Welcome back! Finally, 4thChapter!Hope you're enjoying the story so far, and I also hope my battles are exciting, Of course, I can't possibly come up with the amazing strategies that are displayed on the show, but I try.

Sorry for any dialogue confusion in the last chapter , I'll try better this time; make it easier to read and such.

Post-written message - Erg, ending is a little weak, sorry about that, I was having some writers cramps, it's still good though.

Disclaimer – I disclaim any and all characters/themes from "Yu-Gi-Oh!"

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- "Mr. Raptor," said an advisory executive, "I'm sure you will be most pleased to know that your son, Rex, has started off the tournament by participating in the first battle in Battle City."

- "Most pleased indeed, thank you for the information." Replied Rex Raptor Senior. He spun around in his head executive chair and placed a deck of cards on his desk.

- The executive placed his hand on his chest, "Not to doubt your son's abilities, Mr. Raptor, but I wonder this: There are many top-notch duelers in the tournament, do you really think Rex will get that far? If not, we are always ready to induce a little bit of…" he searched for the right word, "no, 'tweaking' is too strong, we can help him along the way if necessary."

- Mr. Raptor placed his gold-ringed hand on his deck of cards and said, "No, I am one-hundred percent certain that Rex can make it on his own, and cheating is no way to solve anything, I will not tolerate it." He ended the statement strongly, as if reprimanding his assistant. He continued after his advisor apologized, speaking in a negotiable tone, "However, if my son does, in fact, start to flaw, some legal loopholes will be provided."

- The advisory executive smiled, somewhat wily, and answered, "Yes sir, I shall see through what you wish to happen."

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- When we last left our protagonist, second to Luther, he was in the midst of battling with a duelist who has the knack of bringing destroyed monsters back from the graveyard. Rex Raptor Junior, our 'good-guy', has on the field a very powerful monster known as Dark Driceratops as well as a Mammoth Graveyard monster. On the other hand, Blake Demitrus has but one monster, known as Fear from the Dark, which has the tendency to appear back into play when destroyed by the effect of a card. And for all you visual learners, here is a chart displaying the stats:

Rex Raptor

Life Points – 4700

Dark Driceratops, Attack Position

Atk 2400; Def 1500

Mammoth Graveyard, Defense Position

Atk 1200; Def 800

Blake Demitrus

Life Points – 4800

Fear from the Dark, Attack Position

Atk 1700; Def 1500

- It is currently Rex's battle phase, we will continue from here. "Brace yourself, Goth-boy, because you're about to experience one of the strongest monsters in my deck!" As if acknowledging this fact, Dark Driceratops thrashed its head and snapped its beak. After relishing this moment, Rex called out the command, "Go Dark Driceratops, destroy his Fear from the Dark once and for all!" But as the prehistoric bird charged at its opponent, Blake threw a card down onto the field.

- "Wait right there! I activate a magic card called Book of Moon. This card allows me to change the position of a monster on the field from attack to defense position, and I choose my own monster." Accordingly, Fear from the Dark assumed a position of defense, guarding Blake's life points, or so he thought.

- Rex grinned wildly, he said "And I'll guess that you thought changing Fear from the Dark to defense position would save you from loosing life points? Well think again!" Dark Driceratops continued its attack and tore Fear from the Dark to bits with its beak and talons. And although Fear from the Dark was in defense position, Blake took Life Point damage.

Duelists – Life Points

Rex Raptor – 4700

Blake Demitrus - 3900

- "What!" Blake shouted in disbelief. "That's impossible! How did I loose my Life Points?" His composure was failing again.

- Rex did not hesitate at all to explain what had happened. "It was my monster's effect that did the trick!" He said, "If Dark Driceratops attacks a monster that is in defense position the difference of his attack and the target's defense is subtracted from your Life Points! That means that there's no monster you can put on the field that'll protect your Life Points!" He said this last bit in triumph, as if he had already won the battle.

- With an angry finger, Blake pointed at Rex and said, "This isn't over, so you can stop acting like you've won just yet!" He then drew a card and continued with his turn. "I'll place one monster in face-down defense position and another face down card here, and I'll end my turn." The two cards appeared in their respective places.

- To Rex, the challenge was just getting easier and easier. He was almost disappointed that the only good strategy his opponent had was the Fear from the Dark thing, and that was gone already. Oh well, he thought, an easy win is still a victory. "That's all you got? Alright." He drew a card, "There's not much to do besides my next step to finish you off. Dark Driceratops! Destroy that defense monster, of course, any monster makes him vulnerable anyways, defense position or not." He laughed as the bird once again lunged at the face-down card.

- "Not so fast," Blake shouted, "You activated my trap card Negate Attack! I'm sure you can figure out what that does, no? Well just for clarification, it cancels the attack of your monster completely."

- "Yeah, I know what it does, Goth-boy, you're just prolonging your demise in this tournament." Rex snapped back annoyed by the trap card.

- "Oh am I?" Blake said with a wild grin not unlike Rex's previous one. "We'll just see about that, are you quite finished yet? Then I will make my move." He drew a card and commenced his turn. "Are you ready, Mr. 'I have it in with RexCorps'?" He said mockingly, "This next turn might overwhelm your little head." He stifled another laugh, "First, I will sacrifice my monster to summon Vampire Lord." A vampire-like monster appeared on the field.

Vampire Lord

Atk – 2000; Def – 1500

- Rex cocked an eyebrow, "How is that going to help you? My Dark Driceratops has 2400 attack. Your monster has just 2000."

- "Patience is one's greatest virtue, wait and see. My next move will be to remove this same monster from play. Confused yet? Well maybe this will make things clear." The vampire dissolved from play and in its place something started to materialize. "I do this to Special Summon my greatest monster! Vampire Genesis, I summon you to the field!" In place of the white-haired, purple-skinned vampire that previously stood in front of Blake appeared a humongous brute of a monster. It was had muscles of what looked like purple stone, large wings that caused a great wind to kick up when they flapped, and red eyes that seemed bright and dark at the same time. It was most definitely a frightening monster.

Vampire Genesis

Atk – 3000; Def – 2100

- "But that's not all, for I also activate the magic card Dimension Fusion. This card, with my spending of 1000 Life Points, allows both of us to Special Summon as many monsters removed from play back to the field, and since all I have there is Vampire Lord, that'll have to do." The white hair and purple skin reappeared next to the monstrosity. "And due to my Vampire Genesis's effect, I can discard a Zombie-type monster from my hand in order to Special Summon yet another Zombie monster to the field from my Graveyard. In this case, I will discard my practically useless Vampire Lady in return for re-summoning, brace yourself, Fear from the Dark!" As if Rex hadn't seen enough of the thing, the red-ish shadow monster appeared on the field yet again. Rex groaned and brought his fist to his forehead in frustration. Blake still, though, wasn't done with his turn. "And I shall finish my turn, right after I destroy your precious Dark Driceratops! Go Vampire Genesis!" And sure enough, the brute slashed through Rex's seemingly unstoppable pre-historic monster.

Duelists – Life Points

Rex Raptor – 4100

Blake Demitrus – 2900

- "So tell me," Blake said, hypocritically as smug as Rex was just moments before. "How, do you say, are you going to get past my defenses now?" It was a rhetorical question, and he had yet to really finish his turn. "Not only that, but I will also attack your defense position monster with my Vampire Lord." No sooner had he said this, Mammoth Graveyard dissipated from the field. That left Rex completely vulnerable, and it was no big idea to what Blake was going to do next. "And finally, I'll send Fear from the Dark to attack your Life Points directly!" The red shadowy figure glided forward and slashed at Rex, sending him staggering backwards and falling down.

Duelists – Life Points

Rex Raptor – 2400

Blake Demitrus – 2900

- Rex slowly rose back to his feet, wiping his butt clean and clutching the arm that he fell on. There was no conversation this time; there was no bitter language, just Rex playing his turn. "I will summon another Uraby to the field in Defense position."

Uraby

Atk – 1500; Def – 800

- "And I will also play this card," He called a magic card onto the field. "It's called The Dark Door, and as long as it stays on the field, neither of us can attack with more than one monster during our turns. And I will end my turn." That was all he said.

- Blake, on the other hand, was talking up a storm, as if certain of his victory and gloating about it already. "So the tables have turned; now you seem to be the one prolonging his failure in Battle City, no?" He drew a card. "This turn will be disappointingly bland." He said frowning at the card he just drew. "Vampire Genesis, destroy Uraby!" And it was done. "Your turn, you'll need a miracle card to pop up right now." He said with a sneer.

- Just then, Luther Jacobs, who was watching from the sidelines, saw something that no one else could. The puzzle-necklace that was slung around his neck started to glow. This was a sign that the spirit that resided inside of it, Domar, and ancient Scandinavian king wanted to take control of Luther's embodiment. ((What is it?)) Luther asked the soul inside his mind. The deep voice of Domar replied, ((I want to speak with Rex)). ((Well…if you insist)). Luther said and did something else that also went unnoticed by others. What he did was closed his eyes and yelled rather loudly "Ru-Fi-Oh!" How this act wasn't seen by the people around him was the mysterious doings of the ancient Norse Magic that was fused with the puzzle. Domar then began to talk to his comrade.

- When Domar spoke, his voice was deep and full, much different than the voice of Luther Jacobs. Nobody, though, seemed to bother this either, most likely due to the magic. He said to Rex, "Rex, listen to me." Once their eyes locked, he asked the duelist, "Do you believe in your deck?"

- Rex was taken aback by the strange question. "Uh…what do you mean? I guess I sorta believe in my deck, why?"

- "The power behind your deck doesn't lie within the cards, but rather, it resides in your heart." He told Rex, his deep voice rising above the murmur of the crowd effortlessly. "If you believe in your deck then it will supply you with what you need to win this duel."

- Rex had never heard of things like this before. He had always thought that Duel Monsters was just a card game, yet Luther was trying to tell him that it involves his heart? He knew what cards were in his deck, and he knew what cards he needed at certain points, but was what Luther was telling him worth believing?

- Blake was getting restless, "What are you doing? Getting pep talks from your coach near the end of the duel? Let's get this over with." He said commandingly.

- Rex looked at his hand. He focused in on the three cards that would help him, De-spell, Double Spell, and Tyranno Infinity. He would also need to use the Pot of Greed he also held but not for what one would think. But there was still one thing missing, a card in his deck. Did he believe in his deck? Why wouldn't you believe in your deck? Rex placed his fingers on the top card of his deck and did something he never did before. Prior to drawing a card, he envisioned the card he needed in his head. The image was very vivid and he attempted to shove the vision in his mind through his arm and hand and into the card he was touching. After sending all his energy into that top card, he knew it, he was confident in his deck. It was a strange feeling, and very hard to describe, but he felt closer to his deck than ever before. And when he drew the card, he didn't have to even look at it to know what it was. He looked at it anyways and smiled. "Alright! Let's do this!"

- "My first move will be to activate this magic card!" The magic card De-Spell appeared on the field.

- Blake had something to say about this. "What? But I don't even have a magic card on the field." For De-Spell was a card that de-activated a spell card.

- "I know that," replied Rex, "But I do." He pointed to The Dark Door. "Confused? Don't worry, it'll all work out in the end, well…for me that is." The Dark Door was destroyed. "Alright, now I will summon a monster, a very powerful monster, if you can play it right. Meet Tyranno Infinity." A generally normal-looking Dinosaur materialized onto the field; generally normal-looking aside from the fact that it was shimmering with some strange energy.

Tyranno Infinity

Atk – 0; Def – 0

- Blake looked as confused as ever. "That thing? Powerful! It has 0 attack points! How can that possibly be used to defeat me?" He said incredulously.

- "Like this." Rex said, revealing to Blake the card he just drew, Soul Release. "This card, Soul Release, allows me remove from play 5 cards from either of our graveyards. In this case I will send the 5 Dinosaur monsters in my graveyard from play." This happened in a matter of seconds. And just as this happened, Tyranno Infinity started to glow even more and seemed to grow. But that wasn't the important part, for its attack power grew as well, increasing by 5000 points!

Tyranno Infinity

Atk – 5000; Def – 0

- "Let me explain," Rex said to Blake's dropped jaw. "Tyranno Infinity's special ability raises its attack power by 1000 points for each Dinosaur monster that's removed from play, in this case there is 5, so 5000 points for my Dino friend here. But, unfortunately, it won't be like that for long, because I'm not done with those monsters removed from play." He activated another magic card. "My next move will be to use Double Spell, which, when I discard a magic card from my hand, in this case, Pot of Greed, I can use a magic card that's in your graveyard. And the magic card I pick is Dimension Fusion. And of course, you know what that does, for 1000 Life Points I can special summon a monster from out of play onto the field. And I will choose Dark Driceratops!" For Rex, seeing his multi-colored bird-dinosaur was a sight for sore eyes. For Blake, it was a living nightmare. "Tyranno Infinity looses 1000 attack points, yes, but I think it's worth having Dark Driceratops on the field. Don'tchya think?" The two dinosaurs were indeed terrifying in the middle of the street as they were, especially for Blake. Rex was still not done. "And since The Dark Door has been destroyed, I think I can attack with both of my monsters now, and I will." He pointed at the brute on Blake's side of the field. "Tyranno Infinity! Destroy Vampire Genesis now! And Dark Driceratops, Fear from the Dark is yours!" The two ancient creatures darted at their opponents. The shadows from the two images enveloped Blake as his two monsters were destroyed.

Duelists – Life Points

Rex Raptor – 1400

Blake Demitrus – 1200

- "HA!" Rex blurted out at the disbelieving face of his opponent. Apparently, Blake had never thought to ever have seen his most powerful monster fall before him. "But that's not all." Rex said. He still had one card in his hand, and it was apparent he was going to use it. He twirled it around in his fingers to show Blake. "I'm just going to use a card that every self-proclaimed duelist should have in their deck. A little friend I like to call Monster Reborn. And I'll use it to call back Vampire Genesis, but on my side of the field!" The brute appeared amongst the other brutes on Rex's side.

- Blake's eyes widened with horror. "NO!" He screamed, and practically instantly he placed his right hand on his deck, a signal of forfeit in the game of Duel Monsters. All of the holograms disappeared and faded away at once. Blake fell to his knees, breathing hard. He started to speak with forceful breaths. "I…will…NEVER…allow my own monster…to defeat me in battle!" He said.

- Rex walked over to him. The victory smile faded from his cheeks, some of the bystanders started to walk away. Blake was clutching his black clothing tightly. Rex spoke up. "Hey man, I'm sorry for offending you…" There was a long pause.

- Blake finally shook his head and got back up. "No, I'm sorry," He said, breathing regularly now, "It's just…" Pause, "It's just no one's ever battled me that way before, using my own cards against me, I mean. It came as a shock." He ripped the Locator Card from his neck, and held it out to Rex. "Here, this is yours. And, this." He took a card out from his deck and shoved it into Rex's hands, it was Vampire Genesis. "But you can't use it without this." He gave up Vampire Lord too.

- Rex attempted to give the second card back. "But you don't need to give this to me; you only need to give me your rarest." He assured.

- Blake declined the card. "No, you need it, and don't think I'm doing this cuz I'm nice or anything, I just don't want to see the person who beat me in the first round be defeated later on, that's just embarrassing." He popped his long black collar and started to walk away, the last thing he said was "See you around." Until he was out of sight. Unknowingly to Rex and Luther, this wouldn't be the last time they saw Blake…

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- "Sir," said the familiar voice of the advisory executive. "I am very happy to tell you that Rex won his fist battle, I'm sure you are very proud of him."

- Mr. Raptor nodded in agreement, "Proud." He said acknowledging the adjective. "But I will only be truly proud of my son when he gets past the eliminatory rounds, and I can guarantee you that it won't happen the way he battled just moments ago."

- The executive inquired his boss, "Would you like me to send out the hunters?" He asked.

- "No, not yet," Raptor said, "Wait until the weak are weeded out first, then we will strike the attacks."

- The executive nodded, "Very well sir, tell me when and I shall see it done." He said and went back to bossing people around.