I rolled to the right, a fireball landing right were I was only a second ago. Sweat rolled into my eyes but I ignored it. I was too focused on the two girls laughing as they hurled another fire ball at me.

"Haha, look at him run, Celestia!" One laughed, her high pitched voice echoing in the cave.

"Ooooh, this is fun! You are the BEST sister!" The other said.

Gemini Elf, the bain of all swordsman. With their spells, they could keep you at quite the distance. If you didn't have some sort of ranged weapon, you were normally screwed. And they were standing on top of a big rock, making it harder to get at them. But I was not about to give up.

"The name is Masaki, and I have fought over a hundred creatures! Many were more powerful than you!" I yell.

The second sister, Celestia, starts laughing again. "Oh, Ra! That's funny, he thinks he's a somebody!"

The first one pipes up, "Listen honey, in normal circumstances, we would kick your butt! We have the Book of Secret Arts though, so there is NO way you can win!"

Normally, she'd be right. Their combined strength is 1900, and with the spellbook it's 2200. I also kept getting this feeling that this cave was giving them a slight boost as well. My attack power, on the other hand, was a measely 1100. But I'd taken down a Great Sphinx before, this was nothing. I just had play my cards right!

I ran behind a large boulder to catch my breathe. Leaning up against, I started thinking of any weaknesses I might be able to use to my advantage. The cave was fairly circular, but one end was narrower, and had the exit. The elves were guarding it. The cave was littered with a few boulders, but was otherwise fairly clear, and it would take about five seconds to run from one end to the other.

Suddenly, the boulder started cracking. I jumped away from it, and it burst into pieces. The elves were still on the other side of the cave, but now a large monster stood before me.

It was a blue and yellow monster with a serpent like body and long arms. A Dark Artist.

"Do you like our friend? We summoned him to occupy you so we can charge a few fun spells." One of the sister's laughed.

It took a swipe at me, and I suddenly came up with an idea. I deflected the blow with my sword, and started rushing towards it. It backpeddled, trying to keep me far enough away to use his long reach. Being the smaller guy can be advantageous, especially when your enemy has no legs.

"Hey!" Celestia yelled. "Keep him away from us! Don't bring him towards us!"

Soon, the Dark Artist's back was against the rock. I ran, jumped on it's arm, then it's head, then jumped high above the elves' heads. With a swing of my sword, the unprepaired twins were felled, falling to dust. There summoned creature, without it's summoners, dissipitated as well.

I fell to the ground with both feet firmly, sheathed my sword, then went back to my bedroll beside the now destroyed camp out. "Maybe now I can get some sleep!" I said, and drifted off as soon as my head hit the pillow.

AN: Short intro chapter, I know. I just really thought this sounded like a fun story to try out. And I've always liked Masaki. It was a toss up between him, and Celtic Guardian, but Celtic Guardian's already bigger name, and Masaki the Legendary Swordsman has better potential.

OK, this story is kinda like the cyber world. Attack, Defense, and effects are similar but it's more like attack is how much damage they can do in an attack, defense is how resilient they are, and effect is a special ability or talent. But they don't account for speed, circumstances, and tactics.

Cards Used:

Gemini Elf

Book of Secret Arts

Yami (The cave)

Masaki the Legendary Swordsman

Dark Artist