Chapter Thirteen:

Passion of the Flame 5: Burnt Out

She placed a spell card into her duel disk. "I think I'm going to take a leaf from your book and use Monster Reborn! Come back, Occult Fighter (1000/1300)! Then I sacrifice it in order to special summon...Occult Master (1000/1900)!"

The purple Monk Fighter gave way to the purple Master Monk. Smiling, Vy laughed as her new monster vanished. "Now I sacrifice him in order to special summon...Occult Fantic (1000/1000)!"

It, at first, seemed to be a purple version of Monk Sage. It held a purple staff, and had purple skin. But it held no smile as it faced the Burning Hell Lord.

"Hmph." said Aka. "What could that card possibly do?"

"The same thing as Monk Sage." said Vy. "I can, once per turn, activate a spell card from my deck! And I use one of the only cards in my deck that can be useful in defeating you right now! I play...Secret Pass to the Treasures! Now my monster, since it has one thousand or less attack points, can attack your Life Points directly! Now, Occult Fanatic, destroy him! Dark Occult Magic!"

The monster raised its staff, and pointed it at Aka. The latter bowed his head.

"I can see that I've lost." he said. "And against...a worthy opponent."

"You bet." said Vy. A magic bolt shot out of the staff, hitting Aka.

Aka: 0

"Good game..." said Aka.

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Vy bowed to Aka. "A good game from you, too, Aka Hi. You too, were fairly worthy."

"Heh." said Aka, grinning. "You better think so."

Vy almost smiled back, but then she regained herself. "I hope to duel you again one day."

Turning away from him, she smiled to herself. She kept the smile as she looked on at Team Kenshin.

Raising her arm, she gave a thumbs-up. "That was...awesome."

Shinta laughed, seeing his usually serious older sister do something like this. It was new for him.

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"Heh." said Gishinki, looking down upon the field, and clapping. "Wonderful, wonderful. Team Kenshin lives up to my expectations. Even those who are not chosen by our team are still wonderful."

"Sir." said one person. "About my duel..."

"Yes, of course." said Gishinki. "You shall duel Shinta Menzuro. Be sure to beat him good, my friend."

The man talking to Gishinki smiled. "Of course, sir. I will."

"And my duel?" said another man.

"Yes, you shall duel Amy Takahashi. I wonder, though, if she's ever going to duel at all in this tournament..."

"Oh, she will." said the man. "Trust me, I know her better than anyone else...now that Kenshin's dead."

"Mm, good. Ah, and Channeler?"

"Yes, Gishinki?"

"Remember who you must face. And who Wend must face."

"Yes." said Channeler. "Do not worry. Wend and I shall defeat our opponents- Team Kenshin or not."

"Great!" exclaimed Gishinki. "Now, I believe that we're all set...others on our team, prepare for the battles we must face later, and do not lose!

"Team Revenge shall be victorious!"

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That Night...

It's an ocean...

An ocean...

A person. He's in front of me. He looks...like me.

"Welcome to this world." he said. "Now I take my leave. Goodbye, Shinta Menzuro. "

Later, I see him again.

"You're back? But how...ah. I see. You're infected, of course. Infected with..."

His voice is drowned out by scream. I can't hear him anymore. What am I infected with?

Nothing for a few seconds...

Suddenly, I see red. Crimson, maybe? My left arm. Near the shoulder.

Blood.

I see a strange man in front of me. He's laughing. We're dueling. He's dressed in purple for some reason...

"Team Revenge will win, Shinta Menzuro!" he exclaimed.

An ocean...

Ocean...

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"STOP!" Shinta yelled.

He had quickly raised his body from his bed. Breathing quickly, he looked around his room. Nothing strange.

It was all just a dream. he thought. A dream...

He sighed. "Damn it...they were so vivid..."

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A lone figure sat outside of the Menzuro house. He slowly walked up the house, somehow. He walked up the side like it was the ground.

Reaching the top floor, he walked into the room of Vy Menzuro. He opened his mouth.

"Vicky Menzuro." he said.

Vy woke with a start. "Who the hell-?!"

She blinked. "Oh...Dream."

Dream nodded. "Vy, there's something I have to tell you."

"What is it?" she asked.

"Shinta..." he said. "Is having dreams."

"Huh?" asked Vy. "Oh...you mean those kinds of dreams?"

"Yes." said Dream. "I think it might be because he's so much like Kenshin...but, the point is, he's having them."

"I see." said Vy. "But, what can we do about it?"

"Nothing." said Dream. "This is neither a good thing or a bad thing, and he may or may not tell you. But be prepared at any time for him to act oddly- for he may."

"Hmph." said Vy. "You seem only to have vague ideas of everything."

Dream smiled. "Being a Nomed has its limits."

Vy laughed, a dry laugh. "Whatever. I want to go back to bed, now. So goodnight."

"Goodnight." responded Dream, walking back out the window. Vy put her head back on her pillow, closing her eyes to the information until the morning.

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Next Time:

First Duel in Twenty Years, Part One

Team Kenshin has awoken to Round Three of the Ulimate Dueling Japan Tournament! With only thirty-two teams remaining, the duels are now getting more intense! But with Round Three, it's chosen to be a one-on-one round for Team Kenshin! So now Amy Takahashi must duel a member of Team Best Games, in her first duel in a whole twenty years! Ever since dueling in the Demon Zone!

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Author's Note: Another laptop chapter.

Channeler is revealed, but not much about her is. Dream returns, and Shinta has a dream like Kenshin did in Legendary Shadows. Who is to be Amy's opponent in Team Revenge versus Team Kenshin? Who wants to duel Shinta? Wait a minute...dressed in purple?

Please R&R!

-Salazare

Extra A/N: This chapter was actually finished about three days ago, but fanfiction was too stupid to let me update on EITHER COMPUTER. I'm glad it finally is, so many ideas ran through my head while I couldn't update...