02x02 - A Team Performance

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Yumalast time on yu-gi-oh! Zexal...

Mr. Heartlandwelcome duelists to heartland city.

Welcome to the world duel carnival!

Now then, here are the rules!

The field of play is the entire city,

And the first phase of this tournament will last three days.

During these three days, if you are challenged to a duel,

You must accept that challenge.

How do you accept a challenge?

Simpleyou will wager your heart piece.

Lose your heart piece,

And you lose your spot here.

But if you win...

You win a heart piece!

Assemble all five pieces and you'll have won a spot in the

Tournament finals.

So let the duels begin!

Toriwonder who'll make the first move?

Yeah,

And who that person's gonna challenge!

Crowdwhat's his problem?

Strikeroutta my way!

Move it!

Since winning this tournament is my goal, I'll let my soccer ball

Pick my opponent.

What's your problem?

This is a duel tournament, not a soccer match!

For me they're one and the same. Now then,

Get up ball boy, 'cause we're duel

So, I'm first?

♪ If life is a game they say

♪ I can't win, I'll never amount to nothing ♪

♪ Tear me down before my life begins ♪

♪ I won't be afraid to challenge myself ♪

♪ They won't ever break my fire, my dreams won't die ♪

♪ If I hi-five the sky

♪ Spread my wings take off it's time to fly ♪

♪ Take a chance to make it all the way ♪

♪ Take a chance forgetting yesterday ♪

♪ Take a chance believe...

♪ Nothing will bring me down

♪ No retreat when I leave all my fears behind ♪

♪ My future's still alive inside ♪

♪ Take a chance to chase my doubts away ♪

♪ Believing gets me through my darkest days ♪

[♪...]

♪ Take a chance to make it all the way ♪

♪ Take a chance forgetting yesterday ♪

♪ Take a breath my heart will lead the way ♪

♪ Take a chance

♪ I'll take a chance today

Let's duel!

After all, this soccer ball picked you!

Now there's no going back.

Huh? Is this guy for real?

Yeah I'm for real, and you're in real trouble. Because if you

Think I have skills when it comes to kickin' it,

Just wait till you see the moves that I make out on the duel

Field.

Are those cards on there?

Now,

Put up your heart piece and let's go!

Aw yeah!

I like your style,

Straight to business.

Oh hey, I'm yuma tsukumo.

Who are you?

The name is striker.

Caswelldid he say striker?

You know him?

Maybe.

That name sure sounds familiar.

[Cheering]

Man aalright, here we go!

Time to kick this carnival off!

Let's do this!

Cuz I'm...

Feeling the flow!

Duel disk go!

Now, time to set my sights on winning!

Duel gazer, let's roll!

Computer voiceaugmented reality vision link established.

Togethernow let's duel!

Since you challenged,

I'll make the first move. I draw!

And it'll be a quick one. I'll just play one monster facedown

In defense mode.

Astralgogogo golem played in defense mode?

Smart move.

With all the trash talk our fancy foot-working friend was

Kicking up, I figured you would foolishly go on the attack.

Clearly I am rubbing off on you.

Ya know,

If you keep taking the credit I'll attack you!

I don't know who you're talking to over there,

But I know that after my first move,

You won't be talking to anyone cuz you're gonna be speechless.

Here we go...

I draw!

Just what I was hoping, it's the field spell card known as

Stadium of dreams!

Huh?

You're kiddin' me!

This is not my look.

Cathyso cool!

It's like we're at a soccer game!

Indeed it is, and it looks like we're gonna be the ones calling

It in front of all these fine people!

And if their cheers are any sign, I'd say this stadium of

Dreams is their dream come true!

[Cheering]

Whoa! T-this can't be!

It can and it is.

And there's more too, cuz now stadium of dreams switches all

Facedowns in defense mode to faceup!

What?

But I'm not finished.

Next I summon wing captain.

Now captain, attack!

Just attack points?

Sorry but cappy's totally outranked by gogogo!

Not once I activate the spell card perfect pass!

Take it, wing captain!

And take it to gogogo golem!

Cuz now, since golem's defense points are greater than wing

Captain's attack points, my captain's attack points double!

You can double-team golem all you want but it won't matter,

Its special ability keeps it from being destroyed in battle

Once per turn!

Oh didn't I mention?

Perfect pass negates your monster's special ability!

What?

Can you say, gogogo-goaaaaallll!

[Screaming]

Scoreboardgooooal!

No fair!

When you destroy a monster in defense mode, it's not supposed

To take away any life points!

It does when cappy's attack points are greater than your

Monster's defense points.

Don't ya just love captain's special ability?

You know what I'd love?

To last more than one round with this guy!

I'm ending my turn with a facedown.

Your draw yuma, if you dare!

Fight on, yuma!

After all, you have us to cheer you on!

Cheerleadersra-ra!

This broadcaster's with you, too!

Hear that yuma? We all believe in you!

If they do,

Then I believe too.

Alright,

I draw!

Nice!

I summon gagaga magician!

Now let's kick it, gagaga!

Attack wing captain!

Great coaching!

Gagaga magician has attack points and wing captain's attack

Points are back to normal, so this is a mismatch!

Alright, yuma!

Gooooaaaaal!

Nice play, yuma!

That last goal is negated.

Negated?

How come?

I smell a trap card.

And it stinks!

Tough luck yuma, but as you can

See, I've activated my facedown card, offside trap.

I see now.

And you're about to see wing captain come back too, because

With this card, my monster isn't destroyed and I also take no

Damage, plus your turn comes to an end.

What?

So my turn's over now?

No way.

Observation #soccer is a thinking man's game; you should

Stick to sleeping.

Hey!

I'm doing the best I can here, okay?

Your best?

Is that what you call those weak moves?

It's my turn!

I draw!

First up, I'm summoning out top scorer!

How did he summon a level monster without a tribute?

Yeah, you're so not allowed to do that!

Ha, I am when the field spell stadium of dreams is out.

It lets me summon top scorer without tributing another

Monster!

No fair!

Now go ahead and strike away, top scorer!

Attack gagaga magician!

And with your defense now in disarray,

I'll take shot number two!

Wing captain, attack!

Goal!

Yuma!

I can't watch anymore!

Guess what?

I'm not done!

Next I activate a spell card,

And it's an eyeful too.

Eye contact!

Don't blink, cuz now offside trap returns to my hand!

Next I place one card facedown,

And end my turn!

This is some game plan striker has come up with. If that

Facedown he just threw is another offside trap, that means

He'll stop any attack I make and

Then my turn will be over.

Hey, are you even listening?

Of course I am listening, yuma.

So what do you think?

I think you summed it up well. Things seem quite hopeless.

That's your advice?

Things are hopeless?

Thanks a ton coach, way to build up my confidence here!

Oh yes, you know it's over!

My sick skills have you completely covered!

And there's not a thing you can do about it, yuma!

Crowdah! Dempsey!

Man camazing!

Oh my!

It's dempsey and donovan,

The quick kicking brothers who play for heartland united!

But why are they here?

Wait just a minute, now I know

Why striker's name was so familiar.

It's because he's related to dempsey and donovan.

He's their kid brother!

And third son...

To world-class coach keller crossit!

Talk about a family with some serious soccer skills.

Together, they've won more championships

Than anyone out there!

So if you're such a soccer stud, why are you here in a duel

Tournament?

I'll tell you why!

Cuz I'm nothing like my two brothers or my father!

Do you two hear that?

I'm a duelist, not a soccer player because in a duel,

There's no passing or assists.

It's all about getting the job done yourself!

Somewhere, somebody once said there's no 'i' in the word team.

Well, in dueling,

The word 'team' doesn't exist,

And I like it that way!

What are you talking about?

Dueling is all about team work.

What are you doing, yuma?

I'm setting striker straight, that's what.

Dueling's all about working together!

Aw, gimme a break!

Think about itwing captain and top scorer?

They're not just monsters, they're your teammates!

At least, that's always been the

Way I look at the monsters I summon out.

For that matter, how I look at every card in my deck!

All your cards?

Teammates?

Focus, yuma.

It is our turn to draw now.

Oh yeah.

Hold on, why are you suddenly so anxious to draw?

Because of you, yuma.

That speech you gave has given me an idea.

To win!

Time to put on your rally cap

Yuma, because it is comeback time.

I don't have a cap!

But I'm all for the rally!

My turn,

Draaaaw!

And now...

I summon zubaba buster.

Would you please not interrupt meeee!

I summon zubaba buster!

Then I will use the spell card monster reborn to summon back to

The field gogogo golem!

Hey,

You're stealing all my lines!

Now now, just consider this part of the whole teamwork thing!

Yeah, but you forget, astral no one can see or hear you.

Next up I'm activating the spell card monster reborn!

And I'll use it to bring back gogogo golem in defense mode!

Fine with me, because nothing you bring out can possibly beat

My offside trap!

Hate to say it, but he's gotta point there.

Maybe, but you have got something better.

Activate the spell card cross attack from your hand.

Do it now.

Of course!

I activate the spell card cross attack!

Now since we have two monsters on the field with the same

Number of attack points, one of

Them can attack striker directly!

Goal!

He scored a goal on me!

Go yuma go!

Go yuma go!

Yeah!

What a dazzling display!

You can say that again!

In fact, I'll say it for you. What a dazzling display!

Alright.

So you found out offside trap can't activate against direct

att*cks!

Big deal!

It is a big deal.

After all yuma, not only does striker now take damage from

Zubaba buster's attack, but the monster with the fewest attack

Points on his field is also destroyed.

Sure, zubaba buster pays a penalty of attack points

When it uses this ability, but that is a small price to pay to

Destroy a monster.

Wait just a minute,

Here's another card I can use.

And I'll use it now!

I play the spell extra blast!

Since a special ability destroyed your monster, you take

Points of damage.

It's all tied up now!

Yuma's right back in this thing!

Way to go, yuma!

Ya see?

That's what teamwork can do for ya!

Now to end my turn,

I'll throw this!

And I'll throw up if ya keep talking teamwork!

I've never believed in it!

Here, come on,

I'm open!

Pass it!

Now look what you did,

You should've kicked it to me!

We might lose cause of you!

Cause of you all!

What's with him?

I'll just have to win all by myself!

Teammate ai'm open!

Teammate bstriker, come on, pass it here!

Why, so you can mess it up?

No way.

I got this.

Opponent ahe's dempsey and donovan's younger bro?

Opponent byou wouldn't know it from his soccer skills.

I guess we all know who was born with two left feet in that

Family now, don't we guys?

Hey, are you okay, striker?

I'm fine!

It's all you guys that are the problem!

This was all your fault!

Donovanthat's enough, striker!

The truth is that you're the one to blame.

Dempseyand if you don't see why, then you don't have any

Business being here.

It was on that day that I turned my back on soccer.

And vowed to show my brothers that I was right. That I could

Be a champion without anyone's help!

So here I am yuma, doing exactly that!

And no one is going to stop me, especially not you!

Well you know what?

You're wrong!

Maybe I will stop you, maybe I won't.

But just take a look at your deck.

You haven't turned your back on soccer,

It's still your passion!

I mean,

Every card you have just flat out screams it!

That's not true, I'm over soccer now!

Yet here we are dueling on a soccer field.

That was formed with your card.

Come on, it's okay to admit it.

You still love the game, don't ya?

Do i?

Uh...

Guess I do have some soccer cards...

It... It...

It's my turn!

Here goes!

Perfect!

Uh oh...

Straight from my hand, I'm summoning defending sweeper!

And when stadium of dreams is on the field,

It gains one full level!

But I'm not done yet, I may not believe in team work, but I

Believe in this card, the spell all for one!

And there's another!

These are all soccer themed duel cards!

And they could mean the end of us.

Since there are two monsters on the field with the same type and

Level, all for one allows striker to summon an additional

Monster from his graveyard so

Long as it is the same type as the other two.

Suit up wing captain, you're back in play!

But not only does all for one bring the captain back, it also

Lets me give him one extra level!

So now he has three level monsters?

But that means...

That means I can now overlay level top scorer, defending

Sweeper and wing captain!

And now that the overlay network has been created,

I can xyz summon!

Come on out playmaker!

Attack points?

Oh no, that's enough to

Eliminate yuma from the duel carnival!

Come on out playmaker!

Attack points?

Oh no, that's enough to

Eliminate yuma from the duel carnival!

Now playmaker, attack zubaba buster!

Yuma, you have a trap to play!

You bet I do astral, and I'm gonna play it right now!

I activate half unbreak!

Go!

Now zubaba buster won't get busted,

So go ahead and do your worst!

And the best part of half unbreak,

It cuts the damage I take in half!

Well more damage is coming your way!

I activate playmaker's ability!

Now, by using one overlay unit, playmaker's allowed to attack

Again, and this time, it's gonna take on your strongest monster!

Go ahead, cuz my strongest monster is gogogo golem and like

I told ya before, it can withstand one attack per turn!

I'll just attack it again then.

And I think I'll use my final overlay unit

For one more attack!

Zubaba buster's the only one left, so attack it playmaker!

I don't think so striker, cause half unbreak is still in play!

Goal!

Yuma, no!

It's cool, tori.

I'm fine.

Actually, I'm not just fine, I'm great!

And ya know why, striker?

Cuz I'm winning!

What are you talking about, you're winning?

I just blasted your monsters and

You only have life points left!

Yeah, that's true,

But when you believe in your teammates,

You're always winning.

Now then,

My turn!

Draw!

I'm summoning gagaga girl!

Just attack points?

How on earth is that gonna help you...

Now yuma's got two level 's out.

Well done, yuma!

Now you can summon an xyz monster!

Yeah!

That's what happens when ya believe, so go now,

I overlay level zubaba buster and gagaga girl!

And now, with the overlay network in full effect, I'm

Gonna full on xyz summon!

And as you're about to see, this monster really hits the right

Chord!

Behold, muzurhythm the string djinn!

Next I activate the equip spell giant hunter and equip it onto

Muzurhythm.

Talk about a tune up.

Nice work, yuma.

Now striker cannot use spell or trap cards until the battle is

Over this turn!

Wait, but that means I'm not allowed to use offside trap!

That's right, and when a monster equipped with giant hunter

att*cks, if I have fewer life points than you, your monster's

Attack points are cut in half!

Aw, there goes my offense.

Next I activate

Muzurhythm the string djinn's ability!

Now, by using one overlay unit, when muzurhythm battles your

Xyz, it's attack points are doubled.

Talk about strumming up a storm.

Finish him, muzurhythm!

Goal!

Gooooalll!

Yuma comes from behind with an unbelievable finish!

Alright yuma, way to go, hooray!

Three cheers for yuma!

You did it, yuma.

You won.

Yeah, but I couldn't have done it without my teammate.

Thanks astral.

[Laughing]

Huh?

What gives?

What gives is you were right!

I haven't turned my back on soccer, it's still my passion.

But it took this duel to realize that.

Awesome.

And by watching you yuma,

I learned something else.

Teamwork.

I finally saw how it really works.

Is that so, striker?

Then maybe it's time you return to the pitch.

And be part of our team, bro.

Do you really mean it?

We sure do, striker.

After all,

We're family, and that's the closest team of them all.

I realize that now.

And I promise you both that I'll never forget it.

So ya lost but ya won, too.

Yeah...

But you're always winning when you believe in your teammates.

I can't thank you enough, yuma.

I'm sure you'll be a soccer champion in no time.

And you, a duel champion.

All right!

I won my first heart piece!

But I'll need more than that,

To reach the finals I'll need all five!

So watch out everybody!

♪ Nothing will bring me down

♪ No retreat when I leave all my fears behind ♪

♪ My future's still alive inside ♪

♪ Take a chance to chase my doubts away ♪

♪ Believing gets me through my darkest days ♪

[♪...]

♪ Take a chance to make it all the way ♪

♪ Take a chance forgetting yesterday ♪

♪ Take a breath my heart will lead the way ♪

♪ Take a chance

♪ I'll take a chance today