A/N: This chapter is all Third Person. Also, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V. I do own Qing and the made up cards in her deck and made up Action Cards. My beta reader, Generalhyna, owns Sakaki Bella and her deck.
Continuing on from last chapter, Bella challenged Qing to a duel. Qing accepted the duel and the two of them were practically on the same level, as Bella activated a Magic Card, Straw Hat Pirate Ship, Thousand Sunny, which cannot be negated or destroyed by opponent's card effects as long as there's a 'Straw Hat Pirate' monster on her field, making Qing's Naturu Beast's effect useless on it. To make the situation even worse for the 'Naturu' Duelist, Bella's indestructible card can also destroy cards on the field depending on the number of Coup de Burst Counters removed from it, which was proven as Bella used said effect on Naturu Beast and Hydrangea. As Bella entered her Battle Phase and left Qing with no monsters to protect her, the latter jumped off the ship for an Action Card on the board just by it.
"Did Bella-neechan win?" Ayu asked.
"Looks like it," Futoshi answered.
Back on the arena, Bella looked down in the water with most her monsters.
"Did we... overdid it?" Chopper asked, though only she heard that question.
"I... I think we did..." Bella admitted, worried for her opponent.
"Yoo-hoo! We won!" Luffy cheered, oblivious to the fact that QING MAY HAVE DIED FROM THE ASSAULT!
"HAVE YOU NO FEELING FOR WHAT HAD HAPPENED?!" his comrades demanded. While Bella can hear and see what her monsters are saying and doing, other people just see it as monsters only doing as they're told. In other words, all the bystanders thought Bella was shouting at nothing but air.
"Why is she shouting at nothing?" Tatsuya asked.
"This happens from time to time, especially at home, or so Yuya once told us," Shuzo answered.
"He thinks it was because of how lonely she was before their father took them in," Futoshi explained.
"And it didn't seem like that habit faded one bit," Ayu added.
Unlike the others, Sora had on a suspicious look on his face.
"Q-Qing! Are you alive?!" Silence followed Bella's question.
"Looks bad, doesn't it?" came a voice.
"Yeah... I actually killed someone..."
"At least it was by accident, right?"
"Yeah..." It took seconds for Bella to notice something odd about the voice. She turned to her monsters. "Which one of you spoke?" Her question was met by their silence. She looked behind her and saw-
"YOU'RE ALIVE!?" she and the rest of You Show gasped, for Qing was leaning against the mast, looking 100% okay.
"Was there any doubt?" Qing asked with a carefree smile.
Bella stuttered as she tried to ask how Qing got back on the ship when she just jumped off. And with no monsters at that!
"How did I get here and take no damage?" That was another thing. Qing's Life Points didn't go down at all. She pointed up above their heads, revealing an Action Card. "Action Magic, Calm Wave. This ends my opponent's turn. And since I managed to used it the second before your monsters' attacks hit, I take zero damage. And that's not all, I can Special Summon one monster from my Graveyard whose ATK is equal to or less than the total ATK of my opponent's monsters who didn't declare an attack! From my Graveyard, I Special Summon Naturu Ladybug!" Qing's overgrown badybug came back to the field.
(Calm Wave: Action Magic: Activate during your opponent's turn. Their turn becomes the End Phase of their turn. Special Summon one monster from your Graveyard whose ATK is equal to or less than the total ATK of your opponents' monsters who didn't declare an attack this turn.)
Naturu Ladybug: Leve 1/EARTH/Insect/100 ATK/100 DEF
"Next, Naturu Sacred Tree's first effect! I release one EARTH Insect-type monster I control to Special Summon a Level 4 or lower EARTH Plant-type monster from my deck! I release Ladybug to Special Summon Naturu Beans in Defense Mode!" In exchange for the recently summoned monster, Qing's beans monster appeared.
Naturu Beans: Level 2/EARTH/Plant/100 ATK/1200 DEF
"And since this is all during the End Phase of your turn, you can't do anything else."
"So true. Then start your turn," Bella insisted.
"Don't mind if I do. My turn. Draw!" Qing drew her next card. "I summon a monster in Defense Mode! I end my turn!" A face down card with a monster on top appeared next to the beans.
"Then my turn!" Bella drew her next card. "I attack Naturu Beans with Zoro! Onigiri!" The swordsman cut up the Plant-type monster. "And with Zoro's effect, whenever he attacks a Defense Position monster, whose Defense is lower than his ATK, he can inflict piercing damage to my opponent!" The force of Zoro's strikes slightly pushed Qing back a couple of inches.
"However, with Beans' effect, they don't get destroyed by Battle once per turn and inflict 500 points of damage to you! Bean Bomber!" One of the said monster hit Bella.
Bella: 1700 LP
Qing: 2100 LP
"I attack with Sanji! Reception!" The blonde monster hooked his foot under the pod the three bean monsters were in/on and tossed it over board.
"Because they were targeted, that's another 500 points of damage that you lost! Bean Bomber!" One of the beans fell off the pod and headbutted Bella. After that headbutt, the remaining bean went into the water.
Bella: 1200 LP
Qing: 2100 LP
"That hurts!"
"You were the one who called for that attack, not me," Qing defended.
"Oh really? I attack you're face-down monster with Luffy! Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" The straw hat pirate stretched his arm back and destroyed the face-down monster.
"Naturu Cherry's monster effect! When sent to the Graveyard by my opponent's card, whether is by battle or by card effect, I Special Summon as many more of this card in Defense Position! Rapid Growth!" Two copies of said monster appeared on her field.
Naturu Cherry: Level 1/EARTH/Plant/200 ATK/200 DEF
"I did not see that coming..." the masked pirate duelist admitted.
"Of course you didn't. I didn't use this effect last time."
"However, I wonder if you can block this! Chopper attacks the player directly!"
"Let me guess, that's Chopper's effect?"
"That's right. And it's only one of them. While my opponent controls a monster, this card can attack directly. And when he attacks directly by this effect, his ATK goes up by 1000! Jumping Point!" The tanuki-like monster suddenly got into a human form and jumped over Qing's monsters and gave a hard kick in her gut.
Bella: 1200 LP
Qing: 600 LP
"You're complaining to me that Beans' attack hurts?! That hurts even more!" Qing argued.
"Sorry~ I end my turn."
"During your End Phase, I activate Sacred Tree's effect! I release one of my Cherry for Naturu Stinkbug in Defense Mode." The troublesome insect-type appeared on her field.
Naturu Stinkbug: Level 3/EARTH/Insect/200 ATK/500 DEF
"Now it's my turn. Draw!" Qing looked at the card she drew. "Looks like it's about time to end this duel. I activate Nature's Blessing! Releasing my remaining Cherry, I draw cards equal to twice its level! Cherry's level is 1, so I draw two cards!" Qing drew two more cards. "Next I summon Naturu Cliff!" The rocky monster appeared.
Naturu Cliff: Level 4/EARTH/Rock/1500 ATK/1000 DEF
"Next, I activate Double Summon to summon again this turn! I summon Naturu Butterfly!" She used up the last cards in her hand. "And now I tune My level 4 Naturu Cliff with my Level 3 Naturu Butterfly!" The butterfly became three green rings, while the rock became four stars. "Become the great roaring nature! One that protects its family! Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 7, Naturu Landoorsu!" From the two monsters, a huge turtle made of rock and land itself appeared in the water just next to Thousand Sunny. Bella hopped onto its back.
Naturu Landoorsu: Level 7/EARTH/Rock/2350 ATK/1600 DEF
"And with Cliff's effect, I Special Summon Naturu Dragonfly from my deck!" A dragonfly appeared and landed on her head.
Naturu Dragonfly: Level 4/EARTH/Insect/1200 ATK/400 DEF
'Is my head a bed to my 'Naturu' Insects?' she wondered.
"Dragonfly's effect activates! For every 'Naturu' monster in my Graveyard, he gains 200 ATK!" Bella gasped in shock at that effect. "In my Graveyard, there are Butterfly, Cliff, three Cherries, Beans, Ladybug, Hydrangea, Pumpkin, Beast, Eggplant, and Triumph! That's 12 monsters! And when you multiply that by 200, that's 2400 ATK boost!" The new Insect-type grew bigger, as power welled up inside it.
Naturu Insect: 1200 + 2400 = 3600 ATK
"Over 3000 ATK?!" Ayu gasped.
"No way! I've never seen anything like it!" Tatsuya exclaimed.
"Shivers~!" Futoshi sang.
Knowing that one hit from the Level 4 monster would mean defeat, Bella quickly abandoned ship and went to search for an Action Card with her monsters running with her. She would've been fine with another one of Chopper's effect, but she had a bad feeling about the new Synchro on Qing's field. The 'Naturu' duelist was one step ahead of her opponent and leaped off her monster and jumped from board to board to look for an Action Card as well, one that might be able to negate the card that Bella would pick up.
"Battle! Dragonfly attacks Luffy! Nature's Strikeshot!" The dragonfly charged at the running pirate in red.
"Chopper's monster effect! Once per turn, I can negate the attack of one monster! Guard Point!" The tanuki suddenly became a huge puffball.
Qing spotted an Action Card ahead of her. "Landoorsu's monster effect! When an Effect monster activate its effect, I send one Magic Card from my hand to my Graveyard to negate that effect and destroy that monster!"
"But you don't have a single-!" Bella stopped her voice as she realized one thing. "You don't mean!"
"Got it!" Qing swiped the Action Card off the board it was on. "Action Magic, Miracle! This card will go to the grave to activate Landoorsu's effect! Land Reversal!" Qing's Synchro Monster used its power to destroy Chopper, for going against nature. "Now continue your attack, Dragonfly!"
Bella managed to get an Action Card. "Action Magic, Avoid! This negates an opponent's attack!" Luffy faced the dragonfly, preparing to dodge its attack.
Qing got to another Action Card. "Yes! Action Magic, No Action! This negates the activation of an Action Cards!"
"What?!" Seaweeds emerged from the water and tied Luffy to the board, preventing him from escaping.
"Now go! Finish this!" The 'Naturu' monster finally hit the pirate, ending the duel.
Bella: 0000 LP
Qing: 600 LP
WINNER: QING!
Qing slumped down in relief and exhaustion. "Finally... It's over..."
Bella, on the other hand, was still full of energy. "That was an awesome duel! And I was so close to winning too!"
"I'm surprised you still have so much energy."
"When you're an Entertainment Duelist, being tired is non-existent!"
"Uh-huh..."
Everyone else ran into the field.
"That was an awesome duel!" Tatsuya complimented.
"It was shivering~!" Futoshi said.
"Well, it sure was interesting," Sora agreed, eating his lollipop.
'Isn't he afraid that he'll get cavities?' Qing wondered. 'And where does he get all those candies?'
"You sure are strong! If you can do some entertainment in your duels, You might be the strongest Entertainment Duelist!" Yuya, who joined them when Shuzo and the kids ran in, exclaimed.
"Yuya! When did you get here?" Qing questioned.
"Since we thought you died when Bella had all her monsters attack you. I didn't want to interrupt, so I stayed quiet."
"Unlike a certain someone." Bella eyed their principal.
"What?! It's not like I can help it when I see a hot-blooded duel!" Shuzo defended.
"Speaking of, after that duel, I could go for some ice cream right now," Qing brought up. The kids all agreed with her on the idea.
"Well, I guess we can have a day off from class," Shuzo agreed as well.
"Then Yuzu can get us some ice cream," Yuya suggested, as said girl just happened to walk inside.
"Wait, what?!"
*LATER*
"Man... If they wanted some ice cream, they could've just get them themselves," Yuzu complained with Ayu and Qing by her side. The two teenagers were each holding a bag filled with said snacks.
"But while complaining you still bought them a bunch, you're really nice, Yuzu-oneechan!" Ayu complimented.
"Although, we should hurry back. Wouldn't want these to melt, would we?" Qing pointed out.
Yuzu suddenly stopped in her tracks, causing the other two to stop as well.
"What's wrong?"
"Onee-chan?" Qing and Ayu both asked.
Yuzu made a gesture for them to stay quiet. Both looked at her direction and saw two of the three guys Qing first dueled.
"Sawatari-san is going all out isn't he?" Bully 1 asked Bully 2. "'I'll do whatever it takes to crush Sakaki Yuya,' he says..." The three girls gasped at his words. "... Sounds like he's doing something awful. He's going to be focused on just attacking his weak point. Oh! We better hurry! He gets selfish when he's hungry." The two of them picked up their pace and ran to wherever Sawatari was waiting for them.
"Sawatari!" Yuzu growled, running after them.
"Yuzu(-neechan)!" Her companies ran after her.
They three of them ended up following the two guys in a warehouse.
"Yuzu-neechan, Qing-neechan. Shouldn't we let Yuya-niichan know?" Ayu asked.
Yuzu was thinking about the time when Yuya had to save her and the kids. "... Ayu, you and Qing head back to the Duel School first!"
"B-But..."
"Qing-" Before Yuzu can say anything, the 'Naturu' duelist didn't seem to be with them at that moment. "Where'd she go?"
"Over there." Ayu pointed at the front of the warehouse. Yuzu followed her finger and saw Qing already at the front of the warehouse the two stooges entered.
"Qing! Man..." Yuzu ran over to her.
"HEY!" Qing slammed the door open. Within the room, besides the three duelist Qing defeated, a boy their age in the same school uniform as them seemed to be choking on his pie. "'I'll do whatever it takes to crush Sakaki Yuya' you say. Sounds like words of a coward!"
The once defeated duelists were all cowering in place, not wanting to duel and face her wrath again like before.
"Hiragi Yuzu! Why are you here?! And who in the world are you?!" the boy, who seemed to be the leader of the small group, demanded.
"Oh? You mean those quivering boys with you didn't tell you about me? I'm a bit hurt."
"Huh? Tell me about what?" The other three guys just turned away and whistled a tune, not wanting to be involved.
'With how they're acting, they obviously said nothing,' Yuzu thought.
"S-Sawatari-san, you have crumbs on your mouth," one of the quivering boys informed, giving him a handkerchief.
Sawatari wiped his mouth and, fancily, tossed the handkerchief away. "If you're a friend of Yuya's, then you and Higari Yuzu have fallen right-"
"FORCED DUEL MODE ON," came a robotic voice.
"Forced Duel Mode?" the boys repeated. Just then, Sawatari's D-Pad, which was still attached to the owner's arm, was activated.
"Huh? What the hell? Is this thing broken?" Sawatari questioned.
"Come on. Aren't you going to duel me?" Qing asked. "You're D-Pad is like that for a reason."
"You did that?" Yuzu asked.
"I'm good at technologies. And this is only when I'm up against someone who's full of himself."
"Well, in that case-"
"Now if you're as strong as you say you are then be a duelist and duel."
"The goddess-"
"What's wrong? Scared of losing to a girl?" Qing kept interrupting.
"Let me talk!" Sawatari snapped.
"Like I have the time to listen to someone like you; a coward, sore loser, second-rate duelist!"
His eyebrow twitched. "Second-rate you say?"
"Yeah, you're right. Maybe not second rate." He smirked, thinking she realized his true strength. "From what I heard from my friends and fellow classmates at You Show Duel School... you're an infinity-rate duelist!" That got him extremely mad, while Yuzu held back a small laugh.
"Now you've done it..."
Bully 3 closed the door out, as Qing and Sawatari readied themselves for their duel.
"That thing you said, if you want to take it back, now's the time," Sawatari warned.
"Hmm... Maybe you're right..." This made him smirk again. "You're a coward, sore loser, infinity-rate stupid birdy duelist." That made Sawatari even angrier and Yuzu tried to hold back her laugh again.
"That ignorant attitude of your's... I'll make you know your place!"
Just then, the door was forced open and Bully 3 was suddenly pushed back. The person who opened the door was a masked duelist in black.
"Who are you?"
"Back down," he told Yuzu and me.
"Huh? What's with you?" Yuzu asked.
"Showing up all of a sudden... Are you suppose to be a knight that's come to save the princesses?" Sawatari mocked.
The masked duelist ignored his words and activated his own D-Pad. Though, with how it looks, it's not the same model as the ones Qing and the others in the room have.
"That's an odd duel disk you have there. So you don't intend to answer my questions then?"
"Hang on. You can't just butt in my duel! Besides, my duel disk is already-" The masked duelist placed a hand on Qing's duel disk.
"I don't want either of you to get hurt anymore." The two girls were confused at his words.
"Fine. I get it. I'll step out," Qing said, turning her duel disk off and ending the Forced Duel.
"Well, aren't you cool?" Sawatari mocked. "But you should leave it at that, Knight-kun. You'll just embarrass yourself." The 'knight' kept silent. "This'll be a perfect chance to test out my deck. I'll crush you."
"DUEL!"
Sawatari: 4000 LP
Masked Duelist: 4000 LP
"I'll go first."
"Go ahead... Knight-kun."
"I set all five cards in my hand face-down," the masked duelist began, using his entire hand. His move confused Yuzu and Sawatari. "I end my turn."
'Five cards face-down... His deck must be one that focuses on dealing effect damage to the opponent or a stalling deck to bring out a strong monster. Or is it possible that... Is he using an Exodia deck?' Qing wondered, thinking off all the possibilities that can happen with that kind of move.
Her would've-been-opponent, however, simply laughed at the sight. "Whoa now, you come in here acting all cool, and that's all you can do?" he insulted.
'It's obvious that he doesn't have much experience against pro duelists or deck that can deal effect damage.'
"Sawatari-san, end him!" Bully 2 cheered.
"You didn't draw a monster? I feel sorry for you, but you don't get it, do you?"
"Didn't you hear me? I ended my turn," the masked duelist said once more.
"Huh? I'll show you my perfect dueling. My turn, draw!" Sawatari drew his next card. "Allow me to use those set cards of yours. If there are two or more cards in my opponent's Magic or Trap Zone, I can Special Summon this card from my hand! Come forth, Escher the Vassal of the Ice Monarch!" An armored monster in a meditation position appeared on his field.
Escher the Vassal of the Ice Monarch: Level 4/WATER/Aqua/800 ATK/1000 DEF
"Now I release Escher and Advance Summon..." The monster faded away as a new portal appeared. Emerging from it was a warrior in ice blue armor.
Mobius the Ice Monarch: Level 6/WATER/Aqua/2400 ATK/1000 DEF
"All right! In an instant he summoned a 2400 ATK monster!" Bully 3 cheered.
"Mobius' effect activates! When this card is successfully Advance Summoned, I can choose two Magic or Trap Cards on the field and destroy them! Freeze Burst!" The new monster released a blizzard, forcing two of the five face-downs to flip face-up.
'Those two cards!' Qing widened her eyes when those cards were flipped. 'I've never seen those cards before! New cards? Now that I think about it, I never heard of Yuya's Entermate cards or his Odd-Eyes before. Or even Pendulum Summon.' She glanced at the duelist dueling in her place. 'To have those Magic cards set, and furthermore Normal Magic... He must be planning on something.'
"I'm just getting started! I activate the Magic Card, Advance Carnival from my hand! This card allows me to Advance Summon again after one Advance Summon succeeds!"
"He's going to release the 2400 ATK Mobius and Advance Summon another monster?" Yuzu asked.
"That's right! I release Mobius the Ice Monarch and Advance Summon!" Mobius turned into pixels and seemed to have evolved. "Come forth, Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch!"
Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch: Level 8/WATER/Aqua/2800 ATK/1000 DEF
"Usually, this would require releasing two monsters to Advance Summon, but if it is a monster that was successfully Advance Summoned, you can release it and count it as two! That's the power of Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch!"
"Cool~!" his underlings sang.
"Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch's effect activates! When this card is successfully Advance Summoned, I can choose three Magic or Trap Cards on the field and destroy them!"
"Hey, Knight-kun! How about using those cards before they get destroyed!" Bully 3 mocked rather than suggested.
"It'd be pointless! If this card was Advance Summoned using Aqua-type monsters, Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch prevents the targeted cards from activating! Freeze and shatter! Blizzard Destruction!" The new Mobius released a stronger blizzard at the remaining cards on the field and destroyed them.
'Two more of one of those cards?' Qing wondered. 'I may understand Cyclone, but just what does the rest of those cards do?'
"With this all your set cards have been destroyed and your hand is zero. On top of that you don't have any wall monsters out. After that cool entrance, this is pathetic!"
"Hey, you need to get it together! If this is all you can do-" Before Yuzu can say anymore, Qing placed a hand on her shoulder. "Qing?"
"I have a feeling like he knows what he's doing, Yuzu," the 'Naturu' duelist told her friend.
"But..."
"Now then, my gloomy Knight-kun, I'm sorry for the rude awakening but I'd appreciate it if you stepped down from the stage." Silence was all that he was given. "Battle! I make a direct attack with Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch!" Another blizzard was picking up as the lone monster was growing spikes out of its armor.
"From my Graveyard, I activate the Magic Card, Phantom Knight's Shadow Veil!" the masked duelist countered.
This shocked the three stooges behind Sawatari. Even Sawatari himself was shocked at that counter. "You're going to activate a Magic Card from the Graveyard you said?!"
"When a direct attack is declared, I can Special Summon as many of these cards as monsters as possible." He took out his three copies of the Magic Card and set them all to Defense Mode, revealing a ghost knight on a black horse with ghost-blue mane.
Phantom Knight's Shadow Veil: Level 4/DARK/Warrior/0 ATK/300 DEF
"When the card was Special Summoned by this effect is sent to the Graveyard, it is banished!"
'Three exact same monsters... He can Advance Summon a powerful monster next turn if he draws one. Either that or...' Qing wondered.
"Hmph, they're just wall monsters you summoned while you were flustered! I'll destroy them!" Sawatari said. "Go, Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch! Attack Shadow Veil! Imperial Charge!" The monster charged at one of the Defense Position monsters, spikes first, and destroyed it.
"When destroyed, Shadow Veil is sent to the Graveyard and then is banished." The Masked Duelist put away his card.
"Looks like you just barely saved yourself this time. I set one card face-down and end my turn!" the 'Monarch' duelist ended. "I guess I'll let you live one more turn."
"Neo Sawatari is the best!" Bully 3 once again cheered.
"There won't be a next turn for you!" the 'Phantom Knight' duelist declared. "My turn. Draw!" He drew his next card. "I thought you'd put up more of a fight, but your dueling... I don't feel the sharpness of a blade or the power of a bullet in it. Not even a fragment of it."
"What was that?"
'Is it coming?' Qing asked, already predicting what would happen.
"All the conditions have been met. When there are two monsters of the same level on my field, my deck's evolution manifests itself!" Yuzu grew more confused at his words. "I use the two Level 4 Shadow Veil to construct the Overlay Network!"
"It can't be!" Sawatari gasped.
"That's-!" Yuzu figured out.
"So it's here," Qing said.
"Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose its treacherous fangs! Descend now! Xyz Summon! Rank 4, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" From the overlay network was a black dragon that strangely looks similar to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon with two glowing orbs orbiting around it. At least, in Qing's eyes it looked similar to Odd-Eyes.
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: Rank 4/DARK/Dragon/2500 ATK/2000 DEF
'Another dragon named after the type of card it is? What's next? A dragon with the name Synchro in it?'
Sawatari light-heartedly applauded for his opponent. "I'll admit I was surprised when you Xyz Summoned so quickly, but are you planning on battling my Mobius with that monster? Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's ATK is 2800, while my Mobius is 2800 ATK. It seems your Xyz Summoning was just a bluff."
"You really are stupid, aren't you? Then again, you are Bakatori," Qing insulted.
Shingo didn't take that nickname so well. "What was that?"
"Xyz monster's true strength is not within its ATK or DEF; its true strength relies on its Overlay Units."
"Enough with lessons. I'm not interested!"
"In that case, I'll have you bear witness to their power!" the masked duelist decided. "Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect activates! By using one Overlay Unit, until the end of this turn, it can lower one Level 5 or higher monster on my opponent's side of the field ATK by half, and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's ATK increases by that amount! Treason Discharge!" Purple lightning shot out from the Xyz monster and surrounded Mobius, draining its power.
Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch: 2800 / 2 = 1400 ATK
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: 2500 + 1400 = 3900 ATK
"Dark Rebellion's ATK is-!"
"-more than Mobius!" Yuzu finished Bully 3's statement.
Sawatari was in shock at what had happened.
"I'm not finished! I use the remaining Overlay Unit and activate Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon's effect!" the masked duelist continued.
'So it's not a once per turn effect!? That effect, unless if it doesn't have any Overlay Units, it's one to fear,' Qing analyzed.
"Treason Discharge!" Mobius' ATK went down again and Dark Rebellion's ATK went up again.
Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch: 1400 / 2 = 700 ATK
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: 3900 + 700 = 4600 ATK
"An ATK of 4600!" Yuzu gasped.
Sawatari was having a hard time accepting what was happening before him.
"I attack Mobius the Frigid Ice Monarch with Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" the 'Phantom Knight' duelist declared. "Go! Crush that glacier with your fangs! Lightning Disobey of Rebellion!"
Sawatari: 100 LP
Masked Duelist: 4000 LP
'This isn't an Action Field, and yet... Did those kids lie to me or something? Or is this the truth of dueling?' the 'Naturu' duelist couldn't help but mentally question.
The winning duelist released the two girls and walked up to Sawatari. "I will ask you only once, you will answer me properly!" He took out a badge. "Is this badge from LDS? What is your connection with Academia?"
"A-Academia? I don't know what you mean," the losing duelist answered.
"Don't play dumb!"
"I mean it! Anyone who's enrolled in LDS has a badge like that! I don't know anything about this Academia or anything! I swear!"
"Then I have no business with you." The masked duelist turned his back and walked away.
A smirk slowly formed on Sawatari's face. "Idiot! This duel isn't over yet! Trap Activate, Ice Rage Shot!" He activated his face-down. "This card can be activated when an Aqua-type monster on my field is destroyed by battle! It destroys one of my opponent's monsters and deals damage to them equal to its ATK!" Most of the bystanders gasped.
"Your Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon will be destroyed and you will take its ATK, 4600, in damage!" The boy got confident and laughed. "I read your moves and planned ahead by setting that trap card and now I've won!"
'Seems the little birdie does have a brain in there,' Qing admitted. 'However, he's not letting it end that easily, is he? Especially that other card in his Graveyard besides Cyclone.'
"Such a cheap tactic. It's child's play really," so the Dark Duelist said.
"What?!"
"I activate from my Graveyard the Continuous Magic, Phantom Death Spear! When my opponent's Trap Card is activated, by banishing this card from my Graveyard, I can negate the effect of the Trap Card that triggered it and destroy it!" Sawatari's last card on the field was backfired. "And then, it deals 100 points of damage to my opponent!"
Sawatari panicked ten-fold, wanting his opponent to call off the effect.
"Experience this in your very flesh! The rage and sorrow of battlefield!" The spear was released and shot to Sawatari, pinning him to a wall behind him, narrowly missing his flesh.
Sawatari: 000 LP
Masked Duelist: 4000 LP
WINNER: MASKED DUELIST!
The moment the duel was over, the dueling winner took off his mask, revealing his face, one that surprised everyone in the building.
"Yuya!" Yuzu identified.
"Are you for real?" Wing questioned out loud, not believing that the same duelist she dueled before dueled somewhat ruthlessly in the most recent duel.
Just then, Sawatari fainted, causing his lackies to take him out and away from the scene.
"Yuya, why do you look like that?" the pink-haired duelist asked. The moment she asked, her bracelet started to glow. "Huh? What's happening?" The glow got so intense, everyone closed their eyes.
Once the glow died down, Yuya disappeared.
"Yuya?" Qing called.
"Yuzu! Qing!" came Yuya's voice. Both girls turned to the front door and saw Yuya, in his usual clothes, at the entrance.
"Yuya?" both girls spoke, not believing the sudden change.
"Are you okay?!" he asked them.
"You're Yuya, right?" Yuzu asked back.
"Huh? What are you talking about Yuzu?"
'His face isn't lying with that question. So that would mean... that duelist was someone who only looked like Yuya. Now that I think about it, those clothes seemed tattered. Not only that, but battlefield? Rage and sorrow? Those don't sound like something Yuya would say. After all, if he aims to be an Entertainment Duelist, then that kind of dueling style wouldn't fit him. And there's no way he would've died his hair that fast, or would even wear a wig, unless if it was for entertainment purposes... There's no doubt. Yuya just got here. Which would mean that that duelist... Yuya's long lost twin brother? Or just someone who looks like him?'
"Qing? Hey, Qing!"
"Huh?" She looked up at the sound of Yuya's voice.
"What's wrong? You looked serious all of a sudden."
"I-It's nothing. Really."
"If you say so."
'And not only that... Academia... What does that lookalike mean?'