Author's Note: Hello faithful viewers, welcome to the next chapter of the story! Well it's Christmas, so I decided to go ahead and post a chapter for all you awesome people out there! There's not really much to say though... This chapter is pretty much just a taste of the training Jin receives from Kesado. It's a regular match designed to help Jin learn how to face a defensive duelist. The only stipulation is that Kesado can not declare an attack with his Ghost monsters…

Spirits UnBound

Jin's Training: a Tough Regiment

Jin and Kesado were now facing each other, duel disks active; they were in a duel.

At first glance, it would appear that Jin was in the lead. While Kesado had no monsters on the field, one face down card, and only one card in his hand, Jin had the powerful Swordsman of Twilight at his disposal.

It did not appear to be much, a young man with shoulder length pale blue hair, and vibrant blue-green eyes. He wore a black undershirt overshadowed by the unzipped sleeveless yellow over shirt. His baggy blue jeans and tennis shoes completed his outfit.

In his right hand was a most unique blade. The entirety of the blade was designed to look like a dark purple bat wing, while the center of the handle beheld what appeared to be a monstrous blue eye. This pattern was also followed on the hilt of the blade; both sides a dark demonic wing.

The young man spun his sword expertly as his attack points settled at 2800 (Def: 2100).

Jin grinned lightly as he stared as his opponent. "Now that my Swordsman of Twilight is equipped with Soul Eater, I'm all but guaranteed to win this duel!"

"Another lesson Jin: don't take your opponent so lightly. Even a single card can change the entire flow of a duel. For instance…"

Kesado let his words drift away as he depressed a button on his duel disk. Soon after, his face down card flipped face up.

It was a trap card; its image depicted a haunted graveyard. Tombstones could be seen sparsely spread around the area.

"By activating my Call of the Haunted, I can return my Friendly Ghost to the field!"

Suddenly, a ghoulish silhouette rose from the ground, slowly reforming in front of Kesado, it revealed to be a ghost the shape of a large ball. Its friendly face betrayed the intensity of the duel (0/0).

Jin merely scuffed at the new monster. "I took down that monster once, I can do it again".

A slight smirk overtook the Kaiser's visage. "At least you've overcome that cowardly attitude of yours… But this monster cannot be selected as an attack target, which means that you won't be winning the duel this turn"

Jin took this time to observe his three card hand. 'Knowing Kesado, he'll be able to gain the lead on his next turn' then he cast a glance as his only monster. 'But with my Swordsman of Twilight on the field, I've got some pretty good protection…'

"I'll set one card face down to end my turn."

Kesado forcefully drew the top card of his deck, slightly replenishing his hand size. As he stared at the drawn card, his dark violet eyes began to glow vibrantly.

He promptly slammed the drawn card onto his disk, causing Jin to slightly waver. "I activate the continuous spell card Grave-Cycling!"

The Slifer red duelist stared on with a look of confusion plastered on his face. "So what does that card do exactly?"

"While it's face-up on the field, any sacrifices can be conducted through the cards in our graveyards."

"So you mean you can remove cards in your graveyard from play to tribute summon a powerful monster?"

"No, not quite… This card effect does not apply to regular tribute summoning. Although it would work for fusion, special, and even ritual summoning…"

"Then what are you about to do?"

Kesado quickly held up the last card in his hand. As Jin took note of what card it was, he outwardly gasped.

"Normally I would need to discard a card from my to activate Lightning Vortex, but now I can just as easily remove a card in my graveyard from play" and as he placed the chosen card in his back pocket, a powerful bolt of lightning came crashing down on Swordsman of Twilight.

Jin acted quickly, depressing a button on his own duel disk. The Swordsman of Twilight acted in kind, erecting a shield of darkness. The lightning crashed into the shield, creating a large wave of smoke.

Then the Slifer Red duelist turned his attention to the Kaiser. "My apologies Kesado, but my Swordsman does have a special ability, one that keeps him from being destroyed so long as he drops his Atk Points by 700 for the remainder of the turn.

And just like Jin stated, when the smoke cleared out, the Swordsman still stood, albeit weakly (2100).

Kesado merely nodded his head. "I figured you had some way of protecting your monster"

"Huh? Then why did you play that spell card if you knew it wasn't going to work?"

"For two reasons actually. First off, I had to determine your monster's ability, which I did. And second, the monster I removed from play is Mathematics Scholar, and when he's removed from the graveyard by any means, I may draw two cards."

As Jin watched Kesado draw, he felt a well of impression build up in his chest. 'That was a good move; I need to employ that level of strategic playing…'

"You found out my Swordsman's ability, but there's more to it than that. And his sword also has some tricks up its sleeves!"

"I'm curious to see what else you hold in store. For now, I'll just end my turn by switching my Friendly Ghost to defense mode.

As Kesado's turn came to an end, the small round ghost crossed its arms defensively.

Jin was quick to draw his next card, starting his turn once more.

The Swordsman of Twilight quickly swung his blade expertly. Feeling rejuvenated, he gave a cocky smirk as his Atk points increased, once again resting at a powerful 2800.

Jin's eyes scanned over his hand, looking for any subtle combination that would help him win this duel. After a moment or two, his eyes shot open with surprise, only to return to normal a moment later. But even so, Kesado picked up on the subtle act.

"Before I start this turn, I just need to thank you."

"Thank me for what?" Kesado asked perplexedly.

"For playing that Grave Cycling! Now I can activate Swordsman of Twilight's other effect, by discarding one card from my hand, I can negate the effect of one card on the field." Then Jin took a single card from his graveyard pile, and, like Kesado before him, placed it in his pocket. "Go, Dark Firaga!"

The Swordsman built up a powerful concentration of darkness in the palm of his hand. As he continued to channel his dark energy into his hand, purple sparks began to crackle around him. As the powerful energy reached its peak, the Swordsman fired it off at the opposing ghost.

The blast stunned the monster, but did not kill it. As it began to hyperventilate, the ghost also lost its transparency, becoming a solid figure.

Kesado watched on with an absence of any emotional expression.

"Now that your monster is vulnerable, I'll take this opportunity to destroy it!"

The Swordsman ran up to the Friendly Ghost at an incredible speed; even Kesado could not keep track of its incredibly fast movements.

Once the Swordsman was on the Ghost's person, he made two quick swipes, an X like mark appeared over the ghost before it burst into a shower of pixels.

"And now Soul Eater's effect activates. Besides giving my monster 700 Atk points, it also has another effect. Now that it has destroyed a monster, it places a Darkness Counter on Twilight Swordsman" a second after the young boy's explanation, a current of darkness began to ripple around the young blue haired duel monster.

"Once he gains 3 counters, he'll unleash his ultimate power!"

Kesado drew to start his turn. "Well if he can become that powerful, then I guess I should just take him out before he can reach that power" Then he placed a card on his duel disk.

"I'll start my turn by summoning Frigid Ice Capron." The monster that appeared was awkward, to say the least. It was made purely out of ice, but some parts where some parts were hard and rigid, others were clean and smooth. The head of a creature looked most akin to an alligator, while the body looked like that of a centaur. It roared loud as its stats were displayed (1600/1800).

Jin looked dumbfounded. "Umm, what use does that creature have? It's far weaker than my own. And for that matter, why is it in a ghost deck like yours?"

Kesado closed his eyes and crossed his arms. "This may not apply to you, but it is my belief that any deck can use improvements. More to the point, any archetype can be improved by cards that aren't necessarily a part of that archetype. There have been many cases were archetype decks work well with other cards. Even the Crystal Beasts have the ability to supplement the Sacred Beast Hamon. Or even on the same basis of how Nizone's Rasengan-Fire based cards work well with Gemini monsters."

Then he pointed his forefinger, indicating his own deck. "Even my Ghost oriented deck is no different. Because of its high dependence on graveyard accessibility, there are plenty of non-Ghost cards that fit perfectly in my deck."

Then he turned his attention to his newly summoned creature. "This monster, my Frigid Ice Capon's ability allows me to send a maximum of three cards on the top of my deck to decrease your monster's Atk and Def points by 400x the number of cards discarded."

Jin's eyes shot opened in surprise.

"But then our monsters will both have equal Atk points…"

Kesado merely smirked, even as he discarded the top 3 cards from his deck. Then his hulking Ice monster began to exhale powerfully. Before long, the Swordsman of Twilight was nearly frozen, snow and ice covered all around his clothes. He exhaled in pain as his attack points dropped to 1600.

"Now my Capron, attack that Swordsman with Doomsday Blizzard!"

"Swordsman of Twilight, counter with your Dark Aura!"

As the two monster began to charge one another in a magnificent display of power, the two duelist began to converse. Kesado was the first to speak.

"When my Frigid Ice monster is destroyed, I must discard the top three cards from my deck" he said as slid those three cards into his graveyard. "And because they're equal in strength, your monster will also be destroyed.

But as Kesado watched the abomination duel the opposing Swordsman, he received his own surprise.

The swordsman dodged a punch by the Ice monster before decapitating it. As the monster's severed head fell on the floor, it and the monster's body exploded into a shower of golden pixels. The Swordsman stood triumphantly as another Darkness Counter emanated around his being.

"Looks like I outmaneuvered you Kesado" Jin retorted, a smirk present on his visage. Kesado became all the more baffled as his life points fell to a scant 300.

"Before your monster destroyed mine, I discarded Honest, which caused my monster's attack points to increase by 1600!"

"Well done Jin. I'll simply set one card face down and end my turn."

With a new display of triumph, Jin ripped the top card off his deck. "Hah, this duel is over! I play the spell card Ojama Trio! Now I get to place 3 Ojama Tokens on your field" and much like the Slifer stated, three ugly creatures appeared before Kesado; one green, one blue, and one yellow (0/1000).

"Hm, I didn't expect you to have that card in your deck" was all Kesado said as he stared on in his usual nonchalant manner.

"Well, it goes back to what you were saying. My deck is a cross between a LIGHT deck and a DARK deck, so having these three LIGHT monsters could provide some elemental fodder if I ever need it. Not to mention they make great rag-dolls for my Swordsman monsters."

"Impressive"

"Thanks. But now it's high time I ended this. Swordsman of Twilight, take out that yellow Ojama Token and finish this duel!"

Much like last time, the Swordsman charged at the small semi-naked being, appeared directly in front of it in a fraction of a second. With one quick slice, the little yellow monster was easily destroyed.

"Now since an Ojama Token has been destroyed, you take 300 points of damage!"

But as the smoke settled, Kesado's monsters were still in tact, his life points raised slightly to a still low 600.

"This duel isn't over yet. I activated my face down Shock Absorber trap card to increase my life points by the amount I would've lost during this turn."

Jin cringed as he tightened his fists into a ball. 'Damn, that means Kesado has another turn to mess everything up…' "Well at any rate, my monster now has 3 Darkness Counters, so he can transform!"

As the Swordsman of Twilight gained his third and final counter, he became engulfed in darkness. A large sphere of purple and black surrounded him. It began spinning rapidly, releasing waves of darkness.

When if finally vanished, the Swordsman stood there, ripples of dark aura radiating off of his person. His old clothes were gone, replace by what could only be described as a very diabolical muscle suit. In the center of his chest was the insignia of a black heart. There was also a white skirt like material around his waste that hung down to his knees. As the finishing touch, a black cloak was tied around his waste, partially covering the white material.

"Meet Riku, Vessel of Darkness (3000/2800)."

As Kesado drew, he smirked at the newly summoned monster. "That's a nice monster, too bad I must rid the field of it. By activating my Mystic Box spell card, I can destroy your monster and return one of these Tokens to your field!"

Two boxes promptly erected from the ground, surrounding both Dark Riku and the Black Ojama token. They quickly closed, trapping the selected monsters inside. Suddenly, a barrage of knives slammed into the box that encased the Dark warrior. As both boxes opened, Ojama Green was now in the opposing box while his original box was empty. But, much to Kesado's chagrin, Dark Riku also came out of the box, completely unharmed.

"Sorry to disappoint, but Riku cannot be destroyed by card effect.

"Well, if that's the case, then I'll set one monster face down and end my turn."

Jin ripped the top card off his deck, only giving it a mere glance returning his attention to the battlefield. "My Vessel of Darkness has several effects. He cannot be destroyed by card effects, removes from play every monster that he destroys, can negate an attack on him and decrease the Atk and of the attacking monster by 1000 by removing a DARK monster from my grave, and inflicts 1000 points of damage to you every time he destroys a LIGHT monster."

Kesado visibly frowned. "This Ojama monster is a LIGHT attribute, and most of your monsters are DARK attributes. That monster is pretty dangerous."

"But that's not all; upon his summoning, he is also equipped with a Keyblade from my deck or graveyard."

As Riku held out his hand, a new sword appeared in it. It was also shaped like a key, but this one was even darker than the last. It was large, black, and more powerful than the before (3800/2800).

"This is the Oblivion and it powers up my monster by 800 Atk points. As an added bonus, the equipped monster also gains the ability to do battle with all of your monster at once!"

The cloak around the monster's waist transformed into vague, dark shadowy wings on Riku's back. In the blink of an eye, he took flight, destroying both of Kesado's monsters with one swipe of his mighty blade.

Jin watched on with baited breath, waiting for Kesado's life points to drop to 0 so that he would be able to celebrate his victory.

It never did.

Kesado held up a card, a monster card. 'Phantom Shieldron…' "By removing it from play, I take no damage this turn."

Jin snarled in angry. "Jeez Kesado, why don't you just roll over already?" The emerald eyed Slifer set one card face down as he ended his turn. Secretly he was enjoying himself, but at the same time, he was hoping that his next opponent wouldn't be nearly this difficult to beat.

Kesado silently drew his next card. "Well, I think I should take the offensive now. I'll use the magic of Card of Sanctity" Jin nodded in understanding. With no wasted words, both duelists drew from their decks until they each held 6 cards.

"Now I'll play my Book of Life. I can return my Living Cannon (0/0) to the field and remove your Solstice of Dark Magician (2500/2100) in your graveyard from play."

Then a cannon appeared on Kesado's monster zone. It was made of pure rotten flesh, and random severed limbs. Jin frowned. 'He wouldn't have brought that monster back unless he had some usefulness with it.'

"This next move is a little bit tricky, so try to keep up" the purple haired Kaiser teased, much to Jin's chagrin.

Now by the effect of my Cannon, I can discard my IV 4 Petrified Spirit (0/1500) from my hand to the graveyard to inflict upon you 800 points of damage!"

Then the spirit of a young woman appeared. She walked across the field awkwardly, almost as if she were trapped in a surreal dream- or nightmare. But before long, she was sucked into the Living Cannon, converted into a ball of pure energy, and the fired at Jin.

The young Slifer was knocked over by the force of the blow. (LP: 1600)

As he began to stand up, he winced in pain. "Damn… Kesado, when you said you wouldn't be attacking me, I didn't expect to take this much damage!"

Kesado stared on, slight grin still apparent on his face. He crossed his arms condescendingly. "Jin, don't tell me that was enough to rattle your nerves?"

"Of course not… But you said that this duel would teach me to handle a defensive opponent, so why do I have to put up with that stinking cannon?"

"It's a part of the game. You just have to learn to deal with it. As for my next move, when Petrified Spirit is sent to the graveyard outside of battle, I'm allowed to remove her from play to special summon one monster from my graveyard to the field in Atk position!"

Then the familiar form of Koukoshen Ghost Hunter appeared on the field as Kesado placed the Spirit card in his back pocket (900/500).

"But she won't be staying for long. I sacrifice both my monsters to summon Malevolent Mech: Shokka"

In a blinding burst of light, a new monster graced the field. It was by far the most gargantuan monster to have been summoned during the entirety of the duel. It was large enough so that Kesado could have fitted atop the creatures head. It appeared to be a long, thin, winged dragon. But aside from its almost mechanical frame, it also had decayed purplish skin that nearly betrayed it beauty (2900/0).

"That thing seems pretty beastly, but it doesn't have the strength necessary to fend off my Vessel of Darkness."

"He may not be powerful enough now, but don't think that I am finished; I still have two more moves to complete before I end my turn. First, my monster gains the ability of any Zombie monster that was used as a tribute to summon it. That means he now has the same effect as Living Cannon!"

Without stating his next move, Kesado discarded the level 4 Ghastly Reaper to the graveyard to hit Jin with an additional 800 points. And like before, the Reaper monster was inhaled by Shokka before being spat at Jin, knocking the boy down once more, and whittling his life points to a measly 800.

Kesado chuckled. "On my next turn, I'll be able to discard one last card and end this duel."

That won't happen, I'll destroy that monster before you get the chance!"

Kesado stared on impassively for a moment. "Oh, but before I end my turn, I still have my second move to contend with. Because this monster's type is both Zombie and Dragon, I can equip it with Jack Viper, Shadow of Doom!"

Jin gasped as he heard the name of that monster. 'No…'

Then, a new monster rose from the ground. It appeared to be the ghost of an elongated dragon, its scaled transformed into a purple mist covering its skeletal form. Its mouth filled with razor sharp teeth that threatened to devour anything in its path. Shokka paled in comparison to this new beast. It gave the feel that it was the most powerful monster on the field.

Then the monster wrapped itself around Shokka, almost become an outer aura for the Dragonic beast (3900/0).

"That resolves the end of my turn."

Jin weakly drew his next card before returning his attention to the hulking monster that opposed him. The Viper stared back at the young boy through malicious red eyes, venom oozing from its mouth as it did so.

Even the Vessel of Darkness visibly flinched as he watched the dripping acid melt away as the arena floor, a foul stench filling the air.

Jin clinched his fist. 'As long as Shokka has the Shadow of Doom protecting him, then I'm in trouble. And if I do manage to destroy it, then Jack Viper will just take to the field… Sorry Riku, but I have no choice'

"I'll activate my monster's final effect, go Dark Blitz!"

As the command was given, a look of shock surged through the face of the Vessel of Darkness. But then the monster hardened his expression and nodded in understanding. He thrust his Oblivion Keyblade in the air as a bolt of purple lightning came crashing down.

In no time at all, the monster's entire being was engulfed. But rather than being destroyed, it seemed to strengthen the dark aura that surrounded the monster. His cloak once again turned into vague black wings as he took to the sky.

After several second of rapid ascension, the demonic boy can crashing down, far faster and more forceful than the lightning that empowered him. As he landed in the center of the dueling field, the shock waves that were emitted were forceful enough to destroy every other monster on the field.

"By sacrificing half my life points (400) along with my monster, Riku can destroy every monster on the field. Plus, since my Swordsman of Twilight was in the graveyard, I can summon him to the field, though he gains no weapon, and cannot attack for the next 3 turns". Even so, the blue haired boy stood on the field, panting heavily. But now, he wore the same unzipped sleeveless shirt and baggy jeans as before (2100/2100).

But as the smoke settled, Jack Viper was still present on the field, though now he was no longer bound to a host. He roared with power, almost as if he were celebrating his freedom (4000/0).

"As you already know, when the host is destroyed, I can place my Shadow of Doom onto the monster card zone instead of sending him to the graveyard."

"Yeah… I know…" Jin assured.

"But I was prepared for that as well" Jin once again assured. Then he pulled a card from his hand before placing it on the duel disk.

"Now I activate my Shining Fortitude spell card. By sacrificing my battle phase this turn, I can destroy one monster on your field, so long as I have a LIGHT monster present!"

Kesado visibly frowned, and to no wonder, he didn't even have time to enjoy his most powerful monster's appearance.

Then the Swordsman of Twilight dashed at the behemoth of a monster, armed with nothing more than his own hands. As he charged forward, a faint white light began to radiate off him. He jumped high into the air, reaching maximum height directly in front of the Viper's face. "I'm more than just darkness!" he roared as he drove his fist into the ghastly monster's snout. In a brilliant shower of pixels, the Viper was destroyed, and the Swordsman of Twilight returned to his rightful spot on the field.

Jin slid one last card into his graveyard to end his turn.

Kesado snatched the top card off his deck before glancing at it. Then, in a burst of light, both Ghastly Reaper and Petrified spirit appeared on the field, as per the effect of the Living Cannon.

A small smile crossed Kesado's face, but only for a moment. It passed so quickly that Jin didn't even notice.

"Not much of a move this turn. I'll switch my monsters to defense mode and set one face down card. Turn end." Petrified Spirit curled up into the fetal position while Ghastly Reaper brought his scythe across his chest.

Even as he drew his next card, Jin stared at Kesado's field perplexedly. 'That's weird. I was sure that at the least he was going to equip his Reaper to that Petrified Spirit. Now I don't know what he's planning'

Amidst the confusion, Jin decided that it was a dead waste trying to figure out any of Kesado's moves. Instead, he opted for his own.

"I'll take this time to activate my face down quick play spell card Chain of Memories! This card allows me to summon a monster on my field based on what I already have. You see, I must have a level 7 or higher DARK or LIGHT monster in play. But since my Swordsman of Twilight meets both these needs, I can summon either a high level DARK or LIGHT monster from my deck. My choice: Swordsman of Light!"

Then in a brilliant burst of light, a new monster took to the field, standing next to the Swordsman of Twilight. Like the Twilight Swordsman, this monster seemed to be a young man of the same age. But his clothes and spiky brown consisted of darker colors, adding a sense of irony to the fact that he was the sworn wielder of the Light (2000/2000).

As he took to the field, he turned to Twilight, who also did so in kind. Both monsters nodded at each other, a grin on either one's face.

Then a beautiful white Keyblade appeared in the Light Swordsman's hands, raising his power to an impressive 2500. Even upon a mere glance, it was obvious that particular blade held sentimental value to both the Swordsmen.

"Like my Swordsman of Twilight, Light here is equipped with a Keyblade when he is summoned to the field. In this case, I choose the Oathkeeper."

Then Jin stared at the last few cards in his hand. He began to hyperventilate slightly as he took note of one of them. 'Eternal Session…? With this card I can end the duel'

"I play the spell Card Eternal Session! It can only be activated if I have both Swordsman of Twilight and Swordsman of Light on the field. Now by returning them to my deck, I can rid the field of your monsters and deal you 1000 points of damage!"

Both Swordsmen passed a nostalgic glance at the other before jumping into action. Twilight charged at the Spirit while Light approached the Reaper. In a fluent combination, inclusive of magical maneuvers unique only to these two, the Swordsmen ended the move by swapping Keyblades. Because Twilight was temporarily disarmed, Light gave him the Oathkeeper. Twilight then harnessed all of his energy to summon Way to Dawn, which he promptly tossed to Light. In a magnificent display of power, the two Keyblade wielders used the powers of their weapons to create a super devastating magnetic force that utterly obliterated the opposing monsters.

But before Kesado lost the small bit of life points he held, he depressed a button on his duel disk.

His trap card flipped face up, reveal a picture of what appeared to be a swirling ball in the cemetery.

"I chain my trap card, Cemetery Bomb, to your Eternal Session. Now you take damage equal to the amount of cards in your graveyard x100!"

In the blink of an eye, a swirling ball of energy appeared directly under Jin. As his monsters were finishing up their powerful Limit, the swirling ball exploded with tremendous force, cause a smoky uproar. As Jin was blown away, his life point counter dropped to 0, resulting in the disappearance the holograms.

Moments later, Kesado approached Jin. As he stood over the prone Slifer Red duelist, he gave a genuine smile. Then he leaned down to help the boy up.

"What… What happened…?"

"Nothing kid. You put up a nice duel, but in the end, I came out on top."

Jin slightly pouted at this. "No fair! I was going to end the duel with a spectacular finishing move! You can't just win with some lame Cemetery Bomb!"

Kesado merely smirked. "Kid, a duel doesn't depend on who has the best finisher. All that matters if you have what it takes to be victorious"

Card of the Chapter:

Swordsman of Twilight

DARK/LIGHT

Level 7

Warrior/Effect:

When this card is summoned, take Either 'Way to Dawn'

or 'Soul Eater' from your graveyard, deck ,Or hand, and

equip it to this face-Up monster. Once Per turn, you can

discard one card from your Hand to negate the effect of

one Monster on the field. If this card would be destroyed,

you can decrease its Atk points by 700 points to keep this

monster on the field. If this monster's Atk points drop to

zero by its own effect, then it is Destroyed.

(Atk: 2100/Def: 2100)

Author's Note: Hey guys, hope you all enjoyed this chapter, it was really fun to write. Just so there is no confusion, this chapter started sometime in the middle of the duel. Jin was about to declare a direct attack to win the duel, but then Kesado activated his Call of the Haunted. I thought that the pace of this duel was really well done, but if I would've started at the beginning, then it would've taken like twice as long. Just to put things into perspective, the part of duel that I did show was about 10 turns. Now let's say both players had 12 different monsters in their graveyard. Well, it would've taken about 7 turns to summon all of them (including special summons), not to mention how ever many turns it would've taken for those cards to be destroyed. Think about it, Kesado and Jin were both playing good defense, and keeping their monsters safe. So now we're looking at a possible 10-14 more turns, or basically a chapter twice as long as it already is -_- I figured it would just be better to start late in the duel.

And on a side note, I initially planned to use this chapter to showcase Keiko's duel against Nazonei, but after reading one of my reviews (Hikari Hellion- was curious as to the types of decks Jin and Kesado use) I just had to write this! This chapter is for you Hikari xD!

But something interesting happened while I was planning this duel out. Kesado's deck has always been clear to me: a deck with a lot of Ghost monsters that are versatile, but focus mainly on graveyard stacking. But then when I got to Jin, it wasn't so cut and dry. When I originally began designing his deck, I mainly wanted to have it be split between random DARK monsters and random LIGHT monsters with Solstice of Dark Magician (OC card) being the corner stone. But then when I tried to write this duel the first time, Jin's cards were so random, it just didn't flow well. And after running through a few different deck archetypes, I figured that having a couple characters from the Kingdom Hearts series would really juice his deck up. After all, they do have Character that are DARK and others that are LIGHT.

Tell me what you guys think about his deck.

Tell me anything you guys have to say, be it constructive criticism, random flaming, or just a little bit of something you would like to see in future chapters.

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