Okay, let's do this! Vrains might have started, but I'm giving Arc-V one final hurrah with the second part of this duel! Who will win?! No one knows! ..I'm kidding I know. Doesn't mean I own Arc-V though. Hope you enjoy! Sorry about the wait!

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''Yuya...Yuzu...'' Yoko looked down at her lap in worry. She had heard everything that had happened to those two, everything they have been through and experienced. She really wanted the two of them to enjoy this duel as much as they could, but one unfortunate thought was plaguing Yoko's mind. ''He's not...He's not...'' She couldn't bring herself to say it. That Yuya wasn't actually her biological son. She had never thought about it, having wanted to focus on the present, but her memories of Yuya as a baby were hazy at best and nonexistant at worst. She couldn't recall his first laugh, his first steps or even his first word. ''Yuya...'' And now he was with three other people, three other boys that she didn't even know. How was she supposed to take this?

''It's difficult, isn't it?'' Yoko gasped at the voice and looked to the seat on her left to see that Yusho had sat down there. ''Accepting the truth about Yuya.'' Yusho stared right at his son, who seemed to be talking to the others. It was hard to tell from this afar.

''Yes.'' Yoko knew she should say more, especially since it had been so long since they saw each other, but she couldn't think of the right words.

Yu Boys Life Points: 1300

Bracelet Girls Life Points: 2500

''Well Rin sure was vicious.'' Yuto said, still trying to get over the cold feeling. Anymore of those ice effects and he'd be stuck with a fever for sure. ''Why do you like her Yugo?'' Yugo's face turned red immediately from the question.

''W-What?! I don't like her! I mean...I like her, but not in that way since you know, it's...um...'' The three other boys kept staring at him, wondering if he was actually going to go somewhere with this awkward denial. Yugo opened his mouth a few times, and then...''You shut up!'' Yugo yelled, turning to Yuri.

''I didn't even say anything.'' Yuri said, looking a bit surprised for once.

''You were going to say something, I could tell.''It hasn't even been a day and he could already tell what Yuri's expressions meant. He wans't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

''In any case, I'm worried about Ruri's monsters.'' Yuto said, stopping the two before any more bickering could happen. ''She wouldn't summon all of them for no reason.' ' Especially since one of them was in Attack Position. ''I think it has to do with that face-down card.'' Yuto had a few ideas on what it could be and he really hoped it wasn't the worst possible one. ''Our turn!'' He said and drew their next card, but before they could go to their Main Phase...

''On my Standby Phase, I activate Chimerafflesia's effect.'' Yuri stepped in! ''Since it was sent to the Graveyard since last Standby Phase, I can add one Polymerization or a Spell with Fusion in its name from my deck to my hand. I choose to add Polymerization.'' And that's exactly what he did, adding in the card that everyone was familiar with, for better or the worse. ''Then I activate a Spell Card, Fusion Exhange. By shuffling Polymerization back to our deck, we can draw two cards.''

''Well that was convenient.'' Kaito commented, wondering how long Yuto and the others had to argue to decide on adding that card to the deck.

''Says the guy who opens up with at least two Cipher Wings in every single duel.'' Allen said with a small chuckle. 'Is your deck 30 copies of them and the rest is just Cipher Dragon support cards?'' Kaito's eyebrow twitched a bit, but he didn't comment on it. Shun held back a comment as well, if only because it would invite either of them to mention his luck with his Vanishing Lanius

''Then I activate Predator Fusion. With this card I can Fusion Summon by banishing monsters from my field, Graveyard or by using monsters my opponent controls with Predator Counters. I fuse Chimerafflesia and Sarraceniant in my Graveyard. Grotesque, carnivorous predator! Root of evil! Now become one and poison this feeble world! Fusion Summon! Level 8! Appear, Predaplant Dragostapelia!'' This monster was an unholy combination of a dragon, carnivorous plant and insect. It let out a deranged roar as it flew down, the spikes and spores making it extremely dangerous to touch.

Attribute: Dark Type: Plant Atk: 2700 Def: 1900 Level: 8

''Yuya's been using some strange monsters today.'' Grace said with a sign and a shake of her head. ''They aren't that entertaining. That one in particular is creepy.'' She wanted to see more of his Pendulum monsters and fun spell cards!

''That just tells me you don't appreciate darling enough.''Mieru crossed her arms and closed her eyes, trying to look smug to the much taller girl. ''When I first met him, I thought he was a good-for-nothing pervert.'' Grace blinked, wondering what on Earth could give somone that kind of impression of Yuya. ''But now I know that he is my fated person, my darling!'' Mieru said end then stood up on her chair. ''C'mon darling, you can do it! Beat Yuzu!'' That girl didn't even deserve to stand on the same stage as Yuya!

''Give me a break.'' Gloria said with a groan. She would much rather listen to one of Noro's lectures than to this.

''Umm Yuzu...why are you rising that fan up?'' Ruri asked confused...and slightly scared. It felt like there was a demonic aura around Yuzu, making even the paper fan look like an ultimate weapon of mass destruction.

''Oh sorry, it's just a reaction to hearing Mieru's voice.'' She didn't mind other girls liking Yuya. She minded all the glomping and darling calling though.

''I have done my part of this turn. Don't disappoint me Yuto.'' Yuri said casually.

''It's not you who I want to impress.'' The only thing those two people had in common was the purple hair. ''I activate a Spell Card, Phantom Knights' Reverse Demise. With this card, I can target up to two banished Phantom Knights cards and return them to Graveyard. I return Silent Boots to the grave.'' Yuto returned the card from his pocket to the Graveyard slot of his duel disk. ''Then I activate Break Sword's effect. I can target one card on each side of the field and destroy them. I choose Break Sword and that set card.'' Please don't be what he thought it was, please don't be what he thought it was!

''I activate a Trap Card, Wonder Xyz!'' Of course it was! ''Yuto, did you really think it would be that easy?'' Ruri asked with a laugh and not even hearing that beautiful sound made Yuto feel better about the situation. ''With this card's effect, I can Xyz Summon immediately. I overlay my Level 1 Cobalt Sparrow, Iolite Shrike, Sapphire Swallow and Torquise Wabbler. With these four monsters, I create an Overlay Network! Birds with beautiful wings! Gather on the battlefield and take brilliant flight! Xyz Summon! Dance in the sky! Rank 1! Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale'' The four young bird girls assembled into floating orbs which circled around a taller, mostly blue and yellow bird woman.

Attribute: Wind Type: Winged Beast Atk: 0 Def: 0 Rank: 1

''Assembled Nightingale gains 200 Attack Points for each Xyz Material on it. With four, she gains 800 Attack!'' Which of course wouldn't be that notable if it weren't for her other effects.

''Yuzu is using Xyz too?!'' Masumi said shocked...and then that shock turned into anger. She would've let her using Synchro slide, but using all three was crossing the line! ''Hey Yuzu!'' She said as she stood up, much to the surprise of Yaiba and Hokuto. ''I thought you were supposed to be my Fusion rvail! Why are you using other summoning methods?!'' She yelled, probably even louder than Mieru did a while back.

''You know some interesting people.'' Serena said with a small chuckle and Yuzu rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

''Yeah that was Masumi. She's kind of my Fusion rival, but that's..kind of on hold.'' Yuzu said, figuring that was the best way to put it as she hadn't dueled against Masumi in so long. She should probably fix that and tell her about this whole sharing a body thing too.

''Sounds like fun. I wish I had friends like that.'' Rin said with a smile, that soon turned into a frown. ''Besides Yugo, I didn't really have any friends growing up.'' Admittely Yugo was more than enough, but still...

''Didn't you grow up in an orphanage? You really didn't make friends with anyone else there?'' Yuzu asked, though now that she thought about it, Yugo hadn't mentioned anyone else either and anyone who would be friends with Yugo would most likely also be friends with Rin.

''It's unfortunate, but even most kids were too worried about food and other necessities to really have fun and make friends. Dueling usually helped a little bit, but reality was always close behind.'' Rin sighed, still remembering those days when a single meal could be all you get and you had to get by with just that. ''Though admittely Yugo was also good at keeping any potential boy friends away.'' Rin laughed a little, showing the other girls that she really wasn't feeling that depressed about her past.

''I have a feeling that Rin is talking about me.'' Yugo said, blushing a little. Yuri and Yuya stared at him oddly, wondering how he could possibly tell and Yuto just shook his head.

''And I have a feeling we should continue our turn before people start getting suspicous.'' Small pauses didn't really matter, since they could be chalked up to thinking about what to do next, but they didn't really have the luxury of standing around too much. Especially with so few cards left to use. ''Since Break Sword was destroyed, I can activate his effect. I can Special Summon two Phantom Knights monsters with the same level from my Graveyard and increase their level by 1. I special summon SIlent Boots and Half Javelin!'' The two ghostly figures floated through the floor to the field and while there was no visual indicator, they were both Level 4 now.

''Here it comes, Yuto's dragon.'' Ruri said, very eager to see it again after such a long time.

''I overlay my now Level 4 SIlent Boots and Half Javelin. With these two monsters, I create an Overlay Network! Formed from the pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now descend! Xys Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!'' Yuto called out his dark, purple and dangerous-looking dragon, it's fangs gleaming in the sunlight.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 2500 Def: 2000 Rank: 4

''On turn five, Yuya finally summons one of his dragons!'' Melissa said, sounding even more excited than usual since she was sure things would get even better from here.

''It's strange, but that monster has become one of Yuya's signature monsters. I don't think anyone will forget its first appearance.'' Nico added, thinking back to that match where Yuya first Xyz Summoned.

''I definitely won't.'' Kachidoki said with a frown. Both duels he had with Yuya, he really wished neither of them had happened. The one where he tried to make Yuya fall into the darkness and the one where he was the one in darkness. He really hoped that one day he could have a real duel with him. Maybe if they had a duel like that, he could actually win.

''I activate Dark Rebellion's effect! By detaching two Xyz Materials, I halve the attack of one of my opponent's monsters and Dark Rebellion gains that lost Attack! I target Blizzard Bell!'' Dark Rebellion sent out shockwaves from its fangs which binded Blizzard Bell, dropping her attack to 1300 while Dark Rebellion's rose to 3800. ''Now Dark Rebellion, attack Blizzard Bell!'' Yuto would've been happy with this if it weren't for the fact that he knew what was coming.

''I activate Assembled Nightingale's effect!'' Yep, Ruri's monster. ''By detaching an Xyz Material from her, Lyrilusc monsters can't be destroyed this turn and I take no battle damage!'' Nightingale created a protective barrier around itself and Ruri. It can't prevent Blizzard Bell's destruction, but it will negate that 2500 points of damage.

''I activate Dragostapelia's effect! Once per turn, during either player's turn, I can place a Predator Counter on a monster and as long as Dragostapelia stays on the field, activated effects of monsters with Predator Counters are negated!'' Yuri grinned, but that grin only lasted for about a second before he realized that his duel disk didn't allow him to choose Nightingale as a target for his monster's effect.

''Since I used Cobalt Sparrow as an Xyz Material, Nightingale can't be targeted by my opponent's card effects. Sorry!'' Ruri said, not feeling sorry at all. Anything to knock Yuri down a peg or two. With that, Dark Rebellion stabbed Blizzard Bell with its fangs, destroying the Synchro Monster, but failing to inflict any battle damage. ''You have to try harder than that!''

''I will Ruri.'' Yuto said, confusing Ruri. What was he...''You're not the only one gaining effects through Xyz Materials. If Half Javelin is used for an Xyz Summon of a Dark Xyz monster, that monster gains the following effect. When it destroys an Attack Position monster by battle, my opponent takes damage equal to half of that monster's original Attack Points!'' Ruri was suddenly shocked by lightning, not lethal lightning of course.

Bracelet Girls Life Points: 1200

''So much for Big Sis Yuzu's lead...'' Ayu said with a sigh. She knew that she should be more impartial, but she couldn't help cheering more for Yuzu than Yuya.

''I think it's fine.'' Tatsuya said. ''It'll be more entertaining if the life point gap is smaller.'' And 100 point difference was most often the smallest difference you could get.

''You're just saying that because you want Big Bro Yuya to win!'' Ayu said with a pout and Tatsuya laughed nervously.

''That doesn't render what I said invalid.'' Tatsuya said. Besides, Yuya's duel with Strong was what inspired him to want to join You Show, so he felt he was perfectly justified in his support for Yuya.

''It doesn't matter! This duel is giving me the shivers!'' Futoshi said, barely managing to stay still. Which was more than what you could say about Syuzo who still cheered for his beloved daughter with everything he got.

''On Main Phase 2, I banish Silent Boots from the Gravyard to add a Phantom Knight's Spell or Trap from my deck to my hand. I choose Phantom Knights' Wing. I set a card face-down and end our turn.'' Yuto said, frowning a little. Sure he managed to do some damage, but Ruri's mosnter was still going to be a problem since it couldn't be destroyed or targeted.

''Our turn!' Ruri was still in charge so she drew and started thinking. ''Girls, should we just go for direct attacks with Nightingale?'' She did have 600 Attack Points and could attack three times, which would be enough damage to win the game.

''I don't recommend it. They're too calm.'' Serena said, stroking her chin. ''If they wouldn't have something to counter Nightingale, they would be more worried.'' Keeping a good poker face was important, but this was a case where the poker face was a little too good.

''Are we sure it's not that face-down card?'' Rin asked, just wanting to make sure.

''No that's definitely Phantom Knights' Wing. Yuto only had one other card in his hand when he added it and while he tried to be discreet about it, I saw him set the card.'' Ruri said. Besides, she figured that they wouldn't bluff like that at this point of the game.

''Well then it has to be the one card they have left in their hand.'' Yuzu said as she quickly checked the duel disk. ''Since there's not much in their Graveyard...''

''A card in hand?'' Rin thought about it. She was sure that Yugo had something...''Girls, I know what it is. Let's make Nightingale's direct attack the last thing we do.'' The three other girls all glanced at her and from Rin's expression, they could tell that she was certain about this so they trusted her.

''Okay, I activate a Spell Card, Xyz Treasure. For each Xyz Monster on the field, I get to draw a card. There are two, so I draw two cards!'' Ruri smiled, she knew putting this card in would work out. She and Yuto were rather good at keeping their Xyz Monsters on the field after all. ''Serena, this looks like your type of thing.'' Sure she could Fusion Summon as well, but really the expert should be the one to do it.

''My pleasure. I activate Lunalight Wolf on the Pendulum Scale.'' To her left appeared a blue pillar and on top of it rose a masked purple human with wolf features and green fur. Serena kind of expected a reaction out of this, but then she remembered that this place was known as Pendulum Dimension now and even if Yuzu hasn't used them before, it probably wasn't that big of a shock. ''I activate Lunalight Wolf's Pendulum Effect! By banishing Fusion Materials from my field or Graveyard, I can Fusion Summon a Lunalight monster! I banish Cat Dancer and White Rabbit! The beautiful beast dancing in the moonlight! The lively rabbit illuminated by moonlight! Swarm in the vortex of the moon's gravity and revive with new power! Fusion Summon! Come Forth! Gorgeous beast dancing in the midnight wilderness! Lunalight Leopard Dancer!'' The result was a tall and fair-skinned feline dancer with spots all over her body and claws the size of small daggers.

Attribute: Dark Type: Beast-Warrior Atk: 2900 Def: 2300 Level: 9

''It's nice to see more Fusion Summons.'' Sora said, putting another lollipop in his mouth to replace the one that had been sucked to every last bit. ''Nothing compared to mine of course.'' He smirked.

''Someone sure is confident.'' Edo said with a small laugh. ''Not even Serena's dueling impresses you.'' Sora's smirk faltered a bit at the mention of that name.

''Yeah...did you ever interact with her?'' Sora ssked. He was aware that Serena was pretty isolated from the rest of the students, but Edo was a commander-in-chief so maybe he had some connections that he didn't. However, Edo shook his head.

''I had never even seen her before. I spend most of my time in Xyz Dimension after all.'' Which was something he wasn't all that proud of. ''Why the sudden interest?'' It was still a bit hard for Edo to see Sora as someone who wasn't a loner.

''No real reason. I just thought that since our previous interactions weren't all the friendly, I could try to start over with her, as former Academia members.'' Sora said and he laid back down on his seat. To be honest, he was also very interested in dueling her. Someone like her...should definitely be interesting.

''Now Leopard Dancer, attack Dragostapelia!'' Serena focused on Yuto's expression to see if it would change because they attacked with her monster instead of Ruri's, but he looked baffled more than anything. Probably because they expected her to be wary of their known face-down card.

''I activate a Trap Card, Phantom Knights' Wing. Now I can target one monster I control and that monster gains 500 Attack Points! I choose Dragostapelia.'' Blue and hazy wings appeared over Dragostapelia's purple and spiky wings and it let out a very strange sounding roar as its Attack Points rose to 3200.

''I activate Leopard Dancer's effect! Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a monster gains Attack, I can have Leopard Dancer gain the same amount!''

''I activate Dragostapelia's effect! I can target a monster...'' Yuri had been so eager to jump in and ruin Serena's attack, but...

''Sorry Yuri, but Leopard Dancer can't be targeted by my opponent's card effects.'' Leopard Dancer gained a red aura and it lunged towards Dragostapelia with her 3400 Attack Points. Yuri frowned, but he wasn't out of the count yet.

''First time the monster targeted by Phantom Knights' Wing would be destroyed by battle or card effect, it's not destroyed!'' The shadowy wings wrapped around Dragostapelia and despite its weak apperance, it blocked Leopard Dancer's claws quite effectively!

''But you still take the damage!''

Yu Boys Life Points: 1100

''I'm disappointed, is that attack all you got Serena?'' Yuri asked,, but Serena just smirked at this.

''Leopard Dancer can attack twice per turn. You probably should've waited a little bit before saying that.'' Not that she minded, that just meant that she could prove him wrong and she gladly took every opportunity to do that to the smug Fusion Duelist. ''Leopard Dancer, attack Dragostapelia again!'' This time the sharp claws went right through the wings and through Dragostapelia's body, destroying it.

Yu Boys Life Points: 900

''Your Dragostapelia was kind of useless wasn't it?'' Yugo asked, trying his best not to laugh. Yuri's mess ups meant they were in a losing position after all.

''It's not my fault that everything seems to be immune to targeting nowadays.'' Or if not targeting, have some sort of protection effect. ''Besides, you have barely done anything. We have Synchro Summoned once! And even that one only dealt 500 points of damage!'' Which at this point was still meaningless damage.

''That's still more than what your monster did!'' Yugo yelled back and while Yuya tried to calm the two down, Yuto took over so it would at least look like to the audience that Yuya was paying attention to the duel.

''Now Assembled Nightingale, attack directly!'' Serena cmmanded and said brid flew up high and prepared to attack. Now if Rin's prediction was right...

''You're not taking this away from me!'' Yugo realized it was his card's time to shine and since Yuri had brought up him barely doing anything, he really wanted to do this one. ''When my opponent declares a direct attack, I can Special Summon this card from my hand, Speedroid Menko!'' Suddenly to the field appeared a light-blue, spinning, square-shaped mechanical-looking kite.

Attribute: Wind Type: Machine Atk: 100 Def: 2000 Level: 4

''When summoned by this effect, Menko changes all my opponent's monsters to Defense Position!'' Menko spun even faster, faster and faster, until wind got so strong that Nightingale was forced to the ground and Leopard Dancer to her knees. ''Bet you didn't see that coming!'' Yugo was sure that the girls were sure about their victory already.

''Of course not. We just felt like attacking with Leopard Dancer first.'' Rin decided to say that under her breath, not wanting to burst Yugo's bubble. There were times when he needed a grip on reality, but this wasn't one of those times. ''Girls...'' Rin looked at the other girls and then at the trap card in her hand. The girls nodded at her and she nodded back. They were sure this card would come in handy. ''I set a card face-down and end our turn.''

''Our turn!'' Yugo drew the card and Yuto smiled once he saw what it was. ''I activate a Spell Card, Xyz Treasure. Now I can draw a card for each Xyz Monster on the field and with two, I draw two!'' Yuto was sure Ruri was smiling at this. Their minds had thought alike yet again. ''Then I banish Phantom Knighs' Reverse Demise from my Graveyard to activate its effect. By banishing another Phantom Knights' monster and spell or trap card, I can draw two mroe cards. I banish Break Sword and Wing.'' And just like that, they had four cards in their hand and these were some pretty important cards.

''I go first!'' Yugo yelled. He was tired of there not being enough Synchro plays from their side and he was going to fix it with this card. ''I activate a Spell Card Dimension Synchro! Now by shuffling a banished Tuner monster and banished non-Tuner monsters to the deck, I can Synchro Summon a Synchro monster with the level equal to those banished mosnters levels. I shuffle back to the deck, Level 3 Tuner Tri-Eyed Dice, Level 3 The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots and Level 1 Predaplant Sarraceniant! Spread those wondrous and beautiful wings, and strike down your enemies at the speed of light! Synchro Summon! Appear now! Level 7! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!'' Yugo's beautiful white, blue and green dragon flew high up to the sky, stopped in front of the sun and then flew back to the ground, though it didn't land. It kept flying in the air.

Attribute: Wind Type: Dragon Atk: 2500 Def: 2000 Level: 7

''That dragon...it's so cool!'' Amanda, Tanner and Frank all said in unison. They had been more on the Yuzu's side this entire match, but that dragon was starting to change their minds.

''About time more of them come out..'' Jack said with a small smile. He and Reiji had faced all four of those dragons and he would've been disappointed if all of them didn't make an apperance in this duel.

''It's too early to be impressed!'' Yuri said, holding another card in his hand. ''I activate a Spell Card, Fusion Succession! Now by banishing a Fusion Monster from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck with the same Level and Attribute as the banished monster and this Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon! I banish my Level 8 Predaplant Dragostapelia. Toxic Plant Dragon! Wither away and from the hell beneath your thorns, give birth to a new terror! Fusion Summon! Appear now! Poisonous dragon with hungry fangs! Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!'' As a complete opposite of the glorious and beautiful dragon that Yugo summoned, Yuri's ace was mostly dark green and dark purple with more mouths and eyes that should be poosible on one serpentine bdy. Its drool splashed to the ground as it moved its multiple mouths at the end of its appendages.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 2800 Def: 2000 Level: 8

''When Starving Venom is Fusion Sommoned, I can have it gain Attack Points equal to the attack of a Special Summoned monster my opponent controls until the end of the turn. I choose Leopard Dancer.'' There was no need to worry about targeting since this effect didn't target and as such, there was nothing in the way of Starving Venom gaining 2900 more attack and rising to very respectable and dangerous 5700!

The crowd's reaction to this monster wasn't as postive as to some others, but there was no time to comment on it or its effect as the boys continued their turn, with Yuya in the lead. ''Next I banish Phantom Knights' Fog Blade from my Graveyard to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Half Lance from the Graveyard.'' The unfortunate owner of the broken weapon floated through the floor and appeared between the two just summoned dragons.

''Wait, this set-up...'' Yuzu realized something. They still had two cards in their hand, three other dragons were on the field, they had two other monsters and they hadn't used their Normal Summon yet. Was Yuya going to summon...

''I tribute The Phantom Knights of Half Lance and Speedroid Menko. Appear! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!'' To complete the dragon roundup, Yuya summoned out his ace monster, the primaly red colored dragon with different colored eyes and no wings to speak of.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 2500 Def: 2000 Level: 7

''There they are!'' Melissa shouted after a bit of silence from both her and NIco. ''Yuya has assembled all four of his dragons to the field! And three of them on this one turn!'' This was of course followed by people cheering. Even people who rooted for Yuzu to win were excited to see those dragons...if only because they wanted to see her beat them.

''I wonder how Yuzu is planning on countering those dragons.'' Nico said. After all, they had variety of effects, all dangerous in their own way.

''I can't believe he's asking that.'' Reiji said with a sigh. He would've thought that someone working as an announcer would be more observant.

''What do you mean Reiji?'' Himika asked, keeping her eyes on Reira at all time. Last time those dragons were on the field, he started glowing eerily, but this time nothing was happening. Even then, she wanted to be prepared.

''Ruri's Xyz Monster, Assembled Nightingale, can't be targeted by effects and as long as it has Xyz Materials, it can be protected from destruction. None of the four dragons have effects that can get past that. There are still three Xyz Materials on the monster so they can protect it for three more turns.'' Hypothetically of course, it all depended on what Yuya and the others would draw on their next turn.

''So, do you think that Yuzu will win?'' Himika asked and Reiji shrugged his shoulders.

''I don't know, but I'm sure that Nightingale is not the monster that will decide this match.'' In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if it left the field earlier than others expected.

''Now Starving Venom, attack Leopard Dancer!'' The poisonous dragon roared and used its whip-like tail to destroy Leopard Dancer and when it came to Starving Venom, that was probably the most pleasant way to be destroyed by it. ''Then Dark Rebellion, attack Assembled Nightingale.'' Unfortunately there was no reason to be excited about this attack as all four of the boys knew what was coming.

''I activate Nightingale's effect! By detaching an Xyz Material, you can't destroy Lyrilusc monsters this turn and I take no battle damage.'' Not that the latter mattered as Nightingale was in Defense Position. Dark Rebellion's electricity attack went completely around Nightingale, protecting the girls from harm.

''I set a card and end our turn. At this moment, Starving Venom's effect ends and its atack returns to normal.'' Yugo sighed, another turn with no damage on the girls. ''Is dueling against Ruri always like this?'' He asked, more than a little frustrated about being unable to get past that monster. Yuto chuckled nervously.

''Let's just say that there have been duels where she's summoned Nightingale turn one and I haven't been able to get rid of it for the entire duel.'' Not his proudest moments that's for sure. Though it did make him think of something. ''Yuri, how did you beat her when you...''

''Kidnapped her?'' Yuri asked, like there was nothing wrong with that. ''Simple, I'm stronger than her, so I won.'' Yuri said, making Yuto roll his eyes.

''In other words, you got lucky and she got a bad hand.'' Yuto smirked a little. He didn't care if that was true or not, it would be fun to get a rise out of Yuri every now and then.

''Our turn!'' Meanwhile the girls started their turn and they looked at the card that they drew. It was a very important card. ''Should we go for it?'' Yuzu asked, wanting to make sure with others before she played it.

''I don't think we should rely on Nightingale.'' Serena said and not only because she felt it was a bit cowardly way to win.

''Right. Even in best case scenario of inflicting 800 points this turn, they could draw something big and we don't know what that face-down is.'' Ruri added. Her monster was potent yes, but this card could give them even greater possibilities.

''Do it Yuzu. I'm sure that's what she wants.'' Rin said, adding some emphasis on the pronoun. Yuzu nodded and played the card.

''We activate a Spell Card, En-Blessings!'' As soon as it was activated, the card shone with all the colors of the rainbow.

''En-Blessings?!'' All of the Yu Boys said in shocked unison.

''That must be Ray's card...'' Himika said, so unsure how she should feel about this supposed daughter she had. Even if she wasn't a biological child...

''This card can only be activated if there's an Xyz, Fusion and Synchro monster on one side of the field. By tributing one monster, we draw three cards!'' Nightingale disappeared from the field with a burst of light and her sacrifice was definitely not in vain as the three cards the girls drew were definitely going to turn things around. ''We activate another Spell Card, Slip Fusion! When this card is activated, we can send a monster from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard and immediately after that Fusion Summon by banishing Fusion Materials from the Graveyard, including the sent monster. We send Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir and banish it along with Lunalight Leopard Dancer!'' Yuzu and Serena both smiled as they held up the two cards.

''Wait, but that means...'' Yuya couldn't believei it. They were going to fuse...

''We fuse together Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir and Lunalight Leopard Dancer! Angelic harmony! Hunter of full moon! Swarm in the vortex of moon's gravity and gather your power! Fusion Summon! Now arrive and sing the song of midnight! Lunalight Melodious Dancer!'' Yuzu and Serena chanted together and the result was a teenage girl with pure white skin, animal-like claws and feet, a crimson battle armor, long flowing blue hair and a halo over her head.

Attribute: Light Type: Beast-Warrior Atk: 3200 Def: 3500 Level: 10

''They fused their aces together...'' Yuri said with a smirk. Now that was a monster worth taking down.

''We activate Melodious Dancer's effect! Once per turn,, we can have her gain 300 attack for each Special Summoned monster my opponent controls until the end of next turn. With four, she gains 1200 Attack Points! And before you try to use Clear Wing's effect, we should let you know that none of Melodious Dancer's effects can be negated!'' Melodious Dancer sang an extremely high note, which caused her to be surrounded by a glowing aura, raising her attack to 4400.

''And we're just getting started!'' Now it was Rin's time to again show what she got. ''We Normal Summon a Tuner monster, Windwitch - Sleet Bell.'' A small witch on a frozen cane appeared. She was holding two wands, one with a raindrop at the tip and another with a snowflake at the tip.

Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster/Tuner Atk: 100 Def: 100 Level: 1

''When Sleet Bell is Normal or Special Summoned, we can Special Summon one Wind Witch Synchro Monster from our Graveyard with its effects negated and attack and defense reduced to 0. We choose Blizzard Bell.'' The temperature dropped by a few degress when Blizzard Bell appeared back on the field, though having its effects negated and stats dropped made it slightly less intimidating. ''Now we tune our Level 8 Blizzard Bell with our Level 1 Sleet Bell! Harness the absolute power of snow and conquer this frozen land! Synchro Summon! Snowstorm incarnate! Level 9! Windwitch - Whiteout Bell!'' Unlike the previous Synchro Monsters which were mostly made out of ice, this one had its entire body covered in snow. It had a triangle head with two glowing blue eyes, spherical body with spikes protuding from the bottom and three large crystals on both sides of its body. It floated above the field with a misty aura around it.

Attribute: Wind Type: Spellcaster Atk: 2950 Def: 2800 Level: 9

''We activate Whiteout Bell's effect! Once per turn, we can inflict damage to our opponent equal to the number of cards they control times 100. You control 7 cards, so take 700 points of damage!'' The six crystals started glowing and it felt like the temperature dropped again.

''I don't think so! I activate Clear Wing's effect! When a level 5 or higher monster activates its effect, I can negate that activation and effect and destroy the monster!'' Yugo declared, but instead Clear Wing just floated there, not moving a muscle. ''Huh?'' Was that...snow on its body?

''Sorry to disappoint you Yugo, but as long as Whiteout stays on the field, all our opponent's monsters with a lower attack than Whiteout have their effects negaated!'' The six crystals came together and shot a frozen beam at Yugo, hitting him directly.

Yu Boys Life Points: 200

''I hate to say this, but now I know how you felt back then Yuri.'' Yugo said, referring to being unable to use any of his monster's effects like what happened with Dragostapelia.

''And we're not done yet!'' Ruri said and the boys realized immediately what she meant. They still had one card in their hand and they had already summoned a Fusion and Synchro monster. Only thing that was left was..''We activate yet another Spell Card, Rank-Up Magic - Lyrilusc Soar! Now we can Special Summon Assembled Nightingale from our Graveyard and use it as an Xyz Material for an Xyz Summon of an Xyz monster who's rank is 2 higher. Singing and dancing together! Birds with strong wings, take to the skies! Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear! Rank 3! Lyrilusc - Superb Lyrebird!'' Finishing off the Extra Deck summons was another bird woman, this one covered in silver-colored feathers with a golden tiara on it and long legs with sharp claws.

Attribute: Wind Type: Winged Beast Atk: 0 Def: 0 Rank: 3

''Rank 3...'' Yuto said with a smile. He figured she would have at least one.

''After resolution, Lyrilusc Flight attaches itself as an Xyz Material to the summoned Xyz Monster. In addtion, we can target two differently named Lyrilusc monsters in our Graveyard and attach them to Superb Lyrebird. We choose Iolite Shrike and Sapphire Swallow.'' All of the sudden instead of just one orb of light circling the monster, there were four. ''Superb Lyrebird gains 600 Attack Points for each Xyz Material on her. With four, she has 2400 Attack Points!'' Lyrebird glowed red as her Attack Points skyrocketed from measly 0 to respectable 2400.

''Yuzu! Keep going! Hot-blooded!'' Syuzo yelled, really unable to hold back his excitement after seeing all of that, even if he knew that it wasn't just Yuzu's doing.

''They're really making this an entertaining show.'' Dennis said with a smile, but after a while it turned into a frown. To think that he was one of the main reasons the girls got in this mess in the first place... Even if he regretted it, it didn't change the fact that the girls suffered greatly because of him. He was sure that Yuri had apologized, .he should as well.

''All in one turn...'' Masumi made a fist with both of her hands. That does it! ''Yaiba! Hokuto!'' She adressed the two while standing up, making the two wonder what she was going to say. ''You'll teach me how to properly use Synchro and Xyz! I'm not losing to Yuzu, I'm just not!'' Not anymore! This was a rivalry and that meant they had to stay about on equal level. She wasn't going to let Yuzu get that far ahead of her. Yaiba and Hokuto nodded, not going to say no to that kind of energy.

''We activate Superb Lyrebird's effect! Once per turn, we can target a monster we control and all battle damage that monster inflicts this turn is doubled. We target Lyrebird herself!'' It wasn't really necessary for their victory, but there was no harm in using it. ''Lyrebird can also attack directly, now go!'' The bird woman flew past all four of the mighty dragons, ready to claw her and her owner to victory!

''I activate Phantom Knights' Half Lance's effect from the Graveyard! By banishing it, we take no battle damage this turn!'' The ghostly warrior rose from the grave one more time and threw the handle part of the javelin to the air, which burst apart and formed a barrier around Yuto, protecting him and the others from the lethal damage of this attack. No matter how much Lyrebird pecked and scrached, she could not break through and was forced to return to the girls.

''Fine, we'll just destroy the dragons instead! Melodious Dancer can attack all of the opponent's monsters once each. Go!'' Serena said. Even if they couldn't deal any damage, losing all of those dragons would be a huge blow and practically assure their victory anyway. Melodious Dancer ran forward with speed that couldn't be seen with a naked eye, but...

''We activate a Trap Card, Supreme King's Domain!'' An even larger barrier suddenly appeared around the boys and their monsters!

''Supreme King?!'' The girls said shocked. That was Zarc's card!

''If there's at least one of Synchro Dragon, Fusion Dragon or Xyz Dragon on the field, we can pay half our Life Points and for the rest of this turn, our monsters can't be destroyed by battle or card effects nor can they be targeted.'' Once again the girls' attack was repelled and while Melodious Dancer could attack all of the monsters, there was no point so the girls called off the attack.

Yu Boys Life Points: 100

''We end our turn.'' Serena grit her teeth frustrated. They were so close! Just measly 100 Life Points left!

''This is amazing! Yuya manages to stay in the game by the skin of his teeth!'' Nico said with a big smile. That boy's determination when it came to dueling never failed to impress. ''How do you think he'll get out of this Melissa?'' Things were looking grim, but it wouldn't be the first time a comeback has been made from nearly 0 Life Points.

''I would say that he can't...'' And she kind of wanted to since she was still low key cheering for Yuzu. ''But Yuzu managed to pull off an impressive turn despite having 0 cards in hand before, so I think there's a possibility that Yuya can do the same.'' And it wasn't like Yuya to finish a duel anti-climactically.

''This is going to be a pretty important draw.'' Yuya said and the others nodded, fully agreeing with him. This draw would determine whether they won or not.

''Do you think we'll draw the other card Zarc left us?'' Yuri asked. Supreme King's Domain allowed them to survive to this turn so it would only be fitting.

''I sure hope so! We're not losing this duel!'' Yugo said, feeling more determined to win than ever before.

''We're with you all the way Yuya!'' Yuto said and so all three placed heir hands on the deck. Yuya did the same, closed his eyes and smiled.

''Our turn!'' Yuya drew and it was the card they needed and expected. ''We activate a Spell Card, Supreme King's Greed! Since there's a Synchro Dragon, Fusion Dragon and Xyz Dragon monster on our side of the field, we can draw three cards!'' And with these three cards, they would win! ''Yugo!'' Yuya yelled and the Synchro User nodded. ''We Normal Summon a Tuner Monster, Tuning Magician.'' An energetic pink-haired giirl in light-green clothes hit the field, looking rather tiny next to the dragons.

Attribute: Dartk Type: Spellcaster/Tuner Atk: 0 Def: 0 Level: 1

''Tuning Magician!'' Sam exclaimed. It was so nice to see it again, especially now that he knew what Jack meant by giving him that card. ''But wait...'' Won't her effect deplete the rest of Yuya's Life Points?

''Normally when Tuning Magician is Normal or Special Summoned, our opponent gains 400 Life Points while we lose 400 Life Points... but your Whiteout negates that, doesn't it?'' Yugo smirked and Rin couldn't help, but smile. To think they would turn that effect on them like that. ''Then we tune our Level 7 Clear Wing Synchro Dragon with our Level 1 Tuning Magician! Dragon with dual-colored eye! Gain the shining wings of light. Soar to the summit of supremacy! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 8! Dragon with the piercing eyss of breakthrough! Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon!'' The new Synchro Monster that appeared was a larger dragon with very similar appearance to Clear Wing, but this one was black, dark blue and white and huge gust of wind followed wherever it flew.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 3000 Def: 2500 Level 8

''Yuri!'' Yuya yelled and the fusion boy smirked, ready to assist. ''We activate a Spell Card, Odd-Eyes Fusion! Now we can Fusion Summon a Dragon-Type Fusion monster, using mosnters we control or that are in our hands. We fuse together Starving Venom Fusion Dragon and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Dragon with dual-colored eyes! Become one with the poisonous dragon. Be the power that leads to supremacy! Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 10! Dragon with gem-like eyes of kindess! Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon!'' The combined form of the two dragons was a white and purple dragon with red orbs all around it and bizarre-looking wings.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 3300 Def: 2500 Level: 10

''Then we activate Venom Dragon's effect! Once per turn we can target one of our opponent's monsters and Venom Dragon gains Attack equal to that monster's attack, along with gaining that monster's name and effects until the end of our turn. We target Whiteout Bell!'' The red orbs around Venom Dragon's body started glowing and Whiteout appeared in them.

''Should we use Lyrebird's effect now? We can't afterwards.'' Ruri asked. Lyrebid's effect would let them change all monsters their opponent controls or they control to defense position by detaching an Xyz Material and those positions couldn't be changed until the next Standby Phase. If they let Venom Dragon have Whiteout's effect, they couldn't use Lyrebird's effect anymore.

''They still have a card left in hand, I think it would be too risky.'' Rin said. They already summoned a Synchro and Fusion monster. They were sure to summon an Xyz Monster with that last card.

''Besides, we should use Melodious Dancer's effect!'' Serena said and nodded to Yuzu, who nodded back. ''We activate Melodious Dancer's effect. During our opponent's turn, we can target one monster they control and that monster can't attack this turn. We choose Venom Dragon!'' Melodious Dancer twirled around and a large ring of light appeared around her. She twirled around some more and that ring jumped from her to the colorful dragon, who was binded by it. Still, it didn't stop Venom Dragon's effect from going through and its Attack Points rose to 6250!

''We activate Venom Dragon's effect that it took from Whiteout Bell. Once per turn, we can inflict damage to our opponent for each card they control. You control five so take 500 points of damage!'' Venom Dragon's orbs gllowed again and from five of them shot out five beams, bypassing the girls' monsters and hitting them directly.

Bracelet Girls Life Points: 700

''Yuto!'' Yuya gestured to the Xyz User who gave a thumbs up. ''We activate a Spell Card Rank-Up Magic - Odd-Eyes Force! Now by targeting an Xyz Monster we control, we can Xyz Summon an Odd-Eyes Xyz Monster with a higher rank by using that Xyz monster as a material! We target Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon! Dragon of dual-colored eyes. Unleash that black scale of wrath, eradicate all opposing enemies! Xyz Summon! Come forth, Rank 7! Dragon with the eyes of rage! Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon!'' A third powerful and large dragon descended, this one black, red and purple all over and such a bizarre design that it had to be seen to be believed.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 3000 Def: 2500 Rank: 7

''It's not over yet! Next with our already set Pendulum Scales, we Pendulum Summon Performapal Trump Girl from the Extra Deck!'' The tiny magician girl made her long-awaited return, having been stuck in the Extra Deck since turn three. ''Then we activate Odd-Eyes Force's effect from the Graveyard! By banishing it and destroying a Pendulum Scale, we can Special Summon an Odd-Eyes monster from our deck, hand or face-up from the Extra Deck. We destroy Guiturtle and now, return to the field, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!'' Yuya's signature monster returned to the field with its familiar roar.

''He's going to summon that.'' Yuzu smiled. She wasn't there to see it, but she knew that the next monster Yuya would summon was the first time he ever summoned a monster of one of three Extra Deck Summons.

''We activate Performapal Trump GIrl's effect! Now we can Fusion Summon a Dragon-Type Fusion monster, by using monsters on our side of the field as materials, including Trump Girl! We fuse together Trump Girl and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Wielder of mysterious powers, become the light and dwell in the eyes of the dragon! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Arcane dragon wielder of ancient magic! Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!'' The final of the dragons was very similar in apperance to Yuya's ece, except its head was slightly bigger with strange eyes and there was a large ring on its back.

Attribute: Dark Type: Dragon Atk: 3000 Def: 2000 Level: 8

''Looks like thanks to the others, Yuya has mastered all of the summoning methods.'' Reiji said with a small smile on his face.

''What do you mean Reiji? He summoned quite extensively in his duel against you and from what I heard, he has been using all the summoning methods for quite some time.'' Himika said, still mostly focused on Reira. She seemed really excited about the duel all of the sudden.

''One time usage isn't mastering nor is using them together haphazardly. In this duel, I think Yuya and the others have shown deeper teamwork and summoning combinations than ever before.'' Reiji almost felt proud that one of his Lancers had reached this level.

''This is incredible! Yuya has upgraded all of his dragons into much stronger versions!'' Melissa had never seen this level of dueling from him, it was the most exciting thing she has ever seen!

''Not to mention that with that move, Yuya has summoned 12 monsters from his Extra Deck while Yuzu has summoned 9.'' Nico couldn't smile more even if he tried. ''These two have really improved since I first saw them and their development has been great to watch.'' Even if he wasn't there for all or most of it really.

''GO YUYA! THAT'S MY SON!'' Yoko had stood up and shoutad at the top of her lungs, drawing a lot of attention, but she didn't care about that. This was her son dueling and nothing was going to stop her from cheering for him. Yusho just smiled, happy about Yuya's skills and his wife's enthusiasm.

''On our Battle Phase, we activate Odd-Eyes Wing Dragon's effect. We can destroy all Level 5 or higher monsters our opponent controls!'' Wing Dragon opened up its large wings and flew towards the two female monsters with breakneck speed. In a blink of an eye, it dashed through the both monsters, destroying them and leaving only Superb Lyrebird. ''Then Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon, attack Superb Lyrebird.'' Rebellion Dragon surrounded itself with electricity and it shot out a powerful wave of electrical energy. There was no point in using Lyrebird's effect as it would only be negated thanks to Venom Dragon stealing Whiteout Bell's effect. As such, there was nothing the girls could do as their Xyz Monster was electrocuted.

Bracelet GIrls Life Points: 100

''This will finish it! Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack directly!'' The magical dragon started charging up its attack and powerful energy focused on the ring on its back. Light was shimmering from it and any second now it was going to fire a powerful blast. But the girls were prepared for this!

''We activate a Trap Card, En-Balance!'' The boys eyes widened. They had another Ray card?! ''We can only activate this card on the turn that a Fusion, Synchro and Xyz monster has been destroyed on our side of the field. Now all monsters our opponent controls are destroyed and for each monster sent to the Graveyard by this effect, you'll take 800 points of damage!'' A large burst of light filled the entire field, The girls smiled. With this, they would...

''When Venom Dragon is destroyed, we can Special Summon 1 monster from our Pendulum Zone and place Venom Dragon in its place. We Special Summon Performapal Monkeyboard.'' Yuri said. The poisonous Pendulum Dragon suddenly became a Pendulum Scale and it was replaced by a lot less terrifying monster...a funny monkey on a circus ball.

Attribute: Earth Type: Beast Atk: 1000 Def: 2400 Level: 6

''When Wing Dragon is destroyed, we can place it on a Pendulum Scale.'' Wing Dragon joined its fellow dragon evolution in the Pendulum Scale and thanks to these effects, they now had a Pendulum Scale of 1 to 10.

''Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon is a Pendulum Monster as well, so it will go to the Extra Deck.''' Yuto said and finally one of the dragons actually left the field...but it didn't go to the Graveyard so no damage was dealt.

''If Rune-Eyes is Fusion Summoned by using a Pendulum Summoned Pendulum Monster, on the turn it's summoned, it's unaffected by our opponent's card effects!'' Rune-Eyes kept charging its attack, it was just a second away from firing a beam that would reduce the girls' Life Points to 0.

''En-Balance's second effect ends the turn immediately!'' Yuzu said and all of the sudden the charging of the attack stopped and it was the End Phase of the boys' turn.

''We were so close!'' Ruri said frustrated. She had been so sure that Ray's card would bring them to victory.

''They just had to have that kind of field.'' Rin shook her head annoyed. Not like it was Ray's card's fault. Her world didn't have Pendulums after all, all monsters would have hit the grave.

''And now we're in a pretty bad spot.'' Serena frowned as she looked at the boys field. ''Their Pendulum Scales are from 1 to 10, they still have Rune-Eyes on the field and Wing Dragon's Pendulum Effect allows them to increase their monster's Attack Points beyond to what we can reach. We have to rely on our next draw.'' Which was something Serena didn't really like doing, but it was part of the game sometimes.

''To think that they would have a trap like that...'' Yuto said, thinking how lucky they were that their monsters were Pendulums.

''Ray must've been able to summon Extra Deck monsters quite freaquently to have cards like those. She had to have been a very strong duelist.'' Yuri said. It really made him want to duel her, even if he knew it was impossible.

''Just 100 Life Points on both sides, this is so intense!'' Yugo said, though part of him was worried. If they drew any of Rin's cards, they would pretty much lose.

Both them and the girls held their breath as Yuzu drew quite possibly the last card of the duel. She kept her eyes closed even afer drawing, nervous that she was going to draw something that wouldn't help them. When she finally opened her eyes, she smiled. ''Yuya, do you remember the first duel we had after you got Pendulums?'' Yuya was clearly a bit surprised by that question, but he nodded.

''Yeah. I failed to Pendulum Summon and lost a lot of trust after they cound out I was the only one with Pendulum Cards.'' Yuya said. It was funny to think about it now, now that so many people had Pendulums. That time seemed so far away, back when everything was simple and they didn't have the slightest idea of other dimensions or about who they really were. ''Why are you bringing that up now?''

''Well...I never mentioned it, but I was jealous of you back then.'' Yuya's eyes widened a bit at this revealation. ''I had always thought our skills were about equal, but now you had this power that I...no one else had. It made a pretty noticeable gap.'' Admittely Yuto's appearance made it so that she didn't dwell on it as much as she would have otherwise, but still... ''That gap got even bigger when you started using other Extra Deck summons, but I never minded that as much as the first appearance of that gap. I had never really been jealous of you before after all.'' Not just their skills, she had thought their entertainment were about on the same level. ''But, I don't have to worry about that anymore. I won't be jealous.'' Yuzu said as she showed the card that she was holding, making Yuya gasp.

''That's...''

''We place Scale 5 Cadence the Melodious Diva on the Pendulum Scale!'' To the top of the blue pillar rose a pink-skinned girl with long blonde hair, red and white clothes similar to other Melodious monsters and two wings with musical notes on them. ''We activate Cadence's Pendulum Effect! Once per turn, we can Special Summon one Melodious monster from our Graveyard or Banished Zone, but the monster is shuffled to the deck at the end of the turn. We Special Summon, Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir.'' The angelic fairy in a rose bud, wearing a light-blue dress returned to the field after a long absence.

Attribute: Light Type: Fairy Atk: 1000 Def: 2000 Level: 6

''Bloom Diva, huh.'' Yuya closed his eyes eyes. This would finish it.

''Bloom Diva attacks Rune-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Due to her effect, Bloom Diva is not destroyed and we take no battle damage from this battle!'' The two monsters clashed, but there seemed to be no result. ''At this moment, Bloom Diva's effect activates! After damage calculation, if she battled a Special Summoned monster, you take damage equal to the difference in attack between Bloom Diva and your monster!'' And that monster would be destroyed, but with only 100 Life Points left, this would finish it. Bloom Diva opened its mouth and shot out a yellow beam that went through Rune-Eyes and hit Yuya directly, knocking him back a few steps.

Yu Boys Life Points: 0

The entire stadium went quiet for a while as everyone processed what had just happened. The back and forth duel of multiple different summons and monsters was finally over and the winner had been decided. ''Yuzu Hiragi wins!'' Nico and Melissa yelled in perfect unison and only then did the crowd erupt into a cheer unlike ever before. People stood up and started clapping, flaps and banners weer waved and from every corner of the audience you could hear either cheering or talking about the match.

''That was awesome Ruri! You did great Yuto!'' Sayaka and Allen yelled together while Shun and Kaito wore proud smiles, very glad to have the two duelists as their friends.

''So it came down to Fusions in the end.'' Sora said, biting off the last bit of his chocolate.

''Well Fusions were the starting point. It's only fitting they're the ones who end things.'' Edo said and Sora nodded. Besides, he wasn't going to complain. He directly taught Yuzu Fusion and then indirectly taught it to Yuya!

''Aww, the cool dragons lost.'' Tanner said with a pout.

''I didn't really mind. Yuzu's monsters were really nice too.'' Amanda said with a small smile.

''They're just singers though...'' Frank said, not really seeing what was so impressive about their looks.

''Don't worry darling! I'm coming down to comfort you right away!'' Mieru got off her seat and started running, only to be stopped by a pair of very strong hands on her shoulders, Gloria's hands. ''Let me go you amazon!'' The fortune-telling girl struggled, but Gloria's grip was just too powerful and the size difference too large.

''Listen, my sister's fangirling can be annoying, but nothing has ever irrated me more than your constant talking about your 'darling'.'' The temptation to card the girl had been very, very strong more than a few times.

''So you support me in this?'' Grace asked happily. Gloria had always been a bit difficult about this Yuya's dueling thing.

''...I still thnk you could do better.''

''H-H-Hot-blooded!'' Syuzo was crying tears of joy so hard that some of them fell on Tatsuya, Futoshi and Ayu and while it was a bit annoying, they could definitely see where he was coming from.

''Big sis Yuzu did so well!'' Ayu kept on clapping, doing it way faster than anyone else around them.

''It's a shame about Big Bro Yuya though.'' Tatsuya had been so sure he could pull off a win in the end there, but alas.

''They both left me in nothing, but shivers!'' Futoshi said, unable to stay still.

''So dear.'' Yoko said, adressing Yusho. ''Do you think Yuya has surpassed you as an Entertainment Duelist?'' She asked with a small smile.

''Well, I think there's still a lot that Yuya has to learn.'' Yusho laughed a bit, his eyes full of pride. ''But so do I. Field of enterainment is constantly evolving after all, you never know what might become the next best thing.'' Like Speed Duels becoming more common or dueling in a VR space. ''So I'd say we're about equal now.'' He said, only to be nudged by Yoko.

''You're just saying that because you want an excuse to duel him.'' Yoko grinned and then all of teh sudden, Yusho cupped her face.

''Am I that transparent?'' He said as he brought his face closer and both closed their eyes.

Reiji was clapping as well, more than pleased with this duel. ''I need to make an appointment to have duel with Yuzu and the others.'' He was very eager to try out their strength on his own. ''I wonder how that duel will go.'' Normally he had some expectations, but with them you never knew. They could...

''Dwagon...'' Himika gasped and Reiji turned around when they heard that. It was...''Dwagon! Dwagon!'' Reira was laughing and repeating the word.

''Reira! Your first word!'' Himika felt tears well up in her eyes. After all the things that she had done, to think that she would be this affected by Reira's first word.

''It's not the most ordinary first word.'' Reiji walked on over and patted Reira's head, making her coo and laugh even more. ''But Reira isn't an ordinary baby.'' Reiji smiled. He was going to take whatever it takes to make sure that Reira would grow up well and happy this time. She wasn't going ot go through the trauma her boy self did.

''Not again! I can't believe I lost again!'' Yugo said, stomping his foot up and down while shaking his hands. ''It sholdn't be this hard to beat Rin!''

''Yugo it was hardly just you two dueling...'' Yuto said with a sigh. Dealing with Yugo's antics was definitely going to be a problem in the future.

''Just so you know, I'm blaming our loss on you.'' Yuri said, adressing the other three who were less than pleased by this. ''Can't you take a joke? I know how to admit defeat you know.'' He just needed more practice in it...not that he wanted to lose more.

''We gave it our all and the audience enjoyed it. I couldn't be happier with the result.'' Yuya said with a big smile, making the other three stare at him.

''You really don't care that we didn't win?'' Yugo asked, sounding even more frustrated.

''You aren't even little bit disappointed?'' Yuto asked, since he certainly was.

''We're part of you. You kind of have to be honest with us.'' Yuri said bluntly, making Yuya laugh a bit.

''I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. But when I think about the duels before ths, all of them had something in the line. I had to focus on winning, I had to think about what would happen if I lost. So, to have a duel where the result didn't matter and where the audience was entertained...that was the greatest thing I could ask for.'' Yuya raised his hand up and one after another, Yugo, Yuto and Yuri high-fived it. ''It was a good duel guys.''

''Yes! Winning has never felt better!'' Serena said as she pumped her fist. It wasn't something she usually did, but she was just so excited about this.

''I agree, especially since I wasn't in the state of mind to enjoy my last victory over Yugo.'' Rin said, shuddering as she thought about it. Who knows what kind of things that Doktor could've made her do to Yugo?

''Can we please not talk about that now?'' Ruri asked, not thinking back on that time too fondly. Not because she lost both of her duels, but because of many other factors.

''I agree, we should celebrate the great duel we just had.'' Yuzu said, beaming from ear to ear. ''Not only that, but our teamwork as well. It was great to finally spend so much time with you. It had been something I was hoping for for a really long time.. Ever since I first heard about you Ruri.'' Though she didn't have any idea about just how close all four of them were back then.

''I don't think I ever even thanked you for opening my eyes to Academia's doing.'' Serena said, frowning a bit. ''I had been so obsessed with proving myself and becoming strong that I didn't realize all the wrong things they were doing.'' She had been so foolish!

''If you ask me, you're still pretty obsessed about being strong.'' Rin said with a giggle and Serena smiled a bit, she couldnt' really argue with that. ''But I'm happy too. Yugo was my only real friend growing up so having this many new girl friends is fun.'' It would be better if they all had their own bodies, but they could make it work!

''I'm sure the four of us will have plenty of similar duels in the future.'' Ruri said, not feeling like bringing up her concern when it came to dating like this. After all, she and Yuto might've been really close, but Yuri and Serena...

''This experience was really valuable to us and I'm sure it was the same for Yuya and the others.'' Yuzu looked over her shoulder and smiled at Yuya who was heading to the middle of the arena. Yuzu decided to do the same.

As they walked to the middle, many of their friends started running down the stands, Gongenzaka leading the pack and clearly eager to give them both a manly hug! Audience was still cheering, and clapping, Nico and Melissa were discussing the duel and Reiij had taken Reira in his hands. This duel had brought everyone and every dimension closer than ever before and it would be a great Link towards the future.

...

And it's done! Whew, writing all these duels took a lot out of me. Probably won't write another one for a while, at least not with these characters.

Despite its faults, Arc-V is still my favorite of the Yugioh spin-offs, by quite a large margin actually. I truly think there's a lot of great stuff going for it and I feel like some people are forgetting that because of disappointing ending. Which is understandable.

As for Vrains...it's off to an ok start. None of the episodes have been that great or bad for me personally. Still eager to follow it.

And this is the real finale this time, I'm not writing a Zarc vs Ray duel as said before.

But that's enough of me rambling. Review if you liked, review if you didn't like!