YU-GI-OH!

A NEW GENERATION OF DUELISTS

Dusk and Dawn

By Dan Kuhlmeyer

"How long have we been walking in this cave?" Brian asked Trevor.

"How am I supposed to know? I can't even see my watch."

They kept on walking until they saw a light on one corner.

"That's got to be a way out," Trevor shouted as he ran up to it. Brian followed him.

They ran towards the light until they entered a room with a dueling arena. The right side of the room was brightly decorated while the other half was dark. Even the arena was half dark, half light. The arena, however, looked like it was designed for four duelists.

On the other side of the arena were two people. On the lighter side was a woman with light colored hair. She wore a golden gown. On the darker side was a man with black hair. He wore a black suit and a black cloak.

"What is this place?" Brian asked them.

The woman spoke in a gentle voice. "In this room, light and darkness are one."

The man spoke in a more sinister voice. "And nothing can escape unless they embrace the darkness."

At that moment, the doors slammed shut behind Brian and Trevor.

"If you want to escape," the man spoke, "you will have to defeat us. Dusk..."

Then the woman spoke up. "...And Dawn."

"Dusk and Dawn?" Trevor asked them. "Wasn't that the name of a horror movie?"

Dusk and Dawn pointed at a door behind them.

"This door will show you the way out of this room," Dawn told them.

"We will have a duel," Dusk said. "And you will wager all of your star chips."

"If you win," Dawn continued, "the door will open for you."

"But if you loose," Dusk said. "You will be our slaves for eternity."

Brian and Trevor looked at them in shock. If they lose they would be stuck in that room for the rest of their lives.

The Millennium Puzzle glowed and Brian transformed into Yami Brian.

"I accept your challenge," Yami said to them.

Dawn gave him a cold look. "You will duel both of us."

Dusk continued where she left off. "To have an advantage, your friend will have to work with you."

"A double duel, hmm?" Yami Brian said. He then turned to Trevor. "Which means the two of us will be dueling together. Are you up to it, my friend?"

Trevor smiled. "Do you have to ask, bro?"

"Then let's duel," Yami Brian said.

They all walked to a different corner. Yami Brian and Dusk were on the darker side and Trevor and Dawn were on the lighter side.

"Here's how the duel works," Dusk said. "I will go first, then you, Brian, then Dawn and then Trevor, and back to me."

"As we are dueling in teams," Dawn said, "our monsters will help each other as will yours."

"And most important," Dusk finished, "we all begin with 2000 Life Points. But if one member of the team loses all of his or hers, the team loses."

"Sounds like a piece of cake," said Trevor. Man, Brian's putting a lot of faith in me. I can't let him down.

But Yami wasn't too sure about that. If one of us loses their life points, we both lose the game. And in a duel like this they'd want to go for the least experienced player.

In other words, thought Brian, they'll be focusing on Trevor.

Exactly. And he's already shown that he has lack of experience.

They each shuffled their decks, drew five cards, and began with 2000 Life Points. Dusk drew a card.

"I'll play Baron of the Fiend Sword in Attack mode."

A wicked looking creature in an aristocrat suit and carrying a dark sword appeared. He suddenly looked like he was getting stronger (A: 1550).

"Because he is a Dark monster, he gets a power boost in this dark area."

So that's why there's a lighter side and a dark side, Brian thought. Dusk probably has a deck full of Dark monsters. And without a doubt, Dawn uses Light monsters. It looks like I picked a good spot, considering I have a lot of Dark Monsters. But Trevor has no Light monsters.

Yami Brian drew a card. "I'll attack your monster with Gaia the Fierce Knight."

A warrior on a horse appeared (A: 2300) and charged with two lances at Baron of the Fiend Sword, destroying it.

Dusk: 1750. Brian: 2000. Dawn: 2000. Trevor: 2000

Dawn drew a card. "I'll play the Lady of Faith in Defense mode."

A woman wearing a fancy turban and robe appeared (1000). It looked like she was chanting a spell.

Trevor drew a card. "Here's something to burn your faith. Go Flame Cerebrus."

Trevor's Flame Cerebrus appeared (2100). All three of its heads each shot out a ball of fire, destroying the Lady of Faith.

Dusk: 1750. Brian: 2000. Dawn: 2000. Trevor: 2000.

Dusk drew a card. "I will just play this monster in defense mode."

Yami Brian drew a card. Swords of Revealing Light. I'll just save this for later.

"My Fierce Knight will destroy the monster you have in Defense Mode."

Gaia charged at the hidden monster. A huge, ugly insect appeared and then disintegrated (A: 600). But Gaia was destroyed as well.

"What happened?" Trevor shouted.

"He had a Man-Eater Bug ready for me," Yami Brian told him. "It automatically destroys one of our monsters when it's face up."

Trevor sighed. "Man-Eater Bug, eh? You should have attacked with your Mystical Elf."

Dawn drew a card and smiled. "Prepare for your downfall. Go Kazejin in Attack Mode."

A large, green, weird looking object appeared (A: 2400). It shot out a gust of wind, destroying Trevor's Flame Cerebrus.

Dusk: 1750. Brian: 2000. Dawn: 2000. Trevor: 1700.

"Oh, no," Yami Brian said with horror.

"What?" asked Trevor. "What's that?"

"When you have these three cards: Sangan of the Thunder, Suijin, and Kazejin which just attacked you; you can create a monster even more powerful than Derrick's Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"Then we have to stop them right now," Trevor said as he drew a card. All right. This should do the trick. "I'll play Mr. Volcano in Attack mode and I'll equipped him with Salamandra. Now Mr. Volcano will destroy that thing."

Mr. Volcano shout out a ball of fire at Kazejin.

"Wait, Trevor," Yami Brian shouted. "Those monsters can also send an opponent's monster's Damage to zero."

As he spoke, the flame disappeared into nothing.

"Now he tells me."

Dusk drew a card. "I'll play Suijin in Attack Mode and a card facedown."

A blue item that looked like Kazejin appeared (A: 2500).

Brian drew a card. "Without all three pieces, you can't summon the Gate Guardian. And each monsters Defense effect can only be used once, and Trevor already attacked Kazejin. So I'll play one card facedown and summon my Dark Magician, who gets a power increase for being played in the dark area, and from the Sword of Dark Destruction and Book of Secret Arts I equip him with."

The Dark Magician's Attack was raised to 3700. It aimed its scepter at Kazejin and shot a blast of dark energy.

"Not so fast," said Dusk as he flipped over his facedown card.

A crystal wall appeared around Kazejin and the Dark Magician looked weaker.

"You activated my Mirror Wall Trap, which protected our monsters and sliced your monster's Attack in half. And it's a Continuous Trap, which means it remains on the field."

"This is bad," said Trevor.

Dawn drew a card and smiled. "Now I will play Sangan of Thunder."

A golden item that looked like Suijin and Kazejin appeared (A: 3100).

Both Dusk and Dawn spoke together. "And now we will combine all three of our monsters to form the Gate Guardian."

All three items glowed and disappeared. In their place was a gigantic monster that was made from all three monsters (A: 4150). It shot out a lightning bolt at Trevor's Mr. Volcano, destroying it.

Dusk: 1750. Brian: 2000. Dawn: 2000. Trevor: 300.

"Brian," Trevor stammered. "I'm scared."

So am I, Brian thought. I don't think anything can beat that thing.

The Gate Guardian is like the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Yami said. As powerful as it is, it can be beaten.

But how?

Like I said before, you have to believe that your father's deck won't fail you. And you have to believe in Trevor.

Trevor drew a card.

Trap Master. I can use this to wipe out that Mirror Wall.

"I'll just play a monster in Defense Mode."

Dusk drew a card. "Our Gate Guardian will now attack the Dark Magician."

The Gate Guardian shot a bolt of lightning at Brian's Dark Magician. But then Brian flipped over the card he had facedown. The Dark Magician disappeared.

"What happened?" Dawn screamed.

"I played a Quick-Play Magic Card. Monster Recovery brings back all of my Monsters back into my hand. Which means my Dark Magician is safe."

Brian drew a card. "I'll play a card facedown and the Summoned Skull in Attack Mode."

The Summoned Skull appeared. Dusk and Dawn laughed.

"That thing's not powerful enough even with the power bonus in the darkness," Dusk laughed.

"Not yet," Yami Brian said. "But it will get stronger as I power it up. Until then, I'll use the Swords of Revealing Light."

Several glowing swords appeared around the Gate Guardian.

"As long as the Swords of Revealing Light are out, your Gate Guardian cannot attack for three turns."

Trevor sighed with relief. Dawn drew a card.

"I pass."

They'll only last for three turns, Brian thought. I just hope Trevor comes up with something good.

Trevor drew a card. "I'll use Pot of Greed to draw two cards."

He reached for his deck. Please give me something good.

He drew two cards. Hey, the Red-Eyes Black Dragon Michelle gave me. But I don't know how this can beat that Gate Guardian. I've got to find someway to...

He then looked at another card he drew. Hey, I've never used this before. Grave Robber: use a card from your opponent's Graveyard.

He thought for a while, and then his eyes lit up. I've got an idea.

"I'll play one card facedown and Red-Eyes Black Dragon in Attack Mode."

The Red-Eyes Black Dragon appeared.

"Plus I have a surprise for you. The monster I had in Defense Mode was the Trap Master."

The Trap Master appeared and it reached a long, metal claw at the Mirror Wall, destroying it.

"Even without our Mirror Wall," Dusk said.

"Our Gate Guardian is powerful," Dawn completed.

Dusk drew a card. "Yes. Now I'll use De-Spell to destroy your Swords of Revealing Light."

The glowing swords disappeared and the Gate Guardian started moving.

"And now it will attack your dragon and end this game."

The Gate Guardian shot a bolt of lightning at the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

"I don't think so," Trevor said as he flipped over his facedown card. Yami Brian flipped over his facedown card as well.

A crystal wall appeared around the Red-Eyes Black Dragon and the Gate Guardian looked weaker.

"What's this?" Dusk screamed.

"You don't have a Mirror Wall," Dawn screamed.

"You're right, I don't. But I do have a Grave Robber to steal your Mirror Wall from your Graveyard and use it to protect my Red-Eyes Black Dragon and slice your Guardian's Attack in half."

Dusk and Dawn gritted their teeth.

"And that's not the only thing that weakened your Monster," said Yami Brian. "I also had a Trap. The Spell-Binding Circle to subtract its Attack by 700."

He drew a card. "And now to end this duel. I'll use Polymerization to fuse my Summoned Skull..."

"And my Red-Eyes Black Dragon..." Trevor said.

Then they spoke in unison. "Into the Black Skull Dragon."

Both Monsters looked like they were fusing. They then turned into a monster with a mix of Summoned Skull and Red-Eyes Black Dragon (A: 3700).

"And now," Yami, "we will annihilate your monster."

The Black Skull Dragon shot out a ball of fire and destroyed the Gate Guardian (1375).

Dusk: 0. Brian: 2000. Dawn: 0. Trevor: 300.

"All right!" Trevor screamed. "We won."

Yami Brian nodded, then looked at Dusk and Dawn. "We each need only two of the eight star chips we wagered."

Dawn nodded. "Very well. They are yours after all."

Brian and Trevor placed the star chips in the empty spaces in their gauntlet. They now had ten star chips.

"And as we have promised," Dusk said.

"The door will now open for you."

The door behind them opened and showed them the way out.

"We wish you luck in the future duel with Mage," Dawn said.


Brian and Trevor finally found the way out of the cave and found themselves staring at Mage's castle.

"There it is Trevor." Brian said. "Mage's castle, where he's holding my dad."

"Don't worry, Bry. Like I said, we'll find a way into the castle together. And it looks like we will."

Brian nodded. "Together, we'll save my dad and win the money for your mom's operation."

"Wait, what about Michelle and Derrick? We still haven't found them."

"BRIAN! TREVOR!"

They both turned and saw Michelle running up to them. They were all happy to see each other.

"What happened," Brian asked her. "We were worried about you."

"Let's just say I got in a fight with a bonehead. But it came out good."

She showed that her dueling glove had ten star chips. She noticed the ten star chips in Brian and Trevor's gauntlets.

"And it looks like you boys managed to do good yourself."

"Oh, yeah," Trevor said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a card. "I almost forgot. You dropped this."

He gave Michelle her Wingweaver card.

"Thanks cuz."

She then noticed something. "Hey, where's Derrick?"

"HEY GUYS!"

They saw Derrick and Fox Keith running up to them.

"I was hoping I ran into you," Derrick said.

"Wow!" said Brian. "You guys have ten star chips too."

"That's right," Fox said. Then he walked up to Michelle. "I was hoping I'd find you. I wanted to give this back."

He gave her the Change of Heart card.

"It really came through for me. I thought you might want it back."

"Thanks Fox."

They all looked at the castle.

"Let's go, guys," said Brian.

And so, they all five rushed to the castle.
Meanwhile, inside the castle, Mage was holding five cards in his hand as he watched them.

"I expected no less from those four. Defeating them is going to be more fun than I imagined. Especially when I defeat Brian and win his father's Millennium Puzzle."

He looked at the cards in his hand. "And I have just the secret weapon I need. HAHAHAHAHA!"
To Be Continued...