A/N: Hello, hello, readers~! It has been a very, VERY! long time since I last updated this, I am quite aware of that. But can you blame me?! I have other stories to do! Plus, my imagination just wants to take over and choose what stories to update first! I really, really wanted to update this, believe me! But hey, at least I updated it before the year ended. That's something, right?
So then, with that said, onwards to the chapter!
*OPENING*
(Instrumental)
(Pendulum Summon Process began as five different colored lights shot out of it. A portrait of Yuya, Timegazer Magician, Timegazer Magician and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon appeared. Portrait changed to Yuzu with her 'Melodious' monsters by her side. Portrait then changed to Bella with her Pirates and Utopia behind her. Portrait then changed to Seth on a black and purple dragon. Portrait then changed to Qing with her six ace monsters around her)
YO HO - let loose, of the rudder hard to port
(Title appeared on the screen with the stadium as the background)
YO HO- helter skelter, the best kind of life
(Shuzo, Yoko and the kids cheered for the teens of You Show as they waved to the audience)
(Instrumental)
(Many Duel Schools and their students were shown)
When the sun goes down, we'll have a farewell bash
(Camera zoomed in on Shun's serious face, Azuma looked at him worried and tried to reach out to him. Scene changed as Bella took Azuma's place and was playing keep away with her brother, their friends watching)
Don't be sad
(Yuto watched them fool around from a distance)
If we make it
(Reiji was in the control room, watching everything happening in Maiami City)
We'll meet again someday
(Yuya activated his Duel Disk and got into his dueling pose)
We'll set off straight through the headwind
(Yuya was dueling against Sawatari, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon vs Mayosenju Daibakaze)
Tears... Tears... Until none are left, a man's gotta be strong
(Yuzu dueled Masumi, Fusion vs Fusion. Scene changed to Seth and Azuma teaming up against a Hokai' Duelist and a 'Kozmo' duelist)
Friends... Friends... Someday we will laugh
(Bella and Qing were on Emperor of Hope, Utopia and Bujinki Amaterasu and were dueling Angel and one of her fellow orphans their age, the latter two on their aces, Light End Dragon and Digital Bug Rhinosebus)
As if we have to make sure these bonds are firm and now, we all take hold
(The two dragons fired their attacks at the Warrior and Beast-Warrior, which they avoided and charged at the two dragons. Silhouettes of the four's determined faces appeared)
Of the map to the future, which begins to shine
(A boy who looks just like Yuya but in white drove into the stadium, glaring at a shadow figure on the other side of the stadium as he drove closer to him)
(Instrumental)
(The You Show group looked up at the camera from the stadium within)
After the duel against Angel and Sligo, Bella and Qing went with the former to Reiji and ask that he doesn't take down the school. The two females of You Show even went as far as to bow to have him reconsider the option. Of course, his mother had said otherwise, wanting justice to be placed on the cheating school. Hearing this, Qing retaliated, stating that if they had discipline their students better, the school wouldn't have to resort to the actions. And that is what brought us to this scene.
"Cheating is cheating, no matter what the reason! And as such, it is a disgrace for a duelist!" Henrietta said.
"Oh that's funny, coming from you! Especially considering your students used cheap and lowly tactics to win their duels!" Qing retorted.
"Oh please. You expect me to believe that students from our honorable school resorted to poor methods like that?"
"Well, how about we ask the witnesses, then? Including half of the students in our school, who were taken as hostages by that Bakatori and his group so the said stupid bird can take Yuya's Pendulum cards! And it happened right in your school! So unless if you people are stupid or poor enough to not install security cameras in every room in LDS, I say we have a big enough proof there!"
"How dare you make such a claim?!"
"How dare you try to act innocent?!"
Those watching the argument couldn't help but sweat drop at the scene.
"She's quite the guardian angel, isn't she?" Angel asked.
"Kind of like you," Bella agreed.
Reiji sighed and put an end to the fight. "Alright, that's enough!" Henrietta and Qing stopped arguing at his voice. "Mother, though you are right, that their school should be taken down, it is also our fault." His mother was surprised to hear him take the You Show's side. "I have seen some of our students take lowly actions against duelists. If I were to take down Heavens Duel School, I should also take down LDS. Besides, Qing and Angel had already justified their actions."
The three female duelists liked where the situation was going. "So then...?" Angel trailed off.
"I will keep a close eye on my duelists from here on out. So long as you promise to not resort to cheating again, I will leave your school be," he promised.
Henrietta couldn't believe what she heard while Qing, Bella and Angel smiled happily at the condition. "Yes, sir!" the Heavens duelist nodded.
"Isn't that great, Angel?" Bella asked.
"Yeah!"
Reiji looked back to the big screen, hiding a small smile that was forming on his face. "Now then, I believe you have some friends waiting for you outside the stadium." The girls nodded and left the room.
Henrietta wasn't amused by the action. "Reiji, are you sure about this? For all we know, those kids-"
"-were right about many things," he cut her off. "It was our students that started their cheating methods. And as such, as long as I keep my end of the promise, I am sure they will keep their end."
"But still..."
"I especially trust Qing." Henrietta was surprised to hear that. "Out of all duelists I've seen, she's a true and just duelist. That is why she is my first Lancer. If she trusts that Heavens Duels School won't resort to cheating again, then I, too, shall trust them."
The chairwoman raised a brow at his words. "Reiji... By any chance, are you...?"
"Now then, we have to search for other members," Reiji cut her off once more.
With the female duelists, they were on their way to the entrance to tell the rest of the orphans the news.
"Qing," came Shun's voice. The girl turned and saw the 'Raid Raptors' duelist approaching them. "I want to talk to you about something. Come." Without waiting for a reply, Shun dragged the multi-deck duelist away, ignoring Bella and Angel's calls.
"Okay. Do I want to know why you want to talk to me now?" she dared to ask, once they were out of sight.
"Any news?" he asked back. Seeing the confused look on her face, Shun sighed. "I mean... about Noir."
A frown then formed and Qing rubbed the back of her head. Of course he would ask about that. Why wouldn't he, when she's the only person who may know what happened to his beloved?
"None yet," she answered. Noticing the frown on his face, Qing added, "I'm trying here, I really am. But my dreams don't just come when I want to."
"I know you are," Shun said. "It's just... It's been a long time since I last saw her. I'm just worried about what happened to her. Is Noir safe? Is she trying to escape? Did those Academia bastards do something to her?"
Qing sighed at his worry. "Do you trust her?"
Confused at her question, he replied, "Of course I trust her."
"Do you believe she's dead or alive?"
"Alive of course! At least, I want to believe that."
"Then... stop worrying about her." Shun looked at the multi-deck duelist in confusion. "Assuming you trust her enough to believe she is still alive, then there's your answer. She must still be alive. Nothing happened to her, nothing bad at least. Just keep believing that Noir is still okay, and who knows? She might be waiting for her dark, avian knight in shining armor to save her."
The 'Raid Raptors' duelist blushed at the last statement.
"Now then, I don't know about you, but I'm-" Qing stopped there as she suddenly felt sleepy. Her vision started to blur, and she felt her legs a little wobbly. "What...?" She heard Shun calling to her, but his voice was so distorted, she couldn't understand a word he said. And the next she knew, she blacked out.
When Qing opened her eyes, the first thing she noticed was the complete change in scenery. She wasn't at a hospital bed, and she was in a fancy looking room.
'What the...?' was all she could think, as the door slammed open, and a girl her age with orange hair in a one-sided ponytail entered the room.
"Shiro! You were still sleeping?!" she asked. "How can you sleep on a day like this?! Hurry up and get ready!"
"Get ready? For what?" Qing, or Shiro as she was called in this memory, dared ask back.
"For what?! Are you still in dreamland?! Today's our concert! We can't keep the fans waiting!" Next thing Shiro knew, she was dragged out of bed and into the bathroom, as the girl rushed her to wash up and change into a uniform fit for an idol.
Shiro looked into the mirror and saw that she was neither Qing nor Noir after all. She had long, snow white hair that ended around her waist and her eyes were yellow. She may not know what Noir looked like, but she definitely knew the person she was seeing wasn't her.
The second Shiro stepped out of the bathroom in her white idol uniform, the girl who rushed her dragged Shiro out of the house they were in and in a limo.
"Someone finally woke up." Shiro looked up and saw there were five other girls with them, all around her age.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Yeah, not fully," one of the girls said, making everyone else laugh. "But then again, it wouldn't be Shiro to be fully awake in the morning."
Shiro just chuckled along with them. "Yeah, I guess so. But really, why are we up in the morning?"
"We have a concert in the City. The one where we plan to announce the Friendship Cup," another one of Shiro's friends reminded.
At the sound of what may be a tournament, Shiro seemed to have remembered the event to be held. "Oh yeah, that! I can't believe I forgot about it."
"You forget a lot of things, and yet you always remember the lyrics and dance moves," another idol said.
Shiro giggled at the fact.
A couple hours later, they arrived at a stadium and rushed inside through the back door, to avoid the fans at the front.
"We got a few minutes!" one of the idols said, as they rushed to the stage.
Once they arrived, the girls immediately went into position.
"Starting with our opening, leader?" the idol who woke Shiro asked.
"Like no other!" Shiro herself replied, as she turned on her microphone headset.
"Ladies and gentlemen! It is time. Please welcome... Symphonic Girls!" announced a voice in the loudspeaker, signaling the music began.
(Insert: Aitakatta)
The curtains rose and the huge audience before them all cheered. Shiro and her idol friends all danced and sang to the song. As she sang, Shiro couldn't help but notice a cloaked figure standing by the door. Though the face was covered by the hood, she could somehow tell that the person was staring at her. Not her friends, not the show, just her. Almost as though the person was there for her, and not in a fan way either.
The figure lifted his head a little, revealing a scary smirk. "I found you~" she spoke.
At those words, the scene suddenly changed. Shiro found herself in an area quite similar to the Xyz Dimension at night, running away from something. No, from someone.
She made a turn to the alley and regretted it, for there was a dead end there.
"I'm getting quite tired of this game," came a voice behind her. "Let's play a different game." Shiro turned and saw her cloaked pursuer approaching her, a duel disk in hand. "Well? What do you say?" Seeing that smirk on her face, Shiro remembered of the duel she had as Noir against her and was immediately frightened. Despite this, she took out her own duel disk and activated it.
"DUEL!" both shouted.
Shiro: 4000 LP
Pursuer: 4000 LP
"Allow me," the cloaked duelist insisted. "Let me see... I suppose I'll start with activating the Magic Card, Digital Gate. If I control no monsters, I can summon out a Level 4 or lower 'Digimon' monster from my deck. I'll summon out Cyborg Digimon, Commandramon." A digital, dinosaur-like monster in commando clothes with a gun in its hand appeared through a digitalized portal.
Cyborg Digimon, Commandramon: Level 3/DARK/Machine/1500 ATK/1000 DEF
(Cyborg Digimon, Commandramon: Effect Monster: If this card is sent to the Graveyard, inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent.)
"And now I tribute Commandramon to Advance Summon Cyborg Digimon, Sealsdramon." The dino glowed, as he started to grow bigger and was getting covered in armor. What was once his gun was now an assassin knife.
Cyborg Digimon, Sealsdramon: Level 5/DARK/Machine/2000 ATK/1500 DEF
(Cyborg Digimon, Sealsdramon: Effect Monster: If effect damage is dealt while this card is face-up on the field, your opponent takes damage equal to the damage dealt.)
"Commandramon's effect. When he leaves the field, my opponent takes 500 points of damage," the cloaked duelist said.
"What?!" Shiro gasped, as a grenade was tossed to her. She brought her arms up and the grenade exploded, sending her flying back to the wall behind her.
Shiro: 3500 LP
Pursuer: 4000 LP
"And Sealsdramon's effect. When effect damage is dealt, my opponent takes that damage again." Shiro looked up and saw her pursuer's monster toss its knife her way. She ducked, and the weapon was jabbed deep in the wall.
Shiro: 3000 LP
Pursuer: 4000 LP
The idol was shocked to see the actual crack in the wall.
"And now I will set one card face down and end my turn." She looked up and saw her opponent setting one card on the field.
Shiro shakily got back up and started her turn. "Draw!" she drew her sixth card. "I summon out the Tuner Monster, Duo Treasure Hunter, Suwannee!" A blonde mermaid in cute, pink clothes and pink flowers on her head appeared on the field.
Duo Treasure Hunter, Suwannee: Level 2/WATER/Tuner/Aqua/1400 ATK/1000 DEF
(Duo Treasure Hunter, Suwannee: Effect Tuner: When this card is Normal Summoned, if you control no other monsters, you may Normal Summon a 'Duo' monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set.)
"With Suwannee's effect, if she's the only monster I control, I can summon out a 'Duo' monster in addition to my Normal Summon/Set! I summon out Duo Happy Diary, Sheryl!" A green-finned, teen mermaid in a white, summer dress appeared next to the Tuner monster.
Duo Happy Diary, Sheryl: Level 4/WATER/Aqua/1600 ATK/1300 DEF
(Duo Happy Diary, Sheryl: Effect Monster: If this card was returned to the hand from the field, you may draw one card.)
"And now I tune my Level 4 Sheryl with my Level 2 Suwannee!" The Synchro Summon process began, as the latter monster became three green rings for the former monster to pass through. "The legend of the ultimate begins now! Set the stage! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Appear now, Level 6! Duo True Sister, Meer!" A yellow-finned, pink-haired mermaid in a cute, pink dress appeared on the field.
Duo True Sister, Meer: Level 6/WATER/Aqua/2400 ATK/1600 DEF
(Duo True Sister, Meer: Synchro Monster: 1 WATER Tuner + 1 or more non-tuner 'Duo' monster: If this card was used to Synchro Summon a 'Duo' Synchro Monster, that monster's ATK becomes doubled until the End Phase of your turn, and gains this effect:
After the Damage Step, if this card battled your opponent's monster with the highest ATK, you may return all WATER monsters you control to your hand besides this card. Then Special Summon up to two 'Duo' monsters from your hand to your field.)
"Next I activate the Instant Magic, Idol Stage! If I control an Aqua-type Synchro Monster, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower 'Duo' monster from my deck! Come, Duo Pretty Horn, Ural!" A huge clam appeared. It opened up and revealed a mermaid in a white dress with ram-like horns sitting in it.
Duo Pretty Horn, Ural: Level 3/WATER/Aqua/1500 ATK/1200 DEF
(Idol Stage: Normal Magic: If you control an Aqua-type Synchro Monster, you can special summon one Level 4 or lower 'Duo' monster from your deck.)
(Duo Pretty Horn, Ural: When this card is summoned while you control a 'Duo' Synchro Monster, you may draw one card.)
"Ural's effect! If there's a 'Duo' Synchro Monster on the field when she was summoned, I draw a card!" Shiro drew her next card, bringing her hand to four. "Battle! I'll attack Sealsdramon with Meer! Legacy Voice!" Shiro's monster sang into the mic, sending shockwaves to her target and destroyed him. "And from my hand, I activate Duo Grampus Turn, Shannon's effect! If damage is to be dealt besides direct battle damage, by sending to the graveyard, the damage is doubled!" The soundwaves from the mic increased as it reduced the cloaked duelist's Life Points.
Shiro: 3000 LP
Pursuer: 3200 LP
(Duo Grampus Turn, Shannon: Effect Monster: If damage that is not caused by direct attacks is to be dealt, you may discard this card from your hand and double that damage.)
"Now I'll attack with Ural! Light Sea Shock!" Black lightning was shot out of Ural's weapon and struck her opponent, who seemed unfazed by the direct damage.
Shiro: 3000 LP
Pursuer: 1700 LP
"From my hand, I activate Duo Soulful Melody, Selenga's effect! I can discard her from my hand to let a non-Synchro 'Duo' monster I control attack once more! Once more, Ural! Light Sea Shock!" Her monster shot out another lightning at the 'Digimon' duelist.
Shiro: 3000 LP
Pursuer: 200 LP
(Duo Soulful Melody, Selenga: Effect Monster: After a non-synchro 'Duo' monster attacked, you may discard this card from your hand; that monster can attack again.)
"I end my turn with one card face-down." Shiro set a card on the field, leaving her hand down to one.
Before she started her turn, the cloaked duelist's shoulders were shaking. At first Shiro thought it was due to the huge difference in Life Points and that she had no monsters on the field, but that changed with she heard laughter.
"Chehahahahahahaha! Oh god. In the end, it's all the same! There was never a chance to change it. I even went easy on you to give you a chance, but you failed to take it!" Shiro was getting more and more confused with each word coming out of her opponent's mouth.
"What are you saying?" she dared ask.
"What am I saying? I'm saying this duel was over before we even started!" Shiro gasped at those words, as her pursuer drew her card. "DRAW! I activate the Magic card, Fusion! With this card's effect, I fuse Demon Beast Digimon, DeadlyAxemon and Undead Digimon, SkullKnightmon! Running Lightning! Cunning Knight! Exchange your cups of brotherhood and become a force to be reckon with! FUSION SUMMON! Now come forth! The nobel of darkness! Dark Knight Digimon, DarkKnightmon!" An armored demon-like monster and a short, fully armored knight with lances as arms appeared and fused together to form a large, black armored, knightly monster.
Dark Knight Digimon, DarkKnightmon: Level 8/DARK/Warrior/3000 ATK/2800 DEF
(Demon Beast Digimon, DeadlyAxemon: Effect Monster: This card can attack your opponent directly. Battle Damage inflicted this way is halved, unless if 'Undead Digimon, SkullKnightmon' is on the field. Once per turn, if 'Undead Digimon, SkullKnightmon' is on your field, you may equip this card to that target or you can unequip this card and Special Summon it to your side of the field. Once per turn, while equipped to 'Undead Digimon, SkullKnightmon', you can activate one of these effects:
If the equipped monster attacks a Defense Position monster, whose DEF is lower than its ATK, inflict piercing damage to your opponent.
Destroy one monster on the field and inflict 200 points of damage to your opponent times that monster's level
The equipped monster can attack your opponent directly.
If this card in the Graveyard is banished by the effect of a 'Digimon' card, you may equip it to a monster on the field.)
(Undead Digimon, SkullKnightmon: Effect Monster: If this card battles a monster whose ATK is higher than it, and 'Demon Beast Digimon, DeadlyAxemon' is on the field, during damage calculation, this card gains 1000 ATK. If this card in the Graveyard is banished, you may target one monster your opponent controls; that monster loses half its ATK and DEF.)
(Dark Knight Digimon, DarkKnightmon: Fusion Monster: 'Demon Beast Digimon, DeadlyAxemon' + 'Undead Digimon, SkullKnightmon': This card cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects if you control another 'Digimon' monster. After this card attacks, you may pay half your Life Points, banish one 'Digimon' monster in your Graveyard and destroy one monster you control; this card can attack again.)
"What is that monster?!" Shiro asked in shock and fear.
"Meet your end," the cloaked duelist simply answered. "Trap Card open! Dark Digital Gate! If I have less Life Points than my opponent, for every 1000 points, I reveal at the top card of my deck! If the card is a monster, I can Special Summon it. Everything else goes to the Graveyard and I take 500 points of damage!"
(Dark Digital Gate: Normal Trap: If you have less Life Points than your opponent, reveal the top card of your deck for every 1000 points. If the revealed card is a monster, Special Summon it. If not, send it to the Graveyard and take 500 points of damage.)
"But wait, you only have 200 Life Points left! If you draw a Magic or a Trap card, you'll lose!" Shiro reminded.
"I thought I told you. This duel was over before it even began! Since the difference between us is more than 2000, I reveal two cards!" The 'Digimon' duelist drew her two cards and smirked. She revealed them and, to Shiro's surprise, they were both monster cards. "Mythical Animal Digimon, Harpymon and Ghost Digimon, Raremon! I Special Summon them both to the field!" A white harpy and an acidic monster appeared by DarkKnightmon's side.
Mythical Animal Digimon, Harpymon: Level 5/WIND/Winged Beast/2100 ATK/1800 DEF
Ghost Digimon, Raremon: Level 4/DARK/Zombie/1900 ATK/1500 DEF
(Mythical Animal Digimon, Harpymon: Effect Monster: If this card attacks a DEF position monster, it gains 500 ATK during the Damage Step only and inflicts piercing battle damage to your opponent)
(Ghost Digimon, Raremon: Effect Monster: When this card is summoned, switch the battle position of all monsters your opponent controls to Defense Mode.)
"Raremon's effect! When he's summoned, all your monsters are forced to be in Defense Mode! Stinking Gas!" The Zombie-type monster breathed out its great, revolting breath, forcing Shiro and her monsters to cover their nose and mouth in agony. The 'Duo' monsters had blue aura around them, forcing them in defense. "Now let's battle. Harpymon! Attack Ural! Wind Seeker!" The WIND 'Digimon' monster flapped her wings hard, enough to release a strong gust of wind. "When Harpymon attacks a Defense Position monster, she gains 500 ATK and inflicts piercing damage!"
Mythical Animal Digimon, Harpymon: 2100 + 500 = 2600 ATK
Shiro: 1600 LP
Pursuer: 200 LP
Mythical Animal Digimon, Harpymon: 2600 - 500 = 2100 ATK
"From my hand, I activate the Tuner Monster, Duo Tropical Healer, Medjerda's effect! When I take Battle Damage, I can discard her and gain Life Points equal to the damage I took! Summer Treatment!" A fruity drink appeared in Shiro's hand. The idol took a sip and recovered her lost Life Points.
Shiro: 3000 LP
Pursuer: 200 LP
(Duo Tropical Healer, Medjerda: Effect Tuner: When you take Battle Damage, you may discard this card from your hand; gain Life Points equal to the Damage you took.)
"That doesn't matter. Raremon! Get rid of her remaining monster! Breath of Decay!" This time, Raremon spat out acid from his mouth at Shiro's Synchro Monster and destroyed her. "Now for the finisher! DarkKnightmon! Direct Attack! Twin Spear!" The cloaked duelists's Fusion Monster charged in for the finisher.
"Trap card open! Idol's Resonance!" Shiro countered. "When my opponent's monster declares a direct attack, I banish one Tuner Monster and one non-tuner monster from my Graveyard to Synchro Summon a WATER Aqua-type Synchro Monster! The monsters I will banish are Level 6 Duo True Sister, Meer and the Level 2, Duo Tropical Healer, Medjerda! Grabbing the attention of others with only a look in the eyes, appear now and attract the crowd to the light! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Appear now, Level 8! The most famous and popular idol! Duo Temptation, Reit!" A gorgeous mermaid in white dress appeared on the field.
Duo Temptation, Reit: Level 8/WATER/Aqua/3000 ATK/2700 DEF
(Idol's Resonance: Normal Trap: When your opponent's monster declares a direct attack, you may banish two monsters in your Graveyard, one Tuner and one non-Tuner. Special Summon out one WATER Aqua-type Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck whose Level equals the total Levels of those banished monsters. This summon is treated as a Synchro Summon.)
(Duo Temptation, Reit: Synchro Monster: 1 Tuner 'Duo' monster and 1 or more non-tuner monster: Once per turn, after this card attacked a monster your opponent controls with the highest ATK, you may discard up to two cards from your hand to the Graveyard. If the two cards discarded have the same name, you may banish them instead and this card can make an additional attack this turn.)
"And now, I activate Meer's effect! Because she was used to Synchro Summon out Reit, until the end of my turn, Reit's ATK becomes doubled!" Shiro added on, as her monster began to glow brightly from the additional ATK gain.
Duo Temptation, Reit: 3000 x 2 = 6000 ATK
"With this, even if you somehow can make another attack, you can't reduce my Life Points any further!" Shiro was confident that she would win, especially with how high her ace monster's ATK was.
For some reason though, the smirk her opponent had didn't leave her face. "I thought I told you. This duel was already over," she simply said. "DarkKnightmon's effect! After he attacks, I pay half my Life Points to banish one of my 'Digimon' monsters in my Graveyard!" He took out Skullknightmon from the Graveyard. "Then I destroy one monster I control and he can attack again! Begone, Raremon! Treason Vortex!" Her Fusion Monster jabbed his weapon down on his own comrade so brutally, in which Shiro couldn't believe.
Shiro: 3000 LP
Pursuer: 100 LP
"How could you do that?! Hologram or not, cards have feelings too!" she told her.
"I know. And honestly, it makes me sick... Sick to see how naive you people can be~" the pursuer said. "DarkKnightmon! Destroy that monster! Twin Spear!" The Fusion Monster charged at Reit, to Shiro's shock.
"Are you crazy?! Her ATK points are-!"
"Not at all higher than DarkKnightmon's! SkullKnightmon's effect! If he is ever banished from the Graveyard, a monster my opponent controls loses half its ATK and DEF!" The idol gasped as a spirit of SkullKnightmon appeared and passed through Reit, gradually reducing her power.
Duo Temptation, Reit: 6000 / 2 = 3000 ATK/2700 / 2 = 1350 DEF
"However, their ATK power are still the same!" Shiro told the cloaked duelist.
"DarkKnightmon cannot be destroyed by battle!" The idol looked on in shock as the two monsters get in a one-sided clash. Not long after, Reit was stabbed in the chest by DarkKnightmon's spear and exploded. The explosion was so strong and powerful, it blew Shiro away and into the wall behind her, leaving a light hold shaped as her in it.
Shiro weakly looked up and saw DarkKnightmon killing off another one of his allies, gaining another chance to attack her... directly. Shiro just watched in fear as the knight advanced forward, his spear engulfed in darkness. She wanted to run, but couldn't and only watched as the monster raised his weapon high in the air. After what seemed like an eternity, the monster slammed it down on her.
Qing woke up with a huge gasp, sweating horribly from the vision. Shun and Azuma were by her side.
"You're up! What did you see?! Was it Noir?!" he immediately asked.
"Shun, I don't think it's a good idea to ask about that," Azuma told him. Qing looked at her in slight confusion, in which the Xyz duelist caught on. "I heard you passed out and rushed as fast as I could. What happened? Was it another vision of Noir?!"
Qing placed a hand on her head, thinking back to the vision she had. Instead of her Xyz counterpart, she had a vision of another counterpart of her's. She didn't know how to tell them that she didn't see Noir.
"Something bad happened to her, didn't it?" Azuma guessed.
"I... I don't know," she answered.
"What do you mean 'you don't know'? You're our only link to her! The only reason why you passed out was because something happened to her, right?!" Shun demanded.
"I don't know because...! Because this vision wasn't about her," Qing said at last.
Shun and Azuma were shocked at those words.
"What do you mean?" the latter asked.
"Exactly what I mean. The vision I had... it wasn't about her. I was in someone else's body. Someone with my face, someone who is an idol. And that person... was being chased by the same person who took Noir," Qing explained.
The Xyz duelists with her were even more shocked to hear that there was another person whose face was like Qing and Noir. But if that were true...
"The Synchro Dimension..." Shun muttered. Qing looked at him in confusion, in which he noticed. "I'm sure Reiji told you. About how there are different dimensions out there. There's a Synchro Dimension."
Now she looked at him in disbelief. "Synchro? What's next? Ritual Dimension?"
"Not sure if that one exists. But if what you're saying is true, then that means your vision doesn't just go to my sister, but to dimension counterparts of you," Azuma said.
"But how am I able to get these visions? And if that's true, would that mean there's a Fusion version of me?"
"It's possible. And if that's true, we can use it to our advantage." The girls looked at Shun in confusion. "If you are able to connect with your Fusion counterpart, we should be able to find out where Noir, Ruri, and that Synchro user are in the Fusion Dimension. And if there's a chance that you'll see the future, we can also figure out what Academia will be planning in due time."
Qing thought over what he said and found it to be true. If she could somehow harness this ability of her's, she could find out where Noir, Ruri and Shiro are, as well as figure out why her counterparts are taken and what Academia has in store. She looked to the side and noticed Azuma seemed quite bothered by something.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Huh? Oh. It's just..." Azuma wanted to say something, but couldn't find the right words.
"You can tell us what's on your mind. We're all friends here."
It took the female Xyz duelist several seconds to speak out her thoughts. "I just wonder... what if the Fusion you is the enemy?"
"And why is that a problem?" Shun asked.
"Well... It's something that Noir said some time ago, before she was taken. She often spoke about how she had weird dreams of being someone else. Someone who looks like her, but at the same time isn't her. Usually those dreams would last a few days at most, but they were reoccurring dreams. They had been happening every night and she remembers every second of them." To Qing specifically, she asked, "You said your Synchro counterpart is an idol right? She had dreams of being on stage and singing out lots of songs to a big crowd, with six other girls by her side."
Qing's eyes widened at those words. She did say the Synchro her was an idol, but nothing about her group. And if that were true... "Are you saying that... if the Fusion me is the enemy, and she also has visions..."
"Would she know that we're on to her now?" The three went silent at the question, unsure as to how to answer that.
"I'm sure you're overthinking it," Shun said. "Even if what you said is true, if Qing can see the past, Noir can... probably see the present, there's the future. There's a chance her Synchro counterpart has that vision."
"But what if the Fusion her has it?" Azuma asked once more. Shun was uncertain if he should answer.
"It doesn't matter if she does or doesn't have it. If Noir and I couldn't control these visions, then there's a low possibility that the Fusion me can," Qing said with confidence. "We just have to hope for the best. That's all we can do."
The two Xyz users had small smiles on their faces and nodded in agreement to her words.
"So, besides that... What happened while I was having my vision?" the multi-deck user asked, wanting to change the subject.
"With your school, nothing yet. Tomorrow I'll be having my duel with that ninja in your school as my teammate," Azuma said.
"Seth? He's a good guy. I dueled you both and from what I can tell, you two will get along well, for sure."
Bella's counterpart nodded at those words.
"We should get going," Shun said. "If we linger here any longer, people will jump to unnecessary conclusions."
The girls nodded in agreement and the Xyz duelists left the room, leaving Qing alone in bed.
As she lied there, she couldn't help but wonder about what Azuma said. 'If Fusion me is the enemy... I hope I'm right that she can't control this power. In fact, I hope she doesn't,' she thought. 'If I'm wrong, though... No. I can't think that. But... even if she can't see the future, what would she be able to see? There's past, present and future. It couldn't be different worlds, could it? No, the fact that I see the past of my other counterparts says that that is out. So then what?' Qing thought back to the vision she had, how that cloaked figure was able to easily predict her win. 'I really hope that duelist in the cloak isn't really her and just someone who was told she would win. Otherwise...'
"I can't think about it now. I should get some sleep," she muttered, closing her eyes and embraced real sleep.