Yusei and Akiza ' s second Duel Yusei Fudo and Akiza Izinski faced each other a second time in in a game of Duel Monsters in the Dark Signer arc in Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s . Prior Events . After the devastation brought about by the summoning of Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu and Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua , Akiza is brought over to the hospital by Jack Atlas after being knocked out by falling debris . Hideo and his wife Setsuno rushed over to the hospital to check up on her since they were Akiza ' s parents . They are shocked and hurt to find her in this comatose state due to some emotional trauma . Jack suggests to Hideo that he get Yusei to help her . Yusei is informed of the situation by Blister and suddenly Hideo appears . He asks begs Yusei to help Akiza awaken from her coma and tells her of how she became the duelist known as the Black Rose . With some encouragement from Martha , Hideo returns to the hospital with Yusei in tow . Yusei wakes Akiza up from her slumber , but when she sees her parents , the reunion is not a happy one . She remembers Sayer falling into into a pit and blames her father . Hurt , confused and enraged she lashes out at Yusei who offers to duel her to help her realize who really cares about her . Duel . Turn 1 : Akiza Akiza Draws " Evil Thorn " and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position ( 100 / 300 ) . She then Tributes " Evil Thorn " to activate its effect , inflicting 300 damage to Yusei ( Yusei 4000 → 3700 Life Points ) and Special Summon ing 2 " Evil Thorn " s from her Deck in Attack Position ( 100 / 300 for both ) , but Akiza can ' t activate the effects of the two newly summoned " Evil Thorns " . Yusei ' s hand contains " Junk Synchron " . Akiza then activate s " Closed Plant Gate " to prevent Yusei from attacking on his next turn since she controls two Plant - type monsters with the same name . Akiza ends her turn Turn 2 : Yusei Yusei Draws " Shield Warrior " and subsequently Normal Summons it in Defense Position ( 800 / 1600 ) . He then Set s " Realize Defense " and " Reinforce Truth " in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and ends his turn . Turn 3 : Akiza Akiza Draws " Twilight Rose Knight " and subsequently Normal Summons it in Attack Position ( 1000 / 1000 ) . She then activates its effect , Special Summon ing " Dark Verger " from her hand in Attack Position ( 0 / 1000 ) . She then tunes her 2 " Evil Thorns " and " Dark Verger " with " Twilight Rose Knight " to Synchro Summon " Black Rose Dragon " in Attack Position ( 2400 / 1800 ) . She then equips " Black Rose Dragon " with " Thorn of Malice " , increasing its ATK by 600 ( " Black Rose Dragon " : 2400 → 3000 / 1800 ) and granting it the ability to inflict Piercing Damage . Also if the monster equipped with " Thorn of Malice " attacks a monster , it will not be destroyed , but it will lose 600 ATK and DEF after Damage Calculation . When " Thorn of Malice " is removed from the field , all ATK and DEF changes that it caused will be negated . Akiza then activates " Black Rose Dragon ' s " effect , removing from play an " Evil Thorn " in her Graveyard to switch " Shield Warrior " to Attack Position and reduce its ATK to 0 until the End Phase ( " Shield Warrior " : 800 → 0 / 1600 ) . Akiza attacks " Shield Warrior " with " Black Rose Dragon " , but Yusei activates " Realize Defense " to switch " Shield Warrior " back into Defense Position . Due to " Thorn of Malice " , " Shield Warrior " is not destroyed , but " Black Rose Dragon " inflicts Piercing damage to Yusei ( Yusei 3700 → 2300 Life Points ) . After Damage Calculation , " Thorn of Malice " decreases " Shield Warrior ' s " ATK and DEF by 600 ( " Shield Warrior " : 0 / 1600 → 1000 ) . Since " Shield Warrior " had 0 ATK at the timing , it loses no ATK . Akiza ends her turn . On Akiza ' s End Phase , the effect of " Black Rose Dragon " wears off , returning " Shield Warrior ' s " ATK back to normal ( " Shield Warrior " : 0 → 800 / 1000 ) . Turn 4 : Yusei Before Yusei draws , Akiza removes the pin in her hair , allowing her powers to run wild . Yusei draws " Release Restraint Wave " . He then activates his face - down " Reinforce Truth " , Special Summon ing " Speed Warrior " ( 900 / 400 ) from his Deck in Attack Position , but forbidding himself from conducting his Battle Phase this turn . He then Normal Summon s " Junk Synchron " ( 1300 / 500 ) in Attack Position . Yusei then tunes " Junk Synchron " with " Speed Warrior " and " Shield Warrior " to Synchro Summon " Stardust Dragon " in Attack Position ( 2500 / 2000 ) . Yusei ends his turn . Turn 5 : Akiza Akiza draws . She then attacks " Stardust Dragon " with " Black Rose Dragon " . Due to " Thorn of Malice " , " Stardust Dragon " is not destroyed , but Yusei still takes Battle Damage ( Yusei 2300 → 1800 Life Points ) . After Damage Calculation , " Stardust Dragon " loses 600 ATK and DEF due to " Thorn of Malice " ( " Stardust Dragon " : 2500 → 1900 / 2000 → 1400 ) . Akiza ends her turn . Turn 6 : Yusei Yusei draws . He then activates " Half Shut " , halving " Black Rose Dragon ' s " ATK ( " Black Rose Dragon " : 3000 → 1500 / 1800 ) until the End Phase and preventing it from being destroyed by battle this turn . Yusei attacks " Black Rose Dragon " with " Stardust Dragon " . Due to " Half Shut ' s " effect , " Black Rose Dragon " is not destroyed , but Akiza still takes Battle Damage ( Akiza 4000 → 3600 Life Points ) . Yusei Set s 2 cards and ends his turn . On Yusei ' s End Phase , the effect of " Half Shut " wears off , returning " Black Rose Dragon ' s " ATK back to 3000 ( " Black Rose Dragon " : 1500 → 3000 / 1800 ) . Turn 7 : Akiza Akiza draws . She then attacks " Stardust Dragon " with " Black Rose Dragon " . Due to " Thorn of Malice " , " Stardust Dragon " is not destroyed , but Yusei still takes Battle Damage ( Yusei 1800 → 700 Life Points ) . After Damage Calculation , " Stardust Dragon " loses 600 ATK and DEF due to " Thorn of Malice " ( " Stardust Dragon " : 1900 → 1300 / 1400 → 800 ) . She then Sets 1 card in her Spell & Trap Card Zone and ends her turn . Turn 8 : Yusei Yusei draws " Defense Draw " . He then Sets 1 card in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and ends his turn . Turn 9 : Akiza Akiza draws . She then attacks " Stardust Dragon " with " Black Rose Dragon " , but Yusei activates " Defense Draw " to reduce the Battle Damage he takes from the attack to 0 and draw 1 card . Due to " Thorn of Malice " , " Stardust Dragon " is not destroyed , but it loses 600 ATK and DEF after Damage Calculation ( " Stardust Dragon " : 1300 → 700 / 800 → 200 ) . Akiza activates " Wonder Clover " , discarding " Lord Poison " to allow " Black Rose Dragon " to attack again . Akiza attacks " Stardust Dragon " again with " Black Rose Dragon " , but Yusei activates " Iron Resolve " , paying half his Life Points so that he takes no Battle Damage from the attack ( Yusei 700 → 350 Life Points ) . Due to " Thorn of Malice " , " Stardust Dragon " is not destroyed , but it loses 600 ATK and DEF after Damage Calculation ( " Stardust Dragon " : 700 → 100 / 200 → 0 ) . Akiza activates " Doom Petal Countdown " . Now during each of Akiza ' s End Phases , she can remove from play a Plant - type monster in her Graveyard to inflict 300 damage to Yusei . If there are no Plant - type monsters in Akiza ' s Graveyard , " Doom Petal Countdown " will be destroyed , but Yusei will then take 300 damage for every Plant - type monster that was removed from play via " Doom Petal Countdown " . Akiza ends her turn . On Akiza ' s End Phase , she activates the effect of " Doom Petal Countdown " , removing from play an " Evil Thorn " from her Graveyard to inflict 300 damage to Yusei ( Yusei 350 → 50 Life Points ) . Akiza intends to finish Yusei off next turn with " Doom Petal Countdown ' s " effect . Turn 10 : Yusei Before Yusei draws , he comes to the conclusion that Akiza has no idea how to control her power . Yusei draws " Silver Wing " and subsequently equips it to " Stardust Dragon " . Now up to twice per turn , this card can prevent " Stardust Dragon " from being destroyed by battle and if " Stardust Dragon " would be destroyed by a card effect , Yusei can destroy " Silver Wing " instead . He activates " Release Restraint Wave " to destroy " Silver Wing " and all Spell and Trap Cards that Akiza controls . Since " Thorn of Malice " is no longer on the field , " Black Rose Dragon ' s " ATK goes back to normal ( " Black Rose Dragon " : 3000 → 2400 / 1800 ) With " Thorn of Malice " destroyed , " Stardust Dragon ' s " ATK and DEF return to normal ( " Stardust Dragon " : 100 → 2500 / 0 → 2000 ) . Yusei attacks " Black Rose Dragon " with " Stardust Dragon " ( Akiza 3600 → 3500 Life Points ) , but Akiza discards " Hedge Guard " after Damage Calculation to prevent " Black Rose Dragon " from being destroyed , but its ATK will be halved until the End Phase . ( " Black Rose Dragon " : 2400 → 1200 / 1800 ) . At this point Akiza desperately pleas to stop the duel . Suddenly , she notices her father about to struck by a stray cabinet . With a clinch of her fist , she manages to stop the doom petal storm and the wind , saving her father . Tears roll from her eyes as she was finally able to control her powers . She asks Yusei to end the duel as she no longer wants to fight anymore . Since " Stardust Dragon " did not destroy " Black Rose Dragon " with its attack , Yusei activates " Synchro Ring " which doubles " Stardust Dragon ' s " ATK and allows it to attack again ( " Stardust Dragon " : 2500 → 5000 / 2000 ) . " Stardust Dragon " then attacks and destroys " Black Rose Dragon " . ( Akiza 3500 → 0 Life Points ) Yusei wins . Aftermath . The duelist known as the Black Rose was no more . Akiza was finally able to forgive her parents and see the world in a new light . Yusei offered to be her first true friend , and in turn , she agrees to help the Signers defeat the Dark Signers , and her parents give her their blessing and permission .