Soul of the Berserker

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Author's notes: here goes chapter ten

Chapter 10: Burning Heart! Into Dream world

He waited calmly, the answer he had gotten a few minutes ago was not satisfying, he wasn't entirely happy about fighting, that was true, but given that he was there with him made him no happier. 'Why Kagami had to add this kid to the roster I'm not sure,' he thought 'He doesn't seem useful to the plan'

"Hey, why are we still waiting for him? Shouldn't he be here by now?" asked a boy with long black hair as he sat down, an air of impatience around him, and a face that said he shouldn't have to wait, for a moment he eyed his red blazer with disgust.

The other teen merely gave him a cold stare as he rested his back against a nearby tree, his long brown hair swayed in the wind, his companion grew irritated at his silence, but the teen decided not to care.

"Come on, say something damn it!" said the black haired boy in anger.

"Shut up" was the brown haired teen's response, no emotion or irritation could be found.

"Hey! Don't order me around, you know who I am? I'm Ryo Hayami, undefeated of Obelisk Blue"

Having grown annoyed at Hayami, the other boy turned towards him ready to remind him of his position "Undefeated? Last time I checked you were beaten by that Hiroshi kid yesterday, and were forced to leave the blue dorm"

"Why you…"

Crack

Before the fight could get any farther both heard a noise coming from the forest. Hayami smiled "It's about time you…"

He was surprised at seeing the other teen looking defiantly towards where the noise had come from "Well, well, seems there was someone spying on this meeting" he said as he placed a duel disk on his arm "now, why don't you show yourself and we can get this over with"

"Interesting, I never expected to be discovered, but this, ah a secret to all, and actions that are quite suspicious…" said the voice before jumping, it revealed itself to be a sixteen year old with short black hair wearing red clothes, the moment he appeared he struck a dramatic pose "it makes me be inspired, ah now, now I must discover this secret, get all the information, and then, yes, my master piece, my greatest poem can be written!"

The brown haired boy began to walk towards him, his duel disk about to deploy, when Hayami interfered "not so fast, I've been bored out of my mind waiting for Kagami, and with an annoying nobody like you, I call dibs to beat this guy"

For just one moment a smile crossed the other boy's face, he saw this as an opportunity to shut Hayami up, but it soon got replaced with an emotionless stare once more as he turned towards the other black haired boy "Beat him" he said pointing to Hayami "you can face me, beat me, you get the information, lose, you'll see…"

At this the other student's face was covered in a smile "You've got a deal, but where are my manners, allow me to introduce myself, I'm the poet who captures the passion from the burning sun, the one who shall turn this battle into inspiration, the Great Poet, James…"

"Enough with the introductions, I couldn't care less about a nobody's name, so let's duel" said Hayami in a snobbish tone, his duel disk quickly deployed and without waiting for his opponent he drew five cards "well, what are you waiting for? Oh and you can go first, I'll win anyway so I might as well give you an advantage"

(H: 4000)

"As you wish" said James as he drew six cards.

(J: 4000)

"Now, I'll place one monster down in secrecy, and join it shall two facedown cards" said James as the cards appeared in front of him "You may take your turn"

"This will be quick" said Hayami as he snapped the top card from his deck, only for a card to flip on James's side.

"Continuous Trap, Backfire activates so prepare to feel the heat" said James as he indicated towards the trap card.

"If you think a little damage will scare me from crashing your monster, then you're wrong" as soon as Hayami placed the card on his duel disk an insect with spinning chainsaws for jaws appeared on his field, it seemed to hunger for the set monster (2400/0) "Chainsaw Insect crush that coward's creature!"

The ferocious insect slashed through the set card without trouble, what puzzled Hayami was that James didn't seem in the least bit worried "When my insect battles with a pathetic monster my opponent draws a card, not that it matters of course"

"Very well" said James as he drew a card "but you should know, the creature you defeated was The Thing in the Crater (1000/1200), and not only is it a fire monster, meaning you'll feel the flames from Backfire…"

Soon Hayami was hit by a small fire ball.

(H: 3500)

"but also, when destroyed I can summon a Pyro type monster from my hand, so come the embodiment of my passion Prominence Dragon (1500/1000)!" continued James as a dragon made of flames rose to his field " and to that I chain this" the last facedown card on his field flipped up "Hell Reckless Summon, now I get to summon two more copies of my Dragon and you can summon two more copies of your insect" his deck spat out two cards which he immediately placed on the duel disk, and two more fiery dragons rose next to him (1500/1000 x2)

"You'll be sorry for that" was Hayami's mocking response as two more insects rose next to the first one, each seemed ready to devour the dragons "so go for them my pets" said Hayami as he pointed towards the dragons, the two insects ran towards them, only to be stopped by a wall of flames that rose around the fiery creatures "What is the meaning of this?!"

"Oh sorry, I forgot to mention, when there is another Pyro monster on the field you can't attack Prominence Dragon, so I'm sorry, but it seems the embodiment of my passion shall remain on this field" answered James.

"Fine, take your turn you nobody" said Hayami with anger.

"Why thank you, now lets see" said James as he drew" Ah ha! Allow me to give you a gift, maybe it shall inspire you, by sacrificing two of your insects I shall give you Lava Golem (3000/2500)" a puddle of lava appeared underneath two of Hayami's insects. They fell and quickly burned as a towering beast rose next to Hayami.

"You'll regret giving me such a powerful monster, soon it shall consume you"

"Assuming you can extinguish the flames of my passion first, but just in case I play the continuous spell Level Limit- Area B" as soon as the spell card materialized next to James a glow began to irradiate forcing the dragons to curl into a defensive position, the Golem to cross his arms and the insect to fall asleep .

"What happened?" asked Hayami seeing his defending monsters.

"My spell changes all monsters, who are level 4 or higher, to defense position so long as it's up, anyway, I place one card facedown and allow you to take your turn" said the poet as his dragons began to breath fire towards Hayami "oh yes, and during my end phase each of my dragons deals you 500 points of damage, so feel the heat of my inspiration!"

(H: 2000)

"You'll pay for that!" yelled Hayami as he drew; he soon gasped in pain as a stream of lava fell from the golem and unto him.

(H: 1000)

"During each of your turns my gift shall take away 1000 of your life points, but…" said James as his facedown began to flip up "that hardly matters, as now I activate Fire Ghost Technique- "Crimson""

"What?" asked Hayami as one of the Prominence Dragons was captured in a magical circle.

Chuckling a little, James turned towards him "By giving up one of my fire monsters my trap shall deal you with damage equal to my monster's attack, so now, feel my burning passion, as it shall bring me victory!"

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!" yelled Hayami as he was enveloped in flames.

(H: 0)

"Well, now I do believe you're my next opponent" said James turning to address the other teen, he was shuffling his deck before he replaced it on the duel disk, the other boy was already in position to start, and held five cards in his hand.

"Indeed" was his only reply

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"Not much of a talker? Oh well, that's fine, so please take the first turn" said the red clad student as he drew five cards.

(J: 4000)

Silently the other boy drew his card as his white cloak fluttered in the wind "Two cards facedown, one monster on defense; that is all" he stated simply as his cards appeared before him.

"Very well, let's see if your silence can stand up to my burning passion" said James excitedly as he drew; quickly he placed the card on his disk allowing a red beast to materialize in front of him. The creature seemed to be quite angry (1800/600) "Go Great Angus; show him the meaning of passion!"

The beast rushed towards the set card, it gave a furious slash with his claw as a creature flipped up to receive it, the creature seemed to be a snake of crystal with four eyes (500/500), with one slash it turned into shards of crystal.

Calmly the white clad boy took the card from his duel disk and deposited it in the graveyard "Crystal Nightmare- Wrath, effect, when destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard two cards on my field are destroyed, the cards are counted as if destroyed by my opponent" the remains of crystal began to swirl around his two set cards, it wasn't long before they were destroyed into data particles.

'Weird effect' thought James, but he was surprised as both cards reformed behind his opponent, they were both traps showing a man as he seemed to fall asleep.

"Trap cards, Beginning of Dreams, when destroyed and sent to the graveyard by my opponent allow me to summon a Crystal-Nightmare or Crystal-Dream monster from my deck, level must be 4 or less, choice, Crystal Nightmare- Gluttony, Crystal Nightmare- Envy" said the boy as two creatures appeared in front of him.

One was a weird creature made of crystal, it had many mouths around its body, all of them seemed to desire to eat the opponent (1900/1200)

The other creature seemed more humanoid in appearance but was also made of crystal; its appearance seemed to reflect Great Angus on its surface but held no other qualities to distinguish it (1200/1200)

"I see, I place one facedown card and am done for now" said James as the card appeared, he wasn't certain but something about this opponent seemed to make him less enthusiastic about the duel.

Once more the boy in white drew without a word "one card facedown, Gluttony attacks Angus" James had to struggle not to puke as the creature with many mouths pounced on his fiery monster and began to consume it, however, his set card flipped up.

"To your attack, I chain Backfire!" said James as the monster finished devouring Great Angus "so now my fire monsters, when destroyed, shall leave a final impression with the flames of their passion" he finished as a fireball was sent and hit the other teen in the chest, he didn't even flinch.

(J: 3900)

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"Envy, Direct attack" was all the boy said, soon the creature appeared in front of James and delivered a punch to his stomach, now he was reflected on the creatures surface.

(J: 2700)

"My turn ends" he said and James began to draw as he recovered from the hit.

"I shall now summon Lava Golem by sacrificing your monsters" said James, but was surprised as a card flipped up on his opponent's field to reveal a continuous trap, showing the same man from the previous trap extending his hands towards a dark palace and a glowing crystal palace on each side of him.

"Trap card, Midnight Contract, so long as it's active my monsters can't be used as tributes, condition, must have only Crystal-Nightmare or Crystal-Dream monsters on my field" he simply stated.

James grimaced realizing he could no longer use Lava Golem as planned "Fine then I summon Raging Flame Spirit (100/200)" he said as a small creature appeared in front of him, it was humanoid in appearance and was surrounded in a red aura "It attacks you directly because of his effect, so feel the flames!"

The spirit flew across the field and crashed against the brown haired boy, as soon as he returned to James field his aura seemed to have intensified (1100/200) "Each time it manages a successful direct attack it grows stronger by 1000 points"

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"I now activate Level Limit- Area B" the spell from the last duel appeared. As soon as it began to glow Gluttony shifted into a defensive position, but Envy remained unaffected "so envy is a level 3 monster huh?"

"Correct" said the other boy as he drew "Envy, attacks your monster"

The reflective being jumped and quickly disposed of Raging Flame Sprite with a punch, as if in response to the fire monster's fall the trap card began to glow and threw another flame sphere towards the white clad duelist.

(J: 2600)

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"Your turn"

James drew, he wasn't certain why, but as the duel progressed he got more and more nervous "I'll set one monster on defense, and I'll end my turn" 'I need to find something more to defend me, otherwise I'm in trouble'

Once more the boy in white drew without a word. He placed one of his cards into his duel disk and immediately a strong wind began to blow "Cyclone, effect, destroy one spell or trap card of my choice, target, Level Limit- Area B" before long the permanent spell shattered into pixels "Gluttony to attack position, Gluttony attacks your defense"

The crystal creature jumped and devoured the set monster, which momentarily flipped to show a turtle with a UFO on its back (1400/1200), a fire blast was sent from the trap card as a burning flame remained where the turtle had been.

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"Sorry, but that was UFO Turtle, and if it's ever destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard I get to bring out a fire monster from my deck, so long as it has 1500 or less attack points" a familiar dragon like creature rose next to him "Prominence Dragon (1500/1000), with its flames shall rise my passion as well!"

"Turn End" said the boy in white.

James drew his card, summoning Prominence Dragon had calmed him a bit, and he smiled at the card he had drawn "I remove the UFO Turtle in my graveyard to summon Inferno (1100/1900) in defense" he said as a wall of flames rose next to him "and Prominence Dragon shall destroy envy!" The fiery dragon launched a stream of flames which quickly engulfed the reflective creature causing it to shatter.

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James raised an eyebrow when he saw the crystal dust left behind from Envy's destruction remained floating around, but he didn't wonder for long as the mysterious boy began to explain.

"Crystal-Nightmare Envy, effect, when destroyed in battle I can summon a level four or lower Crystal-Dream or Crystal-Nightmare monster from my deck" quickly the crystal shards began to turn into a humanoid monster, it looked heavily armored and held a shield in front of itself as it knelt down (0/2000) "Choice, Crystal-Dream Guardian"

"I end my turn, and now, feel the flames from Prominence Dragon!" the fiery creature began to breath flames, only for them to dissipate against a glowing barrier created from the bulky crystal monster.

"Crystal-Dream Guardian, effect, so long as it is face up on the field, its controller receives no effect damage, if there are no other Crystal-Dream or Crystal-Nightmare monsters on my field it is destroyed" explained the emotionless boy as he drew a card, only to immediately motion for James to take his turn.

'Not good' thought James as he began to draw his card 'I need to take that thing out now, otherwise my strategy has been officially stopped' he looked at the card he had drawn and smiled 'if one of the embodiments of my passion fails, then I guess it's time to bring out its strongest force' he placed the card on the field, Prominence Dragon and Inferno soon were consumed in a tower of flames "I sacrifice my Prominence Dragon and Inferno" two hands made out of flame began to emerge "to summon the true form of my passion " the lower area changed into four legs, similar to those of a beast, flame wings extending from the creatures back "so meet the flames of …" a human like torso soon formed with a lion's head at the top "Hell Flame Emperor (2700/1600)" two cards spat out from James's duel disk, he placed them in his pocket as the Hell Flame Emperor began to roar loudly "when summoned my emperor can remove up to five fire monsters from my graveyard and for each, one spell or trap on your field is burned to ashes"

The white clad boy remained silent as his two cards disappeared covered in flames "now destroy Gluttony with Hell's Flame Wrath!" at James's command the fiery being sent out a torrent of flames from his mouth, the grotesque creature made of crystal was soon engulfed in it, and like the other monsters the crystal shards remained.

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The bulky crystal monster exploded into shards without any other monsters on the field but Gluttony's shards began to surround Hell Flame Emperor "Crystal-Nightmare Gluttony, effect, when destroyed in battle, the monster that destroyed gluttony is also destroyed, and the opponent receives damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack" the various crystal shards began to slash through the Hell Flame Emperor, within a few seconds it exploded, engulfing James in the torrent of flames.

(J: 0)

Had anyone seen the island from the sky, they could have seen a torrent of rainbow colored light cover a part of the forest.

The doctors rushed into the infirmary, in a stretcher they carried and unconscious body, they black haired boy had been found in the forest, his duel disk next to him.

In a corner, next to the bed of another student who was in a coma, four teenagers, two boys and two girls, looked towards the boy.

At seeing James being carried Shin's eyes widened, not in recognition of the person, but at seeing the trident like symbol glowing on the boy's forehead.

"Impossible" was all he said.

In another part of the forest the white clad boy waited, next to him was Hayami, still unconscious, apparently after he lost to James he had hit a tree from the attack's force and that had been enough to knock him out.

Peace and quiet, which was always one thing that would make him smile. He turned towards this watch, he left Hayami were he was, and silently proceeded to the place Kagami had said the meeting would be in, he was also told to take Hayami to the meeting, but that was one order he decided to disobey.

Once more two questions rushed through his mind as he walked through the forest, why had Kagami allowed the kid into the plan, and how had the boy gotten into the school let alone Obelisk Blue, since he wasn't that good a duelist, maybe it was true, all the kid had were connections. Oh well, regardless of the useless addition to the team the plan was already on its way, and that allowed the mysterious boy to break his emotionless mask, and in the middle of the night he soon began to laugh.

'Soon, Shin, I wonder if you have enough strength to pass all the tests…' he thought as he continued through the forest.