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Leo: You'll see, you'll see. Wait, how'd you get in here again?

doctor mayuri: The door was open.

Leo: (Walks to the door) (Closes it) (Faces doctor mayuri) Guess you're stuck with us for a while.

Chapter Seven

I See Fire

(Shade District)

Light sat in the middle of the Elementals' lair, facing his two remaining henchmen. He spoke up. "With Earth and Wind gone, Leonard's skill grows. Water spoke up. "Man! Wind and I were going to go to Tokyo for a few days after this was over!" Fire faced him. "Why wasn't I invited?" Light interrupted. "Gentlemen, please. I'm trying to think." Fire made up his mind. "I'll take on Leo. It'll buy you more time." Light nodded. "Very well. In the meantime, Water, I have tracked down the Copier, who has the Egyptian God Card, Slifer the Sky Dragon. Face him, and claim that card." Water nodded. "I'm on it!" He left to find the Copier. Fire faced Light. "Do you really trust him to defeat the Copier?" Light faced him. "No, I do not. I simply want to know what the Copier's deck looks like now."

(Light District)

Leo walked around the Duel Park, lost in thought. He'd considered trying to contact Luna, or one of the other Signers, but decided against it. This was his fight, and he couldn't risk anyone else. As he thought this, he heard a twig snap, and looked in the direction of the sound. The next Elemental stood there, ready for him. "Which one are you?" The Elemental faced him. "Call me Fire. Let's go." Leo nodded. "You asked for it." The two opponents activated their Duel Disks.

(Fire: 4000)

(Leo: 4000)

Fire made up his mind. "I'll start this Duel. I Draw. I Summon Evocator Chevalier."

(Evocator Chevalier appeared: a level 4 monster with 1900 ATK)

"I play Double Summon, in order to Normal Summon a second time. I choose another Evocator Chevalier."

(Same as before)

"I also play Card Advance. I look at the top five cards of my Deck, then put them back in any order." After doing so, he added, "Then, I can Advance Summon in addition to my Normal Summon this turn. I release my two Chevaliers, for Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos!"

(Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos appeared: a level 7 monster with 2800 ATK)

Leo was not surprised. "So, this is the Elemental Dragon of Fire, is it?" Fire made no reaction. "I end my turn." Leo drew his card, and made his decision. "Since you control a monster, and I don't, I can Special Summon my Cyber Dragon from my hand."

(Cyber Dragon appeared: a level 5 monster with 2100 ATK)

Fire was not surprised. "And here comes the monster that defeated Dark." Leo held up a card. "I Normal Summon my Fleur Synchron."

(Fleur Synchron appeared: a level 2 monster with 400 ATK)

"I Tune level 2 Fleur Synchron with level 5 Cyber Dragon, in order to Synchro Summon Power Tool Dragon!"

(Power Tool Dragon appeared: a level 7 Synchro monster with 2300 ATK)

"Through the effect of Fleur Synchron, when I use him for a Synchro Summon, I can Special Summon a level 2 or lower monster from my hand. I choose D.D. Sprite."

(D.D. Sprite appeared: a level 1 monster with 100 ATK)

"D.D. Sprite is a Tuner monster, so I Tune it with Power Tool Dragon. Spirit that defends the flow of life, veil yourself in flesh and come to my aid! Appear, Life Stream Dragon!" Leo's Signer Dragon appeared, and roared defiantly at Blaster.

(Life Stream Dragon appeared: a level 8 Synchro monster with 2900 ATK)

"I Set a Card, and end my turn." Fire drew his card. "I Set a card, and end it with that." Leo drew his card. "I pass this turn." Fire was not amused. After drawing, he said, "I activate my trap, Rising Energy! Now, my Blaster gains 1500 Attack Points!"

(Blaster's ATK: 4300)

"Attack his Life Stream Dragon! Inferno Cannon!" Leo was ready. "Reveal Trap Card, Magic Cylinder! The attack is negated, and you take damage equal to Blaster's Attack Points!" Fire paled. "Oh, no!"

(Fire: 0)

(Leo: WIN)

Fire's device went off, and Leo picked up his cloak.

(Drake District)

Gavino sat in the Duel Park of the Drake District, looking through his Deck. He took notice of someone approaching, a figure in a black cloak. Gavino took that moment to think about his Duel with Akiru, when he'd learned that to become a good Duelist, you had to make your own personalized Deck, that no one could take away. The figure faced him. "Hi! Let's Duel!" Gavino shrugged. "Bring it." 'Weirdo.'

(Water: 4000)

(Gavino: 4000)

Water grinned. "I'll start, and I draw!" Water looked at his hand, and said, "I Summon Giant Red Seasnake!"

(Giant Red Seasnake appeared: a level 4 monster with 1800 ATK)

Gavino wasn't afraid of that card. It was a Normal monster, and easy to deal with. "I play Double Summon, and bring out Great White!"

(Great White appeared: a level 4 monster with 1600 ATK)

"I play Crashing Waves! I can add a level 7 or higher WATER monster from my Deck to my hand, then gain an Advance Summon!" He made his choice. "I Release my Seasnake and Great White, in order to Advance Summon Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls!"

(Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls appeared: a level 7 monster with 2600 ATK)

Gavino was surprised. "I've never seen that card before." Water grinned. "I know, right? It's my ace monster, and I love it!" Gavino was not amused. "Can I go?" Water looked at him. "Huh? Oh, right. Sorry. Your turn." Gavino drew his card. "I play the Field Spell Mausoleum of the Emperor! With this, instead of releasing monsters for an Advance Summon, we just pay 1000 Life Points times the number of monsters we need to release to Summon the monster we want to Summon. I also play Spell Economics. So, now, I don't pay Life Points to use Spell Card or Spell effects. In other words, I can Summon high level monsters as easily as I could a level 4 monster!" Water paled. "I use their power, to Summon Slifer the Sky Dragon!"

(Slifer the Sky Dragon appeared: a level 10 monster with ? ATK)

"Slifer's Attack Points are equal to the number of cards in my hand times 1000!"

(Slifer's ATK: 3000)

"I have Slifer attack Tidal!"

(Water: 3800)

Gavino grinned. "Make your move." Water drew his card. "I Summon another Giant Red Seasnake!"

(Giant Red Seasnake appeared: a level 4 monster with 1800 ATK)

"Nice try, buddy. Slifer's effect activates! When you Summon a monster in Attack Mode, Slifer makes that monster lose 2000 Attack Points!"

(Giant Red Seasnake's ATK: 0)

Water paled. "Uh oh." "There's more! Any monster who's effected by Slifer and has its Attack Points dropped to 0 is destroyed!"

(Giant Red Seasnake is destroyed)

Water gulped. "I end my turn." Gavino drew his card. "Slifer, finish this!"

(Water: 0)

(Gavino: WIN)

Water ran off, and dropped a card. Gavino approached it. He held up a card he thought he'd never see. "Obelisk the Tormentor? He dropped it?" Thinking it over, he said, "Mine!" As he said this, dark energy flowed into him, and the boy had a dark look in his eyes. "Akiru. You're going down."

A/N

SoftWare: In case you were wondering, Gavino is the Copier.

Leo: Why did Obelisk fill him with dark energy?

SoftWare: It wasn't Obelisk. As long as Light is in the picture, he can use the God Cards to take control of new minions. That's why he's trying to collect them.

doctor mayuri: But he can only make three people into minions. Wait, why wasn't Leo affected? And why wasn't Gavino affected by Slifer?

SoftWare: Light hasn't handled them yet. That's why he has to collect them.

Computer: SoftWare, offline.