Author's note: Wow, it's been a little while since I updated. I want to say I was busy playing Sengoku Basara 2 but I haven't. I was actually busy writing this chapter because it's filled with lot of events related to GX anime and their plotholes. I explained the plotholes at the end of this chapter. A reviewer of mine made a good point that a reader of this story might only watch the dub instead of sub. I have not seen the dub, so I don't know anything about the English changes because I only watch the sub. So I'll do my best and put a sub/dub glossary in front of each chapter.

Plus, this chapter is seriously long! That's why I took so long to update. I didn't think it would be this long! I had the events planned out but it took so much details! So…I think the ending is crap! I was tired out by the end! Also, I'm not sure I have Fubuki's personality right! I'm ashamed of myself!

Also, lately, I'm not sure if this story is interesting enough for you guys. So I'm feeling kinda low here. If you really enjoy this story, please, seriously, leave a review. It's not hard, you know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh GX! Credit goes to GX-ST for subs of Yugioh GX Episode 159. (There's a reason why I'm using that episode lol)

Sub/Dub Glossary

Dark Items – Shadow Charms

Fubuki Tenjoin – Attticus Rhodes

Sara – Yasmin

Yugioh GX Ch.018B

The TV screen showed a black silhouette of a tall young man with long smooth hair. Behind that man was another silhouette except it was much larger and more like a creature instead of human. It was a shadow of a dragon. In the center of that screen was a black mask that resembled a dragon with blue eye pieces and a red gem at the center. Soon, the logo of GX appeared on the bottom right corner.

Rad was staring at the screen with his eyelids blinking up and down as he was confused.

The narrator looked at Rad strangely as he knew he was being weird again. He then asked out of curiosity, "What are you doing?"

Rad answered as he continuing staring at the screen, "It's different."

The narrator didn't understand him and asked again, "What's different?"

Rad looked at the Narrator as he pointed at the screen, "This is different. The eye catch screen! It doesn't show the character and the monster but instead you have some creepy black mask."

The narrator sweat-dropped as he finally realized what Rad meant, "Um well…I can't really show who's dueling in this chapter because it would spoil the story…although the mask is already a spoiler…maybe the previous episode preview is a spoiler too…"

Rad gasped as he realized something, "Ohhh! This must be someone from the original GX anime!" He looked closely at the screen, "Now that I seen it closer, it's…"

The narrator panicked and yelled, "Oh look, it's Tsubaki!" He pointed in the other direction.

"Eh?" Rad immediately averted his head toward the Narrator's direction and ran off, "Hey, Tsubaki!"

Suddenly, there was a loud blood curling scream from the other side.

The narrator sweat-dropped as he watched Rad disappeared to chase after the poor guy, "Sorry, Tsubaki, I can't have him spoil the story yet."

Shadow felt that he was lying on a ground at least that what was he felt. Just a moment ago, he regained conscious with his eyes still closed. He remembered that he fell into a pit after being chased by a giant gray-skinned snake. He was about to remember what the snake actually was but that memory just fled his mind when he fell. The robed man thought for sure that he would be dead for that long fall but he was still alive and had no injuries except few bruises from landing on the ground roughly.

He then finally opened his eyes just to be surprised. Instead of a dark ruin, he saw that he was outside with the sun shining. He slowly stood up to see that he was standing outside a pyramid surrounded by a forest. He narrowed his eyes as he knew something was wrong, 'This is not the ruin at the island.' He looked up to see the three suns in the sky, 'In fact, this is not Earth.' He then analyzed the surroundings, 'Where am I? What is this place…yet this felt familiar..' His eyes widened in realization, "Could this be…"

"Halt!" A loud voice alerted the robed man. Shadow quickly looked back to see the owner of the voice. His eyes narrowed as he found himself surrounded by dark-skinned men, dressed in two common clothes and adorned with two different spears. One was average build with black hooded cloak over purple linen shirt and kilt. The other one was larger with round belly showing. He wore a black cloak with red line decorations over a brown kilt.

Shadow immediately recognized the first one as Gravekeeper's Spear Solider and the second one as Gravekeeper's Guard. Seeing them just confirmed his thoughts on this world he was in, 'These are Duel monsters…so I was right…this is the World of Duel Monsters…'

The spear soldier suddenly held his spear closer as the tip of the blade nearly touched Shadow's face. He ordered, "Those who broke into the Royal Family's graveyard must receive judgment!"

The bulky guard chipped in, "You'll be buried alive in the sarcophagi for your intrusion!"

Shadow narrowed his eyes into a fearsome glare, "You immediately put someone on a death sentence without a chance to redeem themselves? What happened to the right of having an ordeal ceremony?"

The spear solider glared back, "We no longer give that right anymore."

The bulky guard spoke again with deep distaste, "We don't trust humans and their words ever again!"

Shadow was slightly surprised at their responses, 'No ordeal ceremony…did something happened here to make the Gravekeepers abandoned that rule?'

"Stand down!" A strong voice gave a command. All the Gravekeepers recognized that voice as the one they must obeyed. But something was clearly wrong; they didn't obey that command as they still pointed their spears toward the intruder. Shadow could see hesitance in some Gravekeepers as they were torn between two duties. He then looked up toward the new owner and saw another dark skinned man with trimmed beard but his clothes were different from the rest. The newcomer had a black hood and a white silk cloak with golden lines and black-colored edges over his purple shirt and green pants.

Familiar with Duel monsters, Shadow knew that this man was the leader, the Gravekeeper's Chief. The chief clenched his fist in rage over his people's insubordinate, "You won't listen to my command?" He unclenched his fist and held it forward, "I said stand down!" The Gravekeepers finally obeyed their leader's orders and withheld their spears back away from Shadow, "Did you not see who you pointed your spears to? You dared raise your weapons against the legendary Millennium priest?"

The guards were shocked to hear that the intruder was one of the legendary guardians that summoned many of their denizens in the sacred game. They quickly kneeled on their knee and bowed their head in respect and shame. They were ashamed that they failed to recognize the human as the sacred priest. Shadow stared at the Gravekeeper's Chief as he was stunned that this leader had recognized his power as the Millennium Priest, "So you knew who I am without my Millennium Item?"

The chief bowed too in respect, "My lord, even if you change your form many times, we can still sense the power of the Millennium Item within your soul no matter how small it is." He bowed deeper, "Allow me to apologize for my people's behaviors as they failed to recognize your power."

Shadow closed his eyes as he didn't mind what they did, "I had no reason to hold grudges for ones who are only doing their duties."

"Thank you, my lord." The chief stood up and asked, "May I ask, what bring you here from your world?"

"You could say it was an accident," Shadow replied and then looked upward toward the three suns, "or…it could be guidance of fate that brought me here."

"Guidance of fate?" The chief questioned.

Shadow averted his eyes away from the suns to the chief, "A strange event occurred in my world and it could have something to do with the Dark Items."

The chief's eyes increased in shock as Shadow mentioned the Dark Items. The chief's eyes then wavered in guilt as he looked down in shame, "I would not be surprised that the strange event in your realm would have something to do with the Dark Items."

Shadow narrowed his eyes as he listened closely.

The chief looked up to Shadow, "It shamed me to tell you…that the Dark Items were stolen."

"Stolen?" Shadow was surprised to hear it and he demanded an explanation, "Tell me the details."

Deep inside the pyramid, the Gravekeeper's chief was guiding Shadow down the stone stairs as he was leading the priest deeper into the tomb. As they walked downward, the chief told his story, "It only happened few moons ago when suddenly, many humans dressed in strange white and blue cloak jacket from your world arrived in the tomb before you, my lord. They had no special powers and they claimed their teacher was involved but there were no signs of that so-called teacher in the tomb."

Shadow was surprised to hear that. It was impossible for a mere human to travel to another world in another dimension unless this teacher had incredible power to send the students here. He asked, "Did they mention where they were from?"

"They said from Duel Academia, a special school from duelists," The chief answered and continued, "When they arrived out of nowhere, they seemed lost and confused as they were mere children without a mother but we, Gravekeepers, must follow the rules of the Royal Tomb."

Shadow asked again, "So you gave them a chance to partake the Ordeal Ceremony?"

The chief nodded, "That is our honorable rule. We allow them a chance to be free from our death sentence."

Shadow countered, "Your people said they no longer have that rule."

The chief swayed his head, "My people were angry at themselves for not protecting the sacred items that you Millennium priests had entrusted to us. Ever since the Dark Items were taken away, my people showed no mercy to intruders anymore and buried them alive in the sarcophagi. I don't blame them for I am furious at myself too. We had let our guard down with the rule of Ordeal Ceremony and we suddenly lost the ones we were supposed to guard for countless moons."

Shadow asked, "I take it that the missing Dark Items have something to do with the case of the humans from Duel Academia."

The chief nodded slowly as they reached the bottom of the stairs. They stood in front of a large stone door. He replied, "One by one, the humans lost the ordeal ceremony with me until the last one."

Shadow repeated, "The last one?"

The chief opened the stone door to reveal a large room filled with grand treasures of gold and jewelry and magnificent statues that stood all the way from the floor to the ceiling. The room was brightly lit by torches that were perched on the walls. Although all those treasures were quite sight, there was something else that stood out more than the treasures. There were many small column pedestals made of pure gold. Each pedestals held an Egyptian treasure box that were opened, revealing red satin layer and empty spaces. Shadow could immediately tell that these boxes must have held the Dark Items.

"Sara!" The chief called out someone's name and right on cue, suddenly, someone jumped in from above and landed near the chief. It was a woman with the same colored skin as her fellow Gravekeepers. She also wore the black Gravekeeper's cloak that covered her entire body with her hood down, revealing her dark medium length hair tied up in a ponytail. She also wore an interesting golden headband with golden claws on the sides and green oval-shaped earrings. The chief motioned his hand toward Sara, "This is Sara, the Gravekeeper's Assailant…she will give you the details about the last human who faced me."

Sara bowed respectfully, "It's a great honor to meet you, Millennium Priest."

Shadow glanced at her, his solemn eyes urging her to speak, "So what happened here?"

Sara looked up and began to tell her story.

It was only couple of months ago that all of the sudden, there was a bright shining flash in front of the royal tomb. It was a strange sight but what happened afterward was even stranger. Out of thin air, there were group of young men and women lying on the floor unconscious, all of them dressed in white and blue uniforms. When the Gravekeepers saw them, their first immediate thought of the newcomers was that they were intruders and they should be detained right away. It was a rule that they must followed.

Another rule that the Gravekeepers followed is that they gave the intruders a chance to take an ordeal ceremony to win their freedom or get a harsher death sentence.

Sara was walking down the hallway, holding a tray filled with plates of simple foods. She then heard screams coming from the outside the tomb. It was the screams of a duelist in extreme pain from the ordeal ceremony commencing outside. Sara, being an assassin, couldn't help but scoffed. The humans claimed had claimed to be duelists, the very top, they said because they are "Obelisk Blue." But when they undergoes the ordeal ceremony with the Gravekeeper's Chief, it seemed like they never been in pain before. How could they be duelists if they never suffered damages from a fight? She continued strolling down the hallway as she ignored more screams and random explosions coming from outside.

At the end of a hallway, Sara arrived at prison guarded by the Gravekeeper's Guards. She greeted them as they allowed her to enter the prison. Sara walked further in to see the Obelisk Blue students in various positions of despair. One student was clenching his head as he kept telling himself that this was all a dream. Another student just wailed as he already gave up and claimed they were all going to die. It was a saddening sight but Sara couldn't help but notice a certain young man.

This particular young man was incredibly handsome with long smooth brown hair that reached beyond his neck. He was sitting on the ground, hugging his knees with his face downward. Sara noticed that he was different from the others. She noticed that this young man wasn't looking down out of despair but of guilt as he did a horrible crime.

Sara placed the tray down on the ground. She looked at the brown haired man again, 'I wonder what he did that made him look like that?' She then walked away. The spear soldiers walked past her and tossed a wounded student to the floor. Sara looked back, 'Another one who failed the ordeal ceremony. At this rate, if no one can beat the chief, I have to carve their livers out soon.'

Sara closed her eyes as she still told her story to Shadow, "For days, I continued serving the prisoners their food. It was the same routine and nothing has changed…until…" She opened her eyes, "That man spoke to me."

"Hey, what's your name?" He asked.

Sara was slightly surprised to hear his voice. She looked up from the tray she set down to see the young man staring at her. She didn't expect him to talk to her since students wouldn't want to talk to the one who would execute them.

The young man gave a small smile, "Oh sorry, I should introduce myself first. I'm Tenjoin Fubuki. Can you tell me yours?"

"…Sara…" The female assassin answered.

"Sara?" Fubuki repeated her name. He smiled gently, "That's a cute name. It's fitting for a beautiful woman like you."

Sara suddenly blushed. She never received compliment before, so it was her first time hearing such thing. She stuttered, "D-d-don't think that by flattering me, I would help you get out."

Fubuki blinked in slight confusion. He chuckled softly, "That wasn't my intention. I just wanted to talk to you."

Sara was silent for a moment. She couldn't help but asked, "Why?"

"I couldn't help but be curious about you." Fubuki answered, "After all you have been staring at me for awhile."

Sara was stunned, "You knew?" She didn't expect him to notice her because his face was always on his knees.

"Yeah…" Fubuki chuckled nervously, "I don't mean to be arrogant but I do know when a girl admires me. It's all part of my irresistible charm."

Sara looked at him as she couldn't tell that he was joking or being arrogant about his looks. She scoffed as she looked away, "I wasn't admiring you." She began to walk away.

"Then…why were you staring at me?" Fubuki asked.

Sara stopped walking. She looked back at him, "I was just wondering why you looked so guilty."

Fubuki's eyes widened in surprise and then wavered. He smiled sadly, "Heh, you noticed that, huh?" He looked at Sara with gentle eyes, "You were concerned about me, weren't you? Thank you."

Sara felt blood rushing to her cheeks as Fubuki's beautiful eyes gazed on her. She also felt embarrassed because no one ever thanked her. Who would want to thank a killer? She looked away coldly, "Who said I'm concerned for you? You're just an intruder."

Fubuki laughed out loud.

Sara looked at him strangely and frowned, "You laughed at me?"

Fubuki rubbed his eyes and apologized, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to laugh…it's just that…just now your behavior reminded me so much of my precious sister." He smiled, "How she tended not to be honest with her feelings."

Sara didn't answer. All she could do was just stared at this certain man.

Shadow was standing inside the prison. Sara had led him here while telling her story about Fubuki. The priest turned his head toward her, "What happened next?"

Sara looked down as she was unsure of herself. She then spoke, "I should be ashamed of myself. I associated with an intruder but I couldn't help myself…every chance I get to see him, I talked with him and he would tell me wonderful stories about his world, his school, and his family. I craved to know more about this man…how silly of me…I'm an assassin yet I grew fond of him…but…it was then till that fateful duel, the man suddenly changed before my eyes."

At top of the pyramid, there was a large rectangular pit where the tombs were buried and stood as the dueling grounds for the ordeal ceremony. At top of the large pit were two thick stone platforms on the opposite sides facing each other. Standing on one platform was Fubuki and standing on the other platform was the Gravekeeper's Chief.

The chief wore a dark gray duel disks with golden stripes spiraled around like a shell. He smirked as he was fresh and confident from all his victories against the so-called top Obelisk Blue Duelists, "You're the last one, boy. If you lose to me, you and all of your friends will have be buried here as mummies."

Fubuki narrowed his eyes into a serious glare, "If I win, then you'll let us all go. Is that right?"

The chief nodded, "That's right but so far, no one had won against me or handled the pains of the dark duel."

"The dark duel?" Fubuki asked and then he remembered all those injuries that his fellow classmates suffered. He clenched his fist and declared, "Bring it then. I'll take on the dark duel or whatever you called it because I swore on my title, the Blizzard Prince, that I will free everyone."

The chief chuckled as he was impressed, "You talked big for a mere human. Let's see if your resolve can last you through the dark duel."

Sara suddenly appeared behind the chief on her knee, "Osa."

The chief looked back, "What is it? I told anyone not to interfere with ordeal ceremony."

Sara bowed, "I know, osa. I had no desire of interfering. I just wish…to witness the ceremony if you allow me."

"You wish to witness the ceremony?" The chief stared down at Sara. He knew the assassin for a long time and never before, she made such a strange request. But for awhile, he had heard from the others that Sara had been spending time with this duelist he was facing. He questioned, "You wish to watch in hopes that he would win against me, do you?"

Sara suddenly looked up to the chief in surprise, "N-no, I…"

"Abandon those foolish feelings!" The chief ordered, "You're the Gravekeeper's Assailant. You took many lives without mercy. You don't need such burdensome emotions. Watch this duel as I'll send this man you're fond of to his death. As you watch him lose, make sure that those feelings will go along with it!"

Sara couldn't answer back. She knew the chief was right. She was an assassin and an assassin did not need feelings. She looked down and confirmed, "Yes, I'll do that…osa…"

"Sara!" Fubuki yelled her name.

Sara immediately looked up toward the other side where Fubuki was standing.

"Thanks for your concern but don't worry about me." Fubuki suddenly pointed upward, "What did your eyes see?"

Sara blinked, "The sky?"

The chief blinked too in confusion, "The heavens (ten)?"

Fubuki suddenly turned around while shaking his hips. He turned back and gave a thumb up with a bright handsome smile, "Join!"

Author's note: Those who didn't watch the sub. Fubuki asked the characters what did they see upward? One of them said heaven which is "Ten" In Japanese. So Fubuki responded with his um…weird pose…and finished it with "Join!" Which put together is Tenjoin which was his surname.

There was a long eerie silence as the winds blew heavily and the crickets were chirping.

Fubuki had a tiny sweat droplet on his forehead and he chuckled nervously as he scratched his cheek, "Um…not good?"

The chief just stared at Fubuki as he couldn't believe that he did something so embarrassing and stupid. He clenched his fist, "Are you trying to humiliate the chief of the Gravekeepers?" He glared with angry aura around him.

Fubuki had a bigger sweat droplet as he whimpered from the chief's anger. He laughed nervously again, "I guess that didn't work so well here as my world." He activated his Duel Academy duel disk, "Duel!"

The chief's duel disk magically created an arm blade attached to it. He then announced, "Open Ceremony! I'll take the first turn. Draw!" He drew the sixth card and grabbed one card from his Hand, "I place one monster face down in defense mode." A horizontal card appeared face down on the monster Field, "Turn end."

"Draw!" Fubuki drew his card and noticed he drew a strong attacker card, 'Now it's not the time to use it…luckily, I have this card.' He chose one card and placed it horizontally face-down, "I also place one monster face down in defense mode and I will set two cards face down," A monster card appeared face-down in front of Fubuki along with two face down cards behind the monster card, "Turn end."

The chief smirked, "Decided not to take the offensive? Whatever happened to all that courage you possessed awhile ago?"

Fubuki chuckled, "It's still not lost if that's what you're worried about but I should be spending more time worrying about myself."

The chief scoffed, "Cocky boy. Draw!" The older man drew his card, "I flip-summon Gravekeeper's Spy!" [M1 (4/1200/2000)] The face-down card disappeared as a dark-skinned woman materialized to the field. She was dressed in her traditional dark colored Gravekeeper's cloak with green lines. She wore black turban over her medium dark hair tied into a thin ponytail, "Due to her reverse effect, I can special summon another Gravekeeper's monster with 1500 ATK or lower from my deck. I special summon Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier [M2 (4/1500/1000)] in Attack Mode!" The spy put fingers in her mouth and whistled for help. Immediately, another warrior with a spear was summoned to the field. It was a man in his Gravekeeper's cloak over purple shirt and skirt. The chief grabbed one card from his Hand and placed it vertically on the monster slot, "Finally, I summon Gravekeeper's Priestess!" [M3 (3/1000/1500)] A bright light gathered on the field and formed a beautiful woman. Instead of being dressed in dark cloak like other Gravekeepers, she stood out in her pure white priestess robe with golden metallic belt and collar over her gray-scaled sleeveless shirt held by red triangular jewel necklace around her neck. She also wore a long white headdress with the head decoration of Wdjat's eye and golden flaps on the side. She had long hair tied into braids with golden hair ends and wielded a long golden staff with a cobra's head on top of it.

Fubuki whistled as he smiled, "That's quite a beautiful lass you have there." The Priestess had a slight blush on her cheeks as she looked away.

"Ahem…" The chief cleared his throat, "would you mind refraining yourself from fraternizing with our opposite gender?"

Fubuki chuckled again as he rubbed the back of his head, "I couldn't help it, it's in my nature…heh. Heh. Heh…EEEEEH!" He suddenly freaked out when he saw Sara's intensified glare directly at Fubuki.

"Hmph." Sara closed her eyes and turned her head away.

Fubuki had a sweat droplet on the side of his head, "I guess I did something wrong?"

"We're in the middle of the duel and it's still my turn!" The chief declared, "When Gravekeeper's Priestess is on the Field, the entire field counted as Necrovalley!" The priestess chanted as she held her golden staff vertically above her. The blue eyes of the cobra's head suddenly flashed brightly and the entire stage was replaced by tall dark stone canyons with strange scary formations and arches above them. The duelists' planks were replaced by tall stone towers with flat plateaus.

Fubuki looked around as he astounded, "A monster with an effect of Field card?" He narrowed his eyes, "You don't really see that sort of effect except with Maiden of Aqua."

The chief smirked, "Because Necrovalley is on the Field, all my Gravekeeper's monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF!"

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1200/2000 + 500/500 = 1700/2500

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1500/1000 + 500/500 = 2000/1500

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1000/1500 + 500/500 = 1500/2000

The chief continued explaining, "Also, Necrovalley prevents the cards in our Graveyard from being removed. Monsters, Spells, and Traps won't affect cards in the Graveyard too."

Fubuki smirked nervously, "So revival cards won't work, huh? She's a pretty scary gal."

The chief chuckled, "And she can still do much more. She can give all Gravekeeper's monster a 200 ATK and DEF increase!" The priestess twirled her staff as she chanted a different spell. She held the staff in position as her comrades and she were basked in blue light.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1700/2500 + 200/200 = 1900/2700

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 2000/1500 + 200/200 = 2200/1700

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1500/2000 + 200/200 = 1700/2200

Fubuki cringed, "Ehhh, that's a really scary card there." The priestess smiled with confidence.

The chief spoke arrogantly, "You made a foolish mistake, human. You think you can defend your life with your defense monster?" He looked at his Spear Soldier, "That won't work with him. When Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier attack a monster in DEF and his ATK is higher than the monster's DEF, I can still do damage!"

Fubuki looked nervous, "That doesn't look good."

"With damage conducted by Spear Soldier and two direct attacks by other Gravekeeper's, it's the end for you!" The chief ordered, "Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier, Instant Slice Defeat!" The spear soldier dashed forward and pierced Fubuki's facedown card with a sharp thrust, "Now you'll receive damage!" The leader's eyes widened in shock as Fubuki's Life Points have not decreased, "What? What happened here?"

The face-down card revealed to be a small snow white partridge with black legs. It had violet circles around its eyes and wore a beautiful ice blue helmet with snowflake symbol on it. Wrapped around one of its legs was a neatly tied white ribbon with golden edges. Fubuki smiled, "You attacked Snow Partridge of Yalda! [M4 (2/500/300)] Any battle damage involved with this card is zero." The spear soldier's spear pierced the ground while the partridge just glanced around carelessly as it was ignoring the threat in front of it, "And that's not all it did. When my Snow Partridge is destroyed as result of battle, I can activate a special field card from my deck."

The chief's eyes widened in shock when he heard that, "That means…"

Fubuki nodded, "Say goodbye to Necrovalley!" The partridge flapped its wings and soared into the sky with its ribbon dangling in the wind. When the partridge disappeared, snow started falling, "And hello to a winter wonderland, Frozen Tundra!" [S1] Fubuki grabbed the card from the deck and inserted the card into the Field slot of his duel disk. Suddenly, the field rumbled as the stone canyons shattered away with chunks of rocks vanishing as they reached the bottom. Eventually, the entire canyon was replaced by a scenic field of white snow blowing strongly in the wind. Surrounding the field were thick forest completely covered in snow. Fubuki shuddered slightly as he hugged himself, "Brrrr…cold!" He breathed warm air into his hands, 'I didn't expect the weather to be so real…is this supposed to be the Shadow game?'

The chief held his arm above his head to endure the cold winds, "What? What is this field?"

Fubuki answered, "I'll get to that in a moment. But first, your Gravekeepers lost their 500 stat boosts!"

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1900/2700 – 500/500 = 1400/2200

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 2200/1700 – 500/500 = 1700/1200

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1700/2200 – 500/500 = 1200/1700

The leader countered, "Even so, you're still open for direct attacks!"

Fubuki retorted, "Not unless I activate this face-down card, Winter's Den!" [T1] His face-down card flipped up, revealing a picture of a dark burrow in the middle of snow ground and surrounded by various kinds of plants and rocks blanketed by snow. Inside the dark burrow were set of glowing eyes, "This card activates when my monster was destroyed as result of battle and I can special summon one Lv. 4 or lower Water Beast or Beast Warrior from my Hand or Deck. Since you sent my lovely partridge to the grave, I'll summon another cute creature, Lucky Snowshoe Rabbit!" [M5 (3/900/1000)] His trap card flashed as a cute white rabbit popped out of the card onto the Field. It was an adorable rabbit with black furred ears. It wore a small silver helmet around its head and a thick silver collared necklace with blue diamond, "I'll put this little guy in defense and also, when this trap card activates when Frozen Tundra on the Field, I can place 1 Snow Counter on each of your face-up monster." Immediately right after Fubuki's explanation, there was a strong blizzard that nearly blew the Gravekeepers away while the rabbit simply burrowed itself into the ground for protection. When the blizzard stopped, there was a small pile of snow gathered atop of each Gravekeepers who were shivering under the extreme cold weather. Fubuki grinned, "And now we activate Frozen Tundra's effect. For each Snow Counter, your monster loses 100 ATK."

"What?" The chief was surprised and he looked at his people as their strength dwindled under the cold.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1400/2200 – 100/0 = 1300/2200

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1700/1200 – 100/0 = 1600/1200

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1200/1700 – 100/0 = 1100/1700

Fubuki grinned more, "Also, during each of our Standby Phase and End Phase, the Field card add 1 more Snow Counter. That is the power of the extreme weather of tundra."

The chief gritted his teeth, "I'm starting to see why you're called the Blizzard Prince."

Fubuki smiled, "Why, thank you."

"But I'll still continue with my attack!" The chief gave orders, "Gravekeeper's Priestess! Attack that creature with Divine Punishment!" The priestess chanted quickly as she held her rod toward the rabbit. The cobra's eyes flashed as it shot out blue lightning bolts that shocked the poor furry rabbit into bits.

Fubuki quickly countered, "When Lucky Snowshoe Rabbit is destroyed as result of battle, I can special summon 2 more Lucky Snowshoe Rabbits!" Two adorable rabbits hopped to the Field and crouched in defensive positions.

"Then, I'll destroy another one!" The old man continued his assault, "Gravekeeper's Spy! Destroy that rabbit with Throwing Knives!" The female spy suddenly took out hidden knives under her cloak and held them between her fingers. She then tossed them expertly at the rabbit, skewering the creature into bits, "I set two cards face down," Two cards appeared on the Field, "Turn end!" As soon as the chief ended his turn, there was another blizzard. The lone rabbit quickly burrowed underground and the Gravekeepers moaned as they braced against the raging snowstorm. The storm was over and there were more snow piling on the Gravekeepers and they were struggling to hold themselves up.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1300/2200 – 100/0 = 1200/2200

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1600/1200 – 100/0 = 1500/1200

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1100/1700 – 100/0 = 1000/1700

The chief noticed Fubuki's third rabbit's strength didn't decrease and asked, "Why is your monster unaffected by your Field card?"

Fubuki explained, "About that, Frozen Tundra puts Snow Counter on all monsters except WATER Beast, Beast-Warrior, and Winged Beast."

The chief just scowled in response.

Fubuki declared, "Now that you end your turn, my Lucky Snowshoe Rabbit's effect activates! At the End phase of the turn that the rabbit was destroyed in battle, I gain 200 Life Points for each Snow Counters on the Field. So there's six Snow Counters, I gain 1200 Life Points. Also, I have another Lucky Snowshoe Rabbit in the Graveyard, so…" Fubuki held up two fingers, "That's 1200 Life Points times two!"

Fubuki: 4000 + 2400 = 6400. Gravekeeper's Chief: 4000.

The Blizzard Prince pressed his second S/T button, "I also activate my other face-down card, Winterfeast!" [T2] His second face-down card had picture of a bright white sky with snowflakes falling. Among the snowflakes were round blue furry creatures with round eyes and little antennae, "During my standby phase, as long as I have Frozen Tundra on field, I can special summon one Snowfluff Token in attack mode but unfortunately, I can't use those token for tribute-summoning."

"Then what's the point of having them?" The chief demanded.

Fubuki just grinned, "You'll see. Draw!" He drew his card and right on cue, there was another blizzard blowing and more snow piling on the shivering Gravekeepers.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1200/2200 – 100/0 = 1100/2200

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1500/1200 – 100/0 = 1400/1200

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1000/1700 – 100/0 = 900/1700

Right after the blizzard, a small round furry creature popped out of the snow. [Snowfluff Token/Beast/1/500/500] The duelist grabbed one card from his Hand and placed it face up on the monster slot, "I summon Snow Panther Warrior!" [M6 (4/2300/1700)] A humanoid panther with ice blue colored fur came into existence. It wore a midnight blue chest plate with silver edges and blue decorative orbs. It also wore a lion cloth of the same colors and a snow white cape on its back. It wielded a saber with silver handle decorated with blue gems and a midnight blue shield with silver edges and blue gems too.

The chief was stunned by the monster's strength, "A Lv. 4 monster with 2300 ATK?"

"That's right," Fubuki grinned, "This is the snow version of Panther Warrior and just like Panther Warrior, it needs a tribute to attack."

"A tribute?" The chief realized, "That token!"

"Correct!" Fubuki gestured at his Snowfluff token, "I sacrifice this token," The snowball made a soft squealing sound as it vanished. Fubuki gestured at his Panther Warrior, "to allow Snow Panther Warrior to attack Gravekeeper's Priestess! Blizzard Slash!" His ice-blue furred panther warrior pounced toward the priestess with his saber held high. The priestess gasped as she tried to hold the rod up in defense but the snow on her were too heavy. The panther warrior brought his saber down in a clean slash that sliced the rod and the headdress in half. The priestess screamed as she dissolved.

Fubuki: 6400. Gravekeeper's Chief: 4000 – 1400 = 2600.

Fubuki smirked with pride in himself, "Since I destroyed Gravekeeper's Priestess. Your monsters lose their power increase."

Gravekeeper's Spy: 1100/2200 – 200/200 = 900/2000

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1400/1200 – 200/200 = 1200/1000

The duelist finished, "Turn end." Another blizzard came storming in and piled more snow on the remaining Gravekeepers who were nearly buried in snow. In Fubuki's side, the rabbit retreated underground while the snow panther merely braced the blizzard with its shield.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 900/2000 – 100/0 = 800/2000

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1200/1000 – 100/0 = 1100/1000

Sara couldn't help but be amazed as she watched this entire time. Her leader had not harm a single hair on this young man. Instead, the young duelist managed to counter the chief's swarm with his own deadly combos. Sara thought to herself, 'Maybe…this man had chance of winning after all…'

The chief could only scowl as he watched his comrades getting weakened by the weather, "Draw!" He drew his card and already, another blizzard came on its way, showing how extreme the weather is in the tundra.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 800/2000 – 100/0 = 700/2000

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1100/1000 = 1000/1000

The chief knew his people could not stand against the Panther warrior, in fact, not even a rabbit, "I put both of them in defense positions." Both spy and spear soldier kneeled on their knee and braced themselves, "I also set one monster face down!" A horizontal card appeared next to the Gravekeepers, "Turn end!" Cold gales blew across the field, weakening the Gravekeepers even more.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 700/2000 – 100/0 = 600/2000

Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier: 1000/1000 – 100/0 = 900/1000

"Going on the defensive now? Whatever happened to your confidence?" Fubuki joked.

The chief narrowed his eyes, "Hmph, this duel is not over yet."

Fubuki glanced at the chief's trap cards, 'He hasn't activate them yet…but I won't hesitate…I'll get us all out of here and back to Duel Academy…and then…I'll find him!' He grabbed the top card, "Draw!" More cold winds gathered on the field, putting more snow on the Gravekeepers. At the same time, a Snowfluff Token popped out to the field.

Gravekeeper's Spy: 600/2000 – 100/0 = 500/2000

Gravekeeper's Spear Solider: 900/1000 – 100/0 = 800/1000

Fubuki switched his horizontal card vertically, "I switch Lucky Snowshoe Rabbit into Attack Mode," The white rabbit went into its normal position, "I then summon Snow Leopard Warrior!" [M7 (4/1800/1500)] A light gray-furred spotted leopard warrior jumped to the field. It was nearly tall as Snow Panther Warrior and thinner with its average build. It wore a black-colored breastplate with teal lines. It also wore a sole shoulder pad and lion cloth with the same colors as its armor, "Lucky Snowshow Rabbit! Attack the spy with Snow Roller!"

The chief argued, "You attack a monster with higher DEF?"

Fubuki announced, "Frozen Tundra has a second effect! When my monster attacks a monster with Snow Counter, I can change that monster's position!"

"What!" The chief shouted. The spy was forced to stand up from her defensive position. The snow rabbit leaped high into the sky and suddenly spun itself rapidly into a ball that slammed the female spy to the snow, smashing her into smithereens.

Fubuki: 6400. Gravekeeper's Chief: 2600 – 400 = 2200.

Fubuki ordered again, "I tribute my Snowfluff Token to allow my Snow Panther Warrior to attack the spear soldier! Blizzard Slash!" The panther warrior roared out loud as he pounced toward his target. The spear soldier groaned as he was forced into offensive pose. The spear soldier could only give a weak thrust toward the beast warrior but his spear was sliced in half along with his body from the panther's deadly swipe.

Fubuki: 6400. Gravekeeper's Chief: 2200 – 1500 = 700.

"Finally, Snow Leopard Warrior! Attack that face-down card with White Razor Claw!" The leopard dashed across the field in incredible speed. It raised both of its claws and slashed the face-down card from right and left. The slashed card revealed the Gravekeeper's Guard, [M8 (4/1000/1900)] a bulky Gravekeeper, being sliced into pieces that shattered away.

The chief asked immediately, "What just happened here?" He couldn't believe that a monster with weaker ATK could destroy his monster with stronger DEF.

Fubuki explained, "My Snow Leopard Warrior has an effect that allows him to destroy any monster in defense mode and negates any flip effects." He smiled greatly as he had the advantage over his opponent, "Turn end." Finally, the blizzard stopped blowing as there were no monsters to weaken.

"Draw!" The chief drew his card and he glanced at it. He smirked, "I'll give some respect, boy. None of your comrades had never taken this much Life Points and still keep their without any harm. You're a very lucky boy because you have not feel the pain of a shadow game but your luck ends here now. I activate Gravekeeper's Commandant's [M9 (4/1600/1500)] effect!" A transparent form of a muscular man showed up behind the chief. He was dressed in his traditional Gravekeeper's cloak with blue lines over his golden chest armor. He also wore a blue belt over red leather lion cloth and beige skirt. He had an Anubis mask with blue and red flaps and blue scarf around his neck, "By discarding this card from my hand, I can add Necrovalley from my deck to my Hand!"

Fubuki's eyes widened as he knew what would happen next.

The commandant took out a golden staff as he used his magic to pull a certain card forward from the chief's deck. The chief grabbed it and looked back at the commandant, "Excellent work." The commandant nodded as he dissolved after completing his duty. The chief played the card he grabbed right away, "I then bring back the tomb where the Royal Family sleeps, the Necrovalley!" [S2] Stone walls immediately arose from the snowy fields, letting the snow and the pine trees fell off and disappeared. Soon, what was once a snowy landscape was now replaced by familiar canyons with frightening stone formations atop them, "Next, I play Graceful Charity! [S3] A common card that all of your friends used." A beautiful angel materialized behind the chief and allowed his duel disk to glow white, "I drew three cards and discard two!" He drew the top three and chose two to be sent to the Graveyard. The angel vanished afterward, "I now activate my trap card, Rite of Spirit!" [T3] His face-down card finally revealed itself with a picture of three Gravekeepers worshipping a cobra deity, "This trap card allows me to special summon one Gravekeeper from the Graveyard."

Fubuki retorted, "But Necrovalley negates any cards that affect the Graveyard."

The chief regained his smirk, "True but this trap card is unaffected by Necrovalley! I revive Gravekeeper's Curse!" [M10 (3/800/800)] His trap card vanished as a mid-aged man appeared with his Gravekeeper's cloak decorated with purple lines. He wore red shirt with golden belt over his black robe. He also had dreadlocks around his head and golden jewelry dangling around his neck. He wielded a yellow and blue striped cane.

Fubuki narrowed his eyes, 'When did he have Gravekeeper's Curse in the Graveyard?...Unless he discarded it with Graceful Charity!'

The chief continued, "When Gravekeeper's Curse is special summoned, I can cause 500 damage to you. Weakening Spell!" The sorcerer chanted as he held his cane in front of him.

Fubuki winced as green light consumed his body. He groaned as his mind was heavily assaulted. He panted after the spell was over, 'Is…this the shadow game? This…is the pain that everyone felt…'

Fubuki: 6400 – 500 = 5900. Gravekeeper's Chief: 700.

The chief chuckled, "I'm not done yet, boy. This is just the beginning. I sacrifice Gravekeeper's Curse to summon myself!" [M11 (5/1900/1200)] The sorcerer dissolved into golden light as the chief was consumed by the same golden light. He then reappeared on the Field, facing his opponent closer than before.

Sara's eyes widened, 'I never seen Osa head into battle himself in such a long time…and when he does…he's completely sure to win!'

The chief laughed, "I have to say it again, boy. I'm impressed with your dueling skills. None of your friends had ever faced me directly on the Field until now. You should be greatly honored."

Fubuki frowned, "I'll feel honored when everyone and I'm still alive."

The chief smirked, "Sadly, this is the end of the line for you. My effect activates when I'm summoned with a tribute. I can special summon a fellow Gravekeeper from my Graveyard. I special summon Gravekeeper's Descendant!" [M12 (4/1500/1200)] A young blonde dark-skinned man was summoned. He stood up from other Gravekeepers with his custom dark jacket with white edges over his black shirt with golden edges and red, green, and blue collar. He wore a blue belt with golden wings imprint over a golden loincloth and black robe skirt with white lines. He wore a black headband and held the same golden rod as the commandant and priestess, "Also as long as I'm here, the Necrovalley does not affect my Graveyard. I then activate my last face-down card, Wrath of the Royal Family!" [T4] His last face-down card contained a picture of the Sphinx atop of the royal tomb was set ablaze. In front of the burning tomb was the Gravekeeper's Chief in his burned clothes shouting his last orders to random Gravekeepers that were charging in their burned cloaks, "This card can only activates when I'm on the Field. I can special summon many Gravekeepers as I want from my Graveyard!"

"What!" Fubuki didn't expect this powerful counterattack.

The chief explained, "There is a drawback, of course. At the end of my turn, the Gravekeepers that were special summoned and I will be destroyed but that's all we need! Come forth Gravekeeper's Curse!" A familiar sorcerer appeared again with his evil chuckle, "Gravekeeper's Priestess!" A woman dressed in white robe came out again with a gentle smile on her face, "and finally, Gravekeeper's Commandant!" A man with Anubis' mask jumped high and landed on the Field with grace. He stood up with his arms crossed while holding his staff, "Now, all five of us received 500 ATK and DEF boost from Necrovalley along with additional 200 ATK and DEF boost from the Priestess!"

Gravekeeper's Curse: 800/800 + 500/500 + 200/200 = 1500/1500

Gravekeeper's Descendant: 1500/1200 + 500/500 + 200/200 = 2200/1900

Gravekeeper's Chief: 1900/1200 + 500/500 + 200/200 = 2600/1900

Gravekeeper's Commandant: 1600/1500 + 500/500 + 200/200 = 2300/2200

Gravekeeper's Priestess: 1000/1500 + 500/500 + 200/200 = 1700/2200

There were five Gravekeepers on the Field all receiving spiritual support from the Necrovalley. Sara couldn't help but gasped as she admired this rare sight. Never before, she saw all five Gravekeepers united on the Field. Her admiration immediately changed to concern for Fubuki. She looked worriedly at Fubuki who was gritting his teeth as he knew the situation was bad.

The chief gestured to his sorcerer, "If you remember recently, when Gravekeeper's Curse was special summoned, I can inflict 500 damage. Weakening Spell!" The sorcerer chanted again as Fubuki was again covered in green light. The Obelisk Blue duelist screamed as the pain became unbearable for his mind.

Sara gasped as her eyes wavered with deep regrets. She wanted to save him but she couldn't refuse her chief's orders.

Fubuki: 5900 – 500 = 5400. Gravekeeper's Chief: 700.

The chief continued his attacks, "I'm aware of your rabbit's recovery effect. So I activate Gravekeeper's Descendant's effect! By sacrificing a Gravekeeper, I can destroy one of your cards. I sacrifice Gravekeeper's Curse to destroy your lucky rabbit! Spell of Elimination!" The blonde sorcerer pointed his golden staff toward the older sorcerer. He chanted a quick spell as the sorcerer dissolved into energy that was absorbed into the staff. He then aimed his staff toward the rabbit and fired a white lightning that shocked the rabbit into nothingness, "Now, I'll begin the assault! I'll start first by destroy Snow Panther Warrior! The Royal Family's Judgment!" He stretched his palm toward the panther warrior and obliterated him with red bolts.

Fubuki: 5400 – 300 = 5100. Gravekeeper's Chief: 700.

"Gravekeeper's Commandant! Destroy Snow Leopard Warrior with Anubis's Golden Fang!" The commandant soared across the pits of the Necrovalley. He suddenly swung his staff like a sword and sliced the Snow Leopard Warrior in half. The beast warrior's remains shattered away.

Fubuki: 5100 – 500 = 4600. Gravekeeper's Chief: 700.

"Gravekeeper's Descendant! Gravekeeper's Priestess! Attack him directly! Ancestor's Rage! Divine Punishment!" Both spellcasters aimed their cobra staffs toward Fubuki. One cobra's eyes glowed black and the other one glowed blue. Both of them fired black and blue lightning bolts that struck Fubuki and shocked him greatly. Fubuki screamed out loud as his body was shocked all over the place. Sara immediately looked away with her eyes closed as she couldn't bear to watch him suffer. She bit her lips as it pained her to hear him screaming. The screaming finally stopped and Sara quickly looked at Fubuki. He was barely standing and his uniform was giving away smoke from the aftershock.

Fubuki: 4600 – 3900 = 700. Gravekeeper's Chief: 700.

The chief still continued his actions, "Our life points are now equal, boy, but not for long…" He played a card from his hand, "I play Blessings of the Royal Family!" [S4] His magic card was revealed with a picture of the gravekeepers bowing in front of the Sphinx atop the royal tomb. The sphinx was glowing bright golden as it was radiating a warm glow that blessed its faithful guards, "Since we're going to our graves, I might as well put our lives into better use. This card can only activate when Necrovally is on the Field. I can send as many as Gravekeepers I want to the Graveyard and for each one I send, I gain 1000 Lifepoints. I'll send myself, Gravekeeper's Priestess, and Gravekeeper's Commandant. Gravekeeper's Descendant will be spared because he was not special summoned by the Wrath of the Royal Family." The priestess disappeared into the golden light and the commandant was next. Finally, the chief was swallowed by the golden light. It didn't take long for him to reappear on the stone platform.

Fubuki: 700. Gravekeeper's Chief: 700 + 3000 = 3700.

"If you didn't have extra life points, those attacks would have killed you, so you have the luck of the devil, boy," The chief pointed out, "Turn end."

Fubuki didn't move as he remained barely standing.

"Boy?" The chief asked.

Fubuki finally made a movement as he started to fell forward.

"Fubuki!" Sara cried.

Fubuki collapsed on the stone platform with a slight tumble. His eyes were nearly dimmed as he couldn't handle the shadow game anymore. He couldn't survive all those pains. No wonder, the other Obelisk Blue duelists lost before him. His eyes shook slightly as he was losing faith in himself. He could never return to Duel Academia. He could never see his friends and his beloved sister again. He didn't want to duel anymore. He couldn't handle anymore pain. His eyes nearly closed until he noticed a small object lying on the ground. He opened his eyes slowly to see a small black mask with red orb. His eyes suddenly widened in realization as he remembered that mask.

Back at the Duel Academia, there was an old Obelisk Blue dorms. Under that dorm was an abandoned underground cavern. Fubuki was running down the hallway until he reached the end and arrived at a circular cave filled with ritual patterns on it. He then gasped at what he seen.

Standing in the middle of the ritual circle was a tall Obelisk Blue student with long dirty blonde hair. He was wearing a black mask with green eye covers and red orb in the center. The blonde chuckled, "I've finally found it! The ultimate power," He looked toward Fubuki, "Darkness!"

Fubuki's eyes shook with concern.

Fubuki smiled triumphantly, "Fubuki, I've found it…The power which no one was able to find. The power far beyond the world of darkness."

Fubuki narrowed his eyes. He clenched his fists and yelled, "Stop! If your research is true, to obtain that power…!"

The blonde retorted, "I must sacrifice my soul. But, I don't mind. I want the strength, the power far beyond anyone!" His left arm was dripping blood.

Fubuki questioned, "What are you doing?"

"The power of eternal life!" The blonde stated.

Fubuki shouted, "Stopppp!"

But it was too late. The blonde opened his left hand, letting the blood dripped from the tip of his fingers. A single blood dropped into the ritual circle and immediately grew into a dark aura that surrounded the blonde whole.

Fubuki braced the dark aura but he couldn't save himself or his friend. Before he even knew it, he was inside a dark red dimension, 'Where is this?' The same mask that the blonde wore floated in front of him. He then saw the tall blonde standing in front of him.

'The entrance to darkness,' The blonde answered, 'Fubuki, I'm sorry for involving you. I'll become one with Darkness.' He had a sad smile on his face with dark veins throbbing on his chin and cheeks.

'Don't go, Fujiwara!' Fubuki called out his friend's name.

'I'll give you that.' Fujiwara pointed out the mask.

Fubuki grabbed the mask and then noticed his friend was drifting away from him.

'I no longer need it,' Fubuki floated backward as the darkness slowly covered his body, 'Farewell, Fubuki.'

"Fujiwara!" Fubuki yelled out his name, surprising the Gravekeepers.

The chief narrowed his eyes, "Hmm, he's still alive."

"Fubuki!" Sara exclaimed happily.

Fubuki slowly stood up on his knees. He panted heavily as it took all his strength just to barely get up. He cringed, "No…I can't die here…I still have things I want to do…someone I need to save…Fujiwara…" He slowly picked up the mask, "I'll use your gift."

The chief noticed the mask in Fubuki's hand, 'Where did that mask come from…and why am I sensing a disturbance coming from it…?'

Fubuki whispered, "Grant me the power…" He placed the mask on his face and suddenly, there was a huge burst of power. The chief and Sara were nearly blown away by the cold dark force emanating from Fubuki.

Sara couldn't believe her eyes, "Fubuki!" She thought he was a regular human, a normal human. She couldn't believe that he possessed such an evil dark power.

The chief too noticed the dark waves radiating from the Obelisk Blue duelist. The dark waves dissipated as Fubuki was now one with his newfound power. Instead of his school uniform, he wore a black trench coat over his dark clothes. The chief glared, "You fool, how can you sell yourself to the darkness?"

"The darkness?" Sara whispered.

Fubuki chuckled evilly, "You called me a fool? Why? Just because I accepted the darkness? If that makes me a fool, then would you be a bigger one?"

"What?" The chief was insulted.

Fubuki smirked, "You started the Shadow game with everyone and caused pains to countless lives. Aren't you the bigger fool for using such power for evilness?"

"You…" The chief glared and hissed.

Fubuki chuckled again, "There's nothing wrong with using the power of darkness or the shadow game. Oh, it seemed we're still in the middle of a duel. Let us finish it to see who is the victor of darkness. Draw!" He drew the top card and his permanent trap card, Winterfeast shattered into glasses since Frozen Tundra no longer existed, "This hand doesn't suit me now. I'll start anew by playing this card, Card Destruction!" [S5] His new card showed a blue-skinned hand tossing cards away, "I'm sure you're familiar with this spell but just in case, both of us discard our Hand and then draw cards equal to the number of cards we discarded." He discarded three Cards and drew three cards.

The chief discarded two and drew two cards. He glanced down at his new cards and chuckled, "You shouldn't have done that, boy. Now I have better cards than before."

"It's not boy." Fubuki countered.

"What?" The chief replied.

Fubuki retorted, "It's also not Fubuki. It's Darkness. I no longer need that weak mortal name."

Sara just watched in disbelief, 'What's going on? This is not the same man I talked to in prison…it's like watching a different person…'

The chief scoffed, "Look with your eyes, Sara. The man you cared for so much is now consumed by the power of Darkness. His duelist soul no longer existed!"

Sara's eyes shook in disbelief, "No…"

Fubuki, or now Darkness, chuckled, "I'm not dead yet, old man but you'll be soon as we're done with this pitiful Shadow game." He grabbed one card from his Hand, "I summon Masked Dragon [M13 (3/1400/1100)] in defense mode! Turn end." A large white-skinned dragon came into existence on the Field. It had red undercoat and two large wings with purple inner skin. It also had a long neck and even longer tail. It crouched on its four limbs and used it wings to defend itself.

The chief taunted, "You talked big for a boy who had far lower life points than mine and all you did is set up a defensive monster. And don't think that by changing your winter beasts to dragons will help you now."

Darkness chuckled. He then laughed evilly out loud as he found the situation funny. He smirked, "Silly old man, don't think the difference in our life force determine the victor already. Next turn…" He declared, "I will defeat you!"

The chief glared, "Insolent boy! I'll bury you here with your precious Darkness! Draw!" He drew his card, "If you think you can defeat me in your next turn, try defeating our strongest card!"

Sara blinked, 'Our strongest card? But osa is our strongest one but his card form is in the graveyard…what could be stronger than osa?'

The chief pointed to his blonde sorcerer, "I sacrifice Gravekeeper's Descendant to summon Gravekeeper's Visionary!" [M14 (8/2000/1800)] The blonde sorcerer disappeared as a stone chair arose in its place. The chair was shaped like a throne with claws on its armrest and red, green, and blue wings on its back. Suddenly, a powerful lightning bolt struck the chair with a blinding flash. In few seconds, the flash cleared and revealed a powerful man sitting on the chair with his hands resting atop of the golden cobra staff. His powerful body was adorned with royal clothes that were far grander and more colorful than the chief's special clothes. He also wore the mask of Anubis like the commandant but its mask was more lustrous with its blue color, golden ears, and teal and red flaps.

Sara gaped at remarkable sight. She had never seen such a powerful Gravekeeper in her entire life as assassin. She could feel his strong aura all the way from here.

Darkness looked confused.

The chief knew what Darkness was questioning, "You wonder how I summoned a Lv. 8 monster with one tribute. That is his magnificent effect. It can be normal summoned with one tribute as long as that tribute is a Gravekeeper! And don't underestimate his strength because he is much stronger than that! First, he gets his power from Necrovalley!" The visionary glowed as he was receiving energy from the royal tomb, "Then his true power activates! For each Gravekeeper in the Graveyard, he gets 200 ATK boost!"

Sara's eyes enlarged in shock. She knew herself that were eight Gravekeepers in the Graveyard.

The chief yelled, "Now, Gravekeeper's Visionary! Receive your power from your deceased comrades and avenge their souls!" Then, there were many glowing orbs that were rising from the depths of the canyons. They were the souls of the Gravekeepers that fought in the previous rounds. They slowly entered the Visionary's body, enhancing his strength even more.

Gravekeeper's Visionary: 2000/1800 + 500/500 + 1600/0 = 4100/2300

Sara's eyes quivered in fear and admiration as their fellow Gravekeeper had reached the strength of the Gods. But Darkness just stood there as he was unfazed by all this power.

The chief shouted, "Gravekeeper's Visonary! Destroy that Masked Dragon with the Royal Family's Grand Vision!" The visionary held his staff toward the dragon as he didn't even more from his chair. He only chanted one word and suddenly, a huge white bolt from Heaven struck the dragon. Its unadulterated power completely obliterated the dragon into mere dust instead of broken bits.

"Masked Dragon's effect activates!" Darkness announced, "When this dragon is sent to the Graveyard by battle, I can special summon a dragon with ATK 1500 or less from my deck. I special summon Red Eyes B. Chick!" [M15 (1/800/500)] A red egg with cracked lines all over it materialized on the field. The top part of the egg was pushed off as a small black dragon with red eyes was coming out. He gave a soft roar.

"What's this? You summoned a weak dragon and now you summoned a weaker dragon?" The chief taunted, "Has the darkness blinded your judgment?"

Darkness chuckled, "What about you? Has old age dulled your senses?"

"What?" The chief glared.

Darkness chuckled more, "I admit that I'm impressed with your visionary's strength but it's gonna be nothing compared to what will appear on my turn. And this little guy will help me here." The baby dragon mewed in response.

The chief gritted his teeth, "Still cocky?" He played another card, "I activate Gravekeeper's Stele!" [S6] His magic card revealed itself with a picture of the Gravekeeper's Descandant standing in front of a tall stone stele, "This card allows me to return two Gravekeepers from the Graveyard to my Hand." He selected two Gravekeepers from the Graveyard and at the same time, the visionary's strength decreased.

Gravekeeper's Visionary: 4100/2300 – 400/0 = 3700/2300

Darkness smirked, "Oh? Weakening your trump card?"

The chief explained, "Heh, the visionary actually has one more effect. When it is about to be destroyed, I can stop its destruction by discarding one Gravekeeper monster from my Hand. So even if you have a way, it won't work. Sure, I weakened the visionary but he still has the strength of the Gods! Turn end."

Darkness chuckled, "Interesting effect! But I said I will defeat you this turn and I will! Draw!" He drew the top card and played it right away, "I play Pot of Greed [S7] and draw two cards," He drew two more cards and smirked, "I activate Red Eye B. Chick's effect! By sending this chick to the Graveyard, I can special summon Red Eyes Black Dragon [M16 (7/2400/2000)] from my Hand!" His baby dragon exploded with smoke coming out of it. The smoke then cleared as it revealed a large famous black dragon with red eyes. It flapped its majestic wings and its skin shone like bright polished armor. It had small sharp spikes on its spine and many horns on its face. It was a dragon, fitting of darkness.

The chief taunted, "That dragon cannot defeat my visionary!"

Darkness countered, "This dragon cannot defeat your visionary but it can do a lot of damage to you. I play this card, Inferno Fire Blast! [S8] His magic card had a picture of Red Eyes Black Dragon using his attack, "In exchange for not attacking this turn, I can do direct damage to you equal to his original ATK strength. Red Eyes Black Dragon, Inferno Fire Blast!" The black dragon opened its mouth and gathered red flames into a sphere. It then shot that fireball toward the visionary. The Gravekeeper held his palm toward the fireball and shielded himself from it. As the fireball was deflected, the red flames scorched past the shield and swallowed the chief alive. The leader screamed as the dark red flames burned his entire body.

Darkness: 700. Gravekeeper's Chief: 3700 – 2400 = 1300.

The chief gasped as he held his chest as the pain was nearly unbearable. He suffered lot of attacks in his previous duels but never before he felt such scorching feeling of flames of darkness. He narrowed his eyes, "It's not enough to defeat me. The next turn, my Visionary will destroy your dragon."

Darkness laughed, "But you won't have your next time. I said I will defeat you and I will!" He took out another card, "Since my Red Eyes Black Dragon can't attack this turn, I'll just have to evolve him into his ultimate form!"

"His ultimate form?" The gravekeeper was surprised to hear that.

Darkness stretched his arm toward his black dragon, "By sacrificing Red Eyes Black Dragon, I can special summon..." His black dragon soared high into the sky and then dived toward the depths. As it dived insanely fast, he set himself ablaze. As he reached the depths, molten lava poured out below their stone platforms.

Sara quickly jumped out of the way before the lava splashes nearly touched her. The chief could only stare in surprise.

Suddenly, serpents of flames rose from the lava and gathered into a form of gigantic dragon. The flames dissipated and the lava disappeared, revealing a fearsome dark dragon. Its armor-like skin shone like the darkest night decorated with red stones that glow the color of the deepest red blood on its hips. Its arms were now replaced by six beautiful wings with the same blood red stones crowned at the very top. It was a perfect dragon of darkness. Fubuki spoke his creature's name, "Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"

The chief scowled as he was about to mention the same ATK strength as before.

Darkness continued, "Red Eyes Darkness Dragon is quite similar to your visionary. Your monster gets his strength from his deceased comrades. My dragon also gets his strength from other dragon in the grave. For each dragon in my Graveyard, the Red Eyes Darkness Dragon gains 300 ATK!" The dark dragon roared loudly as his ATK strength increased.

Red Eyes Darkness Dragon: 2400/2000 + 900/0 = 3300/2000

The chief spoke back, "It's still not enough to beat our mighty visionary!"

Darkness smirked evilly as he chuckled, "Old man, I still have one more card. Trust me…I win." He played the last card in his hand, "I play Dragon Heart!" [S9] His final magic card had a picture of a dark green dragon with white undercoat and yellow spikes. A heart was glowing outside its chest, "In exchange for not normal summoning this turn, I can send three dragon-type monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard to give one face-up Dragon type monster 1000 ATK until the end of my turn." He grabbed three cards from his deck and discarded them to the Graveyard. He smirked more, "And since there's three more dragons in the Graveyard, my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon gain additional 900 ATK points." The dark dragon roared louder than before as his ATK increased even higher.

Red Eyes Darkness Dragon: 3300/2000 + 1000 + 900 = 5200/2000

The leader's eyes wavered greatly at the might of the dark dragon's increasing power. He knew what would happen next. One attack would destroy his Visionary and not only that, but also wipe out the remaining of his Life Points.

Darkness yelled, "You say you have the strength of the Gods! Behold, I have the strength of the Devil!"

The chief's eyes widened even more in shock.

Sara suddenly heard rapid footsteps. Coming through the illusions of the royal tomb was a fragile man dressed in brown cloak. He also had brown turban and green scarf. Sara recognized him as Gravekeeper's Vassal. Sara immediately took out her dagger as she stopped the vassal, "Hold it! You dare interrupt the ordeal ceremony?"

The vassal was panting as he ran all the way here. His eyes showed sense of urgency, "Sara! Osa! We have intruders in the Royal Tomb!"

The chief suddenly looked at his vassal, "What do you say?"

Sara was stunned, "Intruders? But how?"

The vassal cried, "I don't know! But they're thieves who claimed themselves as the Dark Scorpions! Osa, they're after the Dark Items!"

The chief was shocked, "Impossible! How can a mere band of thieves know about the Dark Items?"

Inside the giant treasure room deep in the Royal tomb, five thieves dressed in brown sleeveless cloth armor over red pants. All five of them had tattoos of the black scorpions on their right arms.

A small blonde boy, Chick, held a couple of jewelry in his hands, "Wow, there's so many treasure, boss!"

A tall bald muscular man, Gorg, held a large heavy gold statue, "Hey, take a look at this! We can put this in our base."

An average guy with glasses, Cliff, grabbed a handful of gold coins and let them slip through his fingers, "With this much money, we're set for life!"

The woman with long brown hair, Meane, was putting on an earring, "Boss, don't I look beautiful?"

"Fools!" A mid aged man with an eyepatch, Don Zaloog, yelled, "Have you forgotten our real purpose here? We're here to steal the Dark Items!"

The Graverobbers looked at their leader with disappointed looks, "Aww…"

Don Zaloog sweat-dropped. He then scratched his cheek in embarrassment, "Then again, we might as well steal the treasures while we're at it!"

The Graverobbers cheered, "That's our boss!"

A squad of spear soldiers charged in. One of them shouted, "Halt!"

Chick shrilled, "Ahhhh! Boss, we gotta get out of here!"

"Rascal!" Don Zaloog clenched his fist, "Don't you remember who we are! Dark Scorpions! Gather!"

Gorg shouted, "The Dark Scorpion Muscleman, Gorg the Strong!"

Meane swayed her hair, "The Dark Scorpions' Lone Woman, Meane the Thorn!"

Cliff chuckled, "Any kind of trap is a cinch for Cliff the Trap Remover!"

Chick jumped excitedly, "If I take your treasure, what's left is to flee! Chick the Runner!"

Don Zaloog hit his chest with his fist, "And I'm Don Zaloog, the leader!"

All of them went into their positions as they posed ridiculously. They called in unison, "Together, we are the Dark Scorpions Graverobbers!"

There was a long uncomfortable silence as the chilling winds blew and the crickets chirping. All the Gravekeepers had a sweat droplet on the back of their heads as they couldn't believe that the intruders did something stupid.

"Um…" Gorg commented, "Boss, I don't think this is working."

Cliff pointed out, "This is not exactly something that's shouting fear into the people's hearts."

Chick cried, "Are we gonna be buried here, boss?"

Meane questioned, "Boss, what should we do?"

Don Zaloog closed his eye, "Isn't it obvious, you rascals? We break our way out of here!"

The Graverobbers asked, "You mean…"

Don Zaloog yelled, "That's right! We'll use our united attack!"

The Dark Scorpions took out their weapons, "Surekill! Dark Scorpion Combination!"They all charged

The Gravekeepers were taken back by their sudden declaration and action.

"Take this! Thorn Whip!" Meane used her whip and struck the enemies down.

"Double Revolver!" Don Zaloog shouted as he shot his double pistols at the soldiers.

"Trap Knife!" Cliff dashed forward and took out many Gravekeepers.

"Vigorous Mallet!" Chick smashed his enemies.

"Herculean Hammer!" Gorg swung his mace heavily and sent many Gravekeepers flying.

Near the dueling field, there was a large explosion at the side of the Royal tomb.

The vassal cried, "See? I told you!"

Sara just stood there in shock. The chief gasped as he couldn't believe his eyes, "Our Royal Tomb! We need to stop them right away!"

"Don't be a fool, old man." Darkness caught the chief's attention, "We're still in the middle of the shadow game."

The chief's eyes widened as he nearly forgot that he was still participating in the ordeal ceremony.

"Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!" Darkness called out, "Darkness Giga Flare!" The dark dragon roared as he gathered power with a purple glow around his fearsome body. He then breathed dark orange flame toward the Visionary. The dark flames was so scalding that the visionary completely melted along with his chair. The flames still continued to burn toward the chief and exploded. The chief screamed as the exploding flames melted away his life points.

Darkness: 700. Gravekeeper's Chief: 1300 – 1500 = 0.

The chief groaned as he collapsed on his knees. The burn was unbearable. He couldn't get up to lead his people to thwart the intruders. Suddenly, coming out of the smokes of the explosions was Darkness.

The vassal gasped, "Osa!"

Darkness grabbed the chief's collar and lifted him up, "I'm the victor. I'll be taking this." He used his other hand and pulled out a pendant under the chief's collared hood.

The chief's eyes enlarged in complete surprise, "The Dark Pendant! How do you know I have it?...Unless you're associated with those Dark Scorpions Graverobbers!"

Darkness chuckled evilly, "Don't compare me to those circus clowns. We're just working for the same client."

"Who?" The chief demanded to know.

Darkness laughed, "Don't you want to know? I won't give you that pleasure." He tossed the chief aside as he was trash, "Those clowns should have the remaining Dark Items by now. I'll be leaving with this now." He started to walk away with the string attached to the dark pendant clenched in his hand. Suddenly, he sensed a killer's intent. He quickly turned around and jumped back to avoid a killer slash from a dagger. The pendant was not lucky as it was sliced in half from the slash. The half remained holding by Darkness's hand but the other half had fallen to the ground.

Sara picked up that half pendant as she still held her dagger in threatening pose. Her eyes were full of intent to kill.

Darkness just looked at her, "How cruel…I thought you cared about me."

Sara hissed, "The one I cared is no longer here!" She suddenly charged in for a kill.

Darkness just avoided her deadly blow and smirked, "But I'm Fubuki…"

Sara scorned, "You're not Fubuki! You're not the man I know! You're some vile creature who possessed his body!"

Darkness chuckled, "You may be right about that…but…if you remember…he chose to accept me. He chose to wear the mask and took my power." They both heard more footsteps.

The vassal yelled, "Over here! Osa is injured!"

Darkness smirked, "I should be going now. I don't wanna stay in this gloomy old tomb." A dark portal formed behind him, "By the way…" His smirk grew wider, "He cares for you too." He jumped backward into the portal and vanished.

"No!" Sara screamed. She clenched her dagger and the half pendant so tight that her fists bleed. She bit her lips so hard that blood spilled from the corner of her mouth. She mouthed his name, "Fubuki."

Shadow was now outside the Royal Tomb with Sara and the Gravekeeper's Chief. He closed his eyes as he heard every details of their story, "The man possessed by Darkness and the Dark Scorpions Robbers were the one who stole the Dark Items."

The chief confirmed, "Yes, they had stole everything except this one." He lifted the half pendant hidden by his black hood.

Shadow opened his eyes as he looked toward the three suns that were getting closer toward each other, "I found an answer but that only brought more questions." He looked back at the Gravekeepers, "And I won't find the answers to those questions if I remain here."

The chief nodded, "We understood." He pointed to the suns, "When the three suns merged, the path to your world will open. I wish you safe passage, my lord."

Sara bowed again, "I wish you safe passage too, my lord."

Shadow walked toward the gate. He stopped and looked back, "Should you meet someone who wielded the power of the Pharaoh, I want you to give that half pendant to person."

The gravekeepers were surprised. The chief asked, "Why, my lord?"

Shadow answered, "If the Dark Items are responsible for the coming crisis in my world, then the duelist chosen by the Pharaoh will need all the help he can in order to prevail in the shadow games. Of course, I do not expect you to give the pendant for free. You said that you no longer give the right of ordeal ceremony. I will ask you to give that right to that person. I want you to test that person's strength to see if he's worthy of the Pharaoh's gift."

The chief obeyed, "I will obey your demand, my lord."

Sara bowed her head, "I'll take care of that person and make sure that he won't be harmed."

Shadow closed his eyes, "Good, then I won't need to worry." He walked back, 'The shadow game at the South Duel Academy. The missing Dark Items. The duelist chosen by the Pharaoh. All of those events have to be connected. Now…I wonder what sort of plan that the Gods has in for us mere pawns?' Shadow reached the gate as the three suns merged together. The green light flashed from the cracks on the floors of the gate. It flashed so bright that Shadow disappeared.

TBC

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Rad: Ehh….Hmmm….That was boring!

Shizuka sweatdrop: Why do you say that for, Rad-san? That's mean thing to say especially when the writer put so much efforts into this episode?

Rad pouted: But we don't even appear that much. All it is some hot shot guy from Duel Academia! Where's us? Where's our spotlight? Where's Tsubaki?

Shizuka sweatdrop: Well, look at the bright side, at least you guys are the main characters again in the next episode.

Rad: Really? Yay! What is it about?

Shizuka: Umm…even though Yuki gets to stay in Duel Academy, he still has to be punished…oh my…

Rad: Eh? What kind of punishment?

Shizuka sweatdrop: Something like this…?

Next Episode: Episode 19 – Kurai is the Disciplinary Chairman?

Rad: ….Wow…talk about a cruel and unusual punishment…

Card of the Day – Frozen Tundra

Alexander: Frozen Tundra, a powerful field card that summon blizzard almost all the time. When that happened, monsters will get weakened. A perfect field card for the one nicknamed the Blizzard Prince.

Tsubaki shuddered: Frozen Tundra? Not my kind of place! I hate the cold.

Alexander chuckled: Of course you would hate it. After all, you're natural hot-blooded. You're fiery courageous soul. It's only normal that you would be stupid and hate the cold.

Tsubaki: …how do you manage to insult and compliment at the same time?

Alexander smiled: It's my natural talent. Plus it's such a shame…

Tsubaki: …What's such a shame?

Alexander: All great duelists actually trained in this sort of weather. After all, isn't an extreme conditions that tend to bring the best potential out of people?

Tsubaki: Eh? Really? I…never knew that…

Alexander: In fact, I heard Yuki is going to go there someday.

Tsubaki: Nani? Is he going there to train? I'm going too!

Alexander: You didn't know, Tsubaki? He's inviting you.

Tsubaki: Ehhhh? Really…I didn't think he would be the sort of guy to do that…Aww…he's really a great guy…

Alexander smiled: He wanted you to come along because the tundra would be the perfect place to bury you.

Tsubaki: ….huh?

Alexander: And no one would ever find your body in the cold weather. Yuki can get away with murder! Isn't that brilliant?

Tsubaki: …..::he twitched:: …YUKI! I'M GONNA KILL YOU FIRST!

Alexander smirked: I'm just joking…maybe.

Cards used in Duel

M1 – Gravekeeper's Spy: Dark/Spellcaster/4/1200/2000: Effect: FLIP: Special Summon 1 "Gravekeeper's" monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck.

M2 – Gravekeeper's Spear Solider: Dark/Spellcaster/4/1500/1000: Effect: When this card attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points.

M3 – Gravekeeper's Priestess: Dark/Spellcaster/3/1000/1500: Effect: The field is treated as "Necrovalley". If there is a face-up Field Spell Card, this effect is not applied. All face-up "Gravekeeper's" Monsters gain 200 ATK and DEF.

M4 – Snow Partridge of Yalda: Water/Winged-Beast/2/500/300: Effect:You take no Battle Damage from battles involving this card. When this card is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, you can activate "Frozen Tundra" from your Deck or Hand.

M5 – Lucky Snowshoe Rabbit: Water/Beast/3/900/1000: Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon up to 2 "Lucky Snowshoe Rabbits" from your Deck in face-up Defense Position. At the End Phase of the turn this monster was destroyed, you gain 200 LP for each Snow Counter on the Field.

M6 – Snow Panther Warrior: Water/Beast-Warrior/4/2300/1700: Effect: This card cannot attack unless you Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field. If this card attacks a monster with no "Snow Counter," it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase. This card's battle position cannot be changed until the end of your next turn, except with a card effect.

M7 – Snow Leopard Warrior: Water/Beast-Warrior/4/1800/1500: Effect: If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, negate any Flip effects and destroy the monster with this card's effect without applying damage calculation.

M8 – Gravekeeper's Guard: Dark/Spellcaster/4/1000/1900: Effect: FLIP: Return 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field to its owner's hand.

M9 – Gravekeeper's Commandant: Earth/Spellcaster/4/1600/1500: Effect: You can discard this card to the Graveyard to add 1 "Necrovalley" from your Deck to your hand.

M10 – Gravekeeper's Curse: Dark/Spellcaster/3/800/800: Effect: When this card is Normal Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned, inflict 500 damage to your opponent.

M11 – Gravekeeper's Chief: Dark/Spellcaster/5/1900/1200: Effect: You can only control 1 "Gravekeeper's Chief" at a time. Your Graveyard is unaffected by "Necrovalley". When this card is Tribute Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 "Gravekeeper's" monster from your Graveyard.

M12 – Gravekeeper's Descendant: Dark/Spellcaster/4/1500/1200: Effect: You can Tribute 1 face-up "Gravekeeper's" monster you control, except this card, to destroy 1 card your opponent controls.

M13 – Masked Dragon: Fire/Dragon/3/1400/1100: Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 Dragon-Type monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck.

M14 – Gravekeeper's Visionary: Dark/Spellcaster/8/2000/1800: Effect: You can Normal Summon this card by Tributing 1 "Gravekeeper's" monster. This card gains 200 ATK for each "Gravekeeper's" monster in your Graveyard. If this face-up card on the field would be destroyed, you can discard 1 "Gravekeeper's" monster instead.

M15 – Red Eyes B. Chick: Dark/Dragon/1/800/500: Effect: By sending this face-up card from the field to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" from your hand.

M16 – Red Eyes Black Dragon: Dark/Dragon/7/2400/2000

M17 – Red Eyes Darkness Dragon: Dark/Dragon/9/2400/2000: Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 1 "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" on your side of the field. Increase the ATK of this card by 300 points for each Dragon-Type monster in your Graveyard.

S1 – Frozen Tundra – Field Spell: Monsters lose 100 ATK for each Snow Counter on them. When a monster declares an attack on a monster with Snow counter on it, you can change the battle position of a monster with Snow Counter. During each player's Standby Phase and End Phase, place 1 Snow Counter on each face-up monster, except WATER-Beast, Beast-Warrior, and Winged Beast monsters.

S2 – Necrovalley – Field Spell: All "Gravekeeper's" monsters gain 500 ATK and DEF. Cards in either player's Graveyard cannot be removed from play. Cards in either player's Graveyard cannot be affected by card effects, except for their own effects.

S3 – Graceful Charity – Normal Spell: Draw 3 cards, then discard 2 cards.

S4 – Blessings of the Royal Family – Normal Spell: Activate only when you control "Necrovalley". Send any number of "Gravekeepers" you control to the Graveyard. Gain 1000 Life Points for each card sent.

S5 – Card Destruction – Normal Spell: Each player discards their hand and draws the same number of cards they discarded.

S6 – Gravekeeper's Stele – Normal Spell: Select 2 "Gravekeeper's" monsters in your Graveyard and add them to your hand. This effect cannot be negated by the effect of "Necrovalley".

S7 – Pot of Greed – Normal Spell: Draw 2 cards from your deck.

S8 – Inferno Fire Blast – Normal Spell: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the original ATK of 1 face-up "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" you control. "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" cannot attack the turn you activate this card.

S9 – Dragon Heart – Normal Spell: Send 3 Dragon-Type monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard and select 1 Dragon-Type monster you control. It gains 1000 ATK, until the End Phase. You cannot Normal Summon or Set this turn.

T1 – Winter's Den – Normal Trap: Activate only when a monster you control is destroyed by battle. Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower WATER Beast or Beast Warrior monster from your hand or Deck. When you have "Frozen Tundra" on the Field, place 1 Snow Counter on each of your opponent's face-up monster.

T2 – Winterfeast – Continuous Trap: Activate only when you have "Frozen Tundra." During each of your Standby Phases, Special Summon 1 "Snowfluff Token" (Water/Beast/1/500/500) in Attack Position to your side of the field. The "Snowfluff Token" cannot be used as a Tribute for a Tribute Summon (or Set). If this card is on the field but "Frozen Tundra" is not on the field, destroy this card.

T3 – Rite of Spirit – Normal Trap: Select and Special Summon 1 "Gravekeeper's" monster from your Graveyard. This effect cannot be negated by the effect of "Necrovalley".

T4 – Wrath of the Royal Family – Normal Trap: You can only activate this card when there is a face-up "Gravekeeper's Chief" on your side of the field. You can Special Summon from your Graveyard any of the cards that include "Gravekeeper" in the card name. (You can only Special Summon up to 1 card with each card name.) Monsters special-summoned this way and Gravekeeper's Chief are destroyed during the End Phase of this turn.

Author's note on GX

I wanted to point out the plot holes and how I filled them in. No one ever know where the Dark Items/Shadow Charms came from or how the Gravekeeper Chief have the Dark Pendant. So I thought it would make sense that the Gravekeepers protect the Dark Items just as the Tomb Keepers protect the secrets of Pharaoh in the real world.

It made sense why of all capable people that Kagemaru can hire instead, he hired those comedic Dark Scorpions. He probably hired them to steal the Dark Items during Darkness's duel, considering Kagemaru and Darkness were probably in cahoots. So Darkness's duel with the Gravekeeper's Chief served as distraction to the Gravekeepers, allowing the Dark Scorpions to easily steal the Dark Items.

Also, we never get to see the duel between Fubuki and the Gravekeeper's Chief. We also never get to see the connection between Fubuki and Sara. I hope this chapter displays that connection.

Another thing is that why Sho, Hayato, and Asuka were immediately captured without getting their chance to duel. No offense to the Gravekeepers, I think Asuka would have beat them herself, considering she's a pretty powerful duelist and one of the holders of the Seven Keys. So I made the Dark Items being stolen under the Gravekeeper's watch, so that it would tremendously wound their pride. So it would make sense that they no longer give the right of ordeal ceremony to any intruder unless Shadow asked them to give that right to Judai because Judai is chosen by the Pharaoh.

Fujiwara, well…I'm going to have to advise you to look him up because I heard that season 4 wasn't dubbed and this guy only appeared on Season 4.

I hope you enjoyed how I connect the events and filled in the plotholes. If you have any question, just leave a review and PM me and I'll do my best to ask without spoiling anything lol.

Also, seriously, leave a review! It would greatly help me!