Turn 6 Yusei

"I draw here we go!" Yusei draws his card and looks at his hand. "It's not enough to beat Zarc. "Yusei! Use my card in the Graveyard!" Jaden urged, and the Riding Duelist nodded.

"All right! I activate the effect of Take Over 5 in our Graveyard! In my Standby Phase, I can remove it from the Graveyard in order to draw one card!"

He drew. The card he got was Speed Warrior.

"No you can't! With my power, whenever you add a card to your hand outside of your Draw Phase, it is destroyed!"

What Zarc had just declared stunned Yusei. "What…?!"

A bolt of red lightning came down from the sky and struck the card on Yusei's hand. Speed Warrior was destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.

"I know all of your tricks, Yusei!" Zarc bragged. "Your hand wasn't a good one, so you depended on that last draw, hoping to get a playable card, didn't you? Know you lost even your last chance to fight back!"

But Yusei smirked. "On the contrary, that's actually what I hoped you would do." Zarc stops laughing. "What?!"

"From my hand I summon the Tuner Monster, Junk Synchron!" Yusei declared. An orange robot appeared on Yusei's field.

Junk Synchron LV: 3 Tuner ATK: 1300 DEF: 500 Affinity: Dark

"And when this card is summoned I can Special Summon a Level 2 or lower monster from my Graveyard! Which is, the very same Speed Warrior you have just destroyed and sent to the Graveyard for me! Come, Speed Warrior!"

From a hole of light on the fabric of space, Speed Warrior dashed out.

Speed Dasher LV: 2 ATK: 900 DEF: 400 Affinity: Wind

Furthermore, as I Special Summoned a monster, I can Special Summon Steam Synchron from my hand!"

The Tuner Monster looking like a locomotive appeared from another hole of light and joined the two other monsters on Yusei's field. Zarc's eyes narrowed.

"Two Tuner Monsters…"

"I'm tuning my Level 2 Speed Warrior with my Level 3 Junk Synchron!" Yusei chanted. "Gathering stars will call upon a new force! Become the path its light shines upon!"

The two monsters jumped into the air. Junk Synchron turned into three green rings of energy, which lined up and allowed Speed Warrior to fly through, turning into a beam of light.

"I Synchro Summon! Junk Warrior!"

From the flash of light, one of Yusei's favourite Synchro Monsters, Junk Warrior, flew out. It punched the air, sending a blast of wind to the sky.

Junk Warrior LV: 5 ATK 2300 DEF:1300 Affinity: Dark

"Don't!" Gong exclaimed in horror. "If you Synchro Summon, Zarc will just answer with that dragon he used to defeat us!"

As if answering Gong, Zarc cackled. "You dolt! When you used Synchro Summoning against me, you already lost! I send my two Darkwurms back to my Extra Deck to Synchro Summon!"

Yusei's eyes widened. "What?! But Darkwurm isn't a Tuner!"

Zarc laughed. "When I'm on the field, I can Synchro Summon this dragon without the need of a Tuner!"

"Another unfair monster… Just how low is this guy gonna stoop?!" Grumbled Yuma. On cue one of the Darkwurms turned into four green rings of energy, just like Yusei's Junk Synchron did, and lined up in a row. The other one flew into the row of rings and covered the field in a flash of light.

"Feast your eyes on this! Supreme King Dragon Clear wing!"

Finally, from inside the light, the corrupted dragon with clear wings flew out with a loud roar, making everyone wince.

SKD Clearwing LV: 8 ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000 Affinity: Dark

Looking at Yusei with a smug smirk, Zarc then said. "When Clear Wing is Summoned, I can negate the effect of all the Effect Monsters on your field and destroy them!"

"What?!"

A rain of beams shot out from Clear Wing's dichroic crystalized wings towards every monster on the field of the legendary duelists. One by one, the monsters were struck down by the deadly beams, especially Junk Warrior; its body was pierced by the beams of light horribly before exploding into particles. Dark Magician waved his staff, dispelling all the beams coming toward him, since he's a Normal Monster.

"Argh…!"

"Not to worry, Yusei!" Behind him, Jaden suddenly raised his voice. "Since Electrum was destroyed by a card effect, I activate my Trap Card, Elemental Mirage! This card will return every monster destroyed this turn back to the field, in their original state! Keep going, Yusei!"

Yusei nodded much to his relief right as Elemental Mirage faded away.

"Tsk…" Zarc clicked his tongue. "You pests keep going around protecting each other, you're really starting to give me a headache!"

That is the power of our bond no matter where or when!" Yusei pointed at Zarc, who sneered. "When we work together with the same goal, we can get past any challenge, no matter how powerful it can be! And I will prove it… no, we will prove it to you in this duel! I'm tuning my Level 5 Junk Warrior with my Level 3 Steam Synchron!"

Yusei then felt a sting in his right before his eyes widened. "Is this?!" The Head birthmark of the Crimson Dragon was glowing on his right arm.

Crimson Dragon… You think what I said was right, so you decided to lend me your power again for this fight…? Thank you very much!

The Synchro rings were formed again by Steam Synchron, and Junk Warrior flew through them. In a flash of light,

"Out of two will come one, and out of one will come great cosmic might!" Chanted Yusei as Jaden cheered. "Oh boy, here comes Yusei's best monster!"

"Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"

Yusei's trusted monster, the mighty Stardust Dragon, appeared on the field. The light coming from the dragon and its gentle cry made everyone feel lighter, as if they had just taken off a very big burden from their shoulders. The Lancers looked down on their bodies in surprise; all their injuries from the fight with Zarc were starting to disappear.

Stardust Dragon LV: 7 ATK: 2500 DEF AFFINITY: Wind

"The Crimson Dragon is channeling its power through Stardust Dragon to help everyone…" Yusei mused.

The Extra Deck slot of Jack's Duel Disk suddenly started glowing. Startled, the ex-King opened it and took out Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend, which was shining brightly.

"What's wrong Jack?" asked Crow, who looked just as surprised as Jack. The former King answered in shock.

"This… Red Dragon Archfiend is responding to that dragon… It's just like…It's exciting to see an old friend…No, more like an old rival…Although I've never met that guy before in my life…"

"It's not surprising," Leo said. He had also stood up. "In the Original Dimension, Jack Atlas was the best friend, and also the greatest rival, of Fudo Yusei. They once fought together in the same Team 5D's, which also included you, Crow Hogan…"

He pointed at Crow. "Together, they protected the world, but when everything ended, they turned back to be the biggest rival of each other. Even after Jack became the unbeatable King of the World, Yusei was still the greatest challenge he always strived to surpass…"

Everyone in the Lancers was awestruck by the information the Professor had just given.

Jack then pointed to the Duel Runner flying in the sky. "OI! Yusei we may not know each other here but if you're really not just my greatest friend but my greatest rival I won't not allow you to lose in this duel! Fight on, and never lose your hope!"

Crow nodded. "Yeah Yusei teach that lizard a thing or two!"

Yusei looked down in surprise, but then, a smile grew on his face even if they were other dimension versions of the friends he knew back home they still had his back. "Thanks Crow you to Jack! Now, I switch Elemental HERO Electrum into Attack Mode!"

"When Clear Wing is on the field, you cannot target any other Synchro Monster on the field for attacks!" Zarc said. "And since Synchro is a part of me, you can only target Clear Wing!"

"What is he planning?" Shay asked in surprise. "No monster on his field has the power to surpass Z-ARC! And with the special power of Clear Wing…"

"Go Stardust take out SKD Clear Wing with Shooting Sonic!"

"But they both have 2500 ATK! Both of them are going down together!" Sora pointed out. "He's doing this to force the destruction of that dragon!"

Zarc laughed. "Just a futile effort, Yusei! I activate the effect of Clear Wing! Once per turn, when this card attacks or is attacked, I can negate the attack and destroy your monster, then deal damage to you equal to half of that monster's ATK! Say goodbye to your Stardust Dragon and 1250 Life Points, Yusei Fudo!"

"Are you sure about that?" Yusei smiled at that statement as arc's laughter stopped abruptly. "What?!"

"Stardust Dragon's effect, Victim Sanctuary!" Yusei declared. "When an effect which involves destruction of a card activates, I can tribute Stardust to negate it, and destroy the card! I will negate your effect and destroy Clear Wing!"

Before the arrow rain could touch it, Stardust had already exploded into a shower of glitter. The glitters of light flew toward the other dragon and covered it, and it seemed Clear Wing didn't have any way to escape.

"I thought you had something good, but you're just wasting your time, Yusei Fudo!"

Zarc laughed haughtily again. "My effect makes Supreme King monsters on my field immune to the effect of Synchro, Xyz, and Fusion monsters!"

"I thought as much." Yusei's answer completely took Zarc aback. "What?!"

"I know that you are not going to let your dragon be destroyed," Yusei answered calmly. "You would try to stop it from being destroyed together with Stardust, but by doing that, you let yourself be exposed. When your Clear Wing is on the field, we cannot attack any other Synchro monster except for it; it means your Supreme Face off is useless! Now, Elemental HERO Electrum, attack Supreme King Dragon Clear Wing! Fusionist Magistery!"

Zarc's eyes widened when he realized what was going on. So that's why he baited me by using Clear Wing's effect with that attack… He wanted me to waste its effect to be negated by Stardust, and then ELECTRUM HAS 2900 ATTACK POINTS!"

"So that's what you are aiming for, but you are underestimating me! I activate the effect of Supreme Face off, and at the same time, I chain it with the effect of Clear Wing!" Zarc hollered. "Clear Wing's effect will let me return it to the Extra Deck to Special Summon back the two Darkwurms, and now Clear Wing has left the field, Supreme Face off will come into effect! The new attack target of Electrum will be… ME!" He grinned evilly.

"UH oh!" Shouted Yusei with his eyes widened. "Electrum say hello to my fist!"

Zarc cackles with glee. A beam of golden energy blasted out and obliterated the HERO with his raw power.

Legendary Duelists: 4000LP-1100=2900 LP

"I felt that it was almost that damage was real!" Yugi gasped in shock. "It's just like we took the damage from that attack ourselves!"

"And you still haven't realised it?" Zarc sneered. "These monsters, the damage, everything is real! It's all thanks to that man over there…" he pointed at Akaba Leo who had a look of shame and anger for the demon, "With his brilliant invention of bringing Solid Vision to life!"

"Bringing…"

"…Solid Vision…"

"…to…"

"…life!?"

Zarc smirked cruelly before the shocked faces of the four heroes. "That's right! And it is also the very same thing that made me who I am right now! Real Solid Vision did nothing but reveal every flaw of humanity; they don't care anything about each other, what they want is non-stop violence. As a Dueltainer, I was fulfilling their desires. But I must thank them; after all, thanks to them, I could find my own way of entertainment! My Dueltaining is destruction, and the ultimate Dueltaining act is the annihilation of the universe! By that, I will fulfil the demand of humankind, to bring about the violence they crave so much! AHAHAHAHA!"

"I'll take it from here Yugi!" Atem said to Yugi who nodded as the Millennium Puzzle started shining in a golden light. At the same time, Yugi stood up from the ground. He closed his eyes, and his body also started glowing.

"YU-GI-OH!"

When the light faded, the King of Games was still standing, but his hairstyle had gotten a few changes, and his face donned a more mature, serious expression. Atem pointed at Zarc.

"Listen well Zarc! I may not know much about the future, about your entertainment, or anything you said. I only know that entertainment is not about hurting other people. It's about making people forget about their pain and sorrow, and bringing joy to their souls! You said that humankind wanted non-stop violence, so you must be the one fulfilling it? Don't make me laugh! What humankind wants is one thing, but what you choose to do is another thing; they don't have anything related to each other! No one forces you to do that; it was you who chose the way of destruction yourself! Everything you said about fulfilling the demand of humankind is just the excuse you made up to satisfy your own bloating ego, your thirst for violence, and your selfish desire for attention, that's all!"

Then he looked back at Yusei. "Yusei, continue with your move! Show this wannabe Supreme King how it is to be a real Duelist!"

Yusei smiled in answer. "I'm on it Yugi I place my entire hand face down and end my turn! Bring it on, Zarc whatever you have be it dragons spells or traps we'll crush it!"

"Hahaha… HAHAHAHAHA!" Everyone was startled by the laughter coming from Zarc. It wasn't the haughty, smug laughter he used to give them, but instead, a deranged, crazy one full of hatred. Guess Atem's speech must have shattered his ego.

"YOU DASTARDS!" Snarling at Atem while drawing his card.

Turn 7 Zarc

"If that's what you choose, I will give you the most painful death by having your existence erased! Minions, attack Dark Magician!"

The two Darkwurms rose to the sky and started bombarding Dark Magician with their breaths of dark wind. But, with his higher DEF, the spell caster easily swept the attack away with his staff.

"And since I still have my wonderful gates, all that nasty damage is nullified, and added to my Life Point as a result!" Zarc smirked as his Life Point rose back to over its original level.

Zarc 3500LP+1400LP=4100LP

"UGH!" Groaned Yuma. "His Life Point went back up again! Everything we have done since the start of this duel is useless!" "Don't worry, Yuma. That's just proven that everything we thought about him was true after all."

Yuma jerked up in surprise. "Astral? Where have you been all the time?"

"Observing the duel within the Emperor's Key," the Astral World's emissary said, appearing next to the Xyz user. "Zarc just doesn't feel comfortable when someone manages to scrape off even a little bit of his life; he has to raise it back by any means. That proves he's nothing but a dirty coward who not only heinds his own weakness but someone who can't even take a little bit of risk. You have nothing to fear about him, Yuma."

Zarc rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Another pest joining the party! You say there is nothing to fear? Then I'll show you fear! I will attack Dark Magician! Sit there and watch your most trusted lackey get destroyed Pharaoh Atem!"

The beam of golden energy once again shot towards Yugi's monster, but Yusei had prepared for it. "Not gonna happen I activate the trap card Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, activate! I can negate an attack and set this card back on the field!"

The scarecrow made of junk flew out from the card and jumped into the way of the attack, taking the full brunt of it before retreating back into the card, leaving Dark Magician unharmed.

"Tch…" Zarc clicked his tongue in annoyance again. "Fine, I set this card face down and end my turn!"

With Zarc's declaration, Stardust Dragon returned to the field in another rain of glittering light.

"Yuma, it's your move!" Yusei called toward the Xyz user. The boy nodded confidently as he looked at his hand. He had Gagaga Magician, Gagaga Girl, Half Unbreak… Everything he needed was already here.

Yuma smiled knowing what he was gonna do it was time for him to do what he always did.

Feel the Flow!