As you'd expect in these books by now, the three are at YuShow Duel School now, and Akira bluntly states "when possible, I'm helping you guys make the school look better" that caught the two SO off guard.
"HEY, what's wrong with it!?" Yuya asked, Akira simply states "it literally has some cracks in it and is about one strong gust of wind away from collapsing" that shuts them up quickly, but they still enter it.
"Hmmm.... Not bad honestly" he praised the inside funnily enough, which the two others were thankful for, but the crazy man ran up and yelled "ARE YOU HERE TO JOIN OUR SCHOOL!?" which immediately had him hide behind Yuya, terrified as his eyes are wildly looking all over the place (if you read the first chapter, you understand why)
Yuya immediately did his best to calm Akira down, while Yuzu wacks him with her paper fan. Akira calms down after a couple minutes and shakily says while behind Yuya, who's actually taller then him "m-maybe? I'm just l-looking around wh-who are you?" He genuinely forgot lol
The man says in a calm voice "I'm Shūzō Hiragi, Yizu's dad" Gong was there, and seeing Akira so terrified for that brief couple of minutes, he kept silent until he was calm. Gong says in a calm voice "I'm the man Gong" the rest introduce themselves, I ain't typing all that shit
"Nice to meet you.... I'm Akira Muramasa" he says not behind Yuya anymore but still on guard. Sora looks at him, slightly checking him out but discreetly, he's been looking for someone for a decent bit now, he may be crazy but even he has somewhat of a personal life. (If the Interst isn't obvious now, I'll be surprised)
"So, you're interested in joining our school?" Sora asks, Akira simply nods "yes, but I'd like to test your Dueling resolve" they're surprised but multiple people go to say something, but Akira says something that makes multiple of them back down "although, this will be my second ever official duel, and first action duel" he says chuckling nervously, which surprised them.
Gong asks "I, the man, Gong would like to ask who's your first?" Akira tells them what happened last chapter, Gong gets mad but Yuya calms him down, Gong says "I, the man, Gong would be willing to duel you" Yuya says "no, I will, I'm apart of this school and I'm in the most action duels so I know how to go easy if needed"
The rest are surprised at how nature Yuya was right there, but nod in agreement, once on the duel field Yuya says "since this is your first action duel, we won't say the chant since you'd be unfamiliar with it" the kids are disappointed, the young adults and adult all completely understand, Shūzō says "well, let's go with this field then, GEAR TOWN" Akira is surprised, while Yuya and Yuzu snicker, the rest obviously don't understand why they're snickering.
Yuya yells "MY TURN, I DRAW" and he draws, he then says" I SUMMON HIP HIPPO AND SET ONE CARD FACE DOWN AND END MY TURN" as he rides Hip Hippo to find Action Cards
"My turn, Draw" Akira states calmly while Ultimate asks "you aren't gonna find Action Cards yourself?" And Akira simply smirks and states "don't need them with you guys, especially the additions to the extra deck I'm this universe" as he looks at his hand and yells "SINCE YOU CONTROL MIRE MONSTERS THEN ME I CAN SPECIAL SUMMON ANCIENT GEAR STATUE" the rest fall down, now knowing why Yuya and Yuzu were snickering earlier
"I activate his effect, by tributing it I can special summon one Ancient Gear monster to the field from my hand or deck" that catches the rest off guard since it's a pretty strong special summon effect "COME FROM THE DARKNESS, ANCIENT GEAR DARK TITAN"
"HIS EFFECT ACTIVATES, I CAN ADD TWO ANCIENT GEAR CARDS OR GEARTOWN FROM MY DECK TO NY HAND EXCEPT ITSELF, I ADD GEARTOWN AND ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM, I DISCARD CROSS-DIMENSION DUEL"
Yuya gets a little nervous, while Akira isn't done "since I control an Ancient Gear monster I can special summon the tuner monster Ancient Gear from my hand"
(I made Ancient Gear, a normally useless card useful by making it a tuner lol)
That surprised EVERYONE but Akira, Sora the most for reasons you probably know if you're reading an Arc-V book "I activate Geartown, I haven't normal summoned yet so I normal summon Ancient Gear Beast, for no tributes thanks to Geartown's effect'
"Now, I TUNE LEVEL TWO ANCIENT GEAR AND LEVEL SIX ANCIENT GEAR BEAST" Everyone but Akira yells "WHAAAAAAAT!?" Akira laughs before he chants "THE LATEST DISCOVER IN ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY, COME AND FIGHT ON EARTH ONCE MORE, SYNCHRO SUMMON, LEVEL EIGHT, ANCIENT GEAR SPACE WARRIOR"
Card Text (Fanmade): 1 "Ancient Gear" tuner + 1 or more "Ancient Gear" monster
While on the field or graveyard this card's name is Ancient Gear Golem. When Synchro Summoned special summon one level six or lower "Ancient Gear" monster from your hand or graveyard. When this card attacks your opponent can't activate monster effects or spells/traps in response. when this monster attacks a defence position monster, deal piercing damage.
(My first ever custom card, that I created just now for this story so let me know if I need to nerf it a bit or not)
"Now, HIS EFFECT ACTIVATES, I CAN SPECIAL SUMMON ONE LEVEL SIX OR LOWER ANCIENT GEAR MONSTER FROM MY HAND OR GRAVEYARD, COMF FORTH ONCE MORE ANCIENT GEAR BEAST" said beast growls upon return, well this isn't looking good for Yuya "now, I'll attack Hip Hippo with Ancient Gear Beast, PRECIOUS FANG, and if you think you can activate any card in response, his effect makes it so you can't activate card effects in response to his attack" the ones who don't know the Ancient Gear archetype's most common effect are surprised
"WHAT!?" everyone but Yuya, Yuzu and Sora yell in surprise, while Yuya jumps off Hip Hippo and takes 1200 damage "I could end this fast, but I'll be merciful for now, I end my turn" Yuya says "my turn, Draw!" He looks at his hand, desperate for a way out the smirks and yells "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT'S TIME FORS THE MAIN SHOW TO BEGIN" which the kids cheer, the young adults smirk and.... The adult is fucking wild currently, how are the young adults more mature then the actual adult?
(Tried to find a cool one for TIMEGAZER as well but couldn't)
"I SET THE PENDULUM SCALE WITH SCALE EIGHT TIMEGAZER MAGICIAN AND SCALE ONE STARGAZER MAGICIAN" Akira doesn't even FLINCH, he did the math and, unless he beats all his monsters, he can't kill him this turn, Yuya continues "SWING FAR, THE PENDULUM OF MY SOUL, I PENDULUM SUMMON, WELCOME TO THE STAGE PERFORMAPAL SWORDFISH, PERFORMAPAL WHIP SNAKE, AND FINALLY, THE MAIN ATTRACTION, ODD-EYES PENDULUM DRAGON" the perfomapals do a bow while Odd-Eyes roars at the hulking behemoths that are the ancient gears, Space says "he's asking for help sir" Akira nods, he expected that
"Hmm, impressive Yuya" Akira praised "thanks, anyway SWORDFISH'S EFFECT ACTIVATES, ALL YOUR MONSTERS LOSE 600 ATTACK AND DEFENSE I ACTIVATE WHIPSNAKE'S EFFECT, I'LL SWITCH SPACE WARRIOR'S ATTACK AND DEFENSE UNTIL THE END OF TURN, NOW ODD EYES, ATTACK SPACE WARRIOR, SPIRAL FLAME STRIKE" the attack hits and Akira doesn't flinch "WHIP SNAKE ATTACK BEAST" the snake does so.
Once the smoke clears, Beast is gone but.... Space Warrior is still standing and everyone shouts "WHAT!?" And Akira's current LP is 3600 "I activated Ancient Gear Kuribot in response, if I'd take damage from a battle including an Ancient Gear monster, I'll instead take half that damage and my monster won't get destroyed"
Card Text (Fanmade): If you'd take damage from a battle that includes an "Ancient Gear" monster you may discard this card and half the damage and your monster isn't destroyed.
That makes everyone's jaws drop, while Sora licks his lollipop now even more interested in Akira and Yuya says nervously "I set a card face down and end my turn, your move Akira" Akira states "my turn, draw" he looks at his hand.... And smirks savagely "just the card, I ACTIVATE ANCIENT GEAR FUSION, IF I CHOOSE AN ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM AS ONE OF MY TARGETS FOR A FUSION SUMMON, I CAN USE CARDS FROM MY DECK TO FUSION SUMMON" everyone, but Sora and Akira, yells "WHAT!?" .... How many times have they yelled that?
Card Text: Fusion Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Material. If you use "Ancient Gear Golem" or "Ancient Gear Golem - Ultimate Pound" you control as Fusion Material, you can also use monsters from your Deck as material.
(My favorite fusion spell)
"I FUSION SUMMON, USING ANCIENT GEAR COMMANDER, ANCIENT GEAR SOLDIER AND ANCIENT GEAR DARK GOLEM SHO.IS TREATED AS ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM, THE ONE WHO STANDS AT THE VERY TOP OF COMMAND FOR ANCIENT GEARS, SECOND ONLY TO THE EMPEROR, COME TO THE FIELD ULTIMATE ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM" yeah.... Yuya is scared
Card Text: "Ancient Gear Golem" + 2 "Ancient Gear" monsters
Must be Fusion Summoned. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage. If this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell/Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. If this card is destroyed: You can target 1 "Ancient Gear Golem" in your GY; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions.
Atk: 4400 Def:3400
"Fuck" Yuya states while Akira says "I'm not done yet, I activate Ancient Gear Commanders effect from the graveyard, by banishing him I can activate a trap card face up, I activate Ancient Gear Duel"
Card text: ""Ancient Gear Golem", and monsters that mention it, in your Monster Zone are unaffected by your opponent's activated monster effects. If your opponent controls a monster: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that mentions "Ancient Gear Golem" from your Extra Deck, by banishing monsters from your field or GY as material, including "Ancient Gear Golem" you control, and if you do, it can make up to 3 attacks during each Battle Phase. You can only use this effect of "Ancient Gear Duel" once per turn."
(The fact that it says fuck you to monster effects is amazing lol)
"Now, ANCIENT GEAR SOACE WARRIOR, STROY HIS ODD-EYES, ANCIENT LASER" a laser is sent from Space Warrior and hits Odd-Eyes head on, Yuya yells "ODD-EYES" since he's sure Space Warrior has the same effect as Beast, he puts his goggles on and stays silent, Akira says "that's it? That's all it takes for you to lose the will to duel? Come on" the others are surprised at his harsh words ".... How can I even think of winning? You got rid of Odd-Eyes, and your monsters are strong...." Akira sighs, and states "remember how in my first duel I casually discarded my ace monster?" Yuya nods and says "but you had a way to get him back."
Akira sighs heavily now "I'm, then tell me, if someone was to get rid of Odd-Eyes permanently for the duel, how can you win after that? You have to realize you can't let a setnack hold you back so much or else you'll never make it, tell me did Yugi Muto ever give up when Dark Magician was gone? No, because he believed in his entire deck, not just that one card" Yuya slowly understands, but still looks close to crying so Akira sighs and says "Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem, finish this duel please" Ultimate nods and gently flicks Whip Snake, ending the duel.
Akira walks over and hugs Yuya, Sora gets jealous then confused at himself, and Akira says "let it out, no excuses cause big boys do cry, adults cry, I should know" and Yuya breaks down crying, after a while Akira asks "you know someone will make Pendulum cards eventually right?" He's surprised and goes to talk but Akira states "no, it's gonna happen, and you should be proud as you pushed Dueling to a new level once pendulum cards are public" Yuya stops, and thinks.... And says "I have.... To think on a lot of of stuff... Thanks Akira" Akira nods and stands up and yells "OI, SHŪZŌ, I'LL JOIN THE SCHOOL"