Allie, Tate and Frederick all cheered at the sight of Yusei's Synchro Monster and Serenity watched with eyes full of awe. Stardust Charge Warrior flew down to Yusei's right and started flying by his side.
"At this moment, the special abilities of Stardust Charge Warrior and Jet Synchron activate!" Yusei called out, throwing his right hand out to the side. "First since Jet Synchron was used as Synchro material, I'm allowed to add a "Junk" monster from my deck to the hand!" Satellite's Shooting Star explained, gazing over to his left arm right as the deck began shuffling.
After a moment or two, it stopped, and a single card slotted out. Yusei took hold of it with his right hand's thumb, index and middle fingers before holding it up in front of his face. "I choose Junk Converter!" He declared, before adding the card to his hand, making it a total of 5 cards. "Second is that when Stardust Charge Warrior is successfully Synchro Summoned, I'm allowed to draw another card!" Yusei told LID's young president, drawing another card from his deck, held it up and looked at what he got.
Declan looked at Yusei and Stardust Charge Warrior over his right shoulder, just as Satellite's Shooting Star added the card to his card holder. He picked up another card and held it up to his face's left side. "Next up I'm giving Charge Warrior a little boost with this! The Equip Spell; Fighting Spirit!" Yusei shouted out, swiping the card into his Duel Disk and throwing his right hand out with style.
A large copy of the Spell appeared in front of Yusei's moving Duel Runner, right before an orange aura appeared over Stardust Charge Warrior. "Fighting Spirit is a Spell card that powers up the equipped monster by 300 points for every monster my opponent controls! Since you've got 4 monsters, that's 1200 points!" Yusei explained Fighting Spirit's card, right before Stardust Charge Warrior powered up.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2000 + 1200 = 3200.
"Let him have it, Yusei!" Rin yelled out in encouragement, throwing his right fist out towards D/D/D Doom King Armageddon. "You heard Rin, Stardust Charge Warrior! Take out Doom King Armageddon!" Satellite's Shooting Star commanded, pointing right at Declan's Pendulum Monster. Stardust Charge Warrior's eyes flashed a moment, followed by it crying out and charging forward towards Doom King Armageddon.
Declan narrowed his eyes, before facing forward and spotted something up ahead. It was another Action card floating above the road. "An Action card!" The silver-haired teenager blinked in surprise, then speed up to reach it before Stardust Charge Warrior reaches his Doom King first.
Just like before; Declan grabbed the Action card with perfect timing. He looked and nod in approval at what he got. "At this moment, I activate the Action Spell Evasion!" The silver-haired teenager called out, inserting the card into his Duel Disk. A copy of the Action Spell appeared in front of Declan and his Duel Runner, while Doom King Armageddon moved to the side and dodged Stardust Charge Warrior with the Synchro Monster flying onwards.
"Awww, come on! I hate it when that happens!" Rin exclaim with a voice that was a mix of frustration and annoyance at that old trick. "It can't exactly be helped. It's a game of chance and Declan's got luck on his side". Lulu commented, before she blinked upon noticing something with Yusei.
He wasn't annoyed or frustrated that his attack missed, instead he had a smile on his face. 'Yusei's...smiling?' Lulu thought to herself in confusion at why he's making a face like that right now.
"A valiant effort Yusei Fudo, but your attack ended in failure". Declan said with a grin of his own, turning to look at his opponent over the left shoulder only to blink at seeing the lack of frustration on Yusei's face. Before he could question him, Stardust Charge Warrior suddenly turned around in midair and shot out like a bullet heading towards D/D/D Doom King Armageddon.
He sliced right through the Pendulum Monster's body, slicing it in half before both pieces exploded. The shockwaves from the explosion hit Declan straight on, resulting in him flinching. Yusei took that chance to drive past him and retake the lead. (3200 - 3000 = 200)
Declan Life Points: 4400 - 200 = 4200.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 3200 - 300 = 2900.
It was clear to see that almost everyone was surprised or shocked at this unexpected development since they thought that Yusei's attack was negated. "What just happened!?" Dipper called out with wide eyes, no clue whatsoever on how Stardust Charge Warrior's attack still got through even after it was negated.
"No clue... Well, technically I do but I don't know how it happened". Julia said with an unsure voice, just as lost as the Xyz Duelist. Kit gave a shrug of the shoulders, no words since he didn't know what to say.
Declan put his D/D/D Doom King Armageddon's card in the Duel Disk's Extra Deck with it closing immediately after. He lifted his head up to stare at Yusei just as Stardust Charge Warrior returned to flying by Yusei's right side.
"Does your Charge Warrior have a special ability that allows it to attack twice?" LID's president questioned Satellite's Shooting Star, certain that what happened was because of a special ability.
Yusei kept the same smile on his face as he looked at Declan over his left shoulder. "Not exactly. Stardust Charge Warrior has an ability that doesn't let it attack twice, but instead lets it attack all Special Summoned monsters my opponent controls". Yusei told Declan about Stardust Charge Warrior's special ability, much to the silver-haired teenager's shock at learning this.
'Of course, that's what happened! An ability that allows it to attack all Special Summoned monsters I control, no matter how many of them I negate. You outsmarted me this time, Yusei Fudo'. Declan thought to himself, mentally preparing himself for what's to come next.
"It's not just my Charge Warrior you have to worry about! Go Trap card; Synchro Blast!" Yusei exclaimed, throwing his left hand out with Synchro Blast's card appearing out of thin air on his left facing Declan.
"When a Synchro Monster I control battles an opponent's monster, this Trap deals 500 points of damage to the opponent once per turn!" Satellite's Shooting Star explained the Trap card's effect, right before Synchro Blast fired a thin orange blast attack at Declan, blasting through him with the silver-haired teenage almost flinching.
Declan Life Points: 4200 - 500 = 3700.
"Now that that's taken care of, Stardust Charge Warrior continue your attack! Take out D/D/D Gust King Alexander!" Yusei commanded, rearing his right fist back before punching the air with it. Stardust Charge Warrior let out another cry, taking off into the sky and turned around. He flew straight towards D/D/D Gust King Alexander with the Fiend-Type monster raising its blade.
Stardust Charge Warrior reared its left fist back and once it was close it, thrust it out and smashed Gust King Alexander's blade into pieces. Stardust Charge Warrior's fist continued onto to Alexander's gut and struck, shattering the Fiend-Type monster into sparkle pieces. (2900 - 2500 = 400)
Declan Life Points: 3700 - 400 = 3300.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK Points: 2900 - 300 = 2600.
"I'm not done yet! Charge Warrior, attack D/D/D Wave King Caesar!" Yusei ordered the Synchro Monster, one that Charge Warrior is more than happy to obey. The Warrior-Type Monster turned its gaze over to the Fiend-Type Xyz Monster. But before it even started its attack, one of Wave King Caesar's overlay units was absorbed into its weapon.
D/D/D Wave King Caesar Overlay units: 2 -1 = 1.
Stardust Charge Warrior took off to Wave King Caesar this time and sliced through its blade and body with its wing blades. Wave King Caesar exploded with Charge Warrior already a good distance away. (2600 - 2400 = 200)
Declan Life Points: 3300 - 200 = 3100.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2600 - 300 = 2300.
"Time for the climax! Stardust Charge Warrior, attack D/D/D Flame King Genghis!" Satellite's Shooting Star commanded, looking at his card holder of five cards. Stardust Charge Warrior turned around by backflipped in the air and shot out like a jet towards the Fusion Monster.
Flame King Genghis held its shield up in an effort to shield itself, but Charge Warrior sliced through it and the Fiend-Type Monster with its wing blades. Flame King Genghis exploded with the force of the explosion hitting Declan's back, yet he remained strong. (2300 - 2000 = 300)
Declan Life Points: 3100 - 300 = 2800.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2300 - 300 = 2000.
(Music end)
Stardust Charge Warrior returned to Yusei's side once more, flying right above Yusei on his right. "Way to go Yusei!" Gong cried out in praise for Yuya's master, him and the rest of the You Show gang all smiling delighted smiles. "That was amazing! Yusei's one monster took out all four of Declan's monsters by itself!" Allie commented in awe, jumping up and down with an excited face.
"Now Yusei's the only with a monster and has more Life Points! And the best part is that Declan doesn't have a single card in his hand!" Zuzu pointed out, reminding everyone of Declan's empty hand right now. "You forgot to mention that Yusei's hand is full". Rin stated, both her and Zuzu turning to look at each other and chuckled a bit.
Yuya was smiling as well from witnessing his master's comeback. He turned and opened his mouth to speak, only to stop and blink in surprise at seeing a small frown on Lulu's face that was directed at Declan. "Lulu? What's wrong?" The Odd-Eyes Duelist asked his "girlfriend" with a worried voice, wondering why she had a face like that after Yusei's amazing comeback.
Lulu didn't reply to Yusei, instead her focus was on what she saw. While the others probably didn't see it or paid it no mind, Lulu noticed that when Stardust Charge Warrior attacked D/D/D Wave King Caesar, it absorbed one of its overlay units yet nothing happened.
'What is Wave King Caesar's special ability? It didn't stop Charge Warrior's attack or save itself from destruction. That must mean it is an effect that happens at the end of the turn'. Lulu thought to herself, going over as many possible effects that Wave King Caesar could have and how dangerous it was.
Back with the duel; Yusei and Declan had returned to the middle of Starlight Junktion's field and were driving up to the top right circle road. "Since you're out of monsters, my Stardust Charge Warrior can't attack anymore. I end my Battle Phase and switch to my Main Phase 2!" Yusei declared, both him and Declan driving down the circle road to the road down below.
"At this moment, D/D/D Wave King Caesar's special ability activates!" Declan suddenly spoke up, much to Yusei's curiosity at hearing this as he raised an eyebrow. "At the end of the Battle Phase; Wave King Caesar's special ability brings back all the monsters destroyed". The silver-haired teenager explained his Xyz Monster's special ability, much to the shock of the You Show group at hearing.
"Say what!?" Yuya exclaimed with wide eyes, honestly a bit shocked that a Rank 4 Monster has an effect like that.
Declan raised his right hand up and spoke. "Return to my side! D/D/D Flame King Genghis! D/D/D Wave King Caesar! D/D/D Gust King Alexander!" Declan cried out to the heavens, three black portals appearing in front of his moving Duel Runner and slightly floating above the ground.
D/D/D Flame King Genghis, D/D/D Wave King Caesar and D/D/D Gust King Alexander all floated up from the black portals with the same coloured auras as before surrounding them.
D/D/D Flame King Genghis ATK: 2000/ Level: 6.
D/D/D Wave King Caesar ATK: 2400/ Rank: 4/ Overlay units: 0.
D/D/D Gust King Alexander ATK: 2500/ Level: 7.
The orange aura surrounding Stardust Charge Warrior intensified greatly, powering it up once more.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2000 + 900 = 2900.
"But he just got rid of them!" Tate complained, eyes wide and hands lying against the viewer window. "Calm down guys. An ability like that has to have a drawback with how powerful it is. There's no way that a Rank 4 Monster could have an ability like that and not have to give up something in exchange". Lulu spoke up, having seen many Xyz Monsters and knew that the ones with powerful effects had to have a condition of sorts.
The You Show group looked all looked at Lulu for a moment, before they nodded and turned back to the duel. They can trust her words since she's the Xyz expert and knows a lot about Xyz Monsters. She still hasn't told them everything about Xyz Monsters yet, mostly because of Sora, but she will one day soon.
Back in the duel; Yusei looked at his opponent past the left shoulder with narrowed eyes. "I highly doubt that your Xyz Monster's effect lets that all happen without something in exchange. So, what is it?" Satellite's Shooting Star questioned LID's president, returning his gaze to the card holder and took hold of two cards.
Declan gave a grin at Yusei's question, then gave a nod of the head. "A fair trade I'd say. On my next Standby Phase, I will take 1000 Points of damage for each monster Summoned by this effect". He explained, but Yusei didn't lower his guard at all from hearing this. "Something tells me you don't plan on letting that happen". The black-haired adult stated, getting an amused chuckle from Declan since he was spot on about that.
"But of course. I activate my Trap card; D/D/D Human Resources!" Declan declared, throwing his right hand out with a Trap card appearing on the right and began gleaming. "This Trap card allows me to return 3 D/D/D Monsters to my deck and add two D/D cards from my deck to the hand". The silver-haired teenager explained, all three D/D/D monsters and D/D/D Human Resources bursting into sparkles.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2900 - 900 = 2000.
Lulu widened her eyes in surprise, before she narrowed them. "Impressive. By returning all three D/D/D monsters back to the Extra Deck, he won't take damage because of Wave King Caesar's special ability. And even get two new D/D monsters. He planned this in advance". The purple-haired female said to herself, unintentionally speaking loud enough for the others to hear.
"Darn it! Just what will it take for that guy to go down already!" Gong exclaimed with a voice full of annoyance, holding up a shaking right fist that as a display of how annoyed he was right now.
"Don't worry about it. Yusei's still got a few tricks up his sleeve". Rin told her fellow Synchro user, sparing a quick moment to look at Gong before turning back to the duel. "He's good. No doubt about that". Serenity commented, her face displaying a small fearful face at how dangerous he was to Yusei's chances of victory.
Declan's deck shuffled once more for a second or two until it stopped, and two cards slotted out. He picked up both cards with his right hand's fingers and held them up. "I add D/D Orthros and D/D Gryphon!" Declan called out, catching Yusei's curiosity as he looked past his left shoulder to look at the two cards Declan is holding. Satellite's Shooting Star narrowed both eyes at seeing they were Pendulum cards.
'More Pendulum cards, huh... He must be planning on completing the Pendulum Scale again'. Yusei thought to himself, then gazed at the two cards he's holding with his right hand. 'He must be getting ready to call out the big guns. I should prepare myself'. He thought to himself, the back of a Duel Monster's card appearing in his mind for a single moment.
Declan added the two cards to his hand, then turned his gaze over to Yusei. "Do you have any other moves left to take, or shall I start my turn now?" LID's president questioned his opponent, wondering if he had any move left to make. "All I've got left is placing 2 face-down cards". Yusei stated, slotting the two cards into his Duel Disk. "Your move". Yusei told Declan, two face-down cards appearing in front of his moving Duel Runner before disappearing.
Declan Life Points: 2800/ Number of cards in hand: 2.
"I'm gonna enjoy watching that guy get zapped by his own Spell cards". Rin commented as Declan moved his right hand to his wrist dealer right at the deck. "It's my turn now! I draw!" The silver-haired boy called out, drawing in a dramatic fashion by throwing his right hand out with the card in between his index and middle fingers. Declan looked through the corner of his right eye, then blinked in surprise.
The card he drew was a new addition to his deck; a Quick-Play Spell card called "Reverse Curse Contract". The card's image showed a Duelist standing behind the Spell Dark Contract with the Gate with a black beam striking him, but instead seemed to be filling him with energy instead of hurting him.
(Reverse Curse Contract/ Type: Quick-Play Spell/ Effect: For the rest of this turn, any damage you would take from any 'Dark Contract' cards is negated and you gain Life Points equal to the damage you would have taken.)
Declan then narrowed both eyes before facing forward. "At this moment; I take 2000 points of damage due to my two Contacts with the Gate". The silver-haired male stated, both Continuous Spell cards appearing in front of his Duel Runner and black auras appeared around him. "However, at this moment, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Reverse Curse Contract!" Declan cried out, holding the Spell card right out with a black aura appeared over it.
The black aura shot out into the air and came down on Declan. However, he didn't look to be in pain whatsoever despite the back energy assaulting him. "Hey, what gives!? Why isn't his Life Points going down?!" Zuzu called out in surprise, wondering why Declan's Life Points aren't going down. "The name says it all. Reverse Curse Contract's effect must be that it turns any damage from Dark Contract into reverse and increases his Life Points instead". Sora told the pink-haired girl, both hands still folded behind his head. He was proven correct as Declan's Life Points went up.
Declan Life Points: 2800 + 2000 = 4800.
"This is just getting annoying now". Rin groaned out, wishing that Declan would stop increasing his Life Points already and take the damage. "He must be cautious about Yusei winning with one attack. He's keeping his Life Points high enough to survive". Lulu said her thoughts on what Declan's strategy is, at least what she thinks it is.
'I guess I can kinda understand that. When I first dueled Yusei, he showed no mercy and took me out with only 2 attacks. The second attack dealing like 4000 points'. Yuya thought to himself with a small wince, thinking back to how he got destroyed by Yusei on their first duel.
Back with the duel; the dark aura disappeared with Declan sending his Spell card to the Graveyard. "Not bad. Looks like even your cards respond to you when you need them". Yusei said with a small grin, words that took Declan a bit by surprise since he had no idea what he meant by that. He rid himself of those thoughts and focused on the duel.
"I activate my Contracts with the Gate once more!" The silver-haired boy called out, both Spell cards gleaming as Declan's deck shuffled. It stopped after a few moments and two cards slotted out once more. Declan took hold of both cards and held them up for Yusei to see. "I add to my hand D/D Lamia and D/D Contract Re-supplier!" LID's president declared, Yusei looking over his left shoulder to see the cards.
One was an Effect Monster, while the other was a Pendulum Monster. The card's image showed a creature wearing only a dark cloak with a hood over its body, covering it completely. It was holding out two dark purple skin arms with five fingers that had long nails, black glowing red eyes the only thing visible from inside its hood.
(D/D Contract Re-supplier/ Level: 3/ Attribute: DARK/ Type: Fiend/ Pendulum/ Effect/ Pendulum Scale: 10/ ATK: 1000/ DEF: 2000/ Pendulum Effect: Once per turn on your Main Phase, you can select one "Dark Contract" Spell/Trap card(s) in your Spell/Trap Zone, you can add a "Dark Contract" card from your deck with a different name from the ones you have on your field. If you activated this effect, banish all face-up "Dark Contract" cards you control at the End Phase.)
(Play Yu Gi Oh! ARC V Ost 08- Shake! The Pendulum of the Soul!)
'More Pendulum cards'. Yusei said inside of his mind, Declan adding both cards to his hand and took a single one. The silver-haired teenager held the card up, showing it to be D/D Gryphon. "I reset the Pendulum Scale with Scale 1 D/D Gryphon!" Declan declared, throwing his right hand out to the side before placing Gryphon's card at the left edge of the blade.
The words 'Pendulum' then appeared across the blade in rainbow colours. Then, a blue pillar appeared on Declan's right. D/D Gryphon rose up from within it, eventually stopping with the numbers "1" appearing underneath the Fiend-Type monster. The blue lines appeared in the sky above Gryphon and Savant Newton.
D/D Gryphon Pendulum Scale: 1.
"Now with this completed Pendulum Scale, I can now Pendulum Summon monsters with Levels in between 1 and 10!" Declan cried out, gazing down at his Duel Disk's closed Extra Deck zone. "It doesn't matter that he can Pendulum Summon again. All he's got are low Level monsters that won't be a problem". Frederick said with an easygoing smile on his face, honestly forgetting something important about Pendulum Monsters.
Declan's Extra Deck opened and two cards slotted out. Declan took both cards and spoke. "The energies of the universe swing between the forces of darkness and of light. I shall now harness the power of this eternal oscillation. I Pendulum Summon and call upon my four monsters to emerge!" Declan cried out, holding four cards up with his right hand before throwing it out to the side. A small circle appeared in between the blue pillars, before widening out to a large one.
A portal appeared in between the circle and a deep purple wave of energy emerged from it. "Come to my side! D/D Contract Re-supplier, D/D Orthros, D/D/D Doom King Armageddon and D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas!" Declan cried out as the wave of energy disappeared to reveal D/D Contract Re-supplier, D/D Orthros, D/D/D Doom King Armageddon and D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas flying above their duelist and keeping pace with his Duel Runner.
D/D Contract Re-supplier DEF: 2000/ Level: 3.
D/D Orthros DEF: 1800/ Level: 4.
D/D/D Doom King Armageddon ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.
D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas ATK: 2600/ Level: 7.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2000 + 1200 = 3200.
Frederick comically screamed out in horror at seeing Declan's two D/D/D Monsters, now remembering an important detail about Pendulum Monsters. "Pendulum Monsters get sent to the Extra Deck when they're destroyed where they can get Pendulum Summoned later". Rin said with a deadpan face at how Frederick forgot such an important thing like that.
"Yusei's outnumbered now and outgunned!" Zuzu remarked, her teeth lightly grit at the situation Yusei's in right now. "Keep your cool. Charge Warrior's got the most ATK Points right now. And Fighting Spirit's final effect will protect Stardust Charge Warrior from getting destroyed. He'll be able to protect Yusei from Rebel King Leonidas at least". Rin told her Standard Dimension counterpart, sparing Zuzu a quick glance.
She didn't say it, but Lulu doubted her sister's words since she's sure that Declan wouldn't overlook something like that.
"I activate the special ability of D/D Contract Re-supplier! This effect can only be activated once this card is Pendulum Summoned!" Declan cried out, throwing his right hand out. A purple aura appeared over Re-supplier, followed by both copies of Dark Contract with the Gate reappearing in front of Declan.
"If I have any Dark Contracts on my field when this card is Pendulum Summoned, I can add a new one from my deck". The silver-haired teenager explained, bringing up his left arm and gazed down at the deck.
It began shuffling for a second or two, stopping immediately with a single card slotting out. Declan took hold of the card with the right hand and held it up, showing it to be a Spell card.
"I add Dark Contract with the Swamp King to my hand". He declared his choice, adding the card to the card holder. He took another card and held it out. "Now I Summon D/D Lamia!" Declan called out, placing the card down beside Revel King Leonidas' one.
A portal appeared and D/D Lamia emerged from within it, holding both of its hands out.
D/D Lamia ATK: 100/ Level: 1.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 3200 + 300 = 3500.
"Now I tune my Level 7 D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas to my Level 1 D/D Lamia!" Declan declared, throwing his right hand up into the air as both Lamia and Rebel King Leonidas took off into the sky. "Here comes another Synchro Summon!" Rin commented as Lamia's body gleaming a bright white light. It then transformed into a single bright star that flew around until turning into a green ring that circled around Rebel King Leonidas.
D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas turned orange transparent with seven stars appearing inside its body as it was scanned. Leonidas' body disappeared complexly, before the seven lined up within the green rings.
7 + 1 = 8.
A thin beam appeared through the stars and rings, followed by electrical energy coming out of the rings. The thin beam then transformed into a massive one that absorbed them all. "Climb over the corpses of heroes, carrying your bloodstained blade! Synchro Summon! Be born! Level 8! D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried!" Declan chanted, the massive beam was sliced in half to reveal a silver armoured warrior with a red scarf, long silver hair and a two-handed greatsword. D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried spun around and rested its blade on its shoulders.
D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried ATK: 2800/ Level: 8.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 3500 - 300 = 3200.
Cursed King Siegfried flew beside Doom King Armageddon and Re-supplier, all of them facing the back of Stardust Charge Warrior. Declan took a card from his card holder and held it up. "Now I activate my Continuous Spell; Dark Contract with the Swamp King!" The silver-haired teenage declared, slotting the card into his Duel Disk. A copy of the Spell card appeared and gleamed a dark aura.
"This card deals me 1000 points of damage on my Standby Phase. However, it allows me to Fusion Summon a Fiend-Type Fusion Monster using monsters on my field and hand". Declan explained Dark Contract with the Swamp King's effect, much to Yusei's ire at hearing this. "Just great". Satellite's Shooting Star uttered to himself, looking over his left shoulder right as a purple swirling portal appeared above Declan.
Both D/D Orthros and D/D Re-supplier rose up into the air, before they were sucked into the swirling portal. A bright light emerged from the portal, a sign that a new Monster was about to appear. "By using Orthros and Re-supplier, I will create a Monster that will seal your fate. I Fusion Summon! Cast your eyes upon the winged fiend destined to end your Charge Warrior! D/D/D Oracle King - d'Arc!" Declan cried out, holding up a Fusion Monster's card before throwing it down.
A silver armored female fiend knight with two wings wielding a sword appeared. She gave a cry, taking a stance.
D/D/D Oracle King - d'Arc ATK: 2800/ Level: 7.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 3200 - 300 = 2900.
"That's not good on so many levels. Now Declan's got a third shot at Yusei!" Gong exclaimed with wide eyes, quick to realize this was bad news for Yusei. "Let's hope that one of those face-down cards can help him". Allie said with a worried face, hoping that Yusei finally uses an Action card to save himself from this situation.
"Now would be a good time for a comeback". Sora said with an uncaring shrug of the shoulders. He brought out another chocolate bar, unwrapped it and began enjoying himself.
Declan suddenly threw his right hand out and pointed at Stardust Charge Warrior with his right hand's index finger. "Curse King Siegfried, activate your special ability!" The silver-haired teenager cried out, Siegfried's eyes flashing red in response.
It lifted its blade from its shoulders and pointed it at Stardust Charge Warrior, then fired a red shot. It struck Stardust Charge Warrior's chest, resulting in the orange aura surrounding the Synchro Monster disappearing.
"During either player's turn, D/D/D Curse King Siegfried can target and negate the effects of a face-up Spell/Trap card my opponent controls. With this effect, I negate your Fighting Spirit Equip Spell!" Declan explained the Fiend-Type Synchro Monster's effect, much to Yusei's alarm at hearing this.
Stardust Charge Warrior ATK: 2900 - 900 = 2000.
"I think this is the part where we start panicking!" Zuzu said with wide eyes full of panic, realizing that with this, Declan can finish Yusei off this turn. "I'm starting to think you're right. Yusei, now's a good time to do something!" Yuya called out to his mentor, a cry that went unheard as Yusei kept his focus forward. 'Yusei...' Lulu said inside of her mind, worried at the possibility of him actually losing.
"Go D/D/D Oracle King - d'Arc! Attack and slay Stardust Charge Warrior!" Declan commanded, swiping his right hand out to the side. Oracle King - d'Arc's blade floated in between its hands, before she took it into both hands and charged forward. She was quick as lightning as she came right up and impaled Stardust Charge Warrior through the chest. The Synchro Monster groaned in pain, before he shattered into sparkle pieces. (2800 - 2000 = 800)
Yusei Life Points: 4000 - 800 = 3200.
Yusei grit his teeth at Charge Warrior's destruction, but made no move to either activate a card effect or look for an Action card. "Your field is now open. Doom King Armageddon, attack Yusei Fudo directly!" Declan commanded his Pendulum Monster to attack next.
Doom King Armageddon's crystal inside of its body began gathering energy for its attack. After a second or two, it unleashed multiple light purple homing attacks at Yusei and struck the ground around him, setting off multiple explosions.
"Yusei!" Yuya cried out in concern, him and every other You Show member all having wide-eyed stares at the smoke cloud covering their friend from view. Much to their relief, Yusei drove out of the smoke cloud unharmed, but the same couldn't be said for his Life Points.
Yusei Life Points: 3200 - 3000 = 200.
(Music end)
Declan through the smoke cloud with his monsters flying above him, all of them staring directly at Yusei and his Duel Runner. "This is where this duel ends, Yusei Fudo. D/D/D Curse King Siegfried, attack him directly and end this duel!" Declan shouted out, pointing right at Yusei with his right hand's index finger. The Fiend-Type Synchro Monster obeyed its master and charged forward, intending to wipe out the rest of Yusei's Life Points.
The whole You Show gang held their breath, unable to do anything but watch as D/D/D Curse King Siegfried drew closer to Yusei. Unlike his friends watching, Yusei wasn't worried at all and instead grew a smile on his face since this was exactly what he had been waiting for. "Sorry to disappoint you, but this duel isn't over yet!" Satellite's Shooting Star suddenly cried out, taking Declan by surprise at hearing this.
(Play Yusei Fudo Synchro Summoning Theme Extended)
Yusei threw his right hand for, the dragon head mark of the Crimson Dragon lightly glowing. "I play my Trap card; Stardust Re-Spark!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, a Trap card appearing on his left, facing and his monsters.
"When I'm attacked directly by an opponent's Special Summoned monster that's ATK Points are equal or higher than my Life Points, your attack is negated!" Yusei explained the Trap card's effect, a golden yellow beam blasting out of Stardust Re-Spark's card and struck Curse King Siegfried, blasting him away.
Declan's eyes narrowed in annoyance as Curse King Siegfried rejoined his other monsters above him, but Yusei wasn't done yet. "That's not all my Trap does! I also get to draw a card from my deck!" Yusei informed his opponent, drawing another card from his deck, took a moment to look at it and add it to the card holder, now having a total of 3 cards.
"And finally, I'm allowed to Summon a specific monster from my Extra Deck!" Yusei called out with a grin, while Declan raised an eyebrow at his opponent. "A specific monster?" The silver-haired teenager questioned, only to widen both eyes in alarm upon realizing what monster Yusei's talking about. "You can't mean..." He began only to stop himself, beginning to suspect that this was what Yusei was hoping for.
The You Show gang all had excited eager faces because Yusei's ace monster was about to join the show. Even Kit and Julia looked excited as well. Dipper wasn't as excited as his friends and instead had an annoyed frown on his face. Finally; Henrietta had a fascinated face since she'll finally see the famed dragon of Yusei Fudo.
Yusei had his right hand above his Duel Disk, holding a card with the thumb, index and middle fingers. "Take flight..." He began slowly, before throwing his right hand into the air and revealed the card to be his ace monster. "STARDUST DRAGON!" Satellite's Shooting Star cried out, a bright white pillar erupting from the card's image.
The pillar quickly cleared away to reveal Yusei's partner monster; Stardust Dragon. The Synchro Monster let out a cry to the heavens as it spun around with its wings and arms folded in, then spun around and spread them out fully, releasing glittering white energy around itself.
Stardust Dragon ATK: 2500/ Level: 8.
(Music end)
Everyone stared at Yusei's ace monster with wide eyes, yet with different expressions. The You Show group had delighted faces at seeing Stardust Dragon finally in the game. Julia and Kit stared at the dragon in awe, while Dipper and Henrietta had surprised looks since Stardust turned out to be more breathtaking in person. And finally, Declan stared up at the dragon with a fascinated expression.
"Now we're talking! With Stardust on the field, Declan's in for it now!" Rin called out with a wide grin, certain that this meant Yusei's finally taking things serious. "But it's the weakest monster on the field". Sora pointed out that Stardust Dragon had the lowest ATK Points right now.
"You don't have to worry about that. It won't be a problem for long". Yuya told the Fusion Duelist with confidence, sparing Sora a quick glance. Lulu breathed out in relief from laying eyes on the monster that restored her hope.
Stardust flew down to above Yusei and followed him through Starlight Junktion's highway. Yusei's vizor displayed the words ""Stardust Dragon" and "ATK 2500", him gazing up at his prized monster with a smile.
"Good to have you by my side again, old friend". Satellite's Shooting Star said to the Synchro Dragon-Type Monster, earning a small grin and growl from Stardust Dragon in response. Yusei turned his gaze over to Declan, waiting for him to make his next move.
Declan made no move to continue his turn, instead kept staring up at Stardust Dragon. 'It is more breathtaking than I imagined. I've seen many monsters in my life, but none have ever looked so magnificent like this Stardust Dragon'. The silver-haired teenage thought to himself, a bit disappointed that he didn't possess such a creature in his deck. He shook his head to rid himself of those thoughts and focused on the duel.
"With my last attack negated, I'll switch over to my Main Phase 2. Now, I activate the Trap card; Contract Laundering!" Declan cried out, throwing his right hand out to the side right before a Trap card appeared and lightly gleamed. "Since a Dark Contract card was activated this turn, all "Dark Contract" loses their effects and are then destroyed". The silver-haired boy explained, all three of his Spell cards appearing in a line in front of him and burst into sparkles.
This move made Yusei raise an eyebrow since he couldn't see why Declan would do that. "At the End Phase, I can draw one card for each Dark Contract destroyed by this effect". LID's president told his opponent, sending Contract Laundering's card to the Graveyard.
"A good exchange for destroying your Dark Contracts. But I still don't understand why you'd destroy them because as long as that Fusion monster of yours stays on the field, the effect damage would have instead increase your Life Points". Satellite's Shooting Star said with a frown, much to the surprise of the You Show gang at learning what D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc's effect is.
Declan gave an impressed smile at Yusei. "I'm impressed you found out about Oracle King d'Arc's effect, but that isn't possible now. D/D Contract Re-supplier's effect also banishes all Dark Contract cards I control at the End Phase if I used its effect this turn". LID's president informed the older male, now getting Yusei to grow an impressed smile at his opponent.
"Now that explains so much. Not bad". Yusei praised the young president of the Leo Institute, getting a small smile from Declan at the praise. "Why thank you very much. Now I end my turn here. And due to Contract Laundering's effect, I draw 3 new cards". The silver-haired teenage declared, drawing the top 3 cards of his deck one at a time and put them in his card holder.
Yusei Life Points: 200/ Number of cards in hand: 3.
Yusei placed his right hand on his deck, then spoke. "My turn!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out, drawing the card and throwing his right hand out. He looked through the corner of his right eye and widen both eyes at seeing that he drew High-Speed Fusion. 'High-Speed Fusion... Nice! With this, I can bust out one of my best monsters'. Yusei thought to himself, before looking over to the viewer's window where everyone was watching, right at Lulu.
He still hasn't told her about him being a Fusion user as well. She's been getting better with her trauma with Fusion, but now was the moment to see if it's helped her enough for him to reveal the secret. 'Lulu... Please don't hate me for what's about to happen'. Yusei said inside of his mind, adding High-Speed Fusion to his hand and took another card.
He held the card up to the left side of his face. "I'll start off by activating the Synchro Transcend from my hand!" Yusei declared, throwing his right hand over the Duel Disk and out, inserting the card with perfect timing. The Spell card appeared in front of Yusei's moving Duel Runner and began glowing. "I can only activate this card if my opponent controls a Synchro Monster". Satellite's Shooting Star began to explain Synchro Transcend's effect.
Declan raised an eyebrow at what he heard, before looking up at D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried for a moment. "It allows me to Summon a Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck with a higher Level than the Synchro Monster you have". Yusei finished explaining, regaining Declan's attention as he faced forward. "An interesting Spell card, but it won't matter". The silver-haired teenager stated, narrowing both eyes at Yusei and threw his right hand out to his right.
"I activate D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried's special ability and negate your Synchro Transcend Spell card!" Declan declared, pointing right at the back of the Spell card with his right hand's index finger.
Siegfried's eyes flashed red, before it lifted its blade from its shoulders and pointed it at Synchro Transcend's back and fired a red shot. It struck the Spell card, resulting in red electricity dancing around it with Synchro Transcend losing its light. It then disappeared without a trace.
Yusei gave a smile because that was exactly what he had been hoping Declan would do. "Thanks for that, because now I don't have to worry about your Curse King's special ability anymore!" The black-haired adult exclaimed, then looked down at his card holder exactly at High-Speed Fusion's card.
(Play Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Dub Unreleased Soundtrack 1 - Duel Theme)
Yusei took hold of the card with his right hand's thumb, index and middle fingers. He brought it up and stared at it for a second or two, then looked over to Lulu once more. "Lulu! Sorry about this!" Satellite's Shooting Star apologized to the purple-haired girl, much to Lulu's confusion at why he's apologizing.
Yuya, on the other hand, widen his eyes since he knew what his mentor was preparing to do. 'Time for the moment of truth'. The Odd-Eyes Duelist thought, teeth light grit because this was a moment he's been treading.
Yusei faced forward again, then held his right hand out to the side. "I activate the Spell card... High-Speed Fusion!" Yusei cried out, throwing his right hand over the Duel Disk and inserted the Spell card. Everyone, Yuya being the only exception, all either gasped in shock or widen their eyes in disbelief at what they've heard. "Fusion!" They all cried out, Yuya turning to look at Lulu and saw her only with a wide-eyed surprised expression.
A large copy of High-Speed Fusion appeared on Yusei's right side and gleamed with energy.
"I can only activate this card if I only control a Synchro Monster and you control 2 or more monsters! Now, I can perform a Fusion Summon using Monsters from my Extra Deck to Fusion Summon a monster that requires a Synchro Monster as material!" Yusei explained High-Speed Fusion's effect, further increasing the shock of almost everyone at hearing this. The only exceptions were Yuya, Lulu and Rin because they all had eager expressions, that went for the Mistress of Birds too.
"A Fusion Monster that requires a Synchro Monster as material..." Sora uttered in pure shock since he's never heard of such a Fusion Monster. He even let go of his nearly finished chocolate bar and it fell to the ground.
"Just how does such a card exist? I've never heard of such a Fusion Monster before". Julia said with wide eyes, both hands placed against the window. Both Fusion users have seen and learned many things about Fusion Monsters, but never heard of one that required a monster from another Summoning method as material.
Yusei's Extra Deck zone of his Duel Disk opened, before two cards slotted out of it. Satellite's Shooting Star grabbed the two cards with his right hand's index and middle fingers, before he held them up to reveal that they were Ascension Sky Dragon and Turbo Warrior.
"Through High-Speed Fusion's effect, I'll fuse Ascension Sky Dragon and Turbo Warrior!" Yusei declared as he discarded the two cards to the Graveyard zone of his Duel Disk. Two bright flashes appeared behind Yusei, before both Ascension Sky Dragon and Turbo Warrior appeared from them.
"Ascension Sky Dragon! Turbo Warrior! Combine your powers to form a powerful new force!" Yusei chanted as Ascension Sky Dragon gained a white aura around himself, while Turbo Warrior had a blood red one. Sparks of energy radiated off of them, before they gleamed brightly as they merged together.
"I Fusion Summon! Come forth! Level 10! Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste!" The Synchro Duelist cried out to the heavens as the bright lights cleared to reveal his Fusion Monster, Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste. The Fusion Monster released a powerful roar as he reared his right hand to the left, then swiped it out to the right with his javelin in hand.
Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste ATK Points: 3200/ Level: 10.
(Music end)
Everyone stared at Yusei's Fusion Monster as Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste joined Stardust Dragon's side of flying above their duelist. "Whoa... Now that's a monster Gong can admire". The Superheavy Samurai Duelist uttered to himself, feeling in awe at the sight of Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste. "A dragon knight? Now that's awesome". Zuzu commented, mind wondering from how Yusei Fusion Summoned using a Synchro Monster as material.
Sora was quiet, staring up at Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste for a few moments until he eventually cracked a grin. "Well, I'm actually at a lost here. Very nice monster there, Yusei Fudo". The Fusion Duelist uttered to himself, honestly greatly liking the dragon knight very much.
This bit of information will greatly help Duel Academy with their goals since it revealed another one of their greatest enemy's monsters. He had no idea just what kind of powerful monsters Yusei has and that Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste wasn't even in the top 3.
Yuya grinned a little at the sight of Yusei's Fusion Monster, only for that expression to quickly fall. He turned to Lulu, expecting to see a traumatized look on her face, but much to his relief he only saw her with wide eyes directed at Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste.
"Lulu... I know that this whole thing is a bit shocking, but..." The Odd-Eyes Duelist spoke, catching the purple-haired female's attention. She turned to look at her "boyfriend" with a confused look and spoke. "Huh? I already knew that Yusei could Fusion Summon". Lulu told Yuya, stopping him in his tracks at hearing that.
He looked at the Mistress of Birds with wide eyes, honestly stupefied at what she said. "You...knew?" He asked Lulu to be certain his eyes wasn't playing tricks on him. Lulu gave a nod with the same confused look displayed. "Yeah, I knew. I saw Yusei Fusion Summon one time". The Mistress of Birds answered, mind thinking back to a memory that the Crimson Dragon showed her. Of Team 5D's battle against Team Unicorn in the World Racing Grand Prix.
At first, she was afraid of her trauma acting up again, but it didn't happen for some reason. Lulu had no idea how that Fusion Summon didn't bother her whatsoever, she just assumed because it was different from the ones she's seen Duel Academy's forces use.
Not to mention that it was a knight, despite being a dragon as well, and she's always seen knights as warriors that defend the innocent. Yuya continued to stare Lulu, only with anime white eyes at the size of bowling balls now. The sight of it made Lulu giggle a little as she turned to watch the duel once more.
Back in the duel; Declan stared up at Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste as if it were an alien sight. 'I never thought a monster like this existed. A Fusion Monster that requires a Dragon-Type Synchro Monster as material? Incredible'. Declan thought to himself, making plans to bring this information to his team of card developers, Kaiba Corporation and Industrial Illusions.
"And I'm not done just yet!" Yusei suddenly cried out, capturing everyone's attention once more as they all looked at him once more.
(Play [Anime _ OST /🔥]' 遊 戯 王5D's (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's) - 力の解放 (Unleash Force) '[Stardust Dragon Appear]
Yusei brought in his tightly gripped left fist, before throwing it out to the left side. "Assault Mode Activate!" Yusei cried out, a Trap card appeared out of nowhere on his left and gleamed brightly. Everyone blinked in surprise, Lulu and Rin being the only exceptions as they turned to look at one another. "Assault Mode?" They questioned, no clue what that does since they have no recollection of Yusei ever using that.
Assault Mode Activate's card unleashed a white beam right at Stardust Dragon, striking right at its chest yet no harm was done to it. The Synchro Monster's body gleamed bright white with glittering energy coming off of it. It soon died down a little to reveal a crying out Stardust Dragon, only bigger, stronger looking and had blue armor, gauntlets and leg guards even.
The powered-up Stardust Dragon unleashed a mighty howl as it spun around, reared its wings, arms and tail in before throwing them out with the remaining white energy bursting out around it.
Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode ATK: 3000/ Level: 10.
Everyone stared up at Stardust Dragon with wide eyes of surprise or shock at how it seemingly evolved. "What the heck just happened?! I've never heard of whatever this is!" Yuya explained, turning to look at Lulu for an explanation on what just happened.
The Mistress of Birds turned to Yuya with an unsure face, before she shook her head. "I don't know either. I've never seen Yusei do this before". She told the Odd-Eyes Duelist, no memory of seeing Yusei using this before in the memories she saw thanks to the Crimson Dragon.
The LID group were staring up at Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode with wide eyes, Kit's amazement easy for everyone to see. "Awesome... I had no idea that Yusei could do something like this with Stardust Dragon". The X-Saber Duelist uttered to himself, wondering if he could do something like this with one of his X-Saber Synchro Monsters. "That dragon's packing some serious heat right now!" Dipper exclaimed, now a little bit intimidated right now.
Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode returned to flying above Yusei. Declan turned his gaze over from the transformed dragon to its owner, wanting an explanation on what he just did. "Assault Mode Activate is a Trap card that takes a Synchro Monster I control and evolve it into its Assault Mode form from my deck". Yusei explained what happened, holding up Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode's card with his right hand to show Declan before putting it down on the Duel Disk's blade.
'Incredible. He's showing more incredible discoveries that I never once thought possible'. Declan thought to himself, taking a mental note to do research on this "Assault Mode" later on once the duel ends.
Yusei and Declan began to turn another corner, but that was when Satellite's Shooting Star noticed an Action card up ahead of him above the road. Yusei reached out with his left hand and grabbed the Action card with perfect timing just as they resumed driving in a straight road. Yusei looked at the Action card and blinked in surprise at what he saw.
'This could come in handy'. Satellite's Shooting Star thought to himself, adding the card to his card holder, making it a total of 3 cards. "Time to brawl! Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode, attack D/D/D Curse King Siegfried!" Satellite's Shooting Star commanded the dragon, bringing his left hand up before throwing it out to the side.
Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode turned around and roared at the Fiend-Type Monster. Its body grew a blue aura around itself, before flying forward and bite down hard on Siegfried's shoulder. The Synchro Monster's body began gleaming brightly, before bursting apart completely. (3000 - 2800 = 200)
Declan Life Points: 4800 - 200 = 4600.
"Have you forgotten my Doom King's special ability! Armageddon's ability and he now gains Curse King Siegfried's power!" Declan called out, raising his right hand into the air right as a black aura appeared over D/D/D Doom King Armageddon. Yusei gave a grin because this was something he had been waiting for. "Thanks for that! I activate Stardust Dragon Assault Mode's special ability!" Yusei declared, taking Declan by surprise as he widened both eyes.
Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode roared out, before it charged forward and rammed into D/D/D Doom King Armageddon, its blue aura clashing against the dark aura. "When a Spell, Trap or Monster effect is activated, I can release my dragon to negate and destroy that card". Yusei explained the dragon's special ability, much to Declan's alarm at hearing this.
"What!?" He exclaimed, right as both auras burst away with Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode and D/D/D Doom King Armageddon disappearing in a shower of sparkles. Declan watched the sparkles rain down, before he gazed down at D/D/D Doom King Armageddon's card he's holding with his right hand.
'Not only did that Trap card increase Stardust Dragon's power, but upgraded its effect'. The silver-haired teenager thought to himself, putting the card away in his Duel Disk's Extra Deck.
"Nicely done! He timed that perfectly!" Rin cried out with a wide grin, looking over to Gong with the Superheavy Samurai Duelist nodding in agreement. "Got that right. Even if Yusei attacked that Doom King with his dragon knight, he would have just destroyed two monsters. But this way, he can take out all three of them". Gong said with a grin, perfectly figuring out what Yusei's strategy was now after what he saw.
"Your turn now Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste! Take out that Oracle King!" Yusei commanded the Fusion Monster to attack. Draco-Equiste's eyes flashed for a moment, before it brought up its javelin and spun it above its head for a moment or two until it hurled the weapon at D/D/D Oracle King - d'Arc.
It struck the Fusion monster directly on its chest with Oracle King - d'Arc exploding on contact. The explosion hit Declan with the silver-haired teenager grunting. (3200 - 2800 = 400)
Declan Life Points: 4600 - 400 = 4200.
Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste's javelin flew back into its owner's right hand with the Fusion Monster taking a tight hold of it. The Fusion Monster turned back around, while Yusei turned to the three cards remaining in his card holder.
All he had right now were the Monster Junk Converter, Spell Pot of Avarice and Action Spell Over Sword.
'Everything's going well for now, but that could change soon. Just to be safe, I'll set a defense'. Yusei thought to himself, taking Pot of Avarice's card and held it up. "I activate the Spell Pot of Avarice!" The Synchro Duelist declared, his card gleaming a bright light.
The cards of Turbo Warrior, Ascension Sky Dragon, Junk Gardna, Nitro Warrior and Sneak Giant all slotted out of Yusei's Duel Disk and he picked them up. "I select 5 monsters in my Graveyard, return them to the deck and draw two new cards!" Yusei explained the Spell card's effect, returning the four Synchro Monsters to his deck and Sneak Giant to the normal deck.
Once done; Yusei's deck shuffled for 4 seconds before stopping. Wordlessly, Yusei drew the top 2 cards in a dramatic fashion, before adding them to the card holder, making it a total of 4 cards.
Yusei picked one of the cards up with his right hand's thumb, index and middle fingers. "I'll throw a face-down card and end my turn". Satellite's Shooting Star declared, inserting the card into the Duel Disk. "And at this moment Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode's final effect activates!" Yusei called out, a face-down card appearing in front of the Yusei Go and quickly disappeared.
"If I negated an effect through Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode's effect, I can Special Summon it back from the Graveyard!" Yusei explained, before throwing his right hand out forward. "So come on back! Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode!" Satellite's Shooting Star called out as a black portal appeared right above the ground in front of the Yusei Go and Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode flew out of it and roared as it rejoined the dragon knight's side.
Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode ATK: 3000/ Level: 10.
Declan Life Points: 4200/ Number of cards in hand: 3.
(Music end)
"Yusei's taken out all of Declan's monsters! And he's got two Level 10 monsters now!" Serenity remark in delight, clapping both of her hands together in delight. "That may be, but there's a huge difference in Life Points". Sora spoke with a small frown, words that wiped the delighted face off of Serenity since that was a huge concern.
"Declan's got 4200 Life Points left, while Yusei's only got 200. Just one more hit to his Life Points and Yusei will lose". Lulu said with a worried tone, feeling uneasy since there was such a huge difference.
"Keep your cool guys. Yusei just has to keep Declan from hitting his Life Points". Yuya told the gang, looking at Gong first and over to Lulu with a reassuring smile. Yuya's words brought a small smile to Lulu's face since it calmed her a little. "Not to mention that Yusei's finally got an Action card. Since he hasn't used it yet, that's gotta mean it's one meant for defense". Zuzu spoke up, reminding everyone of the Action card Yusei picked up earlier.
"Despite all of that, Yusei's still deep in the red. He can manage 100 or 150 points of damage, but anymore and he's out. Not to mention that guy can Pendulum Summon those powerful monsters of his again". Sora spoke up, gazing over to Declan and his Pendulum Monsters floating in the blue pillars.
"Are you trying to be a supporter or not?" Rin asked with a sarcastic voice, turning to look at the 13-year-old boy with a frown. Sora just gave a nervous laugh in response to the green-haired girl, keeping his mouth shut to not tick her off.
Back with the duel; Declan left go of the right handlebar and placed his hand on his deck. "It's my turn now. I draw". Declan said calmy, drawing the card in an undramatic style and looked at it. The silver-haired teenage gave a pleased grin at seeing it was a card that will prove useful. Wordlessly, he added it to the card holder. He took two cards from the card holder, followed by the Extra Deck opening with two more cards coming out.
"The energies of the universe swing between the forces of darkness and of light. I shall now harness the power of this eternal oscillation. I Pendulum Summon and call upon my four monsters to emerge!" Declan cried out, holding the four cards up with his right hand before throwing it out to the side. A small circle appeared in between the blue pillars, before widening out to a large one.
A portal appeared in between the circle and a deep purple wave of energy emerged from it. "Prepare yourself Yusei Fudo because this time instead of just my D/D/D Doom King Armageddon and D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas D/D Pandora, you're also facing three Doom King Armageddons!" Declan cried out, the purple wave of energy clearing to reveal D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas, D/D Pandora and 3 D/D/D Doom King Armageddons.
3X D/D/D Doom King Armageddon ATK: 3000/ Level: 8.
D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas ATK: 2600/ Level: 7.
D/D Pandora ATK: 1700/ Level: 5.
The sight of the three Doom King Armageddons made Yuya groan in irritation. "Come on!? Three of those things, that's just ridiculous!" The Odd-Eyes Duelist cried out with a voice that just screamed out how annoyed he was right now.
"Gotta agree with Yuya on this. One of them was bad enough, but 3? That's crazy especially with the abilities they have". Rin said with an annoyed frown, feeling a heavy pressure on herself just from imagining facing those three monsters herself.
"It's worse than you think. With those 3 Doom King Armageddons, D/D/D can have one of them attack Stardust Dragon in mutual destruction and it'll power up the other two. That'll give Declan two more attacks with them and even if he somehow survives that, that Rebel King can still attack. This isn't looking good for Yusei". Sora explained to his friends just how bad of a situation Yusei's in right now.
Allie, Tate and Frederick all gasped in concern for their teacher, while Serenity brought her hands together in a prayer for Yusei.
Yusei narrowed his eyes at Declan's three Doom King Armageddons. "Clearly you never heard the old saying that "three is a crowd". Still, try this one for size!" The black-haired adult cried out, throwing his right hand out to the side. "I activate the Trap card Zero Gravity!" Yusei exclaimed, the Trap card appearing to his right and kept up with his Duel Runner's speed.
"This card turns everything around because now every face-up monster are forced to change battle positions!" Yusei explained the Trap card's effect, right as some sort of wave burst out from the card and hit all eight monsters. Immediately all of them switched into defensive positions.
Stardust Dragon/ Assault Mode DEF: 2500.
3X D/D/D Doom King Armageddon DEF: 1000.
D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas DEF: 1200.
D/D Pandora DEF: 2100.
Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste DEF: 2000.
This turn of events greatly lived the You Show gang because now Declan couldn't attack with his three Doom Kings. "Nice job Yusei! With his monsters in DEF Mode, that's another turn!" Yuya called out in praise to his mentor, more than happy to see he managed a comeback.
"Yusei can destroy two of Declan's monsters next turn, but he'll just Pendulum Summon them again. He better make next turn count or else he's gonna lose". Sora said with a small frown, gazing directly at Declan's Doom Kings since they're the biggest threat right now.
Lulu grumbled at Sora's words yet didn't speak in objection since he was right about that. 'Yusei's next turn could decide the duel. Declan's Life Points are 4200 Life Points, so the best choice would be to destroy his Pendulum Scale'. The Mistress of Birds thought to herself, eyes wondering to Declan's two monsters acting for the Pendulum Scale. Taking them out and then destroyed Declan's Pendulum Monsters would be the best course of action, at least in Lulu's eyes right now.
Declan stared forward for a moment or two, before he closed both eyes and chuckle with a growing grin. This captured everyone's attention as they looked at the young president of LID, wondering why he's laughing.
"I missed the joke, care to tell me what it is?" Yusei questioned with a small frown, looking at Declan over his left shoulder with narrowed eyes.
Declan ceased his chuckling and opened both eyes to look at Yusei. "My apologizes, I'm just honestly amazed with your skills and quick thinking. Thanks to that Trap of yours, you will survive this turn I'll admit. However, my move isn't over yet". The silver-haired teenager told Satellite's Shooting Star, then threw his right hand up into the air, his scarf blowing more widely than normal.
(Play Yu Gi Oh! ARC V Ost 10- DDD)
"I overlay two of my Level 8 D/D/D Doom King Armageddons!" Declan declared, two of the Doom King Armageddons transforming into darkish purple bright lights before they took off into the sky.
"An Xyz Summon!?" Yusei called out in surprise, wondering what exactly Declan's Summoning now. "He's willing to give up two of his biggest hitters, so this monster's gotta be worth it". Rin said with a serious frown married to her face, certain that this Xyz Monster is gonna be dangerous.
"Rin's right. Pendulum Monsters that are used as overlay units don't return to the Extra Deck, but are sent to the graveyard". Yuya remark, an expert on Pendulum and knows that Declan's two monsters won't be going back to the Extra Deck.
A golden galaxy Xyz portal appeared right above the ground in front of Declan and his Duel Runner. Both dark lights danced around each other as they entered the portal, resulting in a pillar of energy erupting out of it. "When two suns rise, the horizon of a new world shall open up! Xyz Summon! Appear and come forth, Rank 8! D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga!" Declan chanted, throwing his right hand out with a card in hand before placing it down on the Duel Disk's blade.
The pillar of energy cleared to reveal a giant demonic humanoid monster seated on a throne. D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yugi groaned out, two black overlay units circling the Xyz Monster as it floated above its Duelist.
D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga ATK: 3500/ Rank: 8/ Overlay units: 2.
Everyone stared up at Declan's Xyz Monster with Serenity, Allie, Frederick and Tate all intimidated by it greatly. "Now that's scary". Rin commented, a single trace of sweat dropping from her face at the sight of Declan's Xyz Monster. "A Rank 8 Xyz Monster... I'm certain that it's powerful beyond compare". Lulu said with a small frown, having seen many Xyz Monsters and knows that Rank 8 ones are powerful in ATK power and abilities.
Yusei stared at D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga over his left shoulder for a few moments until he eventually spoke. "Nice monster you got there. I assume its ability is worth the tradeoff of using two of your Doom Kings?" The black-haired adult questioned, turning his gaze over to Declan once he finished speaking.
"It is indeed. Its effect cannot be negated. And on the turn this card is Special Summoned, all face-up cards on the field have their effects negated and all activated effects are negated as well". Declan informed Satellite's Shooting Star, much to Yusei's shock at hearing this.
'What!? That means I can't use Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode's special ability or use it to revive Stardust!' Yusei shouted out inside of his mind, gazing down at the dragon's card.
"Not only that, but by using an overlay unit my Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga destroys all Spell/Trap cards on the field. Then by using another overlay unit, I can revive all my Spell and Trap cards and if they were set before destruction, I can activate them". Declan further explained the Xyz Monster's effect, increasing the pressure on Yusei from hearing this.
"That's crazy! That monster can destroy Yusei's Traps before he can even use them and reset his own!" Gong cried out, wide eyes directed at the Xyz Monster that's a massive threat to Yusei.
"Yusei's chances just went further down the drain". Sora remark with a shrug of the shoulders, certain that this meant it was game over for Yusei. Yuya and Rin grit their teeth in frustration, while Lulu and Serenity turned to look at one another in worry.
Declan threw his right hand up into the air. "Now Duo-Dawn King Kali Yuga, attack Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode!" LID's president ordered the Xyz Monster. Kali Yuga's eyes flashed for a moment, before dark lightning erupted out of its horns and struck the back of Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode, resulting in the dragon crying out in pain before it exploded. The shockwaves hit Yusei and sent his Duel Runner spinning, but thankfully he managed to regain control and stay in the lead.
"Stardust was taken out in one hit!" Zuzu cried out with wide eyes, honestly finding it hard to believe with how much Yusei tries to keep it safe all the time. "Yusei's just got his dragon knight left! And it can't beat that monster". Allie said with a low voice full of deep concern.
"Yusei's next turn will be his last one, no matter how much we don't like it. And his chances of winning are very low". Sora said out loud with a deep frown directed at Yusei, curious to see if he'll survive by some miracle or get destroyed.
Rin continued to grit her teeth, thinking very hard for a possible scenario where Yusei can win. But no matter how hard she thought, nothing came to mind. 'Darn it all! Yusei, now would be the perfect time for you to do your thing where you make the impossible possible!' The green-haired girl thought to herself, placing her trust in Yusei to get out of this bad situation.
Declan looked over to his card holder at the single card he had. 'Just in case, I shall set this up for Yusei's turn'. The silver-haired boy thought to himself, reaching out to take hold of the card only to stop upon seeing an Action card up ahead.
Growing a small grin, Declan kicked the speed up a little and quickly reached the Action card. He caught the card and brought it up, then nodded in approval. "I activate the Action Spell Energy Biscuits!" Declan called out, inserting the Spell card into his Duel Disk. A copy of the Spell appeared on his right and a yellow aura appeared over Declan.
"This Action Spell increases my Life Points by 500". Declan explained Energy Biscuits' effect, right before his Life Points went up.
Declan Life Points: 4200 + 500 = 4700.
The yellow energy disappeared, and Declan took the Trap card in his card holder and inserted it into his Duel Disk. "I will end my turn with a face-down card. Make this turn count Yusei Fudo, it's your last one". Declan told his opponent, a face-down card appearing on his right side floating just above the floor before disappearing.
(Music end)
Yusei Life Points: 200/ Number of cards in hand: 3.
Yusei stared down at the Yusei Go's screen that displayed Declan's field, hand and Extra Deck. 'This is not good. Even if by some miracle I manage to take out that Dawn King, his Doom King will take me out next round. And even I manage to destroy it as well, he'll just Pendulum Summon it again. There's only one way for me to get out of this, I need to win this duel on this turn'. Satellite's Shooting Star thought, lifting his gaze up to the road ahead of them.
Yusei and Declan reached the two circle roads on the left side this time. The two drove around the corner to the road down below with Declan's monsters flying over it. Once they were driving down the highway road in a straight line, Yusei placed his right hand on his deck. "It's my turn now! I draw!" Satellite's Shooting Star cried out, drawing in a dramatic fashion by throwing his right hand out.
He looked and saw it was Advance Draw, a sight that brought a smile to his face. Immediately, he held Advance Draw's card with the thumb, index and middle fingers. "I'll start us off by activating the Spell card; Advance Draw!" Yusei cried out, inserting the card into his Duel Disk.
A large copy of the Spell appeared on his left, followed by Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste slowly turning into yellow sparkles. "By releasing a Level 8 or higher Monster I control, Advance Draw lets me draw 2 new cards!" Satellite's Shooting Star explained the Spell card's effect, just as Draco-Equiste fully turned into yellow sparkles with it and Advance Draw's card disappearing.
"Yusei's betting on his deck, hoping to draw some good cards". Gong said in realization at what Satellite's Shooting Star was doing right now. "They better be good because he just sacrificed his only monster. If those cards aren't good ones, then he's history". Sora said with a low voice, grinning a little bit from the whole situation. "Come on Yusei... This is the big moment where you have to shine..." Yuya uttered to himself, bringing up his right fist with it shaking a bit.
Lulu and Rin both remained silent, their eyes glued to Yusei. They've seen through the memories the Crimson Dragon sent them that Yusei's overcome many obstacles in his past, but they just couldn't help themselves from getting nervous.
Yusei moved his right hand to his wrist dealer, but stopped himself. He gazed down at his right forearm exactly at his mark of the Crimson Dragon that was hidden. He stared at his covered mark, mind flashing images of his previous friends and teammates of Team 5D's; Akiza, Jack, Crow, Leo, Luna and Bruno.
He's thought about them every day and has missed them terribly. Yusei hasn't tried calling through to them through his mark, but now he needed to because he's in need of their help to make this comeback. 'Jack...Crow...Akiza...Leo...Luna... Please, lend me your strength...' Yusei said inside of his mind, closing both eyes and focused on his mark of the Crimson Dragon to connect with the other Signers.
It was a long shot because he hadn't tried to connect with them in over 2 months and he was in another world, but Yusei still had faith that they were all still connected.
(Yusei's world/ Play Naruto Man of the World)
Yusei's home city; New Domino City was breathtaking to look at as always, even with the orange afternoon sky above it. 2 months has passed since the city was saved from destruction by the Divine Temple. All the citizens that had evacuated have all resettled in their homes and life returned to normal for the city's people.
But for some people, their joy dead 2 months ago on the day that their city was saved.
Outside of the city there was a seaside outdoor cemetery with a view of the ocean and many tombstones around the hill. There were also seagulls flying above, it was peaceful with nothing to ruin the peace. There was nobody at the cemetery, except for five specific people standing in front of a recently built tombstone.
The members of Team 5D's and the other signers; Jack, Crow, Akiza, Leo and Luna, all wearing their normal outfits. But there was a big difference to when Yusei last saw them, they all looked like they've given up on life. Their clothes were ruffled, their hair messy and most of all; their eyes didn't have a single bit of life in them.
They all managed to escape the Divine Temple with Cheery thanks to the Crimson Dragon getting them out, even their dragons were returned to them. But there was no sign of Yusei escaping before it was destroyed. With no sign of him and the Divine Temple gone, it was clear to everyone that Yusei had died just like in Sherry's vision and something inside of them all broke that day.
The tombstone that the five were standing in front of wasn't any random one, it was Yusei's "grave". It had his name, tittle, even words like "A great friend" and "Hero that saved New Domino City". This was the grave of Neo Domino City's hero, a grave without the remains. In these past 2 months, the lives of Jack, Crow, Akiza, Leo and Luna all took a depressing turn with their close friend's death on that day he saved their home.
Jack doesn't duel anyone at all and hasn't been taking on any challengers. He doesn't even ride his Duel Runner anymore and just spends all his time staring at an old photo of him, Yusei and Crow as kids and sometimes of Team 5D's. He doesn't even leave to go have coffee at that nearby cafe anymore either.
Leo and Luna hardly duel much anymore either and their grades have suffered a lot do to them not studying much. Leo was hit especially hard since that day and has been blaming himself for not being able to help someone he considered his friend, mentor and even a dad. It was the same with Luna, she's even ignored her Duel Spirit friends trying to comfort her.
Crow hasn't done much either, except driving around and hasn't even been dueling his best, constantly making mistakes and even crying in the shower. Before 2 months ago, he had been secretly making plans to join Sector Security, but because of what's happened he's lost the motivation to join the force to protect Neo Domino City's safety.
Finally Akiza and she was the most affected because Yusei was the man she fell in love with. Akiza's lost motivation to do her school work, doesn't leave her home almost always and hasn't touched her deck since. And on the days that she does go to school, she's been constantly harassed by this one guy that's been acting as if she were his girlfriend, even boasting about she is his girlfriend. And Akiza couldn't bring herself to do anything about it out of depression.
Their behavior were greatly worrying their loved ones since it was affecting their lives. And no matter what they tried, the remaining members of Team 5D's just wouldn't cheer up. And honestly, even they were depressed with the death of Yusei Fudo.
Today was no different, just another one with them all depressed. They all came here to the cemetery in some vein hope of comforting from visiting Yusei's hope, but all they continued to feel was sadness.
Right now Akiza was down on her knees right in front of the grave, placing a blue rose down on it. Akiza retracted her left hand and gazed down at Yusei's name, before she began crying once more from the intense sadness striking her heart once more. "Yusei... Yusei... Yusei..." The former Black Rose Witch uttered with pure sadness, before she sobbed and covered her eyes with both hands.
Leo and Luna were already crying with their eyes shut, sobbing like a bunch of newborn babies. "Yusei... I miss you..." Luna moaned out, before she went and hugged her brother for comfort. The older twin wrapped his arms around Luna and returned the hug, but didn't speak. He couldn't find the strength to do so and just laid his head on Luna's for comfort of his own.
Jack and Crow were silent, their heads tilted down with bangs covering their eyes with tears leaking out. There was nothing they could say. The two had been raised with Yusei since they were kids, they were brothers and now it was just them. Yusei was Crow's most treasured friend that was always there for him like when he was about to duel Bolton to learn the truth about his old friend Robert Pearson.
And as for Jack; Yusei had been his greatest rival. His very reason to keep getting better to one day defeat him and take back his title as champion. But more than that, he was Jack's friend that he grew up with and now he's gone.
This whole thing felt like an unrelenting nightmare for them all and there's no hope for them to escape. But the same couldn't be said for miracles.
(Music end/ Play Naruto Shippuden OST - Old Friend)
All five Signers' moaning was cut short by intense bright red glows on their right forearms. Akiza, Jack, Crow, Leo and Luna blinked in surprise before looking at the source and saw their marks all glowing brightly. "Our... marks?" Crow said in confusion at them finally acting up after 2 months of nothing.
Before any one of them could speak, they all suddenly felt a familiar feeling that left them all utterly stupefied. All of them stared down at their marks with wide eyes, almost unable to believe it. And just as they were about to deny it, a voice entered their minds. The voice of their most important friend that brought them all together.
'Jack...Crow...Akiza...Leo...Luna...' Those words flew into their minds, all of them freezing completely at hearing that voice they never thought they'd hear again. "Yu...sei..." Luna uttered, unwrapping her arms around Leo to look down at her forearm completely, an act that the other Signers copied. To them all, it felt like they were all waking up from the nightmare to a beautiful reality with their sadness slowly disappearing.
Akiza breathed out, staring at her mark with wide eyes for a few seconds until she grew an overjoyed smile from the happiness overloading her. "Yusei... he's alive...! Yusei's alive!" She cried out, crying once more only this time with tears of joy at realizing the man she loves in alive.
At Akiza's words; the other members of Team 5D's all began to cry in joy as well. Their deep sadness disappearing completely and being replaced with unmatched happiness. Even their eyes were more alive looking now, showing just how the knowledge that their friend was alive affected them all mentally.
'Please, lend me your strength'. That same voice whispered in their minds, a request they were more than happy to comply with. "Do you really need to ask? We're with you Yusei!" Crow cried out to the sky above, placing his left hand over the mark of the Crimson Dragon's tail. "Yusei!" Leo and Luna cried out with life, placing their hands over the marks as well.
Jack stared down at his mark for a moment or two, until he gripped his right hand into a fist and smirked. "Ha... I was an idiot for thinking you were dead. Yusei! You have a lot of explaining to do!" The blond-haired man exclaimed, placing the left hand over his mark as well.
Akiza stared down at her mark with eyes full of joy and affection, mentally thanking whatever god in existence responsible for this miracle. No clue whatsoever it was the Crimson Dragon she's thanking. 'Yusei... I missed you...so much...' Akiza said inside of her mind with pure love and affection, gently placing her left hand over the mark.
The five sent their feelings to their friend and leader in his time of need. Even against different worlds, nothing can stand against the strength of their bonds together.
(Back with Yusei)
Yusei felt his heart overflow with the feelings of Jack, Crow, Akiza, Leo and Luna, a clear sign that they answered his call. Satellite's Shooting Star grew a smile and opened his eyes, delighted that his bond with them was still as strong as ever. 'Thank you, my friends'. Yusei thought to himself, then drew the top two cards of his deck in a dramatic style.
(Music end)
Yusei slightly turned his head right and looked at the two cards. His smile grew larger at seeing they were exactly what he needed. He then blinked at seeing one of them was the card that Yusho gave him, Smile World. He brought the two cards up and stared at the Spell. 'Smile World... Alright Yusho, let's see what your card can do!' Yusei thought to himself, deciding to trust in the card that Yuya's father gave him.