Coauthor:Unknown entity328


Domino City

Zack walked out of the bank having secured the folder Zeera gave him inside a safety deposit box. "Today has been insane." He looked up at the sky noticing that it was slowly turning to evening and storm clouds were starting to roll in. "Well, I should get…"

He was interrupted by his PDA ringing, so he brought it out. He was shocked by who was sending him a message this time because it was Lexi.

'My dear brother Zackery. It's been so long since we caught up. Come to the harbor where Yugi and Joey dueled. I'll be waiting.'

Zack put the PDA away and hailed a nearby cab.

Zack's Apartment

Chazz was looking through his deck as he remembered the duel against Jane. He was frustrated. Zack, even if he didn't know it, had done so much for him. Defeating her. Stopping a problem before it began.

It was his chance to pay Zack back. In the end, he failed. He was at least glad his Ojamas understood that butting in wouldn't help him in any way. He sighed and looked out the window noticing that it was starting to get late and dark storm clouds were starting to roll in.

"Hm, is Zack in trouble?" Chazz got an idea as he pulled out his Light and Darkness Dragon. "Uhm, are you in there."

Chazz asked because his dragon never really appeared to speak with him. They Usually only spoke if Chazz summoned him. Even then, that was rare. It seemed ass though his dragon was always there as he heard him roar.

"Good, do you think you could fly around Domino City and look for Zack?" Chazz asked.

There was another roar before the spirit shot forth from the card and went straight through the ceiling. Chazz only had to wait.

Harbor

Zack walked onto the harbor and found his sister standing where Joey stood all those years ago. She looked exactly as she did the last time Zack saw her except this time she had a metal rectangle clipped to her side.

Zack walked over. "Lexi!" She turned to him. "Did you send me that message because your finally ready to tell me what happened to you?"

She spoke in that calm tone once more. "Dear Brother, how many times must I tell you I'm fine?"

Zack felt frustration bubbling to the surface. "Damn it Lexi, you're not fine! People don't just change in the span of an evening and night. If nothing happened, then why did you duel me with the stipulation that you'd tell me what happened? Something happened to you. Now please, tell me. I want my sister back."

"You know I can't do that until you beat me in a duel, but I won't accept unless you pass mother's deck over to me?" Lexi stated.

"What makes you so sure that I have said deck on me?" Zack asked.

He did have it on him. It was safely tucked away in the inside pocket of his vest, but he hadn't said a word to anyone about it.

"At this time, how I know is of no concern to you. If you even want me to entertain the thought of a duel, then you will surrender it to me." Lexi stated.

Zack reached into his vest and brought the deck out handing it over. "Take it. It's no use to me anyways."

Lexi tucked the deck away on her person before grabbing another duel disk and metal rectangle. "Now use these. You're Extra Deck goes in the rectangle and your deck in the duel disk."

Zack looked at the items in her hands and wondered why she wanted him to use them, but he wasn't about to ask because he needed to know what was up with her. "Fine, hand them over. Let's do this."

Some Time Later…

Zack stood across from Lexi wearing the duel disk and rectangle she provided. His Duel Academy issued disk was at his feet. He also made sure to insert his four extra cards into the deck. He knew, unlike the duel with Zeera, that he'd need all the help he could get to win.

"Let's do this." Zack stated activating his duel disk.

"Yes, let's." Lexi voiced.

Zack was completely focused on Lexi, but if he wasn't, then he'd have noticed Light and Darkness Dragon turning around, in the sky, and heading back to the apartment for Chazz.

"Duel!"

(Zack 4000/Lexi 4000)

"I will take the first turn." Lexi declared. "I'll start by activating Neo-Konoha." The familiar village rose up except the building were newer. From here on out, all Shinobi monster will gain 500ATK and we can fusion summon, once per our turn, without the need for a fusion card.

In this case, all monsters used go to the grave. Also, anytime a level 4 or lower Shinobi is destroyed, we can summon another to take its place. I'll use Neo-Konoha to fuse the Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno in my hands.

Now I get to bring out Shippuden Naruto Uzumaki(2500/2000)." The young man with blond hair and orange and black jump suit appeared. On the turn he is summoned, I gain a Shadow Clone Token(0/0). I gain a second one since it is my first main phase. I'll end my turn there."

"So, you're using your Konoha V2 deck against me?" Zack asked.

Lexi said, "I merrily wish for this duel to end quickly. As a result, my V2 deck is the quickest way to achieve that."

"Well, I won't argue that your V2 is superior to my V1, but I've gained a few cards outside the set. I believe they have enough power to end this." Zack drew. "I activate my Pot of Greed granting me two more cards. I'll follow up with Graceful Charity.

I draw three cards, but I now must discard two from my hand. Everything's in place. I set three trap cards and immediately tribute them to summon Uria, Lord of Searing Flames(3000/3000). His attack is determined by the number of traps in my grave, and I count three.

That's not all, I activate the field spell Fallen Paradise to replace Neo-Konoha." The village turned into a barren wasteland. "On my Main Phase #1's get to draw two extra cards so long as I control Uria. I'll activate that ability now."

He noticed that one of the drawn cards was Kid Naruto who immediately appeared at his side. "Zack be careful. Lexi is a strong duelist. She shouldn't be underestimated even if you have Uria on the field." Zack nodded. "I know. Don't worry, I'm not underestimating her."

He refocused on the duel. "I'll now activate Polymerization. With this, I get to fuse the Sakura and Shino in my hand allowing me to summon Shippuden Sakura(1500/1500)." The pink haired Shinobi appeared.

"If you haven't been paying attention, I still have my normal summon, so I'll bring out Lee(1700/1500)." The bushy browed boy in green spandex appeared. "Now Lee and Sakura will take out those tokens. Uria will destroy your Naruto (Zack 4000/Lexi 3500). I end my turn."

Lexi drew. "Summoning three monsters on one turn. That idea sounds rather interesting. I believe I'll give it a try. I activate Jiraiya's Research. This allows me to add two Level 4 or lower Shinobi from my deck to my hand.

I'll start off with the normal summon bringing out Rock Lee(2000/1600)." Another Lee appeared. "Unlike yours, mine has an effect. On my Main Phase #1's, including this one, he'll be gaining 200 attack.

I'll activate Polymerization to fuse my Sasuke Uchiha with Neji Hyuga to summon Shippuden Sasuke Uchiha(2800/2500)." An older, paler Sasuke appeared wearing white clothing. "His effect allows him to copy another monster's effect from my graveyard or on the field.

I choose Rock Lee's effect meaning he now has 3000 ATK. That's not all. Since Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto are in the grave, I can banish them all to to special summon Kakashi(3300/2500) from my hand.

When summoned this way, he gains 600 extra ATK. He also has the same effect as Shippuden Sasuke, so I'll have him copy Rock Lee making him a 3500 ATK monster. Look at that. I managed to do what you did only better."

Zack flinched at that. He'd gotten one of the best possible hands his deck could provide, but so had his sister. The fact was that his deck was outclassed completely by the V2 did not help in the slightest.

"Rock Lee will destroy Lee, Sasuke will destroy Sakura, and Kakashi will destroy Uria (Zack 1700/Lexi 3500)." Lexi declared. "It's you turn Dear brother."

"You may have destroyed Uria, but he never stays gone for long." Zack drew. "I activate Uria's special ability. By discarding one trap, I can bring Uria back with 4000 life points. I can then draw two more cards thanks to Fallen Paradise. Now Uria will launch an attack on your Rock Lee (Zack 1700/Lexi 1500). I'll end my turn with that." Zack declared.

Lexi drew. "This is the end dear brother. I tribute both Shippuden Sasuke and Kakashi to summon Guy(3000/2300)." A taller version of Lee wearing the green vest appeared. "His effect grants him 500 more ATK on my main phase #1's.

I then activate Monster Reborn returning Rock Lee(2000/1600) to the field. I'll then activate Guy's effect. I can double his ATK; however, you will not take any battle damage and he will be destroyed immediately after attacking."

Guy's skin became red as the same colored aura appeared around him and his eyes become white. "That does not matter when he strong enough to destroy Uria. You are now left open for an attack from Rock Lee (Zack 0/Lexi 1500). You lose."

Zack fell to his knees and shook his head. He couldn't believe he lost again. That was soon overshadowed by the fact that the cards in his hand and on his disk were taken by tiny metal hands and reinserted into the deck.

"What's happening!?" Zack asked as he stared at his duel disk.

Lexi said, "I told you once to give up on your dream, yet you did not heed me. Now I have taken maters into my own hand. Say goodbye to your deck and fusions."

"What do you…" Zack began.

He stopped as his deck, grave, and extra deck holder sealed themselves. He heard the faint sounds of cardboard being sliced to pieces.

"No!" Zack tore the duel disk off and began smashing it against the ground trying to get it to stop.

He stopped momentarily when he heard Kid Naruto scream out in pain before nothings as the sounds continued. Tears stung his eyes and he now furiously beat the duel disk into the pier trying to smash it open. The disk held strong as tears cascaded down his cheeks.

"This can't be happening! Break damn it! Break!" Zack shouted in a vain hope that screaming would somehow make his attempts to free his deck work.

He suddenly stopped as all noise from his duel disk ceased. "No…"

Zack removed his hands from the duel disk in disbelief. Just then, a card shielded by red energy destroyed the covering over the graveyards and launched out of the duel disk. Shreds of other cards drifted out and were carried away by the wind. The one card floated into Zack's palm. It was Uria. The Obelisk-Slifer stared at it.

Lexi began to walk over. "One card survived. I'll take that away as well."

Zack got to his feet and ran from the water before turning to face his sister. "You can't! We didn't agree on any sort of ante! I won't let you have taken Uria!"

Zack's pendent began to glow silver resulting in Uria also glowing red once more.

"Just hand it over brother." Lexi stated as she slowly approached him.

Before Zack could summon Uria from the card, Chazz ran placing himself between the siblings. Zack's pendent and Uria stopped glowing as the storm began with a light drizzle. This resulted in the Shinobi Duelist putting Uria in the holder around his neck for safety.

"You will not touch my brother." Chazz stated as he stared down Lexi.

Zack gulped. "Chazz..."

Chazz looked back at him. "Zack, run."

"But…" Zack tried.

"Just get out of her!" Chazz shouted.

Zack was a cauldron of emotions. Sad, angrily, confused, glad, relieved. It resulted in him not being able to come up with an argument as to why he should stay, or how he could help without his deck. So, he did as Chazz said. He ran from the harbor.

Lexi watched him go before her sights turned to the black coated Ra. "Chazz Princeton, the adopted brother of mine…"

"Save it. I saw what happened with Zack's deck. He's going to need a new one. The one in that disk should do nicely." Chazz stated.

Lexi looked at her deck and both Chazz and her noticed the light energy leave it. "So that is your wish Master Sartorius. Very well." She looked at Chazz. "We'll duel, but let's head inside that warehouse. No sense in doing this in the rain."

"Fine by me." Chazz stated determined.

Inside Sartorius's Warehouse

Lexi walked over to a box and opened it finding exactly what she expected. Another duel disk and rectangle exactly like the one Zack used. As well as a regular duel disk for her deck.

She tossed them to Chazz. "You want my deck for Zack, then you'll be placing yours on the line just as he did."

Chazz looked at his deck and sighed. This was his deck, but he didn't have the same problem as Zack. If it came down to it, he could always build another copy of it, and use that.

"Agreed, but you better not think of destroying that deck once you lose. "Chazz stated as he switched duel disk and set his decks where they should be.

Lexi did the same switching to the regular duel disk. "You won't have to worry about that."

Thunder sounded off outside as the downpour started. "Duel!"

Chazz closed his eyes. "I'll get you that deck Zack and allow you all the time you need to get far away from here."

(Chazz 4000/Lexi 4000)

"I'll go first." Lexi declared. "I'll summon Shino Aburame(1500/1400)." The boy with sunglasses and gray trench coat appeared. "His effect allows me to take 500 of your life points and add them to my own once per my turn (Chazz 3500/Lexi 4500). I'll end with two face downs."

Chazz drew. "I activate two Fiend Sanctuaries. I now gain two Metal Fiend Tokens(0/0)." Two snake like, metal tokens appeared. "I'll sacrifice them both to bring out my Light and Darkness Dragon(2800/2300)."

The half black and white dragon appeared. "I'll then activate my Graceful Charity. I now draw thee cards at the cost of sending two the grave. My dragon will now launch an attack at your Shino."

"I activate Negate Attack." Lexi countered.

"My Light and Darkness Dragon's(2300/1800) ability activates negating and destroying that trap. My attack goes through (Chazz 3500/Lexi 3800)." Chazz declared.

Lexi smiled. "Perfect because now I can activate the second trap without worry. It's called Team Assignment. This little card allows me to add any three Level 4 or lower Shinobi to my hand. That's not all. My trap has an effect in the grave.

By banishing it, I can summon one of the three monster excavated. I'll choose my Tenten(1400/1200)." The girl with a pink top and brown hair buns appeared. "You may proceed."

"I'll set one card and end my turn." Chazz declared.

Lexi drew. "I'll activate my Sword of the Thunder God. Of course, your dragon has to block the first effect activate lowing its attack Light and Darkness Dragon(1800/1300). This allows me to activate Tenten to bring another equip spell from my deck to my hand. I'll summon Shikamaru Nara(1000/1500). Normally I'd set for his effect, but I need his attack."

Chazz smirked. "That's all I needed to hear. I activate my Ring of Destruction equipping it to my Light and Darkness Dragon. As a result, we both take 1800 points of damage (Chazz 1700/Lexi 2000).

When it's sent to the grave, my dragon's second effect activates. I select one monster and special summon it. I'd also have to destroy all card I control, but that's not really a factor considering I don't have any.

By the way, the monster I choose is Armed Dragon LV 5(2400/1700). I'm playing him in defense." The medium sized red dragon with black armor appeared. "If you're wondering where he came from, I sent him there with Graceful Charity earlier."

"That's nice, but I still have cards to play. I activate Will of Fire and equip it to Tenten(2400/1700). She'll attack your dragon destroying it. Then Shikamaru will attack you directly (Chazz 700/Lexi 2000). I end my turn."

Chazz drew. "I activate Level Modulation. You get to draw two cards, but I can now bring back my Armed Dragon LV5(2400/1700). Of course, he can't attack or activate his effects, but that's fine when I can activate Level Up.

Now I get to summon Armed Dragon LV 7(2800/1000) from my deck by sending LV 5 back to the grave." The large, red dragon with shiny black metal appeared. "I'll have him wipe out Tenten (Chazz 700/Lexi 600). I'll end my turn."

"I will say that you have more potential than my worthless brother, but not by much because this duel is over." Lexi drew. "I summon Sasuke Uchiha(1700/1500)." The boy with a blue shirt and rave black hair appeared.

"His effect allows me to copy any monster on the field when he's summoned, but that is unimportant. Still, I'll choose Tenten to resolve it. What is important is that I have two Shinobi on the field once more enabling me to activate the spell Teamwork.

Now this spell has two effects that can only be activated when I have two Shinobi monsters on the field. I'll just go over the important one. One of my Shinobi get to attack you directly dealing half their original attack as damage. Sasuke wipe out his life points (Chazz 0/Lexi 600)."

Chazz's Armed Dragon was added to the deck before the slots closed as the sound of cardboard being cut started up. Despite seeing Zack fail, he tried to bang the thing against the ground to stop it.

Lexi chuckled. "Do remember that you wanted this Chazz, but I won't lose sleep if this turns you against my dear brother."

Inside the Duel Disk

"This is the end." Green Stated sadly.

Black said, "Hold me Green. Yellow get over here."

The brothers turned and noticed Yellow phase into the graveyard. They followed him and saw him draining his spirit energy into the Light and Darkness Dragon card as the spirit itself tried to get out.

"Yellow, what are you doing?" Black asked.

Yellow had tears in his eyes. "Let's face facts boys. The boss never loved us, but we love him. That's why I'm giving Light and Darkness Dragon everything I have. This way the boss will still have him."

The cards around them were starting to be torn to shreds, so they jumped into action alongside their brother adding their duel spirit energy to Light and Darkness Dragon. Though it may not have been much, it was just enough to save him. Just in time as the Ojamas screamed as their cards were destroyed.

Warehouse

Chazz stopped banging the disk on the ground when he heard his Ojamas scream. Then the slots opened, and just like with Uria, a single card shot out alternating between white, black, a lighter black, yellow, and green. It landed it Chazz's palm. He felt the Ojamas' energy before it faded.

Lexi tucked her deck and extra deck away. "Since this is our first duel, you can consider me letting you keep that dragon a mercy. Farewell."

She left.

Chazz placed his dragon on the ground. "Your freaks were always useful. I should have told you that. Now, I can't."

He did something he'd never done before. He cried. He cried for the loss of his Ojamas.

Black Clown Game Shop: Around when Chazz's Duel Started…

Mane looked outside and noticed that it was starting to storm. On top of that, it was getting late.

"Oh… I stayed later than I intended. Mom's not going to be happy that I'm late and soaked." Mane thought before he started running home with his umbrella.

He decided to go to the park. It would be faster because there was a straight shot to his home from there.

With Zack, About the Same Time…

Zack hadn't paid any attention to where he'd ran or the fact that it was storming by this point. All he knew was that it was away from Lexi. He now knew there was no way that was Lexi. She wouldn't mercilessly destroy another person's deck like that.

Despite knowing this, Zack couldn't help the feelings of betrayal and hurt that panged his heart. It resulted in him just crying as he ran until his body couldn't run anymore. He ended up in some park, far from his apartment, as the rain cascaded down soaking his clothes.

He didn't care. He noticed a nearby bench and sat holding down holding his hands to his head. His tears mixed with the rain as both fell. As this was going on, the White Figure from months ago, under a white umbrella, approached him.

"Well, seems you are in a better position to accept my deck. Take it, and you can defeat your sister. Finally, free her." The figure stated.

Zack said nothing as he looked at the figure and deck in his hand. His pendent was dully glowing, but he ignored it. After a few moments, Zack wordlessly reached for the deck.

He stopped as Kid Naruto's words rang through his head. "On that note, I want you to promise me that you will never accept that deck from him." Zack's reply followed. "You have my word. I promise I will never accept that deck."

Zack retracted his hand. "I will never accept that deck."

"What will do then Zack Henderson? This deck is your only chance to continue dueling. You know as well as I do that you can't use any other deck except for one with Shinobi's." The figure stated.

Zack started the at the ground. "Maybe, but… Taking that deck would disgrace the memory of my friend." The next four words came out as nothing more than a whisper. "Just leave me alone."

The figure tucked the deck away. "Very well but rest assured that we will meet again. Even if you do not recognize me."

The figure walked away, and Zack buried his head in his hands. It wasn't long before he heard splashing as someone ran past him. Zack just didn't care enough to look up even as the person stopped and walked back to him.

"Zack? What are you doing out here in the rain?" The Obelisk-Slider looked up and saw Mane. "Whoa." He'd noticed the tears. "Are you okay?"

Zack looked at the ground and shook his head. Mane came closer and was able to hold the umbrella over them both.

"You can't just stay out here. Uhm, come with me. My place is close by." Mane stated.

Zack stood up, and at this point, Mane couldn't hold the umbrella over them. Without a word, the Obelisk-Slifer took it positioning the umbrella in a way that it covered them both.

Mane nodded. "Follow me."

Mane started off with Zack right behind him.


Quillion9000:No authors note this time around. I think it's a little obvious why.


Dark Green Demon:ok I did not see it coming, it was still amazing, damn it! it seems that another evil Henderson has appeared, well I suppose that calling her evil would be exaggerating at this point, but if it does not seem to fall well

Savoxgut:Well, that was ... interesting, really something I did not expect, plus a new Henderson appears, which seems to hate, for a moment I thought Chazz would win, but it was not, I guess it was because if we would have got rid of a situation very easily

Quillion9000:I know you were expecting the whole Time Travel thing, but it exist because The timeline of Yugioh, which the creators haven't really cared about, that I believe in has Zexal and 5'Ds happening on alternate timelines. If you haven't checked it out, then go to Yugioh Everything on YouTube and see that guys timeline theory.