Thetrueazure: *Epic music* It is time, for the semi-finals to get under way. Four will enter, but only two will make it. *Record Scratch*

Ritsu: What the hell are you doing?

Kazuma: Nice voice, is that a movie voice?

Ritsu: Not you too. *Sigh* Thetrueazure does not own Yugioh 5D's or their cards. He does however own Me, Kazuma, Miharu, Shin Himuro and the cards he makes. Other OCs and OC cards belong to their respective owners.


Ch.27 A Fated Rematch

Ritsu and the others were in the competitors lounge waiting for the semi-finals match up.

"Looks like the semi-finals is going to be intense." Krad said

"Yeah, whoever makes it to the championship match has to beat Satoshi." Nami said as the five elemental dragons appeared behind there masters

"Don't underestimate Apollo. Beside Raikou, Apollo is the strongest dragon out of the four of us." Belial said "Only Raikou can match him."

"Though it doesn't hurt to try." Leviathan said "Whoever makes it has to beat them."

Raikou nodded in agreement "Yes, we have to give it our all if we want a chance."

"We'll be behind you guys one hundred percent!" Yuzuki said as she hugged Ritsu "Besides, I know Ritsu will win this."

"Excuse me, but my Kurogasa has this." Kuraki said as she kissed him

"Guys, the match ups!" Terra said as the monitor showed the brackets

Ritsu Himuro Vs. Krad Kenshin
Kurogasa Kururugi Vs. Nami Stratous

"I'm facing Ritsu!" Krad yelled

"And I'm facing Kurogasa in a turbo duel." Nami said "This'll be fun."

"Well Krad-" Ritsu extended out his hand "Let's give it our all. Hold nothing back."

"Sure." Krad shook his hand.

"We should get going, only semi-finalists are allowed in here." Keira said as they all left for the stands, but were stopped by Satoshi's butler

"I'm terribly sorry, but you all must come with me to master Satoshi's tower." Heinrich said

"And why is that?" Akira asked, getting ready to defend himself

"Why to watch the rest of the tournament." Heinrich said

"Go ahead guys." Ritsu said "I trust him."

"Alright." Kuraki said as they all followed Heinrich


"IT'S TIME FOR THE SEMI-FINALS FIRST MATCH!" The MC said "FOR OUR FIRST COMPETITOR, HE'S THE MASTER OF DRAGONS, RITSU HIMURO!" Ritsu ran up to the arena and waved to everyone. "AND HIS CHALLENGER, THE GENERAL OF THE DARK ARMY, KRAD KENSHIN!" Krad did the same thing as Ritsu


Heinrich made it to Satoshi's tower and allowed everyone to walk in. When they walked in, Satoshi was standing there.

"Welcome to my tower." Satoshi said "Make yourselves comfortable and enjoy the rest of the tournament."

"Why are you doing this?" Akira asked "Are planning on joining us?"

"I'll join you guys if Ritsu can beat me." Satoshi said "In the meantime, make yourselves at home."


"So the user of light is versing the user of shadows." Kazuma said "Light versus Darkness."

"This is going to be good." Iris said

"Yeah, I can't wait to see how this will play." Melody said


"Are you ready Krad?" Ritsu asked

"Oh yeah!" Krad replied as they both activated their duel disks

Ritsu/Krad: Duel!

Ritsu: 4000
Krad: 4000

"I'll take the first turn Ritsu! I draw!" Krad drew his sixth card "I summon Dark Knight Swordsmaster - Zehaal (4/1800/500) in attack mode!" The sword wielding shadow knight appeared "Next I activate his effect allowing me to bring out another Dark Knight monster with a different level! Come forth, Dark Knight Blazeswordsman - Gaahrgral (7/2500/300)!" Another shadow knight with a fire sword appeared beside Zehaal "I set two cards face down and end my turn!" Two reverse cards appeared

"My draw!" Ritsu drew his sixth card "I activate the spell card Dragon's Olfaction!"

"Dragon's Olfaction?" Krad wondered

"I can only activate this card when you control two or more monsters, it let's me special summon one dragon type monster from my hand!" Ritsu said "I summon Gravi Crush Dragon (6/2400/1200) in attack mode!" A large green dragon with giant fists appeared on the field "Next I play the spell card Dragon's Gunfire! When I control a dragon type monster I can activate one of two effects; Inflict 800 points of damage or destroy one monster you control with 800 or lower defense!"

Krad's eyes widened "Then that means-"

"Gaahrgral goes bye-bye!" Gravi Crush Dragon fired a large fire ball that engulfed Gaahrgral and destroyed him. "Gravi Crush Dragon, destroy Zehaal!" The large dragon threw his giant fist and crushed the swordsmaster with little effort

Ritsu: 4000
Krad: 3600

"I set two cards face down and end my turn!" Two reverse cards appeared "Come on Krad, so far I've been underwhelmed."


"Ritsu's right." Keira said, causing everyone to turn to her "Krad isn't dueling like himself."

"Yeah, I noticed it." Kurogasa said "I think it's because of his darkness, he's afraid it'll take over."


"My turn, I draw!" Krad drew his card "I play my face down card Call of the Haunted to bring back Gaahrgral!" The blazeswordsman appeared on the field "Next I equip him with Shadow Saber Gatrox so now he's 700 points stronger!" Another sword appeared in the knights hand (2500-3200) "Next I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the facedown on the right!" Ritsu's Dragon Cry was destroyed by a large typhoon "I summon Dark Knight Berserker Kraal (4/1900/400) in attack mode!" Another shadow knight with a broadsword appeared "Next his effect let's me bring out another Dark Knight, so come out Dark Knight Mercenary - Blackhael (4/1950/100)!" A shadow knight with a Morning star mace appeared on the field

"Three monsters!" Ritsu exclaimed "It's OK, they can only do damage if the monster they destroy goes to the graveyard."

"Gaahrgral, attack and destroy Gravi Crush Dragon!" The blazeswordsman's two swords erupted in dark flames as he ran towards the dragon.

"I play the trap card Dragon's Durability!" Ritsu's trap card flipped up "I cut my dragon's attack points in halve so that he can't be destroyed in battle, also I take zero damage!" A barrier rose up and blocked the swords strike (2400-1200)

"Grr, I play Card of Sanctity!" Both duelists drew until they were holding six cards "I set one card facedown and end my turn!" One reverse card appeared as the barrier disappeared (1200-2400)

"I draw!" Ritsu drew his card "I summon Mirage Dragon (4/1600/600) in attack mode!" A ghostly dragon appeared "Next I equip him with Dragon Treasure and Dragon Membrane, each giving him 300 attack points." A small green jewel appeared beside the dragon as it gained more power (1600-2200) "Attack Blackhael!" The dragon fired a multi-colored blast at the knight.

"I play my trap card (Azure) Shield of Dark Defense!" A black shield appeared on Blackhael as he deflected the shot "I can only activate this card if a DARK warrior type monster I control is attacked, it keeps him safe!"

"However you still take damage!" Krad cringed as a red aura surrounded him

Ritsu: 4000
Krad: 3350

"I'll throw this card face down and end my turn!" One reverse card appeared "Krad, your not giving it you all."

"That's enough." Krad said with his head down

"If you expect to beat me, your going to have to go all out." Ritsu pressed on

"I said that's enough." Krad said with a hint of anger as a dark aura started to appear

"Come on Krad, where is the guy who almost beat me." Ritsu said

"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH!" Krad yelled as his aura emitted a shock wave, shattering the windows everywhere. Krad clutched his head in pain "No not again. Get out of my head!"

"Your insane if you think I'm just going to let this dragon user beat you. It's time I took over." The aura enveloped Krad as he screamed at the top of his lungs.


"That aura, it's like Apollyon possessed him but at the same time it's not." Miharu said

"I think we're in trouble." Shinji said


"Oh man, not again!" Keira said "It's his darkness!"

"Again!" They all exclaimed

"This is the second time." Kurogasa said


"Krad! Krad!" Ritsu called out his name.

"So we finally meet, User of Light!" Krad's eyes were blood red again "If your looking for Krad, he's not here at the moment, but I'll keep you company." Krad's evil drew his card "Perfect, I activate the spell card Double Summon to summon twice! I sacrifice my Kraal and Gaahrgral to summon the dark tuner Doom Knight (10/0/0)!" duel field was being covered in a dark fog as suddenly pitch black Knight appeared with skulls attached around his shoulders

"A dark tuner!" Everyone yelled

"When Doom Knight is summoned I'm allowed to bring out a warrior typ monster from my deck or graveyard! So come to the field, Dark Knight Duke-Garbaalth (7/2900/1000)!" The dark royal knight appeared "Since I haven't summoned yet, I summon a second Kraal to the field!" Another broadsword wielding knight appeared

"I play the trap card Fiendish Chain!" Chains shot out a encircled the knight "You can't attack with that card and his effect is negated!"

"What a waste, I combine my level 4 Kraal with my level 10 Doom Knight for a dark synchro summon!" Doom Knight turned into a dark fog and entered Kraal, causing him to scream in pain. Inside the fog the ten stars Doom Knight had absorbed the four stars Kraal had and left six black stars

"Why are the stars black?" Ritsu wondered

"Unlike your synchros which rely on combining, my synchros rely on taking the positive energy, leaving nothing but negative energy!" Krad said

"Wait so if all that's left is negative energy, then that means your synchro monster will have a negative level!" Ritsu exclaimed

"Look who's catching on." Krad said as he showed a dark synchro "As a matter of fact I have a negative level six dark synchro!"

Ritsu's eyes widened "No way"

The sword of a Dark Knight cries for blood, take up arms and devour the light of your enemy! Dark Synchro! The dark paladin, Dark Knight Paladin Shinken! (-6/2800/500)

Out of a column of darkness came a pitch black knight with a grey tattered cape carrying a large sword.


"T-There's no way!" Keira said as tears were flowing from her "That's the one that possessed him."

"Ritsu." Yuzuki whispered as she was praying for him to be safe.


"I'm not done yet! I activate the equip card United We Stand!" Krad yelled "Now Shinken gains 800 attack points for every face up monster I control!" The paladin gave a long battle cry as he gained a huge power boost (2800-4400) "Why don't we spice things up with a second Call of the Haunted to bring back Doom Knight!" The dark knight appeared again while Shinken gained even more power (4400-5200) "Now his effect let's me summon another warrior monster to the field! You remember Dark Knight Avenger - Fryll (6/2100/1100) right?" The dagger wielding knight appeared

"Not again."

"Oh yes again, Doom Knight! You know the drill!" Doom Knight turned into a dark fog and now entered Fryll, consuming his six stars, leaving only four black stars

The reaper of death shall come a take your soul, whoever stands in his way will regret facing him! Dark Synchro! The Dark Reaper, Dark Knight Reaper Skycth! (-4/2200/800)

Out of another column of darkness came a Knight in pitch black armor holding a reaper scythe.

"Guah, two dark synchros!"Ritsu exclaimed

"Dark Knight Paladin Shinken must attack if able, and when he attacks, he attacks all of your monsters!" Krad yelled "However, the damage you take is halved. Also whenever Doom Knight is used for a dark synchro summon, your cards won't be able to touch my two monsters until the end of my turn!"

"What!"

"Shinken! Attack and destroy all of his monsters!" The dark paladin swung his mighty sword towards Ritsu's dragons

"I play the trap card Rising Energy, discarding a card for my Gravi Crush Dragon's attack points to increase by 1500!" Gravi Crush Dragon began to bulk up (2400-3900)

"Too little too late!" Shinken destroyed all of Ritsu's monsters, causing sharp pain to course through him

Ritsu: 1850
Krad: 3350

"Skycth, attack him directly!" The reaper disappeared and reappeared behind Ritsu. What happened next caused everyone to gasp in fright, the reaper swung his scythe so hard, it pierced through Ritsu's back and caused him to cough up blood and fall over.

Ritsu: 750
Krad: 3350


Tears started to flow from Yuzuki's face as she couldn't believe what she was seeing

"RITSU!"

To be continued

Ch.27 End


Thetrueazure: Some of the cards Ritsu used this chapter are from the GX manga

Kazuma: Stay tuned for next chapters conclusion


Kurogasa: Hey guys, Ritsu is in a life or death struggle between Krad's dark side! Believe me when I tell you, you should stay tuned

Next Time: Yugioh 5D's Power of the Six Elements; The truth about the Kenshins

"Come on Ritsu, get up!"