It was late at night, Aaron was in his room trying to sleep; he had spent the day dueling and not using his ring. Aaron won most of his duels, and he enjoyed himself as he took it easy and had fun; he knew that he did not have to win every duel using the power of the ring.
Aaron was having trouble falling asleep; his ring was sitting on his desk and it was glowing like it was trying to warn him about something. Just then, Aaron received a message on his PDA, it was a message from Blake telling him to meet him by the lake. Aaron knew that Blake would try something, but he reluctantly got dressed, grabbed his duel disk and slid the ring on his finger. As Aaron made his way to the lake, the ring seemed to be glowing brighter and brighter; once he got to the lake the ring stopped glowing. Blake was standing by the lake, staring directly at Aaron.
"Let's duel." He shouted as he powered on his duel disk. Aaron felt like something was off, but he powered on his duel disk knowing that he had no other options. As soon as his duel disk powered on, Blake screamed in agony as the bracelet on his arm glowed and a dark vortex surrounded him. When the vortex cleared, Blake was smiling maniacally and several black shards seemed to be coming out of the bracelet and encasing his arm in a crystalline armor.
The duel began with 4000 lifepoints each.
"I'll go first!" Blake shouted. As he drew his card, a wave of energy seemed to flow out of him; Aaron cringed when it hit him.
Blake continued, "Now that the shadow game has begun let's get started." He said. Aaron cringed when he heard that it was a shadow game; he knew that he would have to use his ring for this duel. Aaron looked at his finger, and his ring seemed to acknowledge the situation as it gave off a small glow.
Blake continued with his turn, "I summon Kaibaman in attack mode. Next, I tribute Kaibaman and special summon Blue eyes white dragon from my hand. Now I play Future Fusion and send two Blue-Eyes White Dragons and a King of the Swamp from my deck to the graveyard. Finally, I play one card facedown and end my turn."
Aaron cringed seeing the legendary dragon that quickly; he drew his card and frowned at his hand. "I summon a monster in facedown defense mode, and I play three cards facedown. I end my turn."
Blake drew a card and began speaking, "My move, I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode."
Aaron interrupted, "I activate Trap Hole and destroy your dragon."
Blake continued, "That won't help you much. Blue-Eyes attack his facedown, but first I activate Dragon's Rage so that my Blue-Eyes can deal you piercing damage."
Aaron smiled, "I activate Enchanted Javelin, so I gain life points equal to your Blue-Eyes' attack." He said as his life points rose to 7000. The attack continued and the facedown revealed Marshmallon; Aaron cringed as his lifepoints fell to 4500. Aaron wasn't too upset because Marshmallon's effect kicked in and Blake lost 1000 life points. Blake cringed as his lifepoints fell to 3000, and he ended his turn. The crystals on his arm seemed to be growing, and he seemed to be getting stronger with each passing turn. Aaron drew a card and started his turn; the ring on his finger was glowing rapidly now.
"I activate my facedown, Stronghold. It is summoned in face up defense position as a monster with 2000 defense, but it won't be there for long. I tribute Marshmallon and Stronghold and summon Emes the Infinity in face up attack mode. Now I play Fragment of the Orichalcos and equip it on to Emes. Now Emes has 3000 attack points and he and the fragment of the Orichalcos can't be destroyed at all. Now Emes attack his Blue-Eyes, and thanks to my fragment, Emes won't be destroyed." Aaron said as he watched the dragon being shattered. Emes attack points rose to 3700 and Aaron ended his turn after playing a card facedown.
The crystals on Blake's arm continued spreading, they were covering the left side of his face by the time he drew a card. Once he drew his card, his Future Fusion card activated and his Blue-Eyes Ultimate dragon materialized.
Blake laughed maniacally as he began his turn. "This isn't the same old dragon you saw before. I shall now demonstrate the full extent of my new power to you. I play Infusion of the Night, with this card I tribute Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and draw out the power of the night by summoning Night-Eyes Ultimate Silver Moonlight Dragon."
At that moment, the moon actually seemed to be coming closer to them. A blinding light was released from the moon and where Blake's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon stood was now a silver dragon with five heads, and eyes that resembled the crystals on Blake's arm. The dragon was truly incredible; it had 5000 attack and 5000 defense. Aaron's ring flashed repeatedly as the dragon roared.
Blake continued, "This is my new power, and it doesn't stop there. For each card in my hand my dragon gains 300 attack points so he now has 5600 attack points. Night-Eyes Ultimate Silver Moonlight Dragon attack Emes the Infinity." Blake ended his turn. Aaron cringed as his lifepoints fell to 2600 and he clutched his shoulder in searing pain; somehow the pain felt worse than it usually did. Aaron drew a card and played it facedown hoping that it might help him.
Blake drew his card; the crystals now covered his whole chest. "I play Rush Recklessly to boost my dragon's attack by 700 for this turn only. Now to make sure you don't get up, Night-Eyes attack Emes with all your might."
Aaron activated his facedown out of desperation, "I activate Negate Attack and end this battle phase." Aaron said with a sigh of relief. Blake scowled as he ended his turn. Aaron's ring was glowing even brighter than before; Aaron looked down, and the color changed from green to yellow.
The ring then began speaking, "In desperate times greater power can be revealed. Draw your next card and accept this power, but be warned of the danger."
Aaron looked at his deck; the top card was glowing like his ring. Aaron drew the card; he had never seen one like it. "I play Sword of the Orichalcos and equip it on to Emes the Infinity. For every 100 lifepoints I give up Emes gains 200 attack points for this turn only." At that moment, a sword made purely of the Orichalcos stones was placed in Emes hands.
Aaron continued, "I give up 2500 lifepoints to give Emes a 5000 attack point boost." Emes turned around and faced Aaron; he held up the sword which began glowing. Aaron felt exhausted and fatigued as light was leaving his body and being channeled in to the sword.
"Emes finish him off" Aaron said with his remaining bit of energy. Blake's lifepoints fell to zero, and as soon as they did a portal opened beneath his feet and sucked him in, the penalty for losing a shadow game. Aaron's ring stopped glowing and returned to a green color. Aaron collapsed to the ground and passed out from using the power of the Orichalcos and dueling in a shadow game; his body could'nt take the stress that he put on it during the duel.