I'm back with chapter 6 of The Fox Duellist. I hope you all enjoyed last chapter, a thousand thank you's to all those who REVIEWED last chapter. You guys really make writing this worth it.

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So let's duel! Game on!

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Truth Hidden in the Mist

Naruto eyed Haku as he stood across from him overlooking the duelling arena. Haku's smirk was making Naruto feel uneasy.

"Naruto let me take over, I'll crush him", voiced Yami as his ghostly form appeared next to Naruto.

Naruto shook his head.

"Why? What's wrong?" asked the spirit.

'You don't have to duel every time Yami, you can help me duel from the sidelines but I can duel on my own skill y'know', thought Naruto as he placed his deck on the pad.

"If that's what you wish then so be it, but I'll be here to aid you if you need", Yami eyed the boy across from his container. "This boy is very skilled, I wouldn't take him lightly", said Yami as he narrowed his eyes.

'You know this guy?' asked Naruto.

"No I don't ever recall meeting him, but you can by the way he holds himself, he's confident", said Yami as he crossed his arms.

"Good luck", he finished and disappeared.

"If you're done talking to yourself, why don't you start things off?" offered Haku.

"With pleasure", said Naruto as he drew his five cards.

He looked up and then drew his sixth.

Naruto's LP 2000

Haku's LP 2000

'Good start', he thought with a smile.

"I summon Orion The Battle King (1800/1400) in attack mode", he said as he placed the 4 star monster on the field. "Next I'll place this card face down and I'll end my turn", he said as he looked up at the boy.

Haku drew his sixth card and gave a smirk of his own.

"I'll play the magic card, Hidden Mist", he smirked as he laid the field spell down on the playing field.

Suddenly a thick mist enveloped the arena making it very hard to see. Naruto in fact could no longer see Haku he could only hear him laughing.

"Now you'll never see me coming", he heard through the mist. "Next I'm going to place Hunter Ninja (1300/1000) in attack mode and end my turn, your move blondie", he said with a challenging tone.

Suddenly his monster's attack power went up by 300 giving it a total 1600 attack points.

Naruto's LP 2000

Haku's LP 2000

"So that's what that field spell does increases the attack power of his water attributed cards", he said aloud with a frown.

'Why would he play a monster in attack mode that's weaker than my battle king?' thought Naruto curiously. 'I bet he's set a trap for me', he smirked.

"Well that's alright then, I'll take the lead quickly", he drew another card.

"I'll equip my battle king with the magic card Lightning Blade raising his attack power by 600. This gives him a total of 2400 attack points", he said loud enough for his opponent to hear you.

"Now my mighty battle king, destroy his ninja with your Lightning Blade!" ordered Naruto as Orion's right hand became enveloped in lightning. He charged through the mist and struck the ninja with the power attack destroying it instantly.

The difference was taken out of Haku's life points.

He drew a card.

"Not bad", the mist cleared just enough for him to become visible. "But my Hunter Ninja has a special ability, whenever he's destroyed I can summon another one from my hand in defence mode", he placed the card face down.

"I'll also play the magic card Magic Mallet, which lets me any amount of cards from my hand and I choose to discard these 3 cards", Naruto raised an eyebrow.

Haku sent the three cards to the graveyard.

"Then it allows me to draw 3 in their place", he smirked.

"I'll end my turn", he said stoically as the mist cleared a fragment so Haku's face became visible.

Naruto's LP 2000

Haku's LP 1200

'What's he up to?' thought Naruto.

"He must have a secret strategy, be on your guard", warned Yami.

"Right", said Naruto as he drew a card.

"Incinrating Fire? I can't do anything with this now", he sighed and brought his hand to his far left card.

"I'll summon Dark Blade (1800/1500) in attack mode", said Naruto as he placed the four star monster down.

"You keep lining them up and I'll keep knocking them down", he said as he pointed forward.

"Now Dark Blade attack his Hunter Ninja with your dark slash attack!" ordered Naruto as Dark Blade destroyed his Hunter Ninja.

Haku didn't seem affected at all.

"Now Orion take down his face down monster with your Lightning Blade attack", commanded Naruto as Orion obeyed and destroyed the monster.

"Well you're a lot better than I gave you credit for", said Haku.

"You're actually a bit of a disappointment", said Naruto honestly.

"I'm sorry to hear that, you're just like him", he said with a smile.

"Like who?" asked Naruto bewildered.

Haku didn't seem to hear him as he drew another card.

"I'll place this card face down", he declared then smiled.

"Almost enough, I'll use this magic card, Card Destruction, now we have to get rid of all the cards in our hands and draw the same number of cards", he said.

"What are you doing?" asked Naruto.

"I'm about to win", he announced.

"Is that so?" asked Naruto.

"That's right, now I'll play the monster that you would have gotten if you'd have caught onto my strategy", he smirked. "I summon Zabuza, Demon of the Mist (2100/1800)", said Haku as he placed his 6 star monster down on the field.

"Well what good will that do?" asked Naruto as Haku's monster gained 300 attack points making it even with his own battle king.

"Zabuza has a very special ability. For ever water monster in my graveyard Zabuza gains 100 attack points and I count 9, giving him a total of 3000 attack points", he explained as Zabuza's attack points sky rocketed.

'Crap', thought Naruto.

"Now Zabuza destroy his battle king with your Executor's decapitation!" ordered Haku as Zabuza ran forward to cut down Orion.

"You've activated my trap, Crystal Ice Mirror!" declared Naruto as his trap card revealed itself.

Zabuza's clever hit the ice mirror stopping the attack.

"Not so fast, I activate my Mystical Space Typhoon and I'll destroy your Crystal Ice Mirror!" yelled Haku in triumph as tornado destroyed the mirror and Zabuza completed his attack.

Naruto's life points reduced by 600 and he covered his eyes from the dust.

"Did I mention that while my Hidden Mist is in play Zabuza can attack twice on the turn that he's summoned?" Haku smirked as Zabuza pulled his clever back and destroyed Dark Blade.

"I'll summon The Monster from the Mist (1100/900) in defence mode just to be safe",

Naruto's LP 200

Haku's LP 1200

"What are you going to do now Naruto, if you summon a monster stronger than The Monster from the Mist, Zabuza will be free to attack. Judging from the look on your face you have nothing in your hand that can help, so just give up", he taunted.

"You've lost just save yourself some dignity and give up", Naruto's hand began to shake and he grabbed it with his left hand.

'He's right, nothing in my hand is worth playing, if I put a monster in defence mode he'll just destroy it with Zabuza and he'll win the duel with his extra monster", he growled.

"What can I do?" he asked aloud.

"You can't do anything just quit", he said stoically.

"Come now child, you're stronger than you know, just have a little faith in your inner strength", said a soft, angelic and encouraging feminie voice inside his head.

'Yami?' asked Naruto.

"It wasn't I who just spoke Naruto", said Yami in a startled voice.

"Who are you?" asked Naruto aloud.

"You're so delusional now you're talking to yourself?" mocked Haku.

The top card of Naruto's deck began to glow a bright red colour. It pierced the mist as Naruto held it in his hand.

"Kyuubi?" wondered Naruto as the monster on the card seemed to smirk at him for a second.

"Well Haku, I'm afraid that my card isn't going to let me lose", he laughed. "So you're out of luck", the mist began to disappear to Haku's shock.

"But you didn't activate a magic or a trap card, why is my mist disappearing?" asked Haku.

"If I knew I'd tell you", he gave him a wild grin that made Haku look uneasy.

"I'm going to crush you!" declared Naruto confidently.

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"What's with this mist", complained Joey as his friend group walked through the forest.

"It reminds me of your brain all hazy", snickered Tristian.

"Watch it", growled Joey.

"It does seem a little odd", voiced Tea as she tripped over a lone root and lost her glasses.

"Oh that's just real fantastic", she grumbled.

Yugi picked them up for her as she got to her feet.

"Thanks", she said gratefully.

"Now we gotta find some duels!" yelled Joey with a fist pump.

"Easy there Joey, I'm sure we'll find some real soon", said Yugi reassuringly.

"Yes there is bound to be plenty of duellists to battle around here", said Yami Yugi with a confident smile as he voiced his thoughts from within side Yugi.

"But you didn't activate a magic or a trap card, why is my mist disappearing?" asked Haku.

"What, who said that, show yourself!" shouted Joey startled and frantic.

"If I knew I'd tell you", he gave him a wild grin that made Haku look uneasy.

"That voice sounded awfully familiar", said Tea.

"I'm going to crush you!" declared Naruto confidently.

"It's Naruto!" exclaimed Yugi in a jubilant tone.

"Where is he?" asked Joey as a red light pierced the mist in front of them.

"Best guess", said Tristian as he sprinted forward.

The rest of the group followed and they eventually came out to the open field. They saw Naruto on top of one platform, where the red light show was coming from and another boy on the other side.

"Now I play the magic card Incinerating Fire!" declared Naruto as he threw the card down.

The rest of the mist began to disappear as the holographic flames roared to life on the field.

"Now my mighty fox come forth. I summon The Nine Tailed Fox, Kyuubi!" the giant red fox appeared and Naruto chuckled.

The group looked up at him. It was like looking a different person, he was so confident and powerful.

Kyuubi's attack power increased to 3100.

"Now Kyuubi activate your special ability and change his monster back to attack mode", he commanded.

Haku looked on in horror as the Kyuubi roared at him. His monster that was previously in defence mode changed to attack mode.

"Now my mighty beast, destroy his Monster from the Mist with your unstoppable bijudama!" he ordered holding his hand out as Kyuubi destroyed Haku's monster reducing his life points down to zero ending the duel.

They both gathered their decks and met in front of the duelling area.

"You're good", said Haku. "As promised, Haku took off 2 star chips for Naruto and he held out his 2 favourite cards.

"Thanks", Naruto put the star chips on his glove and the two cards into his deck.

"Hiya Naruto! Bro!" Joey came up to him but Naruto ignored him.

"Yo, what's a matter?" he asked.

"You should be more focused on winning your duels", said Naruto.

"But Naruto….

Naruto looked down at Yugi.

"I'm here to fight for my brother guys, you have to understand that", he smirked at them all wildly. "I intend to win so until this is over then stay out of my way", he grabbed his back and slung it over his chest.

"I'll see you all at the castle, if you make it", he turned around and began walking away.

Once he was out of view Tea broke the silence.

"He's cute when he smirks like that", said Tea as she adjusted her glasses.

She covered her mouth and blushed.

Thankfully it wasn't loud enough to be heard over Tristian's outburst.

"He's a complete jerk now!" yelled Tristan.

Yugi frowned.

"Naruto isn't a jerk, he's just determined to rescue his brother just as much as I am to rescue my grandpa", Yugi said as he steeled his look.

"Well you know what we gotta do! We gotta get those 10 star chips and then kick Pegasus' ass!" declared Joey with a fist pump.

"Right!" agreed Yugi.

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Naruto walked out of the forest with a confused look on his face.

"What was that Yami?" he asked.

"The better question would be who that was?" he asked himself as he appeared behind him.

"You didn't know her voice?" asked Naruto.

Yami shook his head in confusion.

"No I didn't, although I don't know much about my past. However, I am aware that my origins lie in Ancient Rome", he said.

"Ancient Rome huh?" asked Naruto with a chuckle. "I've always wanted to travel there, it's a beautiful place", said Naruto with a smile.

"Let's not worry about it all now, said Yami with a frown. "But that still doesn't answer our question, who was that?" asked Yami.

"Maybe you and I are going stir crazy, c'mon 6 more star chips to go and then we can enter the castle", said Naruto as he walked on looking for a challenger.

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Sasuke had just annihilated some poor kid who spouted on about youth. He put up a great fight but in the end Sasuke overpowered him with his superior intellect and duelling prowess. Sasuke was good, it was hard for him not to become arrogant but he had to ring himself in otherwise his ego would get out of control. His mother had told him on numerous occasions that he either needed to get his 'ass handed to him' or 'find a girl that'll straighten him out'.

He sighed.

He had entered this tournament to find such an opponent but his first duel wasn't as challenging as he had hoped. His hand glowed a golden colour and something very special appeared on his finger.

On Sasuke's right ring finger appeared a golden band with a strange pattern engraved on the strange material.

"My that's an interesting ring you've got there Sasuke-boy", Sasuke's head whipped around to see Pegasus with his arms crossed.

"Ah I see", Pegasus' eye glowed for a bit then he smiled.

"Don't show Naruto-boy that or you'll in for quite the headache", he chuckled knowingly.

"Naruto? And why is that? Am I supposed to care?" he said as he glared at the older man.

"Oh if I were you, I'd care Sasuke-boy, but as to why, that's for me to know and for you to find out", he chuckled and the young boy's expression.

"Are you done?" he asked.

"You're not very friendly are you?" Pegasus grasped his blazer over his heart.

Sasuke's glare sharpened.

"Ohhhh scary", mocked Pegasus.

"You're such a child", Sasuke scoffed.

"And you're quite broody", countered Pegasus.

"I'll burn you alive!" yelled Sasuke in anger.

"Thank goodness I didn't come to make small talk, because you're not very good at it", Pegasus mocked.

"Whatever, you came here to talk, so talk and then get out of my sight", said Sasuke sharply.

"Hmm and here I was going to tell you all about where you come from, something that the history books horribly refused to inform you about. After all you wouldn't find that information in just any book", Sasuke's looked turned to confusion.

"What are you prattling on about old man?" asked Sasuke as Pegasus smirked.

"Oh poor, poor Sasuke-boy, so ignorant", said Pegasus dramatically.

"You've been connected to a world much older than our own, you aren't the only ones on this island to. There are two others just like you Sasuke-boy", said Pegasus.

"Like me?" repeated Sasuke.

"That's right lad, but if you wish to hear the rest you'll finish this test with the fastest score of all", he smirked. "Then I'll tell you about a world where monsters are real and where yours and the 3 other's ancient pasts all become intertwined", he chuckled.

"But that's a big, if", he revealed his eye. "Good luck Sasuke-boy", said Pegasus as feel to the floor.

"Oh how the youth today wish they had my style", he smirked as he walked over to Sasuke and surveyed his glove.

"Four star chips, well you've got a long way to go, but the tournament did just start", he laughed when his daughter stepped beside.

"Oh Konan dear you have an awful habit of sneaking up on people", said Pegasus.

"I apologise father, but I wish to duel in your tournament", he chuckled at his daughter's request.

"My dear you'll duel, but not in the tournament. I have a much more….entertaining task in mind for you sweetheart", Pegasus fished his hand into his pocket and pulled out a card.

Konan took the card.

"I see", she said making her father smirk evilly.

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Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, the story is building up nicely I think. I'm going to break away from the norm pretty soon. But rest assured it'll still be all Yugioh. Naruto won his first duel in Duellist Kingdom! So Rome huh? How does that work Aj-Kun? Oh and that voice, Sasuke's ring…..2 other people along with Sasuke…..Konan's card…oh so many questions, they all have great answers but you'll all have to wait and see how it all ties in.

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