=============================== Episode 9: Unveiling of the M. Ring! ===============================

The explosion had knocked mAsTa AsLa back several metres. Slowly, he got up and went to Mage of Black Chaos' dead body. Grinning, he removed his duel disk and took the cards he desired.

mAsTa AsLa: Fool. Maybe in your next life, you won't be as stupid.

He ripped up the fake Obelisk that was in Mage of Black Chaos' deck.

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Meanwhile..

Blue was duelling Mysteryman, and was on the verge of losing.. The score was 3400/600, in Mysterymans favour. He had a Cannon Soldier out and Blue had 3 magic/traps and no monsters.

Mysteryman: Why don't you just give up now and save yourself the trouble? My Cannon Soldiers have been creaming you the whole match.

Blue: I won't give up that easy. First I summon Lord of Dragons. Then flip up my DNA Surgery, and turn the monsters into Dragon types! Heh. Now, you can't use you Cannon Soldiers effect anymore.

Mysteryman winced.

Blue: Now I play Flute of Summoning Dragon! And summon my Blue Eyes White Dragon! I attack your Cannon Soldier, doing 1600 damage. And I attack again with my Lord of D, taking your life points down to 800. Go.

Mysteryman: First, I set 2 magic/traps. And luckily, you Lord of D. only protects targeted effects, so I play Raigeki! And now, your monsters are destroyed. I now play Monster Reborn! To revive your dragon!

Blue: No!

Mysteryman: Yes! And I attack your lifepoints directly!

Blue: Ha! Flip Waboku to negate the damage! II may have gotten past this, but it bought me some time. Not over yet../I Now, it's my turn, so I'll play Change of Heart.

Mysteryman: I'll activate Gravity Bind! So you can't attack..

Blue: Fine then, I'll just play this card then. Dragon's Gunfire! And I'll choose to do 800 direct damage to your life points, just enough to wipe you out!

Mysteryman: Not if I activate Magic Jammer, discarding 1 card from my hand to the grave!

Blue: Sorry honey, I flip Solemn Judgement. Goodbye.

Mysteryman: Oh well. I lost, fair and square. Guess I better-

He then turn and ran as fast as he could. Unfortunately, in the wrong direction, and bumped right into Blue.

Mysteryman: Dammit!

Blue then snatched up his cards and headed off to the next round.

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Back at the 6 way duel..

Mystical: What the **** was that?!

Shadow: I dunno. Let's just continue. Whose turn was it again?

Ramza27: I believe it was Jakes.

Jake: Okay, so as I was saying, I play Limiter Removal, and attack Amy directly!

Amy: Ugh. Fine. Looks like I'm down to 200..

Jake: And to make sure you don't try anything, I'll play Chain Energy! Go.

Megaa: My turn again. I summon Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, and attack Ramza92d. I discard your La Jinn and Mystic Tomato from your graveyard. Go.

The score was now Megaa, 4500; Mystical, 1900; Amy, 200; Ramza27, 3200; Shadow, 3500; Jake, 2500.

Mystical: I summon Amazoness Archer, and play Amazoness Gypsy, switching the attack and defence strengths of my monster and Megaa's monster! I now play Offering of the Doomed on your Kycoo! And attack Megaa's life points directly. Bringing you down to 2700!

Megaa: Grr. Amy: I have to pass my turn now.

Ramza27: First, I set 1 card face-down, then play Card Destruction! Now you all have to discard your hands..

They all grunted as they were drawing their new hands.

Ramza27: And play the card I just set, Monster Reborn! And get back my Buster Blader, and attack Shadow!

Shadow: Activate, Holy Barrier - Mirror Force!

They all watched as Buster Blader's sword hit the Mirror Force, snapped in two, and the pieces bounced back and dug into Buster Blader's neck, killing it.

Shadow: Heh. Now, it's my turn. I summon, Versago the Destroyer. Play Premature Burial, get back my Red-Eyes, and activate Polymerization! Come forth, Black Skull Dragon, and attack Ramza27!

Ramza27: NO!

He stood in shock as his life points went down to zero. Grumbling, he threw his deck and locator cards in the middle of the game they were playing, and walked away.

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Meanwhile..

Zoids was eagerly awaiting his duel. Suddenly, he felt that someone, or something, was beckoning him into the forest near the city. For some reason, against his own will, he went into the woods. After what seemed to be just a couple minutes of walking, he heard some rustling in the bushes.

Zoids: Hello? Who's there?

Bakuto: Oh thank God. I got lost in this woods and couldn't find my way ou- Hey, is that a duel disk?

Zoids: IMust.. resist.. urge to make immense sarcastic comment./IYeah. Oh, before I show you the way back, want to duel?

Bakuto: Sure. That could prove to be entertaining.

They set up the holograms from the duel disks and got started. Zoids flipped a coin, and called tails. It was heads.

Zoids: Looks like you get to go first.

Bakuto: Before we start, I have to tell you something..

He looked down at the ground with a sad expression on his face.

Zoids: What is it?

Bakuto's sad face turned into a wide grim.

Bakuto: You know why you came here?

He didn't give him a chance to answer.

Bakuto: I'm the one that summoned you here. It was the only way to get you into this secluded place. So that now we can duel by my way.

Zoids: Huh?

Suddenly, a thick, black fog surrounded the area of which they were duelling.

Bakuto: There are new rules. the monsters are now real, and a direct attack could seriously injure you, making you unable to complete the duel, causing you to forfeit the match.

Zoids: But. but. that's impossible! You- you can't!

Bakuto: Oh yes I can! With the powers of my M. Ring!

The M. Ring appeared before Zoids, casting a blinding light. At that point, Zoids knew that there was no hope for him..

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To be continued..