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*Lair of the Umbra*

Laura peeked her head in the hallway and looked down the corridors.

Laura: Hmm, nothing down here!

The others from their group came up.

Jeremy: Laura, how'd you get out of here last time?

Laura: I just ran in a straight line and got out.

The corridor hit a dead end and they had to go either left or right.

Jack: Well, we can't do that.

Marc: I don't get this place, I swear we were here before.

Makoto: We're not walking in circles, are we?

Jeremy: Impossible, we only turned twice. We couldn't-

Suddenly the ground rose and created walls that separated Marc and Laura from Jeremy and Makoto from Jack Atlas.

Marc: What the HELL? !

Jack: Sure, why not make it even MORE difficult?

On each side, a secret passage opened up for each of them to take.

Jeremy: Damn it. Guys let's see if we can't meet up at the entrance, all right?

The Group split up and went into secret passages. Meanwhile, back at the entrance Yusei, Ryan and the twins were still trapped in their Walled box. Ryan was teaching Leo some tricks with poker cards.

Ryan: -So you see Leo, the House doesn't always win. When you play Blackjack you can count the cards in your head and you can always win your money back.

Leo: Cool!

Without Warning the Walls disappeared and they were free to move around. The One passage way was still open for them.

Yusei: Come on let's go!

Yusei hurried off down the Corridor and Luna Followed him. Ryan and Leo picked up the cards and followed soon after. The Corridor descends slowly, like a hill, and was actually pretty short. The corridor led to a large room with absolutely no floor, except in the very middle where there was a small pillar and standing on it was Aki Izayoi (Akiza).

Aki: So you have finally come?

Yusei: Akiza, what have they done to you?

Aki: Akiza? I know not of any Akiza, I am Aki Izayoi.

Ryan: Hey, Yus, Raza's got some mind control device, right? That's probably why she's acting so kooky.

Aki: Grand Master Raza insisted I duel and defeat anyone who stands against me.

Ryan: …Grand Master… Raza?

Aki: Yes, Grand Master Raza insisted I call him that because, in his words, "it sounds cool".

Ryan: Uh, of course he did.

Aki: So I assume I have four challengers. Let us begin the duel.

Luna: N-n-no! We're not dueling!

Leo: I'll duel! Sure!

Yusei: You want to take on three of us?

Aki: I am confident in my abilities. And no handicaps, I will duel with 4000 Life Points and 5 cards in my hand.

Ryan: Hey, Yusei, this seems a little too easy. Might be a trap.

Yusei: Yeah, but we've got no choice. The only way to save her, we must defeat her.

Leo: We can do it!

Yusei: All right, let's duel!

Aki (LP 4000): *draws* I'll set 5 cards face-down and end my turn!

Ryan (LP 4000): It's a trap! *draws* First, I'll activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards!

*draws 2 cards* Awesome! Now I'll summon Lord of Dragons (Lv.4 1200/1100)! And then I'll play not one, but two Flutes of Summoning Dragon! These allow me to summon four Dragons from my hand! I summon Quazra the Uncontrollable Dragon (Lv.6 2650/2350), Hyozanryu (Lv.7 2100/2800), Armed Dragon LV 5 (Lv.5 2400/1700) and Mirage Dragon (Lv.4 1600/600)!

An army of almighty dragons appeared in front of Ryan and each one roared with ferocious fervor.

Ryan: Lucky you, 'cause I can't attack until the next turn starts.

Yusei (LP 4000): *draws* I summon Tricular (Lv.3 300/300) in defense mode and two cards face-down!

Leo (LP 4000): *draws* First, I summon Morphtronic Scopen (Lv.3 800/1400)! Since he's in attack mode, I can Special Summon a Level 4 Morphtronic from my hand! Come on out, Morphtronic Staplen (Lv.4 1400/1000)! Now, I tune Scopen with Staplen to Synchro Summon Power Tool Dragon (Lv.7 2300/2500)! When he's Synchro Summoned, I can add a random Equip Spell from my Deck to my hand!

The Deck auto-shuffled and picked a card , which Leo took out.

Leo: Yes! I just added United We Stand to my hand! That means I can equip it to Power Tool Dragon to increase his attack power by 500 for each monster on our field! Ryan's got 4 and me and Yusei have 1, for a total of 6 monsters and 3000 more attack points! That ends my turn, since I can't attack, but boy, you'd be in so much trouble if I could!

Aki: *draws* I end my turn!

Leo: What? ! Are you serious? ! You haven't even played a monster!

Ryan: She's probably got some Trap Cards set, but luckily, thanks to my Mirage Dragon, during the Battle Phase, she can't activate her Traps. *draws*

Aki: I activate a Trap Card!

When the card flipped face-up, her eyes flashed for a moment.

Aki: Light Steal! I can now negate the Effect of one Monster on the field and I choose your Lord of Dragons.

Lord of Dragons had a white aura appeared around him and negate his effect.

Aki: He was the Practical choice because now your Dragons can be affected by my other Traps, like this One!

Her eyes flashed as the card flipped face-up.

Aki: Dark Light Capture!

A small light capsule surrounded Mirage Dragon and then they both disappeared and reappeared on Aki's side of the field.

Aki: First, your monster is now mine, equipped with my Trap and now its effects are permanently negated and its attack and defense power become 0!

Ryan: Ugh, damn! Oh well, there's another way to get rid of your Traps! And that's with the Heavy Storm Spell Card! This'll destroy all Spells and Traps on the field right now!

Aki: Go Trap Card Izayoi!

Again, her eyes flashed as the card flipped face-up.

Aki: Since an effect that would destroy a Spell or Trap was activated, I can negate it and inflict 700 points of damage for each card that would have been destroyed! Since there are three opponents, I can choose who takes the damage. I choose Leo.

Since 8 cards would have been destroyed, Leo was inflicted with 5600 points of damage and the sheer force of the counterattack caused him to fall backwards.

Leo (LP 0): N-n-no way!

Ryan: Holy crap! All right, Hyozanryu, attack the Mirage Dragon!

Aki: I activate the Trap Light Swap!

Aki's eyes flashed again as another one of her cards was flipped face-up.

Aki: This allows me to switch one of your monsters with one of mine! I switch Mirage Dragon and Quazra!

Both dragons switched places and Quazra became the target of Hyozanryu's attack. His attacks hit Quazra and he counterattacked, destroying Hyozanryu and inflicting Ryan with 550 points of damage.

Aki: And Quazra is my permanent pet now.

Ryan (LP 3450): I end my turn!

Yusei: I think we're in trouble.

Ryan: Ya think?

Meanwhile, roaming the endless corridors alone, Ali found herself at a dead end.

Ali: What kind of place is this? It must have taken the Umbra Years to build. Do they really have the time and ability to construct such a Labyrinth?

Ali turned to go back the other way, but at the end of the hall she saw Raza standing there. She quickly removed her Sword from her duel disk and pointed it in his general

direction.

Ali: What the Hell do you want? !

Raza didn't answer.

Ali: What do you want from us.

Again, Raza didn't answer.

Ali: ANSWER ME, DAMN YOU!

Raza closed his eyes and smirked and began to walk. He Walked right past her (Ali kept his blade on him the whole time) not even giving her a second glance and walked up to the dead end. He tapped the wall once and a Door opened up. Raza stepped through and the door closed behind him.

Ali: What did he…

Ali didn't give it a second thought and continued to look for a real path.

Yusei: *draws* I summon Max Warrior (Lv.4 1800/800) and then I release him to Special Summon Turret Warrior (Lv.5 1200/2000)! Since I Special Summoned him this way, his attack power increases by Max Warrior's attack! Then Turret Warrior will attack Quazra!

Aki: I activate yet another Trap!

Aki's eyes lashed again with her last face-down card's reveal.

Aki: Izayoi's Shadow! This negates one attack and all face-up Trap Cards are flipped face-down! I can also flip Izayoi's Shadow face-down and set another Spell or Trap from my hand!

All three face-up Traps were flipped face-down, as well as Izayoi's Shadow.

Yusei: I end my turn!

Aki: *draws* I end my turn! And since it's my 2nd End Phase after Quazra's summoning, he's destroyed and since I currently control him, I can decide who takes the damage from his effect! But before that, I activate a Trap! *eyes flash* Light Amplified! Any effect damage is now doubled!

Quazra exploded and Ryan was sent flying on his ass as his Life Points hit 0.

Ryan (LP 0): Motherf-!

Aki: It's your turn now, Yusei.

Yusei: *draws*

Aki: I activate the Trap Dark Light Capture to take control of your Turret Warrior!

Aki's eyes flashed again and Yusei's Turret Warrior was now under Aki's control with its effects negated and its attack and defense reduced to 0.

Yusei: First, I activate Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard 2! *draws and discards* Then I summon Junk Synchron (Lv.3 1300/500)!

Aki: I activate the Trap Light Swap to switch Turret Warrior and Junk Synchron!

Aki's eyes flashed again as Junk Synchron and Turret Warrior switched places.

Yusei: I can still summon Quickdraw Synchron (Lv.5 700/1400) by discarding a card from my hand! Plus, thanks to Junk Synchron's effect when I Normal Summoned him, I can summon the Level Eater (Lv.1 600/0) I discarded due to Graceful Charity from my Graveyard in defense mode! Then, since I have a Tuner monster out, I can Special Summon Quillbolt Hedgehog (Lv.2 800/800) from my Graveyard! Then I tune Quickdraw Synchron with Level Eater and Quillbolt Hedgehog to Synchro Summon Junk Destroyer (Lv.8 2600/2500)! Since I Synchro Summoned him using 2 non-Tuner monsters, I can destroy 2 cards on the field!

Junk Destroyer destroyed both Dark Light Capture and Light Swap. This caused Turret Warrior regained his original power and Junk Synchron came back to Yusei's side of the field.

Yusei: And now I tune Junk Synchron with Turret Warrior! From two come one, and from one will come great cosmic might! I Synchro Summon Stardust Dragon (Lv.8 2500/2000)! And both Stardust and Junk Destroyer will attack you directly!

Aki: I activate the Trap Izayoi to negate Junk Destroyer's attack!

Aki's eyes flashed again as she negated Junk Destroyer's attack. Stardust Dragon blasted Aki with his Cosmic Flare attack and inflicted her with 2500 points of damage.

Yusei: And that'll end my turn!

Aki: *Draws* I now activate-

Raza: ENOUGH IZAYOI!

Raza's Booming voice echoed through the Large Room as he appeared beside Aki. Aki then Placed her hand on top of her deck and surrendered the duel.

Aki: As you say Grandmaster.

Raza: We'll call this one a Draw, ok?

Yusei: We were Dueling! Why'd you-

Raza: I thought you cared for your friends Yusei. Can't you tell your friend is dying?

Yusei: What? !

Raza: Her deck is known as the Izayoi, The Light stealer. With Every card she Plays, the Izayoi destroys part of her soul. If She is in a duel for too long. It will kill her.

Leo: Let go of Akiza Now!

Raza: Or What? ! You'll throw your Book bag at me, Kiddo? ! You can't do nothing. You can't threaten me! You can't Challenge me! And You sure as HELL can't stop me!

Yusei: Why did you take Akiza and the others.

Raza: To prove that WE can get to you…Anytime…Anywhere…you believe yourselves to be Heroes. What kind of heroes can't even protect their loved ones? You Hippocrates Makes me sick! Come Izayoi!

Yusei: Akiza!

Raza and Aki disappeared within the Green flames leave the vacant room behind them.

Ryan's Cards

Quazra the Uncontrollable Dragon

Dragon/Effect (ATK 2650 DEF 2350)

Level 6/WIND

This card is destroyed during your opponent's 2nd End Phase after the summoning of this card. When this card is destroyed by its own effect, inflict 2000 points of damage to your opponent.

Aki's Cards

Light Steal

Trap/Continuous

Select 1 Effect Monster on the field. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, that monster's effects are negated.

Dark Light Capture

Trap/Continuous

Select 1 monster your opponent controls. Switch control of that monster, negate its effects and reduce its ATK and DEF to 0 as long as this card remains face-up on the field.

Izayoi

Trap

You can only activate this card when a Spell or Trap Card(s) would be destroyed by a card effect. Negate the effect and inflict 700 points of damage for each card that would have been destroyed by this effect.

Light Swap

Trap/Continuous

Select one monster you control and one monster your opponent controls. Switch control of those monsters as long as this card remains face-up on the field.

Izayoi's Shadow

Trap

Activate only when your opponent declares an attack. Negate the attack and flip all face-up Spell and Trap Cards face-down. After this effect resolves, instead of sending this card to the Graveyard, flip it face-down.

Light Amplified

Trap

Until the End Phase, any effect damage is doubled.