Chapter 07 – Clashing Souls

Author Notes : This chapter was supposed to be only Yuma vs Yuto, but that ended up being really short one, so, we also see Kaiba dueling during tournament now. Enjoy!

Almost a hour would had passed since alarm about Soul Hunter's presence would had been given, and most of the duelists, mostly those who knew what Shadow Duels were, would had now gotten ready to defend themselves in duel. However, despite the warning, tournament was still going on full-steam, despite infirmary getting a new visitor every now and then. Gorz himself would had by now left to the dueling grounds himself personally as well, leaving GEN-3212 explain situation best the duel droid with artificial intelligence could.

At the mountain range, Yuto would be looking around for his next opponent. Shay would had informed him from Lulu's current condition, and rebellion member would now be looking around for Bakura as well. After looking for a while, he did find a opponent; kid with black spiky hair with red stripe, looking around for duelists, before sighing. "...I guess I should had gone to look from that city like Astral told me to, instead of heading straight to the mountains... Guess not many did come to here?" Yuto would stay hidden for a moment, kicking a piece of stone by accident while moving, attracting Yuma's attention. "Who's there?!" Yuma would call out, Yuto staying silent a moment, before walking out from behind the boulder. "Just a duelist", he'd then say. Yuma would peer Yuto a moment, tilting his head a bit. "...You would not happen to be one of those Soul Hunters?" He would finally ask. Yuto would blink a moment, before smiling a bit. "Why don't we duel and find out?" He'd reply, deploying his duel disk. Yuma would nlink, before smiling himself, activating his D-Pad.

"DUEL!"

"I go first!" Yuto would say, looking his hand a moment. "I start by summoning The Phantom Knight's of Ancient Cloak, and then Special Summon The Phantom Knight's of Silent Boots as I control a Phantom Knight's monster", Yuto would say, summoning in one turn two shadowy knights. "Now, I overlay my two level 3 monsters and construct and Overlay Network!" He'd call out, two monsters turning into purple orbs, ascending into the sky and then into a small galaxy appearing to the ground. "Xyz Summon! Souls of knights who fell on the battlefield. Revive here and now, and become the light that breaks the darkness! Xyz Summon! Appear, Rank 3, Phantom Knights Break Sword!" From shadowy mist appearing to the battlefield would appear a headless, horse-riding knight with broken sword and pitch-black armor. "Now, I set two cards and end my turn." Yuto says, as he places two cards face-down.

"Draw!" Yuma would call out, looking at card he just drawed and cards on his hand, before smirking. "I start by summoning Gagaga Sister to Attack Position!" Young magician would appear to the battlefield, and then raise it's wand to the sky. "Now, I use it's effect, adding one Gagaga Spell or Trap to my hand. I choose Gagagarevenge!" Yuma calls out, his D-Pad ejecting him a card from his deck. "Next, as I control a monster with Gagaga on it's name, I can Special Summon from my hand Gagaga Clerk!" Yuma says, summoning another magician, Yuto looking at the monsters. "So, two level 2 monster?" He'd ask, not looking yet too impressed, but Yuma would smirk. "Not exactly. I use effect of Gagaga Sister! With this, I can combine levels of two Gagaga monsters on field and make them both that level!" Yuto would now actually look bit surprised, as levels of two monsters would raise from two to four. "I overlay 2 level 4 monsters to perform Xyz Summon!" As two monsters turn into spheres of energy, Yuma would then go through his extra deck, realizing now that he has no "Number 39 – Utopia" on his deck currently. "I Xyz summon Rank 4 Zubaba General!" Yuma would then call out, summoning a massive knight to the battlefield from red spiral, with same attack points as Break Sword. "Now, I use effect of Zubaba General! By detaching one Xyz Material from it, I can equip a Warrior-type monster from my hand to it as Equipment Spell, and Zubaba General adds that monsters Attack Points to his own!" Yuma explains, as sphere of energy would be absorbed by Zubaba General's blade. "I equip from my hand Gagaga Caesar to Zubaba General!" Zubaba General would be surrounded by light brown aura for a moment, it's ATK increasing from 2000 to 3800, Yuto looking now somewhat impressed. "Zubaba General, attack and destroy Break Sword!" He'd then call out. Yuto would check his field, before activating something. "I activate Trap Card, The Phantom Knight's of Dark Gauntlets, to send a Phantom Knight's Spell or Trap from my deck to Graveyard. I choose Phantom Knight's Wing", he'd say, Break Sword still getting destroyed. "...That did not do anything?" Yuma would ask, blinking, as Yuto's life points would decrease to 2200. "True. But Break Sword has a ability. If I did Xyz Summon it and it's destroyed, I can special summon two Phantom Knight's monsters from my Graveyard with same level, and then increase their level by 1." Yuto explains, as spell circle appears to the battlefield, two monsters rising from it. "Appear, Silent Boots and Ancient Cloak!" Two monsters Yuto has used to Xyz Summon Break Sword in the first place would then appear to the battlefield. "I end my turn", Yuma simply reply, looking at Yuto's side of the field.

"Draw!" Yuto would call out, drawing a card, looking it for a moment, then at Yuma. "I overlay two level 4 monsters to create a Overlay Network", he'd then call out, Phantom Knight's once more entering into a miniature galaxy, only to cause it to explode into a black fog. "Formed from pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now, descend! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" As Black Dragon appears to the battlefield, Yuma would look actually surprised. "Now, I use it's Special Ability! By detaching two Xyz Material from it, it can cut attack of one my opponent's monster in half and add those points to it's own!" Yuto calls out, as Xyz units enter into purple spheres on Rebellion Dragon's wings. "Treason Discharge!" Yuto would call out, as purple bolts of lightning hit Zubaba General, Zubaba General's ATK dropping to 1900 and Dark Rebellion's attack rising from 2500 to 4400. "Next, effect of Phantom Knight's Wing in my graveyard activates", Yuto calls out. "By banishing it, I can resurrect a Phantom Knight's monster from my graveyard... Rise once more, The Phantom Knight's of Break Sword!" Yuto calls out, as his headless black knight once more appears to the battlefield. "Break Sword, destroy Zubaba General!" Yuto calls out his attack, as knight charges at now kneeling Zubaba General and dispatches it with it's sword, lowering Yuma's Life Points to 3900. "Now, Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon, direct attack! Revolt of Lightning, Disobey!" Yuto calls out, as jet-black dragon takes flight and ascends, purple electricity starting to emit from blade on it's jaw, before descending at Yuma, sending him flying to the wall and lowering his Life Points to zero.

"Ouch... That hurted..." Yuma would mutter, holding back of his head, as Yuto walks to him, before offering him a hand. "And answer to your question, no, I was not a Soul Hunter", Yuto would say, smirking, Yuma blinking, then bursting to laugh. "Well, it was a good duel!" He'd say, accepting the hand, as Yuto helps him up standing, Yuma cleaning dust from his clothes. "Well, my tournament is over", he'd then say, smiling. "Good luck out there!" He'd managed to add before getting teleported back to the arena, Yuto continuing to look for Bakura.

From distance, a dragon-like humanoid figure would had been observing the duel, smirking a bit. "He's strong... I could test my skills on him", he'd think aloud, getting ready to move. "If you want to face a strong duelist, why don't you pick someone who's more of a your size?" Voice would call out, dragon stopping to his tracks, turning around. "...I know you. You are Seto Kaiba", dragon would say, Kaiba maintaining his stern expression. "And you are Van'Dalygon, the Dark Dragon Lord", he'd say, Dragon-man smirking before turning his attention fully on Kaiba now. "Almost, yes. It is just form I took for this little tournament... My true name you see is Diabolos... One of the three Dark Kings of Shadow Realm", Dragon Man says, though Kaiba would not look impressed. "...And I should care, because...?" He'd ask,Van'Dalygon smirking. "Prometheus may rule majority of Shadow Realm, and Lich Lord guard the entrance to the Underworld... But I rule over the Abyss, deepest part of the Shadow Realm", dragon explains, smirking. "And once I am done with you, I'll invite you to a one-way trip there!" Dragon snarls, forming a black, dragon-wing like disk to it's arm, while Kaiba deploys his new duel disk.

"DUEL!"

"I go first!", Diabolos calls out, looking his hand, smirking. "First, I summon Lady of D to the Attack Position, then set a card. Show me what you can do, Seto Kaiba", dragon would then state, mockingly.

"Draw!" Kaiba would look at his hand, thinking a brief moment. "Since you control a monster but I don't, I can special summon Kaiser Vorse Raider from my hand!" He would finally call out, as he summons his monster. "Now, I tribute my Kaiser Vorse Raider in order to summon Krystal Dragon!" As blue dragon would arise to the battlefield, Diabolos would not even look concerned, even if it had 800 more attack points than his Lady of D Had. "Krystal Dragon, attack at her Lady of D!" As Krystal Dragons would fire a burst of blue flames at something, Diabolos smirks. "I activate effect of Lady of D! By discarding a Dragon-type monster, I can prevent her from being destroyed!" As Diabolos sends a card from his hand to Graveyard, Lady of D would form a golden forcefield to block the attack, even if Diabolos still would take damage, his life points lowering to 3000. "Now since Krystal Dragon battled, I can add one level 8 Dragon-type monster to my hand... Of course, I choose Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba says, adding the Blue-Eyes to his deck. "I end my turn with a face-down. Now, show me what "King of Abyss" can do." Kaiba says, taunting, as he sets card face-down and ends his turn..

"Oh, I will show you depths of despair... I draw, and activate the Trap Card, Call of the Haunted!" Diabolos says, smirking, Kaiba looking at Diabolos moment. "Why did you use that? You don't have a monster in your grave..." He would widen his eyes, remembering what happened a moment ago, Diabolos smirking as he begins chant. "Dragonlord who rules over the black dragons, ascend from depths of underworld and demolish my foes! Appear, Van'Dalygon the Dark Dragon Lord!" In the battlefield would now loom a copy of his summoned, a pitch-black humanoid dragon, with it's arms crossed. "Next, I tribute Lady of D to Tribute Summon Divine Dragon – Excellion!" In place of a Lady of D would soon be a white dragon, looming over the battlefield. "Now, Van'Dalygon, destroy Krystal Dragon with Darkness Firestorm! Divine Dragon – Excellion, Direct Attack! Sacred Flame!" Kaiba would brace himself, as first black flames burn Krystal Dragon to cinders, then blue flames hit him directly, lowering his life points steadily from 4000 first to 3700 and then to 2200. "I end my turn."

Kaiba would look at Diabolos moment, still looking rather confident. "For your information, I am not intending to lose in this tournament. There is someone I am going to defeat, after all... DRAW!" Kaiba would look at card he drawed, then smirk. "I summon Assault Wyvern!" He'd then call out, summoning a bladed dragon to the battle field. "Assault Wyvern, attack and destroy his Divine Dragon – Excellion!" Van'Dalygon would not even seem to care, as his white divine dragon would be rendered to pieces, lowering his life points from 3000 to 2700. "Next, I use Assault Wyverns special ability!" Kaiba would call out. This would draw some attention from Diabolos. "When Assault Wyvern destroys a monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard, I can tribute it to Special Summon a Dragon-type monster from my hand, or my Graveyard!" Kaiba explains, Diabolos widening his eyes. "Then...!" He's about to say, seeing Kaiba smirking. "Ascend now, my Pride and Soul, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Behind Kaiba, from golden glow, would ascend a white dragon with blue-eyes, Diabolos taking a step backwards, knowing what would happen now. "Now, Blue-Eyes, destroy Van'Dalygon with White Lightning!" Kaiba would call out as he begins his attack, Dark Dragon Lord getting erased in a mere moment by Blue-Eyes' breath, lowering life-points of Van'Dalygon to 2500. "Well, I can still turn the situation to my advance", Diabolos would claim, Kaiba looking at dragon with disappointed expression. "No, you cannot. I activate a Trap Card, Tyrant Wing", he'd then say, Diabolos' eyes widening now. "Tyrant Wing will increase attack of my Blue-Eyes White Dragon by additional 400 points, and it can now attack second time!" Diabolos would take a another step backwards, as Blue-Eyes begins to charge it's second attack. "Now, go! White Lightning!" Kaiba would yell, declaring attack, burst of energy dropping Diabolos' life points to zero and causing him to fade away, sending him back to the Shadow Realm.

With duel won, Kaiba would swipe dust from his coat, before turning around. "Why people are so worried about these guys... If can't defeat them, they no way they would be able to stand a chance against me. With luck, they'll get Wheeler out of the tournament, though..." he would think, as he makes his way down the mountain, looking at the sky. "I will find you Pharaoh... And I -WILL- defeat you... Mark my words!" He would think aloud, while making his way.

Author Notes : Next chapter will be duel between two of my OC's. Burning Abyss vs. Entity! Tell which one you think will emerge victorious!