Sequel to Evolution of a Duelist: Easter Epiphany

[Mazerrick]

Im reading your fanfic again, if you don't remember me my old username was blinded warrior

The duel was great. I wonder if there are any Psychic duelists in the school?

[Umbra]

Chapter One: Why does it seem like a blatant rip-off of GX? Especially the "You-are-actually-late-but-we'll-cut-you-some-slack" attitude the personnel has. (And let's not forget to mention that her last name is Shadow. SHADOW.)

 

Chapter Two: Script format, yuck. Your descriptions aren't exactly good either.

[ragnarok1945]

Mystery Guest, is the next chapter going to come soon?

[FrogNinga]

this is great the same as the 1st one

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 41 (Previously known as Post-cross-fic Chapter 1)]

Kim, Hunter, Chris, and Destiny were all inside the wormhole, going back to their dimension. None of them spoke for a little while. Kim then decided to break the silence.

 

“Do you keep in touch with John?” asked Kim to Chris and Destiny.

 

“Yeah, we try our best to, but it isn’t always easy, since he’s on a completely different island. Remember, he goes to the Duel Academy Jaden went to, while we go to North Academy.”

 

“North Academy? Chris, isn’t that where your father-”

 

“Yep. So what about you, Kim? Have you been keeping in touch?”

 

“I haven’t been able to. My dad has my computer, and my cell phone is missing.” I shouldn’t get them involved about this situation with James.

 

“That’s bad.” The wormhole then started to split, separating Chris and Destiny from Kim and Hunter. “It looks like it’s time for us to say goodbye now. See ya.”

 

“See ya,” replied Kim. A flash of light came and blocked all view. Kim and Hunter were then in the forest. It was pitch-dark outside. “Well, that tournament was fun, even though I was eliminated in the first round.”

 

“Remember, so was I,” replied Hunter.

 

“Yeah, but you came back into the tournament thanks to a loser’s bracket that resulted because my duel ended in a draw. You did quite well, Hunter.”

 

“Thank you. I wonder how that tournament will end.”

 

“I’m sure Mystery will tell us the results when it’s over.”

 

“Hey, where did my Duel Runner go?” A light then appeared behind a tree, and the Duel Runner appeared. “Cool. I’ll have to leave it out here though, since I can’t bring it into the schoolyard.” Hunter then walked over to his Duel Runner and tried to figure out a way to hide it in the forest.

 

“Well, I guess I’ll see you in the morning,” said Kim as she started to walk off.

 

“Wait!” yelled Hunter. “Please tell me something: who is this John kid you were talking about?”

 

Kim turned toward Hunter. “Why does it interest you?”

 

“I just want to know. It seems Chris and Destiny are friends with him, and you seem close to him as well. So who is he?”

 

Kim walked over to Hunter. “Okay, I’ll tell you, but only if you keep it secret.”

 

“Okay then. I’ll keep it a secret.”

 

“I guess I’ll tell you in the morning then.”

 

“Why wait until the morning? Why not tell me now?”

 

“It’s pitch-dark outside now. In order to tell you who John is, I kinda need to tell you a story so you get the full picture, and I don’t want to be surprised by anything while telling my story.”

 

“So all you need is light? No problem.” Hunter gathered some rocks and some wood and leaves, took out a matchbox from his pocket, lit a match, in through it in the center of the rocks. “There it is. A campfire. It gives off both light and heat.”

 

“Why do you carry around a box of matches with you?”

 

“I always like to be sure I have everything I need to survive in case I ever get stranded somewhere, whether it is a forest, a desert, an island, anywhere. I actually find it nice to be in a natural setting, like this forest. But anyway, how about we get to the story?” He sat down at one end of the campfire.

 

Kim walked over to the campfire and sat on the other side of the fire. “Okay then, I’ll give you a basic summary of what happened. I first met John a year ago. He found me crying on a street corner because I wasn’t able to get my deck to work with me. He decided to challenge me to a duel, but he used my deck and I used his. I was winning at first, but he won with my deck and showed me how valuable the deck was. When we were forced to duel each other in a duel to the death, he tried everything he could to tie the game. Even though he won, he was able to save me from death. I was later captured by someone who caused me to get taken over by the darkness, but John stopped at nothing to save me from the darkness.” Kim decided not to get into the specifics with Gemini. “After he defeated me, my mind was sent to the Shadow Realm, but he stayed by my side for hours to help me escape. Had he not been there I probably would have been trapped in the Shadow Realm forever. He asked me to use the Bad Egg cards I now had, and I tried to, but they just wouldn’t work for me, so I didn’t use them too much. One day, the Kingdom Klan took control of John with the help of the 3 Wicked Gods. I challenged him and, even though I lost, I was able to get to him and break him free of the Gods’ control. He took down many great duelists during our time together, including the Wicked Gods. He even took down Mystery, who apparently was the greatest duelist of space. It wasn’t until I was moving away that we admitted to each other that we loved each other. I went to his last birthday party, when he got the Time deck, but knowing I would only be there for that day was kinda sad, but I was able to give him the Bad Egg cards that day. We were able to challenge Yugi and a kid named Ryan that day, and John was able to take down Ryan, but he lost to Yugi. I guess I could say that John was an awesome and heroic duelist, but he was very loving and would always be sure I was happy and safe.”

 

“So did you two ever…”

 

“No, we just stayed friends. By the time we got to admitting our feelings, it was really too late to be like boyfriend and girlfriend. Although we still loved each other a year after admitting our feelings to each other, just only his birthday together wasn’t going to be enough time. If I had the opportunity, though, I would stay with John forever. I just wish I could be beside him now.” A tear ran down to Kim’s face and fell to the ground.

 

Hunter walked over to Kim, wiped away her tear, and hugged Kim. “Please don’t cry, Kim. I understand your pain; I understand what it’s like to be separated from a lover because fate said so. I’m certain that you’ll find a way back to John.”

 

“Thank you Hunter.” Hunter then released his hold on Kim. “I bet I’ll find John eventually. I hope you find your lover again as well.”

 

“I unfortunately do not have that option.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“I’d rather not go into the details.”

 

“All right then. I guess I’ll go back to my room now. You won’t tell anybody about any of the stuff that happened since we left here, right?”

 

“Of course not. My lips are sealed. Look, I need to put out the fire. You just find a way to sneak into your room without your roommate knowing, which may be tough. Luckily, my roommate doesn’t really care, so I’m okay.”

 

“Okay then. See ya.” Kim snuck back to her room and opened the door quietly. Heather was waiting at the door.

 

“Where were you?” asked Heather, angrily. “You’ve been missing for a few days.”

 

“A few days?” I wasn’t in that other dimension for too long. Does time move differently in the other dimension? “What day is it?”

 

“It’s technically early Saturday, but it feels more like late Friday night when waiting for someone. I also heard Hunter was missing. Was he with you?”

 

“Yeah, but-”

 

“What were you two doing!?”

 

“I don’t want to talk about it.” I know she won’t believe that multi-dimensional thing.

 

“Fine. Then tomorrow, or rather, later today, there may be a rumor going around that you two are dating and ran off together during those days you were missing. I could say all sorts of other things as well….”

 

“You wouldn’t! You’ll get in trouble for that.”

 

“No I won’t. Nobody will believe anything you say, especially if what you say is about me starting the rumor or you trying to dispel the rumor. So here are your choices now: dispel the rumor before it gets started or try to dispel it later.”

 

“How about this? I know you think you could easily beat me in a duel, so how about proving it? We duel, and if I win, I don’t tell you what happened and you don’t spread the rumor.”

 

“But if I win, you tell me what happened and I spread the rumor. Does that sound like a deal?”

 

“Yes it does. So get ready to duel, Heather.”

 

“Not now. I need to sleep. How about later, at the Spirit Day festival?”

 

“The Spirit Day festival? On Saturday?”

 

“Yep. We each dress as a Duel Spirit. You should go pick the monster you want to dress up as.” Heather threw Kim a key. “Use that to get into the Costume Box. It’s outside. You can’t miss it. Just go get your costume and put the key on top of the box when you’re done. Be sure to return here quickly and quietly. I want to actually get some sleep. Well, good night, Kim.” Heather walked over to her bed, fell on top of it, and quickly fell asleep. Kim then left the room and walked outside to the box. Hunter then walked up to the box.

 

“How did your roommate react to our absence?” asked Kim.

 

“He was unusually stressed out about it. He wanted to know what happened, but I didn’t tell him. He says he might spend a rumor about us unless I can beat him in a duel.”

 

“Sounds like what Heather said. Who do you room with?”

 

“A boy named Derek. I think he hangs out with Heather.”

 

“Derek?” He’s one of Heather’s friends. I wonder what Heather, Derek, and the other 3 girls are up to.

 

“So yeah. Perhaps they were planning something together. Anyway, we should probably pick out our costumes. Apparently the costumes this year are only Level 4 or lower, and you have to choose a monster from the deck you’ll be using for the day.”

 

“Really?” I don’t have too many Level 4 or lower monsters in my Easter Egg deck, and the rule means I won’t be able to dress as Easter Knight. Kim opened the box. Perhaps tomorrow would be a good time to build up my skills with the Dark deck. And I should be able to find a good monster to dress as if I use the Dark deck.

 

Hunter dug through the boxes until he picked one out. “I found my costume. See ya.” Hunter ran off with the box with his costume in it. Kim couldn’t even read what it said on it.

 

Kim then looked through her deck and through the box. She eventually found one certain monster. I could cosplay as this. She took the box with the costume in it, closed the giant Costume Box, and left the key on it. The box Kim took out was kinda big, so she dragged it back to her room. She then put it beside her bed, placed her Duel Disk on it, lied on her bed, and fell asleep.

 

About 8 hours later, Kim woke up. She looked to the left and saw Heather was already gone. She’s probably with the other girls and Derek. She then saw a piece of paper on Heather’s bed. She walked over to it and saw a note for her:

 

Kim,

If you look under this note, you will find 5 cards. Audrey, Erika, Heather, Derek, and I will be dressed up as those cards to celebrate Duel Spirit Day. Please find us and return those cards to us. We hope to see you 

Wanda

 

Kim lifted up the note. As the note said, there were 5 cards: Hiita the Fire Charmer, Eria the Water Charmer, Wynn the Wind Charmer, Aussa the Earth Charmer, and Dharc the Dark Charmer. So Heather is with Derek and the others. And their costumes are the Charmers. Quite fitting, especially since their Duel Spirits match the Charmers’ familiars. I think I know who’s going to be which Charmer. But I have to get into my costume before I go see them. Kim opened up her box with her costume in it. She took off her dark necklace and could feel the darkness raging through her body. Today I have to embrace this darkness. After taking off her uniform, she put on the purple shirt. She then put on the black, knee-length shirt and the lower part of her blue armor. She then put on her blue, decorative middle armor piece with an orange, diamond-shaped gem on the front and then her blue breastplate with decorative shoulder pads with blue gems. She then put on her black, metallic-looking gloves and black, metal boots. She put on a small necklace with a green gem on it and tucked her hair under a silver helmet with a blue structure similar to her decorative waist armor. She put in the red eye contacts and looked at the last part of the costume. This part is gonna be tough. She put the black, metal wings with red orbs behind her until they clicked into the rest of the outfit. After regaining her balance, Kim picked up her Duel Disk and put it on. She took out her Easter Egg deck and put in her Dark deck. She then looked at the note again in case it had any more information on the back. On the back, it said:

 

Meet us in the duel field. You know why. Also, bring those 5 cards.

How can you not know who this is from!?

 

Kim picked up the 5 Charmer cards. Wait a minute. She remembered the Orichalcos Shunoros card. I should probably give this card to Mike. Maybe he’ll forgive me for what happened to him. She looked through her box of cards for Orichalcos Shunoros, grabbed it, put it in the Side Deck spot of her Duel Disk, and walked to the duel field, at first with some difficulty, but it got easier as she got used to the extra weight of the wings and armor. She then looked all around the field. She then saw a person who looked exactly like Hiita the Fire Charmer, as well as 4 other people dressed as the other Charmers. This is it. Kim walked over to them.

 

“Wow! You dress up as the Dark Valkyria well!” yelled Wanda, dressed as Wynn, as she ran over and hugged Kim. “I see you found the cards and my note!” She then took the cards and handed each to the girl who looked like the card.

 

“Yeah! And I must say you girls dress as the Charmers well.”

 

“Excuse me?” asked Derek, dressed as Dharc.

 

“And you do, too, Derek.”

 

“I feel ridiculous.” Derek waved around the chain on his bracelet. Meda Bat sat on his head and closed its eye. “Meda Bat, don’t sleep on my head.” Meda Bat opened its eye and flew to the staff, causing it to tip over a little bit.

 

“Wait, so Duel Spirits are real today?” Kim then saw a fire on the grass in front of her. Fox Fire walked around Kim.

 

“Does that answer your question?” asked Heather, dressed as Hiita. Fox Fire jumped back to Heather. “Anyway, you know we need to duel, and you know the stakes. Derek also needs to duel Hunter as well, so we decided to make it a Team Duel, me and Derek against you and Hunter. If Hunter doesn’t show up in 5 minutes though, you will have to duel alone.”

 

“And considering their strategies, Kim, your chance of winning alone will be about-”

 

“Don’t tell me the odds, Audrey!” Kim yelled. “People who have a choice worry about odds. I’m sure Hunter will be here soon. He’ll be here in 5 minutes.” Just as Kim said that, a giant mink walked up to Kim.

 

“Hey everybody,” said Hunter. “Since I couldn’t dress as my ace card, I decided to dress as Beast Prey Mink.” He looked at Kim. “Wow, Kim, you look great. Just, what are you?” Every one of the girls looked at Hunter. Derek then saw everyone looking at Hunter and decided to look at Hunter as well. There was a long silence, which was broken by “What?”.

 

“Nothing, nothing,” Heather, obviously dressed as Hiita, said. “But now we should get to business. We all know the stakes of a duel. The thing is that our duel will be a team duel.”

 

“What!?” exclaimed Hunter.

 

“You heard me. Me and Derek vs. you and Kim. And when we win, you two will tell us what happened with you two, and we’ll tell it to everyone else, but slightly distorted. After all, how can we be sure your version of the story won’t be subdued?”

 

“Fine!” Kim and Hunter readied their Duel Disks. Heather and Derek also readied their Duel Disks.

 

“Let’s Duel!” they yell as the scene faded out and a “To be Continued…” appeared at the bottom of the screen.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 42]

“I’ll go first!” yelled Heather.

 

“Wait, what’s the rule for attacking in the first round?” asked Hunter.

 

“In the first round, the only players a person can attack are opponents who have already taken their turn. In other words, in the first round, whoever goes next can only attack me, my teammate can only attack that player, and the last person can attack either of us. You might want to think through who goes next on your team. Now I’ll start my turn. I draw!” Heather drew a card. “I place 3 cards face-down and summon Fox Fire.” Three face-down cards and a small fox with a fire on its tail appeared (ATK 300). “I end my turn.”

 

Hunter looked over at Kim. Kim, I know how your Easter Eggs operate. I know they require a good understanding of the situation to play to their full potential. I don’t know for sure why you’re wearing a Dark Valkyria outfit, but I know you should have the last turn to greatly evaluate the situation. I, however, can work with what’s known now. At least there’s less of a defense to go against my attack. “I’ll go next! I draw!” Hunter drew a card. “I play Sheep Farm and Lamb Farm.” Two farms appeared. “With Sheep Farm I can summon a sheep token to the field.” A small, round sheep appeared (DEF 0). “With Lamb Farm I can discard a card to summon a Lamb Token.” A small, round lamb appeared (DEF 0). “Since I discarded Dandylion, I get two Fluff tokens.” Two flowerlike creatures appeared (DEF 0). “Now I activate Cycle of Life, and I Tribute my Lamb token to summon Predatory Beast Battle Ox.” The lamb made a rainbow portal through which a big, armored ox with an ax came through (ATK 2400). “Now I use his effect: by Tributing the other monsters of lower Level I control, my ox gains 300 ATK times the combined Levels.” The three other monsters disappeared and the ox swung his ax (ATK 2400 -> 3300). “Thanks to my Cycle of Life card, I can Special Summon a ‘Beast Prey’ monster from my Deck, so I summon Beast Prey Electric Eel.” A small electric eel appeared floating in the air (ATK 1200). “Now Predatory Beast Battle Ox, attack Heather’s Fox Fire.”

 

“Not so fast. I activate Backfire.” The trap revealed itself.

 

“So what? The attack goes through.” The ox slashed at the fox, destroying it (Heather 8000 -> 5000). Backfire shot a fireball at Hunter (Hunter 8000 -> 7500). “Wait, what happened?”

 

“Backfire causes an opponent to take 500 points of damage when a FIRE monster I control is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.”

 

“That doesn’t matter much. When Predatory Beast Battle Ox destroys a monster by battle, it can attack again, so attack!” The ox tried to slash once again.

 

“Not so fast. I activate Explosive Cylinder. This card can only be activated when an opponent attacks directly. This card negates the attack, multiplies the damage by 1.5, and inflicts it to you.” The cylinder-shaped bomb stopped the attack and exploded (Hunter 7500 -> 2550).

 

“That’s a lot of damage, but I still have Electric Eel. Beast Prey Electric Eel, attack directly.” The eel flew over and bit Heather, releasing charge of electricity (Heather 5000 -> 3800). “I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn.” Two face-down cards appeared. The small fox resurrected (DEF 200).

 

“It’s my turn then,” said Derek. “I draw!” Derek drew a card. “I set a monster face-down and 3 face-downs and end my turn.” Four face-down cards, one of them sideways, appeared.

 

“It’s my turn then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “By sending Dark Horus from my hand to the Graveyard, I can summon Dark Grepher.” A dark swordsman with white hair and demonic overalls appeared (ATK 1700).

 

Kim? Is that really your deck? Where are your Easter Eggs? wondered Hunter.

 

“Now I activate Dark Grepher’s effect, so I can discard Dark Crusader from my hand to send another DARK monster to my Graveyard.”

 

“Before you do that, I activate Simultaneous Loss,” yelled Derek. “Now we each send the top card of our Decks to our Graveyards.” Everybody sent their top card to the Graveyard. Kim’s was Rainbow Dark Dragon.

 

Darn. With Rainbow Dark Dragon in my Graveyard, I’ll have 4 DARKs in my Graveyard, which is too many to Special Summon Dark Armed Dragon. “I still send a monster,” yelled Kim, sending Dark Voltanis to the Graveyard. “Since I have 4 DARKs with different names in my Graveyard, I can summon Darklord Zerato by Tributing 1 monster, so I tribute Dark Grepher for Darklord Zerato.” The dark swordsman transformed into a rainbow portal, through which a dark angel with red wings and a big sword appeared (ATK 2800). “Now I activate its ability: by sending a DARK monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can destroy all monsters my opponents control.” Kim discarded Darknight Parshath and the angel released a dark pulse with its slash, destroying the face-down monster and the fox. Backfire released a fireball at Kim (Kim 8000 -> 7500). “Darklord Zerato, attack Heather directly.” The angel slashed at Heather (Heather 3800 -> 1000). “I place a card face-down and end my turn. Darklord Zerato now gets destroyed during the End Phase.” The dark angel crumbled into dust and a face-down card appeared.

 

“It’s my move,” yelled Heather. “I draw!” Thank you for your Simultaneous Loss card, Derek. It really helped set up my combo.

 

No problem, my friend, replied Derek in thought, telepathically. It helped out my combo as well. Don’t worry about that low Life score either, I’ll protect you with my face-downs.

 

Thanks. It means a lot, replied Heather telepathically. “I activate the card The Shallow Grave, so we’re each allowed to bring a monster back from the grave.”

 

“That would be the case, Heather, except I activate the trap No Reborn,” yelled Derek. “This turn, opponents can’t bring monsters back from the Graveyard, so it looks like only you and I will Special Summon our monsters.”

 

“Thank you, Derek. You didn’t really have to use that trap now though. You could have used it later to secure victory.”

 

“If it’ll help you, it’s always a good time to use my Traps.”

 

“Thanks, Derek.”

 

“So if you two will finish talking,” yelled Hunter. “What monsters will you summon? Heather has Fox Fire in her Graveyard and Derek has… wait, Derek, you don’t have any monsters in our Graveyard.”

 

“Actually, yes I do,” he said, revealing Dharc the Dark Charmer in his Graveyard. Heather showed Hiita the Fire Charmer in her graveyard. Two face-down monster cards appeared on the field.

 

“When did-!” Hunter then remembered Derek’s Simultaneous Loss trap card. “Oh.”

 

“Now I tribute two monsters to summon Lava Golem!” yelled Heather.

 

“But you only have one monster. You can’t summon using just your monster,” said Hunter.

 

“Which is why I’m using your monsters.” Hunter’s monsters melted away and Hunter was suddenly in a cage. A giant lava behemoth appeared him, holding up the cage (ATK 3000). “Lava golem can’t be Normal Summoned or Set, but is instead summoned to the opponent’s field by using 2 of the opponent’s monsters as Tributes. The controller of Lava Golem takes 1000 damage during each of their Standby Phases. But don’t worry; he won’t be with you for long. I activate Book of Taiyou.” A golden book with a sun and crystal eyes appeared. “With this, I can flip my face-down monster face-up.” The face-down revealed itself to be a red-haired girl with a brown coat, blown gloves, a red staff, a blue skirt, and a small fox as a familiar (ATK 500). Heather looked exactly like the girl. “Hiita’s special ability activates, letting me gain control of a FIRE monster an opponent controls.” The girl raised her staff and it started to glow. The giant lava behemoth disappeared, freeing Hunter from the cage. The cage appeared around Heather and the lava behemoth now held the cage up on her side of the field. “Lava Golem, attack Hunter and wipe out the rest of his Life Points.” The behemoth held up its arm over Hunter. A piece of molten rock hit him in the head (Hunter 2250 -> 0). Hunter’s two face-downs disappeared.

 

“Hunter! Are you alright?” asked Kim.

 

“Well Kim, I hope you can handle these two,” said Hunter. He tried to get up but couldn’t. “I believe in you Kim,” he said, trying to hold back tears of pain.

 

“Hunter….”

 

“Now that he’s out of the way, Hiita, attack Kim directly.” The girl waved around her staff a little bit and released a small fiery blast (Kim 7500 -> 7000). “I end my turn.”

 

“It’s my move then. I draw!” yelled Derek as he drew a card. “I summon Torch Golem.” A giant robot with a circular saw where a head should be, chains, and claws appeared on Kim’s side of the field (ATK 3000). Two smaller versions appeared on Derek’s field (ATK 0). “I now Flip Summon Dharc the Dark Charmer.” His face-down monster revealed itself to be a boy with brown hair, a tattered brown coat, white bandages around his arm and knees, a bracelet, a red-brown staff, and a bat as a familiar (ATK 500). Derek looked exactly like that boy. “Now I activate his Flip Effect: he takes control of a DARK monster you control, so I’m taking Torch Golem.” The dark boy raised his staff and darkness appeared in the eyes of his staff. The giant robot walked over to the boy. “Torch Golem and Dharc, attack Kim directly.” The giant robot punched with its claw and the boy released a dark blast from his staff (Kim 7000 -> 3500). “I end my turn.” Now, let’s see how powerful the darkness in your soul is.

 

“It’s my move. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Kim’s darkness grew noticeably stronger.

 

Yes, show your darkness! thought Derek.

 

“I activate Allure of Darkness, so I draw 2 cards and remove a DARK monster from play.” She removed Cyber Ouroboros from play. “Since Cyber Ouroboros was removed from play, I can draw a card and discard a card.” Kim drew a card and discarded Dark Nephthys. “Since I have 5 or more DARKs in my Graveyard and I control no monsters, I can summon The Dark Creator.” A black, human-like monster with orange wings appeared (ATK 2300). “By removing a DARK monster from my Graveyard from play, I can Special Summon another DARK monster, so I remove Dark Grepher to summon Dark Horus.” A giant, black dragon with an orange duel on its head appeared and caused a solar eclipse (ATK 3000). “Now, Dark Creator, attack Hiita.” The black, human-like monster created a dark lightning ball.

 

“I-” Derek started.

 

“No, Derek. Save your cards. I’ll do one last thing before I’m finished off. I activate Spiritual Fire Art – Kurenai.” A spiritual symbol appeared. “With this, I sacrifice my Lava Golem to inflict 3000 damage to Kim.” The giant lava behemoth and cage turned into energy, flew into the center of the symbol, transformed into a giant fireball, and exploded on Kim (Kim 3500 -> 500). The lightning ball strike hit the little girl (Heather 1000 -> 0). “Derek, I know you can win using your face-downs.”

 

“But, Heather, we could have lasted one more turn together.”

 

“Not really. Lava Golem would have taken away the last of my Life Points. I was doomed anyway unless I drew a Quick-Play healing card. Use that face-down to protect yourself. You’ll need it.”

 

“Heather….”

 

“I attack your Dharc with Horus.” The big dragon flew over to the boy with the staff.

 

“I activate my trap, Dimensional Prison.” A void appeared, sucking the dragon into it. The sky cleared up again.

 

“I end my turn.”

 

“It’s my turn then. I draw!” Derek drew a card. “I activate Fissure.” The ground started to break, causing the human-like monster to fall in. “Dharc, attack Kim directly!”

 

The boy started to swing his staff around until it released a magical blast.

 

“I activate Waboku.” A few girls in green shirts and blue coats appeared. “I take no Battle Damage this turn.”

 

“Whatever. You’re just prolonging your misery. I switch my two tokens to Defense mode and I end my turn.” The two tokens bent down.

 

“It’s my move then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon Dark Valkyria!” A girl in purple clothes and blue and black armor, as well as black wings, appeared (ATK 1800). Kim’s outfit looked quite similar to it. “Dark Valkyria, attack Dharc the Dark Charmer.” The girl in armor flew over to the boy with the staff and used a dark power to choke him (Derek 8000 -> 6700). “Now that Dharc is gone, so is the influence over Grinder Golem.” The giant machine walked over to Kim. “Now destroy one of those Grinder Tokens.” The giant machine punched one of the smaller machines. “I end my turn.”

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Derek drew a card. “This is the end. I tribute my Torch Token to summon Caius the Shadow Monarch.” The little machine transformed into a rainbow portal through which a dark human-like, armored figure with horns and an immense dark presence appeared (ATK 2400). “Now his ability removes a card from play, and if it’s a DARK monster, you take 1000 damage. I remove Torch Golem.”

 

“Not so fast. I activate Divine Wrath, so I discard a card to negate your monster’s effect and destroy it.” Kim discarded Dark Simorgh and a lightning bolt instantly obliterated Caius.

 

“Very well. I place a card face-down and end my turn.” A face-down card appeared in front of Derek.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card.

 

“I activate Gift Card, so you gain 3000 Life Points.” A gift card opened up and gave Kim 3000 Life Points (Kim 500 -> 3500). “Now I activate the trap called Life Trap." A scythe appeared near Kim's head. "At the end of the turn, you will lose twice the amount of life you gained this turn. You better have drawn a powerful monster or else you lose.”

 

Kim looked at the card she drew. “No. No I did not.”

 

“Then I win.”

 

“Not quite. I activate the card Dark Armed Portal.”

 

“What!?”

 

“With this, if I have 2900 or more Life Points and 4 or more DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I pay all but 100 Life Points and all DARK monsters in my Graveyard are removed from play, but I can summon Dark Armed Dragon from my hand, Deck, or Graveyard, ignoring its Summoning Conditions, so I summon Dark Armed Dragon.” Kim lost a large chunk of her Life Points (Kim 3500 -> 100) and a big, dark, spiky-armored dragon appeared (ATK 2800). “I may not be able to use its effects, but I don’t need to. I attack with all three of my monsters.” The girl with the black wings unleashed a dark, strangling attack, the giant machine punched Derek, and the giant armored dragon hit Derek with his tail (Derek 6700 -> 0).

 

[spoiler=Chapter 43]

All the holograms faded away. “Hunter and I won,” said Kim. So our secret is safe.

 

“Okay, so you don’t need to tell your story,” said Derek.

 

“Well this is horrible!” said Heather.

 

“Don’t worry about it,” said Derek. He hugged Heather. “We tried.” All the other girls ran over to Derek and hugged him. “Thanks girls. I’m so glad I’m in your Charmer group. You girls are awesome.”

 

“If you think this group is awesome now, just wait until we find the 6th Charmer,” said Erika excitedly. “When we find her today, you’ll have FIVE awesome girls with you.”

 

The 6th Charmer? thought Kim. The Light Charmer? Is it really possible that she would be in this school? Why is it so impor-

 

“Kim,” Hunter broke her train of thought. “Is that your real deck? That Dark deck?”

 

“Yeah it is.”

 

“Then that Easter Egg deck was just-”

 

“No. The Easter Egg deck is my main deck. My dad gave me this Dark deck. I figured that, since I couldn’t dress as Easter Knight, I might as well use this Dark deck and dress as Dark Valkyria.” I soon need to face Gemini. I don’t want to tell him too much or he might get involved, and he doesn’t need to get involved.

 

“Okay, I just wanted to be sure.” Hunter turned as if to walk away, and then turned toward Kim again. “Are you feeling alright?” asked Hunter. “I mean, you seem different today for some reason.”

 

“Yeah, I’m alright,” said Kim.

 

“Good.” Hunter started to walk away.

 

“Hunter, wait.” Kim walked over to Hunter. “How did you recover so fast? I mean, a few minutes ago you couldn’t even get up off the ground. Now it’s like you don’t remember it.”

 

“Remember what?”

 

“Never mind.”

 

“Okay. See ya, my friend.” Hunter started to walk away, but then turned around and hugged Kim. “Thank you so much for winning this duel,” he whispered in Kim’s ear. “I’m glad that tournament stayed a secret, otherwise the people who would believe me would get really jealous.” Hunter then walked away.

 

Kim continued walking around the Dueling Field. So many Duel Monster costumes. Yet all of them are Levels 4 or lower. All of a sudden, she felt someone tapping on her shoulder. She turned to the right to see who it was. It was somebody in a black cloak and a scythe. Kim then saw his eyepatch. Mike.

 

“Duel me,” he said. “I shall defeat you and get revenge on you for sending those girls out to get me and take my best cards.” He put on a Duel Disk.

 

“But I didn’t- fine, I’ll take your challenge.” Kim activated her Duel Disk.

 

“Let’s duel,” they yelled as they drew 5 cards.

 

“I’ll go first. I draw!” Mike drew a card. “I activate Stray Lambs, so I get two Lamb Tokens.” Two round lambs appeared (DEF 0). I set a monster and 3 face-downs and end my turn.” Four face-down cards, one turn sideways, appeared on the field.

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Awesome! “I send Dark Horus to the Graveyard to summon Dark Grepher.” Dark Horus was sent to the graveyard and a dark swordsman with a black sword and demonic overalls appeared (ATK 1700). “Now I use his effect: I send Darknight Parshath to the Graveyard so I can send another monster to the Graveyard.” Kim searched her deck and found a card she was looking for: Necro Gardna. She sent it to the Graveyard. “I summon Prometheus, King of the Shadows.” A dark shadow figure with golden bone armor and a purple cape appeared (ATK 1200). “I use its effect: I remove Darknight Parshath from the Graveyard and Prometheus gains 400 ATK.” The Darknight Parshath card was sucked into a different dimension and the shadow king drew more powerful (ATK 1200 -> 1600). “Now I discard Dark Elf and activate D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation. Now I can bring back a monster I removed from play, so I bring out Darknight Parshath.” A dark fairy centaur with purple armor, a sword, a white and orange shield, and orange hair appeared (ATK 1900). The D.D.R. card showed itself behind the fairy centaur. “Darknight Parshath gains 100 ATK for every DARK monster in my Graveyard.” The sword glowed (ATK 1900 -> 2200). “I attack all your monsters.”

 

“I activate a trap.” It revealed itself, but didn’t do anything. The dark swordsman cut a lamb in half, the shadow king shot a shadow ball at a lamb, and the fairy centaur attacked the face-down. It was a brown leg and was destroyed instantly.

 

That couldn’t have been the Left Leg of Exodia, could it? “Since my Parshath destroyed a monster by battle, I can remove a DARK monster from the Graveyard to draw a card.” The Dark Elf card was sucked into a different dimension and Kim drew a card. The centaur’s sword weakened (ATK 2200 -> 2100). “I end my turn.” A card appeared face-down. The shadow king’s ATK reduced (ATK 1600 -> 1200).

 

“This turn is far from over. You obviously didn’t notice my Human-Wave Tactics card. My Human-Wave Tactics card lets me summon 3 weak Normal monsters from my deck. I choose to summon my 3 remaining pieces of Exodia.” A brown right leg, right arm, and left arm appeared on their cards (all DEF 300). “But it’s my turn. I draw!” He drew a card. “I set another monster and end my turn.” A sideways face-down card appeared.

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. He had all of Exodia, until my old friends took Exodia the Forbidden One from him. Poor guy. I need to get Exodia back to him. I need to defeat James for yet another reason. “I summon Armageddon Knight.” A man with poorly built black armor, a red scarf, and a silver sword appeared (ATK 1400). “With its effect I can send a DARK monster from deck to my Graveyard.” She looked through her deck and sent Darklord Zerato to the Graveyard. “Now I remove Darklord Zerato and Dark Horus from the Graveyard to put Dark Nephthys into the Graveyard.” She put Dark Nephthys into the Graveyard. “One turn from now it will be summoned, letting me destroy a Spell or Trap card on the field when it is Special Summoned. But until then, I’ll have my Darknight Parshath attack your face-down and my other monsters destroy your Exodia limbs.” The dark swordsman slashed at the right arm, the man with the red scarf slashed at the right leg, the shadow king shot a dark energy ball at the left arm, and the fairy centaur slashed at the face-down. It was a figure with a black cloak and a scythe with a skull on it.

 

“When Emissary of the Afterlife is destroyed we can each add a Level 3 or lower Normal monster to our hands.” He searched his deck, while Kim didn’t. I knew she didn’t have Normal monsters in that deck. He chose a card and showed it to Kim. It was Mystical Shine Ball.

 

“I end my turn.”

 

“Now my Human-Wave Tactics can Summon 3 more monsters. I choose 3 Mokey Mokeys.” Three white, square fairies appeared (all ATK 300). “Now it’s my move. I draw!” She drew a card. “I activate Lightning Vortex, which causes me to discard a card and destroy your monsters.” He discarded a card and a lightning storm destroyed all of Kim’s monsters. “Now I activate Foolish Revival, letting me bring back Necro Gardna from your Graveyard.” A heavy silver armed man with green armor and red armor stacked on top the green armor appeared crouched down (DEF 1300). The man stood up (ATK 600). “I summon Mystical Shine Ball.” A glowing ball appeared (ATK 500). “Now I activate Magic Planter, letting me send Human-Wave Tactics to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards.” The card disappeared and he drew 2 cards. “I activate Enemy Controller.” A controller appeared. “This will let me change Necro Gardna to Attack Mode.” The armored man stood up (ATK 600). “Now I play Mokey Mokey Smackdown!” The card appeared. “Now I play Pot of Avarice, which lets me return the 4 limbs of Exodia and Emissary of the Afterlife to my deck so I can draw 2 cards.” The five monsters returned to the deck and he drew 2 cards. “Nice! I send a card from my hand to the Graveyard to activate Wicked-Breaking Flamberge – Baou and I equip it to Mokey Mokey.” He sent a card from his hand to the Graveyard and a sword appeared behind one of the square fairies, raising it’s ATK strength (ATK 300 -> 800). “Now I can end this. Mystical Shine Ball, attack Necro Gardna.” The ball flew over to the armored man. He punched it, destroying it (Mike 8000 -> 7900).

 

“What was the point of that attack?” Then all the square fairies grew huge and red (all ATK 3000). One of them picked up the sword behind it. “Wait, what happened?”

 

“Mokey Mokey Smackdown causes the ATK of all Mokey Mokeys I control to become 3000 during the turn a Fairy-type monster I control is destroyed by battle. Now I’ll have my Flamberged Mokey Mokey attack Necro Gardna.” The large square fairy with the sword slashed at the armored man (Kim 8000 -> 5600). “The other two Mokey Mokeys, finish her off!” The two other red fairies charged forward.

 

“Not so fast. I activate Necro Gardna which means I can negate your attack.” He tried reaching for it, but it didn’t appear. “Wait, what happened?”

 

“A monster destroyed by a monster equipped with the Flamberge has its effect negated. Necro Gardna is useless.” The two fairies continued their body slams (Kim 5600 -> 0). Kim fell down from the impact of the Solid Vision. The holograms disappeared. Mike walked over to Kim. A white light appeared from behind his eyepatch. “Now I shall get my revenge….”

 

The next chapter is a long one, so it will be on my next post, post 32.

[ragnarok1945]

excellent. Then I hope to see it up before the end of the weekend

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 44]

“I shall pass my judgment on you,” said Mike, with a bright white light underneath his eye patch. “With my light eye I will shed some light on the truth and prove that you put up those dark girls to steal my rarest, most powerful cards. I bet you still have the last 2, and I will find out where they are and I will get them from you.” The light grew brighter and Kim closed her eyes and then was just still. Mike’s physical body became still, but his spirit was now in Kim’s mind.

 

~Kim's Memory Hallway~

 

Now to explore those memories, thought Mike. He was in a dark hallway with a door behind him. Then various large squares of memories appeared in front of him, each from various times in Kim’s life, seemingly going in chronological order. They didn’t seem to be equally spaced along the timeline though. He walked into one.

 

~Memory~

 

Kim, at this time obviously a little bit younger, was wearing a green shirt, a blue miniskirt, and a black E on each of her hands. Everyone was unaware of Mike's presence. “I attack directly with Easter Knight!” she yells. A woman in green and purple armor and a sword slashed at the opponent, dropping his Life Points to zero, causing his Duel Disk to explode. “You lost, so hand over your rarest card,” she said, walking up to him. The boy handed over a Mirror Force and ran away.

 

Four girls, all wearing green shirts, blue miniskirts, and black E’s on their hands walked over to Kim. “Good job, Kim,” said the girl with red hair. “Today’s ‘Easter epiphany’ was awesome! How about we continue this ‘epiphany’ past Easter and continue to show the boys of Old Satellite a girl’s true power?”

 

“Yes, let’s. I think this wagering rare cards deal might get quite profitable,” Kim said, showing the other girls the Mirror Force.

 

As I thought. thought Mike. But I should check out the rest of this girl’s memories. After all, this one doesn’t tell me where Orichalcos Shunoros or Exodia the Forbidden One are. He walked out of this memory block.

 

~Kim's Memory Hallway~

 

He continued walking down the dark hallway of memories. He then sees a block, but it had a lock on it. He tried walking into it, but it felt like a solid block. This dark girl, Kim, has some of her memories locked away by dark powers. His eye glowed for a second, but the block didn’t change. This lock wasn’t created by her darkness. It must have been created by a stronger darkness. He continued walking down the dark hallway that is Kim’s memory. He then sees another memory block and walks into it.

 

~Memory~

 

“Hey, we can’t defeat this one, Kim,” said a girl with red hair, a green shirt, a blue miniskirt, and black E’s on her hands. “I guess it was a good thing we stopped using those cuffs a few weeks ago, otherwise we would have had our disks blown up. Why did you stop having us use them anyway? You never told us.”

 

Kim approached the boy. His eyes were gray with a vertical black streak. “I must admit, you must be pretty tough to defeat all my friends. What’s your name?”

 

“I’m James.”

 

“Alright, James, I guess you’ll have to go against me now.” Kim activated her Duel Disk. “But let’s say we make this duel more interesting? We wager our rarest cards.”

 

“No thanks. My ace card is important to me to risk.”

 

“Really? Interesting.”

 

“Thanks. You seem to be quite cool yourself. Not to mention very cute.” James winked.

 

“Thanks,” Kim said, blushing.

 

“Can you guys just get to the duel!?” yelled the red-headed girl.

 

“Sure.” James activated his Duel Disk. It was a regular, gray Battle City duel disk, quite damaged. James and Kim drew 5 cards. “Mind if I go first?”

 

“Sure, go ahead.”

 

“Thanks. I forgot to ask, does such a cute girl have a name?”

 

“Kim.”

 

“Okay Kim. I draw!” He drew a card. “I activate Card Destruction, causing us to discard all the cards in our hands.” He revealed his cards to be Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World, Broww, Huntsman of Dark World, Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World, Sillva, Warlord of Dark World, and Celri, Monk of Dark World, discarded them, and drew 5 more cards. Kim discarded her hand and drew 5 cards. “Now my monster’s effects activate: Beiige, Goldd, and Sillva are Special Summoned to my field, Celri to your field, and Broww lets me draw a card.” He drew a card, three demonic creatures all wearing armor, one gold, one silver, and one beige, appeared on his field (ATKs 2300, 2300, and 1600, respectively), and a demonic creature wearing cerulean armor appeared on Kim’s field (DEF 300). “Now Celri causes its controller’s opponent to discard a card at random.”

 

“But that’s you. I control Celri, so you have to discard a card at random.”

 

“That’s right. Now you choose.” He put his finger on one card in his hand. “1”, then he moved his finger to the next one, “2”, then the next one, “3,” the next one, “4”, the next one, “5”, and then the last one, “6.”

 

“I choose 4.” The cerulean-armored creature threw his spear at the fourth card James put his finger on.

 

“Sorry, but that was a big mistake.” The spear went through the card, but another larger monster of shiny, rainbow colored armor appeared (ATK 2500). “You activated Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World’s effect. Reign-beaux’s effect lets me Special Summon it when it is discarded by an opponent’s effect and then I can destroy either the opponent’s monsters or their spells and traps. Since the only card you have in play is Celri, I choose monsters.” The giant demon with rainbow armor slashed at the tiny cerulean-armored demon. “Now I activate Dark World Dealings, so we each draw a card and discard a card.” Kim drew and discarded a card. James did the same. “Now I remove Broww, Celri, and Renge from my Graveyard to summon Dark Necrofear.” The monster cards were sucked into a dark void and a bald, blue, human-shaped creature with a destroyed baby doll in her arms appeared (ATK 2200).

 

“No! That’s his ace card!” yelled Kim’s follower who had short, blue hair.

 

“Now I activate my spell card, Mischief of the Time Goddess. With this, I can go straight to my next turn’s Battle Phase, which means I can attack. I attack with all my monsters.” The four demons charged forward and slashed at Kim with various weapons while the bald, blue human-shaped creature shot a red laser beam at Kim. “Looks like I win, Kim.”

 

“Don’t be so sure.” Kim’s Life Points were still 8000. All of James’ monsters were gone. The damaged baby doll was lying on the ground.

 

“How?”

 

“I activated a trap from my hand, Surprise Easter Trap. I remove 5 “Easter Eggs” from my Graveyard from play and they are all treated as being removed from play by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt, and then I can activate the effect of a Trap in my Graveyard and remove it from play. I chose Mirror Force.”

 

“What? That’s not fair.”

 

“Neither is using Mischief of the Time Goddess to win on the first turn.”

 

“Touché. I end my turn. Unfortunately I can’t use Dark Necrofear’s effect.” The doll disappeared.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. Kim didn’t have Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt in her hand. “I activate Miraculous Egg Emergence. With this, I can activate 5 more Easter Eggs from my deck. I activate Easter Eggs 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9.” Five green and blue eggs with different pink numbers appeared. “I activate their effects: 1 lets me gain 500 Life Points, 2 causes you to lose 500, 9 lets me drain 250 from you, 5 lets me draw a card, and 9 lets me pay 1500 Life Points to draw 2 cards.” Kim was surrounded by a white aura but then a black aura as she drew 3 cards (Kim 8000 -> 7250) and James was surrounded by a black aura (James 8000 -> 7250). The eggs turned gray. “I summon Egg Treasurer.” A small, green and blue dragon with pink claws appeared sitting down (ATK 1500). “I use its effect to remove Easter Egg 2 by the effect of Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The small dragon picked up the egg with the pink 2 and it disappeared. “I activate Egg Draw, so I draw 4 cards, one for every “Egg” Continuous Spell I control.” Kim drew 4 cards. “Since 5 or more of my Easter Eggs are removed by their effects, I can summon Easter Knight.” A woman in green and blue armor with a green-bladed sword with a blue hilt appeared (ATK 2400). “I equip her with Easter Egg Scepter, so she gets a 1000 attack boost.” The sword transformed into a green scepter with a blue egg-shaped orb (ATK 2400 -> 3400). “I activate my Scepter’s effect to activate the effect of Easter Egg 6, so I discard 2 cards and gain 1500 Life Points.” A 6 appeared in the orb of the scepter. Kim discarded 2 cards and a white aura surrounded her (Kim 7250 -> 8750). “Now I attack directly with both my monsters.” The small dragon ran over to James and slashed at James while the armored woman just shot a magical blast at James (James 7250 -> 2350). “I end my turn. Now my four remaining eggs are removed from play by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The other eggs disappeared.

 

“It looks like I’ll have to turn this duel around this turn. I draw!” He drew a card. “I activate Pot of Avarice.” A purple pot with gems for teeth and a small moustache appeared. “With this I can return Goldd, Sillva, Beiige, Reign-Beaux, and Dark Necrofear to my deck and draw 2 cards.” He shuffled those 5 monsters back into his deck and drew two cards. The pot shattered. “I set a monster and use Creature Swap. Choose the monster you want to swap.”

 

“Of course I choose my Egg Treasurer.” A facedown monster appeared on Kim’s field and a green and blue dragon sat on James’ field.

 

“I activate Book of Taiyou, flipping your Morphing Jar face-up.” An orange book opened and released a lot of light, causing a rock jar to appear and for a small, black spirit to appear in it (ATK 700). “Now its effect causes each of us to ditch our hands and draw 5 new cards. Seem familiar?” They both discarded their cards and drew 5 cards. “I activate the effects of Reign-Beaux and Sillva in my Graveyard. They are now summoned.” A demonic creature in silver armor and a demonic creature in rainbow-colored armor appeared (ATKs 2300 and 2500, respectively.) “Now their effects activate: Reign-Beaux destroys your monsters and Sillva causes you to return 2 cards in your hand to the bottom of your deck.” Kim sent two cards in her hand to the bottom of her deck while the biggest demonic creature slashed at the jar and the woman in armor. The scepter shattered. “I know that Scepter will wipe me out with its ability, unless I use Stop Trigger. With this quick-play spell, this card stops your trigger effect from activating.” The scepter disappeared. “Now I activate Burial from a Different Dimension to return my 3 monster cards to the Graveyard.” The cards flew out of a dark void. “But I remove them again for Dark Necrofear.” The cards were sucked into the dark void and the bald, blue, human-shaped creature with a destroyed baby doll appeared (ATK 2200). “Now I attack with all my monsters!” The dragon ran and slashed at Kim, the silver-armored demon slashed at Kim with a blade, the rainbow colored demon stabbed Kim with a gold trident, and the bald, blue creature shot a red laser beam at Kim (Kim 8750 -> 250). “I end my turn. I bet next move will be your last move.”

 

“Yeah. Hopefully it will be all I need. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Nice! I activate Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The forest appeared around them with two trees holding up a sign that said “Scavenger Hunt.” A box with the 10 green and blue eggs appeared next to Kim. “Since all the Eggs are removed from play by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt and I control said card, I can activate Scavenger Hunt Complete!, which activates Trophy Egg and destroys Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The card “Scavenger Hunt Complete!” showed itself and the forest disappeared and the 10 eggs flew into the air and fused into one big, golden egg. “With its effect, I can activate the effects of as many of the removed eggs as I want. I activate the effects of Easter Eggs 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9.” The golden egg slowly started to show the pink numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9. “I gain 500 Life Points, you lose 500, I drain 500 from you, I draw a card, you discard a card, and I get destroy a monster. I destroy Reign-Beaux.” Kim drew a card and a white aura surrounded her (Kim 250 -> 1000), a dark aura surrounded James (James 2350 -> 1600), and a dark curse surrounded the big demon, causing it to shatter. “Now I activate Hidden Armory.” The card showed itself. “I send the top card of my deck to my Graveyard and I add an equip card from my deck or Graveyard to my hand, provided I don’t Normal Summon or set this turn. I choose Easter Egg Scepter.” She added it from her Graveyard to her hand. “I activate The Warrior Returning Alive, letting me return Easter Knight to my hand.” The card showed itself and Kim added Easter Knight from her graveyard to her hand. “Now I summon Easter Knight and equip it with the Scepter.” A woman in green and blue armor with a green-bladed sword and a blue hilt appeared. The green and blue scepter replaced the sword (ATK 2400 -> 3400). “I activate the effect of Easter Egg Scepter, which lets me activate the effect of Easter Egg 2, which means you lose 500 Life Points.” A 2 appeared in the scepter and James was surrounded by a dark aura (James 1600 -> 1100). “Now I’ll have Easter Knight attack your Sillva.” The knight released a magical blast, destroying the silver-armored demon (James 1100 -> 0). The holograms disappeared. “Well, it looks like I won, James.” She walked over to him. “But you’re an excellent duelist.”

 

“Thank you. You are too.” Kim slightly blushed. Mike then heard Kim’s thoughts in this scene: Wow. For some reason, I can tell he’s telling the truth. I haven’t been able to do that with anyone before.

 

Mike left this memory block.

 

~Kim's Memory Hallway~

 

He continued walking down the hallway, looking for another memory relevant to his cards. He then saw one that took place in a hut. He walked in.

 

~Memory~

 

Kim and the four girls, all wearing green shirts, blue miniskirts, and black E’s on their hands, were at a table.

 

“I told you, ever since you took away our duel cuffs, we haven’t been able to stop any boys from dueling. We need to steal their rarest cards!” yelled the redheaded girl.

 

“Listen, Rita. Stealing is wrong. Wagering cards with their permission is one thing, stealing is another. Wagering wasn’t just for getting rare cards. It was a way of testing a person’s character. A true duelist would never wager their cards against someone who they think might respect their cards, no matter how confident they are or how weak the card is. I know I could win against anyone who doesn’t believe in their cards and I could take down their over-confident, ‘I’m indestructible’ attitude.”

 

“So you were dueling to try and figure out a person’s character?” yelled the redheaded girl. “Were you really just looking for a boyfriend the whole time!?”

 

“No. That wasn’t even in my mind. The fact that James came along and I started dating him was completely coincidental. The original mission was to let boys know girls are just as good at this game. We only had to go all out at the beginning in order to crush any big duel gangs. Since there aren’t any duel gangs left, we don’t need the duel cuffs or any of that. I just want to have more casual duels with rare card stakes to crush those with big attitudes. Stealing is unnecessary and against the plan.”

 

“Are you even listening to yourself!? I think love has gotten to your head! We need to be sure that every boy knows of our existence! We must take down every single one and prove girls are better at this game than boys.”

 

“No, you’re not getting it. The only thing we would be proving is that we are the best, not that girls are just as good as boys. Not only that, but it seems like I’m the one who ends up fighting all your battles.” Kim then looked like she just realized something. “I don’t feel like dueling like this anymore. I’m leaving the gang. If you girls think you can carry out your mission, go ahead, but you’ll have to do it without me.” Kim walked away. “Oh yeah, and I want you girls to find a different meeting place. I’ll let you stay today, but I want to keep this one.” Kim left the hut. Mike left this memory block.

 

~Kim's Memory Hallway~

 

Well, that one didn't have any info about the cards. This next one must, though. He walked into the next one.

 

~Memory~

 

Kim was sitting on a couch with James in that secret hut, holding hands. James leaned in. The four girls who were formerly Kim’s followers busted down the door just as Kim and James were about to kiss. “Ha, Kim, we proved you wrong! We defeated a strong boy and took his two best cards as our prize!” said Rita, revealing an Orichalcos Shunoros card and an Exodia the Forbidden one card..

 

“What!?” Kim looked at James. “Sorry, James, I think I need to talk to her.” Kim got off the couch and walked over to Rita. “You what!? I told you not to-”

 

“That was under your rules, but we don’t need to be under your rules. But that reminds me Kim. We want you to join our gang. We’ll even change it back to what you wanted it to be and follow you. We just wanted to prove we aren’t useless and that we can duel well. Please, will you join us again?”

 

“I can’t,” replied Kim, looking down and then back at James.

 

“Okay,” said Rita. “I realized how tough it is to be the leader of a duel gang. You pulled it off with ease though. I know this won’t change your mind, but take these 2 cards. I don’t have any use for them, and neither do any of the other girls, but you might eventually.” Rita held out the cards.

 

Kim took the cards. “Thanks, but I won’t you join you girls again. Now, if you don’t mind, I would like to get back to what I was doing before. See you later, Rita.” Rita closed the door. Kim hopped back onto the couch. “I’m sorry for that interruption. I needed to-” James pulled her close and planted a kiss on her lips. She blushed. “So, yeah. Here, I want you to have this.” She gave Exodia the Forbidden One to James.

 

“Thank you Kim. I’ll be sure to always have it with me.” James smiled and hugged Kim.

 

So Kim really wasn’t involved with those four girls at that point. Those four girls were acting independently from Kim, thought Mike. Wow. I hated Kim for no reason. I feel horrible. At least I found out where my cards are. Kim should still have Orichalcos Shunoros. Mike left this memory block.

 

~Kim's Memory Hallway~

 

Yeah, none of the rest of these memory blocks seem to have any new information concerning Shunoros or Exodia, so they should still be in their hands. He left out the door at the beginning of the dark hallway.

 

~Reality~

 

Kim regained consciousness. Mike’s physical body started moving again. “Hey, what happened?” asked Kim.

 

“I’m really sorry for how I treated you. I learned the truth, and I learned you really didn’t have anything to do with those cards being taken from me. I’m really sorry.”

 

“That’s okay,” said Kim. “You didn’t really know what happened.” Kim then remembered the Orichalcos Shunoros card. “I think you want this. I think I belongs to you.” She took out the Orichalcos Shunoros card and gave it to Mike.

 

“Thank you,” he said, taking the card and putting it in his deck. “Are you really okay with how I treated you, though? Do I owe you any compensation?”

 

“No. It’s okay. Everyone makes mistakes.”

 

“Thanks. I can’t believe you would forgive me with open arms like that.” Kim hugged Mike. “I didn’t mean that quite literally.”

 

“I know. But don’t worry, I don’t need anything from you, but, if you’re okay with hugging just hug me back.”

 

Mike put his arms around Kim. She isn’t like those other girls. Any of them. “Kim, was that boy in the warehouse really your ex-boyfriend? The same one who has Exodia the Forbidden One?”

 

“Yeah, why do you- no, you can’t be considering-”

 

“Yes. I will challenge him, defeat him, and get Exodia back.”

 

“No, Mike, don’t. This isn’t a situation I want you to get involved in. He isn’t entirely himself; he’s being possessed by a Lycanthrope spirit. I’m the only one with enough power to stop him. If you try, you’re only going to get hurt.”

 

“Don’t worry Kim. You saw how powerful my strategy is. I’m sure I can win like that again, especially since I have my Orichalcos Shunoros with me. Don’t forget I also have a power with me.” A light flashed through his eye patch again.

 

“Please don’t!”

 

“Don’t worry, I’ll win. Look, I’ll prove my skill and that my strategy is amazing.” He looked around. “Susa Soldier,” he yelled. “I challenge you to a duel!” He activated his duel disk. A white-haired boy’s duel disk activated. He turned around. He had white hair, a brown cloak, a brown breastplate with yellow lines, metal shoulder armor, and a gray and orange sword that released electricity. Along the left side of his face was a set of purple lines.

 

“Very well, Emissary of the Afterlife. You shall fall to the Spirits.” He and Mike drew 5 cards. A white, diagonal line split the screen in two. One side showed Mike’s head with a black hood and red contacts, a red word “Mike” near the top, and a yellow “LP 8000” near the bottom. The other side showed the white-haired kid’s head with all its markings, a white “Enemy” near the top, and a yellow “LP 8000” near the bottom. In the middle of screen, covering part of the white line, was a red and yellow “Vs.”

 

“I’ll go first! I draw!” yelled Mike as he drew a card. “I activate Scapegoat.” Four circular sheep appeared (DEF 0). “I set 2 face-downs and end my turn.” Two face-down cards appeared.

 

“Is that all?” said the white-haired boy. “I draw.” he drew a card. “This will be easier than I thought. I summon Asura Priest.” A blue man with 6 arms, blue hair, 2 faces, gold wristbands and bicep bracelets, a gold breastplate, blue shorts, and a red cape hanging over his shoulder (ATK 1700). “Asura Priest lets me attack all your monsters. Asura Priest, attack his monsters. Six Dagger Throw!” Six daggers materialized, and each arm threw one at a single sheep. Six more daggers materialized and he threw them at the next sheep. Six more daggers materialized and he threw them at the next sheep. Six more daggers materialized and he threw them at the last sheep. All the sheep were destroyed. “Now I equip my Mirror of Yata to Asura Priest.” A Mirror appeared behind the blue man. “This will stop it from returning to my hand. I place 1 card face-down and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared on his field.

 

“Not quite. I activate Human-Wave Tactics.” The trap card revealed itself. Since you destroyed 4 Level 2 or lower Normal monsters, I can Special Summon 4 Level 2 or lower Normal monsters from my deck. I choose Mystical Shine Ball and 3 Mokey Mokeys.” A shiny ball and three white, square fairies appeared (ATKs 500 and 300 each, respectively). “It’s my move. I draw!” Mike drew a card. “I summon Happy Lover.” A yellow ball with a heart on its forehead, eyes, pink wings, and purple wing-feet appeared (ATK 800). “Now I activate Nightmare Archfiends, so I tribute my Mystical Shine Ball to summon three Archfiend tokens to your field.” The ball disappeared and three tall, black demons with red eyes and blue hair appeared on the white-haired boy’s field (all ATK 2000). “Now I activate Magic Planter, so I send Human-Wave Tactics to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards.” Human-Wave Tactics disappeared and Mike drew 2 cards. Perfect! “I activate Mokey Mokey Smackdown.” The card showed itself. “Now, Happy Lover, attack that Asura Priest with Love Blast!” The fairy with a heart on its forehead flew up into the air and shot a pink heart-shaped blast out of its forehead.

 

I’ll let this attack go through, thought the white-haired boy. With Radiant Mirror Force facedown, I’ll just use it on his 3 Mokey Mokeys. At least he’ll take Battle Damage if I wait. Daggers materialized and the blue man threw them at the yellow fairy. The daggers flew threw the blast and stabbed the fairy in the forehead’s heart, shattering the heart and it (Mike 8000 -> 7100). The white, square fairies turned huge and red (all ATK 3000).

 

“Since a fairy was destroyed, my Mokey Mokeys’ ATK becomes 3000. Now you’ll feel the wrath of these guys.”

 

Go ahead, I’ll just activate Radiant Mirror Force.

 

“But first, since a Normal monster was destroyed, I can summon Orichalcos Shunoros.” A green Shakōkidogū-like monster without its arms and an Orichalcos symbol on its forehead appeared (ATK ?).

 

“So?”

 

“When he’s summoned, I can summon his two friends from my hand, on either player’s field. I summon Orichalcos Aristeros and Orichalcos Dexia.” A green left arm with the Orichalcos symbol on the shoulder appeared on the white-haired boy’s field (DEF 0) and a green right arm with the Orichalcos symbol on the shoulder appeared on Mike’s field (DEF 0). Then a long chain on green electricity flew from the arms to the holes on the giant, green Shakōkidogū where the arms would be. “Only the owner can utilize the effects of Orichalcos Aristeros and Orichalcos Dexia. When these two are together, they protect all Level 4 or lower Normal monsters from destruction by effects, as well as protecting my Shunoros from any destruction. And let’s not forget that Shunoros gains 1000 ATK for every monster you control.” The three demons, the blue man with six arms, and the green arm all started glowing and feeding power to the giant green Shakōkidogū (ATK 5000). “Orichalcos Shunoros, attack his Asura Priest.” The Shakōkidogū released a ring of light and it flew toward the blue man, destroying his mirror (Enemy 8000 -> 4700). “Now I attack your three demons with my powered up Mokey Mokeys.” Each giant, red fairy body slammed into a demon (Enemy 4700 -> 1700). “Thanks to my Nightmare Archfiends card, when one of those tokens is destroyed, you take 800 points of damage. Three were destroyed, so you take 2400.” Three small lightning bolts struck the white-haired kid (Enemy 1700 -> 0). The holograms disappeared. Mike looked at Kim. Thank you, Kim. I’m really glad I got back Orichalcos Shunoros. I’m also glad that I know where to find Exodia. But what’s most important of all is that I’m so close to being released.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 45]

The white-haired kid walked away. Mike then looked away from Kim, then at his deck, and then back at Kim. He smiled and walked away. Then a fairy with white boots, a short white skirt, red armor, white shoulder pads, white gloves, purple hair, a headdress with white wings and blue orbs, and white wings with blue orbs tapped Kim on the shoulder.

 

“Hey Dark Valkyria,” said the girl.

 

This girl has a strong light aura, thought Kim. “I suppose you’re challenging me to a duel? A duel of darkness vs. light?”

 

“Yup. I expect it will be an epic battle.” The girl with the white wings started to walk away, and then turned around and activated her duel disk. Kim activated her duel disk. Each of them drew 5 cards. A large crowd gathered. “Interesting. No big crowd gathered for any other duel.”

 

“You’re one of the Ethical Enchantresses, aren’t you?” asked Kim.

 

“Yeah. I am Reya, one of the chief leaders of the Ethical Enchantresses. Why, are you one of the Wicked Warlocks? Isn’t that an all boys group?”

 

“I’m not really with them, but since I have the last generation’s Leader’s deck, the deck of darkness, I wear the black school uniform, and I have dark powers, I am assumed to be with them, even though I’m not. I’m actually the daughter of the last generation’s leader, so I would be the leader if I were a boy.”

 

“Cool. Anyway, perhaps we should get this duel going. Mind if I go first?”

 

“Go ahead.”

 

“Awesome. I draw!” Reya drew a card. “I summon Consecrated Light.” A small, pink ball emitting light appeared (ATK 0). “I set 2 cards and end my turn. Two face-down cards appeared.

 

“It’s my turn then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon-”

 

“If its DARK, it can’t be Normal Summoned or Special Summoned, thanks to Consecrated Light. Now I activate Light of Invention.” The card and a bright light showed itself. “With Light of Intervention, monsters can no longer be set and are Normal Summoned in face-up defense position. In other words, you can’t play any DARK monsters.”

 

“Okay, now you’re just screwing with my strategy directly, rather than focusing on a LIGHT strategy.”

 

“Part of the LIGHT strategy is destroying the DARK strategy. Unfortunately, the DARK strategy doesn’t really have cards that disrupt the LIGHT strategy, does it?”

 

“No, but generic cards do. I activate Smashing Ground, letting me destroy your Consecrated Light.” A fist smashed the ball rather than the ground. “Now I can summon DARK monsters. I’ll start with my Dark Grepher. By sending Dark Horus from my hand to the Graveyard, I can summon Dark Grepher.” Kim sent the Dark Horus card to the Graveyard and a dark swordsman with a dark sword and demonic overalls appeared (ATK 1700). “Next I activate its effect: by sending a dark monster from my hand to the Graveyard, I can ditch another dark monster from my deck. I send Darknight Parshath.” Kim sent Dark General Freed from her hand and Darknight Parshath from her deck to the Graveyard. “Since I have 3 DARK monsters in my Grave, I can bring out Dark Armed Dragon.” A dark dragon armored with black metal appeared (ATK 2800). “I activate Allure of Darkness, so I can draw 2 cards and remove a DARK monster, or else I ditch my hand.” Kim drew 2 cards and Cyber Ouroboros was sucked into a dark void. “Since I removed Cyber Ouroboros, I can send a card in my hand to the Graveyard to draw a card.” Kim sent her last card, Darklord Zerato, to the Graveyard and drew a card. “I summon Armageddon Knight.” A man with poorly built armor, a sword, and a scarf appeared (ATK 1400). “With its effect, I can send a Dark monster from my deck to the Graveyard.” Kim sent Dark Nephthys to the Graveyard. “Now I remove Dark General Freed from the Graveyard to destroy your face-down card.” The Dark General Freed card was sucked into a dark void and the dragon shattered the facedown card. “Now I’ll attack with my monsters!” The giant dragon punched Reya and the two swordsmen slashed her with their swords (Reya 8000 -> 2100). “I end my turn.”

 

“You’ll pay for that. I draw!” Reya drew a card. “I activate Lightning Vortex. By discarding a card, this card destroys your face-up monsters.” Reya discarded a card and a lightning storm destroyed all the monsters. “Next I summon Barrier Statue of the Heavens.” A yellow statue of an angel with a circle behind it appeared (ATK 1000). This card prohibits any Special Summons except for LIGHT Special Summons, so that means no DARK Special Summons for you. I’ll attack with my statue.” The statue released light laser beams from its eyes (Kim 8000 -> 7000). “I end my turn.”

 

“It’s my turn again. I draw!” And I hope it’s a good one. She drew a card and looked at it. This might help. “I activate The Beginning of the End. I can only activate it when there are 7 DARK monsters in my graveyard. I remove 5 to draw 3 cards and I send this 1 card to the Graveyard. I remove Dark Horus, Darknight Parshath, Darklord Zerato, Dark Grepher, and Dark Nephthys.” Those 5 cards appeared and were sucked into the dark void. Kim drew 3 cards. Nice! “I summon Doomsday Horror.” A purple imp with small wings, green eyes, two bracelets on its left arm, and three earrings on its ears appeared (ATK ?). “His ATK points are equal to the number of DARK monsters removed times 300. There are 7 DARKs removed, so that’s 2100. Doomsday Horror, attack the Barrier Statue.” The purple imp started running toward the statue.

 

“I don’t think so. I activate Honest from my hand. With his effect, my statue’s ATK increases by the ATK of your monster for this battle.” The statue grew large, white wings (ATK 1000 -> 3100). The statue shot a laser beam at the imp, destroying it (Kim 7000 -> 6000).

 

“Doomsday Horror has another effect: when he’s destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, he gets joined by all those removed DARK cards.” The dark void opened up and seven DARK monsters flew out of the void and into Kim’s Graveyard. “I end my turn.”

 

“Good, so I can draw!” Reya drew a card. “I remove Consecrated Light and Honest from my Graveyard from play to summon Soul of Purity and Light.” Honest and Consecrated Light were sucked into a dark void and a translucent woman in white clothes appeared (ATK 2000). “I attack with both my monsters.” The statue shot a laser beam and the woman released a blast of light at Kim (Kim 6000 -> 3000). “I end my turn. Just remember that, not only can you not summon DARK monsters, but any of your monsters during your Battle Phase have their ATK reduced by 300.”

 

“Whatever. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I hope you’re ready, because I’ll probably win this turn. I activate Fissure, which will let me destroy your Barrier Statue.” The ground started to crack, causing the statue to fall in. “Now, since I have 5 or more DARK monsters in my Grave and no monsters on my field, I can summon The Dark Creator.” A dark, metallic, human-shaped creature with wings appeared (ATK 2300). Also, I now remove 7 different DARK monsters from my Graveyard to summon my most powerful monster, Rainbow Dark Dragon.” Darknight Parshath, Dark General Freed, Dark Grepher, Darklord Zerato, Dark Nephthys, Cyber Ouroboros, and Armageddon Knight were all sucked into a dark void and a long, slender, snake-like, black dragon with black wings and seven gems on its side, each a different color of the rainbow, appeared (ATK 4000). “Now to make sure this loss will be your darkest hour. I activate The Dark Creator’s effect: I remove Dark Armed Dragon from my Graveyard to Special Summon Dark Horus from the Graveyard.” The Dark Armed Dragon card was sucked into a dark void and a big, black dragon with claws appeared. The sun turned black, as if the moon were blocking it. “Now it’s time to battle. I attack your Soul with Dark Horus.” The big black dragon with claws released a dark flame from its mouth, destroying the fairy. The fairy should stop a little bit of the attack, but the rest of the dark fire overwhelmed her (Reys 2100 -> 1400). “Don’t worry, I’ll add some light to your darkest day. Rainbow Dark Dragon, attack. Dark Rainbow Refraction!” The long, dark dragon opened its mouth. First a circular rainbow appeared in front of its mouth, and then it blasted out a large rainbow beam straight at Reya (Reya 1400 -> 0). The holograms disappeared and the sun returned to normal. The crowd slowly walked away, except for Mike, who was walking toward the two girls. The two girls met in the middle with Mike.

 

“I must admit, Kim, that was amazing,” said Mike.

 

“Thanks,” said Kim. He then saw a round, yellow fairy spirit with a heart on its forehead behind Mike. Reya saw it as well.

 

“Oh wow, that little fella is so cute. You must have the card, Emissary of the Afterlife. May I have it, please?” Mike took out the Happy Lover card and handed it to her. “Awesome! Thanks!” She kissed Mike’s nose and ran off. The fairy spirit followed her.

 

“That was really nice, Mike. I just hope you have another weak, normal fairy.”

 

“No, but I do have this with me.” He took out a Gene-Warped Warwolf card out of his pocket and slid it into his deck. A white, standing-up wolf appeared behind him briefly. “It’ll be nice dueling with my Spirit Partner again.”

 

“Your spirit partner’s Gene-Warped Warwolf?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

“So why are you dressed as Emissary of the Afterlife?”

 

“Emissary of the Afterlife is more representative of my strategy: searching out a certain low Level normal monster.”

 

“Interesting choice.”

 

“Yeah, and I’d thought the Emissary costume would freak you out more.” He waved around his scythe.

 

“Yeah.” Kim and Mike just stood there for a minute.

 

“Do you believe in destiny?” Mike broke the silence. “Like that things were meant to happen for a reason?”

 

“Yeah, why? Do you?”

 

“I don’t know. It just seems weird how all this with my cards seemed to work. Nothing else in my life that involved girls seemed to work the way I wanted it to. Yet, for some reason, I feel like this time is different. I feel like I will get my Exodia back.”

 

“Good, because you will get Exodia back. I will ensure it.”

 

“Thanks.” Then a little mage in purple and gold clothing and a purple wand walked up to Kim.

 

“Dark Valkyria, I challenge you to a duel.” It sounded really young.

 

“Do I know you?” asked Kim. “You don’t seem to be from this school.”

 

“Hey, slow down, Arcanite,” yelled Arkana, dressed as a mage of some sorts with blue armor, a black cloak, and a big staff, running up to the little mage. “Sorry, Kim,” he said. “This is my little brother. I brought him in today to duel on Duel Spirit Day.”

 

“Yeah,” the little mage said. “My brother is called Arkana, and since I run a weaker Spellcaster deck, I get called Arcanite. Kind of like a little Arkana.”

 

“Your deck isn’t weaker,” said Arkana.

 

“But I always lose against you, brother,” said Arcanite.

 

“Your win record today is pretty good,” said Arkana. “Kim, duel against my brother.”

 

“Sure,” said Kim.

 

“Oh yeah, and I need to ask you something.” He waved his hand, signaling his brother to move away. Mike and Arcanite both moved away. “Please, will you join the Wicked Warlocks? I know you have the Dark deck. With that deck, you would become the leader instantly. Please, I really want you to join.”

 

“Why? Why is it so important that I join?”

 

“Because all the dark-powered sons from the last generation joined. Your father only had you, but you have dark powers. It’s important to keep the lineage, and that dark deck, going. I don’t care that you’re a girl, even though the others do. You’ll be the leader with that deck. Please Kim?” Arkana grabbed Kim’s gloved hands and held them in front of him. “Will you join?”

 

Kim looked away. “I’m sorry, but I have to say no. I’m the Guardian of Darkness, so I’ll fight by your side, but I don’t think I’ll join.”

 

“Okay. But in case you ever change your mind….” He took Kim’s left glove off her left arm, took out a pen, wrote something on it, and quickly put her glove back on her left arm.

 

“Your name and your phone number? Dude, I usually only want those if I’m interested.”

 

“Whatever, just for reference.” He then signaled for Arcanite to return. Arcanite ran back. “Okay Arcanite, you can duel now.”

 

“You must have been asking her either about her joining the Wicked Warlocks or about seeing if you can a date.”

 

“The first one,” said Arkana. “Anyway, prepare yourselves for the duel.” Kim activated her Duel Disk. Arcanite activated his.

 

“Let’s duel!” the two yelled.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 46]

“I’ll go first,” yelled Kim. “I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon Dark Valkyria!” A dark fairy with blue armor and black wings with red orbs appeared (ATK 1800). “I place a card face-down and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared.

 

“I’ll go now!” yelled Arcanite. “I draw!” He drew a card. “I activate Magical Citadel of Endymion.” A circular citadel appeared around them. They stood next to a tall tower. “Now I summon Magical Exemplar.” A woman with black hair and green clothes appeared (ATK 1700). “Now I activate Spell Power Grasp, which will let me place a Spell Counter on a card I control and then add a Spell Power Grasp from my deck to my hand. I choose my Citadel.” One of the stadium-shaped buildings started to glow (SC 0 -> 1) and Arcanite added a Spell Power Grasp card from his deck to his hand. Then another stadium glowed (SC 1 -> 2) and the woman’s hands glowed (SC 0 -> 2). “Oh yes, I forgot to mention that, when a Spell card is activated, my Citadel and Exemplar gets Spell Counters. Now I activate Arcane Summon. I remove a number of Spell Counters from the field and summon a Spellcaster from my deck with that many Levels. I remove 3 Spell Counters and summon Night Wing Sorceress.” A stadium stopped glowing (SC 2 -> 1), as did the woman’s arms (SC 2-> 0), and a purple-winged, purple-haired girl with pointy ears and a black dress appeared (ATK 1300). The woman’s hands started glowing again (SC 0- -> 2) as did the stadium (SC 1 -> 2). “Now I remove 2 Spell Counters from Exemplar to summon the Tuner monster Arcane Apprentice from my hand.” The woman in green clothes lifted her arms and cast a beam of light from her hands (SC 2 -> 0). A short, purple-clothed black mage with a staff appeared (ATK 1000). It looked very similar to Arcanite. “I activate Endymion’s Essence. I’ll get to its effect later, but right now it being activated gives cards Spell Counters.” Another stadium glowed (SC 2 -> 3) and the woman’s hands started glowing again (SC 0 -> 2). “This turn only, I can give the equipped monster up 4 Spell Counters, and its Level increases by the number of Spell Counters.” The woman’s hands started to glow much stronger (SC 2 -> 6, Level 4 -> 10). “With my Essense’s effect, I can remove any amount of Spell Counters and place them on my Citadel. I remove 5 of them to place on my Citadel.” The woman lost most of the glow in one hand and the entire glow in the other. Five more of the power centers in the citadels glowed (SC 3 -> 8). A purple force field was now quite visible. “Now I tune Arcane Apprentice with my now Level 5 Magical Exemplar to summon my Ace monster, Arcanite Magician.” The purple mage spun his wand and he turned into two white stars. The woman in green clothes jumped into the air. The two stars went around the woman, creating a green ring. The woman in green transformed into five white stars. A beam of light appeared. Meanwhile, Arcanite was yelling “The mastery of magic is rare in the world. Many see it as insignificant, a useless talent. Prove these non-magical cretins wrong. Synchro Summon! Appear, Arcanite Magician.” A purple man in a white cloak and horned hat with purple markings on it and a green staff appeared. It appeared to be hiding red armor underneath (ATK 400). “When he is Synchro Summoned, he gets two Spell Counters, each raising his ATK by 1000.” The ball at the end of the staff glowed brightly (SC 0 -> 2, ATK 400 -> 2400). “By removing a Spell Counter from cards I control, I can destroy a card. I remove two from my Citadel to destroy your two cards.” Two of the power centers turned off (SC 8 -> 6) and the white-dressed magician shot two green blasts at Kim’s cards, destroying them. “And don’t think I forgot about Arcane Apprentice’s ability: since it was used for a Synchro Summon, I can add Assault Mode Activate to my hand.” A card slid out of his deck and he grabbed it and revealed it. It was Assault Mode Activate. He set it, causing a facedown card to appear. “Now I attack you directly with my Night Wing Sorceress and Arcanite Magician.” The girl in the black dress released a blast of wind from her wings and the white-dressed magician released a magical blast at Kim (Kim 8000 -> 5300). “Now I use my Night Wing Sorceress’s effect to let me activate my Assault Mode Activate card the turn I set it.” The card revealed itself and the white-dressed magician disappeared. “This lets me bring out his true power. Come forth, Arcanite Magician/Assault Mode.” The same magician reappeared in red and purple battle armor and a bigger, more powerful staff. His white cloak is now his cape (ATK 900). “When he is summoned, he gets two Spell Counters, each powering him up 1000. And by removing both, he can destroy all cards you control.” The magician’s staff glowed (SC 0 -> 2, ATK 900 -> 2900). “I attack with my Assault Mode.” The magician released a bigger, more powerful blast of green energy (Kim 5300 -> 2400). “I end my turn.”

 

“It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. I’m going to need a strategy quick, otherwise that Assault Mode monster will destroy all my cards. I need to take it down first, and I have just the plan. “I activate Allure of Darkness, letting me draw 2 cards and remove a DARK monster from play.” Kim drew two cards. Dark Horus was sucked into a dark void. The citadel grew stronger (SC 6 -> 7). “Now I activate D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation. I discard a card and bring back my Dark Horus.” Kim discarded a card and a big, black dragon escaped the dark void, causing the sun to turn dark (ATK 3000). The dragon grew stronger still (SC 7 -> 8). “Next I summon Armageddon Knight.” A man with a sword, poorly built armor, and a scarf appeared (ATK 1400). “With its effect I can send a DARK monster to my Graveyard.” Kim sent Dark General Freed. “I remove Dark General Freed and Dark Valkyria from my Graveyard to place Dark Nephthys in my Graveyard.” Dark General Freed and Dark Valkyria were sucked into a dark void and Kim sent Dark Nephthys to her Graveyard. If this works, I’ll be home free. “Dark Horus, attack his Arcanite Magician/Assault Mode.” The dragon released a breath of dark fire, consuming the magician (Arcanite 8000 -> 7900).

 

“So close, yet so far. When my Arcanite Magician/Assault Mode is destroyed, all its Spell Counters are transferred to my Citadel, and I can bring back Arcanite Magician.” The citadel’s main tower started accumulating balls of energy since all the power centers were full and the forcefield grew stronger and more purple still (SC 8 -> 10). The white-dressed purple magician appeared again (DEF 1800). “Unfortunately, since he wasn’t Synchro Summoned, I can’t put any Spell Counters on him through his effect, but he can still destroy stuff.”

 

“I don’t plan on letting that happen. You’ll see after my Battle Phase, but until then, Armageddon Knight, destroy Night Wing Sorceress.” The poorly armored man slashed at the winged girl (Arcanite 7900 -> 7800). “Now I activate Fissure, wiping out your Magician.” The ground started to break apart, causing the magician to fall in. I may still have a while to go, but at least I have the upper hand with two monsters and he has no cards except for that field. But how important with this field be? I end my turn.”

 

“Good. I draw!” Arcanite drew a card. “You should be able to guess this move. I activate Spell Power Grasp, letting me place a Spell Counter on my field, not just with its effect but because it’s a Spell.” The citadel grew more powerful (SC 10 -> 12). “It also lets me add the next Spell Power Grasp to my hand.” A card slipped out of the deck and he revealed it Spell Power Grasp.

 

“Yes, but by activating a Spell card, you let me Special Summon a Level 4 monster from my Graveyard. I choose Necro Gardna.” A man wearing metal armor, red armor, and green armor appeared (DEF 1300).

 

“That won’t matter much. I remove 6 Spell Counters to Special Summon Endymion, the Master Magician.” The citadel became much less powerful, only leaving six power stations on and turning the tower off (SC 12 -> 6) and a magician in a black outfit with purple orbs, yellow lines, a purple cape interior, a yellow circle with Spell Counter symbols on it, and a staff with a circular end with spikes and a circle with a spell triangle in the center appeared (ATK 2700). “When he is summoned this way, I can add a Spell card from my Graveyard to my hand. The Endymion’s Essence card flew out of the Graveyard into Arcanite’s hand. “With my Endymion’s effect, I can discard a Spell card to destroy a card on the field. I discard Spell Power Grasp.” The black-outfitted magician charged up his power and released it on the black dragon. A huge explosion occurred and the sun turned bright again. “Now, Endymion, attack Armageddon Knight.” The black-outfitted magician blasted a magical blast at the poorly armored knight (Kim 2400 -> 1100). “I end my turn.”

 

Great. Now he’s got a really powerful monster out that can slowly destroy all my cards. I have one shot to get rid of it. “It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Because of its effect, Dark Nephthys gets resurrected.” A dark force flew from the Graveyard and it formed into a black phoenix with dark fire on its wings and head (ATK 2400). “When it is summoned, it destroys a Spell or Trap on the field. It’s time to destroy that citadel.” The black phoenix flew around, releasing fire all around the citadel. One of the power towers turned off (SC 6 -> 5) and the fires went out. “Wait, why wasn’t it destroyed?”

 

“I can remove a Spell Counter from my citadel to prevent destruction by a card effect. In other words, it’s nearly indestructible.”

 

“In that case, this last card will have to count. I tribute Dark Nephthys and Necro Gardna to summon Darklord Zerato.” Kim’s two monsters turned into rainbow balls of energy. They combined and formed a portal, of which came a dark angel with red wings and a black sword (ATK 2800). “Attack that Endymion!” The dark angel slashed at the magician, destroying it (Arcanite 7800 -> 7700). “I end my turn.”

 

“If I draw a Spellcaster that can have Spell Counters placed on it, I lose. I draw!” Arcanite drew a card. “I’ll set a monster and end my turn.” A sideways facedown card appeared.

 

“Is that it? It’s my turn then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Darklord Zerato, attack!” The dark angel slashed at the facedown card. It exploded. “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared.

 

“Then I’ll draw!” Arcanite drew a card. “I set a card and end my turn.” A card appeared facedown.

 

I’ll have to be careful. If I use my Spell card, he’ll be able to resurrect his Master Magician. If I let him do that, I’m a goner, and it’s only a matter of time before he gets a Spell card or a monster that uses Spell Counters. I hope I get the card I need. “I draw!” yelled Kim as she drew a card. She looked at it. I hope this will work. “I summon Shadowpriestess of Ohm.” A woman in purple and black clothing and a black hat appeared (ATK 1700). “Now I attack with Shadowpriestess of Ohm.” The woman lashed out with her red whips.

 

“I activate Magician’s Circle.” A green circle of spells appeared on each field. “We each now summon a Spellcaster with 2000 or less ATK from our decks. I choose Magical Marionette.” From Arcanite’s circle came a brown figure with a purple circle with a triangle in it. It held two swords. Yellow strings then appeared, as were two purple arms, a purple mask, and a red cape (ATK 2000). “I assume you don’t have any Spellcasters.”

 

“Actually, I can think of one I still have left in my deck. I summon Dark Elf.” A tanned female elf with purple hair, dark green clothes, and a yellow headwear appeared (ATK 2000). “I choose to continue my Priestess’s attack, but I activate my facedown Shrink to lower your Marionette’s ATK.” The card revealed itself and the puppet shrunk. Its stomach started glowing, it grew slightly bigger (SC 0 -> 1, ATK 2000 -> 1000 -> 1200), and another of the citadel’s power centers turned on (SC 5 -> 6). The woman in purple and black whipped the puppet, destroying it and causing the puppet master to disappear (Arcanite 7700 -> 7200).

 

“Thank you. Since you destroyed my Marionette, all its Spell Counters are transferred to the citadel.” The last power center turned on (SC 6 -> 7). “Next turn I can bring back my Endymion and completely destroy you.”

 

“You won’t get that opportunity, but you don’t have to take my word for it.” I attack directly with my Darklord Zerato and Dark Elf.” The dark angel slashed at Arcanite and the elf in green sucked away most of Kim’s power to unleash a dark blast at Arcanite (Kim 100, Arcanite 7200 -> 2400). “Now I activate my Shadowpriestess’s ability: I tribute all my DARK monsters and inflict 800 damage to you for each monster. That means you take 2400 damage.” All three of Kim’s monsters turned into a dark energy and exploded on Arcanite, making him fly back about fifty feet (about fifteen and a quarter meters) and land on his back (Arcanite 2400 -> 0).

 

Chapter 7 will be on my next post, Post #36.

[ragnarok1945]

I have a feeling there's going to be rivalry between Kim and Heather. Well done, as always

[Umbra]

Ever considered responding to criticism?

[ragnarok1945]

Mystery guest, you going to increase the rivals Kim will make at the school soon?

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 47]

The holograms disappeared and Arcanite stood up. “Kim, that duel was amazing!”

 

“Indeed it was,” said Arkana as he walked over to Arcanite. “I’m glad to see you have the skill to use that Dark Deck like your father did. Perhaps you’ll eventually be able to utilize true darkness and gain dark powers. You’re well on your way. Unfortunately, Arcanite here won’t be able to.” He put his hand on Arcanite’s shoulder and looked down toward Arcanite, who was looking down. “Don’t feel bad, Arcanite. Even though you won’t gain dark powers, I might be able to teach you some real, non-dark magic. And don’t worry, about this duel either. Kim’s a tough duelist. She usually uses Easter Eggs, but she handled that dark power and dark deck well.”

 

“Yeah. Thanks, Arkana,” said Arcanite. Arcanite started to walk away and Arkana started to follow him. Arcanite then looked at Kim and then at Arkana. “You like this girl, don’t you?”

 

“What!?” asked Arkana. “No, I just want her to join the Wicked Warlocks. She would be a great addition to the team as well as a great leader.”

 

“I don’t know,” said Arcanite. “She’s pretty cute. I think you have another reason to want her to join.”

 

“Oh, just shut it,” said Arkana. Arkana then smiled. “Sometimes I just don’t understand you, Arcanite.” Arkana looked at Kim. “See ya, Kim.” He and Arcanite walked away.

 

Wow, thought Kim. It’s only just this morning and already a lot has happened. And I didn’t even finish my tasks for today. I still need to defeat James or else this school is in danger. I need to get back everything I’ve lost and I need to settle things with James once and for all and get him out of my life completely. Kim went to her room to wait until night and prepare herself.

Night fell, and Kim was prepared with her dark necklace, her school uniform, and her dark deck in her duel disk. She loaded the Spirit Day box and clothes back into the box and then loaded the box into the giant Spirit Day box. The Spirit Day box was full, so she closed it. She then snuck to the warehouse. When she got there, she opened the door.

 

“I win!” yelled James at Mike, who was wearing his regular black school uniform. Mike’s Life Points dropped to 0. James walked over to Mike and took his deck. “That’s what you get for facing me.” He grabbed Mike by his coat and lifted him into the air.

 

“Hey!” yelled Kim. “Don’t fight him. How about dueling me instead? We have something to settle.”

 

James looked at Kim. “Oh yes, we do.” He threw Mike at Kim. Kim caught Mike.

 

Mike looked at Kim. “I’m sorry, Kim. I couldn’t defeat him.”

 

“This wasn’t your task to take. I told you I didn’t want you to fight him since I knew you would get hurt. This is my battle, not yours. I’ll be sure to get Exodia and you deck back though. I promise. But first, hold this for a second.” Kim put Mike down next to her and gave him the dark necklace. Then a dark aura covered Kim. When the darkness pulled away, she was wearing her black shirt, black shoes, a black miniskirt, black leggings, and had black nail polish and black mascara. Her duel disk transformed black as well. Mike backed away. “Can you hand me back the necklace?” Mike held out his hand. He was shaking. Kim grabbed the necklace and put it on. “Thanks Mike.” She noticed Mike was shaking. She could see the look of fear in his eye. “What’s wrong?”

 

“I… I… I never knew you had this much dark power!” Mike started to reply. “That much darkness could turn you against me.”

 

Kim sighed. She crouched down to Mike. He started to back away. Kim grabbed Mike’s hand. “Mike, don’t worry. I’m not overshadowed by the darkness at all. I am in complete control of my body when the darkness covers me. The big difference is that I can use dark powers.” Mike still had a look of fear in his eye. “Mike.” Kim crept a little closer to Mike. “Trust me, I’ll do whatever is necessary to protect you from James. Just trust me, okay? I won’t fall to the darkness.” Mike calmed down.

 

“Good.” Kim then looked toward James. “I’ll never let you get away with this, James, or should I say….” She saw a duel spirit inside James’ body. “Lycanthrope!”

 

A werewolf with bluish hair and blue pants appeared. “So, it seems you know my secret,” said Lycanthrope. James’ mouth moved when the spirit’s did. “Now I wonder how much you guess I’ve influenced your life.”

 

“Well, you certainly made today quite worrisome for me, does that count for anything?”

 

“You’re missing the big picture. You see, I’ve been in control of this boy for quite some time. He had a girlfriend at the time. I knew I would only be able to take control of him if he were depressed, so I had him break up with his girlfriend and then screwed with his memory to make him think he was dumped. You should have seen the look on that girl’s face when he broke up with her. Oh wait, it was your face.”

 

Kim was stunned. “So, it was you who made James break up with me?”

 

“Yep. Wow, you were so shocked. You were kinda okay with it, weren’t you, though? But he wasn’t. He became very depressed. You meant a great deal to him, so I made him a deal. I told him I would get his girlfriend back to him, but he would have to completely trust me. The instant he took the deal, I got full control of his body.”

 

“So it was you who broke James from me? The one who stole my Mirror Force?” Kim then thought. “The one who tried capturing me disguised as Gemini?”

 

“Yes. I have to admit, though, his burning hot passion for you was starting to get to me, so I knew I would have to find a way to make you his again soon. What other way than to make you two rule together in the darkness?”

 

“Wait a minute, how does getting James and I together again fit your plan?”

 

“During the entire time I’ve taken over this boy’s mind, I’ve been filling him with dark thoughts. Using the darkness I could get you two together again to rule under darkness. All the major sources of darkness would be on the dark side and I know you, the remaining powerful darkness source, wouldn’t turn against your boyfriend. See? This situation is a win-win for all of us. You two get each other and you two and the rest of the dark alliance rule the world. As for me, I’ll get the power to rule the duel spirits with the darkness I receive from the human world. If you just give into me in this duel, you’ll get your boyfriend back. After all, you want him back, don’t you?”

 

Kim looked at Mike, then James, then the werewolf. “No. I have too much to protect to fall into the darkness. I’ll win this duel and I’ll free James from you.”

 

“I assure you that such situation is not possible,” he said. “Only I can release my grip on James. But don’t take my word for it, let’s duel. If my some chance you win, you’ll see I’m still in control. Why do you think John couldn’t break James free?” A dark circle surrounded Kim and James. “I think you know how this works. Anyway, I don’t really feel like using my usual Gemini deck. I feel like using a slightly modified version of a deck you should remember.” He took out his Gemini deck, took out a few cards and put the Gemini deck in his pocket. He took out another deck and placed those cards in it, and then put that deck in his Duel Disk. The Duel Disk activated. Kim activated her Duel Disk.

 

“Duel!” they yelled.

 

“I’ll go first,” yelled Lycanthrope, still in James’ body. “I draw!” He drew a card. “I summon The Agent of Creation – Venus.” A woman with green clothes and long, blond hair appeared (ATK 1600). “With its effect, by paying 500 Life Points, I can summon a Mystical Shine Ball from my deck. I summon 3.” Three balls of light, one red, one blue, and one purple, appeared (each DEF 500, ‘James’ 8000 -> 6500). “I set 2 cards and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared behind the fairy and light balls.

 

“In that case, it’s my move. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I discard Dark Horus to the Graveyard to summon Dark Grepher.” Kim sent Dark Horus to the Graveyard and a dark man with white hair, demonic overalls and a black sword appeared (ATK 1700). “I then discard Darknight Parshath to send Darklord Zerato to the Graveyard.” Kim sent Darknight Parshath and Darlord Zerato to the Graveyard. “I activate Allure of Darkness, letting me draw 2 cards and remove 1 from play.” Kim drew two cards and a Cyber Ouroboros was sucked into a dark void. “Since Cyber Ouroboros was removed from play, I can send another card to the Graveyard to draw a card.” Kim sent Dark Valkyria to the Graveyard. “Since 3 or more DARK monsters are in my Graveyard, I can remove 2 to place Dark Nephthys in my Graveyard.” Kim placed Dark Nephthys in her Graveyard and Darknight Parshath and Dark Horus were sucked into a dark void. “I discard a card to activate D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation. Now one of my removed monsters comes back, so welcome out Dark Horus.” A big, black dragon flew out of the dark void and looked up. It didn’t see a sun to turn black (ATK 3000). The D.D.R. equip spell appeared behind the giant dragon. “I’ll have Dark Horus attack your Agent of Creation – Venus and my Dark Grepher attack one of your Mystical Shine Balls.”

 

“Not if I have anything to say about it. I activate Natural Destruction Selection and Human-Wave Tactics.” The two Continuous Trap cards revealed themselves. “Natural Destruction Selection says that the only monsters you can attack are those lowest in Level. This means my Agent of Creation – Venus is safe and you have to attack two of my Shine Balls.” The dark swordsman shattered the red light ball and the giant dragon shattered the blue one. “I’m sure you know what this means for you once you end your turn, which should be right now since you don’t have any more cards in your hand.”

 

“You’re right. I end my turn.”

 

“Good. With my Human-Wave Tactics card, I can summon two Mokey Mokeys.” Two small, white, square fairies appeared (ATK 300). “So I’ll take my turn now. I draw!” James’ body/Lycanthrope drew a card. “I can wreak a lot of destruction with these. I wonder what will be the most fun way. Well, I have an idea. I activate my Normal Offering card. I tribute a Level 3 or lower Normal monster and draw cards equal to its Level. I tribute my last Shine Ball to draw 2 cards.” The Spell card appeared, the purple ball disappeared, and Lycanthrope drew 2 cards.

 

“True, but since a Spell card was played during your Main Phase, my Dark Horus’ effect activates, letting me Special Summon a Level 4 or lower DARK monster from my Graveyard. I choose Dark Valkyria.” A fairy creature with black metal wings and blue armor appeared (ATK 1800).

 

“That won’t matter with these cards. I summon Mokey Mokey.” Another small, white, square fairy appeared (ATK 300). “Now I play Mokey Mokey Smackdown.” The card showed itself. “But I won’t deal with its effect just yet. I activate Advanced Ritual Art, letting me summon Lycanthrope by using Normal monsters from my deck.” Charcoal Inpachi, Right Leg of the Forbidden One, Left Leg of the Forbidden One, Right Arm of the Forbidden One, Left Arm of the Forbidden One, and Bat flew out of Lycanthrope’s deck into James’ hand. He sent them to the Graveyard. “Come forth. I summon myself, Lycanthrope.” The spirit jumped out of James’ body, but an energy link still connected Lycanthrope’s mind to James’ body (ATK 2400). “I activate Pride of the Weak.” Another Continuous Spell appeared. “Now if a Level 2 or lower Normal monster destroys your card by battle, if I have no cards in my hand, I can draw 2 cards. As of right now, though, I have 1 card in my hand, but that will change soon enough, but right now, I’ll have my Agent of Creation attack your Grepher.” The green woman raised her arms. The dark swordsman slashed her to bits (‘James’ 6500 -> 6400). “I’m sure you know what happens when a Fairy is destroyed though.” The small, white fairies turned large and red (ATKs 300 -> 3000). “Now I’ll have one attack Dark Horus.” The fairy charged toward the dragon. The dragon opened its mouth. “Now I use Shrink, which reduces the cards in my hand to 0 and reduces your monster’s strength by half.” The black dragon shrunk to half its size (ATK 3000 -> 1500). The fairy body slammed it (Kim 8000 -> 6500). “Now thanks to my Pride of the Weak card, I draw 2 cards.” James’ body drew 2 cards. “Now it’s time for me to attack.” The blue wolf attacked the swordsman (Kim 6500 -> 5800). “Now with my effect, I can hit you with 200 points of damage for every Normal monster in my Graveyard. There are 9, so that’s 1800 damage.” The wolf released a little, colorful blast of energy at Kim (Kim 5800 -> 4000). “Now I’ll have Mokey Mokey attack Dark Valkyria and the other attacks you directly. This duel is over! I win!” One big, red fairy body-slammed the black-winged fairy, but the other body-slammed a metal man that appeared from nowhere (Kim 4000 -> 2800).

 

“At the last second, I activated Necro Gardna’s effect. I sent it to the Graveyard when I discarded to activate D.D.R. I can negate one of your attacks just once and then Necro Gardna is removed from play.”

 

“Lucky move, but that won’t save you. I place a card facedown and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared. The big, red fairies turned back into small-white, square fairies (ATK 3000 -> 300).

 

“Then I’ll draw!” Kim drew a card. “My Dark Nephthys now comes back from its slumber in the Graveyard.” A black phoenix with dark fire on its wings appeared (ATK 2400). “When it is Special Summoned-”

 

“I’ll stop you right there. I activate Stop Trigger. This card can only be activated against a Trigger effect, and it negates the effect.” A small lightning bolt passed through the phoenix and then left, stopping it from flapping its wings for a few seconds.

 

“Fine. I activate Dark Samsara Tactics.” The card appeared. “With this, during my turn, I tribute a DARK monster and draw a card.” The phoenix fell to the ground and Kim drew a card. If the card I drew was a DARK monster, I can reveal it and destroy a Spell or Trap card on the field.” Kim revealed The Dark Creator in her hand. “I choose to destroy Mokey Mokey Smackdown.” A dark lightning bolt struck from the Dark Samsara Tactics card through the Mokey Mokey Smackdown card. “Since I now have Darklord Zerato, Dark Grepher, Dark Valkyria, Dark Horus, and Dark Nephthys in my Graveyard, as well as no monsters on the field, I can summon The Dark Creator.” A giant human-like titan appeared (ATK 2300). “Once per turn, I can remove a monster in my Graveyard from play in order to Special Summon a monster. I remove Dark Grepher to summon Dark Horus.” Dark Grepher was sucked into a dark void and a giant, black dragon appeared. Once again, it didn’t see the sun (ATK 3000). “I’ll attack two of your Mokey Mokeys.” The titan shot a dark blast at the small square fairy and the big dragon flew darkfire out of its mouth (‘James’ 6400 -> 1700). “I end my turn.”

 

“Good. My Human-Wave Tactics replaces my two recruits with new ones. Come forth, White Dolphin and Weather Control.” A blue dolphin with a horn and a snowman with an umbrella appeared (both DEF 400). “So now I draw!” James drew a card. “I attack.” The wolf charged forward.

 

“Nope. I activate the other effect of my Dark Samsara Tactics. I remove it and a DARK monster from my Graveyard to destroy a non-DARK monster on the field.” The Dark Samsara Tactics card and Darklord Zerato from the Graveyard were sucked into a dark void and the werewolf was forced back into James’ body. “Okay. That’s okay. I’ll just set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared.

 

“In that case, I draw!” Kim drew a card. I know loading his Graveyard with Normal monsters is dangerous because of the threat of Lycanthrope returning, but it appears I have no other choice. “I attack your monsters with mine.” The big dragon blasted dark fire at the jar and the titan shot dark energy at the dolphin. “I activate Abyssal Designator.” Kim paid 1000 Life Points (Kim 2800 -> 1800). “Now I choose a Type and an Attribute and you must choose a monster from your hand or Deck with those characteristics. If I know you well enough, you’re using Exodia. I choose DARK Spellcaster. Send the main piece to the Graveyard!”

 

“Arg!” Lycanthrope sent Exodia the Forbidden One from James’ hand to the Graveyard. Mike looked quite shocked to see it.

 

“I end my turn.”

 

“Of course, 2 more normal monsters are summoned. I summon The Melting Red Shadow and Volcanic Rat.” Two red creatures, one slimy and one a small rat, appeared (DEF 700 and 500, respectively). “I draw!” Lycanthrope drew a card. “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I attack!” Dark blasts and dark fire destroyed the two red creatures. I end my turn.”

 

“Of course, I’ll just summon two more. Yamatano Dragon Scroll and Wretched Ghost of the Attic.” A long, scroll-like dragon and a black furball creature appeared (DEF 300 and 400, respectively). “I draw!” Lycanthrope drew a card. “Excellent! I activate my Backup Soldiers card. This will let me return 3 of my Exodia limbs to my hand. I choose all but the Left Leg.” The other limbs appeared in James’ hand. “Now I use Dark Factory of Mass Production, to return the Left Leg and Charcoal Inpachi to my hand.” Those cards appeared in his hand. “Now I activate Dark Eruption, letting me return the Exodia head.” A dark bomb, exploded, revealing the Exodia head card. Lycanthrope flew out of James’ body to grab it.

 

“Not if I activate D.D. Crow. This card removes your Exodia head from play.” A black crow, part mechanized, appeared and zoomed over to the card, grabbed the Exodia the Forbidden One card, and threw it into a dark void. The crow then exploded. Lycanthrope returned to James’ body.

 

“Urg! I place my Charcoal Inpachi face-down and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared.

 

“Oh, did I forget to mention? When you activated Dark Factory of Mass Production, I activated Dark Horus to summon Dark Valkyria.” She was right; the fairy with black wings was there (ATK 1800). “Now that’s my turn, I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I Normal Summon Dark Valkyria.” She started to sparkle. “I use her effect to place a Spell Counter on her, then I remove it to destroy your facedown Charcoal Inpachi.” The fairy started to glow for a second, then blasted a dark blast at the facedown card. “I have Dark Horus and The Dark Creator attack your monsters and I'll finish you off with your own card.” A dark blast and dark fire took down the monsters and the little fairy released a dark blast at James’ body (‘James’ 1700 -> 0). James’ body flew back and rolled over a few times and the holograms disappeared.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 48]

The dark circle disappeared. Kim and Mike ran over to James’ body.

 

“James, are you free?” asked Kim.

 

James’ body just laid there. “What do you think!” yelled Lycanthrope. “Of course not! I’m the only one who can release him.”

 

“I’m not too sure about that!” said Mike. “Kim, you need to help me. Lift up and hug your boyfriend’s body.”

 

“He’s not my- oh, okay.” Kim propped up James’ body and hugged it. What are you trying, Mike?

 

“Okay, good. Now turn away.” Kim turned away. “Now I shall use my light eye’s true power!” He put his eyepatch right on James’ head. The eye glowed really bright!

 

“Wait, what’s happening?” yelled Lycanthrope, grasping its head. “Is my grip on James weakening!? How!?”

 

“My eye not only has the power to see the truth, but it can also banish any foreign souls from a body.”

 

“What? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” The wolf spirit disappeared. Mike backed away and the glowing stopped.

 

The following part I made a guess of how 4kids would censor it. Choose which one or both you would rather read: the uncensored version and/or the censored version.

[spoiler=Uncensored version]

Kim looked at James’ unconscious body and put him down. Kim heard a loud crack. She looked back at Mike. He looked like he was in a great deal of pain. A spot on his eyepatch was now red. The red spot grew. A drop of blood fell to the ground.

 

“Mike, did that eye of yours shatter?”

 

“Yeah.” Mike seemed weak. “Kim… just press… the red button… on my… Duel Disk. It will… call forth… the Wicked… Warlocks. Quick. Before the… Ethical Enchanters come.” Mike started to fall. Kim grabbed him and held him close.

 

Kim pressed the red button. A light started to blink. Kim waited for the Wicked Warlocks to arrive. The screen faded to black.

 

[spoiler=my guess at the 4kids censored version]

Kim looked at James’ unconscious body and put him down. I’m just glad he’s not possessed by Lycanthrope anymore, but now I’m worried that he might not wake up. I wonder if he still has special feelings for me. Kim then heard some crying. She turned around. Mike was crying. A tear fell to the ground.

 

“Mike, what’s wrong?”

 

Mike was trying to hold back his tears, but it was still obvious he was sobbing. “When I… blasted that… spirit out… of James… my eye of truth… disappeared. Kim… please… press that… red button… on my… Duel Disk. It will… tell the… Wicked Warlocks… to rescue us. Kim, please hold me.” Mike was falling over. Kim grabbed him and held him close. He was still sobbing, but quieted down.

 

Kim pressed the red button. A light started to blink. Kim waited. I hope the Wicked Warlocks arrive soon, otherwise I might have to face the Ethical Enchanters alone. The scene faded to black.

 

Tell me if you think my censored guess was accurate. It’s sometimes hard to predict 4kids.

 

After the screen faded in again, Kim was still waiting. A bomb exploded, and the Wicked Warlocks appeared. The tallest one walked toward Kim. “Thank you for rescuing Mike. It is greatly appreciated.”

 

“We actually kinda saved each other,” said Kim. “He used his eye to break James free from the Lycanthrope spirit controlling him. But his eye-”

 

“I am well aware.” He looked at Mike. “Yeah, I know what happened.” He looked at James and at Kim. “Should we rescue the other boy as well?”

 

“Yes please.”

 

“Okay.” He looked back to the other Wicked Warlocks. “Men, get these two boys to our mini-hospital.” The Wicked Warlocks ran in, picked up the two boys, and ran out. The tallest one stood next to Kim. “Let me cut to the chase. I know you have the DARK deck, the deck of the previous Wicked Warlocks. You could become the theoretical leader of the Wicked Warlocks, but I have the full command and respect of my men. I would not be dethroned and lose control so easily. The most you’d be is a figurehead.”

 

“Okay. Don’t worry, I wasn’t planning on joining.”

 

“Good. If you do anything to question or compromise my power, you’ll be sorry.” He walked away. Kim followed him.

 

“Can’t we talk this over? I don’t plan on taking the Wicked Warlocks from you, but if I did and they preferred me over you, there’s nothing you could do about it, Slash.”

 

“There’s a lot I could do. I have a lot more power than you realize, Kim. I have a great amount of influence. Your dark power doesn’t scare me.” He looked at Kim. “Neither does that dark outfit.” He then ran to catch up with the rest of the Wicked Warlocks. Kim ran forward as well. Slash then stopped, but Kim continued running. Slash took out a scythe, a scythe that looked rather similar to the one Mike had for his Emissary of the Afterlife costume, charged with dark power, waited, and then slashed the air in front of him. The darkness shot off and hit Kim, knocking her unconscious. He put away his scythe. “Men, I think Kim just fell unconscious.” He lifted Kim up. “Can somebody pick her up as well?” Two of the Wicked Warlocks ran over to get Kim and then brought her over as well. Slash ran over to the rest of them. They continued walking until they found a dark circle on the ground. “Perhaps we should take the quick way to the lair. We wouldn’t have to carry them for so long.”

 

“Are you sure?” one asked. “We don’t usually take this path if we have prisoners or, in this case, patients. What if they can’t pass through?”

 

“We’ll have to take that risk, won’t we? We can always come back and walk somebody to the lair if need be. Anyway, everybody, get on the circle.” Everybody was on the edge of a circle. The Wicked Warlocks pushed Kim, James, and Mike into different places on the circle. “Be sure to hold up all the unconscious people to make sure they don’t fall down.” Two of the Wicked Warlocks held up Mike by the armpits, another two held up James by the armpits, and Arkana held Kim up by hugging her. “Okay then. Everybody is on the edge of the circle.” He took out his scythe. “Arkana, help me and supply me with some more power.” Arkana took out his staff and stuck it in the ground. A path of darkness was formed on the ground between Arkana and Slash. Then four more lines appeared to make the shape of a pentagram. Then a sphere of magical energy flew from the top of Arkana’s staff to the scythe. “Thank you.” He then looked toward Arkana. “I’m not sure if I like the idea of you even hugging her.”

 

“Don’t worry, Slash, I’m not going to do anything unnecessary. I need to hold her up, right? So isn’t okay that I hug her?”

 

“Okay. But I have a circle full of witnesses in case you go further than hugging.”

 

“Don’t worry about it, okay? I promise I won’t do anything.”

 

“Very well.” Slash lifted up his scythe. The pentagram and the circle glowed. The darkness spread throughout the circle and then swallowed the Wicked Warlocks. They reappeared in the Wicked Warlocks hospital. “It’s so handy being able to teleport to any room in the Wicked Warlocks hangout. Men, treat these bodies. If you need me, I’ll be in my room.” He slashed with his scythe. The scythe ripped open a portal of darkness out of thin air. He walked into it and the portal closed. The Wicked Warlocks just put Kim on a soft bed, James on a rock-hard table, and Mike on an operating table.

 

Kim later woke up in her regular, black school outfit. Huh? Where am I? She looked around. This room looks familiar. It looks like… the Wicked Warlocks lair! But apparently this is a hospital part. She saw Mike on a table and James on a table across the room. She looked back and forth between the two. Kim got up and walked over to James. She looked down at him. James. Are you going to wake up at all? She ran her fingers along his cheek. His eye twitched. “James,” Kim whispered quietly. James opened his eyes. “You’re awake.”

 

“So are you. What’s the big deal?”

 

“I’m glad you still have your sense of humor, but, seriously, you don’t remember?”

 

“Remember what?”

 

“Being possessed by Lycanthrope and everything that happened because of that.”

 

“Oh. No, not really, it’s kinda a blur. I remember…” James paused to think, “nothing specific really. Except…” James stopped. “Except… except for breaking up with you. I’m sorry I did. I knew it would hurt you if I did. I didn’t know what I was thinking.”

 

He’s telling the truth, or at least what he thinks the truth is. I guess he hasn’t changed much. “Oh. But you didn’t really do that. Lycanthrope did and screwed with your memory to make you think you broke up with me. Lycanthrope told me that himself. Don’t feel bad about that.”

 

“Thanks Kim,” he said. He got up off the table. He pulled Kim in and kissed her right on the lips.

 

Kim pushed him back. “What are you doing?” asked Kim, blushing.

 

“I’m sorry. I forgot that a great deal of time has passed. I should have guessed you might have another boyfriend by now.”

 

“Well, it’s not that. It’s just that I thought that you stealing my Mirror Force was so cold and so mean that I kinda forgot the feeling I had before the break-up. Even if I did remember it, it’s not like you could assume I’d feel it now after all this time.”

 

“Right.” James looked kinda disappointed.

 

Kim hugged James. “Don’t worry, we can still be friends. Sorry if I was harsh. It’s just that a lot has happened recently.”

 

James hugged Kim back. “Thank you. Getting a second chance at possibly getting with you means a lot.”

 

Kim let go, as did James. Wait a minute! Mike’s deck! “James, let me see the deck in your Duel Disk.” James took off his Duel Disk and handed it to Kim. Kim looked through the deck. “Yep! This is Mike’s deck. I need to give this to…” Wait a minute. Kim took out Lycanthrope, Synthesis Spell, Advanced Ritual Art, and Exodia the Forbidden One. “These cards are yours, James. I know that you can’t use Exodia, but you can use the Lycanthrope cards with that Gemini deck. That, and Exodia was a gift from me to you a while ago. It’s completely your choice what you want to do with these cards.”

 

“Let me see the rest of Mike’s deck.” Kim handed him the deck. He looked through it. “Give those cards to Mike. He’ll use them a lot better than I will. I’ll find something else to use in that Gemini deck, if I bother to keep it.” He handed the deck back to Kim.

 

“That’s really nice of you to do that.” Kim started to walk toward Mike, but then she turned around, walked over to James’, and kissed him on the nose. “You’re really nice, but don’t think you’ll get a kiss on the nose often. That will most likely be the most you’ll get from me as long as we’re just friends.” Kim then walked over to Mike. He was unconscious. He was still wearing his eye patch. Kim placed the deck into Mike’s Duel Disk. He didn’t move.

 

“Do you have feelings for him?” asked James.

 

“No, I don’t. Why’d you ask?”

 

“I may not have known you for long, and many years have passed, but you still seem to give off the signs that you love someone.” He walked over to Kim and stood right next to her. “Mind telling me who?”

 

“I’m not gonna tell you THAT much!” replied Kim. I can only hope I’ll see John again. My dad wanted me to leave the computer at home, and my cell phone was smashed to bits, so I can’t talk to him at all anymore.

 

“Hey Kim, I have an idea. Watch!” Kim turned toward James. James walked away, turned around, and activated his Duel Disk. He had a deck in his Duel Disk. “Let’s relive the Dark World/Easter Eggs battle. I want to feel the thrill of our first duel one more time.”

 

“Okay,” said Kim, taking out her DARK deck and putting her Easter Egg deck in the Duel Disk. Kim walked away from Mike and activated her Duel Disk.

 

“Let’s duel!” they yelled.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 49]

“I’ll go first,” yelled James. “I draw!” James drew a card. “I activate Card Destruction. With this, we ditch our hands and draw all new cards.” He and Kim discarded their five cards and each drew five new cards. A light appeared from James’ graveyard. “I activate the effects of Beiige, Goldd, Sillva, and Broww. I’m sure you remember how this works, right?” Three demons, all with armors of beige, gold, and silver appeared (ATKs 1600, 2300, and 2300) and James drew a card. “I guess I’ll just end with 5 face-downs.” In an instant, James’ back row was full of cards.

 

“Okay then. It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate Heavy Storm.” A huge storm started, slightly shaking James’ facedown cards. “This card will get rid of your back row of cards.”

 

“You’d like to think that, but I activate a Trap, Dark Deal.” The trap revealed itself (James 8000 -> 7000). The storm stopped and became a small tornado. “Dark Deal costs me 1000 Life, but it changes your Normal Spell’s effect to: ‘Your opponent discards a random card’.”

 

“But that’s you. Heavy Storm was my card, and you’re my opponent, so you discard your last card.”

 

“That’s right.” He revealed Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World as his last card. The little tornado struck it, destroying it. A light appeared from his Graveyard. “I summon Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World.” A giant demon with rainbow-colored armor appeared (ATK 2500).

 

“Okay, fine. I activate Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The Wicked Warlocks hospital room became a forest. Two trees with a pink banner that said “Scavenger Hunt” appeared. A little container of eggs, none contained so far, appeared as well. “I think you know very well how my Easter Eggs work. I activate Easter Egg 7 from my deck.” A green and blue egg with a pink 7 appeared. “I use its effect to destroy Reign-Beaux.” Reign-Beaux exploded and the egg turned gray. “I summon Easter Egg Scouter.” A man with an egg-shaped head and a pink headband appeared (ATK 1600). “With his effect, I can add an Easter Egg from my deck to my hand. I choose Easter Egg 3.” An egg appeared in the man’s hand. “And I’ll activate it.” The egg turned blue and green and a pink 3 appeared on it. “I activate its effect to let me draw a card.” Kim drew a card and the egg turned gray. “I activate another Easter Egg 8.” A green and blue egg with a pink 8 appeared. “I use its effect to destroy one of your facedown cards. I choose the one on your far left.” That facedown card exploded and the egg turned gray. “I activate Easter Egg Flash. All my Easter Eggs disappear and I destroy a Spell or Trap for every one. I destroy your last three cards.” The 3 eggs shined and the light banished James’ 3 facedowns. The eggs disappeared and miniature versions of them appeared in the egg holder next to Kim. “Not to mention those Egg cards are treated as being removed from play by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. Now I activate my Miraculous Egg Emergence card. This card lets me place 5 more Eggs into play straight out of my deck after it is sent to the Graveyard, but they will be removed from play by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt at the end of the turn.” Kim put the card in her Graveyard. “I activate Easter Eggs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 10.” 5 eggs, each green and blue with a pink number on them, appeared. “I activate Easter Eggs 1, 2, 5, and 9’s effects. In total, we each lose 750 Life Points and I draw 2 cards.” They each were surrounded by a dark aura (Kim 8000 -> 7250, James 7000 -> 6250) and Kim drew 2 cards. “I remove Easter Egg 1 from play using my Scavenger Hunt’s effect.” The gray egg with the 1 disappeared and reappeared, green and blue, in the egg container. “I activate Egg Draw, so I draw a card for every ‘Egg’ Continuous Spell I control, so I draw four cards.” Kim drew 4 cards. “Now I have a lot more cards to work with. These are just the ones I need. I’ll activate Easter Egg 10’s effect: I Special Summon a monster from my hand and you can Special Summon a monster from your deck that is 2 Levels lower. I summon my Easter Bunny.” A small green and blue rabbit appeared (DEF 550). “If you have one, you can Special Summon a Level 1 monster from your deck.”

 

“Thank you. I summon Celri, Monk of Dark World.” A small, blue-armored demon appeared (DEF 300).

 

“Very well. I’ll have my Scouter destroy your Celri.” The man walked up and all of a sudden drew pink claws. He slashed at the blue-armored demon. “Next, I’ll activate Mystical Space Typhoon.” A tornado appeared.

 

“I don’t have any cards in play. You’ll have to destroy one of yours.”

 

“That’s right. I choose Easter Egg 5.” A black storm wiped out the gray egg with the 5. “I’ll use my Easter Bunny to return it to the deck.” A light glowed from the Graveyard and the Easter Egg 5 card popped out. Kim placed it at the bottom of the deck. “I activate a card known as Scavenger Hunt Illusion.” Kim’s field, including the field spell, disappeared. “This quick-play spell lets me remove all my ‘Egg’ cards from play for one turn. At the end of the turn, one at a time, I select a removed card that hasn’t already been selected and you draw a card and reveal it. If it isn’t of the same card type, you send it to the Graveyard, take 500 damage, and I return the card to play. Otherwise, it stays removed from play and I take 500 damage. ‘Easter Egg’ Continuous Spells removed this way are treated as being removed by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt and Bad Eggs by their own effects.”

 

”Are you leaving the match to luck? That’s not like you, Kim!”

 

“Don’t act like that. It’s just a duel. It’s fine if I win, isn’t it?” James smiled, since he knew Kim knew the reference he was making. Kim smiled as well. “I’ll set just two cards face-down and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Kim. “Now it’s time for the moment of truth.” Each of the removed cards appeared above Kim’s head. “I select Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” James drew a card and revealed it Renge, Gatekeeper of Dark World. He sent it to the Graveyard and the scenery reappeared. James was surrounded by a dark aura (James 6250 -> 5750). “I select Easter Egg 2.” James drew a card. It was Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World. He sent it to the Graveyard and James was surrounded by a dark aura (James 5750 -> 5250). “Easter Egg 9.” James drew a card. Grenn (James 5250 -> 4750). “Easter Egg 10.” James drew a card. Mischief of the Time Goddess. The Easter Egg 10 disappeared and the green and blue egg with a pink 9 on it appeared in the egg-holder next to Kim. Kim was surrounded by a dark aura (Kim 7250 -> 6750). “Easter Bunny.” James drew Dark Necrofear. Kim was surrounded by a dark aura (Kim 6750 -> 6250) and Easter Bunny was sucked into a dark void. “Easter Egg Scouter.” James drew Brron. Easter Egg Scouter was sucked into a dark void and a dark aura surrounded Kim (Kim 6250 -> 5750).

 

“It appears that didn’t work out too well for you. I mean, I have all the cards I need to win with, and you lost your defenders.”

 

“We’ll see.”

 

“Cool. It’s my turn. I draw!” James drew a card. “You have two facedowns. I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy one of them.” A black tornado with lightning shooting out of it appeared and spun over to the right facedown card.

 

“I activate it, Preparations for Easter.” The trap revealed itself and was destroyed by the tornado. “This card removes the 2 Easter Eggs on my field and the remaining 3 in my deck and I can add an Easter Knight from my deck to my hand, and the removed Easter Eggs are removed by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The eggs on Kim’s field disappeared and appeared in the egg-holder. Three others appeared. The egg-holder was full with green and blue eggs with pink numbers one through ten. Kim added Easter Knight to her hand. The duel disk shuffled the deck.

 

“That won’t matter. I have the three cards I need to win, as well as three monsters on my field, and you have a lone facedown. I summon Bronn, Mad King of Dark World.” A demon with chains on its arms appeared (ATK 1800). “I remove Broww, Kahkki, and Grenn from my Graveyard to summon Dark Necrofear.” Three monster cards were sucked into a dark void and a blue creature with a destroyed baby doll in its arms appeared (ATK 2200). “I attack with all my monsters.”

 

“Not quite. I activate Egg Barrier.” The Continuous Trap revealed itself and ten eggs appeared. “When this card is activated, it produces an egg shield for every removed ‘Egg’ Continuous Spell I own. By removing one, I can negate an attack.” Five eggs exploded. The shells blocked the chains, laser beams, and weapons of James’ monsters.

 

“Excllent guard. I activate Mischief of the Time Goddess. This card skips ahead to next turn’s Battle Phase, so I attack again.” The last five eggs and the Egg Barrier trap exploded, stopping the next assault of attacks. “I’ll end my turn, and let you take a break. It seems you’ll need one with no useful cards on your field.”

 

“Don’t say my Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt is useless. Even though I don’t have any more Eggs to use it with, I still need it for one more card. It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Since I have removed all 10 of my Eggs by aster Egg Scavenger Hunt and I control Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt, I can activate my Trophy Egg and destroy my Scavenger Hunt.” The scenery disappeared and all the Eggs flew into the air and spun around. They transformed into green and blue matter and formed together into a bigger egg. This egg had green, blue, and gold stripes. “Trophy Egg can activate the effects of any of the removed Eggs. I think you have an idea of what I’ll do. I activate the effects of Easter Eggs 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9.” Small eggs with those pink numbers appeared above the green, blue, and gold egg. The eggs shined. The blue demon exploded, dropping its demented baby doll. Kim drew 3 cards and a dark aura surrounded both Kim and James (Kim 5750 -> 5000, James 4750 -> 4000). Kim looked at her cards. “I’ll just place a card facedown and end my turn. I can’t let you use your Dark Necrofear’s effect.” A facedown card appeared. The destroyed baby doll disappeared.

 

“So you were able to stop Dark Necrofear from working, but you left yourself open. It’s my turn now. I draw!” James drew a card. “I attack with 4 of my other monsters, starting with Beiige.” The beige demon ran over to Kim with his sword-spear.

 

“I activate Twister. This card will let me destroy my Trophy Egg.” A tornado wiped out the egg (Kim 5000 -> 4500). “Thanks to its effect, I can Special Summon my Easter Baby Dragon.” A small, green and blue dragon with small wings appeared (DEF 700).

 

“Do you expect that to stop me? I continue my attack.” The beige demon slashed the small dragon, destroying it.

 

“When Easter Baby Dragon is summoned, I can bring out Easter Dragon.” A relatively small blue and green dragon, yet much bigger than the baby dragon, appeared (ATK 2400).

 

“In that case, I’ll attack with Sillva and use Shrink to weaken your monster.” The dragon became smaller (ATK 2400 -> 1200) and the silver demon slashed at the now smaller dragon with his sword (Kim 4500 -> 3400).

 

“Yes, but now I can bring out the Easter Ancient Dragon.” A giant green and blue dragon with a white beard and wrinkles all over its body appeared (DEF 3000).

 

“Fine. I end my turn.”

 

“Good, because it’s my move. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Since I have at least 5 ‘Easter Eggs’ removed from play, I can summon Easter Knight.” A woman with green and blue armor, as well as a green and blue sword, appeared (ATK 2400). “I feel like completely tricking her out with all her accessories. I activate Easter Egg Scepter to give my Knight a power boost.” The sword turned into a magical scepter: a green staff with a blue ball at the end (ATK 2400 -> 3400). “I activate Egg Resurrection. With this, I can bring back my Easter Dragon.” The medium-sized blue and green dragon appeared (ATK 2400). “I’ll equip my two dragons to my Easter Knight, but I’ll also activate Knight Upgrade, which will equip my Easter Baby Dragon to it.” The small dragon appeared, and then all three dragons turned into bones. The old dragon’s bones became attached to the main staff part of the scepter, partly covering the staff with bone. The medium-sized dragon’s bones flew to circle the orb, making a circle around it. The small dragon’s bones made a circle at the top of the orb. “Now I’ll equip yet another card onto my Knight, the Easter Necklace.” A necklace of blue and green eggs alternating appeared around the woman’s neck. “This card gives my Knight a power boost: 1000 ATK for every card equipped to Easter Knight by its effect as well as 100 ATK for every ‘Easter Egg’ I have removed from play by Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. Altogether, that’s 4000 points.” The necklace glowed (ATK 3400 -> 7400). “Easter Knight, attack. Destroy Beiige and wipe out the rest of James’ Life Points.” The woman’s staff glowed, and the orb started to glow as well. The woman swung her staff. The energy in the staff filtered into the orb, and the energy in the orb blasted through the small circle, creating a beam. The beam blasted through the beige demon (James 4000 -> 0). The holograms disappeared.

 

[ragnarok1945]

good to hear. Question now is how violent these rivalries will end up becoming.

[Mazerrick]

Chapter 3 was great. I can't wait to read Kim and Akiza's duel.

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 50]

“Thank you, Kim,” said James. “Thank you for showing me the power of the Easter Eggs. It’s been a little while since I’ve had such an intense duel. Then again, it’s been a little while since I’ve been really conscious.” He looked at Mike. “Hey, it looks like-”

 

“I’m okay,” said Mike, who was just getting up. “I feel strange not having my eye anymore, but whatever. I’ll have to find something else to take its place.” He looked around. “It seems like everyone was brought to the hospital room.” He looked at Kim and then at James. “Kim, why is he here? Shouldn’t he be getting back to where he’s from?”

 

“You know, you can talk to me,” said James. “I was rescued like everyone I assume. I didn’t really get the chance to leave yet. I think I might stay here and try to transfer into Black Rose Duel Academy.”

 

“Really?” asked Kim. “That’s great!” Mike looked at Kim with an eyebrow lifted. “We can rebuild our friendship after all this time.” Mike put his eyebrow down.

 

“You two were once very close,” said Mike, remembering the memories of Kim he explored. “Boyfriend and girlfriend.” Mike paused for a second. “Lycanthrope ruined all that. And now you two are picking up the pieces.” He looked down and then jerked his head up again. “But wait. Kim, you only want to rebuild your friendship with him? You’re not going to hook up again?”

 

“I think we’ll just take things one step at a time,” said Kim. “James and I might become more than just friends, but I want to wait before deciding that. Only time will tell.” The door to the room opened and Arkana walked in.

 

“It seems you all rested well,” said Arkana. “So what’s the deal with you, boy?” he asked James. “Where are you going to go?”

 

“I’ll try to get into the duel academy. If I can do that, I can stay.”

 

“That is true,” said Arkana. “Don’t count on that chance though. Where will you go if you don’t get in?”

 

“I’ll have to return to Old Satellite I guess. I don’t plan on getting shoved back though. I plan to get into this academy.”

 

“Very well then,” said Arkana. “It’s time for us to leave for school. Everybody follow me.” Arkana walked through the door. Kim, James, and Mike followed. The door closed behind them. The hallway was very dark. Arkana opened another door and walked into the door. Everyone followed. This room was noticeably different. It had a dark seal on the ground. It started to glow and the door closed and locked. Kim ran over to the door and tried to open it. The door was incredibly heavy. She then saw the dark seal on the door and saw it was made of the same darkness as the seal on the ground. “I can’t let your friend leave.”

 

“Why not?” yelled Kim.

 

“I have my reasons. One of the most important ones is that he’s already seen too much.”

 

“If that’s the case, then I shouldn’t leave either because I’m not part of the Wicked Warlocks either, and I’ve seen more than he has. Is your reason emotional?”

 

“No,” said Arkana. His darkness grew. “Your friend has no power of darkness. He is worthless to the Wicked Warlocks. You however are a big prize to the Wicked Warlocks. You would become the leader and create a dark empire!”

 

“So wait? I’m just a prize!? Are you saying that’s all I am!?”

 

“No! I didn’t mean it quite like that!”

 

“Just shut it, Arkana. I can’t believe you think of me like that!”

 

“I don’t! Kim, listen, if you just join the Wicked Warlocks I’ll let your friend go free!” A scythe appeared out of thin air, cutting a dark portal. Slash walked through the portal.

 

“You’ve said quite enough, Arkana,” said Slash. “You’ve tried and tried and tried, but there is nothing you can say to convince Kim to join, so why even continue trying? You’ll always get the same result.”

 

“Well I know Kim would be a much better leader than you, and I know she would have the power and support to overthrow you.”

 

“You’ve always been a rebel!” said Slash. “Some days I just can’t stand you! The next day, though, I usually realize that you don’t have the power to stop me.” Arkana growled. “I’ll let you try just this once more to get Kim to join. If you fail, then you cannot try any more, got it?”

 

“Fine!” yelled Arkana.

 

“Cool. Hey, Kim, I learned this trick from Placido.” He slashed with his reaper scythe. His scythe ripped through the air, creating a dark portal. He walked through it, disappearing.

 

“Kim, you, Mike, your boyfriend, and I will have a 2-on-2 battle. If I win, you join the Wicked Warlocks. If not, I cannot try anymore.”

 

“Wait!” yelled Kim. “I have James and Mike by my side!”

 

“That’s right!” yelled Mike. “Arkana, it’s obvious Kim doesn’t want to join. Sure, I think she would be a great addition to the Wicked Warlocks, but in the end it’s her choice, so don’t try getting you to fight by your side.”

 

“What you don’t realize is that you don’t have a choice, Mike.” The seal glowed and Arkana’s darkness grew. “Mike, those with dark powers surpass normal life.” Mike stood still. The white of his only visible eye turned black and his iris turned a very dark brown. A dark seal, one like the one Arkana trapped everyone in with, appeared on Mike’s hands. Mike walked over to Arkana’s side.

 

“Mike, what are you doing!” yelled Kim. “You don’t have to fight by Arkana’s side if you don’t want to.”

 

“Actually, yes he does,” says Arkana. “He literally doesn’t have a choice.” Mike raised and activated his duel disk. “It looks like we have 2 on 2 now, so how about we get this duel started?” Arkana activated his duel disk.

 

“Fine then,” said James as he activated his duel disk. “Right, Kim?” He looked at Kim. Kim was just looking down. “Kim?”

 

“Mike-, no Arkana, how could you!” yelled Kim.

 

James sensed darkness in Kim. “Kim? You’re a … dark aura creature?”

 

“Yes, I am,” said Kim. “But even though I have dark powers and I wear this black outfit, I’m not part of the Wicked Warlocks.” Kim looked at James. “Perhaps- perhaps it’s time you see my dark side.” Kim took the Easter Egg deck out of her duel disk, put it in her coat pocket, took out her Dark deck, and put it in her Duel Disk. She took the chain of her necklace in her hand and a dark shadow crept up from the ground onto Kim’s body. The darkness completely covered Kim. The darkness then slowly crept off her body. After the darkness crept down to the ground, eyeliner and mascara decorated Kim’s eyes. Her uniform was replaced with a black shirt, a black miniskirt, black leggings, black socks, and black shoes. Black nail polish covered Kim’s nails. The black academy disk changed into an all-black dark Signer duel disk. Kim’s eyes glowed purple.

 

“K- K- Kim!?” asked James. “Is that you?”

 

Kim looked toward James. “Yes, it is. Don’t worry, I’m not controlled by this darkness.” Kim’s Duel Disk activated. “But I have a feeling I’ll need the power of the darkness to defeat these two, even with your help.”

 

“Very well then,” said James. He looked toward Mike and Arkana. “Let’s duel!”

 

“Okay then, but let’s make the rules interesting. I’ll go first, then Kim, then Mike, then James. Nobody attacks on the first round and all effects that state an opponent’s cards only work on one opponent. Cards that affect ‘both’ players affect everyone unless its effect requires only two people for some reason, any card that mentions the entire field means the entire field, only 1 field spell if any, and everyone starts at 4000. Also, no player can use or see their partner’s set cards or cards in hand. Sound good?”

 

“Sure,” Kim and James said.

 

“Good. It’s my turn. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “I set 2 cards and summon Summoner Monk.” Two facedown cards and a blue man in purple clothing with a giant white stripe in the center appeared (ATK 800). “But he changes to Defense mode upon being summoned.” The man turned blue (DEF 1600). “I discard a Spell card to use its effect: I can summon Magician’s Valkyria from my deck.” A woman with long orange hair with blue armor, a blue magician hat, purple skirt, and pink underclothing appeared (DEF 1800). “I end my turn.”

 

“Then I guess it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I’ll start things off with Armageddon Knight.” A man with a sword and poorly built silver armor appeared (ATK 1400). “When he’s summoned, I can send a Dark monster from my deck to the Graveyard, so I’m ditching my Dark Horus.” A card slid out of Kim’s deck. Kim revealed it as Dark Horus and sent it to the Graveyard. “I’ll end my turn with 3 face-downs.” Three facedown cards appeared.

 

“It’s my turn. I draw!” said Mike, with no emotion, as he drew a card. “I set a monster and activate Scapegoat.” A sideways facedown card and four small, round sheep appeared (all DEF 0). “I place 2 cards facedown and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of him.

 

“I guess it’s my turn. I draw!” said James as he drew a card. “I activate Card Destruction. We each discard our hands and draw whole new hands.”

 

“Wow, dude, you really need to shuffle that deck!” yelled Kim. “You have 1 Card Destruction in that deck, yet you consistently draw it.” Kim discarded her two cards and drew two more. Arkana and Mike had already discarded and drawn their cards.

 

“I’m not as lucky as Lotten was.” He discarded his cards and drew five new cards. A light appeared in his Graveyard. “What I drew first was definitely a winning hand. I activate the effects of my Dark World monsters Beiige, Goldd, Sillva, Kahkki, and Grenn. Kahkki destroys a monster, Grenn destroys a Spell or Trap, and the other three are all Special Summoned.” Three demons, one of gold armor, the next silver armor, and the next beige armor, appeared (ATKs 2300, 2300, and 1600, respectively) and the blue man in purple clothes and one of Arkana’s facedowns blew up. “I’m nowhere being done though. I activate Dark World Dealings, so we each draw a card and discard a card.” Each player drew a card and discarded a card. A light appeared from James’ graveyard. “I discarded Broww, so I can draw a card.” James drew a card. “I summon Scarr, Scout of Dark World.” A scarlet red-armored demon with a small knife appeared (ATK 500). “Now I remove Grenn, Kahkki, and Broww from my Graveyard to summon Dark Necrofear.” The three cards appeared and were sucked into the dark void, and a blue demon with a destroyed baby doll in its arms appeared (ATK 2200). “I activate the card known as Mischief of the Time Goddess. This card lets me skip every Phase until my next Battle Phase, so my monsters can attack. I attack Magician’s Valkyria with Goldd.”

 

“Not if I activate my facedown,” Mike said blandly, revealing his Natural Destruction Selection card. “This card forces all attacks to be redirected to the lowest Level monsters possible to attack. Since my monsters are legal targets of your attacks, you have to attack my monsters. I also activate Human-Wave Tactics.” The card revealed itself.

 

“Fine. I’ll have all but Dark Necrofear destroy all your sheeps.” The gold-armored demon slashed at a sheep with his black axe, the silver-armored demon with his swords, the beige-armored one with his spear-sword, and the scarlet-armored one with his knife. “Now I’ll have my Dark Necrofear attack Magician’s Valkyria.” The blue, bald demon shot red lasers out of its eyes.

 

“Not if I activate my Spell card, Magical Dimension.” The spell revealed itself. “This card trades in my Valkyria for a stronger monster. I tribute Magician’s Valkyria for Dark Magician.” The woman in blue disappeared and was replaced by a dark red man in dark red armor and a green staff (ATK 2500). “This card also lets me get rid of a monster you control. Since your Dark Necrofear’s defense stat is 2800, I’ll get rid of it.” The blue, bald demon shattered, dropping the shattered baby.

 

“I end my turn with two facedowns.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of James. “Now it’s time for the real fun to start. When-”

 

“When my Level 2 or lower Normal monsters are destroyed by battle, I can bring out the same amount from my deck at end of turn,” Mike interrupted. Four limbs of a brown being appeared (all DEF 300).

 

“So you’re summoning your Exodia pieces!?” James asked, quite surprised. Mike didn’t answer. “Okay, that’s fine with me.” James faced Arkana. “Don’t forget my Dark Necrofear’s effect, but I’ll let you figure it out on your own.” The doll’s eyes glowed. The red man with the green staff walked over to it and picked it up. The spirit of the blue, bald demon came out of the doll and into the red man. The red man then turned to face Arkana, with the doll on his arm.

 

“Dark Magician! What happened?”

 

“Dark Necrofear’s effect activated. At the end of the turn in which it is destroyed, it comes back as an Equip Spell and takes control of the monster it is equipped to.”

 

“Grrrr. Well, I’m taking my turn now. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “I still have more plans, as well as more Dark Magicians to go through, but right now I’ll just set a monster and another facedown and end my turn.” A facedown card and a sideways facedown card appeared in front of Arkana.

 

“Then I guess I’ll go. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I have exactly 3 DARK monsters, so I can summon my Dark Armed Dragon.” A big black dragon with spiky armor appeared (ATK 2800).

 

“I use my Black Horn of Heaven card,” yelled Arkana. A black horn with black wings appeared. “This card negates a Special Summon and destroys the card.” The black dragon disappeared.

 

“Fine. Since I have 4 or more DARKs with different names in my Graveyard, I can summon Darklord Zerato with only one Tribute. I tribute my Armageddon Knight.” The knight turned into a circle of rainbow energy. Out of t came a dark fairy-like creature with a red helmet, red wings, and a silver sword (ATK 2800). “He has a special ability as well: by ditching a DARK monster, I can destroy all of Mike’s monsters.” Kim sent a Dark Voltanis to the Graveyard. “Dark Sword Slash!” The silver sword became covered with dark power. The dark fairy slashed, releasing the dark power, destroying all of Mike’s limb monsters and his facedown, which revealed it the head and chest of the brown, Egyptian creature. That was Exodia. Why would he- oh no! He must be trying to recover all his pieces of Exodia. But it’s okay. I have a card to stop that. But if he were recovering them, why wouldn’t he have kept it in his hand? I guess I’ll find out soon. “Darklord Zerato, attack Mike.” The dark fairy flew toward Mike and slashed Mike. He didn’t react (Mike 4000 -> 1200). “I end my turn. Unfortunately, on the turn I use Darklord Zerato’s effect, he’s destroyed.” The dark fairy disappeared into the darkness.

 

“I draw,” Mike said blandly as he drew a card. “I activate Contract With Exodia. This card can only be activated when all 5 Exodia pieces are in the Graveyard. I can summon Exodia Necross from my hand.” A dark, Egyptian creature with a green ankh on his chest, brown cuffs with broken chains on his arms, and a red skirt appeared (DEF 0). “Exodia Necross cannot be destroyed in battle or by the effects of Spells and Traps, and it gains 500 Attack Points during my Standby Phases. However, monster effects, including its own, can destroy it: it destroys itself when not all 5 of the Exodia pieces are in my Graveyard. I end my turn.”

 

“Looks like I’ll have to find a way around this beast of burden. I draw!” James drew a card. “I attack Arkana’s facedown with Goldd.” The gold-armored demon slammed down the axe on the card. The card was destroyed. “Now I attack with the Dark Magician.” He red spellcaster didn’t move. “Why didn’t he move?”

 

“The Battle Phase is already over. You attacked The Unhappy Maiden. Her effect ends your Battle Phase.”

 

“Fine. I’ll switch Scarr and Beiige into Defense mode, set a card, and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared and the scarlet demon and the beige demon crouched down (DEF 500 and 1300, respectively).

 

“Then I’ll go. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “I activate Mystical Space Typhoon. This will finally end Dark Necrofear’s control over my monster.” A tornado destroyed the doll held by the red spellcaster. “Now I’ll attack your Goldd!” The magician jumped into the air and held out the palm of his hand toward the gold-armored demon. The screen inverted colors and the demon cracked (James 4000 -> 3800). The red magician jumped back toward Arkana. “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. That Exodia Necross will be quite the troublesome monster. I don’t have D.D. Crow to wipe out any of his Exodia pieces, but whoever said I needed them? Not me. “Since I have no monsters and 5 DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I can Special Summon The Dark Creator.” A tall, dark, human-shaped, titan-like creature appeared (DEF 3000). “By removing Dark Armed Dragon from my Graveyard, I can bring back the Dark Horus.” The Dark Armed Dragon card was sucked into a dark void and a giant, black dragon appeared. It released darkness onto the ceiling, but could find no sun to block (ATK 3000). “Dark Horus, attack the Dark Magician.” The giant dragon blew black flames at the red mage, destroying him (Arkana 4000 -> 3500). “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw.” Mike drew a card. The dark Egyptian grew (ATK 1800 -> 2300). “I switch my Exodia Necross to Attack Mode.” The dark Egyptian stood up. “Attack Sillva.” The dark creature threw a punch at the silver-colored demon. A dark fist flew from the dark Egyptian to the silver demon, destroying it. “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared.

 

“Then I’ll take my turn. I draw!” James drew a card. I need an idea on how to take down that Necross fast. I didn’t get a card I could use though. I guess I should just take down Arkana with what I have already. “I switch Beiige to Attack Mode.” The beige-armored demon stood up. “I attack Arkana directly with Sillva and Beiige.” The demons charged forward.

 

“I activate Mirror Force,” Mike said. The card stopped the attacks and wiped out both monsters.

 

Wait, that’s right. This is a Team Duel. Perhaps Kim has a card ready among her facedowns. We’ll see soon I guess. “I end my turn.”

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Arkana drew a card I need to stay alive. As long as I’m in this duel, I still have the maximum control over Mike. He might have been able to defend me, but I need to find a way to defend myself from Kim. Hopefully this card will do. “I activate Swords of Revealing Light surrounding Kim.” Swords of light boxed in Kim’s quarter of the field. “This might only protect me from you, Kim, but you’re the most dangerous threat at the time.”

 

“Thanks to my Horus, when a Spell is activated during an opponent’s Main Phase, I can Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard. I choose my Armageddon Knight.” A knight with poorly built armor and a sword appeared (DEF 1200). “When he’s summoned, I can send a DARK monster to my Graveyard.” The Dark Valkyria card popped out of Kim’s deck. Kim sent it to the Graveyard and smiled.

 

“Grrrrr. I end my turn.”

 

“Then I’ll start mine.” Kim drew a card. “I remove Dark Voltanis from the Graveyard to summon back Dark Valkyria.” The Dark Voltanis card was sucked into a dark void and a fairy with black wings, a purple shirt, blue armor, a black skirt, and black gloves appeared (DEF 1050). “I Normal Summon her.” She started to become sparkly. “Now I use her effect to add a Spell Counter to it, and then I’ll remove it to destroy Exodia Necross.” The wings glowed and then gave off a burst of energy. The dark Egyptian started to shatter and then imploded. “I may not be able to attack, but at least I got rid of him. I end my turn.”

 

“I draw.” Mike drew a card. “I activate Pot of Avarice. This will return all my Exodia pieces to my deck and let me draw 2 cards.” He shuffled in his Exodia pieces and drew 2 cards. “I activate Magic Planter. I get rid of Human-Wave Tactics to draw 2 cards.” His Human-Wave Tactics card disappeared and he drew two cards. “I return Exodia Necross to my deck to summon Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord.” The Exodia Necross card returned to his deck and a similar brown Egyptian, except without the ankh and with brown shoulder armor and a blue skirt appeared (ATK ?). “His ATK is determined by the number of Normal monsters in my Graveyard. I have none as of yet, but that will change. I activate the Preparations of Rites card. I add Lycanthrope from my deck to my hand and Advanced Ritual Art from my Graveyard to my hand.” The two cards appeared in his hand. “I activate Advanced Ritual Art. I send 6 Level 1 Normal monsters from my deck to my Graveyard to summon Lycanthrope.” Six Level 1 monsters appeared from his deck to the Graveyard and a werewolf appeared (ATK 2400). “I activate Diffusion Wave Motion, so I give up some Life Points in order to give Exodius the power to attack every legal target.” Mike lost some Life Points (Mike 1800 -> 800) and Exodius felt a surge of power. “Its ATK points are 1000 times the number of Normal monsters in my Graveyard. When it attacks, I can send a monster from my deck to the Graveyard, and when I send all 5 pieces of Exodia this way, I win. Exodius, attack Dark Horus.” He sent Left Leg of the Forbidden One to the Graveyard. Exodius’ ATK increased (ATK 6000 -> 7000). He started to throw his punch toward the giant, black dragon. “You lose.”

 

“Not if I can help it,” yelled James. “I activate Negate Attack!” A barrier stopped the punch. “Not only does it stop this attack, but it ends the Battle Phase.”

 

“I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared.

 

“I draw!” James drew a card. Perfect! “I activate Burial From a Different Dimension. This will return 3 removed monsters back to the Graveyards.” Grenn and Kahkki returned from the dark void and returned to the Graveyard. Dark Voltanis also returned to the Graveyard from the dark void. “I activate The Forces of Darkness, returning those two to my hand.” Grenn and Kahkki returned to James’ hand. “They won’t be her for long, though, because I activate The Cheerful Coffin. This card lets me discard them.” James discarded the cards again and a light appeared in his Graveyard. “Their effects let me destroy Exodius and Swords of Revealing Light.”

 

“Not if I use the card Stop Trigger. This card stops your Kahkki from triggering.” The swords surrounding Kim disappeared.

 

“I end my turn.”

 

“That’s your move? Very well then. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “I set a monster and end my turn.” A sideways facedown card appeared.

 

“Then I draw!” Kim drew a card. That Exodius will keep getting stronger and that Lycanthrope will keep being able to inflict more damage. Luckily I drew this card to stall, but it’ll only last one turn. “I set a card and switch all my monsters to Attack Mode.” The fairy in blue armor, the knight in poorly built armor, and the giant titan prepared to attack (ATKs 1800, 1400, and 2300, respectively). “I remove my Dark Voltanis to summon Darklord Zerato from my Graveyard.” The Dark Voltanis was sucked up by a dark void and a dark angel with red wings reappeared (ATK 2800). “Dark Horus, attack Lycanthrope.” The giant dragon blue dark fire at the werewolf (Mike 800 -> 200). “Darklord Zerato, attack that facedown monster.” Darklord Zerato slashed at the card. It was a jar.

 

“Morphing Jar causes us to ditch our hands and draw 5 new cards. My time might be up, but Mike’s monster will only grow in power.” James just started laughing as he revealed the only card in his hand: Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World. Each player discarded their hands and drew five new cards. A light glowed from James’ Graveyard. He smiled and nodded at Kim.

 

“I activate Reign-Beaux’s effect: he’s returned to my field and wipes out Mike’s monsters.” A demon with rainbow armor and a gold double-pointed weapon appeared (ATK 2500). The demon raised his bident and the tall, brown Egyptian exploded.

 

“Thank you James. Now I can finish both you off. I attack Mike with Armageddon Knight and Arkana with The Dark Creator and Dark Valkyria.” The knight with poor armor slashed at Mike, the giant titan blasted a dark ball of energy at Arkana, and the fairy with black wings and blue armor flew over and blasted some darkness out of her hands at Arkana (Arkana and Mike both 0). The holograms and the seal disappeared. The seal disappeared from Mike as well.

 

Some Wicked Warlocks were watching the duel by means of hidden cameras. “Wow, that Kim is pretty amazing,” one said.

 

“Yeah, totally!" said another. "Her partner packed a big opening and a good assist for a finishing move, but Kim showed how well she can play those Dark cards. She could totally be our leader.”

 

Slash was in his room, secretly listening to their conversation. It seems even my recruits are starting to like the idea of Kim as a leader. She must be stopped, but I know none of my recruits will try to stop her. I must stop her personally, but my current power may not be enough. I’ll wait until I gain my full power.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 51]

Kim ran over to and looked at Mike. Mike opened his eyes. They were white as usual. The seal on his hand is gone, Kim noticed.

 

“Hey Kim,” said Mike. “Arkana tapped into me being a sleeper agent again, didn’t he?” Kim nodded. “Man, I hate when that happens. As his darkness grows, he’s able to do that more frequently.”

 

“Oh,” said Kim. “Wait, Mike, you’re in the Wicked Warlocks. Doesn’t that mean you have dark powers as well?”

 

“Very limited. My darkness mainly is like a barrier against other dark spells, but it doesn’t work all the time, as noted by him being able to turn me into a sleeper agent. The good thing is that, as by powers grow, the less frequent he’s able to take control of me. Maybe the darkness will grow enough to eliminate this dark sleeper agent curse.”

 

“Yeah, definitely,” Kim said. “Well Arkana, you’ve lost. Not only can’t you try to get me in the Wicked Warlocks anymore, but also you must show James and I out of here.”

 

“Fine!” said Arkana grudgingly. He raised his staff, causing a door other than the one they entered to open. As they walked through the halls, he opened more and more of the doors by raising his staff. Eventually they were outside again. “Okay, you’re outside. I’m sure you can find your way to the school from here. You don’t have too much time to get there though. Class starts soon.” The door closed.

 

“Arkana doesn’t seem to like me,” said James. “He seems to like you though.”

 

“Yeah,” said Kim. “I’ve been getting those kinds of signals as well, but that’s not important. I should get to class and you should get to the front desk to see about joining this school.”

 

“Yeah. Just lead me to the school.”

 

“Sure, but first.” Kim slightly lifted the chain of her necklace. The darkness drained back to the ground, revealing the black school uniform. “Gotta have my school uniform on.” They ran through a large open field to the school. Kim led James to the application desk. Kim saw the woman behind the desk. “Okay, James, just talk to her. I have to get to class.” Kim ran to the classroom. She walked in and walked to her seat. She noticed members from the Wicked Warlocks in the room. How did they get here so quick? Kim sat in her seat. The bell rang. Just barely made it.

 

Chancellor Sludge walked in. “Hi class. I’m happy to report that your teacher, Mr. Saiko, is back. Everyone, please welcome him.” The class clapped. A tall, purple-haired man with sporadically arranged hair, a purple coat and purple pants walked in.’

 

“Greetings, students,” he said. His voice was coarse and sounded electronically enhanced. “I shall teach you what you need to know. Zero percent of students have failed my class. I guarantee you will learn.”

 

“You sound different today,” said Chancellor Sludge. “Then again, it’s been a while since I’ve talked to you. Bye, students.” He left the room.

 

There’s something strange about this man, thought Kim. I just can’t put my finger on it. The rest of the school day seemed to drag on forever. Kim spent a while trying to figure out what was so different about this man. She barely heard his lecture, which seemed to be about machine-type monsters. When class was finny over, she walked outside the classroom. The chancellor was waiting.

 

“Where were you those days?” he asked. “The days you were gone. Nobody could find you anywhere. Nobody could find Hunter either until Duel Spirit Day. Where were you two? And don’t even try lying to me.”

 

“Well, he and I were off dueling in a tournament.”

 

“There were no tournaments around here.”

 

“Well, I know you won’t believe me, but I was off dueling in another dimension. There was a tournament there and-”

 

“Well, you’re right, I don’t believe you. Now, really, tell me what happened.”

 

“That is what happened!”

 

“You’re going to be a lot more of a problem child than I thought, aren’t you?” Chancellor Sludge started to walk away. “Follow me.” Kim followed. They walked and walked through the endless hallways of the school. So many students with so many color jackets flooded the halls. Eventually, they reached a door at an end of the hallway. He slid a card into a slot. A hatch opened. There was a black box with yellow number pads. “Turn around.” Kim turned around. He pressed in five numbers, and then another hatch opened. Kim heard a few more things buzz and spin and the door eventually opened slowly. “Okay, turn around and come in.” Kim turned around and walked into the room. It was a large, white room. The walls had no pictures. A large window took up practically a whole wall. A desk was near that window as well as a file cabinet next to the desk. On his desk was a sludge gavel as well as other items that look like they released sludge from somewhere. The Chancellor walked to his desk. “I’m so glad they moved me to this room,” he said. “It’s so much more light and warm in this room than in every other room in this school. And it’s so roomy too. I’m so glad Mr. Saiko came back. Now I can enjoy this room.” Chancellor Sludge sat down at his desk. “Kim, get over here.” Kim walked over to the desk. “Sit down, Kim.” Kim pulled a nearby chair over to the desk and sat down. “Kim, I must say you have done a good job at making yourself look like a horrible person according to the records.” He looked in a file cabinet, found the right section, and took out a binder of records labeled Kim Shadow. “You actually have so much bad stuff on you that you have your own records binder. Now I can add bunking school to this binder. What do you have to say for that?” Kim opened her mouth. “It was a rhetorical question. Nothing you say can justify any of it.” He stood up from his chair. “You don’t even plan on trying to be better, do you?”

 

“I never thought I was that bad,” said Kim.

 

“Not that bad, huh?” The Chancellor opened the binder. He flipped through pages and pages and pages. “Wow, I really need to put these records somewhere electronically. It would be a lot easier finding this stuff.” He kept looking through pages. “Well, here’s the extra incident report pages I was looking for. Another one hundred pages I can fill out for when you screw up, Kim.” He wrote on one of them and held onto it. He continued flipping through the pages, but the incident report there, flipped through another few pages and found something. “I found it!” He took out the piece of paper. “Mike’s cards were stolen by a group of girls who were in a gang you led. First off, gang activity is bad, but stealing too? Stealing? Do you know how serious that can be, especially for stealing those two rare cards?”

 

“I didn’t do it. I admit to the gang activity and having led those girls, but I stopped leading then before they stole those cards. I wasn’t involved in that at all.”

 

“Listen!” Sludge learned in toward Kim. She could start to see Chancellor Sludge’s nose hairs. “You need to straighten your act or else I’ll ruin your entire future. Do I make myself clear?” Kim nodded. “Good.” Chancellor Sludge stood straight. “You seem like a good duelist. You did quite well at the Spirit Day festival. Perhaps I can give you a test. Mr. Saiko doesn’t seem quite like himself. I didn’t want to say it in front of the class, but….” Chancellor Sludge walked over to Kim’s side and leaned to her ear. “I think something might be wrong with him.”

 

“I never would have guessed,” said Kim, sarcastically. “Everyone totally speaks like a robot.”

 

“Don’t push my buttons, Kim.” Chancellor Sludge straightened his back. “I mean more supernatural, like in spirits. I’ll give you one chance. Duel him. Perhaps, by defeating him, you might push any non-human spirit out of him. If you win, you get promoted to Level 4 – Botanical Lion. There is no penalty for losing, though, except whatever Mr. Saiko decides. However,” Chancellor Sludge warned Kim, “if you cheat, not only will you not get promoted, but I’ll ruin your future. Got that?” Kim nodded. “Good. You’re free to go.” Kim rose from the chair. The door automatically opened. Kim walked out of the room and the door closed.

 

Why is it that nobody wants to take the time to learn why I did them? I bet in all those things I either didn’t do it, had a good reason, I did it by accident, or I was a victim of circumstance, but of course nobody will listen to that. Heck, I might as well try to defeat Mr. Saiko if he’s still here. Kim walked back to the classroom. Nobody was there. I guess I’ll just wait until tomorrow. Then somebody surprised hugged her from the back.

 

“I got into this school!” yelled James, bear hugging Kim.

 

“That’s… great…. Just let me get some air!” James let go. “Oh. Okay. That’s better.” Kim turned around. James was wearing brown pants and a brown coat with a patch with four yellow stars and a picture of a plant-covered lion on it. “So you’re a Level 4….”

 

“Yep.” James looked at Kim’s patch with three yellow stars and a small plant with bulbs. “Level 3 - Lonefire Blossom. Don’t worry, you’ll be up at Level 4 soon, I’m confident of that.”

 

“Thank you. I might be able to be promoted tomorrow if I can beat Mr. Saiko in a duel.”

 

“That’s cool, but I’m not sure I would get my hopes up. The teacher I dueled for the entrance exam nearly completely destroyed me in the first turn.”

 

“What happened? How did you win?”

 

“I stalled long enough, took control of his ace monster with Dark Necrofear, and attacked directly with it.”

 

”Really?”

 

“Yeah. I negated the only card he could use to stop him from destroying Necrofear’s equip form.”

 

“Cool.” A few seconds of science passed. “Soooo…. Yeah. I guess I’ll have to duel Mr. Saiko tomorrow. I wonder if he uses a fast strategy like the teacher you faced.”

 

“You’ll see tomorrow.” James walked away.

 

The next day, Kim walked into class.

 

“Kim, how about we start the duel you’ve been promised?” asked Mr. Saiko.

 

“Sure,” replied Kim. Kim took the deck out of her Duel Disk and looked at it. Good. My Easter deck should be fine. She put the deck back into her duel disk and activated her duel disk. Mr. Saiko took out a purple Black Rose Duel Academy duel disk decorated with green lightning bolts.

 

“Let’s duel!” Mr. Saiko said, still in a robotic voice. Kim saw a green bolt of energy strike from Mr. Saiko’s right hand to the Duel Disk, causing it to activate, but nobody else seemed to have seen it happen. “You can go first.”

 

“Okay,” said Kim. “I’ll start this off. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Hmmm. No Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt. I’ll just have to work around that. “I activate Appearing Egg. This lets me play an Easter Egg from my deck without needing Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” I choose Easter Egg 4.” A blue and green egg with a pink 4 on it appeared. “Thanks to its effect, you have to discard a card.” Mr. Saiko threw one away without even thinking about which one. “I set a monster, place three cards facedown, and end my turn.” Four cards, one turned sideways, appeared in front of her.

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw.” Mr. Saiko said, like a robot, as he drew a card. “You will lose this turn. Since you control monsters and I don’t, I can special summon Cyber Dragon.” A decent-sized metal serpent-like dragon appeared (ATK 2100). “I tribute him to summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6.” The metal serpent turned into a circular rainbow portal. Out of it came a golden dragon that looked like it was made of metal (ATK 2300). “I activate Level Up! I tribute my dragon to summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8.” The dragon grew much bigger (ATK 3000). “I activate Future Fusion.”

 

“I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your Future Fusion.” The Mystical Space Typhoon card appeared. The giant golden dragon glowed purple and the card shattered. “W- What?”

 

“Horus the Black Flame Dragon allows me to negate any Spell when it is activated. Future Fusion’s effect activates. I select Chimeratech Overdragon as the Fusion monster I will summon in two turns and send a Cyber Dragon, three Android – Psycho Shockers, and three Android – Psycho Returners to the graveyard.” The cards flew from the deck into Mr. Saiko’s hand and he loaded them into the Graveyard. The Graveyard glowed. “I activate the effects of my three Android – Psycho Returners. They summon my three Android – Psycho Shockers.” Three human-shaped cyborgs with green clothes, long necks, pink veiny heads, and green masks appeared (all ATK 2400). “Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8, attack the facedown monster.” The dragon spit out black flames at the facedown card. A small dragon was torched. “I attack with my three Android – Psycho Shockers.” The three cyborgs started charging up green electrical energy. “I activate Limiter Removal. This will double my cyborgs’ ATK for this turn.” The energy balls doubled in size. The cyborgs reached their right arm out, releasing green lightning bolts onto Kim (Kim 8000 -> 0). The holograms faded. “Good try Kim, but not good enough.”

 

That’s a nasty trick. That deck stops Spells and Traps and wins with a powerful machine attack. How am I supposed to- Kim saw that cyborg floating above Mr. Saiko. That’s what’s controlling him. Jinzo. This Easter Egg deck won’t work against this deck.

 

“Perhaps you want a rematch? I’ll give you a rematch tomorrow, but I’ll alter the stakes. I’ll tell you what they are tomorrow.”

 

“Okay, whatever.” No matter what, I must free Mr. Saiko from Jinzo’s mind control.

The last screen of the chapter shows Kim looking at Mr. Saiko with a floating Jinzo above him and fades out black.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 52]

The school day continued normally with Mr. Saiko’s lectures about Machine-type monsters. Kim didn’t really pay attention to what the Jinzo-possessed teacher was saying and only saw that floating Jinzo.

 

After class, Kim walked back to her dorm room. Same ordinary day, except for that Jinzo incident. I bet I’ll need my Dark Deck to beat him. I wonder what the special stakes he’ll set up are. Kim didn’t let the thought bother her too much and just kept walking along. Nobody bothered her about her loss. Nobody said anything. Heather didn’t say anything. The day slowly slipped by. Then, at night, a note was slid under Kim’s door. She looked at the note. It said: “Open the door quietly.” Kim quietly opened the door. James was standing there.

 

“I heard your duel didn’t go so good,” said James.

 

“Yeah,” Kim said. “I’m not sure how I’ll defeat him.”

 

“Just remember you’re never alone. You have friends no matter where you are. Some are actually with you in the room, and others are inside your heart.”

 

“Thank you James.” Kim and James stood there.

 

The next day, before going to school, Kim prepared for her duel. I should use the Dark Deck to defeat Jinzo since it doesn’t require its Spells and Traps as much as the Easter Eggs. I wonder what those stakes will be today. Kim put on her dark necklace, loaded the dark deck into her Duel Disk, and walked to school. In the classroom were Mr. Saiko and Chancellor Sludge. “Wait, why is Mr. Sludge here, Mr. Saiko, or should I say, Jinzo!” The few students that were there early gasped.

 

“What do you mean Jinzo!” yelled one. “He may use Jinzo effectively, but he isn’t Jinzo.”

 

“Actually, I am!” said the spirit. The lights started releasing green lightning bolts. The Jinzo cyborg figure became clearly visible. When all the other students walked in, they were shocked as well. “I have taken control of Mr. Saiko’s body, and I shall use one more sacrifice to become real. Kim, you are the perfect person to sacrifice. I brought Chancellor Sludge here to ensure my victory. After you defeat me, you must continue the duel facing him, who will have a brand new hand of five cards and all the cards on my field. If you lose against him, I am considered to win and I get your body and soul as a sacrifice.”

 

“Yes, but you will be forced out of that body if you lose.”

 

“What makes you think that, Kim? You don’t have any special powers that would force me out, unless….” He then spoke telepathically to Kim. “Unless you’re gonna blow the secret of those dark powers.”

 

“You know what? I’m sick of you, Jinzo. I don’t care what needs to be done to eliminate you.” A dark shadow appeared on the ground and consumed Kim. When it receded to the ground, Kim was wearing the dark outfit that was described at least once in this fan fic already.

 

“It’s a witch!” yelled one student.

 

“Burn her! Burn her!” yelled another student.

 

“Calm down,” said Sludge. “But really, Kim, what happened? Why are you dressed like that? What happened to your uniform?”

 

“This is how I look when I let the darkness consume me. I now have the dark power needed to shove Jinzo out of Mr. Saiko’s body.

 

“Yes, but do remember that this is also a duel for promotion and that I won’t hold back if you defeat Mr. Saiko.”

 

“Enough talking,” said Jinzo. A green lightning strike struck down Mr. Saiko. The cyborg Jinzo was still standing up. “This electrical force field should last enough time for a duel.” A virtual duel disk appeared on his arm, a purple disk with green lightning bolts. The duel disk activated.

 

“Bring it on!” Kim’s duel disk activated. Kim and Jinzo drew five cards.

 

“I think I’ll take the liberty of going first,” said Jinzo. “I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. “I activate One for One. I discard Satellite Cannon so I can summon out Cyber Vary.” Jinzo discarded a card and a small metal serpent with red gems appeared (ATK 0). “I activate Machine Duplication, letting me summon 2 more.” Two more small metal serpents appeared (ATKs 0). “I activate the effects of one of my newly summoned Varies: I remove the two I have newly summoned to draw 2 cards.” The newly created serpents disappeared and Jinzo drew 2 cards. “I tribute my last one to summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6.” The small serpent turned into a rainbow portal through which a metallic orange dragon flew (ATK 2300). “I level it up with Level Up! I summon Horus the black Flame Dragon LV8.” The dragon grew bigger (ATK 3000). “I set two cards facedown and that will do for now.” Two facedown cards appeared behind the dragon.

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. I’m willing to bet either of those facedown cards is Royal Decree. Now to find out which one. “I send Dark General Freed to the Graveyard to Special Summon Dark Grepher.” Kim put Dark General Freed in the Graveyard and a dark man with black demonic overalls and a black-handled sword appeared, kneeling (DEF 1600). “Once per turn, I can send a DARK monster from my hand to the Graveyard to send a DARK monster from my deck to the Graveyard. I send Darknight Parshath from my hand to the Graveyard to send Darklord Zerato from my Deck to my Graveyard.” Kim sent the Darknight Parshath in your hand to the Graveyard. The Darklord Zerato card slid out from the deck. Kim sent it to the Graveyard. I might not have Dark Armed Dragon in my hand now, but this card could serve as an alternative way to get rid of that Royal Decree. “I remove Darknight Parshath and Dark General Freed from the Graveyard to send Dark Nephthys to the Graveyard.” Darknight Parshath and Dark General Freed were sucked into a dark void and Kim put Dark Nephthys into the Graveyard. “I place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared behind the dark swordsman.

 

“Is that your move? Pathetic. I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. A card revealed itself. “I activate my facedown, Future Fusion, which means I can ditch some cards-”

 

“I activate Dust Tornado, destroying your Future Fusion.” A tornado appeared. It then died down.

 

“I activate Royal Decree.” The card revealed itself. “With this, my lock is almost complete. But that’s not important. Future Fusion sends Cyber Dragon, three Android – Psycho Shockers, and three Android – Psycho Returners to the Graveyard.” The seven cards popped out of the deck and Jinzo sent them to the Graveyard. The Graveyard glowed. “I summon my three Psycho Shockers.” Three cyborgs that looked like Jinzo appeared (ATKs 2400). “I attack with one Jinzo it wipe out your monster and then my other monsters get to your Life Points.” The first cyborg blasted electrical lightning bolts. The swordsman was completely wiped out. The other two cyborgs released green lightning and the giant orange dragon released black flame from its mouth (Kim 8000 -> 200). “Looks like you’re ready to give up already, but I’m not done. Usually my Shockers will die at the end of the turn, but not if I tribute all three to complete my lock. I tribute all three to summon Destiny Hero – Plasma.” The three cyborgs disappeared and a light appeared. From the light, a dark figure appeared. It had a dragon head for one hand, a big claw for the other hand, wings, and giant claws on its back (ATK 1900). “Now your monster effects are negated.”

 

“What!” exclaimed Kim. “My traps, spells, and monster effects are negated!? What can I do!?”

 

“See, that’s the whole point. You can’t do anything!”

 

“Oh yeah? I know of one card that can put a stop to your whole strategy, and guess what! You’re using it! Just wait and see. It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Excellent. Since I sent my Dark Nephthys to the Graveyard, I can resurrect it.” A red flame appeared on the ground. A phoenix rose from the ashes. Its fire started to glow (DEF 1600). “When it’s Special Summoned, it destroys a Spell or Trap on the field, so I choose Royal Decree!” The black phoenix’s flame went out. “Oh yeah, Plasma steals its effect. In that case, I use Spiritualism to return Royal Decree to your hand instead.” Three brown spirits appeared. The spirits flew toward the Royal Decree card.

 

“Horus, negate Spiritualism.” The giant dragon glowed. The spirits remained. “Wait, why wasn’t Spiritualism negated?”

 

“That’s part of Spiritualism’s effect. It can’t be negated.” The spirits flew into the Royal Decree card. The card disappeared and reappeared in Jinzo’s hand. “Now I can activate my Traps again, but I’ll end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. “I activate Plasma’s effect. It absorbs your Dark Nephthys and half its ATK points.” The dragon head opened its mouth and sucked in the phoenix. The dragon head grew and swallowed the phoenix. The phoenix appeared on the wing of the man (ATK 1900 -> 3100). “I atta-” Kim revealed her facedown, Threatening Roar. “I end my turn.”

 

“Then I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I set a monster and end my turn.” A sideways facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“I draw!” Jinzo drew a card.

 

“Future Fusion summons the Chimeratech Overdragon you fused seven material for two turns ago.” A seven-headed serpent chimera appeared. “It sends all cards you control to the Graveyard, including Future Fusion, causing its own destruction.” The seven-headed serpent blew a laser at the Future Fusion card, destroying it. The chimera exploded, destroying the armored man and the big dragon.

 

“I still have my Royal Decree in my hand, though, and you only have 200 Life Points. I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Jinzo.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I place a card facedown and end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. “I summon Malice Doll of Demise.” A doll with an axe appeared (ATK 1600). “I activate Ectoplasmer.” The card showed itself. “At the end of each turn, the turn player tributes a face-up monster and deals damage to the opponent equal to half its Original ATK. Farewell.” A white light was drained from a doll and blasted at Kim.

 

“I activate Spell of Pain. This card will redirect the damage to you.” The spirit flew back at Jinzo (Jinzo 8000 -> 7200).

 

“You’ve kept yourself alive this turn, but let’s see if you can keep it up.”

 

“I will. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “This should give me something to work with. I activate Dark Samsara Tactics.” The card revealed itself. “With its effect, I can tribute my Necro Gardna to draw a card.” The facedown, shown to be a crouching silver man with red and green armor, shattered, and Kim drew a card. “Since it’s a DARK monster, I can reveal it and destroy a card you control.” Kim showed her Dark Seedshooter. “I destroy Ectoplasmer.” The Ectoplasmer card shattered. “See? I don’t need my Traps to win. I summon Dark Seedshooter.” A small rose-cannon appeared (ATK 1500). “I attack directly with my Sheedshooter.” The cannon fired seeds at Jinzo (Jinzo 7200 -> 5700). “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. “You sealed your own fate. Since Malice Doll of Demise was sent to the Graveyard by a Continuous Spell, it comes back.” The doll with the axe reappeared (ATK 1600). “I summon my Machine King Prototype.” A silver and red humanoid machine with yellow circles on its shoulders appeared (ATK 1600). “It gains 100 ATK for every Machine on the field, including himself.” The humanoid machine grew stronger (ATK 1600 -> 1700). “Prototype, attack the Seedshooter.”

 

“Not if I activate my Continuous Spell’s other effect: I remove a DARK monster in my Graveyard and this card from play to destroy your Prototype.” The Dark Samsara Tactics card and the Darklord Zerato card were sucked into a dark void and the humanoid exploded. “Even so, I still have my Malice Doll. Attack!” The doll ran over to the plant-cannon.

 

“I remove Necro Gardna from the Graveyard to stop an attack just once.” A silver man blocked the attack and was promptly sucked into the dark void.

 

“Fine. You’re just stalling. I end my turn.”

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Not quite what I was hoping for, but it’ll do. “I remove Dark Grepher and Dark Nephthys from my Graveyard to activate Dark Seedshooter’s special effect: it inflicts 600 damage to you.” Dark Nephthys and Dark Grepher were sucked into a dark void and the rose-cannon shot out some seeds (Jinzo 5700 -> 5100). “I summon my Doomsday Horror.” A demonic dark creature with green eyes appeared (ATK ?).

 

“How come its ATK points aren’t determined?”

 

“Its ATK points are equal to 300 times the number of DARK monsters removed from play. I count six, s that’s 1800 points.” Kim was right: six monsters showed itself behind the imp (ATK 1800). “Doomsday Horror, attack that Malice Doll, and then Seedshooter, attack directly.” The imp crushed the doll with a dark claw (Jinzo 5100 -> 4900) and the Seedshooter spat out seeds (Jinzo 4900 -> 3400). “I end my turn.”

 

“You’re leaving yourself very open. It’s my turn. I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. Where is it? That one machine card left in my deck that can end this duel? Whatever, I’ll slowly do damage. “I summon Shreddder.” A brown machine with four spikes at the top and tons of sharp blades inside it appeared (ATK 1600). “Attack the Seedshooter!” The machine charged toward the rose-cannon and killed it with one of its spikes (Kim 200 -> 100). “You’re almost down to nothing. And to think you still have to go through Chancellor Sludge.”

 

“Don’t remind me.” Kim drew a card. “I attack your Sheddder.” The imp crushed the spike machine (Jinzo 3400 -> 3200). “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Jinzo drew a card. “I summon Mechanicalchaser.” A machine made with many swords and a gray center with green wings and armor appeared (ATK 1850).

 

“Really!?” exclaimed Kim.

 

“Attack!” The machine slashed at the imp with a sword (Kim 100 -> 50).

 

“When Doomsday Horror is destroyed, all DARK monsters that are removed from play go back to the Graveyard.” The DARK monsters in the dark void flew out of the dark void and into Kim’s Graveyard.

 

“I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon The Dark Creator.” A black titan appeared. “Next I activate The Beginning of the End. When I have seven or more cards in the Graveyard, lets me remove five to draw three cards.” Dark General Freed, Darknight Parshath, Darklord Zerato, Dark Grepher, and Dark Seedshooter were sucked into the dark void and Kim drew three cards. Perfect! “Since the only DARK monsters in my Grave are Doomsday Horror, Dark Nephthys, and Necro Gardna, I can summon Dark Armed Dragon.” A black dragon covered in spiky armor appeared (ATK 2800). “I activate The Dark Creator’s effect: I remove Doomsday horror from play to summon back Dark Nephthys.” Doomsday Horror flew into a dark void while a black phoenix rose from ashes (ATK 2400). “I can use my Dark Nephthys’ effect to destroy your facedown card.” The phoenix flapped its wings, released dark fire onto the card. “I place two cards facedown and I attack with all three monsters.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Kim and the tall titan made an electric ball, the dark spiky-armored dragon started swinging around its fists, and the phoenix breathed out dark fire. The machine with the green armor didn’t stand a chance (Jinzo 3200 -> 0).

 

“You think you’ve won? Not quite. Your turn ends and Chancellor Sludge starts with five cards in his hand, later drawing one, and 8000 Life Points, while you’re starting with five cards on the field and 50 Life Points.” The cyborg disappeared.

 

“Looks like it’s my turn to face you. I won’t hold back.” Chancellor Sludge’s Duel Disk activated. “It’s quite a coincidence. You and I each have new decks. Well, my deck is only slightly different because of a brand new set of Sludge cards, but you’ll see.” He drew 5 cards. “It’s my turn. I draw!” He drew a card. “Looks like I have the card to stop you right here. I summon Gorespike Sludge.” A spiky piece of sludge appeared. “When it is summon-”

 

“Forget it. I activate Solemn Judgment.” The sludge was destroyed and Kim lost more Life Points (Kim 50 -> 25).

 

“Fine. I end with four facedowns.” Four facedown cards appeared in front of Chancellor Sludge.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate my facedown, Heavy Storm.” A storm blew away all of the Chancellor’s facedown cards. “I summon Armageddon Knight.” A man in scrap armor appeared (ATK 1400). “With it I can send Dark Horus to the Graveyard.” The Dark Horus card slid out of the deck. “I remove Necro Gardna from the Graveyard to bring out Dark Horus.” Necro Gardna was sucked into a dark void and a giant black dragon appeared and turned the ceiling dark (ATK 3000). “I attack. You lose.” All of Kim’s monsters attacked (Sludge 8000 -> 0). The holograms disappeared. Kim walked over to Mr. Saiko’s body. “Okay, Jinzo, release him.”

 

“Fine. I might as well, but Duel Academies around the world haven’t seen the last of me.” The Jinzo spirit disappeared. Mr. Saiko got up.

 

“Child,” said Mr. Saiko. “You must have defeated the Jinzo spirit taking over my body. Thanks. I think I should ask for you to get promoted to Level 4.”

 

“Already processing,” said Chancellor Sludge. “Good job Kim. Now about this darkness thing.”

 

“Oh, right.” Kim let the darkness cover her again and recede, showing the school uniform clothes.

 

“So, let’s see about getting you your new coat,” said the chancellor. He took a black coat out of a closet in the room. “Here you are, Kim. You still want black, right?”

 

“Well, yeah, but-”

 

“I had a feeling you would complete the task at hand. Anyway, let’s get you to your new teacher.”

 

“Wait!” said Mr. Saiko. “Kim, I never got a chance to duel you with my own strategy. Please visit me sometime after school so that we can duel.”

 

“Okay,” said Kim. “I know I’ll be visiting the Chancellor again, so I’ll get to see the changes of his Sludge deck.”

 

“Yep,” the Chancellor said. “Let’s go.” They walked out of the classroom, the students still yelling comments about Kim’s ‘witchcraft.’ Soon they walked to another classroom. “Well, this is one of a few Level 4 classrooms. I let the good students pick which class they want to be in, but you’re not exactly a good student, Kim. Not according to your discipline record anyway. Have a nice new class, Kim.” The Chancellor walked away and Kim walked in. There were many, many students, but seven in particular caught her eye: James, Derek, Reya, Heather, Audrey, Wanda, and Erika.

 

Great. They’re here. But hey, James is here too, and that makes it okay with me. I wonder what adventures await me here!

 

Sadly she’ll be very disappointed by the lack of real adventure for the next few months of her school life.

 

Fitting for the time skip, the next Chapter is on my first post of page 3.

[ragnarok1945]

a little bit shorter than I had expected. Kim's loss hopefully is not going to trigger hostility between her and Akiza.

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 53]

Remember how I said that nothing exciting happened over the next few months of Kim’s school life? I took the liberty of skipping those months so that we actually get to an exciting part. So I’ll show this time skip like this:

 

~A few months later~

 

Kim was lying down on her black-sheeted bed in her new dorm room alone. Wow, I can’t believe so much time passed without anything happening, thought Kim. Although I’ve had to live this experience in Duel School, I expected a Duel Academy to be different. The first few weeks of Level 3 were fun, but Level 4 is boring. The teacher is boring, nobody around me dares talk to me ever since rumors of witchcraft spread because of that Jinzo incident with Mr. Saiko. In fact, I’ve been roommate-less for my entire time in Level 4 so far. I just hope that something happens eventually. Maybe I’ll actually get a roommate who isn’t afraid of my powers. Kim heard a knock on her window. She rolled over and looked to see who it was. James. It’s like the seventh time this week, and it’s only Friday afternoon. Kim walked over and opened the window. James hopped in.

 

“Kim, I got some good news!” He hugged Kim from behind. “Something exciting happened!”

 

“Okay, what is it?” asked Kim.

 

“I got a mysterious note from someone!” he said. “I didn’t read it yet, I’m so excited. I might actually get a girlfriend that isn’t you. No offense.”

 

“I know what you mean,” said Kim. James still seems to like me, but I’m glad he’s moving on. “Let me see the note.” James reached into his pocket, took something out, handed the note to Kim, and put his arm around her again. It was a white piece of paper folded into a small square. It was marked ‘James.’ Kim started to open it.

 

“Hey, I never said you could look at the message inside,” said James.

 

“May I?”

 

“Of course, Kim. You know I trust you with everything.” Kim felt the tip of James’ nose moving back and forth against her cheek.

 

“Yeah… thank you James.” Yeah, I’m sure he still likes me. Kim opened up the note and started reading it. “James, you might want to open your eyes and actually read it.”

 

James opened his eyes and read it aloud: “Ha ha ha! I bet you thought you got a girl! Nope!” James started to cry. “I was so close… so close!” He squeezed Kim even harder.

 

Kim saw a P.S. on the note: ‘Hand this note to Kim.’ That’s strange. Why would this note be sent to James to crush him emotionally have him give it to me? Kim grabbed James’ hands. “Don’t let this bother you. You’ll find a girl who will fall in love in you so deeply she’ll… she’ll… I don’t know what she’ll do, but she’ll just be so in love with you.” James stopped crying. “Good. You’ve stopped crying. Don’t worry so much about this. The good news is that this note was supposed to go to you so you could send it to me.”

 

“What?” James was still sniffling some. He saw the P.S. at the end of the note. “Rather interesting. So somebody sent a note to me to put me down and get me to give this note to you? But I didn’t see anything else on the note.”

 

“Yeah.” Kim flipped the note to the other side, a blank side. Then Kim’s eyes turned purple. Letters appeared to her. It appears this note has a message only people of darkness can read. More letters appeared and they eventually spelled out a message: Queen of Darkness, you might think you’re hot stuff with that dark power, but I have something even stronger: the powers of both light and dark. Defeat my five soldiers of chaos and this note will spell out my location, but beware: just knowing my location will be enough to defeat me. “James, I know what it says.”

 

“Huh? What are you talking about? This note is blank.”

 

“No it isn’t. It’s written in dark letters, symbols that only dark creatures can see and understand.”

 

“Dark creatures? But you’re in your regular school clothes.” James then realized something. “So you’re a dark creature all the time? The darkness doesn’t consume you?”

 

“Yes, I’m a dark creature. The darkness doesn’t consume me, it reveals my true form. However, I still can’t control any magical dark powers except for creating Shadow Games and seeing darkness, so I have the necklace to control that power as well as any other powers I might have.”

 

“But if you’re a dark creature, doesn’t darkness control your heart? Why aren’t you evil?”

 

“James,” Kim grabbed James’ hands and held them to her heart and closed her eyes, “darkness isn’t always evil. Take Jaden, for example. He has the dark power of the Supreme King, but Jaden isn’t evil. You can’t say light is always good either. The Light of Destruction was evil, even though it was light. I guess the moral of the story is, don’t judge somebody’s heart by how dark it is but how good it is, because the scales are not the same.”

 

“Okay. Now, what does that note say?”

 

“It says I have to defeat a militia of chaos.”

 

“Okay. When does the war start?”

 

“It starts right now!” said a voice. A somewhat tall person in a white and black mask and white and black armor appeared out of nowhere. He raised his arm and a dark purple energy came out. It engulfed him, Kim, and James and disappeared. It reappeared in a dueling field. Kim and James woke up when the dark bubble disappeared, leaving them in the field. “I am the third strongest of all of my liege’s troops. Prepare to suffer defeat at the hands of Juan, the duelist of Incan history.”

 

“You’re kidding me, right? An Incan deck?”

 

“Nope. Prepare to lose.” A wrecked duel disk that looked like it was made of stone activated. Darkness consumed Kim, revealing the dark outfit and the Dark signer duel disk. It activated. Kim and Juan drew five cards. “You can go first.”

 

“Fine then, I will. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon Armageddon Knight.” A man in poorly built armor and a sword appeared (ATK 1400). “Thanks to its effect, I can send a DARK monster to the Graveyard. I choose Dark Horus.” The Dark Horus card popped out of her deck and Kim sent it to the Graveyard. “I place a card face-down and end my turn.”

 

“I guess it’s my turn. I draw!” Juan drew a card. “I special summon Oracle of the Sun.” A priest in big, yellow clothes, an orange sun on his chest, and a feathery staff appeared (ATK 1000). “Next I play Double Summon, so I can Normal Summon twice this turn, but I’ll get to that detail later. First I summon Red Ant Azcatl.” A red ant with yellow lines on its head appeared (ATK 700). “Now I tune Red Ant Azcatl (Level 3) with my Oracle of the Sun (Level 5).” The red ant turned into three green rings and the priest jumped into the middle. The priest turned into five white stars. A pillar of light appeared. All the while, Juan chanted “When the Sun rises, it will illuminate all darkness! May you flood in, light! Synchro Summon! Show yourself, Sun Dragon Inti!” A yellow sun with four red and orange dragons coming out of it appeared (ATK 3000). “Now I use my other Normal Summon for Supay.” A wooden demon head appeared (ATK 300). “Next I use Instant Fusion to summon Kaminari Attack.” Juan’s Life Points lowered (Juan 8000 -> 7000) and a big, old man’s head with a gray beard and hands appeared (ATK 1900). “I tune my Supay (Level 1) to my Kaminari Attack (Level 5).” Strangely, the wooden demon head exploded into eleven white stars. The dark stars went into the old man, causing ten of the sixteen white stars within him to disappear. The other six came out of his body as dark stars. They spun in a circle and a pillar of darkness appeared. As this was happening, Juan chanted “When the moon is full in the darkness, the whispering of the Devil will be heard. Entice them over to death! Synchro Summon! Show yourself, Moon Dragon Quilla!” A blue moon with four blue and light blue dragons coming out of it appeared (ATK 2500). “I attack with my Sun Dragon Inti!” The dragonish sun figure started to blow fire at the poorly-armored knight. A force field protected him and blasted the fire back at the two dragonish figures, destroying them.

 

“Thanks to my Mirror Force card, my Knight is safe.” Then the sun dragon rose back up from the clouds (ATK 3000). “Wait, what happened?”

 

“I’m afraid your Knight isn’t as safe as he seems. When Moon Dragon Quilla is destroyed, she brings back Inti. Next turn, thanks to Inti’s effect, Quilla will return. So let’s try that attack again. Inti, attack Armageddon Knight.” The sun dragon blew fire at Armageddon Knight, destroying it (Kim 8000 -> 6400). “I set a card and end my turn.” A card appeared in front of Juan.

 

“Then I guess it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. I only need one more DARK monster in my Graveyard, and I have just the way to get it there.

 

“Don’t forget, Quilla comes back.” The moon dragon came out of the clouds (ATK 2500).

 

Hopefully this will work. “I activate Lightning Vortex, so I discard a monster and destroy all your cards. I discard Necro Gardna.” Kim sent necro gardna to the Graveyard and a lightning storm started up.

 

“I know what you’re trying to pull. I activate Imperial Iron Wall.” The trap card revealed itself.

 

“So?” The lightning storm blew up both the dragons. Kim revealed d.D. Crow from her hand. “I can now use my D.D. Crow to remove your Sun Dragon from play.”

 

“Actually, this is where Imperial Iron Wall kicks in. Cards can’t be removed from play, so you can’t even use that D.D. Crow against my dragons.”

 

“What!?”

 

“Yep.” I’m also sure you know what happens now.” The sun dragon came back to life (ATK 3000). “Face it, you can’t take down the Incan dragons.”

 

He’s right. I can’t summon some of my dark monsters, I can’t remove anything for dark armed dragon, I can’t even negate an attack with Necro Gardna. What am I supposed to do?

 

“You’ll never stop my endless combo!” Juan laughed as a yellow “To Be Continued” appeared at the bottom of the screen. The screen faded out.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 54]

Juan had an Imperial Iron Wall and a Sun Dragon Inti, with a Moon Dragon Quilla about to come back next turn, and stood at a proud 7000 Life Points. Kim had nothing on her field and stood at 6400 Life Points. Oh no, how will I stop this combo? Kim thought. None of my destruction cards will work since they’ll come back.

 

“Hahahaha,” yelled Juan. “Thanks to my dragons, destruction is pretty much sealed off as an option. Thanks to Imperial Iron Wall, you can’t remove cards from play, and that D.D. Crow in your hand, as well as a big portion of your deck, is useless.”

 

“We’ll see. It’s still my turn and I haven’t summoned yet. I summon Dark Armed Dragon.” A tall, black, spiked dragon appeared (DEF 1000). “I’ll also set a monster and end my turn.” A sideways facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“So weak. I draw!” Juan drew a card. “Quilla, rise again!” The moon dragon rose from the clouds (ATK 2500). “Destroy that Dark Armed Dragon!” The moon dragon shot an ice cold breath at the spiky dragon, wiping it out. “Inti, attack that facedown!” The sun dragon flew fire at the sideways facedown card, revealing itself to be a mechanical crow, and the crow blew up. “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Juan.

 

“It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. This will help later. “Since I have five Dark monsters in the Graveyard and no monsters on the field, I can summon The Dark Creator.” A giant, dark titan appeared and knelt down (DEF 3000). “Sure, it can’t use its effect, but it can defend. But right now, I’ll just set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Look at you, playing defensive, unable to attack. Horrible position, isn’t it? Knowing you can’t escape no matter what. I’ll show you that. It’s my turn, I draw!” Juan drew a card. “Not quite exactly what I was hoping for, but it will do for now. I place a card facedown and end my turn.” Another facedown card appeared in front of him.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I end my turn.”

 

“Now it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. This will hopefully help. “I place another card facedown and end my turn.” Another card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“I draw!” Juan drew a card. “You’re gonna lose now. I summon Apocatequil!” A man with a wooden box head, glowing red eyes, white clothes, and a golden thunder staff appeared (ATK 1800). “Since a monster was summoned, I can activate Torrential Tribute!”

 

“No!”

 

“Yes. I can destroy all monsters on the field!” The wooden man, the two dragons, and the titan blew up. “I think you know what happens next! Inti and Oracle of the Sun rise from the Grave!” The priest stood on top of the sun dragon’s center as they rose up from the clouds (ATKs 1000 and 3000, respectively).

 

“Yeah, well, I use Divine Warning to negate your Sun Dragon’s rising- wait, why is your priest back?” The Divine Warning card revealed itself, returning the sun dragon back to the clouds and causing Kim to weaken (Kim 6600 -> 4600). The priest jumped off of the sun before it disappeared.

 

“When Apocatequil is destroyed, Oracle of the Sun comes back. Convenient, isn’t it? Now he can hit you directly!” The priest rose his staff. A beam of sunlight came down and shot from his staff with amplified power, striking Kim through her stomach (Kim 4600 -> 3600). “Don’t forget that Quilla comes back next turn. I end my turn.”

 

“I didn’t forget about her. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Perfect!

 

“Quilla, rise again!” The moon dragon rose from the clouds (ATK 2500).

 

“Too bad I can get rid of her now.”

 

“Why would you try? It’ll only bring back Inti.”

 

“We’ll just see about that. I activate Mystical Space Typhoon. This card will let me destroy your Imperial Iron Wall.” A tornado started to fly toward the wall. “But I’m chaining my Offerings to the Doomed to destroy Quilla.” Lit candles started to appear.

 

“I don’t think so. I activate Destruct Potion. Destroy Quilla.” The moon dragon blew up and Juan was surrounded by a white aura (Juan 7000 -> 9500). The tornado still destroyed the wall. “With its effect, Sun Dragon Inti will rise from the clouds.” Nothing happened.

 

“Sorry, you missed the timing. Inti can’t come back, so your loop has ended. I end my turn. The good news is I’m defenseless for two more of your turns, so deal all the damage you can.”

 

“Yep. I draw!” Juan drew a card. “I don’t have any more monsters to attack you with this round. Oracle, attack!” The oracle blasted a sunray at Kim (Kim 3600 -> 2600). “I’m assuming you’re passing your turn since you can’t do anything during it.” Kim nodded. “Then I draw!” Juan drew a card. “Good, something stronger. I tribute Oracle of the Sun for my Vice Dragon.” The priest turned into a rainbow portal, through which a purple dragon with big claws and spikes on its knees, head, and wings (ATK 2000). “Attack directly!” The dragon charged forward.

 

“I remove Necro Gardna from my Graveyard since your Iron Wall is now gone. It will negate your attack.” A man in red and green armor blocked the slash attack and Necro Gardna was sucked into a dark void.

 

“I end my turn.”

 

“I draw! Kim drew a card. “I summon Prometheus, King of the Shadows.” A man in golden ribcage armor and dark shadows surrounding him appeared (ATK 1200). “I remove my Armageddon Knight, Dark Armed Dragon, D.D. Crow, and Dark Horus from the Graveyard to increase Prometheus’ ATK by 1600.” The four cards were sucked into a dark void and the shadow man grew stronger (ATK 1200 -> 2800). “Now take down that Vice Dragon!” The man of shadows released darkness onto the dragon, killing the dragon (Juan 9500 -> 8700). “I end my turn.” The king’s shadows receded (ATK 2800 -> 1200). Hopefully not removing The Dark Creator will pay off. At least I still have Dark Horus removed from play in case not.

 

“Strange you didn’t remove The Dark Creator, but whatever. I draw!” Juan drew a card. “Finally, a good monster, but a little late. I summon my Giant Rat.” A big, blue-haired rat appeared (ATK 1400). “Giant Rat, attack!” The rat pounced on the man and crushed his skull (Kim 2600 -> 2400). “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” yelled Kim. She looked at the card in her hand, Allure of Darkness. This will be a gamble, but I have to try it. “I activate Allure of Darkness, so I draw 2 cards and remove one from play.[/i] Kim drew 2 cards. One was Cyber Ouroboros. “I send Cyber Ouroboros to the dark void.” Cyber Ouroboros was sucked into a dark void. “But with its effect, I can ditch my last card to draw a card. Kim sent the card in her hand to the Graveyard and drew a card. “Excellent! I activate Revival of Darkness! This returns all DARK monsters back to my Graveyard and Special Summons a DARK monster from the Graveyard all at the cost of 2000 Life Points! Welcome back, the dark creator!” The big, black titan reappeared (DEF 3000). Cyber Ouroboros, Necro Gardna, Dark Armed Dragon, Dark Horus, Armageddon knight, and D.D. Crow all returned to Kim’s Graveyard (Kim 2400 -> 400). “The only problem is I can’t summon or attack this turn. I end my turn.”

 

“Really? Okay, I draw!” Juan drew a card. “I switch Giant Rat to defense position, set a card, and end my turn.” The rat got on all four feet (DEF 1450) and a facedown card appeared in front of Juan.

 

“Now it’s my turn, and my chance to turn this game around. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I remove the Darklord Zerato from my Graveyard from play to summon Dark Horus.” Darklord Zerato was sucked into a dark void and a giant, black dragon appeared and painted the sun black (ATK 3000).

 

“When did you-” A flashback of Kim sending a card from her hand to the Graveyard to activate Cyber Ouroboros’ effect ran through Juan’s mind. “Oh.”

 

“I switch The Dark Creator to attack mode!” The titan stood up (ATK 2300). “The Dark Creator, attack with dark lightning!” The titan created a ball of darkness and threw it at the rat. The rat suffered dark electric burns and exploded.

 

“With my rat’s effect, I can just summon another one!” Another rat took its place (ATK 1400).

 

“Too bad. Dark Horus, attack!” The giant dragon blasted black fire at the rat, wiping it out (Juan 8700 -> 7100).

 

“Fine, I’ll just summon another one!” Another rat took its place (ATK 1400).

 

“I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Then I draw!” Juan drew a card. “Grr, I switch Giant Rat to defense mode and place a card face-down, and end my turn.” The giant rat knelt down (DEF 1450) and a card appeared in front of Juan.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “This might be it. I activate a Spell card known as Dark Samsara Tactics.” The card revealed itself. “I use my creator to remove D.D. Crow from the Graveyard to summon Armageddon Knight.” D.D. Crow disappeared into a dark void and a knight in poorly built armor appeared (ATK 1400). “With its effect, I send my Dark Simorgh to the Graveyard.” Kim sent Dark Simorgh from the deck to the Graveyard. “Now I tribute Armageddon Knight to activate Dark Samsara Tactics’ effect: I draw a card, and if it’s a DARK monster, I can reveal it to destroy a Spell or Trap on the field.” The knight disappeared and Kim drew a card and revealed it. “I drew Dark Nephthys. I destroy one of your facedown cards.” One of Juan’s facedown cards blew up. “Next I use my Dark Nephthys’ effect to remove Armageddon Knight and Dark Simorgh from the Graveyard so this card can go to the Graveyard.” Armageddon Knight and Dark Simorgh entered the dark void and Kim sent Dark Nephthys to the Graveyard. “I remove ark Nephthys and Dark Samsara Tactics from play to get rid of Giant Rat.” The Dark Samsara Tactics card and Dark Nephthys were sucked into a dark void and the rat disappeared. “I activate Return from the Different Dimension, so I pay half my life and three removed monsters can come back to play. I special summon Darklord Zerato, Dark Nephthys, and Dark Simorgh.” Three cards flew out of the dark void (Kim 400 -> 200). Kim summoned a giant, dark bird, a dark-fiery metallic phoenix, and a dark fairy with red wings and a black sword (ATKs 2700, 2400, and 2800, respectively). “Dark Nephthys will now wipe out your other facedown.” The phoenix flapped its wings, causing dark fire to set the card alight. The card burned to a crisp. “You lose! I attack with my monsters!” Juan took damage from a dark electric ball, dark-red flames, dark-blue flames, a big wind gust, and a black sword (Juan 7100 -> 0). Juan flew back ten feet and landed on his back. The holograms faded.

 

“You may have defeated me, Queen of Darkness, but remember that I am only the third best. The strongest or second strongest will take you down. If not, my liege will.” Juan faded away. A small square of darkness came from that area and covered a small part of the note. I guess that means that I’ve defeated one. Once I defeat them all, the location of this Chaos Liege should spell out, and I’ll be ready to take him on. Watch out, Chaos Liege, Kim Shadow is coming for you.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 55]

Kim continued to look at the note; how the darkness danced in the little square it made for itself on the paper.

 

“Well, that was scary,” said James. James looked at the note. “So, what are you doing looking at that paper? Isn’t it blank?”

 

“No. I know you can’t see it, but darkness is covering a small square of the paper. I think it shows that I’ve defeated one of the five Chaos Henchmen.”

 

“Oh, wow,” James said unenthusiastically.

 

“Why are you unenthusiastic? You found this note hoping for something interesting and, what do you know, something relatively exciting happens.”

 

“Yeah, for you. These people are only interested in you, the Queen of Darkness. Nobody wants to duel against me.”

 

“If that’s how you feel, we should find you an opponent. There should be some people around here. Wait, we should probably walk to the main field to find an opponent.” Kim and James walked through many fields of grass and trees but seemingly nothing else. Kim saw not a soul, not even a duel spirit. It seemed like forever until they reached a field where many of the students were. Kim saw Heather, Derek, Wanda, Audrey, and Erika, and well as Reya. Perhaps they could be opponents. Then she saw Mike. I wonder how he’s been. I haven’t seen him too much recently. But which to first? “James, you should easily find an opponent here.”

 

“Can’t we have a Team Duel together, Kim? I mean, we really seem to bond during Team Duels, and it’s a lot of fun.”

 

“Okay, but first let me talk to some friends. Find yourself a regular duel and I’ll be sure to find you.”

 

“Good. Promise me.”

 

“I promise, James.” James hugged Kim and ran off. I guess I’ll talk to Mike first. Kim walked over to Mike and tapped him on the shoulder. “Mike, how are you?”

 

“Oh hey,” he said. He looked down toward the ground.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

“My darkness doesn’t seem to be growing, yet Arkana’s doesn’t stop growing. He’s able to take me over almost all the time!”

 

“That’s terrible,” Kim said, lifting Mike’s chin up. His expression became blank. “Mike?” He refocused. Kim noticed Mike had a different eye patch on: it looked like a Mokey Mokey.

 

“Sorry, but that was Arkana. Even from far away he can take me over. He’s grown so powerful that, when he has control of my mind, he can even see through my eye. I think he might be looking for you and using me to help.”

 

“Well, he just found me.”

 

“The serious issue is that I need dark power! Any way you can lend me any?”

 

“No, I don’t know of any way to do that. I was once infected with darkness, which probably became the darkness within in me now, but I don’t know how to do that.”

 

“I need to find some way of gaining dark power.”

 

“Okay, but don’t do anything stupid like submitting yourself to work under an evil maniac, okay?”

 

“I’ll try not to,” said Mike. “By the way, Kim, I made an interesting device that taps out duels. Just attach one of these to each duel disk and the duel stops. Use it if you really need to leave to go somewhere and Arkana has you trapped in his seal, for example.”

 

“Interesting.”

 

“Here are two right now,” replied Mike as he handed Kim two small but heavy, spherical devices. “They’ll flatten on and infect the Duel Disk you attach it to. You might want to use a slingshot to aim or just throw it at the Duel Disk. As long as you can attach one to each Duel Disk before the duel’s end, the duel will end. Unfortunately, the devices are one-time use only, but you can always talk to me if you need more.”

 

“Thank you, Mike,” said Kim. “This is rather … interesting.”

 

“I suggest you get out of here, or else you might need them to escape from Arkana soon.”

 

“Right. Bye Mike.” Kim ran to the five-person Ethical Enchanter and Duel Spirit group and Reya. “Hey everybody!” yelled Kim. “Reya, did you join their Charmer cosplay group?”

 

“Yep!” said Reya. “I forgot to tell you this, but my real name is Leya. I used to only like certain people to call me Leya, but now I’m okay with everyone calling me Leya.” The six Duel Spirits, Leya’s bring that yellow ball fairy with a heart on its head, appeared to Kim. They all sat on the masters’ shoulders. “Nice clothes,” somewhat amazed at Kim’s dark outfit. “I’d show you my new costume, but they’re in my room, so I can’t get them.”

 

“So what’s it like rooming alone?” asked Heather. “I hear you don’t have a roommate now because you’re a dark witch.”

 

“That’s nothing you really need to know,” said Kim. “I am hoping somebody wouldn’t mind rooming with me, though.”

 

“Well, too bad,” replied Heather. “Well, what did you want? A duel?”

 

”No, not really, I just wanted to see how you girls were doing, but if you girls want a duel, one of you will have to sit out and we can have a three-on-three Team Duel,” replied Kim.

 

“No, regular Tag Teams take too long,” said Heather. “I once had a Tag Team battle with Audrey and my partner and Wanda and Erika as opponents. It took forever. Derek must have played through at least five levels in that video game he was playing.”

 

“She’s why we can’t have super three-on-three battles,” said Wanda. “She never wants to try it. If you want, Kim, we can do a three-on-three right now. You’ll just have to take Heather’s place. Mind using her deck?”

 

“There is NO way I’m letting her use my deck!” yelled Heather.

 

”Please? Just this once?” asked Erika. “I’ve always wanted to try a three-on-three battle out, but you never let us try it. It would be more fitting if she were using your deck.”

 

”That’s completely unacceptable!” yelled Heather.

 

”Fine!” replied Wanda. “Kim, how about we just have a tag duel? Me and Erika against you and Audrey? And how about we each have 4000 Life Points and each field is treated separate?”

 

”I have no problem with those terms,” said Audrey. “What about you, Kim? Any problem with you?”

 

“Nope,” replied Kim. “Audrey, do you mind if I use the Dark deck? Or do you want me to use the Easter Egg deck?”

 

“How about we keep this relatively elemental? Use your Easter Egg cards.”

 

”Okay.” Kim took the Dark deck out of her duel disk. The darkness covered Kim again and receded, showing her usual black uniform and duel disk. Kim placed her Easter Egg deck into her Duel Disk and her Duel Disk activated. Audrey activated her Duel Disk. Wanda and Erika activated their Duel Disks.

 

“Duel!” they all yelled at once.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 56]

“I’ll start this duel off! I draw!” yelled Wanda as she drew a card. “I activate Dragon Canyon!” The field turned into a canyon with dragons flying overhead. “I activate its effect: I discard a card and I add Dragunity Aklys to my hand.” Wanda discarded a card and a card popped out of her deck. She pulled it out and revealed it. “I summon this Dragunity Aklys!” A small red dragon with silver armor and a metal spear popping from its head appeared (ATK 1000). “But he knows that he’s too small on his own, so he has a special ability: when it is Summoned, I can Special Summon a Dragunity monster from my hand and equip this card to it, so I choose Dragunity Arms Misteil!” A black dragon with yellow armor and a black-hilted sword appeared (ATK 2100). “When it is Summoned, I can equip a Dragunity monster from my Graveyard, so I choose the Brandistock I discarded.” A small purple dragon in blue armor appeared, then the small purple dragon and the small, long red dragon attached themselves to the green gem on the giant black, yellow-armored dragon’s silver, pointy end of the tail. “Fortunately for you, I can’t attack this turn, so I’ll just end my turn with a facedown card.” A card appeared facedown in front of Wanda.

 

“So I guess I’ll go now! I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt!” A magical arrow pierced the card and flung it high onto a cliff. “What was that?” Kim saw that the facedown card on Wanda’s field had revealed itself Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell.

 

“I activated my Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell card by discarding my Stamping Destruction spell card. Not only is your Spell negated, but you can’t use any spells of that name for the rest of the duel!”

 

What!? I can’t use my Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt anymore!? How am I going to use my Easter Eggs now? Wait a minute, I have alternatives, and some are in my hand right now! “If that’s the case, I’ll just have to use my Miraculous Egg Emergence card! With it I can activate five Easter Eggs out of my deck at once.” Five green and blue striped eggs each with a different number, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10, appeared. “I’ll use their effects as well: with 1 I gain 500 Life Points, with 3 I draw a card, with 5 I pay 1500 Life Points and draw two cards, with 7 I can destroy a monster, and with 10 I Special Summon a monster from my hand and one of my opponents can Summon a monster from their deck that is two Levels lower.” Kim drew three cards, suffered a net loss of 1000 Life Points (Kim 8000 -> 7000), the yellow-armored black dragon and the two dragons attached to it shattered, and a woman in green and blue armor and a green-bladed sword with a blue hilt appeared on Kim’s side of the field. All the eggs turned gray.

 

“A Level 6 monster…” noted Wanda. “Erika, mind if I summon a monster to defend myself?”

 

“I guess you can do that,” responded Erika.

 

“Then I’ll summon Dragunity Dux, in defense position!” yelled Wanda. A man dressed in a white bird suit with gold boots and metal wings on his back and a white skirt appeared and knelt down (DEF 1000).

 

“I summon Easter Baby Dragon!” A small blue and green striped dragon with two pink horns and pink claws appeared (ATK 1200). “I’ll use my Knight’s effect to equip my Dragon to my Knight.” The small dragon opened its mouth and many of its teeth were taken. The rest of the dragon disappeared. The teeth shattered and lined up against the sword, creating decoration. “With my dragon equipped, I can Special Summon a level 4 or lower EARTH monster from my hand. I summon Egg Treasurer.” A small, dark green dragon with dark blue claws appeared crawling on the ground and its head down (ATK 1500). “I’ll have my Treasurer attack that Dux and then I’ll have my Knight attack you directly, Wanda.” The dragon on the ground crawled over to the man in the bird suit and pounced on it. The claws dug into and shattered the bird man. The woman in armor charged toward Wanda and slashed at her (Wanda 8000 -> 5600). “I guess that will do. I remove my Easter Egg 7 from play and set a card to replace it.” The egg with the 7 disappeared and a facedown card appeared where that egg was. A box appeared. This time, it looked like it was closed, but the top of the box was marked with the numbers from 1 through 10. The 7 started glowing. “I end my turn.” The remaining eggs disappeared and the numbers on the box 1, 3, 5, and 10 started glowing as well. “I forgot to mention it, but my Miraculous Egg Emergence causes my Easter Eggs to disappear at the end of the turn.”

 

“Then I guess it’s my turn. I draw.” Erika drew a card. “I play Split Field. This card allows for multiple Field Spells, as well as the prevention of the destruction of mine. I play A Legendary Ocean.” The world around them turned into an ocean with a city visible on one side, and an air bubble with dragons flying high above high plateaus in Wanda’s corner. “A Legendary Ocean reduces the Levels of WATER monsters in hands by 1, among other effects. Since it is now Level 4, I can summon Giga Gagagigo without any sacrifice, so come on out.” A human-sized green lizards powered up with metal boots, metal arm-warmers, a metal tail point, and metal chest and groin armor appeared (ATK 2450). The field soon gave him even more power (ATK 2450 -> 2650). “I guess I’ll have Giga Gagagigo attack your Easter Knight.” The green lizard ran toward the woman in armor.

 

“I activate my Egg Barrier!” Kim exclaimed!

 

“I chain with my summoning of Naturia Rock,” responded Audrey.

 

“Huh?” replied Kim. She saw Audrey had a spherical plant bundle on the field as well. “It hasn’t even been your turn yet. How did you summon that?”

 

“When the opponent summoned a monster just now, I summoned Naturia Cosmobeet through its effect.” It wiggled a bit (ATK 1000). “When you activated your Trap card, I sent the top card of my deck to the Graveyard to summon Naturia Rock.” A rock with eyes and moss growing on top of it appeared (ATK 1200).

 

“So your Naturia cards respond to moves other players make. Glad to see you’re not on my opponents’ team,” said Kim. “A monster and a Tuner monster before your first turn is impressive. Now to continue with my Egg Barrier card’s effects. It gains an Egg Counter for every Easter Egg removed from play, and I can remove one to negate an attack.” A wall with five eggs on it appeared. One flew toward the lizard. The green lizards punched it, causing the egg to explode.

 

“If that’s the case,” said Erika, “I’ll just place two cards facedown and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of her.

 

“My turn. I draw.” Audrey drew a card. “I activate Naturia Forest.” The area around Audrey turned into a forest with an air bubble around it. “I tune my Cosmobeet to my Rock to Synchro Summon Naturia Beast.” The plant bundle turned into two white stars and then into two green circles. The rock jumped into the circles and became three white stars. A pillar of light appeared through the rings. Out of the light came a tiger with wood around its legs and moss for fur (ATK 2200). “When a Naturia monster is Synchro Summoned, I can summon the Naturia Ladybug from my Graveyard.” A small ladybug with a flower pictured on its back appeared (ATK 100). “I tribute my Ladybug to activate its effect: it adds 1000 ATK to my Beast.” The ladybug turned into powder and the powder flew over to the beast (ATK 2200 -> 3200). “Since I activated a Naturia monster’s effect this turn, I can summon Naturia Hydrangea.” A plant with small blue flowers on top appeared (ATK 1900). “Naturia Beast, attack that Giga Gagagigo.” The tiger jumped toward the green lizard.

 

“I activate Shrink. This card will halve your Beast’s original ATK,” said Erika.

 

“I activate my Beast’s effect: I send two cards from my deck to the Graveyard and your spell is negated.” Audrey sent two cards to the Graveyard and the Shrink card disappeared. “Since your Spell was negated, my Naturia Forest’s effect lets me add a Naturia monster from my deck to my hand.” A card popped out of her deck. She revealed it Naturia Butterfly. The green tiger continued jumping, eventually breaking the surface of the bubble. It then slowly scratched the green lizard, shattering the lizard (Erika 8000 -> 7450). The green tiger jumped into the forest and an air bubble inflated around the forest. “I attack with Naturia Hydrangea.” The hydrangea plant bent down and raised its head again. A chuck of earth flew toward Erika through the water (Erika 7450 -> 5550). “I summon Naturia Butterfly.” A pink butterfly with green legs and green antennae appeared (ATK 500). “I place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Audrey.

 

“Back to me again. I draw!” Wanda drew a card. “I activate Dragon Canyon’s effect again: I discard a card and can add Dragunity Legionnaire to my hand.” Wanda discarded a card and a card popped out of her deck. She added it to her hand and revealed it Dragunity Legionnaire. “I summon Dragunity Legionnaire!” A bird man with golden boots, golden arm braces, green wings on his back, white armor with a fuzzy hood, a dark green helmet with a beak and two lighter green areas for the eyes, and white skirt appeared (ATK 1200). “It’s time to bring back my Dragunity Aklys, but only as an equip.” The red dragon returned and attached itself to the bird man’s right arm. “Now I remove my Legionnaire from play to summon the Dragunity Arms Laevatein from my Graveyard!” Dragunity Legionnaire was sucked into a dark void and the red dragon shattered. A giant black dragon with orange armor, big orange, feathery wings, and a black two-handed blade appeared (ATK 2600). “When he is summoned, I can equip Dragunity Arms Misteil to it. The black dragon with yellow armor appeared, then just disappeared, leaving his long black sword behind. The big orange-armored dragon picked up the sword and it fused into his two-handed blade, making it even bigger and stronger. “Now let’s tear down some more of that wall. I attack with my Laevatein!” An egg flew off the wall and the dragon slashed at it. The egg exploded. “Only three egg counters remain. I end my turn.”

 

“So I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate Appearing Egg. This card allows me to activate an Easter Egg, despite Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt not being active. I choose to activate Easter Egg 2.” A green and blue striped egg with a pink 2 on it appeared. “I use my Easter Knight’s effect to special summon my new monster, Easter Egg Groundskeeper.” A green and blue dragon with no wings and big claws, crawling on the ground, appeared (ATK 1700). “When he is summoned, I can activate another Easter Egg from my deck, ignoring its summoning conditions. I choose to activate Easter Egg 9.” The grounded dragon started moving its claws, looking as if it found something. It pulled a green and blue striped egg with a pink 9 out of the ground. “I’m activating both their effects on you, Wanda. Overall, you lose 750 and I gain 250).” Kim was surrounded by a white aura (Kim 7000 -> 7250) while Wanda was surrounded by a dark aura (Wanda 5600 -> 4850). “Next I tribute my Treasurer in order to summon Egg Master.” The smallest dragon became a circular rainbow portal. Through that portal came a big, dark green and dark blue dragon with gray claws, glasses, and a black robe. He proudly stood up on two legs (ATK 2400). “I’ll have my monsters attack you, Erika.” The dragons and knight slowly pushed through the water to attack Erika.

 

“I didn’t really want to do this, but I guess I have to. I activate my facedown card, Waterlogged!” yelled Erika as she revealed her facedown card. “This card forces your non-WATER monsters into Defense mode and I take damage equal to their total DEF, but I can inflict damage equal to the attacking monster’s ATK to any number of players. Since your Easter Knight was attacking first, I’ll deal 2400 damage to each of you. I hope that’s okay.” The knight sheathed her sword and knelt down (DEF 1500), the dragon in the robe knelt down (DEF 1200), and the grounded dragon put its head down (DEF 900). “Looks like that’s quite a bit of damage to me.” Erika felt a bunch of water rush at her (Erika 5550 -> 1950). A big flood hit Kim and Audrey (Kim 7250 -> 4850, Audrey 8000 -> 5600). “I also get to draw a card for every monster you control that didn’t get to declare an attack.” Erika drew two cards.

 

“I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“I draw.” Erika drew a card. “I have to activate Back to Square One on your Knight, Kim.” Erika discarded a card. “At a cost of itself and another card, Easter Knight returns to your deck.” The woman in armor disappeared. “Next I set two cards and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Erika.

 

“Then I draw.” Audrey drew a card.

 

”I activate Simultaneous Loss,” said Erika. “With this, I can send the top card of everyone’s deck to the Graveyard.” Erika, Audrey, and Wanda sent the top card of their deck to the Graveyard, but Kim had activated a facedown card. “Sorry, but thanks to my Preparations for Easter, I could remove the two eggs on my field and the three in my deck to add Easter knight to my hand. Good try, Erika, but it just didn’t work out for you.” Kim showed Erika the Easter Knight card in her hand. The box glowed on all ten numbers. Kim sent the top card of her deck to the Graveyard.

 

“To start my Main Phase, I summon Naturia Vein.” A small green plant with purple on its back appeared. I tune it with my Hydrangea to summon Naturia Balkion.” The little plant turned into a white star and then a green ring. The hydrangea plant flew into the air into the center of the ring. The hydrangea separated into five white stars. A beam of light appeared inside the ring. Out of the light came a silver dragon with a wooden back and random moss spots (ATK 2500). “I attack Erika with Naturia Beast.” The green tiger charged toward Erika and pounced on her (Erika 1950 -> 0). The ocean disappeared, Erika’s facedown card disappeared, and then the canyon and forest disappeared. “I end my turn.”

 

“Then I draw!” Wanda drew a card. “Dragunity Arms Laevatein, attack Egg Master!” An egg flew off the wall and the dragon slashed it. The egg blew up. “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon Easter Knight!” The woman knight in blue and green armor appeared and drew her sword (ATK 2400). “I switch my other monsters to attack mode.” The grounded dragon raised his head (ATK 1700) and the robed dragon stood up (ATK 2400). “I summon Egg Scavenger!” A medium-sized green and blue dragon with long arms and long pink claws appeared (ATK 1000). “When it’s on the field, the field is treated like Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.” The area around them slightly changed into a forest. Two trees with a banner marked Scavenger Hunt faintly appeared. “Next, I activate Trophy Egg!” The box with the glowing numbers burst open. The eggs fused into one big, golden egg with the words “Scavenger Hunt Trophy” in the front. “With its effect, I can activate any of the effects of my removed Easter Eggs. I choose the effects of Easter Eggs 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9.” Kim and Wanda both lost 750 Life Points (Kim 4850 -> 4100, Wanda 4850 -> 4100), Kim drew three cards, and the big black, orange-armored dragon and his weapon were destroyed. “I activate my Spell card, Monster Reincarnation. I discard Dragon of the Many Eggs to add Easter Baby Dragon to my hand.” Kim discarded the Dragon of the Many Eggs card and took Easter Baby Dragon from the Graveyard. “I destroy my Trophy Egg with its effect to summon Easter Baby Dragon.” The golden egg started cracking, and the small green and blue baby dragon appeared (ATK 1200). “I attack with all my monsters!” The knight slashed with her sword, the grounded dragon shook the ground, the robed dragon cast a beam of light from his claws, the baby dragon punched Wanda, and the long-armed dragon slashed at Wanda (Wanda 4100 -> 0). The holograms all faded away.

 

“Well, that was unsatisfying to watch,” said Heather.

 

“Oh, shut it,” said Wanda. “That was fun! We didn’t even bring out our trump monsters and we all held our ground.”

 

“Yeah!” exclaimed Kim. “That was awesome!” She felt somebody tap on her shoulder. He turned around and saw a cloaked figure of just light and darkness. He jammed a staff into the ground and created a dark seal. The five girls and Dharc were pushed out of the circle. Kim and the figure were the only ones inside it. That staff! Arkana! The figure looked up and pulled off its hood. Sure enough, it was Arkana.

 

“Hello, Kim,” he said. “Mike’s eye certainly helped in me finding you. I should warn you that I am a chaos soldier. In fact, among the chaos soldiers, I am the third strongest.”

 

“Juan already-” Kim started to say.

 

“That was merely his belief,” Arkana interrupted Kim. “He didn’t have any proof. Now you shall cower in fear of the power of the true third strongest chaos soldier.”

 

 

Chapter 57 on my next post.

[ragnarok1945]

you going to have her getting beat even faster later on?

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 57]

The Chaos Liege can turn people against me? thought Kim. He must be pretty powerful, considering how much power Arkana has. Kim tried looking at Arkana’s aura. Nothing appeared. Weird. Ordinarily his aura would show itself a very powerful darkness. The Chaos Liege must be using his light power to seal away Arkana’s natural darkness and take control of Arkana. Arkana took out a circular disk with five monster card zones and a spell/trap zone slot on each one. The center was designed to look like two metal snakes, one white and one black, eating each other’s tail, with a black center designed like a black hole. The white snake had his mouth slightly wider opened than the black snake’s mouth, whose mouth was clamped down heavily on the white snake’s tail. Arkana slid his deck until the spot between the top of the white snake’s mouth and the black snake’s tail. The center popped up a little to reveal a Graveyard zone. The card zones spun around a bit and shined a bit. Kim removed the Easter egg deck from her Duel Disk, put it in her coat pocket, and placed the Dark deck into the Duel Disk. Kim’s shadow consumed her and revealed her dark clothes and her Dark Signer duel disk. Its card spots slid from the back of the dragonhead, spread out to become five card slots, and shined a little.

 

“Let’s duel!” Kim and Arkana drew five cards.

 

“You can have the first move, Kim,” said Arkana.

 

“Okay, fine. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I discard Darknight Parshath to summon Dark Grepher!” A dark man with white hair, black spiky overalls and a dark sword appeared (ATK 1700). “Dark Grepher can be Special Summoned by discarding a Level 5 or higher DARK monster. Next, by discarding a DARK monster, I can send a DARK monster from my deck to my Graveyard. I discard my Dark Horus card to send Darklord Zerato to the Graveyard.” Kim discarded a card and a card popped out of Kim’s deck. Kim put it in the Graveyard. “Next, I tribute Dark Grepher to summon Dark General Freed.” Dark Grepher turned into a rainbow portal. Through that portal came a dark man with gray hair, black and yellow armor, a yellow chest plate, and long claw-like nails (ATK 2300). “I end my turn.”

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “I activate Future Fusion!” The Future Fusion card appeared on the field. “This card lets me choose a Fusion Monster, and then I ditch monsters that can be used as Fusion Material for it from my deck and send them to the Graveyard. In two turns, then, I summon the monster I chose. I choose Five-Headed Dragon.” A secret compartment in the center popped up, revealing a spot for the Extra Deck. He took out a card and revealed it Five-Headed Dragon. He then put it back. “Now I ditch five Dragon cards.” Five cards popped out of his deck. He revealed them three Hunter Dragons, a Twin-Headed Behemoth, and a Delta Fly and put them into his Graveyard. “I summon Cyberdark Keel!” A long, floating black metal snake with red eyes, blue lines on its body, and many long wires and suction cup-looking things at the end appeared (ATK 800). Arkana’s Graveyard glowed. “Now I activate its effect: it can equip a Level 3 or lower Dragon in the Graveyard to itself and absorb its ATK points. I choose Hunter Dragon.” A black metallic-looking dragon with a silver blade at its tail and orange wings near the bottom of its body appeared and the metal snake put the two suction cups nearest its head on the dragon’s head (ATK 800 -> 2500). “I have Cyberdark Dragon attack Dark General Freed!” The snake swung its tail at the armored dark man, wiping him out (Kim 8000 -> 7800). The tail whacked Kim in the back of the head (Kim 7800 -> 7500). “When my Cyberdark Keel destroys an opponent’s monster by battle, it inflicts 300 damage to the opponent. I place a card facedown and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Arkana.

 

“Impressive move, Arkana. But I know that won’t be enough to beat me. It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Thanks for letting me summon one of my most powerful cards so quickly. Since I have five or more DARK monsters in my Graveyard and I control no monsters, I can Special Summon The Dark Creator!” A giant dark titan with black armor and orange wings appeared (ATK 2300).

 

That thing only has 2300 ATK points, yet she placed it in attack mode. It must have a powerful effect. “Impressive monster, but its ATK stat is lacking. Does that thing have a special effect that you want to activate when it’s summoned?”

 

“In fact, yes it does. I remove Dark General Freed from my Graveyard to Special Summon Dark Horus from my Graveyard thanks to The Dark Creator’s effect.” The Dark General Freed card was sucked into a dark void.

 

“Well, I’m going to chain Bottomless Trap Hole to suck away that The Dark Creator of yours.” The giant titan and The Dark Creator card were sucked into a dark void. A giant black dragon with a golden gem on its head and big metallic wings appeared (ATK 3000). The dragon turned the sun black, making the seal Kim and Arkana were trapped in glow a brighter blue.

 

Why didn’t he wait until Dark Horus was summoned to remove Dark Horus? Now I can defeat that Cyberdark Keel in battle and destroy its equipped dragon. He must want to use that equipment again or Cyberdark Keel’s weakened form. Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do about that. “Dark Horus, attack the Cyberdark Keel!” the dragon blew purple fire at the black metal snake. The dragon attached to the metal snake blew up, but the snake was undamaged (Arkana 8000 -> 7500). The card zones on Arkana’s Duel Disk spun slowly as his Life Points decreased and stopped spinning when his Life Points stopped decreasing.

 

“Sorry Kim, but my Cyberdark Keel has another special effect: if it would be destroyed in battle, it destroys the equipped monster instead.”

 

“Fine. I use the effect of the Dark Nephthys in my hand: if I have three or more DARK monsters in my Graveyard, I can remove two of them from play and send this card to my Graveyard and Special Summon it during my next Standby Phase.” The cards Darknight Parshath and Darklord Zerato were sucked into a dark void and Kim put the Dark Nephthys into the Graveyard. A phantom of a phoenix appeared and exploded into black ash, leaving black ashes on the ground. “I end my turn.”

 

“Showy performance so far, Kim, but showiness doesn’t get you too far in a duel without skill. Watch as I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “Thank you for reducing the size of my Cyberdark Keel. That is what I was hoping for.”

 

I knew it!

 

“I activate my Spell Card, Cyberdark Swarm! I can only use this card if the only monster I control is a monster card listed as a Fusion Material for Cyberdark Dragon.” Arkana’s Extra Deck Zone popped up once more and he took out a card and revealed it Cyberdark Dragon. “Then I can Special Summon the other Fusion Material Monsters from my Deck, but I can’t attack this turn. I Special Summon Cyberdark Horn and Cyberdark Edge.” Two metal figures, one with a sharped edged head, four spikes sticking forward jetting out of his head, metal wings, metal spikes on its tail, and a blade at the end of its tail, and one with a crescent silver shape piece of metal for its head, green wing bases, four black-silvery claws as each wing, and a long tail with two circular claws at the end, appeared (each ATK 800). “I activate my Spell Card Cyberdark Re-Arm. I can attach a Level 3 or lower Dragon in my Graveyard to each ‘Cyberdark’ monster I control that isn’t equipped with a monster already. I choose to equip a Hunter Dragon to each.” Three black metallic-looking dragons with silver blades on their tails and orange wings near the bottom of its body appeared. The metal snake put the two suction cups nearest its head onto one of the dragon’s head (ATK 800 -> 2500). The spiky brown metal dragon put its claws around the small metallic-looking dragon and attached two suction cups from near its head to the dragon’s head (ATK 800 -> 2500). The silver machine with metal claw-like wings wrapped two of its claws around the last metallic-looking dragon and stuck two suction cup wires from its head to the dragon’s head (ATK 800 -> 2500).

 

“I forgot to mention this, but while you were ranting and powering up your dragons, I was able to use my Dark Horus’ ability to summon an old friend, my Dark Grepher.” Sure enough, the dark blue man in black, demonic overalls and a sword was on the field (ATK 1700).

 

”I can’t attack because to Cyberdark Swarm, so I’ll end my turn with a facedown card.” A facedown card appeared in front of Arkana.

 

“Okay then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Weird, a ‘Chaos’ card. I must have gotten it when I beat Juan. Whatever, it works for the situation and that’s all I care about right now. “My Dark Nephthys rises from the ashes.” From the ashes on the ground, a dark phoenix flew up and started to glow darkly with dark fire covering its wings, the top of its head, and the end of its tail (ATK 2400). “When she is Special Summoned, I can destroy a Spell or Trap Card. I choose your Future Fusion.” The dark phoenix blew some fire at the Future Fusion card, destroying it. “Next I activate Chaos Greed. Since I have no cards in my Graveyard and four cards removed from play, I can draw two cards.” Kim drew two cards.

 

Chaos Greed? thought Arkana. She shouldn’t have access to the ‘Chaos’ cards, unless she got that card right after defeating Juan. But how can she use it? She’s a dark being. Unless… unless there is still light in her soul. Arkana looked at Kim’s aura. Pure dark. So how can she use ‘Chaos’ cards, cards that require both light and darkness to use? That will be a question for the Chaos Liege if I and the other Chaos henchmen lose.

 

“I activate D.D.R. - Different Dimension Reincarnation.” Kim discard a card and the D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation card revealed itself on the field. “I can bring back a removed monster. I choose Darklord Zerato!” Out of the dark void came a big dark fairy with red wings, a red helmet, and a big, silver sword appeared (ATK 2800). “I send a DARK monster in my hand to the Graveyard to destroy all your monsters.” Kim sent another card in her hand to the Graveyard and the three machines and dragons attached to them exploded. “Now I can strike you down with my monsters! “I attack with all my monsters! Game over!” A small circular creature with a yellow bell, a pendulum, a silver main body, black arms to which the bell was attached, and a red with a red horn appeared (ATK 0). The pendulum swung back and forth, hitting the bell and canceling out the attacks.

 

“Battle Fader can be summoned when I am attacked directly and end the Battle phase, but it is removed from play when it is removed from the field.”

 

“Fine. I end my turn.” The dark fairy exploded. The D.D.R. card faded away. “Darklord Zerato destroys itself during an End Phase that I use its effect.”

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “Excellent! I use Introduction to Chaos – Level 1.” The Continuous Spell revealed itself. “I choose, on the field, either a Level 1 DARK monster or a Level 1 LIGHT monster, and I Special Summon the other from the deck. Then, if my Continuous Spell or either of the monsters leave the field, then all three cards are instead removed from play. I choose Battle Fader and Special Summon Cyber Valley!” A silver snake-like machine with red orbs covering its body and spikes all over its body and one on its head appeared (ATK 0). “I activate my facedown card, Inferno Reckless Summon.” Arkana’s facedown card revealed itself Inferno Reckless Summon. “Now I can Special Summon more Cyber Valley monsters and you can Special Summon more of any monster you control right now.”

 

“Unfortunately, I don’t have any other copies of the monsters on the field right now.”

 

“Yes, definitely, unfortunate for you. I choose to summon two more Cyber Valleys.” Two more silver metal snakes with red orbs appeared (ATKs 0). “I remove my Battle Fader and my first Cyber Valley, and my Introduction of Chaos card, to draw two cards with my Cyber Valley’s second effect.” The three cards were sucked into a dark void, and Arkana drew two cards. “Sweet. I use Brain Control and Mind Control, so I pay 800 Life Points and two monsters under your control come under my control. I choose Dark Horus and Dark Nephthys.” The two dark flying creatures disappeared and reappeared on Arkana’s side of the field as Arkana’s Life Points decreased and his card zones spun around a little bit (Arkana 7500 -> 6700). “I remove all four cards I control to draw four cards.” The four monsters disappeared into a dark void and Arkana drew four cards. “I can work with this. I summon Cyber Dragon Zwei!” A slender silver snake-like metal dragon with green lines on it appeared (ATK 1500). “I reveal the Power Bond in my hand to change this card’s name to Cyber Dragon.” Arkana revealed the Power Bond card in his hand and the green lines disappeared. “I activate Power Bond, fusing the three Cyber Dragons together.” Two more metal dragon-snakes, these much bigger and not as slender appeared and the three touched heads. A bright light appeared and formed into a giant, three-headed dark silver metal dragon with blue orbs on its wings and different colored orbs on its head (ATK 4000). “Thanks to Power Bond, its ATK increases by its original ATK.” The metal dragon roared and grew to twice its size (ATK 4000 -> 8000). “Cyber end Dragon, attack Dark Grepher!” The dragon blasted three different colored energy beams at the dark man, causing him to blow up (Kim 7800 -> 1500). “I end my turn.” His Life Points decreased and his Duel Disk card zones spun very fast (Arkana 6700 -> 2700). They stopped when his Life Points hit 2700. “Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that, at the end of the turn, power Bond hits me with damage equal to the points of the monster I summoned. Anyway, I ended my turn, so your move, but I doubt you’ll be able to do anything against my ultimate monster.”

 

“We’ll see. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I place a card face-down and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Pathetic. I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “I attack!” The three-headed dragon blasted three different colored beams at Kim and caused an explosion. Kim still stood there with 1500 Life Points.

 

“I activated my Defense Draw card.” Kim revealed her trap. “With it, I can reduce the damage and draw a card.” Kim drew a card.

 

“Fine. Just prolong your misery. I end my turn with a facedown.” A facedown card appeared in front of Arkana.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Yes! I activate my Spell Card, Hammer Shot!” A giant hammer wiped out the giant metal dragon. “Next I summon Armageddon Knight.” A man in trash armor and a sword appeared (ATK 1400). “When Armageddon Knight is Normal Summoned, I can send a DARK monster from my Deck to my Graveyard.” A card popped out of Kim’s duel disk. Kim sent it to the graveyard. “I attack!” The man slashed at Arkana (Arkana 2700 -> 1300). “I end my turn.”

 

“Then I draw!” Arkana drew a card. “Ha ha ha! Now I have drawn my ultimate strategy. I use my Trap, Rebirth Judgment.” Arkana’s facedown card revealed itself rebirth Judgment. “This card turns all the cards in all Graveyards into monsters of a chosen type. I choose Dragon. Now I activate Cyberdark Impact!” Arkana’s Graveyard glowed and three monsters popped out of it: Cyberdark Horn, Cyberdark Edge, and Cyberdark Keel. “I return these three monsters to the deck and I summon the Cyberdark Dragon!” He put the three cards back into the deck. A gigantic metal dragon with a brown spiky head, green wing base, eight claws for wings, and a long purple tail appeared (ATK 1000). “When it is summoned, I can attach any Dragon in my Graveyard to it. I choose Cyber End Dragon!” The big silver three-headed dragon appeared again. The even bigger dragon wrapped its tail around the three-headed dragon and attached its suction sups the ther three-headed dragon’s middle head (ATK 1000 -> 5000). “Cyberdark Dragon gains 100 ATK points for every Monster card in my Graveyard. Rebirth Judgment makes the cards in my Graveyard into Dragon-type monster cards. I have fourteen cards in my Graveyard, so it gains 1400 points.” The big dragon made of various colored parts roared (ATK 5000 -> 6400). “Cyberdark Dragon, attack Armageddon Knight! Kim, feel the power of my ace monster!” A small man in green, red, and silver armor appeared, blocking the attack.

 

“I use Necro Gardna’s effect. By removing it from my Graveyard from play, I can negate an attack just once.” The man was then sucked into a dark void.

 

“You’re only delaying the inevitable. I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Excellent! I have three DARK monsters in my Graveyard, so I can summon Dark Armed Dragon!” A giant spiked dark dragon appeared (ATK 2800). “I use its effect: I remove Darklord Zerato to destroy Cyberdark Dragon!” The Darklord Zerato card was sucked into a dark void and the double-dragon exploded. “Dark Armed Dragon and Armageddon Knight, end this!” The man in trash armor and the dragon charged toward Arkana. The swordsman slashed at him with his sword and the dragon punched him (Arkana 1300 -> 0). The holograms faded away.

 

“You have defeated me, Kim,” said Arkana. Kim could see Arkana’s dark aura starting to emerge again. “Unfortunately, the Chaos Liege’s light has too strong a grip on me. Defeating me didn’t set me free, it’ll only make me disa-” He was interrupted by his fading away. Kim took out the piece of the paper with the note on it. The box of darkness was now twice as big as it was before. A new note seemed to be written at the top of the paper now. Kim read the note to herself.

 

I hope you liked that Chaos card I gave you. Unfortunately, since you were able to use it, you failed the darkness test. You being able to use that card means you still have some light in your soul. Because a heart of pure darkness, you’ll never be able to defeat me.

 

You just watch. thought Kim. You just watch. You went too far when I realized you took innocent people under your control and forced them to do your bidding. I’ll be sure that I defeat you and free those people you took control of from wherever you’re holding their souls.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 58]

The seal on the ground disappeared and so did Arkana’s staff. Kim took the dark deck out of her duel disk. Her shadow covered her, then slipped back onto the ground, pulling the darkness with it and revealing Kim’s black school outfit. Derek and the five girls ran toward Kim.

 

“Kim, are you okay?” asked Erika.

 

“Yeah. You guys?” The girls and Derek nodded in unison. “Unfortunately, Arkana isn’t.”

 

“Heck, who cares about him!” exclaimed Leya. “He’s a Wicked Warlock.”

 

“He may have been one of the Wicked Warlocks, and he may have been kind of a jerk, but he didn’t deserve to disappear like that.”

 

“You’re just saying that because you’re a dark creature!” snapped Leya.

 

“Excuse me,” replied Derek and Kim, looking at Leya, then at each other, then back at Leya.

 

“Not like you, Derek,” said Leya nervously. “I meant like, really powerful darkness beings like the Wicked Warlocks. Kim could have been one of them, but I bet they didn’t let her in because she’s a girl or something. I mean, that team has been all boys for generations. Why would it change now?”

 

I think there’s more to it than that, thought Kim. Kim then looked at Derek. His aura was light, but there seemed to be a dark purple outline. Interesting. He has a slight amount of darkness, yet quite a bit more light, so why would Leya call him a dark creature? Kim checked the girls’ auras, and all of them she saw a light aura, but with variation. Heather’s aura had a red outline, Erika’s had a blue outline, Wanda’s a green outline, Audrey’s a brown outline, and Leya’s aura was a rather powerful light aura. Interesting. The first four girls that I knew, and Derek, auras have different color tints. What could this mean?

 

“Hey Kim,” James said from behind Kim. “Mind if we go look for two people who want to team duel now?”

 

“Uhh, no, I don’t mind,” replied Kim. “Well, girls and Derek, I’ll talk to you later, maybe, eventually.” Kim walked off with James. “So have you found a team for us to team duel against, James?”

 

“Not really. I was hoping us being together will make it easier to find a Team Duel.” Sure enough, when James and Kim walked around until they saw a fenced-off area. The gate was open and the sign made of a piece of paper and red marker. James read the sign: “‘Warning: Team Duelz hea only.’ Yep, I saw this place earlier. They tend to drive any single duelists out of here. I was smart enough to run before they started chasing me.” James and Kim walked into the gate and James raised his Duel Disk. “I guess I’ll find us a Duel the old fashioned way.” He raised his left arm with his Duel Disk on it. “Hey! Kim and I would like a duel. Any team brave enough to take us on?” All of a sudden, everybody except for those already dueling looked toward James and Kim. “Come on, just one duel! That’s all I want. So which one of you teams wants to add another loss to their Duel Record?”

 

“So, the lonely boy returned with a friend,” said a high, shrill voice in the park. James lowered his arm. “So which team will duel them?” There was a silence.

 

“Sasuke and I will,” said a slightly lower but still high voice.

 

“If you say so, Sakura,” said another voice enthusiastically.

 

Wait, I know that guy’s voice! thought Kim. She did. A boy with black hair and red eyes, dressed in a black uniform, a blue headband with a metal rectangle that had symbol that looked like a bird head on it, white arm warmers that covered half his forearms, and several shurikens, an invisibility cloak, and several small blades all attached to his belt, slowly walked forward through the crowd. As he walked forward, he activated and raised his black Academy Duel Disk. He appeared out of the crowd. A girl in a red uniform with pink hair, the same blue headband, purple bands around her elbows, and a pink Academy Duel Disk walked though the crowd and stood next to the boy in black.

 

“Hey Sasuke!” yelled Kim. “Nice seeing you again!” Kim and James activated their Duel Disks.

 

“Let’s duel!” yelled all four duelists as they drew five cards each.

 

“I’ll go first,” stated Sasuke as he drew a card. “I summon Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke.” A ninja with two daggers, purplish armor, a green cloak, and white bandages on his arms appeared (ATK 1800). “I set three cards and end my turn.” Three facedown cards appeared in front of Sasuke.

 

“I’ll go next then,” said Kim. I draw!” Kim drew a card.

 

“I activate two traps,” Sasuke said plainly. One revealed itself Ninjutsu Art of Transformation. The other turned into a purple pot with blue lips, red eyes, and a white fog coming from its head. The fog soon filled the air, making any other player rather tough to see. “Ninjutsu Art of Transformation turns Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke into Dark Simorgh.” The ninja jumped into fetal position. While in the air, he glowed and became a ball of white light. Then it formed into a giant bird and the bird turned black with many silver decorations on it (ATK 2700). “Thanks to this lock, you can’t use or set Spells or Traps, and you can’t set monsters.”

 

“Wow, Sasuke,” Sakura said in her annoying high voice. “With a simple combo you just disarmed her entire deck.”

 

That’s true, thought Kim. I don’t have any way of activating my Easter Eggs with this lock in place. I’ll just have to hope James can do something to get rid of Anti-Spell Fragrance. “I’ll just…” That’s right, I can’t set monsters either! I have to summon something to defend myself. “I’ll… I’ll summon Easter Egg Scouter.” A man with an egg shaped head, a pink headband, a green shirt, and blue pants appeared (ATK 1600). “I use his effect to add Easter egg 1 to my hand.” A card popped out of Kim’s deck and she added it to her hand. “I end my turn.”

 

“Okay, watch out, because I’m going to lay a whamming on you! I draw!” Sakura drew a card. “ I activate Six Samurai United and Gateway of the Six!” An altar and a castle with a brown door appeared. On the door was a big blue seal with a circular border, blocks on the inside, and six smaller circles on the inside. Six similar seals were on the sides of the gate, three each. “Next I summon The Six Samurai – Irou!” A man with long black hair dressed in purple armor with lighter purple glowing lines, a black katana, and a purple visor appeared (ATK 1700). A giant blue circle with the same design as the one on the door of the castle appeared floating above the altar and one small seal on each side of the gate glowed. “Since I control a Six Samurai monster, I can Special Summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai!” A white-haired man with a glowing red eye and black armor with white lines and brown pants appeared wielding a black sword (ATK 2100). Another floating seal appeared above the altar, as well as two more of the seals on the door started glowing. “Now I activate my Gateway of the Six’s ability: I remove the four Bushido Counters from it to add Great Shogun Shien to my hand.” The seals stopped glowing and a card popped out of Sakura’s deck. She pulled it out. “I summon Great Shogun Shien!” She immediately placed the card she pulled out of the deck onto the field and a gray man with blazing red eyes, a red suit of armor, a helmet that had a fire symbol on it, and a purple cape appeared armed with a purple sword (ATK 2500). “I remove the Bushido Counters from my Six Samurai United to activate another one of my Gateway’s effects: I can give Irou an extra 500 ATK Points.” The two floating blue coins turned into dust and infected the blind samurai with the visor (ATK 1700 -> 2200). “Now I activate Double Summon so I can summon out another monster. I choose Hand of the Six Samurai.” A person in a blue burqa with a small flame symbol on it, purplish lipstick, a purple translucent shawl, a yellow dress, and a dagger with a purple sheath appeared (ATK 1600). Another blue coin floated over the altar as two more blue seals on the gate glowed. “Now I ditch the Six Samurai United card to draw a card.” The altar disappeared and the floating coin disappeared. Sakura drew a card. “I activate Reasoning! Choose a Level, Kim.”

 

“Four.”

 

Sakura looked at and revealed the top card of her deck Prime Material Dragon. “Sorry, but since Prime Material Dragon is Level Six, I can summon it.” A golden dragon with six wings, three claws on each hand, and two talons on each foot appeared (ATK 2400). “I use my Gateway of the Six’s effect again to power up Irou even more.” The two seals stopped glowing and blue dust powered up the samurai (ATK 2200 -> 2700). “Prime Material Dragon, attack that Esater Egg Scouter!” The golden dragon let off a light blast. The man blocked his eyes but was still destroyed by the light (Kim 8000 -> 7200). “Hand, Grandmaster, and Shien, attack!” The person in the burqa stabbed Kim, the man with the black sword slashed at Kim, and the fiery-armored man with the purple sword stabbed Kim (Kim 7200 -> 1000). “Now Irou, finish Kim off!” The samurai with the visor just slashed at the air. The dark katana released a dark air slash in Kim’s general direction and the air slash hit Kim (Kim 1000 -> 0).

 

“Good job, Sakura,” said Sasuke. “Now I activate my Trap, Dishonorable Victory. In a team duel, if an opponent that had 8000 Life Points is defeated in one turn, all monsters on the field are destroyed and then all players except me take the damage equal to the total.”

 

“But Sasuke, that means I-”

 

“It means I win,” Sasuke interrupted Sakura. The giant dark bird and all five of Sakura’s samurais blew up (Sakura 8000 -> 0, James 8000 -> 0). The holograms faded away. Sasuke walked toward Kim. “Had you used your Dark deck, you would have stood a chance.”

 

“Whatever, Sasuke,” said Kim.

 

“By the way, you made Arkana disappear. Until he comes back, I’m revoking your Cabal Points and your ability to gain more.”

 

Kim just stared forward, confused. “What Cabal points?”

 

“When we saved you from James when he was evil, we gave you two Cabal Points because you found the Ethical Enchanters hideout for us.”

 

“Oh. Wow, I thought you had forgotten about those Cabal points by now. I mean, I certainly did.”

 

“We have everything on record. We don’t forget. So anyway, just get Arkana back.”

 

“I’ll try, though I can’t be certain he’ll be back soon, if at all.”

 

“Fine, whatever. Just do what you can to be sure he returns.” Sasuke walked away into the crowd of people.

 

“Wait, wait for me!” yelled Sakura as she got up and chased after Sasuke.

 

“Well, that went horrible,” said Kim.

 

“Yeah it did,” said James. “But we still got time for more duels.”

 

“Not really, James. It’s starting to get-” the curtain of night slammed down and interrupted Kim. “Dark.” Everyone was gone. “I should get back to my room. You should get to your room too.”

 

“Right.” James walked away. Kim walked to her room, walked into the building, through all the hallways, and into her room. She laid her head on her pillow. I’m sure somebody will move into my room eventually. Until then kinda alone…. Kim closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 59]

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away…

 

“Mystery,” said an alien with a gray head with glowing red eyes, a gray armor with orange orbs, and a slim dark gray body with long dark gray fingers and toes. “We have a slight problem. There is something strange with the signal finder.”

 

“Huh?” asked Mystery. “What do you mean, Alien Grey?”

 

“We seemed to have picked up something, but we got intercepted. Check for yourself, Mystery.”

 

“Okay then.” Mystery walked into the room with the signal finder. Mystery clicked a few buttons on the machine and looked at the screen. There is definitely something, or something wrong. Mystery opened up a chat box on the screen and typed in blue: “Muusik’i, you’re connected to the signal generator. Is there anything wrong?”

 

“I can’t say I found anything wrong,” the writing appeared in the chat box in orange. “To me, the signal generator doesn’t seem to be working.”

 

“That can’t be right,” Mystery said aloud and typed.

 

Black text appeared in the chat box: “Ha ha ha, I see you notice your machine is hacked.”

 

“Who are you?” Mystery typed in the box.

 

“My name is Duke,” the black text typed. “For some reason your chat box doesn’t have the name of the person next to who wrote it or anything and you just have to trust that the Muusik’i is typing in orange and that you’re the one who’s typing in blue.”

 

“Are you saying you typed in orange print somehow?” Mystery typed. “Muusik’i’s system is made so that all people who join are automatically black or really dark other colors.”

 

“Don’t worry, that orange text really was Muusik’i and I just felt like messing with you,” typed the black text. “But enough of that. I know where you can find an Alien. That’s what you’re looking for, isn’t it?”

 

“Maybe,” typed Mystery. “If I were interested, where would you tell me to go to find this Alien?” The chat box disappeared and the screen changed to a multi-dimensional map. It showed a path that crossed through many dimensions and landed in one general area of one planet. “Well, let’s take that route,” said Mystery to the alien crew. “Muusik’i, go to auto-pilot for that spot.”

 

“But Mystery, what if it’s a trap?” asked Alien Grey.

 

“We don’t really have too much of an option unless we can get the signal finder fixed,” said Mystery. “And whatever challenge comes our way, we can defeat it I’m sure.”

 

“True dat,” said an alien with a gray head, small glowing orange eyes, gray armor with blue orbs, big white claws, and a big, dark gray body. “We’ll crush whatever gets in our way.”

 

“So let’s go,” said Mystery. The aliens cheered. “Muusik’i, it’s time to go to the auto-piloted location.” Mystery walked into the main steering room, revved up the engine, and slammed the movement pedal. Whatever’s there, I’ll find it. The flying saucer flew into a wormhole and the area around them turned all colors of the rainbow. Luckily, this wormhole should take us all the way through the dimensions needed. Mystery pressed a button on the main controls. A translucent image of the route appeared on the window. Yep, this is the only wormhole we’ll need to take. Before the Aliens knew it, the Muusik’i was in the other dimension with the planet straight in view. The planet looked very much like earth. The Muusik’i approached the planet in a forest-like zone. The Aliens and the Muusik’i transformed into cards and placed themselves into Mystery’s duel disk. Mystery put the duel disk away, then walked out of the forest. Mystery saw a registration for some kind of tournament or something. Mystery took a registration paper. It read: Teacher-of-a-Day. I could try this, but I have more important business to attend to. I do somebody who would like this though. Mystery took a pen from the desk, read the paper through, and put Kim Shadow on the name spot.

 

“Oh sorry!” said a girl. Mystery looked down at the ground and realized the girl must have walked into him/her. Mystery didn’t even feel it under his/her armor.

 

“Oh no, I'm the one who's sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going,” said Mystery, trying to be polite, in case this dimension had very strict social rules. Mystery held out his/her hand. “Again I'm sorry, can I help you up?”

 

“Who are you?” asked the girl. Mystery waited a little longer, thinking of how to respond. “Hello did you hear me? I asked who are you!”

 

“I am known as many names but you can call me Mystery,” Mystery said as his/her alien duel spirits quietly chuckled at the ridiculous line.

 

“Ok, thank you. I don't mean to be rude but are you a boy or a girl?’

 

“I'd rather not answer that.” The girl looked at the registration paper.

 

“Oh so you're a girl!” said the girl, obviously mistaking Mystery for Kim.

 

“Oh no! This isn't me, I mean, I'm not Kim.”

 

“So why are you entering that name?”

 

“Because I’m entering a friend, ok.” Come on, girl, just stop asking the questions and move on. I need to attend to some important business.

 

“Hey Brittany!” said a boy’s voice from behind the girl. The girl looked behind her. Mystery took a rainbow-colored cube out of his/her pocket and pushed a button on it. Mystery was sucked into a small dark hole and spat out of a small white hole in the middle of an open field with nobody around.

 

“I’m so glad this portable cosmic matter container can be used to teleport me wherever I need to be.” Mystery took the small cube out of his/her glove. It was all gray. “Unfortunately, it has a horrible side effect when used: it uses cosmic powers to cause something random bad to happen to someone other than me. Stupid cosmic powers.” Mystery put it back into his/her pocket. “I escaped that situation, but I need to know if this is where I need to be.” Mystery heard a noise. “Wait a minute, what was that?”

 

“Wait, you heard me?” said a voice. A man with a black mask and a black ninja outfit, but with only three fingers on each hand, appeared out of nowhere. He appeared to have black hair. “Wow, I thought I was doing good as a ninja. Well, anyway, I see you got my message.”

 

“You’re the message-sender?” asked Mystery. “Where’s the Alien?”

 

“Well, well, what fun would it be if I just gave you the information? Let’s duel for it.” The ninja took a duel disk off his back and activated it. Mystery took out his/her Duel Disk and activated it.

 

“Sounds good to me, ninja.”

 

“It’s Duke,” said the ninja. “Anyway, let’s do this!”

 

[spoiler=Chapter 60]

“I’ll go first,” said Duke. “I draw!” Duke drew a card. “I activate Anti-Permorphic Zone and Amphibite Otherworldly Base!” The scenery changed to a plain gray rock with many craters. Out of the craters came banners that had a X over the word Permorph.

 

Permorph? Anti-Permorphic Zone? Perhaps there’s some sort of Anti-Permorphic Society, or maybe I’m just being paranoid. It does sound kinda familiar though… somehow obscurely familiar….

 

“These will give me a significant advantage in this duel. With the effect of my Anti-Permorphic Zone, if you control another monster, I can negate your Special Summons of WIND, WATER, EARTH, or FIRE monsters by paying 1000 Life Points. My Otherworldly Base card will power up my Amphibite monsters by 500 ATK points. Let me prove it. I summon Amphibite Guag!” A giant green frog with brown armor stood up and picked up its long sword (ATK 2100). “Remember, my Field Spell powers him up.” A green energy flew out of one of the craters and into the frog (ATK 2100 -> 2600). “I’ll place a card facedown and let you go.” A card appeared facedown in front of Duke.

 

“This should be easy to win against. I draw!” Mystery drew a card. “Your Anti-Permorphic Zone isn’t foolproof, and I’ll prove it. I summon Alien Shocktrooper!” A big green centaur-like reptile with a dark bluish head armor, orange eyes, dark bluish armor with blue orbs on its front and hips, webbed feet, a green tail with armor at the end, and a silver sword appeared (ATK 1900). “When my Alien is normal summoned, I can Special Summon Alien Dog.” A blue reptile dog with silver head armor, green eyes, and silver armor with orbs as blue as it on its front, paws, and knees appeared (ATK 1500). “When it is Special Summoned, it infects your monster with two A-Counters.” The dog shook and several fleas jumped off the dog. They jumped over to the giant green frog. The fleas divided into two groups and jumped onto the frog, one group on each hand. Each group of fleas then merged into two round, purple monsters with tails, a suction cup-like mouth, a green eye and an orange eye and several worms sticking out of its head in various places. “Luckily for your monster, I’m removing them for Alien Overlord.” The two purple things disappeared and a red reptile with yellow eyes, black armor with purple orbs and a purple gun attached to it, six arms with big claws, and a red tail with an armored claw at the end of it appeared (ATK 2200). “It can be Special Summoned by removing two A-Counters from the field. Unluckily for you, I’m putting one back.” The reptile shot out another purple monster on the frog standing up. “I’m doing this so I can use my Mysterious Triangle card. This card lets me destroy your Guag and Special Summon a Level 4 Alien monster from my deck.” The frog disappeared. A gray reptile with orange eyes, a lighter gray armor and very dark gray orbs and very big claws appeared (ATK 1800).

 

“Well, that’s an EARTH monster, so I should be able to negate it….” The reptile stayed right where it was and Duke’s Life Points remained the same. “Wait a minute, that thing is an EARTH monster. Why can’t I negate it?”

 

“You can’t negate it because I used a card effect to summon my Alien. You can’t negate summons created by card effects, only summons like my Overlord’s summon. Too bad for you, Overlord is DARK, not an elemental Attribute. Worse for you, I’m still not done.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“I only have 7400 ATK points worth of damage right now. I would like to reach 8000. Too bad for you, I have just the card.”

 

“No way!”

 

“Yes way. I equip my Alien Overlord with United We Stand!” A bunch of gold chains appeared behind all the monsters and linked to Alien Overlord. I know the United We Stand card is how John beat me in his last duel. It gave John his ace combo and turned that Warrior deck into a force to be reckoned with. Now that I have a copy, I might be able to earn my title back someday. But right now, I’ll wait for John to complete his deck. By then, I should have found all the Alien cards, and, that way, he and I can have a fair match. “This card powers up my Alien Overlord by 800 for every face-up monster I control. That’s 3200 points total.” The chains glowed (ATK 2200 -> 5400). “I attack with all my Aliens!” the hoard of Reptiles charged at Duke.

 

“Ha ha ha! You think you can beat me like that? You used up almost all your resources, and now you’ll pay, thanks to my Mirror Force!” The trap card revealed itself and built a clear barrier. The red Alien punched the barrier with its claws and was held back.

 

“Too bad I have something else as well: My Body as a Shield. I pay 1500 Life Points and any card that destroys my monsters is stopped, so you can’t stop yourself from receiving over 9000 points of damage.” The shield broke (Mystery 8000 -> 6500) and the onslaught of the Aliens continued, resulting in many claws and swords slashing at Guke (Duke 8000 -> 0). The holograms faded. Excellent. My combo may require more cards than John’s, but I can deal with one monster on the field and inflict the last 1000 damage John’s Mataza Whack can’t. Within these next few years, I will train against as many duelists as possible from all the different planets, dimensions, and realities. John, by the time you get your last TIME card, my training will be complete, and then I’ll duel you, and the title of Best Duelist in the Universe on the line. Anyway, I should deal with Duke right now. Mystery looked at Duke. His mind is weak right now, but not weak enough to access. Looks like I’ll need to do something different.

 

“Wow, Mystery, you duel really well! I’m impressed!” Duke took off his Duel Disk, put it on his back, and held out his three-fingered hand. Mystery shook his hand. “You know, I think you and I could probably be really good friends.” Duke felt something run through his mind.

 

Perfect! It worked! thought Mystery.

 

“What did you-” Duke said, pulling his hand back from Mystery.

 

“Don’t worry, Duke, the only thing I did was create a pathway of telepathic communication with you,” Mystery said telepathically. “I did nothing else. Now we can talk without saying a word and can talk anytime.”

 

“I must admit that is actually very helpful. In fact, it will help a lot, if you are willing to help with a problem.”

 

“Sure, what?”

 

“Well, I feel like something is different. I heard the bosses of the A.S.O.F. arrived, but nobody will tell me where they are. All the higher-ups seem more aggressive and for some reason won’t tell me where the big bosses are. I mean, I want to know why they apparently asked me to get you here to this planet. I sense there is really is some Alien force working on this planet, so that’s why I want you to help me now. Perhaps this alien is working its powers.”

 

“Okay, sounds do-able, but what is the A.S.O.F.?”

 

“There’s some info I’m not authorized to give out. Let’s just say it’s an organization I work for. I’m not necessarily against them, only the new way the bosses seem to be working things on this planet. I’m sure that, once they see how different they are really treating the A.S.O.F. branch on this planet, they’ll stop. I want to help in that movement back to how they were before. As I mentioned before, an Alien might be working its powers. If we can find and stop the Alien, then that might solve everything.”

 

“Sure, but there’s something you must do for me before I help you: you must fix my Muusik’i and its signal finder.” Mystery held up the Flying Saucer Muusik’i card it transformed into the Muusik’i. Mystery and Duke stood in between the spikes at the bottom of the Muusik’i and a hatch opened. The Muusik’i sucked up Mystery and Duke. They were transported to the steering room. Duke walked to the right and found himself in the room with the signal finder.

 

“I can fix this,” Duke said. He opened up the machine, took out some tools, and started working. “Interesting mechanisms. I’ve never seen things quite like her, but I’m sure I’ll figure out.”

 

“Let my Aliens help you.” Mystery’s deck glowed and all the monster cards transformed into the monsters the card showed. Mystery walked to the room to the left of the control room. Mystery checked the biological machinery. Many more of the round, purple creatures were being made in two machines, while in he next two each had few. It’s amazing the kind of technology the Aliens have. I tried my best to replicate it with earthly technology and tried upgrading it with the technology I find elsewhere, but I still can’t compete with the Aliens’ technology. A round, purple creature with eight green legs walked past Mystery, looked at Mystery, then walked over to Mystery. Mystery scratched the worm sticking out of the top of its head. The creature closed its eyes, nodded, and walked away. They can even put these things on legs when they get the material for the legs. Mystery walked over to a big tank. One had a complete green centaur reptile. It woke up and started punching at its container. Mystery pressed a button. The top hatch opened. The reptile jumped out of its cage and let out a roar. The centaur reptile in the control room ran to the biological room, calmed down the raging centaur reptile, and gave it a sword. The raging centaur calmed down and turned into a card. Mystery released it from its card again. Well, now I have my second one. Mystery looked at the tank next to it. It had a perfectly shaped centaur reptile with armor, but its heart, muscles, skeleton, and other internal organs were floating outside the body. Strangely, my ‘A’ Cells separate when they are put together and try to differentiate, so they end up making all the parts of the body separately and don’t work together at all. Mystery pushed a button, destroying all the material in the tank. Purple creatures formed, but were much distorted. Mystery pushed the button again, destroying those creatures. The tank emptied out. The liquid flowed into the space ship’s backup energy tank. At least I can create a reliable backup energy source for Muusik’i in case the regular fuel either doesn’t work or is empty. Mystery left this room and went into the room behind the control room. It was a room with a narrow walkway and walls made of rock. At the end of the walkway was a big blue screen. Mystery walked to the end of the hallway and pushed a button on the big blue screen. Blue blocks rose from the blue vortex at the bottom. One had a picture of a triangular city, the other a colorful space-world, and the third a giant shape of the eye of Wdjat engraved on the earth. Everything seems to be okay. There is no disturbances in my direct influence. Mystery walked to the signal finder room. “Fix it?”

 

“Yep. And it’s working fine.” Duke showed Mystery the screen.

 

“Are you sure it’s working fine? How do you know? There’s nothing on the screen? No alien influences are detected.”

 

“True, but the screen is blinking slightly, which wasn’t the case when you first showed it to me. I know I didn’t mess with the really basic functioning of the device when I hacked it, just its detection means. What does that mean?”

 

“It is blinking slightly… so there isn’t any alien force, but that means there is some other cosmic force working here. Unfortunately, I still can’t detect where it is…. Duke, if you happen to get any information about the A.S.O.F., please tell me. I’m starting to think your suspicion might be right. I can’t prove it, but I do believe there might be a connection between the cosmic force and the A.S.O.F. This definitely needs to be investigated."

 

 

Chapter 61 on my next post.

[ragnarok1945]

Good. I look forward to Kim getting beat a few times to get her to train better

[Haou Devil 12]

Congratulations on getting your 5th star, Mystery Guest. And the Fan Fic is looking good too. Too bad Kim lost though.

[Mysty]

[spoiler=Chapter 61]

Kim awoke to a bright light shining through her window. She looked outside. The light seemed to move out of the way. Kim ran to and looked out her window. It was a flying saucer, one she was quite familiar with: the Muusik’i. The flying saucer disappeared and a bunch of duel spirits became a deck of cards in mystery’s hand. Mystery… what is s/he here? Mystery walked up to and knocked on Kim’s window. “I’m right here, Mystery.” Kim opened the window. “Why are you here?”

 

“I recently found out you had some problems with a Chaos Liege and some Chaos soldiers, so I figured you could use a break from all that and saving the academy from danger and all that. I want to take you to another dimension, where the Chaos Liege can’t reach. Sound good?”

 

“It certainly does. I could always use a break. But after the last trip I was apparently gone for about a week!”

 

“Don’t worry about that. I’ve devised a special portal that will let you return back here to the time you were at when you left. Luckily, time seems to move faster in that dimension when compared to this one, so in case the portal doesn’t work completely, you’ll only be gone about an hour rather than the few hours in that dimension.”

 

“Wait, I’ll only be there a few hours in their time? Okay, spill it, Mystery. Tell me why you really need me there.”

 

“Okay,” said Mystery. “I entered you into a Teacher-of-a-Day contest in another dimension and the finals are today.”

 

“Wait, what? Why didn’t you tell me this?” Kim then thought for a second. “Can I bring a friend?”

 

“Actually, you must. You need an assistant.”

 

“Awesome! I know who I want for my assistant.”

 

“Wait, Kim…,” said a voice out of the forest. Mike walked out of the forest. “Please, let me be that assistant.”

 

“Huh, Mike?” asked Kim. “Why were you in the forest?”

 

“I felt something strange. Then I saw a giant light. It looked like a UFO. I decided to visit this spot to see what happened. I saw the blue figure Mystery there. I decided I would just wait here and find out what’s happening. Since I know, can I join you?”

 

“Actually, I was hoping that James-” Kim started to answer.

 

“Forget James!” Mike interrupted Kim. “That would take so much time and would cause so much commotion, since you would have to sneak into his room and convince him to join you. Why not just go with the quicker option and save yourself some time and trouble?”

 

“Okay, fine, Mike. If it means so much to you, then I’ll just let you join along and not ask James,” replied Kim.

 

“Now that that’s all settled, let’s go,” said Mystery. Mystery held up the Muusik’i card and it transformed into the Muusik’i. Mystery, Kim, and Mike stood in between the spires on the bottom side of the Muusik’i. A hatch opened and sucked up Mystery, Kim, and Mike. Mystery’s deck glowed and all the monsters in Mystery’s deck transformed into their respective reptile monster forms.

 

“Woah,” Mike said. “What are those creatures?”

 

“They are my aliens,” replied Mystery. “I found Alien Gray and Muusik’i on earth when they crashed, then we traveled around the universe and found many others. No matter what, I’ll always keep looking for more. On the planet I’m bringing you guys I detected a cosmic force. It isn’t an Alien, but it seems related to the Aliens somehow. I need to find the source of that cosmic power.” Mystery sat in the main chair in front of the big window and pressed some buttons. The Muusik’i flew off into space. A wormhole appeared in front of them and the Muusik’i flew into it. “Don’t worry, though, I don’t expect you to help me. You guys need a break from the Chaos Liege, so I’m giving you a little less than a day to help you relax and recharge your energy for school. Kim, if you’re one of the Teacher-of-a-Day winners, then you’ll have to teach a class, so be prepared.”

 

Kim thought about this for a second. “I may have to teach, but at least I know my day won’t just be relaxing and doing nothing. But I’m sure more people entered that contest than there are teacher spots, so I’m sure I’ll have to do something before I can win a Teacher-of-a-Day position.”

 

“I know you’ll fulfill whatever additional conditions there are and succeed in any tasks they hand you,” replied Mike. “And don’t worry about the teaching part. Remember, I’ll be your assistant, so I can help you teach. I have a few ideas for stuff you can teach.”

 

“Okay then. Whatever challenge awaits me, I’ll be ready for it when we get there.”

 

“You mean like you are now?” asked Mystery, pointing out that they are actually standing on the other planet and that Kim and Mike are right next to the school.

 

“When did we-” started Kim and Mike.

 

“We’ve actually been here for a few minutes. Anyway, I have my own tasks to attend to. See you two later.” Mystery then walked away.

 

“Okay then. Mike, let’s go.” Kim opened the door. The floor had arrows on it, but they were red and looked like stickers, probably placed there for this day. The pathway seemed to go through the entire school. After a long, winding pathway, it landed in a room that appeared to be behind some sort of auditorium. A man walked up to Kim and Mike.

 

“You Kim Shadow?” asked the man.

 

“Yes I am,” said Kim.

 

“You’re late and the last one to arrive, but luckily for you, we’re a little behind as well. It’s a long shot, but you do have a chance at being the Teacher-of-a-Day winner.” The man raised a duel disk.

 

It seems I’m always late when it comes to Duel Academies and can always correct that mistake with a duel, thought Kim. “That’s fine with me.” Kim put on her duel disk and activated it.

 

“Let’s duel!” Kim and the man yelled.

 

~

 

Mystery walked to a familiar open field that nobody seemed to occupy. Duke appeared out of nowhere. “Okay Duke,” said Mystery using telepathy. “It seems that, even after all the time I gave you when I brought Kim and Mike here with my Muusik’i, you still haven’t found any new information on that cosmic force or the big bosses.”

 

“That is correct,” replied Duke. “No matter what I do, I can’t get any new information on the bosses of the A.S.O.F., an organization I am affiliated with. I do seem to have found something though.” He looked toward the ground. “Underneath the ground here is a secret base. I think they might be in there.”

 

“Excellent theory, Duke, but what’s your evidence?” Mystery asked.

 

“I haven’t gathered any, but I’m very close to figure out how to access it and gain entrance.”

 

“That might be enough. Excellent work!”

 

“Of course, my friend.” Duke disappeared.

 

~

 

“I’m wondering how you will lose,” said the man dueling Kim. He had a giant bug with big chainsaw blades attached to its face (ATK 2400) and stood proud at 2400 Life Points. Kim stood at a final 300 life points and one card left in her deck. “Will you lose by an empty deck or by Life Points? I guess it will depend on how I feel like finishing you off.”

 

“I don’t think so. Remember, it’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card and looked at the two cards in her hand. “These will be all I need. I first use Fissure to get rid of your Chainsaw Insect.” The ground started to split. The bug fell in. “Next I use Egg Resurrection, so I can bring back an Egg monster. I choose Egg Master!” A big green dragon in a blue rope and glasses appeared (ATK 2400). “Egg Master, finish him off!” the dragon slashed at the man (man 2400 -> 0). The holograms faded.

 

“Well, you did it. You beat me. Now you just have to wait here for the final judgment.” The man walked away.

 

“Nice duel!” Mike told kim.

 

“Tanks,” said Kim. “I still can’t be sure Idid well though.” About half an hour passed and an announcement came up.

 

“Hello everyone. I’m sure you’re eager to know your teacher for a day so I will start immediately!” somebody said in a microphone. A large crowd cleared.

 

Well, I guess it’s almost time to find out if I was good enough to win this contest! Please say my name! Please say my name!

 

[spoiler=Chapter 62]

“Hello everyone I'm sure you're eager to know your teacher for a day so I will start immediately!” said a woman’s voice whose owner was off-screen because they aren’t important enough. Instead, the screen just shows Kim and Mike, siting down in the back room.

 

Boring… thought Kim. She looked over to Mike. “Mike, tell me when my name is called.”

 

“Why? You’re not going to listen?”

 

“Nah!” thought Kim. “While this does get me out of a day of boredom, it might be tough teaching, so I can’t say I care too much.”

 

“Sounds like you’re more nervous than uncaring. Don’t worry about it, Kim. I’ll be there to help you, or at least tell you what to teach with subtle nudges in the right direction.”

 

“That will certainly help if I freeze up. Thanks Mike.” Kim heard a few names get called, but didn’t really pay attention to that they were.

 

“For 2c, we have Ms. Shadow!” said a male voice whose owner is off-screen. Mike heard it and tapped Kim’s shoulder.

 

“Your name was just called for Room 2C. Go to the stage.”

 

“Oh, right, thanks.” Kim and Mike walked up to and onto the stage. Kim saw many students in the gymnasium, yet she saw one had a red blazer on similar to the one Jaden Yuki wore. Kim and Mike heard comments from the students, but they couldn’t exactly figure out what they were saying. Wow, we’re popular. A few more were called, and Kim didn’t bother to pay attention. Before she knew it the meeting was over.

 

“Follow me, Kim,” Mike said. “I know you didn’t pay attention to the room numbers when we walked in or to the meeting explaining where they are.”

 

“I did too!” said Kim. “But how about you lead me there anyway?” Mike just nodded and walked through a door. Kim followed Mike as he walked through a big hallway and through another door. 2C was a big classroom filled with many desks and one teacher desk filled with many school supplies. The desks were all aligned perfectly. Whoever has this classroom obviously is neat, and/or wants to give the appearance of neatness and decided to straighten out everything before we got here. Wait, how in the world did we get here before the students?

 

~

 

Mystery took out the gray cube. It started to change back to rainbow-colored slowly. It’s soon going to unleash the catastrophe on somebody. Judging by the way it’s slowly changing, it seems like that it decided to do something good for the recipient of the bad event before it unleashes the bad event. Tricky cube.

 

~

 

The students filled in. Kim saw the student with the red blazer.

 

“Hello class, I’m Ms. Shadow, but you can call me Kim.”

 

“But you’re the same age as us!” yelled one girl.

 

“No, I’m 14,” Kim calmly responded. “Anyway this is my friend Mike who will be my assistant for today.” Mike didn’t move. One boy at the front of the class looked down. “Well,” Kim started again. I should have put more thought into this. “I don't know where to start.”

 

“How about I start?” asked Mike.

 

“Sure,” Kim replied.

 

“Ok, I would like to tell you about archetypes.” Some of the class groaned. “When choosing your archetype that you build your deck on don't just go for what you think is most powerful.”

 

“Yeah,” Kim built off Mike’s lead. “Yes always choose your deck from what appeals to you. When you’re at your age you can change your deck easily but when you get older you become more attached to your deck even if you don't like it.”

 

“Yes exactly, like my deck for example. What appealed to me is weak monsters like Mokey Mokey,” said Mike.

 

“Who based their deck on their favorite animals here?” Kim asked. A few students raised their hands including that one with the red blazer. “And who based their deck on their favorite holiday?” A couple raised the hand. The one at the front of the class looking down only slightly raised his hand. “But who based their deck on the archetype you thought was strongest?” One boy with brown hair and in a yellow uniform raised his hand. “See, you should base your deck on what appeals to you. So what appeals to you?”

 

“Well, aliens are cool,” said the boy.

 

I wonder…. “Then I suggest building an alien deck which rely on “A” counters,” responded Kim. Nobody looked at Kim strangely. Interesting…. Alien cards are possible to find in this dimension, as opposed to them being all scattered across space. Interesting…. “Well, what type decks do you all have?” Several students raised their hands. Kim noticed the boy who had his head down never seemed to raise it. I got a better idea. “Everyone please write into your notebooks a list of different types of decks.” The boy followed the instruction. Kim walked over to him.

 

“What do you want,” the boy said angrily.

 

“I want to know why you’re upset,” answered Kim.

 

“None of your business!” he yelled. The whole class looked at him and Kim. Mike walked over to Kim.

 

“Actually I just want to help you, you seem so broken.”

 

“Maybe you should leave him alone,” said Mike.

 

“I've lost a couple of duels, ok!” the boy yelled.

 

“And so you've lost the will to duel,” Kim said softly. The bell rung signaling dueling class time. “Perfect! Ok class for dueling class today we will have a special duel.” Many of the students leaned closer. “It will be a tag duel with me and... what’s your name?”

 

“Raven,” the boy said.

 

“Raven. Me and Raven. Now who would like to duel us?” Nearly everyone’s hands shot up. “You and you then,” Kim pointed to the boy with the red blazer and the girl next to him.

 

“Yes!” said the girl next to the boy with the red blazer.

 

~

 

“Random bad cosmic event!” Mystery heard going through his/her head. The cube glowed rainbow again.

 

Sounds like the random bad event is about to happen. But to who? thought Mystery.

 

~

 

“If you will all follow me to the duel arena then we shall start,” Kim said to the class. Mike was down on his hands and knees. Kim rushed over and the class stood up. “Mike, are you okay?” Mike covered his eye patch with his right hand. His left eye showed that he was in pain. “Mike!” He moved his hand a little and a drop of blood came out. A few girls screamed. “Can someone take Mike to the infirmary!” A boy pulled the girl who made the age comment out of the crowd and the two pulled Mike’s arms over their shoulders and walked out of the classroom. Mike drifted into unconsciousness.

 

Kim and the rest of the class had already gotten to the big duel arena. Raven and Kim were on one side, the two duelists chosen by Kim at the other. “I didn’t catch your names,” stated Kim.

 

“I’m Harrison!” said the boy with the red uniform.

 

“And I’m Brittany!” the girl said.

 

“Let’s duel!” Kim and Harrison shouted.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 63]

“I’ll go first,” said Harrison. “I draw!” Harrison drew a card. “I activate Stumbling. Now when we summon a monster, it’s automatically switched to Defense Position.” The ground cracked a little. “I summon Dupe Frog.” A light-blue frog with question marks all over its body, wearing a scholar’s hat appeared (ATK 100). The frog’s feet went through the ground. (DEF 2000) “I place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of him.

 

“My turn,” said Kim. “I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt!” The scenery around them turned into a forest. Two trees rose from the ground and a pink banner that read ‘Scavenger Hunt’ appeared. “With its effect, I activate Easter Egg 8 from my deck.” An egg with blue and green stripes and a pink 8 on the front appeared. “With its effect, I destroy Stumbling.” The ground returned to its normal texture and the egg with the 8 turned gray. “I activate Scavenger Hunt’s effect again to activate Easter Egg 5 from my hand.” A blue and green striped egg with a pink 5 appeared. “I use Appearing Egg to activate Easter Egg 3.” A green and blue striped egg with a pink 3 appeared. “I use Eggs 3 and 5 to draw three cards at a cost of 1500 Life Points.” A dark aura surrounded Kim (K&R 16000 -> 14500) as Kim drew three cards. The two colorful eggs turned gray. “Next I play Miraculous Egg Emergence. I send all cards in my Spell and Trap Zones to the Graveyard to activate five more Easter Eggs from my deck.” The three gray eggs disappeared and in their place appeared five more blue and green eggs, each with a different pink number: 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10. “Easter Egg 1 lets me regain 500 Life Points.” A white aura surrounded Kim (K&R 14500 -> 15000). The egg with the 1 on it turned gray. “Easter Egg 2 hits you for 500 points.” A dark aura surrounded Harrison (H&B 16000 -> 15500). The egg with the 2 on it turned gray. “Easter Egg 4 requires you to discard a card from your hand, Harrison.” Harrison discarded a card. The egg with the 4 on it turned gray. “Easter Egg 6 lets me discard two cards and gain 1500 Life Points.” Kim discarded two cards and a white aura surrounded her (K&R 15000 -> 16500). The egg with the 6 on it turned gray. “Finally, Easter Egg 10 lets me summon a monster in my hand and lets you, Harrison, summon a monster with two fewer Levels from your Deck. I summon Dragon of the Many Eggs.” A medium-sized green dragon with blue stripes, blue wings, and big pink claws appeared (ATK 2100).

 

“I Special Summon Ronintoadin.” A light-blue frog with samurai make-up all over its body, a leaf on its head, and carries a grass sword on its left side appeared (DEF 2000). The egg with the 10 on it turned gray.

 

“Now I Special Summon Easter Soldier.” A woman in green and blue armor with no sleeves or helmet, carrying a wooden spear with a metal egg-shaped tip appeared (ATK 2100). “I can Special Summon her if five of my Easter Eggs are in my Graveyard.”

 

“But only three are in your Graveyard.”

 

“Oh yeah? I discarded two when I used my Easter Egg 6’s effect. Now, Dragon of the Many Eggs, destroy his Dupe Frog.” The green dragon charged at the frog with question marks on its body and slashed it with its claws, destroying it.

 

“You activated my trap, Broken Blocker.” The trap revealed itself. “When this card is activated, if a Defense Position monster I control was destroyed, I can Special Summon 2 monsters with the same name as the destroyed monster from my Deck in face-up Defense Position, so I Special Summon two more Dupe Frogs.” Two identical light-blue frogs appeared (both DEF 2000). “Not only that, but I activate Dupe Frog's effect, when it's sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can add one Frog monster from my Deck to my hand, so I add Des Frog to my hand.” A card popped out of his deck. He took it out and revealed it Des Frog. “You also activated my Trap, Michizure. Since you destroyed my monster, I can destroy one of yours.”

 

“You what?” The ground below the woman soldier cracked a little and then completely sunk. The woman soldier fell into the hole. “I activate Easter Soldier’s effect: when it is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I remove it and five Easter Eggs in my Graveyard, draw a card for every two removed, and add Easter Knight from my deck to my hand. Eggs removed this way are treated as removed by ‘Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt’.” A box with numbers 1-10 appeared next to Kim. The numbers 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 lit up. Kim drew two cards. A card popped out of her deck. She revealed it Easter Knight and put it into her hand. No luck. I was hoping I was going to draw another monster that I could set. I’d rather not risk losing Easter Knight right now. “I use Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt’s effect to remove Easter Egg 1 from play.” The egg disappeared and the number 1 lit up on the box. “I set a card and end my turn.” A card appeared facedown in front of Kim. “When my turn ends, Miraculous Egg Emergence removes the Easter Eggs I control from play, and they are treated as removed from play by ‘Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt’.” The rest of the numbers on the box glowed.

 

“I’m not sure what the point of all that was, but I bet we’ll find out soon! I draw!” Brittany drew a card. “I activate Sanctuary in the Sky!”

 

“No you don’t. I activate Mystical Space Typhoon!” responded Kim. A tornado appeared and soon disappeared.

 

“Then I’ll just place two cards and a monster facedown and end my turn.” A sideways facedown card and two other cards appeared in front of Brittany.

 

“Now I draw!” Raven drew a card. “I summon Treat Lollipop Goblin.” A green lollipop with a big nose, a mean face, and small arms and legs sticking out of its stick appeared (ATK 1700). “Thanks to his ability, I must remove a card in my hand from play or else I tribute him, so I remove a card.” A card in Raven’s hand was sucked into a dark void. “I activate my Lollipop’s effect: I remove two cards in my hand from play to destroy and remove from play a card on the field. I choose Dupe Frog and break your attack lock.” One card in his hand turned into a big smoke bomb attached to the blue frog’s back. The other card turned into a detonator. The goblin jumped onto the detonator and pushed the lever down. The smoke bomb exploded and the frog disappeared. “If I remember correctly, Dupe Frog only searches out a friend if it gets sent to the Graveyard. Unfortunately for you, this did not happen. Anyway, now I activate my Trick- Brute Force effect: since it was removed from play and I control a Treat Lollipop Goblin or Treat Pumpkin Ogre, I can use this card’s effect on it. It gains 200 ATK for every ‘Trick’ Spell I have removed and grants it the ability to remove from play any monster that it destroys in battle. I have two ‘Trick’ Spells removed from play as of right now, so it gains 400 ATK.” The lollipop glowed with a yellow aura (ATK 1700 -> 2100). “I’ll have Treat Lollipop Goblin attack your Dupe Frog.” The lollipop hopped over to the frog. Kim looked at Brittany, who was looking at one of her facedown cards. Raven saw Kim looking at that card. I wonder if she’s debating whether to use it or not. If she does, that could mean very bad news for Kim and I.

 

“Don’t worry about it,” said Harrison to Brittany. “You don’t need to worry about me. I’m actually more worried about you. Use that card to save yourself when given the opportunity.”

 

“Oh. Okay,” responded Brittany. The lollipop goblin jumped over the frog and released a bunch of smoke. The frog disappeared in the cloud of smoke.

 

“Thanks to Trick – Brute Force, that Dupe Frog was removed as well, so you can’t search for that one either. I end my turn.” The yellow glow disappeared from the goblin (ATK 2100 -> 1700).

 

“That’s it for you? You remove four of your own cards and leave only one card on the field? You didn’t even strike our Life Points! You’re lame. Let me show you how it’s done. I draw!” Harrison drew a card. “I activate Painful Choice. Kim, you actually seem like an intelligent duelist, so I’ll leave the choice up to you to make this game more interesting. Here’s how this card works: I choose five cards in this deck. You choose one, that one goes into my hand, and the rest go into my Graveyard. I already know the five cards I want you to choose from.” Five cards popped out of his deck: three T.A.D.P.O.L.E. cards and two Ronintoadins.

 

“Wow, you sure are original,” responded Kim, sarcastically. “I choose a T.A.D.P.O.L.E. card. At least that’s useless in your hand without the others in your deck.”

 

“Very good choice. Unfortunately for you, it doesn’t really make a difference what you choose.” He added a T.A.D.P.O.L.E. to his hand and put the rest in his Graveyard. “I tribute Ronintoadin for Des Frog.” The frog with the leaf pipe turned into a rainbow portal, through which a big green frog appeared (ATK 1900). “When it’s summoned, I summon another for each T.A.D.P.O.L.E. in my Graveyard. I bring out two more Des Frogs from my deck.” Two more big green frogs appeared (ATK 1900 each). “Next I activate Des Croaking. Since I control three Des Frogs, this allows me to destroy all your cards.” The frogs opened their mouths, creating big sound shockwaves.

 

“Sorry, but that move will let Kim and I maintain control of this duel,” smiled Raven.

 

“What do you mean?” asked Harrison. “You have no face-downs.”

 

“I may not have any face-downs, but I have a card that activates any time while it is removed from play. It’s called Trick – Control Prank.” A card returned from the dark void. “All I have to do is return it to my deck while I control a Treat Lollipop Goblin or Treat Chocolate Warlock. To summarize what it does, it swaps the entire fields for one turn. However, you still maintain control of your Des Croaking’s effect.” Raven put the card back into his deck, which shuffled itself. The three green frogs, the two facedowns, and the sideways facedown card were now on Raven’s field, and the medium-sized green and blue dragon with pink claws and green lollipop were on Harrison’s side of the field. The shockwave broke through the three frogs and the facedown cards. “Oh yeah, and we get our fields back at the end of the turn. Too bad yours will be empty.”

 

“Just for that, I’m attacking you with Kim’s dragon and your Goblin,” Harrison said angrily. The dragon slashed at Raven and the goblin jumped on Raven’s head (K&R 16500 -> 13700). “I end my turn.” Raven gained control of the medium-sized dragon and the lollipop goblin.

 

“It’s my turn then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I summon Easter Knight.” A woman in blue and green armor appeared with a sword with a blue hilt and a green blade (ATK 2400). “I equip my Easter Egg Scepter to her, increasing her ATK by 1000.” The sword turned into a blue-handled staff with a green orb at the end (ATK 2400 -> 3400). “Next, I’ll use its effect to activate Easter Egg 5’s effect.” Kim was surrounded by a dark aura (K&R 13700 -> 12200) and drew two cards. “I’ll attack directly with Easter Knight.” The Knight blasted a giant blast out of her scepter (H&B 15500 -> 12100). “I suppose you didn’t expect that coming. I’ll end my turn.”

 

“Wow, this duel is tough. I draw!” Brittany drew a card. “I activate Terraforming. Guess what I’ll search for.” A card popped out of her deck. She revealed it The Sanctuary in the Sky. “Let’s try this again. I activate The Sanctuary in the Sky.” The forest clasped, as did the dragon. The scenery became a big castle on a bunch of clouds. “Now I summon Zeradias, Herald of Heaven.” A man with green wings, a green helmet, blue pants, and a two-bladed weapon appeared (ATK 2100). “Next I’ll equip him with the Cestus of Dagla.” His weapon was replaced by two golden knuckle blades (ATK 2100 -> 2600). “I’ll use all his ATK points to wipe out that Treat Lollipop Goblin.” The man flew over to and punched the goblin, destroying it (K&R 12200 -> 11300). “Cestus of Dagla transfers all your lost life Points to Harrison and I.” Brittany was surrounded by a white aura (H&B 12100 -> 13000). “I end my turn.”

 

“Wow, Kim, you’re destroying them. Too bad I’m not really helping much,” commented Raven. “Anyway, I draw!” Raven drew a card. “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw then!” Harrison drew a card. “Excellent. I remove the three Des Frogs in my Graveyard in order to summon my three Ronintoadins.” The three Des Frogs were sucked into a dark void and three frogs with leaf pipes appeared (DEF 2000). “I activate Des Croaking, so I can destroy all your cards on the field. Ronintoadin, while on the field, counts as Des Frog, in case you were wondering.” The frogs opened their mouths, destroying the woman and the scepter. The scepter’s orb remained intact.

 

“Too bad for you, my Scepter has a final effect: I return all the eggs to my Graveyard and you take 500 damage for each Egg removed.” The orb released one last blast and the orb and box with the glowing numbers turned to dust (H&B 13000 -> 8000).

 

“That only sounds like I foiled your strategy,” said Harrison. “I end my turn.”

 

“Let’s see if it really foiled my strategy. I draw!” Kim drew a card. This doesn’t really help me right now. Actually, it seems I can’t do anything right now. “I set a card and end my turn.” A card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Maybe you should think before talking. I draw!” Brittany drew a card. “I attack!” The fairy flew over to Raven.

 

“I activate Arms Reform,” responded Kim. “I destroy an equip spell on the field and add an Equip Spell from my graveyard to my hand.” The blades broke and Kim added Easter Egg Scepter to her hand. The angel’s punch hit Raven (K&R 11300 -> 9100).

 

“I end my turn with a facedown.” Brittany placed a card facedown on the field.

 

“Then it’s my turn. I draw!” Raven drew a card. “I activate the effect of my Treat Caramel Vampire: since it’s removed from play, I can summon it once per duel.” A caramel candy in the shape of a vampire appeared with its wings folded in front of it (DEF 2100). “Now I tribute it to summon Treat Chocolate Warlock.” The caramel turned into a rainbow portal, through which a chocolate in the shape of a wizard with a staff appeared (ATK 2200). “Its cost is a card from my hand.” A card in Raven’s hand was sucked into a dark void. “I remove a card in my hand from play to summon Treat Lollipop Goblin.” Another card was sucked into a dark void and the lollipop reappeared (ATK 1700). “Obviously, another card must be removed.” Raven lost his last card to a dark void. “I attack Zeradias with my Treat Chocolate Warlock.” The warlock blasted a chocolate blast from his wand, wiping out the angel. Brittany and Harrison’s Life Points didn’t changed. “Wait, what happened? You were supposed to lose 100 points.”

 

“Not exactly,” started Brittany. “Thanks to the Sanctuary in the Sky, all Battle Damage dealt to the controller of a Fairy-type in battle becomes 0.”

 

“Is that so? Well, you don’t have any Fairies to protect you from my Goblin. I attack you directly with my Goblin.” The lollipop jumped to Brittany’s head (H&B 8000 -> 6300). “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Harrison drew a card. “I drew what I needed to turn this game around. “I tribute two of my Ronintoadins for Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua.” Two of the frogs disappeared into a big rainbow portal, through which a giant black killer whale with purple lines appeared (ATK 2900).

 

Earthbound Immortal? Kim’s eyes turned purple, but nobody really seemed to notice. She noticed the Earthbound Immortal didn’t seem to have any dark aura surrounding it. Weird. This Earthbound Immortal isn’t fed by people’s souls nor does it have any shadow powers. This universe is just so strange. People didn’t look at me strangely when I talked about the Alien cards, this Earthbound Immortal isn’t dark-powered, Forbidden cards are real and used without dire consequences… is this reality one where cards don’t have power by themselves and many copies of each exist?

 

“I’ll have my Earthbound Immortal attack you directly, Kim. To be honest, it can attack directly anyway, so it really doesn’t matter who it attacks.” The giant killer whale opened its mouth and charged toward Kim. It flew right through her (K&R 9100 -> 6200). “I end my turn.”

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I place a card facedown.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim. “Now I activate Card Destruction, so I discard my hand and draw three cards, while you, Harrison, discard your T.A.D.P.O.L.E. and draw a card. Everyone else is handless, so this card doesn’t affect them.” Kim discarded her hand and drew three cards.

 

“So you were paying attention… I was hoping to bluff you with T.A.D.P.O.L.E.,” commented Harrison as he discarded his card and drew a card.

 

“I activate Surprise Easter Trap. I remove five Easter Eggs and one trap in my Graveyard and, if I pay the costs and fulfill its conditions, I can activate the trap. I activate Jar of Greed, so I draw a card. Kim drew a card and the Easter Egg box reappeared. The numbers 1-5 glowed. “I activate Egg Recovery. I pay 1000 Life Points and return five Easter Eggs to my deck and draw 2 cards.” A dark aura surrounded Kim (K&R 6200 -> 5200) and Kim drew two cards. “Excellent! I activate Hidden Armory. I activate Egg Resurrection which will let me bring back Easter Knight.” The woman in green and blue armor reappeared (ATK 2400). “I activate Hidden Armory, which will let me send the top card of my deck to the Graveyard and add an Equip Spell from my deck or Graveyard to my hand.” Kim put the top card of my deck of my deck to the Graveyard and a card popped out of her deck. She pulled it out and revealed it Easter Necklace. “Next I activate my facedown Easter Scepter, both onto my Knight.” Her sword was replaced with a blue-handled staff with a green orb (ATK 2400 -> 3400). “I use the effect of my Scepter to activate the effect of 8 to destroy the field spell.” The scenery changed back to nothing. The whale dissipated into nothing.

 

“Wait, what? We’re completely undefended!” exclaimed Harrison.

 

“It gets worse than that!” continued Kim. “I activate my Polished Knight Armor card. By paying 1000 Life points and discarding a card, I can equip all the cards that can be equipped onto my dragon onto it. I equip Easter Baby Dragon, Easter Dragon, and Easter Ancient Dragon to Easter Knight.” Three dragons appeared and briefly broke into bones. The woman let go of her staff. The biggest bones covered the long side of the staff, the medium-sized bones created spikes that protruded from the orb, and the smallest bones created a circle on the orb. The woman took back her staff. “While these don’t seem to provide too much help, they will with my Easter Necklace.” A necklace appeared around the woman’s neck with five eggs glowing. “This necklace provides a lot of power: 1000 ATK for every monster equipped to Easter Knight and 100 for every Easter Egg removed, for a total of 3500.” The necklace glowed, causing the scepter to glow much brighter (ATK 3400 -> 6900).

 

“That’s a lot of ATK points!” shouted Brittany.

 

“And they’re all headed toward you, Brittany. Easter Knight, END THIS!” The woman released a very large blast from her staff.

 

“I activate my last trap, Ring of Destruction!” shouted Brittany. “Ordinarily, it would inflict damage to each player, but since there are only two Life Totals, it will only deal that much damage to each Life Total. Anyway, Ring of Destruction destroys the monster targeted and will inflict that much damage to both Life Totals. I choose Easter Knight. Good game.” The ring blocked the scepter blast and wrapped around the woman. The ring exploded, causing a much larger explosion (K&R 5200 -> 0, H&B 6300 -> 0). The holograms faded.

 

"That was the best duel ever!" shouted Raven.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 64]

Mike woke up in a white room on a white bed. He read a sign that said in big red letters Infirmary.

 

“Well, you should be fine. I really couldn’t exactly tell what happened. I couldn’t find anything wrong, so I figured you were okay,” said a voice to Mike’s right. It was a woman in all white clothes with a headdress blocking her hair. Her lab coat nearly reached the floor, with only her white shoes showing. “However, I suggest you stay in here for a little bit, just in case you start bleeding again. That way, I’ll be able to tell what your problem was.” The nurse walked to the door. “Whether you leave or not is up to you, but I suggest you stay here until I come back.” The nurse opened the door and left.

 

Mike relaxed on the bed. I suppose I can stay here for a little bit. Mike closed his eyes.

 

Kiiiiim, a dark, creaky voice spoke to Mike telepathically. Go to the middle of the open field behind the schoooooooool.

 

Mike opened his eyes. He didn’t see anyone in front of him. What was that? thought Mike.

 

Oh, sorry. Wrong mind. IGNORE ME! the voice responded.

 

It sounded like a message for Kim. Whatever it was, it was most likely a trap for Kim. Whatever it is, it isn’t good. I need to foil that plan! Mike jumped out of the bed and ran out of the infirmary.

 

~

 

The bell rang. Students started emptying out of the room.

 

“Is it the end of the school day already?” asked Kim rhetorically. “It must be that I was the teacher today that made it feel like it goes so fast. Anyway, I need to go check on Mike.” Kim ran out of the classroom, through the hallway, and to the Infirmary. She looked at the bed. Oh no, where is Mike? Kim ran back to the classroom. Harrison and Brittany were still there even though everyone else had left. “Harrison, Brittany, I need your help! Do you remember Mike from the beginning of class? Well, he isn’t at the Infirmary and I would like help finding him. Will you two help me?”

 

“Okay,” responded Brittany. “Let’s go, Harrison. Kim needs help finding Mike.” Brittany pulled on Harrison’s arm and Harrison walked out of the room with Brittany.

 

~

 

“Well, I sure am glad you obtained so much information of this A.S.O.F., including how to open and seal the door to their hideout,” Mystery told Duke as they walked along the back of the school.

 

“Yeah, there’s a problem… I don’t actually know how to access the door, only what to do when you can actually see it,” responded Duke.

 

“How did you- Oh, whatever. Do you know where the door is?”

 

“Not exactly, but it is somewhere near the middle of the field.”

 

“That’s helpful. We should probably stop waling along the back of the school then.” Mystery started walking to the middle. Duke first put on his invisibility cloak and walked to where Mystery was. Mystery then saw a girl walk toward the center of the yard. “Duke, get in front of me.” Duke walked in front of Mystery, his invisibility cloak blocking view of himself and Mystery. “Whoever the girl is, she might be affiliated with the A.S.O.F.” The girl got on her knees and took a key out of her pocket. She moved a rock and put the key into the ground. She turned the key. Part of the ground rose diagonally to reveal a small passage into the ground, much like a passage to a subway.

 

“Hey you!” yelled Mike as he ran from the school to the girl. “So you must be the one trying to lure Kim into a trap!”

 

“Well, not exactly me,” said the girl. “But who is trying has similar goals to me, if that counts for anything. However, I can’t just let you leave with that secret.” The girl took out a duel disk. “Duel me!”

 

“That sounds good to me.” Mike took out his duel disk.

 

“No, don’t!” yelled Mystery as s/he appeared from behind the invisibility cloak. “She’s too dangerous for you to handle.” Right then, Duke appeared and threw a smoke bomb against the ground.

 

“Just run down this tube, press the numbers two-four-five-eight-two-nine to open the door, then nine-two-eight-five-four-two to deal the door from the inside,” yelled Duke.

 

“Thank you!” yelled Mystery. Mystery and Mike ran down the passage, pressed 245829 into the small password box on the wall, ran through the now open door, and pressed the numbers 928542 on the password box on the inside. The door shut and sealed. A bunch of light illuminated. A small labyrinth was ahead of Mike and Mystery. “I guess we just walk along these paths until we find one that brings us to the end.”

 

“Or we just look at this map,” Mike responded as he pointed to a map. “For some reason, whoever is in here wanted Kim to get caught in here and find them as quick as possible.”

 

“Well, I hope you’re right.” Mystery and Mike walked along the path shown on the map.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 65]

“It seems two lefts, a right, and then another left will bring us to the main chamber,” stated Mystery.

 

“But why would they have this path and the Duel Chamber highlighted?” asked Mike tracing a highlighted path on the right to a highlighted room marked Duel Chamber.

 

“That’s probably the trap they had set up for Kim.”

 

“Well then, I’m going for it!” Mike ran to the right.

 

“Wait! Mike!” Mike was out of earshot. Mystery continued on the path of two lefts, a right, and a left. Mystery ended up in a large room with no decorations on the walls or anybody in it. Then a big section of the floor on the other side of the room opened up. A platform with a duel stadium and three big columns behind it rose up. In front of the duel stadium were two figures. The one standing up was an green skinned alienish creature with a bulgy face, three warty fingers on each hand, three big toes on each hand, two yellow eyes, a mouth with no lips, wearing a lab coat and blue jeans; the one lying down on the ground was Mike. “Mike!” yelled Mystery. Mystery ran toward her, but the alien picked up Mike and threw him at Mystery, knocking Mystery over.

 

“Mystery.” Mike clutched his eye patch. “He’s so strong.”

 

“Mike, you need rest. Stand behind me, I’ll sort this out.” Mystery stepped up onto the duel stadium. This guy is really strange for some kind of alien.

 

“Welcome!” the creature on the other side of the Duel Stadium said in a deep creaky voice.

 

“Who are you?” asked Mystery.

 

“I am Lieutenant Gorgon!” it yelled.

 

This thing looks kinda like a…. “Oh, great. A Frog-Person.”

 

“NO!!!” Gorgon screamed.

 

“Don’t call up by that name!” yelled another creaky voice. Mystery now noticed that there were three figures on top of the three columns at the back of the room. They each were wearing big black cloaks and had three fingers. The small one in the middle had a blue emblem in the shape of an Infinity sign on its cloak, the tallest figure had a red emblem in the shape of an apple on its cloak and the middle-sized figure had a yellow emblem in the shape of a fire on its cloak.

 

“So will you give an introduction?” asked Mystery.

 

““My name is Adurton!” said the tallest figure.

 

“My name is Adurata!” said the middle sized figure.

 

“My name is Aduragon!” said the smallest figure.

 

“And we are the Big Three!” they all shouted.

 

“And now you duel me!” said Lieutenant Gorgon.

 

“Duel!” yelled Mystery. “I’ll go first! I draw!” Mystery drew a card. “I summon Alien Shocktrooper!” A green centaur-like reptile appeared with armor and a sword (ATK 1900). “I set two cards and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Mystery. “Now tell me, who and what are you?”

 

“We are Amphibites!” said Aduragon.

 

“And we are the A.S.O.F.!” said Adurata. Adurton didn’t seem like he wanted to say anything.

 

“A.S.O.F.?” asked Mystery. “I thought that stood for the Anti-Social Offensive Forgetting disease I found on Alien Mars’ planet.” The Alien Mars duel spirit appeared next to Mystery with a face that showed it was not amused at the joke, then disappeared.

 

“No, but it is related to a disease,” Adurata stated.

 

“It stands for the Anti-Permorphic Society of Frog-People!” said Aduragon.

 

“Permorphic meaning what?” asked Mystery.

 

“We do not speak its meaning!” snapped Aduragon.

 

“My turn, draw!” said Gorgon as he drew a card. “I summon Amphibite Zam!” A gray frog in brown armor appeared (ATK 1500).

 

“Next I use Zam’s effect, so I can tribute her to summon an Amphibite monster in my hand and decrease its ATK by 500, so I summon Amphibite Lighkuneta.” The gray frog turned into a rainbow portal and out came a white frog with brown armor and a crossbow (ATK 2500 -> 2000). “Now I activate Amphibite Moon Base and Anti-Permorphic Zone.” The scenery of a duel arena transformed into a grey surface with many craters on it, out of some of the craters came banners with an X written above the word Permophic. “Next I’ll use the second effect of my Moon Base to summon back Zam, but it won’t be here for long since I’ll use its effect to summon Amphibite Lea.” The gray frog appeared briefly only to turn into a rainbow portal out oh which came a pink frog holding a vuvuzuela (ATK 1000 -> 500). “Now I tune Amphibite Lea and Amphibite Lighkuneta.” The frog started playing its vuvuzuela and then transformed into five green rings. The white frog jumped into the rings and became seven white stars. A beam of light appeared. During all which, Gorgon shouted “From the pits of Zeed to the Stars above, enter this world via Chaos Portal! Synchro Summon! Amphibite Kaosu!” Out of the pillar of light came a half-black, half-white frog in gold armor holding a lance. “I use the effect of Amphibite Moon Base to power up my Amphibite Kaosu.” The big frog of white and black glowed yellow for a brief amount of time (ATK 3000 -> 3500). “I end my turn.”

 

“Draw!” Mystery drew a card. “Before I continue I want to know why you’re on this earth.”

 

“We are here to seek out a small flaw in our plan and destroy it!” said Adurata.

 

“That really helps!” said Mystery sarcastically. “I activate Foolish Burial, so I send a monster from my deck to the Graveyard.” Alien warrior popped out of the deck and Mystery put it into the Graveyard.

 

“Now I’ll use A Fool’s Generosity to summon your level 5 or higher Lea back to your field in Attack Position and I draw two cards.” The pink frog with the vuvuzuela appeared again (ATK 1000) and Mystery drew two cards. “Next I summon Alien Ammonite and chain Alien Dog to its Normal Summon effect. Since my Alien Dog was Special Summoned by its effect, infects your monster with two A-Counters.” The reptile dog with blue orbs shook and several fleas hopped from the dog onto the frog. The fleas grouped together into two groups, one on each hand. Each group of fleas merged into a round, purple monster with a tail, a suction cup-like mouth, a green eye, and orange eye, and several worms sticking out of its body in various places. “Next is my Alien Ammonite special summoning the Alien Warrior I sent to the Graveyard!” A grey alien appeared wearing white armor with black-ish orbs on its chest plate and shoulder plates (ATK 1800). “Luckily for your monster, I’m removing the 2 A-counters for Alien Overlord.” The two purple things disappeared and a red reptile with yellow eyes, black armor with purple orbs and a purple gun attached to it, six arms with big claws, and a red tail with an armored claw at the end of it appeared (ATK 2200). “He can be summoned by removing two A-Counters from the field.”

 

“I’ll activate Kaosu’s effect to negate your Overlord’s summon!”

 

“I activate Divine Wrath to negate your monster’s effect and destroy it.” Mystery discarded a card and a lightning bolt wiped out the biggest frog.

 

“No!” yelled Gorgon with fright.

 

“Now I’ll use my Overlord’s effect to place an A-Counter on Lea.” The multi-armed reptile shot a purple monster from its blaster-chest onto the frog.

 

“Next I equip Alien Ammonite with United We Stand so it gains 4000 ATK points!” The ammonite grew to nine times its original size (ATK 500 -> 4500).

 

“Alien Dog, attack Lea!” The dog jumped onto the frog. “When an Alien monster battles a monster with an A-counter, thanks to Alien Warrior’s and Alien Overlord’s effects, your monster loses 600 ATK and DEF for each A-Counters.” The purple thing stuck into suction cup into the creature and fed off the creature, growing to as big as the frog was and making the frog very small (ATK 1000 -> 400). The dog dug its claws into the frog, wiping it out (Gorgon (8000 -> 6900). The purple monster, without a host, withered away.

 

“The rest, direct attack!” The rest of the reptiles charged at Gorgon (Gorgon 6900 -> 0). The holograms faded. Lieutenant Gorgon fell onto the floor and exploded, leaving behind a pile of dust and nine cards facedown on the ground.

 

“He lost!” shouted Adurton, speaking for the first (and only) time this scene.

 

“Mystery, you are a strong opponent,” said Aduragon. “I respect you that much, but I’m afraid your efforts were unnecessary, for the Shadow girl will still be defeated!”

 

“I think you owe me an explanation!” yelled Mystery.

 

“I’m sorry we can’t tell you more, I truly am,” Aduragon grunted.

 

“But we have to get going,” said Adurata. After that, they all exploded and a black smoke followed through an air vent out of the room. Some seeped into the cards on the ground.

 

Mystery walked over to the cards and picked them up. They were nine dark-infected Zeta Reticulant cards. So that’s what was causing my scanner to give off a strange reading.

 

“So, I see you found the source of the reading,” said Duke.

 

“How did you get in here?” asked Mystery.

 

“I used the air vent that they used to escape to enter,” answered Duke.

 

“Yep. Well, since there are nine of these, I guess we should each get three. Since they have cosmic energy in them, we can use them to communicate if need be.” Mystery handed Duke three cards and Mike three cards.

 

Woah, these cards are filled with darkness! thought Mike. Maybe I can use these in my quest for more dark power! “I suppose we should get out of here. Can we use that passage we used to enter?”

 

“No, not anymore,” responded Duke. “When you sealed it, you sealed it for good. You’ve just defeated the only people who can unseal it.”

 

“Then...” responded Mystery. “How do we escape?”

 

[spoiler=Chapter 66]

“Duke, do you have any clue on how to escape?” asked Mystery.

 

“Wait, wait…,” said Duke. “Oh, right, I should know this place inside and out, silly me.” Duke put his palm to his forehead. “How could I forget that? So far, all of the Earth bases look exactly the same, all the way down to the secret exits. Anyway, yes, I know of a passage that leads right to the surface. Follow me.” Duke led them through another hallway. He then opened a door not shown on the map and continued. Mystery and Mike followed. They then reached a part where the ceiling was incredibly shallow. “This part is a part extremely close to the surface, but it has a low ceiling, so watch your head.” Duke crouched as he walked, as did Mystery. Mike crouched a little bit when we walked through this part. At one point while walking through the passage, he heard footsteps over his head. They sounded like they were running. The dark cards glowed a little bit.

 

My dark cards are glowing. What does this mean? thought Mike.

 

~

 

Now dark outside, Kim ran directly above where Mystery and Mike were. Where are you, Mike? asked Kim. I feel like you couldn’t be any closer to me, but I don’t see you. Where could you be? Kim continued running.

 

~

 

The dark glow disappeared. What was that? thought Mike. Mike put the cards in his back pocket. “How much further do we have through these passages?”

 

“Well, not too much longer,” responded Duke.

 

“Okay, good,” responded Mike. “I don’t feel like walking too much longer.”

 

~

 

“Okay, I’ve checked everywhere. Where could Mike be?” asked Kim to herself, now in front of the school.

 

“Hey, I might know where he is,” said a voice to the left of her. A boy with black hair with hair spikes in the back, a posh, red suit, and a powerful dark aura appeared. “Catch me if you can!” The boy ran to the left of the school and ran to the back. Kim ran, following him.

 

~

 

“We got to the exit,” stated Duke. Duke moved the ceiling above him and opened a door on the surface. “Come on everybody!” Duke jumped onto the surface. Mystery and Mike walked up into the night. They appeared to be in the backfield, but on the side rather than the center. Duke looked toward Mystery. “Well, Mystery, it appears we achieved our mission. We found the Alien source you now have it in card form.”

 

“Yes, indeed,” responded Mystery. “Luckily, we each have three. Three is a great number since three collectively possess enough energy to let us send messages to each other. They’re like a cosmic instant messaging device that we can use to talk to each other.”

 

“Aren’t we telepathically connected, though?” asked Duke. “We certainly shouldn’t need to use this messaging if we have telepathy.”

 

“Well, that is true,” responded Mystery. “You can do whatever with thee cards. I suggest you keep them with you just in case. But to be completely honest, Duke, unless you really have another emergency, I don’t really want to hear from you. No offense, but I have so much to do in the cosmos that it gets overwhelming. If I want to talk to you, I’ll speak to you first. Otherwise, don’t talk to me unless you have an emergency.” Mystery held out his/her blue-gloved hand. “Deal?”

 

“Deal,” responded Duke as he held out his three-fingered hand. They shook hands. “It was nice working with you. If you ever need help with anything or if you just need your scanner fixed again, I’ll be happy to help whenever. Just talk to me and I’ll tell you where I am.”

 

“Hey, Mystery, there’s Kim!” yelled Mike as he pointed to Kim. She was chasing a boy with black hair and a red suit. “We should probably chase after her!” Kim rounded the other corner of the school. “Well, we’ll never catch her.”

 

“Never say never!” responded Mystery. “I bet they’re heading toward the front of the school. We’ll just take this side of the school to the front.” Mystery and Mike ran to the front of the school by running along the other side of the school. Upon running to that side, they saw the boy open the door and run into the school. “The school doors are open even now?”

 

“It’s a school, not a bank,” responded Mike. “Anything rally valuable in there is too heavy for any one person to carry out alone. At least, that’s all the logic I can inject into the situation.”

 

“Whatever,” responded Mystery. Mystery and Mike ran for the door. The door closed. Mystery and Mike opened the door again. Kim and the boy were at the end of the dark hallway. Kim and the boy rounded another corner. “It might be tough catching up to them.” Mystery and Mike ran toward them and rounded the corner into another dark hallway. “I guess the lights aren't on this late at night.”

 

“Wait a minute, if I know the path they’re running, I know a shortcut!” Mike ran through one of the rooms, ran across the stage and ran through the door on the opposite side. Mystery ran through the same door, ran across the same stage, and through the other door. “Now, we wait.” Sure enough, Kim and the boy rounded the other end of the hallway, Mike and Mystery ran toward Kim and the boy. The boy ran toward Mike and Mystery and then turned another corner. Mystery and Mike caught up to Kim and ran down the hallway with Kim. “Who is that?”

 

“That boy just said he knew where you were and led me all around the school. I’ve been able to keep up with him, but I haven’t gained any advantage or anything. To be completely honest, this guy’s dark aura is a little stronger than me, so even if I do catch up to him I’m not sure I’ll be able to take him dow-”

 

“Wait, dark aura?” Mystery interrupted Kim and looked at the boy. “That’s the same dark aura as the Frog-People – Amphibites. When they seeped out of the underground cave as darkness, they must have seeped into this boy or something. I’ll explain everything later.”

 

“Wait, you guys were underground?” asked Kim. “No wonder why I couldn’t find you, Mike! I was getting really worried about you!” Kim pulled Mike a little closer to her and hugged him. Mystery, Mike, and Kim rounded yet another corner.

 

“Thank you,” responded Mike with a hug back. He released her hold and reached into his back pocket. “Here. You can have these.” Mike handed Kim his three Zeta Reticulant cards. Kim grabbed hold of her necklace and then let go of it. “I know they’ll mean more to you than they will to me.”

 

“Really?” asked Kim. She looked at the cards and saw their darkness. I hope I can control their darkness. “These cards have dark powers. These can give you the dark power I know you thirst for.”

 

“Yeah, but you just said that he was stronger than you. I figure that, if you can use their power, your dark power will become stronger than his.”

 

“Aww, you’re so sweet!” Kim stopped running for a second, gave Mike a big bear hug, and resumed running. Mike resumed running as well.

 

“Mike conveniently forgot to mention that those cards are like cosmic instant messaging devices,” stated Mystery. “You can talk to me whenever you want as long as you have those cards. Obviously they have more use with you because you actually kinda know me and he really doesn’t.”

 

“Yeah, but I have faith that Mike wasn’t thinking too much about that,” responded Kim as she turned her head back toward Mike. “Thank you, Mike.” Kim looked forward again. Mystery, Mike, and Kim rounded another corner. Kim watched as the boy ran into a room. The door was marked Gymnasium. “That’s the gymnasium!” Kim opened the door and ran in. Mystery and Mike followed Kim in. The gymnasium was as big as a large basketball court, about 94 ft by 50 ft, or 28.65 m by 15.24 m for those who prefer metrics, not counting the space around the field for the bleachers. The bleachers were extended out, as if they couldn’t be folded in and/or people were expecting a game. How does the school get this kind of budget? I mean, this court’s probably the size of an NBA court! The boy was running across the floor toward a door on the other side. Kim ran toward the boy and Mystery and Mike followed but kept their distance. Kim held out the dark cards. A blue flame appeared as a circle on a small section of the court, surrounding Kim and the boy. “You are trapped! You have nowhere to run!” Kim’s eyes turned purple as she looked at the boy and the Zeta Reticulant cards. I’m sure I’m going to need these Zeta Reticulant cards in my deck. To me, it doesn’t matter if I use them or not; the instant I add these to the dark deck, I’ll be able to control their darkness. Your darkness is strong, kid, but once I add the darkness of these cards to my own darkness, my darkness will surpass yours. Mystery and Mike sat down on the bleachers to the right of Kim near the end.

 

“Maybe I don’t need to run!” said the boy. A light arrow then flew past Kim into the boy. The light from the arrow branched out onto his entire body and the boy absorbed all of it. His aura became twice as strong as Kim’s and became chaotic. “Maybe I was exactly where I wanted to be!”

 

Oh no! thought Kim. I thought I trapped him, but it turns out I was the one who was led into a trap!

 

“My name is Owen,” said the boy. “I am a chaos soldier! All hail the Chaos Liege!”

 

Even all the way in another dimension!? thought Kim and Mystery.

 

“My strength falls between the second and fourth strongest chaos soldiers!” shouted Owen. “Now, I suppose we should get this duel going.” Owen held out his arm. On it was a wristband. Four card zones then emerged from the wristband. From the top of the card zone on the top of his arm emerged a deck zone. From the bottom of the top card zone came another card zone, and out of that came a Field Spell card zone. The side farthest away from Owen on the central card zone opened up to show a Graveyard.

 

Oh, no! thought Kim. Not only does this person have an aura that’s twice of size of mine, he most likely has a deck rigged with tons of Forbidden cards, most likely including the two legendary Chaos cards. How can I win this duel?

 

[spoiler=Chapter 67]

“Now let’s have an epiphany about what happened in Easter Epiphany!” said Kim’s voice enthusiastically.

 

“Say your line as written, you amateur,” said a plain director’s voice.

 

“Fine,” replied Kim’s voice. “Previously, on Easter Epiphany….” The screen changed to Kim standing on a stage.

 

“We have decided that Kim will be in Rank 3 - Lonefire Blossom,” said a voice.

 

“Wait, we didn’t have to go back this far!” said Kim’s voice.

 

“Good point,” said the director’s voice.

 

The screen changed to Mystery looking at a signal scanner with Duke next to him/her. “So there isn’t any alien force, but that means there is some other cosmic force working here. Duke, if you happen to get any information about the A.S.O.F., please tell me. There might be a connection between the cosmic force and the A.S.O.F.”

 

The screen changed to Kim looking out the window to the Muusik’i and Mystery. “I entered you into a Teacher-of-a-Day contest in another dimension and the finals are today. You need an assistant,” stated Mystery to Kim.

 

“Let me be that assistant,” said Mike, walking out of the forest.

 

The scene then changed to Kim looking at the Earthbound Immortal. Kim’s eyes changed to purple and she saw it didn’t have a dark aura surrounding it. Weird. This Earthbound Immortal isn’t fed by people’s souls nor does it have any shadow powers. This universe is just so strange. People didn’t look at me strangely when I talked about the Alien cards, this Earthbound Immortal isn’t dark-powered, Forbidden cards are real and used without dire consequences… is this reality one where cards don’t have power by themselves and many copies of each exist?

 

The scene changed to a few minutes into the future. “Easter Knight, END THIS!” The woman in green and blue armor released a very large blast from her staff.

 

“I activate my last trap, Ring of Destruction! Anyway, Ring of Destruction destroys the monster targeted and will inflict that much damage to both Life Totals. I choose Easter Knight. Good game,” stated Brittany. The ring blocked the scepter blast and wrapped around the woman. The ring exploded, causing a much larger explosion, causing the two shared Life Totals to become 0.

 

The scene changed to Mike encountering a girl opening a doorway to an underground base. “So you must be the one trying to lure Kim into a trap!” Mike accused the girl.

 

“Well, not exactly me,” said the girl. “But who is trying has similar goals to me, if that counts for anything. However, I can’t just let you leave with that secret.”

 

“She’s too dangerous for you to handle,” yelled Mystery, running to Mike. Duke then appeared and threw a smoke bomb onto the ground and Mike and Mystery ran down into the passage.

 

The scene cut Mystery dueling a frog-mutant. Three other frog-people were standing on poles in the background. “We are the A.S.O.F.,” one said.

 

“Direct attack!” Mystery ordered his/her monsters.” Several attacks from various aliens reduced the mutant’s Life points to 0. The frog-mutant fell onto the floor and exploded, leaving dust and nine facedown cards. The other frogs exploded and turned into black smoke that left through an air duct. Some seeped into the cards on the ground. Mystery picked up the cards: nine Zeta Reticulant cards. So that’s what was causing my scanner to give off a strange reading.

 

The scene changed to Kim being in the front of the school. “Catch me if you can,” said Owen.

 

The scene changed to Mike handing Kim three of the Zeta Reticulant cards, then to Kim showing them and blocking Owen off from escaping the gymnasium. A light arrow pierced Owen and he absorbed the darkness.

 

I thought I trapped him, but it turns out I was the one who was led into a trap!

 

“I am I am a chaos soldier! All hail the Chaos Liege! My strength falls between the second and fourth strongest chaos soldiers!” exclaimed Owen.

 

Oh, no! thought Kim. Not only does this person have an aura that’s twice of size of mine, he most likely has a deck rigged with tons of Forbidden cards, most likely including the two legendary Chaos cards. How can I win this duel? The screen fades to black.

 

~

 

The screen fades in. Kim takes her Easter Egg deck out of her Duel Disk, puts it into her coat pocket, and takes out her dark deck. Kim puts the three Zeta Reticulant cards into it. She puts the deck into her duel disk. Her shadow covers her entirely. Kim felt like something was digging into her skin and noticed a black vein on her skin. The darkness… it feels like it’s trying to take me over! But I’m not going to let darkness take me over again! The black vein sunk into Kim’s skin. Kim closed her eyes as the darkness slid off her body, revealing her dark outfit. She opened her eyes and they glowed purple. They soon stopped glowing, remaining purple. Good. I’m fully aware of what I’m doing, and I feel more powerful. Still, I’m not sure if this will be enough. Kim’s Dark Signer-like duel disk activated and the deck shuffled itself. Kim and Owen drew five cards.

 

“Ladies first!” shouted Kim. “I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate Foolish Burial, so I can send a monster from my deck to the Graveyard.” Kim took her deck out of the deck zone and looked through it. So which one? Kim looked at the Zeta Reticulant card. This should work. “I send Zeta Reticulant” to the Graveyard.” Kim sent a Zeta Reticulant to the Graveyard and placed the deck back into the Deck Zone, which shuffled the deck. “I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer.” A bald man in purple clothes, green armor, and half a red mask appeared holding out a red necklace (ATK 1800). “Kycoo prohibits you from removing monsters from Graveyard, prohibiting the summoning of the Chaos monsters.”

 

“You aren’t going to make this defeat easy, are you?” asked Owen. “I have the most powerful cards in the game in my deck and the powers of light and darkness, while you only have weak cards and a dark aura, and you still think you can beat me. You’re hilarious. You’ll see that I have many ways to wipe out that pathetic Kycoo and most likely spell your doom.”

 

“Well, let’s see if you can. I end my turn with a couple of facedown cards.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Okay then. It’s my draw!” shouted Owen as he drew a card. “Now I’ll activate Pot of Greed, so I draw two cards.” Owen drew two cards. He revealed one of them Watapon. “Since I drew Watapon with a card effect, I’m allowed to summon it.” A puffball with big blue eyes and puffballs at the end of its antennae appeared (DEF 300).

 

“Really?” asked Kim, chuckling. “You’re using puffballs?”

 

“Only REAL men use Watapon!” yelled Owen. “Unfortunately, Watapon won’t be around for too much longer. Next I summon Kuriboh.” A furry brown ball with blue eyes, green hands, and green feet appeared (ATK 300).

 

“Is your deck made entirely of weak puffball monsters?” asked Kim. “I was hoping you’d put up a challenge.”

 

“You’re gonna eat your words. I activate Spirit Elimination. This card lets me bypass using the monsters in the Graveyards and lets me use monsters on my field for fuel.”

 

“So you can-”

 

“Yep. I remove Kuriboh and Watapon from play to summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning!” The two puffballs disappeared into a dark void and a swordsman in blue clothes, golden armor with golden shoulder spikes, a blue and gold shield, a blue and gold helmet, and a sword appeared (ATK 3000).

 

“When a monster you control is removed from play, I summon an Eva token.” A small gray reptile-like creature with gray armor on its head and chest appeared (DEF 500).

 

“You’re gonna need it! First I activate Primal Seed, which lets me add the two monsters I removed from play back to my hand.” Kuriboh and Watapon flew out the dark void into Owen’s hand. “I’ll have Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning attack Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer.” The swordsman slashed through the man with the necklace (Kim 8000 -> 6800). “I’ll use my Envoy’s effect so it can attack again. Attack the Eva token!” The swordsman slashed through the small reptile. “I set a card and end my turn.” A face-down card appeared in front of Owen.

 

“Well, it’s my turn! I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I activate Trade-In, so I discard Dark Horus to draw 2 cards.” Kim discarded Dark Horus and drew two cards. “Next, I activate a Continuous Spell card, Darkest Spirits.” The continuous spell revealed itself and several spirits flew around. “Upon activating it, the top card of my deck is removed from play face-down. With this, all non-DARK monsters on the field are removed from play.” A spirit went through the soldier and the soldier was sucked into a dark void. Kim tossed the top card of her deck into the void facedown before it disappeared. “Remember that, since your monster was removed, I get an Eva token.” A small reptile appeared (DEF 500). “As long as Darkest Spirits is on the field, all monsters on the field are DARK instead of their other attributes. However, in order to maintain it, during every one of your Standby Phases, I remove the top card of my deck from the game facedown. During your Main Phase, you can choose to destroy this card and remove it from play. If you do, I get all the cards I removed facedown into my hand, and you get to remove a spell card in your graveyard and, any amount of times during the duel, you can use that card’s effect. However, for each card that gets removed or added to the total field or hand count of either player during the resolution of the spell, you lose 2000 Life Points. I tribute my Eva token to summon another Zeta Reticulant.” The reptile grew into a blue reptile with gray armor with purplish-pink orbs (ATK 2400). “I direct attack with Zeta Reticulant!” The reptile slashed with its big yellow claws.

 

“I activate Kuriboh!” Owen discarded a card and a bunch of brown hairy puffballs appeared, blocked the attack, and disappeared.

 

“I end my turn then.”

 

“That Darkest Spirits card is troublesome. I draw!” Owen drew a card.

 

“And I remove the next card in my deck from play.” A dark void appeared and Kim tossed the top card of her deck facedown into it.

 

“You’ll soon be getting it back. I destroy Darkest Spirits.” The continuous spell was destroyed, the dark spirits disappeared, and two facedown cards flew out of the void into Kim’s hand. “You said that your card will let me use a Spell any number of times and, as long the card itself doesn’t change the overall card advantage, my Life Points are safe. In that case, I choose Spirit Elimination.” The continuous spell and Spirit Elimination disappeared into a dark void. “So now I can use Spirit Elimination’s effect any time I need, in case you try to seal away my Graveyard. But first I activate my face-down, Sixth Sense.” The trap card revealed itself. “Now I choose two numbers out of 5 and 6 and roll a six-sided die. If the number I guess is correct, I draw that many cards; otherwise, I ditch that many cards to the Graveyard. I choose 5 and 6.” A giant die appeared, held by a ghost. The ghost let go of the die and disappeared. The result was a 6. “Yeah! A 6 means I draw six cards!” Owen drew six cards and revealed a Watapon. “I drew another Watapon, so I can summon it!” A puffball with big blue eyes and puffballs at the end of its antennae appeared (DEF 300). “I activate Inferno Reckless Summon. It allows me to summon more copies of a monster I just Special Summoned and you to summon more of a monster you control. That means I summon two more Watapon: one from my hand and one from my deck.” Two more puffballs with big eyes and antennae appeared (ATKs 300). “Now summon the rest of your Zeta Reticulants. I insist!”

 

But that means I won’t be able to use my Zeta Reticulants’ ability when he removes his monsters from play. That must be his plan. “You want them? You got them!” Two more big blue reptiles with gray armor and purplish orbs appeared (ATKs 2400).

 

“Now I’ve got you right where I want you.”

 

“Oh really? Let’s see this big plan you have set up.”

 

“You got it, and this could be your last turn. I activate the effect of Spirit Elimination. Now I can use monsters on the field instead of monsters in my Graveyard this turn. Next, I summon another Kuriboh.” A brown hairy puffball appeared (ATK 300). “Now I remove all four of them to summon a monster of untold power! A monster of true Chaos! The Sky Scourge Enrise!” The monsters disappeared into a dark void and a white fairy with red lines on its shoulder and black pants appeared (ATK 2400). “Next I use Miracle Dig to put two Watapons and Kuriboh back into the Graveyard.” Three cards returned from the void and were put back into the Graveayrd. “I remove both sets of Chaos monsters from my Graveyard to summon Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the Beginning and Chaos Sorcerer!” Four cards from Owen’s Graveyard disappeared into the void and two monsters, one of which a green dragon with gold plating, the other a white man with black armor, appeared (ATK 3000 and ATK 2400, respectively).

 

”So you can remove two of my Zetas and attack the third, correct?”

 

“You’re not getting away that easily! I activate Raigeki!” A giant lightning bolt struck all of Kim’s monsters. “You only have 6800 Life Points. Goodbye! Dir-”

 

“I activate Threatening Roar!” Kim interrupted Owen. “You can’t attack this turn.”

 

“Fine. I end my turn.”

 

“Then I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I place a card facedown and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Is that your move? Pathetic. I draw!” Owen drew a card. “Direct attack!” The monsters charged forward.

 

“I assume your Chaos Emperor Dragon is last in attacking….”

 

“Yep, why does that matter?”

 

“Because I’m letting your other attacks go through and I’m stopping its attack with Fires of Doomsday.” Two black ghosts with a green eye each appeared (DEFs 0). The big dragon blew fire at one of the ghosts and the angel and wizard fired magical blasts at Kim (Kim 6800 -> 2100). Kim felt the magical blasts and her body ached all over. That damage was real! The reason it wasn’t real when I dueled Harrison and Brittany is that it wasn’t a Shadow duel, but now this duel is starting to be like…. Kim then remembered a time when Kim and James heard of a duelist that unlocked the powerful forbidden cards and decided to take down the so-called ‘Forbidden duelist.’ In that duel, the damage from the cards was real, but that was in my world. This Chaos soldier has power from my world, I assume, so these conditions are very much like the duel from back then, only I don’t have James by my side and I’m using the dark deck now rather than the Easter Egg deck.

 

“Next I activate the ability of Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End. By paying 1000 Life Points, every card on the field and hand is sent to the Graveyard and you take 300 for each one. On the field and hand are nine cards. Nine times 300 is 2700 damage, so if it works, I win.” Owen’s life decreased to pay for the cost (Owen 8000 -> 7000). The dragon opened its mouth and started charging up a big fireball.

 

Oh no, I can’t let that happen. Kim had a flashback to which James was burned with the effect of the Chaos Emperor Dragon. After the effect, not only were his Life points at 0, but his body was completely burned. “No way! I activate Forbidden Chalice to negate your Dragon’s effect.” The dragon stopped charging up its fireball.

 

“I activate Mirage of Nightmare and end my turn.” The Continuous spell revealed itself.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card.

 

“So will I! During your Standby Phase, I draw cards to increase my hand to four.” Owen drew four cards.

 

“But you’ll need to discard four cards during your standby phase.”

 

“We’ll see.”

 

“Whatever. I activate Allure of Darkness, so I draw two cards and remove a DARK monster from my hand from play.” Kim drew two cards. “I remove Cyber Ouroboros.” The card flew into a dark void. “But since I removed Cyber Ouroboros, I send a card in my hand to the Graveyard and draw a card.” Kim discarded Necro Gardna and drew a card. “Since I have four monsters with different names in my Graveyard, I can tribute my Darklord Zerato with one sacrifice, and I plan to do that with my other Doomsday token.” The ghost turned into a rainbow portal, through which a big black fairy with red wings, a silver sword, and a red helmet with purple horns (ATK 2800). “I activate the effect of Darklord Zerato: I send a DARK monster from my hand to the Graveyard to destroy all your monsters.”

 

“What!?” yelled Owen. Kim sent a card to the Graveyard and the dark angel charged up darkness on his sword and released a big slash, wiping out all three of Owen’s chaos monsters.

 

“Direct attack!” The angel slashed Owen (Owen 7000 -> 4200). Owen barely twitched. His body was cut by a dark slash, but it soon healed. The light power in him must protect him from real damage from dark effects. The dark angel then jumped back to its regular position and looked right. “Darklord Zerato, what’s wrong? Do you sense something?” The fairy nodded and started charging up his sword. What is he- “Mystery, Mike, look out!” The fairy slashed, releasing its dark charge at Mystery and Mike. Mike and Mystery each jumped the other way.

 

A scream came from behind the bleachers. Harrison leapt from behind the bleachers, pushing Brittany out of the way from the dark slash. The dark slash collided with the bleachers, knocking a small section to be destroyed. Harrison got up off of Brittany.

 

“Are you okay?” asked Harrison.

 

“I’m fine,” said Brittany. “But did that really happen?” A light glowed from Brittany’s deck and a big, pink, green-winged fairy with a silver sword and green helmet with red horns appeared. The dark angel charged up another dark slash.

 

I gotta stop this before Darklord Zerato destroys the entire room! “I activate Book of Moon, flipping Darklord Zerato face-down!” The dark angel looked back at Kim and disappeared and a card appeared facedown and sideways where the dark fairy was. “Sorry Darklord Zerato, but I can’t let you destroy this place.” The green-winged angel disappeared as well.

 

“Why did you attack us!?” yelled Brittany. “And why are you talking to your card!?”

 

“Brittany, let me ask the questions,” said Harrison.

 

“Okay, but be careful; I don’t want her to hurt you,” replied Brittany.

 

“Don’t worry about it.” Harrison then turned and walked toward toward Kim. “What just happened here? Why did the Archlord Zerato hologram appear in front of us?”

 

“I don’t know about you, but hasn’t it ever occurred to you that it’s a little strange that the hologram responds to your voice actions and you don’t have to press any buttons on your duel disk when you want your monster to attack or activate its effect? It’s because every monster has a duel spirit that inhabits the card. For example, the Darklord Zerato spirit inhabits the Darklord Zerato card. Not everybody can see duel spirits; that’s why the holograms are made. The duel spirits can hear and follow your instructions and the holograms just show what the monster how the monster acts under each command. Duel Spirits are usually rather peaceful. Darklord Zerato, however, sensed the duel spirit of its archenemy, Archlord Zerato, and, knowing my dark power makes his damage real, decided to try to attack the Archlord Zerato card and destroy the Archlord Zerato spirit in it. Sorry about that, and the bleachers.”

 

“So you used Book of Moon to get it to stop attacking us?” asked Harrison.

 

“Well, that’s part of it. But it was also to avoid Darklord Zerato’s drawback. The thing is, if I use Darklord Zerato’s effect to destroy all the opponent’s monsters it will destroy itself at the end of the turn. By using Book of Moon, I can break the bond between Darklord Zerato and his effect, making him free to live on until next turn, even if that means he’s in face-down Defense.”

 

“Rather nice play,” commented Harrison.

 

“Hey, I have a duel to settle!” shouted Owen. “Stop chatting!”

 

“He’s right; I have to continue the duel. After I win, I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.” Kim turned toward Owen. “I place a card face-down and end my turn.” A face-down card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“It’s my turn. I draw!” Owen drew a card. “During my Draw Phase, I use Mystical Space Typhoon, targeting Mirage of Nightmare.” A tornado appeared.

 

“I activate Fiend’s Hand Mirror, changing its target to Fiend’s Hand Mirror.” A mirror with red rim and handle and a skull at the bottom and an imp at the top appeared, reflecting in its image the tornado. The tornado went toward the mirror, destroying it. “And now, Mirage of Nightmare forces you to discard the number of cards you drew during my turn: four.” Owen discarded his cards.

 

“All you’re doing is letting me keep ditching more and more cards to feed my Chaos strategy. I end my turn.”

 

“Yeah, let’s see about that! I draw!” Kim drew a card.

 

“And so shall I! I activate Mirage of Nightmare’s effect to draw four more cards.” Owen drew four cards.

 

“I flip summon Darklord Zerato and attack directly!” The facedown sideways card disappeared, the dark angel appeared again (ATK 2800), and it slashed Owen (4200 -> 1400). “I end my turn.”

 

“You’re going to pay! I draw!” Owen drew a card. “Now Mirage forces me to randomly discard four cards.” He held out his hand. “Choose the one I keep.”

 

“The middle card.”

 

“Fine choice… for me!” Owen discarded the other cards. “I remove Sky Scourge Enrise and three Wretched Ghosts of the Attic to summon Sky Scourge Norleras!” The Sky Scourge Enirse and three Wretched Ghost of the Attic cards flew out of his Graveyard and into a dark void and a black demon with one black wing, spikes on his body, a white mask with a big horn, no legs, and white bandages on his arms and fingers appeared (ATK 2400). “Now it’s time for field nuke attempt two. I pay 1000 Life Points to blow up all cards on the field and hands, and then I draw a card!” The demon oozed darkness out of its lower half (Owen 1400 -> 400).

 

”Hold that thought as I discard D.D. Crow. With it, I can remove another card in your Graveyard from play. I believe you sent a Necro Gardna to the Graveyard, so I use D.D. Crow to remove it.” A mechanical bird appeared, took the Necro Gardna card from Owen’s Graveyard, threw it into a dark void, and blew up. The darkness continued to ooze, wiping out the dark angel and the demon itself, as well as the Mirage of Nightmare card.

 

“Now let’s see if this card will help me defeat you.” Owen drew a card. “Well, not quite what I was hoping for, but it ill work. I summon Chaos Sorcerer!” A human shaped figure with white hair, purple clothes, and a purple face appeared. “Its attack points are the number of creatures in the Graveyard times 300.” The golden dragon, the wizard, the demon, two brown puffballs with green claws and white wings, and two brown puffballs with tan tails and a red ribbon on their tails appeared as a shadow behind the sorcerer. “I have seven monsters in my Graveyard, so that’s 2100 damage, enough to wipe you out. Attack!” The sorcerer attacked with a big green blast that showed the spirits of all the monsters in Owen’s graveyard. A little metal guardian blocked it.

 

“I remove my Necro Gardna to negate the attack.” The guardian was then sucked into a void.

 

“Fine, I end my turn. I don’t know what you’ll do against a monster with 2100 ATK points with only one card. The best you’ll probably do is defend yourself, but next turn I’ll have two cards and you’ll most likely have none. What will you do!?”

 

“I don’t know, but there is one card that will help me out of this situation. Now let’s see if I get it. I draw!” Kim drew a card and looked at it. “Well, I’ll need attempt #2. I activate Blaster Cartridge. With this, I send the top four cards of my deck to the Graveyard and draw again, and then I put this card on the top of my deck and, when I draw this card placed on top of my deck by its effect, it goes to the Graveyard.” Kim sent the top four cards of her deck to the Graveyard, including a few DARK monsters, and put her card on the tip of her deck Please let it be one of the two cards I can use to win! Kim drew her card, leaving a trail of darkness in the air. Kim looked at her card she drew. Yes! My ace! Kim placed Blaster Cartridge on top of her deck. “I remove seven dark monsters with different names from her Graveyard from play to summon Rainbow Dark Dragon!” Seven monsters in Kim’s graveyard were sucked into a dark void and a long dark dragon with black wings and seven crystals on its side appeared (ATK 4000). “Attack Chaos Sorcerer! Dark Rainbow Refraction!” The dragon opened its mouth. First one circular rainbow appeared, and then another appeared. A light blast was shot from dragon’s mouth through the double rainbow at the man (Owen 400 -> 0). A pillar of rainbow light appeared on Owen. The duel disk burst into darkness. Through darkness, the piece of paper with the dark squares appeared in Kim’s hand and the darkness merged with the other darkness. The circle around Kim and Owen and the light pillar on Owen disappeared. Owen collapsed and Kim checked Owen’s aura. No light or darkness left. The light probably went back to the Chaos Liege so he can use it to control more darkness, but why did just the duel disk blow up? There’s a lot to figure out, I’ll think about it later. Harrison, Brittany, Mike, and Mystery ran up to Kim.

 

“Wow, Kim, that was amazing!” yelled Harrison. Harrison looked toward Owen “Will he be okay?”

 

“Well, he’s fared better than the other Chaos soldiers I defeated.” Kim covered the piece of paper in darkness. The darkness disappeared, and so did the paper. “That paper was what the darkness of each Chaos soldier collects on. There are two more Chaos soldiers I have to defeat if I remember correctly.”

 

“I have a lot of questions to ask you,” started Harrison.

 

“Fire away,” said Kim. “But if you ask me anything uncomfortable, I’m leaving.”

 

“Speaking of that, where are you from and how did you get here? I checked the K records and according to the current records in the library, you don’t exist.”

 

“Mystery, Mike, and I are from a different planet not around here.”

 

“In a different dimension, might I add,” said Mystery.

 

“Yeah,” continued Kim. “Mystery entered me into the Teacher-of-a-Day tournament, thinking it would give me a break from daily life, only to find out a Chaos soldier was here too.” Kim then looked somewhat confused. “Wait, your records arranged by first name? Weird.”

 

“Whatever. So what’s the Chaos Liege and the Chaos Soldiers?” asked Harrison.

 

“The Chaos Soldiers follow under the Chaos Liege. For some reason the Chaos Liege wants me defeated and apparently sent five Chaos duelists to beat me, two of which I still have to find. He seems to use a combination of light and dark power to take control of a person’s mind. The second Chaos soldier was one of my friends.”

 

“Oh, wow, that’s horrible,” responded Harrison. “The Chaos Liege is obviously a coward if he has to brainwash people against you.”

 

“The first two Chaos soldiers turned to black powder. I’m thinking that such a power had weakened when it traveled dimensions to haunt me in this world and, so, spared Owen. He’ll probably wake up within a few hours.”

 

“So who’s the Chaos Liege?”

 

“I don’t know. If I defeat the five Chaos soldiers, I’ll probably find out where to find the Chaos Liege. I notice that all the Chaos soldiers so far have had decks with at least one LIGHT ace monster and one DARK ace monster to fit the Chaos theme. They also all insist they are the third strongest for some reason, but I’m sure these themes will continue.”

 

“Hey, Kim, I need to ask this: what are you, really? Are you a dark creature, or a human?”

 

Kim thought about this question for a bit. “It’s a tough question to answer, since I feel natural in both my regular form and my dark form. I still feel human, but with dark powers when I need to use them.”

 

“And what’s that thing you do with your eyes? I noticed that, when you were looking at my Earthbound Immortal, something about you changed, and I couldn’t figure it out until I saw you in your dark form, with purple eyes again.”

 

“My purple eyes let me check aura. Strangely, in this planet, very few people or things have aura. In my world, Earthbound Immortals are wicked beings that feed on soulsc of people and have dark auras, but your Immortal didn’t have such characteristics.” Kim checked Harrison’s aura: it had a small tint of darkness. “Your aura is tinted dark. That could mean a possible rise in darkness, or that you are as dark-spirited as the Earthbound Immortals in my dimension.” Kim looked at Brittany. It had a very small tint of light. “Brittany has a small tint of light. That would be a sign that she could have light powers eventually, or that her heart matches her deck: light and pure. I don’t know you two well enough to really know what you guys are like personality-wise, so I can’t say for sure what causes the aura tint.”

 

“Can you teach me how to check aura?” asked Harrison.

 

“No, I can’t. Seeing auras can’t be taught; you must be born with it or you must be given it. I don’t know how to lend any of my powers, so I can’t help you.”

 

“Oh, well that’s somewhat disappointing,” stated Harrison. Kim looked down a bit. “Hey, Kim, is there anything wrong?”

 

“Nothing, I’m just trying to figure all this out. Why was there a Chaos soldier here? I feel like there must be some secondary purpose if there was a Chaos soldier here.”

 

“I see you have a lot on your mind, but you know what I’m wondering? Where in the world did that light arrow come from?”

 

“You saw that too? It came from behind me, but somebody must have been behind it to send it to Owen. Also, why did the duel disk explode and not Owen?”

 

“Kim, when it exploded, I noticed the darkness: it was the same darkness as the A.S.O.F., the frog-people that were underground,” stated Mystery. “I defeated their representative and the Amphibites exploded, but for the most part they slipped out of an air vent. Their darkness must have become that duel disk.”

 

“So the real Chaos soldier wasn’t Owen, it was the Amphibites, or something along those lines,” concluded Kim. “That doesn’t explain who held the light power.”

 

“It also doesn’t explain the deck,” said Mystery. “The Amphibites used an Amphibite/Anti-Permorphic strategy against me. That deck would have transferred unless somebody else gave the true Chaos deck to Owen.”

 

“Woah, wait a minute,” interrupted Harrison. “What are you guys talking about?”

 

“Let me summarize,” started Mystery. “Mike and I ran into….”

 

Mystery and Mike looked at each other. “That girl!”

 

“What? Who?” asked Harrison.

 

“I think she’s the key!” said Mike. “Mystery, you said that she was too powerful for me to take, right?”

 

“Yeah, she had a powerful light aura,” stated Mystery. “She could well control her light power as well, I could see.”

 

“Then I might have this all figured out,” said Mike. “She had the light power, I’m sure.”

 

“Light power….” Harrison seemed lost in thought. “Milly has light powers…, but I don’t think Milly would be capable of doing all this.”

 

“Well, there’s one way to check,” said Mystery, looking at his/her set of Zeta Reticulant cards. “With their dark power, I can track the traveling of the light aura backward.” Mystery walked along a path to where the arrow came from, then through the hallways, and out to the place next to the keyhole in the ground. The keyhole was now busted and the passageway to the base was no longer visible. “Whoever had that power was definitely right here. If Milly is the only person around here naturally with light power, the only person to know to go right here and have light power would be Milly.”

 

“Then I do have this figured out, I’m sure,” said Mike. “The Chaos Liege decided to get rather inventive and try something new: split the light and darkness into two people and then merge the two at the last minute. By the time Kim would figure out what was happening, the forces would have grown and their combined power would be greater than the original power invested. The Chaos Liege decided for Milly to be a host of the light and the A.S.O.F. a host for the darkness. Milly took control of Owen using the Chaos deck in case the A.S.O.F. lost their fight. She wanted to report to the A.S.O.F. to report the changes in plan and try to get better ideas, as well as possibly complain about their obvious fail at luring Kim into a trap when they tapped into my mind rather than Kim’s, but she really led Mystery and I to the A.S.O.F.. Mystery was able to defeat the A.S.O.F., which functioned like Chaos Liege part 1, but that was already taken care of if they lost, since then the dark power could get to Owen and Milly could transfer her power to Owen and run.”

 

“See? Milly didn’t do this; it was the Chaos Liege,” asked Harrison.

 

“Owen is that innocent,” said Mystery. “Milly is not. I know power when I see it and the aliens taught me psychology like no other. Both she and the A.S.O.F. had at least enough power to resist the Chaos Liege’s mind control and therefore be able to think on her own. Milly and the A.S.O.F. had their own agendas and were brought together by the Chaos Liege’s plan. They willingly decided to go with the Chaos Liege’s agenda temporarily and made an elaborate scheme to take down Kim. In addition, when she put her power into an arrow and sent it to Owen, if she didn’t know what she was doing anymore thanks to losing the Chaos Liege’s power, she wouldn’t have run for a few seconds and we would have seen her. However, since she did run, I conclude that she still knew what she was doing. She’s a dangerous girl and you should watch out.”

 

“Okay,” said Harrison, looking a little disappointed. “Just let me ask you guys something: so Kim is a dark creature that can see auras, Mystery is a mysterious fellow that can see auras and is an expert of the mind, and Mike is normal?”

 

“No, not completely. I have a little dark power that manifests itself in my ability to resist other dark powers a little better than a normal person,” stated Mike.

 

“And ‘abnormal’ people are rare in your world?” asked Harrison.

 

“Yeah, they are. We’re really lucky to know each other,” stated Kim. “Very few people can see auras in my world, but everyone has one in my world. This world is so strange to me because of how different things are in my world. Now I just want to go home where I’m used to everything being the way I know it.”

 

“Well, it’s time for you and Mike to go home anyway,” said Mystery. Mystery held up the Flying Saucer Muusik’i card and it turned into the alien spaceship. Mystery brought Kim and Mike under the spaceship. A light appeared around Kim, Mystery, and Mike.

 

“Bye! It was nice being here!” yelled Kim. Kim, Mike, and Mystery then levitated into the Muusik’i. Mystery took the controls and flew off into space. “Mike, I never properly thanked you for those Zeta Reticulant cards. They became very important in the duel against the Chaos Liege.”

 

“It’s fine, don’t worry about it,” said Mike. “It’s fine.”

 

“Yeah, but I know how much you really wanted that darkness and that you gave it up for me.” Kim hugged Mike. “To be honest, I may have said this a few times before, but that’s probably the nicest thing anyone has done for me. I’m sure if I can thank you enough.” Kim let go of Mike and took the dark deck out of her duel disk. The darkness covered Kim and slid off Kim, revealing her school outfit. Mystery led Kim and Mike back to Kim’s room.

 

“Well, here’s where I picked you up.” Mystery beamed Mike and Kim into Kim’s room. “Kim, you should know that the three Zeta Reticulant cards you have are like a cosmic messaging device. If you ever need anything, you can call me up.”

 

“Ok. Now that I think about it, could you teleport John here?” asked Kim.

 

“No,” said Mystery. “I know john will challenge me when I meet up with him, so I’m making it a rule that I will train a lot more before I even go to see John. I hope you understand.”

 

“I suppose,” said Kim. “But I still really miss him.”

 

“It’s understandable,” said Mystery. “From what I’ve heard, if you truly believe and feel that somebody is the one, it’s so hard to move on and even have your eyes opened to anyone else, not that I would know. Anyway, it seems the time lock was a success; only a few hours have passed in this world. Anyway, I really must be flying away. See ya!” Mystery flew away in the spaceship.

 

“Well, I should be going, too,” said Mike.

 

“Wait, I forgot to ask you something: what happened when you disappeared from the classroom?” asked Kim.

 

“I heard a voice ring through my head to say to go to the area where the underground base was, but the message was for you. I decided that it was mostly a trap and that I would disarm or trigger the trap before you got trapped. Then I got captured by a Frog-Person, Mystery defeated the Frog-Person, and the A.S.O.F. frog-people turned into darkness, some of which infected the Zeta Reticulant cards. Mystery and I were able to escape thanks to a ninja that Mystery seemed to know and trust.”

 

“So, you went to a place that could have been a trap for me so I wouldn’t get hurt?”

 

“Pretty much.”

 

“Thank you, Mike. You’re really amazing.” Kim hugged Mike again.

 

“Thank you, Kim.” Mike was just about to jump out the window, but instead he turned around. “You’re the first girl I really felt I could really trust.” Mike smiled. Kim smiled back. Mike jumped out the window.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 68]

A few uneventful weeks later, Kim woke up to a tapping on her window. Kim woke up to see Mike. Mike’s eyes had dark circles under them. Kim opened the window. “What is it, Mike?”

 

“Duel me, Kim,” he said softly. “I shall send your soul to the shadows.”

 

“What?” Kim’s eyes turned purple as she checked Mike’s aura, which was much larger than normal. Oh no, the Chaos Liege must have gotten to Mike! I should have stopped him from giving himself to the darkness! Mike climbed into the room with a rectangular duel disk with a black and white swirl design on it on his arm. On the very top was the deck slot, in the middle was the Graveyard slot, on the back was an extra deck slot, on the left side was a removed-from-play slot, and on top were five monster and spell-trap slots, with a field card zone protruding from the right side.

 

Mike activated his duel disk. “If a dueling contest were held between all the chaos soldiers, my strength would most certainly earn me the bronze metal. Now let’s duel.”

 

Kim took the Easter Egg deck out her Duel Disk, put the dark deck into it, changed into her dark outfit, and activated her duel disk. “You’re on!” Wow, it feels like a morning test, except this isn’t for a grade, this is for my life.

 

“I’ll take the first move. I draw!” Mike drew a card. “I activate Future Fusion. I choose five dragons from my deck and send them to the Graveyard, then I can summon F.G.D. in five turns.” Mike searched through his deck. “I send Red-Eyes Wyvern, Red-eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, and three White Stones of Legend.” Five cards appeared in the Graveyard and his Graveyard glowed. “My three White Stones of Legend activate, adding three Blue-Eyes White Dragons from my deck to my hand.” Three cards popped out of the deck and Mike revealed them three Blue-Eyes White Dragons. “Next, I activate all three of my Trade-Ins, so I discard my three Blue-Eyes and draw six cards.” Mike drew six cards. “Next I place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Two facedown cards appeared in front of Mike. “Since I didn’t Normal Summon or Set this turn, I can remove Red-Eyes Wyvern from my Graveyard to summon the Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon in my Graveyard.” A small dragon card flew into a dark void and a black metallic dragon with red gems on top of its wings and red lines all over its body appeared (ATK 2800).

 

Impressive move. In two turns, he’ll summon his most powerful monster and he’s got another powerful monster out right now. But that doesn’t mean he’s unbeatable. Time to show him what I can do. “I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I send Darklord Zerato to the graveyard to summon Dark Grepher.” Kim put the Darklord Zerato card into the graveyard and a dark man with black demonic overalls and a silver sword appeared (ATK 1700). “Next, I activate its effect: in short, I send a DARK monster in my hand and one in my deck to the Graveyard.” Kim sent a Dark Horus from her hand and a Necro Gardna from her deck into her Graveyard. “Since I have exactly three DARK monsters in the Graveyard, I can summon Dark Armed Dragon.” A big spiked dragon with big claws, various drills coming out of its body, and two blades where wings should be appeared (ATK 2800). “Next, I’ll remove Dark Horus to destroy red-Eyes Darkness Metal dragon and Darklord Zerato to destroy Future Fusion.” The Darklord Zerato card and Dark Horus card were sucked into a dark void and the dark dragon grew two dark fireballs out of its hands, and threw one at the Future Fusion card and one at the black metal dragon. Both of those cards blew up. “I attack with Dark Armed Dragon and Dark Grepher.” The dragon punched with his claw and the swordsman slashed with his sword (Mike 8000 -> 3500). “I place two cards facedown and end my turn.” Two cards appeared in front of Kim.

 

“You think you’re powerful, huh? Well, I’ll show you real power. I draw!” Mike drew a card. “I activate Monster Reborn, bringing back my Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon.” The black, metallic dragon appeared again (ATK 2800). “I use its effect to summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my Graveyard.” A big white dragons with blue eyes appeared (ATK 3000). “Next, I summon Red-Eyes Wyvern!” A small black dragon appeared (ATK 1800). “I attack Dark Armed Dragon with Blue-Eyes White Dragon! White lightning!” The white dragon opened its moth and charged up an attack.

 

“Not if I Mirror Force!” The white lightning bounced off a mirror shield and destroyed all the monsters.

 

“You’re just buying time. I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Mike.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I remove Necro Gardna from the Graveyard to destroy your first facedown.” The spiked dragon created a dark fireball and threw it at one of mike’s facedown cards, erasing it. “Next, I use Burial from a Different Dimension, returning my three dark monsters back to the Graveyard.” The monster flew out of the dark void back into the Graveyard. “I remove Dark Horus and Darklord Zerato from the Graveyard to destroy the other facedowns.” The dragon created two more fireballs, wiping out the other cards. Mike looked like he was about to activate a card but stopped. “I attack directly!” The dragon and the swordsman slashed mike again (Mike 3500 -> 0). The holograms faded. “Okay, that was too easy.” The dark aura around Mike started to dissipate and go onto the piece of paper with darkness on it. Mike, however, stayed.

 

“Well, that was Mission Accomplished!” exclaimed Mike, happily.

 

“Mike, what did you do, and why didn’t you disappear?” asked Kim.

 

“I decided to let myself succumb to the Chaos Liege, but only because I knew you would defeat me. Right after you Mirror Forced, I was mostly able to gain control of my body again, and I knew I wouldn’t disappear if I lost, so I basically threw the duel, knowing my defeat would clear you of another Chaos Soldier to deal with.” Mike took one of the cards out of his Graveyard and revealed it Book of Moon. “With this, I would have been able to turn Dark Armed Dragon facedown, and this duel would have turned very differently, as I could summon two monsters next turn. I probably would have soon won with my Light and Darkness Dragon negating all your moves.”

 

“Well, while I’m not thrilled that you threw a duel, it was very sweet of you to risk yourself for my sake, again.” Kim took the dark deck out of her duel disk and changed back into her Duel Academy uniform clothes. “Anyway, we should probably head to school, right?” asked Kim.

 

“You dingdong, it’s Saturday,” said Mike, teasingly. “No school today, remember?”

 

“Oh, right!” exclaimed Kim. Mike’s duel disk turned into his old duel disk as he hopped out the window. Kim followed him out the window and closed the window. Mike ran off into the forest while Kim walked to the dueling field. James came flying toward Kim on a floating white hovercraft with two spikes on the side and a dueling platform, in white and black clothes.

 

“Duel me, Kim,” he said. “Thanks to the power of Sin, you’ll never win. I see a future destroyed, and with the power of Sin, I’ll wipe out the duelists with the powers of light and/or the power of darkness, and I’ll start with you, Kim. Your friend Mike was able to pull his prank on my master, and now my master grows impatient and has sent me, the final Chaos soldier, to destroy you. If that doesn’t happen, that means you’ll have defeated me, have the last bit of darkness, find the Chaos Liege’s location and the Chaos Liege will destroy you.”

 

Wow, could these duels have gotten closer together? Kim thought sarcastically. Kim took the Easter Egg deck out of her duel disk again and put back the dark deck. The dark deck caused Kim to change into her dark outfit. Her duel disk activated. “I’m sure you couldn’t be too hard to beat. After all, you are third strongest, right?”

 

“Correct! You’re catching on! Ha ha ha. You've fought the strongest chaos soldier, the second strongest chaos soldier, the fourth strongest chaos soldier, and the weakest chaos soldier! I am undoubtedly the third strongest chaos soldier. Now you see the true advantage of being third!” The top of the dueling platform activated. “Perhaps I shall go first. I draw!” James drew a card. “I activate Sin World!” The spikes on the hovercraft shot out dark beams, which turned the area around Kim and James purple. “Instead of drawing, I can choose three Sin monsters in my deck, and you choose one randomly, and that one goes into my hand and the others go into my hand. Next I activate Field Barrier.” A green orb appeared around the purple. “Now my field spell can’t be destroyed and another can’t be activated. Next I remove Cyber End Dragon from my deck to summon Sin Cyber End Dragon.” A card in the deck disappeared into a dark void and a big, white metal dragon with a big long tail with a white head, a black head, a half-white, half-black head, and white-bordered, black wings appeared (ATK 4000). “I end my turn.”

 

Oh wow, a 4000 ATK monster on the first turn! I got to be careful! “I draw!” Kim drew a card. No luck. “I set a monster and end my turn.” A facedown monster appeared in front of Kim.

 

“You think that’s tough? I draw!” James drew a card. “Sin Cyber End Dragon, attack!” The dragon released three blasts of energy, destroying the facedown swordsman with demonic overalls. “I end my turn.”

 

“Fine. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Nothing again. I can’t seem to draw my easily summonable monsters this time. What’s going on? “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“So weak. I draw!” James drew a card. “Let’s end this! I attack!” The dragon charged up its blast.

 

“It’s not game over yet. I activate Magic Cylinder, negating your attack and inflicting 4000 damage.” The dragon’s energy attack was absorbed into one cylinder and shot out another (James 8000 -> 4000). “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of James.

 

“Okay then. I draw!” Kim drew a card. Finally! I’m sure I can work with this! “I activate Allure of Darkness, letting me draw two cards and remove a DARK monster from play.” Kim drew two cards and sent Dark Horus into a dark void. “Next, since only you have monsters, I can summon Vice Dragon, but its stats are halved.” A black dragon with big claws and green wings appeared (ATK 2000 -> 1000). “Next I summon Dark Resonator.” A fiend in blue clothes with a tuning fork and a rod with a blue orb at the end appeared (ATK 1300). “Next I tune my Dark Resonator with my Vice Dragon!” The fiend clanged his blue orb against the tuning fork, causing the fiend to turn into three white stars, then three green rings. The dragon flew into the rings and turned into five starts. A pillar of light appeared. “The world of shadows grows in power. Let it overshadow the light! Synchro Summon! Fuel the shadows, Dark End Dragon!” A black dragon with big claws, two spikes coming out of its head, and a mouth on its stomach appeared (ATK 2600). “Next, I’ll use its effect to reduce its stats to send your monster to the Graveyard.” The monster opened up its mouth and released a blast out of it (ATK 2600 -> 2100) and destroyed the big machine. “Now I attack with dark end Dragon!” The black dragon slashed with its claws (James 4000 -> 1900). “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of Kim.

 

“Well then, it’s back to my turn. I draw!” James drew a card. “I activate Fissure, wiping out your Dark End Dragon.” The dragon disappeared. “Next, I activate A Fool’s Generosity. With this, I return Vice Dragon back to your field in Attack Mode and I draw two cards. However, this turn, if that monster is a non-Tuner, it cannot be destroyed in battle and you take no damage from its battles.” James drew two cards and Kim’s black dragon came back again (ATK 2000). “This is the end. I summon Sin Parallel Gear!” A black machine with yellow gears appeared (ATK 0). “Its other material must be one from the hand, so I tune Sin Parallel Gear with the Sin Stardust Dragon in my hand.” The machine turned into two stars, then two green rings. James held up the Sin Stardust card, out of which came a dragon with black and white wings and a mask, which turned into eight stars. A pillar of light appears. “The future of humanity is self-destruction. My Sins shall end a few lives to save humanity. Synchro Summon! Let’s create a time paradox, Sin Paradox Dragon!” A big, black dragon with white-bordered wings appeared (ATK 4000). “With it, I can bring back a Synchro monster from any Graveyard, so i choose Dark End Dragon!” the black dragon with the mouth on its stomach appeared (ATK 2600). “I use its effect to end your Vice dragon.” The dragon opened its stomach-mouh, blowing out a fireball that wipes out the smaller black dragon with big claws. “You were pathetic. I expected more of a challenge. But now I’ll end this. I attack with my monsters.” The dragons opened their mouths and released powerful fireballs.

 

What can I do? I… wait, Mike gave me those tap-out devices. Kim reached into her pocket, plopped on of the spheres onto her duel disk and threw one at James’ hovercraft. The sphere plopped onto the hovercraft. The holograms faded and the disks deactivated.

 

“Hmph. You are such a sore loser, you won’t even suffer the consequences of losing. How disappointing. I’ll be back for you later, and next time you won’t be able to save yourself with such a trick.” James flew away on his hovercraft.

 

James… I will rescue you, I assure you that! Nothing will stop me once I figure out how to beat that Sin strategy!

 

“You were facing a deck of sin, weren’t you?” asked a voice. Kim tuned around to see a pale white boy with a white glowing halo about six inches above his head, a big cross on his chest, a big white robe that covered his entire body except his head and hands, and brown gloves. “Facing such a deck of powerful sin is difficult for those who have sinned, for it is like a piece of them is against them. But I can help you, Kim Shadow.”

 

“First off, who are you?” asked Kim.

 

“So quick to question me about my identity, aren’t you? Some people call me an angel, others a messenger of a higher authority, but you may call me Vohu Manah, or Vohu for short. I can tell you really want to save your friend. In order to gain that power, however, he had to sin. The only way he will be forgiven and freed is if he is beaten with the power of the light, the power of a Savior. You are a strange fellow: you have sinned but are not at all a bad person except for that. I feel like I should trust you to win against your friend, but on one condition: you must prove to me you are able to use the powers of the Savior. If you can, you are forgiven and will have the power to let your friend James be forgiven too.”

 

“Yes, yes, I accept!” Kim replied enthusiastically.

 

“Okay, but this duel will be different than ones you’ve had before, at least partly because we are using different decks.” A stack of cards appeared in front of Kim and a dueling platform appeared behind Kim. “Note the top few cards are your Extra Deck, so be sure to separate them. It is a deck based on summoning the Red Dragon Archfiend and can summon the Savior Demon Dragon. The goal is that, sometime during the duel, you should use the Savior Demon Dragon. That way, I’ll be able to tell you have enough good in you to be able to save and forgive others. If you want, I’ll make a handicap for myself where I have to use Savior Star Dragon.”

 

“No thanks,” replied Kim. “I’m sure I’ll be fine with this deck.” Kim walked over to the other platform. Kim turned around and put the deck onto the platform. Vohu put his deck onto his platform. The area around them changed to a black area with dripping water and lava around it. “What is this?”

 

“Remember that your deck is based on Red Dragon Archfiend and summoning its counterparts while mine is based on Stardust Dragon and its counterparts. Should be want to summon Red Nova Dragon or Shooting Star Dragon, we’ll need a Burning Soul or Clear Mind, respectively. This arena provides both. Anyway, let’s duel!”

 

[spoiler=Chapter 69]

“Ladies first! I draw!” Kim drew a card. Wow, this hand is lucky! “I activate Berserker’s Rage!” The card revealed itself. “This card lets me summon any number of Level 4 or lower Nova Berserkers from my hand and treat any number of them as Tuners, but for each I treat as a Tuner, I must send a card from my deck to the Graveyard. I summon Nova Berserkers – Supernova, Corona, Flare, Heat Wave, and Sol!” Five warriors of various sizes, muscle tones, and weapons, all covered in red war paint appeared (ATKs 2900, 2200, 1200, 2000, and 1000). “I choose both the level 1 monsters and Heat Wave to be the Tuners.” The eyes of the weakest-built warriors with a knife, spear, and wooden sword started glowing. Kim revealed the top three cards of her deck three Majestic Dragons and sent them to the Graveyard.

 

“Tough break!” said Vohu. “Remember, the objective for you is to see if you summon Savior Demon Dragon. If all your Savior Dragons are in the Graveyard, you can’t even attempt it.”

 

“I know what I need to do. I tune Level 1 Flare with Level 4 Supernova and Level 3 Corona.” The small warrior with the knife turned into a white star, which turned into a green ring. The big-muscled warrior with the claymore and the other warrior with his scimitar jumped into the ring and turned into orange wire frames of their original forms, with four stars in one and three stars in the other. A pillar of light appeared. “Power plows through any fortress. Power’s purest form is that of a dragon! Synchro Summon! Power through, Red Dragon Archfiend!” A giant dragon with a black and red body, big claws, and claws on its wings appeared with a burst of flame (ATK 3000). Kim’s eyes then glowed red and her body showed a red aura as a red card appeared in her hand. “I utilize the power of the Burning Soul! Now I Double Tune Level 1 Sol and Level 3 Heat Wave with my Level 8 Red Dragon Archfiend!” The warriors with the spear and wooden sword turned into one and three fire rings, respectively, and they circled around the big red and black dragon. “True power can’t be found on earth; one must travel through space to find its true meaning! Synchro Summon! Unleash this newfound cosmic power, Red Nova Dragon!” A big red dragon with big claws and big red and black wings appeared (ATK 3500). “All my Nova Berserkers are Tuners in my Graveyard and Savior Dragons are Tuners. Red Nova Dragon gains 500 ATK for every Tuner in my graveyard.” Faded images of the warriors and three pink dragons with big heads and wings appeared and flew into the blue gem on the dragon’s stomach (ATK 3500 -> 7500). “I end my turn.”

 

I didn’t expect that! Nobody in the history of that deck has pulled that kind of draw! “I draw!” Vohu drew a card. This should help me turn this situation around. It places me at a big risk, but I can possibly set up my victory this turn. “I activate Star Knight’s Sky! I Special Summon a Star Knight from my hand and can treat it as either a Tuner or non-Tuner. As a side effect, though, I mill cards equal to the level of the card and you draw that many cards. I’m summoning the Star Knight – Stardust and treat it as a non-Tuner!” A tall knight with heavy armor, including full face mask, appeared with a longsword (ATK 2500). A stone on the sword was glowing. Vohu sent seven cards from his deck to the Graveyard and Kim drew seven cards. “I activate One for One, letting me discard Stardist Xiaolong to summon Star Knight – White Dwarf.” A small white-armored knight, armor too big for his body, appeared (ATK 0). “I tune my Level 1 White Dwarf with my Level 7 Stardust.” The small armored knight turned into a white star, which turned into a green ring. The tall knight jumped into the ring and turned into an orange wire frame with seven white stars in it. A pillar of light appeared. “All the power of stardust can be harnessed into one entity! Let us protect the meek with this being! Synchro Summon! Shield others, Stardust Dragon!” A white dragon with blue orbs on its chest and claws on its wings appeared (ATK 2500). “Next, since Stardust Xiaolong was in my Graveyard when I summoned Stardust Dragon, I can summon it!” The small green and blue dragon appeared (ATK 100). “Next, I summon Savior Dragon!” A small pink dragon with a big head, blue glowing yellow eyes and big wings appeared (ATK 0). “I tune my Level 1 Savior Dragon with Level 1 Stardust Xiaolong and Level 8 Stardust Dragon!” The pink dragon grew larger and enveloped the two blue dragons. The two dragons turned into orange wire frames and 9 white stars. A light appeared inside the pink dragon and it started to sparkle. “The power of the stars is mighty and forgiving. Make those who hurt others see the light! Synchro Summon! Save them, Savior Star Dragon!” A long, blue, serpentine dragon with big, footless legs and four wings appeared (ATK 3800). “Next, I activate my equip spell card, Savior’s Light.” The giant serpent began to glow. “I send a card from my deck to the graveyard for my ‘Savior’ monster’s levels to activate this card.” Vohu sent ten cards from his deck to his Graveyard. “Now my Savior monster gets the power to gain the effects of the card that it negates the effect of. Also, when this card is sent to the Graveyard, I take damage equal to the ‘savior’ monster’s Level times 400. Next I use Savior Star Dragon’s effect: I negate Red Nova Dragon’s effect!” The dragon opened its mouth, releasing a huge beam of light. The red dragon became much weaker (ATK 7500 -> 3500). The dragon absorbed its ability. “Savior Star Dragon now gains 500 ATK for every Tuner in my Graveyard. Unfortunately, that only counts up to fifteen tuners, meaning Savior Star Dragon gets only 7500 ATK.” The dragon grew in size (ATK 3800 -> 11300). “Attack!” The dragon flew toward and through the red dragon (Kim 8000 -> 200). “I end my turn. Savior Dragon returns to my Extra Deck and brings back Stardust Dragon.” The serpentine dragon slowly disappeared, replaced by its previous white and blue self (ATK 2500). “Savior’s Light now reduces my Life Points by 4000.” A dark aura surrounded Vohu (Vohu 8000 -> 4000). “I end my turn.”

 

“That attack left me with little life. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “Thanks to Stardust Dragon, you’ll negate any attempt to destroy your cards, so I’ll have to work around that. I set four cards and end my turn.” Four facedown cards appeared in front of Kim.

 

“That’s your move? Even with eight cards, the best you do is set four. I draw!” Vohu drew a card. “Att-”

 

“Not if I use Red Screen!” A red shield appeared. “Your monsters can’t attack.”

 

“That’s fine. With this face-down, I’ll finish off your plan.” A card appeared in front of Vohu.

 

“It’s my turn. I draw!” Kim drew a card. If he makes another direct attack on me, he’ll wipe me out. That facedown could be a Mirror Force or Sakuretsu Armor. If it is, then I should summon a monster that can’t be destroyed by card effects, and I know just the one. “I activate Call of the Haunted, summoning back my Red Dragon Archfiend!” The black and red dragon appeared again (ATK 3000). “Next, I activate Graceful Revival, bringing back Flare.” The red-painted warrior with a knife appeared (ATK 1200). “Next, I activate Red Screen’s effect, letting me bring back a Level 1 Tuner and destroy this card. You should know which Tuner I want!” A small pink dragon with a big head and big wings appeared (ATK 0). “I tune Level 1 Savior dragon with Level 1 Flare and Level 1 Red dragon Archfiend!” The pink dragon grew big, turning the small warrior and big dragon into orange wire frames and nine white stars. A pillar of light appeared. “Even the lust for power can be forgiven. In fact, those with power are the ones that forgive. Synchro Summon! Teach others of your mistakes, Savior Demon Dragon!” A long, red, serpentine dragon with big red claws and four red wings appeared (ATK 4000). “I use my monster’s effect to negate Stardust Dragon and gain its ATK.” The red dragon opened up its mouth and released a blast of energy, crystallizing Stardust dragon in a red crystal (ATK 4000- -> 6500). “Savior Demon Dragon, attack!” The dragon released a burst of fire, destroying the red crystal (Vohu 4000 -> 0). The holograms faded.

 

“Very nice,” thought Vohu. “Naturally, I wasn’t trying my best, but I wanted to place you in a situation where you would think you had to use your Savior monster, to see if you could use it, and you do have that power. Remember, you’ll need to use that power to beat your Sin friend, despite your past mistakes. Kim, take these. They won’t last too long, so defeat your friend while the cards last.” Vohu handed Kim a Red Dragon Archfiend card, a Savior Demon Dragon card, and a Savior Dragon card. “I fare you well, Kim. I hope you find and defeat your friend soon.” Vohu bowed and walked away. As he walked, he faded away.

 

“Huh,” said James. “So that’s what he was doing here.” Kim looked over her shoulder and turned around, shocked. “I sensed a strange presence, so I watched your duel. Those draws were really lucky. If those Savior cards are the way to defeat me, you probably won’t succeed in using them.”

 

“Let’s see about that.” Kim activated her duel disk. She put the Savior Dragon into her deck and the deck shuffled.

 

“Fine. Let’s see if you can do different than last time.” The duel platform glowed.

 

“Let’s duel!” yelled James as Kim and James drew five cards. “I draw!” James drew a card. “I activate Sin World.” The area around James and Kim became tainted purple. “I remove Cyber End Dragon from my Extra Deck to summon Sin Cyber End Dragon!” A three-headed machine dragon with one head white, one black, and one head both colors split down the middle appeared (ATK 4000). “I set three cards and end my turn.” Three cards appeared in front of James.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I discard Dark General Freed to Special Summon Dark Grepher!” A dark man in demonic overalls with a silver sword appeared (ATK 1700). “Next, I summon Blackwing – Kochi the Daybreak.” A blue bird with black ends of its wings and a long, yellow beak appeared (ATK 700). “I tune my Level 4 Kochi with my Level 4 Dark Grepher.” The bird turned into four white stars, which turned into four green rings. The swordsman jumped into the rings and turned into an orange wire frame with four stars. A pillar of light appeared. “Power plows through any fortress. Power’s purest form is that of a dragon! Synchro Summon! Power through, Red Dragon Archfiend!” A black and red dragon with big claws appeared with a burst of fire (ATK 3000). “Since I control exactly three DARK monsters, I can summon Dark Armed Dragon.” A giant dark dragon with tons of armor appeared (ATK 2800). “I remove Dark Grepher from the Graveyard to destroy Cyber End Dragon.” Dark Grepher was sucked into a dark void and the dragon charged up a fist of dark fire, and threw the fireball at the metal dragon. “Next, I discard D.D. Crow to remove it from play.” The metal dragon was sucked into a dark void and the bird exploded. “Next I remove the remaining three cards in my Graveyard from play to destroy your three facedown cards.” The dragon released three fireballs, wiping out the three facedown cards. “I attack with Dark Armed Dragon and Red Dragon Archfiend!” The two dragons charged up fists of power and punched James (James 8000 -> 2200). “I end my turn.”

 

“Just keep thinking you have the edge. I draw!” James drew a card. “I set a card and end my turn.” A facedown card appeared in front of James.

 

“I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I attack!” The dragons charged up their fists.

 

“I activate Mirror Force!” The fists clashed against a barrier, which reflected the attack back at the dragons.

 

“Fine. I end my turn.”

 

“Then I draw!” James drew a card. “I summon Sin Parallel Gear.” A small gear appeared (ATK 0). “I tune my Level 2 Sin Parallel Gear with the Level 8 Sin Stardust Dragon in my hand.” James held up the Sin Stardust Dragon card, releasing a faded dragon. The gear turned into two white stars, which turned into two green rings. The dragon flew inside and turned into eight white stars. The pillar of light appeared. “The future of humanity is self-destruction. My Sins shall end a few lives to save humanity. Synchro Summon! Let’s create a time paradox, Sin Paradox Dragon!” A big, black dragon with white-bordered wings appeared (ATK 4000). “I can now summon back your Red Dragon Archfiend!” The red and black dragon appeared again (ATK 3000). “I attack with both dragons!” The dragons flew toward Kim and slashed her (Kim 8000 -> 1000). “I end my turn.”

 

“That’s fine. I draw!” Kim drew a card. “I end my turn.”

 

“Have you just given up hope? I draw!” James drew a card. “I attack! Paradox Slash!” The dragons started to fly toward Kim.

 

“I activate Battle Fader!” A small pendulum creature appeared and created energy, blocking the dragon’s attacks (DEF 0).

 

“Fine. I end my turn.”

 

“Just you wait. I shall win and free James from your mind-slaving, Chaos Liege!”

 

“How do you propose on doing that? All you have is a Battle Fader. I’ve even taken your Red Dragon Archfiend, sealing away your Savior Demon Dragon. I have two powerful monsters, so Dark End Dragon is too weak. You’ve removed 4 of your DARK monsters, leaving only one in your Graveyard. The DARK monster in your Graveyard isn’t summonable and the DARK monsters you have removed aren’t great. What options do you have? You can’t beat this Sin deck and save your friend. Both of you have sinned, and so both of you will have the same fate: doom.”

 

“I won’t lose to you. I will save James. I have that kind of power now! That’s what I dueled to get!” The top card of Kim’s deck started to glow. “I draw!” Kim drew the card. It was Savior Dragon. “I activate Mind Control, letting me take Red Dragon Archfiend back.” The black and red dragon flew over to Kim’s side. “Next I summon Savior Dragon!” A pink dragon with a big head, yellow eyes, and big wings appeared (ATK 0). “Next, I tune my Level 1 Savior Dragon with my Level 1 Battle Fader and Level 8 Red Dragon Archfiend!” The pink dragon grew big, turning the small pendulumr and big dragon into orange wire frames and nine white stars. A pillar of light appeared. “Even the lust for power can be forgiven. In fact, those with power are the ones that forgive. Synchro Summon! Teach others of your mistakes, Savior Demon Dragon!” A long, red, serpentine dragon with big red claws and four red wings appeared (ATK 4000). “I use Savior Demon Dragon’s effect to negate your Sin Paradox Dragon’s effect and gain its ATK points.” The serpentine opened its mouth, turning the black and white dragon into a red crystal (ATK 4000 -> 8000). “Savior Demon Dragon, let’s finish this!” The dragon released a large stream of fire, destroying the crystal (James 2200 -> 0). The holograms faded, as did the platform. Kim took the dark deck out of her duel disk and she changed back into regular clothes. The piece of paper appeared in Kim’s hand as James exploded into a small cloud of darkness and the darkness gathered onto the paper. The darkness then spelled out a message:

 

Very nice, Kim. I was figuring that, if you were worth speaking to personally, you’d be able to beat my soldiers. Meet me tomorrow, in the middle of the forest. Rather than it being an open field, you’ll see a small dark castle. The door, while closed, will be unlocked, so feel free to walk in and we can talk. Or I could just beat you in a duel and make you disappear, whichever you prefer.

 

So, it looks like I’m waiting until tomorrow…. That doesn’t matter; it’s not like I’ll have less dueling skill tomorrow.

 

Chapter 70 was glitching for some reason, so I'm putting it on my next post.

[ragnarok1945]

hopefully that'll all be in the early duels so she learns

[Mazerrick]

Well I didn't expect Kim to win, but I didn't think the duel will be that short. can't wait for the next chapter.

[ragnarok1945]

It just shows she still has much to experience on the game

[Mazerrick]

Well that means a long story :)