AN: Well, here comes the next part of the first dual between Xander and Kaiba. And yes, Kaiba has a lot more in the way of powerful cards at his disposal at the moment. Xander will have several cards that can help as well. Also, I had forgotten the actual Hyena card (Just got a few of them actually) so I changed the two monster cards around. Also, I changed Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon to its Anime stats rather than card stats, if I got them wrong, tell me. As for Xander's favorite card being Red Eyes Black Dragon, well, that's not entirely correct, that was more of a friend thing with Willow and Jessie when they were younger, his favorite has yet to appear...

firebrand crest bearer: Here's chapter 3

Destiny's Dragon: Thanks

malificus-lupus: Here's more of it, finishing the first actual Duel Monsters game of the fic, and yes I have cranked people up all over.

nova bomb: Here you go

Harry2: Yeah, they do make a good team, and as a hint, if I get to the wishverse stuff, I have plans for Xander with the Millenium Ring.

Lennox: Pegasus will have the millenium eye, and I'm trying to decide between just having the mirror Xander as the possessor of the Ring or if there will be someone else with it in the normal universe, meaning that for a time there may be two Millenium Rings at the same time, or if when the universes diverged that the ring went one way and the puzzle another.

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"Make your last pathetic move," Kaiba snapped as Xander closed his eyes and thought, there were two ways to end this, and one of them would be tougher, but both could be pulled off.

"First I reveal my face down card, Red Eyes Black Chick, and sacrifice it to summon a Red Eyes Black Dragon to the field, then I activate the Metalmorph trap card," he declared, allowing me to sacrifice it to summon Red Eyes Metal Dragon!"

"It's still not strong enough to save you," the other taunted.

"I'm not finished yet," Xander said calmly, "I equip it with Megamorph, which brings it's attack points up to 5600 and I attack your dragon!"

The massive three headed monster vanished from the field.

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"Unbelievable," Willow said as she watched the dragons clash, "He managed to take down something supposedly unbeatable!"

"And I activate Card Destruction, sending both our hands to the graveyard," he continued, "Then we draw a fresh hand."

He smirked as he pulled the cards for what he wanted to do.

"Then I place three cards face down and end my turn," he said calmly.

"I start by playing Spell Duplication to bring my Reborn the Monster back into my hand and then use that to revive my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon," Kaiba yelled, " And with your Megamorph worthless because we have equal Life Points, I attack you dragon and win this duel!"

As the metal clad dragon began to dissolve, Yami interrupted, "Not so fast, I activate Waboku to protect my life points!"

"Well then, your move!"

"Gladly!" Xander responded as he reached for his deck.

He had played both Jessie's favorite card and Willows, all that was left was his own, and if he drew it, the game would turn in his favor.

-Trust in your deck,- he heard Yami say as they both reached for it, -Trust in the heart of the cards, and you will never lose!-

Xander closed his eyes and pulled the card, and when he opened them his grin widened.

"Your monster may be powerful, but it doesn't match just what I have to bring to the table, but first I reveal one of my last face down cards as my third Red Eyes Black Dragon," he said with a smirk.

"I've already slain two of them and their more powerful forms, what makes you think that this one will be any different?" the other duelist mocked.

"Because, for each dragon you have destroyed, you have strengthened the resolve for this one to fight on," he answered calmly.

Buffy was stunned, as she saw the battle happening before her.

Gone was the slightly goofy Xander that she knew, and in his place stood someone confident and poised.

It was a strange feeling to watch this play out.

For Willow it was different, memories of countless duels with both Jessie and Xander flashed through her thoughts as a grin spread across her lips as she knew what was about to happen.

"The card he gave you," the redhead whispered, the one he won."

"A friend gave me this a while back, and since he is now gone, I play this in his memory, my favorite card," Xander continued, "I sacrifice my last Red Eyes Black Dragon to call forth a beast powerful enough to make your so called ultimate dragon tremble in fear!"

He placed the card before him and the room seemed to grow dark, a form solidifying from the blackness itself, glowing crimson patterns forming as the creature seemed to form out of the blackness itself.

"I call forth Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"

"So you think that will stop me, it's still only got 2400/2000 for attack and defense, my dragon has 4500/3800!" Kaiba gloated.

"That is if you don't count its special ability," Xander smirked.

"What!" the other dark haired duelist gasped as he saw the attack skyrocket.

"It gains 300 attack points for each dragon in my graveyard," Xander said calmly, "And I count nine of them!"

The monster hovered there with 5100 attack strength, "Enough to finish this duel!"

"Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, attack with shadow pulse!"

The creature roared and fired off a burst of black energy that destroyed the opposing monster with ease.

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"He won," Willow whispered, "the cards he sacrificed super powered his dragon, and he won."

Her mind flashing back to after she had gained the Red Eyes Metal Dragon card and Jessie had his Black Skull Dragon card, he'd given Xander the card he'd won in a tournament during his summer vacation.

The same card that drew on the loss of friends to strengthen itself to defeat that which caused it.

"Game over Kaiba," Xander said calmly, "And thanks for the Duel, it was a good match."

"I...I lost..."

"Mister Harris, since you won, here is your prize, you get a meeting with Maximillian Pegasus, complete with a dozen rare cards," the announcer said as he handed a small stack of cards to the young duelist, "In a week, you get airfare for yourself and three friends to Duelist Kingdom for a preview of the event this summer, for an all expenses paid vacation of fun and sun."

Xander just grinned, this would be great.

Spell Duplication

Magic Card

Allows you to reuse one magic card that is currently in either graveyard.