Syllables Duelist said as he held the card out, before a larger version of Dododo Buster's card appeared on the field. It glowed a golden colour as the armoured Warrior-Type Monster rose up from the glow, wielding its morning star with both hands.
Dododo Buster ATK Points: 1900/ Level: 6.
"But when he's Summoned through his effect, Dododo Buster's Level deceases by 2 Levels". Yuma informed his girlfriend as Dododo Buster's Level went down.
Dododo Buster Level: 6 – 2 = 4
"But that won't be a problem. Remember Dodododwarf Gogogoglove?" Yuma questioned his girlfriend with a smirk, getting the Ice Queen to groan upon being reminded of that card. "Judging by the expression on your face, you do. "If I control a "Gogogo" or "Dododo" monster, I can Special Summon her from the Graveyard, but it is banished when it leaves the field!" The Syllables Duelist explained as a black portal appeared besides Dododo Buster. Dodododwarf Gogogoglove slowly floated up from the portal, before she brought her metal gauntlets up in a defensive manner.
Dodododwarf Gogogoglove DEF Points: 1800/ Level: 4.
"That's right; Yuma didn't return it to the deck. He kept Gogogoglove in the Graveyard for when he needed it". Enna said to her partner, thinking back to when Yuma used Pot of Avarice to return a few cards to his deck. "I'll give him this; he had great insight. Now he has two Level 4 Xyz Monsters". Rio replied, keeping her eyes on Yuma as she prepared herself.
The Syllables Duelist held up his right fist, before thrusting it out forward. "I now overlay the Level 4 Dododo Buster and Dodododwarf Gogogoglove!" Yuma declared, before both his monsters transformed into brownish orange lights and shot out to the sky. The two lights came closer to one another as a galaxy-like portal appeared in the sky over the field.
'Yuma has used 5 Monsters from the Extra Deck, leaving a total of 10 Extra Deck Monsters hidden. Rio has used a total of 7, leaving 8 cards unknown. She has Diamondzero, Diamond Crab King and Samoji Soldier, while Yuma will only have one Xyz Monster'. Astral thought to himself as the two brownish orange lights flew into the Xyz portal, creating an explosion of energy. "Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 4! Number 60: Dugares the Timeless!" Yuma called out to the heavens as the number "60" flashed a light blue colour.
From the portal erupted a scepter with the metal bird atop it, before blue flames shoot forth from within the portal, encircling the scepter as the flames take on a human shape, slowly fading away to reveal the monster within. Dugares took hold of his scepter with his right hand, before he knelt down in a defensive manner with his wings tucked in and 2 red overlay units circling around him.
Number 60: Dugares the Timeless DEF Points: 1200/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.
"DEF Mode?" Rio questioned with a raised eyebrow as this was her first time seeing Dugares. "Don't underestimate that monster. It must have a powerful effect for Yuma to use the last cards at his disposal". Enna warned the 14-year-old girl with slightly narrowed eyes, getting Rio to look up at her for a moment, before looking towards Dugares. Yuma reared his left hand up, before swiping it out towards Dugares' back.
"I activate Dugares' special ability! First, I detach two overlay units…" The Syllables Duelist began as Dugares held up its scepter, before both of the red overlay units were absorbed into it. "Then, I'm given 3 choices. 1; I can skip my Draw Phase next turn to draw 2 cards right now, but then discard 1. 2: I skip my Main Phase 1 next turn to Special Summon a Monster from my Graveyard in DEF Position. 3: I skip my Battle Phase next turn in order to double the ATK of one of my monsters!" He finished explained as he lifted up his left hand's index, middle and ring fingers to represent Dugares' options for its effect.
Rio raised an eyebrow after listening to her boyfriend's words; before she tilted her head down to think. 'Out of the three options, only two can help him right now. But I bet he'll choose the first option'. The Ice Queen thought to herself, before she took notice of Yuma's deck glowing lightly red. "I choose the first option, where I draw 2 cards and then discard 1". Yuma told his girlfriend as he moved his right hand to the edge of the Duel Disk, before 2 virtual cards came out of the orb and into the waiting hand.
(Music end)
Yuma drew the two cards and brought them up to his face. Seeing what they were made the young teenager crack a grin on his face, before one of the virtual cards disappeared, and he then held the other one to Rio, revealing it to be Zubababancho Gagagacoat. "Through Dugares' effect, I discard the Zubababancho Gagagacoat from my hand!" The Syllables Duelist declared his choice as the virtual card disappeared. He then brought his right hand in closer as another virtual card appeared, held with his thumb, index and middle fingers.
Yuma then swiped his right hand up, making sure to keep the card facing his way so that Rio wouldn't see it. "I now Normal Summon…THIS!" The Syllables Duelist called out as he brought his hand down and held it out towards his girlfriend, revealing the virtual card to be a new Monster card. "Gagaga Head!" Yuma added as the virtual card disappeared, before a black portal appeared on the ground. Slowly, a tall humanoid male adult wearing Gagaga clothes rose up from within the portal.
Gagaga Head ATK Points: 2100/ Level: 6.
Rio and Enna blinked in surprise at seeing this monster as this was their first time seeing Gagaga Head. "A new Gagaga monster?!" The silver haired woman questioned with her eyes wide in surprise. "Where'd Yuma get this monster? I've heard nothing about it before". Rio said as she looked down at her D-pad to look at the duel field, right at Gagaga Head's card.
Gagaga Head floated besides Dugares with his right hand resting on the hip. Yuma and Astral both looked up at the Spellcaster-Type monster for a few moments, before they returned their attention to their opponents. "Check out Gagaga Head's special ability! When this card is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon as many "Gagaga" monsters from my Graveyard as possible!" The Syllables Duelist explained his new monster's effect, getting Rio and Enna to gasp in surprise.
"Are you kidding me?!" The Ice Queen exclaimed in surprise at this unexpected move. Yuma thrust his right hand out forward as three black portals appeared in front of him in a line. "Appear, my three Spellcasters! Gagaga Magician! Gagaga Girl! And Zubababancho Gagagacoat!" Yuma cried out to the heavens with a voice full of spirit. From the portals came forth Gagaga Magician, Gagaga Girl and Zubababancho Gagagacoat with all three of them gathering around Gagaga Head.
Gagaga Magician ATK Points: 1500/ Level: 4.
Gagaga Girl DEF Points: 800/ Level: 3.
Zubababancho Gagagacoat ATK Points: 1800/ Level: 4.
Gagaga Girl turned to look at her fellow Gagaga monsters and gave them all a bright smile on her face. 'Gagaga senpais!" She called out eagerly, getting Gagaga Head, Gagaga Magician and Zubababancho Gagagacoat's attention as they all looked at her for a moment, before the nodded to return the greeting.
"Yuma's filled up his field completely". Enna stated with narrowed eyes, getting Rio to narrow her eyes down at the D-pad as it showed Gagaga Head's card to her. "And I'm afraid that it gets worse than that". She told the silver haired woman, getting Enna to look down at her in surprise, before she looked back towards Yuma and Astral.
(Zexal Sound Duel 4: Burning Duelist Soul)
"With my field filled up with Gagaga Monsters, I can now activate Gagaga Head's second ability!" Yuma declared as he swiped his right hand into the air. Gagaga Head, Magician and Girl all transformed into purple lights, while Zubababancho Gagagacoat turned into a brownish orange light that all shot out into the air, getting Rio and Enna to look up.
"Gagaga Head's second ability allows us to Xyz Summon a "Number" Xyz Monster from our Graveyard using all the Gagaga Monsters we control!" Astral explained for his partner, getting the two females to look at him in disbelief. A galaxy-like portal then appeared above the field. "With these four monsters, I build the overlay network! I Xyz Summon!" The Syllables Duelist called out as the four lights entered the portal, causing an explosion of energy. "Appear! Rank 7! Number 11: Big Eye!" Yuma cried out, holding a virtual card of Big Eye's card with his right hand. The Number "11" flashed an orange colour as the Number Xyz Monster appeared.
A giant eyeball began to float down from the sky from the Xyz portal. After it revealed itself, what appeared to be nerves and tissue began to from around the eye, creating a gigantic, white, upside-down cone. Encircling the cone was a large, golden ring which bore the same orange 11 that flashed earlier. Finally, four purple overlay units were circling around the Number Xyz Monster as it gazed down at Rio, Enna, Crystalzero and Samoji Soldier.
Number 11: Big Eye ATK Points: 2600/ Rank: 7/ Overlay units: 4.
"Not good". Enna said with wide eyes at seeing the Spellcaster-Type Xyz Monster again, staring up at Big Eye. "You can say that again, sister". Rio told her partner, keeping her eyes glued to Big Eye. Yuma and Astral both had grins on their faces, before the Syllables Duelist held up his right fist. "Now, I activate the final effect of Gagaga Head and Gagaga Girl's special ability!" Yuma exclaimed as both Gagaga Head and Gagaga Girl appeared above Big Eye, looking see-through like that of a ghost.
"First, Gagaga Girl's effect! When she is used as Xyz Material with another "Gagaga" monster, one of your face-up Xyz Monsters' ATK Points is reduced to 0! Go, Cell Phone Subtraction!" Yuma called out as the ghost-like Gagaga Girl brought out her phone with her left hand, tinkled with it for a few moments, before holding it out towards Diamondzero. The phone released a bright purple light towards the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster with energy passing through Diamondzero, taking away her power.
Number C94: Diamondzero ATK Points: 2800 – 2800 = 0.
"So NOT good!" Rio exclaimed with wide eyes, getting Yuma to laugh a little. "You bet it isn't, for you that is. And Gagaga Head's effect allows me to draw a card for every "Gagaga" used as Xyz Material for the Xyz Summon". The Syllables Duelist explained his monster's third effect to his girlfriend, getting Rio to widen her already wide eyes even more than before. Yuma then held up his right hand with the index, middle, ring and pinky fingers up. "I used a total of four "Gagaga" monsters, meaning that's a total of 4 cards!" He informed, before holding his right hand to the edge of his Duel Disk as four virtual cards shot out of the orb and into his hand.
Yuma then swiped his right hand out to the side, holding all four virtual cards, before he brought his hand in front of himself to see what they were. Yuma looked at the four virtual cards slowly, before he widened his eyes in surprise at one of them. The teenage boy then cracked a grin at the single card, before the other three virtual cards dematerialized.
Yuma then looked up towards his girlfriend, giving her a good view of his confident grin. "Hey Rio, time for you to check another new card of mine!" He called out towards his girlfriend, getting everyone to blink in surprise at his words. Astral floated closer to his partner to look at the virtual card, before he slightly widened his eyes upon seeing the card. The Mohawk hair styled male then grew a confident smile on his face. "Excellent. Now is a perfect time to test that new card out". Astral told his partner, making Yuma nod, but didn't turn to face him, keeping his eyes on Rio and Enna.
"I play the Continuous spell card..." Yuma declared as he flipped the card over to show what it was. "Overlay Network!" He added, getting Rio and Enna to widen their eyes in surprise at the name of the card. "Overlay Network?" They both questioned in surprise as the virtual card disappeared from Yuma's fingers, before a large version of Overlay Network's card appeared in front of him and began gleaming.
"This card has two effects, but I'll just use the second effect for now. Once a turn; Overlay Network allows me to target an Xyz Monster I control, then add one of its Xyz Materials to my hand". Yuma explained his Spell card's effect to his girlfriend, before holding his right hand out with the thumb, index and middle fingers up. "And I select Gagaga Head!" He declared as one of Big Eye's overlay units shot out towards him and turned into a purple glowing card.
Yuma swiped his right hand up and caught the glowing card. The glow died down to reveal the virtual card, before Yuma turned it around to show that it was Gagaga Head's card. Rio scowled at the sight of it, while Yuma gave a chuckle with the virtual card disappearing. "With Overlay Network's effect, Yuma can refill his hands with the cards that he used to Xyz Summon. And its first effect is still unknown. That card is truly formidable". Enna commented with slightly narrowed eyes, seeing that the Continuous Spell card was indeed powerful.
Rio was silent as she stared across at her boyfriend's field, but she was in full agreement to her partner's words. 'After this is done, I'm gonna ask Yuma where he got that card and see if I can get one for myself'. The Ice Queen thought to herself, before she looked down at her hand and picked up one of her two cards. "I activate the effect of Recovering Toad in my hand!" She declared, holding the card up as it began to gleam a light blue colour.
"If I control a WATER Monster; I can discard this card…" Rio began to explain as she discard Recovering Toad's card to the Graveyard Zone of her Duel Disk. "Then target the WATER Monster I control, and then add a different one from my Graveyard to my hand!" She finished, before a card slotted out of the Graveyard Zone and into between her right hand's index and middle fingers. The Ice Queen then held the card up towards the Syllables Duelist, revealing it to be Blizzard Crow.
"I select my Blizzard Crow!" She declared her choice, before adding the card to her hand. Yuma and Astral narrowed their eyes at the sight of the card. "Things have become risky with that card. If any of your monsters attack Diamondzero, Rio could use Blizzard Crow and win the duel. I suggest changing tactics". Astral told his partner, getting Yuma to look over his right shoulder to look up and nod at him. The Syllables Duelist held up his right hand as two virtual cards appeared, held by the thumb, index and middle fingers.
"I'll set two face-downs!" Yuma said as the two virtual cards disappeared, before two face-down cards appeared in a line on Overlay Unit's right side. "Then I'll play Big Eye's special ability to take Number 52: Diamond Crab King!" He added as Big Eye absorbed one of its three overlay units into its eye, causing it to glow light red. Big Eye then focused its eye on Diamond Crab King, before focusing its gaze as it glow a light red colour, and then releasing a sort of sound wave at the Rock-Type Monster.
Diamond Crab King's shell darkened as the sound waves passed through it, before it floated out towards Yuma's side of the field. The shell then turned around to face Diamond Crab King's owner's side, signaling that it had changed sides. "I'll call it a turn here". The Syllables Duelist declared his turn over, feeling satisfied with how well the turn went.
(Music end)
Rio Life Points: 1750/ Number of cards in hand: 2
Rio had her teeth slightly gritted against one another at seeing the odds against her, before she closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm her nerves. She breathed in and out, before she opened her eyes to reveal the confident look inside of them. "Okay, it's my turn to feel the glow now! I draw!" The Ice Queen exclaimed as she placed her right hand on the top card of her deck and drew her card.
Rio brought the card to her face, before holding it out towards Yuma. "I play Pot of Greed!" She called out as the green pot appeared on her face with its greedy face. "Now I draw 2 more cards". The Ice Queen stated as she drew the top two cards of her deck with the pot shattering. Rio looked at the two cards, and then added them to her hand, before picking up one of the four.
"It's time for you to shine, Frozen Child Justice!" Rio exclaimed, placing the card on a Monster Zone of her Duel Disk. A bright blue light appeared in the middle of the field and flashed brightly for a moment, before clearing to reveal Frozen Child Justice, who gave out a cry as she swung her sword to the right side.
Frozen Child Justice ATK Points: 500/ Level: 4.
Yuma and Astral instantly became alarmed at the sight of the Warrior-Type Monster. "Frozen Child Justice… That means that Frozen Lady Justice is soon to arrive". The Syllables Duelist said with narrowed eyes full of caution, knowing that with Frozen Child Justice on the field, Frozen Lady Justice would soon arrive. "Most of your cards are in DEF Position, leaving them as open bait for Frozen Lady Justice". Astral warned his partner, reminding him about the special ability of Rio's ace monster.
Rio picked up another card from her hand with her right hand, before she looked up towards Yuma. "I activate Frozen Child Justice's special ability! During my Main Phase, Frozen Child Justice allows me to Special Summon 1 WATER monster from my hand to the field!" The Ice Queen explained as she held up the card, revealing it to be Blizzard Fairy. "I Summon Blizzard Fairy!" Rio declared, before placing the card on another one of her Monster Zones.
Frozen Child Justice gave out a laugh as she pointed her sword into the air, before the blade glowed light blue and fired a beam towards the sky. The beam transformed into a light blue portal in the sky, before a familiar cry came out of it. Then, Blizzard Fairy flew out of the portal and into the sky besides Frozen Child Justice, having a bright smile on her face.
Blizzard Fairy ATK Points: 1000/ Level: 3.
"And the fun doesn't stop there! I activate Blizzard Fairy's special ability! Once a turn, I can Special Summon a WATER attribute monster from my Graveyard!" Rio explained, placing her right hand near the Graveyard Zone of her Duel Disk. A card then slotted out and into between the index and middle fingers, which Rio it out and up, revealing the card to be Blizzard Oracle. "Say hello to Blizzard Oracle!" The Ice Queen exclaimed as a large copy of Blizzard Oracle's card materialized on the field, before it released a white glow with the female monster appearing from the glow.
Blizzard Oracle ATK Points: 1500/ Level: 4.
Rio then swiped her right hand out forward with her fingers spread out. "At this moment, I activate Blizzard Oracle's special ability! When this card is Summoned, I can add a WATER Attribute monster from my deck to my hand!" She explained her monster's effect, watching Blizzard Oracle holding up her staff as it released a blue glow. Rio's deck then began glowing blue for a moment, before the glow died down and a single card slotted out. Rio picked the card up and revealed it to Yuma.
"I chose my Blizzard Swan!" Rio declared her choice, before adding the card to her hand. Her right hand then went to Diamondzero's card on her Duel Disk's Monster Zone, before she changed the card into a sideways position. "I'll then set my Diamondzero to DEF Position". She said as Diamondzero held her twin sabers in a defensive stance in front of herself.
Number C94: Diamondzero DEF Points: 2200.
(Yugioh Zexal OST 12 Number 39, The Emperor of Aspiration - Hope (HQ)
Rio then took another deep breath, before she looked towards her boyfriend and gave him a determined look. "When Frozen Child Justice is used for the Xyz Summon of a WATER Xyz Monster, both she and another WATER monster are treated as Level 6 monsters". The teenage girl informed her opponent, before she held up her right hand into the air.
"I overlay both Frozen Child Justice and Blizzard Oracle with them acting as Level 6 monsters!" Rio cried out to the heavens as both Frozen Child Justice and Blizzard Oracle transformed into bright blue lights that transcended into the air. A galaxy-like portal appeared in front of Rio and Enna, blowing both of their hairs widely in the breeze. "With these two monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" The Ice Queen exclaimed as the two bright blue lights flew into the galaxy portal, creating an explosion of energy.
"XYZ SUMMON! RISE FROM THE ICY DEPTHS! NUMBER 21: FROZEN LADY JUSTICE!" Rio called out as she swiped her right hand out, now holding out Frozen Lady Justice's card up with her right hand's index and middle fingers. The number '21' flashed in a yellow color, before the sealed form of Frozen Lady Justice rose up from the galaxy portal.
It was a large glowing diamond with a red jewel at the center. The glowing diamond then began to transform into a stunningly beautiful woman that had short spiky white hair and skin that was pale as ice itself. She had a three spiked, crystal themed headpiece attached to the right side of her hair and a purple blue crystal on her forehead. Blue and white armor covered her torso with a short white swing cape with pleated white trim and blue middle border. She wore white long sleeved gloves that reached her biceps and ended with a pointed edge, opening up like a flower over her biceps with gold thick bracelets on her wrist. She wore soft white fitted; over the knee boots with a purple v-trim at the top and blue accents on the heels and the top, along with a yellow glowing 21 on her left leg. She wore a skirt that was a part of her armor that showed her thins and had a long loin cloth attached to it. On her left hip was a long white, blue and gold scabbard and inside was a long ice themed broadsword. Two blue overlay units circled around the beautiful woman as she opened her blue eyes, before she gave out a cry as she held her fists up, releasing a wave of icy cold air.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK Points: 500/ Rank: 6/ Overlay units: 2.
Frozen Lady Justice floated in front of Rio and Enna with her arms crossed, staring across at the field towards Yuma, Astral and their monsters. Rio and Enna both stared up at Frozen Lady Justice with wide smiles on their faces, before the Ice Queen turned to look at her opponent with a confident expression. "Don't forget that as so long that Frozen Lady Justice has overlay units, she gains 1000 ATK Points for each". Rio reminded her boyfriend as a blue aura surrounded Frozen Lady Justice as she powered up, but didn't even twitch.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK Points: 500 + 2000 = 2500.
"That still isn't enough to defeat Big Eye". Yuma told the teenage girl with narrowed eyes, getting Rio to grin at him. "Whoever said that she was gonna to defeat your monster?" She questioned the Syllables Duelist, getting Yuma to frown in confusion. Rio then took hold of one of her remaining 3 cards and held it up. "I activate the Spell card; Xyz Encore!" The Ice Queen declared as she slotted the card into her Duel Disk.
A large copy of Xyz Encore's card materialized in front of Rio, before sound waves with musical symbols erupted out of it, heading straight towards Big Eye. The sound waves passed through the Spellcaster-Type Xyz Monster, causing it to glow, before it dispersed, much to Yuma and Astral's shock as they stared up at where Big Eye was just a moment ago. "Surprised?" Rio asked with a smug grin, getting Yuma and Astral to look towards her.
"Xyz Encore selects an Xyz Monster with overlay units on your field. It returns the Xyz Monster to your Extra Deck". Enna explained the Spell card's effect to her husband and his partner, before Rio continued on for her. "But the plus size is that if a Monster Card is in the Graveyard that was an Xyz Material, all of the monsters that were Big Eye's overlay units are Special Summoned to your field in DEF Position". The Ice Queen finished explaining her Spell card's effect as two portals appeared in front of Yuma and Astral. Both Gagaga Magician and Girl both slowly rose up from the monsters, holding their arms up in defensive stances.
Gagaga Magician DEF Points: 1000/ Level: 4.
Gagaga Girl DEF Points: 800/ Level: 3.
"Oh, and just to let you know, their Levels are reduced by 1". Rio added as a black aura appeared around the two Spellcasters, symbolizing their level decrease.
Gagaga Magician Level: 4 – 1 = 3.
Gagaga Girl Level: 3 – 1 = 2.
"Something tells me that isn't gonna matter in a few moments". Yuma remarked with wide eyes, getting Rio to nod at him. "You're right about that. I activate Frozen Lady Justice's special ability!" The teenage girl called out, swiping her right hand into the air. Frozen Lady Justice uncrossed her arms, before she took hold of the scabbard with her left hand and grabbed hold of the sheathed broadsword's handle with the right hand. She then slowly drew the broadsword out of the scabbard and held it out to the right side.
"By using an overlay unit, Frozen Lady Justice can destroy all DEF Position monsters you control! However, since Frozen Child Justice was used to Xyz Summon her; Frozen Lady Justice doesn't need to detach one of her overlay units!" Rio explained her ace monster's special ability as one of the overlay units flying around Frozen Lady Justice flashed light blue for a moment.
Frozen Lady Justice then held out her right hand, pointing her blade towards all four of Yuma's monsters. A white aura then appeared around Frozen Lady Justice, before it was transferred over to the tip of her blade. "Let them have it!" Rio called out with an eager voice. Frozen Lady Justice cried out and fired a snowstorm from her blade towards Dugares, Diamond Crab King, Gagaga Magician and Gagaga Girl. The snowstorm struck and instantly encased all four monsters in ice, before all of them shattered into pieces and released a cold air at both Yuma and Astral.
The Syllables Duelist slightly shivered from the cold temperature, while Astral wasn't affected. "That's cold". The teenage boy grumbled out, getting Astral to turn towards him with an eyebrow. "It's gonna get colder for you!" Rio exclaimed as she reared her right hand in, before swiping it out towards Yuma. "Frozen Lady Justice, attack Yuma directly!" The Ice Queen commanded her ace monster, getting Frozen Lady Justice to narrow her eyes, before she took hold of the broadsword with both hands, and then flew towards Yuma.
The Syllables Duelist looked up towards the approaching Xyz Monster, before holding her left hand out. "Did you forget about my little friend, Rainbow Kuriboh?!" Yuma called out as a black portal appeared in front of him with Rainbow Kuriboh floating up from within it with a cry of "kuri!"
Rainbow Kuriboh DEF Points: 100/ Level: 1.
Frozen Lady Justice swiped her blade down on the little Fiend-Type Monster, slicing Rainbow Kuriboh in half, before he exploded. "When I'm attacked directly, I can Special Summon my little buddy from the Graveyard to take the hit for me!" Yuma explained with a grin, while Frozen Lady Justice returned to Rio's side of the field. Rio returned the grin at her boyfriend, before she gestured to Blizzard Fairy with her left hand. "But now that leaves you wide open for a direct attack from Blizzard Fairy!" The Ice Queen called out as Blizzard Fairy pointed her wand towards Yuma, before the tip began to gleam with energy.
"Think again! I play the Trap card, Pinpoint Guard!" Yuma called out as one of his face-down cards flipped itself up, before it began to glow. "When a monster you control declares an attack; Pinpoint Guard lets me Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from my Graveyard in DEF Position! Come on back, Dodododwarf Gogogoglove!" The Syllables Duelist called out as Pinpoint Guard's card changed positions to sideways position, before it transformed into Dodododwarf Gogogoglove's card. The transformed card began glowing white completely, before Dodododwarf Gogogoglove rose up from the glow and crossed its arms.
Dodododwarf Gogogoglove DEF Points: 1800/ Level: 4.
"Blizzard Fairy, stop your attack!" Rio told her monster, which Blizzard Fairy obeyed as she lowered her wand and flew away. "Looks like you get another turn, but I'm gonna make sure that things won't be easy for you! I now go into my Main Phase 2!" The Ice Queen declared, before she picked up Blizzard Swan's card with her right hand and held it up. "Since I control two WATER Monsters, I can Special Summon Blizzard Swan from my hand!" Rio called out as she placed the card on a Monster Zone. A blue portal appeared besides her, before Blizzard Swan flew out of it and stopped besides Blizzard Fairy.
Blizzard Swan ATK Points: 1300/ Level: 3.
"But she won't be sticking around for long, because I'm goona use her and Blizzard Fairy to create the overlay network!" Rio called out as she brought her right hand into the air. Blizzard Swan and Fairy both transformed into two bright blue lights that shot out into the air. A galaxy portal appeared in the sky between the two Duelists, which the bright blue light flew into it, causing a bright light to erupt from within it.
"Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 3! Number 49: Fortune Tune!" Rio called out as the number '49' gleam a light green colour, before the seal form of Number 49 appeared from the galaxy portal. The sealed form was a normal sized blue egg with a golden branch stabbed into it and one green overlay unit circling around it. The egg began to hatch with the egg shells disappearing to reveal Fortune Tune, who took ahold of the golden branch with its beak. Fortune Tune gave out a cheerful cry as it flew towards Rio and landed on her left shoulder.
Number 49: Fortune Tune DEF Points: 900/ Rank: 3/ Overlay units: 2.
"Blizzard Fairy's special ability now activates! Since she was used as Xyz Material, I can draw one card!" Enna explained for her partner, while Rio drew another card with her right hand. Rio took a moment to look at the card, before she held it out. "I play the Spell card Soul Release!" The Ice Queen called out as the card released a white glow, getting Astral to narrow his eyes at Soul Release's card.
"Soul Release can banish up to 5 monsters from either player's Graveyard". He explained the Spell card's effect to Yuma, before five virtual cards appeared in front of the Syllables Duelist. Yuma looked and saw that the five cards were Gagaga Magician, Gagaga Girl, Zubababancho Gagagacoat, Number 61: Volcasaurus and Number 60: Dugares the Timeless. "I choose those five cards to be banished!" Rio declared her choices as the five virtual cards dematerialized, getting Yuma to slightly grit his teeth.
'She made great choices. I could have revived Gagaga Magician, Gagaga Girl and Zubababancho Gagagacoat through Gagaga Head's effect, but I can't now. And with Volcasaurus and Dugares removed from play, I can Xyz Summon them back through Gagaga Head's effect either!' Yuma thought to himself, seeing that Rio made great choices at removing those five cards from play. Rio looked at her last card in her hand, before she looked up towards her boyfriend. "I'm done with this turn. Your move". She told her opponent, declaring her turn over.
(Music end)
Yuma Life Points: 650/ Number of cards in hand: 2.
"It's my turn now! Since I used Dugares' effect to draw last turn, my Draw Phase is skipped for this turn". Yuma told his girlfriend, before he held his left hand out towards Gogogoglove's back. "I activate the special ability of Dodododwarf Gogogoglove! During my Main Phase, I can Special Summon a "Gagaga", or "Zubaba" monster from my hand!" He explained his monster's effect, before Gagaga Head's virtual card appeared in front of his left hand. "And the monster that I chose is Gagaga Head!" Yuma declared, while Gogogoglove rammed her gauntlets against one another, before slamming them both on the airship, causing a mini earthquake. A black portal appeared in front of her, before Gagaga Head slowly rose up from within it.
Gagaga Head ATK Points: 2100/ Level: 6.
"I'm not done yet!" Yuma exclaimed, before he brought up his right hand with a virtual card materializing between his index and middle fingers. "Now, I Normal Summon Gagaga Sister!" Yuma called out as the virtual card dematerialized in his hand, before a purple portal appeared besides him. Gagaga Sister came flying out of the portal with her key in hand, before she flew up to Gagaga Head and sat down on his right shoulder.
Gagaga Sister ATK Points: 200/ Level: 2.
"Her special ability now activates! When Gagaga Sister is Normal Summoned, I can add a "Gagaga" Spell/Trap card from my deck to my hand!" Yuma explained his monster's effect as Gagaga Sister held up her key as it began to glow a bright gold colour. A virtual card slotted out of Yuma's Duel Disk to the edge, which the Syllables Duelist picked up with his right hand's index and middle fingers.
Yuma held the card out towards Rio, showing it to be the Spell card Gagaga Thunder. "I chose the Spell card, Gagagabolt! And now I'll activate it!" The 13-year-old boy declared as the card disappeared from his fingers. Gagaga Head held up his right hand and pointed towards the sky, before a powerful bolt of thunder appeared out of nowhere and struck his finger, but did no harm to the Spellcaster-Type monster.
"If I control a "Gagaga" monster, Gagagabolt can destroy any card on the field! And the one that'll be receiving the thunder is Diamondzero!" Yuma exclaimed as he pointed towards the Rank 6 Xyz Monster, getting Rio to gasp in alarm. Gagaga Head then directed his right hand towards Diamondzero, before unleashing a powerful bolt of light at the Xyz Monster. It struck Diamondzero right on the chest, causing her to shatter immediately. Rio stared up at where her monster was just destroyed, before she turned to glare at her boyfriend.
"With Diamondbell gone, your defensive options have just been reduced". Enna told his partner with an emotionless tone. "I know that". Rio replied without turning to face Enna, her face still facing Yuma's direction. The Syllables Duelist then held his right hand out towards Onomatopickup's card. "I activate the effect of my Continuous Spell; Onomatopickup!" Yuma declared, before Onomatopickup's card began to glow a gold colour.
Then, Gagaga Head, Gagaga Sister and Dodododwarf Gogogoglove all began glowing gold as well. "Once a turn, I can select a "Gagaga", "Dododo", "Zubba" or "Gogogo" monster on the field, then all other monsters become the same Level as that monster!" Yuma explained his Spell card's effect once more, before redirecting his right arm towards Gogogoglove. "I select the Level 4 Dodododwarf Gogogoglove! Now, both Gagaga Head and Gagaga Sister both become Level 4 monsters!" The Syllables Duelist explained, before both Gagaga monsters' Levels changed.
Gagaga Head Level: 6 – 2 = 4.
Gagaga Sister Level: 2 + 2 = 4.
(Shin Sangokumusou 7 (Dynasty Warriors 8) OST - Beyond The Destiny HQ)
Yuma narrowed his eyes as he held up his right fist. "Now, I overlay the Level 4 Gagaga Head and Sister!" Yuma declared as both monsters transformed into purple lights that ascended into the air and danced around one another. A galaxy-like portal appeared in front of Yuma and Astral on the ground, which the two lights flew down into it, causing an explosion of power. "I Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Number 39: Utopia Double!" The Syllables Duelist cried out to the heavens as the number "39" flashed a red colour.
Rising up from the portal was a large object that looked like an ornate white and gold sword with two balls of golden light orbiting around it. The sword unfolded and took on the shape of a warrior with white armor trimmed with gold. On its head was a helmet with three golden horns, and on its back was a folded pair of white metal wings. In the center of its chest was a green gem similar to the one embedded in the Emperor's Key. Written on the large piece of armor on his left shoulder in red was the number, 39. Finally, two yellow overlay units were circling around the warrior of light.
Number 39: Utopia Double DEF Points: 2500/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.
Rio and Enna looked up at the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster as it stood 10 feet away from Frozen Lady Justice, who had grown a small smile at seeing him. "Utopia Double. This just got more troublesome than before". Rio stated with narrowed eyes, getting Enna to nod in agreement. "I agree. Utopia Double has a powerful effect to make up for the lost of ATK Points". The silver haired woman remarked, remembering the Xyz Monster's effect perfectly. Yuma and Astral were able to hear the two females across them discuss about Utopia Double, causing the Mohawk hair styled male to narrow his eyes. "They're aware of what you're planning". He told his partner with his arms crossed, getting Yuma to smirk a little.
"Yeah? Well, let's see how they'll counter it! First things first, Gagaga Head's ability activates!" The Syllables Duelist called out, thrusting his right hand towards Utopia Double's back. Gagaga Head appeared over Utopia Double, looking see-through like a ghost. "I can draw cards equal to the number of "Gagaga" monsters I used to Xyz Summon with Gagaga Head. Since there's a total of two monsters, I can draw 2 cards". He explained his card's card, before looking down at his Duel Disk. Two virtual cards came out of the orb towards the edge, which Yuma grabbed hold of with his right hand, before swiping it out towards the side with the cards in hand. Yuma then brought his hand in front of himself to see what the cards were, before he gave a small grin at seeing them.
"Not bad". The Syllables Duelist stated, before one of the virtual cards disappeared, and then he held the single one out towards Overlay Unit's card. "I activate the first effect of the Overlay Unit Spell card!" Yuma declared as the card began to lightly glow, getting Rio and Enna to grow curious expressions. "It's first effect? About time, I've been wondering what else that card can do". Rio said with slightly wide eyes, hiding the excitement inside of her from finally seeing what the Spell card can do. Enna remained silent, but her eyes showed all the anticipation she harbored.
"Once a turn; I can target a face-up monster I control that has a Level, then Special Summon another monster with the same Level from the Hand, or Graveyard!" Yuma explained Overlay Network's first effect with a confident smirk on his face, much to Rio's amazement. He then held up the virtual card that he was holding, revealing it to be Utopic Onomatopoeia. "Through Overlay Network's effect, I Special Summon Utopic Onomatopoeia in DEF Mode!" The teenage boy exclaimed as the virtual card disappeared from his hand. Utopic Onomatopoeia's card materialized on the field, before it began dazzling a bright light with Utopic Onomatopoeia appearing from it.
Utopic Onomatopoeia DEF Points: 1500/ Level: 4.
"But he won't be staying for long, because I'm overlaying him with the Level 4 Dodododwarf Gogogoglove!" Yuma declared, swiping his right hand up towards the sky as Utopic Onomatopoeia transformed into a bright yellow light, while Dodododwarf Gogogoglove became a brownish orange light. The two lights shot out towards the sky and flew around one another, before a galaxy-like Xyz portal appeared on the ground behind Yuma and Astral, blowing the Syllables Duelist's jacket in the breeze. "With these two monsters, I build the overlay network! Xyz Summon!" The teenage boy called out as the two lights flew down into the Xyz portal, causing a brown coloured pillar of light to emerge from within it.
"Appear! Rank 4! Number 55: Gogogo Goliath!" Yuma exclaimed as he brought his right hand down in front of him, now holding a virtual card of the Xyz Monster with the number "55" flashing a red colour. Appearing was a large stone object resembling a rubix cube with two brown overlay units orbiting around it. More segments sprang from the sides of the cube, and soon it had changed into a monster that greatly resembled Gogogo Golem, but was six times the brick golem's size. It had a small dome-shaped head of blue brick with a single red eye and two horns made from pipes the color of red brick. Its torso looked like it had been made from the tower of a grey castle and had a barred window in the chest. Glowing on the golem's stomach in red alien writing was the number 55. It had massive red upper legs with even larger blue lower legs. The giant had long thick tube-like red arms with blue armor covering the wrists, and on its back were two large red tanks that looked like could be silos of some kind.
Number 55: Gogogo Goliath ATK Points: 2400/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.
"Gogogo Goliath's special ability now activates! So long as this card remains on the field, all monsters I control gains 800 DEF Points!" Yuma explained his Xyz Monster's effect, before both Gogogo Goliath and Utopia Double were covered in brown auras, increasing their DEF Points.
Number 55: Gogogo Goliath DEF Points: 1200 + 800 = 2000.
Number 39: Utopia Double DEF Points: 2500 + 800 = 3300.
"Now that that's taken care of, let's move on to the main event! First, I activate the second effect of Overlay Network to return Gagaga Head to my hand!" Yuma declared, bringing his right hand up into the air as one of Utopia Double's overlay units shot out towards the teenage boy. The overlay unit turned into a glowing purple card that Yuma caught with his index and middle fingers, before the glow died down to reveal the virtual card.
Rio narrowed her eyes upon seeing that move, while the virtual card disappeared from Yuma's right hand, before he thrust it forward. "Now I activate Utopia Double's special ability! By using an overlay unit…" The Syllables Duelist began to explain as Utopia Double absorbed its last remaining overlay unit into the gem on its chest. "First, I get to add a "Double or Nothing" card from my deck to my hand!" He continued as a virtual card slotted out of his Duel Disk's orb, which he picked up and showed to Rio that it was indeed the Quick-Play Spell card, before it disappeared.
"Then, I can use Utopia Double as Xyz Material for any "Utopia" Xyz Monster from my Extra Deck!" Yuma finished explaining as Utopia Double reassembled itself back into its sealed form. A galaxy-like portal appeared on the ground, before Utopia Double's sealed form floated down inside of it, causing an explosion of energy. "Carry hope on white wings! Come forth, Number 39! Messenger of Light! Utopia!" Yuma cried out to the heavens, now holding his true ace monster's virtual card with his right hand with the number "39" flashing a red colour.
An ornate white and gold sword like Utopia Double's sealed form rose up from within the portal with a single gold overlay unit circling around it. Then, the ornate white and gold sword transformed into the true warrior of hope himself, Number 39: Utopia, who gave out a fierce battle cry as he held up his fists.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 2500/ DEF Points: 2000 + 800 = 2800/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 1.
Frozen Lady Justice's smile grew slightly larger upon seeing Utopia, who gave a small reaction upon seeing her, but kept silent. "This is the part where things start going our way! Utopia Double's effect's final part! The "Utopia" Xyz Monster Xyz Summoned through his effect has its ATK Points doubled!" Yuma told his opponent with a grin, before a white flaming aura appeared over Utopia's body, increasing his power greatly.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 2500 X 2 = 5000.
Rio and Enna spent a moment to look up at Utopia, before they looked back at their boyfriend/husband. "Victory is almost ours, Yuma! Now, go on the attack!" Astral told his partner as he swiped his right hand out towards Rio, Enna, Frozen Lady Justice, Fortune Tune and Shamoji Soldier. Yuma grew a confident smirk on his face, before he gave a nod. "My pleasure! First, Gogogo Goliath attacks Shamoji Soldier!" Yuma commanded, rearing his right fist back, before thrusting it out towards the Rank 1 Xyz Monster.
Gogogo Goliath's eyes flashed for a moment, before it charged over Yuma, Astral and Utopia towards Shamoji Soldier. It then swung its left fist down on Shamoji Soldier and landed a hard strike, causing the Rank 1 Xyz Monster to shatter from the powerful attack, getting Rio and Enna to flinch from the shockwaves. Gogogo Goliath then returned to behind Yuma, Astral and Utopia, returning to its original position.
"Now, for the main attack! Utopia, attack Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice!" Yuma commanded, now pointing his right hand's index finger towards Rio's ace monster. Utopia grabbed hold of his right short on his left waist, before he spun around and threw the blade into the air. The short sword acted like a boomerang as it spun around mid-air.
Rio and Enna frowned in confusion at Yuma's actions, before the Ice Queen looked down at the single card in her land and picked it up. "Did you forget about my Blizzard Crow?" Rio questioned her boyfriend, turning the card over as it began to glow a light blue colour. "When a WATER Attribute monster I control is selected for an attack; I can send my feathered friend to the Graveyard. Doing so negates the attack and you take damage equal to half of your monster's ATK Points!" She explained her card's effect, discarding the card to her Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone.
A blue portal then formed in front of the Ice Queen, before Blizzard Crow flew out of it, heading towards the still air-born sword. The blue feathered crow then knocked the sword out of the air and off course, before it did a barrel roll and started flying down towards Utopia, who looked up at it in surprise.
"And that's jackpot!" Rio exclaimed with a smirk on her face, one that Yuma returned with his own, before he held up his left hand. "Not just yet. I activate the Trap card; Damage Reactor". Yuma declared as his remaining face-down card flipped itself up, before it transformed into a pink beam that shot out and formed pink waves above Utopia. Blizzard Crow came down on the pink waves, but dispersed upon making contact.
Utopia's short sword stabbed the ground right in the middle of the field, before Rio and Enna cried out in surprise upon seeing Utopia unharmed, while Yuma and Astral grinned at their looks. "Surprised? Well, don't be. Whenever I would take damage from a card effect, Damage Reactor not only reduces it to 0, one of my face-up monsters also gains 800 ATK Points". The Syllables Duelist explained his Trap card's effect, before the pink waves transformed into a blue beam that shot out and struck Gogogo Goliath, but did no harm to the Rock-Type Monster, instead powered it up.
Number 55: Gogogo Goliath ATK Points: 2400 + 800 = 3200.
"And we're not done just yet". Astral remarked, before Yuma stretched his right hand out towards his girlfriend. Double of Nothing's virtual card then appeared in front of his stretched out hand. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell card; Double or Nothing!" The teenage boy declared, before the virtual card disappeared, and then a large copy of Double or Nothing's card appeared in front of him.
"When a monster I control has its attack negated, this Spell allows it to attack once more, only with double its ATK Points from before!" Yuma explained his Spell card's effect. The flames around Utopia intensified greatly as the Warrior-Type Monster grew more powerful, before he released a fierce battle cry, releasing a powerful gust of wind.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 5000 X 2 = 10000.
Rio and Enna widened their eyes in disbelief upon seeing the high number of ATK Points. "10000 ATK Points!?" The Ice Queen exclaimed with wide eyes full of shock. She had expected this of course, but it was still shocking to see a monster with that high ATK power. "Truly impressive I must say". Enna commented as she softened her surprised expression back into a normal one.
Utopia then flew towards his short-sword still stabbed in the ground, before he grabbed hold of the handle with his right hand. The Warrior-Type Xyz Monster then pulled the blade out of the ground and held it out to the side, before the flaming aura engulfed it as well. Utopia tilted his head up and looked at Frozen Lady Justice, who took hold of her broadsword with both hands and took a stance.
"Now Utopia, attack Frozen Lady Justice! Rising Sun Slash!" Yuma commanded his ace monster with a confident grin, swiping his left hand out to the side. Utopia let out a battle cry and reared his right hand in, before he flew into the air with the weapon over his head, and then began to fall towards Frozen Lady Justice. Rio, Enna and Frozen Lady Justice stared up at the approaching attack, before the 14-year-old girl looked down at her remaining face-down card and held her left hand out towards it. "I activate the Trap card; Frozen Parry Strike!" Rio called out as her face-down card slowly lifted itself up.
Just as Utopia swung his sword down on Frozen Lady Justice, the Aqua-Type Monster swung her blade and parried Utopia's attack and pushed him back, much to the surprise of Yuma and Astral. "What the!?" The Mohawk hair styled male cried out in surprise at this unexpected development. "What just happened?!" Yuma questioned with wide eyes, while Utopia landed in front of him and Astral.
Rio gave a wink and a giggle as she waved her right hand's index finger around. "Just as the name suggests, Frozen Parry Strike negates your attack if I control "Frozen Lady" monster. So, tough luck. Say goodbye to 5000 points of Utopia's ATK Points". Rio told her opponent with a joyful voice. Utopia's flaming auras died down a little, but still remained as he powered down.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 10000 – 5000 = 5000.
"And now the final part of Frozen Parry Strike. I can then select a WATER Xyz Monster on my field, then select a monster in my Graveyard and attach it to the first selected monster". Rio explained her Trap card's final effect as Blizzard Falcon's card slotted out of her Duel Disk's Graveyard Zone. The Ice Queen then picked the card up with her right hand's index and middle fingers, before she held it out towards Yuma. "I chose my Blizzard Falcon!" She declared her choice, before the card transformed into a blue overlay unit that shot out and began circling around Frozen Lady Justice.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK Points: 2500 + 1000 = 3500/ Overlay units: 2 + 1 = 3.
(Music end)
Frozen Lady Justice dropped her stance, while Yuma snapped his right hand's fingers. "Drat! We were so close to winning this thing". The Syllables Duelist complained, getting Astral to slightly smile at his partner. "Do not threat. You still have a good chance of victory". The Mohawk hair styled male told his partner, getting Yuma to look up at him for a moment, before he looked back towards his girlfriend.
"You're right. I'll get her next turn". Yuma replied, before he held up his right hand with a virtual card appearing above it, which he took hold of. He looked down at the card and saw that it was the Trap card, Impenetrable Attack. Yuma stared at the card for a few moments, before he held his hand out to the side and his Duel Disk's blade appeared over it. "I'll set a face-down card and call it a turn". Yuma declared, swiping his right hand over the Duel Disk's blade. A face-down card then appeared in front of him, right where Damage Reactor's card was.
Rio Life Points: 1750/ Number of cards in hand: 0.
"My turn now". Rio declared, placing her right hand on the top card of her deck. "I draw!" She called out, drawing the card in a dramatic fashion by swiping her right hand out with the card in between the index and middle fingers. The Ice Queen brought her card to her face, taking a moment to look at it, before she looked at Fortune Tune on her left shoulder.
"Fortune Tune's special ability activates! During my Standby Phases, I regain 500 Life Points thanks to my little friend here". Rio explained her monster's effect as Fortune Tune began to let out a peaceful chipping. Soon, the Winged Beast gained a white aura around itself, before it was transferred over to Rio, increasing her Life Points.
Rio Life Points: 1750 + 500 = 2250.
Fortune Tune stopped chipping and its white aura disappeared. The Winged Beast Monster then flew off of Rio's shoulder, while Rio transferred her sole card to her left hand, before she laid her right hand on her chest. She closed her eyes as she breathed in deeply, and then breathed out to calm her nerves. Rio then opened her eyes to reveal the look of resolve inside of them, before she held up her left arm slightly higher than before. "Enna, it's time". The Ice Queen told her partner, getting the silver haired woman to look towards her in slight surprise.
"You really want us to do "that" again? But this duel isn't dangerous and there's no risks whatsoever, so why?" Enna asked the teenage girl in surprise, getting Rio to turn towards her and give a small smile. "I understand that there's no reason to, but I kinda want to do it again. To experience that feeling we had together. I understand if you won't allow it, but I just want to feel what it's like when we're one again". The Ice Queen answered the older female, her voice full of longing for the same feeling she had before. Enna silently stared at her partner for a few moments, before she grew a small smile and placed her left hand on Rio's right shoulder.
(Play Yugioh Zexal OST 67 Freed Heart (HQ)
Enna walked up to Rio's right side, before she held up her left hand, while Rio held up her right hand. The two then turned their hands towards each other, before clasping them together with one another. "Enna and I...we build the overlay network with ourselves!" The Ice Queen called out with a tone full of resolve, before she transformed into a bright red light, while Enna turned into a bright blue light. The two lights then ascended into the sky, dancing around one another. Yuma and Astral watched with slightly wide eyes, having a good idea what the two were doing. "Impossible...don't tell me that...?" Astral whispered in disbelief at what he was seeing with his own eyes. Yuma gave a small excited smile as he honestly was looking forward to seeing this.
The two lights then came together in the sky, causing a bright white light that covered them from view. The white light disappeared for a moment, before reappearing, only stronger than before. From the bright white light came a silvery white light that flew down and struck the ground, causing a bright silver flash of light. The bright silver flash of light shrunk, before forming a silver dome. Inside the silver dome, Rio and Enna's combined form began materializing slowly, from the feet to the face. "When two distant souls cross each other, the legendary power shall appear!" Rio called out from inside the dome, before finally, the Zexal form of the two partners was revealed.
It was Rio, but she had undergone a massive transformation. Her hair was longer now, just as long as Enna's hair and was pure silver like hers with blue highlights, two round light blue hair pins on the front bangs of her hair. She also wore three light blue gems on her neck with a blue choker, just like Enna's. Her left eye was now yellow and had black eyelid around both eyes now.
She now wore a pure white and blue strapless dress like Enna's dress, but it now had a slit that ran down from her left thigh, leaving her legs exposed. However, she wore beautiful white high heeled boots that reached her knees with purple gems at the center. On her hands were pure white elbow length, fingerless gloves with purple gems at the elbows. Over her gloves were blue gauntlets with her hybrid Duel Disk on her left arm. It was a combination of Rio and Enna's Duel Disks. The body of the Duel Disk was pure blue and in the shape of a shield with 11 zones in the shape of crystals blades sticking out. Finally, she had a white crown of sorts on her head with an indigo coloured Duel-Gazer attached to it that went over her left eye.
"Xyz Change! Zexal!" Zexal Rio and Enna cried out to the heavens, their combined form standing 10 feet away from Yuma and Astral with a silver aura surrounding her. The two males had wide eyes full of amazement in their eyes as they stared at their opponents' Zexal form. "...Incredible... They really have acquired the power of Zexal itself". The male Astral World being whispered in awe at the sight, while Yuma gave off an impressed whistle. "Now that's awesome. I always wanted to see what it was like seeing the power of Zexal through someone else, but wow. This Zexal is really different from ours". The Syllables Duelist remarked with an impressed expression on his face, getting Astral to nod in agreement as the form before them was different to their own. Even Utopia was staring down at the combined form of Rio and Enna with a hint of awe in his eyes.
Frozen Lady Justice looked down at Rio and Enna's combined form with a happy smile on her face, before she returned her attention to Utopia. Zexal Rio gentle took hold of the sole remaining card in her hand with the right hand, before she held it out towards Yuma and Astral. "I activate the Spell card; Xyz Treasure!" The combined form of Rio and Enna called out, before swiping the card into her Duel Disk. A large copy of Xyz Treasure's card appeared on her field, before it, Utopia, Gogogo Goliath, Fortune Tune and Frozen Lady Justice began to glow a gold colour. "For every Xyz Monster on the field, we can now draw a card! Since there's a total of 4 monsters, that's four cards!" Zexal Rio explained her Spell card's effect, before she slightly held up her right hand as it began glowing a bright gold colour.
Yuma and Astral took notice of the bright gold light around Zexal Rio's hand, increasing their excitement/disbelief at the unexpected development. "They even have the power of Shining Draw?!" Astral exclaimed in shock with wide eyes to show his disbelief, while Yuma grinned even more than before. Zexal Rio then thrust her right hand up into the air as sparkles of golden energy began gathering around her hand. 'A truly powerful Duelist can shake the outcome of a Duel! She can even generate the very cards that she needs to draw!' Enna called out from within the combined form as the female Zexal placed her right hand's index and middle fingers on the top cards of her deck, which started glowing when she touched it. "Shining Quadruple Draw!" Rio and Enna called out as their combined form drew their cards in a dramatic fashion, leaving a gold veil as she moved her right hand.
The combined form of the two females flipped the cards over to see what they were, before she gave a small at seeing what they were. The four cards were Rank-Up-Magic Shining Force, Xyz Revenge Shuffle, Xyz Energy and a new Trap card of hers called Trap Baton. The card's image showed a blank card facing Call of the Haunted's card, which was transferring its image over to it.
(Trap Baton/ Type: Trap/ Effect: When this card is activated, remove one Trap card from your Graveyard, and if the activation timing is correct, you can activate that Trap's effect.)
Zexal Rio added the four cards to her left hand and gentle took hold of them. She then swiped her right hand into the air, now holding Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice's card with the index and middle fingers. "I rebuild the Overlay Network with Frozen Lady Justice!" She declared, getting Frozen Lady Justice to smirk as she held her sword up in front of her with both hands. "Through the power of our bonds of friendship and feeling the flow, a new hope shall appear! Go Shining Xyz Evolution!" Zexal Rio and Enna called out together as a bright light erupted from Frozen Lady Justice's sword, covering her completely from view. "Appear Number S21: Frozen Lady Absolute Justice!" The two partners shouted out as the light disappeared to reveal Frozen Lady Justice's new form.
Frozen Lady Justice was now wearing a glowing white priestess's outfit with crystal wings extending from her back. She was now barefooted and barehanded, an icy blue bracelet on her left hand, two icy blue ankle cuffs, a long sheer waterfall skirt with a blue embellished belt, with a matching icy blue brazier top with a cheer shrug covering her shoulders and being held together with an icy blue clasp and silver chains. She now wielded a pure white-coloured longsword with a mark on the handle and the blade being frosty blue with her right hand. Finally, she now had icy crystal earrings on her ears and five overlay units circling around her.
Frozen Lady Absolute Justice opened her still blue eyes, before she let out a cry and swung her longsword to the side, unleashing a blizzard storm.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Absolute Justice ATK Points: 500/ Rank: 6/ Overlay units: 4.
Yuma, Astral and their monsters stared at Frozen Lady Absolute Justice as she floated in front of Zexal Rio and Fortune Tune. "So that's your final solution, huh? Shining Evolution?" Yuma questioned his opponent with a raised eyebrow, getting Zexal Rio to giggle at him. "That's where you're wrong. My true aim was for this card right here". The female replied as she held up a single card with her right hand to her face, getting the two males confused at what she meant. Zexal Rio took a moment to look at the card, before she held it out towards the sky.
"I activate the Spell card, Rank-Up-Magic Shining Force!" Zexal Rio called out as the card unleashed a powerful shining light. Yuma and Astral gasped in complete surprise at this revelation. "A new Rank-Up-Magic card?!" The Mohawk hair styled male exclaimed, shocked out of his mind at this bombshell. "What does this one do?!" Yuma questioned out loud with wide eyes. Luckily for him, Zexal Rio and Enna were about to explain. 'This card ranks up a Number S into another Number S that's 1 Rank higher!' Enna explained the Rank-Up-Magic's effect as Frozen Lady Absolute Justice took ahold of her long sword, before holding it up into the sky. "We rebuild the Overlay Network with the Rank 6 Number S21: Frozen Lady Absolute Justice!" Zexal Rio and Enna called out as the tip of Frozen Lady Absolute Justice's long sword let out a sparkle, before unleashing a powerful bright light that covered her completely from view.
The combined form of Rio and Enna swiped her right hand out to the right side with her thumb, index and middle fingers out. Sparkles appeared out of nowhere and gathered together between the three fingers, before forming into a single card. "GO! RANK UP SHINING XYZ EVOLUTION!" Zexal Rio and Enna called out as their combined form flipped the card over, revealing that it was a blank card. Then, gold dust came off the blankness of the card, revealing the window of the card as if the blank form was just a cover for its true appearance. "APPEAR! NUMBER S21: FROZEN LADY JUDGMENT!" The combined form of Rio and Enna called out as the powerful bright light cleared to reveal the evolved form of Frozen Lady Absolute Judgment.
She now wore a pure light blue body suit with shards of sharp ice forming into her high heeled boots and gauntlets that covered her skin completely. Her chest was covered by a breast plate of pure ice with twin shoulder pads resembling birds. Extending from her back were a pair of large white wings. Her hair was now so long that it reached down to her waist with an ice formed crown over the head. She wielded what appeared to be a beautiful one-handed/two-handed hybrid sword. The pommel was icy blue; the cross guard and grip were pure white. The center of the blue blade was pure silver and finally, the tip was shining white.
Frozen Lady Judgment opened her closed eyes, revealing them to still be blue, before she flew into the air. She swung her sword in front to the left, then the right, before she gave out a battle cry with five blue overlay units circling around her.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Judgement ATK Points: 1000/ Rank: 7/ Overlay units: 5.
(Music end)
Zexal Rio stared up at her evolved ace monster with a wide smile on her face, ignoring the shocked expressions that the two males standing 10 feet away from her, had on their faces. "A Rank-Up Number S Monster...?" Astral questioned, staring up at Frozen Lady Judgement with his eyes as wide as they could possibly be. Yuma was silent as he stared up at the Rank 7 Xyz Monster before him, but his eyes showed the awe that he was experiencing at seeing the new Rank Up evolution. Unknown to everyone was that Utopia was also staring at Frozen Lady Judgement in awe as well, something that the female Xyz Monster took notice of as she gave a wink at him.
(Zexal Sound Duel 4 - Belief)
The Zexal form of Rio and Enna then turned their attention over to her opponents, before she held her right hand out forward. "I activate Frozen Lady Judgment's special ability!" Zexal Rio cried out to the heavens as her ace monster held up her one- handed sword into the air. "If I used 'Number S21: Frozen Lady Absolute Justice' as Xyz Material for this monster's Xyz Summon, it grants her this effect! By using an Overlay Unit…!" She began as one of Frozen Lady Judgment's overlay units was absorbed into her sword, causing an icy blue aura to surge through it. "All your monsters ATK and DEF Points are reduced to 0!" Zexal Rio finished, causing Yuma and Astral to gasp in disbelief. "No way! /Impossible!" The two exclaimed at the same time from what they just heard.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Judgement Overlay units: 5 - 1 = 4.
"Haaaa!" Frozen Lady Judgment cried out as she swung her right hand down, hurling icy blue coloured energy at both Utopia and Gogogo Goliath. The energy struck the two monsters, causing an explosion that covered her from view. After a few moments, the explosion cleared to reveal both Xyz Monsters completely frozen in ice, even their overlay units were frozen in mid-air.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 5000 - 5000 = 0/ DEF Points: 2800 - 2000 = 0.
Number 55: Gogogo Goliath ATK Points: 3200 - 3200 = 0/ DEF Points: 2000 - 2000 = 0.
Both Yuma and Astral looked up at the frozen monsters with wide eyes at seeing their points reduced to zero. "You've gotta be joking! My monsters have been reduced to harmless monsters!" The Syllables Duelist yelled out in surprise, getting Zexal Rio to laugh a little at his expression. "There's more where that came from! I now go to my Battle Phase! At this moment, Frozen Lady Judgment's second effect activates! During the Battle Phase, her ATK Points become equal to her Rank x 1000!" The combined form of Rio and Enna called out, explaining the Xyz Monster's second effect, much to the two male partners' surprise.
Frozen Lady Judgment took ahold of her sword with both her hands, before it underwent a transformation. Pure icy blue energy appeared and surged through the blade with the energy surrounding the tip being a shining white colour, almost like a halo. Frozen Lady Judgment swiped her now two-handed blade up over her head, before she brought it down and pointed her blade towards Utopia.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Judgment ATK Points: 1000 + 6000 = 7000.
"7000 ATK Points!?" Astral exclaimed in surprise with wide eyes. Zexal Rio held up her right fist, before rearing it back, and then thrust it forward towards Utopia. "Frozen Lady Judgment, attack Number 39: Utopia with Final Frozen Slash!" Both Zexal Rio and Enna commanded with strong voices. Frozen Lady Judgment spread her wings out fully, before she ascended into the sky and flew high. She flew very high into the air, before she stopped in mid-air and looked down towards Utopia. She began descending down towards the Warrior-Type Monster, holding her two-handed sword out towards Utopia.
Yuma and Astral stared up at the approaching attack with their teeth gritted against one another, before Yuma held up his right fist. "I'll stop this attack with Utopia's ability! By using a-!" He began, only to be cut off by Zexal Rio, who pointed towards him with his right hand. "Don't even try it! When Frozen Lady Judgment attacks an opponent's monster, that monster's effects are negated until the end of the Damage Step!" The Zexal form of Rio and Enna informed her opponent, much to the shock of Yuma and Astral.
Yuma gritted his teeth, before he looked down at his face down card and thrust his right hand forward. "I activate the Trap card; Impenetrable Attack!" The Syllables Duelist called out, getting Astral to turn towards the face-down card as it flipped itself up. "This allows me to select one of two options, and I'll go with option number 2! For the rest of this turn, I don't take any battle damage!" He explained the card's effect, before Impenetrable Attack's card transformed into a barrier around Yuma and Astral.
Frozen Lady Judgment continued down towards Utopia, before striking him right on his chest, right at the gem. Utopia exploded instantly upon Frozen Lady Judgment's attack connecting, creating a smokescreen that covered the Rank 7 Xyz Monster from view. Frozen Lady Judgment quickly flew out of the smokescreen and flew back to Zexal Rio's side. Yuma and Astral were protected from the shockwaves thanks to the barrier around them, but it quickly dispersed.
"You are literally the most stubborn person I've ever met, but that's one of the many things I love about you". Zexal Rio told the black- and red-haired boy, getting Yuma to lightly blush at her words. "But that won't stop me from winning this duel". The combined form of Rio and Enna told him, before she picked up one of her remaining three cards and held it up. "I activate the Spell card, Xyz Energy!" She declared, slotting the card into her Duel Disk.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Judgment ATK Points: 7000 – 6000 = 1000.
A large copy of the card materialized in front of the female, before one of Frozen Lady Judgment's overlay units flew towards the card and was absorbed into it. 'By detaching an Xyz Material from an Xyz Monster we control; Xyz Energy can destroy one face-up monster the opponent controls'. Enna explained from inside her combined form with Rio, before their Zexal form pointed her right hand towards Gogogo Goliath.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Judgement Overlay units: 4 - 1 = 3.
"With this, your final defensive is going bye-bye!" Zexal Rio exclaimed, before Xyz Energy's card fired a white beam at the frozen Gogogo Goliath, causing the Rock-Type Monster to explode. Yuma held up his right forearm to his head to protect himself, while Astral stared up at where Gogogo Goliath was destroyed. Xyz Energy's card dematerialized, before Zexal Rio picked up her last two cards with her right hand.
"I've been too hard on you, sweetheart. I'll give you a break and set two face-down cards". The Zexal form of Rio and Enna said as she slotted the two cards into her Duel Disk. Two face-down cards appeared in front of her, while Fortune Tune perched itself on its duelist's left shoulder.
(Music end)
Yuma Life Points: 650/ Number of cards in hand: 1.
The Syllables Duelist lowered his right hand, before both he and Astral turned towards Zexal Rio. The two spent a few moments staring at the combine form of their girlfriend/wife, before Yuma gave a small smile at her. "Your bond with each other really has grown stronger, really strong. It honestly reminds me of my bond with Astral". Yuma told Zexal Rio with an honest tone, getting the female to smile a little at him.
"I'm flattered, really". Zexal Rio replied to the 13-year-old, getting him to chuckle a little at her with his eyes closed. Yuma then opened his eyes to reveal the look of determination in them. "But let's see how it compares to the bond that Astral and I share!" Yuma exclaimed with a voice full of resolve, getting Zexal Rio to tilt her head in confusion. 'What is he going on about?' The Zexal form of Rio and Enna thought to herself in confusion, before she suddenly widened her eyes in realization at what the Syllables Duelist meant.
Astral quickly figured out what his partner meant as well. He turned to look at Yuma and saw him looking right at him. "Yuma, are you seriously thinking of us using Zexal as well?" The Mohawk hair styled male questioned his partner with a small frown, getting the 13-year-old boy to nod at him. "You bet I am. Fight fire with fire, as the old saying goes. Besides, aren't you curious to see what happens when two people with the power of Zexal battle one another?" Yuma answered, getting the male Astral World being to look down in thought for a few moments, before he looked towards Zexal Rio.
He stared for a few moments, before he turned back towards Yuma. "It is most likely that we will be defeated if we don't resort to using our Zexal. Very well then, let's see how theirs compares to our Zexal". The Mohawk hair styled male said to his partner, getting Yuma to grin in satisfaction at his answer. The two then turned to look towards their opponent, both ready for what they're about to do.
(Play Zexal Sound Duel 3 - The Fated Finals)
Yuma transformed into a bright red light, while Astral turned into a light blue one. "I overlay myself with Astral!" The Syllables Duelist called out from within his light, before both lights shot up into the air. They flew around one another multiple times in the air as they went higher up. "With us both, I will build an overlay network!" Yuma called out from his light as the two disappeared high in the sky, before a bright golden flash briefly appeared, followed by a gold light. The golden energy released a flashed, before a light flew down and struck the ground 10 feet away from Zexal Rio, causing a bright gold flash of light. The bright golden flash of light shrunk, before forming a dome. Inside the silver dome, Yuma and Astral's combined form began materializing slowly, from the feet to the face.
"When two distant souls become one, the power of Zexal is revealed!" Astral called out from within as the golden light disappeared to reveal his and Yuma's combined form. Their combined form had taken the appearance of Yuma, but he had undergone drastic changes thanks to the power of Zexal. He now wore a white suit that resembled spandex with red armor plating. His right eye had become golden just like Astral's left one. His hair had also turned golden and he had gained a golden aura. He had gained a new Duel-Gazer that was part of a sort of headset over his left red eye. Finally, his Duel Disk had undergone a transformation as well. It now had the appearance of a sort of spike-like theme Duel Disk with the cards now taking physical form in the deck zone. Even Gagaga Head's card had become a physical card and was now being held in his left hand.
"Xyz Change! Zexal!" Zexal Yuma and Astral called out together, their combined form facing Zexal Rio, who had grown an excited smile on her face. "Finally! I was waiting for this!" The female exclaimed in excitement, getting Zexal Yuma to smirk at her as he held up his right hand. "You won't be so excited in a few minutes!" He replied to his girlfriend, before he placed his right hand on the top card of his deck. "I draw!" The Zexal form of Yuma and Astral called out as he drew the card and swiped his right hand out to the side.
Zexal Yuma brought the card to his face to see what the card was. He stared at the card for a moment, before he added it to his hand, and then took Gagaga Head's card into right one. "I Summon Gagaga Head!" Zexal Yuma exclaimed, before placing the card on one of his Duel Disk's spikes. Gagaga Head appeared through a purple flash and gave a grunt.
Gagaga Head ATK Points: 2100/ Level: 6.
"When this card is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon as many "Gagaga" Monsters from my Graveyard as possible!" The combined form of Yuma and Astral explained, before he held up his right hand with Gagaga Sister's card in between the index and middle fingers. "Appear one last time, Gagaga Sister!" Zexal Yuma called out as he placed the card on another monster zone. A purple portal then appeared in the middle of the field, which Gagaga Sister come flying out of the portal with her key in hand. She flew up to Gagaga Head and sat down on his right shoulder.
Gagaga Sister ATK Points: 200/ Level: 2.
Zexal Rio narrowed her eyes at the sight of the two monsters. Zexal Yuma then thrust his right hand into the air, and then turned it into a fist. "I activate Gagaga Head's special ability! I can use this card and all other "Gagaga" Monsters I control to Xyz Summon a Number Xyz Monster from my Graveyard! I overlay Gagaga Head and Gagaga Sister!" The combined form of Yuma and Astral called out as both Gagaga monsters transformed into purple lights.
The two lights shot out into the air and danced around one another, before a galaxy-like portal appeared on the ground in front of Zexal Yuma. "I conduct the overlay network with these two monsters! Xyz Summon!" The fused form of Yuma and Astral called out to the heavens as the two lights descended into the Xyz portal, causing a pillar of light to emerge from within it.
"Appear! Number 39: Utopia!" Zexal Yuma shouted out to the heavens, holding out his ace monster's card with his right hand as the number "39" flashed a red colour. Utopia's sealed form rose up from within the portal with two yellow overlay units orbiting around it. The sealed form then proceeded to transform into the warrior of hope, Utopia, who gave out a fierce battle cry with his fists up, taking his spot in front of Zexal Yuma.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 2500/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 2.
(Music end)
Utopia and Frozen Lady Judgment floated in the air across one another, both monsters having their eyes locked on each other. "Gagaga Head's effect activates! When it is used to Xyz Summoned, I can draw a card for every "Gagaga" monster used in the Xyz Summon! Since there was two, I draw 2 cards!" Zexal Yuma informed his opponent as he held up his right hand in front of himself, before a golden light appeared around it.
Zexal Rio saw the golden light around Zexal Yuma's hand and knew that this was the moment that he'd get serious. 'Here it comes. Be prepared'. Enna warned her partner from inside their combined form, which Zexal Rio nodded. "Let's do this, Astral!" The Zexal form of Yuma and Astral shouted out as he thrust his right hand into the air, before golden sparkles began to gather in his hands.
'A truly powerful duelist can shake the outcome of a duel! He can even generate the very cards that he needs to draw!' Astral called out from within his combined form with his partner. Zexal Yuma then placed his right hand on his deck, causing the top 2 cards to glow a golden colour, before he then proceeded to draw them and spun around. "Shining Double Draw!" The Zexal form of the two partners called out together, leaving a golden veil as they moved their right hand. He brought the two cards in front of him to see what he drew, before he gave a smirk at seeing them. 'Perfect'. Zexal Yuma thought to himself, before he looked up towards the Zexal form of Rio and Enna.
"Since you showed me a new Rank-Up Evolution, it's time that I return the favor with my new one!" Zexal Yuma told his opponent with a confident voice, getting Zexal Rio to frown at him. 'New Rank-Up Evolution?' The combined form of Rio and Enna questioned inside her mind. Zexal Yuma pressed the second card down in his right hand with the ring and pinky fingers, and held up the first one with the index and middle fingers. "I activate the Spell card..." He began, before swiping his right hand out and held the card out towards his opponent. "Rank-Up-Magic Zexal Force!" Zexal Yuma concluded, before the Spell card began releasing a bright golden light, much to Zexal Rio's bewilderment.
(Play Zexal Sound Duel 4 - Battle of Two Worlds)
"Zexal Force!" The female exclaimed in surprise, getting Zexal Yuma to nod towards her. "That's right! This Rank-Up-Magic card allows me to Rank Up an Xyz Monster I control into a "Utopia" or "ZW -" Xyz Monster that is 1 Rank higher!" Zexal Yuma explained his card's effect as Utopia gained a golden aura around himself. "With the Rank 4 Number 39: Utopia, I rebuild the overlay network!" He shouted out, directing his right hand towards Utopia as the Warrior-Type Monster was completely covered in the gold aura. The covered Xyz Monster began undergoing a transformation inside the aura, growing bigger and bulkier. "Rank-Up Xyz Change!" The combined form of Yuma and Astral cried out as the gold aura created a bright flash that forced Zexal Rio to cover her eyes.
"Appear! Rank 5! Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray!" Zexal Yuma shouted out to the heavens, right before the golden aura flashed once more, quickly dying down to reveal the Xyz Monster. It was Utopia Ray in powered up form but had undergone a change. Utopia Ray now wore bright red armor around itself with its short swords upgraded as well. Finally, Utopia Ray's mechanical arms were fully on, now equipped with red armor, gold spikes and golden hands now, wielding a large great sword. Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray floated in the air with 3 yellow overlay units circling around him, before he gave out a fierce cry with gold sparks appearing around him.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray ATK Points: 2500/ Rank: 5/ Overlay units: 3.
Zexal Rio, Frozen Lady Judgement and Fortune Tune stared up at Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray in awe as it hovered in the air above the field. "...Amazing..." The fused form of Rio and Enna whispered in awe at the monster before her. Zexal Yuma looked up at his new monster with a confident grin as Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray floated down next to him, before he turned towards his opponent. "Zexal Force has one final effect! I can now select a "ZW-" or "ZS-" Monster in my deck and place it at the top of my deck!" Zexal Yuma informed his opponent, before taking his deck out and began to search through out. He then picked up a single card, before holding it up for Zexal Rio to see what it was.
"I select ZW - Eagle Claw!" The combined form of Yuma and Astral declared his choice, before he shuffled his deck, and then returned it to the deck zone. He then placed ZW - Eagle Claw's card on the top of his deck. "ZW... Those cards are dangerous for anyone facing them. They turned the duel against Kite around so easily". Zexal Rio remarked with narrowed eyes, having seen the power of the ZW weapons before. "You got that right! And now you're about to experience their power first-hand! I activate Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray's special ability!" Zexal Yuma cried out, thrusting his open right hand into the air towards his new Xyz Monster.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray absorbed one of its overlay units into its great sword, causing a gold aura to appear around itself. The Xyz Monster gave out a cry as he directed its sword to the sky, before firing a golden beam. The beam soared high in the sky, before creating a large golden portal that hung over the field, getting Zexal Rio to look up in surprise. "Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray can use one overlay unit and in doing so; allows me to equip a "ZW" to him!" Zexal Yuma explained his monster's effect, getting the female Zexal wielder to turn towards him. "You're gonna call a ZW from your deck, aren't you?" She questioned her boyfriend, getting the male Zexal wielder to grin at her.
"I didn't say "from the deck". Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray's effect allows me to Summon a ZW from both my deck, AND Extra Deck!" Zexal Yuma corrected, much to Zexal Rio's bewilderment. The Zexal Form held up his right fist as a red light appeared around it, before he reared the fist back and looked up towards the portal. "Appear! ZX - Dragonic Halberd!" Yuma and Astral's combined form cried out to the heavens, before thrusting his hand out towards the portal and fired a red beam at it. The beam shot through the air and entered the golden portal, causing it to change to a red colour. A roar came from within the portal, before the new creature emerged from within it and flew down towards the field.
It was a red armoured dragon with gold horns and wings that had a blade at its back near the end of its tail. It had four legs with three sharp nails coming out of its armored legs, its body was completely covered in armoured coloured in red, white and gold. Finally, it had blue gems on its armoured wings. Dragonic Halberd gave out another roar as it flew down and collided with Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray, causing a bright flash of white that forced Zexal Rio to cover her eyes with her right forearm. The flash quickly died down, allowing her to lower her arm and behold what had happened to the two monsters, only to gasp in disbelief.
Floating above the field was Utopia Ray, but he had undergone another transformation, now armed in red and gold armour, the same kind that Dragonic Halberd wore, only now based for him. Utopia Ray's helmet had gained a bit of red and gold as well near the gem, the short-swords had gained some of the blue gems that Dragonic Halberd had. Dragonic Halberd's wings had merged with Utopia Ray's shoulder guards where the mechanical arms were hidden, but they were fully out in display and pure silver, wielding a black halberd designed from the Dragon-Type Xyz Monster's head. The newly armoured Xyz Monster gave out a powerful cry, releasing a powerful gust of wind that almost blew Zexal Rio off of her feet. "When Dragonic Halberd is equipped to a "Utopia" monster, it gains 3000 ATK Points!" Zexal Yuma called out as Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray gained a red aura around itself and powered up.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray ATK Points: 2500 + 3000 = 5500.
"5500 ATK Points..." Zexal Rio whispered in disbelief, staring up at Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray with wide eyes, before she narrowed them. "Even with your power up, Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray is no match for my Frozen Lady Judgment!" She exclaimed with resolve in his voice, getting Zexal Yuma to chuckle at her. "Don't be so certain of that! I activate Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray's special ability!" The Zexal form of Yuma and Astral called out as Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray directed its halberd to Frozen Lady Judgment, getting her to blink in surprise.
"Once a turn when this card is equipped with a ZW; Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray can negate the effect of an opponent's monster and cut its ATK in half!" The male Zexal wielder explained, causing Zexal Rio to widen her eyes in surprise. A flame-like aura appeared around Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray as he brought up his short-swords to the halberd's edge with all three blades glowing a bright orange light. A huge stream of fire then emerged from the three glowing blades and rammed into Frozen Lady Judgment, who cried out in surprise from the unexpected attack.
Number S21: Frozen Lady Judgment ATK Points: 1000 - 500 = 500.
Zexal Rio gasped in disbelief and took a step back. "No way..." She whispered in shock at seeing her ace monster lose its powers. Zexal Yuma gave a cry as he reared his right fist back, before thrusting it out towards Frozen Lady Judgment. "Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray! Attack Frozen Lady Judgment!" The Zexal form of the two male partners commanded his ace. Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray roared out as his short-swords and halberd grew gold auras around themselves, before he charged towards Frozen Lady Judgment, who held up her now two-handed sword.
Zexal Rio watched with gritted teeth. She then looked down at her face-down cards, before she held her right hand out towards it. "I activate the Trap card: Xyz Revenge Shuffle!" The female called out with one of the two face-down cards flipping itself up. "This Trap targets one face-up Xyz Monster I control; now I take no battle damage from the battle it takes part of!" Zexal Rio explained her Trap card's effect with a smirk, getting Zexal Yuma to slightly widen his eyes.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray grew a powerful orange aura around itself, before it dived down towards Frozen Lady Judgment, who held up her sword with both hands.
The Warrior-Type Xyz Monster first swung his right sword at Frozen Lady Judgment's blade, pushing her back greatly, before he swung his left short-sword, knocking the two-handed blade out of the Aqua-Type Monster's hands. Finally, Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray swung his halberd down on Frozen Lady Judgment, making her cry out in pain, before she exploded. The force of the explosion was heading straight towards Zexal Rio, but Xyz Revenge Shuffle's card formed a barrier in front of her.
The force of the explosion slammed into the barrier, but was unable to break through. Soon, the shockwaves died down, revealing the barrier without a scratch and an unharmed Zexal Rio behind it. "My Trap's effect continues on! The destroyed monster is returned to the Extra Deck, and then I can Special Summon an Xyz Monster from my Graveyard! Come on back, Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice!" The fused form of Rio and Enna continued to explain as the barrier disappeared, before a black portal appeared on the ground in front of her. Frozen Lady Justice then rose up from within the portal with her arms crossed and eyes narrowed at Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK Points: 500/ Rank: 6/ Overlay units: 0.
"Then the final effect, your monster must battle the Special Summoned monster!" Zexal Rio concluded, getting Zexal Yuma to slightly widen his eyes, before he narrowed them. "Okay then, have it your way! Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray, attack Frozen Lady Justice!" Zexal Yuma commanded his monster as he pointed his right hand's index finger towards the WATER Xyz Monster.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray cried out, before charging towards Frozen Lady Judgment, who narrowed her eyes at the approaching attack. "I still got this move to make! I activate the Trap card, Trap Baton!" The female wielder of Zexal called out as her final face-down card flipped itself up, before it began glowing. "This allows me to remove a Trap from my Graveyard, and then if the timing is right, I can use that card's effect! I remove the Trap, Frozen Parry Strike!" She declared her choice as a black portal appeared under Trap Baton's card, before Frozen Parry Strike's card appeared besides it.
The two cards dispersed into sparkles that were absorbed into the portal, before an icy blue beam shot out and struck Frozen Lady Justice from behind, but did no harm to her. She drew her sword from her scabbard, before she swung it, just as Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray swung his right short sword. Frozen Lady Justice parried her opponent's strike and pushed him back greatly as the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster returned to floating above Zexal Yuma.
"Frozen Parry Strike negates your monster's ATK if I control a "Frozen Lady" monster, then allows me to attach a Monster in my Graveyard to a WATER Xyz Monster on my field!" Zexal Rio explained her Trap card's effect again, before she held up Frozen Child Justice's card with her right hand. "And the monster that I chose is Frozen Child Justice!" She declared her choice as the card transformed into a blue overlay unit that shot out towards Frozen Lady Justice and began circling around her.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice Overlay units: 0 + 1 = 1.
"And don't forget that for every overlay unit she has, Frozen Lady Justice gains 1000 ATK Points!" The fused form of Rio and Enna reminded her opponent, before Frozen Lady Justice powered up.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK Points: 500 + 1000 = 1500.
Zexal Yuma looked impressed as he held up his two cards in the left hand, before he picked one of them up with his right hand. "I'm impressed. I'll set a face-down card and end my turn!" Zexal Yuma declared his turn over as he slotted a card into his spiked Duel Disk, before a face-down card appeared in front of him.
(Music end)
Rio Life Points: 2250/ Number of cards in hand: 0.
"I draw!" Zexal Rio called out as she drew her card in a normal fashion and held it up to her face to look at it, before she brought it down. "Fortune Tune's effect activates! Now I gain another 500 Life Points". She told her opponent as Fortune Tune perched itself on her right shoulder. Fortune Tune began to let out a peaceful chipping. Soon, the Winged Beast gained a white aura around itself, before it was transferred over to Zexal Rio, increasing her Life Points.
Rio Life Points: 2250 + 500 = 2750.
Fortune Tune lost its aura and stopped chipping, before she flew off of Zexal Rio's shoulder, who swiped her right hand out and showed her card to Zexal Yuma. "I activate the Spell card; Magic of the Mermaid!" The combined form of Rio and Enna called out, before she slotted the card into her Duel Disk. A Spell card materialized on the field in front of her with the card's image showing the underwater world, where a mermaid covered in shadows, was singing.
(Magic of the Mermaid/ Type: Spell/ Effect: Remove from play one WATER Attribute monster from your GY; then you can select one card in your opponent's Graveyard and add it to your hand.)
"This first allows me remove from play a WATER Monster from my Graveyard, like my Blizzard Lyrebird…!" Zexal Rio began to explain as she held up Blizzard Lyrebird's card with her right hand. A black portal appeared in front of her, before Blizzard Lyrebird's card shot out of her hand and into the portal. "Then I can select a card in your Graveyard and add it to my hand". She finished explaining, getting Zexal Yuma to widen his eyes in surprise.
A single card floated out of the black portal and into Zexal Rio's waiting right hand. She flipped the card over to reveal that it was Xyz Treasure. "I chose your Xyz Treasure Spell card, and now activate it!" The female Zexal wielder called out as the card began to glow a golden colour, followed by Frozen Lady Judgment, Fortune Tune and Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray.
"For every Xyz Monster on the field, I draw a card! There's three, so that's 3 cards!" Zexal Rio explained the card's effect, before placing her right hand on her deck. She then drew the top 3 cards and swiped the hand out to the side. The gold light surrounding the three Xyz Monsters died down as the teenage girl transferred her three cards to the left hand, before she picked up one of them.
"I activate the Spell card; Earthquake!" Zexal Rio called out, holding the Spell card out with her right hand, before it began gleaming. A sudden earthquake appeared, making Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray and Frozen Lady Justice stumble, both having surprised expressions. "Once activated, Earthquake changes all face-up monsters to DEF Position!" The combined form of Rio and Enna explained the card's effect, before both Xyz Monsters knelt down and took defensive stances.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray DEF Points: 2000.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice DEF Points: 500.
'This is not good. Dragonic Halberd only increases the ATK Points, not the DEF Points'. Astral said from within his and Yuma's combined form, getting Zexal Yuma to narrow his eyes, but kept quiet. "Now, I activate Frozen Lady Justice's special ability!" Zexal Rio declared, swiping her right hand in front of herself. Frozen Lady Justice absorbed her single remaining overlay unit into her sword and gained an icy white aura around herself the instant it was absorbed.
"By using an overlay unit, Frozen Lady Justice can destroy all face-up DEF Position monsters that my opponent controls! With Ultimate Leo utopia Ray in DEF Mode, he's open pickings for her!" Zexal Rio told Zexal Yuma with a confident look. Frozen Lady Justice stood up from her knelt down position, before she took her sword into both hands and pointed it towards Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray.
"Apparently, you forgot about his special ability! I can use Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray's special ability on either player's turn, so I'll activate it now to negate your monster's effect and halve its ATK!" Zexal Yuma exclaimed as a flame-like aura appeared around Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray. He brought up his short-swords to the halberd's edge with all three blades glowing a bright orange light. A huge stream of fire then emerged from the three glowing blades and rammed into Frozen Lady Justice, causing her to cry out upon feeling her powers taken away.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK Points: 1500 – 1000 = 500 - 250 = 250.
Zexal Rio didn't look surprised at this; in fact, she had a pleased smile on her face. "I was hoping you would do that". She told her opponent, getting the male wielder of Zexal to take a step back in surprise. "You were?" He questioned in surprise, which the combined form of Rio and Enna nodded to confirm. "That's right. Now I can call my final monster without concern". Zexal Rio answered and took another one of her cards from her hand, before holding it up.
"I activate the Spell card; Rank-Up Return!" The combination of the two females called out, before the card glowed a bright colour. Another black portal appeared in front of her, before Rank-Up Return's card floated out of her hand and into the portal. "This Spell lets me add a "Rank-Up Magic" card from my Graveyard to my hand!" The teenager explained, before a single card shot out of the portal towards her. Zexal Rio swiped her right hand in front and caught the card, before she held it out to reveal that it was Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force.
(Play Zexal Sound Duel 4 - Barian's Force)
"I choose Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force, and now activate it!" Zexal Rio exclaimed as she slotted the card into her Zexal Duel Disk. Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force's card materialized on the field, before pinkish red electricity emerged from the card and connected with Frozen Lady Justice, causing her to glow a pinkish red colour.
"Barian's Force ranks up my Xyz Monster into a C Xyz Monster that's one Rank higher! I rebuild the overlay network with Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice!" Zexal Rio called out as the pinkish red colour surrounding Frozen Lady Justice intensified, before she transformed into a bright light that went into a galaxy portal that appeared in the sky. The number "21" flashed a black colour, before changing into a darker shade of the colour. In a red world, there was a gate with the Barian's symbol on it. The seal then cracked, before the gate busted open, revealing a bright light.
"Chaos Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 7! Lady of ice infused with the power of chaos, descend to this battlefield and show us all your new power! Number C21: Frozen Lady Retribution!" Zexal Rio chanted as her newly evolved ace monster revealed her new form. Her face had remained the same as always, but her eyes were now a ruby colour. Her short hair was longer as it was now shoulder length, and now wore a black base headpiece with silver tips.
She wore a black corset type top with a blue & black swirls over bodice that showed her shoulders. A long-ruffled peplum skirt attached to the back with longer pleated edges exposing thigh highs with the same pattern as on the skirt as well. She had short, pointy black ankle boots. Blue & silver mid length metallic cuffs were on her arms, but exposed her hands. On her back were glossy, ink black feathered wings that were very large, easily larger than her. She wielded a large double bladed icy blue spear with a black handle with her left hand. Finally, a single chaos overlay unit floated in front of her.
Frozen Lady Retribution gave a small grin as she spun her spear around a bit, before taking hold of it. She reared it up, before crying out as she pointed it towards Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray.
(Number C21: Frozen Lady Retribution/ Rank: 7/ Attribute: WATER/ ATK: 1000/ DEF: 1000/ Type: Aqua/ Xyz/ Effect: Requirements: 3 Level 7 monsters/ Effect: Cannot be destroyed by battle except with "Number" monsters. This card gains 1000 ATK for each Xyz Material attached to it. If this card was Xyz Summoned by Ranking Up "Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice", it gains these effects.
● Once per turn; you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; all face-up ATK Position monsters your opponent controls are destroyed.
● When this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate any Spell/Trap Cards.)
Zexal Yuma stared up at the new C Xyz Monster with a raised eyebrow. "That's just great. And it just gets worse thanks to Barian's Force's effect". The fused form of Yuma and Astral stated with an annoyed tone, getting Zexal Rio to laugh lightly at him. "You're darn right about that. Barian's Force takes your Xyz Monster's overlay units and gives them to the Xyz Monster Summoned through its effect! So, say "bye-bye" to Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray's overlay units!" The female exclaimed, before Frozen Lady Retribution pointed her spear towards Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray.
She then fired a pinkish beam from her weapon at the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster, striking him on the chest. Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray groaned out as his two overlay units shot out towards Frozen Lady Retribution, transforming into chaos overlay units along the way.
Number C21: Frozen Lady Retribution overlay units: 1 + 2 = 3.
"And don't forget that for every overlay unit taken away, your monster loses 300 ATK Points. Since it lost 2, that's 600 points taken away". She added, before a pinkish aura appeared around Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray, draining away his powers.
Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray ATK Points: 5500 – 600 = 4900.
"Your troubles are only getting started! Frozen Lady Retribution's special ability now activates! For every chaos overlay unit she has, my monster gains 1000 ATK Points! She has 3 overlay units, so that's a total of 3000 points!" Zexal Rio explained her Xyz Monster's effect with a confident grin. Frozen Lady Retribution held her spear up, before an icy blue aura appeared around the weapon, powering her up.
Number C21: Frozen Lady Retribution ATK Points: 1000 + 3000 = 4000.
"4000 ATK Points!?" Zexal Yuma exclaimed in surprise with wide eyes, which Zexal Rio gave a nod, before she pointed towards Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray with her right hand. "Lady Retribution! Strike down Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray! Impaling Icicle!" The female wielder of Zexal commanded her ace monster, getting Frozen Lady Retribution to narrow her eyes, before she fired an icicle from the spear's three-pointed top. The icicle impaled Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray on the chest, causing him to cry out in pain, before he and Dragonic Halberd exploded.
The force of the explosion pushed Zexal Yuma, but he slammed his right hand down on the ground, slowing himself down before he eventually stopped. He titled his head up to look at his opponent and saw Zexal Rio giving him a confident smile, one that he returned as he stood up on his feet. "Utopia may be down, but not out just yet! I activate the Trap card; Zexal Alliance!" The combined form of Yuma and Astral cried out, thrusting his right hand forward as his face-down card flipped itself up.
"When an Xyz Monster I control is destroyed by battle, or by card effect; this Trap first reduces my Life Points to 10…" Zexal Yuma began to explain his Trap card's effect, before a red aura appeared over him as his Life Points went down.
Yuma Life Points: 650 – 6400 = 10.
"In exchange for this, I can Special Summon a "Utopia" Monster from my Graveyard! Arise once more, Utopia!" He continued to explain Zexal Alliance's effect, before a black portal appeared in the middle of the field. Number 39: Utopia then slowly floated out of the portal and glared at Frozen Lady Retribution.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 2500/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 0.
"Then I take one card from my deck and place it at the top". The fused form of Yuma and Astral continued as he looked down at his deck, where a single card slotted out of the middle section. Zexal Yuma took hold of the card with his right hand and held it up, revealing it to be ZW - Eagle Claw. "I select ZW – Eagle Claw!" He declared his choice, before placing the card on the top of his deck.
Zexal Yuma then looked up towards his ace monster's back. "Zexal Alliance's final effect! The Monster Summoned by this effect has its ATK doubled!" The male Zexal wielder concluded, right before Utopia gained a red and blue aura around itself, powering him up.
Number 39: Utopia ATK Points: 2500 X 2 = 5000.
Zexal Rio gave off an impressed whistle, before she smirked at her opponent. "Not a bad card, but too bad that it'll be for nothing!" The teenage girl remarked, before thrusting her open right hand out towards Utopia. "I activate Frozen Lady Retribution's special ability! By using a Chaos Overlay Unit…" She began to explain, while Frozen Lady Retribution swung her spear down on the middle chaos overlay unit, causing it to disperse.
Number C21: Frozen Lady Retribution ATK Points: 4000 – 1000 = 3000.
"All face-up ATK Position monsters my opponent controls are destroyed!" Zexal Rio finished explaining with a smug grin, getting Zexal Yuma to slightly widen his eyes in surprise. Frozen Lady Retribution held up her spear with her right hand towards Utopia, before unleashing a powerful blizzard storm from the center at the Warrior-Type monster.
Utopia brought his arms up in a cross, right before the blizzard storm struck him and created an explosion. Zexal Rio silently waited for the smoke from the explosion to clear with a joyful smile on her face. The smoke quickly cleared to reveal someone unexpected that caused Zexal Rio to drop her smile and replace it with a surprised expression. Utopia was unharmed with the red and blue aura still surrounding him.
Zexal Rio looked towards her boyfriend for an explanation, getting Zexal Yuma to crack a smile at her. "I must have forgotten something. Zexal Alliance also keeps the monster Summoned by its effect from being destroyed by card effects and by battle, except with a "Number" monster". The combined form of Yuma and Astral told his opponent, getting Zexal Rio's left eye to twitch slightly.
'He's played us for a fool'. Enna said from within her combined form with Rio, getting Zexal Rio to nod in agreement. She then looked down at her last card in her hand and smiled a little at it. 'In that case, two can play at the game. Let's see how you like this'. Zexal Rio thought to herself, before she took hold of the card with her right hand, and then slotted it into her Duel Disk.
"I'll throw a face-down and call it a turn. You're up". She told the male wielder of Zexal as a face-down card appeared in front of her.
(Music end)
Yuma Life Points: 10/ Number of cards in hand: 1.
Zexal Yuma held up his left arm, before placing his right hand on the top card of his deck. "This'll be the last turn! I draw!" Zexal Yuma exclaimed with a voice full of conviction, before he drew his card in a dramatic fashion by swiping the right hand out to the side. "We'll see about that! I activate the Trap; Xyz Reinforcement!" Zexal Rio shouted out, before the single face-down card on her field flipped up. The card's image showed Grenosauro, Evigishki Merrowgeist and Daigusto Phoenix standing beside one another, facing a random direction with all three of them having red, blue and green auras around them all, which was being transferred over to Grenosauro.
(Xyz Reinforcement/ Type: Trap/ Effect: Select one face-up Xyz Monster you control; it gains 1000 ATK for every face-up Xyz Monster on the field. Once a turn; you can remove this card from your GY and for the rest of the turn, your Xyz Monsters are unaffected by your opponent's card effects and cannot be destroyed.)
"First; I select one face-up Xyz Monster I control, which is Frozen Lady Retribution…" Zexal Rio began to explain as Frozen Lady Retribution suddenly grew a blue aura around herself. "Then for every Xyz Monster on the field, that monster gains 1000 ATK Points!" She finished, getting Zexal Yuma to widen his eyes in surprise. A white aura appeared over Utopia, while a green one appeared over Fortune Tune. "There's a total of 3 Xyz Monsters, so that's a total of 3000 points!" The fused form of the two females calculated, before her ace monster powered up big time.
Number C21: Frozen Lady Retribution ATK Points: 3000 + 3000 = 6000.
"6000 ATK Points!? That's higher than Utopia's!" Zexal Yuma exclaimed in surprise at this unexpected move. The fused form of Yuma and Utopia then looked down at his two cards in both hands, which were ZW - Eagle Claw and ZW – Pegasus Twin Spear. He looked down in thought for a few moments, before he looked down at his Duel Disk, thinking back to his past turns.
'I've used up 11 Extra Deck monsters, while Rio has used 12. I could use Pegasus Twin Spear to have Utopia match Frozen Lady Retribution's ATK Points to take one another out in mutual destruction. She'd still have Fortune Tune, but at least she won't have her beast monster on the field anymore'. Zexal Yuma thought to himself, thinking carefully on what his next move should be.
Just as he was about to reach a decision, he was stopped by his partner. 'Yuma, wait! Before you make your move, use your D-Gazer to look up their Trap, Xyz Reinforcements! There might be one final effect that card has'. Astral warned his partner from inside their combined form, stopping Zexal Yuma in his tracks as he looked down in thought. He transferred ZW – Pegasus Twin Spear's card to his right hand, before he reached up to the D-Gazer/Headset and pressed on a button.
The Duel Gazer-s screen showed Xyz Reinforcement's card to Zexal Yuma, allowing him to read through it. Upon getting to near the end, Zexal Yuma widened his eyes in alarm. 'She can remove the Trap from play to keep her Xyz Monsters from being affected by my card effects, and can even keep them from being destroyed this turn? Looks like I'm gonna have to work my way around this'. The fused form of Yuma and Astral thought to himself with narrowed eyes. 'Use Zexal Force's effect from the Graveyard'. Astral told his partner, which Zexal Yuma nodded as he held his right hand out forward.
"I activate the effect of Rank-Up-Magic Zexal Force from the Graveyard! If my Life Points are lower than yours by 2000 points, I can draw one more card!" Zexal Yuma explained his Spell card's final effect as the top card of his deck began to glow a golden colour, just like a Shining Draw. The teenage boy brought his left arm down in front of himself, before he placed his right hand on the shining card.
"Here goes everything!" He shouted out with a strong voice, and drew the card in a dramatic fashion, just like before. Zexal Yuma then brought the card in front to see what it was, before he widened his eyes at seeing what it was, and then gave a small grin. 'Just what I needed. Time to end this duel'. The combined form of Yuma and Astral thought to himself with a smirk, before he added the card to his left hand with the other two cards.
(Yugioh Zexal OST 98 Chaosnumber 39 - Utopia Ray (HQ)
Zexal Yuma took Utopia's card from the Duel Disk with his right hand, before holding it up with the card flashing a gold colour. "Go! Chaos Xyz Change!" Zexal Yuma cried out as Utopia began reassembling himself into his sealed form. "Show yourself, Number C39! The power of hope, the messenger that changes chaos into light!" He chanted as a black portal appeared on the ground in the middle of the field. Utopia's sealed form then floated down into the Xyz portal and disappeared completely, before the portal exploded in energy.
"Utopia Ray!" Zexal Yuma cried out, now holding out Utopia Ray's card with his right hand with the number "39" flashed a red, then dark crimson colour. Rising out of the portal was another large object in the form of an ornate black and gold sword with a single golden overlay unit orbiting around it. The sword unfolded and changed into a new warrior clad in black armor with gold trim similar to Utopia's original form. His new helmet had a mask-like face with a single horn on the forehead. On his back in between his wings was a large black sword. Utopia Ray's eyes flashed red as he let out a grunt, taking a new battle stance.
Number C39: Utopia Ray ATK Points: 2500/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 1.
Zexal Rio stared up at Utopia Ray in confusion, wondering why Zexal Yuma gave up Utopia when it had double the ATK power of Utopia Ray. She looked back towards her opponent, before swiping her right hand forward. "I activate Xyz Reinforcements' effect from the Graveyard!" She declared, right before a black portal appeared in front of her on the ground with Xyz Reinforcement's card floating above it.
"By removing this card from play, my Xyz Monsters are unaffected by your card effects and cannot be destroyed this turn". She explained her card's effect, before Xyz Reinforcements' card burst into sparkles that rained down into the portal, which closed after all the sparkles were gone. Zexal Yuma didn't look threatened, he just gave a small confident look as that move wouldn't matter in the long run.
"I activate Utopia Ray's special ability!" The male Zexal wielder declared, pointing his right hand towards Utopia Ray's back. Giant black clawed hands tucked out from Utopia Ray's second pair of layered pauldrons and drew the large black sword, before holding it up to the sky.
"For each Overlay Unit that we use, Utopia Ray's ATK Points increase by 500! I use Utopia Ray's single overlay unit!" Zexal Yuma cried out as Utopia Ray's overlay unit was absorbed into the large black sword, surging it with golden energy. The golden energy surged through Utopia Ray as well, changing his dark gray colours into bright white, even his claws as he powered up.
Number C39 Utopia Ray ATK Points: 2500 + 500 = 3000.
"Then the opponent's monster's ATK Points goes down by 1000 for each Overlay Unit used!" The teenage boy continued, now pointing his right hand's index finger towards Frozen Lady Retribution, causing Zexal Rio to narrow her eyes. "Due to my Trap card's effect, Frozen Lady Retribution is unaffected by Utopia Ray's effect". She reminded her opponent as her ace monster's points remained the same.
Zexal Yuma kept the same confident look on his face. He looked down at his hand and took one of the three cards in his right hand, and then held it out. "If my Life Points are lower than yours by 2000, I can Special Summon ZW – Pegasus Twin Saber from my hand!" The teenage boy explained to his opponent, and then swiped the card onto a Monster Zone of his Duel Disk. ZW – Pegasus Twin Saber's card materialized on the field, before it released a bright beam into the sky. The beam then dispersed to reveal a white armoured Pegasus that gave out a fierce cry, before flying down to the field and landed in front of Yuma.
ZW – Pegasus Twin Saber DEF Points: 2100/ Level: 5.
"That's not all! If my Life Points are lower than yours by 2000, I can Summon this card without tribute! Come! ZW – Eagle Claw!" Zexal Yuma called out, taking another card from his hand, before swiping it onto his Duel Disk's Monster Zone. A bright light appeared in the sky above, before it died down and a two-headed red armoured, mechanical eagle flew down to Zexal Yuma's side of the field.
ZW – Eagle Claw ATK Points: 2000/ Level: 5.
Zexal Rio silently looked between the two ZW Monsters, before she turned towards Utopia Ray. She grew a thoughtful expression on her face. The combined form of Rio and Enna turned towards her opponent with a raised eyebrow. "Are you attempting to equip your two monsters to Utopia Ray? That'll raise Utopia Ray's ATK to 6000, but that won't matter because at the end of the turn, it'll lose 500 points. What are you planning?" The female Zexal wielder questioned with a curious voice, getting Zexal Yuma to grin at her. "You're right that both my ZWs would increase Utopia's points to 6000 for the turn, but there's one thing you didn't account for. Both Eagle Claw and Pegasus Twin Saber are Level 5 Monsters". Zexal Yuma answered, causing Zexal Rio to widen her eyes in realization that he was correct.
(Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL - Sound Duel 2 - Disc 1 - 07. Yuma Theme II ( ZW-Leo Arms )
The fused form of Yuma and Astral then held his right hand up towards the sky. "I overlay Level 5 Eagle Claw and Pegasus Twin Saber!" Zexal Yuma cried out to the heavens as Eagle Claw transformed into a bright green light, while Pegasus Twin Saber became a bright yellow one. The two lights shot out and danced around the sky towards a galaxy-like Xyz portal that appeared in the sky.
"With these two ZWs, I build the Overlay Network! Xyz Summon!" Zexal Yuma called out as the green light entered first, then the yellow one, causing the Xyz portal to glow a bright golden colour. "Come forth! ZW - Leo Arms!" The two partners called out together as the portal flashed once more, before an armoured multi coloured lion monster came running out of the portal with two yellow overlay units flying around it. The Beast-Type Monster stopped right in front of Utopia Ray and let out a fearsome roar.
ZW - Leo Arms ATK Points: 3000/ Rank: 5/ Overlay units: 2.
"ZW - Leo Arms?!" Zexal Rio questioned in disbelief, staring up at the Xyz Monster. "That's right! And Leo Arms can equip himself to Utopia Ray, and this effect cannot be negated!" Zexal Yuma informed his opponent as the two Xyz Monsters leaped into the air with Leo Arms behind Utopia Ray. The two then started glowing a bright light together as they merged, causing Zexal Rio to cover her eyes. "The raging impact from warrior's golden armor will shake the ground, the blitz of lightning, please inject the force of God-slayer to the warrior! Beast-Armor Fusion, Leo Utopia Ray!" Zexal Yuma chanted, before the glowing light died down to reveal the merged form of Utopia Ray and Leo Arms.
Utopia Ray now looked exactly like Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray, revealing that Ultimate Leo Utopia Ray was actually the merged form of Utopia Ray and Leo Arms. Leo Utopia Ray gave out a cry as he held his short-swords out and the great sword with his mechanical arms.
Number C 39: Utopia Ray ATK Points: 3000 + 3000 = 6000.
Zexal Rio stared up at Leo Utopia Ray in awe for a few seconds. She then narrowed her eyes, and then held her right hand out. "I'll admit that is impressive, but it is still not enough to win this duel for you! Leo Utopia Ray and Frozen Lady Retribution both have 6000 points, but if they battle, only your monster will be destroyed!" The combined form of Rio and Enna exclaimed with a confident voice, certain of her victory still. Zexal Yuma just kept the confident look on his face. "That may be so, but I still have one last card to play". He replied, before looking down at the single card in his left hand, and then back to Zexal Rio.
He took hold of the card with his right hand, before holding it out to the side. Zexal Yuma then swiped it into his Duel Disk in a dramatic fashion. A Monster card then materialized in front of him above the field, before it began to gleam. "Come forth!" Zexal Yuma began, before he leaped into the sky, spun around, and then held up his right hand as a golden light surrounded it. "ZW - Unicorn Spear!" He concluded, before holding his right hand out to the sky and fired a golden light to it. The light soared through the sky, before exploding into a bright light, followed by the cry of a horse as an armoured unicorn with wings appeared from the light, running through the air towards Leo Utopia Ray/
Zexal Yuma landed back on the ground and gave a confident look at his opponent. "I can equip Unicorn Spear from my hand to Utopia Ray, giving him 1900 ATK Points!" He explained his monster's card effect, while Leo Utopia Ray held ups his greatsword with his mechanical arms. The Xyz Monster then grunted as he swung the blade around a bit, before hurling it like a boomerang towards Unicorn Spear. "Change! Unicorn Spear!" Zexal Yuma cried out as Leo Utopia Ray's blade connected, but didn't destroy Unicorn Spear, instead caused it to transform into a giant spear designed after Unicorn Spear. Leo Utopia Ray reached up with its mechanical arms and took hold of the spear's handle, before proceeding to point it towards Frozen Lady Retribution with golden energy surging through it.
Number C39: Utopia Ray ATK Points: 6000 + 1900 = 7900.
'It has 7900 points... It has surpassed Frozen Lady Retribution'. Enna stated from within her combined form with Rio, causing Zexal Rio to frown a little. "GO! Leo Utopia Ray! Attack Frozen Lady Retribution with Unicorn Slash!" Zexal Yuma commanded his ace monster as he swiped his right arm down in a slashing movement, causing Leo Utopia Ray to grunt with its eyes flashing a little. Utopia Ray then hurled the unicorn spear towards Frozen Lady Retribution with it suddenly engulfed in golden energy. Frozen Lady Retribution held her spear with both hands, before thrusting it forward, clashing against the golden energy engulfed spear. The two weapons clashed against one another in a powerful power struggle, releasing sparks of gold and black electricity, some of them striking the ground near Zexal Rio, making her take a step back. The power struggle was eventually broken as Frozen Lady Retribution and the unicorn spear were pushed away from one another. The unicorn spear returned to Leo Utopia Ray, who caught it with its mechanical arms. (7900 - 6000 = 1900)
Rio Life Points: 2750 - 1900 = 850.
"A for effort, I'll give you that, but I still got Life Points left". Zexal Rio said with a smug expression, before it fell upon seeing that Zexal Yuma still had a confident expression on his face. "I'm not done just yet. I now go to my Main Phase 2, and then activate Leo Arms' special ability!" Yuma and Astral's combined form called out, thrusting his open right hand out. "Leo Arms allows Leo Utopia Ray to attack on the Main Phase 2!" He explained with a grin as Leo Utopia Ray brought his three weapons together up above, causing a bright flash from the blades clashing together, before bringing the short-swords down as he was coated in a flame-like coloured aura.
Zexal Rio's eyes hot open in shock upon hearing this. "An attack during the Main Phase?!" She shouted out in disbelief, having never heard of something like this before. "This is the ultimate ZW!" Zexal Yuma exclaimed, before leaping into the air, then proceeded to thrust his right hand out. "Now go, Leo Utopia Ray! Rising Sun Triple Chaos Slash!" He cried out to the heavens. Leo Utopia Ray roared out as his short-swords and spear grew gold auras around themselves, before he charged towards Frozen Lady Retribution, who held up her spear to defend herself.
Leo Utopia Ray then grew a powerful orange aura around itself, before the Warrior-Type Xyz Monster first swung his right sword at Frozen Lady Retribution's spear, pushing her back greatly, before he swung his left short-sword, knocking the spear out of the Aqua-Type Monster's hands. Finally, Leo Utopia Ray swung his spear down on Frozen Lady Retribution, leaving a golden trace of the blade, making her cry out in pain, before she exploded. The force of the explosion headed towards Zexal Rio, who watched with wide eyes of disbelief, before she was blown off of her feet, crying out. (7900 - 6000 = 1900)
Zexal Rio then crashed onto the airship on her back and bounced off of it once, before fully landing, groaning a little with her eyes shut from the impact.
Rio Life Points: 850 - 1900 = 0.
Winner: Yuma!
(Music end)
A screen materialized in the air, showing a picture of Yuma with the words 'Win' underneath it. The screen, along with Leo Utopia Ray, Unicorn Spear, Fortune Tune and Overlay Unit all disperse into particles as the AR - Vision deactivated around them. Zexal Yuma landed on the ground on his feet, before he looked towards his opponent's down form with a grin as he held up his right fist. "Haha! Victory is sweet!" Zexal Yuma exclaimed, before both his form and Zexal Rio's started glowing golden. The golden light then dispersed into particles to reveal that they had all separated back into their separate forms.
Yuma was standing up on his feet, while Astral floated next to him on his right. Both Rio and Enna were lying down on the airship besides one another, but they were unharmed. The two females sat up from the ground with Rio placing her hands on her lap, where she gave a defeated sigh. "Our business here is concluded. It is time we return to your world". Astral said as he slowly brought his left hand into the air, before a small sparkle appeared over the palm of his hand. The world around everyone began to glow a light blue light, forcing Yuma and Rio to shut their eyes.
The bright light quickly died down, allowing the two humans to open their eyes to see that they were back in their world, inside of Rio's old home. The Syllables Duelist was still standing up, now in front of the fireplace, with Astral besides him on his right, while Rio was still down on the ground with Enna sitting down on her right. Yuma's Duel-Eye Tattoo disappeared, before he proceeded to take his headset and Duel Disk off and place them away in his pockets. The Syllables Duelist looked towards his girlfriend and saw Rio taking her D-Gazer off with her left hand. However, her head was tilted down with her bangs covering the eyes, getting Yuma to frown in concern.
Astral floated over to his wife and knelt down in front of her. He placed his hands on Enna's shoulders, getting the silver haired woman to look up at her husband's face and saw his worried expression. "Are you unharmed?" Astral asked Enna in concern, getting her to smile at his care for her. "I am, my love. The landing was a little rough, but no harm has been inflicted on me". The silver haired woman answered her beloved with a gentle voice, before she brought her hands up and laid them on Astral's cheeks, getting him to slightly widen his eyes. "I apologize if I worried you". Enna said to the Mohawk hair styled male, causing him to ease his gaze. "That's alright. If the fault lies in anyone for my concern, it is mine". Astral replied, bringing his arms up and around Enna, before bringing her into a hug, one that she happily returned.
Yuma walked over to Rio and knelt down in front of her on his right knee. He opened his mouth to speak, but then the Ice Queen lifted her head up to show her smiling face directed at him. "Looks like you win again. Nice work out there, Yuma". Rio praised her boyfriend, much to Yuma's surprise at her cheerful attitude, before he gave a small smile at her.
"You're getting better, Rio. I almost lost there a couple of times. If I hadn't have drawn the right cards, I would have lost". The Syllables Duelist told his girlfriend, getting back up on his feet fully, but kept his attention on Rio.
Rio looked down at her lap in thought for a few moments, before she looked up at her boyfriend and gave a nod. "I guess you're right, but I still got a ways to go". The Ice Queen replied to the 13-year-old boy, causing Yuma to grow a small smile at her. He then held his right hand out for Rio to take, which she immediately took hold of with her own right hand.
Yuma pulled Rio up to her feet, but the couple didn't release their holds on each other's hands. "You have got to tell me where you got that Overlay Network card. It would go well with my deck". The teenage girl told the Syllables Duelist, placing her left hand over his right one.
"Don't worry about that. I'll have one ready for you by tomorrow". Yuma reassured his girlfriend, causing Rio's smile to grow larger than before. However, that was when she took notice of something important and looked out the window to see that the sky outside was slightly darker than before the duel took place. Rio returned her attention to her boyfriend. "It's starting to get late. We should head on home now; we'll need our energy for tomorrow". The Ice Queen told the Syllables Duelist, getting him to finally notice the darkening sky outside the window. "You're right. Let's go". Yuma replied to Rio, before they let go of each other's hands. The two turned towards their partners and saw Astral and Enna break their embrace, before they floated into the air.
The four partners looked at their receptive partners and nodded to one another. Yuma and Rio turned towards the door, before they began to walk towards it with Astral and Enna floating after them. Yuma pushed the large doors open and walked past them. Rio, on the other hand, stopped, before she slightly turned right to take one last look at the living room of her childhood home. "...One day, I'll come back...and take back what was taken from us". The Ice Queen said in a low voice, her voice full of resolve to keep her word to take back the home that was taken away. She then turned back forward and followed after Yuma, leaving the house that belonged to her family once with the desire to reclaim it one day.
(A little bit later on)
Half an hour has passed since Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna left the Ice Queen's former home and began to return to their current homes. Right now, the two humans were walking down a pathway connected to a bridge that'll lead them home with Astral and Enna floating behind them.
The walk so far has been peaceful and quiet, but Rio decided to break the silence. "It's almost hard to believe that the World Duel Carnival is finally starting tomorrow. We've practiced long and hard for it, and now that it's just around the corner, it is almost hard to believe". Rio said with a cheerful smile, walking besides Yuma on his left with her hands folded behind her back.
The Syllables Duelist stopped walking, before he turned his head left to look at the Ice Queen and gave her an understanding smile. "I can see your point. All our training and preparing will be put to the test starting tomorrow. The challenges we'll face will be the toughest ones that we will ever face, but I'm certain that we are ready for those challenges". Yuma said with a confident look on his face, causing Rio to giggle a little. However, her face fell into an uncertain expression as she looked at her boyfriend. "Yuma... Are you certain that you want to use the winner's wish for me? Don't you have your own wish?" Rio asked the 13-year-old male with concern in her voice, worried that she was taking advantage of her beloved's feelings for her.
Yuma slightly widened his eyes at his girlfriend's words and the concern in them. He softened his expression and gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry about it. To be honest, I have a wish, but I don't need the winner's prize wish to accomplish it". The Syllables Duelist told the Ice Queen, getting her to tilt her head in confusion.
"Really? Then, what is your wish?" Rio questioned with a curious voice, wondering what her boyfriend's wish is. Yuma just kept the smile on his face as he turned right to look at the sunset, before he leaned down on the railing. "I made my Dad a promise that one day, I'd become a Duel Champion". Yuma answered with a slightly sad voice upon remembering his father, and the promise he made so long ago.
His face grew a determined expression, before he held up his right hand and looked down at it. "If I win the Duel Carnival, my dream and promise will come true. I'll become the first World Duel Carnival Champion. That is what really mattered to me, not the fame, fans, glory or prizes. Becoming a champion is the true prize I seek". Yuma explained to Rio without turning to face her, missing the Ice Queen grow an understanding look on her face. "But I'm not stupid enough to ignore how important the chance to have a person's wish can be. When you told me about your old home and how you miss it, I knew that wish of yours to have it back was the one that I had to make. Don't worry about me. Like I said, you're more important to me than any wish". He told his girlfriend, looking over his left shoulder to look and give Rio a gentle smile.
Rio felt her heart touched by her boyfriend's words. She lifted her right hand and placed it on her chest, before proceeding to give a grateful smile to Yuma. "Thank you". She thanked her boyfriend, before she went up and proceeded to give him a kiss on the left cheek, causing Yuma to lightly flush red. Enna smiled as she watched the two humans, while Astral had his usual poker face on with his arms crossed.
"Yuma". The Mohawk hair styled male said to his partner, getting everyone to look up at him. "There is more to it than just your dream and desire to fulfill Rio's desire. This is a very big tournament that we have to win. A tournament like this will house a lot of duelists, some maybe even Number holders. We must recover those Numbers..." Astral told the 13-year-old male, getting Yuma to give a small nod as he looked back at the sunset.
"I know. With every Number we get, another one of your memories are restored. But listen Astral, while winning is important to me, it doesn't take priority over everything else. Nor is it the reason why I participated". The Syllables Duelist told his partner, getting Astral to raise an eyebrow at him. "It isn't? I thought you entered the tournament to fulfil your promise to your father, and now help Rio get her old home back". The male Astral World being questioned his partner in confusion. "Yeah, I am. But there's another reason why. My Dad became an explorer not because of the pressure, or money. He did it for another reason, something bigger than why other explores explored. That's why just like him, I'm gonna duel now for something meaningful, like the bond we share". Yuma answered as he tilted his head down to look at the water below the bridge.
"When you showed up, I started to change from a constant loser, and I changed even more when I met Rio..." He began to explain, taking a moment to look at his beloved girlfriend, who patiently listened to him. "I began defeating strong duelists and grew as a person. Strong duelists like Shark, Rio and Kite..." Yuma continued as he looked forward, thinking back to his last duel against Shark, and the triple duel he had against Kite with the Kastle siblings.
"When I came close to losing to them, you could say I felt the agony of defeat at first at seeing my skills weren't top notched just yet. But despite all that, my love for Dueling never wavered. For me, Dueling has nothing to do with losing, or winning. I can't honestly describe it well, but... I bond with people that I duel with". The Syllables Duelist finished explaining, turning to look up at his partner, who stared down at him.
"A bond..." The Mohawk hair styled male said with a hint of fascination in his voice. "That's right, I wanna bond with everything through Dueling. I even want to duel and bond with Luna as well. The results don't really matter to me. I just wanna duel, regardless of what happens". Yuma told his friend, pushing himself off the railing as he thought back to all the previous duels with Number holders that he's had in the past. "A Duel regardless of results...? But if you lose, I'll vanish". Astral reminded his partner, getting Enna to grow a worried look. "I'm sorry, but I can't accept your point of view". Astral stated, turning his head away from Yuma.
"I understand what's at stake, and I promise that nothing will happen to you. But I understand something important. There's something in Dueling that transcends the end results. That "something" is important!" Yuma told his partner, getting Astral to open his left eye to look at him, having closed it when he turned away. "But what about Kite and Luna? From what Rio and Enna have told us, they fight with "everything" at stake. With their little brother's fate on the line, they won't side with your dueling beliefs". Astral replied to the teenage boy, reminding him of the two Number Hunters on the hunt for Numbers to cure their brother.
Rio's face fell upon the mention of the Moon Duelist, remembering the determination Luna fought with against Enna and their Zexal form. Enna looked at the 14-year-old girl in concern as she knew that the Moon Duelist was still a sensitive subject for her. Yuma didn't waver however and kept looking up at Astral with resolve in his eyes. "I know. If I lose to either one of them, I'll have my soul taken away. But I won't change the way that I duel against them, or anyone". The Syllables Duelist told the Mohawk hair styled male, getting a small reaction from Astral.
"Yuma". Astral said to his partner, looking past him towards Rio, getting Yuma to finally turn to see Rio looking down with sad eyes. "Rio, I..." The teenage boy began, only to be cut off by the Ice Queen herself. "I don't know what I'd do if you lost your soul to either Kite or Luna. I almost lost Reginald to Luna, and that nearly devastated me". Rio said with a low voice, terrified with the thought of Yuma having his soul taken away.
Yuma grew concerned at her words, realizing that his words might have frightened her. "I'm sorry that I let my mouth run. That's a bad habit that I still haven't gotten rid of. But I swear that I won't lose to either of them and have my soul taken away!" The Syllables Duelist swore to the Ice Queen, bringing his right fist to his chest.
Rio slightly turned her head left to look at her boyfriend and gave a small smile. "Still as stubborn as the day that I met you. And Astral's with you, always. I'll have faith in you, both of you". Rio told the two partners, turning to face them both directly. Yuma and Astral smiled at her words, however, the Syllables Duelist was taken back upon Rio pointing her right hand's index finger directly at his face.
"But don't think that means I'm gonna go easy and let you two have the spotlight. Remember, whenever I duel, I duel with the intention to win. The same goes for the Duel Carnival, so if Enna and I face you two again, that's one duel we have no intention of losing". The Ice Queen told the Syllables Duelist with a playful voice as she waved her right hand's index finger around a bit, leaving the two partners staring at her with wide eyes.
Enna giggled at the sight of the three, before she turned to look at the sunset and saw that it would soon be out of sight and night would come soon. 'The day is coming to a close soon. Tomorrow, a great battle will begin. I'm not certain that it'll be filled with happy smiles, excitement and friendship. I hope that everything will be alright thought'. Enna thought to herself, bringing her hands together and prayed that the days of the World Duel Carnival will be peaceful.
(Later that night)
Inside of the Emperor's Key, Astral was floating right outside of the airship, looking out across the vast blue world. 'Something more important than winning? Is such a thing really possible? Is creating a bond between duelists really that important that it even takes priority over who wins and loses?' Astral thought to himself, before he shook his head sideways with his eyes closed. 'Yuma, I will admit that is an admirable point of view, but it is one I cannot have. I have too much at stake to lose. My existence, my memories and my family'. The Mohawk hair styled male added, turning to look over his left shoulder at Enna, who was sitting down on a piece of the airship, rocking Epifanio to sleep in her arms.
Astral gave a small smile at the sight of his wife and son, before he looked forward again. 'But perhaps you can change that with this tournament. Only time will tell'. He thought to himself, giving a small smile upon thinking about his partner and the words that he said.
(Outside the Emperor's Key)
Meanwhile with Yuma, the Syllables Duelist, in sleepwear, was currently in his room, sitting down on a chair in front of a desk, looking over his main deck. Right now, his deck of cards was fully spread out over the table with him holding five cards in his right hand. The cards that he was holding were Utopic Onomatopoeia, Gagaga Sister, Ganbara Lancer, Gagaga Academy Emergency Network and Xyz Reborn. Yuma hummed to himself in thought, before he reached down and picked up Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's card with his left hand. "So many last-minute choices to make, so little time". He said to himself, looking past his Xyz Monster's card to the rest of his cards.
Yuma then looked out the open window towards the moon and gave a small smile. "I bet everyone's working on their deck right now as well. There's no such thing as being TOO prepared. I better not slack off then". He said to himself, turning to look back at his deck and began to make a few changes.
Yuma was correct as all his friends were getting prepared for the World Duel Carnival tomorrow. Flip was at his house, in his dark room, having a sinister look as he organized his deck, currently looking down at three cards laying down on the table. In his home, Caswell was in his room, currently looking over two cards in hand, making a decision on which one to add.
In her mansion, Cathy was sitting down on a table on a balcony, organizing her deck. She wasn't alone as her black cat was there with her. The little kitty held up Cathy's Twin Tailed Catlady to its owner with its mouth, which Cathy gently took with the cat meowing at her. The cat-like girl had a confident smile on her face as she held her Xyz Monster's card with both hands.
Inside of his dark room, Bronk had just finished organizing his deck. He held up the stack of cards with his right hand, and gave a confident chuckle, rearing his left fist up.
At Taiki's house, which was a two-story house, the gymnastic member was doing pushups with his spread-out deck underneath him. He was exercising as it helped him think, organizing his Evil Swarm deck one last time before tomorrow.
Finally at Tori's house, the green haired girl was sitting down at her desk, looking through her completed deck that she was holding, and then gave a nod, satisfied with how it has turned out.
Meanwhile at the Kastle Household, a certain Ice Queen was getting ready for bed with her "daughter" already waiting in their shared bed. The two females were wearing their different coloured nightgowns. Kairi was already lying down in bed, waiting for Rio, who was looking through her deck one last time.
She gave a nod upon finishing looking through her deck, before the Ice Queen placed it down on top of a small drawer next to her bed. Rio turned to look at her waiting child and gave Kairi a smile. "Time for bed, sweetie. We've got a big day tomorrow". Rio told her child, before she climbed into bed. The two girls immediately wrapped their arms around each other and brought one another into a comfortable embrace.
Rio and Kairi closed their eyes and began to allow themselves to fall into slumber, but then, the little 5-year-old girl opened her eyes and looked at the 14-year-old female with a curious look. "Umm, Momma?" Kairi said to the older female, causing Rio to open her eyes to look at her younger look-alike. "What is it?" The Ice Queen asked with a gentle voice. "Could...could I come with you and Papa to the opening ceremony tomorrow? I want to be there when the tournament begins and see what it's like". The 5-year-old child answered, receiving an understanding smile from Rio as she brought her left hand to Kairi's hair and began gently running her fingers through the child's hair. "You're more than welcomed to come". The Ice Queen told her "daughter", causing Kairi to grow a happy smile in response.
"Now get some rest. You'll need a lot of energy". Rio told the younger female, which Kairi nodded to her "mother". The 5-year-old child then closed her eyes and began breathing in and out gently. The Ice Queen smiled at the sight of her sleeping "child", before she closed her eyes and joined Kairi in the realm of dreams.
However, unknown to the two sleeping females that in his room, Shark was organizing his deck as well. He was currently sitting down on a chair in front of a desk that he kept in his room, going over his cards, checking which to keep and what to replace with. His eyes still harbored great rage and hatred for Quattro for learning that he was responsible for what happened to Rio. "Just you wait, Quattro... I'm gonna make you wish that you were never born when I'm done with you". Shark growled out like his namesake, before he held up three cards and looked at them.
The three cards were Number 47: Nightmare Shark, Number 37: Hope Woven Dragon Spider Shark and Number 101: Silent Honor ARK. "And these three are gonna help me with that". He added with a dark grin on his face, before placing the three cards down on the desk. He then looked down at one card among the spread-out deck, which was Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force. 'And in case you've got a trick up your sleeve; I'll have an insurance policy for that'. Shark thought to himself, confident that Quattro won't expect a card like his Rank-Up Spell card. Shark then resumed organizing his deck a little more, but eventually went to bed as he knew staying up late was a bad idea.
Meanwhile at the top of Heartland Tower inside of Hart's room, the two oldest Tenjo siblings were inside the room, paying their little brother one last visit before the tournament begins. Luna tucked her sleeping brother into bed, before bringing the sheets up. The Moon Duelist then leaned down and gave Hart a loving kiss on the forehead, getting the little boy to smile in his sleep. Luna leaned back up, before she turned her head right to look at Kite, who had been silently watching his siblings. The two gave a silent nod to one another, before they looked down at their sleeping younger brother.
'Hart...I promise you; things will be as they were'. Kite said in his mind, looking up at the bench attached to the bed, where old photos were. The pictures all showed Kite, Luna and Hart during their days of living in their old cottage, a much happier time for their family. Luna reached out with her left hand and gave a gentle rub on Hart's head. 'My dear little brother...Everything will work out somehow, we'll make certain of that. For now, rest, and leave everything to us'. Luna thought to herself, growing a sad smile as she retracted her hand and stared down at Hart's sleeping face.
(The next day)
At last, the World Duel Carnival has arrived for Heartland City. Heartland Tower stood proudly as all the citizens were gathered around as confetti fell from sky and different coloured fireworks went off in the sky. Litterbots marched through the streets, some playing trumpets, and others carrying flags with the Duel Carnival logo on them. Four jets flew across the air, leaving a red, green, yellow and blue trail.
They soared through the sky, the trails behind them looking like paint as they formed several different colored hearts. Blimps flew by with dual screens showing Mr. Heartland waving to the crowd, wearing a bright yellow costume with a hat. On the ground, many floats moved by the thousands of people watching them. One was a literal giant heart with "WDC" on the center, the other a Pegasus with wings made of hearts. There were performers on top of the floats, performing.
The thousands of people watching cheered in excitement as more fireworks went off in the sky. Then, they all placed their D-Gazers on as the AR - Vision activated. At the top of Heartland Tower, the words "Welcome to Heartland" appeared and circled around the tip.
Just then, Yuma, Rio, Tori, Bronk, Caswell, Cathy, Flip, Taiki and Kairi all pushed their way through the crowds of people watching to get a better look. All of them had their D-Gazers on with Yuma using his brand-new crimson one that he recently bought. All of them either had wide smiles, or awed expressions on their faces as they watched the opening sequence. Astral and Enna watched from behind the humans with their son sleeping in its mother's arms.
"I can't believe it's finally here. The World Duel Carnival is finally starting..." Rio said in awe with her voice expressing the excitement that she was feeling at the tournament finally starting after so long. "About time". Yuma remarked with his own excited look. Kairi stood between the two teenagers, watching with wide eyes full of amazement and wonder. Unknown to them and their friends was that not too far away, Shark was watching the opening ceremony as well. He had his D-Gazer on, hands in pockets and had an impassive expression.
Just then, a hologram of Mr. Heartland appeared up above the crowds of people. "Welcome, Duelists to Heartland City! Welcome to the World Duel Carnival!" Mr. Heartland greeted loudly to all the people watching the ceremony. "Now, here are the rules. The field of play is the entire city..." He began to explain as yellow particles came together to form a holographic screen of Heartland City. "And the first phase of this tournament will last 3 days". Heartland added as more yellow particles came together, forming another holographic screen that showed the words "3 days".
"During these 3 days, if you are challenged to a Duel, you must accept that challenge". The adult man furthered explained the rules, while somewhere within the crowd, Quattro watched with a grin, before walking away. "How do you accept a challenge? Simple. You will wager your Heart Piece. Lose your Heart Piece, and you lose your spot here". Mr. Heartland continued to explain as more particles came together to form a Heart Piece with the gem right at the right upper center. "But if you win, you win a Heart Piece! Assemble all 5 pieces and you'll have a spot in the tournament finals". He finished explaining as the virtual Heart Piece gained 4 more pieces and became complete.
"If you have further questions about the rules, then that's too bad". Mr. Heartland began with his hands up in the air, before pointing forward with his right hand's index finger. "Because like our viewers at home, I can't wait another second to get started. So, let the duels begin!" He cried out eagerly, swiping his right hand in a dramatic fashion to the side, before his virtual form exploded with a flash. The flash quickly cleared to reveal the World Duel Carnival logo. Up in the sky above the city, multiple different coloured hearts appeared, and then slowly disappeared, signaling the start of the tournament.
(Play Yugioh Zexal OST 01 A New Duel Legend (HQ)
Bronk immediately broke from the group and ran forward, but did quickly turned back around to face his friends. "Oh yeah! It's every duelist for himself/herself now!" He exclaimed in excitement, before he turned back around and took off to find his first opponent. Flip turned to look at his friends and gave a sort of sinister smile. "See ya in the finals". He said with a confident voice, before taking off as well. Taiki was the next one to break from the group, but unlike the others, he just walked with his hands in pockets, taking a moment to look over his left shoulder at the others.
"I'll catch you guys later. Good luck out there". The gymnastic boy told his friends, before continuing on his way to find his first opponent. "They're all excited". Tori remarked with a smile, getting Rio to nod in agreement. "They've been waiting for this. I guess they just can't help themselves anymore". The Ice Queen theorized, also having the urge to find her first opponent as well, but wanted to stay close to her boyfriend and "child". "Who's gonna make the first move and duel first?" Kairi asked with a curious smile on her face, getting Yuma to look down at her.
"Who knows". The Syllables Duelist answered with a shrug. However, suddenly people gasping caught the gang's attention as they looked over their shoulders to see a commotion happening. "Out of my way! Move it!" A young man, probably around the same age as Yuma, shouted out, running past the bystanders, kicking a "unique" soccer ball that was made of Duel Monster cards. The young man had spikey brown hair with orange fang-like side fringes. He was wearing a blue soccer uniform with long blue soccer socks, white sneakers with orange shoelaces.
'Since winning this tournament is my goal, I'll let my soccer ball pick my opponent!' The young male thought to himself, before proceeding to kick the Duel Monsters soccer ball with his left leg strongly. The ball soared through the air, heading towards Yuma, who widened his eyes in surprise. He wasn't fast enough for this unexpected assault and the ball of cards rammed right into his face.
Kablam!
The force of the kick was so strong that it knocked Yuma off of his feet and onto the ground on his back. The ball of cards left an imprint of itself on the Syllables Duelist's face, while it rolled away. Rio, Tori, Cathy, Caswell and Kairi all gasped in concern, before the Ice Queen and 5-year-old girl knelt down beside Yuma. "Pa-Yuma, are you okay?" Kairi asked her "father" in concern, having been advised to call the Syllables Duelist by his name to avoid unwanted attention. Yuma sat up, his right hand lying on his face right where the soccer ball hit him, before he turned to Kairi and gave the child a reassuring nod.
Kairi breathed out in relief, while Rio turned to glare at the one responsible for assaulting her boyfriend. The young man had run around his ball and planted his left foot down on it, keeping it in place. "Hey, watch where you kick that thing! You just hit my boyfriend!" Rio snapped at the unknown male, getting the rest of the gang's attention as they turned to face Yuma's assaulter. "Yeah! What's your problem? This is a duel tournament, not a soccer match!" Tori snapped as well, but the teenage boy didn't feel remorseful as he laid his right fist against his hip.
"For me they're one and the same. Now then, get up ball-boy, cause we're dueling". The unknown male told Yuma, getting the 13-year-old boy to widen his eyes in surprise. 'Well, that didn't take too long'. The Syllables Duelist thought to himself, climbing back up to his feet, before he turned around to fully face the unknown male. The World Duel Carnival had just begun, and Yuma has already found his first opponent. A young man that had a rather "unique" first impression. Who is this young man? And what sort of opponent will he be for Yuma? Find out next time.
(Music end)
(Ending song. Play Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal My Quest)
In a bright orange red world, Yuma's headset flew around, before stopping in front of the screen. Particles came together behind the headset, forming into Yuma with his Duel-Eye Tattoo activated, before the headset shot out and attached itself to its owner. The screen zoomed in, before it changed to show Yuma running through an unknown path.
"Today's test is hard. I can't divide myself from pleasure and temptation."
"I wanna watch TV when I get home. The recent anime are fun."
In a blue world of sorts, Yuma was running with his Duel Disk, headset and Duel-Eye Tattoo attached and activated, along with Astral floating besides his partner. Rio and Enna were watching the two from the right as they continued onward.
The screen then changed to show both the Emperor's Key and Empress's Key flying around in a green world, spinning around a bit, before eventually stopping and floating in the air.
"In any case, this test is hard. Geography, Math and English are especially bad."
"I'm only average at sciences and social studies. The only thing I'm good at is P.E."
It changed to show Rio now running in the blue world with Enna floating besides her. Yuma and Astral were now the ones watching them run through the blue world.
"(Wait up, BABY!) For who's sake."
(That's it, BABY!) Was I remembering."
(Just hold on, BABY!) The answer."
(What are we!? BABY!) They wanted."
The background showed Yuma grappling his chest with his right hand with his eyes shut, before Yuma's new Duel Disk appeared in front of him. Then, Yuma's headset appeared above the advanced Duel Disk, before Rio's Duel Disk and D-Pad combined appeared besides them. The Duel Disk and D-Pad then separated, before turning into blue flashes that came together to form the combined form of the two devices once more, before it dispersed.
"Even if I write the correct answer on this paper,"
"In one year, in ten years, will anything change?"
In a pink world, Rio appeared, looking with a distressed look on her face, before she dispersed into blue particles. Tori then appeared wearing a dress, looking worried before she turned around and dispersed into pink particles. Finally, Luna appeared, facing standing to the left and was facing the right direction. The Moon Duelist closed her eyes in sadness as she shed a single tear, before she dispersed into white particles as well.
"In the world I drew in the corner of my dreams,"
"One day I will race through the open sky."
"No one can blame this heart of mine."
"Nothing is really correct!"
The screen then changed to show both Yuma and Rio standing besides with the Syllables Duelist having his Duel-Eye Tattoo and headset on, while Rio had her Duel-Gazer on. The two then swiped their right hands up, revealing to be holding Number 39: Utopia and Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice's cards. Astral and Enna then flew up from behind their partners, before flying past them, the world changing around them.
The world changed to Heartland City. Rio appeared in Heartland Park in complete duel gear, drawing a card from her slotted in deck with her right hand in a dramatic fashion. Shark then appeared in Heartland Park not too far away, looking over to the left with his hands in his pockets.
In the sky above Heartland, Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice and Number 37: Hope Woven Dragon Spider Shark charged towards each other, before they clashed. Spider Shark's mouth was shut on Frozen Lady Justice's sword, who was using it to keep him from taking a bite out of her with the two Xyz Monsters' eyes locked on each other.
In another district of Heartland, Astral and Enna were flying in the air besides each other, before Bronk skated by on his skateboard. In another district, Tori, in her school uniform, gave the peace sign with her left hand. In another section of Heartland City, Yuma, in Duel gear, was holding his left hand out and his right hand up in the air, holding a single card in a dramatic pose. Finally, Dr. Faker appeared over the city with his hands spread out over it with a devious grin on his face.
The screen then changed to show an unknown world, where Yuma, Rio, Astral and Enna were together. Yuma and Rio were sitting down on two separate thrones that were designed after the Emperor's Key and Empress's Key besides each other. Yuma was leaning forward, while Rio was leaning her back against her throne with her hands resting on the armrests. Astral was floating besides Yuma's throne on the right with his back to it and his arms crossed. Enna was standing besides Rio's throne on the left with her back to it, but unlike Astral, her hands were folded behind her.
Chapter done. That one was longer than the last chapter, sorry about that, but I really wanted to reach this point. I apologize for the long wait for this single chapter, but I have been busy with my new game; Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires. Let's just say that my new game has given me inspiration to make my own Dynasty Warriors story, an Empires-like story. I'll explain more about it when the story comes out, but for now, I'll focus on two other stories, the rewritten chapter 1 of my VRAINS story, and the Pokémon story next.
I have hoped that you all have enjoyed this chapter greatly. For now, I am going to focus on VRAINS chapter, I have already done some progress on it. Until the next update, I'll see you all later.