Happy Birthday to me! (And for those of you from the future, I don't even know what to put here, it's not exactly a holiday.)

I just turned 16 the day this story should have released! (12/28) Consider this a present to all of you. It's finally time for Daniel and my personal favorite deck to duel.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or SAO.

Chapter 6, "The Blacksmith"

Alex: Daniel, where you at? I've been itching to duel you since the rules updated

Daniel: And you're only now texting me?

Daniel: what took you so long?

Alex: let me guess, you were looking for me too, and also forgot you could text me?

Daniel: you can't prove that

Alex: just tell me where you are

Daniel: ok, I admit it, I was looking for you

Daniel: I'm at your house

Alex: well this I'd awkward…

Alex: I'm at your house

Daniel: I have my car, I'll head to you

Alex: ok, hurry up, I'm itching to duel

"Ok, Daniel is on his way." Alex said to the group.

"Where was he?" Kirito asked.

"He apparently was out looking for us." Alex said.

"He what…" Asuna said.

"Yeah, it's awkward…"

"So, what should we do in the meantime?" Agil asked.

"Weren't you supposed to bring information about getting these guys out of here? I never asked about that." Alex said.

"Oh yeah, we found out the name of the tournament."

"That sounds very useful considering we couldn't find any solo tournaments coming up anywhere."

"It's called the…"

"Link Start" Echoed throughout the room for no reason but to be mysterious. That and also cover up the name of the tournament that the author hasn't decided on yet.

Alex immediately dove for the nearest cover. He learned his lesson from last time. Unfortunately, in the process of dodging he tripped over Agil and landed on his face. The newcomer landed straight on his back.

"I guess it's better than a concussion." Alex said as he got up.

"What was that all about?" Lily asked.

"That's right, you can't see them." Alex said, "A new duel spirit just showed up and you remember what happened last time I didn't dodge."

"Ok then… I'll just leave you too it." Lily said backing up slowly then sprinting for her room.

"Ok guys, you know the drill by now, you start screaming who the new person is and start getting caught up while I go look for the cards and only half pay attention." Alex said.

"LISBETH!" All the duel spirits screamed.

"Didn't expect to see you so soon." Kirito said.

"It's been too long." Leafa said.

"JACKPOT" Alex screamed.

"How many?" Kirito asked.

"Ten"

"TEN!" Everyone but Lisbeth screamed.

"I'm sorry, but could someone please explain what's happening."

"You've been doing research, you should know now that this world is based around a card game right?" Asuna asked.

"That was the first thing we came across." Lisbeth said.

"Well, turns out we don't get to play it." Leafa said.

"What?"

"We are cards in the game." Kirito said.

"Ok, that doesn't even make sense."

"Alex here has been using our cards in duels and trying to help figure out how to get us home." Sinon said.

"Ok, so why are you all screaming about ten then?" Lisbeth asked.

"When we come through our cards spawn in randomly around here. There's always at least two cards, but normally one or two support cards come through too. I think the most total cards to come through at once was 5, you just brought through 10." Leafa said.

"Why are most of these equip spells? Odd… actually looking at her card it makes perfect sense now, ignore me." Alex said.

"She is a blacksmith after all, why wouldn't equip spells make sense." Kirito said.

"True, wait, what's this? Oooooo, fancy. That'll be a surprise for Daniel. His own best strategy used against him."

"What is it?" Asuna asked.

"Don't worry, you'll see. I refuse to finish the duel without playing this. I don't care if I have to stall for 40 turns to draw it, I will play it. I will say though, it pertains directly to Kirito." Alex said.

It was at this moment that Daniel walked in to the house.

"Wow, perfect timing. Let's see, who do I need to give introductions to." Alex said.

"What on earth, how many are there?" Daniel asked.

"Meet Sinon, Leafa, Agil, and Lisbeth. Girls, and Agil, meet Daniel." Alex said.

"But how, just yesterday there was only two." Daniel said.

"Kirito, how many others at minimum could possibly come through." Alex said.

"Two I believe." Kirito said.

"You hear that, ten more are coming." Alex said.

"I said two."

"I know, and by my count that means ten."

"Ok... so… you wanted to duel." Daniel said.

"Give me 5 minutes to fix up my deck. The newest one came through right before you showed up. I need to fix up my deck." Alex said.

"Can't you just add them and go?" Daniel said.

"She brought through ten cards, no I will not just add them and go, I need to pull some things as well."

"TEN!"

"If I look through all my cards, I have 29 SAO based cards, a good chunk of them are extra deck, but still, they are slowly taking over my noble knights. I think I'm down to less than 5 main deck noble knights after this addition."

"But when we left you yesterday you had at most 6."

"I know right. I thought I'd have to wait weeks to get to this point, but it all happened in less than 24 hours. Just give me 5 minutes and I'll meet you out back."

5 minutes later.

"Just where on earth is he?" Daniel said.

10 minutes later

"You ready?" Alex asked.

"You said 5 minutes, it's been 15. Of course I'm ready."

"Well then let's duel."

Turn 1: Alex
Alex: 4000LP vs Daniel: 4000LP
Alex Hand: 5 vs Daniel Hand: 5

"We playing link rules?" Alex asked.

"I thought that's what you were looking forward to. Yes, even though it puts me at a disadvantage, I'm betting on you being hurt just as much." Daniel said.

"Well rip then. First I play pot of greed, then I summon IRL - Leafa to the field."

Pot of Greed
Spell Card: Normal

IRL - Leafa
Level 4: Wind Attribute
600 ATK 300 DEF
Warrior
Zone 3

"Here I come!" Leafa yelled as she jumped to the middle of the field.

"You weren't kidding about being cards in this game." Lisbeth said.

"Why would we kid about that?" Kirito said.

"Since I control and IRL monster I can special summon VR - Oculus from my hand."

VR - Oculus
Level 4: Earth Attribute
500 ATK 500 DEF
Machine/Tuner/Effect
Zone 2

"Now appear circuit that links dimensions!"

"You wouldn't." Daniel said.

"Link Arrows authorized! The summoning conditions are one IRL and one VR monster. I set IRL - Leafa and VR - Oculus in the Link Arrows! Link the circuit! The sky's are the limit for this Slyph fairy! I link summon ALO - Leafa!"

"You did." Daniel said.

A circuit appeared in front of Alex. Leafa and the Oculus were surrounded by green colored winds that spiral around them and went in to the bottom and bottom left arrow heads. After that ALO - Leafa flew through the circuit and landed in her monster zone..

ALO - Leafa
Link 2: Wind attribute
2300 ATK
Fairy/Link/Effect
Link Arrows:
OOO
OMO
OXX
Zone E1

"Wait, now she's her ALO avatar?" Lisbeth said.

"Yes she is. Just go with it." Kirito said.

"you already have a link monster?" Daniel complained, "How are you so lucky?"

"I really don't know. Anyways, when ALO - Leafa is summoned and IRL - Leafa was used to summon her, I can normal summon one extra IRL monster. Also, unfortunately because I used VR - Oculus to summon her, she loses half her attack." Alex said.

ALO - Leafa: 2300ATK /2 = 1150

"Next I summon out IRL - Kirito."

IRL - Kirito
Level 4: Dark Attribute
300 ATK 800 DEF
Warrior
Zone 3

"Next I play free to play, this allows me to add a IRL or VR monster from my deck to my hand. I chose VR - AmuSphere #2, and I'll special summon it immediately."

Free to Play
Spell Card: Normal

VR - AmuSphere #2
Level 4: Light Attribute
100 ATK 900 DEF
Machine/Tuner/Effect
Zone 2

"I know what happens next." Daniel said.

"I overlay my Level 4 IRL - Kirito and VR - AmuSphere #2! With these monsters I build the overlay network! Swordsman of darkness! Rise up from solitude and cut through all! I XYZ summon! Appear, SAO - Kirito!"

With that the lights on the AmuSphere went wild. Both it and Kirito became orbs of light that flew up into a giant vortex. Out of it descended a fully armored Kirito with the two orbs spinning around him.

SAO - Kirito
Rank 4: Dark Attribute
2500 ATK 2000 DEF
Warrior/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 2
Zone 2

"Wait a second, why am I holding standard swords, where did my Elucidator and Dark Repulser go?" Kirito said.

"I know where they are, don't worry, you'll see them later. Anyways, I equip Leafa with my Noble Arms Gallatin to make up for her loss of attack power." Alex said. "Oh yeah, Kirito gains 500 attack from VR - AmuSphere #2's effect."

SAO - Kirito: 2500ATK + 500 = 3000

Noble Arms - Gallatin
Spell Card: Equip

ALO - Leafa: 1150ATK + 1000 = 2150

"I almost forgot, because Kirito was summoned in Leafa's link arrow, I get to draw a card. With that, I'll end my turn."

Turn 2: Daniel
Alex: 4000LP vs Daniel: 4000LP
Alex Hand: 2 vs Daniel Hand 5 + 1

"You think you're so amazing just because you pulled of a link and Xyz summon in one turn. I'm here to send you back to square one. I summon Raidraptor - Tribute Lanius!"

Raidraptor - Tribute Lanius
Level 4: Dark Attribute
1800 ATK 400 DEF
Winged Beast/Effect
Zone 3

"Is that a mechanical bird?" Lisbeth asked.

"Don't be surprised, this game has everything from stuffed animals to dragons, and their all roughly equal in power." Kirito said.

"Trust me, when you have to fight through a deck made of Ojamas with a loaner deck filled with kitchen ingredients, you start questioning the sanity of the people designing these cards." Alex said.

"Ojama?" Lisbeth asked.

"Really, don't ask. It's better for your sanity."

"Well then… with Tribute Lanius's effect, I can send one raidraptor from my deck to the graveyard. I choose Raidraptor - Fuzzy Lanius, and once per turn, if Fuzzy Lanius gets sent to the graveyard, I can add another Fuzzy Lanius from my deck to my hand."

"So what, you already used your normal summon." Kirito said.

"He doesn't need it." Alex said.

"Hu?"

"When I control a Raidraptor, I can special summon Fuzzy Lanius from my hand. I'll do just that." Daniel said.

Raidraptor - Fuzzy lanius
Level 4: Dark Attribute
500 ATK 1500 DEF
Winged Beast/Effect
Zone 4

"I now build the overlay network! I overlay my level 4 Tribute and Fuzzy Lanius! Avian hunter of the afterlife, seek the truth with your dark eyes, and grasp glory with your sharp talons! Xyz Summon! Take flight! Rank 4, Raidraptor - Force Strix!"

Raidraptor - Force Strix
Rank 4: Dark Attribute
100 ATK 2000 DEF
Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 2
Zone E2

"First I activate Force Strix's effect, by detaching Tribute Lanius, I can add a level 4 Raidraptor from my deck to my hand. I choose Raidraptor - Vanishing Lanius."

Raidraptor - Force Strix: 2OVU - 1 = 1

"That's bad, right?" Lisbeth asked.

"It has begun, I just hope he doesn't have..." Alex said.

"Next I activate Rank-Up-Magic Raid Force!"

"That…"

"With it, I get to Rank-Up xyz summon a Raidraptor one rank higher than my Force Strix by using it as the xyz materials. Terror of the skies! Predator of blazing force! With wings that slash and talons that tear! Go, Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Rise up! Rank 5, Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon!"

Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon
Rank 5: Dark Attribute
1000 ATK 2000 DEF
Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 2
Zone E2

"You're not going to like what happens next, by detaching an overlay unit from Blaze Falcon, all your special summoned monsters are destroyed, and you take 500 points of damage for each one. I think I'll detach Force Strix and do just that."

Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon: 2OVU - 1 = 1

"By detaching an overlay unit from Kirito he's not destroyed." Alex said.

SAO - Kirito: 2OVL - 1 = 1

"Well then, only Leafa goes down, but that's more than enough." Daniel said.

Blaze Falcon flew up well out of reach of both Kirito and Leafa and proceed to drop bombs on them from above, destroying Leafa.

Alex: 4000LP - 500 = 3500

"Now for Blaze falcon's second effect, he can attack you directly. Go, Electrostatic Volt!"

Blaze Falcon then proceeded to drop another wave of bombs straight onto Alex.

Alex: 3500 - 1000 = 2500

"When Blaze Falcon inflicts damage to you, I can destroy one of your monsters, say goodby to Kirito."

"Not if I use another overlay unit."

SAO - Kirito: 1OVL - 1 = 0

"Fine, I'll set a card and leave it to you then."

Turn 3: Alex
Alex: 2500LP vs Daniel: 4000LP
Alex Hand: 2 + 1 vs Daniel Hand: 4

"I have a feeling I know what your facedown is, I'm almost afraid to attack, so first I'll activate Graceful Charity and draw 3 and drop 2."

Graceful Charity
Spell Card: Normal

"Ok, that's too good to be true, oh well. I summon one of my new monsters, IRL - Lisbeth."

IRL - Lisbeth
Level 3: Fire Attribute
300 ATK 400 DEF
Warrior
Zone 3

"Don't I get a say in this?" Lisbeth asked.

"You'll do fine." Asuna said.

"Next I special summon VR - NerveGear from my hand."

VR - NerveGear
Level 4: Dark Attribute
1000 ATK 0 DEF
Machine/Tuner/Effect
Zone 4

"Let's see if I can come up with a summoning chant on the spot. Anyways, Now I fuse my IRL - Lisbeth with my VR - NerveGear!"

With that both Lisbeth and the NerveGear floated up into the sky and spiraled together into one monster. "I am the Bone of my Sword. Steel is my Body and Fire is my Blood. I have created over a Thousand Blades, Unknown to Death, Nor known to Life. Have withstood Pain to create many Weapons, Yet those Hands will never hold Anything. So, as I Pray- Unlimited Blade Works"

"You can't just rip off the Unlimited Blade Works chant and call it a summoning chant. You didn't even say who you're summoning!" Daniel yelled.

"It was the first thing to come to mind, and she is a blacksmith. Anyways, I Fusion Summon! ALO - Lisbeth!"

ALO - Lisbeth
Level 5: Earth Attribute
1800 ATK 2000 DEF
Fairy/Fusion/Effect
Zone E1

"Wait, ALO? Shouldn't it be SAO like everyone else who was in SAO?" Kirito asked.

"How should I know. I just summon the monsters and use them." Alex said.

"Who are you calling a monster?" Lisbeth said angrily.

"I'm dead, aren't I?" Alex asked.

"Now might be a good time to run." Sinon replied.

"Look, Lisbeth, monster is just the term used for the type of card you are. The other types are spell and trap."

"We'll talk about this later." Lisbeth said.

"Let's hope I'm not already dead later. Anyways, once per turn, by giving up her attack, Lisbeth can add an equip spell from my deck to my hand. I'll chose my SAO - Elucidator, and equip it to Kirito."

SAO - Elucidator
Spell Card: Equip

"There it is, so it was changed into an equip spell." Kirito said.

"First Kirito gains 500 attack, then, once per turn I can destroy one of your facedowns."

SAO - Kirito: 3000ATK + 500 = 3500

Kirito threw the Elucidator at the facedown spell destroying it, revealing it to have been Rank-Up-Magic Doom Double Force.

"That card would have been the end of me. Oh well, Kirito, Starburst Stream! Destroy Blaze Falcon."

Daniel: 4000LP - 2500 = 1500

"The Fuzzy Lanius that was still equipped to Blaze Falcon just went to the graveyard, letting me add another one to my hand." Daniel said.

"I have to hand it over to you."

Turn 4: Daniel
Alex: 2500 vs Daniel: 1500
Alex Hand: 1 vs Daniel Hand: 5 + 1

"Looks like I have to go all in. I activate Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force! I pay half my life points and special summon a Raidraptor XYZ monster from my graveyard then use it to summon a monster two ranks higher."

Rank-Up-Magic Soul Shave Force
Spell Card: Normal

Daniel: 1500LP /2 = 750

"I'll bring back Force Strix and rank him up. Fiercest falcon, set your wings ablaze and lock your gaze on our ill-fated foe! Now, make it so! Go, Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Emerge! Rank 6, Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon!"

Raidraptor Revolution Falcon
Rank 6: Dark Attribute
2000 ATK 3000 DEF
Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 1
Zone E1

"Since Revolution Falcon has a raidraptor as an overlay unit, I can destroy one of your monsters and inflict damage equal to half the attack it had on the field. Say goodby to Kirito, and say hello to 1500 points of damage."

"Wrong, I can use the Elucidator as an overlay unit to activate Kirito's effect and save him from destruction." Alex said.

SAO - Kirito: 3000ATK - 500 = 2500

"You just keep holding on to him, don't you. Well then I activate my Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force! Now I summon a monster 2 ranks higher than Revolution Falcon!"

Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force
Spell Card: Normal

"Dauntless falcon. Hoist up the flame of anger, become the flash of light that burns the land to ash! Rank Up Xyz Evolution! Soar! Rank 8, Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon!"

Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon
Rank 8: Dark Attribute
3000 ATK 2000 DEF
Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 2
Zone: E1

"I activate Satellite Cannon Falcon's effect, by detaching an overlay unit, I can drop Kirito's attack by 800 for each Raidraptor in my graveyard. I count 4, so Kirito loses 2400 attack points."

Raidraptor - Satellite Cannon Falcon: 2OVU - 1 = 1

SAO - Kirito: 2500 - 2400 = 100

"Now it's time to end this, Raidraptor Satellite Cannon Falcon, Vengeful Vengeance!"

"I discard Kuriboh from my hand to negate the damage." Alex said.

Kuriboh
Level 1: Dark Attribute
300 ATK 200 DEF
Fiend/Effect

"Not saving Kirito this time, oh well. Finish him!"

Satellite Cannon Falcon flew up into the atmosphere.

"Where'd it go?" Kirito asked.

With that a giant laser beam came down from the sky. There would have been a huge crater where kirito was, except for the fact that it was a hologram.

"I'll hand it to you with two facedowns." Daniel said.

Turn 5: Alex
Alex: 2500LP vs Daniel 750LP
Alex Hand: 0 + 1 vs Daniel Hand: 2

"You have wedged me into quite a corner. I can't wait to get out of it. I draw!"

"Get out of it, I'd love to see that. Still talking smack with that one card in your hand and one monster on the field?" Daniel said.

"Yes, I activate Card of Sanctity! Now we both draw until we have 6 cards in our hands."

"Of course you draw that…"

"Game over. First I Play a second Pot of Greed. Then I summon IRL - Asuna to the field, then special summon VR - AmuSphere as well."

Pot of Greed
Spell Card: Normal

IRL - Asuna
Level 3: Light Attribute
200 ATK 500 DEF
Warrior
Zone 3

VR - AmuSphere
Level 4: Light Attribute
0 ATK 1000 DEF
Machine/Tuner/Effect
Zone 4

"Umm, I kinda don't want to die to that thing. You better know what your doing." Asuna said.

"Of course I don't. Anyways, next I activate Senet Switch. With it I can move my monsters into an adjacent monster card zone once per turn."

Senet Switch
Spell Card: Continuous

"I'll pull Lisbeth back a zone so my level 4 VR - AmuSphere can tune my level 3 IRL - Asuna."

ALO - Lisbeth
Zone 2

With that the AmuSphere's lights began to blink, then it became became 4 green rings that surrounded Asuna, outlining her, then turning her into 3 stars. "Strike swift as light! Let your sword glow with radiance! I Synchro Summon! Descend, SAO - Asuna!"

SAO - Asuna
Level 7: Light Attribute
2400 ATK 1800 DEF
Warrior/Synchro/Effect
Zone E1

"What is she going to do against my satellite cannon? She's not even in attack position." Daniel asked.

"Nothing on her own, but I'm going to play monster reborn and change that."

Monster Reborn
Spell Card: Normal

"I bring back SAO - Kirito"

SAO - Kirito
Zone 3

"Ok, rematch time!" Kirito said.

"Next, I'll give up Lisbeth's attack to add SAO - Dark Repulser to my hand. Though I'm going to activate a better card first."

"What's your plan, nothing on your field can stop my Satellite Cannon Falcon." Daniel gloated.

"I'm taking a page from your book. I pay 1000 life points to activate my spell card, Rank-Change-Magic Online Force."

Rank-Change-Magic Online Force
Spell Card: Normal

Alex: 2500 - 1000 = 1500

"Rank change? You mean Rank Up?" Daniel asked.

"Nope, this card apparently can go one level up or one level down, I don't actually have a card to go down with, so I'll have to go up! Dang it, now I need to come up with another summoning chant… how about this. Take your fight to a whole new level and soar high! Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Come forth! Rank 5, ALO - Kirito!"

With this Kirito jumped high into the vortex he was originally summoned from. When he came out, he had black wings on his back and wielded a two handed sword, and had a single glowing orb surrounding him.

ALO - Kirito
Rank 5: Dark Attribute
3000 ATK 2000 DEF
Warrior/XYZ/Effect
Zone 3

"Wait, shouldn't he go into the Extra monster zone?" Daniel asked.

"Thanks to Rank-Change-Magic Online Force, he gets summoned to the zone his previous form was in."

"That's just broken."

"I know right. It's almost as if someone didn't plan this far ahead and added that effect last second." Alex said.

"What?" Kirito asked.

"It doesn't matter, right now I equip Kirito with the Dark Repulser."

SAO - Dark Repulser
Spell Card: Equip

ALO - Kirito: 3000ATK + 500 = 3500

"Kirito then proceeded to awkwardly hold the two handed sword in one hand and the Dark Repulser In the other."

"I can still survive this." Daniel said.

"Seriously, does no one understand the concept of flags? At least this one works in my favor. First I activate the Dark Repulser's effect and send your leftmost facedown back to your hand."

"I'm not out, I have another facedown." Daniel said.

"Yes, but I know you. I know when you play more than one facedown, the most important one gets placed on the left."

"Do I seriously do that?"

"No, I made it up. Anyways, I now equip ALO - Kirito with my newest equip spell. ALO - Excalibur."

ALO - Excalibur
Spell Card: Equip

Kirito then gave up trying to hold the two-handed sword one-handed, and tossed it aside and picked up the golden sword Excalibur.

"His points didn't change, what are you planning?" Daniel questioned.

"You see, I can only activate Excalibur's effect when my life points are lower than yours. So in order to remedy that, I play Supremacy Berry. If my life points are less than yours, I gain 2000 life points, if their higher, I lose 1000."

Alex: 1500 - 1000 = 500

"Now I can activate Excalibur's effect. I halve the attack of all my SAO, ALO, and GGO monsters and add the total to Kirito. The others can't attack, but that's a small price to pay."

SAO - Asuna: 2400 ATK / 2 = 1200
ALO - Lisbeth: 1800 / 2 = 900

ALO - Kirito: 3500 + 1200 + 900 = 5600

"Now go Kirito, end this duel right now! Calamity!"

"I activate my facedown, Raidraptor readiness. This turn raidraptors can't be destroyed by battle. Then, since I have a raidraptor in my graveyard, I can banish Raidraptor readiness from my graveyard to activate its effect, I take no damage this turn." Daniel declared.

"I was so close, oh well. I'll switch Lisbeth to defence and end my turn."

Turn: 6: Daniel
Alex: 500LP vs Daniel: 750LP
Alex Hand: 0 vs Daniel Hand: 7 + 1

"First your monsters attack return to normal." Daniel said.

SAO - Asuna: 1200ATK x2 = 2400
ALO - Lisbeth: 900ATK x2 = 1800

ALO - Kirito: 5600 ATK - 1200 - 900 = 3500

"I'm going to apologize now, you obviously thought you would keep up your win streak, but I'm going to send all your hopes crashing down upon you. I activate Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force."

Rank-Up-Magic Astral Force
Spell Card: Normal

"No, you wouldn't summon him." Alex said.

"Of course I would. I now get to summon a monster 2 ranks higher than Satellite Cannon falcon. You've seen my Blaze, Revolution and Satellite Falcons, but now you're going to witness the next evolutionary step in in my aerial arsenal! Go! Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Rise up! Rank 10, Raidraptor - Ultimate Falcon!"

Raidraptor - Ultimate Falcon
Rank 10: Dark Attribute
3500 ATK 2000 DEF
Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 2
Zone E2

"By detaching an overlay unit, all your monsters lose 1000 attack, and you can't activate card effects for the rest of the turn."

Raidraptor - Ultimate Falcon: 2OVL - 1 = 1

SAO - Asuna: 2400ATK - 1000 = 1400
ALO - Lisbeth: 1800 - 1000 = 800
ALO - Kirito: 3500 - 1000 = 2500

"You know what, I'm not satisfied with this crushing defeat just yet. It's been too long since I let this bird fly. I play my second Rank-Up-Magic Skip Force!"

"You're really that obsessed with turning the win streak around, aren't you?" Alex asked.

"You have no Idea. They say it's the phoenix that rises from the ashes after defeat, but they're wrong, it is the Raptor! Go, Rank-Up Xyz Evolution! Fly high! Rank 12, Raidraptor - Final Fortress Falcon!"

Raidraptor - Final Fortress Falcon
Rank 12: Dark Attribute
3800 ATK 2800 DEF
Winged Beast/Xyz/Effect
OVU: 2
Zone E2

"Now go Raidraptor - Final Fortress Falcon, destroy ALO - Lisbeth! Bombardment Blast Barrage!"

Final Fortress Falcon then proceeded to fire too many missiles to count. Lisbeth braced for impact, but was wiped from the field.

"LISBETH NOOOO!" All the duel spirits yelled.

"That's just the beginning." Daniel said, "Now, up to twice per turn, when Final Fortress Falcon destroys a monster by battle, I can Banish a Raidraptor Xyz monster from my graveyard to allow him to attack again. I banish Raidraptor - Force Strix and attack Asuna now! Bombardment Blast Barrage!"

Final Fortress Falcon fired all his missiles once again. There was nothing Asuna could do to survive.

"ASUNA! You'll pay for that!" Kirito yelled.

"And now it's Kirito's turn. I banish Raidraptor - Blaze Falcon, now Final Fortress Falcon! End this duel!"

Kirito readied himself as best he could. He attempted to destroy as many missiles as he could before it was too late, but there were just too many. Kirito was hit in the back by one of the missiles and that was it.

Alex: 500 - 1200 = -700

Winner: Daniel

"Wait, did I actually just win?" Daniel asked shocked.

"There was nothing I could do. You completely wiped me." Alex said.

"I actually beat you. It's been months since that happened." Daniel said.

"Don't get overconfident. I may have lost this duel, but who knows what will happen next time. I thought I had you when I pulled Excalibur's effect. If you hadn't stopped my damage, I would have won. Truth be told, I never thought you'd pull out Final Fortress on me. You tend to reserve that for extreme emergencies."

"I don't know what happened, I just felt like after the huge losing streak I had against you, I had to crush you. No hard feelings right."

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to." Alex said gesturing at the duel spirits.

"Oh yea, my bad. Look guys, I hope you can forgive me for destroying you. You were kinda in the middle of a battle between me and Alex, and I wasn't going to hold back." Daniel said.

"Look, no harm no foul. Just know, I will get you back for this." Kirito said.

"I'm with Kirito, although just because you can go all out, doesn't mean you should." Asuna said.

"Just know, I will be ready for you next time. You will go down. I don't care what it takes, I will finish you." Lisbeth said angrily.

"Ok, looks like everyone wants revenge against me. Well, I'd like to see you try. I'm up for a rematch anytime." Daniel said.

"So, now what?" Alex asked.

"I don't know, you want to go raid the kitchen?" Daniel asked.

"Sure, why not."

AN: What, you think the main character was invincible?

Honestly, I had originally planned for alex to win, but then I got greedy and wanted to bring out Final Fortress Falcon right as ALO - Kirito was attacking. After I summoned him, I realized there really was no way out. I didn't want to backtrack that far, so I had no choice but to let Daniel win. I did have a plan for getting him out of it, but both Ultimate Falcon's effect preventing him from using effects, and the fact that I made a math error that I noticed later dropping Alex's life points by 1000, prevented it.

I realize I may have made ALO - Kirito seem weak by having him lose in his first duel, but he is strong and, if anything, it makes him seem less op than I feel he is.

I would like to point out, I made a half a dozen math errors in this one. Originally, before I corrected them, Daniel won with 2000 LP left, so if some of Alex's actions seem extreme, just know, I only fixed the math, not the dialog or actions.

I thank Dreamer down in the reviews for giving me all the equip spells, and Lisbeth's effect. I also tore apart his Gleam Eyes Kirito card's effects and somehow turned them into ALO - Kirito. I think the half of the effects I didn't use will go to GGO - Kirito.

Incase you haven't guessed, GGO - Kirito will be a Rank-Down monster. I planed on ALO - Kirito being more of a heavy hitter since he wields a 2 handed sword and GGO - Kirito being more of a speed type since... guns…

Review, singular this time:

MaxGundam1998: I sent you a PM. I like the decks you suggested, I'm going to hold out a day or two longer before I decide incase someone else happens to suggest a good one.

Card Effects is gonna be long on this one:

IRL - Lisbeth
Level 3: Fire Attribute
300 ATK 400 DEF
Warrior

Not much to say about this one, it's another normal monster.

ALO - Lisbeth
Level 5: Earth Attribute
1800 ATK 2000 DEF
Fairy/Fusion/Effect

1 "IRL" Monster + 1 "VR" Monster
Equip spells you control cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. If IRL - Lisbeth was used to summon this card, once per turn, you can add 1 Equip spell from your deck or graveyard to your hand; this card cannot attack on the turn you activate this effect.

This one was mostly made by Dreamer, only thing is, I'm not sure if it was on accident or not, but he didn't give it attack or defence. I also changed it from syncho to fusion and added in the if "IRL - Lisbeth was used" part.

SAO - Dark Repulser
Spell Card: Equip

Equip only to "The Black Swordsman". It gains 500 ATK. Once per turn, you can target 1 Set card your opponent controls; return it to their hand. You can send this card to the graveyard instead of an overlay unit to activate the equipped monster's ability. You can only control 1 "SAO - Dark Repulser".

Again, Dreamer did this. I added the can be used as overlay unit, mostly to survive that turn in the story.

SAO - Elucidator
Spell Card: Equip

Equip only to "The Black Swordsman". It gains 500 ATK. Once per turn, you can target 1 Set card your opponent controls; destroy it. You can send this card to the graveyard instead of an overlay unit to activate the equipped monster's ability. You can only control 1 "SAO - Elucidator".

Same as the Dark Repulser. Dreamer did this. I added the used as overlay unit.

ALO - Excalibur
Spell Card: Equip

Equip only to "The Black Swordsman". You cannot add this card from your deck to your hand. You cannot activate this card's effect unless your LP is lower than your opponent's. Once per turn, until the end of the turn, you can halve the current ATK of all "SAO", "ALO", and "GGO" monsters you control (besides the equipped monster) and add the total to the equipped monster's ATK. If you activate this effect, your other monsters cannot attack this turn. You can only control 1 "ALO - Excalibur".

Ok, this one was fully Dreamer. I did nothing to this card. I actually had to do some work to get Alex to activate his effect. Originally Supremacy Berry wasn't used, but I made a math error and had to use it to activate Excalibur's effect.

Rank-Change-Magic Online Force
Spell Card: Normal

Pay 1000LP: target one SAO, ALO, or GGO XYZ monster you control, special summon from your extra deck, 1 monster that shares a name with the target card that is either 1 rank higher or lower than the target card by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) Special summon it into the zone the targeted monster originally was in. You can banish this card from your graveyard, faceup XYZ monsters cannot be destroyed by battle this turn.

Finally a card that I made myself. This card is the key to unlocking Kirito's other forms. I may try something similar with Synchro and Fusion, though I don't know If the Extra deck will have enough space for all that.

ALO - Kirito
Rank 5: Dark Attribute
3000 ATK 2000 DEF
Warrior/XYZ/Effect

1 IRL + 1 VR monster
This card's name is always treated as "The Black Swordsman". This card cannot attack directly. Your opponent cannot Tribute this face-up card on the field, also control of this card cannot switch. If this card has a "Kirito" XYZ's monster as a XYZ material, it gaines these effects: When this card attacks, inflict piercing damage. Negate the effects of monsters destroyed in battle by this card. You can detach one XYZ material from this card to destroy one monster your opponent controls. This card cannot attack the turn you activate this effect.

Like I said earlier, I tore apart Dreamer's Gleam Eyes Kirito for this one. It's can't be tributed or taken control of, piercing, negating effects, and can't attack directly all were pulled from Gleam Eyes. I still needed something to use overlay units, so I added that last line. Now that I think about it, the only thing I didn't take from Gleam Eyes Kirito was its ability to attack everything and all opponent's monsters being forced to attack it…

Dreamer did leave more cards, but I haven't played them yet, so I left them out of here because it's growing long. Look in the reviews if you want to see the others.

I just realized this AN seems to be purely about Dreamer. Let's talk about something else maybe...

I almost forgot because I'm writing this very sentence 6 days before the actual day, but the day this is released (Unless some unforeseen tragedy happens and I don't upload it) Is my Birthday! Happy Birthday to ME! There's not much to say about it though. All I can really ask for are some suggestions on how I can improve the story overall and I would really like that. I will say, it feels fitting that my favorite deck, the raidraptors, got their first duel in this story on my birthday.

I don't know who's up next. I think we are down to Klein and Silica. Maybe Yuuki, but those of you who have see the show know why it's pretty much impossible to add her… I'm not going to say why in case you haven't seen the show though. I have a special Idea for Yui, so she's not an option. Let me know who you want next. And if you say Yuuki, I will not accept that without you giving me an idea on how to actually add her and "use the game lore" is not an option. (There's a plan for that too, just not for a very very long time, if ever…)

Next Time: Klein or Silica unless someone can convince me to do Yuuki. Till then, Cya later.