Yu-Gi-Oh: Team Zero Duelists

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Chapter 28: The nature of the shadow realm.

In the middle of the lobby, a large purple sphere was sitting. Inside, a duel in the shadow realm.

"All right, my turn." Sachiko announced as she reached for her deck and grabbed the top card. "All right, activate trap, Eye of Truth!"

"Ah now you get to look at my hand." Seki flipped her hand around to show Sachiko.

"Let's see, three cards, one monster...I don't recognize. One magic...I don't recognize and..." Sachiko eyes widened at the sight of the last card "Halo-bindings!"

"Now you see my hand, make your move." Seki said turning her hand back around.

"Well, Now I know she is holding that trap. And if I try to defend the Silver Backed Death Dragon will cut out my life points. Plus, my Eye of Truth will give her a life point boost at each of her standby phases if she has a magic in her hand." "All right, I place one card face down and one monster in defense mode. Go!"

"Draw!" She added the card to her hand and flipped it around to reveal another monster that Sachiko did not recognize.

Sachiko-3600 LP
Seki-5000 LP

"As much as I like your life point boost that you gave to me I will summon this monster. I play Magician Moon Knight (1400/900)." A white robed human appeared on the field. In it's hand was a short magic wand with a red crystal at the end. "It's first ability activates, It allows me to discard one monster form my hand and destroy one magic or trap regardless of position so say goodbye to the eye of truth."

The card exploded spraying Sachiko with the small pieces of it.

"Ouch! That hurt." She then opened her eyes, "Why did that hurt?"

"Because we are in the shadow realm. All the monsters and the magic is very real here. And when you lose, you soul is mine."

"Soul?..well continue your move." Sachiko wasn't sure if she understood what was going on but she wanted Seki to continue she could trap her.

"All right, Silver Backed Death Dragon, Attack the defense monster." The dragon shot out a stream of fire and disintegrated the defense monster.

"You flipped my Penguin Soldier (750/500) and when it is flipped I may return up to two monsters back to their owners hands, so say goodbye to your magician and your dragon!" The two monster faded away off the field as Seki picked up the cards and slid them into her hand.

Sachiko-3225 LP
Seki-5000 LP

"Fine I activate from my hand the magic card Grace Call. I get to special summon one light monster at the end of your turn from my hand. Next I place one card face down, go."

"No, she put the Halo-bindings down. Anything I summon will be turned back against me." "Fine." Sachiko drew. "I will defend with my Mysterious Puppeteer (1000/1500) and I am done."

"No your not, Go Halo-bindings!"

Sachiko-3225 LP
Seki-2500 LP

"Only cutting my life points in half I activate my down card. Replenish the Life Lost! If I lose at least half of my life points in one turn I may gain them back that fast."

Sachiko-3225 LP
Seki-5000 LP

"And now that your turn is done, I will summon a light monster from my hand. Go Magician Moon Knight (1400/900)." The human figure reappeared on the field.

Sachiko-2725 LP
Seki-5000 LP

"My turn!" Pulling the card from her deck, she smiled like a spoiled kid. "I activate the ability of my magician, I discard my dragon to destroy your face down card." The magician pointed it's staff at the downed card. A second later the card blew apart. "Now, I play the magic card Rageki. It will destroy your monster with ease." The puppeteer blew apart and so did the Halo-bindings in one flash of lightning.

"Why do that? You lost your Halo-bindings?" Sachiko looked puzzled.

"Remember when I said my monster had more then one ability. Well its second activates. If it is all alone on the field and I have no cards in my hand I may draw six cards." Seki drew six cards from her deck. "These two cards do just fine I play Axe of Despair times two on my Knight." A axe appeared in both of the magician's hands (3400/900). "Say goodbye to your soul."

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

Reku jumped up startled by the scream coming from Sachiko. Looking he saw Sachiko backing up from a monster being controlled by Seki. A twisted smile on Seki's face and a identical one on her magician knight's.

"What's going on Sachiko?" Reku walked up next to Sachiko.

"I am about to lose, I tried to stop her from taking your soul and I failed." She bowed her head.

"Soul? Wait I don't understand, what is going on?" Reku put his hand on her shoulder.

"Listen Reku, you have to be strong. Akina really likes you and she really needs you." She pushed his arm off her shoulder. "You need to be strong for her, look out for her. I have always known this."

"What are your talking about?" Reku was completely lost. Why was Sachiko telling him all this? He looked at her concerned.

"You too were meant for each other. Win this tournament okay." Sachiko stared back, unblinking. "Promise me you will be strong for her."

"..." Reku stared at her

"Promise me!"

"Okay, I promise, but what is going on here?" Reku looked at Seki who was tapping her foot on the ground in anger. "Seki? What.."

"Well, I am tired of this, go my magician attack her directly." The knight charged across the field and brought one of the axes down on her left shoulder. Instantly blood formed on her shirt from the hit. The knight pulled his axe out, Blood gushed out staining her shirt.

Sachiko-0 LP
Seki-5000 LP

"SACHIKO!" Reku grabbed her as she started to fall over. He felt the blood on her shoulder.

"Goodbye Reku, Akina needs your love. You just have to trust me. Remember you promised." And with that Sachiko's eyes went blank and lifeless. Her body went limp in Reku's arms.

"What did you do to her?" Reku sat her on the ground gently and stood up furious. "Seki! what did you do?"

"I trapped her soul." Turning around the fog dissipated. "She isn't anything more than an empty shell without it. That is the nature of the shadow realm."

She walked off towards the elevators that took her up to the dueling rings again. Reku stood there watching as she walked off. Ronin and Akina walked around the corner to see a really weird sight. Reku watching the elevators, Sachiko unconscious on the floor in a puddle of blood.

"Reku, what happened!" Ronin ran over to his friend to see that he had tears swelling up in his eyes.

"I let Sachiko down. She was trying to save me and now she lost her soul. All while I was asleep." Reku fell to his knees. Akina walked up next to him.

"What? Reku you're not making any sense." Ronin pulled his friend up by the collar and forced him face to face. "What happened here? TELL ME!" Shaking Reku a few time he finally got an answer.

"Sachiko was dueling Seki. She lost, and he soul is trapped in the shadow realm."

"The shadow what?" Akina looked at him.

"The shadow realm, it is where you lose your soul if you lose." Ronin let go of Reku's collar letting him fall to his feet. "Sachiko lost, now she is soulless."

Akina started crying and ran into Reku's arms. He hugged her gently, crying himself. Ronin broke down too, he fell to the floor with tears swelling up in his eyes.

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Okay, I realize that most of this chapter is dialog but there was not much to say other than that. I guess just keep reading and no I don't feel I played on the dramatics.

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