bladeWriter3: Back by unpopular demand, it's bladeWriter3 doing another Fixed Request since Donny is busy working on a new story!

Donny: SEVERAL new stories. A super cool VRAINS fic, a Yu-Gi-Oh Vrains Abridged Christmas Special, "How the Ray Stole Zarcmas," and possibly "Nier Automatabridged."

9S: Did you hear that, 2B!? We're getting our own series! Isn't this exciting!?

2B: Emotions are prohibited.

9S: But it's so cool! Not to mention that in a fanfic universe…you and I could…you know…

2B: I fail to comprehend what you are epically failing to convey. Is this lack of communication skills typical of a scanner unit's sub-par design?

9S: *blushing* 2B, I'm saying that Donny ships us! The whole fan-base ships us! We could seriously have a great relationship in this fanfic!

2B: Ah, I see, this is one of those "jokes" you have been educating me about. Although emotions are prohibited, I find the concept of you and I in a relationship hilarious enough that I shall deign to laugh at your semi-witty quip. *ahem* Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha.

9S: That is the worst emotionless laugh I have ever heard.

2B: Not as bad as the odds of us forming a working romantic relationship.

9S: *cries in a corner*

Okay, sorry bladeWriter3! Continue.

bladeWriter3: I speak for Donjusticia and many others when I say that having a cargo ship's worth of ideas for so many different things is both a blessing and a curse.

bladeWriter3: But fear not! I have decided to take pity on your souls and answer your cries. One lucky reviewer shall have his/her desire fulfilled, while the others will be hanging out in Card Game Hell in the meanwhile.

CARD GAME HELL! It's like the Real World, but without Card Games.

Today's lucky reviewer is…..

*Drumrollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll….*

Once again, thetiger39!

Yuri: But didn't you do a request from thetiger last time?

Well now that depends Yuri. Do you want people to find out about last week's 'incident' during filming of Beyond the Pendulum Chapter 12?

Yuzu: But don't you have to do chapter 11 first?

bladeWriter3: I work anachronistically okay! Besides, Yuri, you wouldn't want people to know about what happened now, do you.

Yuri : *sigh* No I don't.

bladeWriter3: That's what I thought.

Anywho, here's the request:

thetiger39chapter 6 . Jan 12

Originally I thought this Duel would be a great fit for the third round of the tournament but I like this idea as well. A good ending with optimism for the road ahead.

I have another idea that needs to get out.

Episode 106: Melodious Resurgence

Its Yuzu coming to the rescue for the Fusion Resistance forces. It's now Yuzu and Yuri, facing off to battle once again. No outside interference. No help. Yuzu knows this. And she will win is what her mentality is. Yuzu has already gotten stronger with the additions of Pendulum and Synchro Summoning. Perhaps the debut of Xyz Summoning.

"Fear holds us back," thought Yuzu as she faced off against the Fusion lookalike of Yuya.

During the Duel, Yuzu would tell Yuri that she is not as weak as Rin and Ruri. Eventually It would look like that Yuri would win an unexpected hard fought battlebut Yuzu forces an unexpected Draw.

Anyways the result would be a Pyrric Draw. For Yuri, he would go into a breakdown, saying how no one is as strong as him. As for Yuzu, the Draw result against Yuri would restore her confidence.

At the end, Yuzu is given a brand new Duel Disk of Fusion Resistance design and be announced as the new leader of the resistance. At Academia, Leo Akaba is giving Special Inquisitor Ryo Marufuji a special task regarding the Fusion Resitance forces and to do what Yuri failed to do.

Good luck on writing the next one.

bladeWriter3: Since everyone wants Yuzu to keep evolving from the Damsel-In-Distress she was in cannon, we shall now commence her rematch with Yuri! Enjoy!

Or don't, I'm just doing this to kill time.

Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V Fixed

Episode 106 Fix

"Well that was quick. A little too quick for my liking." Yuri remarked as he stood triumphant over the group of You Show students, who were all laying on the ground.

"Honestly I didn't expect any of you to last more than five minutes, but in total you all lasted about…." Yuri idly continued before checking his Duel Disk. "Three-and-a-quarter minutes. I've defeated people individually slower than that. This truly is such an embarrassing way to go out."

The You Show students snarled at Yuri as he mocked them. They had failed, and now…

"But look at the positive side." The cruel predator remarked as he raised his duel disk. "You all get the pleasure of being turned into a card by me. Think of it as your final honors."

Finger hovering over the button on his disk, Yuri was about to finish off his opponents when the sound of running reached his ears. Friends of these defectors rushing in to save their allies no doubt. Turning his head, Yuri smiled when he saw who was heading towards him.

"Well this must be my lucky day." Yuri chuckled with a sinister glint in his eye as both Yuzu and Asuka came to the traitors' aid. "And here I thought this couldn't get any better. I give you credit for evading me for so long, but now my hunt has come to an end."

"Do you know him?" Asuka asked as she helped one of the students get on their feet.

"Unfortunately, yes." Yuzu shuddered, remembering how disastrous her last encounter with Yuri had gone. "This creep has been chasing me since Standard, and he's the one who kidnapped Ruri and Rin for the Professor's plan. Honestly, I was hoping that my bracelet sent you someplace more appropriate, like over a volcano."

"Oh, flower girl's got teeth." Yuri said with the same twisted smile. "You've gotten quite rude since we last met. I do remember giving you my name; it's Yuri. So call me that, okay."

Turning his attention to Asuka, Yuri continued. "And no introductions are necessary for you, Asuka Tenjoin. Everyone in Academia has heard of you, the former Queen of the Obelisks and leader of the defectors. Your reputation for being a skilled duelist and a," he eyed her chest, "well-developed young woman proceed you."

"I honestly don't know whether to beat you for your haughty attitude or for hurting our comrades." Asuka growled, teeth gnashed in fury. "You and everyone in Academia have caused so much pain and suffering, I only regret not leaving that den of vipers sooner. Have you no shame?"

Yuri pretended to think it over before answering. "None what so ever. Let me let you in on a little secret; this is a dog-eat-dog world we're living in. The strong devour the weak until there is only one remaining."

"So what?" Yuzu growled. "Are you saying you're the strongest? Are you really that much of a narcissist?"

Yuri shrugged, brushing off the girls' hate-filled glares. "It's the truth. People like me consume small fries, such as these fools, before baring our fangs against each other 'till the last one stands. That's how life works, I'm just following the law of natu-"

"You're wrong." Yuzu boldly declared, cutting off Yuri's statement. "Life isn't about destroying and devouring people. It's about forming bonds with people, cherishing them and making them happy."

"Oh here we go again." Yuri scoffed, rolling his eyes. "Another speech about 'the power friendship,' how 'hope is uncrushable,' or 'Dueling is to make people Smile.' BLEH! I swear, they make me sick to my stomach. All that stuff is just the weak lying to themselves and trying to ignore the harsh realities of the world. Such simpletons…"

"You're the simpleton if you still believe that twisted logic of yours." Yuzu snarled, causing Yuri to glare at here menacingly.

"Sh-he's chall-all-eng-enging-ing us-us…." A collection of overlapping whispers growled inside Yuri's head. "We-e can-an-not-ot allow-ow her-er wr-wretched-ed creati-tion-on to s-stand-and in-n the way-ay of our-r gl-lor-or-ious-ous path-ath of-f des-es-struc-uc-tion-ion."

"Agreed, Starve Venom." Yuri whispered back as he raised up his duel disk. "Alright then Yuzu. Let's see if you have the bite to back-up your bark. We can do this two ways. Option A is the easy way in which you willingly surrender and let me take you back to Academia. Option B is the hard way where we duel and I drag you back to Academia after devouring you. As in I defeat you, not the other thing."

Asuka stepped forward, ready to take on the challenge herself. She was stopped however, by Yuzu, who gave her a look that told Asuka to leave this to her.

Understanding Yuzu's message, Asuka backed down. "I'll get the others to safety. But," she warned, "be careful. From what I've heard about him, he's never lost a duel in his life."

"She's not wrong you know." Yuri called out proudly. "So I take it we're doing this the hard way. Good," he licked his lips, "I love the hard way."

"Actually," Yuzu rebutted, activating her own duel disk as Asuka began leading the You Show Students away. "I'm going with Option C, where I win and knock those deranged thoughts out of your head!"

Yuri merely grinned, hearing the hungering whispers of his dragon approve.

"The-e Sta-and-ard-ard pie-iece will-l be-e con-ons-sumed-ed by-y ou-our f-fangs!"

"DUEL!" The two cried out, drawing their opening hands.

"Since I'm the stronger one." Yuri said with fake politeness. "I'll be a good opponent and let you try and set up a decent wall. Keyword 'try.'"

"How generous." Yuzu said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Don't think I'm the same person I was during the Maiami Championship. I've grown much stronger."

"Now who's the narcissist?" Yuri snorted. "I defeated Ruri without any effort. I didn't even have to duel Rin to capture her. And you, well, you were so terrified of me that you actually ran off in the middle of the duel. I'm not expecting much."

"I'm going to make you eat those words." Yuzu boldly stated as she began her turn. Looking at her opening hand, Yuzu managed to restrain herself from frowning. It wasn't enough to establish a major wall, but it was enough to start with.

"I normal summon Aria the Melodious Diva!"

A pink-skinned woman in a peach-colored sarong, with a single harp-shaped wing on her back, appeared, singing a graceful melody.

Aria the Melodious Diva/ LIGHT/ Level 4/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 1600/ DEF 1200

"Magic card hasudo!" Yuzu continued, "Melodious Duet! Since I control at least one Melodious monster, I can target one of those monsters and Special Summon a Melodious monster from my Deck that is one level higher than the targeted monster. The only downside is that my opponent won't take any battle damage this turn. But seeing how this is the first turn, that doesn't matter now does it?"

Yuri said nothing.

"Come to the stage, Elegy the Melodious Diva!" Yuzu declared as Elegy appeared, clasping Aria's hand with her own.

Elegy the Melodious Diva/ LIGHT/ Level 5/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 2000/ DEF 1200

"Elegy no kouka!" Yuzu began, when all of a sudden, Yuri interrupted her.

"Predator Plants Cuscrustacean no kouka! Since you Special Summoned a monster, I can Special Summon this card from my hand. Koi, Cuscrustacean!"

Mere seconds after Yuzu's monster appeared, a cluster of vines sprouted out from underneath Yuri's field. Weaving themselves together, the vines took on the shape of a large spider crab, with a pair of tendrils forming eye stalks at the front of the monster. At the end of two branch-like constructs were a pair of big, meaty crab claws, snapping like mousetraps at Yuzu's monsters.

Predator Plants Cuscrustacean/ DARK/ Level 3/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 100/ DEF 1900

Yuzu grimaced. She'd almost forgotten how creepy Yuri's carnivorous plant-themed monsters were. Yet, this one didn't even hold a candle towards his dragon.

"Since Elegy was Special Summoned, her effect activates. All Fairy monsters I control gain three-hundred ATK, and my Special Summoned Melodious monsters cannot be destroyed by card effects."

Elegy the Melodious Diva: 2000 + 300 = 2300 ATK

Aria the Melodious Diva: 1600 + 300 = 1900 ATK

"A pitiful set-up." Yuri coldly remarked. "If you had somehow Special Summoned Aria, you would have prevented your monsters from being destroyed by battle. But since Aria's anti-targeting effect applies to both players, that effect would have hindered you as well."

Despite wanting to say otherwise, Yuzu knew better than to let Yuri get into her head and mess with her. Besides, she wanted to see what he would do next.

"I set a card face-down and end my turn." Yuzu declared, gingerly placing a card into her Spell and Trap Zone.

"Is that all?" Yuri asked mockingly. "Well at the very least, I can thank you for setting up a decent-sized appetizer for my monsters. Boku no turn, draw!"

Looking amongst the cards in his hand, Yuri smiled sinisterly at Yuzu, who cautiously held her ground.

"I activate the Continuous Spell, Violet Nova!" Yuri declared. "While this card is on the field, cards and effects cannot be activated in response to Violet Flash…In fact, cards cannot be activated in response to this card or its effects either."

"Violet Flash…" Yuzu murmured, recalling that card from their previous duel. It wasn't a particularly strong card by itself, but in the hands of someone like Yuri…..

"Violet Nova no kouka!" Yuri declared, "By paying one-thousand Life Points, I can add one Violet Flash and a copy of Fusion from my Deck to my hand."

Without warning, Yuri's card unleashed a blinding nova of violet light, forcing Yuzu and her monsters back. Yuri smiled, content with Yuzu's discomfort as he added the cards to his hand.

Yuri: 4000 – 1000 = 3000 LP

"Magic card, Violet Flash hasudo." Yuri nonchalantly continued, causing another, although mercifully not as bright, flash of light to shine. "For the rest of this turn, you cannot activate Spell or Trap cards in response to the activation of my Fusion cards. And as a bonus, I can get a free draw once this turn if I Fusion Summon. Of course, you hopefully remember this from our last duel."

"How could I forget?" Yuzu sarcastically replied, rubbing one of her eyes. "I'm still partially blind from last time."

"Hmph. You can handle that little bracelet of yours shining like the sun every now and then, but you can't handle a mere card letting off a little light. That's just pitiful."

"And that's another thing!" Yuzu cried out. "I still don't know why the Professor is after me, Selena and the others! If it's for the bracelets, why doesn't he just rip them off our wrists instead of causing this meaningless war?"

Yuri shrugged, completely apathetic to Yuzu's question. "How should I know? I don't particularly care for the Professor's reasons, or why he's so obsessed with the four of you. All I care about is carding people. Carding them until I am the only one left standing. It doesn't matter to me how I accomplish that."

Yuzu's eyes widened. "You mean...you're only doing this for fun!? That every person you've hurt was just a causality in your sick and twisted search for amusement?"

"Like I said, it's the rules of the universe." Yuri answered, sounding as if he was talking about the weather. "Life isn't fair. If it was the Tyler sisters would be more like Asuka and not flat as a washboard at their age," he added, before chuckling at his own joke.

Yuzu scowled, disgusted by how despicable Yuri was.

"But enough about me and my ambitions. I believe its time I had my lunch, and I know just how to start." Yuri declared darkly, before slamming down a card onto his duel disk.

"Magic Card, Yuugo! I use the Predator Plants Spino Dionaea and Lillyzard in my hand as material and Fusion Summon!"

A Fusion portal opened up above Yuri as his two monsters swirled inside, their master's chant accompanying them in the background.

"Two beautiful flowers with an insect alluring fragrance! With root and vine entwining in the mystic whirlpool, blossom to reveal the abyssal horror beneath your petals! YUUGO SHOUKAN! Awarayo! Level five, Predator Plants Leadwortroll!"

Yuzu felt the air around her dropped ten degrees as a tall, thin humanoid figure emerged from the Fusion Portal. Its elongated limbs ended in sharp clawed digits made of thorns, and its spiny skin was a lifeless gray, like rotting pumpkin vines. Instead of a head, Leadwortroll had a ghostly white flower atop its body, petals lined with sharp, savage teeth, while a large open mouth dwelled in the center. Unleashing a series of guttural shrieks, the beast looked towards Yuzu's field as several trails of saliva escaped its mouth.

Predator Plants Leadwortroll/ DARK/ Level 5/ Plant/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2000/ DEF 2000

"As if his dragon wasn't horrifying enough." Yuzu grimaced. "Just when I thought he couldn't get any creepier."

"I could have summoned my dragon, but," Yuri explained, "This is a meal fit for a much simpler beast. Leadwortroll no kouka! Since this card was Fusion Summoned, I can add a copy of Fusion from my GY to my hand. And since I Fusion Summoned, I'll use the effect of Violet Flash to draw a card."

Glancing at the card he drew, Yuri smirked. "And then, the effect of Cuscrustacean activates! Since a Predator Plants monster was Special Summoned, all Special Summoned monsters my opponent controls gain a Predator Counter. Any monster who gains a Predator Counter with this effect will have their Level changed to one."

Extended its claws forwards, Cuscrustacean sprayed out a stream of green goo, which solidified into a snapping plant monster that attached itself to Elegy.

Elegy the Melodious Diva: 1 Predator Counter/ Level 1

Yuzu narrowed her eyes. The Predator Plants specialized in using those counters in various ways, but primarily to lower the Levels of the opponent's monsters. That locked her out of any possible Synchro options she could have come up with later on. It's a good thing she had her Fusions to fall back on, otherwise she would have been in trouble.

"Predator Plants Sundew Kingii shoukan." Yuri casually continued, flicking a card onto his duel disk. Through a blue portal, a filled lizard plant with gooey steams of sundew attached to its frills appeared beside Cuscrustacean.

Predator Plants Sundew Kingii/ DARK/ Level 2/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 600/ DEF 200

"And now, I activate Sundew Kingii's effect." Yuri continued before slamming a card onto his duel disk. "And in response, Boku no soko mahou, Predator Plants Trigger Fusion, Hasudo!"

"A Quick-Play Fusion card!?" A shocked Yuzu exclaimed.

Yuri smiled smugly as he spoke next. "Trigger Fusion can only be activated as a Chain Link 2 or higher within the same chain in which a Predator Plants monster activated its effect. By banishing the materials from my field and Graveyard, I perform a Fusion Summon. I banish Cuscrustacean, as well as Spino Dionaea and perform another Fusion Summon!"

As another vortex opened up, Cuscrustacean was joined by a spinosaurus-plant hybrid with a large flytrap atop its back. Rising into the air, the two monsters swirled together in a blend of red and blue as Yuri chanted.

"Two beautiful flowers with an insect alluring fragrance! Swirl into the bottomless belly of the predator with breath of a thousand corpses and hunt my prey! YUUGO SHOUKAN! Arawayo! Level seven! Predator Plants Chimerafflesia!"

Tearing up the ground beneath it, an immense flower with the stench of decaying corpses, a fanged maw at the center and multiple fanged tentacles, appeared to the field before roaring at Yuzu and her monsters, spraying more green slime onto them.

Predator Plants Chimerafflesia/ DARK/ Level 7/ Plant/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2500/ DEF 2000

"And now, the effect of Sundew Kingii resolves naturally." Yuri continued enthusiastically. "Once per turn, Sundew Kingii lets me Fusion Summon a DARK monster from my Extra Deck using itself, monsters on my field or in my hand," he paused, letting a sinister smile bloom, "or monsters on my opponent's field with Predator counters as material!"

Yuzu gasped, stunned by such an effect. "But, you said your Fusions all need DARK monsters as material, Elegy's a-"

"Any monster with a Predator Counter I use in a Fusion Summon is treated as DARK, thanks to Sundew Kingii's effects." Yuri cut her off, sounding sadistically pleased. "Using my own Sundew Kingii and your Elegy the Melodious Diva, I perform a third Fusion Summon!"

Yuzu could only watch as Sundew Kingii's tongue lashed out and grabbed Elegy before pulling her into the monster's face, frills closing around her and silencing her cries for mercy. Rising into the air, the two monsters were pulled into the center of another fusion portal, blending together in a spiral of yellow and green while Yuri began yet another chant.

"Subtle and deadly flower with an alluring fragrance, Lament-filled voice trapped in the jaws of death, in the swirling depths of the poisonous swamp, merge together to kill with a ceaseless feeding frenzy! YUUGO SHOUKAN! Arawayo! Level four, Predator Plants Sharcchinia!"

Lunging out of the portal like a Great White attacking from below, Yuri' monster, a green shark plant hybrid with a slender body, leaf-like fins and a fangs sticking out of its leafy mouth, swam through the air before lining up with Yuri's other monsters.

Predator Plants Sharcchinia/ DARK/ Level 4/ Plant/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 100/ DEF 1800

Yuzu gulped, feeling the sweat beads trail down her forehead. Three Fusions in one turn. It may have cost Yuri a bit of time, but he'd summoned a terrifying garden of carnivorous plants.

"The effect of Sharcchinia activates!" Yuri continued, stretching his hand towards his monster. "When it is successfully Fusion Summoned, I can target one monster in the Graveyard that was used as material in this card's summon and equip it onto Sharcchinia. I target the Elegy in your Graveyard."

A black portal opened up in front of Sharcchinia, who stuck its head inside and grabbed Elegy in its leafy-maw.

"Sharcchinia gains ATK equal to the total ATK of all monsters equipped to it by its effects." Yuri explained, before adding, "Regrettably it can only hold one monster in its jaws at a time, but that doesn't really matter now does it?"

Predator Plants Sharcchinia: 100 + 2000 = 2100 ATK

"Looks like your whole smiling thing doesn't hold out after all." Yuri cruelly mocked. "But still, a meal is a meal." He shrugged. "Sharcchinia, destroy Aria the Melodious Diva."

Baring its fangs, Sharcchinia shot forth, preparing to devour Aria and leave Yuzu's field wide open, when all of a sudden…

"Trap hasudo! Melodious Score Rewrite!" Yuzu abruptly declared. "By shuffling a Melodious monster from my field into my deck, I get to Special Summon a Melodious monster from my Deck with the same Level, and the summoned monster cannot be destroyed in battle this turn. I return Aria to my Deck in order to summon Opera!"

A veil of music notes surrounded Aria, dispersing to reveal Opera in her place, sitting on one knee.

Opera the Melodious Diva/ LIGHT/ Level 4/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 2300/ DEF 1000

"I see." Yuri remarked, managing to sound neutral despite the annoyed look on his face. "You waited me out in order to get me to use up most of my resources in an attempt to One-Turn-Kill you. I must say, not many prey I've encountered in the past were able to do that. You have my praise."

"For some reason I don't feel so proud." Yuzu quipped. "You were too hasty in your little game to win."

"Oh come on, you're not still upset about what I said now are you?" Yuri groaned. "Life feeds upon life in order to become the strongest. It's the circle of life."

Yuri sighed, disappointed by Yuzu's insistence in her beliefs. "You people don't understand anything. I cancel my attack, seeing as how it would do nothing. Setting a card face-down. Turn end."

Looking down at the status of the duel, Yuzu sighed. "I managed to hold out this time, but if it wasn't for my trap, I would have lost. On the one hand, he has three decently-powerful Fusions, a set card, and a spell card that, if he doesn't use carefully, it'll hurt him more than help him. On the positive side, he should only have a single copy of Fusion in his hand. I have to defeat him next turn, or else he'll summon his dragon, and then….."

Cutting off her train of thought, Yuzu scolded herself for thinking about the last time she saw Yuri's dragon.

"I can't give him the satisfaction of letting him know I'm afraid of him." Yuzu inhaled deeply, fingertips gingerly brushing the top of her deck. "It's like what Yuya's father always says. 'Have courage and take a step forward.' I can't let fear hold me back any longer."

"Atashi no turn. Draw!" Yuzu roared, ripping the top card from her deck and causing her bracelet to briefly flash with light. Looking at the card she drew, Yuzu smiled.

"Perfect." she thought joyfully.

"Magic card activate!" Yuzu exclaimed, throwing down the card she had just drawn, "Clashing Cacophony! I target any number of Melodious monsters I control and equal number of monsters my opponent controls in order to destroy them!"

"What!?" Yuri shouted as a sudden harsh and discordant sound exploded from Yuzu's card, causing his Chimerafflesia to start screeching in pain before turning to dust.

"Per the effect of Clashing Cacophony," Yuzu stated, "we both draw cards equal to the number of monsters sent to the graveyard by this effect. Since two monsters were sent, we both draw two cards."

"Oh." Yuri smiled. "Your card lets me draw as well. How generous."

"Don't think those cards will help you that much." Yuzu continued as she drew. "I'm just getting started. Magic Card, Ostinato, activate! Since I control no monsters, I fuse Quartet the Melodious Songstress and Wagnera the Melodious Maestra in my deck together and Fusion Summon!"

Yuri gave an amused smile. "Fusion summoning using monsters in your deck as material. I suppose you have improved somewhat from our first encounter."

Ignoring Yuri's comments, Yuzu let out a sigh of relief as she saw her monsters begin swirling together in a spiral of green and blue. Remembering her lessons from Sora and letting the power flow through her, she began her summoning chant.

"Inspiration of the divine! Enraged prodigy! Blend your pitches together under the light of the full moon and gather your new power! Yuugo Shoukan! Sing in the center of the moonlit stage! The song of justice! Luna Diva the Melodious Choir!"

Wrapped in a cloak of moonlight, Yuzu's elegant and graceful Fusion Monster appeared to the field, emerald eyes radiating with warmth as she let out a sustained operatic note.

Luna Diva the Melodious Diva/ LIGHT/ Level 6/ Fairy/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2000/ DEF 2000

Yuri let out an involuntary growl. Something about Yuzu's monster made him angry, a sentiment that was shared by his dragon.

"I-it ree-eks of th-he wre-retche-hed moo-on ca-ard!" Starve Venom rumbled, hatred staining his voices. "Unle-leash me so th-that I-I ma-may fe-feas-ast up-pon he-her life-ife a-and li-light."

Unaware of the dreaded dragon's anger, Yuzu continued with her turn. "Quartet the Melodious Songstress's effect activates when it is used as material in the Fusion Summon of a Melodious Monster. I can add one Melodious Songstress monster from my deck to my hand. I add Soubrette the Melodious Songstress from my deck to my hand."

Yuri made no comment as Yuzu plucked a card from her deck, instead continuing to gaze at Luna Diva with disgust.

"Next," Yuzu continued, placing another card on her disk, "I activate Photon lead! I Special Summon a Level four or lower LIGHT monster from my hand in attack position. Come forth! Soubrette the Melodious Songstress!"

Twirling onto the field as she fluttered her butterfly wings, Yuzu's monster, a flirtatious-looking sprite with long deep black hair adorned by a bright red flower, green and sapphire-blue garments that exposed most of her ebony black skin, and magical runes painted onto both her wings and skin, appeared to the field as she sang in a soft and light voice.

Soubrette the Melodious Songstress/ LIGHT/ Level 2/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 900/ DEF 300

"But Soubrette won't be staying for long." Yuzu warned, "If she is Special Summoned while I control another Melodious monster, I can add a certain Spell card from my deck or graveyard to my hand."

Yuri scoffed. "You think you can counter my garden of Fusions with one of your own. I'm afraid you'll find yourself very disappointed."

Yuzu smiled as she added the card to her hand, her bracelet letting off a faint glow. "Who said anything about it being Fusion?" She asked rhetorically as she revealed the card.

Upon seeing the card, Yuri let out an audible gasp. "That card…Where and when did you get a card like that!?" He exclaimed, eyes widening in shock.

"Did you really think I'd be idly waiting to run into you again and not be prepared?" Yuzu smirked. "I told you, being strong isn't about defeating your enemies, but by forming and nurturing the bonds you share with others. I may have only known Asuka for a short time, but I know she and everyone who has abandoned Academia feels the same way. Now, allow me to show you how I've grown by forging these bonds, Yuri! Gishiki Mahou, Melodious Ritual, hasudo!"

A large pipe organ manifested in front of Yuzu, resting atop a crystalline stage that was decorated with flowers. Positioned around the edge of the stage was a series of eight lotus flower-shaped fire pits, a flame resting within the center of each petal.

"I tribute monsters from my hand or field whose Levels equal or exceed the Level of the LIGHT Fairy monster I Ritual summon from my hand or graveyard." Yuzu explained, "But I think instead I'll tribute only Soubrette, who can be used as the entire tribute per her effect."

Slowly coming to life, the pipe organ began playing a beautiful tune, both of Yuzu's monsters singing along. Soubrette raised her voice in tune with the organ's melody as she began transforming into particles of light. Tempo gradually increasing, the pipe organ absorbed the essences of Soubrette before reaching a sustained high note, a towering pillar of light erupting from the pipes. Basking in the light of her first Ritual Summon, Yuzu chanted proudly.

"Enraged prodigy, proudly stand as you blow the horn of the heavens and descend triumphantly on the path of victory! Gishiki Shoukan! Strike down evil with your song! Level Five! Wagnera the Melodious Maestra!"

"A set of four snow white Pegasus, clad in golden armor plates, galloped down the pillar of light as they pulled a golden chariot that carried Yuzu's monster, a Valkyrie-like woman with long blonde hair tied into a braid, wearing a blue and white knee-length armored dress with a slit up the side and matching armor-plated boots. An elegant silver circlet with two wing-shaped extensions wrapped around her head, an opal gemstone resting snuggly in place on her forehead. Hanging from her side was a sword held firmly in a burgundy scabbard, golden trim sewn into the front. Descending closer down the pillar, slid off of the chariot and landed while the winged horses flew off. Drawing her sword from its scabbard, exposing the music-note shaped runes inscribed onto the front of the blade, the Ritual Monster belted out a deep operatic note before pointing her sword at Yuri's monsters, staring them down with a warrior's gaze.

Wagnera the Melodious Maestra/ LIGHT/ Level 5/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2000/ DEF 1400

"Ritual Summon…" Yuri whispered, eying Yuzu's new monster with contempt. "If your idea of becoming stronger is using that outdated summon, you must either be overconfident or less intelligent that I first imagined."

"Wagnera's effect!" Yuzu continued, ignoring Yuri's mockery as her Wagnera's sword began glowing. "I discard Soprano the Melodious Songstress in order to target your Sharcchinia and lower its ATK by Soprano's own ATK! In other word's fourteen-hundred!"

With a mighty battle cry, Wagnera dashed forward, slashing Sharcchinia with her sword. The Fusion Monster dropped on its stomach, a light-filled gash now scarring its underbelly.

Predator Plants Sharcchinia: 2100 – 1400 = 700

"Wagnera's other effect!" Yuzu continued. "While she is on the field, all LIGHT Fairy monsters I control gain four-hundred ATK and DEF! Consonance Leitmotif"

Wagnera the Melodious Maestra: 2000 + 400 = 2400 ATK/ 1400 + 400 = 1800 DEF

Luna Diva the Melodious Diva: 2000 + 400 = 2400 ATK/ 2000 + 400 = 2400 DEF

"Battle!" Yuzu declared, stretching out her hand towards her Fusion monster. "Luna Diva, attack Leadwortroll! Moonlight Wave!"

Taking a deep breath, Luna Diva began raising her voice as she became enveloped in a shaft of light, preparing to unleash her song.

"Trap activate" Yuri lazily droned, shocking Yuzu, who had almost forgotten about his face-down card. "Ridicule World."

In response to Yuri's declaration, his face-down flipped up to reveal shadowy faces laughing and ridiculing a poor soul with wicked glee. The faces exited the card before consuming Yuzu's field, their laughter disturbing Luna Diva while Wagnera courageously held her blade up in defiance.

"Per the effect of Ridicule World," Yuri explained, "All monsters you control gain one-hundred ATK for the remainder of this turn. But as a cost, any monster with ATK higher than its original ATK can't attack!"

Yuzu gasped loudly, mind unable to form sentences. Ridicule World, it was like a dark counterpart of Smile World, discouraging and mocking the opponent instead of trying to promote harmony and laughter amongst duelist and monster alike. Yuri knew she'd try to overcome him in one turn, and she had played right into his hands.

With no other option, Yuzu took one more look at the remaining card in her hand before finishing her turn. "I set a card face-down and end my turn, and with it the effect of Ridicule World wears off."

"So you're continuing this duel after all." Yuri asked, sounding neutral but looking dissatisfied. "I'll admit you had me there when you Ritual Summoned, but it looks like your new 'strength' isn't what you thought it was. Why not just make it easier on all of us and just come with me, spare yourself the effort and embarrassment of fighting an unwinnable battle."

"Not a chance!" Yuzu shouted back defiantly. "I won't lose to someone like you! And do you know why?"

"If you say something like 'power of bonds' I'm going to throw up." Yuri snarked, an unamused look in his eyes.

"Exactly." Yuzu replied back. "Without anyone to rely on to support you when you've fallen down, you'll truly be weak."

Face morphing into a glare, Yuri spoke menacingly. "That's twice now you've called me weak for not lowering myself to the point where I'd have to let others help me. At first it was amusing, now it's just irritating. I guess now I have to stop playing it gentle and remind you the true way of the world."

Fingers brushing the top of his deck, Yuri smiled menacingly as he drew. "My turn, draw!"

"Magic card, Fusion Bargain!" Yuri began, a gleeful look of wickedness on his face. "By discarding one Fusion card, I draw two cards and send an equal number of cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard."

Adding the two cards to his hand, Yuri's dark smile grew. "Looks like this duel has come to an end. And look who decided to watch."

Curious as to what Yuri meant, Yuzu turned her head to see Asuka heading back to the duel.

"Well let's not keep the audience waiting." Yuri smirked. "Leadwortroll no kouka! Once per turn, I can destroy a card I control in order to Special Summon a level four or lower Predator Plants monster from my graveyard. I destroy Violet Nova in order to summon Predator Plants Lillyzard."

Violet Nova turned to dust as a black portal opened up, a green lizard with five tails tipped with bushels of small purple flowers exiting from within.

Predator Plants Lillyzard/ DARK/ Level 3/ Plant/ Effect/ ATK 1200/ DEF 1200

"When Lillyzard is Special Summoned from the Graveyard," Yuri explained, "I draw a card."

Taking a brief gaze at the card, Yuri frowned. "You know," he said with a saddened expression, although Yuzu could tell he was faking it, "It really is a shame that this duel has to end here. At bare minimum you have somewhat improved. However…." His expression changed into one of his cold and wicked smiles as he continued speaking, "That's still not enough! Magic card, Yuugo!"

"Here it comes…" Yuzu muttered, feeling the temperature drop. "He's summoning his dragon."

"With the effect of Fusion," Yuri triumphantly declared, "I fuse together Sharcchinia and Leadwortroll together for a Fusion Summon."

"I-it is tim-me!" Starve Venom's voices cried in unison as the Fusion Portal opened behind Yuri and the two fusion monsters swirled into the center.

"Two beautiful flowers with insect-alluring fragrance, now become one and from the hell beneath your petals give birth to a new terror! YUUGO SHOUKAN! Arawayo! Poisonous dragon with hungering fangs! Level eight! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!"

"Aha-ha aw aw-w aw!" Starve Venom roared as it materialized onto the field, multiple mouths salivating at the sight of Yuzu's monsters, who instinctively stepped back in fear.

Starve Venom Fusion Dragon / DARK / Level 8 / Dragon / Fusion / Effect / ATK 2800 / DEF 2000

"There it is." Yuzu thought fearfully, recalling how that monster had been able to destroy here field before in their last duel. Despite her best attempts, she too froze up in fear.

"That's a nice expression." Yuri remarked, reveling in Yuzu's terror. "Starve Venom Fusion Dragon no monster kouka. Since this card was Fusion Summoned this turn using only monsters on the field as materials, until the end of this turn, he gains ATK equal to the total ATK of all Special Summoned monsters my opponent controls! Venus Swallow!"

Starve Venom opened its mouths, sucking in streams of violet energy from Yuzu's monsters, empowering the terrifying dragon even further.

Starve Venom Fusion Dragon: 2800 + 2400 + 2400 = 7600 ATK

"Seventy six-hundred ATK?" Yuzu cried, fear bubbling up even further.

"I could end you with just one attack," Yuri continued, "but I think I want to make you suffer for calling me weak. I'm sure the Professor will scold me for getting too rough with you, but you made a lethal mistake, one that I cannot forgive."

"I activate the Continuous Spell, Biomass Fusion." Yuri called, revealing a goblin working within a recycling plant, depositing several plant type monsters into an immense pile of compost. "As long as this card is on my field, I lose my ability to Normal Summon. But, once per turn, I can Fusion Summon one Plant Fusion Monster by banishing the materials from my hand, field or graveyard. I banish the Chimerafflesia in my graveyard and the Lillyzard on my field to conduct another Fusion Summon.

Erupting from the ground in an explosion of concrete, an immense melting pot rose into the air, smoke and steam rising into the air as its hot contents writhed and bubbled within. Above the furnace, a pair of portals appeared before the two monsters appeared, falling into the cauldron with a splash and hot sizzle as their bodies dissolved away. Ignoring the dying shrieks of his monsters, Yuri raised his hands above his head as a globule of glowing multi-colored liquid rose up from the depths of the cauldron into the air before beginning his summoning chant.

"Predator with breath of a thousand corpses, sweet-smelling flower that invites the abyss, become enveloped by the savage hunter's odor of death, and poison this world with your decaying form! Yuugo Shoukan! Come forth! Level eight! Predator Plants Dragostapelia!"

Exploding like an egg, the globule of liquid scattered across the field, splattering Yuzu as she staggered backward while shielding her eyes. Uncovering her eyes, Yuzu nearly let out a squeal of shock when she saw Yuri's new monster, a towering draconic plant almost as large as Starve Venom, towering over her, slime dripping from the surface of its body and fanged maw. Covering its body and tail were multiple stalks like spines with budding pink flowers at their tips. On its back, a massive spiny purple flower was in full bloom.

Predator Plants Dragostapelia/ DARK/ Level 8/ Plant/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2700/ DEF 1900

"Dragostapelia's effect." Yuri continued, taking his time to relish Yuzu's incoming defeat. "Once during either player's turn, Dragostapelia can place one Predator Counter on your monster, making it level one. Furthermore, so long as Dragostapelia is on the field, the activation of the effects of monsters with Predator counters are negated!"

Yuzu gasped loudly as spores ejected themselves from a flower on Dragostapelia's neck, gathering around Luna Diva and condensing into a tiny plant that clamped itself onto her shoulder.

Luna Diva the Melodious Choir: 1 Predator Counter/ Level 1

"With this, your monster's effects are negated." Yuri airily stated. "Consider this comeuppance for your overconfidence in challenging me. Battle! Predator Plants Dragostapelia, destroy Wagnera the Melodious Maestra!"

Opening its maw, Dragostapelia unleashed a toxic green blob from the flower on its back, crushing Wagnera and dissolving the ground beneath her.

Yuzu: 4000 – 300 = 3700 LP

"Of course," Yuri smirked, eyes slit like a serpent's, "Since your monster is gone, Luna Diva loses four-hundred ATK."

Luna Diva the Melodious Choir: 2400 – 400 = 2000 ATK

"Now I can finally clean that black spot from my otherwise unblemished hunting record." Yuri remarked with sinister glee. "Starve Venom Fusion Dragon, attack Luna Diva! All-Devouring Venom Flare!"

"Ze-zetsum-mets-tsu s-seyo-o!" Starve Venom hissed, looking down at Yuzu with hatred and malicious.

Starve Venom's mouths opened wide, roots of energy extending from its back before binding Luna Diva, who struggled painfully against her chains. Within seconds, a blast of energy formed in between the roots before firing, striking and causing a large explosion that drowned out Yuzu's screaming.

Smiling, both Yuri and Starve Venom stared triumphantly where Yuzu stood. "This is what David gets when he messes with Goliath. Come now Yuzu, you've lost. So that means you have to come with me to the Professor."

"Are you sure about that?" Yuzu's voice rang out from within the slowly disappearing fog, revealing her to still be standing.

Yuzu: 3700 – (5600/2) = 900 LP

"Before the attack went through," Yuzu explained, panting heavily, "I activated my set card, Unfinished Score. After this card is activated, all battle damage I take is halved."

"Oh for the love of Gods," Yuri muttered, "I'm all for prolonging duels in order to keep attacking my prey, but if it means going another round of listening to your ridiculous philosophies I think not."

"Sorry to disappoint you again," Yuzu replied, proud of herself for managing to agitate Yuri a little more. "Like I said before, I'm stronger than I was before, and do you know why?"

"I don't particularly care," Yuri snarked, "But I get the feeling you're going to tell me any way."

"It's because I'm not fighting for only myself!" Yuzu declared proudly and courageously, all fear vanishing in that moment. "It's because I'm fighting for the sake of the people who care for me, fighting to end this dimensional war, fighting for peace and for dueling with smiles! As long as I aim for such things, I won't ever lose to someone as conceded and barbaric as you!"

"Even if…even if there are people who are strong just for the sake of being strong, they will never be as strong as those who are strong for the sake of others!"

Overwhelmed by Yuzu's new-found bravery, Yuri found himself unknowingly taking a step back, his dragon continuing to glare at Yuzu in disgust.

"A-as disg-gustin-ng as her-er pas-st life-ife."

Yuzu perked up. For a moment, she felt as if she had heard the savage dragon talk. Shoving the thought to the side, she placed her hand atop her deck. "I will win, and I won't be alone. For the sake of everyone, I will win."

"Atashi no turn…..DRAW!" Yuzu bellowed as she ripped the card off her deck, bracelet shining brightly, so much so that both Yuri and Starve Venom recoiled in its radiance.

Looking down at the card she drew, Yuzu smiled widely. "I'm not sure I'm ready to use a card like this, but beggars can't be choosers." She remarked, "Allow me to show you just how much stronger I am than you because of the bonds I've forged."

"You're deluding yourself." Yuri hissed with a hint of venom. "Nothing will make you stronger than me."

"Let's prove that theory!" Yuzu shouted with gusto, revealing a card that depicted the set –up of Melodious Ritual, the light erupting from the organ swirling into the center of a Fusion Portal. "Magic card, Cantata, activate!"

Yuri raised an eyebrow. "What, pray-tell, could that do?" He asked sarcastically.

Despite the taunts, Yuzu continued on, either not hearing them or choosing to ignore them. "Cantata first lets me Fusion Summon a Melodious monster by shuffling the materials from my graveyard into my deck. I return Luna Diva the Melodious Choir to my Extra Deck, as well as Quartet and Soprano into my deck and Fusion Summon!"

The spirits of Yuzu's three monsters rose up, joining hands together as the ascended to the center of a glowing Fusion portal and swirled into the center in a vortex of blue, yellow and red light. Raising her hands above her head, Yuzu began her Fusion chant:

"Song of justice, inspiration of the divine, angel's song, harmonize your voices together underneath the moon's silver light! Gracefully sing and dance on this radiant stage and awaken your true power! YUUGO SHOUKAN! Sing at the height of the moonlit stage! The song of moonlight! Level Eight! Luna Prima the Melodious Choir!"

The portal exploded, flooding the field in a brilliant flash of cyan, silver and white light. Floating down from the portal was the silhouette of a woman, composed completely of cyan energy, hair behaving wildly about her. Opening her eyes to reveal a pair of golden irises, which briefly shined with white light, the figure began singing as streaks of silver energy began swirling around her, before dispersing to reveal her fair skin, as well as the cyan and blue eyeliner above her eyes. Luna Prima wore white silk dress, layered like a tutu and sparkling like a starry night. Her midriff was cut out, exposing a deep blue top with golden moon patterns underneath. Pale cyan ribbons wrapped around her forearms, covered with the same moon patterns, which were held in place by a moon-flower shaped bracelet. A gold and silver tiara placed was placed gently on her forehead, a deep blue gemstone in the center that was surrounded by two crescent moons. Her once wild hair, colored black as the night sky with small streaks of deep blue and silver, had been tied down into an ankle-length braid. Standing on the tips of her toes, Luna Prima danced through the residual starlight light, a pair of elegant, sparkling silver crescent-shaped wings with cyan patterns forming on her back. Bowing before an invisible audience, she belted an operatic high note as she landed besides Yuzu.

Luna Prima the Melodious Choir / LIGHT / Level 8 / Fairy / Fusion / Effect / ATK 2800 / DEF 2200

"Cantata's additional effect!" Yuzu continued, not missing a beat. "After I Fusion Summon with this card, I immediately afterwards Ritual Summon a Ritual Monster from my Deck with a Level equal to or less than the total Levels of the monsters that were shuffled into my Deck!"

"Both Quartet and Soprano were level four," Yuri summarized. "Together that's a total of eight. In other words, you're Ritual Summoning a level eight or lower."

"Bingo!" Yuzu exclaimed as the set-up from Melodious Ritual reappeared, the spirits of her monsters being absorbed into the instrument as it began playing before erupting with light.

"Paganist artist, share your soul and work with the heavenly master that your music may bring about rebirth and renewal! Gishiki Shoukan! Let the heavens ring with your triumphant song! Level Six! Stravinska the Melodious Maestra!"

In an explosion of light, Yuzu's new Maestra jumped onto the field, heavily stomping on the ground. Wearing an iron armor top, helmet, and flower-like skirt that went down to her knees, Stravinska looked like an ancient Gaelic warrior. Her sunny-blonde hair was braided with white flowers and green leaves, with strands of healthy green vines wrapping around her bare arms, midriff, calves, and feet. On her back were a pair of crimson-and-gold angel wings, feathers decorated with musical notes like a score of music. In her hand, she held an immense staff made of tree roots, vines, and blooming flowers arranged into a lush wreath. Raising her staff into the air, Stravinska let out a musical note like a sonorous war-cry before light burst from the centers of the flowers on her staff.

Stravinska the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Level 6 / Fairy / Ritual / Effect / ATK 2200 / DEF 1900

"Stravinska no kouka!" Yuzu declared. "When she is Special Summoned, I can draw one card for every other Special Summoned 'Melodious' monster I control! Since I control Luna Prima, I can draw one card!"

"Predator Plants Dragostapelia no kouka." Yuri nonchalantly replied, "I place one predator counter on Stravinska the Melodious Maestra."

"Stravinska's effect!" Yuzu countered, just as Dragostapelia prepared to fire a jet of slime into Yuzu's monster. "While I control two or more Special Summoned 'Melodious' monsters, my opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of any of my 'Melodious' monster effects! Eternal Spring Shield!"

With a roar, Dragostapelia shot two streams of slime at Yuzu's monster, however, raising her staff into the air, Stravinska caused a web of vines and roots to suddenly erupt from the ground before forming a barrier around herself and Luna Prima, deflecting the effect while Yuzu successfully drew her card.

"It's here!" Yuzu thought to herself as she examined her card.

"A pointless effect." Yuri growled, stretching his hand towards his monster. "It only prevents me from activating Dragostapelia's effect in response to your monsters' effects. However, now that their effects have resolved, Dragostapelia!"

Recovering from its first attempt, Dragostapelia unleashed a second stream of slime into Yuzu's Ritual monster, knocking her back and causing a small predator counter to bite down on Stravinska's shoulder.

Stravinska the Melodious Maestra: Level 1

"Couldn't be helped." Yuzu thought to herself. "Still, I at least have this!"

"BATTLE!" Yuzu declared, "Luna Prima the Melodious Choir, attack Predator Plants Dragostapelia!"

"Predator Plants Pinguiculeech no kouka hasudo." Yuri lazily replied, slamming a card onto his duel disk the second Luna Prima was about to charge up her attack. Through a blue portal, a grotesque worm-like brown-green plant with a gaping white mouth made of sticky leaves and a central purple flower tongue appeared to the field directly in front of Yuri's monsters.

Predator Plants Pinguiculeech / DARK / Level 1 / Plant / Effect / ATK 0 / DEF 800

"Pinguiculeech's effect." Yuri nonchalantly explained. "If a 'Predator Plants' monster I control battles an opponent's monster, I can end the battle in order to Special Summon Pinguiculeech in attack position, place a Predator Counter on each face-up monster my opponent controls, and reduce the ATK of those monsters by six-hundred for each of their predator counters.

Opening up its mouth, Pinguiculeech vomited out two green predator counters, which launched forward before biting down on both of Yuzu's monsters.

Stravinska the Melodious Maestra: 2 Predator Counters / 2200 – 1200 = 1000 ATK

Luna Prima the Melodious Choir: 1 Predator Counter / 2800 – 600 = 2200 ATK

"Pinguiculeech's other effects!" Yuri continued, "Each time an opponent's monster loses ATK, Pinguiculeech gains the ATK lost. Furthermore, my opponent can only target Pinguiculeech for attacks."

Flower tongue launching forward, Pinguiculeech latched onto Stravinska and Luna Prima one-by-one before sucking on each of them, draining their energy while slowly increasing in size.

Predator Plants Pinguiculeech: 1800 ATK

Yuzu grimaced at this. Fortunately, thanks to Stravinska's effect, she had a backup plan.

"Quick-Play Magic Card, Melodious Battle Conductor, hasudo!" she declared, slamming down the card she had drawn. "If I control a 'Melodious Maestra' or 'Melodious Choir' monster, then during the Battle Phase, I can activate this card in order to choose from one of three effects! I choose to activate the first effect of this card, increasing Stravinska's ATK by 1000 while also making it so that each time Stravinska destroys a monster by battle, she can destroy one card my opponent controls!"

In Stravinska's hand, a glittering golden conductor baton appeared before glowing with intense light as her ATK increased.

Stravinska the Melodious Maestra: 1000 + 1000 = 2000 ATK

"BATTLE!" Yuzu declared, "Stravinska the Melodious Maestra, attack Predator Plants Pinguiculeech!"

Pointing her conductor baton at Yuri's monster, Stravinska unleashed a blast of golden light from the tip of the baton, obliterating the grotesque carnivorous plant.

Yuri: 3000 – 200 = 2800 LP

"Melodious Battle Conductor's additional effect!" Yuzu declared, "If an 'Melodious' monster I control inflicts battle damage to your life points, I can set this card to my field, but it will be banished next turn!"

"Predator Plants Pinguiculeech no kouka!" Yuri sneered in reply, not the least bit bothered by the minor damage he had taken. "If it is destroyed, I can target one monster you control in order to change its ATK to zero! So feel the rest of your power leave you now, Luna Prima the Melodious Choir!"

Behind Luna Prima's head, a spectral image of Pinguiculeech appeared before clamping down on her heck and violently sucking, causing Yuzu's monster to cry out in pain.

Luna Prima the Melodious Choir: 0 ATK

"Melodios Battle Conductor no kouka!" Yuzu countered, "I target your Biomass Fusion in order to destroy it!"

"Hmph." Yuri grunted in annoyance as his refinery exploded in a shower of sparks. "When Biomass Fusion leaves the field, all monsters Special Summoned by its effect are destroyed, so goodbye, Dragostapelia."

Crying out in pain, Dragostapelia's body suddenly liquified into a greenish puddle of goo before vanishing in a shower of golden sparks.

"I really must applaud your efforts." Yuri yawned, lazily clapping his hands. "You managed to inconvenience me in a very minor way. Most of my opponent's don't even manage that. And now, Yuzu, if you will please end your turn, I would appreciate it.

"My turn is not over!" Yuzu countered. "Luna Prima can make one additional attack for every 'Melodious' monster I control other than herself, so she still has one more attack!"

"How gutless." Yuri remarked. "Haven't you ever heard that suicide is the coward's way out? If you really want to lose that badly, just let me attack you with Starve Venom. It's your first time being beaten by me, so I promise to be gentle…mostly."

"You only ensured your own defeat when you lowered Luna Prima's ATK." Yuzu countered, lips forming into a knowing smile.

"How so?" Yuri asked, sounding annoyed.

"Luna Prima the Melodious Choir cannot be destroyed by battle," Yuzu explained. "furthermore, my opponent takes any battle damage from battles involving her, meaning that you will be the one to take Starve Venom's 2800 ATK as damage! BATTLE! Luna Prima the Melodious Choir! Finish this duel! LUNAR CHOIR!"

Rising into the air, Luna Prima began glowing with soft moonlight before singing a clear high-pitched note, a moonbeam of energy blasting from her mouth and flying straight into Starve Venom.

"Im-im-pud-udent-nt cea-ea-ture-re!" Starve Venom's multiple voices roared before he unleashed a blast of his own energy from his mouth. The force of his own attack easily blasted back Luna Prima's attack, however, once the purple energy of his attack made contact with Luna Prima, a sphere of pure moonlight formed around Luna Prima, which deflected the energy from Starve Venom's attack right back at the dragon.

"Aaaarrrrrgh!" Yuri roared as he shielded his eyes from the blast, which covered his half of the field in smoke.

"Yata!" Yuzu cheered, almost unable to believe that she had won.

A sound of clapping was heard within the screen of smoke, which cleared away with a sweep of purple wings to reveal an unharmed Yuri standing next to his dragon, which was covered in a swarm of tic-like plant creatures with rust-colored fungal growths sprouting from their bulbous bodies.

Yuri: 2800 LP

"But…how!?" Yuzu exclaimed. "That attack should have finished you!"

"Predator Plants Gymnosporangilouse's effect." Yuri calmly explained, revealing a card on his duel disk. "If this card is in my hand or face-up on my side of the field when a DARK monster I control battles, I can equip this card to that monster in order to make it so that I take no damage from battles involving that monster."

Yuzu looked at Yuri's duel disk and spotted the card. One detail immediately caught her attention. Gymnorsporangilouse had the coloration of an effect monster on its upper half, but the green of a spell card for its lower half.

"A pendulum monster!?" Yuzu exclaimed in shock. "You have pendulum cards!?"

"Naturally." Yuri sneered. "After Dennis returned, did you think the Professor wouldn't use the information he attained to make some Pendulum cards for himself and his most capable soldiers? Naturally, I was one of the first to receive this type of card. But really now, Yuzu, improvement or not, did you think you ever stood a chance against me?"

Yes, she had thought that. She had earnestly hoped that her growth would have meant something…but now...

A crushing depression took hold of Yuzu, causing her to fall to her knees.

"Ah, but what is this!?" Yuri exclaimed with mock concern. "Is the little entertainment duelist no longer having fun!? I've certainly been entertained by your feeble efforts to surpass me! I'm even smiling right now! Look! See!?" he asked, indicating his sadistic shark-like grin, "Isn't that the objective of your smile philosophy!? Why don't you smile, Yuzu!? Or are you finally beginning to grasp the truth? Only winners have fun. Only the successful smile. In a world of competition like this one, there is only one way to smile in the end. By taking away the smiles of others. So, thank you, Yuzu, you've made me very happy!"

Tears came to Yuzu's eyes. She had worked so hard, sacrificed so much, but in the end, in the face of Yuri's skill and power, it was all a great joke, with her pathetic self as the punchline.

"Nothing to say?" Yuri asked. "Very well then. It's my turn now. Take comfort in the fact that someone is going to enjoy this very much. Boku no turn…DRAW!"

Yuri's eyes narrowed into slits when he saw what he had drawn.

"You have entertained me by showing me your evolution, Yuzu. Now, allow me to show you mine! Predator Plants Orphys Scorpio, shoukan!"

In front of Yuri, a small scorpion-like plant appeared, claws and stinger bared in an aggressive pose.

Predator Plants Orphys Scorpio / DARK / Level 3 / Plant / Effect / ATK 1200 / DEF 800

"Orphys Scorpio's effect!" Yuri continued, "I discard one monster from my hand in order to Special Summon Predator Plants Darling Cobra from my deck! Come forth!"

Emerging from the ground next to Orphys Scorpio, a twin-headed snake-like plant appeared.

Predator Plants Darling Cobra / DARK / Level 3 / Plant / Effect / ATK 1000 / DEF 1500

"Darling Cobra no kouka!" Yuri continued, "If it is Special Summoned by the effect of a 'Predator Plants' monster, I can add Polymerization from my deck to my hand!"

He showed the card to Yuzu, a malevolent grin coming to his face.

"Ye-es!" Starve Venom purred, "My-y hun-ung-er-r grow-ows! I-I mus-ust fee-eed now-ow! Unlea-eash my-y ra-aw pow-ow-er-er!"

"Magic card, Polymerization, hasudo!" Yuri declared, slamming the card onto his duel disk before the fusion portal appeared above his head. Rising into the air, Starve Venom's multiple voices cackled as he blended together with Orphys Scorpio and Darling Cobra.

"Apex Predator," Yuri chanted, "imbibe the souls of the weaker creatures and lay waste to the living world as an unstoppable scourge! YUUGO SHOUKAN! Merge and evolve life into a more perfect form with your feast! Level eleven! Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Darkness exploded from the fusion portal as a new monster descended from the sky, immense multi-colored wings glowing with the aura of the violet energy projections jutting out from the wings' Venus Fly-Trap like edges. The horns of Scourge Venom were longer, more twisted, and curvier than those of Starve Venom and were inlaid with three violet spheres filled with green liquid. The dragon's mouth sported two pairs of fanged mandibles, which opened up like a colorful blooming flower. On its neck and chest were a pair of gaping fanged mouths, which drooled streams of greenish acidic poison. Over the skin of the dragon was a smooth clear membrane, which was linked to the inner skin by a network of pulsing purple veins just beneath. Multiple mandible-equipped mouths snapped along the dragon's elbows, knees, and at the end of its scythe-tipped tail. Translucent purple spheres of green liquid decorated the dragon's fangs, claws, knees, arms, chest, body, and fanged tail, connected by translucent artery-like tubes to six larger translucent violet pods of green liquid attached to the dragon's wings. Shining through the shadows oozing from its body were the dragon's six glowing green eyes. Opening all of its mouths, Yuri's new dragon unleashed a roar that caused Yuzu to stagger back in terror.

Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon / DARK / Level 11 / Dragon / Fusion / Effect / ATK 3500 / DEF 2800

"Gymnosporangilouse's effect activates when it is removed from the field." Yuri nonchalantly continued. "I add a 'Predator Plants' monster from my graveyard to my hand. But of course, at this point, I don't think that effect matters too much, considering what else you have to concern yourself with.

Scourge Venom's mouths roared in agreement.

"I can't fight this!" Yuzu thought, tears streaming from her eyes. Even not knowing all of the effects of Yuri's new monster, she could feel its raw power. All her training and work had been for nothing. Yuri was leagues above her in power. How could she ever hope to beat him?

"Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon no kouka!" Yuri declared, "Once per turn, I can increase the ATK of my monster by the total ATK of all other Special Summoned monsters on the field until the standby phase of my next turn! BIOMASS INTEGRATION!"

"All food is life and all life is food! Tremble, world, as I devour all!" Scourge Venom rumbled, multiple voices speaking in perfect harmony as his multiple mouths opened before sucking in violet energy from Yuzu's monsters.

Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon: 3500 + 1000 = 4500 ATK

Yuzu desperately looked at her monsters. If he successfully attacked her Stravisnka with his monster, she would lose!

"You look so scared." Yuri purred, almost sounding compassionate. "Why don't you stop resisting now? Come along quietly, and I'll take you back to the professor. He'd really prefer it if I didn't harm your pretty face."

"I…" Yuzu murmured, fear gripping her chest.

"You know you can't win." Yuri continued, "There is no shame in admitting this. You did your best, but your best wasn't enough. Just accept the inevitable. You'll only harm yourself with further resistance."

Yuzu stared up at Yuri and his dragon open-mouthed, feeling sick to the stomach as she realized that she was seriously contemplating giving up. It disgusted her immensely, but what choice did she have? Yuri was stronger. Even going all-out, how could she hope to beat him?

"Yuzu!" Asuka suddenly called, grabbing her attention. "Don't listen to him! No matter what he says, this duel is not over! I've seen who you are! You are better than this! Don't forget who you're fighting for! Just look at your cards, analyze the situation, and beat him!"

"What inspired advise." Yuri sarcastically commented. "Just beat me! I'm sure literally NONE of my thousands of other opponents ever thought of THAT!"

Yuzu, however, got up onto her feet before wiping away her tears.

"Thank you." She whispered to Asuka before facing Yuri. "No matter what happens, I am not giving up!"

Yuri's lips curved into a smile at this.

"I'll make you regret those words soon enough, Yuzu." He replied. "But first…Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon's other effect! I target your zero ATK Luna Prima in order to negate her effects and give Scourge Venom those effects until the end of this turn! Strength Leech!"

From the gaping mouth of Scourge Venom's chest came a long fanged tongue, which latched onto Luna Prima before sucking at her, causing the fairy's light to dim.

"Immunity to battle destruction and the ability to reflect battle damage." Yuri mused. "Thank you for both of these gifts. I didn't really need them, but still, the gesture is appreciated. And now, BATTLE! Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon, attack and destroy Luna Prima the Melodious Choir! INSATIABLE SCOURGE!"

Unfolding its fanged wings, Scourge Venom projected a branching vine-like pattern of purple orbs and lightning from its wings before letting loose a torrent of toxic chemicals and energy from its main mouth and smaller bursts of energy from its other mouths. Reacting quickly, Yuzu stretched her hand towards her face-down.

"Melodious Battle Conductor hasudo!" Yuzu declared. "I activate the second effect of this card, changing the battle position of my Luna Prima!"

Luna Prima: 2200 DEF

"So you'll survive this turn." Yuri shrugged as the attack connected, liquifying Yuzu's monster. "I suppose I can give you props for managing to survive, but I fail to see how you can manage to actually turn this duel around in your favor."

"Luna Prima and Stravinska's effects!" Yuzu countered, "Stravinska's effect enables me to shuffle the destroyed Luna Prima into my Extra Deck in order to draw one card! And when Luna Prima is destroyed, I can Special Summon one 'Melodious' monster from my deck! Come forth, Saliera the Melodious Maestra!"

Through a translucent silver moon-shaped crest, a younger and very pretty petit woman wearing a frilly golden gown, cut fairly low to display a rather ample bust appeared to Yuzu's field. Saliera the Melodious Maestra wore blue lace and red flowers in her golden wheat-brown hair, and held a conductor's baton with a gilded finish and red and blue jewels for further decoration.

Saliera the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Level 6 / Fairy / Pendulum / Effect / ATK 1900 / DEF 2100 / Scale 5

"A pendulum monster." Yuri mused. "So you've attained that kind of card as well. But I suppose it's really no matter. You will lose in the end, just like everyone else. Setting one card face-down. Turn end."

"It all comes down to this…" Yuzu thought as she silently placed her hand on top of her deck. "Everyone who I am fighting for is counting on me! Deck…please respond to my feelings!"

"Atashi no turn!" Yuzu declared, "DRAW!"

Slowly turning the card around, Yuzu's eyes widened when she saw what it was.

"The fun has just begun!" Yuzu confidently began. "So pay attention, Yuri! You're about to see something magnificent!"

"You're going to take your top off?" Yuri asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because I wouldn't necessarily count that as 'magnificent.' I don't even think I'd even be persuaded to show you some mercy if you're going for that angle. But please, don't hesitate from trying. After all, there has to be some strategy that you can actually leverage against me."

"Dirge the Melodious Songstress shoukan!" Yuzu shouted, ignoring Yuri's mockery.

Appearing in front of Yuzu was a tall slender fairy wearing a black dress and a thick black veil over her face. A pair of black angel wings with feathers made of small organ pipes and bagpipe tubes sprouted from her back and she wore a necklace with a golden funeral bell hanging from the end.

Dirge the Melodious Songstress / LIGHT / Fairy / Level 4 / ATK 800 / DEF 2000

"Whelp, I give up!" Yuri sighed, throwing up his hands in surrender. "There is absolutely no way I can defeat that monster. I am just so out of options right now."

"You'll be eating your words very soon once you see Dirge's effect!" Yuzu declared. "Dirge the Melodious Songstress no kouka! I discard one card from my hand in order to Special Summon one 'Melodious' monster from my graveyard! Return to the field, Elegy the Melodious Diva!"

Spreading out her arms and wings, Dirge let out a sustained mournful note, summoning a black graveyard portal through which Elegy rose.

Elegy the Melodious Diva / LIGHT / Level 5 / Fairy / Effect / ATK 2000 / DEF 1200

"Elegy's effect!" Yuzu declared, if she is Special Summoned, all Fairy-Type monsters I control gain 300 ATK!"

Elegy: 2300 ATK

Saliera: 2200 ATK

Stravinska: 1300 ATK

Dirge: 1100 ATK

"Is this the part where I am supposed to eat my words or…" Yuri asked, looking confused.

"Saliera the Melodious Maestra no kouka!" Yuzu declared. "Once per turn, if I Special Summon a 'Melodious' monster, I can draw one card from my deck! Composure brainstorm!"

Raising her golden baton into the air, Saliera gave her baton a wave, sending a shower of golden sparks into Yuzu's deck before Yuzu drew a card.

'Yes!" Yuzu thought to herself. "I can do this, I just have to play it carefully."

She stretched her hand towards her other two monsters.

"I am going to use all my power against you this turn, Yuri!" Yuzu declared.

"I'm pretty sure you've said something to that effect before." Yuri groaned with boredom.

"You haven't seen this yet!" Yuzu replied. "This is the power I learned from my friends in Xyz! I overlay my Level six Stravinska the Melodious Maestra and Saliera the Melodious Maestra in order to Xyz Summon!"

Clasping their hands together, Yuzu's two monsters transformed into twin streams of golden energy, which drained into the center of an Xyz Galaxy, which appeared right in front of her, before she began her summoning chant.

"By the guidance of the baton conduct the aspiring musical artists and charm the heart of the world! XYZ SHOUKAN! Descend to the stage now! The unparalleled master! Bachina the Melodious Maestra!"

Twirling onto the field in a thin black-and-blue dress was a tall slender woman with fiery red-and-yellow hear tied up into a bun and ponytail, solid platinum-colored eyes, and an extra-large conductor's baton with a clear white diamond at its tip.

Bachina the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Fairy / Rank 6 / Xyz / ATK 1900+ 300 = 2200 ATK / DEF 2400

"And I am steadily growing more and more unimpressed." Yuri sniffed. "Are you trying to bore me to death?"

"Bachina the Melodious Maestra no kouka!" Yuzu countered. "Once per turn, I can detach one Xyz Material from my monster in order to reveal one 'Melodious' monster from my extra deck and target one monster you control. Until the end of this turn, I take control of the monster targeted by this effect while changing its ATK and DEF to 0, negating its effects, and changing its name to the name of the monster I revealed in the Extra Deck! I reveal Schuberta the Melodious Maestra in my Extra Deck in order to take control of Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Raising her baton in the air, Bachina absorbed a clear overlay unit into the crystal tip of her wand before shooting a stream of glittering white stars at Yuri's Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon.

"Not going to happen!" Yuri snarled, stretching his hand towards his face-down. "Trap hasudo! Lethal Venom Dosage! If I control a Level eight or higher DARK Dragon-Type Fusion Monster, I can target one monster on the field and double its ATK! Furthermore, if the targeted monster's ATK exceeds five-thousand, that monster is destroyed!"

"But how can that effect be useful for you!?" Yuzu exclaimed, looking at her own monsters and Yuri's.

Yuri smirked knowingly.

"I use this effect on Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon, doubling his ATK!"

A swarm of needles suddenly appeared in the air before stabbing into Scourge Venom's flesh and plunging their contents into the dragon's blood stream. All over the dragon's body, the orbs containing toxic liquid began swelling.

Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon: 4500 X 2 = 9000 ATK

"Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon's ATK exceeds five-thousand, meaning it is destroyed!" Yuri exclaimed as his dragon suddenly exploded into a puddle of steaming toxic goo. "And now," Yuri continued, "Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon's effect! I destroy all monsters on the field, inflict damage to your life-points equal to the ATK of all the monsters destroyed with this effect, and Special Summon Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon!"

"Elegy's effect!" Yuzu countered as geysers of toxic liquid erupted from the puddle on the ground. "My monsters cannot be destroyed by card effects!"

Spreading out her hands, Elegy began singing, creating a shield of light around Yuzu and her monsters, which deflected the toxic sludge.

"But Scourge Venom will still be revived." Yuri replied with a smirk.

Rising up from the depths of the puddle, the vague form of a dragon emerged before absorbing the contents of the slime into its body, slowly reforming into an exact duplicate of the Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon that had stood on the field moments before.

Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon / DARK / Level 11 / Dragon / Fusion / Effect / ATK 3500 / DEF 2800

"Of course," Yuri continued, "this means that your Xyz Monster's once per turn effect doesn't go through."

"I'm not finished with my turn yet!" Yuzu countered. "I special summon the card I drew off of Saliera's effect! Come forth, Canon the Melodious Diva!"

In a flash of light, Yuzu's blue haired fairy appeared to her field, twin circles of musical notes orbiting her body.

Canon the Melodious Diva / LIGHT / Level 4 / Fairy / Effect / ATK 1400 / DEF 2000

"It's time to go all out!" Yuzu declared. "Canon the Melodious Diva, Dirge the Melodious Songstress, OVERLAY!"

Grasping each other's hands, Dirge and Canon transformed into twin surges of golden light before emptying into a second Xyz Galaxy as Yuzu began a second summon chant.

"Beautiful fairy who composes the songs of the heart, raise your baton to the air and touch the souls of all with your supreme genius! XYZ SHOUKAN! Arawayo! The unrivaled artist! Rank 4! Vivaldina the Melodious Maestra!"

Twirling onto Yuzu's field, Yuzu's next Xyz Monster was a woman with long black hair tied to the sides of her head with bass-cleft shaped hair clips, solid gold-colored eyes, and black eighth notes painted on each of her cheeks. She wore a simple black dress decorated with red ribbons and gold musical note patterns and held a wooden conductor baton that sprinkled pink dust wherever it was waved.

Vivaldina the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Rank 4 / Fairy / Xyz / Effect / ATK 1800 / DEF 1000

"Vivaldina's effect!" Yuzu declared. "Fairy-Type monsters I control gain two-hundred ATK and DEF for each of her Xyz Materials!"

Vivaldina: 2500 ATK / 1400 DEF

Bachina: 2600 ATK / 2800 DEF

Elegy: 2700 ATK / 1600 DEF

"And yet, even after all that, none of your monsters are even close to Scourge Venom." Yuri smirked.

"I don't plan on just overpowering you with ATK!" Yuzu countered. "There's another reason I brought out Vivaldina! I activate her effect now. By detaching one overlay unit from Vivaldina, I can draw one card from my deck and reveal it. If the revealed card is a 'Melodious' monster, I can Special Summon it!"

Winking, Vivaldina pointed her wand at Yuzu's deck before showing it with pink and gold fairy dust. Closing her eyes, Yuzu reached out and drew the top card of her deck with a dramatic twirl, musical notes streaming from the end. Slowly, Yuzu turned the card around.

"It's here!" She thought to herself before revealing the card to Yuri.

"I drew Contralto the Melodious Songstress!" Yuzu declared. "Since this card is a 'Melodious' monster, I can Special Summon it! Come forth! Contralto!"

Appearing through the portal, a pale-skinned fairy with brown hair descended to Yuzu's field. Contralto wore a white opera dress with translucent green sashes and a glittering crystal tiara on her head. Slowly twirling on the ground, she let out a beautiful clear medium-pitch note.

Contralto the Melodious Songstress / LIGHT / Level 3 / Fairy / Tuner / Effect / 1200 + 300 + 200 = 1700 ATK / 1000 + 200 = 1200 DEF

"A tuner?" Yuri mused. "So this means…"

"Contralto the Melodious Songstress's effect!" Yuzu declared. "If she is Special Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from my graveyard with her effects negated! Come forth! Wagnera the Melodious Maestra!"

Thundering back onto the field through a black Xyz Portal, Yuzu's warrior-like Melodious monster reappeared, winged horses pulling her chariot as she sang a fearsome melody.

Wagnera the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Level 5 / Fairy / Ritual / Effect / ATK 2000 / DEF 1400 / Effects Negated

Stretching out her hand, Yuzu closed her eyes, thinking of the bond she had formed with Yugo in the Synchro Dimension.

"I tune my Level three Contralto the Melodious Songstress with my Level five Wagnera the Melodious Maestra in order to Synchro Summon!" Yuzu declared.

Softly singing, Contralto morphed into a set of three translucent green wings which Wagnera galloped through before fading away and morphing into a set of five white orbs and Yuzu began her summoning chant.

"Spirits of music, with your harmonized voices, sing as one! Now with the glory of a new melody, shine bright on the stage as a show's star and sing the song of triumph! SYNCHRO SHOUKAN! Shine forth! Level eight! Star Diva the Melodious Choir!"

Bursting free from the white synchro pillar of light, Yuzu's synchro monster, a petit fairy about Yuzu's age with small cinnamon and gold hummingbird wings, a white opera dress, brass headdress, gold ball mask, and shining five-pointed star crest on her back appeared before zipping through the air at incredible speeds.

Star Diva the Melodious Choir / LIGHT / Level 8 / Fairy / Synchro / Effect / 1000 + 300 + 200 = 1500 ATK / 1000 + 200 = 1200 DEF

"So, you've mastered Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and ritual." Yuri mused with mock applause. "Tickle me impressed. And yet you did all that for a monster that STILL can't defeat me!"

"I beg to differ!" Yuzu countered. "Star Diva's effect! She can attack your life points directly! BATTLE! Star Diva the Melodious Choir! Direct attack!"

Zipping forward, Star Diva flew past Yuri's Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon before stopping just in front of Yuri and blasting him with a powerful sonic shout.

Yuri: 2800 – 1500 = 1300 LP

"Nice…try!" Yuri growled, recovering from the attack. "But in case you haven't noticed, it's STILL not enough! You're out of cards to do anything with! Next turn, you're finished!"

"Star Diva's additional effect!" Yuzu declared. "If she inflicts damage to your life points, I can Special Summon one 'Melodious' monster from my deck or Extra Deck! Come forth, Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir!"

The star crest on Star Diva's back expanded in size before morphing into a portal through which one of Yuzu's first Fusion Monsters appeared, lotus flower blooming beneath her feet as she sang her melody.

Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir / LIGHT / Level 6 / Fairy / Fusion / Effect / ATK 1000 / DEF 2000

"That card…" Yuri growled, eyes narrowing.

"You remember this card, don't you." Yuzu replied. "Last time, you used Starve Venom's effect to negate her effect. This time, you're going to feel the full force of her power! BATTLE! Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir, attack Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon! REFLECT SHOUT!"

Charging forward, Yuzu's Bloom Diva let loose a sonic shockwave from her throat as Scourge Venom unleashed a torrent of toxic energy from his gaping maw. Glowing with energy, Bloom Diva began reflecting the attack towards Scourge Venom.

"She did it!" Asuka exclaimed.

"NOT QUITE!" Yuri roared. "I can't believe you are making me do this, BUT I WILL NOT LOSE! LETHAL VENOM DOSAGE'S OTHER EFFECT! I banish this card and discard one card from my hand in order to negate the damage from Bloom Diva's effect before inflicting twice that damage to both of our life points! THIS ISN'T OVER, YUZU! I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

Before Yuzu could respond, Scourge Venom's multiple mouths opened up before wildly spraying toxic sludge in all directions, melting Yuzu's monsters and everything else that was hit. Yuzu barely managed to dodge out of the way as a particularly glutinous puddle nearly struck her. On the other side, Yuri expertly dodged out of the way of his own toxic splash of slime before disappearing as his Duel Disk warped him away.

Yuri: 1300 – 5000 = 0 LP

Yuzu: 900 – 5000 = 0 LP

(DRAW!)

…

"Professor…I have failed you." Yuri groaned as he knelt in front of Leo Akaba's throne. "Yuzu has proven far stronger than I anticipated. But know this! I will not rest until she is captured! Let me back out onto the field, and I will see the job done!"

"Not yet." Leo Akaba replied. "It is clear that Yuzu has become too well-liked by the fans. Her supporters are generating progressively more busted and ludicrous fan-cards for her to use in her growing arsenal. If you were to face her again at this point, she would likely pull her own integration monster out of thin air."

"Then how am I supposed to beat her!?" Yuri growled.

"You must become more well-liked by the fan base in order to receive more busted fan cards of your own." Leo replied. "At this point, about the only way I can see that happening is if you make Predatorshipping a reality. So here are your orders. You will immediately confess feelings of romantic love to Selena, thus giving the fans exactly what they desire! In their gratitude, they will transform your deck into a god tier 0 meta breaker!"

"NOPE!" Yuri replied, horrified by the idea. "NOT HAPPENING! NOT EVER! NO WAY! NO POWER IS WORTH THAT!"

"Oh, come on, I'd be the best you could ever hope for!" Selena complained.

"Nope!" Yuri replied. "I'm getting fan support my own way!"

"Which is?" Selena asked.

Yuri cracked his knuckles before looking past the fourth wall.

"Let's just say that if I DON'T get the fan support I deserve, I'm going to be creating some of my OWN fan cards…"

FEATURED FAN CARDS

Yuzu's Monsters

Soubrette the Melodious Songstress/ LIGHT/ Level 2/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 900/ DEF 300/ If you Ritual Summon a Fairy-Type Ritual Monster: This card can be treated as the entire tribute. If this card is Special Summoned while you control a "Melodious" monster(s), you can activate this effect: Add either 1 "Melodious" Ritual Monster OR "Melodious Ritual" from your deck or graveyard to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Soubrette the Melodious Songstress" once per turn.

(Trivia: Soubrette is both a sub-class of soprano, light with a bright and sweet timbre, as well as a role in operas and theatre productions. The role of a soubrette is defined as either a young, flirtatious woman or a vain and gossipy one – typically a chambermaid.)

(This is also bladeWriter3's card)

Quartet the Melodious Songstress/ LIGHT/ Level 4/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 400/ DEF 400/ If this card is used as Material for the Fusion, Synchro or Xyz Summon of a "Melodious" monster, you can activate this effect: Add 1 "Melodious Songstress" monster from your deck to your hand. If this card is removed from the field, you can activate this effect during the End-Phase: Special Summon 1 "Melodious Songstress" monster from your hand or graveyard.

Dirge the melodious Songstress/ LIGHT/ Fairy/ Level 4/ ATK 800/ DEF 2000/ If this card is Special Summoned, you can send 1 "Melodious" monster from your Hand or Deck to the Graveyard. Once per turn, you can discard 1 card to target 1 "Melodious" monster in your Graveyard: Special Summon it.

Saliera the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Level 6 / Fairy / Pendulum / Effect / ATK 1900 / DEF 2100 / Scale 5

Pendulum Effect / Once per turn, if you control a "Melodious" Card in

your other Pendulum Zone: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower

"Melodious" Monster from your hand or GY.

Monster Effect / If you control a face-up "Melodious Maestra" Monster:

You can pay 1000 LP; Special Summon this card from your hand or from

your Pendulum Zone. Once per turn, if you Special Summon a "Melodious"

monster: You can activate this effect; Draw 1 card.

(Trivia: This card is based on Salieri, a renowned composer who composed music at the same time as Mozart. He and Mozart occasionally had a bit of a rivalry, so putting both Saliera and Mozarta in the same deck is not a good idea).

Wagnera the Melodious Maestra/ LIGHT/ Level 5/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2000/ DEF 1400/ You can Ritual Summon this card with "Melodious Ritual." LIGHT Fairy-Type monsters you control gain 400 ATK and DEF. Once per turn, you can send 1 Fairy-Type monster from your hand to your graveyard to target 1 monster your opponent controls: That target loses ATK and DEF equal to the respective ATK and DEF of the sent monster, until the end of this turn.

(Trivia: This card is based off of German composer Richard Wagner. Its design is an homage to Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, the opening of the 3rd act of Die Walküre, the second of the four part opera series Der Ring des Nibelungen. The design was also inspired by Lenneth from the game Valkyrie Profile.)

(A card by bladeWriter3)

Stravinska the Melodious Maestra/ LIGHT/ Level 6/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2200/ DEF 1900/ You can Ritual Summon this card with "Melodious Ritual." If this card is Ritual Summoned, you can activate this effect: Draw 1 card for every other Special Summoned monster you control. While you control 2 or more Special Summoned "Melodious" monsters: Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the effects of "Melodious" monsters you control. Once per turn, during either player's turn, if a "Melodious" monster(s) you control is sent to the graveyard, you can activate this effect: Shuffle 1 "Melodious" monster from your graveyard into your deck; and if you do, draw 1 card.

(Trivia: This card is based off of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. The design is a two-fold homage to some of his famous works. Its physical design refers to The Rite of Spring, while the final effect is meant to reference The Firebird Suite, with the deceased monster returning to the deck to be reborn later on.)

(A card by bladeWriter3)

Yuzu's Extra Deck

Luna Diva the Melodious Choir/ LIGHT/ Level 6/ Fairy/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2000/ DEF 2000/ 1 "Melodious Maestra" monster + 1 "Melodious" monster/ Cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. You take no battle damage involving this card. Each time this card destroys a monster your opponent controls by battle: You can activate this effect; this card can make an additional attack this turn. Each time a "Melodious" monster you control destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can activate this effect: Gain 200 Life Points, also all monsters your opponent controls lose 200 ATK.

(bladeWriter3's brain child)

Luna Prima the Melodious Choir/ LIGHT/ Level 8/ Fairy/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2800/ DEF 2200/ 1 "Melodious Choir" monster + 2 "Melodious monsters/ Cannot be destroyed by battle. Your opponent takes any damage from battles involving this card you would take instead. Gains an additional attack for each "Melodious" monster you control. Once per turn, during either player's turn, if your opponent takes battle damage involving a "Melodious' monster you control: You can activate this effect; This card gains 1000 ATK, until the End-Phase of this turn. If this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your deck or graveyard.

(bladeWriter3's card)

Star Diva the Melodious Choir/ Synchro/ level 8/ LIGHT/ ATK 1000/ DEF 1000/ 1 Tuner + 1 "Melodious Maestra" Monster

Cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects. You take no damage from battles involving this card. This card can attack your opponent's LP directly. If this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent's LP you can activate this effect at the end of the Damage-Step: Special summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your deck or Extra Deck (except "Star Diva the Melodious Choir), but shuffle that card into the deck during the End-Phase.

Vivaldina the Melodious Maestra/ light/ fairy/ rank 4/ ATK 1800/ DEF 1000/ 2 level 4 "Melodious" monsters

Once per turn you can detach 1 Xyz material from this card: draw 1 card. Then if the card drawn by this effect was a level 4 or lower "Melodious" monster, you can reveal that monster: Special Summon it. Fairy-Type monsters you control gain 200 ATK and DEF for each Xyz material attached to this card.

(Trivia: This card is based on the famous opera composure, Vivaldi).

Bachina the Melodious Maestra / LIGHT / Rank 6 / Fairy / Xyz / ATK 1900 / DEF 2400 /

2 level 6 Fairy-Type monsters

Once per turn you can reveal 1 "Melodious Maestra" monster in your Extra Deck and detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 monster your opponent controls: take control of that target until the End-Phase of this turn. It's ATK and DEF become 0 and its effects are negated. Also, that Target's name, Rank/Level, Type, and Attribute each become the same as the monster revealed for this effect.

(Trivia: This card is based on Johann Sebastian Bach. The card's physical design is based on Bach's second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach).

Yuzu's Spells

Melodious Duet/ Spell/ Normal/ If you control 1 or more "Melodious" monsters: Target 1 of those monsters to Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your deck whose Level is higher than the targeted monster's own Level by 1. Your opponent takes no battle damage the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Melodious Duet" per turn.

(More of bladeWriter3's shenanigans).

Clashing Cacophony/ Spell/ Normal/ Target any number of "Melodious" monsters you control and an equal number of monsters your opponent controls: Destroy them. Then, both players draw cards equal to the number of cards destroyed by this effect. You cannot Special Summon monsters the turn you activate this effect, except "Melodious" monsters. You can only activate 1 "Clashing Cacophony" per turn.

(A card by bladeWriter3)

Melodious Ritual/ Spell/ Ritual/ This card can be used to Ritual Summon any LIGHT Fairy-Type Ritual Monster from your hand or graveyard. You must also tribute monsters from your hand or field whose Levels equal or exceed the Level of the monster you Ritual Summon. If you control 2 or more "Melodious" monsters: You can also tribute monsters from your Deck. You can only activate 1 "Melodious Ritual" per turn.

(Trivia: Upon closer inspection, one realizes this card is similar to the Ritual Spell Odd-Eyes Advent, in that it can be used to Ritual Summon any 1 type of Ritual Monster instead of a specific monster. The final effect that allows you to tribute from your deck is a foil to the effect of Advent, in which the user can send Odd-Eyes monsters from their Extra Deck to the graveyard instead of tributing monsters if they control none and their opponent has at least 2 monsters.)

(This is also a card by bladeWriter3)

Cantata/ Spell/ Normal/ If you control no monsters: Fusion Summon 1 "Melodious" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by shuffling "Melodious" monsters from your graveyard into your deck as Fusion Material. Immediately after this effect resolves: Ritual Summon 1 "Melodious" Ritual Monster from your Deck, whose Level is equal to or less than the Levels of the monsters shuffled into your Main Deck by this effect. You cannot Summon or Set other monsters the turn you activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Cantata" per duel.

(Card created by he who writes with the blade)

Melodious Battle Conductor / Spell / Quick-Play / Activate only during the Battle-Phase if you control a face-up "Melodious Maestra" or "Melodious Choir" monster. Activate 1 of the following effects;

Increase the ATK of 1 "Melodious" monster you control by 1000 until the end of this turn, also, if it destroys a monster by battle, you can destroy 1 card your opponent controls.

Change the Battle Position of 1 monster on the field, also, while that monster is on the field, the opponent of that monster's controller can only target that monster for attacks.

Halve the ATK of 1 monster on the field, and if you do, that monster cannot be destroyed by battle or card effect. These changes last until the end of this turn.

If a "Melodious" monster you control inflicts battle or effect damage while this card is in your GY, you can activate this effect: Set this card to your side of the field, but banish it when it leaves the field.

Yuzu's Traps

Melodious Score Rewrite/ Trap/ Normal/ Shuffle 1 "Melodious" monster from your side of the field into your Deck; and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Melodious" monster from your Deck with the same Level as that monster on the field. The monster summoned by this effect cannot be destroyed by battle this turn.

(SwordScribberSama's card)

Unfinished Score/ Trap/ Normal/ All battle damage you take this turn is halved. If you take battle damage during the turn a "Melodious" monster you control is destroyed: You can activate this card from your hand.

(writer's card)

Yuri's Monsters

Predator Plants Cuscrustacean / DARK / Level 3 / Plant / Effect / ATK 100 / DEF 1900 / If your opponent Special Summons a monster: you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). If a "Predator Plants" monster is Special Summoned: Place 1 Predator Counter on each Special Summoned monster your opponent controls. Cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster that has a Predator Counter. (Level 2 or higher monsters with Predator Counters become Level 1).

Predator Plants Pinguiculeech / DARK / Level 1 / Plant / Effect / ATK 0 / DEF 800 / If a face-up "Predator Plants" monster you control battles an opponent's monster: You can activate this effect; End the battle, Special Summon this card in face-up ATK position, place 1 Predator Counter on each monster your opponent controls, and if you do, reduce the ATK of each monsters your opponent controls by 600 for each of its respective Predator Counters. (Cards and effects cannot be activated in response to the activation of this effect). Your opponent cannot target monsters except this one for attacks. Each time a monster with a Predator Counter loses ATK, this card gains ATK equal to the ATK change until the end of the turn. If this card is destroyed: You can change the ATK of 1 monster your opponent controls to 0.

(The name is a portmanteau of Pinguicula (a type of carnivorous plant with sticky leaves) and leech)

Predator Plants Gymnosporangilouse / DARK / Level 2 / Plant / Pendulum / Effect / ATK 800 / DEF 1200 / Scale 8 /
Pendulum Effect / Each "Predator Plants" monster you control cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn.
Monster Effect / During either player's turn, if this card is in your hand or face-up in your Monster Zone when a DARK monster you control battles: You can equip this card from your hand or field to that monster you control as an Equip Spell Card with these effects.
If the equipped monster attacks, it gains 1000 ATK until the end of the Damage Step.
You take no damage from battles involving the equipped monster.
If this card is removed from the field: You can return 1 "Predator Plants" monster from your GY to your hand.

(The name is a portmanteau of Gymnosporangium (which is a parasitic fungus), louse (a parasitic bug), and orange (a parasitic fruit that can be squeezed into a parasitic juice found at your local parasitic grocery store).

Yuri's Extra Deck

Predator Plants Leadwortroll / DARK / Level 5 / Plant / Fusion / Effect / ATK 2000 / DEF 2000 / 1 "Predator Plants" Monster + 1 DARK Monster/ If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can add 1 "Polymerization" from your GY to your hand. Once per turn: You can target 1 card you control; Destroy it, and if you do, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Predator Plants" monster from your GY.

(Trivia: Yes this thing is totally the "Demogorgon" from "Stranger Things." You can make jokes about it later.)

Predator Plants Sharcchinia / DARK / Level 4 / Plant / Fusion / Effect / ATK 100 / DEF 1800 /
1 Plant-Type monster + 1 DARK Monster
When this card is Fusion Summoned Successfully: You can target 1 of the monsters used as a Fusion Material for its Fusion Summon in the GY; Equip that monster to this card. This card gains ATK equal to the total ATK of monsters equipped to itself with its effect. If this card attacks a monster with a Predator Counter: You can equip that monster to this card at the Start of the Damage Step. (Only 1 monster can be equipped to this card at a time). Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can Special Summon 1 monster equipped to this card to the owner's field, and if you do, place 1 "Predator Counter" on 1 monster your opponent controls.

(This card's name is a portmanteau of "shark" and "Brocchinia").

Scourge Venom Fusion Dragon / DARK / Level 11 / Dragon / Fusion / Effect / ATK 3500 / DEF 2800 / 1 Level 8 or higher DARK Dragon-Type Fusion Monster You Control + 2 non-token DARK monsters on the field
Must be Fusion Summoned using the above Fusion Materials and cannot be summoned other ways. Once per turn, you can have this card gain ATK equal to the combined ATK of all other Special Summoned monsters on the field until the Standby-Phase of your next turn. Once per turn, you can target 1 monster on the field: Negate that target's effects, and if you do, this card gains the effects of that monster until the end of the turn. If this card is destroyed: Destroy all monsters on the field, inflict damage to your opponent's LP equal to the original ATK of the monsters destroyed, and Special Summon this Card (Ignoring its Summoning Conditions).

Yuri's Spells

Fusion Bargain/ Spell/ Normal/ Send 1 "Polymerization" or "Fusion" Spell card from your hand to your graveyard, except "Diffusion Wave Motion": Draw 2 cards, then send the top 2 cards of your deck to your graveyard. You can only activate 1 "Fusion Bargain" per turn.

(writer's card)

Biomass Fusion / Spell / Continuous / You cannot Normal Summon Monsters. Once per turn: You can Fusion Summon 1 Plant-Type Monster from your Extra Deck by banishing monsters from your hand, side of the field, or GY as Material. If this card is destroyed: Destroy all monsters Fusion Summoned by this card.

Predator Plants Trigger Fusion / Spell / Quick-Play / Activate only as a Chain Link 2 or higher within the same chain in which a "Predator Plants" monster activated its effect. Fusion Summon 1 "Predator Plants" monster by banishing monsters from your field or GY as Material. You can banish this card from your GY; Add 1 "Polymerization" or "Fusion" Spell Card "Except "Predator Plants Trigger Fusion" or "Diffusion Wave Motion" from your GY to your hand, but that card cannot be activated this turn.

Yuri's dumb tie-making trap

Lethal Venom Dosage / Trap / Normal / This card's effects can only be activated if you control a Level 8 or higher DARK Dragon-Type Fusion Monster. Target 1 monster on the field: Double that monster's ATK, also, if that monster's ATK exceeds 5000, destroy it. If you or your opponent would take battle or effect damage while this card is in your GY: You can banish this card and discard 1 monster; Negate the damage, and if you do, both player's take damage equal to twice the damage negated.

Bladewriter3: Well that was tiresome. But hey, another day another contribution to the "Make the Bracelet Girls Awesome" charity. Bet no one saw the Rituals coming. I know the request was for possible Xyz Monsters, but I think Rituals made more sense.

Seriously Arc V writers, you had Yuzu met up with one of the only dedicated Ritual users in franchise history and you don't have her teach Yuzu her summon!? That always ticked me off to no end! Not helping that a certain someone(looking at you Donjusticia) made no plans for Yuzu to use Rituals in SoR.

Fortunately, I used this opportunity to rectify that problem and incorporate the Rituals I designed for Yuzu myself. She does have more, but they won't work in-universe here. Since I am dead tired from writing this and it has taken up time away from my writing, I'm just going to do the usual review shout-outs.

Epsilon Tarantula chapter 6 . Jan 12

...WHY WAS THIS NOT CANON?!

Seriously, this chapter makes more sense than canon in every single way! Shinji gets shut up by Sergey, thus eliminating a potential Wild Card in Roget's plan, and an actual Xanatos Gambit forms, and YUZU SYNCHRO SUMMONS...AGH, stop making me consider rewriting the Synchro arc from scratch for Omen! I've already got enough on my plate by expanding Xyz!

Loved the chapter! Nothing wrong with it! Very few grammar mistakes compared to before!

And now that I know what was stopping you two from reading the update to Omen, I can stop hunting you two down with my army of highly intelligent Brazilian Wandering Spiders.

bladeWriter3: Wow, I think that was the most positive review you have given me Epsilon…and on a story that wasn't even my own. Still taking it as a compliment though! I didn't even plan the whole thing with Shinji. I just figured that since Yuya and Yuzu were dueling each other that leaves Sergey to crush Shinji in Yuzu's place. Honestly, you think Roger-erm Roget (isn't the L/R Confusion enough in Japanese, why did we have to put up with this?) even acknowledges Shinji's existence.

SSJGamerYT chapter 6 . Jan 12

This was sooooo good! My favorite chapter of this book! Hope u continue this.

bladeWriter3: Can say whether or not Donny will. But know this! If I haven't update my stories in a while, it's because I'm doing him a favor or working on this little side project of his.

Unknowedz chapter 6 . Jan 12

Requests:
- Can you turn Episode 136 into Zarcmas edition?
- Also what if Zarc was revived in episode 92?

bladeWriter3: I think a few people have tried that idea before. As for the Zarcmas thing, please refer to the end of Chapter 8 of Beyond the Pendulum for Rin's version of Jingle Bells.

Rin: I would perform here, but… oh what the heck!

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

Jingle all the Way

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

Hey!

Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

Jingle all the Way

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh

Hey!

I'm stuck inside a game

With Yugo who is lame

He keeps taking my stuff

Damn stop I've had enpugh!

Can Sora share some cake?

Yuto's hair is so fake

The two of us we are not twins

But Yuzu has my face

Oh!

Jingle Bells

Yuri smells

Leo jumped on bail

Yusei-Go is the best bike

And Ruri's the worst girl!

Jingle Bells

Yuya smells

I now own it all

All of those dumb Baka Boys

Will bow before me now!

Or else….

thetiger39 chapter 6 . Jan 12

Originally I thought this Duel would be a great fit for the third round of the tournament but I like this idea as well. A good ending with optimism for the road ahead.

I have another idea that needs to get out.

Episode 106: Melodious Resurgence

Its Yuzu coming to the rescue for the Fusion Resistance forces. Its now Yuzu and Yuri, facing off to battle once again. No outside interference. No help. Yuzu knows this. And she will win is what her mentality is. Yuzu has already gotten stronger with the additions of Pendulum and Synchro Summoning. Perhaps the debut of Xyz Summoning.

"Fear holds us back," thought Yuzu as she faced off against the Fusion lookalike of Yuya.

During the Duel, Yuzu would tell Yuri that she is not as weak as Rin and Ruri. Eventually It would look like that Yuri would win an unexpected hard fought battlebut Yuzu forces an unexpected Draw.

Anyways the result would be a Pyrric Draw. For Yuri, he would go into a breakdown, saying how no one is as strong as him. As for Yuzu, the Draw result against Yuri would restore her confidence.

At the end, Yuzu is given a brand new Duel Disk of Fusion Resistance design and be announced as the new leader of the resistance. At Academia, Leo Akaba is giving Special Inquisitor Ryo Marufuji a special task regarding the Fusion Resitance forces and to do what Yuri failed to do.

Good luck on writing the next one.

bladeWriter3: Yeah well instead you get Rituals and two request in a row. Don't expect it to happen again!

ThePLOThand chapter 6 . Jan 12

How about Making the ceremonial duel Yuya vs Yusho?
Having the two greatest entertainers face each other would make Reira smile a lot faster

bladeWriter3: Or it could be something that makes sense, like after he beats Reiji, Reira smiles, Yuzu is revived, she's the Ceremonial Battle and then all the counterparts are revived. Or at bear minimum the universe gives us a hint that they can be separated, if not right away. Oh shoot, did I just give Donny an idea?

ScalchopWarrior chapter 6 . Jan 12

Well, there was a card game.

Uh...yeah! what else...

WHEN IS THE NEXT SoR CHAP-

I mean, I have a request!

What if...Arc...Odd-Eyes...Sawatari...?

Yeah, that.

Good chapter. Gooder (ha get triggered) duel. Goodest (:P) FruitShipping

Wait, no, I'm not a weaboo shipper that has no life and spends her time on the internet trying to close the massive hole in her heart that can never be filled, since she will never be loved or cared about...

FruitShipping!

Okay, but no joke, good job. I'm going to compliment Donjustica-senpai (because I can) and then bladeWriter-sanma (not sure what that means, but I'll roll with it) for the work put into this duel and chapter. It makes me wish that this actually happened, but at the same time not since Sergey vs Yuzu was BEUTIFULLLLLL (yes, spelled exactly like that)

Um...not sure what else to say though. Good job! NOW PLS UPDA-

Ahem...bye

bladeWriter3: You have a habit of saying 'It's a card game' a lot, don't you? But if you wanna see something a weaboo would like, I can always just have Donny write more of Weaboo!Ruri's Yaoi Fic.

CityLover96 chapter 6 . Jan 16

I want Yuya, Zuzu, Celina, Rin, and Lulu to duel the mad scientist and win.

Performapal, Melodious, Lunalight, Windwitch, and Lyrilusc vs Parasites

bladeWriter3: What was Chapter 5 not good enough for you! Oh wait never mind I just realized who you were.

Necrograph Magician: But rest assured, if the Doktor ever appears in Beyond the Pendulum, I'll make sure he suffers.

bladeWriter3: Necrograph what are you doing here? You're supposed to stay in the Beyond the Pendulum universe.

Necrograph: Meh, I got bored waiting for my next scene and thougt I'd see what you were up to. I gotta say, I enjoyed seeing that little fusion lizard getting squashed. Serves the genocidal maniac right.

Starve Venom: I'm not genocidal, I just wanna spread love and egao! I didn't wanna duel Yuzu, I wanted to ask here where Yusho was so I can get an autograph.

Yuri: SHOVE IT VENOM AND ACT ANGSTY THAT WE LOST!

Autismo555 chapter 6 . Jan 16

I want the abomination that is the Duel between Yuya and DC227 in episode 71 to end on a better, more shocking note. As Yuya is about to take his final turn, he'll argue about how he originally came to rescue his friend Yuzu and will state that ever since he arrived in the City, it was one bad thing after another. He'll add how he was harassed by Security, arrested on false pretenses, locked away in the Facility, and forced to Duel in a tournament where the only entertainment is watching Turbo Duelists hurt each other and treating those who lost to an arrogant Duelist like Jack like a second-class citizen. He'll say that he originally wanted to bring the smiles of the Standard Dimension to the people of the City, but then came to a realization that the City is beyond that. He then adds, as his eyes glow from his Awakening that if he can't win the City over by through smiles, then he'll forced them over to his side through power and fear, something that's become the norm for them.

Then he ends the Duel by Summoning Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon and lays a brutal beatdown on DC227, injuring him greatly.

bladeWriter3: NO comment.

Exquisitepilot7 chapter 6 . Jan 17

Wow! These chapters are actually pretty good, as for my request maybe it should be something like Yuri vs Yuya, you know, something that actually lasted a good quantity of turns and that would show both Yuya and Yuri using more than just the dimensional dragons, and in the end probably doing a Zarc'like move where Yuya finally lost it after the grim reminder of Yusho's "death" passes, one where he takes Starve Venom and end Yuri with his own monster, something like that.

bladeWriter3: And so the new "Fix the Parasites" request begins. Donny I'm not helping you on that one, and I have Necrograph backing me up on that.

Necrograph: Let the records show that Writer made it clear he would not do Yuya vs. Yuri. Anyone who objects will end up meeting the sharp end of my giant murder sickle. And I'm a death god, I can make it so the Earthbound cannot resurrect you.

Lumaking chapter 6 . Apr 19

hmm wonder if it is possible to have a different ending with yuri and yuya duel in 134-135. Another way to become one? maybe making yuri the one standing at the end of the duel? but maybe I am wishing to much here?

bladeWriter3: Refer to the previous review.

Staria's Light chapter 5 . Aug 31

I wanted to wait till I read this all before giving a full on longass comment like usual. But man, this Chapter is crazy! Very well-written but I think you overdid the Action Magic use. That's Yuya's style! I like to visualize as I read so all I saw were humans acting like crazed animals, grabbing cards from platforms. Hilarious but omg...

bladeWriter3: Yeah well I like to read in character voices but you don't see me knowing where I meant to go with this comment before trailing off endless until Donny decides to cut me off! Whenever that maybe, I mean seriously I could go on for hours about how –

bladeWriter3: Well, that's about it. One last thing though, I have a really juicy SoR spoiler for all of you. The next time Yugo will have a major duel, a new form of Clear Wing will make his debut.

Donjusticia: Writer what the heck! What's with the spoiler!

bladeWriter3: Consider it payback for leaving me to deal with the Copyright Police AND the Fanfic Police after the last Request I did. And I helped co-draft that duel so the cops cannot come after me for spoiling something I had a hand in creating. Good luck dealing with these lunatics. Tri-Tail Link Dragon help me out here.

*Writer vanishes as a dragon swoops down and spirits him away in its claws*