Chapter 4: The rebirth of Odd-Eyes.

The most sensible thing that the young duelist had to do was explain to the police that her father was kidnapped. It just seemed that simple, as Yuzu sat there in the waiting room. She checked her duel disk by the hour, although doing so only worsened her anxiety more than anything. At one point, she realized that she had received a missed call from Yuya, but must have forgotten it out of concern.

"Dad." She murmured, tear drops beginning to come out of her eyes. Someone opened the door to the room. Wiping the tears from her eyes, she looked straight at the officers."Finally..! Please! You have to help my dad!" She rose abruptly from the chair, hands in a prayer position in front of her face.

The officers looked at each other, and both nodded. Yuzu didn't understand why they made that gesture. "Don't worry, Miss. First, we want to ask you to do something, if that would be okay?"

"Yes, whatever you need, but please help my father." She says desperately, she would do anything right now to save her father

The look of both police officers quickly turned into a malevolent smile. "Give us your deck and we may be able to hand your father over."

"What?!" She replied in shock, then, she responded indignantly to the request of both men. "What does that have to do with anything?" What kind of corrupt men would want a deck of cards... Unless these men work for the person who caught their father. "Don't tell me, you work with him!?" She trembled with fear.

The second policeman answered her. "Give it to us and your father won't have to suffer. It's better than the second option." One of the officers said, taking a strange object from his pockets that Yuzu couldn't identify, it was obvious the he would use chloroform on it. "You don't want to have to go to see our partner, do you?"

What seemed to be the most logical solution turned into hell.

The so-called cops were starting to press her to the wall, their sadistic glances making her fear for her and her father's lives. "Give us the cards, young lady. It's that simple and nobody will have to suffer."

Yuzu put her hand on the deck in her pocket. The thought of giving it to them hurt her head, but it was the best way to get out of this situation and get her father back once and for all. Her trembling hand reached into the pocket of her skirt.

Without warning, an object suddenly shattered the window and the eyes of the policemen immediately focused on it. Quickly, the room filled with white smoke, blinding everyone.

"What the hell?!" One of the corrupt officers shouted without realizing l the door had opened.

"Concentrate on the girl! Don't let her escape!"

A figure in a white cloak grabbed Yuzu's hand.

"What's going on?" She asked, more confused than ever.

The figure put his index finger over his mouth, a sifnal to stay silent. "We have to go." He whispered, immediately taking her out of the room through the window, using Solid Vision to summon a phoenix. Both of them scrambled onto its back and, with some unspoken signal, the bird broke through the wall.

The men watched as the girl and white-caped figure escaped into the night. One of the policemen, scowling, took a communicator out from his jacket. "The target has escaped, along with Phantom."

"Don't worry, they won't get away." The other person on the communicator spoke. "Now we just have two birds to shoot down." He chuckled malevolently.

Five minutes later...

Under the bright moonlight of the colorful Miami City, two young people rode on the Phoenix. Yuzu herself was still in shock, surprised at being on a Solid Vision monster. She did her best to hold Phantom's waist no matter how embarrassing it may be. She had never been up so high.

"We're about to land on a building. You don't have to keep worrying about the height." Phantom said, making sure the girl was not afraid. "You've flown on an airplane before, right?"

"It's not the same." Yuzu said, sure that a plane did not compare to this. "Are you Phantom? Are you really a criminal?"

"No, I don't think I've even stolen anything in my life or committed a crime."

"You broke a wall with your monster. You also destroyed private property – that's a crime. Next you kidnap me. That's at least two crimes you committed!"

Phantom scratched his head, laughing awkwardly. The girl was basically right.

"Something like that, but at least I saved you." Yuzu was about to argue on how dangerous the act he did was, without even taking into consideration realizing how pieces of the wall he broke could have hit someone's head, but the girl was also dealing with the desire to hold on and not fall to a horrible death.

"We're here." He announced as the phoenix landed on a nearby building. Phantom observed that the girl had yet to detach from his back, she was still shivering and terrified. "Don't worry, we've landed...You don't have to keep hugging me." He said, starting to feel awkward and uncomfortable with her face pressed against his back.

Upon realising he was right she unlatched from Phantom's back and jumped off the phoenix. "Finally! solid ground! I've missed you!" Phantom couldn't contain himself, laughing loudly at her antics. "Don't laugh! I could have fallen off!"

"That was ridiculous!" He said, still chuckling. The bird disappeared as he turned off his duel disk. With his hoodie on, it was easy for the girl not to believe it was Phantom, or at least she thought so. The girl pulled herself together and looked at Phantom.

"Okay, Yuya, stop the games. Who are these people who took my dad away?" He

"Yuya? Who are you talking about? I am Phantom." Yuzu moved and with a straight face, pointing at the huge accent of Yuya's green hair poking through, though he was trying to pull his hood further forward he was smiling.

"You're not even trying to hide your voice. Maybe nobody will recognize you if you wear a mask." Yuya had to take that into consideration for next time. "So, do you know who has my father?"

"More or less."

Her body stiffened. "You don't know?!"

Yuya just shrugged, nervous even.

"So why do you even face them?"

He answered like it was the easiest answer in the world.

"Because they hurt others. Their way of causing harm with dueling is disgusting." His hands clenched into fists while biting his lip. "They call themselves the Clan of Genesis. I don't know what their goals are, but they want to get that flower you have, and your pendulum cards. They even came to threaten the entire stadium."

"That happened when I was dueling..?" Yuya nodded. "The Dark Diva belongs to that group, is that why she had that duel with me?"

"If it wasn't for her and LDS, none of this would have happened. No one should have had that box from the start. Everything that happened was my fault."

"LDS?!" She practically yelled, hearing the name of that damn company that only caused her problems. She stomped her foot and started to growl. "They always find a way to ruin my life in some way!"

"Has he hurt you?" Yuya asked with sudden concern. "That guy who owns the company is very strange, I honestly wouldn't blame you if you had any problems with him."

Yuzu sneered. "Reiji Akaba is one of the worst people in Miami city. He is just another rich boy." She mentioned, the tone of her voice clearly showing malice. "He buys out schools to grow his own dueling school! He wants to create a stupid monopoly! I'm not going to let him steal anything else from me!"

"I get it." Yuya said, part of him feeling guilty for bringing up the subject. "Now, we don't have much time. We must save your father. So we should start with the basics." Yuzu sighed, nodding to Yuya.

After their little meeting, Yuzu had explained the whole situation to him, how that man entered her house, took her father and told her to go to that bridge near the park in Miami City. Since they couldn't trust the police, all they could do now was confront the man in the park. They went straight there on the same bird they used before.

They arrived at the park on time, and there was a familiar-looking man in a robe there already. But he was not alone. Yuzu's father was tied on a chair, out cold. Tears leaked out of her eyes and she immediately went to him. "Dad!" She exclaimed, racing towards him but Yuya grabbed her forearm to stop her. "Why?"

The man in the robe began to laugh. "One more step and bam! Your father would have been executed with this." The man grabbed a necklace attached to Shuzo's neck, making Yuzu angry. "This little gadget around his neck, in addition to being a nice accessory that fits him well, can also make him leave this world with a simple energy discharge."

Yuya tried to reassure the girl, holding her so that she didn't do something risky.

"Just give me the cards in your deck. That's all." The man said. "Or face me in a duel. If you win, you get your father back. If not, I keep your deck and your father ends up dying by my hands." The masked man informed them.

Yuzu took her duel disk and her deck, looking at it before doing any action. She didn't know this deck at all, not even the new possibilities that these Pendulum cards had. But if she was able to replicate what happened before, she could save her father.

Again, Phantom stopped her by telling her the obvious. "You don't know that deck. It's not worth trying." The entertainer continued. "And since I agreed to save him, let me do it."

Yuya smiled, even though the girl didn't understand why he was doing it at a time like this. He placed his hand on her shoulder. "You aren't ready for this duel. Not when you don't know your own deck, but I already have experience dealing with them, so I have a better chance to beat him."

"Yu-" Yuzu noticed that she almost said his name. "Phantom, this is my fight…but..." What she was about to do was silly, but under these circumstances, there would be no better option. "If you lose this duel, I will not forgive you. Save my father, understood?"

The boy gave her a thumbs up. She hoped she wouldn't to regret this decision.

"My opponent will be the man who has been thwarting our group's plans. Interesting." The man said with a chuckle, raising his hands. A bright light blinded everyone, materializing into a duel disk and the man's white robes changed to a formal suit that looked strange to the naked eye, as well as having a strange mask and hat.

"This guy is a weirdo." Yuzu murmured.

He heard the insult more than clearly. "My name is Pandora, the master of mystical illusions. I will send my opponents to the other world!" He activated his duel disk.

They both exclaimed at the same time. "Duel!"

The field materialized in front of both duelists and Yuzu at the same time. It was a kind of diabolical theatre, full of sharp traps of any kind. In a clear part of the stage, Yuzu's father was trapped in a crystal booth.

Yuzu noticed this. "Take care, Phantom. Please." She said, worried about what that man could do to her father. Seeing him trapped behind that crystal at least gave Yuzu the assurance that he wasn't among one of these deadly traps.

"I'll beat him. Don't worry." Phantom assured her.

"Hahahaha!" They both looked at Pandora. "You are too foolish, my dear girl, to entrust your father's safety to someone you just met."

"Stop talking. I'm not going to let anything happen to her." Yuya answered. "You are just like the other clan members, overconfident and therefore you will lose."

"If you say so." Pandora remarked, staring at the white-caped boy, which made Yuzu's concern grow even more. "But first, let's set some ground rules." A table materialized in front of them. "Each of us will shuffle each other's deck, as an honorable competition."

Yuzu narrowed her eyes, distrust of Pandora growing at that very moment

Yuya agreed though, putting his deck in the middle of the table. Pandora did the same and they both started shuffling the decks for at least five to ten seconds. The Ilusionist smiled causing greater distrust to grow in Phantom. In the end, they proceeded to pass each other's decks.

"Oh, by the way." Pandora clapped his hands, making two metal arms appear from the table and attach two metal objects on both duelist's necks.

"Phantom!" Yuzu cried out.

"What did you do?" Phantom asked, eyeing the mechanism suspiciously.

Pandora answered. "This device on our necks will send an electrical pulse to the loser of the duel that will kill him instantly, and also kill the sleeping maiden behind the mirror." He explained. "So, it's not just the life of the girl's father at stake, but yours as well."

Phantom touched the metallic object on his neck, grinding his teeth in anger. Then he looked at Yuzu; she was also concerned.

"There is hope for the winner. Because if one of us manages to get a key hidden in the boxes under each one of us, then that person will get his release and not die of electric shock. The loser will only have two minutes." Pandora pointed his finger at some metal boxes that were on each other's legs. "One more thing, this box will also release dear Juno's father."

Yuya nodded in confirmation.

"Let's start the duel at once. I will summon Magician Rod to the field." A wand appears in the field, a faceless ghost holding it emanating a chilling dark energy from what was once a powerful wizard.

Magician Rod: 1600ATK/100DEF.

"That monster is quite rare. I've never seen it before." Yuya put his hand under his chin. "It's quite strange."

"How strange?" Yuzu asked, suddenly alarmed at his lack of knowledge. "That's a monster that belongs to the Dark Magician archetype, one of the oldest archetypes in the game." At this point, she was already yelling at him. "Have you been living under a rock this whole this time?"

Phantom smiled at her, hiding all nervousness. "Just kidding..." With that, all hope Yuzu had for him instantly disappeared.

At the sight of both of them acting in this way, the smile on Pandora's face grew. "Continuing my turn, Magician Rod's effect activates: it allows me to add a "Dark Magician" Magic or Trap card to my hand." At his command, it was so and he was quick to pull out the newly acquired Magic Card. "I then activate the Continuous Spell Dark Magician Circle. Its effect allows me to look at the first three cards at the top of my deck, and if one of them is a Dark Magician or a Trap or Magic with that name, I can add it to my hand." He took the first three cards, looking at them before smiling as he returned the other two to his deck. "I leave two cards face down and end my turn."

The Pendulum Duelist narrowed her eyes when she saw the cards in Pandora's field. "Be careful. That archetype's card are more dangerous than they look. They are high-level monsters that, together with good trap supports, are treacherous to face."

Phantom gave her a thumbs-up of approval. "I'll win. Don't worry." He immediately started his turn by taking a card from his deck. "I will summon Entermate Warrior Tiger." A cat man dressed in a military suit appeared on the field.

Entermate Warrior Tiger: 1700 ATK/ 500 DEF

"Entermate?" Yuzu looked at the new monster that Yuya summoned to the field. "Yusho Sakaki." She whispered and then looked at Yuya. "He has his cards, but doesn't know him? Who are you?"

"I activate the Continuous Trap Card, Eternal Soul!" One of the illusionist's trap cards rose as, behind him, a large Egyptian tablet appeared with the image of Dark Magician. "With this, I can Special Summon a Dark Magician from my hand or graveyard. I will summon my Dark Magician." A sorcerer in a red robe materialized on the field.

"That's bad, Phantom!" Yuzu yelled.

"Why?" The Entermate Duelist questioned.

"Because the effect of my Dark Magical Circle, when a Dark Magician is Special Summoned to the field, I can have one of your cards banished from the field." Pandora screamed as his sorcerer began to recite a spell. "I will banish your Warrior Tiger."

The magician finished the spell with a magic circle appearing under the Entermate, causing it to disappear from the field.

Annoyed at seeing his monster being destroyed, Yuya muttered. "Warrior Tiger..."

"You should have thought more before making a move." Yuzu stressed, facing Yuya. "At least you should have read your opponent's card effects with your duel disk."

The Entermate Duelist scratched his head as he started to laugh uncomfortably. "Oh, yes, I had forgotten." Yuzu couldn't believe this as she looked at him with eyes narrowed in utter disbelief. "I will conclude my turn with two cards face down."

"Aren't you going to take an Action Card?" Yuzu asked.

"Don't worry. I already have a plan." Yuya assured her.

Pandora looked at Yuzu, started laughing, and then said sarcastically, "Your savior, my dear girl." Pandora pulled out a new card, staring at it as a grim smile appeared on his face

Yuya responded immediately. "I activate my Quick-play Spell Hippo Carnival card. I can summon three Hippo Tokens to the field." A shower of confetti came out of the card. A curtain materialized at that moment and, when it opened, it revealed three hippos dancing to the field.

Hippo Tokens: ATK 0 / DEF 0 X3

The pink haired girl smiled as she looked at the card. "Well done, Yuya. Now focus on looking for an Action Card." She didn't have to tell him because that was exactly what he did.

Watching his fight for an Action Card, Pandora couldn't help but laugh. "Easy, Phantom. You can't prevent your next defeat. I activate the Spell Card: Bond Between Teacher and Student."

Alarmed by the card Pandora activated, Yuzu immediately went to warn Yuya. "Get that Action card right now! That spell card is trouble!" Knowing that new detail, Yuya hurried to get an Action Card.

"My card's effect means that I can summon the darling assistant of the dark magician from my deck, Dark Magician Girl appears." A young girl in a more revealing sorcerer-like robe materialized on the field.

Dark Magician Girl: 2000 ATK / 1700 DEF

"Also, I can set Dark Burning Attack to the field." He said while a card materialized face down in the field.

Yuzu yelled at him again. "Phantom, that last card can destroy all the cards on your field. Do something!"

"I activate my Danger Draw Trap Card. This card allows me to send a Magic Card from my hand to my graveyard. The card I discard is Smile World. Now, I can draw a card. If it's a monster, I take damage equal to its attack." Phantom drew a card, but to his surprise, the card he had chosen was a monster, and it was Odd Eyes Dragon. "I drew Odd Eyes Dragon!"

Phantom LP: 4000 - 2500 = 1500

"Well, you're sure making this easier. But let me tell you something, I don't like it when others to do my job for me. I activate Dark Burning Attack. If I control a Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl in the field, I can destroy all the cards on my opponent's field." Both sorcerers joined their staffs together, gathering as much dark energy as they could to create a huge dark ball that shot into Phantom's field, completely destroying it.

"Don't." Yuzu muttered, looking at Phantom and noting that he finally had a card on the field. "Good." But the sorcerer appeared behind Phantom. "Phantom!" She called out.

"Dark Magician! Attack Phantom directly."

The magician raised his hand and used his magic to attack Phantom, but the entertainer only looked at him with a smile. "That is what I expected. When a monster from my opponent makes a direct attack, I can summon my dear friend, Entermate Kuribohrder." A ball of hair with cartoon eyes materialized on the field, wearing a red and green hat and a tail of the same color as a star at the end.

Entermate Kuribohrder: 300 ATK/300 DEF

"What will that fur ball do to my monster?" Pandora responded to Yuya's new monster.

"Why do people always make fun of Kuribohs?" Yuzu grumbled. "Those monsters are really good. They may not be powerful, but there are far more useless cards than them."

Phantom was nodding, he had to agree with her. "Finally, someone who understands. I don't know why every clan member always criticizes this little guy." He stroked the head of his monster.

Pandora said nothing and just continued with his attack. "Dark Magician, attack." The magician destroyed Kuriboh with a single shot of his dark energy, but instead of singing victory, Pandora's face was more of a surprise. "What?! How's that possible?"

Phantom LP: 2500 2200 = 4700

"When I take battle damage with my Kuriboh, its effect allows me to add that damage to my life points." Yuya replied before putting Kuriboh's card in his graveyard, looking at it one last time. "Thanks, friend."

Yuzu realized what he did. "That boy is weird..."

"Dark Magician Girl, attack him directly." The sorceress went at full speed, and with an energy shot, she was able to knock Phantom down from where she was, letting him fall under some fences. "It'll be over very quickly." Pandora sang victoriously.

Phantom LP: 4700 - 2000 = 2700

But Yuya materialized a paper fan just in time before falling onto the metal latches, making him disappear, and this time, he was on the floor. He wiped the sweat off his forehead. "Uff, that was close."

Yuzu was relieved that Phantom hadn't fallen to his doom.

"Since I suffered damage in battle, I can activate Damage Draw. This card allows me to draw two cards from my deck if I take 2000 or more points of damage." Phantom drew two cards from his deck when he suddenly noticed a ray of dark energy coming to hit him directly in the chest towards the one that came from Pandora's Magician Rod.

Phantom LP: 2700 - 1600 = 1100

"Well done, my sorcerer. With this turn, I have done a delightful amount of damage to your life points. With the next one I will make sure all your points disappear, and with it, I will also make the girl's father suffer." He started laughing. "That is the end of my turn."

It hurt getting up from the ground, but at least Phantom was able to do it. However, the pain was enough to limit his movements. He looked at Yuzu. She was beginning to fear for her father, and fretting over how Yuya was suffering – two people would pay because she couldn't deliver her Pendulum cards.

The Pendulum Duelist looked at her deck, her hands trembling.

"Don't worry. You can put that away. I'll save your father." Yuya said with a smile that hid the pain he was feeling.

"How much longer do you plan to keep lying?" Pandora asked Phantom. "The cards in your hand are not enough. You're not as strong as you claim. Maybe even much less than you expect."

"Quiet." Yuya muttered.

"Oh Phantom, my dear Phantom, you have only defeated scoundrels, the lowest of our ranks. You are no more than a child who plays the vigilante." Pandora said. "But I ask you something, does the girl at least know who you really are?" Yuya froze for a moment.

"Quiet!" This time he spoke a little harsher. Even Yuzu noticed.

"It is interesting. The very name that you chose clearly speaks of who you are. There is nothing on any database about you, nothing about a family, or something we can identify you with. Worst of all, we don't really know your intentions towards attacking our group." His smile grew more. By just seeing their faces, the seeds of mistrust were sown. "At least he must have told you the reason why he fights?"

Yuzu looked at Yuya again. The boy who she believed so blindly didn't have that same confident smile. He was angry with Pandora.

"Stop putting ideas in her head. I'm going to save her father. I owe her."

"Owe her? But you are the only one here who has manipulated her. I have only given her the option to survive. On the other hand, you have only sold her false hopes."

"Shut up-"

Before Phantom yelled, Yuzu spoke. "Who are you really?" Yuya opened his mouth, the question surprising him. "Answer my question, I don't want your childish nonsense. I want a clear answer."

Phantom didn't know how to really answer her. The answer he would give her wouldn't be enough to explain all this. He shifted his gaze to the other side, not being able to face her. He moved his goggles over his eyes so that she didn't have to see his face.

"Girl, this useless boy is just lying to you. You know what you have to do now." He offered his hand, hoping to receive her cards. "Do it for your dad. That happy savior is no good." The Pendulum Duelist approached Pandora. Passing Yuya, she didn't even look at him.

He waited for her with a devilish smile. She pressed her deck to her chest. "I want to know... What are your intentions with my deck?"

Pandora agreed to that question and gave her an answer. "It is clear that we're here to save humanity. No human should have that power that you have."

"I don't know who I really am, I don't have a family or acquaintances. I am alone in this world, but when I met you, you were the first person to interact with me." Phantom's voice was low, almost as if he was crying. "Sorry to disappoint you, but I really wanted to help you."

"You're still talking, little brat. She won't listen to you. Don't you see-" Pandora fell silent as Yuzu hit him with her fan in the face. "Why are you hitting me, girl?" Yuzu looked at him disappointedly and returned to Yuya's field.

"Because you are a liar and a coward. Do you think I'm going to believe what a madman like you tells me?" She yelled at him. "You and whoever the hell you people are captured my father. I'm not going to think for a moment of handing my cards over to hurt more people."

"Damn you, brat! I'm going to make you both suffer."

"Loser." She turned around and then approached Phantom. She looked him in the eyes as she took off his hood, smiling at him. "You are not lying. Your hair is not moving. Thanks for being honest with me this time."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, and that guy clearly lied. His eyes were easy to read and I knew he was lying. What a fool." Yuzu said, but then hit Phantom with her fan.

"Ouch! Why!?" Yuya asked, rubbing the area the girl hit.

"Why didn't you notice that he cheated?" Yuzu said while pointing at Pandora. The wizard's expression changed into immediate concern. "It was easy to notice." Yuzu crossed her arms, a visible smile on her face for having discovered everything.

A puzzled Yuya asked. "How?"

Yuzu responded. "He used something called the Stripper Technique. It involves trimming the edges of certain cards to make them slightly smaller than the other cards in a Deck. When the opponent cuts the Deck, they would inadvertently cut it at the point that one of the trimmed cards would land on top of a small stack, ensuring one of them ends up on top of the entire Deck. Naturally, this counts as physical damage to the cards."

Shivering with fear, Pandora almost hesitated to mutter. "How did you know?"

"Because it's the oldest trick in the book for cheats. It's something I had to learn right away. I only had to deduce the movement of your hands. You are a good magician, that I will tell you. But at the end of the day, you are a false duelist."

The Ilusionist narrowed his eyes and lifted them straight towards the girl. "Damn brat." He exclaimed towards her. "But this foolish friend of yours can't do anything. His hand is useless."

It was true what he said, even if they discovered his secret. No move the duelist made would change the duel. There was no hope, so to speak. But the pendulum was not yet moved in favor of anyone yet.

The flower on Yuzu began to glow an almost pinkish red hue that filled the field. Unusual to see, she held the flower, looked at Yuya and the pendulum around his neck also glowed, albeit a blue hue. The blue color of the girl's eyes shone as did the crimson of Yuya's.

"What's going on?" Pandora asked.

The bright lights began to merge. A shadow peeking out was the most abnormal thing in the situation. "Hahaha!" A laugh that no one knew was heard and then disappeared with the shadow.

The two teens heard a voice, "Always remember that, even at the worst of times, you can always take a step forward with courage."

The two lights disappeared. Yuya's cards began to glow and change. Behind them was the image of Pendulum King of Justice. The monster raised its thumb and then disappeared.

The voice she heard was similar to her. "Yusho." Yuzu muttered. She came to herself and then clutched her head. "What happened?" She spoke to Yuya, raising her eyebrows to see Yuya smile, "What did you do now?"

Yuya smiled "I can save your father!"

She was still stunned with everything that happened. "Ehhhh?"

"You can't save anyone, what do you hope to do now?"

Yuya smiled again, all his confidence regained. "You see, with the help of my new assistant-" Yuzu punched him, annoyed at how he was referring to her. She pouted while he smiled to compose himself again. "My new compan-"

Yuzu stopped him again. "Teacher."

Yuya nodded. "Thanks to my teacher, I can do this. With the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer magician I set my pendulum scales!" Like Yuzu did previously, two huge energy tubes appeared on the field. Two wizards were inside of them.

Yuzu cried out in shock at the revelation, "Phantom can use pendulum!" She immediately looked at the flower. "It was you..."

Pandora was biting his lip, nerves beginning to eat him up because of these new possibilities.

"First off I summon Entermate Skullcrobat Joker to the field." A strange boy in a sorcerer's suit appeared on the field. He himself had a hat with a skull.

Entermate Skullcrobat Joker: 1800 ATK/ 100 DEF

"I activate Skullcrobat Joker's effect. When summoned, I can add an Entermate monster from my deck to my hand." The card came out of the deck. "I'll add Entermate Hermit Crab."

Yuya was preparing his next move. "Swing, pendulum of souls! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Appear now! My monster servants!" A portal appeared between the two scales." I will summon Entermate Hermit Crab and Entermate Kaleido Scorpion." Two beams of light came out of the portals, revealing two strange creatures: one was a blue crab, which had colored stars, and the other was a colorful scorpion.

Entermate Kaleido Scorpion: 100 ATK/ 2300 DEF

Entermate Hermit Crab Landlord: 500 ATK/ 2500 DEF

"The fun has just begun!" He declared. The last monster to be revealed from the last light appeared on the field. "Appear! Wondrous and beautiful dichromatic eyes! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" Two lights – one red and one green – appeared in the darkness behind Phantom.

Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon: 2500 ATK / 2000 DEF

"Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon." The surprised pendulum duelist murmured. The name was similar to her new monster ace. Their destinies seemed to be more connected.

Pandora recovered the calm that he had before. He fixed the collar on his suit in addition to the button that he had, a secret communicator murmuring directly into it. "See this? Our enemies are getting stronger."

"Let's do this my servants. Show what you can do." Yuya told his monsters. "You're first, Kaleido Scorpion. I can select a monster on my field, and it can attack all my opponent's special summon monsters." The scorpion raised its shields, as two colorful versions of Odd Eyes materialized.

"It's your job now, Perfomapal Hermit Crab." Phantom winked at the monster. It opened its eyes. "The effect of my new friend allows me to select a pendulum monster on my field and it can gain 300 attack points for each Entermate."

"There are three monsters on your field!" Pandora exclaimed.

Odd Eyes Dragon ATK: 2500 900 = 3400

"Well, with that, you can finish this duel." Yuzu observed.

"I start my battle phase! Odd Eyes attacks Dark Magician Girl." One of the Odd Eyes clones unleashed a bolt of energy. "When Odd-Eyes destroys a monster in battle, the damage you take from that attack is doubled."

Pandora bit his lip. "I still have a trick up my sleeve. I activate the Action Card Detour!" To add insult to injury, he literally pulled the card out of his sleeve.

"Cheat!" Yuzu yelled.

"But at the end of the day, I'll be the winner."

Yuya wagged his finger, in playful disagreement. "No, due to the pendulum effect of my monsters in the pendulum zone, you cannot activate any Magic or Trap Card effects until the damage step is over." He said. Odd Eyes launched to the top, where he found an Action Card.

Odd Eyes' clone was able to successfully destroy his opponent's Dark Magician, causing the damage he sought.

Pandora LP: 4000 – 2800 = 1200

"Upon completion of your damage step, I can now use my card." Pandora mentioned. "Say goodbye to the effect of your Odd Eyes!"

"Don't worry. I already have some cards in hand that will protect me. I will activate the Action Card No Action. This card negates the effects of other Action Cards, and at the same time, destroys all of the ones on the field."

"What?!" He screamed as he saw his last hope fade away.

"Let's continue with attack number two, the finale, on your Magician Rod!" The last bolt of lightning went straight towards Pandora's monster, destroying it and his last remaining life points.

Pandora LP: 1200 – 3600 = 0

The holograms vanished as Pandora fell to his knees, murmuring. "I have lost, my mistresses." At the time this happened, the prisoner box keeping Yuzu's father instantly opened.

On top of that, the other box at Yuya's feet opened automatically. The Pendulum Duelists set their sights on it. Yuzu took in the content of it, then stepped to release Phantom of the mechanism around his neck and thanked him. "You didn't do anything wrong, you're too experienced to be a novice with Pendulum."

Yuzu noticed that Yuya was staring blankly and his eyes were shining with an intense crimson. She tried to speak to him. "Hey, Yuya, wake up."

He shook his head, waking up from the trance while his eyes returned to normal, to face her. "Where am I, Yuzu?" Phantom looked at the defeated Pandora on the ground, then he looked at his duel disk, mumbling under his breath. "I defeated him?"

He felt weight on his shoulder, turning to look at the other Pendulum Duelist who gave him a warm smile. "You did it. You saved my dad. Thanks, Phantom." He did not contain his happiness, tears welling up in his eyes.

The only thing he could say to her was. "Thank you." Yuzu took a handkerchief from her pocket and gave it to him to wipe his tears. He received it with a smile of gratitude.

The tender moment had to end when Yuzu remembered what Pandora said. She moved away from Yuya, and went straight towards Pandora with speed.

"Yuzu, what's up?" Yuya asked absent-mindedly.

"Get my dad out of there. I will see to it that Pandora doesn't die!" She yelled. The boy nodded, running away at full speed after receiving the order.

Yuzu didn't know how much time was left before the device was activated. Her hand trembled when she had held the key due to the fact that she could fail. But she couldn't give up that easily. She closed her eyes, beginning to mumble. "Please make it work." She put the key in the mechanism. Five seconds passed until she adjusted the key. A click was heard as the metal object opened.

She let out a big sigh, holding her chest. "I made it." This man made her go through hell. Why save him? Because even though he did all that, she didn't seek to have his blood on her hands.

Yuya had Yuzu's father on his back. He was too heavy to carry. "This will not help my back. What have you been eating?"

The pendulum duelist did not hear him. Yuzu was more focused on knowing what was happening with Pandora. No matter how much she moved him, he did not react to her attempts, as if his mind was blank. His lifeless pupils confirmed this theory.

But something interesting happened.

"We will return." Words came from the dead body of Pandora, but his voice was no longer the same. It was more somber. "Stronger than ever and you won't stop us."

There was no time to analyze his words because the entire Action Field began to display a strange white energy that left them unable to see for a few seconds. When they opened their eyes again, they were back in the desolate park, wondering whether anything that had happened was even real.

(Miami City)

There was an abandoned amusement park, sealed by bars for a future demolition the place, which was indicated by a huge poster at the entrance. No one would dare enter a place like this, at least no one who was smart enough to want to get hurt, but inside, the Genesis Clan lived. It was their headquarters, where they met without being disturbed by the outside world.

Much further into the park was the educational attraction halls that functioned as a hall for clan members to meet each other. It looked like a royal courtroom with everything they needed and a throne where a woman in a white dress was sitting – a powerful queen commanding an army. There was even a chess game on a pedestal for her to show off her strategical prowess.

The Dark Diva was the only face in the room that wasn't staring at the woman sitting on the throne. She tried to stay as calm as she could, not trying to notice any emotion for fear that the woman would scold her for showing some form of weakness.

"Oh, my dear Diva, why do you have to disappoint me?" She said, but it was noticeable that her melancholic tone seemed false. "Maybe you don't see what we're doing here."

She arose from the throne, walking straight to the dark Diva, who was still clinging to the floor. "Why don't you face me? Do you distrust me?"

The Diva got up from the floor and looked directly at her mistress' face to respond. "No, never in life could I distrust you, my lady."

"Then you shouldn't be afraid of me." She was getting too close to her, to the point where it became uncomfortable for the Diva. "Your presence should always bring a smile to my face." The woman grabbed the face of the Diva, pressing in with her nails to the point that it began to hurt the servant. "Perhaps I am the same for you, Diva."

"My lady, please, you're hurting me." She tried to speak but was not heard.

"I gave you everything, to them too, my own lackeys to whom I place my trust but fail me. Why?" She said. "We cannot afford to fail. Reiji Akaba has more power than we expected, and now Pendulum Summoning has been created by that girl and Phantom."

"I will not allow us to have another defeat, my lady."

"I know that. And that is why we will organize a counterattack against LDS. The triumph won't be important, but it is time to confront that man who's trying to destroy my-" Before finishing the sentence, she stopped to think, changing to an expression of annoyance and said something else to finish what she wanted to say. "Our lady's plans." She stopped holding the Diva, dropping her to the ground like she was dirt.

"I'm sorry again, my lady." She turned to apologize, grabbing onto the dress of her owner.

"I know. You all belong to me."

Grace: "Mr. Reiji, who is that woman?"

Satsuki: "Grace stops stealing so much screentime, there are other characters in the series."

Grace: "But Mr. Reiji told me to present the title of the next chapter."

Reiji: "Stop fighting the two and present the titles."

Grace: "Aye Master Reiji, next time on Yugioh Arc V: Lost Pendulum-" Fight between monarchs. "