AN: Now to get on with this story, somewhat.
Destiny's Dragon: Yep, and I'm still trying to decide if I'll have him face off with another bearer of the Ring when I get to the Wishverse stuff, that would be interesting.
Morange: I'm not quite sure how psycho he'll actually be, but there won't be much about him until he actually runs into Xander/Yami, maybe one more interlude, but most likely not more than that. He will eventually have a run in with Jack, but I haven't figured out what will happen then.
How could he have lost?
The ultimate dragon had fallen before the onslaught of the beginners dark dragon.
How could he have lost?
Seto Kaiba sat there looking through his deck, wondering how he would be able to defeat this newcomer.
There had to be a card that could defeat the Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, there had to be...
Willow was focused on the deck she was putting togather as Xander talked with Maximillian Pegasus.
Unlike the deck Jessie had helped her build, this one was more focused on her own choices.
She held up a pair of cards and smiled, spellcasters could be so fun.
The Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl, two perfect cards to start a deck with, especially as she did possess three Dark Magicians.
Her thoughts turned back to her friends deck for a moment, while she would like to have a Red Eyes Black Dragon in her deck with Metal Morph and Red Eyes Metal Dragon, they now were cards that fit Xander better, but she would be on the lookout for more of them.
But that would come with time, and she already had one dragon in her deck that would he helpful with another of hers.
She saw Xander and Pegasus for a moment and then groaned, her friend had accepted a challenge to duel the creator of the game.
-Xander, I sense something strange here,- Yami warned, -Pegasus seems to have an unusual link to the shadow realm!-
"I'll be careful," Xander whispered to his darker half, "But this is after all a friendly duel."
He stepped up to the end of the dueling platform and sat down his deck into the shuffler.
"Let's duel!" Pegasus declared with a wide smile.
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"I place one card face down and a monster in defense mode!" Xander stated calmly.
"Fine then, I summon Illusionist Faceless Mage and attack your face down monster!"
The card vanished.
"Well, with Hyena in the Graveyard, I can summon a second one from my deck," Xander responded, and a grey creature stood there laughing.
He drew a card, "And I summon Red Eyes Black Dragon in attack mode."
"Good play Alexander," the silver haired duelist responded.
"I aim to please," he responded, "Destroy that mage!"
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"Your turn," Xander responded.
"I activate Toon World!"
"What!"
"A unique card that won't enter general circulation," Pegaus said with a wide smile, "And I just love cartoons, don't you?"
"Yes I do, but they have a way of causing more trouble on occasion, I guess that now is one of them, I summon Toon Summoned Skull!"
"Crap," Xander whispered as he switched places with Yami.
"I activate Ring of Magnetism, and use it on my Hyena!"
"Ah well, I guess that I do no damage to you then," the other duelist chuckled as the Hyena was destroyed.
"And once more I summon a Hyena due to the effect the pack has," Xander said in response.
"Now then, a toon fiend, versus a hyena and a dragon," Pegasus said with a smirk, "You don't stand a chance!"
"Well then, I start with Change of Heart to take control of your Toon Skull, and I activate Polymerization!"
"I guess we'll both have fun then!"
"Yes, arise Black Skull Toon Dragon!"
"Ah then, I play Dragon Capture Jar, and summon Dragon Piper!"
"No!"
"Take out the Hyena!"
"I activate its special ability and Summon Hunter Hyena!"
"Well then," Pegasus laughed, looks like I can win this easily!"
"That's a matter of opinion Maximillian," Xander responded as he drew a card, "I activate Pot of Greed!"
"Then let's raise the stakes, I'll give you a unique card if you win, and if I win, well, I get one thing of yours of my choice."
"Deal," Yami responded as he smiled at his hand, "I can still win this."