The match that everyone was waiting for was finally happening. Yukina was going against Cray, and Yukina has to win if Team Mystic is going to stay in the tournament. Cray pulled out a surprising move. He didn't just synchro summon, but also xyz summoned. Cray had 2350LP and summoned out his new Storm Maelstrom Dragon at 3500atk points. Yukina had 2500LP and had her Wild Ally Star Phoenix at 3300atk points, but that might not be enough.

"That's some impressive monster, Cray." Yukina said. "I'm guessing it has an ability that will destroy what's on my field, but my Star Phoenix can't be destroyed by effects."

"Maybe, but my dragon is still stronger!" Cray said. "Storm Maelstrom Dragon, annihilate her Star Phoenix! Destroy it with Natural Disaster Demolition!" Cray's new dragon unleashed devastating power. It was like a hurricane formed right in the arena as wind was stirring and blowing like crazy. Yukina tried to endure the wind, but her phoenix wasn't as lucky. The wind tore it apart and caused Yukina's life points to drop to 2300. The wind was so strong that Yukina was knocked off her feet.

"Yukina!" Her team called.

"Oh man! That was crazy!"

"With this power, there's no way you can win!" Cray claimed.

"I wouldn't be too sure about that!" Yukina said as she got up. "When my Wild Ally Star Phoenix is destroyed, Wild Ally Phoenix returns to the field!" Her regular phoenix returned as it rose up with 2500atk points.

"Too bad your regular phoenix can't beat my dragon!" Cray said. "For now, I'm just going to end my turn!"

"Yukina could be in real trouble here! Both of them are rather even, but Cray holds the stronger monster. Is there a way for her to triumph over that mighty beast?"

"I can't believe Cray was even able to get a hold of those cards." Sabaro said as he and Justin watched from the V.I.P. section. "From what I understand, Diego was the one who gave Cray Storm Dragon. How did he get his hands on those other two?"

"I'm not sure. Sometimes cards have a way of finding their owners." Justin said. "I'm afraid there isn't much we can do except watch this battle unfold and hope for the best results." This was looking bad. Yukina has to figure out something or else Cray is going to completely crush her in this duel.

"My turn! Here goes nothing!" Yukina said as she drew her next card. Unfortunately, nothing she has can help her at the moment against such a powerful beast. 'I don't have anything that can beat that Storm Maelstrom Dragon. Cray's really outdid himself with him having something that powerful. I'm sure whatever ability it has is one to destroy my cards. I have to try and hold on to my phoenix to try and stop it, but Cray is well aware of my phoenix's ability. He must have some sort of counter for it. So, what should I do?'

"This isn't good, guys." Cindy said. "I'm not sure if Yukina has anything that can beat something so powerful like that dragon."

"Yeah! That's my Cray!" Kent cheered. "Wait! That means we're going to lose and be out of the tournament! It figures it would take something like Cray to beat us."

"Kent, if you're not going to say anything helpful, just keep quiet." Felix said with annoyance. "Yukina's got to figure something out and fast, but what can she do?"

"Yukina, please! You have to win!" Marcus called.

"I'll switch my phoenix into defense mode for a little defense!" Yukina said as her phoenix changed modes and now had 2000def points. "I'm also going to summon my Wild Ally Mouse to the field!" She summoned out her little white mouse with it having 400atk points.

"That's the pendulum monster she used in her duel against Yuxuan!" Kent said.

"But she's using it as a monster this time." Felix said. "It's pendulum ability is that it can make one Wild Ally stronger depending on the scale difference, but how can it help her now?"

"We're just going to have to hope that Yukina knows what she's doing." Cindy said.

"I'm also going to place three cards facedown to end my turn!" Yukina said. 'That should be a good defense. With Mystic Aurora, I can replenish my life points. With Animal Preservation, I can resurrect any Wild Allies he destroys. If I also get the chance to use my phoenix's ability, I can use my Burning Reincarnation trap to deal damage equal to my phoenix's attack points. That would be enough to end this duel. I just hope that's enough.' She thought as that's the best she can do, but she has doubts it will work.

"Ha! That really was nothing!" Cray said.

"Yukina is trying to put up some sort of defense, but Cray is not impressed. We might be looking at the end of the duel here soon."

"This duel looks like it's all ours." Sima said.

"She put up a good effort, but it seems it just wasn't enough." Hungwe claimed as they were confident Cray was going to win.

"My turn!" Cray claimed as he drew his next card. "I'm sure you're relying on every card you have on the field to save you, but your entire strategies are about to go up in flames...or by a storm in this case."

'Here he comes.' Yukina thought as she braced herself.

"I activate his special ability! By using one overlay unit, I can destroy one card on the field!" Cray claimed. "And don't bother trying to stop it because you can't activate any cards to counter it, including your phoenix's!"

"You mean nothing can stop it?!" Yukina questioned.

"You can't stop a force of nature!" Cray claimed as his dragon swallowed it's only overlay unit and unleashed a powerful blast and completely destroyed Yukina's phoenix. "It might come back on your next turn, but this duel will be over by then! My dragon's other ability deals you damage each time a card is destroyed by an effect! That's 400LP!" His dragon unleashed an electrical discharge and blasted Yukina with her life points dropping to 1900. "I bet you're planning to use those face-downs to counter my attack, but you won't get the chance! I activate Heavy Storm!"

"Not that!" Yukina said with distraught. Another storm brewed in the arena and destroyed all of Yukina's traps.

"With those cards destroyed, you take even more damage!" Cray said as he was getting excited. Yukina got blasted once again with her life points dropping all the way to 700.

"No! He can still attack! Once he does, it's all over!" Felix said as the whole team were afraid now.

"No! Please, Yukina! You can't let it end like this!" Marcus pleaded.

"I'm afraid it's already over! I finally win!" Cray claimed. "Storm Maelstrom Dragon, crush her little mouse and finish this!" This could be it as Cray's dragon unleashed more of it's power.

"Oh man! Everyone, hold on to your hats!" The wind was fierce once again and Yukina could barely hold herself together. Her mouse was destroyed and it looked like this was the end for sure. Has Yukina actually lost to Cray? Team Storm really thought they had this one with everyone in disbelief. "Hold the phones. We're reading that Yukina still has life points."

"What?!" Cray said. Everyone took a look and saw Yukina was able to endure that storm and still had her 700LP. "Why didn't you lose the last of your life points?!"

"It's all thanks to my little mouse." Yukina said. "When he's destroyed in attack mode, I take no damage from the battle, and I don't take any damage for the rest of this."

"No way! She found a way to survive against that Cray's best?!" Hungwe questioned.

"She just bought her one more turn. It won't help her." Sima claimed.

"Good! I'm glad to see you're fighting so hard! Now make your next move because it could be your last." Cray said as he through a face-down and ended his turn.

"This could be it! Yukina's got nothing on her field and nothing in her hand! If she can't bust out a miracle, it's all over for her!"

"Sorry, guys. I just don't think Yukina can win, and I'm not saying that because I hate to see Cray lose." Kent said.

"No way!" Marcus shouted as it seemed like he was starting to snap out of it. "Come on, Yukina! If there was ever a time to prove what a great duelist you are, it's now! We can't let our time in the tournament end here! Everyone believes in you, and so do I! I know you can win this!" That probably wasn't easy for Marcus to say, but he meant all of it.

"That's right. I'm not just dueling for me. My friends are counting on me." Yukina said. "I have to keep fighting for everyone, and that's what's going to happen! You might be dueling out of our rivalry, Cray, and you are a great rival. However, I'm dueling for more than just that! I'm dueling for my team, and I won't lose!" She claimed as she drew her next card and it was just what she needed. "First of all, my phoenix is coming back since it was destroyed by an effect!" Her phoenix rose back on the field and reignited everyone's hope. "There's also this feathered friend: Wild Ally Roadrunner! This guy is impatient because the moment I draw him, I can summon it out!" She summoned out a roadrunner as it ran out with 1400atk points. "When my Wild Ally Roadrunner is summoned like that, I also get to draw one card!" She drew another card and it was a spell that she thought could help. "I'm activating Animal Scrappage! Since I have a Wild Ally on the field, I can take any spell or trap card in my graveyard and place it on the field! I can even activate it this turn if I can!" She claimed as she set a card straight from her graveyard.

"What card do you think that is?" Cindy questioned.

"I'm not sure, but it better be something that can turn this around." Felix said.

"That's all nice, but you still don't have the power to beat me!" Cray claimed.

"Not yet!" Yukina claimed. "Remember when I activated my Middleman Cutout and I discarded two cards? Well, I think it's time to use the special ability of one of them. If I banish one Wild Ally on my field and another in my graveyard, I can summon this fierce beast, even if it's stuck in defense mode." She claimed as she removed her roadrunner and her armadillo. "I summon Wild Ally Griffon!" She summoned out a brand new Wild Ally with it having the front body of an eagle with the hind legs of a lion. Since she was forced to summon it in defense mode, this beast had 2400def points.

"Another new Wild Ally based on a mythical beast!" Cindy said as that looked good.

"But it's stuck in defense mode. How can she use it?" Felix questioned.

"I can use it because both my monsters are level seven." Yukina said.

"You're about to xyz summon!" Cray said.

"That's right! I build the overlay network with my phoenix and my griffon!" Yukina said. Once it opened, both of her monsters dived in to make way for a powerful monster. "I xyz summon Wild Ally Cosmic Phoenix!" She called as her phoenix emerged with 3000atk points. "I activate Cosmic Phoenix's ability! I'll use both of its overlay units to drain 1000atk points each from your monster!" Her phoenix took in both units and unleashed a rainbow light that drained away the dragon's power with it having just 1500atk points now. "Here I come, Cray! Wild Ally Cosmic Phoenix, attack Storm Maelstrom Dragon with Galactic Blaze!" Her phoenix ignited its flames and dived right at Cray's dragon.

"I'm not going down that easily! I activate Reverse Winds!" Cray said as he played a trap. "Since a wind attribute monster is battling, this switches our monster's attack points! It also grants my dragon an extra 1000atk points until the end of the turn!" Their monsters had their attack points switch with Yukina's phoenix having only 1500atk points and Cray's dragon having 3000atk points, quickly rising to 4000atk points. "It's over! I win!"

"Not quite!" Yukina said with Cray surprised. "I expected you try something like that, and you really are quite a rival! That's because...I have one too!" Yukina showed her face-down was the same trap.

"But how?!" Cray questioned. "Wait! You discarded two cards! That was the second card, wasn't it?!"

"You got that right! Sorry, but I win again, Cray!" Yukina said as the monsters had their attack points changed again to 1500 and 5000 with Yukina's phoenix stronger now. That meant that Yukina won. Her phoenix dived down and smashed into Cray's dragon. It caused a fierce explosion that blew against Cray and all of his life points dropping to zero.

"It's over and done! Yukina has beaten Cray!" M.C. announced. "With this win, Team Mystic and Team Storm are now tied with one win each!" It was certainly a great duel between two true rivals countering and trying outdo the other.

"Yeah, Yukina!" Her team cheered.

"Oh man! I never thought I would be sad and happy at the same time!" Kent cried.

"You did it, Yukina!" Marcus cheered as it seems like his spirit was lifted up once again.

"Yeah. I told you I wouldn't..." Suddenly, Yukina collapsed. That was an unexpected turn of events.

"Yukina!" Marcus called as this looked bad. Team Mystic might have won, but what did it just cost them?