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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Forceful Conclusion
Ms. Taragi and the teachers watched the ongoing duel intently, so far Hayato had proven he could hold his on against Kazuki, but now said boy had declared that he was no longer going to hold back, they were eager to see what was going to happen next.
"Um...Ms. Taragi?"
Taragi turned slightly, a bald man was standing before her, looking a little flummoxed. "What is it?" She questioned, recognizing the man as Professor Hyuu.
"Sorry to interrupt, but there's someone hear to see you." He replied, wiping the sweat from his brow.
Taragi waved him off, "Sorry, I'm a bit busy now. Whoever it is will just have to wait or schedule a meeting with me." She replied, turning back to watch the duel in progress.
The man's face paled slightly as he patted the woman on her shoulder, causing her to turn around once more. "He says it's urgent."
Taragi eyed the man skeptically, "Tell him I'll get to him once I'm finished here." She responded, becoming slightly annoyed, which was a rare thing for the usually cheerful woman.
The man leaned in, whispering something in the violet-haired woman's ear. She sighed audibly as she stood up from her seat, gaining the attention of her colleagues. "Is something the matter?" Fuyuski asked from his seat.
Taragi shook her head, "No, I'll be back, there's something I need to take care of." She replied before taking off, the bald man following after her. 'I hope this doesn't take too long.' She thought to herself.
"Just the card I need." Kazuki said, snapping around the drawn card. "I activate the continuous magic of Impervious Magic Shield. This card protects my cards from being negated and cannot be negated itself."
Hayato frowned, that was the card that had lead to his eventual defeat in his first duel with Kazuki. "Once per duel, while my Quest of the Dragon Rider is in the graveyard I can add a jeweled dragon in my deck to my hand." A card ejected out of Kazuki's deck, which he took.
"Now I'll sacrifice my set monster and Emerald Dragon in order to summon it, Amethyst Dragon(2700/2300) in attack mode!" A giant lavender horned dragon emerged from the card, glaring at Hayato's Light and Darkness Dragon.
"I'll set a card and then have my Amethyst Knight union with Amethyst Dragon." Amethyst Knight jumps nearly twenty feet in the air. Twisting expertly, it lands atop the dragon's neck. "Amethyst Dragon gains 300 attack points from the union." Kazuki reports as his dragon's attack points increase to 3000.
Kazuki pointed at Hayato's dragon, "Amethyst Dragon, attack Light and Darkness Dragon!" Amethyst Knight kicked it's heels into the neck of Amethyst Dragon, causing it to unleash a wave of lavender flames upon Hayato's dragon, bringing Hayato's life points down to the starting point. (H: 4000)
"Since my dragon destroyed a monster on your field I draw a card." Kazuki said as he drew another card from his deck.
Kazuki watched as Hayato's two set cards exploded, "My dragon's second effect activates, by destroying all cards on my field I can special summon one monster in my graveyard." Hayato explains as his Defender of Light returns to the field.
"One of the set cards that were destroyed due to my dragon's effect was Return From The Grave, which lets me special summon a monster from my graveyard upon it's destruction." A dark vortex appears on the field as Hayato's Defender of Darkness stepped through it, taking it's position on his field, crouching defensively.
"Impressive foresight. Turn end." Kazuki finished. The crowd whispered amongst itself, all of them impressed at how Kazuki taken control of the duel back for himself despite Hayato's original advnatage.
Hayato drew, hardly surprised that Kazuki had managed to shift the duel back in his favor. 'I may have the lead in life points, but I'm hardly in a good situation here...'
Looking at the cards in his hand, he came to a prudent decision. "I end my turn."
Kazuki drew a card from his deck, a look of complete confidence on his face. "Amethyst Dragon will destroy your Defender of Light." Another wave of lavender flames erupted from the seven star monster, burning the defending monster to ash.
Drawing a card from his deck due to Dragon's Trophy Kazuki immediately inserted it into his duel disk, "I'll set another card and end my turn."
Hayato drew, pumping his hand size up to four cards, a smirk appearing on his face as he glanced at the drawn card. "I discard a card in my hand in order to activate Tribute to the Doomed!" As he slid his chosen card into his graveyard a chasm opened up in the arena floor.
Dozens of mummified hands shot out of it, reaching for Amethyst Dragon. "Amethyst Knight sacrifices himself in order to protect Amethyst Dragon." Kazuki stated as the warrior was pulled from the dragon's neck and into the chasm, which promptly closed as a result. Amethyst Dragon's attack points fell to 2800 due to the absence of it's rider.
"Now I'll activate the card that was sent to my graveyard via my Tribute to the Doomed, Grave Fusion!" Hayato declared as a swirling vortex of energy emerged over his field.
"I can now fuse monsters in my graveyard, so I'm fusing Warrior of Light and Warrior of Darkness together to create Warrior of Twilight(2800/2400)!" A man with pitch black hair and glowing gold eyes appeared from the spiral vortex. His armor, like his hair, was pitch black in color. Various chain links hung from his armor, glowing intensely. Strapped to his back was an extremely large sword, and in his hands were two curved swords.
"This was the monster that you had tried to summon against me in our first duel." Kazuki commented as it landed on Hayato's field, swinging it's twin blades experimentally.
Hayato nodded. "That's right, and it has the same effect as the combined ability of the two monsters used to fusion summon it, which means it's unaffected by the effects of your spell and trap cards."
Hayato shifted his gaze to Kazuki's Amethyst Dragon, which growled in response. "Warrior of Twilight, destroy Amethyst Dragon, Twilight Gale!" The heavily armored man sheathed his twin blades and reached for the sword strapped to it's back. Pulling it free from it's scabbard, the warrior brought it down with incredible speed producing a gale of wind.
Amethyst Dragon groaned as it was torn to shreds by the powerful winds, doing minimal damage to Kazuki's life points. (K: 1900) Kazuki drew a card from his deck, "When Amethyst Dragon is destroyed I'm allowed to draw a card from my deck." He explained as he did so.
"Warrior of Twilight has another special ability. When it destroys a monster in battle, it can attack once more in a row!"
Sheathing it's large blade, the warrior unsheathed the two smaller twin blades, charging towards Kazuki. With a jumping slash the warrior's blades met with a solid wall of diamond, much to the surprise of Hayato.
"Diamond Shield negates your monster's attack and lets me special summon a jeweled dragon from my hand." Kazuki explained as he grabbed one of the cards in his hand and placed them onto his duel disk.
"This is Sapphire Dragon(2200/2000)." Kazuki introduced as a shimmering blue dragon appeared on the field, several spikes made of the precious blue gem from which it was named after protruding from it's back, as well as it's tail.
"I should have known it wouldn't be that easy. I set up one card and end my turn."
"Draw." Kazuki declared calmly despite the fact that the tables had turned on him once more. Motioning to his Sapphire Dragon a blue aura began to surround Kazuki's body. "Once per turn Sapphire Dragon increases my life points by 100 points times the number of stars a monster on your field possesses. Since your monster has eight stars, I gain 800 life points." (K: 2700)
"I summon Sapphire Fighter(1200/1000) in attack mode." Kazuki continued. Like most of the dragon riders, this one wore armor that corresponded to the gem stone in it's name, but unlike most of the dragon riders, he wielding no weapon. Instead he wore spiked gauntlets, made of the same shimmering blue stone.
"My fighter has a special effect similar to Sapphire Dragon, though it targets a monster on my own field. Since Sapphire Dragon is a level six monster, I gain 600 life points." (K: 3300)
"My fighter will now union with his dragon." Kazuki declared as the shimmering blue dragon lowered it's head to the ground, allowing the sapphire-armored man to climb atop the wyrm's neck. "Unlike most union monsters, my fighter doesn't increase my dragon's stats in any way."
Hayato, and most of the people watching stared at Kazuki, confused expressions on their faces. "If it doesn't increase the stats of your dragon...then what's the point?" Hayato questioned.
Kazuki merely smirked, "You'll see soon enough. For now though, I'll end my turn."
Taragi stepped into her office, quickly spotting a rather tall man standing near her window. "Lovely day were having...isn't it?" The man said, turning to her slightly.
Walking into the room Taragi took a seat behind her desk, "Yes." She answered, surprised that such a influential man was standing in her office, a pleasant smile on his face.
"Mind if I sit down?" The man questioned, his perfectly white teeth sparkling.
Taragi shook her head, "No, I don't mind at all. Please." She responded, motioning to one of the two leather seats that sat in front of her desk.
The man sat down, looking quite pleased with himself. "I'm glad that you decided to come see me. From what I have heard you were attending a very important event. I hope you will forgive me for my impromptu appearance."
'A little warning would have been nice.' She thought to herself, but decided not to voice her opinion. Taragi waved dismissively, "It's no problem." She lied. Leaning back into her chair, she said in a cheerful tone, "Now Mr. Taizo...mind telling me what business you have here?"
Hayato drew a card from his deck, looking slightly perplexed, 'He's so confident, his dragon must have some kind of powerful effect now that it's unioned with his fighter...or he could be simply bluffing.' Hayato reasoned, wondering which of the two were more likely.
"I'll set a card and call you on your bluff! Warrior of Twilight attacks!" Hayato watched in shock as electrical blue energy began to surge through his monster, stopping it from carrying out his order.
"What's going on?"
"The effect of my combined monsters stops you from declaring an attack on my dragon, and as long as Sapphire Fighter is on the field, it's going to stay that way." Kazuki answered.
"I hadn't anticipated it having an effect like that." Hayato admitted. "But it doesn't matter, I'll find a way around it sooner or later." He replied, just as confident as he had been earlier in the duel, though Kazuki could tell that there was a definite difference.
"It seems like you've figured out exactly what you were missing. Yes...I can see it in your eyes, and more importantly...your heart. A duel isn't about pre-planning, it's about applying your cleverness, instincts, and wit in order to combat the situation at hand."
Hayato nodded, "That's right. My strategy is evolving with every turn I take. A duelist who only uses superficial cleverness can hardly call themselves so. I've learned that lesson." He replied, he had seen some amazing duels, each without any pre-planning at all, Hiro versus Rei, Kai versus Duragon, Kira versus Kazuki, and Kai versus Sakura.
Ed nodded sagely, "Hayato and Kazuki are right. Two duelists fighting with everything they have, putting their very heart and soul into their cards. That's what a real duel is all about." He said, the others nodding in agreement with him.
"Wow...that was actually insightful." Shindo said, causing his roommate's eye to twitch in annoyance.
Hayato watched as Kazuki drew a card from his deck, 'Don't worry Kazuki, I'll continue to come at you with everything I've got. After all...this duel isn't for me...it's for you. I'll make this duel worthy of your graduation!'
"Sapphire Warrior and Sapphire Dragon's special effects activate, increasing my life points by 1400." Kazuki declared as his life points increased once more. (K: 4700)
Kazuki motioned to his set card, "Frontline Base lets me special summon a level four or lower union monster from my hand, I choose Ruby Samurai(1400/1200) in attack mode." A man wearing traditional Japanese clothing glittering with ruby gems appeared on the field, wielding a ruby katana, his long hair reaching to his lower back.
"When Ruby Samurai is special summoned to the field I can special summon Ruby Dragon(2400/2200) to the field." A long red dragon flew down from the sky, a large ruby gem embedded in it's head. "My two monsters will now union." He announced.
The samurai warrior performed a back-flip that launched him more than twenty feet into the air, landing atop the large dragon's head elegantly. "Ruby Dragon now gains 400 attack points and a special effect." The dragon roared as it's attack points rose to 2800, making it even with Hayato's Warrior of Twilight.
"At the cost of it's attack this turn Ruby Dragon can destroy your Warrior of Twilight!" A swirling vortex of fire began to form within the dragon's maw as it set it's sights on it's target. "Meteorain!"
Rather than unleashing the great ball of fire, tiny little bullet shaped embers shot out of it, very much like falling rain. Much to Kazuki's surprise the warrior quickly went to work, unsheathing it's two blades in a flash. In a blur of speed it used it's twin blades to slice every last bullet that fired it's way, sending sparks flying in every direction.
It continued like this for several seconds, each deadly bullet being deflected from Hayato's field until there was nothing left of the large fireball in the dragon's mouth. The warrior sheathed it's two blades, looking quite satisfied with itself.
Kazuki merely blinked, "What...was that?"
Hayato motioned to his remaining set card, which was now standing face-up. "I activated my trap card. It's called Pride of the Warrior. It instantly equips to a warrior-type monster on my field upon activation. As long as it's equipped to my warrior, he can only be destroyed as a result of battle." He answered, a smug look on his face.
"I see." Kazuki said as his turn came to an end. "Clever." He complimented.
Fanning out the cards in his hand Hayato drew another from his deck, which he quickly placed onto his duel disk. "Heavy Storm destroys all spell and trap cards on the field!" He called out as a violent storm erupted from the card.
One by one by one each and every card in Kazuki's spell and trap card zone shattered, including his Sapphire Fighter and Ruby Samurai, as well as Hayato's Pride of the Warrior continuous trap card and his Light and Darkness continuous spell card. With the loss of it's rider Ruby Dragon's attack points decreased to it's original 2400.
Grabbing the card he had drawn the previous turn Hayato placed it onto his duel disk, "The spell card Equality activates when you have more monsters on your field than I do." Kazuki watched as his Ruby Dragon unexpectedly exploded.
"It makes sure that I end up with just as many monsters on my field as you do." Kazuki figured.
Hayato nodded, "Warrior of Twilight, destroy Sapphire Dragon!" The heavily armored man reached for the sword strapped to it's back. Pulling it free it immediately brought it in front of itself with a downward slash, producing a powerful gale of wind.
Sapphire Dragon shuddered before exploded into a shower of pixels. (K: 4100) "Since my Warrior made a successful attack, it can now attack again, this time directly! Twilight Gale!" The warrior lifted up the sword and slashed in an downward arc once more, producing another powerful gale of wind that surged towards Kazuki.
Suddenly, however, an eruption of light from Kazuki's graveyard appeared. Seconds later the onlookers could see a shadow forming within the light, growing and taking form. Once the light died down, another dragon was revealed.
This one was made of white diamond that had a slight blue tint to it if one squinted hard enough. It's massive wings were wrapped around it's body and it's long neck dipped it's head down behind the protective wall as well, making it look like some sort of massive egg-shaped diamond.
"How did you summon Diamond Dragon(2100/2800)?" Hayato questioned, slightly startled by the dragon's sudden appearance.
"One of the cards I sacrificed in order to summon my Amethyst Dragon was Carbonedon, and once there are ten cards on it, I can remove it from my graveyard to special summon Diamond Dragon to the field." He explained.
Hayato's gaze shifted to the dragon's defense points, which equaled the attack of his monster. "Well I can't break through your monster, so there's nothing more I can do besides end my turn."
Drawing a single card Kazuki placed it onto his duel disk, causing a space on his field to shimmer in response. "Jewel Rebirth revives my Amethyst Dragon." The giant lavender horned dragon returned, roaring in fury.
Grabbing another card, Kazuki inserted it behind his revived dragon. "I activate the magic of Refining Process, this card increases the attack of one jeweled dragon on my field by 1000 points until the standby phase of my next turn." Diamond Dragon roared as it's attack points rested at a 3100.
"Diamond Dragon switches to attack mode, attack Warrior of Twilight!" Diamond shards erupted from the dragon's mouth, ripping Hayato's warrior to shreds in a matter of seconds. (H: 3700)
"Amethyst Dragon, attack Hayato directly!" The large dragon unleashed a wave of lavender flames that struck Hayato in the chest, causing him to stumble back. (H: 1000)
"I'll set a card face-down and end my turn." Kazuki finished, looking at Hayato expectantly.
"And the seesaw continues." Kai commented as Hayato placed his two fingers on the next card on top of his deck, the others nodding there heads in agreement with him.
Hayato glanced at his drawn card, 'I can at least buy some time with this.' "I activate Swords of Revealing Light!" Kazuki looked up as giant glowing swords resembling crosses dropped down all around him.
Hayato placed another card onto his duel disk, "I summon Marksman of Light(1400/1400) in defense mode." A man wearing golden armor and riding a white horse appeared before the boy, "This monster can deal half of it's original attack points as damage to your life points.
The newly summoned monster quickly knocked it's bow and let an arrow fly, which Kazuki deflected with his duel disk. Though he wasn't struck directly, his life points still took a hit. (K: 3400)
"I end my turn."
Kazuki nodded and drew, causing his Diamond Dragon's attack points to return to their original value of 2100. "I'll set another card and end my turn."
Hayato drew and then grabbed the other card in his hand, "I summon Marskman of Darkness(1400/1400) to the field in defense mode." A man wearing black armor and riding a black horse appeared next to it's gold counterpart, reaching for it's supply of arrows.
"Marksman of Darkness has the same effect as Marksman of Light." Hayato explained as the two monsters leveled their bows at Kazuki. "Now they'll both deal you 700 points of direct damage!"
Kazuki once again held up his duel disk in defense as the two arrows were shot, his life points taking another hit. (K: 2000)
"Turn end."
Kazuki snagged a card from his deck and added it to his hand, increasing his hand size to five cards. "I activate one of my set cards." He announced as he motioned to one of the face-down cards on his field, causing it to flip forward.
"It's called Revival Spell. By sacrificing a set card on my field, I can add a spell card in my graveyard to my hand, though I can't activate this turn." Kazuki as he motioned to his second set card.
"Before my set card is destroyed I'm activating it, Jewel Appraisal increases my life points by 1000 points for every jeweled dragon I have on my field." Kazuki closed his eyes as energy surged out of his dragons and flowed into him, increasing his life points by 2000 points. (K: 4000)
Fuyuski turned in his seat as Taragi returned to her own. "So...what did I miss?" She questioned.
"Control of the duel has shifted back and forth between the two." He answered. "Now I have a question for you. Why did you leave so suddenly?"
Hitaki waved the man off, "Not right now, I'll tell you and the others about it once this duel is over."
Fuyuski leaned back in his seat, returning his attention back to the duel at hand. "Fair enough." He replied.
Kazuki placed the card that he had drawn for the turn onto his duel disk, "This card should look familiar to you Hayato. Mystical Space Typhoon!" Hayato grimaced as the giant glowing swords that were surrounding Kazuki's field vanished.
"Amethyst Dragon, Diamond Dragon, attack Marksman of Light and Marksman of Darkness!" A wall of shimmering glass infused with lavender flames slammed into Hayato's field and destroying his two monsters.
"I'll set a card and end my turn." Kazuki finished as a face-down card appeared on his field.
Hayato drew a card from his deck, "I activate my face-down card! Battle Spirit! This card allows me to special summon any monsters that were destroyed in battle the previous turn with halve their stats." Hayato declared as his two warriors returned to the field albeit weaker.
"I'm activating their effects again!" For the third time this duel Kazuki found himself using his duel disk as a shield as he deflected the two arrows. (K: 2600)
"Pot of Greed lets me draw twice." Hayato continues. "Next, I activate Monster Reincarnation! By discarding a card in my hand to the graveyard I can add a monster in my graveyard to my hand." Hayato explains.
Hayato inserted a card another card into his duel disk. "I sacrifice both of my monsters in order to summon Light and Darkness Dragon to the field(2800/2400)." The two monsters became particles of light as Hayato slammed a card into his duel disk.
"Absorption Twilight activates whenever I tribute two monsters, one with light in it's name, and one with dark in order to summon Light and Darkness Dragon. Before the summoning takes place it adds an effect that my two monsters gives to my dragon."
Hayato's signature monster appeared as he finished his explanation, setting it's sights on Kazuki's two dragons. "Like most of the monsters in my deck, Marksman of Darkness gives my dragon an effect when it's used to tribute summon it. Every time it destroys a monster in battle, 700 points of direct damage are dealt to my opponent."
"Marksman of Light gives it an effect too. Light and Darkness Dragon can attack every monster on your field at once. Light and Darkness Dragon, attack Amethyst Dragon and Diamond Dragon with Twilight Purge!"
An orb made of light and dark energy erupted from the dragon's maw, engulfing the two dragons and effortlessly incinerating them. (K: 1800) "Since it destroyed two monsters, you take 1400 points of direct damage!"
Kazuki shielded himself with his arms as another blast of energy slammed into him, causing his life points to drop even further. (K: 400)
Kazuki watched as an aura of light and dark energy surrounded Hayato, his life points increasing drastically. (H: 6000) "Absorption Twilight added an effect that my two Marksmen gave to my dragon, for every monster it destroys, I gain life points equal to the defense points of monsters Light and Darkness Dragon destroy in battle."
Hayato crossed his arms over his chest, "My turn is over, and soon enough, so will this duel."
Everyone in the audience was silent, unable to believe that Hayato had managed to pull of such a crippling move. Despite the huge disadvantage he was currently in, Kazuki smiled. "The amount of potential you possess is incredible, I can't remember the last time I've had this much fun in a duel. You've shown me exactly what you're capable of, now allow me to use the strength I have left to show you what I'm capable of!"
He drew and Hayato could feel the pure pressure of his strength radiating off of him in waves. 'Hayato...you have improved far beyond what I had imagined you would. Forgive me, this duel had been fun, but now it comes to an end!'
Hayato watched as Kazuki added his drawn card to his hand and then reached to grab another. The pressure he felt with him was increasing with each passing second, Hayato vaguely wondered if it was his mind playing tricks on him. 'I can feel an intense pressure coming from him...but I have no idea what he's thinking.'
Kazuki held up a card for everyone to see, "I'm activating the card that was returned to my hand due to my Revival Spell, Impervious Magic Shield!"
Hayato's eyes widened in shock, 'Impervious Magic Shield...but that means I won't be able to negate any of his cards! Did...did he suspect that I would summon my Light and Darkness Dragon?!'
"I summon Pearl Warrior(1500/1600) in attack mode." A man in heavy armor made of pearl and wielding a large broadsword created from the same material appeared. "When Pearl Warrior is summoned to the field I can add a Pearl Dragon from my deck to my hand." Kazuki explained as his deck ejected a card into his waiting fingers.
"When Pearl Dragon is added to my hand through an effect, I can special summon it to the field."
In a flash of light, a dragon made of the material it was named after appeared next to it's rider.
"Dragon Draw lets me draw twice." Drawing twice more, Kazuki placed a card onto his duel disk.
"Double Summon lets me summon once more." He announced as his Pearl Warrior vanished. "I sacrifice Pearl Warrior in order to summon Diamond God Soldier(2200/2400). This monster can union with any jeweled dragon."
Kazuki's set card immediately flipped over, "Revival of the Diamond Blade will transform my Pearl Dragon into Diamond Head Dragon(?/?), who has 1000 more points than the monster used to special summon it." Instantly the dragon flashed with a bright light, and seconds later re-emerged as an even larger dragon with pale green scales, and large spiked diamonds pointing out of it's back, as well as the massive diamond on it's forehead that lanced forward.
"Now my soldier will union with my Diamond Head Dragon(3300/3000), and that raises it's attack points by 500 points times the number of dragon and dragon rider monsters in my graveyard. All fourteen of the mentioned monsters are in my graveyard, which means my monster gains 7000 attack points!"
Diamond Head Dragon (10,300/3000)
Hayato stared up at the massively powerful Diamond Head Dragon towering overhead, a small smile on his face. "Hayato...I thank you for facing me with all your heart."
Hayato shook his head, "No, thank you for choosing me as your opponent. You've taught me a valuable lesson, one that I might not have learned on my own. I'm glad I got one last chance to duel you before you left to make an impact on the dueling world. With that said...don't hold anything back."
Kazuki nodded, a smile on his face. Squeezing and outstretching his hand, he declared, "Diamond Head Dragon! Attack Light and Darkness Dragon! Diamond Spear Burst!"
Opening it's mouth as wide as it could, the dragon began to gather the air around it and concentrate it into a sphere of wind. Then, with a mighty roar it fired sphere of wind, carrying with it huge, pointed shafts of solid diamond, spearing straight through Hayato's Light and Darkness Dragon and destroying it in less than a second. (H: 0)
Hayato fell to his knees in exhaustion as the holograms faded, a smile on his face. The entire audience erupted into an eardrum-shattering applause, standing on their feet and clapping furiously.
Kazuki walked over to the fallen boy, who looked up at him. Holding his hand out, he spoke, "Hayato...you've proven to me that you are a powerful duelist, you have what it takes to be strong, stronger than any other duelist I have ever faced."
Hayato took the offered hand, Kazuki pulling him up. Kazuki raised Hayato's hand into the air so that he could accept the cheers of the crowd.
"Enjoy the praise Hayato, you've earned everyone's utmost respect, including my own."
The year had finally come to an end and Hiro was currently on the boat headed home. Duel Academy could still be seen off into the distance, which Hiro's gaze was currently settled on. It would be three months before he got to see his friends again, but he felt he could wait until then.
He casually brushed a strand of stray hair away from his eyes. A lot of things had happened during his stay and despite a few mishaps, he was glad that he had chosen to come. Hiro turned slightly as he heard two boys talking excitedly.
"Apparently Mugen Taizo was on the island for an entire week leading up to the graduation." One of the boys said.
"You mean Mugen Taizo as in head of Infinite Possibilities Incorporated?" The second boy questioned, causing the first boy to nod. "No way!?" The boy exclaimed. "So...do you know why he was there?"
The other boy shook his head, "No...but you can bet it was for something important." The two boys walked off, continuing their conversation, though Hiro could no longer hear them.
"Taizo." Hiro said aloud, remembering it to be the surname of Rei, the girl who had took on the identity of Kakumeika. He wondered if this Mugen Taizo was her older brother that Kazuki had spoke off.
Hiro let his mind wander off to his last meeting with the soft-spoken girl.
As soon as the Darkness Game ended Hiro fell to his knees, breathing heavily, "I've never been so exhausted in my life." He groaned.
Hiro looked up as Rei began to speak to him, "You have won this duel Hiro, therefore I have to give myself up to the authorities as punishment for the loss. But this is not over, and so, I'll leave you with a warning."
"Beware the frightening power of infinity...and the sins of it's heart."
At the time Hiro hadn't understood what she meant, and even now, he was still clueless. Hiro clutched the pendant which was hanging from his neck, which shimmered in the light of the setting sun.
"Infinite Possibilities Incorporated...I wonder..."
Author's Note: There's something I would like to address. I am well aware that this first season has ended relatively quick. The following season will, more or less, be more than twice as long as this one was, so fear not.
Anyway, don't expect another update until sometime in January, for I'll be far too busy to update for the rest of this month. With that said, Happy Holidays!
Card of this chapter:
Warrior of Twilight: Dark/Warrior 8/2800/2400
"Warrior of Light" + "Warrior of Darkness"
This card can only be Fusion Summoned with the above monsters used as Fusion Materials. While this card is face-up on the field it is also treated as light. This card is unaffected by the effects of your opponent's spell and trap cards. If this card's first attack is successful, this card can attack once again in a row.
The second year begins and Hiro and Hayato quickly discover that their new roommate isn't of the average type. In the meantime Ed and Shindo discover that their new roommate could be more troublesome than their old one. What kind of troubles will this new year bring?
Next time, The Beginning of A New Year!
