Bonds Beyond Time Uniting and Fighting 1

-Back in Domino City-

After

Joey and Tristan had pulled themselves off of the ground, they both turned around when they heard the front door of Yugi's grandfather's game shop and could see none other than Solomon Muto.

"Is everything alright? I heard yelling and..." Solomon began to say in a worried tone, before he noticed that Yugi and Tea were gone, and then instead asked. "Where have Yugi and Tea gone to?"

"Well, it's like this..." Joey began to explain, thinking of the best way to break the news that Solomon's grandson and Tea had been sucked up into a dark red hole.

However, Joey was interrupted when a ringing sound could be heard, in which they all turned to see Tea's new phone, complete with a Kuriboh key ring attached to it, in which the blond picked up the phone and answered it. "Joey Wheeler speaking. Who is this?"

It was then a dark laugh emitted from the other end of the call, before a dark voice replied. "You don't know me, but I know all about you. Particularly that noble, but stupid act you and Tristan performed to rescue your friends."

"You creep!" Joey snapped back in an aggressive tone, before he demanded. "What have you done with Yugi and Tea?"

"Just go back into the game shop, turn on the TV and see for yourself." The voice replied, before the phone went dead, in which Joey quickly ran back inside, before Tristan and Solomon followed him, and switched the television on and were astonished at what was on the screen.

-Around the same time at Duel Academy-

Everyone within the Duel Arena was stunned at what they had just witnessed, but the most concerned was one of Jaden's best students and best friends, Tyranno Hassleberry, who was wearing the same old bandanna he wore the first time he met and befriended Jaden, but was now wearing an Obelisk Blue uniform, as he was promoted, not because the Dino Duelist was friends with the Chancellor, but because Jaden knew Hassleberry had potential to become a great Duelist.

It was then the monitor within the Duel Arena turned on, which left everyone stunned at what appeared on the screen.

"Sarge! Private 'Lexi!" Hassleberry called out in a concerned tone, as on the screen was an unconscious Jaden and Alexis, but the screen then changed to an image of a dark figure sitting in a chair, which told everyone within the Duel Arena in a dark tone. "It's pointless. They can't hear you."

"Who are you?" Dr. Crowler questioned, before he asked. "And what have you done with Jaden and Alexis?"

"No need to worry, doctor. They are safely aboard my 'Death Zone Arena' and have been selected to be some of my new candidates to see if they have what it takes to become my new champions." "So you all better hope that your heroes have what it takes to survive against the competition." The figure in the chair told all the students and teachers of Duel Academy.

-Meanwhile in New Domino City-

Just on the outskirts of New Domino City were Yusei and Akiza's closest friends, Jack Atlas, Crow Hogan, Leo and Luna, who had come back to New Domino City to surprise them and catch up after all the time they had spent a part.

However, when they arrived at Tops and found that Yusei and Akiza had gone out and after they had split up and searched every known location they could think of where they would be and ended up with nothing, they all could feel that something was wrong.

And they were right when a dark voice asked in a conniving tone, which came from Jack's Duel Runner, Phoenix Whirlwind. "Looking for someone?"

Whilst Jack remained on his Duel Runner, Crow, Leo and Luna ran over to Phoenix Whirlwind and could see a dark humanoid silhouette sitting in a chair on the screen on Jack's Duel Runner, in which Jack told the figure. "Alright, start talking!"

"About what?" The unknown entity replied in a dark and mocking one, which angered Jack and caused him to snap back. "Don't play games with me! You know exactly what I mean."

"Keep your helmet on, Jacky-boy. I was just teasing." The dark figure told Jack in a teasing tone, before he said darkly. "But if you really want to see your friends I'd be more than happy to oblige."

-Simultaneously within Heartland City-

Back at the Tsukumo residence, Yuma's older sister, Kari Tsukumo was typing on her computer screen, searching for a good scoop, something that would grab the reader's the second they read the headline, but was interrupted when Bronk stormed into her room.

"Bronk? What are you doing here?" Kari questioned, a little annoyed that she was being bothered, before she commented. "I thought you were with Yuma and Tori defeating Barians or something."

"I was but Yuma and Tori are gone." Bronk replied in a serious tone, which caused Kari to ask in concern for her little brother. "What do you mean gone?"

"I don't know what happened. First Yuma managed to win another Duel for the good guys, before he, Tori and I were pulled into a dark red hole. Then I don't remember anything after that."

"So you're saying you fell into a dark pit, managed to escape it, but you don't know how or why it took Yuma?" Kari questioned in bewilderment, before she asked in a serious tone. "This isn't some kind of joke you, Tori and Yuma are planning to pull on me?"

But before Bronk could reply to defend himself, Kari's computer screen went blank, before it turned back on, only now a mysterious dark figure sitting in a chair appeared on the screen and told them in dark tone. "Believe him, Kari. It's no joke. See for yourself."

"Yuma!" Both and called out in a concerned tone, as the scene on the monitor changed to Tori desperately shaking an unconscious Yuma.

"Alright tall, dark and creepy what's going on?" Bronk demanded, before Kari questioned in an aggressive tone, as her protective side for Yuma kicked in. "What have you done with Tori and my brother?"

"Just watch and see." The dark figure replied simply.

-In an unknown location-

"Jaden? Jaden, can you hear me?" A familiar female voice called out to the 'The Second King of Games', before he slowly opened his eyes to see the Duel Monster sealed within his soul standing before him.

"Yubel?" Jaden asked in a confused tone, before he questioned. "What happened?"

However, before Yubel could answer, a more serious thought came to his mind, Alexis.

But his worry faded when he heard his love let out a small moan, before Jaden turned his head to see Alexis slowly waking up, in which Jaden helped Alexis up and asked. "You ok, 'Lex?"

"I'm fine." Alexis replied, before she asked. "But do you have any idea where we are?"

"I'm afraid not." Jaden sadly replied, before he looked around and commented. "Though it looks like we're not alone."

Alexis then looked around to see other male and females roughly around her age, as well as a small yellow mouse with a lightning bolt shaped tail, a white feline who was standing on two feet and was wearing a pair of gloves and a red dragon with wing-like ears and a hazard symbol on his chest, but what surprised her most was that she and Jaden weren't the only Duelists there.

"Yugi, Yusei, great to see you guys again." Jaden then said happily.

"You too, Jay." Yugi replied back cheerfully, before Yusei commented. "It is good to see you both. I just wish it was under different circumstances."

After the trio that took down Paradox reunited, introduced their female companion to the others, as Tea, Alexis and Akiza had heard nothing but positive comments about the others after Paradox's end, that they noticed a green haired girl trying to wake her friend up, and could see they were wearing Duel Discs too.

It was then Tea asked, referring to the unknown Duelists. "Either of you know who they are?"

But before either could reply, they heard the young male state in a star struck tone. "Either I hit my head or I'm actually seeing Yugi Muto, Jaden Yuki and Yusei Fudo before my very eyes. I wish I had an autograph book or something."

"Oh, wow! Yuma is actually talking with the three kings of Dueling. He's so lucky." Bronk commented back in Heartland City, before Kari pointed out. "Yeah, other than the fact he' been abducted."

"Oh, right." Bronk replied, as he was caught up in the moment, but not as much as Yuma was.

"My name is Yuma Tsukumo and this is my friend Tori Meadows." Yuma said, before he bowed and told his idols. "It's an honour to meet you all face to face."

Jaden then held out his right arm, in which Yuma did the same and shook hands with 'The Second king of Games', before Jaden asked in a friendly and curious tone. "It's nice to meet you too Yuma. But how do you know about us?"

"Who doesn't know about the three greatest Duelists to have ever lived?" Yuma questioned back, before he replied, as he put his hands behind the back of his head and smiled. "I learnt all about the three greatest Duelists known though out the Dueling world in school."

"Which was the only subject in school he would stay awake for." Tori commented, which embarrassed Yuma, before Jaden told him reassuringly. "Don't worry, Yuma. I did the same and look at me now."

Hearing Jaden encourage Yuma made the Number Hunter smile, but it was then a voice that dripped with malevolence told them. "I'd watch what you'd say. Because you never know when your new friends become your enemies."

It was then all the Duelists, the other humans, Superman, Green Lantern and the strange looking creatures turned towards the source of the voice to see a large monitor, as a dark figure sat in a chair.

"Who are you?" One of the creatures, which had blue skin and a 'V' shaped mark on his forehead asked.

"My name is of no importance to you. But you can call me the Champion Hunter." The Champion Hunter replied.

"So what do you want with us?" A girl with orange hair, which had been tied up into a spiky ponytail, who was standing beside a humanoid fox, questioned.

"What I want is the greatest male and female champions the countless universes hold to become my new champions. Seeing as how my last champion popularity decreased after my audience grew tired of watching the same fight play over and over, and so they 'retired'." The Champion Hunter replied.

"And what if we refuse?" A teenager, who had black hair and 'Z' shaped marks on each of his cheeks questioned, in which the Champion Hunter let out a wicked laugh and then replied. "You cannot. While most of you were unconscious I had my robotic drones, SK-5, SRE-4, TR-4 and SF-30 each place a device known as a 'Discipline Collar' on your necks, which will automatically shock you whenever you refuse to listen to my commands. And there are two more qualities that make my Discipline Collars so effective."

"And what are they?" The white furred feline asked.

"I'll show you. I dare any of you to try and remove your collar." The Champion Hunter replied, Yuma then placed his hands on the collar and started to tug at it, but the second he did, he then let out a small cry of pain as a small current of electricity surged painfully though out his body.

"Yuma!" Tori called out in concern, before the Champion Hunter laughed and stated. "Oh, how I love it when my latest contestants are foolish enough to try and remove the collar. You see my Discipline Collars have an anti-removal feature, so no matter what; you will remain under my control. And the more you disobey the more lethal the voltage will be dealt to you."

"And the second feature is that whenever the Discipline Collar activates, it sends a direct jolt to your amygdala and will cause the level of your aggression to increase. Now that you know you have no chance of escaping my clutches, let us begin the survival rounds." The Champion Hunter declared, in which a girl with blond hair asked in a somewhat worried tone. "Survival rounds?"

"That's right. Each of you will face against two random opponents and the team who wins moves on one step closer to the grand prize." The Champion Hunter replied, in which a young man with spiky orange hair and a black robe asked. "And what's this prize?"

"Freedom. And the title as the universe's Supreme Champion of Death Zone!" The Champion Hunter exclaimed proudly, before he snapped his fingers, in which four blank screens appeared on the monitor and started to spin, cycling through the various heroes, before the owner of Death Zone said. "Now then, let's see who's up against who."

It was then the four screens stopped spinning showing an image of Jaden and Alexis and a boy with blond hair and whisker marks and a girl with violet colored hair and pupiless lavender eyes.

"Well isn't this interesting?" The Champion Hunter commented, before he said. "Jaden Yuki and Alexis Rhodes shall take on Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga."

After the Champion Hunter's declaration, dark red energy engulfed Jaden, Alexis, Naruto and Hinata, and seconds later; the darkness was gone, as were the two Duelists and the other two individuals.

-With Jaden and Alexis-

Both Duelists were confused as to what had just happened, as they were now in a large stadium, while Naruto and Hinata were on the other side.

"Welcome to one of my many 'Death Zone Stadiums'. Here you will fight in order to get one step closer to winning the title as 'Supreme Champion of Death Zone' as well as your freedom." The Champion Hunter's voice announced, before he said. "And to make things more fair, Jaden and Alexis, both of you can Summon any Monster, ignoring any requirements. And play any Traps you draw right from your Hand."

Knowing they had no choice but to fight, Jaden and Alexis each drew six Cards, before Jaden told Naruto and Hinata. "Don't take this personally you guys. But it's time to get your game on!"

"I Summon Elemental HERO Sparkman in Attack Mode!" Jaden announced, as he placed the aforementioned Card on his Duel Disk, which appeared before him, before he inserted a Spell Card in his first Spell/Trap Card zone and said. "Next, I equip Sparkman with Spark Blaster."

As the Spark Blaster materialized in Sparkman's right hand, Naruto and Hinata began to charge at the blue suited Warrior of lightning, but it was then he fired two blasts of electricity at the pair, which forced them both on their knees, leaving them vulnerable to attack, in which Alexis announced. "I Summon Cyber Tutu!"

And not wasting any time, she then commanded. "Now, Tutu attack with Pounding Pirouette!"

Obeying Alexis, Cyber Tutu jumped at Hinata and kicked her in the chest, causing her to cry out in pain as she was kicked back.

"Hinata-chan!" Naruto called out in a concerned tone, before he slowly began to get up, as it seemed Naruto was regaining control over his body, just as Elemental HERO Sparkman aimed his blaster at Naruto and was just about to shock him into submission once again, but before he could, Naruto managed to pull out a Kunai from the holster fastened on his right leg and just as Sparkman was about to blast him again, threw the Kunai into the barrel of the blaster, causing it to explode and destroying Sparkman, which freed Hinata from the paralysis, who then countered against Cyber Tutu and shattered her into pieces, as she slammed her palm into Alexis' Monster's chest.

It was Jaden and Alexis let out a small cry of pain, as their Discipline Collars shocked them, in which they both fell onto all fours, giving Naruto and Hinata their turn to strike back, or so they thought, when they ran head first against Jaden and Alexis, but it was then Jaden called out. "I play the Trap Card: Zero Gravity!"

In which the effect of Jaden's Trap activated and caused Naruto and Hinata to stop in their tracks, as they were trapped in midair, which gave Jaden and Alexis another shot to take down their opponents.

"I now use Polymerization to fuse Elemental HERO Avian and Elemental HERO Burstinatrix in my hand to create Elemental HERO Flame Wingman!" Jaden announced, as the Elemental HERO pair appeared before him, combined as one and became the green skinned behemoth.

"Infernal Rage!" Jaden then called out, in which Elemental HERO Flame Wingman's dragon-like arm opened up and unleashed a wave of fire, which went directly for Naruto.

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata called out in a concerned tone, as Naruto was consumed by the torrent of flames, but when the inferno subsided, Jaden and Alexis were confused as three Narutos appeared where the one originally was, only the middle Naruto had a ball of blue colored energy within his right hand.

It was then the Naruto on the right vanished in a puff of smoke, while the left one grabbed the middle Naruto's left arm, spun him around and then threw him at Elemental HERO Flame Wingman Rasengan and tore through and destroyed him, before he headed straight for Jaden.

It looked like Jaden was in for a world of hurt, but it was then Alexis called out. "I Discard Doble Passé from my Hand to my Graveyard, so I can play my Trap: Hallowed Life Barrier!"

It was then a light blue shield of energy circled around Jaden, protecting him from Naruto's Rasengan, in which Jaden called out. "Thanks, 'Lex."

"No problem, Jaden." Alexis happily replied, though they could see that they had little time to talk, as Zero Gravity's effect had just worn off, but from the look in Jaden's eyes, he had a secret weapon ready and waiting.

Knowing what Jaden wanted Alexis to do, Alexis placed a Spell Card in her first Spell/Trap card slot and exclaimed. "I play Polymerization and fuse Elemental HERO Flame wingman and Elemental HERO Neos in Jaden's Hand in order to Summon Elemental HERO Neos Knight!"

It was then Elemental Hero Neos appeared beside Elemental HERO Flame Wingman, before the pair began to swirl into one another, in which they both began to glow brightly, before the light died down and standing before Alexis was Elemental Hero Neos Knight.

"Now, Neos Knight attack!" Alexis commanded, in which the sword wielding Neo-Spacian lunged at Hinata and tried to strike her down, but with every strike she would block, dodge or counter.

Meanwhile, as Jaden was watching the fight between Neos and ninja, he then heard the familiar voice of Naruto exclaim. "Rasengan!"

But as Naruto was approaching Jaden with his Rasengan ready, Yubel appeared beside her host body and told him. "You know what to do Jaden."

"You bet." Jaden replied, before he placed a Monster Card on his Duel Disk and called out. "Go, Yubel!"

It was then Yubel transformed from a transparent state to a solid state in front of Jaden, in which Naruto then slammed the Rasengan into Yubel's chest, but then paid the price as he was repelled by her Nightmare Pain ability.

As Naruto got up, Yubel's eyes turned bright orange, in which Naruto's did the same for a moment, and before he knew what was happening, he had created another Rasengan, before he charged at Yubel, only to be struck and knocked back by her Nightmare Pain Effect.

Naruto then got up again, only this time he had his eyes closed, which frustrated Yubel, as she couldn't control Naruto's attacks if she couldn't make eye contact with him.

And her frustration was only heightened when Naruto reached into his holster and threw a smoke bomb onto the ground, concealing him.

But after a few seconds he jumped out, only this time the Rasengan in his hand was larger in comparison to the previous ones he had created, before he yelled out. "Big Ball Rasengan!"

As Naruto's Rasengan clashed with Yubel, she could feel something was wrong, as normally any attack would've been repelled by now, but this attack was too strong, even for her, in which she was destroyed, as Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke, and returned to her transparent form beside Jaden, but before it was then the real Naruto shot out from the smoke with a fully charged Rasengan in his right hand, which he then yelled out. "Rasengan!"

Unable to defend himself, Naruto slammed the Rasengan into Jaden's chest, which caused 'The Second King of Games' to cry out in pain, as the Rasengan tore through his jacket, hit his body and slammed him against the wall.

"Sarge!" Hassleberry yelled out in concern for his best friend back at Duel Academy, before Alexis called out to Jaden in a tone with the same amount of concern, as she deactivated her Duel Disk, not caring about what happened to her, before she made her way over to her beloved, took off his jacket and placed her right ear against his chest, in which she was relieved when she could hear his heartbeat and could feel his chest rise up and down.

"And it looks like the winners are Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga." The Champion Hunter's voice commented, before he ordered in a dark tone. "Now then, finish them off."

"What are you talking about? I thought you said 'who wins moves on one step closer to freedom'." Hinata questioned, in which the Champion Hunter laughed in an amused tone, before he told them. "That's right. But in order to advance you MUST end the lives of your opponents. Why do you think these are called Survival rounds?"

Alexis closed her eyes, as she felt that this would be their end, however, she opened her eyes and was surprised when Naruto stated. "I won't do it! I may want to get back to Konoha, but not if it means killing people like me and Hinata."

"I think you will." The Champion Hunter replied in a sinister tone, before Naruto's Discipline Collar violently shocked him, which caused him to fall on all fours, as Hinata called out in a concerned tone. "Naruto-kun!"

Alexis then watched in confusion and fear as Naruto was surrounded by an ominous red energy, his whisker marks grew thicker; his eyes changed dark red and became slits, while two tails, formed out of the same energy that engulfed him, grew out of his tailbone.

"It's only a matter of time. When the fourth tail is complete, the bloodshed shall begin!" The Champion Hunter exclaimed, as a third tail appeared alongside the other two.

"**N...No... I won't let the... Kyuubi... Take me over... Again...!**" Naruto groaned out, before he let out a mixture of a loud yell and a roar, before all the darkness faded away, returning Naruto back to normal, as he began to breathe heavily, which made Alexis happy to see that Naruto and Hinata were not going to end their lives.

But it was then all, but Jaden, who was still unconscious, cried out in pain as the Champion Hunter turned up the Discipline Collars, and shocked Alexis, Naruto and Hinata, with more pain then before.

"That's what you get when you don't follow the Champion Hunter's rules." The Champion Hunter told them in a bitter tone, before the four of them were enveloped by dark red energy, as he could tell neither side would continue to fight regardless of what he did.

-Back to the other heroes, after Jaden, Alexis, Naruto and Hinata vanished-

Everyone was left speechless as to what just happened, one second Jaden and Alexis were selected to fight against Naruto and Hinata, but then vanished in a swirl of dark red energy.

"Hey, what did you do with them!?" A boy demanded, in which the yellow mouse agreed with him, with a 'Pika Pika', which Yugi, Tea, Yusei, Akiza, Yuma and Tori guessed that the creature was owned by the black haired boy and couldn't speak English.

"Relax, Ash. They are fine, for now. All I've done is sent them to one of my many 'Death Zone Stadiums'. But let's not waste anymore of my audience's time, there are still so many potential champions and so little time." The Champion Hunter replied, before the four screens with the images of Jaden, Alexis, Naruto and Hinata began to spin again, as they cycled through the remaining heroes.

It was then the four screens stopped spinning showing an image of the boy known as Ash and a girl with dark blue hair deep blue eyes and a white coloured beanie, were to take on a boy around the same age, with spiky maroon colored hair and a pair of goggles and a girl with shoulder length chestnut brown hair.

"Ash Ketchum and Dawn against Davis Motomiya and Kari Kamiya. Pokémon against Digimon?" The Champion Hunter commented, before he said in a sinister tone. "This should be entertaining."

It was then the same dark red energy engulfed Ash, the yellow mouse, the girl known as Dawn and a small brown rabbit, along with the goggle wearing teen, the blue dragon, the other girl, Kari, and the white furred feline, before they all vanished.

The four screens started to spin once again, until they all came to an immediate halt, showing it was going to be the old school Duelists take on the newcomers, in which the Champion Hunter stated. "Yugi Muto and Tea Gardner, you shall Duel against Yuma Tsukumo and Tori Meadows."

And just like the other four groups before them, so too were Yugi, Tea, Yuma and Tori were taken to one of the Champion Hunter's Death Zone Stadiums to fight in one of the most important Duels of their lives.

-With the Yugi, Tea, Yuma and Tori -

Just as the previous Duelists and ninjas were taken to a large stadium, Yugi and Tea were on one side of the stadium, while Yuma and Tori were on the other side.

"Welcome to one of my many 'Death Zone Stadiums'. Here you will fight in order to get one step closer to winning the title as 'Supreme Champion of Death Zone' as well as your freedom." The Champion Hunter's voice announced, before he said. "And now for the rules of this Duel. Rule one: You are forbidden from sharing your strategies or Cards with your partner. Rule two: You can Control, Defend and Sacrifice your partner's Monsters as if they were your own. And rule three: Which only applies to Yuma and Tori, Duel Gazers are not required within this Duel."

"But without our Duel Gazers how will we see our Monsters?" Tori questioned, in which the Champion Hunter let out a small chuckle, before he told her. "Not to worry, you'll see them. But that's not all."

"What do you mean?" Yuma questioned in confusion.

"What I mean is every time a Monster is Destroyed by your Opponent's Monsters, Spells or Trap Cards, the owner of that Monster will be electrocuted by their Discipline Collars and will only increase in frequency the more Monsters they lose." The Champion Hunter replied in an amused tone, in which Yuma looked over to Tori and thought to himself in a serious tone, as he remembered the pain he experienced when he was shocked the first time by his Discipline Collar. 'No matter what, I've got to make sure I don't cost us any Life Points. I can't put Tori in the same situation.'

It was then all four Duelists activated their Duel Discs and Drew five Cards, before Yugi called out in a strong voice. "It's time to Duel!

Starting Scores:

Yugi and Tea: 4000

Yuma and Tori: 4000

"Get set to get Decked! I Summon Achacha Archer in Attack Mode!" (1200/600) Yuma announced, before he stated. "And when is Summoned you take 500 Points of Damage." It was then Achacha Archer pulled out two arrows from his quiver, in which he placed on the string of his bow, before both arrowheads were set a light and were fired, hitting Yugi and Tea in their chests, causing them to groan out from the pain, but Yuma wasn't finished.

"Now, since I dealt damage to your Life Points, I can Special Summon Achacha Chanbara straight from my Hand." (1400/400) Yuma said, before he told Yugi and Tea. "And when Achacha Chanbara is brought to the Field, his ability takes effect. Meaning you lose another 400 Life Points."

Achacha Chanbara 's swords were then encircled by fire, before Yuma's Warrior pulled his arms back and then shot them forward, launching two fireballs from his blades, which struck Yugi and Tea, before Yuma then said. "And to end my Turn, I play one Card face-down."

"I play one Monster in Defence Mode." Tea said, before she stated. "And to end my Turn I place Set one Card face-down."

"Looks like it's my turn." Tori said, as she Drew the sixth Card on the top of her Deck, before she placed a Spell Card in her first Spell/Trap Card slot and declared. "I activate the Spell Card: Double Summon. So now I can Summon two Monsters this Turn instead of just one. And I Summon Kaiser Sea Horse (1700/1650) and Dunames Dark Witch (1800/1050) both in Attack Mode." "Then I use the Spell: Red Medicine, to increase our Life Points by 500. (4000→4500) And with that my Turn ends."

"Then it's my Turn." Yugi stated confidently, as he Drew the sixth Card on the top of his Deck, then told Yuma and Tori. "First, I Active Pot of Greed, which allow me to Draw two more Cards from my Deck."

"Next, I set two Cards and shall Flip Tea's face-down Monster." Yugi said, before Tea's Monster was switched from face-down Defence Mode to Attack Mode, revealing it to be Fire Sorcerer. (1000/1500)

"Now, I activate Fire Sorcerer's ability. By removing two Cards from my Hand from play I can inflict 800 Points of Damage to your Life Points!" Yugi declared, in which Fire Sorcerer threw two fireballs at Yuma and Tori, inflicting not only Life Point damage but also physical damage, due to their Discipline Collars, however, Yugi's turn was far from over.

"Next I active the Spell: Card Destruction, which forces us all to Discard every Card in our Hand and Draw until we have the same amount." Yugi said, as he placed Card Destruction and the other two Cards in his hand in his Graveyard before he Drew two new Cards.

"And now the Watapon I just Drew is Special Summoned because I Drew it from the Effect of Card Destruction." Yugi announced, as Watapon (200/300) appeared on the Field, but not for long, as Yugi exclaimed. "Now I Sacrifice Watapon and Fire Sorcerer to Summon Dark Magician! (2500/2100) And to end my Turn, I play the Spell: Card of Sanctity, which allows us all to Draw until we have six Cards in our Hand."

Yugi and Tea: 3100

Yuma and Tori: 3700

"My Draw. And I Summon Darklon in Defence Mode!" Yuma said, as the aforementioned Monster appeared beside Achacha Archer and Achacha Chanbara.

"Now, because of Darklon's Special ability all my Monsters each gain one Level." Yuma then stated, as Darklon then grew to Level two, while Achacha Archer and Achacha Chanbara both turned to Level four Monsters.

It was then Yuma exclaimed. "Next, I Overlay Achacha Archer and Achacha Chanbara to build the network and XZ Summon Number 39: Utopia!" as twin lights of red energy engulfed both Achacha Archer and Achacha Chanbara, before the trails of red light twisted around one another, crating a helix-like pattern, before the Number Hunter placed his favourite Number Card on his Duel Disc and exclaimed. "Rise on up, Number 39: Utopia!"

As a portal materialized on the floor where Achacha Archer and Achacha Chanbara were combined, out of two became one, Yuma's favourite Monster, Utopia, which astounded Yugi and Tea to how Yuma Summoned such a powerful Monster, but it looked as though they would have to worry about that later as Yuma exclaimed. "Go, Utopia and attack Tea directly!"

"Not so fast! I use Dark Magician to protect Tea!" Yugi called out, in which Dark magician appeared in front of Tea and was about to take down Yuma's Monster at the cost of sending himself to the Graveyard, but it was then Yuma exclaimed. "I play Utopia's ability! By removing one overlay unit from Utopia, I can stop Utopia's attack!"

"That means Dark Magician is safe." Tea said happily, in which Yuma then replied. "I'm afraid not, Tea. I activate the Spell Card: Double or Nothing! Now not only does this Spell allow Utopia Attack again, but it doubles Utopia's Attack!" (2500→5000)

"5000 Attack Points!" Tea called out in panic, before Yuma replied. "That's right. Now, go Utopia and attack Dark magician with Rising Sun Slash!"

As Utopia drew his blades and charged at Dark Magician, Yugi called out. "Sorry, Yuma, but you're going to have to find him first, go Magical Hats!"

It was then Yugi activated one of his face-down Cards, the Magical Hats, in which a black top hat emerged from the Card, went over Dark Magician, before the hat split into four identical hats, causing Utopia to cease his attack, as he was confused and unsure as to which hat Dark Magician was hiding in, and he wasn't the only one Uh, Utopia attack the hat on the far right. No wait. Attack the hat next to it. No wait. Hold on a sec..."

However, it was then Yuma cried out in pain and fell to his knees as the Champion Hunter had activated his Discipline Collar.

"Yuma!" Tori called out in a concerned tone, before the Champion Hunter's voice. "Unless you don't make a decision, your Discipline Collar will continue to shock you until every nerve in your body is fried. Now choose!"

"I choose... The... Ugh... Far left... Go, Rising Sun Slash...!" Yuma groaned out, in which his Discipline Collar stopped shocking him, which allowed him to get back onto his feet and watch Utopia sliced the hat in half, before it exploded in a blast of light energy, along with the other three hats, indicating he had picked the correct hat and Destroyed Dark Magician, dealing 2500 Points of Damage to Yugi and Tea's Life Points. (3100→600)

"Whoa! Yuma took down Yugi's favourite Monster and has a major lead in Life Points!" Bronk said in an amazed tone.

It was then Yugi and Tea both fell to the ground and felt an intense electrical surge from the devastating amount of Life Points they had just lost, in which back at Domino City Joey and Tristan called out their names in concern, but were relieved when their friends got back up and continued to Duel.

"I activate the Spell Card: Cost Down." Tea said, as she placed the Spell Card in her second Spell/Trap slot and then told Yuma and Tori. "By Discarding one Card from my Hand to the Graveyard, Every Monster in my Hand loses two Stars So now I can Summon a six Star Monster without Sacrificing first and I choose Dark Magician Girl!" (2000/1700)

"Uh, hate to burst your bubble. But Utopia is still the strongest Monster on the Field." Yuma pointed out, but it was then Tea replied.

"Not for long, Yuma. I use the Spell Card: Magical Formula, along with Dark Magician Girl's Effect. Now she gains Attack since Dark Magician is in the Graveyard bring her up to a total of 3300".

"No! Now Dark Magician Girl is stronger than Utopia!" Tori pointed out in a worried tone, in which Tea replied. "That's right. Now Dark Magician Girl, attack Utopia with Dark Burning Attack!"

It was then Dark Magician Girl's scepter began to charge with dark pink energy, before she unleashed that power in the form of an energy sphere, which headed straight for Utopia, but before Dark Magician Girl's Attack could make contact with her target, Yuma exclaimed. "Not so fast! I remove my second overlay unit to protect Utopia from Dark Magician Girl's magic! Go, Light Wing Shield!"

Utopia then brought his left wing forward in front of his body, in which the Dark Burning Attack was nullified the second it stuck Utopia's wing.

"Good move, Yuma." Tori commented happily.

"But not good enough. I reveal my face-down: Mischief of the Time Goddess." Tea replied, as her face-down Card Flipped face-up, which caused Yuma to question. "Mischief of the what?"

"Mischief of the Time Goddess, Yuma." Tori replied, before she explained in a nervous tone. "Basically it allows Dark Magician Girl to Attack again."

"That's right. Only this time she will target Kaiser Sea Horse." Tea told Yuma and Tori, before she ordered. "Dark Magician Girl, Attack!"

But just as Dark Magician Girl was about to fire another sphere of dark pink energy, Yuma called out. "I play my face-down, the Trap: Guts Guard! Now, by I can change the Target of Dark Magician Girl's Attack. And I choose Utopia!"

It was then Dark Magician Girl fired her dark energy blast at Kaiser Sea Horse, but before it could strike Tori's Monster Utopia got in the way and was struck by the dark energy, but remained on the Field, in which Yuma told Tea. "And thanks to Guts Guard, Utopia can't be destroyed."

"Thanks, Yuma. But we still lose Life Points equal to the difference in Dark Magician Girl and Utopia's Attack Points." (3300-2500=800) Tori pointed out, in which Tori then groaned out, as she felt a fair amount of pain as her Discipline Collar gave her a mild shock, while Yuma's shock was more intense as he was the one who took the Damage. (3700→2900)

"My Turn." Tori groaned out, before she took Kaiser Sea Horse off her Duel Disc and placed the Card in her Graveyard, as she informed Yugi and Tea. "I Sacrifice Kaiser Sea Horse for a Tribute Summon, and since it's for a Light Monster Kaiser Sea Horse counts as two Sacrifices, so come onto the Field Wingweaver!"

"Next I play the Spell Card: Gift of the Martyr." Tori stated, as she placed the aforementioned Spell Card in one of her Spell/Trap slots, in which Dunames Dark Witch shattered into pieces, however, the pieces of the Destroyed Fairy Monster were absorbed into Wingweaver, in which her Attack rose from 2750 to 4550.

"Thanks to Gift of the Martyr I get to send one Monster to the Graveyard and in exchange its Attack is transferred to another Monster. In this case thanks to Dunames Dark Witch's Sacrifice Wingweaver has more than enough Attack Points to Destroy Dark Magician Girl and the remainder of your Life Points." Tori told Yugi and Tea, before she commanded. "Wingweaver, Attack Dark Magician Girl!"

"Oh, man this is not good. Now Yug' and Tea are going to lose the Duel." Joey stated in a worried tone, while in Heartland City Bronk stated happily. Oh, man this is so good. Now Yuma and Tori are going to win the Duel."

But it seemed as though Joey and Bronk were wrong when Yugi declared. "I Activate Kuriboh's special ability from my Hand, which let's Kuriboh take the Damage instead of us."

It was then Wingweaver Destroyed Dark Magician Girl, but neither Yugi nor Tea took any Damage from the strike; in fact they gained 1000 Life Points since Tea's Magical Formula Spell Card was sent to the Graveyard. (600+1000=1600)

"So it looks like we're still in this Duel." Yugi commented, as he Drew the top Card from his Deck, smiled and told Yuma and Tori. "But I'm afraid I can't say the same for you."

"I use the Spell Card: Brain Control, which allows me to take Control of any Monster on your side of the Field for 800 Life Points." Yugi said, as a large brain with slate gray claws appeared in front of Yugi before Yugi declared. "And the Monster I choose is Utopia!"

It was then the claws shot forward and dragged Utopia over to Yugi's side of the Field, which caused Yuma to call out in concern. "No, Utopia!"

"Next, I Summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior. (1400/1700)" Yugi said, before he played a second Spell Card and announced. "I play the Black Magic Ritual!"

It was then two golden torches appeared beneath Utopia and Alpha the Magnet Warrior, as an alter appeared in the centre, before Yuma and Yugi's Monsters were Sacrificed and from the alter emerged a dark fog which shot into the sky and slowly descending from the darkness was on of the most powerful Spellcasters, the Magician of Black Chaos. (2800/2600)

"Now to complete the end of this Duel, I play my last Spell Card in my Hand: Monster Reborn." Yugi said, before he stated. "And the Monster I choose to bring back from the Graveyard is Dark magician!"

"And since Dark Magician is back on my Field, I can play my Trap Card: Dark Spiral Force, now I can double Magician of Black Chaos' Attack Points, bringing him up to a total of 5600!" Yugi stated, which shocked Yuma and Tori.

"Go, my magician and Attack with Chaos Scepter Blast!" Yugi commanded, in which Magician of Black Chaos fired a dark blue sphere of electrical energy right at Tori's Wingweaver, Destroying it, in which the blast broke through and was going to hit Tori, but not wanting to see Tori harmed any further, Yuma shot forward as fast as he could, before he leapt into the air in front of Tori and shocked everyone when Magician of Black Chaos' blast struck Yuma down.

Ending Scores:

Yugi and Tea: 800

Yuma and Tori: 0

"Yuma!" Tori called out in a seriously concerned tone, as she watched him fall to the floor, before she quickly took a hold of her fallen friend, turned him over, so his back was resting on her knees, before she began to shake Yuma, as she began to say, while tears started trailing down her cheeks. "Wake up, Yuma. Please wake up."

It was then Tori's tears fell down from her face and landed on Yuma's cheeks, in which the Number Hunter began to stir, before he slowly opened his eyes, which made Tori smile, before she asked, as she continued to cry. "Why did you do that?"

"Because I couldn't stand it anymore." Yuma replied, before he told her. "I didn't want to see you pain again because you mean so much to me."

After hearing the last of Yuma's statement, small blush appeared on Tori's face, before she asked curiously. "What... What do you mean, Yuma?"

"I... I love you, Tori..." Yuma managed to reply, before he closed his eyes and fell into unconsciousness once again, only Tori could see he was in no pain this time and then whispered to the unconscious Number Hunter. "I love you too, Yuma."

"Oh, what a spectacular performance and such a crowd pleaser. The noble but stupid Yuma Tsukumo protecting the love of his life." The Champion Hunter's voice suddenly announced, before he stated darkly. "Only for them to meet their end at the hands of Yugi Muto."

"What are you on about? Yugi won the Duel." Tea pointed out in a confused tone.

"That he did, but he has yet to finish off his opponents." The Champion Hunter replied, before he told Yugi. "Now have Dark Magician and Magician of Black Chaos destroy them."

"Never!" Yugi stated.

"Then you leave me no choice." The Champion Hunter replied, before Yugi's Discipline Collar violently shocked him, as well as Tea, which caused them to fall on all fours and cry out in pain.

Yugi then groaned out, as he could see his two Spellcasters looking at him in concern. "Dark Magician... Magician of Black Chaos... Don't attack Yuma or Tori... No matter what..."

Obeying Yugi's command, both Dark Magician and Magician of Black Chaos each dropped their sceptres onto the floor, in which Yugi and Tea's Discipline Collars ceased and the Champion Hunter told them. "Fine. I can see you have too much honor or respect or some kind of other friendship crud to give you the strength to kill. Return to the waiting area with the others and await further instructions."

However, they had no say in the matter, before the four of them were enveloped by dark red energy and sent back.