Happy 4 of July! This chapter was written late at night and early in the morning yesterday so if it seems all over the place then I'm Sorry.

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Chapter 22

After one-week, Maimai city was bustling with life as shop owners in town were all working overtime since it was finally time for the Maimai Championship to happen in Maimai City and the News crew were all broadcasting the event today. In front of You Show, everyone was standing in front of the school looking at Shuzo, well Sora was licking his lollipop like always.

"Yuya, Yuzu, Sora, Tatsuya, Ayu, Futoshi. The day has finally come! To think that all of our students from You Show Duel School qualified for the Maimai Championship...I (Sniff)...I'm (sniff) ... So proud of all of you!" Shuzo yelled crying with tears of happiness and pride as he went to try and hug them only for the kids to dodge him as he hugged the air and fell to the ground to only be run over by a bicycle.

"Why did you dodge...?" His soul asked as it was leaving his body while everyone sweatdropped, well except Sora.

"Dad, you're way too excited..." Yuzu said.

"We're not at the stadium yet..." Ayu said right after Yuzu as Shuzo got up agreeing with them as he felt really stupid that he was the only one that was this excited when he wasn't even the one that will be dueling today.

"Then allow me to explain again, The Maimai Championship is separated into three different classes: Junior, Junior Youth, and Youth. Tatsuya, Ayu, and Futoshi are in the Junior class. Yuya, Yuzu, and Sora have qualified for the Junior Youth Class. I'm sure you know this, the LDS-sponsored Maimai Championship isn't just all the Duel Schools from Maimai City... but also qualifiers from all of Japan, no, the whole world come to attend! In order to promote our You Show Duel Shcool's Entertainment Dueling style, you should all be aiming to win! Now, from here on out, you are not only friends who have trained together... but also fierce rivals! Fight with all your strength! Don't hesitate or be disheartened! Believe in what you've learned and burn brightly! Hot-blooded!" Shuzu said as everyone started to board the bus completely ignoring the last part of what he said as he was on fire. After some time, everyone was on the bus buckling themselves into their seats ready to go.

"Alright!" Tatsuya said after he put his seatbelt on.

"I'll do my best!" Ayu said right next to him with Sora and Futoshi seating right behind them.

"I'll shiver them to their bones!" Futoshi said really excited with Sora still licking his lollipop.

"Alright, You guys all set?" Shuzo asked from the driver seat with everyone replying with an enthusiastic yes.

"Then we're off! Burning engine Start!" Shuzo said as he started the Van and began to drive only to stop when he looked in his rearview mirror and saw that Yuzu and Yuya were not on the bus.

"YUZU! YUYA! WHERE ARE YOU?!" He yelled with tears in his eyes.

At the Stadium with everyone cheering and being in awe about Reiji coming out into public with Reira and Himika right next to him in the main stand overlooking the whole field: Ayu, Futoshi, Tatsuya, and Shuzo were trying to find Yuya and Yuzu.

"How'd it go? Did you find them?" Ayu asked Tatsuya and Futoshi who were trying to catch their breaths.

"They weren't there! They really haven't come here yet!" Futosi said with his hand on his knees.

"I wonder what happened to them...?" Tatsuya said as he did another sweep from where he was standing and quickly looked away from Shuzo who was throwing a tantrum that his daughter wasn't here and where was she scaring some of the parents that happened to be in the area while Sora was holding a sign licking his lollipop (He does that a lot in this chapter huh 0_0)

"Sora! Has Yuya and Yuzu-" Ayu began but was cut off by Sora saying they haven't come here yet and that he even called Yoko but she said they didn't go there.

"What should we do..."Ayu asked looking at Futosi and Tatsuya really concerned still ignoring their screaming Principal in the background.

"I tried to call but neither of them will answer..." Tatsuya said holding up his Duel Disk that showed all the times he called Yuya and Yuzu.

"What did you say?" Someone said. When they heard the voice they thought it sounded familiar. They looked in the direction the voice came from and saw Mieru standing there with her glass apple.

"You're that weird girl from Yuya's third match!" Futoshi said surprised to see the wired girl.

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that...But is it true that my darling hasn't come yet?" she asked as she narrowed her eyes a bit looking at the You Show group in front of her.

'My...Darling... She is still going on about that well at least Yuzu isn't here...' they all thought as they pictured an angry pink haired girl with fire in the background holding her fan in the air ready to kill the girl in front of them.

"Could it be...! Darling snuck off to meet my mother and father! Oh my, what a surprise!" she said really excited with Stars for eyes not once seeing the looks she was getting from the four kids in front of her. They all saw a Pink haired girl with blood all over her with cops taking her away from the mess of the girl in front of them and they all felt a shiver fearing for their lives and the girl in front of them Except Sora, who had a cat-like grin on his face really wanting to see the girl in front of him get beaten to a pulp like last time.

"What should we do? The tournament's opening ceremony is about to start..." Ayu whispered looking at her friends.

"Don't worry! I'll be able to find my darling with my fortune telling! Darling... Darling... Where could you be? My Darling...my sweet darling...! I see it! but wait... WHY IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE WITH MY DARLING AND ANOTHER GIRL NO LESS!" Meiru said looking into her apple with a blush on her cheeks then when she finally located Yuya but only to get mad when she saw another aura with him but her shouting was loud enough that she caught Shuzo's attention as he was right next to her in an instant.

"Where are they?! Where is my daughter?!" He yelled trying to look into the apple to see if he could see his daughter in the apple but was shoved aside by Mieru as she said they were in that direction pissed about the other girl. When they followed the direction she was pointing they saw she was pointing at the bridge right in front of them.

Meanwhile on the bridge right across from the stadium Yuya was sitting on the railing with his goggles covering his eyes as Yuzu was standing behind him finally calming down. She didn't know why but for the last couple of minutes she had this strange feeling to run to the stadium and murder someone with her paper fan. The more she thought about it the more she saw that girl from Yuya's third match.

'Dad, it's finally going to begin... The tournament to get closer to you...' Yuya thought as he remembered the last talk with his father was right before his match against Strong Ishijima but his father reassured him not to worry that he will do his best no matter how strong he is and that Yuya should do his best in the Junior Youth matches with Yuya saying that he will become a Duelist like his dad but his father said that he shouldn't become like him but be himself as the sun was setting giving the river below them an orange glow. He came back to the present with his pendulum swinging back and forth in front of him.

"It's important to be like myself..." Yuya said out loud looking at his pendulum as Yuzu stared at him.

"Yuya..." She whispered looking at her friend.

"Hey if you don't hurry up you're both going to be late!" A woman's voice said shocking both teens as they looked to their right to see Yuya's mom.

"Mom."

"Mrs. Sakaki"

"Sora called me and told me how both of you were missing and their worried. Couldn't wait till after the tournament to go on a date?" Yoko said. both Yuya and Yuzu blinked twice as they let what Yoko just say settle into their minds.

"WHAT?!" They both yelled with red faces that put Yuya's red hair to shame. Yoko Just laughed off their reactions as they finally calmed down.

"Mom, I..." He said but bit his lip as his mother's grin grew wider on her face.

"Yuya, you picked the wrong place to do this." She said as she put her hands on his shoulders as Yuzu stepped closer by the nod of Yoko's head to come closer.

"Huh?" he said.

"If you want to tell your Dad something, you shouldn't do it here, but there instead!" she said pointing at the stadium in front of them.

"The stadium..." he said looking at the stadium that not only hurt him but was also the place that helped him too. He lifted up his goggles looking at the stadium. Yuzu looked at his determined face and let a smile form on her face as Yoko put her arm around the girl as well and they both smiled knowing that Yuya was going to be okay.

Back at the Stadium

People were whispering about the fact that Yuya wasn't here yet thinking he ran away just like his dad looking at the group of You Show students as his friends could hear everything they were saying.

"What should we do...?" Ayu said to Tatsuya really worried.

"Yuya-oniichan... Yuzu-oniichan" Futoshi said just to hear Yuya's voice. they looked over and saw Yuya waving running up to them as Yuzu was running right behind him.

"Yuya-oniichan! Yuzu-oniichan!" They all yelled.

"Sorry for the wait!" They both said just to get glomped by the three younger kids as they hugged them.

"We were so worried... Where did you both go?!" Ayu said looking up with tears in her eyes glaring at Yuya and Yuzu.

"Sorry, I just had something to take care of! We can enter the stadium soon, right? Let's go line up!" Yuya said patting the girls head trying to calm her down when he began to walk off with everyone following him to get to their area until his nose met the back of someone who was really bigger than him. When the person turned around he realized it was the person who bullied him the most after his father left.

"You're...?!"

"It's been a while, weakling! It was before an important tournament, so I was certain you ran away! Just like you old man!" he said with a smirk as everyone was watching the scene before them.

"What?!" Yuya said back to the boy.

"I'll never accept that someone like you beat Strong Ishijima!" He said glaring at Yuya.

"Who's that?" Sora asked Tatsuya still holding the sign.

"No idea.." He replied.

"How about I crush you right here and prove what a pushover you really are? Hmm?" The boy said getting right in Yuya's face. Yuya just glared at the boy when another voice stepped in.

"That's enough, Ankokuji Gen!" Just then a hand grabbed Gen's shoulder causing both boys to look behind gen to see Gongenzaka standing there glaring at Gen.

"Calling a senior disciple by his name, are we? you must be a big shot now Gongenzaka!" Gen said.

"You are no longer my senior!" Gongenzaka said with lightning flashing in the background. Just then a voice over the intercom told all the players can enter the stadium in a moment so that they all needed to be with their respective team placards.

"Hmph. At least try and stay in the tournament until I crush you!" Gen said walking off as Gongenzaka glared watching him leave.

"To think we'd meet him here..." Gongenzaka said.

"Gongenzaka! You qualified for the tournament, right?" Yuya asked with a smile on his face completely forgetting the altercation that just happened.

"Yeah! I, the man Gongenzaka, made the 60% win rate qualification right before the entry deadline!" He said as Yuya told that was great as they both put their hands together smiling about how far they both come to get to this point with the others smiling watching the scene before them. Sora looked to the side for a brief moment when he thought he saw a girl that looked like Yuzu with long purple hair but when a person walked by the girl was gone. He blinked a few times and just shrugged as he caught up with the others as they began to walk to their designated areas to enter the stadium. Nico had started his speech and then let all the duel schools into the stadium with the people in the stands cheering them as the walked in. When LDS was called in Shun was walking in when he looked at Reiji as he walked in with the other students as he remembered the conversation they had a week before.

Flashback:

"Enter into a Duel Tournament? Are those the conditions to Duel you?" He asked as his sister stood by him watching their every move for anything that might show they needed to run. Reiji told him those were the conditions and that his sister didn't have to enter until the final round to keep her identity a secret since a girl with the same face as someone else may cause problems and how he wanted Shun to see if any of the people were strong enough to join the lancers to stop his father Akaba Leo.

"Against your father?!" Ruri asked finally coming into the conversation. She wasn't really happy that she couldn't earn her way into the final round like everyone else but she understood why she couldn't be seen yet, especially if Yuzu and Yuya were entering.

"Akaba Leo is my enemy. Simply put, we are fighting against a common enemy. In the tournament, there is someone who uses real Fusion Summons. On top of that, there are two people who use a summoning method you don't know of yet. I'd like you to verify it up close. I want to know if they will be useful as a lance to fight against Akaba Leo..." Reiji said as Ruri remembered her Duel against Yuzu when she did that weird Pendulum Summoning...

Flashback End:

Shun looked forward while walking into the stadium while Reiji watched the field with calm eyes as Ruri was watching everything from one of the stairwells blocking her from view. She didn't need to worry about anyone coming this way since it was a VIP section and only she was allowed in this area while they kept introducing the schools.

"That's..."Yuya said when ye saw Shun walking into the stadium.

"Yuya...Do you know him?" Yuzu asked looking at him then at Shun.

"Remember when Shingo said you set him up to be hurt?" Yuya asked looking at Yuzu. She thought about it then a scowl formed on her face as she nodded.

"Well, he was the one who had dueled at the time," Yuya said. Just then their school was called and they walked onto the field with questions running through their heads. Yuya wondering why that boy was here and Yuzu wondering why he was walking with the LDS students when Ruri told her what happened between her home and LDS when they last saw each other.

"Yuya! Have fun!" Yoko yelled from the stands wile Shuzo was getting all riled up as he watched his students walk with pride as they stared at him a bit embarrassed. The announcer talked about Yuya's new summoning method and how all eyes will be on him. Yuya and Yuzu both looked at the area where Reiji was as he stared back at them. As Yuzu was looking for a brief moment she saw a woman right next to the kid sitting next to Reiji. When the woman saw that Yuzu was looking at her she waved. Yuzu quickly looked forward feeling really confused about that woman but when she looked again the woman was gone. After Yuya was forced to make a speech that had everyone pumped the Maimai Championship had officially started as every Duelist was waiting for who they would duel first but just then Akaba Reiji stood up from the area he was sitting as everyone looked at him with the cameras broadcasting his face.

"I will like to make an announcement about the first match today. It will be a bit different than the previous matches we held," he said as everyone started to whisper about the new turn of events that Reiji just dropped on them.

"I will like to Announce that the first Duel will be a tag duel! And the People who will be participating Will be Hiiragi Yuzu and Sakaki Yuya" He said shocking both teens.

"EH?!" Yuzu said shocked but calmed down when she saw Yuya look a bit nervous but at the same time, he looked happy. She let a sigh out but understood what was running through Yuya's head. They will climb towards the top and she will do everything in her power to make sure Yuya didn't lose his smile like he almost did when his dad disappeared. She looked at Reiji with a look of determination waiting to hear who their opponents will be.

"And their opponents will be...(Drum Roll Please! =)) Sawatari Shingo and Kotsu Masumi!" He said as the crowd cheered for the first match that was going to happen tomorrow. After hearing Masumi's name Yuya, Sora, Ayu, Futoshi, Tatsuya, and Gongenzaka looked at Yuzu as she stared at the Image of Yuya, Shingo, Herself, and Masumi in shock.

"Yuzu-oniichan..." Ayu said.

"Hiiragi Yuzu, it seems you're my opponent." They looked over at Masumi, Hokuto, and Yaiba as they were looking at their Duel Disks.

"Masumi...Why is Shun listed as an LDS member?" Yuzu asked hoping for answers.

"What are you talking about? He's been part of our group from the start." Masumi said as she gave Yuzu a confused look but Yuzu was shocked by what Masumi said as she watched said girl turn to Hokuto and Yaiba as they talked about who their opponents are. Deciding not to dwell on that longer than necessary they looked at everyone else and asked when they would be dueling. Gongenzaka said his Duel was also tomorrow. Yuya asked who his opponent was when Gongenzaka showed that his opponent was Ankokuji Gen.

"Ankokuji?!" Yuya said shocked but Gongenzaka just replied with that this must be fate. Just then Futoshi said his match was right after the opening ceremony was finished when Ayu said her Duel was right after. Yuya said it was their turn to be on the cheering squad for Futoshi and Ayu in their Duels today.

"What about Sora?" Tatsuya asked looking at Sora with everyone turning to look at him.

"It's Tomorrow. My opponent is from LDS." Sora said.

"LDS? Who is it?" Yuya asked as he looked at Sora's Duel disk just to see Kurosaki Shun in the picture next to Sora.

"Kurosaki...Shun..." Sora said looking at the picture. Both Yuya and Yuzu were both shocked after just asking about him from Masumi. While a few people away Shun also looked at his opponent being a blue haired boy with green eyes. He looked over in the direction of You Show and saw his opponent next to the 'Yuto' look alike. As he watched Yuya he had to remind himself that this boy wasn't 'Yuto' as the girl who looked like his sister stepped closer to both boys. He looked at the Area Ruri was standing under the cover of darkness as she watched everything. They both nodded at each other. With one thing running through Shuns mind he left the field with no one noticing.

'Shiunin...Sora...'

TBC….

And there it is a Tag Duel! They didn't really show Tag Duels all that much until the end but if you ask me in the Standard Arc they should have had more Tag Duels than they did in the final round when all hell broke loose. Will introduce new cards and shout out to 'Romadrox8975' for some of the cards you will see/read was made by them who by the way is working with 'HereICome' in their story 'Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V! An Alternative Universe' which by the way is a good serious I really recommend reading it! See you in the next chapter! Bye.