Vyser: I'm back with the next chapter…talk about déjà vu. Anyway I think you'll all find this chapter very interesting. Why you may ask? Well, I don't think I want to tell you, you'll just have to read in order to find out. But hey, I don't own Yugioh GX or the cards; I do own my own cards however.

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Chapter 7: A Jinxing Chance

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The morning sun began to rise over the duelist academy, when the light reached the Obelisk Blue it was revealed that Vic was standing on the roof holding a deck of his cards tightly in his grip.

"Victory will finally be achieved," thought Vic as he turned towards the door that led to the inside of the dorm. "Not by the hands of another, but by the hands of a true duelist."

Just as Vic was about to open the door, the door slammed opened right into Vic's face, sending Vic to the ground dazed. Kiro walked out of the doorway, looking left and right.

"Hey Vic! You up here?" Kiro asked as the door closed behind him.

Vic growled as he slowly got up, Kiro still not noticing that Vic was behind him.

"Yes! I'm up here you idiot!" yelled Vic which caused Kiro to jump with fear. "What do you want anyway? I was getting my deck ready for a certain duelist."

"I just came to tell you that we get the next three days off due to the duel examination that the teachers are setting up," Kiro answered as he stood up. "So we'll be able to crush that puny duelist with plenty of time to spare."

"We? No, you already failed as I recall," replied Vic, as Kiro looked mad. "But relax, you know the old saying? 'Why get someone to do the job, when you can do it yourself?'"

"So I'll be able to see your deck's power once more?" Kiro asked as Vic grinned. "I can remember last year how you managed to be able to become the second best duelist in this school. All thanks to that deck that you made by your own hands."

"And as I remember thanks to your deck you were ranked seven in the school last year," snickered Vic as Kiro looked embarrassed. "But now, I've looked at the ranks, and you've become the eleventh rank thanks to your loss."

"Then allow me to duel Cain again so I can get back my rank!" Kiro yelled as Vic just shook his head then walked towards the door once more.

"As I said before, you already failed," replied Vic as he opened the door carefully this time and walked through the doorway. "It's time for me to take matters in my own hands."

"Hey wait for me!" Kiro yelled as he ran after Vic.

Unfortunately, Vic had stopped on the fourth stair and Kiro had just ran into Vic. The two then began to fall down the stairs till they landed hard on the hard wood floor.

"Dang it Kiro!" yelled Vic before Kiro landed on top of him. "My back!"

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The morning was young as we see Cain relaxing in his room reading a book about advanced trap strategies. His roommate Rioko was sleeping soundly behind him, as Cain just looked at the clock that was set up in the room.

"8:25 huh, must be something up, the music should've been playing by now," Cain thought before a knock on the door made Cain turn from his book. "Must be the teacher coming to get us."

Cain quickly walked to the door and opened it to see Kazica standing in the doorway. A big smile was on her face, as Cain looked a little confused as to why Kazica wasn't in class as well.

"Hey Cain, how are you doing this morning?" asked Kazica as Cain scratched the back of his head.

"Uh, good I guess," Cain replied as a yawn came from his room. "Hey, Kazica, what's up with today? I mean shouldn't we be getting to class or something?"

"I guess you didn't hear the announcement yesterday," said Kazica. "For the next three days, we don't have class because we have duel examinations soon."

"So I guess I'll have to get to studying," Cain said as he tried to walk back into his room, but Kazica grabbed his arm.

"Come on, we've got three days let's do something today," said Kazica as neither of the two duelists noticed that Rioko was getting up stretching his entire body.

"What's up with this racket?" Rioko asked as Cain and Kazica looked to see Rioko. Kazica then covered her eyes; the main reason would have to be because Rioko was standing in his boxer shorts.

"Cover yourself!" yelled Kazica as Cain growled.

"Rioko! Hurry up and put some clothes on!" Cain yelled before he slammed the door shut.

A few minutes later, Rioko was fully dressed with a tint of red on his face.

"Uh, sorry, I didn't figure that a pretty girl would come to the room in the morning," apologized Rioko as Cain entered the room, then exited with his deck in his hand.

"Well, now that we've finished with this fiasco, what are we going to do now?" Cain asked as Rioko grinned.

"I've got an idea, today at the academy card shop they've got a special on the packs," said Rioko as Kazica and Cain looked intrigued. "As an apology, I'll buy you both a couple of packs."

"How come no one told us about that?" Kazica asked as Rioko began walk with Cain and Kazica following him.

"Well, first years need to figure that out, the store usually has the special due to the duel examinations coming up," explained Rioko.

"Makes sense," Cain replied as more students began to walk next to the three Ra yellow students. "Looks like more people want in on the cards."

"Guys, maybe we should run," suggested Kazica as everyone, including the other students began to run towards the store.

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A few minutes later, we find Vic and Kiro standing outside the store, Kiro had quite a few cards in his hands while Vic had already pocketed his.

"So what makes you figure that Cain will come here?" asked Kiro as Vic raised his hand.

"Quite simple, he'll come for the rare cards of course," Vic answered as Kiro was putting his cards in his pocket.

"But he's a first year, so he won't know about this special," replied Kiro as he noticed a large group of people running towards Vic from behind.

"I thought of that, remember Rioko? He's a second year so he'll probably tell Cain," Vic explained as Kiro began to walk to the side. "What's up with you?"

"Just not wanting to get trampled," replied Kiro before Vic turned around just in time for him to be trampled by many other students.

After quite a few minutes of trampling, Kiro walked up to Vic who was knocked out and had many shoe prints all over his body and face. Kiro sighed and began to drag Vic back to the Obelisk Blue dorm.

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After fighting many other students, Cain, Kazica and Rioko got out of the card shop with a few packs for each of them.

"That was nuts!" Cain announced as the three sat down next to the wall.

"Usually is," replied Rioko as he began to open his packs.

"So, Rioko, do you have an idea of what cards are in these packs?" Kazica asked as she opened her packs.

"It's always random," answered Rioko as Cain opened his packs. "And maybe if you're lucky, you'll get a combo pack. That'll give you automatically a new combo for your deck."

Cain looked at his cards and his eyes just widened, he quickly pulled out his deck and began working.

"I take it Cain got a combo pack," Kazica said as Cain was quickly finished. "That didn't take long."

"Now all I'll need is a challenge," replied Cain when all of a sudden his PDA went off.

When Cain pulled out his PDA, the screen was blue but was filled with static.

"That's odd," Cain commented as he stood up and the PDA started to talk.

'Hey you Ra Yellow Reject, I hear that you're looking for a crimson haired duelist, who uses Archfiends. I happen to know of such a duelist. If you want to know more, meet me after curfew hours at the Obelisk Blue bridge that connects to the main island. Make sure to bring your deck, duel disk, and rarest card.'

'Hey how come you did use this method to challenge? You could have spared yourself a trampling.'

'Shut up Kiro! I was trying to make dramatic challenge.'

'Drama Queen.'

'You stupid idiot! Wait a minute, eeagragh, look what you made me add to the message!'

'You're the one who should've turned off the PDA recording.'

'Oh, that's it!'

Punching and screaming noises were heard next on the PDA.

'If you're not a coward then come tonight Cain the puny duelist!'

Cain was looking confused and yet somehow angry. Rioko and Kazica then stood up; Rioko had a confused look on his face.

"What's up with Cain?" asked Rioko as Kazica looked at the words that came with the message.

"He hates to be referred to as," Kazica started but then whispered to Rioko's ear. "Short or puny."

"Well he is quite short," commented Rioko before Cain glared at him.

"What did you just say!" Cain yelled which made Rioko fall to the ground.

"Uh nothing," replied Rioko quietly as Cain put his PDA into his back pocket.

"That's what I thought," Cain said as he began to walk off with Kazica following him.

"You're not actually going take that challenge are you Cain?" asked Kazica as Cain stopped in his tracks.

"That's the thing, I've got no choice," Cain replied.

"What are you talking about? You can ask other people," said Kazica as Rioko walked up next to the two.

"This may be the closest chance I to find the duelist I'm looking for," Cain replied before he walked away. "Now if you excuse me, I need ready myself for tonight."

"You mind filling me in with the crimson haired duelist?" asked Rioko.

"I don't really know myself, Cain's never really talked about it," Kazica replied as Rioko grinned.

"I know what we can do!" announced Rioko, as Kazica looked surprised.

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Night had fallen, we find Cain on the bridge, a thick mist covered the entire bridge, and with each step he took it seemed as if the mist was getting thicker. Soon a figure began to form in the mist, Cain then saw who the figure was, it was Vic standing right in front of him with an activate duel disk that was painted black instead of white.

"So the little prodigy decided to show up," mocked Vic, as Cain looked mad.

"Don't call me little! Now, you said you knew about the crimson haired duelist, so tell me what you know!" Cain commanded as he pointed towards Vic.

"If you want the info, you need to earn it in a duel," replied Vic as he drew six cards and his life point counter increased to 4000. "So prepare yourself, and I'll go first."

"Prepare to lose!" Cain yelled as he drew his five cards and his life points increased to 4000 as well.

"And don't forget, if you lose, I'll be going back to the dorm with your Chaos Emperor Dragon," reminded Vic as Cain growled.

"Just shut up and play!"

"Duel!"

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"Come on Rioko!" Kazica yelled as she and Rioko were running through the mist on the bridge.

"I'm trying to keep up, but the mist is impossible!" yelled Rioko as suddenly someone stepped in front of the two. "Now what?"

"I'm afraid I can't let you pass," Kiro said as his duel disk activated and he took four cards from the top of his deck and quickly played them on the duel disk.

Suddenly, Levia Dragon Daedalus, Lava Golem, Infernal Flame Emperor, and Ocean Dragon Lord – Neo-Daedalus appeared in front of Kiro. Kazica and Rioko just shrugged and walked through the holograms, Kiro just looked embarrassed but then quickly ran in front of Rioko and Kazica.

"I'm still not letting you get through," added Kiro as Rioko pulled out his duel disk.

"Then we'll duel!" Rioko yelled as his and Kiro's life points increased. "Now Kazica go!"

"Right!" yelled Kazica as she ran off and Rioko began to laugh.

"Like my cousin will help," Kiro laughed as he shuffled his deck and drew his cards.

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"Now I summon one monster on the defensive, then I'll place two cards down on the field two," announced Vic as the three face down cards appeared in front of him. "Next I'll play the spell card of safe return! That's all for me."

"Then I'll start with this! A monster on the defensive and throw down a couple of face downs as well," Cain said as his face down cards appeared and Vic activated one of his face down cards. "What the?"

"I activate Solemn Wishes! So now I gain 500 life points whenever I draw a card," announced Vic as Cain growled.

"I've got nothing more to do, so make your move," Cain growled as Vic drew and many lights rained down on him to increase his life points to 4500.

"I'll just summon one more monster on the defensive," said Vic as another face down card appeared and Cain looked confused. "Your move."

"Fine then! I flip up my face down monster! Arise Queen's Knight (1500/1600)!" Cain commanded as his female knight in red armor and long blonde hair appeared in front of Cain. "Then I summon King's Knight (1600/1400)! And I'm pretty sure you know what happens when both of these knights are on the field together! I can summon my Jack's Knight (1900/1000)!"

All of a sudden, a golden knight with a yellow beard appeared next to Queen's Knight. Then the two knights began to glow and another knight with blue armor appeared in the middle of them. The three knights then crossed their swords together towards Vic.

"I didn't know you had those, impressive," complimented Vic as Cain pointed towards Vic.

"Now my King and Queen! Attack his two defense monsters!" Cain announced as his two knights slashed the face down cards to reveal two red monsters (500/500). Afterwards, Vic's graveyard began to glow purple and suddenly two cards just shot out of his graveyard. "What just happened?"

"You destroyed my two Scarr, Scout of Dark World whose special ability will allow me to take a monster with Dark world in their name, so two new monsters for me," explained Vic as Cain looked mad. "So thank you, tiny."

"I've still got another attack left! So Jack's knight! Attack him directly!" Cain yelled as his third knight began to charge when suddenly another Scarr, Scout of Dark World appeared on the defensive. Vic quickly drew the top card of his deck as his monster was slashed in two and his life points increased to 5000. Another card flew from Vic's deck into his hand, as Cain looked confused. "Wait, what just happened?"

"My face down quick play spell, Gateway to Dark World, allows me to summon one 'Dark World' monster from my graveyard," explained Vic. "And that triggered my card of safe return to allow me to draw and increase my life points. And then there's Scarr's special ability allowing me to have another 'Dark World' monster from my deck. You just keep helping me shrimp."

"I'll end my turn," Cain growled as Vic drew to increase his life points to 5500.

"Now I play the spell card, Dark World Lightning! This destroys a face down card on the field!" announced Vic as a huge lightning destroyed Cain's Mirror Force. "Then I'm forced to discard a card from my hand. I've got the perfect card for the job."

All of a sudden a huge silver demon appeared from the graveyard to the field in front of Vic. From the silver demon's wrists appeared to be sword like spikes.

"What the!" Cain yelled as Vic place two cards face down.

"Oh yeah, where are my manners? Meet Silva, Warlord of Dark World (2300/1400)!" introduced Vic as his demon Silva bowed. "And when he's discarded from my hand due to the effect of a card, I can summon him to the field. That activates my card of safe return and my Solemn Wishes! Now my Warlord! Slice and dice his Queen's Knight!"

As soon as Vic finished his breath, Silva quickly slashed the Queen's Knight into pixels and lowered Cain's life points to 3200. The light to increase his life points to 6000 already engulfed Vic.

"Not bad," Cain said as a horizontal card appeared in front of Vic.

"I'll end the suffering with a defensive monster," finished Vic as Kazica ran behind Cain panting. "And it looks like we now have an audience."

"Kazica," Cain said as Kazica finally caught her breath.

"Come on Cain, you can take this guy!" cheered Kazica as Cain drew.

"You're right, and I'll do it for what I need!" Cain yelled before Vic broke into laughter.

"You and your girlfriend there are sadly mistaken," laughed Vic as Cain and Kazica's faced turned red. "In case you didn't know or have forgotten, I'm the second best duelist here at the school!"

"If this guy's the second, then who's the first," Cain thought as Kazica gasped.

"That's right, I forgot that Vic was the 2nd best here," thought Kazica as Vic continued to laugh.

"Now hurry up with your move so that I may crush you!" Vic yelled.

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Vyser: And now I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the dark world deck so far. I actually have a deck based on the new cards, not to brag or anything, but it can beat quite a few deck strategies. Anyway, please review and tell what you think of the dark world deck.