Chapter 13: Ryan vs. Thomas

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or Yugioh 5ds. I do own Eric, Monica, Ryan, and the duel monster card Goddramon even though the Digimon Goddramon is owned by Digimon.

Everyone was at Eric's apartment. Monica was taking her shower which was a long one. She was constantly heard mumbling something about how she'll never duel anyone that has a Zombie type deck ever again. Marcus was just rolling his eyes at her words.

"Just like my sister" he muttered "Always taking long showers."

"Ruka does that too" Eric muttered "But I suppose it's a girl thing."

Sighing Ruka came out "So, we girls take longer to do stuff. After all we want to remain beautiful."

"But taking an hour long shower?" Ryan asked.

"Learn patience with girls or live with a younger sister then you'll understand" Eric said "I learned very quickly not to say stuff about things about a girl's showering habits."

Ruka nodded "That's true!"

Rua turned to Ryan "Living with a girl you learn to appreciate them."

"So that's how Eric got Monica" Dorumon joked "Hey Ryan, you should take some tips from Eric. Maybe you could get a girl."

"I had one!" Ryan protested.

"Yeah during the day DATS decided to host that dance" Dorumon said "Which was the only way."

"Yeah and that was the day Eric and Monica kissed under the mistletoe."

This got Eric to slightly blush "Thanks for that reminder. Yes, that was true and it was one of Kristy's best pranks."

"Whose Kristy?" Rua asked.

"She's my younger sister" Marcus said "Didn't know that my own sister was a prankster."

"No it wasn't all Kristy's prank" Dorumon said "It was Keenan's prank as well."

"Oh so the two of them got together" Marcus said.

"Who is this Keenan?" Yusei asked.

"A boy who was raised in the Digital World by Digimon" Marcus said "Pretty much a good warrior of defense...I can't tell you how many times I had to knock some since into him."

Soon Monica came out of the bathroom dressed with a towel over her hair "Okay I'm done."

"Great that was about-" Ryan began but Eric nudged Ryan in the sides a little too hard "Why'd you do that boss?"

"Would you rather have Monica kick you somewhere again once you finished the question?" Yusei asked for Eric.

Ryan paled at this thought "No."

"That's why" Eric told him.

Monica sat down in the chair "That duel is going to give me nightmares for a week."

"Funny" Yusei remarked "But my insect duels never gave me nightmares."

"Then why do you fear them?" Monica asked.

"Cause they are creepy" Yusei told her.

"Same with me when it comes to Zombies!" Monica said "I should've never watched those stupid Zombie horror movies when I was younger."

"That would do it" Marcus muttered.

Monica took off the towel on her head and Eric couldn't help but stare at her as her long blonde hair leveled down as she spoke up "Thank goodness it was only a duel."

"Don't worry Monica" Eric told her "Nothing will happen to you."

"But in what Goodwin's words something bad might happen to you" she told him "But no matter what, we are a team, if this darkness attacks you, we'll be right there with you!"

Eric smiled as he held her hands "Thanks Monica."

Ryan nodded at her comment "She's right boss, whatever happens to you happens to the team, isn't that right Commander?"

"Yeah" Marcus said.

Yusei looked up at the clock "Shouldn't we be going to the Fortune Cup for me to advance into the final round?"

Eric nodded "Right with you Yusei, come on."

With a nod the group left and arrived at the Fortune Cup.

Rex Goodwin's house

"So, Marcus saved our world" Rex Goodwin said.

Sampson smiled "He did, and for the last ten years he has been in the Digital World protecting it."

"Hmm, interesting this information would have Jack Atlas frowning at him" Lazar said "Marcus would like being anyplace with violence."

Sampson smiled "He's always looking for a good fight so he can save the two worlds. At first I wasn't so sure what to expect of him, but now he's the most respected in the Digital World, and Japan. Let me tell you when Marcus came back many other Street Fighters learned their place. With Marcus here, you can be sure that any crime related with a Digimon attack will be stopped."

"You're giving Marcus a lot of credit" a voice sounded.

Sampson turned and saw a blonde haired man; he wore a blue DATS uniform.

"Commander Thomas, you're supposed to be in our original HQ" Director Samspon said.

"Director Damon sent me over here; he said that you might need the Digimon monitoring equipment upgraded" Thomas said.

"That's quite true" Sampson said he turned to Rex Goodwin and Lazar "Director Goodwin, and special deputy Lazar, this is Commander Thomas, the person responsible of giving Eric his Duel Runner."

Goodwin reached out to shake Thomas's hand "It's nice to meet someone that was on Marcus's team ten years ago."

Thomas smiled shaking Goodwin's hand "Nice to meet you too Director Goodwin. Has Marcus gave you any trouble yet?"

Lazar chuckled "Not yet but he broke both of one criminal's arms."

"Just like him" Thomas smirked.

"So are you going to watch this next round of the Fortune Cup?" Rex asked him.

"I might as well" Thomas said.

Soon the group was in the tower waiting for the Duel to resume. Once more Eric, and Monica were up in the tower. Eric told his twin siblings that it would be easier to protect everyone if the DATS squad was together. However they were surprised when they saw Thomas. Well Marcus was.

"Hey it's Nerdstin!" Marcus shouted.

"Nerdstin?" Trudge asked turning to Eric whom shrugged as he replied "I don't know, but it's a name Commander Marcus calls him."

"It's Commander Thomas!" Eric, Monica and Ryan shouted.

Thomas just glared at Marcus whom glared back. Even Jack felt this; the Turbo Duel Champion cast a quick glance. Everyone in the room gave out a sigh as the two men smiled and shook their hands.

"How's it going Marcus?" Thomas asked him.

"The city is different than it is back home, but everything's going to be fine. We just defeated SkullGreymon."

"Yes, Sampson was just telling me about that encounter…You're recruits are lucky to have you as their Commander" Thomas said.

Thomas turned to Ryan "How many duels have you had since you came here?"

"Officially wise?" Ryan asked.

"Yes, officially" Thomas answered.

"About…Two times" Ryan said "Once coming here and owning Lazar-"

"Which I haven't forgotten that" Lazar interrupted.

"And the second one was just against one of Bones the Third's thugs when we were investigating the crime" Ryan answered.

"I see" Thomas said he turned to Monica "How about you?"

"Three times Commander" Monica replied "One was against Rua, the second was a Tag Duel during the first crime here, and I just defeated Bones the Third today."

Thomas thought about this then turned to Goodwin "Director Goodwin, how long will in be till the Fortune Cup begins?

"Three more hours" Goodwin told him.

"Ryan, how about you duel against me?" Thomas asked.

"I'd get my butt kicked" Ryan muttered.

"Hey, I thought I would've Ryan…Besides you need to catch up to me…I have a feeling that Eric will duel most of the time."

Eric nodded "True, cause if this darkness comes, I'd be dueling against them."

"Not alone" Jack reminded him.

"That's true" Eric said.

Ryan sighed "We'll here goes nothing."

Thomas smiled "Let's see how good you are Ryan."

"Careful" Lazar said "Ryan's smart."

"Yes, but Thomas is smarter" Marcus admitted out "Whenever I ran off, I could always rely on Thomas to bail me out."

"Which I always did" Thomas said "But you and I made a powerful team."

"We still are a team but separated at the moment!"

"True so what do you say Ryan?" Thomas asked.

"We'll let's go!" Ryan said "If Goodwin will allow us too."

"Sure it's big enough" Goodwin said.

Thomas and Ryan split apart and faced each other. Ryan stood at one end while Thomas was at the other end.

"So who's going to win Eric?" Monica asked.

"Don't know" Eric replied "Thomas maybe smart but, it takes more than brains to win a duel."

"Correct!" Jack said "Dueling is all about exciting your audience."

"Wrong" Eric told Jack "Maybe for you dueling is all about entertaining your audience but dueling is also trying to find a strategy. Thomas having the brains might be able to do that but Ryan has shown extreme measures to topple your strategy.

"You're telling me that" Lazar muttered "I underestimated that teammate of yours and it cost me. Bad news was I had my field set up, but I didn't know what cards Ryan had in his deck."

"Lost in two moves" Dorumon said which caused Jack to give out a slight chuckle.

"Somehow I doubt that would happen with Thomas" Marcus said "I think Thomas might win this one."

Thomas turned to Marcus "Thanks for the support Marcus."

"Want to make a bet on that?" Jack asked him.

"No not on this one" Marcus replied.

"Okay anyone else want to place a bet?" Jack asked.

"No, and Jack are you still mad that Marcus beat you in your last bet?" Coronamon asked.

"I don't have to answer to a little lion cub like you" Jack said.

Coronamon growled out not liking Jack's mood this morning the Champion of Turbo Duels really woke up on the wrong side of the bed "That's it Corona Flame!"

Coronamon showers Jack Atlas with a powerful flame. Jack Atlas screamed as his precious robe caught on fire out and stopped. He then dropped to the floor and rolled.

"I was going to say" Eric told Jack as the flame went out muttering something that this was his pride robe " If you get up on the wrong side of the bed…Don't talk that way to Coronamon."

"Or any Digimon" Thomas said looking back at Jack with a quick scan to make sure Jack wasn't seriously hurt "You're lucky that Coronamon didn't Digivoulve on you."

"So Commander are we going to have a duel?" Ryan asked.

"Sure" Thomas said getting up he activated his Duel Disk "Oh and Ryan if you are wondering consider this payback for the prank you played on me."

"Still sour from that Nanimon prank?" Marcus asked with a hint of laughter in his voice.

"A little, I've wanted to duel against Ryan so that I might have to duel against Eric with a Turbo Duel."

"That would make it my third Turbo Duel!" Eric said "I'd love to Turbo Duel against you Thomas."

Goodwin smiled "We can arrange that today…After all you did defeat Hunter Pace."

Thomas thought about this and turned to Ryan "Ryan if I beat you I'll gladly duel against Eric during this round of the Fortune Cup."

"But if I win, you won't?" Ryan asked.

"No you just won't have to pay me that one thousand dollars for that prank you and Dorumon played on me" Thomas said smiling towards him.

"One thousand Dollars?" Ryan shouted "I don't have that much money! Just why is a prank that I pulled a few months ago worth a lot?"

"Better pay up" Jack and Marcus smirked up.

"Knew you were going to get it one day" Monica said smiling.

"Nice show of support Commander, and you too Monica!" Ryan said.

"Simple" Thomas said "Five hundred from you and five hundred from Dorumon."

"I already paid Gaomon" Dorumon confessed "With some of my teeth punched out from him."

Sampson looked down "Don't worry, I'm sure Goodwin and I will help you out on that one hey Goodwin?"

Goodwin chuckled "Of course but he'll have to pay us back with triple interest.

"That's three thousand!" Ryan shouted causing his teammates to burst out laughing at his situation.

"Yeah we'll you did ask for it" Eric said "I mean if that was me, you'd be kicked out already with your body on fire because for that prank you could've cost Thomas his life. Suppose Nanimon went wild on Thomas and Gaomon. You and Dorumon have got to think on those things before putting them into action.

"From what?" Ryan asked Eric.

"Doomfire" Eric said.

Ryan pailed at the thought of Doomfire putting him on fire "Good point."

"Okay" Ryan sighed "But will you lower the price if I damaged your LP Commander Thomas?"

"I might consider that" Thomas said.

Ryan activated his Duel Disk "I hope I won't lose."

"Let's duel" Thomas and Ryan shouted.

(Ryan's LP: 4000)

(Thomas's LP: 4000)

"I'll go first" Thomas said "I draw!"

(Thomas's hand: Giant Germ, Kiseitai, Alpha the Magnet Warrior, Beta the Magnet Warrior, Gamma the Magnet Warrior, and Cold Wave.)

"Alright Ryan, First, I'll start with by summoning Giant Germ in DEF mode" Ryan said.

A giant purple germ appeared on the field but changed blue as it changed into DEF mode (DEF: 100, ATK: 1000)

"That is just like him" Marcus muttered "After all he was interested in curing his sister from a disease…I wonder how that went."

"Thomas cured her" Sampson said.

"Way to go Thomas, and congratulations on curing your sister!" Marcus shouted.

"Thanks Marcus" Thomas said "Turn end."

"Alright" Ryan said "I draw!"

(Ryan's hand: Mine Golem, Agent Gear Soldier, Grapple Blocker, Armored Axon Kicker, Magic Cylinder, and Double Summon)

"Alright" Ryan began "I summon my Mine Golem in ATK mode!"

A giant yellow golem appeared on the field (ATK: 1000, DEF: 1900)

"Now" Ryan began "Mine Golem attack Giant Germ!"

Mine Golem attacked Giant Germ flattening it like a pancake as it exploded.

Thomas smirked "Thanks Ryan, you fell right into the trap."

Ryan looked at Thomas in alarm as Thomas continued "When Giant Germ is destroyed and sent to the graveyard by battle, it inflicts 500 points of Life Point damage to you."

Ryan frowned as his LP dropped by 500 "Not bad."

(Ryan's LP: 3500)

"It's not over yet" Thomas said "Because you destroyed Giant Germ I get to look threw my deck and special summon up to two more of them to the field in ATK mode."

Two more Giant Germ appeared on the field (ATK: 1000, DEF: 100.)

Ryan picked up his trap card and placed it down "I place one card face down…Turn end."

"Alright my move" Thomas said "Now from my hand I activate the spell card Cold Wave which thanks to this none of us can set or play anymore traps or spell cards until my next turn."

Ryan looked alarm at this "Why is that?"

"Because now I tribute my two Giant Germs in order to summon Sword Hunter!"

A shiny white warrior carrying swords appeared onto the field (ATK: 2450, DEF: 1700).

Ryan took a step back "Not good."

"Thomas really knows how to duel" Monica said "I mean he has Ryan where he wants him."

"And all in Thomas's second turn" Eric said "Man I have a feeling I'm going to battle him during the next Semi-Final Round of the Fortune Cup."

"Look on the bright side of things" Marcus said to Eric "You get to prepare for your Duel against him."

"Indeed" Eric said.

"Some support you two are!" Ryan said "Monica! Where is your speech about teamwork?"

"We still have it" Monica replied "But you are in a pickle at the moment."

"I see" Ryan said.

"And now" Thomas began "Sword Hunter attacks your Mine Golem!"

Sword Hunter ran over to Mine Golem and slashed out at it destroying it, but before Ryan could shout out his monster's effect Thomas smirked "Normally when a monster is destroyed it hits the Graveyard, however due to Sword Hunter's special ability when he destroys a monster by battle it becomes an equip spell card increasing my monster's attack points by two hundred."

"So that means" Ryan said as his Life Points dropped significantly (Ryan's LP: 2050) "That my monster's effect doesn't work!"

"Correct" Thomas said "I knew Mine Golem's effect caused me to take five hundred points of Life Point damage when destroyed by battle but due to Sword Hunter's special ability Mine Golem is treated as an equip spell card."

"Not cool" Ryan said as he saw Mine Golem get transferred as an equip spell card and it caused Sword Hunter's Attack points rose (ATK: 2650, DEF: 1700)

"Turn end" Thomas said.

"My turn" Ryan spoke up "I draw!"

"First I start by summoning Grapple Blocker in DEF mode" Ryan shouted.

Grapple Blocker appeared on the field and turned blue as it changed to defense mode (DEF: 2000, ATK: 1200)

"Turn end" Ryan said "But now I'll pay five hundred life points in order to keep him on the field.

(Ryan LP: 1550)

"Alright my turn" Thomas said "I draw"

"First of all, I place one monster face down" Thomas said placing a card face down "Now Sword Hunter attack Grapple Blocker!"

"Fell for that one! Ryan shouted "Activate trap card Magic Cylinder! Now your monster's attack is negated then you take damage equal to your negated monster's attack points!"

"Normally yes" Thomas admitted "But not when I activate the Ring of Defense quick play Spell Card. When this card is in play I make all battle damage to my life points that I get from a trap card effect zero!"

Ryan frowned "Man you're good."

"I should be" Thomas said "After all it wasn't hard for me to know what your trap card might be, once you placed it down I knew it would've caused trouble sooner or later for me. Turn end."

Ryan nodded at this Thomas is a genius if he can catch me off guard like that, "I draw!"

"Now I summon my Armored Axon Kicker!" Ryan announced.

At the sight of seeing the green monster caused Lazar to shrink back "I think he's making his move!"

"Lazar knows best!" Ryan declared as the green armored monster came out (ATK: 2200, DEF 1800) "I can summon him without a tribute if I have another Psychic type monster on my side of the field!"

"Impressive" Thomas said.

"And It's about to get even better Commander!" Ryan declared "Because now I activate the spell card Double Summon which allows me to summon another monster, and I summon Counselor Lily tuner Monster!"

The counselor fairy monster appeared on the field (ATK: 400, DEF: 1500).

"Bet you didn't see this coming Commander Thomas!" Ryan said "Now I tune my Counselor Lily Tuner Monster with my Armored Axon Kicker!"

The two monsters went up and began the Synchro Summoning phase as Ryan shouted out his chant "By the powers of Mother Nature from Earth, the world reveals a chance to be freed without any wrong doings…Come forward Hyper Psychic Blaster!"

Ryan's Synchro monster appeared on the field (ATK: 3000, DEF: 2500)

"Now what do you think of this Thomas?" Ryan asked.

"Hmm…Not bad" Thomas admitted still not surprised.

"Well maybe an attack should make you surprised! In fact I activate Counselor Lily's special ability when she is used for a Synchro Summon; I can pay 500 of my life points in order to increase my Synchro Monster's ATK points by 1000 points till the end of my battle phase! That should make you surprised!"

(Ryan LP: 1050)

"Nothing surprises him" Marcus said watching Hyper Psychic Blaster's attack points rise by 1000 (ATK: 4000, DEF: 2500) "Not the way you've dueled against him"

"Well this move should at least make my payment lower some Hyper Psychic Blaster attack with Double Hyper Blast!"

The Synchro monster aimed its blasters and shot out two huge blasts at Sword Hunter. The attack hits destroying Sword Hunter.

Thomas didn't show anything as his Life Points went down (Thomas LP: 2650) "Hmm, not bad but that was to be expected out of you Ryan."

"You expected that?" Marcus asked "I mean that power boost would've surprised me a little bit but not for long."

"I did Marcus" Thomas said "Ryan here was always trying to prove that he could out think me or out power me."

"I never could" Marcus admitted.

"But instead of paying the five hundred life points to keep Grapple Blocker on the field I won't so it is destroyed. Turn end" Ryan declared as Grapple Blocker was destroyed.

"My move, I draw" Thomas said.

"Alright first I play the spell card Different Dimension Capsule. Now I can select one card from my deck and add it into the capsule, the selected card is removed from play then on my second Stand-By phase I get to destroy this spell card and receive that card."

He looked threw his deck and selected a monster the card was then placed into the capsule which then disappeared.

"You have two turns before the card I have selected returns…Make them count Ryan. Turn end"

"I plan to" Ryan said "I draw!"

"Now that I have the upper hand of things I activate Councilor Lily's special ability which allows me to pay another five hundred of my LP in order to give Psychic Hyper Blaster one thousand more ATK points!
(Ryan's LP: 550)

(Hyper Psychic Blaster: ATK: 4000, DEF: 2500)

"Now attack that face down defense monster. Oh and when Hyper Psychic attacks a monster in DEF mode and his attack points are higher than your monster's attack points you take that battle damage plus an even bigger bonus, that same battle damage you take, I gain Life points equal to the battle damage!"

Thomas smirked "Not exactly."

The attack of Hyper Psychic Blaster struck the card but somehow no battle damage was calculated.

"What?" Ryan asked as Thomas's monster was revealed.

"Oh-no not Kiseitai!" Eric said "Ryan, you are in trouble now."

"Why?" Ryan asked.

Thomas smirked "Because, it's simple, when Kiseitai is attacked while face down, no battle damage is calculated and it becomes an equip spell on your monster."

Kiseitai then attached itself to Hyper Psychic Blaster.

"Alright, Now I activate the Field Spell Card Gaia Power!" Ryan shouted "And with this all Earth type monsters gain an additional five hundred more attack points but lose four hundred DEF points!" Ryan said.

A giant tree was now in the center of the room which increased Hyper Psychic Blaster's attack points by five hundred but it lost four hundred defense points. (ATK: 4500, DEF: 2000)

"Not bad" Thomas noted "But your monster loses its one thousand more attack points due to you ending your turn."

"True but it should be more than enough to defeat you" Ryan said. (ATK: 3500, DEF: 2000)

"We'll see" Thomas said "I draw!"

Thomas drew a card "Okay now during everyone of my Stand By phases, Kiseitai's effect activates now that it's attached to your Hyper Psychic Blaster, I gain Life Points equal to half of your monster's attack points!"

Ryan gasped as half of his monster's attack points were drained and it increased Thomas's Life Points by half of its attack points "What? Oh-man…No wonder Eric said I was in trouble…Now you are at full power."

(Thomas's LP: 4150)

Thomas looked at his hand and reminded Ryan about the Different Dimension Capsule "Okay you have one more turn before the removed card comes back into my hand."

Ryan watched as a timer counted down "Okay, I've got to make sure that one card doesn't come out…But how?"

Thomas smiled "Well just to make sure you won't be able to attack me, I'll activate the Spell Card Swords of Revealing Light"

"Great…" Eric said "Thomas has a lead now, that spell card will-"

"Will prevent Ryan from attacking me for three whole turns" Thomas beat Eric to it.

"He really is a genius" Jack muttered.

"Turn end" Thomas said.

"My turn I draw!" Ryan said he looked at his card and sweat dropped "Why am I just getting monsters?"

I summon Ancient Gear Soldier in ATK mode!" Ryan shouted an monster which looked like an ancient stone soldier holding a rifle appeared (ATK: 1700, DEF: 900)

"Turn end" Ryan said.

"I'm up then" Thomas said "I draw. And now my Life Points will rise equal to half of your monster's ATK Points.

(Thomas's LP: 5650)

Thomas drew one card then activated his Stand By phase, where his two spell cards counted down. The Different Dimension Capsule appeared and burst open as it was destroyed as the card Thomas had in it appeared in his hand "I simply will place one card face down for later. Turn end."

"He still doesn't put down any monsters" Ryan muttered "And now I place one cards face down turn end."

"My move" Thomas said "I draw, and now my Life Points will rise again."

(Thomas LP: 7150)

"Now I summon Alpha the Magnet Warrior!" Thomas shouted.

A small grey stone magnet warrior appeared it had an A on its body (ATK: 1400, DEF: 1700)

"And thank you for the Field Spell Card" Thomas said "Because if you're monsters gain attack points due to them being Earth Types, my monsters also benefits cause Alpha the Magnet Warrior here is an Earth type monster."

"So what?" Ryan asked.

"Now I activate my trap card the Ultimate Offering" Thomas said "And now for every five hundred Life Points I give up, I am able to summon one additional monster."

Thomas paid five hundred of his LP (Thomas's LP: 6650)

"Now I summon Beta the Magnet Warrior!"

A yellow Magnet Warrior appeared (ATK: 1700, DEF: 1300).

"Oh-no" Eric said "He only needs one more piece and it's all over for Ryan."

"Why?" Ryan asked.

"Now I activate Ultimate Offering's special ability once again" Thomas said lowering his LP lower (Thomas's LP: 6150)

"What for?" Ryan asked as Beta the Magnet Warrior's ATK rose by 500 points (ATK: 2200, DEF: 1100)

"You're really are clueless" Jack muttered "Even I know you are in deep trouble."

"And now" Thomas stated "I summon Gamma the Magnet Warrior!"

"He's in trouble" Eric and Jack said as a red magnet warrior appeared (ATK: 1500, DEF: 1800)

"Your teammates are right" Thomas said "Because when all three Magnet Warriors appear on the field, I can offer them all in order to special summon my most strongest monster!"

"First, I select Alpha the Magnet warrior, next to select is Beta the Magnet warrior, and finally I select Gamma The Magnet Warrior, in order to special summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior!"

A huge magnet warrior appeared on the field. The monster was huge and a combined form of all three Magnet Warriors. It held a huge sword (ATK: 3500, DEF: 3850)

"Whoa…That's big" Ryan said.

"And thanks to your Field Spell Card Valkyrion benefits to it's power" Thomas stated (ATK: 4000, DEF: 3450)

"And next I play the continuous spell card Banner of Courage!" Thomas shouted "And thanks to this my monster gains two hundred more attack points during my Battle Phase"

"Then that means" Ryan began.

"You lost" Thomas said "Now Valkyrion, end this! With Magna Slash!"

Once Thomas shouted out the command Valkyrion's attack points rose by two hundred (ATK: 4200, DEF: 3450.)

Valkyrion charged Hyper Psychic Blaster and with its sword glowing up the Synchro Monster down to size and ended the duel.

(Ryan's LP: 0)

"Do you accept checks?" Ryan asked.

Thomas smiled "Just kidding Ryan, you don't owe me anything. I just wanted to get even with you after that prank you played on me."

"Phew" Ryan muttered "But I lost."

"True, and it all was because you played into his game" Eric said then he explained even more "The moment you attack Giant Germ, I knew Thomas had a game plan. Once the Commander gets a game plan in you are pretty much screwed."

"Exactly how many Digimon must've felt too when we fought them" Marcus said.

Thomas turned to Director Goodwin "So since Eric won his Turbo Duel, will you allow Eric to duel again even though Eric's already revealed himself to be a Signer?"

Goodwin nodded "Sure, besides his fans will be wondering why he isn't dueling in the Semi-Finals. Monica you may watch the duel from afar meaning from the stands."

"Thanks, Director Goodwin" Monica said bowing.

"We'll…" Eric began, "I'll be with you Monica watching Yusei and Bomber dish it out."

Eric followed his girlfriend down the path. While Thomas turned and prepared his Turbo Dueling deck so he could be ready for Eric. He wanted to see how strong Eric as a Signer was. Plus he had a feeling Eric might need him on his side if he was needed to fight against this darkness. Whatever it was Director Sampson had sent Thomas over to investigate it.

End of Chapter

Even though Ryan lost the duel, I have to say one thing Welcome Back Valkyrion the Magna Warrior. So were you all surprised of this outcome? Now it is Eric's turn to try to defeat Thomas? Can he? Find out in the next chapter! Chapter 14: Eric vs. Thomas!