11. Chapter 11 - An Unexpected Summon (1/2)

an:

hi. if you care enough that you've read this far, your probably know the drill by now

diabolictracer: try it. it'd be very…amusing to watch you try.

all you have to do is wait and see ;).

oh….well crap. i didn't realize that. but honestly, turn traveler is less of a specific card (doesn't have "time or "star" in the name), and yuko is going to use it too (hint hint kuriboh hint hint)

get out of my fanfic avice! no one likes you (other than the people who do!)

well….i don't like it.

guest: thanks for your support, and about your question, yes, yuko does have counterparts.

let's just begin

yuko pov:

i stared at the gray haired man (who we still didn't know the name of) who stared back just as solemnly.

"is yuko okay?" i heard ayu saying to futoshi in a loud whisper

"he must be really nervous!" futoshi said in an even louder whisper.

"yeah, if he loses this, lds gets you show," tatsuya said in a much better attempt at a whisper

i politely pretended to not hear them

i glanced over at yema and our eyes locked

"sorry" she thought, wringing her hands together awkwardly.

"no pressure right?" i asked, casually stretching "just the entire duel school on the line."

"don't worry, you can win!" ayu said encouragingly

"yeah, lds has nothing on you!" tatsuya said

"plus, you can pendulum summon!" futoshi added "there's no way you can lose!"

"naive" himaka said softly "you stand not a single change against reiji akaba"

"that's enough for now" the man (who's name was reiji i guess) said "let us begin our duel"

i swallowed nervously as we walked onto the duel field.

despite what i said before, i was pretty nervous. not only was the entire school on the line, but this guy….he felt confident, like there was no way i could possibly beat him.

i smirked as i activated my duel disk

i was excited to prove him wrong

[play yu-gi-oh arc-v opening 1, believexbelieve]

biribu x biribu biri-biri-biri badizu!

(believe x believe, electric buddies!)

several flashes of different colors came across the screen, showing both yema and yuko in several different poses, before a red jacket swiped across the screen, and it zoomed out, showing yuko holding his jacket over his shoulder, with yema absentmindedly playing on her duel disk as an action card

iefly appeared behind him before flipping over, creating four cards of different colors all showing silhouettes of the two twins standing together, before scattering to show the logo, as two pendulums swung behind it, with the background switching between different

ight colors as pictures of yuzu, gongenzaka, shozou, yoko, ayu, futoshi, tatsuya and sora appeared.

yu-gi-oh arc-v

the twin pendulums

yu! kachi make janai saikyo no kādo

(you! you are the ultimate card, it's not about winning or losing)

yuko's duel disk was shown, before scrolling down, past his red and black goggles which gleamed in the light, to the show the duelist swinging his duel disk around his body

yu! supido zenkai harahara on za gēmu

(you! your heart is racin', full speed ahead on the game)

the blade of yuko's duel disk was shown right before he placed down time stallion, and mounted it when it appeared

dan-dan-dan-dan dan! dan! dan! dan!

(step by step, step by step, done, done, done, done)

several monsters were shown from both twin's decks, including time golem, star swordsman and aquarius the star bearer

dan-dan-dan-dan dan! dan! dan! dan!

(step by step, step by step, done, done, done, done!)

more monsters from their decks were shown like time wizard, star

eaker magician and star sorceress, who used her staff to create a blinding light that enveloped the screen

yureru ma ma ma maindo

(mah, mah, mah mind is swingin')

the glow faded to show yuko and yema standing back to back both pendants glowing, before they both raised theirs arms to the sky

tamashi no pendyuramu kyukyo ku no konfyujon

(the pendulum of the soul, the ultimate confusion)

up above the twins, stargazer and timegazer were in the pendulum zones floating in the sky, with both pendants swinging between the magicians before a portal opened and three glowing monsters flew out

shodo ga gotto itto gotto itto

(got it, got it, got my impulses under control)

shingo was shown smirking while holding rocket dart striker, power dart striker and ultimate dart striker

shobu wa gachi gachi honki reboryushon

(this match is no joke, an all-out revolution)

reiji was shown, his glasses reflecting the light as he pushed them up his nose, showing his eyes, which immediately changed to show time golem, star swordsman and time stallion all being summoned at the same time

(jasuto burēkin' za woru... x2)

(just

eakin' the wall…x2)

a green glow appeared on screen, before zooming out to show time warp pendulum dragon roaring

raido on nau!

(ride on now!)

yema was shown mounting onto star strike pendulum dragon before showing both twins clutching their pendants

biribu x biribu

(believe x believe)

time warp pendulum dragon was shown running along for a

ief moment before zooming out

eburibadi goin' kabe wo tsukiyabure!

(everybody's goin',

eak through the wall!)

the zoomed out perspective showed yuko riding on time warp pendulum dragon while yema clung onto his back to keep from falling, before yuko thrust out his hand and activated a spell, which twinkle kuriboh and another blue puffball emerged from

yua gona bito itto bito!

(you're gonna beat it beat!)

the two summoned monsters danced around each other happily

mugendai no fyuchā mayoi wa buttobase!

(the future's infinite, throw your hesitation to the wind!)

yema nervously waved at the little monsters, who both looked happy and flew back to land on their owner's shoulders before yuko grabbed his deck and drew a card, which created a

ight red glow from the trail

meiku itto meiku itto yuki dashite (bureiku itto nau)

(make it, make it, be courageous (

eak it now))

yuzu and gonenzaka, both smiled and held out their arms happily

steppu aheddo! fumidase yo (du itto nau)

(step ahead! go forth (do it now))

sora, ayu, futoshi and tatsuya all jumped into the air happily

otanoshimi wa kore kara da! so daremo ga biribā!

(the fun's just beginning! so, everyone's a believer!)

the twins were shown riding on time warp pendulum dragon's back, before they both extended their arms and several monsters from their deck burst from behind and zoomed forwards. star strike pendulum dragon flew in next to time warp pendulum dragon, before it shot up into the sky and glowing trail of sparkles appearing behind it.

biribu x biribu biri-biri-biri badizu!

(believe x believe, electric buddies!)

multiple flashes appeared, showing yuzu, gongenzaka, shuzou, ayu, futoshi, tatsuya and sora, before cutting out to show everyone standing in front of the you show duel school, with both twins in the middle of an argument, with the others all standing around them amused.

yuko pov:

i glared as hard as i could at reiji, who's face remained emotionless.

"you know you look like you're going to murder someone, right?" yema's thoughts rang into my head. it was times like this that i wish i could clamp a mental hand over her mental mouth. i mean, maybe if i tried hard enough…

before i could do something else (that would probably make me look stupider) yuzu called out

"don't forget why you duel!"

"yeah, to win" my mind automatically said. immediately after that, my mind started arguing with itself

"but is it really?"

"of course it is!"

"but what about entertaining the audience?"

"screw that, i wanna win!"

"but dueling is made to make people smile!"

"okay! we can make people smile by beating the crap out of this guy in a children's card game!"

"….fine"

i grinned as i realized how screwed up my mind was.

"so, what'll the action field be?" i asked reiji sarcastically "ceo headquarters?"

"why don't you choose?" reiji asked me without a slightest hint of sarcasm

i smiled to myself.

"sure" i said, turning to shuzou. i made a vague gesture, hoping he'd understand, and thankfully, he did.

"action field on!" shuzou shouted "temporal ruins!"

the action field materialized around us, displaying a vast cavern with ruins in them. the ruins were in strange positions and had glowing sigils on them. all around us, there was clocks embedded into the cavern walls which were all spinning at different rates, some fast, some slow, a couple even backwards.

"i like this" i thought, nodding my head

"duelists locked in battle!" yuzu shouted

"kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" yema continued

"they storm through this field!" tatsuya said

"behold!" futoshi said

"this is the newest and greatest evolution of dueling!" ayu said

"action…" they all said

"duel!" reiji and i shouted at the same time as the action cards dispersed

reiji: 4000 lp, hand 5

yuko: 4000 lp, hand 5

"i chose the action field, so its only fair you make the first move!" i said to reiji. he looked almost surprised for a second, but his face quickly returned to an emotionless mask.

"i will take up your generous offer!" reiji said "and i will begin by using three spell cards. the first is dark contract with the gate!"

a spell showing a demonic door with a scroll in front of it appeared

"once per turn, i can add a level 4 or below "d/d" monster to my hand" reiji explained "however, i will take 1000 points of damage during each of my standby phases"

"quite the price" i muttered, convinced there was more his strategy than it appeared

"i will add my "d/d cerberus" to my hand" reiji said, as a card popped out of his duel disk.

"then i use a second dark contract with the gate" reiji declared, a second copy of the same spell appearing

"another one?" i asked in disbelief

"i will take another 1000 damage during my standby phase, but i can add a level 4 or below "d/d" monster to my hand" reiji said "i choose "d/d lilith"

another card popped out of the deck into reiji's hand.

"and i finally use "dark contract with the swamp king" reiji said, a spell showing king of the swamp behind a tombstone.

"let me guess" i said "you have to take 1000 damage, but you get to do something else in exchange?"

"very observant" reiji said "as you said, i will take 1000 damage during my standby phase, but in exchange, once per turn, i can perform a fusion summon!"

"another fusion user?" i muttered

hellhound which bares its fangs, seductress of dark night! in whirlpool of light from the realm of the dead, become one and give birth to a new king!" reiji chanted "be born! d/d/d flame king genghis!"

the two monsters added to his hand appeared above him before being combined into a fusion portal. out of the portal appeared a demonic looking monster with a flaming sword and red shield.

d/d/d flame king genghis lv6/fire/fiend/fusion/effect/atk2000/def1500

"3000 damage just for a 2000 atk point fusion?" i thought to myself. "there's gotta be more to this"

"i set two cards and end my turn" reiji said simply, the face downs appearing in front of him.

i blinked in suprise. he had to have some kind a secret plan if he was willing to take 3000 damage during his turn

"i draw!" i said

yuko: 4000 lp, hand 6

reiji: 4000 lp, hand 0

i glanced over the cards in my hand. i had a suspicion reiji was planning something with those face downs. i smiled as my eyes landed on a card in my hand

flashback

"here"

i held out my hand as yema placed a card into it

"but this is your-"

"geez, it's only temporary. i want it back afterwards. just beat him using it, okay?"

"…okay"

flashforward

"let's start this duel with a bang!" i said, "i set the pendulum scales using my scale 3 time crystalizer, and my scale 8 timegazer magician!"

the two monsters rose up into the pendulum zones on either side of me

"i can now pendulum summon any monster from levels 4 through 7 at the same time!" i said "swing, pendulum of souls! draw an arc of light across the ether! pendulum summon! appear now! my monsters!"

a glowing portal appeared and two spiraling lights appeared together.

"first, here comes my time thief!" i said, "followed by action star! and coming out for an encore! star-strike pendulum dragon!"

time thief was a short hooded girl in a green cloak with silver blades on her arms. action star was a green haired boy dressed in a clown costume with a blue

acelet on his left wrist and a pink one on his right. star-strike pendulum dragon flapped its wings creating a gust of wind as it roared proudly

time thief lv4/dark/warrior/pendulum/effect/scale 5/atk1300/def1700

action star lv4/dark/spellcaster/pendulum/effect/scale 7/atk1400/def1700

star-strike pendulum dragon lv6/light/dragon/pendulum/effect/scale 4/atk2500/def2000

"interesting" reiji said with a smile on his face as he looked at the dragon

"star strike pendulum dragon!" i shouted, pointing at reiji's monster "attack flame king genghis with cosmic flame strike!"

the dragon roared and flew straight at reiji's fusion monster before firing a glowing blue energy ball.

"i use the trap card "dark contract with the witch'!" reiji said, a trap showing a feathered quill with writing on it flipping up. "for the price of 1000 life points, this increases all my fiend monsters atk by 1000!"

d/d/d flame king genhis 2000 atk - 3000 atk

genghis pulled out its flaming blade and deflected the energy ball back at the dragon

"crud" i muttered "i activate my action star's effect!"

action star did a little backflip as both his

acelets glowed

"by revealing a spell from my hand, his effect becomes that card's effect until the end phase!" i said, "i reveal 'time charge'!"

i showed a spell that displayed time stallion with time knight mounted running straight at a castle.

"this gives my monster the ability to attack directly, with the price of halving the battle damage!" i said, as star-strike dodged the energy ball and flew straight at reiji.

d/d/d flame king genghis 3000 atk - 2000 atk

"why did…"

"i use the action spell 'evasion' to negate your attack!" reiji said, the familiar spell causing star-strike to miss the attack.

"time thief and action star can't attack this turn because of time charge's effect" i thought. "but now reiji's gonna take 4000 damage! that's going to take him out of the duel!"

i met reiji's stare and tried to read him. unfortunately, his emotionless mask was the perfect poker face, so i couldn't tell if he made a mistake or not

"just end your turn!" yuzu called

"he'll take 4000 damage and lose!" ayu added

"i don't trust this" i thought to myself.

"i end my turn" i said, "and now you take the damage of your contracts!"

reiji just laughed darkly

"what contracts?" he asked, as his four cards all exploded. i blinked in surprise

"i used contract laundering to send them all to the graveyard!" reiji explained "and then i can draw a card for each!"

"that's four cards" i muttered

"he's good" i thought "avoiding damage and then replenishing his hand just like that"

i met reiji's eyes, who just smiled coldly

"this isn't gonna be easy" i thought, starting to move for an action card

"i draw!" reiji declared,

reiji: 4000 lp, hand 5

yuko: 4000 lp, hand 1

"guess it was too good to be true" i said, crossing my arms. "plus…that would have been a pretty boring way to win, huh? no one would have really liked that"

"spoken just like your father," reiji said, adjusting his glasses

"you…knew him?" i asked reiji curiously

"of course we know him!" hokuto said in his obnoxious voice

"yeah, after all, he is the former champ that ran away" yaiba added in a mocking voice. i clenched my fist, deciding if it would be worth it to forfeit the duel if i got to punch him in his stupid face.

before i could decide, yema beat me to it

"smack"

"ow!"

reiji continued on as if nothing happened

"i respect your father from the bottom of my heart for helping to pioneer action dueling to what it is today" reiji said "i wish to see his entertainment style of dueling passed onto you. in exchange, i will now reveal my full abilities"

"he hasn't been trying yet?" i thought

"i normal summon "d/d nighthowl" reiji said, a monster resembling a mouth with teeth appearing beside him

d/d nighthowl lv3/dark/fiend/tuner/effect/atk300/def600

"that's a tuner monster!" i said in surprise "and that means…"

"nighthowl's ability allows me to revive a d/d monster from my graveyard, at the price of its atk and def becoming 0" reiji explained "i choose to revive my lilith!"

a glowing portal appeared beside the monster as a plant creature appeared

d/d lilith lv4/dark/fiend/effect/atk100/def2100

d/d lilith atk 100 - atk 0, def 2100 - def 0

"this…isn't good" i muttered

"i tune level 4 d/d lilith with level 3 d/d nighthowl!" reiji declared, nighthowl becoming three glowing rings as lilith leaped through them, becoming four glowing balls.

3 + 4 = 7

"howls that tear through the night, with swiftness of a gales give birth to a new king!" reiji chanted "synchro summon! be born! level 7! d/d/d gust king alexander!"

with a

ight flash, the two combined as a humanoid monster in white armor with a long flowing green cape appeared beside his other fusion monster

d/d/d gust king alexander lv7/wind/fiend/synchro/effect/atk2500/def2000

"oh great" i muttered

"that's not all" reiji continued "when i special summon a "d/d" monster, i can use genghis to special summon another "d/d" monster from my graveyard. i revive lilith again!"

genghis' flames turned

ight purple as it raised its sword and lilith appeared again

"and now alexander's ability allows me to revive d/d cerberus from my graveyard!" reiji said, as he revived his wolf monster

"now i overlay level 4 d/d lilith and level 4 d/d cerberus!" reiji exclaimed, his two monsters swirling together into a portal

"in order to subjugate all that resides within this world, descend now onto the peak of the world!" reiji chanted "xyz summon! be born! rank 4! wave king caesar!"

water splashed out of the overlay network, as a purple armored monster with a giant sword appeared with two glowing overlay units swirling around it

d/d/d wave king caesar rnk4/water/fiend/xyz/effect/atk2400/def1200

"you see, d/d/d stands for different dimension demons!" reiji said, casually adjusting his glasses "see if you can match up to the might of my monsters!"

"but star-strike is too strong!" i said, pointing out the obvious "the most you can do is destroy time thief and action star"

"i wonder.." reiji muttered "i activate the spell "illegal dark contract with the war god"!"

a spell showing a scroll with blood red writing on it appeared onto the field

"this card drains me of 1000 life points during my standby phase" reiji said, "however, once per turn, i can increase a d/d monster's atk by 1000, and decrease one of your monster's atk by 1000 as well! i choose flame king genghis and star-strike pendulum dragon for the effect!"

the spell glowed as genghis launched a flaming rope at star-strike. i winced, as the dragon's strength was leeched from it.

"sorry" i muttered to the dragon as it roared louder in pain

star-strike pendulum dragon atk 2500 - atk 1500

d/d/d flame king genghis atk 2000 - atk 3000

"i also activate contract lockdown!" reiji said, the spell showing a gagged man with his arms bound as contracts lay on the ground around him

reiji adjusted his glasses again before speaking

"battl-" he began to say

"do you need help?" i asked

"excuse me?" reiji asked me, no hint of emotion in his voice, as an awkward silence filled the room

"you keep adjusting your glasses" i said, crossing my arms "do they not fit, or are they

oken, or what?"

reiji stared at me for a few good seconds.

"battle" he finally said "flame king genghis attacks star-strike pendulum dragon"

"worth a shot" i muttered, moving for an action card

the demon charged at my monster, who was still lying on the ground in pain from the rope.

i grabbed for and barely managed to reach the nearby action card.

"i activate the effect contract lockdown!" reiji said, the spell card glowing "since i control a "dark contract" card, you cannot use spells or traps until the end of the battle phase."

"well that's too bad" i said "i could really use this action card's help"

i turned to my monsters

"what do you think?" i asked action star. i showed reiji the card "see? the great escape would end your battle phase"

the moment i displayed it, action star's

acelets glowed

ightly. genghis hissed and stopped its attack

"what the…" reiji muttered, the slightest hint of suprise in his voice

"don't you remember?" i asked reiji "action star can copy he effects of a spell in my hand. action cards are spells, so he ended your battle phase"

reiji smiled.

"very well" he said "i set a card and end my turn"

"alright!" i said "i draw!"

yuko: 4000 lp, hand 2

reiji: 4000 lp, hand 1

"alright!" i said, looking at my drawn card. i turned towards the viewing room,

"one dragon, is nice, but two is even better, right?" i asked "aw what am i kidding, of course it is!"

i held up my hand towards my pendulum scales