"What exactly does your new armor do?" Yami asked as a black orb appeared in front of Valon before enveloping him and revealing itself to be a suit of black armor lined with green markings.

"I'm glad you asked, first things first my new armor can use the effect of every piece of armor in my graveyard and it gains 500 attack points just in case I need to battle you." Valon said confidently. "Then I'll play a card you should know pretty well, the Seal of Orichalcos."

"Even so, with only five pieces in your graveyard combined with the boost from the Seal of Orichalcos your Nano Storm Armor only has 3000 attack points, that's too weak to destroy my Warlock Dragon." Yami said thoughtfully.

"Huh, I guess you have a point. Except my Nano Storm Armor can't be destroyed in battle if it has the same attack power as your monster, so now I'll use Burning Knuckle's effect." Valon said confidently.

"Which means it gains 200 attack points, just enough to match Warlock Dragon's 3200." Yami said in realization.

"Exactly, now I attack Warlock Dragon with Nano Storm Armor." Valon said before the green markings started glowing and he jumped towards Warlock Dragon punching it and causing Timeus to explode as Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl appeared in front of Yami.

"I should be thanking you, when Warlock Dragon is destroyed the spellcasters I used to summon him are brought back in defense mode." Yami said calmly.

"So what if you managed to bring them back, neither of those monsters have enough attack points to destroy my Nano Storm Armor." Valon said quickly. "Especially not when I use my armor's last effect to send two random pieces of armor to my graveyard. That ends my move."

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"This is bad you guys, Valon's armor gained an extra 1000 attack points." Leo said nervously.

"Yeah, it was tough enough to beat before but now with 4000 points its nearly unstoppable." Akiza said in agreement.

"Please, if I know Yugi he already has a winning move planned." Kaiba said calmly.

"What are you talking about?" Jack asked.

"Watch and learn, this duel is as good as over." Kaiba said calmly.

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"Then it's my move Valon." Yami said. "Perfect, I play Dark Magic Twin Burst."

"What does that thing do?" Valon asked nervously.

"My Dark Magic Twin Burst can only be played when both Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl are on my field. It gives Dark Magician attack points equal to the attack power of Dark Magician Girl, for a grand total of 4500 attack points." Yami said as his magicians floated into the air. "Now Dark Magician, attack Valon's Nano Storm Armor and end this duel."

"I use Nano Storm Armor to play Active Guard's effect and negate the damage." Valon said quickly before his armor was destroyed. "I'm not beat yet."

"Wrong, Dark Magician Girl hasn't attacked yet and with no cards on your field this duel is over." Yami said. "Dark Magician Girl attack and wipe out Valon's life points."

"Not bad, you beat me fair and square." Valon said weakly before the Seal of Orichalcos captured his soul and he collapsed.

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"Too bad, against anyone else Valon might have been able to turn that around." Rafael said thoughtfully.

"Maybe, then again you still haven't shown us your synchro monster Rafael." Ricardo said.

"That's because I don't have one." Rafael said calmly.

"That may be true, but you don't need it. Your connection with your cards more than makes up for the lack of a Guardian synchro monster." Dartz said simply.

"I guess, but you're the only person I've ever met who doesn't use synchro monsters." Ricardo said thoughtfully. "Then again, there's obviously a reason master Dartz picked you."

"I didn't choose any of you." Dartz said calmly. "You were all chosen by the Orichalcos."

"Exactly." Rafael said in agreement.

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"Congratulations Yugi, though I'm not surprised you managed to win the duel so easily. Even with Valon's synchro monster he barely put up a fight." Kaiba said calmly.

"Oh, well you seem confident." said a cloaked figure walking up to them. "I take it that means you're ready for a duel? Unfortunately as much as I would love to beat you I have someone else to deal with first. I summon Black Rose Moonlight Dragon."

"Black Rose, so you want to duel me right?" Akiza asked.

"Exactly, so why don't you say your goodbyes now because once this duel is over your soul will belong to the Orichalcos." the cloaked figure said confidently.

"Be careful Akiza, who knows what her dragon can do." Leo said nervously.

"Leo's right." Luna said.

"Don't worry, everything's going to be fine." Akiza said reassuringly.

"You sound confident, but that won't make a difference in the long run." the cloaked figure said while taking off her cloak. "My name's Claire in case you were curious."

"Let's duel." Akiza and Claire said simultaneously.

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"So, do you think she'll manage to win the duel?" Ricardo asked. "If her opponent plays her dragon first…"

"It won't make a difference." said a hooded figure. "Black Rose Moonlight Dragon's effect works when her opponent summons a monster, but it also activates the moment it's played on the field."

"Exactly, and once she plays Orichalcos Harmony the real fun will begin." Rafael said calmly.

"You're right about that, her new dragon even scares me." the hooded figure said.

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Ricardo said. "That girl has no idea what she's in for."

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"So you ended up losing too Valon?" Alister asked. "Which one of them took you out?"

"The pharaoh, he's a lot tougher than I expected. My Nano Storm Armor didn't even slow him down." Valon said. "I don't think Rafael will have an easy time taking him out again."

"Trust me, Yugi will beat him this time and stop Dartz." Joey said suddenly.

"He's right, and as long as Yusei and the others are with him there's no way they can lose." Crow said in agreement.

(Yami managed to defeat Valon, but now Akiza is preparing to duel a woman named Claire. Next chapter the duel will begin. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)