Hello, and Welcome to the brand new Shadowchaser story everyone! However, this one isnn't by my lonesome, oh no! I have two other co-authors writing the whole thing, Metal Overlord 2.0, Author of Dance Macabre, and Lux-Nero, Author of Risen Nemesis! So I hope you lot enjoy this little trek into the Tokyo Shadowchasers as much as we do writing this! But first, a few creative liberties.

We do not own the Shadowchasers Franchise, that belongs to CyberCommander for coming up with the idea and allowing others to write for it. A few of the main Antagonists can be seen from other Fandoms, and as a result, we do not own them either. We do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or anything having to do with Yugioh. Just our characters, and any creative cards we can come up with.

So let's get this party started!

"Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to you..." Several candles light up in the darkened room, an almost countless number of candles that create a dull light that shows the outlines of two figures standing in a clearing of the candles.

"... Aren't births so wonderful? Whether it be the birth of a new life, the birth of a new relationship, or even the birth of the end."

"Wouldn't you agree?"

As one of the figures held his hand up, a dull and scratchy music plays in the background - The very same tune that the figure was singing nary a moment ago.

The other figure seemed to consider this in silence, the music being accompanied by the steady snap-snap-snap of a large metal fan opening and closing at regular intervals.

"As always your taste in western culture eludes me, are the preparations in place? The time draws near for the opening act, all the actors must be ready to play their part."

The voice was a sort of greasy purr, it brought to mind knives sliding into the flesh of an unsuspecting victim, of a bird's song cut short as it is strangled by a serpent.

The first figure only chuckled as he turned on his heels and lifted his arms up into the air. "But of course! Preparations are almost complete my good sir! There is but one thing left to do!"

With a snap of his fingers, a small cloud of smoke appeared in front of the first shadowed figure, his broad face smiling as the smoke began to trail away revealing a large rolling table. Atop of the table was a fancily created cake that seemed to have several snake-like creatures embedded on it with frosting.

The horned figure reached to the side and lifted up another tube of frosting and began to apply it to the cake - All the while singing to the scratchy tune once more. "Happy birthday, happy birthday... Happy birthday to..."

As he sang, the figure began to finish the name he was writing on the cake, with the music the back ground scratching a few times.

The second figure regarded the name clicking the fan open and raising to to his face. "Hmm, an interesting choice, once bound by honor, now cursed with freedom, let the titans of earth and steel clash in the land of the rising sun."

A sudden wind whipped through the chamber and as the candles flickered the shadows both figures cast seemed to warp and distort into horrid inhuman shapes.

"If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo.
Where the demons from my past
Leave me in peace…"

The Bonedo bar in Tokyo, Japan was alive with activity, which was quite a surprise, considering how hidden the bar was from the public. People laughed and cheered, toasting as they lifted their glass and took shots. The whole place was a mixture of aware and shadows, and even mundane (but the less they knew the better). It was a rather peaceful scene, where Harpies laughed and drank happily with other mundane, their cheeks flushed as they drunkenly sang along with the singer.

Said singer looked like he had seen better days for sure. His complexion was a depressing pale color, and it looked like he hadn't eaten in quite a while, as evidenced by the thin stomach he was sporting. His clothing was dirty and disheveled, torn in some parts. However, for some odd reason, his guitar was almost mint condition red Les Paul that he held in front of him, strumming expertly. His long black hair slicked back behind him, oddly straight and clean compared to the rest of him.

He was also a Shadowkind, but unlike his fellow brethren in the bar, he looked more human than them. In fact, the only difference between him and the common mundane were the fact his eyes were blood red, his ears were pointed and his teeth had fangs. Other than that, he seemed completely normal.

"I'll be animating every night.
The grass'll be greener on the other side.
And the vampires and the wolves won't sink their teeth…
I'm sick of dancing with the beasts."

The music continued as a much larger man sat at the bar, looking down at the glass in his hand and groaning a little bit to himself. The song was giving him a headache. That or it was the sake. But he liked to think it was the song. Sake never hurt him this much before. To an aware, he was a rather intimidating creature. A tall, muscular wall of a man, with a bulls head instead of a human one. His thick fingers ran through his black hair, trying to sooth the pain that throbbed away at his noggin.

He was getting tired of the scrawny little bastard with the voice and that annoying instrument. He was getting ready to do something about it. Looking over his shoulder, he got a better look at the singer than he did when he first walked in. Almost entirely black clothing? Pointed ears? Noticeable fangs? Pale skin?

There was no way this was a coincidence. He was a member of the House of the Creeping Night! As a member of the Raging Mountain house, he would bring great honor by bringing them his head!

"Demon!" Shouted the Gyuki, sweeping his arm across the bar in front of him and clearing it off completely. "You DARE show your face amongst a member of the Raging Mountain!"

The Guitarist stopped to stare at him. The entire house seemed to pause and stare at the giant bull headed creature who was now snorting angrily. The Guitarist tilted his head.

"Do I know you?"

"No, but I DO know YOU! You're that scum from the House of Creeping Night, and your mere PRESCENCE here shows me great dishonor!"

"…" The guitarist blinked. "I think you've had a little bit too much-HOLY CRAP!" he dove out of the way as a chair struck the wall directly behind him, where he had been mere moments ago.

"Your head will adorn the main hall, you wretched demon! HAVE AT YOU!" he grabbed a table and lifted it above his head, roaring angrily. The Guitarist was too busy trying to get the hell out of the way while the Gyuki threw furniture at him, shouting that "his blood shall paint the walls." Then again, anyone would likely run from something like that.

The patrons of the bar knew better than to get in the way of a raging earth demon, so the moment the opportunity arose, they kindly got the hell out of there. The Gyuki was now looking under the overturned furtiniture, slurring that he demanded he come out and face his defeat.

"Look, I don't know who you are, or who you think I am, but there's no reason to cut my head off over it!"

Locating the source of the noise, the Gyuki reached over and pulled up the table where the Guitarist was hiding under. Gulping heavily, he spoke one more time.

"Okay, look, how about this?" he asked, "You can do what you want to me…but don't hurt my guitar. She's done nothing wrong."

"Sacrificing your life over that of an object? How foolish. I'll be sure to feed you your own-"

"Hey! Ugly! Back away from the starving artist!"

Both the gyuki and the musician turned around to who called him ugly.

Standing there, in the doorway of the bar, stood a girl. She was at least as tall as the demon with the guitar, with long black hair with blonde streaks through it. She had quite a bit of muscle going on even under her clothes. She had a hardened look in her eyes as she stared down the Gyuki.

"I suggest you drop him." She spoke. "NOW."

"And what if I don't?" he asked. There was a slight slur in his voice. "What are YOU gonna do about it?"

"I will come over there, rip your jaw off, and BEAT YOU WITH IT."

The Gyuuki smirked a little bit, dropping the man to the ground and with a stumble, approached her. "Ya know…" he hiccupped. "Normally, I'd tear someone in half when they even TRIED talking to me." He stood in front of her, his form leaning to the side a little bit, eyes unfocused as one eye blinked, followed by the other. "but…ya know what…I'm in a…I'm in a good mood. I'll even give you a chance."

Kneeling down in front of the obviously fuming woman, clenching and unclenching her fist as she attempted to remain as calm as she could. "I'll…I'll even give you the first blow!" Turning his head to expose his cheek, he pointed at it, a cheeky smirk crossing his face. "Whatcha say? Can't say I'm…I'm not a nice guy. First punch before-"

WHAM!

Her temper was at its limit, and it showed when she lifted her fist and swung with all her might, not only colliding with the Gyuuki's cheek, but sent him flying across the bar, slamming into the wall, despite being twice her size.

As the bull demon groaned, rubbing his head as an even WORSE headache set in, the girl turned her attention to the guitarist. She motioned with her head. "Get out of here. It's gonna get really brutal in here."

"No need to tell me twice." He murmured to himself, grabbed his Guitar and high tailed it out of the bar. "Thank you!"

"Rotten…little…bitch..." grumbled the demon as he lifted himself up. He pushed his jaw back into its socket with his palm, grumbling as he opened and closed it, to make sure it worked properly. "No one strikes the great Gyuki and gets away with it with their lives!"

"Gyuki, huh?" Asked the girl, crossing her arms. "Not the most original name, but I'm not one to judge." She shrugged. "My friends are actually worse. But I'm not here to make pleasantries." She prepared herself, crouching down into position. "I'm here to take you in."

A scoff, the bull demon crossed his arms. He seemed to be more level headed since the blow to the head. "Turn me in? What are you, a…." A small pause, his eyes widened a little bit. "Oh shit, you're a Shadowchaser."

"Took ya long enough." She smirked. "I, Aurum of the Tokyo Shadowchasers are putting you under arrest for the endangerment of Mundane and Shadows alike! We can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way." She smirked, "And I don't think you wanna lose anymore teeth."

Gyuki snarled a little bit, his eyes going from a dim grey to a little red. "I refuse to lose to the likes of you!" He slammed his fist on the ground, cracking the very floor under him. "I am Gyuki, proud warrior of the House of Raging Mountain, and I refuse to lose a human!" With another bellow, he charged at Aurum.

"They always want to do it the hard way," Aurum sighed a little. "Luckily, I like the Hard way!"

As he threw his fist down, Aurum quickly leapt off to the side, watching as the Gyuki's fist was buried in the floor. Stuck, he attempted to pull away, but was too late and Aurum threw another punch at his cheek, knocking him back and causing him to grunt. Aurum didn't let up either. Blow after blow was sent to the Gyuki's face, until the force of one attack was enough to free him from the floor and on his back.

Leaping back to his feet, he lifted both hands and swung them down on the unsuspecting Aurum. This time the attack connected, knocking her to the ground with a loud grunt. The Shadowchaser was just as fast however. Before leaping to her feet, she swept a leg out, catching the demons feet and knocking it on his back with another thunderous crash, grunting a little as the air was knocked from his lungs.

Leaping back to her feet, she lifted up a leg and prepared to bring the heel down on his chest. Eyes widening, everything seemed to slow down.

This bitch is a lot tougher than I thought a human was! He thought in horror. If I lose, The house will never let me forget it! MY honor will be non-existent! There's only one shot at me getting out of here in a fair chance…

"I challenge you to a duel!"

She stopped mid-swing, reassuming her stance and prepared herself for anything he may try, sneaky or otherwise. "A proud member of the Raging Mountain House, begging for a duel?" A little chuckle. "And here I thought you were stupid."

"Yeah, well…" he stood up, rubbing his now sore and swelling cheek, "I'd rather not have my ribs cracked open…" his voice had a mild slur, but that was no longer from the fact he was drunk, it was from the fact his jaw was likely cracked. "So I challenge you to a duel! And as a Shadowchaser and your little treaty, you have to duel!"

"Mm." Aurum shrugged a little bit. "I was fully expecting to leave here with a cracked arm at the very least…" She reached behind her back, pulling out a Duel Disk, fitting it over her wrist. "but I suppose a duel is just as fun, after all."

Gyuki smirked a little bit as he pulled out a Duel disk from his satchel that hung off his hip. Fitting the extra sized contraption over his wrist, both duelists threw their hand forward.

"Let's duel!"

(Aurum: 8000) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 8000)

"Well, ladies first and all that," Aurum said, drawing her opening hand and looked at what her hand contained. A little smirk. "I summon Gogogo Golem in attack mode!"

The ground in front of her burst open as a massive figure rose from the ground. It was a massive egg shaped rocklike creature, with thick arms and legs, a barrel shaped body and several turret holes that peppered its body. A single red eye stared out, flanked by 2 smaller gun barrels. (1800/1500)

"To end my turn, I'll set these two cards facedown." Two facedown cards appeared behind the massive golem creature. "And I end my turn."

"I'm not scared by you or your big rocks," Gyuki drew his card, "Because I have everything I need to beat you right here! First, I summon Iron Chain Repairman!"

An overweight demon appeared in a portal of light before him. His eyes were bright orange and he wore a pair of overalls, held up by an iron chain. In his right hand, he effortlessly lifted a massive hammer. (1600/1200)

"Now I activate the spell card, Foolish Burial!" He showed her the spell card, as he pulled a card that stuck out from his deck. "With this, one monster in my deck is sent to the graveyard in an early retirement!" he discarded the card, and swung his hand forward, "But I'm far from done! I'll use Iron Chain Repairman's effect to revive one Iron Chain monster from my graveyard to the field!"

Iron Chain Repairman slammed on the ground with his massive hammer, cracking the foundation. From it appeared a massive iron chain, but moving and sentient with a snake's face on the end of it. (800/800)

"Then I activate Iron Chain Snakes effect!" Gyuki announced. "I can equip him onto one of the opposing monsters, and as a result, it loses 800 Attack and Defense!"

Hissing loudly, the snake slithered over to the massive golem. It seemingly doubled in length and wrapped itself around the battle chested monster, forcing it's arms to its sides and preventing it from moving. (1800/1500) - (1000/700)

"Lucky for you, I can't attack on the turn I use Iron Chain Repairman's effect." He said, taking a few more cards from his hand and slipping them into his duel disk. "But that's not to say I can't play smartly. I activate both the continuous Spell cards, Poison Chain and Paralyzing Chain, followed by one card facedown."

The spells appeared on his side of the field, as did a facedown card.

"I end my turn, which allows me to use Poison Chain's effect. Sending one card from the top of your deck to the graveyard for each Iron Chain monster on my side of the field…"

Aurum scowled and discarded the said card, seeing it was her copy of Mirror Force. With a scream, a jolt of electricity struck her body.

"And Paralyzing Chain deals you 300 Damage whenever you lose cards from your deck!" A bellowing laugh. "So not only do you have your deck to worry about, but your Life Points as well!"

"Three hundred damage isn't that bad in the long run," Aurum grunted and grabbed the top card of her deck, drawing it and looking at it. With a smirk, she continued, "Especially when I can deal a lot more this turn!"

She held up a card, Fossil Tusker for him to see. Then, to his confusion, she discarded it! "I discard Fossil Tusker to summon Power Giant in Attack mode!"

In a bright flurry of lights appeared a rather pretty and dangerous looking monster. It looked like a mecha of the Gundam Series, but he was adorned with gems and crystals of various sizes and colors. (2200/0)

"Power Giant's special effect reduces his level by the Level of the monster used to summon him!" indeed, a Holographic box beside him appeared. The six that appeared in it clicked down to 2.

"I'm not done either. I remove Fossil Tusker from play to summon Gigtanes in attack mode!" She pocketed the monster from her deck, from the ground again burst a monster. Its skin was crimson red, its armor was leather and it carried a tree trunk in his hand. (1900/1200)

Gigantes growled at the Gyuki while Power Giant merely stared. Gyuki didn't seem worried.

"Power Giant, attack Iron Chain Repairman!" Power Giant rushed forward, pulling his fist back for a massive punch to the overweight warrior…

…Before Gyuki shouted, "I activate Soul Anchor!"

A glowing anchor and chain suddenly wrapped rapidly around the Iron Chain Repairman's midsection. The attack struck, but the Iron Chain Repairman cackled as he merely slid back. He wasn't destroyed.

"Why does every Iron Chain deck seem to have that card?" She asked, rubbing her head with an annoyed sigh. "Well, I don't care if your monster survives the attack, he still took damage! Gigantes, your turn!"

Before the Iron Chain Repairman had a chance to return to his original spot, he was struck in the head by the massive tree the Rock Spirit carried as a club. Instead of laughing, the fat warrior fell on his stomach and groaned, a comical mark growing where the attack struck him.

(Aurum: 7700) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 7100)

She turned the Gogogo Golem card on its side, and the massive rock knelt down in front of her. "I switch Gogogo Golem to defense mode, and end my turn."

"My turn then!" He drew a card, playing it immediately. "I summon Iron Chain Golem in attack mode!"

A bulky looking creature appeared in front of Gyuki. It looked like if Frankenstein's monster was creature with more iron chains in mind, standing up to the ceiling of the otherwise roomy building. (1000/800)

"Iron Chain Golem gains 300 attack for every card on the field with Chain in their name." He held up his other hand, all five fingers sticking out. "And I could five."

The three Iron Chain monsters began to glow, as did the two continuous spells. The creature released a low groan as power began to flood its body. (1000/800) - (2500/800)

"Iron Chain Repairman, attack her Gogogo Golem!" The Repairman lifted his hammer and swung down. A shockwave rumbled out, striking the Golem, but it didn't waiver. "Hm?"

"For someone who was from House dedicated solely to Earth, you sure don't know a lot, do you?" Aurum asked. "Gogogo Golem can't be destroyed once per turn in battle while he's in defense mode."

"Then I'll finish it off!" he shouted in anger. "Golem, finish it off!"

The Golem creature lifted up its arms, and the Iron Chains extended out like whips. It snapped out and struck the Gogogo Golem, this time destroying it.

"Because your monster was destroyed while equipped with Iron Chain Snake, you lose Life Points equal to its level!" he laughed, pointing at Aurum. "And that's 4 cards, coupled with the damage done to Paralyzing Chain!"

Another bolt of lightning struck her, and she cried out a little bit, taking a step back as she discarded her four cards from the top of her deck.

(Aurum: 7400) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 7100)

Golem fell back to 2200 attack points.

Looking at the single card remaining in his hand, he grumbled, "I can't do anything else, I merely end my turn."

"Good, my turn!" She drew her card. "I activate Miracle Rupture! By sending a Rock monster from my deck to the graveyard, I can draw a card!"

"Weren't you listening, you stupid bitch?" Laughed Gyuki as she took her monster, a monster called Monk Fighter and slipped it into her graveyard. "you still take damage from my Paralyzing Chain!" Another blast of electricity struck her, making her grit her teeth.

"I know that…" She hissed, drawing a card after her deck had automatically shuffled. "But that's the last time I'm going to take damage from that damn card! Gigantes, attack Iron Chain Golem!"

"What?"

Gigantes roared and lifted up his tree weapon again. Before he had a chance to swing it, Iron Chain Golem wrapped his chain around the brute's neck. With a hard yank, the giant's neck was snapped, and the tree trunk fell from his grasp. He disappeared in a shower of pixels, the chain going limp.

When suddenly, a violent whirlwind began to erupt around the field, much to Gyuki's surprise. Holding his arms up, he watched as, before his very eyes, Poison Chain, Paralyzing Chain, Soul Anchor and Aurums facedown card all exploded violently.

"I will admit, losing Heavy Storm to the Ban List did hit duelists pretty hard…' Aurum conversed as her hair whipped about wildly, the storm dying down and someone ending up straight and perfect. "But while I have Gigantes, I'm not too worried. When he's destroyed in battle, all Spells and traps on the field are destroyed. And with two less chains, Iron Golem loses more of its strength."

Iron Chain Golem's aura began to slowly burn out, until only a little bit of it remained, very dimly though. (2200/800) - (1600/800)

"Power Giant, attack Golem!" Once more, the massive monolith seemed to skate across the floor, pulling a fist back and swung it hard, colliding with Golem. The massive, heavily built monster released a groan and fell back, falling to the ground in a shower of pixels.

(Aurum: 6800) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 6500)

"Grr…" Gyuki grumbled as he watched his only monster rub his stomach out of fear. "You know, if you had any brains, you'da crushed my Repairman."

"Yeah, but without his Anchor, he's pretty vulnerable. If you revive, you have to skip your battle phase, so I still have a chance to crush him next turn anyway."

"You'd think that." Grumbled the Yokai. "Now end your turn!"

"Oh, I will." She gestured, and from behind arose a massive trap card's hologram appeared, which depicted Master Monk punching his way through a massive boulder. "After I activate the effect of my Crumbling Boulder trap card."

"But the only trap card you had was destroyed!"

"Which is why I can activate it! It can only be used when it's destroyed by a card effect, and during the End Phase. I can now take any Rock monster I want from my deck and add it to my hand." She took the card, and giving it a quick look, nodded. "I end my turn."

Drawing his card, Gyuki smirked. "Heh, well, looks like we're heading off to the big house sooner than I thought! I activate Iron Chain Prison!"

The walls shifted and formed into something completely different the second he activated his spell. They turned murky and grey, similar to stone walls, multileveled and peppered with prison cells. In between every cell was a pair of iron shackles. Some even had a limp skeleton hanging from them in various positions, some even reaching out for something. Aurum attempted not to think about it.

"And outside of giving the whole place that lovely, lived in look, all my Iron Chain monsters gain 400 Attack." Indeed, Iron Chain Repairman chortled as he rose to 2000 Attack points. "But like you said, I don't have much choice except doing this."

The hammer once more came down on the ground, cracking open another massive hole. The Iron Chain Snake slithered out of the hole and lunged forward, wrapping around Power Giant and locking his arms to the side. (2200/0) - (1400/0)

"Since I have to skip my battle phase, I'll just end my turn."

Aurum drew her card and looked cautiously at the scenery around her. There has to be another thing this place can do outside of look really depressing. But what?

"I activate Precarious Hanging Boulder!"

For a moment, it seemed as though nothing happened. The spell appeared, but nothing else. "Nothing happened.' Gyuki said, pointing out the obvious.

"Look about it." Aurum said with a grin. Both eyes turned up near the ceiling to see an IMMENSE boulder hanging almost 20 feet above the duel, held up by a leather tarp, and strung up on the thinnest string Gyuki had ever seen.

"That's my Precarious Hanging Boulder.' She chuckled. "Aptly named. By removing one rock monster in my graveyard…" She held up Gigantes. "That thing hangs above our heads like the Sword of Damocles. The first monster stupid enough to attack will end up snapping the rope and crushed before he even gets to the other monster. Pretty risky if you ask me."

That was when the Prison around them began to howl, and the iron chains on the walls and, much to Aurums not surprise, on the Iron Bars in front of the cells themselves, began to shake and rattle.

"And that would be the second effect of my Iron Chain Prison." He chuckled. "You lose a card form your deck whenever you activate a Spell card!"

She silently cursed herself as she angrily discarded ANOTHER card from the top of her deck. She gestured, and Power Giant knelt down in defense mode. "I end my turn!"

"Well, if I can't attack…" Grumbled Gyuki as he angrily drew his card. "Then I'll just go ahead and build my army! I activate my Repairman's effect! Come forth, Golem!"

The Repairman didn't even have a chance to slam his hammer on the ground before the ground behind Gyuki simply exploded upward. From the hole appeared the massive beast, covered in the Iron Chains. (1000/800) - (2600/800)

"I'll end my turn after that."

Aurum drew a card, and looked at her hand. Well, it's a good defense if anything. She thought to herself. "I activate Guidance to Ore."

"You're so stupid! It's like you WANT to destroy your deck!"

The chains began to shudder and shake harder as Aurum discarded another card from her deck. From behind Aurum appeared a massive, open mouth cave. "Now whenever you destroy another Rock monster on my side of the field, a monster with the same name will take its place. So with that, I'll summon Monk Fighter in attack mode."

With a shout of battle, a man wearing a yellow gi, with stock white hair, and gravely looking skin appeared, holding his hand out to battle. (1300/1000)

"I'll end my turn." She said. I just need to make sure I can last a little bit longer. I may have a chance to turn this around.

"Let's see if Lady Luck is shining down on me." Gyuki said as he drew. A grin spread on his face as he looked at the spell. "I play Pot of Duality!"

A strange looking pot appeared in front of him, which held the calm, serene look of Pot of Generosity, which quickly turned on its base to show the malevolent, grinning face of the Pot of Greed. Gyuki took this time to discard the top card of his deck, as per the effect of his prison.

"Now here's what I can do. I can pick up the top 3 cards of my deck, and then pick one to add to my hand. The other two will go back to the bottom of my deck at the cost of me not being able to Special Summon this turn." He picked up the top three cards and showed them. Aurum groaned: One of them was Mystical Space Typhoon.

"Heh, guess which one I'm taking?" He grinned, taking the spell to his hand and shuffling the other two cards back into his deck. The second that was done, he threw the spell into his disk and, after discarding another card for the cost, the massive typhoon shot high into the air, sucking the boulder hanging above the two duelists was ripped apart and shattered to pebbles.

"Now that that's not hanging above my head anymore, I think we can get the slaughter done, eh?" He gestured. "Iron Chain Golem, attack Power Giant!"

Iron Chain Golem swung his chain down on the gemmed creature, shattering it. Since it was considered level 2 at the time, Aurum slowly discarded another two cards, eyes locking on one of the monsters she discarded. The darkness in the cave behind Aurum shifted, and out stepped another Power Giant. (2200/0)

"Repairman, crush Monk Fighter!" The hammer came down, causing the Shockwave. Monk Fighter tried to fight against the rumbling earthquake, and try as he might, he could not. He shattered into rubble. His death was seemingly short lived as a second as a second copy of his card strolled out of the cave. (1300/1000)

"heh, I have to say, I'm starting to have fun." Gyuki grinned to the Shadowchaser, a smug look plastered on his face. The smirk was short lived though, as it slowly disappeared into a confused frown.

..out to get you…

Trust no one…

Betrayal…

"No…" he grumbled a little bit, rubbing his head. "Not…not again…"

"You okay?" Aurum asked in confusion as she slowly drew her card. When he didn't respond and continued mumbling to himself, she shrugged and played a new card. "I remove from play my Power Giant and Monk Fighter to summon Gaia Plate the Earth Giant in attack mode!"

The ground exploded upward once again as a massive form rose. It looked like a giant made entirely out of boulders and rocks of various shapes and sizes. It let loose a groan that sounded like an avalanche. (2800/1000)

That seemed to snap Gyuki out of his little schizophrenic moment to look up at the GIANT beast that rose up from seemingly nowhere. "Oooh boy."

"Oh, and by the way, he's got a bit more punch than a few other guys in my deck. Such a punch, he shrinks any monster into half their current attack. Let's get this on! Gaia Plate, attack Golem! Power Giant, attack Repairman! Monk Fighter, attack him directly!"

The next few seconds were rather chaotic. Gaia Plate went first and threw a punch at the massive, Frankenstein-esque monster. The attack of the monster fell to (1150/400) and once it collided with his chest, a gaping hole stood there his fist had connected with. The golem looked down at it in minor boredom before he fell over and crumbled.

Power Giant skated across the ground again, throwing a punch at the fat monsters exposed gut. Repairman let loose a wheezing scream as he flew past Gyuki and into the wall of the prison, shattering into pixels after leading an indent in the wall of his shape.

Master Monk leapt into the air and forced his palm against Gyuki's nose. The demon screamed and backed away, holding his now injured snout and growled.

(Aurum: 6500) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 3350)

"You bitch." Gyuki snarled. "You're gonna pay for making a fool out of me."

"I fail to see where I'm paying, especially when I have an army of monsters waiting to throw you around like a damn ragdoll." She grinned a little bit. She seemed to calm down quite a bit since her little brutal attack at the beginning of the confrontation. She looked at the last two cards in her hand, and she nodded. "I'll end my turn."

"Draw!" he shouted and drew his card. Consisting of only two cards, he grinned at it and pointed at his facedown. "I activate Call of the Haunted to revive Repairman!"

The trap appeared, and in a ripple of light, Repairman did as well. He was still holding his stomach from the painful punch declared against him. (1600/1200)

"Then, I'll Summon Iron Chain Coil."

A confusing monster appeared. A big, yellow head, sitting atop a metal skirt like protrusion, two long arms attached by lanky Iron Chains, and what looked like hair sticking out the back of the massive head. (1100/1600)

"And now, Synchro Summon!"

Iron Chain Coil released a low cackle as he glowed for a moment before exploding into three rings. They coiled around Iron Chain Repairman, who began to glow green before exploding into seven stars. The Seven stars formed into a massive, massive creature. It looked like Iron Chain Golem at first glance, but it's muscles were far bigger, it's chains were coated in large spikes, it had neck bolts in its neck. In fact, it looked even more like Frankenstein than the Golem. (2500/1200) - (2900/1200)

"I summon to the field, Iron Chain Stein Golem!"

Aurum backed away a little bit as the giant fiendish monster released a low groan, his chains shaking as he shook as well.

"Iron Chain Stein Golem, reduce her Power Giant to rubble!"

The monster let loose another groan that caused the prison to shudder. Reaching one hand up, it opened its palm and dozens of chains shot out. They struck the Power Giant with the force of a semi, punching a massive hole in his chest. He shattered into pixels.

(Aurum: 5800) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 3350)

"Now, since I inflicted damage to you with my Stein Golem, you now lose cards from your deck equal to the number of "Chain" cards on my field, and that's two."

Aurum begrudgingly discarded two cards, and noticed that Stein Golem rose to 3300 Attack.

"Then, for every card you lost with that effect, he gains 200 Attack points. I'll set one final card facedown, and end my turn."

"Draw!" She drew her card. "First, I remove Power Giant from play to keep Gaia Plate in play…" She pocketed the said card. "Now he'll attack your monster!"

The giant statue pulled a fist back, and Iron Chain Stein Golem fell to 1650 Attack points…

"Thank you for falling for an obvious trap," Gyuki sneered, "Go, Iron Chain Storm!"

From the floor around Gaia Plate shot up several chains, wrapping around its arms and legs. It didn't stop the attack though. (2800/1000) - (1400/500)

"Iron Chain Storm is a very rare little spell card that halves the attack of a monster on the field, and for every five hundred attack point lost by its effect, you lose a card form your deck! Not to mention you're about to lose a lot more…"

The chains shot out like a machine gun, striking the giant statue in the head. It crumbled into pebbles moments later.

In all, Aurum discarded another four cards from the top of her deck, and Iron Chain Stein Golem rose to 2050.

Aurum grimaced a little and quickly turned the last card on her deck. "I'll switch Monk Fighter to defense mode and end my turn."

"Getting nervous, Shadowchaser?" Gyuki asked, drawing his card and smirking. "I don't blame you." He set down his newly drawn card, Mirror Force, and ordered Stein Golem to attack Monk Fighter. As the last two times, Monk Fighter was reduced to pebbles.

"I'll end my turn." He smirked. It's all in the bag now…

Aurum took a deep breath and calmly drew her card. Come on, something good, something good…She flipped it over, smiling. "That'll do. I summon Sapphire Dragon in attack mode."

A dragon made entirely out of sapphire appeared, curled up and standing stock still, like it was a statue. (800/1000)

"When he's summoned, I'm allowed to take a monster in my graveyard with zero attack and Special Summon it, and I'll do so with Magic Hole Golem."

The ground opened up, and out came an ornate ring shaped rock, covered in markings and armor. (0/2000)

"Now, I'll tune both of my monsters together! Shuddering Rocks and explosive earthquakes, the earth itself opens to reveal the new warrior!" She chanted. "Synchro Summon, Kiyama Kuma!" Sapphire Dragon burst into three rings, which the circled the Magic Hole Golem. They burst into seven stars, which began to form into a rather large warrior. He had rocky skin, with a large bearskin that was draped over its back. Its chest was covered in a rusty chainmail armor, and in either hand he held a massive golden battle axe. (2600/2000)

"But why stop there? I have one more monster to summon, one of the strongest cards in my deck!" She shouted and pulled out the rest of the Rock monsters in her graveyard, pocketing all ten and throwing one final card in her hand to the field. "Summon Megarock Dragon!"

The earth exploded again as the rock dragon, one of the most well known Rock-Type monsters in the game appeared before the two, roaring in anger, as it's aura grew. (?/?) - (7000/7000)

"Now to Kiyama's effect." She said as she pointed to her big monster. "He's got a few effects actually, now that I have all of my rocks removed from play. Since there's more than two removed from play, he can't be destroyed by monsters card effects."

She held up a second finger. "Since there's more than four removed from play Rocks, he gains 300 attack and defense." Indeed, the aura around the two axes began to glow even brighter, as he rose in attack. (2600/2000) - (7100/6500)

"And finally, since I have more than six removed, I can return two from my removed from play slot and destroy one card on the field. That facedown is looking pretty threatening…"

Gyuki's eyes widened as she returned two more Rocks from her pocket to the grave, and the axe in his right hand began to glow. Bellowing out, he threw the axe, watching as it arced over the field and slammed into the trap, cutting it clean in half.

Gesturing, the axe appeared back in the warriors hand, though he fell to 6500/5900 stats. It was far more than enough though.

"Kiyama, you first. Kill Stein Golem."

The Warrior released a battle cry and threw his battle axe at the monster. It struck the massive beast, who released a low groan before he shattered into pixels, the axe falling to the ground.

Gyuki barely had time to react before the giant boulder belonging to theMegarock Dragon struck him and knocked him back.

(Aurum: 5550) - - - - - - - (Gyuki: 0)

Aurum sighed a little bit as the field around them vanished. "Too close…" She looked up, noticing that Gyuki wasn't moving. She frowned. "Oh come on, it wasn't THAT painful. Get up, it was only-"

"Get out of my head…"

"Hm?" She blinked. "Hey…you all right over there?" She asked.

He began to squirm a little bit, groaning as his movements began to grow a little bit more frantic. "They're all over me…get them, get them off me! GET THEM OFF ME!"

"Hey, relax!" Aurum shouted as she rushed forward. Indeed, the confidence that was once in Gyuki's eyes had all but vanished. Instead, there was only fear.

"They're all over me!" He didn't seem to register the fact there wa s nothing on him. "They're all over me, they're in my HEAD! MAKE THEM STOP, I DON'T WANT TO ANYMORE!"

"Gyuki, CALM DOWN!" She shouted, grabbing his shoulders and trying to force him down. "Nothing is happening, nothing is-"

But she stopped when she realized he wasn't moving anymore. He was still alive, as she noted when she took his pulse, and sighed a little. "He must have fainted…" She mumbled a little frowning down at him. "Pulse is going a mile a minute…what on earth was going on?"

So, as she used her crystal on Gyuki, she stood up and noticed the entire bar was still a little trashed. A sweatdrop dripped down her head, and she hid her face.

"Naga and Ao are not gonna be happy when they get the bill for this place…"

Iron Chain Golem
Type
: Fiend/Earth/Effect
Attack/Defense: 1000/800
LV: 4
Effect: This card gains 300 Attack for each face up "Chain" card on the field.

Iron Chain Prison
Type
: Field Spell
Image: A massive prison, lined with Iron Chains on the walls and cells.
Effect: All "Iron Chain" monsters gain 400 Attack. When a player activates a Spell card, discard the top card from their deck to the graveyard.

Iron Chain Stein Golem
Type
: Fiend/Earth/Synchro
Attack/Defense: 2500/1200
LV: 7
Effect: 1 "Iron Chain" Tuner Monster + 1 or more Non-Tuner Monsters
When this card inflicts battle damage to your opponents life points, discard the top card of their deck equal to the number of "Chain" cards on your side of the field. Increase this cards ATK by 200 for each card discarded by this effect.

Sapphire Dragon
Type
: Rock/Earth/Tuner
Attack/Defense: 800/1000
LV: 3
Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned, Special Summon one ROCK-Type monster in your graveyard with 0 Attack.

Kyama Kuma
Type
: Rock/Earth/Synchro
Attack/Defense: 2600/2000
LV: 7
Effect: 1 Tuner monster + One or more Non-Tuner Monsters
This card gains the following effects depending on the number of removed from play ROCK-Types.
-2 or more: This card cannot be destroyed by monster effects.
-4 or More: For each of your Removed from play Rock-Types, increase this cards ATK and DEF by 300.
-6 or more: By Returning 2 of your removed from play Rock Types, you may select one card on the field and destroy it (A card targeted by this effect cannot be activated).

Note: The above five cards were created by Lux-Nero and used with Permission. All creative credit goes to him.

Guidance to Ore
Type
: Spell/Continuous
Image: A hole in the middle of a mountain side.
Effect: When a ROCK-Type monster you control is destroyed, you can Special Summon one monster from your deck with the same name as the destroyed monster.

Note: Guidance to Ore was first used by T-Bone in the anime episode, "J-Dawg and T-Bone". All creative credit goes to the writers of that episode.

Miracle Rupture
Type
: Spell
Image: A bright light above Giant Soldier of Stone
Effect: Send one Rock-Type monster from your deck to the graveyard. Then, draw one card.

Note: Miracle Rupture was first used by Jim "Crocodile" Cook in the anime episode, "A Sight Unseen". All creative credit goes to the writers of that episode.

Iron Chain Storm
Type
: Spell/Quick-Play
Image: Iron Chain Dragon floating in the background as a Blue Eyes White Dragon is wrapped in Iron Chains.
Effect: Activate only when you have a face up "Iron Chain" Synchro Monster. One monster your opponent controls has it's ATK halved. For each 500 Attack reduced by this effect, the opponent discards the top card of their deck.

Crumbling Boulder
Type
: Trap
Image: Monk Master punching his way through a massive boulder
Effect: During the end phase of which this card was destroyed by a card effect, add one ROCK-Type monster from your deck to your hand.

Precarious Hanging Boulder
Type
: Spell/Continuous
Image: Chick the Yellow reaching for a red gem on a pedestal as a massive boulder prepares to crush him.
Effect: Remove from play one ROCK-Type monster in your graveyard. Destroy the first monster that declares an attack before the damage step and this card.

While people deal with the present, many people also deal with the past.

More often than not, people will disregard the past.

However, the past will always follow everyone, whether it's good or bad. Depends on the person.

Next time, on "Journey!"

The next of our Shadowchaser from the land of the rising sun appears, dealing with a shadow of his past!

"The Shadows of Time Before strike!"

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