I am sorry, but I'm going to do this from an outside view, so I'm watching Simon and Ryan's duel on the duel sight.

Chapter 12:

First round matches

On the stands

The spirits answer

We had quite a nice time, relaxing in Jack's Satellite shop. We all helped Simon and Ryan come up with good plans for their decks, and an especially powerful one for Simon's…heck, if it weren't for the fact I was here with Sacred sword Ragnarok, I doubt I would be able to beat him.

"Right" Jack started, looking at the clock. "3:15. your duel is in half an hour"

"Then we better get going" Simon replied, putting his deck together and putting it into his duel disk.

"We're going to win" Ryan told us, confidently. He held his disk parallel to his body, placing the deck carefully into the machine. He smiled as he turned round to us.

"You guys go ahead" I told them, thinking about seeing if I could talk to my cards. "I'm going to look through some of my cards for some plans"

They all just nodded, walking out. Justin did hang back for a bit, but not long. He looked at me, wondering what I was going to do, and then walking off. I made sure I was alone before getting Silveneste and Darkblade out, seeing a white aura around them.

"Alright, I think I get it with you two then" I told them, placing them on the monster zone. They both appeared, looking round for some kind of opponent. "Don't bother, I just wanted to talk"

They both turned around and looked at me. Darkblade's red and brown eyes and Silveneste's green and white eyes looking into me. I guess they both knew the game was up.

"How'd you figure it out?" Darkblade asked me, his deep voice kinda freaking me out. He put his blade on a sheath on the back inside of his armour. "I thought you thought it was a dream where I talked to you"

"I'm guessing I played a part in that" Silveneste told him, putting the bladed bow along her back, near a quiver. Her voice sounded pure…even purer when compared to Darkblade's. "I kept on moving out of sync with today's technology"

"Oh well, he had to figure it out sometime"

"HE is still here" I interrupted them, walking forward. "Now can someone please tell me what's going on?"

"It's best if you bring my brother out for this" the demon warrior told me. I knew he meant Lightblade…but a third duel spirit.

"May as well do" I told him, pulling Lightblade's card out and summoning him. He looked round, doing the same as the other two warriors before him.

"The game's up brother" Darkblade told the light warrior. He turned round, putting his word in a sheath on the other side of his shield.

"You could have at least given me some time to get my lines ready" he replied, taking some of the plate off. He looked at me, wondering what to say. "Well, I suppose the blades are here to serve their new master"

"Master?" I gasped. I wasn't their master, I was their ally.

"You can see us; you own our cards and you seem to have a connection to us" Darkblade answered, looking round. "While I've seen many battle fields in my life, these are the most entertaining"

I activated my duel sight, opening the TV channel onto Simon and Ryan's matches. They had already started. Simon had summoned manual Labourer in defence mode and placing two face downs. Ryan summoning Junk synchron and Dark Blade using Double summon, then tuning them to summon Junk warrior. He placed a face down, ending his turn there,

"Glad to know we can do something for old warriors" I told them. Lightblade's eyes wee black and white…I should've said that earlier.

"Well, what is it that makes you so connected to us then?" Silveneste asked, walking over to me…oddly, she was only just taller then me, and I guessed around the same age. (I'm 16, work the rest out)

I looked back at the duel, seeing Simon's opponent play a battle warrior to destroy the labourer, falling for his trap. His opponent was a German known as Fischer. Simon played Reproduction, bringing two Manual Labourers. He stopped there, a camera showing his hand…nothing but high level monsters…too easy.

Ryan's opponent, an American called 'CYCLOPS' Mike, had summoned a Goblin attack force, he ordered them to attack the junk machine. Ryan activated Scrap Iron Scarecrow to negate the attack.

"I'm not your master" I told them, backing up. "But I think I have an idea on the connection"

"What would that be?" Lightblade asked, looking quite serious.

"For a while before I got you guys and the deck, I was dreaming about using these exact cards" I told them, pulling the rest of the deck out and looking through them. "Heck, the details are exactly the same down to the minute details"

"Well, that is strange" Darkblade spoke, smiling a bit. "So we have a weird being out there somewhere"

"Most likely in this competition" Silveneste interrupted, looking quite shocked. We all looked at her, wondering what she meant. "If we were made from our master's…"

"Friend's" I corrected, she ignored me.

"…Dreams, then wouldn't he want to see the results so he can find out how well he did?"

It did make sense, we all looked between each other, letting the information sink in…some deranged creature had stolen ideas from my head and made these cards come to life.

I looked through the sight again, seeing Simon summon Dragon remains (3, 100, 1500) the skin of the dragon rose up, covering Simon. He then placed a face down and ended his turn…I think I know what he was planning.

Ryan drew a card, looking at the goblins in defence mode. He summoned a tune warrior in attack mode. I watched as the machine fell onto the field, a smoke rising from the impact zone. He dusted himself off, then lending his power to Junk warrior. So that was now at 3900.

He ordered an attack, tune warrior destroying the goblins and Junk warrior attacking Mike.

Ryan VS Mike

Ryan: Junk warrior, tune warrior. 4000 LP

Mike: nothing, 100 LP

Simon VS Fischer

Simon: Two manual labourers, Dragon Remains. 4000 LP

Fischer: Battle warrior, 3400 LP

"I don't claim to know what's going on" I told them, smiling. "But it's great to know I have allies in and out of my deck"

"Likewise" Lightblade replied, putting his armour back on.

"If something is going on here" Darkblade started, looking outside. "Then I'm sure that you, along with us and your allies will be able to find out who's behind it"

"I guess we're along for the ride" Silveneste smiled as she said this…I did as well, after all, who would say no to card spirits. "At least for now"

"Well, I guess first port of call is to win this tournament" I told them, walking around.

"Why do you say that?" Darkblade asked.

"Well, if there is someone who wants to test the power of you guys for future plans, don't you think he would attack if he saw us win?" I looked at them, seeing their faces change as I spoke. "Besides, I want to win this anyway. No one treats cards badly and keeps their position"

They all nodded again, smiling. I knew the moral code when it came to cards; treat them as if they were your friends. I think they agreed to taking him down a few pegs, for the way he treats his cards at least.

"If you have need of my aid in battle" Darkblade starts, walking over to me. "Just summon me" He disappears, going back into his card.

"My Sword will be ready to serve" Lightblade tells me, doing the same as Darkblade.

"And if you have need of an expert archer, be sure to call me" Silveneste finishes the conversation, doing the same as the other two warriors.

I put them into my Deck, looking at the duels…Damn, I missed it, but at least Simon and Ryan won. I decided to make myself scarce, pulling up an email from the tournament organisers.

All contestants are to be housed in a hotel of their choosing. If you do decide to retire for a bit, tell us and we'll have your bags ready at the hotel you tell us.

I wrote that down on a piece of paper, folding it up on the counter. I walked out, intent on looking at the competition…

Another chapter in the bag…and that's the three duel spirits. And I know I only did part of the duel, but I thought that, if you were in the situation, Duel spirits are more important then an opening duel…yes I will get moaned at for it.