"What did you just say?" Akiza asked nervously before her Black Rose Dragon disappeared.

"You heard me, and don't think I forgot about your other monster." Claire said calmly. "Black Rose Moonlight Dragon attack that Splendid Rose. That ends my move."

Claire 300 Akiza 2800: "It's my turn, so I'll set one monster in defense mode and end my turn." Akiza said.

"It that's all you can do this duel is as good as over." Claire said calmly. "I'll start things off by summoning Bird of Roses in attack mode, and now I'll have Black Rose Moonlight Dragon take out that defensive monster of yours."

"I use Hedge Guard's special ability, by sending it to the graveyard my Rose Fairy survives the battle. Though in exchange it's attack points are cut in half." Akiza said quickly.

"Not bad, unfortunately for you that effect only works once so now Bird of Roses can destroy your Rose Fairy." Claire said. "Next turn this duel is over, of course why wait when I can play the Orichalcos Harmony card."

"Great, and I thought your dragon was powerful enough already." Akiza said as the Seal of Orichalcos appeared around Claire's dragon.

"I summon Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon." Claire said confidently. "Then I'll set one card and end my move, so go ahead and take your last turn."

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"This is bad, Akiza's in real trouble." Leo said nervously.

"It's worse than that, unlike her original dragon Claire's Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon can return any monster Akiza summons to her hand." Yami said. "On top of that she can use that effect twice per turn."

"Wait, but if that's true how can Akiza win?" Luna asked anxiously.

"There's one card Akiza can use to pull it off, the question is will she be able to draw it." Jack said.

"Yeah, the entire duel is coming down to her next draw." Yusei said in agreement.

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"It's over, nothing she summons has any chance of beating Claire's Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon." Ricardo said calmly.

"That much was obvious, the Orichalcos Harmony card is the key to getting their souls for the Orichalcos." the hooded figure said. "It's only a matter of time before everything we've been working for comes to fruition."

"Maybe, then again Robin was beaten even with her upgraded dragon and she hasn't played that accel synchro monster yet." Rafael said thoughtfully. "This duel won't end the way you two think."

"What are you talking about?" Ricardo asked. "Even if she tried to bring out the monsters she would need to summon an accel synchro monster Claire can just return them to her hand before she can play it."

"Just watch, you're going to be dueling next." Rafael said calmly.

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"It's my move, and this duel isn't over yet." Akiza said quickly.

"I disagree, I play the trap card Rose of the Orichalcos." Claire said calmly. "This card removes your Black Rose Dragon from the game and then it's 2400 attack points are added to my Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon's attack points."

"4800 attack points?" Akiza asked nervously.

"You shouldn't be surprised, my deck is just better than yours. Now then, which one of you will be next?" Claire asked while glancing at the other signers, Yami, and Kaiba. "Not that it makes a difference."

"Actually, you were right Claire. This duel is over." Akiza said while looking at the card she'd drawn from her deck. "I remove my Splendid Rose from my graveyard in order to activate the spell card Mark of the Rose."

"Hold on, that's an equip spell and you don't have any monsters on the field." Claire said nervously.

"That's true, but I'm equipping Mark of the Rose to your Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon." Akiza said. "Your monster has a new master now."

"Hold on, you're kidding right?" Claire asked nervously as her dragon flew to stand behind Akiza.

"Don't worry, you'll get Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon back at the end of my turn." Akiza said. "Of course, before that happens Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon is going to attack your Bird of Roses."

"I activate the second effect of Rose of the Orichalcos, I can banish it to negate your attack." Claire said quickly. "Though in exchange you can add a spell from your deck to your hand, not that it matters since you'll lose once my dragon is back on my side of the field."

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"Big mistake, that just cost Claire the duel." Rafael said calmly.

"What are you talking about, she only had one monster to attack with and now once Claire's turn starts she'll have her dragon back and be able to attack her directly." Ricardo said. "Claire won the duel."

"Wait, you mean she has that card too?" the hooded figure asked. "She should have seen a move like that coming, it's her own fault for ignoring a combo she uses on a regular basis."

"Wait, then you mean the card she just added to her hand was that?" Ricardo asked in shock.

"Exactly, the Vengeful Servant magic card." Rafael said calmly.

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"I appreciate the help, because now this duel is really over." Akiza said before revealing the Vengeful Servant card.

"Wait, you aren't planning on doing what I think you're doing." Claire said fearfully.

"I equip Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon with Vengeful Servant, now whenever this card goes from my side of the field to yours, you'll take damage equal to it's attack points." Akiza said. "So that ends my turn."

The moment Akiza said that, the Black Rose Orichalcos Dragon flew towards Claire before turning towards her and attacking her, wiping out her life points.

"This isn't happening, there's no way I could have lost to you." Claire said as the Seal of Orichalcos appeared around her and she collapsed to the ground.

"Are you alright Akiza?" Jack asked as the signers ran up to her.

"I think so, but we still need to get to Dartz." Akiza said calmly.

"You're right, and I have a feeling the next duel is going to be even tougher than this one was." Yami said thoughtfully.

(Akiza managed to take down Claire using her own dragon. Next chapter Ricardo and Yusei will begin their rematch. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)