A/N: When I had this chapter up, someone pointed out some errors in the second half of the duel. So yeah, this chapter is... rewritten, so to say. For the duel. So anyway, enjoy.
*OPENING*
Now it's time to raise your hands up! Sing about your dreams now!
Always stand up! Raise your unbreakable flag!
We've made it past so many walls to get here
Now let's head for the future! Hands up!
(The background was completely white. Sketches of the You Show Duelists, Gongenzaka, and Yoko were being drawn. After they were drawn out, they were colored and toned, becoming fully animated as they seemed to be partying at someplace. The camera pans up into the air above the party as the title forms at the blue sky)
I'll just have to move on a little further and I'll reach the answer
(The scene changed to Yuya practicing his Pendulums then to Yuzu practicing with Sora on Fusion Summons)
I pressed on through this new world believing in that
(Gongenzaka was seen meditating under the waterfall, his way of getting stronger)
That's right, the pieces of our dreams have joined together as one
(Bella was at the park, chatting with her 'Pirate' monsters and her Xyz monster)
Connecting our unwavering bonds, let's head for a bright future!
(Qing was sitting on a rooftop with her six deck boxes before her. She looked up and saw her ace monsters of each deck looking down at her with a smirk, which she returned with her own)
Now it's time to raise your hands up! Sing about your dreams now!
(Yuya and Qing both Pendulum Summoned Odd-Eyes, Stargazer Magician, Naturu Butterfly and Naturu Ragweed, and then Fusion/Synchro Summon Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Naturu Parkion)
Always stand up! Raise your unbreakable flag!
(Sora and Bella performed their Fusion/Xyz Summon and had out Des-Toy Scissors Bear and Emperor of Hope, Utopia)
We've made it past so many walls to get here
Now let's head for the future!
(Yuzu and Gongenzaka summoned out their monsters and fused/tuned them into their new ace monsters)
Keep looking up! Keep your head held up high!
(There were quick shots of Hokuto to Masumi to Yaiba to Shingo. Shun was then seen looking up at LDS school with a glare on his face)
Always step up! Jump over the waves!
(Behind him stood a hooded female who seemed hesitant to even get close to him)
Carefully linking our wishes together, now let's head for the future!
(Yuto then appeared behind her and gave her some comfort)
We drift forward, riding the waves
meeting people, saying goodbye, and again,
underneath, this flag...
(The scene changed to Qing being in her home world playing Duel Monsters with many other Duelists, meeting the old and new and bidding farewell to those she never saw again)
I keep the pain I don't want to forget in my heart
on that day, I softly carved it into it
(As Qing got older, her best friends were going away, leaving her the only one to play Duel Monsters in the card shop they usually go to)
A freedom that I won't lose to anyone
I grasp it tight in my hands and go!
(She saw a glowing card before her, showing her all the good times she once had in her world and the times she had in the Arc-V world as she reached out to grasp it, engulfing the scene in bright light)
Now it's time to raise your hands up! Sing about your dreams now!
(She found herself in Arc-V world, in the middle of a duel with her friends cheering for her)
Always stand up! Raise your unbreakable flag!
We've made it past so many walls to get here
Now let's head for the future!
(She Pendulum Summoned her monsters and used those monsters to call out her best cards)
Keep looking up! Keep your head held up high!
Always step up! Jump over the waves!
Carefully linking our wishes together, now let's head for the future!
(The scene constantly and quickly went from good scenes at You Show Duel School to Qing declaring an attack, eventually stopped at a scene where her monsters combined their attacks and created fireworks)
Hands up!
(The scene changed to a screenshot of the You Show Duel School gang plus Gongenzaka and Yoko at the front of said Duel School)
It had been a couple of days since Qing was released from the hospital. Since then, she practically had nothing to do... again. With everyone else busy for the Maiami Championship, she can't hang out with them. Wouldn't want to get in the way of their training or meeting the requirements. And she wouldn't dare meet up with the masked Xyz Duelists again, not after what happened last time. She would go see Reira, if not for the fact that she had a feeling that a certain chairwoman would never let her hear the end of her seeing the boy or being anywhere near him.
'Life suddenly got so boring...' she thought, lying under a tree in a park.
"If you're so bored, how about looking for someone to duel against?" Swift of the Ice Barrier asked, as he and a few other spirits appeared by her side.
'There's no good opponent to duel against,' she telepathically answered. Recently she was able to communicate with her Duel Monster spirits via telepathy.
"How would you know? You're not looking for them," Longshijin said.
'As true as that is, I don't really feel like looking for them. Besides, the weather is really peaceful today.'
"Hey wait!" came a voice. Qing opened one eye and saw a boy her age running after a card getting carried away by the wind.
Qing got up from her spot and managed to catch the card. She looked at the card and saw it was a DARK Attribute Dragon-type Synchro Monster. And one she never heard of.
The boy managed to catch up to her and his card. "Thanks for getting my card..." he panted. "I was chasing after it all day." Qing raised in eyebrow at that. "Yeah, I know. Unbelievable. But it's the truth! I took out my deck to duel my little brother, as practice for him for the upcoming Maiami Championship when a strong wind came and carried that card away."
"Don't worry about it; I believe you," the multi-deck duelist assured as she returned the card. Getting a better look at the boy, she noticed that he was wearing a black and purple ninja jumpsuit with a purple duel disk on his left forearm. His hair was also black and his eyes were purple.
"Still, for my card to be carried away this far and land in your hand... You must be a strong duelist."
"You got that from chasing your card?"
"I chased after my cards for miles. That never happens to any duelists. Mind if we duel?"
"I thought you want to duel your brother."
"He can wait a little longer. He's at home anyway, unpacking. Besides, I want to see how strong you are." Qing shrugged at his reason and accepted his challenge. "Great! I know the best place where we can duel in peace! Follow me!" He then took off in a random direction. Qing followed him with a suspicious look on his face.
The two arrived in an empty warehouse by the docks, not far from the spot where the otherworldly duelist had her duel against Shun.
'Is this guy by any chance...?' she thought.
"I like this spot. Quiet, far from people, good place to practice-"
"Good place for an ambush?" Qing interrupted the ninja boy.
He looked at her confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Careful of this one, Qing. There's something unusual about him," Naturu Parkion advised.
'I know,' she mentally replied.
"Let's just get the duel over with," her opponent waved off what she said and activated his duel disk.
'His disk is the same as mine...' Qing noted as she inserted one of her decks and activated her own disk.
"DUEL!"
Ninja Boy: 4000 LP
Qing: 4000 LP
"Ladies first," he insisted.
"After you, actually. I want to see who, exactly, I'm up against. And don't you dare hold back," she insisted back.
"Very well then. My turn. From my hand, I activate Star Blast! By paying Life Points in multiples of 500, I reduce one monster in my hand and on my field by one! I'll just pay 500 to reduce my Level 5 Darkus Lockanoid's level to 4!" A star appeared before him and exploded.
Ninja Boy: 3500 LP
Qing: 4000 LP
"And since my Life Points were reduced by a card effect, I activate the Tuner monster, Darkus Moskeeto's monster effect activates from my hand! He can be Special Summoned back on my field!" A black mosquito-like monster appeared on his field.
Darkus Moskeeto: Level 2/DARK/Insect/500 ATK/1200 DEF
(Darkus Moskeeto: Effect Monster: If your Life Points were reduced by a card effect, you may Special Summon this card from your hand. If this card was sent from the field to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon a 'Darkus' Synchro Monster, you may equip this card to that monster from your Graveyard. Monster equipped with this card gains 700 ATK and can inflict piercing damage to your opponent.)
"Next, I summon my currently Level 4 Monster, Darkus Lockanoid!" A black armored, one-eyed monster appeared next to the insect.
Darkus Lockanoid: Level 5 - 1 = 4/DARK/Machine/2100 ATK/1400 DEF
(Darkus Lockanoid: Effect Monster: If this card leaves the field while your opponent controls a monster, destroy one monster they control. If this card leaves the field while your opponent controls no monsters, inflict 1000 points of damage to your opponent.)
"And now I tune my Level 4 Lockanoid with my Level 2 Moskeeto!" the ninja declared, as the lower level monster became two green rings and the higher level went through the rings and became an outline of itself with four stars within. "Great assaulter with mighty claws, extend that pincer and drag your enemies into defeat! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Appear now, Level 6! Darkus Clawsaurus!" A scorpion-like monster with a pincher on its mouth and pincherless arms appeared.
Darkus Clawsaurus: Level 6/DARK/Insect/2300 ATK/1800 DEF
(Darkus Clawsaurus: Synchro Monster: 1 Tuner and 1 or more non-tuner DARK monster: This card can attack your opponent directly. Battle Damage inflicted this way is halved.)
"Next, I activate both Moskeeto and Lockanoid's effects! For Lockanoid, when he leaves the field while my opponent controls no monsters, they take 1000 points of damage! Shadow Laser!" A spirit of the machine-type appeared and shot a laser at Qing from its eye. The girl moved to the side to avoid the hit.
Ninja Boy: 3500 LP
Qing: 3000 LP
The boy looked at her with a confused look. "What'd you dodge for? They're just holograms. They won't hurt." Qing looked at the spot were the laser hit and found it to be true.
'Then he's not one of them?' she wondered.
"Then again, I suppose you should do that anyway due to the fact that if we do Action Duels, those attacks hurt a lot..." he added. "Oh well. Anyway, Moskeeto's effect allows him to be equipped to the Synchro Monster that used it for its summon! The monster equipped with him gains 500 ATK!" The Tuner monster appeared and fused with Clawsaurus, giving the Synchro Monster some wings and changed its pincher's shape into the stinger.
Darkus Clawsaurus: 2300 + 500 = 2800 ATK
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!"
"My turn! Draw!" Qing drew her next card.
'This guy's tough... His first turn and he got out a Synchro Monster with that high of an ATK. Even though that ATK was boosted... Not only that but he dealt 1000 damage to me... I have to get rid of that monster.'
"I activate the Magic Card, Triangular Formation of the Ice Barrier! By revealing three 'Ice Barrier' monsters with different names in my hand, I can destroy one card my opponent controls and Special Summon an 'Ice Barrier' monster from my hand! I reveal to you Defender, Preacher and Divine Spirit of the Ice Barrier and destroy Clawsaurus!" Three monsters, a fox-like monster in blue armor, an elderly man in a blue robe, and a man seemingly in his 40s wearing a blue cloak with a white robe underneath, appeared by her side and charged at the monster.
"I activate my Continuous Trap Card, Pole Position! Monsters with the highest ATK on the field is unaffected by the effects of Magic Cards!" A barrier appeared in front of the ninja's monster, protecting it from destruction.
"Dang it... With Triangular Formation, I am also able to Special Summon an 'Ice Barrier' monster from my hand. I use this effect to summon the Tuner Monster, Defender of the Ice Barrier in Defense Mode!" The fox-like monster appeared on her field.
Defender of the Ice Barrier: Level 3/WATER/Aqua/200 ATK/1600 DEF
"And since I control a face-up 'Ice Barrier' monster, I can Special Summon Preacher of the Ice Barrier from my hand!" One of the two human-like monsters appeared right next to it, also in Defense Mode.
Preacher of the Ice Barrier: Level 2/WATER/Aqua/1000 ATK/400 DEF
"Next, I summon Divine Spirit of the Ice Barrier!" The other human-like monster, rather a ghost of an elderly man, appeared with them.
Divine Spirit of the Ice Barrier: Level 4/WATER/Zombie/1600 ATK/1200 DEF
"I set one card face-down and end my turn. At this time, during my End Phase, as a Spirit Monster, Divine Spirit is to return to my hand," Qing made a gesture to pick her card off her Duel Disk.
"So you just wasted a summon for no reason?" her opponent questioned.
She smirked and moved her hand away from the disk. "Is what would happen, if I don't have an 'Ice Barrier' monster on my field." He looked on in confusion. "Instead, I can select one monster my opponent controls and return it to their hand! Divine Returner!" The ninja looked shock at the move.
"Return to where you once came," the Spirit Monster said, as he flew towards the DARK monster.
The ninja's shock became a smirk. "Counter Trap activate! Dark Illusion! This negates a card effect that targets a face-up DARK monster and destroys it!" It was Qing's turn to be shocked, as a black haze came and surrounded Divine Spirit, suffocating him and destroyed him.
"Oh no!"
"He's good..." Preacher admitted. "Looks like you got what you requested, milady."
'No kidding,' she telepathically answered.
"Now it's my turn! Draw!" The ninja drew his next card. "Battle! Clawsaurus! Attack the player directly!"
"But I have monsters on my field!" Qing pointed out.
"True. However, Clawsaurus is able to attack directly! Extended Pincers!" The monster shot out its pincer-tipped tongue at Qing and dealt great damage to her. Or so it attempted, as Defender suddenly appeared and blocked the attack. "What just happened?!"
"While Defender is on the field and I have another 'Ice Barrier' monster, monsters my opponent controls with ATK higher than its DEF can never declare attacks."
"So we're just going to do nothing until that fox is gone or you have a monster that can destroy Calwsaurus? We have to end this duel eventually." The ninja set his last card.
"I know that. Now it's my turn. Draw!" Qing drew her next card. She looked at her hand and strategized her next move. "Okay. I got it! I release both my monsters to Advance Summon Gantara, Brave General of the Ice Barrier!" The fox and cloaked man both became blue lights and became one. The light died down and revealed a muscular monk.
Gantara, Brave General of the Ice Barrier: Level 7/WATER/Warrior/2700 ATK/2000 DEF
"I hope you know, just because I want to attack doesn't mean you should take pity and get rid of your monster," the ninja said.
"Who said I did this out of pity? I activate the Magic Card, Medallion of the Ice Barrier! With this card, I can add an 'Ice Barrier' monster from my deck to my hand! I add Swift of the Ice Barrier! And through his effect, since he was added to my hand by a card effect, I can Special Summon him!" The blue ninja appeared next to the monk in Defense Mode.
Swift of the Ice Barrier: Level 3/WATER/Warrior/1500 ATK/400 DEF
"When he's summoned this way, I can discard an 'Ice Barrier' monster from my hand to the Graveyard and draw three cards."
"But you don't have a single card in your hand."
"I wonder about that. Trap Card open! Painful Escape! By tributing one monster I control, I can add a monster with the same original Type, Attribute and Level but with a different name than that monster from my deck to my hand! I release Swift and add Messenger of the Ice Barrier to my hand!" The just-summoned monster left the field as a card was added to Qing's hand. "And since this trap doesn't negate the effect of the monster it targets, Swift's effect still activates." She sent her lone card to the Graveyard and drew three new cards. "Also, since Messenger was sent to the Graveyard to activate the effect of an 'Ice Barrier' monster, I am able to Special Summon any 'Ice Barrier' monster from my Graveyard! I will Special Summon Swift of the Ice Barrier!" Her ninja returned to her field as fast as it had left. "Now I activate the Magic Card, Tuner's High! By discarding one card in my hand, I am able to Special Summon a Tuner Monster with the same Type and Attribute as that monster, but one Level higher from my deck! I discard my Level 1 Squire of the Ice Barrier and Special Summon my Level 2 Tuner Monster, Practitioner of the Ice Barrier!" Her masked Tuner appeared on her field.
Practitioner of the Ice Barrier: Level 2/WATER/Aqua/1300 ATK/0 DEF
(Squire of the Ice Barrier: Effect Tuner: If this card is sent to the Graveyard to activate a card effect, you may Special Summon one Level 2 'Ice Barrier' monster from your Graveyard.)
"And through Squire of the Ice Barrier's effect, since he was sent to the Graveyard to activate a card effect, I can Special Summon a Level 2 or lower 'Ice Barrier' monster from my Graveyard! So come back to me, Preacher!" Said monster returned to the field.
"Just like that you have four monsters. Not only that but one of them is a Tuner Monster," her opponent noted.
"That's right. And I bet you know what comes next. I tune my Level 3 Swift and Level 2 Preacher with my Level 2 Practitioner!" Her monsters got into the tuning process. "Like a god's mighty spear, pierce through the enemies' mighty defense! SYNCRHO SUMMON! Appear now, Level 7! Dragon of destruction! Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!" A dragon made of ice with heat seen within it appeared on her field. It let out a loud and powerful roar.
Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier: Level 7/WATER/Dragon/2500 ATK/1700 DEF
*MEANWHILE*
"We've detected a strong summon wave!" an employee announced from the LDS control room.
"What's the summon and where is it coming from?" Nakajima asked.
"It's coming from the docks! The summon method is... Synchro!"
'The docks again?' Reiji wondered.
"Do we have visual?" he asked.
"Coming up now!" another employee replied. A screen then showed Qing's duel.
"That girl again?" Nakajima questioned. He then looked at her opponent. "And who's that boy?"
'Isn't that boy...?' the head of the company thought.
*BACK TO THE DUEL*
"So you can do a Synchro Summon too? Then are you an LDS member?" the ninja asked.
"No I'm not! I activate Gungnir's effect! Once per turn, I can discard up to two cards from my hand to destroy that amount of cards my opponent controls! I discard my last card in my hand and destroy Pole Position! Burning Chill!" The dragon released a breath attack, mixed with ice and flames and destroyed the face-up trap card. "I know what Pole Position does. When it's destroyed the monster with the highest ATK is also destroyed! Which means, your Darkus Clawsaurus is also destroyed!" The moment she said that, the shield that once protected the DARK Synchro Monster detonated, destroying it. "And now you're wide open! Go, Gantara, Gungnir! Direct Attack! Force Palm and Heated Icicle Spear!" The two monsters charged at the ninja, attempting to end the duel.
"Trap card open! Pinpoint Guard! This card can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from my Graveyard in Defense Mode and prevent it from being destroyed by battle! Come to me, Darkus Moskeeto!" The little Insect-type monster appeared on his field, surrouned by a blue aura and protected its master from the two big monsters.
"I end my turn. And this time, Gantara's effect activates. I can Special Summon an 'Ice Barrier' monster from my Graveyard! So return to my field, Defender!" Gantara opened a portal and Qing's fox-like monster returned to the field in Defense Mode.
"My turn! Draw!" The ninja drew his next card. "Are you sure you're not an LDS student? The way you duel seemed a little to pro to be in any other Duel Schools."
"I was self-taught. And I am not an LDS student; I'm a You Show!"
His eyes slightly widened at that info. "A You Show?" His shock changed into interest. "Then let's see how strong you are after this! I activate the Magic Card, Resurrection of the Dead! With this card, I can Special Summon one monster from either player's Graveyard onto my field! I will bring back Darkus Clawsaurus!" His Synchro Monster returned to the field. "And now I tune my Level 6 Clawsaurus with my Level 2 Moskeeto!" His two monsters got into the tuning process. "Guardian of the dark dimension, descend now and show what true darkness is! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Reveal yourself, Level 8, Darkus Leonidas!" In place of the two monsters was a black and purple dragon-like monster. It has three horns, two over the ears and one in the middle of its muzzle, three toes and fingers on each foot and hand, and a long arrow-shaped tail.
Darkus Leonidas: Level 8/DARK/Dragon/3000 ATK/2700 DEF
(Darkus Leonidas: Synchro Monster: 1 DARK Tuner and 1 or more non-Tuner 'Darkus' monster: When this card is Synchro Summoned, destroy cards your opponent controls equal to the number of Synchro Materials used to summon this card. After this card destroys a monster by battle and inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, you may banish one 'Darkus' monster in your Graveyard; this card gains half the banished monster's ATK until the End Phase and can make a second attack.)
'That dragon!' Qing thought, remembering that to be the very same card that she caught earlier for her opponent.
"I would go easy on you, but he came to you for a reason. And I don't believe in coincidences," the ninja said. "I activate Leonidas' effect! When this card is Synchro Summoned, I can destroy cards my opponent controls equal to the number of Synchro Materials used to summon it! Two cards were used to summon him, so I can destroy two cards! The cards I will destroy are your Defender and Gantara! Dark Oblivion!" The DARK Dragon-type's fist was engulfed in darkness as it hit both its targets, destroying them both.
"Defender! Gantara!" Qing cried.
"And with Moskeeto's effect, I equip it to Leonidas and give my ace 500 more ATK!" The mosquito-like monster appeared and gave Leonidas some extra armor.
Darkus Leonidas: 3000 + 500 = 3500 ATK
"Battle! Leonidas! Attack Gungnir! Alpha Blaster!" Electricity was charged to the dragon's mouth. It released a blue beam of lightning at the opposing monster, destroying it.
Ninja Boy: 3500 LP
Qing: 2000 LP
"At this time, I now activate Leonidas' second effect! When it destroys a monster by battle and dealt battle damage to my opponent, I can banish one 'Darkus' monster from my Graveyard to have it gain half that monster's ATK and attack again! I will banish Darkus Lockanoid! Alpha Booster!" A shadow emerged, forming an exact copy of the Machine-type and fused with Leonidas.
Darkus Leonidas: 3500 + 1050 = 4550 ATK
"This will finish it! Attack the player directly, Leonidas! Alpha Thunder!" The ninja's monster shot a more powerful version of Alpha Blaster directly at Qing.
"At this time, I activate Savior of the Ice Barrier's monster effect from my Graveyard! If I was to take damage from a direct attack, I can banish an 'Ice Barrier' monster with the highest ATK in my Graveyard to reduce the Battle Damage by that amount!" she defended. "I will banish Gantara! Ice Barrier!" Gantara's spirit appeared and did his best to block the attack, only to fail and have his master take some damage.
(Savior of the Ice Barrier: Effect Monster: During the Battle Phase, if you were to take Battle Damage from a direct attack while this card is in your Graveyard, you may one 'Ice Barrier' monster with the highest ATK from your Graveyard to reduce the damage by the other banished monster's ATK. Then Special Summon this card with its ATK and DEF equal to the Battle Damage you took from that battle. If this card was summoned this way, it is banished when it leaves the field. If this card was sent to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon an 'Ice Barrier' Synchro Monster, that monster gains this card's ATK and is unaffected by card effects.)
Darkus Leonidas: 4550 - 2700 = 1850 ATK
Ninja Boy: 3500 LP
Qing: 150 LP
"Then I Special Summon Savior with her ATK and DEF being the same as the damage I took!" A blonde teenage girl in a blue cloak and white robe underneath appeared.
Savior of the Ice Barrier: Level 2/WATER/Aqua/0 -} 1350 ATK/0 -} 1350 DEF
"I end my turn. At this point, Leonidas' ATK returns to normal," the 'Darkus' Duelist ended, as his monster's ATK returned to normal.
Darkus Leonidas: 1350 -} 3000 ATK
"Not bad. You managed to survive that. But I doubt you'll do anything during your turn."
"We'll see about that. My turn!" Qing placed her hand on her deck.
'There's only one card in my deck that can help me turn this around. So please... Come!'
"DRAW!" As she drew her card, icicle particles came out of it. She widened her eyes slightly at the sight of it. "I activate Pot of Greed! This card allows me to draw two cards!"
'Come on guys. Give me something!' she prayed as she drew two more cards, icicle particles coming out of them as well. 'It's here.'
"I activate the Magic Card, Ice Age Tuning! If I have a WATER Synchro Monster in my Graveyard, I can banish monsters from my Graveyard whose total Level equals to its level and Special Summon it! Of course, I'll use this effect to banish Defender, Messenger and Squire of the Ice Barrier and Special Summon Gungnir!" Three monster spirits appeared and merged into the Level 7 Dragon-Type Synchro Monster.
(Ice Age Tuning: Target one WATER Synchro Monster from your Graveyard. Banish monsters from your Graveyard whose total Level equals to the targeted monster's Level and Special Summon that target. If the Special Summoned monster is used to Synchro Summon a WATER Synchro Monster while this card is in your Graveyard, you may banish this card and that monster; the Synchro Monster that used the monster banished by this effect for its summon gains half that monster's ATK until the end of your opponent's turn.)
"Next I activate the Magic card, Synchro Cancel! I can return a Synchro Monster on the field back to the Extra Deck! Then if monsters used as that card's Synchro Materials are in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon them! I return Gungnir back to my Extra Deck and Special Summon the monsters that were first used to Synchro Summon him! Be revived, Swift! Preacher! Practitioner!" The ice dragon split into the three dragons that first summoned him. "Next, I tune my Level 3 Swift with my Level 2 Practitioner! Strengthen by those deemed unworthy, reform your crystal blue self! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Appear now, Level 5, God Sea Dragon Gishilnodon!" The ninja and the masked monk came together to form the crystal blue dragon.
God Sea Dragon Gishilnodon: Level 5/WATER/Sea Serpent/2300 ATK/1800 DEF
"I hope you realize putting up a wall of monsters won't help you much, especially if you have them in Attack Mode," the ninja said.
"Who said I was putting up a wall? Since you're using your Ace, it's respectful enough that I should do the same! I tune my Level 5 Gishilnodon and my Level 2 Preacher with my Level 2 Savior! Like a god's mighty trident, clear the path to a bright future! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Appear now, Level 9! Great dragon of ruins! Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!" A three-headed, white armored, blue scaled dragon appeared on her field.
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier: Level 9/WATER/Dragon/2700 ATK/2000 DEF
"You've finally released me. I've been waiting for this moment," she said to her master.
'Sorry for the wait,' Qing telepathically apologized.
"However, its ATK is not even a point higher than Leonidas!" the opposing duelist pointed out.
"That may be. However, even a monster as strong as Leonidas cannot withstand Trishula's effect! When Trishula is Synchro Summoned, I am able to banish one card each from the opponent's field, Graveyard and hand!"
"What?!"
"I will banish Leonidas from your field and Clawsaurus from your Graveyard! Double Frostbites!" Two of Qing's monster's heads shot out a beam of ice and froze the opposing dragon as well as force the monster in the ninja's duel disk out of the Graveyard.
"However, even if you can dealt damage to me, I will still have some Life left!" the ninja pointed out.
"I already knew that. And it's because of Gungnir that this duel is finish!" Her opponent raised an eyebrow in confusion at her words. "Because one of the Synchro Materials used to summon Trishula was summoned by Ice Age Tuning, by banishing Ice Age Tuning and that monster, the newly summoned monster gains half its ATK!" The spirit of Gungnir appeared and merged with Trishula, much to Qing's opponent's shock, as the Level 9 monster's power skyrocketed.
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier: 2700 + 1250 = 3950 ATK
"That high of an ATK?!" the boy gasped.
"Now go, Trishula! Attack the player directly! Tri Frost!" The three heads shot out beams of many different shades of blue, striking the opponent and ending the duel.
Ninja Boy: 0000 LP
Qing: 150 LP
WINNER: QING!
Qing let out a sigh in relief, not believing how close she was to losing that duel.
"I somehow won that..." she muttered.
"Man, that was some duel!" her former opponent exclaimed. "I guess my school recruited an awesome duelist this time. That's a relief!"
Cue an awkward silence.
"Your school?" the current 'Ice Barrier' duelist questioned.
"Yeah. I'm a You Show duelist too." He tinkered with his duel disk and revealed his profile to her. As he said, he did attend You Show.
Qing didn't believe him and called someone to confirm the situation.
"Hey Bella... Nothing much. Look, I met up with someone by the name of Kobayashi Seth... Yes, he wears a ninja suit... Yes he has a little brother... Yes he has 'Darkus' monsters... What's your brother's name?"
"It's Kai."
"He said the name of his brother is Kai... Oh, okay... You want us to meet up?... Ok, I'll tell him... Okay... See you there." She hung up the call. "Okay, now I believe that you are a You Show duelist. But where were you this whole time?"
"I was training with my folks. Suppose to help me become a better duelist," Seth answered.
"And you couldn't just go to a ninja duel school because?"
"I was interested in the Entertainment Duel and wanted to do that kind of dueling myself, mixed with some ninja skills."
"An entertainment ninja duelist... I don't know how that would work."
"It would!"
Qing just sighed and shook her head slightly in amusement. "Anyway, we should get going. Bella's telling the whole school about your arrival and they're already setting up a party for you and your brother."
"Sure. Let's go to my place and pick up my little bro." With that, the two duelists walked to Seth's place.