Chapter 1

Clash! Duel Between Heaven and Hell!

Max and Will stood with quite a bit of distance between them. They were sizing each other up. Max wears a gaucho style cloak with a Orange T-shirt and blue jeans underneath and wears a lucky sombrero on his head. Will on the other hand wears a gray T-shirt and khaki pants. Both are quite tall.

"Well, are we going to get started or stare down each other all day?" Max said

"Fine, then let's get started," Will replied. They drew their opening hands.

"Deck Master! Invader of Darkness!" Max yelled

"Deck Master! Heavenly Knight Perseus!" Will mimicking Max's tone of voice.

"I'll go first. I place one card facedown and summon Cursed Gyura (1500/800 in attack mode. And I end my turn."

"Very well," said Will. "I set 1 monster facedown and end my turn"

Max drew his card, and smirked. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

"At this rate, this duel will never end unless someone takes to the offense. And that somebody will be me. I play Jar of Greed, allowing me to draw to cards from my deck."

"I know what it does," Max replied in a pissed off tone.

"I summon Dunames Valkyria (1800/1050) in attack mode."

"Chain! I activate my trap card Ambush!" Max proclaimed.

"Ambush? What does that do?" Will asked.

"Whenever you summon a monster, I can special summon one Level 4 or less Dark Main type monster from my hand. And I chose Giant Orc (2200/0)!"

"So what? That won't stop me from attacking you Cursed Gyura! Dunames Valkryia attack!"

"You walked right into my other trap card. Monster Relief!"

"What?" Will said dumbfounded.

"Whenever you declare an attack on one of my monsters, I can place that monster back into my hand and Special summon a Level 4 or less monster in its place. I recall Cursed Gyura to my hand and summon Genocide Demon King(2000/1500). And since you it is too late to call of your attack, your monster had just committed suicide," Max said with smugness.

Max:8000 Will:7800

"Crap. I end my turn."

"Very well. I begin my turn by losing 800 life points via my monster's effect."

Will: 7800 Max: 7200

"Now, I resummon Curse Gyura to the field and tribute him and Giant Orc for Masked Beat-Death Guardius!(3300/2500)" Max exclaimed.

"Two questions," Will said. "How could you summon Death Guardius when you have already summoned a monster this turn and why didn't tribute Genocide Demon King instead of Giant Orc, since he is weaker?"

"I will gladly explain. Death Guardius is a special summon and I have good reason to leave my Demon King in play. Now, I add Demon's Axe to Death Guardius (4300 attack) and I have Genocide Demon King attack you facedown monster!"

The mighty demon picked up his sword and slashed Will's hidden monster, Saint Magician.

"Now I will get one magic card back from my graveyard because of my monster's effect," Will said with confidence, but when the duel disk didn't eject his magic card from the graveyard, he became worried. "What the hell!" Will exclaimed

"I told you I had reasons to leave my Demon king on the field. Whenever he attacks a monster with and effect, it is negated. Now, Death Guardius! Attack directly!"

The mighty demon lunged forward and slashed Will with its giant claws.

Max : 7200 Will: 3500

"My turn is over," Max calmly stated.

"First, I play Raise Dead on Dunames Valkryia and tribute her for Black Magician Girl! (2000/1700)" Will said with arrogance.

"What good will that do you? That pathetic monster won't stand a chance against my Demons!"

"I'm not done yet! I play Thunderbolt! Destroying all of your monsters!"

Lightning rained down killing Death Guardius and Genocide Demon King. Suddenly, a Mask rose up for the wreckage of the monsters and rushed over to Will's side of the field and attached itself to Black Magician Girl's face. The monster struggled to get the mask off, but it eventually stopped fighting and disappeared.

"What have you done to my monster?!" Will said with anger in his voice.

"I guess you never heard of Death Guardius before," Max said as he was looking for something inside his deck. "When Death Guardius is killed, I can play a magic card from deck." Max had finished searching and slammed a card into the Magic and Trap slot on his duel disk. "The Bequeathed Mask!"

Black Magician Girl reappeared on Max's side of the field

"Let me guess. That is an equip card that allows you to control on of my monsters, right?"

"Good guess," Max said with laughter in his voice

"I place one card facedown and end my turn."

"Your Black Magician Girl is just the card I need right now," Max said while drawing his card. "Now, I tribute Black Magician Girl for Great Demon Gaazetto! (0/0)"

"What is so great about that card?"

"This monster's attack stat is the attack stat of what monster I tributed it for. In other words, because Black Magician Girl's attack is 2000, my Demon's attack is 4000!" Max said.

"Gulp," Will replied.

"Now Great Demon Gaazetto!Attack directly for the win!"

"Not so fast," Will retorted. Holy Barrier-Mirror Force!"

"Shit! I end my turn."

"I set one monster facedown and end my turn," Will said.

"I also set one monster and place one card facedown," Max replied.

"Now, to end this duel!"

"What?!" Max said in shock.

"I play the Ritual Magic Card! Ark of Miracles! I tribute Magic Warrior Breaker and Magical Marionette from my hand to summon Ruler of Heaven Shinato!(3300/3000)"

"Oh no!" Max said in horror.

"Well," Will said with a smugness in his voice. "I see your familiar with my best monster. Shinato! Attack his facedown monster!"

Shinato easily kill Max's facedown Demon Soldier.

Max: 5300 Will: 3500

"Crap. Now he has forced me into a corner. I set one monster facedown and end my turn," Max said.

"I summon Turner of the Dead: Kaiku. I have Shinato attack your facedown monster."

"Twilight Zone Trainer," Max said with depression in his voice.

Max: 5200 Will: 3500

"And now! Kaiku! Attack directly! And via his effect, I will remove Death Guardius and Giant Orc from your graveyard."

Will: 3500 Max: 3400

There is only one card in my deck that can save me now, Matt said to himself. Please let me draw it.

"I draw..." Max said with a pleading tone, and once he saw what he drew for that turn, his face lit up. "I play the Magic card Devil's Sanctuary!"

A wimpy look metal demon appeared on the field with 0 attack ad 0 defense.

"Okay, what is the catch?" Will said

"What catch? I'm practically throwing you the duel. I end my turn"

"I equip Shinato with Power of Magician, powering him up to 3800. Now attack!"

Shinato smashed the Metal Devil, but it was still standing and Will life points hit zero.

"What?! That is impossible!"

"You fell for my trick. Whenever Metal Devil's controller takes direct damage from being in battle, it is done to my opponent instead."

"Cleaver, but cheap move," Will said.

"You're pretty good. The first one to make me struggle in a long time. Maybe we will bump into each other again," Max said.

"Most likely, there are only 2 other people besides us in this game."

"Well, I'll see you around then," Max said as he walked off

End chapter