Acceleration (Yusei Fudo x Clarice Ng)

Chapter 27: The Fortune Cup Finale - Part 2

"Welcome back to the Fortune Cup Finale where the master of faster, Jack Atlas, already has a commanding lead! Can the Satellite shooting star, Yusei Fudo, catch up or will this be his final lap? Let's watch and see!"

Up in the stands, Luna noticed the swirling sky. "What's that?"

It resembled a thick purple blanket looming over everything.

Leo followed his sister's gaze. He looked nervously at the sky. "I don't think the forecast called for scary purple clouds..."

"It's a sign!" Yanagi whimpered. "The Crimson Dragon is coming! And if he's coming then we should all get going!"

"Take it easy, Gramps," Tanner scoffed, returning his attention to the duel. "I mean it's probably just some acid rain drifting in from the Satellite."

"It's the sign we've been waiting for," Goodwin said calmly as he and Lazar observed the skies. He peeked at Lise from the corner of his eyes. "Soon the Crimson Dragon will emerge from its slumber."

Clarice took an extra step away from the two of them. She  had positioned herself in a corner, away from Goodwin and Lazar. Still it didn't feel like enough.

Lazar nodded. "Um, just one question about all that. I thought we needed five signers, no? And at this point we just have the four; the little girl, Akiza, Yusei and Jack. Besides, are we even sure that we can control the dragon's power once its been summoned? Perhaps Trudge had a point."

"Lazar, don't you trust me? You see, I know the fifth signer."

"That's good, if you know then I'll just watch this match and relax-"

There was a collective gasp.

Lazar stared disbelievingly at his boss. "Wait you know? Who is it? Are they here? How exciting! Then that means we can unlock all of its power!"

"So you knew and never mention it sooner." Clarice felt annoyed.

 "That's right, but first we must see if we can harness the power the Dragon-Phoenix's summoning will create," Goodwin replied.

"And if I don't, you're just going force it out? You cannot force power. Power will only kill you, and only you."

Goodwin raised his eyebrows at her in amusement. "I'm afraid you don't have a choice."

"And this is why people like you are far beyond salvation." Clarice seethed, returning her attention to the duel.

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Both Yusei's and Jack's speed counters increased to four.

"It's my turn, Jack!" Yusei announced as he drew his card. 'And it's time I even up the playing field!'

"First I'll activate my trap Descending Lost Star! So now by powering down my Junk Warrior I can bring it back out to my field! Then I summon Hyper Synchron!"

(Hyper Synchron: Atk: 1600 Def: 800)

"And now I tune my Junk Warrior with my Hyper Synchron in order to synchro summon...Stardust Dragon!"

The beautiful white, violet, silver and blue dragon joined Jack's deep red, black, and white dragon.

Jack grinned as his mark began to glow. "Welcome to the party, Stardust."

"My arm's glowing!" Yusei said when he too noticed a critical moment was upon them.

"And now, Hyper Synchron's special ability activates! You see Jack, when Hyper Synchron is part of a synchro summon the new monster gets an extra eight hundred attack points. So now my Stardust Dragon's got thirty-three hundred!"