" I must admit. I wasn't expecting you to summon something powerful. But, I haven't played Duel Monsters since I found out the strip club next to my home has a free buffet."

" That's a new monster for Joey," Tea whispered to Tristan.

" Yeah," Tristan agreed. " I thought Joey was going to stay the same underdog he always was." A large tick formed on the back of Joey's head. He growled. " No matter how much skills Joey's improved he'll always be our itty-bitty Chihuahua."

" DON'T A CHIHUAHUA!" Joey shouted.

" Your own friends tease you," Nuo giggled. " Nice. That was an impressive move, but you can't attack because you already used your Battle Phase. It was with my Shadow Spell and your Red Eyes, remember?"

" Yeah, I know that. But that's why I saved some cards that jerk Marik gave me. Hinotama!" Joey slid a blue printed card on the table. The image embedded was four giant orange fireballs heading towards earth. " I chain, Poison of the Old Man!" Joey slapped another card on his table. The picture was an old wise man with closed eyes, brown robe, carrying green and red vials. " Now Hinotama will deal five hundred points of damage to you and Poison of the Old Man will deal eight hundred. Bringing it up to-"

" Dude, calm down." Nuo reached into the slit of his pocket and pulled out a cellphone. He pressed a few buttons on the screen subtracting it from his Life Points. Then he slid it back into his pocket. " Is that it."

" No, it's not it! Now my Lord of Red's effect activates. Since two Spell Cards were activated in separate chains I now can destroy all monsters on your side of the field."

In Nuo's imagination: the evil gargoyle rose from the ground, flapping its wings, wind sickles coming out, slashing through Luster Dragon. Lord of Red was voracious. Yugi, Tristan, and Tea expected Nuo to weep like Tristan when he was turned down by girls in his class, but he stayed perfectly calm, even typing on his cellphone.

" Aw yeah!" Joey smiled. " Who's the dog now? Not me but you. Not me - you. Who's the man? I'm the man!"

" That's strange," Yugi thought. " Nuo doesn't seem to be in any hurry."

" One minute until the bell rings."

" Either he has a sick sense of humor or..."

" I believe it's my turn." Nuo picked up the top card of his deck and studied it. Perfect. It was the exact card he needed. " Prepare to see a new kind of red. A red that is tenant. But it starts as an infant. I summon Red Eyes B. Chick (600/500)."

Nuo slid a card on the table. This card was new to Yugi, Tea, Tristan, and even Joey. Other than Rex Raptor and Joey no one even thought anyone had a set of Red Eyes monsters. Nuo's monster was a baby black dragon, cocooned in a red shell, chirping like a baby in Nuo's mind, it's charisma unfolding.

" R-Re-Red Eyes?" Joey blinked. " It can't be."

" Hmm. I tribute my Red Eyes B. Check to Special Summon Red Eyes Black Dragon from my hand (2400/2000)."

" What?!"

Yugi, Tristan, Tea, and Joey watched in awe as Nuo slid his own Red Eyes on the table. Nuo's was different than Joey's. His was a gigantic dragon whose bodily majority covered with dark, red scales. Its lower body, specifically his belly, the inner portions of his long tail, and legs, is beige in color. His also has noticeable scars on his belly and neck, with the largest one, which is X-shaped, located around the center of his body. His back has numerous black spikes, reaching down from the back to the end of his tail. Red Eyes has a triangular head with horns, a pair of large, round eyes with yellow sclera and a sharp horn pointing upwards just above his nose. Red eyes bony wings resemble a bat's, with rippled tips. Yugi, Tristan, Tea and Joey couldn't see it of course. But he did show it by drawing it with magic markers.

" Who draws on Duel Monster cards?" Tea asked.

" Someone with a strange imagination," Tristan said.

" Hahahaha!" Joey laughed. " You really kill me. I thought you were going to summon something stronger."

" Joey I don't think..." Joey said, but he was stopped by Nuo.

" I never said Red Eyes would be the monster to stop you. The monster I'm thinking of is an evolved form of Red Eyes. I tribute my Red Eyes to summon the mighty, the strong, and the ferocious Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"

Joey was clutching his palms in fear. Never has he heard of the monster Red Eyes Darkness Dragon. Joey leaned in to get a better look as Nuo removed the monster from the table counter and placed it down. It was a dark, dark dragon much darker than Red Eyes, but with boiling orange heat burning through its scales, and steam boiling from its mouth. It was an absolute terror.

" My Red Eyes Darkness Dragon has a special ability you might like. He gains 300 ATK points for every Dragon-type monster in my Graveyard. With my Luster Dragon, Red Eyes B. Chick, Red Eyes B. Dragon, and those two other Dragons I sent to the Graveyard with Magical Stone Excavation, his ATK points raise to a total of 3900."

" Amazing." Yugi thought. " This monster is just like Kaiba's Blue Eyes Shinning Dragon. But when I look at this card I feel...pleasure. Why?"

"And my Red Eyes will attack."

" No!"

" Calm down. It's just a game."

In Nuo's imagination: Red Eyes flapped its wings and unleashed a gale of shadows that consumed Joey's Lord of Red. The evil gargoyle exploded into a million pixels.

Nuo: 2700

Joey: 200

" This can't be..."

Before Nuo could end his turn the bell rang.