Evo-Force Part 2

""DUEL!!""

Kaze Yamikawa: 4000 LP

Myu: 4000 LP

"I shall go first, and forgo drawing." The Number holder declared, taking the first turn that she would have preferred for herself with her style of dueling. Though as the challenger she couldn't really refute his choice of going first.

"I shall begin by summoning Upstart Golden Ninja!" He said, placing a card in between his index finger and middle finger, and flamboyantly threw it into his duel disk, then the purple and golden garbed ninja then appeared with a burst of smoke, materialising onto the field.

Upstart Golden Ninja - Light/Warrior/Level 4/Effect: 500/1800

"A ninja… I guess it's a deck that fits your theme huh." She noted as she mumbled aloud, watching the monster with wary eyes. A monster with a low attack points like that being summoned could really only mean one thing…

"Then I shall activate Upstart Golden Ninja's ability!" The acting ninja grandmaster declared aloud as he flicked his hand towards the monster. "Once per turn, I can send one Trap from my hand to the graveyard, in order to special summon one Level 4 or lower 'Ninja' monster from my deck in face-up defence position, or in face-down defence position!"

Then with a flick of his wrist, a card came into his hand, revealing one of the remaining four cards in his hand that he would send as cost for the monster's effect activation. "I shall send the Continuous Trap, Ninjitsu Art of Freezing to the graveyard, to special summon from my deck, Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo!"

And with its cost paid, the man then quickly took out a card straight from his deck and played it onto his duel disk, the dark grey and red garbed ninja then appeared in the same manner as the upstart before him, in a puff of smoke the ninja made his way onto the field in face-up defence position.

Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo -  Dark/Warrior/Level 4/Effect: 1800/1000

"And then Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo shall activate his effect!" The man declared. "When Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo is flip or special summoned, I can add one 'Ninja' monster from my deck to my hand, except another 'Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo'!"

Done with explaining the monster's effect when it was special summoned, something to note as it does have the ability to miss timing, the black and blue haired ninja then proceeded to add a monster from his deck to his hand.

"I shall add Aqua Armor Ninja from my deck to my hand!" So he said, revealing the card that depicted the red clothed ninja before shuffling the now four cards in his hand. "Then I shall use the Level 4 Upstart Golden Ninja, and the Level 4 Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo, and overlay them!"

With the declaration the two warriors let out their battle cries as they turned into shining pillars of yellow and purple light as a giant vortex appeared in the middle of the dojo. "I shall form an overlay network with these two monsters, XYZ Summon!" he shouted, raising his right hand towards the air as the two pillars criss crossed one another, and entered the vortex, resulting in an explosion of light.

"Appear! Blade Armor Ninja!" And descending from the pillar of light was a heavily armoured warrior, one who stood calmly with both arms crossed in front of him and a pair of katanas strapped on his back, two glowing green orbs orbiting the XYZ Monster.

Blade Armor Ninja - Wind/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 4/Effect: 2200/1000 OV: 2

And she raised an eyebrow at the XYZ Monster that her opponent had summoned, her eyes moving from the monster from its armored helmet to its toes. "It's… not a Number monster?" She muttered as her eyebrows furrowed.

"Then that means that he couldn't summon it or… he's hiding it until the right time comes." She concluded, noting that the man had added a different monster earlier, and wondered if that card was what he would use to summon his noted Number monster.

"And I shall activate its effect." So the man declared, raising his right hand slowly as his hand still formed that typical ninja hand sign. "Once per turn, Blade Armor Ninja allows me to detach one of its material in order to grant a 'Ninja' monster I control the ability to attack twice this turn."

Finished with explaining his XYZ Monster's effect calmly, the man then lowered his hand to point towards his singular monster. "I shall target Blade Armor Ninja, and allow him to attack twice."

The armoured warrior brandished both of its blades briefly, its body shining with a green aura as it took one of its own XYZ Materials in order to activate its effect.

Blade Armor Ninja - Wind/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 4/Effect: 2200/1000 OV: 1

"Huh? Why did you… and it's on the first turn to…" She muttered aloud, confusion clear in her face before she shook her head rapidly, narrowing her eyes seriously as she glanced at the cards that still remained in his hand.

No, there's definitely something that he has in his hand that does something. There has to be a reason why he did what he did, she'll have to play carefully around what he has planned then.

"However, I am not finished just yet!" So the black and blue haired ninja declared, taking out one more card in his hand. "For I shall activate the Continuous Spell, Ninjitsu Art Notebook!" He shouted, placing the card on his purple duel blade, and its holographic projection shining.

"Then I shall activate its effect! Once per turn, Ninjitsu Art Notebook allows me to send one 'Ninja' monster from my hand to the graveyard, in order to set one 'Ninjitsu Art' Spell or Trap Card directly from my deck, except 'Ninjitsu Art Notebook'!" So he said, explaining the Continuous Spell's effect.

And revealed the card that he would send, that being none other than the one card that he had added just earlier. "I shall send Aqua Armor Ninja from my hand into my graveyard, to set directly to my deck Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing!" He said, revealing the card directly from his deck before placing it onto his spell and trap zone.

"Then I shall set another card face-down. And I shall end my turn." So the ninja grandmaster said, ending his turn with an XYZ Monster, two cards set in his spell and trap zone along with a Continuous Spell, and a single card left in his hand.

"Then I'll start my turn! I draw!" She declared aloud, drawing her card for turn as she then started her turn with six cards in her hand. Briefly taking a glance at the new card that she had drawn, slightly wishing that it had been in her hand earlier, then thought back on the plan that had formed as soon as she had seen her starting hand and saw that it had not changed.

After all, the newer cards that Yuuna had given her had changed how her deck works drastically, and though she still wasn't quite used to how they work since she's only gotten them a few days ago, she's sure that she can still use them to 'break the board' that her opponent had built, that being of course an XYZ Monster, along with two unknown set cards in his spell and trap zone.

"I will start by activating the Spell, Evo-Diversity!" She declared, playing the Spell card on her duel blade, and the green Spell card's holographic projection then shone in front of her. "This Spell allows me to add one 'Evoltile' or 'Evolsaur' monster from my deck to my hand!" So she said, explaining the spell which she could only activate once per turn effect was.

And quickly perusing her deck, and looking back at the cards in her hand, she decided the card that she would add, and revealed it. "I will add Evoltile Megachirella from my deck to my hand!" She said, revealing the Evoltile monster that she added to her hand.

"And I will normal summon it!" Then proceeded to immediately play the card she had just added, the small yet ferocious winged reptile monster appearing before here, hissing towards the XYZ Monster that stood tall on her opponent's side of the field.

Evoltile Megachirella - Fire/Reptile/Level 1/Effect: 0/0

"Hm, a monster with zero attack and defence I see." Her opponent mused as he looked down towards her. "So it would seem that that is one which possesses a hidden ability is it? But it is of no matter." He said, confident at his ability to weather whatever it was that she would throw at him.

Her mouth twitched slightly, growing a bit irritated at his annoying behaviour. Well she'll show him! She didn't train with everyone just to lose here before the World Duel Carnival even began! "I'll activate Megachirella's effect!" She shouted aloud as she swiped her hand towards her one monster.

"Megachirella lets me tribute one Reptile monster, then discard one card, to special summon one Level six or lower Fire Dinosaur monster from my deck!" She said, explaining the monster's on field effect before paying for its cost.

"I will tribute Megachirella, and discard from my hand Evolsaur Lios!" She said, paying the cost, and seeing as her opponent did not respond with any of the cards he had on his field, the monster's effect resolved.

"I will special summon Evolsaur Vulcano from my deck in defence position!" She shouted, placing the card immediately from her deck into her duel blade, and the projection of the winged blue vulcanodon appeared, its long neck arching down to fit the dojo as it growled towards her opponent.

Evolsaur Vulcano - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1200/1000

"Then Evolsaur Vulcano's effect!" She immediately declared, activating the effect of the monster she had special summoned. "If Evolsaur Vulcano is special summoned by the effect of an 'Evoltile' monster, I can target one 'Evolsaur' monster in my graveyard, and special summon that target, but it cannot declare an attack!

Done with explaining the monster's effect, she chose the one and only legal target for the monster's effect, that being none other than one of the newer cards that Yuuna had given her through that spiritual connection that she had.

"I will summon Evolsaur Lios from my graveyard!" She declared, summoning the monster from her graveyard in attack position, and the winged dark blue dinosaur flew onto the field, roaring loudly as its red gills expanded as it bared its fangs towards her opponent.

Evolsaur Lios - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1600/400

"Then Lios' effect activates!" She said, activating her newly summoned monster's effect on its summon. "If this card is normal or special summoned, I can set either an 'Evolutionary Bridge' or 'Evo-Singularity' from my deck." She said, explaining its effect.

Then showed the card that she would set immediately onto her field. "I will set the Trap, Evo-Singularity from my deck directly onto my field!" She declared, placing the Trap Card directly onto the field, the set card briefly being flipped face-up to show to her opponent, before it was then set face-down and disappearing into particles right behind her monster on her spell and trap zone.

"Then Lios' other effect!" She declared again, waving her hand outwards as the four winged dinosaur soared once again. "During my Main Phase, if I control this card that was normal summoned, or special summoned by the effect of a Fire monster, I can send one Fire Reptile or Dinosaur monster from my deck to the graveyard!"

And she then did just that, taking a card from her deck that fits the criteria that she would send to the graveyard and revealing it to her opponent's. "I will send the Level 6 Evolsaur Terias from my deck to the graveyard!" So she said, then she sent the card to her duel disk's graveyard slot.

"But that's not all!" She continued, "Because then I can make two monsters on the field become the same Type and Level as that monster that's sent to the graveyard!" She declared aloud, fully explaining the monster's effect.

"Oho? So your card can change the Level of your monsters then." The man hummed, his head held high. "Hmph, a monster that has quite the plethora of effects it would seem."

"I'll target both my Level 4 Evolsaur Vulcano and Evolsaur Lios, and change their Levels to match Evolsaur Terias in my graveyard!" She declared, and the two monsters on her field then roared, both monsters briefly glowed with a piercing re aura as their Levels increased.

Evolsaur Vulcano - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 6/Effect: 1200/1000

Evolsaur Lios - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 6/Effect: 1600/400

"So it is two Level 6 monsters is it?" The purple clad man noted aloud, noting the two monsters that she had gathered on the field with the same Level. "So you do have some skill to back up your words then."

Her eye twitched annoyingly, but she continued disregarding his words. "Then I will take the now Level 6 Evolsaur Vulcano, and my now Level 6 Evolsaur Lios, and overlay the two of them!" She declared aloud as she raised her right hand up, the two monsters whose name she declared then roared as they shone and turned into glowing red pillars of lights that circled one another.

"With these two monsters, I will construct an overlay network! XYZ Summon!" She declared as she raised her hand high, and once more, the two shining pillars crossed one another as they then entered the shining vortex, and exploded into a flash of light.

"Evolve! Evolzar Lars!" She shouted aloud, and the pillar of light slowly dissipated as a new monster appeared, and a wicked black winged gigantic monster surrounded by blue flames graced onto the field, the horned monster letting out a roar that shook the dojo as two blazing red orbs orbited the monster.

Evolzar Lars - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 6/Effect: 2500/1000 OV: 2

It was amazing, she thought. How just a single card would allow her to basically access her entire pool of XYZ Monsters, limited though it might be especially since she would only accept so much of Yuuna's generosity. 

Lios letting her change the Level of her monsters', or any monsters on the field for that matter, gave her leeway to summon one of the XYZ monsters that she had thought would be impossible to summon, or at least incredibly difficult to, Evolzar Solda. All while getting extra plays since it sets Evolutionary Bridge or Evo-Singularity directly from her deck so she doesn't need to draw them.

But in a situation like this, where her opponent has two cards on his spell and trap zone, one of course being the Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing that he set directly from his deck with Ninjitsu Art Notebook and the other being a complete unknown, Lars was the better option for a Rank 6 XYZ with the ability to overpower the monster on her opponent's side of the field.

"Now battle!" And she immediately went to the Battle Phase as soon as her summon was successful, waving her hand out towards her monster whose attack was higher than her opponent's. "I will attack our Blade Armor Ninja! Go! Lars!"

The gigantic winged dragon roared, spreading its wings wide as it raised one of its large claws and bringing it down towards the bladed warrior, 

Yet her opponent was unperturbed. A small smirk made its way onto his face as he closed his eyes. And he scoffed. "I had thought that you would have more skill behind you with how confident you had been to challenge me, but it seems I had expected too much out of you, girl."

She blinked, "Huh-?"

"I shall activate the Continuous Trap, Call of the Haunted!" The ninja declared, sending his right hand forward as he made one of those hand signs, flipping up one of the two set cards on his side of the field face-up.

"This card allows me to special summon a monster from my graveyard in attack position!" The man declared, and with a swift draw, took out one of the monster cards in his graveyard and revealed it to her.

"I shall target Grandmaster Ninja Hanzo!" He declared, showing the monster card that he would revive.

"That's-!" The monster that he had used for an XYZ Summon on his first turn, then detached for the monster's effect, even if it essentially did nothing. "So you planned on doing something like this from the start!"

That monster allowed him to add another Ninja monster from his deck to his hand as soon as it is special summoned, which means that he could possibly get one that could start his turn just like Upstart Golden Ninja earlier.

And there was no way that she could let him do that. "Then I will activate Lars' effect!" She declared loudly, waving her hand outwards towards the gigantic black dragon on her side of the field.

"When you activates a card or effect, I can detach 2 materials from this card, or just one material if all this card's materials are Reptile and or Dinosaur, then target one face-up card you control, and negate its effects until the end of this turn!"

A look of surprise passed through her opponent's face, and she pointed her hand towards the card that he was just activating. "I will detach one material as all of Lars' XYZ materials are Dinosaurs, to target your Continuous Trap, Call of the Haunted, and negate its effects until the end of this turn!"

The giant winged dragon briefly halted its attack as it spread its wings, taking in one of its own overlay units to pay for its effect activation.

Evolzar Lars - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 6/Effect: 2500/1000 OV: 1

And the gigantic Fire Dragon then gathered a plume of blue fire on its claws before it threw them towards the flipped up Continuous Trap, her opponent held up both of his hands as the ball of flame crashed onto his Continuous Trap, and remained burning as it negated its effect until the end of this turn, making its effect to resummon Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo onto the field to fail.

"Didn't think that I didn't know that you had something on your sleeves did you?" She huffed proudly with a tinge of pride, quite happy at seeing that her opponent was not looking at her seriously, realising that she was a threat. "The attack continues! Lars!"

Again, the giant black dragon roared, raising its sharp claws as it flew and threw an attack towards the twin blade wielding ninja once more. 

"Don't get ahead of yourself girl! I shall activate the effect of Aqua Armor Ninja in my graveyard!" He declared with a shout. "When an opponent's monster declares an attack, Aqua Armor Ninja can banish itself from the graveyard in order to negate that attack!"

With a splash the blue coloured warrior then arrived onto the field, his hands moving faster than her eyes could see as he then shot a torrent of water towards her draconic monster. Negating its attack and protecting his monster.

"Ugh. Since Lars can only negate the effect of face-up cards on the field there isn't anything that I could do." She grumbled, the black dragon returning to her side with its one remaining overlay unit still orbiting around the monster.

Checking the other four cards in her hand and finding that she couldn't do anything else, she proceeded to pass her turn. "Then I will end my turn." She said, ending her turn with one material remaining on her XYZ Monster, a set card that Lios set earlier on her combo line, and four cards remaining in her hand.

And with the turn ending, the blue flames that surrounded her opponent's Continuous Trap faded, its effects no longer negated and it now stayed on the field. Though the card does nothing on the field.

"Then I shall began my turn. I draw!" Kaze declared, placing his hand on his duel disk and drawing a card from the top of his deck, beginning his turn with two cards.

"On the Draw Phase, I'll activate the Trap, Evo-Singularity!" She shouted aloud, raising her right hand upwards and flipping the Trap Card that was set with Lios' effect face-up, and its holographic projection shone brightly in front of her.

"This card lets me target one 'Evoltile' and one 'Evolsaur' monster in my graveyard, special summon one 'Evolzar' XYZ Monster from my Extra Deck, and if I do, I attach those two monsters to it as XYZ Materials!" She explained the trap card's effect, and took the two cards that fit the criteria from her graveyard.

"I will target Evoltile Megachirella and Evolsaur Terias in my graveyard! And I'll special summon from my Extra Deck, Evolzar Dolkka!" She brought her hand down as the Trap Card shone brighter, this time with a glowing red glow as flames began to appear, and from it another dragonic monster then appeared, its white wings spread wide as it roared and floated slightly above the ground next to its larger darker counterpart.

Evolzar Dolkka - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2300/1700 OV: 0

"And then I will attach both Evoltile Megachirella and Evolsaur Terias from my graveyard to Dolkka!" She continued as she pushed her hand forwards, and both reptile and dinosaur briefly appeared onto the field beside the giant dragon, before turning into shining bright red orbs that flew around and orbited the XYZ Monster.

Evolzar Dolkka - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2300/1700 OV: 2

"Tch, another one!" Her opponent clicked his tongue in annoyance and narrowed his eyes, showing hints of emotion that was hidden from the start of the duel before schooling his features. "But it is of no matter!" He shouted aloud full of confidence.

"I shall normal summon a second Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo!" He declared loudly, performing another hand sign before placing the card onto his duel disk, and the monster in question then appeared onto the field with a puff of smoke and letting out its battle cry.

Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo -  Dark/Warrior/Level 4/Effect: 1800/1000

"Then Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo's effect shall activate!" He declared as his hand waved forwards, forming another one of those hand signs whose meaning she doesn't understand. "When Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo is normal summoned, I can add one 'Ninjitsu Art' card from my deck to my hand!"

"So it has a different effect if it's normal or special summoned!?" She said with a hint of amazement, she hadn't seen a monster that had a different effect whether they're normal or special summoned before. Most of the cards that they all have does either one or just both of them after all.

"But that won't work!" She declared, waving her arm towards the white dragon before her. "Because I will activate Dolkka's effect! When another monster's effect is activated, as a Quick Effect, I can detach one material from this card to negate the activation, and destroy that monster!"

The white dragonic XYZ Monster roared as it took one of its overlay units, using it to pay for its effect activation.

Evolzar Dolkka - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2300/1700 OV: 1

Then flames gathered and slipped out from its sharp fangs, and a torrent of burning flames was shot towards the dark clad ninja to negate its effect and destroy it.

"Kh! Then I shall activate the effect of my own card, The Continuous Trap, Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing, and activate its effect!" The black and purple clad ninja declared loudly, flipping the set card that he had set directly from the deck through the effect of Ninjitsu Art Notebook two turns prior.

"Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing allows me to tribute one 'Ninja' monster to target one monster that you control, and banish that target! And locking you of the zone that the monster was in!" The man declared, explaining the effects of his Continuous Trap, and waving his hand forwards again.

"I shall tribute Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo, to target and banish that XYZ Monster of yours!" So he declared, and the grandmaster disappeared from the field with Kaze pointing towards Lars, intending or either removing it or forcing her to activate its effects.

She groaned, an additional perk that the Rank 6 monsters that she currently has was that they have an additional effect while they have XYZ Materials, like how Solda can't be destroyed by card effects, and in this scenario, Lars' inability to be targeted by her opponent's card effects.

Or more specifically, her opponent's monster effects. Meaning that it bypasses that protection completely. If she allows this Continuous Trap's effect to resolve, then she'll lose her XYZ Monster and its material.

So she did what she had to do. "I'll chain Lars' effect! I'll detach its last material to negate the effect of Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing until the end of the turn!" She declared loudly, and the black dragon complied as it chomped on its last material.

Evolzar Lars - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 6/Effect: 2500/1000 OV: 0

And with Kaze having no further cards other cards to play of his own, the chain resolves backwards as it does. The black dragon firing a ball of blue flames towards the recently activated Continuous Trap Card and negating its effect for the turn, and in turn its effects failed to resolve.

Next was of course Dolkka's effect in response to Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo's normal summon effect, and though the monster no longer remained on the field as it was tributed as cost for the effect activation of Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing, unlike Lars who can only negate face-up cards on the field, Dolkka negates monster effects from anywhere, Hanzo's effect was then negated, with none of Kaze's effects on the chain managing to resolve their effects. 

"How impudent!" The black and blue haired ninja growled, seething as both of his effects did nothing, along with having used his normal summon for the turn. "Do not get cocky girl! I activate the Spell, Magic Planter!"

With a swift move, he placed the Spell card on his duel blade, and the card's holographic projection appeared and shone. "This Spell allows me to send one face-up Continuous Trap that I control to the graveyard to draw two cards!"

Kaze then pushed his right hand forwards, towards one of the cards on his spell and trap zone. "I shall send the Continuous Trap, Call of the Haunted to the graveyard, to draw two cards!"

And he does just that, after all with her having used both of Lars' materials and Dolkka being only able to negate monster effects, she could only watch as her opponent sent the useless Continuous Trap and drew two new cards from his deck.

Then grinned. "I shall activate another Spell! Armor Ninjitsu Art of Revival!" he shouted aloud, activating one of the two cards that he had just drawn. "Armor Ninjitsu Art of Revival allows me to target one 'Ninja' monster in my graveyard, and special summon that target! Be reborn! Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo!"

The spell resolved, and once more the black clad ninja appeared onto the field, the puff of smoke that signalled his entrance disappearing.

Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo -  Dark/Warrior/Level 4/Effect: 1800/1000

"And once more Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo's effect activates! As it is special summoned, I can add one 'Ninja' monster other than itself from my deck into my hand!" Kaze declared, this time activating the monster's effect upon its special summon.

"Kuh, Dolkka's effect! I'll negate Hanzo's effect and destroy it!" She declared loudly in response, and the bipedal white dragon absorbed its last overlay material to activate its effects once more on the same turn.

Evolzar Dolkka - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2300/1700 OV: 0

And Dolkka then fired its breath once more, this time incinerating the black clad ninja as it negated its effects and destroying it, leaving Kaze with his XYZ Monster as the last remaining monster once again.

"Kukuku, so it seems that all of your monsters have used up their effects." The black and light blue haired ninja facing her grinned ominously, and she frowned as she assessed the field once more.

"So?" She asked. "Even if they can't activate their effects, their attacks are still higher than your monster!" She said, and both bipedal black and white dragons on her field let out their respective roars. 

"But that is only for now, girl! For I activate the Equip Spell, Fuhma Shuriken!" He said loudly, revealing the last card that he had drawn from Magic Planter, and placing it onto the field. "Fuhma Shuriken can only be equipped to a 'Ninja' monster, and it allows that monster to gain 700 points of attack!" 

And with a grin, the self appointed grandmaster waved his hand towards the one monster on his side of the field. "And I shall equip Blade Armor Ninja with it! Granting it an additional 700 points of attack!"

And in the armored warrior's hand appeared a pair of giant four bladed shurikens. The armored ninja took it in his hands and deftly spun it, before stopping it as he took it as his main weapon, the XYZ Monster's attack points rising by 700 points. 

Blade Armor Ninja - Wind/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 4/Effect: 2900/1000 OV: 1

"Then Blade Armor Ninja's effect!" He declared. "I will detach its last material, to target itself and allow it to attack twice this turn!" And the armored warrior then spun its newly acquired weapon, slicing through its one remaining overlay material as its effects then activated, allowing itself to attack twice this turn.

Blade Armor Ninja - Wind/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 4/Effect: 2900/1000 OV: 0

"Battle!" The black and purple clad ninja declared with a wave of his hand. "Blade Armor Ninja shall attack your Evolzar Lars!" And the armored warrior obeyed its summoner's command, brandishing its weapon before disappearing from sight. 

And then appearing right beside her black dragonic XYZ Monster, dealing multiple slashes with its Fuhma Shurikens, and Lars let out a cry of pain as it exploded. "Kya!" She shrieked as she winced and held her hands in front of her, protecting herself from the resolving clash of solid holograms. 

Myu: 3600 LP

"And Blade Armor Ninja shall attack once again! It shall slice down your Evolzar Dolkka!" And the armored XYZ Monster leapt back towards its master's side gracefully, once again flashing with incredible speeds before appearing before the white XYZ Monster.

Then threw the gigantic shurikens, the thrown weapons cleaving the dragonic XYZ Monster in half and exploding. "Kuh!" She winced as sparks danced across her duel disk, the titular chime of her Life Points being reduced ringing on her ears. 

Myu: 3100 LP

"Then I shall end my turn." Her opponent said with closed eyes, ending his turn having cleared her board, though also emptying what resources he had. His field being that of an XYZ Monster without overlay materials that was equipped with an equip cards, two face-up cards on his spell and trap zone, and no cards left in his hand.

"Then it's my turn!" She shouted, placing her hand over her deck as she began her turn. "I'll draw!" And drew her card for turn, starting off with five cards on her hand to start off her second turn of the game.

Briefly browsing through the cards that she had, a plan began to form, and she nodded her head as she decided on her next few moves, that of course being trying to destroy the XYZ Monster and its Equip Spell that it had.

Or uh, that but backwards because she didn't really have anything that removes monsters from the field. Her deck was built to prevent her opponent from making plays, or at least that's how Yuuna described her deck as, not interacting with what her opponent does and stopping them in their tracks before they do so.

And with her limited pool of XYZ Monsters, "I will start by normal summoning Evoltile Pholis!" She declared aloud, placing the card onto her duel blade, and the alligator-like reptile then materialised before her, letting out a shriek as it spread its small wings as wide as it can, slamming its tail to the ground as it appeared onto the field.

Evoltile Pholis - Fire/Reptile/Level 2/Effect: 900/300

"And then I will activate its effect!" She declared aloud as she waved towards the monster she had summoned. "If this card is normal or special summoned, I can special summon one 'Evoltile' monster from my hand or graveyard in face-down defence position!" She said, explaining the monster's on summon effect and revealing a card in her hand.

"I will special summon Evoltile Najasho from my hand in defence position!" And she then placed the monster card onto her duel blade, the small winged snake-like reptile briefly flashing and hissing at her opponent before being flipping face-down, resting on her side of the field beside Pholis.

"Then Pholis' other effect!" She declared again, waving towards the reptile in question. "During my main phase, I can set one 'Evo-Force' or 'Evo-Instant' directly from my deck!"

And her opponent narrowed his eyes at the effect's description. "A card that sets directly to the field again. So they have some similarities with one another then." The ninja murmured, finding similarities between Pholis' and Lios' effects.

Well, Yuuna did mention that they are the more 'recent' additions to their 'archetype', whatever those words would mean, and said that they were 'stronger'. Spirit shenanigans she was sure, at least that's what the older girl had said.

She shook her head as she took out a card from her deck, revealing the card that she was going to set directly onto her field with Pholis' third effect. "I will set the Spell, Evo-Force, directly to my field!"

Then the spell card briefly appeared on her field, before being set face-down onto her spell and trap zone. "And I will activate it!" And then immediately being flipped face-up, ithe card's holographic projection shining as it was activated on the field.

"Evo-Force lets me tribute one 'Evoltile' monster to special summon one 'Evolsaur' monster from my deck, and it's treated as if it was special summoned by the effect of an 'Evoltile' monster!" She said, explaining the Spell card's effect.

And waved her hand forwards to reveal what monster she would tribute for cost to activate its effects. "I will tribute the face-down Evoltile Najasho, to special summon directly from my deck a second Evolsaur Lios!"

With the effect resolving, a card appeared from her deck slot, and she took it to reveal the second copy of the winged Dinosaur monster, and she placed it on her duel disk for the monster to materialise on her field with a roar as it arrived in attack position.

Evolsaur Lios - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1600/400

"Then I will trigger the effect of Evoltile Najasho! And chain the effect of Evolsaur Lios!" She declared aloud, chaining the effect of both of her monsters. "With Lios' on summon effect, this time I'll set an Evolutionary Bridge directly from my deck!"

And she did just that, placing the Trap Card directly from her deck onto the field. It's holographic projection briefly being flipped face-up to be revealed to her opponent before returning to being set face-down.

"And then Najasho's effect!" She continued resolving the two card chain, going to resolve the effect of the reptile monster that was now in her graveyard. "If Evoltile Najasho on the field is tributed, I can special summon one 'Evolsaur' monster from my deck!"

With a quick glance and a press of a button on her duel disk's screen, once again a card appeared from her deck slot, and she revealed her target to her opponent. "I will special summon Evolsaur Diplo straight from my deck in attack positon!"

The dinosaur monster then made its way onto the field with a flash of light, appearing with a roar as it arched its long neck down to glare at its opponent, slamming its large tail down to intimidate the giant shuriken wielding warrior.

Evolsaur Diplo - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1600/400

"And then Diplo's effect activates!" She declared again, this time with a smile as her plan was coming to fruition. "When this card is special summoned by the effect of an 'Evoltile' monster, I target one Spell or Trap Card that you control, and destroy it!"

Then she raised and brought her hand down, pointing towards the one card that was currently finding use on her opponent's spell and trap zone. "I will destroy your Fuhma Shuriken!" She shouted, and the long necked dinosaur complied to her orders, slamming its large head down towards the bladed weapons destroying it.

And with its weapons now gone, the armored ninja's offensive prowess lessened, its attack points returning back to what it originally was, an attack number that was more manageable for her.

Blade Armor Ninja - Wind/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 4/Effect: 2200/1000 OV: 0

"Tch! Then the effect of Fuhma Shuriken shall activate!" Kaze declared with a click of his tongue, his right hand forming another hand seal as he waved his hand outwards. "When it is sent from the field into the graveyard, Fuhma Shuriken will inflict 700 damage to my opponent!"

And in front of her opponent a small dark void-like hole appeared, and from it shot a pair of small shurikens aimed towards her, going past through her wall of monsters and hitting her directly. "Kya!"

Myu: 2400 LP

"Kuh! But that's fine!" She said, waving her arms out as she focused back onto the game from that hiccup that she hadn't expected, intending to continue with her line of combo, which was essentially a replay of her first turn. "I'll activate Evolsaur Lios-"

And received a small error message on her duel disk.

"Wha-!?" She yelped with a slight jolt as she stared at the duel disk on her hand, reading the small pop up as her eyes went wide. It was a relatively small pop up that lit up on her duel disk's screen, listing the reason for the error.

It was essentially a small misplay on her part, showing that it couldn't activate the effect that she wanted to activate as its condition wasn't met. "Condition not met…? What do-?" And her eyes went wide as she hurriedly re-read the card text for Lios.

"Kukuku, it seems that you're having some trouble there, girl." Her opponent mocked, a smug smirk over his face as he stared at her panicking self.

"Gunununu, it's fine!" She shouted aloud with gritted teeth. It was a set back for sure, she wanted to send an Evoltile Westlo from her deck to the graveyard and chose not to modulate her monster's Levels, essentially Foolish Burial-ing a monster that was going to be the target for her Evolutionary Bridge that she had just set, essentially getting a battle protection for her XYZ Monster all while also plusing in the process.

But the second effect of Lios, the one that does exactly that, needed her to have it either be normal summoned, or special summoned by the effect of a Fire Monster, something that it was not as it was special summoned by the effect of Evo-Force unlike Diplo beside it.

"I mixed the both of them up-!" She muttered to herself in frustration, and grit her teeth to continue with her turn regardless of the confidence that her opponent seemed to have gained at seeing her mess up her combo.

She raised her hand high and shouted. "I will take the Level 4 Evolsaur Lios and the Level 4 Evolsaur Diplo, and overlay them!" And the two dinosaurs roared as they glowed and became red pillars of light.

And once again, a vortex of black and gold appeared between her and her opponent. "With these two monsters, I will create an overlay network! XYZ Summon!" And the two pillars of light flew and crossed one another before falling into the vortex, creating a bright explosion of light.

"Evolve! Evolzar Laggia!" And she brought her hand down and the explosion of light subsided, from it came her third XYZ Monster of the game, one that was properly summoned at that, and the white six winged dragon then let out its roar as spirals of flames erupted from it, the monster floated down slowly in front of her as it readied itself to face her opponent.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 2

"And battle!" She declared once more, waving her right hand forwards towards her monsters. "I will attack your Blade Armored Ninja with Evolzar Laggia!" And with that, the two XYZ Monster clashed.

With its Equip Spell being destroyed, the armored ninja returned to its original weapons of dual katanas, and leapt towards her XYZ Monster, who readied itself for the clash as it spread its wings wide, gathering a spiral of fire around itself.

And that spiral of fire grew strong enough to repel the armored ninja's twin blades, leaving it wide open for a strike from the six winged white dragon, a direct breath of fire being shot with zero distance immediately incinerating the armoured XYZ Monster.

"Kh!" Her opponent grunted as he received the small amount of residue damage from the clash, but kept his ground as he sent a glare her way.

Kaze Yamikawa: 3800 LP 

"And then I'll attack directly with Evoltile Philos!" She shouted, and the small alligator-like monster shrieked and rushed towards her opponent, slamming its head towards her opponent's abdomen.

"Guagh!" He recoiled, taking a step back and falling to his knees as he held his stomach, the titular chime of Life Points being reduced playing on his duel disk as the direct attack hits.

Kaze Yamikawa: 2900 LP 

"You-!" Her opponent growled as he raised his head from his position to sent a withering glare towards her, one that sent a shiver down her spine before she gathered her wits and glared back.

"Then I'll set a card and end my turn!" She declared aloud, placing one card from her hand on her spell and trap zone and then ending her turn, ending with an XYZ Monster in Laggia and the monster that she had normal summoned for her turn, Philos. Along with two cards in her backrow, one being the Evolutionary Bridge that she set directly from her deck and one that she set from her hand, and two cards still remaining in her hand.

"You-insolent girl!" Her opponent roared as he stood up, his right hand still holding his abdomen as he kept his death glare towards her, an eerie feeling bubbling in her chest. "It is my turn! I draw!" he shouted, taking off a card straight from the top of his deck as he quickly regained his bearings and drew for turn.

"I shall activate the effect of Ninjitsu Art Notebook!" He declared, revealing the card he had just drawn for his turn. "I shall discard the Aqua Armor Ninja in my hand to set one 'Ninjitsu Art' directly from my deck!"

And she clicked her tongue as she could do nothing at this juncture. After all, Laggia's effect only allows her to negate summons or the activation of a Spell or Trap Card, and her opponent activating the effect of that already face-up Continuous Spell of his however falls out of that category.

Which meant that her opponent was free to do as he pleased, and he certainly did that. The black and purple clad duelist took out a card directly from the top of his deck and placed it onto the field, of course he first revealed the card that he had set directly. "I shall set directly from my deck, Ninjitsu Art of Alchemy!"

The card was then shown, its holographic projection briefly appearing before him before once again being set face-down onto the field. "And I shall activate it!" Only for it to be flipped face-up immediately, the card now shining as it was activated.

"Should I control a 'Ninjitsu Art' card, Ninjitsu Art of Alchemy allows me to destroy as many other 'Ninjitsu Art' I control as possible, then draw 2 cards!" The black and light blue haired ninja shouted, explaining the Spell card's effect.

"Another draw spell!?" She hissed, realising that she couldn't exactly let this card resolve, especially with the simplified gamestate that she had managed to get into and the amount of cards that he currently hand.

"Then I'll respond with Laggia's effect!" She shouted, pushing her hand forwards towards her XYZ Monster. "When a monster or monsters would be normal or special summoned, or a Spell or Trap card is activated, as a Quick Effect, I can detach two materials from this card to negate the summon or activation, and if I do, destroy it!"

Finished with explaining the XYZ Monster's effects, she raised her hand high towards her one XYZ Monster. "I will do just that, to negate the activation of Ninjitsu Art of Alchemy, and destroy it!"

With that command, the six winged white dragon roared, its wings flapping and spreading wide as a spiral of fire appeared around it, taking the two orbiting red orbs that was around it as it activated its effects.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 0

Then the chain resolves, the spiral of fire around Laggia gathering and shooting towards the activated Spell Card, crashing and negating its activation, before it then destroys it. Sending it to the graveyard.

"Tch! So it negates as well!" Kaze clicked his tongue as his glare shifted towards her XYZ Monster, before a small smirk formed on his face. "But no matter! Without any overlay materials on it, that monster is useless! I will end my turn!"

Then chooses to pass his turn as he has no other cards to play, ending his turn with no monsters on his field and to face-up cards on his spell and trap zone, no cards left remaining in his hand.

"Then it's my turn! I draw!" She shouted, taking the top card of her deck and drawing it for turn, getting back to three cards in hand to start off her turn. And immediately frowning at the card that she had just drawn.

She really only played two cards like this in her deck. Two 'bricks' or 'Garnets' as Yuuna described them, cards that she doesn't want to draw. Those being the two Level 6 Evolsaur monsters, a copy each of Terias and Elias, both targets that she would send to the graveyard for the effect of Lios' Level modulating effect.

And it certainly is annoying to have drawn them, since it meant that it was a draw that she couldn't really use, and she now couldn't properly summon the last remaining XYZ Monster in her Extra Deck, or at all. She really should have ran more than a single copy of Evo-Singularity.

That and drawing Elias is far worse than drawing Terias. The latter would've at least been a decent monster to tribute summon. Elias  is just a relatively large defensive card, something that she doesn't really need in her current situation.

"I'll activate the effect of Evoltile Philos!" She declared aloud, waving her hand towards the alligator-like reptile monster. "I'll set another copy of Evo-Force from my deck to my field!" She declared, placing the Spell Card directly from her deck into her field.

"And I'll activate it!" She shouted, flipping the Spell Card face-up and activating its effect. "I'll tribute one 'Evoltile' monster to special summon one 'Evolsaur' monster from my deck and treat it as if it was special summoned by the effect of an 'Evoltile' monster!" Sge declared, once more explaining the Spell Card's effect.

"I will tribute Evoltile Pholis, to special summon the third copy of Evolsaur Lios!" So she said, taking and immediately placing the card straight from her deck onto her duel blade, the small alligator-like reptile being tributed and turning into motes of light as the winged blue dinosaur appeared onto the field, the last copy of Evolsaur Lios getting onto the field.

Evolsaur Lios - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1600/400

"And then I'll activate Lios' effect!" She declared aloud, activating the monster's effect. "Since it was special summoned, I will set a second Evolutionary Bridge!" So she said, placing the second copy of the battle trap from her deck directly to her field, still chiding herself for not running multiples of the other Trap Card that it could've set.

"Battle!" And then immediately moving towards the Battle Phase, knowing that she sadly wouldn't be able to deal lethal damage to her opponent with the monsters that she had on field, due to the draw that he had on his previous turn being Aqua Armor Ninja that could negate one of her attacks.

"I will attack you directly with Evolzar Laggia!" She shouted as she waved her right hand forwards, the six winged dragon roaring as it gathered up its power once more, spirals of flames spinning around it.

"Hmph! Then I shall activate the graveyard effect of Aqua Armor Ninja!" Her black and purple clad opponent countered, moving his hand into another of those hand seals. "I shall banish it from my graveyard in order to negate that attack!"

With the card then being banished, its effects proceeded to activate. The blue armoured ninja appeared on the field for the second time as it shot a torrent of water, neutralising Laggia's attack.

"Then I'll attack directly with Lios!" She said, sending her second monster to attack directly, and the winged dinosaur complied to her order with a roar.

"Kuh!" Her opponent grunted as he withstood the attack of the blue scaled dinosaur, his Life Points going down as the direct attack landed.

Kaze Yamikawa: 1300 LP 

"Hmm…" She grumbled as she saw her opponent's Life Points reducing, but nowhere close to closing the game. If she had gotten an actual normal summon then she could've done it, but considering the cards in her hand…

"I will set a monster face-down." She said as she moved towards her Main Phase 2, and setting one of the cards on her hand face-down on her monster zone. "And I will end my turn."

Then proceeded to pass with a field of an XYZ Monster without materials and a monster whose on field she couldn't even activate, and two of the same trap cards on her spell and trap zone, and two cards left in her hand, one of them being an unplayable unknown to her opponent.

"Khh! There shall be no way that I will lose!" Her opponent growled, and the feeling of unease that was in her chest grew stronger, and she unconsciously took a step away from her opponent.

The self proclaimed grandmaster kept his glare on her as he placed his hand on top of his duel disk. "My turn! I shall draw!" He roared as a she saw something flare from his hand, and he started his turn with one card in his hand.

"I will activate the Spell, Magic Planter!" He shouted, revealing and immediately activating the card that he had drawn, that being the second copy of the draw spell that he had used several turns prior. "I shall send Ninjitsu Art of Shadow Sealing in order to draw 2 cards!"

"That draw spell again!?" She gulped with wide eyes, then clicked her tongue with annoyance at the stroke of luck her opponent has been having the past few turns. "So he didn't only draw the one that card would let him survive and access his engine, but the next draw after that was also a draw spell?!"

With her Laggia not having any materials to negate the Spell Card's activation, Magic Planter then resolved having already sent the Continuous trap in question earlier for cost, and allowing Kaze to draw two cards.

And the man then grinned as he saw the cards that he had drawn. "As you control a monster and I do not, I can special summon Earth Armor Ninja from my hand!" Placing the monster card on his duel blade, the brown and yellow armoured ninja then appeared from the ground below, poised to protect its master as it readied its weapon in attack position.

Earth Armor Ninja - Earth/Warrior/Level 5/Effect: 1600/1200

"Then I shall normal summon Fire Armor Ninja from my hand!" And continuing by playing the other card that he had drawn from the top of his deck. With a burst of flames, the red armoured warrior made it onto the field right beside its earth counterpart.

Fire Armor Ninja - Fire/Warrior/Level 4/Effect: 1700/1000

"Two monsters!" She growled as she saw her opponent played the two cards that they had drawn, and noticed their Level difference. "But he wouldn't play them without reason, if anything he would've summoned Earth Armor Ninja in defence if he wanted to play defensively. Which means-"

"Flame Armor Ninja shall activate his effect!" Her black and light blue haired opponent declared, his grin morphing into a crazed smile. "When this card is summoned, I can target one 'Ninja' monster that I control and increase its Level by one!"

"So he's going for an XYZ Summon!" She shouted, deducing on what he's going to do next, which only seemed to make her opponent smile even wider. 

"I shall raise Fire Armor Ninja's Level, and make it the same as Earth Armor Ninja!" Her opponent shouted as loud as he could, and the red clad ninja then glowed as his Level was raised by one, making it the same as its earthen counterpart.

Fire Armor Ninja - Fire/Warrior/Level 5/Effect: 1700/1000

"Behold, girl! I will devour both your light and your hope!" He then shouted, moving his right hand forward towards the two monsters that stood on his side of the field. "I shall overlay the Level 5 Earth Armor Ninja, along with the Level 5 Fire Armor Ninja!"

And the two warriors of the shadows then let out their war cry as they turned into brown and red pillars of light, and in front of her opponent a large black and golden vortex manifested. "I shall once more, construct an overlay network with these two monsters, XYZ Summon!"

The two pillars of light then entered the galactical vortex, and created an explosion of light, far greater than any previous XYZ Summons had made in this duel. "Appear! Number 12!" Kaze shouted, his now shining right hand outwards reaching towards the sky as his left kept steady with the duel disk attached to it.

And came a gigantic crimson fuma shuriken, one that spun slowly as it seemed to morph in its entirety, its form extending and changing to take form of a gigantic red clad warrior, a burning crimson mane flowing from the monster's head.

"Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja!" And said monster then brandished its blade, holding it in a reverse grip as two brown orbs orbited around the newly summoned XYZ Monster, the number '12' on the left side of its chest shining, just as it does on the back of her opponent's hand.

Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja - Earth/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 5/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 2

And she was immediately on guard, a bead of sweat pouring from the side of her face as she faced the monster that her opponent had summoned. "Number 12…" She muttered, noting the number that the monster represented, and wondered what effect that it even had.

"Battle!" Only for her opponent to not even bother activating it as he went immediately to the Battle Phase, waving his right hand outwards with a maniacal grin. "I shal attack your Evolzar Laggia with Crimson Armor Ninja! Moon Shadow Crimson Slice!"

And the crimson armoured XYZ Monster brandished its blade, leaping towards her own XYZ Monster in order to cut it down. Though its attack points was the same as Laggia, she knew that it would survive the battle, the Number's Clause protecting it from being destroyed by battle other than with Number monsters.

"Then I'll activate my Trap, Evolutionary Bridge!" She shouted, flipping up one of the two Trap Cards that she had set on her side of the field. "When a monster that I controlled is targeted for an attack, I can target one 'Evoltile' monster in my graveyard, special summon that target, then switch the attack target to that monster and conduct damage calculation!"

And proceeded to take out a card from her graveyard that she would summon and switch as the target for the battle. "I will special summon from my graveyard Evoltile Pholis in defence position!"

With that the winged alligator once more returned onto the field, summoned in defence position to take the hit for her XYZ Monster, letting out a shriek as it was summoned onto the field.

Evoltile Pholis - Fire/Reptile/Level 2/Effect: 900/300

The burning crimson blade that was supposed to meet the six winged dragon then switched its target towards the newly summoned alligator, immediately going to the damage calculation without allowing her opponent to respond.

"Then Pholis' effect!" She shouted, waving her hand outwards. "If a monster that I control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can tribute one Reptile or Dinosaur monster that I control instead!"

Explaining the monster's first continuous effect, she then pointed towards the face-down monster that she had summoned in her previous turn. "I will tribute the face-down Evoltile Najasho to prevent Evoltile Pholis from being destroyed by battle!"

With that the monster was then tributed, turning into a red mist that enveloped the winged Pholis, and protecting it from being cut down by Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja's blade.

"Tch." Her opponent clicked his tongue as his XYZ Monster leapt back to his side, standing imposingly against the many monsters on her field.

But this wasn't the end of the Battle Phase. "Then the effect of Evoltile Pholis, and Evoltile Najasho in my graveyard!" She declared, chaining and activating the effects of the two monsters.

"Since Evoltile Najasho was tributed, I can special summon one 'Evolsaur', monster from my deck! I will special summon Evolsaur Cerato from my deck in attack position!" She declared, and summoned the bipedal dinosaur onto her field, the monster in question roaring as it made its way to the field.

Evolsaur Cerato - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1900/1400

"And then since Evoltile Pholis is special summoned, I can special summon one 'Evoltile' monster from my hand or graveyard in face-down defence position!" She declared, activating the monster's on summon effect and choosing its target.

Revealing the monster card to her opponent she spoke, "I will special summon one of the two Evoltile Najasho in my graveyard and special summon it in face-down defence position!" And the monster then briefly appeared on her field, hissing towards her opponent before being flipped face-down, filling the last spot of her monster zone.

"Then as Cerato is special summoned by the effect of an 'Evoltile' monster, it gains 200 points of attack." She said, declaring the mandatory effect of her recently summoned monster as it glowed a bright red, its attack increasing by 200 points.

Evolsaur Cerato - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 2100/1400

"Tch! There's even more-!" Her opponent growled, eyes becoming slits as he glared towards her. "I shall end my turn here! Know that there is no way for you to defeat me and my Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja!" He boldly declared, and the monster in question yelled its battle cry as he ended his turn, a single card face-up on his spell and trap zone and no cards remaining in his hand.

"Then it's my turn once more! I'll draw!" She declared, drawing a card for the start of her turn, and beginning with three cards in hand. Seeing the cards in her hand, she began racking her brain, thinking of a way to defeat the Number monster before her with the cards in her hand.

She didn't even know its effects, which was a problem on its own, but she would no doubt find it soon enough.

Though she possibly found one way to defeat it with the cards that she had, it was hampered by her not meeting the conditions. She clicked her tongue as she perused her graveyard, in search of something that she might have forgotten.

And found something she did. Her hand hovering over her duel disk's screen as she hastily read the card's effect description, finding it perfect for the situation she was in, and the cards that she had in her hand.

Then silently cursed herself for not having read it earlier, knowing that if she had then she wouldn't even be in this situation in the first place.

"I will activate the effect of Evoltile Megachirella in my graveyard!" She shouted, waving her hand forwards as she activated the monster's graveyard effect. "I can banish Evoltile Megachirella from my graveyard, to target one Dragon XYZ Monster that I control with no material, and attach up to two Reptile and or Dinosaur monsters with different names from my hand and or graveyard ro that monster as material!"

Then she revealed the cards that she would attach, one being from her graveyard and the other in her hand. "I will target Evolzar Laggia, and attach the second Evoltile Najasho in my graveyard, and the Evolsaur Elias from my hand!"

With her opponent keeping silent and not chaining any effects of his own, the monster's graveyard effect resolves, and the two cards turned into glowing red glows that surrounded her six winged XYZ Monster, and two glowing red orbs began orbiting it once more.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 2

If she hadn't forgotten this effect of Megachirella a turn earlier, then she would have already walked away from this duel, especially since this current board state all started because he activated a draw spell of all things. But she would scold herself about that later, she needed to continue with her turn.

Though as much as she wants to keep those materials on her XYZ Monster to have its effect to negate summons, spells and traps active, she has to sacrifice it for something else. "From my hand, I will activate the Spell, Generation Force!" She shouted aloud, placing the Spell Card on her duel blade and having its holographic projection shining in front of her.

"If I control an XYZ Monster, I can add one 'XYZ' card from my deck to my hand!" She declared, explained the Spell Card's simple effect and quickly scrolling through her duel disk's screen to confirm what she had read.

"I will add the Spell, XYZ Energy from my deck to my hand!" She said as she revealed the Spell in question, adding it and shuffling her hand.  "And I will activate it!" Then immediately activating the card in question.

"XYZ Energy allows me to detach one XYZ Material that I control to target one face-up monster that my opponent controls, and destroy it!" She declared, explaining the Spell Card's effect as she waved her hand forwards.

"I will detach one material from Evolzar Laggia, to target and destroy your Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja!" She said, and the six winged dragon flapped its wings as one of the red orbs that orbited it was absorbed into the holographic projection of the Spell Card.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 1

"Then I shall activate the effect of Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja!" Her opponent shouted in response, clapping his palms together and forming another of his hand seals. "Once per turn, during either player's turn, I can detach one XYZ material from this card; this turn, face-up 'Ninja' monsters that I control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects!"

"That's-!"

Finished with explaining its effects, the crimson armoured warrior then raised its blade, slicing one of the two materials that orbited it, granting it protection from effect destruction and even added more battle protection than the one that it already had.

Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja - Earth/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 5/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 1

With that the chain continued to resolve, the Spell Card that had taken her XYZ Monster's material shooting a bolt of energy towards Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja, only for a glowing red aura to emit from the monster, protecting it from the Spell Card's effect.

"Kuh-!" She grunted, seeing that her plan failed, having not managed to destroy the Number XYZ Monster before her and taking Laggia's ability to activate its effect. 

"Whatever action you take is futile!" Her opponent roared with a wide grin. "Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja is invincible! There is no way that you can defeat my Number Monster!" He boldly declared, assured of his own victory now that he had his signature XYZ Monster on his field 

She ignored him, thinking back on the plays that she had done. It wasn't for nothing, and her opponent's monster was certainly not invincible as he declared. Since she now knows what her opponent's monster does exactly, and knowing that, she could plan around it. Find a way to defeat it.

It used one of its materials to give all 'Ninja' monsters immunity to destruction, be it effect or battle, but it can only be used once more. She was sure that she has other ways to force it to use its effect, or if she were to chain two in the same chain-

With a plan slowly forming in her mind, she had no choice but to board up and stand defensively, knowing full well that with the cards she currently has, she had no way of outing the monster in front of her much to her chagrin.

"I will switch Evolsaur Lios, Evolsaur Cerato, and Evolzar Laggia to defence position." She said, changing all three cards sideways as their holographic counterparts moved in suit and changing into a defensive formation. "And I will end my turn."

Then proceeded to pass her turn over to her opponent, ending with a board filled with monsters in defence position, a singular Trap Card set in her spell and trap zone, and two cards still remaining in her hand, a plan in her mind to destroy her opponent's problematic monster.

"Kukuku, it seems there truly is nothing you can do but tremble in fear, girl! I shall begin my turn! I draw!" Kaze said, his confidence growing stronger as he saw her play defensively and drew a card for turn, starting his turn with one card now in hand.

"Battle!" And then immediately moving onto the Battle Phase without any sort of hesitation. "I shall attack your Evolzar Laggia with Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja! Moon Shadow Crimson Slice!" And the armoured warrior prepared its strike once more.

"Evoltile Pholis' effect!" She declared as the two XYZ monsters came close enough, the blade wielding armoured warrior hefting its weapon as the six winged dragon attempted to protect itself with its wings. "I'll prevent Laggia from being destroyed by tributing one Reptile or Dinosaur monster that I control!"

She thought, for a brief second, on what exactly she should tribute for her plan to work, and made her decision. "I will tribute Evolsaur Cerato to protect Evolzar Laggia!" She declared, and the orange dinosaur then disappeared into red clusters of light that surrounded her XYZ Monster, protecting it from the blade of the crimson armoured warrior.

"Hmph." Her opponent scoffed, but a hint of a smirk could still be seen from his face. "No matter. Whatever monsters you summon in defence position will be no match for my Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja! I shall set one card, and end my turn!" Then with that proceeded to end his turn. His board now has an additional card in spell and trap zone.

"Then it's my turn again! I draw!" She shouted, taking the card from the top of her deck and placing it in her hand. And she couldn't help but grin. Her plan was coming together, now all that she needed to do was to simply execute it.

"I will normal summon a second Evolsaur Megachirella!" Placing the monster card on her one free monster zone, and the second copy of the winged reptile monster made it onto the field with a loud shriek.

Evoltile Megachirella - Fire/Reptile/Level 1/Effect: 0/0

"And I will immediately activate Megachirella's effect!" She shouted aloud as she swiped her hand towards her one monster.

"Megachirella lets me tribute one Reptile monster, then discard one card, to special summon one Level six or lower Fire Dinosaur monster from my deck!" She said, once again explaining the monster's on effect on field.

"I will tribute Megachirella, and discard from my hand the Trap, Survival's End!" She said, paying the cost, and seeing as her opponent did not respond with that set card of his, the effect resolved.

"I will special summon a second Evolsaur Cerato!" She declared aloud, summoning a second copy of the orange dinosaur straight from her deck in attack position, the monster roaring as it hit the field.

Evolsaur Cerato - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 1900/1400

"Then Cerato's effect! It gains 200 additional attack from being summoned by an Evoltile monster!" She declared as she waved her hand forwards, the monster glowing with a red glow as its attack rose.

Evolsaur Cerato - Fire/Dinosaur/Level 4/Effect: 2100/1400

"Hmph, did you perhaps lose your mind, girl?" Her opponent said with a mocking smile as he gestured towards his XYZ Monster who stood menacingly ahead of him. "No matter what monster you summon, Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects! There is simply nothing you can do against it!"

"I wonder about that." She muttered, snapping back against him as she glared back in defiance, before proceeding to play the other cards in her hand. "I will activate a second Generation Force!"

Placing the card on her duel blade and making its holographic projection appear on the field, she proceeded to forgo the explanation for the Spell that she had just activated a turn ago. "And with its effect I will add a second XYZ Energy!"

Revealing the card that she added, she proceeded to shuffle her hand, and immediately continued with her line of play as she placed the card once again on her duel blade. "And I will activate it! Detaching one material from Evolzar Laggia to target and destroy your Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja!" 

The newly activated Spell Card then shone, taking the last remaining XYZ Material from the dragonic monster and using it in order to destroy her opponent's Ace Monster.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 0

"Foolish girl! Did you learn nothing from the turn prior!" Kaze roared as he waved his hand outwards. "I shall activate the effect of Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja! Detaching one material to grant all 'Ninja' monsters that I control the ability to be indestructible by battle and card effects!" 

With that declaration, he too, detaching the last overlay material from his XYZ Monster, the two of them creating the exact same chain of effects that they had activated on her previous turn.

Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja - Earth/XYZ/Warrior/Rank 5/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 0

But the only difference being the one card that she had in her graveyard. "Then I'll activate the effect of Survival's End in my graveyard!" She shouted, waving her hand outwards and the holographic projection of the Trap Card briefly appeared.

"I can banish this card from my graveyard to target one monster that I control and one card that you control, and destroy them!" She shouted, explaining the Trap Card's graveyard effect and banishing it as cost.

"I will target Evolsaur Lios and Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja, and destroy them!" She declared aloud, targeting the two monsters on the field as the third card in the chain link of effects.

"What!?" Her opponent shouted with his eyes wide in shock, and the chain began to resolve backwards.

The one first to resolve was of course the last card in the chain, that being of course the Trap Card that was now in her banished zone. "Now both monsters are destroyed!" She shouted, and both the blue scaled winged dinosaur and the crimson armoured ninja were destroyed, both monsters exploding and turning into golden particles that faded into the air.

"No!" Her opponent shouted as he held up both of his hands in front of him, protecting himself from the brunt of the explosion of the solid hologram, but couldn't hold his ground, with his flying off and hitting the wall of the dojo. "Guagh!"

And as he growled and started to stand back up, the chain continued to resolve. The second card to resolve was of course the effect of Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja, then the effect of XYZ Energy which resolved without effect. 

"Impossible!" Her opponent shouted as he stood on one knee, a deep scowl on his face as he glared at her.

"How can Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja be destroyed!? It should be indestructible by battle and card effects!" He shouted, rage clear in his features as he seemed to not understand what had just happened.

"That effect only applies after it resolves." She said calmly, "And since Survival's End's effect was chained to that effect, that means that Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja's effect hasn't taken effect yet!" She said, explaining the simple explanation on how chains resolves.

"Now I will switch Evolzar Laggia and my first Evolsaur Cerato to attack position." She said, switching the two monsters back to attack position, before stopping for a brief moment to remember the cards that she had, in hand, field, and also in her graveyard, and thought on what she was forgetting.

Then remembered it as soon as she surveyed the field once more, seeing the card that was set face-down in her opponent's field and remembering what she should do that she had forgotten turns prior. "Then I will activate the graveyard effect of Evoltile Megachirella once again!" She declared.

"I will banish it from my graveyard to target one Dragon XYZ Monster that I control without material and attach two Reptile and or Dinosaur monsters with different names from my hand and or graveyard!" And with a wave of her hand she does so, declaring the targets that she would attach.

"I will target Evolzar Laggia, and attach my other Evoltile Najasho and Evolsaur Lios from my graveyard!" She declared, and the glowing silhouette of the reptile and dinosaur monster briefly appeared on her side of the field, before both turned into glowing red orbs that spun around the six winged XYZ Monster.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 2

"Battle!" She declared, waving her hand forwards towards her opponent whose field was barren of monsters. "Evolzar Laggia will attack you directly!" She shouted, and the six winged dragon complied with a roar, spreading its wings as wide as it could, intending to finish the game with this attack.

"Tch! I shall activate the Trap, Ninja Smoke Ball!" Her opponent shouted loudly as he raised his hand, flipping up the last set card that he had drawn previously. "During my opponent's Battle Phase, Ninja Smoke Ball allows me to end the Battle Phase!"

"You seriously drew into something like that!? Fine! Then I will activate Laggia's effect!" She shouted back as she waved her hand towards the six winged white dragon on her side of the field. "I will detach two materials from it, to negate that Trap Card's activation and destroy it!"

The dragonic XYZ Monster roared as flames erupted around it following the beat of its wings, devouring the two overlay materials that she had attached on it just in case and shooting forth towards the Trap Card.

Evolzar Laggia - Fire/XYZ/Dragon/Rank 4/Effect: 2400/1000 OV: 0

And then negating its activation, the flipped up Trap Card briefly losing its colour before it cracks and broke apart in pieces, turning into glittering motes of light that briefly blinded her opponent.

As soon as he opened his eyes he was met with the large visage of Laggia, its claw arched back and ready to strike.

And strike it did.

"GUAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Her opponent screamed as the direct attack hit, reducing what Life Points that he still had left, and thanks to the mass that the solid hologram held, throwing him back several feet until he hit the wooden wall of the dojo behind him, slumping down as the titular melody of his Life Points reaching zero played throughout the room.

Kaze Yamikawa: 0 LP 

She let out a long sigh of relief as the adrenalin left her body, and she also slumped as soon as the duel ended. "I won!" She shouted with relief as she threw both arms into the air, then falling backwards down to the wooden floor with a large satisfied smile.

"That was… harder than I expected." She said with a huff, closing her eyes as she basked in her victory over a Numbers holder, her second victory against someone like that in fact, the first one of course being one of Shark's lackeys, who used a vague monster whom she couldn't even remember, but was sure that it was water related.

"But… it wasn't that hard." She muttered as she opened her eyes and sat herself upright, seeing her opponent still slumped on the wall, unmoving, having somehow fallen unconscious from the final blow of the duel.

"I should… probably check if he's okay." Although Yuuna did mention the backlash from an 'unstable' Numbers user being virtually harmless, other than of course the harm that they cause to themselves and others, but other than that they should be fine.

But just in case, she walked close to the unconscious duelist and saw that he really was just unconscious, other than that he was relatively fine, disregarding how he was possessed by a card spirit of all thngs. And that his deck had fallen out from his deck holder. Or more specifically, a few cards fell out as his duel disk was deactivated.

They were the few cards that he played during the duel, but the one that drew her attention the most was, of course, the XYZ Monster card that now laid on the floor.

Number 12: Crimson Shadow Armor Ninja.

She… really doesn't know what she should do at this point.