It's Yuma who trusts Shark in the final duel against him.
During most of his duels with Shark, Yuma tells Astral to back off. In the WDC, when Yuma confronts Kaito, Kaito makes it clear that he's looking for a rematch with Astral, not Yuma. Throughout all of season 1, Astral acknowledges Kaito as the only duelist he's met who surpasses him. Shark is Yuma's rival, and Kaito is Astral's rival. So their rivalry is in service to their friendship. Even during their final duel, sure they both want to win, but more than that, they want to encourage the members of 5Ds to choose their paths. They're comradery is part of their rivalry. Yusei and Jack are friends (more like family, really) first and rivals second. Yusei is a goal for Jack to reach, and that's what their rivalry is based on. He even refuses to be called the King because of it. Unlike Kaiba or Majoume, who would never admit to being faily defeated, Jack is the one to point out to everyone else that he lost. Jack thought he was better than everyone, and Yusei proved that wrong. So he calls him a slacker and an annoyance and even a friend, but never a rival. For Manjoume, acknowledging Judai as a rival would hurt his pride. For Judai, acknowledging Manjoume as a rival would mean acknowledging Duel Monsters as a competition, something Judai never does. They both had other things to deal with, especially by S3 and S4. When it comes to actual dueling, both Judai and Manjoume didn't really see each other as an end goal. That mirroring is what cements them as rivals. Judai meanwhile, is put under more and more pressure. Manjoume lets go, and becomes more and more relaxed, and enjoying duels more. Over the course of the GX Majoume and Judai's journeys mirror each other. Part of why Atem and Kaiba can never see eye to eye is because they both think the other views their rivalry the same way they do. He spared his life after the Exodia duel because Mokuba told him about how Kaiba used to be a really nice person before Gozaburo screwed him up, and he even uses the Mind Crush shadow game as a way to help him instead of just get revenge, a first for Atem. He wants Kaiba to become a better person through dueling. Meanwhile, Atem sees this as an ideological rivalry. Even after Atem dies, it's still what he wants most, and he has no problem dragging Atem from the grave in order to do it. So a definitive duel with no potential suicide, no exodia, no BS is what he wants most. Which makes sense, since their other duels had sort of weird conclusions. He sees Atem as the best opponent, and in Battle City, while he does want the God Cards most, he really wants to have an epic, show-stopping duel with him. For Kaiba, this is a competitive rivalry. Atem and Kaiba's rivalry is actually really interesting because they both see it differently.
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