Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL - Episode 081 " The Friendship Games " , known as " Kotori Chaos Xyz Changes ! ? The Tumultuous Sports Duel Tournament " in the Japanese version , is the eighty - first episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . It first aired in Japan on November 25 , 2012 and in the United States on October 5 , 2013 . Summary . Outside Heartland Academy , Yuma has just Summoned " Gagaga Girl " against a Duelist with " Mokey Mokey " . Ray comes in , saying that there is trouble . He grabs Yuma by the arm and drags him away , cancelling the Duel . " Gagaga Girl " pouts before disappearing . At the Number Club , Yuma is promptly smacked in the face with a thrown shoe upon entering ( Ray himself barely ducking the improvised projectile ) . Ray describes how he thought it would be a good idea if the club had a mascot ( cheerleader in the dub ) . He initially suggested that Tori be the mascot because of how she had seen the most " Numbers " ( also implying that she looks like Yuma ' s girlfriend , provoking Cathy ) , but changed his mind in favor of Cathy because Tori does not know how to Duel . This indirectly caused a brawl between both girls . Rio shows up shortly after Ray is done relaying the events that started the argument , and Bronk suggests that Rio be the mascot . Rio challenges Cathy to a Duel , but the latter refuses , since Rio is Shark ' s sister . Caswell comments that the mascot idea wasn ' t such a good idea after all , while Flip disagrees with Bronk ' s suggestion . Bronk , in turn , gets angry at Flip for that remark , while Yuma warns him not to get involved in the argument . A fight ensues between the Number Club , with Yuma trying to calm everyone down . Astral appears behind Yuma , watching the argument . Girag , watching the spectacle outside the classroom , decides to use this opportunity to make a move against Yuma . At Yuma ' s house , Astral addresses his concern about the argument . Yuma , who is looking through the cards in his Deck , brushes it off , saying that close friends getting into arguments isn ' t a big deal , as they ' ll make up the next day . Astral hopes that Yuma is correct . The next day at school , Yuma sees Tori avoiding Cathy after walking into the classroom . At the hallway , Bronk is eating a donut , but stops short after seeing Caswell and Flip , much to Yuma ' s shock . Yuma comments that his friends are still mad at each other , but sees Rio walking by . He manages to catch up to her , but immediately stops when she asks him if he wanted something in a threatening tone . After school , Yuma , still disappointed at the situation at hand , and Ray walk home . Ray offers to Duel Yuma to cheer him up , but the latter refuses . Girag appears behind Yuma and convinces him to hold a sports tournament to help defuse the situation , but Yuma must also compete and if he makes it to the finals , he must lose to make everyone else feel better . Yuma and Ray accept , but Yuma becomes suspicious , because he did not know who Girag was before . Girag manages to cover this by telling Yuma he is his biggest fan . Yuma and Ray decide to tell everyone about the Friendship Games . Meanwhile , at Girag ' s hideout , Scarlett Starling ' s commercial plays on TV . Alito is on the floor doing push - ups , commenting that Girag seems pleased with himself . Girag replies that he came up with the perfect plan to defeat Yuma , but Alito says that he ' ll be the one to defeat him . Girag tells Alito to give it his best shot , then thinks to himself that Yuma ' s " Numbers " will be his . The next day , Girag opens the tournament . The Number Club and Rio have gathered in front of Yuma , Ray and Girag , while Shark sits by himself far away from them . After Yuma does the opening announcements , everyone else voices their displeasure at being at the tournament . Yuma encourages everyone that they ' ll leave happy after the tournament . Girag explains the rules , which are that everyone plays in teams , and for each win , the team gets a point . The top two teams with the most points will advance to the finals . He pairs off Yuma with Shark , Flip with Caswell , Bronk with Rio , and Cathy with Tori ( in the dub , the team names are " Too Cool and the Fool " , " Nerd Herd " , " Beauty and the Bronk " and " Grrr - l Power " , respectively ) . Tori and Cathy are displeased at the pairings , while Bronk is satisfied with his partner . Ray adds that the winner will get to be named the mascot for the Number Club , which seems to please Cathy . Girag picks a card from a ballot to decide how the first round will be played . The card is " Skydiving Field " . Flip and Caswell are dropped from an airplane , clutching on to " Flipangutan " and " Crashbug X " , respectively , while Shark stands on " Submersible Carrier Aero Shark " . Shark commands " Aero Shark " to attack Caswell and Flip . Yuma , hanging on to " Zubaba Knight " , congratulates Shark on a good job . Ray , dropping in next to Yuma , declares his team the winner . The next round is the " Beach Volleyball Duel " . Rio tells Bronk to stick to the game plan . Their opponents are Yuma and Shark . Bronk ' s team controls " Tin Archduke " , while Shark ' s team controls " Black Ray Lancer " . After all four players serve the ball back and forth , Rio sets it up for Bronk to hit back . Shark interrupts Bronk ' s play by hitting the ball right at his face . " Black Ray Lancer " then attacks and destroys " Tin Archduke " . Once again , Ray declares the Yuma / Shark team the winner . At the " Tennis Field " , Tori and Cathy are Dueling Caswell and Flip . After Flip hits the ball back , Tori tries to hit it , but Cathy gets in the way , colliding with her and missing the ball . This causes an argument between both of them , with their monsters , " Little Fairy " and " Cat Girl " , being dissatisfied with the argument . Ray says that Tori and Cathy are finally speaking to one another , but Girag disagrees , saying that it sounded more like yelling to him . In the ping - pong field , Yuma and Shark defeat Tori and Cathy . In the wrestling field , Rio commands " Aurora Wing " to attack , but Cathy activates a Trap Card . Meanwhile , outside the ring , Tori has Bronk pinned down on the floor . The current results are the Yuma / Shark team with five victories , the Bronk / Rio team with four victories and the Caswell / Flip team with three victories . Cathy and Tori have no wins due to their lack of teamwork . Everyone but Yuma , Ray , Girag , Shark and Rio is sitting down , exhausted . Bronk admits that the tournament was fun , with Caswell agreeing to him . Tori finally makes amends with Cathy , while Rio compliments the two on their teamwork . Ray tells Yuma that the Friendship Games worked , causing the latter to cry tears of joy . Astral says that he does not understand how a person can be so happy if their Dueling skills are so sad . Girag announces the teams of the finals , the Yuma / Shark team and the Cathy / Tori team . Tori and Cathy are happy that they get to be in the finals , but Bronk protests that they never won a Duel during the tournament . Girag mentions that all - girl teams get a fifty - point bonus , leaving the other boys utterly shocked . Girag invites the girls to come with him for a bonus prize ; Ray and Astral become suspicious . Girag takes the girls aside into the classroom . Tori and Cathy ask Girag what reward he ' ll give them . Girag turns around and uses " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " to brainwash them into working for him . Girag comments that his plan of having Yuma lose against his new servants will work this time , allowing him to claim his " Numbers " . Girag announces the final event , the " Baseball Field " , while Ray introduces the teams . Girag reminds Yuma to forfeit against the girls , but finds out that Shark is missing . Shocked , Girag looks around for him . Rio and Caswell tell him that Shark went home , fed up with the tournament . Yuma and Girag are upset at this , but the former suggests that Girag be his new partner . Ignoring Girag ' s protests , Yuma and the others arm their D - Pads and Duel Gazers and start the Duel . Girag reminds himself that he told Yuma to lose , and if he loses , he ' ll lose too , and he ' ll disappear ( sent back to the Barian World in the dub ) . Astral asks Yuma if he ' ll really lose the Duel , which Yuma confirms . Yuma starts by Normal Summon ing " Stinging Swordsman " and Set ting a card . Girag is shocked at Yuma ' s play , but Yuma gives him a thumbs - up , prompting him to agree that this was done to fulfill a promise . Cathy is next , as she Summons " Cat Girl " . She commands " Cat Girl " to attack " Stinging Swordsman " . " Cat Girl " hurls an orange energy ball at " Stinging Swordsman " , destroy ing it and dropping Yuma and Girag to 3100 Life Points . Girag thinks that he and Yuma are in trouble . He tells Yuma that it may be a better idea to win the Duel , but Yuma replies that his friendship with Tori and Cathy is more important and declares that he ' s proud to lose . Girag thinks that he must destroy " Barian ' s Force " before Tori and Cathy play it and begins his turn . He Normal Summons " Magic Hand " and Sets two cards . Tori ' s turn is next , but before she can draw , Girag activate s his face - down " Spell Search " to add a Spell Card from Tori ' s Deck to her hand instead of conducting her normal draw . Girag thinks that the card is " Barian ' s Force " . He activates the effect of " Magic Hand " in an attempt to destroy the card that Tori added . Yuma suggests that Girag activate his Set " Memory Loss " . He agrees and activates it , which negate s the effect of " Magic Hand " and switches it to Defense Position . Yuma reminds Girag that the girls have to win . Tori Summons " Little Fairy " and activates its effect , sending the " Icarus Attack " in her hand to the Graveyard to increase its Level by 1 . Astral comments that both girls have two Level 4 monsters , ready for an Xyz Summon . Tori overlays her two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon " Fairy Cheer Girl " . From the stands , Rio says that something isn ' t right with Tori and Cathy , much to Flip ' s surprise . She clarifies that both girls are acting differently than before . A surging feeling goes through Rio , as she becomes worried that they may be brainwashed by the Barians . Back at the Duel , Tori activates the effect of " Fairy Cheer Girl " , detach ing an Overlay Unit to draw a card . Girag becomes increasingly worried about losing the Duel . Tori ' s and Cathy ' s eyes go blank and a Barian Emblem appears on Tori ' s forehead as she activates " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " , shocking everyone present . She overlays " Fairy Cheer Girl " and performs a Chaos Xyz Evolution to Special Summon " CXyz Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " . Yuma asks Astral since when did Cathy and Tori work for the Barian World . Girag mutters that this is terrible . Tori orders " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " to attack Girag ' s " Magic Hand " . She declares " Fairy ' s Fury " and " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " spins rapidly , releasing a storm of baseballs at " Magic Hand " , destroying it . Tori activates the effect of " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " ; by detaching an Overlay Unit when it destroys a monster by battle , Tori can inflict 500 damage to her opponents for each card in her hand ; she holds four cards , so they take 2000 damage . " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " twirls its staff and releases a wave of dark energy from it , reducing Girag and Yuma to 1100 Life Points . Yuma asks himself how Tori and Cathy got brainwashed by the Barians . Girag says that it ' s too late for them . Astral , on the verge of fading away , tells Yuma that in order to rescue the girls , he must win the Duel . Yuma agrees and begins his turn . He draws " Gagaga Girl " . Astral tells Yuma that his victory will be assured by this card . Yuma Summons " Gagaga Girl " . He activates " Level Lifter " , sending " Gagaga Magician " from his hand to the Graveyard to make the Level of " Gagaga Girl " the same as that of the sent monster ' s . Next , he activates " Monster Reborn " to Special Summon " Gagaga Magician " from the Graveyard . Yuma overlays his two Level 4 monsters to Xyz Summon " " . Tori points out that " Utopia " and " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " have the same ATK of 2500 and that if Yuma attacks , both monsters will be destroyed . Yuma counters with the effect of " Gagaga Girl " , which reduces the ATK of an opponent ' s monster to 0 when " Gagaga Girl " is used as an Overlay Unit in an Xyz Summon with " Gagaga " monsters . Declaring " Cellphone Subtraction " , Yuma reduces the ATK of " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " to 0 . Girag tells Yuma to use his " Hand Power " Trap Card . Yuma does so , banish ing " Magic Hand " from the Graveyard to double the ATK of " Utopia " to 5000 . He attacks " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " with " Utopia " ; " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " hits a baseball towards " Utopia " , which it hits back with its swords , turned into baseball bats . The attack destroys " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " and defeats Tori and Cathy . The Barian Emblems disappear from their foreheads . Bronk and Ray cheer for Yuma ' s victory , while Girag falls to his knees . Crying tears of gratitude , he exclaims that Yuma saved him . Yuma runs up to Tori and Cathy and asks if they ' re alright . They say they ' re okay , and Tori asks what happened . She asks if they Dueled . Yuma says that if they don ' t remember it , it never happened and laughs nervously . Tori and Cathy ask for the final Duel now . Yuma , having had enough Dueling for one day , runs off , with Tori and Cathy chasing after him in anger . Up on a rooftop , Girag mutters that while Yuma saved him once today , next time will be different . He vanishes in many black particles . Featured Duels . Yuma Tsukumo vs unnamed student . The full Duel is not shown . Yuma Normal Summon s " Gagaga Girl " ( 1000 / 800 ) , while the opponent control s a " Mokey Mokey " ( 300 / 100 ) . The Duel gets canceled because of Ray . Yuma Tsukumo & Reginald " Shark " Kastle vs Flip Turner & Caswell Francis . This Duel takes place at the Duel Field , " Skydiving Field " . Caswell control s " Crashbug X " ( 3 / 0 / 2000 ) , Flip controls " Flipangutan " ( 4 / 800 / 1600 ) , Yuma controls " Zubaba Knight " ( 3 / 1600 / 900 ) and Shark controls " Submersible Carrier Aero Shark " ( 3 / 1900 / 1000 ) . " Aero Shark " attack s and destroy s " Crashbug X " and " Flipangutan " . Yuma Tsukumo & Reginald " Shark " Kastle vs Rio Kastle & Bronk Stone . This Duel takes place at the Duel Field , " Beach Volleyball Field " . Rio controls " Blizzard Falcon " ( 4 / 1500 / 1500 ) , Bronk controls " Tin Archduke " ( 4 / 2200 / 1200 ) and Shark controls " Black Ray Lancer " ( 3 / 2100 / 600 ) . " Black Ray Lancer " attacks and destroys " Tin Archduke " . Flip Turner & Caswell Francis vs Cathy Katherine & Tori Meadows . This Duel takes place at the Duel Field , " Tennis Field " . Tori control s " Little Fairy " ( 3 / 800 / 800 ) and Cathy controls " Cat Girl " ( 4 / 1200 / 1600 ) . Rio Kastle & Bronk Stone vs Cathy Katherine & Tori Meadows . This Duel takes place at the Duel Field , " Wrestling Field . Rio controls " Aurora Wing " ( 4 / 1200 / 1600 ) and Cathy controls " Cat Girl " ( 4 / 1200 / 1600 ) . Yuma Tsukumo & Girag vs Cathy Katherine & Tori Meadows . This Duel takes place at the Duel Field , " Baseball Field " . Turn 1 : Yuma Yuma draws . He then Normal Summon s " Stinging Swordsman " ( 1 / 300 / 600 ) in Attack Position and Set s a card . Turn 2 : Cathy Cathy draws . She then Normal Summons " Cat Girl " ( 4 / 1200 / 1600 ) in Attack Position . " Cat Girl " attack s and destroy s " Stinging Swordsman " ( Yuma & Girag : 4000 → 3100 LP ) . Turn 3 : Girag Girag draws . He then Normal Summons " Magic Hand " ( 4 / 800 / 1600 ) in Attack Position and Set s two cards . Turn 4 : Tori Before Tori conducts her Draw Phase , Girag activate s his face - down " Spell Search " to force Tori to add a Spell Card from her Deck to her hand instead . As a Spell Card was added from Tori ' s Deck to her hand , Girag activates the effect of " Magic Hand " to destroy the added card and inflict 800 damage to his opponent . By Yuma ' s suggestion , Girag activates Yuma ' s face - down " Memory Loss " to negate the effect of " Magic Hand " and change it to Defense Position . Tori Normal Summons " Little Fairy " ( 3 / 800 / 800 ) in Attack Position . She then activates its effect to send " Icarus Attack " from her hand to the Graveyard and increase its Level by 1 ( " Little Fairy " : 3 → 4 ) . Tori overlays " Cat Girl " and Little Fairy " in order to Xyz Summon " Fairy Cheer Girl " ( 4 / 1900 / 1500 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . Tori then activates the effect of " Fairy Cheer Girl " to detach an Overlay Unit ( " Fairy Cheer Girl " : 2 → 1 ORU ) and draw a card . Tori activates " Rank - Up - Magic Barian ' s Force " to Rank - Up " Fairy Cheer Girl " via Chaos Xyz Evolution in order to Xyz Summon " Chaos Xyz Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " ( 5 / 2500 / 1900 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " attacks and destroy s " Magic Hand " . As it destroyed a monster by battle , Tori activates the effect of " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " , detaching a Chaos Overlay Unit ( " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " : 2 → 1 ORU ) to inflict 500 damage to the opponent for each card in her hand . Tori has four ( Yuma & Girag : 3100 → 1100 LP ) . Turn 5 : Yuma Yuma draws " Gagaga Girl " and subsequently Normal Summons it ( 3 / 1000 / 800 ) in Attack Position . He then activates " Level Lifter " to send " Gagaga Magician " from his hand to the Graveyard and change the Level of " Gagaga Girl " by the sent monster ' s Level ( " Gagaga Girl " : 3 → 4 ) . Yuma then activates " Monster Reborn " to revive " Gagaga Magician " ( 4 / 1500 / 1000 ) in Attack Position . Yuma overlays " Gagaga Magician " and " Gagaga Girl " in order to Xyz Summon " " ( 4 / 2500 / 2000 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . As " Gagaga Girl " was used as an Overlay Unit for an Xyz Summon with another " Gagaga " monster , Yuma activates its effect to reduce the ATK of " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " to 0 ( " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " : 2500 → 0 ATK ) . Yuma then activates Girag ' s face - down " Hand Power " to double the ATK of " Utopia " by banish ing " Magic Hand " ( a " Hand " monster ) from the Graveyard ( " Utopia " : 2500 → 5000 ATK ) . " Utopia " attacks and destroy s " Dark Fairy Cheer Girl " ( Cathy & Tori : 4000 → 0 LP ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .