Turn 20: Cybernetic Surge

'''Yu-Gi-Oh! Infinity Hunter''' ARC 2 “Infinite Search.”

Turn 20 “Cybernetic Surge!”

''It has been six weeks since we have beaten the Aurora Remnant and life returned to normal again. Well, as normal as it could get at least. It has been three weeks since the leader of the Aurora Remnant, Gakyru disappeared after the battle. It has been three weeks since we escaped the destroyed Aurora Stadium.

In this Aurora Stadium we lost people. We lost a very good friend of ours, Kaito Shinmaru and 96 others. Only their bodies were found, lifeless, motionless. We have no idea how, but from the people we hoped would come back and came back, he was the only one who did not come back.

It has been six weeks since Gakyru disappeared and we were unable to catch him. Being unable to catch him was tough, definitely because I was unable to do anything. He escaped as a fool. He did not want to stand trial for his misdeeds against us, against humanity. And now he is on the run again and we are in the dark about what his plans are, what he wants to do. He has spoken about the Infinity Core and the Silent Core, two artifacts he finds important.

Is he searching for the Infinity Core? Is he searching for a missing piece of a complicated puzzle? And what does the Infinity Core mean in this case? Is it worser then the Silent Core? The Silent Core provided Gakyru with an all-powerful deck, what will the Infinity Core do? Will it give him immortality?

I know for sure that this is not over. Not over for a long time. Gakyru is still out there and I want to get him, I want to take him out, I want to bring in for justice. If there is justice in the world, it will take him. No, he will not get away that easy. His ideals and his schemes will fall and the world will be freed of the tyrannical grip he holds us in. No-one knows where he is, no-one knows what he will do. Only thing we know is that he will not rest until he fulfilled his schemes, creating his Perfect World.

And we, me and my friends, will be there when he shows up. We will be there and bring him down. We will bring him to justice.''



“You finally got out.”

Blake`s mother wheeled Blake out of the hospital. His arm and leg were in bandages, but he could walk on his own now. Blake was wearing his usual clothes. He was wearing a black jacket with a red shirt below with two infinity signs intersecting in the middle. He was joined by Ken who supported Gillian.

“Yeah I did indeed. I am glad I am gone here. The food was terrible and the hospital television was nothing as well.” Blake joked and he looked around as they were about to cross a busy street. “Where are the others?”

“Don’t know.” Ken admitted and he looked around. “When Jennifer, Grace and Jason got out of the hospital, they were seen all around the youth centers in the city. We met them a couple of times, but they usually hang out with others now. Jennifer seems to have a new boyfriend, Gillian.”

“She does?” Gillian acted like she was surprised. “Who is it?” She hesitated for a moment, looking at Blake. “Is he good looking?”

“Some new dude at the local youth center called Dyllan. And yes, he is good looking but I am not really the one to judge about that now am I?” Ken joked back and he tapped Gillian on her shoulder. She cringed a little, but smiled as she looked around as well. “Now do you all want to go home?”

“Where are you staying?” Blake wondered and Ken, still supporting Gillian, walked down to him, opening his cell phone and showing Blake a picture. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH MY ROOM?”

“Redecorated it a little. It now has a two person bed and enough room for another bed. I slept in the double bed, but I suppose I’ll take the single bed.” Ken smirked and he closed his cell phone. Gillian looked at him. “What? Double bad is awesome!”

“You’ll be sleeping on the couch tonight that is for sure.” Blake sighed and he slapped Ken on his side. “To bad we cannot take Kaito with us home. Since Jason, Jennifer and Grace returned to us, his mind has been busy, but they do not know where the heightened level of activity came from.”

“Oh well. Let us just get home, before any reporters notice us. After all you are the two people that came out alive from under the rubbish of the Aurora Stadium. You are famous according to the news papers.” Mrs. Connolly replied and she wheeled Blake to her car, which was a white SUV. “Let us just go home.”



In an area full of trees, unknown where it was, but it was a forest, there was a large dojo. It had the different attributes marked on the walls as a lone boy, around its twenties was sitting with his legs crossed. He was wearing a black tunic and grey pants. In front of him there was a duel monsters deck. He was holding his hand above it closing his eyes and draws his first card from his deck. On the card a three headed mechanical silver dragon was pictured. All three its heads were different.

‘ Old friend, we have gone through so much, but our journey is just beginning.’ The boy looked into the forest as he jumped up, placing his deck in his deck box on his belt and looking around sharply. ‘ ''I know there is someone around here. The Professor has told me that there may be people wanting to find this dojo.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">He slowly proceeded towards the trees, where there was nothing but shadows and trees. There was no clear path leading anywhere. They were alone in this forest, but maybe not as alone as they really wanted too. As he draws his duel disk from his bag on a seat, he in a swift movement places his deck in the deck holder of the duel disk and draws the first five cards. He reinserts the cards into his deck, let the duel disk auto-shuffle the deck and draws five new cards.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''My draw is getting stronger and stronger. The Professor has told me that when I wish to face the best I must draw the perfect hand each time. Each hand must be able to lead me to a One Turn Kill at any time.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ The boy shakes his head, while keeping to do his practice of drawing cards and reshuffling his deck. ‘ ''But I do not need One Turn Kills. I like to toy with my opponents. I like to pull the best out of them.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I see you are practicing your draw skills, Troy.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The soft and low voice of a man disturbed the silence, letting a flock of birds fly up from the trees. A much older man with grey hair and a small beard came walking from the dojo. He was wearing a doctor`s coat with a blue tunic below it. He had a duel disk attached to his right arm and no deck inserted in it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your drawing skills are getting better and better. At one moment you will be able to beat them.” The man draws his five cards from his deck, reinserts them into his deck and draws five new cards. “I have prepared the special cards you have requested to be ready for this occasion. If you utilize them perfectly, there is no way he can stop you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Thank you, Professor.” Troy, the boy, bowed and picked his deck out of his deck box. The older man picked another deck from inside his pocket and draws cards from it, inserting them in Troy`s deck. “I suppose you are now allowing me to travel down to him and challenge him to a duel?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I would not expect anything less from you, my student. Long have we studied the combinations of technology and ancient civilizations, and now we are setting a large step into the right direction. Mankind will benefit from this.” The Professor smiled. “After all, we are going to win this price next week.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy walked down to a hidden barn and pulled of a sail from a duel runner. It was metallic silver colored and had three wheels, one in the back and two in front. The front looked like the head of a dragon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is time to put my new deck and our prized research to the test.” Troy started the Duel Runner and nodded to the Professor. “And above all, I can take my revenge on him.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As he drove off into the wilderness, slamming plants against the ground and quickly avoiding trees, the Professor kept watching him. He pulled out a handheld computer and tapped a couple of keys. The picture of Blake Connolly appeared on his screen.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I hope he did not rush into things.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Surprise!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake looked up, surprised as his mother opened the front door of the house where they lived and in the living room all of his friends were waiting. Lance, Ken, Grace, Yuni, Jason, Jennifer and someone he expected to be Dyllan, the boyfriend of Jennifer were awaiting him and hugging him. As Gillian entered the room as well, Blake was happy.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Wow guys. I had not expected this.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good job, Ken.” Lance congratulated Ken on whatever he did. “You finally managed to shut up for once.” Ken slapped Lance on the shoulder as Blake came out of his wheelchair, being supported by Lance and Ken and while Mrs. Connolly came in with plates with food and drinks, they chattered.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What did you think of that duel between Yusei Fudo and Bolt Tanner? It was an awesome duel.” Ken started against Blake, who nodded. “I suppose you watched it in the hospital, while you were eating bad hospital food?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh yes.” Blake nodded. “But I agree, the duel was awesome. Last time they dueled was in the Facility when Neo Domino City and Satellite were not connected. Yusei Fudo back then used the deck of a fellow inmate, some sacred treasure deck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah, that fellow was called Yanagi. I believe he runs around in the senior circuit of Pro Dueling.” Lance joined into the conversation, while Gillian came to sit next to Blake. “No this time he finished the duel with Junk Destroyer.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I would love to duel against his Shooting Star Dragon, you know the one who had beaten this freaky dude, Placido or whatever the name was called,” Ken joked and he thought back to five years ago during the first WRGP when a team called Team New World was the cause of much of the catastrophe happening in the WRGP. “I would have loved to kick that guy`s but as well. His deck is no match for my Gemini Crusader deck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t set your hopes to high as Aki and Crow were unable to beat him, at least not before they gained more power in their deck.” Blake countered one of his best friends. “We do not know what would have happened if they were unable to stop them. It is why I always want to duel Yusei Fudo once. The power and skill he displayed in beating those duelists of Team New World.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Don’t forget about Jack Atlas,” Yuni intervened and they all smiled. “Jack Atlas was of huge importance in defeating this Team New World.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah well we all know you have a crush on Jack Atlas. Don’t let that Carly girl find out about it.” Blake joked and Yuni slapped him on the head. “Oh hell, if we want to win the next WRGP we have to defeat Team 5D`s as well I suppose.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“That is for sure, but have you signed in a team yet?” Lance asked Blake and Blake looked at him. “Wait…. don’t tell me you did not sign in a team for the qualifying tournaments?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I already signed in for the Celestia Cup tournament in Hisehade City, starting in two months yes. Luckily you do not have to duel in riding teams in that tournament, but the top 4 representing duelists get a ticket into the next WRGP.” Blake explained and he smirked. “We probably need faster engines and stuff, but eh we still have a year.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Less than a year already.” Ken told Blake and he nodded. “But yeah, we need new engines for our duel runners as well.” Blake nodded and looked at the clock. “Wait, is it that time already?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah,” Blake nodded and he stood up slowly. “If we want to grab a bite down town, we need to get going. Mom, are you coming with us?” His mother shook her head and Blake was supported by Lance and Ken. “Okay, we’ll be back before darkness.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">---

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">As they were sitting on a terrace, some of the people recognized Blake and the others and pointed to them. Lance and Ken were rather annoyed, but Blake enjoyed the happening. Fresh air was always good for someone. As they had just ordered, the place in front of them started to empty, people getting into other restaurants or casino`s or even cinema`s.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You know, I actually miss this Gakyru dude.” Ken threw into the group and everybody looked at him with a weird look. “At least I had some live saving to do back then, now I am just a wheelchair pusher.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And you do an extremely good job.” Blake joked and looked at his leg. “To bad I cannot walk long distances on this leg; otherwise I would no longer need the wheelchair and you.” He took a deserved pat on the head of Ken.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I am actually glad he came around when he did. He did bring me and Gillian back together,” Jennifer argued with the others. “Although everything he did was wrong of course. You cannot say he did anything good otherwise.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He brought me and Gillian back together as well,” Blake continued and Gillian nodded. Blake smiles as he took out his wallet and picked a picture from his wallet. “We were once a fearsome tag team in duels. My Black Feathers back then and her Lightsworns were unbeatable.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why do you never use that deck anymore? After all you and Gillian made amends again and you stopped using that deck after Gillian pulled that stunt on you.” Grace asked Blake and Gillian looked down, before feeling the hand of Blake on her shoulder, shaking his head. “I am sorry, should I not have mentioned that?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No it is okay,” Blake and Gillian both at the same time replied. Blake continued. “I never used the Black Feather deck anymore, because it lost its soul. It sounds rather cheesy, I know, but it is like that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What happened?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Let’s say made him lose the Raging Gale Condor, his ace card of the Black Feather deck, in a duel.” Ken replied before Blake could and Blake looked at him. “What? I love to tell that story. It is one of the few duels you never managed to win. Apart from Phantom Rider`s challenge of what I heard and this cheater Silent Void Wavern six weeks ago.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Someone made me lose that card indeed. Someone made me lose confidence in my deck. And that was not Gillian, it was a boy, same age as I am, a boy called Troy. He used a machine deck that was empowered by some very weird and far advanced cards.” Blake explained and he pulled out his PDA. “I lost that day while he still had 100 lifepoints left.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What happened to Raging Gale Condor?” Grace and Jennifer asked at the same time. “What did he do with it?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“This boy, Troy, was greedy. His motto was always “Screw the rules, I have money”. A really weird motto if I may say so, it screws up the game. And if there is one thing I do not like it is screwing up the game.” Blake tapped on his PDA and found a picture of a magnificent condor, completely black. The condor was unlike Black Feathers, it had its natural shape. “This is Black Feather – Raging Gale Condor, this was my soul and my closest friend.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You don’t like screwing with the game? No wonder why you were so uptight when Gakyru abused it to fulfill his goals.” Lance took a sip from his drink.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Rule #1,” Blake and Ken replied.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What is it with those rules?” Jennifer asked Gillian and Gillian shed a smile, before putting her drink on the table.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blake used to and still lives by a set of rules he set when he was young. Rule #1 was the very first one and the one rule everybody should abide by. Do not screw with the game.” Gillian looked at Blake. “Rule number two is if you screw with the game and he is around, you screw with him personally. Since they know each other, Blake and Ken have been living by these rules.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He sort off stole it. Last time I saw the card, last time I saw my friend, was when he threw it in the fire to piss me off. He wanted to get me on edge to fight the best I could and I did. Blackthunder Helios Dragon left nothing of his deck and I had him beaten him with 3200 lifepoints over 0. After that I never heard of him again.” Blake brings back memories for himself.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah and he should never have done that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake turned around, seeing Troy standing in the middle of the square, equipped with a duel disk. Blake tried standing up, but felt the aching pain in his leg. He quickly sat down again, before Ken, Gillian and Lance stood up.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Who are you?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hello Blake.” Troy, dressed in a green jacket and black jeans, replied, ignoring the other three. “So how have you been doing since I turned your precious card into ashes?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Troy.” Blake grumbled. “How dare you show your face here?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It is a free world we live in. I can move wherever I want,” Troy replied and he showed Blake his duel disk. “I am here for revenge for destroying me and humiliating me in front of the whole city.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why don’t you just get out of here?” Ken intervened and he stepped in front of Blake. “You lost last time, just get out of here.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Nah, I am not planning on leaving yet. I am here to get revenge on Blake and test out my new deck.” Troy pulled out his deck from his deck box and inserted it in his duel disk, allowing it to auto-shuffle. “We duel here and now, where everybody can see it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No….. he is to weak now. He can barely stand.” Gillian and Grace protested, but Troy did not listen and walked to the other side of the square. “Let us handle this, Blake.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No.” Blake shakes his head and draws his own deck out of deck box. “Ken, hand me that duel disk.” Ken pulled a duel disk out of the bag they were carrying with them. “Besides, I want to battle him and no-one else can.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why not?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Rule number three, Ken.” Blake replied with a grin. “You remember?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Of course rule number three.” Ken nodded and he stepped away to give Blake clear space to stumble towards a small wall to lean against. “Of course he would use rule number three.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What is rule number three?” Gillian questioned Lance and Ken.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“One he will always hold true to.” Ken took a gulp of air and then continued. “Rule number three is one of the few that were used most. Your problem, your duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Stupid rules.” Yuni and the other two girls grunted, before positioning themselves at the sidelines as Blake had positioned himself opposite of Troy. “Blake should not be allowed to duel now.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Still playing this Machine deck, Troy?” Blake taunted Troy. “I waltzed right through your cards last time we played. Care to elaborate why you challenge me again?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I still play the Machine deck, Blake, but this one will proof to be quite the challenge for you. One you have not faced for a while.” Troy draws his first five cards and smiles. “Excellent, my drawing skills have paid off.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Surprise me.” Blake leaned against the wall to pull some weight of his legs. “Let us duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 4000 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 4000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I’ll start off!” Troy draws a new card and places a monster in horizontal position on the duel disk`s monster zone. A mechanical cannon appeared on his side of the field, raising his one barrel into the air. The gear wheels were rotating below the barrel. “Appear my  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (500/500).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, eh? Now that card sounds familiar.” Blake recognized the card from his previous duel with Troy.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, but I am not done yet. Now I cast the  Machine Duplication<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card and summon forth two more  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> to the field.” Two additional cannons appeared on his side of the field. “This is a move you have not seen yet in our previous duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Well I suppose you will bring out your  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> next?” Blake joked and he was fairly certain Troy would do so. “You are playing the same tactic like last time.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Not entirely the same tactic. Activate  Double Summon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. I summon forth  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (1400/1300).” Troy announced the appearance of his new monster as a purple machine with a single barrel on top of it appeared on the field. It had yellow shoulder pats. “Now due to its special ability I can give up a monster and deal 500 points of damage to you.” As  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">disappeared into the barrel, a yellow flash erupted from the barrel hitting Blake.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ouch.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 4000 -> 3500

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next due to my  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> being tributed his effect triggers. Dealing you 500 points of damage.” Troy saw his  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">`s spirit disappear and the flash hits Blake. “Next again, I choose to tribute my second  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> and deal 500 lifepoints afterwards I deal another 500 lifepoints due to Gear Cannon`s ability.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 3500 -> 3000 -> 2000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“He is good,” Gillian admitted and Ken nodded. “Did he play this duel like this time?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Next I set this card and end my turn.” Troy lowered his duel disk and the brown backed card appeared on his side of the field. “Let me see you whether your deck has improved since our last duel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No,” Ken continued and smirked a little hesitating. “In the last duel they had, he actually tributed all three, which was his big mistake as Blake countered him in the next turn, bringing him down to 500 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Blake draws a new card and switched on standing on his other foot, lifting some of the pressure of the other leg. “You are doing something new, Troy and I enjoy that, really. But you have forgotten the ground rule of dueling.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Never leave monsters unprotected?” Troy answered and Blake nodded. “You may have forgotten about my face down card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will simply Despell it.” The spell card appeared on Blake`s side of the field and a bolt of lightning hit the face down card, revealing it to be a trap, turning back face down. “Okay, it is a trap card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You could have known.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Last duel, he indeed had a trap card face down, Negate Attack. I wonder if he holds that card face down this time as well.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake shifted a card from his hand. “Well then since you were a smart ass, I will sacrifice 1000 lifepoints and summon Blackthunder Cocoon (0/2200) in defense mode.” The familiar cocoon appeared on his side of the field.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 2000 -> 1000

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Still going with the usual moves I see.” Troy shakes his head. “You’ll be surprised what I have waiting for you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see indeed. Since it is the first turn of the duel, I can summon this card in attack mode without a tribute, Blackthunder Sky Apostle (1900/1000).” A humanoid bird warrior appeared on his side of the field, wielding a large sword. “Next I place a Blackthunder-Counter on my Blackthunder Cocoon. Now Blackthunder Sky Apostle, destroy  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t think so.” Troy flipped up the card and Blake expected  Negate Attack<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, however a cross appeared in front of  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. “ Scrap-Iron Scarecrow<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. This card negates 1 attack per turn and is flipped back face down after activation.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Fine then.” Blake sighed and he grabbed his side, which made Gillian move nearer to him. ‘[i]Okay, that is a move I did not expect him to make. Luckily I have a plan of my own.’ He took another card from his hand and inserted it in his duel disk. “I place this face down and end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good my turn then.” Troy smirked as he had drawn his next card. “Let’s move this duel a level higher. I tribute my  Ancient Gear Cannon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> and  Cannon Soldier<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> to summon forth my mighty machine,  Emes the Infinity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (2500/2000)!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Emes the Infinity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">?!” Ken, Lance and Blake gasped as the card was set on the field. That is a rare card, a very rare card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have a good friend that awarded me one.” Next to Troy a warrior like machine had appeared. It was four-armed and was holding a big blade in the right hand and a smaller shield in the left. Its lower body was a gigantic long snake-like body. “Now you probably have heard about its special ability too?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What is it?” Yuni asked Lance. “Is it really strong?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Emes the Infinity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> is one of the rare monsters that can power itself up after it battled a monster on the opponent`s side of the field.” Lance told the others. “I never had the pleasure of dueling someone using it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I’ll be glad to grant you the pleasure after I defeated Blake,” Troy told Lance and he looked at Blake. “What is it Blake, are you scared?” Blake shakes his head. “Yeah, I thought so. Emes the Infinity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, attack his Blackthunder Sky Apostle! Infinity Shockwave!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 1000 -> 400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What? Are you going down this easy?” Troy taunted Blake and he looked at Blake`s leg. “I wonder how long your leg can hold on.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Long enough for me to strategize a counter-strategy,” Blake answered with a rather painful grin. “My Blackthunder Cocoon gains another Blackthunder-Counter [2].”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now since  Emes the Infinity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> destroyed and send a monster to the graveyard, it gains 700 attack points (ATK: 2500 -> 3200). Try and beat that!” Troy looked at his hand, which now only contained two cards. “I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Only Blackthunder Helios Dragon can directly face it now. Either I have to bring it out now, or I have to wait until another opportunity.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake pondered his choices. “Draw. First my Blackthunder Cocoon gains another Blackthunder-Counter [3]. Next I activate my face down card  Call Of The Haunted<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> and bring back my Blackthunder Sky Apostle (1900/1000).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Like that card can beat my magnificent monster,” Troy snidely replied against Blake and he then realized something. “Either you are going for a tribute summon or a Synchro Summoning.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Neither in fact. I summon this card in defense mode.” A face down monster card appeared on his side of the field. “Then I initiate my  Graceful Charity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card and draw three cards and discard two. And that is where my next step comes in.” Blake drew three cards from his deck and then slid two cards in his graveyard, both monster cards.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I pay 500 lifepoints and bring forth my Blackthunder Zephyr (800/500). This card can attack you directly. Troy, get acquainted with one of my new monsters.” The small black bird with the red eyes appeared on his side of the field and duck directly for Troy.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 4000 -> 3200

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why did you not go for your  Scrap-Iron Scarecrow<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh well, I don’t need that card every time you attack.” Troy enjoyed the toying of both him and Blake. “Good luck.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I set this card face down and end my turn. I give the turn to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good, draw.” Troy draws his next card with a smile. “I activate  Pot of Greed<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> and draw two cards. Then I use my  Future Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card and take three cards from my deck and discard them to the graveyard.” He picked three cards from his deck and discarded them.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ He never had this card in his deck in the previous duel!<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake panicked in his head as he looked to his opponent. “My Blackthunder Cocoon gains another counter [3].”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“As you know, I now have selected a Fusion monster in my extra deck and when my second stand by phase after activation of this card is done, I can summon that very same monster to the field.” Troy gloated over his monster on the field. “First I’ll set this card. Next I think I’ll attack your face down monster with Emes! Infinity Shockwave!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The monster flipped up, revealing it to be Blackthunder Crystal Bearer (0/2400). As her robes got dirty, she was destroyed by the blast from Emes.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Of course now my  Emes the Infinity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> gains another 700 attack points (ATK: 3200 -> 3900). I end my turn.” Troy lowered his duel disk as he awaited Blake`s next move. “I can see you thinking Blake. Why did he not simply attack Blackthunder Zephyr? Well it is easy, I want you to stay into this duel long enough to see it.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I can’t wait,” Blake shrugged and draws a new card. “Now my Blackthunder Cocoon gains another Blackthunder-Counter [4]. Next I activate Lineage of the Thunder, drawing 1 card for each Blackthunder monster on my field.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Aha, I know that card, it is a rather common card in Blackthunder decks.” Troy sounded disinterested. “Well, if you do not have much more to work with, simply end your turn and see my newest and strongest monster.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh, I will look forward to it.” Blake smirked and looked at his other cards in his hand. “Now for my turn,  Dark Eruption<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. This spell card allows me to add a monster with 1500 or less attack points to my hand from the graveyard. If you remember correctly, I placed two cards in the graveyard due to  Graceful Charity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

''“Then I initiate my Graceful Charity card and draw three cards and discard two. And that is where my next step comes in.” Blake drew three cards from his deck and then slid two cards in his graveyard, both monster cards.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">******

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I was afraid you might put this card out of play, so that is why I actually took care of it.” Blake placed the card in his hand. “Now I use my Blackthunder Zephyr and attack you directly!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 3200 -> 2400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What? Again no  Scrap-Iron Scarecrow<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">?” Blake wondered and Troy smirked. ‘ He is toying with me!<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake had no idea yet what Troy was going to do against him now, but he had to built a defense. “I switch my Blackthunder Sky Apostle to defense mode. I end my turn with this card face down.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Good my turn then.” Troy draws a new card and smirks. “Activate face down card, Spirits Fusion. By removing these three cards from my graveyard from play at the cost of 1000 lifepoints, I can Fusion Summon the Fusion Monster requiring these three monsters.” He pocketed three cards, and in a flash three metallic dragons appeared on his field as from the ground a gigantic three-headed  Metal Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> appeared. It had three different heads.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It can’t be……”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Unbelievable,” Ken spoke as he looked in awe to the monster just summoned. “That is impossible. That card is considered to be ghost rare, a rarity achieved by only a few cards.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Meet  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (4000/2800)!” Troy introduced proudly his new monster. “However that is not all as  Future Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">`s effect kicks in as well!” A large vortex opened at his other side and another three headed  Metal Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> appeared on his other side. “And here is my second  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Two of them?!” Blake gasped. “You hold two  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> in your Extra Deck?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, and this is the end for you, Blake. I am sorry to say, but you are done for. Next stop, Burial from the Different Dimension. I can return three cards from my removed from play pile back to my graveyard. So that is why I return all three of my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">cards I removed from play due to Spirits Fusion to the graveyard.” Troy picked the three cards from his pocket and placed them back in his graveyard.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''His weak point for one of the Cyber End Dragon is Future Fusion. If I succeed in removing it from the field, I get rid of one of them. Of course I still have to deal with the second Cyber End Dragon and Emes the Infinity.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ He looked at his hand. ‘ And I currently have no cards that have any use against them.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! Super Strident Blast!” Troy ordered and it struck the Blackthunder Zephyr, however a shield bounced it back. “What?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh, right. You ignored to use it, but I find it handy to have that card at the back row. Negate Attack<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!” Blake explains the situation and the shield forced all three the monsters back of Troy. “This duel will last a little longer then you hoped.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Actually, it might last long enough to allow me to show you something,” Troy inserted a card into his duel disk. “Go  Card of Sanctity<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, we can both draw until we hold six cards.” Blake and he draw both cards until they held a full hand. “Next as I can still normal summon, I summon  Healing Wave Generator<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (800/1600) in defense mode. Now by its effect I select 1 monster on the field and gain 100 lifepoints per its level star. I choose  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">, so I gain 1000 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 1400 -> 2400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Another new card I never saw him use. Though his hand reinforcement did give me a good edge.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake eyed one specific spell card he was holding.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''He has everything. A perfect attack force and Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. I need Helios Dragon right now!''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake panicked as he hopped onto his other foot. “Draw. As my Blackthunder Cocoon gains another Blackthunder-Counter [6], I summon forth my Blackthunder Guard Hound (1000/1000). But that is not all, as I reveal my  Change of Heart<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> spell card and take control over your  Healing Wave Generator<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why not just  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">?” Troy and the others were astonished. “Or is that your pride?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I do not just tribute monsters in order for my advantage. I beat them in a fair fight. I set this card face down and then I play out Healing Wave Generator<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">`s effect, choosing your  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> as the target, gaining 1000 lifepoints myself!” Blake spread his arms as he regained his lifepoints.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 400 -> 1400

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now for my own  Double Summon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card, I summon forth Blackthunder Knife Knight.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Totals Level 9…..” Ken realized. “He is bringing it forth.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Blackthunder Helios Dragon…..” Yuni continued Ken`s comment.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I tune in my Guard Hound with my Knife Knight and your  Healing Wave Generator<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! My soul, my fury, my power become one. The air thunders and the lightning strikes as my soul is unleashed! Synchro Summon! Blackthunder Helios Dragon!” Blake chanted as his great darkened dragon appeared on the field. It had an armored belly and spikes coming out there. The great wings were almost crystallized. “My soul will beat you once again!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t think so, it only has 3500 attack points.” Troy smirked and nodded up to the  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">`s. “You can’t beat both of them.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct I can’t do both unless I play a certain card after the first attack. Blackthunder Helios Dragon, attack his  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!” Blake ordered and the dragon flew up against the metallic dragon. “Blackened Helion Stream!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Haha….”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Your laughter will go down as I reveal my face down card, Blackthunder Chain. When activated this card becomes equipped to a monster on my opponent`s side of the field. Next the target is still there, so the attack continues!” Blake ordered and the dragon fired up a blast going for  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. “Now when my monster attacks a monster equipped with Blackthunder Chain, I can increase the attacking monster`s attack power by half the attack power of the monster it attacks (ATK: 3500 -> 5500)!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yeah!” Blake saw how the left  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> was destroyed and Troy`s lifepoints dropped. “One of them is gone!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Troy – 2400 -> 900

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“But I am not done yet. I activate  Double Attack<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! I discard my  Dark Crusader<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> card from my hand to the graveyard allowing another attack for my Blackthunder Helios Dragon and as my power-up lasts until the end of this turn, I defeat it!” Blake ordered as the Blackthunder Helios Dragon attacked the second  Cyber End Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. “I win!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I don’t think so,” Troy smirked as he flipped a card into his duel disk. “ De-Fusion<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">!” The three headed  Metal Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> was split up in three separate dragons. “Since your dragon lost its attack, the attack is over.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''Dang! I should have been prepared for that!''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Blake sighed and looked at his empty hand. ‘ Now I have to hope his pride is too big to finish me off next turn.<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ He looked at Troy, trying to deduce what he was planning. “I end my turn.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Haha,” Troy smirked and looked at his newly drawn card. “You are done for. I have drawn the final piece to the puzzle and this time there is not much you can do about it. I summon forth  Wattfox<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> (800/100).” A small yellow colored fox appeared on the field. It had two tiny tentacles with red balls for hands.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“What are you going to do with that?” Blake wondered, before realizing. “Oh no…… It is a Tuner.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Exactly, it is a Tuner indeed.” Troy pointed at  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">. “A Synchro Summon that requires  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> in fact. I tune in my Wattfox<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> with my  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">! From the civilization the technology develops, creating a bridge between the moon and the sun! Rise from the Moon! Synchro Summon! Rise, Cyber Lunar Dragon (2500/2200).” A new version of  Cyber Dragon<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;"> appeared on his side of the field, although this one was heavier armored and had the moon crests on it and was light blue. Its head was bigger and it had two wings.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I never heard of that card!” Blake panicked and Ken nodded as well. “What? You haven’t seen it either?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No.” Ken honestly commented and the others looked at him oblivious. “What? I am not omnipotent. Let’s face it, it comes nowhere close to Helios Dragon.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It does not need to get past Helios Dragon. You see I have this handy spell card called, Energy Reflect. By tributing one monster on my side of the field, one other monster on my field can attack you directly!” Troy ordered and he pointed at Blake. “Cyber Lunar Dragon destroy him! Take my revenge! Lunar Strident Blast!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No!” Blake`s friends shouted as the attack connected and Blake`s lifepoints dropped.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blake – 1400 -> 0

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You defeated me?” Blake was surprised by the outcome of the duel. “You actually have beaten me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Yes, I have beaten you indeed and doing this, I have fulfilled my revenge.” Troy smirked and slowly walked away. “You are not the person I dueled before. Did something change you? Was it me burning your precious Condor that made you like this?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I have not changed,” Blake replied and he struggled to stand straight, while he took his deck from his duel disk. “You see, you took the soul of my deck back then and I had difficulty winning the duels after wards. When I defeated you with my Blackthunder Helios Dragon back then, I found a new soul of the deck and I went through. I treasure my cards, all my cards, but Raging Gale Condor was a special card, a card that cannot be replaced by any other.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“To bad for you it was a danger for me and I had to undertake action back then. And I do not blame myself, you should have taken greater care of your cards.” Troy smirked and stepped on his duel runner, that was standing nearby. “And I defeated you again. Next time we duel, I’ll beat you all over again. Why? Because I am better. Keep that in mind.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">With those words, Troy left the scene in a rush, leaving Blake and friends behind flustered, while the waiters started to come in with their meals.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So,” Ken broke the silence. “I have a exhibition match tomorrow. Anyone care to join me?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You did well, Troy.” The Professor was waiting in front of the dojo where Troy previously spoke with the Professor. Troy stepped off his duel runner and shook the Professor`s hand. “You have performed excellent on the test. The deck fully functions and we are ready to begin our adventure.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“The deck rocked alright,” Troy admitted to the Professor and tapped his deck. “But I only showed him half of the circle, once the other half is used, I don’t think there really is someone that can stop me.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“And you haven’t even unleashed your most powerful beast.” The Professor laughed and he entered the dojo first, Troy following him. They entered a wooden room, with large windows, looking over gardens. “Your adventure has just started, my young friend. Soon you will rise to the top and with your revenge fuelling your desire to win, you cannot lose.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“No, I cannot indeed.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At the other end of the room there was a shrine with a single Synchro Monster card in it. It was a magnificent winged beast, black feathered and a large beak. Troy and the Professor shot a look at it.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“It has returned to its resting place. This is a good sign, Troy,” the professor explained and Troy nodded. “Your future is bright. Now go on your way and become a champion.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">To be continued……

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM INFINITY HUNTER TRIVIA:

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Originally I wanted the story of the Professor and Troy to be a little darker, but I guess this is a little more light hearted. In the original draft, they would have wanted to show the world what kind of magnificent things machinery could do. I threw that away in favor for Blake and Troy`s confrontation as it is now.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Spirits Fusion and Energy Reflect are both cards used in respectively the GX Manga and the DM Anime. Spirits Fusion was used by Judai, although I am not sure by who used Energy Reflect.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">I have had some bothers with the rulings of two moves, but thanks to ShadowBlade and Happyloo I was successful in figuring them out. Also this turn only featured two new CAC, Blackthunder Chain and Cyber Lunar Dragon.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">The rule thing of Blake and the others is based on something of a television show I love a lot. I thought to put in my own set as well.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Anyway ARC 2 has begun, so I hope you’ll be with me until the end of course!