Chapter 85: Open the Gate

Chapter 85 “Open the Gate.”

“Where are we?”

Kamon stood up and the last thing he remembered was him and Marek in a fierce battle. He remembered that both his and Marek`s lifepoints had dropped to 0. He looked around and all he could see was sand and in the very farth a Gate. He decided it was the best place to go as he did not know anywhere else to go.

“What happened?” Kamon questioned. He then remembered the final moments of the duel he had with Marek.

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''“Now for the final battle, McFlinn,” Marek said. “Demonic Minus King – Necro Divine attack your Light Counterpart. Demonic Minus Blast!” The King fired a stream of black flares at Kamon`s Mega-Eternal-Seadragon.

“I don’t think so,” Kamon said as his facedown card flipped up and it was revealed as Battle Fusion. “Thanks to Minus Sphere your Monster`s stats became 3000 again, now my Mega-Eternal-Seadragon gains 3000 ATK (6400). Mega-Eternal-Seadragon attack with Blaze Lightening!”

“And I counter with Shadow Infusion, increasing my Monster`s ATK by double of yours, which leads to 15.800 ATK and Shadow Reinforcements, increasing my King`s ATK by another 2000 (17.800). Demonic Minus Blast!” The attack continued.

“I am afraid the duel will end in neither a victory for me or you,” Kamon ended the battle. “Activate Final Fusion!”

“No!” Raven shouted.

“Yes!”

“Second effect of Shadow Reinforcements to gain control over an equip card on my opponent`s field. I choose Raven`s Zero Guard!” Marek said. But the blast continued.

“The damage is still done, Marek!” Kamon said. “This duel, how regrettable it is, ends in a victory for Raven. We both lose!”

Kamon`s lifepoints dropped to 0. Marek was astonished as his lifepoints dropped to 0 as well. He had not expected this outcome. He hoped for a clean victory for himself. He lowered his dueldisk and nodded as the Sanctum of Chaos vanished.''

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“The duel ended in a tie,” Kamon realized. He looked at his arm and saw he still carried his dueldisk with him, but it was deactivated and his deck was still in his deckslot. He looked around. There was nothing or no-one to be seen around, except some trees and the Gate with the wall. He figured he had to go down there.

While he strolled down in the direction of the Gate, he noticed tiny fairies flying in the air. He smiled as he noticed a small one with green hair flying near his ear. He looks around and then, not very far from him notices someone lying on the ground. He ran down to the person and turned him around, only to find Dragen lying facedown on the ground. He smiled and slapped Dragen in the face.

“What the hell?” Dragen stuttered and Kamon helped him. Dragen smiled.

“You are okey!” Dragen shouted in excitement and was about to hit Kamon on the head until he looked around and didn’t notice anything familiar. “Where are we?”

“Good question,” Kamon answered. “Last thing I remembered was the final move of the duel between me and Marek and that it finished in a draw between him and me. What happened to Raven is unknown at this point.”

“We have to find out where we are first and then we’ll figure the other things out,” Dragen answered and he looked t the Wall in the farth. “That wall seems to be a pretty good start. Let’s head over there.”

“Fine with me,” Kamon answered.

Some later, for what seemed like hours for Kamon and Dragen they arrived near the wall. Dragen watched the steel vast gate that was towering above them and he smiled. Kamon came standing next to Dragena and he was astonished. Dragen nodded.

“Why do I have the weird feeling we are being watched?” Dragen began.

“Don’t be that distru****ll,” Kamon replied, looking around and then eyeing the massive gate.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Kamon, Dragen!” a familiar voice came from behind them. They turned around and saw how RJ, Jen, Xander, Marcy, Drake and Dyllan appeared behind them. Marcy immediately hugged Kamon and the others surrounded them. They shared some easy moments together.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Jen, how did you end up here?” Kamon asked Jen.

<span style="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 am not exactly sure. I was still in the hospital when I went to sleep,” she told and she showed she still had some bruises, but she was fully clothed somehow. “When I woke up because of Xander, I saw I was no longer in the hospital but 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;">“Same goes for me,” Xander said. “We have been filled in by the others. Sorry I missed that duel, Kamon.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Mwah,” Dragen said. “We taped it, but it was nothing special.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Especially since you did not last until the last move,” Marcy teased Dragen. “We saw you going 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;">“Uhm yeah,” Dragen laughed. “Different subject.”

<span style="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 Gate,” Drake said. Everybody turned back to the Gate, which slowly started to open. As the sides of the doors were opening slowly, a physical form was taking full height. He was leaning on a sword and his helmet was scratched and destroyed at many places as was his armor. The helmet slightly resembled that of a lion.

<span style="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!”

<span style="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;">On a dark way through the mountains of Japan, near Kyoto, a Turbo Duellist was being chased down by a shadowy creature. The Turbo Duellist constantly looked backwards as he was surrounded by shadows as a second Duel Runner approached from behind. It was a jetblack duel-runner with shark-like drawings on front.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Turbo Duellist – 300 [2 SPC] <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Turbo Duellist 2 – 4000 [10 SPC]

<span style="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 I have 8 or more SPC, I can activate the following spell, a Speed Field Spell,” the Turbo Duellist on the jetblack Duel-Runner said. “Speed Field - Phantom Kingdom. This card can only be played when there is one Speed World active with 8 SPC or more.”

<span style="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 you already have a Fieldspell, Speed World,” the first Turbo Duellist protested.

<span style="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, but technically Speed Fields are also Speed Spells, so they count and I still have the Fieldspellslot of my Dueldisk,” the Turbo Duellist on the jetblack Duel-Runner said. “Now because of Phantom Kingdom, I activate my trapcard Phantom Brawl, which allows me not only to do a Special Summon of a Phantom Rider from my Hand but also a Phantom Rider from my Graveyard until the end of 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;">“I have a strong enough defence,” the first Turbo Duellist said.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Do you?” the jetblack Duel-Runner owning Turbo Duellist asked. “You’ll remember this buddy right? Phantom Rider – Horn Sphinx (2300/2000) reappear!” A great horned sphinx appeared. Its paws were covered by shadows. “Also because of Phantom Kingdom I can treat a Phantom Beast as a Phantom Rider. So I summon Phantom Beast – Typhoon Condor (1400/1300).”

<span style="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 difference does it make?” the first Turbo Duellist asked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“For instance,” the second Turbo Duellist answered as the virtual stats of the defencemode monster of the first decreased from 2500 DEF to 1800 DEF. “All defenceposition Monsters lose 700 ATK and DEF. Phantom Rider – Horn Sphinx attack his defence monster. Lightening Horn!”

<span style="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 horned Sphinx went down on the first Turbo Duellist and lowered his lifepoints to 0 in one straight attack. The Duel Runner of the first Turbo Duellist slowed down and the second Turbo Duellist smiled as he drove past him and stopped somewhere further.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Turbo Duellist – 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;">Turbo Duellist 2 – 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;">“And now I acquired the final win for qualification for the Hisehade World Cup,” the second Turbo Duellist said and he showed his bracelet, which had a eighth green light appear on it. “Eight wins, one loss. You don’t belong there, now 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;">“Who are you?” the first Turbo Duellist said.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“They call me,” the second Turbo Duellist answered as he drove around and sped off. “Phantom Rider.”

<span style="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 he left and after not a long time he was nowhere to be seen. The first Turbo Duellist, after his encounter with Phantom Rider was still shocked as he looked around and then pulled up his Duel Runner and drove off. He shook his head.

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

<span style="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!”

<span style="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 Gate, the Gatekeeper stepped. The same Gatekeeper that took part in the Battle Royale. He was hurt and his armor was destroyed at many parts, but he was still focussed on what he had to protect. He looked around at all of the people standing in front of the Gate.

<span style="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 should not have come here,” the Gatekeeper told them. “You are no friends of the White Circle, the Sacred Dimension or the Twilight Zone. You will leave.”

<span style="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, we will not,” Kamon replied. “We are here because we have a reason to be here. We don’t know the reason ourselves but we do know that we haven’t been send here without a reason, so you will have to allow us access.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Maybe, maybe not,” the Gatekeeper continued. “I know you, McFlinn. You are the leader of the Resistance. I knew what Marek told me was not true, still I decided it might contain some kind of truth of what he said. I have seen you all my life, McFlinn. I know what haunts you, I know what might trouble you. That could be a danger. I don’t trust any of 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;">“You don’t have too,” Dragen answered. “As long as you let us in. We need to speak to anyone inside the Sacred Dimension. Anyone who can change the events that happened in Hisehade 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;">“I won’t allow you entrance,” the Gatekeeper announced. The group started to close in on him. “Not unless you are able to proof yourself you are pure. Only pure people can enter the Sacred Dimension. If you are Pure of Light you can enter in order to find what you search, help in this case. If you are not you have to either wander this realm, the Gateaway or travel to another dimension.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How can we proof we are pure?” Drake asked the Gatekeeper.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There is a simple way and a hard way,” the Gatekeeper announced. “The simple way is me looking into your heart and the hard way is through a duel. I have to protect the Lady of the Twilight Zone and the Grand Master of the White Circle. You may not see her unless I have done both tests.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well then,” Kamon said while inserting his deck in his dueldisk. He clapped with his hands. “Bring it 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;">“No,” the Gatekeeper intervened. “I have seen your soul and Kando`s soul as well. No, I choose the duellist.” He looked around and ended at RJ. “I choose you to be representing your friends.”

<span style="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 always up for a duel!” RJ said and he pulled out his deck and inserted it into his dueldisk and activated it. “Bring it on, Gatekeeper.”

<span style="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 said I am the one who will duel you?” the Gatekeeper asked. “No, you will be duelling her.” He pointed to the Gate, which started to open and from it appeared a girl, around Kamon`s age with a dueldisk equipped. She wore a golden dress and had her hair stuck 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 is she?” Dragen asked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“She is my apprentice, she is known as Princess Sola, a Princess of the Royal House of Kajim,” the Gatekeeper answered as he walked back to her and stood behind her as she walked up. “You will be the contestants for entrance.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Very well,” RJ said and saw how Sola activated her own dueldisk and draws 5 cards. RJ did the same.

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

Turn 1 – RJ

<span style="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!” RJ ferociously draws a new card. “I activate the magical city, Magical Citadel of Endymion!” Around him the walls and the towers of the Citadel appeared. “It allows me to place 1 Spell-Counter on this card per Spell Card that is played.”

<span style="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 you play a Spellcaster-deck?” Sola asked her opponent.

<span style="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 exactly,” RJ said. “It is a Magical Warrior-deck which also involves Warriors. Now let me continue. I summon Magical Examplar (1700/1400) in attackmode. I end my turn with equipping Magical Examplar with Book of Sealed Powers. Which means both my Citadel and Magical Examplar respectively gain 1 and 2 Spell-Counters. I end my turn with a facedown.”

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

Turn 2 – Sola

<span style="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 draw!” Sola started her turn. Her mouth turned into a smile when she saw what she had drawn. “I summon *****le Fairy (500/500) in attackmode. Once per turn I can discard 1 card in order to deal 300 lifepoints to you (3700). Now I play Inferno Reckless Summoning, calling out all two other *****le Fairies from my deck.” Two more green-armored small four-winged fairies appeared on 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;">“What are you aiming at?” RJ asked her.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“When all three *****le Fairies are on the field, I can activate this spellcard Holy Triangle. When three Fairy-type Monsters of the same name are present on the field, I can draw three cards,” Sola draws three cards and watches RJ looking at her with a glee of sentiment. “Why do you find this funny?”

<span style="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 should be at the same side in this war, but instead we fight eachother dirty,” RJ said. “That is what I find funny.”

<span style="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 said we are fighting at the same side of this war?” Sola replies as she adjusted her robes and looked at her hand. “We don’t know if you can be trusted. That is what this hole test is about. My master`s test is about testing you whether you are pure. If you are not pure you cannot enter our domain.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have you never figured out that everybody might have some kind of Darkness inside themselves?” Kamon participated in the discussion.

<span style="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 everybody has some kind of Darkness inside themselves. So do I, so does my master,” Sola replied. “The difference is that within us the Light reigns not the 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;">“Continue the test,” the Sacred Gatekeeper threatened. “Otherwise you’ll never be able to enter the realm.”

<span style="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 so will I continue,” Sola said. “Due to my Holy Triangle`s second effect. If Fairy-type Monsters have the same effect, I can activate their effects again only this turn. That is 1200 lifepoints coming your way (2500). Now try to keep up please. As I set 1 more card 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;">“Damn she is good,” Kamon realized.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RJ – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 4000

Turn 3 – RJ

<span style="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 you played two spellcards my Citadel has gained 2 Spell-Counters and my Magical Examplar gained 4 Spell-Counters. Now I draw,” RJ said. “And I play Pot of Greed, drawing 2 cards. This means my Magical Examplar gains another 2 Spell-Counters plus two cards.” He looked at his hand.

<span style="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 what are you planning on using them for?” Sola asked.

<span style="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 you know?” RJ was astonished that she did not know. “I’ll show you. With giving up 5 Spell-Counters from my Magical Examplar I can Special Summon Dark-Magician Girl (2000/1700) from my hand.” The famous female version of Dark-Magician appeared. “Now my Citadel gained another Spell-Counter and my Magical Examplar gained 2 more. My Book of Sealed Powers powers up my Magical Examplar by 200 per Spellcaster-type Monster on my field (1700/1400 -> 2100/1800).”

<span style="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 you can attack my monster,” Sola realized. “You have an attack force of 4100 ATK that is not yet enough to beat 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;">“I am not done yet. I can still summon Skilled Swordsman (1000/1000) to the field,” RJ continued his turn. A blue-dressed swordsman appeared on the field. He wore a belt with 5 daggers on it. “Now this card gains 100 ATK and DEF per Spell-Counter present on the field (1000/1000 -> 1700/1700).”

<span style="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 good card for a Magical Warrior-deck,” Drake commentated. “As in a Spellcaster-deck Spell-Counters play an important role, this card is of course a good addition.”

<span style="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,” Sola realized. “You are mounting a good offence against 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;">“Unfortunately for me and fortunately for you, my Battle Damage is reduced to zero as long as my Skilled Swordsman is on the Field,” RJ told. “But my three monsters can attack your monsters. So assault 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;">All three the *****le Fairies were destroyed, however from their remains three pairs of wings arose. They were shiny silver and a single eye was combining them into one entity. They were flipping around in the air and all pointed at RJ. RJ was not sure what to think of those 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;">“These are my three *****le Tokens (500/500). They cannot be used for Tribute Summoning, but can be used in order to activate abiities,” Sola explained RJ`s confusion. “They come in real handy for my 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;">“Great,” RJ sighed. “Whatever they can do, I am ready for it. 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;">RJ – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 4000

Turn 4 – Sola

<span style="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 by my three *****le Tokens, I can draw three cards on top of the 1 I can already draw,” Sola started her turn. “Thing is I have to give up 1 *****le Token per turn, but that does not matter. Next I activate the spellcard Citadel of Fairies, a spellcard that allows me to make my Fairy-type Monsters indestructible as long as this card is on the field and at least 2 or more Monsters are of the same name.” She pointed at the *****le Tokens which were still flying around.

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How dare you insult my lovely fairies?” Sola replied angry.

<span style="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 only said they are annoying!”

<span style="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 still insulted them!” Sola was a bit annoyed by RJ`s reaction. “Anyway let me continue, as I give up two of my *****le Tokens in order to summon Twilight Fairy (1400/1000). It is a Level-4 Monster, I know, but it requires two Tokens to be tributed to be summoned. Now for each Token I tributed it gains 300 ATK (1400/1000 -> 2100/1000). Twilight Fairy attack his Skilled Swordsman!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Reveal, Trap Casting Barrier!” RJ commanded as his facedown card flipped up revealing a light blue barrier appearing around Skilled Swordsman. “Not only does it negate the attack, it also allows me to search my deck for a random trapcard and set it on the field.” He took a card from his deck and set it on 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;">“Fine,” Sola said. “I pay 600 lifepoints in order to keep Citadel of Fairies on the field. Now 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;">RJ – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 3400

<span style="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;">From under the rubbles of the destroyed entrance of the Hisehade Museum, Damien appeared and he appeared to take Arabel with him from under the stuff. He pulled her up and made her sit down on a couple of big stones. She looked at him and stood up 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;">“You are one of McFlinn`s friends!”

<span style="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 am,” Damien answered. “And you are a former friend of Kamon. You betrayed their trust.”

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

<span style="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 been observing you for a while,” Damien answered. “Ever since Kamon hired you as a replacement for Sara, I kept an eye on you. Especially since I know why you joined the Duel-Pirates and served Marek.”

<span style="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 can’t know that,” Arabel protested, while changing her clothes back in her everyday clothing she wore during the time she was in the inner circle of Kamon. “I joined because I want a new world, a new world which is ruled by the good of Darkness, a world which is purified.”

<span style="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 know,” Damien calmly intervened. “I know that you would want that if you were really a full member of Spirit Circle and Duel-Pirates. But you are not, I know you are not. I know what happened 7 years ago, Arabel. Before you put on the mask of Truth-Mask and controlled that talented, I have to admit, Mask deck of yours.”

<span style="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 told you the truth!” Arabel turned around and was about to walk away.

<span style="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 know about your brothers,” Damien calmly answered. “Your three younger brothers, recruited by the Divine Cult, killed during an incident.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How dare you to talk about 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;">“Because I have once been in the same situation,” Damien told. “The Divine Cult is active today in Hisehade City. Put your anger on them and mend your relationship with Kamon. It is the best for you. You are on the losing side of the line in this war, Arabel.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“How sure are you?” Arabel asked Damien. She started to have second guesses about her allegiance to 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;">“A 100%, Arabel,” Damien replied to her. Arabel sighed and then turned around to walk out of the street and left Damien watching her with frowned eyebrows and then turned around and found himself face to face with Maya, who was supporting herself against a piece of broken wall of the entrance.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Maya,” Damien was dumbfounded. “What are you doing 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;">“Damien,” Maya for the first time did not know what to do, but then her face erupted into a wide smile and she ran up to him and hugged him. I thought you were dead.”

<span style="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 Divine Cult does not get me that easely,” Damien broke the hug as he helped Maya down on a piece of wall that had fallen down. “They send Master Kaito after me. He had a really tough time trying to follow 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;">“Hmmm, I can’t believe you let him go,” Maya answered as she pulled her arm around Damien. “I am just glad you are safe. I heard about attacks on the city, but I don’t know how Kamon and the others are doing.”

<span style="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 know Kamon`s last location was inside the museum, far below the surface,” Damien said and he looked around. “But I bet he is no longer there. Lets find surviving people. There must be people left around 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;">-

<span style="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 the white hall which was hung full with Divine Cult crests, the three rings connected in the middle, fives thrones were seated. As the giant doors at the other side of the hall opened, Divine Master Aruya and Divine Master Clayou appeared, both wearing clean white cloaks with white-silver armor under it. The five thrones turned around showing five man being dressed in golden cloaks.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Has Master Kaito already proceeded any further?” The most left one asked.

<span style="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, Divine High Master Gidero, he has. He has currently made contact with Genesis,” Aruya answered. “As soon as he left that place, we’ll send in a team in order to make Genesis disappear. If it takes to long, we finish of Master Kaito 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;">“Master Kaito is a trusted member,” High Master Gidero replied. “He is a trusted member of the Divine Cult. If you can spare him. And that is a direct order, Divine Master Aruya.”

<span style="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, High Master,” Aruya bowed and Clayou stepped forward.

<span style="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, Divine Master Clayou?” the middle High Master asked 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;">“Divine High Master Sindero, I feel more comfortable if Kaito is taken care of as well. He is to persuadable in order to trust him fully,” Clayou told with respect. “Genesis is no problem to take out I guess, Kaito will put up some fight in order to make sure he won’t be killed.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Agreed,” High Master Sindero replied. With Gidero still mumbling it is a bad idea, he made a decision. “If Master Kaito is able to complete his task on finding the Light then make him able to do so. He has come so far, allow 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;">“Yes, High Master,” Clayou bowed.

<span style="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 have your orders,” High Master Sindero told. “Master Kaito will be assisted by you in any way necessary even if it means you must let Genesis go.”

<span style="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 about his alliance, do you, High Master Sindero?” High Master Gidero intervened.

<span style="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, High Master Gidero, I know about his alliance,” High Master Sindero said. “But at the moment I do not want that one at the wrong side.” Clayou and Aruya both left through the same doors. Two doors at the sides opened and two people came walking in with similar white-silver cloaks with same armor under 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;">“High Masters, we have come to bring you news,” the left smaller one said.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Divine Masters, you may speak,” the second from the right allowed the two Divine Masters to speak.

<span style="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 have recently found evidence that both Spirit Circle and the mysterious Earthbound Guardians will mount an attack against us,” the left smaller one said. “We expect to be able to intercept one of them before they hit the Fortresses but we cannot hold them of all.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“High Master Gidero, allow us to bring in some additional help,” the right bigger one continued. “We have to means to help you. She is high into the White Circle. She is able to help us if we ask her. Probably she won’t come here in person but she will certainly care to contact 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;">“Very well,” High Master Gidero nodded. “You have permission to do so, Divine Masters.”

<span style="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 two Divine Masters nodded and bowed before turning back to the doors, who opened and they went through it. When the doors closed, the two turned to eachother and smiled. They pulled off their hoods and they were revealed to be no-one less then Graem and Lainna.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Lainna, take this portal-stone and go to the Headquarters. I have to head to the East World. Someone is waiting there for me,” Graem said and he held up a stone. Lainna nodded.

<span style="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 see you home in the Palace,” Lainna said. “We succeeded, Graem. That is the important thing.”

<span style="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,” Graem agreed. “We did.”

<span style="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;">RJ – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 3400

Turn 5 – RJ

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Draw,” RJ said and he smiles as he looked at his card. He had 5 Spell-Counters on Magical Citadel of Endymion. He needed one more to summon one of his best Spellcasters. His Skilled Swordsman had gained another 300 ATK and DEF due to the fact there were 10 Spell-Counters on the field. “Now I equip my Skilled Swordsman with Staff of Shadow Magic, increasing its ATK by another 500 (2500/2000). Now he is also treated a Spellcaster 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;">“Great, overpowered Spellcasters,” Sola sighed. “What comes next white puffballs?”

<span style="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 cannot deal damage to you because of Skilled Swordsman, but I can activate this card. Repeating Blast, a spellcard that allows me to surpass my Skilled Swordsman ability and deal 400 lifepoints of damage to you per attack. However this card can only be activated when I can’t deal normal Battle Damage to you. Skilled Swordsman, attack with Skilled Sword!”

<span style="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 warrior took a blow on Twilight Fairy, however another appeared on her field. Which meant there were two, which meant Citadel of Fairies allows them not to be destroyed by battle. However Sola`s lifepoints dropped to 3000.

<span style="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 Magical Examplar, attack with Advanced Magic Casting!” RJ commanded and he attacked the original Twilight Fairy again, as damage was not dealt but Sola`s lifepoints did drop to 2600. He at least had reduced her lifepoints to 2600. “And now Dark-Magician Girl, destroy her Twilight Fairy 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;">As the attack failed, Sola`s lifepoints dropped to 2200. She was not happy, but she did seem satisfied by the amount of attack she had been able to endure and she looked at the Gatekeeper, who nodded in approval of her way of duelling.

<span style="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 with a facedown card,” RJ ended his 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;">RJ – 2500 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 2200

Turn 6 – Sola

<span style="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 start my turn and because of the three attacks you pulled on Twilight Fairies, I can activate my facedown card,” Sola answered. “For every attack that you pulled on me, Fairy Wishes grants me 800 lifepoints (2200 -> 4600). Now I draw. Fairy Wishes is a continious trapcard that grants me that ability every 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;">“So she has a quick lifepoint recovery card,” RJ found out the hard way and he had to smile. Since he duelled Raven he had no fun duel anymore. “You know, princess, I really have fun duelling 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;">“It is not for the fun we are here,” Sola said. “I serve the Royal Family, my family and protect the Sacred Dimension together with the White Circle against all evil-doers.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have you ever set eyes on an evil-doer?” RJ countered.

<span style="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 master has given me plenty of examples of evil-doers against our worlds,” Sola replied. She was not nervous, not in the singlest bit. “I know what is the difference between Light and Dark and I know how easely you are seduced to the Dark when you are even born in the Light.”

<span style="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 always have a choise,” RJ countered again. “Your mother and father must be really proud of 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;">“Yes, they are,” Sola continued. “But enough now. I summon Fairy Archer (900/800) in defencemode. As long as it is in defencemode I can deal half of its ATK to you as direct damage (2500 -> 2050). And because it is in defencemode, I can summon another to the field, which also allows my Citadel of Fairies to linger its protection on them.” Two small bow-wielding fairies appeared on the field. “Now 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;">RJ – 2050 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 4600

Turn 7 – RJ

<span style="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 me continue with my turn,” RJ started as he draws and smiled at his drawn card. “I tribute Skilled Swordsman to Special Summon Nova Enchanter (2200/1500). When this card is Special Summoned by tributing a warrior I can search my deck for one Nova Templar (1600/1500). As long as Nova Templar is in my hand, my Nova Enchanter can’t be destroyed by battle. Same way around also for the other combo.`

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Interesting set of cards,” Sola admitted. “But will it do any good against my Fairy combo`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;">“We’ll soon find out, I guess,” RJ says. “You see by halving my lifepoints I can attack all your monsters with Nova Enchanter, negating eventual protective spells. Nova Enchanter, Nova Sealer Beam!” The darkred magician charged energies in both hands as he fired a blast at each of the fairies protecting Sola. They were piece by piece destroyed.

<span style="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,” Sola said as her facedown card flipped up. “A Hero Emerges allows me to allow you to choose a card in my hand and if it is a monster, I can summon it to the field. Choose.”

<span style="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 choose the second from the left,” RJ confidently said as he looked on as Sola smiled and flipped around her card. It was a Monster, Shining Guardian Joan (2800/2200). “Damn, a highpowered 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;">“Correct and a highpowered monster with a nice special ability. However it is not a special ability I can use during my opponent`s turn,” Sola said. “But by all means continue!”

<span style="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 and I definitely will,” RJ said as he looked in his hand. “You see thanks to having 6 Spell-Counters on Magical Citadel of Endymion I can Special Summon Endymion, the Master Magician (2700/1700). Now I equip it with Mage Power, raising its power to 3700. Now Endymion, the Master Magician attack her Shining Guardian Joan!”

<span style="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 black robed and armored magician rose his staff and fired a big ball of energy onto the white-purple armored angel with big pink colored wings. However after that the blast connected, the angel was still there.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Shining Guardian Joan can negate 1 attack per turn,” Sola said and she smiled. “And your other Monsters cannot stand up against my Shining Guardian.”

<span style="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,” RJ angrily said and he inserted a card in his dueldisk. “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;">RJ – 2050 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 4600

Turn 8 – Sola

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“By removing Holy Triangle from my Graveyard at the cost of 500 lifepoints (4100), I can summon Fairy Archer (900/800) to the field again,” Sola said as her tiny bow-wielding fairy appeared on the field again. “Now I draw.” She smiled.

<span style="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 so good about the card you draw?” RJ asked the princess.

<span style="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 card I have drawn could be your downfall,” Sola said and she held it up. “I summon Soulles Shell (0/0) and I remove it from the field from play in order to draw 2 cards.” She took the two top cards from her deck. “Now I equip my Fairy Archer with Advent Armor, which raises her ATK with 500 to 1400. Now I activate her ability to deal half of her lifepoints to you (1350).”

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

<span style="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,” Kamon agreed. “But he has something else up on his sleeve I think.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“There is not much to do, oh right, one more thing. Deal another blow of 500 lifepoints to you thanks to Advent Armor (850),” Sola smiled and she looked at her hand. “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;">RJ – 850 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 4100

Turn 9 – RJ

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“D raw,” RJ began his turn and Kamon smiled as he watched the field of RJ. “I play Magical Halo Storm, a card that allows me to destroy all Trap and Spell Cards on your field and deal 300 lifepoints of damage to you per card destroyed.” The immense storm destroyed Advent Armor, which lowers Sola`s lifepoints to 3800 and then to 3300.

<span style="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 forgot that when Advent Armor is destroyed, I lose 500 more lifepoints,” Sola panicked, but calmed down very fast as she watched how RJ took another card from his hand.

<span style="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 summon Double Star Magician (1000/1000). Once per turn I can place 1 Spell-Counter on this card and make it gain 400 ATK (1000/1000 -> 1400/1000),” RJ smiled as he saw the wondering face of Sola. “And if you are wondering why I summoned it, it is because it can attack directly during the turn it is summoned. Double Star Magician attack directly! Double Star Spell! (3300 -> 1900).”

<span style="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,” Sola grabbed her own arm. “That hurts.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Have you forgotten every attack in this realm is real?” Gatekeeper urged her. “Every lifepoint you inflict on yourself or on your Opponent is real and causes you to lose real energy and maybe much more.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Uhm, no, I just forgot for the moment,” Sola countered her master`s statement. “Yeah, that’s all, I just forgot for a moment.”

<span style="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 activate Double Treasure,” RJ said and he inserted another card into his dueldisk. “Flipping a coin, will allow me to either attack twice per turn or not attack this turn. I call heads.” The coin landed on heads. “Fine, Endymion, the Master Magician, attack her Shining Guardian Joan!” The first blast was dodged by Joan.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Ha, her special power allows me to negate the effect!” Sola said.

<span style="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, but it can’t stop my second assault. Endymion attack again!” RJ commanded and his spellcaster now did blow up Joan, lowering Sola`s lifepoints to 1000. “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;">RJ – 850 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 1000

Turn 10 – Sola

<span style="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 draw,” Sola said. “I play Upstart Goblin and draw 1 card. You do gain 1000 lifepoints but that does not matter for the time being. Now I play Card of Sanctity and allow us both to draw until we hold six cards.” They both drew until their hands held six cards. “Now I summon Dunames Dark Witch (1800/1050) to the field.” The brown coloured fairy with the large wings appeared.

<span style="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 hate fairies,” RJ growled.

<span style="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 understand that,” Sola smiled. “Dunames Dark Witch attack with Darkwave Blast!” The witch attacked Double Star Magician, lowering RJ`s lifepoints to 450. “Now I equip Ring of the Bewitched Fairy to Dunames Dark Witch, raising her ATK to 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;">“Great, another powerfull Monster. But they are still not around my Endymion`s level,” RJ said.

<span style="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,” Sola answered. “But Ring of the Bewitched Fairy allows me to destroy a spellcard per turn. Plus I equip Mist Body to Dunames Dark Witch, which makes her indestructible. I destroy your Mage Power!”

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

<span style="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 place this card facedown for next turn,” Sola threatened. “I end my turn for 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;">RJ – 450 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 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;">---

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dr. Crowler came running into the office of Chancellor Sheppard, out of breath. Bonaparte came running behind him inside. Dr. Crowler crashed against the desk of Sheppard. He pulled himself up with difficulty but was able to when Bonaparte helped 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;">“Crowler, cool down, will you!” Bonaparte said. Sheppard did not exactly move.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Chancellor Sheppard, Jesse Anderson has vanished from the North Academy. This is trouble,” Crowler shouted in the face of Sheppard. He took a step back and started running around. “This is huge trouble. Wait until Jaden hears 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;">“Hm-hm,” a soft voice said. Crowler and Bonaparte looked around and saw Pegasus sitting on the couch and next to him sat an cloaked man with a visor in front of his eye. It had the symbol of the Divine Cult on it. “Gentleman, please calm 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;">“President Pegasus,” Crowler and Bonaparte both bowed.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Retired president,” Pegasus said. “And you don’t have to kiss my shoes, Dr. Crowler.”

<span style="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 so sorry, president Pegasus,” Crowler told and he stood up. “So what are you doing here, Mr. President?”

<span style="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 private between me, President Pegasus and Master Lucian,” Sheppard said. “But what were you saying about Jesse Anderson gone missing?”

<span style="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 did not show up for his classes and people are wondering where he is,” Crowler said. “They called me, wondering whether I asked him to come here, but after I told I did not call for him and they said it was troubling, since he had said against them he would be there for the following 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;">“That is troubling. Maybe he is on his way for a surprise visit to Jaden, who returned here.” Sheppard pondered for a moment before turning to Pegasus and Master Lucian. “What do you think?”

<span style="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 highly suspicious,” Master Lucian said. “Jesse Anderson having disappeared, the appearance of the Earthbound Guardians and the Divine Cult and this mysterious Hood.”

<span style="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 have heard another rumour,” Bonaparte continued. “This Hood is seemingly defeated in the Ritual activated by Marek, formerly known as Master Supreme.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Gentleman, this is Master Lucian,” Sheppard intervened, before Crowler could question him. “He is a Divine Master of the Divine Cult. Or at least of the Divine Cult as it should 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;">“Dr. Crowler, Mr. Bonaparte,” Master Lucian took a bow, out of respect for them. “I am here to discus the urgent situation in Hisehade City and Domino City, which are both attacks happened with involvement of the Divine Cult. I, one of the High Leaders of the Remnant Cult, the group that pursues the Light to protect it instead of killing it, as the Divine Cult wants. The Remnant Cult has infiltrated in the Divine Cult in order to figure out how far the plans for the acquiring and killing of the Light is, but also to destroy it from the inside.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Bonaparte and Crowler were dumbfounded for a moment, before regaining their attitude and walked back to the door. “I expect you want to be left alone now, Chancellor?”

<span style="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, now you know,” Sheppard began. “There is no reason to keep you out of the loop. There are rumors that the Divine Cult has planned their attack on Duel-Academy. The Remnant Cult has offered to assist us in defeating them and we have agreed.”

<span style="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 mean we will face another crisis like back then with Trueman?” Crowler shrieked.

<span style="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,” Master Lucian said. “And the worst thing is, I am afraid it might be even worse. Now if you excuse me, I have to leave. Chancellor Sheppard, a meeting will be held at exactly the same time as today here between you, me, President Pegasus and Jaden. If you want Dr. Crowler and Mr. Bonaparte to join, so be 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;">“Very well,” Pegasus agreed and he too stood up and reached for the handle of the door. “I will retreat to my fine house and will wait for an invitation. See you around, boys.” With those words he left the room.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Do not forget that the Divine Cult will come and try to pursuade you in giving up certain things in order for them to do what they need to. Until we arrive, you stand alone,” Master Lucian told Sheppard and with those words he left too, through the door.

<span style="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;">“The source of the explosion is traced back to the Kaiba Stadium at the other side of Domino City,” a reporter told in the camera. “Officials have not yet confirmed what was going on, but many people speculate something different then a natural disaster has 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;">All around the reporter ambulances and police were driving around trying to maintain peace and order and bringing away the wounded people. In the streets great rifts have been created, with endless bottoms. Somewhere you could also see a roaring ocean far below. Sometimes it happened that someone tripped over and fell down, much to the horror of others, because they were either to late, could have been it themselves.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Excuse me,” a little girl, covered in blood, pulled on a the jacket of the cameraguy. “Could you help me find my mommy?”

<span style="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 cameraman helped the little girl up and he and the journalist pulled her into a van in order to get to safety. Although the earthquake had stopped, there were still pieces of buildings dropping into the rifts that had appeared in the city. The rifts were still breaking open a bit and the bridges were unstable.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey, hurry up!” a man shouted from his car as he was with his family in his car in a traffic jam on the bridge. “There are people who actually want to get out of this 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;">“Shut up!” another man shouted. At that moment the earth started to rumble again and people were shrieking in agony. They were getting out of their cars as they looked around, when they noticed a big wave of water coming from the direction of the sea. It had reach a height of 15 meters.

<span style="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 ****,” the same man who had shouted angry at people in cars in front of him, said. “Kids, get out of the car, now. Get out!” He pulled out the kids and they started running towards the end of the bridge. The kids were able to step on the dry and safer land earlier then their father.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dad, jump!” the boy shouted as the girl desperatly tried to grab her father`s hand, but at that moment the wave of water hit the bridge, taking it with it. The father tried to hold on to a pole, while two man pulled away the kids. “Dad!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Matt, take care of your sister,” the father said and he let loose of the pole and was dragged along with the wave.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dad!” the kids shouted as they tried to get away from the protective arms that protected them, while they sought higher ground being followed by masses of people and water. A female reporter with a handheld camera tried to stay down as long as she could.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Water is washing us away,” the reporter said. “By this sudden natural disaster Domino City is halved in size already. Medical forces and police have been trying to help everybody but they have not yet been able to get through. After the events of the last weeks, might this be a direct connection to 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;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RJ – 450 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 1000

Turn 11 – RJ

<span style="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 start my turn with a card draw,” RJ was astonished by his own misformed speech. “Did I just really say that? Anyway I play Skilled Couple. With Skilled Swordsman in the Graveyard I can remove it from play along with one monster on the field, which is Nova Enchanter, I summon both my Skilfull Caster (1500/1000) and Skillfull Swordsman (1500/1000) from my deck to 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;">“So,” Sola arrogantly said. “What do they do?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sola, don’t underestimate the monsters,” Gatekeeper warned.

<span style="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 won’t, master,” Sola said. “It is just that those monsters look really weak.”

<span style="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,” RJ said. “But they come with a powerfull ability. When they are both on the field all monsters on the field are destroyed except them. So begone all!” All monsters vanished from the field. Now I can deal 100 lifepoints per Monster that was send to the Graveyard to the owners. That is 200 for me (250) and 100 for you (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;">“Why don’t you finish me off?” Sola asks nervously.

<span style="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 the arrogance suddenly changed in nervosity,” RJ said. “But fortunately I cannot conduct the Battle Phase during the turn I activated that card. Now I play another spell, called Mega Life Absorption. By giving up all Spell-Counters on the field I can raise my lifepoints by 100 per Spell-Counter. I have 5 left, that is 500 lifepoitns for me (700).”

<span style="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 that all?” Sola asked.

<span style="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,” RJ continued. “I end with the second effect of Mega Life Absorption. By giving the amount up again, I can deal the same amount to you as damage (900 -> 400). Now 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;">RJ – 200 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 400

Turn 12 – Sola

<span style="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 draw,” Sola draws a new card and was happy. “I play Dian Keto the Cure Master, gaining 1000 lifepoints (1400). Then I play Fairy of Greed (500/500). Not only allows it me to halve your lifepoints once per turn (100), I can also draw 2 cards per turn. I am milling my deck, but with a good reason.”

<span style="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 have a Chaos Necromancer in your deck?” Dragen asked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Hey, damn why do you always ruin the fun?” Kamon joked.

<span style="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 hate that card,” Sola argued. “And it is not Blasting the Ruins as well. I don’t like those cards. Anyway why should you care, I need one more attack in order to finish you off.” She looked at her hand and took another card from her hand and inserted in her dueldisk. “I equip my Fairy of Greed with United We Stand (500/500 -> 1300/1300). But now thanks a spell is equipped to Fairy of Greed I can draw a card and summon another Fairy of Greed from my deck, increasing my first Fairy of Greed (1300/1300 -> 2100/2100).”

<span style="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 are good,” RJ said. “But you are not good enough.”

<span style="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 am good, and I’ll prove it,” Sola said with a quick look at the Gatekeeper who nodded. “Fairy of Greed attack her Skillfull Swordsman!” The Fairy of Greed charged a blast and fired it at the swordsman. However the swordsman was still standing. “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;">“It cannot be destroyed by the first attack it gets,” RJ explained.

<span style="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,” Sola was annoyed. “Never annoy an angry woman. 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;">RJ – 100 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 1400

Turn 13 – RJ

<span style="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 is the turn I am going to finish it,” RJ told. “You see, with all this setting up to defeat me you forgot one very important fact. There is not back-up on your back-row.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Damn,” Sola realized then that RJ was right. If he was able to beat her monsters she was done for. “But your lifepoints get halved now (50).”

<span style="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,” RJ smiled, but then Skillfull Caster lightened and Sola`s lifepoints dropped to 700. “But thanks to Skillfull Caster, if Skillfull Swordsman is attacked during the previous turn, I can copy an automate ability of a Monster on your field, which means your lifepoints are halved 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;">“You managed to catch me off guard,” Sola realized it might be over very soon.

<span style="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,” RJ managed to smile and pulled a card from his hand. “Now I equip my Skillfull Swordsman with Copy Spell, which copies your United We Stand, raising its ATK and DEF(1500/1000 -> 3100/2600). Now you are done for, Skillfull Swordsman attack her Fairy of Greed (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;">“Haha,” Sola smiled as a silver shield appeared from her hand. “My Silver Fairy Barrier negates that 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;">“Yeah, but can it stop my Skillfull Swordsman from attacking again?” RJ said as his swordsman attacked again. “You see when the first attack was unsuccesfull, it can attack again, halving the Battle Damage after Battle. But now I am sure it gets through!”

<span style="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;">“Yes,” RJ commanded. “Skillfull Swordsman, Skillfull Blade Mastery!”

<span style="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 swordsman pulled out his blade and pushed it right through Fairy of Greed which vanished into particles of light, before Sola`s lifepoints dropped to 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;">“This duel 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;">RJ – 50 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Sola – 0

DUEL ENDS

<span style="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 lost,” Sola stood up, retracted her dueldisk and bowed to RJ. “You truly are a skillfull Magical Swordsman. My family will meet you with grace.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Uhm, yeah sure,” RJ was not exactly sure how to react on 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;">“You have proven yourself worthy of trespassing through the Gate,” the Gatekeeper informed the group. “I now know for certain Marek was wrong about you. You are the Resistance but not against the Light Side but against Darkness. I had to know.”

<span style="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 just have asked,” Dragen smartly pointed out.

<span style="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 only truly know your enemy unless you fight them,” the Gatekeeper told them. “I fought you, I knew you two were on the side of Light, but I never focussed on your friends.”

<span style="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 we can enter?” Marcy excitedly asked.

<span style="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, you can,” the Gatekeeper said and he turned around as the Gate slowly opened. Behind it was a long garden-like path surrounded by walls. It was a bit burned, because of what happened between the Gatekeeper and Hood in their first confrontation. “One by one you will trespass through the Gate. State your names.”

<span style="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 Dragen!” – Dragen walked through the entrance – “I am Marcy!” – Marcy joined Dragen while watching Kamon waiting patiently on his turn – “I am Jen, I am Xander,” – as Xander and Jen joined Dragen and Marcy.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Drake walked down to the Gate and he was about to stand in front of it and call out his name, but the Gatekeeper allowed him entrance 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;">“Why?”

<span style="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 already have passed this Gate once,” Gatekeeper said. “You don’t have to do it 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 already did once?” Drake asked. “When?”

<span style="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 long time ago,” the Gatekeeper said. “Next.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dyllan walked up, with Kamon behind him. “My name is Dyllan!” Dyllan joined the others as the Gatekeeper nodded and he signalled to Kamon. Kamon walked forward.

<span style="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;">In the Twilight Zone, at the Beach of the Ship of Oracion, Oracion was watching the scene through his crystal globe and he smiled. He looked around as there was no-one around him. Oracion looked out of the window and his eyes glinstered red for a moment.

<span style="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.”

<span style="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 am Kamon,” Kamon announced out loud.

<span style="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 walked forward, but at the moment he was near the Gatekeeper the Gate started to close. The Gatekeeper stopped Kamon in his tracks and Kamon was unable to move. He watched as the doors of the Gate slowly closed with the Gatekeeper in front of it and Dragen shouting from his back.

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

<span style="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 cannot come in,” the Gatekeeper announced.

<span style="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 be ridiculous!” Kamon shouted. “We won the duel, we won the test. I can join the others. Let me in!”

<span style="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,” the Gatekeeper said. “You are not pure, not united. You cannot join the others and enter the Sacred Dimension. Marek was not right about you, but something else is wrong. You are not Pure and United. You need to find Unition and Purity before entering the Sacred Dimension. Goodbye.”

<span style="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 doors closed with Kamon to stunned by the announcement to move.

<span style="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…….

<u style="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 time in Chapter 86 “True Soul of a Warrior.” <span style="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 Kamon is closed out by the Gatekeeper, he tries to find another entrance, but there is non. He enters the Dimension of Etherna. Here he is faced by a warrior called Lance, who tells him about the Legend of the Warrior. He must duel Lance, who uses an Ice Barrier deck in order to find a way out of his trouble. In the meantime Dragen and the others try to figure out what to do now without Kamon. The Gatekeeper tells him there is only one way, to talk with Elm Re. But before entering the Golden Palace Dragen must duel the Head of the White Circle Guardians, Genevieve, who uses a White Knight deck. In the meantime, Arabelle finds out who might have killed her brothers, and is forced to duel Kaito, Lean makes his first appearance, meeting Sara in Domino City and Master Lucian is forced into a duel against Garcia.

<span style="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 DARK DUELLIST 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;">Yes, you have read it well, four duels will start next chapter. Four 1-on-1 duels which will all be ended at a different time. First time Kaito gets a duel, Garcia duels for the second 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;">Lean is the last season 1 character to reappear now. He has been seen for the last time during the final episode of season 1. The story about the Remnant Cult is something that was thought up during the time I designed the Divine Cult, with Master Lucian as their leader from the beginning.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Also if you haven’t noticed yet, there is an early mention of possible involvement of Graem and Lainna in the Divine Cult already during season 2. You’ll find out soon enough what involvement.

<span style="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, and hurrays for my  <u style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">1000th Janime-post!