Rio starts attending Duel Academy, instantly becoming popular with the boys and proving embarrassing for Shark. As Rio manages to overwhelm any club offers with her amazing talent, she and the others are approached by the Flower Arrangement Club's president, Lotus Henazoe, who soons start putting everyone besides Yuma into a trance, revealing herself to be under Girag's control. As Lotus challenges Yuma to a duel, Rio decides to take her on in his place. Lotus summons her Xyz Monster, Battlecruiser Dianthus, and soon uses Barian's Force to upgrade it to the Chaos Xyz monster, Battleship Cherry Blossom, bringing Rio's life points down to 200. Rio soon summons her own Xyz monster, Zerofyne, and manages to use her cards to Lotus. (thetvdb.com)