It was dark, she noted. Almost too dark.

But compared to Xyz, Standard was the brightest of stars at the moment. The girl stood up. Long, blonde hair spilled down her shoulder in a messy ponytail. The blonde shades were marred by a burnt brown-purple patch at the bottom. A duel disk was on her arm, and she looked around warily.

"Big sister? No… you're not her. You're from Xyz." A voice caused her to flinch and turn in its direction. A blue haired boy stood there innocently, sucking on a lollipop. "Who are you?" She asked. "And who is your big sister?"

"My name's Sora. I'm from Academia." For a second, he thought she might attack him, only for her to smile.

"It doesn't seem like it." She replied with a smile, before walking closer. "If you are, why haven't you killed me already? After all, I'm just Xyz scum, and I'm sure you've figured that out already."
"You look like my big sister, you know. Except… you are much more cheerful than she is. Not that that's a bad thing. What are you doing here?" The blue haired boy shot back with an innocent look on his face. Then, the girl looked at him with a grin.

"You're here to find your big sister? Then maybe we can work together. My name is Yumi Azaka. I'm here to find my big brother."

A similar grin broke out on Sora's face and he walked up to Yumi. "Alright then! Let's go!"

Yumi had no idea how she had been dragged into duelling Yuya Sakaki. Judging from Yuya's face, neither did he. He sighed, before giving her a smile. She smiled back at the face so eerily reminiscent of her best friend. Yuya flinched for some reason, before recovering his composure.

"I'll begin!" He declared cheerfully. "With the Scale 3 Xiangke Magician and the Scale 8 Xiangsheng Magician, I set the Pendulum Scale! With this, I can Pendulum Summon monsters from Level 4 to 7! Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear now! My monsters! Appear! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Along with Entermate King Bear! I end my turn!"

"Pendulum Summon…" Yumi whispered. "Is that something common in Standard?... never mind that! I draw!" She called. "I summon Stellar Spirit of Aquarius, Jack to the field!" A blonde human like creature carrying two rifles appeared. Yuya stared curiously. Stellar Spirits… are those what she uses?

"Then, with Jack's skill, I special summon Stellar Spirit of Gemini, Azael from the deck! Since I did that, I can then add a spell or trap card to my hand. I'll add the spell card Star Calling to my hand and play it! I'll special summon a Stellar Spirit from my deck! Another Jack, and I'll use it to call out Stellar Spirit of Taurus, Evie!"

The three spirits appeared on the field. Azael was a white haired girl with long white wings and silver eyes, clutching black daggers that were dripping blood. Evie was a cheerful brown haired, dark green eyed girl who danced around, giggling.

"With her skill, I draw a card for every Stellar Spirit on the field! That's four!" Yumi declared, drawing the cards quickly. "And then, with Jack's skill, I add the quickplay spell Destiny Constellation to my hand! I overlay my two level four Jacks, Azael, and Evie! Iridescent light dragon that rules over the Stellar Spirits! Arise before me now, and let us crush our enemies! Xyz Summon! Rank 4, Stellar Light Xyz Dragon!"

Yuzu and Aya gasped in the background. "She can Xyz Summon?"

Sora nodded happily. "Yep! She's real strong!" A survivor of Xyz… I wondered how she would play, but she seems to be fine.

A gold dragon appeared, with a strange gleam to it. It let out a loud roar, and swung a white claw at Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon in a threatening posture. Odd Eyes growled back. Ignoring it, Yumi pointed to the card. "Since Azael was used as an Overlay unit, I can attach a card from my deck as an overlay unit as well. Then, I'll detach that card to activate Stellar Light Xyz Dragon's ability! I'll take control of Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon and reduce its attack to 0, before giving those attack points to Stellar Light! Blinding Illusion!"

"What?" Yuya flinched as white chains shot from the dragon and captured his Odd Eyes. Stellar Light Xyz Dragon's attack rose to 5000. Then, he started laughing. "That's impressive, Yumi! This is fun!"

"It is. Stellar Light, attack!" As her dragon prepared to attack, Yuya dove to the side and grabbed a… card and placed it on his Duel Disk. "Action Card, activate! Evasion! I negate your attack!"

"So the cards on the floor can be used. Nice job. I set two cards and end my turn."

"My turn then! Draw!" Yuya shouted with a smile. "With the already set Pendulum Scales, I Pendulum Summon! Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear now! My monsters! Entermate Fire Mufflio! Entermate Gold Fang!"

The two monsters appeared. Gold Fang let out a roar, before an aura appeared around Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon.

"Confused? Well, my Odd Eyes gains 200 ATK from Gold Fang's skill! Now, I'll attack with it! Destroy Stellar Light Xyz Dragon! Spiral Strike Burst!"

Yumi: 3800 LP

Yumi smiled as her monster was destroyed. Then, Yuya grinned back as well. "Fire Mufflio's Effect! I give Odd Eyes another 200 attack points and I'll have it attack you again! Spiral Strike Burst!"

"Quickplay Spell: Rank Up Magic: Stellar Spirit Throne! I'll use Stellar Light Xyz Dragon as an Overlay Unit to summon another dragon! Light fades away in the hypernova as you arise from the void, almighty dragon of the stars! Bend to my will and become my partner! Xyz Summon! Rank 5, Celestial Light Xyz Dragon! For every Overlay Unit Stellar Light Xyz Dragon had when it was destroyed, you take 500 damage!"

"What?" Yuya shouted, shocked, before he was blown backwards by the flames of her dragon.

Yuya: 2000 LP

He stared at her. "It was still my turn… nice job, Yumi! I set a card and end my turn!"

"Alright! My turn! I'll summon my Stellar Spirit of Aries, Inigo! Then, I'll activate his ability! I'll pay 300 life points for every card on the field and destroy all special summoned ones on yours! Inigo! Hellfire Chaos Whip!"

"Aye!" The red haired monster called, sending a blaze of fire across the field and destroying all the monsters.

"Then, you take 100 damage for each card I destroyed! Gold Fang, Fire Mufflio, King Bear and Odd Eyes! Four cards!"

Yuya: 1600 LP

Yumi: 2300 LP

I'll play the spell card, Star Calling to special summon a "Stellar Spirit" from my deck! I'll pick my Stellar Spirit of Virgo, Arcan!"

A light brown haired boy appeared on the field. He gave her a casual smile. "I'm ready to serve, Princess."

"Such a flirt, Arcan." Yumi grinned at him. "I'll activate the card I set last turn, Brotherhood Reunion and tribute Inigo to special summon a "Stellar Spirit of Leo, Orion" from hand! Come on out!"

A blonde haired monster appeared next to her and smiled. "Let's go, Princess!" He called to her.

"Orion will attack you directly, Yuya!"

"Quickplay Spell- Hippo Carnival! I special summon three Hippo Tokens and for this turn, you can only attack them!"

"Alright, I'll work with that! Attack, my monsters! Destroy all the tokens!" The hippos screamed as they disintegrated. "Celestial Light Xyz Dragon's Effect! It deals its attack points in effect damage!"

"Action Card, Acceleration! I nullify the damage!"

"Then, I'll set two cards and end!"

"My turn! Draw! I'll Pendulum Summon! Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear now! My monsters! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! And then, Entermate King Bear! After that, Entermate Fire Mufflio! And finally, our last performers, two Entermate Gold Fang! With the two Gold Fang's effects, I'll add 400 ATK to King Bear! The same applies for Entermate King Bear himself! During the battle phase, he gains 100 ATK for every "Entermate" on the field! I'll attack Orion with King Bear!"

"Orion's Effect! All monsters effects on your field are nullified! So King Bear's attack is lowered and it will be a double kill!"

"Wrong! Action Card, Miracle! My monster is not destroyed! So it's just yours that will be destroyed!" Orion exploded into sparkles. She sighed, and Yuya laughed. "And now, Fire Mufflio will give an encore to King Bear! Attack Celestial Light Xyz Dragon, King Bear! Now, monster effects can activate, so King Bear's attack with the help of all his comrades can go up to 3200!"

"Well played, Yuya! But I win! Trap Card activate! Star Mirror! I'll nullify your attack and deal King Bear's attack as Effect damage to you!"

Yuya's eyes widened. Then the reflected attack struck him and he flew back.

Yuya: 0 LP

Yumi: WIN!

Yumi laughed. "Well, that was fun! Nice game Yuya!" She reached out her hand to shake.

The boy laughed and took her hand. "Nice game, Ly- Yumi."

Above the ruins of a smouldering city, a girl stared down at the devastation. Her hair was long and black, and she looked away quietly.

"Oi! Academia, I finally found you!" A Resistance member shouted, marching up to her. "Duel me, murderer!"

The girl prepared her duel disk, staring intently at him.

"Duel!"

Unknown: 4000 LP

Resistance Member: 4000 LP

"My turn." The girl said. "I'll activate the continuous spell card, Bunny's Burrow!" A green spell card with the picture of a peaceful meadow appeared. "With its ability, once per turn, I can add two cards with "Bunny" in the name from my deck to my hand! I'll add Red Bunny and Blue Bunny to my hand! Next, I'll activate the continuous spell card, Bunny Fusion Box! Once per turn, I may Fusion Summon without a Polymerisation card! I'll fuse my Blue Bunny and Red Bunny! Red and blue streaks of colour, mix and form a completely new creature! Fusion Summon! Purple Bunny!"

The two adorable different coloured bunnies disappeared into a vortex. A large, still cute bright purple bunny bounced out, giving them a wink.

"Fusion Summon!" The Resistance member gritted his teeth. "I wouldn't think something so cute would belong to someone so evil."

"There is no such thing as good or evil, Xyz. Only power and those too weak to seek it! Purple Bunny's effect! I can discard a Bunny from the deck to deal its attack in damage! I'll discard White Bunny to deal its 2000 ATK points in damage!"

Resistance Member: 2000 LP

The Resistance member flinched as he took the damage. "It doesn't matter! I'll take you out next turn-"

"There won't be a next turn." The girl replied calmly. "You made a mistake challenging me. I'll activate the effect of a spell card in my hand, Bunny Gift. I'll discard two "Bunny" cards from my deck to the graveyard and draw a card. Then, I'll activate Bunny Revival! I'll fuse my White Bunny and the Green Bunny I discarded earlier! Green leaves falling from the sky, change your form and colour to that of the spring beauty! Fusion Summon! Mint Bunny!"

She patted the cute light green bunny as it materialised. "Mint Bunny's skill. I can discard up to two cards from my hand and for each card, grow two Bunny Tokens on your field. I'll discard two! Now, I'll end my turn. Before your draw phase, the Bunny Tokens Skills activate. They deal you 500 damage each. I win."

Resistance Member: 0 LP

"No!" The man screamed as he got gnawed on by the rabbits. "No, please, mercy!"

The girl had turned around, completely ignoring him, as though she didn't know he existed. A purple haired boy walked up to her. "Cruel. You're not even going to card him, Kyla? Just going to let your bunnies eat him alive?"

"I'll stop it just in time for the other Resistance members to find him. Hopefully they'll lose hope, Yuri. It's not like I'm going to kill them."

Yuri smirked. The girl gave him a small smile, before lifting her duel disk. "Let's teleport back."

A/N: This is my first multi chapter and Yugioh Arc V story, so please review and follow! Listed below are the original cards that were used in this duel. Yes, Yumi and Kyla are my own OCs :)

Stellar Spirit of Aries, Inigo(4*/1500ATK/1200DEF/FIRE/WARRIOR)
During the Main Phase, once per turn, you may pay 300 life points for every card on your opponent's field to destroy all special summoned monsters on it. Then, deal 100 damage points to your opponent for every card destroyed.
Stellar Spirit of Taurus, Evie(4*/1300ATK/1400DEF/EARTH/WARRIOR)
When this card is summoned, you may draw a card for every card with "Stellar Spirit" in its name or has "Xyz Dragon" in its name on your field.
Stellar Spirit of Gemini, Azael(4*/1600ATK/0DEF/DARK/WARRIOR)
This card can be treated as two monsters for an Xyz Summon. If your Xyz Summon succeeds, attach a card from your deck as an overlay unit for the Xyz monster summoned.
Stellar Spirit of Leo, Orion(6*/2700ATK/1500DEF/LIGHT/WARRIOR)
This card cannot be destroyed or removed from the field by card effects. While this monster is on the field, no monster effects can be activated, and when your opponent normal summons a monster, they take 800 damage. These effects cannot be nullified by any other card.
Stellar Spirit of Virgo, Arcan(6*/2600ATK/1600DEF/EARTH/WARRIOR)
This card cannot be destroyed by battle, and when it leaves the field, special summon a "Stellar Spirit" from the graveyard, hand or deck to the field. While this monster is on the field, when a card is added to the opponent's hand outside of the draw phase, you can guess if it is a monster, trap or spell, and if you guess correctly, the card is removed from play. When more than five cards have been removed with this effect, you may choose one card and place it in the opponent's graveyard.
When this card is on the field, any traps activated by the opponent are nullified and destroyed and the opponent takes 800 damage for each one.

Stellar Spirit of Aquarius, Jack(4*/1200ATK/1500DEF/WIND/WARRIOR)
When this monster is summoned, you may special summon another "Stellar Spirit" from your deck. If you do, you may add a spell or trap from your deck to your hand.

Rank-Up-Magic: Stellar Spirit Throne(Spell/Quickplay)
Choose a Xyz monster from the graveyard and special summon it. Then, you may use this card and that Xyz Monster to special summon a Xyz Monster one Rank higher. For every Xyz material the original Xyz Monster had when it was destroyed, deal 500 damage to the opponent.
Stellar Light Xyz Dragon(Rank4/2500ATK/2000DEF/LIGHT/DRAGON/XYZ)

(2 or more Level 4s)

You may detach one overlay unit from this monster. If you do, you may take control of one of your opponent's monsters, and reduce its attack to 0, before adding that attack to this monster. The monster you took cannot attack.

If this monster destroys a defence position monster, add the monster's defence value to your life points, before dealing this monster's original attack value as effect damage to the opponent.

Celestial Light Xyz Dragon(Rank5/3500ATK/2000DEF/LIGHT/DRAGON/XYZ)
(2 or more Level 5s)
You may detach all overlay units from this monster. If you do, take control of all Special Summoned monsters on your opponent's field. Then, reduce their attack to 0, and add the attack to your monsters.
If this monster destroys a defence position monster, add the monster's defence value to your life points, before dealing this monster's original attack value as effect damage to the opponent.
When your opponent is dealt damage, once per turn, you may recover 1000 life points.
Mint Bunny(6*/1800ATK/2000DEF/EARTH/BEAST/FUSION)
Once per turn, you may discard up to two cards from your hand. For every card discarded, special summon two 'Bunny Token' monsters (0/0) to your opponent's field. At the start of each Draw Phase, destroy as many tokens as you wish, and for every token destroyed, your opponent takes 500 damage.

Purple Bunny(6*/1800ATK/2000DEF/DARK/BEAST/FUSION)
Once per turn, you may discard a monster with 'Bunny' in its name from the deck to deal its attack points in damage to the opponent. If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack this turn.

There are some other cards that I have not explained the effects of here, but they're all up there somewhere in the chapter! Thank you for reading!

~Eevee~