Chapter 93: Two Prophecies.(1)

Chapter 93 “Two Prophecies.(1)”

''“Dustin!”

A girl came screaming down a stone stairs. She wore a golden jacket with a medaillon dangling around her neck. She had a ring around her finger, with the crest of a swan. Dustin who was standing at the other side of the hall turned around. Dustin was wearing a white-black jacket, where the sleeves were ragged off.

“Shaila,” Dustin runs to the girl and grabs her, pulling her to the side. “You are not supposed to be here. Go into the protective bunker along with the others. This is not yet your battle.”

“Dustin, I want to stay and fight,” Shaila protested. “You taught me everything you know as a Tiger Student. I and the Swan can help you defeat those AniKings.” She waved with her ring.

“No,” Dustin tells her again and pulls her into a shelter. “This battle is to early for you. You may have learned the beginnings of the Legacy, but you are far from ready to fight them.”

Dustin could hear stumbling above them. Although they were under the ground, they would find this shelter soon. The best chance he had protecting Shaila and the other younglings is to bring them to the shelter two stories below. Dustin and Shaila, who was still protesting, but rather mumbling than out loud.

“Shaila,” Dustin urged her and pulled open a door, revealing another staircase. “Go down there to the other younglings. You are the future and so are they. You know it, you are the future of the Legacy and the Academy.” After some pushes, Shaila gives in and goes down the stairs. Dustin closes the door behind her and locks it. The door disappears into the wall, making it one solid wall now. “Be safe, Shaila.”

He went back upstairs and looked around. None of the attacking students of the AniKing Academy had breached this shelter yet. But they would come and soon. They were not prepared for such a massive attack. And the biggest secret had to be protected. The soul of all of the AniGuardians, the Ancient Ones. Only if they were safe and where they were hidden had to be protected.

All of a sudden two puma`s came rushing down the same stairs from where Shaila came and two black-clad, masked men followed the spirits down and were surprised to see Dustin. Dustin reacted instinctively and held up a card from his deck with the Wise Tiger jumping out of it.

“Take them down!” Dustin ordered.

“AniKing – Black Puma, attack!” the masked men ordered and the three beasts clashed in mid air claws spread and Wise Tiger was in a bad situation.

“Come on, Dominic. I could use your help right now,” Dustin wished and a bright white light erupted from the battle. From the light one of the two masked men came walking. He pulled off his mask, revealing a blonde spiky haired boy with blue eyes.

“Dominic?” Dustin gasped.

“Hello, Dustin,” Dominic said. He held up a card and Rampaging Rhino charged at Dustin…..''

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Dustin woke up with a shock. It was a bad dream. But it was so real and why did it happen now? The situation was real and happened, except for the fact that Dominic was one of the masked men attacking him. That was not true at all as Dominic was one of the people like him who knew the real extent of the legends of the Legacy. After all Grand Master Sellesh Rhu chose him, Dominic, Austin, Gabriella and Vaya as the guardians of the legacy.

“And I am the only one left,” Dustin realized and looked around. He was sleeping in bright day light in the Hummer Mickey gave him. Mickey would have been one of the guardians of the legacy if he had accepted it. “Mickey should have been one too. Then there would be two of us.”

He stepped out of the Hummer and looked around. He was on the central town square of Hisehade City. He pulled a pair of sunglasses from his pocket and put them on. “I remember the day I did what was nearly impossible. The day I defeated Grand Master Sellesh Rhu and I acquired his Guardian Animal Spirit.”

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-- FLASHBACK –

“Dustin,” Grand Master Sellesh Rhu said while standing on the Spirit Pride Rock along with AniGuardian – Majestic Lion (2400/2000). “You have done a great job, but now it is time. It is time to acquire your ultimate price. You have beaten many masters and acquired their loyal spirits and now it is time to add my Lion to it as well.”

Dustin, standing at the other side of the arena of the Academy, wearing his white-black sleeveless jacket as well, opposing the brown robes the Grand Master was wearing, smiled, having his by Megamorph empowered Wise Tiger on the field.

“It is time,” Sellesh Rhu tells Dustin. “Do it and accept your destiny.”

Dustin – 400 Grand Master Sellesh Rhu – 500

“If you insist,” Dustin tells Grand Master Rhu and picks a card from his hand. “I equip my powered up Wise Tiger with Claw Gauntlet.” Around the right paw of the Tiger a thickened gauntlet appeared. “This card can be equipped with a AniGuardian monster. The AniGuardian monster can attack directly.”

“That is my student,” Grand Master Rhu encouraged him and Wise Tiger flies in for the attack.

“Wise Tiger, end this duel. Swipe Strike,” Dustin ordered and Wise Tiger struck Grand Master Rhu directly, lowering his lifepoints to 0.

Dustin – 400 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Grand Master Sellesh Rhu – 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;">The Spirit`s Pride Rock did not disappear and Grand Master Sellesh Rhu reappeared next to Dustin and Dustin smiled. This was unusual, anything unlike any other Master`s trials. The Majestic Lion was still standing on top of the Spirit`s Pride Rock.

<span style="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 yours,” Grand Master Sellesh Rhu said. “Go on. He is waiting for you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dustin looked to the Majestic Lion, the mighty lion, the King of the AniGuardians and on top of that, the most mighty descendant of the most powerfull of the Ancient Ones. Dustin followed the path up to the stretched out part of the Pride Rock and slowly moved towards Majestic 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;">‘ Dustin,<span style="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 voice of the Majestic Lion telepathically spoke to Dustin. ‘ ''You have earned the right to be able to call upon my powers. You have earned the right to posses the most powerfull link between the Human Realm of now and the Ancient Ones and their AniGuardian Realm from millennia ago. The Ancient Ones, the only group of spirits being able to reflect the powers of the Sacred Ones, the Guardians of Light. I will be proud to fight alongside 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;">’ The King of the AniGuardians, Dustin and the Wise Tiger who appeared next to them looked up to the clouds.

<span style="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 loud roar was heard, but it did not come from the Majestic Lion. In the clouds a single column appeared and a silhouette of an animal, another lion. Blackened, red eyes, but almost as majestic and powerfull looking as the spirit standing next to Dustin.

<span style="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 Ancient One, I present to you. The first chosen AniSpirit Guardian, Dustin Connoly.''<span style="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;">-- FLASHBACK 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;">******

<span style="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 were chosen, us five,” Dustin thought back as he remembered himself, Dominic, Gabriella, Austin and Vaya at the temple. Their animals, the tiger, the condor, the rhino, the owl, the deer and the wolf. The sixth one of them was their friend. Vaya had an eye on him. Sammuel was his name, Sammuel, the spirit of the condor. He left the Academy to go travelling the world.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We five were the ones to acquire the highest honor, being the five chosen AniSpirit Guardians, the Guardians of the Ancient Ones,” Dustin reached out for his backpack and pulled out an old scroll. He rolled it out, revealing some kind of battle drawn out with primitive humans and animals on both sides. “And then the countless tales we had to read and remember as students about the Ancient Wars between the AniGuardian Legacy and the AniKing Legacy. Maybe it is time for me to go and test out new younglings. See who has the potential to become a new Guardian of the Ancient Ones.”

<span style="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 then remembered something. Something he had seen just before he drove away in the Hummer from the park. A quick glimpse, a shadow maybe, of a rhino. And when he looked at his deck, his Rampaging Rhino had reacted. It had not happened since after the War of the Academy. Not after Dominic died. Could it be? Could Dominic have survived the War, the explosion, the total destruction of the Academy? It was impossible, he knew that. He had seen the bodies, from a distance yes, but he had seen 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;">“Dominic, Austin, Vaya,” Dustin summed his friends up. “Is this a message to me? Should I continue what we started? Should I continue the Legacy and teach new younglings that what we have been taught?” He then opened his wallet and pulled out a photograph, showing himself a couple of years younger with a black-haired girl. “And you Gabriella, would you ever allow another girl to stand at my side except for Vaya?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dustin shakes his head and starts the Hummer again. He opened the navigation system and put in the address of the McFlinn Main Tower. That would surely be the place where he could find Kamon and the others. And maybe even some answers.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Just as he was about to fly away, Wise Tiger appeared at his side. He nudged to Dustin and Dustin looked to his right side, seeing as they were near a zoo. As he looked he could see a condor flying around in his cage, an owl sleeping on a branch of a tree, a rhino drinking water, a deer looking around and a wolf howling even though it was broad daylight. Dustin shakes his head and drives off.

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Lady Elm Re,” Oracion turned around from the bridge of his ship. “Lady of the Twilight Zone, Grand Master of the White Circle and the countless other identities you have assumed. Your brother has been a real threat to us, you know? Knocking down our forces here and there. But he is in a tough spot now. He is about to face one of my most powerfull servants.”

<span style="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 will survive and win,” Elm Re tells Oracion. “He has always done that. It is in his blood, in our blood so to speak. And I will be the victor in our fight as well.” A globe appeared at Oracion`s side and Oracion waved over it with his hands and 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;">“As you can see,” Oracion pointed to the globe and it showed an image of a man hanging on a rock. Elm Re did not walk forward nor did she attempt to get away. “He is in a tough spot. He has no friends with him. He is alone, all alone. And don’t think your friends will not see what you are about to do, Lady Elm Re. Your new friends now battling in the Sacred Dimension, meeting their doom against my Army of Darkness, will watch every move. Because if you have not realized yet. This duel is no longer about the Throne of the Twilight Zone alone.”

<span style="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 after the keys to the Sacred Dimension,” Elm Re realized. “Luring Kamon McFlinn, the only one who would be able to stand in your way, the prophesized Great Sage, the Leader of the Sages and the Leader of the Saviors all together, away was the way to clear the way.”

<span style="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 now realize my involvement in Duel Monsters history?” Oracion asks Elm Re. “Without me the Ancient War of the AniGuardians and the AniKings would never have taken place or even be noted in history. The Ancient War, the same war that has been fought millennia ago and this same War will now divide the Human Realm from the AniGuardian Realm. Stupid Marek that thought the Forbidden Artifacts would break open the Gates of Chaos. He was able to succeed in breaking open two. But if you are out of my way, there is nothing, no nothing that can or will stop me from being the Lord of the Sacred 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;">“New ones will rise,” Elm Re spoke and she readied her dueldisk. “The last group of AniSpirit Guardians have one left known to serve the Ancient Ones. Our pieces have been moving, Oracion. You could see this as a game of chess. Do you really think no-one will rise against you when the time is there? Do you really think Marek will sit there and watch as you prepare to unleash your new Ancient War at the Dimensions he tried to ready for the Arrival of the Ultimate 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;">“Marek is out of my way,” Oracion spoke against Elm Re. “I don’t have to fear him as long as he is caught in the Abyss of 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;">“Did it ever occur to you he might have meant to end up there?” Elm Re taunts Oracion. “Has it ever occurred to you, you might be nothing more to him but a pawn. We both know, yes we know, that Marek is more powerfull then he has shown yet. The demonstration last time? Against Kamon, Dragen, Mutinus, Haou, Raven, Rontaro and the Sacred Gatekeeper, Rae? It was nothing more but a move in his plan.”

<span style="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 the schemes of Marek, Lady Elm Re. Don’t think I do not know anything. I am bringing down the Divine Cult as we speak. The AniKing Academy is not for nothing at my side. I know all to well about their uses and grudges against the AniGuardian Academy, especially the Miami one. You know what is so special about it, don’t 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,” Elm Re agrees and she circled around Oracion as he did with her. “Yes, I know what is so special about 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;">*******

'''Oracion: “Beneath the AniGuardian Academy in what you now call in the Human Realm, Miami, the seal is built. The final seal to the Abyss of Darkness. Why do you think the Grand Masters of the Old Times have decided to built one on the final Gate of Chaos. There would be countless generations that would be able to protect it from Darkness, However everyone that tried to break it open and unleash its powers, had failed.

At the time when the Ancient War, the first one, was raging on, that where the AniGuardian Academy was settled in these years before destruction, was still piece of the continents. Massive armies of humans combined with animals charged at each other.'''

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A great battle field was shown, with humans and animals alike fighting each other using either their physical abilities or their strength or weapons like spears and early swords. People were slain, animals were killed, but rose to their feet as their partner, their human partner would live on and they swore to never leave the human partner alone anymore.

'''Oracion: Human bonds with animals. Ridiculous nonsense. Total crap. I knew at that time I would have to search for a force more powerfull than the Animal Spirit, a force represented by the Earth. And yes, I found it. Although I never at that time knew how to harness it. It is what empowers my Earthbound Guardians, my loyal servants now. You call it the Nazca Lines. The Nazca Lines were too far away, unreachable at that time. I could hear the voices of the Geoglyphs, the voices of the Gods of the Underworld.

By then I knew my research was incomplete. I knew I did not have the knowledge or the instruments to help me gain what I want. To have the world be ready for the rise of the AniKing Legacy. I hated that war, but I came to realize it was necessary to have it in order to make the earth survive any ordeal.'''

<span style="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 were there at the first War?” Elm Re now was really interested in Oracion. If he was there, when the first Ancient War happened, he was immortal. “But how?”

<span style="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 I said, my research could not go further. It was incomplete. So I assembled a group of AniKing Grand Masters and I went for a nearby temple, where I sealed myself inside and the Grand Masters. However after five years of fruitless research and incomplete results, they cowardly ran off, breaking open the temple`s entrance, the only entrance. It is there I realized the Ancient War would be needed to bring all Dimensions to the rule of Darkness. And for that I would need to harness the powers of the Nazca Lines. Become the ultimate Nazca Warrior,” Oracion laughed for a moment and then made his cloak rise, showing several tattoos of the Nazca Lines. The Turtle at his front, along with the Spider and the Hummingbird at his right and left arm and then Oracion turned around, showing he held a tattoo of the Condor on 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;">“It was their betrayal that made you assemble them this time for your cause, did you not?” Elm Re demanded 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;">“Yes,” Oracion tells her. “The treason of the group of Grand Masters, being lead by Grand Master Shuen Rhu…..” he paused to look at the shocked face of Elm Re. “…. Yes Grand Master Shuen Rhu, the far ancestor of the last Grand Master of the Miami AniGuardian Academy, made me utilize them in this age and bring forth the old war 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;">“So why do you need the Throne of the Sacred Dimension?” Elm Re asked Oracion.

<span style="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 it is a start. When the Guardians of the Human Realm realize the most sacred of dimensions has fallen, the Ancient War will begin somehow, even if it is on small scale,” Oracion readied his own dueldisk. “But enough of a history lesson now, it is time to settle this. This duel is 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;">“I was waiting when you would begin,” Elm Re taunted and activated her dueldisk, shuffling her deck and inserting it in her dueldisk.

<span style="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 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;">Elm Re – 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;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 1 – Elm Re

<span style="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,” Elm Re said and she pulled a sixth card from her deck. “I summon Light Effigy (1500/0) in defense mode and set 1 card.” The fairy-monster appeared in a crouching position on her side of the field. “ Behind the fairy, a vertical placed card 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;">“By now,” Oracion commented and he pulled a card out of his deck and placed it in his field spell card slot. “I activate Wicked Realm. All my Fiend-type monsters gain half of the difference between monster`s attack power during the Battle Phase.”

<span style="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 you can muster now, Oracion?” Elm Re seriously asked Oracion. “I have beaten Kaiba, he can beat you hands down. 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;">Elm Re – 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;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 2 – Oracion

<span style="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 my draw then,” Oracion pulled of a new card from his deck. “I summon Dark Crusader (1600/200) in attackmode.” A dark-armored warrior appeared on the field. “Now I send Allure Queen LV3 to the graveyard so my Dark Crusader gains 400 attack points (ATK: 1600 -> 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;">“That must not be all,” Elm Re pondered. She did not know Oracion`s deck, but that he would be this easy was not to be expected. Not from someone who has been planning and staging everything from the beginning, from millennia ago.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Correct,” Oracion tells her. “You see I already placed 1 Wicked-Counter on Wicked Realm last turn when it came into play and I place another this turn. However that is not all as I activate Summon Wickedness, a spell card that allows me to bring back a monster from the graveyard, by discarding a card from my hand.” He send a card to the graveyard and brought back Allure Queen LV3 (500/500). “And that is not all as my Dark Crusader gains 400 points (2000 -> 2400).”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ He is good, really good.<span style="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;">“Now my Wicked Realm gains another 2 Wicked-Counters thanks to Summon Wickedness [4] and I remove them all to make Allure Queen enable to be counted for two tributes until she is destroyed,” Oracion smiles as he looks at his hand. “And now to activate another effect of my Wicked Realm, adding 1 Wicked monster to the hand. Come to your creator, Wicked Avatar!” The card flipped out of his 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;">“THE WICKED GODS?!?!” Elm Re was shocked.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Oh yes,” Oracion laughed and he inserted one more card. “Double Summon. Now I can once more Normal Summon. So I send Dark Crusader and Allure Queen to the graveyard and Normal Summon Wicked Avatar!” The great jet-black globe appeared on the field. It took the form of a black Light Effigy (?/? -> 1600/100). “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;">Elm Re – 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;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 3 – Elm Re

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“First off,” Oracion jumps in and his face down card flips up. “I play my Wicked Torment trap card. Depending on the kind of card you activate or summon I can activate one of the effects.” A purple glow surrounded Elm Re`s 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;">“I draw,” Elm Re told him seriously. “Despite everything you have done so far you disappoint me. For a master under the guidance of Darkness, you do a lot less to overpower me.” Oracion smiled and pointed to his Wicked Avatar. “And don’t think your Wicked Avatar scares the hell out of me. I activate Double Summon, which allows me to perform two Normal Summons this 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 know what you are planning,” Oracion tells Elm Re. “But don’t think it is something that my Wicked Avatar can’t stop.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that. First I summon Arcana Force IV – The Emperor (1400/1400) in attack mode,” Elm Re commanded as the black armored monster appeared at her side of the field. “Next I activate the effect of Double Summon and tribute The Emperor and Light Effigy to Special Summon Arcana Force EX – The Light Ruler (4000/4000). Next my face down card activates, Road of the High Ruler.”

<span style="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 power-up card you used against Kaiba,” Oracion murmured. ‘ Interesting, she must be trying to outdo my Avatar.<span style="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 smiled as his Wicked Torment glowed. “Now my Wicked Avatar gains 500 ATK and DEF (?/? -> 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;">“Yes, and my Light Ruler strikes your Wicked Avatar,” Elm Re commanded. She knew it was futile, as Wicked Avatar changed into the shape of Light Ruler with 4100 attack and defense points. “Go Shining Force of Destiny!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Counter attack!” Oracion commanded and the Wicked Avatar naturally won the battle and Elm Re`s lifepoints dropped to 3900.

<span style="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 part of my plan,” Elm Re hoped she was right. If she could not draw the cards she needed, this duel would be over soon, very soon. “Now I activate my face down card, Tour of Doom.” The card flipped up and the area started to be surrounded by dark smoke and energy. “This’ll do it for this 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;">Elm Re – 3900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 4 – Oracion

<span style="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 to inform you,” Oracion tells Elm Re and Wicked Torment activates. “Because you activated Tour of Doom, 300 lifepoints will be dealt to you per face up Spell or Trap Card (3900 -> 3600). But that is not all. You have Road of the High Ruler ready and your monsters will be empowered by 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;">“And I expect you to know how to counter 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;">“Correct,” Oracion flipped out a card from his hand and inserted it in his dueldisk. “I play Dark Eruption, adding 1 monster with 1500 or less attack points from my graveyard to the hand. I send Allure Queen LV3 from my graveyard back to the hand. Now I summon it (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;">“Now that is not all. I know about your methods Oracion. You have showcased them more than once. You don’t need monsters to summon them, you use different methods as well,” Elm Re looked away. “Just like that time back in the Ancient War. Yes, Oracion. I studied you. Back in the time you were locked in the Temple. The time you were locked in battle with those Chaos Beasts.”

<span style="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;">-- FLASHBACK –

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion was surrounded by a gryphon-like beast, recognizable as the Nightmare Gryphon. Three other beasts were surrounding him. A beast which was as large as the temple room with two enormous wings and a dinosaur-beak. The third one was a long snake, whose tail went around 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;">“You foul beasts!” Oracion commanded as he was dressed in priest`s robes. Black priest robes with weird unrecognizable symbols on it. Oracion held up his hands and pulled back his robes, revealing four scrolls under it. He then turns around but his way is cut off by a tiger like creature. Its black fur and his blazing yellow eyes were looking at Oracion. “No, that is impossible. The AniGuardian Spirits cannot enter this Temple.”

<span style="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 an AniGuardian, nor are you an AniGuardian Master. You are an AniKing Master,” the tiger like creature spoke and roared. “Your way to solve this is to call upon the powers of the Wicked Ones. You want a power to surpass the spiritual powers of the AniGuardian and the AniKing, you call upon them. Use the scrolls given to you.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“These?” Oracion laughed and threw them in the air. They floated above him and he stretched his hands upwards into the heaven. “I already know that. But my power is not complete yet. I need one more tool to set the process to win this Ancient War in my favor.”

<span style="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?”

<span style="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 know,” Oracion tells the tiger like creature. “ ''Wicked Ones, hear my voice. Come from the Abyss and darken the world with your Wicked Force! Bring forth the chaos and the Twilight. May the Ultimate Darkness rise 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;">” The four scrolls glowed and transformed as a flaming glyph of a fiery bird appeared around him for a single moment. The scrolls transformed into one black globe, in a dragon like monster and a fiend. “Wicked Avatar, Wicked Dreadroot and Wicked Eraser. Erase those foul beasts from existence. Lifeless Fissure!”

<span style="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 beasts were slammed back against the walls and they dragged themselves back into the shadows. Oracion cackled loud and then turned around to the three monsters. They lowered to him and became the four Scrolls again. Oracion smiled and then turned 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;">“My time will come.”

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

<span style="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 what you are aiming for?” Elm Re questions Oracion. “Bringing out the three Wicked Gods at your second 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;">“Not only is that my aim,” Oracion flicked out a card from his hand. “I am about to pull it off as well. I play Scroll of Lost Souls. By ditching 2 cards from my hand – “ he discarded two, including Allure Queen LV5,“ – I can add 2 Scroll cards from my deck to my 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;">“You are targeting obviously the two other required scrolls.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Obviously, Lady Elm Re, but you are no lady for obvious things. You must have had a countering plan in order it would happen,” Oracion cackled again and pulled out two cards from his deck. “Now I set both cards. No, I cannot use them now, but I wonder if you will allow me to next turn. But first some unfinished business. Since you have no monsters on the field I can attack you directly! Wicked Avatar, land a blow! Wicked Devastation!” The Avatar hit Elm Re, lowering her lifepoints to 3400. “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;">Elm Re – 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;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 5 – Elm Re

<span style="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,” Elm Re picks a new card. “There is not much to do for me, but this. Banisher of the Light (100/2000) in defense mode.” The man with the yellow robes pointing at Oracion, appeared in crouching position. “I know. Since Wicked Avatar is on the field and so is your Wicked Torment, Wicked Avatar gains 500 attack and defense points (500/500 -> 1000/1000).”

<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;">“You are right about one things,” Oracion tells her. “There is not much you can do, except wait for me coming down at 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;">“I can do this for now,” Elm Re commanded. “Swords of Revealing Light.” The white swords appeared around Oracion, enlightening Oracion`s field for now. “My monsters are not strong enough to counter your Wicked Gods yet, but I have two monsters left in my deck that can overcome 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;">“The Dark Ruler and Arcana Force Lord,” Oracion smiled. “Don’t think I did not know that.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I did not think that indeed,” Elm Re picks a new card from her hand. “Next I activate Prophecy of the Fallen One. I remove my Light Ruler from the game in order to select 1 card in my deck and summon it to the field at my fifth turn from now on.” She picked out a card, flashed it to Oracion (which was unneeded) and showed it was the Dark Ruler. “However my lifepoints must be below 1000 in order to make this card work fully.”

<span style="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 play Pot of Greed and draw 2 cards,” Elm Re picked up two more cards from her deck. ‘ ''Good, Arcana Storm and Arcana Force XXI – The World. I can use them later.''<span style="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 lowered her dueldisk. “I end my turn with one face down card.”

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

Turn 6 – Oracion

<span style="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,” Oracion calmly picked up a card from his deck. ‘ Excellent.<span style="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 smiled evilly as he inserted the card into his dueldisk. “I activate Tormented Decision. Either you lose 2000 lifepoints, or you are forced to activate a face down card from your field. If the timing is incorrect, you lose 2000 lifepoints.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">‘ ''As I am pretty sure he has two Scrolls face down, this card might work. But I do face the three Wicked Gods then,''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ Elm Re was not happy with the choise she had to make, but she punched on her dueldisk and her face down card flipped up. “Arcana Storm. Which allows me to gain 500 lifepoints before destroying all your face down Spell and Trap Cards.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“You forced me to destroy my Wicked Torment, which is a good thing. I would have lost it anyway, should I have activated its effect,” Oracion was however much happier with the two other cards she destroyed. “You also destroyed my Scroll of Empowerment and Scroll of Ancient Wisdom. While normally I would have used them to power up my defenses and field, now I use only their last effects, to summon the two remaining Wicked Gods.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Wicked Dreadroot and Wicked Eraser appeared on the field. Their huge statures towered above Elm Re, who showed no fear off them, although being overwhelmed by them. Wicked Eraser`s ATK and DEF were undefined yet and Wicked Dreadroot`s stats were 4000 attack points and defense points.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Wicked Eraser gains 1000 attack and defense points per card you have in play (?/? -> 3000/3000). Wicked Dreadroot`s effect allows me to halve your monster`s attack strength (Banisher of the Light = 100/2000 -> 50/2000),” Oracion looked with disgust at the swords covering his field. “You are lucky, those swords protect you, Lady Elm Re. I would have been able to kill you by now. I end my turn. You will fall at the hands of my Wicked Gods.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Elm Re – 3900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 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;">--

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Dustin was sitting outside in the park where he dueled against Seth again. He did not know what to do at all, he decided to stay here. He was hoping he could look for answers here. Answers on what to do, what might have happened to his friends. Out of all honesty, he so hoped Dominic would come around the corner any minute now. However, he knew that was impossible.

<span style="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 still 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;">Dustin turned around, seeing Master Tigerra behind him. He was wearing a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses which covered his identity as the White Tiger AniGuardian Master pretty much. Dustin sat back on the bench and smiled, waiting for the master to sit next to 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;">“Master Tigerra. I realize my goal should be in the Miami Bay, at the island and currently at the McFlinn Main Tower, in order to regroup with Kamon. But I am in doubt. In doubt of what the future has in store for us. The original selected Guardians of the Ancient Ones are all but one gone,” Dustin sighed and looked at Master Tigerra. “Currently for all I know, you are the only one capable of reciting the ancient chants. You were after all close friends with Grand Master Rhu.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Dustin, do you remember the day you arrived on the Academy?” Master Tigerra asked. “Do you remember when you walked down the Path of the AniGuardian Arches? Do you remember the moment you walked through the first one?”

<span style="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 do,” Dustin remembers that day very 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;">*******

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

<span style="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 group of young kids were standing in front of a huge stone structure. It was a temple being held up by many pillars and it had stairs leading up to the main entrance, where 8 men stood with a single man standing in front of them, facing the students. A street separated the new young kids from the temple and the men. The street was surrounded by pillars and small towers, from where people were watching.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Younglings,” the man in the front of the eight men spoke. “My name is Grand Master Sellesh Rhu. I welcome you to the AniGuardian Academy, your place to be for the upcoming year. You have been chosen by the Animal Spirits to become a link between the AniGuardian Realm and our world.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">A second man walked up, it was unmistakably Master Tigerra and he coughed, turning the crowd silence again. “You all have been given a box when you were chosen. I have dearly asked you all not to open this box until you would arrive at the Academy. As I am sure some of you were to excited to see what was inside it and opened it already. It spoiled the fun. But no matter, you all enroll in the Academy. My name is Master Tigerra and when I call your name you are to walk forward over the path through the Path of the AniGuardian Arches.”

<span style="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 been chosen to join the AniGuardian Academy and while on the Path of the AniGuardian Arches you will be judged by our Gods, the Ancient Ones. If they deem you worthy enough, you will pass successfully through the path,” a black clad master announced. “My name is Master Dore, I am the Master of the Condor.”

<span style="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 Tigerra started calling names and slowly but certainly the crowd of younglings started to thin out. In the end there was only a small group of kids left. “Dominic Tiles, please undergo the Path. Shuen Shi!” Dominic slowly approached the first arch and he went through without any trouble, joining the other kids already passed at the other side. Master Tigerra looked at his list.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Taylor Nathas,” he called forward a girl with red hair, being excited and almost ran into the first arch, bouncing back. While the masters smiled, Grand Master Rhu was not smiling. She also passed through without trouble. “Mickey Malrose.” The younger Mickey walked through without trouble and joined the group. As the kids thinned out only four were left standing, one was Dustin. The other was a black haired boy, a blonde haired girl and a brown haired boy.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sammuel Tiago,” Master Tigerra called, and while clamping onto his box, the black haired boy walked through the arches without any trouble. “Austin Zevez.” As the brown haired boy walked through the arches without trouble, the blonde haired girl turned to Dustin.

<span style="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 if we don’t get 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;">“I don’t know,” Dustin smiles. “But I am most certainly you will get through without any trouble.” The girl smiled as well and readied her box as either she or Dustin would be the last one. “Gabriella Montell, Shuen Shi!” Gabriella, the blonde haired girl went onto the path and without hesitation she successfully completed it. Dustin smiled and nodded to her. Now it was 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;">“Dustin Connoly,” Master Tigerra called and for some reason everybody looked at Dustin. Was he famous? He did not know but he had some glance of fame around himself he could not deny. They knew him, although he had not idea why. It made him nervous as he held out his box and walked to the first arch.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“ Dustin Connoly,<span style="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 silent but strong voice spoke to him under the first arch. “ ''You have the spirit and the wisdom of a tiger. I expect great things of you, great things. But be warned as there is someone luring to you at each corner.''<span style="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;">“Excuse me?” Dustin said that a little to 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;">“ ''You will find out in time. The Ancient Ones have spoken to you,''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">” the voice disappeared and Dustin walked on, not experiencing the same voice at any of the other arches. He joined the group, being followed by the gaze of the 8 Masters and 1 Grand Master.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Why did you stop at the first arch?” Dominic asked Dustin, though they did not know each other.

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

<span style="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 now know who it was that spoke to you?” Master Tigerra asked Dustin in present 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;">“I have an idea,” Dustin concluded. “It was only me to who it happened. The others did not experience it. Not even Dominic, Gabriella, Austin, Sammuel or Vaya. Not even Mickey or Taylor, although I bet she knew why she was 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;">“Dustin, Taylor was a pure of heart at that time,” Master Tigerra tells Dustin. “She was allowed over the Path and if she would not have been pure, she would have been kicked out. You know that, I know that. When she arrived there, she was at our side for all we know. The Darkness did not cover her or did she have doubts about what side she was on. Although her lust for power and wisdom became the strongest at the end.”

<span style="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 we all know how that ended,” Dustin said. “I remember those day clearly now, my master. But what does it tell me? What path can it guide me 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;">“The path is a path you have to choose yourself,” Master Tigerra sighed. “And above all there is one secret above the one you have been guarding for two years before the Attack. A secret that was not supposed to come out until the time was there, but considering what has happened, might as well be revealed.”

<span style="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 secret? Can it help 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;">“Oh, it can help you,” Master Tigerra spoke to Dustin and he breathed in and out once more, before continuing. “Before the Ancient War, a prophecy was made. A prophecy concerning you Dustin.”

<span style="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;">Elm Re – 3900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 7 – Elm Re

<span style="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,” Elm Re announced and she picked a new card from her deck. “I summon Arcana Force III – The Empress (1300/1300) in defense mode.” A lady-like monster appeared on her side of the field. Her hair consisted of tentacles. “Now I flip a coin and calls heads.” A virtual coin was flipped and ended tails.

<span style="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 know that in the end both of your would have benefited you anyway. So it does not really matter. And you Prophecy of the Fallen One`s effect is still in effect,” Oracion smiled. “It will either be your Arcana Force Lord or Arcana Force EX – The Dark Ruler that you will try to use to do 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;">“That would have been the case, yes,” Elm Re sighed. ‘ ''He knows my tactic beforehand. He has seen the duel between me and Kaiba. Either one of them would be a choise to oppose the Wicked Gods. Luckily Wicked Eraser is a calculating monster, which can give me an edge on him.''<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">’ She looked at her hand and 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 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;">“I play Two Headed Destiny,” her new card activated spreading a reddish glow through the arena. “Now I flip a coin. I call it heads.” The virtual coin was flipped and it landed on heads. “Yes, now I can Normal Summon once for every monster on your side of the field. You have Wicker Eraser, Wicked Dreadroot and Allure Queen on the field. As I already normal summoned once, I can still use three times during the upcoming turns. I first Normal Summon Arcana Force VI – The Lovers (1600/1600). Then I flip a coin for its effect. Heads.” The coin landed on heads.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now it can act as a double tribute for an Arcana Force monster,” The Lovers turned into a light bulb and transformed into a huge monster, with a black rings on its back. “Arcana Force XXI - The World (3100/3100). I do lose 1000 lifepoints because of the Heads effect (3900 -> 2900). Now I flip a coin for The World`s effect. I call Heads.” The coin landed on heads. “If you are aware of the situation and card effects of my deck, you know what that means.”

<span style="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 very much aware of what that means, Lady Elm Re,” Oracion growled and looked at his Wicked Eraser, whose ATK and DEF had risen to 4000. The Swords of Revealing Light of Elm Re would disappear next turn. He had to be patient one more turn. “One more turn, lady Elm Re, and then my beasts will feast on your flesh.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see,” Elm Re spoke. “I set one 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;">Elm Re – 2900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 8 – Oracion

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“My turn,” Oracion picked a new card from his deck and picked Allure Queen LV3 from his dueldisk and inserted it in his graveyard. “I tribute Allure Queen in order to Special Summon Legendary Fiend (1500/1800). During each of my Standby Phases it gains 700 points (ATK: 1500 -> 2200). However thanks to your Empress you have to discard 1 card.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“So I do,” Elm Re agrees and places one more card in her graveyard.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now I activate my face down card, Curse of Darkness. Now each time either one of us plays a Spell Card he or she loses 1000 lifepoints,” Oracion smiled malevolently as a dark glow surrounded the field. “However I play this spell card Code Cut. When a card that deal effect damage to me or my opponent I can activate this card as a Quick Play Spell Card, however after activation it gains a continuous effect, even lasting in the graveyard. I am untouched by the Effect Damage."

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Now for my Wicked Dreadroot`s effect, I can cut all ATK of all monsters on your side of the field in half (The World: 3100 -> 1550 / The Empress: 1300 -> 650).”

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

<span style="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,” Oracion laughed. “But should you not have forgotten that? 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;">Elm Re – 2900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 9 – Elm Re

<span style="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,” Elm Re said and she looked at her hand. ‘ ''I have the cards to skip Oracion`s next turn, however I can forget about summoning a near powerfull enough Arcana Force Lord. No, World`s effect must be held until I can’t do a different 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;">’ She picked a card from her hand. “I switch my Arcana Force XXI – The World to defense mode.”

<span style="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 your third turn of your Prophecy of the Fallen One, don’t you have a card to speed that process up?” Oracion commented on Elm Re`s strategy. “I have better things to do then this. Maybe you need some help.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“We’ll see about that. I set a card face down and since I cannot reach you with effect damage or my monsters are not strong enough to defeat your monsters now,” Elm Re took a big gulp of air. “I end this turn for now and let you go 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;">Elm Re – 2900 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 4000

Turn 10 – Oracion

<span style="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 draw,” Oracion said and he picked up a new card from his deck. “First my Legendary Fiend gains 700 attack points on my Standby Phase (ATK: 2200 -> 2900). Next your swords have been destroyed. Now Legendary Fiend, attack her Empress!”

<span style="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 blue furred fiend disappeared and appeared behind Elm Re`s Empress and slashed it, destroying the card. Thanks to it being in defense mode, Elm Re loses no lifepoints. “You may have destroyed that monster, but I am far from done.” Elm Re looked onto the Wicked Gods.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I was hoping you would not be done yet,” Oracion smiled and pointed to his Wicked Gods. “I have three more attacks coming for you. Wicked Avatar, destroy her the World!” The globe transformed into a replica of The World and destroyed it. “Now Wicked Dreadroot, destroy her Banisher of the Light!” Also the priest was 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;">“You have cut me off from my Removed from Play pile resources, good job,” Elm Re did not like it, but she was actually impressed by the duel Oracion had done so far.

<span style="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 end my turn with a face down card,” Oracion inserted a card and a card flipped out of his deck. “Which activates my card from my deck, Deck Demise. For every card in your deck now, I can deal 100 lifepoints of damage to you. You have 26 cards left, which means you get dealt 2600 lifepoints of damage!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Blades were launched from the card and cut Elm Re, leaving her with 300 lifepoints left (2900 -> 300). Elm Re was left with some cuts. She fell on the ground and Oracion claps in his hands and shakes his hands.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Elm Re – 300 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 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;">“Do you give up yet?” Oracion questions Elm Re. “You must see my powers are far greater than yours. I have lived for thousands of years and acquired thousands years of knowledge opposed to your knowledge?”

<span style="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 would not kill me,” Elm Re chortled and she stares up with difficulty. “I know things you don’t. I have been involved with things that you have not. I know things about the AniGuardian against AniKing Ancient War you can only dream of knowing. It is because I, like you studied me in the duel with Kaiba, have studied every aspect. If you did the same you would have known of what I know. What you have been following the Ultimate Darkness for.”

<span style="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 talking about?” Oracion demanded to know from Elm Re. “What could I have possibly overseen?”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Sometime in the war, a group of AniGuardian Masters joined together. Together to prey for a peaceful solution to the War and to the everlasting rivalry between the two Legacies. Unlike the AniKing Masters and their armies, they believed in peace and coexistence of the two Legacies,” Elm Re stood up with difficulty and swapped away some dirt from her face. “However what you ceased to find out was their prayers were actually heard and the Ancient Ones joined them in their praying.”

<span style="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 I have heard,” Oracion tells and he smiles turning away from Elm Re, nodding to Genesis, standing at the sidelines. Genesis disappeared for a while before returning with scrolls. “I have found out more then you actually know. I know about the Legendary Prayer. I know about the Prophecy.”

<span style="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 are actually two,” Elm Re calmly explained to her enemy. “The one you know is about the Great Sage and the Light. This prophecy, which for the first time has been recorded in history by the AniGuardian Masters, but was made at the very beginning of times. The second Prophecy however has been a complete different one.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Tell me!” Oracion commanded and his Wicked Gods lured dangerously over Elm Re.

<span style="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.” Elm Re at that moment was swapped back by the tail of Wicked Dreadroot. She was barely able to stand. Wicked Avatar loomed over her and became red hot, firing a beam from the core of the monster onto Elm Re. Elm Re was able to jump aside just in time before the blast impacted.

<span style="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 will tell me!” Oracion commanded and he nodded again to Genesis, who created a warp and disappeared through it. “I will force 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;">“I will not fall for any of your tricks,” Elm Re grunted and she stood up again, her light weight armor being scratched and slashed and dirty. Her blonde hair coming from the hood she wore was dirty 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;">“Bring them to me, General Genesis,” Oracion ordered and the portal Genesis had opened closed.

<span style="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;">“Dragen!”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Marcy came running down the hall with White Summoner and Black Summoner behind her, firing beams at passing soldiers of the enemy. Dragen was with Junk Guardian and Nitro Warrior fighting of hordes of Skull-Servants and Dark Crusader`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;">“What is it?” Dragen asked turning around to 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;">“We have a problem, they are strong at the south wing. Drake and Dyllan are barely able to keep the line standing there. Rae has called for reinforcements at the Gate, but we cannot spare anyone or any forces,” Marcy tells Kamon`s best friend. At that very same moment Cyber-Doomdozer came crashing down on the Golden Castle.

<span style="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 it,” Dragen cursed everybody near him. “We promised we would keep this castle standing and I don’t want to lose my promise.”

<span style="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,” Marcy said, before hurrying along the hall. “I’ll check out the medical wing and protect it.” Dragen shouted something back to her, but she was long way gone to hear 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;">“Junk Archer, Cyclone Warrior, appear!” Dragen ordered and his two monsters appeared at his side. He was too busy fighting of the forces, that he failed to realize a portal opened behind him and Genesis stepped through, knocking him out cold with a piece of wood lying around. Dragen was dragged through the portal, unable to do anything.

<span style="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;">Five Maiden of the Holy Water (normally 1000/600) were giving water to humans lying in the hospital wing of the Golden Castle, when Marcy came running inside, closing and locking the doors of the hospital wing. Marcy looked around before going through the wing in order to fight at the other side.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“Milady!” a Maiden shrieked as she pushed Marcy out of the way and a pillar came falling down through the gigantic window along with Zaborg the Lightning Overlord, one of Dragen`s monsters, being held down by Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Marcy turned around to see any sign of Dragen, but when Zaborg disappeared all of a sudden she stepped up again and saw how the paw of Chaos Emperor Dragon crush the Maiden. She let a tear and focused on the gigantic dragon, preparing her dueldisk. At that moment a portal opened behind her and Genesis stepped through, putting his hand over her mouth and pulling her inside the portal as Chaos Emperor Dragon`s fire missed the place where Marcy was standing by an inch.

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<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“I will not tell you,” Elm Re told Oracion once more. And Oracion chuckled and saw how in the distance a new portal opened. He knew Genesis was back. “Maybe when hell freezes over, I will tell you, but I will not 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;">“We’ll see about that.”

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

Turn 11 – Elm Re

<span style="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 d-draw,” Elm Re stuttered and picked a new card from her deck. “I set ….. one card and summon a monster in defense mode.” A face down card appeared at her side of the monster field and a vertical placed card appeared behind it. Elm Re then shrieked a little and fell down on one knee.

<span style="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 only way out is to activate that card on the next turn, his turn. But when it turns out worse, I am not only gone. The second prophecy will be revealed. He will torture it out of 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;">’ Elm Re looked up to the Wicked Gods and Oracion. “I end my turn.” She shakes her head to get a more clear image of the field, when she saw Genesis approaching. The first one that betrayed her, before Rontaro did so 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;">Elm Re – 300 <span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Oracion – 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;">“You have 300 lifepoints, next time you activate a spell card, you lose 1000 more, which makes you lose the duel,” Oracion spoke into her. “Lady Elm Re, it is better for you, for all of us to simply give up. You have lost this duel and you will tell me the second prophecy.”

<span style="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,” Elm Re stuttered again and she stood up again, feeling the stinging pain in her side. “No, I will never reveal the second prophecy.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">At that moment two lines shot out of the Wicked Avatar picking two shadowy figures up from the place where Genesis was standing. Elm Re looked up, feeling pain in her neck and was terrified when she saw the two persons that were lifted were 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;">“Dragen,” she spoke out loud and looked at them. Dragen was by conscious.

<span style="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 did I get here?” he asked around and then looked at Elm Re. The hood was too far off keep Elm Re`s face uncovered. “No, that is impossible.” He nudged Marcy at her side. She woke up slowly and looked around, before seeing Elm Re standing below them. She looked with big eyes. It was the face of someone she thought she would never see 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;">“No,” Marcy said. “No, you can’t be. I buried you when I was young. You are dead. This is a cheap illusion.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">“If you do not tell me the prophecy, Lady Elm Re,” Oracion`s voice was heard through everything and seemed to come from everywhere. “Your brother`s friend and your little sister will perish.”

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">Elm Re`s hood now fell off completely, revealing the long blonde hair and a very familiar face, been shown in the McFlinn mansion more than once. She looked up to Marcy and 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;">“Yes, Marcy,” She nodded again and smiled with difficulty. “It is me, Merel.”

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

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">RANDOM 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;">I never planned on revealing Elm Re`s real identity as Merel McFlinn, Kamon`s thought deceased older sister, so soon. But because my crossover with Kaibaman21 shows a different timeline and ending of TDDS, I would show her real identity there too. I spoiled it for now for the crossover, as they do not know at the 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;">It was pretty simple anyway, like Nororat was an anagram for Rontaro, Elm Re was not more but an anagram for Merel. Although, Dragen and Marcy are the only two currently who know about Elm Re`s real identity.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">I would have made this duel last another turn, but I already cut some scenes out of the final draft of this chapter. Next chapter more info on the AniGuardian Ancient War and their Legacies.

<span style="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 since 93 was a little of schedule, it is all a little late. The crossover part 17 will be done now before the rest will come.

<span style="color:rgb(225,228,242);font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;text-align:left;">See you for 94!