Chapter 2: Explanations and a New Friend

AN: Wow genuinely surprised by how many reviewed this story based on two chapters. Not gonna complain since I'm getting some feedback about this story and that helps. So this chapter will feature a new monster for Julio and some backstory on Julio. So let's just get right into it. Also I decided to save the descriptions for when Julio actually meets the characters.

Bold=Author

Italics=Thinking/Card stats

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Disclaimer: I don't anything in this story except my OCs, custom card ideas and story behind this fic. Everything else belongs to their respective companies and creators.

In Neptune's world

"So Nep just decided to leave without saying a word." A long brown haired girl explained sighing exasperation.

"That is essentially what happened." Histoire said. "She was quite adamant on meeting the person who will assist us first."

"That sure as heck sounds like Neptune." A girl with black twintails said through a video call.

"Typical." A girl with short brown hair said also through a video call before looking offscreen to someone.

"While it's quite annoying how she didn't even bother to ask the rest of us it is to be expected of her." A woman with blonde hair commented standing next to Histoire.

"So I guess one of you two is heading next?" The blackette asked.
"I'll be going." IF said crossing her arms. "Someone's gotta make sure Nep doesn't slack off plus Vert has an issue in her nation."

"Yes that group broke into another facility." Vert said sighing clearly annoyed
"I'll send Uni and Nepgear over to help." The blackette said.
"Thank you Noire. I would very much appreciate the help." Vert said gratefully.

"Yeah well Nepgear needs something to keep her occupied otherwise she'll start worrying about Neptune." Noire sighed before a voice was heard offscreen. "I'll talk later bye." Nore said before hanging up. The brunette girl

"I better go too. Rom and Ram just called they encountered a pretty strong monster and need a bit of help." The last girl said.

"Okay Blanc just be careful." IF said and Blanc nodded before hanging up.

"I must be going now." Vert said.

"Okay thank you for the help Vert." Histoire said gratefully.

"It's no problem after all with how things are now all of us need to help each other." Vert said before leaving the room.

"Alright Histoire how long till the portal is ready?" IF asked and the book fairy led her into the room where that crystal was. Histoire flew up to it and was silent for a bit.

"It will be ready very soon." Histoire sai and IF nodded. "Till then it's best you call Compa you're about to leave."

"Yeah she'll freak out if I don't say bye." IF said as the two left the room.

With the protagonists

The three were to no surprise still asleep. Julio had rolled of the mattress and wrapped himself in the blanket with Thump sleeping on his face. Kila had an arm dangling off the bed and had a small wet spot near her mouth. Neptune was snoring away while hanging on the edge of the bed with her head pointing towards the ground. After a bit Neptune actually fell off and landed on her head causing her to let out a 'oof' waking her up. Neptune laid there for a bit before sitting up and rubbing her eyes and yawning before glancing at the alarm clock seeing it at 1:56 PM.
"Geez we slept for awhile." Neptune said before contemplating how to wake everyone up. She could just shake them awake but she doubted she could given her size. She glanced at the alarm and smirked. She set the alarm for two o'clock and switched the volume to its highest. and a little before it rang covered her ears.

"RIIIIIIIIINNNNNNGGGG!" A extremely loud ringing caused the two to let out yelps and shoot up out of their blankets with Julio accidently knocking Thump off his face and struggling to get out of the blanket and Kila fell off the bed. Julio grabbed a shoe and threw it at the alarm breaking it.

"Rise and shine." Neptune sang and soon shivered at the glare the two were giving her. "What?"

"What time is it?" Julio said rising up and stretching.

"Little past two." Neptune answered shocking the two.

"Wow we slept in that much?" Kila said in shock.

"What's you're excuse? I was fried and was drained from that duel." Julio said picking up Thump gently and stroking his head in apology.
"I don't know! I guess I was just really tired." Kila said shrugging. Julio placed Thump down and glanced at his D-Tablet seeing it blink with a message. He checked it see it was from Dan.
"Dan sent a message." Julio said opening it before reading it out loud. "It says 'Julio there's something important we need to talk about meet me at my place, Dan.' Should we go?"

"Yeah it must be important if Dan said to meet his at his place." Kila said. "Well my clothes should be done so I'll leave you to ge ready. Come on Neptune."

"Okie dokie." Neptune said floating after her. The two left Julio who was gonna get his things ready for a shower. "So how long have you two been this close?"

"Hmm? Oh well we've known each other since we were two." Kila answered. "He's my best friend."

"Really? I thought you two would be something more." Neptune said. "Then again he does seem to be the oblvious type."

"He is. There was this one girl that liked him and was very forward about it but he didn't catch on till I pointed it out but by then she had lost interest." Kila said shrugging. "He's probably not gonna grow out of it till he gets into college."
"Do you like him?" Neptune asked and Kila flushed at that. "You do."
"No. It's not like that." Kila said crossing her arms.

"Okay fine. Just curious." Neptune said before asking more questions. "So where's Julio's dad?"

"He and his sister are out of town they'll be back tomorrow." Kila answered.

"So what was that dragon Julio summoned yesterday?" Neptune asked.
"That was one of Julio's best cards and one of his most cherished since he got that from his sister. He got another dragon a few years back from a old friend of ours and ever since then he's used it to the point it became the face of his deck." Kila answered as they walked into the kitchen where she found a note. "Hey Julio's mom left a note."

"What's it say?" Neptune asked.

"Its says 'Julio the hospital called me in I left something for you guys to eat on the stove, Mom'. Well that deals with what to eat." Kila said turning to the stove to see a pot with a lid. "Oh there's more 'PS Kila's clothes are clean and I placed them on the couch.' Sweet I'm gonna go change."

"Kay I'm gonna see what Julio's up to and tell him about the note." Neptune said floating off to Julio's room and went in and found Julio turning off his computer.
"Hey Neptune." Julio said getting up.

"Whatcha doing?" Neptune asked.

"Just checking my email for anything important. Nothing important except a message from a friend." Julio said.

"By the way your mom left a note she went to the hospital and left something to eat on the stove." Neptune explained.

"Oh thanks." Julio said grabbing his D-Tablet before leaving the room.
"By the way you said yu'd tell me more about that card game." Neptune said floating over to Julio and landing on his head.
"Oh yeah. Well the game itself is called Duel Monsters. You can see why it's called that from the duel yesterday." Julio said. "It's been around for years heck thousands to be honest."

"Wow that old?" Neptune said in surprise.

"Yep. It's a much very accepted theory that they started back during ancient egyptian times where they used actual non hologram monsters." Julio commented. "Nowadays we use advanced technology to make them into holograms but with the recent solid vision you're actually capable of touching them and riding them during a action duel but that's for later."

"Wait how many ways to duel are there?" Neptune asked.

"Well there's tag dueling, battle royal, action duels, and my favorite turbo duels." Julio explained.

"Turbo duels?"
"You know my motorcycle?" Julio asked. "It's dueling on that."
"Wait so it's card games on motorcycles?" Neptune asked in amazement.

"Yep. I'll explain more later and I'll tell Kila to tell you about action duels. She's incredible at them." Julio said entering the kitchen to find Kila eating ham and potatoes. "That smells good."

"Tastes even better." Kila said and the two served themselves with Julio having to serve Neptune on a smaller plate since she was having trouble. The three ate in silence enjoying the food for a bit before Neptune asked a question.
"So who is this Dan guy?" Neptune asked curious.

"Another friend of ours. We've known each other since we went to the academy." Kila answered and noticing Neptune's look. "It's a duel school we told you about it yesterday."

"Oh yeah but why's there a school to teach this stuff?" Neptune said.

"You'd be surprised at how complicated the game's gotten in these recent years." Julio answered.
"Yeah they teach you about the basics, the history behind it, and multiple things certain decks can do. It's a lot of info." Kila sighed.
"Okay. Oh by the way what was that deep kinda scary voice yesterday?" Neptune asked.

"Oh you mean Dark?" Julio said remembering she can hear him. "He's my duel spirit."

"Wait she heard him?" Kila asked in shock.

"Yeah surprised me and Dark." Julio answered before turning to Neptune. "A duel spirit is the spirit of a duel monster. You see every duelist has one but not many are aware of it. Those who are aware can either hear or see them. I can do both but Dark prefers not to show his form since he's really intimidating."
"Really? How so?"

"I'd say he can at times be more intimidating than that dragon I summoned yesterday." Julio said.

"I hope I get to see you play him then." Neptune said finishing her food with . "Hey do you want to hear some stuff from where I'm from."

"Yeah but uh where are you from?" Julio asked.
"Oh right I haven't told you guys!" Neptune said. "Well I come from a place called Gamindustri. In Gamindustri there are four nations where a goddess rules. I come from Planeptune the land of purple progress and I am the goddess in charge there. In the nation next door there is Lastation the land of black regality. The goddess there is Black Heart aka Noire who's a total loner. Next is Lowee the land of white serenity where White Heart better known as Blanc who's quiet but has quite the temper. Finally there's Leanbox the land of green pastures where Green Heart better known as Vert rules. She's the definition of an otaku and loves video games a bit too much at times."
"Wow." Julio said in surprise. "Here we have nations but no gods or goddesses that rule over us. The closest thing we got is a queen in England."

"What exactly do you guys do as goddesses?" Kila asked.

"Oh we protect the people and help advance our cities in a competition with each other but we are all really good friends so we are all more than willing to help each other out though we do occasionally try to bring people over to our nation's from each others. You see we goddesses need the faith of the people in order to get stronger and protect our nation."

"Wow and you guys are still friends for trying to do that?" Kila asked surprised.

"Yep because despite this we'll never leave each other with zero followers. We've been through way too much with each other to just betray each like that." Neptune said confidently.

"Like?" Julio asked.
"That's for later because there's a lot. After all we need to get to your friends house soon don't we?" Neptune asked and the two nodded. "I'll also tell you why I'm here later because I'll need Histy's help with that."
"Histy?" Kila asked and Neptune answered.

"She's a dear friend of mine and my nation's oracle. She basically helps me out with running my nation plus she keeps record of all of Gamindustri's history. Which is why she's named Histoire."

"Ahh I get it. 'History' 'Histoire'." Julio said before placing his empty plate in the sink "I'll wash those when I get back." Kila placed her's in as well and helped Neptune do the same. "Alright let's get to Dan's place."

The three went into the garage and grabbed their helmets except for Neptune and got onto the D-Wheel except for Julio. Julio pressed the button to open the garage just in time for a small fast moving object to slam into his chest and slam him into the wall.

"Julio." The two girls shouted getting off the bike and rushing to Julio who had little Thumps circling his head. He shook his head causing them to disappear.

"Owie." A cute voice said. Julio looked down to see a chibi girl sitting on his chest. She had long creamy hair with a black headband with a C patched on the side and pale skin. She opened her eyes revealing cute eyes that matched her hair. She wore a white wool tank top with a big neck and with unattached matching sleeves with fuzzy balls on them with similarly styled boots but with ribbons as well as the small fuzzy balls on them. She wore a short red plaid skirt with knee high brown socks with light pink heart cut frills at the top. Oh her hip she had a black hip purse with heart shaped buttons and a C like her headband. She was all in all a very cute girl. "Thanks for catching me mister but uh why are you so tall?"
"Oh well…" Julio found it a bit hard to talk since she was giving him the cutest look. "Well because you're kinda chibi right now."
"Oh that makes sense." The girl said before a squeal was heard and she was hugged by Neptune who had pressed her face into her rather...large chest.

"Compa!" Neptune cried out hugging her tighter.
"Nep-Nep!" Compa said in realization hugging her back. "Don't leave without saying bye next time."

"I'm sorry but I was so excited." Neptune said before they let each other go and looked at the two who were watching while sitting on Julio's lap though they didn't notice. "Oh hey guys this a friend from my home."
"We can tell." Kila sweat dropped. "So uh care to introduce yourself?"
"Oh I'm Compa." The girl said giving a warm smile. "I've known Nep-Nep a really long time."
"Yep. Compa here was my very first friend." Neptune said smiling happily.

"Well it's nice to meet you. I'm Kila." Kil said smiling back at the girl.
"Julio. Um no offense but you're on my lap and i don't want to get up and throw you two to the floor." Julio sweat dropped and the two chibi girls noticed and hopped off.

"Oh I'm sorry! Are you okay by the way? I crashed into you really hard." Compa asked in worry.

"Yeah I'm okay maybe a bit dizzy but compared to getting roasted by fire yesterday this hardly hurt." Julio said getting up.

"Well if your hurt let me know. I'm a nurse so I can help."

"Okay I'll let you know if I get hurt then." Julio said.

"So uh why are we small Nep-Nep?" Compa asked and Neptune shrugged.
"I don't know. I'll ask Histy. Wait did Histy tell you anything before she sent you here?" Neptune asked and Compa flushed causing Julio to mentally note she looked cute while blushing.

"Um well. Histy didn't send me." Compa said embarrassed.

"Then how are you here?" Julio asked still wanting to know how exactly they got here.

"Well I entered the Basilicom and looked around for Iffy and Histy and checked the Sharicite room and..." Compa trailed off.

Flashback

"Iffy! Histy!" Compa said walking into the Sharicite room. "I thought they'd be here."

She then noticed the very same portal that Neptune went into.

"Oh is this how Nep-Nep went to that other world?" Compa wondered. Then out of nowhere the portal began to suck in air so strong Compa started to get sucked in causing Compa to let out a scream. "Oh no I'm getting sucked innnnnnnnn!" She then disappeared and the portal closed.

End flashback

"...And that's what happened." Compa finished explaining. The three had small sweat drops on the back of their head.
"Well at least you're here Compa." Neptune said happily.
"I'd like to explain a bit about where you are but we need to get to Dan's house." Julio said walking to the bike before noticing a glowing card. He picked it up and saw Compa on it. She was an effect monster. "Well guess I got a new member of the deck."

"Oh she has a card." Kila said walking up and reading the effect with him. "Wow that's pretty good actually."
"Yeah maybe I can test it out soon. But we gotta go." Julio said placing it with his deck grabbing his helmet and sat on the bike with Kila following. "Come on you two. Neptune explain to her where she is while I focus on driving."

"Okay come on Compa." Neptune said grabbing Compa before floating up and landing on Julio's lap and gripping Julio's jeans. "Hang on this thing goes pretty fast."

Julio drove off and he garage door closed behind them before driving towards the bridge so they can get to Dan's house. Along the way Neptune filled Compa in about where she was, where they were going and how she and Julio beat a bad guy in a duel. She then explained a bit about the game and how the two of them where cards and Julio would use them during a duel.

"Wow this card game sounds way cooler than card game we have in Gamindustri." Compa said with sparkles in her eyes.
"It is." Neptune declared. "But it totally sucks that there will probably be more of those guys coming after us."

"Why did you have to say that?" Julio whined. "I bet that a little after we arrive at Dan's place one of those guys is gonna attack us."

"Sorry." Neptune apologized and Kila sighed.

"Well let's be ready just in case they do." Kila said as they got off the bridge. They drove for a bit answering questions till they arrived at a large two story white house with a large front yard. Julio parked in front of the house and took off his helmet before shaking his head to fix his hair. Neptune and Compa hopped off his lap and he stood up with Kila doing the same. They walked to the door and knocked and after a few moments it was opened revealing Dan.

"Finally you guys made it and um who's the chibi girls?" Dan asked surprising said two while Julio and Kila were not surprised.
"We'll explain in a bit." Julio said. "Can we come in?"
"That'll have to wait." A female voice said. Julio and Kila turned around to find a woman wearing a familiar cloak.
"I f***ing called it." Julio growled. 'Whatever let's just get to the duel." He then pulled out his D-Tablet and placed his deck into the slot igniting the blade.
"Very well the name's Jasmine by the way." The woman said doing the same.

"Um care to explain?" Dan asked.

"Short story they want those duel spirits and they enter duels where the monsters are real." Kila said in slight worry. A familiar dorm appeared around the two along with Neptune and Compa causing Compa to become a bit startled. The two drew their five cards before getting into a ready stance.
"DUEL!" The two said.

Julio LP: 4000 Hand: 5

Jasmine LP: 4000 Hand: 5

Turn 1

"Ladies first." Jasmine said before summoning a monster. "I summon my Cyber Harpie Lady." A haprie in armor appeared and let out a screech.

Cyber Harpie
ATK: 1800 DEF: 1300
Level: 4 Wind
Winged Beast/Effect

"I then activate Harpies' Hunting Ground." She said playing a field spell causing the area to change into a large field with Harpies circling the air. "With it my Cyber Harpie Lady gains 200 ATK and DEF points/

Harpies' Hunting Ground
Spell/Field

Cyber Harpie Lady

ATK: 2000 DEF: 1500

"I end with a face down." Jasmine said setting the card.

Julio LP: 4000 Hand: 5+1

Jasmine LP: 4000 Hand: 2

Turn 2

"I draw." Julio said drawing his card. "That field spell will be a problem. I gotta deal with it fast." He thought to himself before playing a card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon. I'll destroy that Hunting Ground." The spell shot out a vortex that spread across the field and destroyed the spell. This caused her monster to weaken slightly.

Mystical Space Typhoon
Spell/Quick-Play

"Grr." Jasmine growled in anger.

"Why's she so angry?" Neptune asked.
"Well that field spell not only raises her monster's ATK it allows her to destroy a spell or trap card on the field when she summons one of her Harpi monsters which would be a massive advantage since she'd prevent Julio from setting any cards that could block her attacks." Dan explained.

"Now that that's outta the way I summon Luster Dragon!" Julio said playing the dragon in attack mode. "Attack her monster!" The dragon lunged forward but Jasmine smirked.
"I activate Draining Shield. This negates your attack and gives me life points equal to your monster's ATK." A glowing yellow barrier appeared in front of Luster Dragon and it collided with it and was forced back'

Draining Shield
Trap/Effect

Jasmine LP: 4000+1900= 5900

"I'll set a two cards and that's it." Julio said annoyed.

Julio LP: 4000 Hand: 2

Jasmine LP: 5900 Hand 2+1

Turn 3

"I draw." Jasmine said and smirked at the card. "I sacrifice my Harpie order to summon Swift Birdman Joe." The Harpie disappeared and a man with green hair and wings swooped from the sky.

Swift Birdman Joe

ATK: 2300 DEF: 1400

Level 6 Wind

Winged Beast/Effect

"With his effect since I used a wind type monster to summon him all spell and traps our returned to our hands." The monster flapped his wings and sent a huge force of wind but Julio was ready.
"I activate my trap. Breakthrough Skill!" The trap had a dragon smashing through a sort of wall.

Breakthrough Skill

Trap/Normal

"With it I'll negate your monster's effect till the end of the turn so my last face-down is staying right where it is." Julio said as a orange aura surrounded Joe and he slumped down ceasing the wind.
"Fine then I'll attack with my monster. Go take out his dragon." Joe recovered and swooped down his claws extended.

"I activate Card Defense I'll negate your attack by sending a card from my hand to the grave." Julio declared discarding the card and causing a wall of cards to block the attack. "I sent my Card of Compensation to the grave. I'll draw two and thanks to Card Defense I'll draw a card again." Julio said drawing his cards.

"I'll end my turn." She growled.

Julio LP: 4000 Hand: 4+1

Jasmine LP: 5900 Hand: 2

Turn 4

~Cue YGO Bonds Beyond Time Synchro Summon~

"I draw." Julio said before smirking. "I summon CPU Neptune to the field."

"Alright. Time to watch me kick butt Compa." Neptune said jumping towards the field and turning back to her full height. " With Neptune's effect I can add a equip spell from my deck or Graveyard to my hand and I'll add my Fusion Sword Murasame Blade. I then special summon my Share Crystal to the field." Julio said special summoning the crystal.

"Wait what are these cards?" Dan said in shock.
"You'll see." Kila said smirking.
"I then tune Neptune with my Share Crystal!" Julio declared surprising Dan more. The crystal turned into three rings that surrounded Neptune and she soon turned into stars. "Goddess of the land of purple progress! Come forth and help those you call friends! Synchro Summon! Level 7 CPU Purple Heart!" Julio chanted and a flash of light shot through the rings and Purple Heart appeared ready to battle. "Share Crystal's effect activates. Since I used it for the synchro summon of a CPU monster I draw a card! Next Purple Heart's effect activates since I used Neptune as a synchro material she gains 500 ATK till the end of the turn and can attack twice as she's long as she's on the field." Julio declared.

"When did he get this?" Dan said shocked at his new monster.

"Yesterday remember the blank card?" Kila said and Dan nodded/
"Well things that will be explained later happened and now he's got a kickass new monster." Kila said. "Now watch the duel."

CPU Purple Heart

ATK: 2500+500= 3000

"I then activate Murasame!" Julio declared playing the spell. "I can equip this to warrior monster and that monster gains 800 ATK!" Neptune's katana disappeared and was replaced by a katana with a orange aura.
CPU Purple Heart

ATK: 3000+800= 3800

Fusion Sword Murasame Blade

Spell/Equip

"Battle! I attack your monster with Purple Heart!" Julio declared and Neptune sliced the birdman across his chest destroying him.

Jasmine LP: 5900-1500= 4400

"I then attack again with Purple Heart!" Julio said but before Neptune could Jasmine was prepared.
"I special summon Battle Fader!" A clock looking monster appeared and let out a clanging sound ending Neptune's attack. "When you attack directly I can special summon this from my hand and end the battle phase."

Battle Fader

ATK and DEF: 0

Level: 1 Dark

Fiend/Effect

"I set a card and end my turn." Julio said setting the card. "Now Purple Heart's ATK loses the 500 point boost."

CPU Purple Heart

ATK: 3800-500= 3300

Julio LP: 4000 Hand: 3

Jasmine LP: 4400 Hand: 1+1

Turn 5

~End Theme~

"My turn draw." Jasmine declared before smirking at the card. ""I play my Card of Sanctity. Now we both draw till we have six cards in our hand." Julio drew three while Jasmine drew five.

Card of Sanctity

Spell/Normal

~Cue Yugioh ARC V A Tense Duel~

"I now activate Monster Reborn and bring back Cyber Harpie Lady. I then activate Elegant Egotist." She said smirking. The card showed what looked like a mirror of three harpies. "Since I have a Harpie Lady on ym field I can special summon a Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters to my field from my hand or deck and I choose my Harpie Lady Sisters!"
Elegant Egotist

Spell/Normal

She placed the card on the field and three Harpie ladies appeared each with different looks and they let out screeches as they stared down Julio's monsters.

Harpie Lady Sisters
ATK: 1950 DEF: 2100

Level: 6 Wind

Winged Beast/Effect

"I then summon another Cyber Harpie Lady." A second appeared and screeched out a challenge. "Now that I have three Harpie Ladys I can activate my spell Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation!"
Harpie Lady Phoenix Formation

Spell/Normal

"Oh crap!" Kila said and Julio tensed.
"What?" Compa asked in alarm.

"Julio's gonna get hard." Kila simply said and Dan nodded.

"Now I can destroy monsters up to the amount of Harpie ladies on my side of the field and deal ATK equal to the one with the highest original attack." She said smirking. "I can't attack but it's worth it. Now wipe out the CPU and luster Dragon." The Harpies formed into a ghostly phoenix and shot forward cutting through Luster Dragon but to Jasmine's shock Neptune raised her sword and blocked the hit but it resulted in the sword being destroyed. "What gives?"

"Easy Purple Heart has another effect when she's about to be removed from the field I can remove an equip card attached to her instead." Julio said as Neptune drew her original weapon.
CPU Purple Heart

ATK: 3300-800=2500

"Fine but you still take damage equal to Luster Dragon's effect." She reminded him and the phoenix rose again and went through him causing him to gasp in pain.

Julio LP: 4000-1900= 2100

"I'm not done yet. I activate Misfortune!" Jasmine said. "Now you take damage equal to half a monster's original attack. Ordinarily I wouldn't be able to attack but since I can't anyway it works."
Misfortune

Spell/Normal

A man wearing a black coat and top hat appeared behind Julio and when he turned around he found a cane smacking him in the face and onto the ground inflicting good damage and pain to Julio.

Julio LP: 2100-1250= 850

"Julio!" Everyone yelled. Neptune moved over to him and helped him up after the man disappeared. Kila looked worried and Compa was afraid while Dan was furious.

"You okay?" Neptune asked and saw a bruise on his cheek.

"I'll live. Let's kick this chick's ass." Julio growled. Neptune nodded and went back to her place and glared at Jasmine.
"I set a card and end my turn." Jasmine said smirking.

~End theme~

Julio LP: 850 Hand: 6+1

Jasmine LP: 4400 Hand:0

Turn 6

"I draw!" Julio declared and glanced at the card and smirked. "I activate my Graceful Charity. Im draw three then discard two!" Julio said he then drew his three cards and blinked before smirking. He sent the two cards to the grave and turned to Compa. "Compa ready to help me and Neptune out?"
Compa nodded in determination. "Yessy! I'll always help my friends!"
"Alright! Since I added her to my hand outside of my draw phase I can special summon Maker Compa to the field!" Julio declared and Compa moved to the field and became her full height of 5'1 just under Julio. She then pulled a large syringe out of nowhere akin to that of Neptune but her weapon scared Julio slightly.
"Where'd you pull that out of?" Julio asked scared.
"That's a Compa secret." Compa said smiling sweetly causing Julio to flush lightly.

Maker Compa.

ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000

Level: 5 Light

Warrior/Effect

"That's it?" Jasmine said laughing.
"Nope Compa's effect activates! She raises my life points equal to that of a CPU or Maker monster's level times 200. So with Purple Heart I gain 1400 life points!" Julio declared as a Compa turned to him and put er syringe away before cupping her hands and closing her eyes and her hands flashed pink and Julio soon had a pink aura around him healing him.

Julio LP: 850+1400= 2250

~Play Yusei theme~

"Next I activate my equip spell United We Stand and equip it to Purple Heart!" Julio declared as he played the spell. "She gains 800 ATK equal to each face-up monster on the field! So that's 1600!"
CPU Purple Heart

ATK: 2500+1600= 4100

"Battle! Purple Heart take out one of her Cyber Harpie Lady!" Julio declared and Neptune nodded.

"Critical Edge!" She declared as she slashed the Harpie into the air and cut it in half resulting in a horrible screech as she shattered into pieces.

Jasmine LP: 4400-2300= 2100

"I activate my trap Option Hunter!" Jasmine said. "Since Cyber Harpie Lady was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard I gain Life points equal to her original ATK!"

Option Hunter Trap/Normal

Jasmine LP: 2100+1800= 3900

"It won't save your other one!" Julio declared as Neptune destroyed the other with a slash to the chest.

Jasmine LP: 3900-2300= 1600

"So you can't finish me off and I can still make a comeback!?" Jasmine declared smirking but stopped at Julio's own smirk.
"I activated my face down! Rush Recklessly!" Julio declared. "It'l raise Compa's ATK by 700!"

Compa felt a rush of energy and felt ready to attack as her ATK points raised.
Rush Recklessly

Spell/Quick-Play

Maker Compa
ATK: 2000+700= 2700

"Battle! Compa take out those Harpies!" Julio declared and Compa rushed forward but Julio wasn't done yet. "I activate Ego Boost when a monster attacks I can target a face-up monster on the field and that monster gains 1000 ATK till the end of the battle phase! I raise Compa's ATK!" A green aura surrounded Compa and she felt more confident.

Ego Boost

Spell/Quick-Play

Maker Compa

ATK: 2700+1000= 3700

"No way!" Jasmine gasped.
"Yes way!" Julio declared. "Go Compa end this with Compa Love Heart!"
Compa formed a large heart and sent it towards the Harpie's who tried to evade it but was till hit by it causing a massive explosion that sent Jasmine flying back.

Jasmine LP: 1600-1750= 0

Julio Winner!

~End Theme~

"Nice job!" Kila and Dan declared together. Julio let out a sigh as the dome disappeared but was shocked by a hug from Compa.
"Alright we did it!" Compa yelled smiling happily causing Julio to flush since she was pressing against him but he returned the hug in order to not seem rude.. Neptune rolled her eyes but separated the two.
"You're embarrassing him Compa." Neptune said since Julio was pink.
"Oh sorry I was just really happy." Compa said rubbing her head in embarrassment.

"It's fine. We did win after all." Julio said embarrassed as well before noticing something. "Wait where'd that woman go?"
They turned around and noticed she was indeed gone.

"She must have left while we were celebrating." Dan said at that moment the two girls turned back into their chibi forms.
"Aww we're tiny again." Compa pouted causing Julio to think about how cute she looked pouting especially in chibi mode.

"We should probably get used to it." Neptune said crossing her arms.

"Well let's get inside." Julio said a bit tired. They walked inside and into Dan's living room where there was a large TV, a large couch and a couple of recliners which was soon occupied by Julio.
"I'm guessing your family is out?" Kila asked sitting on the couch.
"Yep. They went shopping a few minutes before you arrived." Dan replied. Dan left the room and returned with his laptop. Compa and Neptune had sat on the couch as well taking up little space.

"So what's that news?" Julio asked.
"It's about the tournament." Dan said typing in his password and opening a email from one of their professors. "Professor Chase sent this 'The special rule will be announced at for today on the dueling network'."

"Bout time." Kila said and Julio nodded while the two spirits were confused.

"Umm." Compa said confused.

"Oh right. We're participating in a tournament later this summer. This tournament involves multiple academies from around the world and will be broadcasted around the world as well. This means we have a chance to be scouted by dueling managers all around the world and have a good chance in the pro league. Every year the tournament has a special rule that explains how the tournament will play out. One time it was a massive battle royale between duelists and the last one standing won a large check and a chance to duel the duel king for the title. He lost but it was an awesome duel." Julio explained

"Oh." The two said together. Julio glanced at his D-Tablet and saw it was a minute from four.

"Oh crap one minute to four." Julio said and Dan quickly turned on the TV and connected it to his laptop before going to the site.
"Greeting duelists! We have the special rule for he Duel Cup! This year it's gonna be: Teams! Duelists will form a group of four and participate in brackets with each team choosing a duelist to represent them! Each duel will either be a Riding Duel, Action duel, or a Standard Duel and can even be a tag duel! The winning team will receive a 100,000 for each of them. Then the four duelists will duel it out for a match against the king himself!" The announcer a woman wearing a suit said. "You have till June 30th to form the team and register."

"Well that's something." Julio said surprised before glancing between them. "Well our team has three we just need to find a fourth."

"We'll find someone. We have a couple weeks." Kila said. "Alright now we explain what exactly that duel was to Dan." Julio nodded. They spent about thirty minutes explaining how they met Neptune and all events that transpired. Dan was a bit skeptical about Neptune being a goddess but chose to believe her since he saw her transformed self. He found it especially hard to believe Neptune and Compa were from another universe entirely but eventually agreed.

"Wow this is a lot to take in." Dan said. "But why are you guys here in the first place?"
"I can answer that." A heavenly voice said and they saw a glowing orb of light enter the appear. The three natives were confused but the two spirits spoke up.
"HISTY!" They screamed.
"Good to hear from ya." Neptune said happily.

"Yeah Histy! I'm sorry for accidentally getting into the portal." Compa apologized.
"It's good to hear from you both and It's alright Compa." Histoire said before addressing the three duelists. "I'm very grateful for you helping them."
"No problem." Julio said crossing his arms. "They needed help so I helped them that simple."
"Yeah plus they're kinda fun to have around." Kila said smiling.
"I've barely met them and I have to admit they are quite likeable." Dan said before getting to the topic at hand. "Now why are they here?"
"Straight to the point. Good. The main reason is because these people you're fighting came from our universe and our planning on taking your's over. Why we do not know but we cannot let this happen." Histoire said and they remained silent for a bit. "Now we sent over Neptune in an attempt to find help since traveling to other places usually means losing their powers. In this case Neptune became what you call a duel spirit and as such a card was created for her human self and her goddess self as well as means to activate it."
"So you need our help to stop them?" Kila asked stunned.
"Yes. If you don't wish to then we understand." Histoire said and the two girls nodded.

"Well of course I will." Julio said standing up. "These guys are gonna take over our world right? Then I'm sure as hell gonna fight my hardest to make sure that doesn't happen plus you guys are bonded with my deck so you guys are pretty much stuck with me."

"Thank you Julio!" Histoire said gratefully. "We are in your debt."
"If Julio's gonna do this then I guess I have to help as well." Kila said getting to her feet and smiling.
"If you two are gonna do it then I guess I will too!" Dan said getting to his feet.

"Thank you all so much!" Histoire said. "I will inform the others you've agreed to help!"
"So you'll be sending more?" Julio said since this meant a bunch of new cards for his deck.
"Yes the rest of the CPUs and a few others." Histoire said. "I must be going it takes a lot of energy to maintain this. I will speak with you soon." The orb disappeared and a silence took over.

"Well looks like my place is gonna get crowded." Julio said sweat dropping. "And by a bunch of cute girls too...I can already feel the cliches coming."
"Yeah it's gonna suck to be you." Dan said and Julio kicked his shin causing him to yelp.

"Well I guess you're lucky then Juliy." Neptune said causing Julio to stare at her.
"What?" He deadpanned.
"Juliy a nickname." Neptune said innocently.
"Okay could be worse." Julio muttered. "Well I need to get home and start getting ready to edit my deck for the future."

"Yeah you're gonna get a lot of new synchros and effect monsters and heck who knows maybe some new spell and traps." Dan said.

"Yeah the challenge will be getting Dark to fit in." Julio said crossing his arms. "But I have a feeling that this deck will be incredible."

"If you need some pointers let me know. I am experienced when it comes to what cards are good for a synchro deck." Dan said.
"I'll be sure to do that." Julio said before turning. "Kila I'll drop you off at your place. I need to figure out a plan for how sleeping arrangements will go when you're friends start arriving." Julio said to Neptune.
"Yeah. I feel a bit sorry about this." Neptune said embarrassed.
"It's fine. I'm more worried how my mom will react." Julio sighed as they left Dan's house and to the D-Wheel.

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"Hmm this duelist quite strong." The woman said watching as a video of Julio defeating Jasmine. 'He's more more experienced than most of our troop." Jasmine's defeat while upsetting wasn't at all a setback. She had punished Jasmine but she doesn't kill her soldiers since she considered it waste. Now they were to kill themselves if they found themselves cornered and about to become captured.

"Yes indeed he is." A deep voice said. "I'd like a go at him."
The woman turned to the voice and saw a large man easily 6'7 and ripped with muscles standing there.

"Oh dear Brutus. I'm sorry but you cannot go yet. I must see if he's worth sending you to duel him. But I assure you when he proves too much for standard soldier you're first up." The woman said kindly.
"Very well mistress Vernice." He said bowing before leaving. The now newly named Vernice smirked before lacing a hand on a image of Julio.

"You will make a fine pupper once you lose." She whispered softly to herself as she smiled at the image.

AN: And with that another chapter is done! The duel was short because this duelist wasn't all that strong but next chapter we have a long one that will reveal a bit more backstory for Julio and of course a new monster. Now let's answer some questions. By the way those with guest I'd be easier if you make an account so I can just send you a PM in order to answer your questions especially if it's one like these. If you don't want to then that's fine. It honestly doesn't make too much of a difference to me since you're still commenting on my story.

Guest: Thanks for the review. Yes the other three dimensional dragons will appear. Clear wing should be obvious while Starving Venom will go to a rather...dark character I'm introducing soon. Odd-Eyes will take the longest to appear. No I'm not introducing link summoning because despite my interest in it too many decks I have plans to use will be ruined by the new format.

Another guest:Thanks for the review. I will reveal the reason why Julio uses Dark Rebellion soon. I decided to not have Neptune be a requirement because I already have it specified for the Share Crystal. Purple Heart may rely on Neptune for the damage output but she'll still be very much useful without the additional effect.
TheReignS1: Thanks for the review hope you continue to enjoy the story.

Neo: Thanks for the review. While the idea is interesting I just don't see them working as Equip cards maybe as Quick-Play but not Equip.

JTK334:Thanks for the review. Interesting trap. I'll consider it but a little description about the artwork would be nice.

MaxGundam1998: Thanks for the review. Once again thanks for the shoutout you gave me on your story and the feedback.

Next I may start accepting OCs but that remains to be seen.

Next we have Compa's effect and MVP of the chapter.

Maker Compa

Level 5 Light attribute ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000

Warrior/Effect

When this card is added to your hand outside of your draw phase you can special summon it to the field. You can target one CPU or Maker monster, you gain life points equal to its level x 200. If a monster on your side of the field has its attack reduced by an opponent's card effect you can discard one card from you're hand and return you're monster to its previous ATK(This is a Quick-Play effect). When this card is destroyed you can add one CPU or Maker monster in your Graveyard to you're hand.

Now I based Compa on her abilities as healer so obviously she can restore life points so she can't do much as an attacker or defender but she can assist monsters if say your opponent activates Shrink she can remove the 'debuff'. If you feel I should change this then leave a review about it.

Now some questions some friends asked me that I feel I should answer here.

Will Julio and the others visit Gamindustri? Yes I have plans for this to happen towards the end of the story.

Will Julio ever have a beserk moment? Yes. While Zarc won't make an appearance as a antagonist or monster his influence will affect those who wield the dimensional dragons and in moments where the users are in a state of weakness it will occasionally slip through.

Will Julio have evolved forms of Dark Rebellion and Scarlight? Yes Scarlight will get one while Dark Rebellion is getting Requiem and a fan made one I'm working on.

What will you do with the CPU Candidates? They will play a huge roll but Julio won't be using them in a duel I have someone else planned to use them.

Will Next Forms be a thing? Yes they will. I'm thinking something along the lines of Accel Synchro but I don't know for sure.

Will characters like Uzume and Plutia make an appearance? Yes. I plan on Julio receiving Plutia and possibly Uzume.

Will Julio be paired with someone? Yes. It's gonna be a character I don't plan on pairing Julio with on my other story.

That's it for now so let's get to the review thing.
Please leave a review with your thoughts, ideas, and favorite parts. If you have deck you'd like to see in this story leave it in the description or even any custom cards you think will be good. Any constructive criticism on how I can improve is appreciated so I can not only improve on this story but my other ones as well. Flames will not be accepted.

Next chapter title: Deck Edits and Toys