Chaos Universe: The Unknown Past Ch. 1 - 63 (Chapter 53: The Vengence of Exodia) has arrived

[Haou Devil 12]

I'm more of a Card Name and Effect writing kind of guy. I just want to write my ideas and see if they'll be useful in a Duel.

[Mystery Guest]

Same with me. Do you have an idea for what those Cyber Angels would look like though?

[Haou Devil 12]

Well, if I had to imagine, they would look like teenage girls, about Rachel's age, with different color shining armor on certain parts of their bodies.

[Haou Devil 12]

Here's Chapter 51 everyone. Enjoy.

Chapter 51 (Click to View)

Crow went back to the resting area with a giant smirk on his face.

"See?" asked Crow. "I told you I could defy Destiny."

"Actually she predicted you'd win." said Nick. "And she was right."

Crow had an annoyed look on his face when he heard him.

"What?!" yelled Crow.

"When she says something, it means someone is going to lose. When she doesn't say anything, it means you're gonna win." said Chris A. "So that means you never defied Destiny at all. Heh, heh, heh."

Crow still had an annoyed look on his face and he bowed his head in embarassment.

"My head hurts." said Crow.

Then the announcer came up on the screen.

"Alright! we have the challengers for the next match." said the announcer. "From Team Satellite he's the king of Death Valley and the incarnation of our own Boy of Chaos, it's Haou. And from Team Ultimate Kingdom it's the ruler of the entire kingdom, give it up for the Kingdom - Emperor."

"Alright. Now it's my turn." said Haou.

"Be careful!" said Madeline all worried.

"Our grandfather shows no mercy or restraint." said Malcolm. "He was never like this before, but believe us he'll obliterate you."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." said Haou calmly. "Wish me luck."

"Wait." said Nick as he reached into his pocket and grabbed something. "Take this."

Nick gave him "Immortal Polymerization".

"Nick, I can't take or use this card. It'll be suicide if I use it." said Haou.

"Just use it as a last resort. If you can draw it that is." said Nick.

Haou looked concerned, but he knew Nick wouldn't take 'No' for an answer.

"Alright." said Haou as he walked out to the arena.

Both Haou and the Emperor were on the arena.

"Are you Duelists ready?" asked the announcer.

"Always." said Haou.

"Of course." said the Emperor.

"Alright!" yelled the announcer. "Duel.... Start!"

Duel!
Haou/ 5 cards/ LP 8000
Emperor/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Haou: Turn 1
I draw. I play the spell "Kindred Spirits", when this card is activated, by discarding 1 monster card in my hand, I can Special Summon from my Deck 1 monster with the same name as the discarded monster card, so I discard "Zeo-Nexus The Death Warrior"(LV4/DARK/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1900 DEF/1500) And Special Summon from my Deck "Zeo The Death Warrior"(LV7/DARK/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2500 DEF/2200) Now I activate his effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 "Devil Token"(LV7/DARK/Fiend/Token/ATK/2500 DEF/2000) to your side of the field. Now I play the Field Spell "Death Valley" and thanks to "Zeo"(s) effect, if "Death Valley" is on the field, he gains 1000 ATK. (2500 + 1000 = 3500 ATK) I play 2 cards face-down and end my turn and at the End Phase of each turn, your "Devil Token" inflicts 800 points of damage to the controller. (Emperor: LP 7200)

"Foolish move, creature." said the Emperor. "It is now my move."

Haou/ 1 card/ LP 8000
Emperor/ 5 cards/ LP 7200
Field: "Death Valley"

Emperor: Turn 2
I draw. I summon "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) Now I activate his effect, by paying 1500 LP (Emperor: LP 5700) I can Special Summon 1 "Kingdom" monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Princess"(LV5/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2100 DEF/2100) Now I activate her effect, once per turn, by removing 1 card from my hand from play, I regain half the LP I lost this turn. (Emperor: LP 6450) Now by removing the spell "Kingdom Rush" from my hand from play, I can activate as many "Kingdom" Continuous Spells from my Deck, so I activate "Kingdom - Castle", "Kingdom - Artillery", "Kingdom - Guards", "Kingdom - Moat", and "Kingdom - Royal Family" from my Deck. Now I activate the effects of "Kingdom - Artillery", "Kingdom - Guards", and "Kingdom - Royal Family". "Kingdom - Royal Family" allows me to Special Summon 1 LV4 or below Warrior-type monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Court Jester"(LV1/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/300 DEF/300) "Kingdom - Artillery" inflicts damage to you equal to the combined ATK of every "Kingdom" monster on my field, so you take 3800 points of damage. (Haou: LP 4200) Now "Kingdom - Guards" allows me to destroy 1 monster on your field once per turn, so I destroy your "Zeo The Death Warrior" and thanks to your "Devil Token"(s) effect, if "Zeo The Death Warrior" isn't on the field, it is automatically destroyed. Now I activate the Field Spell "Ultimate Kingdom" and when "Ultimate Kingdom" is successfully activated, I can Special Summon "Hidden Archfiend in the Kingdom"(LV8/EARTH/Fiend/Effect/ATK/3900 DEF/3500) Now I'm tuning my "Court Jester"(LV1) with my "Princess"(LV5) to Synchro Summon "Kingdom - Royal Castle Guard"(LV6/EARTH/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/ATK/2500 DEF/2500) Now I activate "Hidden Archfiend in the Kingdom"(s) effect, only once during my Main Phase, I can destroy all of my opponent's Spell & Trap cards on the field. (Haou counters: I activate the Counter Trap "Spirit of Might", by sending 1 card on my field to the Graveyard, I can send a number of "Chaos Spirit"(s) or "Death Spirit" monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard and negate a number of attacks equal to the number of "Chaos Spirit" or "Death Spirit" monsters I sent to the Graveyard, so I send 3 "Death Spirit" monsters to the Graveyard. Next, I activate the card I sent to the Graveyard, "Spirit Burial", when this face-down card is sent to the Graveyard, I can send 3 "Chaos Spirit" or "Death Spirit" monsters to the Graveyard.) I end my turn.

Haou/ 1 card/ LP 4200
Emperor/ 1 card/ LP 6450
Field: "Death Valley" & "Ultimate Kingdom"

Haou: Turn 3
I draw. Since you activated your "Kingdom Rush!" and it's my Standby Phase, you lose the match. (Emperor says: Look again. (5 cards/ LP 8000) What?! That's impossible! (Emperor says: Remember that card I removed from play using my "Kingdom - Princess"(s) effect?) Yeah, why? (Emperor counters: That card was the spell known as "Kingdom Super Stability", if this card was removed from play, if I should lose, I don't. And I can return all of my non-"Kingdom" cards from my field, hand, Graveyard, and ones that were removed from play to my Deck, shuffle, draw 5 cards, and my LP are set right back where they were at the start of this Duel.) That's some card. (Emperor says: And also you can't attack when its effect was activated.) At least your "Hidden Archfiend in the Kingdom" is gone. Now I play the spell "Level Draw", so I pay 500 LP (Haou: LP 3700) And I can select 1 monster on the field and draw cards from my Deck equal to half the level of the selected monster, so I select your "Kingdom - Royal Castle Guard", so I draw 3 cards. (Haou: Hand: 4) Next, I activate the Quick-Play Spell "Quick Trap", so I can activate a Trap Card from my Deck, so I activate the trap "Death Gate", when this card is activated, if there are 6 "Death Spirit" monsters in my Graveyard or on my field, I can Special Summon "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno"(LV10/DARK/Dragon/Effect/ATK/4000 DEF/4000) from my Deck. Now I activate his effect, once per turn, I can select 1 "Death Spirit" monster from my Graveyard and this card gains the effect of the selected "Death Spirit" monster, so I choose "Death Spirit Landcaron"(LV4/DARK/Spirit/Effect/ATK/900 DEF/850) Now I summon "Undead Spirit Dark"(LV2/DARK/Spirit/Effect/ATK/200 DEF/300) Now I activate his effect, once per turn, he can take the effect of 1 of your Spell or Trap Cards, so I choose your "Kingdom - Guards" and activate its effect, so I can destroy your "Kingdom - Royal Castle Guard". Now "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno" attack him directly. (Emperor counters: I activate the effects of "Kingdom - Castle", once per turn, I can negate a direct attack.) Only 1 direct attack. Since "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno" has "Death Spirit Landcaron"(s) effect, he can attack twice, so "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno" hit him again. (Emperor counters: I activate the second effect of "Kingdom - Castle", once per turn, I can halve the damage I take.) (Emperor: LP 6000) Now "Undead Spirit Dark" attack him directly. (Emperor: Pfft. Minor annoyance./ LP 5800) I play 1 card face-down and end my turn.

("Insolent Creature." thought the Emperor. "I shall end this right now.") "It is now my move." said the Emperor.

Haou/ 1 card/ LP 3700
Emperor/ 1 card/ LP 5800
Field: "Death Valley" & "Ultimate Kingdom!"

Emperor: Turn 4
I draw. By removing the spell "Profits of the Kingdom" from my hand from play, I can activate its effect, which allows me to draw cards from my Deck equal to the number of "Kingdom" cards I control since I control 5, I draw 5 cards. (Emperor: Hand: 6) (smiles) (Haou counters: I activate the trap "Dust Tornado", when this card is activated, I can destroy 1 of your Spell or Trap cards and I choose your "Kingdom - Guards".) Now I activate the effects of "Kingdom - Royal Family", once per turn, I can Special Summon 2 LV1 monsters from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Court Jester"(LV1/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/300 DEF/300) and "Kingdom - Jester's Assistant"(LV1/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/0 DEF/1900) Next, I summon back "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) Now I activate his effect, when he is Normal Summoned, by paying 1500 LP (Emperor: LP 4300) I can Special Summon 1 "Kingdom" monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Jack"(LV6/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2200 DEF/1400) Now I'm tuning my "Court Jester"(LV1) with my "Jester's Assistant"(LV1) and my "Kingdom - Jack"(LV6). "To all peasants of this forsaken world, bow before the Ultimate Kingdom! Synchro Summon!" Rule over all! "Kingdom - Emperor"(LV8/EARTH/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/ATK/3000 DEF/1600) Next, I remove from my hand another "Profits of the Kingdom" spell card and activate it, so I draw 4 cards. (Emperor: Hand: 5) Now I activate the effect of my "Kingdom - Emperor", if "Kingdom -Jack" was used in his Synchro Summon, once per turn, I can inflict 500 points of damage to my opponent. (Haou: LP 3200) Now I activate the second effect of my "Kingdom - Royal Family", once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 LV4 or below Warrior-type monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Swordsman"(LV3/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1500 DEF/500) Now I activate his effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 LV4 or lower "Kingdom" monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Jester Imposter"(LV2/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/800 DEF/800) Now I'm tuning my "Jester Imposter"(LV2) with my "Mounted Knight"(LV4) and my "Swordsman"(LV3) "To all peasants of this forsaken world, bow before the Ultimate Kingdom! Synchro Summon!" Take Flight! "Kingdom - Dragon"(LV9/EARTH/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/ATK/? DEF/2500) Now he gains ATK equal to the total amount of ATK of the monsters used to summon it, so he gains 3900 ATK. (ATK: 3900) Now I activate the effects of "Kingdom - Artillery", once per turn, you take damage equal to the total amount of ATK of every "Kingdom" monster on my field, so you take 6900 points of damage. It's over! (Haou counters: Not quite. By discarding "Darkness Kuriboh"(LV1/DARK/Fiend/Effect/ATK/300 DEF/200), all Battle Damage and Effect Damage done to me become 0.) You survived this turn. I end my turn.

Haou/ 0 cards/ LP 3200
Emperor/ 3 cards/ LP 4300
Field: "Death Valley" & "Ultimate Kingdom!"

Haou: Turn 5
I draw. (Emperor counters: During our Duel, I forgot to activate the effects of "Kingdom - Moat", during each of my opponent's Standby Phases, I can select the Attribute or type of monster and the selected Attribute or type cannot attack until the End Phase of my next turn, so I choose the DARK Attribute.) In that case, I play another "Level Draw", so I pay 500 LP (Haou: LP 2700) And select "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno", so I draw 5 cards. (Haou: Hand: 5) Now I play the Quick-Play Spell "Mystical Space Typhoon", so I can destroy your "Kingdom - Guards". Now I activate the effect of my "Undead Spirit Dark", so I can take the effect of your "Kingdom - Royal Family" and activate it first effect, so I can Special Summon 1 LV4 or below Warrior-type monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Death Hero Grave Ninja"(LV4/DARK/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1800 DEF/800) (Haou thinks: Now that I got "Death Hero Grave Ninja" back from D.C.Q. thanks to Nick, I might be able to win.) Now I activate his effect, when he's summoned, I can flip a coin and the result determines his effect throughout the whole Duel. (flips coin and it falls on the ground.) And it's Heads, so once per turn, by removing 1 "Death Hero" monster from my Deck from play, this card gains the ATK of the removed "Death Hero" until the End Phase, so I remove "Death Hero Soul Warrior"(LV4/DARK/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1700 DEF/1000) from play and "Grave Ninja"(s) ATK are increased by 1700. (1800 + 1700 = 3500 ATK) Now I activate the effect of my "Darkness Kuriboh" in my Graveyard, by removing it from my Graveyard from play, I can halve the ATK of all of my opponent's monsters. ("Kingdom - Emperor": 3000 - 1500 = 1500 ATK/ "Kingdom - Dragon": 3900 - 1950 = 1950 ATK) Now I activate "Zeno"(s) effect again and select "Death Spirit Landcaron". Now "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno" destroy his "Kingdom - Emperor". (Emperor: LP 1800) Now "Zeno" end this by destroying his "Kingdom - Dragon". (Emperor counters: I activate "Kingdom - Castle"(s) effect, I can halve the damage I take.) (Emperor: LP 775) In that case, "Death Hero Grave Ninja" END THIS!! (Emperor counters: I activate "Kingdom - Castle" again, so I can negate your Direct Attack.) Then, "Undead Spirit Dark" attack him directly. (Emperor: LP 575) I end my turn.

"Face it, Emperor." said Haou. "You've lost."

"You think you have the authority to order me?!" yelled Emperor. "I'll wipe you out of existence! My move!"

Haou/ 2 cards/ LP 2700
Emperor/ 3 cards/ LP 575
Field: "Death Valley" & "Ultimate Kingdom!"

Emperor: Turn 6
I DRAW! (smiles) I also play "Level Draw", so I pay 500 of my remaining LP (Emperor: LP 75) And select your "Death Dragon Spirit Zeno", so I draw 5 cards. (Emperor: Hand: 8) Now I activate "Graceful Charity", I can draw 3 cards (Emperor: Hand: 10) And discard 2. (Emperor: Hand: 8) Now by removing 3 Monster Cards from my hand (Emperor: Hand: 5) 3 Spell Cards from my Graveyard, and 3 Trap Cards from my Deck, I can activate the Continuous Spell "Kingdom - City", once per turn, I can add 1 "Kingdom" card from my Deck, so I add another "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) to my hand. Now I activate the spell "Kingdom Elimination Hole", this card can only be activated if I control 4 "Kingdom" Continuous Spells and when this card is activated, it can destroy all monsters on the field! (Haou says: NO! Zeno!) Now I summon another "Kingdom - Swordsman"(LV3/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1500 DEF/500) And I activate his effect, so I can Special Summon "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) Now "Kingdom - Mounted Knight" and "Kingdom - Swordsman" END THIS NOW!!

Both warriors charged at Haou and he was speechless because he couldn't was going to happen. He only thought this thought:

("Sorry, Nick." thought Haou. "At least I gave it my all.")

The result is decided.

Haou: LP 0/ Defeated
Emperor: LP 75/ Winner

"And the winner is... the Kingdom - Emperor!" yelled the announcer.

The crowd cheered because of the monsters and strategies they both pulled out.

"Nice Duel, Emperor." said Haou.

"Humph." said the Emperor. "I don't converse with inferior weaklings."

The Emperor walked out of the arena and back to the rest area and so did Haou.

"That was an awesome Duel, Haou." said Nick. "You didn't even have to use "Immortal Polymerization"."

"Yeah. No one has been able to push our grandfather that far before." said Madeline.

"I got to say that was some Duel." said Chris A.

"Thanks, everyone." said Haou.

"And now let's move on to the next match. From Team Ultimate Kingdom, the Kingdom - Jack and from Team Dark Signer, Peter." said the announcer. "Alright, Duel...."

"I resign from the competition." said D. Peter.

The crowd was confused and annoyed.

"Alright then, uh, then Kingdom - Jack wins by default, so we'll have the last members of your teams fight in the last duel." said the announcer. "Kingdom - Royal Knight and Caleb. Are you duelists ready?"

"Yeah!" yelled Caleb.

Then a duelist whose outfit, face and hair kind of resembles Cloud from "Kingdom Hearts 2" but he's shorter, about Nick's height, and his outfit is white with the Team Ultimate Kingdom symbol on his right shoulder cap came up to the arena. And readied his Duel Disk.

"Yes." said Knight calmly.

"Okay!" yelled the announcer. "Duel.... Start!"

"Let's Duel!" yelled the announcer.

Card of the Day: No key card this week.

Haou fought valiently, but it wasn't a total loss. D.C.Q. forfeited for some reason and now another one of Nick's cousins is dueling the last member of Team Ultimate Kingdom, the Kingdom - Royal Knight. "Next Chapter"! Caleb is showing some progress in his dueling, but knight looks as if Caleb was nothing more than a simple-minded peasant, meaning he not going down that easy. Will Caleb win another win for Team Dark Signer, or will Knight get another win for Team Ultimate Kingdom? Find out next time. Until then, KEEP ON DUELING!!

[ragnarok1945]

now THIS should prove interesting. A shame it's not going to be the grand finale duel

[Haou Devil 12]

Chapter 51 is updated. Please read and comment.

[ragnarok1945]

still a little too short, will wait for the whole thing to get up

[Mystery Guest]

Apparently the following are true:

• The Ultimate Kingdom field spell or Death Valley field spell has the ability to share the field card zone. After all, last time Kim dueled she had to use Split Field to play her EESH.
• Hidden Archfiend in the Kingdom isn't a Kingdom monster despite having the word "Kingdom" in its name.
• The Ultimate Kingdom doesn't protect any of the Kingdom cards from destruction.
• Haou doesn't realize that, if he uses Dust Tornado to destroy Ultimate Kingdom, the entire Kingdom will collapse.
• The Castle can activate both effects per turn.

The last 4 are easily errata (I don't find the Kingdom Super Stability errata because I was going to errata it to do that anyway), but the first one I still don't get. Good duel so far though.

[Haou Devil 12]

(11-22-2009 06:37 AM)Mystery Guest Wrote:  Apparently the following are true:

• The Ultimate Kingdom field spell or Death Valley field spell has the ability to share the field card zone. After all, last time Kim dueled she had to use Split Field to play her EESH.
• Hidden Archfiend in the Kingdom isn't a Kingdom monster despite having the word "Kingdom" in its name.
• The Ultimate Kingdom doesn't protect any of the Kingdom cards from destruction.
• Haou doesn't realize that, if he uses Dust Tornado to destroy Ultimate Kingdom, the entire Kingdom will collapse.
• The Castle can activate both effects per turn.

The last 4 are easily errata (I don't find the Kingdom Super Stability errata because I was going to errata it to do that anyway), but the first one I still don't get. Good duel so far though.

Haou is using a version of Nick's Duel Disk, meaning he needs 2 Field Spells to destroy 1.

[ragnarok1945]

you going to have him use Nick's duel disk later in the fic again?

[Haou Devil 12]

I'm saying he has his own model of Nick's Duel Disk. Like back when he was controlled. And yes, he is going to use it later on in the story.

[ragnarok1945]

that's good to hear, I'll be looking forward to the next time he uses it

[Haou Devil 12]

Chapter 51 is finished. Please read and comment.

[Mystery Guest]

Very nice chapter.

[Haou Devil 12]

Here's Chapter 52 everyone. Enjoy.

Chapter 52 (Click to View)

Duel!
Caleb/ 5 cards/ LP 8000
Knight/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Caleb: Turn 1
I draw. I summon "Koa'ki Meiru Guardian"(LV4/EARTH/Rock/Effect/ATK/1900 DEF/1200) Next, I play 2 cards face-down and end my turn. Now the effect of my "Koa'ki Meiru Guardian" activates, during my End Phase its destroyed unless I send 1 "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" to the Graveyard or reveal 1 Rock-type monster in my hand to my opponent, so I reveal from my hand "Koa'ki Meiru Boulder"(LV4/EARTH/Rock/Effect/ATK/1200 DEF/1000), so he's safe.

("Odd set of monsters." thought Knight. "But like all monsters they will fall.") "My turn." said Knight.

Caleb/ 3 cards/ LP 8000
Knight/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Knight: Turn 2
I draw. I summon "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) Now his effect activates, when he's Normal Summoned, by paying 1500 LP (Knight: LP 6500) I can Special Summon 1 "Kingdom" monster from my hand. (Caleb counters: I activate "Koa'ki Mieru Guardian"(s) effect, by tributing it, I can negate your monster's effect and destroy it.) In that case, I play the spell "Double Summon", so I can Normal Summon again, so I summon "Kingdom - Swordsman"(LV3/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1500 DEF/500) Now I activate his effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 LV4 or lower "Kingdom" monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Jester Imposter"(LV2/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/800 DEF/800) Now I activate his effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon another "Kingdom - Jester Imposter"(LV2/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/800 DEF/800) from my Deck. Now I activate his second effect, once per turn, I can select a number of "Kingdom - Court Jester"(s) on the field and they're treated as non-Tuner monsters until the End Phase. (Caleb says: But you have no "Kingdom - Court Jester"(s).) "Kingdom - Jester Imposter" name is also treated as "Kingdom - Court Jester". Now I'm tuning my first "Jester Imposter"(LV2) to my second "Jester Imposter"(LV2) and my "Swordsman"(LV3). "To all peasants of this forsaken world, bow before the Ultimate Kingdom! Synchro Summon!" Protect and serve! "Kingdom - Royal Knight"(LV7/EARTH/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/ATK/2700 DEF/1800) Now "Kingdom - Royal Knight" attack him directly. (Caleb counters: I activate the Continuous Trap "Core Reinforcement", when this card is activated, I can Special Summon 1 "Koa'ki Meiru" monster from my Graveyard in face-up Attack Position, so I revive "Koa'ki Meiru Guardian"(LV4/EARTH/Rock/Effect/ATK/1900 DEF/1200) But you still take damage. (Caleb: LP 7200) I play 1 card face-down and end my turn.

Caleb/ 3 cards/ LP 7200
Knight/ 2 cards/ LP 6500

Caleb: Turn 3
I draw. I play the spell "Core Compression", by revealing 1 "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" from my hand, by discarding 1 "Koa'ki Meiru" monster, I can draw 2 cards. (Caleb: Hand: 4) Now I activate my second face-down. Another "Core Reinforcement" and I'm using it to revive my ultimate "Koa'ki Meiru". (Knight says: What?!) Come forth! "Koa'ki Meiru Valafar"(LV8/FIRE/Fiend/Effect/ATK/3000 DEF/2100) Now I summon "Koa'ki Meiru Sea Panther"(LV4/WATER/Sea Serpent/Effect/ATK/1900 DEF/1200) Now "Koa'ki Meiru Valafar" destroy his "Kingdom - Royal Knight". (Knight counters: I activate the trap "Appearing Moat", when this card is activated, the Battle Phase ends and I can activate the "Kingdom - Moat" Continuous Spell from my Deck.) I end my turn. Now "Koa'ki Meiru Valafar"(s) effect activates, but I chain it with "Koa'ki Meiru Sea Panther"(s) effect, so I discard "Iron Core of Koa'ki Meiru" for "Valafar"(s) effect and I reveal the Fiend-type monster "Koa'ki Meiru Ice"(LV3/WATER/Aqua/Effect/ATK/1900 DEF/200) in my hand to keep "Koa'ki Meiru Sea Panther" in play.

Meanwhile where Wiraq, D.C.Q., and the Emperor is...

"Your knight is quite skilled, Emperor." said Wiraq.

"Yes, but that Koa'ki Meiru Deck might pose as a problem, but it's nothing Knight can handle." said the Emperor. "By the way, are you sure you're alright with one of my team taking out one of your own?"

"Go ahead." said D.C.Q. "He serves no purpose to me anymore."

Knight looked back at the corridor behind him where he saw the Emperor. The Emperor nodded his head yes, then Knight turned back and faced his opponent.

("Understood, your Majesty." thought Knight.) "My turn." said Knight.

Caleb/ 2 cards/ LP 7200
Knight/ 2 cards/ LP 6500

Knight: Turn 4
I draw. I play the spell "Pot of Greed", so I draw 2 cards. (Knight: Hand: 4) Now I remove from my hand the spell "Kingdom Rush!" and activate its effect, so I can activate as many "Kingdom" Continuous Spells and the Field Spell "Ultimate Kingdom!" from my Deck, so I activate "Kingdom - Castle", "Kingdom - Artillery", "Kingdom - Guards", and "Kingdom - City". And also the Field Spell "Ultimate Kingdom!" Now I activate the effect of "Kingdom - City", once per turn, I can add 1 "Kingdom" card from my Deck to my hand, so I add "Kingdom - King"(LV7/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2550 DEF/1650) to my hand. Now I remove from my hand the spell "Profits of the Kingdom" and activate its effect which allows me to draw cards from my Deck equal to the number of "Kingdom" cards I control, so I draw 6 cards. (Knight: Hand: 9) Now I summon another "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) Now I activate his effect, so by paying 1500 LP (Knight: LP 4000) So I can Special Summon "Kingdom - King"(LV7/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2550 DEF/1650) Now I play another "Double Summon", so I can summon "Kingdom - Court Jester"(LV1/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/300 DEF/300) Now I activate the effect of "Ultimate Kingdom!", when its activated, I can Special Summon "Hidden Archfiend in the Kingdom"(LV8/EARTH/Fiend/Effect/ATK/3900 DEF/3500) Now I activate the effects of "Kingdom - Artillery", once per turn, I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the combined amount of ATK of every "Kingdom" I control, so you take a total of 10050 points of damage! END THIS!! (Caleb says: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!)

Nick watched as Caleb was taking a blast of defeat.

"CALEB!" yelled Nick as he ran to the arena.

Caleb: LP 0/ Defeated
Knight: LP 4000/ Winner

"And the winner is... the Kingdom - Royal Knight!" yelled the announcer.

Caleb was knocked unconsious and Knight walked over to him holding what seems to be a sword.

"By order of his majesty, I shall take your last breath." said Knight as he was about to slash Caleb until Nick came just in time and blocked the attack.

"You lay one hand on one my family, I'll kill you where you stand!" yelled Nick with anger.

Knight had an angry, distained look his face.

"Is that a challenge or a promise?" said Knight. "You may be the savior of this realm, but when I look at you, I see nothing but an arrogant child who doesn't follow anyone but himself. I follow the Emperor and I swore on my life to protect him and and all members of the Royal Family."

"And I swore my life to protect this realm and everyone I care about!" yelled Nick. "Yet you call me arrogant? You don't care about anyone else except the Royal Family or anyone else who get hurt?"

"If that's what you think, I might be able to prove you wrong." said Knight.

"Bring it on." said Nick.

"H-H-Hold on." said the announcer. "Though the first round of the tournament is over, we still don't have enough participants to move on, so we'll have to have a bracket match, which means we have to randomly choose 2 participants that lost and those 2 will duel to earn a spot in the second round, so let's go to the board."

The virtual board showed the people who lost and rapidly switched through people's pictures until it stopped on 2 people.

"And it looks like it's Hunter from Team Mystery and the Kingdom - Swordsman from Team Ultimate Kingdom." said the annonucer as both of them came out to the arena. "Are you duelists ready?"

"I'll make this quick." said Hunter.

"I won't lose this time!" yelled the swordsman.

"Okay!" yelled the announcer. "Duel... Start!"

Duel!
Hunter/ 5 cards/ LP 8000
Swordsman/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Hunter: Turn 1
I draw. (Hunter thinks: Like I said, I'll make this quick.) I play the Continuous Spell "Cycle of Life". Next, I set 1 monster and 1 card face-down and end my turn.

("I won't lose." thought the Swordsman. "I won't be humiliated again. I must prove myself to his majesty!") "My turn!" yelled the Swordsman.

Hunter/ 3 cards/ LP 8000
Swordsman/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Swordsman: Turn 2
I draw! I summon "Kingdom - Mounted Knight"(LV4/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1200) and I activate his effect, by paying 1500 LP (Swordsman: LP 6500) I can Special Summon 1 "Kingdom" monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Swordsman"(LV3/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/1500 DEF/500) Now I activate my effect, once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 LV4 or lower "Kingdom" monster from my hand, so I Special Summon "Kingdom - Jester Imposter"(LV2/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/800 DEF/800) Now I activate his effect to Special Summon another "Kingdom - Jester Imposter"(LV2/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/800 DEF/800) from my Deck and use its effect to Special Summon "Kingdom - Court Jester"(LV1/EARTH/Warrior/Tuner/ATK/300 DEF/300) Now I'm tuning my "Jester Imposter"(LV2) with my "Mounted Knight"(LV4) and my "Swordsman"(LV3) "To all peasants of this foresaken world, bow down to the Ultimate Kingdom! Synchro Summon!" Take flight! "Kingdom - Dragon"(LV9/EARTH/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/ATK/? DEF/2500) And thanks to its effect, he gains the total amount of ATK equal to the ATK of the monsters used to summon it. (ATK: 3900) Now I play the spell "Level Draw", so I pay 500 LP (Swordsman: LP 6000) and select "Kingdom - Dragon", so I draw 4 cards. (Swordsman: Hand: 6) Now I play the spell "Double Summon", so I can summon again, so I tribute "Kingdom - Court Jester" to summon "Kingdom - Jack"(LV6/EARTH/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2200 DEF/1400) Now I'm tuning my second "Jester Imposter"(LV2) to my "Kingdom - Jack"(LV6). "To all peasants of this foresaken world, bow down to the Ultimate Kingdom! Synchro Summon!" His royal majesty! "Kingdom - Emperor"(LV8/EARTH/Warrior/Synchro/Effect/ATK/3000 DEF/1600) Now his effect activates, if "Kingdom - Jack" was used in the summoning of this card, once per turn, I can inflict 500 points of damage to my opponent. (Hunter: LP 7500) Now "Kingdom - Emperor" destroy his face-down. (Flips: "Beast Prey Mink"(LV4/EARTH/Beast/Effect/ATK/0 DEF/0) (Hunter counters: Since you destroyed "Beast Prey Mink" by battle, I can Special Summon a number of "Beast Prey Mink Token"(s)(LV4/EARTH/Beast/Token/ATK/0 DEF/0) for every empty Monster Card Zone on my field, so that's 5 "Beast Prey Mink Token"(s)(LV4/EARTH/Beast/Token/ATK/0 DEF/0) Now "Kingdom - Dragon" destroy one of his "Token"(s). (Hunter counters: I activate the trap "Negate Attack", so the Battle Phase ends and your attack is negated.) I play 1 card face-down and end my turn. (Swordsman thinks: After seeing him Duel he's probably going to bring out his most powerful monster, but if he tries to attack, I have "Appearing Moat" face-down, so his Battle Phase will end and I can activate "Kingdom - Moat" from my Deck. Then the Emperor might promote me to knight. I won't lose again! I WON'T!!)

Hunter/ 3 cards/ LP 7500
Swordsman/ 3 cards/ LP 6000

Hunter: Turn 3
I draw. I tribute 2 of my "Beast Prey Mink Token"(s) to summon "Predatory Beast Rex"(LV9/EARTH/Dinosaur/Effect/ATK/3200 DEF/2600) Now his effect activates when he's summoned I can tribute monsters on the field whose level is lower than his and he gains ATK equal to the total level of those x400, so I tribute my last 3 "Beast Prey Mink Token"(s) and their levels add up to 12, so he gains 4800 ATK. (4800 + 3200 = 8000 ATK) Now "Cycle of Life" activates, when a monster is tributed by the effects of a "Predatory Beast" I can Special Summon a "Beast Prey" monster from my Deck and since 3 monsters were tributed, I can Special Summon 3 "Beast Prey" monsters, so I Special Summon 3 "Beast Prey Junco"(s)(LV2/EARTH/Winged-Beast/Effect/ATK/0 DEF/0) Now I also play a "Double Summon", so I can summon "Predatory Beast Archfiend"(LV4/EARTH/Fiend/Effect/ATK/1800 DEF/1200) Now I activate its effect, so I tribute all 3 of my "Beast Prey Junco"(s) and their levels equal 6, so "Archfiend" gains 1200 ATK. (1800 + 1200 = 3000 ATK) Now "Cycle of Life" activates, but I chain it with my 3 "Beast Prey Junco"(s) effects, when it's tributed by the effect of a "Predatory Beast", I can return 1 card on my opponent's field to his hand and since 3 were tributed, I can return all of your cards. (Swordsman says: NOOOO!!) Now "Cycle of Life" activates, so I Special Summon 2 more "Beast Prey Mink"(s)(LV4/EARTH/Beast/Effect/ATK/0 DEF/0) and "Beast Prey Electric Eel"(LV3/EARTH/Sea Serpent/Tuner/ATK/1200 DEF/1000) Now "Predatory Beast Archfiend" attack him directly. (Swordsman: LP 3000) Now "Predatory Beast Rex" END THIS NOW!! (Swordsman says: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!)

Hunter: LP 7500/ Winner
Swordsman: LP 0/ Defeated

"And the winner is Hunter." said the announcer.

"I told you I'd make it quick." said Hunter.

"I...I...I lost again." said the Swordsman. "Your majesty. I'm..."

The Emperor turned walked back to the rest area without saying a word.

"That concludes our first round of the tournament." said the announcer. "Be here for tomorrow match-ups for the second round and we promise you'll have a great time here. See you next time."

Cards of the Day: "Predatory Beast Rex" & "Kingdom - Royal Knight"

The first round of the Duelist Rising Tournament comes to a close and things are gonna get a lot tougher in the second round. "Next Chapter"! Nick sets up rooms for Team Mystery. Then at night Nick heard a voice calling him and he took the Expressroid to the Molten Destruction dimension, where he saw Zane. And he knew they had some unfinished business. Will Nick free Zane from E.N. control, or will Zane finally destroy Nick and feel great about himself? Find out next time. Until then, KEEP ON DUELING!!

[ragnarok1945]

nice duel start, hopefully it'll pick up soon for me to see

[Haou Devil 12]

Chapter 52 is finished. Please read and comment.

[ragnarok1945]

Makes me wonder just what will Swordsman's fate be for failing again..........

[Haou Devil 12]

Here's Chapter 53 everyone. Enjoy.

Chapter 53 (Click to View)

Everyone left the arena and went on home. As so did Nick and everyone else.

"So where are you guys staying?" asked Nick.

"Well, when we got this dimension we didn't think we'd stay for long, so we're kind of homeless." said Kim.

"Don't worry." said Nick. "I might be able to put up some extra rooms at the hotel my team is staying in. Of course, I'll have to pay for it again."

"Thanks." said Kim happily.

Nick then turned and saw Team Ultimate Kingdom walking away from the arena. He saw Knight give him that angry, distained look again. When Kim saw them she was concerned and started thinking back to what happened to her friend.

"(whimpering)" said Kim.

Nick looked at Kim and asked her questions on the walk back to the hotel.

"So, Kim." said Nick. "You said your friend was taken over by an organization that runs those "Kingdom" cards right?"

"Yes." said Kim.

"Tell me, what was your friend like before all that happened?" asked Nick.

"He was brave, had a strong heart, and he would never let any of his friends get hurt." said Kim. "You kind of remind me of him, except he uses a Time Deck. But he always has 1 card that helps him win a Duel. It was "United we Stand"."

("A Time Deck with "United we Stand" in it." thought Nick. "So it is him.") "I see." said Nick. "You're John's friends aren't you?"

Kim and the others were surprised to hear Nick know his name.

"How-How do you know him?" asked Kim.

"While I was traveling through the Duel Monster Realm on my own, I came across him dueling people in New Domino." said Nick. "I helped him out of that situation and then he told me where he came from and the person who sent him here. So we went looking for him, found him, dueled him and won. Then a portal appeared showing him his home, so we said good-bye and hoped we would meet again."

"Now that you mention it, me and John ran into some shady-looking person outside the school." said Chris A. "He casted some portal under John and John fell in with him following. After a few days, he came back."

"Thanks for helping him." said Kim. "It's nice to see someone else who knows about him."

Soon after they arrived at the hotel and Nick booked them a few rooms. Then Nick gave everyone a tour of what the rooms look like.

"Welcome to Casa de' Duelist." said Nick jokingly.

The rooms were more like apartments than any other hotel room.

"There's the bed, the 69-inch plasma screen with a built in game station along with wireless controllers." said Nick. "A tiny kitchen with a microwave that can fix you any meal from this cookbook. You see the dish you want, look at the code at the bottom, punch in the code on the microwave and when the microwave is done, there's your meal on a steaming-hot plate. Here's the television remote so you can change the channels, but you can type in the room number of any room in this hotel. When you do that, the Television screen can show you what's going on in the room. You can also talk to another person in their room. It's kind of like a video phone. Here's the bathroom. There are 3 showers in case you have roomates and three stalls for when you have to go badly. I guess that's it. Alright head on back to your rooms and get some rest for tomorrow."

Everyone went to their rooms, took showers and went to bed. Later that night, Nick heard a distant voice calling him. And to Nick, it sounded familiar.

"It's Payback time, Cunningham." said the voice. "If you're man enough to face me, come to Molten Destruction where you'll lose everything!"

Nick turned to the window and looked at the moon and remembered what happened and thought to himself.

("Zane." thought Nick. "Get ready. I'm coming for you.")

Nick got changed, put his shoes on, got his Duel Disk and walked out of his room to the station until...

"Where are you going?" asked Rein when he came out of his room.

"Nowhere." said Nick lying.

"You're going to duel Zane, aren't you?" asked Rein. "If you are, then I'm coming too."

"No, Rein." said Nick. "He wants me and only me."

"I don't think you have a choice." said Rein.

Then Chris A. and Cody came out of their rooms.

"I couldn't help but overhear you guys." said Cody. "But if Rein is going, then I'm coming too."

"I may not know what's going on, but I can't pass up a good Duel." said Chris A. "I'm going too."

"We're all going, whether you like it or not." said Rein.

Nick couldn't say anything for a second, then he smiled and said...

"Alright. Guess I'm stuck with you guys." said Nick. "Let's go."

Nick, Cody, Rein and Chris A. ran to the station. Meanwhile where Team Dark Signer is...

"My, my." said Wiraq. "Where is young Cunningham heading off to at this hour?"

"He's going to Duel this kid called Zane." said D.C.Q. "Zane is a boy who has a grudge against Nick. Not only that, he has obtained the power of Exodia and Exodia Necross. Believing that's the key to defeating Nick."

"So this Zane character is pretty special." said Wiraq. "Makayla, be a good girl and follow Cunningham and his friends."

"Why do I have to do it?" asked Makayla.

"Since your sister is rather close to Cunningham, it would make more sense for you to do just the same." said Wiraq. "Have you forgotten what he said to you yesterday?"

Makayla's eyes widened as she flashbacked to yesterday.

Flashback:

("I'm glad you're alive because I don't know how I could forgive myself if something happened to you while your sister is worrying about you!" said Nick.)

The story continues:

"As a bonus, you get to experience Exodia's power first-hand." said Wiraq. "And maybe you could obtain Exodia's power."

Makayla left the room without saying a word and headed after Nick and the guys.

("That's my girl." thought Wiraq.)

Nick and the gang soon arrived at the station. Nick inserted the "Molten Destruction" Field Spell into the destination slot and got on the Expressroid without knowing that Makayla is following them. They soon arrived at Molten Destruction and got off the Expressroid, without noticing Makayla getting off with them, then they searched for Zane.

"Where are we supposed to look for him?" asked Chris A. "There's nothing here but molten rock and volcanos and..."

Suddenly, Exodia emerged from out of the ground right in front of them with Zane and his Duel Disk on Exodia's shoulder.

"And Exodia." said Chris A. all surprised.

"I thought I told you come alone, Cunningham." said Zane.

"My friends are with me no matter what, Zane. So deal with it." said Nick.

"Fine." said Zane. "They'll watch you get destroyed by the power of Exodia. None can overcome his great strength. Prepare to lose, Cunningham!"

"Bring it, Zane!" yelled Nick.

Duel!
Nick/ 5 cards/ LP 8000
Zane/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Nick: Turn 1
I draw. I activate the spell "Double Summon", so I can summon twice this turn, so I summon "Chaos Spirit Necron"(LV4/DARK/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1000 DEF/1000) Now I activate his effect, when he's successfully Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon 2 "Dark Metal Reflect Slime Token"(s)(LV4/DARK/Fiend/Token/ATK/1000 DEF/1000) And thanks to the effect of "Double Summon", I can summon again, so by tributing my first "Dark Metal Reflect Slime Token", I summon "Chaos Spirit Darklight"(LV5/DARK/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1500) Now "Chaos Spirit Necron" and "Chaos Spirit Darklight" use "Spirit Cross Fusion" to summon "Chaos Spirit Eclipse"(LV6/DARK/Spirit/Fusion/Effect/ATK/2100 DEF/1500) Now I activate his effect, when he's succesfully summoned, I can select 1 or more monsters on my field and 1 LV5 or higher monster from my Deck, then I can Normal Summon again, so I choose "Chaos Spirit Neon"(LV6/LIGHT/Spirit/Effect/ATK/2100 DEF/900) from my Deck and by tributing my last "Dark Metal Reflect Slime Token", I can summon "Chaos Spirit Neon"(LV6/LIGHT/Spirit/Effect/ATK/2100 DEF/900) Now I activate his effect, when he's successfully Normal Summoned, I can select 1 "Chaos Spirit" monster from my Deck and 1 from my hand and send them to the Graveyard, then his ATK increase by the combined ATK of the discarded monsters until the End Phase, so I send "Chaos Spirit Lava"(LV4/FIRE/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1600 DEF/1000) from my hand and "Chaos Spirit Searon"(LV3/FIRE/Spirit/Effect/ATK/600 DEF/800) from my Deck to the Graveyard. (2200 + 2100 = 4300 ATK) I play 1 card face-down and end my turn. (4300 - 2200 = 2100 ATK)

"This strategy is what you used on your little cousin." said Zane. "And just like all of your other strategies, they will fall. My turn."

Nick/ 1 card/ LP 8000
Zane/ 5 cards/ LP 8000

Zane: Turn 2
I draw. I summon "Soldier of the Forbidden One"(LV3/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK/800 DEF/1200) Now his effect activates, when he's Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a number of "Soldier of the Forbidden One"(s) from my Deck equal to the number of cards in my hand, so I Special Summon 2 more "Soldier of the Forbidden One"(s)(LV3/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK/800 DEF/1200) and 2 "Spirit Soldier of the Forbidden One"(s)(LV3/DARK/Zombie/Effect/ATK/800 DEF/1200) Thanks to their effects, their names are treated as "Soldier of the Forbidden One". Now I activate their effects, by discarding 1 card from my hand with "Forbidden One" in its name, my soldiers can take the names of the discarded cards, so I discard "Right Arm of the Forbidden One"(LV2/DARK/Spellcaster/ATK/200 DEF/300), "Left Arm of the Forbidden One"(LV2/DARK/Spellcaster/ATK/200 DEF/300), "Right Leg of the Forbidden One"(LV2/DARK/Spellcaster/ATK/200 DEF/300), and "Left Leg of the Forbidden One"(LV3/DARK/Spellcaster/ATK/200 DEF/300) (Nick thinks: Crap! He already had four patrs of Exodia's body in his hand. If he draws the head, it's all over.) I end my turn. Now their other effects activate their other effects, during the End Phase, I can equip the discarded cards to them.

("What good will that do?" thought Nick. "Unless...")

Nick/ 1 card/ LP 8000
Zane/ 0 cards/ LP 8000

Nick: Turn 3
I draw. I play the spell "Level Draw", so I pay 500 LP (Nick: LP 7500) I can select 1 monster on the field and draw cards equal to half its level, so I choose "Chaos Spirit Neon", so I draw 3 cards. (Nick: Hand: 4) Now I summon "Chaos Spirit Starnos"(LV4/WIND/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1800 DEF/1400) Now I activate his effect, when he's summoned I can activate 1 of his 2 effects, so I activate his first effect, I can add a number of "Chaos Spirit" or "Death Spirit" monsters from my Deck to my hand equal to the number of cards in my hand, so I add "Chaos Spirit Tsunami"(LV4/WATER/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1500 DEF/1000), "Chaos Spirit Landcaron"(LV4/EARTH/Spirit/Effect/ATK/900 DEF/850), and "Chaos Spirit Forester"(LV4/EARTH/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1200 DEF/2000) to my hand. Now I play the spell "Spirit Summoning", when this card is activated, I can select 1 "Chaos Spirit" or "Death Spirit" monster on the field and I can Special Summon a number of "Chaos Spirit" or "Death Spirit" monsters from my hand up to the level of the selected "Chaos Spirit" or "Death Spirit" monster, so I choose "Chaos Spirit Starnos" and Special Summon "Chaos Spirit Landcaron"(LV4/EARTH/Spirit/Effect/ATK/900 DEF/850), "Chaos Spirit Tsunami"(LV4/WATER/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1500 DEF/1000), and "Chaos Spirit Forester"(LV4/EARTH/Spirit/Effect/ATK/1200 DEF/2000) Now "Chaos Spirit Landcaron" destroy 2 of his "Soldier of the Forbidden One"(s) thanks to his effect, so he can attack twice. (Zane: LP 7800) Now "Chaos Spirit Tsunami" destroy his third "Soldier of the Forbidden One". (Zane: LP 7100) Now "Chaos Spirit Forester" destroy his first "Spirit Soldier of the Forbidden One". (Zane: LP 6700) Now "Chaos Spirit Starnos" destroy his last "Spirit Soldier of the Forbidden One". (Zane: LP 5700) Now then, "Chaos Spirit Neon" and "Chaos Spirit Eclipse" attack him directly. (Zane: LP 1500) I end my turn.

("Wow. He's really good." thought Chris A. "I'd better watch my back tomorrow.")

Zane had a crazy, angry look on his face.

"NO!" yelled Zane. "I WON'T LOSE TO YOU AGAIN!! I gave up too much to get this power just so I could be done with you! Yet everytime... Everytime, YOU somehow come out on top and I'm sick of it! I'M GOING TO DEFEAT YOU, CUNNINGHAM!!"

Nick/ 2 cards/ LP 7500
Zane/ 0 cards/ LP 1500

Zane: Turn 4
I DRAW! I play the spell "Level Draw", so I pay 500 LP (Zane: LP 1000) And select your "Chaos Spirit Neon", so I draw 3 cards. (Zane: Hand: 3) Now I play another "Level Draw", so I pay another 500 LP (Zane: LP 500) and choose your "Chaos Spirit Eclipse", so I draw another 3 cards. (Zane: Hand: 5) (smiles maniacally) I play the spell "Graceful Charity", so I draw 3 cards (Zane: Hand: 7) and discard 2. (Zane: Hand: 5) Now I play the spell that started the chaos! "Contract with Exodia", when I have the 5 pieces of "Exodia" in my Graveyard, I Special Summon "Exodia Necross"(LV4/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK/1800 DEF/0) Now I activate from my Graveyard the spell "The Ultimate Ritual of the Forbidden Lord" By returning all 5 pieces of "Exodia" from my Graveyard to my Deck and sending 2 pieces of "Exodia" from my hand to the Graveyard, I Special Summon "Exodius, the Ultimate Forbidden Lord"(LV10/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK/? DEF/0) Now I play the spell "Pot of Greed", so I draw 2 cards. (Zane: Hand: 2) The time has come to meet your demise, Cunningham! I sacrifice "Exodia Necross". (Nick says: What?!) And I can Special Summon "Warrior of the Forbidden One"(LV7/DARK/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK/? DEF/?) Now his effect activates, his original ATK are the combined ATK of 5 monsters in my Graveyard with "Forbidden One" in their name. Thanks for destroying my soldiers. Now my "Warrior of the Forbidden One"(s) ATK go up to... (ATK: 4000) (Nick says: 4000?!) That's not all. I play another "Pot of Greed", so I draw another 2 cards. (Zane: Hand: 2) Now I activate his second effect, once per turn, by discarding 1 card from my hand, I can inflict 1000 points of damage to you. (Nick: LP 6500) Now "Exodius, the Ultimate Forbidden Lord" destroy his "Chaos Spirit Landcaron". Now by discarding a "Forbidden One" card from my hand, he can attack and gains 1000 ATK for each Normal Monster in my Graveyard, so that's 3 and he gains 3000 ATK. (ATK: 3000) (Nick counters: I activate the trap "Chaos Barrier", so I negate your attack.) But you can't stop this. "Warrior of thr Forbidden One" destroy his "Chaos Spirit Landcaron". (Nick: LP 3400) I end my turn.

"So how are you gonna get out of this one, Cunningham?!" yelled Zane.

"You'll see." said Nick. "I'm gonna bring down Exodia once and for all!"

"Impossible!" yelled Zane. "Exodia can never be defeated!"

"Until today." said Nick.

Nick/ 2 cards/ LP 3400
Zane/ 0 cards/ LP 500

Nick: Turn 5
I draw. (looks at card) I tribute "Chaos Spirit Starnos" and "Chaos Spirit Forester" to summon "Zeo The Chaos Warrior"(LV7/LIGHT/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2500 DEF/2200) Now "Zeo the Chaos Warrior" and "Chaos Spirit Eclipse" use "Cross Fusion" to summon "Zeo The Eclipse Chaos Warrior"(LV8/DARK/Warrior/Fusion/Effect/ATK/2800 DEF/2500) Now I activate his effect, once per turn, I can select 1 LV5 or higher monster from my Deck, then I can select 1 or more monsters my opponent controls as tribute to Normal Summon it. (Zane says: What?!) The monster I chose was the one I just returned to my Deck. Now I sacrifice "Warrior of the Forbidden One" and "Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord". (Zane says: THIS CAN'T BE!!) Rise again! "Zeo The Chaos Warrior"(LV7/LIGHT/Warrior/Effect/ATK/2500 DEF/2200) Now "Zeo The Chaos Warrior" END THIS!! (Zane says: CUNNINGHAAAAAAAAAAAAMM!!!)

Nick: LP 3400/ Winner
Zane: LP 0/ Defeated

Zane dropped to his knees in despair and anger, then E.N.'s darkness was flowing out of him and the Exodia pieces and cards flew over to Nick and put in Nick's hand.

"I... I.... I lost... with Exodia." said Zane in despair. "All of that power, the most powerful being known to Duel Monsters, DEFEATED!! And what's worse, defeated by you!"

"Duel Monsters isn't just about power, Zane." said Nick. "It's about having fun and having a reason to fight."

Zane's body then started glowing. Nick knew his spirit was going to be sealed inside his most precious card. Zane yelled in anger as he faded away.

"CUNNINGHAAAAAAAAAAAAMMM!!!" yelled Zane as he faded.

Zane particles of light were drawn inside the "Warrior of the Forbidden One" card.

"Zane." said Nick feeling sorry.

Chris A. was shocked and surprised about what he saw.

"WHOA!!" yelled Chris A. "What just happened?!"

"Every dimension in the Duel Monster Realm is shrouded by darkness." said Nick. "If anyone outside of Neo Domino City loses a Duel, their soul is sealed inside their most precious card."

"How do you un-seal them?" asked Chris A.

"Defeat the person that sealed him." said Nick.

Just then, a dark aura bursted out of the "Exodia Necross" card laying on the ground and out came "Exodia Necross".

"You!" said Nick.

"It looks like I was wrong to put my faith in that fool." said E.N. "No matter. I've found a better puppet. And since I know he won't cooperate with me, I'll just have to take him by force!"

Exodia Necross charged directly at Nick.

"You're mine, Boy of Chaos!" yelled E.N. as he charged in.

Nick braced for impact until...

"Go, Aslla Piscu!" yelled Makayla as she called forth her Immortal.

Aslla Piscu flew in front of Exodia Necross and Makayla walked in front of Nick and the guys.

"You're... helping me?" asked Nick.

"No one is allowed to destroy you except me, got it?!" said Makayla sternly.

"Whatever." said Nick.

Exodia Necross looked at Aslla Piscu and look frightened.

"An...an Earthbound Immortal?!" said E.N. all frightened. "Please! Spare me! Please!"

"I don't take orders... from weaklings." said Makayla as she signaled her beast to attack.

Aslla Piscu struck Exodia Necross through the chest and he was quickly turned into his spirit card.

"Now the power of Exodia shall..." said Makayla until...

"Be sealed again and remained sealed." said a voice.

Then a card shined from the Deck Nick was holding and out came Exodia's Keeper.

"I'll take that." said E.K. as he took E.N.'s spirit card from Makayla. "I'll see to it he'll never get out again. Thank you and farewell, my friends."

E.K. transported back to home and also gave Nick "Warrior of the Forbidden One" because Zane was still sealed in it, then tension stirs between Nick and Makayla.

"(growls softly)" growled Nick.

"(growls softly)" growled Makayla.

"(sighs) Guess we gotta take you back as well." said Nick all disappointed.

"This doesn't change a thing, got it?!" said Makayla.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's just go already. I'm tired enough as it is." said Nick all annoyed.

They waited until the Expressroid finally arrived and Nick and the gang, along with Makayla, boarded the Expressroid and went back to Neo Domino City. They arrived in town, went to where they're staying and parted ways.

"Don't forget!" yelled Makayla. "I'll see to it that your soul is sealed by my hand."

"We'll see." said Nick as him and Rein, Cody, and Chris A. went into the hotel and back to their floor.

"Tonight has been weird, huh?" asked Cody.

"Yeah." said Nick. "But at least that's over with. (yawns) Time for bed."

Nick, Rein, Cody, and Chris A. went into their rooms to go to sleep until the alarms on their clock went off.

"Time to get up." said Nick as him and the others walked out of their rooms annoyed.

"(groans angrily)" groaned everyone.

Card of the Day: "Warrior of the Forbidden One"

Nick's fight with Zane is now over. For now anyway. And what's more interesting, I think the Dark Signer Makayla has a soft side she doesn't even know about. "Next Chapter"! Nick and the others has a lot of free time before the second round starts. Nick found out the second round is only turbo Duels, so Nick took Rein, Cody, Chris A., Mystery, and Hunter to get custom built Duel Runners made by his friend. When they got back, they saw something wrong with Akiza when her eyes turned Black and she had a Nazca Line glowing on her back. She was transformed into a Dark Signer and Yusei sought to break her free in a Duel. Will Yusei break the Dark Signers control, or will Akiza be their puppet forever? Find out next time. Until then, KEEP ON DUELING!!

[ragnarok1945]

great, more vendettas to be settled between Nick and Zane. This will prove interesting