Chapter 16: Battle of Light and Shadow

Ryu-Yami 2900/Ryu-Hikari 1500

Ryu-Hikari smiled as Ryu-Yami quivered. "Now I remove my Sangan and Mystical Elf from the graveyard to summon this! Black Luster Soldier- Envoy of the Beginning!" 3000/2500. A mighty warrior descended from the sky and faced Ryu-Yami with a glare in his eyes. He wore golden armor, tinged here and there with blue. He carried a sword and shield of the same variety and held them at ready. "Now I activate his effect! Expel the Darkness!" The mighty warrior raised his sword and swung it at the Chaos Emperor Dragon. Suddenly, it began to disappear.

"Damn it! You removed my dragon from the game!" Ryu-Yami growled. Ryu-Hikari smiled.

"Sadly by using that effect I cannot attack until my next turn. So I set a card and end my turn."

Ryu-Yami muttered angrily as he drew. "Oh, well this card might turn things around. I set a monster and end my turn."

Ryu-Hikari looked at the card. "That's it? Oh well, guess it's time to beat you. Good duel though. Now attack his set monster Black Luster Soldier!" The soldier raced to slash the monster. As it was chopped in half, it was revealed as a strange jar made of roots and leaves.

"Yes! My Fiber Jar! Hee hee!" Ryu-Yami began to laugh. "Who will win now? We must take all our cards in the field, in the graveyard and in our hands, add them to our decks and draw five new cards. This makes it a whole new game."

"Well, I can't attack," Ryu-Hikari murmured. "However, I can still set a monster and end my turn."

"Well, let's see...ah good," Ryu-Yami grinned. "I'll end your misery. I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode!" 1900/1600. The shining dragon made yet another appearance on the field. "Now I equip it with Fairy Meteor Crush meaning it can still deal damage to your defense monster. To finish up this power boost I equip it with Black Pendant!" 2400/1600. A golden necklace with a dark gem appeared around the dragon's neck. "Now attack his set monster!" A blast of fire eradicated the monster, which was Cave Dragon.

Ryu-Yami 2900/Ryu-Hikari 1100

"Soon I'll overpower you," Ryu-Yami said evilly.

"Say what you want, you aren't the winner yet," Ryu-Hikari drew. "Now the actual end of this duel. I play Polymerization to fuse Meteor Dragon and Red Eyes Black Dragon to form...Black Meteor Dragon!" 3500/3000. A monstrous dragon appeared on the field. Its body was charred black, red in places with magma. It looked darkly at Ryu-Yami. "Now I summon Kumouri Dragon in attack mode!" 1500/1200. A small pruple dragon stood alongside its more powerful cousin. "Now I power up all the dragons by playing Mountain!" The field became covered with a large moutain range topped with snow. All the dragons gained 500 attack points. "Now Meteor Black Dragon attack Luster Dragon!" The huge dragon let loose a blast of magma that incinerated the lesser drake. "Now attack directly Kumouri Dragon!" The smaller dragon blew flame that scorched Ryu-Yami. He stepped back and watched his life points drop to nothing.

Ryu-Yami 0/Ryu-Hikari 1100

"Yes! Way to go!" Nikki cried. The other competitors smiled and raced up to congratulate Ryu-Hikari.

"Damn it...impossible!" Ryu-Yami cried. "I can't have lost my tournmanet!"

"But you did," Came a powerful voice from behind him. "I am disappointed." The man who possessed the voice stepped forward. He had gray hair, and the look of old age. However, his eyes were bright blue.

"Seto Kaiba!" Came the cries of all the competitors including Ryu-Yami.

"Yes, and now you won't be taking my company. I guess I'll have to find someone else..." he walked off shaking his head.

Ryu-Yami turned to run but was grabbed on the collar by Baxter. "I think you owe him something," he said. Ryu-Yami groaned and fished through his deck for his Chaos Emperor Dragon, which he then handed to Ryu-Hikari.

"Thank you," he said adding it to his deck. "That duel was intense, the best I've ever had." He put out his hand to shake that of Ryu-Yami.

"I have better things to do..." he muttered stalking away. "I will control Kaiba Corp..."

"Well, I have another thank you to say," Ryu-Hikari grinned handing the Black Luster Soldier- Envoy of the Beginning back to Raijouta. "Without it I probably would've lost."

Raijouta added the card back to his deck. "Next time there's a tournament, I'll be there and I'll win." He said, happily. Izumi, Baxter and Mark all said their good-byes and left the area.

Nikki walked over to Raijouta. "Well, we tried our best, an we learned a lot and made some new friends." She giggled. Raijouta chuckled too.

"Yeah. Now let's go for burgers! I'm paying!" They started to walk off but turned around. "Ryu-Hikari, wanna come with?" he asked.

"Sure!" The three raced off together not knowing what the future held...

The End

HES: Another end to a great fic. I know I gave one less chapter than I planned, but that's just the way it worked out. Now that school has started, it will take me longer to post on the new stories I plan to write. Expect a sequel to Amateur Duelist sometime in the not-too-distant future. Thanks for reading and I hope all of you enjoyed my story!