Since the last chapter was sort of short, I decided to get this up quicker.

This next chapter is dedicated to Season Two of GX, and has a character who uses a deck similar to one of the most unusual.

This chapter might also have some spoilers for GX Season 2.

I'm also taking a few liberties with the B.E.S monsters, to spice things up a bit, and make the duel longer.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.

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I've heard about a lot of strange things coming from the Dueling World.

One of the most bizarre came out of the Kaiba Corp. Duel Academy, where a group that called themselves the Association of the Light started to gather power in the Academy.

One of the duelists that Sartorious, the leader of the Association, hired was a man named Lorenzo, a video game master who's deck reflected on his passion.

Namely, the B.E.S monsters.

Now me and my Guardians are facing the same type of deck.

I hope I can prevail, because these monsters almost beat the secound King of Games, Jaden Yuki.

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CHAPTER 4:
B.E.S TETRAN

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With the old village far behind them, our heroes stumble upon what seems to be an old abandoned factory.

"Should we check it out?" Katie asks.

"I doubt that we'll find any duelists, but its always worth a look," Darren says, and the 4 friends walk into the factory.

It has obviously been long abandoned, or at least been made to look that way, but they where wrong about one thing, there is a duelist here.

A young man with steel-gray hair, and wearing a black tank top and pants is standing in the middle of the factory.

"Its good to be here," he mutters, and then turns around and notices our heroes, his Duel Disk registers that he has 4 Duel Points already. "Well, more duelists, who wishes to duel me?"

"I will," Renee says abruptly.

"Alright, name's Darius, Darius Steel," Darius says, and activates his Duel Disk.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Renee Lords," Renee says, activating her Duel Disk as well. "I'll pick, Maha Valio as my deckmaster!"

The spellcaster appears by her side.

"In that case, I'll choose as my deckmaster a machine called Assault Core," Darius says, and a black machine with silver coverings appears beside him.

"LETS DUEL!" The two say in unison.

"I'll go first," Renee says, and draws. "I set one monster in defense mode, and place one card face down to end my turn."

Darius draws. "I place one card face down as well, and summon Mechanicalchaser (1850/800), in attack mode!"

A spherical machine with several parts jutting out from it appears.

"Now attack her face down monster, Shock Prod attack!"

The machine charges, but bounces off a monster, Darius' life points fall to 3650.

"Always be weary of face down monsters, Darius, like this one, its a friend of mine called Back Up Gardna (0/2200)," Renee says, and a purple demon with red hair appears.

"Fine, I activate Stage Select, first you can shuffle your deck," Darius says, Renee shrugs and does so. "Now I can take any card out of my deck, and put it on top of my deck," he says, and does so. "I'll end my turn."

Renee draws. "I give Gardna an equip card, Rod of Silence-Kay'est, raising his defense by 500, but my deckmaster ability is now activated, and my demon gains an additional 500 attack, and now I summon Guardian Kay'est (1000/1800), in attack mode!"

A mermaid with light blue hair and a dark blue body with a skimpy outfit appears.

"And, I'll use my Gardna's special ability, and switch the Rod of Silence to my guardian."

The rod appears in the mermaid's hands, and her defense goes up to 2300 and her attack to 1500 while Gardna's attack falls back to 0.

"I'll place this card face down, and equip Back Up Gardna with Heart of Clear Water, not only raising its attack back to 500 thanks to my deckmaster ability, but now he can't be destroyed in battle, your move."

"Renee's playing like a pro, thanks to that deckmaster ability, she can not only summon her Guardians, they will also get even more powerfull," Katie says to the spectral form of Yami who is watching beside her.

"Yes, but that worries me, Guardians are tricky to play, but when they are, they can be some of the strongest monsters in the game," Yami says. "I should know."

"Oh yeah, you lost to Renee's father," Katie says.

"Wait, Renee's father is, Rafael, the guardian duelist who used to work for Dartz?" Yami asks.

"Yeah, ironic isn't it that she's one of my best friends," Katie says. "But what worries me is Darius' deck, its obvious that he uses machines, but his deckmaster suggests that he uses a special brand of machines called B.E.S."

"B.E.S? What do you know about those monsters, Katie?" Yami asks.

"Only that they're very hard to destroy, they have 3 turn counters, and they can only be destroyed in battle after they lose all 3 of them," Katie says. "I saw an old dueling video from the Duel Academy records, back when Jaden Yuki was in his secound year, he took on a B.E.S duelist named Lorenzo."

Meanwhile, back at the duel, its Darius' turn.

He draws. "I activate a trap card called Cyber Summon Blaster, so now every time I summon a Machine monster, you lose 300 life points."

A laser cannon straight out of one of the old Godzilla movies (japanese movies), appears behind him.

"Now, I activate the magic card, Boss Rush, normally I wouldn't be able to normal summon a monster because of this card, but let me explain how my deckmaster works. Assault Core has two special abilities, the first one makes it so all machine monsters on my field count as having 'B.E.S' in their name, and the second negates the negative effect of Boss Rush, allowing me to normal summon monsters anyway."

Alright, it all depends on what he does next, Renee thinks.

"Now, I sacrifice my Mechanicalchaser to bring out Big Core (2300/1100)!" Darius says, and then the cannon blasts Renee, and her life points drop to 3700.

A huge armored starship appears, its guns at the ready.

"Now, I activate the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon on your Heart of Clear Water!"

"Not so fast, activate trap card, Judgment of Anubis!" Renee counters discarding a card, and the jackal god appears, and blasts away the Storm. "Now, I'll target your Big Core!"

The jackal god charges at the machine, and when the dust settles, the monster is still around, but there are only two glowing spots on its hull now.

"Instead of being destroyed, Big Core loses a turn token, and will only be destroyed once it loses all 3," Darius says.

"The B.E.S monsters, surprise, surprise," Wendy says. "Some of the most difficult machines in the game to beat."

Katie nods in agreement.

"Since I can't destroy either of your monsters, I'll end my turn," Darius says.

"Just out of curiosity, Darius, why do you have these cards? I mean they're strong, but they have some weaknesses," Renee asks of the machine duelist.

"Its sort of a long story," Darius says. "You see, when I was younger my parents worked in the space program, have you ever heard of the Archangel Project?"

"Uhh, yeah, it was a manned mission to Saturn's moon Titan 10 years ago," Darren, says. "It blew up en-route, hit by an asteroid I think."

"That's the story that the government released, no one is actually sure what happened, but a video exists, it shows a strange spacecraft attacking the Archangel," Darius says. "Now I'm not really much of a conspiracy theorist, but I think that the American Government covered up evidence of whatever destroyed the Archangel. I spent a few years in an Orphanage, until I was adopted by a nice family, who introduced me to Duel Monsters, it was then I learned about the B.E.S machines, I duel using them in memory of my family, and to figure out what happened to them."

"Uhh, Katie, do you know what B.E.S stands for?" Wendy asks her shorter companion.

"Bacterion Elimination Squadron, I believe," Katie says.

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Not too far away from where they are, the woman cloaked in shadow is watching.

Little do they know that the answer behind the destruction of the Archangel is closer to them than they know, she thinks. Mortals can be so foolish sometimes.

"Mistress Doppler, your special duelists are ready to go, but they are waiting for your orders," a man says, coming into the room.

"I'll be with them after this duel," Doppler says, leaning back in her chair.

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"Now lets see, I give Back Up Gardna the equip card Butterfly Dagger - Elma," Renee says, and a dagger shaped like a butterfly appears in the demon's hands. "And so I can maintain my combo, I reveal the trap card Reverse Trap, so instead of gaining those 800 attack, my Guardna loses 800 attack, so my Heart of Clear Water remains on the field."

"Your friends are good," Yami comments to Katie.

"Renee was the National Champion of France before she moved to Dommino City," Katie says.

"Now, I can summon my favorite monster, Guardian Elma (1300/1200), in attack mode!" Renee says, and a beautiful red-haired woman in a butterfly-like vest, a short red skirt, and long white cloth flowing behind her, appears, it immediately obvious why Elma is Renee's favorite monster, other than the hair coloring and clothing, Renee is identical to the guardian. "Now I'll use Guardna's effect again, and switch the Butterfly Dagger to Elma, raising her attack by 800."

The demon throws the dagger into the air, and Elma does a flip before catching it, her attack goes up to 2100.

"And now, I play the magic card, Guardian Treasure, by discarding the rest of my hand, I can draw two cards, and draw two cards for the rest of the duel as long as this card remains in play."

She discards her remaining two cards which are revealed to be Rod of the Mind's Eye and Obedience, then she draws two cards.

"I'll place one card face down, and end my turn."

Darius draws. "I place one card face down, and activate Cost Down, I'll discard a card..." he says, and discards a card. "To downgrade the level of all my monsters, now I'll summon B.E.S Tetran!"

A bronze spaceship with long whip-like attachments appears. Renee gets blasted again, and her life points drop to 3400.

"And I'll use its effect, sacrificing one of its Turn Tokens to destroy your Butterfly Dagger."

The dagger shatters.

"Fine, but thanks to its ability, I get it right back, and I just needed it to summon Elma, so she's still on the field," Renee says, and takes the card out of her graveyard.

"Fine, Big Core attack Guardian Elma with Timed Blast!" Darius says, and the machine sends a blast of energy at the Guardian.

"Reveal trap card, Guardian Formation, this will negate your attack, and allow me to take an equip card out of my deck and activate it," Renee says, and Guardian Elma flips out of the way. "I'll choose my Gravity Axe-Grarl, and give it to Elma."

The axe appears in the fairy Guardian's hands, her attack goes up to 2300.

"Fine, I'll end my turn there," Darius says.

Renee draws two cards. "I play, Pot of Greed," she says, and draws two more cards. "Now, I give Elma two cards first Butterfly Dagger-Elma, so her attack raises to 3100, and then Wicked Breaking Flamebridge-Baou, raising her attack again to 4100."

The dagger and a large sword appears in Elma's hands.

"All I have to do is discard a card," Renee says, and does so.

"Now, I summon Guardian Baou (800/500), in attack mode!"

A demonic monster appears.

"And I summon Guardian Grarl (2500/1200), I can special summon since he's the last card in my hand."

A dinosaur warrior appears.

"Elma, attack B.E.S Tetran with Butterfly Dagger Stab!"

Elma does a flip, and stabs right into the machine, it explodes, and Darius's life points fall all the way to 1350.

"What? But it had two turn tokens left!" Darius says in shock.

"Wicked Breaking Flamebridge-Baou's effect, when a monster equiped with it battles a monster, the monster's effect is negated, so your monster was destroyed now. Grarl, attack Big Core with Gravity Axe Smash!" Renee commands, and the Guardian slashes through the machine, leaving it with one turn token, and lowering Darius' life points to 1150. "And I'll end my turn, don't try switching your monster to defense, Gravity Axe prevents your monsters from switching position."

Darius draws, and sighs. "I'll pass."

Renee draws. "You've been a good opponent, Darius."

"Thanks, I hope to see you again," Darius says.

"Elma, attack with Butterfly Dagger Stab!" Renee commands, and the fairy stabs the monster, and explodes, lowering Darius' life points to 0.

Renee's Duel Points go up to 3, while Darius' go down to 3.

"That was amazing," Wendy says.

"I wouldn't be suprised if we saw you again," Katie says, shaking Darius' hand.

"Thanks," Darius says. "I'll try to make it to the Finals."

The four friends wave good-bye to Darius, and leave the factory.

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"Well, that was fun," the woman says, and leaves the room.

She emerges into a dinning room where 10 figures are sitting.

"I'm glad you could all make it," Doppler says to the 10 figures.

"It was our pleasure, Doppler," a man at the end of the table says.

"All I want to do is duel that punk Darren," another man says, and there is the sound of breaking glass.

"Makyura, calm down," Doppler says to the man.

"You should all shut up, this job is important," a woman says, leaning on a staff.

"Ruin, this doesn't concern you," Doppler says.

"This concerns all of us," a man with a deep voice says.

"Just prepare for your duties," Doppler says, and exits the room.

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Several of the cards used by Renee was used by Rafael during the Waking the Dragons series.

Several of Darius' cards will be used in season two of Yu-Gi-Oh GX.

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Renee's deck-Oath to Serve and Protect

Renee's deck was inspired mostly by her father Rafael, who also used Guardians.

No one is sure why she selected to still go with these difficult monsters, or why Katie Motou, the daughter of Rafael's former enemy trusts her.

The Guardians where made to guard, not to be evil, or good, just to protect and serve what is held most sacred to the people.

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Darius' Deck-Mechanical Revolution

Darius is a strange character, while most machine duelists aren't exactly nice and polite, Darius duels with the honor of his parents.

His trust in the B.E.S monsters is also unusual, but it makes him a powerful opponent.

One can only hope that he will be more helpful in the future.

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Well, that's chapter 4.

Just who is this Doppler person? And what does she have to do with the Archangel disaster?

More will be revealed later, for now, we will move on.

Next chapter: Darren is faced with another deck from GX's second season, one with an even stranger deck. Who is it you ask? Darren is asking the same "Question."