Last Time
"It can't be.. it's impossible. N-Nightshroud?" She asked shakily.
Nightshroud grinned as he nodded, the familiar Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon mask covering most of his face.
Alexis' legs began to quiver a little as she stared at Nightshroud her fear of the past slowly returning to her..
End Flashback
Zane's eyes widened. "No..it's not possible. How did he survive?!" He cried, surprised.
"What do you mean Zane?" Adrian asked, being one of the few students not pulled into the World Of Darkness the year before.
"Adrian do you see that man? The one in the mask?" Zane asked.
Adrian nodded. "Yeah what about him?" The Cloudian duelist asked.
"His name is Nightshroud. But he holds a dangerous secret." Zane replied having been told about it by Jaden.
"What is it?" Adrian asked referring to what "secret" Zane meant.
"You see, Adrian, Nightshroud's true form is of the very darkness itself." Zane said.
"But when I defeated him at the end of last year, I thought he was destroyed for good. But I guess not." Jaden replied.
Alexis whimpered softly. "How did you come back?" She asked the evil entity.
Nightshroud chuckled evilly. "It's simple Alexis, when my body was destroyed after losing to Jaden, I needed a host again or I would fade out of existence."
Then it hit her. She looked at Nightshroud's outfit and realized it was the outfit he wore when he was possessing her big brother, Atticus.
"You're possessing my brother!" She shouted.
Nightshroud laughed evilly. "So you figured it out, huh? Well it's true. I'm back in control of Atticus. Now should you defeat me in this duel, I'll give you back your brother. However, should you lose I get your body!" He declared.
Alexis gasped in horror but then she regained her composure. "Fine I agree to your twisted terms!" She shouted.
Nightshroud chuckled evilly. "Excellent."
"Game on!" They both shouted.
Nightshroud: 8000
Alexis: 8000
"Since I'm the returning duelist, I'll start things off!" Nightshroud called.
Alexis smirked. "Fine with me." She said.
Nightshroud smiled evilly as he drew his first 5 cards, along with an additional one for his first turn.
"I'll start things off with my Hunter Dragon in attack mode." Nightshroud called as a small black dragon with a few spikes on it's forehead and a long scythe-like tongue with a long black tail along with a sort of scythe on the end appeared on the field with a few metal claws appeared on the field with a slight hiss (1700/100).
"Then I'll place 2 cards facedown and end my turn." Nightshroud replied.
Alexis smirked as she drew her first 5 then one for her turn.
"I'll start with this, my Heavy Storm spell card!" Alexis called as her spell that showed a twister swirling around wiping out several other ones.
"Oh no!" Nightshroud snarled as his Red-Eyes Spirit trap and his Negate Attack trap were blown off the field.
Alexis grinned. "Aww did Night not like that?" She teased as she laughed.
"Insolent girl, I'll be the one whose laughing next turn!" Nightshroud growled.
Alexis chuckled. "I don't think so. For I play this – My Cold Enchanter!" She called as a female monster wearing a small helmet along with what looked like a small blue-strapped skirt appeared on the field twirling an ice-like scepter. (1600/1200)
"That little beauty queen? My Hunter Dragon still has more points!" Nightshroud mocked.
"How dare you insult my monster!" Alexis shouted.
"Oh I'm so scared." He mocked again.
"You will be! Once I activate my monster's special effect! I discard a card to place what's known as an Ice Counter on my Enchanter." She said as what looked like a small ice circle with the Eye of Anubis appeared on her Enchanter's helmet.
"What's the meaning of this?" Nightshroud asked.
"Heh, it's my monster's special ability. For every Ice Counter on my monster she gains 300 attack points!" She called.
Cold Enchanter gave off a white glow and she smirked as she rose to 1900 attack points.
"No! Now it's stronger than my Dragon!" Nightshroud snarled.
"That's right! This is for insulting my monster! Go Ice Blizzard!" Alexis called as her Enchanter used her scepter to create a small wind of ice before she rapidly spun her scepter turning the small wind into an icy blizzard.
Hunter Dragon roared in protest before he was frozen by the ice and exploded into pixels, the small icy shards from him littering the field.
Nightshroud put his arm up as he shielded himself, grunting quietly as his life points fell by 200, to 7800.
Nightshroud: 7800
Alexis: 8000
"You'll pay for that!" He hissed.
"I'd like to see you try!" She snickered.
"I place 2 cards facedown and end my turn." She called.
"My move!" Nightshroud growled as he drew.
He grinned at the draw. "Excellent. Now I summon my Red-Eyes Black Chick in attack mode." (1) A small fire-red egg appeared on the field and it began to crack as a small baby black dragon poked his head out. (800/500) It looked like a child Red-Eyes Black Dragon. (2) "Now I play my dragon's special effect. By sacrificing this card while it's on the field, I can play his daddy, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" He shouted as the small dragon disappeared in a veil of fire. It's glowing yellow shadow grew larger until it's larger adult form appeared on the field.
"Say Hi, Red-Eyes." Nightshroud taunted as the dragon roared. (2400/2000)
"Oh no! Now it's stronger than my monster!" Alexis called, worried.
"Right you are. However I cannot attack with Red-Eyes this round because I play my Inferno Fire Blast spell card!" He called as the spell appeared. It had the picture of Red-Eyes Black Dragon launching it's signature attack which was Inferno Fire Blast.
"Now you take damage equal to Red-Eyes original attack points!" Nightshroud shouted as Red-Eyes launched the aforementioned attack in a ball of black fire that struck Alexis head-on.
Alexis screamed in pain as her life points dropped to 5600 but when the smoke cleared, she had an evil grin on her face.
Alexis: 5600
Nightshroud: 7800
"What are you smirking at, you fool?!" Nightshroud barked.
"You've just lost." She replied, her grin widening.
Everyone in her group gasped in surprise at her bold statement.
"How do you propose to do that?!" Nightshroud snarled.
Alexis sneered. "I'll show you! I activate my Blizzard Circle trap!" She yelled as her trap lifted to reveal a blizzard which had created an ice-like circle which hinted the name.
"What does that do?" Nightshroud asked.
"I can only activate this trap when I take direct damage outside of battle, such as your spell card. Now you receive double the damage I took!" She called with a laugh.
A huge ball of ice and cold slammed into Nightshroud as he screamed in pain, his life points falling rapidly to 3000.
Alexis: 5600
Nightshroud: 3000
"And now I play my last card. I activate the trap card Triple Ice Burst!" She shouted as her trap lifted revealing a White Night Dragon and a Blue-Eyes White Dragon shooting a large ball of ice.
"This card can only be activated when my opponent takes direct damage outside of battle. Now you take triple the damage you took, which is 7200!"
Nightshroud's eyes widened in horror. "Oh no!" He shouted.
Alexis giggled. "That's more than enough to wipe you out, now go!" She called.
Nightshroud screamed in agony as his life points fell to 0.
Alexis: 5600
Nightshroud: 0
"No this wasn't supposed to happen- AAAHHHH!!" Nightshroud screamed as his mask broke into hundreds of pieces, shattered beyond repair.
Alexis sighed in relief, as she ran to the possessed boy's side. "Atty are you ok?" She asked her brother.
Atticus' light brown eyes opened and he smiled. "I'm fine thanks to you little sis." He said wrapping her in a hug.
To be continued..
1 – The real life card is called Red-Eyes B. Chick.
2 – The real life card is called Red-Eyes B. Dragon.
