Qualifiers, and then… The Ultimate Championship! I finally got competitive decks for Yugi, Kaiba, and Joey!

Anyways on with the story!

Forbidden and Limited List: Advanced Format March 2010

Chapter 9 – The Army and the Book

Sean watched as his friend turned on his duel disk and yelled, ''Duel!''

Fujimaru:8000 / 5 / 0 / 0 - John:8000 / 5 / 0 / 0

''The challenger goes first.'' John stated in a gentle but ironic tone.

''Draw!'' Fujimaru said.

Fujimaru:8000 / 6 / 0 / 0 - John:8000 / 5 / 0 / 0

Sean could see Fujimaru was happy with the card had just drawn; He set it along with a face-down monster, ending his turn.

''A T-set won't stop me.'' John warned Fujimaru as he drew.

Fujimaru:8000 / 4 / 1 / 1 - John:8000 / 6 / 0 / 0

John seemed pleased with his hand as well. ''Ha, it looks like I'm gonna beat you on the first turn.'' He raised a card in his hand and continued, ''I open my turn with the spell ca-''

''I activate my trap card!'' Fujimaru cut him, ''Light force Sword!''

Sean opened his eyes widely as he saw the infamous trap card activated. He also heard John muttering, ''no way''. But why would Fujimaru activate such a card?

''Normally,'' Fujimaru kept going, ''This card would just originate a one-for-one for four turns, and after that it'd give you a +1, since your card would go back to your hand. But, in a duel with holograms, the 'choose a card at random' means that I can choose any card in your hand, without actually looking at what card it is. But I remove from play the card that you're holding up in your right hand, which I figured out is Dark Fusion!''

John's face turned pale as a holographic sword came out of the trap card and shot through John's card, making it disappear. At that moment, Sean realized how smart his friend actually was. Fujimaru had turned a card that, as he said, gave you a simple 1 for 1, to an upgraded version of the rare and powerful 'Trap Dustshoot', which lasted four turns, but had no activation requirements and could remove anything from the opponent's hand.

''Nice play, Fujimaru!'' Sean yelled.

''You still haven't seen anything!'' He responded as John summoned his Archfiend Soldier in attack mode. (1900/1500/4/Fiend/DARK)

''Archfiend Soldier, attack Fujimaru's face-down monster!'' John commanded.

''Nice try John, but I know that, without Dark Fusion or EARTH-Attribute monsters in your graveyard, you can't swarm, reason why I placed my D.D. Warrior Lady face-down!''

A beautiful woman in a dark suit, having blond hair and holding a glowing sword, was flipped face-up, and she appeared on the field, in front of the Archfiend Soldier. (1500/1600/4/Warrior/LIGHT) The Soldier used its sword to attack the Lady, but, when he did, both were removed from play.

''As you should know,'' Fujimaru explained, ''D.D. Warrior Lady the special ability to remove from play herself and any monster that battles with her.''

John cursed out loud as he ended his turn, so Fujimaru drew.

Fujimaru:8000 / 5 / 0 / 0 - John:8000 / 4/ 0 / 0

''I activate the spell card Light of Redemption! This lets me pay 800 life points to get a LIGHT monster from the removed from play zone back into my hand, so come back, D.D. Warrior Lady!''

''Again!'' Exclaimed John. ''What is this, an anti-me deck?''

Fujimaru smiled, ''Even if it is, does it matter?''

''You son of a …''

Fujimaru cut him loudly so no one heard the end of the phrase, ''Now I play her again, but this time in face-up attack mode!'' The Warrior was summoned, ready to attack John's open field. (1500/1600/4/Warrior/LIGHT)

''Now, D.D. Warrior Lady, attack John directly!'' As he ordered this, the woman ran towards John and slashed her sword to cut him holographically, making him finch and make a grimace.

Fujimaru:7200 / 4 / 0 / 1 - John:6500 / 4/ 0 / 0

''I now play yet another face-down card and end my turn.''

Fujimaru:7200 / 3 / 1 / 1 - John:6500 / 5/ 0 / 0

''Sean looked at the card he had just put face-down and asked, ''why didn't you put that trap card face-down before? Did you just draw it this turn?''

Fujimaru looked at where Sean was and responded, ''No. I drew it in my first turn, but I was afraid John would hit a Heavy Storm, since I haven't drawn my Curse of Royal this time.''

''But Lightforce Sword is chainable, you wouldn't have lost that much advantage if you had chained it to a Heavy Storm.''

''Haha, not bad Sean, you've learned a lot. But remember the effect of Lightforce sword is a little bit different in Holographic Duel: If I had to chain it to a Heavy Storm, then I wouldn't be sure to hit the right card. That wouldn't make me lose advantage, but I'd lose the point of playing Lightsforce sword, as well as my other trap, which isn't chainable.''

''Now, that makes more sense…'' Sean responded.

''By the way, where have you learned all this? Before you didn't know anything about cha-''

''I summon Snipe Hunter in attack mode!'' A crazy-looking fiend was summoned, holding a gun that had a roulette with the numbers 1-6 instead of room for bullets. (1500/600/4/Fiend/DARK) ''Now I activate its special effect! By discarding my Mega-Cyber Fiend, I can roll a dice and choose one of your cards. If the result isn't one or six, then your card is destroyed.'' As he discarded his monster, Fujimaru said,

''I activate my trap, Destruction Jammer, which lets me discard a card and negate an effect that would destroy my mons-'' He stopped and looked at his duel-disk, confused. ''Why won't it activate? The timing is correct!''

John laughed out loud. ''No it isn't. You can only chain it to a card that destroys one or more monsters on the fiend. My monster doesn't destroy; it may destroy. As you can't be a 100% sure it'll destroy your monsters, then you can't activate that card. And this is what's worse for you: After the dice rolling resolves, you can't negate its activation, since the effect has already been activated.''

A dice was rolled, and the outcome came out to be a 2. The Hunter shot its gun at the D.D Warrior Lady, who got destroyed.

''And now,'' he continued, ''I activate its effect once again. I discard the Legendary Jujitsu master to destroy your face-down card, so it won't be used against me.''

Fujimaru crossed his fingers, but there was no luck: the outcome was 3, and his face-down Destruction Jammer got destroyed.

''But it's not over yet!'' John continued, ''Snipe Hunter, attack Fujimaru directly!'' The fiend shot for a third time, this once against Fujimaru, who finched in pain as his life points went down. ''Now I end my turn.'' John concluded

Fujimaru:5700 / 4 / 0 / 0 - John:6500 / 2/ 0 / 1

''He's good.'' Sean muttered, ''Even if he doesn't have Dark Fusion anymore, we have to be careful.''

''Not just that,'' Fujimaru said, putting a hand where the Sniper had shot him and making a grimace, ''but also… I have to beat him before Dark Fusion comes back, because Lightforce Sword only lasts four turns turns.'' He looked at his hand and then went ahead with a new strategy. ''I summon Dimensional Alchemist! Now I can activate its effect, which lets me remove from play the top card from my deck and make my Alchemist gain 500 attack points!'' He removed the top card in his deck, which turned out to be Return from a Different Dimension. (1300/200/4/Fairy/LIGHT) (1800/200/4/Fairy/LIGHT)

''Now I attack your Snipe Hunter with my Dimensional Alchemist, so say good bye to your monster!'' Suddenly, the energy ball the alchemist was holding became bigger, and was shout directly into the fiend, destroying it. ''Now I end my turn.'' He said.

As John didn't even flinch from the attack, he drew calmly.

Fujimaru:5700 / 3 / 0 / 1 - John:6200 / 3/ 0 / 0

''This should be easy.'' John guessed out loud. ''When I control no monsters and you do, I can normal summon Big Piece Golem without a tribute.'' A huge rock-made monster was summoned. Its body was like a rectangle, from which two arms and two legs came out. (2100/0/5/Rock/EARTH) ''Now I'll attack your Dimensional Alchemist, destroying it. As you don't have any monsters removed from play…'' The Golem crushed the alchemist under its fists, shattering it into pieces, and making Fujimaru's life points drop, ''you don't get any card advantage from the Dimensional Alchemist's destruction. Now I'll just end my turn.'' He finished, so Fujimaru drew.

Fujimaru:4900 / 4 / 0 / 0 - John:6200 / 2/ 0 / 1

Sean came closer to Fujimaru, ''I hope you have something good, because the Dark Fusion is coming back after he starts his second turn from now.''

Fujimaru nodded, ''Just watch and learn. I summon Blade Knight in attack mode!'' He stated as a warrior in blue armor appeared on the field, holding both a shield and a sword. (1600/1000/4/Warrior/LIGHT) ''After that, I activate the spell card reasoning! Now you choose the level of a monster, and if…''

''Level four.'' John chose, stopping Fujimaru

''Then..'' he took two cards from the top his deck, sent one to the graveyard and put the other in his Duel-Disk, ''I can Special Summon the pride of my deck, Divine Knight Izhark!'' A warrior in white armor and holding a huge sword was summoned thanks to the effect of the spell card Fujimaru had just activated, shinning with might and strength. (2300/1800/6/Warrior/LIGHT)

''Divine Knight Izhark? Everyone at school knows your best card is Guardian of Order.''

Fujimaru gave Sean a look of complacency. ''Well, Divine Knight Izhark was the pride of my deck before my best friend Sean gave me Guardian of Order.''

John raised an eyebrow and looked at Sean. ''Ah, so it was your Guardian of Order… I bet you didn't know I gave Sean that card, right?''

Sean then saw Fujimaru look at him, so he said, ''Dude… I really didn't remember. He gave me that card four years ago.''

John kept talking as if the two of them were still paying attention to him, ''It's funny, so far away from me all this time and today's is going to return to me.''

''I'm sorry, but it isn't!'' Fujimaru shouted, turning his head back to John ''Instead, it's going to defeat you! When I control two LIGHT Attribute monsters, I can special summon from my hand the monster Guardian of Order!'' From the skies came a huge warrior in a shiny armor, made of white and gold. The armor had four wings, two upwards and two downwards, the upper ones being bigger than the lower ones, giving it a look of majesty as it presided Fujimaru's Light Army. (2500/1200/8/Warrior/LIGHT)

John frowned and made a grimace of frustration as Fujimaru stated, ''Now that I only have one card in my hand, my Blade Knight gains 400 ATK!'' (1600/1000/4/Warrior/LIGHT) (2000/1000/4/Warrior/LIGHT)

''Next, Divine Knight Izhark, attack John's Big Piece Golem! By the way, did I mention any monster that Izhark destroys by battle is removed from play?'' As he said this, Izhark unsheated his gigangic sword and slashed the Golem in two with it. Its body was then removed into a dimensional hole in that appeared behind it.

Fujimaru: 4900/ 1 / 0 / 3 - John:6000 / 2/ 0 / 0

''And next I attack directly with both the Blade Knight and the Guardian of Order!'' As he ordered this, Guardian of Order used its body to slam John, making him fall to the floor, and then Blade Knight slashed John. ''Now I end my turn.''

John drew a card as he rose slowly from the floor, his face showing an expression of pain and fury.

Fujimaru:4900 / 1 / 0 / 3 - John:1500/ 3/ 0 / 0

''I.. end my turn.'' John said slowly.

Fujimaru looked at Sean with a happy expression on his face. ''Finally, I did it! I beat John! First, I draw!''

Fujimaru:4900 / 2 / 0 / 3 - John:1500/ 3/ 0 / 0

''Fujimaru, be careful, John isn't stupid…'' Sean warned him. He knew John must have something up his sleeve.

''Look at his face, Sean, he's done for! He doesn't have any face-downs, no monsters… It's over! Don't you see it?''

''Fujimaru, seriously…''

''Look Sean, if you're jealous because I'm about to beat John, well then suck it!'' Fujimaru said with anger

Sean opened his eyes widely and looked at Fujimaru, worried. He was usually smart and calculative, but humble at the same time. He wasn't being himself.

''I attack directly with Guardian of Order in order to end this duel!'' As the warrior rose into the skies, Sean looked at John's face, and he could see a little smirk on John's face. ''Fujimaru, don't!''

But it was too late. ''When you attack me directly, I can end the battle phase by special summoning my Battle Fader!'' A little fiend was summoned, having a bell ringing in one of its arms, which was turning from a place to another. Instead of legs, it had a clock, which moved as well. The sound of the bell stopped all of Fujimaru's monsters from attacking. He looked at his Light Army, unable to keep attacking, and he knew he had no other choice. ''I end my turn.'' He declared goomily.

John started laughing, a laugh that pierced through Sean's ears and made his heart feel an uncontrolled rage he had never felt before. ''You are dead, Fujimaru! Because now that it is my fourth Standby Phase… I get back my Dark Fusion spell card!'' As he said this, the card he had been missing since the beginning of the duel appeared back to its hand.

Fujimaru:4900 / 2 / 0 / 3 - John:1500/ 5/ 0 / 0

''I sacrifice Battle Fader in order to summon one of my favorite monsters, Grammarg the Rock Monarch!'' A huge monster with an armor made of brown stone and two powerful arms appeared on the field, having a majestic aura around it. (2400/1000/6/Rock/EARTH) ''Normally,'' he said, ''It's effect would kick in and destroy any face down card that could stand in my way to victory, but I see you don't even have one.'' He ended this phrase with a smile. ''So I'll go ahead and end this duel with my infamous spell card, Dark Fusion! This lets me fuse my Ultimately Obedient Fiend and my Legendary Jujitsu Master in order to fuse summon…'' A fire started to burn the Fiend and the Legendary Jujitsu Master, causing pain to them and making a different fusion than would have happened with any other card. ''Evil Hero Dark Gaia!'' The demon made of stone that Sean knew very well came from the flames, with powerful claws and giant wings, giving a look of might to the inactive Fujimaru, who was looking at the floor. (5800/0/8/Fiend/DARK)

''But that's not all.'' He continued. ''You removed from play my Dark Fusion and put cards in your deck just to fight against me… I won't allow you to have another turn. This will be your end, because I activate the spell card Don of the Martyr!'' When he did this, Grammarg was sacrificed, and his soul went to where Evil Hero Dark Gaia was.

Sean shivered. ''Wait, this card lets you sacrifice a monster…''

''And make another one of my monsters gain its attack power!'' (5800/0/8/Fiend/DARK) (8200/0/8/Fiend/DARK) ''Now, Dark Gaia, attack my future monster: Guardian of Order!''

The rock-armored fiend rose up in the skies, and then it descended directly to where Guardian of Order was, shattering it into pieces. The expansive wave made by the destruction of his monster hit Fujimaru right on his abdomen, making him bend forwards. When Sean saw that, he went quickly to where Fujimaru was to help him get up. He took his left hand, the one holding the duel disk, so, when Fujimaru started standing up, Sean saw:

Fujimaru:0000 - John:1500/ 5/ 0 / 0

''Fujimaru…'' Sean whispered as his friend got up. ''It's ok.''

But Fujimaru didn't respond. In fact, he walked away slowly, with his back turned on Sean. John laughed, and Sean turned his head. Then he saw John taking Guardian of Order from the ground, without even looking at Fujimaru. Sean closed his fist, thinking about the bad things that could happen if he hit John in the face at that moment.

''See you later, loser.'' Sean looked up and saw John walking away, just like Fujimaru had done. But Sean knew he shouldn't follow any of them: Going where John was would just make him angrier and could get him in trouble; on the other hand, he knew how Fujimaru felt, and he knew he needed to be alone at this moment. Sean just stood there, alone, for what looked an eternity, until he heard a familiar voice.

''Hey! Sean!'' As a response to this, Sean looked at where the voice was coming from and saw Ashley coming from the front part of the dome in which the qualifiers were to take place. Her long, dark hair went from one side to another while she was running towards Sean. When she got close, and Sean realized she had a ton of black make up around her dark eyes, she asked,

''So what's up? I haven't seen you in some time; Fujimaru told ud were training, but wow, you got an entrance too? This is so exciting, everyone of us is gonna be in this tournament and…''

''Fujimaru isn't.'' Sean cut her gloomily. Ashley's smile disappeared drastically as her eyes opened widely. ''What!'' Her voice sounded stunned, ''but he's the best duelist in our gang! How come he didn't get an entrance?''

''I don't know, wasn't he with you guys when y'all went to get entrances by dueling around Domino city?''

Ashley nodded, ''Yeah, but the duels to get entrances for the Regional Qualifiers got so far away from each other that we had to end up separating and… Oh gosh, I hope he's ok.'' After she ended the sentence, she was biting her lower lip.

''I hope so as well,'' Sean replied gloomily, ''but the Qualifiers shouldn't take much longer to start; we must get going.''

''You're right,'' Ashley raised a fist, recovering her energy. ''Let's go!''

Sean went around the dome following Ashley until they got to the entrance of the building. Then, they got in, and Sean looked around, expecting to see huge dueling fields such as the ones in 'Duel Time', but instead he saw four tables, and no place for the non-existent spectators . When Sean started to wonder where the heck Yugi and Solomon were, he heard Joey's voice near.

''C'mon gramps, it's obvious Chazz is the forbidden duelist we were looking for!''

Both Sean and Ashley turned around and looked at where the voice was coming from. There he saw Joey arguing with Solomon, Yugi, and Kaiba, sitting on the audience benches. Ashley looked like she was about to scream when she saw Yugi, so, Sean put a hand on her mouth, and with the other one he put a finger on his own lips, telling her to be quiet.

''For once, the puppy is right.'' Kaiba agreed. ''He's the forbidden duelist that's looking for the 3 cards we have… It's obvious the one we're looking for is him. Didn't you hear him say all that crazy stuff about the darkness being the true path?''

Solomon negated with his head. ''But we're still not sure…''

Yugi was the one to talk this time. ''But grandpa, do you remember that time in which you told me about the seven monarchs? One of them was Caius, the Shadow one. I bet Chazz is a forbidden duelist, and he has it.''

''That would make sense…'' Kaiba agreed. ''Why can't we just duel him in the first round of the tournament?''

Solomon sighed. ''Guys, it's harder than what you think… Sean hasn't…''

''If you need Sean,'' Yugi said with a smile, and then he raised his head and looked at the mentioned one, who smiled weakly, ''he's over there.''

Solomon looked at where Sean and Ashley were, and told him to go where they were. Sean took Ashley's hand. ''Come with me.'' He said.

Strangely enough, at that moment Ashley seemed in La-La land, because she had a stupid smile on her face and was looking ahead with empty eyes. Sean thought it probably was because of Yugi. When they got there, Solomon asked,

''Sean, have you ever met Chazz Princeton in person?''

What and odd question, Sean thought. ''No.'' he answered.

Solomon looked at Yugi, Kaiba and Joey. ''See?''

The three of them seemed as confused as Sean. ''I don't get it.'' Joey said.

Solomon nodded. ''Well… I think I haven't explained you guys this… All Forbidden Duelists are connected in some way. This is because, in ancient times, they were forbidden to duel against anyone (hence the name) that wasn't a forbidden duelist. From then on, Monarchs make sure that Forbidden Duelists meet each other at some point of their lives.''

''So… technically I've met all Forbidden Duelists by now?'' Sean asked.

''Yes.'' Solomon answered, ''but they could be anyone, from the owner of a shop in which you bought a booster pack or someone you had to share a sit with in a bus. At least that's what I think the book meant by 'having them in their lives'.''

Book. That gave Sean an idea. ''Mr. Muto, could I read that book?''

To Sean's surprise, he nodded. ''Yes, I'll go home to get it now. It's something a friend wrote when he was investigating about the Forbidden Duelists and the Three Punishments. All prophecies and information about them were on the same island. By the way, who's your girlfriend?''

Sean blushed. ''Uh, she's not my girlfriend, Mr. Muto, this is Ashley White, a friend of mine.''

''Oh, I see.'' Solomon looked at her. ''Well, have fun in the tournament.''

''Awesome.'' Sean responded. ''See you later!''

After both had gotten far from Solomon and the others, Ashley asked, ''They know you!''

Sean nodded, ''Yeah, they're who I've been training with.''

Ashley had her mouth wide open. She tried to say something, but all words that got out of her mouth weren't understandable. As Sean and Ashley walked through the building, he realized this wasn't going to be a huge, fancy tournament. It was probably going to be everyone playing against each other at the same time of the round, so he wouldn't have much time to see his friends duel… unless he finished quicker than them, of course. But a soft hug and flower-like perfume forced him out of his thoughts. He looked back and saw Mara smiling. Rob was behind him, with his arms crossed and smiling as well.

''How's it going man?''Rob asked first. ''Long time no see.''

Mara nodded, ''Yeah, how has training been?''

Ashley was the one to answer this question. ''You won't believe it, he's been training with Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, and Joey Wheeler!''

''Say what!'' Rob punched him in his right arm. ''Dude that's awesome!''

''Yeah, that's great!'' Mara agreed.

''Guys…'' Sean's face was just like the flames of his ace monster now. ''She made it sound way cooler than it was. We were just training in the same place; they got a much harder training than I did…''

''As modest as always.'' Ashely patted him in the back with strength.

Rob laughed, and then he asked, ''Hey, where's Fujimaru?''

Right at that moment, Sean's and Ashley's expression darkened. Sean explained how Fujimaru hadn't been able to get an entrance, and how he had lost a duel against John when trying to get one. Rob didn't say a word, while Mara muttered, ''I'm so sorry for him…''

Sean looked at his friends with determination. ''Guys… I know he'll be fine. This happened to me not too long ago, and hey, look at me now.''

Mara let out a weak laugh, and Rob smiled, saying, ''Yeah, that duel back at school was awesome. I'm so looking forwards to dueling against you in this tournament.''

Sean nodded. ''And now, you guys, I have to go look for Yugi's grandfather. He has something I gotta see…''

''What is it?'' Rob asked, ''a card?''

''No it's… a book… Long story.''

''Alright,'' he responded, ''while you're gone, I'll take care of the ladies here.'' He blinked an eye, and Sean laughed.

As he got further from his friends, thoughts about Fujimaru filled his head. He wasn't actually looking for Solomon; Sean knew it should take him a few more minutes to get that . The actual reason why he left was because everyone worrying so much about Fujimaru made him worry about him as well, and he didn't want to. He wanted to hope, not to worry. He got out of the building and sat on a bench, thinking about all this, when Solomon's car stopped there, in front of Sean. From it came out Solomon himself with an old-looking book, saying: ''Here you have, Sean. It can be interpreted in many ways, so I'll stay with you and help you understand it, ok?''

''Got it.'' Sean responded, taking the book and opening it. Then, he began reading the first page out loud. ''Of all clans in the Duel monsters world, there is one that stands higher than any of the others, without the need of specific support spells or traps for them. This clan ruled over the others for many years, hence its name, the Monarchs. I, professor José Gonzalez, discovered a rock that had in it written a prophecy. This Prophecy binds the powers of the monarchs, making them Forbidden to be used by any duelist, except by those chosen by the monarchs themselves. This is why I decided to name these duelists the Forbidden Duelists.''

''Oh, so he's the one that started the whole 'Forbidden Duelists' thing?'' Sean asked.

''That doesn't matter.'' Solomon responded. ''Keep reading.''

''Ok. These Forbidden Duelists were also restricted by the prophecy, and they would never be able to duel with the monarchs on their side. But the restriction had a second part to it: The Forbidden Duelists could be able to duel once one of the Prophecies that tied the Monarchs to the Three Duel Monster's Punishments started. These prophecies shall start as soon as monarchs come to our world. I looked for these prophecies, and found a cave in ruins that had the following written on one of its walls:

The Dark one shall be the most powerful one

The Light one shall be at the frontline of the final war

The Rock one shall be the one which will make the strongest monster.

The Frost one shall manipulate place

The Storm one will manipulate time.

The Firestorm one will unleash the hidden powers and start the beginning of the end.

The Thunder one shall rule over the oppressed and liberate them

Then, this part was covered by rocks I just couldn't move. But, at the bottom, I could read the finale:

And so, when the above conditions are met, the most powerful one shall end the reign of the Three Punishments.

I don't exactly know what was written in the part that could not be read, but I'm sure it was something about another condition that had to be met in order for the three punishments to be destroyed.'' Sean stopped reading. ''This is stunning…''

''I know, right?'' Solomon said, ''but now keep reading until the end of the prologue. We don't have much time.''

''Alright.'' Sean cleared his throat. ''This discovery made me want to know more about the Forbidden Duelists. It seems like they all share something in common other than monarchs: A special trait that cannot be described with words. This trait will make them meet each other during their lives, even thought the Three Punishments will try to stop that, since them meeting would mean the possible resolution of the Prophecy. But, when they are not together, this trait will make them see each other by means of the mind when everything else is calmed.'' Sean reread that last phrase again. ''Wait, what does that mean?''

''Dreams.'' Solomon responded. ''That's when the mind is working but everything else is calmed. Sean, you ok?'' He asked looking at a stunned Sean. At that moment, he remembered… A man in his dark room, doctor Crowler, a hooded John dueling against Aster… and Chazz Princeton saying good bye to his Ojamas.

''Chazz is a Forbidden Duelist!'' Sean yelled. ''I dreamed of him!''

''You did?'' Solomon seemed as stunned as Sean.

''Yeah, and not just about him! Also about John, and a man in a dark room plotting against us… could it be John?''

''You're going way too fast, Sean, how can John be so smart?''

''I don't know, but he got Chazz into the side of the Three Punishments! Remember, the most powerful one will stop them… and the Dark one is the most powerful one! Chazz uses a dark deck, right?''

''That'd make sense… Most people consider Caius the Shadow Monarch to be the most powerful one for being so versatile… I need to talk to Kaiba. I don't want any of them going against a Forbidden Duelist under the hands of the Three Punishments on the first round of the Championship.''

Sean couldn't believe it… how could he have forgotten his own dreams? ''But, Mr. Muto… How do they know Yugi and the others each have a Punishment?''

Solomon smiled. ''They don't.'' After he said that, he opened the door of his car and started driving insanely fast towards the hut in the forest.

After Solomon left, Sean stood where he was, thinking. John… He had to make him pay. If he could duel against him and win… He didn't care if the prophecy said only the holder of Caius could beat him. Sean knew he could win. He turned around and went straight to where his destiny was right now, the Regional Qualifiers.

Wow, after writing this chapter I wanna write the last one already… This is gonna be so awesome, you'll see. So, do you think Caius is the most powerful of the seven monarchs? Also, their part in the prophecy and their effects on the story go with their card effects: Mobius manipulates 'place' since he makes such a big impact on the field (+2!) and Raiza manipulates time since he makes the opponent draw his card once again, slowing him down.