"You always were a great duelist, of course so was I." Crow said with a smirk. "I'll start by summoning out Harpie Lady #1 in attack mode, and thanks to her effect all of my wind monsters get a 300 attack point boost."

"Nice move Crow, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve." Yusei said.

"I know, but that's why I'm not done yet." Crow said. "I play my magic card Elegant Egotist, now since I have a Harpie on the field I can summon Harpie Lady Sisters to the field in attack mode."

"Ok, this complicates things." Yusei said nervously.

"Next I set one card facedown, and now I attack with Harpie Lady Sisters." Crow said confidently.

"Not bad Crow, but I have my own facedown cards, for example my Mirror Force." Yusei said.

"Great, well there goes my Harpie Lady team." Crow said. "I'll end my move."

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"That's a relief, Crow's Harpies are gone." Zone said.

"For now, but who knows what that facedown card could be." Akiza said. "Knowing Crow Yusei's not in a much better spot."

"Maybe, but Yusei does have two cards facedown, so maybe one of them can give him an advantage." Zone said.

"At this point I hope you're right Zone." Akiza said.

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"It's my turn Crow, and without any Monsters your life points are open to an attack." Yusei said.

"Is that so, well I'll just have to fix that." Crow said with a grin. "Reveal trap card, Hysteric Party, now I'll discard one card and bring back the three Harpie Ladies in my graveyard, so come out Harpie Ladies #1, #2, and #3."

"Hold on Harpie Lady #3 wasn't in your graveyard." Yusei said.

"Wrong again pal, I discarded a card for Hysteric Party." Crow said. "Still confident enough to attack?"

"Crow I told you that you wouldn't be the only one with a surprise, so I play the Replacement Trick magic card, now I pay 500 life points, and in exchange I can replace my Blast Magician with a new spellcaster, so I'll bring out Night's End Sorcerer." Yusei said. "Next I'll summon Skilled White Magician to join him."

"I can see where this is going Yusei, you're about to play one of those two aren't you?" Crow asked calmly.

"Exactly, I tune Night's End Sorcerer with Skilled White Magician in order to synchro summon my Tempest Magician." Yusei said. "Now then, I attack your Harpie Lady #1 with my Tempest Magician."

"Not bad Yusei, but I play my other facedown card Harpie Lady Sparrow Formation, and this one negates the attack and ends your battle phase." Crow said. "Looks like my Harpies are sticking around."

"Maybe, but I can still play two more cards." Yusei said. "One facedown and the field spell Magical Citadel of Endymion, that ends my move."

Yusei 3500 Crow 4000: "Not bad Yusei, I would have guessed you'd play something that powerful, it's just too bad you also played a field spell." Crow said. "I sacrifice two of my Harpies in order to bring out Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua."

"Great. I didn't want to see that one." Yusei said.

"That's a shame, because he's here to stay." Crow said. "Chacu Challhua attack Yusei directly."

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"This is bad, Yusei only has 600 points left and he hasn't even touched Crow." Zone said.

"I know, what are you thinking Yusei?" Akiza asked nervously. "You can't afford to lose this duel."

"He has to be planning something, that's all we can hope for now." Zone said nervously.

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Yusei 600 Crow 4000: "This duel is almost over Crow, but it won't end the way you expect." Yusei said. "I start by revealing the trap card Pitch Black Power Stone, this card adds three more spell counters to the one already on my Tempest Magician."

"Yeah, and what exactly is that going to do for you?" Crow asked.

"I'm not done yet, I play Spell Power Grasp, adding a spell counter to Tempest Magician, and one to my Citadel, bring my total to six." Yusei said. "Now I'll discard the two cards in my hand to add two counters to Tempest Magician."

"You just spent all that time building up eight of those spell counters, but you still can't beat me this round and my Earthbound Immortal is going to wipe you out in my next move." Crow said. "All that build-up for something that won't even matter."

"That's where you're wrong Crow, Tempest Magician has two effects, the first is what allowed me to build up all the counters I needed, and the second is the one that's about to end this duel." Yusei said. "I remove every spell counter I have to deal 500 points of damage per counter, and that totals 4000 points exactly."

"I get it, you went for an OTK that's not how you usually play but it paid off in the end." Crow said. "You win pal."

"Yet another of my dark signers falls to you three." the KotN said calmly. "I suppose you'll be next?"

"Yeah, I'm next and I'm going to take down the third dark signer with the first deck I built." Zone said.

"That deck won't help you defeat me Zone, of course I suppose it would be faster to just show you." said another of the dark signers.

"I had a feeling I'd duel you Paradox." Zone said. "You're not going to beat me in a duel."

"We'll see, it's been a long time since you've dueled me." Paradox said. "Of course my current strategy is a bit of an older one."

"We'll see who wins Paradox, you don't have any idea what cards I have in store for you." Zone said.

"Zone, good luck." Yusei said. "You'll be fine."

"I know, this duel is going to be tough." Zone said. "But the real challenge is going to be the final duel."

"That's enough talking Zone, I've always preferred action." Paradox said.

"You're right Paradox, and I agree." Zone said.

"Let's duel." said Zone and Paradox simultaneously.

(Yusei managed to defeat Crow in a duel, and now Zone is preparing to face Paradox. Next chapter the third shadow duel will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)